The Sky Valley Community Council was formed in 1993, and that Council now hears discussion on new developments. Homeowners continues to act as the "watchdog" of Sky Valley, and along with the Chamber, other organizations, and residents and friends of Sky Valley, we have contributed to these accomplishments:

• We helped to establish the Sky Valley Community Council. We assisted the establishment of Community Councils in nearby Indio Hills and Desert Edge.

• We supported Citizens on Patrol (COP) with proceeds from the Community Phone Book sales.

• We started and continue the monthly Chamber Clean-Up and Improvement.

• Two of our members have been 4th District Senior Inspiration honorees: in 1998 the late Hallock Hoffman, and in 2009 Vera Ballen.

• We supported the SVET Open House at the Sky Valley Fire Station each year that it was held. We served cake and coffee for donations that went to specified organizations.

• Many Homeowners members have attended CERT classes and have earned certificates.

• HOA members welcomed property owners in the newly attached area west of Ford, east of Bennett, south of Dillon to the Indio Hills.

• HOA continued to help defeat high-density developments, most notably the Habitat and Joshua Hills developments, both partially in Sky Valley and Indio HIlls.

• In 2002, we were instrumental in having the property between Sky Valley and Indio Hills, both north and south of Dillon, purchased by various agencies and set aside for preservation.

• In 2006, we banded together with several mobile-home parks and private parties to purchase an emergency generator for Sky Valley Fire Station #56.

• In 2013, our testimony before the Riverside County Board of Supervisors was instrumental in defeating Anka Behavioral Health, Inc.'s plan to convert a Sky Valley residence into a 15-bed facility. That plan would have seriously compromised our low-density housing policy.

• Now, we are poised to help defeat CalPortland's bid to create a huge gravel pit in the southeasternmost section of Sky Valley.