Carol Huchin son From: Michelle Scully Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2019 10:54 AM To: Jennifer Gray Thompson; Carol Huchingson Subject: RE: Message Delivered Hi Jennifer, Thank you for that. ljust spent last week in a whirlwind brand immersion tour with a creative group our newly formed Tourism Improvement District initiated. The creative team left with exactly the same thoughts your Program Administrator had. They were met with so much passion, enthusiasm, and dedication from people all over the county they swore they would do their very best work to reflect that. Thank you for your very kind words and recognition of the resiliency shown by our elected and citizens. We did the recently reopened EcoArt walk by Middletown Art Center and to see it standing again, amongst all the devastation south county experienced brought tears to all of our eyes. Powerful stuff. You may not be magical (remains to be seen!) but you see and you care. Thank you. Our new Lake County Community Risk Reduction Authority did apply for one of your ReBuild grants to get the project up and going, and we appreciate the opportunity to do so. It?s nice to know you?ve got our backs and support our efforts to move forward proactively and positively. Best! Michelle Michelle Scully Deputy CAO County of Lake 255 North Forbes Street Lakeport, CA 95453 707.263.2580 From: Jennifer Gray Thompson Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2019 10:26 AM To: Michelle Scully Carol Huchingson Subject: RE: Message Delivered Michelle, It is our pleasure to serve Lake County. I sent our Program Administrator up to Lake and Mendocino County for two days last week and, as expected, she came back with brand new eyes for the region, but especially Lake County. She kept marveling at how beautiful it is and how many kind people she met. We believe it is well past the time for Lake County 1 to receive more resources, more advocacy, and more of what you?ve earned through your resiliency. We are here to listen to what you need and though we are not magical by any stretch, we will do what we can to help. it was a great article and again, lam not sure if we made any difference, but regardless was happy to see it and share it. Even our local Sonoma Index Tribune put it on their F3 and on their landing page. Great to see. Thank you for the kind note. Jennifer lennifer Gray Thompson, MPA Executive Director Rebuild NorthBay Foundation 595 511? St West Sonoma, Ca 954 76 jennifer@rebuildnorthbay-org Office: 707.938.7217 Cell: 707.953.6034 Executive Assistant 81 Business Operations Manager: Cassicly Barber Sign Up for our Newsletters at Rebuild NorthBay Foundation is a registered 50163 committed to rebuilding the North Bay region ofNapa, Sonoma. Lake and Mendocino Counties better, so er, greener, faster. For more in ormation, please visit From: Michelle Scully Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2019 8:23 AM To: Carol Huchingson Jennifer Gray Thompson Subject: RE: Message Delivered Good morning Jennifer, We so appreciate your advocacy for Lake County! A while back the PD initiated a ?towns? section which includes ads and editorial. Kind of pay to play, but nonetheless we appreciate all positive coverage. Your prod may have prompted the idea! Thanks so much, and thank you for sharing it on your social media. Michelle Michelle Scully Deputy CAO County of Lake 255 North Forbes Street Lakeport, CA 95453 707.263.2580 From: Carol Huchingson Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2019 12:16 PM To: Jennifer Gray Thompson Cc: Michelle Scully Subject: RE: Message Delivered Thanks SO much for calling this to my attention, Talk in July. From: Jennifer Gray Thompson Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2019 10:25 AM To: Carol Huchingson Subject: Message Delivered CH: I delivered the request to cover Lake more often to the PD leadership and all I can ever do is ask. I do not follow up because I want to be respectful. I hope this is a result. They were interested, but short of staff. I see they are making the effort -- not sure if it is from the request or organic, but regardless, I am so happy to see this coverage and we also shared it on our social media. rtslide=2 Family place to play Vacation resorts and campgrounds dot more than 100 miles of shoreline on Clear