Wrightwood Property Owners Association Inc. (WWPOA) CSD Diary

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The following posts are excerpts about the WW Community Services District (CSD) initiative from the WWPOA newsletter going back to April 2016.
Although the WW CSD Committee had started work a year or two prior to 2016, the CSD did not really become
a blip on our radar until the WWPOA began to attend meetings and write articles.

This first post is from the April 2016 newsletter and is primarily about the MAC. The MAC is the way WW does business with the county in lieu of a CSD. Also included are notes from the MAC meeting to give folks a feel for what the MAC does. If the CSD is voted in, CSA 56 and its associated MAC are scheduled for dissolution.

Since the CSD only covers the core powers of Parks and Rec, Solid Waste, Street Lights and Sewer Engineering powers,
it is undefined what/how Wrightwood will deal with areas the MAC covers assuming the MAC is dissolved.

Will the MAC still persist?  Will the CSD be expected to take over the advisory roles the MAC used to perform in addition to its official powers.
Nobody seems to know.


From the WWPOA 4/2016 Newsletter...................

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What is the MAC? abstracted from Wikipedia

A municipal advisory council in the United States is an organization composed of elected or
appointed members whose purpose is to advise a city or county government about the activities and
problems of the area represented. In California state government, the councils serve unincorporated
communities as links to county boards of supervisors under authorization of a 1971 legislative statute.
Such a council is an advisory body of local citizens elected by the community or appointed by
the board of supervisors with the purpose of representing the community to the board. Although a
municipal advisory council is a governing body, it has no fiscal authority or administrative organization.
 Because it lacks authority to implement its position directly, it seeks to accomplish its goals
through county government.
These councils face two ways: toward the county, offering the views of the community; and toward
the community, supplying information about county proposals and a place where individuals can air
opinions on community problems and perhaps receive help. The councils hold public meetings, survey
community opinion and speak for the community to the board of supervisors. The most common
subject of activity is land-use planning. The county often uses the group as a planning advisory
council to draft or revise the community's portion of the county general plan.
The following 3 paragraphs on Wrightwood Municipal Advisory Council History is
from "Municipal Advisory Councils" by Jack Fuller, prepared for the State of California 1977

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WRIGHTWOOD MUNICIPAL ADVISORY COUNCIL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY 1977.
P. O. Box 1015, Wrightwood, CA 92397
CONTACT: James Weeks, Chairperson (714/249-XXXX)
POPULATION: 1,283 (1975 census)
ETHNIC COMPOSITION: unavailable
MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME: unavailable
MAC MEMBERSHIP: Eight members appointed (NOTE: final permanent membership will be seven)
MAC BUDGET: -0, MAC STAFF: -0
MAC MEETINGS: Third Monday, 7:30 p.m. at the Wrightwood Community Center, Wrightwood.
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COMMUNITY PROFILE Wrightwood, a mountain resort community about thirty miles northwest
of San Bernardino, has no industry and little commercial development. Those interviewed estimated
that 60% of the homes were "second" homes and that of the full-time residents, 70% worked elsewhere.
There is a CSA, and the Board of Supervisors governs the fire protection district: both are coterminous
with the MAC. When the MAC was formed, the advisory boards for both of these special districts were
consolidated to form the Council. An operating budget for the MAC comes from the funds of these
two districts.

WW MAC HISTORY The Wrightwood MAC was established in February 1976. Supervisor James
Mayfield initiated the formation to improve communications between the County and communities in
his rural district. Originally, consolidation of the two advisory boards made a ten member Council,
but this number will be reduced to seven by attrition. It is believed that a 7 member board is a more
workable size. The MAC is involved in development of a general plan and in planning for the installation of sewers, animal control, and roads.
 Community interest is high, and those interviewed
reported as many as 150 people at some meetings. The MAC has established a good rapport with the
Supervisor and the County.


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Fast forward from 1977 to 2016 and to this freshman WWPOA board member and recent MAC
attendee, things still seem to be about the same as they were about 40 years ago (with one Notable
Exception to be introduced below*). The MAC meetings are still the 3rd Monday of every month
and we still have 7 MAC board members, but the meetings start at 7PM instead of 7:30.

The 2016 MAC appears to follow a standard agenda:
1. Call to Order
2. Flag Salute
3. Roll Call of Board Members
4. Public Comment - Under this item, any member of the public wishing to directly address the
Board on any item of interest that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board, but
not listed on the agenda, may do so at this time. However, the Board is prohibited by law
from taking any action on any item not appearing on the agenda unless the action is otherwise
authorized by the Brown Act. Any member of the public wishing to directly address the Board
on any item listed on the agenda may do so when the item is being considered by the Board.
Speakers are requested to be brief in their remarks. The Chair may limit each speaker to a
comment period of five (5) minutes .
5. Agency Reports - This section is where the various public service entities such as the SBC/LAC
Sheriffs & Fire Department, Caltrans, County Services, Utilities, etc. report on signficant events
of interest to Wrightwood and where these entities receive input from the MAC about issues of
concern to Wrightwood.
6. Unfinished/Continued/New Business
7. Correspondence

Having attended enough of the recent MAC meetings to finally have that "Aha!" moment, our
key priority at the WWPOA is to replace the WWPOA representation at the MAC meeting lost with
the retirement of Carol Goss. Redefining and, if possible, improving the way WWPOA represents
its membership at the MAC is one of our most pressing initiatives over the coming months.

*The Notable Exception: the formation of a Wrightwood CSD in 2016
Last year, the County Supervisor appointed an exploratory committee to investigate the possibility of WW forming its own
County Services District, aka a CSD. The exploratory committee published
a Wrightwood Community Services District Feasibility Study on September 1, 2015 and presented it
to the San Bernardino County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) for review. A copy
of this report is available at http://wrightwoodcsd.org.
LAFCO is reviewing this application and needed all input by March 25. After that date the
committee will publish the findings on its website and schedule a public meeting to review the
findings. Approval of the CSD is by public ballot during the November elections. At that point 5
CSD board members will be elected. Applications for the position need to be made by mid-May.
The WWPOA has not had the opportunity to thoroughly review this document, but a quick
perusal of the study indicates that there could be positive benefits for WWPOA members and WW
residents. We will publish more in future newsletters as the details become available.



