Click on the links below for presentations and other materials from past events.
"Crosswalking Water Resources for Climate Smart Communities" Local Government Training Workshops | Register
November 2-16, 2023
"Understanding and Managing Floodplains for Healthy Watersheds and Resilient Communities" Local Government Training Workshops
November 2-9, 2022
To reach communities in New York’s Great Lakes Basin, New York Sea Grant and its planning team partners held the same workshop at three venues.
"How Can I Prepare My Community for Coastal Hazards?" Webinar
June 17, 2021
Virtual
1:00 – 3:30 pm
Our region is seeing more extreme weather events, such as seiche, intense rain, and highly fluctuating water levels in the Great Lakes. Learn more about coastal threats and tools to improve community resilience!
- Agenda and Biographies | PDF
- Slides | PDF
- Resources | PDF
Green Infrastructure Retrofit Manual Training Workshop
June 5, 2018
Rochester Museum & Science Center - Eleanor Eisenhart Morris Ballroom & Palm Court
657 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14607
8:30 am-12:30 pm (8-8:30am check-in & continental breakfast)
This interactive half-day workshop will showcase the different sections of the newly developed City of Rochester/Monroe County Green Infrastructure Retrofit Manual, with an emphasis on the localized content. Attendees will learn how to apply the manual contents to their work. This training event will close with a tour of Green Infrastructure practices on the Rochester Museum & Science Center campus.
Local Government Training Workshops
May 23-24, 2018
These workshops will help communities plan for an uncertain future.
Attendees will gain an understanding of potential extreme weather
impacts, and other threats, in their region, and learn the tools
necessary to help them identify risks as well as manage and plan for
impacts.
Code Enforcement Officer Training
January 24, 2018
- Agenda: Rebuilding After the 2017 Lake Ontario Flood - A Primer for Code Enforcement Officers
- Presentations:
State of the Shoreline: 2017 Lake Ontario High Water Level Impact Survey - A Sample of Results
Mary Austerman, Coastal Community Development Specialist, NYSG
State of the Shoreline: Photo Essay - 2017 Lake Level photos and their FIRM maps
Mary Binder, CFM, Environmental Program Specialist, NYSDEC
Tim Walsh, PE, Professional Engineer 2 (Environmental), NYSDEC
Introduction to the National Flood Insurance Program
David Sherman, Environmental Program Specialist, Floodplain Management, Bureau of Flood Protection and Dam Safety, NYSDEC
Post-Disaster Floodplain Administrator Response
David Sherman, Environmental Program Specialist, Floodplain Management, Bureau of Flood Protection and Dam Safety, NYSDEC
FEMA Elevation Certificates
Janet Thigpen, CFM, Flood Mitigation Specialist Southern Tier Central Regional Planning & Development Board
Related materials:
- Elevation Certificate and Instructions (18 pp.; 2015 edition)
- Floodplain Management Bulletin: Elevation Certificate (21 pp.; May 2004)
- Fact Sheet: Elevation Certificates - Who Needs Them and Why (2 pp.; April 2015)
- Elevation Certificates: Checklist (3 pp.; 2017 CRS Coordinator's Manual)
- Elevation Certificate: Checklist - Form (4 pp.; 2015)
Local Government Training
November 17, 2017 (Batavia, NY)
- Agenda: Environmental Finance Center & NY Sea Grant Resiliency Track
at Genesee/Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council’s Local Government
- Presentations:
Setting the Stage to Talk Resiliency
Khristopher Dodson, Syracuse University Environmental Finance Center
Mary Austerman, New York Sea Grant
Severe Weather and Climate Change Impacts
Judy Levan, National Weather Service
- Scenario Building Exercise:
New York Sea Grant and the Environmental Finance Center at Syracuse University facilitated a scenario building exercise at the Genesee/Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council’s annual fall local government training. Small groups (with grids and sticky notes) used community assets, e.g., built environment, transportation, utilities/ communications, natural environment, social environment, and economy, to identify how their communities might look under five scenarios: ice storm, blizzard, flash flood, wind storm, and loss of major employer.
Analysis from that session is below. NYSG and EFC are available to groups interested in utilizing scenario building exercises to assess resiliency options for their communities.
Assessing Future Vulnerabilities: analysis from the scenario building exercise
Khristopher Dodson, Syracuse University Environmental Finance Center
Mary Austerman, New York Sea Grant
Mold Remediation Workshop
September 16, 2017 (Sodus Point, NY)
- Presentation: Reentering a Flooded Home and Mold Mitigation
Dr. Joseph Laquatra (retired), Department of Design and Environmental Analysis, Cornell University
This presentation covers the basics about mold, how it affects your environment, and how to safely get rid of it.
- Video: As a result of persistent (in some cases months long) some residents were experiencing issues with mold and reached out to Wayne County Cooperative Extension and New York Sea Grant. As a result, a Mold Remediation workshop was held in Sodus Point, NY in September 2017.
In an effort to provide the information from the workshop to other communities, NYSG funded to record and edit a video of the workshop.
Part 1 includes the presentation portion of the workshop, with the Q&A session that followed appearing in Part 2.
Local Government Training Workshop
May 3, 2017 (Cheektowaga, NY)
- Agenda: Preparing the Lake Erie/Niagara River Region for Extreme Weather Events through Land-Use Planning
- Presentations:
Eastern Lake Erie Severe Weather and Climate Change Impacts
Jeff Wood, Senior Forecaster, National Weather Service
DEC Climate Smart Resiliency Planning Tool
Dazzle Ekblad, Climate Policy Analyst, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
The Office of Planning & Development’s Gateway: A Tool for Local Government Planning
Jeff Herter, NY Department of State
Flood Resiliency and the Town of Greece’s Community Rating System Program
John Gauthier P.E., Associate Engineer, Town of Greece
Great Lakes Community Resiliency Index (CRI)
Mary Austerman, Coastal Community Specialist, New York Sea Grant
Selecting Resilience Strategies That Work for Your Community
Carolyn LaBarbiera, Coastal Resources Specialist, NY Department of State
Grant Applications: Preparing for Success
Sharon Lilla, Senior Planner, Barton & Loguidice, D.P.C.
Community Resiliency Goals: Planning, Financing & Funding
Khristopher Dodson, Associate Director at the Syracuse University Environmental Finance Center
DEC Climate Smart Communities Grant Program
Dazzle Ekblad, Climate Policy Analyst, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
