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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHistorical Records - The Arizona Territorial (52) TINGc t. t lk By JUDY RATLIFF "This won't go to the council for sometime. It's still was being included in the proposal. City officials continue to discuss the proposed an- just conversation." Rancho Verde residents were largely opposed to the nexation of Tucson National Golf Course to the town of Should the annexation go before the council both annexation idea fearing higher taxes and expressing a Oro Valley. Residents of 3 areas to be effected by any Engle and Mayor Lois Lamberson promise a public desire to remain under county police and fire change in town limits are split about the idea accepting hearing prior to any decision. protection. if it is actually presented to the town council in the Other members of the feasibility group are Jim One man favored annexation. form of a proposal. Kreigh, Oro Valley Town Engineer, Elbert Mon- Oro Valley's reaction was inclined to the negative in Oro Valley Vice-Mayor Steve Engle, talk man of a tgomery,Oro Valley resident,and Walter Chaffee,Bob a poll of 13 households.Four people expressed positive six member group discussing annexation feasibility Wilson, and Bob Griffin of Tucson National Golf Club. feelings about the proposal. One person had heard said boundry lines have been proposed as Overton Neglected on the discussion panel are residents of nothing of the talks. Road on north, Magee Road on the south, La the Rancho Verde subdivision, a tract lying between Comments indicate a variety of objections to the Canada Drive on the east and a line slightly west of Oro Valley and the Tucson National Area which would annexation. Shannon Road on the west. have to be annexed in order to fulfill a contiguity Q.I. Moss said that logically the power base in the A legal description of the area is currently being requirement. town would probably shift to Tucson National where prepared by a Tucson engineering firm. Of 14 Rancho Verde homes contacted randomly by the new majority of the population would be con • - "We met last week to decide on areas and left it at The TERRITORIAL last week, only one household centrated. that,"Engle said. "We'll meet again in a week or two. knew about the annexation talks. Mrs. Martin Unruh objected on the grounds that the We've all gotten together lists of questionsand*possible Another knew Tucson National had approached Oro (Continued on page 3 ) benefits which we 11 go through. - Valley with the idea but had no inkling that her home Serving Casas Adobes, Catalina Foothills, Oro Valley, Coronado Foothills,Amphitheater, Flowing Wells and all northern Pima County. the 44.161) IR 11[ 1 11111:111;:lit:0111111:al TWELFTH YEAR, NUMBER 32 TUCSON, ARIZONA 20 cents per copy AUGUST 11, 1977 J 4 August 11,Y 1977. ,The.Arizona.Territorial, Page 3 -"'" - '`� .'"'."�i'"'1r, x„ .v"-?' ,.. o- a. ,... a+s ►..a+rf�wr.,r ars: :. - z. I' . , .. ..„ . . ..„,,,,,, _. 4 . - . r. ! anneikin iniant st ge . . . , , (Continued from page 1) The land had been previously zoned for one house per problems in this area. two communities were too divergent to form a suc- four acres. An annexation proposal requires petition signatures cessful town. Tucson National homes generally are built on one acre with the exception of the townhouse section. from owners of land representing 51 per cent of the Several other residents took this point of view saying p assessed evaluation of the area to be annexed. that Oro Valley worked now for Oro Valleyites. A Tucson National townhouses are above the cost of It is conceivable that a future annexation proposal be future council made up of a majority of Tucson housing planned by Estes. put forth by an expanded town of Oro Valley to include National members would amount to having formed a Lance MacVittie of the county planning department the Estes property and land surrounding it. If explained the Estes rezoning as conditional, subject to new town they said. "Oro submission of aplat. Subdivision designs have to be signatures could be gathered to represent 51 per cent of Scott Cameron said, Valley came up with a g nd the area's assessed evaluation, the Estes property good idea.The town is designed for the people who live drawn up. Drainage studies have to be made a could be encompassed by the town without Estes here now. I'm against changing that." improvements such as roads and sewers must be g g g provided. approval. forced it In comments made before the survey was taken in `They've got two or three years to get the work If the issue of zoning on that property is The TERRITORIAL, Dorothy Montgomerir,-Outgoing „ will simply become a matter of legality or illegality," Oro Valley planning and zoning administrator, done, MacVittier said. In further comments N1acVittie said should the town Shedd said. questioned the provisions of services possible should - the town quadruple in size. of Oro Valley take on the