Hunts Point Public Meeting June 18, 2019 we .NYCEDC Mayor?s Of?ce of Recovery Resiliency Agenda Final Public Meeting of the Feasibility & Concept Design Phase ▪ Welcome and Introduction ▪ How We Got Here: summary of process and Resilient Energy Project ▪ Coastal and Neighborhood Resiliency Update ▪ Open House ▪ Group Discussion ▪ Next Steps ▪ Engagement Evaluation Hunts Point Resiliency 2 Hunts Point Resiliency: How We Got Here HUD launched the Rebuild By Design (RBD) Competition in response to Hurricane Sandy AWG recommends the City pursue a project focused on Energy Resiliency & Flood Risk Reduction Hunts Point Lifelines awarded $20M by HUD to further study and develop a pilot project 2013 2014 Original simple cycle microgrid concept proposed City revises concept to trigeneration microgrid based on community feedback; HUD approves new Action Plan Amendment Hunts Point Resiliency project launches 2015 2016 Mayor de Blasio releases OneNYC, outlining a multilayered approach to resiliency Environmental review and air permitting 2017 2018 2019 How We Got Here: Resiliency Project Goals The City is implementing a Resilient Energy Pilot Project, based upon community priorities identified by the Advisory Working Group. The Project seeks to advance solutions that meet the Advisory Working Group’s goals: • Address critical vulnerabilities for both community and industry • Protect important citywide infrastructure • Protect existing and future industrial businesses and jobs • Support the community’s social, economic, and environmental assets • Use sustainable, ecologically sensitive infrastructure DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY 4 How We Got Here: Feasibility Assessment & Concept Design Tasks Tasks 0: Stakeholder Engagement 1: Existing Conditions 2: Risk & Vulnerability Public Meeting 2 (1/17/17) Assessment Public Meeting 5 (6/20/17) 3. Technology Public Meeting 6 (9/12/18) Evaluation Public Meeting 1 (10/19/16) 4. Feasibility Analysis Public Meeting 3 (3/8/17) 5. Action Plan #1 Public Meeting 4 (4/27/17) Public Meeting 7 (10/4/18) 5. Action Plan #2 Public Meeting 8 (6/18/19) 6. Concept Design 7. Environmental Review & Permitting Hunts Point Resiliency 5 How We Got Here: Risk & Vulnerability Key Findings Identified through community priorities and assessment of risks & consequences across multiple climate threats Hunts Point Resiliency 6 IINYCEDC How We Get Here: Critical Facilities 9/03 7 II 0 HUNTS POINT - PARK . I SAINT - - SOUNDVIEW g. PARK - i as, TRUXTON ST 3. 1 a I RANDALL AV 3L 3 u- it? HUNTS POINT AW LEGEND x3 CRITICAL, VULNERABLE FACILITIES WITH NEEDS KRASDALE ROADWAY INTERSECTIONS UTILITY SYSTEMS . ENERGY STORM 8. SEWER ENTER DRIVE - . NHEUSER suscn INUNDATION DEPTH IN FEET I I LESS THAN I I . I EAST I - 3 RIVER 3 - 6 I GREATER THAN 6 CITARELLA SOURCE: FEMA PFIRM IOO-YEAR STORM TIDE 20505 SEA LEVEL RISE II 1.000 I Hunts Point Resiliency 7 How We Got Here: Technology Screening & Feasibility Feasibility Analysis 30+ Project Technologies Top 10 projects Hunts Point Resiliency Technically Feasible Sustainable Return on Investment Analysis (BCA) Affordable Financial Analysis Desirable Best Projects Selection of Pilot Project 8 How We Got Here: Sustainable Return on Investment ▪ Produce comprehensive and site-specific cost and benefit analysis ▪ Incorporate stakeholder input in priorities ▪ Inform identification of the preferred pilot project Lifecycle Costs Resiliency Environment Social Economic Capital, Operations, Maintenance Power Outage Reduction Greenhouse Gas Emissions Health (From Air Pollution) Employment Electricity, Generation Capacity Property Damage Reduction Discharges Health and Safety Training and Development Opportunity Fuel Displacement Reduction Energy Efficiency Injury and Casualty Reduction Competitive Advantage Hunts Point Resiliency 9 Resilient Energy Pilot Project Summary 0.9 Weo/ II 0 HUNTS POINT sum 8 0 AR STORAGE MS 424 PS 48 . PRODUCE MARKET i EN MICROGRID AT MEAT MARKET LEGEND EI FACILITIES I FLOODPLAIN WAVE ACTION I FLOODPLAIN FLOODPLAIN Hunis Poini Resiliency LL. . RIVERSIDE PARK SOUNDVIEW PARK 12? a? Mn"? 