CITY EVENTS I. Athletic Achievement Recognition Wall of Fame winners. On Saturday, April 10th I had the honor of presiding over the Athletic Achievement Recognition Wall of Fame ceremony at the Tommy Lasorda Jr. Field Houes in which the city recognized five Yorba Linda athletes of great distinction. The names of each of the athletes recognized were added to the Athletic Achievement Recognition Wall of Fame just outside the Field House. The athletes recognized included: Kaitlin Cochran – A woman’s softball star who played at Rosary High School and Arizona State University. She held many Rosary and CIF records. At ASU Kaitlin led her team to its first ever national championship and broke several school and NCAA records. Teresa Guidi – A woman’s swim team and water polo star who swam for Esperanza High School and then Loyola Marymount University. At the collegiate level Teresa was a three time all American and the only player in Loyola’s history to earn First Team All American honors. Jeff Holguin – A trap shooting star who has many world competition honors and American Olympic Team experience. Jeff is currently serving in the United States Army serving in the Army Marksmanship Unit training our soldiers. Nicole Leonard - A nationally renowned roller skater who has won the American and the Junior World Class Championships. Ricky Wells – An extraordinarily talented speedway motorcycle racer. Ricky has won several American Motorcycle Association California and National Championships and did so at a younger age than any of the many previous champions. Ricky’s mom accepted the award for him as he is currently competing for the World Speedway Championship in London, England. Pictured left to right: Teresa Guidi, Kaitlin Cochran, Mayor John Anderson, Nicole Leonard, and Ricky Wells. II. Hidden Hills - Stonehaven Emergency Access Road. I also presided over the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Hidden Hills – Stonehaven Emergency Access Road on Saturday April 10th. As you may recall, in response to the Freeway Complex Fire and its impact on the Hidden Hills and Stonehaven neighborhoods, the Yorba Linda City Council approved agenda Item #10 at the 09/15/09 City Council meeting regarding the proposed Hidden Hills to Stonehaven Emergency Access Road Project! This is one of the HIGH PRIORITY items that we have all worked towards to help make our Hidden Hills and Stonehaven neighborhoods safer in the event of roadway blockage, emergency or disaster! The Hidden Hills - Stonehaven Emergency Access Road Project has just been completed by the City of Yorba Linda!! There was a Dedication Ceremony held by the City of Yorba Linda today at noon. After the brief dedication ceremony, the gates to the Hidden Hills – Stonehaven Emergency Access Road were unlocked for approximately an hour so that Hidden Hills and Stonehaven residents could walk the roadway for familiarization purposes. The Hidden Hills – Stonehaven Emergency Access Road is intended for public use only during times of emergency as deemed appropriate by our public safety agencies. After the dedication ceremony the gates were locked and the roadway will remain closed until the next emergency. The newly improved roadway is approximately 4,000 feet long and starts at the Cul de Sac end of Green Crest Drive in Hidden Hills, goes immediately past the Santiago Reservoir, and ends/exits at Stonehaven Drive. Community members at opening of access road. Mayor John Anderson & Mark Schock. SHOP IN YORBA LINDA "Yorba Linda .... We're Kind of a BIG DEAL" is a new shop local program sponsored by the Business Development Committee of the Yorba Linda Chamber of Commerce. The program kicked off March 17, 2010, with weekly specials offered by local merchant Chamber members. This program is a great way to support our businesses in the community, as well as keeping tax dollars in Yorba Linda. You can receive an ecologically friendly reusable Big Deal shopping bag for $1.00. All that is needed is to fill out a card with your email address to receive weekly email blasts of the BIG DEALS! Bags and faubs can be picked up at: Stefano's Golden Baked Hams (In the Packing House shopping center); Wish Children's Boutique (on the corner of Yorba Linda Blvd. and Yorba Ranch Road); Jabez Salon (In the Stater Bros. shopping center on Lakeview/Yorba Linda Blvd.) and at the Chamber Office (located at the corner of Richfield Rd. and Yorba Linda Blvd.). For more details and to participate, please go to: www.Shop-YL.com YMCA Fitness Studio Grand Opening! Left to Right: Mayor Joe Aguirre, Placentia, Mayor Pro Tem Nancy Rikel, Jodi Roberto for Assesmblyman Bob Huff, Clare McKenna YMCA, Karalee Ethridge for Representative Gary Miller, Mayor John Anderson, and, Cindi Williams, Chamber of Commerce President. I participated in a Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Saturday January 30 at the North Orange County Family YMCA Fitness Studio, 18333 Lemon Drive, Yorba Linda. This new location will be open Monday through Friday and offers Adult Exercise Classes (Cardio Kick, Combat Blast, Pilates, Pi/Yo, Step Aerobics, TRX Training, Yoga, and Yumba) , Youth Teen and Seniors Yoga and after school programs for children. For more information call 714-879-9622 or Or click here: YMCA Black Gold Golf Course Grass Update Black Gold Golf Course was intended to be a money generating enterprise with the planned community of Vista Del Verde build around it. When the golf course was approved residents were promised that it would generate a net profit of more than $1,000,000.00 within five years of opening. Unfortunately, those projections were wildly optimistic. Instead of generating one million dollars in profits the course has become an enormous financial drain on the Yorba Linda general fund. Over the last few years hundreds of thousands of dollars have been transferred from the general fund to the course to make up for shortfalls and to finance needed improvements. It came to the attention of the Parks and Recreation Department a couple of years ago that the rye grass on the course was failing beyond repair and that a more permanent solution was needed. Originally, the proposed remedy was to replace the grass with hybrid Bermuda grass sod which would necessitate closing down the course completely or in two phases during the transition. Worse yet the cost of the proposed solution was approximately $8,000,000.00. Despite the enormity of the cost, there were two council members publicly supporting the expense. I vigorously opposed spending $8,000,000.00 and significant public opposition to the plan arose. Eventually, after the uproar, the course operators devised a plan to replace the rye grass with kikuyu grass at a cost of only $300,000.00 to $500,000.00. This example strongly underscores the need for close scrutiny and public oversight in cases of large city expenditures. The City Council was just one vote away from spending $7,500,000.00 more than ultimately proved needed once the public became so vocal. Recently the issue came before the Yorba Linda Audit Committee - a committee which oversees the finances of the city and makes recommendations to the council to consider as a whole. I sit on the committee as the mayor along with Councilman Mark Schwing. The proposal came back to the committee as recommending nearly a $1,700,000.00 project. I voiced my opposition to the amount increasing so dramatically and asked for the course operators to work on a more modest plan consistent with their initial projections. Of course the operators are free to present their inflated plan to the whole council. I will not support it. The City Audit Committee (also called the finance committee) meets before each regularly schedule City Council meeting. The meetings are open to the public, are noticed well in advance, have agendas posted on the city website in advance of the meetings, and are memorialized with written minutes. The grass renovation plan will be coming back to the Audit Committee soon and then will go on to the Council. Mr. Drummond of the Yorba Linda Star wrote about this topic in his weekly column. The column can be found at the following link: http://www.ocregister.com/news/million-229396-linda-course.html Copyright © 2010 Friends of John Anderson All Rights Reserved Paid for by Friends of John Anderson - FPPC ID 1290130 |
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