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The City of Groton is developing a Community Resiliency Plan to respond to the long-range impacts of climate change. Tune in to hear discussions on climate-resilience actions and opportunities in the City of Groton.
For More Information: https://cityofgroton.com/event/community-resiliency-plan-workshop-2/?instance_id=4167
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Okay,
so
we
have
a
lot
that
we're
going
to
try
to
get
through
tonight.
The
presentation
is
going
to
be
relatively
short.
I
hope
15
to
20
minutes
is
what
I'm
aiming
for,
and
then
we're
going
to
break
out
away
from
the
the
frontal
presentation
and
do
some
working
around
on
these
different
tables
that
you
see
around
the
room
to
make
sure
that
we're
we're
kind
of
getting
some
feedback
and
participation
from
all
of
you.
A
A
Talk
about
some
of
the
resilience
objectives
that
that
are
coming
out.
The
recommendations
that
we're
going
to
be
presenting
to
the
city
to
become
more
resilient
and
then
we'll
talk
about
four
specific
resilience:
concepts
that
dive
into
a
little
bit
more
detail
about
in
specific
locations,
specific
projects
that
the
city
can
pursue
and
that's
what
is
represented
around
the
room
in
these
different
posters
and
then
we'll
spread
out
and
talk
about
those
after
we
do
that
we'll
come
back
together.
A
Okay,
so
the
community
resilience
plan
and
I'll
clarify
here,
the
community
resilience,
the
resilience
we're
talking
about
is
resilience
to
climate
change,
the
impacts
of
climate
change,
specifically
on
severe
weather
events
and
and
related
events.
So
the
the
process
is
highlighted
up
here.
The
the
bars
that
have
a
kind
of
bold
line
around
them
is
what
we've
done
so
far
or
are
in
the
process
of
doing,
and
what
you
can
see
is
that
we're
most
of
the
way
done.
A
We've
we've
done
a
review
of
existing
studies
and
reports
to
make
sure
that
we're
building
on
the
body
of
knowledge
that's
already
out
there
and
considering
work.
That's
already
been
done.
We've
done
a
lot
of
public
outreach
and
stakeholder
outreach
to
make
sure
that
we
understand
what
people
who
live
here
on
the
ground
and
work
here
have
experienced
and
what
their
needs
are
and
what
your
needs
are.
A
So
I'm
gonna
go
from
here
straight
to
the
risk
assessment
and
the
results
from
that,
so
the
risk
assessment.
You
know
we
took
those
different
climate
change
effects
and
took
an
initial
look
at
what
kinds
of
impacts
they
can
have
on
the
city,
and
the
important
thing
to
think
about
as
well
is:
is
that
different
that
it'll
impact,
all
different
kind
of
spheres
of
the
city
and
it'll
have
different
impacts
on
each
of
those
different
spheres.
So
the
risk
assessment
is
is
kind
of.
A
It
was
a
very
specific
looking
at
each
of
these
different
sectors
of
of
how
the
city
of
ground
operates
to
understand
what
each
of
these
different
hazards
will
be.
Our
first
step
was
to
understand
specifically
what
are
the
hazards
that
we're
concerned
about
and
what
we
found
that
the
assessment
looked
at
these
kind
of
four
categories
of
hazards,
flooding
and
specifically
coastal
flooding
with
we
also
looked
at
riverine
flooding,
which
they
operate
a
little
bit
differently.
If
you
think
about
flooding
that
comes
from
high
tides
or
storm
events,
as
opposed
to
riverine
flooding.
A
A
I'm
going
to
be
talking
about
impervious
surfaces,
a
lot
impervious
surfaces
are
our
surfaces
that
when
rain
falls
in
it,
instead
of
percolating
down
trickling
down
into
the
ground,
it
flows
off
to
the
side.
It
stays
at
the
surface
and
then
can
can
cause
flooding.
So
thinking
about
anything,
that's
paved
parking
lots,
roads,
buildings
that
have
hard
hard
tops.
