 Good evening Thank you for coming to the public meeting here at the rigorous community meeting over for the crest incident First off, we're gonna go over a little bit of the safety procedures here in this building This is not to worry you or anything like that I do have to want to make sure that everybody is safe in case if we have another situation Knock on wood. We do not have that and Mother Nature is Going with us and keeping us safe out of the out of everything else. So number one Exity our first exit is over here right behind you on my right. You're left We do have current County Sheriff's Department right there. They are going to be the ones with their hands in the air in case something happens Everybody please stand up and then we'll go out in a nice orderly fashion. We don't want anybody rushing Dumping chairs over the ground and tripping people. Please go in an orderly app orderly fashion on my left. You're right There's another exit right there We'll have another Sheriff's Department right there with their hands up escorting you where to go The third one is on our left. You're continuing your my left. You're right We have SO on that side. They will be escorting you on there We also have exiting right here, but our panel will be exiting that end along with people on the side right here So again, if we have an exit corridor that we can keep open as much as we can I know it's pretty tight in here, but please we need to make sure that we are safe in case something happens Okay, so now that that's out of the way So good good evening. My name is Anthony Romero I am the public information officer for the Crest incident and with captain with the Kern County Fire Department Number one. I appreciate you all being here on this situation. I know this has been a long long week and Some mental portions of it is very long Today we do have some speakers here from the rich crest police department We also have speakers here from the Kern County Fire Department. We have a the naval base Speaker here a representative from the San Bernardino PIO will be here Cal OES PIO We also have red red cross PIO we have Vaude and Marley's muds here to talk about any type of stress relief including the current behavior of health We have representatives from the current County Supervisors District 1's office. We have us a symbol manfong here Representative from Shannon Grove's office Congress from McCarthy's representative and lastly we'll have our mayor to speak to close out the session Again, thank you again for coming over on 7419 the city of rich crest experienced a magnitude of a 6.4 earthquake that opened up the eyes of this community The very next day a magnitude of a 7.1 hit and then terrified the community The city of rich crest and Kern County Fire Department immediately went into action and starting checking on the community and the Infrastructures with those incidents that happened the Kern County Emergency Community Education Center Center took in a call volume which exceeded over a thousand calls within those days Rich crest Police Department received 9-1-1 their system immediately dropped it went down Kern County ECC took over the calls Within that call they took over all 9-1-1 non 9-1-1 calls all 9-1-1 calls Rich crest PD worked hard trying to get this system back up to up to speed With those numbers that called to our current County Emergency Center. We had over 2,956 calls from January 1st through the 4th for 9-1-1 We had over 2,266 calls for non 9-1-1 calls Outbound calls that were going out were 2,845 From July 4th through July 6 rich crest Police Department got their system back up Once they received their system back up. They received over 500 calls plus till this day So today we are looking into recovering this is the city of rich crest that is our our time now The incident that happened before now. We're in the recovery mode We will have our speakers speak on our courses of actions to get the community back up and running and to provide a safe atmosphere So our first speaker today that I'd like to have come up is from the rich crest Police Department chief Jed McLaughlin Easy ladies. I had to have him up here It's it's not for you. It's for me He's been with me the whole time and I owe him a Huge gratitude. So that's why he's right here. So this guy's awesome. So Where do we go from here? This has been I know a difficult time for each and every one of you It had to be It was a difficult time for myself my family Each and every one of the officers standing around this room their families So I know that it was a difficult time for each one of you so We've done what we can do to protect you from the criminal element And I think we've done a good job in doing that Sorry for the words, but we had an idiot come in from out of town and Take something from one of ours that wasn't his We'll catch him We had one last night That decided they were gonna take something we got the property back. We'll catch that one so to in Two major incidents Not bad The men and women wearing the different colored uniforms, it doesn't matter what color we wear They were here to protect each and every one of you They will continue to do so until We can do it on our own and So just know that the dedicated men and women around this room Wearing whatever color that they're wearing are here for you still and they will be until we no longer need them to help us so That will continue and that will continue and we will scale it as we need to and I Thank each and every agency That has come to help us to help our community I want to help I want to thank The fire departments that came especially our own Can you stand different? There you go The Kern County fire department what an amazing group of men and women Sitting in a room with these guys many of them Every well for days on end Many times I'm sure that room smelled because we didn't shower for quite some time but These guys are a great group of guys the Cal OES guys were in that same room with us and If I forget somebody I apologize, but you know just know that I'm thinking of you guys We had fire departments from all over the place here Strike teams here that consist of 29 people that brought resources that Just in case Something drastic and devastating Were to happen so that those tools were here to get our people out of that situation as quickly as Possible to save as many lives as possible should that occur? So the resources that we brought in here for the preparation of Something bigger was to come Was amazing and to watch that System occur and to be a part of that Be that small part of it was just Incredible so to the fire departments to current Kern County fire department Especially to the group that's working behind the scenes in Bakersfield that you guys don't get to see from OES to Georgiana Armstrong and her group Kern County Board of Supervisors over there there's just so many people to to think that We don't even get to see them. So unless we make them come over here and We all know that's a one-way road, you know over there. So Cal OES They have people over here over there over here. So Just amazing so we need to give those people just our gratitude And I know you guys are probably sick of seeing me, but you know that this is this is important for for our community to To know who was involved in this And I know you saw the cars the the amount of Law enforcement presence from all the different agencies around the the county or California Highway Patrol when the governor was here the other day and I was Jokingly with the commissioner of the Highway Patrol. I was like, yeah, I look out in the lobby and there's like a hundred of them No, there was 68 but So it was literally the amount of people that got here so quickly was incredible From the political standpoint all of the Politicians that were involved in helping us through this whole process The calls that were made to make everything happen and get here was just incredible from Getting calls from the White House. I thought somebody was punking me, but From Vince Fong's office to Everybody the governor's office to Senator Grove's office to Kevin McCarthy's office. It's just been incredible the the assistance that we were offered and you know what we took it We took it and you know what I don't care that we took it because you know what we were prepared for it and If it were to happen right now we're prepared so We'll scale back when we need to and As we can see Those thought after the 6-4 that it was done, but I Guess God said it wasn't so he wanted to give us something else So where do we go from here? Well, let's try to start recovering now and So now it's our job to not only protect you but now try to help you to Get back to some normal way of life So now my job is to See how I can do that to Get you back to Being okay with going back into your house being okay with going back inside a building being okay going back to work so All of these people up here are here for you today to get you there to get you Know that it's safe to go back in that building know that Look, I'm glad that you thought it was safe to be able to sleep out in your front yard sleep in your car That makes me feel good That you Had your faith in us that you could do that But now I need you to get back in your house Okay Sorry, but you know But not only that for your own safety But now I'm concerned about where we're at inside PTSD is a real thing And we're all suffering