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"in ayear from today we can main thoroughfare," she said. "It ties in the foothills
and expressed hope that area east of Oracle Road as well as the Tortolita area."
Northwestdedicate that building." pointed out that development now
tin Dusenbe said the Ina-Shannon Dusenberry
Af ter the mee g, 'Y occuring on both sides of Thornydale Road probably
site was chosen because it would be close to the justifies the site.
regional shopping center planned by Federated "Our planners tell us that probably Cortaro Farms
county offices Department Stores. Road and Thornydale Road will be the ultimate
<<We feel it is as central a location we could get on a population center by (the year) 2000,"she added.
Burglar
strikes
inOV
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After going more than _ 20 cents per copy JUNE 9, 1977
two months without a .
burglary, the Oro Valley
Police Dept. investigated a
burglary which occurred
Action between June 2 and June 5
in the 200 block of Greenock
Drive.
According to OV Police
Chief Fred Roof,there was
no apparent forced entry Vistoso into the house. on
The estimated value I
taken in the burglary was
approximately $350, in-
cluding a reel-to-reel tape
deck, a 35-millimeter film
By WALT NETT automatically dovetail into Ratliff said. "We want to
projector, a tool box and The CountyPlanningand the development of greater be out and readyto receive
tools and some vodka and
orange juice. Zoning Comm i s s i•o n Tucson as time goes by," Tucson when it comes out."
The police are also in- temporarily sidestepped an
vestigating a vandalism attempt to bring Rancho
incident which resulted in Vistoso satellite city propo- Center VOted
approximately $700 in sal to a head by continuing
damage. a pair of related zoning
Vandals punctured the matters until June 28.
tires on a maintenance At its May 31 meeting, I
for 1\11Al govtractor, tore down a fence the commission voted to
and smashed a card lock i continue a proposal to •
mechanism at a gate to the rezone a 56-acre parcel
tennis courts. 1 from GR(general rural) to The County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously
Because of the van- CR-1 (one home per acre) to begin plans for a northwest governmental center at
dalism at the club, its June 6 meeting.
June 28 as well as a g•
members of the OVPD are t proposal to •establish a To be called the Sam Nanini-Pima County Govern-
patrolling the area on golf neighborhood plan for the mental Center, the facility will include a library,
carts, Roof said. entire 6,400-acre Rancho sheriff's substation and other governmental offices to
Roof also said traffic on Vistoso parcel. be located at the northeast corner of Ina and Shannon
According to Tucson Roads.
attorney Donald Pitt, The board, acting on Supervisors Katie Dusen-
representing developer berry s motion,voted to allocate some$750,000 in bond
John Ratliff, the twin money already set aside for governmental building
projects to the center.
proposals were an attempt As proposed by Dusenberry and Supervisor Conrad
to "bring the matter to a
head." *Joyner, the center to be located on a parcel of "at
least 15 acres" will include 10,000 square feet for a
Sometimes you have to library and 5,000 square feet for'sheriff's facilities and
hlp move things along,"
other governmental offices in the building.
Pitt said, adding that Rat-
liff's satellite cit Joyner pointed out that construction of the northwest
Y plan has substation would mean delaying a similar project on
been standing still for three the east side as well as a Mt. Lemmon sheriff's sub-
years waiting for develop- station.
ment of Tortolita Area However,he added,city plans for annexation on the
Plan. "It appeared to us east side would "make it unwise to establish a sub-
that the Tortolita Area station there."
Plan may not be ready for A portable building from the Pima County Hospital
six months or a year." could be located at the county's Houghton Road
In a telephone interview maintenance yard as a temporary facility.
in Tempe, Ratliff said the "We're talking about an area that already merits a
master plan and rezoning sheriff's substation,"Joyner said,pointing out that the
proposals are "kind of location is close to four county supervisors' districts.
locked in Pitt's mind." Joyner said the new substation has been met "with
"I would hope we have a enthrusiastic support" from Sheriff Richard Boykin,
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