recognizing the waterfront pierce and sewall are deteriorating and in need of repairs even before the storm, these resiliency funds were used not only to plan for the rebuild of the pier and sewall, but they use them to make long desired improvements to public spaces and infrastructure. having that plan in place gives rockland a clear path towards obtaining other available funds and protecting and strengthening the downtown waterfront. this is important work. cities and towns across maine are on the front lines. these recent storms underscore the importance of fortifying them in the long term. tonight i am proposing to add $5 million to the community resilience partnership to allow another 100 cities, towns, and tribal governments to identify vulnerabilities to extreme weather events and be ready for the next storm, the next flood, the next washout, the next threats to our bridges, piers, and homes. let's give them the tools to continue this desperately needed work and let's turn those plans into action. in 2021 we recruit created the maine infrastructure adaptation fund providing gra