One day left to give your input on Vistoso Trails Nature Preserve
You have until tomorrow to provide input into the future of the Vistoso Trails Nature Preserve. The town has completed community meetings. There have been four of them. The only opportunity for input remaining is a survey. After that, a consultant will compile “results” and present recommendations to the Oro Valley Town Council.Here are four reasons you should complete the survey.
This is not just another park
It’s a nature preserve. Because it was built as an 18-hole golf course, the land is a massive 203 acres filled with natural vegetation and wildlife. The town stated vision is for the Preserve to be place for a leisurely walk… for education… for attracting tourists. There are many ways to accomplish all of this.
It is a beautiful piece of land that is in major disrepair. [panel right] The “fancier” the town makes it, the more it will cost and the more will be the cost of maintaining it. That maintenance cost will be yet another addition to a massively growing town parks and recreation budget. When all is said and done and Naranja Park comes on stream, the parks and recreation budget is going to increase substantially. The money to pay for that comes from the General Fund. The sales taxes you pay go into that fund.
You might never use it
You will most certainly visit the nature preserve if you live near it. Because of the location, however, it is not likely that you will use it otherwise. It simply isn’t convenient. Thus, you may want to limit the vision of what should reasonably be put on the property.
Survey input is light. Total community input is light
Only a few hundred surveys have been submitted to date. Because it’s a blind survey, you can submit the same survey as many times as you want. It is likely that most of the input regarding the future of the Preserve has come from those who live in the area of the Preserve.
This is going to be a total community funded adventure and you should make sure that your voice is heard.
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