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Home My WebLink AboutJanuary 2 1 Town of Los Altos Hills EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE January 2, 2013 @ 7:00 PM, LAH Council Chambers Annex Roll call (17attendees): P = present, E = excused, no mark = absent Member Call Sign Attendance Jim Abraham W6EB P Dru Anderson KG6LAD P Bob Anderson KC6ZWG P Ray Egan 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, Chair KI6VMY P Scott Overstreet N6NXI P Bob Rowe, Vice Chair AF6LD P Miles Seiver, Secretary KI6LDU E Maynard Stevenson W7MVT P Sam Wood K6MSR P Others Present Call Sign Attendance Mark Bailey, Associate Member N6DY P Greg Olsen, Associate Member K6XM P Dave Stewart, Associate Member KJ6JQT P Gary Waldeck, Council Liaison K6AIR P 1. The meeting was called to order at 7:01 p.m. by chair Duncan MacMillan KI6VMY, who took roll call (see attached ICS 211A Check-in List) and minutes. 3. Review and approve past meeting minutes – Duncan led review of the minutes of the 12/04/2012 ECC meeting, which were unanimously approved as written, upon a motion by Bob Anderson KC6ZWG. 4. Public comments from the floor – Dru KG6LAD noted that a venue for 100 is being sought for the 4/11 "Ham Cram" course., which will be instructed by Ross Peterson. Ideas, see Dru. 4. Update on the County and State – EC Ed Jones W7WPO noted that an email would be forthcoming on the quarterly County drill. 5. Comments by Council Liaison – Councilmember Gary Waldeck K6AIR reported concern about the integrity of the HH (Heritage House) as an EOC, more later in the agenda. 6. Old business – a. Ham Bake recap – Dru noted the high turnout at the annual winter party as shown in Attachment 2 summary - 28 attendees and a very economical cost of about $10 per person. Thanks to those who donated food and especially the wine. 2 b. Annual ECC report to Council – Duncan reviewed the PowerPoint presentation made on 12/12/12 and mentioned the upcoming ECC article scheduled for the March Our Town newsletter. c. Associate status & monitoring participation – Ray Egan was absent due to excused travel. In his absence, Duncan noted that Ray would be keeping detailed attendance records that will be compiled and reviewed quarterly. d. Update on ECC antenna installation at Foothill EOC – Scott N6NXI noted that the installation at Building 1900 should occur soon. Gary asked to be informed if it occurred before 01/10 since he had a Foothill meeting then. e. Infrastructure priority list – Duncan reviewed Attachment 3. We hope to have a presentation on what to look for when reviewing highway overpasses and exchanges at the next meeting, 02/04. Attendees were encouraged to review the list and suggest additions and changes. 7. New business – a. EOC radio room files – Duncan referred attendees to Attachment 4, showing the files now residing in the left drawer of the desk facing the window in the HH radio room. b. Monday night net assignments – Bob Rowe AF6LD reviewed the plan for providing updates and that net controllers. The next net control on the list should be contacted or Bob should be advised if that did not occur during the call-in or shortly thereafter. Net controllers were asked to send Ray and Duncan a list of check-in via email, after their assignments. Assignment conflicts should be resolved between members directly. Bob will issue a new listing when one month of future assignments remain on the listing. c. Nextdoor.com – Duncan took an action item to work on the security issues raised by Bill Gibbons K6GH concerning 3rd party access to personal data when using this neighborhood-building/messaging application. d. New members, esp. CERT/ham associates – Duncan asked attendees to keep their eyes open. e. Interim EOC (due to unsafe assessment of HH) – A wide-ranging discussion was held with concerns expressed in the area of antenna functionality under various alternatives - use of a modular structure versus Council Chambers for radio equipment. Duncan took an action item to identify the modular manufacturer used by LASD. Scott, Jim H, Jim A, and Sam were asked to give the subject more thought on proposing technical solutions, for discussion at the next meeting. 8. Upcoming events – a. ARES/RACES Field Ops Level 1 - A, 1/05, 9:00 am - noon SV Pub Safety HQ b. CERT medical training, 1/16, 7:00 pm Town Hall c. SPECS Annual Meeting, 1/19, 8:00 am coffee, 9:00 am start ECH d. ARES/RACES Quarterly Drill, 1/19, 1:00 pm County, 2:00 pm LAH e. CERT 5-week class, 4/09+, 6:00 - 9:00 pm; 5th: May 11, 9:00 am - noon f. CERT BBQ, 5/11, noon 9. Adjournment – There being no further business, it was moved and unanimously approved to adjourn at 8:30 p.m. Prepared and respectfully submitted by Duncan, KI6VMY for Miles Seiver, KI6LDU, secretary.