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["Appendix A: Resilience Checklist"]
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["Note: Planning Teams should address each pre-requisite before considering each related resilience indicator checklist. The checklist serves to integrate creativity and innovation into the planning process, and to encourage team discussions across a range of themes throughout development of the regional resilience and adaptation scenarios."]
["Successful scenarios should consider the following:","Scenario 1","Scenario 2","Scenario 3"]
["1.      Evaluation of Vision"]
["q  Consensus concerning the region’s vision.","yes","yes","yes"]
["q  Support of expedited achievement of the vision.","yes","yes","yes"]
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["2.      Evaluation of Risk and Risk Reduction"]
["q  Current and future exposure of critical community assets, facilities and services.","yes","yes","yes"]
["o    Exposure of critical community assets and facilities at each total water level.","yes","yes","yes"]
["o    Exposure of natural community assets and facilities at each total water level.","yes","yes","yes"]
["o    Potential damages under each flood condition.","yes","yes","yes"]
["q  Current and future exposure of neighborhoods and mixed-use neighborhoods.","yes","yes","yes"]
["o    Exposure of neighborhoods at each total water level.","yes","yes","yes"]
["o    Potential damages to neighborhoods at each total water level.","yes","yes","yes"]
["o    Demographic profile of areas that are exposed to flooding today or are likely to be exposed to flooding in the future.","yes","yes","yes"]
["q  Current and future exposure of economic centers (commercial and industrial areas) that are exposed to flooding today or are likely to be exposed to flooding in the future.","yes","yes","yes"]
["o    Exposure of economic centers at each total water level.","yes","yes","yes"]
["o    Potential damages to economic centers at each total water level.","yes","yes","yes"]
["q  Flood exposure to economic, cultural, and social impacts from future flooding conditions if actions are not taken.","yes","yes","yes"]
["o    Possible shifts of socioeconomic identity of the region.","yes","yes","yes"]
["o    Impacts at each total water level.","yes","yes","yes"]
["q  Effectiveness of flood protection provided to critical facilities. For example, can the scenario include traditional flood mitigation actions, such as elevation and floodproofing, enough to prevent service interruptions or to simply protect the structure from flood damages?","yes","yes","yes"]
["q  Inclusion of non-structural actions or activities such as zoning, policy changes, buy- out programs, dry/wet floodproofing, etc.","yes","yes","yes"]
["q  Risk reduction, or will the scenario include Resilience and Adaptation Scenarios to reduce risk or adapt the region to life with risk?","yes","yes","yes"]
["q  Multiple benefits to support the goal of a “multiple-benefits” scenario and action design.","yes","yes","yes"]
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["3.      Cost Efficiency"]
["q  Cost effective Resilience and Adaptation Scenarios.","yes, given info available","yes, given info available","yes, given info available"]
["q  Available funding mechanisms to implement actions and associated cost shares.","included in recommendations","included in recommendations","included in recommendations"]
["q  Long-term financing of alternatives, or can actions within the Resilience and Adaptation Scenario be budgeted through long-term financial planning or future funding?","included in recommendations","included in recommendations","included in recommendations"]
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["4.        Capacity to Implement"]
["q  Staffing capacity of regions to implement and maintain the Resilience and Adaptation Scenario.","included in recommendations","included in recommendations","included in recommendations"]
["q  Staffing or resource capabilities of federal, state, regional, municipal, and private entities to support and advocate the Resilience and Adaptation Scenario.","included in recommendations","included in recommendations","included in recommendations"]
["q  Capacity of residents and business owners to integrate resilience strategies into their properties.","included in recommendations","included in recommendations","included in recommendations"]
["q  Future regulatory or policy changes, or can municipal/state regulations or guidance that currently prohibit the implementation of an action be modified to be less restrictive in the future? [Tip: Integrate elements of the resilience and adaptation scenario that push the limits of what is possible or legal under current conditions. The resilience and adaptation scenarios can (and should!) be creative, innovative, and even aspirational.","yes","yes","yes"]
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["5.      Environmental/Ecological Enhancement"]
["q  Nature-based solutions to enhance the local environment, such as native landscaping, green stormwater design enhancements, and living shorelines.","yes","yes","yes"]
["q  Improvement of nature-based stormwater management.","yes","yes","yes"]
["q  Improvement of floodplain management.","yes","yes","yes"]
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["6.      Adaptation Over Time"]
["*  PREREQUISITE: Define Short vs. Long-term. Define the time horizon of the scenario and the keystone action of the scenario.","yes","yes","yes"]
["q  Iterative approach to adaptation strategies.","yes","yes","yes"]
["q  Alternative actions with associated timeframes for completion (short-, medium-, and long term).","yes","yes","yes"]
["q  Account for changes in risk conditions over time.","yes","yes","yes"]
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["7.      Outreach and Partnerships"]
["*  PREREQUISITE: Develop an engagement process that gives the opportunity for all residents to participate in the planning process.","yes","yes","yes"]
["q  Community support for short-term actions.","yes","yes","yes"]
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["q  Consideration that current public opinion is likely to shift and evolve over time and that current community support may change for medium/long-term actions.","yes","yes","yes"]
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["8.      Health and Populations"]
["*  PREREQUISITE: Identify the populations that would benefit from increased accessibility to physical and mental health services, transportation, safe drinking water and food sources.","yes","yes","yes"]
["q  Increase public safety and accessibility of health services.","yes","yes","yes"]
["q  Reduce the impact of hazard events on physical and mental health.","yes","yes","yes"]
["q  Support increased education and with respect to potential health implications of hazard events and future conditions.","yes","yes","yes"]
["q  Address key population segments in the community (i.e. tourists, residents, low- income residents, etc.).","yes","yes","yes"]
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["9.      Socio-Economic Benefits"]
["q  Improvement of quality of life (e.g., increased recreational areas, enhanced local character and amenities, access to fresh food).","yes","yes","yes"]
["q  Equity and inclusion of socially vulnerable populations.","yes","yes","yes"]
["q  Mobility and connectivity of region as it relates to flooding.","yes","yes","yes"]
["q  Walkable neighborhood design enhancements.","yes","yes","yes"]
["q  Planning mechanisms to encourage and allow for the relocation of business districts, industrial and commercial zones away from future flood risk.","yes, where appropriate","yes, where appropriate","yes, where appropriate"]
["q  Resilience and Adaptation Scenarios that stimulates economic prosperity and development.","yes","yes","yes"]
["q  Preservation and protection of civil and human rights.","yes","yes","yes"]

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["[**Survey Logic Statement: Answer yes or no to the following questions. If answers are yes, continue to the evaluation tool.  If any answers are no, return to the scenario development phase and improve the scenario to address the indicator. **]"]
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["Indicator","Indicator Question","Scenario 1: Individual Initiative","Scenario 2: Shared Responsibility","Scenario 3: Regional Coordination"]
["Vision Indicator","Does the Resilience and Adaptation Scenario support the overall community vision?","Yes","Yes","Yes"]
["Risk Indicator","Does the Resilience and Adaptation Scenario reduce risk/adapt the region to life with risk? ","Yes","Yes","Yes"]
["Cost Indicator","Is the overall scenario cost effective? ","Yes","Yes","Yes"]
["Capacity Indicator","Does the region have the capability and capacity to implement the Resilience and Adaptation Scenario? ","Yes","Yes","Yes"]
["Environmental Indicator","Does the Resilience and Adaptation Scenario use nature-based solutions to enhance the local environment?","Yes","Yes","Yes"]
["Adaptation/Timeframe Indicator","Has a timeline for implementation of each Resilience and Adaptation Scenario action been established?  ","Yes","Yes","Yes"]
["Outreach and Partnership Indicator","Does the Resilience and Adaptation Scenario take into consideration community engagement and outreach? ","Yes","Yes","Yes"]
["Health and Populations Indicator","Does the Resilience and Adaptation Scenario equally strengthen health outcomes and the overall resilience of diverse populations?","Yes","Yes","Yes"]
["Socio-Economic Indicator","Does the Resilience and Adaptation Scenario strengthen/diversify the social, cultural, and economic characteristics of the region? ","Yes","Yes","Yes"]

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["Scenario","Scale/Municipality","Study Area","1. Action Number:","Keystone Action Name","Keystone Action Description","2. Supporting Action Name:","3. Description of the Action and How it Will be Implemented:","4. Description of Problem to be Addressed:","5. Action Type","6. Losses Avoided:","7. Losses Avoided Description:","8. Estimated Benefits:","9. Level of Protection:","10. Populations Addressed","11. Addresses SVPs?:","12. Connection to Other Actions:","13. Estimated Cost (if available):","14. Estimated Annual Maintenance Cost:","15. # of Structures Protected:","16. Ecological Area Protected:","17. Estimated Start Decade:","18. Estimated Project Duration","19. Total Lifespan of Action:","20. Lead Organization:","21. Supporting Organizations:","22. Potential Funding Sources:","23. Funding Currently Available?:","24. Local Planning Mechanisms to be Used in Implementation:","25. Critical Next Steps","26. Known Obstacles:"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Bayonne","Bergen Point & Constable Hook",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Barriers at key flood pathways","Cut off wall along E 5th street","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Bayonne","Bergen Point & Constable Hook",null,"Site Specific Adaptation","Protect key assets and areas through site and structure level resilience measures","Protect Industrial Areas","Cities provide infromation resources to help areas adapt. Private sector led. ","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal / Non-Physical: Outreach"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Bayonne","Bergen Point & Constable Hook",null,"Site Specific Adaptation","Protect key assets and areas through site and structure level resilience measures","Protect Residential Areas","Protect vulnerable homes through targeted flood risk mitigation funding and technical assistance ","Coastal Flooding","Non-physical: Program"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Bayonne","Central & West Bayonne",null,"Site Specific Adaptation","Protect key assets and areas through site and structure level resilience measures","Protect Key Park Assets","Protect waterfront parks","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Bayonne","Bergen Point & Constable Hook",null,"Improve stormwater conveyance","Site new interceptors, outfalls, pumps, and separate sewers","Collect stormwater along Avenue E","TBD","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Bayonne","Bergen Point & Constable Hook",null,"Improve stormwater conveyance","Site new interceptors, outfalls, pumps, and separate sewers","Increase outflow","Increase outflow to improved pump station","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Bayonne","Central & West Bayonne",null,"Improve stormwater conveyance","Site new interceptors, outfalls, pumps, and separate sewers","Redirect stormwater","Redirect stormwater to new outfalls along Newark Bay","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Bayonne","Bergen Point & Constable Hook",null,"Increase storage capacity on publicly owned lands","Increase storage capacity on publicly owned lands","Incorporate storage into existing park","Incorporate stormwater storage into Cottage Street Playground (BRIC funding application)","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Bayonne","Central & West Bayonne",null,"Green infrastructure","Incorporate green infrastructure into publicly owned impervious surfaces","GI on publicly owned sites","Incorporate GI into waterfront parks","Light rainfall flooding","Physical: GI"]
["1: Individual Initiative","City","All",null,"Create resilience hubs",null,"Resilience hubs at public sites","Create resilience hubs at city-agency properties (e.g. schools, public housing) that serve as heating/cooling centers or shelters, provide resources before and after climate events, offer direct mitigation (e.g. through stormwater management), and provide educational opportunities","Adaptive capacity, sheltering, rainfall flooding, heat","Non-physical: Service and Program Development and Alignment"]
["1: Individual Initiative","City","All",null,"Improve outreach to everyone affected",null,"Resilience community ambassadors","Hire community ambassadors to conduct outreach related to resilience","Challenges reaching socially vulnerable populations","Non-physical: Outreach, Education, Capacity Building"]
["1: Individual Initiative","City","All",null,"Leverage resident expertise to understand flooding",null,"Online flood reporters","Develop and promote online flood reporters to collect records of flood locations, and incorporate 311 reports into the database","Improve documentation of lived experiences","Non-physical: Outreach, Education, Capacity Building"]
["1: Individual Initiative","City","All",null,"Increase community preparedness and awareness",null,"Flood Management 101 campaign","City-led Flood Management 101 campaign that provides information and resources to residents about: flood risk, how to prepare for floods, individual actions to take to prepare for flooding and to mitigate flooding to property (e.g. protect from basement flooding), and how to access resources after storms. ","Increasing adaptive capacity","Non-physical: Outreach, Education, Capacity Building"]
["1: Individual Initiative","City","All",null,"Increase community preparedness and awareness",null,"Ongoing resilience projects website","Create webpage on City website with database of ongoing resilience-related projects, their cost, how they are being implemented, and how they are addressing problems","Lack of awareness of what is being done to address problem","Non-physical: Outreach, Education, Capacity Building"]
["1: Individual Initiative","City","All",null,"Explore stormwater utility",null,"Explore municipal stormwater utility","Cost-benefit analysis to determine if a stormwater utility would be beneficial for collecting fees to support sewer improvements. Stormwater utility would require higher fees from the largest contributors to runoff.","Lack of funds for stormwater system improvements.","Non-physical: Policy and Governance"]
["1: Individual Initiative","City","All",null,"Expand leadership capacity and coordination",null,"Staff increases","Hire additional municipal staff to support resilience planning and implementation","Limited local capacity to address resilience","Non-physical: Outreach, Education, Capacity Building"]
["1: Individual Initiative","City","All",null,"Expand leadership capacity and coordination",null,"Inter-departmental coordination","Process for increasing coordination across municipal departments (e.g. public housing, health, planning) to improve coordination on iniatives related to resilience","Limited local capacity to address resilience","Non-physical: Outreach, Education, Capacity Building"]
["1: Individual Initiative","City","All",null,"Increase coordination on infrastructure investments",null,"Webpage for resilience related construction projects","Track and publish development and construction activities in a publicly available place","Need for greater transparency from government, greater awareness of actions being taken to address flooding, and coordination on projects.","Non-physical: Policy and Governance"]
["1: Individual Initiative","City","All",null,"Waste reduction",null,"Municipal waste reduction program","Municipal trash clean-up / catch basin program & waste reduction campaign that includes increased trash pick-ups and trash cans and educational campaign about benefits of reducing waste and ways to do so (e.g. reducing single use plastic consumption)","Waste contribution to rainfall flooding by clogging catch basins","Non-physical: Service and Program Development and Alignment"]
["1: Individual Initiative","City","All",null,"Incorporate resilience in new development and construction",null,"Adopt new state model Code Coordinated Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance","See city-specific recommendations","Limited local capacity to address resilience","Non-physical: Policy and Governance"]
["1: Individual Initiative","City","All",null,"Incorporate resilience in new development and construction",null,"Update Stormwater Management Ordinance","See city-specific recommendations","Limited local capacity to address resilience","Non-physical: Policy and Governance"]