The following is
Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) 03/21/2016 Meeting Report

Board Members present were: Bob Comperini, Stephanie Carroll, Natalie Lopiccolo; absent were:
Paul Bauer, Chuck Carroll, Bonnie Ross
Public Comments: John Lenau: WW had a contract with SBCounty and a contractor to plant
200 trees in Sheep Creek wash; looks like 99% have not come up. SBC should come back to replant
them. Roy Montry: will check into possibility of replanting/replacement.
Agency Reports:
S.B. County Fire: Battalion Chief Bircheld has been reassigned.
S.B. County Sheri, Sgt. Jeff Toll: February calls: Oak Hills 158, Phelan 73, Pinon Hills 221,
Baldy Mesa 108, El Mirage 40, Wrightwood 118. We had an incident at 138 at Phelan Road, rocks
being thrown at vehicles; have four in custody, charges led. Burglaries in Wrightwood, two in
custody, 1 outstanding.
L.A. County Sheriff, Deputy Andrew Cronin: had 6 - 7 vehicle burglaries during snow days on
Highway 2 past Mountain High West. A description of a suspect vehicle: Black Ford F-150. There
have been no more burglaries since snow disappeared. Search and Rescue during snow, hikers falling
on icy paths down slopes, suggested warning signs would be good idea. Had search and rescue
training for 3 days at Mountain High North.
Victorville CHP, Lieutenant Jay Loftin: Fatal collision on 138, driver trying to pass over double
yellow line, spun into oncoming traffic. CHP needs more coverage to cite drivers who pass on double
yellow. Also at Lone Pine and 138 had a hazmat call: diesel fuel on 138. CHP will attend CalTrans
138 update on Wednesday, March 23, at 6:30 pm, at the Community Building.
Golden State Water, Jim Cowan: Water supply level 80 ft, last year 75 ft. Don't see much
recharging of water table so far this year. Project ready from Cardinal Road to Sunrise Church,
waiting for County work to go through Swarthout Creek. Governor Brown says we are still in water
restriction. Debbie at the office retired, not replaced yet. Bad news: PUC allows us to recover losses;
surcharge will be 44 cents per CCF starting March 1. Tests for chromium contamination in 2014
indicate no trace of chromium found. Question: How much recharging do we need to be comfortable?
Would like to see 20 feet rise in water level, but it doesn't seem likely to happen this year.
S.B. County Roads, Roy Montry: We are monitoring weather, don't have to chain up; will be in
maintenance mode. Will have lot of work in Phelan, Pinon Hills, Victorville, chip seal in Helendale.
Maintaining pot holes, signs, have replaced stop signs knocked down by plows. We have three new
pieces of snow equipment. Work is mostly on uphill streets and Lark, Apple, Evergreen. Question
about Heath Creek wash: (discussed in 83) had wall damage where it narrows, then over
ows, fear big boulders. Question about Lone Pine: would like to get some paving and some patching done
other end of Lone Pine. Trying to get permit for Green Waste Collection June 4 - 11 at the
County Yard.
County Supervisors Office, Susan Drake: We are reorganizing supervisor office, Rep. Ron Frame
sent to Big River and I got Wrightwood! My new title: Director of Constituent Issues. We have
followup with CalTrans Director regarding trac issues. Veterans Resource Fair will be June 2 at
the County Fair Grounds.
Community Plan: meeting in Wrightwood in August, can get update online.
Doing research on short-term rental issue. Natalie: bed tax? Chamber of Commerce discussed
possibility of transferring funds back to Wrightwood. Met with another office, another issue with
short-term rentals to be resolved, only for agencies in unincorporated areas. Not looking at rate,
but getting reimbursed. Many communities were using that to fund the chamber or to pay chamber
members.
Unfinished/Continued/ New Business
SGMNM, Shawn Troeger: Last meeting monument team broke into committees, we will be
working with forest services to gather information on forest service, will coordinate with MAC to set
date. Monument has no funding. Stephanie Carroll: We do see more vehicles on the road. John Aziz
re: Jackson Lake{Rock House was inspired because of monument.
Wrightwood Village Trail, John Lenau: Welcome to 16 members of Scout Troop 351, attending
to earn points toward merit badges. A proposed Eagle Scout is working on bar codes on the trail to
permit access to history, birds, trees, plant signs.
Neighborhood Watch, John Aziz: Next meeting will be May 4, basic self-defense training,
trying to arrange speaker. May 2 will be kicko for Wildre Awareness, 10:00 am at the
Fire Station. May 7, 10:00 - 3:00, Wildre and Disaster Awareness Day. Green Waste
Collection June 4 - 11 at the County Yard, daily hours: 10:00 - 2:00, except on June
8 and 9, hours: 12:00 - 6:00 pm. Hazardous Waste Collection to be in Wrightwood in
September (date TBD).
MAC Committees, Stephanie Carroll: presented the latest list of MAC committees/committee
members:
MAC Committee: Contact Person
Parks and Recreation: Stephanie Carroll, Natalie Lopiccolo,
Community Center/Old Museum: John Lenau
Roads and Trac: Paul Bauer, Bob Comperini, Chuck Carroll
Utilities: Chuck Carroll, Natalie Lopiccolo
Education/Schools: Stephanie Carroll, Natalie Lopiccolo
CERT: Bonnie Ross
Septic/Sewage Issues: Chuck Carroll, Jim Cowen, Lynn Crawford, Lora Steinmann, Herb Anderson
 Neighborhood Watch: John Aziz, Bonnie Ross
Law Enforcement: Chuck Carroll, John Aziz
Fire and Medical Issues: Bob Comperini, Bonnie Ross
Wrightwood Community Services District, Stephanie: See the notes about WW CSD formation
in the section *The Notable Exception: the formation of a Wrightwood CSD in 2016 above.
MAC Committees, Stephanie Carroll: The next MAC meeting will be held on April 18,
at 7:00 pm, at the Community Building.
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From the WWPOA May 2016 Newsletter..

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" It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight
harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at
present. And you cannot go on indefinately being just an ordinary, decent
egg. We must be hatched or go bad. C. S. Lewis " -C.S. Lewis

If a CSA is the egg, a CSD is the bird. Last month we introduced the notion of the Municipal
Advisory Council (MAC) for the Wrightwood (WW) County Service Area (CSA). This month we will
introduce an effort by the Wrightwood Community Services District (CSD) Feasibility Committee
to form a limited CSD in WW.


