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Joint Meeting Agenda Menlo Park Fire Protection District and the Town of Atherton City Council Special Meeting December 12, 2017 5:00 PM Holbrook-Palmer Park, Jennings Pavilion 150 Watkins Avenue, Atherton, CA 94027 AGENDA ROLL CALL Board Members: Peter F. Carpenter, Board President, Robert J. Silano, Vice President Robert Jones, Director, Chuck Bernstein, Director, Virginia Chang Kiraly, Director Council Members: Michael Lempres, Mayor, Cary Wiest, Vice Mayor Bill Widmer, Councilmember, Elizabeth Lewis, Councilmember, Rick DeGolia, Councilmember PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PUBLIC COMMENT #1 A fundamental element of democracy is the right of citizens to address their elected representatives. Therefore under Public Comment #2, the public may address the Board/Council on any subject not listed on the Agenda. Each speaker may address the Board/Council for a limit of three minutes. The filing of speaker cards is not mandatory, but is helpful in creating an accurate record. The Board/Council cannot act on items not on the agenda and therefore the Board/Council cannot respond to non- agenda issues brought up under Public Comment other than to provide general information. REGULAR AGENDA The public may address the Board on any subject listed on the Regular Agenda. Each speaker may address the Board once for a limit of three minutes. The filing of speaker cards is not mandatory, but is helpful in creating an accurate record. Each speaker will be called upon to speak by the President when the item is heard. 1. Urban Interface Fire Planning/Disaster Planning & Lessons Learned 2. Town-wide Traffic and Mobility Solutions and the Impact of Regional Growth PUBLIC COMMENT #2 A fundamental element of democracy is the right of citizens to address their elected representatives. Therefore under Public Comment #2, the public may address the Board/Council on any subject not listed on the Agenda. Each speaker may address the Board/Council for a limit of three minutes. The filing of speaker cards is not mandatory, but is helpful in creating an accurate record. The Board/Council cannot act on items not on the agenda and therefore the Board/Council cannot respond to non- agenda issues brought up under Public Comment other than to provide general information. INFORMATION ONLY ITEMS 3. Wikipedia - 2016 Fort McMurray Wildfire 4. Builders Wildfire Mitigation Guide Joint Council/Board Agenda 12/12/2017 Page 1 of 2 5. Homebuilder' s Guide to Construction in Wildfire Zones 6. Article - California Needs to Rethink Urban Fire Risk After Wine Country Tragedy 7. Article - How to Survive a House Fire 8. Article - The Ember Threat and the Home Ignition Zone 9. Walsh Road Area Fire Evacuation Plan ADJOURNMENT The Board/Council may take action on any item on the agenda with the exception of Public Comment section. In compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, if you need special assistance to participate this meeting or if you need a copy of the agenda and/or agenda packet materials in alternative format, please contact the Clerk of the Board at 650-688-8400 or the Atherton City Clerk at 650-752-0529 during normal working business hours at least 48 hours prior to the meeting so that request can be handled. Joint Council/Board Agenda 12/12/2017 Page 2 of 2 2016 Fort McMurray Wildfire - Wikipedia Page 1 of 7 Coordinates: 56°42′N 111°23′W 2016 Fort McMurray Wildfire On May 1, 2016, a wildfire began southwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. On May 3, it swept through the community, forcing the largest 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire evacuation in Alberta's history, with upwards of 88,000 people forced from their homes.[12] Personnel from the Canadian Forces, Royal Wildfire Canadian Mounted Police, as well as firefighting forces from Alberta, other Canadian provincial agencies, and South Africa responded to the Horse River Fire[1][2] wildfire. Aid for evacuees was provided by various governments and via donations through the Canadian Red Cross and other local and national charitable organizations. After sweeping through Fort McMurray, the wildfire destroyed approximately 2,400 homes and buildings. Another 2,000 residents in three communities were displaced after their homes were declared unsafe for reoccupation due to contamination. It continued to spread across northern Alberta and into Saskatchewan,[14] consuming forested areas and impacting Athabasca oil sands operations. It is the costliest disaster in Canadian history. The fire spread across approximately 590,000 hectares (1,500,000 acres) before it was declared to be under control on July 5, 2016. It Fort McMurray residents evacuating continued to smoulder, and was fully