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Description
Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency 2/10/21 Meeting
C
A
B
Well,
if
we
gary,
should
we
wait
a
little
bit
for
claudia.
B
C
B
B
A
B
There
welcome
clay
well,
seeing
is
it
at
602
if
you're
already,
I
would
like
to
call
to
order
this
meeting
of
the
canao
open
space
conservation
agency
february
10th,
and
if
we
have
a
flag
picture,
you
could
all
join
me
in
the
loot
to
the
flag
ready
begin.
I
pledge
allegiance.
G
G
Sorry
about
that,
okay,
vice
chair
bill
de
la
pena
present
director
huffer.
D
B
Here
so
our
first
item
under
public
comments,
we
do
have
individual
who
made
a
statement
card,
and
I
will
read
that
into
the
record.
It's
from
chris
locke
requests
that
the
costco
board
of
directors
develop
and
implement
a
plan
to
eliminate
parking
on
residential
streets
by
visitors
to
the
wildwood
park
trailhead
on
avenida
de
los
arboles.
B
Every
weekend,
our
once
quiet
neighborhood
becomes
an
overflow
parking
lot
when
the
official
parking
lot
fills
up
or
is
closed,
cars
overrun
the
surrounding
streets,
signs
politely
requesting
hikers
not
to
park
on
residential
streets
are
ignored
for
residents.
This
brings
increased
litter
congestion
and
noise.
We've
picked
up
dirty
diapers
used
ppe
food
waste
and
beer
cans
from
the
street
in
front
of
our
house.
We've
seen
a
park
visitor
urinating
in
our
front
yard.
Neighbors
with
young
children
are
concerned
by
the
dangers
from
constant
traffic
residents.
Fear
property
values
are
being
negatively
impacted.
B
This
is
not
a
short-term
covered
related
issue
with
people
seeking
outside
activity.
It
is
a
long-term
problem
linked
to
the
explosive
growth
and
popularity
of
wildwood
park
as
a
recreational
destination,
which
is
only
going
to
continue
in
future
years.
Please
help
our
local
residents
with
this
issue
just
that
the
park
needs
protection,
so
does
our
neighborhood,
and
that
was
chris
locke
and.
C
People
like
the
costco
has
been
working
for
a
few
years
on
different
strategies
for
alleviating
parking
difficulties
over
in
the
wildwood
area
that
includes
expanding
parking
at
the
hill
canyon,
parking
area,
advertising
other
areas
as
well
and
trying
to
direct
traffic.
C
The
second
bridge
in
hill
canyon
should
figure
also
in
future
plans
is
we'll
move
the
official
address
of
wildwood
over
to
that
area.
As
far
as
restricting
public
parking
on
the
streets,
the
streets
in
the
neighborhoods
adjacent
to
wildwood
are
public
streets,
so
kaska
is
not
able
to
unilaterally
implement
a
program
to
keep
public
from
parking
on
public
streets.
There
is,
however,
a
process
by
which
a
neighborhood
can
request
a
permanent
parking
zone
that
would
restrict
parking
in
these
neighborhoods
to
permitted
residents
and
guests.
C
B
G
I
have
a
correction
under
the
roll
call
for
those
minutes.
I
need
to
change
the
titles.
It
would
be
changed
to
vice
chair
bill
de
la
pena
and
director
huffer.
D
B
D
B
Yes,
so
our
first
item
is
to
receive
and
file
an
annual
financial
report
for
fiscal
year.
2019-2020
and
elisa
magana
will
be
presenting
that,
for
us.
E
Thank
you
very
much
good
evening.
I
will
be
providing
a
summary
of
costco's
financial
report
for
fiscal
year
ending
june
30th
2020.
E
At
the
end
of
that
fiscal
year,
costco's
net
position
increased
9
million
to
85
point
million
at
the
end
of
fiscal
year.
The
increase
is
primarily
due
to
settlement
proceeds
from
southern
california
edison
at
8.5
million
related
to
the
thomas
and
woolsey
fire
wildfire.
Damages
program.
Revenues
also
increased
to
0.5
by
0.5
million,
primarily
due
to
0.3
million
in
operating
grant
contributions
and
0.2
million
in
capital
grant
contributions.
E
F
How
is
that
configured
into
this
type
of
adjustment
when
so
much
of
the
assets
are
really
just
open
space
land.
E
Is
that
to
me,
I'm
sorry?
Yes,
yes,
okay,
there's
no
calculation
factored
into
it.
It's
just
that's
the
initial
valuation
at
the
time
of
purchase
of
a
donation
and
that
just
carries
forward
from
from
year
to
year.
B
B
And
item
b
has
not:
we
are
taking
off
the
agenda.
That
was
a
trail
easement
but
looks
like
that
is
a
item
that
will
be
going
to
the
city
rather
than
costco.
A
B
And
now
to
item
six
c
authorization
to
execute
a
multi-year
wheat
abatement
contract
for
defensible
space.
C
C
Well,
my
slideshow
isn't
going
to
happen
so
we'll
you'll
get
me
live
here
so
anyway,
ventura
county
fire
code
mandates
that
wheat
abatement
be
implemented
on
parcels
lying
within
the
fire
department's
fuel
management
program
area.
The
current
requirement
is
to
reduce
fuel
in
a
zone
extending
100
feet
from
flammable
structures
and
10
feet
from
public
roads.
