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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHistorical Records - The Oro Valley Voice (52) TO ' 1 OF ORO VALLEY OFFICE - t r ,4, t._ ORACLE RD TUCSO , AZ 8 57u /7":40(1 - ., - ..■� i-smi . 4111Ih or omem .............111v: ...� v: .mm. -. m ..�. ..... _ e_--+ ,_ o �� .......- =•=-: =llr.- .=. = = - un.mi azo . • VOL. III, NO. 10 Published for residents of the Town ofOro Valley,Pima County.Arizona October [A], 1976 Candidates come ' -if* to OV Sunday ' 'PYLE DcCof:c U.S. Senate candidate Samkt 41_ '"rt` jp scramble . 4 _ . Steiger is among Republican , - a, candidates for office in the Nov. A ' 2 general election who'll appear n.lia:4 AG eg efi, ...'"'",1 ` at a meet the candidates - . _ cocktail party in Oro Valley A ix..y,,,i,,AI _ Sunday. dominates sign Local residents are invited to �i ,04. . . ..11-4t. •-.:."'!..i.?.�: w attend the get-together, from 5 � -� it p.m. to 7 p.m. at the home of p 4,.. .r.1-• , azo Charles and Joan Cowles, 725 ,,,,K >`°N' w a •� ��- * -' ' �� '• .'.4..�. '.',. 7'-':'-''k!+-:--11 W.Golf View Dr. politickinghere ~*` "* b y '+ . = ". ;,..it\ ,,,,...,1. _••••.-i.-- - ,, ,....,#-,‘,4 .iiki,..-----.. ,,,,, - -r..., '..76)--_ Road book ,,, , „, ,,..,„,,, ,. ...., „, ., ._ ......., _ „... , . ., , . .„ _ ,..t.,.,..„..... .. 'T . - "N",` . ----' ' '4,,,:` '''''' .c.,:t: ' - " ' r..445; '''?P ,...eok14',% "Xt.: ;4.10, 1*-....7 hearing set . .. LEw The town road standards £RAILkatigk book that would give Oro v Valle its own first set of s eci- Y P firanv lit AMOY 11 MAC fications for road constructionMU come upfor review byresi- .fit will -:' ONSTABLE a CT dents at a public hearing to be <<, ".°` unto-ay coa held at the Oct.28 council meet- I 4,, ::. , •, attnati. Mt, RECORDER ing A A copyof the book will be on - filewith the town clerk and , � . �. ,��....��,;. - available for public review by _.»--- 4 : ., Oct. 21, said Dwight Lind of • 1 . ' iv es°"—d''' gli Stitzer, Lind and Associates, „, �} or *” Inc.,the firm that prepared the 1-4,; 34". . ` , book. The book, designed after ` City of Tucson standards, is more stringent than county standards.It would set require- OV must r for JP ments and standardize all road construction,except in road im- When the deadline for filing receiving just two votes in to determine the nominees provement districts. nominating petitions to gain a September. from the two major parties — "Improvement districts will spot on the Sept. 10 primary Because the qualifying two other less traditional not necessarily meet all stand- ballot passed last July, no number of votes is based on a parties fought successfully in ards being proposed," Lind one wanted to be Justice of the percentage of the total number the state this year for the right said. This, he said, is because Peace in District 4. of voters registered in a party, to run candidates in the these districts help the town al- But today, twenty-nine that's all the votes she needed, primary. leviate road problems and the persons are seeking the post, said Gilbert Hoyos of the They are the Libertarians, cost to build the type of roads following publicity on the Election Bureau. including Franzi, and the to be required would be beyond possibility of the$17,000-a-year The 13 Democrats and one Socialist Workers Party. the finances of the district. job going empty. Republican who ran as write-in Candidates for Justice of the At an Oct. 6 special meeting Oro Valleyans, and others candidates in September fell far Peace in District 4 are (all held to discuss Calle Concordia who live in JP District 4, will short of the number of votes Independents unless otherwise and the road standards book, face all 29 of these names when they needed to qualify to be a noted): Lind proposed an ordinance they open their ballot books at winner in the primary, and to Kathleen Franzi, Liber- that would set fees and legalize the polls Nov.2. run as one of those parties' provisions of the book. Nearlyall the candidates are candidates in November. tartan;Ronald E. Benson,Non: some runningas "independents." West came closest with 4`L3 Partisan; Richard P. Castro; Town engineer Jim Kriegh P Stephanie Chase; Bill Coat- said this ordinance is needed There is, however, one of the 446 he needed. Anthony sworth, Carl F. Bobb and Jack "to add teeth to the standards Independent Democrat, one J. Tony Abruzzo was second DeSchalit. book." "Non Partisan,"one"Arizonans with 371 votes. for Justice" candidate and one The lone Republican, Al Tom Dodge, Arizonans for Other sections would: Libertarian. Kern, got only eight of the 235 Justice; Bob Elliott; Mark —allow residents to improve The race has featured a he needed. David .Gerson; JesseH. the parkways adjacent to their lawsuit by candidate Tony Two Democrats, however, Grajeda, Howard R. Jennings, property which they are