HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY
FEBRUARY 2019
2019 Board of Directors
Chris Toney President
Char Crossman Vice-President
Len Alcantara Director
Marty O'Shea Treasurer
"Reenie" Romey Secretary
Don Arritola Director
Janet Tucker Director
Message from your Board President
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Bruce Byers Ex Officio Member
am again pleased and honored to be elected to serve as President of the SaddleBrooke One Board of Directors for 2019. The Board, along with the management team, pledge to do their best to control spending and to resist unnecessary increases in the Community Service Fee. We also pledge no assessments in 2019. The “ex Officio” non-voting members appointed by the Board to fulfill special needs for 2019 are: Bruce Byers, ALC Chair and Paul Fuchs, at-large. Ch ris Ton e y
THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF www.saddlebrooke.org
Paul Fuchs Ex Officio/At-large Member
HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION
64500 E SaddleBrooke Blvd
Fry's Update
Submitted by Kay Galligan
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t the request of Dennis Barr, Real Estate Director, Fry’s Food Stores, a meeting was arranged with members of both HOA 1 and 2 Board of Directors. General Managers of both associations were present, along with an Eagle Crest resident. The Pederson Development Group was represented by Jim Pederson, Founder and Chairman, & James Pederson, Vice President. Sears Financial Corporation was represented by Doron Sears, President, and Jim Shiner. Sears Financial is the developer of Eagle Crest and the original landowner of the SaddleBrooke Marketplace. Mr. Barr, explained Kroger, the parent company of Fry's, located in Cincinnati, Ohio makes the final decisions on the start dates for construction of new stores. The population growth in Arizona is a positive factor for Fry's and our area meets all the criteria for a store. He stressed Fry’s continued commitment to THE SADDLEBROOKE MARKETPLACE. Fry’s considers it being one of their top Arizona locations for a new store. No new stores were started in 2018. Fry’s has a major investment in the infrastructure that is visible on the site. The next presentation to the corporate decision makers could be in the 3rd quarter of 2019. The changing business model for stores, due to current and future buying habits, are factors challenging the entire industry. From online ordering with home delivery, or pickup, and driverless delivery vehicles, in partnership with Nuro (now being tested in Scottsdale). The inside of the stores is undergoing changes too. Have you tried the new features at the store on Oracle Road? Scan, Bag, Go is where you scan and bag your items as you shop and then pay without going through the checkout line. Wine Bars are becoming very popular and could be in our store. Prepared meals for takeout are increasing shopping options and new stores have sit-down areas. Mr. Pederson answered questions about future tenants and explained interest is high, but nothing will be finalized until the anchor store, Fry’s, is built. He confirmed their commitment to maintaining the property until the construction begins. We are all anxious for the store to be built, and Fry’s is as anxious as we are.
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Main Pool Deck Project Vivian Timian, General Manager
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here have been two town hall meetings (in December and January) to discuss possible changes to the main pool area. This project started out as a maintenance issue to address the drainage of the pool deck. Over the past several decades, there have been adjustments made to the kool deck coating, which has affected the effectiveness of the drainage system. Note that the pool was built in 1988, with adjustments made to the deck over the years. If someone exits the pool, the water simply sits on top of the deck. This causes several problems, the aesthetic issues with the black film left on the deck, safety issues due to the slippery surface and decay of the original surface. The best way to address the issue is to remove the deck material including the concrete, re-slope the deck, and install new drainage materials. The town hall meetings were held to identify other possible changes needed to the area. Several issues were discussed: 1. Types of decking material: artistic pavers vs. kool deck 2. The restroom showers—water left on the flooring 3. Additional deck area and shade structures 4. Possible addition of a ramp into the pool to allow residents easy access 5. A lift for disabled individuals to enter/exit the pool 6. A larger pool, to facilitate more residents 7. A uniform depth, 4ft across the pool, versus the current variable depths of 3ft to 6ft 8. A barre along the side of the pool to allow residents to stabilize themselves during water aerobics It became clear that more than just the decking was a concern to the residents; however, with a total of five pools available in the community, what changes were truly needed to make the SaddleBrooke One pool more functional? The restroom showers require immediate attention and will be brought to the Board of Directors in February for approval of removing the existing fiberglass stalls and installing tile stalls that address concerns. The increase in deck area is reasonable, as the project centers around the deck changes. The additional items discussed above (4 thru 8) will be given to the Long Range Planning Committee to determine what changes should be incorporated going forward. The pool deck will also be presented in February to the Board identifying costs and materials needed to provide a safe deck with lower maintenance concerns. The Board meeting is scheduled for February 28th, at 2:00pm in the Coyote North and South rooms.
