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Minutes May 20 Community Response Meeting 6pm

May 21, 2025

Special thanks to Marika Olcott for her attendance last night extending Representative Olcott's support for our community.

Priorities:

  1. Victim advocacy
    • Households displaced or having day-to-day activities disrupted
    • GISD
  2. Debris management
    • Brush
    • Metal
    • Trash

 

Decision:

  • iSTAT will be our central repository for impacted households, their needs, and the status of fulfilling those needs. TDEM_iSTAT
  • As we understand database can be exposed to entities like FBC.
  • Targets:
    • Wednesday am- Tool training for core team (Community Center 10am) Tavia, Kristen, Michelle are available and Tavia indicated she can find more so we are close to 10 individuals.
    • Wednesday pm- Door-to-door household visits in the most impacted area (for locals, Louise Stoner’s home to Elm and Rouse home).

 

Action items:

 

Victim Advocacy

  • Conduct iSTAT training (in progress) and complete registration of hardest hit areas by end of day Wednesday.
  • Ensure iSTAT registration is communicated to larger population. There were 3 tornados and here is property damage north and west of town.
  • Ensure local entities (churches, etc) can access and update iSTAT
  • Decide on a Command Center. Community Center, Library, UMC office are offered as options.

 

Debris:

  • Brush
    • Extend hours to take debris to 4:30-8 (Sherrye, Jonathan). This would be monitoring only no unloading support. FYI a second pile will be started today.
    • The current plan is to obtain permit from TCEQ to burn brush.  Chad Jordan from PPCo Emergency Management and Rep. Olcott have offered support given the County declared emergency. (Teresa)
  • Metal: Communicate that metal is being accumulated at GISD field house. (Sherrye)
  • Trash: Continue to make roll-off dumpsters available (Teresa). Republic is bringing a bunch of replacement poly dumpsters.

 

Other:

  • The City will get started on Thank you’s to the volunteers and donors over the weekend.
  • With Wednesday being the last day meals will be served at Hink’s Sherrye will work on connecting local restaurant donations to targeted needs (workers, households).

 

 

Next Meeting:

Thurs, May 22@6pm Community Center (understand with baseball playoff game in Stephenville there will be folks who are not available)

Working agenda

Update on iSTAT and victim status

Update on donations and other activities

Establish or plan for ongoing committee and command center