Town postpones four focus area meetings per applicant request

Published on June 05, 2020

The Town of Oro Valley has postponed four focus area meetings for the proposed Vistoso Golf General Plan Amendments at the property owner’s request. In light of the Town Council’s discussion at the June 3 Council meeting regarding options for the former Vistoso Golf Course, the applicant, Romspen, has requested that all focus area meetings regarding their application be postponed for 30 days. Those meetings include:

• Focus Area #1 Meeting – Thursday, June 4, 2020, 6 p.m.
• Focus Area #2 Meeting – Tuesday, June 9, 2020, 6 p.m.
• Focus Area #3 Meeting – Wednesday, June 10, 2020, 6 p.m.
• Focus Area #4 Meeting – Thursday, June 11, 2020, 6 p.m.

The purpose of Romspen’s request is to provide the Town, Romspen, and the Conservation Fund time to review the options for the Vistoso Golf Course, and also for Romspen to evaluate their application. From the Town’s perspective, these neighborhood meetings are not being cancelled; they are being postponed until further notice.

This 30 days is just a hiatus in the public engagement component to allow for due diligence to be performed. At the end of 30 days, Romspen may pull, modify, or proceed with their application. Once Romspen communicates their intent, staff will resume the public engagement process and reschedule the neighborhood meetings for late July. If Romspen ultimately decides to pull their application, the public engagement process would stop as there would be no application to discuss.

Due to the last minute change, the announcement of the postponements was made to those who logged in to watch the Focus Area #1 Meeting on Thursday, June 4. The Town’s Planning Team hosted the meeting to announce the postponements, and also to allow the applicant’s representative to provide an update. Video of the Town’s announcement and the applicant’s update can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNatsvknmLk

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