C
Abated
areas
are
intended
to
provide
safe
access
for
first
responders
during
a
wildfire
emergency
and
to
keep
flames
and
radiant
heat
from
igniting
structures
where
these
zones
intersect,
costco,
open
space
or
open
space
owned
by
the
city
or
the
canada
recreation
park.
District.
These
partner
agencies
contract
to
have
this
work
completed
following
implementation.
Each
site
is
then
reinspected
by
the
fire
department
and
certified
as
complete.
C
The
total
area
treated
annually
by
the
partner
agencies
is
approximately
425
acres.
The
wheat
amendment
work
is
contracted
and
has
been
under
underway
under
a
former
contract
that
is
now
expired.
A
new
contract
is
currently
out
for
bid
and
this
process
is
being
managed
by
the
city
of
thousand
oaks.
The
new
contract
will
be
for,
like
the
current
one
will
be
for
three
years
with
two
optional
one-year
extension
dates.
C
C
B
Thank
you
questions,
mr
stark.
Yes,
mr
nichols.
F
Yeah.
Thank
you,
mr
stark
for
that
presentation.
I
was
curious
with
the
vast
amount
of
acres
425
acres.
Is
there
any
idea
what
the
lineal
mileage
is
that
that
the
kaska
open
space
actually
interfaces
with
houses?
As
far
as
like
a
perimeter,
you
know
what
that
might
represent.
C
I
do
not
have
that
number
in
my
head
at
the
moment.
Costco
has
approximately
2300
immediate
neighbors.
The
the
perimeter
is
is
rather
vast.
Yes,.
F
Okay,
all
right
and
then
regarding
the
contract
itself,
is
there
a
when
you
do
enter
into
the
contract?
Obviously
we
don't
have
that
in
front
of
us
here,
but
is.
Are
there
certain
deadlines,
where
a
certain
amount
of
this
acreage
has
to
be
done
by
certain
periods
of
time,
whether
you
know
so
much
has
to
be
done
by
I'm
just
guessing
april
1st.
So
much
done
by
may
1st
almost
done
by
june
1st,
how?
How
is
that
track
to
make
sure
that
the
vendor
stays
on
time
on
target
with
the
work.
C
Well,
there's
a
single
date,
that's
required
by
the
fire
department
at
june.
1St
is
when
this
work
is
supposed
to
be
done.
We
usually
get
started
depending
on
the
weather
anytime
from
late
march
to
you
know,
early
april,
so
we
have
a
few
months
to
get
going
if
we
get
late
rain.
Sometimes
that
means
additional
work
so
we're
you
know.
Sometimes
we
have
to
do
certain
areas
more
than
once.
C
F
Okay
and
if,
if
there
is
a
delay
in
the
process,
obviously
whether
you
can't
do
too
much,
but
if
they're
just
a
lack
of
performance-
and
we
start
getting
complaints
which
we
do
periodically
from
residents
that
either
it's
someplace
their
favorite
open
space
or
in
their
backyard,
is
not
getting
done
and
we're
past
that
june
1st
deadline-
you
know,
aside
from
just
trying
to
you,
know,
console
the
complaint.
Is
there
any
action
taken
to
make
sure
the
vendor
has
completed
this
on
time?
If
there
is
some
delay.
C
There
are
provisions
in
the
contract
such
that
if,
if
work
isn't
done
the
way
the
program
works
is
if
it's
not
completed
and
the
fire
department
comes
around
and
reinspects,
you
know
there's
usually
some
leeway
in
that
process.
They
spend
the
month
of
june
doing
the
re-inspections
if
they
find
those
that
a
certain
area
isn't
being
done,
then
the
fire
department
has
the
option
to
go
ahead
and
do
it
themselves,
and
then
they
build
the
landowner.
C
A
D
C
Well,
it's
a
thick
package,
the
what
the
the
bidders
receive
is
a
sample
form
of
the
contract
they
get
the
timelines
and
what
is
expected,
the
standards
that
they
have
to
perform
to
the
larger
part
of
what
they
receive
are
individual
maps
of
every
every
area.
That
weed
abatement
has
to
happen
in.
C
D
Okay,
I
I
I
will.
I
will
support
the
staff
recommendation,
but
I,
if
something
like
this
comes
up
in
the
future,
where
a
bid
is
still
out
outstanding,
I
would
I
would
request
that
you
at
least,
attach
a
copy
of
the
prior
contract.
So
we
know
what
we're
working
with.
C
B
Okay,
any
other
questions
or
statements
yeah,
I
will
say
that
is,
I
think
it
is.
Even
though
we
don't
have
the
bids
back.
I
think
it's
important
to
authorize
this
getting
executed
once
you
do
get
the
bids
because,
as
we
all
know,
june
1st
comes
very
fast
and
it's
really
hard
work
and,
as
you
said,
if
we
get
late
rains,
we
love
late
rain,
but
it
also
then
means
that
some
things
have
to
be
done
over
again.
It's
a
can
be
a
real
pain
and
an
expense.
G
G
Okay,
and
do
we
know
where
these
areas
are,
that
need
to
be
maintained
or
serviced.
C
Easy
yeah,
so
these
these
are
located
throughout
really
the
entire
community.
You
know
just
because
some
of
our
open
space
areas
have
you
know
little
fingers
that
come
down
into
into
neighborhoods,
so
those
are
areas
that
are
the
most
impacted,
the
the
larger
areas
of
green
space
out.
You
know
that
are
more
wild,
they're
not
subject
to
this
kind
of
work.
