Foothills Sentry February 2022

Foothills Sentry Page 2 February 2022 A Brighter C HEERS TO 2022! 714 282 0828 | jadtec.com jadtec.com $ 15 95 /mo SECURITY JADTEC aco 4202 Protecting your family, home and business from burglary, fire and medical emergencies. ^ Ridgeline property turns a page After 15½ years of fighting the Orange Park Acres community for a housing development on the former Ridgeline Golf Course property, the owner, Milan Capi- tal REI IV LLC, has thrown in the towel. The property consists of seven individual parcels totaling more than 52 acres. The sale occurred on Dec. 27, 2021 for a price in the area of $7.5 million. The LLC purchased the property in 2006 for $12 million. The new owner of the prop- erty is ACE Asset Leasing, LLC, a company located in Anaheim. The zoning on the Ridgeline property remains as recreational open space, severely limiting its use for housing. No plans have been announced for the acreage. Milan Capital, the former Ridgeline owner, is also a prin- cipal in another LLC that owns the former Sully-Miller property on Santiago Canyon Road. This property has also been a source of conflict in the OPA commu- nity for many years, for similar reasons. The owner and operators of the property are currently un- der investigation by various state agencies for alleged improprieties against state and federal water laws, and the creation of an ille- gal dumping facility. See "Silverado" continued from page 1 was partly washed into Silverado Creek. Similar circumstances are reported in the Wildcat Canyon/ Hazelbell areas. More is needed Public Works is authorized to act as a local sponsor to help pri- vate property owners qualify for federal funds for work in areas proclaimed to be a local or state emergency. While the county originally indicated it might seek additional funding for other can- yon areas, it now says the two projects will be it. Anderson Way residents as- sert that if the clearance project doesn’t continue all the way up Anderson Creek, the debris prob- lem won’t be solved. Anderson Creek apparently is not a con- tinuous entity and changes course with each rain event, so that now Anderson Way becomes the creek. In other canyon areas, mud and flood hazards have worsened because deposited debris has made streambeds higher. Houses that used to sit above the creek are now next to it. “The disasters in the canyons are the result of a confluence of events,” Supervisor Don Wagner said. “First, there was fire and then rain. We want to partner with the federal government on proj- ects we can help with.” None of the work is imminent. NRCS has 60 days to process a request for funding. Once ap- proved, the local sponsor has 220 days to complete the projects. View from the last house on Water Way; the man is actu- ally standing in Silverado Creek, on sediment deposited from upstream (Wildcat Canyon), as well as from An- derson Way via Water Way. Looking uphill at the uppermost culvert (past the last house on Anderson Way, almost to the end of the paved road): the two pipes under the road are clogged on the other end by dirt and rocks so sub- sequent water and debris went over the top, erod- ing the pavement and the dirt under it. Girl Scouts return to their beginning Girl Scouts Lauren Simons and Kate Neglia created a sensory walk for the kindergarten students at Villa Park Elementary, where they began in scouting. The girls, now seniors at Villa Park High, began as Girl Scout Daisies when they were in kindergarten there. They are the only two remaining in Troop 2623, out of 15. This community project was their way of giving back, in thanks for their 12 years as scouts. Correction The January Sentry incorrectly identified the speaker in a photo- graph on page 7 as former Orange Police Chief Tom Kisela. While Kisela was the narrator for the City of Orange tree lighting cer- emony, the photo depicted current police Chief Dan Adams leading the Pledge of Allegiance. Lauren Simons, left, and Kate Neglia Photography by Andrew Tonkovich