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Vol.III,No.11 Published for residents of the Town of Oro Valley, Pima County, Arizona November[Al 1976
County, TGE, i,
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,,,,. oppose part
a of road b
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114 Sections of the proposed Oro
Valley road standards book that
� f 4 � w ` -- -, � .• came under fire at a recent
- - , Y . public hearing will probably
y . ' ..#7 4`'• remain unchanged,said Dwight
- 4 Lind who prepared the book.
-- - - .. Two county officials and a
--..;+ _k . - - representative from Tucson Gas
- and Electric Co. asked the
a~•`F - -- . `-` ... council at the Oct.28 hearing to
ti..~.' - -,, \ - - •- --- change sections of the book
- t J �� ,�+ `�, �a dealing with trenching and
s
�.�, a .� y r '� _:� y 1 � underground boring for roads.
= . ,:. -*3_,... ,- - �,�� However, Lind — of Stitzer,
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. , _:-_-..:-.7%,..--s. _ ---_;.:--,7-, :_...,t-,, ti�^� SAT Lind and Associates,Inc.engin-
, +'~ y+w' � tl - .. 4 ♦ .,V �n fi �
�, -- ,:. -7 -, - ^ , ,-.5.. eers — said the stringent
_ \lb, ; :. ;t - : � ',- - .',: , .. standards opposed by the three
,;.� ,`*�� . .?.._ _- -- �_ _:en,, _ , ,,' men need to be retained in order
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% +� ' • ., -—° :==K - - ` ,1 =' .- prevent roads from being cut
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. K �..-"� A move to have the book
• - z- - - ,_ '' .' #-� »_ -: - `• adopted temporarily,excluding
the sections questioned, was
Discoveringmistakes _
defeated by a 3 2 vote of the
Larry Price, a surveyor with the firm said its surveyors have found portions of the council at its regular meeting,
preparing the engineering study for the subdivision's roads to be off the center line of held after the hearing.
Shadow Mountains East road improvement the right of way path. He said this has caused The council decided to table
district surveys a deteriorating road in the some residents to landscape closer to the road action on the book until Nov.23
area as rain-swollen clouds threaten to decay than they should have. [Photo by Chris so problems that the County
the road further. A spokesman for the firm Kemberling] . Sanitation Department says
Continued on Page 7
LOCAL PRECINCTS PICK MOST OF THE WINNERS
represent to
� an supervisor
Another evc
Oro Valley will again be re- Joyner continues to repre- equalize populations in the five crossing party lines in some
presented on the county Board sent Oro Valley — which has a supervisors'districts. contests.
of Supervisors by a Republican voter registration nearly 2-1 The Town of Oro Valley is In both, however, President
— Katie Dusenberry, who re- Republican — until January, divided at Oracle Highway into Ford received more votes than
places Conrad Joyner here, when the new district bounda- two voting precincts — 12 on eventual winner Jimmy Carter,
following the recent redrawing ries take effect and when the the west, and 13 on the east. the Democrat. The tally in 12
of supervisors'districts and re- new board is sworn in. Mrs. With a population of 1,167, the was 1,134 for Ford and 598 for
sults of last Tuesday's election. Dusenberry will represent town makes up only a small Carter and in 13, 645 for Ford,
Mrs.Dusenberry defeated in- District 1, which will include portion --less than 25 per cent 558 for Carter.
cumbent Democrat Ron Asta by Oro Valley. — of either of those precincts. Favorite son Dennis DeCon-
less than 2,000 votes, striking a Joyner was re-elected to Both Precinct 12, with a cirri,Democrat and former Pima
blow to the reform Democrat represent District 4, which majority of Republicans,and 13, county attorney, was pre-
movement that Asta was credit- after January will lose sections mostly Democratic, went with ferred over U.S. Rep. Sam
ed with starting upon his elec- in northwest Tucson and the winners in all but a few of Steiger of Prescott in both pre-
. tion to the board four years ago. Southwest Pima County; to the contested races Nov.2,even Continued on Page 5
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Page 2
AT OCT. 28 MEETING
unir rylist
The town council tabled action
on a proposed Oro Valley road
standards book at its Oct. 28
meeting, and adopted the
town's first"final plat checklist" =
for planning and zoning.
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Two county officials and a i
representative from the local
electric utility company ap- ""--4,.777 -
peared at the public hearing - * .,'' ''' '4.44-k '7,-,...
held immediately preceding the � � -
regular council meeting — , - �A. �`�� =
g t g and ,
voiced opposition to some parts �,. „,1 A.-.-Ae ,. '‘)....
of the plan (see related story). ,,
The plat checklist was adopt- _s.,,..;.,,;.; ,... - - ' './ 04k .
ed unanimously and without dis- .- `'v
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cussion by the five council „ . :�� f„
members, all of whom were in °~ i
attendance. - f
Town Zoning Administrator
Dorothy Montgomery said the `” ° ~- .1¢.....,
checklist is a guide for builders
in the town that outlines pro- - ' "_
cedures for filingtheir final � �
blueprint plans.
