notes: Welcome! This website is intended to coordinate aid to the many families who are victims of the Tea Fire. We are here to connect people in need with people who want to help. The Mountain Drive Community Association is committed to helping the fire survivors rebuild their homes and their community. MOUNTAIN DRIVE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION UPDATE Greetings to you all, March 25, 2009 Private Road Update: Great news! The working groups from the four "private roads" in the Mountain Drive community have reached an equitable agreement with the Fire Department regarding road upgrades. This is a very positive turn of events and we salute the road committee chairs and Montecito Fire as well. This process was an excellent example of community members working together to overcome obstacles to rebuilding after the fire. Group Slab Recycling Is on hold! It now appears that the vast majority of homes can leave their slabs in place and either build around them or, in some cases, even reuse undamaged portions of their foundation. Many thanks to Coast Valley Testing, Mike Gones, Civil Engineer and Jeff Shelton for all of their work in determining the best approach to dealing with the old foundations! Group Purchase of Building Materials The MDCA is looking into helping to reduce the cost of reconstruction by putting together group purchases on building materials. If you are interested please contact us at mdcaarchitecture@gmail.com Insurance: The MDCA is presenting an insurance workshop for the grossly under-insured on Saturday, April 11 at 10am at the Montecito Covenant Church. This workshop is open to all Tea Fire Survivors who are under insured, ie: having losses that exceed policy limits. The purpose of this workshop is to explore the contributing factors that resulted in being under-insured, review the options for remedy and to create a community action group to address the problem with appropriate agencies. We will be drawing on the vast experience of a respected insurance attorney and insurance consumer advocate. Topics will include getting coverage limits raised after a loss, your legal rights and responsibilities and the what's really entailed in taking legal action. Please come prepared with a concise history of your unique issues and be willing to participate at a community level for your common benefit. While open to all survivors, there will be no press, no cameras or recorders and no outside agencies at this workshop. You must be on the Tea Fire Registry's survivor list to gain entry. Mountain Drive resident Steve McGlothen is providing legal and insurance assistance and is another great resource. Contact him at mdcalegal@gmail.com Architecture Committee and Rebuild Committee This committee is your staring point. Jeff Shelton has been working with local engineers and other architects. We are working on getting group rates for testing of foundations and septic systems. Please check with the Architectural Committee before moving forward. There is the potential for significant obstacles to rebuilding and they can offer assistance. We have a better chance of rebuilding the community if we do it as a community. The Committee is looking for photos of all Mountain Drive houses – pre-burn! – To establish a context for our newly completed architectural guidelines. Contact mdcaarchitecture @gmail.com. Fundraising As we move forward with our Tea Fire Assistance efforts we desperately need to raise funds to help provide survivors with the support they need to rebuild their lives. Please consider making a donation to the MDCA to help us facilitate the rebuilding process in the coming months. Other Community Info If anyone has any photographs from Mountain Drive community events, please contact our historical committee at mdcahistorical@gmail.com. They are trying to reconstruct a photographic history. And don’t forget to keep checking the website: www.teafireregistry.org for community updates, resources, free and discount stuff and other good information! We hope this information is helpful. Please be in communication, we want to hear from you, we want to be of assistance and we are committed to seeing our community rebuilt. Best wishes in the New Year, The MDCA Board Want to help? There are many things that the community can to to assist those in need. Many of the victims of the Tea Fire are now homeless. Many have lost all of their worldly belongings. You can help. If you can donate money, services, or goods, please click here for more information. We will constantly update resources, so chack back often Director of Relief Services: Abe Powell teafirerelief @gmail.com Emergency Housing: Debbye Beksa mdcahousing @gmail.com Legal/Insurance Assistance: Steve McGlothen mdcalegal @gmail.com Volunteer Coordinator: Sally Camara mdcavolunteer @gmail.com Demolition and Cleanup Assistance: Tom Lackner mdcademo @gmail.com Architecture and Rebuilding Committee: Adele Goggia mdcaarchitecture @gmail.com -> Welcome! This website is intended to coordinate aid to the many families who are victims of the Tea Fire. We are here to connect people in need with people who want to help. The Mountain Drive Community Association is committed to helping the fire survivors rebuild their homes and their community. MOUNTAIN DRIVE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION UPDATE Greetings to you all, March 25, 2009 Private Road Update: Great news! The working groups from the four "private roads" in the Mountain Drive community have reached an equitable agreement with the Fire Department regarding road upgrades. This is a very positive turn of events and we salute the road committee chairs and Montecito Fire as well. This process was an excellent example of community members working together to overcome obstacles to rebuilding after the fire. Group Slab Recycling Is on hold! It now appears that the vast majority of homes can leave their slabs in place and either build around them or, in some cases, even reuse undamaged portions of their foundation. Many thanks to Coast Valley Testing, Mike Gones, Civil Engineer and Jeff Shelton for all of their work