By way of a review, below is a summary of the Wrightwood MAC
written by S.B. County Supervisors Oce, Susan Drake, Director: Constituent Services.
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Municipal Advisory Councils (MACs) were created to provide a consistent and inviting
community forum, for the public (WW residents) to hear about and give comments on a
number of local and countywide topics. The 1st District Supervisor, Robert A. Lovingood
and his staff, the County Sheriff and County Fire officials, Special Districts and other non-
county agency staff continually use MAC meetings as an opportunity to provide the public
with information and to connect with residents to learn about concerns or ideas for their
community.
The Board of Supervisors appoints citizens to sit on the council, who have a heartfelt
interest in their community.
The Wrightwood MAC provides recommendations to Supervisor Lovingood on a variety of topics.
(MAC) members are tasked with gathering input, making recommendations
based on that information and relaying it to the Supervisor. Supervisor Lovingood has a
staff member at each MAC meeting and his staff also communicates with MAC members
if issues that affect the community arise between meetings.
The Wrightwood MAC meets on the third Monday of the month at 7pm at the Community Center.
Residents are encouraged to participate. Like the Wrightwood MAC on
Facebook for information and updates on this group.
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Wrightwood is a County Service Area (CSA) specifically CSA-56 of San Bernardino County.
Information about CSA 56 can be found at http://www.specialdistricts.org/index.aspx?page=250 .

The problem with a CSA even with the MAC representing us to the County Board of Supervisors is the
the final decisions on Wrightwood specific county activities/services rests with the Supervisors, none
of which are residents of Wrightwood. All property taxes collected by the county from Wrightwood
residents goes into the general fund to be likely used elsewhere in the county. In addition, requests for
services such as repairing the flood damage to the WW Museum or a critical hole in park fencing was
taking up to 6 months to remedy since these requests needed to "go down the hill" to be reviewed,
prioritized with other countywide requests and finally scheduled.
In summary, the MAC acts as the liaison between the First District Supervisor and the community and does not have any "powers",
it is advisory only. The Wrightwood MAC is actually the first MAC in San Bernardino County established sometime in the 1950s.

Having attended many community events and meetings since becoming a resident in 2005, it
became clear that Wrightwood has a subset of residents that could be considered Wrightwood Community Activists (WCAs).
These folks are the volunteers taking the initiative to establish community
projects such as the Wrightwood Co-Op, the Walking School Bus, Community Garden, Music in the
Pines, WW Farmers Market, Fire Safe Council, VANF, etc. These same folks are or have been Board
Members of the MAC and other community organizations.

Some of these WCAs were not satisfied with the level of responsiveness WW was experiencing
with Parks and Recreation services compared what other areas of the county were experiencing, and
so, leveraging their connections with the County Supervisors via their relationship with the MAC
and other civic organizations, they formed a committee to investigate creating a WW Community
Services District (CSD) to improve Parks and Recreation as well as other services to WW.

Wrightwood CSD Feasibility Initiative The Wrightwood CSD Feasibility Initiative website
is https://wrightwoodcsd.org . A Time Line, the Feasibility Studies containing the CSD scope and
budgets, and a FAQ about the CSD are available there.

A distinction between the MAC and CSD is that the CSD does have powers and is independent of the county.
Paraphrasing from the home page:
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A Community Services District is the smallest form of government. The viability of a
CSD depends on the funding for the services it would offer. In 2014, a group of residents
commissioned a feasibility study to determine the services a Wrightwood CSD could
offer to its residents. According to their feasibility study, Parks and Recreation, Solid
Waste, and Street Lights are programs that the CSD can oversee. With this information
the formation committee submitted an application to San Bernardino LAFCO and the
process of discovery in a Wrightwood CSD began.

Currently, the San Bernardino Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) is
reviewing the WW CSD application. Their findings will be given sometime in May or June.
We are also awaiting word from both LA County Registrar and SB County Registrar
for the time-line of an election. The election of a CSD formation and the Board of
Directors that would serve for the CSD is simultaneous (happens concurrently on the
November ballot). Once the Registrars provide the election time-line, residents will have
the opportunity to submit their candidacy to the Registrar.
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On April 26 6:30pm the third Public CSD Information meeting was held at the WW Community
Center. This was the first widely publicized meeting and was attended by about 60-70 Wrightwood
residents. There was a lot of excitement and concern about the motivation, scope, time frames, costs,
powers, etc., of the CSD. There is not enough time for the WWPOA to conduct a review of the CSD
before this issue of the newsletter has to go to the printers, but we intend to cover this CSD initiative
in detail in the months leading up to the November "Go/No-Go" date.

In general, CSD can have any powers available to a city or town with the exception of land use.
Land use will stay with the county. The WW CSD Committee chose to limit the powers of the CSD
to Park and Recreation, Street Lights and Solid Waste because these powers are the usual powers
initiated by a CSD and in WW's case will only transfer the property tax that the community already
pays in CSA-56 for Parks and Recreation plus Street Lights.

In the past fire service and sewer was included in CSA-56, noting that sewer was only included
so a study in the 1960s could be performed. The results of that study was that the cost of sewer
service was economically substantial and not feasible unless an assessment was created, and at that
time, and still true today, the costs of the development remains expensive and septic still is the more
feasible method. The fire service part of CSA-56 was removed through the reorganization of County
Fire Districts.

The State of the WW CSD as of 4/26 (as I understand it):
- The scope of services that the CSD would provide are limited to trash services, existing street
lights and Parks & Recreation Services. No other services such as water, sewer, power, re etc.
are in scope. The scope of these services are available in documents on the CSD website.

- The target is to have WW vote "Yes/No" on CSD formation on the November 2016 ballot.
The WW residents (WW residency is a requirement to be a CSD board member) that apply
to be CSD Board Members (application deadlines TBD, likely sometime in June) will also be
elected on the same November ballot. 5 CSD Board members will be elected serving up to 4
year terms.
- In order to meet the November Ballot Deadline, the WW CSD committee chose to keep the
CSD scope small, but also needed to submit the CSD formation application to LAFCO in
March. The fees for the CSD application were about $20,000, and were donated by One Town,
Inc a WW 501(3)c charitable organization. Their website is http://onetownatatime.org/ . The
application fees are non-refundable.
- Stephanie Carroll is the MAC chair, a board member of One Town, Inc. and on the Wrightwood
CSD Feasibility Committee. Stephanie and One Town were the folks behind the Creation
of the Community Garden, and the Walking School Bus and other projects and I believe it
was primarily through her efforts and connections that the CSD committee was able to get
the feasibility study completed and the application to LAFCO funded and submitted. Eric
Steinman is the "In care of Name" of One Town Inc 501(c)3 filing.


