The water that flows to the back retention builds up quickly and remains long after the rainfall. There are always standing water long after the rainfall that invites water snakes, racoons, coyotes, mosquitoes and other wildlife. Last thing we would want is a child to get bitten by a poisonous snake, bitten by a critter with rabies or eaten up by mosquitoes potentially having west nile virus. We all know that unsupervised kids will likely play in the water, trampling it , kicking it or try to pet/pick and even chase a critter if they see one. There are numerous times that our own lawn and care service has to leave patches of uncut grass due to the standing water. This could also create huge potential risk for the child passing by the area.

Currently all that protects this cul-de-sac community is the fence that seals/prevents crime from coming up from the retention / forest area. There are gangs, drugs, graffiti, violence and shootings that have went on in the back retention areas. That fence has prevented them from entering into our community and vandalize our property. I have seen the police called out there many times and thankfully due to the fence sealing off the area been able to catch / prevent a crime in progress. There is currently graffiti of two marked gangs on the concrete in the back retention area along with broken glass from viles (mostly likely used for drugs)

We as the community have all experienced the horrendous traffic when trying to navigate through Wildhorse Parkway past Krueger elementary school and how the residents along the side street cannot pull out of their driveway to get to work. Funneling all the kids through our cul-de-sac will result in the same in our community however will be twice as bad due to the limited traffic flow. Just like on Wildhorse, parents will be pulling over in front of peoples house dropping off their kids preventing/hindering the residents that live there from trying to get out of their driveway. There have been many times where we have seen cars just pull over waiting with the child in the car, not being in a hurry and taking their time holding up the traffic. We do not want that in our small cul-de-sac because it would be amplified a hundred times trying to funnel all the kids through a small entrance to the back retention area.