Emergency Services Council Meeting Minutes April 18, 2013

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1 Emergency Services Council Meeting Minutes April 18, 2013 The Emergency Services Council was called to order by Chairperson Adrienne Tissier at 5:35 p.m. Roll Call was taken. Members Present: Belmont Brisbane Colma Daly City East Palo Alto Foster City Hillsborough Menlo Park Millbrae Portola Valley San Bruno San Carlos San Mateo South San Francisco Woodside San Mateo County David Braunstein Clarke Conway Diana Colvin David Canepa Ruben Abrica Herb Perez Marie Chuang Catherine Carlton Marge Colapietro John Richards Rico Medina Mark Olbert Jack Matthews Dr. Pradeep Gupta Dave Burrow Adrienne Tissier Members Absent: Atherton Burlingame Half Moon Bay Pacifica Redwood City Jim Dobbie Terry Nagel Marina Frasier Sue Digre Ian Bain Meeting was called to order at 5:30. Roll call was taken. Minutes: There needs to be revisions to the January 17, 2013 minutes. Clarke Conway- Brisbane- In the discussion on the Skylawn Radio Tower Relocation it was requested that staff discuss looking at eminent domain with County Counsel as an option. This needs to be inserted into the minutes. I was hoping that staff would have some information tonight regarding this discussion with County Counsel. 1

2 Lt. Kearnan- We will go back to the January minutes and make sure this is added into the minutes. Dave Burow- Also some comments in the January minutes were attributed to me. I did not make these comments. Lt. Kearnan- We will go back and correct this also. Supervisor Tissier- We will not approve the minutes tonight and will continue these until the next meeting. Consent Agenda- All items listed are for informational purposes. No action is required by the Council. There were no questions or comments. Belmont- In the January minutes it was mentioned that the Medical Corps come back in April with a proposal for funding by the County. I just wanted to make sure that this was not missed. County OES- Dr. Klauss is meeting with the EMCC board at their next meeting and the project is moving forward. OLD BUSINESS JPA Revision Update- Heather Plamondon- The JPA working group is taking a three prong approach to revising the JPA document. The last time that the JPA agreement was revised was in Since then homeland security and emergency management have changed. Phase 1 was revising and updating the document. Phase II will be vetting the draft with Police and Fire Chiefs and County Counsel. Phase 3 is bringing back the amended JPA agreement to this body at the June meeting for any revisions or adoption. Included in the draft is the mission of the JPA, training requirements, and specific responsibilities of the Council and expansion of the advisory committee to include a member from the Emergency Manager s Association. Included in the general provisions section of the documents are the Emergency Preparedness matrix and basic exercise and training requirements to be NIMS compliant. The draft is presently going through the vetting process. Our goal is to put the final 2

3 touches and any changes in the second week of June and to present it to the Council at the June 20, 2013 Emergency Services Council Meeting. Report back on Skylawn Radio Tower Relocation- Steve Dupre- This is a follow up to an item presented at the last meeting. It is related to one of the existing JPA radio sites that needs to be relocated per the request of the property owner. The radio site is at the Skylawn Cemetery off of Highway 92. At the last meeting we were requested to do some further exploration on a couple of items: 1.) Radio coverage. We had some information on but did further testing. Geographically relocating that site has an impact on a small geographical area but it is a key area for activities. There is a lot of activity for a ¾ mile stretch of highway ) Outreach to the surrounding community at the alternate site. We took the proposal to that HOA and they were less than enthusiastic to the idea. 3.) To have further discussion with the property owners on Skyline. Chris Flatmoe of the Sheriff s Office has been working with the property owners and actually reached a point. Getting a ten year agreement will not be an issue and extending beyond they have been pretty open. Based on the outcome of those three components, the recommendation is relocating at the new location on the cemetery. The cost is around $630,000. There are existing leftover funds from when the public safety network was created. There is about 1.2 million dollars in that fund and that is where we are suggesting the funding for this come from. We have not discussed eminent domain at this point but we can circle back to County Counsel regarding this. Supervisor Tissier- Clarke, what was your question regarding this? Clarke We are being asked to move the system, which is basically building a new system, it is being moved to a different part of the property. What if we stayed where we were at and upgraded there, what would the cost be? If the property owner was not willing to comply with it could we use eminent domain. That was what the question was. We wanted an opinion from County Counsel. Would it be cheaper to stay? That is always open to discussion and negotiation. Supervisor Tissier- Are we paying the cemetery to have it on their property? Steve Dupre- Yes we are 3

