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Andy Belknap (Management Partners) and community member Bryan Scottpresented information to the Board.Public Comments were submitted by Mike Sloan and Jessica LaChance-Mellan.Their comments and related materials are included as attachments to theseminutes.Board President Oftedal announced his intent to create an ad hoc committee towork with the City of Brentwood on options for funding the District.Motion by: Director Langro to receive and file the presentation by staff andmaterial presented by Bryan ScottSecond by: Director SmithRoll Call Vote: Ayes: 5 (Langro, Nash, Oftedal, Smith, Young)Noes: 0, Absent: 0, Abstain: 0Motion by: Director Young to direct staff bring back a set of Pros & Cons onwhether to request that the Brentwood City Council place this initiative on theballot.Second by: Director NashRoll Call Vote: Ayes: 2 (Nash, Young)Noes: 3 (Langro, Oftedal, Smith)Absent: 0, Abstain: 0At the request of Board President Oftedal, Director Nash agreed to join him onthe ad hoc committee referenced above.8.Report of the Fire Chief / Informational Staff Reports8.a.8.b.8.c.8.d.8.e.9.Public Outreach Update: (9:09 p.m.)Operations Update: (9:17 p.m.)Legislative Update: (9:33 p.m.)Board President Oftedal and Vice President Smith reported out on theirparticipation in CSDA's Virtual Legislative Days.Grants Update: (9:44 p.m.)Prevention Update: (9:45 pm)Board Reports and Requests: (9:50 p.m.)Vice-President Smith – Attended Bethel Island MAC Meeting 06/09/2020 (viateleconference), Brentwood City Council 05/26/2020 & 06/09/2020, Knightsen TACMeeting (via teleconference), Byron Mac Meeting (via teleconference) & CSDA VirtualLegislative DaysDirector Young – Been supporting staff with Financial reports and working a lot of hours onthe Budget. Director Young recognized Regina Rubier for her hard work.President Oftedal – Attended CSDA Virtual Legislative Days; participated in lots of16670717.18

webinars and conversations, including on Covid-19 and wild fires; had meetings withlocal, state and federal representations including Rep. McNerney, Assembly MemberFrazier, Supervisor Burgis, Vice Mayor Bryant, and with Brentwood mayoral candidates;participated in “We are Listening” discussions. Encourages the community to respond toCensus questionnaire and donate blood/plasma through the American Red Cross.10.Date and Place of Next Meeting: (9:57 p.m.)Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 6:30 p.m., location TBD11.Second Closed Session (9:58 p.m.)11.a. Public Employee Performance Evaluation Pursuant to Government CodeSection 54957 (b)(1)Title: Fire ChiefAs no action will be taken during or following this closed session, the report out fromclosed session will be provided at the start of the July 8, 2020 Regular BoardMeeting.12.Adjourn: (11:31 p.m.)16670717.19

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1966 Barbaresco LaneBrentwood, CA 95413June 4, 2020RE: Powerdrive Oil & Gas Company Proposed Oil and Gas WellsI am very opposed to the oil and gas drilling proposed by the Powerdrive Oil & Gas Company. The NegativeDeclaration for the Powerdrive Oil & Gas Company conveniently leaves out potential surface and groundwaterpollution issues which might impact several existing Costa County projects. Residences may only be 1100 ftaway from the drill site, but creeks that flow into the Delta and groundwater are much closer than that.We need to encourage further development of renewable energy resources rather than perpetuating use offossil fuels.The project needs a full Environmental Impact Report because Drilling, pumping, and fracking might contaminate groundwater, nearby creeks, rivers, theSacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Expansive soil will cause accidental leaks. Fire protection will increase the burden on the already over-stretched Contra Costa Fire Department. Drilling and pumping will pollute the air. Drilling and pumping will cause noise pollution.The following entities must be added as reviewers of this plan1. Delta Protection Commission. The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta 2-3 miles away is a National HeritageArea and is protected by the California Bays and Estuaries Policy.2. Contra Costa Water District already has spent a lot of money on several projects in the area.oAchieving the better water quality and water quantity goals/purposes promised by the LosVaqueros Reservoir Expansion Project of the Contra Costa Water District might be impactedby the oil drilling, pumping, and fracking. The Reservoir is roughly 8 miles from the proposedsite and the pipes appear to go very close to the site.oThe proposed site is in or next to the Upper Sand Creek Basin, a 10 million Contra CostaCounty flood protection and habitat restoration project constructed in Antioch, CA (between1995 and 2013). The project connects the Upper Sand Creek Basin to Sand Creek to addressflood protection, creek restoration, and trash capture needs.3. California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 54. Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Department of Transportation, District 45. Contra Costa Fire Department is already stretched beyond its resources.11

