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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPackets - Council Packets (1686)Stine, Michelle From: Standish, Michael Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 10:03 AM To: Stine, Michelle Subject: FW: Resident commentary directed to Oro Valley Town Council for the 2/16 meeting -----Original Message ----- From: GMail Sent: Monday, February 14, 2022 8:31 PM To: Standish, Michael <mstandish@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Resident commentary directed to Oro Valley Town Council for the 2/16 meeting Resident commentary on the proposed changes and variances to the Oro Valley Marketplace I am a resident in the Original Ranch Vistoso area of Oro Valley. While I understand and appreciate the need to further enhance and develop the Oro Valley Marketplaces, I am deeply opposed to the variance to allow the taller buildings for the hotel, and am dead set against the residential apartments proposed for that site. As for the height of the proposed buildings, most other buildings in Oro Valley are at a maximum of 3 stories, or under 40 feet in total height. That is the architectural "norm" for our area and allows us to maintain the "small town" feel that attracted many (if not all) of the permanent residents. I have two main problems with allowing buildings of the proposed heights into the site. First, part of the allure of that site is the visibility of the mountains while shopping, and taller building will significantly reduce that allure. Second, while that site is in/near a low point in the landscape, buildings of that size will stick up like a sore thumb. Even if there don't directly block any current residents' views, they will still be tall enough to damage the views for residents significantly. As for the apartments, aside from the obvious height issue, we already have plenty of apartment buildings within the city. None of those currently rise to a height of 75 feet. While these are noted to be "luxury" apartments, I'm not aware of any in the city that would designate themselves as "regular". In other words, they all consider themselves to be "luxury". There are many stories on social media about the issues that occur in and around apartments, whether it's noise levels or just plain irresponsibility. It is a fact that renters are not as concerned about cleanliness and maintenance as owners. I believe apartments would be a poor choice for that site, whereas condominiums, or better yet, townhomes would attract a whole different set of residents, those who look to increase the value of their property and maintain a safe and more family friendly environment. In order to keep the beauty inherent in our fair city, I would expect the height to keep to the current city norms of 3 stories. There are many other plans for the OV Marketplace that are appealing and will help drive consumer traffic and increase the usability of the existing commercial buildings. Anything that makes the stores more walkable and family friendly is a bonus for bringing in more consumers. Helping g businesses by convincing the owners to lower rents, if only temporarily, or reducing the tax burdens on small, local businesses to open there is also an idea with considering. In conclusion, no building variance and NO apartments. Thank you for your consideration. best regards, -- Greg McIntyre Stine, Michelle From: Standish, Michael Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 11:31 AM To: Stine, Michelle Subject: FW: Responses to Oro Valley Marketplace proposed changes. From: Jacobs, Mary <mjacobs@orovalleyaz.gov> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 11:26 AM To: Vella, Bayer <bvella@orovalleyaz.gov> Cc: Standish, Michael <mstandish@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: FW: Responses to Oro Valley Marketplace proposed changes. For the record. Mary Mary Jacobs, Town Manager Town of Oro Valley 11000 N. La Canada Dr. Oro Valley, AZ 85737 520-229-4725 www.orovallevaz.gov 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. From: Jeffrey Weir Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 11:15 AM To: Winfield, Joe <jwinfield@orovallevaz.eov>; Nicolson, Josh <inicolson@orovallevaz.gov>; Greene, Harry <hgreene@orovallevaz.lzov>; Jones -Ivey, Joyce <iiones-ivev@orovallevaz.¢ov>; Barrett, Melanie <mbarrett@orovallevaz.¢ov>; Bohen, Timothy <tbohen@orovallevaz.gov>; Steve Soloman <ssoloman@orovallevaz.eov>; Jacobs, Mary <miacobs@orovallevaz.gov> Subject: Responses to Oro Valley Marketplace proposed changes. Mayor/Councilmembers/Town Manager;. As everyone is aware the health of retail shopping centers has been in a steady if not calamitous decline for many years. Most shopping center owners/operators have consistently sought out temporizing responses, such as adding religious uses, medical services, schools, and other non -retail tenants in a desperate attempt to address unoccupied buildings. We only have to look locally at retail centers in Sun City and the center that previoulsy had a Bashas Grocery Store as well as Foothills Mall and the Tucson Mall to see the effect of non - retail changes. Understanding the importance of and reliance on retail and temporary occupancy sales taxes to the financial health of the Town of Oro Valley is known. It is also important to recognize that the basis for retail sales tax generation is directly related to the residential and visitor populations within the sphere of influence of the retail stores and retail -based shopping centers. Many if not most of the retail store departures are related to lack of actual shoppers being attracted to the individual establishments. One conclusion that may be asserted is: the key to successful retail operations in Oro Valley can be derived from the need for increasing our population and visitor experiences. Added to the considerations being proposed by OV Marketplace is the availability of affordable housing options in OV. The added apartment capacity will allow many current employees in Oro Valley to live where they work. A known fact is that people generally shop where they live not where they work. Additionally, the offering of a denser residential development particularly in an already developed area results in less disturbance in undeveloped areas and the positive use of an already existing infrastructure; water, sewer, roadways and parking; as well as access to one of the towns major employment areas. Increasing the capacity of lodging has been a request by the nearby employers; OV Hospital and Roche, for many years. At one point in time a new lodiging facility was planned for the area now occupies by Securaplane. The adage that the one thing visitors always leave behind is/are tax revenues. Additionally, for many prospective home buyers their first exposure to our beautiful community is a result of a visitation. I lend my voice in support for the proposed changes requested by the current owners of the OV Marketplace. Jeff Weir Oro Valley, AZ 85737 Stine, Michelle From: Standish, Michael Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 1:32 PM To: Stine, Michelle Subject: FW: Marketplace -----Original Message ----- From: Marc Snow Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 11:24 AM To: Standish, Michael <mstandish@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Marketplace Marc Snow. 30 year resident. Please pass and press on with the current plan. We are in competition with other great cities. Any further delay hurts our reputation. The elevations are fine. Sound fine. Traffic fine. Don't delay over a few nits. This could be your legacy. Make it a good one. Pass this and let's go. It's we the citizens. Not anyone official. Pass this plan and break ground immediately. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone Stine, Michelle From: Standish, Michael Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 4:31 PM To: Stine, Michelle Subject: FW: Petition opposing apartments Attachments: Petition.pdf From: SunnyAZliving Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 2:54 PM To: Standish, Michael <mstandish@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Petition opposing apartments Dear Michael Standish Town Clerk, Wanted to share this petition for the town council meeting before tomorrow. See attached. Thank you for your time, Concerned Oro Valley Residents Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. Petition Weare against apartment buildings proposed for The Village Center, formerly OV Marketplace. Petition As many of you know, The Oro Valley MarketPlace (Village Center) is well on its way to becoming a reality. I ask that my fellow Oro Valley residents stand up and let their voices be heard by signing this petition for the following reasons; 1. Keep Oro Valley Safe; I have personally worked as a project manager in rebuilding multi -family housing. I'm well aware with apartments come crime & a general lack of respect for the complex itself. 2. Keep Oro Valley Beautiful! One of the main reasons we've all moved to Oro Valley is the natural beauty of the Santa Catalina Mountains and the low -profile building it's sustained. There are many residents' views that will be impacted & obstructed by the apartments & hotels including my own. 3. Keep Oro Valley Quaint & Quiet! This new proposal for the Oro Valley Marketplace is going to increase noise & traffic tremendously. Oracle & Tangerine are already heavily traveled roads. If The Village Center gets built we may as well rename these roads to Oracle & Tangerine Interstates as it'll be much more like a freeway. This isn't New York City or Phoenix! 4. Preserve Oro Valley Resources! The Town of Oro Valley along with Town West has previously stated that this was all planned for. Let's be honest we all see the new builds going in everywhere & adding unnecessary hotels & apartments will not help our water supply amongst other resources. 5. Economic Impact On OV Marketplace Business! I've heard many Oro Valley residents voice their concern, not wanting to shop or dine in such a small and highly populated area. I fall into that category as well, the proposed use of the Oro Valley Marketplace is a turn-off & I'll no longer want to dine or shop there. While the businesses in the OV Marketplace may gain hundreds of new consumers, they may very well lose thousands. Thanks for your support. 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AZ 8 85755 US 2022-02-11 Diane Oliver Tucson AZ 85755 US 2022-02-13 Natalie Andy Not Spokane 99216 US 2022-02-13 LyndseyJanuszewski Ventura 93003 US 2022-02-13 Elizabeth Welch Oro Valley AZ 85737 US 2022-02-14 Skyler Lee Sebastian 32958 US 2022-02-14 Austin Ward Corvallis OR 97330 US 2022-02-14 Stine, Michelle From: Standish, Michael Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 8:26 AM To: Stine, Michelle Subject: FW: 2/16/22 OV Marketplace Review -----Original Message ----- From: M&R Snow Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 10:57 PM To: Standish, Michael <mstandish@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: 2/16/22 OV Marketplace Review Renee Snow. 30 year resident. Please pass the current Oro Valley Marketplace plan. Our town is in competition with other great cities to attract sustainable businesses. Businesses want to locate in a relevant and vibrant community. The current Marketplace plan provides this relevance and vibrancy. Any further delay hurts our reputation to both attract and retain businesses. Any further delay hurts our local economy. The elevations are fine. Sound fine. Traffic fine. This could be your legacy. Pass this plan and break ground for We The Citizens of Oro Valley. Thank you. Sent from Renee's iPhone From: Jeffrey Weii Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 11:15 AM To: Winfield, Joe <iwinfield@orovallevaz.gov>; Nicolson, Josh <inicolson@orovallevaz.gov>; Greene, Harry <hgreene@orovallevaz.gov>; Jones -Ivey, Joyce <iiones-ivev@orovalleyaz.gov>; Barrett, Melanie <mbarrett@orovallevazy. ov>; Bohen, Timothy <tbohen@orovallevaz.gov>; Steve Soloman <ssoloman@orovallevaz.gov>; Jacobs, Mary <miacobs@orovallevaz.gov> Subject: Responses to Oro Valley Marketplace proposed changes. Mayor/Councilmembers/Town Manager;. As everyone is aware the health of retail shopping centers has been in a steady if not calamitous decline for many years. Most shopping center owners/operators have consistently sought out temporizing responses, such as adding religious uses, medical services, schools, and other non -retail tenants in a desperate attempt to address unoccupied buildings. We only have to look locally at retail centers in Sun City and the center that previoulsy had a Bashas Grocery Store as well as Foothills Mall and the Tucson Mall to see the effect of non -retail changes. Understanding the importance of and reliance on retail and temporary occupancy sales taxes to the financial health of the Town of Oro Valley is known. It is also important to recognize that the basis for retail sales tax generation is directly related to the residential and visitor populations within the sphere of influence of the retail stores and retail -based shopping centers. Many if not most of the retail store departures are related to lack of actual shoppers being attracted to the individual establishments. One conclusion that may be asserted is: the key to successful retail operations in Oro Valley can be derived from the need for increasing our population and visitor experiences. Added to the considerations being proposed by OV Marketplace is the availability of affordable housing options in OV. The added apartment capacity will allow many current employees in Oro Valley to live where they work. A known fact is that people generally shop where they live not where they work. Additionally, the offering of a denser residential development particularly in an already developed area results in less disturbance in undeveloped areas and the positive use of an already existing infrastructure; water, sewer, roadways and parking; as well as access to one of the towns major employment areas. Increasing the capacity of lodging has been a request by the nearby employers; OV Hospital and Roche, for many years. At one point in time a new lodiging facility was planned for the area now occupies by Securaplane. The adage that the one thing visitors always leave behind is/are tax revenues. Additionally, for many prospective home buyers their first exposure to our beautiful community is a result of a visitation. I lend my voice in support for the proposed changes requested by the current owners of the OV Marketplace. Jeff Weir Oro Valley, AZ 85737 "I have several questions, & I would like to speak; I assume that I go to 'ask@orovalleyaz.gov' to do that? I'm wondering if there has been any movement towards middle ground? I understand that Salted Pig has closed; they were there, a year? How much longer will the current owner stay if he can't get his project off the ground; and there continues to be not enough foot traffic to keep the shops open? And if he leaves is there anyone standing in line to buy the property? What if there is no buyer, will the town take over the property? (If that takes place I imagine that there will have to be a tax increase to cover caring for the property.) Or will it have to go to seed, become an eyesore? The reputation of the property has to be, by now, a big negative one. I'm not asking the questions frivolously - I've been here 7 years and the "conversation" re: the Marketplace drags on with no end in sight. Folks want a shopping center but aren't willing to give an inch. I do hope to hear from you; I imagine that you are busy - aren't you also working with the OVHistoric Society? Kathryn HullButkus Stine, Michelle From: Sirois, Andrea Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 11:16 AM To: Stine, Michelle Cc: Standish, Michael Subject: FW: Vote No on Marketplace Changes Sincerely, Andrea Sirois Executive Assistant Town Manager, Mavor and Council Town of Oro Valley Direct Line: 520-229-4714 From: Jan Humble Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 3:27 PM To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Vote No on Marketplace Changes Mayor and Councilmembers, My business career spanned over 30 years. 