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VOLUME 17 NO. 38VOLUME 17 NO. 38

From The Desk of City Manager Jose Reynoso

CITY OFFICIALS MEET WITH CALIFORNIA DIRECTOR OF 
FISH & WILDLIFE

 On Wednesday morning, Mayor Edward 
Garcia, Mayor Pro-Tem Kelli Kriebs, and I 
met with the California Department of Fish 
and Wildlife Director, Chuck Bonham, in 
Sacramento. The meeting was focused on 
our residents' safety, finding solutions to the 
increase in bear home intrusions in Sierra 
Madre, and the state's efforts to manage bear 
populations. 

In that meeting, we discussed Sierra Madre's 
safety concerns and our current efforts to 
reduce the potential for conflict, including 
adopting a wildlife management plan, passing 
a local ordinance prohibiting the feeding 
of wildlife, hosting numerous wildlife 
workshops with Fish and Wildlife to educate 
our residents on removing bear attractants, 
responding to and reporting all bear-related 
calls to Fish and Wildlife, our police departments role in protecting our residents and 
the bear-resistant waste bins that will be distributed 
to every residential account in Sierra Madre 
beginning in late October. 

As a result of the meeting, we learned some of 
the techniques that have been implemented in 
Lake Tahoe through the Tahoe Specific Plan and 
learned that some of those strategies have also 
been activated in Sierra Madre. Among them is 
the Trap, Tag, and Haze program. This week, 
Fish and Wildlife successfully trapped a bear in 
Sierra Madre, tagged it, and will work to dishabituate 
the bear, then released it outside Sierra 
Madre. 

The Director insured us that Fish and Wildlife 
is committed to helping resolve the human-bear 
conflict and will have an increased presence in 
Sierra Madre. 

We will continue to build this collaborative effort to manage the human-wildlife conflicts around bears in the City. The effort will 
require a partnership between the City, Fish & Wildlife, and our residents. Our City will continue to respond appropriately to all 
wildlife calls, implement policies and create programs that reduce the potential for human-wildlife conflict, and partner with Fish 
and Wildlife to assist them in their efforts to reduce habituated bears in Sierra Madre. Our residents also must play a role in reducing 
wildlife conflict. Residents will need to eliminate bear attractants, properly dispose of organic waste in the new bear-resistant trash 
bins, and secure their homes by keeping doors and windows closed. 

We encourage our residents to attend the Council Meeting on October 10th to learn more about our efforts and the roles and responsibilities 
of each agency and our residents.


Above, the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem meet with CA 
Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Director Bonham. 

Photo by J. Reynoso

Left, residents attended a presentation from local 
CDFW officials last Saturday. Photo by MVNews


POSSIBLE WATER RATE INCREASE ON 
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CALL US! We want to help you achieve your 2023 Real Estate GoalsWondering which direction to take?
Whether or not to initiate 
the Prop 218 Process regarding 
a proposed rate increase 
in order to continue to 'operate, 
maintain, and reinvest 
in the water and wastewater 
system that provides the 
community with safe and 
reliable drinking water, fire 
protection, and wastewater 
operations for the collection 
and conveyance of discharge 
to LACSD' will be decided at 
Tuesday's meeting. 

 Under Proposition 218, 
the amount of the charge 
imposed upon any parcel 
of land must not exceed the 
proportional cost of service 
attributable to the parcel. 
The costs of water (and sewer) 
rates and charges should 
be recovered from customers 
in proportion to the cost to 
serve them.

 Notices will be mailed and 
stakeholders are given the 
opportunity to protest the 
proposed increase. Depending 
on the outcome, the new 
rates may be adopted by the 
City Council and go into effect 
on January 1, 2024, for 
Fiscal Year (FY) 2023/24 

 At the upcoming meeting 
the council will decide on 
whether or not to move forward 
with the 218 process. 
The meeting will be held 
on Tuesday, September 26, 
2023 in Council Chambers. 
To learn more go to: https://
www.cityofsierramadre.
com.

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