[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.