The DetailsDrilling, pumping, and fracking might contaminate nearby rivers, the Delta, andgroundwaterThe Plan says, “There is minimal potential for the proposed project having a substantial impact on any riparianhabitat or other sensitive natural community identified in local or regional plans, policies, and regulations, or bythe California Department of Fish and Wildlife or U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife Service.”The location is approximately 2-3 miles from the Delta. Sand Creek, near the area of the proposed wells, flows to the Delta. The plan does not prohibit fracking. Fracking contaminates groundwater. Fracking requires a lot of water which we don’t have. The fracking process can take about one milliongallons of water per well. Fracking increases the seismic activity. Pipes may leak crude oil or contaminants to the water.There will be 3,350 linear feet of 3-inch pipe plus the old pipe they plan to reuse. Drilling is already taking place on Deer Valley Road between Balfour Road and Kaiser PermanenteAntioch Medical Center.Expansive soil will cause accidental leaksThe Proposed Negative Declaration states that “expansive soils cause localized problems for building, butstructures can be safely constructed at the facility in a manner that is compliant with the applicable buildingcodes.” We already have houses and buildings within nearby Brentwood that have cracks, leaks, and brokenpipes due to expansive soil. Applicable building codes didn’t prevent those leaks and cracked walls. The old existing pipeline might leak or break sooner.Requires Contra Costa Fire Department ProtectionThe Proposed Negative Declaration states that existing fire protection services of East Contra Costa County FireProtection District are capable of responding to any accidental fire or medical emergency associated with theproject. Unfortunately, the Fire District is already short of fire houses, firefighters, and money for them. Our Contra Costa Fire Department is already stretched to its limits and is short of fire stations andfirefighters. It won’t be capable of responding to any accidental fire, wildfire, or medical emergency associatedwith the project if it is busy elsewhere within its 225 square miles. On the other hand, people’s lives and homes may be at risk if the fire department is busy at the drillingsites.12

From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Bryan ScottBrian Oftedal; Brian OftedalJoe Young; Joe Young; Stephen F. Smith; Stephen F. Smith; Carrie Nash; Carrie Nash; Adam Langro; ReginaRubierBoard Meeting Agenda Item 7.bWednesday, June 10, 2020 9:25:24 AMHi BrianRegarding this evening’s Board Meeting, Agenda Item 7.b, I’d like to point outthat the Initiative supports the District’s Mission and Strategic Plan.District’s Strategic Plan states: “Goal A. Ensure financial stability andsustainability; Strategy 4. Partner with local jurisdictions to identify and securefuture station sites and needed funding mechanisms which may include bothcapital and operating contributions.”The Brentwood voter initiative adheres perfectly to this Strategic Plan Goal andStrategy. Once achieved, the Initiative’s funding level is both stable andsustainable, and can be changed only by a vote of the people, or a FederalBankruptcy judge. It is more secure than the property tax funding the districtnow receives.The voter initiative also adheres to Strategic Plan Goal B, which states, “Reduceresponse times for emergency services throughout the District.” Strategy 1under this Goal is, quote, “Add staffing and/or stations to meet current servicelevel response time standards.”You can see how adding additional staff, funded by the passage of theInitiative, supports this Goal and Strategy.And maybe it adheres to Strategy 2 under this goal as well, which says,“Temporarily expand existing stations with additional units during theconstruction of new stations to accelerate improved response times.”The Voter Initiative and the EMS program, which result in almost five milliondollars of annual funding, both support the Strategic Goals and Strategies ofthe fire district.13

