broad channel program information meeting public meeting #2

Broad ChannelProgram Information Meeting

Public Meeting #2

November 21, 2013

1Broad Channel Public Meeting|

Introductory Presentation

NY Rising Program Overview 7:00PM – 7:15PM

Project Concepts

Public Input


New York State has appointed a Planning Team to provide technicalassistance to the Planning Committee

Planning TeamHR&A Advisors/Parsons Brinckerhoff/SCAPE Studios

NY RisingCommunity Reconstruction Program

Director: Jamie Rubin

NY State GovernmentBroad ChannelPlanning Committee

ChairDaniel Mundy, Jr.

Committee MembersDaniel McIntyre, Leo Chavanne, Frank Bassetti,

Daniel Mundy Sr., Robert Pisani, MichelleGreen, John McCambridge, Barbara Toborg,

James Harper, Rick Sorrentino

NY Rising: NYC PlanningRegional Lead: Claudia FilomenaNYC Lead Planner: Steve Ridler

NY Rising:Broad Channel

Community PlannersKenneth Smith, Fred Landa


IdentifyAssets, Risks,

Needs,Opportunities

DefineCommunity

Vision

Identify,evaluate, and

PrioritizeProjects and

Actions

Identify FundingSourcesDevelop

ImplementationPlan

CreateFinal

CommunityReconstruction

Plan

Plan Steps and Major Milestones

Meeting objectives


NY Rising Community Reconstruction Goals and Components


Needs and Opportunities

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Protect local businesses

Increase business presence on the island

HOUSINGReduce flooding to low-lying homes

Better understanding of rules affectinghousing improvements and redevelopment

HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICESIncrease the presence of health andemergency services on the island

Better understand the location and needsof the senior population

COMMUNITY PLANNING & CAPACITY BUILDING

Emergency preparedness and response plan

NATURAL & CULTURAL RESOURCES

Repair of important community facilities

Pursue potential resiliency projects incoordination with Jamaica Bay strategies

Wetland and berm protection

INFRASTRUCTUREFlooding of low-lying streets – treatmentstrategy for surface and storm water

Reduce or eliminate reliance on propane for gas

Raise streets and create “complete” streets

Restore utility and roadway infrastructure toisolated streets


Public Meeting #1 – Examples from What We Heard

Use fill from Jamaicabay to rebuild islands.Improvement of wetlands

Repair wooden boardwalkon E. 12th Rd

Multi-purpose evacuationcenter needed

Fix malfunctioning checkvalve to stop water fromcoming up the storm sewersinto the streets


Broad Channel Short-Term Priority Projects


Preliminary Long-Term Projects and Recommendations

Create new energy options for residents and businesses

Local Jamaica Bay berm and wetland projects

Control flood waters in the northeast section of the island

Expand the street raising pilot project that is currentlybeing implemented at 10th Road – 13th Road.

Raise housing currently at ground level to protect againstfuture storm events

Develop financing to help residents fund building-resiliency improvements, and business-owners to fundboth building and operational recovery

Expand healthcare infrastructure

Develop the planned community center at the southernend of Broad Channel designed to be resilient to sustainfuture storms

Develop a surge barrier to protect Jamaica Bay againstfuture storm events


Posted on NY Rising website:http://stormrecovery.ny.gov/nyrcr/community/broad-channel

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NY Rising Program Overview

Proposed Projects 7:15 PM – 8:00 PM

Public Input


Broad Channel Community Vision

“The Broad Channel community, recognizing and embracing its unique relationship withwater, is focused on short-term innovative, implementable and sustainable projects toprotect its critical infrastructure, natural and cultural amenities and the social andcommunity centers that shape the fabric of this unique place. These short-term strategicactions represent the initial steps towards shaping a resilient future for a community thatseeks to live in harmony with nature and in partnership with the surrounding Jamaica Bay.”