extinguished on August 2, 2017. It is suspected to be caused by humans in a remote area 15 kilometres along Highway 63 as the fire (9.3 mi) from Fort McMurray, but no official cause has been determined to date. encroaches on the area Location Wood Buffalo, Alberta Contents Northern Saskatchewan 1 Fire progression Canada 1.1 Aid response Coordinates 56°42′N 2Impacts 111°23′W 2.1 Communities and infrastructure 2.2 Oil sands operations Statistics 2.3 Financial Cost $3.74 billion 3 Cause and contributing factors (insured [3][4] 4 Re-entry and recovery damages) 5 See also $9.5 billion 6Notes (direct and indirect costs)[5] 7 References 8 External links Date(s) Evacuation: May 3 – June 1, 2016 Fire progression Provincial state of emergency: A local state of emergency was initially declared on May 1 at 9:57 p.m. MDT (03:57 UTC May 2) with the Centennial Trailer Park and the May 4 – July 1, neighbourhoods of Prairie Creek and Gregoire under a mandatory evacuation.[15][16] The evacuation orders for the two neighbourhoods were 2016[6][7] reduced to a voluntary stay-in-place order by the night of May 2 as the fire moved southwest and away from the area.[17][18] The mandatory Wildfire: May 1, evacuation order was reinstated and expanded to 12 neighbourhoods on May 3 at 5:00 p.m. (23:00 UTC),[19] and to the entirety of Fort 2016 – August McMurray by 6:49 p.m. (00:49 UTC May 4).[20] A further order covering the nearby communities of Anzac, Gregoire Lake Estates, and Fort 2, 2017[8] [21] McMurray First Nation was issued at 9:50 p.m. on May 4 (03:50 UTC May 5). It has been reported that 88,000 people were successfully Burned area 589,552 [12] evacuated, with no reported fatalities or injuries, but two people were killed in a vehicular collision during the evacuation, one of whom was hectares [22][23] the daughter of a firefighter. Despite the mandatory evacuation order, staff at the water treatment plant remained in Fort McMurray to (1,456,810 [24] provide firefighters with water. acres)[9] On May 4, the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo reported the communities of Beacon Hill, Abasand and Waterways had suffered "serious Land use Boreal forest, loss".[25] The Government of Alberta declared a provincial state of emergency, and said 1,600 buildings had been destroyed by the fires.[6] It was Residential, Oil estimated that 10,000 hectares (25,000 acres) of land had been burned.[26] Evacuees who travelled north of Fort McMurray were advised to stay Sands where they were, and not to come south on Highway 63 as the fire was still burning out of control.[25] A boil-water advisory was issued for the Buildings 2,400[10] entire area just after 11 a.m. (17:00 UTC).[6] At 4:05 p.m. (22:05 UTC) the fire crossed Highway 63 at Airport Road (formerly Highway 69), destroyed 665 work camp [11] south of Fort McMurray, and threatened the international airport, which had suspended commercial operations earlier in the day.[25][27] The fire units [28] also forced the re-location of the Regional Emergency Operations Centre, which was originally in the vicinity of the airport. On May 4, the fire Fatalities 0 (direct)[12] [29] was found to be producing lightning and pyrocumulus clouds due to its heat and large size, which added to the risk of more fires. The fires 2 (indirect)[13] became large enough to create a firestorm, creating its own weather in the form of wind influxes and lightning.[30] Non-fatal injuries 0[12] The fire continued to spread south on May 5 across 85,000 hectares (210,000 acres) and forcing additional evacuations in the communities of Map Anzac, Gregoire Lake Estates and the Fort McMurray First Nation. These communities had accepted over 8,000 people during the initial evacuations.[26][28][31] The Government of Alberta announced a plan to airlift approximately 8,000 of 25,000 people who had evacuated to oil sands work camps north of Fort McMurray, with assistance from a Royal Canadian Air Force Hercules aircraft, and other planes owned by energy companies operating in the oil sands. Government officials would also examine the potential for evacuations via Highway 63 during a flyover.[26] 1,100 personnel, 45 helicopters, 138 pieces of heavy equipment and 22 air tankers were being employed to fight the fire.[31] On May 6, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police began leading convoys to move 1,500 vehicles from oil sand work camps north of Fort McMurray, south along Highway 63 to Edmonton.[32] The fire continued to grow out of control, spreading to 100,000 hectares (250,000 acres) by May 6,[32][33] and 156,000 hectares (390,000 acres) by May 7.[34] As the fire grew to the northeast, the community of Fort McKay, which hosted 5,000 evacuees from Fort McMurray, was itself put under an evacuation notice.