Tuesday, June 9, 1998 l 101 8th Street, l MetroCenter Auditorium l Oakland
8:00 am until 4:30 pm
El Niño predictions were for winter precipitation systems in the Bay Area and Central California of 150-200% of normal. Local residents experienced stream channel and coastal flooding, hillside landsliding, increased hillside erosion, and coastal landsliding and erosion. Hundreds of homes were destroyed or made uninhabitable. Dozens of roads and highways were closed. People lost trees, cars, pets, and personal belongings.
How did we do responding to the challenges? Were we prepared?
8:00 am REGISTRATION
8:30 am WELCOME
Eugene Leong, Executive Director,
Association of Bay Area Governments
8:40 am THE WEATHER
"Was the Rainfall More or Less Than Projections?"
Norman Hoffman, National Weather Service
9:10 am STATE RESPONSE
"Dealing with a Disaster Forecast"
Richard Eisner, Regional Administrator, Coastal Region, Governor’s Office of Emergency Services
9:30 am HILLSIDES AND THE COAST
"Assessment of Existing Hazard Maps for Landslides and Coastal Erosion"
David Howell, U.S. Geological Survey
Monty Hampton, U.S. Geological Survey
10:10 am BREAK
10:20 am HILLSIDES AND THE COAST (cont.)
"State Perspective on Landslide Hazard Mapping"
James Davis, Calif. Div. of Mines and Geology
"Emergency Landslide Response"
Trinda Bedrossian, Calif. Div. of Mines and Geology
11:00 am HILLSIDE MITIGATION
"Role of Geotechnical Consultants in Assessing Safety of Homes and Roads"
Bill Cotton – Cotton, Shires and Associates
Alan Kropp – Alan Kropp & Associates
11:40 am FLOODING
"Flood Plain Management and Mapping – Issues of Accuracy and Community Effectiveness"
Raymond Lenaburg – Federal Emergency Management Agency
NOON – 1:00 LUNCHEON
"Liability Claims Made During El Niño"
Albert Fierro, V.P., ABAG PLAN Corp.
1:10 pm LOCAL GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO THE FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES
"Broken Sewers, Felled Trees and Condemned Homes in an Urban Setting"
Patrick Keilch, Deputy Director of Public Works, City of Berkeley
"When and How to Evacuate Homes Before The Waves Knock Them Down"
Larry Beaver, Deputy Director of Public Works, City of Pacifica
"Rio Nido: Lessons on Condemned Homes"
Sandy Covall, Sonoma County OES
2:10 pm OTHER AGENCY RESPONSE
"Responding to Pollution Caused by Flooding"
Miles Young, State Fish and Game
"Networks for Vulnerable Populations and How Responders Can Best Work with Them"
Jim Aldrich, The VOICE Project
"American Red Cross Disaster Relief Operations"
James Godfrey, American Red Cross
3:10 pm BREAK
3:30 pm ROUNDTABLE – PARTNERSHIPS AND INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE OUR RESPONSES TO THE NEXT EL NIÑO
"Measure A — Having Community Backing to Protect Against Floods"
Paul Battisti, Former Supervisor, Napa County
"Property Owners Responsibility to Prevent Flooding"
Tony Coe, City Engineer, City of Lafayette
"Business-Government Partnerships to Respond to Emergencies"
Denise Barndt, Coopers & Lybrand
4:30 pm ADJOURNMENT
Registration is limited. Please register early to ensure you will be able to attend. Cost is $70 ($55 for member local governments) including materials and lunch.
The first 30 persons registering will receive a parking pass to the ABAG employee parking lot. All others will receive directions to local commercial parking lots.
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