The Naturally RESILIENT Communities Partnership
Naturally Resilient Communities May 30, 2017
In partnership with
Moderator
Jim Schwab, FAICP Hazards Planning Center Manager American Planning Association
planning.org
Speakers Nate Woiwode Project Manager, North American Risk Reduction and Resilience Priority The Nature Conservancy
Jacob Pederson Program Coordinator Floodplains for the Future, Pierce County
Katherine Hagemann Resilience Program Manager Office of Resilience, Miami-Dade County
Jill Dixon Senior Urban Planner Sasaki Associates
Karen Sands, AICP Director of Planning, Research and Sustainability Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
PIE is the result of an agreement between APA and FEMA, with ASFPM as partner, to produce a series of educational webinars on best practices in hazard mitigation planning. Webinars revolve around 4 central themes: • Focus on all hazards. • Focus primarily on mitigation planning but also its connections with recovery planning and preparedness. • APA and ASFPM act as co-conveners of all planning exchange webinars. • Planning exchange hosts will select topics and commit to moderate, present, and lead the planning exchange webinars. planning.org/nationalcenters/hazards/planninginformationexchange/
Today’s Presentation I. Naturally Resilient Communities: Nate Woiwode II. Miami-Dade County: Katie Hageman III. MMSD: Karen Sands IV. Pierce County: Jacob Pederson V. NRCSolutions.org Demo: Jill Dixon VI. Q&A
https://www.planning.org/
Poll Question 1
planning.org
Nate Woiwode Risk Reduction and Resilience Project Manager North America Water Program The Nature Conservancy [email protected]
planning.org
The Naturally RESILIENT Communities Partnership
Representing: -
3000+ county governments
-
38,000+ planners
-
17,000+ floodplain managers
-
150,000+ engineers
-
On-the-ground work in all 50 states
Our Goal: Mainstream the Use of Nature-Based Solutions to Flooding
planning.org
planning.org
Naturally Resilient Communities: Preparing for Sea Level Rise in Miami-Dade County
Katie Hagemann Resilience Program Manager (Adaptation) Miami-Dade County Photo: John Ricisak
APA, May 30, 2016
Miami Miami
rainfall
Inland flooding
Storm surge
Rising groundwater
SL Observations
How do we adapt?
Sea level will be 1 foot higher 14 years – 40 years
barrier islands
coastal park dunes
beach reefs
Vegetation traps sand
Dunes have accreted several feet
Sand from inland paleo beaches
Sea level rise enhances erosion
Sea level rise enhances erosion
Significant insurance savings FEMA’s V Zone
Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands Project
Homestead, FL
Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands
“mangrove forests with widths of 6-30 km along the Gulf Coast of South Florida attenuated storm surges from Hurricane Wilma (Category 3) by reducing both the amplitude and extent of overland flooding, protecting the area behind the mangroves from inundation. Numerical simulations show that the inundation area by Wilma would extend more than 70% further inland without the mangrove zone” -Zhang et al 2012
Source: Spalding M, McIvor A, Tonneijck FH, Tol S and van Eijk P, 2014
Source: Spalding M, McIvor A, Tonneijck FH, Tol S and van Eijk P, 2014
Quantifying protective value for critical facility
Volunteer supported mangrove restorations
“Non-structural” Flood Risk Mitigation Study • Storm surge (ADCIRC) modeling with & without natural systems • Alternative futures: optimistic, pessimistic, futuristic • Incorporating future sea level rise
_J
•
--
Rising groundwater
Elevate buildings Rising groundwater
rainfall
Inland flooding
Storm surge
Rising groundwater
Send more water!
