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TO BEGIN, UM, QUICKLY.[Special Meeting on July, 22, 2021. ]
I JUST WANT TO, UH, WELCOME EVERYONE.IT SOUNDS LIKE WE MIGHT HAVE A COUPLE MORE PEOPLE ON THE STEPS MAKING THEIR WAY UPSTAIRS.
UM, BUT THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR COMING.
UM, MIKE AND AMANDA, AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, WE'LL GLADLY ACCEPT QUESTIONS.
UM, IF YOU CAN KIND OF LET ME KNOW WHAT YOUR QUESTIONS ARE.
WE, IF YOU COULD SIGN IN FOR ME, LADIES, PLEASE, RIGHT AT THAT TABLE, THERE'S ALSO AN, A PROJECT INFORMATION SHEET AND AN AREA FOR YOU TO TAKE NOTES ON THE BACK IF YOU'D LIKE.
UM, SO MIKE AND AMANDA, YOU MIGHT WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO ACCEPT QUESTIONS.
I KNOW IT PREVIOUS RESILIENCY MEETINGS THAT WE'VE DONE, SORT OF A HYBRID APPROACH WITH FOLKS IN PUBLIC AND ALSO ON ZOOM.
YOU HAVE HAD THEM WRITE DOWN THE QUESTIONS AND BRING THEM UP TO ME, BUT MAYBE YOU CAN SPEAK MORE TO THAT ANYWAY.
UM, AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CONSULTANTS FROM MOFFITT NICKEL.
WHO'VE BEEN WORKING SO DILIGENTLY ON THIS PLAN, MIKE ROBINSON AND AMANDA ZULO.
I APPRECIATE THAT INTRODUCTION AGAIN.
THIS IS MY
AND WE ARE GETTING TOWARD OUR FINAL STEPS IN THIS PROCESS.
UH, THIS IS OUR THIRD PUBLIC MEETING.
UH, WE WILL BE SHARING, UH, SOME, SOME GREAT CONTENT WITH YOU TONIGHT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THAT.
UM, BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, I WILL, AS PAULINE SUGGESTED, TURN IT OVER TO AMANDA ZULA, JUST A MOMENT TO, UH, PROVIDE THAT INSTRUCTION ON HOW BEST TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING THIS EVENING AND TO PROVIDE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
AND THIS IS OUR THIRD AND LAST MEETING FOR THE NEW BURN RESILIENCY PLAN.
AS COMING HAD MENTIONED, WE HAVE PROVIDED A MEETING INFORMATION SHEET FOR THOSE WHO ARE ATTENDING IN PERSON.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO USE BACK TO TAKE ANY NOTES AND WE REALLY WANT THIS TO BE AN OPEN DISCUSSION.
SO MIKE IS GOING TO GO THROUGH THE DRAFT VISION STATEMENT, THE ACTIONS AND THE PILLARS, AND WE'D LOVE FOR YOUR INPUT TODAY IS REALLY ALL ABOUT SHARING WITH YOU AND RECEIVING THAT INPUT SINCE WE ARE DOING THIS, UH, AND I HATE HYBRID MEETING FORMAT.
WE HAVE PEOPLE PRESENT AT CITY HALL AS WELL AS ON FACEBOOK AND ON ZOOM.
SO WE ASK THAT EVERYONE, PLEASE BE COURTEOUS AND MINDFUL OF OTHERS.
OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU'RE PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE KEEP YOURSELF ON MUTE AND TURN OFF YOUR VIDEO TO LESSEN ANY DISTRACTIONS.
UH, TO COLLIN'S POINT, WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO KIND OF NAVIGATE, UH, ALL THE ROOMS. SO BOTH IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY, AND WE WILL BE, UH, YOU KNOW, HEARING FROM YOU ASKING FOR YOUR OPINION.
AND SO WE'LL WORK WITH COLLEEN IN PERSON, AND THEN I'LL BE MONITORING THE CHAT, UH, VIRTUALLY TO SEE WHAT THOSE QUESTIONS ARE COMING IN.
AND THEN IF YOUR QUESTION DOES NOT GET ADDRESSED DURING THE MEETING, DON'T WORRY, WE WILL BE RECEIVING ALL OF THOSE, INCORPORATING THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE, AS WE PURSUE THIS PLAN.
AND SO WE WILL MAKE SURE TO RESPOND IN A TIMELY MANNER.
UH, IF YOU'RE IN PERSON, YOU KNOW, FEEL FREE TO LEAVE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION ON THE SIGNING SHEET WITH COLLEEN, AND THAT WILL, WE CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU THAT WAY.
AND I DO BELIEVE NEWBURN HAS A UNDER FOUR MINUTE TIME LIMIT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO, UM, AFTER MY PRESENTS, WHEN WE GET INTO THE OPEN DISCUSSION PART, PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND AS, UH, SB MOVE THROUGH THIS.
SO, UH, FOR TONIGHT'S AGENDA C, UM, MIKE WILL BE REVIEWING THE DRAFT NEUBERGER RESILIENCY PLAN.
HE'S GOING TO PROVIDE THE OUTLINE OF SECTIONS, AND THIS IS WHERE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC INPUT WILL OCCUR DURING THIS MEETING.
SO WE'D LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE DRAFT REVISION STATEMENT, AS WELL AS THE DRAFT RESILIENCY PILLARS AND THE DRAFT GOALS.
UH, AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS STILL VERY MUCH A DRAFT IN PROGRESS DOCUMENT WHERE WE REALLY LOVE YOUR OPINION AND INSIGHT.
SO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS WHEN THE PLAN IS READY TO BE, UH, PUBLISHED ONTO THE WEBSITE FOR A PUBLIC DRAFT, UM, WE HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE SUBSCRIBED TO THE WEBSITE AND WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH YOU THAT WAY.
UM, BUT WE WILL WORK WITH THE CITY OF NEWBURN TO CREATE A COMMON FORM ONLINE THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SIT AND MAKE COMMENTS THAT WAY.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, UH, I'M GOING TO HAVE MIKE COME BACK ON AND DISCUSS THE
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DRAFT OUTLINE OF SECTIONS LIKE EIGHTH GRADE.UH, AGAIN, HOPEFULLY EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME ALL RIGHT, IF NOT, UH, UH, COLEEN OR AMANDA, LET ME KNOW WHAT I CAN DO DIFFERENT, BUT, UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUMP IN AND I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEEING ONCE WE GET TO THAT POINT, UH, WHERE WE DO HAVE A COMPLETE DRAFT OF THIS PLAN, UH, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, YOU'LL, YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AGAIN, TO, UH, REVIEW ALL OR SOME OF THESE SECTIONS AND PROVIDE YOUR INPUT.
UM, COURSE, UH, THERE WILL BE A FRONT MATTER THAT, THAT YOU WOULD PROBABLY EXPECT, UH, IN TERMS OF A TABLE OF CONTENTS, UH, SOME HEALTH INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO USE A PLAN DOCUMENT, OR WE HOPE TO HAVE, UM, SOME, SOME, UH, READER FRIENDLY FEATURES THAT WILL KIND OF HELP, UM, FOLKS NAVIGATE THIS PLAN, NOT JUST LOCAL OFFICIALS THAT WILL BE USING, BUT, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS AND LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS AND OTHERS TO, UH, OUR STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS PROCESS AND MAY HAVE, UH, QUESTIONS OR MAY NEED INFORMATION, UH, RELATED TO THIS.
UH, AGAIN, JUST KIND OF AS A QUICK REMINDER THAT THIS, THIS RESILIENCY AND HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, IT REALLY IS FOCUSED AT THIS POINT ON, UM, NATURAL HAZARDS AND SPECIFICALLY THE FLOOD HAZARD IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT, UM, ASPECTS OF FLOODING, UH, RIVERINE, COASTAL, UH, HEAVY RAINFALL, STORM SURGE INUNDATION FROM HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM EVENTS, UM, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S REALLY SORT OF THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THIS.