1; ,9 0 400 FOOD I GENERATORS 600 FOOD CENTER DRI OBILE GENERATORS ~'2oo FOOD CENTER DRIVE a Q. MICRO *3 INFRASTR meE .NYCEDC RIVE Learning from Community Feedback • Advisory Working Group identified top two priorities of Resilient Energy and Flood Risk Reduction, as well as the Implementation Principles for inclusion in scope • Residents helped to identify critical facilities and community needs during emergency outages • Concern over negative air impacts from emergency power solution at markets led to revision of design that achieves sustainability and resiliency and got us to a better final concept • Creative ways to incorporate workforce, arts, and community benefits into a capital project • Maintaining engagement frequency and transparency • Knowledge exchange about battery chemistry options and sustainable disposal in final design Hunts Point Resiliency 11 Environmental Assessment • Federal and city requirements • NEPA: National Environmental Policy Act • CEQR: City Environmental Quality Review • Identify and assess alternatives to the project • No project • Emergency power with simple cycle microgrid • Emergency generators for all buildings • Alternative design modifications considered • Proposed project • Design, construction, or operational strategies to avoid or minimize impacts • Analyze operational, construction, and cumulative project impacts on multiple categories, including: • Air quality • Greenhouse gas emissions and climate change • Public health • Land use and zoning • Transportation • Hazardous materials • Energy • Open space • Community facilities • Natural resources • Water and sewer infrastructure Hunts Point Resiliency 12 Coastal Neighborhood Resiliency Mayor?s Of?ce of Recovery 8: Resiliency Hurricane Sandy & Hunts Point Hunts Point was not significantly impacted by Hurricane Sandy, but there were concerns that Hunts Point, an environmental justice community and home to the region’s food distribution center, was vulnerable to coastal flooding. Since then, the Hunts Point Resiliency Project has studied and learned: 1) what are the climate change threats facing Hunts Point (specifically from coastal storm surge); 2) what are the risks and vulnerabilities to those threats; and 3) what are the best possible solutions to mitigate those threats. Today’s Goal 1) Understand what we’ve shared and learned to date. 2) Identify a path forward to reduce coastal flood risk and increase resiliency in Hunts Point. Recap of Last Coastal Protection Public Meeting ▪ Public meeting held in June 2017 in Riverside Park before moving to Rocking the Boat. ▪ Reviewed coastal flood vulnerability findings. ▪ Presented feasible flood risk reduction approaches and associated benefits and costs. 1.Building a Flood Wall along the coast line 2.Elevating Buildings 3.Flood Proofing Buildings (we will review in more detail) ▪ Participants provided feedback on flood risk approaches. 16 Review of Risks and Vulnerability Findings: One goal of this study was to address critical vulnerabilities for both community and industry. Based on a vulnerability and risk assessment, the key findings are: 1. Building-level power outages are a significant and shared threat to residents and businesses in Hunts Point due to the vulnerable population in the residential area and the critical facilities in the industrial area. 2. Due to considerable elevation change, specific areas within the low-lying floodplain face significant threats from coastal flooding while the upland residential area does not. 3. Extreme rain/snow storms are not a major threat in Hunts Point. 4. The number of community organizations and history of organizing in Hunts Point can lay the foundation for strong social resiliency. 17 Addressing Risks and Vulnerabilities Due to considerable elevation change, specific areas within the lowlying floodplain face significant threats from coastal flooding while the upland residential area does not. The coastal flood protection study focused on finding solutions for the low-lying industrial areas that are in the flood plain. 18 Critical Facilities & Future Threats Facility Threat Hunts Point Recreation Center Outage, Heat Pio Mendez Housing for the Elderly Outage Primary School (PS) 48 Outage, Heat Middle School (MS) 424 Outage, Heat Produce Market Outage, Heat Meat Market Outage, Surge, Heat Fish Market Outage, Heat 600 Food Center Dr (Citarella/Sultana) Surge Krasdale Surge Community Food Distribution Center Hunts Point Wastewater Treatment Plant Surge Oak Point Railyard Surge Vernon C. Bain Correctional Facility Surge, Heat Certain Road Intersections Surge, Outage Certain Electrical Transformers Surge, Outage Hunts Point Resiliency Infrastructure & Other Facilities 19 Vulnerabiliiy Findings PIO MENDEZ HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY SAINT RECREATION CENTER PS 485 LEGEND CRITICAL, VULNERABLE FACILITIES WITH NEEDS WITH NEEDS ADDRESSED UTILITY SYSTEMS . ENERGY STORM SEWER BARRETTO INUNDATION DEPTH IN FEET PARK .LESSTHANI 1-3 3-6 DEP WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT Aw? I GREATER THAN 6 SOURCE: FEMA PFIRM IOO-YEAR STORM TIDE 20505 SEA LEVEL RISE MS 424 PARK PRODUCE MARKET PRODUCE MARKET RAILYARD BALDO I A -., EAST - RIVER 0 . 