Protects our water
Thank you Katie Hagemann Resilience Program Manager, Adaptation Miami-Dade County, Office of Resilience [email protected] @BlueGreenMiami
Poll Question 2
Naturally Resilient Communities: Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
Greenseams®
Karen L. Sands, AICP, ENV SP Director of Planning, Research and Sustainability
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District We Serve: • 1.1 Million Customers • 28 Municipalities • 411 Square Miles
We Protect the Public & Lake Michigan: • Convey/Store/Reclaim Wastewater • Manage Flooding
We Have:
5/31/2017
• 300 Miles of Sewers (municipalities and individuals have 6,000 miles!) • 521 MG Tunnel System • 2 Water Reclamation Facilities
98.4% Capture & Clean Since 1993
57
Milwaukee’s Resource Recovery Plant
Resilience at MMSD • Climate Change Vulnerability Analysis: - Data - No Regrets Strategies - Things to Watch
• https://www.mmsd.com/application/files/2814/8416/3477/Climate_Cha nge_Vulnerability_Analysis_Report_Without_Appendices.pdf • Upcoming: Regional Resiliency Plan
Green Infrastructure
Funded in 2016 Since 2002
= 10,440,000
Gallons
31.9 Million
Gallons
Flood Management at MMSD • Voluntary jurisdiction for out-of-bank flooding • Remove structure from floodplains - Buyouts - Structural projects
• Long-term protection - Greenseams
Greenseams® Program • The Conservation Plan became Greenseams • Primary Purpose: Flood Management • Secondary: Multiple Benefits
Hoerig property
Greenseams® Program Beginnings • Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission GIS Analysis (2000) • The Conservation Fund hired to be the “face” of the program (2001)
Greenseams® Program Characteristics • Willing seller program • Voluntary purchases of undeveloped property • Includes open space along streams, shorelines, and wetlands • Guarantees it won’t be developed
Victory Creek, Franklin, WI
Greenseams® Program Characteristics (cont’d) • Can include Restoration of: • Agriculture • Wetland • Prairie • Reforestation • Fee simple or conservation easements
Victory Creek, Franklin WI
Recent Development: Greenseams ® Expanded
Nickel property, Town of Farmington, floodplain forest
MMSD’s 2035 Vision (http://v3.mmsd.com/NewsDetails.aspx) Integrated Watershed Management Goals: Zero sanitary sewer overflows Zero combined sewer overflows Zero homes in the 100-year floodplain Acquire an additional 10,000 acres of river buffers through Greenseams® Use green infrastructure to capture the first 0.5 inch of rainfall Harvest the first 0.25 gallons per square foot of area of rainfall
Energy Efficiency and Climate Mitigation & Adaptation Goals: Meet 100% of MMSD's energy needs with renewable energy sources Meet 80% of MMSD's energy needs with internal, renewable sources Use the Greenseams® Program to provide for 30% sequestration of MMSD's carbon footprint Reduce MMSD's carbon footprint by 90% from its 2005 baseline
GREENSEAMS
®
Poll Question 3
Collaborative Floodplain Management in Puyallup River Floodplains Jacob Pederson Floodplain Reconnections Program Coordinator Pierce County Planning and Public Works [email protected]
Port of Tacoma
White River Carbon River
Puyallup River Mt. Rainier
“We are losing the battle for salmon recovery in western Washington because salmon habitat is being damaged and destroyed faster than it can be restored.” treatyrightsatrisk.org
• 9,000 homes and 21,000 individuals at risk of repetitive flooding in Puyallup Watershed • Approximately 170 key facilities • $2.7 billion of assessed value at risk
LOWER PUYALLUP
60% loss of Puget Sound farmland acreage since 1950
WHITE RIVER
WHITE RIVER
1.25 mi
PUYALLUP RIVER
Projects: • Some past projects: o South Fork Side Channel
Projects: • Some past projects: o South Fork Side Channel o Calistoga Levee Setback (City of Orting
Projects: • Some past projects: o South Fork Side Channel o Calistoga Levee Setback (City of Orting • Current and future Projects: o 17 floodplain reconnection projects (32 total identified in river plans)
Forterra King-Pierce Farm Bureau
Puget Sound Partnership
Muckleshoot Tribe
City of Puyallup
The Nature Conservancy
Puyallup Tribe
City of Orting
South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group
PCC Farmland Trust
City of Sumner
Pierce County
Washington State Department of Ecology
Pierce County Agricultural Round Table
WRIA 10/12 Lead Entity
Pierce Conservation District
University of Washington Climate Impacts Group
Port of Tacoma
University of Washington Wetland Ecosystem Team
Integrated Management Group (IMG) Farming in the Floodplain Project Agricultural Conservatio n Easements
Habitat Science Committee
Monitoring Floodplain Health Capital Acquisition & Constructio n
• Build trust • Align resources • Define, fund, and implement a common vision driven by the scope and scale of the issues we face
Watershed Planning
Authorizing Institutions
Projects
Floodplain Health: “The condition of multiple elements that when considered together contribute to a functioning floodplain, including the natural physical processes and biological factors that support salmon populations; the long-term viability of agricultural lands; and the reduction of the risk of flooding.”