You
know
water
doesn't
just
drip
through
buildings,
hopefully,
so
it's
also
related
to
aside
from
kind
of
the
source
of
the
drink,
the
drainage.
A
If
the
drainage
systems
aren't
able
to
sufficiently
have
capacity
to
to
drain
that
runoff,
then
you
can
also
get
flooding
and
then
finally,
heat
overall
heat
is
rising
from
from
climate
change.
So
thinking
about
what
the
impacts
of
that
rise
in
heat
will
be,
but
additionally,
the
the
rising
temperature
is
not
evenly
distributed
and
things
like
dense,
dense
buildings,
high
impervious
surfaces,
a
low
amount
of
tree
cover
things
like
that
can
lead
to
urban
heat
island
effect
where
you
have
particularly
high
heat
levels
within
some
parts
of
the
landscape,
primarily
cities.
A
So
looking
about
how
looking
where
how
that
was
distributed
around
the
city,
where
you
expect
more
heat
to
be
in
an
impact,
so
those
are
the
four
hazards
that
we
looked
at
and
then
we
looked
at
these
six
different
vulnerability
categories.
I
can't
see
them
on
my
computer,
so
I'm
going
to
turn
over
here
we
looked
at
social
thinking
about
specifically
socially
vulnerable
populations
that
might
be
primarily
or
especially
impacted
and
negatively
impacted
by
climate
change,
residences
and
and
how
where
people
live.
Residential
buildings
are
impacted
commercial
as
well
critical
facilities
and
infrastructure.
A
So
the
way
that
this
worked-
and
I
apologize
if
I
get
getting
a
little
bit
into
the
weeds
here.
But
just
so
you
understand
our
process.
We
divided
the
city
into
these
six
different
areas,
these
six
different
assessment
zones
based
on
a
variety
of
different
factors
and
then
for
each
zone.
We
looked
at
each
of
the
four
different
hazards
and
each
of
those
six
different
vulnerability
categories
and
we
assessed
the
risk
level
for
each
so
for
the
first
for
social,
demographics
and
socially
vulnerable
populations.
A
A
A
So
I'll
walk
through
some
of
these
I'll
give
a
couple
of
examples.
I'm
not
going
to
go
through
each
full
table.
Can
I
turn
this
at
all,
so
for
the?
What
we're
calling
the
thames
street
neighborhood,
where
you
can
see,
there's
a
lot
of
commercial
businesses
right
along
thame
street
and
also
a
lot
of
important
infrastructure
and
utility
infrastructure
along
thames
street,
such
as
the
wastewater
treatment
plant
and
those
are
at
risk
from
flooding.
So
you
can
see
that
all
the
way
on
the
right.
A
A
Down
in
five
corners,
there
isn't
really
any
exposure
to
coastal
flooding
or
erosion,
so
you
can
see
that,
but
both
of
those
categories
have
low
risk,
but
there
are
a
lot
of
commercial
properties.
Is
that
right?
Yes,
so
there
are
a
lot
of
commercial
properties
that
have
so
there's
some
high
risk
to
that.
There's
also,
we
found
that
the
heat
island
effect
is
pretty
significant
here,
so
there's
very
high
heat
and
also
high
storm
water
risk
in
this
area.
A
A
A
The
neighborhood
that
we
call
brandeigh
avenue
there
are
some
residential
complexes
here,
some
some
apartment
complexes
and
condominiums.
So
there's
a
high
amount
of
residential
use
in
this
area.
There
are
also
some
some
socially
vulnerable
populations
here,
there's
a
lower
income
and
I
off
the
top
of
my
head.
I
forget
what
the
other
measures
are,
but
we
can
talk
more
about
that,
so
the
social
risk
is
is
higher
in
this
neighborhood
and
heat,
I
think,
is,
is
a
relatively
higher
risk
in
that
neighborhood.
