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Section:

01 Task 3 Overview 09 Task 3 Overview

Biosciences District Overview

Community and Social Context

12 Physical Context

40 A Strategy for Meaningful Community Involvement

12 Natural Environment 17 Built Environment 21 Pedestrian and Vehicular Circulation 30 Utility Overview 32 Regulatory Context

40 Institutional / Governance 43 Commercial / Economic Development 45 Health Sciences / Healthcare 46 Neighborhood / Community 49 Stakeholder Matrix 69 Section Summary

04 Urban Design 72 Task Process 72 Baseline: Sub-Districts within the Biosciences District Boundaries 74 Baseline: Existing Land Use 76 Maps and Matrix Summary 77 Analysis 88 Section Summary

Acknowledgement

The AECOM Team would like to acknowledge the GNOBEDD Board and staff for their input and engagement during this task. This report has also been developed in coordination with the entire AECOM Team. The team includes: EDAW I AECOM, AECOM Economics, AECOM Transportation, Bright Moments, Cannon Design, CBRE, Chester Engineers, and The Ehrhardt Group.

TrafďŹ c Analysis

Utilities

Sustainability

92 TrafďŹ c Impact Analysis Review

102 Existing Utility Information

112 Sustainability Constraints and Opportunities

93 Other Proposals and Projects

104 Future Utility Loads

113 Sustainability Existing Conditions Matrix

97 Long-Term Demand and Biosciences District Plan 98 Section Summary

106 Utility Costs and Concerns 107 Sustainability 108 Section Summary

114 Section Summary

08 Biosciences District SWOT Analysis 118 Threats 119 Weaknesses 119 Strengths 121 Opportunities 122 Section Summary

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List of Tables and Maps Section 1: Task 3 Overview No tables or maps

Section 2: Biosciences District Overview Tables Table 1.........................................................................Park and Recreation Resources in the Biosciences District Table 2.........................................................................VMT Count at Key Intersections in the Biosciences District Table 3.........................................................................ADT Count at Key Intersections in the Biosciences District

Maps Map 1.........................................................................Regional Context Map 2.........................................................................Neighbohoods Map 3.........................................................................Elevation Map 4.........................................................................Soils Map 5.........................................................................FEMA Floodplain 1999 Map 6.........................................................................Advisory Base Flood Elevation Map 7..........................................................................Aerial 12/2009 Map 8.........................................................................Figure Ground Map 9.........................................................................Key Developments: Existing & In-Progress Map 10.......................................................................Key Developments: Proposed Map 11........................................................................Historic Districts & Landmarks Map 12.......................................................................Blighted and Roadhome Properties Map 13.......................................................................EPA Reporting Facilities Map 14.......................................................................Existing Conditions Base Map 15.......................................................................Walking Distances Map 16.......................................................................Street Network Map 17........................................................................Transit Map 18.......................................................................Bikeways Map 19.......................................................................Planning Districts Map 20.......................................................................Existing Zoning Map 21.......................................................................Existing Land Use Map 22.......................................................................City and State Land Ownership Map 23.......................................................................Overlay Districts Map 24.......................................................................Opportunities and Constraints Analysis

Section 3: Community and Social Context Tables Table 4.........................................................................SigniďŹ cant Stakeholders in the Biosciences District

Section 4: Urban Design Tables Table 5........................................................................Matrix: Key Developments in and around the Biosciences District

Maps Map 25.......................................................................LSU & UMC Aerial Map 26.......................................................................Tulane University Downtown Campus Aerial Map 27.......................................................................Proposed VA Site Aerial Map 28........................................................................Xavier University Aerial Map 29.......................................................................Building Inventory Map 30.......................................................................Building Inventory Map 31.......................................................................Building Inventory Map 32.......................................................................Building Inventory Map 33.......................................................................Building Inventory Map 34.......................................................................Mid-City Map 35.......................................................................Gert Town Map 36.......................................................................Xavier University & Hwy Interchange Key Devleopments: Proposed Map 37.......................................................................LSU & UMC Key Developments: Proposed Map 38........................................................................Tulane University Key Developments: Proposed Map 39.......................................................................Bio-Tech District Zoning Anlaysis Map 40.......................................................................Bio-Tech District Prototypes Map 41.......................................................................Bio-Tech District Prototypes Map 42.......................................................................Bio-Tech District Prototypes Map 43.......................................................................Bio-Tech District Prototypes Map 44.......................................................................Bio-Tech District Prototypes Map 45.......................................................................Bio-Tech District Prototypes Map 46.......................................................................Bio-Tech District Prototypes

Section 5: Traffic Analysis No tables or maps

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List of Tables, Figures & Maps (Cont.) Section 6: Utilities Maps Map 47.......................................................................Electrical Distribution System: Entergy Aerial Primary Map 48........................................................................Electrical Distribution System: Entergy Underground Primary Map 49.......................................................................Electrical Distribution System: Entergy High Voltage Transmission Lines Map 50.......................................................................Electrical Distribution System: SWB 25Hz, Specialized and Dedicated Feeders Map 51.......................................................................Natural Gas Distribution System: Entergy High Pressure Lines (4” and Greater) Map 52.......................................................................Communications Systems: Verizon Long Distance & Local Trunk Lines Map 53.......................................................................Communications Systems: Cox Communications Digital & Coaxial Lines Map 54.......................................................................Water Systems: SWB Potable Water (6” & Greater) Map 55.......................................................................Water Systems: SWB Wastewater (10” & Greater) Map 56.......................................................................Water Systems: SWB Stormwater (36” & Greater) Map 57.......................................................................Water Systems: Entergy Chilled Water & Steam Map 58.......................................................................Utilities: Electrical Distribution Systems Map 59.......................................................................Utilities: Communication Systems) Map 60.......................................................................Utilities: Water Systems

Section 7: Sustainability Tables Matrix.........................................................................Sustainability Opportunities & Constraints Matrix

Maps Map 61.......................................................................Spatially Dependent District Scale Sustainability Opportunities

Section 8: Biosciences District SWOT Analysis No tables or maps

Section 01: Task 3 Overview

Overview Task 3 Overview The purpose of Task 3 is to provide a detailed assessment of the existing physical, functional and regulatory conditions of the Greater New Orleans Biosciences Economic Development District (GNOBEDD). The analysis is based on a detailed review of existing data, plans, reports and other information collected during Task 1, Stakeholder Interviews, and Task 2, Data Gathering. The analysis is divided into eight sections: Biosciences District Overview; Community and Social Context; Urban Design; TrafďŹ c Analysis; Utilities; Sustainability; and Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT) Analysis. Section 2, Biosciences District Overview, provides an overview of the existing conditions within the Biosciences District, including its physical and regulatory context. Detailed assessments on the community and social infrastructure, urban design as it relates to the areas around the proposed VA Hospital and University Medical Center (UMC) hospital campuses, trafďŹ c , utilities, sustainability and a SWOT analysis are provided in subsequent sections.

The vision of the Biosciences District is to: Build a globally competitive economy for the New Orleans region to diversify our opportunities and build a community through innovation that contains the healthiest, safest, smartest, and most sustainable neighborhoods in America.

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Section 02: Biosciences District Overview

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Biosciences District Overview Physical Context

Neighborhood context Map 2: Neighborhoods

City and Regional context Map 1: Regional Context New Orleans is one of the largest cities on the Gulf Coast. Throughout the history of the city, its strategic location on the mouth of the Mississippi River has made it one of the most important cities in the United States in terms of trade. The city is one of the largest and busiest ports in the world and is a hub for transportation and distribution of goods throughout the rest of the country. According to the American Association of Port Authorities, as of 2008, the Port of New Orleans and the Port of South Louisiana just north of the city ranked 59th and 14th in the world, respectively, in terms of cargo volume. Other key industries that support the city’s economy include oil and gas production and tourism. The New Orleans Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is the third largest in the gulf region despite a decrease of approximately 13% from 2000 to 2008. As a result, it is also a major regional hub for the health care industry. The Biosciences District spans 1,500 acres in the heart of New Orleans and includes a number of institutions and hospitals that support the industry. They include the Louisiana State University (LSU) and Tulane Health Science Centers, Xavier University and its School of Pharmacy, and the Charity School of Nursing for Delgado Community College. Important educational institutions, hospitals and other research centers in the city and the region include: University of New Orleans, Delgado Community College, Loyola University, Dillard University, Children’s Hospital, Ochsner Baptist, Ochsner Hospital, Touro Inﬁrmary, LSU School of Dentistry, Tulane National Primate Research Center, and Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge.

The Biosciences District is bounded by Loyola Avenue, Iberville Street, Carrollton Avenue and Earhart Boulevard; and encompasses portions of ﬁve neighborhoods within New Orleans: Central Business District (CBD), B.W. Cooper, Tulane-Gravier, Mid-City and Gert Town. The CBD is riverside of I-10. The B.W. Cooper neighborhood is located uptown of I-10 between Claiborne Avenue and Broad Street. Tulane-Gravier is also located between Claiborne Avenue and Broad Street but downtown of I-10. The area bounded by I-10, Carrollton Avenue and Broad Street, encompassing almost three quarters of the Biosciences District, is all part of Mid-City. Gert Town is located lakeside of Broad Street and uptown of I-10, and includes Xavier University. Other neighborhoods that adjoin the Biosciences District are Central City, French Quarter, Iberville and Dixon. The Biosciences District includes the Criminal Courts Building, parish prison, the headquarters for the New Orleans Police Department, as well as the homes of several famous jazz musicians in New Orleans history, including Louis Matthew Verges, John Bayersdorfer, Emile “Stalebread” Lacoume, Johnny De Droit and Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, who was born in a house on Jane Alley, a street that was once behind the court building.

Natural Environment Physiography Geomorphic, or physiographic, regions are broad-scale subdivisions based on terrain texture, rock type, and geologic structure and history. Physiographic regions are described using a three-tiered classiﬁcation system: division, province and section. Based on this system,

The Alluvial Plain of the Mississippi Delta. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3AMississippi_Delta_IR.jpg

the City of New Orleans is located in the division of the Atlantic Plain, the province of the Coastal Plain and the section of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain. In Louisiana, the Mississippi Alluvial Plain encompasses all the lands in the historic Mississippi River ﬂoodplain. The relatively level lowland plain is characterized by rich soils of silt and clay deposited over millions of years through periodic ﬂooding. Historically, dominant plant communities include bottomland hardwood forests and cypress swamps.

Climate The climate of New Orleans is subtropical with hot, humid summers and short, generally mild winters. The average annual precipitation is 64.2 inches, a few inches more than many cities in the country receive. Generally,

the summer months are the wettest, while October is the driest month. Snow is a rare occurrence in the city. There are almost 220 days of sunny and partly sunny days each year. Prevailing winds in the region are from the south to south southwest and the average wind speed is 8.2 miles per hour. Heating degree days and cooling degree days reﬂect the amount of energy need to heat or cool a home or business. The subtropical climate creates a strong demand for air conditioning rather than heating. This is reﬂected in the total number of annual cooling degree days versus heating degree days of 2,655 and 1,513, respectively. Hurricanes pose a severe threat to the area due to its location on the gulf coast. New Orleans is surrounded by water on its northern, southern and eastern perimeters.

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This fact, compounded with its low elevation and sinking coastline, makes it especially vulnerable to flooding. Portions of Greater New Orleans have been flooded by 10 significant hurricanes: Grand Isle Hurricane of 1909, New Orleans Hurricane of 1915, 1947 Fort Lauderdale Hurricane, Hurricane Flossy in 1956, Hurricane Betsy in 1965, Hurricane Georges in 1998, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Hurricane Rita in 2005 and Hurricane Ike in 2008.

Topography Map 3: Elevation The elevation of the Biosciences District generally lies between five feet below sea level to five feet above sea level; the majority of the Biosciences District, including those areas within the Mid-City and Gert Town neighborhoods, is at sea level. The higher areas of the District are found riverside of I-10 in the vicinity of the Superdome and Union Passenger Terminal (UPT), with elevations around five feet above sea level.

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Urban Land is found primarily uptown of I-10, riverside of Jeff Davis Parkway and riverside of Claiborne Avenue in the CBD. Urban Land is designated in areas where more than 85% of the surface is covered by asphalt, concrete, buildings or other impervious surfaces. Harahan Clay is found only in the Gert Town neighborhood area within the Biosciences District. This poorly drained soil type is characterized by wetness, very high shrink-swell potential, very slow permeability, low strength and medium total subsidence potential. Flooding is also a potential hazard. Given the above, this soil is poorly suited to urban uses. If buildings are constructed, pilings and specially constructed foundations are needed.

Hydrology

Three soil types are found in the Biosciences District: Sharkey Clay, Urban Land and Harahan Clay.

