Association of Bay Area Governments -

Fall 1999 General Assembly

Living On Shaky Ground -  Lessons of Loma Prieta

Thursday, October 14, 1999 - Oakland Marriott City Center

7:30 am     Registration & Continental breakfast   (Courtesy of BART and FannieMae)

8:30 am    Welcome/Opening Remarks

                        Mary King - Supervisor, Alameda County and ABAG President

8:35 am    The Damage Done - Looking Back at Loma Prieta

                        A video from the Governor's Office of Emergency Services

8:40 am    Forecasting the Bay Area's Next Big Quakes

                        Dr. David Schwartz - Chief, San Francisco Bay Area Earthquake Hazards Project,
                        United States Geological Survey

9:05 am    Earthquake Loss Estimation

                        Jim Davis - State Geologist,  Division of Mines and Geology (CA Dept. of Conservation)

9:20 am     How Bad Can It Be? - Earthquake Impacts Around the Bay

                        Jeanne Perkins - Earthquake Program Manager, ABAG
 

9:40 am    Landslides and Liquefaction - Earthquake Hazard Mapping

                        Ted Smith - Outreach Director, Division of Mines and Geology (CA Dept. of Conservation)

10:00 am   BREAK - Sponsored by East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD)

10:15 am   Building a Lifeline - Successes and Challenges

                 • William Savage - Seismologist, Geosciences Department, Pacific Gas & Electric

                       • John Coleman - President of the Board, EBMUD

                       • Scott Grago - Director of Emergency Preparedness, Pacific Bell

                       • Jose Medina - Director, CA Department of Transportation

                       • Dan Richard - President of the Board, BART

Moderator:   Mark DeSaulnier - Supervisor, Contra Costa County

11:30 am    Reception - Earthquake Safety and Preparedness Displays

Noon           Lunch

1:00 pm       Luncheon Keynote Address

Introduction:    Dr. Charles Groat - Director, United States Geological Survey

                    Bruce Babbitt - Secretary of the Interior - invited

1:30 pm       Disaster Resistant Communities - Learning from FEMA's Project Impact

                    • Shirley Dean - Mayor, City of Berkeley

                           • Nicholas Jewell - Vice Provost, UC Berkeley

                           • Nancy Nadel - Councilmember,  City of Oakland

                           • Mike Rippey - Supervisor, County of Napa

Moderator:       Mike Armstrong - Associate Director for Mitigation, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

2:15 pm       Living on Shaky Ground - The Post-Quake Housing Crisis

                       [ABAG video: Living on Shaky Ground]

                            • Harold Brooks - CEO, American Red Cross (Bay Area Chapter)

                            • Dr. Mary Comerio - Professor, UC Berkeley and author of Disaster Hits Home

                            • Richard Eisner - Director of Coastal Region, Governor's Office of Emergency Services

                            • Linda Maio - Councilmember, City of Berkeley

Moderator:         Rosemary Corbin - Mayor, City of Richmond

3:00 pm         Break

3:15 pm         The Capitol Connection - Taking Action in the Legislature/Incentives for
                      Earthquake Safety

                              • Assemblymember Ellen Corbett - 18th Assembly District (San Leandro)

                              • Pat Snyder - Chair, Seismic Safety Commission

Moderator:          Mary King - Supervisor, Alameda County and ABAG President

3:45 pm         Closing - Doris Morse - Mayor,City of Millbrae and ABAG Vice President