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SaddleBrooke One Notes • Troy Jewkes has accepted the position of Head Golf Pro for our golf program. Troy had previously held the position of Assistant Golf Pro since September 2015, and has a strong understanding of the community and its golfing needs. As he accepted the position, he claimed, "We have the best product (the courses) to sell in all of southern Arizona, and I am excited to partner with the golf staff to ensure that we continue to improve our golfing programs." • A Request for Proposal (RFP) has been released to replace and expand the deck area of the main pool. The project will be presented to the Board of Directors on February 28th for approval. • The Common Area Maintenance (CAM) team has presented the new landscape proposal to the community and will present the project scope to the Board of Directors for review in April. • A new roof and ceiling for the Arts and Crafts area was presented to the Board of Directors at the end of January. If approved, work will start in March. • CenturyLink has been up and down throughout the month of January due to infrastructure issues. Although the impact on the community has been minimal, on Thursday, January 17th, we lost our connection with CenturyLink for approximately 30 minutes, which impacted our ability to close out tickets in the dining room. Thanks to our staff IT associate, Ray DuRain, for helping to get us back on-line. • The new RFID key fobs will be available the first part of February—please watch your e-mails—we will send out the dates for pick-up of the new fobs. The fobs will be needed to gain entrance to the Catalina Recreation Center and the Fitness Center. • As our dining facilities continue to thrive, please be patient with our staff, they are working as quickly as possible to make certain that all guests enjoy a pleasant dining experience.
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SaddleBrooke One Changes are on the way! Rian Ross, Director of Operations Exciting and appealing changes are coming to the landscaping on SaddleBrooke Blvd!
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he Long Range Planning Committee made a recommendation to the Board of Directors that common area improvements were needed to improve the curb appeal for the community. The project was given to the management group to ‘make it happen.' Discussions brought forth new ideas to transform our current landscaping on SaddleBrooke & Ridgeview Blvds to a more pleasing natural desert look and to provide erosion control where necessary. This year, we will concentrate on revitalization along the north and south sides of SaddleBrooke Blvd from Border Dr to Ridgeview Blvd. Working in conjunction with our Properties and Roads Committee, we identified a scope of work and assembled a request for proposal (RFP). The RFP was sent to multiple landscape architects, walk throughs of the areas were scheduled and Wilder Landscape Architects was selected to supply us with the concept/construction drawings for our planned landscape redesign. Our first step in the project will be the identification and removal of existing plants and trees that no longer fit with our proposed design. Jennifer Patton, with Wilder Landscape Architects, has supplied us with a full set of blueprints for such removal and replacement of the current landscaping. Some of the new proposed landscaping will include: 'desert carpet' and Gabion boxes or castle brick. The desert carpet will be a mixture of different sized rocks and naturally occurring wildflower seed. We will also work with master gardeners within the community to see to it that different types of wildflowers are in bloom during each season. This will ensure delightful color year-round. The Gabion boxes or castle brick, though functional for our steeper areas and washes as erosion control, will also seamlessly incorporate themselves into the new desert landscape design with the desert carpet and provide an aesthetically pleasing new look.
