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ABAG History In 1961, Bay Area leaders recognized the need to address common issues from a regional perspective Elected officials from the region s 101 cities and towns and nine counties formed the Association of Bay Area Governments --California s first Council of Governments A strong region requires the support and active participation of all cities, towns, and counties
Benefits of Membership Programs Bay Trail Resilience Initiative Earthquake & Hazards Program Plan Bay Area Green Business Annual Projections Regional Clearing House San Francisco Estuary Partnership Services ABAG POWER ABAG Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corporations Insurance and Risk Management Training Center and Hazmatschool.com Geographic Information Systems Legislative Advocacy Conferences and Workshops
Resilience Initiative - Overview Outcomes o Four Workshops o Suite of Papers Theory Sets work in body of background, context, and theory Helps guide thinking about project as a whole 1. Resilience Initiative Background and Context 2. Executive Summary and Methodology Assessment Policy Issue papers identifying major issues and recommended regional policy solutions 3. Housing 4. Infrastructure 5. Economy and Business 6. Governance and Decision- Making Actions Summarize actions identified in issue papers Prioritize actions and develop a cohesive regional policy agenda Discuss implementation and next steps 7. Regional Resilience Action Plan
Resilience Action Plan Milestones Kickoff Workshop Infrastructure Workshop #1 Infrastructure Workshop #2 Stakeholder Interviews Focus on housing, business continuity Engage stakeholders Officially launch the initiative Focus on infrastructure interdependencies Emphasis on power, water/wastewater, IT, transportation Focus on goods and services Emphasis on food and agriculture, hospitals and healthcare, building materials, and community and academic institutions One-on-one and group interviews Emphasis on governance and decision-making issues
Regional Infrastructure Policy Issues Goal #1: Increase technical understanding of region-wide infrastructure system vulnerabilities Goal #2: Increase ways to share risk information to collectively improve regional infrastructure system resilience
Economy and Business Goal #1: Retain Big Business Goal #2: Keep Small and Neighborhood Serving Businesses Open Goal #3: Minimize Supply Chain Disruption and Keep Goods Moving
Preliminary Action Plan Regional Decision-Making Recommended Action DM-1: Use existing structures to convene jurisdictions and facilitate communication around disaster recovery collaboration DM-2: Examine the feasibility of a regional disaster recovery framework Level of Initial Implementation Tasks Implementation Regional Convene JPC and/or RPC to discuss potential formation of disaster recovery forum Identify potential roles and organizing structure for forum Identify goals and objectives for forum Recruit champion within RPC or JPC to help gather stakeholders Coordinate with other similar initiatives, such as the Joint Policy Committee s Climate Action and Energy Resilience Project Regional Look at existing recovery plans and frameworks to establish best practices and ensure integration Work with regional recovery forum to establish a working group tasked with development of a recovery framework Establish stakeholder input process to solicit feedback from local jurisdictions DM-3: Integrate resilience policy into current plans and practices Regional, local DM-4: Lead reconnaissance missions for Regional, local local leaders, staff, and community leaders to areas undergoing disaster recovery DM-5: Establish and maintain a recovery clearinghouse to house resources for predisaster recovery planning and postdisaster recovery guidance Housing Incorporate resilience discussions into the second iteration of the SCS Identify best practices for jurisdictions and develop a guide to assist in implementation Identify potential funding sources Identify leaders to attend, such as ABAG s RPC members or other groups Establish a MOU with EERI to expand their program to include local stakeholders Regional, local Identify a staff lead, with funding, to begin research and resource collection Examine platforms for sharing, including websites, Base Camp, and filesharing systems
Significant Outcomes Development of key actions based on topic-specific findings, stakeholder comments, and further research (under development) Initiating and bringing together diverse stakeholders on a broad range of complex, little-explored topics Bringing these issues to policy makers who have the power to begin to implement actions Development of a framework for a regional approach to recovery
Infrastructure provider Pacific Gas and Electric Bay Area Rapid Transit East Bay Municipal Utilities District California Department of Transportation San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Number clients served 15M throughout N CA 400,000 daily ridership 1.3M in East Bay 38.3M statewide 2.6 M residential, commercial, and industrial Scope of upgrades System upgrade of underground gas, electrical components, substations, and admin building. Retrofit core system-aerial structures, stations, transbay tube (completion system 2018, tube 2023) Entire system upgrade: pipelines, fault crossings, dams, admin building, pumping and treatment plants (completed 1999?) Structurally upgraded and seismically retrofit over 2000 bridges and overpasses, new E span Bay Bridge Upgrade of 100+ yr old Hetch Hetchy water system-pipelines, fault crossings treatment facilities, and reservoirs (2016 completion) Total Investment Total cost/source of funding $2.5B rate payers $1.3B bonds & taxpayers/ $3M from FEMA $0.189B rate payers $13.08B CA taxpayers $4.6B bond measure $21.6B
BART Service Restoration (Hayward M 7.0) (BART, 2002)
EBMUD has improved its system using three fundamental strategies. ROBUST REPAIRABLE REDUNDANT (Germeraad, 2014)
Fuel Refineries San Andreas (M 7.8) Hayward (M7.0) Concord SGV (M6.9)
Potential Future Steps Regional coordination is an ongoing process, requiring continual effort and resources Next step: enact implementation plan for identified efforts Establish information and data clearinghouse for local jurisdictions Explore potential regional decision-making processes Launch a regional policy platform and legislative agenda to coincide with the October commemorations of the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake