COMMUNITY Fullerton bsCeALErNDAvR Peage 1r 3-15 O EAR FULLERTON’S ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWS • Est.1978 (printed on 20% recycled paper) • Y 41 #7 • MID APRIL 2019 Submissions: [email protected] • Contact: (714) 525-6402 • Read Online at : www.fullertonobserver.com City Public Survey Where Residents Can Rate Priorities The City of Fullerton has launched a Community Stakeholder Survey. Residents can respond online to a list of issues facing the city at www.cityoffuller - ton.com/strategicplanning . Alternatively, residents can voice their top priorities in a written statement by email to strategicplanning@cityoffuller - ton.com. The online survey is completely anony - mous and can only be taken once by each responder. Responses to the survey will be presented at a Special City Council Study Session scheduled for Tuesday, April 23 at 6pm at Fullerton City Hall. The purpose of the survey is to update the city priority policies and create a new Mission and Vision statement for the city reflecting those priorities. "We want the public to be part of the process and reach as many stakeholders as we can," Fullerton City Manager Ken Domer said. "This is an incredibly effec - tive way to engage residents to participate It was literally standing room only for hundreds who came to make public comments and listen to a presentation in Fullerton’s decisions from the privacy by CSUF officials on the fate of the Fullerton Arboretum. PHOTO JESSE LA TOUR and convenience of their own home and give valuable feedback for our upcoming Study Session." CSUF Gives Options for Future of Arboretum: Some Construction in All Proposed Scenarios by Jesse La Tour •Option B proposes the During a question and Conference Center/Housing and Hundreds answer session with Danny Hundreds of concerned citizens showed 7 . A showed up 7 a Student Wellness Center in the Kim (VP of Administration S D . 5 C up at a public forum at Cal State Fullerton I D 1 U Arboretum. at CSUF and Finance at CSUF), a A E . N P on April 10 to give their feedback and T D O •Option C, the most building- woman asked, “Why is there O E R to express R N express concerns regarding the University’s T G A O intensive includes substantial not a single proposal that does R T A S concern about D I E proposed “Master Plan,” all versions of T E L N construction in the Arboretum: not build on the Arboretum S M R L A which include some construction in the proposed O P R T 1) Conference Center: Housing land?…I do not feel that it’s U P E S F Fullerton Arboretum. P and Meeting 2) Student Wellness construction in representative of the com - At the forum, the university’s contracted Center 3) Sustainability Center the Fullerton ments that your office architects (Flad Architects) presented three 4) Greenhouse and Research Arboretum. received…At the previous proposed scenarios for the future of the building 5) a new public forum in June of last Arboretum. The common denominator in Administration building and year, where the number one favorite place all three proposals was something called 6) a Maintenance building. on campus was the Arboretum [based on “Conference Center: Housing and Attendees of the forum were asked to the number of post-it notes it received]. Meeting” which straddles the southeast place stickers and “post-it” notes on their And to not have a single option where it corner of the Arboretum grounds. preferred option, and to give feedback. remains as is or under the pervue of those M T All three proposed options include some R O Option A was the most popular, though managing it now, I think is irresponsible.” N E C construction in the Arboretum. V E there was little to no support for the pro - There was a long and resounding R R •Option A proposes a “Conference D E E posed “Conference Center: Housing and applause from the hundreds of attendees. I S V Center: Housing and Meeting” in the S B R 2 Meeting” building. Continued on page 11 E E Arboretum. 