A
Even
though
there's
a
lot
of
forested
area,
the
residential
areas
don't
have
a
lot
of
tree
cover,
which
is
one
of
the
measures
that
we
were
looking
at,
so
that
risk
ends
up
higher
and
then
in
the
neighborhood
that
we
are
currently
sitting
in
the
washington
park.
Neighborhood
overall
risks
are
relatively
low
or
moderate,
so
those
kinds
of
different
differences
in
the
risk
is
what
we're
looking
at
throughout
the
city,
both
again
geographically
but
also
kind
of
topically.
A
Flooding
around
the
south
shore
kind
of
generally,
more
specifically
roadways
and
other
parts
of
the
transportation
network
that
are
at
risk,
primarily
from
flooding
and
and
the
concern
there
is
with
isolation
and
especially
during
if
an
evacuation
is
needed,
but
the
road
is
flooded
or
if
there's
a
flooding
and
people
are
isolated.
It
can't
be
reached
by
emergency
services
and
then
kind
of
broadly
vulnerable,
vulnerable
populations
being
exposed
to
all
of
these
different
climate
hazards.
A
A
A
So
I'm
gonna-
I'm
gonna,
talk
through
each
of
these
very
briefly,
there's
a
lot
of
different,
more
specific
recommendations
or
actions
that
can
be
taken
to
achieve
each
of
these
objectives,
we're
still
in
development
of
those
and
and
so
we're
not
going
to
be
talking
through
all
of
them
right
now,
but
I'll
I'll
try
to
share
some
of
them.
Oh
I'm
realizing!
A
So
I'm
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
that.
Many
of
you
may
be
familiar
right
out
in
the
parking
lot
here.
There
are
a
few
tree
boxes
that
collect
rain
water
and
they
work
by
the
the
runoff
from
the
parking
lot
flows
into
this
underground
basin,
and
then
the
tree
takes
up
some
of
that
water
and
and
transpires
it
into
the
air
or
uses
it
to
or
holds
it
within
the
tree.
A
Other
other
amounts
of
that
water
percolate
down
into
the
ground,
and
then
you
have
less
water
overall,
that's
flowing
into
the
wastewater
system,
other
approaches.
Similarly,
you
can
have
rain
gardens
that
collect
water
from
runoff
and
and
use
it
to
feed
plants
and
and
let
some
of
it
percolate
down
into
the
ground.
A
In
some
cases,
you
can
install
pervious
pavement
where
the
rain
will
still
you
still
get
the
pavement,
but
the
rain
percolates
down
through
it.
I
have
an
example
of
what
that
looks
like
this
is
a
technology
that
that
some
company
has
developed
and
they're.
Just
dumping
water
into
it
and
it
just
flows
right
down
into
the
ground,
and
you
still
get
a
nice
parking
lot
that
you
can
fill
up
with
cars.
A
They
are
working
to
reduce
runoff
into
the
baker
cove
watershed,
because
the
the
stormwater
runoff
can
carry
a
lot
of
pollutants
and
that
can
affect
the
negatively
affect
the
quality
of
the
water.
So
they've
been
working
on
this
for
a
while
and
are
currently
working
on
it
and
have
plans
to
continue
working
on
it,
doing
a
lot
of
education
installing
raising
money
to
install
rain,
gardens
and
things
like
that
and,
if
you're
interested
in
getting
involved.
I
encourage
you
to
do
so.
A
Okay,
so
moving
on
to
extreme
heat
impacts,
we're
gonna,
I'm
gonna
focus
on
just
a
couple
of
different
approaches,
but
one
is
thinking
about
trees
and
and
building
kind
of
an
urban.
A
healthy,
comprehensive
urban
forest
trees
provide
shade
that
can
give
people
shelter
from
extreme
from
the
sun
during
extreme
heat
events,
also
through
their
transpiration
and
evaporation
processes
that
actually
causes
cooling
at
the
local
level
right
around
the
tree.
And
then,
if
you
have
a
whole,
you
know
healthy
urban
forest.
