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Greetings from the Board – March 2025

Greetings from the Board

The voting for new directors, the prohibition of overnight on- street parking on public roads, the annual IRS rules question and last year’s minutes is underway.  The electronic voting ends on March 20^th and paper ballots will be counted up to the start of the annual meeting. Thank you to all who already voted, we comfortably met the quorum requirements.  If you haven’t cast your vote yet, please do so.

We encourage everyone to attend the annual meeting via zoom at 6 pm on March 27^th.

We have numerous openings on the committees and encourage our members to join a committee and get involved in “your community”.  The standing committees are:

• Architecture and Landscape Review Committee (ALRC)
• Communications Committee
• Compliance Committee
• Finance Committee
• Governing Documents Committee
• Nominating & Elections Committee
• Parks and Landscape Committee (a subcommittee of ALRC)

The Committee and Volunteer Application Form is on the VCA website (ranchovistosohoa.com) click HERE to download the form or you may stop by the office for a copy.  We will be accepting applications to serve on a committee until April 5^th.

Speaking of April 5^th that is the Rancho Vistoso Yard Sale day.  We advertise this event and will have street signs up along the major arterials.  We have a spring and fall day for yard/garage sales and those are the only two days that these activities are allowed. 

Tales from the Trails – Vistoso Trails Nature Preserve Trailhead (VTNP):

The Town’s Parks & Rec department “Trails Connect” outreach provided several opportunities for feedback in early March.  They set up tables at VTNP on March 6th and asked for input from the trail users on site and the initial Trails Connect zoom call was held on March 12th.   Please check out the Town of Oro Valley website (www.OVTrailsConnect.com) for information and/or to sign up to provide feedback.

A VTNP task group will meet next week to discuss maintenance and access issues on the Vistoso Trails Nature Preserve.  This includes town staff, the conservation holder Archaeology Southwest, Town Council, Preserve Vistoso, Rancho Vistoso HOA, the Parks & Recreation Advisory Board and some of the sub HOA’s that surround the preserve.

The Town finished replacing the roof on the maintenance building (on Pebble Creek) and is planning to paint the wall around the building (in the near future) to complete the project.

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Matt Wood

Snapshot – March 2025

If you missed the February 27, 2025 Board of Directors meeting, here are the highlights of the Manager’s Report. The next Board of Directors meeting is the Annual Meeting scheduled for March 27, 2025.

RVB Neighborhood Monuments

The board has selected Cascade Electric to install solar lights at the monuments that were affected by the removal of the streetlights. This project includes lighting for Las Colinas, Sunset Ridge and Vistoso Highlands. We are waiting for a start date from the vendor.

The conveyance agreement for the two streetlights along RVB near Honeybee Park is still under review by Town of Oro Valley legal counsel.

Capital Projects

The following Capital Projects have been completed during fiscal year 2024:

• Refurbish Entryway Monuments at RVB & Tangerine – $123,282
• Tennis Court Resurface Project – $22,900
• Granite Installation – $662,377
• Irrigation Repairs on Desert Fairway & Innovation Park Dr – $75,749
• Refurbish Monument Signage at RVR & Tangerine, RVB & Oracle and RVB & Vistoso Highlands Dr. – $5,290
• Common area concrete repairs – $18,737
• Replenish Playground wood fiber at Hohokam, Somerset and Sunset Ridge Parks – $15,327
• Playground Panels for Hohokam Park – $5,850
• Tennis court windscreens and bench shades – $6,675
• Drinking Fountains for Hohokam and Wildlife Ridge Parks – $12,000
• New windscreens & bench shades for Hohokam Park Tennis Courts – $6,675

Drinking Fountains – New drinking fountains ($12,000) for Hohokam and Wildlife Ridge Parks are expected to be installed next month.

Drainage Projects

• 27 Mile – The board selected Sky Island Restoration to complete this project. Once the contract is executed by both parties a schedule will be set to begin the project.
• Big View Ct. Channel – The board is expected to review quotes to address drainage erosion in this location at the February board meeting.
• Bridal Veil – This project is currently on hold until estimates are received and reviewed by the board for 27 Mile and Big View Ct. projects.

