San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved an agreement with Ramona Municipal Water District for the relocation of waterlines as part of the San Vicente Road improvements.
The Ramona district is responsible for the approximate $2.3 million cost to relocate the waterlines, but it will fund the work during the course of the project rather than with a lump sum in advance of the work, according to a county report.
U.S. Forest Service is identifying lands in the national forests that could be designated wilderness areas and will hold a meeting for public comments at the Palomar Ranger District office on May 31.
Palomar Ranger District is part of the Cleveland National Forest. The meeting will be from 4 to 7 p.m. in the district office, 1634 Black Canyon Road.
Tuesday, May 22
Ramona Municipal Water District, 4:30 p.m., Ramona Community Center, 434 Aqua Lane. More: www.rmwd.org.
Thursday, May 24
Ramona Community Planning Group special meeting, 7 p.m., Ramona Community Center, 434 Aqua Lane. Review mitigated negative declaration for wholesale distributed generation solar project at 1650 Warnock Drive. Public review ends June 1. More: sdcounty.ca.gov/dplu/ceqa_public_review_html, 760-445-8545.
Ramona Tea’d (Taxed Enough Already) will hold a Candidates Forum at Ramona Mainstage, 626 Main St., on Saturday, May 19. Doors open at noon, and the program begins at 1 p.m.
This event is scheduled on a different date and different hours than the regular forums to avoid conflicts with the Main Street Parade held on May 19 and Memorial Day Weekend Saturday, May 26. Ramona Tea’d usually meets on the last Saturday of the month at noon.
Ramona Community Planning Group will hold a special meeting on May 24 to address environmental documents for the proposed solar farm at 1650 Warnock Drive.
The meeting will start at 7 p.m. in Ramona Community Center, 434 Aqua Lane. The meeting will give planners and residents a chance to comment on the project’s mitigated negative declaration.
Ramona Municipal Water District customers should be receiving notices in the mail with the district’s proposed “not-to-exceed” 8.4 percent treated water rate increase and 3.5 percent sewer rate increase for fiscal year 2012-2013.
Voters have until Monday, May 21, to register to vote in the June 5 Presidential Primary Election. Those unsure it they’re registered can check online at the Registrar of Voters’ site, www.sdvote.com.
“If you’ve moved recently, changed your name or your party preference, you’ll need to fill out a new registration form,” said Deborah Seiler, registrar of voters
Assembly Republican leader Connie Conway from Tulare last week appointed District 77 State Assemblyman Brian Jones assistant Republican leader on the Assembly Republican Leadership Team.
“I am eager to continue working with Republican leader Conway to get Californians back to work,” said Jones.
“In his new role, Brian will play an even more important role for our party as we work to stop the painful education trigger cuts put forward by Democrats, protect our children from dangerous classroom predators, and responsibly reform our broken public employee pension system,” said Conway.
San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), seeking to fill in public transportation gaps in the county, sent a team to Ramona on April 25 to find out the community’s needs.
A handful of people attended the meeting in the Ramona Community Center and one of those was a student covering the presentation as an assignment for his Ramona High School civics class.
The SANDAG team brought boards listing a variety of needs for transportation services and asked those at the meeting to mark the ones they believe are high priorities and to offer input.
Thursday, May 10
Ramona Village Design Group, 6:30 p.m., Ramona Chamber of Commerce office, 960 Main St., Review draft village core plan. More: 760-638-4300.
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