Los Rancheros Association

OFFICERS
President: Darlene Richardson • Vice President: Mary Dimsdale
Secretary: Bridgette Levinski • Treasurer: Rey Abaya

EXECUTIVE BOARD
Charles Eldred • Evelyn Ely • Ron Gomez
Pat Higgins • Julie Manzo • Linda Moniz
Norma Moore • Jeanie Schultz

CONTACTS
Coffee Social . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerrye Zinnel HMOA Representative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Dimsdale
Dime Bingo . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lorraine Schmuck Lunch Bunch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joy Cunningham
El Toro Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeanie Schultz Neighborhood Alert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linda Moniz
Hot Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Juan Pueyo Spectrum Meals (Tu&Th) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ruth Horton

The EXECUTIVE BOARD meets the LAST THURSDAY of the month at 7:00 p.m.
in the main clubhouse.
Los Rancheros RESIDENT’S ASSOCIATION meets the FIRST THURSDAY of the month
at 7:00 p.m. in the main clubhouse unless otherwise announced.
Coffee Social is the FIRST SATURDAY of each month from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

EL TORO — Jeanie Schultz • e-mail el t o ro . e d i t o r @ c o m c a s t . n e t

Deadline for all submissions to the El Toro is the 10th of each month for the following month.

From the Editor EDITORIAL POLICIES

Articles that appear in the El Toro are presented as an
informational service to the residents. Contents are the option
of the editor but do not necessarily represent the opinion of
the editor, the homeowners association or management.
Reader response is welcome. Your article must be in
my paper tube at 28408 Granada Circle, or posted to my
e-mail address, no later than the 10th of the month. All
submissions must be signed with your name/phone num-
ber included, as any article must be verified. Your name
will not appear, if you so request.
Editor has the right to edit for space or libel. Articles
considered in bad taste will not be printed. Submissions
must meet the Editorial Guidelines set forth by the pub-
lishers, Mobile Home Park Magazines.
Whenever possible, the editor prefers to “capture key-
strokes” for material to appear in the El Toro. If you are
typing something up, you might as ell type it directly into
an e-mail and send it to me that way. No e-mail? Well, OK,
submit the hard copy and we’ll manage.
PLEASE DO NOT “FORWARD” EMAIL. Forwarding results
in those little >> marks all through the copy, plus it exposes MY
e-mail address to YOUR whole broadcast list and I DON’T
want THEIR forwards. If you are submitting an item someone
e-mailed to you, COPY IT and PASTE it into a NEW e-mail
window to send to me at: eltoro.editor@comcast.net.
Thanks, Jeanie Schultz, editor
(http://mobilehomeparkmagazines.com/mhbsite/editorial/rules.aspx)
The Mobile Home Board publications informs and pro-
motes the mobile home system; residents, management
and those that serve the mobile home community.
The Mobile Home Board publications are not political
tools. They are a source of information and enjoyment for
park residents. To ensure this policy we have developed
the following guidelines:
Editorial Guidelines:
• Editor is responsible for gathering information and
sending it to us in a form they want. Each editor must
allow all resident’s organizations and management to par-
ticipate in the publication.
• The publication is not to be used for disputes by either
residents or management. Mobile Home Park Magazines
must remain neutral in all resident/management issues to
preserve the integrity of the magazine. Not all residents
are on one side or the other of an issue. Since we do not
research each story, we cannot use Mobile Home Park
Magazines to weigh either side of these very fragile rela-
tionships.
• Resident political organizations are asked to limit their
information to meeting notices and reports of chapter
meetings. • No listings of in-park-services (i.e. babysitting,
handymen, Avon, etc.)

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 Spanish Ranch #1 To All Ladies at SR-1
Information Sheet Come join us at any of our events. Get acquainted!

