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out her years she has worked in almost
every department for the POA.
“She has developed strong leadership skills and has a great working relation- ship with staff, management, vendors, the membership and the Board of Direc-
tors,” says the spokesperson.
Eric Kazakoff says, “I’m excited to
start this new journey serving as the as- sociation’s general manager, and know- ing I have someone as experienced and qualified as Lynn to help me lead made my decision to take the role even easier.”
The Board announced that they re- ceived three bids, ranging from $270,000 to $450,000, for the Pickleball Project. The contract was awarded to Ferandell Tennis Courts, Inc., at a cost of $269,000 for a four-court pickleball complex. The complex will be built in the lower level of the East Port parking lot.
The Board plans to proceed with the project as soon as the City issues the permit. Eric Kazakoff says the POA is
expecting the City to issue the permit “in a about a week or so.”
Also up for vote was a $4 assess- ment increase. The reserve study done in 2015 recommended the contribution of $1,514,240 to the reserve and replace- ment for the 2017-2018 Fiscal Year. The recommendation from the Finance Committee to the Board was $1,300,00. In order to avoid the $4 assessment in- crease, the Board would have to fund the reserve and replacement for $750,000, which is less than the recommended amount. The Board of Directors were divided on this issue.
Director Welty says, “I think the re- duction of the repair and replace reserve is probably not the wisest thing for our future. The projected amount of money we’re suppose to put in according to the reserve study a few years ago is around 1.5 million. The last couple years we’ve been putting in 1.3 million, and now it’s dropped down to $750,000. Now we’re putting in half the funding into the re- serve and replacement that was sched- uled to be put in by the reserve and re-
placement plan. We have a lot of things coming up in our future that we have to be careful of.”
Director Welty further stated, “We have a road reserve study coming up that may tell us we need a lot more money for our roads because they deteriorated more rapidly than we anticipated. Mini- mum wage is going to continue to im- pact our budget line. About four million dollars of our budget is heavily impact- ed by minimum wage, which is going to continue going up. We also have a problem with the dredging. We have no funding and no plans set aside to address that problem. The reality is we are just kicking the can down the road if we go to a zero (assessment) increase. I would rather have gradual increases that repre- sent the real state of our finances.”
Director Horton said he agreed with Director Welty and that he would prefer to take a small increase now and not put the burden on next year’s Board to take it all in.
“Kicking the can down the road is a good description,” said Director Horton.
Director Queen stated that the repair and replacement reserve currently has a little over eight million right now.
“The last guy who did the reserve study said most HOA’s are funded 20 to 30 percent. We are at 60 percent. I would rather not have to do it this year if we don’t absolutely have to because we’re probably looking at having to do it over the next several years. My thinking is we can fund the repair and reserve a little bit less this year and not have a raise (in as- sessments), and that way we might have four years of raises instead of five,” he said.
After discussion, a vote was take. Di- rectors Yarbrough, Spitzer and Queen voted to fund less than the recommend- ed amount in order to avoid the $4 as- sessment increase. Directors Welty and Horton voted against reducing the con- tribution to the fund.
In a statement after the meeting, Di- rector Queen said, “We did the right thing for the members of the commu- nity.”
Mayor Haggerty announces Station 60 will reopen July 1
Since Station 60 closed its doors on July 1 2015, Canyon Lake has had to rely on fire services from nearby stations in Lake Elsinore and Menifee.
After two years of pleading with the county to serve Canyon Lake with a smaller crew at a lesser cost so that Can- yon Lake could reopen Station 60, May- or Dawn Haggerty announced on March 7 that Fire Station 60 will reopen with a two-person crew for at least one year.
County fire representatives offered Calimesa a one year option that allows Calimesa to continue operating its sta- tion with a two-person crew despite the county’s mandate of three people to an engine. Canyon Lake is seeking the same option.
In response to the Mayor’s announce- ment, Riverside County District 1 Su- pervisor Kevin Jeffries says, “This an- nouncement might be a little premature if it’s supposed to be staffed by CalFire (state) employees. If it doesn’t involve CalFire as the provider - then it could be an arrangement I’m not aware of. Not saying this is completely incorrect - just advising hold on.”
When asked for further clarification, Kevin says he and County Fire Chief John Hawkins are not aware of any for- mal action by the Canyon Lake City Council to implement the same type of agreement offered to Calimesa.
The Supervisor added, if Canyon Lake pursues the same type of agree- ment, it will likely be approved; how- ever, there are still the requirements of a formal approval of the final contract.
Canyon Lake City Manager Aaron Palmer says, “We are hoping to get the
Fire Station 60 closed its doors on July 1, 2015. The City has been pleading with the county for two years to serve Canyon Lake with a smaller crew at a lesser cost so that Canyon Lake
could reopen Station 60. Mayor Dawn Haggerty accounced on Tuesday, March 7, that Station 60 will reopen on July 1, 2017. The station will operate with a two-person crew.
contract done and approved by the Board of Supervisors within the next 60 days, shooting for a July 1 contract implemen-
tation, which would mean the reopening of Station 60 on July 1.”
Mayor Pro-Tem Vicki Warren says,
“We are hoping this is a sign of a good change where fire services will be more flexible to suit smaller cities.”
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