Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Oro Valley Council Approves Steam Pump Ranch Final Plan

At the May 21 Council meeting, the Steam Pump Ranch Master Site Plan was unanimously approved 6-0. (Mayor Loomis was absent)

After years of work, many meetings and spending a lot of money on consulting fees, the final plan for this proposed Oro Valley historical site will be a costly proposition.

In addition to a proposed Pima County Nov 2009 bond issue for approximately $5 million, the potential operating and maintenance costs, after revenue, will be in excess of $300K/year.

One question that was not asked is this: What happens if the Pima County bond issue is defeated?

You can read The Explorer article (written prior to the vote) here
http://www.explorernews.com/articles/2008/05/21/news/doc48334dc9c20e7170168570.txt

1 comment:

Richard Furash, MBA said...

Would someone please explain why this is a good use of town funds? Why the taxpayers should pay for this?