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Welcome February! Ready Set ...Important Meetings Need You
More Council Agenda Details and Date for Strategic Priorities Workshop
Monday Feb 3rd 4:30 Special City Council in City Hall - Wildfire Preparedness Update Presentation by our Fire & Safety Chiefs and City Staff. This presented information via your live questions will be addressed and answered on the Feb 6th, see below. HERE is the full Agenda Packet with more topics covered including the review of last Fiscal Years budget audit results.
Tuesday Feb 4th 4:30 Regular City Council in City Hall - HERE is the full Agenda Packet. Key items include: New City Employee Introductions, New Appointments to Planning Commission and Forest & Beach Commission, Professional Services agreements, License Plate Cameras (Flock) placement and recommended agreement update, Draft Agreement with Carmel Public Library Foundation Regarding Harrison Memorial Library Centennial Restoration project and others.
Thursday Feb 6th 5:30 CRA Hosts a Live Wildfire Preparedness Q&A with our Fire & Police Chiefs and City Department leaders at the Carmel Woman's Club. With the devastation in Southern California, this raises local concerns to know how our Village is prepared and preventing wildfire possibilities for all stakeholders - property owners, residents, businesses and the City teams. The format for this community session will be interactive Q&A with our Chief of Police - Paul Tomasi and Fire Chief - Andrew Miller. More session details available HERE.
Monday Feb 10th 3:30 - Carmel's Police Building Project Workshop - (Council Chamber). The schematics will again be reviewed with public and Council feedback. Past public meetings, video's & slides can be found on this CRA page. *
Thursday Feb 27th 10AM - 3PM City Council Strategic Priorities Workshop. These workshops help guide and prioritize where the Village resouces of time and money are invested for the coming 2024/2025 Fiscal Year. Community input in this priority setting is highly encouraged. (location to be announced)
* The Feb 10 & 27th City Session Agenda's, Staff Reports with Zoom access options will be published on the City Meetings page HERE
Carmel Prepares - Storms/Fires
A community session was held in our Village in November with Emergency Readiness teams covering resources & tools should winter storms or other emergencies impact our area. Videos from recent session and more materials are provided on our CRA page HERE.
As a reminder - Here are helpful resources & contacts in the case of emergency:
* Monterey County Evacuation Guide
* Carmel Emergency Evacuation Routes
* Wildfire Protection Plan for Cities of Monterey, Pacific Grove and Carmel-by-the-Sea
* National Weather Service Monterey forecast page
* Central California weather radar by AccuWeather
* Sign up for Monterey County emergency alerts and advisories.
* Sign up for California Earthquake Alerts
* Check PG&E outage map. Phone 1-800-743-500
* CHP traffic incidents and road closures.
* Caltrans Monterey County road closures and travel alerts.
Village Phone Numbers, and of course 911 for urgent needs
Carmel Police Department Non-emergency 831-624-6403
Carmel Fire Department 831-620-2030
Carmel Public Works 831-620-2070
Emergency (to go) Kits
* Items (for you, your car, your pets, etc) provided by the Carmel Prepares teams (here)
* Important Financial/Recovery Documents (here)
Donations for Los Angeles Area Wildfire & Recovery Efforts
Our hearts and prayers are with those impacted by the devastating Los Angeles wildfires. These Los Angeles Wildfire specific links Red Cross, World Central Kitchen and many other organizations are there helping provide relief and services in addition to all of the Civic and Goverment Teams.
...plus requested by our Carmel CERT Team Leaders - Vollmer & Smythe
The recent wildfires in Los Angeles have devastated many, including some of our fellow CERT members in Altadena who have lost their homes. Carmel CERT, in partnership with the Altadena Rotary and Altadena CERT, is organizing a gift card drive and distribution to provide direct support to their community members.
How You Can Help:
Donate $50 gift cards from Target, Trader Joe's or ARCO Gas. If you choose to give more, please ensure the gift cards are in increments of $50. Please write the value amount on the gift card.
Please drop off gift cards to Carmel PD by Thursday, February 6th, or bring to our CRA Wildfire Preparedness Q&A session this same evening.
Your generosity can make a meaningful difference in the lives of those who have dedicated themselves to helping others.
CRA Needs Your Citizen of the Year Nominations 
Click here for nomination requirements, timing and details!
Please send in these nominations by early February.
The Board is working on the plans for this April event.
Our Carmel-by-the-Sea Rotary invites you to their
75th Anniversary Celebration Gala - Saturday March 29th
for a Black and White Ball - at the Quail
While space allows, get your tickets HERE.
More Anniversary evening details are available HERE.
Our Carmel-by-the-Sea Rotary has proudly contributed over $4 million to our community in scholarships, non-profit initiatives and hands-on projects since 1950. Please join in this great evening of dining, entertainment and worthy recognition with proceeds supporting their charitable work. Please join in!
It's 2025 CRA Membership Renewal Season
The December/January/February issue of the Voice included a 2025 renewal envelope. Renewal invoices, simplifying online Credit Card payment, have also been sent out in recent days.We appreciate your continued support to keep CRA delivering programs, events and content all year and every year as we celebrate 38 YEARS of community service in 2025!
Upon your renewal, we will mail a new 2025 CRA Membership VIP Benefits Card! Our Village businesses definitely appreciate the patronage of CRA members. Check out the 59 offers included and please nudge your favorite local businesses to add to this listing!
 
Thank you for your prompt renewals
We provide the latest current information and resources on our CRA Website for our Members, Residents, in our Village and beyond! This includes our calendar, documents, publications, current info on Hot Topics, links to other Village sources and organizations and so much more. Your suggestions and additions are always welcome!
This and every past "News You Can Use" and the CRA Voice can be found on our Archives page HERE.
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