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COSCA 9/8/21
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Okay,
we
can
come
back
to
that
if
they,
if
they
do
come
in.
So
in
that
case,
let
us
go
to
action
items
and
the
first
one
is
to
authorize
implementation
of
the
arroyo.
Canao
invasive
plant
management
project
approve
the
secret
notice
of
exemption
and
authorize
a
100
000
match
for
the
santa
monica
mountains.
Conservancy
grant.
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Sure
I
might
bring
my
thing
a
little
bit
closer.
I
push
my
computer
away,
so
my
face
doesn't
get
too
big
anyway,
the
we
proposed
the
project
budget
because
we
think
it
should
be
sufficient
to
get
through
this
section
there.
It's
a
logical
breaking
point
down
on
the
top
of
your
screen
or
screen.
Where
you
see
all
the
the
green
dots
up
there.
There
really
isn't
any
arundo
in
that
particular
area
because
there's
no
soil,
it's
all
a
bedrock
area.
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The
palms
seem
to
do
fine
growing
right
out
of
rocks,
so
the
with
the
grant
funds
we
felt
an
additional
100
000
would
get
us
through
this
section.
The
arundo
and
the
fan
palms
have
already
been
removed
upstream
of
this
area.
These
are
two
species
that
predominantly
spread
in
the
downstream
direction,
so
we
have
some
protected
upstream,
so
they're
not
washing
through
and
that
work
was
done
by
the
venturi
county.
Watershed
protection
district.
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The
project
does
qualify
as
a
project
under
seqa,
but
it
does
also
qualify
for
a
categorical
exemption.
That's
exemption
number
33
for
small
restoration
projects.
These
are
generally
projects
that
are
under
five
acres
in
size
and
that
you
know
don't
involve
the
disturbances
of
soil
and
things
like
that.
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What
we're
asking
tonight
for
the
board
is
to
authorize
implementation
of
the
project,
and
that
includes
managing
a
competitive
bid
process
because
of
the
value
of
the
of
the
project.
This
requires
a
competitive
bid
process,
we'd
also
like
authorization
for
the
board
secretary
to
sign
project
contracts
with
a
cost
not
to
exceed
the
project
budget
of
225
000.
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The
infestation
up
through
royal
canal
is
is
a
more
scattered
infestation
of
scattered
clumps.
I
mean
some
of
these.
Are
you
know
up
to
a
quarter
acre
in
size
or
a
third
of
an
acre,
but
those
are
the
largest
ones.
We
do
have
road
access
into
the
area,
but
it's
really
not
sufficient
to
bring
in
heavy
equipment.
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The
heavy
equipment
also
causes
a
lot
more
environmental
disturbance
in
the
area,
so
we'll
be
bidding
the
project
with,
and
we've
proposed
for
our
permits
to
use
hand
crews
to
do
this,
and
so
they
they'll
basically
go
in
clump
by
clump.
They
lasso
it
into
bunches
and
sawed
off
with
a
chainsaw,
and
then
they
can
take
it
over
to
the
adjacent
road
to
load
into
a
truck
or
a
tractor
for
transport
to
a
chipping
station,
where
the
the
biomass
is
chipped
and
removed
from
the
site.
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You
know,
through
the
winter
months
we're
doing
this
project
outside
of
the
bird
nesting
season
to
avoid
conflicts
with
nesting
birds,
because
in
the
arroyo
down
there
there's
a
very
rich
bird
habitat
down
there,
so
we're
trying
to
avoid
those
impacts,
and
if
it's,
if
we
don't
finish
it
in
the
first
year,
we
you
know
this
is
a
multi-year
project,
we'll
likely
be
down
here
doing
re-treatments
for
up
to
four
years,
the
palms,
the
palms
will
basically
be
chainsawed
down.
They
don't
grow
back.
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So
what
what
we
do
with
the
palms
they'll
be
cut
up
into
smaller
pieces
but
and
dragged
outside
of
the
creek
corridor,
but
they're
left
to
desiccate
for
a
month
before
we
remove
them
off
site
because
of
the
the
cost
of
hauling
by
weight.