C
So
it's
really
it's
kind
of
all
over
all
over
the
place.
It's
a
it's
a
very
big
job.
D
B
Yes,
our
next
item
is
approval
of
an
appropriation
from
the
woolsey
fire
recovery
fund
for
invasive
plant
management
restoration
plan.
This
is
targeted
invasive
plant
removal
projects
and
authorization
for
the
board
secretary
to
execute
associated
contracts.
Mr
stark,
we
do
have
one
statement
I
will
read
later,
but
please
make
your
regrets.
Yeah.
C
C
A
C
Costco's
strategic
plan
recognizes
the
value
of
our
ecological
assets
unless
the
protection
of
our
natural
resources
is
cost,
as
top
priority
native
plant
communities
are
vital
to
the
native
wildlife,
you
not
just
the
the
big
ones,
but
insects
and
amphibians
and
reptiles,
even
because
they
provide
forage
and
shelter
for
these
creatures
as
a
result
of
evolutionary
dependencies.
C
In
june
of
2020,
the
costco
board
approved
a
funding
framework
for
addressing
fire
damage
to
costco
open
space
that
includes
an
allocation
for
managing
invasive
plants
and
restoring
healthy
ecosystems
that
approac.
That
framework
was
for
the
woolsey
fire
recovery
funds
address,
addressing
the
expanse
of
invasive
plants
over
a
large
open
space
system
requires
careful
planning
and
long-term
investments
in
discrete
project
areas.
C
C
A
comprehensive
management
plan
is
anticipated
to
cost
approximately
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
possibly
more
as
the
planned
area
is
nearly
5
700
acres
in
size.
The
plan
area
is
focused
on
areas
burned
in
the
wolves
in
hill
fires,
so
there
is
a
close
nexus
with
the
funds
identified
in
the
woolsey
fire
recovery
fund.
C
While
awaiting
the
preparation
of
a
comprehensive
plan,
staff
have
identified
early
priority
areas,
most
of
which
have
already
been
subject
to
past
and
current
weed
management
efforts.
Maintaining
the
areas
where
prior
work
has
been
implemented
will
maintain
the
substantial
progress
made
in
these
areas.
C
Costco
staff
have
also
identified
several
potential
pilot
projects
to
test
restoration
techniques
and
expanding
the
existing
project
areas
as
well.
The
next
few
slides
show
just
a
sampling
of
some
of
the
areas
that
staff
have
identified
in
the
hawk
canyon
area.
C
This
area
has
been
on
for
a
number
of
years,
mainly
going
after
fennel,
italian
bissell,
milk,
thistle
and
the
poison
hemlock.
The
ultimate
goal
here
is
to
improve
the
oak
woodland
habitats
down
there.
The
invasive
plants
really
came
back
strong
after
the
hill
fire
in
this
area.
So
we
like
to
stay
on
that
that
project
and
expand
into
that
lower
flat
area
you
see,
kind
of
on
the
upper
right
hand,
side
of
the
photo
we've
also
been
working
mostly
on
fennel
out
here
at
the
rancho
portero
property.
C
The
western
plateau
is
kind
of
a
large
area.
The
work
that's
been
going
on
in
in
this
area
has
kind
of
been
strategic
in
certain
locations
here,
mostly
focusing
on
on
fennel
milk
thistle
tree
tobacco,
we'd
like
to
start
now
that
some
success
has
been
achieved
out.
There
expand
the
species
that
are
actually
being
treated
there.
C
We
also
have
the
whole
access
trail
area.
This
area
hasn't
been
affected
by
fire,
but
it's
well
recently,
but
we've
been
working
hard
on
italian
thistle
in
this
area.
C
All
right,
my
that's
funny,
but
we've
lost
a
lot
of
oak
trees
in
this
area
and
that's
kind
of
let
the
sun
shine
into
the
area
so
being
ready
to
address
emerging
pest
plants
in
that
area
will
be
important.
C
We
were
already
tracking
some
italian
thistle
and
milk
thistle
infestations
out
there.
The
area
is
pretty
vulnerable
right
now
to
expansion
of
those
species.
C
C
Just
in
summary,
preparation
of
the
the
the
plan
is
a
high
priority
for
costco.
Staff's
recommendation
is
to
authorize
staff
to
spend
up
to
250
000
from
the
woolsey
fire
recovery
fund
for
preparation
of
an
invasive
plant
management
and
habitat
restoration
plan,
an
implementation
of
targeted
invasive
plant
removal
projects
in
selected,
open
space
areas
and
authorized
the
costco
board
secretary
to
execute
associated
contracts.
C
Volunteers
have
been
a
big
part
of
this
work
in
the
past
and
and
will
be
in
the
future,
we're
a
little
challenged
in
this
week
season
with
kobe,
then
our
ability
to
transport
volunteers,
you
know
kind
of
into
the
interior
areas
of
open
space,
so
we'll
be
leaning
a
little
bit
more
on
on
contractors
in
this
area,
the
the
contracts
will
be
with
professional
habitat,
restoration
companies,
so
we'll
know
what
we're
getting
and
and
staff
is
well
positioned
to
get
good
value
in
this
area
based
on
our
experience
in
pricing.
B
Thank
you
before
we
take
questions.
We
do
have
a
statement
from
elaine
hagen
and
she
says,
as
a
long-term
volunteer
working
to
eradicate
non-native,
fennel
and
other
invasive
plants
from
the
kafka
open
space.
