February 24 2016 FACT Update From Washoe County Assessor Records

Posted on February 25, 2016 by arrowcreek411

Here are February UPDATED ‘FACTS’ from the Washoe County Assessor Records since the Jan 21, 2016, ArrowCreek411 posting January Fact Update From the Washoe County Assessor Records.

For those who continue to believe that property on the golf course is worth more than property NOT on the golf course, here are the FACTS. Since the beginning of the year:

  1. ArrowCreek properties continue to sell in the premium class within Washoe and Douglas Counties as previously reported in our January update.

    a.) Six (6) properties were recorded sold in ArrowCreek between 1 January and 29 January 2016 (According to the Washoe County Assessor).

    b.) Two (2) of those properties were on the golf course (the property boundaries actually touch the golf course, not just have a ‘view’ of it). One (1) of those was a home that sold for $967,000 with a rolling average selling price of $227.28 per square foot over the past 12 months. This is an increase of $.17 per square foot from January’s value. One additional lot was sold at $261,669 per acre, and the average lot selling price of $218,017.38 per acre, again using a year’s worth of data to track trends, is an increase in the average of 5.3% over January’s pricing.

    c.) Four (4) properties were sold that are not connected to the golf course since the first of the year. All four (4) of those properties were homes with an average selling price of $233.67 per square foot with an average selling price of $783,537. This represents a decrease of $2.06 per square foot from the January report. No additional lots have been transferred during this time period. The average selling price remains at $154,878.51 per acre for bare lots.

    d.) Homes that do not have a boundary with the golf course continue to sell at a premium and appear to be more stable than those on the golf course. Both values appear to be following the market trends where upper end home values are trending downward or stay on the market for an extended period of time (this is true in both Douglas and Washoe counties).

    e.) There was one lot sold but a premium remains if the lot has a common boundary with the golf course. This value between the two categories in general, appears to be following market trends. However, there’s little explanation for the $60,180 difference between the vacant lot purchase prices, as the same difference does not show up in the closing home sales prices.

    f.) The trends for our property values indicate that over the past eight months of tracking, the values of homes off the golf course are fairly stable, with the gap between homes on and off the course showing an decreased margin. Note, however, that both values are clearly above what they were when we started tracking the values back in May 2015.

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  2. The primary mission of the ACHOA Board is to maintain, or assist in, increasing property values within our subdivision. It’s clear from the chart of ArrowCreek Home Values that indeed our properties are worth more today than they were in May 2015. In fact, it would certainly appear that values of homes ‘on the course’ have appreciated at a greater rate than those ‘off the course.’

Going forward let’s focus our energy on improving the amenities we currently have and build out those that were in the original ArrowCreek/Southwest Pointe development plan by using our already available acreage and funding.

If you wish to support The Club at ArrowCreek, you are urged to become either a full golf or social member. In addition, the FOA LLC is certainly open to new investors.

By Ron Duncan

Updated from Jan 21, 2016 posting January Fact Update From the Washoe County Assessor Records…

… which updates the Dec 22, 2015 posting December Fact Update From the Washoe County Assessor Records…

… which updates the Nov 22, 2015 posting November Fact Update From the Washoe County Assessor Records…

… which updates the Oct 19, 2015 posting October Fact Update: Here Are Facts…

… which updates the Sept 21, 2015 posting September Fact Update: Here Are Facts…

… which updates the Aug 22, 2015 posting August Fact Update: Here Are Facts…

…which updates the July 27, 2015 posting July Fact Update: Here Are Facts…

…which updates the June 26, 2015 posting June Fact Update: Here Are Facts…

…which updates the June 4, 2015 posting You Want Facts: Here Are Facts.

June 2015 Study on Golf Course Closure Impacts On Home Values in Northgate and D’Andrea.

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Nevada Republican Caucus Tonight!

Posted on February 23, 2016 by arrowcreek411

nvgop The Nevada GOP caucus is tonight. The Club at ArrowCreek is one of the sites.

NEVADA GOP WORKS WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TO REPORT CAUCUS NIGHT RESULTS

LAS VEGAS – The Nevada Republican Party announced The Associated Press (AP) will
exclusively deliver results for the February 23rd, “First in the West” Nevada GOP Caucus. Results will be reported directly to AP from the Nevada Republican Party.