New Orleans lies between three signiﬁcant water bodies: the Gulf of Mexico, Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River. Flooding from the Mississippi River has been an annual event well before the settlement of the city, and has helped shaped the delta as it reaches into the gulf. The periodic ﬂooding of the river also left behind soil deposits that created natural levels along its banks upon which the city was originally built.

Sharkey Clay covers the majority of the Biosciences District and is found primarily downtown of I-10 and lakeside of Claiborne Avenue. The majority of Xavier University is situated on this soil type as well. Sharkey clay is a poorly drained, ﬁrm, mineral soil with very slow permeability and very high shrink-swell potential. Water may stand in low places for short periods after heavy rains. Flooding is rare but can occur after prolonged periods of heavy rains. The soil can support the foundation of most low structures without the use of piling.

Since the 1800s, efforts have been made to protect the developing city from the ﬂood waters of the Mississippi through the creation of an extensive levee and canal system. The ﬁrst canals were built from hollowed out logs with bricks being used for construction of newer canals, prior to the use of pipes. The overall drainage system, which is managed by the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, includes a system of underground drainage canals, almost 150 drainage pumps and numerous pumping stations. The total miles of above and below ground canals exceed that of Venice, Italy.

Soils Map 4: Soils

The lobes of the Mississippi River Delta that formed over thousands of years due to deltaic switching. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mississippi_Delta_Lobes.jpg

Additional information on the canals can be found in Section 6: Utilities.

Floodplain Map 5: 1999 FEMA Floodplain Map 6: ABFE The 1999 FEMA floodplain maps for the city show that majority of the Biosciences District lies within the 100 year floodplain. The only areas of the District that lie in the 500 year floodplain are found along sections of I-10 and a small area around Claiborne Avenue and Canal Street.

Area Flood Rate Insurance Maps (FIRM) establishes a Base Flood Elevation (BFE) that indicates the minimum required building elevation to help avoid flooding. The existing FIRM maps date back to 1984. Due to the extensive flooding from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, these maps are currently being revised to provide a more accurate build level. In the interim, FEMA has established Advisory Base Flood Elevation (ABFE) to protect property owners from future flooding. ABFE is defined as the greater of either the existing FIRM BFE or the highest existing adjacent grade (HEAG) at the building site plus three feet.

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Hurricane Katrina Flooding in the Biosciences District, September 3, 2005. Source: http://www.katrina.noaa.gov/maps/images/katrina-ďŹ&#x201A;ood-depth-estimation-08-31-2005.jpg

For the Biosciences District, the ABFE ranges from a BFE of 0 to 2.5 feet above sea level, with the areas within the 500 year floodplain designated as 3 feet above HEAG. The area bounded by Claiborne Avenue and I-10 has a BFE of 0 feet. The CBD has a BFE of 2.5 feet. Gert Town has a BFE of 0.5 and 1.5 feet. Existing elevations at the building site must be known in order to determine the minimum elevation of the building’s first occupiable floor, including basement.

high-rise ofﬁce towers and commercial uses. The plan for the Biosciences District should include urban design principles that encourage new development to respect and reﬂect these edge conditions so there is a gradual transition between building forms inside and outside the District, rather than a hard edge.

Built Environment

There are numerous important developments in the Biosciences District that are either completed or inprogress (i.e. under construction). Development projects fall generally into three categories: institutional (schools, universities and hospitals), non-residential and residential. Institutional projects include Delgado School of Nursing, LSU Medical School, Tulane Medical School, Xavier University and several primary and secondary schools within and immediately around the Biosciences District. Non-residential landmark projects include City Hall, Louisiana Superdome, Union Passenger Terminal, Orleans Parish Prison, Police Headquarters, The Building

Edge Conditions Map 7: Aerial Map 8: Figure Ground The Biosciences District is primarily surrounded by one to two-story residential neighborhoods and those services or uses that support them, including schools and smallscale commercial and ofﬁce uses. The downtown core is located on the riverside boundary of GNOBEDD along Loyola Avenue, with lodging, high density residential,

Key Developments: Existing and In-Progress Map 9: Key Developments Existing and In-Progress

The Biosciences District abuts a variety of land use including residential, industrial and high density commercial ofﬁce. The former Laﬁtte Housing Development and the area within the CBD adjacent to the Louisiana Superdome are shown above.

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Block (Eco Park), Benson Tower and a number of hotel developments and redevelopments along Canal Street. Recently completed major residential projects are found primarily along Tulane Avenue and include the Canal Condominiums, Marquis Apartments, Falstaff Apartments and Crescent Club. The former Laﬁtte Housing development just outside of the Biosciences District boundary is currently being redeveloped by Providence Community Housing.

Key Developments: Proposed Map 10: Key Developments Proposed There are several large developments proposed within the Biosciences District that are in various stages of the planning process. These projects include most notably the new VA Hospital and University Medical Center located lakeside of Claiborne Avenue between Tulane Avenue and Canal and Rocheblave streets. Other notable planned developments include the Orleans Parish Prison redevelopment and expansions of Xavier University and Tulane Medical School under their proposed master plans.

Historic Landmarks Map 11: Historic Districts and Landmarks There are three historic districts that cover portions of the Biosciences District. The largest district is the MidCity Historic District, which is on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and covers much of the area lakeside of Claiborne Avenue and north of I-10. Canal Street includes two historic districts: one designated by the NRHP and the other designated by the city’s Historic District and Landmarks Commission (HDLC). Within the Biosciences District, the boundaries of these two historic districts are coterminous and include the properties bounded by Crozat and Iberville streets and Cleveland Avenue.

The Falstaff Brewery is one of several historic landmarks within the Biosciences District.

There are 20 historic properties within the Biosciences District. They are designated historic by the HDLC, NRHP or both. Notable historic landmarks within the District include the Dixie Brewery, Blue Plate Building, Criminal Courts Building, the home of Lafcadio Hearn, Pan Am Life Insurance Company Building, Xavier University’s Administration Building and the Charity Hospital School of Nursing. Other buildings that are not designated as historic by either NRHP or HDLC, but are good representations of the unique architectural styles of New Orleans or are important to the community should be identiﬁed so that recommendations for their preservation can be incorporated into the plan for the Biosciences District.

Blight Map 12: Blighted and Roadhome Properties There are over 220 blighted properties within the Biosciences District. Properties are determined as blighted in accordance with Chapter 28 (Postdisaster Recovery and Neighborhood Stabilization) of the municipal code or by the New Orleans Redevelopment

There are also 10 RCRA sites that are monitored for hazardous materials.

Parks and Open Space Map 14: Existing Conditions

A blighted property within the Biosciences District.

Authority (NORA). Properties that were designated as blighted prior to Katrina and Roadhome properties are also shown. The majority of blighted properties, including those considered blighted pre-Katrina, are found in Gert Town. Other blighted properties are found in the area generally bounded by Galvez, Canal and Banks streets and Carrollton Avenue.

Brownfields and Other EPA Reporting Facilities Map 13: EPA Reporting Facilities There are 15 sites within the Biosciences District that are monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Three brownﬁelds exist within the in the District: Old Falstaff Brewery located riverside of Broad Street; Dixon Tomato located just on the District boundary by the B.W. Cooper housing development; and David Drive Incinerator located on La Salle Street between Perdido and Gravier streets. Dixie Brewery on Tulane Avenue and the Coca Cola Bottling Company on Jefferson Davis Parkway are listed on the EPA’s Toxic Release Inventory.

There are approximately 29 acres of designated parks and open space within the Biosciences District. Parks are primarily located in three areas within the district: Gert Town, along Jefferson Davis Parkway and along Loyola Avenue. Most parks and open space are small pocket parks that are plazas or other passive recreation space; four playgrounds are located within the Biosciences District. The Gert Town Pool, the only pool in the area, suffered damage during Katrina and has not reopened. Gravier Park, located on the corner of Perdido and Gayoso streets, has the only park zoning designation within the Biosciences District. The Laﬁtte Corridor is a proposed greenway and revitalization project just outside the GNOBEDD Iberville Street boundary. The corridor is a three-mile long strip of land that stretches from the French Quarter to Canal Boulevard in Lakeview. The former rail line will create a continuous open space corridor for pedestrians and bicyclists and link a number of neighborhoods and existing park spaces. Once built, the corridor will provide an excellent recreational space for those living within the Biosciences District. Connections to this corridor from the Biosciences District will need to be assessed and included in the plan for the District. Urban Forest The extent and value of the tree canopy provides an important indicator of the level and quality of green infrastructure within a city. Urban trees provide important greenhouse gas reduction and other sustainability beneﬁts including reducing the Urban

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Table 1: Park and Recreation Resources in the Biosciences District Park

District Acreage

Park Type

Owner

Manager

Use A=Active P=Passive

Facilities (2002)

Cancer Survivor’s Park

0.44

Pocket

City

Parkway

Monuments, benches

Comiskey Playground

2.25

Neighborhood

City

NORD

Playground equipment, basketball, multipurpose ﬁeld, baseball, booster club, lights, restrooms, sports activities

Duncan Plaza

6.83

Neighborhood

City

Parkway / DDD

Gazebo, benches, monuments

Elk Place

0.83

Pocket

City

Parkway

Neutral ground, monuments

Gert Town Pool

Center

City

NORD

Pool

Gravier Park

0.43

Pocket

City

Parkway

Multi-purpose ﬁeld

Jefferson Davis Playground

3.5

Neighborhood

City

NORD

Playground equipment

Norwood Thompson Playground

1.3

Neighborhood

City

NORD

Playground equipment, basketball, multipurpose ﬁeld, baseball, lights, restrooms

Monument

Pershing Place

0.35

Pocket

City

Parkway

Jefferson Davis Playspot

10.93

Neighborhood

City

NORD

Simon Bolivar Plaza

0.15

Pocket

City

Parkway

Union Passenger Terminal Plaza

0.9

Pocket

City

Parkway

A/P

Source: Plan for the 21st Century. New Orleans 2030. Volume 3: Context and Appendix. January 2010

Neutral ground, monuments, playground

January 2010 Status

Active

Closed

Active

Heat Island effect, sequestering carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, reducing energy demand of buildings through shading, providing habitat, improving pedestrian comfort, and increasing property values. The nonproﬁt organization, American Forests, prepared an analysis of New Orleans’ tree canopy in 2002. The analysis found that 24% of the metropolitan area was covered by tree canopy, 33% was impervious surfaces; 28% was open space (not tree covered); and 12% was water. Using an aerial from December 2009, the AECOM Team analyzed the extent of tree cover within the Biosciences District and found that 3.6% of the District was covered by tree canopy. Most trees are found along Jefferson Davis Parkway, Canal Street and Banks Street, with a scattering of individual trees found throughout residential areas. American Forests recommends that there be 25% tree canopy cover in urban residential areas and 15% tree canopy in central business districts. The primary species of tree found within the Biosciences District are live oaks. Palms are located within the neutral ground of Canal Street; crepe myrtles are also found in the Biosciences District. It is estimated that 100,000 trees were lost during Hurricane Katrina. During the 2030 Master Plan process, preserving and restoring the tree canopy throughout the city was a key priority identiﬁed by the public. Increasing the urban tree canopy within the Biosciences District should be a high priority for the project.

Pedestrian and Vehicular Circulation Pedestrian Circulation Map 15: Walking Distances With the exception of the Pontchartrain Expressway / I-10 and certain sections of Earhart Boulevard, Poydras

One of the few tree-lined boulevards within the Biosciences District.

