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STAFF REPORT C I T Y C L E R K
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DATE: February 1, 2011
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Joni L. Pattillo, City Manager
SUBJECT: City Council Disaster Preparedness Training
Prepared By: Roger Bradley, Senior Administrative Analyst
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City Council will consider holding a disaster preparedness training session for City
Councilmembers 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 provide Staff with a date for conducting disaster
preparedness training for City Councilmembers.
Sub tted By.
Senior Ad inistrative Analyst
Review d B
Assistant City anager
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DESCRIPTION:
Over the past many years, the City Council has elected to hold a disaste"r preparedness training
session to receive an overview of the City's disaster response process. The City Council last
held a disaster training session on March 15, 2010. Generally, the City Council has preferred to
hold these training sessions immediately following an election cycle to give an introduction to
newly elected City Councilmembers. As the City has just completed an election cycle, Staff
recommends that the City Council attend a disaster preparedness training session. This session
would provide the City Council with an overyiew of the organizational structure utilized by City
Staff to manage emergencies, be introduced to the concept of an Emergency Operations
Center, and be instructed on how the City would coordinate with multiple agencies to protect
and recover the community among other topics.
Staff, is requesting feedback from the City Council as to a date within March 2011 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. In previous years, the
City Council has held disaster preparedness trainings directly before a City Council Meeting. It
appeared that this was an effective scheduling practice as it prevented the City Council from
having to set aside an additional day for a 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 March City Council meetings are scheduled for March 1 and March 15, but the
Dublin Housing Authority may need to hold its regular meeting, which is scheduled to occur
directly before the March 1 City Council meeting. Thus, Staff would recommend that the City
Council set aside the March 15 date, beginning at 5:00 p.m., to hold disaster preparedness
training.
NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH: None.
ATTACHMENTS: None.
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