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Community Forum #4Sustainability and Resiliency

May 29, 2019

Prepared by Harriman, Tighe & Bond, and RKG AssociatesMay 29, 2019 1

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Agenda

Introductions and Process to Date Sustainability and Resiliency Breakout Session 1: Chronic Stresses

Infrastructure Breakout Session 2: Flooding

Leadership Breakout Session 3: Stewardship Breakout Session 4: Prioritization

Next Steps


Consultant Team

Harriman Emily Innes Jess Wilson Raisa Saniat

Tighe & Bond RKG Associates

Harriman Tighe & Bond RKG Associates

Master Plan Update and OSRP Process

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• Community Forums:• February 27• March 27• April 24• May 29

Community ForumsStart up Pulling it All Together

• Final OSRP (June)• Draft components of plan

(Summer)

• Implementation Plan and Discussion

• Draft and final plan

Implementation Plan and Approval

January 2019 February – May 2019 June – September 2019 September – January 2020


Update to 2010 Master Plan

Consistent with Chapter 81D Vision and Goals

Implementation Plan

Land Use Open Space and Recreation Natural, Cultural, and Historic

Resources Housing

Economic Development Circulation Municipal Services and

Facilities

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Looking at Themes that Connect 81D Elements

February 27: Balance of Preservation and Development

March 27: Neighborhoods for all Ages

April 24: People, Prosperity, Housing, and Connections

Today: Sustainability and Resiliency

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Community Forum #3

April 24, South Hadley Library People, Prosperity, Housing

and Connections


Community Forum #3

Participants built a vision for South Hadley based on three iterative breakout sessions Prosperity Housing Connections


Community Forum #3

Forum 1 identified preferred areas for preservation and development Forum 2 identified goods, services,

recreation that were missing from neighborhoods Forum 3 built on these by identifying

specific business and housing types, preferred locations, and how best to connect the two


Community Forum #3




Sustainability andResiliency


Sustainability

Sustainability is most often defined as meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs. It has three main pillars: economic, environmental, and social. These three pillars are informally referred to as people, planet and profits. Investopedia

Sustainable development is a way for people to use resources without the resources running out. ... The term used by the Brundtland Commission defined it as development with sustainability that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.“ Wikipedia

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Sustainability for South Hadley

Can you/your community continue doing what you do now in the future?

What prevents you from continuing as you are?

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Climate Change and Resiliency

Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program A component of MA Executive Order 569

(2016) Grant funding for technical support to Complete vulnerability assessments Develop action-oriented resiliency plans

https://www.mass.gov/municipal-vulnerability-preparedness-mvp-program

MA Climate Clearinghouse: http://resilientma.org/

https://www.mass.gov/municipal-vulnerability-preparedness-mvp-program

http://resilientma.org/


100 Resilient Cities

Created by the Rockefeller Foundation

URBAN RESILIENCEThe capacity of individuals, communities, institutions, businesses, and systems within a city to survive, adapt, and grow no matter what kinds of chronic stresses and acute shocks they experience

http://www.100resilientcities.org

http://www.100resilientcities.org/



CHRONIC STRESSESSlow moving disasters that weaken the fabric of a city High unemployment Overtaxed or inefficient public transportation

system Endemic violence Chronic food and water shortages





ACUTE SHOCKSSudden sharp shocks that threaten a city Earthquakes Floods Disease outbreaks Terrorist attacks





RESILIENCE DIVIDENDNet social, economic, and physical benefits achieved when designing initiative and projects in a forward looking, risk aware, inclusive and integrated way





CITY RESILIENCE FRAMEWORK Health and Well-being Economy and Society Infrastructure and Environment Leadership and Strategy




Chronic Stresses for South Hadley

What are the chronic stresses for South Hadley? Sample stresses: Lack of growth Maintenance backlog on Town infrastructure

and assets Lack of businesses to meet local needs Lack of housing options to meet local needs

What would you consider to be stresses?


Definitions: Breakout


Definitions: Breakout

GoalDiscuss the definitions of sustainability and resiliency. Define the chronic stresses in South Hadley.

Brainstorm stresses and vote on your top five.