["1: Individual Initiative","City (Hoboken already has)","All",null,"Expand leadership capacity and coordination",null,"Chief Resilience Officer","Appoint municipal Chief Resilience officer whose role is to plan and implement local resilience strategy and coordinate with other stakeholders","Limited local capacity to address resilience","Non-physical: Outreach, Education, Capacity Building"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Hoboken","Hoboken",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Barriers","Implement barriers as proposed by RBD","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Hoboken","Hoboken",null,"Site Specific Adaptation","Protect key assets and areas through site and structure level resilience measures","Protect Residential Areas","Hoboken","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Hoboken","Hoboken",null,"Improve stormwater conveyance","Site new interceptors, outfalls, pumps, and separate sewers","Enhance ongoing drainage projects in SW Hoboken","TBD","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Hoboken","Hoboken",null,"Green infrastructure","Incorporate green infrastructure into publicly owned impervious surfaces","GI on publicly owned sites","Advance GI recommendations on RBD sites","Light rainfall flooding","Physical: GI"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Jersey City","Downtown & Communipaw",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Inland barriers","Explore inland barrier alignments","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Jersey City","Hackensack Waterfront",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Floodwalls","Implement floodwalls as proposed by JC Adaptation Plan","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Jersey City","Hackensack Waterfront",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Raised Walkways","Implemented raised walkway as proposed by JC Adaptation Plan","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Jersey CIty","Hackensack Waterfront",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Inland barriers","Explore inland barrier alignment to protect Country Village neighborhood","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Jersey City","New York Bayfront",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Berm","Berm integrated with Liberty State Park upgrades","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Jersey City","New York Bayfront",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Barriers at key flood pathways","Barriers and gates at key flood pathways under highway","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Jersey City","Meadowlands",null,"Site Specific Adaptation","Protect key assets and areas through site and structure level resilience measures","Protect Critical Assets","Protect key public assets","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Jersey City","New York Bayfront",null,"Site Specific Adaptation","Protect key assets and areas through site and structure level resilience measures","Site specific adaptation of critical assets","Upper NY Bay","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Jersey City","Hackensack Waterfront",null,"Improve stormwater conveyance","Site new interceptors, outfalls, pumps, and separate sewers","Separate sewers","Separate sewers along Sip and Clendenny Ave to new outfalls and restored wetlands","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Jersey City","New York Bayfront",null,"Improve stormwater conveyance","Site new interceptors, outfalls, pumps, and separate sewers","Separate sewers","Explore sewer separaton options and tie into NJDEP wetland project","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Jersey City","Hackensack Waterfront",null,"Increase storage capacity on publicly owned lands","Increase storage capacity on publicly owned lands","Incorporate storage into existing park","Incorporate stormwater storage into McGovern Park (BRIC funding application)","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Jersey City",null,null,"Increase storage capacity on publicly owned lands","Increase storage capacity on publicly owned lands","Increase storage capacity of reservoir","Reservoir in JC Heights","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Jersey City","All",null,"Green infrastructure","Incorporate green infrastructure into publicly owned impervious surfaces","GI on publicly owned sites","Leverage GI demonstration projects","Light rainfall flooding","Physical: GI"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Newark","Downtown Newark",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Bulkhead raising","Expansion of Newark Riverfront Park bulkhead raising","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Newark","Ironbound",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Floodwalls and gates","Implementation of flood walls and gates as proposed by Newark Flanking Plan","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Newark","Upper Passaic",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Bulkhead raising","Expansion of Newark Riverfront Park bulkhead raising","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Newark","Dayton & Newark Airport / Port District",null,"Site Specific Adaptation","Protect key assets and areas through site and structure level resilience measures","Protect Critical Assets","Newark Airport / Port continue to develop strategies to mitigate own assets","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Newark","Doremus Ave & East Ironbound",null,"Site Specific Adaptation","Protect key assets and areas through site and structure level resilience measures","Protect Critical Assets","Protect key public assets","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Newark","Doremus Ave & East Ironbound",null,"Site Specific Adaptation","Protect key assets and areas through site and structure level resilience measures","Protect Industrial Areas","Cities provide infromation resources to help areas adapt. Private sector led. ","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal / Non-Physical: Outreach"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Newark","Upper Passaic",null,"Site Specific Adaptation","Protect key assets and areas through site and structure level resilience measures","Protect Industrial Areas","Cities provide infromation resources to help areas adapt. Private sector led. ","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal / Non-Physical: Outreach"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Newark","Dayton & Newark Airport / Port District",null,"Improve stormwater conveyance","Site new interceptors, outfalls, pumps, and separate sewers","Redirect stormwater","Redirect Weequahic Lake overflow to peripheral ditch","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Newark","Dayton & Newark Airport / Port District",null,"Improve stormwater conveyance","Site new interceptors, outfalls, pumps, and separate sewers","Increase outflow","Increase outflow to peripheral ditch","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Newark","Doremus Ave.",null,"Improve stormwater conveyance","Site new interceptors, outfalls, pumps, and separate sewers","Increase outflow","Increase outflow to Jasper Creek","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Newark","Ironbound",null,"Improve stormwater conveyance","Site new interceptors, outfalls, pumps, and separate sewers","Redirect stormwater","Direct Ironbound drainage to new interceptor (proposed by PVSC) and Passaic outfalls","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Newark","Upper Roseville & Branch Brook Park",null,"Improve stormwater conveyance","Site new interceptors, outfalls, pumps, and separate sewers","Redirect stormwater","Direct Branch Brook Lake Overflow to new interceptor proposed by PVSC","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Newark","Dayton & Newark Airport / Port District",null,"Increase storage capacity on publicly owned lands","Increase storage capacity on publicly owned lands","Increase storage capacity of existing lake","Weequahic Lake","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Newark","Upper Roseville & Branch Brook Park",null,"Increase storage capacity on publicly owned lands","Increase storage capacity on publicly owned lands","Increase storage capacity of existing lake","Branch Brook Park","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Newark & Jersey City","Doremus Ave & East Ironbound & Hackensack Waterfront",null,"Revitalize wetlands","Revitalize select wetlands through city process","Sites to be determined","In progress","Light rainfall flooding","Physical: GI"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Region","All",null,"Green infrastructure","Focuses GI on primary corridors in areas of repeat flooding","Green infrastructure along Key Corridors","In progress","Light rainfall flooding","Physical: GI"]
["1: Individual Initiative","Region","All",null,"Green infrastructure","Incorporate green infrastructure into publicly owned impervious surfaces","GI on publicly owned sites","In progress","Light rainfall flooding","Physical: GI"]
["1: Individual Initiative","State","All",null,"Incorporate resilience projects into remediation of contaminated sites",null,"Contaminated sites database enhancement","Expand state-managed databases to include factors needed to understand opportunities (e.g. contaminant type, remedial design approach)","Coastal flooding / heavy rainfall flooding","Non-physical: Policy and Governance"]
["1: Individual Initiative","State","All",null,"Integrate stormwater management in open space",null,"Green Acres guidelines","Develop guidelines to facilitate stormwater project implementation on Green Acres sites","Light rainfall flooding","Non-physical: Policy and Governance"]
["1: Individual Initiative","City","All",null,"Improve preparedness and response",null,"Improved warning systems","Improved warnings through text messages, phone calls, etc., including targeted warnings to seniors and other vulnerable groups","Challenges reaching socially vulnerable populations with flood / disaster warnings","Non-physical: Emergency Response & Preparedness"]
["1: Individual Initiative","City","All",null,"Improve sheltering and evacuation",null,"Emergency sheltering options","Create sheltering that is inclusive of pets","Sheltering needs","Non-physical: Emergency Response & Preparedness"]
["1: Individual Initiative","City","All",null,"Advance real-time understanding of flood conditions",null,"Install sensors for real-time flood data","Work with sensor vendor to install network of regional flood sensors","Need for information on actual flood conditions","Non-physical: Emergency Response & Preparedness"]
["1: Individual Initiative","City","All",null,"Improve financial assistance systems for recovery",null,"Single source of truth on financial assistance","Streamline process for residents to access financial assistance, including clarity on where to go for support and requirements to receive assistance","Lack of clarity for how to access financial assistance after disasters","Non-physical: Emergency Response & Preparedness"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Region","All",null,"Explore stormwater utility",null,"Explore regional stormwater utility","Cost-benefit analysis to determine if a stormwater utility would be beneficial for collecting fees to support sewer improvements. Stormwater utility would require higher fees from the largest contributors to runoff. Regional coordination on the stormwater utility would improve consistency across the region and support equitable distribution.","Lack of funds for stormwater system improvements.","Non-physical: Policy and Governance"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Bayonne","Bergen Point & Constable Hook",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Floodwalls","Create flood barriers along Dennis Collins Park (raised walkway), select areas on the Newark Bay (with inland alternative along Avenue A).","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Bayonne","Bergen Point & Constable Hook",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Inland barriers","Explore inland barrier alignments in Constable Hook, including along the unused rail line adjacent to Hook Road, along E 5th Street and Ingham Ave, along Route 440, and along E22nd Street and Ave J.","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Bayonne","Central & West Bayonne",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Floodwalls","Create floodwall barriers to protect bayfront areas including Veterans Park and the neighboring residential areas, DiDomenico Park, and Gregg Park.","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Bayonne","Bergen Point & Constable Hook",null,"Site Specific Adaptation","Protect key assets and areas through site and structure level resilience measures","Protect Industrial Areas","Incentivize / support protection of private sites through policy measures / funding partnership","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal / Non-Physical: Program"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Bayonne","Bergen Point & Constable Hook",null,"Increase drainage capacity by constructing new storage systems, pumps, outfalls and separate sewers","Expand & separate systems through partnerships & create new storage, pumps & outfalls to waterbodies","Retention ponds on redevelopment properties","Construct retention ponds during redevelopment of properties in the Constable Hook area","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Bayonne","Bergen Point & Constable Hook",null,"Increase drainage capacity by constructing new storage systems, pumps, outfalls and separate sewers","Expand & separate systems through partnerships & create new storage, pumps & outfalls to waterbodies","Increased conveyance on Avenue E","Increase conveyance along Avenue E and add increased outfall capacity on Kill Van Kull","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Bayonne","Central & West Bayonne",null,"Increase drainage capacity by constructing new storage systems, pumps, outfalls and separate sewers","Expand & separate systems through partnerships & create new storage, pumps & outfalls to waterbodies","Stormwater rerouting to Newark Bay","Increase conveyance along east-west roadways towards Newark Bay and construct new outfalls along the bay","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","City","All",null,"Create resilience hubs",null,"Resilience hub network","Create and manage resilience hubs through partnerships with non-profits to offer climate-related programming","Adaptive capacity, sheltering, rainfall flooding, heat","Non-physical: Service and Program Development and Alignment"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","City","All",null,"Improve outreach to everyone affected",null,"Engagement of Deaf and non-English speaking populations","Engage Deaf and non-English speaking community advocates to collaborate on needs","Challenges reaching socially vulnerable populations","Non-physical: Outreach, Education, Capacity Building"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","City","All",null,"Leverage resident expertise to understand flooding",null,"Crowdsourcing app","Develop and promote crowdsourcing app to collect flood reports in coordination with CBOs and academia","Improve documentation of lived experiences","Non-physical: Outreach, Education, Capacity Building"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","City","All",null,"Increase community preparedness and awareness",null,"Flood Management 101 campaign - distribution through partnerships","Flood Management 101 campaign in partnership with CBOs and others that provides information and resources to residents about: flood risk, how to prepare for floods, individual actions to take to prepare for flooding and to mitigate flooding to property (e.g. protect from basement flooding), and how to access resources after storms. Dissemination of campaign through community groups, schools, and other local partners to achieve saturation.","Increasing adaptive capacity","Non-physical: Outreach, Education, Capacity Building"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","City","All",null,"Green infrastructure",null,"Green infrastructure in privately-owned sites: Rain barrel program","Create low-cost or free municipal rain barrel distribution program with guide for installation","Light rainfall flooding","Non-physical: Service and Program Development and Alignment"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","City","All",null,"Green infrastructure",null,"Green infrastructure in privately-owned sites: Incentivize GI with retrofit grants","Incentivize GI on private sites through retrofit grants","Light rainfall flooding","Non-physical: Policy and Governance"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","City","All",null,"Integrate stormwater management in open space",null,"Stormwater management projects on Green Acres sites","Cities coordinate with NJOEM to develop funding applications for stormwater projects on Green Acres sites","Light rainfall flooding","Non-physical: Policy and Governance"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","City","All",null,"Increase coordination on infrastructure investments",null,"Process for project coordination","Develop standardized process for coordination between municipal and infrastructure entities on resilience projects.","Need for facilitation of coordination between local entities and infrastructure agencies to advance projects.","Non-physical: Policy and Governance"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","City","All",null,"Waste reduction",null,"Catch basin programs","Adopt-a-catch basin program to allow community member involvement in catch basin cleaning","Waste contribution to rainfall flooding by clogging catch basins","Non-physical: Service and Program Development and Alignment"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","City","All",null,"Waste reduction",null,"Municipal composting program in partnership with housing complexes","Partner with housing complexes to increase compost drop-off sites","Waste contribution to rainfall flooding by clogging catch basins","Non-physical: Service and Program Development and Alignment"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","City","All",null,"Waste reduction",null,"Trash clean-up days and community gardens","Host trash-clean up days and community garden programs through partnerships with local community organizations","Waste contribution to rainfall flooding by clogging catch basins","Non-physical: Service and Program Development and Alignment"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","City","All",null,"Incorporate resilience in new development and construction",null,"Incorporate resilience standards into Redevelopment Plans","Incorporate resilience standards into area-specific Redevelopment Plans, including: increased standards for GI and onsite stormwater management; higher elevation standards / dry access and egress standards; design guidelines for maintaining active streetscapes","Limited local capacity to address resilience","Non-physical: Policy and Governance"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","City","All",null,"Incorporate resilience in new development and construction",null,"Flood Overlay Zone","Adopt Flood Overlay Zone to require higher stormwater storage requirements in flood hazard areas","Limited local capacity to address resilience","Non-physical: Policy and Governance"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","City / Region","All",null,"Risk reduction from contaminated sites",null,"Municipal or regional climate risk assessment","Develop municipal or regional climate risk assessment and action plan for contaminated and remediated sites to deepen understanding of risks posed by contaminated sites in light of climate change and identify actions to address","Possible failure of remediation measures due to flood impacts or health hazards from spread of contaminants","Non-physical: Policy and Governance"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","City or Region","All",null,"Expand leadership capacity and coordination",null,"Community resilience leader outreach and training program","In partnership with local CBOs and other organizations, develop a training program to provide resources and capacity building for local leaders in resilience.","Limited local capacity to address resilience","Non-physical: Outreach, Education, Capacity Building"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Hoboken","Hoboken",null,"Site Specific Adaptation","Protect key assets and areas through site and structure level resilience measures","Adaptation of Areas Outside Flood Protection Alignment","Partner with property owners to implement mitigation actions in areas outside of RBD floodwalls.","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal / Non-Physical: Program"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Hoboken","Hoboken",null,"Drainage corridors","Utilize partnerships to create drainage corridors","Drainage in rail corridor","Improve drainage along HBLR corridor","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Jersey City","Downtown & Communipaw",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Raised Boardwalk","Implemented raised boardwalk as proposed by JC Adaptation Plan","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Jersey City","Hackensack Waterfront",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Route 440 Street Levee","Coordinate with NJDOT to create Route 440 street levee as proposed by JC Adaptation Master Plan.","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Jersey City","Meadowlands",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Floodwalls","Explore floodwalls to protect PSE&G Hudson Power Station and other critical assets.","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Jersey City","New York Bayfront",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Floodwalls, road raising, and berms","Explore alignment of floodwalls, raised roads, and berms along I-78 or integrated with Liberty State Park upgrades / along parallel local roads, with deployable flood gates at specific locations as needed.","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Jersey City","New York Bayfront",null,"Coastal Protection","Restore natural systems in coastal areas","Wetland restoration and living shorelines","Liberty State Park retention. Partner with NJDEP for retention in restored Liberty State Park wetlands","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Jersey City","New York Bayfront",null,"Site Specific Adaptation","Protect key assets and areas through site and structure level resilience measures","Adaptation of Areas Outside Flood Protection Alignment","Partner with property owners to implement mitigation actions in areas outside of flood barrier in Port Jersey, Port Liberte, and southern portion of Liberty State Park.","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal / Non-Physical: Program"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Jersey City","Downtown & Communipaw",null,"Increase drainage capacity by constructing new storage systems, pumps, outfalls and separate sewers","Expand & separate systems through partnerships & create new storage, pumps & outfalls to waterbodies","NJ Turnpike Deep Tunnel","Construct deep tunnel along NJ Turnpike ROW and direct to Mill Creek outfall","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Jersey City","Downtown & Communipaw",null,"Increase drainage capacity by constructing new storage systems, pumps, outfalls and separate sewers","Expand & separate systems through partnerships & create new storage, pumps & outfalls to waterbodies","Retention at Gateway Park","Direct stormwater to new retention system at Gateway Park","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Jersey City","Hackensack