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Climate Resilient Austin Response to Resolution 20190509-019 1 Climate Resilience Activities Timeline Austin-specific climate projections by Dr. Katherine Hayhoe Climate Resilience Action Plan for City Assets and Operations. Toward a Climate-Resilient Austin The Integrated Water Resource Plan response to Council Resolution review of city codes for wildfire (Water Forward) Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire 2014 2016 2018 Response to Resolution 20190509-019 2020 2013 2015 CAMPO Extreme Weather vulnerability assessment of regional transportation Resolution 20131121-060 passed by Council, directs staff to identify climate change impacts Austin Community Climate Plan adopted by Council Global Covenant of Mayors signed by Mayor Adler City Council Policy Workshop on Resiliency 2017 Rockefeller Foundation holds Climate Adaptation Workshop Climate Resilience Action Plan for City assets and operations 2019 Atlas 14 Update Council + Resilience Resolution 20190808-078 2 Council Response Timeline August 26, 2019 Phase 1 Response March 9, 2020 Phase 2 Response M J J A S O N D J F M 2019 May 9, 2019 Climate Resilience Resolution 20190509-019 2020 3 Climate Resilience Resolution 20190509-019 Resilience Planning Directives • “perform a literature review of climate resilience plans of peer cities…” • “explore available, potential partnerships (such as the 100 Resilient Cities model)…” • “recommendations for creating a comprehensive, community-wide climate resilience plan that is fair, just, and equitable…” Chief Resilience Officer sources, to … • Recommendations should include funding options, such as grants or other revenue 1) fund a position for a Chief Resilience Officer and staff necessary to produce a resilience plan; or 2) hire a consultant to draft or assist city staff with drafting a comprehensive resilience plan; or 3) other recommendations for achieving this objective. 4 Case Studies Criteria for selecting cities: 1. Population between 600,000 and 1.5 million 2. At least one 100RC city (Boston, Dallas, DC) and one non-100RC city (San Antonio and Indianapolis) 3. At least one city that has attempted a combo mitigation/adaptation plan (Indianapolis) 4. At least two exemplary plans (Boston, Washington DC. According to USDN CRO) 5. At least two from Texas (Dallas and San Antonio) 6. At least three not directly impacted by sea-level rise (Dallas, Indianapolis and San Antonio) Selected Cities: 1. Boston 2. Dallas 3. Denver 4. Indianapolis 5. San Antonio 6. Washington D.C. 5 Case Studies Separate documents for mitigation and adaptation Stand alone plan led by Department of Environmental Health & consultant Stand alone plan led by 100RC consultant Single document including all mitigation and adaptation initiatives Resilience and GHG plan annex to existing Sustainability Plan Resilience plan annex to existing sustainability plan then followed by 100RC in parallel. CLIMATE READY BOSTON RESILIENT BOSTON HARBOR RESILIENT BOSTON (100RC) CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER CLIMATE ADAPTATION PLAN RESILIENT DALLAS (100RC) THRIVE INDIANAPOLIS SA TOMORROW SUSTAINABLE DC SA CLIMATE READY CLIMATE READY DC RESILIENT DC (100RC) Boston Denver Dallas Indianapolis San Antonio Washington D.C. Preference: Equity Focus 6 Lessons Learned Process • Incorporate equity in all strategies • Don’t diminish stressors • Include hazard mapping • Get community input • Define who is responsible for what actions Resource needs • More resources = more engagement • Consider consultant: technical expertise, community engagement & reporting • Identify resources prior to implementation Implementation • Define metrics for success • Focus on actionable strategies • Consider equitable distribution of resources/ projects 7 Phase 1 Response – August 26, 2019 Blueprint for a Community-wide Climate Resilience Plan • Defining Resilience • Overview of Climate Impacts Options • Hire a Chief Climate Resilience Officer to provide executive level leadership and coordinate interdepartmental resiliency efforts • Assess existing plans and policies to promote coordination and ensure an aligned approach to the threats of climate change • Undertake GIS mapping to identify locations and populations most vulnerable to climate change to help inform outreach, engagement and planning efforts. Requested extension to provide