4 Supervisor Tissier- I think that would be a question for County Counsel. Cemeteries are sacred property and it is not always easy to deal with them. Supervisor Tissier- Why are they asking us to move it? Are they going to use it for burial grounds? What if they decide they don t want us on the property at all? San Carlos- Mark Olbert- How much property are we talking about? Steve Dupre- No, about 60 ft by 60 ft parcel. San Carlos-Mark Olbert-How much are we paying per month? Steve Dupre-About $2200 per month. San Carlos- Mark Olbert-Whose jurisdiction is this for planning purposes? Steve Dupre- This is unincorporated county Hillsborough- Marie Chuang- If I remember the land owner wanted the tower moved for aesthetic purposes. Steve Dupre- The property we are on was undeveloped. They are looking to expand and they don t want it to show. That is why they offering us a different piece of property to the side. Hillsborough- Marie Chuang- Will there be clauses to prevent any other moves in the future? Steve Dupre- I would expect that would be vetted out in the process. What we have seen so far is that they are willing to work with us. Supervisor Tissier-Is there expiration on the present lease? Steve Dupre- There is expiration date around July of this year. It sounds like they are willing to let us slide that date. Supervisor Tissier-Would they be willing to cover any of the cost to move? Steve Dupre- No not at this point. 4

5 Supervisor Tissier-This is a big cost for us. I recognize that it is there property but they are asking us to spend a lot of money to move not that far away. Chris Flatmoe- When we started they had one option for us; leave the property when the lease expired. We worked hard to establish a three year agreement which ends in July. With the present lease, we have been hesitant to live up to moving the tower yet. They are building out and developing a new master plan. They want us off their main drive through route. One of the things we are looking at in the new long term agreement is until they have an official certified master plan we will not be obligated to move our site. That could take them two years or could be five years. They are very accommodating at this time. We will try to get them to offset the cost or the rent that we pay. We are going to go to a month to month until we have a long term agreement. We are getting a good deal on rent because we are law enforcement. We are paying way less than commercial carriers pay San Mateo- jack Matthews-The equipment that we need to move, are we replacing all of it? What does the $600,000 cost cover? Steve Dupre-The equipment for the most part is being reused. The equipment consists of the Microwave network and the law mutual aid channels. We will need a new pad and a new prefab building for the equipment to go into. There is also the requirement to remove the old pad. San Mateo- Jack Matthews-I was hoping you were going to tell me the equipment was getting replaced since it was ending its useful life. But that is not the case. I also want to congratulate you on getting them to allow you to stay on the property. South San Francisco- Dr. Pradeep Gupta -I was the other one bringing up eminent domain. The reason I was pursuing eminent domain is on based on finding the best radio points and transmission. Some points are better suited than others on the cemetery. Once we find the best site we will be able to fine tune it and get the best coverage possible. This would not be the case if we have to move again in ten years. That is why I was looking at eminent domain. Brisbane- Clarke Conway- Is this unincorporated San Mateo County? Does their master plan have to go through the planning commission? Chris Flatmoe- Yes. It does. I think that eminent domain is a valid question. This radio 5

6 site is unique because of the location. We will be doing fine tuning to improve the coverage. It is a delicate balance. I am sure County Counsel will give us good advice on how to bring this up. I just don t want them to move away from the table. We will definitely get with County Counsel on this issue. Emergency Manager s Association: Captain Pat Halleran (Belmont PD) - Prior to January of this year we met on a quarterly basis. In January we formed an Emergency Manager s Association and we now meet on a monthly basis. The purpose of the group is to improve communication and coordination between the jurisdictions in the county. Our core membership consists of members of the jurisdictions on the ESC and any corporate and non-profit organizations interested in Emergency Management. The Airport and the Red Cross also participate in the Association. We have several working groups: JPA, WebEOC, CERT, and Training and Exercise. I have been working with our counterparts in Santa Clara who also have an Emergency Management Association. This has been useful in sharing of information between Santa Clara and us, as well as forming a partnership with them. Golden Guardian Update/EOC Exercise Update: Steve Mahaley- Golden Guardian is a statewide exercise. We have had planning meetings with the cities in preparation for the exercise. The exercise will be held on May 15, The exercise is based on recovery with a concentration on food, water and fuel. The premise is two days into the event. We will be setting up the portable EOC for this exercise. Last month we set up the portable EOC at Coyote Point along with the Mobile Command Vehicle. Lt. Kearnan- I just wanted to let everyone know that the Sheriff now has a Twitter account and we will be using this to get information out. This was very successful in Super Sandy. Marie Chuang- Hillsborough- Is the push to get information out to both cities and the citizens? Lt. Kearnan- Yes. We will use Facebook, Twitter, and SMC alert to get information out to the community. We plan on marketing the Twitter account. We will the Twitter account to the Council. Lt. Kearnan- We participated in Silver Dragon today. There were 14 agencies that participated. The mission of Silver Dragon was to deliver medication after a bioterrorism event, door to door to the citizens in San Mateo County. This exercise is conducted by Public Health. CERT volunteers delivered preparedness information to 6

