As reported in the Feb 29 Business section of The Az Star, it is pointed out that a lot of people do not trust Oro Valley's potential annexation of Arroyo Grande.
When Mayor Paul Loomis addressed a crowd of more than 100 people in Catalina, he received sneers & laughter when he said, "the move has taken some of the uncertainty out of your future."
Pima County Supervisor, Ann Day stated, "There is no guarantee that 68% will remain open space other than Oro Valley saying 'trust us'."
Also, Pima County Administrator, Chuck Huckelberry noted he too is concerned that the State Lands Department has not defined what open space would be.
Read the article here.
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/227476
4 comments:
I say we voters make certain that the future of Mayor Loony Loomis is out the door!!
Darn, how much longer do we have to put up with this joker?
How arrogant of him to say that to people. Like he is above them and knows what is best.
Who died and left him the grand poo-bah?
.....and, I believe this may have been the price placed on Parish's head by wolfswinkel.
Just an [educated?] guess.
No sense of shame here. I'm asked to put a rain sensor on my irrigation system, and now they plan to load the water supply with 40000 more people? Soon we'll be buying our water in little glass vials like perfume.
I find it rather confounding that all of these great minds 'working' on the Arroyo Grande project either can't come up with a definition or evade giving one as to how 'open space' is defined.
STATE OF ARIZONA, SECTION 37-311
"OPEN SPACE means land that is generally free of land uses that would jeopardize (encroach upon?) the conservation and open space values of the land or development that would obstruct the scenic beauty of the land.
TOWN OF ORO VALLEY, ZONING CODE, CHAPTER 31, DEFINITIONS, SECTION 236-A
Common Open Space shall mean any landscape or natural open space other than frontage open space, intended for use by all occupants of a development (community?).
My take in layspeak, having served 'time' in the real estate industry and having taken many courses relative to it, open space was generally meant as [that portion of land or area that was 'set aside'for the use of ALL residents and which was unencumbered by private ownership];
streets, sidewalks, and shoulders were excluded as part of the 'open space' designation (except for perhaps in-park 'street paths' etc.) Also, COMMON areas of developments, residential or commercial are NOT generally considered to be part of an overall 'open space' inclusion. Just because there is an area of 'openess' such as a yard, setback, in-development playground, etc., this does not constitute inclusion in the reference frame of being part of an 'open space' designation.
Simply stated, 'open space' is land/area set aside for ALL residents' use and enjoyment.
Please note that, with the exception of the quoted definitions per the AZ Constitution and the OV Zoning Definitions, my subsequent 'explanation' is merely a conglomerate of personal experience and is not of legal authority.
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