[C. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the consideration of disabilities and persons with disabilities in emergency planning and response.]

OUR REPORT ON THE ROSE GARDEN CONCLUDES THE REVEREND PROGRAM FOR THE NEAR TERM. HELLO.

MY NAME IS BOB MARTINEZ.

I'M THE EMERGENCY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF DENTON.

I STARTED WITH THE CITY ABOUT SEVEN WEEKS AGO, SO I WOULD USE THE POSITION.

I CAME FROM DENTON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH.

I WAS THERE FOR TEN YEARS AND GET PREPARED FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT TODAY ABOUT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN THE THERE ARE A LOT OF HAZARDS THAT WE WE DEAL WITH.

AND WE'VE EXPERIENCED SOME MOST RECENTLY WITH OUR WEATHER, COLD WEATHER AND, YOU KNOW, THE WINTER HAZARDS AND WE'RE GETTING RIGHT INTO SPRING STORM SEASON, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU

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KNOW, WE'RE ROLLING RIGHT INTO THAT.

AND OF COURSE, WE JUST CAME OFF A TWO YEAR CONTINUE CODED RESPONSE, WHICH WE'VE ALL HAD TO ADAPT TO IN RESPONSE.

BUT JUST IF YOU'RE NEW TO THE CITY, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR HAZARDS ARE WE DO STILL DO WITH FLOODING. YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. AND TORNADOES, OF COURSE, ARE WINTER STORMS AND THEN OUR PANDEMIC.

SO I GET ASKED A LOT, KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO? HOW CAN WE PREPARE? AND I THINK IT ALL STARTS OFF WITH PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS VERSUS, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCIES OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING.

SO IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO BE PREPARED.

AND THAT'S BEING PREPARED PERSONALLY.

YOUR FAMILY. WE DO HAVE I BROUGHT SOME BOOKS WITH US FOR SOME EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. SO THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR PREPAREDNESS KIND OF WENT THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF A LOW.

THE JOB IS WAS WAS KIND OF VACANT FOR TWO YEARS.

THERE WASN'T A FULL TIME PERSON.

NOW THAT I'M HERE, I'M FULL TIME.

SO I'M STARTING TO BRING BACK A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMS. BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A LOT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

AND ONE OF THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE IS CALLED KNOW WHAT TO DO.

AND IT IT WALKS THROUGH.

HOW DO YOU PREPARE EVERYTHING FROM A KIT GO KIT TO MAKING SURE YOU HAVE FOOD, YOUR WATER, MAKING SURE YOU HAVE MEDICATIONS, A COMMUNICATION PLAN.

IT KIND OF WALKS YOU THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO START GETTING THAT RELEASED INTO THE PUBLIC.

RIGHT NOW, I HAVE IT IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON OTHER LANGUAGES AND AND OTHER WAYS OF PROMOTING THE PROGRAM AS WELL.

WHEN I WAS WITH THE DENTON COUNTY, WE DEVELOP A PROGRAM CALLED PREPAREDNESS COUNTY, AND WE ACTUALLY HAD PRESENTATIONS THAT WE DID ON THE COMMUNITY.

FOCUSED ON JUST PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS.

WE HAVE ONE THAT WAS FOCUSED TO BUSINESS BUSINESSES AND HOW BUSINESSES PREPARE, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE DEVELOPED FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AS WELL.

SO THAT'S AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.

BUT OF COURSE, WE HAD ACCESS TO ALL THAT INFORMATION.

SO WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF BEING PREPARED? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT IMPROVES EVERYBODY'S CONFIDENCE.

YOU KNOW, EMERGENCIES ARE VERY STRESSFUL.

AND ONE WAY TO TO KIND OF RELIEVE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT STRESS IS TO BE CONFIDENT THAT YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. SO THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS.

