Summary Minutes
Nevada Earthquake Safety Council
18 February 2000
The Nevada Earthquake Safety Council (NESC) met from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on 18 February 2000 at the Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas.
Burt Slemmons, First Vice Chair-South, chaired the meeting.
Individuals attending the meeting are members of the Council:
John Anderson*, Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Mike Blakely*, Blakely, Johnson, and Ghusn
Ian Buckle*, UNR Center for Civil Engineering Earthquake Research
Wayne Carlson*, Nevada Public Agency Insurance Pool
William Cox*, Austin High School
Bob Cullins*, Las Vegas Fire Department
Greg Flanigan*, Farmers Insurance
Terri Garside, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, representing Ron Lynn*, Clark County Building Department
Mike Klein*, Converse Consultants
Bill Lowry*, Public Utilities Commission
Greg Moss, Moss Group representing Larry Johnson*, Black Eagle Consulting Inc.
Jon Price*, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Jim Reagan*, Sierra Pacific Power Company
Burt Slemmons*, University of Nevada, Reno (retired, Las Vegas consultant)
David Weide, UNLV Geoscience Department, representing Barbara Luke*, UNLV Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Jim Werle, representing Mike Klein* in the afternoon, Converse Consultants
Ben Allen, AT&T, Pleasanton, CA
Rasool Anooshepoor, Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Craig dePolo, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Diane dePolo, Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Mary Manning
Pete Mote
Jim O'Donnell
John Perry
Bert Prescott, Division of Emergency Management
Renee Tyler
Gary Vines
* indicates member of the Board of Directors.
A quorum of directors (the necessary 11) was present.
Board Members unable to attend or send a proxy included:
Bernie Anderson*, Nevada State Assemblyman
Margie Gunn*, Lincoln County Office of Emergency Management
Phil Harrington*, Carson City Building Department
Steven Horsford*, R & R, Advertising and the Nevada Resort Association
Michael Lynch*, Builders Association of Northern Nevada
Charles P. Watson*, Advanced Geological Exploration and Seismo-Watch
The minutes from the meeting on 19 November 1999 were approved.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Awareness and Education Committee
Diane dePolo provided a written report of committee activities (see enclosures). Electronic copies of this and other reports will be posted on the NESC Web page (http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/nesc).
The 2000 Nevada Earthquake Calendar was distributed to every teacher in the state (over 17,000 calendars). The poster contest attracted 60 entries. There were 13 county winners and one state winner. The winning posters will be featured in the 2001 calendar.
February 20-26, 2000 will be Earthquake Awareness and Preparedness Week, and a statewide earthquake drill will be held in Nevada schools on Wednesday, February 23, 2000.
On February 11 Governor Guinn declared the third week of February to be known annually as Earthquake Awareness and Preparedness Week. Possible themes for next year's Earthquake Awareness and Preparedness Week
include "Seismic sleuths, hunt for hazards" and "What's your plan, man?."
ACTION ITEM: Terri Garside will prepare letters of thanks from Chairman Ron Lynn to Debbie Hinman, Nevada Bell, who helped with copying materials regarding the Earthquake Awareness and Preparedness Week, and to Jim Reagan, Sierra Pacific, who paid for mailing these materials and the 2000 calendars.
Craig dePolo suggested that northern Nevada and southern Nevada subcommittees be formed to deal with Earthquake Awareness and Preparedness Week in 2001.
Response and Recovery Committee
Bob Cullins reported that the DEM hosted at three-day workshop on training trainers for Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs), Jan 24-26, 2000. Las Vegas is planning on training 50 people for CERTs.
Since the last NESC meeting FEMA's disaster field office sponsored a damage estimator workshop in Las Vegas.
Engineering and Architecture Committee
Mike Blakely stated that the committee did not meet during the last quarter.
Geoscience Committee
Burt Slemmons provided a written report (see attachment). He also noted that many of the activities of the Geoscience Committee are reported in the Annual Report produced by the Strategic Planning Committee.
Burt Slemmons introduced Jim Werle, who presented the final draft Guidelines for Evaluating Liquefaction Hazards in Nevada. The committee started its work with California Division of Mines and Geology Special Publication 117. A number of engineering and geotechnical groups and individuals have participated in the preparation. The Consulting Engineering Council (CEC) was contacted and given ample opportunity to comment. The document will be a living document. That is, when changes are needed, the NESC will ask the Geoscience Committee to prepare a draft for consideration by the technical community and the NESC.
