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SUMMARY:Permitting Coordination Check-in
DESCRIPTION:Meeting Agenda \n\nHabitat Recover Pilot Program did not make it out of Fiscal. What now and what next? \nUpdates on FEMA accessibility and note about FbD FPAG meeting Tuesday March 11 from 10-12 – one agenda item will include a lawyer who will offer some perspective on: Proposed Changes to FEMA and the Future of Federal Disaster Response: how recent executive actions may reshape disaster management and their potential impact on affected communities \nSteps to making permitting more timely\, fair\, and predictable \nOther updates and next steps \n\nNotes from previous Permitting Group Meetings can be found here \nJoin Zoom Meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3424790936?omn=88416267344Passcode: 1234
URL:https://floodplainsbydesign.org/event/permitting-coordination-biweekly-check-in-2025-03-05/
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SUMMARY:Bolstering Resilience Through Hazard Mitigation Planning
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, March 6th from 12 – 1pm for an insightful lunch and learn with Ellen Chappelka and Kevin Zerbe\, two leaders in hazard mitigation with the Washington State Emergency Management Division. Ellen and Kevin will share their experiences\, insights\, and recommendations on how to intersect hazard mitigation planning with community conservation\, resilience and restoration goals. The session will include a brief introduction to hazard mitigation planning with a focus on data and resources to support practitioners in making the most of their mitigation plans. \nThis lunch and learn will be co-hosted with the Washington Coastal Hazards Resilience Network (CHRN) to stimulate cross-network connections between floodplain managers working in coastal\, estuarine and riverine environments. The Washington Coastal Hazards Resilience Network’s (CHRN) mission is to strengthen the resilience of Washington’s coastal communities through collaboration\, education\, and knowledge exchange. CHRN does this through:\n\nSupporting a peer network of coastal hazards practitioners\nProviding coastal hazards information for Washington\nSustaining network capacity while adapting to changing needs of Washington’s coastal communities and resilience practitioners\n\n\nPlease check out the CHRN’s website with a curated selection of relevant science\, best practices\, and other resources related to coastal hazards in Washington. \n\nEllen Chappelka Bio\nEllen Chappelka is a Coastal Resilience Specialist for the Washington State Emergency Management Division. Ellen works on the interagency Coastal Hazards Organizational Resilience Team (COHORT) with Washington Sea Grant\, WSU Extension\, and Washington State Department of Ecology. She assists communities in addressing coastal hazards through coordination\, resource connection\, technical assistance\, and planning. She’s particularly interested in strengthening connections between state agencies and local communities.\n \nEllen holds a master’s degree in public health from Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She also holds a bachelor’s degree from Tulane University in New Orleans where she double majored in Public Health and Homeland Security. Her time in Louisiana helped her develop a lifelong passion for coastal areas and the hazards that impact them.\n \nKevin Zerbe Bio\nKevin Zerbe is the Hazards Analysis & Resilience Planning Program Supervisor at Washington Emergency Management Division. Hazards Analysis & Resilience Planning\, HARP for short\, is responsible for providing the state with a scientific basis for effective and data driven decision-making for disaster resilience. This includes statewide natural hazard risk assessments\, developing state and local hazard mitigation plans\, and working directly with local partners to identify and design effective risk reduction projects. Kevin’s background is in climate adaptation and spatial statistics\, and he’s been with WA EMD for about five years.”\n \n\nAs always\, we welcome feedback and ideas for upcoming topics so please don’t hesitate to reach out to myself (Allan Warren awarren@b-e-f.org)\, Carol MacIlroy (cmacilroy@gmail.com)\, Lisa Nelson\, (lnel461@ecy.wa.gov) or Matt Gerlach\, (mger461@ecy.wa.gov). \nZoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2125469094Passcode: 1234
URL:https://floodplainsbydesign.org/event/monthly-lunch-learn-series-2023-04-06-2023-12-07-2024-01-04-2025-02-06-2025-03-06/
LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2125469094
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SUMMARY:FbD Funding & Policy Action Group Winter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3424790936?omn=83353379400\nMeeting ID: 342 479 0936\n\nPasscode: 1234 \n\nMeeting Agenda\n1. Welcome & Brief Updates\n\nFederal Hazard Mitigation Funding (Mary Huff\, WA Dept. of Ecology)\nOrientation to FbD priority issues and engagement opportunities (Kas Guillozet\, BEF)\nWashington Climate Resiliency Strategy (Jimmy Kralj\, Ecology) \n\n2. 2025 Washington Legislative Updates\n\nLegislative Session Update (Scott Richards\, BEF contract lobbyist)\nColumbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Policy Updates and Priorities (Anna Allen\, Regional Government Affairs Director – CRITFC)\nQuestions & Discussion\n\n3. Local Planning and Collaboration for integrated\, multi-benefit outcomes:\n\nPlanning (Joe Tovar\, FAICP\, Lecturer in Urban and Environmental Planning)\nQuestions & Discussion\n\n4. Ecology Becoming State LOMR Partner: Meaning\, Impact\, and Timeline (Lynn Schmidt and Jonathon Loos\, WA Dept. of Ecology)\n\nOverview of ECY effort to build in-state technical capacity building through FEMA CTP near-term and long-term\, and the anticipated benefits for mapping\, permitting\, and other technical support.\nCurrent ECY CTP supports training of ECY flood engineer on various projects statewide\, presentation of example project outcomes\n\n5. Federal Funding and Impacts – A Legal Perspective and a Conversation\n\nLegal Interpretations and the Future of Federal Disaster Response (Hannah Perls\, Senior Staff Attorney\, Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School)\nBroader discussion regarding federal funding and capacity information\, needs\, concerns.\n\n\n6. Closure\n  \n\nThe FbD Funding & Policy Action Group serves as the go-to convenor for floodplain funding and policy efforts across the state and to leverage current momentum for integrated floodplain management into innovative approaches that can better position partners for funding\, address barriers to implementation\, and improve coordination across all levels of government.View the notes from the last FPAG meeting:December 17\, 2024 Meeting Packet
URL:https://floodplainsbydesign.org/event/fbd-funding-policy-action-group-winter-meeting/
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SUMMARY:Permitting Coordination Check-in
DESCRIPTION:With some difficult news shared last meeting on WA permitting bills\, we closed the meeting on 3/5 with a request for a conversation about how to seize this moment in time with respect to permit streamlining for the greater good. Refinements welcome\, but here are proposed discussion prompts: \n\n\nHow to better educate legislature on permitting and how benefits of state streamlining efforts affect budgets\nPlanning for 2026 leg session\nEngagement with the Governor’s Office\nOpportunities for Tribes\nPriorities for informational/educational resource development and outreach\nUnderstanding and socializing new/emerging constraints (local govs\, Tribes\, state and fed regulators\, expert sources).\nOpportunities and concerns regarding federal legislative changes\nExpertise we need to bring in\n\nThis is certainly more than we can manage – we could consider chunking this conversation\, breakout rooms or similar. Please reach out in advance with input on where you would like to start\, or feel free to make edits in Box. \n\nNotes from last meeting here. Please note there is a highlighted update in notes since last meeting on changes to R10 FEMA staff guidance. Please check that out if relevant to you and feel free to offer edits. \nJoin Zoom Meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3424790936?omn=88416267344Passcode: 1234
URL:https://floodplainsbydesign.org/event/permitting-coordination-biweekly-check-in-2025-04-02-2/2025-03-19/
CATEGORIES:Permitting
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SUMMARY:FbD Grant Update Advisory Group Meeting #2
DESCRIPTION:Issue #2: The Floodplains by Design (FbD) application process begins with a Request for Proposal release in early November and ends with a ranked list in August.  Are there shifts to timing of key application steps or a different sequencing that better aligns with applicant and reviewer needs?  \nGoal: Revisit the timeline and sequence of the FbD grant program to determine if shifts in timing or sequences delivers benefits. \nRegistration Link
URL:https://floodplainsbydesign.org/event/fbd-grant-update-advisory-group-meeting-2/
CATEGORIES:Grant Update
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