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Review of Local Solutions: Eastern
Regional Preparedness Conference
Broward Climate Change Task Force
May 18, 2016
Environmental Planning & Community Resilience Division
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Local Solutions:Eastern Regional Preparedness
• April 4-6
• Baltimore, MD
• Tracks
• Communication & Engagement
• Planning & Process
• Built Environment
• Human Health and Ecosystem Services
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Resilient Buildings• Passive Survivability
• Live-able without electricity
• Map design priorities based on risk/ emissions
• Return on investment
• Factor in continuous operations and receiving business from closed facilities
• Post Disaster Facility Codes
• Essential service after disaster –British Columbia
• Developers Climate Checklist
• Large scale buildings -Boston
• “Refuse to be overwhelmed”
• Rain tunnels –DC Utility
Newsdesk, 2010
Dcwater.com
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Microgrids
• Grouping criticalinfrastructure with redundant power sources
Residential
Hospital
Utility
Retail Park
Renewables
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Living with Water
• Hoboken, NJ
• 10 days of standing water –Sandy
• Financing
• Municipal Open Space Fund $0.02 tax pays debt service for EPA Clean Water loan
• >$2 billion in upgrades
• Senior facilities critical facilities
• Flood barrier need to protect 80% of low income area supersedes gentrification
• Emnet Water Quality Monitoring Systems
Stormwater Storage• BASF – 6 acres, 1 M gallons• Parks in areas of sheet flow –
80,000 gallons• Perforated pipes and crushed stone
– 200,000 gallons• 25 rain gardens – 180,000 gallons
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Living With Water
• Atlanta, GA
• Green infrastructure required for all redevelopment
• Mandate: 1 inch of runoff percolates onsite (no retention ponds)
• Annual inspections, maintenance checklists, design manuals
• 350 commercial developments to date
• Led by WWS, working within annual budget
• Proven flood reduction
• Public- private partnership- $26M for reuse
• Atlanta Belt Line - $500M redevelopment
• 5,000 sqft of pavers per day
Atlantawatershed.org
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Engagement• 350 Climate Ride
• Climate Change Block Party
• King Tide Party
• Fellowship
• Faith-based Outreach
• Climate Stories Project
• Next Generation Science Standards
• Global Kids- NYC Climate Justice
David Wood, Murphy, NC (from Climate Stories NC)
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Communications• Believe family & friends
• Dismissives conserve as much as alarmists (self sufficiency)
• 17% affected by Pope
• 59% observe weather is worse
• 70% have experienced extreme weather
• 80% notice seasonal weather pattern change
• 85% support preparedness, 82% support mitigation before damage
• Emphasize “solvable” problem
• Prefer group solving vs individual conservation
• Preferred words: challenge, choice, opportunityClimateaccess.org
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Discussion• Interest in adding microgrids to the CCAP or pursuing the EPA Microgrid
grant in August?
• Interest in research subcommittee for creative layered financing strategies?
• What type of event would the stakeholders you represent prefer?
• What type of climate communications have you made recently? What strategy did you use?
• Takeaways from other recent climate conferences?