Rossmoor Speaks Out On Street Sweeping Schedule Changes

ROSSMOOR, CA —Is your home address on the odd or even side of the street? That may matter soon, according to a recent Street Sweeping Solutions Stakeholders meeting.

Residents and government officials gathered Oct. 3 at the Rossmoor Rush Park Auditorium, to get input on how to improve the street sweeping days, from community members. Currently, street sweeping in Rossmoor happens on the first and third Monday of the month. The proposal, presented by General Manager Joe Mendoza, outlined a process, and implementation timeline to change to the first and third Monday street sweeping for even addresses, and the first and third Tuesday street sweeping for odd addresses.

Several local dignitaries attended the meeting, including a representative from Michelle Steel's office, a representative from the Orange County Sheriff's Department, Superintendent Andrew Pulver, and RCSD Director Tony DeMarco. Concerns included costs of changing signage, enforcement, and restraints held the most traction. Input was asked for and received in spades. All present agreed that change was needed, sooner than later.

For parents and faculty of Los Alamitos Unified School District, having no parking on either side of the street from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. was "too restrictive."

"There's nowhere to park on street sweeping days," a volunteer for Los Al said at the meeting. "This discourages volunteer participation."

Over three-quarters of those present agreed with the District's proposal, and all present agreed that change was necessary.

Homeowners, forced to park in the street, failed to understand why they get ticketed after the sweepers had already passed. The idea of utilizing GPS technology as a tool for law enforcement to track the location when it had already passed, eliminating "unnecessary citations" was also discussed.

"We need to work together to present a unified proposal to Orange County Supervisor Michelle Steel," Director DeMarco said at the meeting.

If you are a Rossmoor resident and were unable to attend the Oct. 3, 2019 meeting, we still want to hear from you! There is still time to take the poll by visiting the Rossmoor Community District's website at www.rossmoor-csd.org and clicking on the poll link. Feedback will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29, 2019.