Waterfront",null,"Increase drainage capacity by constructing new storage systems, pumps, outfalls and separate sewers","Expand & separate systems through partnerships & create new storage, pumps & outfalls to waterbodies","Stormwater rerouting to Bayfront","Increase conveyance from Country Village neighborhood to Bayfront redevelopment site and construct new storage tank.","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Jersey City","Hackensack Waterfront",null,"Increase drainage capacity by constructing new storage systems, pumps, outfalls and separate sewers","Expand & separate systems through partnerships & create new storage, pumps & outfalls to waterbodies","Separate sewers","Separate sewers along Sip and Clendenny Ave to new outfalls and restored wetlands","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Jersey City","New York Bayfront",null,"Increase drainage capacity by constructing new storage systems, pumps, outfalls and separate sewers","Expand & separate systems through partnerships & create new storage, pumps & outfalls to waterbodies","Retention in Berry Lane and Lafayette Park","Direct stormwater to new retention systems at Berry Lane and Lafayette Parks","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Jersey City","New York Bayfront",null,"Increase drainage capacity by constructing new storage systems, pumps, outfalls and separate sewers","Expand & separate systems through partnerships & create new storage, pumps & outfalls to waterbodies","Retention in Liberty State Park","Direct stormwater for increased retention in new wetlands in Liberty State Park","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Newark","Dayton & Newark Airport / Port District",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Floodwalls and gates","Explore flood barrier along NJ TPKE east of Newark Airport. Possible alternative alignments to the turnpike are the rail line, Corbin Street with gates at port access points, and Kapkowski Road.","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Newark","Doremus Ave & East Ironbound",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Floodwalls","Explore alternatives for flood walls / bulkhead raising proposed through the USACE Passaic River Basin General Reevaluation Study","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Newark","Downtown Newark ",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Bulkhead raising","Explore continuation of raised bulkheads along Passaic River north of USACE project","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Newark","Upper Passaic",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Bulkhead raising","Explore continuation of raised bulkheads along Passaic River to Second River ","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Newark","Doremus Ave & East Ironbound",null,"Site Specific Adaptation","Provide funding and technical assistance for flood mitigation measures at private properties.","Incentivize individual site protection on private properties","Incentivize / support protection of private sites through policy measures / funding partnership","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Newark","Doremus Ave & East Ironbound",null,"Site Specific Adaptation","Protect key assets and areas through site and structure level resilience measures","Protect Industrial Areas","Incentivize / support protection of private sites through policy measures / funding partnership","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal / Non-Physical: Program"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Newark","Upper Passaic",null,"Site Specific Adaptation","Protect key assets and areas through site and structure level resilience measures","Protect Industrial Areas","Incentivize / support protection of private sites through policy measures / funding partnership","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal / Non-Physical: Program"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Newark","Dayton & Newark Airport / Port District",null,"Expand overland flow capacity","Expand conveyance through ditches","Peripheral ditch","Expand Peripheral Ditch storage, outflow, and pumping capacity, and capacity of other nearby ditch systems","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Newark","Dayton & Newark Airport / Port District",null,"Expand overland flow capacity","Expand conveyance through ditches","Port area ditches","Expand storage, outflow, and pumping capacity in ditches in the port area","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Newark","Dayton & Newark Airport / Port District",null,"Increase drainage capacity by constructing new storage systems, pumps, outfalls and separate sewers","Expand & separate systems through partnerships & create new storage, pumps & outfalls to waterbodies","Weequahic Lake Flow Rerouting","Separate and direct stormwater to Weequahic Lake, increase storage capacity within the lake, and direct overflow to new outfall in the Peripheral Ditch.","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Newark","Downtown Newark",null,"Increase drainage capacity by constructing new storage systems, pumps, outfalls and separate sewers","Expand & separate systems through partnerships & create new storage, pumps & outfalls to waterbodies","New pump station at City Dock Street","Increase conveyance towards and create new pump station at City Dock Street","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Newark","Downtown Newark",null,"Increase drainage capacity by constructing new storage systems, pumps, outfalls and separate sewers","Expand & separate systems through partnerships & create new storage, pumps & outfalls to waterbodies","Downtown deep tunnel","Create deep tunnel along Raymond Blvd","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Newark","Upper Roseville & Branch Brook Park and Upper Passaic",null,"Increase drainage capacity by constructing new storage systems, pumps, outfalls and separate sewers","Expand & separate systems through partnerships & create new storage, pumps & outfalls to waterbodies","Branch Brook Lake Flow Increase","Separate and direct stormwater to Branch Brook Lake, increase storage capacity within the lake, and direct overflow to new outfall on the Passaic River.","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Newark","Dayton & Newark Airport / Port District",null,"Green infrastructure","Leverage county park space for green infrastructure installations","Green infrastructure in county parks","Leverage space in Weequahic Park for GI installations","Light rainfall flooding","Physical: GI"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Newark","Upper Roseville & Branch Brook Park",null,"Green infrastructure","Leverage county park space for green infrastructure installations","Green infrastructure in county parks","Leverage space in Branch Brook Park for GI installations","Light rainfall flooding","Physical: GI"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Region","All",null,"Coastal Protection","Explore oyster bed construction projects in adjacent waterbodies","Create oyster bed projects","Oyster beds in northeast Hoboken","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Region","All",null,"Coastal Protection","Restore natural systems in coastal areas","Wetland restoration through partnership","Work with partners to create & revitalize greater wetlands areas","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Region","All",null,"Drainage corridors","Utilize partnerships to create drainage corridors","Drainage in greenways","Integrate improved drainage along greenway corridors","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Region","All",null,"Green infrastructure","Install GI practices on additional publicly owned impervious surfaces","GI on publicly owned sites","Targeted impervious sites, including for stormwater retention such as at Ann Street School","Light rainfall flooding","Physical: GI"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Region","All",null,"Green infrastructure","Create GI program leveraging privately owned impervious surfaces","Green infrastructure in privately-owned sites: Create GI program leveraging privately owned impervious surfaces through partnerships","Target sites across the region such as downtown Newark","Light rainfall flooding","Physical: GI"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Region","All",null,"Green infrastructure","Install GI practices on secondary roadway corridors in repeat flood areas across the region","Green infrastructure on secondary corridors","Targeted sites for right-of-way GI ","Light rainfall flooding","Physical: GI"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","Region","All",null,"Green infrastructure","Partner with CBOs and private property owners to install GI on private vacant / impervious lots.","Green infrastructure projects on underutilized private and non-municipal lands","Targeted underutilized sites for GI installations","Light rainfall flooding","Physical: GI"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","State","All",null,"Incorporate resilience projects into remediation of contaminated sites",null,"Program alignment for contaminated sites transformation","Coordinate and align state funding programs to accelerate resilience transformation of contaminated sites","Coastal flooding / heavy rainfall flooding","Non-physical: Policy and Governance"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","City","All",null,"Improve preparedness and response",null,"Response by industrial stakeholders","Require coordination between industrial stakeholders on their emergency plans","Lack of flood response from industrial stakeholders contributes to flooding in nearby residential areas","Non-physical: Emergency Response & Preparedness"]
["2: Shared Responsibility","City","All",null,"Improve financial assistance systems for recovery",null,"Post-disaster funding support contract","Cities establish on-call contracts for funding support","Lack of capacity for funding applications","Non-physical: Emergency Response & Preparedness"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Bayonne","Bergen Point & Constable Hook",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Floodwalls","Create flood barriers along Dennis Collins Park (raised walkway), select areas on the Newark Bay (with inland alternative along Avenue A).","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Bayonne","Bergen Point & Constable Hook",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Inland barriers","Explore inland barrier alignments in Constable Hook, including along the unused rail line adjacent to Hook Road, along E 5th Street and Ingham Ave, along Route 440, and along E22nd Street and Ave J.","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Bayonne","Central & West Bayonne",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Floodwalls","Create continuous floodwall barriers along Newark Bay from Bergen Point to Gregg Park.","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Bayonne","Bergen Point & Constable Hook",null,"Coastal Protection","Raise portions of the regional walkways such as the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway and Hackensack Riverwalk","Regional elevated walkways","Raise walkway adjacent to South Cove Commons and Bayonne Golf Club","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Bayonne","Bergen Point & Constable Hook",null,"Increase drainage capacity by constructing new storage systems, pumps, outfalls and separate sewers","Expand & separate systems & create new storage, pumps & outfalls to waterbodies","Retention ponds on redevelopment properties","Create retention ponds in redevelopment parcels in Constable Hook. Combine with remediation and restoration of natural areas on the parcel.","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Bayonne","Bergen Point & Constable Hook",null,"Increase drainage capacity by constructing new storage systems, pumps, outfalls and separate sewers","Expand & separate systems & create new storage, pumps & outfalls to waterbodies","E 32nd Street Deep Tunnel","Create deep tunnel along E 32nd Street","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Bayonne","New York Bayfront",null,"Increase drainage capacity by constructing new storage systems, pumps, outfalls and separate sewers","Expand & separate systems & create new storage, pumps & outfalls to waterbodies","Direct stormwater to expanded stormwater basin at the NJ TPKE exit in northeast Bayonne, connected to new force main and pump station south of Port Jersey",null,"Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["3: Regional Coordination","City","All",null,"Create resilience hubs",null,"Regional network of resilience hubs","Create resilience hubs that are planned, managed, and coordinated by regional platform","Adaptive capacity, sheltering, rainfall flooding, heat","Non-physical: Service and Program Development and Alignment"]
["3: Regional Coordination","City","All",null,"Green infrastructure",null,"Green infrastructure in privately-owned sites: Regional GI champions training program","Training program for GI installation projects fro community groups, homeowners, and installers","Light rainfall flooding","Non-physical: Policy and Governance"]
["3: Regional Coordination","City","All",null,"Increase coordination on infrastructure investments",null,"Infrastructure Coordination Council","Create Infrastructure Coordination Council consisting of all entities that may change the built environment.","Need for facilitation of coordination between local entities and infrastructure agencies to advance projects.","Non-physical: Policy and Governance"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Hoboken","Hoboken",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","North Hoboken flood barriers","Continuous barrier, road raising, and flood walls integrated with Hudson River Waterfront Walkway","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Hoboken","Hoboken",null,"Coastal Protection","Explore oyster bed construction projects in adjacent waterbodies","Create oyster bed projects","Oyster beds in northeast Hoboken","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Hoboken","Hoboken",null,"Coastal Protection","Raise portions of the regional walkways such as the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway and Hackensack Riverwalk","Regional elevated walkways","Raise walkway in Hoboken","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Hoboken","Hoboken",null,"Increase drainage capacity by constructing new storage systems, pumps, outfalls and separate sewers","Expand & separate systems & create new storage, pumps & outfalls to waterbodies","Deep tunnel along HBLR","Construct deep tunnel along HBLR ROW","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Jersey City","Hackensack Waterfront",null,"Coastal Protection","Restore natural systems in coastal areas","Wetland restoration and living shorelines","Living shoreline south of Society Hill neighborhood","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Jersey City","Hackensack Waterfront",null,"Coastal Protection","Restore natural systems in coastal areas","Wetland restoration and living shorelines","Wetland restoration / living shoreline in key sites along Hackensack River","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Jersey City","Downtown & Communipaw",null,"Coastal Protection","Raise portions of the regional walkways such as the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway and Hackensack Riverwalk","Regional elevated walkways","Raised boardwalk walkway along Hudson River Waterfront Walkway","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Jersey City","New York Bayfront",null,"Coastal Protection","Raise portions of the regional walkways such as the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway and Hackensack Riverwalk","Regional elevated walkways","Raise walkway in Liberty State Park","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Jersey City","Downtown & Communipaw",null,"Expand overland flow capacity","Expand conveyance through ditches","Conveyance along I-78","Explore overland conveyance along I-78","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Jersey City","Downtown & Communipaw",null,"Increase drainage capacity by constructing new storage systems, pumps, outfalls and separate sewers","Expand & separate systems & create new storage, pumps & outfalls to waterbodies","Increased conveyance to Morris Canal Basin","Construct deep tunnel along NJ Turnpike ROW and direct to Mill Creek outfall, with new in-water storage created in Morris Canal Basin","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Jersey City","Downtown & Communipaw",null,"Increase drainage capacity by constructing new storage systems, pumps, outfalls and separate sewers","Expand & separate systems & create new storage, pumps & outfalls to waterbodies","Marin Blvd Deep Tunnel","Construct deep tunnel along Marin Blvd and direct to new or enhanced 6th Street outfall","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Jersey City","Hackensack Waterfront",null,"Utilize greenways for stormwater conveyance and storage","Utilize existing green space and planned greenway corridors from stormwater conveyance and storage.","Morris Canal Greenway Conveyance","Utilize Morris Canal Greenway corridor for conveyance and storage","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Jersey City","Meadowlands",null,"Utilize greenways for stormwater conveyance and storage","Utilize existing green space and planned greenway corridors from stormwater conveyance and storage.","Essex-Hudson Greenway Conveyance","Utilize Essex-Hudson Greenway corridor for conveyance and storage","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Jersey City","New York Bayfront",null,"Utilize greenways for stormwater conveyance and storage","Utilize existing green space and planned greenway corridors from stormwater conveyance and storage.","Storage in Liberty State Park","Utilize restored wetlands in Liberty State Park for stormwater storage and direct flow into the park","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Jersey City & Bayonne","New York Bayfront",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Floodwalls, road raising, and berms","Explore alignment of floodwalls, raised roads, and berms from MOTBY to downtown Jeresy City. Alignment alternatives include along I-78 and west of Liberty State Park.","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Newark","Dayton & Newark Airport / Port District",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Floodwalls and gates","Explore flood barrier along NJ TPKE east of Newark Airport. Possible alternative alignments to the turnpike are the rail line, Corbin Street with gates at port access points, and Kapkowski Road.","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Newark","Doremus Ave & East Ironbound",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Inland flood barriers","Inland flood barriers along Doremus Ave and Raymond Blvd","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Newark","Doremus Ave & East Ironbound",null,"Coastal Protection","Restore natural systems in coastal areas","Wetland restoration and living shorelines","Wetland restoration north of Port Newark","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Newark","Doremus Ave & East Ironbound",null,"Coastal Protection","Restore natural systems in coastal areas","Wetland restoration and living shorelines","Living shoreline along Newark Bay east of Doremus Ave","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Newark","Doremus Ave & East Ironbound",null,"Coastal Protection","Restore natural systems in coastal areas","Wetland restoration and living shorelines","Newark Bay Living Shoreline. Continuous living shoreline along Newark Bay in Doremus area","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Newark","Downtown Newark ",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Bulkhead raising","Explore continuation of raised bulkheads along Passaic River north of USACE Newark Riverfront Park project","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Newark","Upper Passaic",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Bulkhead raising","Explore continuation of raised bulkheads along Passaic River to Essex Hudson Greenway","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Newark","Dayton & Newark Airport / Port District",null,"Expand overland flow capacity","Expand conveyance through ditches","Explore overland flow to Elizabeth River from Weequahic Lake",null,"Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Newark","Dayton & Newark Airport / Port District",null,"Expand overland flow capacity","Expand conveyance through ditches","Peripheral ditch connection to Newark Bay Wetlands","Expand Peripheral Ditch storage, outflow, and pumping capacity, and capacity of other nearby ditch systems. Create wetlands at outflow locations along the Newark Bay","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Newark","Dayton & Newark Airport / Port District",null,"Expand overland flow capacity","Expand conveyance through ditches","Explore overland flow from peripheral ditch to John's Cove wetlands",null,"Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Newark","Vailsburg",null,"Expand overland flow capacity","Expand conveyance through ditches","Explore overland flow to Elizabeth River from Vailsburg",null,"Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Newark","Downtown",null,"Increase drainage capacity by constructing new storage systems, pumps, outfalls and separate sewers","Expand & separate systems & create new storage, pumps & outfalls to waterbodies","Downtown deep tunnel","Create deep tunnel along Raymond Blvd","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Newark","Upper Roseville & Branch Brook Park",null,"Utilize greenways for stormwater conveyance and storage","Utilize existing green space and planned greenway corridors from stormwater conveyance and storage.","Branch Brook Lake Flow Rerouting to Greenway","Direct stormwater to Branch Brook Lake and reroute flows north to the Essex-Hudson Greenway","Heavy Rainfall","Physical: Drainage"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Region","All",null,"Coastal Protection","Protect built up areas through coastal barriers","Large scale surge barriers","Study of large scale surge barriers by USACE an NYNJHAT study","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Region","All",null,"Site Specific Adaptation","Protect key assets and areas through site and structure level resilience measures","Adaptation of Areas Outside Flood Protection Alignment","Regional support for property owners to implement flood mitigation measures on private property.","Coastal Flooding","Physical: Coastal / Non-Physical: Program"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Region","All",null,"Improve outreach to everyone affected",null,"Engagement platform","Use RNJ as a coordinated platform for engagement related to resilience","Increasing adaptive capacity","Non-physical: Outreach, Education, Capacity Building"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Region","All",null,"Increase community preparedness and awareness",null,"Flood Management 101 campaign - regional distribution","Development of Flood Management 101 campaign with information and resources relevant at the regional scale about: flood risk, how to prepare for floods, individual actions to take to prepare for flooding and to mitigate flooding to property (e.g. protect from basement flooding), and how to access resources after storms. Dissemination of campaign through regional resilience platform.","Increasing adaptive capacity","Non-physical: Outreach, Education, Capacity Building"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Region","All",null,"Green infrastructure","Incorporate green infrastructure into publicly owned impervious surfaces","Regional Greening & GI program","Street GI & tree program managed at regional level to coordinate funding, expertise, and knowledge sharing","Light rainfall flooding","Physical: GI"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Region","All",null,"Green infrastructure","Create GI program leveraging privately owned impervious surfaces","Green infrastructure in privately-owned sites: Impervious lot program","Impervious lot program to install green infrastructure funded and coordinated by regional entity","Light rainfall flooding","Physical: GI / Non-Physical: Policy and Governance"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Region","All",null,"Network of regional greenways with green infrastructure","Leverage regional greenway network for GI opportunities","Regionally coordinated GI implementation in key areas & GI focused greenway corridors ","Regional greenway network including Morris Canal Greenway, Essex-Hudson Greenway, Branch Brook Park, Newark Riverfront Park, Hackensack Riverwalk, Hudson River Waterfront Walkway for installation of GI. See Scenario 3 GI map for possible alignment.","Light rainfall flooding","Physical: GI"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Region","All",null,"Green Infrastructure",null,"Regional tree planting program","Consolidate resources to create regional tree planting program","Light rainfall flooding","Non-physical: Service and Program Development and Alignment"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Region","All",null,"Incorporate resilience in new development and construction",null,"LTCP Resilience","Ensure LTCP projects are designed to be resilient to climate change (e.g. new infrastructure is floodproofed, sited above design flood elevations)","Limited local capacity to address resilience","Non-physical: Policy and Governance"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Region","All",null,"Incorporate resilience in new development and construction",null,"Regional standardization of standards","Coordinate at the regional level to have consistency in higher standards than the state minimum requirements. Potential policy aspects could include: require disclosure of property flood hazard, standards for cumulative substantial improvements and/or lower substantial improvement threshold, limits on enclosures below BFE, higher elevation requirements, define flood elevations and require compliance with requirements in 500-year floodplains","Limited local capacity to address resilience","Non-physical: Policy and Governance"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Region or State","All",null,"Expand leadership capacity and coordination",null,"Regional staff training program","State and regional staff (and possibly community leaders) training program on resilience in planning and policy.","Limited local capacity to address resilience","Non-physical: Outreach, Education, Capacity Building"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Region or State","All",null,"Expand leadership capacity and coordination",null,"Continuation of RNJ platform","State provides support for ongoing partnerships between municipalities and NGOs","Limited local capacity to address resilience","Non-physical: Outreach, Education, Capacity Building"]
["3: Regional Coordination","State","All",null,"Improve outreach to everyone affected",null,"Contracting requirements for translation","Create contract flexibility to facilitate hiring of local translators and community advocates","Challenges with providing translated materials in projects","Non-physical: Outreach, Education, Capacity Building"]
["3: Regional Coordination","State","All",null,"Leverage resident expertise to understand flooding",null,"NJ MyCoast","Continue to promote state-level NJ MyCoast reporter to collect records of flooding, and funnel information to appropriate local stakeholders for action","Improve documentation of lived experiences","Non-physical: Outreach, Education, Capacity Building"]
["3: Regional Coordination","State","All",null,"Expand leadership capacity and coordination",null,"Guidance for decision-making","State, in coordination with local and regional stakeholders, develops guidance on tools, data, and models to use in decision-making and creates central location for storing these resources","Limited local capacity to address resilience","Non-physical: Outreach, Education, Capacity Building"]
["3: Regional Coordination","State","All",null,"Risk reduction from contaminated sites",null,"State climate risk assessment","Develop state climate risk assessment and action plan for contaminated and remediated sites to deepen understanding of risks posed by contaminated sites in light of climate change and identify actions to address","Possible failure of remediation measures due to flood impacts or health hazards from spread of contaminants","Non-physical: Policy and Governance"]
["3: Regional Coordination","State / Region","All",null,"Incorporate resilience projects into remediation of contaminated sites",null,"Pipeline of sites for resilient transformation process","Develop pipeline of contaminated sites that could go through resilient transformation process to remediate the site while incorporating stormwater management or flood protection","Coastal flooding / heavy rainfall flooding","Non-physical: Policy and Governance"]
["3: Regional Coordination","State / Region","All",null,"Integrate stormwater management in open space",null,"Pipeline of sites with stormwater management opportunities","Develop pipeline of Green Acres sites with opportunities to incorporate stormwater management and prioritize sites for project implementation","Light rainfall flooding","Non-physical: Policy and Governance"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Region","All",null,"Improve preparedness and response",null,"Improved warning systems on transportation systems","Improved warning systems on major highways and at public transportation hubs","Bottlenecks along evacuation routes","Non-physical: Emergency Response & Preparedness"]
["3: Regional Coordination","Region","All",null,"Improve sheltering and evacuation",null,"Improve emergency evacuation routes","Expand capacity or create redundant emergency evacuation routes","Bottlenecks along evacuation routes","Non-physical: Emergency Response & Preparedness"]

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["Keystone Action","Description of Keystone Action","Action Type","Problem Addressed","Description of How the Action Addresses the Problem","Description of Additional (Co-) Benefits","Timeframe (Near <3 years, Mid 3-10, Long >10)","19. Total Lifespan of Action (physical assume 50-years)","25. Critical Next Steps","26. Known Obstacles:"]
["Site Specific adaptation: Adaptation of Areas Outside Flood Protections","Dryproofing, wetproofing, deployable barriers and other appropriate actions applied to individual sites & structures","Physical: Coastal","Coastal flooding; SLR","Prevents damage & losses to property not covered by other barriers","Can be combined with building upgrades","Near","50 years","Continue engagement and assessment to determine preferred scenario","Coordination with property owners; Funding"]
["Coastal Protection","Physical inundation protections constructed at or near the coastline","Physical: Coastal","Coastal flooding; SLR","Prevents storm surge & tidal inundation from traveling inland","Can be combined with ecological, social & recreational improvements","Mid-Long","50 years","Continue engagement and assessment to determine preferred scenario","Alignment coordination; Engineering; Funding"]
["Coastal Protection: Create oyster bed projects","Explore oyster bed construction projects in feasible adjacent waterbodies","Physical: Coastal / GI / Drainage","SLR & wave attenuation; Water quality","Oyster reef structures act as wave breaks & build out coastlines; Oysters filter polluted water","Opportunity for educational integration, potential harvesting at scale","Near-Mid","50 years","Continue engagement and assessment to determine preferred scenario","Coordination; Expertise;  Funding"]
["Improve Drainage corridors","Increase capacity of existing drainage systems; Separate stormwater where feasible; Explore new drainage corridors","Physical: Drainage","Stormwater flooding","Convey more water away from streets and structures during rain events","Decreased CSO events","Near-Long","50 years","Continue engagement and assessment to determine preferred scenario","Existing infrastructure alignments; Construction coordination; Funding"]
["Expand overland flow capacity","Expand capacity of & conveyance through ditch drainage system; Upgrade pumping capacity; Remove system bottlenecks","Physical: Drainage","Stormwater flooding","Convey more water away from streets and structures during rain events","Decreased CSO events; Combination with ecological improvements","Near-Long","50 years","Continue engagement and assessment to determine preferred scenario","Existing infrastructure alignments; Construction coordination; Funding"]
["Green Infrastructure: GI on Key Corridors","Focuses GI on primary corridors in areas of repeat flooding","Physical: Green Infrastructure","Localized stormwater flooding","Engineered green infrastructure projects absorb & hold some excess rainfall during rain events","Added green space & increased streetscape; Improved ecological environment; Reduced heat island effect","Near-Mid","50 years","Continue engagement and assessment to determine preferred scenario","Existing infrastructure; Construction coordination; Funding"]
["Green Infrastructure: GI on publicly owned sites","Incorporate green infrastructure into publicly owned impervious surfaces","Physical: Green Infrastructure / Non-physical: Policy and Governance","Localized stormwater flooding","Engineered green infrastructure projects absorb & hold some excess rainfall during rain events","Added green space & increased streetscape; Improved ecological environment; Reduced heat island effect","Near-Mid","50 years","Continue engagement and assessment to determine preferred scenario","Existing infrastructure; Regulatory encumbrances; Funding"]
["Green Infrastructure: Green infrastructure in county and state parks","Leverage county and state park space for green infrastructure installations","Physical: Green Infrastructure","Localized stormwater flooding","Engineered green infrastructure projects absorb & hold some excess rainfall during rain events","Added green space & increased streetscape; Improved ecological environment; Reduced heat island effect","Mid-Long","50 years","Continue engagement and assessment to determine preferred scenario","Cross-scale coordination; Regulatory encumbrances; Roles;  Funding"]
["Green Infrastructure: Green infrastructure in privately-owned sites","Create GI program leveraging privately owned impervious surfaces","Physical: Green Infrastructure / Non-physical: Policy and Governance","Localized stormwater flooding","Engineered green infrastructure projects absorb & hold some excess rainfall during rain events","Added green space & increased streetscape; Improved ecological environment; Reduced heat island effect","Near-Long","50 years","Continue engagement and assessment to determine preferred scenario","Private-public coordination; Legislative process & hurdles; Roles; Funding"]
["Green Infrastructure: Green infrastructure on secondary corridors","Install GI practices on secondary roadway corridors in repeat flood areas across the region","Physical: Green Infrastructure","Localized stormwater flooding","Engineered green infrastructure projects absorb & hold some excess rainfall during rain events","Added green space & increased streetscape; Improved ecological environment; Reduced heat island effect","Near-Mid","50 years","Continue engagement and assessment to determine preferred scenario","Existing infrastructure alignments; Feasibility; Construction coordination; Funding"]
["Green Infrastructure: Green infrastructure projects on underutilized private and non-municipal lands","Partner with CBOs and private property owners to install GI on private vacant / impervious lots.","Physical: Green Infrastructure / Non-physical: Policy and Governance","Localized stormwater flooding","Engineered green infrastructure projects absorb & hold some excess rainfall during rain events","Added green space; Improved ecological & recreational resources","Near-Mid","50 years","Continue engagement and assessment to determine preferred scenario","Private-public coordination; Legislative crafting & hurdles; Roles; Funding"]
["Site Specific Adaptation: Incentivize / support individual site protection on private properties","Provide funding and technical assistance for flood mitigation measures at private properties","Physical: Coastal / Non-physical: Policy and Governance","Coastal flooding; Stormwater flooding; SLR","Incentivizes resilience upgrades to property in areas of repeat flooding","Can be combined with building & site upgrades","Near","50 years","Continue engagement and assessment to determine preferred scenario","Coordination with property owners; Funding"]
["Increase storage capacity on publicly owned lands","Increase storage capacity on publicly owned lands including open space & existing open water bodies","Physical: Drainage / Non-physical: Policy and Governance","Stormwater flooding","Retention capacity of public land optimized to absorb & hold more excess floodwater","Added & improved green & blue space; Improved ecological environment; Reduced heat island effect","Near","50 years","Continue engagement and assessment to determine preferred scenario","Regulatory encumbrances; Funding"]
["Network of regional greenways with green infrastructure","Leverage regional greenway network for GI opportunities","Physical: Green Infrastructure","Stormwater flooding","Engineered green infrastructure projects integrated into greenways absorb & hold rainwater","Coordinated \"dig-once\" projects","Mid-Long","50 years","Continue engagement and assessment to determine preferred scenario","Region-wide coordination; Existing infrastructure alignments; Funding"]
["Coastal Protection: Regional greenways and elevated walkways for flood protection","Raise existing and new portions of the regional walkways such as the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway and Hackensack Riverwalk & planned greenways","Physical: Coastal","Coastal flooding","Flood barriers integrated with greenways & walkways block coastal flood pathways","Coordinated \"dig-once\" projects","Mid-Long","50 years","Continue engagement and assessment to determine preferred scenario","Region-wide coordination; Existing infrastructure alignments; Funding"]
["Utilize greenways for stormwater conveyance and storage","Utilize existing green space and planned greenway corridors from stormwater conveyance and storage.","Physical: Green Infrastructure","Stormwater flooding","Conveyance & storage projects integrated into greenways absorb & convey rainwater","Coordinated \"dig-once\" projects","Mid-Long","50 years","Continue engagement and assessment to determine preferred scenario","Region-wide coordination; Existing infrastructure alignments; Funding"]
["Site Specific Adaptation: Protect key assets","Protect key assets and areas through site and structure level resilience measures","Physical: Coastal / GI / Drainage","Coastal flooding; Stormwater flooding; SLR","Prevents damage & losses to property in areas of repeat flooding","Can be combined with building upgrades","Near-Mid","50 years","Continue engagement and assessment to determine preferred scenario","Coordination with property owners; Funding"]
["Coastal Protection: Wetland restoration and living shorelines","Restore natural systems in coastal areas","Physical: Coastal / GI / Drainage","Coastal flooding; Stormwater flooding; SLR","Sloping, vegetated edges attenuate waves & absorb and filter runoff","Added green space & increased streetscape; Improved ecological environment; Reduced heat island effect","Mid-Long","50 years","Continue engagement and assessment to determine preferred scenario","Coastal coordination; Legislative process & hurdles; Roles; Funding"]
["Increase drainage capacity by constructing new storage systems, pumps, outfalls and separate sewers","Expand & separate systems through partnerships & create new storage, pumps & outfalls to waterbodies","Physical: Drainage","Stormwater flooding","Increases the ability to drain rainwater during storm events","Decreased CSO events","Near-Mid","50 years","Continue engagement and assessment to determine preferred scenario"]
["Expand leadership capacity and coordination","Establish new roles, hire staff, conduct training, and develop guidance for decision making in resilience","Non-physical: Outreach, Education, and Capacity Building","Local capacity limitations and leadership in resilience","Creates dedicated leadership, training, and guidance for resilience planning and implementation","Improves consistency across the state in addressing resilience","Near","Refresh programs and guidance periodically to reflect changing conditions","Guidance and program development","Funding"]
["Increase community preparedness and awareness","Initiate Flood Management 101 campaign and conduct outreach to engage and empower community members","Non-physical: Outreach, Education, and Capacity Building","Need for clear information about how to prepare for and respond to flood events; Lack of community involvement in resilience planning process.","Outreach campaign to saturate the region with information and resources related to resilience can reduce overall damages from flooding","Generally improve civic engagement","Near","Refresh materials periodically to reflect changing conditions","Gather resources for inclusion in Flood Management 101 campaign; Develop outlines; Develop preliminary distribution plans","N/A"]
