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2 EEA Capital Investment in Green Infrastructure Goal: Advance local efforts to implement measures to increase natural storm damage protection, flood control, and community resilience State capital funding available for local adaptation efforts Jan./Feb Sept June 2015 $2.3 million $3 million $3 million

3 Green Infrastructure Project Types Photo courtesy of Newbury Photo courtesy of Martha s Vineyard Shellfish Group Beach, berm, and dune building, enhancement, or restoration with compatible sediment and native vegetation Bio-engineering with coir rolls (on coastal banks), natural fiber blankets and other organic, biodegradable materials with plantings Natural oyster or mussel reef creation, enhancement or restoration Fringing salt marsh creation or restoration Natural enhancement of existing coastal structures

4 FY14 Resilience Projects Evaluation Criteria Problem and need for assistance Current management approach Project description and public benefit Climate adaptation Transferability Timeline Budget (including 25% local match) Project Management Partners Global Sea Level Rise Scenarios for the United States National Climate Assessment (Parris et al., 2012) Undefined Lowest Intermediate Intermediate - Low - High NOAA Sea Level Rise Scenario Highest

5 Level of Interest FY FY15 FY14 0 Proposed Awarded Green Infrastructure Awards $400,000 $300,000 $200,000 $100,000 $ FY16 FY15 FY14 9

6 FY14 FY16: Green Infrastructure Grants Coastal Community Resilience Grants Provincetown Sandwich Dennis Brewster Barnstable Sandwich/ Barnstable Falmouth Save Popponesset Bay, Inc. Gosnold Oak Bluffs Martha s Vineyard Shellfish Group, Inc. Chilmark Edgartown Nantucket

7 Green Infrastructure Projects (Cape and Islands) Barnstable Brewster Chilmark (FY14) Chilmark (FY15) Dennis Edgartown Falmouth Gosnold Martha s Vineyard Shellfish Group, Inc. Save Popponesset Bay, Inc. Shoreline Stabilization of North Barnstable Public Beaches Using Bioengineering Brewster Green Infrastructure Project: Coastal Resilience at Breakwater Beach Squibnocket Town Beach Expansion and Restoration (planning and preliminary design) Squibnocket Town Beach Expansion and Restoration (advance design and permitting) Improving the Coastal Resiliency of Dr. Bottero Road and Chapin Beach Improving the Coastal Resilience of Fuller Street/Lighthouse Beach and Lighthouse Pond Design for Restoration at Chapoquoit Beach through Beneficial Reuse of Dredged Materials Improving the Coastal Resilience of Barges Beach on Cuttyhunk Island Demonstration of Living Shoreline Technology & Development of Ribbed Mussel Seed Production to Protect & Restore Salt Marsh Award $186,500 $155,000 $20,000 $52,000 $73,125 $62,250 $81,767 $205,875 $35,262 Improving the Coastal Resilience of Popponesset Spit and Bay $194,188 Total $1,065,967

8 Coastal Community Resilience Projects (Cape and Islands) Award Barnstable (FY14) Community Rating System Application Assistance and Outreach $52,560 Barnstable (FY16) Coastal Resiliency at Sandy Neck Public Beach Facility $148,500 Brewster (FY14) Building Coastal Resilience in Brewster $200,000 Brewster (FY16) Developing a Coastal Adaptation Strategy $159,474 Nantucket Empowering Coastal Communities to Prepare for and Respond to Sea Level Rise and Storm-Related Inundation $177,850 Oak Bluffs Pump Station Hazard Mitigation Projects $200,000 Provincetown (FY14) Provincetown (FY15) Sandwich Coastal Resiliency Assessment and Strategic Beach Stabilization Pilot Project Increasing Coastal Resiliency and Reducing Infrastructure Vulnerability by Mapping Inundation Pathways Analyze and Permit a Nearshore Sediment Borrow Source for Sandwich Town Beaches $100,000 $155,125 $300,000 Sandwich/ Barnstable Assessment of Century Scale Sediment Budget $157,930 Total $1,651,439

9 Coastal Community Resilience Project Types Public education, outreach, communication Risk and vulnerability assessment Municipal infrastructure retrofits Identify and implement management measures, standards, and policies

10 Together, the Coastal Community Resilience Grant Program and Green Infrastructure Grant Program have funded over $7 million for 53 local adaptation projects. Percentage of total grant funding by region 7.3% 17.3% North Shore Boston Harbor South Shore 38.2% 17.8% Cape and Islands South Coastal 19.5% Percentage of total Coastal Community Resilience Grant funding by region Percentage of total Green Infrastructure Grant funding by region 4.4% 9.1% 14.0% North Shore 22.5% North Shore 37.8% 27.3% Boston Harbor South Shore Cape and Islands 38.7% 2.7% Boston Harbor South Shore Cape and Islands South Coastal 31.7% South Coastal 11.8%

11 Leveraged match 30% Awards Match $4,500,000 $4,000,000 $3,500,000 $3,000,000 $2,500,000 $2,000,000 $1,500,000 $1,000,000 $500,000 $0 31% 37% FY14 FY15 FY16 Over $10.6 million (awards + local match)

12 Helpful tips Organize for action Establish realistic goals Engage and inform the public Plan comprehensively, implement sequentially Balance level of risk and protection Consider all alternatives (be creative!) Coordinate with permitting agencies

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