Traffic and Safety Committee: June 2022

TRAFFIC AND SAFETY
Guest Lists—Our Gate Attendants have requested that everyone ensure your guest lists on Dwelling Live are current. During the winter months many folks modify their lists to allow for seasonal groups of friends, relatives, carpools, and service providers. Now as summer holidays approach, please review your guest lists to avoid delays in processing folks into the community. This year, we have quite a few new residents, and they bring a new group of associates and service providers, but many of these new names simply have not been added to our system. We suggest that everyone audit and update their Dwelling Live System on a regular basis.
A Few Thoughtful Words—Every month we have ten or more vehicles suffer severe tire damage while tailgating through the Cabrillo and Selva gates. Investigations invariably determine that the drivers of these vehicles were either service people or guests directed to these gates by GPS. The driver failed to read the signs saying “Residents Only” and became frustrated and tried to tailgate another vehicle past the gate before the spikes popped up.
Note: Apparently, this is a tactic that is successful in many other communities. However, our system functions exactly as it should, and tires are damaged.
An advance well-meaning word of caution and direction to the proper gate will save our visitors the unnecessary expense of repairing their vehicles.
Coyotes—Several coyotes have been spotted this past month walking through our community. As we know, they are looking for a no-risk source of food left outside unsecured. Other easy pickings are small animals allowed out while their humans remain inside. Another surprising easy source of attraction for a hungry coyote is dog poop. According to experts, coyotes are attracted to and will explore dog skat looking for undigested morsels of food.
Unsafe Driving and Walking—Recently we have received complaints about drivers traveling too fast along Niguel Shores Drive to the extent that they jeopardize the safety of pedestrians crossing in marked and unmarked cross- walks. Our Dana Point Deputy Sheriffs have been alerted and are already taking appropriate enforcement action along this line. Be a defensive driver as well as a safety-conscious walker.
—God Bless … Tim Murphy