AND IN A LOT OF THAT WILL BE EXPLAINING WILL COME ACROSS IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, UH, WHICH WILL BE A SECTION THAT CAN BE PULLED OUT AND BE A KIND OF A STANDALONE SECTION.
UM, WE'LL ALSO HAVE AN INTRODUCTION AGAIN, THAT WILL BE THE READER INTO THIS OVERALL PLAN DOCUMENT AND PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
UH, THE AUTHORITY THAT THIS PLAN IS COMING FROM AND HOW IT CAN BE USED, UH, FOR LOCAL RESILIENCY.
UM, WE WILL HAVE A SECTION THAT WILL DOCUMENT THE ENTIRE PLANNING PROCESS THAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH, UH, OVER THE PAST, UH, 12 PLUS MONTHS.
UM, SO THIS IS USEFUL FOR A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT REASONS.
WE WE'VE MADE A LOT OF CONNECTIONS THROUGH THIS PLANNING PROCESS AS WE'VE DEVELOPED, UH, UH, TEAMS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH, WITH, UH, WITH PUBLIC OR STAKEHOLDERS, UH, WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED ON THAT WILL BE RECORDED IN THIS SECTION.
UM, AND ALSO IT'LL BE VALUABLE FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES, UH, NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES AND OTHERS IN EASTERN CAROLINA AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, AND EVEN AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, UH, TO SEE WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE AND TO REPLICATE THAT IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND DO SOME OF THESE SAME, UH, GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE SAME ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISH SOME OF THE SAME THINGS THAT NEWBURGH HAS DONE, UH, AS PART OF THIS PROCESS.
SO IT'S GOOD DOCUMENTATION, BUT IT'S NOT JUST A DOCUMENTATION FOR THE SAKE OF HAVING GOTTEN INFORMATION.
PATIENT WILL BE A VERY USEFUL SECTION TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE DONE OVER THE PAST YEAR AND WHAT WE CAN ALL DO MOVING FORWARD.
UH, WE'LL ALSO HAVE A SECTION ON A COMMUNITY PROFILE.
UH, THIS WILL INCLUDE, AGAIN, A LOT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND DATA ABOUT THE CITY, AND IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CITY'S HISTORY AND HERITAGE AND CULTURAL RESOURCES.
UH, AS WE GET INTO A LATER DISCUSSION ABOUT HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND CULTURAL HERITAGE, UH, WE'LL ALSO HAVE A DETAILED, UH, CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT, UH, WHERE WE CONDUCTED A, WHAT WE CALL A LITERATURE REVIEW, UH, WHERE WE WENT OUT AND LOOKED AT THE CITY'S, UM, PLANS, POLICIES, PROCESSES, ORDINANCES, ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, UH, TO LOOK AT, UH, WHAT IS ALREADY IN PLACE THAT CAN SUPPORT FLOOD AS OUR MITIGATION, UM, WHERE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR UPDATES AND ENHANCEMENTS AND ALL THAT, THAT TYPE OF THING, AGAIN, MOVING FORWARD AND THINKING ABOUT FUTURE.
SO AGAIN, UH, WE WILL HAVE A SECTION DEDICATED THE CULTURAL HERITAGE, UH, AGAIN, UH, ANOTHER TERM THAT WE TEND TO USE AS HISTORIC PRESERVATION, BUT WE THINK THAT THIS WILL, UH, BE BROADER THAN THAT AND GO BEYOND THAT AND LOOK AT A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT ARE OF VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, THAT MAY NOT HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN ADDRESSED, ASKED IN TERMS OF ASSETS AND RESOURCES.
UM, THERE IS ALSO A DETAILED VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT, AGAIN, FOCUSED ON THE FLOOD HAZARD AT THIS POINT.
UM, BUT THIS LOOKS AT A RANGE OF THINGS AND I CAN REALLY SPEND ALL NIGHT JUST TALKING ABOUT, UH, THIS VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT, WHERE WE LOOK NOT ONLY AT THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, UH, NOT ONLY AT THE BUILDINGS,
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UM, THAT THAT YOU HAVE THERE IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE UTILITIES, THE PEOPLE, UH, THE SOCIAL ASPECT, THE VULNERABILITY, THE ECONOMIC ASPECT OF VULNERABILITY AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES AREN'T THERE.UM, REALLY THE, THE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT IS, IS TRYING TO IDENTIFY THOSE, UM, JUST AS THE NAME IMPLIES, THOSE VULNERABILITIES, THOSE WEAKNESSES, THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE, UM, WE MAY BE LOOKING AT MITIGATION SOLUTIONS OR RESILIENCE SOLUTIONS AND ALL OF THAT THEN LEADS INTO YOUR RESILIENCE STRATEGY SECTION.
UM, SO AS WE, AS WE'VE IDENTIFIED NEEDS, UM, WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT THAT WE CAN FIND FUNDING FOR, UH, THAT WILL HELP, UM, HELP MOVE THE COMMUNITY FORWARD IN TERMS OF RESILIENCE AND, AND THAT LEADS TO IDENTITY IMPLEMENTED.
ONCE WE IDENTIFY THOSE POTENTIAL PROJECTS, UM, HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE THEM? HOW DO WE FIND FUNDING FOR THOSE, UM, ACTIVITIES? WE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE THINGS MOVING FORWARD.
UH, SOME OF THESE ACTIVITIES WILL BE SHORT TERM, SOME WILL BE LONG-TERM.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WE GET INTO THE, UH, THE FILLERS AND THE GOALS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'LL HAVE A VARIETY OF INDICES AT THE END, UH, FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.
UM, IF YOU, YOU WANT TO DIG INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS OF THE BACKGROUND DATA, UH, THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE.
AND AGAIN, AS I SAID EARLIER, UM, YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW ALL OF THIS, OR JUST PARTS OF THIS.
IF YOU'RE REALLY JUST INTERESTED IN THE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD AND REVIEW THAT I THINK, AS A SEPARATE PDF.
UM, OR IF YOU'RE, YOU'RE MORE INTERESTED IN SORT OF PRESERVATION OR THE PLANNING ITSELF, UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO REVIEW THE ENTIRE MAIN, MAYBE JUST WHAT YOU'RE MOST INTERESTED IN, MAYBE WHAT THE BUYS TO YOU MOST OR WHERE YOU THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE THE BEST, UM, BEST COMMENTS AND, AND SOMETHING MEANINGFUL TO, UH, TO OFFER TO THE PROCESS.
AMANDA, IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO ONE THING DO WE HAVE AT THE START OF THIS RESILIENCE STRATEGY SECTION IS AN OVERARCHING VISION STATEMENT.
WHAT IS OUR OVERALL IDEA FOR RESILIENCY MOVING FORWARD? AND AGAIN, THIS IS VERY MUCH A DRAFT, AND AGAIN, WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY THOUGHTS OR INPUTS YOU MIGHT HAVE, BUT THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE HERE IS THAT BY IMPLEMENTING THE NUBER RESILIENCE AND HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.
SO AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST THE, THE IDEA OF DEVELOPING THE PLAN, BUT DEVELOPING IT AND USING IT, IMPLEMENTING THIS PLAN, THE CITY OF NEIGHBOR IT'S RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS WILL PREPARE FOR ADAPT TO AND RESPOND TO A, AN EXTREME STORMS AND BRACE EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, INCREASE ECONOMIC SECURITY, PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH, AND PROMOTE ITS CULTURAL HERITAGE.
AND SO THE IDEA HERE IS THAT A STRONG VISION STATEMENT CAN HELP DETERMINE AND DRIVE THE COMMUNITY'S DIRECTION.
SO IF WE HAVE THIS TO KIND OF FOCUS ON OTHER COMMUNITY PLANS, UH, AND SORT OF FOCUS ON THIS AS WELL, UM, IT GIVES US SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT AS WE TALK WITH PEOPLE BRIEFLY OF NOW, UM, WHAT IS RESILIENCY AND HOW DO WE DEFINE THAT IN THE CITY OF NEWBURGH? UM, WE DID DEVELOP SEVERAL DRAFTS OF THIS, UH, SEVERAL DIFFERENT STATEMENTS.
