The MHCSD Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing and setting policy for the Mountain House Community Service District, including approval of the annual budget.
The MHCSD Board governs 18 services as approved by the State of California including: water service, sewer service, garbage service, street lighting, telecommunication services, converting utilities to underground, road maintenance, transportation services, flood control protection, wildlife habitat mitigation, police protection, fire protection, graffiti abatement, pest and weed abatement, CC&R enforcement (Master Restrictions), library buildings and services, public recreation, and dissemination of information. The San Joaquin Board of Supervisors is responsible for all other services, including planning and building activities (implementation of the Master Plan, development agreements, zoning issues, subdivision maps and building permits), animal control, economic development, and code enforcement.
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I’m a steward of Mountain House and support maintenance of our facilities, return on investment for the things we spend money on and support of the Master Plan. I learned a lot my last 4 years. I see the biggest issue for us being our relationship with partners and getting us built out to the Master Plan. MH will be a 44k population with the supporting: commercial, industrial and economic build out to support a work/live ratio such that we don’t have to empty out the town during commute hours. We should also be able to get a pizza and a tank of gas without driving 6 miles or more. Transportation is critical for us and I’m an ally with our public partners and ride share community. This community has many wonderful volunteers with great ideas and I support and encourage our resident’s initiatives.
By now everyone should know I make up my own mind and have a decision making process that I hope is consistent and pretty easy to follow. I’m not fun to go to Vegas with because I don’t put too much money on the table and everybody knows what I’m thinking. I am a retired Army Officer and I have a way of doing business that is successful in this environment. I like to gather the facts from all of the sources I can and process them to determine whether what we’re doing is: feasible, acceptable, and sustainable. Feasible means it makes sense and we have the resources to do it. Acceptable is following the rules and not violating authorities. We have many binding documents that formed us because we were built with private funds, not public (tax) dollars. That’s a key concept to understand when we exercise our powers. By sustainable I mean, can we keep up with the maintenance and other costs of continuing to do whatever we’ve signed up for?
I’m proud to serve on the MHCSD BOD and be in the company of residents like myself who care about our future and want to provide the best services and opportunities for our residents that we can. I’m also thrilled at the diversity and openness of our town and that enthusiasm is reflected in the BOD. None of us want to continue bearing the position for too long though. There’s a time to move on and I’m looking for my replacement when my next term is finished. If you think you have what it takes, you’re probably right! Please let me know if I can help you get oriented. We all want to hand our seat off to someone who will continue to move us forward, hold us accountable and make good decisions. It’s a rewarding experience being a part of the leadership for our community and representing Mountain House. I hope if you’re reading this and live here, you’ll accept the challenge and step into the board room for the next election.
My family and I have lived in Mountain House for over 9 years. My wife and I have two children who attend Bethany Elementary School. Mountain House is our home. I have been involved in several of the youth sports leagues here in Mountain House and have served as either the head coach or assistant coach for our children’s sports teams since we moved to Mountain House. Those leagues include Mountain House Youth Basketball, Mountain House Flag Football, Mountain House Little League, and Mountain House Youth Soccer. I am in this position to further my community involvement and make Mountain House even better. I have been in the commercial real estate industry for over 16 years. My knowledge and experience are an asset for the future of our community as we realize new development and retail construction. I have a proven track record of lowering expenses, while increasing amenities to the properties I manage. I believe this experience can be leveraged in our community. I have governance and leadership experience through my involvement with the Building Owners and Managers Association. I have served on the local Board of Directors for 10 years and the BOMA California Board for over 6 years. I am also Secretary of the Pacific Southwest Region for BOMA International.
I am calm under pressure, honest and trustworthy, focused on our future growth, and will work tirelessly to make Mountain House the premier community in the Central Valley.
It's been over 10 years since Doctor Andy Su and his wife and daughter moved to Mountain House from San Jose and he still feels the same about this community. "I think the best thing about Mountain House is its people. I've never lived in a town where people were more connected and more invested in the well-being of their neighbors and their home town."
