... AND THERE GOES SPEEDY GOVERNMENT!!!

The following is an e-mail exchange between the Town, Coalition and LAFCO.  It is self-explanatory.

(Note:  They are not too anxious about getting it on the agenda as in oops I guess we don't have time before the LAFCO Hearing, but it showed we were sensitive to the Mesa, didn't it?)

July 22, 2009

Mr. Takata:

Has Chad Mayes added the withdrawal of the Yucca Mesa Sphere of Influence to the August 4, 2009, Council agenda as he promised to do via the Hi-Desert Star, dated July 15, 2009, front page article?

If not, please explain.

Thank you.

Elizabeth Karman, Co-Founder
Stop Yucca Mesa Annexation Coalition
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Reply |Andy Takata to me 
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July 22, 2009

Dear Ms. Karman,

I believe it is Council member Mayes’ intent to bring the issue under the Future Agenda Items, which is at the end of the meeting. The procedure for a Council member to place an item on the agenda is to request it at the Council meeting and must be supported by two other Council members to be placed on a future agenda. This is also in the Hi Desert Star article.

The way the Council rules read is that no one member of the council can place an item on the agenda, with the exception of the Mayor. 

Once the item is agreed upon at the Council meeting then the staff will determine what meeting it will appear.

I hope that answers your question. I have cut and paste the ordinance for your information.

ORDINANCE NO. 188

AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF YUCCA VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 180(A) OF CHAPTER 2.05. OF TITLE 2 OF THE TOWN OF YUCCA VALLEY MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO COUNCIL AGENDA

The Town Council of the Town of Yucca Valley does ordain as follows:

SECTION 1. MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDED:

1.1 Section 2.05.180 (A) of Title 2 of the Town of Yucca Valley Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

A. The Town Clerk or his/her designee shall prepare an agenda for each Council meeting. Items of business may be placed on the agenda at the direction of the Mayor, the Town Manager or three affirmative votes of the Town Council during discussion of Future Agenda Items at a Town Council Meeting. 

SECTION 2. NOTICE OF ADOPTION:

2.1 Within fifteen (15) days after the adoption hereof, the Town Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause it to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the County and Circulated in the Town pursuant to Section 36933 of the Government Code.

SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE:

This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after the date of its adoption. 

APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Town Council and signed by the Mayor and attested by the Town Clerk this 28th day of February , 2008.

/s/ Robert J. Leone __________
MAYOR
ATTEST

/s/ Janet M. Anderson______________
TOWN CLERK

APPROVED AS TO FORM APPROVED AS TO CONTENT


/s/ Naomi Silvergleid_______________ /s/ Andrew J. Takata____________
TOWN ATTORNEY TOWN MANAGER

STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO
TOWN OF YUCCA VALLEY

I, Janet M. Anderson , Town Clerk of the Town of Yucca Valley, California hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 188 as duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the Town Council on the 14th day of February , 2007, and that thereafter the said ordinance was duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the Town Council on the 28th day of February , 2008, by the following vote, to wit:

Ayes: Council Members Luckino, Mayes, Neeb, and Mayor Leone

Noes: Council Member Herbel 

Abstain: None 

Absent: None 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the Town of Yucca Valley, California, this 29th day of February , 2008.



(SEAL) /s/ Janet M. Anderson _
Town Clerk of the Town of
Yucca Valley




If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call.

Respectfully yours,


Andrew (Andy) J. Takata
Town Manager, Town of Yucca Valley
57090 Twenty-nine Palms Highway
Yucca Valley, CA 92284
(760) 369-7209 ext 224-Work
(760) 369-6591-Fax
http://www.yucca-valley.org

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THEN THE COALITION RESPONDED:

July 22, 2009

Mr. Takata:

If the Mayor, you, or 3 council members put this item on the agenda, how many Council meetings will go by before it is heard?

Elizabeth Karman
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AND THEN THE COALITION RECEIVED THIS E-MAIL FROM THE TOWN:

(Note:  They're real considerate, aren't they???)

July 22, 2009

Ms. Karman,

I will let you know what our goal would be but no promises. It would come back to the Council at one of the September meetings at the earliest and probably no later then one of the October meetings. I do not have an exact date because the State of California budget may cause the staff to work on another priority. 

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call.

Respectfully yours,


Andrew (Andy) J. Takata
Town Manager, Town of Yucca Valley
57090 Twenty-nine Palms Highway
Yucca Valley, CA 92284
(760) 369-7209 ext 224-Work
(760) 369-6591-Fax
http://www.yucca-valley.org

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THEN THE COALITION RESPONDED:

Mr. Takata:

Those dates are way too late. The LAFCO Hearing will be over by then.

Elizabeth Karman

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AND THEN THE COALITION RECEIVED THIS E-MAIL FROM THE TOWN:

Dear Ms. Karman,

Our staff has been told that there will not be a hearing until December.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call.

Respectfully yours,


Andrew (Andy) J. Takata
Town Manager, Town of Yucca Valley

NOTE TO COALITION:  LAFCO DOES NOT HOLD MEETINGS IN DECEMBER!  Geesh ... and the Town wonders why we don't want their government!

THEN, THE COALITION WROTE TO KATHLEEN ROLLINGS-MCDONALD, LAFCO:

July 22, 2009

Good Afternoon, Kathy:

I received the following e-mail from Andy Takata, Yucca Valley Town Manager. Is it true that the 3134 Hearing will be in December 2009?

Dear Ms. Karman,

Our staff has been told that there will not be a hearing until December.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call.

Respectfully yours,


Andrew (Andy) J. Takata
Town Manager, Town of Yucca Valley

THEN, LAFCO RESPONDED:

July 23, 2009

Rollings-McDonald, Kathleen to Michael, me 
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It was reviewed today at the DRC that since we will be taking the Yucca Valley community together, including the Yucca Valley Airport District, the hearing will be no sooner than January 2010. I did not have a conversation with Mr. Takata so I’m unsure where the reference to December 2009 came from.

Kathy

KATHLEEN ROLLINGS-McDONALD
EXECUTIVE OFFICER 
LAFCO for San Bernardino County
Phone: (909) 383-9900
Fax: (909) 383-9901