April Meeting

Some spectacular weather out there. Hope you're enjoying it. This month we'll be meeting at the Angel family home at 5600 Sorento Road. Meeting is Wednesday, April 20th at 6:30 p.m. Hope to see you there!

VVA March Meeting

Hello all you Valleyviewers! I hope that the rain finds you all well!

Our next neighborhood meeting is this Wednesday, March 16th. We'll be meeting at the Santos home at 721 Barros Dr.  Meeting with begin at 6:30 and last an hour.

Among our topics of discussion will be an update on illegal camping activities near our neighborhood, a request to pursue a traffic signal at Kenmar and Del Paso, as well as continuing our discussion on the Panhandle project and any comments our neighborhood may wish to submit to the City.  Understanding the varying opinions on the project, I would ask that you consider attending and making you voice heard. If you cannot, please feel free to contact me by phone or by email.

Hope to see you on Wednesday.

February Neighborhood Meeting

Hello all you Valley Viewers, this month we'll be discussing, among other topics, flood control in Natomas. Representatives from Reclamation District 1000 will be in attendance to discuss recent developments on the flood control front and what to expect going forward.

This month we'll be meeting at the Angel's home at 5600 Sorento Road (thanks Joe and Angela!!!). Start time is 630.

See you Wednesday (2/17)!

January 2016 Meeting

Happy New Year everyone. We have our first meeting of 2016 scheduled for this coming Wednesday (1/20) to be held at my home at 5625 East Levee Road. We'll begin at 630pm. Among other items, we'll be discussing an update to development proposed in the Panhandle. Look forward to seeing you!

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!!!