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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHistorical Records - The Oro Valley Voice (34) •Ott /ft illih =MIS 1111/110 IIIIMIlli OMNI gi/lie r� �- +��� �..�.. ir r� a meq.. Vol. II, No. 2 Published for residents of the Town of Oro Valley,Pima County.Arizona January [B] 1975 PLAINTIFFS 'DOUBT FAIR TRIAL' Send in YOUR • $2 today. Ana judge ssuitto Pima (fr.(-&,„ iii• iipi• ,oli, - A Final County judge has "change of venue" which A supporting affidavit by , \ -i N. ruled that the lawsuit brought dictates that the case must be Town Councilwoman Dorothy • bythree citizens against the moved back to Pima County. �s g Montgomery, the Pinal County Town of Oro Valley and Pima Clerk said, asked that the law- County will be transferred to After hearing.news of the suit be moved to Pima County, 01 Pima County. ruling Seaman said,"All we can where the several defendants �% do is hope we get a fair trial. live. it; .. John F. "Jack" Spaulding, Joseph B. Seaman and Charles Asked what he would do if he The Dec. 17 suit was brought felt the trial was unfair he said, bythree Oro Valleyresidents1411$11 _ Groty said they filed the lawsuit "We'll take them to the in Pinal County because that's who seek incorporation. and where the original judicial Supreme Court if we have to. home rule for their new town. g J We did before and we'll take198 ruling originated which forced PAID Pima County officials to them there again." Defendants in the lawsuit are all five members of the Oro incorporate Oro Valley. The change of venue—which Valley town council,and all five subscriptions already asked that the c ase not be tried in Judge E.D. McBryde of the Pinal County — was requested Pima County supervisors. to the Uro Valley Pinal County Superior Court by Pima County Attorney The three plaintiffs want ruled Monday in favor of a Dennis De Concini. Voice! [Continued on Page 41 • 4 ."—± ..' own gets, pays outdougL• } rezoning 'feeler' sent council II ag gra;. � � x .: *$ .� �, The Town of Oro Valley has —Holford:Law enforcement, -- . = .�-*is , ``: ' received approximately $3,000,, pP Y $ rabies control, Pima Area. .... •11 j owed it by Pima County, is paying the county on its service —Kolt:Office administration, contract,.\'' 14 with an $11,884 budget, accounting, cable warrant, and has elected television. ''� \I) Richard Kolt vice mayor. —Councilwoman Dorothy Montgomery: Planning and � �, � ,��#�; Kolt, who will also be the zoning, community schools, l . Ii '4, , administrative officer for the elections. town council,immediatelyv ' called! ] —Councilman Lauren Rhude: ,�;. . . for a "budget committee" t � ��� -;� ,,rt,,� a _ �� �a,� � jointg Finance committee, parks and : to reconcile difference in two recreation. ,,. k. i separate financial projections iii for the town. (See related Councilman Robert Han- 1 son: Building, construction and story.) inspection, flood control, en- ir In a major organizational gineering. • .. step,the council also voted at its The council announced that it OF or is, Jan. 20 meeting to set up had been forced to print 26 llikt # 4 .. "functional responsibilities," copies of the town's planning K and designated certain job and zoningcode, to give to the w ; priorities and areas of res on- ' p county's P&Z department, at a sibility for each member. cost of$110. Heretofore, with a few In regard to zoning, Rhude I : . exceptions, most of the areas announced to the audience — had been the domain of Mayor which was smaller than usual- VVáiting the rebound Kenneth Holford. that Oro Valley had received its Oro Valley youth John Benjamin,at left,waits for a rebound during As announced to the public at first letter of inquiry about the warmup drill with his fellow Cross Junior High teammates just the meeting, the functional procedure required for seeking before the opening of the Marana-Cross basketball game. Marana chart will assign these respon- won by a single point. sibilities: [Continued on Page 2] .... Town gets, pays out .... [Continued from Page 1] to rezone property within the town. O V R Both the mayor and Mrs. TO rows I'1AR$HA& Montgomery insisted that "it's HAS A Sg4RET just a letter of inquiry,"and not a specific request for rezoning. P(j41ON E MQJMBR Later, in answer to a citizen's Q T'5 Lnil La ST 60 question, Holford said: "All we know so far is the name of the attorney" — Diamos — but Hoi D Q po u �f _...