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West Fairlee Hazard Mitigation Plan

Kick-Off Meeting

Join the West Fairlee Selectboard and TRORC as we update the Town’s Local Hazard Mitigation Plan!

When: Monday, April 22, 2019 at 6PM

Where: Community Building (Lower Level)

What are we doing?

• Updating the Town’s Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
• Ranking the potential impact of naturally occurring hazards

How does this happen?

• Rank potential impact of naturally occurring hazards
• Identify projects that can mitigate these hazards

What’s in it for you?

• Reduction in property loss and human injuries
• A safer community!

*This event was originally May 9th and has been rescheduled to May 23rd*

A mediator guides difficult discussions, encouraging people to find a satisfactory outcome. Mediation can help resolve disputes among co-workers, neighbors, landlords and tenants, business partners, or business owners and clients.

All Town Officials are invited to join Julian Portilla from Champlain College to learn and practice skills in:

-Identifying and framing issues
-Listening for interests
-Controlling the process
-Helping disputants solve problems
-Finalizing agreements
-Handling special problems in mediation

This free event includes dinner catered by Hotel Coolidge! Dinner will begin being served at 5:30

RSVPs are required, and space is limited, so please register soon at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/regional-mediation-workshop-tickets-58650789089 

Do you have trouble finding volunteers to serve on boards or assist with projects?  Do you suffer from a lack of quorum?  Are the same two people showing up to public hearings?  You are not alone.  Join Rebecca Sanborn Stone of Community Workshop to learn about creative ways to increase more diverse and meaningful public engagement. All Chairs, Commissioners, and Town Officials are invited. Topics include: 

-Focusing your available time more effectively to expand feedback.
-Using gathering locations and social networks to magnify your time.
-Telling stories to frame messages that are meaningful to your audience.
-Thinking differently about what success means.

Come share your triumphs and challenges, exchange ideas, and launch your work.

This free event will include light refreshments. Space is limited, so RSVPs are required. Please register by 6/10/19 at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-engagement-training-tickets-58655143112 

Notice is hereby given by the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission of two Public Hearings to be held for the purpose of hearing comments on the proposed amendments to the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Plan. The Regional Plan covers all lands within the towns of Barnard, Bethel, Bradford, Braintree, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Chelsea, Corinth, Fairlee, Granville, Hancock, Hartford, Hartland, Newbury, Norwich, Pittsfield, Plymouth, Pomfret, Randolph, Rochester, Royalton, Sharon, Stockbridge, Strafford, Thetford, Topsham, Tunbridge, Vershire, West Fairlee, and Woodstock. A copy of the proposed amendments to the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Plan are available for review at the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission’s office during normal business hours and on the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission’s website: http://www.trorc.org/trorc-regional-plan/.

Hearing Dates:

Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at 6:00PM: Damon Hall, 1 Quechee Road, Hartland, VT

Thursday, July 11, 2019 at 6:00PM: Royalton Town Offices, 2460 VT Route 14, South Royalton, VT

Outlined below is a list of section headings of the Regional Plan chapters that have amendments proposed:

1. Introduction
2. Healthy Communities
3. Land Use
4. Transportation
5. Working Landscape
6. Natural Resources
7. Historical, Cultural, Archeological and Scenic Resources
8. Homes in the Region
9. Utilities, Facilities and Services
10. Emergency Management
11. Energy
12. Economic Development
13. Relationship of TRORC Regional Plan to Neighboring Plans
14. Plan Implementation
15. Definitions

Also proposed for adoption is the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Energy Implementation Plan (to be adopted as part of the Regional Plan).

Notice is hereby given by the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission of two Public Hearings to be held for the purpose of hearing comments on the proposed amendments to the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Plan. The Regional Plan covers all lands within the towns of Barnard, Bethel, Bradford, Braintree, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Chelsea, Corinth, Fairlee, Granville, Hancock, Hartford, Hartland, Newbury, Norwich, Pittsfield, Plymouth, Pomfret, Randolph, Rochester, Royalton, Sharon, Stockbridge, Strafford, Thetford, Topsham, Tunbridge, Vershire, West Fairlee, and Woodstock. A copy of the proposed amendments to the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Plan are available for review at the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission’s office during normal business hours and on the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission’s website: http://www.trorc.org/trorc-regional-plan/.

