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Hacienda Valley Estates 275 Burnett Ave, Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408) 779-4301 / (408) 779-2187 Fax Email: office@haciendavalley.com On Site Managers: Nancy Redford & Scott Shores

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President: George Turk V.P. / Chief Operating Officer: Lori Carraway Director of Asset Services: Diana Welsh Director of Resident Services: Nicki Ross

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April 2020

The Hacienda April Dates to Remember April Fools Day

Palm Sunday

Full Moon

Passover

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Easter Income Tax Pay Day

Earth Day

Did You Know? On April 6, 1930, Twinkies were invented by Jimmy Dewar, manager of a bakery near Chicago. He wanted to make better use of the shortcake pans used only during the strawberry season, so he made spongy yellow caked and injected them with banana cream. He came up with the name when he saw a sign for “Twinkle Toe” shoes in St. Louis. Cream filling replaced the banana filling when there was banana shortage during World War II.

Millennium Memo

Were you able to attend the February HOA meeting? No? That’s too bad. You missed a chance to meet Devin Pinedo, the newest member of the SPARC Team. SPARC, of course, is our resident services partner. With Nicki going on maternity leave sometime in April (if her soon-to-be son hasn’t arrived before then), SPARC is doing a bit of reorganizing. Devin will be representing our Northern California parks, with Stacee taking over Southern California. You’ll love Devin. She has a strong non-profit background, endless energy and is dedicated to finding what she describes as a “plethora” of opportunities for your Park. She was a communications major, so she knows big words like that. By the way…I want to thank Devin for explaining “plethora” to me. It means a lot. Kudos… This month’s Kudo-recipient is Larry Breniman (Sp. 124). Larry “is always visiting folks in the Hospital, picking up their mail…recently, Larry even found and returned a lost cat to the cat’s rightful servant. How does that not deserve a Kudo? Let’s also give a Kudo to Manager Nancy. She deserves one every month, but this one is for her work in rousting the Homeless Camp. After calling around, Nancy got ahold of the City’s Code Compliance Officer, who brought in the Sheriff, who passed the problem on to the Principal of 2

Millennium Memo Continued. . . Sobrato HS, as the Camp was on High school property. So problem solved for now—at least as of the day I’m typing this—due to Nancy’s persistence. Way to go, Nancy! Two More News Items 

One of our Sonoma County parks is putting a Bocce Ball Court on the HOA’s Wish List for the upcoming new Fiscal Year Budget. Could this lead to a bigger-and-better Millennium Cup Competition?

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Recent big expenditure: $11K worth of concrete work, generally around the Pool Area. I’m also told that the Putting Green/Croquet Court is open. Kudos to Kerry Lane for supplying the non-invasive Croquet Hoops.

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Next up: Paint the speed bumps. Your Rent Dollars at Work!

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It looks like SPARC may be bringing a Tai Chi class to Hacienda, thanks to Stacee & Devin. Look for classes to start in late March/early April.

Welcome Devin, thanks again to our Kudo recipients…and Have a Happy Easter and a Safe & Sane St. George’s Day (April 23). George Turk

MANAGER’S CORNER This is a month of several religious observances and so I’ll begin by saying have a blessed Passover, Easter or Ramadan. The HOA is having a Spring breakfast on April 18th. And on the same day they will be holding the park wide yard sale. You know what they say? One man’s trash is another man’s treasures! And, let’s face it, there is just something about this generation that just plain hates to throw perfectly good stuff away!! We feel okay if someone else takes it — even for a quarter — but to throw it away is criminal. It’s how we were raised. We are not the throw away generation. Lol!! Another note — I will be training to help you with your Census on 4/18. Call me if you need any assistance after that date. With this terrible Virus going around I will just say this to you, because you hear enough on TV. Do NOT come to the clubhouse if you are sick. When you come into the clubhouse for anything, go into the restrooms and wash your hands. We are keeping the tables and hard surfaces wiped down. If you are at all worried about mixing with people, stay home. We all understand. Thanks everybody. It is so nice when a resident goes above a beyond for others. Larry Breniman #124, is one of those kind of guys. Maybe it’s because he goes for walks and stops to talk to people and ask how they are because he actually wants to know. Who Knows? But Larry ends up doing a lot of nice things for a lot of our residents. Visiting them in the hospital, picking up and getting their mail for them and mailing it off to relatives. But as George says, “You’ve got to love anyone who finds lost cats”! Yup, Larry found a lost 18 year old cat that had been wandering around the park for a week and returned it to its very worried owner. The sneaky cat had gotten out about a week before and the owner and I had been notifying anyone we could that we knew would keep an eye out. Well, ‘lo and behold’, this little old lady went walking by Larry who was paying attention. He called her over, picked her up and you know the rest of the story. Isn’t is nice to be neighborly and look out for each other? Thanks Larry. You and your wife, Sam, are such nice people and do look out for your neighbors — even the 4 legged ones! I would like to take this opportunity to remind all of you that Inspection time is fast approaching! As Scott and I are taking our evening walks, we are noting a lot of weeds in yards. We are even reminding some of the worst offenders now! This is the perfect weather to get out and work in your yards and get those nasty critters out and gone. Spraying works best if they aren’t 6 ft. tall. In other words, they should be shorter than you! If you are getting a large amount of weeds—it may be time to re-do the black barrier. Another remedy is to spray well. Get out what is in the area, and put in pavers. Then you could put in pretty planters with a drip system to them and you won’t have to worry about them again for a long time. It’s hard living next to a couple of big weed fields.

If you recently did your taxes and discovered that your income is lower than you thought— maybe you qualify for a couple of the program that can save you some money — like PG&E’s CARE Program. It can save up to 30% on your gas and electric bill. The sign up is so easy. I have the applications and the envelopes to mail them in at my office. Right now if you are a home with 1 to 2 people with income of $33,820 or less you qualify. If there are 3 people in your home it is $42,660. Also, Brown Bag is 2 weeks a month. The First and 3rd Thursday. To Qualify for 1 person the income level is $34,348; for 2 $46,503; for 3 $58,658. Plus, Rebuilding Together is always there to help when you have something big that needs to be done, especially if it is a health and safety issue related item. I have applications in the office. So, if things look a bit lean, come talk to me and let me help you get signed up with one of these great money saving programs. Have fun at our park wide yard sale. Stuff yourself on breakfast, and most of all, have a very nice Easter, Passover or whatever holiday you are spending with family and loved ones. God bless you all as we go through this rather difficult time together. We will be praying good things for all of you. God bless. Nancy and Scott

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