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

TASK FORCE