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Exceeding expectations should be the goal. Great work everyone on making this happen today. MLive quote from the Mayor: "I did not expect it (the governor's decision) as quickly as it happened, but I'll take it," Weaver said. "I believed this was what Flint should have. I'm going to keep my positive attitude going forward." http: declares state of ame.htmi xxxEND_PAGE:executiveofficeemails20_b0352_1374_1374_1

The goal: Assess the extent of the elevated blood lead levels — the number of those affected and the degree to which they’ re affected M@ Get as many people in the affected zip codes tested as possible — can the Red Cross or some other agency with a bus or mobile unit set up for folks to give blood convert over to blood level testing and go into neighborhoods that have low testing rates? HA public health friend of mine said that Genesee County Health workers are stressed to the max. Can we deploy appropriate personnel from other county health agencies to help with inspecting homes for possible other causes? In other words, it won’t do any good to invest more in water infrastructure if we’re finding window sills with teeth marks. | say this NOT to downplay the role that water lead levels may have played. But can we get Habitat for Humanity, for example, to do a massive volunteer effort to eradicate lead paint in homes ... or is that beyond their expertise? M@ Gather experts to assess exactly how extensive the problem is and potential causes. And then convey this ina much more accessible ways. If you want blood level data, you have to scroll down on the DHHS web site, find the headline and then read a long press release. Maybe we’re conveying this information better on the ground, but if not, we need to communicate conclusive findings in multiple ways— graphics, video, informational photo galleries and maybe even a “test” that residents can take to see if their home is at risk in other ways. | know that sounds awfully MLive-ish, but it can be effective.

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Just received the Flint letter via email. Please prepare a response to it. Thanks Rick Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: Rothstein ceils a@are- “ltd. com Lawrence Reynolds" dreunclils

2 of 2. This is the response. Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message:

1 of 2 emails. The next is the DHHS response. Just making sure you are all in the loop. Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message:

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Good morning, team. Here’s a new draft of the Flint Task Force response letter incorporating suggestions from Rich. Please let me know if there additional changes | should make, or if you think there are points that need to be included. Our goals is to have a letter that can be shared later today. Thank you! Dave Flint Water Advisory Task Force Members, Thank you for your correspondence on Dec. 7, and, most importantly, for your hard work to promote public health and protect our residents as we move forward. Your efforts are both respected and appreciated. As acknowledged in your letter, we have taken many steps to address the challenges in Flint as they relate to reducing lead exposure. | am pleased to see the progress since October, and recognize there is more work that must be done to ensure that this progress continues. At the state level, there has been a confluence of efforts between Michigan Departments of Environmental Quality and Health and Human Services to coordinate with the Genesee County Health Department, local schools, and our partners in the non-profit community. These partners are making progress, and we know we can always strive to improve practices and communication for continual improvement. You make a solid suggestion about establishing a person who is independent of any one of the involved state agencies or organizations to serve as the point person to coordinate the ongoing work. | am recommending that Harvey Hollins, director of the Office of Urban Initiatives, carry out this effort. Harvey is well-versed in the issue and the challenges faced by our cities and will be effective in this role. He will be assisted by senior members of our executive team to ensure you will have the continued support and cooperation that you need. We also have retained Chris DeWitt, a veteran communications specialist, to strengthen community outreach efforts to make sure residents have access to the information they need. | also support your suggestion of a dashboard to make information about our work and progress more accessible to the Flint community. These are critical measures that can be used as we look the challenges and progress in Flint, but also can be a part of efforts moving forward in other areas of our state. It’s important that people have confidence that we are working to address any problems and will take the necessary actions to improve interaction among city, state and federal agencies. We also will continue to work with the medical community to consider how we can work together on wraparound needs of children who might experience health problems. xxxEND_PAGE:executiveofficeemails20_b0580_1869_1870_1 People in Flint and across our state deserve safe, clean water. | want them to be confident that the water coming out of their tap is safe for their families. And | want them to trust that their government — at all levels — is working effectively to protect them. | thank you again for investing your time and expertise to this vitally important effort. Regards, xxxEND_PAGE:executiveofficeemails20_b0580_1869_1870_2