EL TORO MAGAZINE is published monthly and distributed

around the first of the month. Dates and times of activities are LUNCH BUNCH SCHEDULE
noted on the calendar therein. Special activities will be
announced in the regular section of pages. The Lunch Bunch meets on the third
RESIDENT MANAGERS/OFFICE THURSDAY (unless otherwise announced) of
Managers: A.R.C. Management Company each month at 12 noon. All are welcome.
Theresa Cruz, site manager
Shari and Kenny Bachmann, relief managers
Office hours: 9-12 and 1:30-4 Monday-Friday. 2007
On-call for emergencies Sat.-Sun.-Holidays December Christmas Party
Office address: 28400 Granada Circle
Rent may be dropped in mail slot in office door 2008
(next to laundry room on front side of bldg.) January 17 Harry’s Hofbrau
Phone: 510-783-5535 February 21 Elephant Bar
ORGANIZATIONS March20 Red Lobster
The Los Rancheros Association and the Spanish Ranch #1 April 17 Marie Callender’s
Ladies Club are automatically comprised of park residents. May 15 Mimi’s
There are no dues.
June 19 Sweet Tomatoes
MEETINGS of the Los Rancheros Association are the FIRST
July 17 Applebees
THURSDAY of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Main
Clubhouse unless otherwise announced. August 21 Olive Garden
LADIES CLUB meets the SECOND THURSDAY of each September 18 Sizzler
month at 12 NOON in the Main Clubhouse. October 16 Dino’s
The LUNCH BUNCH meets the THIRD THURSDAY of November 20 Dell Cafe
each month to go out to lunch at various area restaurants. December Christmas Party
COFFEE SOCIAL is the FIRST SATURDAY of each month,
9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. in the Main Clubhouse. Coordinators: Joyce Stevens
BINGO is the FIRST and LAST SATURDAY of each month. Joy Cunningham
SWIMMING POOL / HOT TUB
Pool open May-October. Hot Tub open year round.
SCHEDULES SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
TRANSPORTATION
#391 SHOPPER’S SPECIAL — Leaves hourly beginning
10:10 a.m. on TUES. and FRI. for SOUTHLAND from front
of Main Clubhouse. RETURNS at Noon, 1 and 2 p.m. Ask for
transfer if you plan to return on the bus.
THWART THE
#77 AC TRANSIT BUS — Leaves for downtown every hour THIEVES!
5:52 am-5:52 p.m. M-F. Bus stops outside the park across
from Ruus Park. To go to Tennyson Shopping Center, bus Put your mail in the
stops at corner of Ruus Park. Catch return bus at Tampa side
of Payless Shoe Store. Sat.-Sun. service 8:31 am-6:31 pm U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
AC TRANSIT FARES — $1.75 ages 18-64, ages 5-17 and
65+ is 85¢. Transfer good for 1.5 hours is an additional 25¢.
MISCELLANEOUS
MAILBOX
located in front of the
The Clubhouse is available to residents for private affairs.
Contact the Office, 510-783-5535 Main Clubhouse close to the
The POOL ROOM inside Main Clubhouse is available for street (near the Park map).
residents to use. See the office for a key.
COMPLAINTS/SUGGESTIONS/REPORTS
are to be submitted to Park Management in WRITING and LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
must be SIGNED. For any complaints or suggestions
concerning safety, maintenance, replace/repair, give a Letters to the Editor are
copy to the the Executive Board as well as the Office. These welcome on any subject.
also must be in writing and must be signed. Send to eltoro.editor@comcast.net.
THERE IS A RESIDENT REPORT FORM IN THIS (You must sign your name but we
ISSUE OFTHE EL TORO. won’t use it if you don’t want us to.)
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 Coffee Social
Get acquainted and enjoy a midmorning
break (or get rolling if you just got up)!
Drop-in for a few minutes or an hour
— your choice. Come on by!

Saturday,
December 1, 2007
Join us for
9:00-10:00 a.m.
BINGO (This happens before Bingo)

Coffee • Tea • Doughnuts

coordinated by Jerrye Zinnel, the amazing Centenarian
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE:
November 24 In the SR-1 clubhouse
December 1, 2007 the first Saturday of every month

December 8 (new) SAFETY FIRST

January 5, 2008 IN THE HO T TUB
(No Bingo Dec. 29)
The following are not allowed in the hot tub enclosure:

NO Food • NO Glass
NOON TO 3 P.M. NO Floating Devices
NO Toys (including squirt guns)
Snack bar open before play NO Pets
and during breaks Approved swimwear only
serving nachos, hot dogs, sodas, snacks. Use common sense and care when using
the hot tub . Minors should al wa ys be
Ron Gomez, coordinator accompanied by a parent or adult.
Shower before entering the hottub and
Volunteer help is appreciated, call Ron for info. get out to use the bathroom.

Tip-a-Cop at Applebee’s
a fundraiser for Special Olympics sponsored
NOTICE
Per state law, no one under the
by the Hayward Police Department
has been postponed to a December
age of 18 is allowed in the date to be announced.
Watch for flyers or announcements at Assn or
clubhouse during Bingo Neighborhood Watch meetings.
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 This action sheet is produced as
part of the Emergency Survival
Program (ESP). ESP is an awareness
campaign designed to increase individ-
ual and home emergency prepared-
ness. ESP was developed in coopera-
tion with the California Governor’s
Office of Emergency Services (OES).

