~~~ CGJRT CONVERTED IN SPECIAL SESSION February 24, 1967 at 10:15 o'clock A.M., with the following members present: Julius R. lveunhoffer County Judge W. C. Schwethelm Commissioner Precinct l Roger Stone Commissioner Precinct 4 and the Court having duly opened, the following proceedings were had: N0. 10458 APPROVAL OF PLAT OF PART OF E. J. NICKLOS RANCHO AMIGO On this the 24th day of February 1967, upon motion made by Commissioner Stone, seconded by Commissioner Schwethelm, the Court unanimously approved the Plat of Part oŁ E. J. Nicklos Rancho Amigo. o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o COURT ADJOURNED February 24, 1967 at 10:35 o'clock A.M. o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o CIVIL DEFENSE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN KERRVILLE-KERR COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE AND DISASTER RELIEF I. AUTHORITY• State of Texas Civil Protection Act of 1951, as amended. State of Texas Operational Survival Plan, 1958. Kerr County Commissioners Court Order, No. 8229, March 10, 1959. City of Kerrville Proceedings City Council, February 8, 1962. II. MISSION: Civil Defense is an emergency function of government requiring a plan and organization to effect survival capability. The objective is to safeguard life and property under all possible emergency conditions; control resources; provide emergency shelter, food, and health services for citizens of the community; receive and care for evacuees from emergency conditions in other areas, and to continue the control of local government. III. ASSUMPTIONS -- specific things that might happen: 1. In case of an enemy attack on installations in the San Antonio area, Kerr County and adjacent areas might be hit by nuclear weapons either as a result of deliberate attack or by accident or error. 2. The entire county could possibly receive and be blanketed by heavy radioactive fallout from missles detonated around San Antonio, the Austin area, or in fact any place throughout Texas. 3. In case of a continued attack, Kerr County might be completely isolated for some time and with no additional supplies of food, fuel or other necessities. 4. If San Antonio was attacked or bombed, Kerrville might receive thousands of evacuees. 5. This community might be required to care for evacuees from other areas of local disaster. 6. A serious flood, tornado, explosion or other cat strophe might disrupt the entire community with danger to lives and damage to property. IV. GENERAL ACTIONS -- to be taken in an emergency: 1. Receive and disseminate adequate warnings. 2. Issue an appropriate proclamation. 3. Mobilize civil defense forces and activate an Emergency Operations Center. 4~7 4 Activate the Emergency Hospital as may be required. 5. Maintain law and order, prevent panic, and protect life and property. 6. Control and manage resources. 7. Receive and care for evacuees. 8. Determine radiological hazards and warn community. 9. Continue the local government. V. WARNING OF NATIONAL EMERG4ENCY: 1. International situations will probably vary through periods of extreme national tension and Federal and State agencies will relay sufficient information to support local actions. Highly efficient detection and warning systems now in operation leave little likelihood of a complete surprise attack. However, this is no guarantee, therefore a minimum warning time of two to six hours should be planned. Under the assumption that a blast wave from a bomb will travel about one mile in five seconds, flying debris and heat will accompany the blast. After the blast and heat, radioactive fallout will descend in about thirty to sixty minutes depending upon the direction and velocity of the wind. However the radioactive fallout will occur in areas far distant from the blast. The necessity of a prepared fallout shelter plan and avail- able shelter is obvious. 2. In the event of a surprise attack, the Texas Department of Public Safety is charged with the responsibility of conveying the information to each community. Such a warning will be transmitted immediately by that agency to the Kerrville Chief of Police; to KERV Radio Station and to the Director of Civil Defense. The Chief of Police and KERV Radio Station are responsible for warning the general public. 3. A continuous steady alarm of five minutes on the Kerrville fire sirens will indicate an EMERGENCY ALARM WARNING. All persons should immediately tune in Radio Station KERV, 1230 on the dial, and listen for instructions. In the event of a civil disaster, information will be disseminated by the KERV Radio Station. 1 VI. ACTIVATION OF PLAN: "' 1. Operational activation of this plan and the assumption of duties by the officers designated herein will become effective only after a formal proclamation by the County Judge and/or the City Manager with the announcement of an existing emergency. 2. The Civil Defense Director will activate the Emergency Operations Center and operate it on a 24-hour basis. 