It is essentially the same as
Pima County's, she said, and low
the checklist has been amended
only to substitute the town's
name for"Pima County"and to
000 include other related, minor :..
items.
Although the town has been Council meeting 'breaks up'
incorporated - - -
�eo porated for two and a half .
years,no need has yet arisen for Town council members react to a humorous book. Left to right are Lauren Rhude, Mayor
the checklist,since no final plats interjection by the town staff during a detailed Lois Lamberson and Alan Carey.
have been submitted in that interchange on the proposed road standards
time, Mrs. Montgomery ex-
plained. intersection with the town's implemented by his depart- held monthly at the town office.
In other action at the meet- western border. ment. The flags can also be used for
ing, the council was informed Kriegh also said a dust pollu- Many of his colleagues from other town functions and could
that no bids were submitted for tion control study on Calle other cities at the conference cost less than the $85 allotted,
the installation of a cable televi- Buena Vista is progressing.The indicated "they thought we Mrs. Lamberson said.
sion system here,but that one is study is being done in prepara- were lunatics here because we A base of $1,000 per month
forthcoming(see related story). tion for a possible chemical don't believe that beating heads was set by the council as the
Mayor Lois Lamberson re- coating project that may be in is the only way to maintain value of work by each volunteer
ported that the town's fund done for no charge by the order," Roof added. Oro Valley police reserve in
balance totaled $49,528 at the Chevron Asphalt Co. Councilman Lauren Rhude order to determine insurance
end of September, down $300 Police Lt. Frederic Roof said questioned Roof on what action coverage for the officers in case
from August. at the meeting that the number is being taken against motor- of injury.
Payment of a bill to Canyon of traffic citations in the town cycle riders in Canada del Oro Roof said the reserves are
del Oro High School for use of its increased more than fourfold in wash,who he said"make a noise eligible for 60 per cent of their
facilities during council meet- October over the September that's horrendous." base salary, or$600 per month,
ings was the reason for the count. He also related other Roof replied that he's contact- in workman's compensation if
drop, she said. criminal activity and depart- ed the Pima County Sheriffs they're disabled on the job.
Speed limit signs will be ment investigations conducted Department,which has a patrol The police department cur-
placed at three locations in Oro during the month (see related dune buggy,but added that the rently has five reserve officers
Valley at the request of the story). vehicle would be largely ineffec- and three full-time employes.
Police Department, Town En- Roof told the council he at- tive against the 30 to 40 bikers Mrs.Lamberson and Council-
police who can be found in the wash on man Eldon Haynes also report-
gineer James Kriegh said at the tended a three-day
meeting. management conference in some days. ed on their attendance at the
They are to be located along Phoenix,where he said he found The council unanimously ap- annual meeting of the Arizona
Calle Concordia near CDO, on that many of the techniques pre- proved spending of $85 to buy League of Cities and Towns in
Calle Buena Vista and on Calle sented as models for the officers an Arizona and United States Yuma recently (see related
Concordia near those roads' in attendance are a'ready being flag for traffic court hearings, story).
Page 3
REZONING DEADLINE 2 YEARS OFF
. .
Timanbides
timewith.
subdivision.
Tucson developer Joseph spokesman for Cella, Barr, septic tanks and that such tanks event of flooding
Timan says he has "no immedi- Evans and Associates of Tucson won't interfere with water wells 10) covenant to remove only
ate plans"to begin work on his —the company Timan had said in the area that vegetation necessary for
60-acre Oro Valley subdivision would probably get that con- 4)paving of all platted access building pads, roads and drain-
-the first in the town since its tract—told the Voice last week roads to town standards by the age
incorporation in 1974. that he hasn't received word applicant 11)recording of a covenant to
The subdivision was centa- from the developer yet. 5) paving of direct access leave all drainage ways in their
tively approved recently by the Dennis Wall — who argued roads east to Oracle Road natural state
town council, despite some Timan's case before the council 6) cul-de-sac roads in lots to 12) compliance with those
citizen protests. when Cella, Barr was acting as the south of the subdivision and conditions within two years of
With two years to complete a consulting engineer— said he's alignment of those roads with the date of the rezoning approval
list of requirements imposed on skeptical about some of the 13 existing north-south routes lo- 13) recording of a covenant
the development, Timan cur- conditions imposed on the sub- cated south of the development holding Oro Valley harmless for
rently is "just digesting" the division by the council when it 7) recording of an acceptable slope instability or sinking of
council's okay,said a spokesman granted the rezoning. plat providing for all necessary land
for the subdivision's consulting "They aren't so stringent we rights of way for roads and The provisions which would
engineers. can't get them done, but it drainage release the town from liability in
After four months of negotia- seems to us several of them 8)suitable arrangements with case soil instability was ques-
tions, the council voted Aug. 26 were in the,wrong order,"Wall the Pima County Department of tioned by Cella,Barr during the
to approve Timan's request that said, They should have come Sanitation rezoning process,because,Wall
60 acres along Valle del Oro later than the final platting 9)recording a covenant hold- said, they could"hurt the town
Road, west of Oracle Road, be stage." ing Oro Valley harmless in the itself."