Although their family has grown, now he has two daughters and a son, over the last 8 years, Su has worked very hard to give back to the community that he loves. After being elected to the board in the first ever MHCSD Board of Directors election in 2008, he started the nonprofit Mountain House Flag Football (MHFF) in 2009 with co-founder Susan Patteson and has not looked back since. "We're started 2009 with 80 kids in 3 flag football divisions. In 2015, we had 400 kids in 5 flag football divisions and 65 kids in cheer. I'm so happy that so many families want to be a part of our league." Over the last 7 years, he also added the adult flag football league, which has a spring and summer league, the Mountain House Golf Club, which hosts a monthly tournament at various local courses and the Mountain House Tennis Club, which hosts annual tournaments and weekly tennis lessons at Central Park. The nonprofit also took over the MHCSD Fun Run in 2013 and renamed it the Kite Run since it occurs on the same day as the MHCSD Kite Festival. Other activities that the nonprofit runs include A Royal Affair princess event and the annual MH Halloween Parade. "The mission of the nonprofit is to provide quality recreational leagues and activities for kids and adults in Mountain House and its surrounding areas and I think we've been fairly successful so far."
In additional to being a full-time emergency physician at Sutter Tracy Community Hospital since 2005, serving on the CSD board since 2008 and running MH Flag Football since 2009, he has also served on the Tracy Hospital Foundation Board since 2008 and coaching the Wicklund girls basketball teams since 2015.
As a MHCSD director, Su supports the master plan and has consistently opposed tax increases and supported a more efficient government. He has also supported better communications with the residents, a more robust park and rec program and improvements in public safety.
No stranger to the concept of volunteerism, the MHCSD Board Director and Vice President Bernice Tingle has been serving her community since she was 15 years old. As a high school student in Oakland, CA, Director Tingle tutored students in the subjects of English and Mathematics. "Oftentimes through the experience, I ended up learning just as much as the student who I was tutoring," said Tingle. One experience in particular provided her with many life lessons. While tutoring an elementary student, Tingle attempted to motivate the student to study by promising that she would help him earn straight A’s. The student then informed her that he wasn’t interested in getting A’s and actually didn’t plan on finishing school. "Before that experience I thought that every student wanted to get A’s on their report card," said Tingle. "I learned that not everyone has the same objective and if you want to help then you need to find out what they want."
Allowing residents to provide input and become part of the decision-making process are important governance policies for Tingle as an MHCSD Board Director. Finding out what community members want is exactly what Tingle did when she decided to run for the MHCSD Board. Not only did Tingle spend time talking to Mountain House residents, but she talked to the staff from the MHCSD, the fire department, library and the local dentist office. Tingle learned that all of these stakeholders had individual objectives to help ensure Mountain House remains a vibrant community. Community safety, more community involvement by citizens, programs for adults and children and encouraging growth of quality businesses were some of the priorities Tingle heard during her visits.
"As an MHCSD Board Member, I want to make sure that community objectives take priority," said Tingle. "Obviously we will need to balance that with our budget." Fiscal responsibility is a mantra that Tingle not only lives by, but also encourages in others. Through the Young Women’s Empowerment Project, Tingle provides seminars on money management to 14- and 15-year-old girls. "I try to explain that it’s not want you make, it’s what you do with what you make," said Tingle. "By establishing goals and priorities in your life and mindfully spending your resources on those important goals, you will be much more financially responsible." Director Tingle demonstrates her continued commitment to our community and our youth by serving as the Board lead for the Mountain House Youth Action Committee.
Community unity is a concept that Tingle wants to emphasize during her tenure. This involves celebrating diversity by offering cultural learning experiences, as well as encouraging residents to reach out and become actively involved in their neighborhoods. "We should care about our next door neighbor," said Tingle. "It’s our responsibility to go over to our neighbor and introduce ourselves and get to know their schedule. Also, if you see three days of uncollected papers, then pick them up for your neighbor. It is the small things that will make a big difference in our community."
Tingle embraces the Mountain House Master Plan and she cites the Plan, the quality homes, and good neighborhoods as three major assets of the Mountain House Community. In her first few years as a Board Director, Tingle would like to see how the MHCSD can help create transit links between Mountain House and other local communities. She would also like to find ways to better connect the library with the community members. "Our library is a good place for the kids to go. They have wonderful equipment, great programs and a staff that is excited about helping them. We know that smart kids make our community stronger," said Tingle. "I want to find ways to get the library further entrenched in our community."