I'm
very
pleased
to
see
the
2021
action
plan
for
targeted
invasive
plant
management
over
the
years
volunteers,
working
with
costco
support,
eradicated,
fennel
from
wildwood
regional
park
and
have
come
close
to
removing
it
all
from
the
western
plateau.
B
The
2021
plan
will
go
a
very
long
way
to
completing
the
job
there
and
in
the
other,
targeted
areas.
I
request
that
you
vote
to
approve
the
plan.
Thank
you.
So
any
questions
from
other
board
members
of
mr
stark.
F
F
Is
that
something
that
is
just
so
far
beyond
control
that
we're
just
not
doing
it
or
is
that
just
beyond
the
scope
of
this
effort?
No.
C
That
we
should
definitely
be
working
on
arundo.
It's
it's
one
of
the
bad
ones.
We
didn't
propose
it
for
the
immediate
work
plan
this
year,
because
that
will
figure
more
in
the
larger
plan.
That's
being
prepared,
the
cost
and
the
had
something
to
add.
There.
G
Just
to
that's
a
great
observation
director
nichols,
as
you
probably
know,
there's
quite
a
bit
of
arundo
in
the
hill
canyon
stream.
G
A
lot
of
that
is
going
to
be
addressed
as
mitigation
for
the
second
bridge
that
we're
working
on,
because
we
will
be
taking
that
out
to
compensate
for
the
small
impact
of
habitat
and
we're
working
with
fish
and
game
to
get
that
finalized.
So
we're
sort
of
it's
a
non-native
invasive
plant,
but
we're
saving
it
for
another
application.
F
C
F
Okay
and
then,
if
I
don't
know,
if
you
have
this
available,
but
there's
two
components
here,
there's
the
plan
itself
and
then
there's
also
the
implementation
so
of
that
250
000.
Is
there
a
target,
whether
it
be
a
percentage
or
a
dollar
figure
as
to
what's
going
towards
a
plan
and
how
much
is
going
towards
implementation.
C
We
anticipate
100
000
to
110
000
range
for
the
plan,
it's
hard
to
tell
until
we
bid
it
out.
This
is
a
rather
large
plan.
You
know
covers
a
very
large
area,
so
thus
the
higher
cost.
C
The
plan
will
likely,
because
there's
a
lot
of
survey,
work
involved
and
development
of
plans.
I
expect
it
to
be
probably
the
july
time
frame,
so
it
will
set
the
table
for
next
next
weed
season,
and
I
so
I
anticipate
next
week
season
will
have
project
sites
lined
out
there.
You
know
specifically
part
of
the
of
the
plan.
C
That's
well
aware
of
a
lot
of
the
weed
infestations
throughout
the
open
space
area,
so
we've
already
have
some
early
priorities,
so
this
year
is,
is
mostly
about
maintaining
the
work
that
the
volunteers
and
staff
and
our
contractors
have
done
over
the
last.
You
know
the
last
few
years,
but
those
areas
will
continue
to
be
priority
areas.
You
know,
within
the
plan.
F
Is
there
specific
types
of
eradication
or
methods
that
you
use
for
each
species,
or
is
it
just
you
know
grabbing
them
by
the
roots
and
pulling
them
out?
I
mean:
do
you
use
things
like
goats
in
some
areas,
or
is
there
some
type
of
you
know
chemicals?
I
know
you
know
the
park
district
and
I
believe
the
city
is
trying
to
get
away
from
chemicals,
but
there
are
some.
You
know
organic
materials
that
might
be
applicable.
F
C
There's
a
wide
array
of
methods
that
are
used
for
various
species.
Each
species
has
its
own
methods,
so
there
isn't
a
catch-all
methodology
that
works
for
all
species,
they'll,
be
the
decision
on
what
to
what
method
to
use
in
a
given
site
is
based
on
the
plants
biology
that
we're
trying
to
approach
the
time,
the
time
of
its
growth
cycle
that
we're
approaching
it.
C
You
know
access
constraints,
so
there's
a
lot
of
there's
both
logistics
and
methodological,
we're
pretty
familiar
with
the
variety
of
them
and
and
how
to
how
to
scope
out
which
one
it's
really
hard
to
tell
a
lot
of
these
species.
Most
of
the
work
that's
been
done
out
involves
some
combination
of
handwork.
C
May
be
an
option
in
some
areas,
although
a
lot
of
times
large
scale,
mechanical
disturbance
of
a
site
is
detrimental
to
your
long-term
effort,
so
goats
are
or
other
grazers
are
not
out
of
the
question.
They're
they're
a
legitimate
tool
in
the
box
that
we'll
look
at
before
we
do
any
of
those
larger
scale,
things
that
would
involve
like
an
animal
or
some
larger
scale,
mechanical
treatment.
We
we
want
to
wait
for
the
plan
to
do
that.
You
know
so.
F
Well,
thank
you
and
again,
mr
sarko.
I
thank
you
for
this
effort
because
I
know
we're
in
my
opinion,
I
think
we're
kind
of
turning
the
corner
into
getting
more
active
management
of
our
open
space,
again
we're
kind
of
trying
in
that
transition
from
the
acquisition
to
the
true
conservation
of
the
open
space.
I
think
this
is
a
good
step
in
that
direction,
where
we
kind
of
look
in
the
rearview
mirror
and
maybe
see
some
things,
that
kind
of
got
left
behind.
I'm
glad
to
see
we're
taking
that.
