Mountain House Residents Looking Out for #1

Written by Mountain House Press
Thursday, 15 January 2009

Mountain House's board sets up committee to watch Delta's doings.

MOUNTAIN HOUSE — Getting San Joaquin Delta College to Mountain House is a strong priority in this small, windswept community.

The Mountain House Community Services District board of directors Wednesday night voted to create a Delta College advisory committee to keep its citizens informed of what transpires during Delta’s board of trustees meetings in Stockton.

The committee will be chaired by board member Matt Balzarini and will include Bernice King-Tingle and three other Mountain House residents picked by the board.

New Delta Board trustees who campaigned on the promises of moving the proposed campus from Mountain House to Tracy prompted the urgent formation of the committee.

“We think this is a very important committee, and that’s why it showed up so quickly on your agenda,” MHCSD General Manager Paul Sensibaugh told the board. “The idea here is to have the community involved in a level of authority or at least recognition for some people who can go to the Delta board of trustees and express Mountain House’s concerns on certain items.”

The board will also ask Delta College trustees to keep them informed when an issue of importance to Mountain House comes up.

The board had some debate on the size of the committee, but decided to go with five members.

“I think that it would be good to have two people from the board and from the community at large, three people,” director King-Tingle said. “It shows that Mountain House as a board and a city are interested in that project.”

Mike Klinkner was one of many concerned citizens of Mountain House who voiced concerns about a Delta College campus in Mountain House.

“We have to stand up for this campus,” he said. “We have to keep the campus here.”

A safety advisory committee was also formed Wednesday night that will work jointly with the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Department to address the community’s law enforcement needs.

The board’s next meeting will be on Jan. 22 to discuss the 2009 Mountain House budget.

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