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PLANNERS ' CASEBOOK . . Yn . � r �'. L '� �i . �; '5� '% v� ,�:1��.tn'� ;i ��=r�C='{. . � �`F '�„ � � 3v ;�'�S• ._�. '� ;�1�'f?. T-� - -; - , Total Manufactured Manufactured Multiple A.Manufactured Homes on Home Manufactured Jurisdiction Homes , Individual Lots Parks Homes City of Ithaca 8 0 8 0 Town of Caroline 123 111 2 10 Town of Danby 23 21- 2 0 Town of Dryden 220 189 21 10 SL•` Town of Enfield 264 216 7 41 Town of Groton 252 242 2 8 Town_ of Ithaca - 4 ` 1 3 0 Town of Lansing 205 181 5 19 Town of Newfield 245 214 9 22 Town of Ulysses 19 14 3 2 Tompkins County 11363 11189 62 112 Source : Based on tax assessment parcel data for Tompkins County and municipalities . mitigation plan by submitting a Community I asked Mike Raffe to reflect on the appropriate ' Development Block Grant application for rehabili- role of planners in disaster planning. He replied , j' tating one of the manufactured home parks . The "The ability to look at complex issues and under- '; maps also have served to heighten public awareness stand the interrelationship of the various LIN of the need to encourage hazard-resistant construc- nents is critical in disaster planning . Planners in a `{ tion of buildings in vulnerable areas , or better yet, variety of fields can contribute to their community avoid hazardous locations er.alto eth b kin themselves available to assist in areas g Y making such as safe schools planning , business continuity t_ Post-Disaster Assessment and economic recovery planning, disaster mitiga- The maps provide updated information for expedi- tion planning, and all hazards response planning." AAA tiously determining the scope of damage resulting ' from disasters . In conducting initial damage assess- Radworth Anderson , Acting Chief of Mitigation ments , planners and emergency managers must Programs , New York State Emergency Management ers understand the demographic profile of the affected Office ?� population, the location and characteristics of Anderson, like many of his colleagues at dwellings , building footprints, and property, and emergency management offices across the nation, iNk conditions and characteristics of roads and utilities works with communities and helps jump -start within the affected area. The maps have been hazard inventory and hazard mitigation planning 3 , included in TCARC's updated disaster plan, which activities in communities . He continues to be a has been distributed to the county's local emergency pivotal collaborator, liaison, and friend to the Town management office and major "first responders , " such of Dryden and the Villages of Dryden and Freeville as local police and fire departments . The maps also in Tompkins County. On the roles of planners in ,i prove important to volunteers , who participate in disaster planning , he notes : "The planner must be response activities but do not necessarily reside in able to convey the importance of planning and the community and are therefore unfamiliar with the support implementation. A plan that is strategic landscape or building footprints. has a high likelihood of implementation. " } Roles of Planners George Frantz , AICP , George Frantz and Associates 1n ® 9saster Planning Frantz and I recently completed a hazard a, Mike Raffe , Director of Emergency Services , Tompkins mitigation plan for Waverly ( another Project � ` County Chapter of the American Red Cross Impact community ) . I asked George if there is a