1 spent more than 10 years in shopping center development, leasing and management followed by 20 years as Director of Leasing to third party businesses for Hilton Hotels Corporation nationally. In reviewing the proposal for the development project at Market Place, several thoughts come to mind: 1. Developers frequently propose larger and more intrusive projects than they expect approval for. They do this because they know inevitably the project will be pared down by Town/City authorities but they still attain the project they expected. Accordingly, I the think the excessive five -story height for the apartment buildings should not be approved on the Tangerine scenic corridor - which is likely the result they expect. 2. My experience at Hilton Hotels Corp leads me to believe that the Oro Valley area will not attract or support three new hotels. Therefore, I suspect the proposal for hotels is a method of obtaining entitlements for buildings that cannot attract an operator. However, it positions the developer for a future return to the Town authorities requesting a change of use from hotels to additional apartment buildings. I also believe "three hotels" is a carrot for the Town to imagine something other than the "apartment row" which the developer understands will be the best money maker for him. 3. My last thought about the Market Place has two sections: A. Town Authorities were misled by the original developer about the number and quality of retail operators that would be attracted to Marketplace. The project never lived up to the lofty promises. Areas of the various buildings have never been leased and now in the Amazon era, most of the large retailers already left or are leaving. This will be a blight on Oro Valley as these buildings become derelict. Because of internet shopping, I see no hope for any new retailers to lease these "big box" vacancies. B. In light of the foregoing, Town Authorities should demand a specific plan and condition entitlement(s) for any new project on the redevelopment of the vacant sections of the existing Marketplace. Respectfully, Jan A. Humble Oro Valley Resident Stine, Michelle From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Sincerely, Andrea Sirois Executive Assistant Town Manager, Mayor and Council Town of Oro Valley Direct Line: 520-229-4714 From: Lynn Huebner Sirois, Andrea Wednesday, February 16, 2022 11:17 AM Stine, Michelle Standish, Michael FW: Please give to all 7 members of council Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 2:53 PM To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Please give to all 7 members of council Hi I oppose the Marketplace changes for Oro Valley. Issues include: Building heights & reduced setbacks on Tangerine & Oracle Rd scenic corridors Water Traffic Noise Congestion on multi -use path from residents, bikers (they said Pedego is coming. They rent electric bikes) Changing a Critical Resource area (from riparian & wildlife corridor so they can meet requirement for recreational space for apartments) The changes will bring down the value of our homes and make Oro Valley less desirable to live. Since I bought the property some 10 years ago the excessive building has caused more crime in the area. The last council were only looking out for their own pocket books. Please look after the home owners and what is best for us. Lynn Huebner Stine, Michelle From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Sincerer , .Andrea Sirois 1:Xecutn e .AsSls[fin( "1'(Mil Manager, iMivor and Council I (M 11 Of Oro A'alley Direct Line: 520-27)4714 From: ROSALIE ROSZAK Sirois, Andrea Wednesday, February 16, 2022 11:17 AM Stine, Michelle Standish, Michael FW: Oro Valley Village Ctr - -Please Reject Over Reaching Proposals Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 2:36 PM To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Fwd: Oro Valley Village Ctr - -Please Reject Over Reaching Proposals Dear Oro Valley Mayor Winfield, Vice Mayor Barrett and Council Members, I have reviewed documentation for the Over Reaching Proposals for the Oro Valley Village Center. Please send these Proposals Back to the Developer to be "Reimagined". As proposed, the Developer is requesting 15 Zoning Variances to Oro Valley Zoning and Development Requirements. While many of us agree that some changes and updates should be made to the existing Oro Valley Marketplace property, the requested changes are far too over reaching. They do not respect Oro Valley's existing General Plan nor Zoning. A few of the issues that stood out for me when reviewing these proposals: Density and Height Requests are well outside the scope of existing Oro Valley projects. Apartment Densities: The densities proposed for the Oracle and Tangerine Apartments reflect the densities seen around the University of Arizona area, rather than in our community. The Developer attempts to couch the apartment densities by applying them to the overall Marketplace project site. Densities however are typically configured based on the Individual Project Site. Per the WLB Conceptual Plan dated Dec 17, 2021, the project site areas for Oracle Apartments are 7.2 acres, and 12.4 acres for the Tangerine Apartments. Calculating the Residences Per Acre, or RAC yields the following: Oracle Apts 230 units / 7.2 Acres = 31.9 RAC Tangerine Apts 500 units / 12.4 Acres = 40.3 RAC As discussed in the provided documentation, the Rancho Vistoso area does not even have any developments at a density as high as 21 RAC. These proposals and densities Are Not appropriate for Oro Valley and substantially exceed any projects in our community. Another issue I noted is a distance of 2400 feet or 0.45 miles from the Tangerine Apts to the proposed shared Recreation area. A recreation area at such a distance would not meet the criteria of accessible for many of individual apartment dwellers. These are just several of the many issues in this proposal. Please Do Not Approve the Current Request. Rosalie Roszak Oro Valley, AZ 85737 2 Stine, Michelle From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Sincerely, Andrea Sirois Executive Assistant Town Manager, Mayor and Council Town of Oro Valley Direct Line: 520-229-4714 From: Jacqui Berneck Sirois, Andrea Wednesday, February 16, 2022 11:18 AM Stine, Michelle Standish, Michael FW: Building Plans for Marketplace Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 1:35 PM To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Building Plans for Marketplace Dear Mayor Winfield and Council, While at the hair salon in the Oro Valley Marketplace yesterday, I noticed a number of balloons in the sky. Later I found out they represented the heights of apartments and hotels that the new owners want to build there. I am opposed to buildings of that height on our town's scenic corridors. My husband and I were drawn to Oro Valley by the quiet and beautiful views. Now we have the noise from Tangerine Road and a loss of mountain views due to all the development with 2 story homes. Please vote against this project and the many changes to Town Code required by the developer to turn the retail center into a residential neighborhood. Respectfully, Bob and Jacqui Berneck Oro Valley residents Stine, Michelle From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Importance: Sincerer , .Andrea Sirois I:Xecutire .AS515tant 'l,ov-n Manager, Mawr and Council F(AN-n of Oro Vallev Direct Linc: 520-2T)-47 1 4 From: Mike Mitchell Sirois, Andrea Wednesday, February 16, 2022 11:18 AM Stine, Michelle Standish, Michael FW: Against the 75 -foot Apartment Complex BD9344F2-6263-413A-B3AE-6C1BDF27E6A1.jpeg High Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 12:21 PM To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov> Cc: Ask <ask@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Against the 75 -foot Apartment Complex Importance: High Dear Oro Valley Town Council: This is Michael and Kathleen Mitchell at Oro Valley, AZ 85737 This email is to inform you that my wife and I are opposed to the proposed change in zoning to allow a 75 -foot apartment complex to be built at lot A of the Oro Valley Marketplace. I can also advise that have spoken with 10 homeowners on our part of N Cassiopeia Dr. of which 9 are against the building height and 1 refused to comment. I shared the attached photo with each of them who all said they had seen the yellow signs but expected more information mailed. This requested change is not within the city's general plan approved by the voters in 2005 and 2016 and doesn't protect the scenic corridor. It also is requesting for double the current approved density limits with shoehorning buildings onto a lot designed for a much smaller building footprint. No surprise the building height is also almost double the current approved height. We see this as a very serious matter. Perhaps Keri Silvyn and the current owner can go back to the drawing board and move this proposed apartment complex back to the original Oracle Rd location which has the needed space and bring back the original 224 -unit complex back to Tangerine. We understand that something is going to be built on the lot, we just feel it should meet current zoning and fit in with the towns general plan approved by the voters. Please confirm receipt and you are welcome to reach out to us. Regards, Michael and Kathleen Mitchell Oro Valley, AZ 85737 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed and may contain confidential and privileged information protected by law. If you received this e-mail in error, any review, use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of the e-mail is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete all copies from your system. Stine, Michelle From: Sirois, Andrea Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 11:19 AM To: Stine, Michelle Cc: Standish, Michael Subject: FW: Complaint Sincerely, Andrea Sirois Executive Assistant Town Manager, Mayor and Council Town of Oro Valley Direct Line: 520-229-4714 From: Charles Welty _ Sent: Monday, February 14, 2022 12:29 PM To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Complaint Hello I am sending this email to register my complaint regarding the upcoming development additions around the Oro Valley Market Place, now operating under a new name. First some history: I and my family left this area 30 yrs ago due to my work moving away, but I was determined to move back to the place I loved; sadly the area what once was is now overrun with failed developments and suspect business decisions, i.e., "a regional lifestyle entertainment power retail shopping center". From all appearances, the city of OV and previous administrations have fallen under the spell of campaign donations over the years, questionable business decisions, and attempts to convince the citizens of OV that development of the surrounding lands is good for this community and that this development is what the residents want. Nothing could be further from the truth. Stripmalls/Shopping Malls: The future of these shopping centers was over almost 20 yrs ago. It's not too hard to see how Foothills Mall, Tucson Mall, Park Mall and lastly EI Con Mall have fared over the years. When will the city along with the chamber of commerce stop pinning their hopes on this failed market place? Big Box Retailers: The "salad days" of big box retail sites are done; witness Dicks sporting goods, World Mart and now Best Buy pulling out. Ashleys, DSW shoes, & Tuesday Mornings? Who's idea was it to bring 2nd rate retail vendors in? Other than someone living paycheck to paycheck, does anyone really buy furniture at Ashleys? What's next; a Marshalls and Nordstroms Rack? Restaurants: How many eating establishments have come to the Market Place and stayed or are still in business? I've been told the previous proprietors of the salted pig (Hoffmans) simply got tired of the high rent. There was no replacement for the "Blue Banana". The question begs asking: How many new restaurants opened in Oro Valley in the past 5 yrs but avoided OV Market Place? Apartments: Considering the current market trend in high rents and forecast of higher rents in the coming years, where are these renters going to be found? Better yet, why would anyone pay at minimum of $1500 rent when they could purchase a home for the same monthly payment? Banking on new businesses opening in the OV Tech Park, bringing in 2-300 employees won't fill these planned apartments, and is a poorly thought out decision. Entertainment Center: There is already a struggling movie theater onsite and no guarantee it will stay in business. Splash pad? The questions everyone should be asking: Where is the water coming from? Will it be treated recycled splash pad water or new water? Will OV residents see a rate increase due this enterprises use of our drinking water? Questionable business practices: On the current site property site owners website, htti)s:Htownwestrealty.com/petition/ They in their online petition the following: "Town West Companies has been in the business of integrating into and advancing the interests of the neighborhoods and larger communities in which our properties are situated for the last 40 years— and this project is no exception. Please join us in voicing your support by signing and circulating our Support Document, found at the link below. You don't have to be an Oro Valley resident to sion it! Please share the document link and/or print, circulate, and return the attached document" The question should be asked: What leverage does Jim Horvath have over the city or city council of Oro Valley? Who on the city council has made promises? Thank you for your consideration Charles R Welty Stine, Michelle From: Sirois, Andrea Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 11:19 AM To: Stine, Michelle Cc: Standish, Michael Subject: FW: Marketplace Sincerely, Andrea Sirois Executive Assistant Town Manager, Mayor and Council Town of Oro Valley Direct Line: 520-229-4714 -----Original Message ----- From: Kathleen Williams Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2022 5:44 PM To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Marketplace I want to spend my dollars in OV, not Tucson or Phoenix. I try to support the Town's "Shop Oro Valley" initiative. We need to develop Marketplace so residents have more opportunities to spend locally. We need more local shopping, restaurants and entertainment and the Marketplace is an ideal location. Further, with employers increasing staff, new high tech businesses, the new university school and general population growth we expect our Town Council to support citizen needs for access to what the Marketplace can provide. I encourage a vote to support the development of Marketplace. While designs can change, the needs will not. Sent from myiPhone Stine, Michelle From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Sincerely, Andrea Sirois Executive Assistant Town Manager, Mayor and Council Town of Oro Valley Direct Line: 520-229-4714 From: Lori Peterson Sirois, Andrea Wednesday, February 16, 2022 11:19 AM Stine, Michelle Standish, Michael FW: Questions and Concerns - marketplace proposal Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2022 4:25 PM To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Questions and Concerns - marketplace proposal Hello, I have been studying the proposal requesting changes to be approved for marketplace update and have more concerns and unanswered questions. It is very important to be sure what they are asking for is a good fit for all of us who have significant investment in this community. For most of us our home is our biggest investment. As a single mother who worked at times up to 3 jobs, yes my home (which still has 15 years on the mortgage) is essentially my only investment (even though I had a masters degree in MIS -jobs just didn't pay as much for women..). 1. Apartments. Please do not approve the changes to code they are requesting. ( ps -1 wonder if they purposely proposed the extraordinary height on the apartments in order to have people only comment on that topic and not have time to think about other issues - then they also have something they can 'concede' on - which they probably didn't really want anyway) concerns: parking- 1. number of spaces: Tangerine shows 500 units and 5 stories - one, two and three bedroom but ONLY 395 parking spaces. This assumes not all units will have a vehicle which is absurd. If they are wanting 'families' - and 3 br units - guess what - MOST everyone has 2 vehicles. Plus - here in Arizona - I'd say 15% of families have at least 1 Large truck or Large SUV. Where will people who have more than 1 car park? Where will people who have extra large vehicles park? - if not they will end up at the Walmart Parking lot - which is already so full - in the afternoons one has to park in the extending lot. Where will the people who now drive their bikes over to this empty lot and park - or bring their dogs to this empty lot and park - in order to access the bike trail there - where will they park? The little lots where people park now seem to be all gone in their plans. I see 4-5 vehicles every morning when I stop by to take my dog along the path. The second Apartment - ( they seem to have switched which plan for which location ) - says 229 units and 421 spaces. But in the literature shown by lady during last presentation - it showed less than 300 parking spaces. So 1 have the SAME concerns about providing enough parking for all the people that they plan to have living here .... over 729 UNITS total? Even if average 2 people per unit that is 1460 people... plus all the people in the 2 or 3 hotels ... that is a LOT of people in this small community space. TRAFFIC - yes the traffic on Oracle road is very intense and crowded most all of any work day from the Tangerine down to Ina - it is so hard just to change lanes and I observe many red light runners. Remember the road rage incident not that long ago - where the guy was shot right at the intersection.of Oracle and 1st Avenue..???? I see a lot of frustrated drivers on this stretch of road and I cannot believe that the OV planners do not seem concerned about this. I read numbers on the traffic study ( developer or OV planner ) now 55,000 and would be increased by 20,000 some. The traffic on Tangerine is dominated by SPEEDERS ( over 55 + ) and very very large trucks. It is dangerous. There have been serious FATALITIES recently at La Canada and Tangerine and at 1st avenue and Tangerine.... VOTE NO TO THIS INCREASE of population concentrated in this location. - things that our community needs - to get into the future... ASK FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION ASK FOR A NICE OUTDOOR DINING SPACE - ( like the great area now by OV library) ASK FOR THE BUILDINGS TO LOOK MORE LIKE OUR AZ Southwest -design - NOT SOME standard cardboard box looking building that looks like it belongs in NY somewhere.. ASK for ALL commercial building to be LEED or meet energy efficiency standards - PLEASE DO NOT let them put in a 'splash park' - waste of water and NOT sanitary. PLEASE DO NOT let them put in a sand - pool - sand is T000 HOT FOR ARIZONA. PLEASE DO NOT let them have apartments or hotels higher than 3 stories. I have more concerns but this is all I have time to address right now. Thank you. Respectfully, Lori Peterson Verde Ranch Stine, Michelle From: Sirois, Andrea Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 11:20 AM To: Stine, Michelle Cc: Standish, Michael Subject: FW: Additional Marketplace plan suggestions Sincerely, Andrea Sirois Executive Assistant Town Manager, Mayor and Council Town of Oro Valley Direct Line: 520-229-4714 From: Lori Peterson Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2022 12:49 PM To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Additional Marketplace plan suggestions Hello I am sending this second email to address or question the Marketplace plan in how it is meeting energy efficiency goals. 1- Electricity - we all know electric cars are coming. This will highly increase the demand for electricity. The AC units on all of our houses are the biggest users of electricity. Should we not insist all new buildings - ( even all new homes ) - especially new apartments and hotels be asked to exceed energy expectations - as in highly efficient building, renewable energy, and other sustainable building methodologies. Naturally a good fit for solar panels. Can we think about mandating or setting an OV goal of having a percentage of our community be 'renewable' - eg 20% by 2025 - or all new buildings have a specific goal even higher? * if TEP needs to build more capacity they will really raise rates - and if the switch back to coal to save money it is bad environmentally. 2- This would be perfect spot for ELECTRIC CAR charging stations. I know more charging stations are part of federal plan recently approved by congress - Can we insist that the developer include this HERE !!! ( ? a no brainer ? ) 3 - With new residents and our existing residents - 1 often here comments of how they wish we had a Trader Joe's close. Could we ask the developers to plan to encourage the inclusion of a small -medium size Market - Grocery store such as that to be part of the plan? Walking or biking to the grocery store - what an awesome idea for these new neighbors. 4- 1 see people parking up at the empty spaces to bike on the paths up at the Marketplace now, can we assure designated parking for them in this plan? I also think some people may park there to take alternative transportation. thank you, Respectfully, Lori Peterson Stine, Michelle From: Sirois, Andrea Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 11:21 AM To: Stine, Michelle Cc: Standish, Michael Subject: FW: ov marketplace plan Sincerely, Andrea Sirois Executive .Assistant Town Manager, Mayor and Council Town of Oro Valley Direct Line: 520-229-4714 From: Lori Peterson Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2022 9:29 AM To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: ov marketplace plan 1 am writing because sometimes not everything can be expressed in the council meetings and not everyone can attend. Allowing the new owners of the marketplace to change things is certainly what they need to do to make enough money to keep it operational. I reviewed the master plan and do have some concerns that I feel would affect residents of Oro Valley and the nature of our community. 1 - regarding the height of the apartments planned adjacent to Tangerine which allows the developers more residents. Too tall. Tucson used ONLY allow 1 story homes. That was back when I was growing up there. Why - well the views of course. Also HOT upstairs. Sure we have Air Conditioning now - which is one reason why more people live here now. But this is a huge drain on our electrical grid. It also looks out of place - destroys the ambiance of our community, and more people and more traffic put tremendous stress on all of our community resources, from medical services, grocery stores, street maintenance and even the bike paths! - why not max at 2 stories which makes the units more desirable anyway - and could have their own carports and developers could charge more in rent????? 2 - traffic issues at entrance to marketplace off tangerine I have seen several near accidents at that intersection now - because it has the 2 turn lanes into the marketplace and people turn on the red - and don't see cars coming across from Tangerine ( it is a wide intersection). With the entrance to the huge apartment complex being just as cars enter into the marketplace - there is more potential for fender benders as a bit hard to see cars coming in when trying to turn out of that driveway ( now a lot of bikers park in the lot to bike on the bike path). In addition the hotel is planned just a bit down from this intersection - that seems like more traffic issues - as many people now bike right down Tangerine in the street - and some on the bike path - but they tend to think that they have the same rights on the street as cars and don't always look for cars coming out onto Tangerine. PLEASE MAKE THE DEVELOPER CHANGE SOME OF THEIR PLANS. THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME. Respectfully, Lori Peterson resident Stine, Michelle From: Sirois, Andrea Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 11:21 AM To: Standish, Michael Cc: Stine, Michelle Subject: FW: NO OV Marketplace Sincerely, Andrea Sirois Executive Assistant Town Manager, Mayor and Council Town of Oro Valley Direct Line: 520-229-4714 -----Original Message ----- From: Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2022 12:40 PM To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: NO OV Marketplace What are you thinking! Too much traffic, use of resources, crime, excessive use of our precious water, electricity you name it and our city is going to be down in the trashcan. No one will ever want to move here with this over populated area. Please vote NO!! Sent from my iPhone Stine, Michelle From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Sincerely, Andrea Sirois Executive Assistant Sirois, Andrea Wednesday, February 16, 2022 11:21 AM Stine, Michelle Standish, Michael FW: Please SUPPORT the redevelopment of Oro Valley Marketplace. Town Manager, Mayor and Council Town of Oro Valley Direct Line: 520-229-4714 -----Original Message ----- From: James Richardson Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2022 12:09 PM To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Please SUPPORT the redevelopment of Oro Valley Marketplace. Dear Oro Valley City Council, I'm sending you this email to strongly ask you to support the redevelopment of Oro Valley Marketplace. It is a fantastic location which could be tremendously successful if the right pant plan is put into place to bring people and customers to Oro Valley to live and support the businesses that will follow. Please vote to enable this prime location in Oro Valley to be developed into a great multi -use location. Sincerely, Jim Richardson Sent by Jim Richardson Oro Valley, AZ Stine, Michelle From: Sirois, Andrea Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 11:22 AM To: Stine, Michelle Cc: Standish, Michael Subject: FW: OV Marketplace Sincerely, Andrea Sirois Executive Assistant Town Manager, Mayor and Council Town of Oro Valley Direct Line: 520-229-4714 From: john legrand _ _ Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2022 12:04 PM To: Town Council <council@orovaIleyaz.gov> Subject: OV Marketplace Hi, My wife and I live in Oro Valley Country Club and we frequent stores in OV Marketplace. It appears to be underutilized with a lot of vacant space. It seems like a natural for a high density usage as being proposed. Multi -story apartments and hotels would fit well there because nearby owners will not have views impeded. More vibrant stores, restaurants, etc., will be welcome to our area. Thank you. Sent from Mail for Windows Stine, Michelle From: Sirois, Andrea Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 11:23 AM To: Stine, Michelle Cc: Standish, Michael Subject: FW: Oro Valley Village Center Sincerely, Andrea Sirois Executive Assistant Town Manager, Mayor and Council Town of Oro Valley Direct Line: 520-229-4714 From: Shirl LAMONNA Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2022 4:36 PM To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Oro Valley Village Center Dear Mayor and Councilmembers, I am writing in reference to the proposed rezoning of the Oro Valley Marketplace. 1. In addition to the yellow signs placed on the property and Town meeting agendas, has the Town issued any notices or placed any ads to reach the 47,000 residents of the Town? While meeting legal requirements, targeting the neighborhoods in close proximity to the Marketplace (for Neighborhood meetings) leaves the majority of the Town in the dark about the proposed changes that will impact the entire town. Just prior to the Covid pandemic (March 2020), approximately 115 residents and interested parties attended the first Neighborhood meeting for the Marketplace revitalization in Council chambers. There is an interest in this project. An additional in-person/zoom meeting would 2. likely be beneficial to secure resident input. The balloons placed in the center of parcels at the Marketplace did not accurately reflect the proposed location, building heights & mass of the buildings. As the wind stretched the balloon "string" away from its post in the ground, the balloons appeared much lower than the actual height of the buildings. The applicant should place multiple storey poles to depict the actual height/mass of the apartments and hotels since Tangerine and Oracle Roads are scenic corridors. As an example, multiple storey poles were placed on the parcel at the corner of Tangerine and Rancho Vistoso Blvd in 2011 for that proposed rezoning. 