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The City of Columbia City In Columbia County on the Columbia River Hazard Mitigation Planning Group Meeting Minutes – January 25, 2016 - 6:00 p.m. City Hall, 1840 Second Street Columbia City, Oregon 97018 Members Present: Kelly Niles, ODF/Group Leader Josh Fromm, City Councilor Member Gary Hudson, Citizen Member Dan McGraw, Citizen Member Leahnette Rivers, City Administrator Michael McGlothlin, Chief of Police Steve Pegram, Director Columbia County Emergency Management Vincent Aarts, Columbia County Emergency Management Karen Izumoto, AmeriCorp Representative/CCEM Anne Parrott, The Public Health Foundation of Columbia County Meeting called to order at 6:00 pm Topics: Minutes approved from the September, 2015 Planning Group meeting. Discussion took place regarding the planning for the 2016 Prepare Fair was conducted. The following topics were discussed: 1. Event theme for 2016 was set as “Ready6 Set6 Go6” and activities are to be conducted on Saturday September 17, 2016 from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm. 2. Discussion took place regarding volunteer, vendor, and stakeholder recruitment. Mountain Home and Thrive products mentioned by Leahnette as possible foodstuff vendors for outreach. Mike to reach out to Dyno Nobel regarding continued support of event relating to funding for 1  banners/promo materials and raffle items. Anne to reach out to volunteers, local vets for pet issues in times of disaster, and backpacks/raffle items/prepare kits with Fire Chief M. Greisen. Karen to research and coordinate children outreach. Emergency Management to focus on material outreach. Consensus reached regarding concentrating on local response stakeholders to be concentrated on for participation. 3. Suggested logistical improvements: promo materials and activities as outlined above. Karen to concentrate on highway “readerboard” and social media outreach. Continued discussion took place regarding release reports from Dyno Nobel. Planned letter to corporate headquarters in regards to concerns raised. Improvements in effective communication in release events discussed. Will conduct further meetings and communications with Dyno Nobel, and will communicate results to Planning Group. Other business: None discussed Next planning group meeting set for Monday April 25, 2016. Meeting adjourned at 7:25 pm. 2