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Long-Term Post-Disaster Recovery Planning in Oregon

Long-Term Post-Disaster Recovery Planning in Oregon. 2010 OEMA Conference Hood River, Oregon. Sponsored by: . Overview. About OPDR Recovery Overview Southwest Counties Process Overview Questions/Discussion. Oregon Partnership for Disaster Resilience. About OPDR. Josh Bruce

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Long-Term Post-Disaster Recovery Planning in Oregon

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  1. Long-Term Post-Disaster Recovery Planning in Oregon 2010 OEMA Conference Hood River, Oregon Sponsored by:

  2. Overview • About OPDR • Recovery Overview • Southwest Counties Process Overview • Questions/Discussion

  3. Oregon Partnership for Disaster Resilience About OPDR Josh Bruce Assistant Director Partnership for Disaster Resilience Community Service Center University of Oregon jdbruce@uoregon.edu

  4. What is OPDR? OPDR coordinates limited resources to generate activity that could not be accomplished by any one group or organization working alone. • The Approach: • integrated • cost-effective • systematic

  5. The Classroom and the Community The classroom provides a foundation for community-based learning • Analytical skills • Theory, history • The community provides the framework and motivation for learning • Real problems • Real people

  6. OPDR Initiatives Include: • Local & Statewide Pre-Disaster Mitigation Planning • Post-Disaster Recovery Planning for Catastrophic Disasters • Disaster Resilient University Planning • Technical Resource Development and Research

  7. Where to find Partnership Resources http://opdr.uoregon.edu

  8. Oregon Partnership for Disaster Resilience Recovery Overview Josh Bruce Project Director Partnership for Disaster Resilience Community Service Center University of Oregon jdbruce@uoregon.edu

  9. What is the Disaster Cycle? The DisasterCycleis the progression of four phases that a community goes through before and after a natural disaster. These four phases are: • Programs, activities, and systems designed to build and enhance community capabilities against natural disasters. The act of reducing/ eliminating future loss of life, injuries, and property from natural hazards. The initial coordinated response to address life, safety, and emergency services immediately after a natural disaster. • Operations to provide basic services and needs to restore the community. Reference: LeDuc, Andre. The Disaster Cycle. Oregon Natural Hazards Workgroup.

  10. The Planning Pyramid RESILIENCE Recovery Plan Short-term Long-term Continuity Plan Continuity of Operations Business Resumption Emergency Operations Plan Immediate Response Sustained Operations Mitigation Plan Post-Disaster Pre-Disaster Five-Year Strategic & Business Plan Enterprise-wide vision for Emergency Management

  11. Emergency Management Structure

  12. What is a catastrophic event? The National Response Plan describes a catastrophic event as likely to: “almost immediately exceed resources normally available to state, local, tribal, and private-sector authorities in the impacted area”....

  13. Cascadia 9.0 Scenario Scenario OverviewEarthquake • Magnitude 9.0 • CascadiaSubductionZone • Northern California to British Columbia • Could be partial or full break • Shaking for 4-5 minutes • Long frequency ground waves • Liquefaction- Coast and estuaries • Landslides- Hwy 101 and Coastal Range • Coastal subsidence ~3 feet • No warning

  14. Scenario Cont. Scenario Overview Tsunami • Initial wave arrival in 20-30 minutes • Earthquake is the warning to evacuate • Average inundation 30-40 feet • Sequence of tsunamis for 10-12 hours • Largest tsunami may not be the first wave • Debris and velocity of waves will obliterate structures and infrastructure. • Damage along coast similar to Bande Ache, Sumatra, American Samoa • People that encounter 2-3 feet of water will likely perish

  15. Development - Damage All photos courtesy of FEMA, except where noted.

  16. Infrastructure - Damage

  17. Business - Damage USGS

  18. Human Services - Damage

  19. Governance - Damage

  20. What is Long-Term Recovery? • The re-establishment of a healthy, functioning community that will sustain itself over time. • Examples of long-term recovery actions include: • Providing permanent disaster-resistant housing units to replace those destroyed • Widening a bridge or roadway that improves both residents’ access to employment areas and a tsunami evacuation route • Initiating a buy-out of flood-prone properties and designating them community open-space Source: FEMA Long-Term Community Recovery Planning Process: A Self-Help Guide, 2005

  21. Post-Disaster Recovery Planning • Post-Disaster Recovery Planning can help: • Local governments make decisions in advance of an emergency reducing potential losses • Retain local control of decision making process • Organize a more efficient redevelopment effort • Keep recovery efforts local • Preserve taxable property values and protect local economic resources Adapted From: South Florida Regional Planning Council. Post-disaster Redevelopment: Putting the Pieces Together.