Good evening team, Here is a draft response to the task force letter that | think covers the needed ground and designates Harvey for the role suggested by the task force members. Please let me know if we are missing anything, or if there are points you want me to make, realizing that this letter will be distributed to the public. Thank you for your assistance. Dave Flint Water Advisory Task Force Members, Thank you for your correspondence on Dec. 7, and, most importantly, for your hard work to promote public health and protect our residents as we move forward. Your efforts are both respected and appreciated. As acknowledged in your letter, we have taken many steps to address the challenges in Flint as they relate to reducing lead exposure. | am pleased to see the progress since October, and recognize there is more work that must be done to ensure that this progress continues. At the state level, there has been a confluence of efforts between Michigan Departments of Environmental Quality and Health and Human Services to coordinate with the Genesee County Health Department, local schools, and our partners in the non-profit community. These partners are making progress, and we know we can always strive to improve practices and communication for continual improvement. You make a solid suggestion about establishing a person who is independent of any one of the involved state agencies or organizations to serve as the point person to coordinate the ongoing work. | am recommending that Harvey Hollins, director of the Office of Urban Initiatives, carry out this effort. Harvey is well-versed in the issue and the challenges faced by our cities and will be effective in this role. | also support your suggestion of a dashboard to make information about our work and progress more accessible to the Flint community. It’s important that people have confidence that we are working to address any problems and will take the necessary actions to improve interaction among city, state and federal agencies. People in Flint and across our state deserve safe, clean water. | want them to be confident that the water coming out of their tap is safe for their families. And | want them to trust that their government — at all levels — is working effectively to protect them. I thank you again for lending your time and expertise to this vitally important effort. Regards, xxxEND_PAGE:executiveofficeemails20_b1463_3694_3695_1 xxxEND_PAGE:executiveofficeemails20_b1463_3694_3695_2

| thought this was a good example of something we could do to restore confidence in Flint. We have a ton of water experts in Michigan. Maybe we should adopt different testing protocols if our university experts say it's a good idea or that the federal guidelines are no long best practice. Going above and beyond seems like a good idea to be given everything that has happened. xxxEND_PAGE:executiveofficeemails20_b0585_1880_1880_1

And if you wanted a little light reading—frarn the NRDC—their notice of intent ta sue

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A, come on, just throw thern under the bus one tire... McBride reports that at the meeting this morning in DC that Kildee and Stabeniow ganged up to throw the state under the bus...

Dick, Here’s the talking points & messaging from DEQ on the internal changes announced today. DEQ Director Dan Wyant today made the following statement as he announced DEQ Chief Deputy Jim Sygo will immediately assume the role of interim chief of the department's Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance: "It recently has become clear that our drinking water program staff made a mistake while working with the City of Flint. Simply stated, staff employed a federal protocol they believed was appropriate, and it was not. The water testing steps followed would have been correct for a city less than 50,000 people, but not for a city of nearly 100,000. As details of the situation emerge, | am convinced our program staff believed they were doing their job right. As the state recognized there could be a health threat to Flint residents, we took appropriate steps. We are now embarked on an unprecedented effort to safeguard Flint residents and families with near-term, intermediate and long-term actions to protect and educate city residents. The issue in DEQ is experience and protocol with respect to corrosion control. The Governor has called for an independent, third-party after-action review. | have taken the step of changing leadership in the division. We are working with our federal partners and committed to being part of the U.S. EPA's effort to strengthen its Lead and Copper rule. All who brought this issue to the department deserve credit for bringing it forward. Lead is a serious issue, particularly for young people, and we take it seriously. The Governor's plan incorporates the suggestions outlined by the EPA and researchers at Virginia Tech. We will learn from this. We will make necessary changes to see to it that our program becomes a national leader in public health protection.” KEY MESSAGES: 1. It is increasingly clear through internal review at DEQ that staff overseeing drinking water mistakenly applied the wrong federal protocol when the city of Flint switched to the Flint River. 2. Today's announcement of new leadership in that division aligns with the states goal: make sure the public health is protected in Flint and elsewhere in the state, and ensure we learn from this so it never happens again. 3. The governor's action plan continues to protect kids and families in Flint, with the switch back to Detroit water last week, free water filtration for all city residents, and inspection of all Flint schools for lead exposure. 1 xxxEND_PAGE:executiveofficeemails20_b0225_0517_0518_1 4. Flint families who are concerned are encouraged to take advantage of free home water testing through the city and blood lead level testing for children. xxxEND_PAGE:executiveofficeemails20_b0225_0517_0518_2

