If I recall correctly there are only two communities that have pools and only one community that has a club house here in Maricopa.

The whole point of the barbed wire fence is to keep people (kids)  from scaling the fence and being in there without supervision.  I for one would rather see the barbed wire and know that no one could climb over then to have someone climb over and possible drown.

There is nothing stopping you from putting a pool in your own backyard.   Simplified the cost of your HOA dues is based on the cost to maintain the community divided by the number of homes.

I can understand if there is no place for a pool...which is apparently the case, but to say that we shouldn't have one because of the unsupervised children or saying that it's a good thing to have barbed wire around the fence of a pool because of children getting in is a bit much.  "Bubble wrapping" this town isn't going to prevent injuries/death...it only makes our town look like we are trashy human beings in a "prison" like town that have no control over our children.  What ever happend to parents having control over their children, teaching them respect and not letting them wander where ever they please?  It's terrible how we cater to people that can't control their children and/or don't respect the community.

As far as being expensive, the HOA fees in the other communities are very comparable to what ours is.  For instance, Glenwilde is only pays around $80 and they have two pools.  On a scale from ours to theirs...we have a lot more houses than they do...and I get the whole "buying power". 

My point in my fist post was, it would have been nice to have a place to have a pool party with the neighbors or have our kids get together for some supervised fun...as the parks are great for winter, but get quite hot in the summer for both parents and kids.  In a apartment that I used to rent a while back, we used to have a community pool and we would get a handful of neighbors in for a pool party...everyone would bring something to grill or sodas...someone would bring the grill, and we would make a whole day out of it.  It would have been nice to do that here...but it seems like the mindset here is to only worry about yourself.

So now the adults are as bad as the kids?  Or maybe the parents AND kids are both in on it and going around and trying to break into the pools?  So why don't the communities that have the pools have barbed wire too?  Hmmm...perhaps because if a prospective buyer came buy and saw that, they would think twice about moving here?  I know for sure that would raise a red flag to a lot of families.  What's next?  Bars on our windows and doors to keep out the crooks?  Is Maricopa that bad that we can't have a pool that looks inviting?  Come on...there are other ways to protect the nice things in Maricopa that don't look like we are surrounded by nothing but vandals. 

And maybe we shouldn't have a Home Depot or Walmart or any other type of business come here because people will complain about it.  I had overheard a lady at the post office say that she is moving because this town is growing to big for her.  Yes, you can't please all the people all the time, but for those that might have used the pool or clubhouse it would have been an added benefit, not to mention raise everyones home value...just like the new stores that will be coming hopefully soon.

And heaven forbid that someone should suggest a pool or clubhouse for their community.  Only one person suggested something about speaking with someone about it.  Doesn't seem like the rest have open minds here.  Like I said, it seems like the mind set around here is to think about yourself.

I agree that a Senita community pool would have been a nice ammenity. But they did not plan for, nor did they build one. So I had my own built. I can just imagine what our little POS Senita Gangstas would do to a pool and clubhouse. Have you taken a look at the basketball court and surrounding equipment lately Babyangel?

Is your backyard even landscaped Babyangel? 

Alanf...yes, my backyard is landscaped.  I take pride in living in Senita and do what I can to make sure it looks nice...going to the abandoned house near me to pull weeds,  I take down those stupid ads on the mailboxes...babysitters, lost dogs, HOA meeting notices...blah blah blah.  That's what I have time to do, but in the future will have more time to devote to our wonderful community.  I think it's important to teach my kids that taking care of our community is as important as taking care of our own home.  No, I have not seen what happend to the basketball courts.  Care to enlighten me?  And what equipment are you refering to?

Perhaps thick has the right idea...why not just benefit our community, but our entire town?  That would be great!  Last time I went to the YMCA, they told me that they were planning on building a Y in Maricopa in 2009 or 2010.  Granted, they are "planning" and no solid word of them actually making that move, it would be great to have them here. 

And as far as the gangstas...doesn't anyone have the slightest idea of who they might be?  Have they ever been caught?

When we moved here 3 years ago, the VRED pool was having a lot of difficulty with vandalism. People threw chairs in the pool, I think someone crapped in it once - it was nasty. And that pool does have security measures. So how much worse would the Rotary pool be?

I do get it that this city needs to start marketing itself and that they are failing to do it. How can we compete for homebuyers when it looks so ghetto?

Desertgal...do you have security cameras?  Or maybe one night out of the week, sitting out in your yard to see who is doing it and calling the police?  Have you reported this to the police at all...if so, what have they told you?  I'm trying to think of ways to help remedy your situation...which Senita are you in?  I can't believe these people have nothing better to do but go around trashing our neighborhood.  I'm sorry you have to go through that, I'm hoping that if we all put our heads together we can come up with a solution to get this to stop!

new to the area...where are the "phase" boundaries of the community roll out here?

First off, "WELCOME"!!!

Phase I is West of Maricopa Groves.
Phase II is East of Maricopa Groves to the Santa Rosa Wash.
Phase III is East of the Santa Rosa Wash.

East is driving away from 347 on Honeycutt or Maricopa/Casa Grande Hiway(238).

thanks, I figured it started on the west side and started moving east...just wasn't sure where the dividing lines were.  Talk about fate, I'm moving from Kristal Way in Phoenix to Kristal Lane in Maricopa...way too weird...and never planned it that way