[0:03] Okay,

[0:06] I'd like to call the board meeting of

[0:09] January 20th, 2026 of the Menllo Park

[0:12] Fire Protection District Board of

[0:13] Directors meeting to order at 7:03. Roll

[0:17] call, please. Michelle,

[0:18] >> Dr. Bernstein,

[0:19] » Dr. Bernstein,

[0:19] >> present.

[0:19] » present.

[0:19] >> Dr. Bloom,

[0:20] » Dr. Bloom,

[0:20] >> here.

[0:20] » here.

[0:20] >> Director Jones,

[0:21] » Director Jones,

[0:21] >> here.

[0:22] » here.

[0:22] >> Director Crow,

[0:23] » Director Crow,

[0:23] >> present.

[0:23] » present.

[0:23] >> Dr. Salana,

[0:24] » Dr. Salana,

[0:24] >> here.

[0:25] » here.

[0:25] >> Great. We have a performant. Let's stand

[0:26] » Great. We have a performant. Let's stand

[0:26] for the pledge of allegiance.

[0:35] I aliance to the flag of the United

[0:38] States of America and to the republic

[0:41] for it stands one nation under God

[0:45] indivisible with liberty and justice for

[0:48] all.

[0:50] >> Okay. For our next item which is item

[0:53] » Okay. For our next item which is item

[0:53] one is public comments. Uh, so I'd like

[0:56] to open up public comment for items that

[0:59] are not on the agenda. Do you have any?

[1:03] No one on Zoom. Okay, then I'll close

[1:05] public comment and then we'll go to I'm

[1:08] sorry, item one, which is the report of

[1:10] the fire chief. Mark, director, members

[1:14] of the board

[1:16] and our staff. Happy to share with you

[1:18] my January fire chief's report. Um,

[1:20] happy new year to everyone. First of

[1:22] all, just quick facilities update. Not a

[1:24] lot has changed on the fire station one

[1:27] update report. As you can see, the

[1:30] biggest items are the board approved in

[1:32] December moving forward on uh work

[1:34] directive three with Kate architects for

[1:36] the construction documents. The majority

[1:39] of the highlighted parts there are as is

[1:42] the case with every month the changing

[1:44] balance in our CIP fund. And then one

[1:47] other additional item is just the

[1:49] resubmitt

[1:51] of comments um that were incorporated

[1:54] from our our neighborhood meeting and

[1:56] resmitted and this month. Um went on to

[2:00] recruitments and promotions. We actually

[2:02] had one fire captain promotion that

[2:05] occurred on I think it was January 4th

[2:08] when we gave Dave Magnon his uh badge

[2:11] and and had that is a result of us

[2:13] permanently filling the second uh

[2:16] training captain position. So

[2:20] um that training the new training

[2:22] captain is Randy Kelly who's in there

[2:24] and so Dave had opened up a new position

[2:27] and so is now a probationary fire cap.

[2:31] Congratulations to Dave. Uh update on

[2:34] the community engagement unit. Uh a lot

[2:37] of this stuff has to do with what was

[2:38] happening in the holiday season. Uh but

[2:41] in addition to that, we had uh a

[2:44] preschool visit at station six and a

[2:46] group visit for station six community

[2:49] events. Uh Engine 2 attended Four

[2:53] Seasons, the employee family holiday

[2:55] party that director Broly and I happened

[2:58] to see Engine 2's crew all engaged over

[3:01] at the Four Seasons. We were out

[3:03] delivering near cinnamon bread and it

[3:06] was it was a pretty cool event. Uh Santa

[3:08] was there and this was for all the

[3:09] employees and our engines uh crews were

[3:12] all there taking pictures with the kids.

[3:14] Pretty cool thing. The toy drive a huge

[3:18] success. Again, this was part of it is

[3:21] the labor group and then just employees

[3:23] pitching in and they delivered toys to

[3:27] over 750 kids in partnership with St.

[3:30] Anony's Church. Um

[3:34] number of folks were down there

[3:35] volunteering, myself included. Really

[3:37] impressive. Uh just what they had there.

[3:40] You know, the kids basically get to go

[3:42] shopping and oftentimes they're escorted

[3:44] by a firefighter as they go through on

[3:46] their little shopping spree picking out

[3:48] their toys. So that was pretty cool. Uh

[3:51] CPR classes for clergy and staff at St.

[3:54] Gman's Church in Mano Park. CPR class uh

[3:57] for employees at the Four Seasons.

[4:00] They just this past weekend we had K9

[4:03] training out at the rescue sites. So

[4:05] there was participation

[4:07] from our um our group there. I know

[4:10] Francine was out there also uh both

[4:13] hiding from and petting the dogs, the

[4:16] lifeline dogs. Um, so and then in

[4:19] addition, and this part of this ties

[4:22] into some stuff I'll talk about in my

[4:24] report, but a couple items that they

[4:25] wanted to mention was uh they had a a

[4:28] there was a fire incident. Part of this

[4:30] is I think they went out there to help

[4:31] and kind of a message also from fire

[4:33] prevention. There's a a fire a

[4:37] residential fire on West Selby that was

[4:39] contained in Barrage because of fire

[4:41] sprinklers that had been installed in

[4:43] garage. There was a fire incident in

[4:46] Bell Haven and that was the one on my

[4:48] report that was the 1300 block of Hill

[4:51] Avenue. Um, this was occurred in a home

[4:54] without smoke alarms that likely would

[4:56] have resulted in fatalities if not for

[4:59] passerbys, good Samaritans, that alerted

[5:01] the residents and occupants, which was

[5:03] great. I think that's one where we still

[5:05] had two pets that did not survive the

[5:08] family did. Uh and then also we

[5:12] participated in a multi- agency exercise

[5:16] related to the San Frisk San Francisc

[5:20] JPA. Chief McDonald, Chief Schlice, and

[5:23] Heather all participated in the exercise

[5:26] along with representatives from Palawato

[5:28] Park Valley Water and some other

[5:30] agencies. Um, moving on in our

[5:35] uh fire analysis uh report, uh, nothing

[5:39] unusual in there. At some point in time,

[5:41] we will meet with board and talk a

[5:42] little bit about response time goals. I

[5:45] will point out that something new that

[5:47] has not shown up or changed anything in

[5:50] there. Um, we went back to for a while

[5:53] we were no longer using the automatic

[5:57] vehicle locators and the closest uh

[6:00] resource responses because there was

[6:02] some unintended consequences with some

[6:04] other jurisdictions. We turned that back

[6:06] on on January 12th. So, we're back to

[6:10] using that rather than a static

[6:11] dispatching. And so we're just

[6:14] monitoring our response times to make

[6:16] sure there's no um negative effects for

[6:20] that. Yeah. Our hope is that they'll

[6:22] just be positive.

[6:24] Uh new development update. The only item

[6:27] that I'll talk about briefly is the

[6:30] continuing conversations going on with

[6:32] the downtown parking. Uh, I think

[6:34] everybody saw U. Director Solano had

[6:38] reached out and asked a couple questions

[6:40] just about when we're going to see some

[6:42] of the stuff and Chief Slice put out a

[6:44] really greatformational

[6:46] uh, email that kind of just lined out

[6:48] how all of our processes work. So

[6:51] hopefully everybody got that. If you

[6:52] didn't, I have a copy of it here. I'm

[6:54] happy to share it with you. U, but

[6:57] that's kind of the normal process with

[6:59] anything that we're involved in. So you

[7:01] can see it'll be quite a while before we

[7:03] actually put eyes on that. Um that said,

[7:07] uh things do happen. I think I had

[7:08] mentioned at the last meeting that we

[7:11] were who did we have the Zoom meeting

[7:12] with the ones that have the USGS site?

[7:15] >> Oh, the ones

[7:18] » Oh, the ones

[7:18] spring line

[7:19] >> spring line.

[7:19] » spring line.

[7:19] >> Yeah, that group. you know, sometimes

[7:21] » Yeah, that group. you know, sometimes

[7:21] they just they'll have conversations

[7:23] with us in advance and give us kind of a

[7:25] glimpse of what we're uh um what we're

[7:29] going to be looking at or their

[7:30] proposals, but we had one of those in

[7:33] December, I think just after our board

[7:34] meeting. Um and again, that's

[7:36] justformational. Gives us an ability to

[7:39] ask general questions. Dave talked a

[7:42] little bit just about water supply and

[7:44] access and I think aerial access too and

[7:48] things like that. again, normal uh

[7:50] normal part of the process.

[7:53] Uh the next two items I'm gonna kind of

[7:56] switch around because they they both

[7:58] have something to do with each other. We

[7:59] had a county chief's planning meeting.

[8:01] This is um a two-day meeting we do

[8:04] annually with all the county chiefs. We

[8:06] had it offsite in Monterey. Um

[8:11] we we talk about a variety of things.

[8:13] One of them is has to do setting some

[8:16] goals for the next year. Another is

[8:19] assignments. And um I don't know whether

[8:23] everyone's aware or not, but Chief Ron

[8:25] Myers with North County Fire Authority

[8:27] retired in December. Ron had been a fire

[8:30] chief locally here for over 20 years.

[8:33] Ron also held um a couple different

[8:36] positions. The primary one was this is

[8:39] the fire chief leazison with the ALSJPA

[8:42] and that was a position that I had

[8:45] indicated some interest in. So I will be

[8:47] the new lay leazison with the ALS JPA.

[8:51] It's probably one of the more

[8:54] um influential positions in that it

[8:56] deals with our dispatch agreement,

[9:00] ambulance transport and radio

[9:02] infrastructure, all of those. So

[9:05] um the hope is and and we have a JPA

[9:08] meeting I think it's tomorrow night,

[9:10] right? Director Sio.

[9:14] » Yes.

[9:15] >> Yeah. The the hope is eventually we'll

[9:17] » Yeah. The the hope is eventually we'll

[9:17] have at least a part-time permanent

[9:19] director there and that will be me being

[9:22] the kind of the connection with the fire

[9:24] chiefs. Um but that is is good in that

[9:28] respect. We do have as I mentioned a JPA

[9:31] management committee tomorrow. Um

[9:33] important one in that um we have our

[9:38] contractor Lincoln Unrew with Raven

[9:41] Tech. we uh we're no longer using him.

