No. 3 Park West Association
Winter 2026 Newsletter
ANNUAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
The annual meeting of the No. 3 Park West Association will be held on Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 11:00 AM in the back yard of Cheryl Tanno’s house at 3040 West San Juan Drive. All homeowners and residents of No. 3 Park West Association (southwest of Starr Pass Blvd and Shannon Rd) are welcome to attend the meeting.
We are hoping the weather will cooperate and allow us to have this meeting outside. Please arrive by 10:45 AM. Also please bring a chair and enter the back yard by the gate on the left (west) side of the house. There will be no access to the inside of Cheryl’s home.
If the day is too cold or rainy (or snowy!) for us to meet outside, the meeting will be held by Zoom. For this reason, we need everyone who wants to attend to send their name, street address, mailing address if it is different from your street address, and email address to donna@tpw3.org no later than January 21. If necessary, we will notify meeting participants of the switch to a Zoom meeting by 8:00 AM January 24. The meeting will be conducted by Zoom ONLY if we can not hold it outside in Cheryl’s back yard.
No. 3 Park West Association homeowners and residents are encouraged to attend the annual meeting, as well as the other three board meetings that are usually held on the second Tuesday of April, July and October. Check TPW3.org for the location, or request a Zoom link for future meetings and learn about current HOA projects.
NAME THAT WASH!
A wash by any other name could be a water course or gully, a ravine, wadi or an arroyo. We have two named water courses on our HOA, and several that are unnamed. Many people know that the large waterway crossing our HOA to Starr Pass Boulevard is the Silvercroft Wash. Fewer know that the wash just south of San Juan Drive and under Shannon Road is the
Cholla Wash. And almost no one knows that the San Juan Wash is further south, not even on our common area at all. Both the San Juan Washand the Cholla Wash dump into the Santa Cruz River just south of the jail.
The Silvercroft Wash’s headwaters and tributaries cross the southern end of the golf course, run between Desert Crest Drive and Lavonne Way, go under Lavonne Drive, and dump into the bigger, unnamed stream bed in our common area along the south side of Starr Pass Boulevard, eventually joining the Santa Cruz River near Miracle Mile at I-10.
The wide, dry, unnamed stream bed along the south side of Starr Pass Boulevard starts in the hills near The Club at Starr Pass Resort, (formerly Catalina BBQ Company) on the golf course, and is joined by tributaries from the north side of Starr Pass Boulevard.
Of similar interest is the arroyo dumping onto and crossing Shannon between Saint Tropaz Avenue and San Juan Terrace on the common area where a park might be built. (See the article in this newsletter). That little arroyo really rips when we get a gully washer. There have been times your HOA Common Area Chairman has shoveled rocks and sand off the road before the street sweepers arrive.
Would you like to give one of those washes a name of your choosing? Get creative and think of names for the two washes described above.
1) That wide, dry stream bed along the south side Starr Pass Boulevard and
2) That arroyo between Saint Tropaz Avenue and San Juan Terrace at Shannon Road.
Please email your suggestions to Juan Barba at juan@tpw3.org before January 22. The proposed wash names will be announced at the HOA Annual Meeting on January 24.
Submittals will be put up for a popular vote - suggested wash names will be sent to all homeowners we can contact by email. The board will ratify the two majority vote getters at the April HOA Meeting. We will submit those two names to the Arizona State Board on Geographic and Historic Names, the official site for naming washes. About six months later, the names we selected will be ratified by the Governor and we all win!
THE RETURN OF THE ROLL OFFS
Neighborhood associations can have roll off dumpsters provided by the City of Tucson free of cost so residents can discard large items without waiting for the semi-annual curbside bulky pick up. Our roll offs will arrive Friday, January 23 and will be on the west side of Desert Crest Drive just north of Saint Tropaz Avenue until Monday, January 26, 2026.
Please follow a few simple rules as a courtesy to your neighbors and to ensure that we continue to qualify for free roll offs.
What IS Allowed
Furniture, appliances that don’t contain freon, yard trimmings, your Christmas tree, and non-hazardous junk.
