City Council — October 5, 2026

Welcome to the City Council meeting. I am calling this meeting to order the time is now 6 p.m Madam clerk, please take roll councilmember Gorman We'll now take public comments pertaining to our closed session item. Madam Clerk, do we have any public comments?

Do we have any public comments?

We'll now

hear our closed session item read into the record by our Mr.

City Attorney

Yeah, we'll be going into closed session tonight pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6 with respect to discussions with the Unrepresented Management and Professional Employees Association. The agency's representatives are James Vega, City Manager, Charles Peretz, Deputy City Manager and Frank Lee, Human Resources Risk Manager.

Great, thank you. Do any of the council members have any conflict of interest to disclose at this time?

No.

Thank you. I will now recess to closed session, the time is 601.

I was like,

you're not gonna. Good evening everyone and welcome to the City Council regular meeting. I'm calling this meeting to order, the time is 631. Please stand as our Mayor Pro Tem leaves us in the Pledge of Allegiance Madam Clerk, please take roll.

Council Member Goma? Here. Council Member Lopez?

Here.

Council Member Perez? Here. Mayor Pro Tem Hernandez? Here and Mayor McQueen-Lachon?

Here And I have the awesome responsibility to do the inspiration tonight, so I'm going to start. I know we're going to be doing a proclamation for breast cancer awareness but I want to start with talking a little bit about that tonight. So as we recognize Breast Cancer Awareness Month tonight, I would like to take a moment to think beyond the color pink and reflect on the people, families and communities represented by it.

Breast cancer touches lives in many different ways. And while I have never been diagnosed with a breast cancer, I have had five scares which resulted in both surgical and needle biopsies. And at each stage after the first, I question in my mind will this be the time? But for me, the time has never come and I'm tremendously grateful. For some it's a personal diagnosis. For others it's the experience of standing beside a mother, a sister, a daughter, a wife, a friend, a colleague, a loved one and in about 1% of all diagnoses, a father through uncertainty treatment recovery and sometimes loss Tonight, I especially want to recognize the courage of those currently facing breast cancer.

Celebrate the strength of survivors. Acknowledge the caregivers and healthcare professionals who walk alongside them and honor the memory of those we have lost. Awareness is important but awareness must also lead to action. Let this month remind us of the importance of a routine screenings, early detection, access to quality health care, continued research and supporting one another not only during October but throughout the year.

And perhaps most importantly let us remember That behind every diagnosis is a person, a person with a family, a story, hopes, dreams and a future worth fighting for. So as a community may we continue to lead with compassion encourage one another and take care of our health and stand beside those traveling this journey so thank you So now we'll move to closed session report. Mr. City Attorney, please provide the report

there was no reportable action tonight

Great. Thank you so we're going to Move to public comments. These are comments that are not agendized tonight madam clerk Do we have any public comments? Not on the agenda?

Yes, we have a public comment from James Lancaster You could come to the podium

Good evening mayor members of the City Council and city manager Vega. My name is James Lancaster and I am standing here tonight on behalf of my elderly mother, Todd Lancaster, proud resident and utility account holder in Port Hueneme for 47 consecutive years since 1979. For nearly five decades my mother's maintained a pristine payment history however since the city has migrated to its new billing platform The finance department has systematically failed in statutory duty to deliver physical monthly invoices to her mailbox.

City has had direct verbal and written notice of this systemic issue for over six months, and this administration cannot claim ignorance. In March 2026, I called the utility department and spoke directly with the Utility Billing Manager and Assistant City Manager regarding chronic late arrival of my mother's bills. Utility bills to be specific. And management finally stated that bill had been sent out and offered alternative electronic ways to pay.

When verbal alerts were ignored, I escalated on July 7th, 2026. Served the mayor and the city manager with a written complaint through certified mail. City responded in writing but their letter offered absolutely no technical fix to restore her paper billing. Instead, they used the opportunity to aggressively push alternative electronic payment methods and by the way I have the latest letter, sorry, letter and on it there's probably a paragraph on different ways to pay yet there's only one sentence that I guess owns up to the responsibility of not giving my mother her bill Continuing, the negligence has only worsened. Just days ago on September 22nd, 2026 I was forced to yet file yet another formal complaint at City Hall.

I presented clear proof that the city failed to deliver her August statement and instead bypassed a mandatory bill entirely to send a punitive delinquency notice carrying an automated 10% penalty under municipal code section 7102.10. Let me be entirely clear, this practice is a direct violation of state law under the California Uniform Electronic Transaction Act, California Civil Code Section 1633.5. A municipal government cannot compel, coerce or imply a resident's consent. Thank

you so much. Your time is up but City Manager do we know anything about this?

