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Charting the Course forRebuilding a Great American City: An Assessment of the Planning Function in
Post-Katrina New Orleans
By the
APA New Orleans Planning Assessment Team
As Presented to
Tuesdays at APA
November 15, 2005
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APA New Orleans Planning Assessment Team
Fernando Costa, AICP, Team Leader Chandra Foreman, AICP Bob Lurcott, FAICP Jane Brooks, FAICP Rich Roths, AICP
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APA Team
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Sights of New Orleans
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Sights of New Orleans
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Sights of New Orleans
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Sights of New Orleans
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Sights of New Orleans
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Sights of New Orleans
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Introductions
Purpose and Scope Acknowledgements Guiding Principles
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Short-Term Recommendations:Orleans Parish Hazard Mitigation Plan
Completion of the Orleans Parish Hazard Mitigation Plan
The Mitigation Plan should be distributed to all interested parties as a Parish-wide policy to guide development and redevelopment in the parish.
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Short-Term Recommendations:Orleans Parish Hazard Mitigation Plan
The Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Assessment of the Plan should be reviewed to determine whether changes need to be made to those portions of the plan in light of Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures and overtopping.
The staff should begin to prepare site specific plans for areas of the city where for which Mitigation Project funds will be requested.
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National Flood Insurance Prog. & New Orleans Flood Damage Prevention Ord.
Include a freeboard in the ordinance Require that future critical facilities and
critical facilities that have been substantially damaged by elevated or floodproofed to an elevation above the 500-year flood elevation.
Include a variance procedure for historic structures
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National Flood Insurance Prog. & New Orleans Flood Damage Prevention Ord.
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Recovery and Reconstruction Ordinance
Recovery Organization Recovery Plan General Provisions Temporary Regulations Temporary and Permanent Housing Hazard Mitigation Program
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Recovery and Reconstruction Ordinance
A one-stop center for permit expediting Temporary repair permits for minor repairs to
secure structures The deferral of fees for reconstruction
permits
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Recovery and Reconstruction Ordinance
The creation of a policy regarding the re-establishment of non-conforming building and uses that have been destroyed.
The creation of a policy regarding notices, FEMA reviews and historical preservation agency reviews before historical structures that are an imminent hazard to health, safety or of collapsing on a public right-of-way may be approved.
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Recovery and Reconstruction Ordinance
Use the model Recovery and Reconstruction Ordinance found in PAS Report 483/484 Planning for Post-Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction
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Streamline the Zoning & Preservation Review Process
Concise staff reports Amend notification procedures
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Consider Relocation of HDLC & VCC Staffs to City Planning Commission
Offices
Staff cooperation and coordination One-stop permitting
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Establish inclusive on-going public involvement process for rebuilding
Utilize a visioning process as used by other cities (Atlanta, Houston and Birmingham)
Consider engaging experienced national consulting teams
Employing multiple workshops, computer simulations of alternate development scenarios, community access television and interactive website
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Encourage full participation in BNOB strategic framework development process
Involve the public in the task forces and panel processes– City Planning Commission– Neighborhood/Preservation organizations– Citizens
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City Planning Commission/City Council Retreat
ULI recommended strategy framework APA Assessment Team recommendation
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Community workshop to review city’s master plan
Two to three day workshop conducted by APA/ULI/AIA
Focus on Land Use Element, including transportation, preservation, parks and economic development
Possible modifications would be greater density, mixed use, LRT line, expanded park land: illustrative map
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Review and amend the zoning ordinance
Reduce non-conforming status of portions of the housing stock
Permit “of-right” reconstruction of existing houses: Lower Ninth Ward lot sizes
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Long Range Recommendations
Finalizing the Master Plan Creating formal neighborhood planning
programs CPC’s role in the preparation of the Capital
Improvement Plan Identifying measures to improve CRS rating Permanently increase City Planning
Commission’s staff capacity
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Next Steps
November 8: CPC reviews APA report November 10 – 12: CPC participates in
Louisiana Recovery Authority visioning workshop
November 13 – 18: CPC assists BNOB Commission & ULI in preparing framework for redevelopment plan
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Next Steps
TBD (Nov./Dec.): CPC & City Council, in cooperation with Mayor’s Office, hold retreat to review ULI & APA recommendations
NLT Dec. 31: CPC assists BNOB Commission in preparing redevelopment plan
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Next Steps
First QTR 06: CPC conducts community workshop to review and amend Master Plan so as to incorporate redevelopment plan recommendations
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