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4 | SUN LAKES LIFESTYLES | OCTOBER 2024 | At the Banning City Council meeting on Sept. 10, the Council voted 3-2 to fully deny the Banning Point project. Council members Flynn, Happe, and Minjares voted for the motion to deny while Mayor Sanchez and council member Wallace voted against the motion to deny. At the beginning of the meeting, which was noted as a continued discussion from the July 9 meeting (not a public hearing as that was closed on July 9), the developers asked Sheri Flynn to recuse herself on bias issues. She gave very compelling arguments as to why she should not have to recuse herself. The developers never made this request during the public hearing. This battle has been an amazing team effort from current Pass Action Group Board members as well as previous Board members. Current Board members are Randy Robbins, Jim Corrigan, Diane Berley, Jeannie Lloyd, Jim Moran, Bob Hix, John Swem, Jan Flammang, Harry Finigan, Gracy Luna, Bruce Brown, Ron Roy, and Lori Matsushita. Previous Board members were also keys to our success; they include Howard Katz, Mike Collins, Lin Taylor, Sheri Flynn, Marsha Midgett, and Bob Messier. If anyone was inadvertently left off, our apologies. Another big shout-out to Dorrie Gartzke who created her own project of recycling collection and redemption that has been an awesome success. She ended the project on Sept. 20. I would also like to thank our attorney, Kevin Bundy, for his counseling and professionalism in overseeing our case both in the background and in public. We are awaiting our August and September invoices for attorney services. Due to the opposition's legal wrangling, we will end up needing more money to cover these bills. We have been granted permission from the HOA to sell nuts as a fundraiser in the Main Clubhouse. We will also be doing a fundraiser dinner with music on Oct. 10 at 5:30 pm in the South Clubhouse. Keep an eye on Facebook pages for ticket information. Finally, we want to thank every single supporter for donations of physical and moral support. We have proven that "It Takes a Community to Save the Community" works and we could not be any prouder to be associated with this amazing community.

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