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Manning Broome - BRW V
Manning Broome - BRW V
Manning Broome - BRW V
Who is CPEX?
Planning + Implementation
Policy + Advocacy
Communication + Outreach
CPEX is a non-prot organization that coordinates urban, rural and regional planning e!orts in Louisiana. We provide best-practice planning models, innovative policy ideas, and technical assistance to individual communities that wish to create and enact master plans dealing with transportation and infrastructure needs, environmental issues, and quality design for the built environment.
Planning in Louisiana
2004
2005
2006
Today
Comprehensive Plans
2004
Comprehensive Plans
Today
Resiliency Plans
2004
Resiliency Plans
Today
Methodology
Interviews
Citizen Poll
Advocacy Groups
Local Programmatic + Policy Needs Programmatic and Policy Recommendations for Coastal Community Resilience Program
Thursday, March 13, 14
Methodology: Interviews
Qualitative interviews
61
CALCASIEU
18
New Iberia
ST. MARTIN ST. MARY
Municipalities
6
ORLEANS
TANGIPAHOA
Slidell
New Orleans
ST. BERNARD
Jean Latte
LAFOURCHE TERREBONE PLAQUEMINES
IBERIA
Asked 800 residents in coastal communities about: "Quality of Life "Plans to relocate Risk Perception "Disaster Preparedness
Findings: Interviews
Knowledge and experience of local o"cials The local o"cials day to day experience is In the Weeds Shifting Nature of Rules at both state and federal level Disconnect and Fragmentation between and within agencies Complexity of continual recovery Structural and nonstructural issues are not distinguished # # Hazards are connected to each other Mitigation e!orts are connected
Elevation
Nonstructural project measures include raising a buildings elevation or ood proong residential and nonresidential structures. We view these measures as key components of protecting communities, knowing that we cannot reduce ood risks purely by building levees. These nonstructural measures can, in some instances, provide results more quickly than can levees. In other cases, using nonstructural and structural approaches together can provide risk reduction most e#ciently.
More people want to elevate than there is money for. The biggest push back we have now is that with the new FEMA maps, a lot of properties are being pushed into the X-zone which makes it impossible for them to get FEMA funds for elevation. Harvey residents want to be elevated even though they are behind levees because they don't believe that their foundation is as secure as it was preKatrina.
When the elevation program started we had 150 people. Only 45 qualied simply because they couldnt come up with the match. FEMA took the ICC o! the table 6 months after program started; if you cannot see the damage to the house you don't qualify. People cannot a!ord 25-30k out of their pocket.
Some type of regulations from the state level that would make elevation more a!ordable and regulated would be good. We found that the amount it costs to elevate is prohibitive. There is only a certain number of companies that can be utilized and those are driving the market in terms of price per square foot.
We just completed 22 [elevations] using CDBG grant funds. We also just nished our comprehensive plan with 10-20 year projections. It is hard to follow a plan with councilmen who may not agree all the time. Politics denitely inuence implementation.
Citizen Poll
After Hurricanes Katrina + Rita and the BP spill, have you done any of the following to prepare yourself for another hurrican or industrial accident?
69 30 65 34 35 64 32 66 15 85 13 85
100 80 60 40 20 0 20 40 60 80 100
Advocacy Group
We cannot just say elevation, but need to look at the consequences of elevation. We need to look beyond elevation. There is no planning around community and aging around elevation. We can talk about elevation gure out how to talk to them about that and then we can talk about relocation. Practical solutions are needed.
Acquisition
In addition to ood proong and elevation, voluntary relocation and acquisition measures may be made available to residents as options in areas that will continue to have high ood risk levels even after actions recommended in the master plan are implemented.
We are talking about buying up a particular subdivision, and we're talking about uprooting a whole community. While relocation would be the quickest and easiest way, for the people, and for the parish government, it's the hardest thing to do.
I think for relocation, in some areas you won't have a problem, but in the southern part, these people will ght tooth and nail, and they don't want any help from you.
Most say Parish quality of life is excellent or good Less satisfaction in St. Bernard Parish
56%
GOOD
100 80 60 40 20
4%
POOR
18%
FAIR
EXCELLENT
22%
s e e rd e n h on on i a n s c l o i il b rn er ur m e m e m ff o r u f r er .B Ca Je aq t La l V Te S P on r e
Most want to continue living the coastal zone 82% would like to stay in their current home south of I-10
IF YOU MOVED, WHERE WOULD YOU GO?
25
20
20%
SOUTH of I-10
62%
STAY WHERE THEY ARE
36%
MOVE TO NEW HOME
15
14%
NORTH of I-10 OUT OF STATE
SAME PARISH
10
67 83 57 85 54 78 53 77 53 77 53 76 49 74 43 66 39 70 36 64
0 20 40 60 80 100
There may be relocation, but there is no funding. A lot of the people relocating are going to be low income. No one is doing anything to set aside property. A lot of people are leaving with nothing to the north and these parishes are not prepared. It is a NOW issue.
Next Steps
Document Draft (June 2014) Workshops (September 2014) Final document (December 2014)
Camille Manning-Broome
camille@cpex.org 225.398.7198
cpex.org
Thursday, March 13, 14