AND ALSO, THE MORE THE COMMUNITY IS PREPARED, THE EASIER IT IS ON THE FIRST RESPONDERS.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN CONCENTRATE OUR EFFORTS TO THE ACTUAL DISASTER, TO THE ACTUAL RESPONSE WHEN THE COMMUNITY IS RESILIENT AND HAS THE EDUCATION AND THEY'RE PREPARED WHERE THEY CAN HANDLE SOME OF THE STUFF INITIALLY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T REALLY USE THE FIRST 48 HOURS WHERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MAY BE ON THEIR OWN BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON.

SO IF YOU CAN MAKE IT THROUGH THAT FIRST 48 HOURS UNTIL EVERYTHING IS KIND OF ESTABLISHED, AND THEN THAT'S THAT'S A REALLY WELL, THAT'S KIND OF THE GOAL.

SO AS I DEVELOP MY PLANS OR EMERGENCY PLANS, I DO HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME UNIQUE CHALLENGES THAT GO WITH THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK OF ARE, YOU KNOW, DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING. YOU'VE GOT YOUR VISUALLY IMPAIRED MOBILITY SPEECH, ANY OF YOUR DEVELOPMENTAL, DEVELOPMENTAL, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING RELATED TO ALZHEIMER'S DEMENTIA.

SO THAT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WE DO WORK WITH OUR OUR ASSISTED LIVING OR NURSING HOMES.

WE DO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE PREPARED.

THEY HAVE A PLAN.

BUT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SO SELF RELIANT.

THEY THEY LIVE ALONE OR THEY LIVE WITH FAMILY MEMBERS.

AND SO WE NEED TO INCLUDE THEM WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT OUR EMERGENCY PLANS.

SO WHEN I WHEN I THINK ABOUT THIS, THESE ARE SOME OF THE AREAS.

FIRST ONE IS NOTIFICATION.

YOU KNOW, I HAVE PLANS ON HOW I NOTIFY THE PUBLIC.

YOU KNOW, WE'LL TALK ABOUT, I GUESS, THE NEXT LEVEL.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN ALERT SYSTEM FOR FOR THE CITY AND THAT WORKS THROUGH THE PHONE.

AND WE'RE VIA OUR PHONE CALL OR TEXT.

SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THOSE ARE SENT OUT THAT THEY'RE COMPLIANCE AND SOMEBODY CAN ACTUALLY READ THOSE EXCEPT THOSE THOSE CALLS EVACUATION.

THAT'S KIND OF A BIG ONE THAT WE ALWAYS LOOK AT.

IF THERE'S A FLOOD, THERE'S A TORNADO THAT COMES THROUGH AND WE HAVE TO EVACUATE AN AREA.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SHELTERS THAT THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.

BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO THAT THEY'RE ADA COMPLIANT, THAT I CAN GET PEOPLE IN.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO HOW DO I GET THEM THERE? SO THERE'S A TRANSPORTATION PORTION AS WELL AND A LOT OF THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR SPAN, WE'RE WORKING WITH MEALS ON WHEELS.

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YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT KIND OF DEAL WITH THIS EVERY DAY.

WE WANT TO GET WITH THEM AND HELP DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THEY HAVE MORE INFORMATION THAN I DO.

I'M SORRY TO GO BACK ON SOMETHING.

SOME OF THE PLANS FOR SHELTERS.

I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SHELTERS HAVE REFRIGERATION.

THEY HAVE POWER.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, IF THEY COME WITH MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, IF THEY HAVE OXYGEN, THEY HAVE DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE CHARGED.

IF THEY LEAVE IN A HURRY, MAYBE THEY DIDN'T BRING THEIR WALKER OR THEY EVEN BRING THEIR CANE. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE KIND OF A SUPPLY WHERE WE CAN BRING IT OR AT LEAST HAVE ACCESS TO IT SO WE CAN ISSUE THAT OUT IF NEED BE.

WE ALSO ALWAYS CONSIDER SERVICE ANIMALS.

SO SERVICE ANIMALS ARE PART OF OUR PLAN.