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SaddleBrooke One Pride & Quality Go Together
Dave Bishow, Food & Beverage Director/Executive Chef
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ere at SaddleBrooke One, we take pride in the quality of ingredients we use. We choose specific products, not only for their superior flavor profile, but because it also translates to having safer, healthier products to offer our guests. For example, we use all natural Regal Crest chicken and Duroc pork. What are the differences between these all natural products and the leading national brands of pork and chicken? First, these products are fed an all natural diet; no fillers or corn meals. That means the product will have a much better flavor profile than the competitors. Also, lesser quality products inject their meat with a salt water or tenderizing solution. Then, the product is labeled as “always tender." They do this for a few reasons. The first being that salt flavors the meat from the inside BUT the salt will also dry the product out while it cooks. Water is injected to make the product weigh more (ie: more money on less actual product) but when you cook it, the first thing to go is the water which leaves the meat dried out. The all natural chicken and pork do not have this treatment done to them leaving them to taste as they should, and as we expect them to. The health benefits of these products is also something we look for. It’s not that by eating these products, you will see a specific health benefit. Rather, by not eating the other types of commercial brands, you are choosing to eat a product that has been humanely treated, which leads to a better quality of meat, and has not been injected with water to make weight and salt or tenderizers to hide an inferior product. As for our beef, we exclusively use Gold Canyon Beef. What is this? Gold Canyon Beef is an upper 2/3 choice, lower 1/3 prime beef, matching the quality of Certified Angus Beef. From a safety standpoint, this product is heavily inspected by the FDA; and, in the era of food recalls (18 million pounds recalled in the last quarter of 2018), safety is paramount. From a fast and quality standpoint, it is a wonderfully marbled beef that delivers the expected flavor profile every time. But, what does upper 2/3 choice mean? Let me explain. Prime graded beef is king. Choice graded beef is the second tier of quality but is still wonderfully marbled and safely handled. Upper 2/3 choice, lower 1/3 prime is just what the name says. This beef falls into the top 2/3 of the choice rating crossing into the lower 1/3 of the prime rating, basically creating a higher tier of quality than just choice. Our goal is to deliver a delicious, high quality dining experience for our guests in both of our dining venues, as well as our banquets. Making the choice to spend a little more on these types of products not only helps us to accomplish this, but it also gives the consumer piece of mind that they are eating high quality ingredients that they can trust. As always, we thank everyone in our Community for your continued support and constructive feedback. We look forward to seeing you around the Club!
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SaddleBrooke One Spring Ahead?
Mike Roddy, Golf Course Superintendent
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he month of February is hopefully moving us closer to spring and more consistent warmer weather. As we get higher afternoon highs and warmer morning lows, we will see a corresponding increase in plant activity in all areas of the golf course. This will mean increased mowing frequency and the evaluation of our mowing heights in all turf areas. Light penetration into the turf canopy is important for Bermuda grass and the summer transition. Lower mowing heights allow light to penetrate deeper into the turf canopy and start to stimulate early Bermuda grass activity. Increased plant growth will help reduce the impact of cart traffic in most areas. Mowing Height Chart Course Area Greens Collars Tees Approaches Fairways Overseeded Rough
Current Mowing Height .180" .375" .550" .550" .700" 2"
We will also be increasing some of our cultural activities which will include some spiking and slicing of the turf, as conditions dictate. After a few months of cooler temperatures and limited cultural activity, the greens surfaces can become sealed from these important inputs. These processes help encourage air and water movement in the upper part of the turf canopy and can aid in increasing soil temperatures. As a department, we are looking forward to some warmer mornings and the benefit it will have on turf conditions. See you on the course.
