Stakeholder MeetingJuly 14, 2015
www.beachsamp.org
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
StormTools: Maps of Storms+Sea Level Rise
Visualizations
Maps flooding from a 25, 50, 100-year storm PLUS
Sea Level Rise
**More accurate depiction of future flooding risk
Applications
Day-to-Day operations
Long term planning/financing
www.beachsamp.org
www.beachsamp.org
“STORMTOOLS FOR BEGINNERS”Step 1: Enter an addressStep 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)
“STORMTOOLS FOR BEGINNERS”Step 1: Enter an addressStep 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)
“STORMTOOLS FOR BEGINNERS”Step 1: Enter an addressStep 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)
“STORMTOOLS FOR PRACTITIONERS”
Train professionals who will use the tool to access and import data sets for more advanced analysis
“STORMTOOLS FOR PRACTITIONERS”
Train professionals who will use the tool to access and import data sets for more advanced analysis
STORMTOOLS25-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?
Police /Fire / EMA• First responders• Recovery efforts
STORMTOOLS25-year Storm Event +SLR
WARWICK – Is placement of existing fire stations sufficient for serving
Warwick Neck during a storm event?
STORMTOOLS100-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
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
STORMTOOLS- Animation: real time flood forecasting system for RI
Shoreline Change Mapping
Jon Boothroyd, URIBryan Oakley, Eastern CT State Univ.
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 Survey2. Dept. of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island
3. Dept. of Environmental Earth Science, Eastern Connecticut State University
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)
Shoreline Change Mapping using Last High Tide Swash (LHTS) aka the Wet / Dry Line
Photo by R. Henderson
Total Shoreline Change
1939 (1951) - 2014
Shorelines20142012196319511939
Shoreline Change Rate
Transect IDTransect
Baseline
Shoreline Change Maps
Shoreline Change 1952 – 2013, West Beach, BI1952
2013
Shoreline Change Maps
Resources and Tools Shoreline Change Maps
www.BeachSAMP.org
http://www.beachsamp.org/resources/shoreline-change-maps/
Shoreline Change Maps
http://www.beachsamp.org/resources/shoreline-change-maps/narragansett-bay/
http://www.beachsamp.org/resources/shoreline-change-maps/southshore/
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)
Projected Shoreline Change: Matunuck Headland - 2050
1951
2014
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) Methodaka – ‘Two Sticks and a String’
Judy
Nigel Cathy
ScottJules
Nigel
Judy
Not Pictured, D. Vanko, Towson Univ.
The Block Island Beach Profile Crew: Nigel Grindley, Cathy Joyce, Judy Gray, Jules Craynock
Dave Vanko, Towson University
Profile BI-CB: Crescent Beach
01 January 2014
31 January 2014
Measuring changes in volume and morphology at Misquamicut State Beach using
Beach Profiles, Last High Tide Swash and RTK-GPS
17 March 201529 April 2015
30 May 2014-3 m3/m
MSQ-SB-5
17 March 201529 April 2015
30 May 2014-54 m3/m
MSQ-SB-4
RTK-GPS
Measuring changes in volume and morphology at Misquamicut State Beach using RTK-GPS
End of presentation
OakleyB (at) easternct.edu http://www1.easternct.edu/oakleyb
http://www.beachsamp.org Funders/Partners
SLAMM &Salt Marsh Restoration
James Boyd & Caitlin ChaffeeRI Coastal Resources Management Council
http://www.crmc.ri.gov/maps/maps_slamm.html
Unprotected Development Protected Development