WE HAVE PLANS AVAILABLE WHERE OUR RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE, WHERE WE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO EITHER ANIMAL GROUPS OR VETERINARIAN GROUPS THAT THEY CAN COME AND THEY CAN EITHER HELP TAKE CARE OF THE ANIMALS, OR EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY CAN OR WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THAT PEOPLE AND ANIMALS WILL GET SEPARATED, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT'S A VERY BIG CONCERN. THAT'S ACTUALLY THE NUMBER ONE REASON WHY PEOPLE DO NOT EVACUATE IS BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT LEAVE THEIR PETS.

AND THEN ACCESS TO INFORMATION ONCE AGAIN, JUST BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MESSAGES ARE GETTING OUT AND EVERYBODY CAN UNDERSTAND.

SO ONE WAY, ONE WAY THAT WE TEST THIS IS WE DO DISASTER EXERCISES.

IT'S ONE THING TO PUT IT IN WRITING AND IT'S ONE THING TO PUT IT TALK ABOUT IT.

BUT UNTIL WE ACTUALLY DO IT FOR REAL, WE DON'T KNOW SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE GOING TO COME UP. SO WE TRY TO DO ONE EXERCISE A YEAR, AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF ONE OF OUR FULL SCALE EXERCISES.

SO ONE WAY TO TO TEST OUR PLANS AND TO SEE WHAT WHAT GAPS THERE ARE IS TO START MAKING SCENARIOS WHERE WE HAVE TO EVACUATE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

YOU KNOW, MAKE US MAKE US FIGURE OUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO TRANSPORT? HOW ARE WE GOING TO MOVE PEOPLE? SO THAT THAT'S ONE WAY WE CAN START INCORPORATING INTO OUR APPLIANCES BY ACTUALLY USING THEM IN EXERCISES. MORNING SYSTEMS. NEXT ONE. SO THE CITY OF DENTON USED TO HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED CODE RED.

IS EVERYBODY FAMILIAR WITH THAT OR THIS? SOUND FAMILIAR? WELL, LAST YEAR WE SWITCHED SYSTEMS AND NOW IT'S CALLED ALERT.

IT WORKS THE SAME WAY.

BASICALLY, YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE, YOU REGISTER, YOU CAN PUT YOUR YOU PUT A PHONE NUMBER AND THEN YOU SELECT. DO YOU WANT TO BE NOTIFIED BY PHONE CALL? YOU WANT TO BE NOTIFIED BY TEXT OR I THINK THERE'S EVEN AN EMAIL FUNCTION AND THEN THERE'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT HAZARDS AND YOU CHECK WHICH ONES YOU WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED OR NOTIFIED FOR. AND THEN WHENEVER THERE'S A NOTIFICATION, SO, SO SAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COMING IN THE SYSTEM, THE SYSTEM IS COORDINATED WITH OUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SO IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY ISSUE AN ALERT AND YOU'LL GET AN ALERT ON YOUR PHONE.

AND IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING.

SO MY PHONE WILL RING FIRST AND IF I DON'T ANSWER IT, THEN I GET A TEXT.

IF I DON'T ANSWER IT UNLESS A TEXT, THEN I GET AN EMAIL SO YOU CAN SET IT UP ON HOW YOU WANT TO BE NOTIFIED.

AND IT'S KIND OF FUNNY BECAUSE THE LAST FEW WEEKS WITH ALL THE WINTER WEATHER AT 3:30 A.M., I GET A TEXT EVERY DAY, EVERY MORNING TO LET ME KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, A WARNING WAS ISSUED OR ADVISORY.

AND THEN THE NEXT DAY I GET A BUNCH OF CALLS AT THE OFFICE FROM PEOPLE SAYING, YOUR ALERT SYSTEM WAKING ME UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

BUT BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SET PARAMETERS FOR THAT.

SO YOU CAN GO ON THERE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, QUIET HOURS, DON'T WAKE ME.

YOU DON'T NOTIFY ME BETWEEN TEN AND SIX.

YOU KNOW, YOU YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.

UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T DO THAT ON MY END.

BUT WHEN YOU SET UP, YOU CAN DO THAT.

SO SO WE REALLY WANT TO PROMOTE ALERT RIGHT NOW.

