• City Council Meeting February 2020

The February city council meeting was three hours long. 

TOP NEWS FROM THE MEETING

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• Wildomar Shooting Range and Academy approved
• WCE (Western Community Energy) is less than 60 days from becoming your new energy provider THAT'S COVERED IN ANOTHER BLOG: LINK

Presentations 
First up was the proclamation for Eagle Scout Troy Woodfin. 

Troy Woodfin is flanked by the city council and representatives from the offices of other local electeds.

Other presentations included an update from Donald Graham Elementary, what's going on at the old Jean Hayman Elementary campus, an introduction to the new principal at David A Brown Middle School, an update by SWAG, a police department update (full blog at this link), a code enforcement update and an Economic Development update. 

Sorry, but I'm not going to break those down. Please watch the video which is linked at the bottom of the blog.

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During public comments one especially stood out, partly because of the subject (another homeless encampment) and that resident Veronica Langworthy brilliantly offered her three minutes to speak when speaker Sheila Watson had run out of time.

She brought a signed petition by 31 of her neighbors

This subject is important to me, one of the things that I ran on was improved code enforcement, and I believe it is occuring. That doesn't mean it's a perfect model, as it's not something that can be switched on and off like a light.

Please don't hesitate to use the city page to report a code violation, but if nothing seems to be happening, email the city council members. If that doesn't do it, start attending city council meetings, and bring your neighbors until it's dealt with.

Our question to is, 'how unsafe does a situation have to become before the rights of vagrants no longer supercede the rights of the citizens of Wildomar?'

—Sheila Watson

As you'll see in the video, not long after the final syllables were leaving her mouth, Mayor Dustin Nigg asked a top staff member to meet with her outside so that she could be assisted. 

2.0 Wildomar Shooting Academy

The video below is NOT of the entire item. If you want that, please see the full item in the video. This 8 minute video is to highlight the developer's presentation along with the impressive 3d animation of what it will look like.
 

LINK TO NOVEMBER BLOG WITH MORE DETAILS

  The location of the shooting range/academy is at the southeast corner of Mission Trail and Bundy Canyon. 

Future home of Wildomar Shooting Range and Academy.

I'm very much in favor of it, and am hoping they start turning dirt before the end of the year... but no dates are even hinted at at this early stage in the process.

Here is a bonus video that came during public comments on the Wildomar Shooting Range/Academy portion of the meeting. It's Miss Miller giving her thoughts on it. 

I want to remind the readers that I was happy to accept her endorsement of my campaign back in 2018 (Thank You Again!). 

For the record, the Press Enterprise endorsed the candidate that finished more than 15 points behind me. Which means Miss Miller ranks higher than PE in Wildomar. Stats don't lie! ☺

Item 3.1 WCE Update can be found at this LINK
Please watch the video below for the entire three hour meeting.

Alternate link to video.

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“It is no use saying ‘we are doing our best.’ You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.”
– Winston Churchill

Wildomar Rap knows of many runners up that "did their best." Winners find a way to get things done.

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• Just Announced: Wildomar Shooting Range/Academy

Shooting range coming to Wildomar. Location is the southeast corner of Mission Trail and Bundy Canyon. 

Location of shooting range.

Below is the email sent out by the city.

Good Afternoon,
The City has released the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Wildomar Shooting Range/Academy IS-MND (CUP 19-0093). The 30-day public review period commences on November 05, 2019 and concludes on December 04, 2019.  Please click on the links below to access the IS/MND document.  All comments must be submitted by 5 PM on the December 04, 2019 deadline.

Please contact Matthew Bassi, Planning Director at (951) 677-7751, Ext. 213 for any questions. You can also email him at mbassi@cityofwildomar.org.  

Link to CEQA Documents

19-0093 - Wildomar Shooting Range IS-MND Document

From the CEQA docs

III. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The proposed project includes the construction of a 38-foot tall (at its highest point)), two-story indoor shooting range/academy; the first floor would be 29,286 square feet and the second floor would be 5,503 square feet totaling to 34,789 square feet. 

Artist's rendering. Not sure from which angle.

The first floor of the building would include offices, training and range areas, a lobby, gun smith and storage, shipping and receiving, and the second floor would include classrooms, storage, employee restrooms and lounge area, and VIP lounge and storage. Additionally, a total of 77 parking spaces, including 4 ADA spaces and 1 van accessible space will be provided. 

The proposed building would be located at the southern boundary of the project site. Moreover, the existing vacant residence and associated structures would be demolished. Furthermore, 7,405 square feet of perimeter landscaping would be provided, and a biofiltration basin would be constructed on the northwest corner of the site to treat the required water quality volume for the project site. 

Figure 4, Site Plan, shows a site plan of the proposed improvements. The proposed development plans, including architectural renderings and elevations, are provided in Appendix 1. Upon completion, the project would operate between 9 AM and 10 PM daily, seven days a week.

Buildings in the middle, parking around the perimeter.

Roadway Access and Parking Lot 

The proposed project would provide two vehicular access points to the site, one driveway along Bundy Canyon Road and another driveway at the southwest corner of the site along Mission Trail. The driveway on Mission Trail would be a right-in/right-out only access driveway. 

Additionally, Bundy Canyon Road would be downgraded from six (6) lanes (6) to four (4) lanes along the street frontage of the site. The City Traffic engineer evaluated long-term traffic needs along this road segment and has determined through the traffic study conclusions that a reduction to four (4) lanes is justified. 

Therefore, a General Plan Amendment (GPA) to the Circulation Element is required to accommodate change.to accommodate this change. 

Artist's rendering. Not sure from which angle.

The parking for the proposed project would be along the northern, eastern, and western boundaries of the site, and 77 parking spaces, including 4 ADA spaces and 1 van space would be provided.


Please use the link below to read the entire 102 page document.

Link to CEQA Documents

19-0093 - Wildomar Shooting Range IS-MND Document