1. StormSmart Coasts Daniella Hirschfeld NOAA CSC Coastal Management Fellow Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Helping coastal communities cope with floods, storms, sea level rise, and climate change Implementation – Pilot Projects and Transferable Knowledge 12 March 2009

2. StormSmart Coasts Daniella Hirschfeld (617) 626-1096 daniella.hirshfeld@state.ma.us NOAA CSC Coastal Management Fellow Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management This presentation summarizes the contents of the StormSmart Coasts website (www.mass.gov/czm/stormsmart/index.htm) and highlights the current implementation projects. For further information please refer to the website or contact the project manager Daniella Hirschfeld.www.mass.gov/czm/stormsmart/index.htm

3. Overview StormSmart Coasts – The Basics Implementation – The Five Projects Transferability – Networks & Workshops The Future – StormSmart Coasts

4. Massachusetts is currently facing serious problems along its coastline. By addressing these concerns we will be able to make our coastal communities more resilient and thus more prepared for sea level rise.

5. Cost of repeat of 1938 Hurricane today? 1938

6. StormSmar t Coasts

7. sea level rise/climate change flooding storms Goal: Help Communities To Better Manage And Cope With: erosion

9. Our website provides a single site for local officials working in coastal communities to find current and relevant resources.

10. Local NGOs But putting solutions on-line isn’t enough if nobody finds them CZM FEMA National NGOs NOAA StormSmart Coasts gathers the information locals need... Everybody has a website...

11. CZM NOAA Local NGOs FEMA National NGOs... and provides links so users can tap into outside resources We help everybody find resources

12. No Adverse Impacts (NAI) Hazard Identification Planning Regulations and Development Standards Infrastructure Education and Outreach Emergency Services Mitigation and Shore Protection

13. Options

14. Implementation – The Five Projects StormSmart Coasts

15. Boston Hull Duxbury Kingston & Plymouth Falmouth Oak Bluffs

16. Boston Sea Level Rise Overlay District Mapping Increased understanding of the impacts Urban building guidelines

17. Hull Improved understanding of the accuracy LIDAR data Visualization of Sea Level Rise Increasing the buy in of other boards Connect with Community Rating System Densely developed

18. Duxbury, Kingston & Plymouth Education and Outreach –No Adverse Impacts –Low Impact Development Barrier beach dynamics Cross town collaboration

19. Falmouth Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan incorporating sea level rise Post disaster planning Sparsely developed

20. Oak Bluffs Model floodplain management by-law Incorporation of NAI into legal framework

21. Transferability – Networks & Workshops

22. Regional website Town pages Coastal advisory group

23. Transferability – Networks & Workshops Present at current meetings Host post project regional events

24. The Future – StormSmart Coasts

26. Hazard Areas Identified

27. and flooding ^ Improved By-Laws

28. Improved Development Standards

29. StormSmart Coasts Daniella Hirschfeld 617-626-1096 hirschfeld.daniella@gmail.com NOAA CSC Coastal Management Fellow Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Helping coastal communities cope with floods, storms, sea level rise, and climate change 2008 AMWS Annual Meeting