I HAVE 118,000 PHONE NUMBERS IN THE SYSTEM.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN I HAVE 118,000 PEOPLE BECAUSE THERE'S MULTIPLE PEOPLE THAT THEY PUT THEIR WORK PHONE, THEY PUT THE PERSONAL PHONE.

YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO LIVE IN THE CITY.

YOU KNOW, YOU COULD YOU COULD LIVE ON THE ISLAND.

MAYBE YOU WORK IN THE CITY, BUT YOU LIVE IN FRISCO OR OKCOIN.

SO YOU CAN STILL REGISTER, YOU STILL GET OUR ALERTS.

BUT BUT ALL THE ALERTS ARE SPECIFIC TO THE CITY.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO, TO TO ADVERTISE.

WE REALLY NEED A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAN, YOU KNOW, THE POPULATION OF THE CITY IS MORE THAN

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118. RIGHT. SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO GET THAT.

ALSO RECOMMEND TO YOU THAT IF YOU HAVE FAMILY THAT LIVES IN THE CITY, MAYBE YOUR PARENTS LIVE HERE OR YOU KNOW YOU LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT YOU WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON WHAT'S GOING ON, SIGN UP FOR THE ALERTS.

THAT WAY YOU GET NOTIFIED AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GIVE MOM A CALL AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT YOU GOT SOME SEVERE WEATHER COMING THROUGH.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALSO ENCOURAGE AS WELL.

OF COURSE, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PARTNERS THAT WE WORK WITH.

WE WERE HEAVILY WOODED IN COUNTY.

DENTON COUNTY HAS OUR OWN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

WE WORK WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS AND OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS WITH FEMA.

WE HAVE MEETINGS, WE EXERCISE, WE HAVE WORKING GROUPS.

SO WE TRY TO MAKE IT ALL COMMUNITY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS CERTAIN NUMBER OF RESOURCES, BUT THE COUNTY HAS MORE RESOURCES.

AND IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, IT EVEN HAS MORE.

SO THAT'S PART OF MY JOB, IS TO KNOW WHERE ALL THE RESOURCES ARE.

SO WHEN WE NEED THEM, I CAN COORDINATE AND GET THOSE TO US.

SO ONE OF THE BIG PROGRAMS THAT I'M REALLY HOPING THAT YOU ALL HAVE HEARD OF BEFORE IS CALLED STEER.

IT'S THE TEXAS STATE OF TEXAS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE REGISTRY.

SO THIS IS A REGISTRY THAT IS RUN BY THE STATE.

AND YOU CAN PEOPLE CAN REGISTER FOR THE SYSTEM IF IF YOU NEED HELP WITH IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, ACCESS TO FUNCTIONAL NEEDS, LIMITED MOBILITY, COMMUNICATION.

THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CRITERIA, BUT YOU GO AND YOU REGISTER AND IT GOES INTO A SYSTEM AND THIS IS PRIVATE AND PRIVATE INFORMATION.

IT DOESN'T GET SENT TO TO OTHER PEOPLE.

BUT WHAT I CAN DO IS I CAN GO INTO THE SYSTEM AND PULL UP THE CITY OF DENTON AND I CAN GET ADDRESSES AND I CAN KNOW WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE REGISTERED ARE IN THE CITY.

SO WHEN I START PLANNING, I KNOW, OKAY, WELL, THIS PART OF THE CITY, I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT THEY NEED TRANSPORTATION.

AND THIS PART OF CITY I, YOU KNOW, I CAN LETS ME PLAN OR IF THERE'S A TORNADO OR THERE'S A FLOOD, I CAN PULL UP THAT MAP AND SEE WHERE THE PROBLEM IS AND THEN THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE REGISTERED. NOW, IT DOES NOT GUARANTEE ASSISTANCE.

I WANT TO SAY THAT IT IS NOT GUARANTEE ASSISTANCE, BUT IT GIVES US A REALLY GOOD IDEA OF WHERE ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED.

