#TakomaPark council: on to the voting session. First up: “First Reading Ordinance Approving Proposed Recreation Department Soccer Program.”

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#TakomaPark council: mayor thanks the manager and committee for their presentation. And DCM Eubanks has arrived.

#TakomaPark council: ward 3 rep notes "aftershock" of mental health issues after emergencies. Notes that Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and its auxiliary may be good resiliency hub partners.

#TakomaPark council: manager has not seen "a really sustainable response to heat stress."

#TakomaPark council: manager notes that a good location for a resilence hub is hard to find.

#TakomaPark council: manager notes that some cities have set up their hubs in city buildings. Hope is to establish a hub where folks are particularly vulnerable (which is not necessarily 7500 Maple Avenue).

#TakomaPark council: ward 1 rep wonders if what's envisioned is a brick-and-mortar hope; wonders if a hub might be housed in real estate the city already owns.

#TakomaPark council: ward 1 rep addresses cross-jurisdictional aspects of emergency work. Notes delays when 911 calls go to the wrong jurisdiction. Notes that county provides cooling centers (supplemented by opened city buildings).

#TakomaPark council: ward 5 rep notes that elected officials are sometimes the first contact for emergency situations; suggests providing training to councilmembers on dealing with emergencies.

#TakomaPark council: ward 5 rep notes long-lasting water outages.

#TakomaPark council: ward 5 rep suggests stocking resilience hubs with small generators and an air conditioning unit.

#TakomaPark council: ward 5 rep laments lack of list documentation of multi-family building residents requiring help in case of emergency.

#TakomaPark council: ward 5 rep feels disconnected from the committee; wonders how to connect better. Notes fires in their ward; notes lack of translators at fire sites; notes lack of information on evacuation to residents in fire situations.

#TakomaPark council: ward 5 rep suggests Washington Adventist University (in their ward) as a resilience hub site.

#TakomaPark council: ward 5 rep "super excited" to hear from the committee. Addresses resilience hub. Wonders about conversations so far. Manager has had conversations so far with CHEER, TESS, and other groups; no conversations so far about particular vendors or providers.

#TakomaPark council: mayor thanks the manager and committee for the presentation and their work.

#TakomaPark council: thus endeth the presentation.

#TakomaPark council: manager covers concrete goals: at least one presentation from county fire and rescue; at least one tabletop exercises; at least two discussion-based exercises.

#TakomaPark council: manager notes in particular a goal to "review and provide recommendations for the city's Emergency Operations Plan (due in 2028)."

#TakomaPark council: the "2027 Goals" slide lists ten of them.