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SaddleBrooke Two · For The Record · September 2025

SaddleBrooke Two HOA news, September 2025: no assessment, 2026 budget

Blaine Bond’s digest of HOA Two’s September 2025 newsletter: what the board and staff decided, in plain words, with the source linked at the end. Not the association’s own text.

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The short version

What changed in September 2025

  • The Board unanimously dropped a planned $300-per-home yearly assessment for 2026–2029 (about $4 million) by moving the Preserve golf course refresh from 2029 to 2031.
  • Outside experts, including Troon and an irrigation inspector, said the Preserve course can be maintained through 2031 with some mitigation work.
  • The HOA needs about $3.5 million a year for reserves and generated about $4.3 million of adjusted net income in 2024, though 2031–2034 will be heavy spending years.
  • Through July 2025 the HOA is $730,608 ahead before depreciation and the golf loss has shrunk to $25,468 from $752,940 a year earlier.
  • The proposed 2026 budget goes to the Finance Committee in September; the dues figure is not out yet.
What it means for buyers

The biggest near-term cost risk for SaddleBrooke Two owners, a four-year special assessment, is off the table, and reserves are funded from regular dues. Expect the 2026 dues number in the October or November issue. The Preserve course renovation is now a 2031 project, so buyers there have several years before construction disruption.

Every decision in this issue

The details, item by item

Special assessment cancelled The 2024 Board’s plan put the Preserve Golf Course refresh in 2029, funded by a $300-per-home annual assessment 2026–2029 (about $4 million total). Troon and an independent irrigation inspector said the course can be kept up through 2031 with mitigation, so the 2025 Board unanimously moved the project to 2031 and discarded the 2029 plan and its assessment.
Reserve math (Treasurer) Revised Reserve Study: about $3.5 million a year needed for reserves (rising with inflation). 2024 audited “adjusted” net income about $4.3 million. Warning: 2031–2034 are heavy spending years and fund balances could fall below $3 million in the early 2030s.
2026 budget 2025 reforecast plus 5- and 10-year forecasts done; proposed 2026 budget to the Finance Committee in September (operations, reserves, capital). 2026 dues not stated.
Staffing COO Darren Shaw nine months in (joined ~Dec 2024); “more than 150 FTEs” (COO) vs “more than 200 members of our staff” (Employee Appreciation Committee).
Water SPAC (joint HOA1/HOA2 volunteer commission, chair Jan Howard) ran an “In the Know on H2O” seminar on regional supply; also pursuing NFPA FireWise recognition and a Town of Oro Valley partnership. Meets 2nd Thursday, 2–4 p.m., Agate Room.
Fitness $8 classes / $10 SGT unchanged; Tai Chi for Beginners session class $37.50 (Oct 3–31).
MVBG hours Mon–Fri 8am–2pm and 3–8pm; “(Saturday & Sunday also)” — weekend hours unclear in the text layer. Catering via sbhoa2.org/catering, 520.825.7382.
PCSO calls, July 2025 51 total; labeled: business check 5, information 4, follow-up 3, agency assist 2, civil/disorderly/domestic 2, suicidal subject/attempt 2, 1 each animal, found property, smoke (rest unlabeled; chart).
Pack rats (ALC) Prevention guidance; live traps, no poison bait; middens in HOA2 common areas reported via the Common Area and Facilities e-form.
Financials, July 2025 YTD Community Service Fees $4,721,803 (+4.5 % vs PY; +$14,863 vs budget); total assessments and other income $4,967,674; restaurants −$111,103 (PY −$188,352); golf (excluding GIF) −$25,468 (PY −$752,940; budget −$416,232; July MTD −$196,089); fitness −$25,889; theatre/lifestyle −$24,966; operating expenses $4,049,640; income before depreciation $730,608 (PY $141,109; budget $85,840). July MTD −$190,861.
Directory 2025 Board unchanged: Larry Santora (Pres), Chuck Kill (VP), Brad Nickum (Treas), Jeannine Grippo (Asst Treas), Sheri Grupe (Sec), Shawne Cryderman, Matt Kambic. Staff list unchanged from July. Employee Appreciation Fund deadline printed “November 26, 2024” (sic).

Source: SaddleBrooke HOA Two, For The Record, September 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.

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