A motion that the NESC accept and endorse the Guidelines for Evaluating Liquefaction Hazards in Nevada was approved unanimously.
Burt Slemmons thanked the dozens of people who helped prepare the guidelines, particularly Jim Werle, Mike Klein, Gary Norris, Raj Siddharthan, and Barbara Luke.
ACTION ITEM: Terri Garside will prepare, for Ron Lynn's signature, special commendations from the NESC for Jim Werle, Mike Klein, Gary Norris, Raj Siddharthan, and Barbara Luke.
Burt Slemmons asked the NESC for new charges for the Geoscience Committee. He suggested one possible new task would be to hold a conference on seismic hazard of the Las Vegas area. New USGS dates on Whitney Mesa may suggest higher rates of seismic activity than previously recognized. Craig dePolo suggested that a working group on seismic hazards in Nevada be formed to come to consensus on hazards in specific areas.
Risk Mitigation Committee
Craig dePolo provided a written report, which is attached. He will report on the Nevada Earthquake Risk Mitigation Plan later in the meeting.
Craig talked about the Nevada Earthquake Risk Mitigation Awards. He suggested the following awards be presented
A motion passed unanimously that the Council approve Awards for Earthquake Risk Mitigation in Nevada for outstanding service to the Nevada Department of Transportation (for their seismic retrofit of the I-80 - U.S. 395 interchange in Reno); Keith Rogers for his Sunday, April 11, 1999, Sunday Las Vegas Review Journal article on earthquakes; and Cory Farley for his continued coverage of earthquake issues, including his February 4, 2000 article in the Reno Gazette-Journal.
These awards will be presented at future NESC meetings. Greg Moss suggested that NESC request that the Governor sign the awards.
Craig also noted that the committee is working on the issue of identifying unreinforced masonry buildings (URMs) in northern Nevada. In 1986 California passed an act to require counties to identify URMs and notify owners. Los Angeles followed with a city ordinance requiring retrofitting or demolition of all URMs. Largely because of the actions taken by the state and city, there were no deaths from URMs in the Northridge earthquake.
Wayne Carlson will be taking over as chair of the Risk Mitigation Committee.
ACTION ITEM: Terri Garside will assist in the preparation of the Awards for Earthquake Risk Mitigation in Nevada from the NESC.
Strategic Planning Committee
Jim Reagan distributed the annual report of NESC activities, a copy of which is appended to these minutes.
Burt Slemmons requested that a change on page 4 of the annual report be made. In the first bullet under item D3, change 'Revision of the "Guidelines for Evaluating Potential Surface Fault Rupture/Land Subsidence Hazards in Nevada"' to 'Revision of the "Guidelines for Evaluating Liquefaction Hazards in Nevada."'
Nominating Committee
Jon Price reported that Steve Horsford would prefer to be replaced on the NESC by Tom Clark.
A motion to approve the replacement of Steve Horsford by Tom Clark as a member of the board of directors of the NESC was unanimously approved.
ACTION ITEM: Jon Price will contact Frank Siracusa to request his approval of this replacement.
Ad Hoc Bylaws Committee
At the last meeting Ron Lynn had charged the committee to consider whether there should be clarity in defining credentials of individuals appointed to the committee. Burt Slemmons reported that the committee discussed the pros and cons of stipulating certain areas of expertise for university representatives. The committee recommended that no changes be made to the bylaws. No action was taken by the NESC.
All Hazard Mitigation Advisory Committee Liaison
Several NESC members are also members of AHMAC, which has been charged by DEM to set priorities for mitigation funding from FEMA. FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) provides 15% of the funding for a federally declared disaster to be made available for mitigation. The projects need not be in the counties affected by the disaster, nor do they need to be related to the specific type of hazard. That is, mitigation can be for earthquake risk reduction even if the disaster was a flood. The HMGP require 25% match from non-federal sources. Wayne Carlson noted that many of the projects being proposed for HMGP funds could perhaps be supported by Community Development Block Grants.
Bert Prescott mentioned that AHMAC will also be participating in choosing the next Project Impact communities in Nevada. Sparks was the first; Las Vegas was second; and Carson City is being encouraged by DEM and FEMA to become the next city. The Carson City Council hasn't yet passed a resolution to be a Project Impact city.
Jon Price suggested that NESC feed priorities regarding earthquake mitigation activities to AHMAC.
FEMA/HAZUS WORKSHOP
Bob Cullins updated NESC on possible workshops on the use of HAZUS, FEMA's computer program for estimating losses from natural disasters. FEMA is willing to pay for the training, but a facility will be needed. A training session would be geared toward GIS specialists and potential users of HAZUS in local governments.
