MINUTES
VMICC PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING
Wednesday, August 12th, 1998, 7:30 PM



INTRODUCTIONS


ANNOUNCEMENTS
 Mon Aug 17th -- VMICC General Meeting, 7:30 PM, Chautauqua School
 Mon Aug 24th -- VMICC Transportation Committee, 7:30 PM, Vashon Library
 Mon Sep 7th (labor day) -- VMICC Board Meeting, 7:30 PM, Chautauqua Sch

 Minutes of 7/8/98 meeting approved

OLD BUSINESS
 Redraft of Jurisdiction -- Tabled
 Disaster Planning, etal -- Craig Harmeling
 Lots of detail -- no one took good notes
 Craig briefly described (and showed) his book of information and 
guidelines for handling disasters, etc. on the island -- Gardner and Mark
agreed to examine it in greater detail at a later date
 Fire District #13 is leader on island for rescue/injured/fire
 Rick Frye heads blockwatch program
 Department of Emergency Services is over all
 Red Cross / School District / Mormon Church have disaster plans
 Craig emphasized the need for individual households to be able to care of
 themselves for 72 hours: Food, Water, Flashlights, know how to turn
off gas if necessary, etc.
 Comment by Carol and Gardner that Agencies appear to be well prepared 
but that, in general, individual households, and neighborhoods, are not
well prepared


NEW BUSINESS
 Discussion of need for four-way stop by the Senior Center instead of the
present two-way stop -- safety issue for pedestrians -- agreed it was
important and transferred it to the Transportation Committee for further
action
 Mention of Craig's desire for 103rd street bypass -- gravel road is fine --
another item for the Transportation Committee
 Short discussion about county actions at the north end - some working, some
not
 Decided to transfer whole problem to Transportation Committee for further 
 discussion with KC roads at the September meeting