Recommendation to adopt resolution approving the Emergency Operations Plan; and authorize City Manager to amend and update the Plan on a periodic basis or as requested by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.  (Citywide)
Item number seven. Report from Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Communications. Recommendation to adopt a resolution approving the emergency operations plan citywide. Councilman Austin. Is there any public comment on the item? Please come down. Larry. You're good. You work as the address. I am suggesting that. At this point, the city should undertake the following action. They did return the responsibility of the police dispatch. To the police department. And the fire dispatch to the fire department. Period. Over the last year, I've been before this council and also through one of the police review commissions or whatever else. There's a serious lack of training. Relative to. The operators that are answering the phone. I don't know where that is. And we didn't have that much of a problem until this merging. So I'm suggesting that you give very serious consideration to returning the. Communication paradigms. To the police department. They will have the direct responsibility. And the fire department will have their direct responsibility. Quite frankly, I have absolutely no confidence that these people that the present paradigm would be able to handle an efficient manner, a major disaster period. So before you rubber stamp this, I think this needs to be given very careful consideration. I'm not sure how often you call, but there's it's an absolute absurdity, period. They have no cognitive skills relative to what needs to be done. In my view. Thank you. Thank you. Got some roasted. Yes, Mr. Mayor, I'd like to get a brief staff report on this shirt. Mr. West. Reggie Harrison. Mr. Mayor, members of the City Council. The item before you. Is to adopt a resolution approving the emergency operations plans and operate and authorizing the city manager to amend and update the plan on a periodic basis. The while the causes of emergencies vary greatly. Earthquakes, floods, tsunamis those. Impacts that we encounter with these various emergencies, the potential effects of the emergencies do not change a lot in terms of loss of property, loss of life, sheltering needs. Etc.. So those things. Are constant when we deal with an emergency. And so what the emergency operations plan does is it provides an organizational framework by which we can manage these kinds of disasters. The the the plan. Defines the responsibilities for city staff. Who is responsible for notifying the public of a disaster? Who is responsible? Who is responsible for providing for food and. Shelter of residence? Who is responsible for coordinating necessary resources through the county and through the and through the state? So our plan. Identifies all of those responsibilities that act. It authorizes the activation of the. Emergency operations center, as well as the expanded duties of. Designated staff. As we talked earlier about the the newly approved emergency procurement. Documents that we've recently entered into. It also positions the city by having a plan in place that positions the city to be in a better place for. Reimbursement for FEMA in terms of grants and. Reimbursement for our expenses associated with disasters. So it puts us in a position where able to identify a plan that we have in process. We've we've coordinated the plan with all. Of the city, with all the city departments. We have also coordinated our plans with the County Office of Emergency Management, as well as with the State Office of Emergency Services as well. So our plan, we believe, follows all of the FEMA guidelines and we request your approval for it. And that concludes staff's report. Thank you. There's a motion in a second. Members, please cast your votes. We already did. Public comment. Motion carries an excited please.