April 2014 Newsletter

April 2014 Newsletter

Mira Mesa Town Mira Mesa Town Council Newsletter Council Meeting Volume 40, Issue 4 April 2014 Monday April 7, 2014 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Mira Mesa High Vote Smart Mira Mesa! (For April ‘14 only) Mira Mesa is hosting a District 6 Public Forum Agenda: Meet the Candidates and Explore the Issues for a City Council Election. Candidate suited to meet the needs of our community. Forum Candidate Forum on Monday April 7th at 7:00 pm Mira Mesa High It is also an opportunity to get commitments from the candidates so that, no matter who wins What is a candidates’ forum? the election, the group can urge the winner to A candidates’ forum allows candidates running for keep his/her promises once in office. public office to express their views openly, so Mira Mesa welcomes Chris Cate, Jane Glasson, audience members can understand their positions Carol Kim, De Le, and Mitz Lee to the up- and make informed voting choices. The audience coming forum where we will benefit from the Inside this issue: may hear candidate speeches, panel discussions or participation of ALL five of the City Council be involved in audience question-and-answer ses- candidates running for the District 6 seat. The sions. MMTC general membership meeting regularly The main focus of an election is for the voters to scheduled for the 1st Monday of the month will MMTC President’s 2 understand how the votes cast in the election move to the Mira Mesa High School Auditori- Message plus... booth are important decisions with long term ram- um to host this important event. The Forum Photos from VOY 3 ifications. Our community will live with the out- Dinner. moderators will be Phil Blauer from CBS 8, Chris come for 2, 4, or 6 years into ours and our chil- Jennewein from the Times of San Diego, and dren’s futures. These decisions have a powerful Scott Lewis from Voice of San Diego. The candi- Important Numbers 3 impact on the livability of our neighborhoods, the date forum is co-sponsored by the Mira Mesa health and safety of our families, and often, our High School Foundation, the Rancho Peñasqui- own financial endeavors. Out & About in MM 4 tos Town Council, and Mira Mesa Chamber of It is important we work together and encourage Commerce. each other to participate in elections and educate DAR Update Monday night April 7th, at 7 pm. ourselves regarding election choices. We must Parking is free. Please park in front of the high make solid decisions based on the candidate’s Water Conservation school off Mira Mesa Blvd. Come prepared with 5 qualifications, record of community and/or public tips questions for the candidates about your concerns service, and their stated or written responses to Ned Baumer Pool for San Diego & our neighboring communities. questions and issues important to our personal neighborhoods in order to elect someone best Community 6 Calendar The Filipino Sun Festival, the newest festival to hit Mira Mesa. Cele- brating Filipino and Filipino American culture. The Filipino Sun Festival will MMTC Meeting 7 Minutes & Volunteer be kicking off its inaugural celebration on Saturday, April 5th, at the Mira news Mesa Community Park off New Salem St. 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM! The Filipino Sun is historically, and geographically, significant, as the sun Business 8/ symbolizes unity, freedom, people’s democracy, and sovereignty, while each Directories 9 of the eight rays represent the first eight provinces… Manila, Cavite, Bulacan, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Laguna, and Batangas, that rose up and started the 1896 Philippine Revolution against Spain. FREE festival hosted Politics & Freedom 10 and presented to you by Operation Samahan. Want more info… Mira Mesa News Website is http://filipinosunfestival.com/about/ 11 Page 2 Mira Mesa Town Council Newsletter 2014 MIRA MESA MMTC President’s Message for April TOWN Spring has sprung with hardly a whimper COUNCIL from Old Man Winter. BOARD OF How fortunate we are to live in America’s DIRECTORS Finest City and San Diego’s greatest com- munity! We are blessed with exceptional PRESIDENT climate in a community where strife is al- Ted Brengel, most unknown. We have many premium President@miramesa schools and the support of a city govern- towncouncil.org ment that keeps the peace and basically lets FIRST VICE us live our lives as we see fit. Our popula- PRESIDENT tion is diverse with representatives from (PROGRAM CHAIR) numerous cultures around the globe all Bari Vaz, living in harmony with one another. Mira man a debt of gratitude for their stellar ef- Programs@miramesa Mesa isn’t perfect but the sense of towncouncil.org forts. ‘community’ we share surpasses many oth- Let me return now to Mira Mesa and what er places I’ve called ‘home’. I do indeed love SECOND VICE makes it a great place to live. I mentioned