Ellen Kamei

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Mountain View City Council · City Council on 2025-12-16 6:30 PM - SPECIAL MEETING · 16 Dec 2025 meeting

And innovative leadership of our top-notch fire department.

I'm gonna read Chief Diaz's accomplishments shortly, which will be in his proclamation.

But before I do so, I just wanted to add my own personal thanks to Chief Diaz.

Chief Diaz is a proud immigrant and has shared his story as a refugee to the United States.

openly.

And I think this really ties into our Mountain View culture of being a community for all.

And I will say this has been his superpower.

Over the last four decades, through resilience, perseverance, and a deep commitment to service, Chief Diaz has built a distinguished career, centering all of that on his lived experiences.

And you quiero decir algo sobre el jefe, right?

puede a hacerlo.

So this isn't goodbye.

This is we will see you around.

And being that uh Cuba and Puerto Rico, we are we are cousins, right?

We're we're in the uh Caribbean Sea together.

Uh we say balante f ever forward.

So I just want to uh say all that and now I will read the proclamation.

Whereas as whereas Chief Juan Diaz will retire for on December 30th, 2025, concluding a distinguished 40-year fire service career, including five years as a reserve firefighter in Santa Clara, 25 years with the San Jose Fire Department, rising to Deputy Chief, and nearly 12 years with the Mountain View Fire Department, and the last 10 and a half years as fire chief.

And whereas under his

Leadership.

Mountain View Fire earned three consecutive insurance services office class one ratings, the only such distinction in Santa Clara County.

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