After putting the Town at financial risk with the purchase of golf courses and a clubhouse, the Oro Valley Town Council voted, at its May 3 meeting, to approve a resolution calling for a special bond election on November 7, 2017, in which Oro Valley voters will decide whether or not to authorize the issuance and sale of $17 million in general obligation bonds.
The bonds would be repaid through a secondary property tax, which sunsets after 20 years.
Those bonds are intended to fund the design, construction, improvement, furnishing and equipping of multi-sport fields, baseball diamond fields, a playground and associated infrastructure and amenities at Naranja Park.
The special bond election will be conducted as a polling place election. The polls will be open from 6 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Election Day, November 7, 2017.
Registered voters who have signed up for the Permanent Early Voter List (PEVL) will automatically receive an early ballot by mail. Registered voters who have made a single request to receive an early ballot for only the November 7, 2017, special bond election will receive an early ballot by mail. The deadline to register to vote in the November 7, 2017, special bond election is Monday, October 9, 2017.
An informational pamphlet will be prepared and mailed to each household with a registered voter not less than 35 days before the date of the election. Any persons wishing to submit an argument “for” or “against” the bond question may do so by following all of the requirements listed in Exhibit “B” of Resolution No. (R)17-17. The filing period for submitting arguments “for” or “against” the issuance of the bonds shall be from July 10, 2017, through July 21, 2017, by 5 p.m.