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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01 - Public Comments - Additional Documents - 2/16/2016ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS - PUBLIC COMMENT M EJIA, JESSICA Subject: FW: February 10, 2016 Defective OCFA EMS Model Letter - Written Public Comment -----Original Message ----- From: stephen wontrobski Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 3:49 PM To: GREEN, BRENDA <brenda.green@costamesaca.gov> Subject: February 10, 2016 Defective OCFA EMS Model Letter - Written Public Comment Dear Ms. Green, The attached February 10, 2016 Defective OCFA EMS Model letter with its December 24, 2015 letter regarding EMS Paramedic Response Times was signed and issued today. It addresses Costa Mesa issues. Can you please make distribution of it to your City Council members and include it as my written public comment for your next City Council meeting. Sincerely, Stephen Wontrobski Ste hen M. Wontrobski February 10, 2016 Board of Directors Members Orange County Fire Authority 1 Fire Authority Road Irvine, CA 92602 Ref: Defective OCFA EMS Model Dear Board of Director Members: I have long objected to the OCFA Emergency Medical Services (EMS) model. I have criticized it as high cost model that over -compensates union paramedics and firefighters to the financial detriment of the taxpaying public. Ironically, the OCFA's main responsibility is to the public and not to wage, pension and other benefit demands of the paramedics and firefighters. However, what cannot be ignored is the fact that the average firefighter's total yearly compensation is over $230,000 for a qualified individual with a minimum high school education. Furthermore, the interests of the public should reign supreme over the financial and political interests of the majority of current Board members. Unfortunately, it does not, regardless of what this group claims. I have also criticized the EMS model as being a poor service model to those members of the public requiring EMS services from the OCFA. (See my attached December 24, 2015 letter on this subject.) Assuredly, the OCFA will cite their customer survey responses to dispute this statement. However, have already completed an investigation of the OCFA customer survey complaints, and I am in a position to address such a predicted response. At this point I do not care to debate that matter. Instead, I will address the recent Triton Group consultant study on EMS models that was submitted to the Costa Mesa City Council and Costa Mesa Fire Department. This study was discussed at the Costa Mesa City Council meeting on January 19, 2016, which I attended. Listed below are various observations that are associated with the Triton Group study. 1. The current Costa Mesa EMS model is basically the same model as the OCFA model. OCFA Finance/Audit Manager, Jim Ruane, in numerous meetings I have attended has stated that the OCFA model is the best EMS model and other agencies use it because it is the best. However, the Triton Group does not agree with this repeated assertion. (I am not referring to the new enhanced EMS study model that was initiated by Chief Bowman.) The OCFA model employs three pieces of equipment and a minimum of nine responding individuals. (Two pieces of OCFA fire fighting/EMS vehicles with seven of the referenced $230,000 employees and one private ambulance company piece of equipment staffed by two EMT individuals paid dramatically lower wages and fringe benefits.) The OCFA will be quick to point out that private ambulance company paramedics are not as well trained as the OCFA paramedics. This widespread assumption is incorrect and is completely unsupported with information from the Orange County Healthcare Agency (HCA). Private and OCFA paramedics are equally trained. However, private ambulance company paramedics actually have stiffer continuing accreditation requirements than OCFA paramedics. This added requirement is only applicable to private paramedics and not the OCFA paramedics. 5. The time has finally come for the HCA to provide a study comparing the performance of private paramedics involved in the County IFT Program with the performance of paramedics from the OCFA and other Orange County Fire Departments. The study should also address completion of PCR's, which the County has already audited, found greatly deficient, and a concern to public safety. 6. The County HCA and not the OCFA should do a study comparison of OCFA paramedic wages, pensions and benefits to equally trained and qualified Orange County private paramedics. Private ambulance company paramedics make on average between $65,000 to $75,000 in total yearly compensation, as opposed to $230,000 for equally trained OCFA paramedics. 