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SUMMARY OF THE RESILIENCE PROGRAM'S SEA LEVEL RISE BASED VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS REPORT
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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County staff and consultant Erin Deady will present a report that summarizes the Martin County sea level rise-based vulnerability analysis, opportunities for Community Rating System score improvements and recommended actions to improve resilience in Martin County. The draft report and PowerPoint presentation will be submitted as a Supplemental Memorandum to this Agenda Item.
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works
PREPARED BY: Name: Kathy FitzPatrick
Title: Coastal Engineer
REQUESTED BY: Kathy FitzPatrick
PRESET: 2:30 PM
PROCEDURES: None
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
Martin County Public Works Department (PWD) has been tracking and responding to flooding reports for many years. Maps created from this data have revealed clustering of these conditions, often adjacent to or near the County's extensive tidally influenced waterway system. These tidal waters have exhibited an impact from increasing sea levels over time. Over the past few years, PWD has begun to anticipate flooding events by tracking predicted tides, and specifically focusing on the highest annual tides - often referred to as King Tides. These planned observations have indicated that the flooding events have become more numerous, with a longer duration, and often more severe. Over the past 2 years dedicated survey crews have further documented this phenomenon at sentinel sites.
In 2018 the Board of County Commissioners added resilience planning to the set of tools available to address these changing conditions. In 2018 and again in 2019, the County was successful in obtaining grants from the state of Florida's Resilient Coastlines Program to conduct studies and data analysis that are necessary to provide a sound basis for the County's resilience planning. The work dovetails with Count...
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