Greater Catalina/Golder Ranch Village Council

General Meeting

Summer Institute of Linguistics, 16131 N. Vernon Rd, Catalina AZ

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 in the Main Auditorium

7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

www.catalinaaz.org

Info Line:  829-1111

 

Members In Attendance:  Mark Miller, Mark Kendall, Tommy Tucker, Kristie Foss, Sue Campbell, Paulette Stark, JoAnne Linnemann

 

  1. Call to Order @ 1910 by Mark Miller, Chairman
  2. Additions to Advance Agenda/Order of the day – there are T-shirts for Sale and Catalina Business Directories ( Free ).  Several candidates for election introduced themselves to the audience. 
  3. Review/Corrections, if any/Approval of minutes - none
  4. Secretaries report – JoAnne Linnemann – nothing to report
  5. Treasurer’s Report – Tommy Tucker – no additions, no subtractions. 
  6. Standing Committee Reports/Updates
    1. Commercial, Residential and Subdivision – Mark Kendall
    2. Communications – Sue Campbell
    3. Arroyo Grande – Kristie Foss and Paulette Stark
    4. Long Range Planning – Tommy Tucker – What is the future of Catalina?  Everything seems to be planned without community input.   While we have no legal right, we do have political right – the right to self-determination.  Long Range Planning Committee will be investigating these rights to self-determination.  
    5. Community Relations – Kristie Foss

 

  1. Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection – Carolyn Campbell – spoke with a slide show about 40 minutes about “Conserving Arizona’s Land and Water” – initiative on 2007 Ballot.   Initiative to have most of Arroyo Grande declared preserved land/not for development.   Need signatures in support of initiative.  Registered voters in State of Arizona, everyone on a page needs to be from the same county on one page.   Person passing petition must be a registered voter.  Person passing petition must get it notarized.   Petitions cannot be copied, must be originals.   Must be back by June 25th.  Petition carrier cannot sign your own petition.   Please take petitions – Conserving Arizona’s Land and Water – www.sonorandesert.org
  2. Old/New Business for future action – Mark Miller declared a proclamation proclaiming support for Conserving Arizona’s Land and Water from the Greater Catalina/Golder Village Council.  Council voted unanimously in support.   
    1. Audience suggestion – adding taxation for trash pick-up.   Trash removal has been an issue in the past and has been discussed in the past. 

Hector raised the issue of transportation as relates to increasing population and how the State or Oro Valley have no plan to widen the road to accommodate the increased traffic.   Sunie reminded us that State of AZ Dept of Transportation DOES have plans to widen Oracle road from Tangerine thru Catalina to Oracle Junction, and eventually will widen 79 to be an alternate route for I-10 between Phoenix area and Tucson.  This will only create more traffic for Catalina with NO relief.  We MUST get a voice.

 

    1. State will have to carry the burden for Oro Valley’s development in Arroyo Grande as regards road.   
  1. Adjournment @ 2100