Please deposit your items in the roll offs during daylight hours, and try to keep the noise down. Walk into the roll off and place your items as far as possible from the door so other people can use the roll off after you do. Please close the door after you leave your items.
What is NOT Allowed
If the roll off contains prohibited materials, or if we don’t follow these rules, we probably won't be able to take advantage of this free program again, so we TRULY appreciate your cooperation. If you have any questions please call the City of Tucson Environmental Services at 520-791-3171
COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT ASSESSMENTS
Our annual assessments are only $51.50 per year. This covers our website, newsletters, printing and postage, Zoom subscription, income tax preparation, legal fees, post office box rental, Arizona Corporation Commission reporting, and the maintenance, property tax and liability insurance on our 65 acres of common area. The annual assessment was $24 per year in 1978. With 397% inflation in the past 47 years, the assessment should be $119 per year now. This would still be a bargain, with most HOAs (homeowner associations) charging over $100 per month. Few HOAs enjoy access to a common area as beautiful as ours.
We have been able to keep the annual assessment this low because the duties of our HOA are done by volunteers. The most onerous of these duties is keeping track of late fees and interest on delinquent assessments, and billing the homeowners who mistakenly believe that paying the assessments and interest is optional.
This is from our Covenants, Codes and Restrictions:
ARTICLE IV. COVENANT FOR MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENTS. Section 1. Creation of the Lien and Personal Obligation of Assessments. The Declarant (Trustee for the original developer of our HOA), for each Lot owned with the properties, hereby covenants, and each Owner of any Lot by acceptance of a deed therefor, whether or not it shall be so expressed in such deed, is deemed to covenant and agree to pay to the Association: (1) annual assessments or charges, and (2) special assessments for capital improvements, such assessments to be established and collected as hereinafter provided. The annual and special assessments, together with interest costs, and reasonable attorney's fees, shall be a charge on the land and shall be a continuing lien upon the property against which such assessment is made. Each assessment, together with interest, costs and reasonable attorney's fees, shall also be the personal obligation of the person who was the owner of such property at the time when the assessment fell due.
We currently charge a $15 late fee when the annual assessment is not paid by the due date, and interest accrues at 6% per year.
Thirteen (13) homeowners are in arrears. They owe our HOA $4,023 in assessments, late fees and interest. They have all received repeated notifications of the amounts they owe our HOA.
Our board recently hired an HOA management company to collect these delinquent assessments. When the management company bills these delinquent homeowners, our HOA will initially be charged by the management company for the billing. After the management company has sent three letter to the homeowner (at a cost of over $100 to the HOA per delinquent homeowner), if no payment plan has been established and completed by the homeowner, the matter will be turned over to an attorney for collection.
When an attorney gets involved, the costs to the delinquent homeowner will increase by several hundred dollars, but this typically persuades the homeowner to bring his account up to date.
The property management and attorney costs will be added to the delinquent homeowner’s account, adding several hundred dollars to the amount the homeowner must pay our HOA. It is much more cost effective for the homeowner to simply pay the amount they owe without any follow up.
If you would like to bring your account up to date before property management and attorney fees are added, please contact treasurer@tpw3.org to find out how much you owe. Your cooperation is appreciated.
A BRIGHTER, SAFER ENTRANCE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
The No. 3 Park West Association board is excited to announce the installation and activation of the new monument sign lighting at the community entrance! This lighting is more than just an aesthetic upgrade; it's an investment in the safety and security of our entire neighborhood.
We have had four previous attempts at improving the lighting of the monument. The previous attempts have experienced vandalism, and/or theft. The initial attempts consisted of placing solar lights on the ground in front of the monument. These disappeared within a few weeks. The latest attempts have included placement of a mounting arm above the monument intended to help protect our investment and dissuade would-be vandals.
Prior to the installation of the most recent solar light, there was a serious accident at this intersection involving an automobile and pedestrian. Most of us have experienced a similar situation in which we are surprised by pedestrians, children, animals, or cyclists.
