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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMarch 20 1 Minutes Town of Los Altos Hills EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE March 20, 2012 @ 7:00 PM, LAH Council Chambers Roll call: P = present, E = excused, no mark = absent Member Call Sign Attended Jim Abraham W6EB E Dru Anderson KG6LAD E Bob Anderson KC6ZWG E Ray Egan, Chair W6FQY P Andy Fawcett KI6MAF P Bill Gibbons K6GH E Jim Heintzelman KD6Y P Edwin R Jones, EC W7WPO P Andrew Kirk WB6CLS P Duncan MacMillan, Vice Chair KI6VMY E Scott Overstreet N6NXI P Bob Rowe AF6LD P Miles Seiver, Secretary KI6LDU P Maynard Stevenson W7MVT P Sam Wood K6MSR P Associate Member Call Sign Attended Greg Olsen K6XM P Terry Smith K7YNO P Council Liaison Gary Waldeck K6AIR 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 – Bill Gibbons K6GH a. Bill Gibbons demonstrated a damage assessment application he had created for Android and Kindle mobile devices. He suggested that the CERT windshield survey process could be made more efficient and accurate if done digitally on mobile devices. Gibbons’ application can display the data gathered from mobile devices on a parcel map of LAH. It also supports a table view of the information. Gibbons’ hopes to do some preliminary testing of the application at the April 11, 2012 LAH CERT drill. 3. Review and approve minutes of 2/21/2012 ECC meeting a. Minutes of the 2/21/2011 ECC meeting were approved unanimously. 4. Public comments from the floor: 2 a. Jim Heintzelman asked if there was more information regarding possible attempts to repurpose the LAH Heritage House. It currently serves at the Town’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC). Ray Egan said that he had contacted Town staff regarding the issue and they had told him that they had no information regarding such plans. 5. Update on the County and State – EC Edwin Jones W7WPO a. Jones reported that Scott Morse is the new District Emergency Communicator for Santa Clara County. 6. Comments by Council Liaison - Councilmember Gary Waldeck K6AIR a. Not in attendance. 7. Old business a. Status of grant application (Ray Egan W6FQY): Egan shared an updating listing of the ECC equipment purchasing priorities which he had sent to Town staff. It will be consulted as the Town staff decides what equipment to purchase with funds from emergency preparedness grants. Marsha Hovey, Town Emergency Coordinator, is in the process of preparing an emergency preparedness grant request. The grant should be approved or denied in April 2012. If approved, money should be available in early Fall 2012. b. W32A inventory and assignments (Ray Egan W6FQY): Egan reported he had inventoried the Town- owned ICOM W32A radios distributed to ECC members. All were accounted for except for two. Scott Overstreet suggested that two radios may still be with an individual formerly associated with the ECC. 8. New business a. No new business. 9. Adjournment: At 7:48 pm it was moved by Edwin Jones, seconded by Maynard Stevenson, and unanimously approved to adjourn. Ray Egan announced that radio programming would be taking place after the meeting. Prepared and submitted by Miles Seiver, KI6LDU, secretary.