7. The Costa Mesa Triton Group study rejects usage of the OCFA model, since it considers it costly, inefficient and lacking in proper service to the community. I quote from page 2 of the study. The current practice is the response of an engine company, a fire based ambulance and a private ambulance provider to all EMS incidents. This type of response to medical emergencies is atypical when compared to best practices throughout the United States. Simply stated, this deployment model is not the most efficient for an urban city, operationally or financially. 8. 1 have learned that the private paramedic model is being used successfully at dramatically lower cost in neighboring counties. In fact, the private paramedic model was highly praised for its response and handling of the recent San Bernardino terrorist attack. 9. 1 believe the OCFA, as well as Costa Mesa and Irvine, should thoroughly vet the implementation and transition to a private paramedic model in Orange County. The fire fighters union is sure to wage an attack against any OCFA Board of Director or City Council member that endorses such a study. However, the OCFA Fire Chief, Costa Mesa Fire Chief, and Irvine City Manager can endorse conducting such a study. They do not have to worry about losing campaign funding or an endorsement in any upcoming election. This action will further solidify their reputations as being true Fire Department reform minded individuals. 10.All of the proposed Triton Group study models were rejected by the Costa Mesa City Council. However, the Costa Mesa Triton Group study, as well as the Irvine ESCI Fire Department study, did not include a private paramedic EMS model. In my opinion, they both should have. 11. The Costa Mesa City Council discussed the need for a new EMS model study that incorporated the use of private paramedics. 12. In the Costa Mesa City Council meeting, I also learned that the union four member engine staffing requirement has been renegotiated and reduced to a three member staffing requirement in the Costa Mesa Fire Department contract. It is of interest to note that the union insisted four member staffing requirement is only applicable for fire suppression and not for EMS responses. Does the OCFA labor negotiator even know about this Costa Mesa contract modification development? Is he fighting to implement a similar minimum staffing requirement reform in our contract? If not, why not? This item continues to be ignored in OCFA Board meetings, along with all/most of my other written recommendations, some of which the Costa Mesa Fire Department is now considering. 13. The Costa Mesa Fire Department is currently studying whether to require all new recruits to be certified paramedics. It makes sense and is a recommendation for the OCFA also to implement as detailed in my attached December 24, 2015 letter. Why isn't the OCFA considering this hiring requirement for workers, who are to be paid $230,000 in total yearly compensation? 14. The Costa Mesa Fire Department is also studying a peak staffing system change. It simply is to get rid of the 24 hour shift, wherein firefighters/paramedics are paid to sleep, eat, work out and enjoy large overtime payments, when the full complement of firefighters/paramedics is not even needed in non -peak hourly periods. It is interesting to note that private ambulance paramedic companies routinely employ this peak staffing/non-24 hour model for their paramedics without any impact to public safety. Why isn't the OCFA considering a change to a peak staffing/non-24 hour shift? 15. Costa Mesa is considering an expanded Reserve Fire Fighter Program, which would dramatically lower costs without any impact to public safety. It could certainly be employed in early hour/off peak call periods. Costa Mesa acknowledged that there are significant benefits to a Reserve Fire Fighter Program. However, just the opposite has taken place at the OCFA. Also, has Irvine given serious consideration to this recommendation? The OCFA firefighters union has successfully negotiated a dramatic reduction in this cost effective program. The result is more overtime for the firefighters and paramedics, when the staffing could be done by Reserve Program trained fire suppression personnel. Why isn't the OCFA labor negotiator working to negotiate an expansion of the Reserve Fire Fighter Program that would benefit the public? Brad Reese, former OCFA Board of Director from Villa Park would be a perfect individual to consult on this issue. He formerly was a Reserve Fire Fighter Captain in the Program. Since major union backlash can be expected against any OCFA Board member that would endorse the expansion of the OCFA Reserve Program, it is incumbent that the OCFA Fire Chief proposes ways to promote the hiring of additional Reserve Program members. 