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Survey

After you have collectively identified your top five stresses, please complete the survey individually.

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Infrastructure: Breakout


Infrastructure: Breakout

GoalIdentify neighborhoods in which flooding is happening now. Flooding can be an acute shock and is likely to have a greater impact as a result of increased precipitation events due to climate change.

Draw the boundary of areas that you know flood regularly on the maps provided.

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Resilience in South Hadley


South Hadley’s Resilience Framework

Health and Well-being Neighborhoods for All Ages (March 27)

Economy and Society People, Prosperity, Housing and Connections

(April 24)

Infrastructure and Environment Balance of Preservation and Development

(February 27)

Leadership and Strategy Today!


Leadership


Stewardship

Who is doing what in the Town? Membership in Social organizations Involvement with Town government Participation in events Support of nonprofits

How connected is the community? Who can supplement/support municipal

response in an emergency?


Stewardship

Appropriations Committee

Bike-Walk Committee Board of Assessors Board of Health Bylaw Review

Committee Canal Park Committee Capital Planning

Committee Conservation

Commission Council on Aging Cultural Council

Golf Commission GRO South Hadley Historical Commission Historic District Study

Committee Library Trustees Master Plan

Implementation Committee

Memorial Day Planning Committee

Planning Board Recreation Commission Redevelopment

Authority

Select board School Committee Solid Waste Advisory

Committee Sustainability & Energy

Commission Town Meeting Tree Committee Trustees of the Old

Firehouse Museum Zoning Board of

Appeals

Town Boards and Committees


Stewardship

Accounting Administration Ambulance Animal Control Assessors Cable Studio (SHCTV15) Clerk Collector / Treasurer Conservation Commission Council on Aging Emergency Management Housing Authority Human Resources Information Technology

Inspection Services Ledges Golf Club Planning Department Police Department Public Health Public Library Public Works Recreation Department School Department Select board Tree Warden Veterans’ Services

Town Departments


Stewardship

Fire Department District #1 Fire Department District #2 Water Department District #1 Water Department District #2

District Departments


Stewardship

Chamber of Commerce Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition Friends of Buttery Brook Friends of South Hadley Dog Park GRO South Hadley Memorial Day Planning Committee Neighbors Helping Neighbors Food Pantry South Hadley Falls Neighborhood Association South Hadley Farmer’s Market ValleyBike Share

Community Resources


Leadership

37th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment Inc. (3 Taylor St.) – Educational organization (historical societies, related historical activities)A symphony of Saints (80 Lamb St.) – Charitable organization; educational organization (fund raising and/or fund distribution)Adams Foundation (349 Pearl St.) – Charitable organization (private grantmaking foundations)All Our Kids Inc. (3 Leblanc Dr.) – Charitable organization (foster care)Alumnae Association of Mount Holyoke College Inc. (50 College St. / 135 Woodbridge St. / 23 Worthington Dr. – Educational organizations/alumni associationsAmerican Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (14 Meadowood Dr.) – labor organizationAmerican Sewing Guild Inc. (17 Parkview Dr.) –charitable organization (arts, cultural organizations – multipurpose)Amherst Japanese Language School Inc. (PO Box 353) – Educational organization (education N.E.C.)Amherst Project Inc. (47 McKinley Ave.) – religious organizationAudio Recording Museum of Science Inc. (248A Old Lyman Rd.) – Charitable organization (museum, museum activities)Bam Bams House (69 Bardwell St.) – Charitable organization (animal protection and welfare)Berkshire Hills Music Academy Inc. (48 Woodbridge St.) – Charitable organization (specialized education institutions)Blue Knights Motorcycle Club (PO Box 735) –Domestic fraternal societies and associationsBody Mind Centering Association Inc. (PO Box 710) –Charitable organizationBrendahs Hope Inc. (24 Virginia Dr.) – Charitable organization (international relief)Center Nursery School Inc (PO Box 659) – Charitable organization (kindergarten, preschool, nursery school, early admissions)Center Redevelopment Corporation (17 College St.) – Charitable organization (nonprofit management)Circle K International (Student Activities MHC) – Civic league (youth community service clubs)Committee to Preserve St. Mary of the Assumption Church Inc. (PO Box 668) – Charitable organization (nonmonetary support N.E.C.)Communication of Workers of America (28 Gaylord St.) – Agricultural organizationCountry Dance and Song Society Inc. (15 College View HTS) – Charitable organizationCrafting Change Inc. (102 College St.) – Charitable organization (employment, job-related N.E.C.)Daniel A Larson Foundation Inc. (28 Mary Lyon Dr.)