7 15,000 households in San Mateo County. Public Health, Fire and the CERT volunteers did a great job. There were 525 participants at this exercise. Marge Colapietro- Millbrae- Millbrae participated in this exercise. We had 47 CERT Volunteers, along with county, CHP, and Red Cross. Altogether we had 57 people actively participate.. The volunteers went to 1509 houses under three hours. This was the goal that we were assigned I would like to thank the county for their support at this event. We wish that there was more funding available to train more volunteers. Lt. Kearnan- Last Saturday we held a Disaster Preparedness Day on the Coast. It was hosted by Half Moon Bay. It was a great collaborative effort. We hope to do this again next year. School Safety Summit/Beyond New town: Lt. Kearnan-On April 29 th from 8:00 to 3:00 at Oracle we will be holding the School Safety Summit. Invitations have gone out to the elected officials, fire and law chiefs, school superintendents, principals, and school care facilities. Congresswoman Jackie Speier and Supervisor Tissier will open the summit. There will be speakers and break out sessions during the event. Nancy Magee from the County Office of Education was introduced and recognized has a major contributor to getting the school safety summit together. Supervisor Tissier- I just want to add two more components to this summit and hopefully two more task forces. One is in the area of mental health; what are the gaps in services that can be addressed before kids do violent acts. We are looking at Measure A funds to address these gaps and working with the schools. The other component is information sharing with education, law and public health. This is a dicey area. We have some experts coming up to talk about this. To catch things early you need to be able to share information. This is not only about schools but the entire community. Hazmat Contract Proposal: D/C Mike Gaffney- Jeff Kearnan- In January of this year we proposed a new Hazmat Service Contract. The existing contract expires on June 30 of this year. The new contract was vetted through County Counsel. It was approved by County Counsel, the Belmont City attorney, and Risk management. The agreement is also supported by the San Mateo County Fire Chiefs and this office. Mike Gaffney- This is a three year agreement for Hazardous material response in all 7

8 areas and jurisdictions in San Mateo County. There is a modest increase which is less than the annual cost experienced by Belmont Fire Protection District to provide the service. Between and the increased cost to the Council has been less than ¾%. As a comparison the CPI for the county as gone up nearly 9%. Belmont has kept the cost flat even though the cost to provide the service has increased. If you look at attachment A, the bar graph shows what the costs have been, what the CPI has been, and what the projections will be over the next three years. The CPI from 2008 to would be around 15%. The contract cost increase would be less than half of that over the same time period. This would be around 6%. One of the questions last time was what the costs are: Specialized training, although much of that is covered by grants; liability insurance; incident overtime which does not happen very often; personnel costs for the team; fixed assets- hard goods that need maintenance; and general goods and services. Some of the suits that we use can only be worn one time. Each of your fire departments has two kits which they use to start the incident. We replace these each time. All members of the team have to have mandatory physicals. One point that is important to note, is that Belmont Fire is taking all of the risks and liabilities for personnel and equipment as well as any increase in cost do to labor or material. The Fire chiefs in the county are very supportive of the Hazmat team. Belmont looks forward to continue providing this service. Mark Olbert- San Carlos- Is the service a function of how many hazardous events get addressed over a period of time? We are paying a fee collectively to get a service, is the cost a function of how much activity has to be addressed. How may incidents get dealt with? Mike- This is almost two questions. The cost is what it costs to staff that team 24/7 all year around. You got an increase in service since Belmont took over. You were guaranteed four people per day. With Belmont everyone in the department is trained. In that regard you get more people. The cost is what it takes to staff those people year round that they need to do to deal with the incident and pay for the goods that they use. Environmental Health and OES are also part of the team. If there is an entity that they can get cost recovery from then the supplies will be replaced with that money. It is really not a function of how many we will respond to because that is hard to predict. San Carlos- Mark Olbert- You mentioned that you are staffing at a level of 24/7. Is that a separate unit from Belmont fire or a shared duty? 8