Diverse funding sources to be considered in the planning process

NY Rising Community Reconstruction Program Funds:

Broad Channel: up to $6.06 million

Possible additional funds ($3 million per category)1) Best Regional Collaboration2) Best Use of Technology in the Planning Process

3) Best community Involvement in the Planning Process4) Best Inclusion of Vulnerable Populations

5) Best Use of Green Infrastructure to Bolster Resilience6) Best Innovative, Cost-Effective Financing of Critical Projects

7) Best Infrastructure Investments with Multiple Co-Benefits8) Best Approach to Resilient Economic Growth


Digitize the records of the historicalsociety

Make resiliency repairs to the AmericanLegion Hall

Construct the communications center forthe Broad Channel VFD

Make resiliency repairs to the VFW Hall

Make resiliency repairs to Broad ChannelAthletic Club

Short – Term Priority Project Presentations

Preserve, Repair and Enhancecommunity

Repair and Protect Vital LocalInfrastructure and Natural Resources

Develop the Broad Channel ResiliencyCampus and protect it from future surge

Lanark Road Sewer Connection

East 12th Road Boardwalk Repair

9th Road Complete Streets Pilot Project

Sunset Cove


Digitize the Broad Channel Historical Society recordssubmitted by: the Broad Channel Historical Society – Barbara Toborg

Our mission is to document and preserve the historyof Broad Channel, often referred to as the

“Venice” of New York.

Barbara posing with relocated records which had been moved out of Broad Channellibrary prior to Sandy

Image from Broad Channel Historical Society archive

Image from Broad Channel Historical Society archive


Resiliency, Recovery and Improvement Plan for American Legion Post 1404submitted by: American Legion Post 1404

History and Service of American Legion

American Legion Post was constructed in the early1950s

Building was severely damaged during HurricaneSandy

Despite damage, American Legion Post partneredwith FEMA, SBA, Rapid Repair, Con Edison andAmerican Red Cross to support post-Sandy disasterrelief efforts

Up to 500 Queens County residents serviced perday during relief effort

Received the “National Emergency Fund PostExcellence Award” in 2013 for its role in recoverypost-Sandy

View of interior damages from Sandy

Recent Civic Association meeting held at American Legion


Resiliency, Recovery and Improvement Plan for American Legion Post 1404submitted by: American Legion Post 1404

Water tight doors to prevent future flooding – 3locations

New HVAC with filter capacity

Telecommunications Center for Office ofEmergency Management with Emergency CellularCommunications Capacity (see also RecoveryCampus)

Flood Lighting for building perimeter

Generator to ensure electricity if grid iscompromised (see also Recovery Campus)

Resilient interior utility supply and connections

Quote from the day that Sandyhit Broad Channel:

As the waters continued to rise,Tracy Moccio, a BCVFD EMT, waswith the ambulance crewordered to the highest point intown, the American Legion Hallon Cross Bay Boulevard in BroadChannel.

"We were in the hall at thatpoint," Moccio said. "We wereon the second floor and thewater came all the way up. Itwas very, very, very scary. Therewas no power, there was wind,there were power lines comingdown all over." Some of theEMTs thought that maybe thatwas it for them.

Resiliency and Recovery Improvement Plan forAmerican Legion Post 1404


Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department (BCVFD) completion of the secondfloor electrical/mechanical/communications equipmentsubmitted by: the Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department

History and Service of BCVFD

The BCVFD dates back to the bucket brigade formed in 1905

The BCVFD has been located at 15 Noel Road since 1908

In the late 1970's, The Broad Channel Junior Fire Department was organized to help train youngteens in the aspects of the fire and EMS service

BCVFD is a community center as well as emergency response center – Broad Channel residentsconsider BCVFD training as a neighborhood right of passage


Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department (BCVFD) completion of the secondfloor electrical/mechanical/communications equipmentsubmitted by: the Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department

Fit-out of 2nd Floor which is unfunded ininitial project

Fit-out of vital systems andcommunications equipment necessaryfor 2nd floor communications center

Creation of communications center forrecovery functions as part of RecoveryCampus project

