Shoreline Change Special Area Management Plan (Beach SAMP) Stakeholder Meeting. Held on July 14, 2015. The purpose of the meeting was to review progress to date on development of tools, and discuss the next phase of the Beach SAMP porject.
2. Current Beach
SAMP Tools &
Resources
• Memo to municipalities
• Planners
• Council Presidents
• Emergency Managers
• Boards/Commissions
• Series of memos to share
Beach SAMP
tools/resources , findings
and recommendations
6. “STORMTOOLS FOR BEGINNERS”
Step 1: Enter an address
Step 2: Click on the question you want to answer
“Is my property vulnerable to STORM SURGE during a 100-year coastal
storm (e.g. 1938 Hurricane)?”
(flood extent map)
7. “STORMTOOLS FOR BEGINNERS”
Step 1: Enter an address
Step 2: Click on the question you want to answer
“How DEEP will the water be during a
100-year coastal storm on my property?”
(water depth map)
8. “STORMTOOLS FOR BEGINNERS”
Step 1: Enter an address
Step 2: Click on the question you want to answer
“Will future SEA LEVEL RISE affect my property
(with 2 tides per day, every day)?”
(sea level rise scenario map)
11. STORMTOOLS
25-year Storm Event +SLR
WARWICK – Floodwater
could create a barrier
between Warwick Neck
and mainland.
Police / Fire / EMA
• Service areas cutoff or limited by flooding?
• Facilities at risk of being offline from
flooding?
12. Police /Fire / EMA
• First responders
• Recovery efforts
STORMTOOLS
25-year Storm Event +SLR
WARWICK – Is placement
of existing fire stations
sufficient for serving
Warwick Neck during a
storm event?
13. STORMTOOLS
100-year Storm Event
+ 5-feet SLR,
water depths
BARRINGTON / WARREN - Transportation
• Evacuation routes
• Functionality and service areas
• Alternate routes / road relocations
• Design life of infrastructure/assets
State Roads /
Evacuation
Routes
State Roads /
Evacuation
Routes
14. Coastal Environmental Risk Index
Will provide a summary of
the risk coastal areas face
from the environment:
• storm flooding and
associated waves
• sea level rise
• shoreline erosion
17. Shoreline Change Mapping and On-Going
Coastal Monitoring as Part of the
Shoreline Change (Beach) SAMP
Bryan A. Oakley3,1, Jon C. Boothroyd2,3, and Rob Hollis, 2,3
1. Rhode Island Geological Survey
2. Dept. of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island
3. Dept. of Environmental Earth Science, Eastern Connecticut State University
18. SHORELINE CHANGE SAMP:
ON-GOING PROJECTS
• Update (to include 2014) Shoreline Change Maps for
Washington County (HUD and RIBRWCT Funded)
• Project future shoreline change for the South Shore
(NOAA PSM Funding)
• Continue monitoring the short-term (monthly/post-storm)
response of shoreline using profiles, differential GPS and
RTK-GPS (RIBRWCT/Eastern Connecticut funded)
19. Shoreline Change Mapping using Last High Tide Swash
(LHTS) aka the Wet / Dry Line
Photo by R. Henderson
28. SHORELINE CHANGE SAMP:
ON-GOING PROJECTS
• Update (to include 2014) Shoreline Change Maps for
Washington County (HUD and RIBRWCT Funded)
• Project future shoreline change for the South Shore
(NOAA PSM Funding)
• Continue monitoring the short-term (monthly/post-storm)
response of shoreline using profiles, differential GPS and
RTK-GPS (RIBRWCT/Eastern Connecticut funded)
30. Eastern students Samantha Boyle and Mike Manzi collecting
the initial profile at BI-CN, June 2013
Beach Profiling – Corn Neck Road
Beach Profiling – Modified Emery (1960) Method
aka – ‘Two Sticks and a String’
45. Salt Marsh Restoration
• Narrow River Estuary Restoration
• Post-Sandy Dept. of Interior funding to US
Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge System
• Beneficial Re-use / Thin Layer Deposition
• Micro-creek / runnel excavation
• Marsh edge enhancement via living
shoreline techniques
47. DOI Sandy Resiliency Funding
• Restoration / enhancement of Ninigret
Marsh using sediments dredged from
approved basins
• Planning and design for similar projects in
Quonochontaug and Winnapaug Ponds
58. Shoreline Change (Beach)
Special Area Management Plan
•Beach SAMP will be a guidance
document to support regulatory
changes (CRMC policy & standards)
•Regulatory changes will be made to
the RI Coastal Resources
Management Program (aka “Red
Book”) & other existing SAMPs
59. Shoreline Change (Beach)
Special Area Management Plan
Volume 1
• Synthesis of science &
research
• Areas at risk from erosion,
storms and sea level rise
• Legal Issues
• Adaptation Strategies &
Techniques
• Land Use Decision Making
• Storm Preparedness/Recovery
• Retrofitting & Resilient Design
• Green Infrastructure/ Nature-
based Adaptation
• Restoration of Natural Barriers
(wetlands, dunes, etc.)