-- 1 p4oMEc neither the name of the client represented or what piece of EvER G e T' N I S property might be involved. til Um 7E R 'N C P Hanson reported that the A N S council is "in the process of SERV I cE applying for emergency flood , plain insurance"under enabling Federal legislation, and is following the recommendations , of a Tucson engineer who has e advised other towns and -I counties on the matter. .. Under the two ordinances 4!tlioT proposed,No.15 and No.16,the __ town won't have to delineate precisely what areas within it are on the flood plain, until later. t7 bA74.0. . ft The council voted to hold a public reading at the Feb. 24 and try to reconcile the wide the people of Oro Valleyexpress council meeting of an enabling The mayor told Rhude that P P P ordinance to allow the council's copies of Montgomery's report difference between her figures themselves on these matters," Cable TV Committee to invite were available at the Oro Valley and those in the finance she said. bids from commercial cable town office, but Rhude said he committee's report, which The council members agreed. television companies. had just come from there and projected a $74,770 surplus for Holford said the hearing on the Reading of a proposed none were available.Nor did the the town at the end of three tentative budget and the final ordinance to curb noise within town clerk have any, he years. budget hearing must be at least Oro Valley was also voted complained. In other actions, the council: 60 days apart. unanimously,after Holford said A Tucson daily newspaper —Referred back to Orville Virgil Brandon, a former the council's Noise Abatement had carried a report that Shields his recommendation council member and arch-foe of Committee,headed by Daniel J. morning based on details of the that the town condemn and home rule by an incorporated Murphy, had "found a way to report, which Kolt termed acquire the Oro Valley Country Oro Valley,warned against any get the University of Arizona to "exhaustive." Club; the council recommended council action to"undercut"the loan the town some of its Kolt was elected unanimously that he and his supporters level of service which he said is noise-testing equipment." to replace Virgil Brandon on the research the proposal, "do the being provided by the county. Repotting for the finance finance committee, of which necessary arithmetic," and Rhude responded that he committee, Rhude asked for a Rhude is chairman. provide documentation to prove doesn't know of any intent to copy of the dissenting report Kolt referred to Mont- that it would be in the town's reduce that level, but said he submitted by Mrs.Montgomery gomery's data and told the best interest to take such questions whether the town — one in which she predicted a audience that a joint committee action. isn't paying unnecessarily at $62,000 deficit for the three- for four or five persons will be — Increased the number of present for some county year period. set up to investigate the figures those who could sign town services, which the county is checks from three (previously required by law to provide two of these three: the mayor, anyway. Clip this coupon -- mail it in with $2 for vice mayor and/or the clerk) to (A lawsuit against the town seven(any two council members council and the Pima County your subscription t0 the r0 Valley Voite! or any one member plus the Board of Supervisors is pending My nameclerk.) in Pinal County; it charges that —Voted to pay Pima County this is the case and that the Street address for its second quarter services, town's contract with Pima as required under the contract County