3. Immediately after the announced emergency all civil defense officers and assistants will proceed to the Emergency Operations Center. VII. EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER: In the event of a National Emergency and the activation of this plan, a central Emergency Operations Center will be established in the basement of the County Court- house building. This is the only available shelter that will afford protection from radioactive fallout. VIII. ORGANIZATION AND RESPONSIBILITIES: An organization chart showing the chain of command from the County Governing organiza- tion down to the local operating units is attached. Functions and responsibilities are outlined below. Detailed responsibilities and operation procedures are more fully stated in an ANNEX for each service. ~V~ i. DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: (See Annex 1). Functioning under the direction of the Kerr County Civil Defense and disaster ^„ Relief Committee, the Director is responsible for the preparation of a Civil Defense and Disaster Relief Plan and, when required, to activate an organization to implement the plan. He is responsible for the coordination of functions, responsibilities, operational procedure, and all other matters between the various services of the organization. The Kerrville City Manager is designated as Assistant Director and will act as a first assistant and, in the absence of the Director, he will assume all duties and functions. 2. ADMINISTRA`PIVE SERVICE: (see Annex 2). The Kerrville City Clerk is designated Director of the Administrative Service. This office will be responsible for all correspondence and reports, personnel and personnel records, fiscal matters and all other administrative functions relating to civil defense activities. 3. PUBLIC WORKS. ENGINEERING AND FIRE SERVICE: (see Annex 3) The Kerrville City Manager is designated Director and the City Engineer is ~-. designated the Assistant Director of the Public Works, Engineering and Fire Service. This service represents an extension and expansion of the regular functions of city government. In addition to the operation and maintenance of all utilities this service will be responsible for any required engineering, the control and operation of the Fire Department, the control of all emergency transportation, including ambulances, damage assessment, collection of salvage and unclaimed property, clearance of debris and related civic duties. 4, POLICE SERVICE: (see Annex 4). The Kerrville Chief of police, M. M. Calvert, is designated the Director of Police Service. Police functions in Civil Defense are basically no different from those normally performed except that the problems are vastly increased under emergency conditions. This service is responsible for emergency control of public safety and the maintenance of law and order. These functions include the control of traffic, protection of life and property, prevention of looting and control of any indicated panic. The service is also responsible for all rescue operations. The Area Radiological Officer is designated as an assistant under the Director of Police and will coordinate and control all activities of the radiological activities. The County Sheriff, acting as an assistant, will cooperate in all police activities outside of the City of Kerrville. 5. HEALTH AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE: (see Annex 5) Dr. Russell E. Guill is designated the Director of the Health and Emergency Medical Service. In case of local disaster he will perform the duties pres- cribed by current laws and regulations as may be modified or enlarged by the emergency. In a National Emergency this service is responsible for the or- ganization and operation of all medical facilities within the County; the .... establishement of the emergency hospital now in storage and others as may be required in schools, churches or public buildings. This service will also be responsible for communicable disease control, necessary immunization, laboratory -2- service and all other medical activities. In cooperation with local coroners, mortuary centers may be established as required. Radiological evaluations will be made from the information reported by the Radiological Officer. 6. EMERGENCY WELFARE SERVICE: (see Annex 6). Whitlock Zander is designated the Director of Emergency Welfare Service. In case of local disaster the civilian welfare agencies will carry out their usual missions independent of any local control. In case of a National Emergency the Welfare Service will become the primary welfare agency and will be responsible for all welfare, integrating the activities of the American Red Cross, the Salavation Army and other welfare organizations. In case of an enemy attack the functions of this service will be to meet human needs resulting from the emergency and will include registration of all refugees entering the area; emergency assignment for shelter and providing food on a mass care basis. This service will maintain an information locator unit to assist in reuniting families and answering inquiries regarding the location of individuals. 