This document summarizes a project to increase the resiliency of Hunts Point in the Bronx. It outlines that Hurricane Sandy exposed vulnerabilities in the area from threats like sea level rise and storm surge. Hunts Point is an important economic hub with over $5 billion in annual revenues and 12,000 jobs vulnerable to flooding. The document discusses the formation of an Advisory Working Group to provide recommendations. The Working Group prioritized flood risk reduction and resilient energy projects. The city selected a consultant to conduct feasibility studies and develop a pilot resilient energy project through conceptual design and environmental review. Stakeholder engagement is a key part of the process.

1. Hunts Point
Resiliency Project

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Hunts Point Resiliency
June 3, 2016

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Sandy exposed and highlighted vulnerabilities and risks
Threats
• Sea level rise
• Storm surge
• Extreme
precipitation events
• Extreme heat events
• System-wide
infrastructure
outages
• Building-level
infrastructure
outages
Hunts Point Peninsula

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Hunts Point Lifelines
Lifelines Team:
• PennDesign/Olin
• Barretto Bay Strategies
• HR&A Advisors
• eDesign Dynamics
• Level Infrastructure
• McLaren Engineering Group
• Philip Habib & Associates
• Buro Happold
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Hunts Point Lifelines
Physical vulnerability in the 100 year flood
plain including:
12,000 jobs
The New Fulton Fish Market and three of
the largest distribution businesses
The Hunts Point Wastewater Treatment
Plant serving 650,000 residents
Economic vulnerability with over $5B in
annual revenues at the FDC
Social vulnerability with high rates of
poverty and linguistically isolated
households
Strong social capital with a number of
highly effective community based
organizations
Integrated Flood Protection
A series of designed ecologies, research
stations and critical utilities
Livelihoods
Community asset / labor force building
Cleanways
Resilient Energy
Community Food Access and Security
Connectivity/Transportation
Stormwater Management
Air Quality Intervention
Maritime Supply Chain
New pier / public plaza to serve as an
emergency distribution point and staging
area for natural disasters
Key Findings Recommendations

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From Lifelines to Hunts Point Resiliency
Federal Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Funding:
Rebuild by Design $20M award
HP-PREPP will focus on continued study, analysis,
planning, preliminary design, and stakeholder
engagement building off of project components
in the Hunts Point Lifelines proposal.
NYC allocated additional $25M of CDBG-DR
Total of $45M CDBG-DR

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Advisory Working Group
Invited Participants
• Congressman Jose Serrano
• Bronx Borough President
Ruben Diaz
• Senator Ruben Diaz
• Senator Jeff Klein
• Assemblyman Marcos Crespo
Assemblywoman Carmen
Arroyo
• CM Maria del Carmen Arroyo
• Community Board 2
• The Point CDC
• Sustainable South Bronx
• Youth Ministries for Peace &
Justice
• Mothers on the Move
• Hunts Point Alliance for
Children
• Rocking the Boat
• Hyde Leadership
• Hometown Security Labs
• Urban Health Plan
• The BLK ProjeK
• Hunts Point Economic
Development Corporation
• Bronx Overall Economic
Development Corporation
• Hunts Point Cooperative
(Meat) Market
• New Fulton Fish Market
• Hunts Point Terminal Produce
Market
• Baldor
• Jetro
• Oak Point Properties
• Teamsters Local 202
• Penn Design/OLIN
• New York City Environmental
Justice Alliance
• Mayor’s Office of Recovery
and Resiliency
• New York City Agencies
(NYCEDC, DCP, DPR, DEP,
DOT, NYCEM)
• Convened by EDC and ORR Summer 2015
• To advise on resiliency priorities for Hunts Point
• Facilitated by Interaction Institute for Social Change
Advisory Working Group
Public meetings

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Advisory Working Group Recommendations
Priority Resiliency Categories:
Flood Risk Reduction Resilient Energy
Key Selection Criteria
Protects
infrastructure that
has city-wide
implications
Protects
businesses and
jobs in the food
supply and/or
maritime sectors
Addresses critical
vulnerabilities for
both community
and industry
Supports asset
building within the
community
Ecologically
sustainable
• Submitted to the Mayor’s Office in September 2015

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Advisory Working Group Implementation Principles
Suggested for the City to incorporate in the planning, implementation
and ongoing operation of a pilot project
Leadership Development
Emergency Preparedness
Sustainability
Leverageable
Scalability
Multiple benefits
Local procurement
Local Hiring and Training
Ongoing stakeholder participation
Ongoing mechanism for translation
of terms
Transparency and Coordination with
government agencies and utilities
High road economic development
project
Consider critical vulnerabilities of the
community for people who live in the
neighborhoods
Integrate these principles/criteria
into other City projects and capital
investments
• Submitted to the Mayor’s Office in September 2015

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Building on the Advisory Working Group Recommendations, HUD
Requirements, OneNYC Goals and other City resiliency priorities, the
City announced plan to:
Advance Feasibility Studies in both AWG priority categories (Energy
Resiliency and Flood Risk Reduction)
Conceptual design and environmental review (as needed) for a pilot project
in Energy Resiliency
Additional fundraising for Flood Risk Reduction projects developed during
the feasibility study phase
Competitive procurement process in Winter 2016 for feasibility
studies, conceptual design and environmental review:
Selected Consultant: HDR, Inc.
Subconsultants: Interaction Institute for Social Change, Mathews
Neilsen, Arcadis, Smarter Grid Solutions, Bright Power, Integral
Consulting, HR&A, NYC Labor Market Information Service, Matrix New
World Engineering, Toscano Clements Talyor
Hunts Point Resiliency: Feasibility Studies and Pilot Project

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Hunts Point Resiliency: HDR Scope of Work
Task Subtasks Flood Risk Reduction Resilient Energy
Task 0: Ongoing Stakeholder
Engagement
Stakeholder Engagement X X
Task 1: Existing Conditions
Analysis
1.1 Study Area Conditions
1.2 Mapping
X X
Task 2: Risk and Vulnerability
Assessment
Risk and Vulnerability Assessment X X
Task 3: Identification and
Preliminary Evaluation of
Project Options
3.1 Initial Identification of Project
Options
3.2 Development of Feasibility
Screening Methodology
3.3 Feasibility Screening
X X
Task 4: Feasibility Assessment
and Analysis
Feasibility Assessment and Analysis X X
Task 5: Preferred Resilient
Energy Pilot Project(s)
Preferred Resilient Energy Pilot
Project(s)
X
Task 6: Conceptual Design and
Environmental Review
Preparation for the Pilot
Project(s)
6.1 Conceptual Design
6.2 Implementation Plan
6.3 Cost/Benefit Analysis
6.4 Identify Required Environmental
Review
X
Task 7: Environmental Review Environmental Review X

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Hunts Point Resiliency: Stakeholder Engagement

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Hunts Point Resiliency
Timeline
Consultant
Onboarding
Begin Q2 2016
Advisory Working
Group Kick Off
May 23, 2016
Feasibility Studies Complete Q4 2016
Conceptual Design
and Environmental
Review for Pilot
Project
Complete Q4 2017
StakeholderEngagement