D
Commenting
a
couple
of
questions:
it
strikes
me
that
the
invasive
species
work
has
to
be
extremely
labor-intensive
and
requiring
labor
that
that
is
specialized
and
knowledgeable
in
this
area.
You
mentioned
that
much
of
the
work
will
be
done
by
contractors.
What
what
type
of
background
would
these
contractors
have?
C
Now
there
are,
there
are
firms
that
specialize
in
working
in
natural
areas
on
invasive
species
it'll
be
important
that
the
labor
we
have
on
those
sites
knows
what
plant
is
which
so
the
right
ones
are
being
dealt
with.
There
are
a
few
specialty
providers
in
that
area
that
are
that
are
local
to
ventura
county
and
that
we've
used
before
and
have
a
lot
of
faith
in,
but
over
time
yeah
I
mean
there's
a
lot
of
labor.
When
the
plan
comes
through,
we
will
also
be
identifying
areas
that
are
that
are
appropriate
for
volunteer
work.
C
We
think
going
into
the
future
that
volunteers
can
play
a
big
role.
There
are
a
lot
of
talented
people
in
our
community
that
know
native
plants
and
in
some
areas
we
think
we
could
take
advantage
of
that
knowledge
and
work
with
volunteers
to
get
a
lot
of
this
work
done.
We're
actually
kind
of
excited
about
an
opportunity
like
this,
because
it's
a
great
way
to
get
the
community
involved
in
you
know
real
life
stewardship
of
open
space.
D
Okay-
and
you
you
mentioned
in
part
of
your
presentation-
you
were
talking
about
the
sunrise
open
space
after
the
herbs
fire,
and
you
said
this
is
a
great
opportunity,
because
you're
catching
it
early
being
a
complete
novice
in
this
area.
It
seems
much
easier
to
identify
invasive
species
when
they're
grown.
C
And
I
just
you
know:
we
see
the
smallest
little
plant
like
when
you're
steeped
in
the
identification
of
weeds
they're,
pretty
easy
to
identify,
well
they're,
pretty
small,
it's
true
that
they
yeah
we
got
to.
Let
them
grow
a
little
bit
before
going
after
them
some
species.
You
wait
until
a
certain
part
of
their
life
cycle
when
they've,
when
their
roots
are
depleted
of
energy.
You
want
to
hit
them,
then
others
you
want
to
hit
early.
So
it's
mainly
this
will
be
an
observational
thing,
but
we
would.
D
B
C
I
mean
it's
a
lot
of
work
to
get
done
in
a
short
amount
of
time,
because
sometimes
the
the
seating
period
and
the
growth
period
of
different
species
are
of
different
length.
So
in
some
cases
you
may
just
have
a
few
weeks
to
get
this
one
species
at
this
one
location,
because
it
might
be
very
different
at
sunset.
Hills
as
that
same
plant
would
be
in
dose
vientos
because
of
the
varying
climatic
issues.
B
C
Yeah,
I
think,
we'll
be
ready
to
go
on
some
larger
projects
next
year
and
I'm
not
you
know
certain
that
we'll
expend
all
of
the
original
the
allocation
we're
seeking
today.
We
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
the
resources
to
deploy
for
this
season,
because
if,
if
we
don't,
if
we're
not
on
that
site
this
spring
and
we're
going
to
lose
years
worth
of
work,
so
we
really
want
to
get
there.
B
Right:
okay,
any
any
other
comments
from
board
members
or
staff.
Do
we
have
a
motion
to
adopt.
B
Mr
nichols
moves
and
mr
half
for
seconds
all
right.
If
no
other
discussion,
please
do
the
roll
call
vote.
D
G
In
january
our
trail
watch
volunteers,
logged
56
reports
and
87
hours
and
adopted
trail
volunteers
logged
34
reports
and
65
hours.
We
very
much
appreciate
the
efforts
of
our
dedicated
volunteers
as
their
work
is
integral
to
our
open
space
management
efforts
and
with
that
I'm
available
for
questions.
Thank
you.
B
Questions
on
the
volunteer
program
of
ms
huber:
I'd
love
them.
Thank
you
thank
you,
volunteers
and
we
we
hope
to
be
able
to
incorporate
more
of
that.
Obviously,
as
we
as
the
covid
restrictions
start
to
ease
okay.
Mr
kuba
report
on
ranger
operations
and
maintenance.
D
H
H
Day
and
we've
seen
this
picture
years
ago,
but
a
little
love
from
open
space,
this
is
some
likens
up
on
the
santa
rosa
trail
on
the
northwestern
slope.
There
yeah
it's
really
fun
next,
so
over
the
years
I've
tried
to
get
the
rangers
to
do
more
photography,
and
this
is
the
reason
why,
because
when
they
do
go
to
an
emergency,
they
have
a
unique
perspective
of
it.
H
H
Brian
and
it
doesn't
really
oh
there-
it
goes
anyway.
This
was
a
accident,
a
mountain
biker
accident
on
lily
tomlin
and
the
helicopter,
typically
in
in
these
situations,
will
fly
the
person
out
of
the
remote
location
and
then
transfer
them
to
an
ambulance
or
to
some
way
to
get
them
to
the
hospital.
H
So
in
this
case
they
just
they
loaded
them
up
in
the
stoves,
flew
the
helicopter,
a
couple,
a
couple
thousand
feet
and
landed,
and
that's
that's
a
much
safer
thing
for
the
patient
and
for
everybody
involved,
but
two
of
our
rangers
were
there
that
day
and
were
able
to
do
crowd,
control
and
get
some
videos,
so
that
was
nice
next.
