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POWAY DIGEST
A ‘NASTY SURPRISE’
State demands another $3.4 M from city coffers
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The Poway High School Dance Team is holding a fundraising car wash from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 14 at the RB Oil Change, 12472 Rancho Bernardo Road.
Concert at park
Enjoy the Celtic sounds of Highland Way Productions at a free concert 5:30 p.m. Sunday, July 15 at Old Poway Park, 14134 Midland Road. Parking is free. For more details, call 858-6684576.
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The new $956 million Palomar Medical Center in Escondido will host “A Celebration of Health” on July 28, with free self-guided tours, food and health-related seminars and activities.
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Tour new hospital on July 28 BY ELIZABETH MARIE HIMCHAK Locals will get their first up-close look at Palomar Health’s new medical center in Escondido during a 4-9 p.m. Saturday, July 28 community celebration. Officials expect the new $956 million Palomar Medical Center to be open to patients starting Aug. 19. But before that happens, a free party, dubbed “A Celebration of Health,” will be held at the new medical center, 2185 W. Citracado Parkway in Escondido. During the party, attendees can go on selfguided tours; listen to physician panels; watch technology demonstrations; enjoy live music and kids’ activities; participate in free health
screenings like blood pressure, body composition, grip strength, skin checks and stroke-risk assessment; and look at exhibits. There will be free food and drinks, Taste of North County from 6-8 p.m. and the party’s grand finale will be a “spectacular” light show at 8 p.m. For event details go to www.PalomarHealth.org/ opening. Due to the large crowd expected, there will be free off-site parking and shuttle service at Palomar Health San Marcos, 120 Craven Road in San Marcos; Cal State University San Marcos, 333 S. Twin Oaks Valley Road in San Marcos; and the following Escondido intersections — Citracado Parkway and Andreasen SEE HOSPITAL, Page 15
Threatened with the loss of state sales tax revenues, the City Council has reluctantly agreed to return $3.4 million in funds that were collected prior to the court-ordered Feb. 1 death of the city’s redevelopment agency. The demand for payment came as a “nasty surprise” to City Manager Penny Riley, who said that state legislation passed June 27 mandated the money be wire transferred to the county by today (Thursday). Failure to do so would result in the state withholding next week’s payment to the city of its share of quarterly sales tax revenues. “They have a gun to our heads,” is how Councilman John Mullin put it Tuesday afternoon. The City Council was expected to approve the wire transfer during a special meeting Wednesday night. The money will be redistributed to taxing agencies within the city, including school districts and the Palomar Health district. Poway will get 21 percent of the money back as its share of the distribution plan. Last summer the legislature passed ABX1 26, a bill that was to end redevelopment in California as of Oct. 1. The state Supreme Court later extended the implementation date to Feb. 1 of this year in a December ruling upholding the constitutionality of the law. However, the legislature on June 27 adopted AB 1484, which, among other things, reinstated the redevelopment program termination date to Oct. 1. Between Oct. 1 and Feb. 1 the city received just under $3.4 million in tax increment money, which must now be returned. SEE PAYMENT, Page 15
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