Piermont Waterfront Resilience Task Force
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PIERMONT WATERFRONT RESILIENCE
TASK FORCE
WATERFRONT RESILIENCE TASK FORCE Organizers, Project Team
Convened by the Villages
Piermont and Catskill
With Support, Technical Assistance and Partnership from:
‣NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Hudson River Estuary Program
‣New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission
‣Scenic Hudson
‣Consensus Building Institute
‣Lincoln Institute
1. Initiate a community-driven process to better understand local risks tied to sea level rise and tidal river flooding
2. Identify and prioritize strategies for making Catskill more resilient
3. Generate a locally specific, broadly understood and supported Resilience Roadmap that:
• makes people & property safer • ensures waterfront vitality • conserves coastal natural resources
WATERFRONT RESILIENCE TASK FORCE GOALS
• What can be done now, and how it will help residents and businesses • What the communities can do to be more resilient in the future SOLUTIONS
Task Force members
Additional members of the public
Federal, State, and County Agencies and NGOs
COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PROCESS
APPOINTED TASK FORCE MEMBERSMayor Sanders appointed representatives from the community with a range of interests and expertise to serve on the Task Force. Task force members included village business owners, residents, Village staff, members of the Village Board and other community leaders. The goal of this broad representation was to integrate a wide view of the Village’s needs and vision and to tap into different skills and local knowledge, with the intention that the work of the PWRTF would reflect the sensibilities and priorities of the community fairly and effectively.
Appointed Task Force members
Rob Burns* LWRP Update CommitteeWalter Cain* Architecture StudentWilliam Cavanaugh Piermont Fire ChiefLisa DeFeciani* Village BoardRichard Esnard* Piermont Historical SocietyMeg Fowler* Resident Klaus Jacob* LWRP Update CommitteeStan Jacobs* LWRP Update Committee Suren Kilerciyan Business OwnerGreg McKillop* LWRP Update CommitteeSteve Silverberg* Village Board, LWRP Update CommitteeLaura Straus* Village Chamber of CommerceJohn VandenOever* Pastor, Reformed ChurchSylvia Welch* Village Grant AdministratorUsha Wright* Resident
* indicates attendance at 3 or more Task Force meetings
PROJECT TEAMProject leadership and technical assistance was provided by Scenic Hudson, the Consensus Building Institute, NYS DEC Hudson River Estuary Program and Catalysis Adaptation Partners, with additional support from the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy.
Scenic Hudson - Science, Planning, and Project ManagementJeffrey Anzevino - Director of Land Use AdvocacySteve Rosenberg - Senior Vice PresidentSacha Spector - Director of Conservation ScienceNava Tabak - Conservation ScientistMark Wildonger - Senior Planner
Consensus Building Institute - Facilitation and Project ManagementBennet Brooks - Senior Mediator
NYS DEC Hudson River Estuary Program - Science and PlanningKristin Marcell - Climate Program CoordinatorLibby Murphy - Climate Outreach Specialist
Catalysis Adaptation Partners - Benefit-Cost Economic AnalysisJonathan Lockman - Vice President of Environmental Planning
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Establish a permanent flooding and storm resilience committee7
Recommendations prioritized by the Task Force:
Improve emergency communications 1
2 Develop a comprehensive emergency management plan (CEMP)
10Incorporate the findings/recommendations of the PWRTF into the new Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP)
Work with local utilities to improve resilience 3
16 Research the financing options for supporting flooding adaptation, mitigation, and protection measures
Recommenda)ons priori)zed by the Task Force:
10 Incorporate the findings/recommenda5ons of the PWRTF into the new Local Waterfront Revitaliza5on Program (LWRP)
‣Revise local code to: •promote the use of green shoreline infrastructure
(nature-‐based solu5ons)
‣Promote the long-‐term persistence of the Piermont Marsh as a natural storm buffer
‣Encourage the use of natural buffers and green shoreline infrastructure to reduce flood risk and erosion and conserve natural resource func5ons
ADAPTATION NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS
ADAPTATION NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS
COAST adaptation #3
Floodproof
Elevate
Marsh expansion
Buyouts- 2050s
Buyouts- 2020s
Esplanades
New mixed usedevelopment area
XY XY XY XY Removeable floodwall
Bridges (one driving and one walking)
Piermont Ave- elevate
Esplanades
Goal: To reduce people & assets in risk areas, protect some areas, and create new green infrastructure in village
Adaptation Elements
Piermont Marshway
• roads in black raised now to 6.75ft (MHHW +2 ft freeboard + 29inches SLR) and to 10.3 ft in 2050 (MHHW +2ft freeboard+ 72inches SLR)
• All properties in light purple elevated now to ABFE (2014) + 2 ft freeboard + 29inchesSLR
• All properties in purple wet flood-proofed on first floors
• Removable floodwall installed along dotted black line - begins at grade and extends to 20’NAVD (MSL+10ftABFE +72”SLR + 2ft freeboard)
• New bridges installed now • Buyout homes in tan in 2020 • Buyout homes in pale green in 2050 • Construct esplanades in 2050
Fly Wheel Park W Esplanade
Piermont Ave Esplanade
seawall & footing for
removable flood wall
roadway elevated to MHHW +2ft
freeboard + 3ft for sea level rise
Piermont Marshway
Flood-proofed or elevated structure
New Construction
roadway elevated to MHHW +2ft
freeboard + 3ft for sea level rise
PIERMONT WATERFRONT RESILIENCE
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