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PARISH PLANNING BASELINE |
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| Calcasieu Parish Goals |
| Environmental |
- Conduct/Complete storm debris mitigation in regional wildlife refuges and lakes in 12 months.
- Utilize the Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry tree programs to replace the damaged Calcasieu urban tree stock in 4 months.
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| Housing and Community Development |
- Recover lost housing by introducing 3,000 safe and affordable housing units within 36 months through rehabilitation of existing units and new construction.
- Within 12 months, improve the capacity of public and non-profit organizations to manage and sustain long-term community housing programs.
- Develop and implement a parish-wide Comprehensive Community Development Plan within 36 months.
- Promote recovery by ensuring safer neighborhoods through community policing, adopting/implementing International Building Codes, litter abatement programs and neighborhood watch programs within 12 months.
- Within six months, establish a community-based organization that will provide leadership in housing and inform the public about the availability of housing.
- Within 36 months, develop and implement a system for protecting and electronically archiving public records and plans.
- Rebuild with sensitivity to architectural styles, cultural, and historical considerations.
- Revitalize and repair important public spaces, including downtowns, lakefronts, and rivers within three years.
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| Economic and Workforce Development |
- Within five years, expand, to pre-storm levels, the parish's economic base in the following sectors: cultural tourism, secondary markets in manufacturing and agriculture products, international trade, and information technology.
- Create entrepreneurial climate by establishing regional business center, producing small business incubator space and establishing financial resources within 30 months.
- Produce a diverse housing stock to accommodate 3,000 households within three years.
- Create Training Centers that offer worker skills that can be used locally and generate 50 new family-wage jobs in 30 months.
- Increase capacity at the Port of Lake Charles by implementing infrastructure and building improvements to support regional economic growth within five years.
- Revitalize downtown Lake Charles and create Arts District.
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| Public Health and Healthcare |
- Provide health care services, facilities and workforce training in order to support a health care system that meets the changed needs resulting from hurricanes Katrina and Rita, by 2012.
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| Transportation and Infrastructure |
- Within five years, fund and construct projects identified in Calcasieu Parish’s Comprehensive Water and Sewer Plan to provide a regional, integrated wastewater collection and treatment system.
- Within five years, fund and construct projects identified in the Calcasieu Parish Comprehensive Drainage Program.
- Dredge Calcasieu River Channel to its authorized width and depth within one year.
- Rebuild Lake Charles Regional airport utilizing design features that mitigate against future storm damages.
- Within five years, fund and implement all evacuation route improvements identified in the Calcasieu Parish Hazard Mitigation Plan.
- Within five years, fund and implement all evacuation route improvements identified in the Calcasieu Parish Hazard Mitigation Plan.
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| Education |
- Within six months, develop and implement emergency response plan for the school district.
- Take concrete steps within 1 to 3 years to develop an all-encompassing education system with a focus on academic, vocational, and technology education programs.
- Implement Calcasieu Parish School System plans to build school facilities in anticipated high-growth areas within 12 to 24 months.
- Develop programs and facilities to coordinate and implement disaster preparedness, response, and long-term recovery efforts for the southwest Louisiana educational systems, within 3-5 years.
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| Public Safety |
- Within 24 months, evaluate and revise the Parish-wide Emergency Management Plan to include improved evacuation procedures compliant with the National Incident Management System (NIMS).
- Publish and distribute the Emergency Preparedness Plan to all residents of Calcasieu Parish within 3 months.
- Within 24 months, evaluate emergency response capacity of parish (equipment and staffing), and develop and implement plan to repair damaged equipment and provide better response capabilities in the event of a future disaster.
- Rebuild or replace damaged emergency response facilities in a way that better prepares them to withstand future disasters.
- Rebuild or replace damaged emergency response facilities in a way that better prepares them to withstand future disasters.
- Within three months, revise and update the parish’s emergency preparedness plan to include the assets of the Calcasieu Parish Public School System.
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| Human Services |
- Increase availability of human services, particularly crisis and mental health services, in the parish to meet increased demand within 18 months.
- Develop programs that attract and retain the parish’s population and youth, including programs that promote the region’s culture and history within 3 to 5 years.
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| Flood Protection and Coastal Restoration |
- Restore wetlands through hydrologic restoration, shoreline protection, and barrier shoreline nourishment over the next 60 months.
- Develop an Emergency Drainage Management Plan for existing watershed within 12 months.
- Within 12 months, complete federally-initiated wetlands restoration projects that have stalled or are incomplete due to lack of funding and interagency inaction.
- Integrate recreational opportunities with hydrologic restoration education through the implementation of several projects over the next two years.
- Restore and replenish native wetland and coastal plant species vital to flood and hurricane protection over 25 square miles within 60 months.
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