City of Barrie Case Study - Building Municipal Resilience

City of Barrie Case Study –
Building Municipal Resilience
PRESENTED BY
City of Barrie
Jacqueline Weston, Director of Engineering
May 21, 2015
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Overview
• Why?
• How?
• What’s
Next?
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Why is Barrie taking action?
• Each municipality is unique
• City of Barrie
– Changing weather patterns
– Community impacts
– Infrastructure impacts
– Financial impacts
– Reduce our risk
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Changing Weather Patterns
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Storm Frequency & Intensity
• June 9, 2005 - exceeded the 1:100
return interval storm event
• June 28, 2006 – 25-50 year event
• July 4, 2006 – over 5 year event
• July 29, 2006 – over 10 year event
• June 17, 2014 – Tornado
• June 24, 2014 – over 10 year event
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June 9, 2005
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June 9, 2005
Dunlop at Kidds Creek June 9, 2005.
Kidds Creek North of Dunlop June 9, 2005.
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June 9, 2005
Between Houses Lillian Cres June 9, 2005.
Lillian Crescent June 9, 2005.
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June 17, 2014 Tornado
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June 17, 2014 Tornado
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June 24, 2014
Photo: Johnson Beach June 24, 2014.
Photo: Flooding Lakeshore June 24, 2014.
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June 24, 2014
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There are those who look at things the
way they are, and ask why... I dream
of things that never were, and ask why
not?
Robert Kennedy
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How is Barrie responding?
• Collaborative
approach
• Reduce carbon
Planning
footprint
• Adapt to reduce
impact
• Increase resilience
Engineering
Climate
Change
Adaptation
Operations
Maintenance
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Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien
Voltaire
Don’t let the perfect get in the way of
the good
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1. Policy Development
• Official Plan
– Protection of natural
heritage and
parkland
– Energy conservation
• Input to other levels
of government
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2. Education and Outreach
• Joined federal program “Partners for
Climate Protection” (2001)
• Completed GHG Inventory and
Community Energy Plan (2006)
• Hosted OCCIAR Workshop “Barrie in a
Changing Climate” (2010)
• Hosted Municipal Stormwater
Management Discussion Group (2011)
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3. Energy Efficient Buildings
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Energy Management Plan (2012)
Energy Management Group (2013)
Facility optimization “Run it Right”
Staff awareness “Save Adam”
Capital improvements
New facilities to LEED Silver
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“Run it Right”
• Walk through energy and water audit
• Develop plan and implement
• Q1 2015
– Total investment approximately $20,000
from January 1, 2015
– Yearly savings are estimated at between
$170,000 -$200,000 (electrical usage
reduction about 8.5%)
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4. Reduced GHG Emissions
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Solar panels
Green roofs
Landfill gas collection system
WWTF biogas utilization project
“Greening the Fleet”
Battery charging stations
LED streetlight conversion ($8M cost
avoidance over 10 years)
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Solar Panels at Operations Centre
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5. Increasing Carbon Storage
• Recycling of office paper
• Community recycling through our
Sustainable Waste Management
Strategy
• Annual Tree Planting Program
• Reviewing tree species for adaptation
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6. Transportation System
• Multi-Modal Active Transportation
Master Plan (12% AT, 7% transit)
• Active Transportation Barrie Working
Group (City staff and community
stakeholders)
• Sidewalk Infill Program and Bicycle
Lane construction
• Traffic control signal coordination
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7. Programs & By-laws
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Water efficiency program
Infiltration/inflow reduction program
Rainfall monitoring
Creek water quality and flow
monitoring program
• Road Weather Information System
• Updated Site Alteration By-law
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Water Efficiency
• Since 1995, water use has fallen by 100 L/c/d.
• Water efficiency programs account for at least 20% of this reduction.
• Residential water use is 185 lcpd.
• This is 28% better than Ontario’s average.
• This is 40% better than Canada’s average.
• Savings in deferred Capital Expenditure are $4,500,000.
• Residents save over $1,000,000 annually.
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Wastewater Inflow and Infiltration
Reduction Efforts
• Flow Monitoring in
Sanitary Manholes
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Rainfall Monitoring
• 6 active rainfall monitors
throughout the City
• Collect data every 5 minutes
• Data used in many
departments throughout the
City
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Stream Flow Monitoring
• City currently has a creek flow monitoring
program. The understanding of storm
water hydrology and hydraulics has
progressed significantly in recent years.
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Road Weather Information System
A road weather information system (RWIS) collects winter
weather and road condition information. Sensors measure
pavement temperature, wind speed and direction.
This data is used by Barrie to support winter maintenance
activities makings roads safer for motorists.
The City of Barrie as two RWIS stations located at
Livingston/Bayfield and Yonge/Ashford.
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8. Engineering Standards
• Stormwater standards updated in
2009 to account for climate change
– Updated IDF curves (15% increase)
– Overland flow routes
• Updating all standards
– Frozen water services
• Creating new standards
– Low Impact Development
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9. Infrastructure Improvements
• Infrastructure Master Plans and Asset
Management Plan (City-wide models)
• Maintain, repair and redesign on a
priority basis
– Waterfront restoration and creek
naturalization
– Storm water ponds, culverts and pipes
– Water, Sanitary, Roads
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Business Risk Exposure
Kidd’s Creek Naturalization
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Bunkers Creek Improvements
(Wellington to Donald)
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D’ambrosio Pond Retrofit
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North Shore Slope Stabilization
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North Shore Boat House Removal
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Barrie WWTF Upgrades
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10. Emergency Plan
• Building community
resilience (improve
ability to respond
and recover)
• Annual tabletop
exercise
• Jeff Weber
presentation
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What’s next?
• Continuous improvement and
continued collaboration
• Risk assessment
• Community engagement – 10 Things
You Can Do
• Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
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What’s next?
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you
want to go far, go together.
African Proverb
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Thank
Thankyou!
you!!
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