2025 Capital Projects

The following capital projects have been slated and budgeted for 2025:

• RVB streetlight removal – This project has been completed.
• Irrigation repairs along Desert Fairways and Innovation Park Dr.
• Drainage repairs – 27 Mile and Big View Ct.
• Wall, restrooms, ramadas painting
• Repair/Replace playground equipment at Somerset Canyon Park
• Roof Tile Renovation for Wildlife Ridge, Hohokam Parks and Bell Tower
• Asphalt replacement for parking pad located in Mirabella near 27 Mile
• Drinking water fountain replacement

Annual Meeting

The annual meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 27, 2025, at 6:00pm. The notice and voting directions will be mailed out shortly. Electronic voting will begin on Thursday, February 27, 2025.

2025 Board Candidates

There are three (3) Single-Family positions and one (1) Other Than Single Family position open on the board. One candidate has withdrawn from the single-family category leaving the following five (5) candidates for this voting category:

• Kathleen Hernandez
• Jacqueline Lasher
• Mark Napier
• Barbara Stough
• Matt Wood

For the Other Than Single Family Category, there is one (1) candidate running in this voting category.

• Bob Herd

Candidate profiles can be found on the association website at www.ranchovistosohoa.com

Parking Enforcement on Public Roadways

In the annual meeting mailing a ballot will be included for members to cast their vote to authorize the association to continue to enforce street parking on public streets. Legislation requires the association to hold a membership vote to retain this authority. Many of the public roadways within the community were not designed for overnight parking.

A “YES” vote is to have the association retain the authority to continue regulating the use of the public roadways within the Rancho Vistoso.

2025 Events

The 2025 Yard Sale dates are April 5 and October 18 from 7:00am -2:00pm. The Fall Event this year will be held at Sunset Ridge Park from 8:00am -11:00am on October 25.

Landscape Maintenance Proposals

VCA’s contract with AAA Landscape expires December 31, 2025. Five proposals have been received from contractors: AAA Landscape, BrightView, Environmental Control, Santa Rita Landscape, and Yellowstone.

The Parks & Landscape Committee and three members of the board have interviewed each company.

The Committee will be making their recommendation to the board at the February meeting.

Did You Know – March 2025

Interesting facts about Arizona:

Arizona has a London Bridge in Lake Havasu City
Did you know you can find a piece of London in Lake Havasu City? The bridge you’ll find here was originally built in the 1830s to cross the River Thames in London. It was decommissioned due to sinking too much into the ground around the river. However, it was purchased in the 1960s and refurbished to be used in Lake Havasu City. It’s been in use here since 1971.

It snows in Arizona
While there are plenty of deserts in the state, you’ll also find plenty of places in northern Arizona where you’ll encounter snow. Much of the state is elevated, and its mountains are tall enough to allow for all four seasons to occur each year. Some places can even get an average of over 21 feet of annual snowfall. That’s definitely enough snow to go skiing!

There are no dinosaur bones in the Grand Canyon
You might think that the Grand Canyon would be a great place for paleontologists to do digs for dinosaur bones. However, that’s actually not true, The Grand Canyon offers geologists and casual visitors a peek into the area’s distant past, but you won’t find any dinos here. That’s due to two things. The Grand Canyon’s rock is much older than the dinosaurs, so they couldn’t have been preserved here. Also, the canyon itself didn’t form until after the dinosaurs went extinct, so none could have wandered down into it.

The right to remain silent began in Arizona in 1966
If you’ve ever watched a police show, you’ve likely heard the Miranda rights. The right to remain silent is arguably the most important part of those rights. Did you know that the Miranda warning is the result of a Supreme Court ruling in 1966 over a case that took place in Arizona? After the Supreme Court ruling, it became part of police procedure that anyone being arrested or questioned needed to be told they weren’t obligated to answer any questions without a lawyer.

Arizona Bucket List

How many of these Arizonian things have you done or seen?