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Roof promoted to police chief
The Oro Valley Police proximately one year. The council also heard a unanimously approved the
Dept.got a pair of boosts at According to Councilman recommendation from accounting firm of Murray
the Oro Valley Town A. Lauren Rhude, the Dorothy Montgomery that and Murray of Scottsdale
Council meeting May 26. council's law enforcement federal revenue sharing for the biannual audit of the
supervisor, the promotion funds be allocated again town's books.
The board voted will make certain this year for police use. Murray and Murray
unanimously to promote nationally classified Mayor Lois Lamberson submitted a bid of$450 for
Fred Roof to Chief of publications and reports estimated federal shared the audit, while the other
Police, a position he had available to Roof, sincerevenues would amount to two firms both came in
been filling at the rank of they are only available toapproximately $4,500 for with estimates of more
lieutenant for ap- police chiefs. the coming fiscal ,*ear. than $1,200.
The board also a ointed Lamberson also an-
pp nounced the budget
Jim Peterson to a three- calendar schedule, which
year term on the Oro will include a public input
, r , Valley Planing and Zoning session June 23, a special
Commission. meeting on the tentative
. Peterson replaces budget June30 and-a public
Rosalyn Glickman, whose hearing on the budget at
tli_ term expired in May. the council's July 28
- The council also meeting.
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Council at annex
(Continued from page 1) creased vandalism and truancy problems.
Much of the hour-long presentation was made by The zoning densities around Tucson National include
Walter Chaffee,.who charged that the County Board of an approved pair of parcels owned by The. Estes
Supervisors hadbeen"unresponsive to the people who Company, which, when fully developed would mean
live here" in two recent zoning cases involving the approximately 800 homes on some 300 acres, and
Estes Company and Federated Department Stores. proposed densities under the Tortolita Community
Chaffee said many of the TNGC- area residents Plan calling for six,eight and 10 homes per acre north
"disagree with the county supervisor's plan to build a of the golf club. -
new city,"referring to the Tortolita Community Plan, Robert Wilson, president of the Tucson National
which,if approved;would expand the population in the Estates Improvement Association,estimated that the
suburbanized northwest area to an anticipated 50,000 annexation could double the town's base for shared
persons. . revenues,meaning an additional$90,000 to$100,000 for
The annexation, if it succeeds, could conceivably the town's budget, as well as providing a strong
double Oro Valley's population, as an estimated 1,200 political bases and an additional pool of citizen man-
persons could be affected by the change;Chaffee said. power.•
Chaffee estimated that the..approximately -.500. - _ •
residents living in the three areas may-be joined by. "The present:home rule legislation indicates a trend
'residents-living in the Rancho Verde area,as well as.. against local government," Wilson:said,.adding that
residents in.the southern portion of Campo Bello and passage of=county home rule legislation could end such -
Shadow Mountain Estates subdivisions who had�to be annexations. • -W -• -
t.=•excluded from the,original-incorporation.to comply -; -.; _ councilman Eldon Hanes poiriteOut that the TNGC
• - with the statutory six-mile rule. - representatives .had. not_ discusse4 any.•of the j -
"It seems logical for us to join wilh-people who share drawbacks which-could'come with arptexat on,`adding
the samephilosphywe'do--Oro Valley,"Chaffee said. ..` that s r eet and police- 4 .
.. . y tr po ice protection were-two very..large .
- ."lam confident that 80 per cent of the property owners ones .and 70 percent-of the assessed.valuati'btk.favor-an= Wilson suggested that those,items; as well as
Y•vexation._ Y can't,say positively 70 percent ,thought discussion ofboundaries could be covered in.cin
because we haven't gone.door to.door." mittee discussions: - ` ;
' Chaffee said concern over lice rotection was one . Chaffee told the'council'that:they would not '
- police p _ x , Y begin
factor in considering. annexation, adding that going door to door with"-the-proposal.until the council
-. recommended housing densities could lead to. in- . had reached a decision. . . . *
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