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Your 2020 Highgate HOA Board – Dale Yutsyk (Treasurer), Roger Spring (President), Steve Ratz (Secretary), Jud Jones (Vice President), Chris Crandall (Board Member)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President: Roger Spring

roger.spring@evergreen-efficiency.com Vice President: Jud Jones, jjgolfer44@gmail.com Secretary: Steve Ratz, StephenRatz7@gmail.com Treasurer: Dale Yutsyk, dyutsyk@msn.com Director: Chris Crandall, chrisecran1@comcast.net

HIGHGATE HOA COMMUNITY POOL OPERATIONS

As a reminder, we have been able to successfully keep our community pool open by following the operational procedures to meet Pima County COVID-19 regulations for operating community pools. Our community desires to continue operating the pool in a manner that is safe, cost effective and meets County requirements. These operational requirements may change at any time, based on future direction from Pima County. Actions taken and operation requirements include: a) All existing and posted rules for pool use still

apply. As a reminder, children under 14 years of age MUST be accompanied by a parent or responsible adult.

b) All individuals who are symptomatic to COVID-19 are prohibited from pool entry.

c) To reduce the number of commonly touched surfaces that need to be cleaned after each pool use,

a. Only one gate will be open for entry or exit.

b. All pool furniture, except several chairs and tables, will be removed.

HIGHGATE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION Summer Newsletter July 2020

AME Management, PO Box 68011, Oro Valley, AZ 85737 (520) 742-3018 amemanagement@comcast.net Association Manager: Chris Bruyn

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c. Rest room will be closed, and water fountain disabled.

d) A system for reserving pool time, and for personal responsibility to clean all commonly touched items such as furniture, handrails, gate entry, etc. after each use, has been established and will be monitored by pool users, HOA Board members and the community at large:

a. Pool users to use the pool reservation notebook located at the mailboxes to reserve a time of use. No more than six (6) people should be inside of the pool gates at any one time.

b. Pool users to use the sign in & cleaning notebook at the pool ramada to sign in & confirm that cleaning of commonly touched areas was completed after each pool use. Cleaning materials for commonly touched items will be available at the pool ramada.

c. Pool users to follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance for social distancing of six feet minimum inside the pool gates as well as washing hands for at least 20 seconds when returning to your residence.

e) Our summer weekly cleaning service will continue and will document areas cleaned.

IMPORTANT REMINDER

As we all enter and exit our special community, we are generally cautious and keeping the speed of our vehicles below 20 miles per hour. However, we do occasionally have times when residents are in a hurry or delivery vehicles, workers in the community or caregivers exceed safe neighborhood speed limits. Please slow down and advise others that may not live here to do the same. It matters!

HIGHGATE ROADS RECEIVE CRACK SEAL AND SEAL COAT

On June 16, Sunland Asphalt successfully completed a crack seal and seal coat of our HOA owned roadway. This investment is keeping with past HOA Board approvals for improvements for the roads that includes crack sealing every two to three years and seal coating every five years. Our roads are in very good condition. The current HOA Board approved this investment in May after interviewing and securing firm bids from four different companies. Sunland also completed our last crack seal and seal coat process in July 2015 and prior to that, did the same in April 2010. Crack sealing has also been completed in 2005, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2019 by several different companies including RG Rossetti Company, Ace Asphalt, Adobe Asphalt as well as Sunland.

Seal coat process starts with cleaning the streets then

crack sealing is completed

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After completion of the project, the roadway looked terrific and the Board was very pleased with the work and professional approach of Sunland Asphalt.

HIGHGATE WEBSITE FEATURES Our website is maintained by Board Member Chris Crandall and includes a selection of important information on our community. If you have not done so already, please set up your login identity and password at https://highgatetucson.org/. Once on the site, you can find a great deal of information including a directory of Highgate homeowners, HOA documents, past HOA agendas/Board minutes and more! The “Home Page” can be accessed by anyone, however all information on the HOA, Homeowners, Assets and HOA documents are available to approved residents only.

TITAN TRASH & RECYCLE SCHEDULE Please place your receptacles out to the curb by 7 am Monday mornings. As a courtesy to our community, we request receptacles be placed at the curb no more that 12 hours ahead of pickup time if possible.