Hearing Dates:

Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at 6:00PM: Damon Hall, 1 Quechee Road, Hartland, VT

Thursday, July 11, 2019 at 6:00PM: Royalton Town Offices, 2460 VT Route 14, South Royalton, VT

Outlined below is a list of section headings of the Regional Plan chapters that have amendments proposed:

1. Introduction
2. Healthy Communities
3. Land Use
4. Transportation
5. Working Landscape
6. Natural Resources
7. Historical, Cultural, Archeological and Scenic Resources
8. Homes in the Region
9. Utilities, Facilities and Services
10. Emergency Management
11. Energy
12. Economic Development
13. Relationship of TRORC Regional Plan to Neighboring Plans
14. Plan Implementation
15. Definitions

Also proposed for adoption is the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Energy Implementation Plan (to be adopted as part of the Regional Plan).

How do your local responders work with Emergency Directors, Selectboards, and Treasurers on managing incidents?

GO 191 Incident Command System/Emergency Operations Center Interface

August 14, 08:30-15:30, Norwich Police Department

Technical description

This course will enable the participants to develop an effective interface between the Incident Command and the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) by applying Incident Command System (ICS) principles. This 1 day course will introduce you to the roles of the Incident Command System (ICS) and Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs) during emergency operations, and discuss ways to develop an ICS/EOC interface implementation strategy or action plan for your community. The target audience includes personnel associated with on-scene Incident Command, and EOCs and Multiagency Coordination (MAC) System entities.

Registrations must be done through the state’s Learning Management System website: https://vermont.csod.com

If you need assistance with that system, please contact Brittany Marquette at [email protected]

Efficiency Vermont has provided grant funding to Regional Planning Commissions to support local energy committees and municipalities and to connect regional and local energy plan implementation efforts to Efficiency Vermont and Comprehensive Energy Plan goals. The funding will allow RPCs to provide technical assistance in the formation and development of local energy committees and to support the work of established local energy committees in specified areas tied to objectives for promoting energy efficiency and driving action.  Supported activities of this grant funding include:

1. Working to encourage the formation of new energy committees and enhancing the impact of existing energy committees
2. Facilitating regional meetings and roundtables of energy committees
3. Coordinating local Button Up and other events to promote thermal efficiency
4. Use data resources such as the EAN Dashboard, and provide training to local energy groups
5. Organize residential weatherization and home heating workshops
6. Develop and distribute model zoning and subdivision regulations to support energy efficient building and design
7. Organize regional workshops on electrical efficiency programs for commercial applications
8. Distribute information on energy efficiency incentives

TRORC has scheduled the first regional energy committee meeting for

Thursday, September 5^th at 6:30 pm at the Bethel Town Hall, 318 Main Street 

TRORC will outline the new Efficiency Vermont grant, opportunities, projects and schedule.  Please come with your calendars and ideas about how TRORC can help implement your town’s energy efficiency and conservation projects.

Light refreshments will be provided. 

 Please RSVP and direct questions to Dee Gish at [email protected] or 802-457-3188

October 17, 2019

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

VA Hospital, White River Junction

Agenda

1. Call to order and introductions– Bruce Martin, Chair
2. Approval of minutes for 8/22/2019 (attached)
3. Action on TRORC Invoice.
4. Treasurer’s report – Brad Salzmann, Treasurer
5. Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) – Mariah Whitcomb
6. Action and discussion on LEPC12 schedule change from bi-monthly to quarterly meetings.
7. Other Business/Upcoming Trainings
   1. SERC meeting – LEPC consolidation update
   2. LEPC12 website
   3. LEPC plan template

LEPC12 Next meeting – December 19, 2019 at TBD

This double-header training will first review (5:30-6:30) how local land use bodies (DRBs, Planning Commissions, ZBAs) should be making decisions, and then will follow up (6:45-7:45) with a review of the powers of subdivision bylaws and the useful concepts of density and conservation subdivisions.

For many rural areas with little development, the subdividing of land is much more of a land use issue than types of uses. Creation of roads, house placement, strange lot lines and shapes, and protection of natural areas can all better be addressed in subdivision bylaws than usually under zoning.

Light refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP here by 10/11