600 FOOD CENTER DRIVE SULTANA, CITARELLA POINT PRISON BARGE 1 9 I HUNTSPOINT SOUNDVEW 1,000 IINYCEDC 2O Identify a Flood Risk Reduction Project Feasibility Analysis Project Technologies Technically Feasible Sustainable Return on Investment Analysis (BCA) Affordable Desirable Financial Analysis Best Projects Recommend Flood Risk Reduction Projects Screening Criteria (adapted from Lifelines) • Resiliency: protect against coastal storm surge, proven technology, operational during emergency conditions • Sustainability: ecological improvements, green infrastructure, storm water management • Community benefits: workforce opportunity, scalability, multi-purpose • Constructability: suitable space, permitting • Implementability: schedule, cost, potential to secure funding 21 Identify a Flood Risk Reduction Project Screening potential approaches Top reasons why retained: 1. Reliable 2. Scalable 3. Permitting Ability ▪ Hardening ▪ Area-wide Floodwall ▪ Facility-level Floodwall ▪ Elevate Building ▪ Elevate Critical Equipment Top reasons why screened out: 1. Space Availability 2. Elevations 3. Cost Prohibitive ▪ Area-wide Levees ▪ Deployable Flood Barriers ▪ Deployable Pumps 22 Project Approaches 3 feasible approaches: ▪ Approach 1: Area Wide Floodwall ▪ Approach 2: Elevate Buildings at Meat Market ▪ Approach 3: Hardening at Meat Market, Krasdale and 600 Food Center Drive All approaches considered technically feasible because: ▪ Benefit-Cost Ratio Greater than 1 ▪ Reliable ▪ Scalable ▪ Acceptable by Permitting/Approval Agencies 23 Approach 1 Area Wide Floodwall Eur 1 '3 I i i?i?li ,i x! i/ 180170? Ome? I I - wanna-m I I l" Whoa-(Mme-um . - warBOTTOUOFWALLIS ,x .3 morWALuon . . WALL 10.0 sorrow or WALL 13. 5 TOP or WALL 11.5 5? 1" _'n'ou or WALL 16. or WALL 20. 0 _Trou or WALL 1o. 5 I I Area-Wide Floodwall and Assocuated Greenway 0' UmUm mag-1m m'm Flood Risk Reduction Option 1:12.000 .NYCEDC 24 Approach 1 – Area Wide Floodwall ▪ What is an area wide floodwall? A permanent, hard structure along waterfront, where feasible, to achieve a specified level of protection ▪ Different designs and configurations along waterfront are required due to existing conditions ▪ The wall elevation will be the same through the length, but the actual height as viewed from the ground may appear to change given changes in elevation 25 Approach 2 – Elevate Buildings at the Meat Market ▪ What does it mean to elevate Buildings? The lowest occupied floor and equipment critical to a building’s operation can be elevated above a design flood elevation to protect from floodwaters. ▪ Elevating techniques include: ▪ Jacking the structure up and building a new or extended foundation below it; ▪ Leaving the structure in place and either building an elevated floor within the structure or a new upper story; or ▪ Constructing a new building at a higher elevation to replace the lower elevation building. 27 Approach 3 – Hardening at the Meat Market, Krasdale and 600 Food Center Drive ▪ What is hardening? Strengthening essential systems (electrical, mechanical, fuel, communication, lifesafety) to withstand floodwaters, operate during storm surge or return to service rapidly after floodwaters subside. ▪ Hardening includes: ▪ Wet floodproofing: allowing water in building without endangering structural stability or equipment integrity ▪ Dry floodproofing: preventing water from entering building or equipment Floodbreak® system shown below; this type of passive flood barrier relies on water pressure on barrier system to raise barrier 29 Summary of Coastal Protection Public Meeting – What Did We Hear? ▪ Elevating and hardening is the most cost-effective, implementable approach to reduce vulnerability, although it has limited co-benefits ▪ While more expensive, a flood wall can potentially provide the most co-benefits but may also cut the community off more from the water front ▪ While there were concerns about contamination from flooding on open industrial sites, those contaminant are not water soluble and are currently being remediated ▪ Concerns with feasibility of elevating large market buildings ▪ Concerns with maintenance of a flood wall and pumps ▪ Desire for greater community awareness and preparedness for emergencies ▪ Interest in a project that will address long-standing inequities and not lead to more gentrification 31 Flood Proofing of Vulnerable Critical Facilities at the Meat Market, Krasdale, and 600 FCD ▪ Flood proofing will provide targeted and tailored protection to the most vulnerable critical facilities at risk of flooding from a coastal storm surge. ▪ Flood proofing is the most cost effective approach. ▪ Many flood proofing techniques can effectively protect a large industrial building with relatively minimal operations and maintenance needed. 