As reported in the July 29 Explorer, the Oro Valley sign code is a problem that the council is prepared to address.
There are two positions. One generally supported by the residents, believe signs should be dark after 10:00 PM unless a business is open.
The other position, supported by the business community, says signs are an additional means of advertising, and without the illumination, it would hurt business.
We believe the most telling sentence in the article is a quote from Oro Valley planner,Dee Widero who said, "The impetus was Oro Valley Marketplace,"
Widero said the Marketplace couldn't be singled out, therefore all businesses were notified of the issue.
This is just another example of the way Vestar and some of its retailers flaunt Oro Valley codes. Many of us rue the day Vestar came to our community, showing total disdain for the government and the citizens.
Read the article here.
http://www.explorernews.com/articles/2009/07/29/news/doc4a6f8613d632e843590814.txt
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Matt Moutafis Gets Support On "Monster" Oracle Road Wall
In her letter to The Explorer, Kathy Pastryk says what many of us believe: The Wall & Walmart are both ugly blights on our community.
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Council has no sway over walls, Wal
With all due respect to the citizens of Ram's Pass and the Arizona Department of Transportation, a "noise wall" on Oracle near Tangerine is an eyesore to many.
I am sorry that those living close to the Catalinas object to the hum of traffic, but need we try to remedy everything? Traffic and helicopters are as inevitable as birds that awaken us at dawn or thunder that disturbs our nightly slumber.
ADOT says in their handout that project-area residents were invited to public meetings since 2005, and Oracle is a state road. Therefore, this is not our concern. ADOT further says that ads appearing in The Star, The Citizen and The Explorer invited project-area residents to meetings. I am one of many avid newspaper readers who missed those meetings, and I question whether only the project-area residents should have been invited.
All of us in Oro Valley are subjected to the unseemly sight of this monstrous wall. I cannot conceive that the ADOT's addition of "authentic brands from nearby ranches" — (ranch initials or logos) — will mitigate the blocking of our mountain view.
Speaking of brands, the Marketplace, that ersatz Tombstone in our once uncluttered scenic corridor, will now feature the big box resplendent in new color. The highly touted "palette" has been changed, but who cares if it's crusty brown or murky brown? This change is a joke, but it brought the "suits" to town to lobby the Development Review Board and town council. Despite the DRB Commissioners' resistance to letting Wal-Mart have their way with us again, town council approved it 6-1 with Latas the sole "no" vote.
Renowned sculptor-designer Matt Moutafis wrote an Explorer article deploring the wall. He also testified in front of council, to no avail.
Town council evidently has no sway over Walls or Wal-Marts; nor will it likely have a say about other walls to come.
Kathy Pastryk, Oro Valley
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Council has no sway over walls, Wal
With all due respect to the citizens of Ram's Pass and the Arizona Department of Transportation, a "noise wall" on Oracle near Tangerine is an eyesore to many.
I am sorry that those living close to the Catalinas object to the hum of traffic, but need we try to remedy everything? Traffic and helicopters are as inevitable as birds that awaken us at dawn or thunder that disturbs our nightly slumber.
ADOT says in their handout that project-area residents were invited to public meetings since 2005, and Oracle is a state road. Therefore, this is not our concern. ADOT further says that ads appearing in The Star, The Citizen and The Explorer invited project-area residents to meetings. I am one of many avid newspaper readers who missed those meetings, and I question whether only the project-area residents should have been invited.
All of us in Oro Valley are subjected to the unseemly sight of this monstrous wall. I cannot conceive that the ADOT's addition of "authentic brands from nearby ranches" — (ranch initials or logos) — will mitigate the blocking of our mountain view.
Speaking of brands, the Marketplace, that ersatz Tombstone in our once uncluttered scenic corridor, will now feature the big box resplendent in new color. The highly touted "palette" has been changed, but who cares if it's crusty brown or murky brown? This change is a joke, but it brought the "suits" to town to lobby the Development Review Board and town council. Despite the DRB Commissioners' resistance to letting Wal-Mart have their way with us again, town council approved it 6-1 with Latas the sole "no" vote.
Renowned sculptor-designer Matt Moutafis wrote an Explorer article deploring the wall. He also testified in front of council, to no avail.
Town council evidently has no sway over Walls or Wal-Marts; nor will it likely have a say about other walls to come.
Kathy Pastryk, Oro Valley
Oro Valley Is Certified As A "StormReady" Community
As reported in the July 29 Explorer, we can all be pleased that Oro Valley is classified as a "StormReady" Community.
Read the details here.
http://www.explorernews.com/articles/2009/07/29/news/doc4a6f88f4c562b88795
Read the details here.
http://www.explorernews.com/articles/2009/07/29/news/doc4a6f88f4c562b88795
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