John Perry noted that he just received the latest update of HAZUS. He felt that more emphasis should be placed on getting local data into the program. He would be willing to provide a demonstration for the NESC. The latest version of the program has many improvements, including faster speed. Local data are needed on rock types and soils and on building stock. There is a problem of using the program in places with large census tracks, such as around Nevada's rural communities.
ACTION ITEM: John Perry will provide a demonstration of HAZUS at the August meeting of the NESC.
ACTION ITEM: Bob Cullins will chair an ad hoc committee (with other members being John Perry, Jim O'Donnell, and Greg Moss) to recommend at the May NESC meeting any action that NESC should take regarding a possible workshop.
NEVADA RISK ASSESSMENT
Craig dePolo distributed a draft Nevada Earthquake Risk Mitigation Plan. He emphasized that it is a straw man. It follows the California plan to a large extent. Comments on all aspects of the plan are welcome; individuals are requested to send their comments to Wayne Carlson, Chair of the Risk Mitigation Committee (fax: 775-883-7398; e-mail: parmsinc@aol.com). A major goal of the plan is to have an "earthquake-resistant" state in 30 years. Another major goal is to reduce annual loss estimates from earthquakes well below the $60 million per year in Nevada likely to be estimated by FEMA using HAZUS. One possible gap in the plan is in addressing new construction. The plan has been reviewed by FEMA, whose comments have been generally positive.
ACTION ITEM: Craig dePolo will provide Terri Garside with an electronic copy of the draft Nevada Earthquake Risk Mitigation Plan for the NESC Web site.
Q (John Anderson): Is there anything in the foreseeable future that would indicate that insurance premiums will go down in a response to earthquake mitigation?
A (Wayne Carlson and Greg Flanigan): In part because earthquake insurance is not part of the standard homeowner's insurance, the insurance companies have not been ready to offer reduced premiums.
John Anderson suggested that there may be a value added upon resale for buildings that have undergone mitigation. Perhaps the NESC could encourage legislation that would support a system of incentives.
Burt Slemmons noted that perhaps tsunamis or seiches should be added to the list of earthquake related hazards in the draft plan.
Ian Buckle noted the absence in the plan of much engineering mitigation with regard to lifelines and critical facilities.
Mike Blakely mentioned that the rules under the Building Code are specific with regard to certain critical facilities. There is no state mandate to make hospitals earthquake resistant. In the past, the Code has focused on survivability and saving lives. With the new Code under development, there is a trend toward performance-based design. This will allow buildings to be designed more easily with the intent of remaining in business after an earthquake. In addition, Mike noted that most single-family homes being designed today would be expected to perform well in an earthquake, and until the insurance industry recognizes differences in design, particularly of older houses, it is unlikely that reduced rates for mitigation will be implemented.
The California plan can be found at www.seismic.ca.gov .
Ian Buckle commented that the insurance deductibles are so high that it may be more cost effective to put that money into mitigation. After Loma Prieta, many homeowners could demand higher sales prices when they attested that they had bolted their houses to their foundations or otherwise made the house more earthquake resistant.
Bert Prescott mentioned that once the plan is approved, it should be part of the State's 409 plan, a state disaster plan required by FEMA prior to release of disaster mitigation funds. The 409 plan is updated annually. DEM plans to ask the NESC to comment on the entire 409 plan.
A motion to adopt the draft Nevada Earthquake Risk Mitigation Plan, with modifications suggested by the review that FEMA has already provided, was approved unanimously.
A motion to charge the Risk Mitigation Committee with receiving comments on the plan within 30 days and revise the plan for the NESC to consider for adoption at the May NESC meeting was approved unanimously.
DEM UPDATE
Bert Prescott noted that approximately 80 people from the State of Nevada have been invited to attend an Integrated Emergency Management Course (IEMC) in Emmitsburg, Maryland during the week of June 5 to 9, 2000. The focus of the exercise will be the NESC's scenario on a major earthquake in western Nevada (Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publication 20). If you are interested in attending this course, contact Debbie Bunch with DEM at 775-687-7362, and attend a meeting at the DEM office in Carson City from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. on March 7.
