SaddleBrooke Two · For The Record · August 2025
SaddleBrooke Two HOA news, August 2025: pool upgrades, golf profit
Blaine Bond’s digest of HOA Two’s August 2025 newsletter: what the board and staff decided, in plain words, with the source linked at the end. Not the association’s own text.
The short version
What changed in August 2025
- The Preserve pool and spa get a resurfaced deck and new quartz liner starting in early September; the MountainView pool is done except for new ladders.
- Through June 2025 the HOA is $928,415 ahead before depreciation, almost nine times budget, and golf has earned $170,621 instead of the $320,275 loss planned.
- The MountainView Clubhouse is next: community-voted carpet, paint, restrooms and a hardwood ballroom floor are being priced.
- Any exterior improvement, from a new gate to house paint or a tree, needs an ALC permit; like-for-like repairs do not.
- Patrol rewrote its rules so officers can help residents in a jam, after an incident in July where they could not.
What it means for buyers
Dues are funding visible upkeep this year, with both pools, both clubhouses and the theater getting work in 2025. Mid-year results are well ahead of budget, which lowers the odds of surprise increases. If you plan exterior changes after closing, allow time for the ALC permit process.
Every decision in this issue
The details, item by item
| Pools | MountainView pool renovation mostly finished, waiting on new ladders; card access, panic bars and new locks on the MV pool gates, same work starting at The Preserve. Preserve pool: deck resurfacing and new quartz liner for pool and spa from early September. |
|---|---|
| Clubhouses | Preserve Clubhouse exterior repaint through mid-August; entrance-door repairs at both clubhouses; DVPAC exterior stucco repairs, indoor stage resurfaced, new curtains. MVBG interior refresh in planning: carpet (chosen by community vote), paint, restrooms; ballroom to get an engineered hardwood floor. |
| Other projects | Unit 14 perimeter walls repainted July–Aug, Units 15 and 17 next; MV Outdoor Stage resurfaced plus lawn lighting; MVBG patios get LED can lights and repaint from Aug 5; Pickleball storage shed under way, paid for by the Pickleball Club; new roofs and paint on all golf course restrooms (pest damage). |
| Governance (Board) | Matt Kambic’s final article: 2023 strategic plan, 2024 Facility Master Planning Report, 10-year Long-Range Financial Plan, and a switch from a general-manager model to a COO model. |
| Fitness pricing | $8 classes (member charge or Unlimited Monthly Pass); SGT $10, not on the pass; DV Fitness 520-818-1300. |
| Patrol policy change | After an early-July incident where residents were not helped, Patrol revised its policy to allow more discretion (including transport) when residents need help; SOP updated, staff retrained. |
| PCSO calls, June 2025 | 36 total; labeled: information 4, civil/disorderly/domestic 3, attempt-locate 2, found property 2, traffic 2, 1 each agency assist, field interview, follow-up, juvenile disturbance, suicidal subject (rest unlabeled; chart). |
| ILR | Institute for Learning in Retirement since 2005; 1,850+ subscribers, about 30 courses a year; $25 lifetime membership, $15 per course; sbilr.org. |
| ALC permits | Permit needed for any exterior improvement or replacement (new gate, house paint, new tree, security screen, pavers, walls, anything needing a Pinal County permit, which must accompany the ALC application). Like-for-like repairs usually exempt (A/C swap, roof underlayment, same-size window, dying shrub). ALC 520-879-4155, askhoa2alc@sbhoa2.org. |
| Financials, June 2025 YTD | Community Service Fees $4,047,546 (+4.5 % vs PY; +$13,026 vs budget); total assessments and other income $4,253,993; restaurants −$48,507 (PY −$103,379); golf (excluding GIF) +$170,621 (PY −$600,852; budget −$320,275); fitness −$20,653; theatre/lifestyle −$1,296; operating expenses $3,425,743 (Common Area Maintenance June MTD $277,086 vs $113,952 budget); income before depreciation $928,415 (PY $218,543; budget $105,117). June MTD −$212,431. |
| MVBG prices | Happy hour 3–5pm; Prime Rib Fri $43.99 (8 oz; ad on p. 16 says $44); Baby Back Ribs Sat $25.99; Fried Chicken Sun $28.99; prix fixe $49.99. |
| Directory | Unchanged from July: Board Larry Santora (Pres), Chuck Kill (VP), Brad Nickum (Treas), Jeannine Grippo (Asst Treas), Sheri Grupe (Sec), Shawne Cryderman, Matt Kambic (departing). HOA 2 520-818-1000. |
Source: SaddleBrooke HOA Two, For The Record, August 2025: read the issue. Summaries are Blaine’s; the recorded CC&Rs, HOA Two’s current Rules and a home’s resale disclosure govern.
Buying in SaddleBrooke Two?Blaine reads every issue and attends the meetings. Ask which of these items touch the home you are looking at.