New Shoreham (Block Island) Sea Level Rise Committee Meeting

Tuesday June 7, 2022
3 PM
Town Hall, 16 Old Town Road, New Shoreham

Agenda: https://opengov.sos.ri.gov/Common/DownloadMeetingFiles?FilePath=\Notices\7405\2022\429870.pdf

• Quick presentation to the Panel regarding the Block Island Sea Level Rise Committee

• Panel Discussion with members of the state’s Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council (EC4) regarding opportunities for addressing sea level rise and other climate change impacts on Block Island:

  • Terry Gray (RIDEM, Director)

  • Elizabeth Stone (RIDEM, Office of the Director)

  • Jeff Diehl (RIIB, ExecutiveDirector/CEO)

  • Shaun O’Rouke (RIIB)

  • Kim Korioth (RIIB)

  • Rep from CRMC – TBD

• Committee Member Updates:

  • a. Town Council

  • b. Town Planner including grants and the Town Hazard Mitigation Plan

  • c. Communication liaisons with key groups

• For the good of the group

• Next meeting: July 5th, 2022

  Following the meeting, we will be touring several sites of concern for sea level rise and climate change including:
  - drive through Bridgegate Square and discuss its low elevation,
  - then up Corn Neck Road to the Beach House (STOP #1),

  - Scotch and Mosquito Beaches (STOP #2),
  - the end of West Beach Road, to top of walkway for west side dune, marsh, and erosion discussion, as well as the Transfer Station (STOP #3),
  - return down Corn Neck, right on Beach Ave to discuss pinch points to inner ponds & BI Power, past police/fire/rescue, to Center Road to
  - second bluffs, not SLR but fresh-water erosion, also influenced by climate change (across from the end of Pilot Hill Road; STOP #4),
  - return down Spring Street and leave them in Town.
  We are trying to identify a van for the guests and folks are welcome to use their own vehicles or carpool to meet us at the stops.

Open Meetings Page: https://opengov.sos.ri.gov/OpenMeetingsPublic/OpenMeetingDashboard?subtopmenuId=201&EntityID=7405&MeetingID=1020865