Dear Friends:
I received several Emails reporting what happened at the City Council Meeting Dec 11, 2007. None of them covered what I thought was the MOST IMPORTANT so I have posted below my comment ( in BLUE) a synopsis of the comments of the Email Writers.
Quick Note: Hope Council Member Miller is still on the Mend?
BUT.........
There have been kick in the door break ins in Grand Terrace and Loma Linda and other places in the IE. This seems to be a trend. This is exactly why Citizens should be informed not only of the ARRESTS but the CURRENT INFORMATION ON THE CALLS INTO THE SHERIFF DISPATCH. CRIMES REPORTED INFORMATION IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS ARRESTS REPORTED.
I have noticed that there has been an increase of what look like tree trimmers and gardeners or trash haulers working the streets during the day. This may be related to an awareness the TRIM YOUR TREE Letters went out to the targeted homes.
Here is the Problem and a Solution. We the Citizens have no way of knowing if a person wanting to trim trees or haul limbs has a Business License. We also can't tell if it is someone just looking for legitimate work or looking to break into a house.
The Solution is: Have a Cardboard Placard with a City Business Licence required for all Garden Trucks, Delivery Vehicles, and Persons Collecting for Charity.
If a Business does not have a Placard they should be sighted for doing business in GT without required license. The Placard could be picked up monthly at city hall, changing color or design on a monthly basis. ( Could be like a Temporary Registration Paper you put in your car window) It doesn't have to cost much. But it would give cause for an officer of citizen to be alert if a "Gardener" or Some one Hanging around lacks a legitimate reason for being amongst the residential areas. OH and folks doing business in GT with no Business License either get one or get out of town.
In addition, Citizens could have a Blue Mt. Decal on their car window to indicate they are community members, thus alerting the watchful eyes to "Stranger Danger".
If all business in GT is done with a City License, and the City then Requires all Employers and Businesses to Guarantee all Persons working for the are not Breaking the Law, including Immigration Laws we may see a small growth of employment opportunities for our local Youth and Citizens.
Grand Pa Terrace
Dear Grandpa:
The City Council Meeting started late because they had their annual "Let Them Eat Cake" City Birthday Party. Of course the entire city was not invited. The word gets out to only the few folks who are attentive to the City Council Meetings or on the City Staff/Council or their Friends and Family.
How about next year "Let the City Council and Friends Eat !##*!~". These Private PERKS for a Few Citizens should stop.
GPT:
A Costly Fence for the Park... 25,000 and 13.000 is 38.000.00.
How is this going to affect the "Shared USE" of the School Field and Pool Area? To Be Resolved.
A Costly Trailer to tell Speeders they are Speeding... How about enforcing the Speed Laws with a Ticket, and Lowering the Speed Limit. There is such a thing as a Save and Environmentally Prudent Speed Limit, that this City Council finds to be a laughing matter in several past meetings. This relates to the General Plan, and the Traffic Study costs.
A Costly Law Suit that will be settled out of court. When the City does it is is OK?
No Public Explanation about the Cases against the City. Interesting.
Gramps:
Special Presentations were reviling.
A Council Woman was given the Personal Cell Phone Number of the Fire Dept Chief...
(Not All the Council?, not all Citizens? Special Favors?)
The Comments Regarding Fireworks fell far from genuine. The Fire Department Recommendation was No Fireworks is the Best Option, having Fireworks and additional Enforcement Action and Man Power at the Fire station is an increase in risk.
When a Council Member reported they went to NOLA for the purpose of supporting the Riverside Mayor's Election to the League of City Governments... I was not amused. Riverside has been real helpful in getting the Grand Terrace Bottleneck 215 worked on. Riverside City has done nothing but frustrated a Metro Link Station in Highgrove. The City of Riverside has an RTA that does not provide early enough service in Grand Terrace so that commuters can use Metro Link or the OC/RTA 149 Bus into work.
I am touched by the observations related to the devastation in NOLA and how difficult things are there.
We are most likely not going to have a Typhoon. However, we could suffer Typhoon strength wind and fires and be burned out. We could have an Earthquake that wipes out all utilities, and damages all the buildings and roads.
Like NOLA, Grand Terrace should eventually get a grip on the reality, in a time of disaster we are alone. There should be a Rebuild Plan.
Codes for the Placement of Trailers and RV's for replacement housing. Dry Composting Toilets using Peat Moss as a medium. Each house having water tanks for local water delivery. That is just the beginning. Crops, food, animal care, and medical care... what would be available in each situation?
Global Warming and raising Sea Levels won't have a direct affect. However, wind and fire and earthquake are a threat to Grand Terrace, and this City Council Flirts with that danger each year by selling Fireworks to increase the risk.
Council Member Buchanan... you said you wanted to see the Sports Teams make an effort to earn funds some way other than the Sale of Fireworks. No such effort has been made.
Perhaps Now you will join the 2 who voted against Fireworks, the risk and chaos of their sale and use.
Perhaps the NOLA visit will impress the Council Members with the real Importance of their Jobs as Council Members. (Hint, it is not to help Realtors.)