Street, and minor streets in the I-10 industrial corridor with abutting industrial or transportation uses, the streets in the Biosciences District have sidewalks, but many of these are in poor condition, especially in residential areas. In many areas, such as Gert Town, the disrepair is due to general lack of maintenance, resulting in the disappearance of some sections of the sidewalks. In some locations where trees have been planted in the planting strip between the sidewalk and the curb, tree roots cause the sidewalks to buckle—a common condition in New Orleans. The poor condition of the sidewalks results in very few areas within the Biosciences District that are ADA accessible, even where curb ramps are present. Despite a current major citywide initiative funded with federal money through the Regional Planning Commission (RPC) to provide accessible crossings, most of the delineated crossings in the Biosciences District are found on Canal Street and Carrollton Avenue, which are a result of the recent streetcar construction. More recently, sidewalks and accessibility have improved on other major streets through the RPC initiative. Minor streets, especially in

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crosses Claiborne Avenue. Tulane Medical School also has overhead walkways connecting their hospital with the garage across La Salle Street and the medical school buildings across Tulane Avenue. A map showing ﬁve minute walk distances from key existing and proposed developments within the Biosciences Districts is provided. However, the general condition of the sidewalks as well as the perception of lack of safety (an issue that arose during the stakeholder interviews) suggests that the Biosciences District currently has few pedestrian friendly areas. Recommendations on funding sources for the repair and continued maintenance of sidewalks and crosswalks should be incorporated into the plan for the Biosciences District. A sidewalk along Tulane Avenue within the Biosciences District.

residential areas, rarely have accessible and demarcated crosswalks. As in many cities, although the sidewalks are within the street ROW, which is city or state property, the abutting property owner is responsible for maintenance. Jurisdiction over sidewalks rests primarily with the Department of Public Works (DPW), but Parks and Parkways has the right to determine any plantings, and Safety and Permits has to give permits for overhanging balconies or other intrusions into the sidewalk at grade or above. Special regulatory and/or development districts have some control over materials, and the utilities have certain rights as well. (Detailed maps of utilities within the Biosciences District can be found in Section 6: Utilities). There are no established pedestrian paths in the Biosciences District other than sidewalks that are open to the general public. There is an elevated pathway connecting various buildings of the LSU campus that

Roadway Infrastructure Map 16: Street Network Important arterial and collector streets in the Biosciences District include the following: River/Lake

Up/Down River

Earhart Boulevard (in District)

Carrollton (in District)*

Washington Avenue

Jefferson Davis Parkway*

Poydras Street

Broad Street*

Tulane Avenue

Galvez Street*

Canal Street

Claiborne Avenue*

Basin Street (downriver of Canal)

Loyola Avenue/Elks Place (upriver of Canal)

* On upriver side of Canal, these street names are preﬁxed South or S. and on the downriver side, North or N. Ot the streets identiﬁed above, Tulane Avenue is perhaps

one of the most important within the Biosciences District as it links the institutional land uses on both ends of the District. Tulane Avenue is also part of US Route 61, which runs 1,400 miles from New Orleans to Minnesota. The route was an important north–south connection in the days before the interstate highway system. The highway is often called “The Blues Highway,” because of the course it takes from Minnesota, and into Louisiana (primarily New Orleans), which is considered the heart of the blues, as well as Dixieland jazz. Existing Trafﬁc Conditions Regarding Level of Service (LOS) and congestion management, there is no universally available source of data, except for the RPC Congestion Management Program. Without copying what is available from websites or extracting the data through a formal request by GNOBEDD, it is reasonable to say that congestion seldom (if ever) occurs, except at peak hours – and then it is usually on the interstate system or on streets leading to it. While it does provide access to the interstate, the only roadway in or near the Biosciences District that is frequently congested is S. Carrollton Avenue between Claiborne and Tulane Avenues, especially between Earhart Boulevard and Washington Avenue. This likely results from a combination of badly times signals, too many driveways and the interstate entrances, in that order. Annual Daily Trafﬁc (ADT) volumes are provided by the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) for several years, including 2008, 2004, and back into the 1990s. All count stations do not have data for exactly the same years, but in the Biosciences District, there are three stations for which Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) can be calculated, which are shown in Tables 2 and 3 on the next page. The second table presents ADT for 2008 and the previous period available for all count stations in or

near the Biosciences District. The shaded cells are near but outside the study area. ADT has decreased in all but one location, which is on the interstate, and the increase is only 9%. The greatest decrease of 52% has been on Tulane Avenue at Roman Street in the area of the proposed UMC, which is currently largely vacant. Parking On-street parking is generally metered on major streets and is free on minor streets. Outside the CBD and the immediate areas of LSU Health Sciences Center and the Criminal Justice area, there is little or no need for additional parking at present. Off-street parking for facilities developed in the last few decades has been guided through the parking requirements found in the existing zoning ordinance. In some cases, current demand does not appear to exceed supply, especially in the older medical district in the CBD where facilities are abandoned (e.g. Charity Hospital) or in the process of being phased out and relocated, including the existing VA hospital and LSU Medical School. Future uses in this area, however, may revive a demand for these available spaces. Parking demand may also be impacted by the current efforts to encourage transit ridership and bicycles for work trips. Parking requirements may also be adjusted during the revision to the comprehensive zoning ordinance, which may affect demand if requirements are reduced for individual uses, especially non-residential developments. As the ordinance is revised over the next year, great attention must be paid to the impact of changing parking policies by zoning district would have on development in the Biosciences District.

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Table 2: VMT Count at Key Intersections in the Biosciences District US 90 Tulane Ave I-10 Between split & Roman St & Gravier St

US 61 Tulane Ave & Carrollton Ave

VMT

2008

28,995

107,476

30,042

2004

60,193

164,377

49,144

2004

2001

2008

60,193

196,915

49,144

52%

45%

39%

Highest record year Record year VMT 2008 compared to highest record year

Table 3: ADT Count at Key Intersections in the Biosciences District Count Station

2008 ADT

2004 ADT

US 61 (Airline Hwy) & Joliet st

32,373

36,634

Change -12%

US 61 (Tulane Ave) & Carrollton Ave

23,470

38,394

-39% -39%

US 61 (Tulane Ave) & White St

21,959

36,136

US 61 & US 90 (Tulane Ave) & Roman St

17,467

36,261

-52%

US 90 (Broad St) & Palmyra St

23,244

42,951

-46%

I-10 between Carrollton Ave & Metairie Road/City Park Avenue

67,744

124,939

-46%

I-10 between Carrollton Ave & I-10/US 90 Business split

88,607

80,968

At the US 90 Business I-10 split

98,851

101,366

-2%

I-10 between split & Cleveland Ave

66,343

101,467

-35%

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Before discussing speciﬁc conditions that apply to the new VA hospital and UMC or other major projects in some state of development or construction, it should be noted that the current practice for the provision of off-street parking is that it is provided by your “home” institution, i.e., your place of employment and, in some cases, the institution at which you are a student. If, for whatever reason, during the course of a work day, an individual is required to spend any time at another institution, they must park on street, possibly pay as a visitor or use a mode other than private automobile to make the trip. While the last case is preferred from an environmental perspective, the distance between institutions poses serious problems in this regard. (See Section 5: Transportation Analysis for additional information). The VA hospital apparently has adequate parking for onsite staff and expected visitors, including patients. No parking is provided for students. It has been estimated that there will be an average of 600 individuals on site each day who are students or others that will not have available parking. Parking for such individuals is expected to be provided by host institutions. A similar plan applies to UMC, but staff parking is currently planned for within the proposed surface lots. Non faculty and students are not accommodated within the parking counts, but will be able to park in “visitor” areas. As with the VA, it is assumed that parking will be provided by the host institution -- or that you can walk, take transit or bike to the hospital. Further analysis on parking needs and accommodations should be completed for both the VA and UMC hospitals. Such research and potential resulting recommendations should look at the overall balance of parking to make sure that there is adequate parking, rather than an

overabundance of it which could impact the overall urban design of these campuses. The Cancer Center has a waiver for some required parking, as the LSU members of the consortium are expected to park across the street in their own surface lots. Evacuation Routes The Union Passenger Terminal (UPT) is the official evacuation mobilization location for individuals without private transportation to evacuate the city before a hurricane or other disaster for which sufficient warning is available. Evacuees are picked up by Regional Transit Authority (RTA) buses at designated sites and brought to the UPT, which is located at the extreme uptown river corner of the Biosciences District at Loyola and Earhart. Evacuation can be provided from UPT by highway coach (Greyhound) and /or rail (Amtrak). Evacuation routes from the city primarily are via contraflow interstate highways and the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway. Depending on the direction of the storm’s approach, US 90 (east or west), US 61 (west only), and US 11 (northeast only via US 90 east) also are available to evacuate the immediate urban area. From the Biosciences District, there are several opportunities to access these roadways as Tulane Avenue is in part both US 90 and US 61 and I-10 can be accessed at both the southeast and northwest extremities of the District.

Transit Map 17: Transit Map 18: Bikeways Bus and streetcar transit service is provided by RTA. RTA has both regularly scheduled line service and the RTA LIFT service, which provides accessible buses and taxis

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to ADA certiﬁed riders by appointment.

past the Criminal Justice area, and leaves the District as it crosses Earhart Boulevard. It then continues to its terminus at Broad Street and Washington Avenue where it provides a transfer with the Louisiana line. Weekday headways are 20 minutes.

Bus Service The more important bus line service in the Biosciences District includes: •

Galvez, a crosstown (up/downriver) route connecting downriver neighborhoods with the CBD. The route serves the sites of new hospitals, turns to river on Poydras, to Loyola, to Tulane, back to Galvez and back downriver. It enters the District when it crosses Iberville Street. It has 20-minute weekday headways.1

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Tulane begins on Claiborne Avenue at the Jefferson Parish line (near Ochsner, which is farther out in Jefferson), travels downriver to Carrollton Avenue where it connects with the Claiborne line and the St. Charles streetcar, turns left and enters the Biosciences District when it crosses Earhart Boulevard, continues to Tulane Avenue, and then travels toward the river to Loyola and returns. It provides the only transit link between Xavier University and the remainder of the Biosciences District. The line has 20-minute weekday headways.

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Broad, the major crosstown route prior to Katrina, is becoming more heavily traveled again. It connects New Orleans East along Chef Menteur Highway with Gentilly Boulevard and Broad Street (the same corridor across the city) and enters the Biosciences District at Broad Street and Iberville Street, continues across Canal Street within walking distance of the new VA Hospital site and

1 Headways are deﬁned as the distance from the tip of one vehicle to the tip of the next one behind it, expressed as the time it takes for the trailing vehicle to cover that distance. A shorter headway signiﬁes more frequent service.

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Claiborne is a crosstown line that begins at Claiborne and Carrollton Avenues and travels down S. Claiborne Avenue to enter the Biosciences District as it crosses Earhart Boulevard. It turns to the river on Poydras Street, to Camp to Canal to river, to Poydras Street and return. This route is similar to the Tulane shuttle, but does not reach Tulane Avenue. It has 30-minute headways on weekdays at peak, but has 1 hour headways during the base period.

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Louisiana, a route running along a series of river lake streets, passes Touro Hospital in uptown near the river, enters the Biosciences District as it crosses Earhart Boulevard on Washington Avenue, passes Xavier University, turns on Carrollton Avenue to access I-10, and continues out of the Biosciences District to the City Park Avenue/ Metairie Road interchange. It has variable 30 to 38-minute headways on weekdays.

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The Jackson-Esplanade and the Martin Luther King and Westbank lines pass the river side of the Biosciences District on Loyola Avenue, but these are all subject to change as discussed below.

On time performance of the transit system has improved since the ﬁrst years after Katrina, but even if service reaches 100% on time performance, the “no better than 15 minutes” schedules are not likely to attract premium riders.2 2 A “premium rider” (sometimes called a choice rider) is a person who is not “transit dependent” and who selects transit as a travel mode because they ﬁnd it at least as satisfactory, if not more satisfactory, than driving a personal

Streetcar Service

The Canal Street streetcar line.

If headways do improve, it does not ensure the attraction of premium riders or a signiﬁcant reduction of congestion, especially on the interstate system. Improved headways would, however, better serve workers within the city, especially those who are transit dependent and would restore at least some of the premium riders lost since Katrina. Peak hour congestion is suburban ﬂight in action. The real test for transit rests with the acceptance of transit service in the suburbs (New Orleans East, Westbank, East Jefferson). The only potential effect this is likely to have on the Biosciences District (until the District itself becomes a major employment center) is the proposed changes in RTA service on Loyola Avenue. The actual effect cannot be determined or even estimated until RTA revises the service delivery plan, which can then be studied. vehicle. A “transit dependent” person is one that is unable to have access to a personal vehicle as a result of poverty, age (either too young or too old), or some disability.

The Biosciences District is served by an ADA accessible streetcar line along Canal Street. This line operates in the river/lake direction for the length of Canal Street, from the intersection of the Riverfront streetcar line on the river to the Cemeteries Terminal at City Park Avenue where it provides transfers to bus lines continuing to the lake and into Jefferson Parish. It also has a spur on N. Carrollton Avenue that terminates at the entrance to City Park. There is full operational access among the Canal, Riverfront, and St. Charles lines, but the St. Charles cars can operate on other lines only during emergencies and only to reach the heavy maintenance facility on Willow Street. The storage and light maintenance facility for the Canal/Riverfront cars is located on Canal Street at Dupre Street, and is partially in the Biosciences District. Headways on Canal Street are 15 minutes on weekdays. RTA has announced an intention to revise its routes and service delivery patterns. A major proposed change would be to create a transfer point at the UPT to shorten a number of routes that now travel along Loyola Avenue and that could have riders shifted to the new streetcar extension from Canal Street to the UPT. As the Biosciences District plan develops, close coordination with RTA will be necessary. Historically a streetcar line operated on Tulane Avenue. From 1900–1951 the St. Charles and Tulane lines operated in a loop as the St. Charles-Tulane Belt, taking passengers past the beautiful homes on St. Charles Ave., up S. Carrollton Ave. past the St. Charles Line’s present termination at S. Claiborne Ave., across the New Basin Canal (now the site of the Pontchartrain Expressway), turning at the former Pelican Stadium onto Tulane Ave. and back downtown. In 1950, the Tulane Avenue service became a trolley bus route. Today, the street is serviced by an RTA bus route as previously described.

