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Periodico de Esperanza
Homeowners Newsletter
March 21, 2002

Those CC&Rs By Dave Lantz Homeowners probably should reread their CC&Rs at least once a year to recall the commitments they made when they purchased property in Esperanza Estates. The most common violations have to do with parking restrictions. Read section 9.2 for details. There seems to be an increase in the abuse of the common areas. Recent violations include unauthorized tree planting and even removal of desirable plants from the commonly-owned areas by individual homeowners. There have been several architectural modifications not in accordance with the specific review requirements and drainage flows have been altered by some homeowners. Please understand that the Board is compelled by the governing documents to enforce the CC&Rs. Please also understand that these documents (CC&Rs and Bylaws) exist for the purposes of increasing the pleasure of being a resident of Esperanza Estates and maintaining the maximum property value. In most recent cases of CC&R violations, the offending homeowner has complied after notification of the problem. However, the documents provide for quite strong enforcement options and the Board is obligated to use the designated procedures if voluntary compliance is not forthcoming. Obviously, voluntary compliance is preferred. Attention Snowbirds (and others as well) By Dave Lantz Now that the common area maintenance is shaping up (not quite perfect yet but still improving) please be aware of the landscape care required of your property, particularly if you will be gone for an extended period. Last year we found that arrangements had been made by some homeowners but the maintenance contractor never showed. Please notify your Neighborhood Watch Captain of your contractor so that the Association can nudge him/her a bit if derelict. If you do not know your Watch Captain, call Marilyn Harland at 399-3291. We seem to be having an increase in the number of mail boxes and garbage containers that need repainting. Repainting is not a big chore one or two cans of spray paint will do the job (providing the wind doesn't kick up). Use black paint for the mail box and post. Black is likely to be the most durable color for the garbage container lids as well. Let's Hear It for the Walkers! By Dave Lantz Last fall, the GVCCC and GVR sponsored a "Walk Across Arizona" competition, for teams of up to ten persons representing various organizations. Individuals would walk as were their personal inclination and report their weekly miles to the captain who then reported the total to GVCCC. A total of thirty-six teams started with thirty-two teams finishing the sixteen-week contest. Sheila Bennen was the captain (a.k.a. Drill Sergeant) and, not surprisingly, the Esperanza Estates Exercisers won in a blow-out! The team did the 380 miles from Yuma to New Mexico in the first two weeks and just kept on walking. At the end of the contest, the team total was 3300 miles. The next best team did 2692 miles. Maps indicate that the 3300 miles would have covered a normal road route from San Diego to Caribou, Maine. (If you don't know Caribou well, really!) A jet could fly from Green Valley to Gander, Newfoundland with 200 miles to spare. Members of the team were:Jim Betts, Scottie Blum, Dave Lantz, Dorothy Paul, Jim McManus, Sheila Bennen, and Marilyn Harland. Not pictured: Robert Scott, Bob Thees, and Lee Kuiken. Common Areas By Tom Cooke AAA will begin spring spraying for weeds in our common areas as soon as wind conditions and scheduling permit. Spraying was started during the first week of March, but had to be postponed due to unfavorable wind conditions. Once the program has begun, we are informed it will be continuing until all of the common areas are completed. This will take several days to complete. This will be the first of two annual chemical weed treatments that are due under our contract. In addition, we will be receiving pre-emergent treatments when atmospheric conditions permit efficacious application. The Board wishes to thank those several quad owners who have undertaken trimming and cleanup of their yard areas. This not only saves our Association money. It keeps our neighborhoods looking good as well. Quad owners are reminded that Board policy now allows and encourages minor quad yard maintenance (exclusive of planting or removal of major flora), and that the Association will arrange for pickup of cuttings, trimmings, raked material, etc., with just a phone call to Tom Cooke at 399-0455. Another 25 yards of gravel have been spread in the common areas as part of the general gravel refurbishment program. This program will be continuing in