Pueblo Del Sol Property Owners Association

Welcome to the Pueblo Del Sol Property Owners Association web site. We are a community of 346 properties located in the foothills of the Huachuca Mountains just south of the City of Sierra Vista, Arizona.  Since the PDS POA is no longer a covenant-protected association and no CC&Rs are in effect, the owners may now voluntarily contribute to support the financial obligations for retaining ownership and maintenance of the 77 acres of common areas.  These remain the property of the PDSPOA Corporation, an active Arizona non-profit corporation.  Each owner therefore has the freedom to manage and use their own property in compliance with Cochise County and Arizona laws and ordinances.  The PDSPOA Corporation is managed by elected Board Directors and Officers who are all volunteers and uncompensated owners in our community.  The Board and its Officers are responsible for the management, protection, and sustaining the common areas. These common areas are critical to maintaining the quality and property values of our community and consequentially our individual properties, as well as the Community aesthetics and quality of life aspects.  For several years, less than half of the owners have recognized the importance of these common areas to the community as a whole and not just to those properties near to the common areas.  They have contributed voluntarily to support the Association, and we have been able to meet our financial obligations, barely.   We ask for much greater support by Owners in our community.  It will benefit all of us.

Thank you,  Ted Pahle, President, PDSPOA

The mission of PDSPOA is to provide services to maintain environmental quality and property values by:

• Providing a common voice for matters that affect the PDS Village One Community.
• Promoting community inclusiveness.
• Ensure the PDS POA retains ownership and control of the 77 acres of common areas.
• Encouraging voluntary participation in maintaining the quality of life and property maintenance standards.
• Encouraging Owners to voluntarily pay an annual assessment to cover all the operating costs of the PDS POA and maintenance of the common areas.

ASSOCIATION STATUS:  We remain an Arizona Non-Profit Corporation in good standing and have filed the required annual Arizona Corporation Commission documents, fees, and information.  We have paid all tax obligations to the Federal, State and County assessors.  The same original Board of Directors remains committed to oversee the Association and the work of the President, Vice-President and Treasurer as well as the Grounds Committee.

FINANCES:  In the previous FY 2025 that ended on June 30, 2025, we collected sufficient voluntary contributions to meet our annual costs.  However, only 30% of the owners made individual contributions ranging from $25.00 to $300.00.  Please recognize that maintaining the ownership of the common areas and keeping them in good condition benefits every single property owner and their overall property values.  We should strive to keep our 346 properties and common areas as attractive as possible to retain high property values, aesthetics, and to ensure we remain a top choice in Sierra Vista for new owners to purchase here.  Jerry Riedel, as PDSPOA Treasurer, continues to manage all your funds and makes all payments when due.  He has been diligent, accurate, and exceptionally conservative to ensure no waste or loss of funds.  We owe him thanks for sticking with this responsibility.  He submits a monthly Treasurer Report which is then posted on the PDSPOA Webpage.

COMMON GROUNDS.  As indicated in a previous email to the community, a small group of Owners of the Grounds Committee headed by Lorna Sills, has continued to oversee the physical maintenance of our Common Areas.  They do great work but face the challenge that what used to cost us a couple of thousand dollars a year now costs us four or five times more.  A second challenge they face is finding a fair-priced and bonded lawn service and one that is willing and able to take on the difficult task of cutting the entire length of the north-south grounds parallel to Equestrian Avenue.  Several Owners have taken it upon themselves to use their own equipment and time to cut smaller portions within their capabilities.  We thank them for their efforts that benefit all of us and save us money.  The Fry Fire District has also been a great help with their efforts to reduce fire fuels in our Common Areas by cutting and chipping vegetation.  We owe them thanks also for their efforts.

COMMUNITY STATUS.  We have just experienced several years of incredible property value increases within our community and an amazing speed of sales, often just days after listing.  The word is that this will level off or possibly decline as interest rates increase.  Also, several previously vacant lots have brand new houses on them.  We have also noted more school buses active in our community which is indicative of younger families being attracted to live here.  Please drive slowly on our streets as kids and pets are more prevalent now and during the summer months. Except for a very small number of properties, our community looks great and is still a top-notch village.

We are a residential zoned community so conducting an actual commercial business (i.e., manufacturing process, non-resident employees, client traffic, showroom, material and heavy equipment storage, including cars, trucks, boats, etc.) on a property can be a county zoning violation.  This type of activity gravely damages the property values of nearby homes and the overall community.  This does not apply to Home Occupations (i.e., working out of your home) which are now very common.  The absence of CC&Rs now eliminates any authority by the PDSPOA to prevent these commercial activities.  We now depend solely on an exceptionally low interest and effort by the P&Z of Cochise County and thus only remains pride of ownership and respect for neighbors which have been unfaltering characteristics of the PDSPOA Village One.

COMMUNICATIONS:  To reduce costs, only a few notices per year will be mailed to the Owners.  We will depend more on the use of emails to keep contact with Owners, especially for emergencies, alerts, pet losses, etc.  We work hard to update our email listing which is only used for this purpose. Please bear with us if we have errors or omissions.  Send us changes or corrections.  We no longer receive notifications of property ownership changes.  Contact me if you are a new Owner and wish to be included in our roster.

Sincerely, Ted Pahle, President, PDS POA

May 30, 2023

pueblodelsolpoa@gmail.com

NOTICE:  ALL RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO REVIEW THE MONTHLY TREASURER REPORTS.  THESE GIVE A DETAILED LISTING OF INCOME AND EXPENSES DURING THE FISCAL YEARS  IT WILL CLEARLY DOCUMENT HOW YOUR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS ARE USED TO MEET THE BASIC OPERATING COSTS OF THE PDS POA.  WE OPERATE ON A BARE BONES BUDGET TO COVER THE COMMON AREA MAINTENANCE, ITS INSURANCE, AND TAXES.  VERY MINOR ADMIN EXPENSES ARE ALSO COVERED.  WE URGE ALL RESIDENTS CONSIDER MAKING A VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO ENSURE WE HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS EACH FY.  ANY AMOUNT IS WELCOME.  LAST FISCAL WE RECEIVED FUNDS FROM ABOUT 30% OF THE OWNERS, WHICH IS LESS THAN LAST YEAR.   WE HAVE CUT OUR OPERATING COSTS DRASTICLLY BUT STILL NEED ABOUT $10k TO COVER MAINTENANCE, INSURANCE, AND TAXES, ALL OF WHICH CANNOT REMAIN UNPAID.  MAINTAINING THESE 77 ACREAS OF COMMON AREAS IS OF VALUE TO EACH AND EVERY OWNER AS THEY ADD SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR COMMUNITY.  JUST IMAGINE IF WE HAD TO GIVE UP THESE 77 ACRES TO THE COUNTY OR TO A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION AND THUS LOSE CONTROL OF WHAT THESE ACRES COULD BE USED FOR.

 NOTICE:  The FRY Fire District, the Department of the Interior, USDA Forest Service, the National Fire Protection Association,  and University of Arizona, have provided valuable information about protecting your home from wildfires.  We urge you to make your home “defensible” by the fire crews so it is not a dangerous tinder box that threatens lives and your and other’s properties.  Please click here to see this information. Also check the national website of FireWise USA that specifically addresses preparations for homes subject to wildfires.  (Click here)

The Association has two e-mail accounts, pueblodelsolpoa@gmail.com and pdspoa@pdspoa.com, as contact points for the Association.    Contacts page for PDSPOA officers.  Our new PDS POA phone number is:  (520) 263-7786.