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COSCDA DISASTER RECOVERY WORKSHOP FOR STATES. From Plan to Implementation: Lessons Learned PART 1: OVERALL PLAN/APPROACH - Session 1. NEW YORK STATE Lower Manhattan Development Corporation SEPTEMBER 11 DISASTER Remembrance, Recovery & Renewal. INITIAL RESPONSE.
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COSCDA DISASTER RECOVERY WORKSHOP FOR STATES From Plan to Implementation: Lessons Learned PART 1: OVERALL PLAN/APPROACH - Session 1 NEW YORK STATE Lower Manhattan Development Corporation SEPTEMBER 11 DISASTER Remembrance, Recovery & Renewal
INITIAL RESPONSE • Disaster: September 11, 2001–World Trade Center attacked and towers collapse, killing nearly 3,000 people, and dispersing material, destroying offices, and impacting businesses across Lower Manhattan. • Rescue: September 2001 to June 2002–Initial rescue efforts turn into area- wide search and cleanup efforts by both private and public sector. • State: December 17, 2001–NYS Urban Development Corporation (ESDC) creates subsidiary Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC). • Federal: January 10, 2002–Congress allocates $2 billion through HUD to LMDC and $700 million through HUD to ESDC. • Business: January 30, 2002—ESDC adopts Final Action Plan for assistance to businesses. • Planning: February 21, 2002–LMDC issues draft Partial Action Plan for assistance to individuals and businesses. • Operations: March 2002–LMDC officers and employees begin administrative operations and begin meetings with HUD and other government agencies. • Federal: August 2, 2002–Congress allocates additional $783 million to LMDC through HUD.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION • Pre-existing Channels • Correspondence • Elected officials • Local government (e.g., community boards, school districts) • Media coverage • Representative groups • Channels for Additional Input • Formal correspondence • Process for unsolicited proposals and funding requests • Legally-required Solicitations • Availability of draft action plans, amendments, etc. • Publication of notices • Environmental reviews • Information Sharing & Exchange • Internet (e.g., dedicated websites, e-mail lists, e-updates, partner links) • Media (e.g., press conferences, press releases) • Publications (e.g., advertisements, newsletters, notices) • Special events (e.g., presentations with pamphlets/comment cards) • Special locations (e.g., exhibits, kiosks, libraries) • Community Outreach Campaigns • Community workshops • Councils (e.g., advisory, focus groups) • Public forums for large scale input (e.g., “AmericaSpeaks”) • Representative groups (e.g., associations, unions) • Translation and distribution within communities
LMDC PUBLIC PARTICIPATION • LMDC Websites • www.renewnyc.com, www.wtcsitememorial.com, www.lowermanhattan.info • Up to date information postings, plans, press releases, and notices • Draft, amended, and approved Partial Action Plans • Broadcasts of public meetings and recent Board meetings • LMDC Advisory Councils • Arts, Education and Tourism Advisory Council • Development Advisory Council • Families Advisory Council • Financial Services Advisory Council • General Advisory Council • Professional Firms Advisory Council • Residents Advisory Council • Restaurants, Retailers and Small Business Advisory Council • Transportation and Commuters Advisory Council • LMDC Outreach Campaigns • Public meetings, forums, and workshops throughout metropolitan area • Exhibits of planning process and proposed plans with written materials • “Listening to the City” at Javits Convention Center • Information kiosks located at WTC site and in Chinatown
REQUIRED PROGRAMS & CONSIDERATIONS • Economic loss: $500 million • Tourism: $10 million • Damaged properties and businesses and economic revitalization: $783 million • FIRST PLANS • ESDC Final Action Plan • WTC Business Recovery Grants ($331 million) • Small Firm Attraction and Retention Grants ($105 million) • Job Creation and Retention Program ($170 million) • LMDC Partial Action Plan 1 • Residential Grant Program ($237.5 million out of $280.5 million) • Interim Memorial ($315,000 out of $350,000) • Employment Training Assistance Program ($346,000 out of $10 million)
OVERALL PLANS – 15 Partial Action Planshttp://www.renewnyc.com/FundingInitiatives/PartialActionPlans.aspx • DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAMS • World Trade Center Memorial and Redevelopment ($679.5 million) • Housing ($279.9 million) • Affected Businesses and Damaged Properties ($1.174 billion) • ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS • Tourism ($10 million) • Economic Revitalization ($51.3 million) • DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS • Parks and Public Spaces ($200 million) • Schools ($35 million) • Cultural Enhancement Fund ($45 million) • Community Enhancement Fund ($45 million) • PLANNING PROGRAMS • Urban Planning ($73.1 million) • Communications ($3.6 million)
DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAMS • World Trade Center Memorial and Site Redevelopment ($679.5 million) • WTC Memorial and Memorial Museum (PAP8,11,12 = $262 million) • WTC Memorial and Memorial Museum Reserve (FAP = $45 million) • WTC Performing Arts Center (PAP11 = $65.4 million) • Interim Memorial (PAP1 = $315,000) • Land Acquisition and Redevelopment (PAP7,9 = $300 million) • Living Memorial (PAP8 = $296,000) • Tribute in Light (PAP8 = $3 million) • Tribute Visitors’ Center (PAP9 = $3 million) • WTC Story Booth (PAP8 = $500,000) • Housing ($279.9 million) • One Time Grant for Families (PAP1 = $7 million) • One Time Residential Grant Program (PAP1 = $30.8 million) • Residential Grant Program (PAP1 = $188.1 million) • Affordable Housing Program (PAP6, FAP = $54 million) • Creation of Housing at Tribeca Site 5B • Chinatown/Lower East Side Acquisition and Preservation Program • Masaryk Towers Preservation • Knickerbocker Village Capital Improvements • Assistance to Affected Businesses and Damaged Properties ($1.174 billion) • WTC Business Recovery Grant Program (PAP2,4 = $218.9 million) • WTC Job Creation and Retention Program (PAP2 = $143 million) • Small Firm Attraction & Retention Grant (PAP2 = $29 million) • Disproportionate Loss of Workforce (PAP S-1 = $33 million) • Utility Restoration/Infrastructure Enhancement (PAP S-2 = $750 million)
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS • Tourism ($10 million) • Chinatown Tourism and Marketing Program (PAP5 = $1 million) • Explore Chinatown Campaign (PAP10 = $160,000) • History & Heritage Downtown (PAP3 = $4.7 million) • River to River Festival (PAP8 = $700,000) • Splendor of Florence (PAP7,10 = $476,000) • Tribeca Film Festival (PAP7 = $3 million) • Economic Revitalization ($51.3 million) • Chinatown Partnership Local Development Corp. (PAP10 = $7 million) • Employment Training Assistance Program (PAP1 = $346,000) • Fulton Corridor Revitalization Program (PAP12 = $38 million) • Small Firm Assistance Program (FAP = $5 million)
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS • Parks and Public Spaces ($200 million) • Open Space Enhancements • The Battery Bosque (PAP4) • Brooklyn Bridge Plaza (PAP4) • East River Waterfront Access & Esplanade (PAP10) • Wall Street Triangle (PAP4) • Rehabilitation and Enhancement of Existing Parks • Columbus Park Pavilion Renovation (PAP3) • Hudson River Park Enhancements (PAP4,10) • Sara D. Roosevelt Park Enhancement (PAP12) • Washington Market Park Enhancement (PAP12) • Schools ($35 million) • K-8 School (PAP10, FAP = $20 million) • Fiterman Hall Reconstruction (PAP10 = $15 million) • Cultural Enhancement Fund (PAP11,FAP = $45 million) • Support to 60 cultural institutions • Supporting activities in or relocation to Lower Manhattan • Community Enhancement Fund (FAP = $45 million) • Alliance for Downtown New York Inc. (mitigating construction) • Betances Health Center (elderly in-home visit and care program) • Beyond Ground Zero Network (outreach and assistance) • Charles B. Wang Community Health Center (worker training) • City Parks Foundation (parks programs and improvements) • Common Ground Community HDFC (housing renovations) • Educational Alliance Inc. (community center expansion) • Manhattan Youth Recreation and Resources (community center) • MFY Legal Services, Inc. (Lower Manhattan Justice Project) • Non-Traditional Employment for Women (job recruitment)
PLANNING PROGRAMS • Urban Planning ($73.1 million) • Commuter & Airport Access Alternatives (PAP4 = $12.1 million) • Downtown Alliance Streetscape Program (PAP4 = $4 million) • Ferry Service Program (PAP10 = $4.2 million) • New York Stock Exchange Area Improvements (PAP4,10 = $25 million) • Street Management Program (PAP10 = $4.8 million) • West Street Pedestrian Connections (PAP 4 = $23 million) • Communications ($3.6 million) • Public Information Program (PAP5,9 = $2.6 million) • Communications Outreach Campaign (PAP4 = $1 million)
LMDC WEBSITE LINKS TO PROGRAMS • Waterfront Projects • http://renewnyc.com/ProjectsAndPrograms/waterfronts.asp • Housing • http://renewnyc.com/ProjectsAndPrograms/affordable_housing.asp • http://renewnyc.com/ProjectsAndPrograms/residential_grant_program.asp • Community Development • http://renewnyc.com/FundingInitiatives/CommunityEnhancementFunds.asp • http://renewnyc.com/ProjectsAndPrograms/parks.asp • Business Assistance • http://renewnyc.com/ProjectsAndPrograms/small_firms.asp • http://renewnyc.com/ProjectsAndPrograms/stabilizing_business.asp