Shoreline Change Special Area Management Plan Overview
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Rhode Island Shoreline Change Special Area Management Plan (Beach SAMP) Project Overview
Project Goal
Through a public process help develop innovative and practical policies and tools for protecting and managing development along shorelines vulnerable to erosion and flooding
Long-term Outcomes
• Strong erosion and inundation policies that are publicly supported and implemented at state and local levels
• Provide best available information and tools to support sound decision making
• Improved understanding of potential impacts will spill over to other planning initiatives
Principles
• Involve all stakeholders
• Maintain transparency
• Use best available science
• Acknowledge existing uses and plan for a changing future
• Adaptive Management
Project Scope
1. Collection of New Research
2. Policy Development
3. Extensive Public Education/ Outreach Campaign
Stakeholder Engagement and Policy Development
Research and Data Acquisition
Coastal Resources Management Council
PROJECT MANAGER Grover Fugate, Executive Director CRMC
FEDERAL & STATE AGENCY ADVISORY BOARD
URI Project Management Team Jen McCann Michelle Carnevale
Jon Boothroyd Bryan Oakley
MUNICIPAL ADVISORY BOARDS &
TOWN MANAGER WORKING GROUP
STAKEHOLDER GROUP
Group of Community Leaders
Shoreline Change, Erosion and Inundation Mapping and Monitoring: Jon Boothroyd & Bryan Oakley
Economic Assessment: TBD
Ecohistory/ Anecdotal Accounts of Shoreline Change: TBD
TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES
(to review deliverables)
ADVOCACY & ENVIRONMENTAL
GROUPS Engineering Evaluation and Recommendation of Tools and Techniques for Effective and Adaptive Management of Shoreline Segments: TBD
Senior Project Advisors
Legal Analysis of Alternative Development Schemes or Techniques used to Address Shoreline Development and Rebuilding: Roger Williams University
Research and Data Collection
• Shoreline Change, Erosion and Inundation Mapping and Monitoring
• Economic Assessment
• Legal Analysis of Alternative Development Schemes or Techniques
• Engineering Evaluation of Tools and Techniques
Policy Development Scope
• Develop SAMP Regulatory Document
– Synthesize best available science and findings from research
– Incorporate other state efforts
– New or Amended CRMC Policies & Standards
– Recommendations for Other State and Local Government Agencies
Developing SAMP Document
Public Education/Outreach
• Communication Tools – Webpage
– Fact Sheets
– Social Media
– Library Lecture Series
• Regular Stakeholder Meetings
• “Group of Community Leaders” to help get message out
• Videos and Ecohistory– – Anecdotal Accounts of Shoreline Change and Personal Connections
• “Living with the Shoreline” Handbook/Guide
For More Information:
• Beach SAMP website: www.seagrant.gso.uri.edu/coast/beachsamp.html
• Team Contact: – Michelle Carnevale: [email protected]
Next Steps:
• Regional “Issue Identification” Meetings
• Coordination Meetings with other State Agencies
• Next Stakeholder Meeting
– May/June
– Topic Based on Your Input