from it right now Whether you think you're not you we are so We have teams coming in that will help us with that and It doesn't make there will be no judgment and it doesn't matter About talking to somebody and getting that extra push to Get some help and get Get back to our normal way of life and our normal community. So Please utilize what we're bringing in for us to make us a better community So We also need to know What has happened to your property? So and we can better help you and to see what other further assistance we can get you with Or a Mr. Stram, we're gonna need more budget So we've set up a an email Account It's called quake damage Ridgecrest s ca.gov. Don't you don't have to remember this. I'll tell you later We want you to email the city with what has happened to your property Or if you're not comfortable with email We've we've also set up a hotline And that number seven six zero four nine nine five zero eight three where you can call in and talk to somebody And tell them what's wrong what has happened to your house or property and they will be able to tell you what What services and if the and our public works director Bard will be up here later to tell you what? What they're going to be offering as far as inspections should you need that to feel safe to go back into your home? Now on some positive notes The hospital is 100% back open for business, so that's awesome We got a report from the airport this morning and The number of aircraft that they have serviced the past few days was Was a Caesar in here. What's going on with this? was huge the The number of Media aircraft that they serviced was incredible not to mention the aircraft that were brought in to support you Most of you probably didn't know that on the ground out there were two black Hawk helicopters if needed for rescue at any time Then after the 7-1 those aircraft were later used I believe for checking the faults that for the See what happened The earth shook so the other thing that we're going to do That we're going to work with Kern County and Cal OES in the coming days There'll be a local assistant center It will probably be right here at the Kermige Center and that will have several groups in there available to you and They will it will be various groups from insurance to contractors board to various groups that anything you need you can come in there and ask them how you can get something for to fix your property or from emotional wellness to Insurance to whatever the case may be Mm-hmm, it will be here and located at that center So we will definitely get that out put out the word definitely on the PD's Facebook page which each and every one of you should be on by now and We will also put it over the radio and Any other services and I'm sure the school district would also push it for us so and we'll ask the base too as well So I know you guys have probably heard this if you've watched the news lately This is our time for preparation now for the next one. So Please Please prepare. I'm horrible at that myself None of us were probably prepared for this maybe a couple people over fell So Water have supplies and the rule is at least 72 hours Because sometimes that might take it might take us 72 hours to get to you It depends on how bad it is. So He's looking at me through the side of his eyes. So I'm probably talking too much Thank you, and if you need anything from us, you'll know we'll be there and Make sure that you thank the emergency service personnel and They did an awesome job Thank you chief So just to kind of go along a little bit that I didn't get to touch on we are going to have questions and answers So basically what's going to happen is the question answers is for you anybody from the public It's for you media For media portions for questions and answers will be on a one-on-one basis after After the meeting so the way that's going to work once we're done is we'll have one person with a microphone Whenever you want to answer a question, please raise your hand We'll get to you and then after that you go ahead and answer your question on whichever panel right here That's going to be able to answer will answer for you We won't take a lot of it But we'll answer as much as we can and then after that we'll have a one-on-one basis and you can talk to everybody on a one-on-one deal Okay, our second Speaker is a battalion chief Dessonio Mitchell and from Kern County fire department. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Thanks for coming I appreciate that you guys are here today. I know the people of rich crest care about their city And when we love that you guys give us so much support I know the fire department spoiled with you guys. You guys treat us very well And it's just an honor and a privilege to serve the city of rich crest We have a great relationship with the city of rich crest and We know we're loved out here and we appreciate the public every time we're on our incidents Showing us that respect that love that gratitude. I know we were challenged on 75 with that 7-1 And our guys and gals We're out there to serve you guys respond to emergencies and on that evening. I know our guys stepped up I know it was very Anxious for you. There's a lot of uncertainty. I know that people are on edge We don't exactly, you know, no, when is the next one gonna happen? I Would say that the current kind of fire department. We're prepared. We're ready to respond We have transitioned our resources back into its normal operating status We also have some standing by resources just in case something else happens to pop up But I want the public to know that Our guys and gals the night responded They were challenged and we were faced with a situation that was very dynamic and evolving Part of that was stressful as well for us not only for you guys but at the same time I do want to say that it's very Rewarding in the aspect of when you get to see a department respond to an incident challenged with natural disaster like capabilities and then watch that department and its Supporting entities come together and then ultimately help you and in the process I Wanted to thank the city of rich crest Department the chief It was great working with him and his staff. I know this your police chief law enforcement out here They did a great job Responding also assisting with Our operation and the fire service. I'd like to thank. Oh, yes. Oh, yes is very important in our Op out here. We had a great support from mutual aid for local contract counties and also office mercy services It wasn't a one-man or one-woman job. We depended heavily upon the assistance of others so Now moving forward We're starting to release those resources trying to return to a back a state back of normalcy. I know that's kind of different the type of Aftershocks have been having But I know that this city has done a great job at also providing a lot of local services for you You're gonna hear of opportunities for you guys to capitalize on that I would hope that you guys would utilize those services. It's for you It's to assist you to get back to a state of normalcy and feeling better and more confident in what life has to hold I would say that I think we have a lot of things to be grateful for I know this was a pretty tremendously difficult situation But I would say that a lot of great things happened and I think there's a lot of things to be thankful for We do have a system set up so we can hopefully get you know your houses your personal items and those restored Get you guys back into your houses get you to a state of being Inside like the chief has stated and back to a place of Feeling comfortable again, because I know everyone's on edge A lot of great people are gonna talk about there's certain services for you I hope you guys take it upon it to capitalize on that The plan moving forward for current kind of fire is we're ready to respond We've been ready to respond since the start of the incident and as going as forth If you need us our guys will respond as always we love the city rich crest We're ready to go and our guys will step up to any situation. We are presented with Moving forward I Would say that I know that it was this was a traumatic event We do have behavioral health and those types of support here for you Not only do people suffer minor physical injuries, but it is a behavioral side to this So I hope you guys take advantage of that talk if you need to that assist with the recovery process of getting through This and moving on I Wanted to say it's honored a privilege to have been working on this incident. This is my home battalion I take pride in this place I know every man and woman who works the current kind of fire department wants to do our best to make sure you guys are Protected and safe. So as someone who works here every almost every shit every shift I'm here I work I take pride in this place I appreciate the city and I know current kind of fire department will do its best to making sure you guys are Protected moving forward. So if you ever need anything else from us, you know how to get a hold of us And ultimately call 9-1-1. Thank you. Thank you chief Next we'll be Helen Hayes from the Naval base. Hello, everyone. I'm Helen Hazy from Naval Air weapons station in China Lake Unfortunately the commanding officer of the base captain Dale was not able to be here He wish he does appreciate the opportunity to be with the community and address any concerns But at this