Yes and I would recommend, and I did send a letter back to Mr. Lancaster recently also recommending that he check in with our finance department to discuss any concerns. I'm not aware of any issue that's in any... I know that this letter that we just got has several references to violations of state law. I don't believe any of those are correct or accurate And I think that the city has offered alternative payment options and that's being kind of presented as The city trying to force people to use other options, but they still have all the options They've always had so I don't believe there's any issue. That needs to be addressed at this point But I will I did ask our City Attorney to look and see if there was any Statutory issues or anything that I wasn't aware of so I would suggest Also asking the City Attorney

Okay, did you have anything?

Sure, I had an opportunity to look at the comment letter submitted this afternoon. From a legal standpoint, I disagree with Mr. Lancaster that the city has a statutory duty to provide a physical written invoice. There's no such statutory duty. What the UETA does where he is correct is that we do have to accept mailed-in payments and not exclusively require them to do the electronic transaction online. But there's no affirmative duty that we do mail them. I talked to staff this afternoon and found out that we do, in fact, mail them to those people who request them so that is kind of a moot point regardless of that obligation and that we do accept payment that is mailed in. We accept payment over the counter. It can be walked in any of those are available.

The electronic is an alternative it is the preferred alternative but it is not the only alternative

Great, thank you. And thank you I apologize I have your letter but it was here and I had not read it so I will definitely read that but please continue to go through the city to try to get whatever remedy you think you deserve as far as your bills are concerned and so there's nothing that we can it's not on our agenda but so it's nothing that we can discuss with you here tonight

Okay, the letter we sent did give you the point of contact from finance So if you don't like one of the options that exists Finance has several options that they could offer you.

Okay, but is she required? To pay up the bill other than the melon way because that's how she's done for all these years No, is that a requirement required? Okay, but she so we're back to this to the original problem She doesn't get to build and when she does it's late

So

That was never addressed in

the letter. If you elect to use the U.S. mail for your mailing, the city's legal obligation is to put it in the mail but we don't after that when they receive it or if they receive it is one of the hazards of using that system.

But you also posted on Facebook that there were issues with the mail?

Yes, we posted the one time that there was an issue with the mail. And

I'd like to also add that okay so for the electric bill and the telephone bill no issues?

So again this is why we recommended connecting with finance because they can go through all those options it sounds like the option you want is an option that's available so you don't know you don'y like the other options but you don''t need to address those options there is the option that you have asked for which is submitting paper payment And

so, sir you had three minutes and that's the public the time that you get for your public comments. So if you would follow the letter and contact to the information so the city has already given you information. So follow up that way and if you don't have any resolution then you can come back to us. Okay we'll do thank you appreciate that thank you so much

Greg Camarillo

I submitted a couple of pictures due to my property at 136 West C Street. I still haven't gotten any resolution, so now I put in a civil code or let's call it a property code, California residential code that requires emergency egress windows on all sleeping rooms and basements and they have to be Must open directly into a public way, yard or court. Free and clear of access of any debris, hedges, anything that can't be moved and clearly the picture shows that I don't have that. And I brought it to everybody. I think Mr.

Gamak, you came out and looked at it. So now I have three cars that block my passageway. Google Maps that shows the original parking, and I sent another picture now. So now my neighbor's taking over the next-door neighbor's house that's up for sale but they're not using the driveway and he has three more cars parked there that are blocking their access. So I'm doing my cabinets and I had the Edison guy come out to shut off the power and he wouldn't shut it off because there's not 3 feet of clearance that I have.

And I think Mr. Gama, you told me you would help address it and I have never heard back from you. And you drove out to my house and you've seen what I was dealing with. I still can't put up a fence. My fence is – the backyard is just a mess from – I mean, it's a mess. You've seen it. But everybody says it's a civil issue. How is it a civil issue if Google Maps shows what the house looked like before to what it is now?

You guys all have the pictures, and how can you guys help me resolve my issue?

Okay. Sir, this is public comment time so it's not on the agenda so we can't have a discussion about it. So you said you've submitted... I haven't seen them so I'm not really sure what exactly you're talking about. So

if

there are

some new photos we can have those given to the Code Enforcement Department and then the Code Enforcement Department can follow up.

