This meeting will be held as a virtual meeting. If you would like to attend, please email cpp@sfgov.org to request the meeting link.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. INTRODUCTIONS AND AGENDA REVIEW (5 min)
3. IMPROVING LIFELINE RESTORATION PERFORMANCE (20 min)
Danielle Mieler from the Office of Resilience and Capital Planning will present the release of the Final Lifelines Restoration Performance Project and discuss prioritization and implementation of strategies.
4. PSPS AND WILDFIRE OUTLOOK (20 min)
PG&E will update the Council on the Public Safety Power Shut-off (PSPS) outlook for the remainder of the wildfire season and work they have done to limit the scope and duration of outages.
5. COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS DURING DISASTERS (20 min)
Power shutdowns during the 2019 wildfire season gave some California residents a preview of the challenges many of us will face during a major earthquake disaster, challenges which will include disruptions to electrical power and communications. Volume 3 of the Haywired Scenario, a publication series from the U.S. Geological Survey, will contain a chapter on the disruptive effects to communications networks from a hypothetical major earthquake on the Hayward fault, and the challenges forecasted in response and recovery to the event. David Witkowski, co-author of the Haywired communications chapter, will present an overview of the research and analysis that went into the project, and will discuss what wildfires, floods, and PSPS events can teach us about communications preparedness in the next earthquake. He will also discuss recent rulemaking by the CPUC and legislative efforts to require telecommunications power resiliency.
6. HAYWIRED LIFELINES INFRASTRUCTURE STUDY (20 min)
The HayWired earthquake scenario compiles information about lifeline infrastructure performance and service restoration from two chapters about water supply and telecommunication services, two collaborations with BART and Caltrans, and consultations with PG&E. Assessments varied by hazards considered and structural detail in vulnerability functions. To establish common ground, many types of lifeline infrastructure are mapped against the individual and combined hazards of the HayWired scenario: fault surface rupture, shaking, liquefaction, landslide, fire, and aftershocks. Unique to this study, collocations of infrastructures is also examined relative to hazard exposures. We invite our cooperators to remark on what they learned from the scenario and emphasize critical issues.
7. OPEN DISCUSSION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS (5 min)
8. NEXT MEETING
The next meeting of the Council will be 1-2:30pm on December 10, 2020. This meeting will be held remotely.
