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First and most importantly, the Seal Beach Planning Commission Public Hearing date on the LA Fitness Project has been changed to Tuesday,
June 27, 2017, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers located at 211 Eighth Street, Seal Beach. You can read the full notice
here.
The Planning Commission will not be addressing the LA Fitness Project at their meeting on June 19. The meeting was changed due to confusion over the meeting location. It's more important than ever to show up and let the City feel your presence.
School is out...
Please watch for more kids/pedestrians on our streets and watch your speed. It's easy to creep up to 30-35 MPH. Slow down and keep you focus on the road.
Events Tomorrow (6/16) Afternoon &
Evening
We have two cool events happening tomorrow. First we have the Kona Ice Schools out for Summer party at Rossmoor Park from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Come join the celebration with Shave Ice and BBQ on the menu - what could be better? Have some shave ice and enjoy the summer kick off
party! More details below...
...And then, head on over to Rush Park for our first Concert & Movie in the Park event of the summer. The Elm Street Band will kick off at 6:00 p.m. for your listening and dancing pleasure. Then at dusk, SING will be shown on the outdoor screen.
Family fun times two...what better way to enjoy your
Friday?
Sweeper Monday Yes this Monday is sweeper Monday. Please remember to move all vehicles (and trash cans) from the streets of Rossmoor so the sweepers can clean our streets.
RHA Board Meeting Tuesday This upcoming Tuesday (6/20) our RHA will hold its regular meeting at 7:00 p.m. at Rossmoor Park. Please plan to attend.
It's Back! The RHA Fiction Writing Contest Our newest RHA Board member, Cathy Larson, has resurrected the RHA Fiction Writing Contest along with some really great prizes. Get your thinking caps on, review some of the past awarded stories and then get writing! More details below.
Upcoming Dates to Note
We have a number of events coming up that you will want to put on your calendar. Check them out: - Concert & Movie in the Park - Friday 6/16 - 6:00 p.m. Rush Park
- Sweeper Monday - Monday 6/19 - Remember to move your vehicles!
- RHA Board Meeting - Tuesday 6/20 - 7:00 p.m. Rossmoor Park
- Rossmoor Recycles -
Saturday 6/24 - Rush Park, please bring your newspapers, mixed paper, cans and plastic bottles.
- RCSD Board Meeting - Tuesday 7/11 - 7:00 p.m. Rush Park Auditorium
And of course, the weekly Rossmoor Walk & Talk each Tuesday morning, that it is not raining, starting at 10:30 a.m. at Rush Park. A second walking group meets
on Thursday afternoons at 4:00 p.m. also at Rush Park.
Thanks for reading the RHA eNews Blast
The RHA Communications Team
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Concerts and Movies in the Park are back this summer with a terrific line up.
For June, Elm Street will play for your
listening and dancing pleasure followed by the family film "Sing." The band starts at 6:00 p.m. followed by the movie at dusk. Come out and join us for one or both at Rush Park. Please bring your blankets and chairs, insect repellent and even a picnic dinner.
These events are free and very popular with the neighborhood, so you may want to show up a bit early.
Our next concert & movie event will be on Friday July 14th followed by the third installment on Friday August 18th. Plan to join in the fun!
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LA Fitness Health Club @ The
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The Shops at Rossmoor and LA Fitness have resubmitted essentially the same proposal that was withdrawn last fall to build a 37,000 square foot facility in the parking lot behind Sprouts.
PLEASE SHOW UP at Seal Beach Planning Commission Meeting on
June 19th at the Seal Beach City Council chambers. The meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. Arrive early if you want to have a seat. Please express your opinions on the project to the Commission.
If the LA Fitness project is approved by the planning commission, the City Council will hear the plans in the following few weeks. Watch the Seal Beach City website for details so you don't miss your chance to let the
City know how you feel about the project.
Coalition Against LA Fitness Project The non-profit Coalition Against LA Fitness (CALAF) is raising funds to help represent the Rossmoor and Seal Beach residents and shoppers who frequent the
Shops to be heard. To find out how you can help support CALAF, please see their website, Facebook group and Go Fund Me page.
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Rossmoor Recycles: Saturday
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Our next monthly Rossmoor Recycles Drive is on Saturday, June 24th Please bring your recyclable newspapers, mixed paper waste, recyclable cans, and plastic
bottles to Rush Park.
You'll be helping the environment AND putting some much-needed funds back into the Rossmoor community!
Locally owned The File
Depot will be in the parking lot at Rush Park to take your boxes for a Rossmoor Special of just $6 per banker sized box or if you have other sized boxes, bags or containers, the cost is just 24 cents a pound.
We’ll see you there!
8:00 AM to 12 N00N – Rush Park Parking Lot
on Blume Drive
Please separate Newspaper materials from
other paper waste, e.g. cardboard and magazines and other paper materials waste. Thanks for your help!
