The commissioners present reviewed the attached forum planning document and worked to finalized all
details for the September 11th event. Staff will meet with the county administrative building tech staff
to perform a dry run before the event to ensure all technical issues have been resolved. The committee
suggests that the Operations Ad Hoc Committee attends this dry run meeting. The Operations Ad Hoc
Committee will also meet again before the forum to finalize all assigned roles for the day of the event.
Staff will send an email requesting commissioners to sign up for designated roles and these roles will be
finalized at the full commission meeting on August 28th. The forum will be agendized and published on
Legistar with all guest speaker presentations included. The commissioners present reviewed the layout
of the Assembly Chambers and planned the seating layout for staff and commissioners. The Q&A
aspect of the forum was reviewed and the possibility of allowing online attendees to submit questions
was considered. Staff will log in to the Zoom meeting in the tabling area so that the presentations can be
viewed from the either the conference rooms or the chambers. The role of the Ombudsperson was
discussed with concerns expressed regarding who the public should contact in the event of hazardous
releases. If hazards such as flaring or odors are observed the public should report this to emergency
services by calling 911. The appropriate agencies will be contacted such as the Bay Area Air District or
the Hazardous Materials response team. The Ombudsperson should be contacted to express concerns
regarding public health impacts so that they can facilitate a resolution between the responding agencies
and the public. You can also file an odor complaint at the Air District's website.
5.
Review the Hazardous Materials Commission webpage and recommend any needed updates.
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The commissioners present reviewed their webpage and requested that the recording of the presentation
on lithium ion battery fire safety from Con Fire be made accessible from there. Staff confirmed that a
link to the AIA pipeline safety website has been added under the resources tab, the annual reports are
now up to date, and Michael Kent has been removed as the contact person on the commission roster.
The committee requested their recommendations to be updated with dates and sorted in chronological
order. The hyperlink for hazardous waste incorrectly directs to the county's medical waste webpage,
staff will have this corrected to link to household hazardous waste.
NEW BUSINESS
6.
Operations Committee members will step out of the Assembly Chambers to inspect Conference
Rooms 110ABC to plan the table set up for the public forum. The Committee members will
report back to the Zoom meeting to provide an update on their discussion and plans.
The conference rooms were occupied during this meeting so the planned layout was discussed along
with the forum planning document during agenda item #4.
7.
There were not any announcements made by commissioners.
8. Plan next meeting agenda.
Announcements from commissioners on items of commission interest.
The next meeting is currently scheduled for September 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM.
Adjourn
