Formal Submission of the Town's All Hazard Mitigation Plan to the State and FEMA

The Regional Planning Commission, on behalf of the Town of Milton and the Town of Williston, has formally submitted the Towns' respective annexes of the proposed 5-year Regional All-Hazards Mitigation Plan.  These plans, if acceptable, will be forwarded to FEMA for review. 

You can view the submissions here:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kxegg7wa4q44334/AABkM_uYGUetZpWy-TSN1vkIa?dl=0

These municipal AHMPs are annexed to the 2017 Chittenden County Vermont Multi-Jurisdictional All-Hazards Mitigation Plan. The final FEMA-approved document may be viewed here:

http://www.ccrpcvt.org/our-work/emergency-management/hazard-mitigation-plan/#2017-plan

What does approval and adoption of this plan mean for Milton?

Significant hazards addressed in the plan include Severe Rainstorms, Flooding, Fluvial Erosion and Water Pollution and their associated vulnerabilities such as damage to public infrastructure; temporary road and bridge closures; temporary isolation of vulnerable individuals and budgetary impacts.

1. Secures eligibility for favorable state match contribution under the Emergency Relief Assistance Fund in the event of a Federally-declared disaster.
2. Flood Mitigation Assistance Grant Program (FMAGP) funds will be available only to communities that have adopted a local Plan
3. A community without a plan is not eligible for HMGP project grants but may apply for planning grants under the 7% of HMGP available for planning.
4. For the Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) program, a community may apply for PDM funding but must have an approved plan in order to receive a PDM project grant.
6. Under Vermont’s Emergency Relief Assistance Fund rules, contributions from the State to cover the non-Federal share of a municipality’s FEMA Public Assistance project costs varies depending on whether a community has a plan. A community without a plan, would have to cover 17.5% of the overall project cost compared to only 7.5% to 12.5% of the cost if it had a plan in place.