Board Of Aldermen

‘'y of Nashua participates in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). This provides full insurance coverage based on risk as shor
d Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs). The City joined the NFIP on June 15, 1979. As a participant in the NFIP, communities must ag
a floodplain management ordinance and enforce the regulations found in the ordinance. The City of Nashua has adopted the “City ¢
i Floodplain Development Ordinance,” found in Chapter 190 Land Use, Article VII. Floodplain Management

partnered with the National Weather Service and the Manchester Health Department to offer at least two trainings annually on th
Skywarn Weather Spotter program, alternating venues and winter/summer spotter training. Pennichuck Water incorporates publi
education campaigns annually on responsible water use.

* Latter-Day Saints Church - "Self-Reliance" Group
© Access and Functiona! Needs Populations

* Greater Nashua Continuum of Care

* Public Health Advisory Committee

" Gateways Community Services

* Partnership for Successful Living/Harbor Homes/Keystone Hall

* Nashua Adult Learning Center

« United Way of Greater Nashua

» Southern New Hampshire Services

« — NH Catholic Charities

* PLUS Company

«Front Door Agency

* Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter

* The Youth Council

Nashua River Watershed Association

Lower Merrimack River Local Advisory Committee
City of Nashua - Conservation Commission

City of Nashua — Environment and Energy Committee
Merrimack River Watershed Council

The Nature Conservancy - NH

350.org - NH

The Trust for Public Land - NH

Sierra Club —- NH Chapter

Environment NH

NH Audubon

o Emergency Preparedness

NH Silver Jackets

Greater Nashua Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD)
Nashua Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)

o State Aid Grant (SAG) program - RSA 486 established the SAG Program which provides financial assistance in the form of a
to NH communities to off-set the planning, design and construction costs of certain sewage disposal facilities. Due to budg
reductions, the SAG program has not received sufficient funding to provide grants to ail eligibie projects, Projects that wer
approved to receive funding by the Governor and the Executive Council prior to November 2008 continue to receive grant

Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Loan Program (SRF) - The 1996 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act created ;
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) to provide assistance in the form of low interest loans to public water syste!
finance the cost of drinking water infrastructure. Public water systems eligible for this program include all community pub!
water systems and non-transient non-profit public water systems. In addition, funds are used to promote proactive drinkir

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FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program—the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program provides grants to implement long-term hi
mitigation measures after a major disaster declaration. The purpose of the Program is to reduce the loss of life and propel
due to natural disasters and to enable mitigation measures to be implemented during the immediate recovery from a disa
hiteo://www.ftema.gov/hazard-mitigation-grani-orogram

Capital improvements project funding — Funding has been requested and provided in limited cases for mitigation projects though t
requests for capital improvement program funding typically cost more than the funding available annually. Many flood mitigation
requests have been deferred over muitipie years in this program.

Authority to levy taxes for specific purposes — This funding resource has not been used in the past though it could be implemented
future.

Warning systems/services - The City has the capability to warn the public through a variety of systems and services, directly and
indirectly. This includes cell phone, landline phone, TV, radio, app, social media, and web notifications. This capability has not beer
to assess/mitigate risk in the past because warning and notification is not a mitigation technique. The systems have been utilized fi

response in the past.

City of Nashua Division of Public Health and Community Services—the mission of the Division of Public Health and Community Sen
to promote, protect and preserve the health and well-being of the Greater Nashua Region through leadership and community
collaboration. The Division is responsible for a variety of services, including child care, community health, emergency preparednes
environmental health, health education, tobacco prevention and control, and welfare.