Here are the highlights of Tuesday's meeting -
TRAFFIC AND PARKING COMMISSION
10 people applied and 5 were chosen:
- Sonny Morper (Jim Gardner)
- Jim Richert (Tom Cagley)
- Mark Tettemer (Dwight Robinson)
- Jordan Villwork (Leah Basile)
- Rob Pequeno (Scott Voigts)
Neither Mark Tettemer nor Jordan Villwork were present. Mr. Villwork submitted a letter explaining that an emergency meeting at his workplace required his attendance.
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GENERAL PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
The company preparing the General Plan offered broad guidelines for selecting the committee members. At my recommendation, some of these were changed by the Council -
- High school student was changed to college student
- Building Industry Association was removed
- South County Economic Coalition was removed
- Apartment Association representative was added
- Shopping Center Manager was added
- Business Council representative was changed to Top 10 employers in the City
- Residential RE agent was specified to Top Selling Lake Forest RE agent
- Commercial RE agent was specified to Top Selling Lake Forest RE agent
- HOA representatives were changed to one representative each from a major HOA in FHR/PH and from 92630.
After much discussion, the Council voted (4 to 1) to allow the company to select the committee members with no oversight by the Council.
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PARK RENOVATION
Plans to renovate 10 neighborhood parks were approved, at a cost of about $7,000,000. These are -
- Borrego
- Cherry
- Darrin
- Montbury
- Peachwood
- Pebble Creek
- Rancho Serrano
- Regency
- Sundowner
- Vintage
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Because of the lateness of the hour, this item was held over.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Jim Gardner is on the City Council for Lake Forest where he serves as Mayor. 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 Twitter handle is @DrJimGardner. 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 Aug 16 at 7 pm at the Lake 1 Clubhouse (Ridge Route).