Okay great thank you. That's why I've been told for the last year and

I understand that. Our city manager

just said— So now, excuse me, I submitted a thing now with the fire code that he should be in violation of that my windows open in but there's not clear and free access to the street?

So we aren't able to discuss confidential code enforcement actions and you have property rights, your neighbor has property rights. We're not going to discuss those property rights in public but our Code Enforcement Department will look at the pictures you've sent and they will follow up accordingly.

And the civil code or the fire hazard?

Whatever you've submitted.

Thank

you. No further public comments.

We're going to now move to the agenda approval. May I have a motion and a second to approve the agenda? Move to approve.

Second.

Madam Clerk, please take a vote.

All in favor?

Aye.

All opposed? Hearing none, motion passes unanimously.

Great. Do any members of Council have any conflicts of interest to disclose regarding any agenda item? If not, we're going to move to our presentations. First, please welcome St. John's Medical Center Common Spirit Cancer Treatment Team. Are they here in the room? Not here? Okay at this time you want to read the proclamation. Thank You Mayor.

So my sister suffered from stage four breast cancer, which has spread. And it wasn't looking good when she started her treatment and I'm happy to report that it's been 15 years and she was just out here last week visiting so there is hope for those unfortunate enough to be diagnosed with breast cancer. I also wanted to say that breast cancer is the gender equivalent of prostate cancer, which I know a lot about. I've been treating for almost 10 years now.

So breast cancer feeds on estrogen. Prostate cancer feeds on testosterone. So they're gender equivalent. So when you think about anybody with breast cancer, remember about those of us who suffer as well. So here we go. Whereas breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women in the United States and around the world, affecting millions of individuals and families each year. And whereas while considerable progress has been made in the fight against breast cancer it remains a leading cause of cancer related to deaths among women in our country Whereas this year alone, an estimated 321,910 women and 2,670 men in the United States will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. And an estimated 42,670 lives will be lost.

And whereas understanding breast cancer risk factors and receiving recommended screenings are important steps. Towards prevention and early detection, individuals are encouraged to speak with their health care providers about their personal risks and screening options. And whereas thanks to early detection and improved treatments mortality rates for breast cancer have steadily decreased. And whereas during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month we stand with all those affected by breast cancer and recognize The caregivers, advocates, researchers, healthcare professionals dedicated to providing hope, healing and compassionate care including Dignity Health, St. John's Regional Medical Center, Common Spirit Cancer Treatment Team and whereas by raising awareness supporting those affected in advancing innovative research and treatment we can improve the quality of life and move closer to a future free from this disease Now therefore be it proclaimed that the City Council of the City of Port Hueneme hereby recognize October 2026 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the city of Port Hueneme and encourages a community to raise awareness and support ongoing fight against breast cancer.

And take it from me, it's really nice to be living with cancer.

All right, thank you Councilmember Cama. Now let's move on to the Domestic Violence Awareness Month proclamation so please welcome Pat Magus our Port Hueneme Police Department domestic violence victims advocate to the podium. Come on. And we're going to have Councilmember Perez read the proclamation first and then over to you.

Okay, thank you. Domestic Violence Awareness Month, October 2026. Whereas October is designated as Domestic Violence Awareness Month And whereas domestic violence is a crime which affects all races, cultures and social demographics. And whereas domestic violence has profound impact on families and the community. And whereas children that grow up in violent homes are believed to be abused and neglected at a higher rate than the national average. And whereas only a coordinated community effort will put a stop to this atrocious crime.

And whereas Domestic Violence Awareness Month provides an excellent opportunity for residents to learn more about preventing domestic violence and show support for the numerous residents. Oops, sorry and support for the numerous organizations and individuals who provide critical advocacy services assistance to victims. And whereas the Port Hueneme Police Department City of Port Hueneme and community based organizations are in a position to provide education information and services to assist victims in the understanding that they have a right to be safe Feel safe and live free from violence at home and in the workplace. And whereas we must all continue to help and advocate for victims, and the criminal justice system and law enforcement must continue to hold offenders accountable.

And whereas we will continue our efforts to end the violence in our homes, schools, and communities. Now therefore be it proclaimed that the City Council of the City of Port Hueneme hereby recognizes October 2026 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in the City of Port Hueneme and encourages the community to participate in programs and outreach efforts aimed towards educating and supporting those who are victims of domestic violence.

Great thanks, Council Member Perez. Now whoever wants to speak first?