A
They're
the
same
actions
that
you
would
take
to
be
prepared
for
or
respond
to
a
climate-related
disruption,
so
really
thinking
holistically
about
the
resilience
of
businesses
to
any
kind
of
disruption,
including
climate-related
ones,
and
I
have
another
little
call
out
here.
I
believe
nope
okay
for
sector,
which
is
currently
assisting
the
city
with
a
program
to
get
get
local
businesses,
local
small
businesses,
to
fill
out
this
open
for
business,
easy
form
and
start
thinking
about
their
their
continuity
planning
and
ability
to
recover
from
various
disruptions.
B
A
Okay,
there
we
go
okay,
creating
a
flood
resilient
shoreline,
we're
specifically
thinking
here
about
the
southern
part
of
the
city
that
has
that
relatively
high
exposure
to
flooding,
there's
a
variety
of
different
tools
from
protecting
specific
buildings
and,
and
you
know,
making
flood
flood
resilient
retrofits
to
structures
along
the
shoreline
to
living
shorelines
and
green
infrastructure
or
nature-based
solutions
that
can
reduce
the
risk
from
flooding.
A
specific
one
that
we're
going
to
highlight
today
is
the
shore
avenue
strategy.
That's
one
of
these
concepts.
A
I
know
that
I'm
holding
this
in
my
hand,
and
maybe
it's
moved
around-
are
people
still
able
to
hear
me?
Okay,
okay,
thanks
think
about
the
transportation
network.
This
is
specifically
the
the
roadways
and
and
how
we
move
about
on
them.
You
know
evacuation
is
a
a
potential
concern
for
the
city
we
were
just
talking.
A
I
was
talking
to
someone
just
at
the
beginning
of
this,
looking
at
a
map
of
the
city
and
thinking
about
the
best
way
to
get
from
the
south
part
of
the
city
up
north
to
95,
so
making
sure
that
that
information
is
available
and
also
kind
of
adaptive.
You
need
adaptive
evacuation
routes
in
case
a
route
is
being
a
part
of
that
route
is
flooded
and
you
can't
you
can't,
you
know,
access
it
and
then,
additionally,
to
those
routes.
A
And
then,
finally,
as
as
mentioned,
the
improving
resilience
of
municipal
assets
and
like
I
said,
this
is
to
kind
of
lead
by
example,
and
then
here,
there's
also
kind
of
two
aspects
of
this.
One
is
making
sure
that
the
the
properties
themselves
are
resilient
to
climate
hazards,
but
also
making
sure
that
the
operations
are
is
laying
to
climate
hazard
similar
to
the
businesses.
A
So
that
was
a
lot
and
I'm
happy
to
return
to
any
of
those.
If
any
of
you
have
questions
about
them,
I
do
wanna,
I'm
gonna
keep
moving
for
now,
even
if
you
want
me
to
do
that,
because
I
want
us
to
have
a
chance
to
to
spread
out
throughout
the
room
and
these
concepts
that
we're
presenting
are
gonna
touch
on
a
lot
of
these
topics.
A
You
know
that
that
estuary
aspect
of
it
we
have
concepts
that
address
a
variety
of
these
different
hazards
that
we
were
talking
about,
and
then
a
key
part
is
that
we
were
thinking
about
kind
of
feasibility
and
and
applicability
quickly
by
the
city,
so
that
the
city
can
make
kind
of
rapid
progress
on
these
on
these
four
concepts,
at
least
to
again
lead
by
example,
and
and
build
that
momentum
to
continue
to
move
the
city
forward
toward
resilience.
These
four
concepts
are
not
should
not
be
the
the
end
of
the
process.
A
They're
they're,
seen
as
the
beginning
to
kind
of
kick
things
off,
so
the
four
the
four
concepts
are
tree
plantings.
We
focused
on
washington
park
as
an
area
that
the
city
owns
and
therefore
has
that
ability
to
operate
in
and
make
decisions
over,
and
there
are
certain
areas
of
of
washington
park
that
might
might
not
have
so
many
trees
and
shading
and
by
planting
trees.
