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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJanuary 17 Minutes Town of Los Altos Hills EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE January 17, 2012 @ 7:00 PM, LAH Council Chambers Roll call: Member Call Sign Attended Absent Jim Abraham W6EB P Dru Anderson KG6LAD P Bob Anderson KC6ZWG P Ray Egan, Chair W6FQY E Andy Fawcett KI6MAF P Bill Gibbons K6GH P Jim Heintzelman KD6Y P 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 P Sam Wood K6MSR E Council Liaison Gary Waldeck K6AIR P 1. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Vice Chair Duncan MacMillan KI6VMY. Roll call and minutes were taken by Secretary Miles Seiver KI6LDU. 2. Tech Talk – Jim Abraham W6EB a. Tech talk canceled in interest of time. 3. Review and approve minutes of 12/20/2011 meeting a. Minutes of the 12/20/2011 meeting were approved unanimously. 4. Public comments from the floor: a. No comments. 5. Update on the County and State – EC Edwin Jones W7WPO a. Jones reminded ECC members to add their cell phone numbers to the AlertSCC database on the Santa Clara County ARES/RACES website. b. Jones reported that there a County drill would be taking place on 1/21/2012 from 2pm to 4pm. It will simulate the response to an earthquake, heavy rain, and mudslides. He asked that ECC members check-in from home on the W6LAH repeater during the drill. c. Dru Anderson suggested that there be coordination between the scheduling of County and local drills to prevent conflicts. 6. Comments by Council Liaison - Councilmember Gary Waldeck K6AIR a. No comments. 7. Old business a. Equipment selection for grant (Scott Overstreet N6NXI, Jim Abraham W6EB): Abraham reported that the grant money must be spent on equipment directly related to communications. A list of equipment to be purchased must be sent to the Town by the end of February. Equipment must be ordered by the end of June. Various ways to spend the money were discussed. Abraham suggested that Westwind Barn could be used as a communications venue if outfitted with proper equipment. Alternatively, a trailer antenna could be purchased and used as part of a mobile communications station. Gary Waldeck suggested that HF radio capability be added to the EOC. Other equipment suggestions: a small generator for the CERT trailer, a new printer for the ARC, new handheld HAM radios, replacement rechargeable batteries for existing W32A radios, AA batteries for radios with AA battery packs, a 2-meter-only handheld radio such as the Kenwood TH-K20A, cloning cables, J-pole antennas, a mobile repeater, a battery backup system for the W32A repeater, and uninterruptible power supplies for the EOC. Equipment selection will be finalized at the February 2012 ECC meeting. b. Quick reference guide (Dru Anderson KG6LAD): Anderson reported that the QRG is now available online through the Town website. She has also marked each printed edition with the location where it is to be stored. c. HT programming options (Duncan MacMillan KI6VMY): Sam Wood will have HT programming equipment prepared for the February 2012 ECC meeting tech talk. d. LAH emergency communications via KFJC (Duncan MacMillan KI6VMY): MacMillan reported that a memorandum of understanding had been completed between the Town and KFJC. 8. New business a. Duncan MacMillan said that Mike Sanders is interested in having Town HAMS check Town infrastructure during the 2/4/2012 Town CERT drill. Dru Anderson questioned whether having ECC members checking infrastructure would be in accordance with the ECC charter. b. It was noted that a new LAH Public Safety Officer had been hired, Marsha Hovey. Jim Abraham suggested that she be invited to an ECC meeting. 9. Adjournment: At 8:17pm it was moved by Bob Anderson, seconded by Edwin Jones, and unanimously approved to adjourn. Prepared and submitted by Miles Seiver, KI6LDU, secretary.