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By Linda DavisCorrespondent
PIEDMONT — While the re-cent 4.0 earthquake along theHayward Fault rattled windowsand nerves, scientists predict thatthe Big One is overdue.
The city stands ready to pro-tect lives and property with co-ordinated efforts by the fire and
police departments, public works,the public safety committee andthe city staff.
Some of thepublic safety ini-tiatives will bediscussed at theAug. 13 publicsafety commit-tee meeting.
Fire Chief BudMcLaren hasbeen busy pre-paring for any calamity, whethersoon or 30 years down the road.All of the department’s firefighting
staff have taken extensive train-ing in triage and disaster manage-ment. The department has hostedclasses for all city staffers as wellas elected officials.
“In September, we will do afull-scale Emergency OperationsCenter activation responding to a
simulated event,” McLaren said.“We will have someone from thecounty EOC to answer questions.Then we will sit down and havea critique of our strengths andweaknesses and change what weneed to do.
“None of the cities have enoughresources on their own,” he contin-ued. “We will have to interact withthe state Office of Emergency Ser-vices, work with FEMA, do thingsproperly, follow the steps.”
McLaren has purchased 10cots, 10 sleeping bags and pillowsand 20 personal hygiene kits for
public safety workers. There arethree disaster containers withwater purification systems, ra-tions and other necessities placedin strategic locations in the city.There also are emergency gen-erators and tools, radios compat-ible for mutual aid. There are 24sworn firefighters, 15 of whom areparamedics, the other nine areEMTs. There are five paramedicsper day staffing, McLaren said.
City Administrator Paul Ben-oit highlighted the efforts at the
Piedmont working on preparednessFire chief McLarensays simulated disasterset in September
IF YOU GOWhat: Piedmont Public SafetyCommitteeWhen: 5:30 p.m. Aug. 13Where: City Council chambers, 120Vista Ave. Piedmont
Emergency operations plan
McLaren
By Marta YamamotoCorrespondent
OAKLAND — For the fifth year, theAmerican Institute of Architects, East Bay,has planned a self-guided, self-driven archi-tectural tour of six East Bay homes, allow-ing tourgoers to explore and be inspired attheir own pace.
On Aug. 8, these architect-designedhomes will open their doors, allowing view-ers an inside look at the transformativepower of architects and having the archi-tects themselves on site to discuss designsand answer questions.
The homes this year, evenly dividedbetween the Berkeley and Oakland hills,exemplify two themes. One focuses on theroots of Bay Area Modernism, and how it’sexpressed through the use of earth-friendly
materials, more windows and light, andlandscape connections.
A second focus is on legacy houseswhere the work of well known midcentury
AIA tour spotlights six area homes
Themes for Aug. 8 event are roots ofBay Area Modernism, legacy houses
IF YOU GOWhat: 2015 AIA East Bay Home ToursWhen: 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8Where: Berkeley hills, Oakland hills,PiedmontTickets: $50; $60 on tour day, at www.aiaeb.org, at the AIA office in downtown Oakland,1405 Clay St. or on the day of the tour atthe Bica Coffeehouse, 5701 College Ave. inRockridge.
Architecture and design
COURTESY OF OPEN HOMES PHOTOGRAPHY
The top floor of a Piedmont “Artist Remodel,” shown above, is completely changed. Below middle, the house is totally new in Oakland’s“Bold Geometry.” Below bottom, in “Reviving a Legacy” in Oakland, a kitchen that opens into the living space is remodeled.
By Maggie SharpeCorrespondent
PIEDMONT — After yearsof advocating for removal of theban on gay leaders and employ-ees in the Boy Scouts of America(BSA), the Piedmont Boy ScoutCouncil praised Monday’s voteby the BSA to finally lift the re-striction.
The ban on openly gay Scoutswas lifted in 2013.
“Leaders of the local councilhave long been in the forefrontof the Scouting movement in ad-vocating removal of restrictionsbased on sexual orientation,”said Anne-Marie Lamarche,president of Piedmont’s BoyScout Council. “Years beforelaws and lawsuits came on thescene, we called for makingScouting’s character develop-ment programs available to andinclusive of all who aspire to liveby the moral principles of theScout oath and Scout law.
“With our board’s unani-mous approval I wrote … tothe national BSA leadershipin advance of the recent voteto register our strong supportfor removal of restrictions onchartering organizations fromhaving their units bar adults oryouth on the basis of sexual ori-entation,” Lamarche continued.
The July 27 vote by the BSA’sNational Council reverses a pol-icy that has deeply divided the105-year-old organization — es-pecially in light of recent stridesfor gay rights such as the U.S.Supreme Court’s legalization ofsame-sex marriage in June.
