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19 82 STAFF REPORT CITY CLERK
` CITY COUNCIL File #520-30
DATE: March 3, 2015
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Christopher L. Foss, City Manager "
SUBJECT: City Council Disaster Preparedness Training
Prepared by Roger Bradley, Assistant to the City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City Council will consider holding a disaster preparedness training session for City
Councilmembers. The purpose of the session is to receive an overview of the City's disaster
response process during an emergency. The City Council will also consider providing Staff with
a preferred date to hold the session.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
None.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council conduct a disaster preparedness training for City
Councilmembers on May 19, 2015 starting at 5:00 p.m. in the City Council Chamber
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Submitted By-" Reviewed By
Assistant to the City Manager Assistant City Manager
DESCRIPTION:
Over the past several years, the City Council has held disaster preparedness training sessions
to receive an overview of the City's disaster response process. The City Council last held a
disaster training session on July 15, 2013. Generally, the City Council has preferred to hold
these training sessions immediately following an election cycle to give an introduction to newly
elected and/or appointed City Councilmembers.
As the City has just completed an election cycle, which includes a newly appointed City
Councilmember, Staff recommends that the City Council attend a disaster preparedness training
session. This session would provide the City Council with an overview of the organizational
structure utilized by City Staff to manage emergencies, be introduced to the concept of an
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Emergency Operations Center, and be instructed on how the City would coordinate with multiple
agencies to protect and recover the community following a disaster, among other topics.
Staff is requesting feedback from the City Council as to a date within May 2015 that would work
best with all Councilmember schedules. Overall, it is anticipated that the training will last
approximately two hours and be conducted at the Dublin Civic Center. At certain times in the
past, the City Council has held disaster preparedness trainings directly before a City Council
meeting. If the City Council has interest in following this protocol again, the training would begin
at 5:00 p.m. and end before the start of the meeting. The May City Council meetings are
scheduled for May 5 and May 19, and Staff would recommend the City Council set aside May
19, 2015 for the training.
NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH:
None.
ATTACHMENTS:
None.
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