Hazard Mitigation Planning

2021 Eastern Shore Hazard Mitigation Plan Rewrite Underway!

The Eastern Shore Hazard Mitigation Plan identifies policies and actions that can be taken over time to reduce losses from natural and hazards, as well as those created by –or helped along – by humans. These preventive actions protect our community – our friends, family, employees, neighbors, business owners, and their properties. They reduce exposure to risk and curb financial losses. With support from the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the A-NPDC is facilitating this process with localities, agencies, organizations, and stakeholders in our region.

Kick Off Meeting – December 1st 1:00-3:00pm, held virtually.

For those of you who missed the December 1st Eastern Shore Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan kick off meeting, a recording of the can be found here. The agenda here and the meeting summary here.

Hazard History Presentation

Regulatory Requirements & Planning Process Presentation

HMP Steering Committee

The Steering Committee is made up of representatives from Towns and Counties in the region. Members are responsible for evaluating data and scenarios, providing local expertise, identifying and prioritizing mitigation projects, and reviewing all drafted material. Meetings of the Steering Committee will be held on the third Tuesday of each Month from 2PM-4PM. The meetings are open to the public and will be held virtually until further notice (log in information below).

Jan 19, 2021 02:00 PM – Agenda; Summary; Presentation ; Recording
Feb 16, 2021 02:00 PM – Agenda ; Summary; Presentation ; Recording
**No meeting held in March**
Apr 20, 2021 02:00 PM – Agenda ; Summary ; Presentation ; Recording
May 18, 2021 02:00 PM – Agenda ; Summary ; Presentation ; Recording
Jun 15, 2021 02:00 PM – Agenda ; Summary ; Presentation ; Recording
**No meetings held in July, August, and September**
Oct 19, 2021 02:00 PM – Agenda ; Summary ; Presentation ; Recording

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 993 4579 2642
Passcode: 7577872936
Dial in: (301) 715 – 8592

Portions of the DRAFT 2021 Eastern Shore of Virginia Hazard Mitigation Plan are now available for review! Additional chapters will be added as soon as possible. Please send any feedback, comments, or suggestions to amills@a-npdc.org.

**Please note FEMA has run into delays in providing NFIP data. Highlighted areas will be updated once the current data is received.

Introduction

Chapter 1 Hazards on the Shore
Chapter 2 Planning Process
Chapter 3 Risk Assessment
Chapter 4 High Wind
Chapter 5 Coastal Erosion
Chapter 6 Coastal Flooding
Chapter 7 Storm Water
Chapter 8 Pandemic
Chapter 9 The Region
Chapter 10 Accomack County
Chapter 11 Town of Accomac
Chapter 12 Town of Bloxom
Chapter 13 Town of Chincoteague
Chapter 14 Town of Hallwood
Chapter 15 Town of Keller
Chapter 16 Town of Melfa
Chapter 17 Town of Onancock
Chapter 18 Town of Onley
Chapter 19 Town of Painter
Chapter 20 Town of Parksley
Chapter 21 Town of Saxis
Chapter 22 Town of Tangier
Chapter 23 Town of Wachapreague
Chapter 24 Northampton County
Chapter 25 Town of Cape Charles
Chapter 26 Town of Cheriton
Chapter 27 Town of Eastville
Chapter 28 Town of Exmore
Chapter 29 Town of Nassawadox
Chapter 30 Accomack County Mitigation Strategies
Chapter 31 Northampton County Mitigation Strategies
Chapter 32 Town of Chincoteague Mitigation Strategies

Appendix A References
Appendix B Process for Hazus Risk Analysis
Appendix C Storm Surge Methodology
Appendix D Meetings and Outreach
Appendix E Adoption Resolutions

Past Eastern Shore Hazard Mitigation Plans

2016 Eastern Shore Hazard Mitigation Plan chapters are available independently below, or the entire document can be downloaded, but it is a large file. The Plan will be updated again in 5 years. Please send any feedback, comments, or suggestions to amills@a-npdc.org or call 757-787-2936 ext. 127. Thank you!

Entire draft full final report: FullHMP2016 (last revised March 30, 2017) (39.4 MB)

Introduction

Chapter 1 Hazards on the Shore
Chapter 2 Planning Process (revised March 30, 2017)
Chapter 3 Risk Assessment
Chapter 4 High Wind
Chapter 5 Coastal Erosion
Chapter 6 Coastal Flooding
Chapter 7 Stormwater
Chapter 8 The Region
Chapter 9 Accomack County
Chapter 10 Northampton County
Chapter 11 Town of Bloxom
Chapter 12 Town of Cape Charles
Chapter 13 Town of Cheriton
Chapter 14 Town of Chincoteague
Chapter 15 Town of Eastville
Chapter 16 Town of Exmore
Chapter 17 Town of Hallwood
Chapter 18 Town of Keller
Chapter 19 Town of Melfa
Chapter 20 Town of Nassawadox
Chapter 21 Town of Onancock
Chapter 22 Town of Onley
Chapter 23 Town of Parksley
Chapter 24 Town of Saxis
Chapter 25 Town of Tangier
Chapter 26 Wachapreague (revised March 30, 2017)
Chapter 27 Mitigation Action Development (revised March 30, 2017)
Chapter 28 Accomack County Mitigation Strategies (revised March 30, 2017)
Chapter 29 Northampton County Mitigation Strategies (revised March 30, 2017)
Chapter 30 Town of Chincoteague Mitigation Strategies (revised March 30, 2017)
Chapter 31 Mitigation Funding Options

Appendix A References
Appendix B Process for Hazus Risk Analysis
Appendix C Storm Surge Methodology
Appendix D Meetings & Outreach (added March 30, 2017)
Appendix E Adoption Resolutions (added June 7, 2017)

More HMP Background Information

We kicked off the public comment period with a public open house on December 1, 2016. Resources from the open house and the preceding Resilience Training can be found below.

FEMA requires the hazard mitigation plan to be updated every five years. Since there is substantially more data available that at the time of the last update (2011), we have elected to entirely re-write the plan, which is a two-year process. That means we need to start now to have the plans complete and fully adopted by February, 2017. A presentation from the Virginia Department of Emergency Management explaining more about regional hazard mitigation plans can be found here.

Local agencies that participate in creating the plan will be eligible for hazard mitigation grants. Those that don’t, will miss out. Accomack and Northampton Counties, along with the towns of Chincoteague, Tangier, Saxis, Bloxom, Parksley, Onley, Onancock, Melfa, Wachapreague, Keller, Exmore, Nassawadox, Cheriton, and Cape Charles are all participating

The Steering Committee consists of representatives participating counties and towns. Localities that do not adopt the plan will not be eligible for hazard mitigation funding, so steering committee members have voting privileges and have the final say in the plan’s content. However, the plan in developed in concert with a wide range of stakeholders, known as the Planning Council, who are invited to attend all meetings of the Steering Committee and receive the same information as the steering committee.