HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 12-2 - Information Item - Completion of the Triangle Regional Resilience Assessment
P.O. Box 8181 * 131 West Margaret Lane, 3rd Floor * Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278
Telephone: 919 245-2625
November 13, 2018
To: Board of Orange County Commissioners
CC: Bonnie Hammersley, Orange County Manager
From: Brennan Bouma, Sustainability Coordinator, Asset Management Services
Kirby Saunders, Emergency Management Coordinator, Emergency Services
RE: Announcing the completion of the Triangle Regional Resilience Assessment
BACKGROUND
In July of 2017, Orange County joined the Triangle Regional Resilience Partnership (TRRP) and staff began
working with partners from the Town of Chapel Hill, Durham County, City of Durham, Town of Cary, and the City
of Raleigh to identify the assets and threats we all share in common. The results of this assessment will point to
areas where the cities, towns and counties in our region can take action to become more resilient in the face of
environmental, social and economic disruption.
Each TRRP member jurisdiction had a team of staff working together on this multi-step process. Our Orange
County team included:
• Lindsay Shewmaker (Social Services)
• Ashley Moncado (Planning)
• Kirby Saunders (Emergency Services)
• Janice Tyler (Aging)
• Brennan Bouma (Sustainability/AMS)
SUMMARY
Our work is summarized in the Triangle Regional Resilience Assessment which is available on the Orange County
Sustainability webpage: http://www.co.orange.nc.us/477/Sustainability. This assessment is a high-level look at
important regional assets, the threats to those assets, and possible tactics to build regional resilience. The
process has built a relationship foundation and a bank of technical information that will allow the TRRP to
continue working on these issues regionally. This assessment is also structured to assist local governments in
creating their own more specific community-level strategies to increase resilience.
As an initial step, staff plans to use this assessment to inform the upcoming 2019 update to the Eno-Haw Hazard
mitigation plan.
Thank you. Please contact us with any feedback or questions.
Brennan Bouma, Sustainability Program/AMS, 919-245-2626
Kirby Saunders, Emergency Services, 919-245-6135