point the reconstitution and the cleanup phase of the base Took all his time and attention this afternoon. So we apologize for that We appreciate the community and be able to work with you I will be taking any concerns or any questions you have at this point We can inform that for the base only mission essential personnel have access So please follow us on Facebook and updates will be done there. Thank you From the representative Sambur and Dino Pio David were good afternoon everyone Apologize for the the casual appearance Shave and wear a suit tomorrow. I promised but it was about a two and a half hour drive I found out about the meeting about two and a half hours in advance I figured the priority should be to get in the car and start moving. So thank you first I want to thank the good people of Curran County and City of Ridgecrest for putting this together. This is this is great They've been great neighbors and we are thankful for that and it's good to see so many people here How many folks do we have here from the the Trone area the Trone Valley and okay good good a lot of folks Good to see you coming out Our priority since since this event happened Has been to try to meet the vital needs of the community as best we can focusing on getting life as Close to normal again as we can I Understand it's you know after one of these events. There's a You can't help but feel a little isolated Especially when you're a couple hundred miles from the county seat Thank you chief. Thank you chief. All right. Thank you chief Anyways, but be assured in the county seat where emergency operation center There are people who are literally working around the clock I know because the other night I stayed up all night watching them to make sure they were working around the clock To find out what's going on in the community to direct resources to the community and and get those needs met I understand we've been doing a lot of road work out there. I think we might have only one road closure left in the community I know some of those roads aren't quite what they used to be but at least they're passable Which is good news especially for those of you who? You know rely on getting to Ridgecrest for a lot of your services We are we have been bringing a lot of bottled water into the community as you know that The community is under a boil water only Order because the water system is down We don't have information on when the water system will be back up We understand the the damage is extensive It's going to take some time and then even after that you're gonna have to boil water for a little bit longer With till the the pipes flush through but as long as it's necessary We will be bringing a lot of bottled water into the community making it available to people We have a distribution center at Toronto High School. That's open from 8 a.m. To 8 p.m Where we are distributing that water to everyone who needs it I'd like to thank people who are donating water. We are getting so many water donations It's it's just been amazing in addition to the water that the county is buying on our own Also at that distribution center. I'm not sure if it started today But if not it will start tomorrow We will have counselors on hand as the chief said there is no way to go through what all of you have gone through without Feeling a little bit different than you did before Unfortunately in San Bernardino County. We have a lot of experience dealing with disasters This is the first big quake that we've had at least in the time that I've been with the county But we have a lot of fires. We of course had a terrorist attack a few years ago Unfortunately, we see people More often than we want to who have been through something like this and There is one thing these events have in common and that is You don't quite feel like yourself for a while And there's nothing wrong with that. So there will be counselors at the distribution center Please talk to someone if you're not quite feeling the way that you should That's what the therefore their professionals and uh, sometimes the best thing to do is talk I understand the american red cross was also at the high school at the distribution center With some food today and we're hoping that that continues Now as far as other needs are concerned Oh, okay. I have that We understand that A lot of people in Trona rely on services here in ridgecrest for their daily lives Shopping things like that During this disaster for those of you who have been displaced Who need meals The american red cross evacuation center is here in ridgecrest, which When you're feeling out of sorts might seem like a long way away Starting tomorrow. We have arranged for daily free transportation for those of you who can't get here Easily who don't have friends who can take you Thank you I am really glad now that I made sure that they got this fixed before four o'clock today Didn't want to get up here without that So beginning tomorrow at 10 in the morning There will be daily shuttle service from the high school to ridgecrest for people who need to get here in town to visit The evacuation center So That's an example one thing that is common for for every Incident that we have in San Bernardino County and as I've said in my 20 years as the county's pio. We have had a lot No matter how much we think the next one's going to be like the last one no matter how much we think we've learned We always encountered things we haven't encountered before needs that we did not anticipate And we pride ourselves on jumping on those right away Of course learning for learning from those for the for the next time doesn't help you today Uh But We want you to know that we are listening if there are needs we need to hear about them We need to hear from you It has been great a lot of people have been messaging us on our facebook page County of San Bernardino do not hesitate to do that if i'm not watching it 24 7 Felicia cardona the deputy pio is on there 24 7 as a matter of fact She usually beats me in responding to facebook posts We're also on twitter And uh we uh I know social media is not the answer for everyone especially in trona. I understand connectivity is not the greatest out there I understand the signal is not the greatest. I understand a lot of people don't have time For that social media monkey business And that's fine. It's america do what you want But that is the best way for us to get out information if you are on social media We are updating it constantly felicia was just updating it right now while we were standing here as we were getting new information from our Emergency operation center on services. So if you don't have social media, you don't want to be bothered with that You probably know someone who does Before the earthquake it was that person walking around looking at their phone all the time and you thought isn't that ridiculous That's the person if you don't have social media, that's the person who's going to know first what's going on and what's available to you Now if there are still needs that aren't being met We do want to hear about them. You don't have to own a computer or have the internet or have internet service call us 909 356 3998 that's the number directly into our emergency operation center as I mentioned There are a team of people there Probably about 40 people at any one time around the clock 24 7 Who want to know what you need? And they want to get out there and deliver it to you Uh I don't think there's anything i'm leaving out But if there is I will be here later felicia will be here later. She writes faster than I do and uh You know We want to come back to sanbernadino with a list of things that you need so we can get them addressed I just want to end by thanking all of you For your bravery and for your teamwork. I've spent the better part of the day yesterday in torona and it was It was amazing how that community had come together how I saw people helping each other I could feel that even When there isn't a disaster before there was an earthquake torona is very much a team and That more than anything else is what is going to get you through all this we're going to do what we can We're going to do our job Uh But it was great to see the teamwork. Uh, it was uh, it was very heartwarming Supervisor robert lovinggood was there yesterday. So it was our chief executive oser gary Mcbride We'll continue to be president in uh in torona and even when we aren't there We're listening and uh, we're here to meet your needs. So thank you again for being here Thank you the next speaker would be cal oes pio terry morado Good afternoon. My name is terry. I am the emergency services coordinator for Southern part of region five which includes kerrn county First of all, I want to thank you for welcoming into your community and getting the opportunity to speak with you For a few minutes, uh, as the chief said earlier, we've now Are phasing out of our response phase and rolling into our recovery phase While I apologize. I don't have any specifics on The different programs that we will be rolling out here in uh, kerrn county primarily here in rich crest They are coming what I can do is please encourage you the chief spoke about it earlier To call the city at the seven six zero four nine nine five zero eight three Or utilize the email at quake damage at rich rich crash dash ca dot gov This is the the best way that the city and then in turn the county and the state who need the