SO THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT, AGAIN, WE REALLY WANT TO START PROMOTING BECAUSE IT DOES NOT GET UTILIZED AS MUCH AS IT SHOULD.

BUT IT'S A REALLY GOOD IT'S A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM.

AND REGISTRATION IS VOLUNTARY.

NOW, THE ONLY KIND OF HICCUP TO IS, IS THAT YOU HAVE TO REGISTER EVERY YEAR.

IT STAYS IN THERE FOR A YEAR AND THEN IT GETS DROPPED AND YOU GOT TO REGISTER AGAIN.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO PLAN, YOU KNOW, LIKE EVERY SEPTEMBER IS PREPAREDNESS MONTH, 9/11 PREPAREDNESS MONTH. SO MAYBE LIKE EVERY SEPTEMBER, THAT'S WHEN WE PUSH FOR FOR PEOPLE TO SIGN UP. AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR COME AROUND, YOU KNOW, WE PUSH IT AGAIN BECAUSE THAT'LL BE YEAR, 12 MONTHS, AND THEN YOU NEED TO REGISTER AGAIN.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PUSH THIS UPCOMING YEAR.

LIKE I SAID, HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION, WE USE IT FOR PLANNING, WE USE IT FOR MAPPING.

IT HELPS COORDINATE SOME OF OUR RESOURCES IF WE KNOW WHERE THERE'S NEEDS IN THE CITY.

AND THEN IT HELPS US AS WE WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS AS WELL.

WE REALLY DO WANT TO FORM A GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH SOME OF OUR AGENCIES IN A COMMUNITY.

HOME HEALTH FOR MEALS ON WHEELS, NURSING HOMES, HOSPICE, DIALYSIS AND IN OUR SCHOOLS AS WELL. AND I'VE COVERED THAT.

SO ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER? YES. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC SHELTERS OR HOW DO YOU FIND OUT WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED? SO I HAVE I KIND OF HAVE PRE IDENTIFIED LOCATIONS AND THE SHELTER HAS TO GIVE HAS TO GIVE ME A BIG OPEN SPACE AT THAT ACCESS TO RESTROOMS, ACCESS TO WATER.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CERTAIN CRITERIA AND THOSE ARE IN OUR PLANS AND THEY'RE ACTIVATED BASED ON WHERE THE EMERGENCY OCCURS AND IN HOW MANY PEOPLE I NEED TO SHELTER.

SO SO BASICALLY, IF IT'S A REALLY BIG EMERGENCY, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT TRY TO LIKE THE CIVIC CENTER OR WE MAY ASK YOU AND T FOR USE OF THE COLISEUM.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WE NEED TO EVACUATE.

AND ONCE IT ONCE THAT IS ESTABLISHED, THEN, OF COURSE, WE WE PUBLISH THAT INFORMATION.

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YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HEAR HEAR THROUGH OUR PIO.

YOU'LL HEAR IT THROUGH THE RADIO OR NEWS.

YOU KNOW, WE WILL WE WILL GET IT OUT THERE WHERE THOSE THOSE SHELTERS ARE AT.

AND THEN PLUS, ALL OF OUR RESPONDERS WILL KNOW BECAUSE THEY'LL BE HELPING MOVE PEOPLE TO THOSE LOCATIONS AS WELL.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD ALSO BE PUT THROUGH MAYBE THE ALERT NOTIFICATIONS FOR THINGS LIKE FOR WINTER STORM AND THINGS LIKE THAT OR YOU DON'T THINK THAT'S.

SO WE'VE ALERTED DANCING IT IT IS ACTUALLY IT'S A REALLY ROBUST PROGRAM.

SO I CAN PULL UP A MAP OF EVERYBODY THAT'S REGISTERED AND DRAW A CIRCLE AROUND A CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD. AND IT WILL IT WILL ONLY NOTIFY THOSE PEOPLE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO, YEAH, I COULD SEE THAT BEING USED FOR FOR SHELTERS WHERE IF IT'S A CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD, CERTAIN PART OF TOWN, WE CAN JUST NOTIFY THOSE DIRECTLY.