[9:46] We I think the the directors at the time

[9:49] had a little loss of faith and trust in

[9:51] him. So we still are using uh TEA and

[9:57] uh Stephford to do our infrastructure

[9:59] improvements, but we're not using uh

[10:01] Lincoln as a contractor anymore. We'll

[10:04] be sharing information with board on

[10:07] that tomorrow night and we can share

[10:10] more after that.

[10:13] Um,

[10:15] another nice thing I was invited here at

[10:18] the emergency management uh retreat

[10:21] panel. This is something that

[10:25] Shrudy, our DEM director did with her

[10:28] team. They did an offsite in Redwood

[10:30] City at the Chan Zuckerberg uh

[10:34] initiative building there and they had

[10:37] um it was a morning session doing some

[10:39] story and not like Dr. Seuss

[10:43] storytelling but for people that had

[10:45] been in in situations um you know kind

[10:49] of in the heat of the fire kind of thing

[10:52] that they could share. It was myself. It

[10:55] was the

[10:57] new under sheriff, new returning under

[10:59] sheriff with the Santo County Sheriff's

[11:02] Office, Chris

[11:03] >> Chris.

[11:04] » Chris.

[11:04] >> Yeah.

[11:05] » Yeah.

[11:05] >> And then a gentleman who is also the

[11:07] » And then a gentleman who is also the

[11:07] emergency manager with um

[11:12] San Francisco State University. But

[11:15] really nice opportunity to share some

[11:16] stories. I I shared uh a couple stories

[11:20] just about

[11:22] uh how we interacted with and made some

[11:26] decisions with Ventura County OES back

[11:30] during the Thomas fire just you know the

[11:33] success stories and and then also some

[11:34] of the things that were you know I think

[11:36] in the public side failures but in our

[11:38] eyes really great successes.

[11:41] Um, you know, we did not have a single

[11:44] significant fatality from lack of

[11:46] evacuations and just a lot of that had

[11:48] to do with the relationships that were

[11:50] built in advance of that fire with

[11:51] county sheriff and the OES office. So,

[11:54] that's a nice opportunity to share those

[11:56] stories. Uh, Zoom with the fire chief in

[11:59] addition to my coffees with the fire

[12:01] chief that we try to do on every

[12:02] Wednesday. Still trying to do a

[12:04] quarterly zoom with the fire chief. We

[12:06] had one this morning uh for about 40

[12:09] minutes of me sharing some information

[12:11] and then anything's on the table Q&A

[12:14] with folks out there. So good engaging

[12:16] time we record it so that uh ships that

[12:19] aren't on can go back and actually watch

[12:20] it. Part of it's rumor control and just

[12:23] to hear it from the port so to speak. I

[12:26] mentioned the toy drive. We had the

[12:28] holiday lunch. Great success. Thank you

[12:29] for everyone attending. Just a reminder

[12:32] that we have our badge pinning here at

[12:34] station one this Thursday at one o'clock

[12:37] in the engine bay. And then also just

[12:41] outstanding staff reports. Uh still have

[12:44] the electrification of fire service

[12:46] vehicles talking about calming devices

[12:49] and our fire code.

[12:52] uh the e- prep policy grant conversation

[12:55] and a new one that was approved and

[12:57] added last month under Bernstein about

[13:00] discussing district goals response.

[13:03] Uh the uh other events on here that we

[13:06] didn't talk about, we talked about the

[13:07] Hill fire. We also had a a flooding

[13:10] event on Christian and Bell Haven. That

[13:15] was one we weren't even called to. We

[13:17] actually came upon it um initially and

[13:21] then we had a structure fire in a 1000

[13:24] block of Guard Street.

[13:27] There's my report.

[13:30] >> Any questions or comments for the chief

[13:33] » Any questions or comments for the chief

[13:33] Chuck?

[13:34] >> I just had a comment about the

[13:36] » I just had a comment about the

[13:36] outstanding staff reports. uh three of

[13:39] them say discuss

[13:42] and I know sometimes boarding will want

[13:44] to talk about it as a board they've got

[13:46] information and so forth. I'm not sure

[13:49] there has to be a staff report for

[13:52] something that says discuss.

[13:55] I guess it certainly could be because it

[13:58] would help inform the the discussion but

[14:01] in some cases it's kind of a free formed

[14:04] thing. And I'm just saying that because

[14:07] we're getting a backlog of these things

[14:10] and it occurs to me that if we didn't

[14:12] have if we didn't have to have staff

[14:15] reports, maybe we could get through them

[14:16] more quickly.

[14:20] So I think that's um probably with at

[14:24] least uh two of them that that might

[14:27] actually work on

[14:32] uh

[14:34] I you know what let me let me chat about

[14:36] that offline with director and see if

[14:39] there's some lowhanging fruit there

[14:40] where we can actually without a lot of

[14:42] staff uh work come to the board

[14:45] traffic coming devices almost everybody

[14:48] knows what they are there's nothing

[14:49] technical about them or anything like

[14:51] that.

[14:52] >> And it it might be good to kind of have

[14:56] » And it it might be good to kind of have

[14:56] a discussion to see where people want to

[14:57] go and then do a staff report based on

[15:01] possible alternatives.

[15:03] >> That might be more to I think yeah my my

[15:07] » That might be more to I think yeah my my

[15:07] from my stance I tend to try and

[15:09] overinform and so maybe that's not

[15:11] necessary right in providing this

[15:14] advanced work on that but that could be

[15:16] a good possibility.

[15:20] Thanks, Chuck.

[15:22] Anyone else?

[15:25] » Okay. Any public comment? Oh,

[15:27] >> I forgot one more thing because I just

[15:29] » I forgot one more thing because I just

[15:29] stopped here. Don't forget everyone.

[15:30] February 28th, the craft pen be at the

[15:34] >> the warehouse.

[15:35] » the warehouse.

[15:36] >> What? What date?

[15:36] » What? What date?

[15:36] >> Uh February February 28th. I think it's

[15:39] » Uh February February 28th. I think it's

[15:39] at 5:30.

[15:40] >> 5 to 9.

[15:41] » 5 to 9.

[15:41] >> Yeah.

[15:42] » Yeah.

[15:42] >> At the warehouse.

[15:43] » At the warehouse.

[15:43] >> So, it's a fundraiser for the canines.

[15:46] » So, it's a fundraiser for the canines.

[15:46] It's going so all the funds are going

[15:48] through the foundation that was formed

[15:49] out there. It's 501c3

[15:52] and uh come join us out there. Tickets

[15:55] are I know we've got I'll I'll send

[15:58] around a flyer to everyone. So if you're

[16:00] interested or have friends that are

[16:01] interested have a link.

[16:04] >> Yes sir.

[16:05] » Yes sir.

[16:05] >> I want to ask also about the flooding

[16:07] » I want to ask also about the flooding

[16:07] that went on made the newspapers and

[16:10] headlines and even on the television

[16:13] news and so forth. Was it was there a

[16:16] serious problem or was did people just

[16:18] not rake up the leaves out of the drain

[16:20] or something?

[16:21] >> I think it was the city that didn't do

[16:24] » I think it was the city that didn't do

[16:24] it right.

[16:24] >> Well, I don't know. That's what I'm I'm

[16:26] » Well, I don't know. That's what I'm I'm

[16:26] trying to figure out if we've got a

[16:27] serious problem out there that's

[16:29] permanent or is this something that uh

[16:31] just somebody didn't get out there to

[16:33] break up leaves.

[16:36] >> Um

[16:38] » Um

[16:38] right here, I'm just looking at the

[16:39] reports. says westbay sanitary work

[16:41] through debris from underground system

[16:43] on Willow Road. So

[16:46] um yeah, my guess is it's probably a

[16:48] combination of both. Sometimes with big

[16:51] big one first storms of the season, you

[16:54] end up with unexpected debris that comes

[16:56] down through the gutters and caus

[17:00] oftentimes that's what happens, right?

[17:03] That storm drains get covered up with

[17:05] some leaves and that may be an issue.

[17:07] Yeah,

[17:09] >> it just seems like there's an easy fix

[17:10] » it just seems like there's an easy fix

[17:10] could look something like that compared

[17:12] to when something overflows to banks.

[17:14] >> Yeah. Well, we have uh even talked about

[17:17] » Yeah. Well, we have uh even talked about

[17:17] it informally as part of our volunteer

[17:21] program for people to adopt a storm

[17:24] drain, you know, and so when we have

[17:26] rains, they can be out there uh with a

[17:29] rake or a shovel and their boots and

[17:31] keep the drains flowing. event for that

[17:35] might be an opportunity for us in the

[17:37] future on those rainy events. I know I I

[17:40] go around um in a variety of different

[17:43] places and you see people out there who

[17:44] have volunteered to be their block

[17:46] coordinator for their storm drain and

[17:48] they make Yeah. They rotate through and

[17:50] keep it flowing. That might be

[17:53] >> Yeah.

[17:57] What is Chuck done? Are you done Chuck?

[17:59] >> Yeah.

[18:00] » Yeah.

[18:00] >> Yeah. I have a question. Chief, uh,

[18:03] » Yeah. I have a question. Chief, uh,

[18:03] is it SOP or standard operating

[18:06] procedure for our fire trucks to go out

[18:08] and remove trees?

[18:11] >> Remove trees

[18:12] » Remove trees

[18:12] >> from the street.

[18:14] » from the street.

[18:14] Uh not shoot I don't know if we have a

[18:16] policy for it or against it but

[18:18] generally know it's it should be a cal

[18:20] mans or public work things like that but

[18:23] if there if there's an immediate life

[18:25] hazard or something like that they can

[18:27] take the tree down but not buck it up

[18:30] and clear the roads. Yeah, that's that

[18:34] uh last Saturday there was a tree down

[18:37] across Bay Road and uh Engine Five

[18:41] showed up and removed the tree and it

[18:44] was reported to the city of Medlo Park

[18:46] because my wife did it and the fire

[18:50] department showed up to do it.