the future as funds are available. Owners who desire gravel work in their private yards can contact Tom Cooke for a referral to the firm who has been doing the work for the Association. The party we have been using is reliable and reasonable. Eleven trail marker signs have been installed at various points on the Esperanza Estates nature trail. They were manufactured by Herb Graffweg and they look great. Herb is also making signs for the other common areas just recently named: Napa Park will be Mountain View and Holgado Park will be Mesquite Park. Both Names were submitted by Robert and Janet Kalwaski, 1031 Calle del Regalo. These will be installed as completed. Further work on the trail will be continuing, including two or three small bridges to cross small drainage ways. If you observe problems in the common areas that need attention, please call Tom Cooke. Esperanza Estates Volunteers By Tom Cooke, Chair A final leveling and planting in the former putting green area have been completed and the water system fully activated. Benches for placement in this area are being solicited and, if you either have a bench to donate or are willing to purchase one (cost of about $100), please let any member of the Volunteers know, or call Tom Cooke at 399-0455. Rock planters, about 100 feet long, have been constructed in the wash area immediately south of the shuffleboard courts. They will be planted with appropriate varieties of desert flora. Water has been run to these planters for a drip system. The plants will break up a plain and an otherwise less-than-attractive vista, and add beauty, shade, and a degree of privacy to users of this area. We are moving ahead with plans to complete the brick pavers as soon as arrangements can be made. Forty-three persons attended the Lunar Party at the Esperanza Estates Park, and it was an enjoyable time. The thanks of the Volunteers is extended to all who donated items for the spring yard sale. Private Yard Weeds By Tom Cooke Owners are reminded that our CC&Rs require yards to be maintained in good order, without an accumulation of weeds. Last year, the Association was required to send out a number of notices to property owners who were neglecting to keep the weeds in their yards under control. It is hoped this will not be necessary this year. So please take heed, and either spray your yard, or arrange to have it done. Our "snowbirds" will have to arrange for this to be taken care of while away from Green Valley. (See "Snowbirds" on page 1) The Board will be checking yards from time to time over the coming months, and are hoping for the cooperation of all lot owners in this regard. Hospitality Committee By Phyllis Johnson, Chair Cheers to the Volunteers Committee for sponsoring that unique New Lunar Party, February 27 in our Esperanza Estates Park! March 13 turned out to be balmy. A frisky wind deterred no one of the 71 neighbors who gathered to celebrate as Esperanza Estates neighbors at the Pool! Delicious finger food, chosen libations overflowed at the ramada. Tables in the adjacent blocked-off street filled up with friendly celebrants who provided their own chairs. The P.A. system worked this time to keep the various agendas of the committee alliances active. President Dave welcomed us. Volunteer Committee member Bev Brow invited us to engage in the sidewalk "silent Auction"; Mary Zindrick pitched the "donation jar" attractively placed on the food table, both of which yielded $113 for further enhancements of common areas; and Melodye Cooke assisted by Board committee sponsor Sheila Bennen held a balloting for naming our two park areas on Holgado and Napa, the results included in this Periodico (see Tom Cooke "Common Areas"). We know you appreciation the steering of the whole event by members of the Hospitality Committee: Helen Inman, Claire Coon, Ellie Franz, Nona Sykes, Marilyn Harland, Colleen Keibart, June and Sam Simonson And don't we need one more big party before our winter residents return to cooler homes? Suggestions welcome (399-9003). Historical Perspectives, Interviews 2000 By Phyllis Johnson The dear departed subject of this feature is Bob Greenig. In the last days of his life, Bob graciously granted me an interview November 14, 2000. After talking about his and Pat's earlier life in New York, including his 2 degrees in business from Columbia University, he focused on the big flood of '83 in Drainage Way 9. The flood occurred just before he succeeded Mr. Earl Whigham, the developer and Chairman of the Board, as the first President of the Association. He detailed his role as mediator in the ensuing contentions between aggrieved owners, builder, and County. . . . We needed rain in Green Valley. The weather people said