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Association News
From The Board of Directors
Our mission as the SCOV Board is to lead in maintaining and enhancing the quality of life in Sun City Oro Valley as an active adult community.
All Board minutes, agendas and reports are available online and in the SCOV Library. Board meetings are open to residents.
Solar Power Expansion
by Terry McFadden As everyone knows, we have sizable solar power systems serving our community. The panels are on structures in the parking lots throughout the Mountain View complex and on the roofs of several of our buildings including Desert Oasis and Catalina Vista. They were originally installed by a company that would install solar systems free in exchange for our agreement to pay them 13.5 cents per kilowatt-hour (KWhr) for the generated power. This saved us considerable amounts each month on our electric bills for the buildings serviced by the project. This was the brain child of one of our residents, Dale Foster, who also has donated countless hours of his own time collecting the data to determine the system’s performance and just how much power was generated.
From Dale’s analysis, it became apparent that it would be even more advantageous for us to buy the systems from the original installer so that SCOV would reap 100% of the benefit of the solar generation. We made the purchase last November and now save about $120,000 per year on our electric service, money that we originally had to pay to Tucson Electric Power (TEP). This has a direct effect on our annual dues, keeping them lower than they would be otherwise. Thank you, Dale.
When the original systems were installed, solar service to the Aquatic & Fitness Center was not included, so the Properties Committee is now proposing a new solar project to provide power to that facility, saving a large percentage of its electric bill.
Unlike the first project, the expense for this installation will be ours. In coming months, the Properties Committee will propose this project to the Long Range Planning Committee for a place on the budget where it will compete with other currently proposed projects. Whereas other projects being considered are all expenditures, this solar project is an investment which will immediately start paying us back in lowered electric bills from TEP. The project is still under analysis, but it is expected that the full return on our investment will be realized in 8 to 11 years. General Manager - Mark Wade mwade@suncityorovalley.com 520-917-8080
Clarification of Duties
In my visits with many residents of SCOV, I realize that the duties of the Board and those of the General Manager (GM) are often misunderstood or not understood at all. In this article I’d like to address both of these positions at the 10,000 foot level.
The Board of Directors (according to the Master Declaration (MD) and Bylaws • Conducts all the affairs of the Association, unless a provision of the Governing Documents specifically requires the vote or consent of the Members. • Duty of enforcement of all provisions of the MD. • Right and responsibility for the proper management and operation of the Common Areas and improvements thereon. • Employ or terminate the services of a General Manager (GM) and supervise him/her in the performance of the GM’s duties. • Keep a complete record of acts and affairs (Board minutes). • Cause procurement of liability and casualty insurance on property owned by the Association, and errors and omissions insurance on behalf of officers and directors. • Cause facilities to be maintained and improved. • Direct the budget to be prepared. • Direct an annual audit report be prepared.
General Manager Duties
• Administer all affairs of the Association in accordance with its governing documents. • Develop operating policies and procedures for management of the Association. • Ensure the policies and other acts of the Board are carried out. • Assist the Board in formulating and evolving goals for the Association. • Provide resident services, personnel support and services. • Oversee all Association programs, projects, operations. • Negotiate all Association contracts subject to Board approval. • Develop annual operating budget for review by the FinanceBudget Committee and approval by the Board. Manage operations to coincide with the budget. Also 5 to 10 year budget plans. • Maintain an asset replacement plan. • Present accurate monthly financial reports to the FinanceBudget Committee and the Board. • Recommend annual fees and assessments. • Be well versed on Association governing documents, state statutes, local laws and proposed legislation that affects the Association.
I hope this is helpful. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
What’s Inside
Association News...........................3 Association Committees ................7 On the Cover .................................8 Golf.................................................9 Coming Events .............................11 Workshops and Classes................12 Memoriam....................................12 Clubs ............................................12 Arts, Crafts & Hobbies..............12 Continuing Education ................17 Cultural & Social........................18 Dance ........................................20 Exercise.....................................21 Games .......................................24 Music .........................................25 Sports ........................................25 Travel.........................................28 Partnered Organizations ..............29 Extended Community ..................30 Volunteer Opportunity.................30 Classifieds.....................................30 Photo Scrapbook....................31, 32
It’s More Than Living... It’s A Lifestyle!
