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\447556.pdf

• Committee Member Updates

  • a. Town Council

  • b. Town Planner including Grants and the Town Hazard Mitigation Plan (see attached results from the public survey)

• URI Capstone Presentation Follow-up

• Larger-Scale SLR Projects – Discuss priorities and where to focus
  Sven to update and lead discussion of vulnerabilities around Bridgegate Square.
  Nigel to update and lead discussion of vulnerabilities in the dunes that protect Corn Neck Road north of Beach Ave.

• Next Steps – Marsh Migration

• Smaller-Scale SLR Projects

  This will stay on the agenda for emerging issues to address in the short-term, relate to the Town’s Hazard Mitigation Plan, funds to request in the Town’s next budget, and determine how best to socialize.

• SnapCoast

  Where is/are the best location(s) on BI? This will stay on the agenda until we have had a good discussion of the program for which Malcolm Spaulding sent a link. This article describes the program: ProgressiveCharlestown:URI,R.I.SeaGrant,DEM,municipalpartnersinvitepublictotake part in shoreline monitoring program (progressive-charlestown.com)

• 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:”

  • Annette Grilli (URI), wave attenuation – Socha Cohen & Judy Gray – scheduled for February 7th, 2023

  • Public Outreach How To (March? Before summer) – Mary Anderson and Socha Cohen

  • BI Tide Gauge Group – Nigel Grindley

  • CRMC – Sven Risom

• Bryan Oakley, erosion and SLR – Judy Gray

• For the Good of the Group

• Next meeting: Febuary 7th, 2023
  

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