1t , t cif tiz :;e- Stine, Michelle From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Sincerely, Andrea Sirois Executive Assistant Town Manager, Mayor and Council Town of Oro Valley Direct Line: 520-229-4714 Sirois, Andrea Wednesday, February 16, 2022 11:23 AM Stine, Michelle Standish, Michael FW: Correspondence regarding Commission meeting on 1-6-2022 Correspondence received as of 1-5-22.pdf From: Ancona, Jeanna Sent: Wednesday, January 5, 2022 8:29 AM Subject: Correspondence regarding Commission meeting on 1-6-2022 Dear Commissioners, Please see attached PDF of correspondence received to date regarding the OV Marketplace on tomorrow night's agenda. Thank you, Jeanna jeavui,w M. A none� Senior Office Specialist — Planning Division Town of Oro Valley Community and Economic Development 11000 North La Canada Drive Oro Valley, Arizona 85737 Direct: 520-229-5062 www.OVi)roeects.com All messages created in this system should be considered 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. THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA College of Veterinary Medicine January 3rd, 2022 COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE Oro Valley, AZ 85737 To the Members of the Oro Valley Planning & Zoning Commission, (chaired by Celeste Gambill): The University of Arizona is grateful for our continued partnership with the Town of Oro Valley. As you know, the Oro Valley campus is the main administrative and education center for the University of Arizona College of Veterinary Medicine. Oro Valley is home to the University of Arizona Center for Innovation at Oro Valley, offering resources and guidance to bioscience startups. Oro Valley is also the destination of choice for innovative university start-ups including Ventana Medical, now Roche Tissue Diagnostics, and many faculty and staff working on the university's main campus in Tucson choose to call Oro Valley home. I write today to express our support for efforts to increase affordable housing options in the town, especially higher density residential development that attracts young professionals. We know from regional studies and our own recruitment efforts that affordable housing options are an important consideration for young professionals when they are evaluating advanced degree options and employment prospects. As you may know, Pima County made the biggest gains in the country in attracting talent to the region, according to recent analysis from Emsi, an international labor market data company. If we are to continue building on this encouraging trend, an increased supply of higher density affordable housing options will be essential. Thank you in advance for your consideration of this letter of support, and for your service to our community. Sincerely, Julie Funk, DVM, MS, PhD Dean and Professor AAL ffi '. the motive PHYSICAL THERAPY SPECIALISTS December 30, 2021 Oro Valley Planning and Zoning Commission: I am submitting this letter to speak in support of the proposed project at the location of the Oro Valley Marketplace. As a business owner adjacent to the property, I am excited for what this development could do for my business. As a resident of Tucson currently looking for property in Oro Valley, I am hopeful that this project could transform the Marketplace into a more attractive gathering area for my family and friends. I selected my current business location with the expectation that Oro Valley would continue to grow with an eye toward community and preservation. I think this project meets those objectives. The Marketplace in its current state is often empty and adds little value to the surrounding area. Converting an already developed area into something more attractive to community members would have a positive effect on my business. We are currently hoping to construct a building in the area, and we would be even more confident in doing so should this proposed project be approved. Secondly, I am a father of two young children and a husband to a prolific wife (also an Oro Valley business owner). Our family hopes to stay in Oro Valley for a very long time. It is a wonderful community. We have enjoyed holiday gatherings at the Community Center and farmer's markets at Steampump Ranch. The Marketplace is positioned to add so much further value to the community, but we rarely find ourselves going there because it often seems so empty and foreboding. I believe the proposed project would invigorate the Marketplace and continue to foster community enthusiasm in young families like mine. Sincerely, Seth Peterson, DPT Board-certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist President, The Motive Physical Therapy Specialists Co -Owner, Bada Buildings Ancona, leanna From: Standish, Michael Sent: Tuesday, January 4, 2022 9:49 AM To: Ancona, Jeanna Cc: Vella, Bayer Subject: FW: a member's letter on the Marketplace 010422 Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Flagged Good Morning Jeanna, Can you please distribute the comments below to your P&Z members? Thank you. Mike From: Dave Sent: Tuesday, January 4, 2022 9:31 AM To: Standish, Michael <mstandish@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: a member's letter on the Marketplace 010422 Good morning Mike, One of our members, Lila Chapman, has sent me a letter regarding the Marketplace proposal for Thursday night's P&Z. I told her I'd send it along to you for distribution. My thanks! Dave To: Celeste Gambill, Chair of the Oro Valley Planning & Zoning Commission My name is Lila Chapman and I have been a resident of Oro Valley for almost 17 years. I live in a beautiful community, and I'm proud to call Oro Valley my home. I write to you today in support of the recommended changes in the re -imagination of the Oro Valley marketplace. I've always felt that the current development could offer so much more to the community -probably because it can. I believe we have found such opportunity in the proposal that's before you from Town West. Not only will this development offer new business opportunities, jobs, residential living, and tax revenue, but as a resident, I am personally looking forward to the entertainment/recreational offerings and a place to gather for the community. A place for families and friends, and a place to make new friends. A place that serves our community in so many wonderful ways. So much of the current Marketplace lies empty. It saddens me, and it is an eye sore. I look forward to the day when the market place becomes something more beautiful, more purposeful, and a benefit to all of us in Oro Valley. The groundwork is already there, viewsheds are protected, and now is the time to make the improvements and offer even greater value to our community. I find the proposal exciting and a welcome addition. I ask you to support the plan. The time for these changes is now good hands with Town West. Thank you, Lila Chapman Oro Valley, AZ 85755 Dave Perry President / CEO Oro Vallev Chamber Oro Valley, AZ 85704 ORO VALLEY CHAMBER CONNPCTIONS • rinm aUN11Y • C0IIAA0RAii64 Like and Follow Us: #DineOVAZ Corporate Members: Arizona Dai1lf ,star :� tucSon.Dbm AcacialT � Roche 1'i I t la�i'rlr�rrrl Our community will be in NORTHWEST HEAlTHCAREHughes sit. RRTUCsm Tuesonlocalmedia r'E'CIe d1 Credit Union YOUR COMMUNITY DELIVERED 2 BAYER CASA +�+ %-'OneAZ ' �r e.ti. f DE �AD_ESERTI aMOND j,cHco;r unto Pin .r��: D S L U Z .CfL�MOtf ENf b�uNNN�i Let'm bunk together. Ib�TrNgcr Statefarm TUcso N FEDERAL } 'Nanta eldest WQhdJy�15e .I.., uEron-�:I�ii �liI �tRIDIC1N0y Celeste Gambill, Chairperson, and Planning and Zoning Commission Members: As we all know, predicting the future is an inaccurate science. Many of the assumptions about the needs and development of Oro Valley when Oro Valley Marketplace was originally conceived, did not materialize. The good news is that we have all learned much more about our community and the limitations of our environment. We know that for Oro Valley to prosper and sustain a high quality of life for our residents, thoughtful and balanced growth must continue to be pursued. Standing still is never an option. We either move forward or we decline. The plans as presented by the well-respected local developers, Town West Realty, Inc. provide a balanced approach to transforming Oro Valley Marketplace into an excellent community asset. Oro Valley can only support the needs and desires of its residents with a continuously expanding tax base. Tax revenues primarily come from commerce and shared state revenues. Shared state revenues are dependent upon Oro Valley maintaining sufficient population growth to preserve its fair share of the state revenue pie. Sales and Bed taxes require commerce and visitors. Oro Valley has an enviable abundance of natural assets to attract visitors — climate, location, mountains, and the Sonoran Desert. These assets cannot be manufactured elsewhere. Our challenge then is to feature them wisely to bring in outside dollars. The plans for Oro Valley Village Center do just that. Transforming current facilities at Oro Valley Marketplace and completing undeveloped land within the space can serve both resident needs and those who desire to visit. These plans make smart use of an existing town asset. The significant economic benefits will come without further disruption to natural desert lands elsewhere within the town. The costs to approving modest variances to current development requirements can be proven minimal when compared to the broader benefits gained by residents of Oro Valley today and tomorrow. I encourage you to fully support the plans for Oro Valley Village Center and move forward with this project without needless delay. Sincerely, Michael R. Schoeppach Oro Valley, Arizona TO: P&Z Commissioners RE: Proposed changes to the former Oro Valley Marketplace PUBLIC HEARING: Thursday, January 6, 2022 Commissioners, We understand that the town is considering transferring some town land to the new owner of OV Marketplace (now known as Oro Valley Village Center) in order for their development proposal to meet the open space requirement. Is this what we're going to do now? When their plans do not meet open space requirements, we'll just "gift' them some of the surrounding town or county land to make up for it? This is not the "open space" that Oro Valley residents voted for in the 2016 General Plan. The town just keeps giving more and more to developers. As an example, when we moved here almost 20 years ago, washes/riparian lands were protected. You couldn't build in a wash ... then suddenly developers were allowed to build in a wash. You couldn't build into a hillside... and then you could. Originally, developers had to meet open space requirements ... now the town has apparently devised a way for them to circumvent that requirement as well. Every year it's a new "gift" to developers and wealthy land owners. It's like a death by a thousand cuts. During a presentation that Town Planner, Michael Spaeth gave to P&Z during a Study Session on December 14th he said, "Ultimately the market place has too much supply and not enough people to support the center." This was the conclusion of a study that the town had recently done. What does that tell you? It should tell you that the town was hoodwinked by Vestar back in 2006 into believing that we had the population to support their vision of Oro Valley Marketplace. After all, that's what Vestar's demographic and population studies showed. The town believed them and gave them a $23 million tax "incentive." It should also tell you that the town needs to stop bending over backwards to appease developers and wealthy land owners. They will always "sell" their proposals by telling you that their project is what's best for the town, when the truth is that their project is what's best for their bank accounts. Their job is to spin it into something that appears to be what's best for the town. That's what Vestar did and we now know that they lied. (Well, some of us knew they were lying back in 2006 which is why a citizens' group was formed to stop the $23 million dollar tax incentive). Please dont continue to fall for developers' sales pitches Our town "leaders" never learn and Oro Valley residents pay the price with destroyed views, traffic congestion, traffic noise, air pollution, etc. Does any of that sound like the "small town feel" that Oro Valley voters said they wanted? Sincerely, Robert and Diane Peters Stine, Michelle From: Sirois, Andrea Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 11:25 AM To: Stine, Michelle Cc: Standish, Michael Subject: FW: No Apartments Sincerely, Andrea Sirois Executive Assistant Town Manager, Mayor and Council Town of Oro Valley Direct Line: 520-229-4714 -----Original Message ----- From: Judy Cocuzza _ _ Sent: Saturday, December 4, 20214:45 PM To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: No Apartments Dear Council Members, My family and I are strongly opposed to ANY construction on the corner of Tangerine and Rancho Vistoso. The reason my family was attracted to this area was its natural beauty, Mountain View's and an easy commute. Over the years we have seen many areas that were promised to be kept as natural land torn down needlessly to put up empty retail buildings or empty lots. It's disgraceful. Oro Valley has empty store fronts in every shopping area, there are empty spaces by Ace hardware - less then a minute away from this proposed building site, there are multiple empty buildings by Home Depot, by Target and at the Oro Valley Marketplace to name a few of the many spaces. There are rows of new apartments all along Oracle rd. We strongly object to voting ANY construction- Avilia rental homes have a high turn over of residents and seasonal guests that will not respect our home. The traffic and congestion has increased 10x since we moved here. Traffic accidents and fatalities, like the one that occurred on Tangerine a few weeks ago have also increased. We don't need to endanger our residents and wildlife with any more homes, apartments or retail in this area. We vote for you - a vote to build will be a vote to replace the council members who don't represent our families and neighbors who are all against this project Sincerely, Judy Cocuzza Sent from my Whone Stine, Michelle From: Sirois, Andrea Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 11:49 AM To: Stine, Michelle Cc: Standish, Michael Subject: FW: Marketplace renovation Sincerely, Andrea Sirois Executive Assistant Town Manager, Mayor and Council Town of Oro Valley Direct Line: 520-229-4714 -----Original Message ----- From: Marilyn Rego Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 11:31 AM To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Marketplace renovation The current proposal for the Marketplace isn't totally good for Oro Valley residents. Exceeding town limitations is not acceptable. There are too many proposed apartments and large hotels that will bring heightened traffic congestion. Fill in the empty business places before expanding further. Marilyn Rego Oro Valley Stine, Michelle From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Sincerely, Andrea Sirois Executive Assistant Town Manager, Mayor and Council Town of Oro Valley Direct Line: 520-229-4714 Sirois, Andrea Wednesday, February 16, 2022 11:20 AM Stine, Michelle Standish, Michael FW: Oro Valley Marketplace proposal feedback Radford Letter- OVMP.pdf From: Hynd, Jessica <jhynd@orovalleyaz.gov> Sent: Tuesday, February 1, 2022 12:34 PM To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov> Cc: Jacobs, Mary <mjacobs@orovalleyaz.gov>; Planning <Planning@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Oro Valley Marketplace proposal feedback Mayor and Council, Ask Oro Valley received a .pdf file of a letter providing comments and feedback regarding the Oro Valley Marketplace proposal. I have provided a copy of the letter for your review. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you, Jessica Jessica Hynd Constituent Services Coordinator/ Management Assistant Town of Oro Valley 11000 N. La Canada Drive Oro Valley, Arizona 85737 Office: 520.229.4711 J hvnd Cd o rova I levaz.gov Proposed Oro Valley marketplace project - 01/29/22 We disapprove of the apartment buildings they will negatively impact our property, which will be a stone's throw from the enormous apartments proposed on Oracle Rd. Our reasons for opposition are as follows; Increase noise and traffic. Impact privacy; these balconies and windows of the proposed apartments directly off Oracle Rd will be looking directly into our yard, impeding our cherished privacy. Will increased lighting from buildings and street lights. Will block our beautiful view of the mountains to our west. Increased crime Impacting our property; we are the absolute closest to the proposed Oracle apartments, which loops back to having no blockage, no privacy from birds -eye view from apartment dwellers. Extra water usage, eventually It will be a problem. Negatively impact the resale of our home, land, and property in the future. Depreciate our property value. We wholeheartedly oppose the proposed amendments to the Oro Valley Marketplace. We oppose the apartment buildings. We oppose the building heights. This change is not what Oro Valley residents want, hear the residents of Oro Valley. Everyone I speak with is against these proposed changes. Thank you for your time and for adding our opposition to the record. Sincerely, The Radford Household Charles RadfoS�Gy� Michele Radford '} 1 V�• �� / 4 Donovan Radford Q., �� Gavin Radford[6AVfh bgf fOed 01/29/22 Scanned with CamScanner Stine, Michelle From: Sirois, Andrea Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 1:53 PM To: Stine, Michelle Cc: Standish, Michael Subject: FW: The proposed changes to Oro Valley Marketplace, etc Sinccreh , Andrea Sirois I?Xccutivc Assistant 'I own 1\lana9er, Micor incl Council I oNcn of Oro V allel- Direct line: 520-229-4714 From: Marjorie Sovey Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 1:11 PM To: Town Council <council @orova lleyaz.gov> Subject: The proposed changes to Oro Valley Marketplace, etc I OPPOSE ALL OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO ORO VALLEY MARKETPLACE IN ORO VALLEY, AZ. HOMEOWNER/RESIDENT OF ORO VALLEY, AZ: Marjorie R Sovey Oro Valley, AZ 85755 Thank you. 1 Stine, Michelle From: Sirois, Andrea Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 1:49 PM To: Stine, Michelle Cc: Standish, Michael Subject: FW: Oro Valley Marketplace development Attachments: Town Council re OV Marketplace.docx Sincerely, Andrea Sirois Executive Assistant Town Manager, Mayor and Council Town of Oro Valley Direct Line: 520-229-4714 From: Kathryn Di Pierro Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 1:17 PM To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Oro Valley Marketplace development Council Members, I have attached a letter with my dissent regarding the proposed development of Oro Valley Marketplace. I thank you in advance for your time in consideration of my comments and concerns. Sincerly, Kathryn A. DiPierro Oro Valley, AZ 65755 2/16/2022 Oro Valley Town Council, I am wring in dissent regarding the proposed development plan for Oro Valley Marketplace that will be discussed at tonight's council meeting. I am against the 2 apartment buildings totaling 700+ units which can translate to more than 1,400 individuals and as many automobiles. I am against more than 1 hotel. I believe the proposed scope is equal to living in the Phoenix area where it is common to have 500 to 1000 apartment units in a single complex. The housing and hotel density is extreme for our residential/commercial area and lifestyle. There are not enough local businesses nor educational programs to fill and support that many apartments. The tourism in this area is for the beauty of our natural resources. I cannot foresee anyone filling 3 hotels all year long. It has been stated that this development will provide positively for the tax base. I counter that with what tax credits have you already extended and propose to extend in the future build out of this development? How far into the future is the benefit for Oro Valley. Commercial development has been difficult to maintain in the development since its inception so I don't see that changing. Oro Valley Marketplace does not need to be another La Encantada with high cost retail to deliver. Those of us who live in the area have already had to put up with noise from the Gaslight Music Theater outdoor music performances. The idea of outdoor band concerts or other music performances on a regular basis is a strong negative to me current home owner not far from the Oro Valley Marketplace. Traffic is already heavy. Having this many apartments and hotels will only increase the road demands, degradation and increase accident risks. I live north of Tangerine. The volume of traffic this proposed residential/retail/commercial property will generate will add to the already significant travel time to get to Ina Road and parts south and east of Oro Valley due to the fact we have only 1 road to travel, Oracle Road. Realistically I would like to see scaled down occupancy of apartment complexes with no more than 2 apartment complexes of a maximum of 250 units each. Also a reduction to a maximum of 1 hotel of no more than 150 rooms. Thank you for considering my concerns. Kathryn A. DiPierro homeowner. Oro Valley, AZ 85737 February 16, 2022 Members of the Town Council, Oro Valley, AZ Dear Council Members We are writing in opposition to proposed development at the corner of Tangerine and Oracle Road. From our experience living elsewhere, developers come in with grandiose plans claiming the community will greatly benefit from its execution, but in the short and long run, it is the developers who will benefit the most from income streams generated. The local jurisdiction will only profit indirectly from tax revenue, which if the plan doesn't develop, will be costly and the Town being left with abandoned properties. Here are our objections: 1. No financial incentive to the developer. If their business plan is so wonderful, why must it depend on tax abatements, reductions and the like? 2. Traffic: the influx of this many residents and transients will put great pressure at this intersection and given the topography, more road cuts would be difficult to install. 3. Water Availability a. Already water to this area from the CAP has been reduced and there are no signs that the prolonged drought will end anytime soon. b. Relying on ground water is also problematic as it too has been substantially lowered. c. How will guests at the hotels like it in years to come when water is rationed d. All nonpublic areas must use reclaimed water and if it is now unavailable the developers must pay for its extension. 4. Zoning Variations: again, if the plan is so great, then why must they have so many variations, specifically the height request, put the parking underground? 5. Conform to the already in place Development Plan. If the time is right to review and amend the plan, do so before allowing such a large scale development to take place. Sincerely, Jonathan H. Allen, Carolyn J. Allen Stine, Michelle From: Standish, Michael Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 1:36 PM To: Stine, Michelle Subject: FW: Comment for the February 16 Council Meeting Attachments: Opposition letter OVMP.docx From: Jonathan H. Allen Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 11:59 AM To: Standish, Michael <mstandish@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Comment for the February 16 Council Meeting Please include the attached letter into the public comments for tonight's meeting. Jonathan H. Allen Stine, Michelle From: Sirois, Andrea Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 1:43 PM To: Stine, Michelle Cc: Standish, Michael Subject: FW: Againt ESL change for Oro Valley Market Place Attachments: Screenshot_20220216-144756_Gal lery.jpg Sincerer, Andrea Sirois Hzecutivc _assistant Town Manager, Mawr and Council Town of Oro ValleNr Direct I.ine: 520-229-4714 From: c Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 12:54 PM To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Againt ESL change for Oro Valley Market Place Dear Mayor Joe Winfield and Council Members for the town of Oro Valley, I am against the idea of the location of the Entertainment Center being proposed for the Oro Valley Market Place. I agree with the RECON assessment that as this land was developed to channel water, that this area became an important wildlife passage -way between Big Wash and other areas. I have personally witnessed a large Bobcat pass through this section, and have seen others nearby. Many times I have obseved groups of Javelinas here as well. It is apparent that a lot of resources and time have gone into designing this area and respecting the nature, both here in Oro Vallley and Tucson. I believe this part of Oro Valley Market Place is truly a Critical Resource Area, as this is an area that is constantly and regularly used by wildlife. If a playground or entertainment area are a part of the redesign of Oro Valley Market Place, I do not support changing an ESL designation from Critical Resource Area to Resource Management Area or situating it within this pathway. I am including my personal photo to this email as an attatchment. Thank you so much, Louisa Osborne Stine, Michelle From: Standish, Michael Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 2:49 PM To: Stine, Michelle Subject: FW: Comments on Oro Valley Marketplace plans From: Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 1:33 PM To: Standish, Michael <mstandish@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Comments on Oro Valley Marketplace plans Dear Mayor and Council, Regarding the proposed changes to the Oro Valley Marketplace that will be discussed at tonight's Town Council session, we would like to express our support for the overall project. Our family has worked and lived in Oro Valley since 2008, and during that time we have witnessed the birth of the Marketplace, as well as the unfulfilled promises that it would turn into a vibrant regional destination. For over a decade now, we have looked at dirt lots and empty storefronts in that shopping center. The original design has not worked out, and it's time to try something new that will bring economic vitality to that development. That being said, our concerns with the proposed changes to the Marketplace are a) the number of hotels and apartment buildings and b) the height of the buildings they want to build. The desire to build three hotels up to 59 feet high and two apartment complexes up to 75 feet high in the Marketplace is outrageous! Not only is it unnecessary, but it goes against everything we expect about development in Oro Valley. Counter -arguments that the buildings will not block views of the mountains or that the Marketplace sits lower in the valley and it won't appear that high are irrelevant. First of all, the buildings will still tower over the people IN the Marketplace. Secondly, if you approve the developers to build a 75 foot tall building, that will set the precedent in the future for developers to try to build 75 foot tall buildings because you've already done it! Thirdly, if the developers build all three hotels and two apartments that they propose, that will fill up all of the open space in the Marketplace. Where else are they going to build additional restaurants, retail stores and entertainment? Please, do not cave to the developers with regard to the number of hotels/apartments or the heights of the buildings. Thank you, Steve & Elizabeth Snyder Dear Oro Valley Planning Department, Planning Commission and Mayor and Council: I, 9/7& 17/n U r, b S , am writing in support of the re -imagining of the Oro Valley Marketplace to the Oro Valley Village Center. I am excited for all the possibilities that the Village Center will bring to our Town, including the parks, restaurants, and combining hospitality and multifamily uses to support more retail shopping. This will become a place I can bring my family and friends, of all ages, for a fun day/evening. It is also giving us the opportunity to create a true town center that opens the potential for community events. I am one of hundreds of citizens who visit the Oro Valley Marketplace weekly and know that this plan for our center will benefit us as citizens and as a town greatly. I urge you to move forward with the decision to approve the re-imaging of the Oro Valley Village Center. Thank you, Dear Oro Valley Planning Department, Planning Commission and Mayor and Council: I, V b M I LOVI/k , am writing in support of the re -imagining of the Oro Valley Marketplace to the Oro Valley Village Center. I am excited for all the possibilities that the Village Center will bring to our Town, including the parks, restaurants, and combining hospitality and multifamily uses to support more retail shopping. This will become a place I can bring my family and friends, of all ages, for a fun day/evening. It is also giving us the opportunity to create a true town center that opens the potential for community events. I am one of hundreds of citizens who visit the Oro Valley Marketplace weekly and know that this plan for our center will benefit us as citizens and as a town greatly. I urge you to move forward with the decision to approve the re-imaging of the Oro Valley Village Center. Thank you, �j� �/p `�C/�r `'L Dear Oro Valley Planning Department, Planning Commission and Mayor and Council: r I, m writing in support of the re -imagining of the Oro Valley Marketplace to the Oro Valley Village ter. I am excited for all the possibilities that the Village Center will bring to our Town, including the parks, restaurants, and combining hospitality and multifamily uses to support more retail shopping. This will become a place I can bring my family and friends, of all ages, for a fun day/evening. It is also giving us the opportunity to create a true town center that opens the potential for community events. 