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NANTUCKET COASTAL RESILIENCE PLAN
Planning Board MeetingJanuary 11, 2021
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WHAT WE'LL COVER TODAYMeeting Objectives
• Meeting Objectives & Team Introductions
• Project Overview
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Community Engagement Approach
• Next Steps
• Questions & Discussion
• Provide an overview of the Coastal Resilience Plan project team, process, and scope
• Clarify what is needed to ensure a successful project
• Seek input on the Town’s coastal resilience concerns and opportunities
Agenda
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PROJECT TEAM
TEAM PRINCIPALS
• Honoring community heritage and identity through adaptation
• Addressing resilience at multiple scales• Inclusive and responsive stakeholder
engagement• Bringing a commitment to implementation
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Polpis Harbor
PROJECT OVERVIEW
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NANTUCKET'S COASTAL RESILIENCE PLAN• The goal of the project is to develop a
comprehensive plan to address coastal flooding, sea level rise, and erosion for the entire island
• The process will include:
• Identifying important community assets and infrastructure
• Assessing vulnerabilities and risks from future coastal flooding and erosion
• Identifying actions to reduce coastal flood and erosion risks
• Developing a detailed, prioritized resilience and adaptation action plan
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Nantucket Coastal Resilience PlanThe Coastal Resilience Plan draws on the cherished built and natural heritage of Nantucket to create a community-supported roadmap to implementation for a series of layered flood control and adaptation approaches that lessen the loss from storm surges and help the community adapt to rising seas and eroding coastlines. In coordination with other ongoing adaptation and sustainability initiatives, the plan addresses the whole island and county while respecting the unique characteristics of each neighborhood. Driven by the inclusive and equitable engagement of all, the plan aspires to create social, environmental, and economic benefits and value to everyone who will share in Nantucket’s future.
PROJECT MISSION STATEMENT
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NANTUCKET'S COASTAL RESILIENCE PLAN
Risks SCALE OF INVESTIGATION
SOLUTION DEVELOPMENT
• Coastal flooding and storm surge
• Sea level rise
• Coastal erosion
• Island-wide• Built environment• Critical infrastructure• Natural resources• Interdependencies
• Structural• Nature-based• Policy and regulation• Guidance and education
SUMMARY OF TASKS
Kickoff and Data Gathering
Community and Stakeholder Engagement
Hazard Assessment, Risk and Vulnerability
Assessment
Resilience and Adaptation Scenarios
and Strategies
Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Action
Plan
TASK 1 TASK 5TASK 4TASK 3
UNDERWAY
TASK 2
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Sept-Oct Nov-Dec Jan-Feb Mar-Apr May-June July-Aug Sept
TASK 1 DATA COLLECTION
TASK 2 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
TASK 3 RISK AND VULNERABILITY
TASK 4 SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT
TASK 5 COASTAL RESILIENCE & ADAPTATION ACTION PLAN
SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES
SCHEDULE OVERVIEW
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Engagement Phase I: Listening TourNovember 2020 – January 2021
Engagement Phase II: Public Workshop/Surveys - Risk and Vulnerability, Resilience Toolkit, and Evaluation
CriteriaJanuary - February 2021
Engagement Phase III: Public Workshop/Surveys -Evaluating and co-refining Coastal
Resilience/Adaptation Solutions and ScenariosApril – May 2021
Engagement Phase IV: Implementation planning and carrying the plan forward
May – September 2021
WE ARE HERE
Use of engagement phases facilitates ongoing integration of input from stakeholders
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SAMPLE OF PREVIOUS STUDIES
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• What are the shared challenges and opportunities? What are the conflicts and tensions that need to be resolved?
• What information and recommendations from prior studies should we carry forward? Which need to re-assessed?
• What are the most urgent needs to reduce risk?
• What do decision-makers and key stakeholders need to be able to move forward immediately?
• What are the key gaps in knowledge and understanding?
• Where can we help advance and catalyze? What are the low hanging fruits?
• How can this project add social, economic, and ecological value and improve quality of life on Nantucket?
KEY QUESTIONS THAT DRIVE OUR PROCESSThis project should honor, leverage, and advance, but not supplant, disrupt, or duplicate other resilience efforts on Nantucket.
Other questions that we should be considering?
