USNA Sea Level Rise Advisory Council PREPARED FOR ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL October 15, 2015

CHARTER “…to provide analysis, guidance, and recommendations to the Naval Academy Superintendent and Senior Leadership Team on issues surrounding sea level rise, coastal flooding and increased occurrences of severe weather events, with specific focus on the impacts to operational requirements of the Naval Academy.”

MISSION “…to develop a Sea Level Rise Adaptation Plan…on matters pertaining to flooding due to sea level rise and severe weather events in the Annapolis area. The council will provide Analysis of data, Identification of vulnerabilities Prioritization of solution sets…”

MISSION “…with primary goal of minimizing negative impact to the daily operations of USNA and its support activities. This plan, developed in coordination with City of Annapolis, the State of Maryland and key federal agencies, will suggest a path forward for planning for the impacts of sea level rise on the Naval Academy through 2100.”

CHAIRS DR. DAVID KRIEBEL CHAIR, USNA NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND OCEAN ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CAPT EMIL PETRUNCIO, USN, PhD CHAIR, OCEANOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT

MEMBERSHIP STEVE VAHSEN USNA DIRECTOR FOR STRATEGY GINA HENDERSON FACULTY, OCEANOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT ANGELA SCHEDEL FACULTY, NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND OCEAN ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

MEMBERSHIP DAVID JARRELL CITY OF ANNAPOLIS, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS LISA CRAIG CITY OF ANNAPOLIS, CHIEF OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION KEVIN JENKINS NAVFAC, DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DIVISION SARA PHILLIPS ARCHITECT OF THE NAVAL ACADEMY

WORK PLAN INVESTIGATE SCIENCE BEHIND SEA LEVEL RISE UNDERSTAND CURRENT RATE CONSIDER FUTURE SCENARIOS ADOPT FUTURE SCENARIOS WITH PLANNING HORIZONS

WORK PLAN INVESTIGATE EXTREME STORMS UNDERSTAND PAST STORM CLIMATOLOGY CONSIDER WHETHER STORM CLIMATOLOGY WILL CHANGE IN FUTURE ADOPT FUTURE STORM PLANNING SCENARIOS

WORK PLAN COMBINE EXTREME STORM WITH SLR SCENARIOS TO DEFINE TOTAL WATER LEVEL FOR FUTURE PLANNING

WORK PLAN INVESTIGATE VULNERABILITIES DOCUMENT GROUND ELEVATIONS DOCUMENT ELEVATIONS OF BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE EVALUATE POTENTIAL DAMAGES TO MISSION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

WORK PLAN INVESTIGATE MITIGATION STRATEGIES ABANDON ARMOR ADAPT

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COORDINATION CITY, STATE NAVY, DOD OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES CONSTRAINTS TO ACTIONS

COMMITTEES SCIENCE VULNERABILITIES / FACILITIES / GIS OUTREACH COORDINATION ECONOMIC IMPACT / MISSION IMPACT