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CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT: CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE
FEBRUARY 13, 2006 CMR: 149:06
APPOINTMENT OF EMERGENCY STANDBY COUNCIL MEMBERS
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the selection of the 2006 Emergency Standby
Council.
BACKGROUND
Staff proposed a policy and procedure for appointing members to the City’s Emergency Standby
Council. This issue was reviewed at the Policy and Services Committee on three occasions in
2005. The Committee has made a number of recommendations which have been incorporated
into draft amendments to Section 2.12.090 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code. The proposed
ordinance amendments are scheduled to be discussed at the March 14 Policy and Services
Committee meeting.
Following review by the Policy and Services Committee, revisions to the ordinance will be
forwarded to the City Council. The ordinance adoption process takes a minimum of 45 days.
Should Policy and Services recommend additional changes, the ordinance adoption could stretch
to two to three months. Thus, staff is recommending that the appointments be made at this time
in order to have the Emergency Standby Council in place immediately.
DISCUSSION
The Palo Alto Municipal Code (Section 2.12.090) grants the authority for the existence of an
Emergency Standby Council to "provide for the continuance of the legislative and executive
departments of the City in the event of a disaster." Per the methodology tentatively ageed upon
by members of the Policy and Services Committee, members of the Emergency Standby Council
were chosen in order of most recent departure from the City Council along with a stated interest
to serve.
The 2006 Emergency Standby Council shall be comprised of the following former Council
Members:
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Jim Burch
Hillary Freeman
Victor Ojakian
GalT Fazzino
Eanie Wheeler
Emily Renzel
Gail Woolley
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
The selection of the Emergency Standby Council is consistent with existing City- policy.
PREPARED BY:
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
Chris Mogensen, ~-A~sistant to the CitT Manager
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