Category: FYI

Board Approves 8.3% Assessment Hike

Summary

The approved 8.3% Increase equates to $2 Dollars a month for each Lot Owner. The Quarterly Assessment for 2023, will be $78 Dollars.

Why was the Increase Necessary?

Our 2022 operating expenses ending on September 30, 2022, have generally been within budget with the exception of Landscaping.  However, the loss of three common area trees, two to monsoon storms, and one that was causing root damage to a homeowner’s property, have exceeded our landscaping budget by $1,346. An additional October expense was to remove drought-killed vegetation in our common area adjacent to the golf course.  These expenditures will exceed the 2022 year end landscaping budget by approximately $3,300.

2023 Assessment Increase

Addressing these extra-ordinary landscaping expenses to as capital expenses reduced the cash balance of the capital reserve account. It was recommended that the 2023 assessment be increased to provide sufficient funds for capital funding, as well as inflationary impacts to operating expenses.  The recommendation to the Board was for an 8.3% increase. This increase is equal to the Estimated CPI for 2022; the maximum allowed by Section 6.03c of our CC&Rs, without requiring a special vote of the Association membership.  The Board approved this increase at the November 3rd meeting.  

Where does the money go?

Cadden Mgmt New Address

Cadden Community Management has moved. Their new address is:

Cadden Community Management
5225 W. Massingale Road
Tucson, AZ 85743

Their phone numbers and email addresses are unchanged.

Phone: (520) 297-0797
FAX:      (520) 742-2618
For after hours assistance please call:  520-408-4561

This office is accessible directly from the west side frontage road just North of Ina.

Cadden New Offices
Cadden New Offices

Vacation Rental Restriction

While Arizona state law ARS § 9-500.39, prohibits cities and towns from placing limits on short-term vacation housing rentals (Airbnb, VRBO, etc.); at present, there is no statute in Arizona that prohibits private regulation by CC&Rs, of vacation rentals.

Section 9.02 Renting, of our CC&Rs requires a minimum rental period of thirty (30) days. Additionally, a copy of the rental agreement must be provided to the Association.  Renters and guests are subject to the same rules and restrictions of the Association.

For all rentals, the Owner of the Lot must provide the Association’s Management Company with the following information:

  • A copy of the rental agreement
  • Contact information of the lessee(s)
  • Contact information of the Lessor’s property management company (if applicable)

All contact information must include:

  • Mailing Address
  • Primary and Secondary Telephone Numbers
  • Fax Number (if applicable)
  • Primary E-mail address

Originally Posted: Dec. 2018

Oct 27 BOD Meeting 5PM

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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.

 

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.