[18:52] >> Good.

[18:52] » Good.

[18:52] >> So,

[18:54] » So,

[18:54] you know, does that fall within our

[18:56] responsibility or not? No, not

[18:58] necessarily, but there's often times

[18:59] where they go above.

[19:00] >> They were just nice people, those

[19:02] » They were just nice people, those

[19:02] firefighters to remove the tree the way

[19:04] they did.

[19:04] >> Hopefully, it wasn't a heritage tree.

[19:08] » Hopefully, it wasn't a heritage tree.

[19:08] >> Is that the exception

[19:11] » Is that the exception

[19:11] on on major roadways? Dispatch will

[19:13] dispatch engines throughout the county

[19:15] as a general policy. Um, and the county

[19:19] engines will try to generally try to

[19:21] remove it if they can. Typically size

[19:24] limited.

[19:24] >> But that wasn't my question, Gary. My

[19:26] » But that wasn't my question, Gary. My

[19:26] question was, is there an SOP or some

[19:30] agreement between the city and us

[19:32] dealing with removal of trees like that?

[19:35] >> I think the firefighters are just

[19:37] » I think the firefighters are just

[19:37] generally fixing folks that want to get

[19:39] things done and they have tool and the

[19:41] ability to do it. We don't have

[19:45] >> Well, I think we should have something

[19:46] » Well, I think we should have something

[19:46] like that.

[19:49] >> That might be a request of directors

[19:51] » That might be a request of directors

[19:51] coming up here at the end of our

[19:53] meeting. Thank you, Chief. Any other

[19:55] comments, Robert? Anything?

[19:58] >> Okay. Thanks, Chief. And we'll move on

[20:00] » Okay. Thanks, Chief. And we'll move on

[20:00] to um item two, which is the consent

[20:03] calendar. So, before we

[20:07] have a motion on that, it was brought to

[20:09] my attention by Robert and by Michelle,

[20:12] that the minutes um for items seven and

[20:17] eight don't reflect the the the votes

[20:19] are not in there. Um, so

[20:23] I just wanted to I mean I'll make the

[20:25] motion to approve the consent calendar

[20:27] with the addition of the vote count for

[20:30] items seven and eight which are the same

[20:32] of five eyes and zero no.

[20:34] >> What page are you on?

[20:35] » What page are you on?

[20:36] >> U page 23 in the pack of the packets. So

[20:40] » U page 23 in the pack of the packets. So

[20:40] it's page 205 in the minutes.

[20:44] >> Second.

[20:46] » Second.

[20:46] >> Okay. So, the I just made a motion to

[20:48] » Okay. So, the I just made a motion to

[20:48] approve the consent calendar with the

[20:50] >> I'll second.

[20:51] » I'll second.

[20:51] >> Gary just second.

[20:52] » Gary just second.

[20:52] >> Oh, you did. Good.

[20:53] » Oh, you did. Good.

[20:53] >> Yeah. Um with the addition of the vote

[20:56] » Yeah. Um with the addition of the vote

[20:56] counts for items seven and eight, which

[20:58] are the same of five eyes and zero

[21:00] nodes.

[21:04] » Okay, there's been a motion and a

[21:06] second. Any discussion?

[21:09] Okay, roll call, please. Michelle,

[21:13] hi. Dr. Jones.

[21:14] >> Hi,

[21:15] » Hi,

[21:15] >> Dr. Sana.

[21:17] » Dr. Sana.

[21:17] >> I

[21:19] » I

[21:19] >> That motion carries.

[21:23] » That motion carries.

[21:23] And then now we'll go to the regular

[21:25] agenda,

[21:27] which is the site visit for the board of

[21:29] directors. And if you're attending by

[21:32] Zoom, we'll uh return to the meeting

[21:34] after this very short and fun site

[21:37] visit.

[21:40] >> Thank you. Okay. Are you leaving?

[21:42] » Thank you. Okay. Are you leaving?

[21:42] >> Gage is going to leave.

[21:45] » Gage is going to leave.

[21:45] This is a first for us. A little field

[21:47] trip.

[22:04] » Well, that's what I was calling you

[22:06] about before I got this L.

[22:13] I think

[22:15] >> actually late last week.

[22:29] » We um we don't let people have cell

[22:32] phones ringing at school.

[22:34] >> I called you at your school.

[22:37] » I called you at your school.

[22:37] >> Oh, on my office phone. Oh, you I'm

[22:40] » Oh, on my office phone. Oh, you I'm

[22:40] sorry. That's another problem. Alto

[22:41] together. I have about 40 messages and I

[22:46] can't get through them without getting

[22:48] interrupted. So I'm way behind my

[22:53] thought.

[23:10] » Okay, so Gage, thank you. Thank you for

[23:13] that site visit of the storage emergency

[23:16] storage supply container. It was

[23:19] outstanding and thanks for all the hard

[23:21] work that you're doing and

[23:24] >> thanks for asking for our input, too.

[23:26] » thanks for asking for our input, too.

[23:26] >> We're looking for

[23:28] » We're looking for

[23:28] >> Yep. Chuck, I

[23:29] » Yep. Chuck, I

[23:29] >> I was just curious about I think it's

[23:31] » I was just curious about I think it's

[23:31] really important to get this stuff done

[23:34] and out. I'm not rushing so much. It's

[23:36] trying to understand are you going to do

[23:38] these one at a time or are you going to

[23:40] get like eight of them there and do

[23:42] eight at a time and get the whole thing

[23:44] done at one time? So my initial the

[23:46] initial goal according to the the chief

[23:49] was to get three with the budget I had.

[23:52] So my original goal was to get three

[23:53] done with the budget I had. This one

[23:56] took the longest. It was actually done

[23:58] last month. It just couldn't fit on the

[23:59] agenda for last month. Um it took me

[24:02] about four months total to build. Um a

[24:05] lot of that was this was the first one.

[24:07] I had everything up here. I really

[24:10] didn't know what I needed. So sometimes

[24:12] waiting for parts, it just took a lot

[24:14] longer to build the first one. Now that

[24:16] I have the recipe done, the next ones

[24:19] are going to be a lot quicker to build.

[24:21] >> So depending on obviously supply chain

[24:24] » So depending on obviously supply chain

[24:24] and everything else, try to get

[24:25] batteries. And

[24:26] >> are you expecting to build them yourself

[24:28] » are you expecting to build them yourself

[24:28] or can we can you hire contractors or

[24:31] I'm talking about people to to build

[24:34] them?

[24:34] >> We're going to have some of the stuff

[24:35] » We're going to have some of the stuff

[24:35] built out by other people now that I

[24:37] know where like electrical outlets go.

[24:39] Uh the company who built the box itself,

[24:42] the blank box was company called ConX

[24:44] West in Oakland. Um now that I know

[24:47] where some of the electrical is going to

[24:48] go, I'm gonna have them build it already

[24:50] in the walls. So when we get it, I'll

[24:52] have the outlets and all the electrical

[24:54] will already be run on the the box side.

[24:56] They're going to build that wall that

[24:58] separates two sides. I didn't know

[25:01] exactly what dimension that wall was

[25:03] going to go. So the first one definitely

[25:04] took a lot longer. The next ones will be

[25:06] a lot quicker. It's I mean you need

[25:09] professional equipment to get through

[25:11] the steel walls of that thing I assume.

[25:13] Right.

[25:13] >> I mean yeah you need a lot to get

[25:15] » I mean yeah you need a lot to get

[25:15] through there.

[25:18] >> Any other comments

[25:20] » Any other comments

[25:20] >> questions?

[25:21] » questions?

[25:21] >> Okay then we'll move on to item six

[25:24] » Okay then we'll move on to item six

[25:24] which is the first reading of an

[25:26] ordinance adopting by reference the 2024

[25:30] international fire code with 2025

[25:32] California amendments and local

[25:34] requirements for the city of Menllo

[25:36] Park.

[25:37] soon engage.

[25:45] » I I feel more official.

[25:49] Um so you might be asking why I'm

[25:51] bringing this back to the board again.

[25:53] This was already adopted um by the

[25:56] board. First reading, second reading,

[25:58] public comment, everything. Um so

[26:01] recently the city of Milo Park appointed

[26:03] a new building official. and with the

[26:05] new building an official um this was

[26:07] after we already adopted the first time

[26:10] we did it back in September for the

[26:12] first reading. Um he reviewed it and he

[26:16] had a comment. Uh he wanted to know why

[26:19] the city of Menlo Parks ordinance is

[26:22] different than all of our other

[26:23] jurisdictions ordinance. So to refresh

[26:26] everybody, the only difference in the

[26:27] ordinance other than the sprinkler

[26:30] >> with percentages 75% rather than 50

[26:33] » with percentages 75% rather than 50

[26:33] >> was the city of Melo Park does not adopt

[26:37] » was the city of Melo Park does not adopt

[26:37] um our SMG standards and guideline

[26:39] manual,

[26:40] >> right?

[26:40] » right?

[26:40] >> They never wanted it according to the

[26:43] » They never wanted it according to the

[26:43] old building official. They didn't want

[26:44] it in the ordinance. They said that they

[26:47] would still follow it, but the new

[26:50] building official was like, "We should

[26:51] put it in there." In his research, they

[26:54] used to adopt the SMG, but for whatever

[26:56] reason in 2023, he took it out. Before

[26:59] my time, I don't know why. So, his

[27:02] request was to add back the SMG to make

[27:05] it standard across all of our

[27:07] jurisdictions.

[27:09] So, I'm here to present to you the new

[27:12] ordinance

[27:14] um with the only addition

[27:17] which is uh one

[27:20] I don't know what page it is in your

[27:21] agenda but it's

[27:24] on section 101

[27:29] » it's section 101

[27:32] >> after section five section six section

[27:35] » after section five section six section

[27:35] 101

[27:36] >> um page 103

[27:37] » um page 103

[27:37] >> Thank the scope and general

[27:39] » Thank the scope and general

[27:39] requirements.

