Berkeley Resilience Strategy:
Updates and Next Steps
March 15, 2016 City Council Work Session
Timothy Burroughs, Assistant to the City Manager
32 Cities Selected in early 2014
NORTH
AMERICA
LATIN AMERICA
EUROPE
& THE CARIBBEAN
AFRICA
BOULDER (CO)
BRISTOL
MEDELLÍN
DAKAR
BERKELEY (CA)
(ENGLAND)
(COLOMBIA)
(SENEGAL)
EL PASO (TX)
GLASGOW
PORTO ALEGRE
DURBAN
JACKSONVILLE
(SCOTLAND)
(BRAZIL)
(SOUTH
(FL)
ROME
QUITO
AFRICA)
LOS ANGELES (CA) (ECUADOR)
(ITALY)
MEXICO CITY RIO DE JANEIRO ROTTERDAM
(MEXICO)
(NETHERLANDS)
(BRAZIL)
NEW ORLEANS (LA)
VEJLE
NEW YORK CITY
(DENMARK)
(NY)
NORFOLK (VA)
OAKLAND (CA)
SAN FRANCISCO (CA)
MIDDLE
EAST
OCEANIA
SOUTH
ASIA
EAST ASIA
ASHKELON
MELBOURNE SURAT BANGKOK
(ISRAEL)
(AUSTRALIA) (INDIA) (THAILAND)
RAMALLAH CHRISTCHURCH
MANDALAY
(PALESTINE) (NEW ZEALAND)
(MYANMAR)
BYBLOS
DA NANG
(LEBANON)
(VIETNAM)
SEMARANG
(INDONESIA)
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35 Cities Selected in late 2014
NORTH
AMERICA
LATIN AMERICA
& THE CARIBBEAN
BOSTON (MA) CALI (COLOMBIA)
CHICAGO (IL)
SAN JUAN (US)
DALLAS (TX)
SANTA FE
JUÁREZ (MEXICO)
(ARGENTINA)
MONTREAL
SANTIAGO DE LOS
(CANADA)
CABALLEROS
PITTSBURGH (PA)
(DOMINICAN
ST. LOUIS (MO)
REPUBLIC)
TULSA (OK)
SANTIAGO (CHILE)
EUROPE
ATHENS
(GREECE)
BARCELONA
(SPAIN)
BELGRADE
(SERBIA)
LONDON
(ENGLAND)
LISBON
(PORTUGAL)
MILAN (ITALY)
PARIS
(FRANCE)
THESSALONIKI
(GREECE)
AFRICA
MIDDLE
EAST
OCEANIA
ACCRA
AMMAN
SYDNEY
(GHANA) (JORDAN) (AUSTRALIA)
ARUSHA
WELLINGTON
(TANZANIA)
CITY (NEW
ENUGU
ZEALAND)
(NIGERIA)
KIGALI
(RWANDA)
SOUTH
ASIA
EAST ASIA
BANGALORE DEYANG
(CHINA)
(INDIA)
CHENNAI HUANGSHI
(CHINA)
(INDIA)
PHNOM
PENH
(CAMBODIA)
SINGAPORE
(SINGAPORE)
TOYAMA
(JAPAN)
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A city’s ability to maintain essential
functions is threatened by both acute
shocks and chronic stresses.
ACUTE SHOCKS
Flooding
Tornado
Earthquake
Heat wave
Extreme Cold
Hazardous materials
accident
Hurricane
Severe storms and extreme
rainfall
Terrorism
Disease outbreak
Riot/civil unrest
Infrastructure or building
failure
CHRONIC STRESSES
CITY
Drought
Rising sea level
Fuel poverty
Homelessness & lack of
affordable housing
Changing demographics
Lack of social cohesion
Water and air pollution
High unemployment
Poverty/inequity
Aging Infrastructure
Shifting macroeconomic
trends
Crime & violence
Food shortage
The Resilience Strategy Focuses on
Some of Berkeley’s
Most Pressing Challenges
• Natural disasters (earthquake and wildfire)
• Local impacts of climate change
• Aging and vulnerable infrastructure and
facilities
• Racial inequity
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The Resilience Strategy is
Grounded in Community Input
and Expert Analysis
• Gathered input from over 1,000 community members
via survey, public workshops, and other events
• Conducted seismic evaluations, economic analysis, and
energy & water audits of care & shelter sites
• Conducted an evaluation of City disaster preparedness
incentive programs
• Documented gaps in Berkeley’s energy reliability
• Analyzed Berkeley’s vulnerability to sea-level rise
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The Resilience Strategy is
Grounded in Community Input
and Expert Analysis
• Evaluated potential financing/funding mechanisms for
storm water system upgrades
• Analyzed options for diversifying Berkeley’s water supply,
including storm water capture/reuse
• Participating in year-long training on eliminating
institutional barriers to racial equity
• Collaborating with regional agencies and Cities of
Oakland and San Francisco to advance disaster and
climate preparedness
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Example Action: Community
Resilience Centers Program
• Partnership between
the City and
community-based
organizations
• Designed to connect
more residents with
City services
New logo for Berkeley
preparedness programs
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Example Action:
Clean Energy Micro-Grid Network
Diagram of a Micro-Grid
Distributed energy
sources
Switch gear
Main “macro” grid
Image source: www.gridovate.com
Battery for
energy storage
Critical facility
Example Action:
Innovate to Diversify Berkeley’s Water Supply
Ashby Ave. – Dec. 11, 2015 Storm
Example Actions to
Advance Racial Equity
• Develop a City of Berkeley Racial Equity Action
Plan
• Create a multi-departmental City of Berkeley
“Advancing Racial Equity Team”
• Continue to partner with organizations and
institutions in the community to advance
community-wide racial equity
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Example Action: Develop a
Berkeley Strategic Plan
Prioritize
Actions
Address big
challenges
Berkeley
Strategic
Plan
Connect longterm vision to
short-term
work
Foster
collaboration
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Example Action: Regional
“Resilience by Design Challenge”
• Urban planning and design competition to
identify innovative, actionable climate
preparedness solutions
• Partners: Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco,
Bay Conservation and Development
Commission, Association of Bay Area
Governments, and others
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Next Steps
• Strategy to be released on April 1, with a
public event at La Peña Cultural Center
• Implementation:
– The Rockefeller Foundation to continue to provide
support
– Staff is pursuing several grants
• Dovetail Resilience Strategy with the Berkeley
Strategic Plan
• Regular updates for City Council
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