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LARKSPUR FIRE Continued from page 8                       • Contact LFPD for additional information about mitigation ac-
                                                                  tivities.
        siderable loss of revenue to the LFPD.
                                                                  • Register your telephone number with Douglas County Code
        The LFPD will host a series of community forums in the com-  Red so you will receive important notification: https://www.
        ing months regarding this issue.
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                                                                  free-emergency-notifications/
        Calls for Service Summary

        LFPD Call Statistics  - January 1 through March 31, 2018
                                                                  APRIL NEWS FROM
                                                                  THE WATER DISTRICT
                       Fires                 7
                                             7
                       Fires
                       EMS                 33                     Jim Matchett...
                       EMS
                                           33
                       Alarm Activations       3Activations       3
                       Alarm
                       Other               52                     The regular monthly Board Meeting of
                       Other
                                           52
                       T
                                           95
                       TOTAL   OTAL           95                  the Perry Park Water & Sanitation Dis-
                                                                  trict was called to order at 4:31 p.m. on
                                                                  April 18th with all directors present. The
                                                                  first order of business was the approval
        EXTREME WILDFIRE DANGER                                   of the minutes of the March 21st regular
        PREDICTED FOR 2018                                        meeting, and that approval was unanimous. Disbursements to-
                                                                  taling $197,219.86 were then also unanimously approved.
        April 17 was a Red Flag day, a day when                   Next on the agenda was the consideration of a resident request
        warm temperatures and high winds created                  to use HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) pipe for their service
        a high fire danger. And indeed, the danger                 line rather than the District standard of copper. After a thorough
        came.  Before 9 a.m. Larkspur Fire was on                 discussion the Board voted to allow a test of the HDPE pipe due
        the scene of a second-alarm wild land fire                 primarily the approximate 1000 foot length of the service line.
        near Tomah Road and Dawson Butte.  Its                    One major advantage of the HDPE material over this length is
        location  prompted  a  pre-evacuation  order              the greatly reduced number of joints required.
        for Keene Ranch.  The fire was in mop-up
        mode at 11 a.m. thanks to the work of LFPD and other units   Next, a resident had called attention to his receipt of a signifi-
        who responded: Jackson 105 Fire, Castle Rock Fire, South Met-  cantly larger than normal water bill. After investigation by Dis-
        ro Fire Rescue, Tri-Lakes Monument Fire, Douglas County Of-  trict operating personnel and a full discussion by the board, the
        fice of Emergency Management and Douglas County Sheriff’s   District Manager was instructed to advise the resident the full
        Office.
                                                                  billing would have to be paid as the water meter reading was
                                                                  correct. However, payment could be spread out over a period of
        Later that morning, a wild fire broke out along Rampart Range   time satisfactory to both the resident and the District. A request
        Road and State Highway 67, which was closed from Elephant   had been received from the Perry Park Metro District to decom-
        Rock Road to Pine Creek Road.  That fire was reported at about   mission the mine located at the Water District’s Spring Canyon
        eleven acres.
                                                                  property. The District Manger was instructed to coordinate such
                                                                  activity with the Metro District and other appropriate authori-
        The same morning, seven homes in Castle Rock were damaged   ties.
        by wild fire. South Metro firefighters responded to a call of a
        single house fire in the 4800 block of North Foxtail Drive in the   The District Systems Report for March submitted by Semocor
        Meadows neighborhood at about 10 a.m. Tuesday. The winds   was then reviewed and discussed. Operations were described as
        quickly pushed the flames to neighboring homes and firefight-  normal. The Monthly Staff Report submitted by District Man-
        ers evacuated some nearby residents as they worked to get the   ager Diana Miller was also reviewed. Good news here was the
        flames under control.
                                                                  issuance of eleven building permits to date.
        With  very  little  moisture  this  winter  and  spring,  fire  danger   There was limited audience participation and the meeting was
        promises to be very severe through the late spring and into ear-  adjourned at 6:10 p.m.. As always, further information is avail-
        ly fall. Additionally, the Larkspur communities are in the Red   able on the District website, www.ppwsd.org.
        Zone, the area most likely to have serious wild fires.  Every
        family needs to take precautions.  Very important is a family   REMEMBER THOSE THAT
        wildfire plan.
                                                                   GAVE ALL FOR US TO BE FREE
        •  See  http://www.readyforwildfire.org/Wildfire-Action-           THIS MEMORIAL DAY!
        Plan/ for information and ideas.

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