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MINUTES Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room--City Hall April 27, 2005 Noon COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Poling, Jennifer Solomon, Betty Taylor, David Kelly, Gary Papd, Bonny Bettman, Andrea Ortiz, Chris Pryor. Mayor Kitty Piercy called the work session of the Eugene City Council to order. She announced that Bruce Miller, a citizen who testified frequently before the City Council, had passed away on April 26. Ms. Bettman, seconded by Mr. Kelly, moved to bring back the motion ta- bled at the meeting held on April 18 which sought to take the position of oppose, priority 3 on House Bill 2608. The motion failed, 5:3; Mr. Kelly, Ms. Bettman, and Ms. Ortiz voting in support of it. A. WORK SESSION: Emergency Management Plan City Manager Taylor asked Emergency Program Manager Charles Solin to speak about the Emergency Management Plan. Mr. Solin stated that after September 11,2001, there had been a movement on the federal level to organize how communities respond to disasters, both natural and those caused by people. He said local municipali- ties were required to be "in sync" with the federal government in order to receive Homeland Security funding. He provided the councilors with CD copies of the Emergency Management Plan. Mr. Solin underscored that the City had specific emergency plans for ice events, south hills fires, civil disruptions, as well as the larger, all-hazards emergency plan. He said the different emergency plans were managed by the Disaster Operations Task Team. Mr. Solin stated that one key element in the plan was the clear definition of the roles of the Mayor and City Council in an emergency. He explained that this was because the council could be called upon to make some difficult decisions. He cited one example from the Midwest where the council was forced to decide not to protect an area of a town that had been repeatedly flooded. He also pointed out that the City looked to the councilors to be a communication link with their respective wards. Continuing, Mr. Solin explained that the council would have a resolution before it in May that called for the adoption of the National Incident Management System (NIMS). He said this incident command system (ICS) had resulted from the fires that had happened in Southern California in the 1970s. Multiple agencies responded to the fires and there had not been a system in place to coordinate the response. He noted that the MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 27, 2005 Page 1 Work Session