rezoned from SR, allowing one The final plat—a blueprint of
home per four acres to CR-1, all work done by the developer
which allows one home per acre. to comply with local zoning injured in motore cle crash
O V youthY
As one of the designers of the standards — is what Timan
original Oro Valley area plan,in must submit by Aug. 26, 1978. A motorcycle accident in Oro A blood test to determine if
the 1960s,Timan played an im- Actual building of homes can't Valley Saturday night sent a Saegert was driving while
portant role in the early devel- begin until that plat is approved local youth to St. Mary's intoxicated was given him at
opment of the area, before the by the council. Hospital, where plastic surgery the hospital by Oro Valley
town was incorporated. That Soil testing on the 60-acre lot was required to restore half of police when he regained
area plan is currently in the is one of the provisions set by his ear and to cover a deep gash consciousness -- about eight
process of being amended. the council about which Wall in his shin. hours after the accident.
Timan was formerly board said he is concerned. The town Stuart Saegert, 19, of 281 W. Saegert said the police found
chairman of the financially- Planning and Zoning Commis- Golf View Drive, was traveling he wasn't drunk, but Police Lt.
troubled Horizon Corp. land sion voted against recommend- on Linda Vista Boulevard about Frederic Roof told the Voice
development company, which ing the rezoning because of 1,000 yards west of the Oracle the test hasn't yet been
ranks among the nation's largest what commission members feel Highway when his motorcycle analyzed.
and once had its national head- are unstable soil conditions at ran off the road,he said. Saegert said he had taken his
quarters in what is today the the site. Saegert was released from sister to the home of a friend of
Town of Oro Valley. However, the town council the hospital Sunday afternoon. hers about 7 p.m. Saturday and
Timan still works out of an approved the rezoning, after a He said he couldn't remember was in a hurry to return home
office at Horizon's corporate private soils engineer hired by why his cycle ran off the road, because he had just lit coals in a
headquarters building in Tuc- Timan said that with some though he added a car or a barbecue grill to cook steaks.
son,but he says he's developing engineering work,the loose soil bump in the road could have No citations were issued by
the Oro Valley subdivision inde- will support construction denser been the cause. the Oro Valley police.
pendent of the company. than the current SR zoning .
Timan declined to speculate allows.
whether his Oro Valley lots will Further tests on the soil by a Clip this coupon mail it in with $3 for your
be developed as a single subdivi- "qualified soils testing labora- subscription to the Oro Valley Voice!
sion after that necessary two- tory"are required under condi-
year period,or whether he will tion two of the 13 conditions My Name
sell them off in individual par- approved by the council in
cels to builders.Some town offi- granting the rezoning. Street address
cials indicated during discussion Those conditions require:
of the rezoning last summer that 1) a complete hydrological City —__ State —_ __ ZIP — - —
they understood Timan will study to show that CR-1 build-
take the latter course. ingwon't adverselyaffect hous- I,enclose $3 for a year's subscription to the Oro Valley
Voice.
Although 60 homes can be ing in neighboring areas and to
built on the tract, only 45 are show that flood waters will be
planned, he said. channeled
Mail to:
Timan was scheduled to 2) the soils testing Oro Valley Voice, Sancruval Publications, Ted Turpin,
award a contract to a civil en- 3) a sanitation engineer's re- Editor, P.O. Box 3003, Tucson. Az. 85702
gineering firm last week, but a port that all lots are suitable for
Page 4
ONLY LOCAL GROUP FEARS CLOUT OF SMALL TOWNS
Other 'PAGs'
Goodyear, Ariz., population such areas as law enforcement populations—as a condition for Jack DeBolske, secretary of
2,142, has one vote on the 19- and transportation. The federal membership by a"smaller one" MAG, said PAG is different
member Maricopa Association government ordered formation —in this case,Oro Valley. from other Arizona COGs he
of Governments (MAG), as of such regional groups in 1972, Charles Salem, Mayor of knows of because of Tucson's
does the City of Phoenix, but many had been in existence Goodyear, said there's never central role in the history of
population 675,000. in other forms before that. any friction on MAG because of Pima County. Few other areas
The mayor of Goodyear, a Town Mayor Lois Lamberson the sizes of its numerous have incorporated here as a
school teacher, sits as chairman said she found during con- member constituencies. result,unlike Maricopa County,
of MAG at the organization's versations at a recent con- he said.
monthly meetings. vention thatthe other six "We haven't had any "To a certain extent, there's
Oro Valley,population 1,167, COG's in Arizona aren't as problems. I know there's security in numbers.If you only
may be unique in the state for "paranoid"about accepting new paranoia even among some have two or three kids in a
the difficulties it's had in trying members as PAG appears to similar national organizations, family,for example,you look at
to join the local"commission on be. but were able to negotiate them and scrutinize more
governments (COG)" — the In fact, PAG is the only one things here,"he said. closely,"DeBolske said.
