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The Annual GOCHA Pancake Breakfast is back! We can’t wait to heat up the griddle and serve up a short stack (along with sausages, coffee, and juice) with friends and neighbors.
So come on out to Glenoaks Park Saturday October 14th from 8am-11am for some free food, good company, and to enjoy our beautiful canyon surroundings.
We hope to see you there!
GOCHA Annual Pancake Breakfast
Glenoaks Park
Saturday, October 14
8am-11am
You are invited to attend GOCHA's Annual Meeting and Dessert Night at the Joe Bridges Clubhouse in Glenoaks Park on:
Wed. September 13, 2023
7:30pm-9:30pm
Joe Bridges Clubhouse in Glenoaks Park
2531 E. Glenoaks Blvd., Glendale, CA 91206
Discussion Topics will include:
Patricia Mundo the Vegetation Management Inspector for the Fire Department will come talk with us about the brush clearance on the Sleepy Hollow hiking trail
Pubic Works - new organics recycling tools
Results of Biogas Legal Settlement between GOCHA and The City of Glendale
So come enjoy some decadent desserts and coffee while you meet our new GOCHA Board Members, learn how to become a GOCHA Board Member, opportunities to volunteer for upcoming Canyon events, meet the City's newest Council Member, learn about and become part of the Canyon's Neighborhood Watch program, and more.
See you there!
GOCHA would like to invite you to attend Glenoaks Canyon's National Night Out, on August 1st, from 5-8pm, at Glenoaks Park.
Live entertainment with KAYLN and The New Frontier!
Eagles Taco Truck and Simply Twisted Ice Cream Truck
Raffle
Meet & Greet with City Officials and Glendale's Finest
Fire and Police trucks
Bring a picnic blanket and enjoy a wonderful Summer evening with your Canyon neighbors!
It’s that time of year… The 2024 GOCHA Dog Parade will be held at Glenoaks Park from 11am-1pm on Sunday April 21. So bring your four-legged loved ones and head down to the park to check out the parade, costume contest, trick contest, and agility course.
And, the Eagles Taco Truck will be there too. Hope to see you there.
GOCHA ANNUAL DOG PARADE
Glenoaks Park
Sunday, April 21, 2024
11:00am - 1:00pm
Happy Spring everyone. Let’s kick off green season right and renew our memberships to GOCHA for 2023. With year round fire dangers from our plentiful rainfall , and the global pandemic in the rearview mirror, GOCHA continues to work towards keeping our canyon an island of calm and peace in a very stressful world. And we can’t do that without your help.
Simply click on the link below to take you to our Membership/Donation page. You can pay via credit card directly on the site or print out a form and mail in along with a check. Either way, now is the time to re-up your membership and consider donating separately to the Disaster Preparedness Fund and the Landfill Legal Fund. And, if you really feel inspired, consider becoming a Lifetime Member.
You can do any and all of these things right here: Join/Donate for 2023.
Over the last 3 years, GOCHA has been working with the City of Glendale to update Glenoaks Park and provide adequate landscaping and maintenance services:
landscaping around the Clubhouse
tree branches trimmed regularly to prevent further bodily injury to residents
maintenance of Wisteria plants to encourage blooming
new Playground equipment with shade structures
We are happy to announce that the Playground is now complete, and open for use. We can’t wait to see our neighborhood kids enjoying the new playground year-round!
Your Canyon HOA, with its dedicated volunteers, has done it again! If you’d like to join GOCHA as a Board Member or to volunteer on an as-needed basis, please respond to this email.
To donate or pay your GOCHA membership dues, please visit https://glenoakscanyon.org/memberships-and-contributions
Click here for the digital version of the Winter 2023 Echo.
Glendale City Council will vote on January 24, 2023 to start building a Power Plant at the Scholl Landfill. We urge everyone in the city to oppose this project because it is:
TOO DIRTY
The proposed plant will produce significant increases in air pollutants that are harmful to health and specifically to brain development in children. A cap-and-trade priority reserve credit to offset the costs will not remove the pollution from the air. WE STILL BREATHE THEM.
Greenhouse gas emissions are also expected to be significantly higher for the engines than for the existing flares. We all know climate change is real. Let’s do everything we can to reduce these emissions!
TOO RISKY
There is an increased fire risk from the high pressure compressed gas line that feeds the engines. A rupture in the line could injure someone 200 feet away. The plant will sit atop the Verdugo Earthquake Fault and within an extremely high-risk California Fair Plan fire zone.
An earthquake could also cause an 18-thousand-gallon tank of aqueous ammonia to crack open.
Fourteen pieces of equipment with decibels between 99 and 120 (very noisy) would permanently increase ambient noise levels 24/7/365 and would impact the future recreation and open space on the closed landfill. We do not want to hear the high-pitched whine of a compressor or the constant rumble of machinery.
TOO EXPENSIVE
Since the Environmental Impact Review was approved, GWP’s cost estimate ballooned to about $120 million, at the same time the expected power dropped to 11 MW, not including maintenance downtime.
The landfill should close in 2025 when it reaches its licensed fill limit. By state law, organic material must be diverted from landfills and because of the landfill closure, the methane to drive the engines will inevitably drop over time, decreasing the power.
Is the power plant worth the risks and the money?
For lower cost and cleaner energy, the city should invest in solar and batteries, starting with previously closed portions of the landfill.
Please thank city council members for their vote not to delay the landfill closure and for the intensive 4 months of informational meetings and tours. Please tell them you oppose the project.
Email addresses:
Please attend City Council meeting on January 24th at 6 pm.
Glendale City Council Meeting
January 24, 2023
6pm
613 East Broadway
Glendale, CA 91206
