Greene County Hazard Mitigation and Resilience Plan, 2016 i Contents Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................................... 1 1.0 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 ............................................................................................................................................2 1.2 ..................................................................................................................................3 Purpose of the Plan 2.0 PlanningOrganization Process ................................of the Plan .......................................................................................................... 5 2.1 Committee..........................................................................................................................................6 2.2 ........................................................................................................7 2.3 Planning .......................................................................................... 8 Jurisdictions2.3.1 Represented in the Plan ............................................................................ 8 Jurisdictional2.3.2 and Stakeholder Participation ....................................................11 2.3.3 Initial Planning Committee Meeting in July .........................................................................13 2.3.4 Risk Assessment and Regional................................ Meetings in................................ Fall 2015 .......................................... 13 2.3.5 Planning Committee Meeting in December ........................................... 14 2.4 Presentation................................ of Draft Plan ......................................................................................................... 15 2.5 Summary of Jurisdictional and Stakeholder................................ Participation................................ ............................... 16 2.6 Public Involvement .................................................................................................................................... 16 Review of Existing Data and Documents 3.0 CountyAdoption Profile Resolutions and Capability Assessment ....................................................................................... 18 3.1 ................................................................................................................................................... 18 3.1.1 ............................................................................................................................19 County3.1.2 ProfileEconomy ............................................................................................................................................ 20 3.1.3 Physical Features rs............................................................................................... 21 3.2 ................................................................................................................................... 23 3.2.1 Evacuation Routes and Shelte................................ ......................................................................... 23 Capability3.2.2 Assessment ............................................................. 24 3.3 Floodplain Administrators................................ ............................................................................... 36 Greene County Department/Agency Capabilities 4.0 Risk AssessmentSummary of ................................County Capabilities................................ ......................................................................... 37 4.1 ..................................................................................................................................... 37 4.2 ................................................................................... 40 Hazard4.2.1 IdentificationFlooding ................................ ............................................................................................................. 40 Hazard4.2.2 Profiles and Vulnerability................................ Assessment................................ .................................................................... 55 4.2.3 ..................................................................................................................... 69 4.2.4 SevereEarthquakes Storm................................ ...................................................................................................... 78 4.2.5 SevereLandslides Winter................................ Storm ......................................................................................................... 80 5.0 Mitigation Strategy ................................ .................................................................................................... 84 5.1 ............................................................................................................................................... 84 5.2 Miti .........................................................................................................84 Mitigation5.2.1 All Goals- gationlandslide) Alternatives................................ Considered................................ ........................................................................... 85 5.3 Hazards (floods, severe winter storms,................................ severe storms,................................ earthquake, .............88 Selection and Prioritization of Mitigation Actions Greene County Hazard Mitigation and Resilience Plan, 2016 ii 5.4 ......................................................................90 6.0 ImplementaCounty Mitigationtion and Maintenance Actions Completed ................................ or In Progress................................ ...................................... 93 6.1 Implementation................................................................................................................................................ 93 6.2 .....................................................................................93 6.3 ............................................................................................................................................ 94 Integration6.3.1 Monitoring with Other................................ Planning Mechanisms........................................................................................................ 95 Plan6.3.2 Maintenance Evaluation .......................................................................................................................................... 95 6.3.3 Update................................ ................................................................................................................. 96 6.3.4 .................................................................................................. 96 7.0 References andContinued Resources Public ................................ Involvement ...................................................................................... 98 List of Figures 1- ..................................................................................................1 1- ....................................................................................................................................................1 Figure 1: Location of Greene County in New York 1- ........................................................................2 Figure 2: Catskill Region 2- ...........................................5 Figure 3: Damage from Hurricane Irene in Town of Prattsville 2- ..................................................8 Figure 1: Greene County Hazard Mitigation and Resilience Planning Process 2- .............................................................12 Figure 2: Participating jurisdictions by geographic regions of the County 2- ....................................................12 Figure 3: Regional public meeting in Lexington (August 24, 2015) 2- .............................................................13 Figure 4: Regional public meeting in Coxsackie (September 16, 2015) 2- ........................................................13 Figure 5: Regional public meeting in Cairo (September 17, 2015) 2- ings.............................................16 Figure 6: Planning Committee meeting in Cairo (December 4, 2015) 3- ................................................................................................................... 20 Figure 7: Flyer to encourage public participation at the regional meet 3- .................................................................................................................... 25 Figure 1: Greene County Land Use Map 3- Figure 2: Emergency Services Building ................................................................................................................................ 27 Figure 3: Emergency Services Department Organization Chart (Courtesy of Greene County 3- ...........................................................................................33 Emergency Services) - - - ...........................................................41 Figure 4: Highway Department Organization Chart - .......................................................................................