We were pleased to see the harmony as the council filled all the vacant committee assignments at the July 7th meeting.
Certainly worth noting was the fact that newly appointed Council Member Steve Solomon volunteered for not one but two positions: liaison to the Historical Society Committees as well as the Development Review Board---which, hopefully will still exist as we move forward.
Council Member Barry Gillaspie was totally magnanimous in offering the Amphi School Board liaison to Mary Snider, who graciously accepted.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Az Candidate Forum Sat. July 10 1:00-3:00PM
This Saturday, July 10, from 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM a non-biased candidate forum will be held in the Oro Valley Church of the Nazarene, 500 W. Calle Concordia.
Voters are encouraged to arrive early to meet the candidates.
The doors will open at noon.
Scheduled to speak are candidates for US Senate, US Congress CD-8, Arizona Governor, Arizona Treasurer, Arizona Corporation Commission, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction and Arizona LD 26 Senate and House.
Candidates will have the opportunity to explain why they believe they deserve your vote during the introductions.
Following the introductions, there will be written questions from the audience.
There will be speaker(s) for Proposition 106, (the legislatively referred constitutional amendment) the Arizona Health Insurance Reform Amendment.
Will Joe Hornat Believe MTCVB & TREO To Be More Important Than Steam Pump Ranch?
Newly elected Council Member Joe Hornat thought funding Coyote Run was more important than funding the historical Steam Pump Ranch.
That sounds right to us.
Soon we'll see if Hornat believes funding Steam Pump Ranch is more important than helping to subsidize MTCVB & TREO.
For us----it's a "no-brainer." Steam Pump Ranch is more important, and as Council Member Bill Garner points out, we have an obligation to the voters of Pima County who helped finance the ranch with a bond issue.
Read what The Explorer says here.
http://www.explorernews.com/articles/2010/07/07/news/doc4c339f9999aab595096773.txt
That sounds right to us.
Soon we'll see if Hornat believes funding Steam Pump Ranch is more important than helping to subsidize MTCVB & TREO.
For us----it's a "no-brainer." Steam Pump Ranch is more important, and as Council Member Bill Garner points out, we have an obligation to the voters of Pima County who helped finance the ranch with a bond issue.
Read what The Explorer says here.
http://www.explorernews.com/articles/2010/07/07/news/doc4c339f9999aab595096773.txt
Rosalie Roszak Endorses Steam Pump Village Land Appraisal--Re: Basis School
Rosalie Roszak is a certified general real-estate appraiser. Here is her letter to The Explore on the "Basis School Land Appraisal."
Land appraisal in Steam Pump done properly
In reference to your article concerning the Basis School land trade, and the recent appraisal completed in anticipation of this trade, as a practicing commercial real estate appraiser for 30 years, I disagree that the appraisal for the parcel is "flawed."
The questioner does not appear to have full knowledge of required appraisal practices and procedures.
A parcel of land designated as "open space" does have value, despite its open space designation. Clearly, it does not have the same value as a property which could be directly developed as commercial uses. This parcel is however part of a larger commercial development. Such an open space parcel could be used as part of the open space requirement for a larger development, and free up land which is commercially zoned, for additional development. Alternately, it could add an open space amenity to a larger commercial development.
An open space parcel located along Oracle Road has a different potential usage and potential value than a property that is in the middle of a residential development, or in more remote undeveloped areas.
All appraisals are required to address the concept of "highest and best use." It is standard appraisal practice, therefore, to consider the commercial use potential of the vacant open space parcel.
Properties designated as open space, or other uses such as large lot residential, etc., have sometimes been rezoned, as any observer of Oro Valley and Tucson area development knows. Thus, a competent appraiser is mandated to consider a potential alternate use in evaluating a property.
It appears that this procedure was followed in preparation of the appraisal, based on the information provided.
The appraisal also appears to have considered the open space zoning designation, in arriving at a value conclusion certainly below the most recent area sale of the Basis School site. Thus, the appraisal appears to have followed standard and required appraisal methodology.
Rosalie Roszak, Oro Valley
The writer is an Arizona-certified general real estate appraiser. — Ed.
Land appraisal in Steam Pump done properly
In reference to your article concerning the Basis School land trade, and the recent appraisal completed in anticipation of this trade, as a practicing commercial real estate appraiser for 30 years, I disagree that the appraisal for the parcel is "flawed."
The questioner does not appear to have full knowledge of required appraisal practices and procedures.
A parcel of land designated as "open space" does have value, despite its open space designation. Clearly, it does not have the same value as a property which could be directly developed as commercial uses. This parcel is however part of a larger commercial development. Such an open space parcel could be used as part of the open space requirement for a larger development, and free up land which is commercially zoned, for additional development. Alternately, it could add an open space amenity to a larger commercial development.
An open space parcel located along Oracle Road has a different potential usage and potential value than a property that is in the middle of a residential development, or in more remote undeveloped areas.
All appraisals are required to address the concept of "highest and best use." It is standard appraisal practice, therefore, to consider the commercial use potential of the vacant open space parcel.
Properties designated as open space, or other uses such as large lot residential, etc., have sometimes been rezoned, as any observer of Oro Valley and Tucson area development knows. Thus, a competent appraiser is mandated to consider a potential alternate use in evaluating a property.
It appears that this procedure was followed in preparation of the appraisal, based on the information provided.
The appraisal also appears to have considered the open space zoning designation, in arriving at a value conclusion certainly below the most recent area sale of the Basis School site. Thus, the appraisal appears to have followed standard and required appraisal methodology.
Rosalie Roszak, Oro Valley
The writer is an Arizona-certified general real estate appraiser. — Ed.
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