We were informed in the fall of 2015 that our taxes and assessments were insufficient to meet the costs of County Fire's services to Wonder Valley. Division Fire Chief John Chamberlin provided us with four options to correct the shortfall. These are outlined in his PowerPoint presentation. We looked closely at each of these points.
This is a list of all the meetings and events we've had in our community to help us understand the issue and look for solutions. There are also resources in this list that were requested and these informed other meetings.
If you weren't able to go to the meetings everything is here. If you review the notes you'll be brought up to date and have a good understanding of what is going on.
FIRE ISSUE MEETINGS, EVENTS, and RESOURCES
1st Meeting with County Fire and Division Chief John Chamberlin, October 12, 2015, 9:00 a.m.
Agenda: https://www.dropbox.com/s/egzn55wz8erh9of/10122015_monday_meeting.pdf?dl=0
YouTube: bit.ly/wvfiretaxmeeting
Division Chief Chamberlin’s PowerPoint presentation:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/75d0e0g4n3hkio9/Wonder%20Valley%20Presentation.pptx?dl=0
Proposed budgets for a 2 and 3 person fire station are online at:
bit.ly/wvfiretax2
bit.ly/wvfiretax3
Citizens Fire Committee Meeting, November 22, 2015
http://www.wondervalley.org/2015/11/wv-citizens-fire-committee.html
Notes: http://www.wondervalley.org/2015/12/wv-citizens-fire-committee-notes.html
2nd Meeting with County Fire and Division Chief John Chamberlin, December 12, 2015, 10 a.m.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/etmoxme3tgn0goc/12122015_special_meeting_notes.pdf?dl=0
Agenda: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qbzvm0piljwayq3/12122015_special_meeting.pdf?dl=0
Notes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/etmoxme3tgn0goc/12122015_special_meeting_notes.pdf?dl=0
Volunteer Fire Program with James Brakebill, Saturday, January 23, 2016, 10 a.m.
http://www.wondervalley.org/2015/12/special-community-meeting-volunteer.html
Agenda: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6zhn0a52ezoyget/01232016_special_meeting.pdf?dl=0
Notes: http://www.wondervalley.org/2016/03/meeting-notes-from-csd-meeting.html
Questions sent to County Fire from the Citizens Fire Committee
http://wondervalleycsa.blogspot.com/2015/12/questions-asked-of-county-fire-and.html
Fire Extinguisher Training, February 20, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
http://www.wondervalley.org/2016/02/fire-extinguisher-training.html
Special Meeting with California Department of Insurance, March 30, at 10:00 a.m.
http://www.wondervalley.org/2015/12/california-department-of-insurance-will.html
Agenda: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zi89btpbljarvtl/03142016_wv_meeting.pdf?dl=0
Notes: http://bit.ly/wvinsurancemeeting
CSDs - A Form of Self Government with Gayl Swarat and Donna Munoz, March 26, 10 a.m.
http://www.wondervalley.org/2016/02/community-meeting-csds-form-of-self.html
Agenda: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ciysfdqehy78x3r/03262016_wv_meeting.pdf?dl=0
Notes: http://www.wondervalley.org/2016/03/meeting-notes-from-csd-meeting.html
Purposes, Services, and Facilities for CSDs:
http://www.wondervalley.org/2016/03/purposes-services-and-facilities-for.html
Fire Extinguisher Training, April 16, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
http://www.wondervalley.org/2016/03/our-second-fire-extinguisher-training.html
EMR Training Information Session, April 15, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
http://www.wondervalley.org/2016/03/emr-emergency-medical-responder.html
Wonder Valley Community Meeting with LAFCO, April 23, 10 a.m.
Kathleen Rolling-McDonald from LAFCO (Local Area Formation Commission) and County Fire Division Chief John Chamberlin were present to expand on the consequences of dissolving FP 4 - our fire district.
http://www.wondervalley.org/2016/02/wonder-valley-community-meeting-with.html
Agenda: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fllzs046tekh9f5/04232016_wv_meeting.pdf?dl=0
Notes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bg2a3pa960dxcys/04232016_wv_notes.pdf?dl=0
Special Community Meeting, May 2, 2018, 10 a.m. - Noon
AGENDA: posted Sunday, April 29, 2018, 12:43
https://tinyurl.com/05022018-meeting
NOTES: posted Wednesday, May 2, 2018, 5 p.m.
https://tinyurl.com/05022018-notes