[27:40] >> Yes. So all that was exactly the same

[27:43] » Yes. So all that was exactly the same

[27:43] but under 101.6 which is standards and

[27:46] guideline manual that was just cut and

[27:48] pasted from all the other ordinances

[27:50] into the city of Mal parks. Well the

[27:52] only amendment that I made to this

[27:53] ordinance was that addition

[27:57] here in front of you um to recommend the

[28:00] board of directors accept the report as

[28:02] presented and present the ordinance to

[28:04] the public for the first reading.

[28:07] Basically, just to reiterate in the it's

[28:10] going to basically put everyone of our

[28:13] jurisdictions on the same page

[28:15] >> as far as SNG.

[28:16] » as far as SNG.

[28:16] >> Yes.

[28:16] » Yes.

[28:16] >> Yeah.

[28:17] » Yeah.

[28:17] >> The sprinkler ordinance is still a

[28:18] » The sprinkler ordinance is still a

[28:18] little different.

[28:21] >> Everyone else is 50,

[28:23] » Everyone else is 50,

[28:23] >> but as far as SNG goes, it'll be

[28:26] » but as far as SNG goes, it'll be

[28:26] scattered across the board.

[28:28] >> Okay. Is there a motion?

[28:31] » Okay. Is there a motion?

[28:31] >> So moved.

[28:32] » So moved.

[28:32] >> There a second.

[28:33] » There a second.

[28:33] >> Second.

[28:34] » Second.

[28:34] >> Discussion. Yeah. I just

[28:38] I'm not personally against this. I think

[28:40] they all should be standard. So that's

[28:42] that's kind of my framework. But I was

[28:44] around at the meeting and it was a long

[28:47] time ago, maybe 20 years ago when these

[28:50] these things started diverging. And the

[28:53] reason was that there were some very

[28:55] influential developers in Nimma Park who

[28:58] caught the ear of some council members

[29:02] and they said no that's why the there's

[29:05] a variance in terms of the sprinkler

[29:07] requirements. Uh

[29:11] I just wonder if

[29:13] we can make this change now but the city

[29:15] council still has to pass it. I I'm a

[29:18] little concerned that the building

[29:20] official wants to do it, but I I hope

[29:23] he's talked to people or somehow talked

[29:25] to council members or that there's been

[29:27] some sort offormational

[29:29] campaign because to go through all this

[29:32] work and put it out there. Um I don't

[29:35] know if they're still around. I mean, I

[29:38] I know who some of them are and and so

[29:40] forth. U but um

[29:44] and some of them are still around. Some

[29:46] of them are still developers, still

[29:48] living in Memo Park. I don't know how

[29:50] closely they're going to read this, but

[29:53] I I was I was hesitant as to to modify

[29:57] it back to this. Um, but when the

[30:01] building official recommended it, I

[30:02] recommended he reached out to the city

[30:04] manager, assistant city manager, and

[30:05] everybody there, and they feel that with

[30:08] the current council, there won't be any

[30:11] objections to it.

[30:12] >> Will it be ex explained? I mean, will

[30:15] » Will it be ex explained? I mean, will

[30:15] somebody inform the council like you've

[30:18] just done with us?

[30:19] >> I will be there for the meeting for the

[30:21] » I will be there for the meeting for the

[30:21] ratification. So, if they have

[30:23] questions, I'm there to actually answer

[30:24] the questions.

[30:27] >> That's all that's all like my authority

[30:30] » That's all that's all like my authority

[30:30] as far as my

[30:30] >> That's all we can do. Yeah. But it

[30:33] » That's all we can do. Yeah. But it

[30:34] sounds like they're willing to at least

[30:37] go with the recommendation from the

[30:38] city.

[30:39] >> I remember the objections to the

[30:40] » I remember the objections to the

[30:40] sprinklers and why that I basically was

[30:42] a objection, but um I don't know. I

[30:46] don't know what the objections were to

[30:48] the manual

[30:51] certif.

[30:59] » Okay, there's a motion and a second. Any

[31:01] other discussion?

[31:03] And I just want to add that the motion

[31:04] should also include to direct staff to

[31:06] set a public hearing date.

[31:08] >> Yes. To accept the report and set the

[31:10] » Yes. To accept the report and set the

[31:10] public hearing date.

[31:11] >> Thank you.

[31:13] » Thank you.

[31:13] >> And director Soleno, you're addition.

[31:16] » And director Soleno, you're addition.

[31:16] >> Yes. Thank you.

[31:18] » Yes. Thank you.

[31:18] >> We have to have a another public hearing

[31:20] » We have to have a another public hearing

[31:20] on this.

[31:21] >> This is the first reading.

[31:22] » This is the first reading.

[31:22] >> The first reading days and then

[31:24] » The first reading days and then

[31:24] ratificing.

[31:26] >> So next month it'll be and this is in

[31:28] » So next month it'll be and this is in

[31:28] the in between you're going to be

[31:29] speaking at the council.

[31:31] >> Yeah. So, I'm drafting day one of the

[31:33] » Yeah. So, I'm drafting day one of the

[31:33] more detailed

[31:35] what's exactly happening and what's

[31:36] changing.

[31:37] >> Yeah.

[31:39] » Yeah.

[31:39] Okay. Um, any other questions or

[31:41] comments? Okay. Roll call, please.

[31:44] Michelle.

[31:44] >> Director Bernstein.

[31:45] » Director Bernstein.

[31:45] >> Hi.

[31:45] » Hi.

[31:46] >> Director Bloom.

[31:46] » Director Bloom.

[31:46] >> Hi.

[31:47] » Hi.

[31:47] >> Director Jones.

[31:47] » Director Jones.

[31:47] >> Hi.

[31:48] » Hi.

[31:48] >> Director Sana.

[31:49] » Director Sana.

[31:49] >> Hi.

[31:50] » Hi.

[31:50] >> I'm sorry.

[31:51] » I'm sorry.

[31:51] >> Hi.

[31:51] » Hi.

[31:51] >> Thank you. Director Crowley.

[31:52] » Thank you. Director Crowley.

[31:52] >> Hi.

[31:53] » Hi.

[31:54] >> Thanks, Gage. So at the meeting you and

[31:56] » Thanks, Gage. So at the meeting you and

[31:56] Mark will be there or just I mean I'll

[31:58] be whoever is the liazison should be

[32:01] there.

[32:02] >> I'm deal with the global official and

[32:04] » I'm deal with the global official and

[32:04] the city manager and assistant where

[32:06] they want to include the

[32:08] >> Okay, sounds good. Item seven, which is

[32:12] » Okay, sounds good. Item seven, which is

[32:12] to accept the 2026 district board and

[32:15] committee meeting calendar.

[32:19] Um I I'm assuming that everyone had a

[32:21] chance to pretty standard. There hasn't.

[32:24] I'll make a motion accept.

[32:25] >> Okay. So, Rob's made a motion to accept

[32:28] » Okay. So, Rob's made a motion to accept

[32:28] the meeting calendar for um the board

[32:32] and the committee meetings. Is there a

[32:34] second?

[32:36] >> I'll second.

[32:38] » I'll second.

[32:38] >> Any discussion?

[32:41] » Any discussion?

[32:41] Thanks for putting this together,

[32:42] Michelle. Roll call, please.

[32:44] >> Destiny,

[32:45] » Destiny,

[32:45] >> I.

[32:47] » I.

[32:47] >> Dr. Jones,

[32:48] » Dr. Jones,

[32:48] >> I.

[32:48] » I.

[32:48] >> Dr. Son,

[32:49] » Dr. Son,

[32:49] >> hi.

[32:50] » hi.

[32:50] >> Dr. Cwley,

[32:51] » Dr. Cwley,

[32:51] >> I. So that motion carries and we'll go

[32:53] » I. So that motion carries and we'll go

[32:53] to item eight which is to accept the

[32:55] 2026 standing committee and liaison

[32:59] appointments. And so I just want to um

[33:01] thank Michelle for putting this together

[33:04] this report. Um basically I I got a hold

[33:08] of everyone. I was trying to get a hold

[33:10] of people more than once. Um and this is

[33:13] kind of what I came up with. And I'm not

[33:16] I don't think everyone's going to be

[33:17] happy, but um I was just trying to

[33:20] balance everything and be respectful of

[33:22] people's time and um trying to keep the

[33:26] liaison together with the people the

[33:30] board members who live in those cities.

[33:33] um that maybe in the case of Memo Park

[33:35] just because there's that

[33:39] divisive issue and um I kept myself on

[33:43] there since like it'd be like a

[33:46] continuation of you what I've already

[33:48] been working with and the council

[33:51] members I've been working with. But I am

[33:53] open to suggestions.

[33:55] Um

[33:57] any

[33:58] >> what's the deficit issue in Memo Park?

[34:01] » what's the deficit issue in Memo Park?

[34:01] >> The parking lot.

[34:02] » The parking lot.

[34:02] >> Oh, I see.

[34:03] » Oh, I see.

[34:03] >> Which and it's a huge issue.

[34:05] » Which and it's a huge issue.

[34:05] >> I know. I just didn't know what you

[34:06] » I know. I just didn't know what you

[34:06] were.

[34:07] >> Sorry. Yeah, the parking the the

[34:10] » Sorry. Yeah, the parking the the

[34:10] parking lots in back of the downtown

[34:12] buildings along Boat Grove.

[34:17] Is there Yeah, Chuck.

[34:20] >> Yeah. I'll also say I I'm not happy with

[34:23] » Yeah. I'll also say I I'm not happy with

[34:23] this. I I I gave you a you pass it out

[34:28] board members. Um

[34:32] >> what was the

[34:33] » what was the

[34:33] >> I I had written my comments about the

[34:36] » I I had written my comments about the

[34:36] the appointments and

[34:38] >> Oh, I didn't did you send that to the

[34:40] » Oh, I didn't did you send that to the

[34:40] board?