Nevada Republican Caucus results will first be reported to the State Party by each of the 17 counties after their caucuses conclude that evening. Caucus times vary by county, with all caucuses concluding by 9 PM Pacific Standard Time. Following the conclusion of each meeting, each precinct will report its results to the site location manager. Multiple precincts may have their caucus located at the same site. The site location managers will tally the results from the presidential preference poll and report them to their respective county parties and the Nevada Republican Party via telephone and photo confirmation. A smartphone picture of the tally sheet will be sent to the party.

Results will be compiled and reviewed by the party, and shared with AP. As the news organization inserts the results into its election system, it will share any data issues with the party. Results that are successfully inserted will be transmitted to AP’s newspaper and broadcast members, and from there to the public.

Upon physical receipt of all county tallies, the Nevada Republican Party Secretary will consolidate and certify the county and state totals.

A livefeed of the results as they are reported through AP will be available to members of the media at the Nevada GOP media filing center at the South Point Casino.

Founded in 1846, AP is the essential global news network, delivering fast, unbiased news from every corner of the world to all media platforms and formats. AP also operates an elections service that historically has provided election night results to an array of broadcasters, newspapers and websites. On the Web: http://www.AP.org.

GOP Caucus Results to be Released Exclusively through AP.

Contact:
Paul Colford
Vice President and Director of Media Relations
The Associated Press
212.621.1895
PColford@AP.org

Nevada Republican Party Press Office
press@nevadagop.org

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*POSTPONED* Dr. Kyle Yamamoto Offers “Ask the Doctor” Session

Posted on February 21, 2016 by arrowcreek411

You are invited to attend Dr. Kyle Yamamoto‘s “Ask the Doctor” Session at The Club at ArrowCreek on TBD. Sorry, but people needed more time to respond, so the session has been delayed until next month. New date and time is forthcoming as soon as it can be arranged at The Club at ArrowCreek. The first 30 people to RSVP by TBD will receive a gift of ZO product from Dr. Zein Obagi‘s Medical line. To RSVP, email asonntag@sierracosmeticsurgery.com. Dr. Yamamoto’s office is located at 540 W. Plumb Lane, Suite 110, in Reno.

Dr. Kyle Yamamoto’s profile tells his story. Dr. Yamamoto is a Reno native. After extensive training, Dr. Yamamoto has devoted his career to plastic surgery specific to the face. His extensive training has led him to become the first full-time, fellowship trained, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon in Northern Nevada. He is an expert in the complex and intricate structures of the face, and offers a wide range of both surgical and non-surgical skills to rejuvenate, reshape, and repair. He is innovative in his approach to patient care and uses the latest technology to procure the best results.

To print the invitation, click TBD.

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REBLOG: ACT – ACHOA/Golf Club Collaboration

Posted on February 20, 2016 by arrowcreek411

The following article is a reblog from the “A Community Together (ACT)” website (the old “ArrowCreek Truth” site)… You should be warned that it contains some significant “miss-information” and may cause old negative feelings to re-surface. So much for “working together.” It is being published here for review and comment since that site censors and does exactly what it accuses this site of doing.

For your information, this article looks like an embellishment of other writings by the two named men. Paul had resigned from the Reserve Fund Committee prior to the February 16 Board meeting (and the ArrowCreek Club Community Committee was disbanded last December when the golf course land purchase was terminated). Sam had already resigned from the ACHOA board and his committee assignments, so this article is not totally factual given its date of February 16. Both men had worked very hard to make the purchase happen. The “new” header on the “new” website is also misleading in that it shows two signs: one is the sign at the entrance to the driveway to the club with the old name – not the new name with the current owners – and the other sign is for the residents’ club driveway. The ACT may have changed their name (as announced at the February 16 ACHOA BOD meeting), but they certainly still try to give the impression that they are sanctioned by both HOA and club. That isn’t true either. Working together is honorable. Tit for tat is not. – The ArrowCreek411 Webmaster

TCAC=The Club at ArrowCreek

ACHOA/Golf Club Collaboration
Posted on February 16, 2016 by ACommunityTeam

Thank you to Paul Burkett, member of the ACHOA Reserve Fund committee and the ArrowCreek Club Community Committee, and Sam Fox, former HOA president, for writing this document about collaboration between the ACHOA and TCAC.