Is
it's
all
water?
You
know,
so
you
leave
them
out
in
a
place
where
they'll
dry
out
and
then
you
can
just
pick
them
up
and
carry
them
into
the
truck.
So
that's
kind
of
the
strategy
there
excuse
me
does.
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We've
never
really
done
anything
of
this
of
this
scale
on
this
species.
There's
been
work
like
this
done
in
our
area
by
other
agencies.
The
watershed
protection
district
has
been
working
in
areas
upstream
of
this,
mostly
in
kind
of
where
the
streams
and
the
auroras
kind
of
are
inside
of
our
urban
areas.
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Most
of
those
areas
have
already
been
treated,
so
we
think
of
this
as
something
that
it's
not
really
new
ground
in
terms
of
our
thinking
this
you
know
this
is
projects
like
this
are
happening
all
over
the
state
and
are
high
priorities
for
resource
agencies,
but
this
will
be
the
the
first
of
these
types
of
projects.
Now,
there's
still
a
run
to
downstream.
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We
don't
know
when
we'll
get
to
those,
it's
a
vexing
problem.
That's
kind
of
you
know
it
gets
worse
as
you
go
downstream,
but
this
is
an
area
where
we
you
know,
that
is
a
unique
habitat
area.
I
mean
among
all
the
open
space
and
acosta
systems,
there's
really
no
place
quite
like
a
royal
canajo
in
terms
of
what
it
offers
in
the
variety
of
habitats.
Here
we
think
investing
in
its
quality
is
is
a
good
first
move
for
us.
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I
certainly
support
the
project,
so
you
know
long
overdue,
and
I
know
it's
one
of
those
projects
that
will
never
end
because
you're
continuing
to
have
to
do
it,
but
you
just
can't
wait
and
and
not
let
you
know
not
get
started
and
just
kind
of
let
it
keep
going.
I
have
a
couple
follow-up
questions.
I
I
know
arundo
is
very
aggressive
and
it's
very
resilient
and
sprouts
from
its
roots.
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What
type
of
success
rate
do
you
have
with
that
with
with
minimizing
the
reproduction
of
it,
as
opposed
to
coming
in
with
some
chemicals
to
try
and
kill
it,
which
obviously
you're
in
a
stream
bed,
makes
very
difficult
to
do
anything
like
that.
So
what
are
the
results
been
for
this
type
of
just
mechanical
removal
and
repetitive
efforts
for
that.
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Well,
for
a
project
to
really
be
successful,
it
is
a
combination
of
biomass
removal
and
some
treatment
with
herbicide
by
removing
the
biomass
in
advance.
Like
all
the
big
canes,
it
means
you're.
Just
you
know
you
can,
depending
on
the
size,
you
can
just
dab
a
little
bit
right
on
the
cane,
so
you're
not
really
doing
a
broadcast.
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Yeah
I
watched
first
hand
as
they
were
doing
that
through
the
glendale
narrows
of
the
la
river,
but
that
was
very
easily
accessed
by
vehicles
and
they
had
some
pretty
heavy
duty
equipment.
This
is
obviously
very
narrow
and
will
take
all
all
the
hand
access
you
can
so
to
understand
the
process
and
the
maintenance
and
again
the
disposal.
You
said
you're
going
to
let
the
palms
dry
out
before
you
remove
those,
but
the
arundo
you're
going
to
take
these
to
staging
areas.
And
then
what
to
the
landfill
is
that
the
idea.
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They're
we
there
some
of
this
may
be
able
to
be
distributed
in
other
areas.
It's
not.
It
won't
be
viable
once
once
it's
crushed
and
desiccated,
so
we
may
be
able
to.
You
know,
use
some
of
that
at
open
space
areas
as
mulch,
but
other
than
that
we'll
be
finding
safe
disposal
of
it
in
a
lot
of
projects
for
removing
large
amounts.
Is
they
just
grind
it
in
place
and
leave
it?
