The group of about 30 residents who attended the April 10 Temescal Valley Municipal Advisory Council meeting learned that Cal Fire is “ready to roll” on wildfire fire season, the 232 apartments planned for Sycamore Creek will not be built, and Edison’s major project to run a second transmission line to the local substation will include some underground lines.

Cal Fire Chief Tony Mecham said the nine seasonal stations are being reopened and air support pilots are in place and now undergoing training. He encouraged property owners to clear overgrown vegetation around homes. (Learn how to do that HERE.)

He told Trilogy residents that Cal Fire is following up with golf course management about weed abatement concerns behind some homes.

Brian Woods, with Sycamore Creek developer Foremost Communities, told people about the second phase of Sycamore Creek construction. He said the planned 232 multi-family units will be replaced with small single-family homes geared to moderate incomes.

He noted that Foremost has set aside land for the trails system and is giving the county 13 acres to add a BMX park adjacent to Deleo Regional Sports Park .

About 1,200 homes have been constructed in Sycamore Creek; 540 homes are planned for the new phase. There should be 1,738 homes at buildout which is expected in three to four years.

Louis Davis, Southern California Edison region manager local public affairs, updated people on the Valley-Ivyglen Subtransmission Project. He said environmental concerns sent Edison back to the drawing board and the utility has submited a petition for modification to the state’s Public Utilities Commission.

The project, which he said has been 10 years in the making, would run a second transmission line over 25 miles from Menifee to Edison’s Ivyglen substation on Temescal Canyon Road.

Davis said only one transmission line serves the area now and if it goes down, residents lose power until crews can find and correct the problem. The second line will quickly reinstate power service while the problem with the first line is repaired.

While the majority of the project involves overhead transmission lines, he said they will be underground running along Campbell Ranch Road in Sycamore Creek.

Residents for Temescal Valley provided an annexation update at the meeting. (Read it HERE.)

The Temescal Valley Municipal Advisory Council meets the second Tuesday of each month at Trilogy in The Lake Center’s Sequoia Room.