1 am one of hundreds of citizens who visit the Oro Valley Marketplace weekly and know that this plan for our center will benefit us as citizens and as a town greatly. I urge you to move forward with the decision to approve the re-imaging of the Oro Valley Village Center. Thank you, Dear Oro Valley Planning Department, Planning Commission and Mayor and Council: I, f / am writing in support of the re -imagining of the Oro Vall Mary p c 'o the ro Valley Village Center. I am excited for all the possibilities that the Village enter will bring to our Town, including the parks, restaurants, and combining hospitality and multifamily uses to support more retail shopping. This will become a place I can bring my family and friends, of all ages, for a fun day/evening. It is also giving us the opportunity to create a true town center that opens the potential for community events. I am one of hundreds of citizens who visit the Oro Valley Marketplace weekly and know that this plan for our center will benefit us as citizens and as a town greatly. I urge you to move forward with the decision to approve the re-imaging of the Oro Valley Village Center. Thank you, Dear Oro Valley Planning Department, Planning Commission and Mayor and Council: 1, He Clor /YIGLI'hk z— am writing in support of the re -imagining of the Oro Valley Marketplace to the Oro Valley Village Center. I am excited for all the possibilities that the Village Center will bring to our Town, including the parks, restaurants, and combining hospitality and multifamily uses to support more retail shopping. This will become a place I can bring my family and friends, of all ages, for a fun day/evening. It is also giving us the opportunity to create a true town center that opens the potential for community events. I am one of hundreds of citizens who visit the Oro Valley Marketplace weekly and know that this plan for our center will benefit us as citizens and as a town greatly. I urge you to move forward with the decision to approve the re-imaging of the Oro Valley Village Center. Dear Oro Valley Planning Department, Planning Commission and Mayor and Council: I, writing in support of the re -imagining of the Oro -Valley Marketplace to the Oro Valley illag Center. I am excited for all the possibilities that the Village Center will bring to our Town, including the parks, restaurants, and combining hospitality and multifamily uses to support more retail shopping. This will become a place I can bring my family and friends, of all ages, for a fun day/evening. It is also giving us the opportunity to create a true town center that opens the potential for community events. I am one of hundreds of citizens who visit the Oro Valley Marketplace weekly and know that this plan for our center will benefit us as citizens and as a town greatly. I urge you to move forward with the decision to approve the re-imaging of the Oro Valley Village Center. Thank you, Stine, Michelle From: Standish, Michael Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 2:49 PM To: Stine, Michelle Subject: FW: Comments on Oro Valley Marketplace plans From: Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 1:33 PM To: Standish, Michael <mstandish@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Comments on Oro Valley Marketplace plans Dear Mayor and Council, Regarding the proposed changes to the Oro Valley Marketplace that will be discussed at tonight's Town Council session, we would like to express our support for the overall project. Our family has worked and lived in Oro Valley since 2008, and during that time we have witnessed the birth of the Marketplace, as well as the unfulfilled promises that it would turn into a vibrant regional destination. For over a decade now, we have looked at dirt lots and empty storefronts in that shopping center. The original design has not worked out, and it's time to try something new that will bring economic vitality to that development. That being said, our concerns with the proposed changes to the Marketplace are a) the number of hotels and apartment buildings and b) the height of the buildings they want to build. The desire to build three hotels up to 59 feet high and two apartment complexes up to 75 feet high in the Marketplace is outrageous! Not only is it unnecessary, but it goes against everything we expect about development in Oro Valley. Counter -arguments that the buildings will not block views of the mountains or that the Marketplace sits lower in the valley and it won't appear that high are irrelevant. First of all, the buildings will still tower over the people IN the Marketplace. Secondly, if you approve the developers to build a 75 foot tall building, that will set the precedent in the future for developers to try to build 75 foot tall buildings because you've already done it! Thirdly, if the developers build all three hotels and two apartments that they propose, that will fill up all of the open space in the Marketplace. Where else are they going to build additional restaurants, retail stores and entertainment? Please, do not cave to the developers with regard to the number of hotels/apartments or the heights of the buildings. Thank you, Steve & Elizabeth Snyder Stine, Michelle From: Standish, Michael Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2022 7:55 AM To: Stine, Michelle Subject: FW: Coalition letter, again Attachments: 2022 02 16 CSDP_OV MC_Marketplace.pdf From: Carolyn Campbel' Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 4:36 PM To: Standish, Michael <mstandish@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Coalition letter, again Mr. Clerk, I am sending a copy to just the clerk's office in the hope that you can present a hard copy to the Mayor and each of the Councilmembers. My apologies again for the lateness of the correspondence. Carolyn Carolyn Campbell Executive Director Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection Tucson, AZ 85705 `CURRENTLY WORKING REMOTELY"' Pronouns: She/her Grateful to be living and working on ancestral lands of the O'odham, Tohono O'odham and Pascua Yaqui 1 I Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection Tucson, Arizona 85705 Arizona Center for Law February 16, 2022 in the Public Interest 3. Impacts to the Major Wildlife Linkage to the west Neighborhood Mayor Joe Winfield and Town Councilmembers Arizona Native Plant the redevelopment strategy for the property. In other words, destruction of the CRA Society Town of Oro Valley Bat Conservation 11000 N. La Canada Drive International Oro Valley AZ, 85737 (ascabel Conservation parking, the report clearly spells out that the CRA remains functional and supports Association wildlife habitat. We have excerpted portions of the ReCon report in Attachment A. Neighborhoods RE: DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE ORO Center for Biological Diversity VALLEY MARKETPLACE Center for Environmental Ethics Dear Mayor and Councilmembers, Defenders of Wildlife CDO Wash and on to Catalina State Park. Over $7 million of Regional Transportation Desert Watch The Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection has only recently become aware of the Environmental Law above -referenced agenda item being discussed this evening at a public hearing. We Society have been reviewing the information pertaining to this item and have the following Friends ofCabeza Prieta Friends of Ironwood Forest comments. The comments are regarding the following: Friends of Madera Canyon Friends of saguaro 1. ESL change of designation from Core Resource Area (CRA) to Resource National Park Management Area —Tier 3 Friends of Tortolua 2. Impacts on the resources of Catalina State Park to the east Gates Pass Area 3. Impacts to the Major Wildlife Linkage to the west Neighborhood to the fact that "The CRA designation does not permit the uses that are proposed by Association the redevelopment strategy for the property. In other words, destruction of the CRA Genius Loci Foundation First, the Council agenda materials (Attachment 2) include both a staff report and a Great Old Broads for resource analysis by ReCon Environmental, Inc. We were surprised to learn that, Wilderness -Tucson although the Marketplace is previously developed and includes structures and Native Seeds/SEARCH parking, the report clearly spells out that the CRA remains functional and supports Protect Land and wildlife habitat. We have excerpted portions of the ReCon report in Attachment A. Neighborhoods between our regional gem, Catalina State Park, and Big Wash. Besides being an ESLO- Safford Peak Watershed Furthermore, the staff report states that the reason for the ESLO amendment is due EducationTcam Save the Scenic Santa Rias to the fact that "The CRA designation does not permit the uses that are proposed by Sierra Club - Grand the redevelopment strategy for the property. In other words, destruction of the CRA Canyon Chapter is requested simply "to allow the proposed redevelopment of this area." This Sierra Club - Rincun Group reasoning renders the ESLO meaningless. Sky Island Alliance Southwestern Biological Second, this proposed heightened use of the Marketplace will have serious and Institute detrimental effects on wildlilfe in a critical area. This development I squeezed Tortolita Alliance between our regional gem, Catalina State Park, and Big Wash. Besides being an ESLO- Tucson Audubon Satiety designated Major Wildlife Linkage, significant regional funding has been dedicated to Tucson Herpetological Society wildlife crossings and fencing in order to funnel wildlife from the Big Wash to the Tucson Mountains CDO Wash and on to Catalina State Park. Over $7 million of Regional Transportation Association Wildlands Network Authority funding has been spent in the immediate area for the purpose of protecting and enhancing wildlife movement. Additionally, Town and County resources have been allocated as well. The edge effects of light pollution, noise pollution, and odor pollution will have a significant adverse impact on wildlife should these uses be approved by the Mayor and Council. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Carolyn Campbell Executive Director Cc: Bayer Vella, Planning Manager Mary Jacobs, Town Manager ATTACHMENT A Oro Valley Village Center (formerly known as the Oro Valley Marketplace) — Environmentally Sensitive Lands Critical Resource Area Site Assessment (RECON Number 9666) Excerpts from pages 3-4: Wildlife Found within the Study Area The study area was assessed for use as a minor wildlife linkage by searching for signs of wildlife travel through the drainage. Tracts, scat, and evidence of foraging were noted. Species identified using the area include javelina (Tayassu tajacu), coyote (Canis latrans), bobcat (Lynx rufus), desert cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii), desert woodrat (Neotoma lepida), also known as pack rats, round -tail ground squirrel (Xerospermophilus tereticaudus), Harris's antelope squirrel (Ammospermophilus harrisii), kangaroo rats (Dipodomys spp.), and desert mice (Perognathus spp.). A variety of bird species were also found within the study area, including Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii), white winged dove (Zenaida asiatica), mourning dove (Zenaida macroura), Lucy's warbler (Vermivora luciae), phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens), common raven (Corvus corax), cactus wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus), northern cardinal (Carninalis cardinalis), house sparrow (Passer domesticus), hummingbirds (likely costa's or Anna's [Calypte spp.]), verdin (Auriparus flaviceps), curve - billed thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre), black -tailed gnatcatcher (Polioptila melanura), rufous -crowned sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps), black -throated sparrow (Amphispizabilineata), Abert's towhee (Pipilo aberti), vermillion flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus), and lesser goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria). Wildlife habitat features within the study area include diverse and dense native vegetation used for nesting, foraging, and roosting. Javelina bed -down areas were found under several dense stands of acacia and desert broom. Areas where several boulders where placed as part of the landscape design showed evidence of use by desert woodrats and desert mice. Although no reptiles (snakes and lizards) where observed during the site visit due to the temperature range, habitat for these species occurs throughout the study area and a variety of snakes and lizards are likely to occur. Wildlife tracks (primarily coyote and javelina) where found throughout the study area. In addition, wildlife tracks where found outside and within culverts located at the north end, central portion, and south end of the study area. Wildlife tracks were also found within the culvert leading to the study area that passes under Tangerine Road as well as at the exit of the culvert located at the southern end of the study area leading to Big Wash. Stine, Michelle From: Sirois, Andrea Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2022 8:28 AM To: Stine, Michelle Cc: Standish, Michael Subject: FW: Oro Valley Council Meeting comments; Agenda item Comments. Oro Valley Marketplace. Sincerch , Andrea Sirois I,accutivc Assistant Town Manager, NIm or and Council Town of Oro Valle Direct Linc: 530-239-4714 From: Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 5:30 PM To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Oro Valley Council Meeting comments; Agenda item Comments. Oro Valley Marketplace. council@orovalleyaz.gov <council@orovalleyaz.gov>; I was very disappointed to see the Agenda item on the Oro Valley marketplace. 1. PUBLIC HEARING: DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON FOUR SEPARATE ITEP LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF TANGERINE AND ORACLE ROADS. TI ITEM A: ORDINANCE NO. (0)22-03: ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE LANDS (E� ITEM B: ORDINANCE NO. (0)22-04: REQUEST USE OF THE ESL MIXED-USE FL ITEM C: ORDINANCE NO. (0)22-05: PLANNED AREA DEVELOPMENT (PAD) AMI ITEM D: REVISED MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN, LANDSCAPE PLAN AND RE( Click to View If you want to bring LA, Orange County, New York, and Tucson, AZ or other overbuilt communities to Oro Valley, this is a very poor decision. Having been there and done that this is not the answer. Developer greed raising rents to successful businesses will have a harder time succeeding. How much in tax relief will be provided like the original development and this successor? What is your long-term Vision of Oro Valley and will this fit in, I don't think so. 1 Catalina State Park is already under siege as well as the Vista's of the Santa Catalina Mountains. This will not help. I urge you to go back and re -think this project. Your legacy will be the result. Sincerely, Harry Ford. , AZ 85739, SaddleBrooke, AZ since 2004 40 years in So. Calif. where the same development mistakes were made and the infrastructure was not updated to fulfill the development needs. Open space will be overrun. z Stine, Michelle From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Importance: Sincerely, Andrea Sirois Executive Assistant Town Manager, Mayor and Council Town of Oro Valley Direct Line: 520-229-4714 From: Rich Molnar Sirois, Andrea Thursday, February 17, 2022 8:28 AM Stine, Michelle Standish, Michael FW: Our opinions on the proposed Oro Vally Marketplace ! High Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 5:25 PM To: Winfield, Joe <jwinfield@orovalleyaz.gov>; Nicolson, Josh <jnicolson@orovalleyaz.gov>; Jones -Ivey, Joyce <jjones- ivey@orovalleyaz.gov>; Bohen, Timothy <tbohen@orovalleyaz.gov>; Solomon, Steve <ssolomon@orovalleyaz.gov>; Greene, Harry <hgreene@orovalleyaz.gov>; Barrett, Melanie <mbarrett@orovalleyaz.gov> Cc: Ask <ask@orovalleyaz.gov>; Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Our opinions on the proposed Oro Vally Marketplace ! Importance; High All: We are not able to attend tonight's Town Council meeting in person and have been told by Mike Standish that we cannot speak via ZOOM because we did not request a blue card 24 hours in advance of the meeting tonight. To be clear, for many reasons already voiced by our fellow OV residents, we OPPOSE the project and the many variances and development as requested by Town West Realty. Water usage, congestion, traffic, crime, noise and ridiculous building heights are just a few reasons this project is not welcome in Oro Valley. This "Disney in Oro Valley" project must not move forward; citizens do NOT want it. It will change the very fabric of our Town and NOT in a positive way. The fact that there are 15 zoning variance requests for this development is absurd! Please vote NO on the proposed development of this property. Let's make sure that we can maintain our slogan: Oro Valley -it's in our Nature! 