is illegal. City State ZIP signed by the council majority, Kolt said he has observed Ienclose S2 f r ayear's subscriptionthe Oro with a warrant for$11,884. "childish efforts on both sides" o to Valley — Agreed with Mrs. Lois in the dispute between those Voice. Lamberson, a member of the who worked to incorporate the finance committee, that there town and those who oppose it. Mail to: must be "at least one public He called for "a more Oro Valley Voice, Sancruval Publications, Ted Turpin, Editor. P.O. Box 3003, Tucson, AZ. 85702 hearing,a public session"before businesslike approach" to / the council's actual, official solving mutual problems and budget hearing."We need to let disagreements. AN EDITORIAL • 1F 9w v . yy5,, 04 °y More reasons we're gla „, 1 Y" i i # 0 „, it ,, . . ,,, , ....., OltA'r”40`. 01 .,,A 4 o 1 •, ,,,T ,,,,, ur town's incorporated In the comic opera known as lima County .....r r:: * Cox ernment, we're witnessing almost daily perform- ancesI iv`"" `' which should make Oro Valley citizens grateful .: =:• for their incorporated "home rule" status. _, Example: The "musical chairs" game currently 0 �•'F'" XIS ._ under way,in which we see a number of leading county r1t 1 .;Y I. ` ' Y-.,,;;,,, lit�, politicians form a circle and scratch one another's back IP' t.,.. � ' * ,.:# `' h - with our money. •_ � 11 ell, insofar as the Board of Supervisors is :,2.4,7,`t:1 : **,14,4;:t4.44.4.** concerned,there's not much 1,200 persons can do about "' : ;"m -'`"', .' it,in a county this size.But just let our town council get ',: r+7.w,.�r, `a* _ infected with the same type of idiocy, and we would 11: :.`w Z,►. }4 y}. soon see... , � Example: The county's aborted attempt to change general rural" zoning to "general reserve," which would have meant that you needed more than 36 acres to build another house on your property.Quite a threat Boosting the team to those dreams for a 5-acre or 10-acre ranchette when one retires, no? Stephanie Burkett,at left,is Town of Oro Valley resident who helps cheer on the Cross Junior High cage team during a game at Canyon , Weren't you just a little relieved,Oro Valleyans, to Del Oro High School. know that you didn't need to make the usual "protest pilgrimage" to the courthouse, and probably in vain? 'Voice' offers Didn't it make you feel a bit more comfortable to Oro Volley . know that our incorporated Oro Valley, with home meeting schedule free want ads rule, controls its own zoning? Feb. 4: Planning & Zoning Got somethinyou want to Yep, there are a lot of excellent reasons to be glad Commission. g that t%e're incorporated.These are just.a few of them. Feb. 27: Regular study swap, buy, sell, or give away? A meeting to session and Town Council announce? meeting. Advertise it FREE in theMcGee Circle Oro Valley Voice. Town nigbway Just mail in_your free license •.classified ad to the Oro nixed signs on w Valley Voice, P.O.Box 3003, Tucson,85702.It will appear The Pima County Board of Department of Liquor with mayor says in the next issue of your new Supervisors has forwarded recommendation for disapprov- communit paper. al. y p P Circle K s (8035 N. Oracle) Oro Valley hopes to get its Each ad will run once only, liquor license application to the The Board said the states official highway signs soon,says (However, you may send in present lottery system for Mayor Ken Holford, so that several at once.) No phone !, awarding liquor licenses "un- motorists on Oracle Road will calls, please. 