UM, AND THEN WE, WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING THE ONE THAT EVERYONE, UM, SORT OF GRAVITATED TO THE MOST.
AND THEN WE BEGAN TO WORDSMITH THAT AND REFINE THAT.
UM, AND THEN THIS WAS SELECTED FROM A LIST OF SORT OF THOSE, THOSE TOP THREE THAT YOU KIND OF ENDED UP WITH.
SO, UM, I'LL LEAVE THIS HERE IN HOSPITAL, JUST A MOMENT SO THAT YOU CAN KIND OF READ THIS AND TAKE IT IN, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER PIECES THAT NOW FALL UNDER THIS
SO LOOKING AT THIS NEXT SLIDE, THE NEXT THING THAT WE WANTED TO DO AFTER IDENTIFYING THIS, THIS VISION STATEMENT IS TO IDENTIFY A SERIES OF WHAT WE CALL RESILIENCY FILLERS.
UM, SOME COMMUNITIES MAY CALL THESE CORE TENANTS.
THE IDEA IS WHAT IS THE FOUNDATION OF THIS RESILIENCY? WHAT ARE THE FIVE OR IN THIS CASE, SIX, UM, SORT OF, SORT OF CATEGORIES OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WANT TO KIND OF BREAK THINGS
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DOWN INTO TO MAKE THIS PLAN MANAGEABLE, TO ORGANIZE OUR THOUGHTS, TO ORGANIZE OUR GOALS AND OUR PROJECT IDEA.AND SO THE SENSE RESILIENCY FILLERS, THAT WE COME UP WITH OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY HOUSING, THE ECONOMY INFRASTRUCTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES AND CULTURAL HERITAGE, AND ONE OF THE IDEAS I'M, UH, THE WAY THAT WE DEVELOPED THESE PILLARS.
UM, EARLIER ON IN THE PROCESS, WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION SURVEYS THAT WENT OUT.
AND SO AS WE BEGAN TO COLLECT THE, UH, THE THOUGHTS OR THE OPINIONS AND CONCERNS, UH, AGAIN, THE RESIDENTS, THE BUSINESS OWNERS, UH, A BROAD SPECTRUM OF, OF, OF STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROCESS, WE BEGAN TO HEAR ABOUT THOSE THINGS THAT WERE IMPORTANT.
AND AS WE WORK ON THIS AS A PLANNING TEAM, AS WE BROUGHT OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR TEAMING PARTNERS INTO THIS, AND WE BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS THAT WERE IMPORTANT, WE WERE ABLE TO BEGIN PUTTING THEM UNDER CERTAIN HEADINGS, UM, GROUPING THEM TOGETHER AND EVEN PRIORITIZING THEM IN A WAY, AGAIN, BASED ON THAT, UH, PUBLIC INPUT AND FEEDBACK AND WHERE WE KIND OF WEREN'T HEARING THOSE COMMENTS.
SO AGAIN, THIS VERY MUCH REFLECTS WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM YOU FROM THE PUBLIC AND FROM THE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN THE PROCESS.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE BROAD CATEGORIES.
NOW THEY'RE USED TO DEFINE AND CATEGORIZE THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AGAIN, AS THEY RELATE TO COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.
AND AGAIN, KIND OF SPECIFICALLY, UH, FOR NOW TO, UH, DEALING WITH, UH, WITH FLOODING, WITH THE FLOOD HAZARD.
SO AMANDA, IF YOU CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE DRAFT GOALS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, UNDER EACH OF THESE PILLARS.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE NOT FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES, UH, AS WE'VE BEEN LISTENING, UH, TO THE BOTS AND IDEAS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED.
UM, SOME OF THESE COME FROM, FROM US AS A CONSULTING TEAM, UH, AND THOSE THAT HAVE WORKED ON THE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT THAT HAD BEEN VISITING THE COMMUNITY TO DO SITE VISITS AND LOOK AT VULNERABLE AREAS.
UH, BUT HERE UNDER HEALTH AND SAFETY, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN SEE A FEW GOALS ALONG THE LINE OF, FOR EXAMPLE, PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE BASIC HEALTH SERVICES AND COMMUNICATIONS ENSURE EASY ACCESS TO FRESH AND HEALTHY FOODS, AND YEAH, INCREASE CONSTRUCTION OF CONNECTED AND EQUITABLE PEDESTRIAN SIDEWALKS, TRAILS, GREENWAYS, AND BIKE PATHS FOR EXERCISE AND ACCESS.
AND AS WE CONTINUE TO FINALIZE THESE AND, AND WORDSMITH THEM AND GET THE WORDING JUST RIGHT, AND AS WE BREAK THESE DOWN INTO OBJECTIVES AND ACTIONS, WE'LL, WE'LL BETTER DEFINE THESE, UH, FOR THE DRAFT THAT YOU SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, HOW DO WE DEFINE EASY ACCESS? UM, HOW DOES THIS INCREASE, UM, UM, PEDESTRIAN SIDEWALKS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND TRAILS AND GREENWAYS HELP WITH FLOOD RISK REDUCTION, ALL OF THAT WILL BE EXPLAINED MORE IN THE DRAFT PLAN AND YOU SEE SOME OF THOSE DETAILS, BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT WE'RE MOVING TOWARD IN TERMS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
I THINK WE'LL SEE A FEW EXAMPLES HERE.
UM, WHAT WE HAVE UNDER HOUSING CURRENTLY, FOR EXAMPLE, EDUCATE CITIZENS OF BEST PRACTICES RELATED TO FINANCES, UH, IN TERMS OF HOME OWNERSHIP, UM, EDUCATING CITIZENS ON BEST PRACTICES RELATED TO HOME OWNERSHIP.
THESE ARE, THESE ARE THINGS THAT AS WE TALK ABOUT RESILIENCY, UM, I WOULD, I WOULD KIND OF TAKE A STEP BACK HERE AND TALK ABOUT, UM, IN, IN TERMS OF EVERYONE'S ROLE, UH, THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY HAS A ROLE TO PLAY IN, UH, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, MITIGATION, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY.
UH, THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA HAS A ROLE IN THAT, UH, THE COUNTY, THE CITY, AND ALL INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, UH, THERE ARE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE CAN ALL PAY SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN BE PREPARED AND RESILIENT, UH, AND LESS DEPENDENT ON SUPPORT FROM VARIOUS SOURCES, UH, FOLLOWING A DISASTER EVENT.
SO SOME OF THIS KIND OF LANES, OR, UM, MAYBE PERSONAL FINANCES OR, UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT HELP US BE RESILIENT, UM, REALLY FROM THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, ANOTHER EXAMPLE, PARTNER WITH DEVELOPERS, UH, TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE, UM, HE UDS PRESERVING
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OPEN SPACES FOR FLOOD CONTROL AND LIMITING IMPERVIOUS SURFACES.UH, SO A LITTLE BIT MORE TECHNICAL THERE, A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXAMPLE THERE.
UM, AND THEN ON THE NEXT LINE AND LOOKING AT THE ECONOMY, UH, ADVANCING, UM, RACIAL EQUITY, BUILDING BUSINESS RESILIENCE, UM, PROVIDING TRAINING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOB SKILLS AND TRADES, UH, AND PROVIDING A PATH TO CAREERS THROUGH INTERNSHIPS AND APPRENTICESHIPS, UH, ADVANCING SMALL BUSINESS STARTUPS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
NEXT SLIDE, UH, LOOKING AT INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, ENSURING DAILY CAPACITIES AND OPERATING RESERVE CAPACITIES ARE AVAILABLE AND ENSURE REDUNDANCY IN OPERATING SYSTEMS, UH, ENSURING RELIABILITY THROUGH FINANCIAL STABILITY, DESIGN TESTING, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIRS, UH, CREATING AN INVENTORY OF ALL SIDEWALKS AND ROADS AND COMPARING THAT, UH, FOR EQUITABLE ACCESS TO WELL-MAINTAINED SIDEWALKS AND ROAD.
