Hi
It looks like the weekend will be nice
and sunny with our highs pushing to the low 80's. It's a great time to take a walk in the neighborhood (early and late in the day may be best to avoid the heat if that is an issue for you). before we have a cooler, more cloud covered week. Get out and get moving - enjoy this wonderful weather.
Monday is the first
Monday of the month and the sweepers will be here. Please move your vehicles and trash cans from the streets so the sweepers can sweep. Thanks for your help.
Annual RHA Writing Contest It’s 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. Don’t think you have to be a professional writer to enter — simply let your imagination lose and see where it takes you. Topic Requirements: Entries should have a Rossmoor
theme of some type: either placed in Rossmoor or about characters who came from Rossmoor.
The winner of the contest will receive a $200 VISA gift card from this year’s sponsor, Write Away U. And all writers will 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.
Submission deadline and details can be found here.
I-405 Project Open House: Thursday 6/7, Rush Park Please join the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) and CalTrans to learn more about the 1-405 freeway construction project. The pen house will run from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Rush Park auditorium.
There will be a presentation from 6:30 to 7 p.m. Presentation topics will include a project overview, tentative bridge construction schedule, and an interactive map and Waze app demonstration.
If you have questions,
this is a good time to come out and ask them.
Rossmoor Walk & Talk
Upcoming Dates to Note
We have a number of events coming up that you will want to put on your calendar. Check them out: - Street Sweeping - Monday June 4th, please remove your vehicles and trash cans from Rossmoor streets.
- RCSD Board Meeting - Tuesday 6/12 - 7:00 p.m. Rush Park Aud.
- RHA Board Meeting - Tuesday 6/19 - 7:00 p.m. Rossmoor Park
- Rossmoor Recycles - Saturday 6/30 - 8:00 a.m. to Noon - Rush Park, please bring your newspapers, mixed paper, cans and plastic bottles.
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 Comm Team
Neighborhood Watch Updates |
CHECK OUT THE UPDATED NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH WEBSITE The Neighborhood Watch section of the RHA Website was updated over the past few weeks.
New information about Rossmoor’s Neighborhood Watch, weekly and quarterly crime reports, and how to register as a block captain or block member has been added.
The new Security Tips section includes great information for home security, identity theft, personal safety, property crimes, scams, street or Rossmoor park light outages, vacation
checks, vehicle safety and when to call 9-1-1.
Stay Safe Rossmoor……remember…..be connected, be smart and be observant. If something is not right, call the OC Sheriff's Department at 714.647.7000 and if you see a crime
in progress, call 9-1-1.
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU!
We are all in this together. It is up to all of us to be observant for the safety of our community.
What is Neighborhood Watch?Neighborhood Watch is a cooperative partnership between the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and Rossmoor residents
and businesses to reduce crime and keep Rossmoor safe. An active Neighborhood Watch is one of the most successful and least costly crime prevention programs available.
By working with your neighbors and the Sheriff’s Department, you can help fight crime in Rossmoor the most effective way…..before it begins! Although the Sheriff’s Department provides guidance to Neighborhood Watch
groups, Rossmoor volunteers, such as you, actually run the program. What is Rossmoor’s Neighborhood Watch Program?Rossmoor’s Neighborhood Watch Program is organized, funded
and operated by the Rossmoor Homeowner’s Association (RHA) and has been since its beginning back in the late 1970's. The Neighborhood Watch Program team is made up of Rossmoor community members organized into “block watches” of 20-30 homes
each. We ask you to register your home with us to help our Block Captains have the most up-to-date contact information for you. Remember, keeping Rossmoor Safe is something we all
to together.
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Rossmoor Recycles: Saturday 6/30 |
Our next monthly Rossmoor Recycles Drive is on Saturday, June 30th. 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!
Note: Paper shredding is only available quarterly (Oct, Jan, Apr, and July)
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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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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New cool Rossmoor T-Shirts available in adult sizes S-XXXL and youth sizes for just $20 each ($15 for youth sizes).
Get yours and wear it proudly!
For additional information or to order your shirts, please contact Cathy Larson
(562-243-7971 or TShirts@Rossmoor-RHA.org)
I-405 Improvement Project |
As most of you know the I-405 enhancement project has begin with the preliminary ground and soil work. The I-405 in both directions from the I-605 to SR 73 interchange will have CalTrans crews working intermittently on the shoulders and neighboring streets. Some lane and complete freeway closures will take place
as well.
The OCTA has also released a projected schedule for the bridge work along the 16 mile project path. You can see that here. Note that none of the projected work will directly impact Rossmoor or Seal Beach Blvd. However, if you plan to drive between here and SR 73 in Costa Mesa, especially in the late night and early morning hours, you may
want to check for closures on the OCTA
website.
We will provide updates here as they become available.
Once the project is completed in about 2023, there will be one additional traffic lane in each direction. The current HOV lane and an additional lane will be Toll Lanes for vehicles with less
than 3 riders.
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Rossmoor resident Herb Halling coordinates the two weekly Rossmoor Walk & Talk meet ups at Rush Park on
Tuesday mornings at 10:30 a.m.
AND
Thursday afternoons at 4:00 p.m.
Both meet at Rush Park - That is unless it's raining, then there's no
walk.
The idea is simple enough, whoever attends forms groups of 2-4 people and walk around Rush Park 1, 2, or 3 times, and they talk. How long they walk, how fast they walk, and what they talk about is up to them. There never seems to be a shortage of talking topics so join in the fun while you pump some blood around your body. It's a real Win-Win This great 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. The more the merrier - Invite your friends and please spread the word. Rossmoor Walk & Talk meets are held every Tuesday at 10:30 AM AND every Thursday at 4:00 PM both at Rush Park. |
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Block members contribute by expanding the coverage of the Neighborhood Watch network.
The more residents who participate in the program and
are observant about their surroundings and neighborhood, the safer our community is.
All you need to do is complete the block member form and you will be added to the Neighborhood Watch network. There is no cost or obligation to you, but the benefits to you and your block could be life changing or saving.
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Coyote sightings in Rossmoor have decreased to almost zero over the past couple of months. The coyote gates are down and that is a big help. Other easier food sources seem to be available to the local coyotes as well. Unfortunately, reduced sightings/reports 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 DO NOT leave pet food outside after feeding time).
Our Rossmoor Wildlife Watch program continues to collect reports and monitors 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.
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