Bert also requested that individuals interested in attending the following meetings contact Debbie at DEM:
1. Emergency Management Directors' and Coordinators' Conference. March 29-30 at the Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas;
2. Introduction to Emergency Management (covering the basics on how the state operates its emergency management office and procedures), May 9, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.. at DEM office in Carson City;
3. EM 2000 refresher training, May 10, 8:00 a.m. to noon in Carson City.
In addition, individuals interested in the Governor's 2000 Fire Summit, May 31 - June 1, should contact Jim Walker at DEM (684-8644):
Bert Prescott discussed the status of the recovery from the Las Vegas flood of 1999 (disaster #1281). There is still an issue on Project Worksheets - whether FEMA or the Corps of Engineers is responsible. This will be resolved soon, and if FEMA is responsible, there will be more money available for the HMGP.
DEM has received 12 HMGP project proposals. On March 23 an AHMAC subcommittee will meet to set priorities. On March 24 AHMAC will vote on which projects to forward to FEMA. Proposed projects would cost approximately $4 million, but only $700,000 in funds is currently available. Projects not funded by FEMA will be put on the shelf for future consideration.
DEM is preparing placards for posting on buildings after a disaster. Bert Prescott understands that Clark County (Ron Lynn) has sufficient for their needs. DEM will produce 500 red, 1000 yellow, and 1000 green placards for use in northern Nevada. In addition DEM is preparing preliminary disaster assessment forms
Bert Prescott reported that DEM does not feel comfortable issuing I.D. cards for individuals who have been trained in ATC courses for disaster damage assessment. NESC had requested DEM to look into providing these cards so that trained volunteers could be quickly mobilized immediately after a disaster occurs. Craig dePolo said that in California they use a letter, rather than I.D. cards, for this purpose.
ACTION ITEM: Craig dePolo will supply Bert Prescott with a copy of the letter used by California to help trained volunteers conduct post-earthquake damage assessment.
Greg Moss mentioned that the Contractors' Auxiliary to the Sheriff's Department has issued I.D. cards to those contractors who have gone through their training.
Bert Prescott said that DEM would prefer that any I.D. cards of this sort be supplied by the counties.
WSSPC UPDATE
Jon Price, the current chair of the Western States Seismic Policy Council, reported that the WSSPC Board of Directors will be meeting in Washington, D.C. on March 16 and 17. On their agenda will be discussions with FEMA, the USGS, and other National Earthquake Program agencies. Part of the discussions will deal with FEMA's planned release of its HAZUS lost estimation model calculations for the entire United States.
Along with several other organizations, including NESC, FEMA, the Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup, the USGS, the National Emergency Management Association, the Association of American State Geologists, and the New England Emergency Consortium), WSSPC will be hosting a National Earthquake Risk Reduction Conference in Seattle, Washington, September 18-22, 2000. The purpose of the 2000 conference is to bring together a broad cross section of individuals and organizations from throughout the country to focus on public and private policies targeted on mitigating society's risks from earthquake hazards.
Please contact the WSSPC office (415-974-6435 or WSSPC@WSSPC.ORG) for details on WSSPC activities or on how to get involved in WSSPC committee activities.
There was a meeting of representatives of seismic safety councils during the WSSPC annual meeting in September 1999, and there will be a full-day meeting of these representatives at the Seattle conference in September 2000. Since the last NESC meeting, when it was mentioned that EERI's annual meeting will be in May in St. Louis, it was decided that a meeting of representatives of national seismic advisory boards will not be held at that meeting, and the next meeting of these representatives will be Sunday, September 17, 2000.
UPDATE FROM THE NEVADA SEISMOLOGICAL LABORATORY
John Anderson provided a written report on activities on the Nevada Seismological Laboratory in 1999, which is appended to these minutes.
The largest Nevada earthquake in 1999 was the magnitude 5.8 Scottys Junction earthquake on August 1, and 1999 was one of the quietest years on record (with only 12 earthquakes with magnitudes greater than 4).
John suggested that at the next NESC meeting there be a discussion of recent research on the potential for tsunami heights along the shores of Lake Tahoe following an earthquake on a fault under the Lake. The Seismological Laboratory has a paper in press on that subject, with publication expected in the April-May time frame.
John discussed the recent earthquakes in Turkey (17 August and 12 November 1999). They occurred on a strike-slip fault similar to the fault that produced the magnitude 8 Owens Valley earthquake in 1872 and to some faults in western Nevada. Ground motions close to the fault were unexpectedly low, relative to predictions.
John also discussed the recent Taiwan (M 7.5) earthquake, for which there were about 1,000 strong motion instruments operating on the island. In general, ground motions close to the fault were unexpectedly low for this event as well.
