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US Army Corps of EngineersBUILDING STRONG®and Taking Care of People!

BG Mark Toy, P.E.Commanding GeneralSouth Pacific Division

9 September 2015

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERSFLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION

BUILDING STRONG and Taking Care of People!

BUILDING STRONG®and Taking Care of People!

It’s good to be back on the BEST Coast!

Taking command of SPD

Son in 2nd year at Cal

Daughter serving as Congressional Intern

24 years of marriage!

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Chief of Engineers Visit

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USACE Campaign Goals

Engineering Solutionsto the Nation’s

Toughest Challenges

SupportNationalSecurity

TransformCivil

Works

ReduceDisaster

Risk

Preparefor

Tomorrow

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Support National SecurityPresidio of Monterey Project ~ Monterey, CA

Placeholder – building renderings

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Transform Civil WorksSouth San Francisco Shoreline Project ~ Alviso, CA

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Prepare for TomorrowLeadership Engagement and Development

Spd town hall

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Reduce Disaster RiskJoint Federal Project ~ Folsom, CA

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USACE ~ Resilience

Water conservation Flood risk

management

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USACE defines resilience as “the ability to anticipate, prepare for, and adapt to changing conditions and withstand, respond to, and recover rapidly from disruptions.”

BUILDING STRONG®and Taking Care of People!

Two sides of the same coin in California

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The California DroughtCalifornia Department of Water Resources

touring with Corps leadership August 2015

Sacramento, CA

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Floods ~ El Niño

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Multi-Purpose, Multi-Value

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Concepts of Resilience

Prepare

AdaptAbsorb

Recover

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Prepare Plans Exercises Gaining and sharing

knowledge

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Managing, not controlling►“Flood control” now “flood risk

management” Ability to withstand and reduce impact

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Absorb

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Repair the damage

Recover

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Building for the future

Science informs policy and engineering standards Adapt

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Life is a study of RESILIENCE…

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Aging Infrastructure

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Resilience is a partnership

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BUILDING STRONG and Taking Care of People!… by Taking Care of our Flood Control Partners!

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