August 24, 2005 - The Oro Valley town council will soon begin discussing how to pay for the Naranja Town Site regional park.

As the Naranja Town Site Master Plan Executive Committee approaches the task of combining two proposals for recreational and cultural uses for the 213-acre property, its members are also expressing fears of being drawn into a "political miasma."

Oro Valley leaders on Wednesday will discuss the future of the Naranja Town Site.

The Naranja Town Site Master Plan Task Force on Aug.19 will ask residents for their reaction to two options for locating town buildings on the 214-acre park site even though several of the panel's members are opposed to placing such facilities there.

On Wednesday, Oct. 20, the Oro Valley Town Council gave unanimous approval for the parks and recreation department to move ahead with a study about adding amenities to the Naranja Town Site.

Dr. Satish Hiremath will be in the fourth annual Oro Valley Holiday Parade this Saturday, pulling the Hiremath Family Dentistry float and demonstrating his “Queen Elizabeth Wave” to the crowd.

Mark Twain once observed: “If we would learn what the human race really is at bottom, we need only observe it in election times.”

Answering a call from town officials to submit arguments in favor of and opposed to the Naranja Town Site ballot issue, 39 residents sent in their opinions.

Oro Valley officials plan an open house to share information about the proposed Naranja Town Site bond election.

As part of an ongoing campaign to inform townspeople of the Naranja Town Site plan, Oro Valley officials held an open house last Tuesday at Wilson K-8 School.

October 4, 2006 - Not long after Oro Valley's proposed utility tax failed on Sept. 20, some council members expressed worry about the potential fallout that wasn't addressed during the public debate.

Operation and maintenance costs alone for Oro Valley's proposed 213-acre Naranja Town Site at West Naranja Drive between North La Canada Drive and North First Avenue are expected to add at least $6.5 million a year to the $53 million it is estimated it will take to build the park over a five-year period.

Plans for locating cultural and recreational facilities at Oro Valley's 212-acre Naranja Town Site were approved unanimously by the Naranja Town Site Executive Committee Sept. 10, but it was an entirely different matter as far as putting town buildings on the site.

A plan to have one of the largest regional parks in the county completed as early as 2009 will be discussed at the end of this month by the Oro Valley town council.

Hundreds turned out for the Oro Valley Holiday Parade on a cool Saturday morning along Naranja Drive.