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City of Gloucester
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Planning
Update
Outline• Successful Development of Vulnerability Assessment
• The Right Team – Coastal Resilience Working Group• Built on Past Efforts
• Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan (2010) – Critical Asset Inventory• Citywide LIDAR and GIS (2011-2012) – Robust Dataset
• Useful Tools (Critical Elevations, Risk Assessment, Viewer)• Prioritization (Infrastructure Life Cycle vs. Risk)*• Regulatory Review (Risk vs. Economic Development)**
• Adaptation Project Implementation (Green Infrastructure)
• Protecting Critical Infrastructure – Enhancing Natural Resources
• Little River Floodplain and Habitat Restoration• Questions
Outline• Successful Development of Vulnerability Assessment
• The Right Team – Coastal Resilience Working Group• Built on Past Efforts
• Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan (2010) – Critical Asset Inventory• Citywide LIDAR and GIS (2011-2012) – Robust Dataset
• Useful Tools (Critical Elevations, Risk Assessment, Viewer)• Prioritization (Infrastructure Life Cycle vs. Risk)*• Regulatory Review (Risk vs. Economic Development)**
• Adaptation Project Implementation (Green Infrastructure)
• Protecting Critical Infrastructure – Enhancing Natural Resources
• Little River Floodplain and Habitat Restoration• Questions
AdministrationElected City CouncilPlanning BoardClean Energy Comm.Conservation Comm.DPW/EngineeringPlanning staffHealth DepartmentMembers of Public
Plus Kleinfelder - WHGCZM
Team
Asset Inventory High Res Topo
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Priority-planning
areas
Project Approach
Phase I
Sea Level Rise/Storm Surge Projections
Scenario Development
Phase II
Mapping Inundation Modeling Results
Vulnerability/Risk Assessment
Phase III
Develop Adaptation Strategies
Probability of occurrence
Con
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Working Group
Public Meeting Public Meeting Public Meeting
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• 2013 - Present• 2030 – 15 years out – Near term• 2070 – 55 years out – Long term
• Future Conditions - Not Cause
Planning Horizons
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Not “worst-case” scenariosbut
“worst-likely” scenarios
A Probability-Based Model
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Estimate of impactGeneral Strategies
Big Picture Approaches
Adaptation Strategies
Enhanced Critical Asset inventoryAccurate modellingRisk assessmentRecommendations: Policies, Priorities & Projects
Dynamic tools only made possible by grant funding!
What did we get?
Infrastructure
Infrastructure
Infrastructure
MBCR
MassDOT
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Depth of Flooding above Ground (ft.)
Essex Ave at Western Ave2030: 1% Annual Probability (≈100 yr Recurrence)
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Depth of Flooding above Ground (ft.)
Essex Ave at Western Ave2070: 1% Annual Probability (≈100 yr Recurrence)
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Flooding Consequence -Measure of Risk?• Area of service loss• Duration of service loss• Cost of damage• Impacts to public safety and emergency
services• Impacts to economic activities• Impacts to public health and the environment
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RESULTS
Facilities/BuildingsAll are at or above 1% Flood Elevation in 2030Some facilities subject to extreme flooding in 2030
Waste Water Treatment PlantPump Stations at highest risk:Thatcher Rd, Good Harbor
Senior CenterA number of facilities buildings subject to some degree of flooding in 2070
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RESULTS
Facilities/BuildingsAll are at or above 1% Flood Elevation in 2030Some facilities subject to extreme flooding in 2030
Waste Water Treatment PlantPump Stations at highest risk:Thatcher Rd, Good Harbor
Senior CenterA number of facilities buildings subject to some degree of flooding in 2070
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LONG TERM THOUGHTS
Recommendation:Install lock gates at Blynman Canal, and Rt 128 at Annisquam River or Rail causeway, in concert with strategically raising roadway elevations and/or adding roadside walls
Protects City Assets:• WWTP• High School/Emergency
Dispensing Site• Riverside Ave PS• Leslie O Johnson Rd• Centennial Ave• Kent Circle• PLUS Rt 133, Rt 127
Blynman Canal
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Outer Harbor – Hurricane Barrier?
Natural Resources
Adaptation Project Implementation
• City of Gloucester• Department Ecological Restoration• NOAA and Gulf of Maine Council for the
Marine Environment• Mass Audubon• Wellspring House• US Fish and Wildlife• Engineer: Milone and MacBroom, Inc.• Contractor RC&D Providence• COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT
Partnerships
Funding to date$54,815 Department of Ecological Restoration (Design)$43,000 Gulf of Maine Council for the Marine Environment, NOAA (Design and Fish Monitoring)$50,000 USFWS (Construction and monitoring)Coastal Zone Management Green Infrastructure Grant: $400,000 (Construction)
City of Gloucester: $150,000* (Construction)Volunteers (monitoring - fish counting) - Priceless
Finding the right funding fit – change grant priorities Support for Project - City FundingIdentify Cash or BondBond Authorization:
MGL Chapter 44, Section 7(1)Sets project type, eligibility, duration
Surface drainage improvement New explicit category needed?Always offer food at public meetings!
Challenges and Lessons
Thank You! Questions?
planning@gloucester-ma.gov
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