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., Oro Valley,AZ 85704
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Chamber of CommerceF: 520.742.7960
orovalleychamber.com
Chairwoman
Cathy Workman May 5, 2015
Workman Insurance
and Investments Mayor Satish I. Hiremath
Chair-elect Members of the Oro Valley Town Council
Alan Dankwerth Town of Oro Valley staff and citizens
Market Considerations
Secretary
Marcia Ring Ladies and gentlemen,
Tohono Chul Park Last November, directors of the Greater Oro Valley Chamber of Commerce
Treasurer board voted without dissent to support the 2 La Cholla general plan
El Ndoye amendment proposals that have returned to you this Wednesday, May 6.
National Bank of Arizona
The Chamber reiterates its support today.
Past chair In the interest of full disclosure,the applicant and its representatives are
Sarah Ritchie
Pitcher of Nectar members of our Chamber.
Distributing Our board voted to endorse these amendments for a number of reasons.
Principal among them is this:
* The character of the community around La Cholla is going to change,
because RTA plans to build La Cholla into a 4-lane, divided desert
parkway with more traffic and higher speeds. From the broader
community perspective, it makes sense to concentrate impact along La
Cholla, with at least some higher-density development clustered at major
intersections and near the roadway, consistent with the general plan.
• The La Cholla GPA process began more than 1 year ago, and has gone
through many neighborhood meetings and hearings, with significant town
staff and private sector time spent. Neighbors have voiced their concerns,
and the applicant has made concessions, to now include no senior care
facilities, no apartments, a deeper buffer zone, further building height
restrictions, lot size requirements, a significant reduction in the number of
single-family residences to 500, and other accommodations.
It's a negotiation, and as such neither side gets everything it wants.
Staff writes that the functional purpose of a Major General Plan
Amendment"has been exceeded" in this case. Staff writes that many of
these policies "are more appropriately addressed at the rezoning and
design phase ..."
But here we are. It's time to proceed. We urge a favorable vote on the 2
resolutions before you Wednesday evening.
Respectfully submitted, on behalf of our board,
Dave
Dave Perry
President/CEO
Greater Oro Valley Chamber of Commerce
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Standish, Michael
From: Bower, Julie
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 10:04 AM
To: Town Council
Cc: Caton, Greg; Sidles, Tobin; Kelly Schwab (kschwab@cgsuslaw.com)
Subject: FW: La Cholla Development=Council Meeting May 6
Emails regarding item #1 on tonight's Regular Agenda:
Julie K. Bower, MMC
Oro Valley Town Clerk
11000 N. La Canada Dr.
Oro Valley, AZ 85737
520-229-4740
www.orovalleyaz.gov
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From: Ronald Bliss [
Sent:Tuesday, May 05, 2015 9:39 PM
To: 'Rick Hines'; Hiremath,Satish; 'Mike Zinkin'; Garner, William; Waters, Lou; Burns, Brendan; Hornat,Joe; Snider, Mary
Cc: Daines,Chad;Vella, Bayer; Keesler, Paul;
'The Explorer Newspaper'
Subject: RE: La Cholla Development=Council Meeting May 6
Oro Valley Mayor, Council Members and Staff,
My wife and I also live in the Chaparral Heights subdivision. Mr.Oland has studiously ignored our point of view,failing at
every turn to engage with us to discuss our concerns.We agree with Mr. Hines, no effort whatsoever has been made to
contact us. Despite our clear interest in this issue Mr. Oland has never once been willing to engage with us in an effort to
understand or consider our perspective.
No principled review of the legal requirements for the proposed General Plan Major Amendment could possibly
conclude that those requirements are met under the present proposal. We strongly urge you to reject this proposed
amendment.
We can be reached at almost any time by email, phone, or by visiting us at home.
Ronald Bliss and Barbara Hoth
10336 N.Wild Creek Dr.
Oro Valley,AZ
85742
From: Rick Hines [
Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2015 7:54 PM
To: shiremath@orovalleyaz.gov; Mike Zinkin; wgarner@orovalleyaz.gov; lwaters@orovalleyaz.gov;
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bburns@orovalleyaz.gov;jhornat@orovalleyaz.gov; msnider@orovalleyaz.gov
Cc: cdaines@orovalleyaz.gov; Vella, Bayer; pkeesler@orovalleyaz.gov;
Ron Bliss; The Explorer Newspaper
Subject: La Cholla Development=Council Meeting May 6
Oro Valley Mayor, Council Members and staff,
Prior to the subject Council Meeting, I wanted to make my position and the other residents of the "Chaparral
Heights" area of Oro Valley(north of Lambert Ln) crystal clear on the La Cholla development.
As you may recall in a prior council meeting, Paul Oland was to sit-down with the residents of this area and
discuss ways to mitigate their differences and create a development plan that would enhance this area and OV
overall. At that time, we mentioned that we were not anti-development,but wanted the right development. P=
Oland told the council he would notify me personally when this meeting would take place. He never
contacted me or any of the people in my specific area.