IT DOES HAVE THAT ABILITY.

SO THESE ARE NOT PUBLIC SHELTERS, BUT YES, THEY ARE PUBLIC BECAUSE ANYBODY CAN GO TO THEM. THEY'RE EMERGENCY WORKERS.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE OUR DAILY BREAD OR ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY SHELTERS.

IT'S AN EMERGENCY SHELTER.

FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE LAST TWO WINTER STORMS, WE HAD A 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SHELTER AT MOCK REC CENTER. AND SO WE PUBLICIZE THAT.

AND IN THAT KIND OF THING, I THINK I AM THINKING BACK TO WHEN I WAS A CHILD IN ANY TIME THERE WERE TORNADOES IN THE AREA.

OH, NO, NO. SO IT'S NOT THAT KIND OF SHELTER NOW.

OUR SHELTERS ARE MAINLY FOR EVACUATIONS.

YOU KNOW, EITHER A NEIGHBORHOOD IS FLOODED, A NEIGHBORHOOD GOT HIT BY A TORNADO.

THOSE THE HOUSES ARE GONE.

SO WE ARE PROVIDING A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO, HAVE TO BE INDOORS, GET FOOD.

KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.

THEY CAN SLEEP THERE.

BUT IT'S TEMPORARY.

IT'S TEMPORARY. IT'S NOT EMERGENCY SHELTERS.

I'M SORRY. AS FAR AS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, GETTING IN YOUR BASEMENT AND THAT KIND OF THING.

I WAS KIND OF THINKING LIKE DONNA TO THAT'S THE FIRST THING.

I'M SORRY. THERE'S A TORNADO WARNING AND THEY SAY, WHERE DO YOU GO? I'M LIKE, BATHTUB.

I DON'T KNOW. NOW, THESE ARE THESE ARE THESE ARE EVACUATION SHELTERS.

THESE ARE. SO A GOOD EXAMPLE IS EVERY EVERY SUMMER WHEN THERE'S HURRICANES ON THE COAST, A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE EVACUATE AND THEY GO TO PUBLIC GENERAL PUBLIC SHELTERS AND THEY STAY THERE THE FEW DAYS THE STORM PASSES.

THEN THEY HIT BACK TO COPE SOMETIMES AND COBAS WAS USED SEVERAL.

NOW FEMA HAS MOVED TO THE MODEL WHERE WE JUST PUT PEOPLE IN HOTELS.

NOW IT'S IT'S EASIER.

MORE PEOPLE WILL GO BECAUSE THEY GET TO AGAIN.

NOBODY WANTS PEOPLE SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO STAY IN A BIG ARENA WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

SO THE SHELTER, MASS SHELTERS ARE KIND OF GOING AWAY, BUT IN AN EMERGENCY THAT WE CAN GET ACCESS TO THAT PRETTY FAST.

SO I KNOW YOU'RE FINE.

WELL, I JUST HAD KIND OF A JUST A QUICK QUESTION HERE.

FIRST OFF, CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO US.

AND SO FOR THE EMERGENCY PLANS, FOR EXAMPLE, POWER OUTAGES, ETC., AND PEOPLE REGISTER THEIR NEEDS, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING WHERE MAYBE SOMEBODY THAT HAS MEDICAL AND MEDICAL MACHINERY. RIGHT. WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO A GENERATOR OR SOMETHING WHERE THEY COULD KEEP THEIR MACHINERY ON OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? NO, IT IS IT REALLY WHAT IT WAS USED FOR? IT'S GIVING US AN IDEA OF WHAT RESOURCES ARE NEEDED.

SO IF THEY HAD ACCESS TO TO IF THEY NEEDED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE CHARGED AND POWER, THEN IF WE'RE MOVING PEOPLE TO A LOCATION, A SHELTER, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT, HEY, I KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO NEED X AMOUNT OF THIS THERE.

SO IT'S REALLY MORE FOR A PLANNING.

PLANNING USUALLY IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY.

