FPD 2006 The Katrina Charrette 21 April 2006 9:45AM

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FPD 2006The Katrina Charrette21 April
2006945AM

• Roger Blevins, AICP
• Mary Anne G.Bowie, AICP
• David Van Horne, AICP

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Decision Factors

• Cost
• Recurrence of event
• Emotion
• Cultural
• Sense of Place
• Politics

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Where do we go from here?

• What involvement does the federal planning sector
  have?
• Should we re-build within the hazard zones?
• Yes
• No
• What should be the federal (planning design
  role) involvement vs local/state authority

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What involvement does the federal planning sector
have?

• Federal agency volunteers
• States rights Police Power
• Must maintain local decision-making
• Risk? Local gov can make bad decisions
• Need for faster decisions
• Locals must have federal funding support
• Compliance with Natl Response Plan (DHS, EPA)?

• Power of Fed Budget
• Need formal APA FPD position
• White paper?
• Basic Position for the Good Health of Communities
  subject to natural hazards
• Translate Plans

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Should we re-build within the hazard zones?

• Yes -- But
• Re-build Housing Stock
• 8 Voted Yes

• No
• Convert to park
• 13 Voted No

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City of Mandeville, Louisiana
Old Mandeville Redevelopment Strategy
APA/AICP Planning Assistance Team
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Old Mandeville Re-Development Strategy Planning
Assistance Team Out-Brief
APA AICP
5 March 10 March 2006
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Team Introduction

• Mr. Roger D. Blevins, AICP, Team Chief
• HDR, Inc, San Antonio TX
• Ms. Mary Anne G. Bowie, AICP, Principal
  Facilitator
• Bowie Urban Planners, Sarasota FL
• Mr Bradley E. Johnson, AICP, Code Specialist
• Ground Rules, Inc., Indianapolis IN
• Ms. Karen Hundt, AICP, Urban Designer
• Planning Design Studio, Chattanooga,TN
• Ms. Tara B. Paxton, AICP, Environmental Planner
• Township of Brick NJ

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PAT Study Schedule

• 05 Mar, Sun, PM -- Team Arrived at
  Mandeville// City tour
• 06 Mar, Mon -- Initial interviews
  and prepare report format
• 06 Mar, Mon, 630pm -- In-Brief
• 06 Mar, Mon -- Collect Data,
  Interviews Meetings
• 07 Mar Tue -- Interviews, Collect
  Data, Site Tour
• 08 Mar Wed, 1330 -- Mid-Point Brief
• 08 Mar Wed -- Prepare Preliminary
  Recommendations
• 09 Mar Thu -- Prepare Final
  Report, Print Collate Report
• 10 Mar Fri, 1000am -- Out-Brief Conf Room
• 10 Mar Fri -- Final Edit
• 10/11 Mar -- Team Members
  Depart Mandeville

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Report Outline

• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Project Process
• Acknowledgements
• Part 1 Vision
• Five Year Vision for Old Mandeville
  
• Part 2 Old Mandeville Character
• Culture, Values Character of Old Mandeville
• Part 3 Primary Recommendations
• Land Use and Controls
• Discover Old Mandeville
• Traffic Circulation
• Prestress Site Redev Strategies

• Wayfinding Plan
• Pedestrian Linkage to Sunset Park
• Urban Design Solutions (FEMA Requirements)
• Green Space and Recreation Plan
• Katrina Flood Mitigation
• State Hospital Site Utilization
• Enhance Water Quality
• Lakeshore Drive Overlay
• Leverage Federal Funding to Purchase Property
• Diversity of Housing
• Lakeshore Enhancement
• Form-Based Zoning
• Town Center (at the Trailhead)
• Recreation for Children
• Lakeshore Utilization
• Appendices
• Appendix A Work Plan

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Traffic Circulation
80 AC 2,000 to 10,000 persons
1087
Girod St
Traffic Flow and On-Street Parking Will Be An
Issue
Monroe St
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Long-Range Implementation
CY06-10
CY11 to 15
CY16 to 20
Site Capacity and Impact Analysis
ACTIONS - Planning - Budgeting - Negotiations -
Engineering - Construction
Technical Planning Studies, Cost Estimates and
Budget Reports
Strategy Identify potential funding sources for
road and signal improvements
Organizational City engineer works with State
and Land Developer to provide best solution
Objective Plan for anticipated impact from land
development.
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Housing Diversity

