Mitigation Plan for Four New Jersey Counties Municipal Mitigation Measures prepared for: Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem Counties prepared by:

Mitigation Plan for Four New Jersey CountiesMitigation Plan for Four New Jersey Counties

Municipal Mitigation MeasuresMunicipal Mitigation Measures

preparedprepared for: for: Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester,

and Salem Counties and Salem Counties prepared by:prepared by:

Stuart Wallace, LLCStuart Wallace, LLC

March 11-12, 2015March 11-12, 2015

Co-Founder & CEO, Water Works, L3CCo-Founder & CEO, Water Works, L3C

Former Hazard Mitigation Specialist, City of New Former Hazard Mitigation Specialist, City of New OrleansOrleans

Consultant: Consultant: Hazard Mitigation PlanningHazard Mitigation Planning

Stormwater ManagementStormwater Management

Green InfrastructureGreen Infrastructure


Miriam Belblidia, CFMMiriam Belblidia, CFM

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Clarify contents of NJ4 HMPClarify contents of NJ4 HMP

Provide support for implementing risk reduction Provide support for implementing risk reduction measuresmeasures


Workshop PurposeWorkshop Purpose

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The NJH HMP Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan The NJH HMP Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan (RHMP) and Appendices include hundreds of (RHMP) and Appendices include hundreds of mitigation measures mitigation measures

The different types of projects have unique The different types of projects have unique characteristics that will affect project characteristics that will affect project implementation and funding approachesimplementation and funding approaches

During plan implementation and maintenance, During plan implementation and maintenance, the list of mitigation measures may change the list of mitigation measures may change


Workshop ContextWorkshop Context

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Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan (RHMP) and Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan (RHMP) and Appendices:Appendices:

Mitigation Goals & Strategies Mitigation Goals & Strategies

Mitigation Measures Mitigation Measures

Implementation Implementation

Funding Programs and Approaches Funding Programs and Approaches

Additional Guidance and ResourcesAdditional Guidance and Resources

What are your expectations for this session?What are your expectations for this session?


Discussion Topics OutlineDiscussion Topics Outline

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Mitigation Goals & StrategiesMitigation Goals & Strategies


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Goal 1: Improve Goal 1: Improve education and outreach education and outreach efforts efforts regarding potential risk of natural hazards and regarding potential risk of natural hazards and appropriate mitigation measures that can be used appropriate mitigation measures that can be used to reduce risk (including programs, activities, and to reduce risk (including programs, activities, and projects)projects)

Goal 2: Improve Goal 2: Improve data collection, use, and sharingdata collection, use, and sharing to reduce the risk of natural hazardsto reduce the risk of natural hazards


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Goal 3: Improve Goal 3: Improve capabilities and coordination capabilities and coordination at at municipal, county, and state levels to plan and municipal, county, and state levels to plan and implement hazard mitigation measuresimplement hazard mitigation measures

Goal 4: Plan and implement Goal 4: Plan and implement projectsprojects to mitigate to mitigate identified natural hazards, known problems, and identified natural hazards, known problems, and areas of concernareas of concern

All mitigation measures in the Appendices relate All mitigation measures in the Appendices relate to at least one of these four goal statements. to at least one of these four goal statements.


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Developed by County and Municipal Working Developed by County and Municipal Working Groups based on goals, NJ4 HMP Hazard Groups based on goals, NJ4 HMP Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment, and Identification and Risk Assessment, and experience of participants in planning processexperience of participants in planning process

Overarching strategies identified in RHMP, with Overarching strategies identified in RHMP, with additional strategies identified in County additional strategies identified in County Appendices Appendices


Developing Mitigation StrategiesDeveloping Mitigation Strategies

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Municipal Working Group strategies:Municipal Working Group strategies: Provide opportunities for residents & property owners to access Provide opportunities for residents & property owners to access

available information re: risk reduction and mitigation measures, available information re: risk reduction and mitigation measures, esp. for historic structures and cultural resourcesesp. for historic structures and cultural resources

Stay informed re: changing conditions & related improvements in Stay informed re: changing conditions & related improvements in hazard and risk data available from county, state, and federal hazard and risk data available from county, state, and federal agencies due to future natural hazard events and climate change, agencies due to future natural hazard events and climate change, and use this information to inform the municipality’s mitigation and use this information to inform the municipality’s mitigation program program

Seek long-term, comprehensive, and balanced protection for community assets including protecting historic structures, cultural heritage sites, natural resources, and infrastructure investments from the threat of natural hazards


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Municipal Working Group strategies:Municipal Working Group strategies: Seek long-term, comprehensive, and balanced Seek long-term, comprehensive, and balanced

protection for community assets from natural protection for community assets from natural hazards hazards