in determining the best approach to dealing with the old foundations! Group Purchase of Building Materials The MDCA is looking into helping to reduce the cost of reconstruction by putting together group purchases on building materials. If you are interested please contact us at mdcaarchitecture@gmail.com Architecture Committee and Rebuild Committee This committee is your staring point. Jeff Shelton has been working with local engineers and other architects. We are working on getting group rates for testing of foundations and septic systems. Please check with the Architectural Committee before moving forward. There is the potential for significant obstacles to rebuilding and they can offer assistance. We have a better chance of rebuilding the community if we do it as a community. The Committee is looking for photos of all Mountain Drive houses – pre-burn! – To establish a context for our newly completed architectural guidelines. Contact mdcaarchitecture @gmail.com. Fundraising As we move forward with our Tea Fire Assistance efforts we desperately need to raise funds to help provide survivors with the support they need to rebuild their lives. Please consider making a donation to the MDCA to help us facilitate the rebuilding process in the coming months. Other Community Info If anyone has any photographs from Mountain Drive community events, please contact our historical committee at mdcahistorical@gmail.com. They are trying to reconstruct a photographic history. And don’t forget to keep checking the website: www.teafireregistry.org for community updates, resources, free and discount stuff and other good information! We hope this information is helpful. Please be in communication, we want to hear from you, we want to be of assistance and we are committed to seeing our community rebuilt. Best wishes in the New Year, The MDCA Board Want to help? There are many things that the community can to to assist those in need. Many of the victims of the Tea Fire are now homeless. Many have lost all of their worldly belongings. You can help. If you can donate money, services, or goods, please click here for more information. We will constantly update resources, so chack back often Director of Relief Services: Abe Powell teafirerelief @gmail.com Emergency Housing: Debbye Beksa mdcahousing @gmail.com Legal/Insurance Assistance: Steve McGlothen mdcalegal @gmail.com Volunteer Coordinator: Sally Camara mdcavolunteer @gmail.com Demolition and Cleanup Assistance: Tom Lackner mdcademo @gmail.com Architecture and Rebuilding Committee: Adele Goggia mdcaarchitecture @gmail.com

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notes: Welcome! This website is intended to coordinate aid to the many families who are victims of the Tea Fire. We are here to connect people in need with people who want to help. The Mountain Drive Community Association is committed to helping the fire survivors rebuild their homes and their community. MOUNTAIN DRIVE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION UPDATE Greetings to you all, March 25, 2009 Private Road Update: Great news! The working groups from the four "private roads" in the Mountain Drive community have reached an equitable agreement with the Fire Department regarding road upgrades. This is a very positive turn of events and we salute the road committee chairs and Montecito Fire as well. This process was an excellent example of community members working together to overcome obstacles to rebuilding after the fire. Group Slab Recycling Is on hold! It now appears that the vast majority of homes can leave their slabs in place and either build around them or, in some cases, even reuse undamaged portions of their foundation. Many thanks to Coast Valley Testing, Mike Gones, Civil Engineer and Jeff Shelton for all of their work in determining the best approach to dealing with the old foundations! Group Purchase of Building Materials The MDCA is looking into helping to reduce the cost of reconstruction by putting together group purchases on building materials. If you are interested please contact us at mdcaarchitecture@gmail.com Insurance: The MDCA is presenting an insurance workshop for the grossly under-insured on Saturday, April 11 at 10am at the Montecito Covenant Church. This workshop is open to all Tea Fire Survivors who are under insured, ie: having losses that exceed policy limits. The purpose of this workshop is to explore the contributing factors that resulted in being under-insured, review the options for remedy and to create a community action group to address the problem with appropriate agencies. We will be drawing on the vast experience of a respected insurance attorney and insurance consumer advocate. Topics will include getting coverage limits raised after a loss, your legal rights and responsibilities and the what's really entailed in taking legal action. Please come prepared with a concise history of your unique issues and be willing to participate at a community level for your common benefit. While open to all survivors, there will be no press, no cameras or recorders and no outside agencies at this workshop. You must be on the Tea Fire Registry's survivor list to gain entry. Mountain Drive resident Steve McGlothen is providing legal and insurance assistance and is another great resource. Contact him at mdcalegal@gmail.com Architecture Committee and Rebuild Committee This committee is your staring point. Jeff Shelton has been working with local engineers and other architects. We are working on getting group rates for testing of foundations and septic systems. Please check with the Architectural Committee before moving forward. There is the potential for significant obstacles to rebuilding and they can offer assistance. We have a better chance of rebuilding the community if we do it as a community. The Committee is looking for photos of all Mountain Drive houses – pre-burn! – To establish a context for our newly completed architectural guidelines. Contact mdcaarchitecture @gmail.com. Fundraising As we move forward with our Tea Fire Assistance efforts we desperately need to raise funds to help provide survivors