Okay,
I'd like to call the board meeting of
January 20th, 2026 of the Menllo Park
Fire Protection District Board of
Directors meeting to order at 7:03. Roll
call, please. Michelle,
>> Dr. Bernstein,
» Dr. Bernstein,
>> present.
» present.
>> Dr. Bloom,
» Dr. Bloom,
>> here.
» here.
>> Director Jones,
» Director Jones,
>> here.
» here.
>> Director Crow,
» Director Crow,
>> present.
» present.
>> Dr. Salana,
» Dr. Salana,
>> here.
» here.
>> Great. We have a performant. Let's stand
» Great. We have a performant. Let's stand
for the pledge of allegiance.
I aliance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the republic
for it stands one nation under God
indivisible with liberty and justice for
all.
>> Okay. For our next item which is item
» Okay. For our next item which is item
one is public comments. Uh, so I'd like
to open up public comment for items that
are not on the agenda. Do you have any?
No one on Zoom. Okay, then I'll close
public comment and then we'll go to I'm
sorry, item one, which is the report of
the fire chief. Mark, director, members
of the board
and our staff. Happy to share with you
my January fire chief's report. Um,
happy new year to everyone. First of
all, just quick facilities update. Not a
lot has changed on the fire station one
update report. As you can see, the
biggest items are the board approved in
December moving forward on uh work
directive three with Kate architects for
the construction documents. The majority
of the highlighted parts there are as is
the case with every month the changing
balance in our CIP fund. And then one
other additional item is just the
resubmitt
of comments um that were incorporated
from our our neighborhood meeting and
resmitted and this month. Um went on to
recruitments and promotions. We actually
had one fire captain promotion that
occurred on I think it was January 4th
when we gave Dave Magnon his uh badge
and and had that is a result of us
permanently filling the second uh
training captain position. So
um that training the new training
captain is Randy Kelly who's in there
and so Dave had opened up a new position
and so is now a probationary fire cap.
Congratulations to Dave. Uh update on
the community engagement unit. Uh a lot
of this stuff has to do with what was
happening in the holiday season. Uh but
in addition to that, we had uh a
preschool visit at station six and a
group visit for station six community
events. Uh Engine 2 attended Four
Seasons, the employee family holiday
party that director Broly and I happened
to see Engine 2's crew all engaged over
at the Four Seasons. We were out
delivering near cinnamon bread and it
was it was a pretty cool event. Uh Santa
was there and this was for all the
employees and our engines uh crews were
all there taking pictures with the kids.
Pretty cool thing. The toy drive a huge
success. Again, this was part of it is
the labor group and then just employees
pitching in and they delivered toys to
over 750 kids in partnership with St.
Anony's Church. Um
number of folks were down there
volunteering, myself included. Really
impressive. Uh just what they had there.
You know, the kids basically get to go
shopping and oftentimes they're escorted
by a firefighter as they go through on
their little shopping spree picking out
their toys. So that was pretty cool. Uh
CPR classes for clergy and staff at St.
Gman's Church in Mano Park. CPR class uh
for employees at the Four Seasons.
They just this past weekend we had K9
training out at the rescue sites. So
there was participation
from our um our group there. I know
Francine was out there also uh both
hiding from and petting the dogs, the
lifeline dogs. Um, so and then in
addition, and this part of this ties
into some stuff I'll talk about in my
report, but a couple items that they
wanted to mention was uh they had a a
there was a fire incident. Part of this
is I think they went out there to help
and kind of a message also from fire
prevention. There's a a fire a
residential fire on West Selby that was
contained in Barrage because of fire
sprinklers that had been installed in
garage. There was a fire incident in
Bell Haven and that was the one on my
report that was the 1300 block of Hill
Avenue. Um, this was occurred in a home
without smoke alarms that likely would
have resulted in fatalities if not for
passerbys, good Samaritans, that alerted
the residents and occupants, which was
great. I think that's one where we still
had two pets that did not survive the
family did. Uh and then also we
participated in a multi- agency exercise
related to the San Frisk San Francisc
JPA. Chief McDonald, Chief Schlice, and
Heather all participated in the exercise
along with representatives from Palawato
Park Valley Water and some other
agencies. Um, moving on in our
uh fire analysis uh report, uh, nothing
unusual in there. At some point in time,
we will meet with board and talk a
little bit about response time goals. I
will point out that something new that
has not shown up or changed anything in
there. Um, we went back to for a while
we were no longer using the automatic
vehicle locators and the closest uh
resource responses because there was
some unintended consequences with some
other jurisdictions. We turned that back
on on January 12th. So, we're back to
using that rather than a static
dispatching. And so we're just
monitoring our response times to make
sure there's no um negative effects for
that. Yeah. Our hope is that they'll
just be positive.
Uh new development update. The only item
that I'll talk about briefly is the
continuing conversations going on with
the downtown parking. Uh, I think
everybody saw U. Director Solano had
reached out and asked a couple questions
just about when we're going to see some
of the stuff and Chief Slice put out a
really greatformational
uh, email that kind of just lined out
how all of our processes work. So
hopefully everybody got that. If you
didn't, I have a copy of it here. I'm
happy to share it with you. U, but
that's kind of the normal process with
anything that we're involved in. So you
can see it'll be quite a while before we
actually put eyes on that. Um that said,
uh things do happen. I think I had
mentioned at the last meeting that we
were who did we have the Zoom meeting
with the ones that have the USGS site?
>> Oh, the ones
» Oh, the ones
spring line
>> spring line.
» spring line.
>> Yeah, that group. you know, sometimes
» Yeah, that group. you know, sometimes
they just they'll have conversations
with us in advance and give us kind of a
glimpse of what we're uh um what we're
going to be looking at or their
proposals, but we had one of those in
December, I think just after our board
meeting. Um and again, that's
justformational. Gives us an ability to
ask general questions. Dave talked a
little bit just about water supply and
access and I think aerial access too and
things like that. again, normal uh
normal part of the process.
Uh the next two items I'm gonna kind of
switch around because they they both
have something to do with each other. We
had a county chief's planning meeting.
This is um a two-day meeting we do
annually with all the county chiefs. We
had it offsite in Monterey. Um
we we talk about a variety of things.
One of them is has to do setting some
goals for the next year. Another is
assignments. And um I don't know whether
everyone's aware or not, but Chief Ron
Myers with North County Fire Authority
retired in December. Ron had been a fire
chief locally here for over 20 years.
Ron also held um a couple different
positions. The primary one was this is
the fire chief leazison with the ALSJPA
and that was a position that I had
indicated some interest in. So I will be
the new lay leazison with the ALS JPA.
It's probably one of the more
um influential positions in that it
deals with our dispatch agreement,
ambulance transport and radio
infrastructure, all of those. So
um the hope is and and we have a JPA
meeting I think it's tomorrow night,
right? Director Sio.
