The Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments (RiverCOG) is seeking a consultant to update our Multijurisdictional Lower Connecticut River Valley Region Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan. The product will be a multijurisdictional state and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved, and RiverCOG and individual municipally adopted plan. The Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments is the result of a merger of 2 Connecticut regional planning organizations (RPO), the Connecticut River Estuary Regional Planning Agency (CRERPA) and the Midstate Regional Planning Agency. Past natural hazard mitigation plans were initiated under these former RPOs as well as through RiverCOG. It will be the third update for seven municipalities which include Clinton, Old Lyme, Lyme, Haddam, Chester, Deep River and Essex, and the second update for eight municipalities that include East Haddam, East Hampton, Portland, Cromwell, Middletown, Middlefield, and Durham. The towns of Old Saybrook and Westbrook are updating their NHMP on their own via a separate process. The consultant will ensure a timely and approved review by the State of Connecticut State Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (DEHMS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and ensure, shepherd and finalize the adoption of the plan by each of the 15 participating municipalities and RiverCOG.
