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The NYRCR Program is supported by NYS Homes and Community Renewal, NYS Department of State, and NYS Department of Transportation. Assistance was provided by the following consulting firms (NYRCR Consultant Team): Jacobs Cameron Engineering & Associates, LLP NYRCR Mastic Beach and Smith Point of Shirley Planning Committee Committee Role Name Co-Chair Kerri Rosalia Co-Chair* Jim Wisdom Member* William Biondi Member* Nicholas Busa Member Frank Cappiello Member* Gail Cappiello Member Paul Casciano Member* Alan Chasinov Member* William Doyle Member* Frank Fugarino Member Tom Gross Member* Ed Hennessey Member Mike Kobasiuk Member Lenny Levy Member* Bob Marrow Member Evan Proios Member Chris Ricciardi Member John Siebert Member* Josh Slaughter Member* Maura Spery Member Mike Trotta Member Beth Wahl * Non‐voting member Page|i Mastic Beach and Smith Point of Shirley ‐ NY Rising Community Reconstruction Plan Lee, and Superstorm Sandy. Drawing on lessons learned from past Foreword recovery efforts, the NYRCR Program is a unique combination of bottom‐up community participation and State‐provided technical Introduction expertise. This powerful combination recognizes not only that In the span of approximately one year, beginning in August 2011, the community members are best positioned to assess the needs and State of New York experienced three extreme weather events. opportunities of the places where they live and work, but also that Hurricane Irene, Tropical Storm Lee, and Superstorm Sandy wreaked decisions are best made when they are grounded in rigorous analysis havoc on the lives of New Yorkers and their communities. These and informed by the latest innovative solutions. tragic disasters signaled that New Yorkers are living in a new reality One hundred and two storm‐affected localities across the State were defined by rising sea levels and extreme weather events that will originally designated to participate in the NYRCR Program. The State occur with increased frequency and power. They also signaled that has allocated each locality between $3 million and $25 million to we need to rebuild our communities in a way that will mitigate implement eligible projects identified in the NYRCR Plan. The funding against future risks and build increased resilience. for these projects is provided through the U.S. Department of To meet these pressing needs, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo led the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development 1 charge to develop an innovative, community‐driven planning Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG‐DR) program. program on a scale unprecedented and with resources unparalleled. The NY Rising Community Reconstruction (NYRCR) Program empowers the State’s most impacted communities with the technical expertise needed to develop thorough and implementable reconstruction plans to build physically, socially, and economically resilient and sustainable communities. Program Overview The NYRCR Program, announced by Governor Cuomo in April of 2013, is a more than $650 million planning and implementation process established to provide rebuilding and resiliency assistance to 1 Five of the 102 localities in the program—Niagara, Herkimer, Oneida, communities severely damaged by Hurricane Irene, Tropical Storm Madison, and Montgomery Counties—are not funded through the CDBG‐DR program. Foreword Page|ii Mastic Beach and Smith Point of Shirley ‐ NY Rising Community Reconstruction Plan Forty‐five NYRCR Communities, each comprising one or more of the More than 400 Planning Committee Meetings have been held, during 102 localities, were created and led by a NYRCR Planning Committee which Planning Committee members worked with the State’s NYRCR composed of local residents, business owners, and civic leaders. Program team to develop community reconstruction plans and Members of the Planning Committees were identified in consultation identify opportunities to make their communities more resilient. All with established local leaders, community organizations, and in some meetings were open to the public. An additional 125‐plus Public cases municipalities. The NYRCR Program sets a new standard for Engagement Events attracted thousands of community members, community participation in recovery and resiliency planning, with who provided feedback on the NYRCR planning process and community members leading the planning process. Across the State, proposals. The NYRCR Program’s outreach has included communities more than 500 New Yorkers represent their communities by serving that are traditionally underrepresented, such as immigrant on Planning Committees. populations and students. All planning materials are posted on the NYRCR Program’s website (www.stormrecovery.ny.gov/nyrcr), providing several ways for community members and the public to submit feedback on materials in progress. Throughout the planning process, Planning Committees were supported by staff from the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery (GOSR), planners from New York State (NYS) Department of State (DOS) and NYS Department of Transportation (DOT), and consultants from world‐class planning firms that specialize in engineering, flood mitigation solutions, green infrastructure, and more. With the January 2014 announcement of the NYRCR Program’s expansion to include 22 new localities, the program comprises over 2.7 million New Yorkers and covers nearly 6,500 square miles, which is equivalent to 14% of the overall State population and 12% of the State’s overall geography. The NYRCR Program does not end with this NYRCR Plan. Governor Note: map includes those NYRCR Communities funded through the CDBG‐ Cuomo has allocated over $650 million of funding to the program for DR program, including the NYRCR Communities announced in January 2014 implementing projects identified in the NYRCR Plans. NYRCR Foreword Page|iii Mastic Beach and Smith Point of Shirley ‐ NY Rising Community Reconstruction Plan Communities are also eligible for additional funds through the The NYRCR Plan program’s NY Rising to the Top Competition, which evaluates NYRCR This NYRCR Plan is an important step toward rebuilding a more Communities across eight categories, including best use of resilient community. Each NYRCR Planning Committee began the technology in the planning process, best approach to resilient planning process by defining the scope of its planning area, assessing economic growth, and best use of green infrastructure to bolster storm damage, and identifying critical issues. Next, the Planning resilience. The winning NYRCR Community in each category will be Committee inventoried critical assets in the community and assessed allocated an additional $3 million of implementation funding. The the assets’ exposure to risk. On the basis of this work, the Planning NYRCR Program is also working with both private and public Committee described recovery and resiliency needs and identified institutions to identify existing funding sources and create new opportunities. The Planning Committee then developed a series of funding opportunities where none existed before. comprehensive reconstruction and resiliency strategies, and The NYRCR Program has successfully coordinated with State and identified projects and implementation actions to help fulfill those Federal agencies to help guide the development of feasible projects. strategies. The program has leveraged the Regional Economic Development The projects and actions set forth in this NYRCR Plan are divided into Council’s State Agency Review Teams (SARTs), comprised of three categories. The order in which the projects and actions are representatives from dozens of State agencies and authorities, for listed in this NYRCR Plan does not necessarily indicate the NYRCR feedback on projects proposed by NYRCR Communities. The