Team Downtown: Part One

Implementation Plan GBL.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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Resiliency Strategies – which one to choose…

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Resiliency Strategy – Group Focus

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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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Resiliency Strategy – East River
Short Term Solutions, 1 to 5 years
 Individual Protection of Buildings

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 Protective Corridor
Road blocks between individual buildings

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Mid Term Solutions, 5 to 15 years
 Elevated Bike Lane & Ecological Waterfronts

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Long Term Solutions, >15 years
 Multi-functional Elevated and Enclosed FDR Drive

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Resiliency Strategy – Hudson River
Short Term Solutions:, 1 to 5 years
 Improve Landscaping and Flood Wall Solutions
Harrison Street

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ARCADIS - FLOW-3D MODEL & GOOGLE EARTH - FLOOD DEPTH SUPERSTORM SANDY 10/29/12,
9:10 PM ET
Mid Term Solution, 5 to 15 years
 Battery Park City, the local best practice!
1977
Battery Park Underpass

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 Extend Battery Park City

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 Land Reclamation with Elevated Landscape

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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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Resiliency Strategy – Manhattan tip
Current Situation

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Resiliency Strategy – Manhattan tip
 Smart Landscaping - Local Flood Walls

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Short Term Measures
Mid Term Measures
Long Term Measures

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James Colgate – Department of
Buildings
Regulatory Context
Lower Manhattan Strategy Session

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FIRM
(1983)
Residents 218,000
Jobs 190,000
Buildings 36,000
Floor area
(sq. ft.)
374
million
•100-year floodplain:
•Effective FIRMS (1983)

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FIRM
(1983)
ABFE
2013
Change
(%)
Residents 218,000 447,000 105%
Jobs 190,000 341,000 79%
Buildings 36,000 71,000 97%
Floor area
(sq. ft.)
374
million
589
million
57%
•100-year floodplain:
•Effective FIRMS (1983)
•v. Updated ABFE (2013):

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NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS (NYC DOB) LITERATURE

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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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NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING (NYC DCP) ZONING AMENDMENT

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URBAN GREEN COUNCIL(USGBC)

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MAYOR’S SPECIAL INITIATIVE FOR REBUILDINGAND 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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540,000 ft²
770,000 ft²
2,600,000 ft²
3,800,000 ft²
340,000 ft²
1,300,000 ft²
450,000 ft²
3,500,000 ft²

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50.200 m²
71.500 m²
241.500 m²
353.000 m²
31.600 m²
120.800 m²
41.800 m²
325.000 ft²

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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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Hope Cohen – Battery Conservancy
Policy and Process
Lower Manhattan Strategy Session

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Buildings are complex enough, but
what about…

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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
• The Battery Conservancy
• Metropolitan Transportation Authority
• National Park Service
• 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
• 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
• NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
• NYC Department of Small Business Services
• NYC Department of Environmental Protection
• City Planning, CB1, BP, City Council

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Medium Term – East River
• NYC Department of Small Business Services
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Possibly Environmental Protection Agency, LPC

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Long Term – Hudson River
• NYC Department of Buildings
• Possibly Environmental Protection Agency

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Long Term – East River
• Possibly Environmental Protection Agency, LPC

H209FORUMWATERCHALLENGESFORCOASTALCITIES
FROMTHEDUTCHDELTATONEWYORKHARBOR
SEPT09-SEPT10 NEWYORK&NEWJERSEY
2013
Henry Hudson
Ministry of Infrastructure and the
Environment
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