| Agenda: | Subject: Hazard Mitigation Report - (MVP) Core Team @ May 25, 2021 at 05:00 – 06:00 PM EDT
Topic: Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) Public Listening Session
Time: April 22, 2021 05:00 – 06:00 PM EDT
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In response to an application submitted by the Town to the MA Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA), Ashburnham was awarded a planning grant of $22,000 in September 2020 to implement the requirements of the State MVP Planning Grant. This grant was for the purpose of assessing the Town’s vulnerability to and prepare for climate change impacts, build community resilience, and receive designation from the EEA as a Climate Change Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) program municipality. When so designated, the
Town will be able to apply for EEA MVP Action Grants directed at resolving vulnerabilities identified during the planning grant process.
The grant also requires the update of the town’s Hazard Mitigation plan. Historically Ashburnham’s has been included in the Montachusett’s Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan last updated in 2015. This grant requires Ashburnham to create Ashburnham’s Local Hazard Mitigation Plan which is to updated every five years. This Public Listening Session we will be focused on the draft HMP report, with a presentation summarizing the reports content.
Initial MVP tasks involved the establishment of the MVP Core Team to guide the planning process and the identification of workshop stakeholders from the municipality, including but not limited to municipal officials, community organizations, non-profits, and community residents, as well as local businesses and academic institutions. This information produced by the MVP workshop was integrated into the HMP report.
In conjunction with the Town’s selected MVP facilitator (Pare Corporation), two (2) workshops have been held to date. Based on these workshops, Pare has prepared a draft ‘Local Hazard Mitigation Plan’, which will be the subject of the HMP Public Listening Session. The draft report may be reviewed at:
Ashburnham's HMP Report: https://aro365154440-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/aboylan_parecorp_com/Ei-hMED8iFlPg5tBf5sCLI8B8P0FNgqGBXjzMGD2cD4jSA?e=mhCmgL
Following a brief overview of the draft report, the HMP Listening Session will be open to the public’s comments on the draft report, which will be reviewed for inclusion in the final report. If you cannot attend the Public Listening Session, comments will also be collected using the link below.
Ashburnham's HMP Report Feedback: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=_jw0Rd6k3kqH6b2RcpSydit-frgO-BhPsCw35_te0r1UMFFGRE9aOTdMUlhCVUJHQVZHU0ZWTFJCSC4u
All public comments will be collected until June 1st, 2021. On behalf of the MVP Core Team, we look forward to your attendance and participation in the HMP Public Listening Session. Please contact Pare Corporation personnel Andrew Cummings (ACummings@parecorp.com) or the Town of Ashburnham for any questions or information request. |