New Shoreham (Block Island) Sea Level Rise Committee Meeting

Town Hall, 16 Old Town Road, New Shoreham

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86558090855?pwd=NFAxZzg2YWczY3N0THdGQzB5Q2ZsZz09
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Agenda: https://opengov.sos.ri.gov/Common/DownloadMeetingFiles?FilePath=\Notices\7405\2023\451056.pdf

• Reschedule July Meeting from the 4th

• Committee Member Updates

  • Town Council

  • Town Planner including Grants and the Town Hazard Mitigation Plan

• Dr. Annette Grilli (URI) – Wave Attenuation Technologies and Beach Protection/Preservation

• URI Capstone Update

• 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:”

    • 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

• Smaller-Scale SLR Projects

  • New Harbor Boating Facility – does the proposal accommodate sea level rise – who to lead for the SLR Committee?

• For the Good of the Group

IF WE HAVE TIME:

• Larger-Scale SLR Projects – Discuss priorities and where to focus Nigel to update on Corn Neck Road north of Beach Ave.
  Sven to update on Bridgegate Square and North end of Ocean Avenue

• 10. 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)

Next meeting: March 7th, 2023

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