9 Mike Gaffney- There are 7 individuals per day. It is a cross staff. Those individuals staff their regular duties as well has staffing the Hazmat function. San Bruno- Rico Medina- Just to summarize whether there is one or 90 responses, the cost are the same? Has part of Belmont Fire these ladies and gentlemen serve in two capacities? Mike Gaffney- Correct Brisbane- Clarke Conway- In regards to throw away suits you are talking about the tyvek suits like B and C correct? Mike Gaffney- We do not throw away the moon suits or Level A since those are very expensive. Those will be set aside and cleaned if possible. The other suits that are used more, those will be thrown out once we are done. They are chemical protection suits, a little more than tyvek. Supervisor Tissier- Are you looking for action on this Motion to approve Hazmat Contract- Millbrae Second Motion Menlo Park Ayes -15 Nays- 0 SMCO Emergency Proclamation Update: Brian Molver- As a result of the December 23, 2012 storm and the damage it caused, the County proclaimed a local state of Emergency has did East Palo Alto, Portola Valley, Woodside, and Half Moon Bay. Those proclamations went to the Governor s Office and a month ago the Governor offered a proclamation to assist. That assistance will be in the form of CalTrans funding. Most of the damage was on roadways or adjacent to roadways. We reached that threshold because of East Palo Alto alone. They had $7 million dollars alone because of the San Francisquito Creek in that area undermining the roads and the creek. The cities and towns met with CalTrans and the next step is to do damage assessment forms and project forms to repair the damage. It may take months to get those projects vetted and approved for reimbursement. This is a good thing to receive governor assistance. This is never been done in our county before. Most of the time Caltrans usually will only work with one jurisdiction at a time, not seven. Woodside Dave Burow- In Woodside, we had to repair some items immediately. Are 9

10 these still eligible for reimbursement? Brian Molver- Yes if you took the action you are good. NEW BUSINESS San Francisco In. Airport and JPA/ESC: Don Mattei- Starting in Nov 28, 2012, we starting meeting with the airport to see if they wanted to join the JPA. Last year we were at the airport 165 times for various things. We are also responsible for the road closure plan in the event of a crash. This is about 15 positions that would be manned by local jurisdictions. We also found out that they did not have an evacuation plan for the airport. We wanted to start working through this. If they had to stay on the airport for a long period of time someone would have to feed them. There are about 35,000 people per hour at the airport. Because of this we thought we should engage with them. Presently they work with San Francisco Emergency Management. But we realized that we supply them with support on a regular basis. We brought a letter to their governmental affairs person, outlining our requests. Hopefully we can continue the discussion and get some representation from the airport. San Mateo- Jack Matthews- Are you suggesting that they become part of the JPA? Would they pay dues like us? Don Mattei- Yes. We do mention it in there. We would figure out the amount. San Carlos- Mark Obert- What would be their incentive to join? I think that we need to inform them that we are doing all of this work and they need to be a partner. The airport does not come out to support us on a regular basis. We want to make them more of a partner. It is a hard road to claim. Lt. Kearnan-They are in our operational area. They need to take some ownership. We are the first responders. If there is an evacuation that is a direct impact on our jurisdictions. We are their partner and direct resource. We would like to make them a partner. Marge- The incidences that were responded to in 2012 do you keep the costs? Don Mattei- No, we have not done that. 10

