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.
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN 038
Retirement - Continued.
1. Interviews - Continued.
2. Emergency Preparedness.
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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
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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
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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.
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN 041
ESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
Barbara A. Battaya, City C~rk
City of South San Francisco
AP .
City~'Crf-Sq~th San Francisco
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