[rha] Happy New Year! Our Rossmoor & Your Critical Documents

Published: Wed, 01/02/19

Rossmoor Homeowners Association, since 1957

First, Happy New Year!

We wish you the very best in 2019.

And to help you start the New Year off right, the RHA is sponsoring a free presentation on getting you better prepared for an emergency (think fire or other evacuation type situation).

Attorney Tracy J. Roberts and Real Estate Broker Scott Underwood will show you what important documents to put in your emergency binder (you do have an emergency binder, right?).

All supplies will be provided to you at no cost or obligation. Come and join us for this informative seminar on Tuesday January 15th at starting at 7:00 p.m. in the Community room at Rossmoor Park.

RHA Membership Renewals

The start of the year is also when your RHA membership dues are due. If you are currently a member or have been considering becoming one, now is the time to act. Go to our website and complete the short form there.

Your membership matters as it allows us to do what we do for Our Rossmoor: put on fun community events, promote safety programs, advocate for Rossmoor, and keep you updated on issues effecting Rossmoor. For just $30 per household, it's the best bargain you'll find all year. Come join us.

Our Rossmoor

The Winter 2019 issue of Our Rossmoor should have arrived at your home in the past week or so. As you have seen we've updated the publication name to better reflect who we are, the only publication specifically for and about Our Rossmoor from the RHA. This issue includes features:

A recap on the more than awesome 2018 Rossmoor Winter Festival
The Rossmoor Christmas Lights Awards and a recap of the Rossmoor Lights Bike Tour
Our Board Bio spotlights Marian Last’s public service and how she came to Rossmoor
Rossmoor business owner Bob Poyar who owns Burnett Engraving sits down with our own Cathy Larson to talk about living in Rossmoor
A logic puzzle that will challenge all but the very brightest readers

Grab your copy of the Winter 2019 Issue…

Upcoming Dates to Note

There are a number of events coming up that you will want to put on your calendar. Check them out:

Street Sweeping - Monday January 7th, please remove your vehicles and trash cans from the streets of Rossmoor. Thanks!
RCSD Board Meeting - Tuesday 1/8 - 7:00 p.m. Rush Park Aud.
RHA Board Meeting - Tuesday 1/15 - 7:00 p.m. Rossmoor Park
Rossmoor Recycles - Saturday 1/26 - 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, starting at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday morning at 10:00 a.m., and on Thursday afternoons at 4:00. Each meets near the playground at Rush Park when it's not raining.

Thanks for reading the Our Rossmoor eBlast

The RHA Comm Team

PS - Come join the conversation with your neighbors at Nextdoor Rossmoor!

RHA Membership

Because Rossmoor Matters

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 is focused on Fun, Safety, and Communications:

Hosts and/or sponsors numerous community events, including the Rossmoor Community Festival, Fiction Writing Contest, Rossmoor Winter Festival, Christmas Lights Celebration, and Shakespeare in the Park.(fun)
Coordinates and sponsors the Neighborhood Watch program throughout Rossmoor (safety).
Hosts frequent Town Hall style meetings (generally at our monthly RHA Board meetings) with invited guest speakers to discuss important topics to Rossmoor residents. Recent topics include the I-405 Improvement Project regarding the noise levels and the CHP on speed enforcement in Rossmoor (communications).
Awards Scholarships each year to graduating high school residents (fun).
Keeps the curb addresses painted and visible for emergency responders and deliveries (safety.)
Provides disaster preparedness education materials and works in conjunction with the local West County CERT program to provide disaster preparation training (safety).
Keeps the neighborhood informed and the communication channels open via the Our Rossmoor publication, Our Rossmoor eBlasts, social media platforms, and the OurRossmoor.com website (communications).

And while the costs for these programs are not huge, they do add up throughout the year. And that's why we ask you to support our volunteer efforts by joining or renewing your membership with the RHA. And at $30 per household, it's a steal. Just hop on over to the RHA website and fill in your information.

You'll be supporting the RHA and its many efforts to keep Rossmoor the great place to live it is today. Join or renew today!

Rossmoor Recycles: Saturday 1/26

Our next monthly Rossmoor Recycles Drive is on Saturday, December 29th. 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: Free paper shredding is available quarterly (Oct, Jan, Apr, and July) and is provided by The File Depot in Huntington Beach

This month we will have free Shredding available during
the Rossmoor Recycles event.

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!

Are You A Licensed HAM Radio Operator?

If you are, then we'd like to know so we can reestablish our emergency amateur radio network here in Rossmoor.

If you are not a licensed operator or used to be one and are interested in becoming licensed, please let us know that as well. We can point you in the right direction and if there's enough interest, possibly schedule a class here in Rossmoor.

The plan is to reestablish the Rossmoor Emergency Amateur Radio Network. If/when a major disaster event occurs, Ham Radios may be the most effective way for us to communicate. If you are interested please let us know here..

AlertOC is a mass notification system designed to keep Orange County residents and businesses informed of emergencies and certain community events.

By registering with AlertOC, time-sensitive voice messages from the County or City in which you live or work may be sent to your home, cell or business phone. Text messages may also be sent to cellphones, e-mail accounts and hearing impaired receiving devices.

Get more info and sign up here.

Neighborhood Watch Updates

Rossmoor's Neighborhood Watch Program welcomes the opportunity to work together with residents through Neighborhood Watch and Nextdoor.

We are always looking to expand our Neighborhood Watch program by adding block captains, registering homes and neighbors, or sharing information.

Presently, more than half of the streets in Rossmoor have block captains - Is your street one of them?

It's easy to participate either in Neighborhood Watch or as a block captain by registering here.

It is also very important for residents to share information about safety and security concerns with OC Sheriff's by calling 714.647.7000. And we ask you to register your home with our Program.

If you see suspicious activity, call the Orange County Sheriff’s Department at 714.647.7000 and report:

• Who or what you saw

• When you saw it

• Where it occurred

• Why it’s suspicious

Follow the OCSD description checklist here to record the additional information needed to assist responding officers.

As always if there is an emergency, 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 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.

Rossmoor's Neighborhood Watch Committee distributes weekly crime reports to block captains and these reports are also posted on the RHA website and Nextdoor so residents are regularly notified about area incidents.

Quarterly crime/activity reports are presented by the OC Sheriffs at Rossmoor Community Services District meetings (generally each Feb., May, Aug., and Nov.) and we post these reports here for your convenience.

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.

Rossmoor Walk & Talk

Rossmoor resident Herb Halling coordinates the three weekly Rossmoor Walk & Talk meet ups at Rush Park on

Monday mornings at 10 a.m. Tuesday mornings at 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday mornings at 10 a.m.

Thursday mornings at 10 a.m.

And now

Saturday mornings at 10 a.m.

All 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.

Come join us! The Rossmoor Walk & Talk is open to all ages. More details and a short video are available here on the OurRossmoor.com site

The more the merrier - Invite your friends and please spread the word. Rossmoor Walk & Talk.

Become a Block Member

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.

Rossmoor Wildlife Watch

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.

Please report any coyote sightings here: RossmoorWildlife.org/report

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.

Rossmoor. A great place to live since 1957

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