You’re Invited to theDraft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)

Public Hearing M E A D O W L A N D SREBUILD BY DESIGN

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the meeting attendees that implementing all three concepts would have cost $850 million; however, HUD only awarded $150 million for the Phase 1 Pilot Area (i.e., the Project Area). As such, adjustments had to be made to provide a solution that met the available funding.

Garrett Avery, AECOM’s RBDM Project Manager, provided an overview of the ProposedProject’s Purpose and Need. The Purpose of the Proposed Project is to: (1) reduce flood risk; (2)increase the resiliency of the communities and ecosystems; and (3) reduce impacts to criticalinfrastructure, residences, businesses, and ecological resources from flooding. The ProposedProject is needed to: (1) address systematic inland flooding and coastal flooding from stormsurges; (2) increase community resiliency; (3) reduce flood insurance rates and claims fromfuture events; (4) enhance water quality and protect ecological resources; (5) protect life, publichealth, and property; and (6) incorporate the flood hazard risk reduction strategy with civic,cultural, and recreational values.

Mr. Avery continued that the goals of the Proposed Project are threefold: (1) create the bestpossible project with the available funding; (2) meet the Proposed Project mandate by providingflood reduction and co-benefits, such as reducing sediment and improving water quality; and (3)construct a project that provides storm protection and allows for a quicker recovery. However,the Proposed Project’s goals are constrained by the need: (1) to construct a Proposed Projectthat functions with independent utility without relying on future projects; (2) to use availablefunds without relying on future funding; and (3) to meet the congressionally mandatedProposed Project implementation date of September 2022. Mr. Avery stated that, as a designteam, the most challenging aspects have been to create a project: with independent utility,using only available funding, and having a positive benefit-cost ratio (the project must have abenefit-cost ratio greater than 1 [i.e., more benefit than money spent]).

Mr. Avery explained that the Proposed Project challenges include filled historical wetlands,failing berms, low elevation, under-performing infrastructure, and inadequate drainage systems.With this in mind, the Project Team came up with three alternatives. Alternative 1 addressesstorm surge flooding, Alternative 2 addresses frequent rainfall flooding, and Alternative 3addresses both storm surge flooding and frequent rainfall flooding.

Mr. Avery concluded that the past three years have been busy, and that 2018 will be very busy.He stated that the next Action Plan Amendment (APA) will be released tomorrow (January 12,2018) for HUD to issue funding. The APA hearing is scheduled for January 31, 2018. In the springof 2018, the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) will be published and a publicmeeting on the DEIS will be held.

Lulu Loquidis, AECOM’s RBDM Landscape Designer, discussed how the Project Team arrived atthe Preferred Alternative. She began by describing the community engagement involved to datein developing the RBDM project (i.e., CAG, Executive Steering Committee [ESC], outreach, etc.)and thanked the meeting attendees for their participation. She explained the alternative

Join the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) at a Rebuild by Design Meadowlands Project Public Hearing.

The Rebuild By Design Meadowlands (RBDM) Flood Protection Project (Proposed Project) is a comprehensive urban water management project designed to reduce the risk of floods from coastal storm surges and/or systemic inland flooding from high-intensity rainfall events in the Boroughs of Little Ferry, Moonachie, Carlstadt, and Teterboro, and the Township of South Hackensack, all in Bergen County, NJ.

The presentation on the project’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) will begin at 6:00 P.M. The Public Hearing will include opportunities to submit formal comments on the DEIS orally and in writing.

Comments will be accepted on the DEIS until July 15, 2018.

TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2018Robert L. Craig Elementary School

20 West Park StreetMoonachie, New Jersey, 07074

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

How to submit comments:- Attend:

- Email:

- Mail: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection c/o Dennis Reinknecht, Program Manager Bureau of Flood Resilience 501 East State Street, Mail Code 501-01AP.O. Box 420, Trenton, NJ, 08625-0420

The Public Hearingrbd-meadowlands@dep.nj.gov

For more information or to download a copy of the DEIS, please visit:www.rbd-meadowlands.nj.gov

The meeting facility is accessible to those with disabilities. Contact Sandy Recovery Division Constituent Services at :(609) 292-3750 or (609) 633-1328 or email: sandy.recovery@dca.nj.gov If you require special accommodations, such as a sign language interpreter or documentation in alternative formats.