Here
it
also
addresses
in
the
risk
assessment.
A
It
was
highlighted
as
an
area
with
with
somewhat
elevated
heat
island
effect,
so
a
slightly
elevated
heat
risk
within
the
washington
park
area.
So
it
addresses
that-
and
it's
also
thinking
about
access,
it's
a
it's
a
place
that
everyone
in
the
city
uses
and
it's
fairly
easy
to
get
to
so
tree
planting
washington
park.
A
A
Birch
plain
creek
trail
this.
This
is
kind
of
what
it
sounds
like
building
a
trail,
a
resilience
corridor
trail
along
birch,
plain
creek,
the
the
resilience
benefits
of
that
touch
on
a
few
of
the
different
topics
that
we
talked
about,
including
access
to
these
cooler
parts
of
the
city
with
with
a
tree
and
shades
trees
and
shade,
and
then
there
will
be
some
educational
material.
A
So
those
are
the
four
I'm
trying
to
think
of
what
I
have
next
year.
Okay,
I
just
want
to
highlight
a
key
kind
of
feature
of
what
these
concepts
are.
These
are
so
that
so
the
overall
community
resilience
plan
has
some
broad
strategies,
as
well
as
some
more
specific
recommendations,
but
they're
kind
of
guidance
in
terms
of
the
the
level
of
recommendations.
A
A
If,
once
the
city
gets
funding
to
do
those,
then
they'll
go
to
the
actual
designs
phase
and
once
they're
designed,
then
they
get
implemented
and
constructed.
So
I
just
don't
want
you
to
look
at
these
and
say:
oh
wow.
This
is
what
the
city
is
going
to
be
doing.
This
is
phase
one
that
then
goes
through
a
lot
of
reality,
checks
and
calculations
to
make
sure
that
it's
what
needs
to
happen.
A
A
A
A
A
Each
of
those
outside
tables
has
one
of
the
four
concepts
that
we're
looking
at.
So
I
don't
remember
what's
in
what
place,
but
you
know
one
table
has
the
birch
plain
creek
concept:
one
table
has
planting
trees
at
washington
park.
One
has
planting
rain
gardens
at
the
municipal
complex
and
one
has
the
south
shore
kind
of
suite
of
different
interventions
and
measures,
and
each
table
also
has
some
sticky
notes.
It
has
has
an
explanation
of
what
it
is.
A
It
has
sticky
notes
and
pens,
and
what
we'd
like
for
you
to
do
is
walk
around
look
at
them
and
leave
some
feedback
by
writing.
Writing
your
feedback
on
the
sticky
notes
and
sticking
it
on
on
the
table
or
on
the
on
the
kind
of
poster
itself.
The
specific
questions
we
are
looking
for
is
you
think
about
how
this
will
benefit
you?
A
A
There
we've
put
some
green
circular
stickers
out
and
we
encourage
you
to
put
a
sticker
where
you
think
some
trees
should
go
in
there
they're
fairly
big
stickers,
possibly
a
little
bit
bigger
than
the
footprint
of
a
tree
would
be,
but
I
actually
think
that's
good,
because
we
want
you
to
think
about
the
fact
that
trees
do
actually
take
space
and
you
have
to
balance
things
like
there's
a
lot
of
parking
spaces,
how
many
parking
spaces
do
you
want
to
give
up?
You
know
it
might
affect
some
views.
A
There's
just
an
overall
map
of
the
city
with
each
of
these
concepts
highlighted
to
give
you
a
sense
of
where
they
are
that's
just
to
look
at,
and
then
there
are
note
cards,
orange
note,
cards
and
pink
note
cards,
something
like
that
and
a
comment
box,
and
we
encourage
you
just
any
thoughts.
You
have
that
you
aren't
don't
want
to
share
out
loud
or
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
saved.
C
C
A
Yeah,
it's
it's
a
good
question.