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for the movement of patients, their families and caregivers. There is no designated route as the shuttle is a demand responsive service.

University and Hospital Shuttles Three shuttle services are provided within the Biosciences District, Tulane University, the VA Hospital and LSUHSC. •

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Tulane University has a route that allows its students, faculty, and staff to travel between the downtown medical campus and the main campus uptown. The shuttle runs along Claiborne Avenue from the uptown campus driveway in the vicinity of Claiborne Avenue and Calhoun Street. The shuttle route includes portions of Canal Street and Loyola Avenue around the downtown campus. A map of the shuttle route has been requested of the University, but none has been provided. The VA Hospital has a system that is primarily

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The existing LSUHSC facilities have several shuttle routes in operation, shown below and at right. The primary purpose of the shuttle is to ensure access to University Hospital by their medical, allied health, and other employees. LSUHSC currently allows employees and others with badges from other institutions to ride as well, but plans to eliminate the service when the new facilities are completed.

Numbers of shuttles in circulations and ridership information has been requested by the institutions but not provided to the AECOM Team. Additionally, it should be noted that both Tulane and LSUHSC hospitals use the

The three routes provided by the MCLNO shuttle service to the existing LSUHSC facilities. Source: http://www.auxent.lsuhsc.edu/parking/shuttle%20routes.pdf

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the same subcontractor, New Orleans Tours, to manage and operate their shuttle services.

Utility Overview The biggest challenge related to utilities is that the Biosciences District is a densely developed urban area while its utility infrastructure was primarily designed to serve residential customers and long-established commercial clients. As bioscience related research and development increases within the District, new ways must be found to accommodate the demands of future growth and development. The problem with retroﬁtting such a densely developed area is the increased costs associated with the selective demolition needed to install new facilities. This must be done while trying to minimize the disruption to existing users caused by construction. As the Biosciences District develops, its utility requirements may shift to an increasingly diverse mixture of commercial, residential and industrial uses. The Biosciences District will create increased demands principally in the following areas: water, wastewater, power and telecommunications.

Storm Water Storm water is the only utility sector not expected to see an increase in demand, but must be carefully reviewed in light of any revisions in storm water design requisites or constraints. Since the area is already heavily developed, there will be very few conversions of green space to impervious surfaces. More than likely, additional green space will be installed as a result of urban planning, reducing the storm water system demand. As planning and development proceeds, there may also be a reduction in the amount of dedicated off-street surface

A stormwater canal along Washington Avenue by Xavier University.

parking which may also reduce storm water runoff. There is sufficient capacity in the city’s underground main conveyance canal systems, but many of the feeder drain lines leading from the catch basins to the canals are undersized and not regularly cleaned or maintained. The necessary capacity of these feeder lines needs to be investigated and sufficient upgrades should be factored into future planning. The Sewerage and Water Board (SWB) maintains all drain lines 36” and greater. DPW is responsible for maintenance of lines smaller than 36”, as well as all catch basins. Some flooding could be reduced if the catch basins were properly maintained, but DPW’s resources for this kind of work are vastly overextended .

Water Potable water supply is not a limiting issue. SWB indicates that between 115 and 135 million gallons per day (MGD) is currently being produced, with an in-place plant capacity of 200 MGD.

There is an effective density of large water mains throughout the Biosciences District, capable of meeting the needs of new entities to the area, which have been discussed. Depending on the required meter size, new supply lines may have to be routed to the customer’s desired point of delivery .

Most of the large Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLEC) only have a presence in and around the Poydras Street corridor, which is on the outer fringe of the District. There will have to be a signiﬁcant increase in demand to incite these CLECs to make the necessary capital investment to extend their systems.

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Wastewater conveyance availability does not appear to pose a problem. The city has some capacity issues in the French Quarter and the Downtown Development District due to the fact that the number of hotel rooms in the city has more than tripled in the last 20 years. Since most of the new development will be outside these areas, capacity does not appear to be an issue .

Energy, in the form of electricity and natural gas, provided by Entergy, appears to be adequate in the Biosciences District. Entergy can meet all of the hospitals’ reliability concerns, and there are few issues from other consumers in the area. Of particular concern for the electric provider is any unique, specialized or high demand application (mainly industrial needs) that may need to be accommodated at service levels above what has typically been required in the Biosciences District. With the exception of the potential for centralized plants, the development(s) being discussed do not appear to be outside the service capacity.

Telecommunications Telecommunication, on a small scale, is available throughout the Biosciences District. There are several plans to increase service in the Biosciences District to correspond with a number of apartment complexes and hotels that have recently opened. This increase in population density will further stress the existing telecommunications bandwidth , slowing down the rate of information exchange. It will need to be determined if the existing systems are sufﬁcient for larger customers, such as universities and ofﬁce buildings. Upgrades to private telecommunication capacity involve the least invasive requisites, processes and lead times to adapt to changing demand. High capacity, dedicated systems are presently in use and expansion planning is being pursued. With the exception of Xavier, many area universities are interconnected using the Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI) system for which there is currently a small presence within the Biosciences District.

Chilled water and steam heat are available in a limited area of the Biosciences District and are currently very expensive, unless an expanded customer base can be developed . It is unlikely that many consumers, apart from the hospitals, will take advantage of this option. In the case of natural gas, New Orleans is well positioned to meet demands. The gas system infrastructure sustained little damage from Hurricane Katrina, and the system had been engaged in a comprehensive upgrade, which has essentially been completed.

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Example of Two-Family Residential Zoning

Example of Multiple-Famliy Residential Zoning

Example of CBD Zoning

Example of General Ofﬁce Zoning

Regulatory Context

Biosciences District includes two primary city designated Planning Districts: District 4 (Mid-City) and District 1a (CBD). The majority of the Biosciences District is within the District 4 planning area, with the exception of the area riverside of Claiborne Avenue, which falls into District 1a. A portion of District 2 (Central City – Garden District) does cross the Biosciences District boundary, but includes only a small portion of I-10.

Planning Districts Map 19: Planning Districts Planning Districts are the primary reference used in the development of the City’s 2030 Master Plan and associated update to the zoning ordinance. The

Example of Heavy Industrial Zoning (Coca-Cola Bottling Company)

Example of Medical Service Zoning

Example of General Commercial Zoning

Example of Park Zoning (Gravier Park)

Existing Zoning

Biosciences District :

Map 20: Existing Zoning Zoning within the Biosciences District will be revised in the next year as part of the 2030 city-wide master planning process and associated update to the comprehensive zoning ordinance. However, at this time, the following zoning designations are found in the

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CBD – The area riverside of I-10 and Claiborne Avenue.

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Two-Family Residential – Located primarily between Bank Street and Tulane Avenue and four distinct pockets scattered throughout the rest of the Biosciences District: Gert Town, the area just

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south of the heart of Xavier University, downtown of Tulane Avenue and lakeside of the police headquarters and the court house •

Multiple-Family Residential – Found along Carrollton Avenue and sites scattered throughout the Biosciences District.

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General Commercial – Located along the major arterial streets of Tulane and Carrollton avenues and Broad and Galvez streets.

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Neighborhood Commercial – Found primarily in some limited pockets along Banks Street.

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General Ofﬁce – This zone is found primarily along Canal Street. The court house and police headquarters are also zoned as General Ofﬁce.

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Medical Service – Located lakeside of Claiborne Avenue in the location of the current LSU medical school.

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Light Industrial – This zoning is found at the Superdome and New Orleans Arena sites, as well as in and around the existing LSU medical school and around the Gert Town neighborhood.

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Heavy Industrial – This zone is found on either side of I-10 north of Claiborne Avenue, with the exception of the area around Xavier University.

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Park – Only one park zone, designated for Gravier Park, is found in the Biosciences District

Existing and Future Land Use Map 21: Existing Land Use The Future Land Use map is currently being reviewed and adopted by City Council. As revisions may occur to the map during the adoption process as part of the city-wide master planning process. Therefore, only information regarding currently adopted land use, as identiﬁed by the city, is provided.

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The Biosciences District includes ﬁve distinct land uses categories: Residential (Single and Two-Family), Commercial, Institutional, Industrial and Recreation/Open Space. •

Residential (Single and Two-Family) – This land use is found in four distinct pockets in the Biosciences District: between the commercial corridors of Tulane Avenue and Canal Street; the areas on either side of Broad Street between Jefferson Davis Parkway and Galvez Street bounded by Gravier and Perdido Streets; and the Gert Town neighborhood.

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Commercial – This land use is primarily found along the major arterials of Canal Street and Tulane and Carrollton avenues. Pockets of commercial are also found along Jefferson Davis Parkway and in the CBD.

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Institutional – This land use is found in the areas of all universities and hospitals in the Biosciences District. The Criminal Courts Building, police headquarters, parish prison, Superdome and UPT are also categorized as Institutional.

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Industrial – This land use is primarily found on either side of I-10 riverside of Jefferson Davis Parkway, and includes the railroad tracks on the uptown side of the Biosciences District.

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Recreation / Open Space – This land use is found primarily along the major arterial roads of Canal Street, Carrollton Avenue, Jefferson Davis Parkway, Loyola Avenue, Poydras Street and Washington Avenue. The Norwood Thompson Playground, Gert Town Pool and Comiskey Playground are also classiﬁed as Recreation / Open Space.

Property Ownership Map 22: City and State Land Ownership The majority of the Biosciences District is under private ownership. State-owned lands are located primarily on either side of Claiborne Avenue uptown of Tulane Avenue. These properties include the Superdome, LSU Medical Center and the State Supreme Court. The most signiﬁcant tract of city-owned land within the Biosciences District includes the Criminal Court Building, police headquarters and parish prison. Other properties include the New Orleans Public Library and City Hall.

Overlay Districts Map 23: Overlay Districts Almost all of the Biosciences District is impacted by an overlay district. Five cultural districts are found within the Biosciences District including the Laﬁtte Greenway New City Cultural District, Downtown Development Cultural District, Museum City Park Cultural District, Rampart Basin Street Corridor Cultural District, and South Broad Street Cultural District. These cultural districts are established under the auspices of the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism. Cultural districts are established for the purpose of revitalizing a community by creating hub of cultural activity; allowing income and corporate franchise tax credits for eligible expenses for historic structures; and allowing sales and use tax exemptions from the sale of one-of-a-kind art work. The Canal Street Development Corporation is a quasigovernmental entity that was established to “stimulate business development of the CBD and adaptive reuse and development of Canal Street.” Traditionally focused on historic renovations and other redevelopment projects, the organization is currently focused on the

realization of those projects identified in The Canal Street Vision and Development Strategy, including the recent streetscape improvements. Several city overlay zones occur within the Biosciences District: Downtown Design Review District; Inner City Urban Corridor; and Regional Medical Center Redevelopment. The Downtown Design Review district covers most the CBD and is intended to “provide for a superior environment, compatibility of development, architectural continuity and to ensure the achievement of urban design goals in the CBD and adjacent riverfront areas.” The Inner City Urban Corridor district is found along Carrollton Avenue and is intended to promote urban design that “supports a harmonious relationship between commercial uses and the surrounding residential neighborhood.” The Regional Medical Center Redevelopment covers the area that was covered by the 2008 New Orleans Medical District Strategic Integration Plan authored by Eva Klein & Associates. The majority of the Biosciences District falls within an Enterprise Zone (EZ). According to the RPC website, the EZ program “provides tax credits and sales and use tax refunds to businesses locating or expanding in designated enterprise zone areas.” In order to qualify for the program, business must “create a minimum of five new permanent jobs and fulfill other employee criteria, including certifying that 35% of new employees are unemployable by traditional standards, lacking in basic skills, receiving some form of public assistance or are residents of an enterprise zone in that parish.” One-time tax credits of $2,500 per each net new permanent job created, as well as tax refunds on certain purchases, are also provided through the program.