Pima Association of Govern- of the COGs in Arizona to I think you'll find that's the "But if there's 18 or 20 kids
ments. require a weighted voting way people pare; things can be already, you're not so con-
COGs are clearing houses for system — favoring members worked out. cerned about what one of them
local federal aid applications,in that - represent larger Mrs. Lamberson reported to can do,"he added.
the town council on her at- Tom Swanson, a PAG
tendance at the Arizona League spokesman, echoed DeBolske's
of Cities and Towns Convention argument in voicing what had
Oct. 19-22, during the last come to be a major argument in
council meeting Oct. 28. PAG-OV negotiations: "If you
_.7.' She and other town officials have a large number of
:. have never openly criticized jurisdictions, it's more difficult
_ - - PAG. But it's clear that Mrs.
to gang up on any one of them."
-A Lamberson considered the PAG Chairman Dan
information she gathered on Eckstrom, the mayor of South
the subject at the convention as
�. � j Tucson, and others from the
` support for Oro Valley s
"' group were scheduled to attend
c',,,%:?,'
*:;" decision in its negotiations with the recent League of Cities and
` PAG
-= lir
�., . Towns meeting Mrs. Lam-
The ongoing conflict between t berson attended,but because of
the town and PAG centered on
s other more pressing PAG
I.* i how much of a vote Oro Valley business,were unable to.
�,' would have as a member of�. o : In addition to PAG and MAG
_. �� � PAG's administrative regional — two COGs that represent
council.
about 1.5 million of the state's
""o"""' Representatives on that total 1.8 million population —
,,,, three-member council from the the other state government
"""'" Cityof Tucson and Pima
�� � � associations are:
�.----- � County chose not to let Oro — Southeast Arizona
=. - Valley join unless their votes Governments Association
... carried the weight of five, to (SEAGO), with 18 members,
, just one for Oro Valley and the covering Cochise, Graham,
third current PAG member, Greenlee and Santa Cruz
Ab ° , South Tucson. County.
This, the two bigger — Central Arizona
members maintained, was to Association of Governments
prevent the two smaller (CAAG), with 15 member
governments from ganging up governments, representing the
to stall action they favored. many mining towns in Pinal and
P and The town council, before the
'hearing n Gila County.
election of its three new — District IV Association of
When no town citizens showed up for a"public"hearing last week, members inJune, repeatedly Governments, with about 8
Planning and Zoning Commission members, including Gerald refused to join PAG unless the members in Yuma and Mojave
Korte [left] and Thomas Rainsberger, discussed the Oro Valley group agreed to allow Oro Counties. This group includes
General Plan among themselves.A few minor changes made in the Valley an equal vote. even school districts in Mojave
plan highlighted the commission's meeting in the CDO library The present town council as members.
Nov. 2. The four members present pledged to take steps to en- hasn't considered the PAG — Northern Arizona
courage attendance at its monthly meetings, such as offering question again and its ap- Association of Governments.
refreshments and changing the meeting location to the town office. plication for membership No one from this group was
The next regular meeting will be Dec.'s in the library,when public remains at a stalemate, with immediately available for
hearings will be held on two zoning matters. ;: neither side budging. comment.
Page 5
28 ARE LOSERS IH RACE
West emerges
from sea of JP
hopefuls
[Continued from Page 1] Other top vote getters in the and Hawke were the top vote School Board race, Dr. Richard
cincts.DeConcini won the state- race were Nick Mastrangelo, getters in Precinct 13 and the A. Scott, Dr. J.E. Gibson and
wide balloting,and will serve as Kathleen Franzi and Chris eventual winners in District 13. Nancy J. Thomas.
the state's only U.S. Senator O'Connell. Three of them are ' H. Thomas "Tam" Kincaid
Voters in both picked three of
from Southern Arizona, independents, and Franzi is a won by two percentage points in the four winners in the Central
U.S.Rep. Morris K. Udall, a Libertarian. Precinct 13 over incumbent
presidential contender defeated Precinct 13,part of legislative Arizona Water Conservancy
g Morris Farr in the District 13 District race, R.B. "Buck"
at the national party convention District 13, helped turn out Senate Race, but just as nar- O'Rielly, Marilyn"Corky" Ron-
by Carter,outpolled challenger Democrat incumbent Bruce rowly lost district-wide. stadt, Roy Emrick and Dan W.
Laird Guttersen, a former Wheeler in the House of Repre- Thomas N. "Tom" Goodwin, Clarke.
prisoner of war in North Viet- sentatives race and elect Repub- incumbent Republican, and Clarke was defeated in the
nam,in Democratic District 13, lican Larry Hawke. Democrat Challenger John county-wide vote by George
but lost to Guttersen in 12. Wheeler was elected in a g
Kromko, took Precinct 13 and Barr.
The percentage vote gar- legislative sweep in Pima Coun-
eventually won the District 12 Precinct 13 voters chose
nered by each was identical, ty that, in 1974, sent a number
though reversed, in the two of philosophically-allied Dem- House battle. eventual winners Stephen
precincts at 53 per cent to 45 per ocrat reformists to the legisla- They defeated incumbent Neely for county attorney
cent.
tore. Democrat Jo Cauthorn and Re- Richard Boykin for sheriff and
District 12 contributed 351 That movement lost seats in publican John Oswalt. Ida Mae Smyth for recorder.All
votes to the winning effort of five races in the ballotting In the District 12 Senate race, are Democrats.