AND THEN FOR NATURAL RESOURCES, UM, LOOKING AT DESIGNING NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT FOR, TO PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCE AREAS, UM, THE VERDE FLOOD-PRONE AREAS AND THE SAFE, ACCESSIBLE GREEN AND PUBLIC SPACES, UH, MAKING SURE TO INCLUDE WOMEN, CHILDREN, PERSONS, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, UH, AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE FULL FULL RANGE OF RESIDENTS, TOURISTS, UH, VISITORS, UM, AND AGAIN, BUSINESS OWNERS, UM, SMALL AND LARGE, UH, DESIGNING EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS AND NATURAL AREAS THAT CONVEY THEIR IMPORTANCE.
UH, AND AGAIN, IT'S ASSUMED WITH A LOT OF THESE THAT WE ARE AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT, UM, EDUCATION RELATED TO, UH, FLOODING HURRICANES, UM, AND HOW NATURAL AREAS CAN, CAN MINIMIZE, UH, THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF A HURRICANE, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, PROMOTING PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH THE IMPROVEMENTS IN WATERFALL AND AIR QUAL, UH, REDUCING FLOOD RISKS WHILE IMPROVING WATER QUALITY AND ENHANCING WILDLIFE HABITAT AND, AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, A VERY IMPORTANT POINT THERE NEXT LOT.
AND THEN, UH, SOME REALLY GOOD STUFF HERE FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE AS WELL.
UM, IMPLEMENTING, IMPLEMENTING A PUBLIC AWARENESS AND ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT PROACTIVE ACTION BY PROPERTY OWNERS, STEWARDS, AND RESIDENTS, AND PREPARING THEMSELVES AND THEIR OLDER AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS FOR FUTURE DISASTERS LEAD WITH INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE EFFORTS AND FLOOD ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION TO PROTECT HISTORIC AND CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT NEIGHBORHOODS ENSURE THAT DISASTER RECOVERY INCORPORATES A BUILD BACK BETTER APPROACH THAT PRIORITIZES BUILDING REHABILITATION OVER DEMOLITION.
AGAIN, LOOKING AT PRESERVING THOSE ASSETS WHERE WE CAN ALIGNING LANDIS' AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING TO INCENTIVIZE THE ADAPTATION OF CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE ASSETS.
AND DO WE HAVE ONE MORE ON CULTURAL HERITAGE? NO, THAT WAS THE LAST ONE.
SO, UH, AT THE END, I MEAN, THAT'S THE GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA, UH, INTO THE DIRECTION THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE GOING IN, AND AS YOU WERE LOOKING AT THOSE SLIDES AND LOOKING AT THOSE DRAFT GOALS, YOU, YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN A LOT OF, UM, KEYWORDS AND THEMES OF REPEATED IN THAT AS WE LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE OF IMPORTANCE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO, UM, OPEN THIS UP IN JUST A SECOND FOR, UM, SOME REACTIONS FROM YOU.
UH, AGAIN, I'LL KIND OF GO AHEAD AND BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, TALK ABOUT, UH, THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE PLAN AGAIN.
UM, ONE THING THAT WE DO HAVE COMING OUT VERY SOON IS TO, UM, PRESENT THIS DRAFT PLAN TO YOU.
UH, WELL, SO THE WAY THAT THIS STEPS OUT, UH, ONCE WE GET EVERYTHING TOGETHER, HOW THE CITY WILL BE REVIEWING THAT, UH, COVER TO COVER, UH, LINE-BY-LINE WORD FOR WORD.
UM, AND THEN ONCE, UH, THE CITY HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO FULLY REVIEW THAT, UM, PROVIDED US WITH COMMENTS, WE'VE ADDRESSED THOSE COMMENTS, AND WE HAVE, UH, THE VERSION THAT WE'RE READY TO PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, WE WILL OPEN A PUBLIC, UH, OPEN COMMENT THEORY, UH, THAT WILL BE, UH, ADVERTISED AND PROMOTED TO, UH, ON THE WEBSITE.
UH, WE WILL, UM, ADVERTISE AT THAT POINT OF THE EXACT WINDOW.
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BE ABOUT A 30 DAY WINDOW.UM, WE'LL PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW YOU CAN PROVIDE COMMENTS AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND SAY, AT THIS POINT THEY CAN BE, UM, HIGH-LEVEL COMMENTS, UH, THAN IMPRESSIONS, OR THEY CAN BE VERY DETAILED.
UH, IF YOU SEE A DETAIL IN THE PLAN THAT YOU WOULD, UM, CHALLENGE, OR IF YOU HAVE, UM, SOME INFORMATION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE TO, UH, EXPAND A POINT, UH, WE'D BE HAPPY TO SEE, UM, ANYTHING FROM A HIGH LEVEL COMMENT TO A VERY DETAIL, UM, COMMENT THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
AND THEN WE WILL TAKE ALL OF THAT AND INCORPORATE IT.
UM, ONE THE, INTO THE FINAL RESILIENCY PLAN.
WE KNOW THAT WE CAN'T ALWAYS ADDRESS EVERYONE'S COMMENTS SOMETIMES, UH, MAYBE TWO COMMENTS MIGHT, UH, MIGHT NOT BE ALONG THE SAME PATH, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVE.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THEM AND, UH, DISCUSS HOW BEST TO INCLUDE THEM AND DOCUMENT THAT WE RECEIVED THEM.
UH, AND, AND THAT SORT OF THING AS WE GO FORWARD.
SO AT THIS POINT, I WILL GO AHEAD AND PAUSE THERE AND LET AMANDA, UH, SORT OF, UM, WALK US THROUGH AND FACILITATE QUESTIONS THAT MAYBE HAVE COME IN, OR THAT MAYBE THEY'RE IN THE ROOM.
AND, UM, FOR THE SAKE OF THE CONVERSATION, I'LL BE HAPPY TO MAYBE START AT THE DRAFT VISION STATEMENT SLIDE, AND WE CAN OPEN IT UP FOR COMMENTS, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE THROUGH EACH OF THE SLIDES THAT MIGHT GET PRESENTED.
SO ON THAT NOTE, COLEEN, I WANTED TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS COMING IN FROM, UH, THOSE IN THE ROOM, PERHAPS ON THE, UH, I GUESS WE CAN MAYBE DO THAT ONE OF SECTIONS FIRST, IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THEM.
UH, NOBODY HERE IN NEWBURN, UM, IN THE, IN THE COURTROOM, AT LEAST I'M ALSO LOOKING QUICKLY AT THE FACEBOOK FEED.
I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS THERE EITHER.
UM, AND IN THE CHAT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THERE EITHER.
SO IT MIGHT TAKE FOLKS, UH, AS WE'VE EXPERIENCED IN THE PAST SOMETIMES TO GET THEIR POINTS ACROSS AND CREATE IT.
SOMETIMES IT TAKES A WHILE FOR THOSE QUESTIONS TO SHOW UP.
BUT AS AMANDA WAS SAYING, WE CAN ADVANCE TO ANY SLIDE THAT MAYBE YOU WANTED MORE INFORMATION ON OR HAD SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT.
UM, AND THIS WON'T BE YOUR ONLY OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT.
IF YOU THINK OF SOMETHING IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MINUTES, JUST RAISE YOUR HAND AND LET US KNOW.
AND AS THEY MENTIONED AS WELL, I WILL PUT THIS DRAFT PLAN ON OUR WEBSITE AND WE WILL CREATE AN ONLINE FORM.
SO YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GO ON THERE AND MAKE A PLAN AND THEY WILL BE EMAILED DIRECTLY TO US.
SO DON'T WORRY THAT THIS IS YOUR OWN, YOUR ONLY, UH, OPPORTUNITY.