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n the past, I have mentioned a magazine that we have in the library (located in the rack to the right side of the window) called BookPage. The issue that came out on January 1st had a number of books that looked interesting. You will find a few of them in the 7-Day cabinet. Of course, the authors you are familiar with have new publications also. Danielle Steel’s new book is Turning Point. The main characters are doctors from different hospitals in the San Francisco Bay area. They are drawn together at a mass-casualty training program. What happens from there, you will have to read. James Rollins has a new book called Crucible. I love what the New York Times Book Review says about Rollins – “Rollins is what you might end up with if you tossed Michael Crichton and Dan Brown into a particle accelerator together.” That speaks well of this novel. There is Commander Gray Pierce of Signa Force, a ransacked house, his missing pregnant lover and a gravely injured friend. What else could happen? Is it possible for James Patterson to have a new book on the shelf? Well, yes it is and the co-author this time is Candice Fox. The title is Liar Liar. The same main character as in Never Never is in this one and her name is Detective Harriet Blue. She is a good cop who has gone rogue. Now that you know about some of the old favorites, how about some authors you may not have heard about. A new British author, Gytha Lodge, has written She Lies in Wait. This story is about a group of friends who go camping and one doesn’t return. It isn’t until 30 years later that her remains are found in the area where the group had camped. What happened 30 years ago? If you like historical novels, this one might fit the bill. The Paragon Hotel by Lindsay Faye takes place in 1921 in Portland, OR. It seems racism and segregation were alive and well in the Northwest, as well as elsewhere in the U.S. A white woman escapes the mob in New York by taking a cross country train. She befriends a black porter who takes her to the Paragon Hotel which houses black people. Did I say that Alice James, aka Nobody, travels with a bullet wound? The hotel houses an interesting group of people. We learn that the Ku Klux Klan has set up residence in Portland, as well. I thought I knew something about Portland – I guess not.
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Another historical novel is That Churchill Woman by Stephanie Barron. As the title implies, this book is about Jennie Jerome who became Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of Winston Churchill. The standards of the times dictated that Lord Randolph Spencer-Churchill not disclose his homosexuality so he married and begot his child, as was expected. Also, because of the times, it was not uncommon to have an affair so Jennie fell in love with Charles Kinsky, an Austrian count and diplomat. This romance continued for many years. Here is a book that is very contemporary. It is Talk to Me by John Kenney. It is about a national news anchor who has a nasty conversation with a female hairstylist. Naturally, what else, it is broadcast to the world. Not long after, he is fired. His wife has fallen in love with someone else and his daughter is reporting for a sleazy website. Everyone has to re-evaluate his/her life. Life in the 24 hour news cycle can be devastating There is a non-fiction book you might find interesting. It is Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity and Love by Dani Shapiro. Ms Shapiro’s husband ordered a DNA kit and asked if she wanted one too. She agreed and later found that she was only half Jewish and wasn’t related to her beloved father. Both parents are now deceased but she remembers a comment from years before from her mother that she was conceived in Philadelphia. Her further inquiry turns up her biological father. It is a very interesting situation that may have happened many more times. Come in to the Library and find out what else is new. Also, don’t forget to renew or become a member of Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries (FSL). That is the funding body for all three of our libraries.
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SaddleBrooke One Your Patrol
Ron Tuxbury, Patrol Manager Special Duty Traffic Patrols Your SaddleBrooke Patrol started Special Duty Traffic Patrols again in mid-January. The goal of these special Patrols is to make our residents more aware of the speed limits and stop signs at our intersections. We feel that by making ourselves more visible, our residents will recognize and react accordingly to our presence. We all sometimes forget how fast we are going or that we really need to come to a complete stop at any intersections with stop signs. Your Patrol will be handing out flyers and asking you to be mindful of our traffic regulations. We thank you for your continued support for the safety of our community. Our Extended Families Many of our residents here in the Brooke have dogs and we certainly do dote over our extended family members. As pet lovers, we have an obligation not only to our pets but also to our environment here in SaddleBrooke. By that, I am referring to our golf courses that are very appealing to not only our resident golfers, but to those of us who have dogs and love to see them enjoying themselves. However, the golf course is not the place to let our pets run free. As you know, you may walk your dogs on a leash on the pathways before and after golfing times, but you are not allowed to let them run free on the course at any time. Also, it has come to our attention that some owners are not picking up after their pets, this is especially important if you are on the pathways on the courses, no one wants to have to dodge any land mines left by our pets. So, please be aware of that limitation. The dog park near DesertView is available to let your pet run free. The course will thank you for your consideration.
