Minutes of the August 21, 2006 Board meeting

Town Sheriff Brian Sanford advised that there have been a rash of  burglaries at schools; on 8/8/06, there was an arrest of a driver of a suspicious vehicle at Eagle Park; at Hacienda and Gale, narcotics deputies arrested four persons and recovered $400,000 in cash; two COPS deputies arrested an individual for identity theft of U.S.Mail; 8 arrests made and 17 citations were issued for street racing.
 
The Walnut and Diamond Bar Chamber of Commerce representatives, Nef Cortez and Steve Smith, described their interest in serving the business community.  Their regional chamber of commerce meets on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 7:30 AM at the Southern California Air Quality Management District building in Diamond Bar.  To be a member of their Board of Directors, an individual must represent from 1 to 50 members.
 
Supervisor Knabe's field deputy, Dickie Simmons, stated that their office is working on the installation of an electronic message board at the intersection of Hacienda and Halliburton.  The supervisor is still working on the impounding of cars involved in street racing.  Dickie reminded everyone that there will be a Town Meeting at the Hsi Lai Temple on September 13, at 7:00 PM.  Public Works Department has resumed planting of missing trees along Halliburton.  A grant program for art projects is being considered.  The Medical Marijuana clinic may close down in 2007.  He acknowledged that a portion of Countrywood Lane is rough but serviceable.  Their office is looking for funds to repair the road.
 
Senator Margett's deputy spoke about street racing and the impoundment of vehicles.  The Public Safety Committee is investigating the issue and the amount of time the cars can be impounded.  Due to the increase of property assessments, the State expects to receive $7 billion additional , an increase of 12.5%.  The new State budget includes $55 million for education in 2007; and community college tuition for the Spring term will go down $6.00 per unit.  Proposition 86 would fund $120 million in Drug Diversion Programs; the California Highway Patrol will be adding 310 uniformed officers and 173 civilian staff, and will include protective vests for all correctional officers.
 
Committee reports were provided by Jean Robson, Scott Martin, Troy Goodspeed, Mike Hughes and Charles Norris.
 
In response to a question from the audience, it was stated that no new information regarding rubbish pick-up is currently available.