Will Another Developer Have His Way In Oro Valley?

We have just received the following email from a "concerned Oro Valley family," who would prefer to not have their names published.

Are we about to see another example of what I (Art) was quoted in the post (below), alluding to the water impact fees?

I stated: “The developers pretty much run the town.”

By the way, Don't look for this meeting on the OV web site. As of today, it's not yet posted.

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In today's mail we received a Notice of Public Hearing before the Oro Valley Planning and Zoning Commission. This is to be held at 6:00 p.m. Thursday July 12, 2007, at the Oro Valley Town Hall, 11000 N. La Canada Drive

This hearing is being held by The Planning Center, representing NCH Corporation/Transwest Properties. They propose "Text amendments to Policy 9 for Neighborhood 3, of the Rancho Vistoso Planned Area Development (PAD) and to Section 24 1.B.1.b.i. of the Tangerine Road Corridor Overlay District in the OVZCR to allow for a reduced building setback for a proposed hotel, to amend the Permitted Uses and Development Standards for the Campus Park Industrial (CPI) Land Use District within the Rancho Vistoso PAD, and to add Hotel to the permitted uses and allow for a maximum height for a proposed hotel up to 75 feet."

A couple months ago we attended a meeting at the Oro Valley Town Hall where this very same proposed project was presented, discussed and refused.

Why is the Town of Oro Valley asking to approve the same changes to our zoning regulations?
Why do we have zoning regulations if any elements, let alone three important elements are to be changed?

It seems to us that perhaps developers wish to wear down the residents by repeated meetings to force their changes upon the citizens. We are wondering why this notice bears the reference of the Town Senior Planner, when the project was already rejected?

We are wondering what type of influence, assistance, consideration has been applied to the Town of Oro
Valley to resubmit this same project which had already met with great disapproval.

Rancho Vistoso signs advertise it as a "Master Planned Community". We already have a zoning change and a zoning interpretation by Town administrators which allows a crematorium to be built. We have a four-story retirement monstrosity which does not follow our building code height limits, and numerous other aberrations to the concept of "Master Planned Community"!