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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1992-04-15 Mayor John R. Penna Council: Jack Drago Joseph A. Fernekes Gus Nicolopulos --i~oberta Cerri Teglia AGENDA ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING CALL TO ORDER: (Cassette No. 1) ROLL CALL: 1. Interview of applicants for the Conference Center Authority. J~ Letter of Retirement from Councilman Nicolopulos Effective May 1, 1992: ~/-5~ MINUTES city Council City Council Conference Room City Hall April 15, 1992 ACTION TAKEN ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING 6:12 p.m. Mayor Penna presiding. Council present: Council absent: Drago, Fernekes, and Penna. Nicolopulos, and Teglia. City Clerk Battaya informed the Council that Councilman Nicolopulos was ill and would not be in attendance. Discussion followed: that the hotel association may appoint two represen- tatives with the concurrence of Council; the hotel selections were Tina DiRienzo, and Brian Blake; that Chris Hughes and Joe Ercoli, Conference Center Board, had submitted applications and Council had agreed not to interview them, however, they had not been appointed to the Authority at this time. Mayor Penna read the following letter into the record from Councilman Nicolopulos, dated May 1, 1992 - 8 am: "To Mayor John Penna, the rest of my colleagues, Jack Drago, Roberta Teglia and Joe Fernekes, and to the City Manager, Jesus Armas. Effective this date and time I render my retirement to the City Council of the City of South San Francisco. I also render my sincere thanks and gratitude to each and everyone of you. Sincerely yours, Gus Nicolopulos." Councilman Drago asked for clarification on whether it was a retirement. City Attorney O'Toole stated that the Council could accept the retirement as a resignation because there was no legal significance. 4/15/92 Page i AGENDA ACTION TAKEN 038 Retirement - Continued. 1. Interviews - Continued. 2. Emergency Preparedness. 50qZ Concurrence of Council - To accept Councilman Nicolopulos' letter of retirement. City Attorney O'Toole stated that as of May 1st, 8 a.m., the Council had 30 days to appoint or call a special election within 90 days from the call of the election. Discussion followed: that action could not be taken until after May 1, 1992, 8 a.m.; to ask Councilman Nicolopulos to change the date of retirement because the next regular Council meeting was not until 5/13/92; that the City Attorney would prepare a memo listing the Council options; that a meeting could be set for May 1st; that the Council should do something really nice for Councilman Nicolopulos' service to the City; that there was not equivocation in the letter; etc. Council interviewed the following can- didates: Marilyn Hayes-Shoopman; Tina DiRienzo; Karen Coleman; Karl Bettencourt; Brian Blake; Laura Fanella; Charles Kieffer; Dennis Rosaia; and Aldo DeTomasi. Councilman Drago stated that Mr. Jake Jones was in the hospital and unable to be at tonight's meeting. City Manager Armas stated that Councilwoman Teglia's mother was ill, however, she would come in later and listen to the tape of the interviews. Discussion followed: categories of appointment the applicants fell under; categories for residents, etc. City Manager Armas stated that the Fire Chief would describe the roles and func- tions of staff and Council in a major disaster. Fire Chief Stark stated that the goal of the staff report was to give Council an overview of their roles in a major 4/15/92 Page 2 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN 039 Emergency Preparedness - Continued. disaster with the public media while in the recovery process, and be liaison to county and state government. Mayor Penna stated that after the last earthquake it had taken him 45 minutes to drive 4 miles because of the massive traffic congestion, and felt that the Council should be able to immediately get in touch with central operations when telephone lines are not in working order; and suggested that the Council be given cellular phones. Fire Chief Stark stated that was a very serious consideration in a disaster, because the continuation of government was a key element, and most City Departments would be working out of their cars with phones loaned by Pacific Bell if available. He stated that in both recent disasters the breakdown in com- munications was of great concern and complicated matters, because once the Council and staff had taken care of their immediate needs they had to report to EOC. Discussion followed: in the event of the absence of the Council during a disaster the City Manager could declare the disaster, and that must be ratified by the Council as soon as possible; that Council should not get in the way of emergency operations of staff; that the Library Director would coordinate public information, but would not be the public spokesperson; Councilman Drago had a problem with the Library Director having that task; the public information officer should have the duty of providing information as it breaks rather than five Councilmembers who will each want to know their own information; most of the infor- mation to the media is given by the officers on the scene; that the PIO should contact Council with updates; that there was centralization for periodic briefing, and the Mayor would be briefed for political leadership; that the Mayor should get the information without 4/15/92 Page 3 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN 04(] Emergency Preparedness - Continued. Closed Session for the purpose of the discussion of personnel matters, labor relations, property negotiations and litigation. seeking it; that the role of the public information officer will be that of faci- litator for news briefs and making sure the people are there to interview after briefing Council; how Oakland handled the disaster; important that the briefings were consistent rather than conflicting from various people; that the MSB was tested for a potential EOC because it was closer to the operations division and there was auxiliary power in the Police and Fire Depts.; that West Orange Library systems were not upgraded for emergen- cies and only had two telephone lines, and the facility was not adequate; that they were storing disaster material and food at the library, and consider it a good sleeping facility for employees during the disaster; that all other equipment had been moved to the MSB from the library; how safe the MSB would be in a major earthquake because it vibrates now when classes are held; that unrein- forced masonry buildings such as City Hall and the Metropolitan Hotel had withstood the last earthquake; that if the MSB did not withstand an earthquake, then the library would be the backup facility with the use of cellular phones, etc. Council chose not to hold a Closed Session. M/S Drago/Fernekes - To adjourn the meeting. Carried by unanimous voice vote. Time of adjournment was 8:50 p.m. 4/15/92 Page 4 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN 041 ESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, Barbara A. Battaya, City C~rk City of South San Francisco AP . City~'Crf-Sq~th San Francisco The entries of this Council meeting show the action taken by the City Council to dispose of an item. Oral communications, arguments, and comments are recorded on tape. The tape and documents related to the items are on file in the Office of the City Clerk and are available for inspection, review and copying. 4/15/92 Page 5