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HomeMy WebLinkAboutApril 17 1 Minutes Town of Los Altos Hills EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE April 17, 2012 @ 7:00 PM, LAH Council Chambers Roll call: P = present, E = excused, no mark = absent Member Call Sign Attended Jim Abraham W6EB Dru Anderson KG6LAD P Bob Anderson KC6ZWG P Ray Egan, Chair W6FQY P Andy Fawcett KI6MAF P Bill Gibbons K6GH P Jim Heintzelman KD6Y E Edwin R Jones, EC W7WPO P Andrew Kirk WB6CLS P Duncan MacMillan, Vice Chair KI6VMY P Scott Overstreet N6NXI P Bob Rowe AF6LD P Miles Seiver, Secretary KI6LDU P Maynard Stevenson W7MVT Sam Wood K6MSR P Associate Member Call Sign Attended Bob Hall KF6DHX P Council Liaison Gary Waldeck K6AIR P 1. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Chair Ray Egan W6FQY. Roll call and minutes were taken by Secretary Miles Seiver KI6LDU. 2. Tech Talk canceled. 3. Review and approve minutes of 3/20/2012 ECC meeting a. Minutes of the 3/20/2012 ECC meeting were approved unanimously. 4. Public comments from the floor: a. Ray Egan described a Los Altos Hills crime prevention presentation given by the Santa Clara County Office of the Sheriff on 4/10/2012. Video and slides from the event are available online at: http://www.losaltoshills.ca.gov/component/content/article/8-home-announcements/397-crime- prevention Dru Anderson felt it is important that emergency preparedness and crime prevention initiatives in Los Altos Hills be synchronized. b. Ray Egan reported that there would be an emergency coordination meeting on 4/23/2012 between himself, Carl Cahill, Mike Sanders, and Marsha Hovey. 2 5. Update on the County and State – EC Edwin Jones W7WPO a. Jones reported that Santa Clara County RACES is still looking for volunteers for the TECH Challenge event scheduled for 4/21/12. b. Jones reported that the link to the LAH ECC website had been updated on the County ARES/RACES website. c. Gary Waldeck reported that expiration stickers for Disaster Service Worker cards would not be issued for the next calendar year due to a cost savings measure by the state. 6. Comments by Council Liaison - Councilmember Gary Waldeck K6AIR a. Waldeck asked about the status of the emergency preparedness grant application. Ray Egan said he would send out a memo with an update on its status. Egan had hoped that Marsha Hovey would be in attendance at the ECC meeting to answer any questions about the grant. b. Waldeck reported that a term limit will be instituted for members of the Los Altos Hills County Fire District Board of Supervisors. 7. Old business a. Status of grant application (Ray Egan W6FQY): discussed in 6a. 8. New business a. Discussion concerning the 5/5/12 County/City communication drill (Edwin Jones W7WPO): Jones reported that he would be out of town for the drill. Ray Egan and Bob Rowe volunteered to manage LAH participation in the drill. b. Designation of “Leads” for functional areas (Ray Egan W6FQY): Egan proposed the following leads: Edwin Jones (voice communications), Andy Fawcett (packet communication), Ray Egan (ARK communications), and JIm Abraham (W6LAH repeater lead). Bob Anderson reported that access to the La Cresta water tank would soon be card-based. Scott Overstreet expressed concert regarding the reliability of an electronic card-based system compared to the current padlock. c. Andy Fawcett offered to program some radio models before the next ECC meeting. Bill Gibbons noted that the recently prepared ECC frequency list was already in need of update. Dru Anderson thought it would be best to update the list once per year. Gibbons suggested that the spreadsheet be maintained online so it can be easily updated and downloaded. d. Ray Egan said that July is LAH’s turn to run the SPECS net. Edwin Jones volunteered to manage that responsibility. e. Ray Egan reported that the LAH Run/Walk event is on 5/12/12 and that it will be a full CERT drill. Egan also reminded the committee about the Town picnic on 6/3/12. f. Ray Egan passed out some new Town-produced handouts encouraging LAH citizens to participate in Town committees. g. Dru Anderson reported that there is a new LAH Traffic Safety standing committee. 9. Adjournment: At 7:53 pm it was moved by Bob Anderson, seconded by Edwin Jones, and unanimously approved to adjourn. Prepared and submitted by Miles Seiver, KI6LDU, secretary.