Citizen Corps Advisory Minutes 08/16/2011 -0) 110MTV3r1))
Collier County BY:
Citizen Corp Committee
August 16, 2011
Voting Members Present: Chris Nind, Salvation Army
Russ Rainey, C.E.R.T.
Jerry Sanford, CC Fire Chief's Assoc.
Steven Smith, R.S.V.P.
Heidi Ruster, American Red Cross
Dr. Joseph Neiween, MRC
Voting Members Absent: Doug Porter,Naples Civil Air Patrol
Reg Buxton, Chamber of Commerce
Lt. Mike Jones, CC Sheriff's Office
Walt Jaskiewicz, Coast Guard Auxiliary
Expert Consultants Present: Judy Scribner, CCEM -n a
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Meeting was called to order at 3:00 p.m. Hiller
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Pledge of Allegiance recited and roll call taken. Colette
Approval of Minutes
Motion to approve the minutes of June 15, 2011 meeting. Approved unanimously.
Threat Update
There are no present problems and no threat signs at this time.
Weather Update
Rick Zyvoloski reports that we are experiencing rain storms every day with the tropics
very hot. There have been seven named storms so far and we should keep our guard up.
Local Mitigation Strategy Sub-Committee. LMS
Rick Zyvoloski serves on the committee and reports that grants should be submitted after
an event. Grants should be applied through FEMA to retrofit homes in S.W. Florida. We
should be prepared should Collier County be affected. Salvation Army & Red Cross will
work together. Bobby Dusak will do the grants. Some of the Government projects are
Wastewater and Parks in Collier County to be retrofitted. One lady had a storm surge
flooding problem and applied for a grant. When she applied, FEMA gave her a hard time,
she continued to pursue and she finally gave up. Some grants areMcnve and some
are not.
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Judy Scribner reports there is no 211 update at this time. She will be attending a meeting
in September. It will be a resource to us for human services. It presently is being
managed by Miami Dade and it is a very expensive to get up and running. GPS will be
plugged into the system. Jerry Sanford called the number during a CERT managers
meeting and received instructions over the phone. Judy also reported that there are now
two positions open in the EOC. Josh has left for family reasons and John Veit has retired.
The National Red Cross will no longer place their staffers in our shelters. Collier County
is looking for their employees to man the shelters. The D.R.T. units will be placed
outside the schools. The local Red Cross has tried to get the National to reconsider. They
have not. All will help to implement the way shelters will be maintained, which will
include Lee County. We hope it will change in two years.
Heidi Ruster reports that the Red Cross will support us after the event. A group called
C.O.A.D. (Coordinated Organization Active in Disaster) will work together during a
disaster. They had their first meeting at the Red Cross office that was attended by 23
people from Government, Faith Base and Non Profit as well as Places of Worship groups.
These are tough times for all organizations and will strive to work together with the Red
Cross to helplwith disaster response. Private companies were not invited but will be
considered in the future.
Jerry Sanford reported on the Patriot Flag that will be on display on August 24th, 2011
and the upcoming September 11th Memorial Services as well as the progress of the
Freedom Memorial.
Salvation Army. Chris Nind introduced Lt. Michael Missy who will be joining the Army.
Chris asked when would our agencies be pulled into the Direct Assistance Group. Their
next meeting is September 7th at the First Baptist Church at 2:00 p.m. Lt. Missy is
finding his way around now and is giving out back packs to students. Chris invited us to
join the Salvation Army at their"Red Kettle Gala&Auction" on Saturday,November
12th, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. at the Vineyards Country Club.
Civil Air Patrol. John Fako reports that the Naples Squadron has about 13 of their
members in CERT. Gulf Coast High School will be their shelter. A number of new
people are joining the squadron. A Marco Island aircraft flew over the Naples pier during
the Spirit of 45 event.
MRC- Dr. Neiween reported that Dengue fever is not active in our area. He thanked Rick
Zyvoloski for the Sky Warn training to the Health Dept. There have been beach closings
north of us due to increased coliform levels. All quiet in the MRC at this time. Flu shots
can be received at Walgreen's.Next Tuesday is National Vaccination Day. No issues on
vaccinations so far this year. There are no Shingles vaccinations available at the present
time. Very expensive.
RSVP- Steve Sith reported that he went to various stations and signed new MOU's with
them and recently returned from a conference in New Orleans. The Harry Chapin Food
Bank-and RSVP have'$een working together with more volunteers needed.
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CERT- Russ Rainey reported that the Marco team has trained over 100 employees of
Marco Island. Their final drill is this Thursday, August 18th, 2011. For the last several
years, damage assessment has been accomplished by CERT team members using an
ARCPAD computer program. Two team members go out, one as a spotter and one as a
driver and can record the damage seen street by street. The data collected is fed into the
laptop with results obtained in 4 hours. Fire Chief Mike Murphy says it will be a prime
function using CERT members in damage assessment. Jerry Sanford invited the other
CERT teams to his monthly Alumni meeting with the topic being Generator Safety at
Station 45 on Monday, September 12, 2011.
Next Meeting/Adjourned
Next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. at the EOC.
Meeting was adjourned at 3:48 p.m.
Minutes respectfully submitted by Jerry Sanford for approval.
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Approv;d by Russell Rainey,4hairman Date