Bits and Pieces

There’s not enough meat in any one of these to make a subway sandwich, but here’s the bits and pieces that fly across my desk.

SPECIAL NEEDS RESOURCE FAIR

Saturday, April 9 – CHANGE OF VENUE. Now at City Hall instead of Pittsford Park.

DOES COX HAVE A MONOPOLY?

“Initially, Cox Cable had a non-exclusive franchise agreement with the City. However, several years ago a change in state law migrated cable franchises to the jurisdiction of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). Cable Television franchises remain non-exclusive throughout the state; therefore, by definition Cox Cable does not have a monopoly on the service provision of cable-related high speed internet access in Lake Forest. The only limitation for a competitive cable provider is to obtain a similar non-exclusive franchise from the CPUC and the desire to build the necessary infrastructure. Other types of internet accessibility are similar in that the limitation is a provider’s (e.g., AT&T or Goggle) desire to construct the necessary infrastructure after receiving any relevant approvals and permits.”

FIXING UP LAKE FOREST TOWN CENTER

“The City has not received any plans for exterior improvements to the Lake Forest Town Centre on Lake Forest Drive and Muirlands. However, we continue to work with the property management company on marketing opportunities for their tenants.”

WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH THE U-HAUL PROPERTY ON JERONIMO

· “November 17, 2015, the City received an application for a Use Permit (UP 11-15-4854) for a new self-storage facility with UHAUL truck and equipment rental services.

· December 16, 2016, staff deemed the application incomplete and Screen check comments were sent to the applicant….

· February 24, 2016, Staff met with…the project architect to discuss the project and the comments that were sent. [He} indicated that he was working with UHAUL to address the information and project details requested by staff. He did not indicate when the revised plans would be submitted…”

TRASH TALK

Fees for both residential and commercial waste collection are going down effective July 1, 2016. Residential will go down $0.18 to $0.21 and commercial will go down $1.03 to $1.83

IRWD BUILDING BOOSTER STATIONS

IRWD is going to build two Chloramine booster stations and reservoir mixers, one in Foothill Ranch (2 Touraine Place) and the other in Portola Hills (18967 Saddleback Ranch Rd). There seems to be considerable debate about the health consequences of Chloramine –

http://www.chloramine.org/

http://www.vce.org/ErinBrockovichChloramination.html

I’ve asked the City Manager to look into this situation.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Jim Gardner is on the City Council for Lake Forest. You can check him out on LinkedIn and/or Facebook and you can share your thoughts about the City at Lake Forest Town Square on Facebook. His comments are not meant to reflect official City Policy.

Dr. Gardner has office hours every Tuesday from 4 pm to 6 pm at the City Hall. In addition, he holds a Town Hall meeting every quarter. The next meeting will be on April 9 at 2 pm at the Foothill Ranch Public Library.

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