We have relied on Diane Peters to negotiate with Oland and we were confident Diane would look out for our
best interests. It is disturbing to receive an email from Diane like the one attached. To hear no one but Mike
Zinkin has responded to her emails is disturbing indeed. Diane has put in a lot of effort and represented
many homeowners to be treated like that.
As I understand the current WLB plan and what will be presented tomorrow night by Paul Oland and James
Kai, is simply unacceptable. The plan is to put more big homes on postage size lots (6600 Sq FT) and dump the
internal residents on to La Cholla and, specifically, on to Lambert Lane (yes Lambert Lane). Potentially, all this
prior to any road improvements. Moreover, the WLB plan is not consistent with the surrounding developments.
Maybe Canada Hills which was built 25 years ago,but not anything on the other three sides of this
development. The General Plan is clear. The development must be consistent with the surrounding area. This
isn't
From a Oro Valley perspective, to build more "track" looking homes on the last large piece of quality real estate
in town, and close to some of the best schools in the state is just wrong. Does anybody believe that's in the best
interest of Oro Valley? Our Infrastructure? Do we want Oro Valley to become an upscale place to live or, as the
Mayor says, the "Scottsdale of Tucson".... or Marana like? Know that if I wanted to live in Marana, I would
have bought a house there and paid substantially less! This is precisely why the Tortilita area voted not to join
Oro Valley several years ago. They didn't want this kind of development.
Addressing Lambert Lane, this could be the worst main thoroughfare in Oro Valley. Just terrible. If your town
staff has paid attention at all, they would know that Lambert has become substantially busier as people take it
over to Shannon and Thornydale toward the 10 Freeway. Why? To avoid the traffic on La Cholla and
congestion down by the Foothills Mall. Much faster. When this area is developed as planned and when the
internal residents are dumped on to Lambert, look out. To my knowledge, no one has even discussed Lambert
and the impact this will have.
Diane has made these and other issues clear to WLB. Nothing.
I request that this council approves a continuance until these issues are studied further.
Rick Hines
and
Janna, Hunter and Parker Hines
Oro Valley
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Subject: FW: Staff Report Problem
Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 15:13:22 -0700
Well, as you can see from Mike Zinkin's response (which he copied all of you on and it's also below)
apparently the last 9 months of my life was all a dog and pony show. The developer can come back at a
later time and request changes to the agreements we've made and he'll need only 4 votes to get
it. Funny, how they never told us that!
And so far, neither Oland nor anyone on the Town Staff has responded to my e-mail. They're all going to
dummy up now. Oland has his 7 votes. The town has the development and associated revenue that
comes with it. And we're invisible once again.
Lesson learned.
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Standish, Michael
From: Bower, Julie
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 2:38 PM
To: Standish, Michael
Subject: FW: Changes to Plan for Land West of LaCholla between Naranja and Lambert
Regarding item #1 on tomorrow night's regular agenda
Julie K. Bower, MMC
Oro Valley Town Clerk
11000 N. La Canada Dr.
Oro Valley, AZ 85737
520-229-4740
www.orovalleyaz.gov
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From:Vella, Bayer
Sent:Tuesday, May 05, 2015 2:01 PM
To: Daines, Chad; Bower,Julie
Subject: Fw: Changes to Plan for Land West of LaCholla between Naranja and Lambert
Julie,please forward to town council.Thanks,By
Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Smartphone
Original message
From:Donald Johnson
Date: Tue,May 5,2015 1:56 PM
To:Your Voice OV;
Sub j ect:Changes to Plan for Land West of LaCholla between Naranja and Lambert
To the Oro Valley Town Council Members:
My wife and I have owned a home in Oro Valley for more than 10 years. We bought here because of
the small town atmosphere. We think the expansion of the existing plan for the subject land will
significantly detract from the that atmosphere which attracted us and many others to Oro Valley.
Aside from our general concern, we are greatly concerned about the potential impact that the plan
change will have on traffic on Canada Hills Drive. Since we have been here we have already seen a
substantial increase in traffic on the street and many speeding, careless drivers. This is a privately
maintained street and we participate in paying for that maintenance. It seems grossly unfair to
burden the street with additional cars from an expanded development. The agenda for the May 6
meeting contains the following statement:
"The applicant has proposed an additional Special Area Policy prohibiting traffic from
crossing La Cholla Boulevard directly from the development to Canada Hills Drive. The
Town Engineer does not support this policy as it usurps his authority to ensure public
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safety, as outlined by Town Code. For this reason, the attached Resolutions do not
include the policy proposed by the applicant."
We respect the Town Engineer's wisdom and authority, but we believe the Council and
residents should know what his plans are to control traffic on Canada Hills Drive before
the Master Plan changes are approved.
Concerned homeowners, Don and Bunny Johnson
10978 N. Mountain Breeze Dr.
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