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look to the plan, which represented an identification of risk, staff would return to the council as appropriate for <br />recommendations to address the risk. <br /> <br />Responding to a question from Mr. Rayor, Mr. Klein said that the City Council held a public hearing prior to <br />adoption of an ordinance unless there was unanimous agreement among councilors present such a hearing was <br />not needed. Mr. Johnson added that the council could meet on 24 hours' notice. <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson said that there were two issues; how to reduce fire risk, which was different from what she was <br />discussing, which was what to do when there was an imminent, immediate hazard. She did not believe the City <br />was prepared to act quickly in the case of a fire emergency. Previous suggestions that fireworks be banned <br />was not received well in the community because many youth groups had based their annual budgets on the sale <br />of fireworks. She suggested that the City might wish to work with those groups to transition them away from <br />the sale of fireworks to another source of income over time. Ms. Nathanson wanted the City Manager to return <br />to the council with information about the Fire Marshal's ability to declare an emergency and mandate certain <br />activities, the City Manager's authority, and what gaps existed in terms of authority so the City Council was <br />aware of the sorts of ordinances it might be required to pass. <br /> <br />Responding to a question from Mr. Papd, Mr. Solin clarified that the Operations Room and Incident Command <br />Room were the same, and that would be clarified in the plan. <br /> <br />Mr. Solin was asked why the EOC was at the Sheldon fire station rather than the new fire station at 2nd <br />Avenueand Chambers Street. Ms. Obadal said that the City wanted to separate the existing EOC physically <br />from the EOC at the Public Works Maintenance Division buildings. Mr. Johnson said that there may be more <br />room at 2nd Avenue and Chambers Street, but there were sufficient adjacent rooms at the Sheldon fire station. <br /> <br />Mr. Solin described the soon-to-be-installed Community Emergency Notification System. <br /> <br />Mr. Papd requested clarification of the Federal Emergency Management Agency reimbursement. Mr. Solin <br />said that both private and public entities could be reimbursed for eligible expenses. <br /> <br />Mr. Fart interpreted the council's role in emergency preparedness as ensuring that the City was actually <br />prepared. <br /> <br />Responding to a question from Mr. Fart, Mr. Klein described the council's emergency meeting and notification <br />processes. <br />Mr. Meisner said that Mr. Rayor's comments were directed at preventing disaster-related losses. He said that <br />the plan did not call for regular testing and it did not mention prevention. Nothing in the plan obliged the City <br />to address those issues. Mr. Solin said that staff would prepare more text related to mitigation of emergencies. <br /> <br />Mr. Torrey asked the council to resist the temptation to micromanage staff. If it did not think the staff was <br />doing the right thing, it could replace the staff. He said that the emergency plan was not a political issue at the <br />time it was needed, and the manager and staff ought to be able to deal immediately with any emergency. <br /> <br />Mr. Torrey recognized Councilor Pap6's birthday. The council sang Happy Birthday to Mr. Pap6. <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 28, 1999 Page 4 <br /> 5:30 p.m. <br /> <br /> <br />