Meadows Resident Running for Town Council

Altadena Town Council will hold its elections this Saturday, June 6. Meadows resident and former Town Councilperson, Dennis Bridwell, is running unopposed for our census tract. Please support him at the election booth this Saturday.

Flood Maintenance on Loma Alta

From L.A. County Public Works - Flood Maintenance (this is the area between Lincoln and Chaney Trail, just north of Loma Alta - often referred to as the wash.)

I want to give you a heads-up for our upcoming maintenance at Lincoln SPS. Other than the routine minor grounds keeping, we really haven't done any serious maintenance at the SPS for the 2 yrs take I have been assigned here.

But, the SPS, especially the big pile of dirt at the southern end (visible from Loma Alta Dr.), has been scarred by deep erosion during the last two storm seasons. We want to go in and do maybe 1-1/2 week's work dressing up the hill slopes. All work is confined on site. We will have no hauling of material in or out. Other than a single piece of rental earth work construction equipment operating, there will be a water truck for dust control, small PU's for the supervisors checking on the job, and a fuel tender for occasional re-fueling of the equipment.

The work is necessary. We plan to begin 2 week from now. Hours of operations is from 7:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., M-F. Pls notify on our behalves the HOA, and any other concerned citizens.

Education Forum

ALTADENA NAACP And ALTADENA TOWN COUNCIL SPONSOR Education Forum
• Meet candidates for PUSD (Board of Education Seats)
• Hear the presentations of candidates
• Ask questions
• Be informed

When: February 28, 2009
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Where: Altadena Community Center 730 East Altadena Drive

For additional information, please contact:“Tony” Stewart – (626) 798-2033 or Gino Sund – (626) 794-9609

Altadena Connection

The "Altadena Connection 2009" (Community Resource Guide from L.A. County) was recently delivered to residents in The Meadows via US Mail.

A pdf version has been posted on the Altadena TownCouncil website. There is a link from the Home Page to download the pdf. Its a big file (4MB) but a very nice publication.

http://altadenatowncouncil.org/index.html

More Trash Talk

Neighbors,

Sorry to bother you with more trash talk, but we are still tweaking the list of service to be offered in the proposed trash hauling contract. There is some confusion over the issue of back yard pick up and scooter service. We will be getting clarification of what that service will be and what the proposed surcharge should be for that service. However, Public Works needs some help in determining what the proposed cost should be.

To help in that process Public Works has asked for some information from us on what we are now paying for back yard scooter service. It is not a simple question of asking the current haulers since there seems not to be a single answer. When Council was investigating the trash issue, residents reported to us many differing monthly prices, in one case two residents next door to each other with identical service from the same company reported different monthly prices.

If you currently get back yard pick up service, would you help us and let me know your current monthly or quarterly cost for that service. Also, we are particularly interested in where you live. We are trying to see if there is a price difference between the narrow foothill streets like Stonehill and Zane Grey and other areas with less challenging streets.

I, for example, currently get back yard scooter service from Allied, live on Morslay Rd. (a regular street) and my last invoice was for $156.74 for the quarter.

If you don't want to respond in public you can email me directly at esund@charter. net or 794-9609.

Thanks for your help

Gino