- King County has made significant progress in recovering from the earthquake, with over 80% of homes and businesses repaired or rebuilt. - New seismic building codes and resilience plans are helping the region better prepare for future disasters. - The earthquake highlighted areas for improvement, including the need for more affordable housing, updated utilities, and coordinated regional response plans. Lessons from the recovery process are now being applied across the Pacific Northwest.

3. Goal: Resilient King County
The capacity to maintain services
and livelihoods after a catastrophic
disaster. In the event that services and
livelihoods are disrupted, recovery
occurs rapidly with minimal social
disruption and results in improved
resilience to future disasters.

4. RKC Objectives
• Identify critical stakeholders
• Identify the needs, resources, and
roles
•Understand best ways to collaborate
• Identify obstacles and opportunities
•Gain feedback from the public

5. RKC Guiding Principles
During recovery, strive to improve…
•Resilience
•Quality of Life
•Community Continuity
• Social Justice & Equity
•Environmental Quality

6. Plan Synchronization
• FEMA National Disaster Recovery
Framework
• Resilient Washington State
•Washington Restoration Framework
• Local recovery plans:
• City of Seattle, Pierce County, Snohomish
County, Regional Catastrophic Planning Group

7. Process Overview

8. Resilient King County Process
1. CEO Summit (September 2013)
2. Workshop #1: Built Environment
(March 2014)
3. Workshop #2: Livelihoods & Well-Being
(April 2014)
4. Workshop #3: Frameworks for Recovery
(June 2014)
5. Virtual Town Hall (July-August 2014)
6. Final Summit (September 2014)

9. CEO Summit

10. CEO Summit Agenda
• Welcome
• Dow Constantine, King County Executive
• RKC Background and Process
• Walt Hubbard, Director, King County Office of Emergency Management
• Panel Discussion
• Maud Daudon, Seattle Chamber of Commerce
• Tomoko Dodo, Consulate General of Japan in Seattle
• Scott Miles, Western Washington University
• Booga Gilbertson, Puget Sound Energy
• John Schelling, Program Manager, WA State EMD
• Closing Remarks

11. CEO Summit Key Themes
• Sense of urgency
• Need for
synchronization
• Understand
interdependencies
• Ability to “come
back better”

12. CEO Summit Key Themes
"Which is most
important for King
County to focus on
to improve the
resilience of your
business or
organization?"

13. CEO Summit Key Themes
"What recovery
objective is most
important for King
County to focus on
to improve the
resilience of your
business or
organization after a
catastrophe has
occurred?"

14. Disaster Scenario

15. Seattle Fault Scenario

16. Summary of Modeled Impacts
• Over $38 billion in structural and content
damage (8% of total value)
• ~5% of general building stock structures
extensively or completely damaged
• 400 schools completely or extensively
damaged
• 14 million tons of debris
• 4,500 to 19,000 injuries, depending on
time of day
• 27,211 displaced households

17. Workshop 1:
Built Environment

18. Workshop 1 Agenda
•Welcome
• Seattle Fault scenario impacts
• Case study
• Brainstorm & rank recovery goals
• Identify opportunities, obstacles, players,
resources & tradeoffs
• Present & discuss breakout outcomes
•Wrap up

19. Transportation Themes
Expand mass transit
Create more bike and pedestrian
infrastructure
Reduce road congestion
Leverage existing transportation
planning efforts (i.e. VISION
2040)
Improve air quality through
thoughtful placement of new
corridors & reduced trips

20. Utilities
• Plan for population growth
• Improve seismic resilience
• Utilize wastewater to generate
energy
• Utilize low impact
development methods
• Separate storm water from
wastewater
• Improve water and air quality

21. Building Stock
• Accommodate population
growth and affordable
housing needs
• Improve building code for
natural hazards
• Increase energy-efficiency
• Promote LEED building
standards
• Recycle building debris

22. Workshop 2:
Livelihoods & Well-Being

23. Workshop 2 Agenda
•Welcome
• Seattle fault scenario impacts
• Case study
• Brainstorm & rank recovery goals
• Identify opportunities, obstacles, players,
resources & tradeoffs
• Present & discuss breakout outcomes
•Wrap up

24. Livelihoods
• Create neighborhood-centric
hubs that include an array of
services
• Increase shared virtual
workplaces
• Leverage micro-lending dollars
for small businesses
• Create regional museum
system to serve as community
gathering places

25. Health & Social Services
• Improve technology for
accessing medical records
• Reduce health disparities
• Offer services through
neighborhood clinics and
telemedicine
• Address equity and social
justice issues with recovery
dollars

26. Natural Resources
• Bolster rural economy through
locally-sourced produce and
lumber
• Repurpose liquefaction-damaged
land for recreation and
conservation
• Build sustainable, low-impact,
decentralized water systems

27. Workshop 3:
Frameworks for
Recovery

28. Workshop 3 Agenda
•Welcome
• Break into groups by jurisdictional level
• Categorize recovery roles
• Group discussion
• Synthesize breakout outcomes
• RSF decision-making and task forces
•Wrap up

29. Role of the County
• Establish “one voice” for recovery in
King County
• Ensure communication with public is
clear, consistent, and uses multiple
methods
• Facilitate collaborative decision
making and coordination

30. Role of the County
•Determine regional recovery strategy
and task forces
• Convene public and private
stakeholders as leads and subject
matter experts
• Act as a broker of additional
resources from State and Federal
partners

31. State and Federal Support
• Provide support and technical assistance
to local jurisdictions
• Acquire and disseminate post-disaster
grant funds
• Leverage private sector resources and
economic development services
• Deploy alternative dispute resolution
experts

32. Virtual Town Hall

34. Public Feedback
25
20
15
10
5
0
Build back
better
Maintain
services and
livelihoods
Recover
rapidly
“Which aspect of
long-term recovery do
you think is most
important for King
County to focus on?”
These are all
important, but
building back better
avoids future tragedy.
- Member of the public

35. Public Feedback
• Engage and connect with the
community on a personal level
• Increase the amount of small solar
and wind power generation stations
•Offer incentives to community
members to be part of restoration

36. Public Feedback
• Invest in reverse osmosis filtration
units to ensure access to clean water
• Provide at-home medical care
• Create smaller neighborhood-centric
schools, then merge as recovery
progresses

37. Next Steps

38. Next Steps
• Engage people and organizations working on
synergistic plans and initiatives
• Propose template for recovery support
function task forces
•Develop long-term recovery plan based
on National Disaster Recovery Framework
and Resilient King County
• Leverage relevant approaches from other
disasters

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89. What news stories do
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after a Seattle Fault
earthquake?