ENVISION JEFFERSON 2040COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE

Public Meeting - Establishing Community Priorities

September 25th, 6:00-7:30pm, West Bank Regional Library

September 27th, 6:00pm-7:30pm, Lafreniere Park Foundation Center

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WELCOME!

Terri Wilkinson, Ph.D., AICP, DirectorJefferson Parish Planning Department

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• “Prepare, enact, and enforce comprehensive plans for the development of the parish and for zoning purposes” - Article 1. Powers of the Parish. Section 1.01 (2)

• Parish President initiated planning process in 2000

• Consultants prepared a proposed plan under Planning Director’s supervision

• Planning Advisory Board held public hearings and recommended the Plan

• Council adopted the Plan on August 6, 2003 and it became effective six months later

HISTORICAL CONTEXTSince 1958, the Parish Charter Authorizes the Comprehensive Plan

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Vision Statement

“Jefferson Parish commits to planning and developing as a diverse community with a rich quality-of-life by enhancing the integrity, value and character of its neighborhoods and businesses.”

Sec. 25-101 of the Jefferson Parish Code of Ordinances

ENVISION JEFFERSON 2020

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Key Initiatives

Protect and enhance established areas (Metairie CBD,

Elmwood, Harvey Canal)

Create new economic development opportunities in a new technology park

that will be jointly developed by the public and private sectors

Strengthen and diversify commercial areas with attractive commercial and

mixed use centers

ENVISION JEFFERSON 2020

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Improve and protect existing residential neighborhoods through an increased

focus on compatible design and improved access to goods and services

Develop the Lake Pontchartrain shoreline to improve recreational amenity for residents and visitors to the parish

Promote high quality planned developments on the West Bank that will

attract residents from throughout the region

Key Initiatives

ENVISION JEFFERSON 2020

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Expedite critical transportation improvements (Huey P. Long Bridge,

I-49)

Use regional transit and transportation system improvements to stimulate development and redevelopment

Improve services to existing industrial areas, protecting them from incompatible encroachment and plan for industrial area

expansions

Key InitiativesENVISION JEFFERSON 2020

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• Four Elements that each provide Goals, Objectives and Policies: - Land Use: Future Land Use Map and Zoning - Housing- Transportation - Open Space and Recreation

• Implementation Table of Tasks

• Other Adopted Plans- Thoroughfare Plan- Bicycle Master Plan - Fat City Strategic Redevelopment Plan- Metairie CBD Land Use and Transportation Plan- Bucktown Neighborhood Plan- Fairfield Strategic Plan

• Provisions for consistency, amendments, and updates

What’s in the Plan?ENVISION JEFFERSON 2020

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Hurricane Katrina, 2005 Great Recession, 2008-2009 BP Oil Spill, 2012

PROCESS Determine whether the vision, goals, objectives and policies are still relevant

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Land loss for year 50 under the medium environmental scenario with no future protection or restoration actions taken (Source: CPRA Coastal Master Plan, 2017)

PROCESS Identify the policy gaps and obstacles – Consider resilience

Update is funded by Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) - obtained through the Parish’s State-allocated Hurricanes Katrina/Rita Program Income Infrastructure program

Amended into the Parish’sLong Term Community Recovery Plan by way of Council Resolution No. 126944.

Credit: Michel Varisco

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PROCESS Identify new opportunities and implementation steps

How can Jefferson Parish become more resilient? (i.e. adapt to shocks and stresses, such as natural and man-made disasters)

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PROJECT TIMELINE & PARTICIPATIONPublic expresses

vision and priorities for next twenty

years

TODAY

Public meeting for inputs on changes to Plan Elements

Planning Department releases draft plan

Spring 2019

July 2019

August 2019

October 2019

30-day public comment period

Council adopts plan

Connect with us! (504) 736-6354

EJ2040@jeffparish.net

http://www.jeffparish.net/planning

@JeffParishGov

/JeffersonParishGov

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COMMUNITY TRENDS

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WE’RE GROWING SLOWLY

Recent population growth has been minimal, and future growth is projected to be below those of the state and U.S.

