Jan
12
A New City Commission
Filed Under 2012 Issues, Commission Meetings, Highlands Guy's Thursday column | Leave a Comment
(Los Alamitos, 1/12/2012) Perhaps it’s indicative of the importance of the topic that our Highland Guy’s column this week picks up where our last post left off.
Oce again our Thursday columnist comes up with an innovative possible solution to a current challenge!
by Highlands Guy: The current list of Los Alamitos City Commissions seems to cover most of the areas that would require some level of citizen input and oversight.
We can have a say on how stuff gets done, from keeping the parks open and safe, to trying to get the traffic through or around our city efficiently, to planning for future development, and making sure tax money is spent properly. Important subjects to be sure.
But there is an area that I think just might be more important than any of those noted above. If we are not safe and secure in our homes then everything else just doesn’t matter all that much. Thus I would propose Read more
Jan
9
Planning Commission focuses on General Plan Issues tonight
Filed Under 2012 Issues, Commission Meetings, Planning & Zoning | 7 Comments
(Los Alamitos, 1/9/2012)If you want to give your input into issues relating to the Los Alamitos General Plan revision, tonight’s your chance!
From the staff report for tonight’s Planning Commission Meeting:
Tonight is the Planning Commission’s third meeting addressing the General Plan.
Discussion will include further discussion on Preliminary Issues, Opportunities, and Constraints of the General Plan Update.
The General Plan update is now in its sixth month of progress and a Read more
Nov
14
General Plan overview, public hearing on Block Grant at tonight’s Planning Commission
Filed Under Commission Meetings, Planning & Zoning | 4 Comments
(Los Alamitos, 11/14/11) It looks like there will be lots of information on two important topics at tonight’s 7 p.m. Los Alamitos Planning Commission:
- A mandated Public Hearing on priorities for the use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds.
- Continued discussion on incorporating the City’s Strategic Plan into the General Plan, currently under a state mandated revision, including a staff overview of the goals Read more
Sep
12
Residential Infill Task Force on tonight’s Planning Commission Agenda
Filed Under Commission Meetings, Planning & Zoning, Your reporting & comments | Leave a Comment
(Los Alamitos, 9/12/2011) Well, the agenda finally is posted, and there’s really only one significant item I could find: Establishment of a task force composed entirely of developers to “streamline the development process for residential infill in Read more
Sep
11
Agenda for tomorrow’s Planning Commission: Top Secret?
Filed Under Commission Meetings, Planning & Zoning | 2 Comments
Monday afternoon update: The link’s now working, & click here for what’s on the agenda, & to comment on it. (Los Alamitos, 9/11/2011) I can’t say for sure whether it’s intentional or something else.
Maybe Al Queda in Los Alamitos Read more
Aug
22
Your reporting & comments on Monday’s Public Hearing on Rossmoor Annexation
Filed Under 2011 Issues, Commission Meetings, Rossmoor, Troy Edgar, Your reporting & comments | 18 Comments
Pete Carvajal addresses overflow Rossmoor crowd tonight, "We're all neighbors"
(8/22/2011) The Los Alamitos/Seal Beach Patch thinks tonight’s meeting could be “quite rowdy.”
Los Al Councilman Troy Edgar says the Planning Commission’s intent is not to “go Read more
Aug
20
Public Hearing on Rossmoor “4th Corner” annexation Monday, 8/22/11
Filed Under Commission Meetings, Planning & Zoning, Rossmoor, Troy Edgar | 5 Comments
(8/20/2011, Los Alamitos) Our Planning Commission’s regular meeting at 7 p.m. this Monday includes a Public Hearing ” will consider the annexation of the businesses and apartments in the area known as the “Rossmoor Shopping Center,” at the southwest corner of Los Alamitos Boulevard and Katella Avenue.
Specifically, the Public Hearing deals with the Read more
Jul
26
7/26 & 28/2011 Los Al din din a go go’s for the week
Filed Under Commission Meetings, News you can use, Parks and Recreation | 4 Comments
Los Alamitos' Thursday night food fest a couple weeks ago.
(7/26/2011, Los Alamitos) Tonight, LosAl Dinner on the Go @mygearstore 11081 Winners Circle, Los Alamitos from 530-9pm (trucks subject to change; last week two additional trucks showed up at the Tuesday night event) :
- Guests:
- @RanchoaGoGo
- @piaggioonwheels
- @FreshFriesLA
- t @ChompChompTruck
- Hosts:
- @tropshaveice
- @thelimetruck
Thursday evenig, 7/28, U.S. Bank parking lot & St. Isadore’s Plaza on north side of Katella just east of Los Alamitos Blvd.:
Jul
25
Great trial opportunity for guest writers
Filed Under 2011 Issues, City Council Meetings, Commission Meetings, Community News | 1 Comment
(7/25/2011, Los Alamitos/Rossmoor) We’ve got family visiting for a couple weeks starting tomorrow, which provides the perfect opportunity for some budding journalists, bloggers or community activists to try their hand at writing with no commitment, while helping inform the Los Alamitos/Rossmoor community.
