Volunteer Spotlight

Volunteers on the ArrowCreek Board and on the ten committees that make recommendations to the Board are the life blood of ArrowCreek. They provide their time to put the community first and make it a premier community to live within. Together, they form the governing system of our not-so-small community. With 26 miles of roads, 21 miles of pathways, 2,900 acres making up the community, 957 homes of residents, and an annual budget of 3 million, governance of ArrowCreek is indeed a large undertaking that needs the talents of those who volunteer to help. Two of those such volunteers are Charlie Salvoy and Bill Boon.

Charlie Shalvoy

Charlie and his wife Linda bought their home in ArrowCreek in March 2016 and for the last five years have divided their time between their home here and their home in the San Francisco Bay Area. Between them, they have three adult children—one married, one engaged, and one “not in a hurry.” No grandchildren yet. Charlie and Linda love golf, skiing, hiking, biking, and vintage cars.

Charlie is an experienced CEO, Director, and entrepreneur who has successfully grown and transformed multiple public and private venture funded hi-tech companies in the digital manufacturing (3D printing), clean energy, semiconductor, and wireless markets. He has led turnarounds, business re-financings, and global expansion with both private and public companies. Charlie brings extensive experience serving on Boards of Directors of these such companies, as well as non-profit organizations such as the American Electronics Association and Eaglebrook School. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Stanford University. Now, with more time available given semi-retirement, Charlie has volunteered his extensive talents and experience to serve the ArrowCreek community.

Charlie joined the ArrowCreek Administrative Committee in September 2020 and has been involved on the subcommittee developing an RFP to decide if the ACHOA should switch to a new management company or if the current company should be retained. He is also involved with the Communications Committee, which is tasked with constructing a survey of the amenities in ArrowCreek to compare ours with other similar HOA communities in Northern Nevada. In addition, he has participated in meetings to review and approve the Employee Manual, led by Lorelei Carobolante, and to develop and implement an IRA for our employees, led by Carlos Mejia.

Charlie believes that to achieve the Vision set forth by the ACHOA Board, it is important to develop appropriate metrics and regular surveys to measure and track the effectiveness of the investments and improvements made to ArrowCreek over time. He would like to join other committees including the Budget and Finance and Reserve Committees, where he believes his experience can contribute. Charlie finds that volunteering is a way to make new friends and give back to the community. Charlie plans to look for other opportunities to volunteer within our great community. Thank you, Charlie, for being an active and contributing volunteer that puts the interests of the community first.

Dr. Bill Boon says he has been volunteering off and on for various organizations—such as church, youth activities, Junior Achievement, and Rotary, to name a few—for a long time. He has volunteered with youth activities since his children were active in sports, which started in the 1980s. Volunteering to help other people gives him a lot of satisfaction.

Bill was elected to serve the ArrowCreek community during the 2009-2010 term. He has served on the ADRC board and the Reserve Committee. Bill is now the chairperson of the Reserve Committee, to which he was elected in 2016. While the membership of that committee has changed over the years, the volunteers presently on the Reserve Committee include Kurt Bickel, Mark Aston, and Jim Keller (all currently on the ACHOA Board), Alan Liebman (former ACHOA Board President), Dave Steel (former ACHOA Board President), Jess Travers, Leonard Wohltez, and Bill Boon.

thank you for your service john j. krisch, achoa board of director april - dec 2011 & dec 2013-dec 2020

John Krisch has been an ArrowCreek resident since 2005 and he has provided a great deal of insight and experience to the ACHOA board over the past years. John continues to further enrich the ArrowCreek community as the Chairperson for both the ADRC and the Landscape Committee. John envisions enhancements to the existing walking trails, landscape, additional amenities and the build out of all vacant lots for residents to enjoy.

John cherishes the pristine views, the quiet location, and good neighbors in ArrowCreek and he continues to put the community first. We thank John for his past efforts and his continuing efforts for the community. We appreciate John’s vision that ArrowCreek will flourish and be the best gated golf and family friendly subdivision in Northern Nevada. Bill graduated from College of William and Mary with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry and went on to University of Massachusetts where he took his doctorate in chemistry. Bill has also completed some work for an MBA.

Bill and his wife Susan moved from Ohio, and after exploring other options, built their home in ArrowCreek in 2002 but did not move in until 2006. They picked ArrowCreek because of the closeness of skiing and because of the golf courses. They have four adult children who live all over the country—California, Georgia, Arizona, and Texas. They enjoy their nine grandchildren, plus hiking, and travel. Their black and white Springer Spaniel Maggie is almost 13 years old.

Dr. Boon’s vision for ArrowCreek is to continue to make ArrowCreek a great place to live, where one knows they are in a special place when they drive through the gate.

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Praise&Thanks to our Association volunteers

The ArrowCreek Homeowners Association success has relied upon its dedicated volunteers that have consistently put the community first to make it a Premier Northern Nevada Gated, Family Friendly, Golf Community. The over fifty (50) community volunteers serving as our Board of Directors, Advisory Committee members, and ADRC members have consistently put their energies into making ArrowCreek a desirable place to live. ArrowCreek volunteers along with an effective and efficient Community management team and ACHOA staff team, who also assist and attend committee meetings, have created a unique hybrid organization that other Associations want to emulate.

