On Monday the City Council will approve a revised Noise Plan for Mission Viejo. The City already benefits from sound attenuation resulting from the design of the planned community in the 1960’s by the Mission Viejo Company.
Sound measurements are reported in decibels (dBA), which are similar to Richter earthquake measurements because both are logarithmic. An increase [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Citywide Noise
Posted in Council Votes, Planning Commission, Traffic & Transportation, tagged Mission Viejo General Plan Noise Element, Mission Viejo News on January 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »
CEO Blames Kaleidoscope For Bristol Farm’s Closure
Posted in Business, Consumer on January 30, 2009 | 5 Comments »
CEO Kevin Davis today told the MV Dispatch the closing of Bristol Farms is due to the business environment at Kaleidoscope. Davis said the problem is “the continuing problem of vacancies in the Center; there are continuing vacancies of 20-50%.”
Mr. Davis rejected the characterization by Mission Viejo City Hall yesterday that the closure was due to [...]
Bristol Farms Closing
Posted in Business, Consumer, Planning Commission, tagged Bristol Farms, Kaleidoscope Center, Mission Viejo News on January 29, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Next month Bristol Farms will close its store in the Kaleidoscope Center. Community Services Director Chuck Wilson announced the departure today, noting El Torito Grill also recently left the center.
The property management company is nevertheless optimistic. It is contemplating the addition of a delicatessan and ‘dueling piano’ bar. The concept is proposed by current [...]
Local Church Addresses Cohabitation In Hard Times
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Mission Viejo Crossline Church, Pastor J.P. Jones on January 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The pastor of Mission Viejo’s Crossline Church says standards have changed drastically regarding cohabitation by unmarried couples. He works to encourage a biblical view against such arrangements, even when economic conditions create additional incentive for living together.
”These are not easy things because we are dealing with people’s hearts and feelings,” Pastor J.P. Jones told [...]
Frank Cordes Released In Leta Lynn’s Disappearance
Posted in Crime & Public Safety, People, tagged frank cordes, leta lynn cordes, st maarten, St Martin on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A St Maarten neighbor of Frank Cordes informed the MV Dispatch today that Frank was released from jail yesterday. The Mission Viejo resident had been arrested on October 14 as a suspect in the disppearance of his wife, Leta Lynn.
Windward Islands Prosecutor Taco Stein told the St Martin News that Frank remains a suspect in the case. Although [...]
Saddleback College Enrollment Spikes; Budget OK
Posted in Schools, tagged Carol Hilton, Jane Rosecrans, Saddleback College on January 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Saddleback College enrollment has experienced a sharp increase as the economy falters and state colleges have announced restraints on the number of students. Last year there were 22,816 students at Saddleback; as of Jan. 16 there are 24,259 enrolled, an 8% rise.
“We’re in a situation where people are getting laid off from their jobs, and [...]
Remarkable Walk
Posted in People, Sports, tagged Surf City USA Marathon, Vicki Varela on January 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Vicki Varela worked for the Saddleback Valley School District for 20 years as a job developer for students with disabilities in the W.E.C.A.R.E program. In 2001 she was diagnosed with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, a disease with no cure.
After undergoing chemotherapy and steroids, she walked her first marathon in 2005. She remembers how “walking in that [...]
Foreclosure Rental Scam: MV Man Sentenced
Posted in Crime & Public Safety, tagged Alexander Braslavsky, Anthony Marshall, Tony Marshall on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Mission Viejo man was sentenced yesterday in Vista for falsely renting foreclosure houses to innocent homeseekers. Judge Goldstein sentenced Anthony Patrick Marshall, 38, and his partner to 90 days in jail.
The light sentence was a deal in exchange for repayment to the victims, according to the North County Times. Judge Goldstein was [...]
11,000 Signatures Filed With City Clerk
Posted in City Aestheics, Initiative (Low Density), Zoning & Development, tagged Connie Lee, Dale Tyler, Karen Hamman, Mission Viejo Right To Vote Intiative, Mission Viejo Zoning Initiative on January 26, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Residents Dale Tyler and Connie Lee filed 11,026 signatures today on petitions for the ’Right to Vote’ (RTV) Initiative. City Clerk Karen Hamman told the Dispatch it took five and a half hours, from 9am to 2:30pm, to take a gross count. She eliminated 31 of the 11,026 signatures, leaving a total count of 10,995.
The petitions [...]
Letter: ‘Needs’ Aren’t Rights
Posted in Budget, Letters to Editor, tagged Cathy Schlicht, Frank Semelsberger on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Good for Cathy. I support her all the way. The wasteful spending going on (like the float and pay raises) needs to be stopped.
I’m not against spending money for legitimate government concerns but sometimes we need to ask ourselves if this is the role of government to accomodate every need in our society that someone [...]
Expert Recommends MV Roundabouts; Meeting Monday
Posted in Planning Commission, Traffic & Transportation, tagged Mission Viejo Roundabouts, Shirley Land on January 23, 2009 | 6 Comments »
An expert on traffic flow has recommended roundabouts for the three intersections on Marguerite Parkway at Trabuco, LaPaz and Oso.
The recommendations are based on traffic counts, capacity, safety, and ability to expedite traffic. The Oso recommendation is based on a 3-lane configuration and wouldn’t apply if Oso is expanded to 4 lanes each way. Oso [...]
Driver Sentenced In Death Of Coble Children
Posted in Crime & Public Safety, tagged Coble Children, Jorge Romero, Mission Viejo Freeway Truck Accident on January 23, 2009 | 6 Comments »
The driver of a truck that struck and killed the three young Coble children on the freeway in Mission Viejo was sentenced today. Jorge Miguel Romero, 38, of Apple Valley, was given one year in jail plus five years of probation.
He pleaded no contest on Aug. 22, 2008, to three misdemeanor counts of [...]
Moratorium Extension On Casta Golf Course
Posted in Uncategorized on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One year ago the City Council adopted an emergency moratorium prohibiting for 45 days the rezoning of all Mission Viejo land designated for open space or recreational use. At the time a developer was interested in purchasing all or a portion of the Casta del Sol Golf Course for high density housing.
In April of [...]
Letter From Councilmember Cathy Schlicht
Posted in Letters to Editor, Open Government, tagged Cathy Schlicht, Frank Ury, Mission Viejo City Council on January 23, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Friends, I want to thank you. You have no idea what your support, encouragement and faith mean to me.
Irrespective of the circumstances surrounding me at city hall, including the council’s reluctance to accept my role on behalf of voters, I am determined to represent the best interests of our citizens. I am honored to be your [...]
