Annual General Meeting Date Change!

The new date for the annual general meeting will be February 28, 2015 at 2 PM at the pool.

Also, there will be a call for HOA board member candidates coming soon, please check your mailers if you are interested in nominating yourself or someone else. Voting will follow nominations.

OC Bridges Update 10/16

ONSTRUCTION NOTIFICATION October 16, 2014

The Orange County Transportation Authority is building a series of bridges to separate trains from vehicles along the BNSF corridor in Fullerton, Placentia and Anaheim. In accordance with federal railroad safety regulations, residents should expect to hear an increase in the frequency of train horns because of construction activities on and around the railroad tracks, regardless of quiet zone designation. Regular work hours are Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. The following construction activities have either recently completed or are anticipated to begin shortly:­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ Orangethorpe Avenue Overcrossing                                                         Pile driving activities continue. Activity is on schedule to complete before the end of the year 72" waterline installation continues  Photo: Looking at Orangethorpe Avenue crossing   Photo: Placing concrete for Abutment 2 on Orangethorpe Avenue bridge      Tustin Avenue / Rose Drive Overcrossing                                                Del Cerro Drive by-pass road opened to traffic on October 4, 2014. Drives are encouraged to observe the 25 mph speed limit   Demolition of Tustin Avenue and Rose Drive roadways have begun Temporary intersection signalization at Richfield Road and Mira Loma Avenue Lakeview Avenue Overcrossing                                                                             18" waterline work including bringing line under BNSF and Lakeview Avenue continues     Installation of City of Anaheim 12" sewer line is underway  Utility relocations continue     Residents and drivers should be aware that starting Monday, October 20 at 9 pm through Friday, October 24 at 5 am, the contractor will reduce lanes on Orangethorpe Avenue in the area near the intersection with Lakeview Avenue to one lane in either direction. Drivers are encouraged to reduce their speed through the impacted area.   Photo: Time lapse camera on Lakeview Avenue looking northwest   State College Boulevard Undercrossing                                                    Installation of sewer line under the tracks at Kimberly Avenue has begun requiring lane reductions from Kimberly Avenue to Valencia Drive. These lane reductions will be in place until the end of the year. Continue with railroad retaining walls  Photo: Time lapse camera facing east at State College Boulevard  Raymond Avenue Undercrossing                                                              Continue activity at east end of Valencia Drive near Fullerton Industrial Center Continue 3rd party utility relocation Begin pile driving activities along BNSF property Please remember you can follow construction progress on the individual project pages at the OC Bridges website.  Please visit www.ocbridges.com.   (Click on the individual project page, scroll to the bottom and watch the daily progress) If you have any questions about this notification or other project issues, please contact: Tresa Oliveri, Outreach Project Manager, (714) 560-5374 or toliveri@octa.net or see below for additional options to "Get Connected/Stay Connected." OCTA and BNSF are closely coordinating their construction activities; however, OCTA cannot direct the time and duration of BNSF activities.  Disclaimer: Due to unforeseen operational factors or inclement weather, dates and times may change.  If you would like to be removed from this list, please send an e-mail to:ocbridges@octa.net.

OC Bridges Update

This is the email I received today from the OCTA.

I've cut and paste the news for Orangethrope and Tustin/Rose. Click the link above to see the entire email.

Orangethorpe  Avenue Overcrossing                                                        

• Contractor closed through traffic on Orangethorpe Avenue on August 11, 2014

• Temporary sound blankets were installed

• Pile driving activity began and will continue until estimated completion in late November

• Continue clearing of trees and groundcover at Chapman Avenue and Orangethorpe Avenue

Tustin Avenue / Rose Drive Overcrossing                                               

• Contractor is preparing bypass road for opening in mid September including:    

• Paving and striping 

• Installation of traffic signals

• Completion of property tie-ins within Del Cerro Mobile Estates

Please remember you can follow construction progress on the individual project pages at the OC Bridges website.  Please visit www.ocbridges.com.   (Click on the individual project page, scroll to the bottom and watch the daily progress)

If you have any questions about this notification or other project issues, please contact:

Tresa Oliveri, Outreach Project Manager, (714) 560-5374 or toliveri@octa.net or see below for additional options to "Get Connected/Stay Connected."

OCTA and BNSF are closely coordinating their construction activities; however, OCTA cannot direct the time and duration of BNSF activities.

Disclaimer: Due to unforeseen operational factors or inclement weather, dates and times may change.  If you would like to be removed from this list, please send an e-mail to:ocbridges@octa.net.

Notice to Las Palmas Estates Residents

24 July 2014 (sorry I'm really behind here)

Subject: Slope behind homes on Curie Lane

Our neighbors at the Bella Vista complex have informed us that their gardeners are finding trash and landscape clippings from trees and plants being thrown over our perimeter wall onto their slope area. Their landscape crew needs the area behind our perimeter wall to be clear for them to perform the slope maintenance. The Bella Vista Landscape crew will have to deal with that part of the issue.

The reason for this is that their landscape crews need the area directly behind our perimeter walls to be clear of clutter for them to perform their slope maintenance. 

We will send out the LPEHOA landscape crew out to pick-up what has been dumped. This is a onetime effort by LPEHOA!

Any other clippings beyond the point of this notice will then become the responcibility of the homeowner(s) to remove.

Please note: Some of the shrubs and treees are well over the wall and require trimming by the individual homeowners.

Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter,

Las Palmas Estates HOA

Pool Drawing Set w/ Site Plan for Review

We got some drawings from the architect regarding the pool area remodel.

Click on each link to view the picture.

• Google overview
• Isometric
• Isometric with Existing Trees
• Plan View (Overhead)
• Plan View (Overhead) with Existing Trees
• Isometric with Trees and Notes

OC Bridges Update

OCTA contacted us with some updates, some of which I'm sure you are already experiencing.

This is directly from the handout. (sorry I don't have a scanner handy)

August 2014-Spring 2016

Orangethorpe Ave Road Closure

OCTA previously planned for the bridge to be built while Orangethorpe remained open via a bypass road with one lane in both directions. However, complex utility relocations have affected the construction schedule. In order for the project to remain on schedule for completion by spring 2016, Orangethorpe Ave will be fully closed while the bridge is under construction. Starting early 2015, access to Chapman Ave will be closed until approximately late 2015.

Drivers can use either Kraemer Blvd to the west or Tustin/Rose to the east, with Alta Vista St to the north and Miraloma to the south, as detour routes.

For more information:
Tresa Oliveri
OC Bridges Outreach Manager
toliveri@octa.net
714-560-5374

OCTA
550 S. Main St.
P.O. Box 14184
Orange CA 92863

The Board met with Tresa and voiced many of our concerns. She was supposed to get back to us with some answers soon. If you have concerns, please let us know and/or let Tresa know.

And here are the notes that Lynne Waterson (our board secretary) took from our meeting with Tresa.

Schedule is behind. Delays in relocating utility lines

Bypass road not being utilized now, alternative close Orangethorpe Avenue

Until 2016, starting early August.

Chapman Avenue open until January 2015 then closed for 9 months to a year.

August 11th sound blanket structure on Orangethorpe starting

OCTA own the whole project until completion then turned over to the City of Placentia.

Will give updates as and when available. Can go on website and check updates.

Pool Elevation Drawings

Here are some drawings from the architect for our new pool house and pool area.

Click on the link to view any of the drawings. Sorry if they are upside down.

Drawings are as follows:
1) New vs Old-Overlay  030114
1) New Layout Only       031014
1) Section View "Imagine it Cut in Half at the entry doors"  032714