E. Monitoring and Revising This Plan Annual Review Copies of this plan will be kept at the town office and made available via the town and BCRC website. The Select intends to involve the public in the implantation, review and update of this plan. This plan will be integrated into existing planning efforts including updates to the Town Plan as well as the annual Local Emergency Operations Plan. The Sandgate Town Plan is currently being updated, and information from this plan has been used in those updates. New data from a variety of studies completed by the Bennington County Regional Commission, the State of Vermont, the U.S. Forest Service and others will be used in updating the town plan, as they were used to develop this hazard mitigation plan. The process of updating the town plan will incorporate the public involvement, agency review and adjacent town review requirements of Vermont statutes. 2. Plan Evaluation and Update The Sandgate Select Board will be responsible for serving as or creating a planning team for evaluating and updating the plan. At least one year before the five year period covered by this plan, the planning team will initiate a review of the plan by: 1. Updating the descriptions and analyses of events using new information since completion of the 2015 draft. 2. Identification of any new buildings or infrastructure or changes in critical facilities. 3. Estimation of potential probability and extent of hazards based on any new information since completion of the 2015 plan and the updated Town Plan. 4. Review of completed hazard mitigation projects. 5. Identification of new projects the revised hazard evaluation. 6. Review of any changes in priorities since adoption of the 2015 plan. 7. Revision of the assessment of risks and vulnerability from identified hazards. 8. Development and use of criteria to assess the potential benefits and of identified actions for use in prioritizing those actions. 9. Integration of the updated plan into the Sandgate Town Plan and other plans and programs. The planning team will hold open meetings to solicit opinions and to identify issues and concerns from members of the public and stakeholders. The planning team and the Town of Sandgate Select Board will work with the Bennington County Regional Commission and the State Hazard Mitigation Officer (SHMO) to review and update their programs, initiatives and projects based on changing local needs and priorities. BCRC will assist in any necessary coordination and communication with neighboring towns to assure that mitigation actions address regional issues of concern. The revised plan will be submitted for review by the State
E. Monitoring and Revising This Plan Annual Review Copies of this plan will be kept at the town office and made available via the town and BCRC website. The Select intends to involve the public in the implantation, review and update of this plan. This plan will be integrated into existing planning efforts including updates to the Town Plan as well as the annual Local Emergency Operations Plan. The Sandgate Town Plan is currently being updated, and information from this plan has been used in those updates. New data from a variety of studies completed by the Bennington County Regional Commission, the State of Vermont, the U.S. Forest Service and others will be used in updating the town plan, as they were used to develop this hazard mitigation plan. The process of updating the town plan will incorporate the public involvement, agency review and adjacent town review requirements of Vermont statutes. 2. Plan Evaluation and Update The Sandgate Select Board will be responsible for serving as or creating a planning team for evaluating and updating the plan. At least one year before the five year period covered by this plan, the planning team will initiate a review of the plan by: 1. Updating the descriptions and analyses of events using new information since completion of the 2015 draft. 2. Identification of any new buildings or infrastructure or changes in critical facilities. 3. Estimation of potential probability and extent of hazards based on any new information since completion of the 2015 plan and the updated Town Plan. 4. Review of completed hazard mitigation projects. 5. Identification of new projects the revised hazard evaluation. 6. Review of any changes in priorities since adoption of the 2015 plan. 7. Revision of the assessment of risks and vulnerability from identified hazards. 8. Development and use of criteria to assess the potential benefits and of identified actions for use in prioritizing those actions. 9. Integration of the updated plan into the Sandgate Town Plan and other plans and programs. The planning team will hold open meetings to solicit opinions and to identify issues and concerns from members of the public and stakeholders. The planning team and the Town of Sandgate Select Board will work with the Bennington County Regional Commission and the State Hazard Mitigation Officer (SHMO) to review and update their programs, initiatives and projects based on changing local needs and priorities. BCRC will assist in any necessary coordination and communication with neighboring towns to assure that mitigation actions address regional issues of concern. The revised plan will be submitted for review by the State
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