Rockaway West Planning Committee Meeting #3

Rockaway WestPlanning Committee Meeting #3

October 21, 2013

2Rockaway West Planning Committee Meeting|

Agenda

1. Project Update 7:00 - 7:20 Program Status & Key Dates

Public Meeting #1 Recap

2. Conceptual Plan 7:20 – 8:30 Conceptual Plan Overview

Review and Confirm Conceptual Plan Content

3. Q&A and Next Steps 8:30 – 8:45 Open Q&A

Dates for Next Meetings


Today’s meeting will finalize key materials generated to date and review the key content for the Conceptual Plan.

Objectives:

Finalize assets, needs and opportunities, short- and long-term goals, and community vision

Begin to discuss strategies and projects

Provide feedback for all other sections in the Concept Plan

Conceptual Plan


Deliverables Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar.

Work Plan

Vision, Asset & Risk Assessments

Draft Conceptual Plan

List of Strategies

List of Priority Projects

Final Reconstruction Plan

NY Rising Community Reconstruction Program Schedule

Sept. 20

Oct. 2821

Nov. 3023

Dec. 30

Mar. 31534

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Rockaway West Public Meeting #1

What went well?

What would you do differently?

Any other ideas/feedback?

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Beta Site for Rockaway West

Rockaway West Public Outreach and Ongoing Feedback

Beta Site for Rockaway East


Agenda








Public document for broad audience Rockaway West residents and greater NYC coastal community Local, state and federal government agencies Elected representatives

Content Guidance Format and requirements created by multi-stakeholder input

2-Step Process Draft Conceptual Plan - Monday, October 28 Final Reconstruction Plan - March 2014

Draft Conceptual Plan


Draft Conceptual Plan – Key Sections

I. IntroductionNY Rising Program Overview Approach to Public Outreach

II. Community Context Geographic Scope Community Overview

III. Storm Impacts & Risk Summary of Storm Impacts Recovering from the Storm

IV. Rebuilding & Resiliency Planning Process Overview Community Assets Needs & Opportunities Goals & Vision

V. Additional Considerations Regional Perspectives Existing Plans, Studies, and Projects

VI. Preliminary Strategies & Projects Preliminary Strategies, Projects and ActionsNext Steps & Implementations Planning






IV. Rebuilding & Resiliency Planning Process Overview

1. Community Assets 2. Needs & Opportunities 3. Goals & Vision


VI. Preliminary Strategies & Projects 4. Preliminary Strategies, Projects and ActionsNext Steps & Implementations Planning


1. Finalize Community Assets

Types of Assets: Infrastructure & Natural and Recreational Economic & Housing Health and Social Services

Process to Create Current List: Public data sources Planning Committee input Public meeting input

Action: Review final draft asset list by category Correct inaccuracies Identify highest priorities (to be called out in Conceptual Plan) Determine other final revisions


1. Community Assets – Infrastructure & Recreational

ACTION: Refer to asset table to review and finalize the Infrastructure, Natural, and Recreation Resources list and priorities


1. Community Assets – Economic & Housing

ACTION: Refer to asset table to review and finalize the Economic and Housing list and priorities


1. Community Assets – Health & Social Services

ACTION: Refer to asset table to review and finalize the Health and Social Service list and priorities


2. Finalize Needs & Opportunities

Types of Needs & Opportunities: Repairing or replacing damaged assets Making existing assets more resilient Addressing lost economic opportunities, or

rebuilding/expanding local economy Addressing needs already existing when

storm hit

Process to Create Current List: Planning Committee input Public meeting input from boards Team created draft summary from all detailed

input

Action: Review Summary Needs & Opportunities List Review detailed lists from Committee and

Public Add/Delete/Re-word Summary Needs/Ops Agree on final list


2. Needs & Opportunities: DRAFT Summary


3. Finalize Goals & Vision

Guiding Definitions: Goals

Define particular objectives that the community hopes to achieve over the near- (2-5 yrs) and long-term (5-10+ yrs)

Can range from small and simple to complex multi-layered ambitions Action-oriented and aspirational in nature

Vision Overarching umbrella statement that encapsulates a collective sense of purpose and

direction and maximum potential for the future

Process to Create Current Goals Planning Committee discussion Public meeting board comments Team created draft summary from all detailed input

Action: Review Summary Needs & Opportunities List Review detailed lists from Committee and Public Add/Delete/Re-word Summary Needs/Ops Agree on final summary list Discuss and draft vision statement


3. Finalize Short- & Long-Term Goals

Short-Term Long-Term

Address any immediate risks with both the

Ocean and Bay edges

Create hard and soft edges to maximally

protect all of the communities in Rockaway

West

Rebuild and strengthen damaged homes Protect and make resilient all homes in the

Rockaways

Improve transit and access to existing

infrastructure

Expand and improve overall transit and

connectedness of Rockaway West

Strengthen Emergency Preparedness Enable self-sufficiency in and after

emergencies

Identify and implement near-term

improvements to strengthen utilities,

communication, and water management

Create long-term upgrades to utilities and

infrastructure to be a regional model for

sustainability and energy independence

Improve immediate health and social service

challenges

Seek sustainable models for health and social

service provision for the community

Support commercial recovery and

redevelopment

Expand overall economic development and

activity through the community and become a

regional destination

Rebuild boardwalk and locate new recreation

opportunities along it

Strengthen relationship between community

and water


3. Draft Vision

Example Vision Statements: Through the NY Rising Process, Rockaway West aims to improve the overall

readiness, capacity, and strength of its Communities to prepare for, respond to and quickly recover from weather-related events, particularly surge and flooding, meeting the overall need to maintain self-sufficiency for an extended period of time.