» Yes.
>> Yeah. The the hope is eventually we'll
» Yeah. The the hope is eventually we'll
have at least a part-time permanent
director there and that will be me being
the kind of the connection with the fire
chiefs. Um but that is is good in that
respect. We do have as I mentioned a JPA
management committee tomorrow. Um
important one in that um we have our
contractor Lincoln Unrew with Raven
Tech. we uh we're no longer using him.
We I think the the directors at the time
had a little loss of faith and trust in
him. So we still are using uh TEA and
uh Stephford to do our infrastructure
improvements, but we're not using uh
Lincoln as a contractor anymore. We'll
be sharing information with board on
that tomorrow night and we can share
more after that.
Um,
another nice thing I was invited here at
the emergency management uh retreat
panel. This is something that
Shrudy, our DEM director did with her
team. They did an offsite in Redwood
City at the Chan Zuckerberg uh
initiative building there and they had
um it was a morning session doing some
story and not like Dr. Seuss
storytelling but for people that had
been in in situations um you know kind
of in the heat of the fire kind of thing
that they could share. It was myself. It
was the
new under sheriff, new returning under
sheriff with the Santo County Sheriff's
Office, Chris
>> Chris.
» Chris.
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
>> And then a gentleman who is also the
» And then a gentleman who is also the
emergency manager with um
San Francisco State University. But
really nice opportunity to share some
stories. I I shared uh a couple stories
just about
uh how we interacted with and made some
decisions with Ventura County OES back
during the Thomas fire just you know the
success stories and and then also some
of the things that were you know I think
in the public side failures but in our
eyes really great successes.
Um, you know, we did not have a single
significant fatality from lack of
evacuations and just a lot of that had
to do with the relationships that were
built in advance of that fire with
county sheriff and the OES office. So,
that's a nice opportunity to share those
stories. Uh, Zoom with the fire chief in
addition to my coffees with the fire
chief that we try to do on every
Wednesday. Still trying to do a
quarterly zoom with the fire chief. We
had one this morning uh for about 40
minutes of me sharing some information
and then anything's on the table Q&A
with folks out there. So good engaging
time we record it so that uh ships that
aren't on can go back and actually watch
it. Part of it's rumor control and just
to hear it from the port so to speak. I
mentioned the toy drive. We had the
holiday lunch. Great success. Thank you
for everyone attending. Just a reminder
that we have our badge pinning here at
station one this Thursday at one o'clock
in the engine bay. And then also just
outstanding staff reports. Uh still have
the electrification of fire service
vehicles talking about calming devices
and our fire code.
uh the e- prep policy grant conversation
and a new one that was approved and
added last month under Bernstein about
discussing district goals response.
Uh the uh other events on here that we
didn't talk about, we talked about the
Hill fire. We also had a a flooding
event on Christian and Bell Haven. That
was one we weren't even called to. We
actually came upon it um initially and
then we had a structure fire in a 1000
block of Guard Street.
There's my report.
>> Any questions or comments for the chief
» Any questions or comments for the chief
Chuck?
>> I just had a comment about the
» I just had a comment about the
outstanding staff reports. uh three of
them say discuss
and I know sometimes boarding will want
to talk about it as a board they've got
information and so forth. I'm not sure
there has to be a staff report for
something that says discuss.
I guess it certainly could be because it
would help inform the the discussion but
in some cases it's kind of a free formed
thing. And I'm just saying that because
we're getting a backlog of these things
and it occurs to me that if we didn't
have if we didn't have to have staff
reports, maybe we could get through them
more quickly.
So I think that's um probably with at
least uh two of them that that might
actually work on
uh
I you know what let me let me chat about
that offline with director and see if
there's some lowhanging fruit there
where we can actually without a lot of
staff uh work come to the board
traffic coming devices almost everybody
knows what they are there's nothing
technical about them or anything like
that.
>> And it it might be good to kind of have
» And it it might be good to kind of have
a discussion to see where people want to
go and then do a staff report based on
possible alternatives.
>> That might be more to I think yeah my my
» That might be more to I think yeah my my
from my stance I tend to try and
overinform and so maybe that's not
necessary right in providing this
advanced work on that but that could be
a good possibility.
Thanks, Chuck.
Anyone else?
» Okay. Any public comment? Oh,
>> I forgot one more thing because I just
» I forgot one more thing because I just
stopped here. Don't forget everyone.
February 28th, the craft pen be at the
>> the warehouse.
» the warehouse.
>> What? What date?
» What? What date?
>> Uh February February 28th. I think it's
» Uh February February 28th. I think it's
at 5:30.
>> 5 to 9.
» 5 to 9.
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
>> At the warehouse.
» At the warehouse.
>> So, it's a fundraiser for the canines.
» So, it's a fundraiser for the canines.
It's going so all the funds are going
through the foundation that was formed
out there. It's 501c3
and uh come join us out there. Tickets
are I know we've got I'll I'll send
around a flyer to everyone. So if you're
interested or have friends that are
interested have a link.
>> Yes sir.
» Yes sir.
>> I want to ask also about the flooding
» I want to ask also about the flooding
that went on made the newspapers and
headlines and even on the television
news and so forth. Was it was there a
serious problem or was did people just
not rake up the leaves out of the drain
or something?
>> I think it was the city that didn't do
» I think it was the city that didn't do
it right.
>> Well, I don't know. That's what I'm I'm
» Well, I don't know. That's what I'm I'm
trying to figure out if we've got a
serious problem out there that's
permanent or is this something that uh
just somebody didn't get out there to
break up leaves.
>> Um
» Um
right here, I'm just looking at the
reports. says westbay sanitary work
through debris from underground system
on Willow Road. So
um yeah, my guess is it's probably a
combination of both. Sometimes with big
big one first storms of the season, you
end up with unexpected debris that comes
down through the gutters and caus
oftentimes that's what happens, right?
That storm drains get covered up with
some leaves and that may be an issue.
Yeah,
>> it just seems like there's an easy fix
» it just seems like there's an easy fix
could look something like that compared
to when something overflows to banks.
>> Yeah. Well, we have uh even talked about
» Yeah. Well, we have uh even talked about
it informally as part of our volunteer
program for people to adopt a storm
drain, you know, and so when we have
rains, they can be out there uh with a
rake or a shovel and their boots and
keep the drains flowing. event for that
might be an opportunity for us in the
future on those rainy events. I know I I
go around um in a variety of different
places and you see people out there who
have volunteered to be their block
coordinator for their storm drain and
they make Yeah. They rotate through and
keep it flowing. That might be
>> Yeah.
What is Chuck done? Are you done Chuck?
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
>> Yeah. I have a question. Chief, uh,
» Yeah. I have a question. Chief, uh,
is it SOP or standard operating
procedure for our fire trucks to go out
and remove trees?
>> Remove trees
» Remove trees
>> from the street.
