Key Tools for Businesses: An overview of tools and resources that can help businesses address priority resilience issues. Resilience Checklist presented by Lauren Land, Louisiana Sea Grant College Program

1. Gulf of Mexico Alliance Resilient
Marina Checklist
Presentation for the 13th Annual Baird Sea Grant Science
Symposium
Lauren Land
December 10, 2014

2. Give credit where credit is due!
GOMA Task Force Members:
– Rhonda Price – Mississippi
– Brenda Leonard and Mike Spranger –
Florida
– Christian Miller and Tracie Sempier –
Alabama
– Dewayne Hollin and Logan Respess –
Texas
– Linda Pace, Jon Truxillo and Melissa
Daigle – Louisiana
– Kimberly Miller, Paul Lanning,
Courtney Vanderschaaf, and Melissa
Pringle‐ Eco‐Systems
Organizations Represented:
• Mississippi Department of
Marine Resources
• Mississippi/Alabama Sea
Grant Program
• Florida Department of
Environmental Protection
• Florida Sea Grant/University
of Florida
• Louisiana Department of
Natural Resources
• Louisiana Sea Grant Law &
Policy Program
• Texas Sea Grant Program

4. Clean & Resilient Marina Project
Background
• GOMA
– multi‐state partnership
– enhance the ecological and economic
health of the Gulf
• Priority Issue Teams (PITs):
– Coastal Community Resilience
– Water Quality
– Habitat Conservation and Restoration
– Ecosystem Integration and Assessment
– Nutrients & Nutrient Impacts
– Environmental Education
• Resilient Marina Initiative
 Coastal Community Resilience PIT
 GOMA’s Governors’ Action Plan

5. Building on Previous Projects

6. Mitigating Marina Impacts
 Reduce Risk to Life and
Personal Injury
 During evacuation
 While securing marina
 During hazards
 Reduce Property Damage
 Wet slip damage
 Dry rack damage
 Boat damage
 Displacement of boats
 Bulkhead erosion
 Resume Operations Quickly

7. Resources Produced
Guidance Developed:
‐ Strengthening Clean
Marina Programs
‐ Marina Siting and
Design
‐ Emergency
Preparedness
‐ Evacuation Procedures
‐ Stormwater
Management
‐ Climate Adaptation &
Sea Level Rise
‐ Outreach & Education

8. Example: Resilient Marina
Checklist questions for Marina
Design & Maintenance
Example Considerations for
Siting:
‐ Elevated tidal and storm
surge
‐ Launch ramp ability to
accommodate evacuation
traffic
‐ Storm‐resistant dock
anchoring systems
‐ Wind‐resistant marina
buildings

9. Clean & Resilient Marina Policy & Model
Ordinance Guide
1) Overview of Federal Coastal
Management Policy
2) Provides state and local law &
Best Practices for:
• Water/Wastewater CrossConnections
• Marina Siting & Design
• Flood Hazard Prevention
• Stormwater Management
• Spill Prevention Control And
Countermeasure Plan
• Hurricane Preparedness Plans
• Vessel Pump‐out Procedures
• Pet Waste
• Abandoned Vessels

10. Additional Work on Resilience Indices

11. Thank you!!
Lauren Land
Sustainability Coordinator
Louisiana Sea Grant College Program
lland1@lsu.edu
www.laseagrant.org
www.gulfofmexicoalliance.org