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Current Planning Efforts


Plan area

Relevant plan

Plan description Process used Required by Done by Integration Opportunities

Flood Protection and Coastal Restoration

A New Framework for the Future of Coastal Louisiana after the 2005 Hurricanes

Coastal Recovery and Restoration Issues

Draft Study

Assisted by: Institute of Water Resources of USACOE

Center for Environmental Science, University of Maryland

 

Housing and Community Development

Master Plan - 1998

Comprehensive

Consultant Firm: Currently updating

 

City of Covington

Housing and Community Development Planning
Covington - LA Hwy. 21 Bridge at Tchefuncte River

Housing and Community Development

Public Housing Authority Plans

Annual Plan for Fiscal Year 2005

Housing Authority

HUD

City of Covington

 

Public Safety

Emergency Management Plan

Respond to immediate threats

Plan currently under review

FEMA & State of Louisiana

City of Covington

 

Public Safety

Hazard Mitigation Plan

Base-level flood elevation set to raise houses

Currently in Draft Form

FEMA & State of Louisiana

City of Covington

 

Transportation and Infrastructure

Traffic Implications and Improvements

Within Comprehensive Master Plan

Consultant Firm Currently updating

DOT
RPC

City of Covington

 

Environment

Brownfields Study

Study performed within the city limits

 

EPA

City of Covington & Regional Planning Commission

 

Flood Protection and Coastal Restoration

Storm Water Plan

On-going process

Discharge Permits

EPA

City of Covington / Public Works Dept.

 

Environment

Environmental Interpretive Program

Wetlands Education Grade 2-12

Continual throughout school year

 Lake Ponchartrain Foundation

City of Mandeville

 

Housing and Community Development

Master Plan - 1989

Comprehensive Growth Mgt Plan to 2000

Consultant Firm: Currently updating

 

City of Mandeville

Housing and Community Development Planning
Mandeville State Hospital Redevelopment Plan

Public Safety

Hazard Mitigation Plan

Upgrade Critical Facilities - Lift Stations, Fuel Storage

Current

FEMA

City of Mandeville

 

Transportation and Infrastructure

Master Streets Plan 1989

Short Term & Long term Transportation Projects

Consultant Firm

DOT
RPC

City of Mandeville

 

Housing and Community Development

Slidell Master Plan Phase I - 2005

20 Year Master Plan

Consultant Firm: Currently updating - Phase I
Including Phase II & III

 

City of Slidell

Housing and Community Development Planning

Housing and Community Development

Housing Consolidation Plan

5 Year Consolidated Plan

Produced by city staff

HUD

City of Slidell

Affordable Housing Development on Scattered Sites
Covington Partners Workforce Housing Project

Housing and Community Development

Old Towne Redevelopment Plan

Slidell Old Towne Family Housing

 

 

City of Slidell

 

Housing and Community Development

Public Housing Plan

Provide housing for Low income residents

Housing Authority

HUD

City of Slidell

 

Public Health and Healthcare

Public Heath Assessment - 1994 Bayou Bonfouca

Site contamination with creosote

Site remediation completed 1996

EPA

City of Slidell

 

Public Safety

Hazard Mitigation Plan

Structural & Non-Structural

Currently upgrading

FEMA

City of Slidell

 

Transportation and Infrastructure

RPC Metropolitan Transportation Plan

Update Major Thoroughfare Plan - 1982
Transportation Improvement Plan - 2005- 2007

Consultant Firm Currently updating

DOT
RPC

City of Slidell

 

Economic and Workforce Development

Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS)

 

 

U.S. Department of Commerce (Economic Development Administration)

Economic Development Districts (EDDs)

 

Environment

Air quality conformity determination

 

 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Department of Transportation

EPA, DOT, state/local partners

 

Environment

Post-Katrina Water Quality Assessment for Lake Ponchartrain

Includes surrounding water bodies study of Pollutant Parameters

Completed September 2005

LA DEQ

LA DEQ Water Quality Assessment Division

 

Transportation and Infrastructure

Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP)

Financially-constrained 3-year project list

Updates every 2 years; public input requirement

U.S. Department of Transportation

Metropolitan Planning Organizations - MPO

Slidell I-10/I-12 Sound Wall
St. Tammany East Roads, Priority 1
St. Tammany East Roads, Priorities 2 & 3
St. Tammany West Roads, Priority 1
St. Tammany West Roads, Priorities 2 & 3
St. Tammany State/Federal Parish-Wide Roads

Housing and Community Development

Housing consolidated plan

 

 

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, others

Parish (housing agency)

Affordable Housing Development on Scattered Sites
Covington Partners Workforce Housing Project

Transportation and Infrastructure

Unified Work Program for Transportation Planning - 2006

Describes Federally funded transportation studies

On-going Program

Transportation Efficiency Act for the 21st Century - TEA 21

Regional Planning Commission - RPC

 

Public Health and Healthcare

SMH Master Facility Plan

 

 

 

Slidell Memorial Hospital

SMH Physician Office Building Build-Out
Emergency Department Renovations and Additions
SMH Central Energy Plant
SMH IT Services Data Center Relocation

Public Safety

Hazard Mitigation Plan - 2003

Folsom, Sun, Abita Springs, Pearl River passed resolutions to participate. Slidell, Covington & Mandeville prepare individual plans

Consultant Firm

FEMA

St. Tammany Parish Government - Resolution passed by St. Tammany Parish Council

 

Economic and Workforce Development

New Directions 2025

St. Tammany Parish Comprehensive Master Plan - 2000

Consultant
Firm

 

St. Tammany Parish Council

Univ. of New Orleans Research and Technology Park
Florida Parishes Regional Workforce Development
St. Tammany Parish Arts / Science / Technology Center
Mandeville State Hospital Redevelopment Plan

Housing and Community Development

New Directions 2025

St. Tammany Parish Comprehensive Master Plan - 2000

Consultant
Firm

 

St. Tammany Parish Council

 

Transportation and Infrastructure

St. Tammany Parish Wastewater Consolidation Plan

 

 

US EPA funding

St. Tammany Parish Government

Mandeville Area Wastewater Improvements
Slidell/Pearl River Area Wastewater Improvements
North Abita Springs Regional Utility District

Economic and Workforce Development

Parish Economic Development Plan

New Directions 2025 Plan

Consultant Firm

EDA

St. Tammany Parish Government

 

Flood Protection and Coastal Restoration

Hurricane Impact Drainage Plan

Identified 12 Drainage Basin Projects

10 Year Plan 2006 Draft

FEMA
USACOE -SELA

St. Tammany Parish Government

 

Flood Protection and Coastal Restoration

Ponchartrain Basin Wetlands Projects

Identified 3 project locations within the parish

10 Year Plan

FEMA
USACOE -SELA

St. Tammany Parish Government

Fritchie Marsh Creation/Restoration
Goose Point Project Expansion
Northshore Beach Marsh Creation / Restoration

Transportation and Infrastructure

10 Year Infrastructure Plan

Includes, Transportation Improvement, Wastewater Treatment Master Plan, Drainage Improvements

Recently Approved Wastewater Consolidation Program

EPA, DEQ

St. Tammany Parish Government - Environmental Services, Dept. of Engineering

St. Tammany Drainage Priority 1
St. Tammany Drainage Priority 2
St. Tammany Drainage Priority 3
St. Tammany East Roads, Priority 1
St. Tammany East Roads, Priorities 2 & 3
St. Tammany West Roads, Priority 1
St. Tammany West Roads, Priorities 2 & 3
St. Tammany State/Federal Parish-Wide Roads

Flood Protection and Coastal Restoration

Ecosystem Restoration Study  2004

Louisiana Coastal Area - LCA Environmental Impact Statement. Includes the coastal area and Lake Pontchartrain

Comprehensive Study

EPA

U.S. Army Corp of Engineers

 

 

Coast 2050 Strategy

 

 

 

 

Fritchie Marsh Creation/Restoration
Goose Point Project Expansion
Northshore Beach Marsh Creation / Restoration

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