16. Implementing an effective private paramedic model would finally eliminate those criticized ALS/BLS rebates, which the OCFA lobbyists have been successful with the Orange County Board of Supervisors in pulling from simple public discussion for two successive years now. It will be interesting for the public to know some day, which County Supervisors have stopped even a public discussion of the merits of the OCFA ALS/BLS rebates to the complete detriment of seniors and the taxpaying public. It will give these groups additional information regarding casting votes in a future election. The old rule will finally come into play, "Forget what they say they are doing for your benefit; pay attention to what they actually do or do not do for your benefit." To me the above issues are simply aligned with a union money and staffing issue. It provides a powerful incentive to the union to block all OCFA reform measures that address excessive wage, benefits, overtime and pensions. The opposition to these reform measures has very little to do with providing effective cost services to the public. The public has virtually no real representation on the current OCFA Board of Directors, since only a small minority of the Board of Directors work to place the public's interests first. Many of the Board members are totally concerned with their own future political and financial gain, and not the interests of the public. As such, they do not endorse any study or reform measures that would incur the feared potential wrath of the union, and thereby jeopardize union campaign endorsements and funding contributions to them. In closing, where is our labor negotiator on these issues? He has already received failing grades of F and F- on the last two union contracts he negotiated. However, in my taxpayer eyes, they both were negotiated for the benefit of a privileged few, at the complete expense of the non -represented taxpaying public. Sincerely, Stephen M. Wontrobski E:ocfacrostud y02-10-16 Cc: Orange County Board of Supervisors; Costa Mesa City Council Members; Irvine City Council Members; Tammi McConnell (EMCC Members); State EMSA Director; Orange County.Grand Jury Ste hen Wontrobski December 24, 2015 OCFA Board of Directors 1 Fire Authority Road Irvine, CA 92602 Ref: EMS Paramedic Response Time Reforms Dear Board of Director Members: OCFA 911 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) response times, substantially below accepted norms, jeopardize the lives and health of the public. They have long existed at an unacceptable rate at the OCFA. This is despite the fact that approximately 90% of the OCFA responses are for EMS, and only 10% for fire callouts. have sought OCFA improvement in its EMS response times. However, those requests fell on deaf ears of the following groups: a) OCFA Executive Staff b) OCFA Board of Directors (absent the sole director from Rancho Santa Margarita, Carol Gamble) c) OCFA Firefighters Union It is so ironic, but so monetarily and politically guided, that all of these groups continually voice their never ending concern for the public safety. Yet, the real proof of their concern lies in action and not words. All of these groups were aware of the unacceptable EMS response times given in OCFA reports to the OCFA Board of Directors. But none of them took any steps or even offered recommendations to correct the problem. Public lives were at stake and nobody even attempted to institute any corrective action. Then, the litany of past OCFA problems reached a boiling point, and the exiting fire chief was replaced with Chief Jeff Bowman. It did not take him very long to immediately grasp this obvious problem and put into effect a pilot program to improve EMS response times. On behalf of the public, once again thank him for this action. I believe the pilot program is only the start of needed reforms that will increase the EMS response times. These reforms will finally put the interest of public safety at the top of the list and replace the primary political and monetary interests of many of those members of the OCFA executive staff, Board of Directors, and union. Reform Proposals From a review of response time data and 911customer complaint records to the OCFA, I offer the following EMS paramedic reform proposals, if not already implemented, for your consideration. 