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P R E S E N T E D B Y
City of Barrie Case Study –
Building Municipal Resilience
City of Barrie
Jacqueline Weston, Director of Engineering
May 21, 2015
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• Each municipality is unique
• City of Barrie
– Changing weather patterns
– Community impacts
– Infrastructure impacts
– Financial impacts
– Reduce our risk
Why is Barrie taking action?
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• June 9, 2005 - exceeded the 1:100
return interval storm event
• June 28, 2006 – 25-50 year event
• July 4, 2006 – over 5 year event
• July 29, 2006 – over 10 year event
• June 17, 2014 – Tornado
• June 24, 2014 – over 10 year event
Storm Frequency & Intensity
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There are those who look at things the
way they are, and ask why... I dream
of things that never were, and ask why
not?
Robert Kennedy
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• Collaborative
approach
• Reduce carbon
footprint
• Adapt to reduce
impact
• Increase resilience
How is Barrie responding?
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Climate Change
Adaptation
Engineering
Operations
Maintenance
Planning
• Official Plan
– Protection of natural
heritage and
parkland
– Energy conservation
• Input to other levels
of government
1. Policy Development
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• Joined federal program “Partners for
Climate Protection” (2001)
• Completed GHG Inventory and
Community Energy Plan (2006)
• Hosted OCCIAR Workshop “Barrie in a
Changing Climate” (2010)
• Hosted Municipal Stormwater
Management Discussion Group (2011)
2. Education and Outreach
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• Energy Management Plan (2012)
• Energy Management Group (2013)
• Facility optimization “Run it Right”
• Staff awareness “Save Adam”
• Capital improvements
• New facilities to LEED Silver
3. Energy Efficient Buildings
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• Walk through energy and water audit
• Develop plan and implement
• Q1 2015
– Total investment approximately $20,000
from January 1, 2015
– Yearly savings are estimated at between
$170,000 -$200,000 (electrical usage
reduction about 8.5%)
“Run it Right”
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• Solar panels
• Green roofs
• Landfill gas collection system
• WWTF biogas utilization project
• “Greening the Fleet”
• Battery charging stations
• LED streetlight conversion ($8M cost
avoidance over 10 years)
4. Reduced GHG Emissions
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• Recycling of office paper
• Community recycling through our
Sustainable Waste Management
Strategy
• Annual Tree Planting Program
• Reviewing tree species for adaptation
5. Increasing Carbon Storage
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• Multi-Modal Active Transportation
Master Plan (12% AT, 7% transit)
• Active Transportation Barrie Working
Group (City staff and community
stakeholders)
• Sidewalk Infill Program and Bicycle
Lane construction
• Traffic control signal coordination
6. Transportation System
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• Water efficiency program
• Infiltration/inflow reduction program
• Rainfall monitoring
• Creek water quality and flow
monitoring program
• Road Weather Information System
• Updated Site Alteration By-law
7. Programs & By-laws
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Water Efficiency
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• Since 1995, water use has fallen by 100 L/c/d.
• Water efficiency programs account for at least 20% of this reduction.
• Residential water use is 185 lcpd.
• This is 28% better than Ontario’s average.
• This is 40% better than Canada’s average.
• Savings in deferred Capital Expenditure are $4,500,000.
• Residents save over $1,000,000 annually.
Rainfall Monitoring
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• 6 active rainfall monitors
throughout the City
• Collect data every 5 minutes
• Data used in many
departments throughout the
City
Stream Flow Monitoring
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• City currently has a creek flow monitoring
program. The understanding of storm
water hydrology and hydraulics has
progressed significantly in recent years.
Road Weather Information System
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A road weather information system (RWIS) collects winter
weather and road condition information. Sensors measure
pavement temperature, wind speed and direction.
This data is used by Barrie to support winter maintenance
activities makings roads safer for motorists.
The City of Barrie as two RWIS stations located at
Livingston/Bayfield and Yonge/Ashford.
• Stormwater standards updated in
2009 to account for climate change
– Updated IDF curves (15% increase)
– Overland flow routes
• Updating all standards
– Frozen water services
• Creating new standards
– Low Impact Development
8. Engineering Standards
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• Infrastructure Master Plans and Asset
Management Plan (City-wide models)
• Maintain, repair and redesign on a
priority basis
– Waterfront restoration and creek
naturalization
– Storm water ponds, culverts and pipes
– Water, Sanitary, Roads
9. Infrastructure Improvements
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• Building community
resilience (improve
ability to respond
and recover)
• Annual tabletop
exercise
• Jeff Weber
presentation
10. Emergency Plan
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• Continuous improvement and
continued collaboration
• Risk assessment
• Community engagement – 10 Things
You Can Do
• Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
What’s next?
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If you want to go fast, go alone. If you
want to go far, go together.
African Proverb
What’s next?
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