Brooks Land Holding, Inc., proposes the development of Pleasant Valley Ranch (PVR), a high-density subdivision with 163 small 5-acre lots along Las Vegas Ranch Road, a private road built exclusively for Las Vegas Ranch Estates (LVRE) in Williamson Valley. Each lot will require a separate well, septic tank, and leach field.

PVR is incompatible with the surrounding large cattle ranches, large parcel communities of LVRE, Long Meadow, and Crossroads Ranch, and a few nearby residential parcels, none of which are less than 10 acres.

PVR could severely impact the LVRE community, as its only access point would be via Las Vegas Ranch Road. The increased residential, construction, and truck traffic could significantly damage this road, make travel unsafe, and impose additional security risks on LVRE residents. Additionally, the development would harm the local environment, impact wildlife, contaminate water, reduce surrounding community and individual home asset values, and generally impact the quality of life.

PVR would also impact other Williamson Valley residents and communities like Crossroads Ranch, Long Meadow, Talking Rock, and Hootenanny Holler. It would increase the residential and construction traffic on the already dangerous Williamson Valley Road and place additional water usage demands on the aquifer that supplies these communities. The effluent from the numerous leach fields installed in porous soils over an aquifer as shallow as 10 feet nearby will likely contaminate the groundwater with a toxic brew of pathogens, pharmaceuticals, phosphates, etc.

We believe that PVR is a high-risk venture with a high likelihood of failure for several reasons. Firstly, PVR lots are overpriced ($60,000/acre). The available parcels at nearby LVRE, cost between $9,000-$11,000/acre, and some have been on the market for almost a year. Secondly, PVR is located 45 minutes away from stores, schools, and emergency medical services. Thirdly, PVR is accessed by a narrow, unmarked, potentially unsafe road unsuitable for high-volume residential or construction traffic. Fourthly, PVR's "dry lot" approach of individual wells and sewer systems may contaminate wells and groundwater, imposing serious health and legal liability risks to PVR lot owners. Finally, PVR title and trespassing restrictions prohibit vehicular access to nearby Camp Wood Road and Prescott National Forest, negating one of the selling points for PVR.

Please click here for more information concerning PVR's impacts on LVRE and surrounding communities. We urge you to support our efforts to encourage county planners to squash this development by signing this petition. We also welcome your comments.