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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPackets - Council Packets (1101)GREATER ORO VAS LAr Chamber kCommerce Chairman Greg Durnan Acacia IT Vice chair Nancy Boyle Splendido at Rancho Vistoso Past chair Toni Dorsey AAA Arizona Directors Alan Dankwerth Market Considerations Veronica Apodaca Northwest Healthcare/ Oro Valley Hospital Jeff Artzi Vistoso Automotive Mark Mitchell Mark Mitchell CPA Kay Williams Southern Arizona Veterans and First Responders Living Memorial Cindy Webb Hanson OneAZ Credit Union Eric Renaud Pima Federal Credit Union Jack Talmage Oro Valley Country Club Jeremy Thompson Cox Bruce Baca Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Michelle Armstrong Tohono Chut Park Peter Minot Southwest Solutions Mike Platt EI Conquistador Tucson, A Hilton Resort ...................................................................................... May 15, 2019 7435 N. Oracle Rd., Suite 107 Oro Valley, AZ 85704 P: 520.297.2191 F: 520.742.7960 orovalleychamber. com Mayor Joe Winfield, members of the Oro Valley Town Council, town staff Ladies and gentlemen, The Greater Oro Valley Chamber of Commerce stands in support of Ordinance (0)19-04, an amendment to the Oro Valley Town Centre planned area development, Item 1 on Wednesday's regular agenda. In March, when the applicants brought this proposal to you, you asked for adjustments in open space percentage, grading, side -yard setbacks and distance, erosion, view impacts and a number of other specifics. Since then, the applicants, working with the town staff, have addressed many of your concerns. The number of lots has been reduced by 5. Lot size variations have been incorporated. Side -yard setbacks are wider. Dedicated open space has gone up by more than 2 acres, to a full 72 percent of the total project area. Grading has been reduced. Noise has been studied, with reasonable results. Impacts on views have been further mitigated. We believe these applicants and their representatives have worked in good faith with you, town staff and neighbors. Fair compromises have been reached. As we say, repeatedly, the Oro Valley way is for developers and neighbors — and, importantly, representatives of government -- to engage, to listen, and to approach acceptable compromise. That has occurred on this parcel. In Oro Valley, nobody gets everything they want, but everyone gets something, and the community prospers as a result. Oro Valley's deliberative process is once again yielding a good result. We appreciate the willingness of all parties, and request that this amendment be recommended for approval. Thank you for your time and your service. Respectfully submitted, Dave Perry President / CEO On behalf of the Greater Oro Valley Chamber of Commerce board of directors Stine, Michelle From: Standish, Michael Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 5:22 PM To: Stine, Michelle Subject: FW: NO Water Rate Increase -----Original Message ----- From: Koepfer, Lynda Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 4:28 PM To: Hynd, Jessica <jhynd@orovalleyaz.gov>; Standish, Michael <mstandish@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: FW: NO Water Rate Increase Fyi Lynda Koepfer Executive Assistant Town Manager, Mayor and Council Town of Oro Valley 520-229-4714 All messages created in this system should be considered a public record subject to disclosure under the Arizona Public Records Law (A.R.S. 39-121) with no expectation of privacy related to the use of this technology. -----Original Message ----- From: Rick Cunnington Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 4:13 PM To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: NO Water Rate Increase I am adamantly opposed to any water rate increase. I am retired and on a fixed income. I can't just willy-nilly absorb a rate increase because you feel like imposing one. Your water is already very expensive. Most of my water is spent irrigating my postage stamp lot in Rancho Vistoso. I may be forced to hire some illegal alines to rip out the yard, remove the rocks and spray everything with Triox. That will look good) But then again, it won't use any water. When us little people, particularly those of us on fixed incomes, get cost increases jammed down our throats we are forced to cut back elsewhere. Why don't you try it? Tell the water department "you're not getting any more money, make it work on what you've got". That is what the little people have to do: they make it work on what they've got. Oro Valley has a reputation for gold-plating everything. It is the only place I've ever seen where even the sound walls have art on them. While it might be pretty it costs money. Why don't you try removing a bit of the gold plating around the town and reduce costs just a bit? Try living like everyone else. How much of this rate increase is to cover the $450K Romspen owes the water utility for all the water the utility allowed that golf course to have? If any of the little people missed more than a single payment their water would be shut off. What waste -of -oxygen allowed that $450K to build? You know as well as the rest of us it will never get paid. So how much of the rate increase is to cover that write-off? There is always an election coming up. This type of cost increase is election fodder. And people like me will make sure fiscal irresponsibility is front and center to the voters before the next election. We need responsible people running the town. Regards, Rick Cunnington Oro Valley, AZ Stine, Michelle From: Standish, Michael Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2019 1:20 PM To: Stine, Michelle Subject: FW: RE OVPD From: Jeremy Asher [mailto:jeremy.asher@summithut.com] Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2019 8:50 AM To: Standish, Michael <mstandish@orovalleyaz.gov> Cc: Dave <Dave@orovaIleychamber.com> Subject: RE OVPD Hi Mike, I received word that on June 5th the Oro Valley Town Council will give it's final approval to the 2019-2020 budget. I am one of the Store Managers at the locally owned Summit Hut and I wanted to advocate for the potentiality of adding -on more officers in the coming year. We have two locations: one in central Tucson, and one right here in Oro Valley. Being that we are a small local company, we do not have the security frills that many of our competitors, and or many of the large stores that exist in this community have. When we first opened our location in Oro Valley, we were blown away by the presence that OVPD provided to the community. The program in which OVPD would adopt a business was something I had never experienced before. Having an officer act as a liaison to the department eased our transition into the new space and abated issues we had endured with theft in our store. Recently the presence has been lacking, and although correlation does not equal causation, we have had a marked increase in theft in our store. I used to see a volunteer squad car roam the lot in the mornings, but that volunteer basis has become less, and less. I have had the opportunity to work in our Tucson location as well, and I've got to tell you, it is much easier dealing and accomplishing things through OVPD than it is TPD. There have been times being in central Tucson where we have had theft, knives pulled at waist -side, and waistline firearms flashed to intimidate us. TPD has done nothing but left us waiting in the fray only to circle back a week or two later. It's the reality of TPD's force that there are simply not enough officers employed. I hope that Oro Valley sees the importance of having a sufficient enough police force. It's why we, and everyone decides to move up here- it is simply more safe —safer for us working here, safer for the community, and safer for the customers that choose to come into our store. I hope the value is clear what OVPD provides, and I hope the money gets directed in the right way. Have a great weekend, and thank you for your time -Representing Dana and Jeremy Davis, Owners of Summit Hut - Jeremy Asher Store Manager Summit k4ulk HIKING I CAMPING I TRAVEL Inspiring your Adventure Summit Hut, Ltd. 7745 N. Oracle Oro Valley, AZ 85704 (520)888-1000 Fax (520) 887-9666 5251 E Speedway Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85712 (520)325-1554 Fax(520)795-7350 (800)499-8696 This message contains confidential information. 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