Columbus, Georgia

HAZMIT PLANNING COMMISSION



February 17, 2005





Members Present: Ms. Rachel Buice, Ms. Donna Newman, Mr. Jason Bryan, Mr. David

Arrington, Mr. Carmen Holmsley, Mr. Jeff Meyer, Mr. Ralph Johnson, Mr. Roy

Waters, Mr. Robert Futrell, Mr. Riley Land, Ms. Cathy Kee and Ms. Triena Sharpe.





Note: The meeting for the Public Safety Hazardous Mitigation Planning

Commission was held on the Ground Floor, Public Safety Building with Deputy

Director Riley Land of the EMS Division. The February17, 2005 meeting began at

2:40 p.m.





Contract:

Mr. Land and Mr. Jason Bryan of the Chattahoochee Regional Development Center,

began the meeting by addressing the full execution of the contract.



Hazards Identified:

Mr. Bryan stated that flood hazards and critical facilities must be identified

and a risk assessment must be done to define parameters, basic risks and

vulnerabilities. The commission discussed for several minutes the order after

they gathered this information. Concluding that they start from hazards and

work towards critical infrastructures (basic facilities).



The Commission discussed specific critical facilities that would be affected by

various hazards, to which Mr. Johnson discussed the impact and the necessity of

caring for the inmates and officers who are located in the jail. They further

discussed the facilities that are affected by a flood hazard, such as, the new

library and the Civic Center and the necessity of completing an inventory of

these and other facilities.



Mr. Land encouraged the Commission to continue research through the

organizations that could assist in gathering data that HAZMIT would be able to

use.



Mitigation information:

Mr. Bryan communicated that his organization is looking for solid numbers that

they will be able to mitigate presently. Ms. Newman commented that prevention

efforts and routine maintenance reduced the incidents and therefore reduced the

outcome of damage.



Mr. Bryan and Ms. Holmsley requested information on land use, development

plans, and storm water management.



The Commission discussed the following hazards that they stated are without

back-up plans for operations:



? Floods

? Weather related

? Tornadoes & hurricanes (high wind and winter storms)

? Lightning, hail

? Transportation

? Chemical Spills

? Dams



(Education, notification, evacuation, and identification of safe areas.)





Mr. Bryan then reemphasizes the objective of a HAZMIT plan; which he stated was

to mitigate major hazards that can be mitigated for the purpose of obtaining

reimbursement from FEMA.



Mr. Land agreed that Ms. Newman and the CRDC should meet in March and return

with an inventory of city property & assets and other pertinent information

that would be used in the report. A suggestion was also made to have various

departments submit a break-down procedure on what each individual department

does in a hazardous situation.



Mr. Land concluded the meeting by informing the Commission that he would get

the necessary information from GEMA. There was no further information shared at

this meeting; therefore, the next meeting was scheduled for Thursday, April 21,

2005 at 2:00p.m.







Triena B. Sharpe



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Recording Secretary