Well I think I would like to if that's all right with you. Good evening Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, City Council members, city managers, the attorney and city clerk I'm, I guess interim commander Mike Hamrick now for we'll see how long that lasts. But I'm here to represent the police department on behalf of Pat and her tireless work in domestic violence field. I can tell you personally when I arrived at the agency 15 years ago I've personally relied on Pat for guidance, education and support in helping our domestic violence victims as well as many officers.

Pat has been involved in domestic violence education and resource management for our victims not only in our city but in the county for over 25 years so if anyone deserves this award more than her it would be Pat I will tell you that Pat, one of the things that stands out when I can describe her level of dedication to this cause is one, her compassion for our victims who have come back and told us later as investigators and as supervisors that your victim advocate really helped me.

They provided me guidance, compassion, empathy, and gave them a wealth of information and directed them to the right location to get resources. But on another note, I think it's her responsiveness to us in the community as a police department. When we have called Pat sometimes this hasn't been obviously at one or two in the afternoon. It's usually late in the evening or early in the morning when we had an incident and she's always responsive. She responds quickly to text messages and phone calls and responds to our agency to help those victims so her responsiveness to this cause has been outstanding. So I just want to recognize that I had a chance also to meet her husband. I want to say thank you for your support for over 20 plus years of her doing this.

I met Lou this evening, so it takes a great team to do this and so they should be both commended for their hard work in this field. Thank you First

I want to thank Port Hueneme Police Department and the City Council Because your cooperation and understanding of this makes it possible to do what I want to do or need to do And my best teachers have been, I call them survivors. I know in the police department we call them victims but the survivors have taught me everything I know. They've taught me empathy, they've taught me understanding and they've taught me to put myself in their place and think of what they're going through.

My statistics aren't as nice as what you presented before but one in three women And the current one for men is 1 in 6, and that's underreported. I would say closer to at least 1 in 5. And the men who have had many more in the past couple years so I think the word's getting out there and the understanding's getting out there Men are underreported partly because they're stigmatized. No man would put up with this type of thing, but I love it when the men come to me because usually they're the ones taking care of the children now and that's what it's all about.

If we can't help the children, then it's not succeeding like it should. So I just want to say thank you. Thank you for the survivors, the children and even the perpetrators because sometimes we get a chance to educate them too. So thank you very much.

Thank you. Council do you have any comments?

Appreciate you know all that you do for the city. I know even if it's saving, you know one You know 20 you're breaking the cycle and so that we're very appreciative of the work that you've done So thank you for what you do.

Thank you

Yes as a person who prepares domestic violence restraining orders pretty regularly I have found that I've actually prepared a few four men and when I'm learning lately is more older generation, which is shocking. More older and seniors are starting to come in requesting restraining orders. But I know of your work my husband recently retired of 30 years Rick Perez with the PD so I've heard all about you and how you help out the PD. I've learned a lot about what you do over the years. So I thank you for your work because I know something that And I can imagine the emotional strain that it puts on you, because I know what it puts on me having to help these individuals prepare a restraining order. So it's not an easy job to do. So thank you for your dedication.

You're welcome. Thank you.

Pat, I want to thank you for clearly being dedicated to this cause. And it's okay to be lousy at public speaking especially when you're an expert at providing aid and comfort to domestic violence victims. The need, when the need arises and you being there is the most important aspect of this. And I think when a victim in the middle of the night sees that you care and then you show up and you engage, I think that speaks very well of the city at Port Hueneme as being the friendly city by the sea. And Pat, I mean you are the one leading that cause in these dark moments so thank you so much.

Thank you. Again, it's a team. We're a team so thank you for

being part of that. Thank you so much Pat for your service over the years I just heard recently that the Carmen Ramirez Family Justice Center is going to be opening up which is going to be a helpful resource I think for you and your survivors I hope that you stay with us for a while, longer. And I don't think you're a bad public speaker. I didn't see anything wrong with what you had to say but thank you for being here tonight and thank you for your service to our city.

Yes and thank you, yes for your service. I was thinking you know a lot of times we don't hear about the work that's being done in that area so sometimes it's quiet but the impact is great and so appreciate all that you do for women everywhere and the people that they touch and so thank you so much.

Thank you.

And we're going to come down for a photo.

One, two, three.

Great, we'll now recess the City Council meeting and call to order the Housing Authority regular meeting. The time is now 659. Madam Clerk please take roll.

Member Gama?

Here.

Member Lopez? Here. Member Perez? Here Vice Chair Hernandez? Here Chair McQueen-Lajon? Here And let the record reflect that member Brown is absent

Great, we'll now hear public comments not pertaining to the items on the agenda. Madam Clerk are there any public comments?