Why Improved Lighting Matters:
Enhanced Safety: Proper, well-lit spaces make it easier for residents, pedestrians, and vehicles to navigate the entrance area at night, reducing the risk of accidents.
Deterrence of Activity: Adequate lighting has been shown to be an effective deterrent to potential criminal activity by eliminating dark, concealed areas.
Welcoming Atmosphere: The updated lighting makes our entrance more visually appealing, fostering a greater sense of community pride and a welcoming environment for residents and guests.
INTEREST IN A POCKET PARK IN OUR NO. 3 PARK WEST COMMUNITY
Our homeowner association community has 65 acres of desert common area. Many homeowners here find value in the wide-open vistas and next-to-nature feel of that undeveloped property. The common area has been minimally maintained for decades, the object being to preserve it as close to natural as possible.
A resident proposed that a small park might be a benefit we all could be proud of and utilize as needed. A site has been selected which realizes several goals.
1) It is important that it be close to homes so vandals would be reluctant to destroy or take our property positioned there.
2) It would be easily accessible to walking residents and just off the street for vehicle visitors.
3) Clearing the area involves shrubs and cacti only, no trees removed.
4) A decorative rock layer would be installed and a couple picnic tables.
5) Land preparation, materials purchased and installed, are estimated to be $4000.
6) It could be used for association purposes such as fair-weather meetings or neighbors gathering as well as by any interested homeowner for personal use.
The suggested site is off Shannon Road, south of Saint Tropaz Avenue, between 1610 and 1620 South Shannon Road in the common area by the little unnamed wash. The closest neighbors have been contacted. Your board would like to have more comments by all stakeholders. Please email juan@tpw3.org to register your comments and your opinion, for or against this plan. Thank you.
HELPFUL PHONE NUMBERS AND WEBSITES
Sometimes when a resident of our neighborhood sees an unsightly car or yard, their first instinct is to report the issue to a No. 3 Park West Association board member. A better and more effective approach is to report the problem directly to the City of Tucson department that has enforcement power and paid staff to deal with the matter.
The Housing and Community Services Code Enforcement Division will follow up on falling fences, junk, weeds, vegetation that obstructs sidewalks, signs on public rights of way next to roads, additions that don't seem to have building permits, and peeling paint complaints.
If you see a vacant property with broken doors or windows, this Division can send someone to secure the property. The number for code enforcement is 520-791-5843, but they want you to submit a report at https://docs.tucsonaz.gov/Forms/EGSD-Code-Enforcement-Violation-Report. Just do a google search for City of Tucson Code Enforcement and click on Report a Code Violation.
For vehicles with expired plates parked on the street, call Parkwise at 520-791-5071 or write to parktucson@tucsonaz.gov.
Inoperable vehicles on private property can be reported to https://www.tucsonaz.gov/police/junk-vehicle-reporting.
Graffiti and or tagging on public or private property is against the law. If you see someone in the act of “tagging,” call 911. If the graffiti is already in place, call 520-792-CITY (2489) to report it. Graffiti left in place tends to attract more graffiti. If the graffiti is on your property, eventually the City will notify you that you need to remove the graffiti or you will be fined.
New walls, fences, ramadas, carports, porches, storage sheds, garages and room additions must first be approved by Building Code Plan Review in the Development Services Department at 520-791-5550. Once you have complied with the City's building codes, approval must also be granted by the No. 3 Park West Association Architectural Committee. Please complete the Home Improvement Review Form found on our website, www.tpw3.org and send it to review@tpw3.org.
If you plan to change the trim color of your house, please complete the Home Improvement Review Form and send to review@tpw3.org. After the Home Improvement Review Form is received by the Architectural Committee, you will be asked to provide a paint chip. Earth tone colors are recommended.
Pot holes, missing street signs, street light needing maintenance, limbs hanging over the sidewalk? Send your request to the Tucson Department of Transportation at https://www.tucsonaz.gov/tdot/street-maintenance-improvement-request
Winter 2026 Newsletter
ANNUAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
The annual meeting of the No. 3 Park West Association will be held on Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 11:00 AM in the back yard of Cheryl Tanno’s house at 3040 West San Juan Drive. All homeowners and residents of No. 3 Park West Association (southwest of Starr Pass Blvd and Shannon Rd) are welcome to attend the meeting.