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The original design has not worked out, and it's time to try something new that will bring economic vitality to that development. That being said, our concerns with the proposed changes to the Marketplace are a) the number of hotels and apartment buildings and b) the height of the buildings they want to build. The desire to build three hotels up to 59 feet high and two apartment complexes up to 75 feet high in the Marketplace is outrageous! Not only is it unnecessary, but it goes against everything we expect about development in Oro Valley. Counter -arguments that the buildings will not block views of the mountains or that the Marketplace sits lower in the valley and it won't appear that high are irrelevant. First of all, the buildings will still tower over the people IN the Marketplace. Secondly, if you approve the developers to build a 75 foot tall building, that will set the precedent in the future for developers to try to build 75 foot tall buildings because you've already done it! Thirdly, if the developers build all three hotels and two apartments that they propose, that will fill up all of the open space in the Marketplace. Where else are they going to build additional restaurants, retail stores and entertainment? Please, do not cave to the developers with regard to the number of hotels/apartments or the heights of the buildings. Thank you, Steve & Elizabeth Snyder Stine, Michelle From: Standish, Michael Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2022 1:21 PM To: Stine, Michelle Subject: FW: vote NO on Oro Valley Marketplace expansion From. Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2022 12:20 PM To: Standish, Michael <mstandish@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: vote NO on Oro Valley Marketplace expansion Dear Sir, I hope that you can forward this email to the appropriate people who are considering revising the town plan and opening it up for rebuilding. I live in Palisades Point, just across the wash from the Oro Valley Marketplace, just west of Oracle Rd. I DO NOT support this building. The owner of the Oro Valley Marketplace bought that land in 2019 with full knowledge of the master plan, the number of residents and the tax structure. Now, suddenly, they want to change the game and are using the pandemic as an excuse for the need for these changes. I'm sorry, but this is nonsense... this is not real and the people who are supporting this initiative have only pointed to 'keeping those people down there" and away from their elite environments in Rancho Vistoso and others. This is all just wrong. The economy will come back and the Oro Valley Marketplace will as well, without the need to rewrite the Oro Valley Master Plan and overturning the rules that are in place. I resent that the zoning commission OK'd 3 story apartment buildings along Oracle Rd between Tangerine and 11 St... That apartment building interferes with the Push Ridge Mountain View from my home and violated the original intent of keeping buildings to 2 stories. What changed? Nothing! Only a override from the board. Stick to the current Master Plan! Lisa Jensen -Long Sent from Mail for Windows Stine, Michelle From: Sirois, Andrea Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 12:10 PM To: Stine, Michelle Cc: Standish, Michael Subject: FW: Please vote NO on Oro Valley Marketplace expansion Sincerely, Andrea Sirois Executive Assistant Town Manager, Mayor and Council Town of Oro Valley Direct Line: 520-229-4714 From: I Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2022 12:39 PM To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Please vote NO on Oro Valley Marketplace expansion Dear Sirs, I was not able to attend the meeting last night but feel strongly about curtailing this building. The owner purchased this property in 2019 with full knowledge of the Oro Valley master plan... and clearly is using the pandemic to try to rewrite the master plan) This is completely wrong and unfair. I live within .5 mile of the OV Marketplace and have already seen the zoning and building plans for Oro Valley change for no good reason: the 3 story apartment building on Oracle Rd between Tangerine and 1st St violates the spirit of Oro Valley and ruins the view from a home I have lived in and loved since 1999. Allowing changes like this 3 story exemption and the Marketplace are not fair to the current residents in dealing with traffic, noise, interference with Push Ridge Mountain views. The economy and marketplace activity will come back but you cannot turn back the negative consequences of building and exemptions like this! Please vote NO to this proposed development. Sincerely, Lisa Jensen -Long Sent from Mail for Windows Stine, Michelle From: Sirois, Andrea Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 10:39 AM To: Stine, Michelle Cc: Standish, Michael Subject: FW: Marketplace renovation Sincerely, Andrea Sirois Executive :assistant Town Manager, Macor and Council Town of Oro Vallev Direct Line: 520-229-4714 From: Marilyn Rego Sent: Friday, February 18, 2022 2:55 PM To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Marketplace renovation Dear Council, Thank you for asking for ad if ferent proposal for the Marketplace. I live in 5un City, 1 mile from Oracle road. In the warmer months, I open my bedroom windows at night. Around 4:30 am, the traffic on Oracle heightens. The sound is annoying, big rigs using jake brakes, down shifting, motorcycles with loud mufflers, general traffic rumbling. I can't imagine living in an apartment 150 feet from Oracle road! Good luck trying to rent the proposed apartments. Dwellers would have to wear ear plugs or be quite deaf to live in that area. Hotel residents are used to loud city noises but permanent dwellers may elect a quieter home. Happy to look at a new proposal. Would the homeless be welcome in the new Marketplace? Marilyn Rego Oro Valley, AZ 85755 1 Stine, Michelle From: Sirois, Andrea Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 9:01 AM To: Stine, Michelle Cc: Standish, Michael Subject: FW: Oro Valley Marketplace Sincerely, Andrea Sirois Executive Assistant Town Manager, Mayor and Council Town of Oro Valley Direct Line: 520-229-4714 From: Dana Cooper < - n> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 8:57 AM To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Oro Valley Marketplace Dear Mayor and Council; I want to register my strong support for the proposed development at Oro Valley Marketplace. The development will provide quality places for people to live and work, and will help support the economic base of the Town. Opposition to the project based on a dislike of apartment dwellers smacks of elitism and discrimination. To reject it flat out because of a height restriction is foolish. Give the developers a chance to re -submit the plan in accordance with the height restrictions. Any of you opposed to the project certainly will NOT have my vote in the next election. Thank you; Dana Cooper Oro Valley resident Stine, Michelle From: Sirois, Andrea Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2022 8:16 AM To: Stine, Michelle Cc: Standish, Michael Subject: FW: the redevelopment plan Attachments: The Next Affordable City Is Already Too Expensive.pdf Sincerely, Andrea Sirois Executive Assistant Town Manager, Mayor and Council Town of Oro Valley Direct Line: 520-229-4714 -----Original Message ----- From: Lois Berkowitz Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 8:49 PM To: Winfield, Joe <jwinfield@orovalleyaz.gov>; Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: the redevelopment plan Dear Mayor and Council Members: Before you make a final vote on the redevelopment plan for the Oro Valley Marketplace, I hope you will read both the attached NYT article on a Spokane, WA project that is similar (but I believe superior to) the proposed local redevelopment plan. See also the website of Kendall Yards, the Spokane project. https://www.kendallyards.com/our- sto ry/ Personally 1 do not think the Oro Valley Marketplace location, a good half hour drive from the business, cultural arts and eating core in Tucson will have an appeal similar to one Kendall Yards may achieve in Spokane. 1 have lived in Oro Valley since 2004, when the spin about the Oro Valley Marketplace was that it would draw people from outside Oro Valley due to its attractions. That was a pipe dream. The developers' over -optimism was pretty obvious as soon as expected commercial participants either withdrew or underachieved, and word-of-mouth about going there was never vibrant. Based on its history, I seriously doubt the proposed Oro Valley redevelopment will attract the number or variety of businesses that Kendall Yards lists (https://www.kendaIlyards.com/our-businesses/#s3). The thought that people who rent in the redeveloped area will want to spend much of their time and money there is not borne out by people's current habits, which is to go somewhere else to stave off boredom. I thought this goose was cooked (perhaps politically it is) until I read that you delayed a vote on the project's approval. I hope you will read about Spokane and reconsider approving another potential albatross. Thank you for your consideration. Best regards, Lois Berkowitz Oro Valley, AZ F9hZ tW'ROrk8limea https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/20/business/economy/spokane-housing-expensive-cities.htmi The Next Affordable City Is Already Too Expensive In Spokane, Wash., home prices jumped 60 percent in the past two years. The increase is fueled by buyers fleeing the boom in cities like Austin. Who will have to flee next? •.jy By Conor Dougherty Feb. 20, 2022 Maybe it was the date night when he and his wife spent two hours driving 19 miles to dinner, or the homeless encampment down the street, or the fact that homes were so expensive that his children could never afford to live near him. Whatever the reasons, and there were many, Steve MacDonald decided he was done with Los Angeles. He wanted a city that was smaller and cheaper, big enough that he could find a decent restaurant but not so much that its problems felt unsolvable and every little task like an odyssey. After the pandemic hit and he and his wife went through a grand reprioritizing, they centered on Spokane, where their son went to college. They had always liked visiting and decided it would be a nice place to move. Eastern Washington was of course much colder. Until this winter, Mr. MacDonald, a native Southern Californian, had never shoveled snow. But their new house is twice as big as their Los Angeles home, cost less than half as much and is a five-minute commute from City Hall, where Mr. MacDonald works as Spokane's director of community and economic development. He arrives each day to tackle a familiar conundrum: how to prevent Spokane from developing the same kinds of problems that people like him are moving there to escape. "I'm realizing more and more how important the future prosperity of this city is about getting housing right," he said. "If we don't, it's going to track more closely with what happened in Los Angeles:' Mr. MacDonald knows the pattern, and so does everyone else who has been following the frenetic U.S. housing market for the past decade. The story plays out locally but is national in scope. It is the story of people leaving high-cost cities because they've been priced out or become fed up with how impossible the housing problem seems. Then it becomes the story of a city trying to tame prices by building more housing, followed by the story of neighbors fighting to prevent it, followed by the story of less expensive cities being deluged with buyers from more expensive cities, followed by the less expensive cities descending into the same problems and struggling with the same solutions. It's easier to change where we live than it is to change how we live. Whether it's Boise or Reno or Portland or Austin, the American housing market is caught in a vicious cycle of broken expectations that operates like a food chain: The sharks flee New York and Los Angeles and gobble up the housing in Austin and Portland, whose priced -out home buyers swim to the cheaper feeding grounds of places like Spokane. The cycle brings bitterness and "Don't Move Here" bumper stickers — and in Spokane it has been supercharged during the pandemic and companies' shift to remote work. No matter how many times it happens, no matter how many cities and states try to blunt it with recommendations to build more housing and provide subsidies for those who can't afford the new stuff, no matter how many zoning battles are fought or homeless camps lamented, no next city, as of yet, seems better prepared than the last one was. Just a few years ago, a Spokane household that made the median income could afford about two-thirds of the homes on the market, according to Zillow. Now home prices are up 60 percent over the past two years, pricing out broad swaths of the populace and fomenting an escalating housing crisis marked by resentment, zoning fights and tents. Nadine Woodward, the mayor of Spokane, Wash., said the city might be too expensive even for her own son and his wife. Rajah Bose for The New York Times Being an "it" place was something Spokane's leaders had long hoped for. The city and its metropolitan region have spent decades trying to convince out-of-town professionals and businesses that it would be a great place to move. Now their wish has been granted, and the city is grappling with the consequences. The Great Read More fascinating tales you can't help but read all the way to the end. • Spokane, Wash., was supposed