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OFR <br />O� r <br />Town of Reading <br />Meeting Minutes <br />#o <br />o'�3S+1NCOft90�IC`" <br />Board - Committee - Commission - Council: <br />REE (VFD � <br />WN CLERK <br />MASS. <br />Community Planning and Development Commission i! AUG -9 A 10: OS <br />Date: 2016-06-06 Time: 7:30 PM <br />Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Selectmen Meeting Room <br />Address: 16 Lowell Street Session: <br />Purpose: General Business Version: <br />Attendees: Members - Present: <br />Nick Safina, John Weston, Dave Tuttle, Karen Goncalves-Dolan <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Jeff Hansen <br />Others Present: <br />Assistant Town Manager Jean Delios, Community Development Director Julie <br />Mericer, Sam Cleaves <br />Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: <br />Topics of Discussion: <br />Acting Chair Nick Safina called the meeting to order at 7:35 PM. <br />Hazard Mitigation Plan Update <br />Sam Cleaves from MAPC was present on behalf of the Town's Hazard Mitigation Plan Update <br />effort. He explained that Reading's last Hazard Mitigation Plan was approved by FEMA in <br />2010, and that this plan update will fulfill FEMA's new requirements. The Plan development <br />process includes Town coordination with MAPC on identification of critical infrastructure and <br />mapping of local hazards, as well as two public meetings. Once the plan is written it is sent <br />to MEMA for approval, then to FEMA for approval, and then it goes to the Reading Board of <br />Selectmen for a vote. After the plan is voted on, it will go into effect for the next 5 years. <br />Mr. Tuttle asked if travel/transportation management during an emergency are taken into <br />consideration. <br />Mr. Cleaves responded that the Plan focuses on natural hazards, and that moving people in <br />and out of affected areas during an emergency is usually handled by the Town's Emergency <br />Management Director. <br />Mr. Weston asked whether the Town has a separate plan that addresses man-made hazards <br />(i.e., proximity of the highway to the drinking water supply). Mr. Cleaves responded that <br />the Community Emergency Management Plan (CEMP) handles non -natural disasters and is <br />supposed to be updated on a yearly basis. <br />Mr. Safina inquired about the availability of grants to off -set the costs of infrastructure <br />improvements identified in the CEMP, or for the purchase of land to create wetlands or <br />stormwater retention areas. Mr. Cleaves noted that he would look into it. <br />Public Comment <br />No one from the public was in attendance. <br />Page 1 1 <br />