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Oro Valley

Water rate hike to raise average bill by $2

The Oro Valley Town Council unanimously approved a 5 percent water rate increase last week.

After a public hearing May 17, the Town Council also recommended that the Groundwater Preservation Fee increase from 21 cents to 25 cents per thousand gallons of water. That charge will not apply to reclaimed water.

Officials with the Oro Valley Water Utility said the average household uses 10,000 gallons of water a month and will see a monthly increase of about $2.

Also approved were the establishment of construction water rates and increases for backflow permit fees, construction inspection fees and hydrant meter relocation fees.

The new rate becomes effective June 17.

Police recognize volunteers

The Oro Valley Police Department honored its volunteers, who have collectively provided more than 106,000 hours of service since July 1997.

Certificates of recognition were presented this month to top volunteers Richard Stewart for 7,500 hours, Jack Remington for 6,500 hours, Dave Williams for 2,500 hours and Marlene Anderson for 2,000 hours.

Several other volunteers were honored for donating between 500 hours and up to five years of service, said Liz Wright, a department spokeswoman.

"Our volunteers are loving and enthusiastic," Wright said.

Police volunteers in Oro Valley participate in many ways, including patrolling, working at the Sun City Vistoso substation, providing fingerprinting services and helping with the Darkhouse, Neighborhood Watch and law enforcement shoulder patch exchange programs.

FOP program will teach identity-theft prevention

The Oro Valley Fraternal Order of Police is conducting a free event to help residents learn how to protect themselves from identity theft.

It will run from 9 to 11 a.m. June 10 at Oro Valley Town Council Chambers, 11000 N. La Cañada Drive.

Shred It Inc. will provide free paper-shredding services, and Oro Valley Crime Prevention Officer Mike Schuh will give a presentation on identity theft.

Oro Valley residents are encouraged to bring old tax papers and other confidential documents to be shredded.

Space is limited to the first 80 people who make reservations; call 229-3137 to participate.

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Cortaro Ranch celebrates completion of new park

The Cortaro Ranch Homeowners Association celebrated the completion of a new park last Saturday.

About 85 people gathered for the celebration. The park's main recreational facilities — a playground and basketball courts — sit in a detention basin that fills with water briefly after heavy rainfall.

Some work on the park will likely continue, said chairman Mark Sprouls of the Cortaro Ranch Playground Committee.

"As with most projects that are done primarily with the volunteer route, it will remain a work in progress for some time," he said.

When the Cortaro Ranch development was built in 1999, east of Interstate 10 and north of Cortaro Farms Road, no space was set aside for parks or playgrounds. Homeowners association members decided to take it upon themselves to set aside property for a park.

The homeowners association spent $32,000 on the equipment, materials and contracted work. The association leased land from the Archaeological Conservancy, which has been preserving two acres in the area since it was developed, to build a picnic table and a jogging trail. The park is at West Shady Grove Drive and North Wood Avenue.