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Vol. 03 No. 08 August 2010 Circulation: 2100 Mediation for Our Library Issue and Other News Q & A on Yes, the date and time has finally been set – October 4th for a mediation session with the City regarding their breach of contract in the closing of the Mission Viejo library. Neighborhood Foxes Don’t forget at our August HOA While the community is understandably not happy to see this issue take so long to devel - Board meeting, Aurora Naturalist Mary op, I am personally glad to see us inch toward a possible solution to the City’s ending of Ann Bonnell from the Morrison Nature their promise of having library services at our facility for fifty years. We just hope the City Center who will give a quick Q&A talk will be able to mitigate the effects of their mistake. We will keep you posted. on foxes as our special guest. That’s In other news, our recreation survey has received numerous August 17th at Holy Love Lutheran responses. Thank you for providing your input. Clearly the Church, 4210 South Chambers Road, vast majority responding say they would like to see the recre - starting at 6:30 p.m. (Please enter the ation center remain a private recreation center first and foremost. building via the Chambers Some of you said that if another use was contemplated that Road entrance. Thanks!). they wanted to have input and make sure there was a strong community benefit. Indeed as confirmed by the City’s plan - ning and zoning department, the property must remain as a recreation center since it’s part of our General Plan, and any proposed changes need to be Newsletter approved by the City’s Planning Commission and City Council. The HOA’s attorney also sent a letter to the broker of the property informing him of this public use restriction and Routes Available to disclose this to all potential buyers. Would you like to join a great group of In the meantime, the Aurora Residents for Recreation, an Aurora City Council sanc - volunteers in the neighborhood? Would tioned and City funded task force, has come up with some ideas for potential new recre - you like to go for a walk once a month and ation centers. It’s assumed that the new recreation centers will be funded by a future get some exercise and at the same time referendum measure. Yet the proposed new locations for our area do pose potential help the neighborhood save about $300? impacts for our community and our private recreation center which is now for sale. Two Then this is the job for you. Presently locations have been proposed for our area. They are at Vassar and Telluride (about 2 miles there are two newsletter routes available. northeast) and an alternative option of having the City buy the empty field off of Quincy Each of them has about 60 houses on the Road (near Lowes and Chase Bank) south of our neighborhood. While it appears that the route. One route is located by Princeton Vassar and Telluride location may be their first choice (which would be less of an impact), Avenue. The other route is near Olathe we need to ask, how much would a state-of-the-art recreation facility, subsidized by yours and Ithaca streets. You don’t have to live and mine tax dollars, have on our privately run recreation center business in Mission in those neighborhoods to take the routes, Viejo? The proposed new recreation center locations are perhaps in too close a proximity but it is nicer when you are walking to our existing Mission Viejo recreation center. The new center may cause some illegal around the little area in which you live. problems since the government would be in direct competition of a private enterprise. Who Many of the carriers drive to the location could operate and compete fairly with these government supported facilities being so and then deliver the newsletters. close? Having this facility, in particular the Quincy location, could greatly devalue our Since we are soliciting volunteers for recreation center’s property value and cause a negative impact on our community by again this position, we would like to thank the resulting in the possibility of a large and empty building in the community for an eternity. volunteers who are presently delivering newsletters. They are: Dee Klaus, Ron continued on page 2 Dunlap, Sean Ratchford, Charlie and Dorcas Hunsucker family, Dala Giffin, Shauna Deeble, Clarence Fuhrer, Music in the Park – Labor Day Weekend! continued on page 3 Our annual Music in the Park event will be Saturday September 4th in Los Niños Park (just south of the elementary school). Bring your family and a picnic for a musical evening featuring the brass quartet of the Aurora Symphony Orchestra. Two pairs of sea - Next HOA Meeting son tickets to the Aurora Symphony Orchestra will be randomly