I received several Emails reporting what happened at the City Council Meeting Dec 11, 2007. None of them covered what I thought was the MOST IMPORTANT so I have posted below my comment ( in BLUE) a synopsis of the comments of the Email Writers.
Quick Note: Hope Council Member Miller is still on the Mend?
BUT.........
There have been kick in the door break ins in Grand Terrace and Loma Linda and other places in the IE. This seems to be a trend. This is exactly why Citizens should be informed not only of the ARRESTS but the CURRENT INFORMATION ON THE CALLS INTO THE SHERIFF DISPATCH. CRIMES REPORTED INFORMATION IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS ARRESTS REPORTED.
I have noticed that there has been an increase of what look like tree trimmers and gardeners or trash haulers working the streets during the day. This may be related to an awareness the TRIM YOUR TREE Letters went out to the targeted homes.
Here is the Problem and a Solution. We the Citizens have no way of knowing if a person wanting to trim trees or haul limbs has a Business License. We also can't tell if it is someone just looking for legitimate work or looking to break into a house.
The Solution is: Have a Cardboard Placard with a City Business Licence required for all Garden Trucks, Delivery Vehicles, and Persons Collecting for Charity.
If a Business does not have a Placard they should be sighted for doing business in GT without required license. The Placard could be picked up monthly at city hall, changing color or design on a monthly basis. ( Could be like a Temporary Registration Paper you put in your car window) It doesn't have to cost much. But it would give cause for an officer of citizen to be alert if a "Gardener" or Some one Hanging around lacks a legitimate reason for being amongst the residential areas. OH and folks doing business in GT with no Business License either get one or get out of town.
In addition, Citizens could have a Blue Mt. Decal on their car window to indicate they are community members, thus alerting the watchful eyes to "Stranger Danger".
If all business in GT is done with a City License, and the City then Requires all Employers and Businesses to Guarantee all Persons working for the are not Breaking the Law, including Immigration Laws we may see a small growth of employment opportunities for our local Youth and Citizens.
Grand Pa Terrace
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Dear Grandpa:
The City Council Meeting started late because they had their annual "Let Them Eat Cake" City Birthday Party. Of course the entire city was not invited. The word gets out to only the few folks who are attentive to the City Council Meetings or on the City Staff/Council or their Friends and Family.
How about next year "Let the City Council and Friends Eat !##*!~". These Private PERKS for a Few Citizens should stop.
GPT:
A Costly Fence for the Park... 25,000 and 13.000 is 38.000.00.
How is this going to affect the "Shared USE" of the School Field and Pool Area? To Be Resolved.
A Costly Trailer to tell Speeders they are Speeding... How about enforcing the Speed Laws with a Ticket, and Lowering the Speed Limit. There is such a thing as a Save and Environmentally Prudent Speed Limit, that this City Council finds to be a laughing matter in several past meetings. This relates to the General Plan, and the Traffic Study costs.
A Costly Law Suit that will be settled out of court. When the City does it is is OK?
No Public Explanation about the Cases against the City. Interesting.
Gramps:
Special Presentations were reviling.
A Council Woman was given the Personal Cell Phone Number of the Fire Dept Chief...
(Not All the Council?, not all Citizens? Special Favors?)
The Comments Regarding Fireworks fell far from genuine. The Fire Department Recommendation was No Fireworks is the Best Option, having Fireworks and additional Enforcement Action and Man Power at the Fire station is an increase in risk.
When a Council Member reported they went to NOLA for the purpose of supporting the Riverside Mayor's Election to the League of City Governments... I was not amused. Riverside has been real helpful in getting the Grand Terrace Bottleneck 215 worked on. Riverside City has done nothing but frustrated a Metro Link Station in Highgrove. The City of Riverside has an RTA that does not provide early enough service in Grand Terrace so that commuters can use Metro Link or the OC/RTA 149 Bus into work.
I am touched by the observations related to the devastation in NOLA and how difficult things are there.
We are most likely not going to have a Typhoon. However, we could suffer Typhoon strength wind and fires and be burned out. We could have an Earthquake that wipes out all utilities, and damages all the buildings and roads.
Like NOLA, Grand Terrace should eventually get a grip on the reality, in a time of disaster we are alone. There should be a Rebuild Plan.
Codes for the Placement of Trailers and RV's for replacement housing. Dry Composting Toilets using Peat Moss as a medium. Each house having water tanks for local water delivery. That is just the beginning. Crops, food, animal care, and medical care... what would be available in each situation?
Global Warming and raising Sea Levels won't have a direct affect. However, wind and fire and earthquake are a threat to Grand Terrace, and this City Council Flirts with that danger each year by selling Fireworks to increase the risk.
Council Member Buchanan... you said you wanted to see the Sports Teams make an effort to earn funds some way other than the Sale of Fireworks. No such effort has been made.
Perhaps Now you will join the 2 who voted against Fireworks, the risk and chaos of their sale and use.
Perhaps the NOLA visit will impress the Council Members with the real Importance of their Jobs as Council Members. (Hint, it is not to help Realtors.)
