We, the undersigned, are asking that Pinal County Board of Supervisors consider closing the Cloudview Trailhead to all traffic and parking on the grounds that:
- Too many people/cars are trying to fit into too small a place and are parking along what are already narrow neighborhood streets, on both sides of the street.
- Citizens in the neighborhood are having their privacy and quiet, peaceful enjoyment of their property interrupted for several days each week, all day long.
- “No Parking” street signs that have been posted all along Cloudview and the streets that feed Cloudview are routinely ignored.
- Illegal parking causes health, safety and welfare issues because the cars narrow the roads to the point where emergency services can and have had a hard time accessing the emergencies. Air evacuation services have also had difficulties accessing the site due to overcrowding. We tend to be an older community where those concerns are very important and very real.
- With the large quantity of people using the trailhead, they forget that they are in a private neighborhood. Every weekend there is a great deal of noise with so many people, and it becomes a party atmosphere, where people are likely to get rowdy.
This is a residential neighborhood, not a Disneyland Park. The increased trailhead usage has resulted in dangerous road conditions, unreasonable traffic, noise levels, trash and loss of privacy in the neighborhood of Cloudview and all the feeder streets. This is diminishing our quality of life, affecting road safety and livability in our neighborhood.
We ask that the County Board of Supervisors:
- Close the Cloudview Trailhead
- Post signage on north Kings Ranch Road (close to Baseline Road) indicating the trailhead is closed.
- Rehabilitate the parking lot to natural desert conditions – remove the asphalt, signs, hitching posts, port-a-potties, and garbage dumpster.
- Block access to the area until the desert is re-established.
- Enforce the trailhead closure so that parking on our streets does not continue.
- Enable a towing company to remove vehicles that defy the trailhead closure.
Updates
September 29, 2023
The Board of Supervisors is finally reviewing our file but they need to see that this is a neighborhood-wide problem. Post a photo of the next illegally parked car you see on Facebook and tag the Pinal County Board official account. If you see a vehicle blocking the road today please call the non-emergency line to report it so there is a formal paper trail.
September 29, 2023
The momentum behind this petition is undeniable and shows the Board of Supervisors that our neighborhood concerns are shared by many. Post the link on your personal Facebook page and email the district supervisor today to demand a meeting on trailhead traffic safety.
Reached 100 supporters
September 29, 2023
51 Comments
We feel that the trailhead should be moved due to the amount of traffic, lack of parking and lack of exit other than via Baseline Ave. We chose to live out in Gold Canyon for the quiet and beauty. We are not expecting to encounter the amount of traffic we have here. Please consider an alternate access site outside of our residential area. Thank you!
The Cloudview Trailhead is a problem that needs to be solved. Thus far, the sheriff's department has been unable to manage the illegally parked cars. Time to move onto 'Plan B:" close the trailhead.
During the 9 years we have been homeowners in the neighborhood, the increasingly excessive use of this access has created safety, traffic, and nuisance hazards for the neighborhood, as well as for users of the trailhead.
The hazards are very real ! The road is to narrow for the amount of all traffic Pedestrian, Bicycle, Construction Hikers And the resident’s no longer feel safe to walk with their pets or just to enjoy a walk for exercise! The dumpster at the trail head is filled with everything from furniture , mattresses and garden trimmings A very sad situation
The dangerous situation the traffic and parking has created on our narrow residential roads has to be rectified. It is only a matter of time before someone is seriously injured or killed by either a traffic accident, vehicle/pedestrian or vehicle/bicyclist collision, or even emergency services not being able to respond in a timely manner to one of our neighbors.
As a result of the complete and utter disregard for all owners property rights, lawfulness, and simple compassion for our fellow citizens, this parking area should be, at a minimum, reevaluated. I agree, although I have yet to be privilege to, with Mrs. Pico, that if other less intrusive access, safer, and more adventurous routes to the trailhead exist, it seems it would behoove our county leadership to make those routes readily accessible right away. It would seem that this is all about the obvious. People tend to follow the paths of least resistance. Our leaders should simply create that path. This could actually work very well while the 8 year plan materializes. One may even agree that the more people you could satisfy, the better opportunity for solid re-election. Imagine, minimum cost to affect, an entire neighborhood pleased with the results, and the community at large could still enjoy the natural beauty the trails here offer, coupled with an adventurous ride to the trails. This is a win, win, win!!! Thanks Darlene for the idea. I would campaign and personally endorse any elected official that could spearhead this plan to fruition.
I think the existing trail trail head is okay, but not the access via Cloudview. Way too much traffic through a residential area creating a myriad of problems. The trail head could be accessed from Peralta Road where existing two tack roads could be graded to the trail head accross state trust land or simply make the existing Lost Gold Mine trail head, the trail head for the Hieroglyphic trail. There is already a large parking lot at the Lost Gold Mine trail as well and both trails intersect one another.
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We, the undersigned, are asking that Pinal County Board of Supervisors consider closing the Cloudview Trailhead to all traffic and parking on the grounds that:
- Too many people/cars are trying to fit into too small a place and are parking along what are already narrow neighborhood streets, on both sides of the street.