now West which ended in the gained even fewer votes than Therese J. Kane; Richard not permitted to do. Superior Court's okayfor him Kern in September, including Sierras Madril;James V."Jim" p Marcanti;Nick Mastrangelo. — permit the town engineer to run as an Independent,even Tony V. Soto, who didn't even to authorize variances from the though he ran as a Democrat get his own vote. Dean R. Morey; Chris proposed standards where write in during the primary. West was the only one of the O'Connell, Independent unusual conditions exist. The County Election Bureau 13 Democrats who worked to Democrat; Albert E. Polumbo; had rejected West's nominating earn a spot on the November Charles R. Pyle; H.J. "Hank" — subject all construction to petitions for the general ballot, through collection of 244 Saunders; Don Schmid; Brian inspection. election, but the court signatures nominating him as R. Slagel; Gerald A. "Gerry" — set requirements for the overruled that action. an Independent and through his Swanick. placement and type of curbs In another curious turn, successful court action. Richard E. "Dick" Waller; installed. Libertarian Kathleen Franzi Though Independents aren't Jim West; Edwin K. Wheeler; was guaranteed a spot on the allowed to run in the primary Mildred Carley White; Uarl — deny driveways curb cut November ballot after elections— which serve mainly "Win"Winberry. to residents. CDO NIGH SCHOOL IS THE MAGNET New subdivisions around Oro Valley to put more traffic p town roads One hundred more car trips to the county Planning and The Estes Corp. purchased eventually include, which is a per day might be made on some Zoning Department by 301 of the original 397 acres in necessary factor in determining Oro Valley roads — mainly Chastain Builders, Inc. That the subdivision from the Dow the eventual number of high Calle Concordia — by new firm is seeking rezoning to Chemical Investment and school students, according to Canyon del Oro High School allow construction of just under Finance Corp. in July.The land Corbett. students, if a subdivision 200 single family homes on a is located west of Shannon Road Renneckar did say, however, proposed west of the town is 200-acre tract located west of between Ina and McGee Roads. that the Estes land will be built. La Canada Drive, and north Estes recently obtained developed in sections, the first The traffic increase estimate and south of Overton. approval from the County of which will contain three was provided the Voice by Town Engineer James Board of Supervisors for a one- houses per acre on a total of.79 Richard Corbett, principal Kriegh said last week he wasn't year extension to meet acres. planner for the Pima aware of the subdivision rezoning requirements, such as Using Corbett's formula,this Association of Governments' proposal and couldn't predict completion of adequate sewage would mean that Heritage Hills Transportation Planning how the added traffic burden facilities, said comuanv No. II—as the subdivision will Division(PAG/TP). would effect town roads and be called — will increase the He said he based his 100-per- drivers. spokesman Steve Renneckar. daily traffic flow on some Oro day figure on information given PAG/TP itself merely He declined to estimate how Valley roads by 145 vehicle provides traffic information to many homes the 301 acres will trips. Chevronthe advisory Planning and Zoning Commission and doesn't make any value judgments on a owMountain road study proposed subdivisions,said RoncoatdirtdesignGreen of the County Planning tvrns Vpproblems and Zoning Department. Green added that the roadfree Chstain request for rezoning Existing roads in the newly- crepancy it may have discov- will come before the County formed Shadow Mountain ered in the location of the roads A half-mile stretch of Calle Planning and Zoning Com- Estates road improvement dis- is due to.the decision by their Buena Vista may soon be mission sometime next month. trict may run over some private builder not to mark private coated with an experimentalproperty lines and could deviate property and other boundary dust control material which the Another subdivision already from the recorded right of way lines. manufacturer would supply to approved by the county, to be path held by the Town of Oro' The roads' locations could Oro Valley free of charge. built west of Oro Valley, is also Valley. vary in some points by as much Jim Kriegh, town engineer, located in the area served by The engineering firm hired to as 20 feet from the center line said Calle Buena Vista between CDO High. Therefore, it too design improvements in the of the theoretical right of way Calle Concordia and Linda will eventually add to traffic decaying Shadow Mountain path held by the town, said Vista would be covered with levels in the town. subdivision roads said the dis- Dwight Lind of Stitzer, Lind