Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1) PLANNING PROCESS a) The Town of Coventry will begin the hazard mitigation planning update process by using members of its Coventry Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) a committee composed of primarily Town officials from various departments (Police, Fire, Engineering, Planning & Development, Sewer, Schools, Housing, etc.) to form the Hazard Mitigation Committee to develop the plan. Also, the Town will seek to add residents, representatives of local non-profits, environmental groups, and the business community to the Committee, at least on an ad-hoc basis during the term of the plan update. It isthe Town’s intentto contract with a consultant via a competitive procurement process to complete the hazard mitigation plan including involvement of the CEMA and associated ad-hoc members. The consultant will meet with the committee as a whole, or with its individual members to obtain information required to update the plan and the hazards contained within. 2) RISK ASSESSMENT UPDATE (HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND VULNERABILITY) a) HAZARD IDENTIFICATION: The consultant will work with CEMA and the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency to update the description and prioritization of the hazards that have occurred within the Town and at the state level affecting the Town. For this plan, the risk assessment section will assess risks individually and as a whole in topical groupings.
