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<br />· Commissioner Roberts stated that helicopters can touch down within the City and that <br />certain areas for emergency landing only could be identified. <br />· Commissioner Blank noted that the freeway can be the designated emergency landing <br />area for helicopters. <br /> <br />EMERGENCY OPERATIONS <br /> <br />Page V-18 <br /> <br />· Commissioner Blank indicated that he would like to see CERT training included to <br />encourage community preparedness. <br /> <br />SEISMIC SAFETY <br /> <br />Program 1.2 <br /> <br />In response to Commissioner Blank's comment that building homes 50 feet from an active fault <br />seems too close and inquiry where the number came from, Ms. Stem replied that it was State <br />law. <br /> <br />Commissioner Blank proposed that it be increased to at least 100 feet and that construction <br />should not be encouraged in the area; Commissioner Roberts concurred that the area should be <br />increased. <br /> <br />Mr. Grubstick advised that the active fault trace setback requirement is related to where the <br />ground ruptures and not to intensity of shaking; violent shaking could take place as far as <br />500 feet and farther. <br /> <br />Commissioner Pearce stated that this is different from prohibiting construction, which would <br />cause problems since it is beyond what State law requires. <br /> <br />Program 2.1 <br /> <br />Commissioner Blank questioned why development might be proposed in areas with "extreme" <br />seismic shaking. He stated that this would cause more problems if an earthquake occurred. He <br />also inquired ifthere were provisions for temporary housing to meet short-term shelter needs for <br />the community. <br /> <br />Mr. Grubstick replied that school facilities such as gymnasiums typically provide such need <br />since school facilities are built with higher standards than housing. <br /> <br />Commissioner Blank noted that he does not see any policies or programs relating to gaslines, jet <br />fuel lines, or other high-pressure lines that cross fault areas in the City and stated that it should <br />be covered in this section. <br /> <br />EXCERPTS: PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, July 27, 2005 <br /> <br />Page 6 of IO <br />