Possible source of secondaryemergency power for RecoveryCampus

Resiliency and Recovery Improvement Plan forBroad Channel Volunteer Fire Department

Communications Center


Make recovery and resiliency improvements to the Veterans of Foreign Wars(VFW) Hallsubmitted by: the Broad Channel VFW

In the weeks following Sandy and for severalmonths after the storm, the VFW organized itsdaily relief “store” to ensure that those in need inBroad Channel and throughout the region weresupplied with necessities

The VFW was heavily damaged during Sandy.Repairs are needed to rehabilitate the Mainentrance and to make improvements so that thefacility can service our vulnerable handicappedresidents and visitors

Reconstruct Main Entrance

Make facility accessible to vulnerable populationsby creating ADA ramp to facility and ADAaccessible public restrooms

Resiliency and Recovery Improvement Plan forVFW Hall

Community event at VFW Hall


History and Service of BCAC

Established in 1961to encourage youth development inBroad Channel and the region

Program serves 700 children from Broad Channel andsurrounding community

Since Hurricane Sandy – BCAC has taken on the additionalrole of community center and recovery center

Now home to local Pre-K, Girl Scouts, Summer Camp

Worked to secure $150K in Robin Hood funds to distributethroughout Broad Channel

The Broad Channel Athletic Club serves as a center forall ages and is the main organized location for youthactivities in Broad Channel – The BCAC would like to

expand its role as a community center to be adesignated location to help with recovery from future

storms and other crisis events.

Resiliency, Recovery and Improvement Plan for the Broad Channel Athletic Clubsubmitted by: Broad Channel Athletic Club

Spectators at BCAC sporting event

Local football team practice


New flood and storm proof storage facility

Generator system or micro-grid for power back-upduring power loss on island

New power supply, including outdoor lighting forrecovery operations

New pervious surface parking facility to servicecommunity functions

Bulkhead/berm and wetland strategy to protecteastern edge of site and wetlands (see RecoveryCampus proposal)

Resiliency and Recovery Improvement Plan forBroad Channel Athletic Club

Resiliency, Recovery and Improvement Plan for the Broad Channel Athletic Clubsubmitted by: Broad Channel Athletic Club


Broad Channel Short-Term Priority Projects


Develop a Resiliency Campus at the Northern end of Broad Channelpresented by: Leo Chavanne – Broad Channel Committee Member


Develop a Resiliency Campus at the Northern end of Broad Channelpresented by: Leo Chavanne


9th Road Complete Street Pilot – Existing Condition


9th Road – Complete Street Pilot – Future Proposed


Lanark Road Restoration PlanSubmitted by: The Residents of Lanark Road


Rebuild the East 12th Road BoardwalkSubmitted by: East 12 Road Block and Bungalow Association


Featured Long – Term Priority Projects and Recommendations

Develop commercial resiliency strategies

Rebuild and protect housing

Expand healthcare infrastructure

Extend the Natural Gas Pipeline to Broad Channel

Expand the street raising pilot project that is currentlybeing implemented at 10th Road – 13th Road

Control flood waters in the northeast section of the island

Green Strategies for Broad Channel and Jamaica Bay

Oyster Reefs and Wave Attenuation Strategies

Develop a surge barrier to protect Jamaica Bay againstfuture storm events

Outfall exposed by coastal erosion

Wetlands along eastern shore of Broad Channel


Commercial resiliency approaches for Crossbay Boulevard

Verizon Building DeployableFloodwall-New York City

Businesses can layer in additionalprotection for the building envelopeand interior. This can take the formof a deployable flood wall aroundbuildings, or other measures thatare integrated into the facade,interior, or structure of the building.Verizon has installed such asystem at its headquarters inLower Manhattan.

Pier Village-Long Branch, NJ

Pier Village, a recent mixed-usedevelopment on the Jersey Shore,was largely protected during Sandy.It features a dense mix of buildingsset above the 100 year floodplainelevation, so that most of therentable space is safely elevated.