information For the residents of kerrn county and rich crest who have damages to your home So please utilize those two entities and get us the information so we can start the recovery process rolling Um, again, I just want to reiterate. I know the governor has been out here Mark Giorducci our director of callowas has been out here in california is committed to helping the residents Of the communities that have been affected By the earthquakes. Um, but again now's a good time to sit down your children Your family members make a plan make sure you have your medicate your maintenance medication that you're going to need Make sure you have a supply everybody needs a go kit that if it happens to be an emergency that you're able to get out With your family that you have the necessary items with you or have stored at your home That's the chief said 72 hours worth of water 72 hours worth of food and don't forget our pets sometimes Whoops, excuse me sometimes we forget that we need to have those items for our pets also We think of our children. We think of um people with access and functional needs or our elderly that are in our homes But please also remember the pets Also for those of you who live here in cairn county, please sign up for emergency alerts cairn county has a wonderful program Uh, it's called ready cairn You can either google ready cairn and I tested it right before I came tonight It the first uh line that you'll click on and under google is cairn county fire dot org and it will show you right there step by step you can register and Set up all your parameters on how you would like to be alerted Or you don't actually have to register a part of the program to sign up for the alerts But I greatly encourage you to do that. You will be one of the first people That are notified if when emergencies are happening or directly after and what steps that you need to take And then again call oes. We have uh a youtube page. We have facebook. We have twitter On there if you use any utilize any of those social media or video References there are videos on how to be safe during earthquakes We have quite a few items on wildfire So I really encourage you for those of you who have access to the Internet both check cairn county your city of rich crest and then of course cal oes To get any up-to-date information or hints on how you can prepare yourself and your family Before during and after emergencies. Thank you Thank you the public torque director barred lauer Good evening. My name is barred lauer. I'm your public works director for the city of bridge crest What I wanted to talk a little bit about is is what public works has been doing for you Since the first two events After the first earthquake. Can you hear me or do I need to Is that better? All right, it's all even lean in a little bit. How about that? Okay So what we've been doing since the first quake is we've been out looking at roads We looked all all the arterials after the 6.4. We were shocked. There was little damage that wasn't there before the quake After the 7.1 though, we pulled in enough employees. We drove every single road in town We looked at every road. We documented all the concrete damage Um, so we went made wanted to make sure that that you were safe and could get where you needed to go We were out After the first one like I said until one in the morning or so driving and then we went back and looked at it The daylight to make sure we weren't didn't miss anything um Since then we opened up a program for you to call in if you were worried about the condition of your house Now We're not saying come look at my house. I want to know if it's okay. We're saying look at your house See if there's cracks that that worry you see if the roof looks out of kilter see You know give us some idea when you call So we know what to ask questions about all right because what we'll ask you is are the cracks offset All right So in other words if they're flat across quite often you're okay If they're hairline if they're paper width again, you're quite often okay But you know another thing would be the trailers that are completely off the jacks now. Yeah those those we need to come look at all right So But please have a look at it. I mean we've had calls from out of town. Well, you know My mom's house is there. Can you go look well? No Call a neighbor have they have the sun come over and take a look at the house and then tell us what you see And then we'll decide if we need to come over so that we can spend the time on houses. We know we need to look at Right. I mean yeah, okay So the the chief talked about the the new the new item where you could email in they've mentioned the email address twice Okay, so and it's in the press release and it's on the uh the police's uh I'm sorry facebook page. So you can find it there Please use that one tell us What damage there is in your house now? I don't care on that one Whether you tell us it's a hairline crack here and there Whatever we need to know about all the damage when you send something in on the on the email page All right, that's good because then we can keep track of all the damage put together a better assessment for cal OES All right, however if you're using an email And you are worried about your house Include in the text that you'd like somebody to call you To make you know to come out and do an inspection We will we'll do an evaluation over the phone and we'll uh, we won't set up an appointment Because what we'll do is we'll rate it by priority But you will be called before we do come out and do it. Does that make sense what i'm saying? all right If you don't do don't do emails, um, there's a phone number in the same places that the email address was You're welcome to call If you're incredibly worried, okay I mean like the hot side of the house is collapsed a little bit. You have a loose chimney Okay, that's a good one. Okay, they could fall in your neighbor's house Those are worth calling about and emailing about okay do both That way we'll get it for sure. All right fairly soon One of the things we've been doing today is the cal oes group Well, let's start back when we first started that program. We had a bunch of inspectors come in from the county We building inspectors. We want to send a special thank you out to all of them that have been up here away from their families Um, that's great. Many of them are cal oes safety people, which is great um, we had the cal oes Guys that come in and determine damages come up today. There was a group that went out with the schools There was a group that went up to the college And there's a group that that came with us to look at damage to our roads Which there really weren't many and to go out and look at the wastewater plant Now, how many of you had any trouble flushing the toilet? Not a one of you, right? That's because the wastewater plant has worked the entire time We've had an employee in particular that's been out there every single day making sure it's working We had a couple of blown pipes to begin with The navy's been really good when the water and the power went out to get us water and power back But we have emergency power so we can stay up and going. I know i'm talking too long. I'm sorry guys I just want to make sure you know So you we're not having any trouble with the wastewater plant. So you're you're all set there So at this point in time, I'll stay around I'll be sitting right down here in the corner Afterwards if you want to talk if all you're asking is for an inspection, please use the email site And but if you just want to ask questions, I'll be around afterwards. Thank you Thank you Up next will be the red cross pio. Mimi Taylor tell her Thank you. Thank you But truly I want to thank everybody in red crest and trona and the entire kern county's support team And community that's welcomed us. We couldn't do our job if you weren't as welcoming and gracious as you guys have all been So thank you for letting us serve you And on that note we wanted to recognize there's many partners who have supported us through our support of your community But especially from kern county We've had the victims relief the adventists disaster services and marlies mutt. So thank you so much One of our many partners So I rolled into town for this cute little 6.4 earthquake late on friday evening Two hours before we had a not so cute 7.1 So I was here with my staff and the shelter was empty and within an hour it wasn't so empty We had people flowing in through the evening people were who were very very scared very nervous And people just looking for a sense of community And I was happy that we were able to offer we were all happy We were able to offer that to the community of ridge crest Unfortunately trona was cut off initially with the road closures And as soon as your road closures opened up yesterday, we had red cross vehicles prepared and ready to roll into town Today we had four vehicles out there. We were supplying water cleanup kits and some snacks So we will be out back there again tomorrow And I understand some of you will be coming here for some hot meals And the registration desk is through that door. So please start there Once you arrive, we have air conditioning if anybody needs a place to stay behind me as our dormitory We have cots and blankets and hot showers And uh, we are ADA compliance. So we are welcoming everybody and anybody who needs our support and our services We also will