June 26, 2008

Dear Neighbor,

Our Central Garden Grove Neighborhood Association will host our ONCE A YEAR MEETING on Saturday, July12th, from 10 a.m. until noon at 12421Loraleen Street in the Armstrong backyard. The CGGNA will be providing updated information on issues in our area.  Enjoy a delicious lunch and conversation with other concerned citizens and meet our elected representatives.  Please bring a chair and a friend.  (There will be a table for local businesses members where they can provide information.)

•    State Senator Lou Correa, Assemblyman Van Tran and Assemblyman Jose Solorio will give us an update on statewide matters.

•    Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen will update us on county issues.

•    City Councilmember Mark Rosen will give us a local update on the General Plan Update, the recent statewide passage of Proposition 99 (eminent domain), and our city’s balanced budget.
 
•    Lieutenant Fowler of the Garden Grove Police Department will report the effects of increased enforcement of laws against illegal fireworks usage on the Fourth of July with city citations and fines of up to $1,000.00.

Brookhurst Triangle Open House - Monday, June 30th from 5 to 8:00 p.m. at 11300 Stanford Avenue, in our Community Meeting Center.  The developer, JPI, will present the current plans for the 14-acre site including a mixture of some commercial space on the corner with the majority planned for 720 housing units. Your input is important during the current design stage. Phone Vicki Green at 401-3450 or email http://BrookhurstTriandleInfor@yahoo.com for more information.

Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen was re-elected in the June election and to fill the mid-term vacancy Sheriff Sandra Hutchens was appointed as County Sheriff.

Update for General Plan.  Planning Commission will hear public comments on July 17th at 7:00 p.m. at the Community Meeting Center. The General Plan “blueprint” sets the citywide land use plans for the next twenty years. The draft General Plan report is available for review at the local libraries, at City Hall, and online at http://www.gardengrovefuture.info.  You may phone Erin Webb at 741-5312 for more information. 

Phone use changes are set to begin next month. First, you may not use hands on cell phones while driving or risk a fine. See http://www.dmv.ca.gov/cellularphonelaws/index.htm for more details. Second, you will need to dial 1-714 before in order to complete local calls. This change is mandatory beginning August 23rd. All local calls will remain local, but you will have to dial 1-714 prior to dialing the local number.

We encourage interested and involved residents to join our association board.  We want to hear your views for how to maintain and improve our neighborhood. Please come to our meeting Saturday, July 12th and talk to one of our board members or contact us via our website http://www.cggna.org/


Thoughtfully,    Robin Marcario, Chair   534-1428

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