11 Millbrae- Marge Colapietro - That would be a good idea. That would be some thing to interject into the discussion. San Carlos- Mark Olbert- What is the historical reason why they are not part of this group? Jeff Kearnan- In 1970 the Sheriff made a decision to release the services to the airport. Since then San Francisco made a decision to take a more active role. Don Mattei- They use to have their own independent police department, but now it is San Francisco Police. Supervisor Tissier- We have been having meetings with the San Francisco mayor and discussing mutual issues. If you aren t getting any traction let us know. Brisbane- Clarke Conway- Maybe we should do a presentation to the Airport Round Table Commissioners. This would help to educate them on the financial perimeters and what we do. Annual Budget Proposal: Allena Portis- Review of the proposed budget for fiscal and The County has gone to a two year budget and it helps to have the OES budget align with that. I will be presenting two options tonight. We met with the Administrative Committee and the options before you were recommended by them. Both options have increases. For the Office of Emergency Services there is a$ 27,944 increase in year one and a $6500 increase in year two. These increases are for existing personnel, and are related two health insurance, retirement rates and retiree health increases. The Hazmat contract increases by $7147 in year one and $9671 in year two. Both options maintain the same level of service. In option one the city contribution remains flat. The County pays 50% and the cities pay 50%. The city share is determined by population and assessed property value. We are continuing to use the carryover to balance the budget. When we approved the FY budget we held a reserve of $80,000 to use to offset FY This option continues to use reserve and anticipated savings from this current fiscal year. We continue to use carryover to balance the budget annually. If we remove the carryover we would be carrying a structural budget deficit. In determining how to present the budget I needed to change the conversation from carryover to fund balance. How much fund balance is available 11

12 along with contributions and grants to fund the budget. The past four budget cycles the deficit has ranched anywhere from $171,000 to $47,000 this year. The carryover covers the gap. In FY the amount of carry over was $100,000 less than in previous years. That resulted in a $100,000 dollar reduction in expenses. The supplies and services in the Office of Emergency Services are at a minimal level. Any savings is now do to vacancies and expenditures related to responses. Option two begins to close the budget gap and reduces the need for carryover. This option proposes a 1% increase to agency contributions in year one and 2% increase annually until the budget gap is closed. This would be approximately in five years. This option also includes a 1% increase annually in expenditures. I am not sure where the increase will come from, perhaps medical insurance increases annually and our MOU will have increases for staff. In summary we are requesting the Council to identify and adopt a desired option. Option one is a flat contribution for the cities for two years. Option two is a 1% increase in FY and 2 % in FY San Carlos- Mark Olbert- There is no increase in salaries but the compensation increases because of benefits correct? Allena Portis- Yes San Mateo- Jack Matthews- Does this take into account establishing a reserve? Do we have a reserve? Allena Portis- It does not take into account establishing a reserve. If we used option two I believe at the end of the five years there would be around a reserve of $60,000. I think that we can begin the discussion if you want a reserve policy. It is recommended to have at least a two month operating expense in reserve. Presently we do not have a reserve policy. San Mateo- Jack Matthews- It might be useful to get some feed back from you regarding a reserve policy. Most cities do have reserve policy. If we adopt option one we would continue to use carryover from year to year to keep the budget flat. We can not continue to do that forever because of the structural deficit. You say the idea would be to give us time to look at other structural service delivery models and reduce the cost through efficiency and define the level of service we want. Do we have a program to do those things? 12

13 Allena Portis- We do not have a program to do those things. But I am not sure if you would want to set up a committee. We have the administrative committee but I am not sure that is their role with the new JPA agreement. But we can meet to review current operations and expenses. We can look at where services can be cut if the desire is to reduce services and keep the budget flat. Since we have already reduced the budget by $100,000 in FY it would mean a significant reduction in staff or radio expenses. I don t know if we can reduce radio expenses. We can set up a committee and report back during a two year period. San Mateo- Jack Matthews-We always want to look at new service delivery models and look at efficiency and further define the levels of service we want to provide. Does not necessarily mean we need to do that. Supervisor Tissier- I think it is dangerous to leave it flat. I think that we do need a committee that can work on that whether it is the administrative committee or members from the council. My recommendation is option two. Costs are not going to go done. If you can close the gap in five years you probably have done a better job. 1%-2% is not a large increase. Leaving it flat we will need to cut more out of OES. Looking at the recent disasters in the long run it will cost us more. I think that there needs to be further discussion if we want to make any changes. Menlo Park- I understand the 1% but not the additional 1% for future expenses. Do we do the budget every year? Allena Portis- We adopt the budget annually. But this year we are going to a bi-annual budget. Every six months we review the budget. Menlo Park- I would contemplate a third option: 1% increase now and than another increase if needed for additional expenses. It seems if it is not identified now. Allena Portis- We need the increase now. Menlo Park- I get the 1% increase now but not the extra Allena Portis- The 1% I was referring to was assumptions in increases in expenditures. When it comes to estimating expenses going out I need a basis, so I used CPI. I know that our MOUs are set to expire and I don t know if there will be salary increases. 13

