Multnomah County Brownfield Initiative: Mapping Health Equity October 13, 2015 Corvallis, Oregon Matt Hoffman, MPH Caislin Firth, MPH

Multnomah county Project Objectives: Establish relationships with traditional brownfield stakeholders Develop a tool to assess health equity and inform prioritization for brownfield clean up and redevelopment efforts Share findings and develop strategy for using the tool 2

Multnomah county Background What is a brownfield? –A former industrial or commercial site where future use is affected by real or perceived environmental contamination Why are they significant to the health of our built environment? –Potential human health threat –Opportunity for infill development in areas where developable land is scarce 3

Multnomah county Characterization of Brownfields in Multnomah County As many as 2,300 properties covering approximately 6,300 acres (7 percent of all commercial, mixed use and industrial zoned land within the metro UGB) Approximately ½ are within 1000 ft of sensitive environmental areas Three times more likely to be located in underserved area (Metro 2012) 4 Metro Brownfields Scoping Project (2012):

Multnomah county Tool Development: Outline Health equity composite measure Purpose: Develop a GIS-based tool to assess health equity across Multnomah County and inform prioritization for brownfield clean up and redevelopment efforts. Objective: – Identify health indicators and construct a health equity composite measure that identifies areas of health inequity within the county –Overlay health equity composite with brownfield site map to identify brownfield sites in areas experiencing health inequity 5

Multnomah county Selection of Data Indicators Initial list was populated based on input from community based organizations and traditional brownfield stakeholders Selected indicators that were available at the census tract level or smaller Prioritized locally-collected indicators Incorporated components of EPA’s definition of vulnerable populations (youth, seniors, poverty, communities of color, prevalence of chronic disease) 6

Multnomah county Indicators in Health Equity Composite 7 IndicatorYearsDirection of health equity need ≥ 15% population identify with community of color2011  Greater need Youth (ages 0–17)2009–2013  Greater need Seniors (ages 65+)2009–2013  Greater need Students eligible for free or reduced lunch2014  Greater need Body Mass Index (adults)2013  Greater need Asthma (ages 5–50)2011  Greater need Cardiovascular events (ages 18–75)2011  Greater need Diabetes (ages 18–75)2011  Greater need Walkability (intersection density)2013  Greater need Air quality: Modeled diesel particulate matter2017 modeled  Greater need Home value (sales price)2011  Greater need Change in median income from –2010  Greater need

Multnomah county 8 Constructing Health Equity Composite Health equity composite = Communities of color + youth + seniors + free lunch + BMI + Asthma + CVD + Diabetes + Walkability + Air quality + Home value + income change

Multnomah county Results of Health Equity Composite 9

Multnomah county Selecting Potential Brownfield Sites Sites registered to DEQ Environmental Cleanup Site Information database Contained on undeveloped Multnomah county tax lots 10 Portland Metro ECSI (2015): 1,351 sites ECSI sites in Multnomah county: 815 sites Multnomah county taxlots (2013): 273,949 lots Undeveloped tax lots in Multnomah county: 18,178 lots ECSI sites on undeveloped tax lots in Multnomah County: 94 sites

Multnomah county Health Equity & Potential Brownfield Sites 11

Multnomah county Next Steps Advocate: health equity informs brownfield site selection Collaborate with community organizations in areas of high health equity need Use findings from tool to bolster application for federal cleanup funds by demonstrating a community benefit Refine tool –Update health indicators –Expand potential brownfield site data –Make tool user-friendly—web-based platform 12

Multnomah county Questions? 13 Matt Hoffman, MPH Multnomah County Health Department Healthy Environments Caislin Firth, MPH Program Design & Evaluation Services Multnomah County Health Department & Oregon Public Health Division