The Association purchased the 27 acre Osuna property for $12M in 2006 when the Association had an "Open Space" fund (which it no longer has). The property has a working equestrian hunter/jumper operation for 50 horses, as well as the original Osuna Adobe built in 1837, which is a registered historic landmark.

The purchase was mired in controversy as documented in these two RSF Post articles:

Osuna Property Deed Signed Before Vote to Purchase, No Input from Finance Committee

Osuna Ranch Purchase: Cliff Notes and Questions

The Osuna Ranch continues to be operated by the RSF Association as an equestrian property.

The Covenant Club was an attempt to build a community health club and swimming pool. In a razor thin 2014 vote, the community voted to spend $350K to do a costing and planning analysis. The final estimated cost was around $16M and would have intruded into the tennis and golf club areas of the recreation campus. After the mid 2016 Board election, Covenant Club supporters were no longer on the Board and the new Board decided to not pursue the idea, partly because the Association was looking to build a fiber optic network, which would cost a similar amount.

In 2018 the Association started building a state of the art Covenant wide fiber optic Internet network to deliver symmetric 1 Gbps Internet to all Association members. The eventual $16M project was completed just as Covid hit and is considered a "just in the nick of time" project to stave off what could have been plummeting property values in the wake of the awful Internet access we previously had.

The project had a long gestation. The first Internet Committee was started in 2011. The Association almost inked a deal, put together by a second committee in 2016, but the new Board in mid 2016 nixed that deal based on economics. The third committee finally pushed the project through to completion. This page provides a detailed summary of the process along with timelines.

In early 2015, the Association Board got serious about researching solutions for the traffic problems along Del Dios, an issue that had been talked about for 10 years prior. The debate coalesced into a traffic light vs roundabout debate on three intersections. The Association held a town hall and a vote was taken which resulted in traffic lights winning. Members protested alleging not enough notice was given, so under direction of a new Board in mid 2015, a new townhall was held, followed by a community wide balloted vote after much discussion in the RSF Post. In the member wide survey, 73% supported roundabouts over traffic lights.

The Board then sent a letter to the County (since these are all County roads) in late 2015 expressing the community's preference for roundabouts. Since then, the County has spent funds to design one roundabout and continues to await funds to build.

In 2013, the non-profit RSF Garden Club decided to sell its 1 acre village lot and building to the RSF Association for $2.4M. Association Members were asked to vote and returned an 87% yes vote. The Board ratified the purchase on a 4-3 vote in early 2014, but then decided to hold a second vote after a petition was turned in alleging improper process including not getting a proper appraisal.

After much community discussion and mailers were sent, the new vote rejected the purchase by a razor thin 50.8% to 49.2%. Local resident Bruce Kleege bought the Garden Club later in 2014 for $2.8M.