04/27/1998 Regular Meeting
LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE
REGULAR MEETING -APRIL 27, 1998
MINUTES
I. CALL TO ORDER
The regular meeting of the LEPC was called to order at 1 :30 p.m. by Chair Bill Jones on
April 27, 1998 in the Kodiak Island Borough Conference Room.
II. ROLL CALL
Members Present:
Bill Jones, Chair
Mike Dolph
Joe Hartt
Bob Himes
Jim McIntosh
Others Present:
Linda Freed (alternate/staff support)
Elise DeCola (contractor)
Members Absent:
Jim Ashford (alternate)
Andy Nault
Rod O'Connor
Jerome Selby
Kristin Stahl-Johnson
Dave Woodruff
A quorum was established.
III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Bob Himes MOVED TO ACCEPT the agenda as presented. The motion was
SECONDED and CARRIED by unanimous voice vote.
IV. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
Minutes from the April 6/7, 1998 meeting were not available for approval.
V. BUSINESS ITEMS
A) Linda Freed reported on the state LEPC Association/SERC Meetings that she and
Joe Hart attended in Juneau on April 21 and 22, 1998. She further reported that
mitigation funds were available for federally declared disasters.
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She also shared that Kenai had implemented an early tsunami warning system in
conjunction with their 911 program. Their annual cost is approximately $11,000
per year.
There were miscellaneous changes proposed to the state LEPC Association Goals.
The SERC has a home page at which the proposed changes can be reviewed.
Much discussion took place at the LEPC/SERC meeting concerning who controls
the purse strings. It looks like Kodiak will get approximately $55,000 for FY99.
Linda had estimated $25,000 for the plan update project so it appeared there
would be money available for the Tier II project and travel as well. She asked for
other ideas on how best to use the funds.
She was frustrated at the way the SERC meeting was formatted. There were a lot
of lengthy verbal reports that took most of the morning, and the most important
topics of the meeting were not addressed until the afternoon session, as time was
running out.
Mike Dolph suggested that they propose a change to the agenda. The committee
agreed that they would suggest to the SERC that important agenda items be
discussed first, and that individual committee reports be submitted in writing so
they could be reviewed as time allowed.
B) Linda said that the next state LEPC/SERC meetings were scheduled for July 21
and 22, 1998 at Fort Richardson.
She also reported that ADES would sponsor an Earthquake and Tsunami
workshop on August 19 and 20, at Fort Richardson. Bill Jones will send Howard
Weston and Joe Hart to the workshop.
Joe Hart said that he continued to work with Andy Nault on the Tier II project, as
well as the public Right-to-Know program with regard to chemicals.
Bill Jones left at 2:00 p.m.
C) Linda reviewed the final stages of the Subarea Oil Spill C-Plan document review
process. She anticipated final approval of the document in mid-June.
Jim McIntosh had reviewed the document and had some recommended changes.
D) Linda reported that the Emergency Plan Update contract had been awarded to
Elise DeCola at the Assembly's April 16 meeting. She said that Mike Dolph will
sub-contract with Elise to provide the emergency response expertise that was
desired by the committee.
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Elise made a brief presentation on her project plan. She requested input on the
current plan from its users and said that she intended to use the state model plan
as a starting point. Recently, Kenai had used the state plan as a model. Elise
reviewed her proposed time line. When she asked committee members how
frequently they wished a report on the project, they agreed that monthly was
adequate. She would set up interviews with those who had expressed interest in
having input on the project.
Linda identified several individuals and organizations that had either expressed an
interest or should be interviewed during the review process. They are:
Kristin Stahl-Johnson
Dave Woodruff
Bill Jones - City of Kodiak
Jerome Selby - Mayor, Kodiak Island Borough
Betty Walters - Superintendent, KIBSD
KISAR
Bob Himes - Bayside Fire Station
Dale Rice - Womens Bay Fire Station
Don Rossiter - USCG Fire Station
Mike Downey - KEA
Wayne Stevens - Chamber of Commerce
Wanetta Ayers - KICVB
When Elise asked about making contact with village representatives, the
committee agreed that this plan should be one that was generic, that villages could
use as well.
Mike Dolph thought that the process was good. He felt it would be helpful to
delegate certain portions of the plan to those professionals most appropriate to
address their particular aspect.
E) Linda Freed reported on the LEPC training matrix. She felt there was no
mechanism in place to track the training needs and accomplishments of individual
in the community. Bob Himes will get a copy of the FEMA handbook and will
try to develop a check list for a community training program. He will contact
KANA to establish training needs in the villages as well.
VI. OTHER ITEMS/COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS
A) Linda said that the state would be coming to Kodiak to do a presentation of their
oil spill computer model program. She was excited about the presentation
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because the state used Kodiak's data instead of Prince William Sound. The
presentation was originally scheduled for early May, but had been postponed. She
will notify the committee when the presentation is rescheduled.
The next local LEPC meeting is scheduled for May 26, 1998 at 1:30 p.m. in the
Borough conference room.
VII. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 2:45 p.m.
DATE APPROVED: May 26, 1998
By:
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