I’m a steward of Mountain House and support maintenance of our facilities, return on investment for the things we spend money on and support of the Master Plan. I learned a lot my last 4 years. I see the biggest issue for us being our relationship with partners and getting us built out to the Master Plan. MH will be a 44k population with the supporting: commercial, industrial and economic build out to support a work/live ratio such that we don’t have to empty out the town during commute hours. We should also be able to get a pizza and a tank of gas without driving 6 miles or more. Transportation is critical for us and I’m an ally with our public partners and ride share community. This community has many wonderful volunteers with great ideas and I support and encourage our resident’s initiatives.
By now everyone should know I make up my own mind and have a decision making process that I hope is consistent and pretty easy to follow. I’m not fun to go to Vegas with because I don’t put too much money on the table and everybody knows what I’m thinking. I am a retired Army Officer and I have a way of doing business that is successful in this environment. I like to gather the facts from all of the sources I can and process them to determine whether what we’re doing is: feasible, acceptable, and sustainable. Feasible means it makes sense and we have the resources to do it. Acceptable is following the rules and not violating authorities. We have many binding documents that formed us because we were built with private funds, not public (tax) dollars. That’s a key concept to understand when we exercise our powers. By sustainable I mean, can we keep up with the maintenance and other costs of continuing to do whatever we’ve signed up for?
I’m proud to serve on the MHCSD BOD and be in the company of residents like myself who care about our future and want to provide the best services and opportunities for our residents that we can. I’m also thrilled at the diversity and openness of our town and that enthusiasm is reflected in the BOD. None of us want to continue bearing the position for too long though. There’s a time to move on and I’m looking for my replacement when my next term is finished. If you think you have what it takes, you’re probably right! Please let me know if I can help you get oriented. We all want to hand our seat off to someone who will continue to move us forward, hold us accountable and make good decisions. It’s a rewarding experience being a part of the leadership for our community and representing Mountain House. I hope if you’re reading this and live here, you’ll accept the challenge and step into the board room for the next election.
My family and I have lived in Mountain House for over 9 years. My wife and I have two children who attend Bethany Elementary School. Mountain House is our home. I have been involved in several of the youth sports leagues here in Mountain House and have served as either the head coach or assistant coach for our children’s sports teams since we moved to Mountain House. Those leagues include Mountain House Youth Basketball, Mountain House Flag Football, Mountain House Little League, and Mountain House Youth Soccer. I am in this position to further my community involvement and make Mountain House even better. I have been in the commercial real estate industry for over 16 years. My knowledge and experience are an asset for the future of our community as we realize new development and retail construction. I have a proven track record of lowering expenses, while increasing amenities to the properties I manage. I believe this experience can be leveraged in our community. I have governance and leadership experience through my involvement with the Building Owners and Managers Association. I have served on the local Board of Directors for 10 years and the BOMA California Board for over 6 years. I am also Secretary of the Pacific Southwest Region for BOMA International.
I am calm under pressure, honest and trustworthy, focused on our future growth, and will work tirelessly to make Mountain House the premier community in the Central Valley.
It's been over 10 years since Doctor Andy Su and his wife and daughter moved to Mountain House from San Jose and he still feels the same about this community. "I think the best thing about Mountain House is its people. I've never lived in a town where people were more connected and more invested in the well-being of their neighbors and their home town."