SO IN THE CHAT, WE HAVE A QUESTION, UM, WHO COMPRISED THE TEAM THAT DEVELOPED THE DRAFT PLAN WITH QUALIFICATIONS, PLEASE.
SO WE DO HAVE LOTS OF NEW FOLKS WHO ARE JOINING US FOR THE FIRST TIME.
SO MIKE AND AMANDA, IT'D BE GREAT IF YOU COULD GIVE US SOME BACKGROUND ON YOURSELVES AND MOFFITT NICKEL.
I'D BE HAPPY TO, UM, AS WE, AS WE ENTERED INTO THIS PROJECT, UM, MOFFITT AND NIPPLE, UH, TOOK THE LEAD ON THE PROJECT IS WHAT WE CALL, UH, BRIAN.
UM, AS WE, UH, PROPOSE ON THIS PROJECT, UH, WE ARE A NATIONWIDE, UH, ENGINEERING FIRM.
UH, WE DO SPECIALIZE IN COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS.
UM, SO IN, IN TERMS OF NEWBORNS, GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATION, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE, WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH NOSQL ENVIRONMENTS, BUT ALSO SPECIFICALLY EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA FOR YEARS, AND WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK, UH, JUST NORTH OF HERE, UH, IN NORFOLK AND DOWN SOUTH, UH, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, UH, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA AND SOUTH FLORIDA.
SO VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE EAST COAST, UH, AND A LOT OF THE FLOODING ISSUES AND CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
BUT WE KNEW GOING INTO THIS AS WELL THAT WE WANTED TO, BUT TOGETHER THE BEST POSSIBLE TEAM.
SO WE DID PARTNER WITH A GROUP OUT OF UNC ASHEVILLE.
UH, NEMAC FROM THE, UH, THE FULL NAME THERE FOR THE, THE, THE SIDE THAT, THAT REALLY HAS DONE THIS ANALYSIS, UH, IS FRIENDLY INTERACTED, INCORPORATING, UH, AGAIN, THEY'RE OUT OF NASHVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, BUT HAVE BEEN, UM, VERY HANDS-ON AND WORKING ON SPECIFICALLY THE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT.
UH, THEY HAVE A GREAT TOOL THERE CALLED EXCEL ADAPT THAT LOOKS AT, UH, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THIS PLAN THAT THE CITY WANTED, UM, UH, ASSESSED OR ANALYZED.
AS WE LOOKED AT THE FLOOD HAZARD SAYS, WE TALKED ABOUT
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ALL THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ASSETS, UM, RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL CRITICAL FACILITIES, UM, HISTORIC, UH, THE DEMOGRAPHICS, THE POPULATION INFORMATION, UM, THE ECONOMIC INFORMATION.THEY HAVE A TOOL AND RESOURCES SPECIFIC TO, UM, REALLY ALL OF WHAT THE CITY WAS LOOKING FOR AND ASKING FOR AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, WE ALSO BROUGHT ON A GROUP CALLED THE BREAK GROUP LED BY LISA CRAIG.
UM, SHE FOCUSES ON HAZARD MITIGATION SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION, UH, AND HAS DONE WORK ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, A VARIETY OF COMMUNITIES THAT SHE HAS PRESENTED ON AND BROUGHT THAT INFORMATION TO BEAR ON THIS PROJECT.
UM, I, MYSELF AM A HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNER.
I'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR 20 YEARS.
UM, BASICALLY MY, MY WHOLE CAREER.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, EXPERTS IN COASTAL AND RIVERINE FLOODING AND FLOOD ANALYSIS, UM, MODELING, UH, AMANDA, FOR EXAMPLE, ON OUR CALL HERE TODAY, UM, SPECIALIZES IN COMMUNITY OUTREACH, PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT.
UM, WE HAVE FOLKS, UH, THAT ARE, THAT ARE, UH, AS WE KIND OF BREAK THINGS DOWN, WE HAVE ECONOMIC SPECIALISTS.
WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY PROFILE, THE MTRS SPECIALISTS WHO, UH, ARE FAMILIAR WITH BEING IN ALL OF THAT SORT OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, BUT WILL BE CONTENT AS WELL.
AND KIND OF, KIND OF FOCUSED A LITTLE BIT ON, ON US.
UM, I WANNA, I REALLY WANNA POINT AS WELL, OR THE, UM, LOCAL PLANNING TEAM THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH AS WELL.
AND AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROJECT, UH, REALLY THE FIRST THING THAT WE DID WAS WE WORKED WITH THE CITY TO ESTABLISH A LOCAL PLANNING TEAM, UH, CONSISTING OF A DESERT MEMBERS.
UH, I WON'T GO DO THE WHOLE ROSTER RIGHT NOW, AND ALL OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, UH, ARE REPRESENTED, UM, THERE, ON THAT CORE PLANNING TEAM.
AND ALSO AS VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS AS WE LOOK AT, UM, ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, SPECS OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO I DON'T WANT TO CREATE THE IMPRESSION THEN THAT WE, AS A CONSULTING TEAM HAVE DONE ALL THE WORK BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY ELEC CONNIE, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, ON, ON THESE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND, UH, THE PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT'S GONE OUT.
UM, SO IT REALLY HAS BEEN A TEAM EFFORT, BUT WE HAVE SUPPORTED THE CITY.
AND OF COURSE, OF COURSE, ALL OF THEIR EXPERTISE IN THE VARIOUS POSITIONS THEY HOLD, UH, IS REFLECTED IN THIS PLAN AS WELL.
SO, UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND STOP THERE.
UH, HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION.
IF NOT, I CAN ALWAYS CIRCLE BACK TO IT AGAIN, LATER WE HAVE A FOLLOWUP IN THE CHAT ON ZOOM.
IT IS RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS A HIGH LEVEL PRESENTATION.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW ACTIONABLE THIS FINAL PLAN WILL BE FOR THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER RENTER AND BUSINESS PERSON.
UM, WE DO WANT, UH, IT'S A GREAT WORD TO USE AS WELL, ACTIONABLE THAT, UM, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, WE, WE HAVE NOT WANTED THIS TO BE AN EXERCISE WHERE WE DEVELOP A PLAN DOCUMENT THAT SITS ON A SHELF.
UM, AS WE, AS WE LOOK AT THESE ACTIONS THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED, WE HAVE A FORMAT, A TWO PAGE, UM, SORT OF WORKSHEET FORMAT WHERE WE ARE, UM, WHERE WE ARE DESCRIBING THESE ACTIONS, UH, PROJECTS, ACTIVITIES, AND THEY PROVIDE A LOT OF, I GUESS, AGAIN, WHAT YOU WOULD CALL ACTIONABLE INFORMATION WHO WILL BE, UH, THE LEAD AGENCY OR DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE, WHO WILL THAT PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT OR CHAMPION FOR THAT ACTIVITY YOU WILL THAT PERSON BE? UM, HOW MUCH DO WE THINK THAT THIS ACTIVITY WILL OFFER? UM, WHETHER IT BE A CITY COSTS, COUNTY, STATE, AN INDIVIDUAL COST POTENTIALLY, UM, WHAT FUNDING SOURCES ARE AVAILABLE? ARE THERE GRANTS AVAILABLE? UM, WHERE CAN, UM, CITIZENS GO FOR MORE INFORMATION, UH, WHETHER IT BE ON OBTAINING FUNDING FOR A PROJECT OR JUST INFORMATION ON HOW TO DO SOMETHING, UH, HOW TO RETROFIT YOUR HOME, UH, WHETHER IT BE WET, FLOOD-PROOFING DRY, FLOOD-PROOFING ELEVATION, UM, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO AS WE GO THROUGH, UM, THAT, THAT SORT OF WORKSHEET FORMAT, UM, WE, WE ANSWER ALL THESE QUESTIONS THAT REALLY, UM, UH, REALLY DEFINE THESE ACTIVITIES AND HELP TO EXPLAIN HOW THESE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS TO HELP PRIORITIZE THESE ACTIONS.