H
Okay,
a
little
bit
about
the
herbs
fire.
I
did
collect
some
pictures
off
the
internet
and
it
was
pretty
dramatic
evening
if
you
hadn't
heard
the
the
fire
started
at
the
top
of
the
hill
on
the
east
side
of
herbs
and
and
moved
very
quickly
down
the
hill.
The
radio
traffic
seemed
that
herb's
road
was
going
to
hold
it
and
it
didn't.
You
can
see
the
embers
flying
all
the
way
across
there
and
then
it
dropped
into
the
bowl
on
the
west
side
of
herbs.
H
It
was
a
very
dramatic
time
because
people
were
coming
home
from
work,
so
it
was
very
visual,
the
fire
department.
It
went
into
darkness,
so
the
fire
department
can
no
longer
fly
so
they
did
use
dozers
next
and
that's
a
dozer
operating
at
night.
That's
a
great
shot.
They
run
what's
called
hotline,
so
they
run
the
dozer
right
on
the
fire
line.
The
fire
is
licking
up
the
side
of
the
trap,
the
dozer,
and
they
just
follow
the
hotline
and
try
and
beat
it
and
beat
it
back
next.
H
And
that
hotline
does
do
some
damage
in
this
case
it
went
across
a
b,
ditch
of
ours
and
up
the
hill,
and
then
next
it
took
out
some
sections
of
the
trail
and
you
can
see
the
disturbed
soil
there
on
the
hillside
and
that's
what
brian
was
talking
about
earlier.
That
is
going
to
be
a
hot
spot
for
non-natives,
but
it
opened
up
the
area
and
you
can
see
the
the
metal
line
there.
H
We
don't
know
where
that
came
from
you
know
from
years
and
years
and
years
ago,
but
we
got
that
cleaned
up
next
and
that's
the
trail
head
the
day
after
some
trail
damage
there
and
the
sign
was
okay,
that's,
I
think
we're
gonna
survive
the
fire.
H
Next,
a
little
bit
more
of
the
damage,
but
the
rangers
we
had
the
the
crew,
which
is
a
contract,
trail
crew
that
we
use
and
they
were
already
signed
up
to
be
with
us
the
day
after
the
fire.
So
they
all
went
up
and
did
trail
work.
We
cleaned
up
the
trail.
The
dozer
marks
reestablished
some
stuff
next
and
rebuilt.
H
You
know,
excuse
me
a
a
solder
wall
here
that
burned
up
and
we
did
that.
The
rangers
did
that
all
in
three
days
go
ahead
next
and
we
actually
made
it
a
little
bit
safer
by
removing
these
the
tea
stakes
there
and
next.
H
And
there's
the
fixed
setter
wall,
and
that
was
just
great
that
the
rangers
were
able
to
get
out
there
and
do
all
that
in
a
couple
days.
So
the
trail
was
really
only
closed
for
about
three
days,
which
is
awesome.
Next.
H
And
so
throughout
town
we
get
a
lot
of
illegal
dumping,
and
since
I
manage
the
urban
parks
in
town,
it's
an
ongoing
headache
and
it
is
an
open
space
as
well
very
difficult
to
catch
we.
Actually.
This
is
over
off
of
west
side
boulevard
near
lake
eleanor.
We
had
cameras
up
there
for
months
and
they
were
just
not
placed
in
a
position
where
we
got
the
the
name
off
of
the
truck
and
I'm
not
going
to
say
what
we
built.
H
They
all
got
a
naughty
letter
and
they
came
out
cleaned
it
all
up
and
apologized
profusely
for
it,
and
I-
and
that
was
very
nice.
So
it
ended
up
being
good
and
hopefully,
word
got
out
that
we
don't
appreciate
the
dumping
the
area
is
signed
and
we
still
have
the
camera
out
there
in
case
there's
any
more
dumping.
H
H
So-
and
this
was
all
in
that
same
week
after
the
herbs
fire
and
then
on
to
this.
So
this
is
just
the
tree,
removal
and
and
if
you've
been
on
the
whole
access
trail.
You'll
know
we
leave
the
stuff
there
as
much
as
we
can,
so
we
basically
just
clear
the
actual
trail
itself
and
leave
the
the
material
there.
The
material
is
is
great
biomass
for
the
little
fungus,
bacteria
and
insects
that
are
going
to
grow
up
and
feed
the
birds
and
all
these
the
other
things.
H
H
And
we're
continuing
on
the
los
robles
reroute.
We
have
made
some
wonderful
progress
in
the
past
two
weeks.
Like
I
said,
the
crew,
the
trail
crew
out
of
ojai
has
been
working
very
hard
with
the
rangers
in
the
really
really
cold
days.
If
you
remember
a
week
or
two
ago,
so
everybody
was
very
bundled
up
and
out
doing
trail.
Cutting
chainsaws
do
keep
you
warm
in
those
situations.
I
will
say
from
my
past
experience,
but
progress
is
going
very,
very
well
we're
hoping
to
get
tread.
H
Work
started
in
about
three
weeks,
serious
tread
work
and
then
we've
got.
We've
left
the
last
little
bit
of
the
trail
closed
off,
so
that
we
can
make
the
transition
to
the
new
trail
in
in
one
day,
but
the
it's
going
very
well
and
the
alignment's
super
fun.