So
I'll
repeat
it
just
in
case
the
the
question
is
how
we
chose
the
four
concepts
that
we
are
presenting
here
and
specifically,
why
didn't?
We
include
a
concept
about
stormwater,
drainage
and
and
impervious
surfaces
and
replacing
them,
maybe
with
some
pervious
surfaces.
So
we
did.
A
It
was
hard
to
address
that
one
on,
on
the
one
hand,
on
the
other
hand
that
that's
part
of
it,
but
the
other
part
of
it
is
that
there's
already
a
lot
of
work
being
done
by
grand
utilities
and
and
or
by
ground
utility
yeah,
queen
utilities,
and
by
the
dpw
to
address
a
lot
of
these
stormwater
issues.
So
we
didn't
think
that
it
would
add
much
for
us
to
do
at
least
at
the
level
that
we
were
able
to
offer
for
this
project
to
do
a
concept.
A
A
D
A
A
A
E
A
Okay,
so
thank
you,
everyone
for,
for
all
of
that
great
input
and
participation.
So
far
we
have
about
20
minutes
left
to
our
schedule
and
not
much
more
to
get
through,
but
I
do
want
to
give
people
an
opportunity
to.
Let
us
know
what
they
thought
about
what
they
saw.
You
got
to
write
things
down
and
give
some
feedback,
but
I'm
curious
if
anybody
wants
to
share
some
of
their
thoughts
or
share
something
interesting
that
you
saw
somebody
else
write
down.
B
So
I
just
want
to
say
I
I
actually
saw
that
flooding.
That's
that's
depicted
that
on
shore
avenue
on
martin
luther
king
day
this
year.
It
flooded
exactly
the
way
it's
depicted
on
the
map.
It
came
up
exactly
where
it
shows
that
we
were
talking
about
potentially
building
a
berm
to
contain
that
if
the
water
came
right
up
there
and
flooded
the
street-
and
I
have
pictures
if
you,
if
you're
interested.
A
A
F
A
A
The
answer
is
yes,
that's,
so
the
the
recommendations
that
we're
going
to
be
presenting
in
the
plan
are
largely
I'll
say,
will
definitely
be
city-wide.
It'll,
be
it'll,
be
a
combination
of
recommendations
about
kind
of
policy,
changes
and
regulatory
changes
or
recommendations
for
the
city
to
become
more
resilient
over
the
long
term.
A
I'm
trying
to
think
of
other
kind
of
quick
examples
of
city-wide
recommendations,
but
then
there
will
also
be
some
other
kind
of
site
specific
based
on
what
we've
heard.
But
for
the
most
part
I
think
the
the
plan
recommendations
are
actually
kind
of
city-wide,
and
then
these
are
actually
almost
like
an
added.
An
added
benefit
of
having
a
few
site-specific
examples
to
to
be
that
kind
of
pilot
project
idea.
A
Yeah,
and
even
so
the
question
is
about
kind
of
time
frame
of
the
recommendations,
and
will
there
be
immediate
actions
that
the
city
can
take
so
so
we
we
try
to
structure
our
recommendations
as
kind
of
like
a
multi-um
like
like
hierarchical
in
terms
of
its
implementation,
so
so
some
kind
of
quick
and
easy
recommendations,
some
middle
term,
more
expensive,
harder
recommendations
and
then
some
recommendations
that
are,
you
know
over
the
next
20
to
30
years.
What
are
the
things
to
think
about
and
to
do
so?
A
Yes,
the
the
goal
is
to
have
steps
that
the
city
can
start
immediately,
implementing
some
things
and
then
over
time
start
building
on
those
and
implementing
some
more
these
projects,
even
even
though
they're
right
there
they're
not
going
to
be
done
immediately,
but
they're
still
kind
of
relatively
short
to
medium
term,
rather
than
something
that
will
really
be
like
in
the
next
decade.
So
even
these
we're
hoping
can
be
relatively
quick
in
the
next
five
years
or
so.
I
think.