proposed new proportions and Mrs.Ryan appears correct in thinking that the Estes q p then extend annexation to the land ownedby Estes the company zoning is ensured. "I'm wondering how far a volunteer system can land would be taken into the citywith existingzoning If annexation of the Tucson National area takes stretch," she said. "I've presented the council with a three-and-a-half-page memo dealingwith this problem intact. place and low density zoning becomes fact in that area, p g p Should the conditional rezoning requirements not be the county's Tortolita Neighborhood Plan will need in detail. fulfilled at such time as the Estes property became reworking. "At a certain point you can't help but lose asmall- part of Oro Valley the stipulated time would still be The plan intends high densities surrounding Tucson town, close-knit feeling." she added. With a large size increase, Mrs. Montgomery available to meet requirements. National. OroValley residents might Had annexation occurred at such time as the "All that will be effected is the location of the foresaw the possibility that a y g have to reinstate homeowners' associations to protect stipulated period for condition approval elapsed population." MacVittie said. "People are moving to p without requirements being met, new zoning requests that area if they can't be accommodated in one place themselves from the town where before they exisited to would be made to the town and not the county. they'll settle in another. Possibly to the west. help the town deal with the county. Mayorquestion of budgeting to Completion of the CDO Interceptor "or some other The infant stage of the annexation talk is perhaps yo Lamberson said the g g arrangement"would be necessary to provide sewage best exemplified by the fact that Bill Nanini,president provide services was central to discussions of an- for the tentatively planned Estes development. of Tucson National Golf Club says the idea has not been nexation. Cesspools and spetic tanks are not lawful on less than discussed with him. "The committee is in the initial stages of studying one acre lots. "I think it's just a small group that approached the this proposal," she said. "They're getting opinionsJim Shedd,president of Estes Company, expects no city fathers in Oro Valley about it," he said. from everybody on the council and everybody involved in providing services." gets .... .. • ON/ "There is nothing on the upcoming council agenda regarding annexation," she added. Tucson National residents leaned to favoring an- fundso r nexation in a poll of 14 persons.Five persons expressed a desire to join Oro Valley. Four persons were against the idea. Five other residents while they had heard of crime the talks wanted to hear more about the proposal before making a decision. The Pima Association of Pro-annexation residents expressed hope that zoning Governments Regional in the area could be better dealt with if Oro Valley Council approved approxi- handled it instead of Pima County. mately one-half of Oro Mrs.Basil Ryan summed up the thought of many in Valley's$15,150 request for saying, "I don't like what's going on. I don't like what crime prevention funds last Estes is doing I don't like what the county plans for the week, land north of us. The request had original- "There's nothing we can do about Estes.Nothing will • ly been made to fund two help." she added. new vehicles for crime pre- Kreigh sees zoning problems and the encroachment vention purposes, accord- of Tucson as the reasons behind the Tucson National ing to Oro Valley Police wooing of Oro Valley. Chief Fred Roof. Mrs. Ryan's concern centers on a parcel of land Roof went on vacation south of Tucson National across Magee Road. On immediately after the PAG March 21,the County Board of Supervisors rezoned 220 meeting Thursday, and acres owned by the Estes corporation to sallow three was unavailable for further houses per acre. ,i comment. F s Naninithreatens 1101/ it' d Tucson National Golf Nanini's remarks came conducted by Walter "rather violently" to the Club developer William at a meeting at TNGC Aug. Chaffee,Robert Miller and proposition. Nanini last week 17, which was called by Robert Wilson, was the "Their proposed an- threatened to sell his ex- three Tucson National first formal public p p elusive development residents to release a statement on annexation nexation covers all my should the proposed an- progress report on the made to TNGC residents. land. They would fight the nexation of the club to Oro annexation proposal. After the meeting, densities where I Valley succeed. The meeting, which was Nanini said he reacted planning to build townhouses. The - ---- - development is essentially what I've done at present all around the golf course, the kinds of homes most ml Tucson National people ' ni opposes annex live in," he said. "I couldn't afford to develop . the land at low density. I'll t- (Continued from Page 1) by anyone that they were "It's entirely up-to them sell it the town}of