1. Approximately 3,000 applicants apply for each fire academy new enrollment of about 30 available slots. This equates to roughly 100 applicants for each available OCFA opening. Institute a requirement that applicants for admission to the fire academy class enrollment be limited to those applicants, who have existing paramedic state certification. 2. Require that all individuals seeking promotions to fire captain status have paramedic state licensing certification and county accreditation in effect. 3. Require that all paramedics, who have switched over to administrative positions, be required to take a refresher course for paramedics to acquaint themselves with new paramedic advances before allowing them to come back in an active paramedic/non-administrative job responsibility. 4. Require all fire captains, who are not also licensed paramedics, to obtain a paramedic license within one year. 5. Hire more paramedic applicants with Vietnamese and Spanish speaking abilities. This will address public complaints regarding communication problems with Spanish and Vietnamese 911 patients and their caregivers. 6. Hire more female paramedics to address the complaint of lack of respect for female modesty. This will address the complaint of allowing other mostly male firefighters to be unneeded female examination onlookers. 7. Limit the number of firefighters in a room where two paramedics are examining a patient. Why are there instances of seven firefighters in a room gazing at a female patient, when only two paramedics are conducting the medical assessment? 8. Have individual fire captains instruct non -needed non -paramedic personnel to leave the room while an examination is being done by the paramedics. Why this issue has simply been ignored, despite complaints from the public of overcrowding in the room and lack of respect for female modesty, needs to be immediately addressed. Conclusion If these simple recommendations are implemented, the following beneficial public safety results will immediately take hold. 1. Only one unit and not two units will need to respond to a 911 EMS call 2. A maximum of four firefighters would arrive on the scene. With the expansion of the Chief's EMS enhancement response model, only two firefighters would need to arrive for many calls. 3. Respect for female modesty demands would be addressed. 4. There would be a maximum of three OCFA personnel in a room, two paramedics and a fire captain. With the completion of all fire captains paramedic licensing, this could be reduced to two personnel in a room. 5. Vietnamese and Spanish communication problems would be sharply diminished. 6. Women OCFA applicants would be able to secure more much needed female paramedic opportunities. 7. Additional units would be freed up to respond to future fire and EMS calls. I thank you for your consideration and action on these reform proposals. Stephen M. Wontrobski E: ocfaparmedreform12-19-15 Cc: Orange County Board of Supervisors; Tammi McConnell (County EMS Program Manager) ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS - PUBLIC COMMENTS MEJIA, JESSICA Subject: FW: City Council Meeting - How to Get Documents to Council Members > -----Original Message----- • From: Regina Mundekis > Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 8:43 AM > To: GREEN, BRENDA <brenda.green@costamesaca.gov> > Subject: City Council Meeting - How to Get Documents to Council Members > Good morning. > At the next City Council meeting, I will be speaking during public comment about Fairgrounds and Pac Amp issues. The Fairgrounds has not been in compliance with a settlement agreement regarding the Pac Amp. > > I want to let the City Council and residents know what is going on. I will be bringing copies of the settlement agreement and performer contracts to show what is not getting done. City Council can't act on the issue, but they should be aware of it if problems develop. > How should I get the documents to the Council? The documents are PDF's. I can bring a hard copy of the set to review and a CD of the same. Let me know how you want to proceed. > Thanks, > > Reaaie Mundekis 9-1 Please forward to the Costa Mesa City Council for the February 16, 2016 meeting. Good evening and thank you for the opportunity to address the council on this matter. The OC Fairgrounds is not complying with a legal settlement agreement regarding the Pacific Amphitheater. We all need to work together to prevent a return to the Nederlander years where profits tools precedence over the good of the community. The OC Fairgrounds is