The meeting was called to order at 1:00 by HOA President Thomas Cooke.

Board members present: Joe McCalpin, Stoney Brown, Craig Surprise, Boyd Morse, and Dean Hess.

Board members absent: Sam Barnard, Joan Moreaux, and Barb McCalpin were absent but excused.

Announcements: It was announced that, due to the recent death of Ed Moreaux, husband of the HOA treasurer Joan Moreaux, Joan would be absent from the meeting today, and that an obituary would be published in the Wednesday edition of the Green Valley News. A visitation for Joan will be held from 2 to 4 at the Green Valley Mortuary on Thursday, April 21. The Board extended its condolences to Joan and the Moreaux family.

Recognition of New Members: new homeowners representing two households were recognized and welcomed to the community.

Acceptance of previous minutes: There were no corrections to the March meeting minutes, which are considered approved.

Treasurer’s Report: In Joan Moreaux’s absence, there was no treasurer’s report.  Joe McCalpin gave a brief summary of the current financials.

Committee Reports:

Architectural: Craig Surprise and Dean Hess gave a summary of the status of a large number of Architectural Control issues that have been addressed by the Committee; the log of issues, both active and closed, is being provided to the Board on a regular basis. This log allows a running track to be kept of all pending A-C matters, and in the future, will provide a permanent history of Board actions taken on all matters falling within the jurisdiction of this Committee, making it readily available for reference. It was noted that more and more homeowners are contacting the Committee before embarking on any exterior projects, and this was noted as a good sign.  The Committee is trying to be pro-active, rather than re-active, on architectural compliance matters.

A homeowner in attendance, Robert Harrison, read a lengthy letter, indicating his displeasure with the CC&R requirement to use Norfolk Brown paint on exterior wood. He also stated that he felt the Board was not uniformly enforcing various provisions of the CC&Rs. The procedure for changing the CC&R’s, possibly to permit new, different or additional colors, was summarized.  He was asked to provide specifics regarding claims of a lack of uniform enforcement of any CC&R provision to allow the board to follow up.

Another homeowner in attendance, Lonnie Borgmann, read a letter complaining about the deportment of one of the AC Committee members.  He was asked to file the complaint with the chair, but failed to do so.  Hence, no action has been taken or will be taken about the matter.

The regular landscape crew will begin to cut off the dead palm branches on our shorter common area palms beginning next week. Regular trimming on the taller palms will take place at the usual time, around the end of June and the first part of July.

Stoney recommended removal of the accumulation of sand at the bottom portion of Bridge Park wash to keep it from flowing out into the street when the monsoon rains hit this summer. He was asked to get bids on the cost for doing the work and to bring them back to the next Board meeting.

One tall Saguaro in the yard of a quad on del Sur appears to be cracked and unsalvageable; it will be inspected and will probably have to be removed.

The problem of swimmers and spa users failing to take showers before using the pool or spa was discussed; some steps will be taken to try and assure compliance with this rule.

Termination of the largely unused water service at EE Park on Holgado was discussed; following that, a motion was made, seconded, and approved to discontinue the service.  This change will save the HOA approximately $180 per year.

There was a discussion about emphasizing the need for all homeowners who are winter residents to make arrangements to have their yards and trees taken care of during periods of their absence.

There was a general discussion about changing the pool winter hours. No action was taken at this meeting, as the Board wants to look at the feasibility of tying the changes to temperature levels to see if that would be practical.  Since the winter hours won’t go into effect again until November, there is sufficient time to study this issue and the other ramifications of making such a change.  It was noted that the expense of natural gas to heat the pool is the driving force behind considering these changes.

It was noted that about 18 yards of new gravel has been placed around the subdivision, mainly in quad yards, for refurbishment.

Dean Hess reported that additional meetings will be held in the future on the garbage truck issue, to possibly limit the number of trucks using the streets.

A request submitted by the owners of 615 and 621 Nueva to raise a common patio wall was approved by motion duly made, seconded, and approved.