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HURRICANE SANDY RECOVERY CROSS -SECTORAL RECOVERY ` STRATEGY AND PLAN Volume V - Final Hurricane Sandy Recovery Plan for St. Catherine Final Prepared for: Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management 2-4 Haining Road, Kingston 5 Prepared by: ESL Management Solutions Ltd. 89 Hope Road Kingston 6 Submitted: November 20, 2013 Hurricane Sandy Recovery Plan – Volume V November 20, 2013 Table of Contents ACRONYMS .............................................................................................................................................. II OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................................... 1 1.0 ST. CATHERINE ............................................................................................................................ 2 1.1 HAZARD VULNERABILITY PROFILE ................................................................................................................. 2 2.0 GENERAL OVERVIEW OF DAMAGE ............................................................................................. 11 3.0 ST. CATHERINE RECOVERY FRAMEWORK AND PLAN ................................................................. 14 4.0 KEY LINKAGES BETWEEN SECTORS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGY AND PLAN ............... 19 5.0 SUMMARY RECOMMENDATIONS - RESULTS-BASED FRAMEWORK ........................................... 25 6.0 REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................. 28 List of Figures FIGURE 1.1: GOOGLE IMAGE OF ST. CATHERINE ........................................................................................................ 2 FIGURE 1.2: TOPOGRAPHY MAP OF ST. CATHERINE (SOURCE: NLA 1:50 000 TOPOGRAPHIC MAP SERIES) ........ 3 FIGURE 1.3: MAP OF THE RIO COBRE BASIN (SOURCE: SIMPSON, 2003)....................................................................... 4 FIGURE 1.4: RIO COBRE FLOOD PLAIN MAP, SHEET 6 (SOURCE: WRA) .......................................................................... 5 FIGURE 1.5: RIO COBRE FLOOD PLAIN MAP, SHEET 7 (SOURCE: WRA) .......................................................................... 6 FIGURE 1.6: RIO COBRE FLOOD PLAIN MAP, SHEET 8 (SOURCE: WRA) .......................................................................... 7 FIGURE 1.7: PARISH POPULATION WITHIN JAMAICA (STATIN, 2012) .......................................................................... 8 FIGURE 1.8: POPULATION CENTRES IN ST. CATHERINE (SOURCE: PLANNING INSTITUTE OF JAMAICA) .................................. 9 FIGURE 1.9: POVERTY MAP OF ST. CATHERINE (PIOJ, 2002) ................................................................................... 10 FIGURE 2.1: SUMMARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR ST. CATHERINE AS AT APRIL 16, 2013............................................. 11 FIGURE 2.2: EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS DAMAGED IN ST. CATHERINE....................................................................... 12 FIGURE 2.3: NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS WITHOUT WATER IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PASSAGE OF HURRICANE SANDY (PIOJ, 2013) .................................................................................................................................................... 13 FIGURE 4.1: NATIONAL COORDINATION DIAGRAM .................................................................................................. 24 List of Tables TABLE 3.1: ST. CATHERINE RECOVERY FRAMEWORK AND PLAN .................................................................................. 14 TABLE 4.1: KEY LINKAGES BETWEEN SECTORS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGY AND PLAN ....................................... 19 ESL Management Solutions Limited i Hurricane Sandy Recovery Plan – Volume V November 20, 2013 ACRONYMS ADRA Adventist Development and Relief Agency BDRC Building Disaster Resilient Communities CASE College of Agriculture Science and Education CBO Community Based Organisation CDC Community Development Committee CDM Comprehensive Disaster Management DALA Damage and Loss Assessment DRM Disaster Risk Management ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean EFJ Environmental Foundation of Jamaica ESL Environmental Solutions Limited FAO Food and Agricultural Organisation GDP Gross Domestic Product GMOs Genetically Modified Organisms GOJ Government of Jamaica IADB Inter-American Development Bank JAS Jamaica Agricultural Society JPS Jamaica Public Service JRC Jamaica Red Cross JSIF Jamaica Social Investment Fund MGD Mines and Geology Division MLSS Ministry of Labour and Social Security MoAF Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries MoE Ministry of Education MOH