["Improve outreach to everyone affected","Work with community ambassadors and advocates to improve outreach to everyone, with a focus on socially vulnerable and non-English speaking populations ","Non-physical: Outreach, Education, and Capacity Building","Challenges engaging community members, particularly socially vulnerable people","Leverages members of the community to reach groups historically left out of engagement processes","Generally improve civic engagement","Near","Refresh periodically","Identify community leaders; Outline program details","Challenges keeping community members engaged; Bandwith limitations"]
["Leverage resident expertise to understand flooding","Promote existing and develop new platforms for collecting community reports and knowledge of flooding","Non-physical: Outreach, Education, and Capacity Building","Discrepancies between flood data and the lived experience of residents","Provides processes for community expertise to be incorporated into resilience analysis and planning","N/A","Near","10-20 years","Determine preferred scale for platforms; Identify technical team for implementation","Bandwith limitations"]
["Create resilience hubs","Create network of resilience hubs that serve multi-purpose functions: as central locations for dissemination of information before, during, and after climate events, serving shelter or heating / cooling center functions, and providing educational opportunities. Resilience hubs can also incorporate direct flood mitigation, such as through stormwater retention as proposed for the Ironbound Resilience Hub (submitted BRIC application).","Non-physical: Service and Program Development and Alignment","Multiple problems including need for expanded shelters & heating/cooling centers, need for central locations for disaster resources, and light to heavy rainfall flooding.","Leverages existing community space to provide multi-purpose functionality","Youth and community educational opportunities;  Sheltering; Flood mitigation","Mid","50 years","Identify key sites for resilience hubs; Identify partners","Coordination challenges"]
["Waste reduction","Create waste reduction program that could include components such as: increased municipal trash pick-ups, community-led trask cleanup days, education campaign for waste reduction","Non-physical: Service and Program Development and Alignment","Trash accumulates in the streets, clogs catch basins, and contributes to rainfall flooding in streets","Reduces trash quantity to limit clogging and alleviate flooding","Cleaner streets","Near","Refresh periodically to adjust for successes and challenges","Outline program components; determine scale for implementation","Capacity limitations"]
["Incorporate resilience in new development and construction","Update ordinances, building codes, zoning, and redevelopment plans to incorporate higher standards for on-site stormwater management, elevations, etc; Consider Flood Overlay Zone; Ensure LTCP projects are designed for climate change","Non-physical: Policy and Governance","Rainfall and coastal flood risks","Prevents new construction from contributing to flood problems; Ensures new construction is resilient","Decreased CSO events (from increased onsite stormwater management)","Near to mid","Refresh based on changing climate conditions","Create timeline for policy development and adoption","Possible property owner concerns over higher standards and affordability"]
["Integrate stormwater management in open space","Facilitate implementation of stormwater management projects in Green Acres-encumbered open space by creating guidelines and partnerships","Non-physical: Policy and Governance","Implementation challenges on stormwater management projects","Facilitates implementation by simplifying the process for project teams","Open space / park upgrades","Near","Aligns with lifespan of Green Acres program","Finalization of draft guidelines","N/A"]
["Incorporate resilience projects into remediation of contaminated sites","Facilitate process for remediation of contaminated sites to incorporate flood mitigation by aligning funding programs and remediation requirements","Non-physical: Policy and Governance","Rainfall and coastal flooding; Funding","Facilitates implementation by individual parties responsible for remediation","Remediation of contaminated sites; Possible opportunities for park space","Mid","50-years","Coordination between programs; Complete preliminary risk and opportunity classifications","Data limitations"]
["Risk reduction from contaminated sites","Conduct climate risk assessment to understand risks posed by contaminated and remediated sites related to possible impacts to remedies from sea level rise, stormwater flooding, and groundwater rise.","Non-physical: Policy and Governance","Possible spread of contaminants due to climate change impacts","Identifies risks to determine if future requirements are needed to ensure the remediation is designed for climate change","Health benefits from avoided exposure to contamination","Mid","Ideally, becomes best practice in perpetuity","Develop scope for risk assessment and determine scale for implementation","Possible concerns from responsible parties over additional requirements"]
["Increase coordination on infrastructure investments","Standardized process or Infrastructure Coordination Council to facilitate inter-agency and agency-municipality coordination on infrastructure investments related to resilience","Non-physical: Policy and Governance","Coordination challenges","Creates platform or process for improved coordination","Increased coordination overall; Streamlined project implementation","Near","Mission and goals of council or process reevaluated every few years to confirm value","Finalize framework for process / Infrastructure Coordination Council; Confirm interest from key stakeholders","History of challenges with coordination"]
["Explore stormwater utility","Explore municipal or regional stormwater utility to collect fees toward maintaining and improving sewer systems","Non-physical: Policy and Governance","Lack of funding for sewer system improvements","Establishes funding source for sewer systems and applies higher fees to largest contributors to flooding, thereby incentivizing stormwater management","Improved maintenance of sewer systems","Mid","50+ years","Determine preferred scale for utility; cost-benefit analysis","Affordability concerns"]
["Improve preparedness and response","Improve warning systems for disasters, specifically targeting socially vulnerable people","Non-physical: Emergency Response & Preparedness","Challenges reaching socially vulnerable populations with flood / disaster warnings","Reaches additional groups by increasing channels for warnings, including community ambassadors","N/A","Near","10-20 years","To be refined through Task 6 Ida After Action Task","Capacity limitations"]
["Improve sheltering and evacuation","Actions could include sheltering that is inclusive of pets, redundant or increased capacity emergency evacuation routes","Non-physical: Emergency Response & Preparedness","Sheltering and evacuation limitations during disasters (e.g. bottlenecks in evacuation routes)","Increases flexibility and capacity of systems","Protection of human life","Mid-Long","50-years","To be refined through Task 6 Ida After Action Task","Lack of space for expanded / new roadways"]
["Advance real-time understanding of flood conditions","Install sensors for real-time flood data collection","Non-physical: Emergency Response & Preparedness","Need for information on actual flood conditions","Prioritization of response actions","N/A","Mid","10-20 years","To be refined through Task 6 Ida After Action Task","Funding"]
["Improve financial assistance systems for recovery","Streamline process for residents to access financial assistance, including clarity on where to go for support and requirements to receive assistance","Non-physical: Emergency Response & Preparedness","Lack of clarity for how to access financial assistance after disasters","Improves resources for community members","N/A","Near","Refresh periodically as programs evolve","To be refined through Task 6 Ida After Action Task","Complex system with multiple offices to contact for support"]

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["Scenario Evaluation Tool"]
["Once planning teams have developed resilience and adaptation scenarios,  the following questionnaire should be used to evaluate how successfully the scenarios align with the resilience indicators. The gradient scale ranges from 2 (highest score, strongly agree) to -2 (lowest score, strongly disagree) to indicate the agreement for each question below. PLEASE FILL OUT THE RANKING SCORES IN COLUMN C TO PROVIDE INPUT FOR THE GENERATION OF THE SCENARIO EVALUATION GRAPHIC.  REMEMBER TO ENABLE MACROS AND HIT THE \"UPDATE CHART\" BUTTON TO CREATE THE SCENARIO GRAPHIC."]
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[" The mode score of each resilience indicator's section, indicates the resilience ranking for that particular indicator, using the following resilience scale. The average of all the indicators corresponds to the overall resilience ranking for the resilience and adaptation scenario as a whole. The scale is as follows:"]
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["2: Achieving Resilience: Highest level of achievement; regional success; negative impacts are eliminated; conditions have greatly improved;"]
["1: Moving toward Resilience: Measurable progress made; conditions have improved; benefits realized for one to several communities in the region;"]
["0: Maintaining Current Conditions: The current baseline is maintained; no additional impacts (positive or negative) are incurred;"]
["-1: Increasing Vulnerability:  Impacts, whether in frequency and/or magnitude, increase compared to current baseline; may include increased exposure to the hazard; and/or increased negative consequences resulting from scenario implementation;"]
["-2: Maladaptation: Increased exposure and vulnerability to the hazard; negative consequences resulting from scenario implementation; conditions have deteriorated, and/or additional harm has been caused compared to the present baseline."]
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["Number","Statement","Rank","Explain"]
["Design Life / Adaptability - 1","The scenario has high probability of longterm effectiveness ",1,"Designed for 2070 conditions for both drainage and coastal. Drainage LOP is to 5-year due to technical limitations. Relies on capacity of municipality to drive actions (with external funding). Scenario builds in key unknowns into design strategy recommendations, but mostly focuses on near-term risk due to scale of need"]
["Design Life / Adaptability - 2","The scenario is able to adapt to changing conditions",1,"All strategies are adaptable, but some with considerable difficulty. Mostly solutions will likely need to build in intensity / transformation over time. "]
["Design Life / Adaptability - 3","The scenario is able to be phased over time",0,"Yes, though this phasing has not been defined at the scenario level"]
["Design Life / Adaptability - 4","The scenario actions account for changes in risk conditions, such as shifts in water levels, rainfall rates, storm intensities, and the natural environment.",1,"More study would be needed to look into a broader range of probabilities"]
["Design Life / Adaptability - 5","The scenario accounts for changes in planned or expected development within the community. ",0,"Accounts for redevelopment  plans and cycles, but population projections and buildout analyses have not been completed"]
["Design Life / Adaptability - 6","The scenario accounts for ongoing and expected demographic or economic trends. ",0,"Accounts for redevelopment plans and cycles, but population projections and buildout analyses have not been completed"]
["Design Life / Adaptability Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C30:C35)","v":1},{"$f":"MEDIAN(C30:C35)","v":0.5}]
["Cost and Feasibility - 1","The overall cost of the scenario is less than the financial benefits/loss reductions. ",0,"Based on the data available. A broader range of modeling is required to assert this claim across all projects"]
["Cost and Feasibility - 2","Legal and permitting requirements have been considered (for preferred scenario: engagement has occurred)",1,"This has been considered in technical analyses"]
["Cost and Feasibility - 3","(Funding sources identified) The region has the current financial capacity to implement the scenarios without external assistance or has identified financial assistance measures that would allow the region to complete actions (e.g. FEMA HMA funding, levying new taxes, municipal bonds).",0,"Costs are likely to be very high and federal support will be required. New appropriations and funding sources will be needed. The preferred scenario should dive more deeply into this"]
["Cost and Feasibility - 4","The planning team has determined which entities will be the local champion (municipal or NGO’s) to help advocate for the selected scenario.",1,"Scenarios built to consider responsible party type, but not specific parties"]
["Cost and Feasibility - 5","Annual maintenance costs and the responsible parties have been identified.",1,"Annual maintenance costs integrated"]
["Cost and Feasibility - 6","There is a fair and equitable distrbution of cost burdens to residents",0,"This must be part of the implementation roadmap, not scenario development"]
["Cost and Feasibility - 7","The region has current staffing capacity or has identified opportunities to establish staffing capacity to implement and maintain actions associated with the scenario.",1,"Additional staff capacity / dedicated staff time is required and is identified"]
["Cost and Feasibility Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C37:C43)","v":1},{"$f":"MEDIAN(C37:C43)","v":1}]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 1","The scenario reduces current and future risk",1,"Based on best available data"]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 2","The scenario does not increase flooding or flood risk in other parts of the community",2,"Scenario attempts to reduce flooding regionwide"]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 3","The scenario protects and mitigates loss of the community's critical facilities and lifelines and their functions. Existing critical infrastructure (i.e. roadways, utilities, etc.) are protected if all actions in the scenario are implemented.",2]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 4","The scenario reduces risk to community assets",2]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 5","Existing residential areas are protected if all actions in the scenario are implemented.",2]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 6","The scenario reduces risk to human life",2]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 7","Existing business districts, industrial and commercial zones are protected if all actions in the scenario are implemented.",2]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 8","The continuity of operations of assets/services without physical locations are protected from future flood risk (i.e. Meals-on-Wheels)",0,"This is presumably captured under resilience hub support and Flood Risk 101 engagement, but is not a particular focus"]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 9","The scenario reduces risk to socially vulnerable / low income communities",2]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 10","The risk reduction benefits are equitably distributed",2,"Scenario attempts to reduce flooding regionwide"]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C45:C54)","v":2},{"$f":"MEDIAN(C45:C54)","v":2}]
["Environmental Benefits / Impacts - 1","The scenario does not create a net reduction in environmental benefits",1,"scenario seeks to increase environmental benefits"]
["Environmental Benefits / Impacts - 2","The scenario has minimal construction impacts to open space, habitat, ecological systems, water quality, air quality",1]
["Environmental Benefits / Impacts - 3","Actions improve air and water quality or reduce pollutants (including greenhouse gas emissions).",2]
["Environmental Benefits / Impacts - 4","Actions increase floodplain management capacity and impacts.",1,"green space strategy seeks to maximize this"]
["Environmental Benefits / Impacts - 5","The scenario maximizes benefits to open space, habitat, ecological systems, and water quality",1]
["Environmental Benefits / Impacts - 6","The scenario incorporates green infrastructure as a flood mitigation strategy.",1]
["Environmental Benefits / Impacts - 7","The scenario accomplishes the remediation of contaminated sites",0]
["Environmental Benefits / Impacts Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C56:C62)","v":1},{"$f":"MEDIAN(C56:C62)","v":1}]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 1","The scenario account for existing resilience building efforts in the community",2,"Scenario 0"]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 2","The scenario provide benefits to livability and quality life, inlcuding community servies, safety, health, happiness, recreationl, cultural spaces, public access to the waterfont.",2]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 3","The scenario provides benefits to the community and social fabric and minimizes disruption",2]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 4","The scenario promotes individual resilience",1]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 5","The scenario supports resident and business owner capacity to build resilience in alignment with developed policies, zoning changes, building code changes, etc.",1]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 6","The scenario promotes economic benefits, including increasing/maintaining ratables, economic growth/diversity, job creation, affordable housing",0]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 7","Equity and inclusion for Socially Vulnerable Populations (SVP) are addressed in at least one scenario action.",1]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 8","The scenario provides mechanisms to facilitate SVP's to be moved to safer locations without contributing to gentrification. Or, the scenario provides mechanisms to increase the flood resilience of locations with high densities of SVPs.",1]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 9","The scenario includes measures to increase public safety, comprehensive health benefits, and mental health support for the region.",1,"Resilience hubs"]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 10","The scenario includes at least one action that supports the inclusion of youth in the implementation of resilience and adaptation strategies. ",1,"youth engagement strategies"]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 11","Actions protect drinking water and food sources from risks such as flooding contamination or salt water intrusion.",0]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 12","The scenario protects and enhances access to cultural assets.",1]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 13","The scenario improves connectivity and mobility",1,"along waterfront, in particular "]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C64:C76)","v":1},{"$f":"MEDIAN(C64:C76)","v":1}]
["Partnership and Community Involvement - 1","The scenario is clearly aligned with the vision",1]
["Partnership and Community Involvement - 2","The scenario identifies outreach and education actions that can be led and spearheaded by stakeholders. ",1]
["Partnership and Community Involvement - 3","The scenario clearly and directly responds to stakeholder input",2]
["Partnership and Community Involvement - 4","The scenario includes opportunities for community partnership",0,"Scenario 1 includes actions that can be completed independently, though there is opportunity for partnership"]
["Partnership and Community Involvement - 5","The scenario includes actions where the leading organizations are external groups, organizations, and agencies.",1]
["Partnership and Community Involvement - 6","The scenario includes ample community education and outreach to positively influence public opinions regarding adaptation and resilience. ",1]
["Partnership and Community Involvement - 7","The scenario includes adaptive capacity building and community value creation",1]
["Partnership and Community Involvement - 8","The scenario includes youth engagement and education",1]
["Outreach and Partnership Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C78:C85)","v":1},{"$f":"MEDIAN(C78:C85)","v":1}]
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["Scenario Evaluation Tool"]
["Once planning teams have developed resilience and adaptation scenarios,  the following questionnaire should be used to evaluate how successfully the scenarios align with the resilience indicators. The gradient scale ranges from 2 (highest score, strongly agree) to -2 (lowest score, strongly disagree) to indicate the agreement for each question below. PLEASE FILL OUT THE RANKING SCORES IN COLUMN C TO PROVIDE INPUT FOR THE GENERATION OF THE SCENARIO EVALUATION GRAPHIC.  REMEMBER TO ENABLE MACROS AND HIT THE \"UPDATE CHART\" BUTTON TO CREATE THE SCENARIO GRAPHIC."]
