HomeMy WebLinkAbout03 - Amendment to Section 9.04.430 of the NBMC to Adopt the Local Amendments to the 2019 Edition of the California Fire Code - CorrespondenceReceived After Agenda Printed
February 11, 2020
Item No. 3
Subject: FW: Staff Report -53
From: Sandie Haskell <sandiehaskelI@road run ner.com>
Subject: Fwd: Staff Report -53
Date: February 9, 2020 at 4:23:42 PM PST
To: ddixon@newportbeachca.gov, "Avery, Brad" <bavery@newportbeachca.gov>, "Duffield, Duffy"
<dduffield@newportbeachca.gov>, kmuldoon@newportbeachca.gov, *herdman@newportbeachca.gov, "Brenner, Joy"
<ioy@newportbeachca.gov>, woneill@newportbeachca.gov
Council members:
As you consider changes to the cities policy on fire prevention, I would like to offer my observation as a
resident of Shore Cliffs on Buck Gully since 1993. 1 am forwarding the correspondence between Council Person
Brenner and some of the other members of our CDMRA board.
Begin forwarded message:
From: Sandie Haskell <sandiehaskelI@road runner.com>
Subject: Re: Staff Report -53
Date: February 9, 2020 at 12:14:02 PM PST
To: Brenner Joy <ibrenner@newportbeachca.gov>, Joy Brenner <ioybrenner@me.com>,
CdMRA Joy Brenner <president@cdmra.org>, "Tringali Karen E." <karen tringali@msn.com>,
Debbie Bright Stevens <dstevens@envaudit.com>
This is what I was talking about. The new fire marshall is clicking all the boxes; slick presentation
materials, recommended interventions, public outreach, new ordinance etc. But once again
there is no concrete plan to deal with compliance regarding the mitigation of fire danger. The
residents know that without language that completely outlines their responsibility in making
the area safer and NO consequences for not complying, they are free to do nothing.
Also, the fire marshall has often spoken of possible slope erosion as an excuse for not clearing
the area. Let's leave the engineering problems to the engineers and landscapers and let him
deal with the fire danger. Any slope can be modified and engineered to address erosion
concerns. Part of the responsibility of living in this area is to deal with the topography. Please,
let's not invent reasons to not comply with the fire side of things.
I would suggest you add a mandatory inspection protocol and schedule these inspections
(preferably annually) to be preformed by the fire marshall or fire -persons specially trained in
fuel modification requirements; these requirements to be written into the actual ordinance.
Further, you will get absolutely no voluntary compliance by the residents unless you institute an
effective plan to deal with noncompliance. As in the past, residents, knowing there are no
consequences, simply ignore the letters from the fire marshall to clear their lots. I would
suggest instituting a schedule of fines for noncompliance.
By not including this noncompliance wording, it would seem as if the city is just trying to
reduce their liability by creating "rules" without actually enforcing them and not effectively
mitigating the fire danger.
With such a high noncompliance rate on the part of the residents,
nothing changes unless the city enforces all their rules.
Thanks,
Sandie Haskell
255 Evening Canyon Road
Corona del Mar
949 2307164
On Feb 8, 2020, at 10:57 PM, Joy Brenner via Adobe Document Cloud <message@adobe.com>
wrote:
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Joy BrenneF has shared Staff Report-63.pdf
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SENT BY Joy Brenner
First reading on Tuesday night and Second reading of this
ordinance will be on February 25.
MESSAGE Sandie do you agree with this conclusion?
FROM SENDER
I am particularly interested in knowing if Option 3 will be
enough for insurance companies to continue to write
insurance policies on these homes_
SHARED ON 08 -February -2020 10:57 PIN PDT
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