Our volunteers devote thousands of hours to make the community shine. They work in the background and they are underappreciated. We want to thank them for their time, commitment, and thoughtfulness in moving ArrowCreek forward over the last twenty years. Without you we could not be where we are today. The Association owes you all a huge debt of gratitude and we want to recognize you all for your great efforts on behalf of the community. Thank you all for the volunteer time you commit to make this a great community. » Thank you to our forward-thinking Board of Director Members –

Morgan White, Kurt Bickel, Joyce Seelen, Gary Jacobson, Rick Hsu,

Jim Keller, and Mark Aston

» Thank you to our hard-working Architectural Design Review (ADRC) Committee Members – John Krisch, Morgan White, Joyce

Seelen, Ron Duncan, Jess Traver, Jeff Jones and Don Unruh

» Thank you to our responsive and active Social Committee members – Mary Anne Gaebe, Morgan White, Sandra Mazolewski,

Susan Thorsteinson, Connie Ghysels, Kathi Delegal, Charlotte

Curtis, Valerie Logan, and Betsy Burgess with assistance from

ACHOA staff Brenda Rodriquez » Thank you to our diligent Administrative Committee members –

Ben Collins, Mark Aston, Carlos Mejia, Lorelei Carobolante, Tom

Reardon, Charlie Savoy, and Rick Hsu » Thank you to our imaginative and creative Communications

Committee members – Susan Duncan, Jim Keller, Joyce Seelen,

Hal Albright, Harvey Katz, Joyce White, Jeff Foster, Margaret

McConnell, Stan Jaeger, Joe Uhlan and Paul Burkett. » Thank you to our detail oriented and fiscally responsible Budget and Finance Committee members – Paul Burkett, Gary Jacobson,

Kurt Bickel, Rick Hsu, David Steele, Ken Peterson, Peter Linstroth,

Charlie Dickenson, and Kendrick Bratcher.

» Thank you to our community fire safety conscious Fuels

Management Committee members – Kathi Delegal, Janet Ouren,

Morgan White, Ben Collins, Steve Perez, and Kurt Bickel » Thank you to our compliance oriented Governing Documents

Committee – Jim Keller, Tom Motherway and Paul Burkett » Thank you to our community beautification and green thumb

Landscape Committee members – John Krisch, Joyce Seelen,

Susan Duncan, Elaine Carrick, Kathleen Graham, Tom Reardon,

Shannon Giolito, and Mars Bonfire.

» Thank you to our community asset replacement specialists and fiscally conscious Reserve Committee members – Bill Boon, Gary

Jacobson, Kurt Bickel, Mark Aston, Davide Steele, Alan Lieberman,

Jim Keller, Jess Traver, and Leonard Wohletz

» Thank you to our community safety specialists and community security conscious Safety Committee members – Morgan White,

Stephen Turner, Jim Gaebe, Brent Zicarelli and Jim Keller.

Assisted by ACHOA staff member Rick Reyome » Thank you to our relationship building Board Liaison who works with The Club at ArrowCreek to improve the subdivision – Gary

Jacobson

The ArrowCreek Community continues to grow and provide the services and amenities that our community members desire. The Board and Committees provide great assistance in developing, implementing, and improving upon those amenities. We are extremely fortunate to have such a great group of sharing individuals that put the community first.

ReturningSoon

800 grazing sheep

Sheep will be grazing in the Thomas Creek and Whites Creek areas next to ArrowCreek property for approximately eight (8) weeks from the end of April through the end of June. PLEASE keep your dogs on leash when walking or hiking on these trails or within the ArrowCreek community bordering these trails. Do note that your dogs are supposed to be on leash at all times within ArrowCreek. There are related fines for failure to do so.

Grazing takes place in the high mountain meadows on Forest Service and BLM lands above ArrowCreek. These sheep are our friends when it comes to preventing wildfires. Each day, the approximately 800 sheep consume over 3,200 lbs. of cheatgrass and other brush on federal and county lands surrounding our community. Everyone has the responsibility to help protect these sheep because your actions translate to helping protect this community from wildfire.

Why is keeping your dog on a leash so important when walking nearby grazing sheep? Some people may believe that they can walk their dogs off leash on the trails or federal land and then put them on a leash when they see the sheep. Unfortunately, dogs will see sheep before you do and, off they go. Most people think they can control their dog, even off-leash. Where sheep are concerned, you cannot. Instinct takes over and you have no time to put a leash on before the dog takes off after the sheep. Over the past few years, domesticated dogs have harassed these grazing sheep and sent them panicking in various directions—or even worse—attacked and hurt them.