Live Demo NRCsolutions.org
Jill Allen Dixon, AICP Urban Planner [email protected]
Image Credit: Darryl Boudreau
Q&A
In partnership with
Moderator
Jim Schwab, FAICP Hazards Planning Center Manager American Planning Association
planning.org
Speakers Nate Woiwode Project Manager, North American Risk Reduction and Resilience Priority The Nature Conservancy
Jacob Pederson Program Coordinator Floodplains for the Future, Pierce County
Katherine Hagemann Resilience Program Manager Office of Resilience, Miami-Dade County
Jill Dixon Senior Urban Planner Sasaki Associates
Karen Sands, AICP Director of Planning, Research and Sustainability Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
PIE is the result of an agreement between APA and FEMA, with ASFPM as partner, to produce a series of educational webinars on best practices in hazard mitigation planning. Webinars revolve around 4 central themes: • Focus on all hazards. • Focus primarily on mitigation planning but also its connections with recovery planning and preparedness. • APA and ASFPM act as co-conveners of all planning exchange webinars. • Planning exchange hosts will select topics and commit to moderate, present, and lead the planning exchange webinars. planning.org/nationalcenters/hazards/planninginformationexchange/
Today’s Presentation I. Naturally Resilient Communities: Nate Woiwode II. Miami-Dade County: Katie Hageman III. MMSD: Karen Sands IV. Pierce County: Jacob Pederson V. NRCSolutions.org Demo: Jill Dixon VI. Q&A
https://www.planning.org/
Poll Question 1
planning.org
Nate Woiwode Risk Reduction and Resilience Project Manager North America Water Program The Nature Conservancy [email protected]
planning.org
The Naturally RESILIENT Communities Partnership
Representing: -
3000+ county governments
-
38,000+ planners
-
17,000+ floodplain managers
-
150,000+ engineers
-
On-the-ground work in all 50 states
Our Goal: Mainstream the Use of Nature-Based Solutions to Flooding
planning.org
planning.org
Naturally Resilient Communities: Preparing for Sea Level Rise in Miami-Dade County
Katie Hagemann Resilience Program Manager (Adaptation) Miami-Dade County Photo: John Ricisak
APA, May 30, 2016
Miami Miami
rainfall
Inland flooding
Storm surge
Rising groundwater
SL Observations
How do we adapt?
Sea level will be 1 foot higher 14 years – 40 years
barrier islands
coastal park dunes
beach reefs
Vegetation traps sand
Dunes have accreted several feet
Sand from inland paleo beaches
Sea level rise enhances erosion
Sea level rise enhances erosion
Significant insurance savings FEMA’s V Zone
Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands Project
Homestead, FL
Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands
“mangrove forests with widths of 6-30 km along the Gulf Coast of South Florida attenuated storm surges from Hurricane Wilma (Category 3) by reducing both the amplitude and extent of overland flooding, protecting the area behind the mangroves from inundation. Numerical simulations show that the inundation area by Wilma would extend more than 70% further inland without the mangrove zone” -Zhang et al 2012
Source: Spalding M, McIvor A, Tonneijck FH, Tol S and van Eijk P, 2014
Source: Spalding M, McIvor A, Tonneijck FH, Tol S and van Eijk P, 2014
Quantifying protective value for critical facility
Volunteer supported mangrove restorations
“Non-structural” Flood Risk Mitigation Study • Storm surge (ADCIRC) modeling with & without natural systems • Alternative futures: optimistic, pessimistic, futuristic • Incorporating future sea level rise
_J
•
--
Rising groundwater
Elevate buildings Rising groundwater
rainfall
Inland flooding
Storm surge
Rising groundwater
Send more water!
