Good afternoon, everyone. The subcommittee will come to order. T purpose of todays hearing is to receive testimony on 15 bills pending before the pin lands, are forest and mining subcommittee. Because of the large number of bills on todays agenda, i wont go through all of them right now, but the complete agenda will of course be included in the record. I want to note that we have a former member of our committee here, former senator mary landrieu, and we have members who will be joining us shortly who have another Committee Assignment at the moment and others who will be joining us telephonically. I also want to begin by recognizing the staggering loss of life that has occurred embedded within what has shaped up to be a really horrific wildfire season. More than 36 people have perished in infernos raging throughout the western United States this year, dozens more are missing. In oregon, my colleague senator widens home state, thousands have lost their homes and over half a Million Peop
Works subcommittee will address options to address the wild fires and Forest Management. This includes testimony from an interior Deputy Department official and deputy chief of the u. S. Forest service. Good afternoon, everyone. This subcommittee will come to t order. The purpose of todays hearing is to receiveands testimony on i bills pending beforece the publo lands force and mining subcommittee. Because of the large number of t bills onhe todays c agenda, it going to go through all of them right now. But the complete agenda will, of course, be included in the record. I want to note at the outset weve got a former member of our committee here, former senator from louisiana, longtime member of the senate and this committee is in the back. Weve got members who will be at t who have tly another Committee Assignment at the i moment. E. We have others who will be d eme joining us dtelephonically. As i want to recognize the staggering loss of life that has occurred embedded within what has
So moved. Second. All in favor . Aye. Aye. Can i have a motion to not disclose anything that was said . So moved. Second. All in favor . Aye. Thank you. Okay, pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. And to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Okay. Item 7 announcements. Please be advised that a member of the public has three minutes to make pertinent comments on each agenda item unless the portion commissioner has a shorter period on any item. Note that during the Public Comment period, the moderator will dial in participants to use their touchtone phones to register in a desire for Public Comment. And audio prompts will signal to dial in participants when the audio input is enabled for commenting. Please dial in only when the item that you wish to comment on is announced. Item 8, executive directors report. Good afternoon, commissioners. Michael martin, Deputy Director of r
My concerns about longterm sustainability. President breslin okay. Who made the motion again . Clerk commissioner lim. President breslin would you like to withdraw your motion or modify i think the concern of commissioner follansbee is getting all the commissioners i mean, getting all the health lines answer questions about increases. Id be willing to withdraw this, but remember the timeline, although i wont be there for the next meeting regarding the renewal for next year. President breslin commissioner lim, you will be there for the next meeting in may. Clerk no, he will not, president breslin. His term ends tomorrow. Commissioner simanski would be there, as long as we get others sworn in. President breslin well, i think its fair if they have the same questions across the board here, so they could be done at the next meeting and dispose of this. Just some clarification, and i think mike would be able to help me on this one. Blue shield this is a flex funded plan, unlike kaiser. Its n
Manager. Hes with us today. The study is looking at five Sea Level Rise curves. We intend Robust Community input along the way. If the army corps finds a federal interest in the project and Congress Authorizes the project, that opens up the door to very significant federal funding, 65 federal, 35 local. Next slide, please. Were looking at the entire port plus aquatic park, the National Park up there and looking at five neighborhoods. Weve identified what were referring to as four areas in the study area separated by high grounds where you could have independent flood risk mitigation. And were drilling down into an even finer level of detail in 1o varied and unique in locations. Next slide, please. We start by flood modeling. Using those Sea Level Rise curves, looking at recurring flood damages over the 50year study period. The army corps is the lead in this effort through their Economic Modeling and they can calculate flood damages for that 50year period in todays dollars. And thats im