HomeMy WebLinkAboutPackets - Council Packets (1738)Stine, Michelle
From:
Sirois, Andrea
Sent:
Thursday, September 22, 2022 1:05 PM
To:
Standish, Michael; Stine, Michelle
Cc:
Cornelison, Chris
Subject:
FW: 9/21 Meeting Consent Agenda Item B
FYI
Sincerely,
Andrea Sirois
Executive Assistant
Town Manager, Mayor and Council
Town of Oro Valley
Direct Line: 520-229-4714
From: Paul Loomi!
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2022 12:30 PM
To: Town Council <council@orovaIleyaz.gov>
Cc: Paul Loomis <ploomis@msn.com>
Subject: 9/21 Meeting Consent Agenda Item B
Mayor and Council,
Thank you for continuing this item while you get additional information. How you decide to use the funds and what
conditions you require is a council decision.
My thought with respect to moving forward is to award a grant to the water company with the ARPA required
restrictions associated with use and time to commit the funds. There are no restrictions (that I'm aware of) that prevent
an enterprise fund from either applying for or receiving grants (that by definition, don't require repayment).
This process would be similar to how the Town originally received the ARPA funds and (I assume) how the Town
distributed the funds to small businesses and other recipients from the town.
Please feel free to contact me if you have additional questions.
Thanks again for all you do,
Paul
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Stine, Michelle
From:
Sirois, Andrea
Sent:
Wednesday, September 21, 2022 10:40 AM
To:
Standish, Michael; Stine, Michelle
Cc:
Cornelison, Chris
Subject:
FW: Jacobs strikes again
FYI
Sincerely,
Andrea Sirois
Executive Assistant
Town Manager, Mayor and Council
Town of Oro Valley
Direct Line: 520-229-4714
From: MIKE ZINKIP
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 10:39 AM
To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov>
Subject: Jacobs strikes again
On tonight's consent agenda (B) is an item for you to approve a loan from Town funding to the Town's Water
Utility. There are required pay backs from the Water Utility UNLESS the Town Manager informs a future
council that they cannot be bound by a prior Council's decision.
This slight of hand has happened in our recent past when you all decided to no longer pay back the money a
prior council borrowed from the General Fund to start the Community Center Fund. What is to keep this from
occurring again?
Do not approve Item B. The Water Utility has just recently raised our fees. The Town is not is the business of
lending money from one faction to another.
LIVE WITHIN YOUR MEANS.
Mike Zinkin
Stine, Michelle
From:
Sirois, Andrea
Sent:
Wednesday, September 21, 2022 10:40 AM
To:
Standish, Michael; Stine, Michelle
Cc:
Cornelison, Chris
Subject:
FW: 9/21 Consent Item B Questions
FYI
Sincerely,
Andrea Sirois
Executive Assistant
Town Manager, Mayor and Council
Town of Oro Valley
Direct Line: 520-229-4714
From: Paul Loomis
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2U[t 5:37 AM
To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov>
Subject: 9/21 Consent Item B Questions
Mayor and Councilmembers,
When did the Town go into the banking business? Do you charge interest to other departments for their use of
budgeted Town funds?
The town received ARPA funds and now is loaning those "free" funds to the Water Utility (a wholly owned entity of the
town) to use for purposes allowed by ARPA. You are requiring repayment over 15 years plus interest. This is different
from loans paid back by future new taxes from your reserve funds.
This appears to be a scheme to obligate and expend the funds as required by ARPA and then to regain the funds through
the repayments by the Water Utility for use wherever you desire to use the funds in the future. Not necessarily for
ARPA approved uses over the next 15+ years.
Taxpayers like you and me are paying for the ARPA funds and now you are going to ask the Water Utility customer's to
pay for the repayment and interest of this loan. This is not right!
You reserved $5.38M of ARPA funds for water system improvements in the budget. This is "windfall (free)" money to
the Town and should be used as budgeted (no identification of loaned) and required by ARPA without additional cost (or
profit) to the using agency.
Please deny this loan and use the funds as proposed by ARPA without obligations of repayment for the water utility.
Thanks you for your attention in this matter,
Paul
Stine, Michelle
From:
Sirois, Andrea
Sent:
Tuesday, September 20, 2022 11:12 AM
To:
Standish, Michael; Stine, Michelle
Cc:
Cornelison, Chris
Subject:
FW: Avilla Rancho Vistoso West, 2200222
FYI
Sincerely,
Andrea Sirois
Executive Assistant
Town Manager, Mayor and Council
Town of Oro Valley
Direct Line: 520-229-4714
From: Marjorie Sovev
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2022 10:59 AM
To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov>
Subject: Avilla Rancho Vistoso West, 2200222
Re: I protest the above mentioned project.
I purchased the last new home available on my street many years ago. Since then, I have been a full
time homeowner & resident of my home. I am fond of my Oro Valley neighborhood & I think that this
project would have an adverse effect on it & my fellow neighbors.
Property values on our existing homes would go down. The realignment of Woodburne St would not
be appropriate. I shop at the Safeway Supermarket & at the Safeway gas station frequently. I am
concerned about traffic, congestion, safety & other things.
Our existing, beautiful, open spaces with wildlife would be gone. I think about 118 High Density
Residential Homes plus residents, cars, pets, school buses & emergency vehicles. Can the schools,
fire & police handle more? Where would all of the extra people work?
am also very concerned about AIR QUALITY, POLLUTION & NOISE!
Respectfully,
Marjorie Sovey
Stine, Michelle
From:
Sirois, Andrea
Sent:
Monday, September 19, 2022 8:15 AM
To:
Standish, Michael; Stine, Michelle
Cc:
Cornelison, Chris
Subject:
FW: Oro Valley Resident Supporting NextMetro Rancho Vistoso Projects
Importance: High
Sincerely,
Andrea Sirois
Executive Assistant
Town Manager, Mayor and Council
Town of Oro Valley
Direct Line: 520-229-4714
From: Angelo Dipuma
Sent: Sunday, Septemoer 18, 2022 9:54 AM
To: Oden, Hannah <hoden@orovalleyaz.gov>
Cc: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov>; Jacobs, Mary <mjacobs@orovalleyaz.gov>
Subject: Oro Valley Resident Supporting NextMetro Rancho Vistoso Projects
Importance: High
Dear Hannah,
I will be out of town on business and unable to attend the September 22, 2022
meeting. Please include this letter as supporting documentation.
It's my absolute pleasure to recommend and support the NexMetro Avilla Rancho Vistoso
projects. NexMetro and Avilla Homes have an excellent track record in several
Arizona communities.
NexMetro continues time and time again; to exemplify excellent stewardships and delivers
distinctive, pioneering and revolutionary choices of living.
I thoroughly reviewed the material on our OV Projects website and truly believe an Avilla
Home project in the Rancho Vistoso neighborhood will enhance the quality of living for
residents who are looking for alternatives to apartment living.
Most often, developers propose high density housing and the final projects are the same two
or three story apartment designs which do not afford the privacy and independent living.
After living on the east coast for over 25 years and moving to Arizona two years ago; I
have chosen Oro Valley as my hometown and we as community should welcome this project!
I have been searching for an opportunity to live in the distinctive homes NexMetro is
proposing and welcome the day I call an Avilla Home in Oro Valley, my forever home!
Best wishes,
Angelo Dipuma
Oro Valley, AZ 85737