TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: John Morgan, Director, Environmental Services Department
THROUGH: Donald B. Cooper, City Manager
DATE: March 1, 2016
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RESOLUTION NO. 09-16 SUPPORTING HOUSE BILL 1223 AND SENATE BILL 1544 ENACTING WEATHER IMPACTS LEGISLATION AND CREATING AN INTERAGENCY WORKGROUP OF STATE AGENCIES TO SHARE INFORMATION AND COORDINATE STATE EFFORTS TO ADDRESS WEATHER IMPACTS
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Motion to Adopt Resolution No. 09-16 supporting HB 1223 and SB 1544 enacting weather impacts legislation and creating an interagency workgroup of State agencies to share information and coordinate State efforts to address weather impacts.
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Background:
House Bill 1223 was filed by Representative Kristin Jacobs on January 7, 2105. The companion bill, Senate Bill 1544, was filed by Senator Jeff Clemens on January 8, 2016. The proposed legislation creates an interagency workgroup to share information, coordinate ongoing efforts, and collaborate on initiatives relating to weather events; provides for specified agencies to select liaisons to workgroup; designates Deparment of Emergency Management (DEM) director or designee as liaison & workgroup coordinator; requires workgroup to prepare specified annual report; requires workgroup to submit annual report to Governor & Legislature; requires DEM director or designee to post annual report on DEM's website; requires each agency liaison to post report on agency's website. Both bills are working there way through the committee process. The Senate version has been amended to include natural hazards such as extreme heat, drought, wildfire, sea level change, high tides, storm surge, saltwater intrusion, stormwater runoff, flash floods, inland flooding, and coastal flooding.
City Attorney Review:
Approved as to form and legal sufficiency.
Timing of Request:
This item is time sensitive since the legislative session is underway and the proposed ...
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