Reminder---May 1 Meeting --- WLB Group Seeking General Plan Amendment

Bill Adler, a member of the Planning & Zoning Commission, and an individual who is extremely knowledgeable on the General Plan, met with a number of residents that will be directly impacted if the area known as the Kai property gets an amendment to the General Plan that the developer is proposing.

Please see our posting on this dated April 15
Oh! Oh! Developer Will Seek A Major General Plan Amendment

Bill sent me an email. Following is an excerpt from his message.
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There is a neighborhood meeting with the applicant on May 1st, 6 PM in the Hopi Room in the Community Development Building at Town Hall.

Following the neighborhood meeting, I believe the P&Z will hold a site tour; a study session and then the public hearings on the amendment will begin in July.

I would hope that Neighborhood meetings on the Kai property will be productive. One of the criteria that must be met in order to approve any amendment is that the proposal be consistent with goals and policies in the Plan. On any given amendment application, there may be three dozen policies that directly relates to the project where consistency could be questioned.

The amendment proposal for the Kai property is significant, because the proposal is to change the property from one acre lots to multiple use, including a variety of housing densities, commercial, and retail. Included in the commercial use is a continuing care facility, like Splendido. These are campus like and take a lot of space, and can be quite sizable.

Bill

Six Degrees Of Separation: Oro Valley Citizens & Terry Parish

Allow me to play out this scenario. It's like "Six Degrees of Separation."

1. The Northern Pima County Chamber of Commerce has seen fit to endorse Terry Parish in his run-off election against Barry Gillaspie. So be it.

2. At least two of the members of the "Candidate Evaluation Committee," real estate people, Don Cox and Lyra Done, have both been previously defeated in their attempts to get elected to the Oro Valley Council.

3. The Chamber not only endorsed Parish in their April newsletter, but they also took out an ad in the Explorer which notes: “Parish has earned the endorsement of the NPCCC by being a strong and vocal advocate for the business community while making public safety and parks a priority during his first term in office”

4. The ad is paid for by a NPCCC PAC, which is fine----as long as you believe this organization should even endorse any candidates, especially since...

5) The Town of Oro Valley contributes $50,000 to the NPCCC, although I'm not sure why.

6) Therefore, although indirectly, you and I are paying for an ad in support of Terry Parish in his re-election bid. This is not fine!

There it is---"Six Degrees of Separation."