There were a number of concerns raised by residents about the formation of the CSD. Over the
coming months the WWPOA Board Members will dig into these issues and publish the results in
our newsletter and on the Wrightwood CSD and other community websites.
The chief concerns regarding CSD Formation:
- Why was a public meeting not held sooner? 2 meetings were held but were not widely advertised.
This may be water under the bridge at this point. The key now is that the CSD scope is
small and should be able to be fully vetted by the November ballot date. If not, the vote on the
ballot would be a "NO".
- The southern boundary was extended by the Wrightwood CSD committee to include more
national forest. The purpose was to provide more CSD area for Parks & Recreation activities,
but there was no public comment about this area extension. Issues about liability for accidents
were raised. This issue needs more research. However land use is not in scope for the CSD, so
liability will likely remain with the land owners. The primary reason the WW CSD Feasibility
Committee included this area in the boundary is because of community interest on nature,
historic sites and hiking. The CSD Feasibility Committee included this area because in order to
have programs and trail improvements the CSD needs to have that area within the boundary so
that funds can be used for those programs; otherwise it could be considered misuse of government
funds.
- Another issue raised regarding the added area on the south border is that green energy could
be installed there. Part of the concern was that One Town, Inc. is a green energy advocacy
organization and this might be the motivation for One Town Inc funding the CSD. We were
assured at the meeting that green energy is not in scope for the CSD. I believe I heard that a
previous wind turbine project for the area was denied by the federal government and the One
Town has not updated their website. More to follow here.
- The CSD can change its scope or raise taxes. The CSD can change its scope or raise taxes, but
"ONLY" with the a 2/3s majority approval of WW property owners.

- WW Residents feel they did not have enough time in general to read the documents and to
fully understand the benefits, pros & cons, and costs of forming a WW CSD. The WWPOA
feels the same but we believe there is enough time before November to rectify the situation. We
will work with the CSD committee to get answers to questions and comments published and
distributed to residents ASAP. Exact mechanism TBD, but will include more public meetings
and information posted on community websites.

At this point in time, the WWPOA recommends that any questions or comments you have
about the WW CSD be emailed to the WWPOA at wwpropertyowners@gmail.com and the
Wrightwood CSD Committee at wrightwoodcsd@gmail.com. We can gather the answers to the
questions and publish them on our various community forums.
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From the WWPOA June 2016 Newsletter ....


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Wrightwood CSD Feasibility Initiative Updates
LAFCO has determined that enough information from various agencies will not be available in time for
the WW CSD initiative to be voted upon in the November 2016 election. The vote on this initiative
has been pushed back to March 2017.
With the postponement of the November ballot date, there is now enough time for Wrightwood
community members to properly vet the CSD initiative. WWPOA has agreed to sponsor regular
community meetings, analysis and reports, etc over the coming months leading up to the March vote.
We plan to publish the schedule of these meetings in our July Newsletter.
The next community meeting to discuss the WW CSD Initiative is Thursday, June 9,
6:30PM at the WW Community Center. At this meeting the WW CSD Committee will provide
a status on the Initiative followed by Q&A from community members. Documentation about
the current status of the CSD Initiative can be found on the WW CSD Committee's website at
https://wrightwoodcsd.org/ .

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From the WWPOA July 2016 Newsletter...

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" Revolution is a phase, a mood, like spring, and just as spring has
its buds and showers, so revolution has its ebullience, its bravery, its
hope, and its solidarity. Some of these things pass. " -Rebecca Solnit

This month, the focus of this newsletter is an update on Wrightwood's (WW) very own
governance mini-revolution, the formation of a WW CSD.

WRIGHTWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT FORMATION MEETING REPORT
Last June 9th, the Wrightwood Community Services District Feasibility Committee conducted a meeting at the
WW Community Center to present the current status of the Wrightwood Community Services District
formation initiative. About 20 community members were
in the audience. The format of a meeting was a PowerPoint presentation followed by a Q& A session.
Natalie Lopiccolo was the primary presenter supported by Patrick Stewart,
Jessica Noll and Al Morissette. The consensus among the folks that attended is that Natalie
and the WWCSD team did a terrific job presenting the material.

Most of the following summary of the material presented was copied directly from the
PowerPoint presentation, converted to prose with additional comments added. A copy of the
original presentation along with other valuable information can be found on the WW CSD
Committee's website at wrightwoodcsd.org. In particular, the FAQ section on their website
has many of the questions folks have asked about the CSD answered there.

What is a Community Services District (CSD)? A CSD is a local form of gov-
ernment defined by California Government Code section 61000-61850 as being independent
from other local governments and as having any local power except Land Use.
The Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) is an independent State Agency
whose purpose is to oversee the feasibility of the development or expansion of local govern-
ment.

First, LAFCO must approve a feasibility study for a CSD. Then, the County Board of
Supervisors reviews the LAFCO documents generated regarding the CSD, and if the board
of supervisors approve, then the voters of the community make the final approval through
a ballot election established by the Registrar of Voters. Since in WW's case, there are two
counties involved, Registrar of Voters from both LA and SB counties need to be involved.

A CSD does not have Land Use powers and is not a form of incorporation.
A CSD is the only form of local government that can cross county lines and bring the
entire Wrightwood Community together under a single, state-recognized entity. Wrightwood
would remain a rural unincorporated area under the control of the counties of San Bernardino
and Los Angeles.

Why a CSD for Wrightwood? There are over 2000 Special Districts in California
and over 500 of them are independent Community Services Districts. The establishment of
an Independent CSD endows an elected Board of community residents with local control. It
brings the property tax dollars and fees associated with the powers they select back to the
community. A CSD is not an additional layer of government. It essentially substitutes the
countywide central leadership with a set of directors that has primary focus on WW's needs.
Currently, your tax dollars and fees go to the County and are pooled with other unin-
corporated area tax dollars to be dispersed by the County. Under a CSD, your tax dollars
would only be used by and for your community.

What WWCSD activity has happened to date? Interested community members
discussed the possibility of a WWCSD. Many of these community members were dissatisfied
with the responsiveness for requests for services from the county to fix broken items needing
repair in WW especially with regard to Parks and Recreation components. This delay was
generally caused by WW service requests being thrown in a hopper with all the other requests
for services throughout the whole county. Waiting times for resolutions longer than 6 months
were not uncommon.

