The California Municipal Utilities Association (CMUA) will be holding a special meeting of its Wildfire Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Working Group this fall, which will be focused on risk drivers for powerline caused catastrophic wildfires and innovative mitigation options. CMUA plans to invite a broad range of utility staff, state agency staff (including the WSAB), industry experts, and academics to participate in this discussion. As part of this meeting, the working group will discuss unidentified wildfire risk drivers and mitigation measures that could address these risks. Based on the input provided during this meeting, CMUA will produce a publicly available, post-meeting report that summarizes the group's conclusions and recommendations. VMUS' staff will participate in CMUA's meeting and will discuss any changes that VMUS has made to its operations in response to the conclusions and recommendations of the working group in a future WMP.
VMUS is governed by the Victorville City Council. This plan was brought forth to the City Council and members of the public on June 21, 2022. Due to the adoption of the plan not requiring a notice of public hearing or any special noticing requirements, the noticing of the plan followed the City's standards per the Brown Act. The agenda was posted a week in advance and public comment is a section of the agenda where members of the public can speak freely on any item on the agenda. Members of the public are given three minutes to speak on their items; at the time of the plan's adoption, there were no speakers.
The next adoption of the plan by the Victorville City Council will be in 2024. At this time, VMUS will engage the public via a comment box on the City's website with a draft plan, seeking public review and suggestions; any suggestions provided will be discussed and incorporated into the plan as needed. Staff will advise customers via email of the availability to review the plan and provide feedback.
1 Appendix I: 2021 Informational Response has been removed as the information has been incorporated into the overall plan, per the California Wildfire Safety Advisory Board.