7. COMMODITY CONTROL SERVICE: (see Annex 7). Jim W. Weatherby is designated Director of the Commodity Control Service. His- tory has demonstrated many times that in a disaster vital stocks of food, clothing, medicines, and other essentials are lost by hoarding, looting, and other schemes. Therefore government control is necessary. In case of an enemy attack, this service in cooperation with State and Federal Agencies will be responsible for the conservation and distribution of all consumer supplies at the county level; for the establishing of ration allowances, and for appointing ration boards. 8. EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE: (see Annex 8). Cedric R. Toler is designated Director of the Emergency Communications Service. The primary function of this division will be the control and operation of the Radio Amateurs Civil Emergency Service net for emergency communications to all areas; the integration of all local communications, and the operation of a central message center at the Emergency Operations Center. 9. PUBLIC INFORMATION SERVICE: (see Annex 9) Glenn R. Nelson is designated Director of the Public Information Service. Adequate distribution of information is essential to the success of any Civil Defense activity in order to keep the public informed and to obtain their support. This service will act as a central information office for the Civil Defense organization and for the general public. It will be responsible for the collec- tion and dissemination of all information and the central control point for the release of all information, general news, or instructions to the public by either press or radio. Prompt dissemination of information will be made to the general public, and timely announcements will be made that coacern public interest. A public information office will be maintained from which individuals or news agencies may obtain information, check facts, or secure news releases. /s/ L. R. Wolfe L. R. Wolfe, Director -3- APPROVED: /s/ Julius R. Neunhoffer Date: 2-15-67 Julius R. Neunhoffer, Gounty Judge /s/ Walter Cummings Date; 2-16-67 Walter Cummings, Mayor of the City of Kerrville, Texas PUBLIC WORKS ~ ADMINISTRATION ENGR, & FIRE I POLICE Records Utilities Warning Personnel Streets Law enforce- Fiscal Engineering went Fire Rescue Txansportation~ ~ Radiological ORGANIZATION CHART KERRVILLE-KERB COUATY CIVIL DEFENSE County Judge- Mayor Commissioners City Council Direl for Asst. Directo~ HEALTH & MEDICAL WELFARE Sanitation Shelter Hospital opera Food ing Registration Mortuary Radiation evalu- ation CCONTROLY ! I COPtMUNICATIONS ~ ~ INFORPfATION Conserve re- sources Est.- allowances Ration Boards Coordinate with U:S D.A, Replenish con- sumer supplies s operation News releases 1 communica Information to s public age Center Central infor- mation office L:,, ~ . ;, ~. i' I i ffff rrl~i I', '; Ii 471. KERRVILLE-KERR COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE AND DISASTER RELIEF ANNEXES 1 - 9 ANNEX 1 - CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: NORMAL PEACE-'TIME 1. To incorporate changes and additions to the present EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN as may be practicable and sure the approval of County Judge and City Mayor. 2. Prepare a new plan as may be required. 3. Prepare and answer all correspondence from the State Office ®f Defense and Disaster Relief, and submit such reports as may be required. 4. Prepare and submit to State Office of Defense & Disaster Relief the required annual PROGRAM PAPER AND PROGRESS REPORT. 5. Insure proper storage and inspection of Emergency Hospital equipment and medical supplies. 6. Arrange for training and refresher training of personnel required in all phases of civil defense, shelter management, and household survival. 7. Supervise all phases of obtaining surplus property, maintain records of disposi- tion of surplus property and make such inspections as required. 8. Maintain a library of all government and state publications pertaining to civil defense and related subjects. 9. Training program and assign duties for Reserve Officers detailed to Civil Defense activities. 10. In a National Emergency responsible for the organization and operation of the entire Civil Defense program. ANNEX 2 - ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Upon the activation of this plan, go immediately to the EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (EOC) and set up an administrative office. 2. Select and recruit personnel required for administrative activities. 3. Take necessary actions to obtain necessary office equipment, desks, file cabinets, etc. 4. Set up records for all personnel actively engaged in the Civil Defense organiza- tion and maintain such records during the entire emergency. 5. Initiate fiscal records with details of all private property used by Civil Defense, records of obligations, and accounts for any allotted funds. 6. Prepare record of all reports required by higher authority. 7. Prepare all necessary correspondence and reports. 