Delta Phi Alpha National German Honorary German Fraternity (50 College St.) – Educational organizationEducation Ferret Association (43 Main St.) –Organization to prevent cruelty to animals (animal protection and welfare)Eldercare Initiatives Inc. (93 Canal St.) – Charitable organization (senior citizens’ housing/retirement communities)Evergreen Cemetery Association (PO Box 451) –Cemetery CompanyFirst Congregational Church of South Hadley (1 Church St.) – Religious organizationFor the Health of it in Western Ma (17 Spring MDWS) – Charitable organization; Educational Organization (Educational Services and Schools – Other)Forest Moon Inc. (PO Box 487) - Charitable organization; Educational Organization (Services to promote the independence of specific populations)Frederick S Thompson College Scholarship (200 Old Lyman Rd.) – Charitable organization (private independent foundations)Friends of Buttery Brook Park Inc. (24 Dale St.) –Charitable organization (community, neighborhood development, improvement (general))Friends of Pioneer Valley (15 Mulligan Dr.) –Charitable organizationFriends of the Holyoke Range Inc. (PO Box 728) -Charitable organizationFriends of the Hadley Elderly Inc. (45 Dayton St.) -Charitable organizationFriends of the Soothe Hadley Public Library System (2 Canal St.) - Charitable organizationFriends of Western Massachusetts Hospital Inc. (41 W Summit St. BLDG 5 APT 38) – Civic leagueGaylord Memorial Library Association (47 College St.) – Charitable organizationHampshire Christian Academy (36 Hadley St.) –Charitable organization (Education N.E.C.)Healthy Community South Hadley Inc. (PO Box 887) – Social welfare organization (human service organizations – multipurpose)Heartwood Academy and Center Inc. (9 College St. STE 6) – Charitable organization; educational organization (specialized education institutions)Institute for the Study of Religion in the Middle East Inc. (1 Jewett Ln.) – Religious organization; educational organization (research institutes and/or public policy analysis)International Association of Fire Fighters (144 Newton St.) – Labor organizationInternational Association of Lions Clubs (PO Box 81) – Social welfare organizationJonathan Edwards Academy Inc. (1 Jewett Ln.) –Educational organization (elementary, secondary

education, K-12)Joshua Generation Fellowship (616 Amherst Rd.) –Religious organization (protestant)Knights of Columbus (110 Main St.) – Fraternal beneficiary society, order or associationKorea in Amherst (5 Ferry St.) – Educational organization (specialized education institutions)Leprechaun Plunge Inc. (PO Box 845) – Charitable organization (fund raising and/or fund distribution)Literacy Coalition of Western Massachusetts Inc. (Bardwell St.) – Charitable organizationLoomis House Inc. (246 N Main St.) – Educational organizationLoomis Housing Corporation (246 N Main St.) –Charitable organization (senior continuing care communities)Loomis Senior Living Inc. (246 N Main St.) –Charitable organization (nonprofit management)Luke Stronger (8 Spring MDWS) – Charitable organization (health, general and financing)Massachusetts Tree Wardens and Foresters Association Inc. (PO Box 326) – Agricultural Organization (professional societies, associations)Master Wardens and Members of the Grand Lodge of Masons in Mass (15 N Main St.) – Domestic fraternal societies and associationsMichael E Smith Endowment for Excellence in Education Inc. (25 Brainerd St.) – Charitable organization (fund raising and/or fund distribution)Military Order of the Cooties of the United States (18 Canal St.) – Civic LeagueMilitary Order of the Purple Heart of the USA (174 Brainerd St.) – Post or Organization of War VeteransMosier School PTO (101 Mosier St.) – Educational organization (fund raising and/or fund distribution)Mother of Peace and Graces Pilgrimages Inc. (30 Carlton St.) – religious organization (roman catholic)Mount Holyoke Masonic Association (15 N Main St.) – Title-holding corporationMusic Arts South Hadley (93 Woodbridge St.) –Charitable organization (services to promote the independence of specific populations)Music Parents Club of So Hadley Mass (242 N Main St.) – educational organizationMusicorda Inc. (PO Box 557) – Educational Organization (performing arts schools)National Association of Government Employees (41 Bridge St.) – Labor OrganizationNational Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (161 N Main St.) – Charitable OrganizationNECHOS Inc. (PO Box 598) – Scientific Organization (professional societies, associations)Neighbors Helping Neighbors (30 Carew St.) –