to be the next affordable city. Now, it's already too expensive. • Connie Hawkins was destined for basketball stardom until his career was unjustly derailed. But a new effort to honor him is complicated by one fact: He's not the only legend in the neighborhood. • For a cultural critic, a sense of humor is integral to his Jewish identity. But these dark times raise existential questions about comedy and its uses. Growth is never perfect, and Spokane's influx has been accompanied by a booming employment market that has increased wages, turned abandoned warehouses into offices and helped the city recover jobs lost during the pandemic. This is normally called progress. But for people who already lived in and around Spokane or the suburbs just across the border in north Idaho, the shift from living in a place that was broadly affordable to broadly not has come on with the suddenness of a car crash. Now many workers are wondering what the point of growth is if it only makes it harder to keep a roof over their head. Even the mayor isn't immune. In an interview, Nadine Woodward, a Republican who was elected in 2019, noted that her son and daughter-in-law, newlyweds who moved home during the pandemic, were living with her and her husband while they figured out where they could afford to settle. They came back to Spokane from Seattle, where they were long ago priced out. Austin was the next city on their list, but then its home prices shot up to about where Seattle's were when they left. At this point, even Spokane is seeming pricey. "I never thought I'd see the day where my adult children couldn't afford a home in Spokane," Ms. Woodward said. Between Seattle and Minneapolis Standing by a snow-covered lawn on an overcast afternoon, Steve Silbar, a local real estate agent who has been selling homes for five years, explained Spokane's transformation in terms of a six-inch screen. When he thinks of a typical buyer, Mr. Silbar said, he imagines a couple thousands of miles away, perhaps on a beach, looking at their phones. They're considering moving to a cheaper city, and do a search for homes. Clients like this are why Mr. Silbar invested $3,000 in a camera that allows him to create three-dimensional tours of his listings, and why the exterior of every home he sells is showcased with an aerial video shot by a drone. In a market that attracts so many outsiders, a virtual walk through the interior and bird's-eye flight over the street can be the nudge buyers need to bid on a home they've never entered, in a city they've never seen. "I have to assume that the person that is looking at my listing has never been to Spokane, does not know about Spokane, has no clue," Mr. Silbar said. Steve Silbar, a real estate agent, showing a home in Spokane. He relies on virtual methods to help buyers from outside the region. Rajah Bose for The New York Times Spokane is the largest city on the road from Seattle to Minneapolis. This fact is frequently cited as the logic behind its economy: It's between things. The city was incorporated in 1881 and grew into a transportation hub for the surrounding mining and logging industries. It remains a hub, only instead of shipping out timber and silver, businesses revolve around Fairchild Air Force Base and a collection of hospitals and universities that draw from the rural towns that stretch from eastern Washington to northern Idaho and into western Montana. The transition from past to present plays out across a skyline in which the usual collection of anonymous bank and hotel towers is broken up by historic brick buildings that seem to be either in a state of abandonment or rehabilitation or occupied by low -rent tenants while waiting for redevelopment. The current boom has already made its mark in the form of new apartment towers, warehouses turned office buildings and an empty lot that will soon contain a 22 -story building that will be the city's tallest. Driving around town, Michael Sharapata, a commercial real estate broker who moved to Spokane from the Bay Area in 2017, gave a staccato accounting of new leases, such as the millions of square feet that Amazon occupies out by the airport, or the satellite offices rented by various regional accounting and building firms. His family is coming, too. After Mr. Sharapata and his wife moved north, they were followed, in rapid succession, by his brother-in-law in Austin, another brother-in-law in the Bay Area and his sister-in-law in Salt Lake City. "We were looking for an affordable community that had an opportunity to accommodate all of us," he said. As in most of urban America, much of the growth in the Spokane area is on the fringes, where heavy equipment and the skeletal outlines of new subdivisions unfold in every direction and into Idaho. Building permits have surged, and the cadre of mostly local builders who had the market more or less to themselves now grumble that the rapid growth has attracted big national builders like D.R. Horton and Toll Brothers. All of this happened fairly recently. In the years after the Great Recession, when homebuilders were in bankruptcy or hibernation, migration to the Spokane region plunged. That pattern shifted in 2014 when, as if a switch had been flipped, waves of migrants started arriving as already high-cost cities like Seattle and San Francisco saw their housing markets go into a tech -fueled frenzy. By the end of 2014, migration to the Spokane region had jumped to more than 2,000 net new residents, compared with a net loss the year before, according to Equifax and Moody's Analytics. Annual growth has only continued, rising further with the pandemic to more than 4,500 net new residents. Sometimes they come for the chance to buy their first home. Other times it's a bigger house or some land. Joel Sweeney, an academic adviser at Eastern Washington University, wanted the best of both: a single-family house on a quiet street that was close enough to downtown that he could walk to a good brewery. That sort of Goldilocks urbanity could cost a million in Austin, where he and his wife lived until last year. When they moved to Spokane they paid less than a third of that. "You could not get a house for $299,000 in Austin where you could walk to a bunch of different stuff," he said. Nurses and teachers Lindsey Simler, who grew up in Spokane, wants to buy a home in the $300,000 range, but put her search on pause after a dozen failed offers. Rajah Bose for The New York Times The white house with the red door sits on a quiet block near Gonzaga University. It has two bedrooms, one bathroom and 1,500 square feet of living space. Mr. Silbar, the real estate agent, has sold it twice in the past three years. The first time, in November 2019, he represented a buyer who offered $168,000 and got it with zero drama. This year it went back on the market, and Mr. Silbar listed it for $250,000. Fourteen offers and a bidding war later, it closed at $300,000. When Mr. Silbar got into the business, he said, his clients were "nurses and teachers," and now they're corporate managers, engineers and other professionals. "What you can afford in Spokane has completely changed," he said. The typical home in the Spokane area is worth $411,000, according to Zillow. That's still vastly less expensive than markets like the San Francisco Bay Area ($1.4 million), Los Angeles ($878,000), Seattle ($734,000) and Portland ($550,000). But it's dizzying (and enraging) to long-term residents. Five years ago, a little over half the homes in the Spokane area sold for less than $200,000, and about 70 percent of its employed population could afford to buy a home, according to a recent report commissioned by the Spokane Association of Realtors. Now fewer than 5 percent of homes — a few dozen a month — sell for less than $200,000, and less than 15 percent of the area's employed papulation can afford a home. A recent survey by Redfin, the real estate brokerage, showed that home buyers moving to Spokane in 2021 had a budget 23 percent higher than what locals had. One of Mr. Silbar's clients, Lindsey Simler, a 38 -year-old nurse who grew up in Spokane, wants to buy a home in the $300,000 range but keeps losing out because she doesn't have enough cash to compete. Spokane isn't so competitive that it's awash in all-cash offers, as some higher -priced markets are. But prices have shot up so fast that many homes are appraising for less than their sale price, forcing buyers to put up higher down payments to cover the difference. A dozen failed offers later, Ms. Simler has decided to sit out the market for a while because the constant losing is so demoralizing. If prices don't calm down, she said, she's thinking about becoming a travel nurse. With the health care work force so depleted by Covid-19, travel nursing pays much better and, hopefully, will allow her to save more for a down payment. "I'm not at the point where I want to give up on living in Spokane, because I have family here and it feels like home," she said. "But travel nursing is going to be my next step if I haven't been able to land a house" `Positive activity' From her seventh -floor office atop the Art Deco City Hall, Ms. Woodward, the mayor, looked out at the Spokane River, where in the warmer months a gondola glides past her window to a park built for the World's Fair. Spokane hosted the fair in 1974 as a means of revitalizing its blighted downtown, and during the recent interview Ms. Woodward pointed out the window at cranes and construction sites that she calls "positive activity." Spokane's job market is among of the strongest in the nation, and the virtuous economic cycle — of people coming for housing, causing businesses to come for people, causing more people to come for jobs — is in full swing. And yet, as in Seattle and California before and increasingly across the nation, the scourge of rising prices, particularly for rent and housing, makes it feel less virtuous than advertised. The recent Realtors report warned of "significant social implications" if the city doesn't tackle housing. The issues included young families not being able to buy or taking on excessive debt, small businesses not being able to hire, difficulty keeping young college graduates in town. In the dominoes of the housing market, the disappointments of aspiring buyers like Ms. Simler get magnified as they move down to lower-income households. With homes so hard to buy, rents have shot up, and the vacancy rate for apartments is close to zero. All of this has compounded at the lowest end of the market, where the nonprofit Volunteers of America's Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho affiliate, which runs three shelters and maintains 240 apartments for people who were formerly homeless, said it will lose a quarter of its units in the next fiscal year as more of its funding goes to higher rents. Julie Garcia, right, founder of Jewels Helping Hands in Spokane, at her organization's warming and food tent for people in need. Rajah Bose for The New York Times A homeless camp in Spokane, where Mayor Woodward declared a housing emergency last year. Rajah Bose for The New York Times In December, as temperatures dropped and shelters filled, advocates and members of the homeless population protested by setting up several dozen tents on the City Hall steps. The encampment was gone two weeks later but has since been reconstructed on a patch of dirt on the other side of town. In the winter cold it smells like ash and soot from the open fires burning to keep people warm. Last year, Ms. Woodward declared a housing emergency, and her administration has put in place initiatives that mirror those of housing -troubled cities on the West Coast. The city has built new shelters, is encouraging developers to repurpose commercial buildings into apartments, is making it easier for residents to build backyard units and is rezoning the city to allow duplexes and other multiunit buildings in single-family neighborhoods. Ms. Woodward pointed to Kendall Yards, one of the developments outside her City Hall window, as an example of what she wanted to see more of. The mixed -density project could be a postcard picture of what economists and planners say is needed to combat the nation's housing shortage and sprawl. In defiance of the single-family zoning laws that dictate the look of most U.S. neighborhoods, Kendall Yards has houses next to townhomes next to apartments, with retail and office mixed in. People in town seem to love it, but are leery of there being more places like it, especially in their neighborhood. "I think it's awesome — I have friends there, and we go down there to the farmers' market and walk around," said John Schram, a co-chair of the neighborhood council in Spokane's Comstock neighborhood. "That's just not my vision of what I want for me. My concern is that I move into a neighborhood because of the way that it was designed when I got there, and when somebody else comes in and wants to change that I'm going to be concerned:' Stine, Michelle From: Sirois, Andrea Sent: Friday, February 25, 2022 9:16 AM To: Stine, Michelle Cc: Standish, Michael Subject: FW: Thank you for your support Sincerely, Andrea Sirois Executive Assistant Town Manager, Mayor and Council Town of Oro Valley Direct Line: 520-229-4714 -----Original Message ----- From: Joint Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2022 9:18 PM To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Thank you for your support I appreciate your support in keeping the Vistoso Preserve a protected area for our community. It is a pleasure to see government responding to the voice of the citizens. Sincerely, Mona Glode Sent from my Whone Stine, Michelle From: Sirois, Andrea Sent: Friday, February 25, 2022 9:16 AM To: Stine, Michelle Cc: Standish, Michael Subject: FW: Vistoso Property Sincerely, Andrea Sirois Executive Assistant Town Manager, Mayor and Council Town of Oro Valley Direct Line: 520-229-4714 -----Original Message ----- From: Suzanne Petersen Sent: Friday, February 25, 2022 9:06 AM To: Town Council <council@orovalleyaz.gov> Subject: Vistoso Property Thank you all for partnering with the Vistoso community keeping Vistoso a beautiful community for generations and pushing back on turning us into just another development. I know it was not easy but in the end you all should be proud and know how much admiration and respect I have for all of you for making this happen. Thank you, Suzanne Petersen Stine, Michelle From: Sirois, Andrea Sent: Monday, February 28, 2022 8:17 AM To: Stine, Michelle Cc: Standish, Michael Subject: FW: Thank you Sincerely, Andrea Sirois Executive Assistant Town Manager, Mayor and Council Town of Oro Valley Direct Line: 520-229-4714 From: Jody Moll Sent: Friday, February 25, 2022 5:34 PM To: Town Council <council@orovaIleyaz.gov> Subject: Thank you I appreciate all the hard work and effort you all put into making the Vistoso Golf Course a natural preserve for all of us walkers and bikers. This is such a beautiful area and to know that it is now safe from development is great. Thank you so much for all you did! Jody Moll Carpe Diem ("Seize the day")