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Analysis Map 24: Opportunities and Constraints Analysis An analysis of the Biosciences District shows that there are a number of key opportunities and constraints within the District from a planning and urban design perspective. The adjacency of the of the proposed VA and UMC hospitals to the existing medical district means that majority of the institutional and medical related facilities in the Biosciences District will continue to be in and around Claiborne Avenue. However, the proposed expansion of Xavier University will increase the institutional presence in the lakeside end of the Biosciences District. Tulane Avenue is a critical connector between these institutional land uses and should be considered the backbone to the Biosciences District. As a result, its design as a street and the uses along it will help shape and reinforce the overall look and feel of the District. I-10 also plays a significant role in the look and feel of the Biosciences District. In its current elevated configuration, it forms a significant barrier between the uptown and downtown halves of the District. There is a movement to explore reconfiguring the portion of I-10 along Claiborne Avenue to bring it back down to grade. This would provide a strong opportunity to knit both sides of the Biosciences District on either side of Claiborne together both physically and psychologically. However, as such discussions are very preliminary, the planning for the Biosciences District should continue to consider I-10 in its current elevated state and make strong recommendations for how to design the District should it be brought back down to grade. Other key land uses within the Biosciences District include the core residential areas in Mid-City and Gert Town. Mid-city is a vibrant neighborhood with a

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strong identity that should be reinforced through the planning of the Biosciences District. Gert Town has significant blight issues and is isolated by Carrollton and Washington Avenues and Earhart Boulevard. Another key issue is the limited ability to cross of the Washington Avenue Canal which both physically and psychologically divides Gert Town from Xavier University. Stronger connections across the canal should be explored in order to strengthen the relationship and potential synergies between the University and Gert Town residents. Opportunity zones for potential infill development and redevelopment are found in the uptown portion of the Biosciences District along Earhart Boulevard, as well as the areas bounded by Tulane Avenue and I-10 on either side of Broad Street. As programming requirements are identified for the Biosciences District, these are the locations to which development should be directed in addition to smaller infill development opportunities throughout the rest of the District. Potential gateway opportunities exist throughout the Biosciences District; however, the most likely gateway locations are found at the key intersections of Tulane Avenue/ Carrollton Avenue, Canal Street/ Carrollton Avenue and Canal Street/ Loyola Avenue. Recommendations for the design and enhancement of these areas should be explored as the planning process advances. There are many opportunities for increasing the sustainable aspects of the Biosciences District. They include possible building reuse, infill (re)development, improved pedestrian connections and increased energy efficiency. In addition, identifying key streets to allow for improved stormwater management throughout the District is critical. Such explorations should be integrated with the Dutch Dialogue explorations/recommendations

for the City. Additional recommendations regarding sustainability are found in Section 7 of this document.

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DATA SOURCES: City of New Orleans, New Orleans Regional Planning Commission, Environmental Protection Agency.

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TASK 3: ANALYSIS SECTION 2: Biosciences District Overview

MAP 5

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DATA SOURCES: City of New Orleans, New Orleans Regional Planning Commission, Environmental Protection Agency.

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ADVISORY BASE FLOOD ELEVATION

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DO W

ABFE of site is 7 feet. Therefore, the structure's first floor (including basement) is recommended to be elevated to 7 feet or higher.

BFE of 5 feet < 7 feet (HEAG + 3 feet)

Compare BFE with HEAG + 3 feet.

The site BFE is 5 and HEAG is 4.

EXAMPLE:

For the Parish, FEMA recommends the above elevations for new construction within the floodplain to be elevated to either the Base Flood Elevation OR at least 3 feet above the highest adjacent existing grade (HAEG), whichever is higher.

NOTES: BFE = Base Flood Elevation HEAG = Highest Existing Adjacent Grade

BFE 6 or 3 ft Above HEAG

BFE 5 or 3 ft Above HEAG

BFE 4 or 3 ft Above HEAG

BFE 2.5 or 3 ft Above HEAG

BFE 1.5 or 3 ft Above HEAG

BFE 0.5 or 3 ft Above HEAG

BFE 0 or 3 ft Above HEAG

BFE -1 or 3 ft Above HEAG

3 ft Above HEAG

Zones

Water

Study Area

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TASK 3: ANALYSIS SECTION 2: Biosciences District Overview

MAP 6

B ST

CONVENTION CENTER BLVD

E AV

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1,000

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Data ranges from 1999 - 2009

DATA SOURCES: City of New Orleans, New Orleans Regional Planning Commission, Environmental Protection Agency.

500

AERIAL - 12/2009

UP TO W

DO W

Study Area

SID KE LA

DA VI S

AVE O LA L OY

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TASK 3: ANALYSIS SECTION 2: Biosciences District Overview

MAP 7

NT OW

1,000

Feet 2,000

Data ranges from 1999 - 2009

DATA SOURCES: City of New Orleans, New Orleans Regional Planning Commission, Environmental Protection Agency.

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Building Footprints

Biosciences District Buildings

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TASK 3: ANALYSIS SECTION 2: Biosciences District Overview

MAP 8

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University Hospital Seton Hall Library LSU/ Lions CSRB Parking LSU School of Nursing LSU Medical School Student Dormitory Not Available LSU Clinical Education Building LSU Outpatient Clinics LSU Medical School Parking L&M Building Dibert Building

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Other

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University of New Orleans

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Tulane Medical School

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Administration Building Administration Annex Convent Gymnasium College of Pharmacy House of Studies Student Center St. Joeseph Residence Hall Katharine Drexel Residence Hall Central Power Plant St. Michael's Residence Hall Xavier South Campul Police; Residence; Shipping & Receiving NCF Academic Science Complex Counseling Center Maintenance Gert Town Swimming Pool Bolden Child Care Center Art Village (Building "E") Art Village (Building "D") Art Village (Building "C") Art Village (Building "B") NCF/ASC Addition Library Resource Center; Pharmacy Addition University Center Claver Residence Hall University Health Services Living/ Learning Center DePorres Residence Hall Residence Art Village (Building "A") Residence Residence Residence Residence Residence Residence Residence Residence

Xavier University

Residence Residence Residence Residence Residence Residence Residence Residence Residence Residence Residence Residence Detiege Health Center

NA DE

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Data ranges from 1999 - 2009

DATA SOURCES: City of New Orleans, New Orleans Regional Planning Commission, Environmental Protection Agency.

500

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KEY DEVELOPMENTS: EXISTING & IN-PROGRESS

UP TO W

DO W

Xavier University

UNO

Tulane Medical

Old VA Hospital

Louisiana Cancer Research Center

LSU Medical

Delgado Nursing

Bio-Innovation Center

Buildings

Future Correctional Center

Justice Building

Major Projects

Major Residential Developments

Parks

Water

Study Area

LEGEND

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MAP 9

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Other

80 Louisiana Tumor Registry

University of New Orleans

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Tulane Medical School

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Dixie Brewery Research Central Energy Plant Patient Parking Rehabilitation & Transitional Living Residence Residence Residence Residence Staff Parking Outpatient Inpatient Administration Emergency Ambulance & Walk-In Diagnostic & Treatment Diagnostic & Treatment Pumping Station

112 New Recreational Fields and Tennis Complex 113 New Convocational Center 114 New Parking for Convocational Center 115 New Campus Lawn 116 New Lifestyle Center and Parking Structure 117 Central Plant - Modifications and Upgrades 118 New Chapel 119 College of Pharmacy - Planned Expansion 120 New Auditorium and Parking

Xavier University

86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101

VA Hospital Preferred Alternative

102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111

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University Medical Center Preferred Alternative

NA DE

AV E

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121 New Auditorium and Parking 122 New Dormitories 123 New Dormitories 124 New Dormitories 125 New Dormitories 126 New Dormitories 127 University Center Expansion for Permanent Fitness 128 New Center for Academic Success

Xavier University (Cont.)

Proposed University & Hospital Develpoments 300 Research 301 Academic & Parking 302 Research 303 Residential or Academic & Parking 304 Residential & Parking 305 Hospital

Tulane Medical School

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BA S

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UP TO W

DO W

NT OW

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Data ranges from 1999 - 2009

DATA SOURCES: City of New Orleans, New Orleans Regional Planning Commission, Environmental Protection Agency.

500

KEY DEVELOPMENTS: PROPOSED

Water

Parks

Xavier University

UNO

Tulane Medical

Old VA Hospital

Louisiana Cancer Research Center

LSU Medical

Delgado Nursing

Bio-Innovation Center

Buildings

Major Projects

Major Residential Developments

Future Correctional Center

Justice Building

VA_Hospital_future

VA Preferred Alternative

University_Medical_Center

UMC Preferred Alternative

Study Area

LEGEND

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TASK 3: ANALYSIS SECTION 2: Biosciences District Overview

MAP 10

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Data ranges from 1999 - 2009

DATA SOURCES: City of New Orleans, New Orleans Regional Planning Commission, Environmental Protection Agency.

500

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HISTORIC DISTRICTS & LANDMARKS

UP TO W

DO W

Only those historic districts that overlay the Biosciences District are shown on this map.

The New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission has jurisdiction over ten local historic districts, and many individually nominated and designated landmarks in all areas of the City that are outside of the boundaries of the Central Business District.

Notes: HDLC = Historic District Landmark Commission

Water

Parks

National Register/City HDLC

National Register

City HDLC

Historic Landmarks

Mid City Historic District

Canal Street Historic District

HDLC Canal Street District

Study Area

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TASK 3: ANALYSIS SECTION 2: Biosciences District Overview

MAP 11

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UP TO W

DO W

NT OW

1,000

Feet 2,000

Data ranges from 1999 - 2009

DATA SOURCES: City of New Orleans, New Orleans Regional Planning Commission, Environmental Protection Agency.

500

Parks

Water

Building Footprint

Roadhome

Blighted Property (Pre-Katrina)

Blighted Property (NORA)

Blighted Property (Chapter 28)

Study Area

BLIGHTED AND ROADHOME PROPERTIES

Legend

RIE RD METAI

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TCHOUPITOULAS ST

AV E OR NE ST

EL K PL RA MP AR T AVE EFE O'KE

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TASK 3: ANALYSIS SECTION 2: Biosciences District Overview

MAP 12

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PA L M ET TO ST

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Working Paper 3

Community Context

August 2010

Section 03: Community and Social Context

Working Paper 3

Community Context

August 2010

Community and Social Context A Strategy for Meaningful Community Involvement New Orleans citizens, following the 2005 flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina and the unaddressed needs by government agencies, found it necessary to plan for hurricane recovery to receive government funds. Specifically, they participated in two major master planning processes for the rebuilding of public schools and the development of a City Master Plan. Constituents and stakeholders within the CBD and several in-town neighborhoods are now being asked to participate in the creation of a Biosciences District Plan that offers great promise for significant economic development in the city. However, in the context of what has been described as “planning fatigue” by many local residents, the GNOBEDD Outreach Team strongly recommends that future and immediate engagement of the community be conducted as the first step in the programmatic and visioning phases of the Biosciences District Plan. Toward that purpose, below is a categorical listing of key stakeholders, information citing their roles, and recommended workshops that should be conducted to develop plans for the Biosciences District in key areas of concern and focus. This process is recommended as the next phase of work for action-oriented planning that will brand GNOBEDD as the key coordinator and arbiter of the Bioscience District’s development and substantively advance the process with critical input by the community. A key element in preparing for this phase of work is the development and vetting of the bioscience-market research for GNOBEDD being developed by others on the AECOM Team. It is also recognized that given the breadth of the District and its constituents, many

institutions will play a key role in the process for shaping policy and implementing procedures for the Biosciences District’s development. Nonetheless, the market drivers of education, research, clinical services and translational products must frame and distinguish this effort from others that have preceded it. Please review the listings below and note that many of these groups can be combined for recommended presentations and workshops. The categories are based on our best thinking about groups that must collaborate and, in some cases, act in speciﬁc capacities to make the Biosciences District successful. Many of these roles will align with their current engagements; others will result from the Biosciences District plan’s needs for expanded services and roles

I. Institutional/Governance Governance •

GNOBEDD Board of Commissioners

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Governing Hospital Board

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Louisiana State University

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Tulane University

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Xavier University

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Delgado Community College

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University of New Orleans

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Dillard University

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Southern University of New Orleans

This group of stakeholders has institutional governing power that will be necessary to develop the academic and workforce collaborations necessary for the Biosciences District. The LSU and Tulane medical school programs, in addition to their health sciences

and health care divisions, will be critical to the research and development as well as health care components of the Biosciences District Plan. Xavier’s pharmacy school in addition to Delgado’s nursing school will provide important career pathways for local residents. It will be necessary for these four universities, in particular, to collaborate their workforce objectives and customize training according to the existing supply and demand for various tiers of employment within the Biosciences District, but also help shape the future supply and demand to ensure a robust local workforce. The other universities will also participate in contributing to a local workforce. The Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium is a critical research and development collaboration that will require funding partnerships to ensure that all participating academic institutions are equally represented and feel compelled to invest mutual resources. Lastly, the GNOBEDD Board of Commissioners and the Governing Hospital Board represent leadership from many of these academic institutions, and it will be important for these representatives to broker the collaborative relationships necessary for the Biosciences District to function cohesively. Recommendation: Convene this group of stakeholders to begin a collaborative assessment of the programs and resources that can collectively contribute to the Biosciences District’s development. A careful review of stakeholder comments should provide some insight on how to best foster cooperation and begin to break down the walls around the silos of information and resources that will be needed to develop the Biosciences District. A presentation of the initial marketing document is a critical element in laying the groundwork for a more collaborative environment.

