QUINCY STARTS COASTAL ADAPTATION PLAN
Community Meeting 4/22 to gather citizen input on plan
QUINCY – The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC),
in partnership with the City of Quincy, with assistance from the Boston
University City Planning and Urban Affairs Program, is creating a Coastal Adaptation Plan for the City of
Quincy.
A public forum on Earth
Day, Wednesday, April 22, 2015 from 5:30
p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Germantown
Neighborhood Center located at 366
Palmer St. in Quincy will begin the discussion among the residents and
businesses of Quincy. Refreshments and childcare will be provided, and the
event is free and open to the public.
The forum will offer locals a chance to learn about
climate change and its impacts on the natural environment, Quincy's developed
areas and its infrastructure, its coastal areas, local health, and the local economy.
Special focus will be paid to the impacts on particularly vulnerable
populations, including lower-income- and non-English-speaking residents, as
well as physically or mentally challenged groups that live within floodplain
areas.
Presenters will also discuss positive, proactive
measures that property owners and the city can take to become resilient to such
changes, as a way of saving property owners money while upholding Quincy's high
quality-of-life for all residents.
“This project is a critical
step for the city to identify short-, mid-, and long-term strategies to change
land use practices that will protect residents from climate change impacts such
as coastal and inland flooding, increased heat, and intense precipitation, as well
as create a beautiful city that balances both economy and environmental
protection,” said Dennis Harrington, Quincy Planning Director.
“We
are excited to work with Quincy on this important climate resiliency planning
effort, as it serves as a pilot for MAPC to do this type of planning for an
urban municipality facing multiple potential impacts," said Julie Conroy,
AICP, Senior Environmental Planner at MAPC. "These strategies can then be
replicated in coastal communities across Eastern Massachusetts."
The Quincy Coastal Adaptation Plan is being funded through the District
Local Technical Assistance Program (DLTA), as well as Boston University and
City of Quincy leveraged resources.
For more information on the project, contact MAPC Senior
Environmental Planner Julie Conroy at 617-933-0749 and jconroy@mapc.org, or Quincy Principal Planner Robert
Stevens at 617-376-1411and rstevens@quincyma.gov.
If you need any special accommodations, e.g.,
assistive listening device, translation, and/or interpretation, please contact
MAPC two weeks prior to the meeting by contacting Julie Conroy or Jennifer
Erickson, Equity Specialist at MAPC, at jerickson@mapc.org or 617-933-0759.
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