Welcome To The Rancho Valencia Website

This is a website for all of us to use as a means of communication. Blogs, especially those on blogger.com, are fairly easy to navigate. I would suggest adding the site to your bookmarks to find it quickly. Hopefully we can post board minutes and other valuable information here so that it is easily accessible for everyone.

Below is the initial email Bill Stark sent out earlier this week...

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to the RV Blog! Thank you for joining. I very much enjoyed speaking with many of you this last weekend. I think this will really help us as a community. It is kind of a neighborhood watch. We can take opinion polls on subjects before board meetings and share information.

If I have misspelled your name or you want to change your information, please send corrections to me so that I can finalize the list. A couple of homes are between e-mail addresses right now but do want to be a part of the list. I have included the list as an attachment so that you can sort it at will. If you don't see your neighbor on the list it is probably because they weren't home. Go tell them about the list, ask if they would like to be on it, and if they do then send me an e-mail with all the information. Please put RV Blog in the subject line so that even though we may not recognize the e-mail address it was sent from we will know it is from a neighbor. If I get an e-mail from someone I don't know I delete it without opening it.

This distribution is not for selling Girl Scout cookies or advertising your business. It is for communicating things like gate code changes, board meeting changes, information on maintenance or upcoming events. Anyone who breaks the rules may find themselves removed from the distribution list.

So what's on your mind? Hot topics that I discussed with many of you include:

1) The first house on the right as you enter from JFK. The landscaping is turning brown and the trees are dying. It is the signature home for our track and it must be kept looking nice. It is owned by Capital One and Darlene Kearney is the contact. (951)781-9965

2) The orange groves are looking great! Dave Pulver told me that the original plan was to skirt all the trees but to hedge and top every third row. He mentioned Saturday that the board has decided to bite the bullet and do all the rows. NOTE: one neighbor experienced a lot of flying debris (oranges & sticks) from the flywheel cutting machine. . . So look out!

3) Many neighbors expressed interest in having a community block party.

Hope to hear from you soon,
Bill Stark

Friday, May 16, 2008

General Aviation At MARB

At ~4:30pm on Wednesday 5/14/08, the Joint Powers Commission voted 5 to 3 to approve amendment 2 of the Joint Use Agreement which will allow general aviation use of MARB. It also calls for the establishment of a Fixed Base Operator (FBO) to service general aviation needs (tie downs, fuel, pilot supplies). What this means to us is that eventually, private fixed wing aircraft, helicopters, and corporate and charter jets will have 24/7 access to March. This will put the Joint Use Agreement into compliance w/ FAA regulations for receipt of federal grants. Currently the agreement allows 21,000 operations per year (landings and takeoffs are each considered an operation). Note: DHL is currently using 4,100 of the 21,000 operations annually. The 3 dissenting votes were from Schiavone, Loveridge, and Buster.
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Friday, April 25, 2008

Graffiti

I'm sure most of you have noticed the graffiti on the split rail fences on Dauchy and JFK. There is also lots of graffiti on and around the abandoned buildings on Dauchy just past the back gates. It wasn't too long ago that some taggers actually made it into our neighborhood and did quite a bit of damage with their graffiti. Please be watchful and contact the authorities if you ever notice anything or anyone suspicious. Below are some phone numbers to call if ever you do see something or need to report any new graffiti.

Riverside Graffiti Hotline: 866-824-3733 or 951.955.3333

Or visit online the Riverside County's Graffiti Busters at:
http://www.rcgraffitibusters.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx
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Thursday, April 24, 2008

Nighttime Flights


The Riverside Chamber just endorsed Polar Air which is the subsidiary of DHL who will be taking over the international night flights to Asia and Europe so we are running out of time to stop them. The public needs to demand new environmental impact studies be conducted as past decisions have been based on information from the 90s. To add insult to injury, DHL has a very profitable business with Iran! If we don't act now we will be stuck with night flights and even more air traffic which will drive the value of our homes down even more than the recession.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Front Gate House...

Hi All,
I have contacted the Capital One banker (Darlene Kearney is listed as the representative but I always speak to Sandra) and they told me that they hired a gardener to care for the property month to month. She said that he was going to go to the property on Tuesday. I checked Tuesday night and the water to the irrigation valves is still off (water to the hose bib is on). I spoke to Darlene finally (Wed noon) and she said that they will do whatever it takes to green it up. I also informed her that there is an open window. They will be out to resecure the home.
Bill
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Block Party...

Bill had mentioned in his initial email that many people were interested in planning a block party. Has anyone started initial planning, or is there anyone willing to begin this daunting task? It would be a fun event to see happen annually...
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Tree Trimming...

The trees look great! The trimmers were working on the grove behind our house yesterday and the difference is amazing. It is a little strange to be able to see more through the trees but we will have healthy trees now as a benefit.
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