Charitable organization (food banks, food pantries)Omicron Delta Epsilon International Honor Society in Economics Inc. (Department of Economics) –Educational OrganizationOne Ohana Inc. (470 Newton St.) – Charitable organization (arts, culture, and humanities N.E.C.)Order of Quetzalcoatl Plumed Serpent (58 Mountain View St.) – Domestic fraternal societies and associatesOur Saviors Lutheran Church (319 Granby Rd.) –Religious OrganizationPsi Chi the National Honor Society in Psychology (50 College St.) – Educational organizationPTA Massachusetts Parent-Teacher Association Inc. (101 Mosier St. / 267 Granby Rd.) - Educational organizationReenergizer (20 Jewett Ln.) – Charitable organization (energy resources conservation and development)Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield a Corp Sole For (9 E Parkview Dr.) – Charitable organization, religious organizationSecond Baptist Church (589 Granby Rd.) – Religious organizationSociety for the Study of Muslim Ethics (PO Box 64) –Educational organization (human services –multipurpose and other N.E.C.)South Hadley AHPC (7 Gaylord St.) – Charitable organization (public foundations)South Hadley and Granby Chamber of Commerce (2 Lyman St.) – Chamber of commerce (promotion of business)South Hadley Education Association (43 Brigham Rd.) – Labor organizationSouth Hadley Education Association (PO Box 774) –Labor organizationSouth Hadley Family Center Inc. (7 Woodbridge St.) – Charitable organization (human service organizations – multipurpose)South Hadley Historical Inc. (25 Brainerd St.) –Educational organization (history museums)South Hadley Music Parents Association Inc. (PO Box 63) – Charitable organization (single organization support)South Hadley Swimming Club Inc. (PO Box 295) –Pleasure, recreational, or social clubSouth Hadley Swords Swim Team (18 Chileab Rd.) –Charitable organization; educational organization (swimming, water recreation)South Hadley youth Center Inc. (100 Morgan St.) –Charitable organization (youth centers, clubs, multipurpose)Spiritual Assembly of the Bahais of South Hadley (63 Shadow Brook EST) – Religious organizationSt. Patrick’s Parish (30 Main St.) – Charitable

organization, religious organizationStadium Renovation Initiative Inc. (153 Newton St.) –Charitable organization (sports training facilities, agencies)Stonybrook Children’s Center Inc. (27 Morgan St.) –Educational organization (child day care)Summitview Church of Christ (23 Hollywood St.) –Religious organization (Christian)The Booster Association of South Hadley (PO Box 642) – Social welfare organizationThe Morning Star Church (11 N Main St.) – Religious OrganizationThe Proprietors of the South Hadley Falls Cemetery (202 Lathrop St.) – Burial association (cemeteries, burial services)The South Hadley Community Chorus Inc. (12 Roundelay Rd.) – Charitable organization (theater)Toastmasters International (5 Dove HL) –Educational organizationTrustees of Mount Holyoke College (50 College St.) –Education organization (undergraduate college (4-year))United States Power Squadrons (17 Shadow Brooks EST) – Educational organizationUnited Transportation Union (61 Amherst Rd.) –Labor OrganizationUniversity of Massachusetts (99 Pearl St.) –Organization to prevent cruelty to children (youth development – agricultural)Valley Church Inc. (PO Box 5285) – Religious organization (Christian)Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Massachusetts (174 Brainerd St.) – Post or organization of war veteransVisiontech Group Inc. (248 Old Lyman Rd.) –educational organization (remedial reading, reading encouragement)Western Mass Yacht Club (24 Alvord St.) – Pleasure, recreational, or social clubWestern Massachusetts Climbers Coalition (25 Parkview Dr.) – Charitable organization (environmental quality, protection, and beautification N.E.C.)Willits Hallowell Center Inc. (50 College St.) –Educational organizationWright Charities Corp (246 N. Main St.) – Charitable organization