[34:42] >> You are getting it now for the first

[34:43] » You are getting it now for the first

[34:43] time. Thank you.

[34:45] >> It's a surprise document.

[34:47] » It's a surprise document.

[34:48] It's not what

[34:50] I only got the the packet on Thursday or

[34:52] Friday and so

[34:54] >> I tried calling each other.

[34:58] » I tried calling each other.

[34:58] >> Anyway, I I how should I say I

[35:02] » Anyway, I I how should I say I

[35:02] disappointed

[35:04] in the distribution of the assignments.

[35:06] I mean in theory the work is supposed to

[35:09] be evenly roughly evenly distributed.

[35:13] shared work but I don't think it is

[35:15] evenly distributed and or even close to

[35:18] it and um

[35:21] I've sort of summarized in the middle of

[35:24] the page here you can see that um in

[35:27] terms of the number of assignments and

[35:29] so forth it's very very unbalanced and

[35:33] this is what's happened two for the last

[35:35] two years we've had this and I thought

[35:38] we were moving in a new direction I even

[35:41] mentioned in the minutes or I mentioned

[35:44] in the meeting that and it appeared in

[35:46] the minutes that uh I I was uh

[35:50] encouraged by what happened last month

[35:53] where we brought back at least one of

[35:56] the board members into the fold of what

[35:58] was going on. And um anyway, I I do

[36:03] appreciate um

[36:06] board president had appointed first of

[36:09] all I appreciate that she called me and

[36:10] asked I hadn't been asked what

[36:12] committees I was interested in for

[36:14] several years.

[36:16] Uh I appreciated also that I got an

[36:18] appointment to the finance committee

[36:19] which was one of my preferences.

[36:22] Um, but I basically had only one other

[36:26] appointment which was to the county. And

[36:29] I feel I feel slighted and I'm not here

[36:34] to write the wrongs or anything like

[36:36] that. It's just basically I want to say

[36:38] that I I don't I don't want to

[36:40] participate in any of this. I feel like

[36:42] it's it's either some sort of

[36:45] vindictiveness or it's a matter of of

[36:51] kind of a censorship of comments that

[36:53] I've made in the past or something. I

[36:55] don't I don't know what it is. I don't

[36:57] like it and I don't want to participate

[36:59] in it. So, as I've done for the past two

[37:00] years, I'm going to do it once again. I

[37:03] I'm not going to have anything to do

[37:04] with the committees or the liaison or

[37:07] any of that.

[37:09] So, that's that's my position on this.

[37:16] » So, basically that you would be Yes,

[37:19] Robert. Um, Chuck, I I I'm sorry to feel

[37:24] the way you're feeling, but I

[37:27] in the sake of trying to hopefully to

[37:32] not appease you, but to kind of I would

[37:34] be willing to give up my seat on the

[37:36] really is that will will encourage you

[37:40] to participate at a board member

[37:46] and if there's a a numerical number that

[37:50] you're looking for versus the committee

[37:53] itself.

[37:55] So

[37:58] that you

[38:01] take my spot on

[38:09] » Sure. That's very gracious and I thank

[38:12] you for I I really didn't come here to

[38:15] do horse training or try to tweak things

[38:18] or whatever. What I was really looking

[38:20] for is

[38:25] dedication to be colleial to share the

[38:27] work and to be respectful of people's

[38:31] differing opinions and so forth. And I I

[38:34] feel that that that's not apparent in

[38:38] what in the assignments that were made.

[38:41] Um so respectfully decline, but again I

[38:44] I'm grateful for for what you're do what

[38:47] you're doing and the facilities

[38:49] committee is a very you know good

[38:51] committee and so forth. Um, but I I I

[38:55] feel like I would like to see the the

[38:58] board and particularly the

[38:59] administration or three members of the

[39:01] board, let's say it correctly, I'd like

[39:05] to see more of a commitment to

[39:10] to moving forward. I think the election

[39:14] of Rob as a vice president was a major

[39:19] step forward. It was something where

[39:24] two years ago, we kind of violated the

[39:26] normal succession. And I think it's a

[39:28] slap in the face to someone. And I I

[39:30] feel like that's where I was very

[39:33] hopeful at the last meeting that that

[39:34] had been overcome, Robert. You made that

[39:37] you made the nomination. And I

[39:39] appreciate what you did to me making

[39:42] that nomination and so forth. But I'm

[39:45] still looking for a commitment. I feel

[39:47] like uh this goes back to

[39:51] comments that I made in the past about

[39:55] performance. I mean, I care deeply about

[39:58] how we're doing and I'm not a person who

[40:01] minces words. If some I don't like

[40:03] something, I'll say it. And I don't care

[40:05] whether it's for public consumption or

[40:08] not for public consumption. We're here.

[40:10] We don't have a choice. Public

[40:11] consumption is how how we communicate.

[40:15] And uh so that's that's it. Any case, I

[40:19] I I do appreciate the gesture and I I'm

[40:23] I I appreciate what you did at the last

[40:25] meeting also, but I I I think we can we

[40:28] can go further on it. So

[40:30] >> after Can I say something? After two

[40:33] » after Can I say something? After two

[40:33] years of not participating in

[40:35] committees, I don't know why you would

[40:37] expect it to be any different. You

[40:40] haven't participated in any of these

[40:41] committees. So they she put you on to

[40:44] the finance committee. There's a certain

[40:46] amount of coming up to speed with what

[40:48] the committees are doing and the details

[40:50] of them. You've chosen not for two

[40:52] consecutive years. This will be the

[40:54] third to not participate. Um you know

[40:58] you talk about dividing the work equally

[41:00] and everything. You're dumping the work

[41:02] of the committees back on four members

[41:04] yet again for the third year in a row.

[41:07] So you can look at it through your lens

[41:09] and you can look at it through the lens

[41:10] that you're being unfair to the other

[41:12] four directors of this board.

[41:16] >> May I respond?

[41:17] » May I respond?

[41:17] >> Yes.

[41:18] » Yes.

[41:18] >> Um

[41:20] » Um

[41:20] first of all I I think I I participate

[41:22] fully. I I

[41:25] there are few if anyone who does more

[41:28] preparation for the meetings than I do.

[41:30] Um and I think I think those of you who

[41:33] are on the board know that that's true.

[41:35] I read all the I read all the agendas

[41:38] for all the committees before the

[41:40] meeting. So to the extent I know what's

[41:43] going on in the committees, I read it

[41:45] and I respond publicly in the meeting

[41:47] here and I feel like I can participate

[41:51] kind of informally or de facto on the

[41:55] finance committee by simply being up to

[41:58] speed about what's going on, asking

[41:59] questions here and going forward. I I

[42:02] feel like I am doing my homework and I I

[42:04] think I've done my homework when other

[42:07] members of the board have not read

[42:08] things that are in their packet which

[42:10] it's obvious just by the questions that

[42:12] are raised. So I I'm I'm not going to

[42:15] apologize for not doing my work. I've

[42:17] done it and I think the board has

[42:18] benefited from me doing that work.

[42:21] I just want to say that there's the the

[42:23] things that you said in your letter,

[42:25] Chuck, in terms of retaliation or

[42:27] censorship was definitely not in my

[42:31] mindset when I made the committee

[42:33] appointments. Um, I actually forgot that

[42:36] the CSDA thing was with Sam with was

[42:39] with Lacka. So, I actually called Rob to

[42:41] ask him if he wanted to break that apart

[42:44] because he had been on the CSDA board

[42:46] and, you know, I think he's kind of

[42:48] holding back on that right now. So the

[42:51] I'm on three liaison just because I

[42:54] forgot about the CSDA and Sanonte Laco

[42:57] possibly being separated. Um Rob asked

[43:00] for the the medical the EMS JPA and I'm

[43:04] going to stay on San Francisco Creek. Um

[43:08] I mean they don't really you know meet

[43:11] that much you know once a month maybe if

[43:13] there's anything to do. Um, so you know,

[43:17] it's not like I'm trying to

[43:20] make this in a make this these

[43:23] assignments in a weighted way. If you're

[43:26] if you're asking about um maybe even

[43:29] Menllo Park, for example, I mean, I I

[43:32] think right now they want someone who is

[43:35] a little more neutral on some of their

[43:37] big issues, including the parking lot

[43:39] and development. And that is no slight

[43:41] on the two of y'all um at all. So, I

[43:45] just want to make that very clear. I'm

[43:47] just trying to balance what they want

[43:50] because they know that y'all are

[43:51] actively engaged and that's okay. They

[43:54] appreciate that. But I just think that

[43:56] um and you might have a differing

[43:58] opinion, right, as Robson said and I,

[44:00] you know, I and I think that's fine, but

[44:02] they want someone who's and I live in

[44:05] the county, so I don't have a vote on

[44:07] this one way or the other. So, my and

[44:09] I'm not doing any advocacy work for

[44:11] this, so I was just trying to balance

[44:14] everything. So, I just want to make it

[44:15] clear that this has nothing. There's no

[44:18] retaliation or censorship involved. And

[44:20] that was I'm sorry that you believe that

[44:23] to be the case. I think that's your

[44:25] opinion and I respect your opinion. But

[44:27] the fact that for me is that it was not

[44:29] that was never in my consciousness.

[44:32] >> Yes, Robert.

[44:34] » Yes, Robert.

[44:34] >> I think the math was wrong.

[44:37] » I think the math was wrong.

[44:37] >> I can't hear you, Robert.

[44:42] because when I see that there's only two

[44:45] total when I look down at the uh

[44:49] document it seemed like you got three um

[44:53] positions you

[44:54] >> for me or for who?

[44:56] » for me or for who?

[44:56] >> Oh, okay.

[44:57] » Oh, okay.

