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St. Pete Beach reviews hurricane after-action report, advances damage-assessment plan

3538090 · May 28, 2025
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Summary

City staff presented after-action findings from last year’s storms, proposed pre-storm procurement, improved communications, and a new Substantial Damage Administrative Procedures (SDAP) to speed damage assessment and recovery.

St. Pete Beach officials on Tuesday outlined lessons learned from last year’s storms and described steps the city is taking to speed response and recovery before this hurricane season.

City staff said the after-action work focused on internal department debriefs and a recovery task force of residents and business owners; the central aims are clearer communications, streamlined procurement for pre‑contracted services, and a new substantial damage administrative procedures plan to standardize post‑storm damage assessments.

Assistant City Manager Adam Poyer told the commission that departments used SWOT analyses to identify shortfalls in procurement, resource management, communications and staffing and that the fire department led consolidation of those findings. He said the city will…

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