Section 11: Municipal vulnerability preparedness grant program
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Section 11.
(a)The secretary shall develop and support a municipal vulnerability preparedness grant program. The program shall consist of:
(i)financial assistance to municipalities to complete a community-led resilience building process and vulnerability assessment that enables climate change information and adaptation actions to be directly incorporated into existing municipal plans, policies and spending programs;
(ii)technical planning guidance;
(iii)a statewide catalogue of municipal climate vulnerabilities and impacts identified through the assessment process that may be incorporated into the state plan; and
(iv)support for implementation projects to address vulnerabilities.
(b)A grant of financial assistance issued under this section shall be used to advance efforts to adapt land use, zoning, infrastructure, financial decision-making, policies and programs to reduce the vulnerability of the built and natural environment to changing environmental conditions that are a result of climate change.
(c)The secretary shall develop and implement an outreach and education program about climate change and its effects for low-income, environmental justice and urban communities to increase participation in the grant program established in this section.