City Council

The City of Columbia City In Columbia County on the Columbia River Hazard Mitigation Planning Group Meeting Minutes – August 25, 2014 - 6:00 p.m. City Hall, 1840 Second Street Columbia City, Oregon 97018 Members Present: Josh Fromm, City Council Member Leahnette Rivers, City Administrator Michael McGlothlin, Chief of Police Micah Rogers, Public Works Director Vincent Aarts, Columbia County Emergency Management Shaunee Ritz, Columbia County Emergency Management/AmeriCorp Lorne Clark, Plant Manager, Dyno Nobel Gary Hudson, Citizen Member Frank Hupp, Citizen Member Anne Parrott, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, Public Health Foundation of Columbia County Meeting called to order at 6:00 pm Topics: Discussion took place and planning group assignments made regarding coordination for Prepare Fair to be conducted in conjunction with annual Columbia City Celebration on Saturday September 20, 2014. Planning group members to e- mail status updates to Chief McGlothlin as they are confirmed. Lorne Clark confirmed Dyno Nobel commitment to promotional flyer printing. Discussion took place regarding status of emergency messaging and notification for the community during incidents. Facebook and Twitter status updates provided by Leahnette Rivers. Consensus reached regarding capabilities of current CAN system for emergency messaging. Discussion took place regarding outreach to Portland Metro media outlets as well as the Regional PIO Group. 1 Other business: Status update given on publication of new City Emergency Operations Plan. Vincent Aarts updated status of Columbia County Hazard Mitigation Plan. Next meeting scheduled for Monday September 15, 2014. Meeting adjourned at 6:37 pm. 2