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premises and until the facilities have been inspected for structural stability. Inspection may be the responsibility of the State Architect's Office, as it is believed the City has no authority to certify school buildings as safe. Charles Telehala reported that the American Red Cross could be arriving as quickly as within an hour or two with resources for a localized emergency. A regional emergency will be a greater drain on their supplies and personnel, so activation of shelters will take longer in that scenario. The Disaster Council agreed to have a sub -group made up of City, School District and Red Cross staff meet separately to expand on this discussion and share contact information for all involved agencies for disaster plans. A report will be made at the next Disaster Council meeting. Mayor Cassidy asked that the City be given copies of emergency response plans from the School Districts and offered that the City will share its plan once completed. 4. Discussion Regarding May Count -wide Exercise Kathy Ornelas reported that, on May 24, Alameda County Office of Homeland Security and Alameda County Public Health Department will be coordinating an exercise for all agencies in the county wishing to participate. It will test agency organizational skills and communications with County resources. San Leandro will participate with an EOC tabletop exercise and a review of departmental Continuity of Operations Plans. On May 25, at the Oakland - Alameda County Coliseum, the County will be holding a training opportunity for public agencies and first responders, demonstrating some of the equipment and resources the Public Health Department has been able to obtain for disaster response, particularly for pandemic events. On May 26, also at the Oakland - Alameda County Coliseum, a Public Emergency Preparedness Fair will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. with information, demonstrations, presentations, and equipment displays. Staff will help publicize this to San Leandro groups when County organizers begin their public announcement of this event. 5. Discussion Regarding Future Meeting Topics and Schedules The group offered a variety of topics to be placed on future agendas, including: what resources are available from public safety agencies and how they will be deployed following an emergency; how schools have prepared and what their evacuation plans are; models for community preparedness and awareness; how people get news and the use of technology; sustainability of City services and use of resources. The group agreed to meet on a quarterly basis, with the next meeting to be held on Friday, July 15. The presentation at that meeting will likely be a report from the East Bay Municipal Utilities District on the stability of local dams and inundation expectations should one or both dams fail. 2