Author Archives: Thaddeus Fedoruk

Fall Yard Sale? No

The Governor’s COVID-19 restrictions required cancellation of our annual community-sponsored, Spring Yard Sale. At present, we have not planned to have a community-sponsored Fall Yard Sale.  Look for an email announcement and a posting here if our plans change.

 

Board Vacancies for 2021

2021 brings two vacancies on our Board of Directors. The board terms for Derald Owens and Teri McDonough are ending, and an election will be held to fill these two seats.

Any HOA member wishing to serve on the Board is encouraged to contact any board member or our HOA Manager Maritza Sosa, by November 1st, to have your name placed on the ballot. State law requires HOA voting to be performed via mail-in ballot. One annual meeting packet will be mailed to the Lot Owner on record, in early December.

 

 

2019-09-24 BOD Meeting

Highlights:

  • Homeowner concern over additional costs to keep golf courses open. [That’s a decision and issue beyond the Eagles Bluff HOA Board of Directors.]
  • Homeowner concern over sidewalk lifting. 
  • Draft 2020 Budget Approved; with a 5.7% increase to fund street maintenance.
  • Cadden management fee increase approved.
  • Fall and Spring community yard sales to continue.

Minutes Pending Approval

Town Council Votes 6-1 to Support Golf

Town Council Votes 6-1 to Support 36-Hole Golf Course Option

On October 2, after nearly 5-hours of testimony by Town Staff, public comment, and Council discussions, the Council approved Mayor Winfield’s motion to support the 36-Hole (18×2-courses) option. The vote was 6-1 in favor of the motion; only Vice Mayor Melanie Barrett objected.

Support for this motion is predicated on the following conditions:

  • Open Play will be made available on both the El Conquistador and La Canada Courses.
  • Modifications to the Community Center to provide amenities consistent with a municipal course, Most notably, stem the losses of the Overlook Restaurant.
  • Increasing membership fees another 5% in 2021.
  • Town staff to recommend to Council, the most cost efficient means of financing the needed capital improvements to the golf courses and the Community Center.
  • Park & Rec is to develop programs and marketing campaign to promote new memberships, open-play golf and youth golfing programs.
  • Limit the 0.5 cent sales tax revenue collection for golf operations, presently amounting to a $2.5M/annually, to a $750K/annual operating subsidy.
  • Implement performance measures to achieve cost, revenue, membership, and open play goals.
  • Canada Hills Community Association HOA contributing up to $100,000 annually (10-year limit) to golf operations.*
  • The Villages at Canada Hills HOA contributing up to $25,000 annually  (10-year limit) to golf operations.*

    * This funding may be terminated upon agreement of both parties or when the sustained operating  tax subsidy is below the $750K threshold, projected to occur in FY2023. 

    This funding may be contingent on a vote of the membership of the Canada Hills Community Association (CHCA) and The Villages at Canada Hill Association, respectively. This has yet to be determined by their respective boards, by-laws and covenants.

    It should be noted, that Board of Directors for CHCA Village 14, Eagles Bluff HOA, has not approved or offered any subsidy or assessment to support golf operations. 

Proposed Development at Naranja & La Canada

On Tuesday, June 25th, The Town of Oro Valley held an informational meeting at the Town Council meeting room. You may have received a postcard from the Town of Oro Valley, announcing this meeting. The topic was a proposed commercial development on the NW corner of La Canada and Naranja Drives.  Approximately fifty individuals attended this meeting.  This meeting was the first, in a multi-step process, for any development within the Town of Oro Valley.  An official transcript of the meeting will be posted by the Town. This is a summary of the meeting.

Official information on this proposed project can be found at the Town of Oro Valley’s website:  

http://www.OVprojects.com

Enter the Case #: OV1602760

Town staff contact: 

Senior Planner Milini Simms at (520) 229-4836 or msimms@orovalleyaz.gov

Neighborhood Meeting Documents: 

  • Location Map
  • Project Fact Sheet
  • Process Flow Chart
  • Informational Handout

    • Highlights:

    • The Development
      • The property has been, and still is, zoned as C-2 Commercial.
      • A 15,000 sq. ft. office complex of approximately three, one or two-story buildings is being proposed; all within existing zoning restrictions.
      • Initial plans are for offices only, not retail space, in this development.
      • A café or coffee house with a drive-thru, will act as the “anchor” for this development.
    • The Issues
      • The Developer considers the drive-thru a “must have” for the project to proceed.
      • Current zoning restrictions require that no residences can be within a 250-foot perimeter of a drive-thru. A zoning variance will be needed, since 13 houses are within this 250-foot perimeter.
      • The drive-thru establishment cannot be built until 40% of the development is built.
      • A traffic study must be performed to assess the impact of this (or any) development, once plans are submitted by the developer. The Town cannot address homeowners’ concerns or develop a mitigation plan, until the developer submits their plans.
    • The Concerns the Attendees
      • Traffic
        • Naranja is already congested from high school traffic during morning and afternoon hours. A drive-thru will add to that congestion.
        • Illegal turns are already occurring on the south side of Naranja, at the “pork chop” entrance to the existing SW development. Adding another “pork chop” entrance across Naranja, on the north side, poses an additional traffic hazard.
        • Drivers are already using Scioto Avenue, a private street, as an illegal intersection by-pass during high congestion. The Oro Valley Police, as a matter of policy, will not enforce vehicular trespassing on private streets. Additional congestion will make matters worse for the homeowners on Scioto Avenue.
        • La Canada and Naranja Drives are popular cycling and walking routes; major multi-use paths and cycle lanes run parallel to these roads. Pedestrians and cyclists, already at risk from inattentive drivers, will be place at greater risk from the drive-thru traffic at this intersection.
      • Environmental
        • Light pollution from security and parking lot lamps.
        • Noise pollution stemming from the activities inherent with drive-thru activities, during operating hours.
        • Odors and smoke emanating from a café or coffee house.

    2019-04-18 BOD Meeting

    Highlights:

      • Maritza Sosa from Cadden Management, has been assigned as our new HOA Manager.
      • Updated resolutions on the Due Process Policy for alleged violations; and the Fining Policy were approved.
      • Road maintenance work is delayed; to begin in the Summer of 2019.
      • West side solar light at the entrance way is to be replaced. 
      • Town of Oro Valley is considering closing the adjacent golf course. Canada Hills Community Association Board of Directors seeks legal recourse.
        The Eagles Bluff Board of Directors does not have an Association position on this subject; believing it is up to each homeowner to contact the Town Council and Mayor, if they wish to voice an opinion.
      • Next Meeting, Thursday, September 26, 2019; Oro Valley Library.

    Meeting Minutes (Pending Approval)

    Board Approves Revised Resolutions

    The follow two resolutions were approved  by the Board of Directors at the April 18, 2019 meeting.

    2019-01 – Appeals and Due Process of Nuisances and Non-Compliance of CC&Rs

    This resolution updates the due process policy for addressing violations to our Association Rules. 

    2019-02 – Imposition of a Fine or Other Sanctions 

    This resolution updates the fining policy of the Association. The update follows the guidelines pursuant to ARS § 33-1803 on this subject.

    Copies of these resolutions will be mailed to all property owners and renters within the community.

    2019 Annual Meeting Concluded

    Highlights

    • Voting Results
      • Twenty-seven (27) ballots out of 64 returned, 42% turnout. 
      • Ken Harry re-elected to a 3-year term on the Board.
      • Joe Recchio elected to a 3-year term  on the Board
      • 2018 Meeting Minutes Approved by the Membership
    • 2019 Budget and 6% Assessment Rise Discussed
    • Miscellaneous 
      • Ownership and Maintenance of the “Naranja Strip” was Discussed
        • Asphalt Pathway – Golf Course
        • Land and Landscaping – The Association
      • 2019 Road Projects
        • Crack Sealing – Winter
        • Road Sealing – Summer

    Vote! Annual Meeting Ballot

    By now you have received your ballot for the Annual Meeting, which will be held on Thursday, January 24th, 5:45PM, at the Oro Valley Library. Sign-in is at 5:30 PM.

    ​We have two (2) vacancies on the Board of Directors, and two candidates vying for a seat on the Board. Remember, cumulative voting is not permitted; only one vote per candidate. Also, please keep in mind, write-in candidates are permitted.

    If you haven’t already mailed in your ballot, please do so. Ballots must be received at the Cadden Management Offices by Noon, Thursday, January 24, 2019*, or brought to the Annual Meeting in person.

    Lost your ballot? Download a replacment.

    Thank you,
    Todd Fedoruk
    Secretary, HOA14 Eagles Bluff

    *Note: There is a misprint on the ballot as to the day of the week of the mail-in deadline; it is supposed to read, Noon, Thursday, January 24, and not Noon, Monday, January 24.

    Board Approves 2019 Annual Assessment

    The Six (6%) Percent Increase in the Annual Assessment

    The Board of Directors has approved a six percent (6%) increase to the annual assessment, the maximum allowed by our governing documents without membership approval.

    The 2019 Assessment will be $246.00 per year ($61.50 per Quarter), effective January 2019. This is a increase of $14 from 2018.

    This increase is the minimum necessary to meet our 2019 operating expenses, and to fund our future capital expenditures.  Discretionary expenditures in our budget are limited, so in order to match the lower revenues, the 6% Budget increase contains the following major changes:

    1. A 20% reduction in replenishing the capital fund. This will require more time, and a higher annual rate of increase to meet future capital expense requirements; and
    2. A 50% reduction in forecasted non-contract landscaping expenses arising from the mature common area vegetation; and
    3. A 10% reduction in “General Repair and Maintenance”, to address the cost of miscellaneous non-capital repairs, previously paid from reserves.

    Approved 2019 Budget