Se invita a todos a participar Declaración Preliminar de Impacto Ambiental (DEIS)

Participa en la Consulta Pública convocada por el Departamento de Protección Ambiental de Nueva Jersey (NJDEP) sobre el Proyecto Rebuild by Design Meadowlands.El Proyecto Rebuild by Design Meadowlands (RBDM) de Protección contra Inundaciones (proyecto propuesto) es una iniciativa integral de gestión del agua urbana, diseñada para reducir el riesgo de inundaciones por mareas ciclónicas costeras y/o de inundación sistémica tierra adentro por precipitaciones de alta intensidad en las municipalidades de Little Ferry, Moonachie, Carlstadt, y Teterboro, y en el distrito municipal de South Hackensack; sitos en el condado de Bergen, Nueva Jersey.La presentación de la Declaración Preliminar de Impacto Ambiental (DEIS) se iniciará a las 6:00 p.m. Durante la Consulta Pública se brindará oportunidad de presentar observaciones formales sobre la DEIS, verbalmente y por escrito.

Comments will be accepted until: July 15, 2018

MARTES, 26 de JUNIO, 2018Robert L. Craig Elementary School

20 West Park StreetMoonachie, New Jersey, 07074

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Cómo presentar observaciones:- Enpersona: - Email: - Correo: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

c/o Dennis Reinknecht, Program Manager Bureau of Flood Resilience 501 East State Street, Mail Code 501-01A P.O. Box 420, Trenton, NJ, 08625-0420

Durante la Consulta Públicarbd-meadowlands@dep.nj.gov

Para obtener más información o descargar una copia de la DEIS, por favor visite:www.rbd-meadowlands.nj.gov

El local de la reunión tiene acceso para personas con discapacidad. Comuníquese con los Servicios al Constituyente de la División Sandy de Recuperación al: (609) 292-3750 o al (609) 633-1328 o al email: sandy.recovery@dca.nj.gov si necesita otros servicios, como de un intérprete de lenguaje de señas o documentos en otro formato.

Consulta Pública

Final Meeting Minutes Page 2 March 1, 2018

the meeting attendees that implementing all three concepts would have cost $850 million; however, HUD only awarded $150 million for the Phase 1 Pilot Area (i.e., the Project Area). As such, adjustments had to be made to provide a solution that met the available funding.

Garrett Avery, AECOM’s RBDM Project Manager, provided an overview of the ProposedProject’s Purpose and Need. The Purpose of the Proposed Project is to: (1) reduce flood risk; (2)increase the resiliency of the communities and ecosystems; and (3) reduce impacts to criticalinfrastructure, residences, businesses, and ecological resources from flooding. The ProposedProject is needed to: (1) address systematic inland flooding and coastal flooding from stormsurges; (2) increase community resiliency; (3) reduce flood insurance rates and claims fromfuture events; (4) enhance water quality and protect ecological resources; (5) protect life, publichealth, and property; and (6) incorporate the flood hazard risk reduction strategy with civic,cultural, and recreational values.

Mr. Avery continued that the goals of the Proposed Project are threefold: (1) create the bestpossible project with the available funding; (2) meet the Proposed Project mandate by providingflood reduction and co-benefits, such as reducing sediment and improving water quality; and (3)construct a project that provides storm protection and allows for a quicker recovery. However,the Proposed Project’s goals are constrained by the need: (1) to construct a Proposed Projectthat functions with independent utility without relying on future projects; (2) to use availablefunds without relying on future funding; and (3) to meet the congressionally mandatedProposed Project implementation date of September 2022. Mr. Avery stated that, as a designteam, the most challenging aspects have been to create a project: with independent utility,using only available funding, and having a positive benefit-cost ratio (the project must have abenefit-cost ratio greater than 1 [i.e., more benefit than money spent]).

Mr. Avery explained that the Proposed Project challenges include filled historical wetlands,failing berms, low elevation, under-performing infrastructure, and inadequate drainage systems.With this in mind, the Project Team came up with three alternatives. Alternative 1 addressesstorm surge flooding, Alternative 2 addresses frequent rainfall flooding, and Alternative 3addresses both storm surge flooding and frequent rainfall flooding.

