HomeMy WebLinkAboutPackets - Council Packets (1678)ORO VALLEY CONNECTIONS 7435 N. ORACLE ROAD, SUITE 107 �ORO VALLEY, AZ 85704 CHAMBER COMMUNITY 520.297.2191 COLLABORATION OROVALLEYCHAMBER.COM Chair Nancy Boyle Jan. 5, 2022 Splendido at Rancho Vistoso Mayor Joe Winfield, members of council, town staff Vice Chair Anne -Marie Braswell Golder Ranch Fire Friends, District A happy, healthy 2022 to you and yours. Treasurer The Greater Oro Valley Chamber stands in support of a proposed zoning code Eric Renaud Pima Federal Credit amendment to update the town's parking and loading requirements, Item 1 on union your regular agenda Jan. 5. Secretary/Clerk Broadly, we believe the majority of government decisions regarding business Dinny Cosine parking should be made administratively, by our trained professional staff, in North Star Strategies concert with business people, rather than come before council. Together, staff and Directors businesses can figure out what's best for all constituencies. When proposed changes Veronica Apodaca g P I> Northwest Healthcare/ exceed the 20 percent threshold, certainly, the public review process should take Oro Valley Hospital effect. I would suggest that's unlikely. Ron Arenas Parking ratios for businesses and commercial centers should be right-sized, based Picture Rocks Cooling, Heating and Plumbing on sound national data as well as local case studies. If a business can show data to Lisa Bayless prompt a change in ratios, in any direction, they should be heard, and staff should Long Realty respond supportively, we believe. Businesses know what's best for them. No Lila Chapman business wants to be underparked! Sierra Tucson In a survey of business people, 70 percent of respondents asked the town to Mark Davis enable alternative uses of parking areas, such as outdoor dining, gym workouts, Canyon Community tents for special sales whatever the use may be. We support those wishes. Bank pop-up P � Y PP Tom Hebner In particular, we ask that our restaurants have the option for outdoor dining on Roche Tissue parking areas as we get through and beyond the pandemic. Diagnostics We hope government and businesses could do more to utilize shared parking. In Robert Ramirez our most visible community example, shared parking is de facto on the southeast RobeCPA rt V Ramirez CPA corner of Lambert and La Canada. It'd be ideal if government could formally Otton Suarez facilitate shared parking opportunities there, and elsewhere. El Conquistador Tucson, As a layman and resident, I see some commercial centers with too much A Hilton Resort parking. I see others with insufficient, and sometimes inaccessible, parking. I see Susan Swan long drive-through lines, induced by the pandemic and likely here to stay. Swan Pilates Markets change, and parking needs change with them. In anticipation, let's Jack Talmage create uniform rules that expand options and create a streamlined process for Oro Valley Country Club business and community alike. Paul Tees Commerce Bank of Respectfully, we request your favorable consideration this evening. Thankyou for Arizona your time and your service. Jeremy Thompson Cox Dan Wesson The Post Workspaces Dave Perry PaulMelaelocher President / CEO P Town of oro Valley Greater Oro Valley Chamber of Commerce