By Emily Aguilar

Eastvale– In honor of Veterans Day, the City Council Meeting was held on Tuesday, Oct. 10. Even though the meeting was held a day earlier, the agenda was no less serious as it usually is.

Skipping straight to the Public Comment, the council was introduced to Eastvale resident Thomas Tallagua, who came to talk about a problem in his neighborhood. In his unnamed neighborhood, Tallagua stated that an abundance of families have been moving into houses, causing the streets to overflow with more cars than necessary. The problem has escalated to the point where police involvement has been addressed.

“It looks like East LA,” he claimed. In order to solve the problem, Tallagua pitched the possibility of the city warranting overnight parking permits. According to his research, San Dimas had a similar situation, and they solved their problem with parking permits. The council said they would look into the idea.

All items were passed in the Consent Calendar, so the council then focused on the City Council Business items. The first to speak was Bob Williamson, the project manager for the construction of Fire Station No. 31. Throughout the construction process, the developers have received an abundance of support, the most recent being that the City Clerk received 18 bids from various construction companies to help fund the creation of the fire station. One such bid came from the Horizons Construction Company for $4,107,000, leading to the Notice of Intent to Award the Project. In his presentation, Williamson asked the council if they could use the award to reallocate previous appropriations with the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) for $875,000, seal the contract with Horizons, as well as execute other appropriate funds and documents to move forth with the project. After consideration, the council motioned all requests.

The following speaker, George Alvarez, presented his topic on constructing new traffic signals on Sumner and 65th Street. In his presentation, Alvarez stated that nine engineering firms have offered to fund and design the traffic signals. Of the nine, the one most appealing was Advantec Consulting Engineers, who are willing to provide $16,392 to construct and design the signal lights. Alvarez asked the council to approve the plan, which they happily did.

Moving onto City Manager and Staff Reports, it was announced that Fire Station No. 31 will be celebrating their intended Ground Breaking celebration on Dec. 8 at 10 a.m. It will be a public event, and many are welcome to come. Also, it was stated that Clara Barton Elementary School has changed their year-round schedule to match that of local high schools and middle schools. This means that Clara Barton will no longer follow the traditional track schedule, allowing the entire student body to be in school and out of school at the same time.

For the City Council Communications report, it was announced that the city will be looking forward to numerous street projects, such as the traffic signal project on 65th and Sumner, as well as the construction of a high pressure gas line extending from Limonite to Citrus and Harrison to Hamner.

Before the conclusion of the meeting, Don Hook was introduced and welcomed as the newest member of the Eastvale Foundation. The council said they look forward to seeing her helping with city projects. Afterwards, Council Member Lorimore announced that he will be going to Northern California to analyze water construction projects. Finally, the council wished everyone a happy Veterans Day and Marine Birthday, and stated that the next meeting will be in December.