[44:57] >> And um uh you got the district um three

[45:01] » And um uh you got the district um three

[45:01] in district four. You also on the

[45:04] finance the S3 and I had two halves. I

[45:08] wasn't sure if that was represent the

[45:10] same thing or not. So the numbers your

[45:13] numbers all

[45:15] which I got three

[45:25] » but the point that I want to make

[45:29] I hear what you're saying

[45:33] over the last year and I think and and

[45:36] you appreciate Rob only

[45:40] got selected I think you know you can do

[45:44] one or two things. you continue this

[45:46] this route for next year and the year

[45:48] after as long as you're on the board but

[45:50] at some point you got to turn it loose

[45:53] and and and begin to um try to because

[45:58] your behavior sometime our behavior I

[46:00] won't say our behavior it can be and you

[46:05] can stick to it but it may not

[46:06] necessarily get to you get you where you

[46:10] want likely and is more to be by

[46:14] continuing

[46:17] on the third year

[46:20] and that you know to me I think at some

[46:23] point you're not going to let it go and

[46:25] I'm not telling you what to do but I'm

[46:27] just saying think about it in the future

[46:30] I make a recommendation

[46:31] >> yes

[46:31] » yes

[46:32] >> I think we should move on and reassign

[46:34] » I think we should move on and reassign

[46:34] these positions I'd make a

[46:36] recommendation you put Robert Jones in

[46:38] on the finance committee with me and

[46:40] then we make Rob Salana the leazison for

[46:42] the um organizations

[46:45] and we vote on it. We call it a night on

[46:47] discussing this.

[46:49] >> Are y'all okay with that? I don't know

[46:51] » Are y'all okay with that? I don't know

[46:51] where Bob is.

[46:54] >> As you all know, I'm uh a commissioner

[46:57] » As you all know, I'm uh a commissioner

[46:57] for Sano County oversight for the

[46:59] sheriff. So, I deal with all five border

[47:02] supervisors in that position. And as I

[47:06] told Virginia, uh, since I'm dealing

[47:08] with them in that area,

[47:11] >> uh, wanted to spread the, it's kind of a

[47:13] » uh, wanted to spread the, it's kind of a

[47:14] duel with the fire district. They know

[47:16] that I am a member of course of the fire

[47:18] district. They, I've been nominated by

[47:20] one of the board of supervisors and

[47:22] voted 50 to be on their commission, and

[47:26] everybody knows the history with that.

[47:28] But and I'm also on the fire district

[47:31] association of California on their

[47:33] executive board too for our district 4.

[47:36] So I I've got

[47:39] a lot of uh

[47:43] assignments relative to not only dealing

[47:46] with fire but also dealing with Sanonteo

[47:48] County. uh

[47:51] as to

[47:53] the different

[47:55] uh committees or the standing

[47:57] committees. I mean, we all

[48:01] have a voice

[48:03] and a vote when it comes to the entire

[48:06] board. So, uh

[48:10] I've been board president, I've been

[48:12] vice president a few times. I mean, you

[48:14] know, I've been on all these committees.

[48:17] So, uh,

[48:21] for people not to vote for you for

[48:23] different committees, I don't know what

[48:24] the reasoning is. I know I'm very well

[48:28] qualified, as we all are, to be on any

[48:30] one of these committees, but sometimes

[48:34] politics

[48:37] go in, right? over. Uh,

[48:42] » I don't think I don't think my physician

[48:45] doing the county lays on is appropriate

[48:48] because I'm already on a commission that

[48:50] deals with a very sensitive matter

[48:52] involving the sheriff's office.

[48:54] >> His report.

[48:56] » His report.

[48:56] >> Yes. So,

[48:58] » Yes. So,

[48:58] >> well, let me just say something really.

[49:00] » well, let me just say something really.

[49:00] So, Rob and I had this discussion and he

[49:02] was great. You were very gracious about

[49:04] this, Rob. Let me just make that very

[49:05] clear because you you actually said that

[49:08] since he has a relationship with the

[49:10] supervisors that you know in order to

[49:12] maybe strengthen the fire district's

[49:14] position with the county, someone else

[49:15] should be the liaison, right? And that's

[49:18] why I

[49:19] suggested Chuck on here because I do

[49:22] think it's important. But if you don't

[49:24] want to do that, Chuck, if you want to

[49:26] do four, Robert, I'll take three or Gary

[49:29] can take three. We can keep it the same

[49:31] and that's fine.

[49:34] So that's uh and I was hoping to make

[49:38] one these two as one liaison position

[49:41] because

[49:43] you know if you're going to a county if

[49:46] you're going to a board of supervisors

[49:48] meeting

[49:49] you're still you're going to listen to

[49:51] everything and you can probably call up

[49:53] anyone and you know talk to them. So,

[49:57] so I was just trying to streamline it

[49:59] and also make it balanced based on

[50:01] everyone's input and as much input as I

[50:04] got. And so that's why this came up like

[50:07] this. So

[50:08] >> we just eliminate the district three

[50:09] » we just eliminate the district three

[50:09] district court.

[50:10] >> Well, that's what I tried to do.

[50:12] » Well, that's what I tried to do.

[50:12] >> County and that's what I was.

[50:14] » County and that's what I was.

[50:14] >> So we have a leazison for the county

[50:16] » So we have a leazison for the county

[50:16] supervisors.

[50:18] >> Do you want to do that county

[50:20] » Do you want to do that county

[50:20] supervisor? you as a board president

[50:22] just be

[50:24] for the county for

[50:26] >> unless Robert wants to do it

[50:27] » unless Robert wants to do it

[50:27] >> at least my house

[50:34] » but that's easy

[50:38] » so what do you want me to do

[50:40] >> well so I mean there is a suggestion and

[50:42] » well so I mean there is a suggestion and

[50:42] that's what I tried to do is to just

[50:44] break down the district you know put the

[50:46] districts aside and make the San Monteo

[50:49] County liaison as one as the county

[50:52] liaison and not just for district three

[50:54] or district 4 separated like that. um

[50:57] just so that it's and I put Chuck on

[50:59] there because he's on another county

[51:02] committee which is the redevelopment I

[51:04] don't know what it's called but it deals

[51:06] it deals with the redevelopment money

[51:07] and funds throughout the county and you

[51:10] know I know that they deal with the only

[51:13] the cities um that actually deal with

[51:16] redevelopment and so I thought that

[51:18] might give Chuck an opportunity to

[51:21] strengthen ties on a big on a bigger

[51:23] level but I mean We can still keep the

[51:27] same districts but you know maybe we

[51:29] should just break it down for one

[51:31] leazison but I don't know you really I

[51:33] think if you want to go policy

[51:37] policy

[51:39] >> no I mean you know what we if you want

[51:41] » no I mean you know what we if you want

[51:41] to just stay with district 4 that's fine

[51:47] if we want to keep it this way but I was

[51:49] hoping that we would just have Sanonteo

[51:50] County as one. Would you if you would

[51:52] you be mind doing that for the whole

[51:54] county

[51:55] >> if that whatever?

[51:57] » if that whatever?

[51:57] >> Yeah, that works great. And so you would

[51:59] » Yeah, that works great. And so you would

[51:59] be the county liaison plus the east

[52:01] pawato liaison.

[52:04] >> Well,

[52:06] » Well,

[52:06] >> yeah. No, no, I know. But there's city

[52:08] » yeah. No, no, I know. But there's city

[52:08] part and then the county part. Do you

[52:10] want any part of the county, Rob? I

[52:12] mean, I know you're like swamped with

[52:14] county stuff, too.

[52:16] >> I think you want to specifically stay

[52:18] » I think you want to specifically stay

[52:18] away from

[52:18] >> Yeah. Okay, that's fine. So then so then

[52:21] » Yeah. Okay, that's fine. So then so then

[52:21] we'll have Robert So we'll break down um

[52:24] three and four and have Robert be both.

[52:27] >> Okay. So right now then the changes

[52:30] » Okay. So right now then the changes

[52:30] would be um that Robert and Gary would

[52:34] be on the finance committee.

[52:36] >> You okay with that, Robert?

[52:37] » You okay with that, Robert?

[52:37] >> Sure.

[52:38] » Sure.

[52:38] >> And then Robert Gary and then um and

[52:41] » And then Robert Gary and then um and

[52:41] you're the chair of the facilities

[52:43] committee still Robert. Oh yeah. And

[52:47] then um Robert will be the county

[52:52] liaison.

[52:55] » Approve it.

[52:56] >> Yes. As amended. As amended.

[52:58] » Yes. As amended. As amended.

[52:58] >> Move that we approve it with amendment

[52:59] » Move that we approve it with amendment

[52:59] that instead of Chuck Bernstein on

[53:01] finance, Robert Jones will serve finance

[53:03] in that position. And the other

[53:05] amendment is Robert Jones will serve as

[53:07] the county of Sano play.

[53:12] » Okay. Any further discussion?

[53:15] Okay. Roll call, please. Michelle,

[53:17] >> I'm sorry. Can I get the who who made

[53:19] » I'm sorry. Can I get the who who made

[53:19] the motion and

[53:20] >> Yes, Director Jones made the motion and

[53:22] » Yes, Director Jones made the motion and

[53:22] I mean Director Bloom made the motion

[53:24] and Director Jones seconded it.

[53:27] >> Director Bernstein,

[53:28] » Director Bernstein,

[53:28] >> I director Bloom.

[53:30] » I director Bloom.

[53:30] >> Hi,

[53:31] » Hi,

[53:31] >> Director Jones.

[53:31] » Director Jones.

[53:31] >> Hi,

[53:32] » Hi,

[53:32] >> Director Sonic.

[53:33] » Director Sonic.

[53:33] >> Hi,

[53:33] » Hi,

[53:33] >> Director.

[53:34] » Director.

[53:34] >> I So, that motion carries. Then we're on

[53:37] » I So, that motion carries. Then we're on

[53:37] to item nine, which is new proposed

[53:39] agenda items.

[53:41] Robert, I mean, Rob, did you have one

[53:43] you wanted? You mentioned it. Do you

[53:45] want to propose it?

