Thursday, October 7 at 7:00PM we are hosting a Post Fire Debris Flow Information meeting. It will be at the First Congregational Church at 3041 Sierra Way. Confirmed speakers/attendees include: Lynn Merrill - City Public Works; Ted Golondzinier - County Flood Control; Susan Lien and Wendy McCammack - City Councilpersons; Doug Hamilton - Debris Flow Engineer; Peggi Hazlett from the mayor's office and the city fire marshal Doug Dupree and probably others including possibly state representatives.

Please plan on attending!!!! This information is very important since it takes 4-5 years for the debris flow threat to diminish after a fire and it can be problematic at best to get your insurance company to clean up an empty lot after a flood so prevention is the key!

This is also the only time we have been able to get county officials to our meetings so if you have any questions for county officials, now is the time!!!

Please also find attached an update from the County Flood Control that I received late last week.

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The Mayor's office is interested in compiling stories of anyone connected to the fire in any way, everyone from total losses, to smoke damage, to no damage, to firemen and police. If you'd like to be involved in this, please contact Charlotte Crandall (captaincrandall@yahoo.com) or 909-883-7140 for submission information.

Van Garrison (of Shernoff Bidart) has agreed to meet with fire victims on a one-on-one basis this coming Friday at her office in Claremont. If you are interested in an appointment, please call her office at (909) 621-4935 to setup the appointments.

This is the very last chance you have to sign up with these top tier "bad-faith" attorneys to sue your insurance companies before the one year statute of limitations kicks in later this month.

The Mayor's office is working on a one year anniversary celebration on Saturday Oct 23. Details to follow.

San Bernardino County Amendment to Permit Fee Waiver Procedure

If you've heard that the city has waived rebuilding permit fees for fire victims, but you live in the county and have heard that they are only waiving fees for people who are uninsured, then take heart. On October 5, 2004 Keith Lee, Associate Administrative Officer, released recommendations to change that waiver to include underinsured survivors.

Contact the county for more details, but definitely make sure to ask about it!

Laurie Delgado from Escrow Funding Services says she is very sorry she didn't show up at our last scheduled meeting but she was ill and wasn't able to attend. She will come to our October 17 meeting so we look forward to seeing her then on the topic "working with contractors"!

Governor vetoes four of five fire bills
By Gregory Alan Gross
STAFF WRITER San Diego Tribune

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed four of the five bills legislators passed to implement recommendations from his blue-ribbon fire commission that was formed after the October firestorms.

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Lila Hayes
Old Fire Recovery Group
www.oldfirerecoverygroup.org