» from the street.
Uh not shoot I don't know if we have a
policy for it or against it but
generally know it's it should be a cal
mans or public work things like that but
if there if there's an immediate life
hazard or something like that they can
take the tree down but not buck it up
and clear the roads. Yeah, that's that
uh last Saturday there was a tree down
across Bay Road and uh Engine Five
showed up and removed the tree and it
was reported to the city of Medlo Park
because my wife did it and the fire
department showed up to do it.
>> Good.
» Good.
>> So,
» So,
you know, does that fall within our
responsibility or not? No, not
necessarily, but there's often times
where they go above.
>> They were just nice people, those
» They were just nice people, those
firefighters to remove the tree the way
they did.
>> Hopefully, it wasn't a heritage tree.
» Hopefully, it wasn't a heritage tree.
>> Is that the exception
» Is that the exception
on on major roadways? Dispatch will
dispatch engines throughout the county
as a general policy. Um, and the county
engines will try to generally try to
remove it if they can. Typically size
limited.
>> But that wasn't my question, Gary. My
» But that wasn't my question, Gary. My
question was, is there an SOP or some
agreement between the city and us
dealing with removal of trees like that?
>> I think the firefighters are just
» I think the firefighters are just
generally fixing folks that want to get
things done and they have tool and the
ability to do it. We don't have
>> Well, I think we should have something
» Well, I think we should have something
like that.
>> That might be a request of directors
» That might be a request of directors
coming up here at the end of our
meeting. Thank you, Chief. Any other
comments, Robert? Anything?
>> Okay. Thanks, Chief. And we'll move on
» Okay. Thanks, Chief. And we'll move on
to um item two, which is the consent
calendar. So, before we
have a motion on that, it was brought to
my attention by Robert and by Michelle,
that the minutes um for items seven and
eight don't reflect the the the votes
are not in there. Um, so
I just wanted to I mean I'll make the
motion to approve the consent calendar
with the addition of the vote count for
items seven and eight which are the same
of five eyes and zero no.
>> What page are you on?
» What page are you on?
>> U page 23 in the pack of the packets. So
» U page 23 in the pack of the packets. So
it's page 205 in the minutes.
>> Second.
» Second.
>> Okay. So, the I just made a motion to
» Okay. So, the I just made a motion to
approve the consent calendar with the
>> I'll second.
» I'll second.
>> Gary just second.
» Gary just second.
>> Oh, you did. Good.
» Oh, you did. Good.
>> Yeah. Um with the addition of the vote
» Yeah. Um with the addition of the vote
counts for items seven and eight, which
are the same of five eyes and zero
nodes.
» Okay, there's been a motion and a
second. Any discussion?
Okay, roll call, please. Michelle,
hi. Dr. Jones.
>> Hi,
» Hi,
>> Dr. Sana.
» Dr. Sana.
>> I
» I
>> That motion carries.
» That motion carries.
And then now we'll go to the regular
agenda,
which is the site visit for the board of
directors. And if you're attending by
Zoom, we'll uh return to the meeting
after this very short and fun site
visit.
>> Thank you. Okay. Are you leaving?
» Thank you. Okay. Are you leaving?
>> Gage is going to leave.
» Gage is going to leave.
This is a first for us. A little field
trip.
» Well, that's what I was calling you
about before I got this L.
I think
>> actually late last week.
» We um we don't let people have cell
phones ringing at school.
>> I called you at your school.
» I called you at your school.
>> Oh, on my office phone. Oh, you I'm
» Oh, on my office phone. Oh, you I'm
sorry. That's another problem. Alto
together. I have about 40 messages and I
can't get through them without getting
interrupted. So I'm way behind my
thought.
» Okay, so Gage, thank you. Thank you for
that site visit of the storage emergency
storage supply container. It was
outstanding and thanks for all the hard
work that you're doing and
>> thanks for asking for our input, too.
» thanks for asking for our input, too.
>> We're looking for
» We're looking for
>> Yep. Chuck, I
» Yep. Chuck, I
>> I was just curious about I think it's
» I was just curious about I think it's
really important to get this stuff done
and out. I'm not rushing so much. It's
trying to understand are you going to do
these one at a time or are you going to
get like eight of them there and do
eight at a time and get the whole thing
done at one time? So my initial the
initial goal according to the the chief
was to get three with the budget I had.
So my original goal was to get three
done with the budget I had. This one
took the longest. It was actually done
last month. It just couldn't fit on the
agenda for last month. Um it took me
about four months total to build. Um a
lot of that was this was the first one.
I had everything up here. I really
didn't know what I needed. So sometimes
waiting for parts, it just took a lot
longer to build the first one. Now that
I have the recipe done, the next ones
are going to be a lot quicker to build.
>> So depending on obviously supply chain
» So depending on obviously supply chain
and everything else, try to get
batteries. And
>> are you expecting to build them yourself
» are you expecting to build them yourself
or can we can you hire contractors or
I'm talking about people to to build
them?
>> We're going to have some of the stuff
» We're going to have some of the stuff
built out by other people now that I
know where like electrical outlets go.
Uh the company who built the box itself,
the blank box was company called ConX
West in Oakland. Um now that I know
where some of the electrical is going to
go, I'm gonna have them build it already
in the walls. So when we get it, I'll
have the outlets and all the electrical
will already be run on the the box side.
They're going to build that wall that
separates two sides. I didn't know
exactly what dimension that wall was
going to go. So the first one definitely
took a lot longer. The next ones will be
a lot quicker. It's I mean you need
professional equipment to get through
the steel walls of that thing I assume.
Right.
>> I mean yeah you need a lot to get
» I mean yeah you need a lot to get
through there.
>> Any other comments
» Any other comments
>> questions?
» questions?
>> Okay then we'll move on to item six
» Okay then we'll move on to item six
which is the first reading of an
ordinance adopting by reference the 2024
international fire code with 2025
California amendments and local
requirements for the city of Menllo
Park.
soon engage.
» I I feel more official.
Um so you might be asking why I'm
bringing this back to the board again.
This was already adopted um by the
board. First reading, second reading,
public comment, everything. Um so
recently the city of Milo Park appointed
a new building official. and with the
new building an official um this was
after we already adopted the first time
we did it back in September for the
first reading. Um he reviewed it and he
had a comment. Uh he wanted to know why
the city of Menlo Parks ordinance is
different than all of our other
jurisdictions ordinance. So to refresh
everybody, the only difference in the
ordinance other than the sprinkler
>> with percentages 75% rather than 50
» with percentages 75% rather than 50
>> was the city of Melo Park does not adopt
» was the city of Melo Park does not adopt
um our SMG standards and guideline
manual,
>> right?
» right?
