1. Parks Asset Management Plans in Action During a Natural Disaster
Jamie Rozema-Stinson &
Troy Sykes
CNAM 2014 Conference
Toronto, Ontario
May 20-23, 2014

2. Overview Parks AM accomplishments Flood facts
Flood recovery – Acid test
Lessons learned
Next steps

3. Advanced AM AM Foundation Basic AM
1. What we own & the location
2. What's it worth
7. Best Strategy with Available Funding
Advanced AM
AM Foundation
4.Strategy
Asset Management
1. Foundation
6. Ops & Capital investment
3. Physical Condition
3.Investment
2. Direction
5. Risk
4. Level of Service
Basic AM

4. People
Process
Data

5. Pre- Flood: Parks AM Accomplishments
AM definition – What is
Asset Management
Asset registry – what do we
own, where, & how much is
it worth?
AM system – maintenance
tracking integrated with GIS
mapping

6. Pre- Flood: Parks AM Accomplishments
Over 80% of assets condition rated
Demand and functionality rating collection strategy in
development
Levels of service developed
Capital life cycle program – replacement based on
asset ratings
Currently defining asset ownership roles

7. Drivers for AM in Parks Federal Legislation - PSAB 3150
Corporate initiatives
Sound data to support Capital/Operations
asks
Define LOS to illustrate cause and effect of
budget increase/cuts
And…
Provides baseline data in an emergency situation t

8. j
The Flood

9. Flood Timeline
June 22 6:35PM - some areas reopen to residents, 50,000 home by June 23
June Come Hell or High Water, Stampede will go on
June 20 8:09 PM – evacuations extended, about 80,000 affected
June 19 - Heavy rains begin, 200-plus mm over 72 hrs
June :16 AM - State of Local Emergency declared
June 20 2:15 PM – mandatory evacuations begin
June 21 3:24 PM – downtown core closed
June 24 - Call for 600 volunteers, show up
June Roads to downtown re-open, Zoo damage revealed
July 4 – State of local emergency lifted

10. Overview

11. During the Flood
About 3,000 displaced residents housed in 9 City reception centres the first night
Evacuations in parts of 32 communities
More than 400 water rescues

12. During the Flood 16 LRT stations were closed
35,000 metered ENMAX customers without power
4,000 businesses affected
Zoo, Saddledome and Stampede grounds suffer extensive damage

13. During the Flood 22 bridges and numerous roads were closed
50 bus routes cancelled or detoured

14. During the Flood During the Flood Baker Park
Over 30 parks flooded including
-Prince’s Island
-Bowness Park
-Sue Higgins Park
Baker Park

15. During the Flood The Calgary Zoo located on St. George’s island was
almost completely
submerged
160 animals
evacuated
Over 40
buildings
flooded

16. The Aftermath Inglewood Bird Sanctuary
Parks were flooded and covered in metres of silt and debris j
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary

17. The Aftermath j
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary

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Bowness Park

19. Prince’s Island Park

20. Draft Submission Deadlines
Sue Higgins Park

21. Sue Higgins Park

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Sue Higgins Park
Pre-Flood
Flood Impacted

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Stanley Park

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Lindsay Park

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Edworthy Park

26. Recovery War room created
Leverage AM plans/processes to take stock of the damage and losses
Prioritization of flood recovery efforts using asset management criteria i.e. Prince’s Island – Canada Day, Folk Fest
Damage assessments compiled
Regular operations continued

27. Flood Gifts

28. Sue Higgins Park – Post Flood
Asset
Quantity Lost
Value
Fence
5050 m
$508 K
Asphalt Lot
80 m2
$5 K
Asphalt Pathway
150 m
$40 K
Gravel Trails
3750 m
$494 K
Total
$1.05 M t

29. Flood recovery - AM acid test
Established 90+ projects
to clean up, repair, or
replace our assets
Coordinated with other
business units in areas
of major damage

30. Plans into Actions AM processes: reactionary emergency
coordinated proactive effort
Different approach than after 2005 flood event

31. Challenges / Conflicts
Jumping the gun- reaction before planning
Don’t forget the little things
Keep momentum going
Exhaustion
Switch out of emergency state / remembering regular
duties
Resourcing conflicts / shortages

32. Lessons from the flood Having base data is key – e.g. Memorial benches
Communication and
coordination is
critical
Plan your work and
work your plan
Hope for the best,
plan for the worst j

33. Lessons from the flood Contingency plans Take a break-
recognize resource
exhaustion
Recognize and leverage
opportunities for
community support j

34. The Next Steps Confirm asset ownership Confirm asset management
accountabilities
Continue to refine data
Flood resiliency
Create official emergency AM
processes j

35. Questions?
Jamie Rozema-Stinson &
Troy Sykes