We are hoping the weather will cooperate and allow us to have this meeting outside. Please arrive by 10:45 AM. Also please bring a chair and enter the back yard by the gate on the left (west) side of the house. There will be no access to the inside of Cheryl’s home.
If the day is too cold or rainy (or snowy!) for us to meet outside, the meeting will be held by Zoom. For this reason, we need everyone who wants to attend to send their name, street address, mailing address if it is different from your street address, and email address to donna@tpw3.org no later than January 21. If necessary, we will notify meeting participants of the switch to a Zoom meeting by 8:00 AM January 24. The meeting will be conducted by Zoom ONLY if we can not hold it outside in Cheryl’s back yard.
No. 3 Park West Association homeowners and residents are encouraged to attend the annual meeting, as well as the other three board meetings that are usually held on the second Tuesday of April, July and October. Check TPW3.org for the location, or request a Zoom link for future meetings and learn about current HOA projects.
NAME THAT WASH!
A wash by any other name could be a water course or gully, a ravine, wadi or an arroyo. We have two named water courses on our HOA, and several that are unnamed. Many people know that the large waterway crossing our HOA to Starr Pass Boulevard is the Silvercroft Wash. Fewer know that the wash just south of San Juan Drive and under Shannon Road is the
Cholla Wash. And almost no one knows that the San Juan Wash is further south, not even on our common area at all. Both the San Juan Washand the Cholla Wash dump into the Santa Cruz River just south of the jail.
The Silvercroft Wash’s headwaters and tributaries cross the southern end of the golf course, run between Desert Crest Drive and Lavonne Way, go under Lavonne Drive, and dump into the bigger, unnamed stream bed in our common area along the south side of Starr Pass Boulevard, eventually joining the Santa Cruz River near Miracle Mile at I-10.
The wide, dry, unnamed stream bed along the south side of Starr Pass Boulevard starts in the hills near The Club at Starr Pass Resort, (formerly Catalina BBQ Company) on the golf course, and is joined by tributaries from the north side of Starr Pass Boulevard.
Of similar interest is the arroyo dumping onto and crossing Shannon between Saint Tropaz Avenue and San Juan Terrace on the common area where a park might be built. (See the article in this newsletter). That little arroyo really rips when we get a gully washer. There have been times your HOA Common Area Chairman has shoveled rocks and sand off the road before the street sweepers arrive.
Would you like to give one of those washes a name of your choosing? Get creative and think of names for the two washes described above.
1) That wide, dry stream bed along the south side Starr Pass Boulevard and
2) That arroyo between Saint Tropaz Avenue and San Juan Terrace at Shannon Road.
Please email your suggestions to Juan Barba at juan@tpw3.org before January 22. The proposed wash names will be announced at the HOA Annual Meeting on January 24.
Submittals will be put up for a popular vote - suggested wash names will be sent to all homeowners we can contact by email. The board will ratify the two majority vote getters at the April HOA Meeting. We will submit those two names to the Arizona State Board on Geographic and Historic Names, the official site for naming washes. About six months later, the names we selected will be ratified by the Governor and we all win!
THE RETURN OF THE ROLL OFFS
Neighborhood associations can have roll off dumpsters provided by the City of Tucson free of cost so residents can discard large items without waiting for the semi-annual curbside bulky pick up. Our roll offs will arrive Friday, January 23 and will be on the west side of Desert Crest Drive just north of Saint Tropaz Avenue until Monday, January 26, 2026.
Please follow a few simple rules as a courtesy to your neighbors and to ensure that we continue to qualify for free roll offs.
What IS Allowed
Furniture, appliances that don’t contain freon, yard trimmings, your Christmas tree, and non-hazardous junk.
Please deposit your items in the roll offs during daylight hours, and try to keep the noise down. Walk into the roll off and place your items as far as possible from the door so other people can use the roll off after you do. Please close the door after you leave your items.
