What are the benefits to the resident of Cranston for paying the Residents Association fees?
Residents benefit by having in their community certain amenities and assets which, because of their unique nature, could not otherwise be provided, as the City would not normally accept responsibility for their maintenance As the City is seldom prepared to accept maintenance responsibilities for certain improvements to public parks, the only way to have the improvements is to have the Residents Association assume responsibility for their operation and maintenance. Other benefits include enhanced maintenance of certain public spaces and the ability to enter into contracts with the City to partially fund enhanced maintenance activities. The other benefit is for features or amenities such as the windmill, art park, that is on a private site, which will be given to the Cranston Residents Association by Carma. Other communities who did not have Residents Associations set up by the developer (i.e. Douglasdale, Christie Estates, etc.) have petitioned the City to collect additional taxes throu
