New Shoreham (Block Island) Sea Level Rise Committee Meeting

Town Hall, 16 Old Town Road, New Shoreham

Agenda: https://opengov.sos.ri.gov/Common/DownloadMeetingFiles?FilePath=\Notices\7405\2022\442170.pdf

• Open Discussion with the Block Island Power Company’s Jeffery Wright and Block Island Water Company’s John Breunig.

  What are their issues, concerns, priorities regarding sea level rise?

• Committee Member Updates

  a. Town Council
  b. Town Planner including Grants and the Town Hazard Mitigation Plan

• Smaller-Scale SLR Projects

  To address in the short-term, relate to the Town’s Hazard Mitigation Plan, funds to request in the Town’s next budget and how to socialize

• Upcoming Immersion/Education Sessions – Updates

  The group agreed that the following people will be invited to join our regular meeting or hold a separate “immersion session:”

  BI Sewer – Judy Gray
  Annette Grilli, wave attenuation – Socha Cohen & Judy Gray BI Tide Gauge Group – Nigel Grindley
  CRMC – Sven Risom
  Bryan Oakley, erosion and SLR – Judy Gray

• For the Good of the Group

• Next meeting: December 6th, 2022

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