Jim West in his battle against 28 Tuesday. Pete Hershberger defeated in- Precinct 12 varied in giving
opponents for the Justice of the Sister Clare Dunn, another cumbent Sue Dye in local Pre- its votes to Mrs. Smyth's Re-
Peace post in JP District 4. liberal Democrat incumbent, cinct 12 but Mrs.Dye overcame publican challenger, Elizabeth
the challenge in the district as a "Lew" Macy.
Rezoning okaokayed whole. Both precincts favored Re-
In the Asta-Dusenberry Race, publican challenger Verne Mc-
the Republican gained 1,115 Cutchan, the winner, over in-
for300-acre Subdi vision votes to incumbent Asta's 631 in cumbent Bert C. Romero, a
A second year's extension and southwest of the Tucson Precinct 12. Precinct 13 gave Democrat.Precinct 13 voted for
has been granted for the devel- National Country Club. Mrs. Dusenberry its votes, as Democrat winner Jim Weeks
opers of a 300-acre subdivision Pima County's Board of well, 774-462. for Arizona Corporation Com-
area just west of Oro Valley to Supervisors voted Sept. 20 to In the JP Precinct 5 constable mission seat, while Precinct 12
meet county rezoning require- approve a 12-month extension race, Democrat Roy Wactor favored his Republican chal-
ments. beat Republican Ernest
of the deadline it previously set "Ernie" lenger L. Waldo DeWitt.P vote on two
The Estes Corp. of Tucson for Dow to file the final plat, Alloy, carrying voting Precinct The precincts'
has asked for the extension to which will include provisions 13 as part of his margin. Propositions 200 and 300 more
allow time for filing a complet- for all sewer lines and roads. In the JP 4 constable race, closely resembled the state
a Demo- wide tally than Pima County's
ed plat, or chart, of subdivision The County Planning Depart- winner Lee Wisdom,
f more liberal stand.
improvements. But an Estes crat,failed to carry Precinct 12,
ment recommended approval owhich went to his ro Republican Proposition 200, the nuclear
spokesman said he expects to this second extension after P. P
file a plat for one 79-home input from the county Highway opponent Byron W. Stucky. safeguard provision, and 300,
section in the next few weeks. and Sanitation Departments, Voters in both Precincts 12 seeking repeal of the auto emis-
sions testing, were defeated
This will be a single family said Planning Administrator and 13 picked all three of the g,
development, with one home Ron Green. winners in the Amphitheater locally by wide margins.
per three commercial acres, to Rennaker said the Tortolita
be called Heritage Hills II, said
Area plan, which will designate
Estes spokesman Steve Ren- f
naker. growth patterns in most of i,
northwest Tucson after it's AL -Lwi? ,
The remaining 229 acres will
1- --7WQece
approved,will have great bear- —
be developed "in an^orderly ing on development of the
fashion to include a variety of Estes land. Editor Publisher Theodore C.Turpin
home types, including single
family on different sized lots He said he's disturbed about News Editor Dennis Joyce
and denser condominiums or one point of the preliminary
townhouses. He didn't say over Tortolita Plan that would re- News staff Mary Schmidt
what period the building will quire the densest home con- Chris Kemberling
take place. struction on land north of
Canada del Oro that'sPublished once or more per month by the Sancruval Corp.,
anion
The company acquired 301g P.O.Box 3003,Tucson,Ariz.85702.Offices at 426 E.7th St.,
acres of a 379 acre tract owned the roughest in the area. Tucson, Ariz.
by the Dow Chemical Invest- Rennaker declined to esti-
ment and Financial Corp. last mate the number of homes to Single copies available at this address for 15 cents each.
July, Rennaker said. be built on the 301 acres or By mail, $3 for one-year subscription.
It's located west of Shannon when construction will begin, Application to mail at second class postage rates is pending at
Road at Ina and McGee Roads, because of uncertainties about Tucson, Ariz.
straddling Canada del Oro wash the Tortolita Plan.
Page 6
LOCAL COMPANY MISSED 1ST DEADLINE
Only
one
firm ready
on OV cable TV
Bids for cable television in even touch a community unless right thing." deadline but it will make a bid
Oro Valley are being re-adver- it's over 300,000," he said. "1 Klein's company was unable by Nov. 10, he said.
tised for, but only one firm don't even know if I'm doing the to prepare a bid by the Oct. 18 Nov. 12 has been set as the
seems interested in the project • • • last day to file a bid.
at present, an Oro Valley CaIIe onco ' t s ' • Cable TV signals are trans-
councilman says. trans-
mitted through a cable, rather
T.K. Cable Systems, Inc., • than through the air. Its advan-
y
owned by local resident Terry
town attorneyntulls action tages are sharper pictures and
Klein, is interested in offering better color plus a wider choice
the service to Oro Valley.Klein The town of Oro Valley, or may be invalid since that lowest of channels, including some
sa she could set u the opera-
residents living within the Calle bid exceeded the estimate. from Phoenix and possibly Los
y pConcordia Road improvement Henderson said before the Angeles and San Diego, which
tion within "six months to a
if the company is awarded district, will have to spend at council can take any action on can't presently be received.