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["2: Strongly Agree"]
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["-2: Strongly Disagree"]
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[" The mode score of each resilience indicator's section, indicates the resilience ranking for that particular indicator, using the following resilience scale. The average of all the indicators corresponds to the overall resilience ranking for the resilience and adaptation scenario as a whole. The scale is as follows:"]
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["2: Achieving Resilience: Highest level of achievement; regional success; negative impacts are eliminated; conditions have greatly improved;"]
["1: Moving toward Resilience: Measurable progress made; conditions have improved; benefits realized for one to several communities in the region;"]
["0: Maintaining Current Conditions: The current baseline is maintained; no additional impacts (positive or negative) are incurred;"]
["-1: Increasing Vulnerability:  Impacts, whether in frequency and/or magnitude, increase compared to current baseline; may include increased exposure to the hazard; and/or increased negative consequences resulting from scenario implementation;"]
["-2: Maladaptation: Increased exposure and vulnerability to the hazard; negative consequences resulting from scenario implementation; conditions have deteriorated, and/or additional harm has been caused compared to the present baseline."]
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["Number","Statement","Rank","Explain"]
["Design Life / Adaptability - 1","The scenario has high probability of longterm effectiveness ",1,"Designed for 2070 conditions for both drainage and coastal. Drainage LOP is to 5-year due to technical limitations. Scenario builds in key unknowns into design strategy recommendations, but mostly focuses on near-term risk due to scale of need"]
["Design Life / Adaptability - 2","The scenario is able to adapt to changing conditions",1,"All strategies are adaptable, but some with considerable difficulty. Mostly solutions will likely need to build in intensity / transformation over time. "]
["Design Life / Adaptability - 3","The scenario is able to be phased over time",1,"Yes, though this phasing has not been defined at the scenario level"]
["Design Life / Adaptability - 4","The scenario actions account for changes in risk conditions, such as shifts in water levels, rainfall rates, storm intensities, and the natural environment.",1,"More study would be needed to look into a broader range of probabilities"]
["Design Life / Adaptability - 5","The scenario accounts for changes in planned or expected development within the community. ",0,"Accounts for redevelopment  plans and cycles, but population projections and buildout analyses have not been completed"]
["Design Life / Adaptability - 6","The scenario accounts for ongoing and expected demographic or economic trends. ",0,"Accounts for redevelopment plans and cycles, but population projections and buildout analyses have not been completed"]
["Design Life / Adaptability Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C30:C35)","v":1}]
["Cost and Feasibility - 1","The overall cost of the scenario is less than the financial benefits/loss reductions. ",0,"Based on the data available. A broader range of modeling is required to assert this claim across all projects"]
["Cost and Feasibility - 2","Legal and permitting requirements have been considered (for preferred scenario: engagement has occurred)",1,"This has been considered in technical analyses"]
["Cost and Feasibility - 3","(Funding sources identified) The region has the current financial capacity to implement the scenarios without external assistance or has identified financial assistance measures that would allow the region to complete actions (e.g. FEMA HMA funding, levying new taxes, municipal bonds).",1,"Costs are likely to be very high and federal support will be required. New appropriations and funding sources will be needed. Cost sharing more supported through partnerships. The preferred scenario should dive more deeply into this"]
["Cost and Feasibility - 4","The planning team has determined which entities will be the local champion (municipal or NGO’s) to help advocate for the selected scenario.",1,"Scenarios built to consider responsible party type, but not specific parties"]
["Cost and Feasibility - 5","Annual maintenance costs and the responsible parties have been identified.",1,"Annual maintenance costs integrated"]
["Cost and Feasibility - 6","There is a fair and equitable distrbution of cost burdens to residents",0,"This must be part of the implementation roadmap, not scenario development"]
["Cost and Feasibility - 7","The region has current staffing capacity or has identified opportunities to establish staffing capacity to implement and maintain actions associated with the scenario.",1,"Additional staff capacity / dedicated staff time is required and is identified"]
["Cost and Feasibility Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C37:C43)","v":1}]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 1","The scenario reduces current and future risk",2,"Based on best available data"]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 2","The scenario does not increase flooding or flood risk in other parts of the community",2,"Scenario attempts to reduce flooding regionwide"]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 3","The scenario protects and mitigates loss of the community's critical facilities and lifelines and their functions. Existing critical infrastructure (i.e. roadways, utilities, etc.) are protected if all actions in the scenario are implemented.",2]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 4","The scenario reduces risk to community assets",2]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 5","Existing residential areas are protected if all actions in the scenario are implemented.",2]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 6","The scenario reduces risk to human life",2]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 7","Existing business districts, industrial and commercial zones are protected if all actions in the scenario are implemented.",2]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 8","The continuity of operations of assets/services without physical locations are protected from future flood risk (i.e. Meals-on-Wheels)",1,"more partner engagement improves this opportunity"]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 9","The scenario reduces rise to socially vulnerable / low income communities",2]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 10","The risk reduction benefits are equitably distributed",2,"Scenario attempts to reduce flooding regionwide"]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C45:C54)","v":2}]
["Environmental Benefits / Impacts - 1","The scenario does not create a net reduction in environmental benefits",2,"scenario provides increased benefits through partnership with private sector"]
["Environmental Benefits / Impacts - 2","The scenario has minimal construction impacts to open space, habitat, ecological systems, water quality, air quality",2,"scenario provides increased benefits through partnership with private sector"]
["Environmental Benefits / Impacts - 3","Actions improve air and water quality or reduce pollutants (including greenhouse gas emissions).",2]
["Environmental Benefits / Impacts - 4","Actions increase floodplain management capacity and impacts.",2,"scenario provides increased benefits through partnership with private sector"]
["Environmental Benefits / Impacts - 5","The scenario maximizes benefits to open space, habitat, ecological systems, and water quality",1]
["Environmental Benefits / Impacts - 6","The scenario incorporates green infrastructure as a flood mitigation strategy.",2]
["Environmental Benefits / Impacts - 7","The scenario accomplishes the remedation of contaminated sites",2,"scenario provides increased benefits through partnership with private sector"]
["Environmental Benefits / Impacts Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C56:C62)","v":2}]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 1","The scenario account for existing resilience building efforts in the community",2,"Scenario 0"]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 2","The scenario provide benefits to livability and quality life, inlcuding community servies, safety, health, happiness, recreationl, cultural spaces, public access to the waterfont.",2]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 3","The scenario provides benefits to the community and social fabric and minimizes disruption",2]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 4","The scenario promotes individual resilience",2,"scenario provides increased benefits through partnership with private sector"]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 5","The scenario supports resident and business owner capacity to build resilience in alignment with developed policies, zoning changes, building code changes, etc.",1]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 6","The scenario promotes economic benefits, including increasing/maintaining ratables, economic growth/diversity, job creation, affordable housing",1,"scenario provides increased benefits through partnership with private sector"]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 7","Equity and inclusion for Socially Vulnerable Populations (SVP) are addressed in at least one scenario action.",1]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 8","The scenario provides mechanisms to facilitate SVP's to be moved to safer locations without contributing to gentrification. Or, the scenario provides mechanisms to increase the flood resilience of locations with high densities of SVPs.",1]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 9","The scenario includes measures to increase public safety, comprehensive health benefits, and mental health support for the region.",1,"Resilience hubs"]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 10","The scenario includes at least one action that supports the inclusion of youth in the implementation of resilience and adaptation strategies. ",2,"youth engagement strategies"]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 11","Actions protect drinking water and food sources from risks such as flooding contamination or salt water intrusion.",1,"partnership to prioritize at risk sites"]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 12","The scenario protects and enhances access to cultural assets.",1]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 13","The scenario improves connectivity and mobility",1,"along waterfront, in particular "]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C64:C76)","v":1}]
["Partnership and Community Involvement - 1","The scenario is clearly aligned with the vision",2]
["Partnership and Community Involvement - 2","The scenario identifies outreach and education actions that can be led and spearheaded by stakeholders. ",2,"scenario provides increased benefits through partnership with private sector"]
["Partnership and Community Involvement - 3","The scenario clearly and directly responds to stakeholder input",2]
["Partnership and Community Involvement - 4","The scenario includes opportunities for community partnership",1]
["Partnership and Community Involvement - 5","The scenario includes actions where the leading organizations are external groups, organizations, and agencies.",1]
["Partnership and Community Involvement - 6","The scenario includes ample community education and outreach to positively influence public opinions regarding adaptation and resilience. ",1]
["Partnership and Community Involvement - 7","The scenario includes adaptive capacity building and community value creation",1]
["Partnership and Community Involvement - 8","The scenario includes youth engagement and education",1]
["Outreach and Partnership Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C78:C85)","v":1}]
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["Scenario Evaluation Tool"]
["Once planning teams have developed resilience and adaptation scenarios,  the following questionnaire should be used to evaluate how successfully the scenarios align with the resilience indicators. The gradient scale ranges from 2 (highest score, strongly agree) to -2 (lowest score, strongly disagree) to indicate the agreement for each question below. PLEASE FILL OUT THE RANKING SCORES IN COLUMN C TO PROVIDE INPUT FOR THE GENERATION OF THE SCENARIO EVALUATION GRAPHIC.  REMEMBER TO ENABLE MACROS AND HIT THE \"UPDATE CHART\" BUTTON TO CREATE THE SCENARIO GRAPHIC."]
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["2: Strongly Agree"]
["1: Agree"]
["0: Neutral"]
["-1: Disagree"]
["-2: Strongly Disagree"]
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[" The mode score of each resilience indicator's section, indicates the resilience ranking for that particular indicator, using the following resilience scale. The average of all the indicators corresponds to the overall resilience ranking for the resilience and adaptation scenario as a whole. The scale is as follows:"]
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["2: Achieving Resilience: Highest level of achievement; regional success; negative impacts are eliminated; conditions have greatly improved;"]
["1: Moving toward Resilience: Measurable progress made; conditions have improved; benefits realized for one to several communities in the region;"]
["0: Maintaining Current Conditions: The current baseline is maintained; no additional impacts (positive or negative) are incurred;"]
["-1: Increasing Vulnerability:  Impacts, whether in frequency and/or magnitude, increase compared to current baseline; may include increased exposure to the hazard; and/or increased negative consequences resulting from scenario implementation;"]
["-2: Maladaptation: Increased exposure and vulnerability to the hazard; negative consequences resulting from scenario implementation; conditions have deteriorated, and/or additional harm has been caused compared to the present baseline."]
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["Number","Statement","Rank","Explain"]
["Design Life / Adaptability - 1","The scenario has high probability of longterm effectiveness ",1,"Designed for 2070 conditions for both drainage and coastal. Drainage LOP is to 5-year due to technical limitations. "]
["Design Life / Adaptability - 2","The scenario is able to adapt to changing conditions",1,"All strategies are adaptable, but some with considerable difficulty. Mostly solutions will likely need to build in intensity / transformation over time. "]
["Design Life / Adaptability - 3","The scenario is able to be phased over time",2,"Phasing can be accomplished through progression through prior scenarios"]
["Design Life / Adaptability - 4","The scenario actions account for changes in risk conditions, such as shifts in water levels, rainfall rates, storm intensities, and the natural environment.",1,"More study would be needed to look into a broader range of probabilities"]
["Design Life / Adaptability - 5","The scenario accounts for changes in planned or expected development within the community. ",1,"Accounts for redevelopment  plans and cycles, but population projections and buildout analyses have not been completed. Allows added accommodation for infrastructure improvement coordination"]
["Design Life / Adaptability - 6","The scenario accounts for ongoing and expected demographic or economic trends. ",0,"Accounts for redevelopment plans and cycles, but population projections and buildout analyses have not been completed"]
["Design Life / Adaptability Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C30:C35)","v":1}]
["Cost and Feasibility - 1","The overall cost of the scenario is less than the financial benefits/loss reductions. ",0,"Based on the data available. A broader range of modeling is required to assert this claim across all projects"]
["Cost and Feasibility - 2","Legal and permitting requirements have been considered (for preferred scenario: engagement has occurred)",1,"This has been considered in technical analyses"]
["Cost and Feasibility - 3","(Funding sources identified) The region has the current financial capacity to implement the scenarios without external assistance or has identified financial assistance measures that would allow the region to complete actions (e.g. FEMA HMA funding, levying new taxes, municipal bonds).",2,"Costs are likely to be very high and federal support will be required. New appropriations and funding sources will be needed. Cost sharing and collaboration to advocate for increased funding more likely here. The preferred scenario should dive more deeply into this"]
["Cost and Feasibility - 4","The planning team has determined which entities will be the local champion (municipal or NGO’s) to help advocate for the selected scenario.",1,"Scenarios built to consider responsible party type, but not specific parties"]
["Cost and Feasibility - 5","Annual maintenance costs and the responsible parties have been identified.",1,"Annual maintenance costs integrated"]
["Cost and Feasibility - 6","There is a fair and equitable distrbution of cost burdens to residents",2,"This must be part of the implementation roadmap, not scenario development. This will be more possible when planned at a higher scale for equitable distribution of costs. "]
["Cost and Feasibility - 7","The region has current staffing capacity or has identified opportunities to establish staffing capacity to implement and maintain actions associated with the scenario.",2,"Additional staff capacity / dedicated staff time is required and is identified"]
["Cost and Feasibility Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C37:C43)","v":1}]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 1","The scenario reduces current and future risk",2,"Based on best available data"]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 2","The scenario does not increase flooding or flood risk in other parts of the community",2,"Scenario attempts to reduce flooding regionwide"]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 3","The scenario protects and mitigates loss of the community's critical facilities and lifelines and their functions. Existing critical infrastructure (i.e. roadways, utilities, etc.) are protected if all actions in the scenario are implemented.",2]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 4","The scenario reduces risk to community assets",2]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 5","Existing residential areas are protected if all actions in the scenario are implemented.",2]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 6","The scenario reduces risk to human life",2]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 7","Existing business districts, industrial and commercial zones are protected if all actions in the scenario are implemented.",2]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 8","The continuity of operations of assets/services without physical locations are protected from future flood risk (i.e. Meals-on-Wheels)",2,"regional collaboration significantly improves this opportunity - regional collaboration of resilience hubs, single source of truth, etc. "]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 9","The scenario reduces rise to socially vulnerable / low income communities",2]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness - 10","The risk reduction benefits are equitably distributed",2,"Scenario attempts to reduce flooding regionwide"]
["Risk Reduction / Effectiveness Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C45:C54)","v":2}]
["Environmental Benefits / Impacts - 1","The scenario does not create a net reduction in environmental benefits",2,"scenario provides increased benefits through regional coordination"]
["Environmental Benefits / Impacts - 2","The scenario has minimal construction impacts to open space, habitat, ecological systems, water quality, air quality",2,"scenario provides increased benefits through regional coordination"]
["Environmental Benefits / Impacts - 3","Actions improve air and water quality or reduce pollutants (including greenhouse gas emissions).",2]
["Environmental Benefits / Impacts - 4","Actions increase floodplain management capacity and impacts.",2,"scenario provides increased benefits through regional coordination"]
["Environmental Benefits / Impacts - 5","The scenario maximizes benefits to open space, habitat, ecological systems, and water quality",2,"maximized at scale"]
["Environmental Benefits / Impacts - 6","The scenario incorporates green infrastructure as a flood mitigation strategy.",2]
["Environmental Benefits / Impacts - 7","The scenario accomplishes the remedation of contaminated sites",2,"scenario provides increased benefits through regional coordination"]
["Environmental Benefits / Impacts Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C56:C62)","v":2}]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 1","The scenario account for existing resilience building efforts in the community",2,"Scenario 0"]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 2","The scenario provide benefits to livability and quality life, inlcuding community servies, safety, health, happiness, recreationl, cultural spaces, public access to the waterfont.",2]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 3","The scenario provides benefits to the community and social fabric and minimizes disruption",2]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 4","The scenario promotes individual resilience",2,"scenario provides increased benefits through regional coordination"]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 5","The scenario supports resident and business owner capacity to build resilience in alignment with developed policies, zoning changes, building code changes, etc.",2,"single source of truth and regional engagement strategy maximize this opporutnity"]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 6","The scenario promotes economic benefits, including increasing/maintaining ratables, economic growth/diversity, job creation, affordable housing",1,"scenario provides increased benefits through regional coordination"]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 7","Equity and inclusion for Socially Vulnerable Populations (SVP) are addressed in at least one scenario action.",1]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 8","The scenario provides mechanisms to facilitate SVP's to be moved to safer locations without contributing to gentrification. Or, the scenario provides mechanisms to increase the flood resilience of locations with high densities of SVPs.",1]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 9","The scenario includes measures to increase public safety, comprehensive health benefits, and mental health support for the region.",2,"Resilience hubs"]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 10","The scenario includes at least one action that supports the inclusion of youth in the implementation of resilience and adaptation strategies. ",2,"youth engagement strategies"]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 11","Actions protect drinking water and food sources from risks such as flooding contamination or salt water intrusion.",2,"regional prioritization of contaminated at risk sites"]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 12","The scenario protects and enhances access to cultural assets.",1]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts - 13","The scenario improves connectivity and mobility",2,"focus on greenway corridors and waterfront walkability"]
["Community and Health Benefits / Impacts Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C64:C76)","v":2}]
["Partnership and Community Involvement - 1","The scenario is clearly aligned with the vision",2]
["Partnership and Community Involvement - 2","The scenario identifies outreach and education actions that can be led and spearheaded by stakeholders. ",2,"scenario provides increased benefits through regional coordination"]
["Partnership and Community Involvement - 3","The scenario clearly and directly responds to stakeholder input",2]
["Partnership and Community Involvement - 4","The scenario includes opportunities for community partnership",2]
["Partnership and Community Involvement - 5","The scenario includes actions where the leading organizations are external groups, organizations, and agencies.",1]
["Partnership and Community Involvement - 6","The scenario includes ample community education and outreach to positively influence public opinions regarding adaptation and resilience. ",2]
["Partnership and Community Involvement - 7","The scenario includes adaptive capacity building and community value creation",2]
["Partnership and Community Involvement - 8","The scenario includes youth engagement and education",2]
["Outreach and Partnership Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C78:C85)","v":2}]
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["Scenario Evaluation Tool"]
["Once planning teams have developed resilience and adaptation scenarios,  the following questionnaire should be used to evaluate how successfully the scenarios align with the resilience indicators. The gradient scale ranges from 2 (highest score, strongly agree) to -2 (lowest score, strongly disagree) to indicate the agreement for each question below. PLEASE FILL OUT THE RANKING SCORES IN COLUMN C TO PROVIDE INPUT FOR THE GENERATION OF THE SCENARIO EVALUATION GRAPHIC.  REMEMBER TO ENABLE MACROS AND HIT THE \"UPDATE CHART\" BUTTON TO CREATE THE SCENARIO GRAPHIC."]