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We
don't
know
yet,
but
because
of
the
value
of
the
of
the
contract,
we
anticipate,
I
believe,
the
our
procurement
policies
direct
us
to
a
competitive
bid
process.
There
are
com.
There
are
plenty
of
companies
out
here
that
do
this
very
well
and
there
a
lot
of
these
areas
that
they're
treating
are
not
really
by
the
creeks.
They
can
go
in
and
use
the
mechanical
stuff,
but
usually
by
the
time
you're
getting
up
close
to
that
that
waterway
they're
doing
that
by
hand
in
most
places
anyway,
so
their
crews
are
experienced.
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D
That
are
flowing
to
agencies.
The
size
of
this
and
scope
of
this
project
is
beyond
what
we
can
accomplish
with
our
own
staff,
and
our
staff
have
important
priorities.
You
know
throughout
the
open
space
system,
so
we
didn't
anticipate
design
to
draw
from
you
know
our
limited
field
capacity
as
it
is
to
direct
to
this
project.
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Good
morning,
good
afternoon,
sorry,
we
had
a
look
apparently
a
late
email
that
was
finally
received
with
the
ability
to
clink
in
so
I'll,
be
within
your
three
minutes
very
sure.
I
am
chuck
leck,
I'm
a
resident
of
thousand
oaks
since
1978
and
I
currently
serve
as
the
government
affairs
director
for
the
canao
cemu
park
association
of
realtors.
F
We
represent
2
000
realtors
in
our
area.
We
are
urging
all
public
agencies
who
manage
and
control
public
land
that
open
space
to
have
the
higher
or
at
least
same
obligation
as
private
sector,
and
I
know
you
honor
the
the
same
obligation
and
to
be
held
individually
and
collectively
accountable
for
public
fire
safety,
loss
of
lives,
loss
of
our
open
space
resources
and
loss
of
homes
and
property
damage.
It's
imp.
Obviously
it's
important
we're
not
looking
to
blame
somebody,
but
we're
looking
to
get
somebody
that
could
do
something
about
it.
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Time
is
of
the
essence,
and
we
are
demanding
creation
of
an
action
plan
from
all
agencies
to
urgently
implement
the
fire
prevention
and
mitigation
plan,
possibly
including
such
activities
as
regular
vegetation
and
brush
clearance
and
performance
of
regular,
controlled
burns.
Of
course,
all
based
on
fire
department,
recommendations
and
oversight
due
to
the
devastating
wildfires
we
experienced
in
the
past
four
years,
it
seems
obvious
and
imperative
that
we
must
make
changes.
F
Why
are
we
in
favor
of
increased
wildfire
mitigation
techniques,
our
citizens,
obviously
value
and
enjoy
living
surrounded
by
mountains
at
open
space
management
and
preservation
of
open
space
should
be
our
government's
number
one
priority,
and
I
believe
they've
told
us
that,
however,
climate
change
and
major
fires
in
our
service
area
have
cost
billions
of
dollars
and
affected
thousands
of
lives
throughout
the
state.
Fire
insurance
policies
are
in
the
process
of
being
canceled
and
homeowners
will
have
to,
in
the
future,
rely
on
the
much
more
expensive
state,
fair
plan,
it's
misnamed.
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If
we
keep
doing
what
we
have
done
in
the
past,
wildfires
will
happen
again,
causing
even
greater
colossal
destruction
of
trees
and
vegetation,
as
well
as
loss
of
human
lives
and
animal
lives.
Those
who
advocate
for
keeping
open
space
in
its
natural,
uncontrolled
state
without
fire
management,
witnessed
how
the
thompson
fire
scored,
281
000
acres
and
destroyed
at
least
a
thousand
structures.
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We
got
volunteer,
we
received
our
our
program
hours
reports
this
month
and
between
may
and
august
2021.
Our
trail
watch
volunteers
filed
151
reports
from
out
on
the
trails
and
logged
212
hours
of
hiking
and
watching
on
our
trails.
Our
drop
the
trail
volunteers,
filed
59
reports
and
176
hours
out
on
the
trails
and
the
adopted
trail
is
a
little
bit
more
hands-on.