Ministry Of Health MP Member of Parliament MTWH Ministry of Transport Works and Housing MWLECC Ministry of Water Land Environment and Housing NEPA National Environment and Planning Agency ESL Management Solutions Limited ii Hurricane Sandy Recovery Plan – Volume V November 20, 2013 NGO Non- Governmental Organisation NWA National Works Agency NWC National Water Commission NSWMA National Solid Waste Management Authority OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ODPEM Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management OSP Outside Plant PC Parish Council PDC Parish Development Committee PDC Parish Disaster Committee PDNA Post Disaster Needs Assessment PGR Plantain Garden River PGFZ Plantain Garden Fault Zone PIOJ Planning Institute of Jamaica PMC Portmore Municipal Council PTA Parent Teachers Association RADA Rural Agricultural Development Authority SDC Social Development Commission STATIN Statistical Institute UN United Nations UNISDR United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction UNDP United Nations Development Programme UWI University of the West Indies WMU Watershed Management Unit WRA Water Resources Authority ESL Management Solutions Limited iii Hurricane Sandy Recovery Plan – Volume V November 20, 2013 OVERVIEW ESL Management Solutions Limited was contracted by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management to prepare Recovery Plans for four eastern parishes: St. Thomas, Portland, St. Mary and St. Catherine. These four parishes were identified as the most devastated by Hurricane Sandy in October, 2012. Prior to this deliverable the consultants completed a Findings and Lessons Learnt report which informed the recommendations presented in this deliverable. The Recovery Plan has been divided into five volumes so that each parish plan can be pulled out as a stand-alone document: Volume I presents the contextual setting of the project and introduces the recovery plan. It is expected that Volume I will be utilized by all four parishes. Volume II presents the recovery plan for the parish of St. Thomas. It outlines the hazard vulnerability profile for the parish and presents an overview of the damage assessment which informed the recovery framework, plan and plan and strategic results-based framework. Volume III presents the recovery plan for the parish of Portland. It outlines the hazard vulnerability profile for the parish and presents a summary of the damage assessment which informed the recovery framework and plan as well as the strategic results-based framework. Volume IV presents the recovery plan for the parish of St. Mary. It outlines the hazard vulnerability profile for St. Mary and presents an overview of the damage assessment which informed the recovery framework, plan and strategic results-based framework recommended for the parish. Volume V presents the recovery plan for the parish of St. Catherine. It outlines the hazard vulnerability profile for St Catherine, and an overview of the damage assessment which informed the recovery framework and plan, as well as the strategic results-based framework recommended for St. Catherine. This document represents Volume V of the Recovery Plan and focuses on the parish of St. Catherine. ESL Management Solutions Limited 1 Hurricane Sandy Recovery Plan – Volume V November 20, 2013 1.0 ST. CATHERINE 1.1 HAZARD VULNERABILITY PROFILE Background The parish of St. Catherine is bordered by the parishes of St. Andrew in the east, Clarendon to the West and St. Ann and St. Mary in the north (Figure 1.1). The southern half of the parish is dominated by the St. Catherine Plain, except for the Hellshire hills on the south coast. The central and northern sections of the parish are mountainous with Mount Diablo at an elevation of 686 metres (2,700 ft.) as the northern border. The Rio Cobre basin is the major drainage unit, flowing from the interior to the coast. The topography also includes karstic depressions such as Lluidas Vale. FIGURE 1.1: GOOGLE IMAGE OF ST. CATHERINE ESL Management Solutions Limited 2 Hurricane Sandy Recovery Plan – Volume V November 20, 2013 FIGURE 1.2: TOPOGRAPHY MAP OF ST. CATHERINE (SOURCE: NLA 1:50 000 TOPOGRAPHIC MAP SERIES) The Rio Cobre Watershed Management Unit is the major river drainage network and has a total land area of 63,000ha, occupies most of the parish and a small section of south western St. Mary (Simpson, 2003) (Figure 1.3). The main tributaries of the Rio Cobre are the Rio Pedro, Rio Magno and Rio D’Oro. The lower reaches of the flood plain are subject to periodic flooding due to large flat expanses of land (Simpson, 2003). This watershed has a fair cover of permanent crops and natural forests in sections. Several residential developments within the low-lying areas and adjacent water bodies place settlements at risk from flooding. ESL Management