What is NOT Allowed
- Absolutely no hazardous materials are permitted. (No paint, chemicals, batteries, fuel tanks, tires, refrigerators, freezers and air conditioning units.
- No construction materials, dirt or rocks.
- Don't leave anything outside the roll off.
- Items can not be piled above the top of the roll off or hanging off the sides.
If the roll off contains prohibited materials, or if we don’t follow these rules, we probably won't be able to take advantage of this free program again, so we TRULY appreciate your cooperation. If you have any questions please call the City of Tucson Environmental Services at 520-791-3171
COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT ASSESSMENTS
Our annual assessments are only $51.50 per year. This covers our website, newsletters, printing and postage, Zoom subscription, income tax preparation, legal fees, post office box rental, Arizona Corporation Commission reporting, and the maintenance, property tax and liability insurance on our 65 acres of common area. The annual assessment was $24 per year in 1978. With 397% inflation in the past 47 years, the assessment should be $119 per year now. This would still be a bargain, with most HOAs (homeowner associations) charging over $100 per month. Few HOAs enjoy access to a common area as beautiful as ours.
We have been able to keep the annual assessment this low because the duties of our HOA are done by volunteers. The most onerous of these duties is keeping track of late fees and interest on delinquent assessments, and billing the homeowners who mistakenly believe that paying the assessments and interest is optional.
This is from our Covenants, Codes and Restrictions:
ARTICLE IV. COVENANT FOR MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENTS. Section 1. Creation of the Lien and Personal Obligation of Assessments. The Declarant (Trustee for the original developer of our HOA), for each Lot owned with the properties, hereby covenants, and each Owner of any Lot by acceptance of a deed therefor, whether or not it shall be so expressed in such deed, is deemed to covenant and agree to pay to the Association: (1) annual assessments or charges, and (2) special assessments for capital improvements, such assessments to be established and collected as hereinafter provided. The annual and special assessments, together with interest costs, and reasonable attorney's fees, shall be a charge on the land and shall be a continuing lien upon the property against which such assessment is made. Each assessment, together with interest, costs and reasonable attorney's fees, shall also be the personal obligation of the person who was the owner of such property at the time when the assessment fell due.
We currently charge a $15 late fee when the annual assessment is not paid by the due date, and interest accrues at 6% per year.
Thirteen (13) homeowners are in arrears. They owe our HOA $4,023 in assessments, late fees and interest. They have all received repeated notifications of the amounts they owe our HOA.
Our board recently hired an HOA management company to collect these delinquent assessments. When the management company bills these delinquent homeowners, our HOA will initially be charged by the management company for the billing. After the management company has sent three letter to the homeowner (at a cost of over $100 to the HOA per delinquent homeowner), if no payment plan has been established and completed by the homeowner, the matter will be turned over to an attorney for collection.
When an attorney gets involved, the costs to the delinquent homeowner will increase by several hundred dollars, but this typically persuades the homeowner to bring his account up to date.
The property management and attorney costs will be added to the delinquent homeowner’s account, adding several hundred dollars to the amount the homeowner must pay our HOA. It is much more cost effective for the homeowner to simply pay the amount they owe without any follow up.
If you would like to bring your account up to date before property management and attorney fees are added, please contact treasurer@tpw3.org to find out how much you owe. Your cooperation is appreciated.
A BRIGHTER, SAFER ENTRANCE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
The No. 3 Park West Association board is excited to announce the installation and activation of the new monument sign lighting at the community entrance! This lighting is more than just an aesthetic upgrade; it's an investment in the safety and security of our entire neighborhood.
We have had four previous attempts at improving the lighting of the monument. The previous attempts have experienced vandalism, and/or theft. The initial attempts consisted of placing solar lights on the ground in front of the monument. These disappeared within a few weeks. The latest attempts have included placement of a mounting arm above the monument intended to help protect our investment and dissuade would-be vandals.
Prior to the installation of the most recent solar light, there was a serious accident at this intersection involving an automobile and pedestrian. Most of us have experienced a similar situation in which we are surprised by pedestrians, children, animals, or cyclists.
