10/20/2007

10/20/2007

City Council / City Clerk October 16 , 2007 Agenda ItemsLast Updated 10/12/07 at 4:52 pmAgendaItem 3.h - Pennsylvania Avenue Street RepairsItem 3.b - Minutes of October 02, 2007Item 3.i - US Department of Housing & Urban Development for Grant Funding Sports ParksItem 3.c - Warrant ListItem 4.a - Supplemental Agreement for CDBGItem 3.d - Final Map & Subdivision Agreement Tract 33096-2Item 4.b - Application for CDBGItem 3.e - Acceptance of Public Improvements & Exoneration of BondsItem 4.c - Street Closure - Beaumont MotorcycleItem 3.f - Approval of TUMF Agreement - Oakmont Dowling Orchard Business ParkItem 4.d - Nuisance Abatement Hearing - 448 E. 4th St.Item 3.g - National Register Nomination for Bogart HouseItem 4.e - Appeal of Planning Commission Decision - Lifestyle Mattress SignMAYO... 10/15/2007

2. THE GOALEnding up with more money at closing is what counts. This money, called net return, isthe selling price of your home less your debt and costs. Spending big bucks on improvementsand marketing might get you a higher selling price but won't necessarily increase your net return.Your strategy is to do only those certain things that will likely increase your selling pricemore than the cost of doing them. Realize that you probably will not be able to do them all.This booklet will show you what to do and what not to do.3. GET PROFESSIONAL HELPThis book contains my opinions. Some material in this book may be affected bychanges in law. I am not engaged in the rendering of investment, accounting, or legal services.If these services are required, I urge the reader to obtain them from a c... 10/07/2007

During the early 1850s many surveying parties passed through the vicinity of present-day Beaumont in search of a pass that would connect the east to the Pacific Ocean. The San Gorgonio Pass was discovered in 1853 by a surveying expedition under Lieutenant R.S. Williamson, who was sent by the United States government. Its discovery enthralled many who now saw connecting to the ocean a feasible measure and led to plans for connecting a railway from the Missouri River to the Pacific. By the early 1860s the Union Pacific Railroad had laid tracks through the modern-day location of Beaumont. At the summit of the pass, a site was founded and named Edgar Station after a physician from one of the original expedition parties. Edgar Station served as a rest stop for railway travellers from the Moj... 10/07/2007

Local Gas PricesFuel Related Advice Clean Diesel Is Here Green Driving Tips Go Green With Gasoline America's Greenest Cars Top Ten Fuel Misers Top 5 Fuel Efficient Vehicles* 1. Toyota Prius 2. Honda Civic Hybrid 3. Toyota Camry Hybrid 4. Ford Escape Hybrid 5. Toyota Yaris *Based on EPA fuel economy data for city driving.Gas Prices for 92223 Detailed Pricing Information Every night MSN Autos receives pricing data from over 90,000 gas stations across the nation. Please note that gas prices in your area may change more frequently than we can obtain them.* Change ZIP: ZOOM  Scroll down to see national pricesDates below indicate last data update for that price. Data provided in cooperation with OPIS.* Prices for 92223 #Station/BrandAddressUnleadedPlusPremiumDieselUnbranded MORONGO BAND OF MI... 10/02/2007

SeptemberOctober 2007NovemberSunMonTuesWedThursFriSat1 2 3 4 Jack's Fine Art & Framing Mixer 5 City Wide Yard Sale 6 City Wide Yard Sale 7 City Wide Yard Sale Edward-Dean Museum Free Fall Concert 8 Columbus Day 9 10 11 Pass Resource Center Mixer San Gorgonio Pass 5th Annual Job Fair 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Resource Building Materials Joint Mixer Riverside County Education Summit 19 20 2nd Annual Autumn Gala 21 Edward-Dean Museum Free Fall Concert 22 23 24 25 26 27 Backyard Composting Workshop 28 29 30 31    10/01/2007

WELCOME TO BEAUMONT, CALIFORNIA Population 25,000* ( Estimated March 2006) Population Projected for 2007 30,000 * Trade Area Population 70,000 * (10 mile radius, Estimate, March 2006) Persons per household 2.70 ** Taxable Sales, March 2005 $167,000,000. 00 ( March 2006)*School Enrollment 6,000 K-12 Students ****** Real Estate values Residential - The average home cost of all residential transaction for the first quarter of 2006 was $379,000, 00 This data was provided by Century 21, Osborne Realty.Commercial - Questions concerning the numerous business opportunities in Beaumont should be directed to Mr. David Dillon, Economic Development Director with the City of Beaumont . 951 769-8520 Beaumont Police Department Sworn officers 34 Non sworn personnel 10 Volunteers 17 Non Emergency Phone ... 10/01/2007

COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL AREAS AREA 1 - OAK VALLEY COMMERCIAL AREA This area will serve the areas on the west side of town with neighborhood commercial (convenience shopping for people on the west side of town), community commercial (some big box retailers such as Lowes), and golf course/tourist commercial uses. • Holiday Inn Express  • Rite Aid Drugstore  • Arco Gas Station  • Hair salon  • Nail salon  • Figaro's Italian Restaurant  • Taluca's Mexican Restaurant  AREA 2 - BEAUMONT REGIONAL TOWN CENTER This area will be a regional commercial area that will serve Beaumont and the surrounding areas with over 1 million square feet of commercial and 2.000-3.000 homes. It will be something akin to the Victoria Gardens regional hall in Rancho Cucamonga in that it will most likely be a "lifesty... 09/28/2007

Developers helped build a bustHome builders that rushed into the mortgage business in recent years joined lenders and Wall Street in halting the housing boom.By Mara Der Hovanesian, BusinessWeek More on BusinessWeek.comSlideshow: Built to disappoint Slideshow: Angriest real-estate gripe sites Is your mortgage in trouble?Elizabeth and Armando Motto are living a real-estate nightmare with a new breed of monster: the big home builder as lender. In November 2005, the couple, who have four children, agreed to pay $540,000 for a newly built three-bedroom house in suburban Clarksburg, Md., near Washington, D.C. Rather than send them to a bank, the builder, Beazer Homes USA Inc., offered to provide a mortgage itself in an arrangement of the sort that helped fuel the long housing boom across the... 09/25/2007

Weather ForecastBeaumont, CA  Local forecastHourlyTen-dayMapsAveragesDetailed ten-day forecast°F | °CDayForecastDescriptionPrecip chanceTodaySep 25 DetailsClear Hi: 87° Lo: 60°Day: Sunny skies. High 87F, humidity 20%. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph.0%Night: Clear skies. Low 60F. Winds light.0%TomorrowSep 26 DetailsClear Hi: 91° Lo: 60°Day: Sunny skies. High 91F, humidity 20%. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph.0%Night: Clear skies. Low 60F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph.0%ThursdaySep 27PM Clouds Hi: 91° Lo: 60°Cloudy skies. High 91F and low 60F. Winds W at 10 to 15 mph.0%FridaySep 28Clear Hi: 84° Lo: 55°Sunny skies. High 84F and low 55F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.0%SaturdaySep 29Clear Hi: 82° Lo: 54°Sunny skies. High 82F and low 54F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.0%SundaySep 30Clear Hi: 85° Lo: 55°Sunny skies. High 85... 09/25/2007

09/23/2007

10 big tax breaks for the rest of usIt's not just the rich who shelter huge amounts of income from the IRS. See how you stack up.advertisementArticle ToolsE-mail to a friendTools IndexPrint-friendly versionSite MapDiscuss in a Message BoardArticle IndexBy Jeff Schnepper Think the rich guys get all the tax breaks?Wrong, deduction denier.In fact, most of the big tax breaks go to middle-income earners like you and me. We don't call them tax shelters. But that's really what they are. The tax pros call these shelters "tax expenditures." These darling deductions and credits have the same impact on the federal budget as direct expenditures. That's because they represent dollars not collected by the government. And each of these expenditures gives special or selective tax relief to certain targ... 09/20/2007

Extended Weather ForecastBeaumont, CA  Local forecastHourlyTen-dayMapsAveragesDetailed ten-day forecast°F | °CSpecial weather statementDayForecastDescriptionPrecip chanceTodaySep 19 DetailsClear Hi: 73° Lo: 47°Day: Sunny skies. High 73F, humidity 30%. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph.3%Night: Slight chance of light rain. Low 47F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.20%TomorrowSep 20 DetailsAM Rain Hi: 66° Lo: 48°Day: Slight chance of light rain showers. High 66F, humidity 50%. Winds W at 15 to 20 mph.20%Night: Slight chance of light rain showers. Low 48F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph.20%FridaySep 21Showers / Clear Hi: 61° Lo: 48°Likely moderate rain showers with slight chance of thunder. High 61F and low 48F. Winds W at 15 to 20 mph.65%SaturdaySep 22T-storms Hi: 73° Lo: 49°Slight chance of thunder with light... 09/19/2007

