Bits and Pieces

Board Of Adjustment Says "Yes" To Hillside Grading

The Board of Adjustment granted, by a 3-1 vote, a variance to allow grading of a hillside by Meritage homes. We posted about this request Monday.
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County Seeks Your Input On Oro Valley's Requested Projects

In our June 18 posting, we wrote that "Oro Valley Seeks $38 Million in 2014 County Bond Funds"  This includes 7 projects.

Other communities have made requests such the to total requested is now $1.3 billion.

The county is asking for your help. "The County has developed an online survey that will be available through Friday, August 2, and will allow us to gather more information as we begin the process of winnowing down the community’s requests."  Here's the link to the survey. It is rather painless for you to do. It took me 5 minutes.

Why should you take survey?  Take it because the county is going to sell bonds that you will pay for and it would be best that some of this money come back to Oro Valley to improve our community.  Its best for the county not to "winnow down" Oro Valley's requests.  It's that simple.

This is something we should all get behind.

The survey lists specific projects for you to consider, including the Oro Valley requested or related projects we discussed in our previous posting. These include:

• Historical preservation projects: Steam Pump Ranch and Honey Bee Interpretive Site
• Job growth: The Oro Valley Business Accelerator
• Parks and Recs: Kreigh Park Update, CDO River Park Corridor, Oro Valley and Linda Vista Trailheads

There is also a satirical poll online.  You might want to take this one too. 

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Oro Valley Police Explorers Win In Competition

"The Oro Valley Police Department (OVPD) is proud to announce the results of the Law Enforcement Explorer Post Advisors Association Competition. The event was held in Denver, Colarado, where twenty-two different Explorer Posts from throughout the United States competed in a variety of law enforcement scenarios over the course of three days." (Source: The Oro Valley Police Department)  Oro Valley's explorers place 1st in two of the six competitions.
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Oro Valley Soliciting Bids To Complete CDO Wash Path

Oro Valley has issued a request for proposal for a project to complete the CDO shared use path, connecting the completed portion at 1st and Oracle with the portion that runs from Steam Pump Ranch to the Oro Valley Marketplace.  Once done, the path will be continuous along the CDO Wash from the Marketplace to LaCanada.   When last we asked we were told that the trail would be completed by late fall.
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