On July 22, the B of A on a vote of 3-1 approved Ventana's request to increase their building height from the allowable, existing 36 feet to 47.6 feet. Only member John Hickey voted "no," indicating the Rancho Vistoso PAD height restriction should be adhered to.
Not surprising, as we noted in our previos posting,
Board Of Adjustment Will Decide If Ventana Medical Gets A Building Height Variance
Ventana's Gregg Forszt was their spokesperson. The rationale for requesting the height variance was the fact Ventana is remodeling from offices to adding more lab space that requires more High Voltage A/C. These units, Forszt explained, needed to go on the roof and be shielded. Hence, the need for additional height.
Oh. By the way, the OV Council was not part of this decision. As a variance was being requested, Ventana followed procedure and appealed directly to the B of A. The three "yes" voters obviously decided a variance was OK.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Explorer Writes About Naranja Park Bond Issue
The July 23 Explorer points out a new PAC has been formed that endorses the $48.6 expenditure to fund the Naranja Park via a secondary property tax that will be voted on this Nov.
We certainly understand there are many citizens that feel this park is a necessity for our community, as were a majority of the previous OV Council that saw fit to put this item on the ballot.
We can only hope the town sees fit to not endorse or assist this new group, as it would be a violation of the law, if the town uses resources to promote the park.
Reporter Patrick McNamara saw fit to quote me in the article, but unfortunately misspelled our blog www.letorovalleyexcel.com as well as Dick Furash's name.
Patrick did however get it correct when he quoted me as saying: “This park is not by any stretch of the imagination a necessity.”
It will be the majority of the voters that will decide whether or not this park will be approved. We hope the voters that were wise enough to put Bill Garner & Salette Latas on the council, and retain Barry Gillaspie will be smart enough to realize a park is a good idea, but the magnitude of this one is too much, especially in these times of hardship for so many of us, and will vote "NO."
Read the article here.
http://www.explorernews.com/articles/2008/07/23/news/doc488661b1732f1487350744.txt
We certainly understand there are many citizens that feel this park is a necessity for our community, as were a majority of the previous OV Council that saw fit to put this item on the ballot.
We can only hope the town sees fit to not endorse or assist this new group, as it would be a violation of the law, if the town uses resources to promote the park.
Reporter Patrick McNamara saw fit to quote me in the article, but unfortunately misspelled our blog www.letorovalleyexcel.com as well as Dick Furash's name.
Patrick did however get it correct when he quoted me as saying: “This park is not by any stretch of the imagination a necessity.”
It will be the majority of the voters that will decide whether or not this park will be approved. We hope the voters that were wise enough to put Bill Garner & Salette Latas on the council, and retain Barry Gillaspie will be smart enough to realize a park is a good idea, but the magnitude of this one is too much, especially in these times of hardship for so many of us, and will vote "NO."
Read the article here.
http://www.explorernews.com/articles/2008/07/23/news/doc488661b1732f1487350744.txt
Explorer's Editor Misses The Point On NPCCC Editorial
We believe Dave Perry comes up short in his explanation as to why the Oro Valley Council cut the Northern Pima County Chamber of Commerce funding out of the 2008-2009 budget.
Perry zeros in on the fact that the Chamber saw fit to endorse Terry Parish, the loser in the last election. That analysis is correct, but there certainly were other reasons, and they were noted by council members during the discussion prior to the vote to cut their $27,500 donation.
Two good reasons are redundancy. Much of what the Chamber has done in the past, is and was accomplished by other outside organizations that are receiving OV funds.
Additionally, while the Chamber espouses the fact they are made up, and support the small businesses in our community, two facts can not be dismissed.
1) A large majority of members are NOT Oro Valley businesses
and
2) This Chamber saw fit to promote the entry of Vestar and the $23.2 million giveaway they will get from Oro Valley revenue while bringing us a Wal-Mart----the biggest and worst entity in sending small businesses OUT OF BUSINESS.
Click here to read the Editorial.
Perry zeros in on the fact that the Chamber saw fit to endorse Terry Parish, the loser in the last election. That analysis is correct, but there certainly were other reasons, and they were noted by council members during the discussion prior to the vote to cut their $27,500 donation.
Two good reasons are redundancy. Much of what the Chamber has done in the past, is and was accomplished by other outside organizations that are receiving OV funds.
Additionally, while the Chamber espouses the fact they are made up, and support the small businesses in our community, two facts can not be dismissed.
1) A large majority of members are NOT Oro Valley businesses
and
2) This Chamber saw fit to promote the entry of Vestar and the $23.2 million giveaway they will get from Oro Valley revenue while bringing us a Wal-Mart----the biggest and worst entity in sending small businesses OUT OF BUSINESS.
Click here to read the Editorial.
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