Coffey Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn RESILIENT INDUSTRY STUDY
2 RESILIENT INDUSTRY: WHAT IS IT? PRESIDENTIAL DISASTER HAZARD MITIGATION HURRICANE SANDY NYC DECLARATION DR-4085 4085 GRANT PROGRAM Project Team: Jen Gravel, Director of Industry Studies Michael Marrella, Director, Waterfront and Open Space Ryan Jacobson, Assistant Urban Designer Allan Zaretsky, Retail Resiliency Lead Christopher Lee, Intern RESILIENT INDUSTRY STUDY
3 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF TODAY’S MEETING • Explain the purpose and context of the study • Clarify the role and expectations of the Technical Advisory Committee • Explain how Hurricane Sandy affected New York City industry • Present early fjndings from risk assessment and regulatory analysis • Solicit feedback from the TAC on whether we’re “getting it right” Kingsland Avenue on Newtown Creek, Brooklyn RESILIENT INDUSTRY STUDY
4 GOALS: PROTECTING NEW YORK CITY’S INDUSTRY, RESIDENTS AND ENVIRONMENT Reduce fmood hazard Identify appropriate Promote cost- Promote cost- Identify fjnancial and for businesses, the emergency effective physical effective operational insurance strategies environment, and preparedness strategies to protect strategies to protect to help industrial residents in the city’s guidelines for businesses and the businesses and the businesses become fmood zones industrial businesses environment environment fmood resilient in the fmood zone RESILIENT INDUSTRY STUDY
5 TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE - WHAT’S YOUR ROLE? • Provide technical expertise and fjrst-hand accounts of issues faced by industrial businesses in the fmood plain • Review analysis of current regulations affecting industrial businesses and buildings in the fmood plain • Advise the Project Team on best practices that address physical and operational resilience strategies • Represent the interests of a broad group of stakeholders in the fjelds of industry and resiliency • Provide the Project Team with additional stakeholders who can inform the study and its recommendations • Provide feedback on the study’s initial fjndings and recommendations 11th Street, Hunter’s Point, Queens RESILIENT INDUSTRY STUDY
6 RESILIENT INDUSTRY TIMELINE RISK BEST PRACTICES RECOMMENDATIONS COMPLETION ASSESSMENT January - May 2015 June - December 2015 January 2016 - May 2016 June - August 2016 • Land Use and Zoning • Physical Strategies • Cross-sector • Preparation of deliverables • Economic and Market • Wet/dry fmoodproofjng • Cross-borough • Hazard Mitigation Plan re - quirements • Site/building elevation • Urban Form and Design • Physical Strategies • Individual site fmood barriers • Manuals or other aids to • Industrial Operations • Operational Strategies communicate best practices • Area-wide fmood barriers • Emergency Preparedness • Landscape infrastructure • Presentation of recommen- • Infrastructure dations and fjndings • Shoreline design • Natural Resources • Operational Strategies • Raise equipment and material • Equipment and material evacuation plans • First responder access plans RESILIENT INDUSTRY STUDY
7 Specifjc Outcomes Are Expected of Resilient Industry NYC HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN CATALOG OF BEST PRACTICES POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS Resilient Industry will identify Resilient Industry will create ma- Resilient Industry will provide recommendations that will be terials summarizing targeted best recommendations changes to incorporated into the New York operational and design practices city, state or federal policy, as City Hazard Mitigation Plan for industrial businesses needed RESILIENT INDUSTRY STUDY
8 RESILIENT INDUSTRY FITS WITHIN AN EXPANDING RESILIENCY PORTFOLIO T I G A T M I I O N 2014 NEW YORK CITY P Y R R E E P V A O R C E HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN E D N R E S S E S N E R O P S DCP Resilient Industry study (Ongoing) Bill de Blasio, Mayor Hazard Mitigation Joseph F. Bruno, Commissioner of New York City Plan 2014 Offjce of Emergency Management DCP Resilient Retail study (Ongoing) RESILIENT INDUSTRY STUDY
