Melanie Brown

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Meegan Holland Director of Communications for Gov. Rick Snyder Office: 517-335-6397 Mobile: 517-420-2714 xxxEND_PAGE:treasury01_b41_7622_7971_308 When state experts sat down with Flint planners two days after Gov. Rick Snyder declared a water emergency, they asked about the locations of lead water pipes connecting to residents’ homes. The information was mostly there, on paper, filed in a large vault. There are hundreds of hand-drawn plat maps from the 1980s and hand-written notes on thousands of cards about updates to home plumbing systems. Over the years, a dedicated Flint city employee has been translating inspectors’ handwritten notes about plumbing updates into an Excel spreadsheet. But like many cities with limited budgets, Flint doesn’t have a robust staff converting the information from paper to searchable data. All that paper is now being be digitized so the State Emergency Operations Center can figure out where safe water is needed. Five GIS analysts are working on the project — including one from FEMA, which entered the picture after President Obama granted Gov. Snyder’s request for a federal emergency on Jan. 16. Mapping infrastructure to this depth of detail is highly unusual, said James Tchorzynski, manager of the GIS analysts for the Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division of the Michigan State Police. In a disaster like severe flooding, “You’re used to watching the water rise and you count the houses. Here, it’s all underground.” Once the maps are in digital format, they’re synched with 2015 parcel data. Then they can be overlayed with Census information and infrastructure information, allowing analysts to pinpoint which inhabited homes have lead service lines. That has been the job of Scott Bailey, a FEMA GIS analyst, for the past several days. “The state is doing a great job of collecting the data,” said Scott Bailey, a GIS data analyst with FEMA helping with the mapping project. “That’s going to be a success story that comes out of this. They're able to upload large amounts of data in a matter of hours.” Credit goes to the ArcGIS Online app that the state is using to upload home data in real time. Teams going door to door to deliver water supplies to residents are armed with iPads and the app, which feeds into the GIS system, noting whether there are children in the household and which ones have been provided with bottled water, a water test kit, a water filter and replacement cartridges. //// GIVE UPDATED NUMBERS HERE —- HOW MANY PARCELS 56,254, HOW MANY HOMES 38,144, HOW MANY SO FAR WITH LEAD SERVICE LINES? 3,600 OUT OF 26,000??//// The app information also helps Nikkia Anderson, a Michigan State Police GIS data analyst who is determining the number of inhabited homes in a city severely affected by blight.

Sonya, Can you help draft some language for this inquiry as well? Thanks!

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Thanks, Mel. I'm wondering whether the FY 16 loans have been dispersed yet? I'd like to get an idea how soon, for instance, Flint can apply for the FY17 program and an estimate of how soon they could have that in hand to start working on, say, lead line replacement. Has the EPA indicated that it would expedite their consideration of Michigan's plan for how to spend the FY17 money? Is there an estimate of when the project plan will be submitted by the city?

Hi Melissa - Based on a conversation with EPA, the $80 million referenced in recent media outlets is not new funding. The federal funds are provided each year to support the state's water infrastructure revolving loan programs. The federal funds ($59 million for wastewater and $27 million for drinking water) plus the $17 million of state match and loan repayments from prior years are used to support new infrastructure loans. In 2016, the DEQ has committed to 33 loans totaling $240 million to various communities, including Detroit, Burton, Pontiac, and others. In addition, the DEQ received applications for 45 additional projects totaling $247 million. Flint did not apply for funding in 2016. The totals are more than the $80 million due to the fact of local repayments by other communities. Staff are working with the City of Flint and consulting engineers on a project plan. The project plan will be the top priority in relation to the other projects should/once the City submits a plan. none Original Message-----

