MINUTES
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ADVISORY COMMISSION
Monday, October 1, 2007
CALL TO ORDER: 7:02 PM
ROLL CALL
KELLY KOVAC-REEDY, TRACY HOPKINS, WILLIAM HALLETT, GEORGE SCHMELTZER, ART RUTHERFORD, ALAN BENSON, PATRICIA ELLIS
GUESTS:
KEN HARTLEY, MIKE MARTINET
STAFF:
JERRY GOMEZ, INTERIM FIRE CHIEF; GREG SAVELLI, POLICE CHIEF; STEVE BURRELL, CITY MANAGER
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION:
None
PRESENTATION ON THE BROWN ACT BY MIKE JENKINS, CITY ATTORNEY
MIKE JENKINS, CITY ATTORNEY, PRESENTED THE COMMISSION AND STAFF WITH THE GENERAL GUIDELINES, RULES AND PROVISIONS OF THE BROWN ACT; INCLUDING FORMATION OF COMMITTEES, COMMITTEES NOT SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT, POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS, TYPES OF MEETINGS, AND AGENDAS. THE PRESENTATION WAS FOLLOWED BY A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION AND EACH COMMISSON MEMBER WAS GIVEN AN OUTLINE OF THE BROWN ACT.
REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF GOALS AND OJECTIVES. SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT FROM SEPTEMBER 24, 2007
THE COMMISSION REVIEWED THE REPORT PRESENTED BY STAFF. THE REPORT CONSISTS OF FIVE CATEGORIES RECOMMENDED AS THE FIRST SET OF GOALS FOR THE COMMISSION. IT WAS DETERMINED DURING DISCUSSION THAT THESE FIVE CATEGORIES ARE A GREAT START, BUT ADDITIONAL ITEMS NEEDED TO BE ADDED, SUCH AS INVOLVEMENT OR INPUT FROM THE BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT, AS WELL AS THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY LIFEGUARD SERVICE, AND SPECIFIC ACTION PLANS NEED TO BE ESTABLISHED FOR EACH CATEGORY.
MOTION: SCHMELTZER, SECOND ELLIS
TO DIRECT STAFF TO ADD ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES AS DISCUSSED, CLEAN UP SOME OF THE EXISTING LANGUAGE, AND TO DEVELOP SPECIFIC ACTION PLANS FOR EACH CATEGORY AND BRING THE REPORT BACK TO THE COMMISSION AT ITS NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING.
VOTE: 7-0
REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF HAM RADIO SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT.
KELLY KOVAC-REEDY BRIEFED THE MEMBERS AND STAFF ON THE RESULTS OF THE AMATEUR RADIO SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 22, 2007.
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS COMMITTEE IS TO ESTABLISH A HERMOSA BEACH AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION (HBARA). A WEBSITE (WWW.HBARA.ORG) HAS BEEN CREATED, AS WELL AS A P.O. BOX FOR MAILING (P.O. BOX 504, HERMOSA BEACH, CA 90254), AND A PHONE LINE (310-376-4776). THE COMMITTEE HAS ALSO DESIGNED A HBARA LOGO WHICH WILL BE INCORPORTED INTO THE INTRO LETTERS TO BE MAILED OUT TO LICENSED AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS LIVING IN HERMOSA BEACH.
MOTION: SCHMELTZER, SECOND HOPKINS
TO RECEIVE AND FILE AMATEUR RADIO SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT
VOTE: 7-0
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
- PRESENTATION BY BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT
- PRESENTATION BY SCHOOL DISTRICT
ADJOURNMENT: 8:20 PM
