2017-190-E AMS - TJCOG Energy and Environment Program

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DocuSign Envelope ID:97A85083-4649-4F90-9283-141A52E739BF Fiscal Year 2017 Phase One: Explore Climate Threats The first phase of the process, "Explore Climate Threats,"is based on Step One of the CRT's Steps to Resilience and builds upon important work done by the SSDN PREP workshops in recent years.This process will require a complete assessment of climate- related threats, including drought, heavy precipitation events, heat waves, and others.The assessment will utilize resources that include data from the National Climate Assessment North Carolina State Summary, the U.S.Climate Resilience Toolkit and associated Climate Explorer(including climate projections),and data from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information's Climate-at-a- Glance, as well as other accredited sources. In order to complete this assessment, NEMAC will collaborate with GIS staff from the Triangle J COG and/or staff from the participating local governments to create an exhaustive data inventory which will be used in Phase I I and III (the inventory will be developed upon the execution of the contract).This inventory will require NEMAC and Triangle J to identify and agree to the spatial boundaries used for each municipality involved in the assessment and will be completed prior to the kick-off meeting.Additionally, NEMAC will not be responsible for developing new datasets for this assessment, but will rather utilize existing datasets in order to complete the assessment in full.Triangle J and/or participating local governments will share with NEMAC the most recent versions of their local comprehensive,sustainability,and hazard mitigation plans.And finally, it will need to be determined during the kick-off meeting how digital resources will be shared at the completion of this project(e.g.either(i)through a secure, online resource, and/or(ii)data drives will be provided to Triangle J and the steering committee for distribution). This kick-off meeting will include a presentation to a larger group(size to be determined by Triangle J)with individuals from each municipality in order to provide a clear project plan to all who may be involved.This will happen on the same day as a kick-off meeting which will include a smaller team.The intent of this smaller team meeting is to complete project and logistical planning.The number of participants to attend this meeting can be determined by Triangle J and will ideally not exceed 30 people total. During this meeting, a steering committee(12-15 people) should be identified that will serve for the entire lifecycle of the project. The expected deliverables for this phase include: • A project plan presentation to representatives of each municipality involved; • A kick-off planning meeting(or"working session")with NEMAC, Triangle J, and the project steering committee (including local sustainability directors); • An initial summary and inventory(GIS and tabular data)of key climate-related threats to be used in subsequent phases; • Presentations (electronic and hard copy)with key climate visuals focused on local scene-setting; • One facilitated workshop for all participants identified in the initial working session (including workbooks for all participants); and • A Phase One summary report,which will subsequently be integrated into the final project report(Phase Five). Phase Two: Vulnerability and Risk Assessment(Exposure Analysis) The second phase of the process,which is based on Step Two of the CRT's Steps to Resilience, involves an analysis of key regional and local community assets so that they can be included in an assessment of vulnerability and risk.This asset analysis will use socioeconomic datasets from local, regional, and statewide sources,and will draw from the local comprehensive, sustainability, and hazard mitigation plans shared with NEMAC during Phase One. The process for this analysis involves quantifying exposure,which is defined as"the presence of people, assets,and ecosystems in places where they could be adversely affected by hazards[threats]."These community assets will be identified during a facilitated workshop with the local governments and Triangle J. Due to the scale of the analysis, NEMAC will initially place these community assets into general categories(e.g., residential, commercial, community services, road infrastructure)and,as high-exposure areas are identified, a more detailed analysis will be completed using additional categories (e.g., parks,food infrastructure, critical infrastructure, bridges, etc.).The analysis in Phase II and III will be completed at a parcel and structural scale, but will be summarized to census tract 4