Community members formed a committee and hired a consultant to create a feasibility
study and submit an official application to LAFCO.
The makeup of the committee has changed somewhat since its inception but the current
key members are Natalie, Pat, Jessica and the consultant is Al.
The committee brought the application and study to Supervisor Lovingood's office and
asked for support. Supervisor Lovingood brought it forward to the San Bernardino County
Board of Supervisors as its sponsor. The Board Of Supervisors passed a resolution to present
this proposal to LAFCO for review. At this point, the Board of Supervisors became the
official applicant.

LAFCO received the official application and feasibility study in November of 2015.
The WWCSD Committee has been invited to 2 official meetings with LAFCO. The first
was on March 7th and it addressed questions about the proposal. The second was on May
25th and it was an update of the status of the proposal. This information is also available
on the WWCSD website.

What are the proposed powers that the WW CSD will have? Several powers
were reviewed during the process and it was determined that, based on fiscal stability, the
proposed initial powers would be:
- Park and Recreation
- Street Lights
- Solid Waste

Parks and Recreation: Currently, the County works through CSA-56 for Parks and
Recreation, Street Lights and Sewer. We propose to only transfer the Parks and Recreation
and Street Lights portions of CSA-56 along with any property taxes associated with those
powers.
We propose to leave the sewer powers of CSA-56 with the County because the infrastruc-
ture is costly and requires significant maintenance and liability.
The CSA-56 transfer would include the funding resources and reserves, the infrastructure
(Wrightwood Community Center, Old Fire Station/Museum, Vivian Null Park, Hollis Stew-
ard Park, the Skate Board Park, and Veterans Memorial), and any associated parking areas,
equipment, maintenance equipment and facilities associated with parks and recreation.

The elected board would be responsible for reviewing and/or expanding recreational
programs.
Any parks and recreation funds for programs, activities, maintenance and infrastructure
must be used within the physical boundaries of the CSD.

Street Lights: Street Lights powers would transfer any associated funds to the WWCSD
and Southern California Edison would continue as the Operations and Management of the
system, which consists of 23 lights.
The CSD would honor the Dark Skies Ordinance.
The transfer of Street Light powers would be a fiscal wash, but this power would enable
the CSD to use the poles to promote community events, which would increase community
fiscal benefits and morale.

Solid Waste - Phase 1: Solid Waste powers are currently held by CFA-15 and consist
of an 8% franchise fee. This fee would be transferred to the WWCSD through a contractual
agreement. CR&R Disposal Service would continue the disposal of community-wide solid
waste through their Operations and Management System. CR&R has indicated that they
are supportive of creating a contract with the WWCSD that would include revenue from
the LA County side of the community. This is one advantage of the CSDs ability to cross
county lines.

The WWCSD would develop a local recycling program to assist San Bernardino and Los
Angeles County's solid waste systems in adhering to the State mandate to recycle 50% of
solid waste products and save landfill space.

Solid Waste - Phase 2: Refuse Disposal Land Use Fee (on property tax bills "CO
Land Use SWM"): This fee has been in existence since 1973 when the County was first
required to convert the dumps in the desert area from burning waste operations to landll
operations.

These fees are land use-based and are charged on the property tax bill of all developed
parcels according to the existing County Fee Ordinance (CFO). This fee pre-dates the adop-
tion of Prop. 218; therefore, it cannot be raised above the $85.14 per dwelling unit fee
without an election.
The CSD would issue its own Dump Cards and, while the community would not see much
of a difference in the process, the CSD would benefit fiscally from the collection of these fees
and would pass those benefits on to the community rather than to the County at large, as
is currently being done.

CSD Board of Directors The Board of Directors of the CSD will consist of 5 board
members elected from among all the residents within the CSD territory in an election planned
for March, 2017.
The CSD board members will serve staggered 4-year terms. The Board will hold monthly
public meetings.
The General Manager will be an administrator of the CSD as well as the liaison and
spokesperson for the District.
The GM will operate the matrix of services, direct staff, and perform general management
of every aspect involved to make the best use of the districts resources.
The GM will manage employees and hire contractors to fulfill the duties and responsibilities of the CSD.
Initially, management will be part-time and will remain as such unless changed by the
Board.
2 part time employees would be hired and designated by the GM.

In the future, once the CSD is established and it develops its manpower and infras-
tructure, if the community wants to acquire other local powers, those can be explored in
subsequent Feasibility Studies and sent through the CSD and LAFCO processes. These
processes for additional powers are identical to the one that is being followed for initial CSD
formation

Budgets, Maps: The committee presented a two page budget overview. The budget
detail can be found on the wrightwoodcsd.org website, but in a nutshell, the budget forecasts
that over the first 5 years of operation, the WWCSD would realize an $124K annual average
operating surplus from annual average revenues of $439K.

A map of the proposed boundary of the WW CSD can be also be found on the website.
WWCSD Next Steps: LAFCO has set a July 20th hearing date for their review and
vote on the proposal. This is a public hearing and voters will be notified by mail. The public
will have an opportunity to speak for up to 5 minutes on this proposal.

If LAFCO votes to approve, the proposal will go to the Board Of Supervisors for final
approval. If approved, they will submit it to both county registrars of voters by September
7th, 2016.
If this timeline is maintained, both the proposal and the candidates for the Board of
Directors will be voted on by the community on March 7th, 2017.

Details about applying as a candidate for a WWCSD Board Position will be published
as soon as that those details become available.

By the time this edition of the newsletter is published, community members should have
received a notice of public hearing from LAFCO in the mail. The meeting is scheduled to
begin 9:00 am in the City of San Bernardino City Council Chambers located at 300 North
D Street, San Bernardino. Quoting from the Purpose Section of the Notice of Commission
Hearing mailer:

"PURPOSE: The proposal is to form the Wrightwood Community Services
District, an independent special district to serve the community of Wrightwood.
The application presented to LAFCO identifies that the new CSD would be
charged with providing park and recreation, street lighting, and solid waste
services within the area of the proposed district. San Bernardino LAFCO is
proposing to expand the consideration to include a review of wastewater(sewer)
function for planning purposes due to concerns regarding failing septic systems
in the community's business district. This change of organization proposes to
dissolve County Service Area 56 (a San Bernardino County based entity) which
currently provides park and recreation and street lighting services and which has
the authority to provide sewer services. If LAFCO 3202 is successful, it will
transfer all assets, obligations, liabilities and responsibilities of CSA-56 to the
WWCSD. The assumption of solid waste management services by the WWCSD,
as proposed, would transfer the County of San Bernardino's currently assessed
Solid Waste Land Use Special Tax, in the amount of $85.14 per developed parcel,
to the WWCSD. The WWCSD would contract to continue to provide for a dump
card for use at a San Bernardino County Landfill."