No public comments.

Okay, are there any comments for the consent calendar?

No comments for the consent calendar.

Okay so the consent calendar will be approved in one motion unless someone wishes to pull an item. Any items to be re-pulled? If not, may I have a motion and a second to approve the consent calendar?

Move to approve the Housing Authority consent calendar.

Second. Great Madam Clerk please take.

All in favor?

Aye.

All opposed? Hearing none motion passes unanimously.

Okay are there any reports from our authority members any report

Report. I'm not in authority now.

Housing. Okay, so if there's nothing else I will adjourn the Port Hueneme Housing Authority meeting. The next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday November 2nd at 630. We'll now reconvene the City Council regular meeting the time is now 701 And we will now take on the consent calendar for the City Council meeting. Madam Clerk, are there any public comments for the consent calendar?

No public comments.

Again these items will be approved in one motion unless a council member wishes to remove an item. Any items to be removed for discussion? If there are done may I have a motion and a second to approve the consent calendar?

Move approval.

Second.

Great, Madam Clerk?

All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Hearing none motion passes unanimously.

Okay we will move to business item number six that's the 2026-27 rainy season El Nino preparedness update let's see staff please present the report

yes thank you mayor We will be providing a report on the upcoming rainy season and El Nino preparedness. For the most part, it's going to be myself and our Public Works Director Fred Camarillo speaking as this El Nino preparedness is really a citywide effort that all departments are involved in but I think a lot of the heavy lifting on these are myself Well, City Manager's Office and Public Works Department, myself and Fred Camarillo to kind of coordinate those items. So we'll try to highlight all the things we're doing. I think one thing to kick off with is that we've been working on preparedness really nonstop around the clock for the last several years.

I think we talked a little bit previously about how many items we brought forward to the council to do things like drain replacements and things like that, that may not initially seem like they're storm preparedness related but they are because it's helping us to sort of make sure that we're always prepared Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So just as a starting point, at this point everybody's probably hearing about this. I think it's making headlines pretty frequently but an El Nino and perhaps a super El Nino is being forecasted this year so what is an El Nino? An El Nino is a natural ocean atmosphere pattern marked by warmer than normal sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Thank you very much.

It's a likelihood and so we want to make sure we prepare for the potential worst case scenario. And so El Nino is not a storm or an atmospheric river, so it's not something that determines an individual storm severity but it is a general atmospheric condition that creates more of a likelihood of storms. Our city team works with lots of partners, but including we're working currently I think we're meeting tomorrow with the weather service on becoming a storm ready community. So we work with our partners and we monitor National Weather Service forecasts and warnings as the rainy season approaches. We're already looking at things like king tides and those types of things and looking at what dates to expect those as well.

So, council asked for an item going over the El Nino preparedness. I believe it was two weeks ago and then in between on September 21st, think a couple days after the last meeting, the state issued a emergency proclamation for the upcoming El Ninos and winter storms So it's definitely something that is on a lot of agencies' minds and that we're working from the federal level, state level, county level and local levels to try to prepare for.

But so the good news is the state did an emergency proclamation to try to bring awareness and try to encourage agencies to prepare for storms The bad news is the proclamation actually doesn't give any money or assistance to cities. It just says, pay attention and cities do what you need to do so there is good but that was the first question when they announced there was some Zoom meetings and things and everybody said so what resources does this give us? And there weren't any.

But the proclamation does authorize, basically it gets the state ready to respond quickly if these conditions start occurring and not having to wait and go through normal processes. The state also organizes Cal OES, the California Office of Emergency Services. And so Cal OES is already directed to coordinate agencies and work with local and tribal governments on planning and resource requests.

And again, as mentioned a moment ago these disaster proclamations essentially streamline purchasing and permit processes so that agencies can move faster for preparation. So we're currently in that proclamation. And then the state also directs some of its agencies to stage flood fighting and road equipment to prepare and authorizes the National Guard to prepare for possible support. So it just helps to get more resources in place.

So that's happening at the state level and then at the city level we're working across many departments I'm gonna start with our housing and facilities department, which Maintains our city buildings in the pier. And so they've taken several steps to start preparing those items They've already they've continued to work on inspecting our City facilities our buildings are in the roofs Cleaning the roof drains, maintaining the police department sump pump basin and the spare pump. They've completed a work roof replacements in recent years focused on being better prepared for rainy weather so roof replacements at City Hall, the Community Center and Public Works and then there's an area of the Police Department roof that was recoded recently They've also added drainage and gutters at City Hall in the Police Department.

