LOCAL PERSPECTIVE

• ISO Working Group – reflections on Council’s NO vote… and WHERE from here?, July 23, 2018
• “AIR” and the ISO (new words for the song from the musical HAIR)
• Questionable community outreach by Air District for Industrial Safety Ordinance audits, July 11, 2018
• ISO Working Group personal reflection by Roger Straw: City Council says no to industrial safety…for now, June 20, 2018
• Video highlights – City Council votes NO on industrial safety, June 19, 2018
• Larnie Fox – We would Simply Like to Know What’s in our Air
• Georgia Taylor Benedict: We will remember this vote
• Cathy Bennett: Is it safe to open your windows in Benicia?
• KQED Audio Report: When oil refineries flare, what happens to the air
• CALL TO ACTION – TODAY! Benicia City Council Agenda & Important ISO Documents – June 19, 2018!  
• KQED: In Wake of Valero Refinery Incident, Benicia Weighs Whether to Pursue Safety Ordinance
• ISO Working Group: Benicia Deserves a Local Industrial Safety Ordinance (Part 3)
• ISO Working Group: The rest of the story on air monitoring in Benicia (Part 2)
• ISO Working Group: Making sense of air monitoring (Part 1)
• Constance Beutel – Stand for Benicia
• Pat Toth-Smith – Are We Safer in Benicia Now?  A year after the Valero Flaring Incident
• Rick Beeson – Making Our City Safer
• Christina Strawbridge – Stronger emergency response system needed in Industrial Park
• Benicia City Council to discuss Industrial Safety Ordinance on June 19
• Andrés Soto – One year later, still time for an ISO
• Kathy Kerridge – Is Benicia prepared? (06 May 2018)
• Ralph Dennis – Benicia ISO enhances public health, safety (25 Apr 2018)
• Roger Straw – Asthma: Benicia deserves better (19 Apr 2018)
• Constance Beutel – Public health and safety is vital (6 Mar 2018)
• ISO promotion in Benicia Magazine (28 Feb 2018)
• Andrés Soto – Benicia deserves better (21 Feb 2018)
• Pat Toth-Smith – The air, in real time (28 Jan 2018)
• Rick Beeson – Benicia deserves better (7 Jan 2018)
• Open Letter to Benicia City Council, Roger Straw – Urgent Request (2 Jan 2018)
• Ralph Dennis – ISO will create better informed community (26 Dec 2017)
• Op-ed, Carrie Rehak – Responsible freedom and spending, and the question of a local Industrial Safety Ordinance in the city of Benicia (21 Dec 2017)
• Constance Beutel – Move Forward with ISO (8 Dec 2017)
• Susan Street – Misplaced blame (16 Nov 2017)
• **Video: Expert Panel – Benicia Town Hall On Industrial Safety Ordinance (14 Nov 2017)
• Op-ed, Kathy Kerridge – Working toward a local safety ordinance to keep Benicians safe, informed (14 Nov 2017)
• Ralph Dennis – ISO Town Hall Discussion Panel Tonight (14 Nov 2017)
• Pat Toth-Smith – We need an ISO (12 Nov 2017)
• Marilyn Bardet – Benicia Needs an ISO (10 Nov 2017)
• Roger Straw – Agendize discussion of ISO (09 Nov 2018)
• Andres Soto – Benicia deserves Industrial Safety Ordinance (09 Nov 2017)
• Ralph Dennis – Why Benicia needs an ISO (7 Nov 2017)
• BeniciaISOTownHallPressRelease (06 Nov 2017)
• QuickFacts&Invite (01 Nov 2017)

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DOCUMENTS

• CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, November 20, 2018 (update and report on Valero, air monitoring, and possible ISO)
• CITY COUNCIL AGENDA (ISO reconsideration vote), JULY 17, 2018
• CITY COUNCIL 7/17/18 Staff Report – Rehearing Request_2-Step_Request for Industrial Safety Ordinance
• July 17 Attachment 1: City Council Rules of Procedure 2012
• July 17 Attachment 2:  Two-Step Agenda Request – Industrial Ordinance Patterson May 2017
• July 17 Attachment 3:  Two-Step Agenda Request – Amended – Industrial Safety Ordinance Patterson June 2018
• July 17 Attachment 4:  Benicia ISO Work Group Draft Ordinance
• July 17 Attachment 5: Request for Rehearing of Vote Cast 6_19_18 concerning the Industrial Safety Ordinance
• CITY COUNCIL VIDEO (ISO highlights), JUNE 19, 2018
• CITY COUNCIL VIDEO (ISO Full-length), JUNE 19, 2018
• CITY COUNCIL MINUTES – June 19, 2018
• CITY COUNCIL AGENDA JUNE 19, 2018 (See item 15.B, Request To Discuss Adopting An Industrial Safety Ordinance) 
• June 19 COUNCIL AGENDA STAFF REPORT [Editorial comment: “The staff report subtly urges no action except ‘monitoring’ the CUPA process.”]
• June 19 AGENDA ATTACHMENT 1 – 2-Step Request ISO_amended (Patterson)
• June 19 AGENDA ATTACHMENT 2 – Contra Costa ISO Chapter-450-8
• June 19 AGENDA ATTACHMENT 3 – Richmond ISO Chapter_6.43
• June 19 AGENDA ATTACHMENT 4 – P3_P4_ISO Comparison Chart
• June 19 AGENDA ATTACHMENT 5 – Benicia ISO Working Group Draft Ordinance
• June 19 AGENDA ATTACHMENT 6 – Valero Letter
  

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• Mayor Patterson’s May 23, 2017 request for Council discussion of a Community Industrial Safety Ordinance
• City Council minutes of May 23, 2017: excerpt approving future agendizing of discussion of drafting and adopting an Industrial Safety Ordinance (1st step in 2-step process)
• Solano County Health Data – BENICIA and by zip code
• 2018 Report issued by Contra Costa HazMat (based on CC ISO)
• The Contra Costa ISO
• Richmond ISO
• 2014 report issued by Contra Costa HazMat (based on CC ISO)
• 2014 report issued by Contra Costa HazMat (based on Richmond ISO)
• Contra Costa HazMat FAQ page: (http://cchealth.org/hazmat/iso/faq.php)
• Solano County Report: follow-ups on May 5 2017 Valero incident

WHERE TO WRITE…

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• Benicia Herald, 820 First St, Benicia, CA 94510, or by email to the editor Nick Sestanovich at beniciaherald@gmail.com
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Mayor Elizabeth Patterson (epatterson@ci.benicia.ca.us)
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Tom Campbell (tcampbell@ci.benicia.ca.us
Mark Hughes (Mark.Hughes@ci.benicia.ca.us)
Alan Schwartzman (aschwartzman@ci.benicia.ca.us)
City Manager Lorie Tinfow (ltinfow@ci.benicia.ca.us)
City Attorney Heather McLaughlin (Heather.McLaughlin@ci.benicia.ca.us)
Fire Chief Josh Chadwick (JChadwick@ci.benicia.ca.us)
Police Chief Erik Upson (EUpson@ci.benicia.ca.us)

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