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From the WWPOA August 2016 Newsletter...

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"History keeps teaching us that we can't recognize the important events
that are going to trigger changes. " -David Weinberger

On July 20, 2016, an important event occurred at the San Bernardino Board of County Supervi-
sor's Chambers that is likely to trigger significant change for Wrightwood Property Owners starting
next year. On that day, SBC LAFCO presented its findings and recommendations to the County
Supervisors with regard to dissolving Wrightwood as a County Service Area (CSA) and approving
Wrightwood as a Community Service District (CSD).

SUMMARY: JULY 20, 2016 WRIGHTWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT FORMATION RECOMMENDATION
The following quote is taken directly from Agenda Item #9 of the Summary Report of the July 20
San Bernardino County Supervisor's Board Meeting:
"Consideration of: (1) CEQA Statutory Exemption for LAFCO 3202 and (2) LAFCO
3202 Reorganization to include Formation of the Wrightwood Community Services Dis-
trict and Dissolution of County Service Area 56 (Wrightwood community within San
Bernardino and Los Angeles Counties)
ACTION TAKEN APPROVAL OF THE FORMATION OF THE WRIGHTWOOD
COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT WITH THE MODIFICATION TO INCLUDE
THE FUNCTION OF WASTEWATER THROUGH THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE SER-
VICE FOR PLANNING AND ENGINEERING A REGIONAL SERVICE, THE EXPAN-
SION OF THE BOUNDARY TO THE NORTH AND EAST WITHIN SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY, AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS DETAILED IN THE STAFF RE-
PORT."

The initial proposal for a Wrightwood CSD was supposed to be limited to the following 3 powers:
- Park and Recreation
- Street Lights
- Solid Waste

These three powers of the Wrightwood CSD were described in the July edition of the WWPOA
Newsletter. What was a bit of a surprise to the Feasibility Committee Members, WWPOA Rep-
resentatives, and WW community members in attendance was the inclusion of "Sewer Planning &
Engineering powers" in their recommendation to move forward with the CSD.
A belief is that the WW CSD was given this additional power because it was a power that CSA-56
already has and with the dissolution of CSA-56, LAFCO needed to find a home for this one remaining
power and the the WW CSD was the logical home for it.

AcMessage to WWPOA Membership from Wrightwood Feasibility Committee regard-
ing the July 20 CSD Presentation & Recommendations by LAFCO to SBC Supervisors
TheWrightwood Feasibility Committee has asked us to distribute the following message toWright-
wood community members:

"Representatives from the Feasibility Committee for a Wrightwood Community Ser-
vices District and several other community residents attended a hearing on July 20th with
the San Bernardino Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO). At that hearing, the
approval by the LAFCO Commission for our community to move forward to a vote on a
CSD was conditioned on our CSD accepting responsibility for Wastewater Planning and
Engineering. This is something we did not ask for, and the instant it was mentioned by
LAFCO as a possibility, we voiced our strong opposition due to the concerns the topic
would create in the community. The Committee hoped enough community and com-
mittee resistance at the hearing could convince the Commission to allow us to keep this
responsibility off of the original proposal. The LAFCO board engaged in a discussion
during the hearing, and reasoned that it was in the best interest of the community to
have local foresight and planning abilities if there was ever a sewer mandate put in place.
Despite the best efforts of the committee and some of the residents in attendance at the
hearing, the result was unanimous approval by the Commission of LAFCOs proposal to
add this condition.
There is much talk about what this means and why it was put upon us. The Committee
is currently gathering the facts on:
- Why we are being asked to take this on?
- What circumstances would require that the CSD initiate any Wastewater Planning
and Engineering? Who would mandate our community install sewers in the future
and what are the circumstances that would cause that?
- Would the mandate be for all of our town or a part?
- What are the circumstances of water testing in our community and do we have any
indication from that testing that there is a real concern that this community will be
mandated to install sewers as a result of water contamination?
- If a mandate occurred, what would be the ways to deal with it? Would it just be
sewers or could we also deal with a different way to procure drinking water, for
instance, wells above where contamination may be found?
- How much time would the community have to deal with a sewer mandate if it
occurred?
- Are there other communities similarly situated that have received grants to perform
Wastewater Planning and Engineering?
When we get this information, and hopefully more, we will announce a public meeting
to share with the community.
The Committee will proceed with our support of a local CSD vote in March 2017, with
the understanding that the CSD will add Wastewater Planning and Engineering to the
Parks and Recreation, Street Light and Solid Waste functions we originally asked for. We
feel, subject to confirmation by factual information, that our community represented by an
elected group is likely better able to deal with any future local sewer issue than the County.
There are several knowledgeable local residents on this subject who could guide the CSD
board in the responsibility for the planning for any future occurrence, if it were ever
mandated. A CSD would have the ability to solicit grants to deal with this issue on behalf
of our community, and start working on that in advance if there were ever a problem that
the residents of Wrightwood would have to bear unassisted. It is important to know that
there is a difference between Wastewater Planning and Engineering and Sewer Powers.

The CSD will not be granted Sewer Powers beyond Wastewater Planning and Engineering.
If the community wished at a later time to bring forth another feasibility study and
go through the LAFCO process to add additional Sewer Powers, the process could be
initiated by the WWCSD elected Board. This modification of WWCSD Powers would
require a community vote and approval, and cannot be done through an elected board
already in place. By the next meeting, we hope to have answers to all the questions above,
and hope to have speakers that can help guide the community through the pros and cons
of Wastewater Planning and Engineering, and also the differences between the proposed
Wastewater Planning and Engineering, and the more general and all-encompassing Sewer
Powers.
Members of the community can review the LAFCO proposal for the WWCSD at:
http://www.wrightwoodcsd.org/ under LAFCO STAFF REPORT and AGENDA- July
20 th , 2016. This is what was presented to the County Board on July 20, 2016 by
LAFCO, and was approved as written, to be taken forward for a vote by the community
in March 2017."
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From the WWPOA September 2016 Newsletter....


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REPORT: August 30 WRIGHTWOOD CSD COMMUNITY MEETING: held at
the WW Community Center last TUESDAY, AUGUST 30th 6:00PM organized by the Wrightwood
CSD Feasibility Committee. email:wrightwoodCSD@gmail.com.