The ArrowCreek Homeowners Association, Inc. (ACHOA) Board of Directors and the management at The Club at ArrowCreek have always been committed to finding synergetic operations that support the success of both organizations. It has always been in the best interest of the ACHOA to have a strong financially viable golf operation operating within the borders of the community. The ACHOA Board recognizes that over 370 social and golf members (out of 619 TCAC members in all) of The Club at ArrowCreek (TCAC) are also members of the ACHOA community and that the two organizations share many common goals that will enhance the ArrowCreek Community Experience.

Over the years many joint arrangements have been implemented between the two independent organizations. These activities continue today and some are recognized with the ACHOA’s CC&R’s. The following easement arrangements recognize the joint cooperation between the entities:

  1. Easements through the golf course for ACHOA staff to access common area water drainage, retention areas and fire mitigation areas.
  2. Easements through the ACHOA Common area for TCAC staff to access golf course areas for maintenance, replacement, irrigation repairs and fire mitigation.
  3. Easements for ACHOA access to its Maintenance Building through one gate providing improved security.
  4. Easements for TCAC staff to access the grey water pump house for golf course irrigation and repairs.
  5. Gate access for TCAC non-resident members and guests. This includes tournament player access to the courses as well.

Over the years many shared services between the two independent organizations have also been implemented to the benefit both organizations.

  1. TCAC sells the ACHOA gasoline for the ACHOA maintenance equipment at TCAC wholesale cost lowering ACHOA expenses. In addition, the ACHOA does not need to haul gasoline from the valley floor to the maintenance area.
  2. TCAC provides mechanical repairs to the ACHOA maintenance equipment at a discounted price which is 20% below the services from outside vendors. This has lowered ACHOA expenses.
  3. TCAC has agreed to allow the ACHOA’s snow removal contractor vendor to park and service their snow removal equipment in the TCAC maintenance yard in return for TCAC parking lot snow removal services.
  4. TCAC has allowed the ACHOA to store certain landscape maintenance equipment within the TCAC maintenance building during the winter season.
  5. The ACHOA has allowed the TCAC summer youth program to have access to ACHOA tennis, swimming and resident center access. Most of the youth participants are ACHOA member children but it does include grandchildren and resident tenants (renters) of the ACHOA.
  6. The ACHOA allows TCAC members to drive golf carts on the ACHOA walking paths to gain access to the golf facilities.
  7. The ACHOA has responsibility to provide security and assist the TCAC concerning unauthorized access to 524 acres of land by non-TCAC members as per the CC&Rs. Access to the TCAC private land by ACHOA members and resulting damage is a shared responsibility of the parties.
  8. The ACHOA periodically rented TCAC for special community events like the Christmas Party. The costs for such an event were at a discounted price and some of the costs were offset by the above shared services.
  9. The ACHOA used the large dining room at the TCAC for free for multiple meetings that the Residents’ Club couldn’t handle due to the size of the crowd.

There are several other areas that may present themselves over the coming years for both shared arrangement and services within the community. Both organizations benefit from these relationships and they will help both be successful into the future.

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REBLOG: New to Reno – The 2016 Presidential Caucuses

Posted on February 19, 2016 by arrowcreek411

REBLOG of newtoreno:
The 2016 Presidential Caucuses are coming to Washoe County

Also,
Registering to Vote in Washoe County, Nevada

Nice articles!

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Don’t Forget! DEMS: Saturday Caucus! REPS: Tuesday Caucus!

Posted on February 18, 2016 by arrowcreek411

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State Democratic Caucus 2016 is on Saturday, February 20th at 11:00 a.m. We’re the third in the nation – our results can really influence the outcome of this election! It’s important to get as many Democrats as we can to participate in this.

http://www.southwashoedems.org/South Washoe DEMS Website
Feb Newsletter

More info:
Washoe County Caucus Information and Links

It’s Easier Than You Think from the Reno Gazette Journal.

