Rancho Water celebrates local students in art contest

TEMECULA – Seventeen kindergarten through fifth grade students from Temecula and Murrieta have won the 2022-2023 “Water is Life” Poster Contest hosted by Rancho California Water District. More than 5,000 students entered this year’s contest which focused on the importance of water and conservation.

The annual poster contest is held in the beginning of the school year and available to all teachers within the Rancho Water service area including public and private schools. This year, 21 schools and nearly 100 teachers participated in the event. Students from transitionalkindergarten through fifth grade are eligible, and up to three art pieces from each grade are chosen to move on to final judging. Winning students and their teacher receive a gift bag from Rancho Water and the chance to have their art placed in the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California calendar for the following year. Students and their families were also honored at an awards

Fifth grader Amy Y.’s “Water is Life” poster was selected to move on for further judging at the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Valley News/Courtesy photos ceremony at the district.

“It is always fun to see what our bright students come up with for the ‘Water is Life’ theme, and the new ideas they have for communicating the importance of water conservation and drought,” Robert Grantham, general manager of Rancho Water, said. “We enjoy partnering with our local schools for projects like this, and are excited to celebrate and encourage these aspiring artists.”

The complete list of winning students and their artwork can be found on the Rancho Water website at http://RanchoWater. com/poster.

Supervisors approve Siena CFD

Joe Naiman Writer

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved a community facilities district (CFD) for the Siena development in Winchester.

The supervisors’ 5-0 vote January 24 adopted a resolution forming the CFD and authorizing the levy of a special tax, established an appropriations limit for the CFD, and declared the results of the election to form the CFD official. A developer who owns an undeveloped parcel may vote in favor of the CFD which will be binding upon subsequent property owners and Taylor Morrison of California LLC cast the sole vote in favor of the CFD. Siena would create 529 single-family residential units in Winchester east of Washington Street and south of Keller Road.

A community facilities district includes a special tax – sometimes known as mello-roos taxes due to the state legislators who created the option for services on new development to be funded by an annual assessment – to fund the services and/or infrastructure.

A Joint Communities Facilities Agreement stipulates the collection and distribution process for the taxes. If the 1% property tax is not sufficient to pay for maintenance, fire protection and other services a CFD may be formed for those services and that CFD would be perpetual. A CFD may also pay for infrastructure including capacity fees which are charged to developers to cover the new development’s share of existing infrastructure,and that assessment ends when the bonds are paid off. The CFD will also pay for the reimbursement to government agencies for their staff time and other expenses to form the CFD, the cost to issue bonds, and the annual costs to administer the CFD.

The fiscal year 2023-2024 assessment for the Siena CFD will be $215 per taxable parcel for residential property and $1,813 per acre for multi-family residential and non-residential property, and the annual tax will be increased a minimum of 2% up to the cumulative percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for urban consumers. The CFD will cover the costs of street lighting, traffic signal and stormwater operation and maintenance and will also cover administration expenses and necessary inspections.

Joe Naiman can be reached by email at jnaiman@reedermedia. com.

Students whose artwork was chosen to move on for further judging at MWD are kindergartener Penny V. from Vail Elementary; first grader Preslee M. from Rancho Elementary; second grader Norah E. from Van Avery Preparatory; third grader Kara B. from Alamos Elementary; fourth

CELEBRATION from page B-3

History Month through facts and free crafts in the museum’s Art and Education Room. All are welcome.

The Temecula Valley Museum is located in Old Town Temecula at 28314 Mercedes Street. Museum hours are Tuesdays through Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, please visit TemeculaValleyMuseum.org or call 951-694-6450.

American Black History Month presents the opportunity for us to celebrate our fellow Americans’ achievements which have led the fight toward equity in our communities and stand together to pave the way for continued progress for all. Please tune in to our social media pages as we look at Black grader Meadow M. from Abby Reinke Elementary and Amy Y. from Rancho Elementary.

To learn more about Rancho Water, visit https://www.ranchowater.com/.

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