1 fairly favors convienence know when they're entering and One last word: This free !t markets over small business- leaving the new town. offer is designed to be a �, men." service to our neighbors in •• I Because of the great number Holford said the signs had g + Oro Valley.Please don't send /` '•,,. , of its stores, the board said, "probably" already been in ads for commercial Circle K can put several ordered by the District En- business enterprises. �=� applications"in the hat,"while a gineer's office in Tucson, and And, we're sorry to say, �`'��'��� small businessman can submit will be provided "apparently at we may have to omit some only one. no cost to the town." ads or shorten them to fit ourWith this system, Circle K He said James Kriegh, i space limitations. has an edge over small, former member of the interim But remember — it's all flf privately-owned establish- town council, did all the FREE, in the Oro Valley ` ments, the supervisors said, preliminary work in contacting Voice. because of its increased chance state highway officials about the of being chosen. signs. Supervisors Ron Asta, Bud Oracle Road, which bisects FOR SALE "We read the Oro Valley Walker, Conrad Joyner, and the eastern part of the Town of 1970 Ford pickup, with camper Voice to keep up on what's Joseph Castillo voted for Oro Valley, is U.S. Highway 80 shell. Phone 297-4156. happening in our town disapproval. Jim Murphy cast and 89, combined. government." the only dissenting vote. t- ... Pinal county judge ... Change of venue in suit against Oro Valley Continued from Page 11 specifically to void a $48,000 - contract with the county which � �• - they claim three town council . 1� -- L.ME- - members signed illegally,and to ww � .. ��. force Oro Valley's mayor •n „" y s ayo and . i w�w _ w�,. . w „ /- .K• ___ II council to work toward "good •." 1� " ~pPP w ^ w\ , ; government" under the law. It. " t . i w . © ` �� Accordingto the Pinal ., " ta •" � CANCHA ;_ 0 L A M S E.T © w w w` " 1 4 "j/y / County Clerk, the basic motion r *.. ♦ Y +,„,' , ,;; r� ® #41*�_ �• for change of venue filed by De 1111 ®® 0 �. " ,-:'' /4f " ' estre- 44 Concini didn't specify another ! I �> © 4 county to which the case should .,{ - be moved — only that it be ' lw `• "' 1111 •11117 moved out of Pinal Count © ,�,�� u y. _____i, g , _-__ _.. . A, Y.' • o © li .,. piliti 0 0......,....._ ,;1`����•::i The Jan. 27 court calendar 4 ®" o � .. ._ ___ ' didn't call for a public hearing or fia?o 40 11106h*?-1111®;- ►----,;:._ oral arguments because DeCon- - - o -' # ® cini's motion didn't ask for /� AO- °� ° -- them, the clerk said. w' 4.441kq1� 1164 4 . 113 --,,__,__,,,,;:-J,/ isitiikrow;goll er GA .y/ 0 Ili I." TILL101 ktAWO .• 74 • '' ea law- ,a-sta. am - ---- i ittl Alt*i.111-164.14 olow . . li,e<1- ,,....,- ,i r „Al*.a a -- - . . ' -- . "-.A. � s� °lb" 4-`� �� . e t TOWN LIMITS ,`"' iti& N.41!... 4AmmikV. w. lrulebnami III 0 .3 O. • LIQ ---vise• ova , t` 1 " 5 :;'!ate\` . . i i 1 LOWS ��P�t - , City aeeexes • ,... .: .: _ .• ....of' . .,. .‘ ,, ., .. , 6 4 , ELEMENTARY 1 ...._. 111 .. _ M \\ more laud - SITE - < II- „ _o �• _ _Cr 0 east side II •• V P „ CSHION DEL ONO ML � qa SCSI PARK • el •_ - ~, •T .• SITE i :I . '� The City of Tucson has moved -44 again on annexation, this time - II '° •� takingin 248 acres on the east 110 �_ side of town. . .... a tarcan.�. , W ~ P! W , IIUPW 1S 1111©=0 .. The area is known as Hidden / ' .,,,, � Hills East No.3/Harris Estates .,....../, ,--- ----,s�,�;, ,:.�© \ Tucson city officials estimated • aE,.�. s ®® � �� � ®, 4. - .,�,�ilk' that revenues from the annexed .-=-z--.�t�.IV �® @gam�� % area gained through the city's • .t ® vizOr.Z ___ property tax and other avenues 1TOWN LIM11?tow" �� I �� �air �..00 ih1h- 1. would be $298,000, over a II . Imrigii,,,,„ �..® � six-year period, and that -��-�'41: ® Y ��.. l services during that. period . _© ,�©-it aw © Iiiiial-arabs4would cost only $191,400. © MIVVThe area has a current o ulation of 647 persons, ..^� PP _ �„ --'M"°"-- '"'" a - --:- Tucson city officials said, with i I - ft 57 houses to be constructed or THIS W O COUPLED FROM AVAN.A/LE RECORD - --sold in one subdivision and 28 1 INFORMATN1N AND I K„7111;CERTIFY THAT IT other Subd1V1- OCTLT REPRESENTS TIIE iEOOIIAPMK;AL TOWN MAP planned in two SOubAn[s OF THE TOWN OF ORO VALLEY AS Slons. oESCRISEo IN TIIE OFFICIAL PETITION FOR ' TOWN OF ORO VALLEY RICORPORATION j �' .brew S.�ccws a Asso�aunes ix �NSLE E"' 'PS The area has a total assessed 1 , ,... .COLLINsv SUR ►� �4 O 00 valuation of$817,423 according s '1A"""UT - to Pima County figures.