District awarded NDRC catalyst grant for river crossing; trustees approve joining Aroostook EMA hazard mitigation plan
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Summary
Staff said the district won an "NDRC catalyst grama" to support a river crossing and hopes to bid this winter; trustees passed a resolution to join Aroostook EMA's hazard mitigation plan so FEMA can complete a related application.
Speaker 2 told trustees the district was awarded what the packet described as an "NDRC catalyst grama" for a river-crossing project and staff hopes to advertise for bids this winter for construction next summer. He warned that the relevant environmental review being completed by NBRC/NVRC could require additional review and push work out of the construction season: "the environmental review that NBRC does, if they don't accept kind of what was done already by the main DEP, then, we may have to do a longer environmental review," Speaker 2 said.
Speaker 2 also described a longstanding wastewater/FEMA project. To advance that FEMA application, the district must be included in Aroostook EMA's plan. Speaker 4 moved to accept the resolution to join the hazard mitigation plan so the district can be added to the EMA website, which is a step needed before FEMA final approval; Speaker 5 seconded. The meeting record indicates the board agreed to proceed and that copies of the signed resolution will be collected. "I would make a motion to accept that so we can be included in hazard mitigation plan," Speaker 4 said.
The transcript shows staff will collect signatures and forward the documentation; it does not provide a formal FEMA timeline beyond the description that FEMA projects over $100,000 require higher-level sign-off and that that stage has produced delays in other cases.
Speakers thanked staff for the grant work. Speaker 4 specifically gave kudos to "John and Jim Ward" for producing one of two funded applications in Worcester County this year.
