Greetings from the Board:
The Town of Oro Valley approved Ripple and Wyyerd to install “the last mile” of fiber optic cable last year and the VCA Board is in the process of negotiating a contract with both companies to protect our investment in the right of ways (plants, decorative rock and irrigation equipment). We will vote on contract language at our January 29th Board meeting.
The developer of Rancho Vistoso made a deal with the town (in the late 1980’s) to provide enhanced landscaping in Town right of ways. We are obligated to pay for the maintenance of the plants, etc. but the Town is still the owner of the property.
Wyyerd started boring through the right of ways last week so please be careful driving when they are in your area. They are starting in the area around Woodburne to Moore Road along RVB and once they have a good start on the main roads, they’ll move in to the adjacent neighborhoods. In our conversations, it looks like it will take “about one year” or so finish all of Rancho Vistoso. The sub HOA’s will have to make similar arrangements with the contractors.
The contractor will send out yellow post cards informing you of impending activity in your area. The VCA will also send out email blasts with updates (we asked for a 30 day notice to give us ample time to prepare). The contact information of the contractor will be in all correspondence, and they are the people you need to contact if you have a question and/or a problem.
Matt Wood – VCA President