Prepared by the City along with its consultant, Weston & Sampson, and funded completely with grant funds from the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, the Hazard Mitigation Plan / Municipal Vulnerability Plan serves to identify the City’s vulnerabilities to natural disasters and provides strategies and actions to mitigate the negative impacts associated with natural disasters before they materialize.  In addition to natural disasters, this plan incorporates the impact of climate change and actions the City can take to mitigate the effects thereof.