HomeMy WebLinkAboutHistorical Records - Miscellaneous (21) Page 2,The Arizona Territorial,August 4, 1911
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By JUDY RATLIFF finalized by August 10. Dwight Lind, Oro Valley had never been brought up
The Oro Valley Town According to Environment- resident, presented the to specifications and were
Council in regular session al Protection Agency stipu- council with assessment not accepted by the town
July 28 unanimously adopt- lations, Oro_ Valley's ap- diagrams of the Calle Con- for maintenance.
ed the $251,145 proposed proval was necessary for cordia improvement dis- He said an improvement
budget. finalization. - trict as part of the en- district would have to be
After voting not to hold a Dorothy Montgomery, gineer's report. Six house- formed by the residents to
public hearing, the council Oro Valley's outgoing zon- holds still owe their share have the roads repaired.
also voted unanimously to ing administrator, noted of the improvements, he The town, he added, has
approve plans for the CDO that the interceptor is said. already had an engineering
Interceptor as presented to probably not of a high Jim Kriegh, town en- report prepared on the pro-
them by the County Sanita- enough priority to receive gineer, reported that he is ject. The town can't pave
tion Department in a study the federal funds. working with Cella,Barr& the streets.
session July 15. Without federal funds, Evans, Assoc., a Tucson A resolution of inten-
The budget proposal was Pima County would have to engineering firm to set de- tion to pave the streets
opened to a public hearing. pay for the entire project. _ sign criteria for the foot- - could_be drawn up by the
In the absence of speakers, The council voted to re- ings of future buildings. council.It would then be up
the hearing was closed and new the contract with to residents to stop the •
Mary Kriss,vote taken. Amphitheater School Dis- a resident of paving. Costs would fall to
Mrs. Lamberson noted trict to provide a resource Shadow Mountain Estates Shadow Mountain East
that the budget had been officer at Canyon del Oro East, requested road im- residents in either case.
being discussed for High School. The district pr.o cions. s in the sub- Police Chief Fred Roof
months. Prior to Thurs- divisions.
pays a portion of the of- reported the police force
day's meeting it had been ficer's wages. The town Kriegh pointed out that was close to obtaining a
"hashed and rehashed," pays the remainder. Shadow Mountain streets radio frequency.Extensive
she said. tests have now shown there
In discussion of the inter- -oro - would be no interference
ceptor resolution, Walter Town
with Tucson Community
Chaffee,a Tucson National Center communications.
area resident, said his ob- Within two months he said
jections to the project the paperwork should be Hail 's
centered on the fact that it valley complete.
was designed to accommo- "We haven't killed
date a much denser popula- enough people out here,"
tion than exists in the area. r V
Roof sr in explaining why
He feared the county the Governor's Highway
board of supervisors was Safety Committee had den- i t'c'ntinued from page
tacitly agreeing to"fill up" ied his request for a squad Mayor Lois
the area by providing suchLamberson
ro town 11011 car equipped with radar. said the town's rental
a high capacity sewer. The police,he added,will
In other discussions, agreement
is mutually
step up Calle Concordia renewable every 30 days.
Mrs. Lamberson said she speeding ticketing without No lease is inv
would like to see the inter- olved.
up for sale the new equipment. If the town of Oro
ceptor at half the size with The council voted per- Valley ever decides to build
an option to add to it in 25 mission for the swearing-in a buildingof its own, the
years. Nat LeVine is trying to Clerk, said that as Oro
y glater in the week of reserve money would have to come
Hall and the Town Hall files,
50-,year
current plan is for sell the Oro Valley Town Valley grows the volume of police officer Dave Peron from contingency.We don't
.� -year capacity.
general literature. who could not attend the have a buildingfund at this
time.addition could be hopes to weather any accounts and records meeting.
right along side the exist- change of hands without a grows. Thomas Rainsberger "The current ac-
ing interceptor or could be storm. "I spend more and more was voted to replace Mrs. comodations aren't perfect
elsewhere if the population The Town Hall has been a of my time just trying to Montgomery as zoning hut theyfit budget.
is growing there,"she said. model tenant in a 4-plex keep things organized so our g If
—This option is not up to owned by LeVine. Their we can find them again. If administrator. an opportunity came along
A letter of commendation that suited us we'd move
me," she added and voted occupancy goes back to the we had room fore cabinets
was voted to Mrs. Mont •-
with the rest of the council time Oro Valley in- and storage the job would but I don't know what that
gomery for her service to opportunity might be."
to adopt the resolution. corporated. be easier. We're busting at the town. LeVine thinks the hall is
To qualifiy for federal "So far all the prospects the seams. In the study session pre- located in the only
b funds. the plans for file have been. glad_about the "Chief Roof is more
Town Hall,"/LeVine said. crowded than I am but I Ceeding the meeting, the reasonable Oro Valley site.
interceptor have to becouncil decided to put off "No other place around
"I've never had a com- like this space too. It has a has arkin ,
- plaint about the traffic at- nice informal atmosphere. action on the propsed IR P g " he said.
p (intermediate rura1) "Some people have offered
the office. No complaints of Sometimes out-of-towners zone. Precedence is to be a room of their house.
any kind." break down and laugh given to thegeneralplan That's cheapbut not
Some complaining can be when they find out this big
heard within the office apartment is the hall but and the rewriting of the enough. Here the price is
itself. we get along" zoning code. right for the room."
Dottie Morse, Town (continued on page :t) "That will take a lot of The property has been
. work," Maja Stewart said. for sale slightly over a
' "It will include work on the year. LeVine doesn't
IR zone too." consider any of the offers
In other study session he's received serious.
discussions, an improve-
..-.-.
ment district for Oro Val-
ley was brought up.
A. Lauren Rhude said -I
assume they'll make a
formal request by next
month. They want permis-
sion to go ahead and get the
studies done."
Burglary
inOro
reported
The Oro Valley Police
.a-. Dept. is investigating a
burglary which occurred
last v cek in the 9000 block
of Calle Buena Vista.
Approximately $1,000 in
jewelry was taken from the
house, according to Oro
Valley Police Chief Fred
Roof.
Roof said the burglar
apparently gained entry to
the house by twisting the
doorknob off with a pipe
- wrench.