Both parties recently released websites for voters to find their caucus sites. Both sites expect you to enter your information to get the caucus information:

The Democrats’ website is at http://nvdems.com/caucus/locations/

The Republicans’ website is at http://bit.ly/1n6YAns

People can register as a Democrat on the day of the Democrat caucus, Republicans must have been registered with the party at least 10 days before the caucus. Both parties allow 17-year-olds who will be 18 before election day to participate in the caucuses and conventions.

The Republicans will caucus on Tuesday, Feb. 23 beginning at 5 p.m. and ending at 9 p.m.

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Unofficial Synopsis of ACHOA Board Meeting of 16 February 2016

Posted on February 17, 2016 by arrowcreek411

by Ron Duncan

High Level Summary: From an owner perspective, this was the most transparent and inclusive Board meeting that has been conducted in the past eighteen months! Kudos to the New ACHOA Board.

Details:
The meeting began at about 6:00 PM, as advertised, following the Executive Board meeting. It was called to order by Vice-president Dave Steele and the pledge of allegiance was said. Following that Mr. Steele announced the first order of business was to select a new ACHOA Board President as Mr. Fox had resigned for personal reasons. The Board unanimously selected, based on our ACHOA By-laws and NRS 116 authority, Mr. Alan Liebman to be President for the 2016 session. Following that selection, Board officers were announced as:

Dave Steele – Vice President
Charlie Dickinson – Secretary
Bob Kirtley – Treasurer

And to fill the vacant Board position, again based upon the authorities of the ACHOA By-laws and NRS 116, Mr. John Krisch was appointed to the Board vacancy.

Mr. Liebman then proceeded to accept the office with a brief statement regarding the trauma the community has faced over the past many months and set a tone for bringing the community together. This was followed by the standard request for Homeowner comments regarding agenda topics. The only speaker was Mr. Jim Bailey who announced that ArrowCreek Truth was changing its name to acommunityteam.com to avoid a potential of trademark infringement with the ACHOA.

Mr. Liebman then presented Arrow Plaques to Sam Fox (in absentia), Steven Elliott (in absentia) and Robin Rakusin.

This was then followed by a presentation by Mr. Ken Krater, of Washoe County, regarding planned changes to the intersection of ArrowCreek Parkway and Zolezzi Lane. (Zolezzi Lane was originally ‘planned’ as the primary entrance to our ArrowCreek Subdivision.) They are planning on altering the curvature of the right turn from the Parkway onto Zolezzi Lane to reduce the speed of vehicles making the right turn and to allow a safer entry into the storage facility on the corner of Virginia Street and ArrowCreek parkway. There were a few questions regarding traffic safety, traffic flow and construction timing but there weren’t any real objections.

Previous meeting minutes were approved and the meeting proceeded to the financial and Committee reports.
Mr. Paul Burkett did the financial report with a lot of detail for ratification of our ACHOA Insurance policies for 2016. There were occasional questions from the Board but nothing major and the proposed policies were all accepted and ratified (details of these policies will be included in the official minutes).

Mr. Rick Reyome presented a security update with comments on people continuing to do ‘look out’ stops at our stop signs and one gate incident that is being covered by personal insurance (person was distracted and ran into one of our sub-gates.

This was followed by a safety committee report by Mrs. Mary Steele.
Mary identified numerous areas around the parkway where plantings are being removed and/or cut-back to allow greater visibility of oncoming traffic for safer egress from feeder streets. Also, the committee looked into the use of drones within our subdivision and has found that Nevada law has already identified the fact that they can be flown but not less than 250 feet above a property not belonging to the operator of the drone. Security will be the focal for receiving complaints of violations. It was also announced that there is a vacancy on the safety committee and they are requesting a volunteer.

The Architecture Design Review Committee (ADRC) summary was presented by John Kirsch and Dave Steele. Construction on vacant lots is continuing and there currently aren’t any issues nor staffing requests.

