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PARISH PLANNING BASELINE |
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| Cameron Parish Goals |
| Environmental |
- Identify and implement partnerships, programs, and mechanisms to support debris removal, particularly hazardous debris, left on federal and state lands within 12-24 months.
- Implement needed marsh creation and flood protection measures using the beneficial dredge materials from the Shipping Channel and Old River Loop within two years.
- Begin implementation of programs and best practices for the Gulf Intracoastal Water Way which balance the needs of industry/commerce with preserving the hydrological/ecological health of the Calcasieu, Sabine and Mermentau basins within the next five years.
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| Housing and Community Development |
- Establish the infrastructure to finance, facilitate, and manage the construction and repair of 3,000 units of housing and related services through a variety of funding programs and initiatives over the next 60 months.
- Develop 100 units of elderly housing over the next 3 years, and 50 units annually for the following five years, thereby meeting the needs of 50% of the elderly households whose homes were destroyed.
- Create a Master Plan to guide the rebuilding effort and implement appropriate land use controls, including zoning, to maximize land use within 12-24 months.
- Create a Master Facilities Plan to coordinate and maximize the rebuilding of all public buildings within 12-24 months.
- Ensure that all homes and structures meet the new building code and elevation requirements through enforcement.
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| Economic and Workforce Development |
- Identify and implement economic development incentives for maritime, gas, and oil industries to increase to pre-storm level tax revenue within 24 months.
- Provide direct financial and technical assistance to rebuild the commercial and recreational seafood industry within 12-18 months.
- Evaluate workforce and infrastructure needs of the petrochemical and maritime industries, and develop needed capital improvement and workforce training projects within two years.
- Strengthen the region’s eco-tourism industry and corallary conservation efforts within 5 years.
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| Public Health and Healthcare |
- Repair, rebuild or replace Mosquito Control Unit facilities, including 2 planes, office and maintenance barn within 6-12 months.
- 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 |
- Repair, stabilize and harden 62 miles of Highway 27, and 84 miles of Highway 82, to support residential, commercial, industry and evacuation traffic within 5 years.
- Repair, rebuild or replace 4 existing major bridges within 5 years that experience repetitive losses in storm events.
- Complete a feasibility study to determine appropriate improvements for a safe and efficient channel crossing in the area of docks, marinas and fishing industries near the mouth of the Calcasieu Ship Channel, with implementation of recommendations within 10 years.
- Upgrade all appropriate facilities for storm resistance and recovery, through tested construction methods, emergency generators, and other forms of disaster preparedness within 5 years
- Increase domestic water supply to the Grand Lake area to meet increased demand and government water quality standards within one year.
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| Education |
- Replace or consolidate three destroyed public schools and administrative offices.
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| Public Safety |
- Repair, rebuild or replace all governmental buildings and offices that were destroyed or damaged over the next three years.
- Conduct a needs assessment and develop a geographic information system (GIS) within the next 12-24 months, with parish wide application to record, track and display plans and activities during recovery and afterwards.
- Repair, rebuild or replace 5 fire facilities within 5 years.
- Provide an auxiliary parish government building in an appropriate location for maintaining essential government services during disaster events within 3 years.
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| Human Services |
- Repair, replace or relocate four destroyed public libraries and two damaged libraries within 3 years.
- Repair, replace or relocate four destroyed community centers, including the replacement of the Cameron Recreation District facilities within 3 years.
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| Flood Protection and Coastal Restoration |
- Begin to restore and protect the sand cheniers in lower Cameron by restoring degraded areas and reducing the future amount of sand mining within 12-24 months.
- Protect 60 miles of Cameron Parish’s Gulf Coast Shoreline, between Vermilion and Texas border, through the construction of segmented nearshore breakwaters over the next five years.
- Create regional emergency storm water management plans, within 12-24 months, at the watershed level, aimed at reducing the duration and negative impacts of floodwaters during storms.
- Conduct an elevation monitoring survey within 12-24 months to establish accurate elevation benchmarks, replacing the ones lost due to subsidence in Cameron, and which are necessary for community recovery and rebuilding.
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