9 OPEN INDUSTRIAL USES ADDRESSED A NARROWER SCOPE OF USES AND ISSUES • Focused specifjcally on unenclosed industrial uses; did not address buildings • Recommendations included site design standards and fmood protection • Geographic applicability was not limited to the fmood zone. • Implementation of recommendations subject to ongoing MS4 permit coordination isolate, secure, elevate or remove (dry floodproofing) isolate, contain and secure (wet floodproofing) BASE FLOOD ELEVATION PLUS 1 FOOT LATEST FEMA BASE FLOOD ELEVATION (BFE) • construction standards for unenclosed storage and activities, whether or not the primary use on site. RESILIENT INDUSTRY STUDY
10 STUDY FOCUSES ON UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF SPECIFIC INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES • Manufacturing • Construction • Retail Trade • Transportation/Warehousing • Admin, etc. • Food • Contractors • Gas Stations • Couriers • Waste Mgmt. • Metal • Engineering • Auto sales and repair • Transportation Support • Utilities • Apparel • Information • Wholesale Trade • Transit and Ground Transportation • Printing • Telecommunications • Durable • Other • Film/Sound Recording • Nondurable • Repair/Maintenance RESILIENT INDUSTRY STUDY
11 INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES AND BUSINESSES OCCUPY MUCH OF THE FEMA FLOOD ZONE
12 DIVERSE INDUSTRY WITH A CONCENTRATION OF TRANSPORTATION & WAREHOUSING 27.4% 15.5% Wholesale Trade 20.3% 50.9% Transportation and Warehousing 19.6% 13.8% Construction Industrial businesses in the Industrial jobs in the 17.1% 12.4% Manufacturing FEMA Flood Zone FEMA Flood Zone 7.2% 1.4% Other Services 4.2% 2.2% Film/Audio Production 2.4% 0.8% Gas Staion/Auto Repair 0.6% 1.6% Utilities 1.3% 1.5% Administrative, Support, Waste Management and Remediation Services 3,500 100,000 7,500 Industrial businesses in the Industrial jobs in the Industrial buildings in the FEMA flood zone FEMA flood zone FEMA flood zone RESILIENT INDUSTRY STUDY
13 HURRICANE SANDY AND NEW YORK CITY INDUSTRY RESILIENT INDUSTRY STUDY
14 SANDY AND NYC INDUSTRY
15 KEY VULNERABILITIES $ ECONOMIC PUBLIC BUSINESS PROPERTY AND SECURITY SAFETY CONTINUITY CONTENTS AND LOSS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION RESILIENT INDUSTRY STUDY
$ 16 ECONOMIC SECURITY 60% of NYC’s food is distributed from Hunt’s Point In the Sandy Inundation Area there were... 369 Food 6,510 with Distribution Jobs Businesses 411 5,903 Transportation with Support Jobs Businesses 8 Fuel 40 out of distribution citywide Facilities OIL RESILIENT INDUSTRY STUDY
17 PUBLIC SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION In the Sandy Inundation Area there were... 1,484 Facilities with Out of which, ~250 reportable levels of spills were reported toxic material in DEP’s to DEP and DEC CFID 8 Fuel distribution Facilities OIL 1,186 Parking Facilities RESILIENT INDUSTRY STUDY
18 BUSINESS CONTINUITY In the Sandy Inundation Area there were... 600,000 customers who lost power Many instances of businesses losing records and computers RESILIENT INDUSTRY STUDY
19 PROPERTY AND CONTENTS LOSS In the Sandy Inundation Area there were... Out of which, 92% were built before 1983 (when fmoodplain regulations 5,543 Industrial were adopted in NYC) Buildings Average year of construction = 1940 2.57’ 13% of fmooded industrial buildings had fmood depths greater than 5’ AVERAGE FLOOD DEPTH 13.2’ HIGHEST FLOOD DEPTH RESILIENT INDUSTRY STUDY
20 SANDY RESPONSE THE RESILIENT INDUSTRY STUDY
21 HURRICANE SANDY RESPONSE IN-STORM POST-STORM RECOVERY PRIVATE Private Flood Staff on-site Staff on-site Insurance Emergency Management Plan Capital Investments DOB Building SBA Disaster Recovery PUBLIC Placard Initiative Assistance Program SBS Business Loan and Grant Program NFIP Flood Insurance RESILIENT INDUSTRY STUDY
22 DOB Building Placard Initiative 1,130 Industrial Buildings were tagged after Sandy 1,056 Green Tags Affected, Little Evident Damage 66 Yellow Tags Non-Structural Damage 8 Red Tags 1 Dot = 1 Building Tag Seriously Damaged RESILIENT INDUSTRY STUDY
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