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Board asks whether hazard plan can fund beaver control, dam projects
Summary
During the hazard mitigation presentation, Select Board members asked whether state or federal grants could help with beaver control and maintenance of local dams; CMRPC staff suggested MVP action grants and FEMA BRIC as possible sources and offered to check the plan's dam inventory for the Hule/Elm Hill dam.
A board member asked whether the regional planning commission could help secure funding to address recurring beaver problems that affect town drainage and dams. Will Talbot of CMRPC said projects tied to hard infrastructure could be candidates for FEMA’s BRIC program, while small‑scale or innovative projects — possibly including beaver mitigation — might be eligible for the Massachusetts Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) action grant program or related state programs.
Talbot told the board that CMRPC had worked on both MVP and BRIC applications for other towns and recommended preparing an expression of interest when the state opens the program window (staff said expressions of interest were expected to open in September, with grant applications due in mid‑spring). When the board asked whether the Elm Hill (Hule Hill) dam was listed in the plan, Talbot said the plan’s critical‑infrastructure inventory lists dams the team was aware of and that they would confirm whether that dam appears in Brookfield’s inventory.