PROGRAM
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 ICE - “In Case of
NEW! Emergency”
SPANISH RANCH I Submitted by Darlene Richardson
RESIDENT INFORMATION We all carry our mobile phones with names
and numbers stored in its memory but
www.spanishranch1.blogspot.com nobody, other than ourselves, knows which of
these numbers belong to our closest family or
The web address is not case-sensitive, but you MUST friends.
use a number 1 (one) and not a roman numeral I (i).
If we were to be
involved in an accident
Coming soon: or were taken ill, the
people attending us
The HOT-LINE will return would have our mobile
as part of the plan to improve emergency communications. phone but wouldn't know
who to call. Yes, there
are hundreds of numbers
stored but which one is
the contact person in
Halloween in the park and at case of an emergency? Hence this 'ICE' (In
the entrance! Case of Emergency) Campaign
Halloween evening The concept of 'ICE' is catching on quickly.
found the park crawl- It is a method of contact during emergency
ing with creepies as situations. As cell(mobile) phones are carried
the park’s children and by the majority of the population, all you need
friends made their Trick-or to do is store the number of a contact person
-Treating rounds dressed as or persons who should be contacted during
spiders, witches and other emergency under the name 'ICE' ( In Case Of
scary things. There was a fair number of Emergency).
cuties too, to balance it out, with baby bun- The idea was thought up by a paramedic
nies and pint-sized action figures, princesses who found that when he went to the scenes of
and rock stars. accidents, there were always mobile
THANK YOU to all the phones with patients, but they didn't
families who stocked up know which number to call. He there-
on the treats, turned on fore thought that it would be a good
the porchlight and put idea if there was a nationally rec-
out the orange flyer to ognized name for this purpose.
welcome the youngsters. In an emergency situation,
Park Management Emergency Service personnel
A.R.C. and assistant and hospital Staff would be
managers Kenny and Shari Bachmann want to able to quickly contact the right
thank everyone for their candy donations to person by simply dialing the number you have
pass out to neighborhood kids at the front stored as 'ICE.'
entrance on Halloween. A special thank you to For more than one contact name simply
Neighborhood Alert and A.R.C. for their gen- enter ICE1, ICE2 and ICE3 etc. A great idea
erous donations of $50 each toward the pur- that will make a difference!
chase of candy. Let's spread the concept of ICE by storing
Thanks to Jerrye Zinnel and Frank Turner an ICE number in our mobile phones today.
who helped hand out treats, and to everyone Please tell others. It really could save your
who took the time to stop by and give a life, or put a loved one's mind at rest. ICE will
friendly hello and support to the gate crew. speak for you when you are not able to.
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N E I G H BORH D ALERT at SR - I
Hello Neighbors,
We had quite a month in October with the
water pipe breaking and the earthquake. By the
time you read this those things won't be too impor-
tant anymore. But, it should be a wake-up call to
all of us. Hayward Police Department suggests
that we each need to be able to take care of our
household for 72 hours on our own. If it had been
a major disaster, we might not have help for days.
This is a good time to get your emergency kits
ready. If you have trouble carrying water, it might
be a good idea to put a gallon of water behind your
toilet and keep it there. You might also want to get
a container that you can collect rain water in and
keep some on hand. Do you all remember where
your capsules are to purify your water?
Spanish Ranch does not have a phone tree for
emergencies. The CERT team is working on get-
ting one together. I am lucky my neighbors George
and Marsha came around and distributed water to
anyone on our streets that needed water. I know
that there were many more neighbors that did the
same thing. It was sure nice to see the residents
all pull together.
Shopping season is here. Remember to be
extra careful when out doing your Holiday shop-
ping. Also, don't forget to close your curtains when
you are out and lock up everything so thieves can-
not ruin your Holiday. It is amazing how clever
some people can be to get into your house. People
you do not know do not have to come into your
REPORT PROBLEMS IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD TO Linda Moniz
(file a complaint, too or call the police, 293-7000.)
IF IT’S NOT YOURS, DON’T
FEED IT!
Sure, you feel sorry for
that stray cat or dog, but if
you feed it, it WILL stick
around and perhaps not go back
to it’s rightful family.
Don’t leave pet food
outside!
Food left out will
attract raccoons, stray
pets, opposums, and other varmints!
Only indoor pets are permitted in the park so
don’t encourage outside animals to stay!
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house, ever! When at the mall
you can ask for someone to
escort you out to your car. It is
best not to shop alone. If you see
something suspicious don't hesi-
tate to call the police and man-
agement.
Our Neighborhood Watch meetings for
Spanish Ranch residents are on the second
Tuesday of the Month. We will not be having one
in December.
At the October meeting we had two beat offi-
cers join us for an open question and answer ses-
sion. I think we all enjoyed that and getting to
know our beat officers. Neighborhood Alert meet-
ings, put on by the Hayward Police Department
and Neighborhood Alert, are on the last
Wednesday of the month. They are held in the
meeting hall downstairs at Southland, and are
open to everyone in the city. Some residents didn't
realize there is a difference.
We are still walking in the evenings, weather
permitting. Anyone who would like to join us
please do. We meet in front of the main club house
at 6:30. Bring the whole family, we have 3 to 4
dogs that walk with us regularly.
Hopefully we will all have a safe and wonder-
ful Holiday season. Please remember to check
your surroundings, watch out for your neighbor.
Working together we can make this a much safer,
cleaner, nice place to come home to.
Happy Holidays,
Linda Moniz, Neighborhood Alert
WEAR WHITE AT NIGHT!
Out for a Walk?
Going to the Neighbors?
We Can’t See You
in the Dark!
Wear something WHITE or
REFLECTIVE even if it’s just to throw a
white sweater over your shoulders or around
your waist. This simple precaution could
prevent a tragedy.

