Town of Lincoln, Vermont
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Town of Lincoln, Vermont Single Jurisdiction All-Hazards Mitigation Plan Final Plan Adoption Date: __/__/____ FEMA Approval Date: __/__/____ 1 Contents 1. Planning Process ............................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Current Plan Development Process .................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Opportunities for Public Comment .................................................................................................... 4 1.3 Opportunities for Public Comment .................................................................................................... 4 1.4 Extent of Review............................................................................................................................... 5 2. Local Background and Maps ............................................................................................................. 6 2.1 Community Background ................................................................................................................... 6 2.2 Community Maps .............................................................................................................................. 8 3. Existing Adopted Plans Which Support Hazard Mitigation .............................................................. 14 3.1 2019 Lincoln Emergency Operations Plan ....................................................................................... 14 3.2 2017 Town Plan .............................................................................................................................. 14 3.3 2018 Addison County Regional Plan ............................................................................................... 15 3.4 2018 State of Vermont Hazard Mitigation Plan ................................................................................ 15 4. Community Risk Assessment .......................................................................................................... 17 4.1 Local All-Hazards Planning Map .................................................................................................... 17 4.2 Risk Prioritization Process/Result .................................................................................................... 18 4.3 Hazard Type, Location, Extent, and Vulnerability ........................................................................... 22 4.3.1 Ice Storms .............................................................................................................................. 22 4.3.2 High Winds ............................................................................................................................ 25 4.3.3 Highway Accidents ................................................................................................................ 27 4.3.4 Flood/Flash Flood .................................................................................................................. 29 4.3.5 Extreme Temperatures (Heat and Cold) .................................................................................. 32 5. Mitigation Strategies ....................................................................................................................... 38 5.1 Hazard Mitigation Goals ................................................................................................................. 38 5.2 Authorities of Town Officials .......................................................................................................... 39 5.3 Ongoing Strategies by Hazard Type ................................................................................................ 40 5.4 Project Prioritization Process ........................................................................................................... 44 5.5 Proposed Mitigation Actions by Hazard Type .................................................................................. 44 5.6 Mitigation activities undertaken since the original plan adoption in 2012 ......................................... 48 6. Plan Maintenance Procedure ........................................................................................................... 49 6.1 Plan Review/Update Process ........................................................................................................... 49 6.2 Programs Initiatives and Projects Reviews ....................................................................................... 50 6.3 Post-Disaster Review Procedures .................................................................................................... 50 7 Plan Adoption Resolution ................................................................................................................ 51 2 1. Planning Process 1.1 Current Plan Development Process The Town of Lincoln Selectboard passed a motion confirming their intent to work through the process of writing an All-Hazards Mitigation Plan at a meeting of the Town Selectboard on 5/7/19. At its meeting on X/X/XX, the Lincoln planning commission agreed with the actions of the Selectboard, including working with a town mitigation committee as part of its rewrite of the Lincoln town plan. At the confirmation of funding availability, the Selectboard further showed their support of the plan by appointing the following residents of Lincoln to a mitigation planning committee: • Barb Rainville, Lincoln Emergency Management Director • Dan Ober, Lincoln Volunteer Fire Department Chief • Eleanor Scully, Lincoln Town Health Officer • Ann Kensek, Lincoln Selectboard Assistant The committee met 11/15/18 to complete a hazards inventory and risk assessment matrix and to flesh out locations where hazards are known to the community. Following the meeting, a draft Town of Lincoln, VT Hazard Mitigation Plan was created by staff at the Addison County Regional Planning Commission (ACRPC) and circulated to committee members. The committee met again on 8/22/19 to identify potential mitigation projects associated with the hazards identified. At that meeting a copy of the draft hazard mitigation plan was provided for the town office along with a comment sheet so residents visiting the office could review and make comments Input on the draft plan was requested from town residents during open meetings of the Town Planning Commission and the Town Selectboard where copies of the draft plan were available for review. The town also made the plan available on its website lincolnvermont.org to reach a broader distribution. The plan was distributed to the Addison County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC 8) for review at its December 2019 meeting. Based on comments from the public process, the draft plan was further edited and forwarded to Vermont’s State Hazard Mitigation Officer on X/X/19 for comments and preliminary approval. Preliminary approval by the SHMO was provided on X/X/XX and the draft plan received Selectboard approval on X/X/XX before being sent to FEMA reviewers. Comments were received back from FEMA reviewers on X/X/XX. Changes were made to the draft plan based on FEMA recommendations and an updated draft was completed on X/X/XX. Upon completion of this draft, the plan was further circulated to the Town Selectboard and hazard mitigation committee for approval prior to being returned to FEMA for Approval Pending Adoption (APA) status. Upon receipt of the FEMA APA, the resulting document was adopted by the Lincoln Selectboard on X/X/XX. The final adopted plan was then forwarded to FEMA Region I for approval which was received on X/X/XX. 3 1.2 Opportunities for Public Comment Multiple opportunities for public comment were made available during the planning process. All persons reviewing the drafts including the public and neighboring communities were instructed to send comments to Andrew L’Roe at [email protected] for review for possible inclusion. • A planning committee was appointed from volunteers and town officers at an open meeting of the Town Selectboard on XX/XX/2018. • The plan was made available on the Town website http://lincolnvermont.org/ for public comment while in draft form. (No comments received) • A copy of the draft plan was made available for public comment at the Town Office on X/X/XX with a comment sheet. (No comments received) • Meetings of both the Town Selectboard and the Town Planning Commission were open for public comment throughout the planning and draft phases of this plan. (No comments received) 1.3 Opportunities for Public Comment Additional opportunities for regional and state-level comments in the draft stage were provided throughout the planning process. • A copy of the draft plan was posted on the ACRPC website www.acrpc.org for regional review and notice was given during the October 2019 ACRPC full commission meeting as to its availability. No comments were received. • The 12/3/19 ACRPC newsletter included an announcement that a draft plan was available for public review and comment. That draft was posted in the ACRPC office for review and comment. No comments received. • A copy of the draft plan was posted on the ACRPC website www.acrpc.org for regional review and notice was given during monthly meetings of ACRPC requesting input. • The bordering towns of Starksboro, Bristol, Ripton, and Warren were notified of the posting on X/X/XX and comments were requested to be sent to [email protected] . No comments were received.