Address short-term needs to preserve existing Address short-term needs to preserve existing systems and features that protect community systems and features that protect community assets but are in poor working assets but are in poor working condition/danger of failing (e.g. storm drain condition/danger of failing (e.g. storm drain systems; flood gates & sluices; dams, dikes, or systems; flood gates & sluices; dams, dikes, or levees)levees)



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Municipal Working Group strategies:Municipal Working Group strategies: Focus on projects to address known problems or Focus on projects to address known problems or

areas of concern for critical facilities and areas of concern for critical facilities and vulnerable populations and work to identify vulnerable populations and work to identify additional areas of concern for future plan additional areas of concern for future plan updatesupdates

Institutionalize hazard mitigation activities and Institutionalize hazard mitigation activities and programs through regular interactions of the programs through regular interactions of the County and Municipal Working Groups, and better County and Municipal Working Groups, and better integration of related regulatory programs and integration of related regulatory programs and planning initiatives planning initiatives



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County Strategies: Focus on supporting County Strategies: Focus on supporting constituent municipalitiesconstituent municipalities Work with Municipal OEMs to provide Work with Municipal OEMs to provide

opportunities for residents and property owners opportunities for residents and property owners to access available information about risk to access available information about risk reduction and mitigation measuresreduction and mitigation measures

Work with Municipal OEMs, engineering, and Work with Municipal OEMs, engineering, and public works officials to resolve multi-public works officials to resolve multi-jurisdictional mitigation measures jurisdictional mitigation measures


County Mitigation StrategiesCounty Mitigation Strategies

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Mitigation MeasuresMitigation Measures


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Mitigation Measures include: Mitigation Measures include: Actions: Actions: Public outreach & education work efforts by Public outreach & education work efforts by

OEM Coordinators and Working Groups, conducting OEM Coordinators and Working Groups, conducting Critical Facility evaluations, holding Working Group Critical Facility evaluations, holding Working Group meetings for monitoring, evaluation and plan updatesmeetings for monitoring, evaluation and plan updates

ProgramsPrograms: Adopting updated FIRMs and enacting : Adopting updated FIRMs and enacting updated floodplain management ordinances, plan updated floodplain management ordinances, plan integrationintegration

Projects: Projects: Purchasing and installing back-up Purchasing and installing back-up emergency power generators, revisions to a building emergency power generators, revisions to a building (aka hardening)(aka hardening)


Definitions of Mitigation MeasuresDefinitions of Mitigation Measures

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Mitigation Measures Mitigation Measures reflect and include:reflect and include: Goals and strategies as described in Section Goals and strategies as described in Section

4.14.1 Projects carried over from the SDVR HMPs as Projects carried over from the SDVR HMPs as

explained in Section 4.2explained in Section 4.2 New projects, programs, or activities identified New projects, programs, or activities identified

by the Working Groupsby the Working Groups Addressing Repetitive Flood Loss and Severe Addressing Repetitive Flood Loss and Severe

Repetitive Flood Loss Properties if applicableRepetitive Flood Loss Properties if applicable


Sources of Mitigation MeasuresSources of Mitigation Measures

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Main types of mitigation measures corresponding Main types of mitigation measures corresponding to the goals include:to the goals include: Public Outreach and EducationPublic Outreach and Education Data Acquisition and ManagementData Acquisition and Management Capabilities and CoordinationCapabilities and Coordination Mitigation ProjectsMitigation Projects


Types of Mitigation MeasuresTypes of Mitigation Measures

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Public Outreach and Education Activities and Public Outreach and Education Activities and Programs (per Goal #1)Programs (per Goal #1) Public Outreach and Education Public Outreach and Education Outreach and Education for Special InterestsOutreach and Education for Special Interests


Public Outreach and EducationPublic Outreach and Education

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Data Acquisition and Management Activities and Data Acquisition and Management Activities and Programs (per Goal #2)Programs (per Goal #2) Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments

((See HIRA Workshop and Webinar)See HIRA Workshop and Webinar) Critical Facility EvaluationsCritical Facility Evaluations (See Critical (See Critical

Facilities Workshop and Webinar)Facilities Workshop and Webinar)


Data Acquisition and ManagementData Acquisition and Management

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Capabilities and Coordination Activities and Capabilities and Coordination Activities and Programs (per Goal #3)Programs (per Goal #3) Plan MaintenancePlan Maintenance Plan Integration Plan Integration (See Plan Integration Workshop (See Plan Integration Workshop

and Webinar)and Webinar)• Emergency Operations PlansEmergency Operations Plans• Floodplain & Stormwater ManagementFloodplain & Stormwater Management• Master Plans & Land Development Master Plans & Land Development