They provide for improved public safety for the residents of Brentwood, andsecondarily for the rest of the district’s residents.It is clear that Agenda Item 7.b is not providing comprehensive information forthe Directors. Fire district staff is stacking the deck against a comprehensivediscussion of the Initiative, which may result in either no action, or action inopposition to the Initiative.Specifically:1)       Numerous extraneous consultants, city officials, and documents thathave no relation to the subject at hand are being introduced. The Initiative’simpact on Brentwood is not part of the fire district’s consideration of a) morefunding, and b) how to provide better service to the community, and c) how tocomply with the district’s mission and strategic plan, something that theInitiative does.2)       There are NO DOCUMENTS that explain the Initiative with the AgendaItem in the Director’s Agenda Packet. Yes, you can find them elsewhere, in lastmonth’s minutes, but When I asked that the issue be placed on the Board’s agenda I was hoping for athorough review of the Initiative, the EMS Program, and the voter initiativeprocess as a means to provide additional funding for public safety inBrentwood, and in East County. I am concerned that this is not the an ScottEast County Voters for Equal Protectionhttps://eastcountyvoters.com/Email: scott.bryan@comcast.netPhone: 925-418-4428***********************************14

East Contra Costa Fire Protection DistrictBoard of DirectorsState of California***Resolution No. 2020-xxxxSupport for Democratic Principles relatingto Citizen-led Public Safety Service FundingWhereas, the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District (District) provides fire protection andemergency medical response services throughout its service area; andWhereas, the revenue that the District receives from ad valorem property taxes is at asubstantially lower rate than that received by peer fire districts, and is insufficient to providefire protection and emergency medical response services within the District’s service area atlevels consistent with national standards; andWhereas, a citizen-led voter initiative was duly filed and published within the City ofBrentwood, and on January 24, 2020 signature-gathering had begun to place the “BrentwoodEmergency Response for All Initiative” on the November ballot; andWhereas, a medical emergency has swept across the world, California and Brentwood, and iscommonly referred to as the Covid-19 Pandemic, resulting in the Contra Costa County healthofficer issuing stay-at-home and six-foot social-distancing orders to residents of the County; andWhereas, these County orders have curtailed voter initiative signature-gathering activities anddisrupted the democratic initiative processes included in the California Constitution; andWhereas, the California Elections Code Section 9222 provides that a legislative body, such as aCity Council, may place an initiative on the ballot without signatures.Now, therefore be it resolved, by the Board of Directors of the East Contra Costa FireProtection District as follows:1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct.2. The East Contra Costa Fire Protection District supports the democratic principlesembodied in the California Constitution, and supports any legislative body placing dulyfiled initiatives on future ballots without signatures during state of emergencyconditions.15

3. Passage of this motion shall have no fiscal impact on any government agency, and doesnot constitute a project under the provisions of the California Environmental QualityAct.Be it further resolved, that this resolution be published upon passage.Passed, approved and adopted by the Board of Directors of the East Contra Costa FireProtection District at a regular meeting held on the day of June, 2020, by the ian J. Oftedal,Brian Helmick,President, Board of DirectorsClerk of the Board16

Goal-Budget-May 8, 20202An Emergency Medical Service Programto Implement the “BrentwoodEmergency Response for All Initiative”The purpose of the “Emergency Response for All Initiative” is to save lives and property, withno new taxes. This requires the City of Brentwood to spend a portion of the growth in propertyand sales tax revenues on public safety services, something the City does not now do.The California Senate and Assembly have established that public safety is one of the highestpriorities of government. The “Fire Protection District Law of 1987,” in the Health and SafetyCode, beginning at Section 13800, lists findings and declarations for all to see.“The Legislature finds and declares that the local provision of fire protection services, rescueservices, emergency medical services, hazardous material emergency response services,ambulance services, and other services relating to the protection of lives and property is criticalto the public peace, health, and safety of the state.” (emphasis added) Health & Safety Code§13800, et seq.The proposed method of achieving this goal is a new Emergency Medical Service (EMS)Program. This program will focus on reducing the Brentwood “90% Response Time” by 30%50% by increasing emergency response March 2020 Operational Report.pdfThe March, 2020, “90% Response Time” reported by ECCFPD are 10:14 minutes for BrentwoodWest, and 10:24 minutes for Brentwood East. Achieving a reduction of this response-time by30%-50% will result in on-scene emergency response times in the range of 5:07 - 7:17 minutes.This EMS program will develop a cost-effective, collaborative, and outcome-based EMSdelivery systems that produces clinically superior and culturally competent care, while achievinghigh levels of patient satisfaction for the people of Brentwood.The results of this EMS program will enhance the quality of life in Brentwood by providing thehighest level of prehospital care possible, thereby improving the outcomes of catastrophic illnessand significant injury.To achieve this end a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) will be established between theCity of Brentwood and organizations that wish to provide services and equipment to thisprogram, as through Brentwood’s normal municipal RFP and contract bidding process.117

