EXPLORING OUR SHORELINE AND SEA-LEVEL-RISE

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1 SEA-LEVEL-RISE Guest Speaker: Grant Lamont, P.Eng. Senior Coastal and Metocean Engineer, SNC-Lavalin Inc. Speakers: Staff Present: Leila W-Oakes, Open House Facilitator, Masters Candidate Dick Stubbs, Building Inspector Luke Sales, Director of Planning Bob Weir, Director of Engineering and Utilities

2 PRESENTATION AGENDA Introduction / Masters Public Consultation Project L. Willoughby-Oakes, Open House Facilitator, Masters Student Impacts of sea level rise to coastal issues in BC waters Guest: G. Lamont, P.Eng., Sr. Coastal & Metocean Engineer Current shoreline situation & sea level rise forecasts D. Stubbs, Building Inspector SURVEY / BREAK (5 minutes) Our future Waterfront Master Plan L. Sales, Director of Planning

3 OPEN HOUSE OBJECTIVES EDUCATION & AWARENESS Explore the concepts of sea level rise and existing impacts on the shoreline CONSULT Collect feedback from waterfront property owners, residents and the public with several opportunities before planning and engineering studies COMMUNICATE Next steps for our waterfront *This open house is a pre-curser process and not a part of the Waterfront Master Plan SEA-LEVEL-RISE QUALICUM BEACH

4 GUEST PRESENTATION Implications of sea level rise to coastal issues in BC Waters GRANT LAMONT, P.Eng Senior Coastal Engineer, Metocean Engineer, SNC Lavalin

5 CURRENT SITUATION QUALICUM BEACH SHORELINE DICK STUBBS Building Inspection

6 WATERFRONT CHARACTER QUALICUM BEACH (C) Kodachrome Photographs Published by The Coast Publishing Company Vancouver, B. C.

7 EAST VANCOUVER ISLAND SEA LEVEL RISE FORECASTS Location Mean Low High Nanoose Bay (Nanaimo) 80 cm 31.5 inches 48 cm 18.9 inches 113 cm 44.5 inches Source: Thomson, R.E., Bornhold, B. & Mazzotti, S. (2008). An examination of the factors affecting relative and absolute sea level in coastal British Columbia. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Institute of Ocean Sciences. Projections based on a global sea level rise of 1 m by the year This is the level currently recommended for planning purposes (BC Ministry of Environment) Relative sea level height by 2100 at major coast urban centres

8 Permission granted by artist Chris Carter

9 ANNUAL SHORELINE WALKS TOWN OF QUALICUM BEACH INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE SEAWALL 2003 SHADY REST AUTHOR UNKNOWN WAVE RUN UP

10 CURRENT SITUATION EROSION BRANT VIEWING AREA 2013 Property erosion/neighbouring erosion, often worsened by the hardening of the shoreline MILNER GARDENS 2013 (at the high bank)

11 AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO IMPACT FLOOD CONSTRUCTION LEVELS Flood Construction Reference Plan (FCRP) & Flood Construction Level FCL for 2100 East Vancouver Island Preliminary estimates

12 BREAK & SURVEY Please feel free to fill out a survey, comment card and sign-up for a property owner and resident focus group.

13 WATERFRONT MASTER PLAN NEXT STEPS LUKE SALES Planning

14 WATERFRONT MASTER PLAN PHASE 1 STUDY & ADAPT Shoreline Stabilization

15 WATERFRONT MASTER PLAN PHASE 2 Refine and Sustain Master Planning (Land use) Next Steps

16 THANK YOU Please drop your comment cards and surveys at the entry. Staff are available to answer questions.

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