VRMP Template – By Section
Step 8- Next Steps
•Update the VRMP every five years
•in conjunction with the Natural /Hazard Mitigation Plan
–The mitigation planning requirements of 44 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 201.6 (d) (44 CFR 201.6(d) require that local hazard mitigation plans must be reviewed, updated to reflect changes in development, progress in local mitigation efforts, and changes in priorities, and reapproved every five ears for local jurisdiction to be able to receive hazard mitigation funding

| The last area to highlight includes next steps and in particular, the timing of updating the VRMP
| This process fits into the Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan update required every five years.
| As populations change, critical infrastructure and the tree canopy change. The VRMP provides
| a basis to manage the vegetation as it relates to Emergency Management.
| Urban Foresters and Emergency Managers will continue to see changes in their identified needs
| as they collaborate and work together to help Emergency Managers meet the overall need of
| increasing safety and reducing the cost of clean-up. These changes will ultimately lead to the
| improvement of overall health of the urban forest and increasing worth of an Urban Forestry program.
| Therefore, the two, the Hazard Mitigation Plan and the VRMP, work hand in hand.