Beaumont Home Prices Free September 2007 Report On Beaumont SouthHouse Prices Dear Friend,If you're curious about what your Beaumont South home may be worth, here's an easy way to find out what homes like yours are selling for in today's market.Plus: Get a Free Report with up-to-the-minute statistics based on all the homes for sale and sold in Beaumont South over the last six months in all price ranges.To get your Free September 2007 Report on Beaumont South House Prices. email me or call me at my 24 Hour FREE LINE 888-782-6080 EXT 7 we'll send it to you right away. YES! I'd like to get a FREE September 2007 Report On Beaumont South House Prices... please email me or call me at my 24 Hour FREE LINE 888-782-6080 EXT 7    Sam SilverReal Estate ConsultantTarbell REALTORS1035 W RamseyBanni... 09/18/2007

Oak Valley Real Estate Free September 2007 Report On Oak Valley GreensHouse Prices Dear Friend,If you're curious about what your Oak Valley Greens home may be worth, here's an easy way to find out what homes like yours are selling for in today's market.Plus: Get a Free Report with up-to-the-minute statistics based on all the homes for sale and sold in Oak Valley Greens over the last six months in all price ranges.To get your Free September 2007 Report on Oak Valley Greens House Prices. Just email Sam Silver Sam SilverReal Estate ConsultantTarbell REALTORS1035 W RamseySuite ABanning,CA92220Phone: (951)203-0787ssilver@Tarbell.comhttp://www.searchbeaumonthomes.com/      09/18/2007

Cougar Ranch Prices Free September 2007 Report On Cougar RanchHouse Prices Dear Friend,If you're curious about what your Cougar Ranch home may be worth, here's an easy way to find out what homes like yours are selling for in today's market.Plus: Get a Free Report with up-to-the-minute statistics based on all the homes for sale and sold in Cougar Ranch over the last six months in all price ranges.To get your Free September 2007 Report on Cougar Ranch House Prices. Email or Call Sam Silver at the below Location Samuel SilverReal Estate ConsultantTarbell REALTORS1035 W. Ramsey StreetSuite ABanning,CA92220Phone: 951-203-0787samsells@yahoo.comhttp://www.searchbeaumonthomes.com/    09/18/2007

How to sell in a buyer's marketYou've got to be proactive on price, marketing and more. Here are 10 steps to take before you plant the "for sale" sign.By Dana Dratch, Bankrate.com On Bankrate.comImproving your credit score Tips for avoiding mortgage fraud The top 10 metro markets in 2006If you're selling your home this year, be prepared for a marathon, not a sprint.In most places, those heady days of putting a property on the market, receiving multiple bids, getting more than you expected, and accepting an offer in just days or weeks are over.Now, for most houses in most parts of the country, it's a buyer's market. That means that more houses are for sale, there are longer stretches on the market, and prices have slowed, plateaued or, in some places, decreased.Sellers "need to be prepar... 09/18/2007

Beaumont, CA  Local forecastHourlyTen-dayMapsAveragesCurrent Conditions (as of 6:55 AM)Today's forecast°F | °CMostly Cloudy 57°F Feels like: 57°FBarometer:30 in Dewpoint:51°Humidity:79%Visibility:10 milesWind:3 mph SWSunrise:6:32 AMSunset:6:51 PMUV Index:0 LowObserved at Riverside / March Air Force Base.All times shown are local to Beaumont.TodayHi:82°Lo:49°Clear9 AM70°FogNoon78°Clear6 PM74°ClearHourly forecast (next 48 hours) Five-day forecast (Details)TomorrowSep 18ClearWednesdaySep 19Mostly CloudyThursdaySep 20AM RainFridaySep 21SprinklesSaturdaySep 22FairHi:85°Lo:49°Hi:73°Lo:50°Hi:72°Lo:51°Hi:73°Lo:52°Hi:80°Lo:54° 09/17/2007

How to escape a mortgage messIf payments on your adjustable-rate mortgage are about to go up, act now. Plus, tips for mortgage shoppers.By Mark Trumbull, The Christian Science Monitor From CSM and MSNHistoric fall in home prices The riskiest housing markets Buyers, mortgage brokers walk a tightropeStress in the nation's mortgage industry is putting a financial squeeze on home buyers and homeowners alike.Buyers are finding it harder to obtain home loans as lenders tighten their credit standards or even go out of business.Homeowners with adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) face a double whammy. House prices are falling even as their monthly home payments adjust upward in a big way. So when ARMs reset, many may find they can neither make their payments nor sell the house for enough money to c... 09/12/2007