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The City of Columbia City In Columbia County on the Columbia River Hazard Mitigation Planning Group Meeting Minutes – January 27, 2026 - 6:00 p.m. City Hall, 1840 Second Street Columbia City, Oregon 97018 Citizen Members City Staff Members ☒ Gary Hudson (Chairman) ☒ Jerry Bartolomucci, Chief of Police ☒ Connie Quick (Vice Chairman) ☐ Micah Rogers, Columbia City Public Works ☒ Jazzmin Love (Secretary) Columbia County Members ☐ Frank Hupp (Member at Large) ☐ Josh Allen, Environmental Public Health ☒ Logan Gilbert-Renner (Member at Large) ☐ Corey Padron, Emergency Management ☒ Neal Shervey (Member at Large) ☐ Eric Smythe, Columbia River Fire & Rescue ☐ Cindy Turula, GIS Specialist (☒ Meeting Attendees) Meeting called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Gary Hudson. • August meeting minutes approved. • Gary brought up the need to revisit the purpose of the Hazard Mitigation committee. Initially about coordination between our community and state, county and emergency response organizations. More than just planning for the preparedness fair. Would like to pursue the know your neighbor’s effort idea. o ACTION ITEM: Gary review previous purpose statements and draft one to send to Jerry to review, share with committee, then collectively finalize it. • Initial intention was for county to have the master emergency plan and Columbia City create an appendix specific to our city. It’s important for us to focus on the survival of our citizens during major events where we are cut off from major support services. o ACTION ITEM: Jerry to look into accessing electronic version of Columbia City Emergency Plan that can be shared instead of a printed version. • Revisited CERT team planning. Scappoose will also be doing a CERT team. CERT will help people know how to help selves and others in the event of an emergency. o ACTION ITEM: Jerry follow-up with Corey and Chris on CERT training and Pocket Disaster response. look into potential collaboration with Scappoose. o ACTION ITEM: Neal attend next HAM meeting ask if CERT material is available. • CC 100-year Celebration will be on June 6, 4pm. Discussed potential participation as a get to know your neighbor’s promotional activity. Collaborate with Corey on this. • Next meeting March 31, 2026 Adjourned at 6:28 1