separated from the city by a sidewalk, which does not prevent problems on the Fairgrounds from becoming city problems. Actions by Fairgrounds staff impact the homes, church, schools, and parks around the property, all of which are in your jurisdiction. Their problems can easily cross the sidewalk and become your problems to deal with. In 2012, the OC Fairgrounds entered into a settlement agreement with the Orange County Fairgrounds Preservation Society regarding the Pacific Amphitheatre. The 2012 Pac Amp Settlement Agreement is a court ordered settlement which requires compliance with sound limits and that performers be contractually obligated to comply with the settlement. At no time in 2013, 2014, or 2015 did all the Pac Amp contracts comply with the settlement, The terms of the noise settlement are not allowed to be changed by either the performer or their agents or by staff of the OC Fairgrounds. The contract must be signed by both the performer or their agent and the OC Fairgrounds before the concert starts. An unsigned contract is not a contract and is not binding on either party. An unsigned contract is not in compliance with the 2012 settlement. In 2015, contracts were signed as late as August 31, 2015, weeks after the concert was held. Concerts should not be held if the contract is not fully signed. This matter has been brought up to the Directors of OC Fairgrounds on multiple occasions. In 2016, the problem may repeat. So far the following acts have been rebooked - • The English Beat — In 2015, the show was on August 14, 2015. The band signed the contract July 20. 2015 and CEO Kathy Kramer signed on August 18, 2015. The contract includes attachments which conflict with the 2012 Pac Amp Settlement terms. Changes were made to the attachments, but since the contract was signed after the show, the changes are not binding. The show should not have happened if there was not a signed contract. • Three Dog Night — In 2015, the show was on July 31, 2015. The band signed the contract June 30. 2015 and CEO Kathy Kramer signed on August 31, 2015. The contract includes attachments which conflict with the 2012 Pac Amp Settlement terms. Changes were made to the attachments, but since the contract was signed after the show, the changes are not binding. The show should not have happened if there was not a signed contract. • Styx — In 2013, the show was on August 2, 2013. The band signed on July 26, 2013 (date from Performance Offer page) and Interim CEO Doug Lofstrom signed on August 29, 2013. The band made substantial changes to the contract which negate the 2012 Pac Amp Settlement Agreement terms. Doug Lofstrom is a retired Ca1PERS annuitant who was brought in as in interim CEO, remains on staff, and was tasked with mentoring CEO Kathy Kramer. This show should not have happened if there was not a signed contract. It is difficult for citizens to find out information about what is going on at the OC Fairgrounds because of a lack of transparency. The board meetings are once a month, at g am on a Thursday morning, when work and school take priority. Meetings are not televised or recorded for later playback. Agenda packets do not contain staff reports like those created by City staff. The public has a difficult time finding out what is going on besides ticket sales for upcoming events at a facility that is across the street from their home, church, school or park. Thank you for your attention to this matter. 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Please complete an application (separate entries lin pagi 2 for each additional member In the same agency) and return all with payment to the following address: City of Orange — Building Division Geri Ford, Membership Chair 300 E Chapman Avenue Orange, CA 92866 Email: gford@cityoforange.org First Name: bandy Last Name: Buck Jurisdiction/Affiliation: City Of Costa Mesa Title: Chief of Inspection Phone: 714.754.5231 Email: randall.buck@costamesaca.gov INDIVIDUAL MEMBeRSHIP: DUES ❑ Class A Designated voting representative for a jurisdiction $ — [] Class B Jurisdiction employee other than designated representative, Industry professional, consultant, and others $ ❑ Honorary As approved by the membership $ tl ❑ Student Full time student $ 0 MULTIPLE MEMBERSHIPS: All transferable within the some agency ❑ Class A or B Up to 9 Class A or B within the same jurisdiction/company $ ❑ Class A or B 10 or more within the same jurisdiction/company $ ❑ Premier Includes one year advertising on the Chapter's website and 10 or more Class A or B memberships within the same jurisdiction/company $ _ OPTIO AL 0 Discounted Discount for (9) regular lunch meetings prepaid Prepaid Lunch (excludes the December Holiday Luncheon and Board Installation event) $ 200 Member lunch cost Is $25 per meal ❑ Contribution Fund for Chapter Scholarship $ ❑ Contribution Fund for CALBO Foundation $ OEC Federal Tax/ No: 33-0437036 TOTAL $ 200 Signature , Date i 16 _ Page 3 of 2 ... • s • • • • � iYR}sfF1 SfA i.:6�h'i'i'"l � I�T� 1���' Olt'?