GRF portion would be 1.64% higher in 2024 Pending a few likely last-minute adjustments, the GRF portion of the annual coupon for 2024 figures to be $335.32, an increase of $5.40, which is a 1.64% jump from 2023. This figure – which would include cable television/internet – was revealed near the end of the annual joint GRF Board /Finance Committee m...

It will be much more expensive to properly repair all eight courts at the Buckeye Tennis Complex than originally thought, mostly because, for two of the courts, a full repaving and grading will be required. GRF Director of Community Services Ann Mottola and GRF Trust Asset Manager Martijn Lemmens told the GRF Planning Committee on Thursday that cou...

Members of the GRF Board and its Finance Committee said last week they favor spending up to $50,000 for a study of what bus service Rossmoor residents are willing to support, paying for it with money that had been destined to pay for another bus driver. The concept of studying residents’ wants and needs regarding bus service was approved as part of...

Rossmoor’s new guest access protocol is now permanent, as the testing phase which began in February ended in mid-August. Considering the front gate averages 3.4 million entries a year, this undertaking has been no small project, Public Safety Manager Tom Cashion said. “This has been done to make the residents safer, and also guests, workers, the em...

CALL TO ACTION Event addresses uniting against antisemitism Susan Lieber said she hasn’t seen any overt instances of antisemitism in Rossmoor recently – certainly not directed at B’nai Israel, where she is a member of the leadership council. But there’s no doubt the world outside the gates has seen an uptick in attacks on Jews, and other protected ...

The timing is “pure coincidence,” Martijn Lemmens said, but two significant roadway- maintenance projects will be done over the next two weeks, in the same time frame, starting Thursday, Sept. 14, with crack sealing work on Terra California Drive, Saklan Indian Drive and Cactus Court. The big work is scheduled to start Tuesday, Sept. 19, with total...

The heightened concerns among residents about wildfire risks and power outages were evident Aug. 31 during a packed PG& E town hall-style presentation in the Fireside Room. The event drew close to 250 residents and featured a lengthy Q& A session. The presentation came at the request of the GRF, as a means of community outreach. The present...

Event Center packed for last week’s town hall Every time there’s a devastating fire in Maui, or a deluge of rain in Vermont, or even persistent wildfires on the other side of the world in Greece, Rossmoor and its individual residents face consequences, too, in the form of higher property insurance costs – or even the inability to secure enough insu...

With Rossmoor’s Mutuals, multiple wheels are constantly turning with meetings, elections, rules and policy changes, the flow of information, and reams of documents. That’s why the work of the three Mutual Board Office coordinators is critical in keeping everything organized, updated and functioning properly. Housed in the Gateway Administration bui...

Residents learned practical approaches toward “Fostering Inclusion: Do The Work!” at a presentation on Aug. 25 in the Fireside Room. Author Kate Schatz gave a lively presentation on the topic. She took on that subject in “Do the Work!” An Antiracist Activity Book,” which she co-authored with W. Kamau Bell, the comedian whose documentary series “Uni...