8. Establish efficient filing system. ANNEX 3 - PUBLIC WORKS, ENGINEERING, AND FIRE SERVICE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Continue maintenance of all public utilities. ._ 2. Control and operation of the City Fire Department as well as the units at Ingram and Hunt. All fire fighting facilities of the county will be integrated and operated to minimize the effects of local disaster or enemy action. 3. Provide for protective measures against contamination of water supply or disrup- tion of utility services. ~~ 4. Plan for a distribution of power load to critical areas or services if electrical power is reduced. 5. Establish transportation pool, control and operate all transportation required by Civil Defense. This includes the control of the ambulance service. Commandeer such motor vehicles, tractors or other heavy equipment as may be required. 6. Provide for emergency restoration, construction, or repair as may be required for public buildings, roads, or utilities. 7. The Engineering Department will inspect all buildings for safety after an emergency explosion or demolition. Assist the Emergency Welfare Service in evaluating emergency housing facilities. Assist Emergency Health and Medical Service in A-1 evaluating potential hospital buildings. Give special attention to roads, streets, and public buildings for clearance in case of bomb blast or other destruction. 8. Remove all debris from public property; collect all salvage and unclaimed property. 9. Maintain responsibility for disposal of waste, garbage and sewage. Supervise all phases of sanitation control, with special attention to emergency housing areas. 10. The Fire Department will compile and maintain a current inventory of fire fighting equipment within the county; a list of auxiliary firemen that may be called in an emergency. This department will conduct such training as may be necessary to insure that all auxiliary firemen are proficient in their duties and in the opera- tion of fire fighting equipment. 11. In preparation for an emergency this Service should maintain a list of all ambu- lances in the area and vehicles that could be used as an ambulance in an emergency. Maintain a list of volunteer ambulance drivers that could be called when needed. A list should be maintained of available trucks used by commercial lines, live- stock haulers, gasoline transports, available buses, and lists of all available heavy equipment. ANNEX 4 - POLICE SERVICE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: ~' 1. In case of local civil disaster, the City Police will undoubtedly be one of the first to obtain such information. The Police Service will therefore immediately notify the City Manager, the Peterson Memorial Hospital, Dr. Russell E. Guill (Director of the Health and Emergency Medical Service), the local ambulance service, and any other units that might be concerned. 2. In a local emergency immediate action will be taken to set up necessary traffic control posts, road blocks, and designate restricted areas as may be necessary for public safety. Additional security or fire guards will be detailed as required. 3. This Service will maintain a current list of volunteers for emergency police service, fire guards, wardens, or other security personnel. Necessary action will be taken to insure that they are familiar with the duties required if called into emergency service. ~, 4. In a NATIONAL EMERGENCY the police functions are basically no different from normal operations except the problems vastly increase under emergency conditions. Some of the additional responsibilities will be as indicated: X73 a. The County Sheriff has been designated as an acting assistant in case of a ,._. National Emergency. Coordination of activities with this office should therefore be one oŁ the early actions to be taken. b. Control and direct all civilian transportation into or out of the area through adequate traffic control points. In order to control and register all refugees coming into Kerrville from San Antonio, an efficient control point can be established at the County Livestock building area on the San Antonio Highway. Likewise another at the State Park on the Bandera Road. The Emergency Welfare Service is responsible for operating personnel, information to be recorded, and assignment of refugees to housing areas from these check points; however, the Police Service should check each vehicle for firearms. c. Take necessary action to prevent looting, sabotage, and similar acts of violence. d. Confiscate all firearms or other deadly weapons carried by civilians entering the City. e. Locate and mark any unexploded bombs and effect adequate safety measures. The location of any unexploded bombs or other missles will be reported to EUC (Emergency Operations Center). Ł. Coordinate the local police radio with the RACES net and with the State Highway Department communications system, maintain a continuous communications system. g. The Police Service is authorized to render mutual aid to adjacent areas when requested through authorized channels provided personnel and equipment are available. 