year" p y least$1,300 more than originally the bids, he must determine Klein said he doesn't yet
a contract by the town.
for bids planned to pave a half-mile whether the project will have to know how much cable televi-
Oro Valley advertisedstretch of the dirt street. go back to Step Seven of the sion would cost per family here,
last month,but no company sub- The increase in cost came to 17-step procedure for forming but said it would be "consider-
mitted one in time,said Council- light at the Oct.28 town council an improvement district. ably higher" than the $8.50
man Alan Carey', in charge of meeting when the council If the bids are valid, he said estimated recently for the ser-
cable television. opened,four bids and found that the council can award the vice in Phoenix.
Klein said he •thinks the thelowest was$1,311 more than contract and proceed to Step 10, "If you consider the more
reason no others have applied is the engineer's estimate of the protest period. than one million people in the
because of the size of the com- $12,861. A determination would then Phoenix/Scottsdale area com-
munity. However, Town Attorney have to be made as to whether pared to the few hundred people
"A lot of companies won't Walt Henderson said the bids the town or the residents of the here,the costs are going to have
district must pay the $1,311 in to be higher," he said.
added costs, Henderson said. Klein said that if he is given
here' Residents of the improve- the contract for cable TV, he
ment district must pay for the expects it would be a "losing
road construction. The town proposition"for his company in
Arizona Game and Fish De- panther, defined as being a will pay for the two-phase engi- the first three years.
partment officials say large black jaguar,leopard or cougar. neering study, which amounts Klein recently conducted a
dogs and coyotes — not a Hair, bones and claws from to $4,000. survey in which 100 Oro Valley-
panther — are responsible for dogs were found in animal drop- A special meeting will be held ans indicated an interest in local
the rash of dog killings near Oro pings in the area, along with in early November for the cable TV. Another 200 who
Valley. several dog skulls with crushed council to consider and act on responded either said no or had
During the last month the de- vertebrae.Department investi- whatever step the town attor- no opinion on the subject.
partment has received numer- gators said those findings indi- ney advises, said Mayor Lois A system eventually capable
ous calls from people claiming to cate large dogs and coyotes are Lamberson. of carrying 12 channels would be
have sighted a large black cat in killing the pets. If the council must go back to established in Oro Valley by
the northwest area. Police officer Ewing said no Step Seven, Mrs. Lamberson Klein, he said.
One such sighting was called local group has been formed to said the district's timetable "This is much larger than
in to the Oro Valley Police hunt the animal — but he said would be set back about a month what we would need originally,"
Department four weeks ago, residents should be reminded and a half because each of the he said, "but it would allow for
said officer Dave Ewing.A"cat" that Oro Valley does have a three steps require a minimum growth."
was reported roaming a wash town ordinance prohibiting the 15-day protest period. At the start, cable television
near Canyon Del Oro High discharge of firearms within A set-back to the seventh reception here would probably
School, he said. town limits. step would require that bids be consist of two stations from
Two lion hunters and a trap- Besides the ordinance,a state resubmitted. A second set of Phoenix.
per were brought in by the law outlaws night hunting and bids would likely be even higher "Tucson isn't in the top 100
Game and Fish Department to carries a maximum penalty of than the first,said Dwight Lind areas in the market for cable TV
search for the animal, but no six months in prison and a $300 of Stitzer, Lind and Associates, at this time,"Klein said, "but I
evidence was found to indicate it fine, said Bob Hernbrode, re- Inc.,the firm that prepared the expect it to be some day, and
is a large cat. gional wildlife specialist at the engineering study for the road. then more channels will be avail-
Although nothing was found, Arizona Game and Fish Depart- Of the four Tucson contract- able.
reports of sightings continued. ment. ors submitting bids, Quality "This way, we'll be ready
and the department called in Hernbrode said all tracks Paving Inc.'s offer was lowest with the facilities to handle the
lion hunter 011ie Barney,reput- thought to be left by a cat have with a base of$14,172— $1,311 new stations in the future," he
ed to be one of the most success- turned out to be from dogs.The more than the engineering added.
ful hunters in Southern Arizona. tracks found, including some study estimate, Lind said. Oro Valley began looking into
Department officials said he pictured in a Tucson newspaper, Road construction on Calle cable TV in October, 1974 —
covered an area from the Santa were oblong with claw marks. Concordia should begin in late soon after incorporation —
Cruz River to Pusch Ridge in "Cats leave round tracks that December if the town attorney when some residents indicated
the Catalina Mountains but do not show signs of claw determines the bids are valid, an interest in bringing the
didn't turn up any trace of a marks," Hernbro ie said. Mayor Lamberson said. service here.
