Integrating resiliency into decision making
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The presentation by Jennifer Ducey discusses the concept of resilience in communities, particularly in the context of adapting to natural shocks such as climate change and severe weather. It emphasizes the importance of assessing vulnerabilities in infrastructure, outlining strategies for implementation, and exploring funding sources for resilience projects. Key takeaways include the need to assess a community's adaptive capacity and align investment decisions with resilience priorities while leveraging both local and external funding.
Integrating resiliency into decision making
- 1. Barnstable County Public Works Association November 5, 2015 Jennifer Ducey, P.E. Resilient Communities
- 2. Today’s Presentation 1 Defining resilience 2 Assessing vulnerabilities 3 Implementation
- 4. USACE Definition “Ability to adapt to changing conditions and withstand and recover rapidly from disruptions” Provides flexibility recognizing at some point, system will be exceeded.
- 5. Resilient communities Able to respond/manage/prepare better for/mitigate impacts of natural shocks.
- 6. Natural shocks • Climate change • More frequent/ severe weather • Sea-level rise • Floods • Tornadoes • Earthquakes • Droughts • Ice Storms • Heat
- 7. Infrastructure sectors • Energy • Transportation • Water • Dam Safety and Flood Control • Solid and Hazardous Waste • Built Infrastructure and Buildings • Telecommunications
- 10. Assessments Define • Geographic area • Sector • Hazards Identify Prioritize Strategize
- 11. Assessments Identify • Inventory sensitive receptors • Condition assessment • System weaknesses Prioritize Strategize Define
- 12. Assessments Identify Prioritize • Assets • Systems • Facilities Strategize Define
- 13. Assessments Identify Prioritize Strategize • Site specific and regional solutions • Practical and economical • Engage communityDefine
- 14. • Property protection • New structures • Green infrastructure • Hybrid designs Adaptive Strategies
- 15. Implementation3
- 16. • Policy and code updates • Operational plans • Systematically address deficiencies Implementation
- 17. How can I leverage my limited municipal budgets?
- 19. External Funding Sources Eligibility • Inland or coastal • Post-disaster or proactive • Project types • Local partners Requirements • Adopted plans • Local match (soft or $) • Time Type • Reimbursement • Bond • Loan
- 20. State Funding MA Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs / EEA • Office of Coastal Zone Management / CZM • Department of Environmental Protection / DEP • Department of Energy Resources / DOER
- 21. State Funding Programs • Coastal Resilience and Green Infrastructure • Coastal Pollution Remediation • Dam and Seawall Repair or Removal Fund • Section 319 Nonpoint Source Pollution • Drinking Water Supply Protection • State Revolving Funds • Community Clean Energy Resiliency Initiative • MassWorks Infrastructure Program
- 22. State Funding Programs • Coastal Resilience and Green Infrastructure • Coastal Pollution Remediation • Dam and Seawall Repair or Removal Fund • Section 319 Nonpoint Source Pollution • Drinking Water Supply Protection • State Revolving Funds • Community Clean Energy Resiliency Initiative • MassWorks Infrastructure Program
- 23. CZM Coastal Resilience Grant • Open to all 78 munipalities in the coastal zone • Planning, design, permitting, construction and monitoring • Awarded over $2.2 million in FY16 • Barnstable, Boston, Brewster, Chelsea, Dennis, Edgartown, Essex, Falmouth, Lynn, New Bedford, Plymouth, Quincy, Sandwich/Barnstable, Scituate and Winthrop
- 24. Chelsea Project 1. Assessing vulnerability of municipal infrastructure in flood hazard areas 2. Evaluating adaptive strategies based on 2030 & 2070 Boston Harbor-Flood Risk Model 3. Developing conceptual designs and cost estimates for CIP programming
- 26. DOER Clean Energy Grant • Projects & technical assistance • $40 million initiative • Awarded over $25 million in FY15 • Build redundancy at critical facilities
- 27. Federal Funding • Federal Emergency Management Agency / FEMA • Environmental Protection Agency / EPA • Economic Development Administration / EDA • Department of Housing and Urban Development / HUD
- 28. FEMA Programs • Hazard Mitigation Grant (HMGP) • Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant (PDM) • Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Funding • Status of FEMA approved Hazard Mitigation Plan • Plans, drainage and culvert improvements, building floodproofing, and emergency generators
- 29. Key Takeaways • Assess your community’s ability to absorb, adapt, and rebound from natural shocks • Align investment decisions with resilience needs • Leverage local funds through external funding and other revenue sources Contact: Jennifer Ducey, P.E. Jennifer.Ducey@stantec.com 781-221-1031
Editor's Notes
- #3: We have all seen pictures from Hurricane Katrina and Super Storm Sandy and polar bears stranded on melting glaciers, and heard researchers debate the science behind our changing climate But today, I am not here to instill doom and gloom by showing pictures of the Cape underwater or provide my thoughts on sea level rise. Rather, my goal is to talk about the need to integrate resiliency into the municipal decision making process and make smart investment decisions.
- #4: Everyone is talking about resilience. Some are even calling it the latest fad like sustainability was previously.
- #8: Stress interdependencies and systems that make a community operate
- #9: Commitment to make your community stronger.
- #10: Process that defines, identifies, prioritizes and leads to a collective decision making process on strategic solutions
- #11: Bite off a reasonable amount Bridges and culverts, or get traction behind what people value such as clean drinking water Flooding or flooding and ice storms
- #14: Send clear and hopeful message
- #15: Property Protection - Modify, remove or relocate existing facilities or infrastructure New Structures - Culverts, seawalls and flood walls Green Infrastructure - Natural shoreline stabilization or marsh enhancement Hybrid Designs Need to understand: Construction cost Land acquisition Permitting requirements Timelines
- #17: Don’t rely on minimum standards and require cost benefit analysis of designing to higher standards of safety Operational and emergency response plans Systematically address deficiencies
- #18: Towns can’t afford all this risk and mitigation, crumbling roads and failing culverts. Better to spend extra money now than incur both hard cost of infrastructure rebuilding as well as the operations and economic losses post-disaster.
- #19: General taxation Targeted taxation (special assessments or benefit districts for specific projects) Local use fees and rate structures dedicated to specific purpose
- #24: 15 projects, 5 were in Barnstable County FY 15- Sandwich(beach nourishment) and Provincetown (inundation mapping) Majority for beach restoration and dune nourishment, final design and permitting, vulnerability assessment
- #25: 20% local match Bite of a manageable piece which is flooding specific Unique aspects were our team members where we are teamed with WPI students.
- #27: Emergency generator, battery storage, PV systems and microgrids Shelters Water and wastewater facilities Police/Fire Barnstable and Dennis-Yarmouth HS Regional Shelter
- #29: Build upon synergy of rebuilding porcess to implement long term solutions