NE Florida workshop on sea-level rise challenges
Florida Sea Grant partnered with Georgia Sea Grant, the Northeast Florida Regional Council, the First Coast Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association, and Fernandina Beach to bring the workshop “Local Government Challenges in Dealing with Rising Seas” to northeast Florida on October 28, 2013. The event was held at the Nassau Center at Yulee, Florida.The full agenda is available here.
Presenters and their presentations, if applicable, are available below:
The science of sea level rise – past data, future projections, and expected impacts. Charles Hopkinson, Director of the Georgia Sea Grant College Program and Professor of Marine Sciences at UGA (with slides contributed by Glenn Landers of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Additional information on tide gage data from Mayport, Florida and associated U.S.A.C.E. sea-level rise estimates.
The Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012. Samantha Medlock, Association of State Floodplain Managers.
Introduction to the NFIP’s Community Rating System Program. Sue Hopfensperger, Insurance Services Organization (ISO).
Sea Level Rise Adaptation Options for Local Communities. Jason Evans, University of Georgia.
Let’s Learn From our Colleagues—Community Responses and Adaptation. Roger Weaver, City of St. Mary’s GA; John Fergus, Satellite Beach Comprehensive Advisory Planning Board; Rick Carper, P.E., City of Atlantic Beach.
How the Regional Councils Can Help. Margo Moehring, NE Florida Regional Council; Lupita McClenning, Georgia Coastal Regional Commission.
St Johns County – A Case of Local Government Financial and Legal Liability. Patrick McCormack, St
. Johns County, FL.
Federal and State Legal Issues Associated with Sea Level Rise Adaptation Options: Presentation of Thomas Ruppert, Florida Sea Grant; Presentation of Scott Pippin, University of Georgia Institute of Ecology.
Adaptive Planning for Coastal
Change: Legal Issues for Local
Government. April 19, 2013, Long
Key Natural Area & Nature Center,
Davie, Fla.
On April 19, Florida Sea Grant, with support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, worked with the Palm Beach County Planning Congress, the Florida Coastal Management Program, the Environmental & Land Use Law Section of the Florida Bar, the Southeast Florida Climate Compact, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, and the Community Resiliency Program of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity to present a workshop on legal issues for local governments facing changing coasts.
Agenda and Presentations
- Agenda
- Understanding and Addressing Climate Vulnerabilities in Our Communities; Dr. Nancy Gassman
- The Big Picture on Climate Change Law: Heating Up the Discussion; Erin Deady
- Property Protections 101: Takings Law & Making Adaption Strategies “Takings Proof”; Michael Wolf
- Takings Law and Adaptation Planning: Reasonable Investment-Backed Expectations and the Bert J. Harris, Jr., Private Property Rights Protection Act; Thomas Ruppert
- The Wake-Up Call for Local Government Liability and Coastal Change: The Jordan Case; Patrick McCormack
- Other Considerations for Adaptive Planning for Coastal Change; Samantha “Sam” Medlock
- Best Practices for Adaptation Planning; Kim LundgrenRolling Easements: Theory and Practice Intro; Richard McLaughlin
- Overview of Adaptation Action Areas and Initiative at the State Level; Julie Dennis
Adaptive planning workshop Aug. 9 in Florida Panhandle
Florida Sea Grant partnered with the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve (Apalachicola NERR) with support from the Weeks Bay Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Florida Coastal Training Program, and The Gulf of Mexico Alliance to bring the workshop “Adaptive Planning for Coastal Change–Legal Issues for Local Government” to the Florida Panhandle on August 9, 2012.
The full AGENDA is available at this link.
Agenda and Presentations
Adaptation Workshop Jan.18-19, Lee and Pinellas counties
Florida Sea Grant, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Lee and Pinellas county extension offices hosted the workshops “Adaptive Planning for Sea-Level Rise: Legal Issues for Local Government” on January 18 and 19 in Lee and Pinellas counties, respectively.
Agenda and Presentations
- Takings as an Impediment to Adaptive Planning–Part I: Reasonable Investment-Backed Expectations (pdf, 2 Mb)
- Rolling Easements and the Severance Case (pdf, 2.5 Mb)