All, Need your review of this document. It’s our response to Detroit News story they’re prepping for tomorrow. Per Sara, Dan will call Jarrod shortly to discuss what we’re proposing to do here. Thanks, b xxxEND_PAGE:executiveofficeemails20_b1674_4097_4097_1

Good afternoon, Sara asked me to share with you the D£0's planned reaction to the U.S. EPA’s press release about the Flint water situation, which is attached. Please fet us know Hf you think we are missing anything, Dave Regarding the EPA announcement: “Wie are glac ic have the continued technical support and counsel from our federal partners. We have been working closely with the US. EPA on the challenges in Flnt, including its added presence on the city’s technical advisory and the Governors 10- point plan. This is weloarne news and we anticipate it will helo us implement the Governor's strategy.” xxxEND_PAGE:executiveofficeemails20_b1669_4087_4087_1

Accountable Please see below. We're going to address by noting that this move to was something that community had supported as well, that we know Darnell cares deeply about kids and the residents he serves, but that primarily we're focused on future and all the steps we are taking in collaboration with all parties to ensure that Flint has safe drinking water and we're protecting public health, and that we will be conducting a full after action review. Let me know ASAP if anyone has any concerns with that or other tweaks/ideas, otherwise, that's what we're going with. Thanks and best, SW Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message:

West Michigan Update 10/9/2015 Anne’s hearing grumblings from business and residents about the Flint water situation. There is a mistrust of the reporting of the issue — comments including: it’s been blown out of proportion; how do we know what’s really going on; why do ‘we’ have to pay for Flint’s mistakes...... Not Responsive xxxEND_PAGE:executiveofficeemails20_b0049_0088_0090_1 Not Responsive xxxEND_PAGE:executiveofficeemails20_b0049_0088_0090_2 Not Responsive xxxEND_PAGE:executiveofficeemails20_b0049_0088_0090_3

lam scratching my head a bit over what LARA could do to assist in the Flint situation. | can think of a couple things, but they are pretty tangential: 1) MIOSHA: The bureau has a lab - | have reached out to Martha Yoder, the bureau director, to see if they have water testing capabilities. 2) BCC: We can do inspections (and permitting) upon request - like we tried to do in the Detroit demo project. Irv Poke, the bureau director there, has already talked to DEQ about some pipe inspection in Flint schools, but we may be able to go farther if there is a need. 3) MAE/PSC: Really can't think of anything, but they have lots of weird programs, so | have reached out to Val for suggestions. 4) Organization: The Flint situation could benefit from a "all hands on deck" working group like that we have done for the last several years with winter fuels. Mostly the same cast of characters with a few departmental additions and a switch in the impacted interest groups. If Dan (or someone else) wants to run lead, | could loan Karen Towne to either staff/organize the meetings/calls or train the department staff person on the template of how these work. She is pretty experienced in organizing this kind of thing. Will keep thinking, but that's all | can come up with on short notice. Mike Sent from my iPad xxxEND_PAGE:executiveofficeemails20_b1632_4012_4012_1

Watching this issue and wondering if they need short term financial assistance for infrastructure. Probably could help there, but not sure what all the issues are. We can take a look at anything that may be needed. Let us know. TALENT ant ECONOMIC EVELOPMENT Reve Anvood Chief Executive Officer Michigan Economic Development Corsoration 300 N. Washington Square | Lansing, Mi 48915 Office: SU. 241.7400 moods 1 @ This message contains information which may be confidential and privileged. Unless you are the intended reciplarrt for authorized to receive this message for the intended recipient), you may not use, copy, disseminate or disclose ta anyone the message or any information contained in the massage. if you have received the message in error, phease advise the sender by reply e-mail, and delete the message. Thank you very much, xxxEND_PAGE:executiveofficeemails20_b1630_4008_4008_1

Nick Lyon plays a part in all of this too with testing and filters etc. We will need his updates as well. Sent from my iPad