And they're, we're focusing on also maintaining backup generators and standby supplies. And just recently last year the Council approved a peer assessment so there was some work recommended in that peer assessment to help try to also make sure that the peers able to withstand some of these storm conditions. So that work is going to begin in November of 2026, so again just a lot of work ongoing to try to prepare our city facilities for a storm.

One of the other things that has happened really is there's been changes to some of the emergency operations procedures and sheltering procedures that we wanted to let everybody know about. Our city team and our police department have been attending the monthly emergency preparedness meetings with all of the city and county agencies We've also refurbished and expanded the Emergency Operations Center, replaced equipment and trained personnel for storm readiness in response. We actually have a an EOC training scheduled for this month as well to again just try to prepare for any potential disaster, storm or other So, an emergency operations center once activated coordinates the response shelters damage assessment debris clearing and restoration of city facilities and services within the city.

And so again we've refurbished our EOC and we're going to be doing our training in there this month. The police also deploy storm patrols as needed during a storm and coordinate with county state and federal partners And we just Well, and the Police Department is working with our lifeguard team to Utilize the lifeguard trucks and have them at the Police Department To be able to respond to high water which has been a challenge I think The last two major storms in the city, I think we've had vehicles that couldn't make it through the water level. So utilizing some of our heightened lifeguard trucks for those purposes.

And then the change we wanted to highlight for everybody is that there's been some changes to shelter processes in the county. This has actually been another project that we've been working on with the county for probably two to three years at this point, but you may recall that the county a few years ago said that they do not have the resources to operate emergency shelters in each city So essentially they asked each city to sign an agreement and then commit to work with them on standing up a potential shelter in each city.

With the thank you to our recreation team, they've been working on that in both preparing the community center as a potential emergency shelter but also all of the training that goes with it. And it is pretty intense, there's a lot of rules That people wouldn't think about, about who can be let in and how and what needs to happen if there's different groups of people and things like that. So it's quite intense.

So that's been a change over the last few years and we have that in place and our staff have been working to get that all coordinated. And then I think really most of the main event, we wanted to talk about how it really impacts all departments. But I think public works is really the key area that has been the ones making improvements throughout the city to try to help make sure that we're moving water as best as we can to be better prepared for an El Nino. So with that, I'll introduce Public Works Director Fred Camarillo to talk a little bit about some of the projects that have been done to do so.

Good evening Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem Council, members of the audience. As you can see up there on the slide there's several things that we do and it's part of an annual maintenance program that we do every year but even more so when we expect much heavier events. Our catch basin inspections cleanouts maintaining our flood control stations to make sure that they're operating properly We had the repair work where we found a failed drain crossing at Bolker under Channel Islands that just recently finished so that's been repaired and so that is ready for the winter weather.

A few meetings ago, we came to you to authorize the purchase of pipe that we're going to be replacing going down Pearson and 8th Street to make sure that pipe is in good standing so when we get the weather coming, we don't have any road failures or anything like that. We have been having regular communication with the county they as

you

are aware The Oxnard West Drain, which runs down the middle of Channel Islands is the county's drain and they own and operate that. Just recently we went out prior to when we were supposed to have a storm a few weeks back our police department went out and inspected with the drone underneath there's a portion of the channel that goes under Channel Islands Boulevard and wraps around over by KFC so They went and inspected that with the drone, didn't find anything.

A couple of years back though we did there was like several homeless camps inside there and it filled up a couple of truck fulls of couches name it they had literal houses under there. So we went out with our police department did that we were in communication with the county on that too. So if there was something that We found we could have reached out to their homeless liaison as well Which we coordinate with to make sure we get that debris removed so we don't have issues with that So we have that that we do all the way down Channel Islands Boulevard and then The bubbling springs corridor drains to the J Street channel, which is down over by Ormond Beach.

So they have been doing their regular maintenance on that. They've also just last week were in the process of replacing a pump, one of their pumps. There's five pumps at their flood control station so it's critical I'd like Our tree contractor out right now doing tree trimming, but we're also having them take care of all the palm trees that are down there because the palm fronds that fall off especially during high wind events during storms. They fall into the bottom of the creek and then those get washed up and they eventually make it to the flood control pump station. And so we're actively taking care of that beforehand and then we'll be doing weekly Clean outs of the channel to make sure we don't have that type of debris get stuck up on the rack and cause any problems with their pumps being able to pump as much water as they possibly can.