>> They never wanted it according to the
» They never wanted it according to the
old building official. They didn't want
it in the ordinance. They said that they
would still follow it, but the new
building official was like, "We should
put it in there." In his research, they
used to adopt the SMG, but for whatever
reason in 2023, he took it out. Before
my time, I don't know why. So, his
request was to add back the SMG to make
it standard across all of our
jurisdictions.
So, I'm here to present to you the new
ordinance
um with the only addition
which is uh one
I don't know what page it is in your
agenda but it's
on section 101
» it's section 101
>> after section five section six section
» after section five section six section
101
>> um page 103
» um page 103
>> Thank the scope and general
» Thank the scope and general
requirements.
>> Yes. So all that was exactly the same
» Yes. So all that was exactly the same
but under 101.6 which is standards and
guideline manual that was just cut and
pasted from all the other ordinances
into the city of Mal parks. Well the
only amendment that I made to this
ordinance was that addition
here in front of you um to recommend the
board of directors accept the report as
presented and present the ordinance to
the public for the first reading.
Basically, just to reiterate in the it's
going to basically put everyone of our
jurisdictions on the same page
>> as far as SNG.
» as far as SNG.
>> Yes.
» Yes.
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
>> The sprinkler ordinance is still a
» The sprinkler ordinance is still a
little different.
>> Everyone else is 50,
» Everyone else is 50,
>> but as far as SNG goes, it'll be
» but as far as SNG goes, it'll be
scattered across the board.
>> Okay. Is there a motion?
» Okay. Is there a motion?
>> So moved.
» So moved.
>> There a second.
» There a second.
>> Second.
» Second.
>> Discussion. Yeah. I just
I'm not personally against this. I think
they all should be standard. So that's
that's kind of my framework. But I was
around at the meeting and it was a long
time ago, maybe 20 years ago when these
these things started diverging. And the
reason was that there were some very
influential developers in Nimma Park who
caught the ear of some council members
and they said no that's why the there's
a variance in terms of the sprinkler
requirements. Uh
I just wonder if
we can make this change now but the city
council still has to pass it. I I'm a
little concerned that the building
official wants to do it, but I I hope
he's talked to people or somehow talked
to council members or that there's been
some sort offormational
campaign because to go through all this
work and put it out there. Um I don't
know if they're still around. I mean, I
I know who some of them are and and so
forth. U but um
and some of them are still around. Some
of them are still developers, still
living in Memo Park. I don't know how
closely they're going to read this, but
I I was I was hesitant as to to modify
it back to this. Um, but when the
building official recommended it, I
recommended he reached out to the city
manager, assistant city manager, and
everybody there, and they feel that with
the current council, there won't be any
objections to it.
>> Will it be ex explained? I mean, will
» Will it be ex explained? I mean, will
somebody inform the council like you've
just done with us?
>> I will be there for the meeting for the
» I will be there for the meeting for the
ratification. So, if they have
questions, I'm there to actually answer
the questions.
>> That's all that's all like my authority
» That's all that's all like my authority
as far as my
>> That's all we can do. Yeah. But it
» That's all we can do. Yeah. But it
sounds like they're willing to at least
go with the recommendation from the
city.
>> I remember the objections to the
» I remember the objections to the
sprinklers and why that I basically was
a objection, but um I don't know. I
don't know what the objections were to
the manual
certif.
» Okay, there's a motion and a second. Any
other discussion?
And I just want to add that the motion
should also include to direct staff to
set a public hearing date.
>> Yes. To accept the report and set the
» Yes. To accept the report and set the
public hearing date.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you.
>> And director Soleno, you're addition.
» And director Soleno, you're addition.
>> Yes. Thank you.
» Yes. Thank you.
>> We have to have a another public hearing
» We have to have a another public hearing
on this.
>> This is the first reading.
» This is the first reading.
>> The first reading days and then
» The first reading days and then
ratificing.
>> So next month it'll be and this is in
» So next month it'll be and this is in
the in between you're going to be
speaking at the council.
>> Yeah. So, I'm drafting day one of the
» Yeah. So, I'm drafting day one of the
more detailed
what's exactly happening and what's
changing.
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
Okay. Um, any other questions or
comments? Okay. Roll call, please.
Michelle.
>> Director Bernstein.
» Director Bernstein.
>> Hi.
» Hi.
>> Director Bloom.
» Director Bloom.
>> Hi.
» Hi.
>> Director Jones.
» Director Jones.
>> Hi.
» Hi.
>> Director Sana.
» Director Sana.
>> Hi.
» Hi.
>> I'm sorry.
» I'm sorry.
>> Hi.
» Hi.
>> Thank you. Director Crowley.
» Thank you. Director Crowley.
>> Hi.
» Hi.
>> Thanks, Gage. So at the meeting you and
» Thanks, Gage. So at the meeting you and
Mark will be there or just I mean I'll
be whoever is the liazison should be
there.
>> I'm deal with the global official and
» I'm deal with the global official and
the city manager and assistant where
they want to include the
>> Okay, sounds good. Item seven, which is
» Okay, sounds good. Item seven, which is
to accept the 2026 district board and
committee meeting calendar.
Um I I'm assuming that everyone had a
chance to pretty standard. There hasn't.
I'll make a motion accept.
>> Okay. So, Rob's made a motion to accept
» Okay. So, Rob's made a motion to accept
the meeting calendar for um the board
and the committee meetings. Is there a
second?
>> I'll second.
» I'll second.
>> Any discussion?
» Any discussion?
Thanks for putting this together,
Michelle. Roll call, please.
>> Destiny,
» Destiny,
>> I.
» I.
>> Dr. Jones,
» Dr. Jones,
>> I.
» I.
>> Dr. Son,
» Dr. Son,
>> hi.
» hi.
>> Dr. Cwley,
» Dr. Cwley,
>> I. So that motion carries and we'll go
» I. So that motion carries and we'll go
to item eight which is to accept the
2026 standing committee and liaison
appointments. And so I just want to um
thank Michelle for putting this together
this report. Um basically I I got a hold
of everyone. I was trying to get a hold
of people more than once. Um and this is
kind of what I came up with. And I'm not
I don't think everyone's going to be
happy, but um I was just trying to
balance everything and be respectful of
people's time and um trying to keep the
liaison together with the people the
board members who live in those cities.
um that maybe in the case of Memo Park
just because there's that
divisive issue and um I kept myself on
there since like it'd be like a
continuation of you what I've already
been working with and the council
members I've been working with. But I am
open to suggestions.
Um
any
>> what's the deficit issue in Memo Park?
» what's the deficit issue in Memo Park?
>> The parking lot.
» The parking lot.
>> Oh, I see.
» Oh, I see.
>> Which and it's a huge issue.
» Which and it's a huge issue.
>> I know. I just didn't know what you
» I know. I just didn't know what you
were.
>> Sorry. Yeah, the parking the the
» Sorry. Yeah, the parking the the
parking lots in back of the downtown
buildings along Boat Grove.
