The SNEP Network will assist the Burrillville Land Trust with identifying priority topics on which to develop a presentation, including land use planning, watershed protection, and ecosystem services protection and present to the Burrillville Planning Board. The SNEP Network will also assist developing a regional training on select topics to communities in the Blackstone Watershed. 

The SNEP Network will assist Buzzards Bay Coalition with a GIS analysis for developing spatial hydrologic response units (HRU), a combination of land use type, soil infiltration capacity, and land cover slope, to characterize the watershed conditions. Using the GIS and climate data, the project team will configure a set of SWMM5 models using the local representative hourly rainfall and daily air temperature time series. The SWMM5 models will be based on the published calibrated Opti-Tool SWMM models. 

Groundworks Southcoast with the City of New Bedford is participating in the SNEP Network’s Stormwater Planning Series for municipal officials, volunteer Board members, and/or NGO staff to develop conceptual design(s) for stormwater retrofits and green infrastructure solutions to address identified problems in the town selected drainage area or other area to be selected upon further discussion with SNEP Network partners.

The SNEP Network is assisting the Mashpee Wampanoag and the Town of Mashpee with: 

(1) Assistance with community engagement, communication, partnership building, and facilitation for stormwater/watershed management and ecological restoration

(2) Technical support for grant applications to leverage Town match for additional funds (MVP, 319 NPS, 604b), and communications with grant entities

(3) Finalization of Watershed Based Plan (on critical path for 319 NPS funding)

(4) Analysis of baseline monitoring data and communication of results to the public

The Town of Marion is participating in the SNEP Network’s Stormwater Planning Series for municipal officials, volunteer Board members, and/or NGO staff to develop conceptual design(s) for stormwater retrofits and green infrastructure solutions to address identified problems in the town selected drainage area or other area to be selected upon further discussion with SNEP Network partners.

The SNEP Network is assisting the Town of Middletown with developing a 5-year climate resilience capital improvement plan (RCIP): The resulting RCIP would help Middletown prioritize resilience action items, including more detailed scoping of projects identified in Middletown’s Community Resilience Building report, as well as their Comprehensive Plan and Hazard Mitigation Plan. The SNEP Network will also provide recommendations on sustainable funding and financing
mechanisms and investment of climate resilience projects.

This project will also be part of an initiative to support and enhance Climate Leadership Collaboration on Aquidneck Island. This will involve working in close partnership with the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank and the Regional Resilience Coordinator, and compiling regional themes and findings from across the three island municipalities to efficiently move resilience projects forward on the regional scale.

Executive Summary: Middletown, RI Climate Resiliency Planning & Financing Strategy
Full Report: Middletown, RI Climate Resiliency Planning & Financing Strategy

The Town of North Kingstown is participating in the SNEP Network’s Stormwater Planning Series for municipal officials, volunteer Board members, and/or NGO staff to develop conceptual design(s) for stormwater retrofits and green
infrastructure solutions to address identified problems in the town selected drainage area or other area to be selected upon further discussion with SNEP Network partners.

The SNEP Network will assist the Town of Shrewsbury with revising the current Rules and Regulations Governing the Subdivision of Land, the Rules and Regulations Governing Special Permits and Site Plan Review, and the Shrewsbury Zoning Bylaw to integrate new low impact design and green infrastructure requirements.

The town is also participating in the SNEP Network’s Stormwater Planning Series. The training provides guidance to municipal officials, volunteer Board members, and/or NGO staff to develop conceptual design(s) for stormwater retrofits and green infrastructure solutions to address identified problems in the town selected drainage area. 

The SNEP Network will assist the Town of South Kingstown with developing a buffer restoration plan including:

(1) Detailed planting plan laying out the location and vegetation type (trees, shrubs, grasses, forbes, etc.) for the buffer area on both sides of Indian Run Brook in Peacedale Village Green

(2) Conceptual designs for managing sheet flow surface runoff from the parking lot at the South Kingstown Neighborhood Guild (including design for a berm or other level spreading technique, and possibly other green infrastructure techniques to be incorporated into the restored buffer area adjacent to the parking lot)

(3) Order of magnitude cost estimates to implement the buffer restoration plan