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Our monthly board meeting will be Wednesday, March 5th at 7:00 pm.  Our hosts will be Jack and Kathy Bergan at 8415 E Rawhide Trl.  Please let Kathy know if you are planning to attend: call 520-275-5263 or email bergankathy@gmail.com. Agenda: Felix: Call to order Felix: Turn off cell phones Speaker: No speaker Ilene: Minutes Kathy: Treasurer’s Report Lee: Park Report Mike: Website etc. Donna: Membership Mary Ann: Social Agenda Richard: Firewise report Paul/Amber: Neighborhood watch news Rich: Newsletter state of affairs Kelly: Legal affairs Alan: Architectural plans Felix: Hidden Valley Ranch Felix: Elections Felix: Next meeting, date, host Felix: Turn on …

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On Wednesday, February 19th, a home on Tourmaline Place, backing up to Canyon Ranch, was burglarized. The perpetrators popped the lock on the back sliding glass door. They gained access to the back of the property through a Canyon Ranch easement road which should have only Canyon Ranch vehicles on it. The homeowner, a member, wrote to ask that we let our members know that someone is down here breaking into houses. If anyone has information that might be pertinent, please comment below, email us at Webmaster@HiddenValleyTucson.com, or leave a message for us (text or voicemail) at 520-344-4823.

One of our members asked that we post this: Thank you to the homeowner who notified the HOA of seeing someone feeding raw chicken to the coyotes. This reassures my wife and I that we are not crazy, and we would also like to express our concerns about this situation. We live along the east side of Rockcliff Road and on two recent occasions our dog has sniffed out large pieces of raw chicken covered with dirt on our property. We have lived in the neighborhood for over 25 years and there has been a visible increase in coyotes in …

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From one of our neighbors: For the last 4-6 weeks, my block of Tourmaline has been inundated with coyotes – I have seen up to 5 at a time, sometimes less. I have lived here for 10 years and I have never seen this many, especially all at once, just casually roaming the roads. At first, it didn’t make sense why so many of them have been here these past weeks.  Well, a couple of days ago I figured out why they are all here, and why they don’t seem to leave this block much. (and why they are all …

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HVHOA 2025 Officers and Directors Elections  At the March meeting of the Hidden Valley Homeowners Association, candidates for open positions on the 2025 Association Board will be considered. Current members of the Association are encouraged to apply. Positions we need to fill are Vice President and Web Content Manager. If you would like to apply for a position, contact Kelly Relich at BylawsAndLegal@HiddenValleyTucson.com or leave a message at our HVHOA voicemail at (520) 344-4823‬.  The March meeting will be held on March 5, at 7pm, at the home of Kathy and Jack Bergen, 8415 E. Rawhide Trail. If you plan …

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Each week, the Arizona Department of Health Services publishes the latest information about flu, COVID and RSV propagation in the state. This is the sixth week of 2025. Flu, the big item, was worse than last year, but seriously looks to have peaked. COVID is still steady, but RSV is low but still on the rise.

The attached minutes are for the Board of Directors Meeting held February 5, 2025. These minutes are NOT AS YET approved by the board.

Catlow Shipek of the Watershed Management Group presented at our Board Meeting on February 5th, covering what the Watershed Management Group and its River Run Project are all about, including roots years ago here in Wes Miller Park, working on the same work they did with us here this last December, just before Christmas: Creek cleanup and mitigation of invasive species, like arundo, buffel grass, and stink-net. Below is a follow up note from Catlow, afterward:

Courtesy of realtyfelix.com, here are the current real estate numbers for our neighborhood as of February 5, 2025.

Each week, the Arizona Department of Health Services publishes the latest information about flu, COVID and RSV propagation in the state. This is the fourth week of the new year. Flu, the big item, was worse than last year, but might have peaked.

The City of Tucson supplies our water. So what they say about water matters to us.

County tackling dangers related to the Wildland-Urban Interface The devastating wildfires in Southern California have raised awareness to the dangers of climate-change driven wildfire in metro areas that border less-dense, rural or open space regions called the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI). The County is taking a wholistic approach to addressing the dangers through multi-department review of County policies, programs, and initiatives led by the Climate Action Executive Committee. The director of the Conservation Lands and Resources Department submitted a report that summarizes all actions taken so far and outlines next steps to reduce the likelihood of wildfire events like those occurring …

Jan.30 Issue of “Under the Dome” Read More »

We may not live in Tucson itself, but the City is our mailbox and it is the center of our county economically. These statistics give a feel for what Tucson was like in 2024.