Is there Yeah, Chuck.
>> Yeah. I'll also say I I'm not happy with
» Yeah. I'll also say I I'm not happy with
this. I I I gave you a you pass it out
board members. Um
>> what was the
» what was the
>> I I had written my comments about the
» I I had written my comments about the
the appointments and
>> Oh, I didn't did you send that to the
» Oh, I didn't did you send that to the
board?
>> You are getting it now for the first
» You are getting it now for the first
time. Thank you.
>> It's a surprise document.
» It's a surprise document.
It's not what
I only got the the packet on Thursday or
Friday and so
>> I tried calling each other.
» I tried calling each other.
>> Anyway, I I how should I say I
» Anyway, I I how should I say I
disappointed
in the distribution of the assignments.
I mean in theory the work is supposed to
be evenly roughly evenly distributed.
shared work but I don't think it is
evenly distributed and or even close to
it and um
I've sort of summarized in the middle of
the page here you can see that um in
terms of the number of assignments and
so forth it's very very unbalanced and
this is what's happened two for the last
two years we've had this and I thought
we were moving in a new direction I even
mentioned in the minutes or I mentioned
in the meeting that and it appeared in
the minutes that uh I I was uh
encouraged by what happened last month
where we brought back at least one of
the board members into the fold of what
was going on. And um anyway, I I do
appreciate um
board president had appointed first of
all I appreciate that she called me and
asked I hadn't been asked what
committees I was interested in for
several years.
Uh I appreciated also that I got an
appointment to the finance committee
which was one of my preferences.
Um, but I basically had only one other
appointment which was to the county. And
I feel I feel slighted and I'm not here
to write the wrongs or anything like
that. It's just basically I want to say
that I I don't I don't want to
participate in any of this. I feel like
it's it's either some sort of
vindictiveness or it's a matter of of
kind of a censorship of comments that
I've made in the past or something. I
don't I don't know what it is. I don't
like it and I don't want to participate
in it. So, as I've done for the past two
years, I'm going to do it once again. I
I'm not going to have anything to do
with the committees or the liaison or
any of that.
So, that's that's my position on this.
» So, basically that you would be Yes,
Robert. Um, Chuck, I I I'm sorry to feel
the way you're feeling, but I
in the sake of trying to hopefully to
not appease you, but to kind of I would
be willing to give up my seat on the
really is that will will encourage you
to participate at a board member
and if there's a a numerical number that
you're looking for versus the committee
itself.
So
that you
take my spot on
» Sure. That's very gracious and I thank
you for I I really didn't come here to
do horse training or try to tweak things
or whatever. What I was really looking
for is
dedication to be colleial to share the
work and to be respectful of people's
differing opinions and so forth. And I I
feel that that that's not apparent in
what in the assignments that were made.
Um so respectfully decline, but again I
I'm grateful for for what you're do what
you're doing and the facilities
committee is a very you know good
committee and so forth. Um, but I I I
feel like I would like to see the the
board and particularly the
administration or three members of the
board, let's say it correctly, I'd like
to see more of a commitment to
to moving forward. I think the election
of Rob as a vice president was a major
step forward. It was something where
two years ago, we kind of violated the
normal succession. And I think it's a
slap in the face to someone. And I I
feel like that's where I was very
hopeful at the last meeting that that
had been overcome, Robert. You made that
you made the nomination. And I
appreciate what you did to me making
that nomination and so forth. But I'm
still looking for a commitment. I feel
like uh this goes back to
comments that I made in the past about
performance. I mean, I care deeply about
how we're doing and I'm not a person who
minces words. If some I don't like
something, I'll say it. And I don't care
whether it's for public consumption or
not for public consumption. We're here.
We don't have a choice. Public
consumption is how how we communicate.
And uh so that's that's it. Any case, I
I I do appreciate the gesture and I I'm
I I appreciate what you did at the last
meeting also, but I I I think we can we
can go further on it. So
>> after Can I say something? After two
» after Can I say something? After two
years of not participating in
committees, I don't know why you would
expect it to be any different. You
haven't participated in any of these
committees. So they she put you on to
the finance committee. There's a certain
amount of coming up to speed with what
the committees are doing and the details
of them. You've chosen not for two
consecutive years. This will be the
third to not participate. Um you know
you talk about dividing the work equally
and everything. You're dumping the work
of the committees back on four members
yet again for the third year in a row.
So you can look at it through your lens
and you can look at it through the lens
that you're being unfair to the other
four directors of this board.
>> May I respond?
» May I respond?
>> Yes.
» Yes.
>> Um
» Um
first of all I I think I I participate
fully. I I
there are few if anyone who does more
preparation for the meetings than I do.
Um and I think I think those of you who
are on the board know that that's true.
I read all the I read all the agendas
for all the committees before the
meeting. So to the extent I know what's
going on in the committees, I read it
and I respond publicly in the meeting
here and I feel like I can participate
kind of informally or de facto on the
finance committee by simply being up to
speed about what's going on, asking
questions here and going forward. I I
feel like I am doing my homework and I I
think I've done my homework when other
members of the board have not read
things that are in their packet which
it's obvious just by the questions that
are raised. So I I'm I'm not going to
apologize for not doing my work. I've
done it and I think the board has
benefited from me doing that work.
I just want to say that there's the the
things that you said in your letter,
Chuck, in terms of retaliation or
censorship was definitely not in my
mindset when I made the committee
appointments. Um, I actually forgot that
the CSDA thing was with Sam with was
with Lacka. So, I actually called Rob to
ask him if he wanted to break that apart
because he had been on the CSDA board
and, you know, I think he's kind of
holding back on that right now. So the
I'm on three liaison just because I
forgot about the CSDA and Sanonte Laco
possibly being separated. Um Rob asked
for the the medical the EMS JPA and I'm
going to stay on San Francisco Creek. Um
I mean they don't really you know meet
that much you know once a month maybe if
there's anything to do. Um, so you know,
it's not like I'm trying to
make this in a make this these
assignments in a weighted way. If you're
if you're asking about um maybe even
Menllo Park, for example, I mean, I I
think right now they want someone who is
a little more neutral on some of their
big issues, including the parking lot
and development. And that is no slight
on the two of y'all um at all. So, I
just want to make that very clear. I'm
just trying to balance what they want
because they know that y'all are
actively engaged and that's okay. They
appreciate that. But I just think that
um and you might have a differing
opinion, right, as Robson said and I,
you know, I and I think that's fine, but
they want someone who's and I live in
the county, so I don't have a vote on
this one way or the other. So, my and
I'm not doing any advocacy work for
this, so I was just trying to balance
everything. So, I just want to make it
clear that this has nothing. There's no
retaliation or censorship involved. And
that was I'm sorry that you believe that
to be the case. I think that's your
opinion and I respect your opinion. But
the fact that for me is that it was not
that was never in my consciousness.