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ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
CONSULTANT TEAM
DIRECTIVE FLOW
FOCUS GROUPS
INFORMATION FLOW
COASTAL RESILIENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
TOWN OF NANTUCKET PM
GENERAL PUBLIC
Everyone has a role to play in making this project a success
The goal is that all participants in the project become instruments of engagement
TOWN BOARDS AND COMMITTEES
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT APPROACH
WE’VE ALREADY HEARD THE CRP SHOULD…
• Be based in the latest climate science and robust technical analysis
• Involve extensive community engagement to reach the entire island (including seasonal and year-round residents)
• Lead to clear, actionable, and prioritized solutions• Be comprehensive in scope, leading to solutions
for built and natural resources• Provide recommendations for both nature-based
and grey infrastructure, as well as policy and regulatory changes
• Provide detailed guidance on implementation, including near-term pilot projects
• Seek to provide co-beneficial infrastructure• Honor and protect the unique built and natural
heritage of Nantucket
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Engagement Principles
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT APPROACH
Diversity, Equity, + Inclusion
Fostering Optimism + Energy
Aiming for Co-Creation
Public Health + Safety
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT APPROACH
• Engaging and collecting input from a diversity of voices and perspectives
• Empowering the community with information and knowledge to support informed decision-making
• Creating a platform for collaboration and two-way engagement on the definition and evaluation of risk and co-creation of solutions
• Providing a multifaceted, mutually valuable experience tailored to different audiences with many ways to get involved
• Channeling and coordinating efforts to enable climate and environmental justice
• Helping community members internalize and identify with their responsibility and power to build resilience on Nantucket
• Identifying and cultivating champions to drive implementation and multiply effects
Engagement Goals
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT APPROACHMethods of Engagement
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT APPROACHRepresentative Community GroupsLocal Government
Town of Nantucket AdministrationCoastal Resilience Advisory CommitteeNatural Resources DepartmentPolice DepartmentFire DepartmentSewer DepartmentDPWHarbormasters OfficeHarbor + Shellfish Advisory BoardSelect BoardPlanning BoardPlanning DepartmentHarbor & Shellfish Advisory BoardHealth DepartmentConservation CommissionWannacomet Water CompanyNantucket Land BankAdvisory Committee of Non-voting TaxpayersVisitors Services Association
Conservation & NonprofitOrganizationsNantucket Land BankNantucket Land TrustNantucket Land CouncilNantucket Conservation FoundationNantucket Coastal ConservancyNantucket Preservation TrustNantucket Community AssociationNantucket Historical AssociationTuckernuck Land TrustMadaket Land TrustMadaket Conservation AssociationThe 'Sconset Trust'Sconset Beach Preservation FundSustainable NantucketMass AudubonMaria Mitchell AssociationThe Trustees of ReservationCivic LeagueThe Nature ConservancyACKlimate NantucketReMainLinda Loring Nature Foundation
Example Private StakeholdersSmall business owners and employeesResidents (owners/renters, seasonal and year-round residents)Homeowners AssociationSteamship AuthorityNantucket Yacht ClubGreat Harbor Yacht ClubHylineRotary ClubUtilities - National GridChamber of CommercePreservation Institute of NantucketNantucket Island Resorts
State & Federal OrganizationsUMass Field StationU. S. Coast Guard – Brant PointU.S. Army Corp. of EngineersFederal Emergency Management AgencyNational Parks ServiceState Agencies (DEP, EEOA, CZM, DCR, MEMA)
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ENGAGEMENT PHASE 1 Engagement Phase I: Listening TourNovember 2020 – January 2021
Engagement Phase II: Public Workshop/Surveys - Risk and Vulnerability, Resilience Toolkit, and Evaluation Criteria
January - February 2021
Engagement Phase III: Public Workshop/Surveys -Evaluating and co-refining Coastal Resilience/Adaptation
Solutions and ScenariosApril – May 2021
Engagement Phase IV: Implementation planning and carrying the plan forward
May – September 2021
WE ARE HERE
LISTENING TOUR WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS
• ACKlimate Nantucket• Coastal Resilience Advisory Committee• Conservation Commission• Department of Public Works• Emergency Management• Harbor Master’s Office• Nantucket Civic League• Nantucket Coastal Conservancy• Nantucket Conservation Foundation• Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce• Nantucket Land Bank• Nantucket Land Council• Natural Resources Department• Planning and Land Use Services• Planning Board• Select Board
Are there other key groups we should engage right away?
Anyone we can wait to engage?
VIRTUAL TOOLS
MAGNIFYING OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS
DIRECT ENGAGEMENT
WEBSITE CITYSHAPER APP
VIRTUAL MEETINGS
SOCIAL MEDIA CONTACT LISTS / EMAIL
ADVERTISEMENT / PUBLIC NOTICES
EXISTING PLANNED EVENTS / MEETINGS
FLIERS / PRINTED MATERIALS
MULTIPLYING
FOCUS GROUPS / SMALL GROUP
MEETINGS
INTERVIEWS AND ONE ON
ONES
PUBLIC MEETINGS
NEWSLETTERS
SOCIAL MEDIA
POP-UP MEETING MATERIALS
ENGAGEMENT TOOLS AND MECHANISMS
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Town website
Mapping + surveying
ENGAGEMENT TOOLS AND MECHANISMS
Online Engagement
ENGAGEMENT SCHEDULE
Engagement Planning
Phase 01: Listening Tour
Phase 02: Public Workshops + Surveys
Phase 03: Public Workshops + Surveys
Phase 04: Implementation Planning
Survey LaunchWebsite Launch
October November December January February March April May June July August September
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NEXT STEPS
Phase 1 and 2 Community Engagement
Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
Preliminary Resilience and Adaptation Scenarios
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QUESTIONS & DISCUSSION
Goals and objectives
• What are the Town’s primary goals/objectives for the project?
• What legacy should the project leave behind?
• What don’t you want to see?
Critical elements
• What do we absolutely need to know?
• What pitfalls, if any, should we look out for?
• What solutions are on/off the table?
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