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Writers - You're
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For six consecutive years, Rossmoor residents captivated our imaginations with fictional stories about Rossmoor and Rossmoor characters who fell in love, returned
from war, discovered new friendships, uncovered Ross Cortese’s dead body, and recounted the backstory of our street names. The years 2009 to 2014 gave rise to budding writers, and creativity meandered our neighborhood boulevards. This year
the Rossmoor Homeowners Association is proud to resurrect our popular Fiction Writing Contest — the seventh in our almost-annual, yearly contest. You can check our some of the past winning essays here Time to dust off your typewriters, dig into your imagination, clear a space in your favorite writing corner, and put your stories to paper. The contest is open to any Rossmoor resident with a yarn to spin and a tale begging to be told. You don’t have to be a professional writer to enter. Entries should have a Rossmoor
theme of some type: either placed in Rossmoor or about characters who came from Rossmoor. Will this year’s winning story be about a crooked government official who approves a dangerous bridge serving Rossmoor residents in exchange for a
bribe? Or about the challenge of a big match to a Rossmoor youth on one of our parks’ soccer fields? Or perhaps about a soldier serving his country far from home and dreaming back to his days in Rossmoor? Or maybe even a thriller with a nod to The DaVinci Code, outlining the meaning behind Rossmoor’s quirks? The winner of the contest will receive a $200 VISA gift card from this year’s sponsor, Write Away U, and have their stories published on the RHA website. The runner-up will win a $100 gift certificate, and the author of the third-place story will get a $50 gift certificate — both gift certificates from a local eatery. Even if you don’t win, it’s bound to be challenging and fun, and all entrants will be invited to a RHA-sponsored picnic in the park sometime this summer.
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Sargent Feely of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department recommends the following practices to keep Rossmoor residents and their property safe: Knock, Knock Burglaries Recent reports have been received from residents about strangers knocking on their doors both during the day and well into the evening.
To protect your family and property, when an unexpected knock occurs
at your door, do not open your door. Rather, keep the door closed and locked, ask who the person is, and what they want. Make note of what they say and decline their offer or service. Do not open your door to a stranger. Burglars use this “knock, knock…who’s there?” technique to gain entry to homes, scope out home occupancy, or evaluate content value.
Remember, if you have a suspicious encounter, immediately contact OCSD at 714.647.7000 and provide the individual’s direction and mode of travel, individual’s physical description (from head to toe, clothing coloring and style is important), and time and location
that the incident occurred.
Lock It, Hide It, Keep It Keep your car doors locked at all times when parked in your driveway or on the street. Many cars in Rossmoor that are broken into have been unlocked. Also, remove items from your car or place them out of view in your trunk for safe keeping.
Thieves go down streets and check cars parked both on the street and in driveways to see if they are locked. If the car is locked, they will typically move on to an unlocked car.
Catalytic Converter Theft Stolen catalytic converters, particularly from Toyota trucks and other models, have been
increasing. Law enforcement recommends parking in your garage to prevent this type of theft. If you must park in your driveway or on the street, add motion detection lights or continuous lights illuminating your property as a deterrent. If you have a vehicle with an easily accessible and highly desirable catalytic converter, get your catalytic converter etched with your vehicle license plate number by your vehicle service provider.
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Rossmoor residents Bernie Beskind & Herb Halling coordinates the weekly Rossmoor Walk &
Talk meeting at Rush Park on Tuesday mornings at 10:30. That is unless it's raining, then there's no walk.
NEW WALK ADDED! Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. at Rush Park, there is a new group of
walkers. Plan to join them next Thursday to walk and talk
The program is simple enough, whoever attends forms groups of 2-4 people and walk around Rush Park and they talk. How long they walk, how fast they walk, and what they talk about is up to them. If you need a topic to talk about, Bernie will be happy to help you out. It's a real Win-Win Bernie's idea creates an informal way to meet your neighbors and get some exercise at the same time. It could save or at least extend your life, plus you'll get to meet some really
great people. And that is a huge win-win. Come join us! The Rossmoor Walk & Talk is open to all ages. The more the merrier - Invite your friends and please spread the word. Rossmoor Walk & Talk meets are held every Tuesday at 10:30 AM at Rush Park. If you have questions, please email Bernie
(BernieB_90720@yahoo.com), or come see him on Tuesdays at 10:30 at Rush Park. Bernie will be the energetic guy with glasses, short hair, long in years and walking slowly. |
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Coyote sightings in Rossmoor have decreased over the past couple of months. This decrease is typical for the time of year. Unfortunately, it does not indicate the coyotes are not in Rossmoor. They are still here.
For those of
you who have made reports, THANK YOU. You are helping us track coyote behavior which is critical to any future removal attempts.
Please continue to be careful with your pets (keep them indoors or within your sight, and NO NOT leave pet food outside after feeding time).
Our Rossmoor Wildlife Watch program is continuing to collect reports and monitoring coyote behavior and movement based on these reports. Please continue to report any coyote activity you see on the
Rossmoor Wildlife Watch website.
If you would like to find out more about our Rossmoor Wildlife Watch program and discover what we are doing, please sign up for more information.
The coyote challenge we face here in Rossmoor and throughout Southern California does not have a
magical "fix it" solution. It will take a community effort (that's you and me, not "them") to keep our pets safe and reduce the risks in our neighborhood. Please learn what you can do at your home and for everyone in Rossmoor.
RHA Membership Because Rossmoor Matters
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The Rossmoor Homeowners Association (RHA) is a membership funded, non-profit
organization and as such relies primarily on member dues and fund-raising to cover its annual costs.
What costs?
Great question, glad you asked. The Rossmoor Homeowners Association:
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