San Francisco Bay Area Earthquake Alliance

June 13, 2011

Meeting held at Association of Bay Area Governments, MetroCenter Auditorium

Theme

Shaken Awake!

Welcoming Remarks

Ken Kirkey, Planning Director, ABAG & Danielle Hutchings, Earthquake and Hazards Program Coordinator, ABAG

Bay Area Seismic Risk and Lessons Learned from Recent Earthquakes

Jack Boatwright, USGS & Bay Area Earthquake Alliance Co-Chair

Panel - Best Practices in Housing Retrofit and Mitigation

Moderated by Arrietta Chakos, Chair of Public Policy Committee, EERI

Panel - Planning to Recover: Tools for Local Governments

Moderated by Sarah Karlinsky, Deputy Director, SPUR

Keynote - Insuring Bay Area Housing: What’s at Risk?

Mary Lou Zoback, Seismologist and private consultant

Panel - Building it Back Better: The Role of the Business Community

Moderated by Jeanne Perkins, Principal, Jeanne Perkins Consulting

Panel - Finding the Political Will to Make Retrofitting and Rapid Recovery of Housing a Reality

Moderated by Henry Gardner, Emeritus Executive Director, ABAG

Residential Retrofit Brace & Bolt Program and Earthquake Country Alliance Program

Chris Nance, Communications Director, CEA & Janiele Maffei, Chief Mitigation Officer, CEA

With the recent Japan and New Zealand earthquakes as a backdrop, we are mindful of the risk we face in the Bay Area from earthquakes. The close proximity of faults, coupled with a large population of older houses, puts a huge percentage of our housing at risk. Our residents are the foundation of this region, but without adequate housing that foundation begins to crumble. Learn what local governments can do even in these tough economic times to reduce damage to housing and prepare to build back quickly after an earthquake.

Conference Fee: $20 (includes Continental breakfast and lunch.

• 8:00am Registration and Continental Breakfast

• 8:30am Welcoming Remarks

  Mark Green

  ABAG President and Mayor of Union City

  Danielle Hutchings

  ABAG Earthquake and Hazards Program Coordinator

• 8:50am Bay Area Seismic Risk and Lessons Learned from Recent Earthquakes

  Jack Boatwright

  Seismologist, USGS

• 9:15am Best Practices in Housing Retrofit and Mitigation

  Learn who’s retrofitting and who’s not and what monetary and non-monetary incentives cities are using to encourage retrofits, what works and what doesn’t, and how to create a demand for safer houses in your city or county.

  Moderator

  Arrietta Chakos

  Chair of Public Policy Committee, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute

  Panelists

  Jill Broadhurst

  Director, Community Affairs and Advocacy, Rental Housing Association of Northern Alameda County

  Laurence Kornfield

  Manager of Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Program, City of San Francisco

  Joan MacQuarrie

  Building Official, City of Berkeley

  Sue Piper

  Manager Mayor’s Communications, City of Oakland

  Mark Soltes

  Permit Center Coordinator, City of San Leandro

• 10:30am Break

• 11:00am Planning to Recover: Tools for Local Governments

  What tools are available to local governments today to plan for the rebuilding process and address low income and vulnerable populations? What was learned from past disasters?

  Moderator

  Sarah Karlinsky

  Deputy Director, San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association

  Panelists

  Harold Brooks

  CEO, American Red Cross Bay Area

  Charles Eadie

  Principal, Hamilton Swift Land Use & Development

  Catherine Firpo

  Housing Coordinator, City of Emeryville

  Heidi Sieck

  City and County of San Francisco

• 12:15pm Lunch

• 12:45pm Keynote Address: Insuring Bay Area Housing: What’s at Risk?

  Mary Lou Zoback

  Seismologist and private consultant

• 1:15pm Building it Back Better: The Role of the Business Community

  Moderator

  Jeanne Perkins

  Principal, Jeanne Perkins Consulting

  Panelists

  Tom Anderson

  Owner, Anderson-Niswander Construction

  Amy Bach

  Executive Director, United Policy Holders

  Kenneth Moy

  ABAG Legal Counsel

  Joe Olla

  Director of Business Development, Nibbi Brothers General Contractors

• 2:30pm Break and Discussion Period

  What are the policy issues you’ve heard today that you would like elected officials to address?

• 3:00pm Finding the Political Will to Make Retrofitting and Rapid Recovery of Housing a Reality

  What are the creative ways local governments are making earthquake planning a priority and implementing best practices? What issues can be addressed by the region as a whole?

  Moderator

  Henry Gardner

  Emeritus Executive Director, ABAG

  Panelists

  Susan Adams

  Supervisor, County of Marin & Vice President, ABAG

  Tom Bates

  Mayor of Berkeley

  Jean Quan

  Mayor of Oakland

• 4:15pm Announcement: Residential Retrofit Brace & Bolt Program and Earthquake Country Alliance Program

  Chris Nance

  Communications Director, California Earthquake Authority

• 4:45pm Wrap Up and Adjourn

• 5:00pm Networking Reception