Mr. Avery concluded that the past three years have been busy, and that 2018 will be very busy.He stated that the next Action Plan Amendment (APA) will be released tomorrow (January 12,2018) for HUD to issue funding. The APA hearing is scheduled for January 31, 2018. In the springof 2018, the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) will be published and a publicmeeting on the DEIS will be held.

Lulu Loquidis, AECOM’s RBDM Landscape Designer, discussed how the Project Team arrived atthe Preferred Alternative. She began by describing the community engagement involved to datein developing the RBDM project (i.e., CAG, Executive Steering Committee [ESC], outreach, etc.)and thanked the meeting attendees for their participation. She explained the alternative

디자인에 의한 재건 메도우랜드 프로젝트 공청회에서 뉴저지 주 환경보호부(NJDEP)에 동참하십시오.

디자인에 의한 재건 메도우랜드(RBDM) 홍수 방호 프로젝트(제안 프로젝트)는 NJ, 버겐 카운티에 속한 모든 리틀페리, 무나치, 칼슈타트, 테터보로 보로우, 그리고 사우스해컨색 타운십에서 연안 폭풍 해일로 인한 홍수의 위험과 고강도 강우 사태로 인한 내륙 홍수를 줄이기 위해 디자인된 종합적인 도시 용수 관리 프로젝트입니다.

이 프로젝트의 환경 영향 평가서 초안(DEIS)에 대한 프레젠테이션은 오후 6시에 시작됩니다. 이 공청회에는 DEIS에 대한 공식 의견을 구두 및 서면으로 제출할 기회가 포함됩니다.

2018년 6월 26일 화요일 Robert L. Craig 초등학교

20 West Park Street

Moonachie, New Jersey, 07074

오후 6시-오후 8시

의견을 제출하는 방법:- 참석:

- 이메일:

- 우편: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection c/o Dennis Reinknecht, Program Manager Bureau of Flood Resilience 501 East State Street, Mail Code 501-01A P.O. Box 420, Trenton, NJ, 08625-0420

공청회rbd-meadowlands@dep.nj.gov

공청회

M E A D O W L A N D SREBUILD BY DESIGN

장애인들은 이 회의 시설을 이용할 수 있습니다. 샌디 복구부 주민 서비스로 연락하십시오 :(609) 292-3750 또는(609) 633-1328 또는 이메일: sandy.recovery@dca.nj.gov 수화 통역사 또는 기존의 형식을 대체할 문서와 같은 특별한 편의를 제공할 필요가 있는 경우.

DEIS에 대한 의견은 다음 날짜까지 접수됩니다: 2018년 7월 15일

더 자세한 정보를 원하거나 DEIS의 사본을 다운로드하려면 다음의 웹사이트를 방문해 주십시오:www.rbd-meadowlands.nj.gov

여러분은 환경 영향 평가서 초안(DEIS)에 대한 공청회에 초대되셨습니다

Se aceptarán observaciones sobre la DEIS hasta el 15 de julio de 2018.

디자인에 의한 재건 메도우랜드 프로젝트 공청회에서 뉴저지 주 환경보호부(NJDEP)에 동참하십시오.

여러분은 환경 영향 평가서 초안(DEIS)에 대한 공청회에 초대되셨습니다

- 참석:

- 이메일:

- 우편:

의견을 제출하는 방법:

DEIS에 대한 의견은 다음 날짜까지 접수됩니다: 2018년 7월 15일

더 자세한 정보를 원하거나 DEIS의 사본을 다운로드하려면 다음의 웹사이트를 방문해 주십시오:www.rbd-meadowlands.nj.gov

장애인들은 이 회의 시설을 이용할 수 있습니다. 샌디 복구부 주민 서비스로 연락하십시오 :(609) 292-3750 또는(609) 633-1328 또는 이메일: sandy.recovery@dca.nj.gov 수화 통역사 또는 기존의 형식을 대체할 문서와 같은 특별한 편의를 제공할 필요가 있는 경우.

2018년 6월 26일 화요일 Robert L. Craig 초등학교