Safety Tip We are coming up on tax season again which usually brings an increase of IRS scams. One of the most common is a phone caller that says you owe unpaid taxes, and you'll be arrested if you don't pay up. The IRS will never call you asking for money or threatening to put you in jail. Typically, if the IRS has a concern about your taxes they will send you a letter. Scammers are even able to rig caller IDs so the number that appears looks like it is an IRS line. If you receive a call from the IRS, you can check on the validity of the caller by calling the IRS at (800) 366-4484.
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NOV Statistics for December 2018/2017 Violations
2018 2017
Fines Imposed
2018 2017
Speeding
20
17
Multiple or Flagrant Traffic
$100
1
2
Stop Signs
8
2
Stop Sign or 2nd Violation
$50
0
0
Handicap Parking
1
7
RV Parking
$50
0
0
RV Parking
4
4
Parking Violations - $100
$100
0
0
Other Parking
1
4
Parking Violations - $50
$50
0
0
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34
Totals
Please help us welcome our new SaddleBrooke One homeowners Glenn & Celeste Forbes
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Yamamoto Holdings, LLC
2
James & Deborah Watson
5
Cynthia Martin
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Anthony Koscumb & Georgianne Zigarowicz
3
Clayton & Paula Hatch
21
Glenn & Ava Turner
18
John & Paula Fulton
21
Lawrence & Barbara Gallagher
21
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SaddleBrooke One Would You Do This at Home?
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on’t you just love our beautiful Clubhouse! Our large inviting fireplace, the beautiful furnishings, and our cozy library with its glowing fireplace. We are blessed to have such a beautiful second home. Yes, it’s true, this is your home too, for you to contribute to its upkeep, furnishings, and ambiance, just like you do at home. The House Committee and Management is committed to making sure your second home is kept in pristine condition for YOU. We work solely to create and keep this a beautiful place, so you can come and enjoy it whenever you want, for it truly is your second home. In your own home, you would never dream of ripping cushions and pillows off your fine furniture, especially when they are clearly tacked or sewed down. And you’d never pull those expensive tapestry pillows off your sofas to take into another room so you could sit on them …. heavens, NEVER !
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Hmmm … so why do you do it here, in your second home? Unfortunately, we continue to find sewn pillows that have been ripped off chairs and sofas, objects and plants that have been moved and furniture that has been rearranged. We are appealing to you to please help us maintain the beauty of our Clubhouse, your second home. If you need an extra pillow for your back, derriere, or whatever, we have pillows for you. They are kept in the back of the Agave Lounge, in a console cabinet; so, please feel free to take as needed. And if you feel something could be improved decoratively, please contact the House Committee, as we welcome all input! This is your home, this is our home, let’s work together to keep it beautiful and presentable at all times. The House Committee thanks you.
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Architectural & Landscaping Committee ALC Email: alcadmin@saddlebrooke.org ALC Secretary: Linda Irwin All ALC forms, as well as exterior home color selections, may be accessed on the ALC webpage or in the Administration Office.
February Meetings February 7th February 21st
Meetings are 1st & 3rd Thursdays of the month 9:00am Bobcat Suite (Lower level of the SB One Clubhouse)
ALC Hotline 917-3767
A SADDLEBROOKE ONE BEAUTY
Thank you to all homeowners who adhere to the SaddleBrooke One ALC Guidelines which are intended to protect the overall look and ambiance of the community. The picture above shows another example of a home which perfectly adheres to the Guidelines. Congratulations to our residents for maintaining their home to perfection and for creating a masterpiece in SaddleBrooke One.
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