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Mayor Hosterman said the City has disaster plans in place and in addition, Council recently approved a LEAP Program. She pointed out that the City has an active police and fire department that are engaged in disaster readiness for the entire community. Mr. Fialho said the City has a disaster preparedness program and plan. Staff participates in simulated exercises twice a year, which involves the cities of Livermore and Pleasanton. The events staff is responding to range from earthquakes to terrorist events. In an emergency, the localities are on their own the first 48 hours in trying to deal with the situation, which the City is aware of and tries its best to coordinate with surrounding jurisdictions to ensure that the appropriate emergency personnel are on the ground to react. Mayor Hosterman asked staff to share the City's Disaster Preparedness Program with the community in the near future. Ms. McGovern suggested utilizing Channel 30 to feature a program on disaster preparedness. Mr. Sullivan suggested agendizing the City's Disaster Preparedness Program at a future meeting, which would allow the community to participate and ask questions. It was moved by Mr. Sullivan, seconded by Ms. McGovern, to allocate disaster relief funds in the amount of $20,000 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund to provide immediate assistance to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Mr. Sullivan pointed out that for the long term, there may be other needs that the City with the resources it has could possibly help. He wondered how this could be addressed? Mr. Fialho believed the City needed to see what occurs over the next several weeks in terms of identifying what are the particular needs. Currently, it is clear that cities affected by Hurricane Katrina are in the relief mode and the most important step the City can take is to provide the financial resources to get the job done. Mr. Thorne pointed out that in the instance of an emergency, individual households need to be provided information on what to do. The roll call vote was taken as follows: AYES: Councilmembers - Brozosky, McGovern, Sullivan, Thorne, and Mayor Hosterman NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAINED: None 6c (SR 05:145) Jim Wolfe, Director of Parks and Community Services, presented the staff report. Mr. Fialho noted that what distinguishes this differently from a typical school site is the size of the facility which leaves more of a community park atmosphere in the Donlon area and is used by the community extensively as open space. The organized sports teams in Pleasanton, Pleasanton City Council 10 09/06/05 Minutes