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Dewey Beach renames climate committee and outlines next steps for town resiliency plan
Summary
Commissioners voted to rename the Climate Change Committee to the Resiliency and Sustainability Committee and discussed a proposed resiliency plan (GMB estimated about nine months and $75,000) to inform future infrastructure priorities and grant applications.
Dewey Beach commissioners voted Aug. 15 to rename the town’s Climate Change Committee to the Resiliency and Sustainability Committee and discussed the committee’s work to scope a town resiliency plan.
Deborah Goldenberg, the committee chair, said members favored removing the word “climate” from the committee name; the group selected “Resiliency and Sustainability Committee” after polling options. Commissioner Persinger presented the committee’s summary of consultant outreach and asked commissioners for feedback.
Persinger said the committee contacted several consultants and received a substantive response from GMB. He described a prospective scope that would include a risk assessment and vulnerability analysis, stakeholder engagement, short/medium/long-term policy and land-use recommendations, engineering and nature-based options, and an education strategy. “GMB estimates that the project would require about 9 months, and would, require a total cost of about $75,000,” Persinger said on the record.
Commissioners discussed funding timing and possible grant sources, noting that some federal programs have been eliminated recently and that the town could include resiliency work in next year’s budget or seek state grants. They asked the committee to continue outreach (including contacting other towns such as St. Michaels for their plans), coordinate with the infrastructure committee, and return with more detail on funding options and consultant proposals.