To be a vibrant and sustainable community that enables residents and visitors to enjoy the bounty of all of its assets, especially the natural beauty of the Beach and Jamaica Bay.

Our vision is to empower and rebuild the diverse communities of Rockaway West to be prepared, vibrant and resilient in facing the common economic, social, physical, and environmental challenges in our coastal neighborhood.

Action: Discuss what is important for you to express in a vision statement Are there key words or sentiments you want to include? What else?


3. Draft Strategies & Projects

Guiding Definitions: Strategies are methods of addressing priorities, needs, and opportunities to meet

Rockaway West’s goals. A project is a specific scoped and time-delimited undertaking (such as building a

dune) that may be one of many ways to carry out a strategy.

Examples: Strategy: Strategy: Strategy: Strategy:



Strategy Short-Term Goal Long-Term Goal Example Projects Minimize rising water

from entering

Rockaway West

Communities by

strengthening the

ocean and bay edges

Address any immediate

risks with both the Ocean

and Bay edges

Create hard and soft

edges to maximally

protect all of the

communities in Rockaway

West

Identify vulnerabilities with the bay wall and

determine near term remediation where

feasible

Conduct report to evaluate opportunities to

standardize and permanently strengthen the

bay seawall

Determine any gaps in current beachfront

plans and determine short- and longer-term

projects to address

Evaluate opportunities to protect the

western edge of the communities along the

park

Rebuild and protect the

most important assets

within the community

during flooding,

including housing and

power/utilities

Rebuild and strengthen

damaged homes

Identify and implement

near-term improvements

to strengthen utilities,

communication, and

water management

Protect and make resilient

all homes in the

Rockaways

Create long-term upgrades

to utilities and

infrastructure to be a

regional model for

sustainability and energy

independence

Evaluate scope of City’s Build it Back

program, determine gaps, and create a

proposal to address all other needs to

rebuild or protect housing

Create program to help assess technically

housing needs, provide counseling on

insurance issues vs. rebuilding

Create a grant or low-cost loan program to

help people make homes more resilient



Strategy Short-Term Goal Long-Term Goal Example Projects Improve and expand

overall transportation

networks for the

communities across

Rockaway West to

ensure ongoing

connectivity and

multiple access

redundancy during

storms and

emergencies

Improve transit and

access to existing

infrastructure

Expand and improve

overall transit and

connectedness of

Rockaway West

Extend/expand ferry service and make it

permanent

Evaluate opportunities to expand

transportation network for the community

(e.g. BRT, other ferry opportunities, etc.)

Strengthen and protect

commercial corridors to

protect and sustain

economic health during

and after storms and to

maintain overall

vibrancy of the

community

Support commercial

recovery and

redevelopment

Expand overall economic

development and activity

through the community

and become a regional

destination

Evaluate scope of City’s business recovery

plans, determine gaps, and create a

proposal to address other needs to rebuild or

protect retail corridors

Expand low-cost loan programs to help make

businesses more resilient

Pursue business incentive programs to draw

more businesses to Rockaway West






IV. Rebuilding & Resiliency Planning Process Overview Community Assets Needs & Opportunities Goals & Vision


VI. Preliminary Strategies & Projects Preliminary Strategies, Projects and ActionsNext Steps & Implementations Planning


Agenda








General Questions?

Next Steps Conceptual Plan Final Review Nominate Regional Working Group Representative Schedule Future Meetings

Committee Meeting(s) Public Meeting – Before Nov 20

Q&A and Next Steps


THANK YOU


APPENDIX


4. Storm Impacts


7. Identification and Understanding of Risk: FEMA PWMs (2013)

FEMA Preliminary Work Maps (PWMs)Issued June 2013, incorporating more accurate modeling, to improve upon 1983 FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs)Preliminary FIRMs to be released by end of 2013Final Effective FIRMs replacing 1983 FIRMS to be released in 2015


7. Identification and Understanding of Risk: NYS DOS Risk Map

NYS DOS Risk AreasExtreme Zone contains FEMA V zone, areas subject to shallow coastal flooding and prone to erosion, and adds 3 feet of sea level riseHigh Zone contains areas in the 100 year flood zone (FEMA V and A zones) and adds 3 feet of sea level rise


12. Regional Perspectives: What We’ve Heard

Rockaway Peninsula and Jamaica Bay issues– Coastal protection

measures on ocean and bay sides

– Emergency beach nourishment and dune protections

– Support to small businesses

– Emergency medical facility

– Expansion of transit options and accessibility

– What else?


9, 10, 11. Key Strategies, Projects, and Programs (preliminary)

Conceptual Plan requires only a description of how these will be developed:

Identification of strategies by November 30, 2013

– To achieve rebuilding, resilience, and economic growth (Ex: new investment in infrastructure to increase resiliency)

– Conducted Planning Committee, public meetings, and online outreach

Identification of projects, programs, actions by January 2014

– Projects (Ex: new seawall)– Programs (Ex: annual sand harvesting from beach for dune construction)– Actions (Ex: work with Army Corps, DOS, other agencies to approve, fund,

implement seawall and sand harvesting)– Conducted through Planning Committee, public meetings, and online

outreach

Alternatives evaluation and prioritized list by March 31, 2014

– Assess feasibility, cost, risk reduction, co-benefits, funding availability, and degree of public support, and conduct cost-benefit analysis.

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Rockaway West Planning Committee Meeting #3