>> Yes, Robert.
» Yes, Robert.
>> I think the math was wrong.
» I think the math was wrong.
>> I can't hear you, Robert.
because when I see that there's only two
total when I look down at the uh
document it seemed like you got three um
positions you
>> for me or for who?
» for me or for who?
>> Oh, okay.
» Oh, okay.
>> And um uh you got the district um three
» And um uh you got the district um three
in district four. You also on the
finance the S3 and I had two halves. I
wasn't sure if that was represent the
same thing or not. So the numbers your
numbers all
which I got three
» but the point that I want to make
I hear what you're saying
over the last year and I think and and
you appreciate Rob only
got selected I think you know you can do
one or two things. you continue this
this route for next year and the year
after as long as you're on the board but
at some point you got to turn it loose
and and and begin to um try to because
your behavior sometime our behavior I
won't say our behavior it can be and you
can stick to it but it may not
necessarily get to you get you where you
want likely and is more to be by
continuing
on the third year
and that you know to me I think at some
point you're not going to let it go and
I'm not telling you what to do but I'm
just saying think about it in the future
I make a recommendation
>> yes
» yes
>> I think we should move on and reassign
» I think we should move on and reassign
these positions I'd make a
recommendation you put Robert Jones in
on the finance committee with me and
then we make Rob Salana the leazison for
the um organizations
and we vote on it. We call it a night on
discussing this.
>> Are y'all okay with that? I don't know
» Are y'all okay with that? I don't know
where Bob is.
>> As you all know, I'm uh a commissioner
» As you all know, I'm uh a commissioner
for Sano County oversight for the
sheriff. So, I deal with all five border
supervisors in that position. And as I
told Virginia, uh, since I'm dealing
with them in that area,
>> uh, wanted to spread the, it's kind of a
» uh, wanted to spread the, it's kind of a
duel with the fire district. They know
that I am a member of course of the fire
district. They, I've been nominated by
one of the board of supervisors and
voted 50 to be on their commission, and
everybody knows the history with that.
But and I'm also on the fire district
association of California on their
executive board too for our district 4.
So I I've got
a lot of uh
assignments relative to not only dealing
with fire but also dealing with Sanonteo
County. uh
as to
the different
uh committees or the standing
committees. I mean, we all
have a voice
and a vote when it comes to the entire
board. So, uh
I've been board president, I've been
vice president a few times. I mean, you
know, I've been on all these committees.
So, uh,
for people not to vote for you for
different committees, I don't know what
the reasoning is. I know I'm very well
qualified, as we all are, to be on any
one of these committees, but sometimes
politics
go in, right? over. Uh,
» I don't think I don't think my physician
doing the county lays on is appropriate
because I'm already on a commission that
deals with a very sensitive matter
involving the sheriff's office.
>> His report.
» His report.
>> Yes. So,
» Yes. So,
>> well, let me just say something really.
» well, let me just say something really.
So, Rob and I had this discussion and he
was great. You were very gracious about
this, Rob. Let me just make that very
clear because you you actually said that
since he has a relationship with the
supervisors that you know in order to
maybe strengthen the fire district's
position with the county, someone else
should be the liaison, right? And that's
why I
suggested Chuck on here because I do
think it's important. But if you don't
want to do that, Chuck, if you want to
do four, Robert, I'll take three or Gary
can take three. We can keep it the same
and that's fine.
So that's uh and I was hoping to make
one these two as one liaison position
because
you know if you're going to a county if
you're going to a board of supervisors
meeting
you're still you're going to listen to
everything and you can probably call up
anyone and you know talk to them. So,
so I was just trying to streamline it
and also make it balanced based on
everyone's input and as much input as I
got. And so that's why this came up like
this. So
>> we just eliminate the district three
» we just eliminate the district three
district court.
>> Well, that's what I tried to do.
» Well, that's what I tried to do.
>> County and that's what I was.
» County and that's what I was.
>> So we have a leazison for the county
» So we have a leazison for the county
supervisors.
>> Do you want to do that county
» Do you want to do that county
supervisor? you as a board president
just be
for the county for
>> unless Robert wants to do it
» unless Robert wants to do it
>> at least my house
» but that's easy
» so what do you want me to do
>> well so I mean there is a suggestion and
» well so I mean there is a suggestion and
that's what I tried to do is to just
break down the district you know put the
districts aside and make the San Monteo
County liaison as one as the county
liaison and not just for district three
or district 4 separated like that. um
just so that it's and I put Chuck on
there because he's on another county
committee which is the redevelopment I
don't know what it's called but it deals
it deals with the redevelopment money
and funds throughout the county and you
know I know that they deal with the only
the cities um that actually deal with
redevelopment and so I thought that
might give Chuck an opportunity to
strengthen ties on a big on a bigger
level but I mean We can still keep the
same districts but you know maybe we
should just break it down for one
leazison but I don't know you really I
think if you want to go policy
policy
>> no I mean you know what we if you want
» no I mean you know what we if you want
to just stay with district 4 that's fine
if we want to keep it this way but I was
hoping that we would just have Sanonteo
County as one. Would you if you would
you be mind doing that for the whole
county
>> if that whatever?
» if that whatever?
>> Yeah, that works great. And so you would
» Yeah, that works great. And so you would
be the county liaison plus the east
pawato liaison.
>> Well,
» Well,
>> yeah. No, no, I know. But there's city
» yeah. No, no, I know. But there's city
part and then the county part. Do you
want any part of the county, Rob? I
mean, I know you're like swamped with
county stuff, too.
>> I think you want to specifically stay
» I think you want to specifically stay
away from
>> Yeah. Okay, that's fine. So then so then
» Yeah. Okay, that's fine. So then so then
we'll have Robert So we'll break down um
three and four and have Robert be both.
>> Okay. So right now then the changes
» Okay. So right now then the changes
would be um that Robert and Gary would
be on the finance committee.
>> You okay with that, Robert?
» You okay with that, Robert?
>> Sure.
» Sure.
>> And then Robert Gary and then um and
» And then Robert Gary and then um and
you're the chair of the facilities
committee still Robert. Oh yeah. And
then um Robert will be the county
liaison.
» Approve it.
>> Yes. As amended. As amended.
» Yes. As amended. As amended.
>> Move that we approve it with amendment
» Move that we approve it with amendment
that instead of Chuck Bernstein on
finance, Robert Jones will serve finance
in that position. And the other
amendment is Robert Jones will serve as
the county of Sano play.
» Okay. Any further discussion?
Okay. Roll call, please. Michelle,
>> I'm sorry. Can I get the who who made
» I'm sorry. Can I get the who who made
the motion and
>> Yes, Director Jones made the motion and
» Yes, Director Jones made the motion and
I mean Director Bloom made the motion
and Director Jones seconded it.
>> Director Bernstein,
» Director Bernstein,
>> I director Bloom.
