Center Pointe Neighborhood
I hope you are enjoying your summer wherever you are. This month I am providing a brief update on what is happening in your Rancho Vistoso community.
How about all that rock!
We are nearly finished with three years’ worth of delayed rock projects. At the completion of this project 6,028 tons of granite will have been installed in ten common areas of the community. Upon completion we will be all caught up on gravel replacement in the reserve study.
Water Savings
- Major irrigation repairs along Innovation Park Dr. and Desert Fairway have been completed by AAA Landscape. This project included a repair to approximately 2,100 linear feet of irrigation line along Innovation Park Dr and about 2,300 linear feet on the north side of Desert Fairway Dr between Toucan Dr. and W Sand Rake Dr. This work will save significant amounts of water that had been lost due to system leaks,
- The refurbishment of the VCA monuments on each side of the Tangerine and Ranch Vistoso Boulevard is underway. We have started the process of removing the Bermuda grass replacing it with decorative rock and boulders. We will remove the golden barrel cactus that are blocking the Rancho Vistoso signage and install new lights for the monuments. This project is anticipated to save the Vistoso Community Association about 657,000 gallons of water annually. We anticipate this will save the association about $46,000 per year.
Parking Legislation
The Arizona legislature passed House Bill 2298 last year and it has been signed into law by the governor. As a result, the Vistoso Community Association is compelled to conduct a vote on whether we want to enforce our HOA rules of no overnight on street parking or have this enforcement authority default to the Town of Oro Valley. Our VCA streets were designed with no overnight parking in mind, and they simply are not wide enough for cars, RV’s, boats, trailers, etc. to be safely parked on the street. Emergency vehicles will have a difficult time navigating through all that congestion when “seconds count.” The May 2024 VCA Newsletter Did You Know Topic provides more information on this matter.
While this law will only impact the public streets in our communities (private streets in gated sub-associations are excluded) all the VCA membership will be provided the opportunity to vote. A ballot item on whether to continue VCA enforcement of overnight parking on public roadways in our community will be include on the ballot for your 2025 Board of Directors prior to the March 2025 Annual Meeting. I will continue to provide you updates as we get closer to this critical vote.