Although their family has grown, now he has two daughters and a son, over the last 8 years, Su has worked very hard to give back to the community that he loves. After being elected to the board in the first ever MHCSD Board of Directors election in 2008, he started the nonprofit Mountain House Flag Football (MHFF) in 2009 with co-founder Susan Patteson and has not looked back since. "We're started 2009 with 80 kids in 3 flag football divisions. In 2015, we had 400 kids in 5 flag football divisions and 65 kids in cheer. I'm so happy that so many families want to be a part of our league." Over the last 7 years, he also added the adult flag football league, which has a spring and summer league, the Mountain House Golf Club, which hosts a monthly tournament at various local courses and the Mountain House Tennis Club, which hosts annual tournaments and weekly tennis lessons at Central Park. The nonprofit also took over the MHCSD Fun Run in 2013 and renamed it the Kite Run since it occurs on the same day as the MHCSD Kite Festival. Other activities that the nonprofit runs include A Royal Affair princess event and the annual MH Halloween Parade. "The mission of the nonprofit is to provide quality recreational leagues and activities for kids and adults in Mountain House and its surrounding areas and I think we've been fairly successful so far."
In additional to being a full-time emergency physician at Sutter Tracy Community Hospital since 2005, serving on the CSD board since 2008 and running MH Flag Football since 2009, he has also served on the Tracy Hospital Foundation Board since 2008 and coaching the Wicklund girls basketball teams since 2015.
As a MHCSD director, Su supports the master plan and has consistently opposed tax increases and supported a more efficient government. He has also supported better communications with the residents, a more robust park and rec program and improvements in public safety.
No stranger to the concept of volunteerism, the MHCSD Board Director and Vice President Bernice Tingle has been serving her community since she was 15 years old. As a high school student in Oakland, CA, Director Tingle tutored students in the subjects of English and Mathematics. "Oftentimes through the experience, I ended up learning just as much as the student who I was tutoring," said Tingle. One experience in particular provided her with many life lessons. While tutoring an elementary student, Tingle attempted to motivate the student to study by promising that she would help him earn straight A’s. The student then informed her that he wasn’t interested in getting A’s and actually didn’t plan on finishing school. "Before that experience I thought that every student wanted to get A’s on their report card," said Tingle. "I learned that not everyone has the same objective and if you want to help then you need to find out what they want."
Allowing residents to provide input and become part of the decision-making process are important governance policies for Tingle as an MHCSD Board Director. Finding out what community members want is exactly what Tingle did when she decided to run for the MHCSD Board. Not only did Tingle spend time talking to Mountain House residents, but she talked to the staff from the MHCSD, the fire department, library and the local dentist office. Tingle learned that all of these stakeholders had individual objectives to help ensure Mountain House remains a vibrant community. Community safety, more community involvement by citizens, programs for adults and children and encouraging growth of quality businesses were some of the priorities Tingle heard during her visits.
"As an MHCSD Board Member, I want to make sure that community objectives take priority," said Tingle. "Obviously we will need to balance that with our budget." Fiscal responsibility is a mantra that Tingle not only lives by, but also encourages in others. Through the Young Women’s Empowerment Project, Tingle provides seminars on money management to 14- and 15-year-old girls. "I try to explain that it’s not want you make, it’s what you do with what you make," said Tingle. "By establishing goals and priorities in your life and mindfully spending your resources on those important goals, you will be much more financially responsible." Director Tingle demonstrates her continued commitment to our community and our youth by serving as the Board lead for the Mountain House Youth Action Committee.
Community unity is a concept that Tingle wants to emphasize during her tenure. This involves celebrating diversity by offering cultural learning experiences, as well as encouraging residents to reach out and become actively involved in their neighborhoods. "We should care about our next door neighbor," said Tingle. "It’s our responsibility to go over to our neighbor and introduce ourselves and get to know their schedule. Also, if you see three days of uncollected papers, then pick them up for your neighbor. It is the small things that will make a big difference in our community."
Tingle embraces the Mountain House Master Plan and she cites the Plan, the quality homes, and good neighborhoods as three major assets of the Mountain House Community. In her first few years as a Board Director, Tingle would like to see how the MHCSD can help create transit links between Mountain House and other local communities. She would also like to find ways to better connect the library with the community members. "Our library is a good place for the kids to go. They have wonderful equipment, great programs and a staff that is excited about helping them. We know that smart kids make our community stronger," said Tingle. "I want to find ways to get the library further entrenched in our community."
251 E. Main Street
Mountain House, CA 95391
Phone: (209) 831-2300
Fax: (209) 831-5610
Office Hours:
Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Closed daily for lunch from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm.
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