RegulationsRegulations• Other Planning Initiatives Other Planning Initiatives


Capabilities and CoordinationCapabilities and Coordination

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Capabilities and Coordination Activities and Capabilities and Coordination Activities and Programs (per Goal #3)Programs (per Goal #3) Information TechnologyInformation Technology EquipmentEquipment


Capabilities and CoordinationCapabilities and Coordination

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Mitigation Projects (per Goal #4)Mitigation Projects (per Goal #4) Back-up Emergency PowerBack-up Emergency Power Property ProtectionProperty Protection

• Hardening Critical Facilities and Hardening Critical Facilities and InfrastructureInfrastructure

• Private and Public Property Flood Mitigation Private and Public Property Flood Mitigation • Private and Public Property Wildfire Private and Public Property Wildfire

Mitigation Mitigation


Mitigation ProjectsMitigation Projects

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Mitigation Projects (per Goal #4)Mitigation Projects (per Goal #4) Drainage and Stormwater Management Drainage and Stormwater Management

System Improvements System Improvements (See Floodproofing and (See Floodproofing and Drainage Projects Workshop and Webinar)Drainage Projects Workshop and Webinar)

Natural Resources Protection Natural Resources Protection Warning and Security SystemsWarning and Security Systems


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Programmatic mitigation measures might not involve Programmatic mitigation measures might not involve high capital costs, but require staff time investment and high capital costs, but require staff time investment and

commitment commitment M-1M-1 Identify and pursue outreach and education Identify and pursue outreach and education opportunities to inform municipal residents, businesses, opportunities to inform municipal residents, businesses, and property owners regarding:and property owners regarding:

Current hazards and risksCurrent hazards and risks Changing conditions and actions that may reduce / Changing conditions and actions that may reduce /

increase riskincrease risk Best practices for hazard mitigation at the individual Best practices for hazard mitigation at the individual

or property level.or property level.


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M-2M-2 Prioritize critical facilities and complete site Prioritize critical facilities and complete site and facility evaluations to identify vulnerabilities and facility evaluations to identify vulnerabilities and potential mitigation measures.and potential mitigation measures.

M-3M-3 Prioritize recurrent drainage problem areas Prioritize recurrent drainage problem areas and initiate data collection to track unreimbursed and initiate data collection to track unreimbursed damages and related response and recovery damages and related response and recovery expenses.expenses.

M-4M-4 Conduct regular Municipal Working Group Conduct regular Municipal Working Group meetings consistent with the plan maintenance meetings consistent with the plan maintenance program and the Municipal Adoption Resolution.program and the Municipal Adoption Resolution.


Programmatic Mitigation MeasuresProgrammatic Mitigation Measures

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RHMP Section 4 Recommendations

Monitor, evaluate, and update hazard mitigation Monitor, evaluate, and update hazard mitigation plans (HMPs), including annual assessments plans (HMPs), including annual assessments (consistent with Mitigation Measure M-4) and (consistent with Mitigation Measure M-4) and reassessments after major natural hazard events reassessments after major natural hazard events


General Mitigation MeasuresGeneral Mitigation Measures

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Reduce redundant and inconsistent resource, Reduce redundant and inconsistent resource, vulnerability, and risk assessments for community vulnerability, and risk assessments for community plans and programsplans and programs Expand the NJ4 HMP hazard identification and Expand the NJ4 HMP hazard identification and

risk assessment to include manmade and risk assessment to include manmade and technological hazards and identify potential technological hazards and identify potential impacts and consequences related to impacts and consequences related to emergency operations, recovery planning, land emergency operations, recovery planning, land use planning, etc. use planning, etc.



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Reduce redundant and inconsistent resource, Reduce redundant and inconsistent resource, vulnerability, and risk assessments for community vulnerability, and risk assessments for community plans and programsplans and programs Maintain the resulting hazard vulnerability, Maintain the resulting hazard vulnerability,

impact, and risk assessment on an annual impact, and risk assessment on an annual basis coordinated with updated information basis coordinated with updated information available from county, state, and federal available from county, state, and federal sourcessources



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Reduce redundant and inconsistent resource, Reduce redundant and inconsistent resource, vulnerability, and risk assessments for community vulnerability, and risk assessments for community plans and programsplans and programs Cross reference the hazard vulnerability, Cross reference the hazard vulnerability,

impact, and risk assessment into all impact, and risk assessment into all documents during periodic updates to the documents during periodic updates to the HMPs, EOPs, master plan reexamination HMPs, EOPs, master plan reexamination reports, etc. reports, etc.

