CAC Agenda 12-01-2015

Submitted on August 8, 2016 - 2:40pm
Revised on September 22, 2016 - 12:28pm
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Date: 
Thursday, December 1, 2016 - 7:00pm

Scituate Coastal Advisory Commission Meeting

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

7:00 PM

Scituate High School Library

606 Chief Justice Cushing Highway, Scituate, MA


 

Agenda


 

  1. Introductions

  2. Approval of Minutes

  3. Committee Scope: Sea Level Rise Adaption Strategies for the Town

  4. Discussion :   6, 12, & 18 month goals

  5. Basic Strategic Planning – Define the magnitude of the problem

  6. Discussion:  Understanding sea rise prediction models

    1. Why the wide variation in model forecasts?

    2. What are the key assumptions?  Quantification?

      1. Sanity check short-term forecast for reasonableness

    3. Impacts on town policy?

    4. What is appropriate for Scituate?

    5. How much risk is reasonable when evaluating foreshore protection options?

    6. How to deal with new information?

    7. Other observations

  7. “Best Practices”:  Opportunity to learn from other areas’ / towns’ CACs

  8. Next Meeting Date

  9. Adjourn