The October water shutoff
if nothing else, exposed the serious lack
of a parkwide plan to, at minimum, let
people know what’s going on and, at the
ideal level, mount an effective response.
The approximately 36 hours without water
and the “moderate” earthquake that followed
a week later has galvanized park residents
and the various response entities into action.
As we see it, there are four components to
a response to either a minor disaster such as
the recent water outage or a major disaster
such as an earthquake strong enough to
knock out ALL the utilities.
#1 is Residents Personal Responsibility
You are expected to be able to take care
of yourself for 72 hours. The September El
Toro outlined a 72-hour Emergency Kit for
Your Home. A booklet called “Living in
Earthquake Country” was recently distributed
to every home and residents were invited to
an earthquake preparedness seminar at a
neighboring mobile home park. A day and a
half without water is only HALF the time you
should have been prepared for.
The other three components whose order
of importance would vary with the circum -
stances are:
Park Disaster Team
The Disaster committee, whose team
leader was out of state when the water pipe
broke, is taking steps to determine needs and
formulate a plan that could be implemented
by any team member.
N.E.R.T.
The Neighborhood Emergency Response
Team, of which the editor is co-chair, might
have been able to scrabble together some
kind of response, if we’d had any idea what
was going on. This team has been focusing on
training but will immediately devise a
“response” plan and work with residents to
identify those who will need physical help.
Park Management
If the emergency is the result of a break-
down of park utilities or infrastructure,
besides fixing the problem, management is
committed to keeping residents informed.
The dearth of information was identified by
many as the most serious lack in the recent
emergency. Management will make facilities
and/or pool available when needed.
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Los Rancheros Association Meeting 11/1/07
ACTION ITEMS
Ideas to prevent or cope with an interrup-
tion of utilities such as the October 21-22
water shutoff, as well as anticipate future dis-
asters, were solicited from residents at the
November association meeting.
Communication
• Communication (factual, truthful)
• Resident telephone tree
• Pass out flyers notifying residents of problems
• Software to dial ALL residents’ telephone
numbers to make them aware of problems
• Maintenance telephone numbers
• TV station devoted to Spanish Ranch
• Reinstitute “hot line” to disseminate info
Prevention
• Preventive maintenance for all utilities/valves
(make them all operative)
• Write letters
• Publish ombudsman, ARC, Rutherford and
Hayward City Attorney’s contact information
• Give assistant managers power to make
decisions
Response
• Keys to clubhouse be given to Association
officer in case assistant managers are
unavailable to open things
• Pool open 24 hours 7 days a week in an
emergency and if not possible have a portable
pump in pool with other end outside locked
gates
• Public telephone
• Port-a-pottys strategically placed in park
• Potable and drinking water delivered if owner/
managers are at fault
• 2-3 gallons of drinking water per household
• Know our neighbors and offer assistance
Planning
• Make residents aware of different scenario
plans
• Individual disaster items list
• Generator
• Emergency rally point plus a backup point
• Train residents for disasters
 Come and Eat!! It’s a SNAP!
(Senior Nutrition and Activities Project)
All SR-1 seniors are eligible and invited to participate in

SPECTRUM MEALS
A government-sponsored program for seniors over 55.
Es un programa guvernamental para ancianos mas de 55 años.

Tuesdays & Thursdays in the main SR1 Clubhouse

(except holidays)
Martes y Jueves en el Clubhouse (menos dias feriados)

NOTE! Signups are required. You must call before noon the day before.
Tiener que registrarse antes de doce un dia nates. Llamen a Ruth Horton.

Call Ruth Horton

for reservations or information. (Help is invited, too.)

Meal served at 4:30 p.m. Come early to socialize.

Las comidas estaran servidas a las 4:30 p.m. Illegue temprano para
socialisar se lon ellos.

