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Home My WebLink AboutHistorical Records - The Oro Valley Voice (56) JAMES D KRIEQH - "t` I.A. a -P . ''' 40 E CAE CONCORD •. TUCSON , AZ . 85704 rIL' i ' ' ',11: — � t j:.r ;•• 1 i f f� ti, 4• •, it ! , � ....m... iHE ,9 ..) ' t____:_ ' '_ -- -- Lc _ Sturs 4111111111 P �, = ".''". 1".....7.7"1.'"I "''= _."' I"7"UHF""', .... .....II•N.......• ,.=.....• 1 i i. _ 0 tic e • Volume II, No. 14 Published for residents of the Town afOro Valley,Puma County.Arizona Oct. [A 1, 1975 FLOOD PLAIN INSURANCE OKAYED • • • • Non.highway speed limits in Olir set at 25; • • • council signs, street repair authorized by council By PAULA SETTLE "I'm also authorizing them to - Signs marking the town Vista with Linda Vista and Calle Better, safer roads and do some street cleaning in limits and informing motorists El Milagro with Linda Vista, federally-subsidized flood insur- Shadow Mountain Estates that the town is patrolled. plus a portable sign to be used in once eligibility are slated for West, and to fill some potholes - Speed limit signs to be case of emergency or damage to Oro Valley, thanks to action by there," Kriegh added. installed on Calle Buena Vista, the permanent signs. the town council. Thecouncil'sY sign allocation Calle El Milagro, Calle -Con- The council also instructed The council unanimously includes the manufacture and cordia, and Linda Vista. Town Attorney Walt Henderson adopted a flood plain ordinance installation,by Star-Lite Safety -Two stop signs each for the to draft an ordinance reducing Sept. 25 which will "let the Supply, of the following: intersections of Calle Buena the speed limit to 25 miles per ,..,4.,..,,,..,..,...,,..,„-_,...,...,...,,..---- -_- '-'-r=--.'` hour throughout the town, individual resident, if he wants to, apply for federally-subsi- 4 EDITORIAL except on Highway 89. dized flood insurance," when ' The lease on the town office at federal and state approval is 9040 N.Oracle was renewed for granted, according to Town S + oneyearat$210permonth(plus Orville'son the : $6.30 tax an increase ofEn sneer Jim Krie h. ), $10. g g •The ordinance regulating The increase was necessary, construction in the town's 100- lSgot • • , the owner informed the council year flood plains also releases �ut �� 1� �� craw , by letter, because of a 25 per the town from liability for flood , cent increase in county property • damage to private property, he i . taxes and a 63 per cent jump in noted. i, 4 Oro Valley resident Orville Shields has always been pretty i the cost of fire insurance. Kriegh is confident the y difficult for us to understand [to put it mildly] - but we can't i Other business included measure will be approved, 1 help admiring his courage and persistence. 4 authorizing the town attorney because he worked closely with i Shields, along with ex-Mayor Kenneth Holford and $ to write a proposed contract members of the Arizona Water + ex-Councilman Virgil Brandon, was one of the most adamant $ with a cable television firm(See Commission in shaping the s opponents of Oro Valley's incorporation last year. [Earlier he i related story), adoption of a ordinance."State requirements 4 had favored such action,and even helped circulate incorporation 4 tentative plat checklist, and are much stricter than federal $ petitions. Orville is a very changeable fellow.] transfer of responsibility for requirements,"Kriegh told the $ But one thing about Shields; he has the courage of his s processing federal housing town council. $ convictions,once he decides what they are.Orville was the only assistance applications to the A provision for future ` one of the"aginners"to show up last summer at the Pima County i Pima County Housing and amendment of the flood plain Courthouse the day the supervisors begrudgingly acknowledged Urban Development adminis- ordinance was made with its ' that they couldn't disincorporate the town; that the $ tration. passage. This will allow the ! Shields-Brandon petition drive simply hadn't produced enough i All of these steps got town to meet requirements ` signatures - no matter how the county finagled them. 4 unanimous council approval. Virgil Brandon, a real tiger when he thought he might win, ' **************** ******-******* * * * OVER TWO OTHER BIDDERS ' :Rt. 89 speed limit will be . Arizona Reliable awarded * * in� * garbage collectioncontract * The controversial 55-m.p.h. m.p.h. speed limit will become * By PAULA SETTLE business ventures. * speed limit on Oracle Road will effective as soon as they're up, * For$3.40 or$4.75 per month, Arizona Reliable's