Title
Approval of a Resolution Stating the Intent of the City of Olympia to Work with Thurston County and Other Jurisdictions to Create an Interlocal Agreement for Disaster Recovery
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve the resolution stating the City of Olympia's intent of work with Thurston County and other jurisdictions to create an interlocal agreement covering disaster recovery.
Report
Issue:
Whether to approve the resolution encouraging the City to work towards a disaster recovery interlocal agreement with Thurston County and other jurisdicitons.
Staff Contact:
Greg Wright, Fire Chief, Olympia Fire Department, 360.753.8466
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item.
Background and Analysis:
Following an Emergency Management Training held in Ocean Shores in February 2019, the direction from a number of elected and appointed leaders was that the community should have a dedicated Disaster Recovery Process. Emergency Manager Greg Wright, Assistant City Manager Jay Burney and City Councilmember Renata Rollins, among others representing the City, concur with the idea. The desired outcome of this resolution is to encourage all jurisdictions and Thurston County to work towards the creation of an interlocal agreement defining a formal disaster recovery process for the community. A countywide work group will be formed later this year to begin the process of refining a "process" for disaster recovery. That work group will further define the mission, scope and needs of such a process. This resolution supports the formation of the work group and their mission to make Olympia and Thurston County more resilient following a disaster.
Thurston County Emergency Management wrote the original resolution, and it is being signed by the Thurston County Board of County Commissioners.
The Olympia version of the resolution has been slightly modified to convey the same intent as the original, ...
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