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Integrating Adaptation into Municipal Plans and Programs Beth Gibbons, GLAA-C Project Manager

Integrating Adaptation into Municipal Plans and Programs Beth Gibbons, GLAA-C Project Manager. Background on GLAA-C . City practitioners want to know what other cities are doing! Political cover Creates a road map for action Builds a network of local colleagues

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Integrating Adaptation into Municipal Plans and Programs Beth Gibbons, GLAA-C Project Manager

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  1. Integrating Adaptation into Municipal Plans and Programs Beth Gibbons, GLAA-C Project Manager

  2. Background on GLAA-C • City practitioners want to know what other cities are doing! • Political cover • Creates a road map for action • Builds a network of local colleagues • Cities need local services and local data • Climate data • Exposure data • Management approaches • Internal education • What is already taking place • Where can interdepartmental collaboration happen

  3. GLAA-C Network

  4. Embedding Adaptation • Aviation • Buildings Code and Permitting • Economic Development • Engineering Department • Finance Department • Forestry and Parks • Health Department • Procurement Services • Transportation Department • Utilities Department • Zoning Board of Appeal

  5. Examples of Adaptation • Landscaping in medians and along street edge to filter runoff and reduce the 'heat island effect‘ (Ann Arbor, MI) • Basement flooding protection subsidy program- for installing back-water valves & sump pumps on household sewer connections (Windsor, ON) • Establish requirements for minimum percent tree cover in locations with high pavement density such as parking lots (Louisville, KY) • Encourage municipal facilities as cool down centers, encourage use of wading pools and outdoor splash pools (Kingston, ON)

  6. Focus on Toledo • Key Areas of Impact • -Variable lake levels in Lake Erie • -Severe precipitation events leading tocombined sewer overflow • - Upstream flooding • Challenges to Adaptation • -Costly port maintenance leaves limited resources • - Climate change skepticism amongst community members • Resources for Adaptation • -Strong Intergovernmental cooperation between the City and surrounding County • - High engagement from local, state and federal agencies • GLAA-C Focus Area • -Engage key local business to explore climate change preparedness and how business may incorporate adaptation strategies into their business models • -StormwaterManagement Plan update and process development Image Place Holder

  7. Historical Climate Changes - Recap Temperature Increase 1.6 Precipitation Increase 7.7 Taken from GLISA: Historical Climatology: Toledo, OH

  8. Strategies for Toledo • Stormwater management strategies • Nuisance flooding (roads and basements) • Combined Sewer Overflow Events • Heat Preparedness • Warning and Response strategies • Heat Island Reduction • Urban Forest Management • Outreach and Engagement • Vulnerable populations • Business • Port Authority Map indicating what summers in Ohio might "feel" like under a low and high greenhouse gas emissions scenario

  9. Mapping Climate Across the Region http://headwaterseconomics.org/interactive/great-lakes-atlas

  10. Integrating Adaptation in Toledo • Based on the results of the morning’s presentations, what systems within Toledo do you think are currently or could be impacted by weather and long-term climate change?   • What strategies already exist across the City departments to address these climate change impacts? • What actions are your department, other departments, or the city as a whole taking to prepare for existing and projected future climate related impacts to these systems? • What strategies could the city or your department implement to build a more resilient system?

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