ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS POSTS

Happily, Sunrise Canyon now has a newly active Landscape Committee. The Committee Chairman is Claire Connolly, with Jim Olsen and Betty Brainerd serving as members. The new committee is discussing ideas for moving forward among themselves and with the Board. In the next few weeks, the Committee plans to announce how it intends to work with the residents and the Board to improve the look of our community and our landscaping practices.   In the meantime, if you would be interested in helping out with community landscaping projects, contact Claire Connolly at 402-689-7799.

On February 12th, Steve Rosebrugh suffered a heart attack while driving on Territory Drive and died after moving to the shoulder. It was completely unexpected and we grieve with Marie for the loss of, as she says, this “sweet man.”

Within the last few weeks, we have had two deaths among the residents of the Sunrise Canyon community.  We will truly miss Jim Slanaker and Fred Becker.

Jim Slanaker

On December 10th, 2020, Jim Slanaker died after a long battle with cancer. Jim was a very personable and energetic guy who was always friendly and considerate, even when he was dealing with his health issues. Even though he and Charlotte have only lived in our community for the last six or seven years, he served for a while during that time as the chairman of our Landscape Committee.

Fred Becker

Fred Becker died very peacefully in his sleep today, January 19th, 2021. Fred had lived in our community since its founding in the late 1980’s. Fred and his wife, Lorraine, who died in 2017, were avid and very accomplished tennis players. He loved driving his vintage cars and waving to the neighbors and, before his knee gave out, Fred served as the informal Strada de Rubino town crier.

Mary Lou Higgins tells me that Fred is being cremated by the Neptune Society and his ashes are being take back to Becker Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania where Lorraine is interred.

Earlier this month, Vince San Angelo, the Sunrise Canyon HOA Treasurer, sent out notices that the semi-annual dues payments are due on January 1, 2021.

To avoid paying an additional amount as a result of being delinquent, please get those payments in before the end of December.

Send the payments to Sunrise Canyon HOA, 5255 N. Strada de Rubino, Tucson, AZ  85750-6043.

If you have any questions, contact Vince at vsan@comcast.net or 520-232-1075.

SNAP Holiday Greeting Reminder

To see the Sunrise Neighborhood Assistance Program (SNAP) 2020 Holiday Greeting and Reminder Card, click here.

Sunrise Canyon Community Directory

As I frequently do, I updated the community Directory on December 21, 2020. To access the directory, go to the Sunrise Canyon Community Information Page of our website. If you can’t remember the password necessary to open the directory, just ask you neighbors, or call or text Syd Berwager at 503-309-4264. And, if you see something in the directory that is erroneous or needs updating, send your information to sydberwager@gmail.com.

Vince San Angelo asked that the following letter be posted on the website:

November 12, 2020

Dear Residents:

A residence in the HOA was recently sold.  However, upon inspection of the property the board noted that the trim was not in compliance with the HOA specified paint colors.  The Title Company insisted that the owner follow HOA rules.  It was repainted and the sale became final.

However, the owner/seller made a suggestion to the board that was reasonable and constructive.  He did not know his home was painted with the wrong color when he placed his home for sale.  He thought that the board should let the residents know beforehand if their homes are incorrectly painted so that they can make corrections before entering the selling process; and, if they are contemplating having their homes repainted as general maintenance.

Accordingly, the board checked each home in the HOA and identified those with incorrect paint on their trim.  Each owner will be notified by a personal letter from the board.

We also noted that while many homes had their trim painted with the correct color, there were quite a few that badly needed repainting due to weathering, etc.  Please check your homes to see if repainting is due.  Ensure your painter uses the correct paint colors.

To reiterate the HOA policy—Prior to the sale of homes that have their trim incorrectly painted owners will be required to repaint in compliance with the HOA paint colors.  This will be noted on the Title Company information form that is sent to the HOA for completion and could affect the sales process.

The Sunrise Canyon HOA Paint Color Standards can be found on the HOA website.

Thank you,

The Sunrise Canyon Board of Directors

Covid-19 pandemic concerns led to the Board not convening an in-person 2020 Annual Meeting. Instead, the Board has issued a document that covers the topics that would have been addressed had the Annual Meeting taken place. This Virtual Annual Meeting document is now available on the Sunrise Canyon HOA Matters page of the Sunrise Canyon website. Also available on that page is a copy of the 2020 Budget Update – Proposed 2021 Budget. Vince San Angelo would have discussed that budget at the traditional Annual Meeting. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact members of the Board: President Allan Wright, Treasurer Vince San Angelo, or Secretary Shelby Rigg. Their email addresses and phone numbers can be found in the HOA Directory.

Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Board of Directors has decided to use electronic procedures to conduct the HOA Annual Meeting. Here is the Board’s letter to the members of the Homeowners Association.

October 1, 2020

Dear Sunrise Canyon Homeowner Association Neighbors:

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and out of an abundance of caution, we will not be having our annual Homeowners Association meeting in November. Instead, we will conduct the meeting in electronic format. We will provide an update from the architectural review committee, the landscaping committee, the pool committee and any old business.  We will also provide the Treasurers Report, the minutes from the last meeting and responses to any questions we receive. This will be sent to you via email at the end of October and posted on the Sunrise Canyon HOA Matters page of our website. After receiving this report, you will be given two weeks to ask any questions and to vote. Once we receive the questions and the votes, we will respond to the questions and notify you of our new Board Member.

In the meantime, if you are interested in serving on the Board (there is one seat up for election for a three-year term), please send your notice of interest to Shelby at shelby.rigg@cox.net by October 15^th.

Also, if you have any questions that you would like the Board to address in our annual report, please also send those to Shelby by the 15^th.

We are sorry we will not be able to meet in person but think we can accomplish the goal of the annual meeting in this manner.

Hope you all are safe and well.

Allan Wright, President

Vince San Angelo, Treasurer

Shelby Rigg, Secretary

If you find that another resident’s mail is consistently being placed into your mailbox (which might happen when delivery personnel change), the U.S. Postal Service recommends you do the following:

(1) Circle the address and mark it “Incorrectly Delivered”; and

(2) Place that piece of mail into the outgoing mail box.

By doing so, you will inform the Post Office of the need to correct the mistake. Simply placing the misdelivered mail inside the gate of the residence to which it should have been delivered could also cause mail to accumulate at that residence. This would signal that the residence is not occupied, and create the possibility of a security problem.

 

Hello All,

This is to let you know that yesterday morning (Thursday, August 6, 2020), Charlene Pease passed away, 6 days short of her 100th birthday.

I think many of you know she was one of the first owners of a Sunrise Canyon townhome.

Her daughter, Bobby, seems to be doing pretty well. She told me a week ago that she thought her mom would go soon. Charlene really wanted to reach her 100th birthday before leaving this earth.  I think she did very well.

Sincerely,

Champa Carr

Anne McCarthy sent me this striking and somewhat frightening picture that she took from her patio this evening. According to Anne, fire officials say the fire is “backing down” Ventana Canyon and is NOT as close as it looks.