INFRAGARD HAWAII; HART UPDATE / USCG AND AREA MARITIME SECURITY COMMITTEE

FEATURED INFRAGARD SPEAKERS - DECEMBER 12, 2018; HONOLULU AUTHORITY FOR RAPID TRANSPORTATION (HART) / USCG AND HAWAII AND AMERICAN SAMOA AREA MARITIME SECURITY COMMITTEE (AMSC) AFTER ACTION REPORT _HONOLULU AUTHORITY FOR RAPID TRANSPORTATION, CITY & COUNTY OF HONOLULU_ HART’s presentation will be by Mr. Andy Robbins who will provide a rail project UPDATE. Andrew Robbins is the Executive Director and CEO of the HONOLULU Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART), a position he has held since September of 2017. He is a seasoned rail transit executive with substantial experience in public passenger urban rail, rail equipment, infrastructure, construction management, systems integration and airport transit. He has a specialty in driverless transit systems. As a senior executive with Bombardier Transportation, Mr. Robbins led efforts in project development, bidding and contract negotiations for many transit projects in Denver, Las Vegas, San Francisco and Los Angeles. He also led similar efforts for urban automated projects in Singapore, Guangzhou and Shanghai, China. All three projects were the first ever fully driverless transit systems in those cities. From 2012-2015 he was based in Hong Kong as Head of Business Development for the North Asia region with a focus on the mainland China market. Mr. Robbins is a Past Chair of the American Public Transportation (APTA) Automated Transit Technical Forum. He is a licensed professional engineer in the U.S. States of Pennsylvania and HAWAII. Mr. Robbins holds a B.S.E.E. degree with a minor in Urban Studies from Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA) and an M.S.I.E. degree in Engineering Management from the University of Pittsburgh. _USCG AND AMSC AFTER ACTION REPORT AAR FOR KAUAI AMSTEP EXERCISE_ The INFRAGARD HAWAII MEMBERS ALLIANCE (IHMA) chapter assisted the HAWAII AND AMERICAN SAMOA AREA MARITIME SECURITY COMMITTEE (AMSC) hosted a Interaction & Integration Seminar (CIIS).  The CIIS included a Sensitive SECURITY INFORMATION (SSI) overview by U.S. Coast Guard Exercise Support Team (USCG EST) 3, Team Lead and an overview of the HAWAII AND AMERICAN SAMOA AREA MARITIME SECURITY PLAN (AMSP) by Sector HONOLULU's Port SECURITY SPECIALIST WHO ALSO SERVED AS THE LEAD FACILITATOR FOR THE CIIS.  Sector HONOLULU’s Planning Section Chief participated as a Lead Facilitator Assistant and Recorder. The SSI information will not be discussed at our general meeting and can be discussed on a need to know basis coordinated through the USCG Port SECURITY SPECIALIST. The Table Top exercise was designed to provide senior members of the AMSC in Kauai, HI with an opportunity to interact and clarify COMMITTEE MEMBERS' ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES DURING THE AWARENESS, preparedness, response, and recovery phases of the most probable Transportation SECURITY INCIDENTS (TSIs) within Nawiliwili Harbor in Kauai, HI.   The goal of the table top was to focus on the incident event trigger of simulating a grounding of a Liquid Petroleium Gas (LPG) tanker ship in the entrance of the Nawiliwili Harbor and discussing and planning notifications, communications, and integration of local, county, state and Federal assets during a possible TSI.  Discussion was captured by CIIS Recorders.  Also included in this report are observations provided by seminar Participants during the Hotwash. The After Action Report (AAR) presentation will cover the unclassified portions of the training exercise conducted on Kauai on August 15th, 2018. PARKING: Restaurant Row parking validation will be provided, however, a fee will still be charged by parking structure. Alternate parking is also available on the street or in nearby municipal structures. DONATIONS: There will be a $5 donation requested to offset costs.