THE BORDA FAMILY STORY

Where do the sheep come from? For more than a century, the Borda family has been sheep ranching in Northern Nevada, raising the animals for meat and wool. The Borda Family Lamb ranch is near Topaz Lake, about 75 miles south of Reno. Over many years, they have taken great lengths to protect important wildlife species such as the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep, Sage Grouse, Lahontan Cutthroat Trout, and the Sierra Nevada Yellow-Legged Frog. The Bordas also provide bands of sheep to graze on federal lands—at no charge—to achieve specific fuels reduction goals. Recently, the value of using livestock for this purpose has increased. In addition to promoting healthy and resilient rangelands, the objective of targeted grazing – as we see taking place above ArrowCreek—is to reduce fine fuels that feed wildfires in surrounding communities and lower the potential of a high intensity wildfire. In addition, the Bordas have provided sheep grazing on federal lands for many years in the Carson Valley at no charge.

The Borda name is well-known and respected in the community because of their rich Basque history, community involvement, and exquisite dishes featuring locally grown Borda lamb meat found at 15 different local restaurants and food trucks. Ted Borda is the face of the ranch and runs the day-to-day operations. Ted Borda was a secondary math teacher for 28 years at both Sparks and Galena High Schools where he also coached numerous football teams. He and his two sisters, Joyce Gavin and Angie Page, took over his family’s ranching operation in 1996 after their father’s passing. Ted and his wife, Candy, have been married for forty years and have four children: Joe, Pete, John, and Anna. Anna is special needs and helps her dad with ranch activities weekly. When the children are not working their jobs, they help out at the ranch at busy times, like shearing and lambing.

Ted Borda is much more than a sheep rancher. He is a land steward, mentor, teacher, and partner. Ted strives to sustain the health and productivity of the land by using his sheep to reduce the fire risk and to support our local firefighters and communities. Ted Borda is helping ArrowCreek stay safe from wildfires. We must do our part. Remember to leash your dog (s) when the sheep are grazing. Those sheep can and do help protect ArrowCreek—our community—from wildfires.

Prepare

for unexpected disasters

by Charles A. Moore, Fire Chief truckee meadows fire & rescue

Last year, the Rock Farm Fire threatened the ArrowCreek Community. The fire is still fresh in our minds, and as we approach the warmer season, it is an excellent time to pause and think about what you need to do to prepare yourself and your family for wildfires and other disasters. Here in northern Nevada, some of our most common critical events include wildfires, floods, earthquakes, and even extreme heat events. Our area is also prone to high wind conditions that can put lives in danger and cause property damage. All of these events could impact the power grid or a water main. Now is the time to prepare.

We want to make sure our ArrowCreek neighbors stay informed during a crisis and CodeRED alerts are an integral part of this effort. It takes just a few minutes to sign up. We are not able to know when disaster will strike, but we can make plans and prepare. Please visit our website at TMFPD.us and scroll down to "Sign Up for Code Red." Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District and our regional partners urge all residents to sign up to receive critical emergency notifications through the CodeRED system. To receive alerts, you must register your mobile phone number. These emergency notifications can include evacuation notices, shelter information, and other timely messages to keep you and your loved ones safe and informed. Truckee Meadows Fire is also active on Twitter and Facebook (@TMFPD).

Now is also an excellent time to become familiar with your community evacuation routes and identify multiple ways to leave the area. Should a wildfire or other disasters strike, help us keep evacuation routes clear so we can quickly move our emergency and firefighting apparatus into the area, and you and your neighbors can escape. When authorities announce an evacuation order, we urge you to leave the community. Traffic congestion slows us down and puts you and your property at risk.

Prepare a "go bag" with the essentials sufficient enough to get you through three days. Keep in mind each person's specific needs, such as medications. Have plenty of water, food items, blankets, and a first aid kit that includes flashlights and fresh batteries. And do not forget to keep essential documents in a fireproof safe.

We cannot stress the importance of defensible space enough. Defensible space is a fire-resistant zone free of leaves, debris, or flammable materials that extends 30 feet away from your home. Truckee Meadows Firefighters have suppressed many wildfires in Washoe County. Without a doubt, defensible space makes a significant impact on the survivability of a home. Trim or cut back branches and limbs that can serve as ladder fuels and carry fire to your roof.

I urge you to evacuate your home should law enforcement or fire personnel call for it. Pay attention to local television or radio stations for emergency alerts and current information and instructions. If you feel unsafe in your home during a wildfire, do not wait to be told to leave – evacuate!

While you are on our website signing up for Code Red, please take a moment to review our site. It contains timely emergency and fire prevention information and tips on how to be more prepared. My staff is always available to answer your questions or visit your property to discuss your risk.

We appreciate your continued support of our firefighters and first responders. Stay safe!

FireFighters

provide fuels reduction in ArrowCreek

by august isernhagan, division chief, wildland fuels truckee meadow fire & rescue

In the coming months, Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District, in conjunction with NV Energy, will be performing wildland fuels management work in the NV Energy right-of-way, on ArrowCreek HOA common grounds, and on golf course open areas. Division Chief Isernhagn made a presentation at the February Board meeting to inform the community.

Initially, work will occur under powerlines working south to north. Once this portion of the project is complete, crews will branch out to areas identified by the HOA and Golf Course that require further fuels mitigation to reduce the threat of wildfires.

Fire crews with chainsaws, chippers, and masticators will be in the area. The crew schedule will not be consistent due to other fuels reduction projects in other communities, trainings, and emergency response that will pull them off the ArrowCreek project.

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