FbD Funding & Policy Action Group Winter Meeting

1. Welcome & Brief Updates

• Federal Hazard Mitigation Funding (Mary Huff, WA Dept. of Ecology)
• Orientation to FbD priority issues and engagement opportunities (Kas Guillozet, BEF)
• Washington Climate Resiliency Strategy (Jimmy Kralj, Ecology) 

2. 2025 Washington Legislative Updates

• Legislative Session Update (Scott Richards, BEF contract lobbyist)
  
• Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Policy Updates and Priorities (Anna Allen, Regional Government Affairs Director – CRITFC)
  
• Questions & Discussion

3. Local Planning and Collaboration for integrated, multi-benefit outcomes:

• Planning (Joe Tovar, FAICP, Lecturer in Urban and Environmental Planning)
• Questions & Discussion

4. Ecology Becoming State LOMR Partner: Meaning, Impact, and Timeline (Lynn Schmidt and Jonathon Loos, WA Dept. of Ecology)

• Overview 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.
• Current ECY CTP supports training of ECY flood engineer on various projects statewide, presentation of example project outcomes

5. Federal Funding and Impacts – A Legal Perspective and a Conversation

• Legal Interpretations and the Future of Federal Disaster Response (Hannah Perls, Senior Staff Attorney, Environmental & Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School)
• Broader discussion regarding federal funding and capacity information, needs, concerns.