The SPR Coalition’s Wetlands Committee invites you to:
“Adapting to Floods and Sea Level Rise in the Pt. San Pedro Road Area,
What’s happening and what can we do about it?”
Special Guest Speaker: Â Jeff Rhoads, Executive Director of Resilient Shore
October 13, 2020 5:30 PM
Advanced registration required using this link:
http://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApc-6qrzIvEtCmFztKL_PqlcTr77vNZn8-
Attendance is limited!
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Extreme climate events including droughts and floods are becoming more frequent and severe. King tides and blue sky tidal flooding are already occurring on westbound Point San Pedro Road near Marin Yacht Club and neighborhood streets including Sea Way and Mooring Road. Many low-lying neighborhoods are within the 100-year flood zone. The Point San Pedro Road levee between Chicken Point and the McNear Brickyard is overtopped by waves in major storms.
The Resilient Shore team has been addressing these issues for several years. They have participated in clarifying risk and crafting planning policy. They continue to share information with communities, stakeholders and the City about the latest science, changes in flood insurance and potential solutions. Responding to flood and sea level rise challenges will require adaptation measures to address change already baked into the system as well as mitigation measures to slow and ultimately stop melting of the polar and glacial ice including evolving to a zero-net carbon economy.
Join Resilient Shore’s Executive Director, Jeff Rhoads, in this opportunity to learn more about existential threats we face along Point San Pedro Road and how we can respond to build a more resilient and better city. The discussion will cover direct impacts on neighborhoods along Point San Pedro Road from US 101 to the San Rafael Rock Quarry and how unified neighborhoods and stakeholders can help prepare a community-driven Shore and Watershed Adaptation Master Plan and motivate preventative action.