Santa to Visit Valley View Acres

With Christmas right around the corner, it's that time again for Santa to make an appearance!

We are currently scheduled to see him on Thursday, 12/10 at approximately 7:20pm. at the corner of Barros and Tunis. For more info on this visit and the others around Natomas, please visit Angelique Ashby's website here: http://www.angeliqueashby.com/santa-is-coming-to-natomas-2015

Happy holidays to all of you!

October Meeting

Our October neighborhood meeting will be held this Wednesday, Oct 21 at 630 at the Brace residence at 5021 Tunis Road. Hope to to see you there!

September Meeting

This month we're meeting at the Angel's home at 5600 Sorento Rd. Meeting is this Wednesday, 9/18. Meeting starts at 630.

Special Meeting

The Solis' (5421 East Levee Road) will be hosting a special neighborhood meeting this Wednesday, Aug. 26th to discuss the increasing homeless problem in and around our neighborhood. Meeting will begin at 630, representatives from the City will be in attendance.

August Meeting

Hello everyone. We'll be meeting this Wednesday, August 19th at 721 Barros Dr. Meeting to start at 6:30pm. Among other issues, we'll be discussing the rise of homeless individuals in and around the neighborhood.

June Meeting

This month we have attendance commitments from the City's Department of Utilities and a representative for the Sacramento Groundwater Authority to discuss the drought's effect on City water supplies and as well as the lowdown on the state of groundwater in Natomas.  Please note that this will be the last meeting until August, we take a break, sort-of, by not meeting in July since we'll all be at the 4th of July parade and related festivities.

Meeting is at 5625 E. Levee Road. Again, the meeting is Wednesday, June 17 and will begin at 630 and last no longer than 1 hour.

May Meeeting

All, Wednesday, May 20th is our next scheduled meeting. This month it'll be at the Santos home at 721 Barros at 630 (thanks Nando and Dolores!)

I had hoped City Utilities Department and Sacramento Groundwater Authority representatives would be available to attend this month to discuss groundwater, but because of scheduling conflicts, they are unable to attend. However, both have indicated availability for our June meeting. I will keep you posted.

We will be discussing the Panhandle project, which appears to be in some very early discussions with the City of pursuing the necessary permits to develop. While moving very, very slowly and any potential development being many years out, I think getting back up to speed on the issues is time well spent.

Let me know if you'd like anything else discussed.

Neighborhood Cleanup - May 2nd

We'll be having our annual neighborhood cleanup, next Saturday, May 2nd.  This has been a very successful cleanup every year and expect this year to be no different.

Atlas Disposal has, again,  generously donated a 40 yard container at no charge. It will be located near the Angel residence at 5600 Sorento Road. If you'd like to team up with others from the neighborhood, we'll be meeting at the Angel's at about 830am and breaking off into teams from there. Otherwise, you are welcome to join us as we make our way through the neighborhood. What streets we clean up will depend on the number of volunteers, so come out even if its for 30 mins or an hour.

If you are unable to participate in the cleanup, we encourage you to consider at least picking up trash in front of your property (if there is any).

Thanks everyone and see you next Saturday.

April Meeting Update

This weekend I received a couple requests to add the effects of the current drought and state groundwater regulation to VVA wells on this months agenda, which we're going to do, as groundwater is essential to our community in many respects, including domestic and agricultural use.

Given that this Wednesday's agenda is jam packed, which is necessarily going to curb the amount of time we can spend on a particular topic, I am also going to follow up with the County Department of Water Resources, which is the government agency that oversees groundwater wells and groundwater use in Sacramento County, and request a representative attend our May meeting so that we can have an expert in the area address questions and concerns of neighbors. Given its importance to all of us, we'll plan on dedicating a majority of the May meeting time on this issue.

Thanks to those who chimed in. We all choose to live in a very special and diverse community and its heartening to know that despite our differences we all care very much about living here together!

Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday.

Nick

April Meeting

Hello all. We have a full agenda for next week's VVA meeting. The meeitng is on April 15 at the Brace home at 5021 Tunis Rd. We'll begin promptly at 630. Topics to discuss will include the following:

Proposed SMUD rate increase - SMUD rep will be in attendance

Update from Councilwoman Angelique Ashby's office - Brandon Black will be in attendance

Twin Rivers Board of Trustee Candidate Discussion

City District 1 Youth Programs Coordinator Elena Quintero will be in attendance to discuss internships and summer job opportunities for young adults.

See you next week!

Thanks

Annual Egg Hunt

VVA Annual Easter Egg Hunt

The Annual Valley View Acres Easter Egg Hunt, hosted by our very own Dennis Boyd, will be held at 11:00am on Saturday, April 4th at Dennis' place located at 5610 Sorento Road!

Egg hunters young and old are welcome!

See you there!!!

March Meeting

This month we'll be meeting at the Angel home at 5600 Sorento. Meeting date is Wednesday, March 18th, at 630pm. Hope to see you there!

Missing Sheep?

Does anyone in the neighborhood know who owns the flock of sheep that have been roaming Sorento Road and East Levee the last couple weeks?


If so, please contact me directly at navdis@gmail.com

February Meeting

Hello all. We'll be meeting on Wednesday, February 18th at 630 at 5625 East Levee Road. Thanks!

January 2015 Meeting

Our first meeting of the year will be this coming Wednesday , January 21st, at 630pm. Location is the Santos home at 721 Barros. Among the topics of discussion will be the proposed increase for garbage and recycling and proposed urban agriculture ordinance. City representatives will be on hand for both items.  Please let me know if there are any other items you would like discussed. Look forward to seeing you and thanks to the Santos family for hosting this month's meeting.