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From:Tony Crapo <br />To:publiccomment <br />Subject:Re: Public Comment: Anti-Camping Ordinance – Bair Island Public Safety Concerns <br />Date:Wednesday, July 2, 2025 3:08:19 PM <br />You don't often get email from tonycrapo@gmail.com. Learn why this is important <br />I sent it a letter yesterday, but went back and did a little digging. My estimate of 6 fires in 3 <br />years was a drastic underestimate. <br />Below is the record I have from our own chat logs, Facebook posts, and emails to each other. <br />Twelve fires on Bair island since the end of 2022. (and those are just the ones I know about) <br />Thanks, <br />-Tony <br />10/8/2022 <br />Fire under the Highway 101 overpass, with a large encampment. <br /> <br />4/8/2023 <br />Homeless man starting a brush fire next to Docktown, single tent. <br /> <br />6/20/2023 <br />Fire at Whipple on ramp and service road, single tent. <br /> <br />11/11/2023 <br />Fire across creek next to Docktown. <br /> <br />5/22/24 <br />Fire behind old movie theater and Alan Steel, large encampment, <br /> <br />9/10/2024 <br />Fire at an encampment next to Docktown, multiple tents. <br /> <br />9/15/2024 <br />Fire Next to Marriott, single tent. <br /> <br />11/16/2024 <br />Another fire under the Highway 101 overpass from multiple tents. <br /> <br />2/24/2025 <br />Fire on Whipple Ave Off Ramp Across from Alan Steel, from single tent <br /> <br />5/23/2025 <br />Large fire under Highway 101 overpass. <br /> <br />5/30/2025 <br />Fire next to Marriott from 2 propane canisters in a single large tent. Caught a large tree on fire next