Jon Price noted that the President's budget for fiscal year 2001 calls for increases in the USGS budget to cover new seismic monitoring, including instruments in the Reno area, and new geologic mapping. John Anderson mentioned that the President's budget also calls for increases to cover the National Science Foundation's initiatives for instrumentation of the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth and US Array, a transportable array of seismic instruments designed to measure Earth structures. These are the first two parts of NSF's EarthScope initiative, the other two being the Plate Boundary Observatory, with a major focus on geodetic measurements with GPS, and a satellite radar interferometry mission for measuring changes of the ground surface.
VIDEOTAPES
Bob Cullins showed two videotapes, one on Earthquake Preparedness (produced by the Las Vegas Fire Department) and another on Earthquake Emergency and Preparedness in the Workplace (produced commercially). Copies of the workplace tape can be purchased from Advantage Media, Inc., 22226 Devonshire Street, Chatsworth, CA 91311; telephone 800-545-0166.
Bob Collins also mentioned the following dialog between a mother and child.
Child: "Mommy, can you tell me what kind of rock this is?"
Mother: "Ask your father; he's a geologist."
Child: "But I don't want to know that much!"
HECTOR MINE EARTHQUAKE
Craig dePolo, using slides, discussed the 16 October 1999, magnitude 7.1 Hector Mine earthquake in southern California. Craig and Burt Slemmons recently visited the rupture area, to examine the implications of this earthquake relative to the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain. The location of the Hector Mine earthquake was not far from the 1992 Landers earthquake. Landers had about twice the seismic moment and ruptured to the north, whereas the Hector Mine earthquake ruptured to the south. The Hector Mine earthquake was dominantly a right-lateral strike-slip earthquake with up to 5.25 meters of offset. There was little structural damage at the Marine Corps base 15 miles to the south of the surface rupture.
Craig compared the Hector Mine earthquake ruptures to those that occurred during the 1932 Cedar Mountains magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Nevada. The main fault that moved during this earthquake appears to have not moved previously during the Holocene and was therefore not mapped by the California Division of Mines and Geology for the purposes of California's Alquist-Priolo Act (which prohibits building within 50 feet of a fault that has moved within the last 11,000 years). However, Burt Slemmons noted that at the north end of the fault, there is evidence that the fault had moved in Holocene and probably in historic time.
Burt Slemmons commented on the impacts of this earthquake on seismic hazard analysis and on the impact for Las Vegas. This event seemed to be similar to previous events on the same fault, which generally demonstrates the importance of paleoseismic evidence that can also be applied to faults in the Las Vegas area.
The magnitude 7.3 Landers earthquake rupture was 75 km long and had a maximum displacement of 6 m, whereas the magnitude 7.1 Hector Mine earthquake rupture was 40 km long and had a maximum displacement of up to 5.25 meters.
Hector Mine was only 120 miles from Las Vegas, about 20 miles closer than Landers. Burt Slemmons noted that much of the region between Hector Mine and Las Vegas shows little evidence of Holocene earthquake activity. Both Burt and Craig speculated that earthquake activity may be migrating northward, toward Death Valley, but most likely not eastward toward Las Vegas.
OLD BUSINESS
No old business was proposed for discussion.
NEW BUSINESS
At the next meeting of the Council, committees and individuals should bring short, written proposals, preferably vetted through one of the NESC committees. NESC will set priorities for requesting funds that FEMA may have available near the end of the federal fiscal year. In the past, such requests have generally been in the $1,000 to $30,000 range, and NESC has been able to receive between $8,000 and $93,000 in the last two years. A 50:50 match of non-federal dollars is needed for most FEMA funds of this sort.
ACTION ITEM: Committee chairs and individuals should prepare written proposals, using the enclosed form produced by the Strategic Planning Committee, for FEMA year-end funds.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The next meeting of the Nevada Earthquake Safety Council will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, May 19, 2000 in Reno (UNR Journalism Building). Dates for meetings for the rest of the year are:
Friday, August 25, 2000 in Las Vegas
Friday, November 17, 2000 in Reno (UNR Journalism Building).
On Friday, March 24, and Saturday, March 25, AEG Southwestern Section is sponsoring a workshop and field trip on "Geologic and Hydrologic Hazards in the Las Vegas Valley: Reducing Risk." Interested individuals should contact Douglas Batchford, Harding Lawson Associates, 702-251-5449 or dblatchford@harding.com .
Mary Manning of the Las Vegas Sun mentioned that she is preparing an article on earthquakes. The paper's Web site is www.lasvegassun.com.