MOU Assumptions:1. Services will consist of fire protection services, rescue services, emergency medicalservices, hazardous material emergency response services, or ambulance services, orother public safety services falling under those services described in California’s FireProtection District Law of 1987. Since the vast majority of emergency calls arecategorized as medical emergencies, these services, and associated equipment, will beprimarily paramedic and EMT services and equipment.2. Expenditures will be no less than:Year 1: 680,714.29Year 2: 1,361,428.57Year 3: 2,042,142.86Year 4: 2,722,857.15Year 5: 3,403,571.44Year 6: 4,084,285.72Year 7 and every year thereafter: 4,765,000.003. Services Agreement Stability/Termination: Each party will agree to provide the otherparty(ies) written notice of termination equal to 60 calendar months. This notice will notbe required or include funds not already being expended as part of the agreement.4. The primary beneficiaries of designated services will be the residents of Brentwood.However, there may be secondary benefits to other residents of eastern Contra CostaCounty, and should the designated services be provided by a regional special district, aservice zone may be created pursuant to California Government Code Title 6, Division 3,Part 3, Chapter 5, beginning in Section 61140.Projected Designated Expenditures:Year 1: Paramedic (4) Salary 60,000 benefits (100%) 480,000 (3 shifts plus backup)Paramedic Equipment Expenses: 200,714.29 totalTotal Expenditure: No less than 680,714.29Paramedics will be assigned to current engines.Year 2: Paramedic (7) Salary 60,000 benefits (100%) 840,000 (6 shifts plus backup)EMS Program Management expense: 150,000Paramedic Equipment Expenses: 250,000 totalRescue Vehicle Expense: 121,429Total Expenditure: No less than 1,361,428.57Paramedic team will have its own rescue vehicle and be attached to a fire station.Year 3: Paramedic (14) Salary 60,000 benefits (100%) 1,680,000 (12 shifts, plus 2 backup)218

EMS Program Management expenses: 150,000Paramedic Equipment Expenses: 440,000 totalRescue Vehicle Expense: 121,429Additional (3) Firefighter Salary 70,000 benefits (100%) 420,000Additional Firefighter equipment 70,714Total Expenditure: No Less than 2,042,142.86Paramedic teams (two) will operate on rescue vehicles (two) and be attached to a fire station.Year 4: Paramedic (15) Salary 60,000 benefits (100%) 1,800,000 (13 shifts, plus 2 backup)EMS Program Management expenses: 150,000Paramedic Equipment Expenses: 206,428Rescue Vehicle Expense: 71,429Additional (3) Firefighter Salary 70,000 benefits (100%) 420,000Additional Firefighter equipment 75,000Total Expenditure: No Less than 2,722,857.15Paramedic teams (two) will operate two rescue vehicles, and be attached to fire stations.Year 5:Paramedic (19) Salary 60,000 benefits (100%) 2,280,000 (16 shifts, plus 2 backup)EMS Program Management expenses: 150,000Paramedic Equipment Expenses: 270,428Rescue Vehicle Expense: 204,572.44Additional (3) Firefighter Salary 75,000 benefits (100%) 450,000Additional Firefighter equipment 90,000Total Expenditure no less than 3,403,571.44Paramedic teams will operate three rescue vehicles.Year 6:Paramedic (23) Salary 60,000 benefits (100%) 2,760,000 (20 shifts, plus 3 backup)EMS Program Management expenses: 200,000Paramedic Equipment Expenses: 374,285Rescue Vehicle Expense: 195,000Additional (3) Firefighter Salary 75,000 benefits (100%) 450,000Additional Firefighter equipment 105,000Total Expenditures no less than 4,084,285.72Paramedic teams will operate three rescue vehiclesYear 7, and every year thereafter:Paramedic (27) Salary 65,000 benefits (100%) 3,510,000 (24

EAST CONTRA COSTA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT . Contra Costa County-Oil Drilling Public Comment.pdf B Scott - Public Comment June 10 2020 Board Meeting Agenda Item 7.b.pdf . Negotiating party: Fernandez Family Trust . Under negotiation: Price and terms of payment . ii. Property: 3045 Ranch Lane, Bethel Island CA; APN 031-033-002-