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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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BUILDING STRONG®and Taking Care of People!
Support National SecurityPresidio of Monterey Project ~ Monterey, CA
Placeholder – building renderings
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BUILDING STRONG®and Taking Care of People!
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.”
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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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