The first part of Team Downtown's presentation on "How to Keep Downtown Manhattan Safe and Resilient"
For a few months before the conference, three American-Dutch Strategy Teams of 6 to 8 experts have collaborated on how to protect three areas of New York and New Jersey from future storms. In this session, an American-Dutch team presents its synthesis, combining the best knowledge, solutions and experience from both sides of the Atlantic, on how to protect South Street Seaport and downtown Manhattan.
For the entire presentation, please go to https://www.dropbox.com/s/07tb36uxcmmsgd7/0930%20SS1%20TDT.pptx
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3 Lower Manhattan Strategy Session
Team Introduction
• Laura Tolkoff
Regional Plan Association
• Bo Juza
DHI
• Joe Ackroyd and James Colgate
NYC Department of Buildings
• Hope Cohen
Battery Conservancy
• Annebeth Loois and Florian
Witsenburg
Tygron
• Ellen Monchen
City of Amsterdam
• Michael Levine and Diana Switaj
Community Board 1
• Egon Bijlsma and Edgar Westerhof
ARCADIS
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Agenda
1. Edgar Westerhof – Resiliency
Strategies
ARCADIS
2. James Colgate – Regulatory Context
NYC Department of Buildings
3. Hope Cohen – Policy and Process
Battery Conservancy
4. Annebeth Loois – Participatory
Planning
Tygron
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A three tier approach:
1. No one gets hurt
- Short Term Solutions, 1 to 5 years
2. The show must go on
- Mid Term Solutions, 5 to 15 years
3. We keep our feet dry
- Long Term Solutions, >15 years
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ARCADIS - FLOW-3D MODEL & GOOGLE EARTH - FLOOD DEPTH SUPERSTORM SANDY 10/29/12,
9:10 PM ET
Resiliency Strategy – Hudson River
Mid Term Solution, 5 to 15 years
Battery Park City, the local best practice!
1977
Battery Park Underpass
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Resiliency Strategy – Hudson River
Long Term Solutions, >15 years
Move West Street to Extended Battery Park City
Route Peripherique - Paris
- Move and bury West Street
- Develop landfill
- Use ecological potential -
compensation
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James Colgate – Department of
Buildings
Regulatory Context
Lower Manhattan Strategy Session
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LOCAL REGULATORY CHANGES
Immediate:
• Emergency ordinances/zoning
Ongoing:
• Comprehensive zoning changes
• Building Resiliency Task Force (BRTF)
• Special Initiate for Rebuilding and
Resiliency (SIRR)
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RETROACTIVE MANDATE
• All Buildings in 100 year flood zones
• > 300,000 ft² (27.870 m²) & > 6 stories
ELEVATE OR PROTECT:
• Electric service/distribution
• Water pumps (drinking water)
• Emergency generators
• Heating plant and ventilation equipment
• Sprinkler pumps and fire alarms
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RETROACTIVE MANDATE
• Hospitals and nursing homes in 500
year flood zones
ELEVATE OR PROTECT:
• Electrical service/distribution
• Potable water pumps
• Emergency generators
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Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
§28-315.8 Resiliency. The work specified in this section to
enhance building resiliency shall be completed by the dates
specified herein.
§28-315.8.1. Flood protection of mechanical, electrical,
plumbing telecommunication and fire protection systems
and equipment. The protection of mechanical, electrical,
plumbing, telecommunications and fire protection systems and
equipment in accordance with the retroactive requirements of
section G311.2 of appendix G of the New York city building
code shall be completed by December 31, 2030, and interim
and final reports detailing compliance with those requirements
shall be filed with the department pursuant to section G311.2.5
(…)
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Everything else?
• Buildings not subject to City of New York regulations
• Parkland (all jurisdictions)
• Water bodies
• Infrastructure - City-owned
• Water tunnels and mains (NYC Department of Environmental
Protection)
• Streets and highways (State and City Departments of
Transportation)
• Ferries and ferry landings (private operators, NYC
Department of Transportation, NYC Economic Development
Corporation)
• Other infrastructure
• Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its operating
companies
• Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
• Consolidated Edison
• TimeWarner, Verizon, other telecommunications utilities
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And everybody else?
• Private property owners and managers
• New York City agencies – Planning, Long-Term Planning & Sustainability,
Emergency Management (OEM), Small Business Services (SBS),
Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), Parks & Recreation (DPR),
Transportation (NYC DoT), Environmental Protection (DEP)
• NYC Economic Development Corporation (EDC)
• Community Board 1 (CB1)
• Borough President (BP)
• City Council
• New York State agencies – Transportation (NYS DoT), Environmental
Conservation (DEC)
• United States agencies – Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National
Park Service (NPS), Army Corps of Engineers, Coast Guard, Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• Battery Park City Authority (BPCA)
• Hudson River Park Trust (HRPT)
• Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ)
• NY/NJ Harbor & Estuary Program
• Utilities: Consolidated Edison, TimeWarner, Verizon
• Non-profit civic organizations: Alliance for Downtown New York, The Battery
Conservancy
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• Battery Park City Authority
• NYS Department of Transportation
• NYC Office of Emergency Management
• NYC Department of Transportation
• NYC Department of Parks & Recreation
• Possibly CB1, BP, City Planning, City Council
Short Term – Hudson River
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Short Term – The Battery
• NYC Department of Parks & Recreation
• The Battery Conservancy
• Metropolitan Transportation Authority
• National Park Service
• NYC Department of Transportation
• CB1, BP, City Council
• Possibly Coast Guard
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Short Term – East River
• Private property owners and managers
• NYC Department of Buildings
• NYC Office of Emergency Management
• NYC Department of Transportation
• Possibly LPC, CB1, BP, City Council
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Medium Term – Hudson River
• NY/NJ Harbor & Estuary Program
• Environmental Protection Agency
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
• NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
• NYC Department of Small Business Services
• Battery Park City Authority
• NYS Department of Transportation
• NYC Department of Transportation
• NYC Department of Parks & Recreation
• NYC Department of Environmental Protection
• City Planning, CB1, BP, City Council
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Medium Term – East River
• NYC Department of Transportation
• NYC Department of Parks & Recreation
• NYC Department of Environmental Protection
• NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
• NYC Department of Small Business Services
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• City Planning, CB1, BP, City Council
• Possibly Environmental Protection Agency, LPC
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Long Term – Hudson River
• NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
• Battery Park City Authority
• NYS Department of Transportation
• Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
• City Planning, CB1, BP, City Council
• NYC Department of Transportation
• NYC Department of Parks & Recreation
• NYC Department of Environmental Protection
• NYC Department of Buildings
• Possibly Environmental Protection Agency
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Long Term – East River
• City Planning, CB1, BP, City Council
• NYC Department of Transportation
• NYS Department of Transportation
• NYC Department of Parks & Recreation
• NYC Department of Environmental Protection
• NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
• Possibly Environmental Protection Agency, LPC