$3.25 at door • Non-seniors/Guests $4.75 • 10 Dinner Tickets: $30.00

$3.25 en la puerta. • Los invitados pueden atendes por $4.75.
Donations are always accepted.
Meals include fish, BBQ chicken, vegetarian spaghetti, salads, soups (more so in winter),
pork chops, hamburger, lasagna, and — always a dessert! Milk is included with each meal.
NOTE: on days soup is scheduled, you can substitute
a hamburger or veggie burger! A Spectrum menu is posted in the SR-1 clubhouse.

More information: Food is delivered hot from a central facility.

Volunteers monitor the temperature of the food as it arrives and served and keep a log
as required by the government.
All SR1 seniors are eligible and invited to participate.
Dinner is served 5 nights a week at the Josephine Lum Lodge at W. Tennyson and Oliver.
(Lunch is served at 11:30 daily — same menu.) Phone 785-1997.

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LETTER
TO THE
EDITOR
I wasn't able to attend the meeting however,
there are a couple of things I would like to men-
tion.
The notice for the meeting was stuck in the
door to my MAILBOX…meaning that someone
actually opened my mailbox to put it in there!!!
How illegal is that? Maybe it was not the people
delivering the notices?
I was out of town during most of the water out-
age, but when I returned home on Monday, my
neighbor came out just to let me know that there
was no water before I went into the house and dis-
covered it myself. No panic, no "Henny Penny" dis-
play, just information. After he told me about this,
we exchanged information re water that we both
have in our homes in case of emergency, etc.
When I heard about the hysterical reaction of
some of our neighbors, I had this question — what
if there is a real emergency? Don't people under-
stand that in case of a storm or earthquake or
(any) disaster, we are EXPECTED to be able to
take care of ourselves for at least 72 hours???
Thankfully, my immediate neighbors are clear
on the concept. The question should always be,
"How may/can I help?" (Subsequent letter from
management was much appreciated.)
The Daily Review article was the balanced
reporting I have come to expect of Matt O'Brien.
Good for him.
I am sorry that the new owner/managers did
not have more time to get their feet wet before
something like this happened, but from my per-
spective, they did a pretty good job under very dif-
ficult conditions. Bet if something similar hap-
pens, they will be ready!
Thanks, and good luck,
Barb Sacks
NOTE: E-mail address for
submissions to the El Toro.
eltoro.editor@comcast.net
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RECOGNIZING A STROKE
Submitted by Jerry Higgins
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are diffi-
cult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of
awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim
may suffer severe brain damage when people
nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a
stroke.
Now doctors say a bystander can recognize
a stroke by asking three simple questions:
S * Ask the individual to SMILE.
T * Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK
A SIMPLE SENTENCE (coherently) (i.e. It
is sunny out today).
R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH
ARMS.
NOTE: Another sign of a stroke is this: Ask
the person to stick out his tongue. If the
tongue is crooked, if it goes to one side or the
other, that is also an indication of a stroke.
If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of
these tasks, call 911 immediately and
describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.
A cardiologist says if everyone passes this
on to 10 people; you can bet that at least one
life will be saved.
Join the Ladies Club
at noon on the
second Thursday for
DIME BINGO!
Ladies! Bring your lunch and let’s get
together. Dessert provided.
It costs only a dime a game, winner
take all! + .25 for the bank which gets raffled
back to somebody at the first gathering in January.
Dime Bingo will join Lunch Bunch for a
Christmas Party in December. Back to
the regular schedule in January.
For more information call
Lorraine Schmuck
 MINUTES
Minutes of Los Rancheros
Association Board Meeting —
September 27, 2007
The Meeting was called to order. by President
Darlene Richardson who announced the meeting
was being tape recorded for “transcription pur-
poses” only.
Roll Call: President Darlene Richardson,
Bridgette Levinski, Linda Moniz, Jeanie Schultz,
Julie Manzo, Evelyn Ely, Pat Higgins, Rey Abaya,
Mary Dimsdale, Ron Gomez, Norma Moore.
Absent: Mary Dimsdale (excused), Manny Arca.
Norma stated that the August Association
minutes got to Jeanie in time for publication in
this month’s El Toro.
Treasurer’s Report: There is $67.00 balance
in the Association’s bank account.
City Council: Evelyn Ely deferred her report
until the Association meeting.
Flea Market: —Advertising: Linda Moniz
stated that it would be put on www.craigslist.org
for free; Penny Saver quoted her $29 for the week-
ly publication and internet; Daily Review quoted
her $42.18 for a 3 day ad. Total of the two would
be $72.18. Discussion. Decision made to do Craig’s
