There is a third: People could carry plastic bags and clean up after their pets. Their options are to pay a company to do it or collect donations to pay for installation of dog poop bag stations, which the nearby Landings subdivision has, for ease of doggie doo disposal. Unfortunately, this also means the HOA is not flush with money and will not spend funds on non-essential projects such as this.” “The HOA has been fiscally responsible and have had to find creative solutions to deal with budget shortfalls. “We are fortunate to have extremely low HOA dues,” he wrote. “The HOA is not going to spend any money on something like this,” he said. Residents pay Homeowners Association fees of $20 a month. The 10-year-old HOA, which has about 500 residents, already covers watering and mowing of 18 acres of grass, York said, but doesn’t have poop pickup in the budget. “If people really care about this they’ll donate some money,” he said. York, past three-year HOA president, said he's become weary of hearing complaints about it, so he sought a solution.
A camera system would come across as a Big Brother intrusion and for sure be unpopular. There has been talk, there has been mumbling and grumbling, but little has been done and the poop piles up.įew would be willing to confront another about their failure to clean up after their dog. York referred to it as “a tragedy of the commons area. It’s there, and elsewhere, pet owners often let their canines do their business, and walk away, pretending they see nothing. There are 18 acres of common ground in Hawk’s Nest, with some secluded stretches. “I doubt anything is going to happen,” he said. As of Thursday, after three weeks, it had received only two $20 donations - one of them by York. “If people really care about it, then donate.” “There’s no good solution other than paying somebody to do it,” said Tony York. It’s become such a crappy conundrum the former Homeowners Association president is trying to raise money to resolve it through a GoFundMe campaign. Hawk’s Nest is hoping to clean it up - at least in its subdivision in northwest Coeur d’Alene.
What is not a given is whether their owners will pick it up.
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