» I director Bloom.
>> Hi,
» Hi,
>> Director Jones.
» Director Jones.
>> Hi,
» Hi,
>> Director Sonic.
» Director Sonic.
>> Hi,
» Hi,
>> Director.
» Director.
>> I So, that motion carries. Then we're on
» I So, that motion carries. Then we're on
to item nine, which is new proposed
agenda items.
Robert, I mean, Rob, did you have one
you wanted? You mentioned it. Do you
want to propose it?
>> I I just want uh I don't know how to
» I I just want uh I don't know how to
word it, but uh I think there's a some
type of a disconnect between the city of
Medllo Park or the communities that we
serve relative to these public work uh
uh assignments that should be done by
their particular public works department
than having our firefighters go out
there and remove trees. Now, I could see
if it's, you know, that's why we need
some type of that's why we need some
type of SOP or or guidelines relative to
call out a fire truck because once a
firet truck's out of service, you know,
if it becomes a natural disaster, we'll
have to respond to probably other things
than removing trees from the from the
roadways. And I and
it would have to be coordinated through
our county communications, too, because
I'm sure they gave them the call when it
came in.
So, uh, that's what I'm proposing that
that we work
>> agenda item title.
» agenda item title.
>> Oh, you want me to title it? How about
» Oh, you want me to title it? How about
uh what's do
public works responsibilities
involving regular and emergency incident
situations?
Would that be okay, Chief? You're the
professional here. I'm just a guy trying
to
>> find out specific
» find out specific
>> who's got to do this the work here
» who's got to do this the work here
>> to park
» to park
>> right well park the district
» right well park the district
>> or any of the communities that we serve
» or any of the communities that we serve
>> uh every one of the cities have a public
» uh every one of the cities have a public
district
>> right
» right
>> yeah it's a district
» yeah it's a district
>> county does you know and our communities
» county does you know and our communities
that we serve they all have a public
works department
» okay so that's going to go on the next
agenda to see if for moving that.
>> That's all I have. Thank you.
» That's all I have. Thank you.
>> For for
» For for
>> Yeah, for the Yeah. Any others?
» Yeah, for the Yeah. Any others?
>> Okay. Item 10, liaison reports. We
» Okay. Item 10, liaison reports. We
probably don't have a lot of liaison
reports at the 10.
» Tomorrow.
>> Okay. Um, East Palatoto, Robert.
» Okay.
>> City of Menlo Park. The only thing that
» City of Menlo Park. The only thing that
kind of came on my radar was the
possible well the waiver of the fee to
annex that one unincorporated section
near Santa Cruz and Alan Delos into the
city which has been tried before. So
there was a fee waver.
>> Yeah. San Mateo County.
» Yeah. San Mateo County.
>> A question about that.
» A question about that.
>> Um,
» Um,
from this district standpoint, it
doesn't matter. They're in the district,
right?
>> Yeah. Yeah. I just wanted to put it out
» Yeah. Yeah. I just wanted to put it out
there because I don't know what else is
going to have. That was like one of
their main things that they were talking
about.
Um,
district three, Gary.
>> District four. Robert.
Okay. Uh, EMS JPA Rob, I know y'all have
that meeting
>> that's tomorrow night.
» that's tomorrow night.
>> Yeah. What What's on the agenda?
» Yeah. What What's on the agenda?
>> Well, we have a a close session
» Well, we have a a close session
involving communications company that
we've used for a long time. And uh,
that's on the agenda.
>> Are y'all electing officers tomorrow,
» Are y'all electing officers tomorrow,
too?
>> I don't know, Chief. I don't think so. I
» I don't know, Chief. I don't think so. I
think Rico's still going to be the
president and Sylvester is going to be
the
>> or the chair co-chair.
» or the chair co-chair.
>> So, so I'll have other information and
» So, so I'll have other information and
they do have a quorum as I was told. So,
>> okay.
» okay.
>> Is that right, Chief? That's what we
» Is that right, Chief? That's what we
were told. Okay.
>> Okay. So, there will be a meeting. Okay.
» Okay. So, there will be a meeting. Okay.
San Francisco Creek uh JPA
um basically I've been in touch with the
CEO. I went to their I think their last
meeting um just to let them know that
that there's a there was the re our
reorg and that um that you know we would
were interested in having a presentation
and so the presentation and going back
and forth with the the CEO of the JPA
with Mark and me. Um right now the
presentation is scheduled for our next
at our next board meeting on February
17th. And so I guess we're going to
continue working on the what exactly the
presentation is going to be. So if you
have any ideas on what you would like to
add to there's a basic it's going to be
their basic presentation.
>> Can we have a copy of that before the
» Can we have a copy of that before the
meeting?
>> Yeah, I'm going to try to get it for her
» Yeah, I'm going to try to get it for her
because I think that they've done
they've done it for other jurisdictions.
So but I wanted to inform everyone that
the 17th just got firmed up like late
last week.
>> Great.
» Great.
>> Right. So or Monday, whenever it is we
» Right. So or Monday, whenever it is we
met, Mark and I met. So um so I will ask
for the presentation to be given to us
in advance so that we know. But if
there's any other issue that you want
Margaret or Margaret Bruce to touch on
who's the CEO of the JPA, let let me or
the chief maybe let the chief know so
that can be included in the
presentation. But I know that like East
Pawato and Menllo Park, they have a seat
at the table for the JPA because there
are so many they're they're they abut
the creek. And so if there's anything
that you want to surface, then that
would probably be the time to do it and
to add on to the to the presentation.
just kind of
>> please
» please
>> at the last meeting,
» you know, they they are building a levy
or want to increase the levy around the
I guess the norththeast part of East
Palto
um to to compensate for the high tide
anticipating flooding. Uh but the the
question that I raised to to this
Margaret
>> Margaret.
» Margaret.
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
>> Was that will that levy have a some way
» Was that will that levy have a some way
of generated press? Will there be any
kind of mechanism put in place that
inform the resident who will probably be
less than 100 yards from that levy that
is getting ready to press
>> like a notice thing? notification.
» They kind of let folks know and she says
she didn't know
>> was that the area that breached about
» was that the area that breached about
seven or eight years ago they had a
break in it evacuated most of that
neighborhood. Was that where
>> you know that was further down um close
» you know that was further down um close
to the golf course.
>> Okay. uh you know the where the run that
» Okay. uh you know the where the run that
far
at that that point
of the garden.
>> Yeah. Okay. So that was a different part
» Yeah. Okay. So that was a different part
of the living system there
>> because I remember when that broke
» because I remember when that broke
because we were the search and rescue
team were up in the mountains storm
issues and they were going to redispatch
us for the evacuation but
>> couldn't even get there. roads were all
» couldn't even get there. roads were all
close.
>> They made improvements and so that that
little salt mouth that dug into the
>> le.
