Coast 2050: Toward a Sustainable Coastal Louisiana, The Appendices

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Coast 2050:
Toward a Sustainable
Coastal Louisiana,
The Appendices
&
Appendix A Federal/State/Local Partnership
and Public Involvement
This document is one of three that outline a jointly developed, Federal/State/Local, plan
to address Louisiana’s massive coastal land loss problem and provide for a sustainable
coastal ecosystem by the year 2050. These three documents are:
! Coast 2050: Toward a Sustainable Coastal Louisiana,
! Coast 2050: Toward a Sustainable Coastal Louisiana, An Executive Summary,
! Coast 2050: Toward a Sustainable Coastal Louisiana, The Appendices.
Suggested citation: Louisiana Coastal Wetlands Conservation and Restoration Task Force and the
Wetlands Conservation and Restoration Authority. 1999. Coast 2050: Toward a Sustainable Coastal
Louisiana, The Appendices. Appendix A—Federal/State/Local Partnership and Public Involvement.
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources. Baton Rouge, La.
Cover: “Pelican Sunset” © photograph by C.C. Lockwood, P.O. Box 14876, Baton Rouge, La. 70898.
For additional information on coastal restoration in Louisiana: www.lacoast.gov or
www.savelawetlands.org.
Coast 2050:
Toward a Sustainable
Coastal Louisiana,
The Appendices
&
Appendix A Federal/State/Local
Partnership and Public Involvement
report of the
Louisiana Coastal Wetlands Conservation
and Restoration Task Force
and the
Wetlands Conservation and Restoration Authority
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
Baton Rouge, LA 1999
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS In addition to those named in the various attributions
throughout this Appendix, a number of people played key roles in bringing this document
together in its current form. This included editing, table development, writing explanatory
and transitional text, and general formatting. These people were: Honora Buras, Ken
Duffy, Bill Good, Cathy Grouchy, Bren Haase, Bryan Piazza, Phil Pittman, Jon Porthouse,
Diane Smith, and Cynthia Taylor.
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CONTENTS
SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
General Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Appendix A Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Participation Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Summary of Public Outreach Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Coastal Parishes’ Resolutions of Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SECTION 2: REGIONAL SCOPING MEETING NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Meeting Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Coast 2050 Scoping Meeting USACE Building, New Orleans Region 1
July 15, 1997—Day 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Coast 2050 Scoping Meeting USACE Building, New Orleans Region 1
July 16, 1997—Day 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Coast 2050 Scoping Meeting Yenni Building, Metairie Region 2 July 29,
1997—Day 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Coast 2050 Scoping Meeting Yenni Building, Metairie Region 2 July 30,
1997—Day 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Coast 2050 Scoping Meeting Nicholls State University, Thibodaux
&
Region 3 July 24, 1997 Day 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Coast 2050 Scoping Meeting Nicholls State University, Thibodaux
&
Region 3 July 25, 1997 Day 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Coast 2050 Scoping Meeting Cameron Police Jury Building, Cameron
&
Region 4 August 14, 1997 Day 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Coast 2050 Scoping Meeting Cameron Police Jury Building, Cameron
&
Region 4 August 15, 1997 Day 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SECTION 3: TOWN MEETING NOTES AND POLLING
RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Meeting Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Coast 2050 Town Meeting LSU Burden Research Plantation,
Baton Rouge Regions 1, 2, 3, and 4 June 3, 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Coast 2050 Town Meeting Yenni Building, Metairie Regions 1, 2, 3,
and 4 June 4, 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Coast 2050 Town Meeting Cameron Police Jury Annex, Cameron
Region 4 June 9, 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Coast 2050 Town Meeting Cooperative Extension Service Building,
Abbeville Regions 3 and 4 June 10, 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Coast 2050 Town Meeting Bayou Vista Civic Center, Bayou Vista
Region 3 June 11, 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
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Coast 2050 Town Meeting Cut Off Youth Center, Cut Off Regions 2
and 3 June 15, 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Coast 2050 Town Meeting Houma Municipal Auditorium, Houma
Region 3 June 16, 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Coast 2050 Town Meeting Port Sulphur Civic Center, Port Sulphur
Region 2 June 23, 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Coast 2050 Town Meeting SLU University Center, Hammond Region 1
June 24, 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Coast 2050 Town Meeting St. Bernard Government Complex, Chalmette
Regions 1 and 2 June 25, 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Coast 2050 Town Meeting Lafitte Civic Center, Lafitte Region 2
July 7, 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Polling Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Charting of Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
SECTION 4: REGIONAL REVIEW MEETING NOTES . . . . . . . . . . 137
Finalization of the Coast 2050 Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Coast 2050 Region 4 Meeting Burton Coliseum, Lake Charles
September 9, 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Coast 2050 Region 3 Meeting National Wetlands Research Center,
Lafayette September 10, 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Coast 2050 Region 2 Meeting U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Building,
New Orleans September 15, 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Coast 2050 Region 1 Meeting University Center, Southeastern Louisiana