“Due to the social, politicaland legal changes taking placein our country and in our move-ment, I did not believe the ban ongay leaders could be sustained,”said Boy Scout President (and
Councilpraiseslifting ofgay banYears before action,Piedmont leaderscalled for removal
Boy Scouts of America
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city’s end.“We have generators
to run city operations, fuelstorage for generators, andour own underground stor-age fuel tanks for city vehi-cles and fire trucks,” Benoitsaid.
“In the event of a disastersuch as a big earthquake,the EOC will be staffed bypublic employees who as-sume different roles thantheir regular jobs,” he said.“When the city shuts down,employees are redirected.”
“We are constantly work-ing with Bud to modernizeour emergency operationsplan, which has not been up-dated in 10 years — sched-uling ‘table top’ exercises ofimagined disasters to workthrough it, checking on sup-plies and equipment.”
Police Chief Rikki Goedesaid all the officers havebeen through the mandatedNational Incident Manage-ment System training andIncident Command Train-ing.
“Piedmont will be tran-sitioning to the county com-munications system knownas East Bay Regional Com-munications System Au-thority that will enablecommunication with all of
the agencies in Alamedaand Contra Costa County.We anticipate being on thesystem by the beginning of2016,” Goede said.
For traffic control in caseof any disaster, both policeand fire departments workclosely with public worksfor barricades and portablestop signs in the event ofpower outages and fires.
“We have a contingencyplan in place with Em-eryville as an alternate Pub-lic Safety Answering Pointshould the generators failfor some reason and we didnot have 911 capability. Wealso would utilize Code Redemergency notification forcitizens,” Goede added.
The public safety com-mittee is also doing its partto ensure residents are safeand informed in case of acalamity. Committee chairLyman Shaffer said inter-est in forming neighbor-hood disaster preparednessmeetings has waned. So thecommittee is taking a differ-ent approach.
Shaffer, former Council-man Garrett Keating, thefire chief and others metwith officials in Tiburonwho shared their compre-hensive “Get Ready Marin”disaster prep plan. Thecommittee is adapting thatplan for Piedmont. The 50-page document is loadedwith pertinent information
where specific topics canbe downloaded off the city’swebsite. Shaffer expects theinformation to be availableby mid-August or sooner.
Map Your Neighborhoodis another public safety ini-tiative, Shaffer said, that willbe offered starting in Octo-ber. It encourages residentsto come together to assisteach other in emergencies,as well as identify people intheir neighborhood who livealone, are elderly or wouldother otherwise need someassistance.
Goede and the other cityofficials strongly encourageall residents to assembleemergency survival kits,the contents of which can befound online or by contact-ing either the fire or policedepartment.
The 74-mile-long Hay-ward Fault, considered oneof the most dangerous be-cause it runs through largepopulated areas, begins atthe northern limit on SanPablo Bay at Richmond.It runs through Oakland,Piedmont, Castro Valley,Hayward, to south of Fre-mont.
The U.S. Geological Sur-vey predicts a 70 percentchance of a quake 6.7 mag-nitude or greater withinthe next 30 years. The 1989Loma Prieta earthquakecaused 63 deaths and $6 bil-lion in property damage.
architects have been rein-terpreted by the currentarchitect
“Legacy houses havebeen modified to suit livingtoday but the bones are stillthere,” said Miya Muraki,home tour co-chair. “Es-pecially with the houses onthis year’s tour, the archi-tects have taken great carein respecting the past butbringing it up to the pres-ent.”
Though the focus maychange the intent behindthe home tour remainsconstant, using these ex-amples to point out how anarchitect is someone whounderstands how to takeproblems and turn theminto opportunities.
“Architects are trainedto look at problems moreglobally and create some-thing more comprehen-sive and artistic. We don’tstop at solving mechanicalproblems, we try to turnthose problems into art,”said Kurt Lavenson, for-mer chair and home tourarchitect. “That’s what ourtour is always about, givingpeople an opportunity togo inside these houses andjust feel what an architectdoes and the collaborationbetween architect and hom-eowners.”
The six homes rangefrom modest, one-roomremodels to houses fullyrebuilt and showcase a va-riety of architectural design
solutions, with an emphasison landscape connections,light, views and buildingmaterials.
In “Reviving a Legacy”in the Oakland hills, An-drew Lee Architecture hasremodeled a kitchen open-ing into the living space of a1962 Joseph Esherick housewith a concrete and woodstructural system. Workingwith the owners, the design,materials and colors main-tain the architectural integ-rity while reviving its spirit.
The house is totally newin the Oakland hills “BoldGeometry” by AAA Archi-tecture’s Benjamin Parco,AIA. One of the last lots re-maining from the Oaklandfires, this house combinesbig-geometric modernismwith the warmth of woodwrappings and texturedcement. Comfort is built inwith radiant-heated floors,and well-detailed energysystems.