Lake, Lake County?s hub of watery summer fun. Jen Jennifer Gray Thompson, MPA Executive Director REBUILD NORTHBAY FOUNDATION 595 5th St West (please note new address) Sonoma, CA 95476 Carol Huchingson From: Jennifer Gray Thompson Sent: Monday, June 17, 2019 3:41 PM To: Onorato, Brad Cc: Ezrah.Chaaban@sen.ca.gov; Wink, Moke Simon; Carol Huchingson Subject: RE: South Lake County FEMA Grants Apps No WORRIES. It was very EXCITING. lennifer Gray Thompson, Executive Director Rebuild NorthBay Foundation 595 5th St West Sonoma. Ca 95476 jenniFer@rebuilclnorthbayprg Of?ce: 707.938.7217 Cell: 707953-6034 Executive Assistant 8: Business Operations Manager: Cassidy Barber Lilli r3; Sign Up for our Newsletters at Rebuild NorthBay Foundation is a registered 5010.3 committed to rebuilding the North Bay region ofNepa, Sonome, Lake and Mendocino Countries better. sci/er, greener, faster. For more information. please visit mug-n: From: Onorato, Brad Sent: Monday, June 17, 2019 3:29 PM To: Jennifer Gray Thompson Cc: Ezrah.Chaaban@sen.ca.gov; Wink, Moke Simon Subject: Re: South Lake County FEMA Grants Apps I?m known for using caps to stress important Thanks Jennifer Sent from my iPhone On Jun 17, 2019, at 3:23 PM, Jennifer Gray Thompson wrote: Oh my gosh. So many caps. Really, I asked for advice because I am super good at taking it. Promise! I will not ask any politician to do anything Thank you! JEN Jennifer ray Thom ps on PA Executive Director Rebuild North Bay Foundation 595 St West Sonoma, Ca 95476 Lenniferfu?irebuildnorthbayorg Office: 707.938.7217 Cell: 707.953.6034 [Executive Assistant 81 Business Operations Manager: Cassidy Barber Sign Up for our Nei-vslettei?s at newsletters? Rebuild N'orthBoy Foundation is a registered committed to rebuilding the North Bay region of Napa, Sonoma, Lake and Mendocino Counties better, safer, greener, faster. For more information, please visit From: Onorato, Brad Sent: Monday, June 17, 2019 2:58 PM To: Jennifer Gray Thompson ; Ezra h.Chaa ban@sen.ca.gov Cc: Wink, Moke Simon Subject: RE: South Lake County FEMA Grants Apps Importance: High Jennifer: Thank you for your email. First and most importantly, these grants are competitive grants NATIONWIDE and POLITICAL intervention is NOT WARRANTED AT There is nothing more than letters of support Cong. Mike or Sen Dodd (by the way, South Lake County Fire Protection District is in Sen McGuire?s district) can in all honestly, the WORST THING WOULD BE TO CALL BOB Second, it is my experience that it takes one or two grant cycles for a district to have their grant application approved. This is really a competitive??-numbers grant program and injecting politics into it could be detrimental to the Fire if Cong Mike were to do other advocating for one district, he?d have to do it for all the districts and my opinion, jeopardize approval of a grant application. Please DO NOT HAVE ANY POLITICIANS, ON ANY LEVEL, call Bob Fenton. Its most inappropriate as these programs all through FEMA IN DC. If you have any questions about this, please call me. BRAD ONORATO Deputy Chief of Staff to Congressman Mike Thompson 2721 Napa Valley Corporate Drive Napa, CA 94558 [707] 226-9898?Office (707] 251-9800-Fax brad.onorato@mail.house.g0v Sign up for our e- newsletter From: Jennifer Gray Thompson Subject: South Lake County FEMA Grants Apps Hi Ezra and Brad: I am looking for the best way to help get these grants funded for South Lake County via FEMA. They tried letters from elected last year and it did not change the outcome. We are going to DC in October, but I cannot see waiting this long for a result. Any advice? I know there isn?t a FEMA director at the moment. FEMA GRANT Application EMW - 2018 - FV 00478 Fire Engine, Complete (x2) $1,249,340.00 FEMA GRANT Application EMW 2018 F0 - 01047 SCBAs, Bottles, Rescue Packs, PPE $420,120. 00 Jen Jennifer Gray Thompson, MPA Executive Director Rebuild NorthBay Foundation 595 St West Sonoma, Ca 95476 ienniFeer rebuildnorthbayorg Office: 707.938.7217 Cell: 707.953.6034 Executive Assistant Business Operations Manager: Cassidy Barber Sign Up For our Mon thly Newsletters at newsletters:I Rebuild NorthBay Foundation is a registered committed to rebuilding the North Bay region of Napa, Sonoma, Lake and Mendocino Counties better, safer, greener,?lster. For more information, please visit