No experience required–just a desire to get facts & get them out.
No need to learn how to use WordPress, although it’s amazingly easy. You can just e-mail it to me, & I’ll put it up. Even edit it for grammar & spelling, or add pictures, if you don’t have any you want to use.
Any length. . . or just a series of photos. Any topic, as long as it would interest some members of our community.
Great for aspiring young journalists, or those with degrees looking to build their resume. Or anyone with a passion for anything that’s relatively Read more
Jul
21
Dave here. Our Commissions may be the most under-rated component of our City government–and the real key to “fixing Los Al!”
In this excellent post, our “Highlands Guy” shares some insights that never occurred to me, as well as keys to good Commissions and good Commissioners. Kudos to “Highlands Guy” for another great Thursday column!
(Los Alamitos, 7/21/2011)by “Highlands Guy:” The good folks who take time out of their busy lives to devote to the rest of us are important.
These are not elected offices where they get the plaudits, the perks or their pictures on the front page of the News Enterprise. These are our neighbors who spend a bit of time away from their families and responsibilities because they care.
Even more importantly, they are Read more
Jul
10
Massage, Tatts, & taking a bite out of Long Beach on Planning Commission’s Monday Agenda
Filed Under Commission Meetings, Planning & Zoning | Leave a Comment
(7/10/2011, Los Alamitos) Three public hearings to conclude three items discussed at an earlier P.C. meeting comprise the bulk of the agenda for Monday’s 7 p.m. Los Alamitos Plannning Commission meeting in the Council Chambers:
- Modifications of the city code concerning massage establishments are required to Read more
May
9
Hearing on Boundary Adjustment pre-zone at tonight’s P.C.
Filed Under Commission Meetings, Planning & Zoning | 1 Comment
(LosAlamitos, 5/9/11) Opposition to switching land on the eastern side of Coyote Creek and San Gabriel River from Los Angeles County to Orange County is coming from some surprising quarters.
You’d think the City of Long Beach would be happy to get rid of the narrow 36 acre sliver of vacant and nursery land south of Katella between the Creek/River channels and the 605 freeway, but you’d be wrong. Long Beach claims to want to keep that narrow, inaccessible sliver, claiming it could provide “future open space opportunities for Long Beach residents.”
Also surprising is that due to the possible reassessment of their lots, the six affected Los Alamitos homeowners in College Park North are Read more
Mar
6
Council’s Monday agendas include public comment policy, new lawsuit, but not Kaylor
Filed Under 2010 Issues, City Council Meetings, Commission Meetings | 7 Comments
mid day Monday update: Only the 7 p.m. meeting will be on Los Al TV, but a post will go up later today for your reporting and comments on both meetings.(Los Alamitos, 3/6/2011) Los Alamitos’ City Council is set to meet at 5:30 and 7:00 this Monday night to discuss a wide variety of issues.
Surprisingly, the 7 p.m. regular meeting has nothing on the agenda that I could find related to the title issues that cloud the required vacating of Kaylor Street as part of the Medical Center expansion that the majority voted to approve at their last meeting. Interesting.
Public Comment Policy
One item that was carried over from the previous meeting is the matter of Read more
Feb
20
Tuesday Council Agenda raises new questions about Kaylor
Filed Under 2011 Issues, Commission Meetings, Planning & Zoning, Tenet's Los Al Medical Center | Leave a Comment
(Los Alamitos, 2/20/2011) The agenda for Tuesday’s regular session has been posted, with links to hundreds of pages of documents related to the Medical Center Expansion which the Council majority so far seems to want to fast track, rather than take the time to get it right.
The staff recommendation regarding the Kaylor Street abandonment seems to ignore the Title Report’s request, which supports allegations that the street is neither owned by the city nor the hospital. The net result could well be that only phase I (the 4th medical office building) could be Read more
Feb
11
Applications for 3 Commissions close Monday, 2/14
Filed Under 2011 Issues, Commission Meetings, News you can use, Parks and Recreation, Traffic | 3 Comments
(2/11/11, Los Alamitos) This is a great opportunity to get involved and to give back to our community in an area of interest or concern to you! But you’ve only got until 5 this Monday to apply to serve on three Los Alamitos City Commissions:
- Parks, Recreation & Cultural Arts Commission
- Personnel Appeals Commission
- Traffic Commission
Applications Are Available On-Line or from the City Clerk’s Office. Completed Applications Must Be Submitted To The City Clerk’s Office By Monday, February 14, 2011.
Most commissions meet once a month. Commissioners serve without pay, but it really is a great way to learn first hand how our city works, to get to know a great group of people, both staff and fellow Commissioners, and to Read more