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TO: Honorable City Council
FROM: Mary R. Lindley, Assistant to the City Manager
DATE: October 26, 1994 (Cc Meeting of November 2)
SUBJECT: Update on the Moorpark Disaster Assistance Team
Background
Upon completion of the City's first disaster preparedness training
course (May 1994), a core group of individuals began meeting
monthly as the Moorpark Disaster Assistance Team (DART). To date,
there are 22 Moorpark DART members.
DART Teams exist countrywide to assist jurisdictions in their
response to a major disaster. Since many manmade or natural
disasters can quickly exhaust manpower resources, a contingency of
trained volunteers is important to the success of a jurisdiction's
ability to meet the needs of its residents immediately following a
disaster. In the County of Ventura, there are five active DART
Teams: Moorpark, Thousand Oaks, Camarillo, Piru, and Channel
Islands Beach Community. The cities of Simi Valley and Oxnard are
in the process of training community disaster response volunteers.
In addition, there are DART Teams in the neighboring Los Angeles
County cities of Agoura Hills and Westlake Village.
Moorpark DART's goal is to train and organize the various
neighborhoods, citywide, so that the residents are: 1) able to take
care of their own immediate needs following a disaster, and 2) able
to assist their neighbors if necessary. In addition, team members
who are able and willing may be called into service by the City to
assist with the City's disaster response efforts.
To date, the City has held one 7 -week disaster preparedness
training course and will complete its second by the end of
November. The DART members have been busy recruiting and training
their neighbors, which includes assigning individuals to specific
tasks; e.g., communication, medical, light search and rescue.
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Bylaws have been drafted, and the Team plans to adopt them and
elect officers in November. Once officers are elected, Moorpark
DART will hold general meetings once every other month and
executive board meetings on the alternating months.
The Moorpark DART Team functions under the City. The Assistant to
the City Manager is responsible for working with, and coordinating,
the Team's efforts. If and when the Team raises money for DART
activities; e.g., purchase equipment or pay for specialized
training, those funds will be deposited with the City under an
identifiable separate trust account. All Moorpark DART information
and publicity will be approved in advance by the City.
Recommendation
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