INSIDE CITY HALL WHAT HAPPENED: The City...

INSIDE CITY HALL

WHAT HAPPENED:

The City Council, acting as a redevelopment agency, approved a

$3.3-million loan for the acquisition of an affordable housing

complex.

WHAT IT MEANS:

Hermosa Vista Apartments will be an 88-unit apartment complex at

15363 and 15425 Goldenwest St., offering studios and one-bedroom and

two-bedroom apartments. It will replace an existing apartment

complex, which the developer will buy, rehabilitate and make

affordable.

All 88 units will be affordable to low- and very-low-income

households for 60 years.

Tenants’ salaries for low-income housing must not exceed $39,550,

half of the median income for the county. The salary ceiling to

qualify for the very-low-income units is $26,450.

The average median income in Orange County is $52,900.

Twenty-six units altogether will be very-low-income units: two

studios, eight one-bedroom units and 16 two-bedroom units. Studios

will cost from $614 to $746; one-bedrooms from $658 to $800; and

two-bedrooms from $784 to $954.

WHAT HAPPENED:

Mayor Connie Boardman presented Community Services Supervisor

Dottie Hughes with the mayor’s award.

WHAT IT MEANS:

Hughes manages Surf City’s recreation programs -- such as the

tennis program, the adventure program, day camp and the city aquatic

program -- the City Gym and Pool and oversees the Sands community

services newsletter. At the City Gym and Pool, she runs classes for

the public, sports programs and the city’s year-round swimming

program. Hughes also handles many of the city’s special events, such

as the Huck Finn Fishing Derby, the Distance Derby and the pier swim.

Hughes began working in the city in 1979 as a swim instructor. In

1998, she took over management of the Murdy Center and in 2000, she

took over operation of the City Gym and Pool. She was appointed

community services supervisor in December 2002.

WHAT WAS SAID:

“Dottie is truly one of the most dedicated employees, but she does

it in a quiet, dignified way,” Community Services Director Jim Engle

said.

WHAT HAPPENED:

Mayor Connie Boardman presented a framed proclamation to Rainbow

Disposal for its contribution to the Downtown area trash collection.

WHAT IT MEANS:

Rainbow Disposal has promised to install 100 new trash cans in

Downtown at no cost to the city. The city has always paid for

replacing old trash cans. Because of severe cuts in the general fund

budget, Rainbow Disposal offered to cover the $60,000 it will cost to

replace the cans.

Rainbow Disposal officials hope to have all the new cans installed

by April 1.

WHAT WAS SAID:

“It’s really our way of just saying that we’d like to help our

during these crunch times,” said Ron Shenkman, senior vice president

of Rainbow Disposal. “This is something we felt really strongly about

and we’re happy to do this.”