HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2022-58 MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Gabriel and Council Members
THROUGH: Paul Ostrander, City Manager
FROM: Tony Prior, Fire Chief
DATE: July 26, 2022
SUBJECT: Resolution 2022-58 Adopting the Updated EOP
After evaluating the current state of readiness for emergency response in 2019, the administration
concluded that an update to the City’s existing Emergency Response Plan (EOP), that was
created in 2007, was needed. A grant application was submitted through the State of Alaska
Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs, for the US Department of Homeland Security to
provide funding to update the plan. The City was awarded $15,000 from SHSP20 grant funds,
which were accepted and appropriated by Ordinance 3165-2020. A temporary employee was
hired to assist in updating this plan.
In the Plan Promulgation, Adoption and Introduction section of the EOP is a comprehensive list
of areas that were updated to make the plan applicable to current standards, with up to date
resources. Because the existing plan was 15 years old, many areas of the plan needed revisions
to make it current. An in-depth revision to the plan that will guide the preparation, mitigation,
response and recovery to a natural or human-caused disaster, has been completed.
The changes were presented to our Local Emergency Planning Commission (LEPC) who
proposed no changes or recommendations. The Plan was then submitted to the Alaska Division
of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to be reviewed by the State Emergency
Response Commission (SERC) as required. SERC’s recommended changes were made for the
final draft that has been provided to Council for adoption via this Resolution.
We respectfully ask for your consideration in adopting this updated Emergency Operations Plan.