Hi Mel, I am the Washington correspondent for the Detroit News. I just left you a voicemail about a story that I'm working on about the Drinking Water Revolving Loan program. I had a few questions about the $80M for FY 17 mentioned by Obama last week, and how soon the DEQ may start accepting loan applications, etc, from municipalities, and what determines 2 xxxEND_PAGE:treasury01_b41_7622_7971_287 whether the loans are forgivable. 1 also understand that there's ongoing discussions between Flint and DEQ regarding loans that the city could use for replacing lead service lines on private property. EPA approved this last fall as a permissible use of the federal Revolving Loan Fund. I'd like to know what the status of those conversations are, and how soon the city could potentially be securing loan funds to begin such work? Thanks, Melissa Burke Melissa Nann Burke Detroit News Washington Bureau 202.662.8736 o. // 202: xxxEND_PAGE:treasury01_b41_7622_7971_288 DEQ, Orinkiny Weter Rovoiving Fan: Fontabio Range Quarterly Roport Fiscal Year: 2018 WRF find QuarterProjects | Date: aHa2016 le (7398-01 Burton Genesee Co Waterman Replacement - Phase 3 ce 7411-01 Grand Rapids Kent Co Tank repairs $3,085,000 ‘and Quarter Total 2 Projects $7,785,000 {ord Quarter Projects "Binding Commitment Date: 8/122016 _ 7405-01 Genesee Co Drain Commissioner Geneses Co Metering Project $5,400,000 7412-01 Detrot DWSD Waterman Replacement $9,375,000 17413-01 Detrot DWSD Watermain Replacement $6,500,000 (3rd Quarter Total 3 Projects $21,275,000 (4th Quarter Projects” = sSS~S*«SBinding CommitmentDate: 8202016 8 : | "7408-01 Oakland Co Pontac Watermamn Rep! Meter Rep! Phase 2 $5,700,000 7410-01 Loch Alpe Sanitary Authority Washtenaw County Watermam Improvement Phase 2 $1,590,000 (th Quarter Tota! 2 Projects $7,280,000 otal Fundable Range Dollars 7 Projects $36,350,000 Future Project . oe 7407-99 Grand Rapids Kent Co 1 Venous future proj $40,815,000 17400-01 Burton Genesee Co 1 Watermain Replacement - Phase 5 $2,215,000 17399-01 Burton Genesee Co 1 Waterman Replacement - Phase 4 $2,995,000 7409-01 Oakland Co Ponbac 1 Watermam Repl, Meter Rep! Phasa 3 $4,800,000 71401 Detrot DWSD—st_—_Watermam Replacement ____ $18,125,000 Total Future Dollare Projected 3 Projects . $85,550,000 Wednesday, January 27, 2016 Page 1 of 1 xxxEND_PAGE:treasury01_b41_7622_7971_289 Dempkowski, Angela (Treasury)

Importance: High Fellow PlOs, Gov. Rick Snyder today declared a state of emergency due to the ongoing health and safety issues caused by lead in the city of Flint’s drinking water. The State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) has also been activated to coordinate response and recovery efforts. There will be a briefing about the this incident at the SEOC at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6. | am asking a PIO from each key agency to attend the briefing. Key agencies include: e Department of Health and Human Services e Department of Environmental Quality e Michigan State Police e Governor’s Office In addition, we will be also developing a public information strategy for coordinating messaging during this incident. The SEOC is located at 4000 Collins Road in Lansing. Please enter through the north gate. When you get to the gate, please buzz in and tell the guard your name and that you’re there for the briefing. The SEOC opens at 8 a.m., so if you want to come earlier, you’re more than welcome. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Ron Ron Leix Public Information Officer (PIO) Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division Michigan State Police 4000 Collins Road Lansing, MI 48910 xxxEND_PAGE:executiveofficeemails19_b047_122_123_1 “A PROUD tradition of SERVICE through EXCELLENCE, INTEGRITY, and COURTESY” xxxEND_PAGE:executiveofficeemails19_b047_122_123_2

Hallo Keren and Mel, fen mot farniiar with this decumant. {s this somathing that cari be provided? Dave Murray Press Secretary | Executive Office of Governor Rick Snyder office mobile ichigandmurray

FYI. Mary Beth Mary Beth Thelen Executive Management Assistant to the Director Department of Environmental Quality Constitution Hall, 6th Floor South Phone: 517-284-6712 or 284-6700 Fax: 517-241-7401 Theienmedhmichigan gov

Hi Mel, Director Wyant is the go-to guy for that kind of thing, | think.

Hey — quick question ~ whos point on the Flint water situation? TED may have some housing and MSF dollars we can contribute but need to talk with whomever is lead. Who is that??? We have a call into Wyant... Thanks Mel. xxxEND_PAGE:executiveofficeemails20_b1003_2651_2651_1

Coal - aiso we are trying to craft a way to help financially... whos point on this issue ~ who can | have Arwood talk with? Wyant?

You are awesome and a huge help! ill have some info soon and will reach out.

Hey Dave - | heard that Flint water was the fopic of today’s PIO meeting ~ Please let me know how | can be heloful with corms stuff or just for collegiate support... We need to make this look beifer ~ Im with you all the way dude... You're doing a great job considering the issue — stand firm. -Mel ANd ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT xxxEND_PAGE:executiveofficeemails20_b0998_2642_2642_1