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ACTION SUMMARY
SPECIAL BOARD WORKSHOP MEETING
May 12, 2001 - 9:00 a.m.
Administration Building
2101 Hurley Way, Sacramento, CA
1. CALL TO ORDER
President Horel called the meeting to order. Board Members Present:
Goold, Horel, Jones, Stewart, Trujillo, Valley, Vanderveen. Directors
Engellenner and Granados, absent.
Staff present: Fire Chief Martinez, Board Clerk Tilson, General Counsel
Price, Deputy Chief Raddigan, Deputy Chief Ritter, Chief's Secretary
Safford, Assistant Chief Simcoe, Assistant Chief Plessas, Assistant Chief
Hartley, Assistant Chief Dobson, Battalion Chief Haverty.
2. PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST WITHIN
DISTRICT JURISDICTION INCLUDING ITEMS ON OR NOT ON AGENDA: None
3. SCHEDULING REGIONAL BOARD MEETINGS-(Martinez)
Regular Board meetings have been conducted regionally in the past to
stimulate community involvement; recommend continuation with around four
meetings annually.
Discussion
§ City of Citrus Heights and Rancho Cordova suggested as areas of
community outreach.
§ Focal point should be service to communities within our
jurisdictional boundaries.
§ Publish news articles in community newspapers, area newsletters, and
City "Neighbors" sections to notice meetings in a specific area.
§ Agenda for regional meetings to focus on topics of specific interest
to the individual community
§ For information, there are plans to retrofit the Board Room for live
cable casting
§ Develop a long-term plan with a calendar of annual meetings in areas
such as Citrus Heights and link that network back to the
"Neighbors" publications
§ Selection of proper facilities for regional meetings is important
§ Issue for the Policy Committee-staff to study further.
· Board Action:
General consensus in favor of conducting Regional Meetings; staff to bring
back a recommendation to the Board.
4. STATION MASTER PLAN-(Martinez)
Presentation received:
§ Station location is only one element of a Station Master Plan and we
are not close to completing a Master Plan. In the past, there was
discussion regarding a consultant to develop the Master Plan but that may
not be necessary because we have the capacity to develop the first draft.
The communities will drive a Station Master Plan.
§ Base parameters on surface delivery methods-no intent to reduce
staffing, just relocate for more effective delivery
§ New NFPA 1710 (recommendation for fire responses) probably will be
adopted in May in Anaheim-90% of the Agencies will be unable to adhere to
it and we will be one of them because it is not routed in a realistic
approach, but it will be used as a guideline in setting procedures.
PowerPoint presentation by Chiefs Ritter, Raddigan, and Haverty,
respectively, on the three parts of the Facility Master Plan:
- Infrastructure-used to provide information to the decision making
process by evaluating fire station condition, developing fire station
design, and property procurement
- Deployment-Standards of Cover which is a process of measuring
capabilities for determining a deployment strategy
- Process-involves administrative planning--rationale for careful
planning of fire stations in correlation with what we are trying to
accomplish, response capabilities and performance criteria, rate hazard
zones within the jurisdiction, resource distribution and concentration,
future growth as it relates to response needs
· Socioeconomic influences are reflected in the call volume
Discussion
§ Fire stations to be built to fit fire service needs versus
dual-purpose fire stations
§ Make a decision to start building at least two fire stations this
coming fiscal year and not wait for the Master Plan or any other
component-avoid financial disaster of an oversize three bay, double-deep,
two acre site station.
- Station design can be scaled down to any size designated by the Board
while still maintaining the essential concept
- Develop a standard station plan design
§ Discussion on automatic/mutual aid by the Policy Committee actually
lends itself to the issue of annexation/spheres of influence policy to be
adopted by the Board.
§ Policy needed on financial issues to be addressed such as, financing
versus reserving the cash and using Operating Revenue to pay for Debt
Service for station construction.
- Finance Committee to work with staff on finance options with a report
back to the Board for the budget process
§ Station design to accommodate both genders, call volume, response
time, urban development along Highway 50 Corridor-all to be taken into
careful consideration in the configuration of new stations
§ In the future, closure of stations to be data driven
§ Access to electronic or CD copies of the project requested by
members of the Board
§ Marketing elements to be built into the new Plan for reinforcement
by the community
WORKING LUNCH: 11:45 AM
Staff Action:
§ Recommendation on where we need to construct or reconstruct fire
stations-Item included in the September 30 Final Budget
§ Report by staff on timelines/milestones, design standards, finance
strategy to be brought back to the Board.
§ Master Plan for submittal within 90 - 120 days
- Outline of Project Plan to be submitted to the Board in the interim
period to show the direction the District is heading
· Board Action:
General consensus in support of the staff timeline for development of the
Plan within 90 - 120 days.
5. BOARD COMMENTS
President Horel and Board members thanked the staff for their work and
presentation.
6. ADJOURNMENT: Meeting adjourned at 1:05 p.m.
Charles A. Horel, President Gay Jones, Secretary
Charlotte Tilson, Board Clerk
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