Increase integration of mitigation into land Increase integration of mitigation into land development and capital improvement programs development and capital improvement programs



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In addition to the Municipal Mitigation Measures, In addition to the Municipal Mitigation Measures, each participating jurisdiction also identified each participating jurisdiction also identified problem areas that will require the cooperation problem areas that will require the cooperation and participation of other jurisdictions to and participation of other jurisdictions to implement implement

See Multi-Jurisdictional Mitigation Measures Workshop and Webinars


Multi-Jurisdictional Mitigation Multi-Jurisdictional Mitigation MeasuresMeasures

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How might additional mitigation measures be How might additional mitigation measures be identified in your counties and municipalities? identified in your counties and municipalities? Future involvement by other participant? Future involvement by other participant? Evaluation of critical facilities Evaluation of critical facilities (See Critical (See Critical

Facilities Workshop and Webinars)Facilities Workshop and Webinars) Effects of future natural hazard events? Effects of future natural hazard events?

Have any mitigation measures come to your Have any mitigation measures come to your attention since the Preliminary Appendices were attention since the Preliminary Appendices were reviewed?reviewed?


DiscussionDiscussion

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Remember: it’s never too late to add mitigation Remember: it’s never too late to add mitigation measures! measures! Municipalities can add mitigation measures to Municipalities can add mitigation measures to

the Appendices at any time the Appendices at any time

See Monitoring, Evaluation, and Updates Workshop and Webinars


Adding Mitigation MeasuresAdding Mitigation Measures

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ImplementationImplementation


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For each mitigation measure, identify: For each mitigation measure, identify: Responsible Party/Parties Responsible Party/Parties PriorityPriority Project TypeProject Type Estimated Cost ($)Estimated Cost ($) Target DateTarget Date Next Step(s)Next Step(s)

See Monitoring, Evaluation, and Updates Workshop See Monitoring, Evaluation, and Updates Workshop and Webinarand Webinar

Implementation Implementation

First Steps First Steps

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Implementing mitigation measuresImplementing mitigation measures Measure for progressMeasure for progress Mitigation measures should be updated at Mitigation measures should be updated at

least annually least annually

See Monitoring, Evaluation, and Updates Workshop and Webinars

ImplementationImplementation

Next StepsNext Steps

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Funding Programs and Approaches Funding Programs and Approaches


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Many mitigation measures are contingent upon Many mitigation measures are contingent upon fundingfunding

Funding may need to come from federal and Funding may need to come from federal and state grantsstate grants

However, significant number of measures However, significant number of measures identified can and should be implemented without identified can and should be implemented without waiting for grant assistancewaiting for grant assistance

Funding Programs and ApproachesFunding Programs and Approaches

Mitigation ApproachesMitigation Approaches

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Outside sourcesOutside sources Federal and state grantsFederal and state grants FoundationsFoundations

Local resources Local resources

Combinations of sources and resources – the Combinations of sources and resources – the patchwork quilt approach patchwork quilt approach

See Funding Programs and Approaches See Funding Programs and Approaches

Workshop and WebinarWorkshop and Webinar

Funding Programs and ApproachesFunding Programs and Approaches

Funding ProgramsFunding Programs

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Available Guidance and ResourcesAvailable Guidance and Resources


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NJ4 HMP NJ4 HMP RHMP Annex E: Mitigation Measures – RHMP Annex E: Mitigation Measures –

Identification Identification Descriptions of types, subtypes, and Descriptions of types, subtypes, and

examples of municipal and county examples of municipal and county mitigation measures included in the mitigation measures included in the AppendicesAppendices

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NJ4 HMPNJ4 HMP RHMP Annex F: Plan ImplementationRHMP Annex F: Plan Implementation

Information on implementation Information on implementation strategies and funding sources for strategies and funding sources for mitigationmitigation

Digital and hard copies of RHMP will Digital and hard copies of RHMP will include outline of Annex F; full version include outline of Annex F; full version will exist online at www.nj4hmp.com will exist online at www.nj4hmp.com

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FEMAFEMA Mitigation Ideas: A Mitigation Ideas: A

Resource for Resource for Reducing Risk to Reducing Risk to Natural Hazards Natural Hazards

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FEMAFEMA Developing the Developing the

Mitigation Plan: Mitigation Plan: Identifying Mitigation Identifying Mitigation Actions and Actions and Implementation Implementation StrategiesStrategies

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Questions?Questions?

Stuart Wallace, CFMStuart Wallace, CFMStuart Wallace, LLCStuart Wallace, LLC

[email protected]

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Documents

Mitigation Plan for Four New Jersey Counties Municipal Mitigation Measures prepared for: Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem Counties prepared by: