FbD Funding & Policy Action Group: Spring Meeting

The 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.
Meeting Agenda (packet and Flow & Flourish menu attached)
1:00-2:10PM – Welcome; Policy and Practice Updates

FUND IMMEDIATE NEEDS
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Anne-Marie Marshall-Dody, Update from Emergency Management Division
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Scott Richards, 2026 Legislative Session Recap and Reflections
BUILD CAPACITY
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Casey Kramer, Gil Gepte, Maegan Torres, Floodplain Regulations Map (revisit from November 2025 meeting)
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Nancy Crespo, Community Rating System funding pause
STOP THE PROBLEM
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Mike Cerbone, HB 1337: ADU Mandates and strategies to limit or preclude ADUs as necessary to meet critical areas protection, shoreline protection or to minimize impact to emergency services
SPEED SOLUTIONS
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Anna Weber, Better Buyouts Working Group, some good news
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Kas Guillozet and Austin Bernales, Permitting Portal
2:10-3:00 – Flow & Flourish: Washington Acts for Integrated Floodplain Resilience
A two-day gathering in Olympia this November. This event brings tribal partners, local governments, state agencies, advocates, scientists, farmers, businesses, and community leaders into the same room to celebrate what works and forge what’s next.
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Break out rooms to create, inform and vet “menu” of topics
Apologies for the delayed update and thank you for your patience as we ran into a few small delays in pulling this agenda together. We look forward to seeing you all!
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5653221882?omn=85807630080
Passcode: 1234