CHANCES ARE WE DON'T WANT YOU TO STAY AT THAT LOCATION, SO WE WON'T BRING YOU SOMETHING THERE. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU SOMEWHERE WHERE THE RESOURCE IS IF YOU CHOOSE TO GO.

AND. THAT'S ALL.

QUESTION THANK YOU. SO.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION IN YOUR PERSONAL CURIOSITY.

YES. WHEN THE ALERT SYSTEM COMES ON TEXT OR PHONE, IT ASKS YOU TO INDICATE THAT YOU RECEIVE THAT MESSAGE.

WHAT'S THE INITIATIVE BEHIND THAT? SO IF YOU IF YOU DON'T.

SO THE FIRST FOR ME, THE FIRST CHOICE IS IS A PHONE CALL.

IF IF I DON'T IF I CLICK, YES, THAT I RECEIVE IT, THEN IT STOPS THERE.

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IF I DON'T CLICK, YES, THEN IT MOVES TO MY TEXT AND THEN I'LL GET THE TEXT AS WELL.

SO IF TEXT WAS YOUR PRIMARY, IF YOU CLICK ACCEPT OR I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU WON'T GET THE PHONE CALL, IT JUST STOPS THE CHANGE THAT THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT IS.

NOW, THE OTHER THING TOO IS ON MY END, I GET A REPORT AND IT'LL TELL ME, YOU KNOW, WE MADE 100,000 CALLS AND 20,000 PEOPLE ACKNOWLEDGED.

SO AT LEAST I KNOW IF MY BOSS ASKED ME.

WELL, HOW MANY PEOPLE ACKNOWLEDGED? 20,000 PEOPLE THAT GOT IT.

THE OTHERS PROBABLY GOT IT TO YOU.

THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE ME WERE, YOU KNOW, I JUST LET IT GO AND I'LL READ IT AFTER. BUT I DON'T I DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE IT.

BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.

IT STOPS IT FROM GOING DOWN THE CHAIN BECAUSE I THINK EVEN MY OFFICE PHONE IS ON THE LIST. SO IT'LL GO TO MY OFFICE OR MY OFFICE WHEN WE'RE WAITING TO, YOU KNOW.

AND I KNOW BECAUSE THE NEXT MORNING I HAVE A VOICEMAIL FROM FROM FROM ALERT AND.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M GOING TO LEAVE THESE BOOKS UP HERE.

SO IF YOU WANT TO TAKE ONE ON YOUR WAY OUT, I HAVE ENGLISH AND SPANISH, SO THOSE ARE GREAT. THANK YOU.

I LOVE THE.

[D. Staff Update Memo 1. New Member 2. Take Me Home Program 3. CIRT Program 4. Status of All-Way Crosswalk 5. ADA Transition Plan 6. Closed Captioning for Public Meetings 7. Federal Grants for Generators 8. Solid Waste Services Assistance Program]

AND SO THIS MEMO JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS SOME THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED AND ASKED ABOUT BY THE COMMITTEE IN THE PAST.

I'M JUST GOING TO RUN THROUGH THIS.

THE THE MEMO ITSELF IS IN THE BACKUP.

IF YOU WANTED TO READ IT, YOU COULD DEFINITELY CLICK THROUGH TO THAT.

BUT THESE ARE MEANT TO JUST BE QUICK UPDATES AND THEN SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE KIND OF AT THE END THAT YOU WOULD LIKE A FUTURE UPDATE ON.

SO FIRST THING ON HERE IS OUR NEW COMMITTEE MEMBER.

ANA, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WELCOME TO THIS COMMITTEE AND TO SERVING THE CITY OF SYDNEY.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

NEXT UP IS A TAKE ME HOME PROGRAM.

JUST IN CASE YOU'RE NOT AWARE, IT'S A FREE PROGRAM WHERE PEOPLE CAN REGISTER AND THEN THE RESPONDING AGENCY WOULD KIND OF BE AWARE OF WHAT NEEDS MIGHT BE THERE.

TO DATE, THERE ARE 72 ENROLLED INDIVIDUALS.