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Recovery of 2000 Population

2010 2018 (est.) 2023 (proj.)

2018 population is 92% of 2000 population

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WE’RE GROWING OLDER

The population aged 65 and above will increase by over 3,900 on the East Bank and by over 3,700 on the West Bank

Those aged 20-64 will decline by over 3,000 on the East Bank and nearly 2,800 on the West Bank

Over 1,000 additional children expected

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Source: Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. Esri forecasts for 2017 and 2022.

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HOUSEHOLD MIGRATION CONTINUES

Nearly 1,500 more households moved out of the parish than into it from 2014-2016

Most households that left Jefferson moved to Orleans, St. Tammany, and St. Charles Parishes and Houston

Most households that moved to Jefferson came from Orleans, St. Tammany and St. Charles Parishes

Source: IRS, Statistics of Income Division

*Statistics are parishwide

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HOUSING Expect Slow Growth

• Total housing units are expected to increase only slightly on both banks

• Tenure has shifted in 4% of units from owner- to renter-occupied on each bank since 2010

• The share of owner-occupied vs. renter-occupied units is projected to maintain constant in next five years

40% OF HOUSING UNITS IN THE EAST BANK ARE RENTER OCCUPIED

31% OF HOUSING UNITS IN THE WEST BANK ARE RENTER OCCUPIED

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JOBS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Largest number of occupations are:• Office and Administrative Support

• Sales

• Food Preparation and Serving

• Healthcare

• Transportation and Material Moving

3.8% of unincorporated WEST BANK residents

3.3% of unincorporated EAST BANK residents

Unemployment is below the state average (4.3%)

Over 1/3 of the region’s jobs are in Jefferson Parish.

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JOBS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTProjected Change in Jobs, by Sector, 2017-2018

Over 5,000 new jobs expected in healthcare practitioners, technical and support occupations

Over 2,000 jobs to be lost in sales and construction occupations

SALES

HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS AND TECHNICAL

OCCUPATIONS

HEALTHCARE SUPPORT

-1,082

+3,878

+1,241

CONSTRUCTION AND

EXTRACTION -1,069

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JOBS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTPlanned Major Developments

Ochsner’s $800 million campus expansion (3,500 jobs)

Fuji Vegetable Oil’s new $70 million processing facility (39 jobs)

Site of former Avondale Shipyard is is planned for intermodal facility by HRE

US Food’s 200,000 sf expansion of its distribution facility

$1 billion new terminal at Louis Armstrong International Airport

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INFRASTRUCTURE

Drainage Streets Water Sewerage• 340 miles of canal

waterways, drainage ditches, cross drains, culverts, and internal levee systems

• 1,400+ miles of street subsurface drainage systems

• 53 pump stations (13 safe rooms)

• 3,200 lane miles of streets

• $58.9 million road repair program recently began, funded primarily by bonds issued after voters renewed the 7/8 sales tax in 2016

• Approximately 1,600 miles of water mains 20,000 valves, and 15,000 hydrants

• Present rated production capacity for the East Bank is 87M gallons per day; West Bank is 61M gallons per day

• 1,300 miles of gravity lines, 100 miles of force mains, 21,000 manholes, 500 lift stations, and 4 wastewater treatment plants

• Over 90 active sewerage capital projects are ongoing parish-wide at a value of over $200 million

• Challenges include aging gravity lines, lift stations, and treatment facilities

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Swamps and marsh comprise over 85% of the parish’s land.

Between 1932 and 2010, Louisiana’s coast lost more than 1,800 square miles of shorelines, marshes, and swamps.

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

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ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS

Future flood events could cause flooding as deep as 18 inches.

