Framing the Challenge of Urban Flooding in the United States (2019)
Chapter: Appendix D: Chicago Case Study
Appendix D
Chicago Case Study
For the Chicago case study, the committee convened a workshop in Chicago, Illinois, followed by site visits to three Chicago locations. Additional information was collected from some participants via telephone interviews. The workshop was structured to gather information from local, state, regional, and federal stakeholders. Participants were divided into small working groups to address four aspects of urban flooding:
- Physical aspects of urban flooding (built and natural environment),
- Social aspects of urban flooding (people and institutions),
- Data and informational aspects of urban flooding (forecasts, maps, demographics), and
- Actions and decision-making aspects of urban flooding.
Detailed comments from each working group conversation are available at http://nationalacademies.org/Urban-Flooding-Visits.
WORKSHOP AGENDA
Kimpton Hotel Allegro
Chicago, Illinois
September 19, 2017
| 8:30 a.m. | Welcome and Introductions |
| David Maidment, Committee Chair, University of Texas at Austin | |
| Lauren Alexander Augustine, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| 8:35 | Opening remarks |
| Krys Shaw, Deputy District Director, Office of Congressman Mike Quigley | |
| 8:45 | Overview talks about the four aspects of urban flooding |
| Physical Aspects of Urban Flooding in Chicago | |
| John Watson, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago | |
| Social Aspects of Urban Flooding in Chicago | |
| Hal Sprague, Center for Neighborhood Technology | |
| Harriet Festing, Committee Member |
| Informational Aspects of Urban Flooding in Chicago | |
| Peter Haas, Center for Neighborhood Technology | |
| Decision Making and Policies in Chicago | |
| Paul Osman, Illinois Office of Water Resources | |
| 10:15 | Break |
| 10:30 | Group breakout sessions |
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| 12:00p.m. | Working lunch |
| 1:00 | Reports from each group |
| 2:00 | Workshop adjourns |
SITE VISITS
July 5, 2017
| 1:00p.m.-5:30p.m. | Site visits |
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| Guide | |
| John Watson, Civil Engineer, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago |
CASE STUDY PARTICIPANTS
The following individuals participated in the workshop, Chicago site visits, and/or in subsequent telephone interviews:
Bulent Agar, Department of Water Management, City of Chicago
Yvette Alexander-Maxie, American Red Cross
Dana Al-Qadi, AECOM
Nora June Beck, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Marcella Bondie Keenan, Center for Neighborhood Technology
David Bucaro, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Shannon Burke, American Planning Association
Lori Burns, RainReady Chatham
Anthony Comerio, Hanson Professional Services, Inc.
Kathleen Dickhut, Department of Planning, City of Chicago
Mike Drake, Department of Transportation, City of Chicago
Edward Fenelon, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Joan Frietag, Hanson Professional Services, Inc.
Danielle Gallet, Metropolitan Planning Council
Ludovica Gazze, University of Chicago
Peter Haas, Center for Neighborhood Technology
Beth Hall, Midwestern Regional Climate Center
Jenny Hwang, Humanitarian Disaster Institute
Ora Jackson, RainReady Chatham
Edde Jones, Department of Transportation, City of Chicago
Katherine Jordan, Zurich North America
Karen Kreis, Village of Midlothian
Curtis McKinney, Department of Transportation, City of Chicago
Peter Mulvaney, West Monroe Partners
Paul Osman, Illinois Office of Water Resources
Chris Parker, Floodlothian Midlothian
Joshua Peschel, Iowa State University
Marcus Quigley, OptiRTC
Jennifer Rath, Allstate Insurance Company
Aaron Reisinger, USACE
Roderick Sawyer, Chatham
Brendan Schreiber, Department of Water Management, City of Chicago
James Schwab, American Planning Association
Krys Shaw, Office of Congressman Mike Quigley
Tom Sivak, Office of Emergency Management and Communications
Hal Sprague, Center for Neighborhood Technology
Kari Steele, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Dawn Thompson-Ellis, Center for Neighborhood Technology
Anapam Verma, Department of Water Management, City of Chicago
Zach Vernon, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Cheryl Watson, RainReady Chatham
John Watson, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
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