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Committee endorses FEMA hazard-mitigation buyout application for 505 Riverside Avenue
Summary
Committee recommends council approve FEMA buyout application for landslide-risk property
Committee recommends council approve FEMA buyout application for landslide-risk property
The Burlington Transportation & Utilities Committee recommended that the City Council approve applying for and, if awarded, accepting a FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) award to buy out 505 Riverside Avenue. The measure would allow the city to acquire the property and convert it to green space after payment of market value to the owners.
Why it matters: property judged at imminent slide risk; buyout would remove future public-safety and environmental hazards
Scott Guston, principal planner in Permitting & Inspections, told the committee the parcel was assessed and found to…
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