A City Council Quickie

Adjournment in Memory: Ruth Rosalie Northcote, 86, passed away in her El Cajon home on July 21, 2011. She was a choir director and Sunday School teacher in the area and had assisted in her family dairy business in Santee for 32 years. After the closed, she helped open and operate the Mobile Home Community in town. She was active in and PTA, amongst other things she did to brighten the community.

A certificate of Adjournment in honor of Ruth is was presented to her family by Mayor Randy Voepel. See the video of speaking with the Northcote family about Ruth and the family's long history in Santee, in the media box, and you can .

shared an anecdote about Ruth and her husband coming to city council meetings religiously when Dale first started on the council. He remembers talking with them about how the state had come to their property and told them they had to cut down a tree in order for them to build SR-52.

Presentations: The Coca Cola Company presented a $10,000 check to the City of Santee as part of the "Live Positively" contest. These funds will be used for recreation equipment for the at Lakes and the Skate Park at .

Reminder: Town Center Park is still in the running for one of the grand prizes ($100,000) in the and needs your vote!

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Abut a month ago, when we started tracking this, Town Center Park was at #538 on the list. And, as of August 25, it is up to #12 on the list with about 131,039 votes!

• The , which needed updating to reflect , was approved to be cut equally across all recipients.

• The final act by the council on Wednesday was the approval for the Community Development Commission to begin a payment schedule to the state, a result of California which are being challenged in state Supreme Court. The City Attorney said the payments essentially had to be approved before the court makes a decision in January, though a decision should be made before the first payment goes through.