Valle del Norte

Valle Del Norte

Welcome to the Valle del Norte neighborhood site.  This site is intended for the benefit of ALL the property owners within the Valle del Norte subdivision of Green Valley, Poway, CA.

THE HISTORY: 

The Valle del Norte Association was established in 1960 by the May development company (see the retyped CC&Rs, below).  The original intention was that this was to be an association of homeowners united under a HOA, and that there would be a RECREATION AREA/POND/STABLES stables on a large, low-lying  (i.e. non-residential) parcel at the northern extent of the development, owned and maintained by the HOA. The lots were sold for custom homes which were to follow a set of guidelines under an "architectural committee".

Unfortunately, the original homeowners did not incorporate by the mid-70's, and so the May company sold the planned recreation area to a single party who develped this parcel as a homesite.  Fast forward 20 years. The City of Poway was established in 1980.  

THE ISSUES: 

Fast forward another 35 years, to 2015. 

STORM DRAIN SYSTEM THREATENS HARMONY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

According to the City of Poway Public Works folks, the City only maintains the below-ground culverts of this storm drain system and doesn't maintain the cemented open culvert which runs from Stone Canyon to Luiseno.  This area and the open culvert north of Luiseno contribute a large volume of debris which is washed into the "POND" with every rain.

Second, it seems that the CC&Rs, although ancient, are still in effect, as, it turns out, CC&Rs "run with the land".  The only possibility of rescinding or updating the CC&Rs are to join with 65% of the homeowners and file a new document with the County Assessor's Office. Why do this? Because, it turns out, any of the homeowners can take it upon themselves to enforce all or portions of this oudated document on another homeowner.

THE SOLUTION:

The primary purpose of this site for the time being is to 1) RECIND, or develop a new, updated and sensible document of CC&Rs and file this with the San Diego County Assessor (we need at least 65% concordance), and 2) establish a HOA-type organization, preferably an IRS-tax exempt "mutual ditch company" of at least 85% of the landowners upon whose property the storm drain courses.  This "mutual ditch company" will act to maintain the storm drain(s) which are on private property. Why do this? because this takes the burden off of any one parcel owner, and forms a joint effort to do the right thing for each other.  Of course, any parcel owner who has a stake in this should take part in its solution.

Secondary purposes are to try to heal this neighborhood from the really bad karma that has resulted from all the mis-directed finger-pointing and compliance complaints.