For City Council Meeting [May 11, 2021]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Sean Grayson, Acting City Manager
FROM: Brian Park, Interim Fire Chief
Title
Request City Council to Approve the Firework Ad Hoc Committee Recommendation for 2021 Fireworks Enforcement Plan and Consider any Other Measures for Reducing the Significant Adverse Effects of all Fireworks on our Community.
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Body
BACKGROUND
In July 2020, City Council approved the creation of an ad hoc committee to research and make recommendations related to the ever-increasing use of illegal fireworks in the City. Because of the significant impact of fireworks in Rialto, the committee intends to develop a comprehensive, long-range plan to stop the significant adverse effects of all fireworks on our community. The committee made a presentation to city council in January 2021.
The committee has been meeting regularly every two weeks on Wednesdays for 1-1.5 hours since the beginning of 2021 and has made great progress toward decreasing the use of illegal fireworks within the City of Rialto (attendance outlined in attachment 1).
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
Public Information Dissemination:
The avenues the committee has identified for public information dissemination are social media publications and Rialto Unified School District. All information is to be presented in a bilingual format and will be age appropriate.
Firework public service announcements recommended for Middle and High School age students can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv9mXINZBL8
The public service announcements recommended for Elementary School age students will be relayed to all Elementary Assistant Principals and Program Specialists in the following format:
To promote fire safety and injury prevention this 4th of July, we are asking you to please send this link out to your elementary school teachers https://sparky.org
Sparky.org provides opportunities for children to do activities, play games, and lear...
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