there was a big storm in the northern Pacific . . . and that we should expect quite a bit of moisture from it. . . . The first day it dumped two and a half or three inches of rain. . . . So on the third day when I woke up, it was again raining cats and dogs . . . I went over in our car to take a look at Portillo. And the water was running four feet over the top of the Portillo Bridge. . . . [then] right into the patios there. I guess four homes were affected, and water got into some bedrooms. . . . The storm had passed, but it took about five hours for all that water to come through here. . . . I said, Earl, you're coming out scot free on all of this. . . . The homeowners are each paying three hundred, and Pima County is kicking in. I'd hate to talk to the Green Valley News. . . . So we got another twenty-five or thirty thousand dollars. . . . Pima County had this big bond issue two years ago, and I thought about three weeks later, or even three months later, they'd go to work with that million dollars finishing off the flood protection. . . . So, neighbors, we know that Bob Greenig's patient, enduring mediation was to finally pay off just this last year when County trucks parked at the Portillo Bridge. Thanks, Bob. And let the rains come! Neighborhood Watch by Marilyn Harland, Chair Neighborhood Watch captains and assistant captains please mark your calendars for a general meeting to be held on April 10 at 10:00 A.M. at 840 Circulo Napa. Refreshments will be provided. We will update you on a new proposal and the Trial Run we did on Monday, March 11. We will share ideas for getting to know the neighbors on our zone list. If you are unable to attend, please call me at 399-3291. There was a great turnout for the Annual Neighborhood Watch meeting held on March 5th. I want to thank all of you who attended. Chief Davis of the Green Valley Fire Department told us of: new Fire Department procedures, Safety Classes (including a free cell phone for emergences) that will be available to anyone, and that Green Valley will be getting two ambulances. There will be a meeting on May 28 at 10:00 at SAV if interested. Chief Davis said that we will be guided by the Fire Department in case of an evacuation. NOTICE: BIG CHANGE!!! NEW LOCATION The Copper Quail 1451 S. LaCanada Esperanza Ladies Spring Luncheon By Cherry Ratliff The Esperanza Ladies Spring Luncheon will be held on April 3, 2002. A social hour is at 11:30 a.m. with lunch served at 12:00 noon. Price Change: $13.50 Included in the price is beverage, dessert, tax, and tip. Menu Change: Choices are: A. Chicken with Pasta, or B. Cobb Salad Please make checks out to Shirley Cowie and note your choice of a menu item A or B on your check. Reservations Deadline: March 28 Turn your checks in to: *Shirley Cowie 1119 Circulo del Sur, or *Patsy Lantz 931 Circulo Napa A receptacle will be provided at each address. For more information or if you need a ride, call Marion Bosshart at 625-5661. In Memoriam Margaret (Peg) Myers 1184 Excelso Shirley Hopkins 1130 Circulo del Norte New Owners By Sheila Bennen Claudia D. Sawyer 1148 W. Circulo del Norte 393-0449 Steven B. and Nancy B. Brown 743 W. Circulo Napa Next Board of Directors Meeting April 15, 2002, at 1:00 p.m. At the Bank of America on Continental and LaCanada. GVCCC Directory By Charl Petry Esperanza Estates Residents Listen Up! Delivery of the GVCCC Directory is now complete. If you did not receive a copy or would like to have a second copy, copies of the Directory are available (free of charge) at the GVCCC office in the GV Mall. Please check your listing NOW and if you would like to change it in any way, or if you are not in the current Directory and would like to be in the next one, call Charl Petry at 648-2541 EEHOA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2002 President * A. David Lantz Vice-President * Norma Stanley Treasurer * Sheila Bennen Secretary * Ben Sheffield Herb Graffweg Scottie Blum Clay E. Crawford Thomas Cooke Paul Rowland The Bylaws require these Officer positions be filled with Directors Committee Chairs Architectural Control Paul Rowland and A. David Lantz Common Area Maintenance Tom Cooke and Clay Crawford Strategic Planning Swimming Pool Scottie Blum Volunteers Tom Cooke Neighborhood Relations Norma Stanley Hospitality Phyllis Johnson Neighborhood Watch Marilyn Harland Other Personnel Periodico Production Bob Fallon Periodico Distribution Charl Petry GVCCC Community Directory Charl Petry GVCCC Representative Sheila Bennen GVCCC Alternate Helen Fallon Board Meetings 3rd Monday at Bank of America Community Room, LaCanada at Continental, 1 PM May 20 June 17 July - none August - none September 16 October 21 November 18 December 16 January 20, 2003