Mary Rickel Pelletier, Park Watershed

Amy Blaymore Paterson, Executive Director, CT Land Conservation Council

David Dickson, UConn CLEAR

Beth Bernard, Education Director with Connecticut Forest & Park Association

I'm Jim O'Donnell, Exec Dir. CIRCA, and Prof. at UConn

Megan B. Raymond, SLR Consulting

Sarah Crosby, The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk

Amber Garrard, Yale Office of Sustainability

Joanna Wozniak-Brown, CT OPM

Louanne Cooley, UConn CIRCA

Nicole Govert, Sustainable CT

Robert LaFrance, National Audubon Society

Working Group member. Director of Public Works, City of New Britain

Dominic Antonio - CTDOT Hydraulics & Drainage

Kelsey Sudol, Northwest Conservation District and Lake Waramaug Task Force

Jennifer Mattei, Sacred Heart University, Biology Dept.

Michelle Andrzejewski, City of Norwalk, Planning & Zoning

Kat Morris, OTG/DEEP

Joseph Marrone, PE, Area Leader for Urban and Coastal Resilience, Arcadis

Paul Hearn, Baralmar Advisors LLC

John truscinski Director of Resilience Planning, CIRCA

Denise Savageau, ChairCT Council on Soil and Water Conservationliaison to the GC3 EJ working group

Hi all - Tyler Archer, Shipman & Goodwin LLP

Mike Hogan - CTDOT Hydraulics & Drainage/Soils & Foundations

Tom Baptist - Town of East Hartford

will these slides be made available?

The recording and slides will be available on the website.

6" in one year . . . . . . . incredible.

a recording of this meeting will be posted. slides may be posted at speakers' discretion.

Sam Alexander, SCCOG

Todd Berman - Avangrid

No geotextiles - Important finding!

was lead restoration only before or also during the experiment

remediation rather

Why should everyone care about this Stratford project … it has some of the best monitoring of a engineered living shoreline over multiple years. It is also a good example of work funded by the Long Island Sound Futures Fund, which has received a significant increase in funding with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

In terms of scalability and co-benefits of these solutions, do living shoreline projects ever allow for economic opportunities/food production (shellfish, kelp) over time?

For folks concerned with freshwater environments, similar approaches have been applied in lakes and rivers where boat wake causes erosion.

whats the cost difference between reef balls and a breakwater?

can you speak more on remediation before and during the project

NOAA = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administratin

Please type questions for speakers in the chat

The answer to the cost question is difficult. We need to know how big the submerged breakwater would need to get the same protection. That's why we are analyzing the relative effectiveness. But the cost drivers are personnel, deployment equipment, materials and permits. I think they are likely to be comparable until there are a lot of reef deployments.

Reef balls are better habitat than breakwaters to fish and shellfish. Boulders used in breakwaters can move during a hurricane, reef balls do not move.

With respect to the problematic use of plastics in any living environments, what biodegradable materials are recommended. Also, could the GC3 recommend Connecticut begin to support/encourage design and production (“manufacture”) of non-toxic and biodegradable products needed to revitalize and restore damaged landscapes?

We started a Storm Water Utility in New Britain July 1st of this year. We called it our Clean Water Fund.

what is "IC amount"

impervious cover?

yes

@Kat - IC = impervious cover. Land cover that doesn't allow for infiltration into the ground.

do you recommend stormwater utilities include processes by which individual properties can be inspected to confirm actual stormwater runoff? Thinking of a typical residential house with roof and driveway but rainwater discharges to a yard or garden without actually making it to the street and stormwater system

These have been very informative briefings. Unfortunately I need to drop off of a 12:00 meeting.

Note on the hospitals, that 15% cap will not apply after 2026

can you elaborate on the state property limit

New Britain is the first municipality to set up an authority under the new law. Congrats New Britain!

Could funding from stormwater utilities be designated to large scale green infrastructure projects that increase ecosystem connectivity and functionality? For example could funds collected from stormwater utility fees be directed to conservation and revitalization of designated riparian degraded/impaired corridors? Perhaps larger scale projects would have greater collective benefits.

Ben Zito (ben.zito@noaa.gov) is the person working on costs of living shorelines. Contact him for info.

Climate resilience fund is larger and can be used to support the development of stormwater utilities.

David, would you provide a direct link to the municipal ordinance template?

Some places give SW credits for maintaining riparian buffers

can you speak on the state property limit

trying to find the ordinance

https://portal.ct.gov/connecticutclimateaction/executive-order/deep-climate-resilience-fund

Thanks, Mark, for that response.

This has been invaluable. thank you to the great speakers.

Thank you, Denise! EEJ working group + this group will have a meeting during November. Stay tuned.

For those interested in funding to develop a stormwater authority under the DEEP Climate Resilience Fund see FAQ#42: 42. My community is interested in exploring studying the feasibility for astormwater utility or developing a climate change, flooding, and erosioncontrol board as authorized under PA 21-115. Which track should we applyto?Stormwater utilities and climate change, flooding, and erosion control boards are important socommunities can fund and manage resilience projects. You can include this as an expenseunder your local match funding strategy component of your budget for either Track 1 or Track 2.If you are interested in applying for stormwater utility feasibility studies as a standalone activity,please email DEEP.climateresilience@ct.gov.

https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/ConnecticutClimateAction/DCRF/Docs/DCRF-FAQs.pdf

Great meeting & presentations. I need to jump off & get on another meeting. Have a great day.

For those who asked, the current statewide IC layer resolution is 1ft. The upcoming flight is 3 inch.

Public Comment: Nature Based Solutions for climate resilience and mitigation are extremely valuable, especially when prioritizing the life rather than profit. I'll second the note on proactively considering environmental justice and equity as well as creativity and indigenous knowledge into these projects. Lastly, id note that we must remain vigilant about the broader sustainability in this process to ensure we are not putting our personal environment above the larger ecosystem. We are all connected, regardless of whether we see the folks our actions impact. That goes for Stratford to Bridgeport. CT to Florida, and USA to the rest of the world. Thank You.

excellent q, Mary!

also, the cost to be considered in more than fiscal.

best!

There are biodegradable geotextile fabrics available, though durability remains an issue.

Mary - I was thinking the same thing for the reef balls and good comment Jennifer.Job creation - is it a EJ solution

Co-chairs, please remind us of next steps

Thank you everyone for the discussion today!

Thanks for the slide! Great meeting.

Thank you!

Note the date on this slide isn't correct

Thanks all!

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