La Paloma Property Owners Association

The 2024 LPPOA annual meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 16th.  Registration is at 5:45 PM and the meeting will start at 6:00 PM.  The meeting will be held at The Post Workspaces, 7400 N Oracle Road, First Floor Conference Room.

The next LPPOA Board of Directors meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 21st at 9:30 AM.  Note the new start time.  The meeting will be held at the HBS Offices at 7400 N. Oracle Road, Suite 311.  The meeting is also available via Zoom.

Contact the LPPOA Community Association Manager for more information.

At a September Pima County Board of Supervisors Meeting, a discussion was held concerning fireworks displays at Westin La Paloma.  Topics discussed included the process to apply and being approved to display fireworks, the consideration of wind speed before a display occurs, and the recent fireworks display at Westin La Paloma that went awry.

Please copy the link below in your browser.  The fireworks discussion starts at 2 hours 25 minutes in the video.

http://Pima County Board of Supervisors Meeting – September 19, 2023 – YouTube

The La Paloma Property Owners Association Board of Directors has been made aware of vehicles at the West Gate gaining entrance to the community by driving through the outside entrance lane around other vehicles. Effective Immediately, the West Gate Controlled Access entrance is one lane only. The Board has been exploring the feasibility of expanding the entrance to accommodate a second entrance lane. In the meantime, traffic cones have been placed to prevent drivers from deviating from the single Controlled Access lane. Damage to gate and vehicles deviating from the single Controlled Access lane will be the responsibility of the vehicle’s owner.

The LPPOA Board of Directors Meetings are usually held on the third Tuesday of each month.  The LPPOA Annual Meeting was held on Tuesday, April 18, 2023.  Rebecca Hale and Allan Tractenberg were re-elected to the Board.  Dale Butcher and George Rodriguez were elected to the Board.  Contact the LPPOA Community Manager for more information.

The next Design Review Modification Committee meeting will be held on Thursday, March 28th.  Contact the LPPOA Community Manager for more information.

In response to resident inquiries and recent incidents, the LPPOA Board, HBS Staff, and some residents with security experience met with members of the Pima County Sheriff’s department to review and assess our systems and policies.  While the design of La Paloma with its Club, Hotel, and neighboring communities creates practical security limitations, we wanted to make sure that our gates, people, and technology are up to date with today’s best practices.

The following was noted and recommended:

1. Be observant and if you see something that you think doesn’t look right, or is possibly a crime, please do not hesitate to let them know.  Do not call the gatehouse first, call the Sheriff first at 911.  By doing so, you will save time and provide more accurate information that they can act upon more quickly.  It also lets the dispatcher ask questions that will help them in responding.  Please let the gatehouse know immediately after speaking with the dispatcher so that they can assist if appropriate and preserve any video that may help the Sherriff’s Department in their investigation.
2.  Understand that the community and gatehouses are designed primarily to limit and manage vehicular access to La Paloma.  With that in mind, the LPPOA is researching exit cameras that could identify license plates and occupants of vehicles when they exit the gates and assist the Sheriff’s Department in their investigation.
3.  Some other cameras and video screens are being moved or updated to make them more effective and user friendly.

Please remember the personnel at the gates are gate attendants, they are not security.

We appreciate your help in improving the safety/security of La Paloma.

The new gate access system is operational in all of La Paloma.  Residents must pre-authorize all guests into the community.  Allowing visitor/contractor access is done via a web-based gatehouse management system called Gate Access by ABDi.  Contact the gatehouse personnel for more information.

Stop signs have been installed on Via Palomita at the intersections of Las Palomitas and Ridge 4. This four-way stop will increase safety for residents and visitors as they enter and exit the sub-associations.