Review of Local Solutions: Eastern

Regional Preparedness Conference

Broward Climate Change Task Force

May 18, 2016

Environmental Planning & Community Resilience Division

Local Solutions:Eastern Regional Preparedness

• April 4-6

• Baltimore, MD

• Tracks

• Communication & Engagement

• Planning & Process

• Built Environment

• Human Health and Ecosystem Services

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

Microgrids

• Grouping criticalinfrastructure with redundant power sources

Residential

Hospital

Utility

Retail Park

Renewables

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

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

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)

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

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?