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Portola Valley emergency committee splits communications work, sets steps on resilience and severe‑weather planning
Summary
At a committee meeting, Portola Valley's Emergency Preparedness Committee kept its equipment-focused communications subcommittee and agreed to expand outreach into a separate subcommittee to promote AM1680 and community information; the committee authorized a small team to brief the town manager on the EPC's role in preparing for significant weather events.
Portola Valley Town's Emergency Preparedness Committee moved on multiple fronts at a regular meeting, deciding to keep technical communications responsibilities with the existing communications subcommittee while expanding outreach into a separate group to promote AM1680 and community emergency information.
The committee's chair proposed two broad approaches for Priority No. 2 — keep one communications group to handle equipment and operations while assigning outreach and promotion to a separate body, or retain a single group to do both. Members said the technical work for the AM1680 emergency radio and day‑to‑day equipment maintenance is distinct from public information and promotion. "We could revitalize posting to the PV Forum and get our voice out there," a member said during the discussion.
The committee agreed to preserve the equipment‑oriented communications…
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