-A®OOUNI s•A• ABL. 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MAINTENANCE SERVICES [DIVISION Voucher No. Due Date: Description: Trimming of plant material to clear trails at Fairview Wetlands, P.O.# 1699-1358 Acct Fund Ora Program Proiect Amt 525201 101 19500 40111 $2,880.00 Total $2,880,00 vision A rov I ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS - OLD BUSINESS ITEM #1 MEDIA, JESSICA From: Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2016 1:56 PM To: MARCACCI, MARK Subject: Pedestrian Access Point on Old Victoria Street Mark Marcacci, am a parent of a 311 grader who attends Victoria Elementary. I understand that there a proposal to block the pedestrian access on the west end of Old Victoria Street on the south side of Victoria Street. I am OPPOSED to this proposal. We live at 19th and Whittier. We must drive east on 191h and north up Placentia Ave to Victoria Street as there is NO DIRECT access to the school through the neighborhood by car since there are permanent barriers to block traffic on Continental Ave, Monrovia Ave, and Federal Ave. All residents on the south side of the permanent barriers must drive around to reach the school. I drive and legally park on Republic Ave and walk with my son west on Old Victoria Street, through the pedestrian access and on to the school campus. There are many children who walk from this part of the neighborhood. Without the pedestrian access point, how do you propose we access the school safely? Victoria Street (not Old Victoria Street) has no sidewalk on the south side of the street from National Ave until after the pedestrian access. There is almost no parking available by the Oak St access point and that is a very long walls to access the school for those who live right off of Old Victoria Street. Please reconsider blocking the pedestrian access at the west end of Old Victoria Street without a plan in place for our children to safely access the school from Union Ave to Federal Ave south of Victoria Street to Oak Street. Come meet us in the morning and see what the safety challenges are for this part of the neighborhood without that pedestrian access point. Annamarie Minion M EJIA, JESSICA From: John Raphoon Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2016 7:01 PM To: MARCACCI, MARK Subject: Closing of The Wall I am very against closing the opening of the wall at the end if Victoria Street because my daughter and many other students that attend Victoria Elementary, walk through that wall do get to and from school. MEDIA, JESSICA From: Reyna Pizarro Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 9:52 AM To: MARCACCI, MARK Subject: [BULK] Closing Wall Importance: Low Hi! I'm against possible closure for the wall at the end of Victoria St!!!! I live on national Avenue and that's the way my kids walk through every day to school. It would put me in a very difficult situation always been worried for them but the big intersections thank you have a great day. Sent from my Phone MEDIA, JESSICA From: kimberly alcala Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 8:30 PM To: MARCACCI, MARK Subject: Public service I am against the possible closure of the wall at the end of Victoria street. Sent from my Phone MEJIA, JESSICA From: Ismael Alcala Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 8:33 PM To: MARCACCI, MARK Subject: Public service I am against the closing of the Wall at the end of Victoria Street MEJIA, JESSICA From: Elena Peralta Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 8:37 PM To: MARCACCI, MARK Subject: Public Social I am against the closing of the wall at the end of victoria street MEJIA, JESSICA From: sammy alcala Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 8:39 PM To: MARCACCI, MARK Subject: Public Services I am against the possible closure of the wall at the end of Victoria street. MEDIA, JESSICA From: Teri Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2016 5:43 PM To: MARCACCI, MARK Subject: Victoria Wall Closures I am opposed mainly to the closures along the south side of Victoria, which makes walking kids to and from school safely, possible. I also notice many of the bus stops for Tewinkle are made more accessible by these