2019-0027
INTRODUCED BY: LARRY COCHRAN, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & ZONING)
ORDINANCE NO. ___________
Title
An ordinance to adopt the St. Charles Parish Comprehensive Pedestrian & Bicycle Master Plan.
Body
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish 2030, the Parish’s comprehensive land use plan adopted June 20, 2011, makes a recommendation to "promote pedestrian and bicycle mobility throughout the Parish, with expanded provision of sidewalks, paths, and trails and encouragement of pedestrian and bicycle-friendly streets and land use development patterns”; and,
WHEREAS, in November 2014 the Parish and the Regional Planning Commission for Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Tammany and Tangipahoa Parishes applied for a grant to complete a pedestrian and bicycle master plan in accordance with the recommendation; and,
WHEREAS, in November 2016, the Regional Planning Commission contracted with a consultant team led by All South Consulting Engineers, LLC to complete the plan; and,
WHEREAS, the consultant team created a steering committee and engaged stakeholders and citizens in a public outreach program including interviews, surveys, and public meetings to identify existing roadway conditions and destination points, and review existing plans, crash data, and best practices for pedestrian and bicycle facilities; and,
WHEREAS, stakeholders and citizens helped to identify three main goals for the plan: to improve safety, increase transportation options, and spur economic development; and,
WHEREAS, stakeholders and citizens helped identify road and trail segments as well as destination points for a safer and more connected network of pedestrian and bicycle facilities; and,
WHEREAS, the plan gives recommendations for roadway improvements and other facilities as well as policies, programs, cost estimates, and potential funding sources to achieve those goals; and,
WHEREAS, the draft plan has been reviewed by the project steering committee, the Regional Planning Commission, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, the St. Charles Parish Council, Parish Administrators, and Departments; and,
WHEREAS, the plan was presented at the St. Charles Parish Planning and Zoning Commission's regular meeting of January 10, 2019 which led to the Commission voting unanimously in favor of PZRES 2019-01 in support of forwarding the plan to the Parish Council for adoption.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL ORDAINS:
SECTION I. The St. Charles Parish Comprehensive Pedestrian & Bicycle Master Plan is adopted.
SECTION II. A final document shall be printed and filed with the St. Charles Parish Clerk of Courts and in the records of the St. Charles Parish Council.
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the ordinance was declared adopted this ______ day of __________, 2019 to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
CHAIRMAN:_________________________________________
SECRETARY:________________________________________
DLVD/PARISH PRESIDENT:____________________________
APPROVED:______________ DISAPPROVED:_____________
PARISH PRESIDENT:_________________________________
RETD/SECRETARY:__________________________________
AT:_______________ RECD BY: ________________________