[StBernard] Draft Coastal Plan Public Hearings

[Westley Annis]

PUBLIC HEARINGS on the DRAFT MASTER PLAN:
"INTEGRATED ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION AND HURRICANE PROTECTION:
LOUISIANA'S COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN FOR A SUSTAINABLE COAST" 


The Louisiana Speaks Regional Vision is being created in close collaboration
with Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA).
Louisiana Speaks is working with CPRA to develop community growth strategies
and other "non-structural" means that support CPRA's work on coastal
restoration and levee planning.

In December 2005, the Louisiana State legislature established the CPRA as
the single state entity with the authority to focus development and
implementation efforts for comprehensive coastal protection. Utilizing input
from a wide variety of stakeholders over the past year, the Coastal
Protection and Restoration Authority developed a comprehensive master plan
for sustainable coastal protection integrating the two goals of hurricane
protection and coastal restoration. A preliminary draft of the master plan
was released in November 2006 for public comment. After reviewing these
comments, the draft of the master plan was published and is now available
from louisianacoastalplanning.org <http://louisianacoastalplanning.org> .
Public hearings to discuss the draft plan, as well as the Louisiana Coastal
Impact Assistance Program Draft Plan and the FY 2008 Annual Plan: Ecosystem
Restoration and Hurricane Protection in Coastal Louisiana are scheduled for
Houma, Lake Charles and New Orleans the last week of February and a public
meeting in Abbeville is scheduled for March 1st. Copies of the DRAFT
Comprehensive Coastal Master Plan for Louisiana will be available for review
at Parish libraries in addition to the Coastal Protection and Restoration
Authority--Integrated Planning Team website, louisianacoastalplanning.org
<http://louisianacoastalplanning.org> . Copies of the Coastal Impact
Assistance Program Draft Plan are available from:
dnr.louisiana.gov/crm/ciap/ciap.asp
<http://dnr.louisiana.gov/crm/ciap/ciap.asp> 

The following is a list of scheduled public hearings. This information is
also available on the Louisiana Speaks Events Calendar
<http://www.louisianaspeaks.org/calendar.html> .


Monday, February 26, 2007
Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center
346 Civic Center Boulevard, Houma, LA 70360
Public Hearing 5:30 pm
driving directions
<http://yellowpages.superpages.com/supermaps/mapinit.jsp?SRC=comwp&N=Houma-T
errebonne+Civic+Center&T=houma&S=LA&STYPE=S&L=Houma+LA&R=N&LID=0069465970&ma
p.x=212&map.y=125&level=8&lat=029578339&lng=-090726854&POI1lat=029578339&POI
1lng=-090726854&POI1name=Houma-Terrebonne+Civic+Center&streetaddress=346+Civ
ic+Center+Boulevard&city=Houma&state=LA&zip=70360> 

Tuesday, February 27, 2007
L'Auberge Dulac Hotel & Casino 
777 Avenue L'Auberge, Lake Charles, LA 70601
Public Hearing 5:30 pm
driving directions <http://www.ldlcasino.com/getting_here/>  

Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Lindy C. Boggs Conference Center
2045 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, LA 70148
Public Hearing 5:30 pm
driving directions <http://conferences.uno.edu/directions.htm>  

Thursday, March 1, 2007
Abbeville Branch Library
405 E. St. Victor, Abbeville, LA 70510
Public Meeting 6:30 pm
driving directions
<http://yellowpages.superpages.com/supermaps/mapinit.jsp?SRC=comwp&N=Abbevil
le+Branch+Library&T=abbeville&S=LA&STYPE=S&L=Abbeville+LA&R=N&LID=0108085607
&map.x=212&map.y=125&level=8&lat=029974623&lng=-092132050&POI1lat=029974623&
POI1lng=-092132050&POI1name=Vermilion+Parish+Library+-+Abbeville%2C+Abbevill
e+Branch%2C+Branches&streetaddress=405+East+Saint+Victor+Street&city=Abbevil
le&state=LA&zip=70510> 


If you require special assistance to participate in a public hearing because
of a disability, please contact the DNR Deputy Secretary, at P.O. 94369,
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9396, or by telephone at (225) 342-4505, at least
three working days prior to the meeting. 

Louisiana Speaks is a multifaceted planning process, endorsed by the
Louisiana Recovery Authority, to develop a sustainable, long-term vision for
South Louisiana in the wake of the destruction caused by Hurricanes Katrina
and Rita.