RE: Flint Water Interagency Coordinating Committee - DRAFT EO - Review and response
- From
- Paul Smith
Attached is a revised version incorporating Harvey's suggestion.
The relevant paragraphs now read:
WHEREAS, municipal water in the City of Flint showed elevated lead levels after the City of Flint
switched its water source to the Flint River
WHEREAS, the County of Genesee and the City of Flint have taken actions to cope with the situation,
including but not limited to, switching back to the Detroit water system on October 16th, declaring local states
of emergency, activating the emergency response and recovery aspects of their emergency operations plan,
marshaling and distributing required resources on a city-wide level, and issuing emergency public information
and bulletins; and
WHEREAS, the Flint Water Advisory Task Force was formed as an independent advisory task force
charged with reviewing actions regarding water use and testing in Flint; and
WHEREAS, the Flint Water Advisory Task Force has made an interim recommendation that the state
government should coordinate a sustained, public-health focused response to remedy, to the fullest extent
possible, the impacts on the Flint community; and
WHEREAS, on January 5, 2016, the Governor issued a proclamation declaring a state of emergency in
the County of Genesee and the City of Flint; and