That is the question Dave Perry addresses in his Jan. 14 editorial in The Explorer. Although Mr. Perry comes up with a number of suggestions, there might be a very viable alternative he didn't address.
As he pointed out, we (Oro Valley) own the 214 acre parcel that borders Tangerine road on the north & Naranja road on the south.
How about this for an idea?
Either sell or lease approximately half the northern section and rezone it for Campus Park Industrial. As we all know, Oro Valley wishes to entice more Hi-Tech/Bio-Tech companies to the community, and yet available land is hard to come by.
By doing this, we would generate revenue to help subsidize the building of a new park in the southern portion. Keep in mind, the defeated $48.6 bond issue with the 42 courts/fields encompassed only about 21 acres.
Therefore, we surely could start off by building a reasonable number of courts & fields, primarily for the youth. Perhaps four little league/softball diamonds, a like number of soccer fields, basketball & tennis courts, plus other amenities for the adults, seniors and toddlers.
The cost? Well, that's debatable, but anyone interested can check the Internet and see where other communities around the country built fields/courts for well under $10M.
This may be an over simplification, but perhaps it's a proposal that might be worthy of further review.
Remember, the Council will discuss this issue at tonight's Study Session.
In any case, here is The Explorer editorial.
http://www.explorernews.com/articles/2009/01/14/opinion/editorials/doc496d4c496edac701504701.txt
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