additional recommendations 8 Resiliency is the capacity of individuals, communities, institutions, businesses, and systems to survive, adapt, and grow from difficult times. (SD23) ACUTE SHOCKS are sudden, sharp events that threaten a community (Examples include: floods, wildfires, disease outbreaks) CHRONIC STRESSES weaken the fabric of a city on a day-to-day or cyclical basis (Examples include: prolonged heat, bad air quality, drought, chronic food shortages) 9 Climate Projections for Austin 10 Categories of Solutions Hardening Infrastructure Building Community Capacity Physical Assets Social Structure City Control City Support, but not Control 11 Equity • Low-income are first hit, worst hit • Climate shocks/stressors on top of existing economic stressors • Less resources to evacuate or protect homes in the face of an event • Less resources to bounce back after an event • Long term impacts to mental and physical health Ralph Barrera/Austin American-Statesman/MCT 12 Phase 2 Response City Assets & Operations Plan Existing Efforts & Initiatives New Projects & Programs Chief Resilience Officer A Holistic Approach to Resilience 13 Overview: Efforts Currently Underway 1. Create digital atlas that maps locations 6. Investigate impact of heat on students and populations most impacted by climate change. - OOS at 3 Elementary Schools. - PARD 2. Create an integrated Green Infrastructure Plan- OOS 7. Implement recommendations from October 2018 Flood Event Engineering Review. 3. Implement Water Forward, Austin's 8. Continue implementing Climate 100-Year Water Plan.- AW Resilience Action Plan for City Assets and Operations. – Varies/Multiple 9. Conduct Air Quality Assessment Pilot. - 4. Reduce wildfire risk and adoption of the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Code.– AFD OOS 5. Conduct creek flooding mitigation planning.– WPD 14 Overview: Menu of New Options Community Capacity to Prepare and Robust & Resilient Infrastructure Bounce Forward 1. Hire a Climate Resilience Officer. 5. Assess critical community facilities for 2. Place Community Emergency Response Teams in three pilot neighborhoods. 3. Help small businesses prepare for and 4. Conduct a City-wide Emergency Preparedness campaign. recover from climate-related disasters 7. Evaluate Austin’s resilience to food shortages. energy and water needs per the Colorado River Flooding After-Action Report. 6. Perform wildfire evacuation assessment. 8. Install neighborhood Resilience Kiosks. 9. Conduct Resilience Hub Assessment and prepare an Action Plan. 15 Next Steps 1. Create publication and promotion plan for The Austin Area Sustainability Indicators (A2SI) Community Climate Vulnerability Maps 2. Publish Phase 1 Green Infrastructure Storymap and Green Infrastructure Atlas 3. Dove Springs Health Center - complete feasibility assessment of Resilience Hub features 4. Continue to pursue external partners and funding including Rockefeller Foundation 5. Compile lessons learned from COVID-19 pandemic to inform ongoing and future efforts 16 Questions? 17 Photo: Celine Rendon 1. Hire a Resilience Officer As outlined in the in the August 26, 2019 response to council (Resolution 20190509- 019) Lead Department • Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) or Office of Sustainability Staffing Impact • 1 new Resilience Officer position for HSEM and/or Sustainability Reclassify or repurpose existing vacant PCNs OR • create new temporary or permanent position Partners • None currently, potential grant funding (USDN, Global Resilient Cities Network) 18 2. Place Community Emergency Response Teams in three pilot neighborhoods. Goal: Engage residents to better understand the specific impacts of climate shocks and stressors. Lead Department Management Support from • Homeland Security & Emergency Category: Building Community Capacity SD23 Indicators • S.C.1 • S.C.2 • S.C.3 • S.C.4 • HE.E.2 • HE.E.5.a and b • Austin Fire Department, Austin Public Health, Office of Sustainability, Equity Office Staffing Impact • 1 new Community Engagement Specialist position for HSEM, 1 new Research Analyst position for HSEM • Reclassify or repurpose existing vacant PCNs OR create new temporary or permanent positions Partners • None currently, potential grant funding (USDN and/or St. David’s) 19 3. Help small businesses prepare for and recover from climate-related disasters Goal: Help small businesses in Austin prepare for and recover from climate-related disasters. Lead Department Staffing Impact • Economic Development Department Category: Building Community Capacity SD23 Indicators Partners • HE.E.5. a, b, and c • EOA.A.6 • 1 new Community Engagement Specialist position for Economic Development • Reclassify or repurpose existing vacant PCNs OR create new temporary or permanent position • Potential grant funding from the Federal Economic Development Agency. • Nonprofit community lenders such as PeopleFund and Business and Community Lenders of Texas may be able to support. 