Welcome tidings at Christmastime
Christmas, of course, is a traditional time for good news. Even the local civic scene offers a share of welcome tidings:
--The long vacant, sadly dilapidated historic Trueblood-Janeway home--visible from Imperial Highway at the Lemon Drive intersection, behind the deteriorating railroad caboose adjacent to Polly’s Restaurant--has drawn three proposals for rehabilitation.
The city’s Redevelopment Agency, which funds ventures from the increased property taxes collected due to building activity in the city’s Savi Ranch and Old Town project areas, bought the two-story house for $385,000 on a 5-0 City Council vote in January.
Six interested parties visited the home at Park Avenue and Lemon Drive in response to a city-sponsored marketing effort, and three development proposals were submitted Nov. 1. The council has scheduled presentations on the plans for a Jan. 4 meeting.
One plan from local activists in a recently formed Yorba Linda Preservation Foundation proposes a half-million dollar privately funded rehabilitation, with the city retaining title.
Another proposal from 25-year residents Pete and Jessie Sioson would buy the house for $50,000 and spend about $385,000 for renovation for their daughter’s use as a residence.
A third plan from Spectra Company of Pomona offers $10 for the house and requests a $250,000 city loan to help fund $545,000 rehab costs, for lease as a residence or office.
A final decision might be made by three council members, since John Anderson and Tom Lindsey have conflicts due to the campaign contribution provisions of the new ethics law.
--An Armed Forces Banner Program to honor active duty and fallen military personnel is under consideration by the council. The city already owns 22 decorative poles that could display banners, with 15 more Edison Company-owned poles possibly available for use.
Anaheim, Brea, Chino, Chino Hills, Diamond Bar, La Habra, Orange and Rancho Cucamonga already exhibit banners, from Brea’s 24 to Rancho Cucamonga’s 322.
Banners are estimated to cost $354 each, including design, printing, hardware and installation expenses, or a total $15,576 for 44 banners on the 22 city-owned poles.
According to a 5-0 council vote, the city would “encourage participants to sponsor” design and printing, with the city paying for hardware and installation. “Additional sponsorships could be sought to offset costs,” noted a city staff report.
--Police officers designated as School Resource Officers are in place at all high schools in the Placentia-Yorba Linda school district again this year, despite budgetary difficulties shared by the three sponsoring agencies, the school district and the cities of Yorba Linda and Placentia.
Yorba Linda and the district are splitting the cost of one officer to serve both the Yorba Linda and Esperanza campuses, while Placentia and the district are sharing costs to put one officer at each of three campuses, El Camino Real, El Dorado and Valencia.
SROs are trained for three roles--law enforcement, law-related counselor and law-related education teacher--and act as comprehensive resources to the assigned campuses, stated a report to the school district’s trustees by Assistant Superintendent Candy Plahy.
“We expect the SRO to positively impact student, staff and parental perceptions of school safety,” Plahy’s report noted.
--The long vacant, sadly dilapidated historic Trueblood-Janeway home--visible from Imperial Highway at the Lemon Drive intersection, behind the deteriorating railroad caboose adjacent to Polly’s Restaurant--has drawn three proposals for rehabilitation.
The city’s Redevelopment Agency, which funds ventures from the increased property taxes collected due to building activity in the city’s Savi Ranch and Old Town project areas, bought the two-story house for $385,000 on a 5-0 City Council vote in January.
Six interested parties visited the home at Park Avenue and Lemon Drive in response to a city-sponsored marketing effort, and three development proposals were submitted Nov. 1. The council has scheduled presentations on the plans for a Jan. 4 meeting.
One plan from local activists in a recently formed Yorba Linda Preservation Foundation proposes a half-million dollar privately funded rehabilitation, with the city retaining title.
Another proposal from 25-year residents Pete and Jessie Sioson would buy the house for $50,000 and spend about $385,000 for renovation for their daughter’s use as a residence.
A third plan from Spectra Company of Pomona offers $10 for the house and requests a $250,000 city loan to help fund $545,000 rehab costs, for lease as a residence or office.
A final decision might be made by three council members, since John Anderson and Tom Lindsey have conflicts due to the campaign contribution provisions of the new ethics law.
--An Armed Forces Banner Program to honor active duty and fallen military personnel is under consideration by the council. The city already owns 22 decorative poles that could display banners, with 15 more Edison Company-owned poles possibly available for use.
Anaheim, Brea, Chino, Chino Hills, Diamond Bar, La Habra, Orange and Rancho Cucamonga already exhibit banners, from Brea’s 24 to Rancho Cucamonga’s 322.
Banners are estimated to cost $354 each, including design, printing, hardware and installation expenses, or a total $15,576 for 44 banners on the 22 city-owned poles.
According to a 5-0 council vote, the city would “encourage participants to sponsor” design and printing, with the city paying for hardware and installation. “Additional sponsorships could be sought to offset costs,” noted a city staff report.
--Police officers designated as School Resource Officers are in place at all high schools in the Placentia-Yorba Linda school district again this year, despite budgetary difficulties shared by the three sponsoring agencies, the school district and the cities of Yorba Linda and Placentia.
Yorba Linda and the district are splitting the cost of one officer to serve both the Yorba Linda and Esperanza campuses, while Placentia and the district are sharing costs to put one officer at each of three campuses, El Camino Real, El Dorado and Valencia.
SROs are trained for three roles--law enforcement, law-related counselor and law-related education teacher--and act as comprehensive resources to the assigned campuses, stated a report to the school district’s trustees by Assistant Superintendent Candy Plahy.
“We expect the SRO to positively impact student, staff and parental perceptions of school safety,” Plahy’s report noted.
posted by Jim Drummond at 12:00 PM
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