5. The Area Radiological Officer is designated as Assistant to the Director, Police Service. The duties and responsibilities of this office are outlined in Annex 4 A. A-2 ANNEX 4 p - RADIOLOGICAL SERVICE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: " 1. The storage, safe-keeping, and issue as required of all radiological instruments. 2. Arrange for maintenance and calibration of monitoring instruments and battery replacements as required. 3. Develop reporting procedures for monitors and reporting to higher levels of government. 4. Insure that the next higher government organization receives a report of radio- active fallout every 12 hours during the first 48 hours after the first detection of radioactivity, and as required thereafter. Insure that the Director of Health and Medical Service is kept fully informed as to all fallout monitoring reports. 5. Establish a network of fallout and monitoring and reporting stations. 6. Establish a radef analysis and evaluation section and coordinate all actions and reports with elements of the EUC. 7. Select and recruit personnel to be trained and assigned to specific jobs within the Radiological Service. .-, 8. Notify the Health and Medical Service at least every six hours of the reported fallout monitor readings. ANNEX 5 - HEALTH AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: NORMAL PEACE-TIME ~~~ 1. Organize the program of emergency medical services within the community for adequate operations in case of a local disaster. --, 2. Survey existing medical personnel (physicians, surgeons, veterinarians, pharmacists, dentists, nurses, laboratory technicians, etc.) for possible assign- ments to duty when required. 3. Survey available medical supplies and medical equipment and have available the sources of additional supplies or equipment when required. 4. Survey existing hospitals and additional potential hospital facilities within the area on the basis of maximum bed capacities. 5. Be prepared in case of local disaster to expand existing hoppitals and other medical facilities to meet existing needs. 6. Be prepared in time of local disaster to establish, staff, and operate other emergency hospitals in schools, churches, and other available facilities as required. 7. In a NATIONAL EMERGENCY the Medical responsibility will include these additional functions: a. Supervision and operation of the EMERGENCY HOSPITAL if required. b. Direct control and supervision of all hospitals, nursing homes and related facilities within the county. c. Control of communicable disease prevention, necessary immunization, and isolation of patients. d. Operation of medical service laboratories and bacteriology decontamination. e. Supervise and coordinate all radiological defense and radiological decontamina- tion. f. Cooperate with coroners in establishing and operating mortuary centers as may be required. ANNEX 6 - EMERGENCY WELFARE SERVICE DUTIES AND RESPOPdSIBILITIES: NORMAL PEACE-TIME 1. Inventory and maintain a list of all housing facilities, camps, etc. in the area with the approximate capacity of each. Also, a list of potential housing facilities and approximate capacity of each. 2. Inventory and maintain a list of all food service facilities in the area and the approximate number that can be accommodated. Also, a list of potential facilities that could be converted to feeding activities and the approximate capacity of each. 3. Maintain a list of the names and addresses of all known trained nurses that in an emergency could be called into service. 4. In a NATIONAL EMERGENCY this service will be responsible for the following functions: a. In a National Emergency all welfare activities are required to function under the control and supervision of this service. Therefore an immediate A-3 necessity will be to coordinate all activities with the American Red Cross, ,.. Salvation Army, and other welfare organizations. b. The registration of all refugees entering the area and assigning each to a designated camp or housing facility. This can be most efficiently done in cooperation with the Police Service at the traffic control points. 47~ c. Organize and operate mass feeding kitchens as may be required. The cafeteria .- at Tivy High School, other schools and churches might afford facilities and the City Auditorium is equipped for mass feeding. d. Organize and maintain a personnel information loactor unit to assist in reuniting families, answering inquiries, or locating missing persons. e. Select and recruit personnel to be assigned to the various jobs required for the Welfare Service. ANNEX 7 - COMMODITY CONTROL SERVICE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Responsible for the conservation and sales distribution of all consumer supplies to all elements of the population. 2. Immediately stop the sale of all consumer supply items. 3. Require immediate inventories from all commercial organizations for the amount of goods on hand. 4. Establish allowances for all items. Food allowance should not exceed 2000 ~. calories per person per day and this only in an emergency. 