I DID NOTIFY WHICH OF THESE WILL BE DONE IN THE SHORT TERM, THE MID TERM, THE TERM, UH, ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
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WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK AT, UM, UH, AGAIN, RESOURCES, UH, YOU MENTIONED, UH, HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS, UH, BUT WE CAN ALSO, UH, PROVIDE, UM, IDEAS IN TERMS OF THE TIME, UH, THE TIMEFRAME AND SORT OF INTERNAL DEADLINES OR GOALS FOR ACCOMPLISHING SOME OF THIS, UM, AND, AND PROGRESS REFORMS, UM, WHETHER THEY BE QUARTERLY OR ANNUAL, UH, TO KIND OF SEE, ARE WE ON TRACK WITH THIS? WHAT, WHICH OF THESE GOALS ARE REALLY MOVING FORWARD, WHICH OF THESE PROJECTS ARE GAINING TRACTION, UH, WHERE WE SEEING THE MOST SUCCESS, UM, AS WE EXPERIENCED FUTURE FLOOD EVENTS, UH, WHAT ARE WE SEEING THAT, UM, THAT, WHERE WE'RE SEEING THESE PROJECTS ARE AFFECTED OR NOT AFFECTED MAY, MAYBE WE NEED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, REFINE OUR THINKING OVER TIME.AND SO THAT'LL ALL BE BUILT INTO, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IMPLEMENTATION SECTION, UH, THAT WE HAVE ON HOW THIS PLAN REMAINS A LIVING DOCUMENT, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UM, AND AGAIN, I THINK YOU'LL SEE SOME SPECIFIC EXAMPLES ONCE, UH, ONCE YOU SEE THE OVERALL PLAN.
UM, BUT FOR NOW, UH, I'LL PLAY.
THAT'S A GOOD, UM, A GOOD ANSWER FOR TONIGHT.
WE ALSO HAVE A QUESTION FROM HERE AT CITY HALL.
WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR RATE OF IMPLEMENTATION ON PAST PROJECTS QUESTION? UH, SO I GUESS I CAN ANSWER THAT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
UM, ONE, I MEAN, IF WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING IN GENERAL, UM, I WILL BE HONEST AND SAY THAT AS WE, UM, AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING AS A NATION ON HAZARD MITIGATION PLANS, UH, REALLY FOR THE PAST, I WOULD SAY 20 YEARS, UH, SINCE THE DISASTER MITIGATION ACT OF 2000, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTATION.
AND AS WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT, AND NOT JUST SPEAKING IS, UM, MOFFITT AND NICOLE, BUT JUST AS A PRACTITIONERS, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT, UM, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT WHAT, WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES, WHAT ARE THE ENTRANCES TO IMPLEMENTING THESE PROJECTS? WHAT IS HOLDING US BACK, UM, AS COMMUNITIES AND ONE OF THOSE CHALLENGES IS FUNDING.
AND SO ONE THING THAT WE ARE CLOSELY MONITORING, THERE'S A NEW, UH, FEMA GRANT PROGRAM, UH, CALLED GRIT.
AND THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF MANY, BUT IT STANDS FOR BUILDING RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE IN COMMUNITIES.
AND LAST YEAR, FEMA MAY $500 MILLION AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS BRIDGE PROGRAM FOR RESILIENCY PROJECTS.
THIS YEAR, THEY'RE MAKING A BILLION DOLLARS AVAILABLE FOR RESILIENCY PROJECTS AND THAT'S NATIONWIDE, IT'S, IT'S COMPETITIVE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE LOTS OF ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
THE ONE POINT IS THAT THAT FEMA AND THE STATES AND OTHERS ARE SEEING THAT A SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OBVIOUSLY NEEDS FUNDING.
AND SO AS WE LOOK AT THAT, AND AS WE LOOK AT THE ACTIONS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, WE'RE TRYING TO MATCH THOSE ACTIONS UP WITH APPROPRIATE FUNDING SOURCES SO THAT WE CAN SEE MORE, MORE SUCCESS IN ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECTS THAT ARE FINE, BECAUSE I'LL BE HONEST.
I MEAN, WE'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS, A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS, A LOT OF PROJECTS, UM, NOT JUST WITH NEWBURN OR NORTH CAROLINA, BUT AGAIN, NATIONWIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT AREN'T REALIZED BECAUSE OF MAYBE A LACK OF FUNDING, A LACK OF TECHNICAL SUPPORT, A LACK OF, OF MAYBE, MAYBE AN ENGINEERING STUDY IS NEEDED.
AND SO SEEING THAT MORE AND MORE GRANT PROGRAMS ARE BECOMING AVAILABLE.
AND AGAIN, FEMA IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE, UM, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT A WIDE RANGE AND THE FEDERAL AGENCIES, UM, AND ALSO STATE, UM, DIVISIONS AND DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE MAKING FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR FLOOD RESILIENCY.
AND SO KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT AND APPLYING THAT TO WORK OR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE, HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE MORE, MORE FUNDS COMING IN AND THE SUCCESS IN TERMS OF ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THESE PROJECTS IN TERMS OF THE PERCENTAGE.
I HONESTLY COULDN'T TELL YOU, UM, HOW MANY, UH, PROJECTS I'VE DRAFTED OR PROPOSED OVER THE YEARS THAT HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
UM, AND A LOT OF IT TOO IS KIND OF LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN IMPLEMENTED YET, BUT SOME OF THEM WERE LONG-TERM.
UH, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T GET TO THEM IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF YOUR MITIGATION PLAN.
MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL WORK ON DURING THAT SECOND CYCLE OR EVEN THIRD CYCLE, UH, AS THE COMMUNITY KIND OF MOVES FORWARD AND, AND WORKS THROUGH ALL OF THAT.
THANKS A LOT, MIKE, WE HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT IN THE CHAT.
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US FOR, UH, YOUR REPLIES TO ALL OF THE QUESTIONS.SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT FOR US.
UM, I ENCOURAGE THAT THE EXECUTION OF SOME OF THESE ELEMENTS WILL BE SIMPLE.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING TO THE SPECTRUM OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE RENTER CAN DO, THE HOMEOWNER CAN DO THE BUSINESS PERSON CAN DO AND, UM, YOU KNOW, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS WELL, POINT WELL-TAKEN WELL-TAKEN.
AND I THINK YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE WILL BE A VARIETY THERE.
SOME OF THESE WILL BE, UH, WAIT, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN INTO, UH, SOME OF THESE SPECIFICS TONIGHT, BUT AS WE LOOK AT ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS, SOME OF THAT WILL BE, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF YOUR MORE TRADITIONAL, UH, ENGINEERING PROJECTS, BUT SOME WILL BE NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS.
UH, SOME OF IT WILL BE, UH, BASED ON EXISTING TECHNOLOGY AND PRACTICES, SOME OF IT MAYBE MORE, UH, MORE CREATIVE, MORE FORWARD THINKING, UM, YOU KNOW, SO YOU WILL SEE SOME TECHNICAL ELEMENTS IN THIS, BUT TO YOUR POINT, I THINK YOU'LL ALSO SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE IN TERMS OF WHAT, UH, WHAT ANYONE CAN DO TO HELP PREPARE AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP, UH, UH, UH, PERSONAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN, OR AGAIN, LOOK AT FLOOD-PROOFING, UH, BUSINESS OR HOME, UH, OR OTHER, UM, OTHER ASSET THAT YOU MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
SO SOME OF THEM WILL BE VERY TECHNICAL, UH, HOPEFULLY NOT, UM, NOT TOO MUCH OUT OF IT AND THAT THERE WILL BE SOMETHING THERE FOR, FOR EVERYONE TAKE UP AND USE AS DAY AS THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS GREAT, GREAT POINT.
SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THE WHISPERING, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD, UM, AS FAR AS IMPLEMENTATION, ARE THOSE ELEMENTS GOING TO BE ADDRESSED VIA STEPS AND WHAT HE MEANS BY THAT IS, ARE YOU GOING TO PUBLISH AN ORDER TO THAT IMPLEMENTATION A RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU DO THIS FIRST AND DO THIS SECOND AND THEN DO THIS THIRD.
WILL THAT BE PART OF THE FINAL PLAN? SURE.
UM, ONE, ONE METHOD OR TECHNIQUE THAT WE'RE USING AS PART OF THIS PROJECT IS CALLED A STATELY METHOD.
UM, IT'S AN ACRONYM, UM, S T A E L E E.
IT STANDS FOR SOCIAL TECHNICAL ADMINISTRATIVE, POLITICAL, LEGAL, ECONOMIC, AND ENVIRONMENTAL.
AND SO ONE THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING, UH, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT'S COMING UP HERE IN A FEW WEEKS, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE CONDUCTING A WORKSHOP WITH CITY OFFICIALS TO WALK THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO, UM, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, UH, TO SCORE, UH, THE ACTIONS AND ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH TO HELP US PRIORITIZE THOSE.
AND ONCE WE, SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT EACH ONE OF THOSE ADEQUATE ONES, SOCIAL, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'LL HAVE A SET OF QUESTIONS THAT WE WILL ANSWER.
MOST OF THEM ARE YES OR NO QUESTIONS.
UM, BUT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS QUESTIONS, WE CAN, WE CAN THEN ASSIGN A SCORE FOR EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES, SOCIAL, TECHNICAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND SO FORTH.
AND THEN WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT THE OVERALL SCORE FOR ALL SEVEN OF THOSE CRITERIA.
AND ONCE WE KIND OF SCORE THAT AND SOME OF THESE MAY BE WEIGHTED, UM, WE CAN LOOK AT WHICH ONES, UH, THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO PRIORITIZE MAYBE SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL OVER LEGAL, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, WHAT KIND OF HIGHER ANNOUNCED SOME OF THE MATH AND THE EQUATION, BUT THE IDEA IS THAT ONCE WE SCORE THEM ALL AND KIND OF UNDERSTAND THEIR MERIT FROM ALL SEVEN OF THOSE DIFFERENT CRITERIA, WE'LL BE ABLE TO RANK THEM DIFFERENT WAYS.
UH, WHAT ARE THE TOP THREE PROJECTS IN TERMS OF SOCIAL BENEFITS? UH, WHAT ARE THE TOP THREE PROJECTS OVERALL? UH, WHAT ARE THE TOP 10 PROJECTS OVERALL? UH, WHAT WERE THE BOTTOM GREEN PROJECTS OVERALL? AND THEN ONCE WE KIND OF SEE HOW THEY, HOW THEY RANK AND HOW THEY ORDER, THEN WE CAN BEGIN TO SAY, OKAY, IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, THEY SCORE THE HIGHEST FOR THESE REASONS AND AGREE WITH THAT SCORING.
OR WE, YOU KNOW, WE ADJUST, UH, YOU KNOW, TO, TO COMPENSATE FOR REALITY, MAYBE IN SOME PLACES, BUT ONCE WE DECIDE, YOU KNOW, THESE APPEAR TO BE KIND OF, UH, UH, FIRST PRIORITY OR HIGH PRIORITY, WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO IN THE SHORT TERM? WHAT CAN WE DO TO GAIN MOMENTUM SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, SO THAT WE SEE SOME ACTION TAKING BITES, WE SEE SOME BENEFITS COMING THROUGH.
UM, AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT A CASE.
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FROM SHORT-TERM IMPLEMENTATION.UM, MAYBE THESE, WE, WE, THEY SCORE VERY HIGHLY, BUT YOU KNOW, THESE ARE SOME THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S GOING TO TAKE A FEW YEARS TO GET THE FUNDING ONE UP FOR THAT.
OR MAYBE IT'S GOING TO TAKE A FEW YEARS TO DO, UH, SOME FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENTS OR, OR SOME ADDITIONAL STUDIES.
UM, AND SO WE CAN KIND OF LOOK AT HOW THEY ALL SORT OF RAINED DOWN, BUT IN DOING THAT, WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN KIND OF FALL BACK ON FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, EXACTLY AS YOU ASKED, YOU KNOW, WHY, WHY WOULD YOU DECIDE TO DO THIS PROJECT AND FOR THESE OTHERS? AND SO THIS WILL GIVE US SOME REASONING BEHIND ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHY THE COMMUNITY MAY MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH PROJECT A INSTEAD OF PROJECT B.
AND THERE WOULD BE REASONS BEHIND THAT.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES, HE IS NODDING, YES.
ANOTHER QUESTION FROM THE CHAT ON ZOOM, WHAT DOES THE TERM OF YOUR CONTRACT WITH THE CITY FROM BEGINNING TO PROJECTED END? SO, CRAIG, THAT'S A CONTRACTING QUESTION.
I WOULD ALMOST HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE PAPERWORK, BUT IT'S COMING UP SOON.
WE WERE, WE WERE CONTRACTED, UM, YOU KNOW, SO ONE REASON I HESITATE TO SAY THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT IS ON PAPER AND THAT DON DON'T DON'T, Y'ALL GET ME IN TROUBLE WITH THIS WHERE WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE'RE NOT GONNA FINISH THIS PROJECT AND SAY, OKAY, WE'RE DONE NOW, YOU KNOW, TALK TO YOU LATER.
WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA STAY INVOLVED IN THIS AS LONG AS WE NEED TO.
AND IS THE PLAN IS, UH, IS FINALIZED.
AND THEN, OR AS WE GO THROUGH THE DRAFT STAGES AND GETTING COMMENTS AND THEN FINALIZE IT, UM, I REALLY WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE CONTRACT, BUT I WANNA SAY IT WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND THE AUGUST, SEPTEMBER TIMEFRAME, BUT EVEN THOUGH THAT'S FAST APPROACHING, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT IN A HURRY TO LEAVE, SO WE'LL, UM, AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH I SHOULD SAY ABOUT THAT, THE CONTRACTING SIDE OF IT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SET KIND OF DEAL, UH, IN TERMS OF THE COST.
UH, SO THERE'S NOT ANY ADDITIONAL COSTS, UH, FOR, FOR THAT, BUT WE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMMITTED TO THE PROJECT, BUT IT IS COMING TO AN END, UM, FAIRLY SOON IN TERMS OF THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT, UH, SOMETIME IN THE NEXT, THE TWO OR THREE MONTHS, PROBABLE DOES THAT, DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION? I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A RESPONSE, BUT, UH, IN THE CHAT, BUT WE'LL SEE IF THAT SATISFIES THE QUESTION.
I WOULD SAY ALSO, I MEAN, ANOTHER WAY TO ANSWER IT, I GUESS IT'S A LITTLE MORE RELATIVE.
THIS WAS, UM, UH, ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE A 12 MONTH PLANNING PROCESS.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU WOULD SEE IN THE CONTRACT WAS THAT WE WERE REALLY FOCUSING ON A 12 MONTH TIME PERIOD, BUT I WILL MAKE THE POINT THAT WITH COVID-19 WE DID HAVE TO, UM, PIVOT AND ADJUST A LITTLE BIT AS WE MOVED FORWARD, ESPECIALLY WITH MEETINGS, UM, PUBLIC MEETINGS, WE'D HAVE TO DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, UH, THAT THAT MAY HAVE TAKEN A LITTLE LONGER.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME REASONS THERE WHY THE ORIGINAL SCHEDULE WAS ADJUSTED JUST A LITTLE BIT, UH, BECAUSE OF, OF THE RESTRICTIONS AND TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND JUST A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS OVER THE PAST, UH, YEARS.
SO, UH, I, I WOULD ADD THAT AS WELL, JUST IN TERMS OF, UH, UH, THE BACKGROUND ON THAT.
MY FOLLOW UP TO THAT HAS COME THROUGH MY CONCERN IS THAT THERE WILL BE A PLAN AS THE DELIVERABLE, BUT NOT SIMPLE ENOUGH TO IMPLEMENT.