REVIEW OF ACTION ITEMS
Terri Garside will prepare letters of thanks from Chairman Ron Lynn to Debbie Hinman, Nevada Bell, who helped with copying materials regarding the Earthquake Awareness and Preparedness Week, and to Jim Reagan, Sierra Pacific, who paid for mailing these materials and the 2000 calendars.
Terri Garside will prepare, for Ron Lynn's signature, special commendations from the NESC for Jim Werle, Mike Klein, Gary Norris, Raj Siddharthan, and Barbara Luke.
Terri Garside will assist in the preparation of the Awards for Earthquake Risk Mitigation in Nevada from the NESC.
Jim Reagan will send Terri Garside electronic copies of the annual report and the revised strategic plan for posting on the NESC Web site.
Jim Reagan will give Terri Garside a copy of the instructions and proposal form to be used during the May meeting of the NESC for setting priorities on proposed projects for year-end funding from FEMA.
Jon Price will contact Frank Siracusa to request his approval of the replacement of Steve Horsford by Tom Clark as a member of the Board of Directors of the NESC.
John Perry will provide a demonstration of HAZUS at the August meeting of the NESC.
Bob Cullins will chair an ad hoc committee (with other members being John Perry, Jim O'Donnell, and Greg Moss) to recommend at the May NESC meeting any action that NESC should take regarding a possible workshop.
Craig dePolo will supply Bert Prescott with a copy of the letter used by California to help trained volunteers conduct post-earthquake damage assessment.
Committee chairs and individuals should prepare written proposals, using the enclosed form produced by the Strategic Planning Committee, for FEMA year-end funds.
Enclosures:
Education and Awareness Committee Report, 18 February 2000
Earthquake Risk Mitigation Committee Report, 18 February 2000
Geoscience Committee Report, 17 February 2000
Annual Report of Activities for Plan Year 1999, prepared by the Strategic
Planning Committee, 17 February 2000
Nevada Seismological Laboratory: Activities Related to Earthquake Hazards in
Nevada, 17 February 2000
Guidelines for Evaluating Liquefaction Hazards in Nevada
NESC Proposal form for FEMA year-end funds.
Please also see the NESC Web site (http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/nesc) for electronic versions of these minutes and related documents, including:
Draft Nevada Earthquake Risk Mitigation Plan
Annual Report of Activities for Plan Year 1999, prepared by the Strategic
Planning Committee, 17 February 2000
Guidelines for Evaluating Liquefaction Hazards in Nevada
Geoscience Committee Report, 17 February 2000
NESC Strategic Plan.
respectfully submitted by Jon Price, 23 February 2000.
Members of the Board of Directors, effective 1 January 2000
Business and Industry Steven Horsford (to be replaced by Tom Clark)
R & R Advertising, Nevada Resort Association
Business and Industry Michael Lynch
Builders Association of Northern Nevada
Insurance Industry Greg Flanigan
Farmers Insurance
State Government Bill Lowry
Public Utilities Commission
Local Government Wayne Carlson
Nevada Public Agency Insurance Pool
Local Government Margie Gunn
(NV Assoc. of Counties) Lincoln County Office of Emergency Mgmt
Seismology John Anderson
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Geosciences Burt Slemmons
Las Vegas consultant, UNR (retired)
Geosciences Jonathan G. Price
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Engineering Mike Blakely
Structural Engineers Association of NV
Engineering Mike Klein
Converse Consultants
Education William Cox
Austin High School
Community Organizations Bob Cullins
Las Vegas Fire Department
Community Organizations Jim Reagan
Sierra Pacific Power Company
University Ian Buckle
UNR Center for Civil Engineering Earthquake Research
University Barbara Luke
UNLV Dept. of Civil & Environmental Eng.
Building Official Ronald L. Lynn
Clark County Building Department
Building Official Phil Harrington
Carson City Building Department
State Senate Mark James
Nevada State Senator
State Assembly Bernie Anderson
Nevada State Assemblyman
Member at Large Larry Johnson
Black Eagle Consulting Inc.
Member at Large Charles P. Watson
Advanced Geological Exploration
Members of the Executive Committee, effective January 1, 2000
Chair Ronald L. Lynn
First Vice Chair-South Burt Slemmons
First Vice Chair-North Mike Blakely
Second Vice Chair-South Bob Cullins
Second Vice Chair-North Larry Johnson
Secretary Jonathan G. Price
Past Chair John Anderson
Division of Emergency Management Representative Jim Walker or
Bert Prescott