List and Penny Saver.
— Snack bar: will be run by N.E.R.T., & Ladies
Club with Dawn Plaskon overseeing it all. She will
provide all supplies and deduct the cost from the
sales the day of the Flea Market.
— Tables: All but 1 has been reserved, not all
have been paid for yet.
— Set up tables: Clint, Linda, Kathy, Ryan and
Darlene volunteered for this.
— Cleanup: need volunteers
Lease Committee: Norma read a report from
the Chairman, Monty. Report stated the commit-
tee had done a case overview and created a ques-
tionnaire to be distributed to all residents prior to
a workshop to be held on October 17th, 7pm at the
main club house. There will be an invitation dis-
tributed to all residents inviting them to this
workshop.
Neighborhood Alert: Linda Moniz told us
about the upcoming Youth Academy for grades 8-
12 to held 10/3-11/14.
Let Your Voice Be Heard meeting to take
place instead of Neighborhood Alert meeting at
10
MINUTES and more minutes
Southland Mall on 10/24 at 7 p.m.
Keep Hayward Clean & Green clean-up
days need volunteers
COMPARE speaker Alfredo would like to come
and speak to our association meeting
Power Plants: Patty Smith gave a report that
included a letter from the FAA to Commissioners
opposing the building of power plants near
Hayward Executive Airport; which the Daily
reviews disagrees with.
Sacramento Legislation: Norma Moore gave
a report urging all board members to call and
write to Governor Arnold asking him to approve
AB1542. She also urged everyone to tell their
neighbors to do the same thing. Owners of Parks
are flooding the Governor’s desk with their desires
…we as residents should do the same.
Old Business: Gas Leaks – President handed
out a spreadsheet she compiled from the multi
page report from Jarsco. It showed 7 Class 2 leaks
(which have to be fixed within 1 years time) and
12 Class 3 leaks (that are being monitored annu-
ally).
Absence of Executive Board Member, Manny
Arca, was discussed and Norma volunteered to try
and find out why he has not been attending meet-
ings.
Announcements: Next Association meeting
will be held on October 4, 2007. Next Executive
Board Meeting will be held on October 25, 2007.
Meeting Adjourned at 8:01 p.m.
Submitted by Bridgette Levinski, Secretary
Minutes of Los Rancheros
Association
Association Meeting
Board — —
Meeting
October 4, 2007
President Darlene Richardson called the
meeting opened at 7 p.m. followed by the
Association saying the Pledge of Allegiance to
the flag.
Roll call: Darlene Richardson, Bridgette
Levinski, Mary Dimsdale, Rey Abaya, Evelyn Ely,
Ron Gomez, Pat Higgins, Julie Manzo, Linda
Moniz, Norma Moore, Jeanie Schultz. Absent:
Manny Arca.
Treasurer’s Report: $67.49 in the checking
account and $2500+ in the Association CD.
Continued on the next page
Continued from the previous page
City Council, Evelyn Ely: Eden Gardens owner
is going door to door trying to make the seniors
buy the lot that they live on. There are 40
Mobilehome parks in CA that have been “con-
dolized”. Evelyn asked that we go to the HMOA
meetings that are held one Saturdays each month.
Leases: A brief discussion about the different
leases in Spanish Ranch I. Monty Lindsey the
chair for the lease committee gave a summary of
what they had found out so far.
Linda Moniz gave information on the different
ways to advertise for our Flea Market. We were
informed we could start setting up on Friday
evening from 7 p.m. till 9 p.m.
Community Youth Academy flyer handed out
announcing the Wednesday night classes.
Hayward Clean and Green task force is asking
for residents to help out with cleaning up our city
of Hayward.
We were introduced to Alfredo from COM-
PARE — Community Prevention of Alcohol relat-
ed problems. We have many places selling alcohol
in Hayward.
Eastshore Power Plant is on the Senate floor
at this time.
Old Business
Norma informed us the P.U.C. was coming to
the park to inspect and that they put the informa-
tion on the board in the laundry room instead of in
the main clubhouse. She said that most residents
wouldn’t see the information as most of us do our
laundry at our own homes.
We were told that more candy was needed to
be given out at the front of the park for Halloween.
If you have any extra to donate that would be a
great help.
Kevin asked about Manny Arca missing four
consecutive meetings. It was moved and seconded
to remove Manny and to hold a new election by a
show of hands at our Association meeting. There
was a discussion and motion was carried.
Darlene handed out copies of Garsco leak
report.
New Business
Darlene talked about a Disaster workshop to
be held on 10/22/07 from 1-3 p.m. at New England
Village.
Darlene also brought up the request of the new
management that they would like to be involved
with homeowners association for Holiday activi-
ties for the residents in the park.
We had a discussion about buying cards for
stores. If we did this then the Disaster Fund would
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get a percentage of the total amount given to the
Disaster Committee.
Submitted by Bridgette Levinski, Secretary
NOTE: The minutes for the October meeting and the
