Backup_20210825-2C_Resilience Hubs update — original pdf

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Resilience Hubs Joint Sustainability Committee August 25, 2021 Equity Issue: All recent extreme weather events (Halloween/Memorial Day floods, heatwaves, Winter Storm Uri, etc.) have hit low income communities and communities of color first and worst Moving Forward ● Center low income communities and communities of color in these planning processes ● Build an equity lens for all staff participating in these processes ● Move as much as possible towards Community Leadership and Ownership of the work Council Resolution 20210408-028 Plan: Deliverable: ● Conduct an assessment to identify potential locations for resilience hubs. ● Explore "passive survivability", redundant power and water. ● Engagement with each community, center the needs of the most vulnerable and affected community members. ● Potential resilience hubs are based on 15-minute walkshed of each neighborhood. ● Budget sufficient to fund recommendations and strategies to design and equip hubs. ● Plan, budget recommendations, funding strategies, and a timeline for designing and equipping an initial six pilot hubs for disasters. ● Intergovernmental memoranda necessary to memorialize community partnerships necessary to create resilience hubs.” Reimagining Public Safety - Neighborhood Hubs 10 Neighborhoods - that meet these criteria 1. Over policing, concentrated surveillance, and Recommendation: $2.5 million - 5 X $500k (staffing, administration, and programming) 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. patrol data Calls to 211 by Zip Code & Call Type Unemployment and underemployment rates Poverty and low-income neighborhoods Central Health Focus Areas Housing insecurity Areas vulnerable to flooding Areas lacking tree canopy coverage Neighborhoods near brownfields, landfills, recycling, and wastewater treatment facilities Food insecurity Predatory lender locations COVID-19 new cases, mortality rates, testing availability, and vaccine access - - - - - Drop-in center & outreach base. Created and staffed by neighborhood. Community members determine needs to be addressed & resources needed. City-run Neighborhood Centers exist in some communities, but they are not meeting community needs & residents do not feel safe accessing them. Idea is that they are community “owned” and run. Could these also serve as Resilience Hubs? 98% of the time a Neighborhood Hub 2% of the time a Resilience Hub GAVA Press Release: Uri Response Resilience Hubs and neighborhood centers must be supplied with critical on-site materials and resources, now: ● Generators and power banks ● Walkie Talkies and transistor radios ● Hard landlines for first responders and community responders in each hub First aid, medical (including OTC inventory and discretionary funds for prescriptions), and personal hygiene supplies ● ● Water stored on-site (install rainwater catchment where possible) Renew funding for Parent Support Specialists (not included in RH). The City Manager must charge Homeland Security & Emergency Management, as well as the Emergency Operations Center, to: ● ● ● ● ● ● Identify single points of contact, and standing orders for 3 of the 6 pilot hubs Improve text alerts Training for community, medical, and public safety teams Provide direct financial assistance and flexible cash budgets for basic needs Stipend residents in vulnerable communities to get CERT certified and serve as block leader Develop an expectation for all multifamily properties within a two-mile radius of hubs, prioritizing HACA and the lowest income properties, to have evacuation and response plans with community points of contact for residents and agencies. Ensure adequate medical and mental health staffing and resourcing for resilience hubs (not included in RH). Highlight = currently covered in our proposal What are Resilience Hubs? What they ARE: ● Physical Facilities ● Networks ● Tools of Power Shifting Solutions and programs to address daily stressors + distributed disaster response and recovery. What they are NOT: ● Replacement for traditional emergency planning and disaster response ● Sheltering Facilities Topics & Stakeholders Stakeholders: ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Community Organizers & Organizations Faith-based Groups Block Leaders Schools & Higher Ed Housing Authorities Informal/Online Networks NA’s & HOA’s Local Businesses & Chambers of Commerce Community Advocates Community Preparedness ● ● ● Community Services Outreach + Education Programming CERT/Ambassadors Successful Resilience Hubs Emergency Preparedness ● ● ● Readiness outreach Staff + Training Supply Provision Facility + Site Preparedness ● Building Upgrades ● Infrastructure ● Access What are Resilience Hubs? Regular Functions (non-activation): Emergency Functions (activation): ● ● ● ● ● Community ownership and decision making Day-to-day services that address community stressors Community gathering spaces (indoor & shaded outdoor spaces) Community programming/education re: emergency preparedness Safe, all-abilities access routes from neighborhoods ● ● ● Resilient facilities, redundant utilities (power, water, comms) Staging area for mobile emergency response Storage for food, water, meds (refrigeration), and other supplies. ● Shelter Capacity 8 USDN Best Practices Phase 1 Hazards, Vulnerability & Service Areas Review existing info, overlaps & gaps. Ground-Truth with Lived Experience Research compounding impacts Phase 2 Teams & Engagement Identifying Partners - Building Relationships Determine Community Needs Phase 3 Evaluate & Prioritize Sites Criteria, based on community needs/goals Site Identification - Physical Assessment Site Selection, Prioritization Phase 4 Explore & Select Solutions Solution Options and Functions Personnel, Roles, Training and Funding Facility Conditions and Feasibility Assessment Select Solutions and Functions Phase 5 Design, Development & Construction Project Management Design & Engineering Installation/Construction & Commissioning Phase 6 Activation & Operations General Management Emergency Operations Communications Plan Annual Operating ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Ballpark Estimate Phase 1 Hazards, Vulnerability & Service Areas Phase 2 Teams & Engagement Phase 3 Evaluate & Prioritize Sites Planning Costs - $150k Phase 4 Explore & Select Solutions Scoping Costs - $200k Phase 5 Design, Development & Construction Phase 6 Activation & Operations ~$1.2M/site (Navigators, Emergency & facility upgrades) Annual/Ongoing Costs - TBD, based on pilot hubs Proposed ARP Funding Overview ($3 Million allocated to Resilience Hubs as part of the Council-approved American Rescue Plan funding framework) Pilot Resilience Hub #1 $1,200,000 Pilot Resilience Hub #2 $1,200,000 Community-wide Resilience Hub Plan $ 350,000 Administrative Costs and Temporary Staffing $ 250,000 Total $3,000,000 Community-Wide Network - Approach 1 Pilot Hubs Startup - 2022 2 Community-Wide Plan - 2023 3 Implement Plan - 2024 Thank You!