Municipal Plan of Conservation and Development Grant Program
Section 8-23 of the Connecticut General Statutes requires each municipality to adopt a plan of conservation and development (POCD) at least once every 10 years. Recent legislation (Public Act No. 07-239 Section 3(b)) makes municipalities potentially ineligible for discretionary state funding, effective July 1, 2010, if they are not in compliance with the 10-year POCD update requirement.
In order to assist municipalities in meeting this obligation, OPM is administering a POCD grant program authorized by Public Act No. 07-7, Sections 13(a)(1) and 32(a)(1). Municipalities were invited to apply for a grant in April 2008 (Invitation, PDF), and a total of 50 out of the 63 municipalities that applied were deemed eligible for grants in the amount of $20,000 each.
In order to be deemed eligible by the June 1, 2008 application deadline, a municipality had to have a POCD in effect that was last adopted in 1998 or earlier. Municipalities that were in the process of updating such a POCD, or had already adopted a revision to such a POCD since January 1, 2007, were also deemed eligible for a POCD grant.
Please note that effective October 1, 2006, Public Act No. 06-24 requires each municipality to submit a copy of its updated POCD to OPM within 60 days after adoption. In addition, Public Act No. 06-17 requires each municipality to post any POCD adopted after October 1, 2006 on its website.
| FY 2008 Grants |
FY 2009 Grants* |
| Union |
Canterbury |
| Sterling |
Greenwich |
| New Britain |
Waterford |
| Meriden |
Bethany |
| Chaplin |
Salisbury |
| Torrington |
Cornwall |
| Westbrook |
Plainfield |
| North Branford |
Sprague |
| Middletown |
Barkhamsted |
| Morris |
Litchfield |
| Hartland |
Deep River |
| Winchester |
Griswold |
| Chester |
Norwalk |
| Harwinton |
East Haven |
| Wilton |
New London |
| Groton (City) |
Glastonbury |
| Newington |
Cromwell |
| Montville |
Bethel |
| Branford |
Simsbury |
| Plainville |
Westport |
| Wolcott |
Watertown |
| Coventry |
North Canaan |
| Burlington |
Bridgeport |
| West Hartford |
Killingworth |
| New Milford |
East Haddam |
* Subject to Bond Commission approval
