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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJune 191 Minutes Town of Los Altos Hills EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE June 19, 2012 @ 7:00 PM, 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 P Andy Fawcett KI6MAF E 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 P Associate Member Bob Hall KF6DHX P Dave Stewart KJ6JQT P Council Liaison Gary Waldeck K6AIR P 1. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by Chair Ray Egan W6FQY. Roll call and minutes were taken by Bob Rowe AF6LD for Secretary Miles Seiver KI6LDU. 2. Review and approve minutes of past meeting a. Minutes of the 05/15/2011 meeting were unanimously approved as written. 3. Public comments from the floor: None 4. Update on the County and State – EC Edwin Jones W7WPO a. Ed Jones requested volunteers to act as SPECS net control for the July, LAH’s month to manage the Monday night call-ins. b. Ray Egan observed that not many LAH members had signed up for SPEC training. 5. Comments by Council Liaison - Councilmember Gary Waldeck K6AIR a. Gary Waldeck said grant funding would be limited to $6,247, not ~$12,500, due to a complementary matching grant not being awarded. Purchases will need to be prioritized and reduced to this amount, considering both ECC and Emergency Group 2 (repeater) needs. A sub-committee of Marsha Hovey, Gary Waldeck, Jim Abraham, Duncan MacMillan and Ray Egan will determine the equipment needs of the ECC for the $6247.00 grant. It is assumed that Marsha will take the lead for this when she returns. b. An alternate EOC at Foothill College seems more likely as opposed to the firehouse, which does not have fire department support. A meeting in July is being set to finalize plans. c. Jim Heintzelman volunteered to periodically inspect the Westwind antenna. 6. Old business a. Grant status: see Gary’s comment above. b. Disaster Coordination Meeting: Jim Abraham W6EB reported that the meeting was more of a “meet-n-greet” with members from Foothill College, Beth Am and the ECC in attendance. c. FRS/GMRS for trailers: Ray Egan W6FQY led a discussion of FRS/GMRS radios, suggesting that the base station radio at the ARK may be technically illegal due to its operating power. Jim Abraham suggested a 50-watt repeater atop Smithwick Theater and lower power at the ARK might be a solution. Gary said we needed better coordination between the ECC and the fire district, and Dru and Dave Stewart agreed that ECC should propose a plan to Mike Sanders for enhancing the current FRS/GMRS program for CERTS. 7. New business a. Possible change of ECC meeting date: Due to a conflict for Gary, it was agreed to change the ECC monthly meeting to the first Tuesday of each month, starting August 7. Due to the proximity of a July meeting to the new schedule, it was agreed that the July meeting shall be canceled. b. Associate status: Ray pointed out that not many Associate Members were fulfilling their obligations regarding occasional participation in Monday-night nets and ECC meetings. It was agreed that Associates should be contacted, reminding them or the requirements. If they can not cure their level of participation, those individuals would be told that we would still like to use them in a real emergency, regardless of their no longer being an Associate Member. c. Jim Abraham noted that a new lock has been installed on the gate to the W6LAH repeater and that he would advise ECC members of the new combination. d. Election: There being no further nominations from the floor, the current slate of candidates were elected by acclimation including Duncan MacMillan, Chair; Bob Rowe, Vice-Chair; and Miles Seiver, Secretary. The group thanked Ray, Duncan, and Miles for their past service. 8. Adjournment: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:15pm as moved by Bob Anderson and unanimously approved by the members. Prepared and submitted by Bob Rowe AF6LD for Miles Seiver KI6LDU, secretary.