Oro This meeting was merely a. growth-inducing; no what they want to do," Valley annexes us. status report." conscious nod was given .Engle said. "I- presume When asked why the At the meeting, the for growth in the area.The they're thinking hopefully meeting was called, TNGC Ad Hoc represen- Tortolita plan clarifies the about Oro Valley wanting ) Chaffee said, "We thought • • tatives presented a six- issue. to annex. I was asked.to 1 it was time our neighbors page hand-out titled, "Ten _ Engle,the spokesman for attend the meeting to heard about what we Questions About An- the joint. annexation answer questions. There f proposed and why,from us. nexation," which outlined committee, said the weren't many." (Continued on P the rationale involved in committee was still The proposed area to be age 17 the annexation drive. researching answers to the annexed is bordered by The leaflet cites high list of pertinent questions it Overton Road on the north, density zoning, both drafted several weeks ago. Magee Road on the south, already approved as well but would not meet until La Canada Drive on the as anticipated high den- the end of this month to east and a line west of sities under the proposed discuss those answers. Shannon Road on the west. Tortolita Area Plan,as the . reason for hooking up with Oro Valley, which in- corporated in 1973 to escape county zoning controls. The leaflet claims that, because of the higher densities proposed for the future,the area faces great problems with highway safety, water supplies, noise and pollution and crime. The flyer suggests that Oro Valley might want to annex the TNGC area for several reasons,including: -- providing a buffer to protect the town's present suburban lifestyle; -- to double the revenues available from state and federal revenue sharing programs; -- increasing the volunteer pool for the town's day-to-day service needs. However, a quick review of the leaflet showed thai x many of the figures used were high projections prepared by the county for planning purposes. When asked why the leaflet presented the situation at its worse, Chaffee replied. "I think it is as bad as it could get. Look at the Marved rezoning of 600 acres just west of Arthur Pack Park. z That's supposed to be rural-reserve (a land-use designation under the proposed Tortolita Area Plan) and should be low • density, but the planning • and zoning commission - approved it. That's definitely spot zoning, making way for 5,000 people in there." Nanini called the an- nexation leaders "op- posers, no-growthers." "I think they're out to hurt the Nanini family,"he added. County Principal Planner Lance MacVittie, F who has been primarily responsible for presenting the Tortolita plan,said, "A couple of things have been done in the last few years in that area, making it more attractive to developers - Arthur Pack Park and the CDO (Canada del Oro Interceptor). I don't think the connection was made In NW model homes . . � II , New fi rep ace outsh i nes o id By CHRIS TAMULAITIS Furnace corrects this basic between Prince and Roger drafts," Mrs. Wells A new type of fireplace, flaw by completely sealing Roads is offering the new said."That is why the invented by Tucsonan Bill its opening with a tern- fireplace as an option to fireplace will smoke if you Wells, that provides pered glass. buyers. Normally the don't give it some air." maximum heat, minimal The fireplace furnace, addition of a fireplace in a With the fireplace fur- cleaning, along with the instead of getting its home costs about X700, an nace unit, air from inside traditional effect of a combustion air from the additional $600 is the cost the home is completely fireplace is making its way room, (usually from a for the Wells Fireplace sealed off and instead an into many Northside slightly cracked window), Furnace. opening in the back is used homes. _ - , brings in,free-flowing air _ peter,Herder of Herder to draw in combustion air. A recent Popular Science from outside the home to Construction said`that he The hot air then circulates magazine article which support the combustion will install several of the through the regular fur- called the unit "a and create a draft. fireplace futrnaces nace ducts of the house. fireplace under glass",and The outside air can be soon to be built Inner City "In addition, our described its unique controlled to regulate the Parade of Homes. fireplace is completely safe features,spurred hundreds rate of burning according John Cline of Cline because the glass prevents of inquiries from to heat need. Construction will also offer against sparks," Mrs. throughout the United Nine of the furnaces have unit in that develop- Wells said."We have also States and Canada. Since been installed in custom ment. made the fireplace easier then, 150 units have been built homes in Arizona. Accor�3ing to Mrs. Bill to clean." shipped to twenty states. Others have been installed Wells, "the promoter for Heavy metal,grates that The fireplace furnace in homes with