EVMWD'S DAYS OF SERVICE PAID TO BOARDS OF DIRECTORS

ELSINORE MAGAZINE 2 March 10, 2006 When Christine Hyland was finally called upon to review and sign the "Days of Service" paid to the Board of Directors monthly for meetings attended by all five Directors. Director Hyland noticed discrepancies and questionables on Director Ben Wicke, Days of Service submitted for pay in January. Chris then checked further on other past Days of Service submitted by Directors and brought it before the board at the first Boards Study Session in February for discussion. When it was brought to Kristine Anderson's attention that she had been submiting Days of Service for EDC Luncheons, Ms. Anderson immediately, (in a guilty manner), stated,"I will pay mine back!" This has yet to happen. Then later Chris Hyland checked even further back on Days of Service to include her own past Days of Service. She found that in 2003 when she was first elected she also had submitted Days of Services she should ````````not have been paid for. Hyland submitted a letter as follows in part "In researching the days of service for years 2003, and 2004 it was overlooked what was permissible to submit for payment as "Days of Service". In my research of the EDC, lunches, Mayor's Breakfast, and Chambers dinner's according to the Matrix and / or policies the Directors should not have been paid. Unfornately those who were approving " Days of Service" should have in my opinion removed themselves for payment according to the rules. There should be a policy that Finance should cleary understand what is payable for "Days of Service" and what is not .. they are writing the checks. ... Along with the letter, Chris Hyland submitted a check for reimbursement back to EVMWD in the amount of $703.08 that according to POLICY she believed she was not entitled to. Along with a statement that read let me know if I have over looked other overpayments. In adition Chris Hyland found that she owed another $300 plus and submitted a check for the amount. Later at a study session in Feburary, Kris Anderson and President of the Board, Phil Williams, discussed the report Director Chris Hyland submitted on her findings on questionable actions. Instead of allowing each Director to give accounting of the days of service they intended be payed for, EM2 observed that Ms.Anderson would give an accounting for all other directors herself, in a facitious, arrogant and disrespectful manner before the public. According to district's policy section 500 Particularly section 507, states that a maximum of 8 days of services monthly for attending Directors meetings on approved Matrix List. Such as regular,special and adjourned meetings , as well as committee meetings, study sessions, Board workshop and retreats. But section 508 specifically identifies meetings that can be compensated for are a maximum of 2 days monthly such as Hydro LEAPS, LESJWA JPA, LESJWA TAC and others. Some Directors have been taking compensation for as many as 4 days monthly. The pay per day stands at $191.00 per each Board Member. Directors Anderson and Williams are appointed to the LEAPS Committee (a Standing Committee of continuing subject matter jurisdiction.) A direct Project of EVMWD. At least 4 Directors appear to misconstrue a maximum of 2 days monthly, as being an additional 2 days of compensation. Not so!!!. The issue is yet to be resolved. EM2 takes the opinion that it would be well served to have EVMWD'S District Attorney John Brown give a legal rendering on resolving the issue. It also appears that the LEAPS PROJECT and some other committees may be in violation of the Ralph M. browm Act in a failure to note the committee meetings time and place, that, having continuing subject matter jurisdiction. Even if any Director wanted to attend some committee meetings as an observer at least Chris Hyland never knows what time or day the meetings are being held. Why is this... is there some secrets to hide from one director only???

THE HEAVY RAINS ARE HERE NOW WHAT?

ELSINORE MAGAZINE2

January 3, 2006

You may have heard the eyes of Texas are upon you. Well, EM2 says the heavy rains are upon us in Lake Elsinore Ca. ( The basin) where more than 3,500 acres are in the lake bottom, called and known as a flood plain.

Two developement projects have been proposed. Laing Homes Development has already broke ground and appears to be digging down to fill the floor level housing pads as much as 10 to 17 feet of fill from its present ground level. The city approval in 2004 called for the developement of the golf course be built FIRST! Lumos development project was approved at December 13 2005 city council regular meeting. The mayor of the city of Lake Elsinore, Robert Bob Magee , was quoted in two newspapers, The Press Enterprise and the Californian News ( North County Times), as saying that he trusts what the technical experts are telling him. And that the experts tells him the 1267 floor sea level will sustain a hundred year flood. This is absurd thinking! Just because the project plans allow for fill dirt up to about 18 inches above the 1980 flood peak of 1265.7, does not mean that fill dirt will make this area known as a flood plain, safe. Besides, It is highly unlikely that MOTHER NATURE will pay attention to so called experts and developers!!! It is in EM2 's opinion this is, not at all , a safe bet that ANY levee OR DAM will withstand a 100 year flood. Remember the levee and dams in and around New Orleans??? Does saving lives mean anything to anyone any more over greed. EM2 is wondering if the mayor considered the fact that experts will report what they are paid to report. Liken unto the experts in a courtroom the Defense expert will find something the Defense wants to hear and on the other hand the Prosecutor expert will find something the Prosecutor wants to hear. Absolutly nothing to do with truthfullness. Reach up, pick a title I want to hear and run with it.

EM2 asks has the human mentality ( common sense IQ factor) became lost in the BS for greed? what happened to mother wit and wisdom as it was called back in the day. Chris Hyland, Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District 3rd Dvision, speaks from a point of common sense as quoted in the Californian News " There is going to be a castastrophe because houses should never be built in a flood plain. Know one can predict what mother nature will or will not do"." They can tell me anything but cannot prove to me that it will not flood in the flood plain behind the levee". Thinking as Hyland puts it makes more sense. Former City Councilman, Robert Vermillion, who has been an engineer for many years and retired from General Electric is a master on the knowledge of probable disasters that are predictable in the back basin behind the levee. Mr. Vermillion speaks on the points of at the time of the 1980 flood the population was approximately 3,000 now it is more than 38,000 and that the run off from all the housing development is enormous and will end up in the lake. The Dams and leeves from down stream need to be considered as an apparent diaster factor when considering development in a flood plain.

EM2 have some better ideas for development in the flood plain.

1- Industrial, viable development put Elsinorian's to work closer to home.

2- Develop a Recreational park having golf courses, Equestrian trails, an exotic perhaps fresh water huge Aquarian, a Zoo, an Arcade, a Miniature golf, a Driving range and Water them slides.