July 20 – Trash July 27 – Trash & Recycle August 3 – Trash August 10 – Trash & Recycle August 17 – Trash August 24 – Trash & Recycle August 31 – Trash Tuesday, September 8 – Trash & Recycle September 14 – Trash September 21 – Trash & Recycle September 28 - Trash

UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER Monday, August 10 @ 4 pm – Highgate HOA Board Meeting via virtual GoToMeeting TBA

DID YOU KNOW . . .

Local residential real estate update . . . the “not so new” four bedroom, 2,773 sq. ft. home located

immediately south of our community at 8283 N McCarty Road is still on the market. One home in our community at 8341 N Starfinder Place sold on June 5. The planned 17 lot residential subdivision on McCarty Road, located immediately north of the new Sonoran Desert Reserve by Kachina Homes, has completed significant land preparation. In June, your HOA Board approved a new HOA insurance policy through American Family Insurance, with premium savings of $300+ annually. Thank you, Chris Bruyn, for helping facilitate this process! Bobby Pintor’s crew made improvements to concrete area and former tree well next to the mailboxes. Work is complete and the raised concrete area has now been leveled for enhanced safety for the community.

All photos for this newsletter are courtesy of Dale Yutsyk. Thank you, Dale!

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July 11 windstorm hits Highgate – our community was hit again this summer with another “microburst” or significant windstorm that has caused damage to trees in the neighborhood. One home on Starfinder lost a good sized tree and saguaro cactus. A few houses down, a large branch was “disconnected”.

Welcome to Highgate! Victor and Jody Chichester purchased the home at 8341 N Starfinder Place. Your Highgate HOA Board is observing the operations of several important community assets

that are nearing their “end of life”. These would not be replaced until they are no longer functional. These assets include:

Replacement of Pool sand filter (it is over 10 years old).

Replacement of Spa Booster pump (20 years old?) – new seal/gaskets were replaced in May 2020.

Front gate controllers & equipment. Spa “on demand” heater. Two sections of roadway in cul-de-sacs that

have significant cracks (alligatoring) Steve Ratz reported at the last HOA Board meeting that because of the draining and replacement of the water at the pool by Classic Pools, there has been a reduction in the use of chemicals. Pool electrical use has also been reduced by adjustments in the variable speed pumps with savings close to $300 so far this year. Steve is monitoring our reservation and cleaning protocols at the pool - all going well! Apache Red is the approved color for landscape rock– Wildcat Red is no longer easily available; however, we have located this rock that was used for the front entrance improvements at Kalamazoo Materials, Inc. (520) 575-9601. For revisions in your front yard or to your home, please complete an Architectural/ Landscape Revision Form (located on the next page and on our website). Approved Dunn-Edwards paint colors for the exterior of our homes are located at the pool storage room. Contact one of the Board members for access.

Architectural / Landscape Revision Submittal Form

HIGHGATE

HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 68011 Fax: (520) 219-3977

Oro Valley, AZ 85737 Phone: (520) 742-3018

E-mail: Amemanagement@comcast.net

ALL WORK MUST BE COMPLETED WITHIN ________DAYS OF COMMENCEMENT IN A WORKMANSHIP-LIKE

MANNER. TO PROMOTE AN ATTITUDE OF SHARING AND NEIGHBORLINESS, AME OR THE

ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE MAY CONTACT YOUR ADJACENT NEIGHBORS FOR COMMENTS

AND/OR CONCERNS UPON RECEIPT OF THIS FORM. PLEASE RETURN COMPLETED FORM TO AME

MANAGEMENT VIA E-MAIL, FAX, OR USPS—ALL CONTACT INFORMATION IS LISTED AT TOP OF PAGE.

YOUR REQUEST WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE (ARC) FOR

HIGHGATE FOR REVIEW, APPROVAL, MODIFICATION, ETC. A MEMBER OF THE ARC MAY CONTACT YOU

DIRECTLY IF NEEDED.

ALL NECESSARY PERMITS MUST BE OBTAINED FROM THE PROPER AGENCIES.

Lot # Date

Owner(s) Name Phone

Address

Type of Project

Color Scheme Construction Materials

Dimensions Work Done By Self Contractor

Phone # of Contractor Date to Commence_____________________________

Please sketch your project here (or attach second sheet/s)

APPROVED_______ MODIFIED_______ SPECIAL STIPUTATIONS ATTACHED_______ DENIED_______

BY_________________________________ DATE_______________________

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