with the support they need to rebuild their lives. Please consider making a donation to the MDCA to help us facilitate the rebuilding process in the coming months. Other Community Info If anyone has any photographs from Mountain Drive community events, please contact our historical committee at mdcahistorical@gmail.com. They are trying to reconstruct a photographic history. And don’t forget to keep checking the website: www.teafireregistry.org for community updates, resources, free and discount stuff and other good information! We hope this information is helpful. Please be in communication, we want to hear from you, we want to be of assistance and we are committed to seeing our community rebuilt. Best wishes in the New Year, The MDCA Board Want to help? There are many things that the community can to to assist those in need. Many of the victims of the Tea Fire are now homeless. Many have lost all of their worldly belongings. You can help. If you can donate money, services, or goods, please click here for more information. We will constantly update resources, so chack back often Sally Camara, Volunteer Coordinator: 805-705-7729 mdcavolunteer @gmail.com -> Welcome! This website is intended to coordinate aid to the many families who are victims of the Tea Fire. We are here to connect people in need with people who want to help. The Mountain Drive Community Association is committed to helping the fire survivors rebuild their homes and their community. MOUNTAIN DRIVE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION UPDATE Greetings to you all, March 25, 2009 Private Road Update: Great news! The working groups from the four "private roads" in the Mountain Drive community have reached an equitable agreement with the Fire Department regarding road upgrades. This is a very positive turn of events and we salute the road committee chairs and Montecito Fire as well. This process was an excellent example of community members working together to overcome obstacles to rebuilding after the fire. Group Slab Recycling Is on hold! It now appears that the vast majority of homes can leave their slabs in place and either build around them or, in some cases, even reuse undamaged portions of their foundation. Many thanks to Coast Valley Testing, Mike Gones, Civil Engineer and Jeff Shelton for all of their work in determining the best approach to dealing with the old foundations! Group Purchase of Building Materials The MDCA is looking into helping to reduce the cost of reconstruction by putting together group purchases on building materials. If you are interested please contact us at mdcaarchitecture@gmail.com Insurance: The MDCA is presenting an insurance workshop for the grossly under-insured on Saturday, April 11 at 10am at the Montecito Covenant Church. This workshop is open to all Tea Fire Survivors who are under insured, ie: having losses that exceed policy limits. The purpose of this workshop is to explore the contributing factors that resulted in being under-insured, review the options for remedy and to create a community action group to address the problem with appropriate agencies. We will be drawing on the vast experience of a respected insurance attorney and insurance consumer advocate. Topics will include getting coverage limits raised after a loss, your legal rights and responsibilities and the what's really entailed in taking legal action. Please come prepared with a concise history of your unique issues and be willing to participate at a community level for your common benefit. While open to all survivors, there will be no press, no cameras or recorders and no outside agencies at this workshop. You must be on the Tea Fire Registry's survivor list to gain entry. Mountain Drive resident Steve McGlothen is providing legal and insurance assistance and is another great resource. Contact him at mdcalegal@gmail.com Architecture Committee and Rebuild Committee This committee is your staring point. Jeff Shelton has been working with local engineers and other architects. We are working on getting group rates for testing of foundations and septic systems. Please check with the Architectural Committee before moving forward. There is the potential for significant obstacles to rebuilding and they can offer assistance. We have a better chance of rebuilding the community if we do it as a community. The Committee is looking for photos of all Mountain Drive houses – pre-burn! – To establish a context for our newly completed architectural guidelines. Contact mdcaarchitecture @gmail.com. Fundraising As we move forward with our Tea Fire Assistance efforts we desperately need to raise funds to help provide survivors with the support they need to rebuild their lives. Please consider making a donation to the MDCA to help us facilitate the rebuilding process in the coming months. Other Community Info If anyone has any photographs from Mountain Drive community events, please contact our historical committee at mdcahistorical@gmail.com. They are trying to reconstruct a photographic history. And don’t forget to keep checking the website: www.teafireregistry.org for community updates, resources, free and discount stuff and other good information! We hope this information is helpful. Please be in communication, we want to hear from you, we want to be of assistance and we are committed to seeing our community rebuilt. Best wishes in the New Year, The MDCA Board Want to help? There are many things that the community can to to assist those in need. Many of the victims of the Tea Fire are now homeless. Many have lost all of their worldly belongings. You can help. If you can donate money, services, or goods, please click here for more information. We will constantly update resources, so chack back often Director of Relief Services: Abe Powell teafirerelief @gmail.com Emergency Housing: Debbye Beksa mdcahousing @gmail.com Legal/Insurance Assistance: Steve McGlothen mdcalegal @gmail.com Volunteer Coordinator: Sally Camara mdcavolunteer @gmail.com Demolition and Cleanup Assistance: Tom Lackner mdcademo @gmail.com Architecture and Rebuilding Committee: Adele Goggia mdcaarchitecture @gmail.com