City/Town 1 ft. SLR 3 ft. SLR 5 ft. SLR 1 ft. SLR 3 ft. SLR 5 ft. SLR
Barrington 206.9 418.7 395.6 130.8 253.4 80.4
Bristol 58.1 109.8 137.5 38.8 52.4 28.9
Charlestown 7.0 -97.0 -41.7 12.0 -114.4 -113.8
Cranston 5.9 20.3 76.7 0.2 11.9 43.0
East Greenwich 6.5 5.0 10.4 4.3 1.4 1.5
East Providence 84.6 130.7 174.1 51.1 74.9 62.6
Jamestown 77.0 17.8 21.7 66.8 2.1 -17.6
Little Compton 34.2 20.2 67.0 30.7 9.7 46.8
Middletown 48.0 18.7 3.5 32.6 12.2 -7.1
Narragansett 82.3 -104.7 -92.5 67.2 -166.9 -212.0
New Shoreham 144.7 106.1 100.2 117.1 60.0 36.0
Newport 100.0 202.1 396.7 68.5 62.1 105.0
North Kingstown 223.0 336.2 719.9 176.0 174.9 214.8
Pawtucket 9.1 7.8 14.3 7.9 6.6 9.6
Portsmouth 220.9 156.5 145.0 182.4 75.7 -25.1
Providence 35.5 63.6 190.1 8.1 7.5 10.2
South Kingstown 43.1 -85.8 -40.8 43.8 -108.4 -86.9
Tiverton 116.1 55.8 14.5 99.2 24.3 -40.0
Warren 120.8 299.1 268.6 80.1 186.3 84.7
Warwick 228.1 302.8 436.9 159.9 140.9 119.6
Westerly 67.6 21.4 -1.1 60.3 -71.4 -139.6
Total 1919.4 2005.1 2996.6 1437.8 695.2 201.0
Net Overall Change in Coastal Wetlands
SLAMMGIS shape files and
metadata now on RIGIS
RI SLAMM Project
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
The Site
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
Target Areas
Estimated Depths and Volumes
NOAA NMFS Coastal Resiliency Funding Proposal
TOOLS FOR ADAPTATIONMichelle Carnevale, URI GSO CRC/RISG
Model Process for Municipalities
Scope
Assess
Design
Adopt
Implement
Monitor & Evaluate
Waterfront Business Adaptation
http://www.beachsamp.org/coastalpropertyguide/
Coastal Property OwnersFORTIFIEDTM – Retrofit/Build to Reduce Potential Damage
www.disastersafety.org
QUESTIONS?
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
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
Shoreline Change (Beach) Special Area Management Plan
Volume 1
Volume 2
Guidance Document to inform CRMC Policy/ Standards or Other SAMPs
Chapter 1- Introduction1.1. Statement of the Problem1.2. Goal of the Shoreline Change SAMP1.3. Shoreline Change SAMP Scope and Study Area1.4. Collaborative Effort1.5. Contents of Shoreline Change SAMP Document1.6. Principles Guiding the Design and Development of the Shoreline Change SAMP
Chapter 2- Assessing Coastal Risk2.1. Definitions of Coastal Risk and Resilience2.2 Coastal Risk Management2.3 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 Erosion3.1 Storm Surge & Flooding3.2 Erosion/Shoreline Change3.3 Sea Level Rise3.4 Wetland Loss and Migration3.5 Compounding Impacts of Sea Level Rise, Storm Surge & Erosion/Shoreline Change3.6 Tools Developed to Assess Exposure
Volume 1-
Chapter 4- Planning & Adaptation4.1 Land Use Decision Making4.2 Adaptation Strategies and Techniques
4.2.1 Municipal Adaptation Strategies for Comp Plan/Municipal Operations
4.2.2 Storm Planning & Recovery4.2.3 Physical Adaptation & Retrofit Techniques for Structures 4.2.4 Green Infrastructure Techniques & Systems Approach to
Geomorphic Engineering (SAGE)4.2.5 Restoration of Wetlands4.2.6 Waterfront & Coastal Businesses4.2.7 Marina Resilience & Checklist
Chapter 5- Conclusion5.1 Implications for CRMC5.2 Recommendations for Municipalities5.3 Recommendations for Other State AgenciesReferences
Volume 1-
Shoreline Change
Special Area 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
CRMC Regulatory 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
www.beachsamp.org
45-day Informal Comment PeriodJuly 15th-August 30th
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