given away at the event! Third Tuesday The music will begin at 5:30 p.m. Like our June event, please remember that since this event takes place behind Mission Viejo residences please be respectful of their property. August 17th • 6:30 p.m. Please walk to the event if possible via the greenbelt. If you do need to bring your car Holy Love Lutheran Church we ask that you park along Alicia Parkway. Thank you. Everyone is Welcome! Page 2 www.MissionViejoHOA.org / Mission Viejo Reporter / August 2010 Library Issue and Other News, continued from front page Mission Viejo HOA Board of Directors There is a simple solution, if the City proposes to build and operate state-of the art recreation centers, which some of us would like to see, why not buy our existing recreation center property? This would be a much more economical and sustain- able solution that would be “greener” and provide lots of LEED Todd McMahon, Presiden t Troy Haller , certification points. Not only that, but the recreation center prop- 303-817-6932 Board Member At Large erty has plenty of expansion room and is right next to the city’s [email protected] [email protected] existing Fire Department (a real plus for emergencies). It’s sim- Alan Engels, Exec. Vice Pres. & Treas. Elaine Lay , 303-690-7063 Board Member At Large ple, and everyone wins. I urge you to write and contact the Aurora [email protected] 303-699-0657 Residents for Recreation task force (http://www.arrtf.com) and [email protected] [email protected] City Council and let them know that if our former Heartwood Ron Costa , Vice President Jeremiah Banigan , recreation facility is still for sale, it must be purchased rather than [email protected] Board Member At Large Tricia Roush , Secretary [email protected] their other proposed locations. We have suggested this several [email protected] times to the task force but it’s clear that they will not change their mind until they hear from more Mission Viejo residents. A new MISSION VIEJO TRASH PROGRAM government run facility too close to us would unfairly compete Pro Disposal, Inc., 303-791-3827 for recreation services provided by private enterprise and would MISSION VIEJO HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. 4255 S. Buckley Road, #110 • Aurora, CO 80013-2951 create a negative impact to our recreation center property and our COMMITTEES community. If the City still insists on a new recreation center in Neighborhood Watch close proximity to us, then the City must find a solution to com- Tom Tobiassen, [email protected] pensate us for our community’s impacts and potential damage to Welcome Committee our general plan. Please let the task force and the City know that Tricia Roush, [email protected] this recreation center would affect our community and they need WEBSITE to initiate a dialog with the community about it soon. www.missionviejohoa.org — Todd McMahon, Mission Viejo HOA President [email protected] The Mission Viejo Homeowners’ Association Inc. is a state non-profit organi - zation. The purpose of the Mission Viejo HOA is to unite the unit owners of the Mission Viejo subdivisions in Aurora, Colorado; to encourage civic improvements within said area, to encourage community activities including, but not by way of Sign up Today for the Mission Viejo limitation, the beautification, maintenance, and general appearance of vacant and improved lots, streets, parkways, entrances, open and recreational areas situated Membership/Trash Program! within the area and used in common by its residents; enhance the safety of Mission Sign up on the Web or Use This Form Viejo; facilitate enforcement of any and all building restrictions, protective covenants, and to otherwise act in the interests of the members of the Association. The deadline for articles and advertisements is the 15th of the month for the next month’s issue except the Jan. issue which is Dec. 6th. All articles must be and approved by the editor for publication, or as space permits. To submit an arti - cle, e-mail an attachment to Todd McMahon at [email protected]. Once 775 participants are achieved, Pro Disposal, Inc. will pay $2.00 for every All letters or articles need to include your name and daytime phone number. All paid participant per month to the Mission Viejo Homeowner’s Association Inc. articles must be approved by the Board for publication, or as space permits. To place an ad, call Colorado Lasertype, 303-979-7499 or e-mail Service Information [email protected] • www.ColoradoLasertype.com Appearance of an advertisement in this publication does not constitute a recom - First Name: ____________________________________ ____ _ mendation or endorsement by the Association of the goods or services offered.

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