Organizations

https://www.taxexemptworld.com/organizations/south-hadley-ma-massachusetts.asp*Excluding 4947(a)(2) –Charitable Trust (Form 990 Filer) Classification

https://www.taxexemptworld.com/organizations/south-hadley-ma-massachusetts.asp

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Stewardship: Breakout


Leadership: Breakout

GoalDiscover who does what in the Town!

Take your Bingo card and introduce yourself to others in the room. See if you can match people to the roles on the card.

The roles match our four areas of resiliency. First one to get to Bingo gets a prize to use in the last

breakout session!

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Strategy


Strategy

How can a Town address resiliency? Daily operations (sustainability) Emergency situations (resiliency)

Resource needs Time (staff, volunteers) Money!

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Strategy

Municipal budgets are always under stress Expenses: “Budget Busters” that increase more

rapidly than income Unfunded mandates (state and federal) Contractual costs Retirement pension costs Health insurance

Revenues: Proposition 2 ½ acts as a limitation on revenue growth

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https://www.southhadley.org/679/Budget-Town-Meeting-Documents

https://www.southhadley.org/679/Budget-Town-Meeting-Documents


Strategy

How do Towns react? Cut costs Impact on needed services Non-discretionary expenses

Contractual obligations Federal/state mandates

Increase revenues If Proposition 2 ½ limits then how do communities

expand?

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Strategy

Not-so-Simple-Math of Proposition 2 ½ Last year’s tax levy $10,000,000 2.5% Increase $ 250,000 This year’s tax levy $10,250,000

But…

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Strategy


But… NEW GROWTH Last year’s tax levy $10,000,000 2.5% Increase $ 250,000 New Growth $ 500,000 This year’s tax levy $10,750,000

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Strategy


But… NEW GROWTH Last year’s tax levy $10,750,000 2.5% Increase $ 268,750 New Growth $ 500,000 This year’s tax levy $11,518,750

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$12,

500


Strategy

What is New Growth? Must be taxed for the first time New articles of personal property Previously exempt property Taxed as a separate parcel for the first time

Subdivisions Condo conversions

Increased in assessed valuation due to construction activity

NOT: Market adjustments; increase in value from maintenancehttps://www.mass.gov/service-details/new-growth

https://www.mass.gov/service-details/new-growth


Strategy

New growth can come from: Rehabilitation of existing structures Condo conversions of multifamily homes or apartments New subdivisions Accessory dwelling units New commercial buildings New commercial personal property

A significant commercial base can support a split tax rate which reduces the pressure on residential tax rates.


Strategy

Where can new growth happen?

Strategy based on visioning sessions this spring

Providing South Hadley with appropriate actions and controls

Developing implementation plan over summer with help of MPC

Presenting that draft plan to the community in the fall

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Strategies: Breakout


Strategies: Breakout

GoalIdentify priorities for sustainability and resiliency.

Spend your $5,000! Review top five chronic stressors from the first exercise. How would you address them? Which are most important? Write your strategy/reason on the back of each $1,000 bill before taping it to the appropriate board.

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Report Back


Vision: Report Back

Identify the top 5 priorities by the amounts spent!

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Next Steps


Next Steps

Tell your friends and neighbors!

Upcoming Meetings in a Box June 8 at 10 am

South Hadley Public Library

June 11 at 2 pmNewton Manor

June 13 at 2:30 pmLoomis Village


Next Steps

Summer work Pull together results from all forums and

“Meetings-in-a-Box” Supplement results with relevant research Place information into the format of the draft plan Work with MPC to develop goals and strategies

from results to date Work with MPC to discuss implementation actions

and plan Next Community Forum: October!

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