- Citizens in the neighborhood are having their privacy and quiet, peaceful enjoyment of their property interrupted for several days each week, all day long.
- “No Parking” street signs that have been posted all along Cloudview and the streets that feed Cloudview are routinely ignored.
- Illegal parking causes health, safety and welfare issues because the cars narrow the roads to the point where emergency services can and have had a hard time accessing the emergencies. Air evacuation services have also had difficulties accessing the site due to overcrowding. We tend to be an older community where those concerns are very important and very real.
- With the large quantity of people using the trailhead, they forget that they are in a private neighborhood. Every weekend there is a great deal of noise with so many people, and it becomes a party atmosphere, where people are likely to get rowdy.
This is a residential neighborhood, not a Disneyland Park. The increased trailhead usage has resulted in dangerous road conditions, unreasonable traffic, noise levels, trash and loss of privacy in the neighborhood of Cloudview and all the feeder streets. This is diminishing our quality of life, affecting road safety and livability in our neighborhood.
We ask that the County Board of Supervisors:
- Close the Cloudview Trailhead
- Post signage on north Kings Ranch Road (close to Baseline Road) indicating the trailhead is closed.
- Rehabilitate the parking lot to natural desert conditions – remove the asphalt, signs, hitching posts, port-a-potties, and garbage dumpster.
- Block access to the area until the desert is re-established.
- Enforce the trailhead closure so that parking on our streets does not continue.
- Enable a towing company to remove vehicles that defy the trailhead closure.
Updates
September 29, 2023
The Board of Supervisors is finally reviewing our file but they need to see that this is a neighborhood-wide problem. Post a photo of the next illegally parked car you see on Facebook and tag the Pinal County Board official account. If you see a vehicle blocking the road today please call the non-emergency line to report it so there is a formal paper trail.
September 29, 2023
The momentum behind this petition is undeniable and shows the Board of Supervisors that our neighborhood concerns are shared by many. Post the link on your personal Facebook page and email the district supervisor today to demand a meeting on trailhead traffic safety.
Reached 100 supporters
September 29, 2023
51 Comments
A once lovely place to live is now subject to so much traffic, we feel unsafe going for a walk along the road for fear of being hit. The winding road up to Cloudview is now a high speed road of blind curves with bikers and walker at risk for their lives by careless drivers. Please be proactive before a tragic loss of life occurs.
We feel that the trailhead should be moved due to the amount of traffic, lack of parking and lack of exit other than via Baseline Ave. We chose to live out in Gold Canyon for the quiet and beauty. We are not expecting to encounter the amount of traffic we have here. Please consider an alternate access site outside of our residential area. Thank you!
The Cloudview Trailhead is a problem that needs to be solved. Thus far, the sheriff's department has been unable to manage the illegally parked cars. Time to move onto 'Plan B:" close the trailhead.
During the 9 years we have been homeowners in the neighborhood, the increasingly excessive use of this access has created safety, traffic, and nuisance hazards for the neighborhood, as well as for users of the trailhead.
The hazards are very real ! The road is to narrow for the amount of all traffic Pedestrian, Bicycle, Construction Hikers And the resident’s no longer feel safe to walk with their pets or just to enjoy a walk for exercise! The dumpster at the trail head is filled with everything from furniture , mattresses and garden trimmings A very sad situation
The dangerous situation the traffic and parking has created on our narrow residential roads has to be rectified. It is only a matter of time before someone is seriously injured or killed by either a traffic accident, vehicle/pedestrian or vehicle/bicyclist collision, or even emergency services not being able to respond in a timely manner to one of our neighbors.
As a result of the complete and utter disregard for all owners property rights, lawfulness, and simple compassion for our fellow citizens, this parking area should be, at a minimum, reevaluated. I agree, although I have yet to be privilege to, with Mrs. Pico, that if other less intrusive access, safer, and more adventurous routes to the trailhead exist, it seems it would behoove our county leadership to make those routes readily accessible right away. It would seem that this is all about the obvious. People tend to follow the paths of least resistance. Our leaders should simply create that path. This could actually work very well while the 8 year plan materializes. One may even agree that the more people you could satisfy, the better opportunity for solid re-election. Imagine, minimum cost to affect, an entire neighborhood pleased with the results, and the community at large could still enjoy the natural beauty the trails here offer, coupled with an adventurous ride to the trails. This is a win, win, win!!! Thanks Darlene for the idea. I would campaign and personally endorse any elected official that could spearhead this plan to fruition.
I think the existing trail trail head is okay, but not the access via Cloudview. Way too much traffic through a residential area creating a myriad of problems. The trail head could be accessed from Peralta Road where existing two tack roads could be graded to the trail head accross state trust land or simply make the existing Lost Gold Mine trail head, the trail head for the Hieroglyphic trail. There is already a large parking lot at the Lost Gold Mine trail as well and both trails intersect one another.
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A once lovely place to live is now subject to so much traffic, we feel unsafe going for a walk along the road for fear of being hit. The winding road up to Cloudview is now a high speed road of blind curves with bikers and walker at risk for their lives by careless drivers. Please be proactive before a tragic loss of life occurs.