0 O S 4 R B T E I 6 O - S H T I N 5 T V N 2 ANCHO A AZ OBILE OMEOWNERS O R L P M H All Residents of E N R 5 T I - R R O 4 E E Fullerton Invited to R by Jane Rands S EET WITH EW ARK WNER L 1 M N P O I L 7 U T U Neighborhood Watch R C About 150 residents who rent space for the rents artificially low. But for him to pay F E . V their mobile homes at the Rancho La Paz expenses, such as the $63 million mortgage R W Meeting April 23 D O W Mobile Home Park, which includes parts of and $800,000 annual property tax bill on A There will be a Neighborhood Watch W both Anaheim and Fullerton, met with the the park that he purchased for $85 million park’s new owner, John Saunders, on April (which, according to the deed, also includes meeting for all Fullerton residents who 5. Saunders said he made a “mistake” and a vacant lot north of the park and the land are concerned about the safety of their apologized for not meeting with residents leased by the adjacent Ma’s Islamic Chinese neighborhoods. The meeting will be prior to imposing 45% to 55% increases in Restaurant), he would have to raise their held on Tuesday, April 23 from 6:30pm space rent on the park’s mostly retired “below market rents.” to 8:30pm in the multi-purpose room homeowners. Saunders said he has no intention of of Rolling Hills School, 1460 Rolling After meeting with Anaheim’s Mayor “forcing” homeowners from the park. But Hills Drive, Fullerton. The school is Harry Sidhu, and two park residents repre - many of the residents, who moved to the located between State College and Brea 4 senting the community, Saunders rescinded 55-plus senior mobile home community as Blvds and the meeting place is in the 3 8 back on the south side of the school. N 2 the rent increases until September 1 to allow an affordable option upon retiring, live on R 9 1 There will be representatives from the O 5 E time for him and residents to work out a fixed incomes and stated that they will not A 0 T V 7 C Fullerton Police Department process to phase in rent increases over the be able to afford to pay the rent increases. As R R X N Community Services and a police offi - E E O next two and a half years and to revise the a result, 33 of the 390 mobile homes in the O L S B T cer will answer any questions about R 11-page rent subsidy application. park are for sale according to residents, L B O E recent car break-ins, home burglaries P U L Saunders said the prior owners, the though Saunders disputes that number. O L and other incidents that you or your F U Richter Family Trust, had the benefit of F inheriting the park and were able to keep Continued on page 3 neighbors may have experienced. Page 2FULLERTON OBSERVER LOCAL& REGIONAL NEWS MID APRIL 2019 38th Annual Fullerton CROP Hunger Walk Raises $24,000 by Jere Greene The 2019 CROP Hunger Walk brought faith, civic, business, and school groups together in the annual effort to raise funds to end hunger. The walk start - ed from the Downtown Fullerton Plaza on Wilshire. This year’s walk raised over $24,000. The walk is organized by local groups including FIMA (Fullerton Interfaith Ministerial Association) and nationally by Church World Service. 25% of the funds raised in the Fullerton walk goes to end hunger locally and the rest is distributed by Church World Service to help provide food, clean water, and resources to help communities around the world. Gayle Blume was the top walker this year raising $1,700 as an individual and her team at the Congregational Church of Fullerton came in with the top group total of $3,477. This is no surprise since the founder of the CROP Walk in Fullerton, Barbara Johnson, is a member. First Christian was the second highest fundraiser bringing in Faith and civic groups, businesses and schools came together to raise money for programs to end hunger. $3,443 with Pastor Mandye Yates, president of FIMA lead - The Fullerton Congregational Church walkers (pictured above) raised the most in this year’s walk to end hunger. ing this year’s event. Over 2,000 communities across the US First Christian Church walkers (pictured below) raised the 2nd most. - PHOTOS BY JERE GREENE hold walks each year. Learn more about the program at www.crophungerwalk.org. CBD: The Medical Series by Joe Lawton, MD Dr. Brian Jeung, a pain management ing exact dosage amounts and schedules specialist and anesthesiologist, presented a due to the lack of clinical trials. In his lecture to about 100 predominately senior opinion, the most effective product in citizens on The Use and Abuse of Medical pain management available is the sublin - Marijuana for the purpose of managing gual CBD used for peripheral pain, how - pain on March 25 as part of the Osher ever the appropriate dosage is not clearly Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)’s defined. Medical Series. Surprisingly, a large num - OLLI is an organization of about 1700 ber of attendees had at one time or anoth - retired and semiretired people affiliated er used some form of either topical or sub - with Cal State Fullerton.