City of RyeCommunity Reconstruction Program

Committee Meeting #2

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

6:00 PM, Rye City Hall

Agenda

• Welcome and Introductions• Continue Community Vision

Exercise• Precedents and Case Studies • Discuss Asset Inventory and Asset

Mapping• Looking Ahead

Welcome and Introductions

Community Vision Exercise

Vision

Vision

• The City of Rye is a thriving historic coastal community of spirited volunteers, excellent schools, and access to natural resources.

Draft Vision

• Our Vision is to preserve and improve our community assets including the small-town feel of the centralized main street, the range of uses along the Long Island Sound shoreline, the beauty of the streets and parks, and the diversity of ages among engaged neighbors in order to ensure that the community remains economically and environmentally resilient and resistant to storms and floods.

Draft Goals

• Preserve historic building, natural wetlands, and public access to the waterfront

• Improve connections for people walking, running, and cycling

• Upgrade utility infrastructure• Identify strategies to manage and mitigate stormwater• Leverage regional opportunities to plan for the Blind

Brook watershed• Create housing opportunities for people of all ages• Ensure that the city remains an attractive and safe place

Precedents and Case Studies

Resiliency Techniques• Conserve, Enhance, and

Restore Natural Protective Features

• Resilient Construction• Structural Defenses• Land Use Planning and

Regulation• Market-Based Methods• Awareness, Information,

and Preparedness• Systemic Resilience

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Asset Inventory and Asset Mapping

InfrastructureNatural/Cultural

Resources

Recovery Support Functions

Economic Development

Housing

Health/SocialServices

Community Planning, Capacity Building

Natural and Cultural Resources

• Playland• Parks - Disbrow• Rye Nature Center• Rye Marina• Clubs – American Yacht Club, Apawamis

Club, Coveleigh Club, Manursing Island Club, Rye Golf Club, Shenorock Shore Club, Westchester Beach Club

• [Insert additional]

Infrastructure

• Bowman Avenue Dam• Metro North Station• Gas/Service Stations • Pump Stations• Blind Brook Sewage Treatment Plant• DPW Garage • [Insert additional]

Health and Social Services

• Schools• Day Care Centers• City Hall• Rye Free Reading Room• Rye Hospital Center and Medical Center• YMCA• Rye Police Station• Locust Avenue and Milton Point Fire Houses• [Insert additional]

Economic

• Central Business District• Avon• Con. Ed.• Courtyard Rye• Mitsubishi Imaging• Rye Printing• Verizon• [Insert additional]

Housing

• Osborn Home• Rye Manor• [Insert additional]

Mapping

• What other assets need to be identified on the map?

• What areas should be looked at collectively?

Looking Ahead

Scheduling

• First Public Engagement Event: July 15 or 16

• Next committee meeting: July 29 (tentative)

• Second Public Engagement Event

(week of August 25th)

Deliverables

Draft Final

Geographic Scope Map June 30 July 15

Public Engagement Strategy July 7 July 15

Vision Statement July 19 August 1

Asset Inventory July 19 August 22

Draft Agenda for Next Meeting

• Review Public Engagement Meeting Results• Finalize Vision Statement• Refine Asset Inventory and Mapping• Discuss Critical Issues• Review Community Overview

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