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["2: Strongly Agree"]
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[" The mode score of each resilience indicator's section, indicates the resilience ranking for that particular indicator, using the following resilience scale. The average of all the indicators corresponds to the overall resilience ranking for the resilience and adaptation scenario as a whole. The scale is as follows:"]
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["2: Achieving Resilience: Highest level of achievement; regional success; negative impacts are eliminated; conditions have greatly improved;"]
["1: Moving toward Resilience: Measurable progress made; conditions have improved; benefits realized for one to several communities in the region;"]
["0: Maintaining Current Conditions: The current baseline is maintained; no additional impacts (positive or negative) are incurred;"]
["-1: Increasing Vulnerability:  Impacts, whether in frequency and/or magnitude, increase compared to current baseline; may include increased exposure to the hazard; and/or increased negative consequences resulting from scenario implementation;"]
["-2: Maladaptation: Increased exposure and vulnerability to the hazard; negative consequences resulting from scenario implementation; conditions have deteriorated, and/or additional harm has been caused compared to the present baseline."]
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["Number","Statement","Rank","Explain"]
["Vision-1","The scenario accounts for changes in planned or expected development within the community. ",1]
["Vision-2","Actions such as elevating buildings and other community characteristic changes align with the identity of the region outlined in the vision.",1]
["Vision-3","The resilience and adaptation scenario supports the overall community vision.",1]
["Vision-4","All regional values have the support of at least one action in the scenario.",2]
["Vision-5","The scenario accounts for ongoing and expected demographic or economic trends. ",0]
["Vision-6","The scenario protects and enhances access to cultural assets.",1]
["Vision-7","The scenario protects and adapts historic properties without compromising the historic integrity of the resource.",2]
["Vision Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C30:C36)","v":1}]
["Risk-1","The scenario protects and mitigates loss of the community's critical facilities and lifelines and their functions.",2]
["Risk-2","Existing critical infrastructure (i.e. roadways, utilities, etc.) are protected if all actions in the scenario are implemented.",2]
["Risk-3","Existing residential areas are protected if all actions in the scenario are implemented.",2]
["Risk-4","Existing business districts, industrial and commercial zones are protected if all actions in the scenario are implemented.",2]
["Risk-5","The continuity of operations of assets/services without physical locations are protected from future flood risk (i.e. Meals-on-Wheels)",1]
["Risk Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C38:C42)","v":2}]
["Cost-1","The region has the current financial capacity to implement the scenarios without external assistance or has identified financial assistance measures that would allow the region to complete actions (e.g. FEMA HMA funding, levying new taxes, municipal bonds).",0]
["Cost-2","The overall cost of the scenario is less than the financial benefits/loss reductions. ",2]
["Cost-3","Annual maintenance costs and the responsible parties have been identified.",2]
["Cost-4","Environmental remediation costs and the responsible parties have been identified.",1]
["Cost-5","Funding sources and cost for each action have been identified. ",1]
["Cost Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C44:C48)","v":2}]
["Capacity-1","The region has current staffing capacity or has identified opportunities to establish staffing capacity to implement and maintain actions associated with the scenario.",1]
["Capacity-2","The region has the current capabilities or has identified opportunities to establish capabilities to sustain the scenario’s long-term management and maintenance requirements (including likely replacement of actions with a limited lifespan). ",1]
["Capacity-3","The legal requirements of management and maintenance have been considered. ",1]
["Capacity-4","The planning team has determined which entities will be the local champion (municipal or NGO’s) to help advocate for the selected scenario.",1]
["Capacity-5","The scenario supports resident and business owner capacity to build resilience in alignment with developed policies, zoning changes, building code changes, etc.",0]
["Capacity Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C50:C54)","v":1}]
["Environmental-1","Actions generate or preserve green space/open space.",1]
["Environmental-2","Actions improve air and water quality or reduce pollutants (including greenhouse gas emissions).",1]
["Environmental-3","Actions increase floodplain management capacity and impacts.",1]
["Environmental-4","Actions increase the use of nature-based stormwater management.",1]
["Environmental-5","The scenario incorporates green infrastructure as a flood mitigation strategy.",1]
["Environmental-6","The scenario identifies how to incorporate water into the community, including strategies that support the philosophy of living with water.",0]
["Environmental Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C56:C61)","v":1}]
["Adaptation/Timeframe-1","The scenario actions account for changes in risk conditions, such as shifts in water levels, rainfall rates, storm intensities, and the natural environment.",1]
["Adaptation/Timeframe-2","Some actions have been developed to be adaptable, including the requirement of increased maintenance and/or monitoring to maintain intended level of protection. ",1]
["Adaptation/Timeframe-3","Scenario actions are designed to be initiated in phases and completed to adequately address both current and future conditions.",1]
["Adaptation/Timeframe-4","The scenario identifies keystone action timeframes to track when certain actions need to be completed in order to maintain a functional scenario.",2]
["Adaptation/Timeframe-5","The scenario includes long term actions that are flexible and able to have the level of protection modified to meet the best available flooding projections.",1]
["Adaptation/Timeframe Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C63:C67)","v":1}]
["Outreach and Partnership-1","The scenario includes ample community education and outreach to positively influence public opinions regarding adaptation and resilience. ",1]
["Outreach and Partnership-2","The scenario includes actions where the leading organizations are external groups, organizations, and agencies.",1]
["Outreach and Partnership-3","The scenario includes actions that involve ample public involvement and citizen participation.",1]
["Outreach and Partnership-4","The scenario identifies education/outreach actions that are necessary to support some of the most transformative scenario actions, requiring public support.",0]
["Outreach and Partnership-5","The scenario identifies outreach and education actions that can be led and spearheaded by stakeholders. ",0]
["Outreach and Partnership Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C69:C73)","v":1}]
["Health and Populations -1","Equity and inclusion for Socially Vulnerable Populations (SVP) are addressed in at least one scenario action.",2]
["Health and Populations -2","The scenario provides mechanisms to facilitate SVP's to be moved to safer locations without contributing to gentrification. Or, the scenario provides mechanisms to increase the flood resilience of locations with high densities of SVPs. ",2]
["Health and Populations -3","The scenario will result in an improvement in accessibility to public transit, open space, fresh foods, and other community services.",1]
["Health and Populations -4","The scenario includes measures to increase public safety, comprehensive health benefits, and meantal health support for the region.",0]
["Health and Populations -5","Actions protect drinking water and food sources from risks such as flooding contamination or salt water intrusion.",2]
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["Socio-Economic-3","The scenario includes actions to support the strengthening of the community's overall quality of life. ",1]
["Socio-Economic-4","The scenario protects/creates sustainable jobs for the region.",0]
["Socio-Economic-5","The scenario includes at least one action that supports the inclusion of youth in the implementation of resilience and adaptation strategies. ",0,null,null,null,null,null,"Color Scale:"]
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["Once planning teams have developed resilience and adaptation scenarios,  the following questionnaire should be used to evaluate how successfully the scenarios align with the resilience indicators. The gradient scale ranges from 2 (highest score, strongly agree) to -2 (lowest score, strongly disagree) to indicate the agreement for each question below. PLEASE FILL OUT THE RANKING SCORES IN COLUMN C TO PROVIDE INPUT FOR THE GENERATION OF THE SCENARIO EVALUATION GRAPHIC.  REMEMBER TO ENABLE MACROS AND HIT THE \"UPDATE CHART\" BUTTON TO CREATE THE SCENARIO GRAPHIC."]
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["2: Strongly Agree"]
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[" The mode score of each resilience indicator's section, indicates the resilience ranking for that particular indicator, using the following resilience scale. The average of all the indicators corresponds to the overall resilience ranking for the resilience and adaptation scenario as a whole. The scale is as follows:"]
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["2: Achieving Resilience: Highest level of achievement; regional success; negative impacts are eliminated; conditions have greatly improved;"]
["1: Moving toward Resilience: Measurable progress made; conditions have improved; benefits realized for one to several communities in the region;"]
["0: Maintaining Current Conditions: The current baseline is maintained; no additional impacts (positive or negative) are incurred;"]
["-1: Increasing Vulnerability:  Impacts, whether in frequency and/or magnitude, increase compared to current baseline; may include increased exposure to the hazard; and/or increased negative consequences resulting from scenario implementation;"]
["-2: Maladaptation: Increased exposure and vulnerability to the hazard; negative consequences resulting from scenario implementation; conditions have deteriorated, and/or additional harm has been caused compared to the present baseline."]
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["Vision-1","The scenario accounts for changes in planned or expected development within the community. ",1]
["Vision-2","Actions such as elevating buildings and other community characteristic changes align with the identity of the region outlined in the vision.",1]
["Vision-3","The resilience and adaptation scenario supports the overall community vision.",1]
["Vision-4","All regional values have the support of at least one action in the scenario.",2]
["Vision-5","The scenario accounts for ongoing and expected demographic or economic trends. ",0]
["Vision-6","The scenario protects and enhances access to cultural assets.",1]
["Vision-7","The scenario protects and adapts historic properties without compromising the historic integrity of the resource.",2]
["Vision Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C30:C36)","v":1}]
["Risk-1","The scenario protects and mitigates loss of the community's critical facilities and lifelines and their functions.",2]
["Risk-2","Existing critical infrastructure (i.e. roadways, utilities, etc.) are protected if all actions in the scenario are implemented.",2]
["Risk-3","Existing residential areas are protected if all actions in the scenario are implemented.",2]
["Risk-4","Existing business districts, industrial and commercial zones are protected if all actions in the scenario are implemented.",2]
["Risk-5","The continuity of operations of assets/services without physical locations are protected from future flood risk (i.e. Meals-on-Wheels)",2]
["Risk Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C38:C42)","v":2}]
["Cost-1","The region has the current financial capacity to implement the scenarios without external assistance or has identified financial assistance measures that would allow the region to complete actions (e.g. FEMA HMA funding, levying new taxes, municipal bonds).",0]
["Cost-2","The overall cost of the scenario is less than the financial benefits/loss reductions. ",2]
["Cost-3","Annual maintenance costs and the responsible parties have been identified.",2]
["Cost-4","Environmental remediation costs and the responsible parties have been identified.",1]
["Cost-5","Funding sources and cost for each action have been identified. ",1]
["Cost Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C44:C48)","v":2}]
["Capacity-1","The region has current staffing capacity or has identified opportunities to establish staffing capacity to implement and maintain actions associated with the scenario.",1]
["Capacity-2","The region has the current capabilities or has identified opportunities to establish capabilities to sustain the scenario’s long-term management and maintenance requirements (including likely replacement of actions with a limited lifespan). ",1]
["Capacity-3","The legal requirements of management and maintenance have been considered. ",1]
["Capacity-4","The planning team has determined which entities will be the local champion (municipal or NGO’s) to help advocate for the selected scenario.",1]
["Capacity-5","The scenario supports resident and business owner capacity to build resilience in alignment with developed policies, zoning changes, building code changes, etc.",0]
["Capacity Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C50:C54)","v":1}]
["Environmental-1","Actions generate or preserve green space/open space.",1]
["Environmental-2","Actions improve air and water quality or reduce pollutants (including greenhouse gas emissions).",1]
["Environmental-3","Actions increase floodplain management capacity and impacts.",1]
["Environmental-4","Actions increase the use of nature-based stormwater management.",1]
["Environmental-5","The scenario incorporates green infrastructure as a flood mitigation strategy.",1]
["Environmental-6","The scenario identifies how to incorporate water into the community, including strategies that support the philosophy of living with water.",0]
["Environmental Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C56:C61)","v":1}]
["Adaptation/Timeframe-1","The scenario actions account for changes in risk conditions, such as shifts in water levels, rainfall rates, storm intensities, and the natural environment.",1]
["Adaptation/Timeframe-2","Some actions have been developed to be adaptable, including the requirement of increased maintenance and/or monitoring to maintain intended level of protection. ",1]
["Adaptation/Timeframe-3","Scenario actions are designed to be initiated in phases and completed to adequately address both current and future conditions.",1]
["Adaptation/Timeframe-4","The scenario identifies keystone action timeframes to track when certain actions need to be completed in order to maintain a functional scenario.",2]
["Adaptation/Timeframe-5","The scenario includes long term actions that are flexible and able to have the level of protection modified to meet the best available flooding projections.",1]
["Adaptation/Timeframe Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C63:C67)","v":1}]
["Outreach and Partnership-1","The scenario includes ample community education and outreach to positively influence public opinions regarding adaptation and resilience. ",2]
["Outreach and Partnership-2","The scenario includes actions where the leading organizations are external groups, organizations, and agencies.",2]
["Outreach and Partnership-3","The scenario includes actions that involve ample public involvement and citizen participation.",2]
["Outreach and Partnership-4","The scenario identifies education/outreach actions that are necessary to support some of the most transformative scenario actions, requiring public support.",2]
["Outreach and Partnership-5","The scenario identifies outreach and education actions that can be led and spearheaded by stakeholders. ",2]
["Outreach and Partnership Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C69:C73)","v":2}]
["Health and Populations -1","Equity and inclusion for Socially Vulnerable Populations (SVP) are addressed in at least one scenario action.",2]
["Health and Populations -2","The scenario provides mechanisms to facilitate SVP's to be moved to safer locations without contributing to gentrification. Or, the scenario provides mechanisms to increase the flood resilience of locations with high densities of SVPs. ",2]
["Health and Populations -3","The scenario will result in an improvement in accessibility to public transit, open space, fresh foods, and other community services.",1]
["Health and Populations -4","The scenario includes measures to increase public safety, comprehensive health benefits, and meantal health support for the region.",1]
["Health and Populations -5","Actions protect drinking water and food sources from risks such as flooding contamination or salt water intrusion.",2]
["Health and Population Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C75:C79)","v":2}]
["Socio-Economic-1","The scenario supports relevant diversification of the regional economy, to increase the overall economic resilience of the region.",1]
["Socio-Economic-2","The scenario includes provisions to protect ratables.",1]
["Socio-Economic-3","The scenario includes actions to support the strengthening of the community's overall quality of life. ",2]
["Socio-Economic-4","The scenario protects/creates sustainable jobs for the region.",1]
["Socio-Economic-5","The scenario includes at least one action that supports the inclusion of youth in the implementation of resilience and adaptation strategies. ",2,null,null,null,null,null,"Color Scale:"]
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["Scenario Evaluation Tool"]
["Once planning teams have developed resilience and adaptation scenarios,  the following questionnaire should be used to evaluate how successfully the scenarios align with the resilience indicators. The gradient scale ranges from 2 (highest score, strongly agree) to -2 (lowest score, strongly disagree) to indicate the agreement for each question below. PLEASE FILL OUT THE RANKING SCORES IN COLUMN C TO PROVIDE INPUT FOR THE GENERATION OF THE SCENARIO EVALUATION GRAPHIC.  REMEMBER TO ENABLE MACROS AND HIT THE \"UPDATE CHART\" BUTTON TO CREATE THE SCENARIO GRAPHIC."]