the chemical in about three COUNCIL ADVERTISES BIDS and Associates engineers. weeks if he can negotiate a deal At a special meeting of the with the Chevron Asphalt Co. Town Council on road matters Companies such as Chevron • • Oct.6,Lind said,however,that often provide experimental Calle Concordia pavingnears the discrepancy "is nothingfor chemicals free of charge for P y g homeowners to worry about." testing purposes,Kriegh said. A resolution to advertise for banning vehicles heavier than a During future paving of the The companyclaimsthat bids on paving of Calle Concor- three-quarter ton pick-up truck roads,no effort will be made to with one application the oil base dia was passed by the Oro from traveling the road. correct the location problem substance effectively prevents Valley Town Council at a special If such an ordinance carried a because the subdivision has dust from being raised on dirt meeting Oct. 6. fine it could be effective in been built around existing roads for one year, if the roads preventing heavy construction roads, Lind said. are properly prepared before The council was also briefed vehicles from using the road to The former developer,Robert application,he said. then on the proposed town road get to new subdivisions such as Lusk of the Lusk Corporation, Chevron, a wholly-owned standards book and a public the one being built by the had the option under a county subsidiary of the Standard Oil hearingwas set to review it at Estes Corp. west of the town, policy to either place the mark- Co. of California, would supply the council's regularly' sched- Lind said. the experimental substance and ule�d meeting Oct. 28. err or to file a bond with the 1t for free if the town The council requested that The weight of large vehicles, county so the markers could be apply contractors interested bid on he added, puts a tremendous put in at a later date,Lind said. agrees to pay the shipping fee stress on roads and is the major Lusk opted for the bonds, and prepare the dirt road to two different thicknessesof cause of road deterioration. Lind said, which should have Chevron's specifications, he asphalt for the half-mile section said. of Calle Concordia between Amphitheater School District been filed with the County Among preparations Calle Buena Vista and Calle Superintendent, Dr. Thomas Highway Department. Lind Neel said the district will re- said he has written to the necessary, Kriegh said, are Loma Linda. grading,dampening and rolling route most of the school buses county requesting the money The bids should be submitted traveling on Calle Concordia, from the bonds, which he esti- of the road before application. by Oct. 28,Town Engineer Jim but at least two buses a day will mated to total $1,350. This and the shipping fee would Kriegh said. have to travel the road to pick Town Engineer Jim Kriegh cost the town about $300 total, he said. Engineering estimates agreed up kindergarten and first grade said the money from the bond"Even if the material lasts six upon by the Town Council July students. wouldn,t reduce the cost of the months, it would be worth the 29 were $12,860 for the road Lind said the Calle Concordiaengineering study by Lind's amount of money spent," thickness originally approved improvement district and all firm, but would offset the Kriegh told the town council at and $19,276 for the alternate future improvement districts amount needed later by the a special meeting on road thickness. will not have to meet the road company to put the markers in. matters held here Oct.6. Dwight Lind of Stitzer, Lind thickness specifications section Although the $5,200 study At that meeting, the council and Associates, the firm that of the proposed road standards has just begun, Lind, said he gave Krieghpermission to drew up the engineering study, book. That will apply to hopes to have a rough draft g said the road could last from subdivisions and all other road prepared byNovember so resi- negotiate the deal with P P Chevron. three to 10 years, depending on construction only, he said. dents will have an idea of the Kriegh, who teaches in the which thickness is decided upon If improvement district roads cost. Civil Engineering Department by residents affected. had to meet those specifica- If the homeowners approve of the University of Arizona, Even if the thicker road isn't tions, Lind said he doubts construction, the city would said he learned of the new selected by the residents, the residents in such a district foot the $3,300 cost for phase material that may be tested'in originally proposed road could would be willing to pay the two which would involve in- Oro Valley through his work last beyond five years if the city price for the type of road the spection of the construction and there. chooses to pass an ordinance specifications would require. revision of the plans,Lind said.