32 Why not the other options? Elevating Buildings: Area-wide Flood Wall: ▪ ▪ Requires deployables and pumps which reduce the reliability of the flood wall, and increases the risk of failure and maintence needs. ▪ A flood wall is grey infrastructure that would block the waterfront from portions of the peninsula. ▪ The construction of a flood wall would be the most expensive option without providing significantly more resiliency benefits for critical vulnerable facilities. Elevating the Meat Market would prove to be technically challenging given the large size of the buildings. 33 Selecting A Coastal Resiliency Approach ▪ Every neighborhood is unique and needs uniquely designed solutions. ▪ Develop solutions to address risks and vulnerabilities. ▪ Informed by the latest climate data. ▪ Create “layers of resiliency” to further reduce risks. NYC Department of City Planning Inventory of Adaptive Strategies, Coastal Climate Resilience Urban Waterfront Adaptive Strategies 34 Selecting A Coastal Protection Project Red Hook, Brooklyn ▪ All of Red Hook is in the 100 year flood plain ▪ Integrated Flood Protection System (IFPS) + NYCHA building level & utility flood proofing ▪ Red Hook IFPS constraints ▪ ▪ - Lack of available space - Working waterfront - Vulnerability to flooding Protection for more frequent lower level storms at current 10year + 1’ of Sea Level Rise NYCHA NYCHA program provided an additional layer of resiliency for vulnerable residential population in the flood plain 35 Selecting A Coastal Protection Project East Side Coastal Resiliency, Manhattan ▪ Integrated flood protection using existing city park land. ▪ Protecting several vulnerable NYCHA & affordable housing developments in the flood plain. 36 Comprehensive and Layered Approach to Resiliency Local Resiliency Project in Hunts Point: ▪ Hunts Point Resiliency Energy Pilot Project – Tri-gen CHP microgrid ▪ Be a Buddy - community-led preparedness model that promotes social cohesion ▪ R.I.S.E Wi-Fi Network – Resilient Mesh Wireless Technology ▪ NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Green Infrastructure (G.I.) program ▪ NYC Emergency Management Neighborhood Preparedness Planning ▪ NYC Emergency Management Interim Measures at: - Meat Market Co-op - NYC DEP Hunts Point Waste Water Treatment Plant 37 Findings & Next Steps of Coastal Flood Risk Study ▪ The residential area is not in the flood plain. ▪ The implementation of the tri-gen microgrid reduces the vulnerability of other identified critical facilities. ▪ The industrial area and specifically, three buildings in the Hunts Point Distribution Center are vulnerable to coastal flooding. ▪ A targeted and tailored approach through flood proofing at the three vulnerable, critical facilities is the most cost-effective way to reduce risks. ▪ Many hardening techniques can effectively protect a large industrial building with relatively minimal operations and maintenance. ▪ EDC will engage tenants in hardening measures specific to each facility. ▪ A new Hunts Point community planning process will be an opportunity to discuss open space access and other community benefits. 38 Open House Format • • Please visit the 4 stations, where you can ask detailed questions about how a technology works, how it will be implemented, and what are the next steps to advance the final design • Tri-Generation Microgrid, refrigerated truck plug-ins, and mobile generators at the Food Distribution Center • Solar & Storage at neighborhood schools • Coastal and neighborhood resiliency • Engagement and workforce development We will reconvene as a group to discuss next steps and evaluating the process as we close out this phase of Feasibility & Concept Design for the Hunts Point Resiliency Project Hunts Point Resiliency 39 Energy Project Next Steps • Released new final design RFP; expect award by summer • Release Construction Management RFP • Activities in final design to cover tri-gen microgrid, solar + storage at MS 424 and PS 48, and emergency generators • • • • • Detailed energy measurements to confirm critical loads Detailed design development and contract documents Step-by-step operations manual for facilities, ConEd, and City Complete regulatory and permitting approvals from FDNY, DOB, ConEd, PDC, SHPO, LPC, NYCDOT How to stay engaged with the project • • • • • Ongoing engagement with project stakeholders incorporated into final design Updates on progress Information exchange around battery chemistry and disposal Engagement about green jobs associated with energy projects Education and awareness about energy systems once they are constructed, including school curricula and tours for community 40