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["2: Strongly Agree"]
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[" The mode score of each resilience indicator's section, indicates the resilience ranking for that particular indicator, using the following resilience scale. The average of all the indicators corresponds to the overall resilience ranking for the resilience and adaptation scenario as a whole. The scale is as follows:"]
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["2: Achieving Resilience: Highest level of achievement; regional success; negative impacts are eliminated; conditions have greatly improved;"]
["1: Moving toward Resilience: Measurable progress made; conditions have improved; benefits realized for one to several communities in the region;"]
["0: Maintaining Current Conditions: The current baseline is maintained; no additional impacts (positive or negative) are incurred;"]
["-1: Increasing Vulnerability:  Impacts, whether in frequency and/or magnitude, increase compared to current baseline; may include increased exposure to the hazard; and/or increased negative consequences resulting from scenario implementation;"]
["-2: Maladaptation: Increased exposure and vulnerability to the hazard; negative consequences resulting from scenario implementation; conditions have deteriorated, and/or additional harm has been caused compared to the present baseline."]
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["Number","Statement","Rank","Explain"]
["Vision-1","The scenario accounts for changes in planned or expected development within the community. ",1]
["Vision-2","Actions such as elevating buildings and other community characteristic changes align with the identity of the region outlined in the vision.",1]
["Vision-3","The resilience and adaptation scenario supports the overall community vision.",1]
["Vision-4","All regional values have the support of at least one action in the scenario.",2]
["Vision-5","The scenario accounts for ongoing and expected demographic or economic trends. ",0]
["Vision-6","The scenario protects and enhances access to cultural assets.",1]
["Vision-7","The scenario protects and adapts historic properties without compromising the historic integrity of the resource.",2]
["Vision Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C30:C36)","v":1}]
["Risk-1","The scenario protects and mitigates loss of the community's critical facilities and lifelines and their functions.",2]
["Risk-2","Existing critical infrastructure (i.e. roadways, utilities, etc.) are protected if all actions in the scenario are implemented.",2]
["Risk-3","Existing residential areas are protected if all actions in the scenario are implemented.",2]
["Risk-4","Existing business districts, industrial and commercial zones are protected if all actions in the scenario are implemented.",2]
["Risk-5","The continuity of operations of assets/services without physical locations are protected from future flood risk (i.e. Meals-on-Wheels)",2]
["Risk Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C38:C42)","v":2}]
["Cost-1","The region has the current financial capacity to implement the scenarios without external assistance or has identified financial assistance measures that would allow the region to complete actions (e.g. FEMA HMA funding, levying new taxes, municipal bonds).",0]
["Cost-2","The overall cost of the scenario is less than the financial benefits/loss reductions. ",2]
["Cost-3","Annual maintenance costs and the responsible parties have been identified.",2]
["Cost-4","Environmental remediation costs and the responsible parties have been identified.",1]
["Cost-5","Funding sources and cost for each action have been identified. ",1]
["Cost Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C44:C48)","v":2}]
["Capacity-1","The region has current staffing capacity or has identified opportunities to establish staffing capacity to implement and maintain actions associated with the scenario.",1]
["Capacity-2","The region has the current capabilities or has identified opportunities to establish capabilities to sustain the scenario’s long-term management and maintenance requirements (including likely replacement of actions with a limited lifespan). ",1]
["Capacity-3","The legal requirements of management and maintenance have been considered. ",1]
["Capacity-4","The planning team has determined which entities will be the local champion (municipal or NGO’s) to help advocate for the selected scenario.",1]
["Capacity-5","The scenario supports resident and business owner capacity to build resilience in alignment with developed policies, zoning changes, building code changes, etc.",0]
["Capacity Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C50:C54)","v":1}]
["Environmental-1","Actions generate or preserve green space/open space.",1]
["Environmental-2","Actions improve air and water quality or reduce pollutants (including greenhouse gas emissions).",1]
["Environmental-3","Actions increase floodplain management capacity and impacts.",1]
["Environmental-4","Actions increase the use of nature-based stormwater management.",1]
["Environmental-5","The scenario incorporates green infrastructure as a flood mitigation strategy.",1]
["Environmental-6","The scenario identifies how to incorporate water into the community, including strategies that support the philosophy of living with water.",0]
["Environmental Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C56:C61)","v":1}]
["Adaptation/Timeframe-1","The scenario actions account for changes in risk conditions, such as shifts in water levels, rainfall rates, storm intensities, and the natural environment.",1]
["Adaptation/Timeframe-2","Some actions have been developed to be adaptable, including the requirement of increased maintenance and/or monitoring to maintain intended level of protection. ",1]
["Adaptation/Timeframe-3","Scenario actions are designed to be initiated in phases and completed to adequately address both current and future conditions.",1]
["Adaptation/Timeframe-4","The scenario identifies keystone action timeframes to track when certain actions need to be completed in order to maintain a functional scenario.",2]
["Adaptation/Timeframe-5","The scenario includes long term actions that are flexible and able to have the level of protection modified to meet the best available flooding projections.",1]
["Adaptation/Timeframe Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C63:C67)","v":1}]
["Outreach and Partnership-1","The scenario includes ample community education and outreach to positively influence public opinions regarding adaptation and resilience. ",2]
["Outreach and Partnership-2","The scenario includes actions where the leading organizations are external groups, organizations, and agencies.",2]
["Outreach and Partnership-3","The scenario includes actions that involve ample public involvement and citizen participation.",2]
["Outreach and Partnership-4","The scenario identifies education/outreach actions that are necessary to support some of the most transformative scenario actions, requiring public support.",2]
["Outreach and Partnership-5","The scenario identifies outreach and education actions that can be led and spearheaded by stakeholders. ",2]
["Outreach and Partnership Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C69:C73)","v":2}]
["Health and Populations -1","Equity and inclusion for Socially Vulnerable Populations (SVP) are addressed in at least one scenario action.",2]
["Health and Populations -2","The scenario provides mechanisms to facilitate SVP's to be moved to safer locations without contributing to gentrification. Or, the scenario provides mechanisms to increase the flood resilience of locations with high densities of SVPs. ",2]
["Health and Populations -3","The scenario will result in an improvement in accessibility to public transit, open space, fresh foods, and other community services.",2]
["Health and Populations -4","The scenario includes measures to increase public safety, comprehensive health benefits, and meantal health support for the region.",2]
["Health and Populations -5","Actions protect drinking water and food sources from risks such as flooding contamination or salt water intrusion.",2]
["Health and Population Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C75:C79)","v":2}]
["Socio-Economic-1","The scenario supports relevant diversification of the regional economy, to increase the overall economic resilience of the region.",2]
["Socio-Economic-2","The scenario includes provisions to protect ratables.",2]
["Socio-Economic-3","The scenario includes actions to support the strengthening of the community's overall quality of life. ",2]
["Socio-Economic-4","The scenario protects/creates sustainable jobs for the region.",2]
["Socio-Economic-5","The scenario includes at least one action that supports the inclusion of youth in the implementation of resilience and adaptation strategies. ",2,null,null,null,null,null,"Color Scale:"]
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["Scenario Evaluation Tool"]
["Once planning teams have developed resilience and adaptation scenarios,  the following questionnaire should be used to evaluate how successfully the scenarios align with the resilience indicators. The gradient scale ranges from 2 (highest score, strongly agree) to -2 (lowest score, strongly disagree) to indicate the agreement for each question below. PLEASE FILL OUT THE RANKING SCORES IN COLUMN C TO PROVIDE INPUT FOR THE GENERATION OF THE SCENARIO EVALUATION GRAPHIC.  REMEMBER TO ENABLE MACROS AND HIT THE \"UPDATE CHART\" BUTTON TO CREATE THE SCENARIO GRAPHIC."]
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[" The mode score of each resilience indicator's section, indicates the resilience ranking for that particular indicator, using the following resilience scale. The average of all the indicators corresponds to the overall resilience ranking for the resilience and adaptation scenario as a whole. The scale is as follows:"]
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["2: Achieving Resilience: Highest level of achievement; regional success; negative impacts are eliminated; conditions have greatly improved;"]
["1: Moving toward Resilience: Measurable progress made; conditions have improved; benefits realized for one to several communities in the region;"]
["0: Maintaining Current Conditions: The current baseline is maintained; no additional impacts (positive or negative) are incurred;"]
["-1: Increasing Vulnerability:  Impacts, whether in frequency and/or magnitude, increase compared to current baseline; may include increased exposure to the hazard; and/or increased negative consequences resulting from scenario implementation;"]
["-2: Maladaptation: Increased exposure and vulnerability to the hazard; negative consequences resulting from scenario implementation; conditions have deteriorated, and/or additional harm has been caused compared to the present baseline."]
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["Vision-1","The scenario accounts for changes in planned or expected development within the community. ",1]
["Vision-2","Actions such as elevating buildings and other community characteristic changes align with the identity of the region outlined in the vision.",1]
["Vision-3","The resilience and adaptation scenario supports the overall community vision.",1]
["Vision-4","All regional values have the support of at least one action in the scenario.",1]
["Vision-5","The scenario accounts for ongoing and expected demographic or economic trends. ",1]
["Vision-6","The scenario protects and enhances access to cultural assets.",1]
["Vision-7","The scenario protects and adapts historic properties without compromising the historic integrity of the resource.",1]
["Vision Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C30:C36)","v":1}]
["Risk-1","The scenario protects and mitigates loss of the community's critical facilities and lifelines and their functions.",1]
["Risk-2","Existing critical infrastructure (i.e. roadways, utilities, etc.) are protected if all actions in the scenario are implemented.",1]
["Risk-3","Existing residential areas are protected if all actions in the scenario are implemented.",1]
["Risk-4","Existing business districts, industrial and commercial zones are protected if all actions in the scenario are implemented.",1]
["Risk-5","The continuity of operations of assets/services without physical locations are protected from future flood risk (i.e. Meals-on-Wheels)",1]
["Risk Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C38:C42)","v":1}]
["Cost-1","The region has the current financial capacity to implement the scenarios without external assistance or has identified financial assistance measures that would allow the region to complete actions (e.g. FEMA HMA funding, levying new taxes, municipal bonds).",1]
["Cost-2","The overall cost of the scenario is less than the financial benefits/loss reductions. ",1]
["Cost-3","Annual maintenance costs and the responsible parties have been identified.",1]
["Cost-4","Environmental remediation costs and the responsible parties have been identified.",1]
["Cost-5","Funding sources and cost for each action have been identified. "]
["Cost Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C44:C48)","v":1}]
["Capacity-1","The region has current staffing capacity or has identified opportunities to establish staffing capacity to implement and maintain actions associated with the scenario."]
["Capacity-2","The region has the current capabilities or has identified opportunities to establish capabilities to sustain the scenario’s long-term management and maintenance requirements (including likely replacement of actions with a limited lifespan). "]
["Capacity-3","The legal requirements of management and maintenance have been considered. "]
["Capacity-4","The planning team has determined which entities will be the local champion (municipal or NGO’s) to help advocate for the selected scenario."]
["Capacity-5","The scenario supports resident and business owner capacity to build resilience in alignment with developed policies, zoning changes, building code changes, etc."]
["Capacity Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C50:C54)","v":{"$error":"#N/A"}}]
["Environmental-1","Actions generate or preserve green space/open space."]
["Environmental-2","Actions improve air and water quality or reduce pollutants (including greenhouse gas emissions)."]
["Environmental-3","Actions increase floodplain management capacity and impacts."]
["Environmental-4","Actions increase the use of nature-based stormwater management."]
["Environmental-5","The scenario incorporates green infrastructure as a flood mitigation strategy."]
["Environmental-6","The scenario identifies how to incorporate water into the community, including strategies that support the philosophy of living with water."]
["Environmental Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C56:C61)","v":{"$error":"#N/A"}}]
["Adaptation/Timeframe-1","The scenario actions account for changes in risk conditions, such as shifts in water levels, rainfall rates, storm intensities, and the natural environment."]
["Adaptation/Timeframe-2","Some actions have been developed to be adaptable, including the requirement of increased maintenance and/or monitoring to maintain intended level of protection. "]
["Adaptation/Timeframe-3","Scenario actions are designed to be initiated in phases and completed to adequately address both current and future conditions."]
["Adaptation/Timeframe-4","The scenario identifies keystone action timeframes to track when certain actions need to be completed in order to maintain a functional scenario."]
["Adaptation/Timeframe-5","The scenario includes long term actions that are flexible and able to have the level of protection modified to meet the best available flooding projections."]
["Adaptation/Timeframe Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C63:C67)","v":{"$error":"#N/A"}}]
["Outreach and Partnership-1","The scenario includes ample community education and outreach to positively influence public opinions regarding adaptation and resilience. "]
["Outreach and Partnership-2","The scenario includes actions where the leading organizations are external groups, organizations, and agencies."]
["Outreach and Partnership-3","The scenario includes actions that involve ample public involvement and citizen participation."]
["Outreach and Partnership-4","The scenario identifies education/outreach actions that are necessary to support some of the most transformative scenario actions, requiring public support."]
["Outreach and Partnership-5","The scenario identifies outreach and education actions that can be led and spearheaded by stakeholders. "]
["Outreach and Partnership Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C69:C73)","v":{"$error":"#N/A"}}]
["Health and Populations -1","Equity and inclusion for Socially Vulnerable Populations (SVP) are addressed in at least one scenario action."]
["Health and Populations -2","The scenario provides mechanisms to facilitate SVP's to be moved to safer locations without contributing to gentrification. Or, the scenario provides mechanisms to increase the flood resilience of locations with high densities of SVPs. "]
["Health and Populations -3","The scenario will result in an improvement in accessibility to public transit, open space, fresh foods, and other community services."]
["Health and Populations -4","The scenario includes measures to increase public safety, comprehensive health benefits, and meantal health support for the region."]
["Health and Populations -5","Actions protect drinking water and food sources from risks such as flooding contamination or salt water intrusion."]
["Health and Population Mode",null,{"$f":"MODE(C75:C79)","v":{"$error":"#N/A"}}]
["Socio-Economic-1","The scenario supports relevant diversification of the regional economy, to increase the overall economic resilience of the region."]
["Socio-Economic-2","The scenario includes provisions to protect ratables."]
["Socio-Economic-3","The scenario includes actions to support the strengthening of the community's overall quality of life. "]
["Socio-Economic-4","The scenario protects/creates sustainable jobs for the region."]
["Socio-Economic-5","The scenario includes at least one action that supports the inclusion of youth in the implementation of resilience and adaptation strategies. ",null,null,null,null,null,null,"Color Scale:"]
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