City •

City of New Orleans

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City Council

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New Orleans Business Retention and Expansion

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New Orleans Dept. of Public Works

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New Orleans Fire Dept.

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New Orleans Parks and Parkways

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New Orleans Safety and Permitting

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New Orleans Housing and Code Enforcement

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Division of Recovery Management

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Division of Neighborhood Stabilization

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Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans

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City Economic Development

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Orleans Parish Municipal Court

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Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff’s Ofﬁce

These various municipal agencies will be necessary for the logistics of the District. The City of New Orleans and the City Council will have to help build local support for the Biosciences District, manage hospital controversies, approve property acquisitions and street closures as various parts of the Biosciences District are built. The Business Retention and Expansion Department can assist with permitting issues as they arise, Parks and Parkways will assist with the development of Tulane Avenue, the Sewerage and Water Board will have to manage the ﬂooding concerns that many residents living around the footprint of the two hospitals in particular have. Recommendation: Convene this group of city agencies and policy makers to share the needs of the Biosciences District based on input from the initial phase of our work. Begin the

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process of ensuring that bureaucratic hurdles are kept to a minimum and that issues can be addressed in a holistic manner. This group should also be briefed on the marketing strategy for GNOBEDD’s promotion.

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discuss appropriate ways the State can work with the city as an initial objective toward the development of the Biosciences District, both in its scientiﬁc, educational and research intent, as well as in its broader communitybased impacts.

State Federal

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Louisiana Recovery Authority

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Division of Administration

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development

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FEMA

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Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals

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Speaker Jim Tucker

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State Rep. Walter Hines

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State Rep. Walter Leger

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State Rep. Neil Abramson

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State Sen. Karen Carter Peterson

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State Sen. J.P. Morrell

The Louisiana Recovery Authority will sunset by July, 2010. The Authority is the conduit for several million dollars of federal funds and holds signiﬁcant discretion over unmarked funds that must be distributed in the next few years. The Division of Administration holds statutory power over the development of the LSU and VA hospitals, and it is critical that they work with the State to invest the appropriate resources to ensure that the hospitals function well in New Orleans. The various state senators and representatives will be critical to introducing and championing legislation that will ensure an adequate budget for the Biosciences District to succeed, as well as for a strong, enforceable Community Beneﬁts Agreement . Recommendation: Convene this group to provide marketing elements and

Given the recurrent exposure in the New Orleans area for both natural and man-made calamities, the United Stated Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have ongoing responsibility, ranging from fixing the levies and mitigating the impact of storm surge to providing effective assistance to the region’s population as part of emergency response. In addition to the potential hurricane threat, the existing situation in the Gulf of Mexico portends an uncertain impact to the region environmentally and economically. Meanwhile, FEMA must complete the Katrina Recovery, while being very vigilant for the next South Louisiana catastrophe. Protection from flooding and business interruptions are basic economic development necessities given the reality of the region’s economic cycle. Recommendation: Pursue a more detailed understanding of the effort to protect the core city from natural and man-made disasters. Advocate for adequate funding for the region. Convene the relevant parties and make the marketing presentation. Ask the group to add an element to the marketing plan that speaks to a safe, flood free and uncontaminated environment. Explore the programmatic possibilities for the Biosciences District to house research and educational functions that tie preventative and responsive policies to the region’s

ongoing needs.

Planning •

Regional Planning Commission

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City Planning Commission

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Regional Transit Authority

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Goody Clancy

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Waggonner and Ball

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Eskew Architects

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New Orleans Redevelopment Authority

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Downtown Development District

These various public and private planning entities can help ensure that the Biosciences District has a regional appeal in its programs and workforce opportunities, while also remaining sensitive to local design concerns. The RPC, City Planning Commission, and RTA can collaborate on the development of Tulane Avenue for the beneﬁt of residents and improved transit to, from, and within the Biosciences District. Goody Clancy, in particular, can provide lessons learned from their extensive master planning efforts over the last two years. Waggonner and Ball and the Downtown Development District can help ensure that elements of sustainability are included in the Biosciences District Plan, as well as maintain a design that enhances rather than subsumes Downtown New Orleans. Recommendation: Convene this group to provide the marketing plan and challenge them to coordinate federal and other resources for development of the Biosciences District in concert with economic development plans in other parts of the region.

Utilities •

Cox Cable

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Bell South

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Entergy

The utility companies must be engaged to ensure that increased utility expenditures for the Biosciences District are beneﬁcial to the District and residents and not disproportionately passed on to residents. The utilities will be critical to negotiating a cost-sharing plan for utility usage for the District. Recommendation: This group of stakeholders should be briefed on the information collected on future development plans for the Biosciences District. They should be challenged to work together to ensure that the needed utilities are provided and that resources for necessary improvements are in place.

II. Commercial/Economic Development Economic Development •

GNO, Inc.

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Greater New Orleans Foundation

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Bureau of Governmental Research

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Black Economic Development Council

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Committee for a Better New Orleans

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New Orleans Business Council

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Louisiana Minority Business Council

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New Orleans Chamber of Commerce

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Horizon Initiative

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New Orleans Convention Center

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Louisiana Sports & Exposition District

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Phoenix of New Orleans

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New City Group

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Louisiana Economic Development

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Greater New Orleans Hotel Lodging Association

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Jefferson Parish Economic Development Corporation (JEDCO)

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Recommendation: Convene this group for a presentation of the marketing plan and seek their input on developing the plan in the context of their programmatic efforts.

Workforce Development •

Louisiana Technology Council

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St. Tammany Parish Economic Development Fund

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Job Corps

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ECO Park

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Job One

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Louisiana State University Ofﬁce of Technology Development

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Delgado Community College – School of Nursing

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Delgado Community College – Allied Healthcare Campus

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SEIU

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United Teachers of New Orleans

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New Orleans Workers Center for Racial Justice

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New Orleans Interfaith Worker Justice Center

These various public and private economic development agencies are important for the economic opportunities that the Biosciences District can provide for both New Orleans and the surrounding region. The Black Economic Development Council, Committee for a Better New Orleans, Louisiana Minority Business Council, and Horizon Initiative are committed to more inclusive business practices that focus on minority contracting and new business opportunities that address the needs of typically underserved communities. GNO, Inc. and the Greater New Orleans Foundation focus on regional economic development, which will be important for the Biosciences District. The Bureau of Governmental Research is concerned with the ﬁnancing of the Biosciences District and the tax distribution impact it could potentially have on the city. The Chamber and Business Council can help develop a prospectus for potential investors in the Biosciences District because of their close connection to business development and needs in the city. Phoenix of New Orleans and the New City Group will help direct ancillary development and housing surrounding the Biosciences District to ensure that it meets the priorities of local residents and maximizes synergistic development occurring in the footprint.

The various workforce development institutions will help develop career pathways for local employment in the Biosciences District. It will be important for them to review and add to the workforce study already commissioned by GNOBEDD, which characterizes the supply and demand for various tiers of employment within the Biosciences District. These workforce development agencies can help develop and supplement the appropriate curricula within institutions of higher learning to ensure that local residents have adequate training to meet job demands. SEIU, The United Teachers of New Orleans, and the workers center will help ensure that jobs are unionized; offer living wages, beneﬁts, and pathways for upward career mobility for the communities they work with; in addition to ensuring that training programs meet any remedial literacy requirements.

Recommendation: Convene this group for a marketing presentation and share the ﬁndings of the workforce inventory study. This group will need to interface with the institutional partners described earlier. Collectively, the workforce group and the institutions must develop a comprehensive plan to ensure that training opportunities are afforded local residents in preparation for the jobs that will be created as the Biosciences District develops.

Financial Institutions Developers •

New Orleans Saints

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First Trust Corporation

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Louisiana Fund 1

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VCE Capital

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Iberia Bank

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Liberty Bank

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Capital One Bank

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Omni Bank

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Corporate Realty

This group of stakeholders represents the potential ﬁnancing and development interests in the local community that are focused on the Biosciences District. The New Orleans Saints are already planning development around the Superdome. Recommendation: Convene this group for a presentation on the marketing plan. Conduct a workshop that might include investors in biosciences districts outside New Orleans to discuss the ﬁnancing instruments that can enhance the Biosciences District’s development.

Primary and Secondary Schools •

Recovery School District

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Orleans Parish School Board

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Warren Easton High School

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Lagniappe School

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Esperanza High School

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Booker T. Washington School

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Albert Wicker Elementary School

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Dryades YMCA

These primary and secondary schools surround the District and can potentially include health sciences in their curricula to develop a steady workforce beginning at an early age. It will be important to coordinate with the Recovery School District and Orleans Parish School Board to develop these curricula and ensure that students graduating from these schools have a direct stepping stone into a health sciences career. The Recovery School District has plans to possibly locate the Math and Science School within the Biosciences District. It should be noted that the Dryades YMCA has a training component in place for nurses. Recommendation: Convene this group for a marketing presentation and bring this group of stakeholders into the workforce development component of the plan.

III. Health Sciences / Healthcare •

BioInnovation Center

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Louisiana State University – Health Sciences Center

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Tulane University – School of Medicine

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Xavier University – Pharmacy School

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VA Hospital

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University Medical Center

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Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation

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Ochsner Health Center

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LA Hospital Association

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Hospital Corp of America

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Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium

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BW Cooper

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New Orleans Children’s Health Project

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Laﬁtte

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LSU Community Clinics

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Harmony Oaks

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New Orleans Council on Aging

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JCH Development

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Steps to a Healthier Louisiana

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Domain Companies

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Children’s Hospital

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Providence Community Housing

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Neighborworks

These institutions represent the health sciences research and development leaders within the Biosciences District, the regional health care service providers, and the health care governance agencies within the state of Louisiana. Their collaboration will be critical to ensure that translational medicine is a signiﬁcant outcome of Biosciences District. In particular, collaboration between LSU and Tulane is critical for optimizing research and development in the areas that are relevant to health care needs of the local population and for advancing the cancer research consortium. The VA Hospital and UMC are anchor institutions within the Biosciences District that will be critical to restoring emergent health care needs that have been unmet since the closing of Charity Hospital after Hurricane Katrina. The LSU community clinics, the New Orleans Children’s Health Project and other clinic-based health care providers are important parts of a distributive health care model that must be maintained and enhanced to ensure that healthcare services are available outside of the two hospitals.

Recommendation: In some instances, these groups are subgroups of the institutional bodies described earlier. It should be discussed whether we should convene this group separate from the institutional grouping.

IV. Neighborhood/Community Housing

BW Cooper, Lafitte and Harmony Oaks represent three of the big four public housing redevelopments in the City of New Orleans. Harmony Oaks has already begun signing leases for new residents, and BW Cooper and Lafitte are still under the construction phase. All three of these housing developments are in close proximity to the Biosciences District, and available workforce housing within or in addition to these developments will be important for maintaining a local workforce that has public transit opportunities to, from and within the Biosciences District to create a live-work environment. JCH and Domain are private developers who can potentially assist with creating workforce housing, and Providence Community Housing is working with Builders of Hope to relocate current homes within the hospital footprints so they can be preserved and transformed through “green” enhancements. Providence also works closely with Lafitte housing developers to enforce Section III hiring requirements and equitable surrounding

development, including the Laﬁtte Greenway and its potential connectivity to the Biosciences District.

Faith-Based •

Associated Catholic Charities

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Archdiocese of New Orleans

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Baptist Community Ministries

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Grace Episcopal

These faith-based groups have been the most active in organizing residents who live in the footprint of the Biosciences District, particularly the two hospitals. Associated Catholic Charities and the Archdiocese, in partnership with the Sojourner Truth Center, have been providing outreach services to residents who will be displaced by the hospitals, helping them negotiate compensation packages with Voelkert and serving as the local information clearinghouse for resident concerns. Grace Episcopal has mainly served as the venue for resident meetings, speciﬁcally those concerned with the closure of Charity Hospital and the process issues associated with construction of the two new hospitals.

Neighborhood Groups •

Bienville-Conti-Tulane Collaborative

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Broad Community Connections

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Fauborg St. John Neighborhood Association

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Friends of Laﬁtte Corridor

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Gert Town Revival Institute

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Gert Town Community Center

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Gert Town Enterprise Economic Redevelopment

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Iberville Residents Council

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Laﬁtte Residents Council

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Mid-City Neighborhood Organization

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Tulane/Canal Neighborhood Development Corporation

These neighborhood associations represent residents who live in and around the Biosciences District. Broad Community Connections and the Mid-City Neighborhood Organization are actively involved in the development of Tulane Avenue as a robust transit node. The Gert Town organizations, which have not been significantly engaged to date, are concerned with development in and around Xavier University where Gert Town is located. The Iberville and Lafitte Residents Councils are made up of residents from these public housing developments who are concerned with access to affordable housing. The Friends of Lafitte Corridor works closely with Waggonner and Ball Architects on sustainability elements along the Lafitte Greenway. The Bienville-Conti-Tulane Collaborative and Tulane/Canal Neighborhood Development Corporation work closely with residents near the hospitals’ footprints, in addition to Phoenix of New Orleans, to develop ancillary economic development and housing plans next to the hospitals that benefit residents. They are also concerned with the small businesses that will be displaced by the hospitals.

