A. Project Tasks and Deliverables The following is a summary of the project’s tasks and deliverables. Task 1. Institutional, Stakeholder, and Content Analysis: In coordination with the project’s Advisory Group, the consultant will establish a baseline understanding of existing practices, policies, plans, and programs related to disaster and flood recovery in New Hampshire’s coastal communities, state agencies, and regional organizations. 4 Task 1 Deliverables (for guidance purposes only): • Written report with summary of findings based on review of existing institutional structures, stakeholders, and documentation to establish baseline understanding of disaster and flood recovery in coastal New Hampshire. Task 2. Stakeholder Engagement: In coordination with the project’s Advisory Group, the consultant will develop and implement a stakeholder engagement plan, which will include details of the stakeholder engagement, which will include interviews, a survey, and workshops. Task 2 Deliverables (for guidance purposes only): • Completed engagement plan that will detail the goals and objectives of the engagement, identify relevant groups, and describe the process to gather community member input. • Summary of key stakeholders’ interviews to learn about their capacity to recover from flood events, identify gaps or barriers to accessing resources, and understand how the community engages with community members • Summary of a survey with public input on flood recovery efforts. • Summary of two stakeholder workshops where participants will learn about the draft assessment findings and work together to identify priority recommendations for the action plan. Task 3. Community Network: In coordination with the project’s Advisory Group, the consultant will assist in establishing the Coastal NH Community Network for Flood Recovery by determining membership and creating a charter. Task 3 Deliverables (for guidance purposes only): • Identification and engagement of network participants from subset of key stakeholders engaged in Task 2. • Community Network charter that details membership and responsibility to advance recommendations from the Regional Flood Recovery Assessment and Action Plan in Task 4. Task 4. Regional Flood Recovery Assessment and Action Plan: In coordination with the project’s Advisory Group, the consultant will develop a draft and final Regional Flood Recovery Assessment and Action Plan, which will describe how communities are currently considering resiliency and equity in recovery efforts, identifies gaps and barriers that communities experience when recovering from flood events, summarizes best practices and models from other places, and incorporates stakeholder input. The Action plan will identify tasks and resources needed to address gaps and barriers and actions that communities and agencies need to implement to improve equitable recovery from present and future flooding events.
