Acquiring a generator for the Easton Senior Center, upgrading the generator at the Public Works Department and spending more money on routine tree maintenance and inspection. These are some of the ways Easton can reduce damage caused by severe weather and other natural hazards.
Those actions are part of the Connecticut Metropolitan Council of Governments (MetroCOG) Regional Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan. Bridgeport, Fairfield, Monroe, Stratford and Trumbull, which MetroCOG represents, have also submitted draft activities and actions to the Regional Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan to make their communities safer and better prepared for emergencies.
Justin Giorlando, the town’s land use consultant, said the town has been working with MetroCOG to update the plan and now needs input from residents to make sure the plan aligns community goals related to natural hazards and mitigation.
Easton’s draft plan is available for public review and comment through June 28.  To view the plan, which includes a summary sheet and a comment survey, visit MetroCOG’s website.
MetroCOG has been conducting public meeting to prepare the regional plan before it submits it to federal emergency management agencies. The Federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 requires cities and towns to have an approved hazard mitigation plan to be eligible to apply for and receive certain types of Federal Emergency Management Agency hazard mitigation funds.
Public meetings will be held throughout the region during June. Dates, times and locations will be announced
