1.
Presentation:
Disaster Preparation Update
a. Disaster
Preparedness Update and Workplan (PDF, 107 KB) (To be
delivered)
From: City Manager
Contact: Phil Kamlarz, City Manager, 981-7000
b. From:
Disaster Council (PDF, 197 KB)
Recommendation: Direct the City Manager to
continue the current momentum by retaining and supporting the work of City
staff coordinating work in each of the following program areas:
1) Office of Emergency Services Revitalization; 2) Community Emergency Response
Training (CERT) and the Neighborhood Preparedness Program; 3) Sheltering; 4)
Unreinforced Masonry Buildings; 5) Public Warning and Communication Systems; 6)
Small Business Outreach;
7) Emergency Water Delivery System; and 8) Transfer Tax Funding for Seismic
Retrofits.
Financial Implications: See report
Contact: Gil Dong,
Commission Secretary, 981-5502
c. From:
Fire Safety Commission (PDF, 180 KB)
Recommendation: Direct the City Manager to: 1) expedite completion of Fire Station No. 7;
2) limit or prohibit on-street parking as necessary to maintain unimpeded
access for emergency vehicles; 3) expand the neighborhood emergency cache
program; 4) fund $100,000 for path improvements in the hills for emergency
egress; 5) maintain and expand informational outreach on fire safety to
homeowners in the critical fire area of the Berkeley Hills and mail fire safety
information to each new resident in the Berkeley Hills as homes change hands;
6) maintain and promote the present green can and chipper programs; and 7)
review and modify the Fire Department's list of fire-suppression gear that can
be purchased through the City by homeowners, specifically considering the sale
of 2-1/2" to 1" fire hose adapters to persons who have completed fire
suppression training.
Financial Implications: See report
Contact: Gil Dong,
Secretary, Fire Safety Commission, 981-5502
d.
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Refer the commission items to the budget process.
Contact: Debra Pryor, Fire and
Emergency Services, 981-5500
Action: Presentation made and discussion held with
direction to present an update in three months.
2.
Presentation: Technologies and Arts for
Disabled Children and Adults (PDF, 4 KB)
From: Councilmember Spring
Contact: Dona Spring,
Councilmember District 4, 981-7140
Action: Presentation made and discussion held.
