Goal: Resilient King County

The capacity to maintain services

and livelihoods after a catastrophic

disaster. In the event that services and

livelihoods are disrupted, recoveryoccurs rapidly with minimal social

disruption and results in improved

resilience to future disasters.

RKC Objectives

• Identify critical stakeholders

• Identify the needs, resources, and roles

•Understand best ways to collaborate

• Identify obstacles and opportunities

•Gain feedback from the public

RKC Guiding Principles

During recovery, strive to improve…

•Resilience

•Quality of Life

•Community Continuity

•Social Justice & Equity

•Environmental Quality

Plan Synchronization

• FEMA National Disaster Recovery Framework

•Resilient Washington State

•Washington Restoration Framework

• Local recovery plans:

• City of Seattle, Pierce County, Snohomish County, Regional Catastrophic Planning Group

Process Overview

Resilient King County Process1. CEO Summit (September 2013)

2. Workshop #1: Built Environment

(March 2014)

3. Workshop #2: Livelihoods & Well-Being

(April 2014)

4. Workshop #3: Frameworks for Recovery

(June 2014)

5. Virtual Town Hall (July-August 2014)

6. Final Summit (September 2014)

CEO Summit

CEO Summit Agenda • Welcome

• Dow Constantine, King County Executive

• RKC Background and Process

• Walt Hubbard, Director, King County Office of Emergency Management

• Panel Discussion

• Maud Daudon, Seattle Chamber of Commerce

• Tomoko Dodo, Consulate General of Japan in Seattle

• Scott Miles, Western Washington University

• Booga Gilbertson, Puget Sound Energy

• John Schelling, Program Manager, WA State EMD

• Closing Remarks

• Sense of urgency

• Need for

synchronization

• Understand

interdependencies

• Ability to “come

back better”

CEO Summit Key Themes

"Which is most

important for King

County to focus on

to improve the

resilience of your

business or

organization?"

CEO Summit Key Themes

"What recovery

objective is most

important for King

County to focus on

to improve the

resilience of your

business or

organization after a

catastrophe has

occurred?"

CEO Summit Key Themes

Disaster Scenario

Seattle Fault Scenario

• Over $38 billion in structural and content damage (8% of total value)

• ~5% of general building stock structures extensively or completely damaged

• 400 schools completely or extensively damaged

• 14 million tons of debris

• 4,500 to 19,000 injuries, depending on time of day

• 27,211 displaced households

Summary of Modeled Impacts

Workshop 1:

Built Environment

Workshop 1 Agenda

•Welcome

• Seattle Fault scenario impacts

• Case study

• Brainstorm & rank recovery goals

• Identify opportunities, obstacles, players,

resources & tradeoffs

• Present & discuss breakout outcomes

•Wrap up

Transportation Themes

Expand mass transit

Create more bike and pedestrian infrastructure

Reduce road congestion

Leverage existing transportation planning efforts (i.e. VISION 2040)

Improve air quality through thoughtful placement of new corridors & reduced trips

Utilities

• Plan for population growth

• Improve seismic resilience

• Utilize wastewater to generate energy

• Utilize low impact development methods

• Separate storm water from wastewater

• Improve water and air quality

Building Stock

• Accommodate population growth and affordable housing needs

• Improve building code for natural hazards

• Increase energy-efficiency

• Promote LEED building standards

• Recycle building debris

Workshop 2: Livelihoods & Well-Being

Workshop 2 Agenda

•Welcome

• Seattle fault scenario impacts

• Case study

• Brainstorm & rank recovery goals

• Identify opportunities, obstacles, players,

resources & tradeoffs

• Present & discuss breakout outcomes

•Wrap up

Livelihoods

• Create neighborhood-centric hubs that include an array of services

• Increase shared virtual workplaces

• Leverage micro-lending dollars for small businesses

• Create regional museum system to serve as community gathering places

Health & Social Services

• Improve technology for accessing medical records

• Reduce health disparities

• Offer services through neighborhood clinics and telemedicine

• Address equity and social justice issues with recovery dollars

Natural Resources

• Bolster rural economy through locally-sourced produce and lumber

• Repurpose liquefaction-damaged land for recreation and conservation

• Build sustainable, low-impact, decentralized water systems

Workshop 3: Frameworks for

Recovery

Workshop 3 Agenda

•Welcome

• Break into groups by jurisdictional level

• Categorize recovery roles

• Group discussion

• Synthesize breakout outcomes

• RSF decision-making and task forces

•Wrap up

Role of the County

• Establish “one voice” for recovery in

King County

• Ensure communication with public is

clear, consistent, and uses multiple

methods

• Facilitate collaborative decision

making and coordination

Role of the County

•Determine regional recovery strategy

and task forces

•Convene public and private

stakeholders as leads and subject

matter experts

•Act as a broker of additional

resources from State and Federal

partners

State and Federal Support

• Provide support and technical assistance

to local jurisdictions

• Acquire and disseminate post-disaster

grant funds

• Leverage private sector resources and

economic development services

• Deploy alternative dispute resolution

experts

Virtual Town Hall

Public Feedback

0

5

10

15

20

25

Build back

better

Maintain

services and

livelihoods

Recover

rapidly

“Which aspect of

long-term recovery do

you think is most

important for King

County to focus on?”

These are all

important, but

building back better

avoids future tragedy.

- Member of the public

Public Feedback

• Engage and connect with the

community on a personal level

• Increase the amount of small solar

and wind power generation stations

•Offer incentives to community

members to be part of restoration

Public Feedback

• Invest in reverse osmosis filtration

units to ensure access to clean water

•Provide at-home medical care

•Create smaller neighborhood-centric

schools, then merge as recovery

progresses

Next Steps

Next Steps

• Engage people and organizations working on synergistic plans and initiatives

• Propose template for recovery support function task forces

•Develop long-term recovery plan based on National Disaster Recovery Framework and Resilient King County

• Leverage relevant approaches from other disasters

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