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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Min 2005-09-26 Seal Beach, California September 26, 2005 The City Council of the City of Seal Beach met in adjourned session for a Workshop on Emergency Operations Plan at 5:08 p.m. with Mayor Antos calling the meeting to order. I ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Antos Council Members Larson, Levitt, Ybaben, Yost Also present: Mr. Bahorski, City Manager Mr. Barrow, City Attorney Mr. Whittenberg, Director of Development Services Ms. Arends-King, Director of Administrative Services Mr. Vukojevic, Director of Public Works Captain Kirkpatrick, Police Department Sg!. Olson, Police Department Captain Pounds, Lifeguard Mr. Duenas, Technology Mr. Tse, Human Resources, Management OC Fire Authority representative Mrs. Devine, City Clerk PUBLIC COMMENTS Mayor Antos advised that this would be the time for members of the public to comment on the item identified on the agenda, there were no speakers. Mayor Antos declared Public Comments closed. I CITY OF SEAL BEACH EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN / EOP The City Manager briefly commented that the City was in need to update the Emergency Plan and staff was authorized by Council to hire a consultant to do the updating. Mr. John Kane, consultant, was not able to attend. The areas in the Plan that were emphasized: 1) easier to use, 2) section for the use of volunteers, 3) have a reference quick plan, and 4) have checklists for all areas. The consultant will be working with the City staff on drills/training. . Sgt. Tim Olson, Seal Beach Police Department and Coordinator of EOP gave an overview of the Plan and how the City has complied with the Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS) mandate within the Orange County Operational Area and the plan is also consistent with the 2005 guidelines of the National Incident Management System (NIMS). I The mission of the Seal Beach Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is to respond to catastrophic events by providing centralized coordination of the City's emergency response personnel, resources, facilities, and mutual aid assistance given the City. The EOC Director (City Manager) will direct the strategic allocation and deployment of resources and coordinate emergency response information, planning, and operational priorities. The EOP is written to be "user friendly" using the quick plan checklists, flow charts, and diagrams for the EOC team. The Plan is divided into 6 parts: I - Introduction; II - Incident Command System (ICS) Position Checklists; III - Hazard Assessment and Response Issues; IV - SEMS/CA Codes/Local Ordinance; V - Volunteers; and VI - Appendices. Sg!. Olson went over the ten types of hazards that the Plan would most likely have to deal with: fires and/or explosions, hazardous chemical spills, flooding/coastline damage, riots and civil disturbances, tornados, aircraft accidents, marine oil spills, earthquakes, tsunami, war/nuclear accident/terrorism (page 169). He stressed the importance of volunteers during any of the emergencies, the three types of volunteers are: spontaneous, commandeered, and convergent (page 330). It would be best to have training for as many 09-26-05 volunteers as possible and to register all the volunteers as Disaster Service Workers (DSW) before being assigned a job or task, this would cover them under the State workers' compensation benefits. Sgt. Olson indicated that the Policy Unit is made up of the City Council and City Attorney (page 22) and would give support to the EOC Director. They would not have command authority for the City and would only be an advisory body. The Council members know their districts and would be best served to keep their neighbors up-to-date and to report to the EOC of anything that does not appear I to be right. Sgt. Olson pointed out that with the assistance of the consultant the staff had their first training session and will conduct more training on an annual basis. He also pointed out the flowchart on page 345 showing the basic Incident Command System (ICS) diagram, the checklists in section 2A and 2B, the background on SEMS and NIMS in section 4J, again referred to the Quick Plan section, stated that the Public Works department will provide an emergency phone book, and stated that this is a working document. Council comments: · Clarification: Council should wait until they are contacted as to when they are needed to report to the EOC. · Would like staff to look into some type of communication device other than cell phones and landline phones in case they become inoperable - response: would check with "RACES" (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service) a volunteer non-profit group regulated by FCC. · Clarification: Trained volunteers would report to the staging area for their assignments and there would be someone there to coordinate the areas needing assistance. · Would there be pre-set information for emergency education - response: I there will be a Family Planning Guide that will be going out to all families in the City sometime next week outlining some common sense tips, pre- scripted messages