The Administrative Committee report was presented by Mr. Wayne Krachun. The primary focus of this report was on recent contract signings and implementations. A discussion ensued regarding the management company contract and ArrowCreek community support. Apparently that activity was not included in the final contract and will need a contractual modification if it’s required. Mr. Charlie Dickinson then brought up the topic of a ‘Road Use Agreement’ between the ACHOA and the owners of the Non-residential area. This discussion caused a number in the audience the question what this was all about. This topic definitely needed more than a drive-by presentation as most owners have little understanding that The Club at ArrowCreek (e.g. the FOA LLC) pays the ACHOA an amount of dues every month based upon a formula embedded in our ACHOA CC&Rs (Article VII, Section2). It’s been 6 (six) Equivalent lots ($1,308.00 per month), with voting rights, for as long as anyone can trace back. Recently, this number has been brought into question with calculations ranging from 2 Equivalent lots to 20 Equivalent lots. Charlie requested that the Budget Committee undertake an effort, which is required under our CC&Rs to be done annually, to determine the ‘real’ number and provide documentation on how that number was arrived at for use in the future.

The Communications Committee report was done by Mr. Paul Burkett with the primary emphasis being on getting a new ACHOA management website. Paul made the recommendation and the Board approved moving forward with a not to exceed cost of $7,000. The site will be independent of the current Associa website with far greater flexibility. This was followed by the Governing Documents Committee.

Ms. Joyce Seelen presented the documents that are under review, the challenges facing the committee with those documents, the status of changes and additional issues that have arisen. The documents being reviewed are the By-Laws (takes 50%+1 for owner approval of changes), the CC&Rs (takes 50%+1 for owner approval of changes), and the Articles of Incorporation (takes 66% for owner approval of changes). In terms of challenges, the developer/Declarant is gone, and doesn’t legally exist any longer, there have been and will continue to be Nevada law changes, and the documents are unclear/vague in some instances. Status of the documents varies from they’ve been worked to they haven’t even been looked at yet. The next meeting to work through CC&Rs is slated for 17 March.

Fuels management was then discussed with no action required and the meeting proceeded to other business…

The discussion of the ArrowCreek trademark was postponed to the April Board meeting along with a discussion of committee charters.

Committee members were then officially appointed and it was announced that ‘training’ of committee members would be held 24 February from 2 to 4 PM at Associa. Two ‘new’ committees were instantiated; one in place of the abolished ACCC is now being called the ACHOA-Club Liaison committee (Joyce Seelen)[not sure if it is a committee or a single representative] and a second committee entitled ‘ACHOA Activities.’ If interested, ACHOA members need to fill out a Committee Interest Form and send it to Associa. (The address is on the form.)

The meeting concluded at 8:43 PM.

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Reminder! February ACHOA Meeting at 6 pm 2/16/16

Posted on February 15, 2016 by arrowcreek411

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All owners are invited and encouraged to attend board meetings.rememberDon’t forget!

ACHOA BOARD MEETING – NEW LATER TIME!
This AGENDA REVISED 2-5-16
Tuesday February 16, 2016 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Location: ACHOA Resident’s Club

This is the first official 2016 board meeting of the new ACHOA Board.

In addition to setting goals and directions, committee appointments will be an action item on this agenda.

If you are interested in serving on one of the many committees, please complete a Committee Interest Form.

All the committee charters, members, and the Committee Interest Form are posted on the Associa website under Our Community\Committees & Groups. Please note, you must login to view the information on the Associa website. All the charters are accessible when I am logged in except for the Administrative Committee Charter. Access is denied. Alternatively, you may contact Associa Sierra North at 775-626-7333.

Note: This meeting agenda was revised 2/5/16.

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Hunsberger Parents! Parent Social Planned for Feb 25!

Posted on February 12, 2016 by arrowcreek411

Hey there, all you Hunsberger Parents! Get ready for another Parent Social! Join the fun on February 25th at Bistro 7 from 5:30-8:30pm. If you haven’t experienced a Parent Social yet this year, don’t miss out on this one! Grab some friends and join us for a fun evening!

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REreno Reblog: North Valley Heinz Ranch Property Changes Hands

Posted on February 12, 2016 by arrowcreek411

Proposed new development in Washoe County: see the details at REreno’s Heinz Ranch.

This Heinz Ranch North Development Area is west of White Lake Parkway just southwest of the 400 acre Nevada Land Trust facilitation of the Heinz Ranch on the east side of White Lake Parkway. These two links show their proximity to each other.

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