The Friends Of Riverside’s Hills is a Non-Profit 501_3 (c) public benefit corporation.
We are committed to the preservation, restoration and expansion of our open spaces and natural habitats.
We advocate for a vibrant trails network that connects recreational opportunities for hikers, bikers and equestrians.
We promote best practices and proven strategies for managing our open spaces.
We continue to advocate for a ban on discing for weed abatement on all non agricultural zoned lands.
We are promoters of the adoption and enforcement of the Air Quality Management District’s Rule 403 concerning particulate emissions into the air we breathe.
Thanks for your work! I hope to be on your email list and to get updates from you on the Riverside Hills.
Hello,
My name is Steve Riley. I am the vice president of AMRO Fabricating Corp. AMRO is a family owned business that my mother and father started thirty-three years ago. We have been fortunate enough to win a contract with the Boeing Company. To fulfill this contract we have to load pallets into a special 747- 400 aircraft called an LCF. (Large cargo freighter)
My reason in writing to you is that we have chosen March as a possible site for shipping these special pallets. This would involve about fifty landings and take-offs over about a two and a half to three year time frame. All landings and take-offs should happen during daylight times.
As I am sensitive to your charter, I would like to meet with your group and see if that is something that you would be opposed to.
If you could, please contact me at your earliest convenience.
Again my name is Steve Riley. My cell phone is 714-457-7971.
Thank You
I cannot understand why Friends of Riverside’s Hills would be opposed to Metrolink’s proposed Perris service. This old Santa Fe rail line has been in place for more than 125 years; why would trains suddenly become a problem? After all, is it not true that rail traffic is one of the least damaging to the environment? Trains certainly are an improvement over what we currently have, with automobiles scrambling everywhere.
This website is awfully short of information.
Is it possible to join the Friends of Riverside Hills? How would go about that?
Who are the board members of FRH, and how are they selected?
How does FRH select which issues to litigate?
How would one get in touch with FRH?
Where does FRH get its funding, and is it possible to contribute, and how?
Hello Kirk.
Forgive the delay in my reply. I am Gurumantra Khalsa, President of the Friends.
You’re certainly right about our site being short on info. We’re working on that.
In the meantime, I would be happy to answer any questions you might have. I can be
reached at my office – 951-784-7500 or my cel, 951-640-3868. Thank you for visiting
our site and for your interest in the Friends Of Riverside’s Hills.
Hello. I saw today that the Enviromental impact report was discarded by the judge in your case against RCTC. Congratulations! However, as somebody who would ride said extension of Metrolink, I have a few issues that I wanted to bring up, and if the project does continue, should be addressed.
The usage of a quiet zone and uni-directional automated train horns along the effected area of track would solve a large portion of noise problems caused by the passing metrolink trains. It solved a number of problems encountered in the Western area of Riverside/Pedley, where, on Union Pacific’s Main, Metrolink implemented this system as well.
My other concern in your lawsuit is that even though you argued that the path to the “C” above UCR should be open to the public, why did you (Friends of Riverside Hills) not request for a pedestrian crossing of the tracks to eliminate the (At this point nonexistant because of the slow speeds BNSF trains go through the area) danger of somebody being hit by a train? Speeds were set to increase along the line after the project would (Or in this case, if ever) be completed.
Overall, I was personally going to use the Perris Valley line to commute, however, and your lawsuit did raise some legitimate concerns over the project, however, I believe both of those issues should be at least examined. Plus, with Metrolink securing funding for new Tier 4 Locomotives by 2015, an ordinance should be put into place (At least again if the project went through after the new environmental study)to only allow Metrolink to use said locomotives on the line.
Just my thoughts.
Zach
I do not find your arguments against the Railway to Perris to be of any concern over the pollution and noise generated by the OVERLY congested parking lot known as the 215 freeway. You are of few people, are costing this state millions and above all, preventing the will of the majority. This should not be allowed, and it seems to me that this has some other motive other than concern for the environment.
Has anyone clocked the travel time from Riverside Downtown Metrolink to proposed Metrolink station in Perris by car in light traffic. My bet is it’s around 20 minutes. Someone should drive it to confirm. Any rail or other modal alternative should not be accepted unless it matches or better this 20 minute time. I don’t care what kind of mode you use (although express bus is probably the cheapest). Time is money!! This rail proposal is a calamitous disaster, because the RCTC/RTA presumes you are easy prey. They are guessing you don’t have automobile alternatives. RCTC exploits the poor by predatorially exploiting the poor’s weakness, lack of vehicular choice. A poll tax of transit. Whereas the rest of the population can make the 20 minute commute, the RCTC, counts on the poors inability to have other transit options. That’s why RCTC believes it can push off a 2 hour rail commute that will ensure the poor remain poor, taking way their time from their families, ghettoizing them via this corrupt transit options. No 20 minutes. No line!
Why do the friends appose some thing that will benifit so many peoples daily lives in a positive way. Are they money hungry. We need public transportation people.
There is a concern for the quality of life in the neighborhood that is being impacted by this project. Those impacts have not been adequately addressed and the court agreed. Very few neighbors are opposed to metrolink. They are concerned about additional freight traffic and safe access to existing trails and the ability of first responders to reach hundreds of homes when freight trains block all three access points into the neighborhood. None of these issues are unresolvable but RCTC seems unwilling to consider them.
The Friends are not opposed to public transportation. They have concerns about the way this project has disregarded public safety and environmental rules designed to protect all Californians. By the way, the first train from Perris will be leaving at 3ish in the morning. How many people do you really think are going to benefit with a commuter schedule like that?
Thanks for your comments Zachary. The Friends has been on record from the beginning requesting that pedestrian underpasses be included at the three trail crossings in the neighborhood. RCTC’s response has been that anyone crossing the tracks is trespassing and they have no inclination to mitigate the issue, one of several that the judge ruled in the Friend’s favor. The Friends is on record as being in favor of public transportation. Regarding the issue of the quiet zones, they would be included if and when RCTC gets a green light to proceed. We agree that will make a huge improvement in the quality of life in the neighborhood. Good luck with your commute. The first train leaving Perris is scheduled to leave around 3 a.m. Hope you’re an early riser.