openings. If these neighborhoods are cut off to this access, it will cause even more traffic then there already is going in and out of the school, which had recently become ridiculous! The immediate neighborhood adjacent to the school on American cannot support the number of cars that would be forced to park there, for parents wanting to participate in flag deck each day! Vagrancy and theft is an ongoing problem throughout the city. A problem that won't magically go away by closing these access points. I feel the City should use its resources and energy to target know drug houses (of which there are several in and around the problem areas)and irradicate the draw into these neighborhoods. And spend money finding a solution to house the homeless so they aren't wandering around all night. Thanks for your time, Teri Kurzen MEJIA, JESSICA From: Oscar Viramontes Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2016 6:26 PM To: MARCACCI, MARK Subject: Closure of Victoria Frontage Road Hi my name is Oscar Viramontes and I'm emailing in regards to the possible closure of Victoria Frontage Road. My kids go to school at Victoria and I use this path to walk my kids to school every day M -F. Closing it and putting sidewalk on the outside of the wall is a dangerous alternative. Kids walking by, kids on bicycles... there's tons of car traffic there and it does not make me feel safe. I hope you guys reconsider closing it off because doing so will make children navigating to and from school dangerous. What will happen if there is ever an accident involving a child? 1 hope the dangers are taken into account before making a final decision. Thanks for your time sir. Sincerely, Oscar Viramontes MEDIA, JESSICA From: Elizabeth Basile Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2016 8:55 PM To: MARCACCI, MARK Subject: Victoria wall closure Dear Mark Marcacci, According to the city, a few residents who live near the openings complained about unwanted foot traffic (likely at night). While I understand their concern, in order to close the wall, I have heard that they will have to put a sidewalk on the outside. In doing so, all the mature trees on that side will require removal. However the primary issue is safe passage for the residents of the neighborhood. Several kids walk to school through those openings and we ride our bikes to places like work, EI Ranchito, and the new pizza/cafe opening up on the corner of Placentia and Victoria. I hope you will consider alternative solutions to closing off my neighborhood to neighboring businesses and residents. Thank you, Elizabeth M MEDIA, JESSICA From: Allimann949 Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2016 9:42 PM To: MARCACCI, MARK Subject: Victoria Passageway Hello, My name is Allison Mann and my family and I live at 919 Arbor St. in Costa Mesa. We have 3 children ages 7, 6 and 4... Our kids attend Victoria Elementary and we more than often ride our bikes to school and use that passage way to get there. I feel it is too unsafe having them ride their bikes or even walk on Victoria St.(which seems more like a fwy when it's packed) than riding or parking in the neighborhood and walking through the passage to get to our school. We live on Arbor St. which is near Canyon Park and we constantly have people parking in front of our house and taking up parking spaces... But we realize that the streets are for the public and especially for people in our neighborhood (desirable or not). I love our little community and am hoping we don't have to start barricading our streets up. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Allison Mann Sent from my iPhone MIEJIA, JESSICA Subject: FW: comments re wall openings/closures -----Original Message ----- From: Shirley Werner [mailto Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2016 2:50 PM To: CITY CLERK <CITYCLERK@ci.costa-mesa.ca.us> Subject: comments re wall openings/closures Closure of the wall opening near the Victoria Manor apartments at 989 Victoria, that is, the wall opening that provides safe access from the local neighborhood to Victoria Elementary School, would be very detrimental for the students and parents who depend on that safe access to get to the school. Were that wall opening closed, kids and parents who live to the south of Victoria would have to cross Victoria Street to use the sidewalk on the north side of the street because there isn't any sidewalk on the south side of Victoria, specifically between National and the school. If a sidewalk is not installed on the south side, that would mean pedestrians would have to cross Victoria to the north side