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TRANSPORTATION EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN Prepared by Claris Strategy Terra Firma Enterprises CPARS Consulting December 17, 2020 WARNING: FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Information contained in this document is exempt from FOIA (Exemption 2). Any authorized individual who knowingly or recklessly divulges information from this document may Be imprisoned for one year, fined or Both. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This final plan generously funded by the California Department of Transportation Adaptation Planning Grant Program. We would like to thank the Advisory Committee for their participation, feedback and time contributed throughout the process. We would also like to thank the stakeholders, transit riders and public who participated in the outreach survey. Finally, we like to thank all community members of Santa Barbara ad Ventura Counties. iii | Transportation Emergency Preparedness Plan | December 17, 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 SECTION ONE: INTRODUCTION 3 1.1 Foreword 3 1.2 How to use the TEPP 3 1.3 Planning Assumptions and Considerations 4 1.4 Purpose 4 1.5 Objectives 5 1.6 Scope and Applicability 5 1.7 Authorities, Requirements and Regulations 5 1.8 Approval and Promulgation 6 1.9 Maintenance of Plan 6 1.10 Public Awareness and Education 6 1.11 ADA Considerations 7 1.12 Training, Exercises and Improvement Plan 7 1.13 Distribution List / Department and Agency Concurrence 7 2.0 SECTION TWO: SANTA BARBARA AND VENTURA COUNTIES OVERVIEW 11 2.1 Transportation Infrastructure for Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties 13 2.2 Vulnerable Populations 24 2.3 Threat Summaries 26 2.4 Prioritization of Threats That May Impact Transportation 37 3.0 SECTION THREE: CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS 41 3.1 Organization 41 3.2 Activation Procedures 48 3.3 Communications 55 3.4 Facilities 56 4.0 SECTION FOUR: ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 59 4.1 Local and Regional Government Agencies 59 4.2 State Agencies 62 4.3 Federal Government 63 4.4 Multi-Agency Coordination 64 4.5 Business Stakeholders 65 4.6 Community Stakeholders 65 4.7 VCTC/SBCAG Roles during County/OA EOC Activations 67 5.0 SECTION FIVE: RESPONSE OPERATIONS 75 5.1 VCTC/SBCAG Response Operations 75 5.2 Bi-County Response Operations 76 5.3 Activation (Level 1, 2, and 3) 76 5.4 Bi-County Decision-Making 77 5.5 Requesting Bi-County Transportation Resources 78 5.6 Mutual Aid 79 5.7 Bi-County Response Communications 79 | iv 5.8 County/Operational Area EOCs Incident and Transportation Priorities 80 5.9 Evacuations 82 5.10 Alternatives to Traditional Modes of Transportation when not Available 87 6.0 SECTION SIX: MUTUAL AID/MUTUAL ASSISTANCE/MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING 91 6.1 Local Mutual Aid/Mutual Assistance 92 6.2 Memorandums of Understanding/Memorandums of Agreement (MOA) 92 7.0 SECTION SEVEN: EOC POSITION CHECKLISTS 97 7.1 Common EOC Responsibilities 97 7.2 MAC Group Member 99 7.3 Transportation Seat as an Agency Representative 103 7.4 Transportation Seat under Care and Shelter Branch in the Operations Section 107 7.5 Transportation Seat as Co-Lead of Transportation Unit in the Logistics 111 7.6 TOC Director in VCTC/SBCAG TOC 115 7.7 PIO in VCTC/SBCAG TOC 119 7.8 Liaison Officer in VCTC/SBCAG TOC 123 7.9 Safety/Security Officer in VCTC/SBCAG TOC 125 7.10 Operations Section Coordinator VCTC/SBCAG TOC 127 7.11 Planning/Intelligence Section Coordinator VCTC/SBCAG TOC 129 7.12 Logistics Section Coordinator VCTC/SBCAG TOC 131 7.13 Finance/Administration Section Coordinator VCTC/SBCAG TOC 133 APPENDICES 137 Appendix A: SBCAG TEPP Assignments 137 Appendix B: VCTC TEPP Assignments 139 Appendix C: Transit Operators Checklist 141 Appendix D: Public Information Officer Support Documents 145 Appendix E: Access and Functional Needs Considerations Support Documents 151 Appendix F: TOC Action Planning Support Documents 155 Appendix G: Emergency Accounting Support Documentation 159 Appendix H: EOC Change of Shift Briefing Form 161 Appendix I: EOC Check-In Form 163 Appendix J: Activity Log (ICS 214) Form 165 Appendix K: EOC Action Plan Form (TOC for VCTC/SBCAG) 167 Appendix L: SBCAG Transit Summary Status Form 173 Appendix M: VCTC Transit Summary Status Form 175 Appendix N: Resource Request Form 177 Appendix O: County/OA EOC Activation Levels and VCTC/SBCAG Tasks 179 Appendix P: Santa Barbara Transportation Contacts 181 Appendix Q: Santa Barbara Transit Vehicles 183 Appendix R: Ventura County Transportation Contacts 185 Appendix S: Ventura County Transit Vehicles 187 v | Transportation Emergency Preparedness Plan | December 17, 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS Appendix T: Other Santa Barbara County and Ventura County Essential Contacts 189 Appendix U: List of Acronyms and Abbreviations 191 Appendix V: Glossary of Terms 195 Appendix W: Authorities and References 205 Appendix Y: Advisory Committee and Stakeholder Group 207 ANNEXES 213 Annex A: Disaster Reimbursement 213 Annex B: Continuity of Operations 249 Annex C: Training and Exercises 253 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 3-1 SEMS Levels 42 Figure 3-2 Five Functions within SEMS 43 Figure 3-3 Santa Barbara County Operational Area EOC Organization 44 Figure 3-4 Ventura County Operational Area EOC Organization 44 Figure 3-5 Transportation Seat as an Agency Representative 45 Figure 3-6 Transportation Seat as Part of the Operations Section 46 Figure 3-7 Transportation Seat as Part of the Logistics Section 47 Figure 3-8 VCTC/SBCAG TOC 48 Figure 3-9 Level 4 (Option 1) - Monitoring Level City, County and VCTC/SBCAG relationships 50 Figure 3-10 Level 4 (Option 2) - Monitoring Level City, County and VCTC/SBCAG relationships 50 Figure 3-11 Level 3 - Enhanced Operations, Option 1 51 Figure 3-12 Level 3 - Enhanced Operations, Option 2 52 Figure 3-13 Level 2 - Partial EOC Activation 53 Figure 3-14 Level 1 - Full Activation 54 Figure 3-15 Bi-County Activation 55 Figure 4-1 Levels of Multi-Agency Coordination 66 Figure 4-2 Positions VCTC/SBCAG may fill in a County/OA EOC 68 Figure 4-3 VCTC/SBCAG TOC Positions 70 Figure 4-4 VCTC/SBCAG Multi-Level Coordination 71 Figure 5-1 Key Functions in an Emergency 76 Figure 5-2 Transportation Priorities in an Emergency 81 LIST OF TABLES Table 2-1 Highways/Freeways Serving Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties 13 Table 2-2 Santa Barbara/Ventura Airports 16 Table 2-3 Percentages of Vulnerable Populations 26 Table 2-4 Hazards and Hazard Rankings 38 Table 3-1 County/OA EOC Activation Levels 49 Table 4-1 VCTC/SBCAG TOC Roles 67 Table 4-2 VCTC/SBCAG TOC Roles 68 Table 5-1 County/OA EOC Activation Levels and VCTC/SBCAG Tasks1 75 Table 5-2 Lead Agencies and Coordinating Agencies for Operational Area Evacuations 84 | vi This page intentionally left blank. vii | Transportation Emergency Preparedness Plan | December 17, 2020 SECTION ONE INTRODUCTION 1 This page intentionally left blank. 2 | Transportation Emergency Preparedness Plan | December 17, 2020 SECTION ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.0 SECTION ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Foreword This Plan was developed by the Ventura County Transportation Commission (VCTC) and the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG), with funding from the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), to address the transportation challenges related to disasters that affect one or both counties. This bi-county plan outlines: • Roles and responsibilities of transit providers, emergency response agencies, government and non-governmental organizations • Communication procedures • Summarizes transit resources Ventura and Santa Barbara counties are highly vulnerable to both natural hazards and human-caused disasters, such as earthquakes, fires and post-fire debris flows, flooding, transportation accidents, and other incidents that may impact not only the critical infrastructures, as well as the livelihood of businesses and residents in both counties. Past disasters have affected the transportation infrastructure between these two counties limiting the flow of goods and services and commuters traveling to and from work, medical appointments, family and other important activities. The main rail and highway thoroughfares between these two counties have a repeated occurrence of closures due to fires (Jesusita 2009, Sherpa 2016, Thomas 2017, Hill 2018, Woolsey 2018 and Gaviota 2019), floods (1969, 1980, 1995, and 1998), and landslides and debris flows (La Conchita 1995 and 2005 and Montecito 2018). Other disasters include the 1928 St. Francis Dam Failure and the 1991 Sea Cliff Train Derailment. This Transportation Emergency Preparedness Plan (TEPP) was developed in accordance with the National Incident Management System (NIMS), the Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS), the Master Mutual Aid Agreement, the California State Emergency Plan, the Santa Barbara Operational Area Emergency Management Plan, the County of Ventura Emergency Operations Plan, and relevant mutual aid plans. This plan does not supersede or exclude any of these concepts or plans; but rather, it places them in the context of a response to an event that may affect one or both of the counties during which time Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs) are activated and the transportation infrastructure is affected or transit resources are needed. This plan does not address normal day-to-day emergencies or the well-established and routine procedures used in coping with such emergencies. This TEPP builds on California’s existing SEMS through better definition of bi-county components of that system including coordination across disciplines and levels of government, resource sharing, and bi- county decision-making. Development of this plan was a collaborative effort among VCTC, SBCAG, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, transit providers, and over 40 local, state, federal and non- governmental organizations. For a complete listing of the Advisory Committee and Stakeholder Group, please refer to Appendix Y: Advisory Committee and Stakeholder Group of this plan. 1.2 How to use the TEPP The TEPP is a bi-county plan that is to be used by VCTC/SBCAG, Ventura County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services (OES)/Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) and transit agencies for incidents that may need transportation services support beyond normal operations and services.

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