20 4. Conduct a City-wide Emergency Preparedness campaign Goal: At-large effort to educate the community. Lead Department • Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) Category: Building Community Capacity SD23 Indicators • S.C.1 • S.C.2 • S.C.3 Staffing Impact • N/A Partners • No funding partners have been identified for this work. Potential partners could include CAPCOG and Travis County. • $250,000 (one time) for creative/production costs • $150,000/year for annual media buys 21 5. Assess critical community facilities for energy and water needs per the Colorado River Flooding After-Action Report Goal: Developing a culture of resilience within agencies throughout the broader community. Lead Department • Office of Sustainability Support from Category: Infrastructure Hardening SD23 Indicators • HE.E.2 • HE.E.5.a. b, and c • Austin Energy Green Building Austin Public Health Office of Sustainability Parks & Recreation Austin Water Staffing Impact • N/A Partners • Potential grant funding • $150,000 (one-time) for geospatial software 22 22 6. Perform wildfire evacuation assessment. Goal: Planning for ingress/egress routes and procedures. Lead Department • Austin Fire Department Support from Category: Infrastructure Hardening SD23 Indicators • SD23 HE.E.5.c Staffing Impact • N/A Partners • Austin Police Department Austin Transportation Emergency Medical Services CAMPO • Potential funding from CAPCOG, FEMA, and the Texas A&M Forest Service. $100,000 (one-time) for consultant to model and assess ingress/egress evacuation routes 23 7. Evaluate Austin’s resilience to food shortages. Goal: Evaluate how our regional food supply chain infrastructure might react to disruption. Lead Department • Office of Sustainability Support from • Economic Development Department Category: Infrastructure Hardening Staffing Impact • N/A Partners SD23 Indicators • HE.F.1 • HE.F.2 • HE.F.5 • Potential grant funding from the Natural Resources Defense Council. • Methodology developed by Johns Hopkins University would be adapted for use in Austin with the help of research partners at the University of Texas at Austin. • $50,000 (one-time) To contract with Johns Hopkins University to map and evaluate food supply systems. 24 24 8. Install neighborhood Resilience Kiosks. Goal: Install 4 new neighborhood-based, publicly accessible solar-powered phone charging kiosks. Lead Department • Office of Sustainability Support from Category: Infrastructure Hardening SD23 Indicators: • S.C.2 • S.C.3 • HE.E.2 • Parks & Recreation Austin Public Health Austin Public Library Austin Energy Green Building Homeland Security & Emergency Management Staffing Impact • N/A Partners • $36,000 (one-time) for 4 solar- powered phone charging kiosks. 25 9. Conduct Resilience Hub Assessment and prepare an Action Plan. Goal: Plan for implementation of community-serving Resilience Hubs for municipal facilities. Lead Department • Office of Sustainability Staff support Category: Infrastructure Hardening SD23 Indicators: • S.C.2 • S.C.3 • HE.E.2 • Parks & Recreation Austin Public Health Austin Public Library Austin Energy Green Building Homeland Security & Emergency Management Staffing Impact • N/A Partners • Potential funding from federal agencies including Department of Energy, HUD CDGB-DR and FEMA. • $75,000 (one-time) For contracting with an engineering firm to prepare a facility assessment and recommendations for new investments. 26 26 Climate Vulnerability Climate Vulnerability = Exposure + Sensitivity + Adaptive Capacity Address inequities by: • Decreasing exposure • Decreasing sensitivity • Increasing adaptive capacity Exposure Degree to which a community is exposed to climatic variations Sensitivity Degree to which a community is affected by climate variations Adaptive Capacity Ability of a community to adjust and moderate damage 27