5. Designate and appoint required ration boards; possible different boards for different classes of it ems. 6. Open and/or close the sale of various items, change allowances, or designate changes as may be required. 7. Coordiante activities and estimated requirements with the U.S.D.A. County Defense Board. This organization is charged with the responsibility of the supply of wholesale stocks. ANNEX 8 - EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Immediately activate the RACES (Radio Amateurs Civil Emergency Service) radio net and establish emergency communications in all parts of the county. 2. Install one operator on a 24-hour basis at EOC (Emergency Operations Center). ^- 3. Contact the local telephone company and arrange for the necessary telephone lines to be installed at EOC. 4. Designate a prescribed reporting procedure from each RACES station to the control station at EOC and establish a record file of those messages. 5. Establish, organize and operate a message center at EOC on a 24-hour basis. 6. This service is responsible for the placing, repair and operation of all emer- gency generators controlled by Civil Defense. 7. The control and operation of the local telephone company is not considered to be within the province of Civil Defense, but all telephone activities should be coordinated by this Service. ANNEX 9 -PUBLIC INFORMATION SERVICE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: NURMAL PEACE-TIME 1. Prepare and forward to the local newspapers, radio stations, and other news media any information of general public interest or essential to keep the public informed concerning Civil Defense activities. 2. In a NATIONAL EMERGENCY to establish and operate a central news and information agency. 47h 3. Operate as the central control point for all public information, general news, and the release of all information to the local newspapers, the radio station and to the public concerning Civil Defense activities. 4. Prepare news releases as required. 5. Make prompt dissemination of information to the general public, and timely announce- menu of concern or interest. 6. Operate a public information office from which individuals or news agencies may obtain information, check details of reports, and secure current news items. Filed 23 day of Feb. A.D. 1967 Emmie M. Muenker Clerk County Court, Kerr County, Texas o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o COURT CONVENED IN SPECIAL SESSION March 3, 19b7 at 1C:00 o'clock A.M., with the following officers present: Julius R. Neunhoffer W. C. Schwethelm Clinton D. Burney Adolph Bartel Roger Stone County Judge Commissioner Precinct 1 Commissioner Precinct 2 Commissioner Precinct 3 Commissioner Precinct 4 and the Court having duly opened, the following proceedings were had: N0. 10459 ORDER REQUESTING PERMISSIVE LEGISLATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SINGLE COUNTY-WIDB AUTHORITY TO ASSUME OWNERSHIP AND/OR OPERA'1'ION OF CITY-COUNTS' AIRPORT FACILITIES On this the 3rd day of March, 1967, came on to be heard and considered by the court the matter of the establishment of a single administrative body to assume the responsibility of ownership and/or operation of the present City-County airport facility known as Louis Schreiner Field, and it appearing to the court that negotiations between the City of Kerrville and Kerr County whereby each of the individual governing bodies concerned has offered to convey its individual one-half interest in the said airport facility to the other governing body have failed to provide an acceptable solution to the numerous problems arising out of the existing system of joint ownership and contol of the said airport facility, and it further appearing to the court that the consensus of those concerned with the future operations of the said airport is that a single independent agency should be created to assume the ownership and/or operation of the facility, it is ordered on motion by Commissioner Bartel, seconded by Commissioner Burney and unanimously approved by the court that Kerr County hereby requests, subject to the substantial concurrence herein by the City of Kerrville, that Hon. James E. Nugent, State Representative of the 55th Legislative District and the Hon. J. P. Word, State Senator, 12th Senatorial District, introduce in the current session of the State Legislature and se cu r2 the passage of the necessary legislation to accomplish the following purposes: 1. The establishment of a single independent county-wide authority empowered to acquire title to and/or operate the existing public airport facility known as Louis Schreiner Field and owned jointly by the City of Kerrville and Kerr County, 2. That such authority be created pursuant to either the provisions of Article IX, Section 12 of the Constitution of the State of Texas, if applicable, or such other constitutional authority as may exist. 3. That such authority, if created, shall assume ownership and/or operation of the said facility subject to the provisions of all contractual agreements and leases which may have been entered into by the City of Kerrville and Kerr County with third parties of any A-4 ~`"_~ / description.