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SANITATION, TGE COMPLAIN TO COUNCIL
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'Proposed road standards too stringent'
[Continued from Page 1] investigating whether this sec- tion and maintenance costs. and electric companies money,
may arise over sewage can be tion would increase or decrease This increase would be passed he said.
worked out. its maintenance and operation on to consumers. Bock said Tucson and Pima
At the council's Nov. 23 costs here and consequently, He recommended that boring County are considering chang-
meeting,it will also consider the the amount the town is charged, be done only in individual cases ing their sidewalk standards to
road standards ordinance which he said. when required by the town the ones he's recommended.
would impose fines and fees and TGE's environmental sys- engineer.Street cuts,he added, But Lind, who prepared the
legalize sections of the book. tems manager Duane Bock said should be allowed if properly book, said he would not be
Bob Patrick, county staff the book standard that requires patched afterwards. willing to change them for Oro
member temporarily assigned a 24-inch trench width is too Bock also recommended that Valley until the city and county
to the sanitation department, stringent because it is "sub- certain standards be changed to change theirs.
said the section of the book that stantially greater" than the require that sidewalks be flush The standards can be altered
requires roads be bored under width required for the installa- against the curb, with utilities any time after adoption of the
instead of cut into to reach tion of related facilities, located between the sidewalk book, so when the new stand-
sewer lines, could effect the The trench requirement and and the property line. ards appear acceptable, the
town's sewer contract with the the book's section requiring Sidewalks, then, would not town can add them, Lind said.
county. boring, he said, would "un- have to be torn apart to repair Regarding the trenching and
The sanitation department is _necessarily" increase construe- utility lines, saving telephone boring of roads, Lind said the
specifications opposed by the
POLICE ALSO ARREST 14 IN OCTOBER men are needed to ensure the
life and quality of roads.
He said many times a road is
Traffic stops up 4 times cut into almost as soon as it has
overSeptember
been completed,which ruins the
Oro Valley police issued 134 outside the town,Roof said. system is being leased by the quality of the road before it has
traffic citations — compared to All equipment stolen from town for the department from been opened.
35 the previous month — and the CDO Life Planning Center Rural/Metro. "If boring under a road is
made 14 arrests — some in one of those burglaries has The combined system hasn't impractical, such as where the
connected with three separate been returned, the lieutenant interrupted or jammed corn- ground is extremely rocky, or
burglaries — during the month said. munications for Rural/Metro when the road is already deteri-
of October. One auto theft was also and the local police yet, Roof orated,cuts in the street would
Police Lt. Frederic Roof told reported, and solved by the said. be allowed," he said.
the town council at its Oct. 25 police during October. "It's mainly to fulfill the FCC When cuts are needed, Lind
meeting that three of five In addition to the criminal requirements that we're said, the standards require a
outstanding burglaries were investigations, the police looking for our own frequency," minimum 24-inch wide trench
solved in Oro Valley and 11 department also began he said. be dug.Dips often develop after
criminal investigations con- negotiations to acquire its own Roof also reported to the refilling if trenches aren't made
ducted during the month. police radio frequency. The council that he will draw up a to this width, he added.
Most of the arrests were department now operates on work sheet to record hours The three who contested the
made at Canyon del Oro High the same frequency as the spent on town police work by standards said they "did not
School for loitering, vandalism Rural/Metropolitan Fire Co. its five volunteer, reserve come to criticize the town
and petty theft. About 80 per that serves Oro Valley, and officers. He has presented no efforts," but rather to seek
cent of police work is generated which also formerly ran the definitive account on their consistency with county-wide
from CDO,Roof said. town's police department. monthly work to the council standards.
The department has one Federal Communications yet, but said it exceeded 125 All three — Patrick, Bock,
officer working full-time at the Commission regulations hours in October. and Manuel Palomino, a county
high school, and the town is require a separate frequency He also reported to the management assistant — are
paid for his work through the for such departments. The council that four police officers members of a committee that
school administration. police are in no danger of being were called out to break up a coordinates such county stand-
Most of the traffic violations penalized by the FCC, party celebrating CDO's ards, acting as an advisory
during October occurred on however, since they are homecoming Oct.-�. Of about committee to the county Board
Calle Concordia and Calle "making every effort" to 200 attending the party — at of Supervisors.
Buena Vista,Roof said. He was acquire a separate frequency. which kegs of beer were served During the public hearing,
at a loss to explain the in- a outsidehome in Oro Valley
Once the frequency is — Patrick invited the town to
creased number of offenders, 175 were juveniles,he said. attend committee meetings now
but said there is no pattern to assigned — probably before g
the number of violations Jan. 1, Roof predicted — the The officers worked from 10 that it is about to adopt its own
recorded from month to month. department can apply for p.m. until 2 p.m. trying to standards.
Three of the burglaries . federal funds to buy mobile disperse the crowd without The town could help in
occurred in the town during radios for its vehicles and for causing an incident,Roof said. coordinating county-wide
October, one of which has been base station equipment. "It would have taken three standards.
solved. Two burglaries Roof said he "can see no buses to arrest them all if we "I think it's excellent that
reported by Roof at the Sep- reason"why the funds wouldn't had started,"he said. such a young town is thinking
tember council meeting have be granted to the town, and The parents of the party's about adopting an entire set of
also been solved. All suspects estimated the cost of the hosts "were baffled"by it,Roof standards. Most cities take
arrested in connection with the communications system at said. "I think the kids just took years to come up with their own
burglaries are juveniles from about $10,000. The present over and it got out of hand." standards," Patrick said.