board meeting the week before were accidentally mis -
placed before reaching the editor and had to be recreated
from original notes. This process was not completed in
time for publication in the November El Toro. We apolo -
gize for the delay. —Secretary
Minutes of Los Rancheros
Association Board Meeting —
October 25, 2007
The meeting was called to order by President
Darlene at 7 p.m. (recorded for transcription pur-
poses).
Roll Call present, Darlene, Bridgette, Mary,
Rey, Evelyn, Linda, Pat, Norma, & Julie. Absent,
Manny, Ron, Jeanie
City Council–Evelyn Ely reported that she
would give her report at the Association meeting.
Directory—Darlene is still working on the
Directory. She also stated that if we had all resi-
dents numbers a Telephone tree could have been
installed for this last disaster and all resident
would have been informed of the progress.
Flea Market: Darlene provided information
for the Flea Market funds that were generated
from the Flea Market $458.85 net proceeds ($270
from table rentals + $192.45 from snack bar +
$42.50 from Association table less $46.10 advertis-
ing).
Landscape (Tree) Committee—Norma
said not much going on right now. There was a
small discussion about the trees that are taken
away even though there wasn’t a permit to remove
the tree. Norma stated that management tells
Real Estate companies to take out trees and not
replace them. For example: there was one on
Manuel.
Lease Committee, Rey Abaya—No new
Chairmen yet but soon. Rey has figured out the
handed out at the Workshop held on October 17th.
Around 88% of people are on Leases. Rey will type
up this information and hand out to board mem-
bers.
Neighborhood Watch—Linda said it was a
good meeting with 2 officers who answered ques-
tions.
Neighborhood Alert—Let Your Voice Be
Heard workshop. Darlene gave the report stating
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that Hayward Police department is asking neigh-
borhoods what the strengths and weaknesses are
of their department. They will hold workshops all
over Hayward and compile the information
received to help develop future plans for the
department.
Sacramento Legislation—Norma AB1542
The Governor did not sign the bill that would help
us with condolization. Norma told us that there is
a Proposition for Eminent Domain that contains a
hidden agenda: Elimination of rent control in
California. This means that our landlords won’t
have to worry about charging us more money than
we can afford to pay.
OLD business
1] Darlene told us about the Earthquake
Workshop held at New England Village where
over 100 participated. Speakers were: Bob Bird,
Coordinator of Hayward Mobile Home Parks
Association, Assembly member Mary Hayashi,
18th Assembly District, Captain Charmaine Geil,
Hayward Fire Department, Lieutenant Bob
Weldon, Hayward Police Department and Brian
Regan, Mark Williams, Roseanne Morano, from
the American Red Cross. It was an EXCELLENT
workshop with many useful handouts.
We discussed what we need to take care of our-
selves, what we need and for how long and how
much we will need to prepare ourselves. Find your
large manila envelope that has the big round pills
for making bad water drinkable. Put emergency
items where you will be able to get to them if you
need to. Make sure that the food and water you
put away doesn’t go past the expiration date.
2] Gas Leaks: Darlene stated that a copy of the
spreadsheet that she created showing all gas leaks
was delivered to each residence listed. Except for
two, that she is waiting on JARSCO response, as
they were incorrect addresses.
She asked if any board member had been
approached with questions from these residents.
No one had been approached.
NEW BUSINESS:
1] Water Break - Discussed the lack of pre-
paredness for emergency situations.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1] Next Association Meeting on November 1st
2] Next Executive Board Meeting is on
November 22 - Thanksgiving: Darlene asked if we
should have it the week before or the week after?
She will bring it up at the Association meeting for
a vote.
Meeting adjourned @ 8:15
Submitted by Bridgette Levinski, Secretary
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Minutes of Los Rancheros
Association Meeting —
mmm November 1, 2007
Meeting called to order at 7:00pm. (We will be
recording this meeting for transcription purposes.)
Resident &Guest Sign in Sheets at door
Darlene led us with the Pledge of Allegiance
WELCOME EVERYONE to everyone.
Officer’s Roll Call (Secretary): Darlene, Mary,
Bridgette, Rey, Ron, Julie, Norma, Evelyn, Pat,
Linda, Jeanie.
Treasurer’s Report – Rey - showed checks writ-
ten for $63.38 and deposits of $504.95, leaving a
balance of $511.06 in the checking account. No
exact amount for the CD, but it is over $2600.
ELECTION for Executive Board Position.
Darlene asked if there were any nominations from
the floor for an Executive Board position. Charlie
Eldred was nominated, seconded and unanimous-
ly (by show of hand) elected to this position.
Committee Reports
Disaster Committee: Stacia Higman – stated
that efforts have been stalled due to ownership of