Representatives from the 1st District and LAFCO were in attendance and Kathleen Rollings-
McDonald, Executive Director LAFCO was the primary presenter. Kathleen did a marvelous job
of distilling down the 4 hour presentation of the CSD report she presented to the San Bernardino
County Board of Supervisors last July 20th to about an hour and then responded to questions
about the proposal from community members until questions were exhausted. Overall it seemed
the the audience was happy with the presentation and answers to questions asked and folks seemed
to be much more comfortable with the CSD initiative. If you were not able to attend this meeting,
information about the meeting can be found here at this link: (one may need to copy and paste
these links into your browser if your pdf reader does not automatically link you or if you are reading
a printed version of the newsletter.)

http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/forum/index.php/topic,23804.msg311178.html#msg311178
and the minutes of the meeting can be found here:
http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/CSD/LAFCO.PublicMeetingAug30.2016.pdf

Mountaineer Progress also published a nice review of the CSD meeting in last weeks issue. In
case you haven't read or studied the CSD Proposal that was presented by LAFCO to the Board on
the 20th of July, here is a link to that document:
http://www.sbcounty.gov/uploads/LAFCO/AgendaNotices/20160720/Item_9.pdf

Kathleen spoke about the Waste Water Planning and Engineering Powers that were added to
the CSD initiative by LAFCO. The WW CSD was given this additional power because it was a
power that CSA-56 already has and with the dissolution of CSA-56, LAFCO needed to find a home
for this one remaining power and the the WW CSD was the logical home for it.

The next step on the CSD time line, for those who are dead set against the formation of a WW
CSD is the protest hearing on September 22. Here is an excerpt from this notice:

"Notice is hereby given that a Protest Hearing will be held by the Executive Officer
of the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) for San Bernardino County.
The hearing will be held at the WRIGHTWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER LOCATED
AT 1275 STATE HIGHWAY 2, WRIGHTWOOD, CALIFORNIA, on THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 at 4:00 P.M., to hear and receive any oral or written protests,
objections, or evidence which are made, presented, or led regarding LAFCO 3202. At
the conclusion of the protest hearing, a determination will be made whether there is
sufficient registered voter protest submitted to terminate the proposal. Absent termina-
tion, the proposal will be forwarded for a decision of the voters at the March 17, 2017
general election."

Copies of this notice will be mailed to LAC and SBC parcel owners. The link to the full Notice of
Protest hearing is here:
http://www.sbcounty.gov/uploads/lafco/protest_notices/20160922/3202_0_NOP.pdf
There are very strict rules for filing a protest. The form and instructions (2 pages) needed to
file a protest by mail is here:
https://www.sbcounty.gov/uploads/lafco/protest_notices/20160922/3202_2.pdf
When filling out the protest form you will need to know your APN found on your property tax
bill and forms can only be mailed, not faxed or emailed. Time is of the essence if you are planning
to file a protest.

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From the WWPOA October 2016 Newsletter...

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Summary of September 22 LAFCO WRIGHTWOOD CSD PROTEST COMMUNITY MEETING:
held at the WW Community Center last Thursday, September 22nd
4:00PM organized by LAFCO.


The purpose of this meeting was to determine if there were enough protests by residents of
the the proposed CSD to terminate the CSD initiative immediately and not send the initiative
to election in March 2017.
Approximately 60 folks attended this meeting hosted by LAFCO. Representing LAFCO was
Samuel Martinez, Jeffery Lum and Kathleen Rollings McDonald who presided over the meeting.
Bob Aldridge, a consultant for LAFCO was also present to take the minutes of the meeting.

In the first phase of the meeting, Kathleen presented a summary of the LAFCO proposal
3202 which would form a Wrightwood Community Services District(CSD) and abolish CSA-56.
(County Service Area).

Kathleen highlighted LAFCO's 17 conditions that LAFCO required as a condition for
LAFCO's recommendation to recommend to the San Bernardino Board of Supervisors to
adopt the formation of the WW CSD. These resolutions can be found at this link:
 https://wrightwoodcsddotorg.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/lafco-3202-adopted-resolution.pdf

The second phase of the hearing was to ask any affected agencies if they had any objections
to the formation of the CSD. No agency came forward with any objection.

The third phase of the meeting was voter and land owner protests. In order to abort the
CSD formation process 50% of the approximately 2200 voters in the CSD area needed to file a
protest and/or 50% of landowners by appraised value needed to file a protest.
Kathleen then asked attendees to bring forth their protests up to the podium and asked for
anybody who wish to speak to ll out a name card and step up to the microphone.
Approximately half a dozen folks came forward to speak. Most asked questions about
various details of the CSD formation process. Others were concerned that the protest meeting
was scheduled at a time where it was hard for folks to attend. Some felt the CSD process was
moving too fast. Many asked for clarification about the waste water planning and engineering
power.
After the speakers were finished Kathleen and her staff tallied the protests received that
evening and added them to the protests they previously received via mail and fax.
The total protests received votes was about 55, well short of the approximately 1000 needed
to abort the CSD initiative. The protests received from land owners was only about 1% of the
total land value required to abort the CSD initiative. Accordingly, Kathleen announced that
the CSD initiative would go in front of the voters in March 2017. At that time, voters will
decide to approve or not approve the CSD formation and if the CSD is approved, 5 WWCSD
Board of Director members will be elected.

For those interested in running for a Board of Director position, LAFCO is offering training
December 8, details TBD.
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From the WWPOA December 2016 Newsletter...

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CSD Implementation Update.
In order to improve communication with our WWPOA membership about the pros and cons of
Wrightwood forming its own Community Services District (CSD), the WWPOA has arranged with
the administrators of http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com to set up a sub-forum to be used for
discussing the various aspects of the CSD. The link for this sub-forum is http://tinyurl.com/
wwcsdforum.
There are 5 topics in this sub-forum: Wrightwood CSD General discussion, Wrightwood CSD
WasteWater Power,Wrightwood CSD Street Light Power,Wrightwood CSD Parks and Recreation
Power and Wrightwood CSD Solid Waste Power.
In order to post on the forum, a wrightwoodcalif.com member account is needed. To obtain an
account, send an email to webmaster@wrightwoodcalif.com, give your real name, mention the
WWPOA and a provide user name you would like to use. A membership account will be set up
for you.

