The phrase used to describe March weather says "March in like a lion, out like a lamb", but we think March must be confused. Because this month is marching out like a lion! Rain is in the forecast for the coming days in Lompoc, with sunny skies expected by the start of April. In addition, the National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory from Friday afternoon through Saturday, March 30, a flood watch from Friday afternoon through Sunday, March 31, and a high surf advisory until 9 a.m. on Sunday. High temperatures should in the upper 50s to low 60s in the coming days, before temperatures near 70 this coming week.
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 The Lompoc Public Library's new permanent sidewalk story installation at Beattie Park has enjoyed all of your visits. Now, the installation has a new story to tell with this month's bilingual story "My Friends, Mis Amigos" by Tarō Gomi . Come walk along the path to read the story, and share photos of you and yours at the sidewalk story on social media with the hashtag: #LompocSidewalkStory. We just might reshare your photos on our city social media channels!
  The Lompoc Police Department is now equipped with body-worn cameras, and is implementing a cutting-edge computer-aided dispatch (CAD) and records management system (RMS). These upgrades are important steps for the department, enhancing and modernizing the department's emergency response infrastructure and service.
Lompoc’s CAD-RMS project was one of 6,600 earmarks totaling $12.655 billion signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 9, 2024.
The city’s current CAD-RMS system was installed in 2002 and is technologically inadequate to meet modern public safety needs and best practices. The existing system is server-based, meaning anything an officer does on the computer in their car is first sent to the server located in the police department. The response is then sent back to the computer in the car. This is a prolonged process that prevents officers from completing data entry for their police reports while in their vehicles.
The new CAD-RMS system, funded by the federal government, will be cloud-supported, which speeds up the process by allowing officers to complete reports in the field, keeping them in the community. Remaining in the field allows first responders to have faster response times to calls for service, and on some calls, response times could dictate the difference between life and death.
At the March 19 Lompoc City Council meeting:
- Mayor Osborne presented proclamations in honor of: Equal Pay Day and Women’s History Month
- The Lompoc Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau provided a presentation of its annual report.
- A construction contract was awarded for new playground park equipment at Pioneer Park
- The award of a contract to EF Johnson Technologies Inc., was approved for the upgrade to the city’s land mobile radio system.
- Police Chief Kevin Martin provided a presentation of the newly deployed body cameras for all Lompoc Police Department officers.
- Council appointed four local students to serve on the Lompoc Youth Commission.
- Council adopted Resolution No. 6641(24), approving the Measure A Five Year Local Program of Projects for fiscal years 2025-29.
- Council, acting as the successor agency to the former Lompoc Redevelopment Agency (RDA), adopted Resolution No. SA11(24), approving the issuance of tax allocation refunding bonds to refinance certain outstanding bonds of the dissolved RDA.
Next Council Meeting: April 2, 2024, 6:30 p.m., City of Lompoc Council Chamber
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