the park and management company changing and
a full time manager on-site. Things are moving
forward and a meeting will happen between disas-
ter committee and Teresa before the next meeting.
Flea Market : There is a detailed report in this
month’s El Toro. We had a net of $458.85. Darlene
thanked everyone that helped set up and break
down; Dawn Plaskon and everyone that helped
with the Snack Bar; Ron Gomez for donating his
table to the Association; Dawn, Jeanie and Clint
for donating items to this table. She also thanked
everyone that rented a table and asked if we
would like another Flea Market in the spring. We
all said yes that we would.
HMOA: — Mary did not know where the next
meeting will take place and told everyone to look
for the flyer that would say where it will be held.
Landscape (Tree) Committee: Norma told us
about one of her neighbors became very upset
about a tree in her yard being taken out without
her knowing that they were taking it away. Not
using Permits like they are required to do. She
also stated that Management tells Real Estate
companies to remove trees when bringing in a new
home.
Lease Committee: Rey gave a report on the dif-
ferent percentages of residents who are Month to
Month Rentals or who are on a Lease.
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Neighborhood Watch: Linda explained
about the meeting with two officers answering
questions. She said it was a very informative and
productive meeting.
Neighborhood Alert, phone line: Meeting was a
Let Your Voice be Heard. They split the meeting
into smaller groups and asked to say what the
Hayward Police Departments Strengths and
Limitations.
Power Plant: Patty Smith said there was
nothing new to report except there will be a Pre-
hearing Conference on 11/26/07 and an
Evidentiary Hearing on 12/17/07 both with public
comments at 6-8 p.m. Both meeting will be held in
Hayward City Hall Chambers.
S.R.I.C. – Kevin handed over the last items
this committee was working on to the Grievance
Committee. There has been NO progress trying to
amicably working with management on these
items.
Sacramento Legislation—Norma - informed
us of the Proposition that would discontinue rent
control in the state of California—she will give a
detailed report next month. Ray told us about the
problems the Governor has given us by NOT sign-
ing Bill AB1542. Norma asked that anyone inter-
ested in signing a petition against this Proposition
please see her.
NEW BUSINESS
Hayward Police would like to borrow our 55
gallon drums to hand out to various businesses
that will collect TOYS for TOTS. Motion made to
let them use the drums, seconded, approved.
Water Break—There was a discussion on what
can be done to prevent another crises like the last
one where we had no water for 36 hours. Darlene
created a list from all the suggestions made by all
residents (please see “Action Items” in this El Toro
on page 7).
President stated that she had compiled a list of
contact information for A.R.C. and Rutherford
Investment employees. She will see that the
Editor of the El Toro get this list for publication.
Resident stated that John Flink might know
where the shut off valves are. Norma stated that
she was told it would cost approximately $60k to
repair all valves.
Norma stated she had talked with an apprais-
er for Deutsche Bank, who was in the back of the
park. She didn’t receive very much information
from him.
Norma passed out Questionnaire – ‘For cur-
rent and/or former Park Residents’, from the law
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firm of Endeman, Turek & Heater LLP. This law
firm has been asked by a Park resident to evalu-
ate living conditions in our mobile home park.
This is a confidential questionnaire and Attorney-
client privilege prevents disclosure of your com-
ments to anyone, without your permission.
Juan Pueyo stated that he had given 50 orange
reflective vests to prior management to be direct-
ed to the Disaster Committee. President stated
she would look into this. He also mentioned that
he had 200 emergency blankets.
President agreed to get the ACTION ITEMS to
the Editor for publication in next month’s El Toro.
President asked if we wanted to bring the
Telephone hot-line back. Motion made, seconded
and passed. Norma volunteered to get the sponsor
for this. Juan and Sy volunteered to be in charge
of placing out-going messages on it.
Charlie Eldred suggested that a Spanish
Ranch I web site be designed. Motion made, sec-
onded, passed. Charlie volunteered to do this.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1] Hayward Animal Shelter Black & White
Furball 11/16 ( 12-6p.m.) 11/17 ( 11-5 p.m.)
2] Hayward Animal Shelter Holiday Bazaar
11/16 12-6p.m
3] City of Hayward is resurrecting the Pet
Parade 12/8. Anyone can enter their pets.
4] Light Up the Season 12/6, 5:30 - 8 p.m.
5] Next Executive Board Meeting: Nov. 29th
6] Association Meeting on December 6th
Meeting Adjourned at 8:44 p.m.
Submitted by Bridgette Levinski,
Secretary
Are the
Batteries in the
flashlight “hot”?
Don’t be left
in the dark.
Inventory
your
emergency
supplies
regularly.
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