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CityCouncil | 2011-03-15 | 6 | by the EOP, which has been approved by the Council and meets current State and federal requirements. The Acting City Manager stated the Disaster Council enabled the Fire Department to convene meetings; the City has an active Disaster Preparedness program; the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program is very active within the community. The Senior Management Analyst stated disaster preparedness constantly evolves and needs to evolve more quickly than the ability to amend the Municipal Code let alone the Charter. Councilmember Tam stated future consolidation or re-morphing of the ten Commissions has been discussed. The Acting City Manager stated an analysis is being conducted; staff resources for supporting all the Commissions have declined; staff is reviewing the matter to see if some Commission duties can be subsumed by other Commissions or Boards; bringing the matter back before adopting the Fiscal Year 2011-2012 budget would make sense. Councilmember Tam stated that she would like more input on how the matter could be more interactive with the community. Vice Mayor Bonta stated a core issue would be the level of public engagement; that he would advocate for public participation in crafting the overall look; an ad hoc commission could review the Commissions and make suggestions on the most efficient way to have public participation and engage the community. Mayor Gilmore stated having public participation would be good but should come later rather than earlier because staff resources are limited; members of the public would not necessarily understand resource limitations; that she would prefer to have staff take the first step and then have the public provide feedback. Councilmember deHaan concurred with Mayor Gilmore; stated appointing ad hoc committees has been very successful in the past and should be considered as a fall back position. Councilmember Johnson stated that she understands the idea of eliminating the Cable Television Committee and Disaster Council; more public involvement is needed for disaster preparedness; that she has never been totally satisfied with the emergency response plan; the plan is not where it needs to be; public involvement is important so that the public is aware and understands the process; that she does not think the CERT Program fulfills the roll; perhaps the public could sit in on the meetings that the Fire Department organizes. The Acting City Manager stated that she would talk to the Interim Fire Chief. Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 6 March 15, 2010 | CityCouncil/2011-03-15.pdf |