The stakeholder meeting document provides an update on Rhode Island's coastal resiliency project, including areas of critical concern identified for Phase 1, two pilot projects in North Kingstown and Newport, draft maps completed for salt marsh migration across the entire state, and legal and engineering projects underway. It also reviews adaptation techniques and best practices, outlines outreach efforts that engaged hundreds through various meetings, and lists next steps including another stakeholder meeting on December 9th.

1. November 25th 2013
Stakeholder meeting

2. Project Update

3. New Data & Information
•Areas of Critical Concern Identified for Phase 1
•Southern Coast and Block Island
•Two Pilot Projects
•North Kingstown
•Newport
•Salt Marsh Migration
•Draft Maps completed for entire state
•Underway: Legal investigation surrounding shoreline change
•Roger Williams Law School
•Underway: Ocean Engineering Design Project- Wickford Harbor

4. Tools & Best Practices
• Review of Adaptation Techniques
• Homebuyers Guide for Coastal
Properties
• Lessons learned from Hurricane
Sandy in New Jersey and New York
• Voluntary Certification
Programs for More Resilient
Homes and Business such as
the FORTIFIED Program

5. Outreach and Coordination
• Over 40 group or community
meetings, reaching many hundreds
of residents, business owners,
municipal and state staff, etc.
• Inter-agency coordination meetings
on sea level rise assessments at
state level
• Next Steps
• Dec 9th Stakeholder Meeting
• January meeting TBD

6. www.beachsamp.org