H
It's
going
to
be
a
shift
for
people
because
everybody's,
so
they
know
they're
trailed
they've
been
doing
it
for
years,
and
here
we're
going
to
shift
out
something,
and
I
think
there's
going
to
be
some
blowback,
but
we're
going
to
get
some
pr
going
and
let
everybody
know
that
it's
coming
up
very
good,
more
flagging
and
cutting
very
dense
the
ceonothus,
the
white
ceanothus
has
those
sharps
spines
and
yeah.
It's
a
it's
a
tough
one
to
cut
through.
H
So
we
did
have
some
rain
and
it
was
a
dramatic
rain.
All
at
once
exposed
a
lot
of
material,
some
weak
spots
that
we
hadn't
seen.
So
there
was
going
out
and
rebuilding.
This
is
the
low
strobeless
trail.
As
you
come
out
of
the
wildwood
mesa,
it
exposed
the
the
substrate
that
we
had
there,
the
we
actually
have
some
geotech
underlinement
and
that
showed
up.
H
So
the
rangers
went
out
and
snipped
that
and
then
the
best
time
to
work
trail
is
during
the
rain,
because
you
can
see
where
the
problems
are
and
all
you
really
have
to
do
when
you're
working
trails
just
be
smarter
than
water.
However,
water
is
very,
very
smart,
so
learning
where
to
channel
it,
so
it
doesn't
cause
further
problems
is
it
is
a
good
challenge.
H
H
In
this
is
just
a
public
thing
again:
we've
had
some
complaints
about
mountain
bikes
going
too
fast
and
we
want
to
make
sure
we're
trying
to
get
the
word
out
there.
If
you're
out
on
the
trail
hiking-
and
you
see
somebody
that's
riding
correctly-
please
give
them
a
high
five
or
you
know
thumbs
up.
But
if
they're
going
fast,
hey
slow
down,
slow
down
we're
trying
to
get
the
word
out
on
that.
H
And
not
a
sunset
shot,
but
it
kind
of
looks
like
one.
I
love
this
perspective
of
the
the
herbs
fire
from
the
hillside
above
the
houses
and
kind
of
looks
like
a
sunset.
So
do
you
have
any
questions?
I'm
available.
G
Thank
you,
mr
cooper.
I
was
just
wondering
about
the
illegal
dumping.
There
seems
to
be
quite
a
bit
of
that
going
on
and
it
was
awfully
nice
of
you
to
just.
Let
them
know
that
you
caught
them
in
the
act
and
then
they
came
and
cleaned
up.
Do
we
have
any
fines.
H
We
we
do
have
that
ability
to
cite
them
in
this
case.
H
That
would
be
preferable
because
we
don't
have
the
ranger
time
to
go
out
and
do
it,
so
it
ended
up
working
out
very
well
for
us.
I
did
put
that
in
the
letter
that
if
it
was
not
cleaned
up-
and
they
did
not
contact
me-
that
there
would
be
a
citation-
so
yes,
it
is,
there
is
an
option,
but
in
this
case
it
was
preferable
for
us
to
get
it
cleaned
up.
G
So
I
see
sometimes-
and
I've
mentioned
this
to
general
manager-
jim
friedl,
at
triumphal
park-
there
seemed
to
be
huge
piles
of
of
wood
fire.
Basically
that
dropped
off
every
now
and
then,
and
is
that,
do
we
have
a
camera
there
too
to
catch
them
in
the
act?
We.
H
Don't
we
only
have
the
one
special
sneaky
camera
right
now
and
we
have
had
it
out
at
triumphal,
we've
had
it
out
at
canada
park
and
some
other
hot
spots
spring
metal
and
those
are
the
the
big
ones
and
we
we
just
haven't
caught
them.
F
Thank
you.
Yes,
there's
a
follow-up
matt
the!
So
if
I
understand
correctly
that
in
in
lieu
of
the
citation
you
asked
these
folks
to
not
only
clean
up
what
they
dumped,
but
everything
that
had
been
dumped
there
in
the
past,
so
they
were
in
essence,
cleaning
up
their
mess
and
everybody
else's
that
had
been
left
there
over
time.
Is
that
correct.
H
There
there
were
six
piles
there
and
we're
not
sure
who
did
what
exactly
other
than
the
photos
that
we
had,
but
we
said
they
needed
to
clean
up
their
stuff.
They
came
in
and
cleaned
up
all
of
it,
so
we
consider
it
a
win-win
on
our
side.
F
Okay,
well,
hopefully,
it's
also
an
educational
approach
and
word
will
get
out
to
that
community
because
I'm
sure
it's
a
close-knit
community.
They
all
know
each
other
and
compete
with
each
other.
So
hopefully
that
will
work
and
then
also
with
the
various
fire
recoveries
wind,
recovery,
rain
recovery
recovery
seems
to
be
the
mode
right
now
are.
Is
that
still
ongoing?
You
mentioned
things
were
done
within
a
matter
of
a
few
days,
but
is
there
still
significant
work
to
be
done
or
you
know
how
much
of
that
was
actually
completed?.
H
Well,
a
lot
of
it
was
band-aids
we
could
we
could
always
do
it
better
if,
if
time
allows,
we
just
don't
have
the
staffing
time
to
do
a
lot
of
these
things.
So
we
we
want
to
make
safety's,
always
priority
warm
and
getting
that
the
trail
safe
was
was
high
priority
so
and
we
also
need
to
get
the
los
robles
trail
brushed
before
bird
season.