There are some key CSD dates that are fast approaching. An election will be held on March
7, 2017 to determine if registered voters within the community of Wrightwood wish to create a
locally-governed community services district. The ballot will also contain a contest to elect a five-
member Board of Directors who will take office if the formation of the Wrightwood Community
Services District is approved by voters.
Candidate filing for this proposed district is under way and will continue through 5PM
Friday, December 9. Citizens residing within the proposed district who are interested in running
for the Wrightwood Community Services District Board of Directors may obtain and file the
appropriate documents at the San Bernardino County Elections Oce, 777 E. Rialto Avenue in
San Bernardino from 8AM to 5PM, Monday through Friday.
The Elections Office is accepting documents for candidates residing in San Bernardino County
and Los Angeles County. Completed candidate fling documents must be filed at the Elections
Office by 5PM on Friday, December 9, 2016. For more information on this election, please
visit the Elections Office website at https://www.sbcountyelections.com or call (909) 387-8300.

LAFCO is hosting a governance training workshop on December 8, from 10AM - 12PM,
at the Mojave Water Agency in Apple Valley. Anyone who is thinking about running for WWCSD
Board Seats might find this helpful. Attached is a link to the
yer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5J8Ta1k-_IOSEN5cHZFbXo0QUdlWG84MmlBQ1VKa056V3Fr/view?usp=sharing

NOTICE OF MEASURE TO BE VOTED ON; NOTICE OF ELECTION; NOTICE OF
LAST DAY TO FILE ARGUMENTS; NOTICE OF LAST DAY TO FILE REBUTTAL ARGU-
MENTS can be found here: http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/CSD/PublicNotice_Measure_
WrightwoodCSD.pdf
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From the WWPOA January 2017 Newsletter...

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"You call my candidate a horse thief, and I call yours a lunatic,
and we both of us know it's just till election day. It's an American
custom, like eating corn on the cob. And, afterwards, we settle down
quite peaceably and agree we've got a pretty good country - until next
election." - Stephen Vincent Benet

Although our "interesting" national presidential election is over, Wrightwoodians have
another "interesting" election to consider just over the horizon on March 7, 2017. In this
election we will decide YES or NO if we want to create a Wrightwood Community Services
District (CSD) and if a CSD is voted in, which of 7 candidates that applied by the Dec 9th
deadline will be elected to the 5 CSD Board of Director membership positions.

Wrightwood CSD Candidates
The Wrightwoodians running for membership of the Wrightwood CSD Board of Directors are
Stephanie Carroll, Natalie LoPiccolo, Andrew Ciccarelli, Monica Ciccarelli, Charles "Chuck"
Franklin, Michelle Schneider, Wes Zuber and Leo W. Hordyk. Many of our WWPOA mem-
bers will recognize many of these names since these folks are very active in Wrightwood
community activities such as the MAC, farmers' market, community garden, parks & rec,
and/or operate local businesses, etc.

Knowing that our WWPOA membership would love to know more about each of the
candidates before they have to choose at the March 7 election, the WWPOA has arranged
with the administrators of http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com to set up a sub-forum to
be used for discussing the various aspects of the CSD. The link for this sub-forum is
http://tinyurl.com/wwcsdforum. There is a thread titled "Meet the candidates for WW
CSD Board of Directors Membership" contained in this sub-forum. The idea is that this
is the place where each candidate, over the coming weeks, can introduce themselves, and
maybe talk about his or her vision for Wrightwood as a Board Member of the CSD, as well
as provide some info about their background, experience, history in Wrightwood, etc.
Any questions our membership or wrightwoodcalif.com forum members might want to
ask a candidate could be posted in this thread as well.

Besides the "Meet the candidates for WW CSD Board of Directors Membership" thread,
there are many other threads addressing various aspects of the CSD in the sub-forum. The 5
other major topics in this sub-forum are: Wrightwood CSD General Discussion, Wrightwood
CSD Waste Water Power, Wrightwood CSD Street Light Power, Wrightwood CSD Parks
and Recreation Power and Wrightwood CSD Solid Waste Power. We would love to have
the candidates participate in any of these conversations as they see t. We do anticipate
receiving many questions from our membership as the election approaches which we will post
in the appropriate sections of this sub-forum.

The WWPOA chose wrightwoodcalif.com because this forum is well moderated so any
inappropriate content can be addressed quickly. We do plan to advertise the existence of
this forum to the Wrightwood population at large via various social media over the coming
months but desire to keep the actual conversations contained in this wrightwoodcalif.com
moderated space.

Although anybody can read these forums, in order to post on the forum, a wrightwoodcalif.com
member account is needed. To obtain an account (if you do not already have one),
send an email to webmaster@wrightwoodcalif.com, give your real name, mention the WW-
POA and a provide user name you would like to use. A membership account will be set up
for you.


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From the WWPOA February 2017 Newsletter...

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"Followers who tell the truth, and leaders who listen to it, are an un-
beatable combination." - Warren Bennis

"People don't care how much you know until they know how much you
care." - John C. Maxwel

As discussed in last month's newsletter, on March 7, 2017 Wrightwood will have an election where
we will decide YES or NO if we want to create a Wrightwood Community Services District (CSD)
and if a CSD is voted in, which of 8 candidates that applied by the Dec 9th, 2016 deadline will
be elected to the 5 CSD Board of Director membership positions.

Determining how viable a CSD would be for Wrightwood is very much dependent on the qual-
ity of the folks running for the CSD Board of Directors. From the following bios of CSD Board
of Director candidates received to date, it seems clear that these candidates really care about
Wrightwood, have the knowledge, experience and background to be effective CSD Board Members
and will listen to us and act faithfully on our behalf if we tell them the truth about what we want
from the CSD as Wrightwoodians.

Wrightwood CSD Candidate Biographies
The Wrightwoodians running for membership of the Wrightwood CSD Board of Directors are
Stephanie Carroll, Natalie LoPiccolo, Andrew Ciccarelli, Monica Ciccarelli, Charles \Chuck"
Franklin, Michelle Schneider, Wes Zuber and Leo W. Hordyk. Many of our WWPOA members
will recognize many of these names since these folks are very active in Wrightwood community
activities such as the MAC, farmers' market, community garden, parks & rec, and/or operate local
businesses, etc. The following 5 biographies received in time before our publication deadline are
presented in the order received.

(Rather then reproduce the BIOs here, they are available at
"Meet the candidates for WW CSD Board of Directors Membership" of the WWCSD
subform on wrightwoodcalif.com or at
this link: http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/forum/index.php/topic,24067.0.html   )