Protects our water
Thank you Katie Hagemann Resilience Program Manager, Adaptation Miami-Dade County, Office of Resilience [email protected] @BlueGreenMiami
Poll Question 2
Naturally Resilient Communities: Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
Greenseams®
Karen L. Sands, AICP, ENV SP Director of Planning, Research and Sustainability
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District We Serve: • 1.1 Million Customers • 28 Municipalities • 411 Square Miles
We Protect the Public & Lake Michigan: • Convey/Store/Reclaim Wastewater • Manage Flooding
We Have:
5/31/2017
• 300 Miles of Sewers (municipalities and individuals have 6,000 miles!) • 521 MG Tunnel System • 2 Water Reclamation Facilities
98.4% Capture & Clean Since 1993
57
Milwaukee’s Resource Recovery Plant
Resilience at MMSD • Climate Change Vulnerability Analysis: - Data - No Regrets Strategies - Things to Watch
• https://www.mmsd.com/application/files/2814/8416/3477/Climate_Cha nge_Vulnerability_Analysis_Report_Without_Appendices.pdf • Upcoming: Regional Resiliency Plan
Green Infrastructure
Funded in 2016 Since 2002
= 10,440,000
Gallons
31.9 Million
Gallons
Flood Management at MMSD • Voluntary jurisdiction for out-of-bank flooding • Remove structure from floodplains - Buyouts - Structural projects
• Long-term protection - Greenseams
Greenseams® Program • The Conservation Plan became Greenseams • Primary Purpose: Flood Management • Secondary: Multiple Benefits
Hoerig property
Greenseams® Program Beginnings • Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission GIS Analysis (2000) • The Conservation Fund hired to be the “face” of the program (2001)
Greenseams® Program Characteristics • Willing seller program • Voluntary purchases of undeveloped property • Includes open space along streams, shorelines, and wetlands • Guarantees it won’t be developed
Victory Creek, Franklin, WI
Greenseams® Program Characteristics (cont’d) • Can include Restoration of: • Agriculture • Wetland • Prairie • Reforestation • Fee simple or conservation easements
Victory Creek, Franklin WI
Recent Development: Greenseams ® Expanded
Nickel property, Town of Farmington, floodplain forest
MMSD’s 2035 Vision (http://v3.mmsd.com/NewsDetails.aspx) Integrated Watershed Management Goals: Zero sanitary sewer overflows Zero combined sewer overflows Zero homes in the 100-year floodplain Acquire an additional 10,000 acres of river buffers through Greenseams® Use green infrastructure to capture the first 0.5 inch of rainfall Harvest the first 0.25 gallons per square foot of area of rainfall
Energy Efficiency and Climate Mitigation & Adaptation Goals: Meet 100% of MMSD's energy needs with renewable energy sources Meet 80% of MMSD's energy needs with internal, renewable sources Use the Greenseams® Program to provide for 30% sequestration of MMSD's carbon footprint Reduce MMSD's carbon footprint by 90% from its 2005 baseline
GREENSEAMS
®
Poll Question 3
Collaborative Floodplain Management in Puyallup River Floodplains Jacob Pederson Floodplain Reconnections Program Coordinator Pierce County Planning and Public Works [email protected]
Port of Tacoma
White River Carbon River
Puyallup River Mt. Rainier
“We are losing the battle for salmon recovery in western Washington because salmon habitat is being damaged and destroyed faster than it can be restored.” treatyrightsatrisk.org
• 9,000 homes and 21,000 individuals at risk of repetitive flooding in Puyallup Watershed • Approximately 170 key facilities • $2.7 billion of assessed value at risk
LOWER PUYALLUP
60% loss of Puget Sound farmland acreage since 1950
WHITE RIVER
WHITE RIVER
1.25 mi
PUYALLUP RIVER
Projects: • Some past projects: o South Fork Side Channel
Projects: • Some past projects: o South Fork Side Channel o Calistoga Levee Setback (City of Orting
Projects: • Some past projects: o South Fork Side Channel o Calistoga Levee Setback (City of Orting • Current and future Projects: o 17 floodplain reconnection projects (32 total identified in river plans)
Forterra King-Pierce Farm Bureau
Puget Sound Partnership
Muckleshoot Tribe
City of Puyallup
The Nature Conservancy
Puyallup Tribe
City of Orting
South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group
PCC Farmland Trust
City of Sumner
Pierce County
Washington State Department of Ecology
Pierce County Agricultural Round Table
WRIA 10/12 Lead Entity
Pierce Conservation District
University of Washington Climate Impacts Group
Port of Tacoma
University of Washington Wetland Ecosystem Team
Integrated Management Group (IMG) Farming in the Floodplain Project Agricultural Conservatio n Easements
Habitat Science Committee
Monitoring Floodplain Health Capital Acquisition & Constructio n
• Build trust • Align resources • Define, fund, and implement a common vision driven by the scope and scale of the issues we face
Watershed Planning
Authorizing Institutions
Projects
Floodplain Health: “The condition of multiple elements that when considered together contribute to a functioning floodplain, including the natural physical processes and biological factors that support salmon populations; the long-term viability of agricultural lands; and the reduction of the risk of flooding.”
Live Demo NRCsolutions.org
Jill Allen Dixon, AICP Urban Planner [email protected]
Image Credit: Darryl Boudreau
Q&A
