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Board Meeting of September 15, 2011
Written Announcements:
Staff Update
a) District Recent Staff Promotions
The following employees have been recently promoted:
Alan Weer has been promoted to the position of Plant Operations
Superintendent (Chief Operator) in the Plant Operations Department, effective
July 1, 2011.
Greg Collins has been promoted to the position of Construction Equipment
Operator in the Collection System Operations Department, effective July 18.
2011.
Tom Godsey and Paul Seitz have been promoted to the position of Senior
Engineer in the Environmental Services Division, effective August 15, 2011.
Financial /Grants
b) Federal Emergency Management Agency Earthquake
Retrofit Grant Program
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides grant funds
under the Pre - Disaster Mitigation Program (PDM) for seismic retrofitting. This is
a competitive grant for money. In California, PDM applications are reviewed and
forwarded to FEMA by CaIEMA, the California branch of FEMA. The first step is
submitting a Notice of Intent to CaIEMA. If accepted, the applicant then prepares
the grant application. The application is submitted to CalEMA who forwards the
application to FEMA. A national review team reviews the applications from the
entire nation and the process is very competitive. We have missed the filing
deadline for 2012 grants. As our seismic program will likely span a number of
years, we can apply for a 2013 grant at the Board's direction.