» le.
That's what I remember.
>> But the notification back then, if I
» But the notification back then, if I
remember right, was sheriff's office
doing almost doortodoor and radio
broadcasts from vehicles. There was no
broadcast notification on that one at
the time. So, it's an important topic,
right? It's how do you how do you let
affected residents quickly know? You
could you could say the same thing in
that Hamilton Road area
>> that just happened just just now um in
» that just happened just just now um in
the chief's report because well there
wasn't it wasn't a catastrophic flooding
that flooded houses. There is a large
number of cars is what I understand were
lost. You know that the people didn't
get out of the area once once they're
flooded they're gone. They become flood
vehicles.
station,
>> right? That's what he's talking about.
» right? That's what he's talking about.
Yeah, the one that was in the chord
that was in there was pretty significant
property damage even though it wasn't a
it didn't strike me as a risk to life as
much as it was property damage east that
levey system
>> with tides that we just had
» with tides that we just had
>> and the nature of the tides that's
» and the nature of the tides that's
actually a life safety issue
>> as far as notification goes. So, do you
» as far as notification goes. So, do you
want her to you want to put in a
request, Mark, maybe that we ask her to
touch on the issue of notification in
especially um in east in Well, probably
for any of the areas on either side of
the creek.
>> Yeah, but he was talking about the the
» Yeah, but he was talking about the the
levies, but I think
>> it has to do with it has to do with
» it has to do with it has to do with
which areas are likely
>> along the creek setting.
» along the creek setting.
>> The creek the creek contributes to the
» The creek the creek contributes to the
levy issue. Yes, that's correct.
>> If there's the reason we didn't the
» If there's the reason we didn't the
whole Bay Area kind of dodged the bullet
in this last king tide, they were they
were several inches above any of the
prior king tides. So like in Salcelo
where it always floods, it always floods
except that this time it was three feet
higher in those same same areas. The
only thing that saved kind of the whole
San Francisco Bay area in the recent
king tides was that the heavy weather,
the heavy rains and the winds did not
hit at the time of high tide. The rain
and winds hit at the time of low tide.
>> Oh wow.
» Oh wow.
>> And so what happens in the interface
» And so what happens in the interface
with the creek is if it's a king tide
and we get a significant weather event,
that water coming down the creek has
nowhere to go because the tide is so
high. And so then it just floods over
the creek. It floods over the levies.
It's a it's a snowball effect almost of
of how the failure works associated with
the king tides.
>> And the king tides are getting higher,
» And the king tides are getting higher,
not lower.
>> Rob.
» Rob.
>> Yeah. Chief, uh, since that creek is
» Yeah. Chief, uh, since that creek is
split between the city of Palo Alto and
us, of course, Santa Clara County and
Santo County, Ken Dooker, who's their
emergency manager,
I'm sure he has
information,
>> a complete plan when that creek goes or
» a complete plan when that creek goes or
gets overflowed.
Does does the creek have some type of a
a plan for overflowing since they don't
even have a staff that works for them?
So, it's not like they heavily depend on
the city of Palo Alto. I remember when
the the bridges overflowed, it was the
city of Palo Alto that had the heavy
equipment that cleared those bridge
areas and cleared the creek. So
>> So
» So
that it's good. So let me just add on to
this. So I've been in touch with the
chair of the Creek GPA who's the vice
mayor of Palo Alto Gerstone and I think
he's going to attend this too. And
probably I think probably we should
reach out to um the city council of the
jurisdictions just to inform them that
we're going to have this presentation in
case they want to attend because I know
that like well especially in East
Palatoto and Melo Park since they're
they've got us they're on the Creek JPA.
They're in the Creek JPA. I know that um
former mayor Drew Combmes was interested
in attending this because it's in his
district, right? And probably my guess
is that um Cecilia may council member
Cecilia Taylor would probably want it.
So if we want to inform the city council
members um who are members of the Creek
JPA which in our district would
basically be the county um in East
Palatoto and Park if they want to attend
this meeting they can. I know that there
is interest but I don't know who's
interested except those two. Well, I
what I know is I know that
Councilman Taylor as well as Jones who
runs a nonprofit.
>> Oh, Pamela. Yeah.
» Oh, Pamela. Yeah.
>> In
they're highly interested. Yes.
>> What to do and in that particular area.
» What to do and in that particular area.
So,
you can get contact.
I was going to reach out to them, but if
you want to reach out to the East Powato
members, council members too, just to
let them know because they may want to
come and hear what they probably already
they've heard a presentation,
>> but just in case I just wanted everyone
» but just in case I just wanted everyone
to be invited,
but is so basically the only thing that
we might want to ask Margaret about is
the notification, the ability to notify
people who might be affected.
Any other suggestions or comments?
>> If there are any, then let us know. The
» If there are any, then let us know. The
agenda has to go out.
>> Okay. So, reports from directors, item
» Okay. So, reports from directors, item
11.
Robert,
>> Chuck,
» Chuck,
>> excuse me. I was just going to say that
» excuse me. I was just going to say that
uh the fireworks in on around New Year's
Eve were again
I mean, it sounded like a war zone going
on down in East Palo Alto and uh somehow
we I think it would be good if we
tackled that. It's kind of thing where I
don't know if there were any serious
issues like hands blown off or blindness
or something, but but uh just the
incredible amount of explosions for
sometimes two or three hours at a time
and uh
>> throughout the night or around midnight.
» throughout the night or around midnight.
No, it was it was better than it had
been. So, it they they tended to stop
around around midnight was the last of
it and it didn't start much before
sunset or dark, you know, around 8:00 or
something like that. It wasn't at 4 in
the afternoon and so it was all night
long. So, it seems to be getting a
little bit better. But um
yeah, I just think more needs need needs
to be done and I the east call police
aren't just aren't arresting people and
they should be. This is ends up being
big business.
>> Each each of these shells I I was
» Each each of these shells I I was
reading I was looking up the prices on
these shells that people are exploding
about 50 bucks a piece. I just don't
understand where people get the money to
blow up 20 of these things in a night or
something.
>> That's a lot. Rob,
» That's a lot. Rob,
>> I don't have anything. Thanks.
» I don't have anything. Thanks.
>> Um Gary,
» Um Gary,
>> I have nothing.
» I have nothing.
>> Okay. I just have quick thing. Um
» Okay. I just have quick thing. Um
holiday lunch and service years of
service recognition is great. Thank you,
Michelle. Four seasons is great as
usual. And I was I'm going to follow up
with or kind of
add on to what the chief said about the
crab chapino feed on um what is it
February 28th from 5 to 9 that benefits
California task force 3's K9 unit at
it's going to be at the USAR warehouse.
So spread the word
and I think that is it for tonight. So
unless there's any other
any other public comment, Michelle, then
we'll adjourn the meeting at 8:37.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you.
>> Thank you.