• BENEFITS
• Preserve character and scale
• Support area businesses
• Tax base
• Income for owners

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HOUSING DIVERSITY

• Safeguards
• Administrative permit
• Residency requirement for leasing
• Smaller massing and height
• Compatible materials
• Rear of property
• Windows and doors

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TOWN CENTER

• Mixed use
• Clustered at Trailhead
• Pedestrian scale

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TOWN CENTER
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Site and Architectural Guidelines

• Two story minimum
• Prefer three story

• Build to sidewalk
• Storefronts
• Clear glass
• Arcades

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Town Center Site Plan

• FEMA requirements
• Clustering
• Residential uses
• Pedestrian activity

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Celebrate Animate Recreate
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• The Cyprus Forest is eroding Build Sand Bar
• No pedestrian or bicycle access from Lakeshore to
  Sunset Point Build boardwalk
• The Cyprus Forest will be protected from
  continued erosion
• Needs to be on-going, long term project
• The Boardwalk will provide a desired pedestrian
  and bicycle linkage
• Opportunities will be provided for
  interpretation, appreciation and stewardship

Cyprus Forest Link Project
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• Development Strategies for Prestress Site

• The Prestress site needs to be developed
• Strategy for Public/Private Partnership
• Multiple strategies can be explored Range from
  working with owner to purchasing development
  options.
• Prestress Site will be a premier attraction
  for businesses, tourists and residents

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• Green spaces, parks and areas of environmental
  sensitivity
• Under utilized
• Not organized
• Funding is not specifically dedicated.
• Develop and adopt a comprehensive plan
• Establish a stable funding source
• Implementation of Plan will enhance the
  connection between the natural and built
  environment

• Green Space Recreation Plan

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• Wayfinding Project
• Old Mandeville is lacking a uniform directional
  signage system
• Create a "wayfinding" and signage system
• Utilize teardrop island area at East Causeway
  Approach for a Gateway to Old Mandeville
• Create a color or theme coded system that relates
  a color to a group of places
• It will connect the natural and built environment
  through consistent signage, bike/ped amenities
  and cherished community destinations and will
  highlight the charm of Old Mandeville.

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Water Quality Water Quality in Lake Pontchetrain
is impaired

• high fecal coliform levels due to stormwater
  non-point source pollution
• point sources including illicit discharges from
  the greater watershed
• Bayous, drainage ways and marina activity.

• Participate in the St. Tammany Basin Study.
• Initiate watershed education and outreach program
• Explore funding sources through the EPA programs

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Water quality in the bayous, wetlands and Lake
Pontchartrain will improve over time to make more
recreational opportunities possible.
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Discover Old Mandeville

• Located on the north shore of Lake
  Pontchartrain, Old Mandeville has amazing public
  water frontage, a history of mixed land use,
  vernacular architecture that has developed over
  the past 172 years, dockage for an estimated
  1000 boats, continuously improving public
  infrastructure, and an environmentally respectful
  population committed to creating a vibrant and
  economically sustainable community.

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Hurricane Katrina - Now What?

• Mother Nature Creative in Destruction
• Picking up and moving up and up
• Hazard Mitigation Plan Adopted
• Continual improvement of CRS
• Celebrate opportunity for new beginnings

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Create day trip bed and breakfast tourist
destination

• Create public/private partnership for Discover
  and Explore Old Mandeville
• Marketing brochure
• Celebrate the 220 existing businesses with Old
  Mandeville Business Association
• Destination Wedding location to the Bed and
  Breakfast District of Old Mandeville

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New Land Uses as Stimulus

• Bed and Breakfasts on Lakeshore Road
• Accessory Dwelling Units
• Energizing the waterfront interactions
• Want to provide for residents quality of life
  first
• Then provide day-trip bed and breakfast
  destination location

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Land is affordable now and wont be in the future

• Use Hazard Mitigation Grant funds to purchase
  properties from willing sellers to bank lands for
  the future.
• Have the Green Space and Recreation Plan provide
  a list of key priorities for parking uses and
  environmentally sensitive preservation purposes.

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Traditional vs. Form Based Zoning

• Euclidian zoning is not working in Old
  Mandeville.

• Form based regulations will assure that
  dissimilar sized lots and structures will be
  compatible

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Create Lakeshore Road Overlay District

• Need appropriate land use advocacy and design
  guidance
• Goal is to provide cohesive architectural style
  and scale.
• Guidance from architectural design committee will
  supplement area vision plan and program

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Questions and Comments?