be providing emotional support We have our own team members providing these services and the county has also been providing similar services So as other folks have mentioned We have all been through a disaster don't underestimate that it seems disasters happen to other people This time it's happened to you and your fear and your concerns are very real So we're here to support that. Let us help you with it And lastly again to echo what some have said my friend terry from callowas Prepare, please let this be a reminder. Prepare before the events happen You want to have water your go kit a family plan a plan for your pets when it happens? duck cover hold on And afterwards make sure your gas is off your family is okay And then turn to the red cross if you need to and your community at large for support Thank you everybody and take care Thank you So again, this is a little bit long process. We're almost done on this portions with speakers everybody that is standing I thank you for your patience on this. I know this There's a lot of information out here that we want to get to you So we want to make sure that you get everything and what you need Next speaker from marlies, uh miracle mutt cathard mackey So marlies mutts uh our miracle mutts have partnered American red cross and we came out today to Play with some kids. We had did some arts and crafts today um lots of games and just to kind of alleviate some of the Uneasiness that maybe some of the kids were feeling. Um, we're happy to be here and happy to be a part of Helping this community come back together. And so We look forward to helping out your community and also working with american red cross. Thank you Next up would be current behavior health iven crossco Hello, my name is iven crossco. I'm with current behavioral health and recovery services And uh, we have been working with the red cross to provide mental health support Uh, as everyone will probably mention and notice This is a crisis and you all have done an amazing job with this I want to say that it's been interesting coming in because you guys don't look as panicked as i felt coming in And so keep up the good work. It's uh, i've heard someone say keep in communication with your neighbors Communication is a huge portion of this. There's a lot of fear And we're worried about this because we don't know what's going to happen And so today i'm going to go over a couple of the different items that we have available to provide support Uh, we have a team here We will have a team throughout the week wearing green shirts. We are here to provide mental health support to you Feel free to come up and ask any questions. It's not just about mental health Just if you need to be linked to something talk to someone just have a conversation Please feel free to come up and talk to us We have a couple different support lines. We have the crisis hotline. Apparently this one's not working anymore, too Um, we have the crisis hotline at 1-800-991-5272 We have the local mental health provider behavioral health provider, which is college community services 1-760-499-7406 I'll repeat this again a problem. So um, so you can get them again And then finally we have the crisis stabilization unit at 760-463-2880 So uh, college community service is your local behavioral health provider And so if you need anything from them feel free to contact that number, which again is 760-499-7406 And the stabilization unit is just if you need something you're kind of feeling a little more intense These earthquakes have put a lot of pressure on all of you It is an anxiety-provoking thing and as everyone mentioned It's a normal reaction to have a response to this And so if you feel the need that you need a higher level of support Please call the 760-463-2880 There are also several different services That are available to you online. You have apps available But one particular one I would like to mention is the smart 911 app It is a way for you to provide information directly to Local emergency response. So if something like this ever happens in regards to anything They know what to look for if you have an animal if you have a sick parent If you need medications It's a way for them to have information ahead of time that will help them provide more effective prompter services Thank you all. You are all doing an amazing job and feel free to contact any one of us if you need any help. Thank you Next speaker is current county supervisor mcgleason from district one Thank you very much Thank you very much. I'll be quick. It's great to see so many people here It was it's been great to see so many people engaged in the process from Taking a tour of the devastation and the damage by with congressman mccarthy Senator grove and someone went fang to conversations with the governor to talk about the white house senator Feinstein staff senator harris's staff everybody's engaged Everybody wants to help everybody's looking for ways and the common thread in all those conversations is how can we help? Let us know So the job For us is to report those needs and the job for you is to make sure that we understand what those needs are So that we can accurately report those so please get involved any damages any issues Don't be afraid to come up and talk to somebody and report what's what the situation is and we'll come and And figure out what's going on I want to thank a couple people First the most impressive the two things that are pressing me about this whole event is one It's that it's it's difficult to see the damage driving down china lake boulevard or driving through the neighborhoods in In ridge crest it's tough to see the damage, but we know it's there when you open the door And that's one of the issues with earthquakes is it's sometimes it's visible difficult to see the Visibly see the damage, but it's there and we know that and we're communicating those things to the to the The proper authorities. That's one big item the other big item the second one thing is I kind of gotta guarantee you Mayor breeding has put together one heck of a plan Her and her staff have been phenomenal and how they've responded how they are constantly Supporting this community Irremarkable Her whole staff Her whole staff including the chief I want to couple real quick things. I want to send special kudos to current county. I'm very proud of my current county I'm very proud of the response to current county from the eoc to the firefighters to the sheriff's department to behavioral health To public works departments to environmental health to public health to Behavioral health all these issues and all these departments have weighed in and are committed to seeing us through this event Just because we have left the the this particular stage of this Disaster doesn't mean that we're fully through the whole process yet We need to recover and then we need to be prepared in case recovery Changes it back into something else and I just want everybody in this room to know that current county is fully Completely committed to seeing us all the way to the end zone I want to also throw out a special kudo to the red cross. This is my second time Being with a an emergency of this this magnitude one was with the urskine fire a couple years back I'm sure many of you have first degree exposure to that the american red cross The best organization when it comes to this kind of stuff these people are loving they're caring They're there and they're fully committed to uh to you the person's in need so feel free to To participate with them and when you see somebody the red cross or they're asking somebody for a volunteer Well, they need some donations or whatever you can do the red cross is a worthwhile organization We're still not out of the woods We know that we know that there are dangers lurking ahead. We don't know what mother nature is thinking right now We don't know what tomorrow will bring but we do know this may a breed and has us prepared and i'm proud to be A member of this community. Thank you Thank you. So I did want to forget one um for peachy neem. Eric kerrick. Good evening everybody. Um First thing I want to say is uh As we responded here. What an amazing community that you guys have here the support that you've shown us and our employees As uh, we've worked around the clock to assess our systems has just been amazing. So thank you for that my name Sorry about that My name is eric curts. I'm the director of gas operations for maintenance and construction for pgne And i'm also the director Of the operations emergency center for this event Um, I just wanted to give everybody kind of an update on what we're doing to assess um our system And first of all the safety of our customers employees and the communities we serve Is always going to be pgnees highest priority Pgne has been on the ground Since the initial onset of the 6.4 that occurred on 4th of july We mobilized employees up here immediately to begin assessments Um, I'd like to clarify that pgne Provides gas service to ridgecrest, but we do not provide the electric services In this territory. It's a southern cal Edison Who i'm sure you've noticed been up here doing an amazing job as well There's no major customer impacts that we've identified so far as a contribution to our assets We have found Not very many but a few leaks that would have already been repaired Um As some of you may know from the jackhammers that have been going off in the middle of the night