14 Supervisor Tissier- I think that the 1% increase is a place holder since we are going to a two year budget. We need to project expenses. We will get reviews. Millbrae- Marge Colapietro- I am glad that you brought up the MOU. When you do the negotiation for the MOU when the contract expires, do you spend a great deal of time getting the point across about increases in wages and benefits for long term sustainability? I was very concerned when I was going through this that the column for the cost of benefits ranges from 40% to 80% of their wages. How do you get out of this vicious cycle? Has there been discussions anywhere about how the cities deal with this, maybe have tiered benefits. When people have to pay more money they expect more than just maintaining where you are at. Allena Portis- The Board does the negotiation with the unions. Supervisor Tissier- We are looking at similar things with the unions. Millbrae- Marge Colapietro-We negotiate with our employees to give back or pay more into their benefits. Supervisor Tissier- We are doing the same with our employees. We are paying more into retirement and health benefits. Brisbane- Clarke Conway- I would like to echo Marge. Your point on benefits portion is well taken. Most cities are trying to control the health costs since they have exploited. With the new health legislation we do not know what is coming. By us passing a two year budget that could all change anyway next year. Supervisor Tissier- That is where the board would need to negotiate what people pay in. We will have to wait and see in the next year or two. I would be happy with your suggestion to have a supervisory committee or some volunteers from the council to take a look at it. Part of that was looking at services if we want to change or expand. San Carlos - Mark Olbert- I like the idea of getting together to look at the structure and see how our agencies have dealt with controlling costs. If today something were to happen to overwhelm the finances of OES we would not shut down, what is the back up plan to keep operations going. 14

15 Supervisor Tissier- We would declare an emergency. Lt. Kearnan- We would draw a special org code. We would fund it. We would seek reimbursement through the state and/or FEMA. San Carlos- Mark Olbert- Presumably it would not cover all of it. We would need to step up to cover the difference. Supervisor Tissier- Could be or we would use reserves. San Carlos-Mark Olbert-The point I was leading to, the fiscal resources of our municipality is the reserve. San Bruno- Rico Medina- I am hearing a consensus. I was going to make a motion to accept option two. I think we have been trying to keep it flat. I think we were hoping for carryover and hope is not a plan. We want to start a discussion on an operating fund balance and we want to have a sub-committee to start the planning now. Motion to Accept Option 2 with a two year budget cycle- (San Bruno- Rico Medina) 2 nd - Motion 13 Ayes; 1 No Motion to Accept Option 2 with a two year budget cycle- Passed Lt. Kearnan-A committee would be helpful to Allena to have a better idea what direction you want her to go in. Supervisor Tissier- Can you please send out a memo to see who would be interested in sitting on this committee? Woodside- Can you tell me who sits on the Administrative Committee? It is not a subset of this organization? Lt. Kearnan- The Administrative committee is the County Manager, Menlo Park City Manager, South San Francisco City Manager, San Bruno City Manager, and Foster City City Manager. Red Cross Updates: Olga Crowe- Presentation made on the responses that the Red Cross has made in the County. They responded to East Palo Alto after the storm and 15

16 flooding in December. They have also responded to some fires throughout the county that displaced residents. They are continuing to work with the cities and the county to get agreements in place. PUBLIC COMMENT No public comments ANNOUNCEMENTS Millbrae will be celebrating their Streets Alive! Parks Alive on May 5, 2013 from 11:30 to 5:00. We want people to come out and enjoy the community. There will be great resources there from the Sheriff s Office, AMR and the Fire Department. Agencies will be there to talk about alternate transportation. So please ride your bike or take Bart or mass transit. As mentioned in the last minutes, Terry Nagel was instrumental in getting the Peninsula Preparedness Neighborhood Group together. There was a meeting on March 29 which was very informative. I would encourage you to come to the meetings or contact Terry for more information. As a reminder the School Summit is April 29, Disaster Preparedness Day is June 8 th on the opening day of the Fair. Admission is free to the fair from 10:00 to 11:00 as well as parking. That is the incentive to come. Next Meeting June 20,