You
know
so
there's
a
lot
of
things
that
are
lined
up
and
we're
the
rangers
are
just
cranking
on
them.
B
B
Questions
of
matt
kuba,
all
right,
we
will
go
on
to
koska
updates
from
mr
friedl
and
mr
rogers
jim.
You
want
to
go
ahead.
First.
A
Sure,
really,
this
is
the
opportunity
for
crpd
to
throw
out
something
in
you
know.
Our
news
is
we
we
were
able
to
secure
a
2.7
million
dollar
grant
the
other
night
from
one
of
our
best
partners.
So
we're
really
excited
the
city
awarded
the
grant
for
the
global
adult
and
teen
center
project,
so
those
will
be
great
and,
as
the
costco
board
members
know,
the
the
senior
center
global
adult
center
is
being
used
as
a
vaccination
center
now
for
the
next
six
months.
A
So
so,
even
though
the
center's
not
open
to
the
general
public,
the
community
is
getting
lots
of
use
out
of
it.
So
thank
you
to
the
city
friends
here
for
the
that
grant.
Looking
forward
to
doing
that
project,
I
had
to
go
to
ventura
fairgrounds
to
get
a
coven
shot.
C
A
A
D
Yeah
I
wanted
to
thank
brian
for
sending
out
the
copy
of
the
memo
or
the
information
on
on
the
ad
hoc
committee
on
staffing
and
budget
director
jones,
and
I
got
together
with
with
several
city
and
crpd
staff
people
several
weeks
ago,
and
the
staff
presented
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
good
information.
D
I
know
it
just
came
out
today,
so
you
might
not
all
have
had
a
chance
to
look
at
it
yet,
but
a
lot
of
good
information
about
why
costco
needs
additional
staffing,
which
I
you
know
we
all
understand,
but
some
good
points
there
and
then
the
the
recommendations
by
staff
for
four
new
additional
staff
positions
in
costco.
So
I
appreciate
that
being
sent
out
and
distributed
to
all
of
our
board
members
and
also
went
out
to
all
the
crpd
board
members.
So.
B
Thank
you.
Yes,
I
did
read
it.
It's
very
compelling.
We've
been
we're
operating
on
a
shoestring
and
luckily
matt
is
turning
gray,
but
it
looks
good
on
you
matt
for
all
your
work.
B
Indeed,
okay
other
board
member
comments.
Yes,
yes,
director
bill
de
la
pena,.
G
Thank
you.
I
was
wondering
whether
we
could
get
an
update
during
our
and
for
our
next
meeting
on
how
the
home
hardening
program
is
coming
along.
C
I
can
I
can
share
a
little
bit
of
that
now
and
we'll
have-
and
we
can
certainly
pro
I'll
have
more
next
time,
but
we've
been
working
with
the
fire
safe
council
they've
set
dates
for
volunteer
training
to
train
their
volunteer
home
ignition
zone
inspection
volunteers.
C
Those
will
start
at
the
I
guess
fourth
week
of
march
and
run
through
early
april,
and
they
expect
that
they
could
start
assisting
landowners
with
you
know
some
information
sometime
later
in
april.
Perhaps
the
next
step
after
that
kind
of
immediate
project
is
to
put
together
some
additional
informational,
webinar
presentations.
F
Thank
you
chair,
just
as
a
follow-up
to
that.
I
don't
know
if
you're
aware,
but
the
commissioners,
the
insurance
commissioner's
office
for
the
state
of
california,
just
came
out
with
an
announcement
of
that
the
state
is
going
to
be
offering
guidelines
for
home
hardening
and
so
that
just
came
out
this
week,
so
that
may
be
of
use
as
that
program
moves
forward.
F
Second
thing:
I
was
going
to
mention
that
follow-up
to
director
huffer
is
in
looking
at
matt
kuba's
slides
it
looked
like
the
rangers
were
kind
of
being
the
keystone
cops.
You
know
shuttling
from
wind
events
to
fire
events
to
flood
events.
You
know,
and
my
thought
well
well-
who's
who's
managing
the
station.
F
So
hopefully
we
can
help
that
that
staffing
situation
and
move
that
forward
and
then
lastly,
is
a
follow-up
to
the
earlier
public
comment
about
the
wildwood
parking
lot,
which
continues
to
bubble
up,
sometimes
vigorously
sometimes
mildly,
but
nonetheless
it's
always
bubbling.
I
was
going
to
suggest
if,
if
the
board
would
entertain
it,
perhaps
putting
together
an
ad
hoc
committee
to
further
research
some
of
these
issues.
F
My
impression
right
or
wrong
is
that
there's
been
a
lot
of
discussion
and
there
seems
to
be
a
variety
of
of
preferences,
but
can't
really
agree
on
what
needs
to
get
done
and
I'd
like
to
see
if
we
can
perhaps
put
a
focus
on
that
with
the
costco
ad
hoc
committee.
If
possible,
you
know
work
with
the
neighbors
work
with
the
staff
work
with
the
users.
F
Part
of
that
is,
educational
is,
as
mr
stark
was
mentioning,
with
some
of
the
plans
ahead,
but
I
think
some
of
that
is
still
out
there.
We
need
to
do
something
right
away
and
if,
if
that
were
agreeable,
I
think
we
we
would
probably
reap
some
benefits
if
we
were
to
do
something
like
that.
I'll
leave
that
to
staff
to
you
know
make
a
recommendation
as
far
as
what
should
or
shouldn't
be
something
like
that,
but
I
think
it
would
be
helpful.