Flood Resilience Workshop

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Name: Flood Resilience Workshop
Date: September 23, 2015
Event Description:
The City of Newburyport and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), are hosting a workshop titled “Flood Resilience for Newburyport.” This two day workshop is the result of a grant received by the City under the EPA Sustainable Communities Program for Riverine and Coastal Communities.  Newburyport is one of only 5 communities in the Nation to have received this grant in 2015.  
 
The workshop will be held on September 23 and September 24, 2015 and will consist of the following:
 
September 23  (City Hall Auditorium)
6:30pm to 8:30pm:   Public Meeting.  This public meeting will solicit input from the public about flooding impacts and solutions.  EPA will provide a presentation, followed by discussion.
 
September 24th   (Location TBD – City Hall Auditorium or Parker River Wildlife Refuge)
10am to 5pm:  Stakeholders Workshop.  EPA will provide a technical presentation in the morning, followed by a lunch break and afternoon working session to discuss strategies and solutions for increased resilience to riverine and coastal flooding. (See attached short agenda.)
 
Please confirm your attendance by replying to Julia Godtfredsen (Conservation Administrator) at jgodtfredsen@cityofnewburyport.com by Tuesday, September 15th.  
 
AGENDA:
 
Wednesday, September 23
When
What
Where
Topics
1:00 – 2:30 PM Lunch City Hall, Mayor’s Conference Room, 2nd Floor Local team and EPA/consultant team meet to get to know each other
2:30 – 4:30 PM Tour Depart from City Hall Visit key sites that are impacted by riverine and coastal flooding
6:30 – 8:30 PM Session 1
Encouraging Flood Resilience 		City Hall Auditorium, 2nd Floor
  • Introduction to the project
  • Concept of flood resilience and benefits to the community
  • Self-assessment findings
  • Community map discussion
  • Discussion of community goals
 
 
Thursday, September 24
 
When
What
Where
Topics
9:30 AM – Noon Session 2
Technical Presentation on Flood Resilience		 TBD (Parker River Wildlife Refuge Main office or City Hall Auditorium)
  • Best practices
  • Flood vulnerability
  • Ways to build flood resilience
Noon – 1:00 PM Lunch Break Lunch on own Lunch
1:00 – 4:00 PM Session 3
Flood Resilience Work Session		 TBD (see above)
  • Community map exercise
  • Actions for achieving community goals
  • Details on those actions (who, what, where, why, and when)
  • Overview of next steps
 

 
DAY ONE – Big Picture
DAY TWO – Narrows focus, attention to detail and action

 
Location:
Newburyport City Hall Auditorium
Date/Time Information:
September 23 & 24
Contact Information:
Julia Godtfredsen
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Fees/Admission:
Free
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