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Meeting Summary
Purpose of Meeting:
Hawaii County Multi Hazard Mitigation Plan Working Group, Meeting #2
Location of Meeting:
Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi St., Hilo, HI 96720
Date/Time of Meeting:
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 2pm-4pm
Attendees:
April Surprenant (CoH) Talmadge Magno (CoH) Barry Periatt (CoH) Bill Hanson (CoH)
Robert Ferreira (CoH) Steven Bergfeld (DLNR) Riley Saito (CoH) Daniel Chun (CoH) Diane Ley (CoH)
Eric Honda (DOH) Paul Agamata (HIEMA) Bethany Morrison (CoH) Harry Takiue (HDOT) Patti Pinto (CERT)
Bryce Harada (CoH) Maurice Messina (CoH) Rob Flanner (Tt) (phone) Rob Lee (HDOT) Megan Brotherton (Tt)
David Kurohara (HELCO) Allan Simeon (CoH) Sarah Freeman (CoH) Cindy Rolli (Tt)
Agenda and Meeting Summary:
Item No.
Description
Action item(s):
1
Confirm Mission and Goals
Mission and Goals Adopted by the
Group discussion leading to adoption:
Working Group:
Mission:
Motion: April Surprenant
Identify and evaluate risks to life safety and property resulting
Second: David Kurohara
from hazard events to determine viable actions that will reduce
risk and create resilient communities.
Goals:
1. Utilize state-of-the-art methods and technologies as
well as local knowledge to identify hazards, risks, and
capabilities.
2. Ensure that all critical facilities and infrastructure
withstand hazard incidents and have contingency plans
to restore services quickly.
3. Protect natural and cultural resources to the extent
practicable that mitigate hazards.
4. Promote actions that support land use planning and
regulations designed to ensure long-term resiliency.
5. Promote community risk reduction and preparedness
through public education, training, and awareness.
6. Improve capabilities to implement response protocols
and continuity of operations and services.
7. Strengthen partnerships and leverage existing resources
and capabilities to identify, assess, and reduce the
impact of hazards.
County of Hawaii
Meeting Summary
2
Adopt Hazards of Concern
Hazards of Concern Adopted by the
Group discussion leading to adoption
Working Group:
Volcanic Hazards (follow up with Talmadge to get vog
Motion: Paul Agamata
data for modeling)
Second: Barry Periatt
Dam Failure
Drought
Earthquake
Flood
Landslide
High Wind Storms
Hurricane
Storm surge/High SurflChronic Coastal Flood
Climate Change/Sea Level Rise
Tsunami
Wildfire
Invasive Species
Supply Chain (non -natural hazard)
Mass Events (non -natural hazard) (double check on the
terminology)
Cyber (non -natural hazard)
Pandemic Outbreaks
3
Hazard Scenarios
Group discussion; presented scenarios that will be modeled for
the Risk Assessment (see PPT)
4
Public Outreach Strategy
CD to add link to survey on Everbridge to
a. Website
populate Facebook; other departments
https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/departments/civil-
will add to their Facebook.
defense/multi-hazard-mitigation-plan-2020
b. Survey
Tt to send meeting notes, all follow up
materials from meeting and upload to
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HawaiiCountvHMP
uneurive including survey QR code.
c. Public Meeting dates and meeting format (all 6-8 pm not
Tt to send invites to WG Members for
including set up and breakdown)
assistance to man stations at Public
January 22 - Hilo, Aupuni Center
Meetings.
January 23 - Kailua-Kona, West Hawaii Civil Center
Tt to email
January 29 - Waimea, Waimea Community Center
Sarah.Freeman@hawaiicounty.gov -Food
January 30 - Ocean View, Ocean View Community
Basket; may want to add a station
Center
Tt to email
Bethany. Morrison@ hawaiicounty.gov -
Community Action Committees may be
able to support stations
5
Next Working Group Meeting: January 21"— Risk Assessment
Results