[53:47] >> I I just want uh I don't know how to

[53:49] » I I just want uh I don't know how to

[53:49] word it, but uh I think there's a some

[53:54] type of a disconnect between the city of

[53:56] Medllo Park or the communities that we

[53:58] serve relative to these public work uh

[54:03] uh assignments that should be done by

[54:07] their particular public works department

[54:09] than having our firefighters go out

[54:11] there and remove trees. Now, I could see

[54:14] if it's, you know, that's why we need

[54:16] some type of that's why we need some

[54:18] type of SOP or or guidelines relative to

[54:22] call out a fire truck because once a

[54:24] firet truck's out of service, you know,

[54:28] if it becomes a natural disaster, we'll

[54:30] have to respond to probably other things

[54:34] than removing trees from the from the

[54:36] roadways. And I and

[54:39] it would have to be coordinated through

[54:41] our county communications, too, because

[54:43] I'm sure they gave them the call when it

[54:46] came in.

[54:48] So, uh, that's what I'm proposing that

[54:50] that we work

[54:52] >> agenda item title.

[54:54] » agenda item title.

[54:54] >> Oh, you want me to title it? How about

[54:58] » Oh, you want me to title it? How about

[54:58] uh what's do

[55:01] public works responsibilities

[55:04] involving regular and emergency incident

[55:08] situations?

[55:10] Would that be okay, Chief? You're the

[55:12] professional here. I'm just a guy trying

[55:15] to

[55:16] >> find out specific

[55:17] » find out specific

[55:17] >> who's got to do this the work here

[55:19] » who's got to do this the work here

[55:19] >> to park

[55:20] » to park

[55:20] >> right well park the district

[55:23] » right well park the district

[55:23] >> or any of the communities that we serve

[55:26] » or any of the communities that we serve

[55:26] >> uh every one of the cities have a public

[55:29] » uh every one of the cities have a public

[55:29] district

[55:29] >> right

[55:30] » right

[55:30] >> yeah it's a district

[55:31] » yeah it's a district

[55:31] >> county does you know and our communities

[55:34] » county does you know and our communities

[55:34] that we serve they all have a public

[55:36] works department

[55:39] » okay so that's going to go on the next

[55:41] agenda to see if for moving that.

[55:44] >> That's all I have. Thank you.

[55:46] » That's all I have. Thank you.

[55:46] >> For for

[55:48] » For for

[55:48] >> Yeah, for the Yeah. Any others?

[55:52] » Yeah, for the Yeah. Any others?

[55:52] >> Okay. Item 10, liaison reports. We

[55:55] » Okay. Item 10, liaison reports. We

[55:55] probably don't have a lot of liaison

[55:57] reports at the 10.

[56:04] » Tomorrow.

[56:04] >> Okay. Um, East Palatoto, Robert.

[56:10] » Okay.

[56:11] >> City of Menlo Park. The only thing that

[56:13] » City of Menlo Park. The only thing that

[56:13] kind of came on my radar was the

[56:16] possible well the waiver of the fee to

[56:19] annex that one unincorporated section

[56:22] near Santa Cruz and Alan Delos into the

[56:27] city which has been tried before. So

[56:29] there was a fee waver.

[56:31] >> Yeah. San Mateo County.

[56:34] » Yeah. San Mateo County.

[56:34] >> A question about that.

[56:35] » A question about that.

[56:36] >> Um,

[56:37] » Um,

[56:37] from this district standpoint, it

[56:39] doesn't matter. They're in the district,

[56:41] right?

[56:41] >> Yeah. Yeah. I just wanted to put it out

[56:43] » Yeah. Yeah. I just wanted to put it out

[56:43] there because I don't know what else is

[56:45] going to have. That was like one of

[56:47] their main things that they were talking

[56:48] about.

[56:51] Um,

[56:52] district three, Gary.

[56:55] >> District four. Robert.

[57:01] Okay. Uh, EMS JPA Rob, I know y'all have

[57:05] that meeting

[57:06] >> that's tomorrow night.

[57:07] » that's tomorrow night.

[57:07] >> Yeah. What What's on the agenda?

[57:09] » Yeah. What What's on the agenda?

[57:09] >> Well, we have a a close session

[57:10] » Well, we have a a close session

[57:10] involving communications company that

[57:13] we've used for a long time. And uh,

[57:17] that's on the agenda.

[57:19] >> Are y'all electing officers tomorrow,

[57:21] » Are y'all electing officers tomorrow,

[57:21] too?

[57:22] >> I don't know, Chief. I don't think so. I

[57:25] » I don't know, Chief. I don't think so. I

[57:25] think Rico's still going to be the

[57:26] president and Sylvester is going to be

[57:28] the

[57:29] >> or the chair co-chair.

[57:33] » or the chair co-chair.

[57:33] >> So, so I'll have other information and

[57:37] » So, so I'll have other information and

[57:37] they do have a quorum as I was told. So,

[57:40] >> okay.

[57:40] » okay.

[57:40] >> Is that right, Chief? That's what we

[57:42] » Is that right, Chief? That's what we

[57:42] were told. Okay.

[57:43] >> Okay. So, there will be a meeting. Okay.

[57:45] » Okay. So, there will be a meeting. Okay.

[57:46] San Francisco Creek uh JPA

[57:49] um basically I've been in touch with the

[57:53] CEO. I went to their I think their last

[57:55] meeting um just to let them know that

[57:58] that there's a there was the re our

[58:00] reorg and that um that you know we would

[58:05] were interested in having a presentation

[58:07] and so the presentation and going back

[58:10] and forth with the the CEO of the JPA

[58:13] with Mark and me. Um right now the

[58:15] presentation is scheduled for our next

[58:18] at our next board meeting on February

[58:21] 17th. And so I guess we're going to

[58:22] continue working on the what exactly the

[58:26] presentation is going to be. So if you

[58:28] have any ideas on what you would like to

[58:30] add to there's a basic it's going to be

[58:32] their basic presentation.

[58:34] >> Can we have a copy of that before the

[58:35] » Can we have a copy of that before the

[58:35] meeting?

[58:35] >> Yeah, I'm going to try to get it for her

[58:37] » Yeah, I'm going to try to get it for her

[58:37] because I think that they've done

[58:38] they've done it for other jurisdictions.

[58:40] So but I wanted to inform everyone that

[58:43] the 17th just got firmed up like late

[58:46] last week.

[58:47] >> Great.

[58:47] » Great.

[58:47] >> Right. So or Monday, whenever it is we

[58:50] » Right. So or Monday, whenever it is we

[58:50] met, Mark and I met. So um so I will ask

[58:54] for the presentation to be given to us

[58:56] in advance so that we know. But if

[58:59] there's any other issue that you want

[59:02] Margaret or Margaret Bruce to touch on

[59:05] who's the CEO of the JPA, let let me or

[59:08] the chief maybe let the chief know so

[59:10] that can be included in the

[59:12] presentation. But I know that like East

[59:15] Pawato and Menllo Park, they have a seat

[59:18] at the table for the JPA because there

[59:20] are so many they're they're they abut

[59:23] the creek. And so if there's anything

[59:25] that you want to surface, then that

[59:29] would probably be the time to do it and

[59:31] to add on to the to the presentation.

[59:35] just kind of

[59:36] >> please

[59:37] » please

[59:37] >> at the last meeting,

[59:43] » you know, they they are building a levy

[59:46] or want to increase the levy around the

[59:50] I guess the norththeast part of East

[59:53] Palto

[59:55] um to to compensate for the high tide

[59:58] anticipating flooding. Uh but the the

[1:00:02] question that I raised to to this

[1:00:07] Margaret

[1:00:08] >> Margaret.

[1:00:09] » Margaret.

[1:00:09] >> Yeah.

[1:00:09] » Yeah.

[1:00:09] >> Was that will that levy have a some way

[1:00:13] » Was that will that levy have a some way

[1:00:13] of generated press? Will there be any

[1:00:16] kind of mechanism put in place that

[1:00:20] inform the resident who will probably be

[1:00:25] less than 100 yards from that levy that

[1:00:30] is getting ready to press

[1:00:32] >> like a notice thing? notification.

[1:00:37] » They kind of let folks know and she says

[1:00:40] she didn't know

[1:00:42] >> was that the area that breached about

[1:00:45] » was that the area that breached about

[1:00:45] seven or eight years ago they had a

[1:00:47] break in it evacuated most of that

[1:00:50] neighborhood. Was that where

[1:00:52] >> you know that was further down um close

[1:00:55] » you know that was further down um close

[1:00:55] to the golf course.

[1:00:56] >> Okay. uh you know the where the run that

[1:00:59] » Okay. uh you know the where the run that

[1:00:59] far

[1:01:02] at that that point

[1:01:07] of the garden.

[1:01:10] >> Yeah. Okay. So that was a different part

[1:01:12] » Yeah. Okay. So that was a different part

[1:01:12] of the living system there

[1:01:14] >> because I remember when that broke

[1:01:15] » because I remember when that broke

[1:01:15] because we were the search and rescue

[1:01:18] team were up in the mountains storm

[1:01:19] issues and they were going to redispatch

[1:01:22] us for the evacuation but

[1:01:24] >> couldn't even get there. roads were all

[1:01:26] » couldn't even get there. roads were all

[1:01:26] close.

[1:01:27] >> They made improvements and so that that

[1:01:32] little salt mouth that dug into the

[1:01:34] >> le.

[1:01:36] » le.

[1:01:36] That's what I remember.

[1:01:37] >> But the notification back then, if I

[1:01:39] » But the notification back then, if I

[1:01:39] remember right, was sheriff's office

[1:01:43] doing almost doortodoor and radio

[1:01:45] broadcasts from vehicles. There was no

[1:01:47] broadcast notification on that one at

[1:01:50] the time. So, it's an important topic,

[1:01:52] right? It's how do you how do you let

[1:01:55] affected residents quickly know? You

[1:01:57] could you could say the same thing in

[1:01:58] that Hamilton Road area

[1:02:00] >> that just happened just just now um in

[1:02:05] » that just happened just just now um in

[1:02:05] the chief's report because well there

[1:02:07] wasn't it wasn't a catastrophic flooding

[1:02:09] that flooded houses. There is a large

[1:02:12] number of cars is what I understand were

[1:02:14] lost. You know that the people didn't

[1:02:16] get out of the area once once they're

[1:02:18] flooded they're gone. They become flood

[1:02:21] vehicles.