AND I GUESS I DON'T, SO, UH, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THE CITY TOO MUCH HERE.
AND PERHAPS IF, IF, UH, JEFF HAS, IS THERE, OR OTHERS THERE WITH THE CITY THAT I'M IN AS WELL, BUT I DO, I, I WOULD SAY, I THINK IN RESPONSE TO THAT, THAT THE CITY IS ALL WORD LOOKING AND THEY DO HAVE PLANS FOR ADDITIONAL, UM, UH, I GUESS, UH, SINCE, SINCE HE USED THE WORD CONTRACT, I THINK THAT THE ORIGINAL, UM, QUESTION, ADDITIONAL CONTRACTS MOVING FORWARD, UM, FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND OTHER ACTIVITIES MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UM, I DO KNOW THAT THE CITY DOES HAVE A PLAN MOVING FORWARD THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE THIS PLAN IS DONE AND, AND THIS PART OF IT IS OVER, UH, AND IN MY MIND, BUT BASED ON MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT THE END OF IT.
UH, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF IT.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ADDITIONAL GRANTS, UM, THAT, THAT THE, I KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS ALREADY, UM, LOOKED INTO AND PURSUED, UH,
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FOR FUNDING, FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS, UH, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.UH, SOME OF IT IS, UM, MAYBE STILL TENTATIVE OR, OR, UM, YOU KNOW, SORT OF IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REVIEWED, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THAT I SEE IT, THIS IS VERY MUCH NOT THE END, BUT REALLY JUST THE BEGINNING AND THE FIRST STEP.
AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT MIKE SAID IS THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED A $300,000 GRANT FROM HIM.
THAT'S THE STATE'S OFFICE OF RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY.
IT'S A THREE-YEAR GRANT WHERE WE HIRED A, UH, ANOTHER CONSULTANT THROUGH A COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS TO ASSIST US WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY OF THE POLICIES IN THE REDEVELOPMENT.
I MEAN, IN THE RESILIENCY PLAN ITSELF.
SO AS THE PLAN IS CREATED AND PROJECTS COME OUT, WE HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE VIA GRANT FROM THE STATE TO ASSIST US WITH, UH, PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING, UM, PRIORITIZATION, ANYTHING RELATED TO RESILIENCY.
SO THERE IS ALWAYS BEEN AN EMPHASIS ON IMPLEMENTATION FROM DAY ONE OF THIS PLAN.
UH, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY DESIRE FOR THIS PLAN TO BE A STATIC AND TO SIT ON THE SHELF, BUT TO BE ACTIVE IN CHANGING AND EVOLVING, UH, WITH THE RESILIENCY NEEDS OF THE CITY ITSELF.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE HAD ANOTHER QUESTION COME IN A MAJOR EMPHASIS IN ALL BRICK, B R I C FUNDING, UH, IN PARENTHESES, IT SAYS 40% OF THE $1 BILLION SUPPORTS EQUITY.
HOW DOES THE PLAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE NEW FUNDS? SO I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, A MAJOR EMPHASIS AND ALL BRICK FUNDING SUPPORTS EQUITY.
HOW DOES THE PLAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE NEW FUNDS? RIGHT.
ONE THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING, UM, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, UH, THE BRICK, UM, THE BRICK CYCLE AND THE PROCESS THAT FEMA HAS SET FORTH FOR THEM, UM, THEY'VE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT THE PROJECT THAT, UM, THAT WERE SELECTED FOR FUNDING OR WERE SELECTED FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION FOR FUNDING.
UM, SO ONE THING THAT, THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING NOW IS LOOKING AT THE LAST CYCLE AND LOOKING AT WHAT PROJECTS WERE SUBMITTED, UH, WHICH ONES, UH, WERE DEEMED INELIGIBLE, WHICH ONES, UM, WERE LACKING, UH, APPROPRIATE INFORMATION, UH, BUT VERY IMPORTANTLY, WHICH ONES WERE SELECTED, UH, BY FEMA, UH, THAT ALIGNED WITH THEIR PRIORITIES THAT ALIGNED WITH THE STATE'S PRIORITIES THAT, UM, WE'RE COMPETITIVE ENOUGH TO WIN OUT AGAINST OTHER COMMUNITIES.
AND SO OVER THAT, THROUGH THAT PROCESS, UM, HERE OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, WE HOPE TO GET A BETTER IDEA, UM, OF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT.
HOW CAN WE CRAFT, UM, AGAIN, WE HAVE THESE, WE HAVE THESE GOALS AND HAVE THESE IDEAS, BUT HOW CAN WE, UM, HOW CAN WE, HOW CAN WE CRAFT THE WORDING OF THOSE A LITTLE BIT BETTER OR INCLUDE, UM, MORE, UH, MORE DIMENSIONS TO DO THAT? YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IS IT THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT THEMIS IS LOOKING AT IN THEIR SELECTION PROCESS THAT WOULD HELP NEWBORNS PROJECTS BE MORE COMPETITIVE IN THE FUTURE, UH, TO SECURE SOME OF THAT FUNDING.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO, UH, NOW, UM, AS WE, AS WE ROLL THROUGH THE GOALS, UH, THERE WERE A NUMBER, UH, THAT TOUCH ON EQUITY, YOU KNOW, DO WE FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS? UM, I THINK THAT WE'RE ALL STILL LEARNING.
UH, I THINK THERE, WE'RE STILL LEARNING AS, AS A NATION.
I THINK THAT FEMA IS STILL DEFINING THAT AND OTHER FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES ARE STILL, YOU KNOW, SORT OF DEFINING THAT, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF ELIGIBILITY AND PROJECT CRITERIA AND, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE PUT THAT INTO A BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS, BUT THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, NOW, AND IN THE FUTURE TO ALIGN WITH THAT PROGRAM AND OTHERS TO, YOU KNOW, UH, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL IS TO, UH, TO IMPLEMENT THESE IDEAS.
AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT AND LOOKING AT THE LANGUAGE AND, UM, HOW CAN WE TWEAK THINGS AND IMPROVE THINGS AS WE MOVE FORWARD FOR THE FINAL? UH, SO THE, SO THAT THOSE PROJECTS, UH, DO SUPPORT THAT AND CAN OBTAIN HOPEFULLY SOME OF THAT FUND.
I DON'T, UH, SEE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THE FACEBOOK FEED, UM, NOR IN THE CHAT AND ANYBODY ELSE IN THE COURTROOM.
SO I THINK THAT'S IT FOR QUESTIONS ON THIS END.
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I GUESS OUR CLOSING SLIDE, OR JUST, UH, CLOSE WITH A FEW, UM, FINAL COMMENTS.I THINK WE'VE ALREADY RUN THROUGH THIS.
SO I THINK WE MAY BE, UM, THERE ON SLIDE 14, OUR FINAL, UM, FINAL SLIDE, UH, AGAIN, UH, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
I KNOW THAT, UM, WE'VE HAD, UH, AGAIN, A LOT OF, UH, CHALLENGES OVER THE PAST YEAR WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH COVID AND SOME OF THE LIMITATIONS THERE, BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON THIS PROJECT, UH, OVER THE LAST, UH, 10 OR 12 MONTHS HAS REALLY BEEN, UM, OUTSTANDING AND ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, UM, WE HAVE HAD A, A LOT OF PARTICIPATION ON ZOOM AND FACEBOOK AND, UH, EVEN THERE IN PERSON, UH, AS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION, YOUR, YOUR INPUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT THE LAST YOU'LL BE HEARING OF THIS.
AND I HOPE THAT EVERYONE HAS A WONDERFUL EVENING AND WE WILL, UH, BE IN TOUCH SOON.
EVERYBODY WHO CAME TO CITY HALL AND JOINED US ON FACEBOOK.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
GOOD NIGHT, AND EVERYONE HAVE A SAFE TRAVEL HOME.