A Hiker’s Paradise
by Lisa Schulz
Sun City Oro Valley sits within a vast desert hiking utopia featuring thousands of trails offering remarkable diversity, iconic landmarks, seasonal wildflowers and splendid mountain vistas. State or national park A Cautionary Tale About Desert Hiking In mid-April, an experienced SCOV Hiking Club member collapsed from heat exhaustion on the challenging 10-mile Box Camp Trail from Mt. Lemmon to Sabino Canyon. Even with facilities may include a visitor center with exhibits and a gift water to spare, having lost essential body salts (electrolytes) store. An excellent free resource for familiarizing yourself with faster than they were replaced, the hiker became dehydrated, the best among the hundreds of designated trails in our area is could walk no further, had difficulty swallowing fuel offered by Alltrails.com, an app as well as a website featuring curated trail companions and required life-saving rescue operations culmimaps with sortable criteria for situational awareness. Alltrails nating with a helicopter evacuranks, describes and maps the ation almost three hours later. best designated hiking trails, iden- Heat exhaustion can lead to tifying the top 10-30 within each heat stroke, and even death. boundary as “great trails.” Attri- Don’t let this happen to you.bute sorting enables you to select In the desert, ample water trails that best suit your personal is not enough. Electrolyte refitness level and expectations. At- placement, which assures that tributes include trail type (hiking or your body can use that water, shared use), surface type (rocky, is vital, along with a carbohysandy or loose scrabble), level of drate snack in order for elecdifficulty, length, elevation gain/ trolyte supplements (such as loss, degree of sun exposure and SaltStick Fastchews, Nuun more. Sport tablets or Propel powder
I counted 225 popular hiking packets) to be absorbed. Altrails in our vicinity designated ways pack more water, suppleas “great trails” by Alltrails, 87 of ments, and snacks (such as which are loops. Trail loops are Honey Stinger Waffles or entypically easier to navigate than ergy chews) than you think you out-and-back trails, but either type will need and start drinking from the very start of the hike, even can be rated easy, moderate or hard. The bigger the park, the before you feel thirsty. Because dehydration can make swalmore variability you can expect from the trails within it. lowing difficult, include dry mouth lozenges in your first aid kit.
Catalina State Park (CSP)–laced with 23 great trails including Plan for frequent breaks in patches of shade. These safety 14 loops, and Honeybee Park–with three easy trails including principles apply to any time of the year in Arizona’s dry climate, two short loop trails–sit at our front door. CSP great trails vary not just on hot days.from less than one mile to 27 miles in length, totaling some 200 This hiker was lucky. The hiking party included three other miles, while Honeybee trails are less than three miles long. Be- club members, two of whom carried a GPS signaling device yond these neighbors, every compass point offers a plethora with the SOS inReach app. Because cell reception in the of scenic hiking trails. Pusch Ridge Wilderness is unreliable, the ability to text infor-
Due east are the Pusch Ridge Wilderness and parts of the mation to the rescuers via satellite was critical. Both Southern Coronado National Forest, featuring 41 and 28 great trails re- Arizona Rescue Association (SARA) volunteers and the PIMA spectively, ranging from two to 19 miles long with elevations County Sheriff’s Department Search and Rescue (PCSDSAR) topping 9,000 feet in the vicinity of Mt. Lemmon. To the north team responded to the distress call. The victim slowly sipped a we have scenic Oracle State Park featuring the historic Kan- strong electrolyte mix provided by the other hikers, who each nally Ranch House (see the May 2022 issue of Arizona High- waited exposed in the hot sun for two hours before help arways) with 12 easy-to-moderate trails and eight loops, varying rived. They had already been hiking for about five hours withfrom one to 12 miles. To our northwest lies Tortolita Mountain out shade when the collapse occurred at 2 PM in the heat of Park with 12 great trails including 10 loops. Saguaro National the day.Park West featuring 68 greats, including 30 loops, lies to the Be sure to start your hike early, avoiding the heat of the day, west, along with Tucson Mountain Park with 43 greats includ- carry plenty of water and supplements as referenced above, ing 29 loop trails. There are even a few designated great trails hike with a companion and carry a cell phone. A well-prepared within Tucson city limits. hiker will be rewarded by the unique scenic vistas of the
Now that you’ve made your selections, you’re ready to en- Sonoran Desert region.joy nearby hiking adventures. Don’t forget your hat, sunscreen, and hiking poles. Lucky hikers may find some running water at Catalina State Park
Asst. General Manager - Robin Coulter rcoulter@suncityorovalley.com 520-917-8070
After-Hours Emergencies
It’s 5 PM and water is running from an Association building…what do you do? There are times when the residents may spot something that needs to be brought to management’s attention immediately and the Administration Office is closed. What is the process? On page 2 of every Tipster, bottom right corner, the procedure is listed. It states, “If you encounter something in the common areas or golf course needing immediate attention (e.g., a broken irrigation head) and the Administration Office is closed, please report the issue to a building monitor. However, if the buildings are closed and no monitor is available, contact the After-Hours Emergency Line at 520-825-1161. A manager with access to vendors to address emergencies is always on duty. Please remember, this is for Association-related emergencies. If your concern is a personal emergency, call 911 or the appropriate vendor (plumber, etc.). If it’s not an emergency, please call back during business hours.
Community Services - Katy Mosier Architectural Coordinator, Katy Mosier scoroval@ciramail.com 520-917-8058
ARC Submittals and Designated Representatives
If you are going to file an Architectural Review Committee (ARC) submittal, one of the stipulations involved is that you, or a designated representative, must be available to meet onsite with an Architectural Review Committee member about a week or less before the ARC meeting where your project will be discussed. If you plan on leaving for the summer, or going on a vacation during that time period, please plan on naming a person who can make decisions regarding your project. That person must also be available to meet on site at your home to discuss the project with the ARC member. You must also fill out a Designated Representative form so that the ARC is aware that you are appointing this substitute to act as your spokesperson. In some cases a contractor is designated by a resident, but be sure you and the contractor are in total agreement about the project.
Bottom line, it is best to submit a project when you will be available to meet with the ARC.
Join Us for Board of Director and General Manager Chat with Residents Tuesday, June 14 10 – 11 AM, WC3
Enter the Photo Contest for the Community Phone Directory Cover
Do you have a gorgeous photo of a SCOV setting that would be perfect for the cover of our Community Directory? Submit your best SCOV photo(s) by Sunday, June 19.
Log in at scovaz.com > members > services > miscellaneous and click on SCOV Photo Contest Form.
1 Merry Finseth & Ed Tschida 2 James Verdick 2 David Geithman 2 Diane & Jedd Nelson 3 Cheryl & Alan Hoekstra 3 Robert Lieb 3 Debra & Lindsay Turnquist (current owners) 3 Bernadine & Joseph Reichlin 3 Susan & Tom Nagelkerk 4 Eileen & Gordon Davies 5 Shari Tompkins 6B Steven Hamann & Stacey Forbes 6 Karen Nilson & Margaret Matheson 6 Lynda & Peter McMahon 7 Margaret & William Taylor 7 Susan & James Edmiston 9 Judy & Ralph Faja 12 A. Jay & Carolyn Murray 12 Carol Hill 15 Michael Rosenbaum 18 Ann Priestman & Rod Haenni 18A Nancy Moore & Warren Payne
Mankato, MN Coon Rapids, MN New River, AZ
Visalia, CA Durango, CO Oro Valley, AZ E. Wenatchee, WA Oro Valley, AZ Golden, CO Euless, TX Oro Valley, AZ
Port Townsend, WA Rapid City, SD Greenfield, WI Oro Valley, AZ
Littleton, CO Littleton, CO Seattle, WA
April Housing Resale Information Resales For the Month YTD 2022 22 68 2021 31 81 2021 Total Sold - 208
2022: Active Listings as of 4/30/2022............................7 2021: Active Listings as of 4/30/2021............................6
Source: MLSSAZ® April 2022 Average Age of New Owners: 68.5 SCOV Library - Michelle Mooney www.suncityorovalley.com/amenities-facilities/library Online catalog: https://evolveopac.infovisionsoftware.com/suncityorovalley mmooney@suncityorovalley.com 520-917-8083
When author Chris Enss visited SCOV in March, she spoke briefly about her new book, The Widowed Ones: Beyond the Battle of the Little Bighorn. This title will be released June 1, and we are looking forward to adding it to our collection. This new book is about the Seventh Cavalry officers’ wives who lost their spouses at the Battle of the Little Bighorn and survived the ordeal because of the friendships they had with one another.
Using never-before-seen materials from the Elizabeth Custer Library and Museum, including letters to and from politicians, military leaders, fellow soldiers and critics of General George Armstrong Custer to the widows, along with letters between the widows themselves, this book talks about when the women first met, the men they married and their attempts to persevere after the tragedy.
I want to recognize the amazing commitment of time, energy and donations the Library receives from its 42-plus volunteers. Not only do they run the circulation desk and help patrons find great books, but they continuously help me in the background with book processing, new projects and Library improvement ideas. They are an awesome team. Thank you.
SUN CITY ORO VALLEY
Money MATTERS
Statement of Revenues and Expenses and the Results of Operations Statement of Revenues & Expenses and the Results of Operations
Revenues: Annual H.O. Fees Golf Revenues Activities Revenues Restaurant Revenues Interest Income Other Income Gross Revenues
Asset Reserve Capital Fund Contingency Fund Wash Fund Contribution New Capital Acquisitions Restricted Use Revenues Net Operating Revenues
Expenses: Wages & Benefits Cost of Sales Utilities Repair & Maint. Supplies & Expenses Depreciation Total Expenses
Restricted Fund Expenses Net Operating Expenses Results of Operations April
(120,166)$ (287,479)$ -$ -$ -$ 12,828$ 866,136$
(115,492)$ 748,924$ 117,212$
10 Months 2021-2022
Actual Budget
(1,150,000)$ 6,809,450$ 156,278$
Above is a summary of the Revenues and Expenses and the Results of Operations for the first ten months of the 2021-2022 fiscal year. A copy of the report in greater detail can be found on our website www.suncityorovalley.com. Log in after hovering over the Members tab and selecting Financials. At this page you will find the monthly Financial Statements as well as the Annual Budget for the current Fiscal Year and a copy of the Annual Budget for the coming year.
The Finance-Budget Committee will be on hiatus until October 2022. Meetings will resume at their normal time on Monday, October 24, 1:30 PM, WC3.
If you have any questions, feel free to call me at 520917-8060, or email me at rtrenary@suncityorovalley.com. Randy Trenary, Controller