The Parish may lose 42% of its land area over the next 50 years without restoration activities

Parish soils subside 10-35mm per year, damaging property and infrastructure

1-percent-annual-chance Flood Hazard Area (Zones A, AE, AO, AH, AR, A99, V, and VE)

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COMMUNITY FACILITIESEAST BANK PARKS Bright Playground Owens PlaygroundCleary Playground Pontiff PlaygroundDelta Playground Softball ComplexGirard Playground Williams PlaylotJefferson Playground Lemon PlaygroundLakeshore Playground Little Farms PlaygroundLafreniere Park Main Office (E. Bank)LaSalle Park Miley Playground & Stadium

EAST BANK LIBRARIESEast Bank Regional HarahanLakeshore North KennerOld Metairie River RidgeRosedale Wagner

EAST BANK HOSPITALSEast Jefferson General Hospital Ochsner Health CenterTulane Lakeside Hospital

ANIMAL SHELTERS East Bank Animal Shelter West Bank Animal Shelter

WEST BANK PARKS Avondale Playground Kings Grant PlaygroundBelle Terre Playground M.L. King PlaygroundBridge City Playground Main Office — West BankBridge City / G/A Center Nicholson PlaygroundEstelle Community Center Oakdale PlaygroundHarold McDonald Sr. Park PARD PlaygroundHarvard Walk Track Parc des Familles Rose Thorne PlaygroundHarvey Playground Terrytown G/A CenterJacobs Playground Terrytown PlaygroundKennedy Hts. Playground Waggaman PlaygroundWoodmere Playground Estelle Playground

WEST BANK LIBRARIESWest Bank Regional Belle Terre GretnaGrand Isle Lafitte Live OakTerrytown Westwego

WEST BANK HOSPITALSWest Jefferson Medical Center Ochsner Health Center

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COMMUNITY FACILITIESOpenings and Relocations:

• East Probation Office of the Juvenile Services Department

• New Library in River Ridge• New office of Department of

Inspection and Code Enforcement• New library facilities in Avondale and

an “e-library” in Fat City (Discussion phase)

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EDUCATIONJefferson is the state’s largest school district with nearly 50,000 students

A recent study shows that $708.1 million in capital improvements are needed:

• 3 new elementary schools

• 4 new schools for students pre-k-8

• 2 new high schools

• New science facilities at several campuses

• Renovations at various schools

 

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LAND USE AND ZONING Existing Land Use How land is currently being used; mapped at the parcel level

Future Land Use The community’s preferred use of land, at the parcel level, designated by the Comprehensive Plan. Zoning Regulations that govern the use, density, scale, and appearance of development within defined districts.

A Future Land Use may allow more than one type of zoning district.

Existing uses that are inconsistent with a parcel’s zoning are called “nonconforming”

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Residential9,186 acres, 59%

Residential,8,511 acres, 22%

Retail Sales & Services1,852 acres, 12%

Manufacturing & Trade1,134 acres, 7%

Institutions964 acres, 6%

Arts, Rec. & Entertainment905 acres, 6%

Not in use, 673 acres, 4%

Not in use,20,931 acres, 54%

Other, 570 acres, 4%

Retail Sales & Services1,498, 4%

Manufacturing & Trade1,365 acres, 4%

Institutions1,294 acres, 3%

Arts, Rec. & Entertainment1,081 acres, 3%

Other, 420 acres, 1%

Transportation & Utilities1,985 acres, 5%

Fishing, Forestry, and Agriculture1,496 acres, 4%

Transportation & Utilities216 acres, 1%

EXISTING LAND USEEast BankWest Bank

Source: University of New Orleans Land Use Survey, 2000-2002. Does not include land outside of the Hurricane Protection Levee.

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2003

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2018

TPC Louisiana Golf

Churchill Technology & Business ParkNOLA Motorsports

Residential

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LAND USE & ZONING

West Bank Large tracts of land remain available for development

East Bank Infill and redevelopment remain the biggest opportunities

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STATION VISITSWhat are your priorities for the next twenty years?

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THANK YOUConnect with us! (504) 736-6354 EJ2040@jeffparish.net http://www.jeffparish.net/planning

@JeffParishGov /JeffersonParishGov