Agenda for November 9 Community Meeting

The agenda and MAC report is posted online at: http://bit.ly/wv11092015

WONDER VALLEY MONTHLY MONDAY MEETING

Second Monday of the month, November 9, 2015, 9:00 a.m.

Wonder Valley Community Center

80526 Amboy Road, Wonder Valley, CA 92277

Wonder Valley MAC Delegate and Meeting Chair: Teresa Sitz

Everyone is invited and welcome to attend and participate.

A G E N D A

1. Call to order and Flag Salute
   
2. Community comment on items not on the agenda
   The community is also invited to comment after the reports and during the discussions below.
   
3. Reports and Presentations
   a. Stewart West, Veterans Benefits Advisor
   b. Discussion and possible action: Shall the community endorse the delegate’s MAC Report to be read at the MAC meeting tonight?
   
4. Ongoing Business
   "Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” – Vincent Van Gogh
   a. Neighborhood Watch and NextDoor
   i. Demo of a stand alone window alarm
   ii. House numbers
   b. Fire Tax Update
   c. Illegal Dumping – Code Enforcement
   
5. Agenda planning
   The community is invited to suggest items to place on the next meeting agenda.
   
6. Announcements
   
7. Adjournment 

 November 9, 2015, MAC Report: Wonder Valley
by Teresa Sitz, Wonder Valley Delegate

We had a Community Meeting this morning with ___ in attendance. Stewart West, a Wonder Valley resident and VA Benefits Advisor from the Marine Base presented.

There will be a HEAP workshop this Friday the 13th at the Wonder Valley Community Center from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Everyone is invited and welcome to attend.

Our biannual Dale Basin Well Owners Association meeting was on November 1 with about 20 people in attendance. Five people joined bringing the total membership to 80. President Clarence Chambers updated us on the state of our wells.

At our December 14 Community Meeting the BLM is going to bring maps and we’ll look at what’s going on with the roads and OHV access in Wonder Valley.

The second Fire Tax Meeting on Saturday, December 12 will allow those who work during the week, weekenders, and snow birds to attend and ask questions about the proposed fire tax.

Our NextDoor network has 65 members now and we continue to keep an eye out for each other.

Thank you.

Monthly MAC report for Wonder Valley

The people in attendance at yesterday's community meeting voted unanimously to endorse this report, with two additions, to the MAC meeting last night.

July 13, 2015 MAC Report on Wonder Valley

We started a Neighborhood Watch in Wonder Valley last month, and on June 17 we joined NextDoor.com, a private online social network and an enhancement to the Neighborhood Watch program. Since we started 33 people have signed up. We’ve invited the Sheriff’s Department to join our group so we can receive notices from them.

There have been a few arrests in Wonder Valley recently, and residents have mentioned seeing the Sheriff’s Department out here more often. We want them to know we appreciate them keeping on top of problems here.

We had our monthly Monday Meeting this morning with 19 people in attendance. San Bernardino County Sherriff’s Specialist Robert Anderson attended and spoke to us about crime in the area, the Neighborhood Watch and NextDoor. Reese Troublefield, the Interim Divisional Manager, and John Bradford, the Assistant Regional Manager, of San Bernardino Special Districts presented on the budget summary and gave a road report.

I added three local cooling stations to the website – 29 Palms Senior Center, the 29 Palms Branch Library, and Hi-Desert Medical Center. Our temperatures have hovered around 110 degrees lately. I spoke with Southern California Edison about opening our Community Center as a cooling center. SCE told me they couldn’t provide funds as San Bernardino County had not contracted with the Public Utilities Commission to receive money to fund cooling centers. Star Javier, who works at the Wonder Valley Community Center said SCE has been closing centers throughout the Morongo Valley, including Joshua Tree.

We also discussed illegal dumping.

On July 6 Kip’s Desert Book Club met at the Glass Outhouse to discuss the book Vermillion Sands by J.G. Ballard. There were 28 people attending. We’re grateful to Kip Fjeld and High Desert Test Sites for continuing to site their projects in Wonder Valley.

Several local artists are working with Laurel and Frank from the Glass Outhouse to produce the Wonder Valley Art Fair on October 24 &25, to run concurrently with the Art Tour. We’re working with local businesses to be open at the same time.

We’re publishing a one-sheet, hard copy newspaper called the Wonder Valley Sand Paper. It’s designed to reach people in the area who might not be online.

There are two new Wonder Valley post cards. The website address is listed on the back if you’d like to see what we’re up to.