University, Hammond September 16, 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
SECTION 5: CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE PUBLIC . . . . . . . . . 151
Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Public Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
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FIGURES AND TABLES
Figures
1-1 Coast 2050 process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1-2 Coast 2050 regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1-3 Coast 2050 organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Tables
1-1 Coast 2050 public meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1-2 Record of Coast 2050-related press releases and TV/radio
appearances, May 1997 through September 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3-1 Coast 2050 Region 1 draft regional ecosystem strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
3-2 Coast 2050 Region 1 draft local (mapping unit) strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
3-3 Coast 2050 Region 1 draft common strategies by mapping unit. . . . . . . . . . . 111
3-4 Coast 2050 Region 2 draft regional ecosystem strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
3-5 Coast 2050 Region 2 draft local (mapping unit) strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
3-6 Coast 2050 Region 2 draft common strategies by mapping unit . . . . . . . . . . . 116
3-7 Coast 2050 Region 3 draft regional ecosystem strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
3-8 Coast 2050 Region 3 draft local (mapping unit) strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
3-9 Coast 2050 Region 3 draft common strategies by mapping unit . . . . . . . . . . . 120
3-10 Coast 2050 Region 4 draft regional ecosystem strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
3-11 Coast 2050 Region 4 draft local (mapping unit) strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
3-12 Coast 2050 Region 4 draft common strategies by mapping unit . . . . . . . . . . . 129
3-13 Coast 2050 Region 1, 2, 3, and 4 draft common strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
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SECTION 1
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this document is to freshwater supply, public safety, local
provide a record and analysis of public economies, businesses, jobs, and
participation in the development of community stability.
Coast 2050 habitat objectives and
strategies from May 1997 through The Louisiana coast was divided into
September 1998. four regions, representing distinct
geologic and hydrologic areas, to
Coast 2050 was a joint coastal provide a convenient framework
restoration planning effort among facilitating local input into the planning
Federal, State, and local entities as well process (Figure 1-2).
as academics and other interested
parties. Coast 2050 sought to maximize
General Organization
common ground between ecosystem
needs (technically sound solutions) and
At the top of the Coast 2050
publicly acceptable restoration solutions
organizational chart (Figure 1-3) are the
(Figure 1-1). The process involved an
Strategic Working Group (SWG) and
integrated multiple use approach to
Coastal Zone Management Working
ecosystem management and considered
Group (CZMWG) which were
such factors as fish and wildlife
constituted by the Breaux Act Task
productivity, transportation, navigation,
Force and the State Wetlands Authority.
utilities infrastructure,
The Breaux Act agencies represented on
Federal State Local
PARTNERSHIP Acceptable to
Ecosystem
the
Needs
Public
COAST 2050
GOAL Common
Ground
In partnership with the public,
develop by December, 22 1998, a
Consensus Building
technically sound strategic plan to
sustain coastal resources and
provide an integrated multiple use Strategic
Coastal
approach to ecosystem Plan
management.
Figure 1-1. Coast 2050 process.
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the SWG were the U.S. Army Corps of in development of the strategic plan.
Engineers (USACE), the Environmental Four Regional Planning Teams (RPTs)
Protection Agency, the Natural Resource were established for the purpose of
Conservation Service, the U.S. Fish and developing coastal strategies and
Wildlife Service, and the National reviewing coastal use and resource
Marine Fisheries Service. The State objectives developed by the ODT. The
agencies represented on the SWG were RPTs were comprised of agency staff,
the Office of the Governor, the academic representatives, parish
Department of Natural Resources governments, Louisiana Cooperative
(DNR), the Division of Administration, Extension Service/LSU Sea Grant staff,
the Department of Wildlife and and volunteer local participants. These
Fisheries, the Department of teams provided technical information
Environmental Quality, the Department and proposed regional coastal strategies
of Transportation and Development, and to the PMT.
the State Soil and Water Conservation
Commission of the Department of A strategic coastal plan has resulted
Agriculture and Forestry. from the Coast 2050 initiative that
includes strategies deemed appropriate
The SWG also had academic and to achieve the public’s objectives. The
consultant support, and was responsible Breaux Act Task Force, the State
for overseeing strategic plan Wetlands Authority, and the DNR
development. The Planning Coastal Zone Management Authority
Management Team (PMT) was have established the plan as a unifying
responsible for authoring the Coast 2050 coastal policy. This plan is the basis of
main report. the amended Breaux Act Restoration
Plan and the State’s strategic coastal
The CZMWG consisted of parish plan.
government representatives and parish
coastal zone management advisory The public participated in Coast 2050
committees. It was responsible for throughout the entire process. Public
determining the public acceptability of participation was invited in 40 separate
habitat objectives and restoration press releases and six television and
strategies. The Objectives Development radio announcements in addition to at
Team (ODT) focused on obtaining least 65 public meetings held throughout
information regarding coastal use and the planning process (Tables 1-1 and
resource objectives that was to be used 1-2).
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