To help achieve the mission of a more resilient city, a Coastal Resilience Delivery team was created in coordination with the Planning Department's Real Estate Division. Building off of Climate Ready Boston planning, this team will act immediately to protect Boston's coastline and residents from climate change. It will prioritize projects, secure rights-of-way, seek out funding through grants or creative financing mechanisms while working with the City's Chief Financial Officer, identify and design solutions to implement resilience plans, and lead public-private partnerships in cooperation with landowners and other parties. The Coastal Resilience Delivery team will work with the Environment Department and other city, state, and federal agencies to align efforts on protecting Boston from coastal flooding and sea level rise. In addition, as this team grows and establishes strength in addressing coastal resilience, the team should use its tools and expertise to also advance real estate actions to address other resilience challenges, such as mitigating heat island effects or increasing equitable access to open space.
The Planning Department will continue to leverage the BPDA's portfolio of publicly-owned land and its expertise acquiring and redeveloping property to advance the new mission addressing Boston’s most critical challenges including climate resilience. To fulfill our objective of utilizing public land for public good, the Real Estate Division will continue to work closely with communities to ensure that developments on BPDA-owned land meet these challenges.
Additionally, staff will closely coordinate with other City cabinets (e.g., Housing, Environment and Open Space, Equity and Inclusion, Human Services, Public Health, Streets, Economic Opportunity and Inclusion, and Arts and Culture, etc.) to create opportunities for these partners to advance their work.
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