We've been responding immediately to all findings Um, however, I just do want to make sure everybody understands this is still Um Remains an active situation And we will continue To do the surveys On ground and through area patrol. We are doing visual flights over all of our gas systems as well as light our flights Um to do uh comparison visual laser visualization Of any earth movement that may not be apparent from walking on the ground Um, we are evaluating the areas where the fault lines cross our facilities We do have high pressure transmission lines outside the community That supply the community to the distribution system There are two locations where there have been fissures that have opened up across the pipeline And we are doing evaluations On what the stress factors are on those pipes. We currently have determined That the condition is safe for operation However, we are planning some excavations to do visual inspection on those lines as well and As we move Throughout the system We'll be making any repairs that we find At that time We remain engaged with multiple agencies and stakeholders supporting the response effort And we'll have more information to share in the coming days as we learn more We are going to continue To survey every single service to every house And every main in the street for the entire system And we will do that more than once as i'm sure you are all aware. We're still having a little bit of shaking here and there So we'll continue those surveys to make sure that We don't have any additional issues that we may have missed the first time or any new Damages from any additional earth movement I do want to give a little safety reminder For safety reasons, there were a lot of gas services that were shut off at the meter Some of them were shut off by customers Some by emergency services your first responders and some by pgne employees due to The conditions of the homes quite a few Quite a bit of damage in the mobile home parks where we've done shutoffs On some heavily damaged buildings Some of those shutoffs may your houses may not appear to have any damage and you shut them off for safety reasons The one thing that I do want to say is please do not turn your own gas back on We have employees here ready to respond Should you need gas that are trained to do safety inspections of your appliances And validate that you do not have any house line leaks when we turn your services back on The one thing that I will give you the contact for that if you do need A safety inspection of your appliances in your house lines Or your gas turned back on please call 1 800 pge 5000 that number again is 1 800 743 5000 We do have employees that live and work in your community That immediately responded to this even prior to us calling them to action So I do just want to say Our hearts and prayers are with you all. We're here to serve. We're here to support And let us know if you need help and we'll be there for you. Thank you Next would be a symbol of men phong All right, let's try this this is work. All right. Well, I want to thank you all for being here first I want to commend the mayor I want to commend supervisor Your police chief Cal OES all the first responders. Um, their response to this was tremendous Not many communities can say they've sustained And and and persevered through a 6.4 a 5.5 A 7.1 and of course all those of the small earthquakes that have occurred And so I will first say this The Ridgecrest, Toronto, Indy Wells Valley. We're a family And we take care of each other and so no matter And so no matter what happens moving forward We will walk alongside you every step of the way until everything is completed And so for I know there's a lot of anxiety and worry in the community right now I've talked to a number of folks who've who've lost their homes Their mobile homes. I know if they're trying to explain to their children You know, what's going on and so there are services available We will provide them for as long as necessary in this community to make sure that the anxiety Fades away as best as possible But rest assured that we are here to help to take care of everyone here in this community This community is a very special place to me And so we will do whatever is necessary to make sure this community is rebuilt and is made whole So it is important as as a police chief said that we understand All the damage and everything that is occurring has occurred over the past Past number of days We are meeting with state officials with federal officials I've gotten off the phone with with with all levels of government To try to understand what's happening So from the hospital to the base to everything and within within this area As we understand everything that's happening and all the damage that needs to be Fixed and and and and and remedied We need to make sure that we understand everything that's going on in the community and so please email Use the email use the website Call The city and and of course let us know everything that's happening And of course if you have any questions for our office You're more than welcome to call. We have an open door policy Call our office write email our phone number is 661 395 2995 And you can reach us of course on social media and everything else that comes with that But we have the red cross for those veterans who are out there. We have the vet center here That will provide assistance as well. They are that you you can see their I guess their rv trailer out in front of A I'll find the kermit g center, but This community has supported our military They've always risen to the occasion and I have no doubt in my mind That you will tackle and rise at the occasion for the challenge that has occurred before us today And so for me, I just want to be here to support you I know that all of us here want to make sure that everything is done to make sure that you're taken care of And if anything is not happening You let us know and we'll take care of it for you. So thank you and god bless Thank you, uh for senator shannon grows rep tracy reynolds Hello, thank you for having us here today. I just wanted to come up and introduce myself. I'm tracy reynolds And i'm the constituent services director for senator shannon grove I'm joined by dominic heiden who is our field representative Many of you have probably recognized him. He's been here since friday Been in the community been with you all and he has done a good job Um, we want to start by saying thank you to all the first responders who have sacrificed their time to ensure the safety of our constituents That's you Um, we have been so moved by the coordinated efforts of local state and federal agencies that have all rallied together during this state of emergency Mayor breeden vice mayor martin supervisors gleason and living good and all the heads of the agencies and local law enforcement Has kept our office up to speed and have been responsive to all of our inquiries and we are very appreciative of all involved I wanted you to put a face to to a name so you know who to contact if you need services of any kind Uh, you've heard from everybody else that you can get services from you can also get services from from us Uh, as you look for assistant rebuilding your homes Replacing vital documents Requesting assistance with state agencies and even finding a ride to the dmv I am happy to help in any way shape or form Our office works closely with assemblyman fong congressman mccarthy and all local electeds and we are here to help I have packets with me that detail what constituent services we provide and includes my contact information So please stop by the the table out front and to speak to dominica rai And let us know what your needs are or let anybody here know what your needs are We are all here to help you Um, we know it will take time and money to rebuild and rest assured senator grove Will be here with you every step of the way our constituents are the most giving in the state just today They poured into our district office with donations of water that will be being delivered tomorrow Here and over in Trona i'm i'm so sorry over in trona I we actually have four semi trucks That are on their way to rich crest and troner right now Full of water We want to help facilitate any any needs that you have so please contact us Our phone number is six six one three two three zero four four three And as senator grove also gives out her cell phone number. I do too. So if you need Direct contact my cell phone number is six six one four two eight zero eight two one Thank you for having me here today. I look forward to connecting with you all Next congressman mccarthy's representative clayton fowler Good evening. Like he said, my name is clayton fowler I'm the field representative for rich crest and portions of eastern cairn for the congressman the congressman has been Monitoring this situation very closely working with our local state and federal partners For more details, please contact our bagersfield office or for assistance our bagersfield office at six six one Three two seven three six one one We will also be across the parking lot on tuesday at the city hall if you'd like to speak in person for mobile office hours We'll be there at 10 30 So please feel free to reach out to our office or any one of the other elected officials offices We all work very closely together and it'll get you the support that you need. Thank you Next would be mayor peggy