Agenda Items: Items may be taken out of order based on the business of the day and

preference of the Committee

Roll Call and Introductions

Monica Nino, David O. Livingston, Thomas Geiger, Warren Lai,

Lewis T. Broschard, Karen Caoile, John Kopchik, Marla Stuart,

Lynn Mackey, Marc Shorr, and Joe Calabrigo

Present

Anna Roth

Absent

Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this agenda

(speakers may be limited to two minutes).

Minutes from the March 12, 2024, Emergency Services Policy Boar

Attachments:

Meeting Minutes for the March 12, 2024 was approved by the board.

Contra Costa County EOC Exercise Improvement Plan - 2024

Extreme Heat Event AAR - 2024

Attachments:

Emergency Manager, Rick Kovar, provided a verbal presentation regarding OES activities. OES

partnered with the Bay Area UASI to bring emergency management training from the California

Specialized Training Institute. This included a full capstone of Public Information Officer Training.The

Office of Emergency Services also provided in-house section specific training for sections of the

Emergency Operations Center.

Sr. Emergency Planning Coordinator, Beatriz Portillo, provided a verbal presentation on Emergency

Operations Center Exercises. Since the last board meeting, the Office of Emergency Services hosted one

table-top exercise, one full-scale EOC Functional Exercise, and a Care and Shelter training and

simulation. Employment and Human Services Director, Marla Stuart, provided an overview of the Care

and Shelter exercise and partner collaboration.

Sr. Emergency Planning Coordinator, Lorena Herrera, provided a verbal presentation of the July

Extreme Heat Event. An overview of the event was provided as well as lessons learned and improvement

opportunities in response and demobilization. In total 58 cooling centers/places to cool were activated

across Contra Costa County and 120 residents were served. Kristi Jourdan, County Public Information

Officer, provided an overview of the Joint Information Center response during the July Extreme Heat

Event. Director Marla Stuart advocated for the need to provide funding to operate cooling centers

during holidays/weekends.

2024 Contra Costa County HMP Volume 1

Attachments:

Sr. Emergency Planning Coordinator, Beatriz Portillo, provided a verbal presentation on the Local

Hazard Mitigation Planning (LHMP) efforts. Participating agencies included 16 Cities and 24 Special

Districts. As of September 20, 2024 the Contra Costa County LHMP base plan and one annex (Diablo

Water District) was approved by Cal OES and FEMA. 16 Cities and 23 Special Districts Annexes are

waiting approval.

Emergency Manager, Rick Kovar, gave a verbal presentation of risk identification. Emergency Manager

Kovar provided an overview of the County's risk rating under the National Risk Index. Contra Costa is

in the 99.59 percentile and is ranked 14th most at risk out of 3,007 County subdivisions in the United

States on the national risk ranking.

CONSIDER accepting a verbal presentation of the OES emergency planning efforts. (Lorena

Herrera, Sr. Emergency Planning Coordinator)

Sr. Emergency Planning Coordinator, Lorena Herrera, provided a verbal presentation and update on

emergency planning efforts. This included an update on emergency translation contracts, emergency

transportation work groups, care and shelter operations, extreme weather planning, public information

and outreach. County Public Information Officer, Kristi Jourdan, also provided an overview of the

September National Preparedness Month collaboration and community outreach.

During this discussion item the Emergency Preparedness Public Service Announcement was presented.

Emergency Management Legislation Summary

Attachments:

Emergency Manager, Rick Kovar, provided a verbal presentation on Emergency Management

Legislation. County Administrator, Monica Nino, requested that the office of emergency services assist

the County in updating the County's Legislative Platform in response to the legislation.

CONSIDER accepting a verbal report on the Community Warning System (Julie Beach,

Community Warning System Manager)

Community Warning System Manager, Julie Beach, provided a verbal presentation regarding the

community warning system.

Evacuation Orders: 1; Evacuation Warnings: 1; Missing Persons: 6; Shelter-in-place: 7.

Level 1 Alerts: 131; Level 2: 1

Outreach and training Events: 26

Grand Jury Report No. 2402, “Will Everyone Get a Warning in Tim

Grand Jury Report No. 2402, Board of Supervisors’ Response

Attachments:

Chief Assistant County Administrator, Timothy Ewell, provided a verbal presentation regarding the

Grand Jury Report #2402 and the Board of Supervisors response to the report.

10.

Comparison of Office of Emergency Services Functions Across the

State, September 2024

Attachments:

County of Marin, Organizational Assessment of the Office of

Emergency Services, June 2022

County of Monterey, Assessment Report Emergency Management

Program, December 2021

County of San Joaquin, Emergency Operations Plan Assessment

Report and Recommendations, 2016

County of Sonoma, Assessment Report Emergency Management

Program, June 2018

Chief Assistant County Administrator, Timothy Ewell, introduced the Emergency Management Study

Scope of Work discussion. The intent of this study is to evaluate the Emergency Management program

as a whole. Chief Assistant CAO requested feedback on the scope of work and gathered information on

how the ESPB would like to move forward with the study. The CAO plans to request a one-time Measure

X funding on November 12, 2024 to move forward with the study.

Director Warren Lai recommended that "recovery" should be part of the study to include

reimbursement.

County Administrator Monica Nino requested that the Department of Information Technology evaluate

the technology as it relates to emergency response.

Chief Lewis Broschard highlighted that there is a need for more Emergency Management resources.

Director Kristi Jourdan, reiterated the need to evaluate the technology in the Emergency Operations

Center.

11.

12.

ESPB Open Floor

Adjourn

Emergency Services Policy Board Presentation - 10-2-24

Attachments:

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the Committee meetings. Contact the staff person listed below at least 72 hours before the meeting. Any

disclosable public records related to an open session item on a regular meeting agenda and distributed by

the County to a majority of members of the Committee less than 96 hours prior to that meeting are

available for public inspection at 1850 Muir Road, Martinez, during normal business hours. Staff reports

may be submitted via electronic mail on agenda items at least one full work day prior to the published

meeting time.

For Additional Information Contact: Contact: Rick Kovar | rkova@so.cccounty.us