Minutes- February 15, 2017

DRAFT
COBB AREA COUNCIL
PUBLIC MEETING
Thursday February 15, 2018, 6:00-8:00pm
Little Red Schoolhouse/Cobb Mountain Lions Club
15780 Bottle Rock Rd., Cobb, CA 95426
MINUTES by Elizabeth Kramer
PRESENT: Jessica Pyska, Eliot Hurwitz (Chair), Ron Haskett, Gary Prather
6 people in attendance
Chair called the meeting to order at 6:05PM.
AGENDA
ï CALL TO ORDER (shut down cell phones; rules of participation)
ï SHORT ANNOUNCEMENTS – none
ï APPROVAL OF MINUTES from January, 2018. Motion by Ron Haskett, Second by Jessica.
ï TREASURERíS REPORT Gary says there are no new changes from January. $2,203.32 current balance.
ï PUBLIC and BOARD COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS (3 mins./individual)
Lions Club staff are preparing the Little Red School House for the March 3 Crab Feed Benefit.
Ray Ruminski retired from Lake County as Environmental Health Director in December . His replacement is Jasjit ìJesseî Kang.
PRESENTATIONS/DISCUSSIONS
ï Hoberg Status: Glenneth gave a report from Karl who met Ray Ruminski’s replacement. There has been no sign of activity at the site, and no response to update requests. Scott Schellinger said they were waiting for Cal Works funding. Erosion Control plan has not been implemented. Soil Containment has not been addressed. New Environmental Health Director Jessie Kane and Scott James were briefed by Karl on Hoberg history. A meeting is scheduled for February 20.
CORRECTION- Glenneth:
Contamanents @ the Hobergs site HAS been addressed as mentioned @ this meeting & prior.( & cleared by county ) It’s the erosion control that has not been completed & no noticeable work towards .
ï The Event Committee is planning the Cobb Safe 2018. The date has been moved to Saturday, April 14, 2018. It will be held at the Cobb School from 10 AM to 2 PM. A private grant donation from John Carlisi will be used for publicity and materials. Ron suggested that a banner for the event be hung at the school before the event.
There are four planned hourly presentations with time for questions and answers. There will also be information booths. Jessica suggested some of the grant money be used to provide food and snacks. A bake sale was suggested to help raise money for Cobb Safe activities.
The main objective of the event is to connect the greater Cobb area neighborhoods: Mount Hanna, Loch Lomond, Adam Springs, Siegler Springs, Cobb, Pine Grove, Estates, Whispering Pines, Gifford Springs, Alpine Meadows, Pine Summit, Fox/Venturi, Bottle Rock, Harrington Flats, Salmina Meadows, and High Valley.
Topics to be presented at the event:
– Creating Fire Wise Communities: Guidelines for assessment of the community, setting up work programs, creating local events. The goal is to be certified as a Fire Wise community, which would qualify for grants. Siegler Springs has started. The CAC wants 3 to 4 other communities to get organized to choose a local organizer and set up meetings in the nieghborhood.
– Chipping Program : CalPine has created a grant to provide discounted chipping every other month for four months, starting in March. Information on how to sign up. The cost per half hour for the crew will be $30.
– Local Community Emergency Response Program: Organize experienced local people to provide information, support, equipment such as Ham Radio, etc. Set up community communications and networks – start phone trees, monitor scanners. Eliot showed an example of alternative communication – a GoTenna which uses BlueTooth to link to a cell phone. GoTenna allows cell phone to cell phone calls if all phones have GoTenna. Could be useful for Strike Teams without access to cell towers. GoTenna is available on Amazon and has a one mile radius.
– Neighborhood Watch and Public Safety: The Sheriff will discuss how to be locally proactive with limited sheriff resources spread over the county.
Next steps for the event organization : get sponsors and contact non-profit organizations, start publicity.
ï Robert Stark presentation of detailed information on local water tanks which could be sites for UHF antennas to support local Broad Band communication. He provided a chart with information on location, height, GPS coordinates, etc. The selected water tanks have good line of sight for the antennas. Robert will be taking a group on a physical tour of the selected tanks. Eliot asked to be included in the physical tour group.
Meeting adjourned at 7:13.