breeden I can't say thank you enough We are an amazing community I know What most of you are going through? I don't know what all of you are going through But I know we have heroes in this community Heroes who have done for others before themselves People who have said Count me in i'm willing to work I'm willing to donate. I'm willing to fix up. I am there for all of you I am going to ask some of you to please if you have family That is out of the area and they don't know Your neighbor's phone number Give your neighbors get your neighbor's permission and give that number to them We've had so many calls saying I can't get a hold of my mother I don't know what's going on Please give that to your immediate family so we can avoid that situation And the worry that brings to them and to the families involved The family couldn't get a hold of one of his neighbors. He went down there And the lady was transported To um Out of the area to a hospital She is alive today because somebody cared enough to say Count me in I will check That is our job. That is your job This is this community's job And i'm asking you to listen to the people who hear offering services They are here for you This is your time to say I need help Help me and if you don't tell anybody It is on you You must respond and let us know What you can what you need and how you can be helped There is so many opportunities There is community banks that are offering low cost Interest rate loans there are Volunteer groups that are saying I will go out and fix your home We've had an offer of 50 000 dollars anonymously Of people who need help to fix their home that don't have insurance or they're deductible was too large I'm asking if you need something it is your job now to speak I also want to say One of our largest heroes. No, that's not fair Chief You are not large But you and your team are amazing Our incident commander Chief In my mind he's our Largest hero I thank you. I want to say one more thing We are a great community and you know what? Rich crest rocks Thank you Thank you You are amazing Thank you Rich crest rocks Thank you Okay, before we go on to questions and answers This is going to be a hard to beat that was pretty awesome, mayor Um, I have uh, we just received a paper earlier from searless valley minerals. This is a facility recovery announcement To all searless valley minerals incorporated employees Following the recent earthquakes svm is working with its insurance providers and engineer firms To evaluate the best approach to make those repairs needed to resume full productions safely and quickly concurrently svm is coordinating with government agencies to restore essential services to its facilities And the torona community Only essential personnel are being granted access to the svm facilities at this time Only those employees who have been contacted by their managers directly will be granted access to the svm facilities during the periods Of monday july 8th of 2019 through july 10th If you have not been contacted by your direct supervisor manager You can presume that you have not been requested to appear at the svm facilities during the periods All svm employees will be paid during these three days periods according to their regular work schedule Only those employees whose needs name appear on an authorized entry list will be granted access to the facilities by security All entrants to an exit from the facilities will be through the security main grade And this is from the director of government relations and public affairs arzell hell So we're going to start with questions and answers um Obviously, we've got to have a little bit of a time limit here We have been a lot. I'm everybody that's been standing. I really appreciate again the patients and What you've been doing to be able to listen to a lot of the great information That our speakers have been given so when we give a question Just please raise your hand. We'll send over a person to talk At least about a minute of a question if we can per equate question and answer we will have um at the end of this we will have an area time to where You can have a one-on-one questioning with all our speakers our speakers will be out here We'll have some of our pios here to be able to answer questions if needed so Good evening everyone and yes, we can do this um, my question is uh, we With the lack of transportation public transportation for people that are disabled. We don't have the No, the door-to-door And even to get to a bus stop is difficult Cabs are expensive if you can get one Is there something that can be done about that? Some kind of carpooling to get us through this Okay And that's a huge question. I know it is um, we'll see if uh chief so the question is is uh People that are disabled and transportation for bus transportation is on the area Is there a way that we can have somebody there to be able to assist with any type of public transportation? Absolutely To get here was that correct? Say it again. Well, it's Transportation to get to these appointments. I haven't checked my house You know, I've wanted to wait till it stops shaking. Sure. That's not going to happen for a while Um, let's be real, but um, like I need my house inspected My back's broke and I can't get up and inspected. I can't probably climb under either Okay Yes, uh, what we've offered Several people that we've called to either get here or back to the residents It must be me with these mics, but uh If you need a wheelchair Then we've got we we can use our transit buses If it's something like that and uh, Then i'll take you in my car. I don't care. Um, Well, if not mine, then uh We will uh, we will figure it out Everyone everyone heard that right you got it. Hey Just call i'll uh, we will get you If you need a ride here for the meetings or whatever we'll figure it out So even if I have to come pick me up myself, so I'm Teresa O'Malley Teresa. All right I I got you No problem. Uh, my name is Jonathan Schmidt. I live in trona Um, I'm gonna make this real quick. Uh, first of all, I'd like to thank the, uh, Utilities southern california edison and pgne for coming out and doing a really job getting our power and gas back on Uh, next thing this uh, that there's a bunch of people here in the rich cross community that have helped out tremendously Bringing over supplies water stuff like that. Um, if there's anybody else I know that there's been a lot of questions about what we need over there Uh, direct those questions to our trona neighborhood watch page on facebook. That's where we're directing our communication Uh, so if you have any questions about what we need and you would like to help and donate Please feel free to get on that page Uh, throw those questions out there. We'll answer them. We'll get you an idea of where to take it to Um, and uh, thank you for those that have already helped you guys are Uh, the representative from uh, samard, you know, uh After this I'm gonna get with you. I've got a list of stuff that I know we need Okay, right off the bat. All right. Good and we want to make sure we want to if you let us, uh Uh, help use your page to push out information that we have send it to you. You can push it out. There's another Uh, trona page that has a lot of traffic. We'd like to get information out. I know the people in the community Uh, you have a lot of followers on your page and I'd like to work with you on that. Thank you All right, I'll come see you in a minute. Thank you Hello, I'm bob stark I'm I'm a manufactured home park owner and a dealer and I was going through the parks And there are quite a few homes on the ground that are not inhabitable. Is there any kind of help for those people? So chief aglaffin will be answering that for you um We've reached out this became a topic, uh when uh congressman mccarthy was here and uh, because Mobile home parks are a difference. They fall under some different guidelines. So it can become confusing so uh, lauren skidmore I believe uh Mr. Fong's office she that's who she works for She is becoming well aware of a lot of these laws and her and I have been talking back and forth on it So we will have some answers on what we can do with the mobile home parks So, uh, we will be pushing that information out as we get it Oh, he's got some We have actually meetings in Sacramento this week to address this very issue So we're going to try to find some remedy to try to make sure that we get these mobile home parks At least there may be some resources there to to to get them fixed as quickly as possible We're working on uh this week We're meeting with some folks in Sacramento to try to resolve a lot of these regulations and and try to get some To relieve to fix these mobile homes My name is Javed. I'm small local business owner. My question is uh, whoever the appropriate person The losses we have because of this unfortunate event Any city state or federal government is doing something the loss we have because of this unfortunate event So whoever the appropriate person, please let us know The local assistant center, which will be open shortly Is is going to be especially your one-stop shop Because you're wanting to know which of the city county state federal What are all of the things that are available to you including insurance companies? That will be your opportunity to go in there speak one-on-one sit down with each of them Fill out the forms with individuals that can assist you with those forms