The January 24 edition of Pima County’s “For Your Information” newsletter has interesting articles about our county. I have been reading the PACC Spanish edition for the past two months, to improve my Spanish. And the library has some recommends for 2025.

Pima County seeking public input to guide County development Pima County’s Development Services Department is seeking input on the County’s Comprehensive Plan, Pima Prospers. The plan is the 10-year comprehensive land use document that provides guidance and policies for continued development in Pima County. The current plan, approved by the Board of Supervisors in 2015, is required by Arizona state statute to be updated every 10 years. The opportunity to review and comment is open until mid-March. Read the draft at this page. READ MORE

Road Repair and Preservation on February 3 – 21 at various locations reported by Pima County. These include Snyder Rd from Valle Rd east to Hidden Valley Road and Territory Road from Kolb Rd to Grey Mountain Rd. Others may impact your local activities.

Pima County Regional Flood Control District is requesting public comments on two planning documents. Since we have a creek, and several washes, this might be of interest to you.

On December 20, 2024, the River Run Network of the Watershed Management Group gathered a group of volunteers, both from our neighborhood and around the Tucson area, and together these folks slogged through the effort to ensure Wes Miller Park remains a clean and healthy place for both plants and animals to enjoy. Here are some pics from their efforts.

If you are missing your blue pruning shears after you worked on the Arundo cleanup on December 20, 2024 in Wes Miller Park, please contact our President, Felix Gafner, at info@realtyfelix.com, or 520-390-6920.

Each week, the Arizona Department of Health Services publishes the latest information about flu, COVID and RSV propagation in the state. This is the first report as of the new year. Flu seems to be the big item, but is behind where it was at this time last year and has peaked once already.

Member Lynn Klimo posted this question to us on the NextDoor app. See if you can figure out the answer, and maybe make some big bucks? As a single professional woman who lives in a home with animals, it is very difficult to keep the house, clean and pay attention to all the maintenance that may be required. I have a housekeeping service however it would be great to have something a kin to rent a husband to even just pay attention to what actually needs to happen for maintenance in the house and yard. Somebody that may come once …

Question – does this type of service exist at a reasonable rate? Read More »

Each week, the Arizona Department of Health Services publishes the latest information about flu, COVID and RSV propagation in the state. This is the latest report as of the end of the year. Flu seems to be the big item, but is behind where it was at this time last year.

The attached minutes are for the Board of Directors Meeting held December 4, 2024. These minutes are now approved by the board. These minutes were revised on 2024-12-09 14:00 to correct a typographical error in the date of the Arundo Cleanup. We wrote at first that this was December 30. The correct date of the Arundo Clean Up at Wes Miller Park is 2pm on Friday, December 20, 2024.

Courtesy of realtyfelix.com, here are the current real estate numbers for our neighborhood as of December 4, 2024.

This is another of those reports that come out from the government — something you might want to think about.

“Water Matters” is a monthly publication of the Water Department of the City of Tucson: the folks behind the tap. It is a worthwhile read on a subject important to many of us.

The attached minutes are for the Board of Directors Meeting held November 6, 2024. These minutes are now approved by the board. 

Courtesy of realtyfelix.com, here are the current real estate numbers for our neighborhood as of November 7, 2024.

With our new canopies and beverage coolers, this had to have been the coolest picnic ever, despite sunny skies and temperatures in the high 90’s. About 50 attendees showed up, including several new member. The canopies gave shade and shelter to us all (see pics). But, sadly, we didn’t see many potential members show up. We have 396 properties in our neighborhood. About 368 are actually households and therefore potential members. (The others are commercial properties, access roads, utilities, government-owned, or our park.) So maybe 1000 people could have attended: Where were you all? Our pot luck worked out well. …

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Apologies: for the last three months, our “Lost your Password?” link has been missing. A kind member showed us this yesterday, and it is now fixed. So, if you have had problems logging in, try again now. And do let us know if you have problems or questions. Thanks, — Your Webmaster. Below are screenshots of what you should see. The blue circled-W logo you will see is that of WordPress, our website implementer. For security, password change operations are handled by WordPress. First, go to https://hiddenvalleytucson.com. At the right end of the top menu bar, click “Login”. On the …

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