Preservation •

Carrollton Avenue Preservation Alliance

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Committee to Reopen Charity Hospital

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National Trust for Historic Preservation

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Smart Growth Louisiana

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The Foundation for Historical Louisiana

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Preservation Resource Center

In the context of the Bioscience District Plan, these groups are mainly concerned with design of the VA and LSU hospitals in addition to the land acquisition

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and street closure processes that have taken place to date. The Committee to Reopen Charity Hospital is the most vocal “opponent” of the new hospitals and (by association) GNOBEDD because they believe that reopening Charity would be a less expensive alternative and result in no residential or commercial displacement. The remaining preservation groups are concerned with the noncontextual design of the hospitals, the surface parking lots and the resulting effect this will have on Downtown New Orleans. Some organizations, such as those of the National Trust and Smart Growth, do not oppose the hospitals, but are actively involved in the Hospital Working Group of the New City Group to help create alternatives that have more efﬁcient design components, particularly for the UMC. The Preservation Resource Center is most concerned with the public outreach and consultation process for the hospitals and GNOBEDD.

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United Way has a strong pulse on the mental health needs of local residents. Family Services of Greater New Orleans offers significant resources for domestic violence survivors; and executive director, Ron McClain, is an ally for GNOBEDD who is willing to organize constituent support for the Biosciences District Plan. UNITY of Greater New Orleans organizes the homeless population in the city. Lastly, the Louisiana Justice Institute is a legal advocacy organization spearheading efforts to produce a strong Community Benefits Agreement in conjunction with other community advocates. They work closely with Mary Howell, who has represented residents living in the hospital’s footprint and led the litigation against the hospital land acquisition process. Recommendation: Convene the neighborhood and advocacy groups for a presentation of the marketing plan. Introduce the Community Benefits Agreement concept and challenge this group to develop a CBA for the Biosciences District.

Social Justice •

Louisiana Justice Institute + Mary Howell

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Louisiana Public Health Initiative

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Family Services of Greater New Orleans

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Puentes

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Sojourner Truth Center

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United Way District 6

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UNITY of Greater New Orleans

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Urban League of Greater New Orleans

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Young Leadership Council

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Volunteers of America

These various social justice organizations represent those that live in or near the Biosciences District and underserved communities in the City of New Orleans.

Conclusion: It is recognized that beyond the physical design of the Biosciences District, the numerous community resources and constituency groups will play an important role in conceptualization of the Biosciences District Plan and its successful implementation. In the subsequent phases of the planning exercise, it is critical that these organizations be engaged in productive tasks, particularly in the visioning phases, to assess capacity, enhance value and garner support for the project. We shall specify the approach to enlist these organizations in the planning effort to achieve desired outcomes for each subsequent task and for the long-term operation of the Biosciences District.

Stakeholder Matrix Below is a matrix providing the names, contact information, mission, structure, and accomplishments of significant stakeholders relevant to the Biosciences District. This database is intended to benchmark the capacity of significant health, community, economic, transit, housing, and education institutions and organizations, which we will rely on for a successful Community Benefits Agreement. It will also serve as a long-term directory for GNOBEDD that can be easily referenced and updated as needed. Table 4: Significant Stakeholders in the Biosciences District Organization

Contact

Accomplishments

Mission

Structure

LSU Health Sciences Center

Dr. Steve Nelson 504-568-4007

Received NIH Grant for $6.8 million to partner with Dillard University to establish a minority health and health disparities research center on Dillard’s campus.

For Proﬁt The mission of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans (LSUHSC-NO) is to provide education, research, and public service through direct patient care and community outreach. LSUHSC-NO comprises the Schools of Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Graduate Studies, Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health.

LSU Community Clinics

Dr. Cassandra Youmans 504-903-5155

6 community clinics: 3 on Westbank and 3 on Eastbank working with schools and neighborhoods to provide healthcare for uninsured and underinsured

For Proﬁt

LSU Health Sciences Foundation

Bert Wallace 504-568-3712

Expand awareness of LSUHSC’s contributions to medical research, higher education, and quality health care. And, develop ﬁnancial support for their endeavors and provide the means through which ﬁnancial support is received

Foundation

Health Care Effectiveness Program (HCE) created in 1997, has made signiﬁcant, measurable strides in the prevention and management of disease. The HCE Program encompasses all HCSD hospitals and clinics.

Public

Health

LSU Health Care Services Division

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Table 4: Signiﬁcant Stakeholders in the Biosciences District (Cont.) Organization

Contact

University Medical Center

Accomplishments

Mission

Veterans Affairs Julie Cattelliar Medical Center 800-935-8387

Louisiana Public Clayton Health Institute Williams 504-301-9004

Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System Replacement Medical Center Project will create an environment that honors Veterans and their families. As a model for healthcare of the future it will set the standards for patient-centered care, ﬂexibility, and sustainability. The new campus will respect our neighborhoods, authentically reﬂect the culture of the region, and be the cornerstone for the emerging biosciences industry in New Orleans.

Chancellor Ron Workforce Development and Education Unit; School of Nursing Wright; Dr. Harold Gaspard; Patricia Egers 504-571-1330

Xavier University

Dr. Norman Francis, President / Dr. Gene D’Amour, Senior VP for Resources and GNOBEDD board member 504-520-7541

Leading HBCU, headed by Dr. Francis, the longest serving college president in America. Number one in the country in graduating Pre-Med African Americans. Conducting research in nanomedicine. Prime candidate for drug research opportunities.

Government

Non-Proﬁt

Received $100 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help the area’s varied health care providers form an organized health care system.

Delgado Community College

Structure Public

University Medical Center (UMC) has received the HealthGrades 2010/2011 Outstanding Patient Experience Award. UMC is one of only eight hospitals in Louisiana with this recognition, which honors institutions providing the best patient experience in the nation.

Delgado Community College provides Public a learning centered environment in which to prepare students from diverse backgrounds to attain their educational, career, and personal goals, to think critically, to demonstrate leadership and to be productive and responsible citizens. Xavier University of Louisiana, founded by Saint Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, is Catholic and historically Black. The ultimate purpose of the University is to contribute to the promotion of a more just and humane society by preparing its students to assume roles of leadership and service in a global society. This preparation takes place in a diverse learning and teaching environment that incorporates all relevant educational means, including research and community service.

Non-Proﬁt Catholic University / HBCU / Founded in 1925

Table 4: Signiﬁcant Stakeholders in the Biosciences District (Cont.) Organization

Contact

Accomplishments

Mission

Structure

Tulane University

Dr. Ben Sachs 504-988-5462

Member of GNOBEDD Board; Dean School of Medicine

One of the nation’s most recognized centers for medical education, Tulane University School of Medicine is a vibrant center for education, research and public service.

Private

Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation

Jennifer Winstead 225-763-3104

Leader in obesity research and disease prevention

Promote healthier lives through research and education in nutrition and preventive medicine

Foundation

Greater New Orleans Biosciences Economic Development District

Jim McNamara, President & CEO 504-593-6442

Created in 2005 to convene the various institutions of the District. Initiated a planning process led by AECOM in September 2009 to build a master plan.

Facilitating the creation of high paying jobs in the region by increasing the current health and biosciences workforce. Growing the academic research institutions in the region by increasing investment in clinical, biosciences, and health-related research and training. Enhancing interdisciplinary collaboration among the biosciences by locating key research institutions and private sector bioscience companies within a designated biosciences district.

LSU Healthcare Network

Offer patient care at Baptist Uptown, Behavioral Sciences Center, East Jefferson, Kenner Regional, and West Jefferson

The LSU “Healthcare Network is a group of multi-specialty physician practices comprised of distinguished members of the LSU Medical Center Faculty. The physicians are Highly skilled LSU clinicians ranging from medical to surgical specialties. The LSU Healthcare Network offers the best in state-of-the-art medicine to the people of Louisiana.

For Proﬁt

LA Cancer Research Consortium

Institutions participating include LSU Health Sciences Center, Tulane University, and Xavier University

Supports a clinical research program where participating centers conduct a large number of cooperative group, industry-sponsored, and local investigator-initiated trials done with cancer patients to ﬁnd out whether promising approaches to cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment are safe and effective

Public

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Table 4: Signiﬁcant Stakeholders in the Biosciences District (Cont.) Organization

Contact

Accomplishments

Mission

New Orleans Health Department

Dr. Sandra Robinson 504-234-8526

Member of GNOBEDD Board

Protect, maintain and enhance the health status of our citizens, our visitors, and our communities, through disease mapping, prevention, and management while advocating and supporting health maintenance, prevention and promotion activities.

Structure

Ochsner Health System

Dr. Patrick Quinlan 504-842-4051

Member of GNOBEDD Board; part of the LCRC; specializing in neurology, cancer, cardiovascular, and transplants

Ochsner Health System is a non-proﬁt, academic, multi-specialty, healthcare delivery system dedicated to patient care, research and education. The system includes eight hospitals and over 35 health centers located throughout Southeast Louisiana.

Non-Proﬁt

In 2001 the DDD sold bonds in the amount of $7.3 million to fund its Downtown-wide capital improvement program, including $5 million for the Canal Street streetscape program. [The $17 million Canal Street streetscape project is also funded by the City of New Orleans via the Canal Street Development Corporation.]

“The Downtown Development District of New Orleans (DDD) was created by the Louisiana Legislature in 1974 as the nation’s ﬁrst assessmentbased business improvement district (BID) to provide enhanced services in economic development, cleaning and safety. Its mission is to drive the development of Downtown New Orleans by •Cultivating economic development in such industries as bioscience, the arts, digital media and tourism •Ensuring Downtown is clean and safe •Serving as the voice and advocate for Downtown’s future •Promoting Downtown as a worldclass destination for residents and visitors “

Non-Proﬁt Business Improvement District

Economic Development Downtown Development District

Kurt M. Wiegle, President & CEO

Table 4: Signiﬁcant Stakeholders in the Biosciences District (Cont.) Organization

Contact

Accomplishments

Mission

CBNO / MAC

Keith Twitchell, Director

The Metropolitan Area Committee was founded in 1966 as the ﬁrst major community organization in New Orleans to reach across race and class lines. The Committee for a Better New Orleans was founded in 2000 with a similar commitment to comprehensive diversity. In 2001 the two organizations decided to merge. The resulting CBNO/MAC is a diverse community organization, working to bring all voices to the table to build a better future for all New Orleanians. Among its major accomplishments are the following: 1) Initiating the citywide property inventory database (2002); 2) Reworking of the city’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) system (2004); 3) Development of a model Citizen Participation Program (CPP) for New Orleans (2004) and leadership of post-Katrina work to redesign and implement a New Orleans CPP (2006 – ongoing)

Non-Proﬁt CBNO is a racially and culturally diverse group whose mission is to provide leadership and catalyze change toward the achievement of a Blueprint for a Better New Orleans. CBNO/ MAC will accomplish its mission by providing and maintaining an advocacy role that encourages the kinds of partnership, collaboration and candid conversation that reﬂect the interests of the citizens of New Orleans.

Structure

Horizon Initiative

Virginia Miller, Director

Primary advocates for Public-Private Partnership to oversee economic development in New Orleans

The Horizon Initiative is a group of over 400 culturally, racially and socially diverse business and civic leaders dedicated to increasing prosperity and the quality of life for all New Orleanians through economic development.

Non-Proﬁt

Business Council of New Orleans

Bob Brown, Director

Primary business development advocacy organization in New Orleans representing the major corporate and private entities in the region.

The Business Council’s mission is to work to implement clear, predictable laws that foster honest, efﬁcient, transparent and accountable government. The Business Council strives to ensure a competitive business environment that attracts productive companies, individuals and families to our community.

Non-Proﬁt

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Contact

Accomplishments

Mission

Structure

Liberty Bank and Trust Company

Alden McDonald, President and CEO

Founded in 1972, with 3 million dollars in assets, Liberty Bank has grown to a multi-state ﬁnancial institution operating in Louisiana, Mississippi, Kansas, Texas, and Michigan. Currently, Liberty Bank has $340 million dollars in assets.