And that way you can do it in a streamline and efficient process And that will also help you get back to normal Norman alexander We went through a 6.4 a 7.1 I don't care about church and state separation. Can we have a moment of silence and prayer? Thank you. My name is Frank Montenegro. I've lived here 10 years with my family I just got off the line a little while ago with a friend. My my home was pretty badly damaged. It was knocked off the foundation Aside from that, I just got off the line with A chaplain friend of mine fire fire chaplain He's been with working with Billy Graham's Samaritan's Purse for 13 years They have a team coming out probably next Monday or Tuesday Is there a phone number sir that I can give them so that they can Know what's needed prior to coming down Thank you getting my steps in So yes, just have him call the police department And have him ask for captain damp here And he will set that up and he can notify him or Even if you want my email address is on the city web page You could do that also and I will pass that information and And communicate back and forth with them Just know that right now. I'm probably getting about 400 today. So I will get back as soon as I can. Thanks Really quick. We also have uh, Steve If you want to talk to directly to them These are chaplains from Kern county and they will be providing it So if you want to sorry if you want to connect directly with them They will be able to give you more information on those types of services Hi, my name is chris. I am too disabled. I have to walk 30 minutes to a bus stop to catch transit Is their way that they can come door to door for us Disable that lives 30 minutes from a bus stop like this elderly lady asked Yeah, just like we told Teresa When we're having the meetings when the l.a.c. Is open Give us a call. We will figure out a ride for you. Okay And please notify us what kind of assistance you need So that we can bring the proper vehicle Whether if if we have to get a hold of uh bars guys and bring a bus We'll do that And same offer goes to you if I got to bring my car. I'll bring it So thank you So we have time for one to two questions left and then after that we'll close out I'm just curious my name shelly If all the services you're offering are they free? Just stay up there jed Yes, they are Services are free Sorry, I didn't see where the question came from otherwise I would have Oh, yes, thank you Next question, what's that honey? I'm gonna need a bigger budget Yes, sir My name is uh, you sifo day. I'm a resident of rich crest for 30 years I want to thank everybody. Uh, thank first responders for thank our government officials for everything they've done thank the community of rich crest, uh and all With their assistance, uh, just some information. We have had uh people from the local community Drop off money to our uh business At beverage drive through we have about a 250 to 300 dollar budget right now for any first responders anybody that's come out to volunteer Uh from our uh local officials for any drinks. I know you guys are out there in the sun So we do have a budget there for you guys And uh, if you guys also need any use of our parking lot or our area with your guys vehicles You guys are more than welcome to do that so any first responders more than welcome There is a budget there from our local community that have made donations to you guys. Thank you. Thank you So we have one for one last question It's a pgne question She says she lives near fair view and lost floors and the gas was turned off in that area And she's wondering when it would be turned back on Uh, is it a mobile home park? Okay So maybe come and give me your location after the meeting I'll stick around for a little while to answer your questions. You give me your address But generally if you have issues with gas that needs to be turned on or off The 800 pge 5000 We do have dispatchers that have been assigned directly for this incident And uh, we have field personnel standing by here in town ready To go and um, see if we can turn it back on or not Thank you There's some differing situations out there that we have in the mobile home parks We do have some mobile home parks that are on something called a master meter So our services go to the master meter and the mobile home park owns the gas facilities within the park um If there are buildings, um that have been red tagged We'll have to have the mobile home park make those repairs before we can turn it back on So it is a case by case basis But we did proactively shut some of those off after the 7.1 in anticipation for major damage in those parks. So Feel free to call and we'll do the assessment And we can give you direct information for your specific location on information if it's your landlords Property that needs to be repaired before we can turn it on or if we can Take action to make repairs to get you turned back on we do have Crews on site ready to roll too if we need to repair our facility I I just want to clarify I had two or three people right in and say for those who couldn't be at this meeting How could they see this and then the information officer saying it's on the Ridgecrest PD site, correct? Yeah, okay Since I don't know the answer go ahead and email that to us and we will get it to the appropriate people and then uh once we find out the I will uh Reach out and find that answer out and uh Then we will put something out And get with the oh Never mind. Here we go He talks too much He might be lodge, but he talks too much That's right. Yeah, we'd be glad to hear if you call my office. We'll take care of you I've mick leason. I'm the county supervisor. So let's work through the county And we'll keep it that that way that we can get to you here quickly resolve it quickly So pass the word out there if you're in the county and you have a problem my office is your your point of contact Thank you Okay, last question. Thank you. I just wanted to let all the first responders know that we really really appreciate all of you Who have come out? Um, I do have a question though with the growth that Ridgecrest has experienced in recent years Do you see a need for more than only two fire stations in our city? And When was the last time that was assessed chief? I'll add uh chief men shall answer that one for you You know, of course, we're always assessing that currently. Um, we do Respond to the calls as we we can with our two fire engine companies But that's stuff that goes down the city manager and our chief and then also of course between the border supervisors Um, all I know is with the call volume. We have being a local battalion chief I know we're constantly bringing in resources to assist But I do know to answer your question We are looking to that. I do know with The natural disaster the magnitude of 7.1 we're faced with I feel like our men and women did an excellent job at trying to assess calls as they came on So I know post this is something we can always look at Learn from and then adjust and adapt and see where we need to grow and if we need to add additional resources Mayor I wanted to say one more thing in the process of Wanting to thank all the alphabet soup Agencies who were here and I'm not going to name every single one of them I did promise the indian wells valley water district contrary to what some of you are reading on facebook They are up Working there was no need to do anything. There was no interruption of service And they are the agency that provides water to most of the indian wells valley So I thank them for their service and their ability to do that Thank you, mayor. So we're going to close out. We have our lead pio that's been here since day one. He's going to close out this issue Go ahead sir So, you know, I it's it sounds frightening, but I missed it myself But thank you for your concern. Yeah, definitely. Thank you Thank you So I wasn't going to get out of here. I guess without saying something So, thank you. Thank you very much One thing I would definitely like everyone to know I know that it it didn't occur throughout the town hall meeting here this evening But we have christina kamacho here who would like to express something for our spanish-speaking individuals in the community Daños in sus propiedades en sus casas en sus hogares por favor este si tienen preguntas yo voy a estar aquí en este lado este y Vengan a verme y los los ayudare para poder este agarrar los recursos que necesita ahorita hay agua hay este Muchos este Mucha gente aquí que les puede responder sus preguntas y yo voy a estar aquí como interpreté para poder ayudarlos A agarrar esa información. Muchas gracias So if you don't speak spanish, she was explaining in spanish. She's here for those who need a spanish translator. So there we go This will conclude the press comp the town hall rather But I would like to say I am astonished at the resiliency of this community But also the sense of humor that somehow is still here and Along with that we need to clarify some marital status here ladies. He's offering you a ride But the chief of police is happily married. So There we go Thank you very much here at the town hall meeting We're still available for you will be available in the days and weeks to come Take advantage of this opportunity to speak to these individuals and to network with each other so that you can receive Assistance from these agencies as well as your neighbor and be safe and have a good evening