They
may
do
some
like
weed
clearing
garbage
collection
and
things
like
that.
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It's
there's
a
core
group
that
hike
constantly
and
then
there's
the
people
that
hike
once
a
week
or
once
every
other
week,
so
it's
kind
of
across
the
board.
I
don't.
I
don't
have
the
number
of
volume
of
volunteers
we
receive
probably
about
five.
It
seems
like
about
five
a
day,
so
there's
a
variety
of
people
out.
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G
Just
just
emphasize,
you
know
that
it
you
need
to
be
careful
out
there,
the
individual
that
passed,
swain,
lang,
ranch
avid
outdoors
person
and
just
you
know
it's
hot-
make
sure
you've
got
water.
Make
sure
that
you
people
know
where
you
are
make
sure
you've
got
your
phone
with
you
and
stay
within
your
your
abilities.
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Next
one
rangers
have
cleaned
up
an
abandoned,
homeless,
shelter
or
homeless
camp.
This
is
in
the
los
padres
area.
I
believe
pretty
extensive
camp
and
a
lot
of
stuff
to
haul
out
next
and
once
again,
how
did
it
get
an
open
space?
So
here
was
this
recliner
overlooking
hill
canyon
or
yeah,
overlooking
hill
canyon,
and
it
was
so
heavy.
The
rangers
had
to
use
a
portable
sawzall
to
cut
it
up
into
pieces
to
get
it
out
off
the
hillside.
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G
That's
okay,
so
the
if
this
you
were
able
to
see
this
video
during
the
when
it's
high
fire
danger.
We
don't
use
chainsaws
and
I
wanted
to
demonstrate
this
new.
It's
actually
a
short
tree
saw
that
the
rangers
just
recently
bought
and
it
worked
great
for
cutting
and
our
seasonal
ranger
joe
went
through
a
four
inch
branch
in
just
just
a
minute
or
so
so
you
know
trying
to
be
fire
safe,
trying
to
be
productive
and
efficient,
but
also
be
you
know
in
shape.
I
guess
next.
G
This
is
the
los
robles
reroute
that
we
did
earlier
last
year.
It
it
had
some
soil
issues
that
it
dried
out
and
kind
of
started,
flaking
away,
so
the
rangers
went
back
in
towed
in
a
bunch
of
rock
and
rebuilt
a
section
of
it.
Next
and
soil
moisture
is
critical
when
building
trail,
the
rangers
are
using
a
backpack
sprayer
that
actually
comes
from
the
forest
service,
and
I
used
to
use
these
when
I
did
wildland
fire.
G
Pretty
much
a
constant:
these
are
the
bridges
that
we've
we've
been
using
the
past
few
years.
These
blowout
bridges
they
work
really
well,
but
it
doesn't
take,
hardly
anything
for
them
to
get
blown
out
and
that's
okay,
because
they're
easy
to
reset
and
we
just
we
had
a
little
bit
of
a
sprinkle
and
it
actually
kicked
up
enough
water
to
move
them
so,
but
they
work
great.
G
A
male
tarantula
and
we're
going
to
start
seeing
these
running
around
usually
right
around
now
sunsetish
time
and
they'll
be
out
looking
for
females,
the
females
are
in
their
burrows,
but
the
males
will
be
running
around
and
that's
all
that's
on
their
mind
is,
is
finding
a
mate,
so
they're
very
safe
they're
not
going
to
bite
you
they're,
big
and
scary,
looking
but
they're,
very,
very
safe
and
nice
guys,
so
don't
disturb
them.
Let
them
be
tarantulas
and
and
do
their
thing
and
the
last
picture
is
not
of
our
open
space.
G
B
A
G
It's
it's
going.
We
have.
We
had
the
supervising
park,
ranger
position
out
for
about
two
months.
We've
done
two
interviews.
We
feel
very
good
about
the
candidate
pool
and
we'll
be
seeing
how
things
go
in
the
next
couple
weeks,
but
we
do
feel
really
really
good
about
it
and
it's
nice
to
have
choices.