Why Improved Lighting Matters:
Enhanced Safety: Proper, well-lit spaces make it easier for residents, pedestrians, and vehicles to navigate the entrance area at night, reducing the risk of accidents.
Deterrence of Activity: Adequate lighting has been shown to be an effective deterrent to potential criminal activity by eliminating dark, concealed areas.
Welcoming Atmosphere: The updated lighting makes our entrance more visually appealing, fostering a greater sense of community pride and a welcoming environment for residents and guests.
INTEREST IN A POCKET PARK IN OUR NO. 3 PARK WEST COMMUNITY
Our homeowner association community has 65 acres of desert common area. Many homeowners here find value in the wide-open vistas and next-to-nature feel of that undeveloped property. The common area has been minimally maintained for decades, the object being to preserve it as close to natural as possible.
A resident proposed that a small park might be a benefit we all could be proud of and utilize as needed. A site has been selected which realizes several goals.
1) It is important that it be close to homes so vandals would be reluctant to destroy or take our property positioned there.
2) It would be easily accessible to walking residents and just off the street for vehicle visitors.
3) Clearing the area involves shrubs and cacti only, no trees removed.
4) A decorative rock layer would be installed and a couple picnic tables.
5) Land preparation, materials purchased and installed, are estimated to be $4000.
6) It could be used for association purposes such as fair-weather meetings or neighbors gathering as well as by any interested homeowner for personal use.
The suggested site is off Shannon Road, south of Saint Tropaz Avenue, between 1610 and 1620 South Shannon Road in the common area by the little unnamed wash. The closest neighbors have been contacted. Your board would like to have more comments by all stakeholders. Please email juan@tpw3.org to register your comments and your opinion, for or against this plan. Thank you.
HELPFUL PHONE NUMBERS AND WEBSITES
Sometimes when a resident of our neighborhood sees an unsightly car or yard, their first instinct is to report the issue to a No. 3 Park West Association board member. A better and more effective approach is to report the problem directly to the City of Tucson department that has enforcement power and paid staff to deal with the matter.
The Housing and Community Services Code Enforcement Division will follow up on falling fences, junk, weeds, vegetation that obstructs sidewalks, signs on public rights of way next to roads, additions that don't seem to have building permits, and peeling paint complaints.
If you see a vacant property with broken doors or windows, this Division can send someone to secure the property. The number for code enforcement is 520-791-5843, but they want you to submit a report at https://docs.tucsonaz.gov/Forms/EGSD-Code-Enforcement-Violation-Report. Just do a google search for City of Tucson Code Enforcement and click on Report a Code Violation.
For vehicles with expired plates parked on the street, call Parkwise at 520-791-5071 or write to parktucson@tucsonaz.gov.
Inoperable vehicles on private property can be reported to https://www.tucsonaz.gov/police/junk-vehicle-reporting.
Graffiti and or tagging on public or private property is against the law. If you see someone in the act of “tagging,” call 911. If the graffiti is already in place, call 520-792-CITY (2489) to report it. Graffiti left in place tends to attract more graffiti. If the graffiti is on your property, eventually the City will notify you that you need to remove the graffiti or you will be fined.
New walls, fences, ramadas, carports, porches, storage sheds, garages and room additions must first be approved by Building Code Plan Review in the Development Services Department at 520-791-5550. Once you have complied with the City's building codes, approval must also be granted by the No. 3 Park West Association Architectural Committee. Please complete the Home Improvement Review Form found on our website, www.tpw3.org and send it to review@tpw3.org.
If you plan to change the trim color of your house, please complete the Home Improvement Review Form and send to review@tpw3.org. After the Home Improvement Review Form is received by the Architectural Committee, you will be asked to provide a paint chip. Earth tone colors are recommended.
Pot holes, missing street signs, street light needing maintenance, limbs hanging over the sidewalk? Send your request to the Tucson Department of Transportation at https://www.tucsonaz.gov/tdot/street-maintenance-improvement-request