A common retrofit elevating strategywould be to raise buildingmechanical systems and utilities,commonly found in basementand/or first floor locations, to anelevation above the floodplain.

Harbor Point-Stamford, CT

Infill development helps to “fill in thegaps,” making it easier to offercontinuous protection for businesses.Creating density of retail increasesthe amount of services available toresidents after storms and increasesland values to protection strategiesmore feasible.

Harbor Point in Stamford, CTconverted waterfront industrial into amixed-use residential, transforming alargely vacant area into a high-valuetransit oriented development.


Commercial resiliency approaches

ManageCoordination among businessowners allows for theimplementation of floodprotection and recovery afterthe storm.

IncentivizeGrants can be made tobusinesses for directimprovements, allowing forthe fast adoption ofstrategies where they aremost needed.

FinanceWhen grants aren’t an option, theavailability of low-cost loans canhelp spread the cost ofimprovements over the course ofmany years, making theinvestment feasible to thebusiness owner.

Regulate (Design Standards)Regulations can help decidewhat can be built and how it canbe built. In certain conditions,regulations can mitigate what isat risk, or help to make sure thatrecovery is made easier byremoving obstacles.


Rebuild and Protect Housing: Initiatives

Evaluate scope of the City’s Build it Back program,determine gaps, and create a proposal to addressother needs to rebuild or protect housing

Create program to help homeowners assess technicalhousing needs, provide counseling on insurance issues,rebuilding, etc.

Create a grant or low-cost loan program to helppeople make homes more resilient, ensuring this includesco-ops as well as single-family homes

House under reconstruction along Crossbay Blvd

House damaged during Sandy


7 hospitals within a 25 mile drivesufficient day to day, but insufficientfor population during largeemergencies

Health and Social Services: Recommendations and Initiatives

Create resiliency plans for schools to create safe emergency centers during and after a stormand to ensure a quick recovery

Bolster all emergency service providers (e.g. police, fire, hospital) to ensure readiness forextreme weather-related event

Evaluate and pursue opportunities to create and expand health services in Broad Channel

Evaluate risks to vulnerable populations in the V-zone and determine new guidelines on newconstruction in high-risk areas


Types of Healthcare Facilities & Services

Any size population, Less funding

HOSPITAL

Larger population, More funding

MOBILE MEDICALVAN

WALK-IN URGENTCARE

• Basic primary care

• Prescriptions

• Can serve areas thatlack larger medicalfacilities

• Treatment of variety ofnon-life-threateninginjuries

• Minor medicalprocedures

• Limited on-site diagnosticequipment

• Severe trauma and life-threatening injuries, aswell as less seriousconditions

• Surgical services

Lower level of service Higher level of service

AMBULATORYCENTER

• Mix of medical andsurgical specialties

• Outpatient proceduresand surgeries

• Comprehensivediagnostic equipment


Extend the natural gas pipeline to Broad Channel


Expand the street-raising pilot that will be implemented on West 10th–13thRoads to other similar areas on the island

Images from RBA Group design for DEP


Mitigate flooding to Northeast section of Broad Channel


Green strategies for Broad Channel – protection against surge


Create oyster reefs within Jamaica Bay to reduce storm energy and combateutrophication of the bay


Explore the development of a surge barrier or other protection measures toprotect Jamaica Bay against future storm events

NYC “A Stronger, More Resilient New York” Comprehensive Coastal Protection Plan

“A Stronger, More Resilient New York” South Queens Initiative #1:“Call for USACE to develop an implementation plan to mitigate inundation risks through

Rockaway Inlet, exploring Surge Barrier and alternative measures”Source: A Stronger, More Resilient New York



NY Rising Program Overview

Project Concepts

Public Input 8:00 PM – 8:30 PM


Ongoing Public Feedback

Feedback Cards (tonight)

2 Additional Community Meetings

Website: stormrecovery.ny.gov/community-reconstruction-program

Email: [email protected]

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