ECA Bay Area Summer 2025 Workshop

This workshop included presentations about the advanced seismic design of Hayward City Hall and the City’s emergency management approach; updates from several state partners; an overview of Santa Clara County’s recent earthquake exercise; and ECA 2025 activities including ShakeOut planning – followed by a tour of the building’s seismic design. See full agenda with topics and presenters below.

Location:
Hayward City Hall
777 B St, Hayward, CA 94541

Schedule:

08:30am – Registration and Networking

09:00am – Workshop Begins

12:30pm – Wrap-Up and Optional Tour

Presentations and Discussions:

Dena Gunning (Central County Fire Department),
Jeff Airth (SFO Emergency Management), and
Ray Bonilla (CommonSpirit Health and City of Hayward)

Welcome and Introductions – ECA Bay Area Coordinating Committee Chairs

Mayor Mark Salinas (City of Hayward)

Welcome to the Heart of the Bay Area: A Warm Welcome to the City of Hayward and our City Hall

Chief Eric Vollmer (City of Hayward FIre Department

Built for Resilience: A Closer Look at Hayward City Hall’s Advanced Seismic Design

Captain Frank Saiz (Emergency Services Officer, City of Hayward)

Emergency Management in Action: Hayward’s Community-Driven Resilience Approach

Janiele Maffei (Chief Mitigation Officer, California Earthquake Authority)

Earthquake Brace+Bolt Program Updates (remote presentation)

Kristopher White (Earthquake Program Specialist, California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services)

Updates from the Cal OES Seismic Hazards Program

Tim Dawson (Program Manager, Seismic Hazards Assessment and Zonation, California Geological Survey)

New Maps of California Earthquake Shaking Potential and Local Earthquake Zones, Plus Other Updates From the California Geological Survey

Shruti Narain, (Northern California Resiliency Training Coordinator at the California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA)

Outsmart Disaster Program Updates

Kacey Treadway (Emergency Planning Coordinator, County of Santa Clara Office of Emergency Management)

From Fault Line to Finish Line: How Our Earthquake Exercise Took Shape

Mark Benthien (ECA Executive Director | Statewide California Earthquake Center at USC)

ECA 2025 Activities & Opportunities, ShakeOut Planning, etc.

Announcements by Participants

Chief Eric Vollmer (City of Hayward Fire Department) and Captain Frank Saiz (Emergency Services Officer, City of Hayward)

Optional Tour: Discover Hayward City Hall’s Earthquake-Ready Innovations (Brief visit to view the building’s base-isolation system)