2013-57 CERSC Minutes September 24 2013

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Communication No. 2013 -57 PCDP Subcommittee on Connectivity and Emergency Response Meeting — September 24, 2013 Keaau Community Center MINUTES Call to Order: 5:40 p.m. In attendance: Stephanie Bath, Hannah Hedrick, Jerry Reiss, Sharon Daun, Patti Pinto, Farris Etterlee, Marlene Hapai, Chair Approval of Minutes as Circulated Old Business: Report on Puna Regional Emergency Preparedness Fair held 8/31/13 from 9:00 a.m. through 3:00 p.m. at Keaau High School Overall Goals of PCDP Subcommittee on Connectivity and Emergency Response (approved by Action Committee 2/12/13): • Highest priority to promote health and safety: Establish a series of connectivity locations between Puna subdivisions and surrounding areas • Desired Outcome: Identify and develop a combination of road connections of various types, agreeable to residents that enable safe, indirect, calm passage, as well as provide more efficient access for emergency traffic Action Plan Objectives: • To collaborate with Civil Defense • To create a "Community Presentation" including an "Emergency Response Mapping Make and Take" • To create a packet of "tools" to explore connectivity locations and emergency routes • To schedule community presentations to acquire feedback for other presentations and a potential emergency preparedness fair Actions Taken to Achieve Objectives: • Partnership developed between Hawaii County Civil Defense and Subcommittee, co- sponsored PREP Fair; engaged FEMA and its non- profit arm, Volunteer Organizations Assisting in Disasters to act as 501- (c)(3) for receiving monetary and in -kind donations; served as financial partner for processing County of Hawaii funding. • June 30, 2013 — HPP — Overall PREP Fair, Emergency Preparedness and E- mapping presentation; July 13th and August 3rd — two E- Mapping training workshops held at Keaau Community Center — trained 55 volunteers on doing E- Mapping for PREP Fair — large maps and smaller "make and take" maps presented and revised at each presentation and workshop to be ready for major sharing and input at PREP Fair. Input regarding connectivity locations providing