fireplaces the inventor", a four- are rotatable dispose of the unit surpasses the con- already built using the bedroom home in Arizona ashes inside a tray which is ventional fireplace in Wells Converts Kit. can be heated for the entire removed from the outside. several ways. A con- L.H. Wilford of Wilford winter with about two When the front glass is ventional fireplace loses Construction, who is cords of good mesquite removed to build a fire, the over 90 per cent of its heat, building 1.03 townhouses at wood - with no other heat sealed over-like en- according to Federal two locations in Tucson, 74 source. vironment, also an ad- Energy Administration on North Oracle Road,just "The newer homes are justable swing out cooking figures. past Magee Road and 29 now more energy saving arm is included for energy- The Wells Fireplace on North Stone Avenue, and are sealed against saving emergency or nastalgic cooking. Existing fireplaces can ....4% / / also be greatly improved by the Wells Converts Kit. .. It modifies an exisiting fireplace towards the Wells ‘...\-Alt III principle to the extent that 04i- the front wall is sealed to '" eliminate the cross drafts and the heat loss up the.- ,A.: 41 * j _ chimney. Combustion air -- ' 'Pr,tok � � Itit Hv�a r���" � � can be brought in from the . � rl outside and the rate of �, _- ,::: burning can also be con- * API ,<< � � trolled. - "' _ "We estimate that at � �. least twice as much heat 4 �� r can be utilized with only '"i `' one-third as much wood," �, �� � Mrs. Wells said. , 4 , �� `� Wells has a small ' k - workshop near his home at ,- 1750 W.Ajo Way, where all original models are built.A local firm builds the or- dered models. The inventor, Bill Wells, was born and raised near 'tiV ' Douglas. He studied mechanical engineering at `.. the Universtiy for three ears and then went to the �+. � a��.,:,...*,,,„N,3µ'S.°Av.. Air Force to become a pilot '� in the European theater ��� �. - �� .:� - � - during World War I.I. Inventor Bill Wells stands bythe three-wayfireplace which was recentlyfin- The basic unit,which can P be individualized by stalled in Frederick Roof's recreation room.It is one of many models which are various masonry work being offered in Northside custom-built homes. costs $800• 4 • 0 ,„„ as • Q. VI 0 2..) , tno .4. 0 1.4 etS .= 0 aic" ,62):A100E1). s. 0 Pn. •V § -E.Tv. LD C taiiu s _9, o 04 4) c rn o .Na "a") c.)-o co c =.ta-ot • < ci) 4) 110 a) "CS CI.E E a as rts to S i) s. • 03 >" as, V) CO E 0 v c° arc s 4. a 0.) 44 C > 03 0 •"" cc< (a ,,-.▪ co 0. C,)4) .4-4 s, - ..4 — •.••• E 73" cc 4? us c c • 0 E CI)0 03 -.52 ° • c.) at 110 1313 $ 4) " 0 4). 4i0 1.. 434.a coc >boe " cr 4“.) — 0 _ =•-, v) co 0 120 ..a .0 *I-cg c •eq•-• 0 ••• 0.= 0. 4:4) 1:11 a) CO 1:1 E o CL imc 0 . 0 ._ 0-cd 0 2 Gra,. as to 0 — 0 ctr ° Q00c4 `761 0 CD 4"C4 tiC) CI) cc ° tn ca co 43„ E c • 0. ral be 4)ati to E = g — 0 U) 4) C' t• o• ' LI) ctS E 4, 8 to cn co c..4 0. 4.3 'Me,. 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With all of � .this color in the room, the YO UR OPEN without waxing.They come - in some very exciting geo- � � fi` �,���. metric designs and pat- ` terns as well as bright floral prints. / • One of these floor cover- ings can serve a / ,i, 1 1. /P. s the basis 1/ / fs- ( ipt . for the rest of the kitchen _�� decor.If you use a big print I ' 'Wt.- on the floor, the wallpaper pape �.y ti should be a smaller scaled �. z� pattern.It is best to select a .°• g neutral shade for the base - ` of the wallpaper with one i ;. MINNIE WYCKOFF brighter color picked up "I'm against it. We DON SHILTON from the floor covering. '� moved up to Catalina to get "I'd be against it. I'm With a bright floor and a R _ -�. clear away from all that." opposed to all building that way-out patterned wall ...,�„ ' �-�— is going on up here. I'm for covering, you cant over- progress, but there's a look the kitchen cabinets. limit." Instead of the standard wood paneling, you might It C4)11tS S4 consider painting them in two tones to addup ,----SIIINU'l - `` `� and excitement to the over- all look of the room. One idea is to int the .=1 �, pa 11 lower cabinets a darker Tucson, r .,_.... ...., . shade,picking up one of the . - . ,14,,4,. ,,,y' ..., MASTERCHARCE .,,,., ,, it , , ., , ---.;,..,,,::::-.„ ., - - lAre Vf ,„,,,, ,, ,„.,,..* „„,... ,,,,. ,r,„. .,, ,„ ,,,„:2."'''0'..,*- big rate W.C. I ,---7 ;A, 34- 1 7 ' '- 4,-..._ "":„.-- 1 ',,. III NABINETT "I'm against it. The water system and the environment simply cannot PATTI SIMCOE support that many homes." "I'm against it. There are too many houses out IN there already, and there nscilvinc ot even as expensive as the surrounding ones." Ill r,.., :1St . - l''' 5.250/0 e - t - - -„,„, lir aim -, - ,, r t .., ..,,, N -'‘ , _s #.,,,,,-,,,,:s.z , - -_,..41L- -, : ..,..F-,4„,.._ , . ..._ ....____ 1-,e, * 'ft'' Idi x JEAN CIPRANI "We moved here from Michigan so we wouldn't DAVID COLLINS have to live practically on "Wouldn't bother me top of each other." either way."