commer- * be lowered to 45 m.p.h. later he said. Oro Valleyans may have three tial rates vary from$15 to$175 * this week, as soon as the Hedlund told the Voice the * containers of household trash per month, depending on * Department of Transportation new speed limit will stand until * removed each Monday and number of collections and * can have the signs made and scheduled reconstruction of the * Thursday by Arizona Reliable container size. * posted. highway is complete. * Services, Inc. of Tucson. Arizona Reliable representa- ** The speed limit decision was Widening of U.S. 89 (Oracle * The $3.40 monthly fee is for tives are canvassing Oro Valley * handed down last Tuesday,just Widening of U.S. 89 (Oracle * trash collection at the curb. to determine where their * hours after the DOT's Phoenix Road) between Ina and Tange- * "On-premises"collection service services are desired. * office received a final report on rine is scheduled to begin during 4. costs $4.75 per month. * its traffic study. the next fiscal year,he said,and The Oro Valley Town Council QV youth council * * at its Sept. 25 meeting will transform the present * * The study was carried out by unanimouslyselected Arizona • * the agency's Traffic Engineering stretch into a four-lane divided * i l fromtopic of meetinhighway with a median strip * Rel ab e three bidders forg * Section and focused on U.S. 89 and shoulders. * the town trash collection * traffic in the Town of Oro franchise. The service to town As part of its investigation * Valley, as well as the stretch The state has budgeted $3.6 * into methods of dealingwith * million- for the project. The * residents — for a fee — covers from Ina Road to Tangerine * the year from Oct. 1, 1975 to juvenile problems on a commu- * safet stud 'scrutinized the Road. Y y * Sept. 30, 1976• nity level, the Oro Valley town * speed of present traffic, its * council will hear Donna Wachter * Robert Hedlund, assistant to volume, congestion, accident The franchise-letting followed * the director of DOT, said he patterns, and the number of * a one-month delay during which from the prevention unit of the * expects the new signs to be cars'oinin the traffic flow from * the council asked for and Pima County,Juvenile Court at * PJ g * received information on liability this Tuesday s council meeting. posted later this week. The 45 stores and intersecting streets. insurance, the posting of The town council meeting will performance bonds, equipment be in the Oro Valley Town Office r.•: to be used and related ated matters at5•4 5 Pm Oct. 14 from the bidders. i dde s. r M atY Dow juvenile v 'u enil e Canyon Disposal of Nogales probation obation officer for Pima a and S A Services of Arizona, n Y Cou t told the Voice Oro Inc fTucson .owere unu f 1 s cess u Valley is looking e for a way to •.4• =��=�� bidders.SCAServices formerly avoid sending g certain small served Oro Valley Y under aPima offences es tocourt b Y dealing with .. vilt -:ti :.:.:ii,:ii:.i:.iiii:..-:ii:i:::-::ii:,:.iiii:i:...:41.mi::,:,. \ii :Ai:••:•: ::: County franchise.chise them on al local level. Canyonon Disposalosa1 submitted a Contemplating 1 ating what at so r t of •:; . -:' : . • :: : • :ti•1. ... �:u: :may:':•:•:�:•:: curbside residential co l lecti n program he e foresees for Oro• • • • 0.,1�r _�c '_ '•�1�� .rfi� :f r,�.•�:• bidwh�ch was 15 cents per Valley, Dow said some sort of v J.:1›...:::•::iii:.•:.i.:.:5:::::S.:".:iiiiir..1. ti= 1:. •ti• �, month lower than that of juvenile evaluationbo r would 45044.1% :: .:• = . '' ,. : te• : : :.f , Arizona Reliable, but commer- probably be set up to review • � � r--: • L=:::= .r .'� :}: �:: 9:: .r3'•� '' t tal rates that were hi her• cases before they are sent to the_• r• { tv. ` :•: -}} . �';� :: .:: .: ti��' itiOaft,\..*..:10M:AN-:. . - a.:� ; ''.:17 ��. The council said it preferred Pima County Juvenile Court . t : : j =t=:'-. :.;: :: ":ti � Nk.'*:•iii. Arizona Reliable's bid because Dow said he expects cases � • im. 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AW .::.:-.:::::::::::.:.:.*::. .:.-:-::i .:i: i::::ii,.ii:.ii: iiiiiffi,1::iiiii Street address r.a _ . f City__ State ZIP 1 Valley 1 Oroal e $Zf year's subscription to the r a a iatiii I enclose0 Y y ••• ;g:: :l 1ICLE:•• :'tiff':•'•• Voice. Signs affirm town status Mail to: Oro Valley Voice, Sancruval Publications, Ted Turpin, Oro Valley's Town Council has given approval to this design for Editor. P.O. Box 3003, Tucson, Az. 85702 the new town signs. They will mark the town limits and warn -- motorists passing through the area that it is patrolled.