Lavenson Design com-pletely changed the topfloor of a Piedmont “ArtistRemodel,” knocking downwalls and reforming a typi-cal ranch to a new, modern,taller, big-windowed space.The remodel has been keptwhite, crisp and clean, aperfect background for theowners’ art.
Berkeley’s “Mid-Cen-tury Makeover” takes ahome originally designedby Ratcliff architects andtransforms its living spaces,adding a front courtyard,a kitchen remodel and amaster suite. In this designStudio Bergtraun, AIA, Ar-chitects have successfully
woven new elements intothe Ratcliff shell.
In “Canyon Repose,”Kuth Ranieri Architectshave created an extensiveremodel to suit the clientsneeds while remaining trueto the bones of a multi-re-modeled home. Nestlednicely into its Berkeley hillssurroundings, the architectsconsidered each space, con-necting it to the landscapewhile maintaining privacy.
Anderson AndersonArchitects respected theowners’ wish to create anew house using the origi-nal footprint of 1952 HenryHill design for Berkeleyhills’ “Courtyard Retreat.”Destroyed by a recent fire,the firm brought a modernflavor with a high degree ofcraftsmanship and sensitiv-ity to the landscape.
AIA East Bay promisesan enjoyable and memora-ble review of East Bay livingthat uses classic architec-ture and a confirmation ofhow collaboration betweenowner and architect cancreate a whole far greaterthan its parts.
“When done well thesearchitectures do not go outof style,” Lavenson said.We’re trying to encourage abroad, thoughtful view thatuses classic elements ofdesign, craftsmanship thatyou won’t get tired of.”
“We hope that this tourspurs ideas about what’spossible on a large scale andon a small scale,” Murakisaid. “We want people towalk away with ideas thatthey could implement intheir own home.”
former U.S. Defense Sec-retary) Robert Gates in astatement issued after thedecision. “Any effort to doso was inevitably going toresult in simultaneous legalbattles in multiple legal ju-risdictions and at stagger-ing cost.”
Lamarache said thePiedmont council member-ship has long chafed underBSA’s restrictions based onsexual orientation that runcounter to the broadly heldlocal views favoring inclu-sion and diversity.
“We believe the BSA’s2013 decision to includeopenly gay youths and the2015 decision to includeopenly gay adults willstrengthen our relationshipwith the broader commu-nity,” Lamarche said. “Weare pleased that the na-tional council’s historic voteon Monday has reaffirmedour community values.”
The blanket ban on dis-crimination applies only toScout units run by secu-lar organizations such asschools and service clubs.Religious organizations,which account for 71 percentof the more than 100,000Scout units nationwide,according to BSA, remainfree to use their moral dis-cretion in selecting leaders
under the protection of theFirst Amendment.
Some church groups arenot pleased with the BoyScouts’ vote. Leaders ofThe Church of Jesus Christof Latter-day Saints, the na-tion’s largest sponsor of theBoy Scouts, said in a state-ment that they are “deeplytroubled” by the decision.
“The church has alwayswelcomed all boys to itsScouting units regardlessof sexual orientation,” readthe statement. “However,the admission of openly gayleaders is inconsistent withthe doctrines of the churchand what have traditionallybeen the values of the BoyScouts of America.”
The Rev. Don Ashburn,associate minister at Pied-mont Community Church(PCC), said he cannot speakfor the whole congregation,but personally supports theBoy Scouts’ decision to liftthe ban on gay leaders.
“I can’t speak for all PCCmembers, though I’d assumemany, if not most, wouldsupport the BSA decision,as I do,” Rev. Ashburn said.“I don’t see any distinctionbetween gay or straight lead-ers, just between good andbad leaders. Sexual orienta-tion doesn’t enter into theequation for me.”
Father Leo Edgerly Jr.at Corpus Christi Churchin Piedmont, said a personshould be respected forwhat he or she is, as we are
all “part of the human fam-ily.”
“We believe that as longas people are dedicatedto working with the BoyScouts and care about thewelfare of the Scouts thatsexual orientation shouldnot be an issue,” Edgerlysaid. “The Catholic Churchteaches that a person isborn with a particular sex-ual orientation and that it isnot a choice.”
Bob Coleman and WesSmith are past presidentsof the Piedmont council. Ascurrent members of the na-tional council, they both hada vote in Monday’s historicdecision.
“Scouting is comprisedof chartering organiza-tions with a great array ofbeliefs,” Smith said. “I feelthe national leadership hasdone an admirable job ofsteering a difficult coursethat should allow us to alignourselves behind our mis-sion of developing charac-ter in youth.”
Randy Litteneker, also aPiedmont council past pres-ident, led the effort to keepan open communicationbetween the Scouts and thePiedmont community be-fore the 2013 vote to includegay Scouts.
“Piedmont has alwaysbeen an inclusive council,and the fact is that no onehas ever been excluded dueto sexual orientation,” Lit-teneker said.
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