• Recommendations for local &
other state agencies
Volume 2
• Technical Reports of
Research
• Compendium of
Adaptation
Techniques/Strategies
• List of CRMC regulatory
changes resulting from
the Shoreline Change
SAMP
61. Chapter 1- Introduction
1.1. Statement of the Problem
1.2. Goal of the Shoreline Change SAMP
1.3. Shoreline Change SAMP Scope and Study Area
1.4. Collaborative Effort
1.5. Contents of Shoreline Change SAMP Document
1.6. Principles Guiding the Design and Development of the Shoreline Change SAMP
Chapter 2- Assessing Coastal Risk
2.1. Definitions of Coastal Risk and Resilience
2.2 Coastal Risk Management
2.3 Implications to Not Considering Coastal Risk and Resilience
Chapter 3- Trends and Status- Current and Future Impacts of Storm Surge, Sea Level Rise
and Coastal Erosion
3.1 Storm Surge & Flooding
3.2 Erosion/Shoreline Change
3.3 Sea Level Rise
3.4 Wetland Loss and Migration
3.5 Compounding Impacts of Sea Level Rise, Storm Surge & Erosion/Shoreline Change
3.6 Tools Developed to Assess Exposure
Volume 1-
62. Chapter 4- Planning & Adaptation
4.1 Land Use Decision Making
4.2 Adaptation Strategies and Techniques
4.2.1 Municipal Adaptation Strategies for Comp Plan/Municipal
Operations
4.2.2 Storm Planning & Recovery
4.2.3 Physical Adaptation & Retrofit Techniques for Structures
4.2.4 Green Infrastructure Techniques & Systems Approach to
Geomorphic Engineering (SAGE)
4.2.5 Restoration of Wetlands
4.2.6 Waterfront & Coastal Businesses
4.2.7 Marina Resilience & Checklist
Chapter 5- Conclusion
5.1 Implications for CRMC
5.2 Recommendations for Municipalities
5.3 Recommendations for Other State Agencies
References
Volume 1-
63. ShorelineChange
SpecialArea
Management
Plan
Volume 1
1
•Reviewed by Technical Advisory Committee, Beach SAMP
Coalition of Community Leaders & Other Stakeholders
2
•Presented at Stakeholder Meeting & Posted Online for 30
day Informal Public Comment
3
•CRMC Beach SAMP Subcommittee
4
•CRMC 30-Day Public Notice Period
5
•CRMC Public Hearing/Council Adoption
Public Process
64. CRMCRegulatory
Changes
1
•Seek Input from Technical Advisory Committee, Beach
SAMP Coalition of Community Leaders & Other
Stakeholders
3
•CRMC Beach SAMP Subcommittee
DRAFT Beach SAMP filed with ORR
4
•CRMC 30-Day Public Notice Period
5
•CRMC Public Hearing/Council Adoption
6
•Adopted regulatory change filed with secretary of State
Office (Effective 20 days thereafter)
7
•Filing with NOAA for Federal Consistency Purposes
Public Process
30 Day
RI Office of
Regulatory
Reform Review