                 Federal Emergency Management Agency Region 6
                                  TRIP REPORT
                            Date / author of Report
                                    4/14/16
                                       
                         Shanene Thomas/NORMA E. REYES
                                       

Meeting called by
Regional Tribal Liaison 
Subject of meeting
Consultation on the Second Draft of Tribal Declaration Pilot Guidance and FEMA Programs Overview 
Meeting Date(s)/Location
March 30, 2016, U.S. Corp of Engineers Building, Albuquerque, NM
Attendees
Pueblo of Laguna  -  Emergency Manager
Pueblo of Zia  -  Governor, Lit. Governor and two of his staff
Pueblo of Jemez  -  Grants and Contracts person
High Watermark  -  2 people who assist the various Pueblos in New Mexico during recovery
Josh Sanchez, Staffer for Senator Tom Udall
Addison Hesslink, New Mexico Department of Homeland Security Recovery Officer

FEMA: Mark Price, Recovery Deputy Division Director, Norma Reyes, RTL, Shanene Thomas Mitigation Tribal Liaison/Hazard Mitigation Planner, Philip Parks, and	David McCoy, Program Analyst Grants Management Division. FEMA Region 6  -  NM DHSEM Liaison.


                                   OVERVIEW

PURPOSE
Consultation on the Second Draft of Tribal Declaration Pilot Guidance and FEMA Programs Overview.

Meeting Summary
This was an all-day meeting that consisted of the consultation session in morning and FEMA program overviews in the afternoon.

Mark Price conduction the consultation session.  FEMA SME conducted the afternoon sessions.

There was really good discussion and comments during both sessions.

RTL encouraged them to please submit any additional comments that they may think of after the meeting.
COMMENTS RELATED TO THE PROPOSED CONSULATION POLICY
General Comments:
 Provide more clarification on Emergency Declarations
 Provide more information on Procurement procedures
 Communicate with the OIG what the incident period is
IA Eligibility:
 Verification by community survey of tribal demographics
 Tribes provide the validation
 Dialogue with the tribe to show where eligible recipients live
 Verify with the Governor or CEO
 Outline or checklist developed from FEMA to show how to capture non-tribal member eligibility
PA Funding:
 Consider funding under PA if roads/utilities that are not the tribes responsibility but has had an impact on the tribe

Minimum Damage Amount:
 Remove the minimum damage amount
 How can you put a value to a structure?
 $25K or $10K minimum damage amount when you look at smaller tribes
 Change to say based on the impacts of the disaster FEMA will conduct PDAs to determine if the minimum damage amount has been met.  Tribes should have to meet the minimum before an assessment can be made.  Damages could not be monetary.




      