[1:02:22] station,

[1:02:24] >> right? That's what he's talking about.

[1:02:26] » right? That's what he's talking about.

[1:02:26] Yeah, the one that was in the chord

[1:02:28] that was in there was pretty significant

[1:02:30] property damage even though it wasn't a

[1:02:33] it didn't strike me as a risk to life as

[1:02:36] much as it was property damage east that

[1:02:40] levey system

[1:02:42] >> with tides that we just had

[1:02:45] » with tides that we just had

[1:02:45] >> and the nature of the tides that's

[1:02:46] » and the nature of the tides that's

[1:02:46] actually a life safety issue

[1:02:49] >> as far as notification goes. So, do you

[1:02:51] » as far as notification goes. So, do you

[1:02:51] want her to you want to put in a

[1:02:54] request, Mark, maybe that we ask her to

[1:02:57] touch on the issue of notification in

[1:03:00] especially um in east in Well, probably

[1:03:03] for any of the areas on either side of

[1:03:07] the creek.

[1:03:07] >> Yeah, but he was talking about the the

[1:03:09] » Yeah, but he was talking about the the

[1:03:09] levies, but I think

[1:03:10] >> it has to do with it has to do with

[1:03:12] » it has to do with it has to do with

[1:03:12] which areas are likely

[1:03:14] >> along the creek setting.

[1:03:16] » along the creek setting.

[1:03:16] >> The creek the creek contributes to the

[1:03:18] » The creek the creek contributes to the

[1:03:18] levy issue. Yes, that's correct.

[1:03:20] >> If there's the reason we didn't the

[1:03:23] » If there's the reason we didn't the

[1:03:23] whole Bay Area kind of dodged the bullet

[1:03:24] in this last king tide, they were they

[1:03:27] were several inches above any of the

[1:03:30] prior king tides. So like in Salcelo

[1:03:33] where it always floods, it always floods

[1:03:35] except that this time it was three feet

[1:03:36] higher in those same same areas. The

[1:03:39] only thing that saved kind of the whole

[1:03:41] San Francisco Bay area in the recent

[1:03:43] king tides was that the heavy weather,

[1:03:46] the heavy rains and the winds did not

[1:03:49] hit at the time of high tide. The rain

[1:03:52] and winds hit at the time of low tide.

[1:03:54] >> Oh wow.

[1:03:55] » Oh wow.

[1:03:55] >> And so what happens in the interface

[1:03:57] » And so what happens in the interface

[1:03:57] with the creek is if it's a king tide

[1:03:59] and we get a significant weather event,

[1:04:02] that water coming down the creek has

[1:04:03] nowhere to go because the tide is so

[1:04:06] high. And so then it just floods over

[1:04:08] the creek. It floods over the levies.

[1:04:10] It's a it's a snowball effect almost of

[1:04:14] of how the failure works associated with

[1:04:16] the king tides.

[1:04:18] >> And the king tides are getting higher,

[1:04:20] » And the king tides are getting higher,

[1:04:20] not lower.

[1:04:21] >> Rob.

[1:04:22] » Rob.

[1:04:22] >> Yeah. Chief, uh, since that creek is

[1:04:26] » Yeah. Chief, uh, since that creek is

[1:04:26] split between the city of Palo Alto and

[1:04:27] us, of course, Santa Clara County and

[1:04:29] Santo County, Ken Dooker, who's their

[1:04:32] emergency manager,

[1:04:34] I'm sure he has

[1:04:36] information,

[1:04:38] >> a complete plan when that creek goes or

[1:04:41] » a complete plan when that creek goes or

[1:04:41] gets overflowed.

[1:04:44] Does does the creek have some type of a

[1:04:47] a plan for overflowing since they don't

[1:04:50] even have a staff that works for them?

[1:04:53] So, it's not like they heavily depend on

[1:04:56] the city of Palo Alto. I remember when

[1:04:59] the the bridges overflowed, it was the

[1:05:03] city of Palo Alto that had the heavy

[1:05:04] equipment that cleared those bridge

[1:05:07] areas and cleared the creek. So

[1:05:10] >> So

[1:05:11] » So

[1:05:11] that it's good. So let me just add on to

[1:05:14] this. So I've been in touch with the

[1:05:16] chair of the Creek GPA who's the vice

[1:05:19] mayor of Palo Alto Gerstone and I think

[1:05:22] he's going to attend this too. And

[1:05:24] probably I think probably we should

[1:05:27] reach out to um the city council of the

[1:05:32] jurisdictions just to inform them that

[1:05:34] we're going to have this presentation in

[1:05:36] case they want to attend because I know

[1:05:37] that like well especially in East

[1:05:40] Palatoto and Melo Park since they're

[1:05:42] they've got us they're on the Creek JPA.

[1:05:44] They're in the Creek JPA. I know that um

[1:05:47] former mayor Drew Combmes was interested

[1:05:50] in attending this because it's in his

[1:05:53] district, right? And probably my guess

[1:05:55] is that um Cecilia may council member

[1:05:57] Cecilia Taylor would probably want it.

[1:05:59] So if we want to inform the city council

[1:06:01] members um who are members of the Creek

[1:06:04] JPA which in our district would

[1:06:07] basically be the county um in East

[1:06:10] Palatoto and Park if they want to attend

[1:06:13] this meeting they can. I know that there

[1:06:15] is interest but I don't know who's

[1:06:16] interested except those two. Well, I

[1:06:19] what I know is I know that

[1:06:22] Councilman Taylor as well as Jones who

[1:06:27] runs a nonprofit.

[1:06:29] >> Oh, Pamela. Yeah.

[1:06:31] » Oh, Pamela. Yeah.

[1:06:31] >> In

[1:06:34] they're highly interested. Yes.

[1:06:38] >> What to do and in that particular area.

[1:06:41] » What to do and in that particular area.

[1:06:41] So,

[1:06:43] you can get contact.

[1:06:46] I was going to reach out to them, but if

[1:06:48] you want to reach out to the East Powato

[1:06:50] members, council members too, just to

[1:06:52] let them know because they may want to

[1:06:54] come and hear what they probably already

[1:06:56] they've heard a presentation,

[1:06:58] >> but just in case I just wanted everyone

[1:07:01] » but just in case I just wanted everyone

[1:07:01] to be invited,

[1:07:03] but is so basically the only thing that

[1:07:06] we might want to ask Margaret about is

[1:07:07] the notification, the ability to notify

[1:07:10] people who might be affected.

[1:07:13] Any other suggestions or comments?

[1:07:18] >> If there are any, then let us know. The

[1:07:20] » If there are any, then let us know. The

[1:07:20] agenda has to go out.

[1:07:23] >> Okay. So, reports from directors, item

[1:07:26] » Okay. So, reports from directors, item

[1:07:26] 11.

[1:07:28] Robert,

[1:07:31] >> Chuck,

[1:07:33] » Chuck,

[1:07:33] >> excuse me. I was just going to say that

[1:07:35] » excuse me. I was just going to say that

[1:07:35] uh the fireworks in on around New Year's

[1:07:39] Eve were again

[1:07:43] I mean, it sounded like a war zone going

[1:07:45] on down in East Palo Alto and uh somehow

[1:07:50] we I think it would be good if we

[1:07:52] tackled that. It's kind of thing where I

[1:07:55] don't know if there were any serious

[1:07:56] issues like hands blown off or blindness

[1:07:58] or something, but but uh just the

[1:08:02] incredible amount of explosions for

[1:08:05] sometimes two or three hours at a time

[1:08:07] and uh

[1:08:08] >> throughout the night or around midnight.

[1:08:09] » throughout the night or around midnight.

[1:08:09] No, it was it was better than it had

[1:08:12] been. So, it they they tended to stop

[1:08:14] around around midnight was the last of

[1:08:17] it and it didn't start much before

[1:08:20] sunset or dark, you know, around 8:00 or

[1:08:23] something like that. It wasn't at 4 in

[1:08:25] the afternoon and so it was all night

[1:08:27] long. So, it seems to be getting a

[1:08:29] little bit better. But um

[1:08:33] yeah, I just think more needs need needs

[1:08:35] to be done and I the east call police

[1:08:38] aren't just aren't arresting people and

[1:08:41] they should be. This is ends up being

[1:08:44] big business.

[1:08:47] >> Each each of these shells I I was

[1:08:49] » Each each of these shells I I was

[1:08:49] reading I was looking up the prices on

[1:08:51] these shells that people are exploding

[1:08:53] about 50 bucks a piece. I just don't

[1:08:55] understand where people get the money to

[1:08:58] blow up 20 of these things in a night or

[1:09:01] something.

[1:09:02] >> That's a lot. Rob,

[1:09:04] » That's a lot. Rob,

[1:09:04] >> I don't have anything. Thanks.

[1:09:06] » I don't have anything. Thanks.

[1:09:06] >> Um Gary,

[1:09:07] » Um Gary,

[1:09:07] >> I have nothing.

[1:09:08] » I have nothing.

[1:09:08] >> Okay. I just have quick thing. Um

[1:09:11] » Okay. I just have quick thing. Um

[1:09:11] holiday lunch and service years of

[1:09:13] service recognition is great. Thank you,

[1:09:15] Michelle. Four seasons is great as

[1:09:17] usual. And I was I'm going to follow up

[1:09:20] with or kind of

[1:09:23] add on to what the chief said about the

[1:09:25] crab chapino feed on um what is it

[1:09:30] February 28th from 5 to 9 that benefits

[1:09:33] California task force 3's K9 unit at

[1:09:37] it's going to be at the USAR warehouse.

[1:09:39] So spread the word

[1:09:43] and I think that is it for tonight. So

[1:09:47] unless there's any other

[1:09:50] any other public comment, Michelle, then

[1:09:52] we'll adjourn the meeting at 8:37.

[1:09:54] >> Thank you.

[1:09:55] » Thank you.

[1:09:55] >> Thank you.

January 20, 2026 Board Meeting

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