  22. The Ideal Disaster Recovery Process • Occurs when the community proactively manages: • Recovery and redevelopment decisions; • Multiple financial resources to achieve broad-based community support; • Reconstruction and redevelopment opportunities to enhance economic and community vitality; • Environmental and natural resource opportunities to enhance natural functions and maximize community benefits; • Exposure to risk to a level that is less than what it was before the disaster; and • Integration of recovery efforts with existing plans and policies Source: Adapted from University of Colorado. Holistic Disaster Recovery: Ideas for Building Sustainability After a Natural Disaster.

  23. Rebuild a Better Community • Disasters can be viewed as unforeseen opportunities for sustainable community development projects. • Disaster recovery aid can be used to benefit the entire community by using it for mitigation and development projects. • Avoid rebuilding damaged areas that will exacerbate existing problems and expose the community to further crisis.

  24. Success Stories • Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin • Repeated flooding • Rebuilt town center on higher grounds • Sustainable development ordinances passed • America’s “First Solar Village”

  25. Success Stories • Greensburg, Kansas • Tornado leveled 95% of town • Resolution passed stating that all city buildings would be built to LEED - platinum standards • Rebuilding as a “green town”

  26. Oregon Partnership for Disaster Resilience Southwest Counties Process Overview Josh Bruce Project Director Partnership for Disaster Resilience Community Service Center University of Oregon jdbruce@uoregon.edu

  27. Project Background • Cannon Beach Pilot Project (2006) • $250K Homeland Security Grant Program • Develop county wide recovery plans • Regional project • Curry, Coos, Douglas, Lane (coastal) • County lead, OPDR Facilitated • Uncharted territory

  28. Recovery Plan Development Process • Step 1 - Forum Organization • Develop a team of individuals responsible for organizing, facilitating, and documenting the Forum and its outcomes. • Step 2 - Identify and Invite Forum Participants • Invite those with interest or stake in the communities emergency preparedness efforts. Source: Partnership for Disaster Resilience. Post-Disaster Recovery Planning Forum: How-To Guide

  29. Recovery Plan Development Process • Step 3 - Collect Community Based Data • Existing Plans and Policies • Hazard History • Community Profile • Issue Identification Survey • Step 4 - Facilitate Forum Session #1 • Hazard Scenario • Recovery Planning Description • Issue Identification Source: Partnership for Disaster Resilience. Post-Disaster Recovery Planning Forum: How-To Guide

  30. Recovery Plan Development Process • Step 5 - Develop Draft Strategies • Summarize Issues • Develop Strategies • Step 6 - Facilitate Forum Session #2 • Review Draft Strategies • Next Steps • 7. Develop Workplan • Discuss Strategies with Coordinating Organizations • Share Strategies with State Emergency Management Agency • Develop, Review, and Adopt Post Disaster Recovery Plan Source: Partnership for Disaster Resilience. Post-Disaster Recovery Planning Forum: How-To Guide

  31. Recovery Plan Development Process • Build Forum Organizing Team • Identify and Invite Forum Participants • Collect Community-Based Data Pre-Forum Phase Summer 2009 Fall 2009 4. Forum Session #1 5. Develop Draft Strategies 6. Forum Session #2 During-Forum Phase Winter/Spring 2010 7. Develop Post-Disaster Recovery Plans Post-Forum Phase Summer/Fall 2010 We are here • Source: Partnership for Disaster Resilience. Post-Disaster Recovery Planning Forum: How-To Guide

  32. Economy Overview

  33. Economy Survey Review • Trade, transport, and utilities most important for economic sector; tourism least important • Repair, replacement and restoration of public infrastructure was a common theme throughout • Retaining/attracting skilled workers and restoring the tourist-based economy were consistently ranked as a low priorities

  34. Critical Infrastructure Overview

  35. Critical Infrastructure Review • Emergency services identified as highest priority; sewer systems are lowest priority • Emphasis on temporary structures • Communication • Remoteness and isolation are noted as barriers to recovery for communities

  36. Land Use & Development Overview

  37. Land Use and Development Review • Development review, development financing, and zoning identified as most important issues; development financing also the least important issue • Most development occurs in current hazard area • Public involvement implementation strategies are very important

  38. Health and Human Services

  39. Health and Human Services Review • Youth least important—elderly most important • Public Safety • Social Assistance • Difficulty in prioritizing

  40. Governance Overview

  41. Governance Review • Authority, Staff Capability, and Regional Coordination as most important issues; Regional Coordination also least important issue • Managing and securing outside funds • More information is needed

  42. Sample Strategies • Prioritize future funding for critical infrastructureoutside hazard zone • Develop and maintain local business inventory • Establish multi-jurisdictional transportation recovery task force • Develop and pre-adopt post disaster recovery ordinance • Establish a Recovery Operations Center

  43. Lets Move Past This…

  44. Activities Individual Issue Identification Issue Prioritization Next Steps/ Work Plan Process Process Process Preparation and Implementation of a Post-Disaster Recovery Plan Key Themes Issues Process Outcomes …And Onto This Post Disaster Recovery Plan Development Process

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