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TOWN CLERK SCHEDULES WORK IN BETWEEN INTERRUPTIONS
Elsie likes her work,
By gets plenty of it
. ,, _, fil:CHRIS KEMBERLING regulations or building codes of :7:::::'r
,"I guess I'm just one of those the town, she said. 1 peo le who likes to work." "Sometimes they just want to , ,Town Clerk Elsie Robinson check the records."
had enough time to make this "You never really know , ,'r
observation before the phone in who's going to walk in the door
the apartment which serves as and it can get kind of in-
the town office rang again. teresting at times,"she added. .i.,e4r1 i
"Good morning, Town of Oro " t--
g V::
answered in a Many people who stop in, { ,
Valley," she answe a such as inspectors and process
voice weary, distant — but
servers, are looking for addres-
cheerful. Mrs. Robinson in- '`'
ses. ;' .. :,
stinctively logged the call, a 4
"People don't stop calling or s , ►° •
for the police �� :�'•
message
comingbyafter five," she said, i' : 2/ ,,*f. ..4..s,
'. . .
department. $ •
"the nice thing is, I don't have . « •• SLR 4,For the past 18 months, she that." '
has served as the town's clerk to let them in afters
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and since then, she has added
Mrs. Robinson adds,
the duties of Oro Valley traffic
however, that she is soft- �.,:� f� ���`�'
hearted and will usually answer -: ., ,e.
court clerk, voter registrar, s {
a call or let a person in when ' - � � ' '
treasurer, council secretary , - t ...z.
she stays late. .. � r •':.;
and elections organizer i
in a while Iget Now that the town has in- ,,,It--. �- �:
"Every once
overloaded and have to stay stalled a permanent sign on the � '�"�� y
past five. In fact, after five is highway pointing out thear
when I canget most of my work location of the town office, h.
many tourists have been `J`
done." -,
Because Mrs. Robinson stopping to ask for directions.
handles all the paperwork for Since there are always in- .0. ""`''"
the town council and other terruptions during the day, ,u r• finds Catchinglocal a encies, she can answer Mrs. Robinson said she p•
g
most every question concerning herself unable to dwell long on When Town Clerk Elsie Robinson isn't dealing with the public or
Oro Valley — and very often one topic. answering the phone she says she tries to up-date files or complete
during the course of a day, Although there appears to be one of her other duties. During the course of the day,the Tucson
does. Those questions, she a great deal of pressure in her woman may find herself operating under a number of different
said come mostly through job, she said she enjoys it and titles. Mrs. Robinson said although her job does become hectic at
phone calls "in a constant likes dealing with the public. times she enjoys it and plans to continue her diverse job.[Photo by
stream"throughout the day. "Office work is what I've done Chris Kemberling]
The calls, however, are not all my life,"she added.
always simple questions. Even though much of her paries out of town to have the established itself, Mrs.
Besides taking messages for time as town clerkis spent with work done. Robinson said she doesn't know
the police and others when they people, Mrs. Robinson's other how it could exist without a
are out of the office, she duties often require her to "It's everybody's dream to central office.
responds to a number of work alone. get a copy machine, but a good
complaints,also. Among those, she said, are one runs into the thousands of "The council members would
The town office has keeping the books, figuring the dollars," shewn said. "If the tobe driven crazy if the town
developed into a combination payroll and issuing permits and keeps growing though, we re didn't have an office. I answer
central communications center licenses. just going to have to have one, most of the questions that
and chamber of commerce Like all governments, Oro she added. people would ask the council,"
office, now that the Oro Valley Valley's produces reams ofThe traffic court clerk job can she said.
government is firmly paperwork, and Mrs. Robinsongenerate a large amount of Mrs. Robinson admits that
established,she said. handles it all. paperwork during the one day a she doesn't always have the
Located off Arizona Highway "We do an awful lot of month it is in session. But answer though.
89 in an apartment•complex, copying work here," she said. luckily,Mrs.Robinson said,she "It has really been just the
the office is a center of activity, Most copies are of town or- has a volunteer to help her out last few months that I've
during its 9 a.m.to 5 p.m.daily dinances, planning and zoning then. started to know what it's all
hours,she said. material and minutes for about,"she said.
Once Mrs. Robinson gets to council members, Planning and For the time being,a volunteer
the office after her 16-mile Zoning Committee members — Oro Valley resident Mrs. She said her work with the
morning drive from the east and town citizens. Glendas Parker — is the only town is the type she enjoys and
side of Tucson, she begins to Those copies, which average extra help she has. However, has done since graduating from
schedule her assigned work in about 650 pieces each month, the town may find someone to business college in Fort Wayne,
between the interruptions. aren't done in the office. Mrs. help her out once a week, she Ind., where she lived for 20
"People are always walking Robinson said she has to drive said. years before moving to Tucson
in who want to know the laws, to one of two graphics com- Now that Oro Valley has with her family.