Mira Mesa and I know this is true for many PRESIDENT the weather and cultural diversity earlier, (MEMBERSHIP) of you reading our April newsletter. but there is one more thing we often take Lainie Hardman As most of you know, all this harmony and for granted; our beautiful parks. The availa- Membership@ beauty comes at a price. Among other bility of open inviting terrains to exercise, miramesatowncouncil.org things, it takes many hundreds of communi- enjoy family time, play games, walk our pets ty volunteers to make our near-perfect and observe nature are essential to enhanc- TREASURER lifestyle possible. In March we celebrated John Horst, ing our charming Mira Mesa community. As Maria Pankau as our 2013 Volunteer of the Treasurer@miramesa we enjoy the indispensability of these park Year with and fabulous dinner and award towncouncil.org ceremony. I would like to pay tribute to the lands, we also have a problem. Although Mira Mesa is blessed with a huge RECORDING people who organized this year’s VOY Din- ‘passive use area’ to our north, called the SECRETARY ner. Pam Stevens and Christina Keene car- Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve, we are Jeff Stevens, ried the load and organized an absolutely still short of ‘active-use’ park space. Active- Secretary@miramesa splendid event. Please go to our website to use parks are areas where sports such as towncouncil.org read more about Maria and view some soccer and baseball can be played. And the memorable photos from the event. Coordi- NEWSLETTER problem is growing as our population grows nating an event like the Volunteer of the and park space remains static. Right now the EDITOR Year Dinner is far from easy and consumes Donna Carter MM Town Council, MM Community Plan- Newsletter@miramesa considerable time and effort. We all owe ning Group, and the MM Recreation Council towncouncil.org Pam, Christina, Bari Vaz and Lainie Hard- are grappling with this problem in an effort to protect the funds that have been allocated PARLIAMENTARIAN for future park space be spent properly. The Jon Labaw, Parliament@miramesa groups are working with new developers in Mira Mesa to ensure contributions are met towncouncil.org to meet our future park space needs as our MEMBERS AT community population grows. I mention this LARGE to bring awareness to this very important issue currently needing the attention of us Sabrina Bazzo all. Eric Kolbeck I don’t know about you, but I am going to Alexander Nguyen get out there and enjoy our extra-long spring. Have a fantastic April! Ted Brengel Volume 40, Issue 4 Page 3 MMTC Volunteer Dinner Bash ... Clockwise: Mr. & Mrs. Pankau, Mr. And Mrs. Vaz, Food, Fun and revelry by all, Mr. and Mrs. Stevens; City award declaring it Maria Pankau Day in San Diego. Opposite page, top, Mr. and Mrs. Hardman, below, Mr. and Mrs. Brengel and all are accompanied by our strange and lovely Miss MM and Miss Teen MM. Important Numbers GENERAL COUNTY SERVICES INFORMATION 5pm-7am or weekends & holidays: 619-573-1276 2-1-1 San Diego ................................................. 2-1-1 Animal manure (dog) ........................ 619-338-2283 Animal, rodents/rats ......................... 858-694-2888 EMERGENCY SERVICES Building abandoned or dangerous . 619-236-5500 Mira Mesa Schools Police/Fire/EMS .................................................... 9-1-1 Car abandoned or inoperative ....... 858-495-7856 Poison Control ................................... 800-222-1222 Cluster Meetings Noise (loud) ........................................ 619-236-5564 CRIMINAL ACTIVITY Police Community Relations Office ...... 858-538- Code Compliance .............................. 619-236-5500 Next Mtg. on Trash: uncollected, overflowing dumpster, trash- 8120 strewn lot, or recyclables ................ 858-492-5055 Monday 4/28 Suspected Arson ....... 800-472-7766 (47ARSON) Mira Mesa High Gangs ..................................................... 619-531-2847 STREETS & ENVIRONMENT Graffiti ................................................... 619-525-8522 Media Center Bus shelter damaged ......................... 619-231-1466 5:30 to 7:00pm Non-emergency crime ..................... 858-484-3154 Manhole cover missing or damaged ...... 619-515- 3525 www.mmcluster.org UTILITIES Street, flooded/pothole .................... 619-527-7500 Fire hydrant open .............................. 619-515-3525 Street, sink hole or collapse ........... 619-515-3525 Gas leak ................................................ 800-411-7343 Street, traffic light non-functioning 619-525-8650 Power/phone line downed .............. 619-811-8081 Swimming Pools ................................. 858-689-6296 Tree limbs in power lines ............... 800-411-7343 Weeds overgrown, fallen trees, or clogged storm drain ............................................

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