only to have to cross back to the south side to get to the school. That doesn't make any sense. Mornings would mean kids and parents would be crossing Victoria at two different locations just to get to school. Afternoons would mean reversing the process. Four crossings for students in a day. Eight crossings for parents who walk their children to and from school. Again, that doesn't make any sense. However, tearing out current landscaping and replacing it with a sidewalk would be unnecessarily costly. And, any new sidewalk on the south side of Victoria only places pedestrians in a more unsafe situation. Eastbound traffic moves very fast. It just doesn't seem that it would be safe for pedestrians to be that close to traffic. It only takes one errant vehicle or distracted driver to jump the curb or perhaps a playful kid who strays too close to the oncoming traffic. Why take that chance? As for myself, I use a walker to get around. On those occasions (although rare at this point in time) that I want to walk to Victoria to see my grandson in a school activity, it would be personally devastating to attempt a walk from my house, going what would be 'backwards' for me to National, perhaps having to cross Victoria to the north side, cross again to the south side, and reverse the process to get back home. I couldn't manage it and would have to eliminate any thought of walking to school. My opinion is that the wall opening near the Victoria Manor apartments NOT be closed. Unnecessary costs. Unsafe walking conditions or very impractical routes. Again, NO on closing that wall opening. Shirley Werner 2124 Republic Avenue Costa Mesa, CA 92627 1 M EJIA, JESSICA Subject: FW: Presentation for Tuesday's council meeting Attachments: Victoria closure presentation.pdf; Victoria closure presentation.pptx From: GREEN, BRENDA Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 8:04 AM To: MEDIA, JESSICA <JESSICA.MEJIA@costamesaca.gov> Subject: FW: Presentation for Tuesday's council meeting CBrenda Green City Clerk City of Costa Mesa 714/754-5221 From: Jim Erickson Sent: Monday, February 15, 2016 11:52 PM To: GREEN, BRENDA <brenda.green@costamesaca.gov>; EMRICK, BRENDA<BRENDA.EMRICK@costamesaca.gov>; MUNOZ, ERNESTO<ERNESTO.MUNOZ@costamesaca.gov>; SETHURAMAN, RAJA <RAJA.SETHURAMAN(@costamesaca.Pov> Subject: Presentation for Tuesday's council meeting Hello all, As I've mentioned previously, I would like to speak on the Victoria wall openings this Tuesday night. I have prepared a presentation for use during my speech, and it is attached in Powerpoint and PDF formats. 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Currently, the neighborhood primarily consists of senior citizens and young families with children. The wall opening on Dorset lane has become a major problem. Syringes with some black substance have been found behind the trees that are next to the wall on the Dorset Lane. Homeless people sleep along the Dorset Lane side of the wall. Sex acts have occurred along the Dorset Lane side of the wall. Drug deals occur on the Dorset Lane side of the wall. Please vote to close the wall opening at Dorset Lane and Fairview. Thank YOU, Best regards, John & Ernie Feeney ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS - PUBLIC COMMENT CMPD Poke offer making $100,000 currently 109000 Retires in 5 years at 90% of pay Contributions at 7.5% Interest 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 2038 2039 2040 2041 2042 2043 2044 $ 9,810 $ 10,546 $ 11,337 $ 12,187 $ 13,101 $ 9,810 $ 10,546 $ 11,337 $ 12,187 $ 9,810 $ 10,546 $ 11,337 $ 9,810 $ 10,546 $ 9,810 $ 56,980 $ 61,254 $ 65,848 $ 70,786 $ 76,095 $ 81,803 $ 87,938 $ 94,533 $101,623 $ 109,245 $ 117,438 $126,246 $135,715 $ 145,893 $156,835 $ 168,598 $ 181,243 $194,836 $ 209,448 $ 225,157 $ 242,044 $ 260,197 $ 279,712 $ 300,590 $ 323,242 Increase in Pension benefits because of raise 90% of 100,000 at retirement $ 90,000 $ 91,800 $ 93,636 $ 95,509 $ 97,419 $ 99,367 $ 101,355 $103,332 $ 105,449 $ 107,558 $109,709 $111,904 $ 114,142 $116,425 $ 118,753 $ 121,128 $123,551 $ 126,022 $ 128,542 $ 131,113 $133,735 $136,410 $ 139,138 $ 141,921 90% cf 109,000 at retirement $ 98,100 $ 100,052 $ 102,063 $ 104,105 $ 106,187 $ 108,310 $ 110,477 $112,686 $ 114,940 $ 117,239 $119,593 $121,975 $ 124,415 $126,903 $ 129,441 $ 132,030 $134,670 $ 137,364 $ 140,111 $ 142,913 $145,771 $148,687 $ 151,661 $ 154,694 $ 8,100 $ 8,26.2 $ 8,427 $ 8,596 $ 8,768 $ 8,943 $ 9,122 $ 9,304 $ 9,490 $ 9,680 $ 9,874 $ 10,071 $ 10,273 $ 10,478 $ 10,688 $ 10,902 $ 11,120 $ 11,342 $ 11,569 $ 11,800 $ 12,036 $ 12,277 5 12,522 $ 12,773 $ 246,417 $ 76,825