for reverse 911 and mass calling, and town hall meetings. · Need to have practice drills not just read the manual. . In 1971 DWP had a plan and it failed. · What would trigger opening the EOC - response: judgment call by EOC Director. Communitv comments: · Is the plan integrated with the Naval Weapons Station - response: representatives have been attending the training and contact personnel have been established. · Are the volunteers organized now - response: in the preliminary stage and there are funds available to help (CERT) - would work with the tri- cities Los Alamitos, Cypress, and Seal Beach. Mayor Antos indicated that Council would be voting on this item during the regular meeting - item "H". ADJOURNMENT Mayor Antos adjourned the meeting at 6: 17 p.m. ~~< M~ City lerk and ex-offiCIO clerk of the City of Seal Beach I Approved: ~ ~ Mayor Attest: .:I. }~, ~Iv!lj 01f City Clerk '.......'".;,< > Seal Beach, California September 26, 2005 The City Council of the City of Seal Beach met in regular adjourned session at 6:30 p.m. with Mayor Antos calling the meeting to order in the City Hall Conference Room. I ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Antos Council/Agency Members Larson, Levitt, Ybaben, Yost Mr. Bahorski, City Manager Mr. Barrow, City Attorney Mrs. Devine, City Clerk Also present: The City Attorney advised that this would be the time for members of the public to comment on the items identified on the agenda, there were no speakers. The Attorney announced that pursuant to the Brown Act the Council would meet in Closed Session pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6 to confer with labor negotiator regarding Police Officer" Association and Police Management Association for the City of Seal Beach and item "B" on the agenda was cancelled, anticipated litigation. CLOSED SESSION The Council recessed to Closed Session at 6:31 p.m. ADJOURNMENT It was the order of the Chair, with consent of the Council to adjourn the Closed Session at 6:40 p.m. I Ity lerk and ex-officio clerk of the City of Seal Beach Approved: ~L .47. _ ~ Mayor Attest: ~~ A I. 0./~ . City Clerk Seal Beach, California September 26, 2005 I The City Council of the City of Seal Beach met in regular session at 7:00 p.m. with Mayor Antos calling the meeting to order with the Salute to the Flag. The City Attorney announced that the City Council met in Closed Session and took no reportable action and adjourned at 6:40 p.m. ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Antos Council Members Larson, Levitt, Ybaben, Yost 09-26-05 Also present: , Mr. Bahorski, City Manager Mr. Barrow, City Attorney Mr. Whittenberg, Director of Development Services Ms. Arends-King, Director of Administrative Services Mr. Vukojevic, Director of Public Works Captain Kirkpatrick, Police Department Mrs. Devine, City Clerk APPROVAL OF AGENDA I Mayor Antos requested item "G" be removed from consent calendar for separate consideration and announced that staff had added an item to the agenda under "Presentations/Proclamations". Yost moved, second by Ybaben, to approve the order of the agenda as revised. AYES: NOES: Antos, Larson, Levitt, Ybaben, Yost None Motion carried PRESENTATIONS / PROCLAMATIONS RODI / CITY OF SEAL BEACH The City Attorney introduced Mr. Lee Wood, independent special counsel representing the City in the Redevelopment Agency v. Rodi case. Mr. Wood stated that he was hired by the California Joint Powers Insurance Authority (CJPIA) not the City or RDA and that the CJPIA did not have a stake in the outcome of the case. Mr. Wood then announced that the case was settled for $3,680,000 ($500,000 more than the original appraised value) and the Zoeter Place property would be transferred to the Rodi Trust. This settlement was determined in mediation with Judge Enrique Romero presiding. Mr. Wood explained that he had reviewed all the documents regarding the Zoeter Place history and the agreement that the previous council approved had tied the hands I of the current council in trying to renegotiate the market value of the property. This was what the judge had based his decision on and the binding contract would weigh heavily on the side of the Rodi family. Mr. Wood further stated that if the City went to court they could be required to pay all legal costs for both sides and might have to settle for a lesser amount. The City Attorney emphasized that the main concern of the previous council at the time was to save Mary E. Zoeter site and entered into the joint public/private venture with the developer, Gemtel and the Los Alamitos Unified School District. The City Manager gave the City Council some suggested options for the use of the settlement funds: 1) payoff the loan to the school district, 2) rehabilitate/pave Ocean Avenue, 3) Zoeter school demolition, abatement, and purchase modular building, 4) other projects like: west end pump station, catch basin, trailer park storm drain. Comments from members of the public: Those not agreeing with the settlement or how the market value was determined - Mr. Jim Caviola, Mr. Harold Rothman, Ms. Mitzi Morton, and Mr. Matt Murphee. Dr. David Rosenman stated that the people may not like the deal but will have to live with it; the City needs to make better decisions in the future and be transparent to the public. Council comments: Antos and Yost did not agree with the settlement and I thought the City should go to court. Ybaben - came down to the wisest decision they could make under the circumstance, discussed in closed session because this was pending litigation and the Council needs to have open discussions with the attorney and not disclose their strategy. Levitt - Council is selected by the people to do a job and not everyone will agree with the outcome and the council is taxpayers. Yost - did not think that the public would buy into the settlement and applauded his colleagues for their decision. 09-26-05 PROCLAMATION / LAWSUIT ABUSE WEEK Mayor Antos declared October 3rd through 7th, 2005 as "Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week"; no one was present from the Orange County Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA) organization to receive the proclamation. I EMPLOYEE SERVICE RECOGNITION Mayor Antos recognized Corporal Stephen Bowles and Officer Ryan Corbin for their 10 years of service in the City of Seal Beach Police Department. Captain Kirkpatrick received the certificate on the behalf of Corporal Bowles and gave a brief background and introduction of Officer Corbin. RIVERS END STAGING AREA / SAN GABRIEL RIVER BIKEWAY ENHANCEMENT PLAN The Director of Public Works/City Engineer introduced Susan Jackson, principal Community Planner from RBF a consulting firm, reviewed the proposed San Gabriel River Improvement Project - Bikeway and River's End Staging Area as well as the Open Space Opportunities Plan. The Rivers and Mountains Conservancy provided grant monies toward these projects. The final project plans will be noticed for public review and approval process. With no objection, Mayor Antos declared a recess at 8:30 p.m. and reconvened the meeting at 8:45 p.m. ORAL COMMUNICATION Mayor Antos declared Oral Communications open. There being no other speakers, Mayor Antos declared Oral Communications closed. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT No report. I CITY MANAGER REPORT No report. COUNCIL COMMENTS Councilman Yost announced that he would beholding a Town Hall meeting on October 13th at 7:00 p.m. in the Mary Wilson Library to give an update on the Pavilion center, storm drain projects, and will answer any concerns the constituents may have. CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEMS "B" thru "H" Yost moved, second by Ybaben, to approve the recommended action for items on the Consent Calendar except for item "G" removed for separate consideration. B. Approved the waiver of reading in full of all resolutions and ordinances and that consent to the waiver of reading shall be deemed to be given by all Council Members after the reading of the title unless specific request is made at that time for the reading of such resolutions and ordinances. C. Approved minutes for City Council workshop on Global Budget Priorities, adjourned Joint City Council and Redevelopment Agency closed session, and City Council regular meeting held on September 12, 2005. I D. Approved regular demands numbered 53858 through 54110 in the amount of $1,481,632.04; payroll demands numbered 53947 through 54028, in the amount of $200,001.89 and authorized warrants to be drawn on the Treasury for same. E. Received and filed Monthly Investment Report for August, 2005. 09-26-05 F. Adopted Ordinance Number 1538 entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH ESTABLISHING TOBACCO-FREE AND SMOKE-FREE PARKS AND BEACHES." By unanimous consent, full reading of Ordinance Number 1538 was waived. H. Adopted Resolution Number 5377 entitled "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DESIGNATING THE STANDARDIZED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (SEMS) AND THE NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (NIMS) AS THE BASIS FOR ALL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT IN THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH." By unanimous consent, full reading of Resolution Number 5377 was waived. I AYES: NOES: Antos, Larson, Levitt, Ybaben, Yost None Motion carried ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM "G" / WINTER SAND BERM / SCHEDULE AND OPERATIONS Ybaben moved, second by Levitt to received and filed the winter sand dike (berm) timeline and construction activities. . AYES: NOES: Antos, Larson, Levitt, Ybaben, Yost None Motion carried ADJOURNMENT It was the order of the Chair, with consent of the Council, to adjourn the meeting to October 24, 2005 to meet in Closed Session if deemed necessary at 6:30 p.m. By unanimous consent, the meeting was adjourned at 9:05 p.m. I The regular City Council meeting scheduled for October 10, 2005 was canceled by action of the Council at their December 13, 2004 meeting. ~"f, nh~;' ity eler a"nd ex-officio clerk of the City of Seal Beach Approved: ~~ Mayor Attest: (41~~ ~;/ City Clerk Seal Beach, California October 10, 2005 I The regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council for this date was canceled by action of City Council on December 13, 2004. Cit Clerk and ex-officio clerk Of the City of Seal Beach '~,.