The mission of Liberty Bank and Trust is to provide cost effective delivery of high-quality, innovative, customerdriven products and services to diverse markets with a focus on disadvantaged minority communities who traditionally have been underserved. Concurrent with the Bank’s mission we will strive to maintain the Company’s status as a catalyst for economic and community development while generating a fair return to shareholders and being an excellent corporate citizen.

For Proﬁt Banking and Financial Institution

First Bank and Trust Corporation

Joseph Canizaro 504-584-5000

Branches located in Louisiana in New Orleans, Metairie, Algiers, Kenner, Harahan, Covington, Harvey, Baton Rouge, Amite, Greensburg, Hammond, Kentwood, Lafayette and Praireville, and branches in Mississippi in Biloxi, Ocean Springs and Winona.

Offer personalized and responsive banking to meet the needs of businesses and individuals in our community. Our goal is to provide quality banking services to help you.

For Proﬁt Banking and Financial Institution

VCE Capital

Richard Montgomery 504-569-7900

VCE Partners manage the investment fund TVP, LP, which is focused on life science opportunities from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center. TVP will also invest in companies outside of the Pennington Center that run clinical trials or conduct research collaborations with the Center.

Southeast-based venture capital ﬁrm that invests opportunistically. Provide equity capital to early and expansion stage companies with proprietary technology platforms or unique products addressing large markets.

For Proﬁt Venture Capital Firm

Iberia Bank

Cleland Powell 504-569-7900

Operate 95 branch ofﬁces throughout Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida. Headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana, we serve clients in South Central Louisiana (Acadiana), the Greater New Orleans area (including Houma), the Northshore of New Orleans (including Slidell, Covington and Mandeville), Northeast Louisiana (the Monroe/ Ruston region), Shreveport (Northwest Louisiana), Baton Rouge, Alabama, and Florida (including Jacksonville and South Florida regions).

Exceed client satisfaction by delivering unparalleled customer service at every point of contact. Committed to offering products and services customized to meet your ﬁnancial needs. Provide a comprehensive ﬁnancial product line including Retail, Commercial, Private Banking, Mortgage, Cash Management, Online Banking and Investment services.

For Proﬁt Banking and Financial Institution

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Contact

Accomplishments

Mission

Structure

Capital One Bank

Steven Hemperley 504-240-5161

One of the nation’s top 10 banks based on deposits; serves New York, New Jersey, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Maryland, and Washington D.C. markets

Offer a broad array of ﬁnancial products and services to consumers, small businesses, and commercial clients

For Proﬁt Banking and Financial Institution

Omni Bank

Kyle Waters 504-533-2895

Founded in 1988 in response to the need for a community-oriented, community-involved ﬁnancial institution serving the Louisiana “super-region.”

Create value and make a difference by: Providing exceptional customer service; Focusing on needs-based selling to attract, retain and deepen customer relationships; Being an employer of choice; Making a difference in our communities

Corporate Realty

Mike Siegel

Provide retail leasing, ofﬁce leasing, and investment brokerage; property management services; client support services

Full service commercial real-estate company in New Orleans

For Proﬁt

New Orleans BioInnovation Center

Aaron Miscenich, Executive Director

Assist in the development of biotechnology-related companies looking to commercialize technologies from Greater New Orleans area universities, including LSU Health Sciences Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, the University of New Orleans and Xavier University.

Business Incubator

Regional Planning Commission

Walter Brooks, Executive Director; Caitlin Cain, Econ. Dev. 504-483-8519

Promote the general welfare and prosperity of the entire region by harmonizing the activities of federal, state, parish, municipal and other governmental agencies in the region.

Public

GNO, Inc.

Michael Hecht, President & CEO 504-527-6907

Generate wealth and improve the quality of life in the region. Attracting and retaining businesses; advocating for policies to improve the competitive climate; and, ensuring the availability of a high-quality workforce, GNO, Inc. intends to counter negative perceptions and ensure that there is a clear understanding of the supreme opportunities available in the Greater New Orleans region.

Non-Proﬁt

Will submit regional application for federal Sustainable Cities Grant to improve transit-oriented development surrounding GNOBEDD

Working Paper 3

Community Context

August 2010

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Contact

Accomplishments

Mission

Structure

New Orleans Business Retention & Expansion

Ernest Gethers 504-658-0927

Commercial and recreational development along Tulane Ave, a strip along Canal and Claiborne, and along the Laﬁtte Greenway on Claiborne Ave; Residential development planned on the upper end of Canal St. near the BioInnovation Center.

Assist with land acquisition and expedite permitting process

Public

New Orleans Department of Public Works

Robert Mendoza 504-658-8000

Construct, maintain, and administer transportation elements affecting vehicular, pedestrian, and rail movement within the public right-ofway.

Public

Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission

Dottie Stephenson 504-833-1881 x 346

Produced Jefferson EDGE 2010 5-year economic development strategic plan for Jefferson Parish.

Proactively inﬂuence the economy through the retention and creation of quality jobs, entrepreneurship and investment in Jefferson Parish to attract, grow and create new business in the area.

Public

St. Tammany Parish Economic Development Foundation

Brenda Reine Bertus 985-809-7874

Parish proﬁle; population projections; economic trends; growth index to identify top ﬁve areas for economic expansion

Improve the quality of life in the parish by strengthening and supporting the business climate in the region by retaining and attracting business and employment

Public

Louisiana Technology Council

Mark Lewis 504-304-2911

Established 8 Special Interest groups to provide a forum to review the latest technology and issues affecting the tech market and promote business development by creating regional business opportunities.

Assist with the technological development of individuals and member organizations by providing programs, events, organizational support and other value added services that contribute to their competitiveness and growth.

Non-Proﬁt

Bureau of Governmental Research

Janet Howard 504-525-4152 x 107

Produced report critiquing New Orleans most recent master plan

Informed public policy making and the effective use of public resources for the improvement of government in the New Orleans metropolitan area.

Private NonProﬁt

Dryades Savings Bank

Kimberly Lee 504-671-3468

Member of GNOBEDD Board

Dryades Bank is the most capable, Bank highest quality, high-touch, customer focused ﬁnancial institution in both the lines of business we provide and the markets we serve; a leader among our peers in customer service, community involvement and ﬁnancial performance; and, an engine for community development.

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Accomplishments

Mission

Structure

Job Corps

Amelia Oliver 504-484-3500

“Academic training and specialized vocational training in: Clinical Certiﬁed Medical Assistant; Health Occupations Technology; Medical Ofﬁce Support “

Job Corps is a no-cost education and career technical training program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor that helps young people ages 16 through 24 improve the quality of their lives through career technical and academic training.

Government

Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Convention Center

Stephen J. Perry 504-566-5049

Event activity has attracted more than 11 million out-of-state visitors, generating a statewide economic impact of $39.12 billion from 19852007.

The freshly renovated New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center is an essential component of what makes the city’s major business events so successful. With 1.1 million square feet of contiguous exhibit space, the Convention Center is the sixth largest convention facility in the nation, and it consistently ranks in the country’s top ten of facilities that hold the most conventions and tradeshows annually.

Public

Domain Companies

Matt Schwartz 504-274-1930

Developers of the Preserve and Crescent Club apartment complexes

Private real-estate development ﬁrm

For Proﬁt

JCH Development

Tara Carter Hernandez 504-274-1930

Redeveloping the former Blue Plate Mayonnaise manufacturing facility into 72 mixed-income loft residences

Develop projects that are sustainable and positively impact the quality of life of its communities

For Proﬁt

Louisiana Minority Business Council

Phala Mire 504-523-7110

Identify, certify, and maintain database of MBE’s in Louisiana

To provide business development services and facilitate opportunities and access among corporations, the public sector and certiﬁed MBEs allowing for mutually beneﬁcial relationships.

Public

New Orleans Chamber of Commerce

Charles Teamer 504-799-4260

Provides advocacy and business support programs for New Orleans based businesses

Support and advocate for New Orleans Businesses

Non-Proﬁt

New Orleans Regional Transit Authority

Justin Augustine; Stefan Marks 504-827-8300

Secured the Tiger Grant I DOT award for the Loyola St. streetcar extension

Operate in a manner that creates sustainability for our environment and our future with a commitment to safety to ensure fewer accidents and less carbon emissions.

Public

New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board

Marcia St. Martin; Charles Spooner 504-585-2190

Provide the city with adequate drainage, sewerage collection, and drinking water.

Public

Infrastructure

Working Paper 3

Community Context

August 2010

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Accomplishments

Mission

State of Louisiana Division of Administration

Jerry Jones 225-219-1218

Control the Administration of the University Medical Center

Public Unique among government departments, the Division of Administration serves the people of Louisiana mainly by providing essential services to the whole of state government. As provided in Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes, “The functions of the Division of Administration shall comprise all administrative functions of the state in relation to the duties outlined in law.” To accomplish these functions, the Division of Administration is comprised of 25 sections, some functioning as control-oriented entities and others as service-oriented entities.

Louisiana Department of Transportation

Sherri LeBas 225-379-1200

Oversee $66 million in stimulus transit funding for the state of Louisiana

To deliver transportation and public works systems that enhance quality of life and facilitate economic growth.

Public

U.S. Army Corp of Engineers - Team New Orleans

Colonel Alvin Lee

Team New Orleans provides comprehensive water resources management to include navigation, hurricane and storm damage risk reduction and environmental stewardship for south Louisiana to ensure public safety and beneﬁt the nation; also prepared to conduct contingency operations as well as support the national response plan.

Public

FEMA

Mark Landry

Support citizens and ﬁrst responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.

Public

Funded the reconstruction and renovation of Recovery School District schools since 2007

Structure

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Accomplishments

Mission

Structure

Entergy New Orleans

Charles Rice, President

Entergy New Orleans, a subsidiary of Entergy Corporation, is an electric and gas utility serving Orleans Parish. Following Hurricane Katrina, Entergy emerged from bankruptcy and has restored eclectic and gas services to the City. The company is currently upgrading gas service and maintaining the electricity generation and delivery. It has recently initiated major conservation and energy efﬁciency policies.

Formed in the early 1900s as New Orleans Public Service Inc., or NOPSI, the company originally provided gas and electric service and maintained the streetcar and bus lines with one simple goal: to provide courteous, continuous and efﬁcient service at all times. Although the company eventually relinquished operation of the streetcar and bus lines, Entergy New Orleans maintains a similar goal with a new slogan: keep the lights on and the gas ﬂowing.

Public Utility / For Proﬁt Entity

Common Good

Nolan Marshall, III 504-338-3823

Coalition of 58 Member Institutions

Non-Profit The historic impasse between white economic power and black political power throttles the development of the whole city, leaving us fighting racially over pieces of a shrinking pie rather than debating how to share a growing one equitably. Government, business and civic leaders each have key and irreplaceable roles to play in a healthy city. Civil society leaders can and must become catalysts, conveners and agents of mutual accountability in communication and decision-making among state, market and civil society leaders. The overarching goal of all New Orleans leaders must be a city that is not just rebuilt, but transformed on principles of inclusion, efficiency, transparency, equity and civility.

Associated Catholic Charities

Jim Kelly 504-301-0014 x 106

Offer case management services through the Sojourner Truth Community Center, particularly for residents displaced by public housing redevelopment and the hospital footprints

Non-Proﬁt Respecting the dignity and potential of each human person, Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans collaborates with the wider community to serve those in need. Impelled by the love and teaching of Jesus Christ, we offer life-giving programs, advocate for the voiceless, and empower the poor and vulnerable to foster a more just society.

Community

Working Paper 3

Community Context

August 2010

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Accomplishments

Mission

Structure

Greater New Orleans Urban League

Nolan Rollins, Director

In the area of education, the Urban League has targeted its direct service and advocacy efforts toward empowering parents, recognizing and promoting educational excellence, and closing the achievement gap with direct service in early learning and extended learning (after school / summer programs). In the area of economic development, ULGNO targets its work in strengthening industry via building the capacity of workforce, supporting the reestablishment of small businesses and re-envisioning the Urban League’s home community – the Bienville Corridor. ULGNO recognizes the direct service is only one component in a broader strategy to truly facilitate self-sufﬁciency. As such, the Center for Policy and Social Justice intends to identify and inform public discourse and policy to eradicate institutional barriers which inhibit the broader aims of the organization’s programmatic thrust.

Today, there are 105 Urban League afﬁliates throughout the country. Through advocacy, community organization and mobilization and program services in areas of education, economic development, employment and training, youth services and child and family support, the League’s mission of helping individuals to attain economic self-sufﬁciency remains virtually unchanged.

Non-Proﬁt

Baptist Community Ministries

Byron Harrell, President and CEO

One of the largest foundations in Louisiana, BCM is a major funder for many projects in the City of New Orleans. The President of BCM was recently appointed to the Board of United Medical Center by LSU.

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Non- Proﬁt

Mid-City Neighborhood Association

Jennifer Farwell, President

Primary neighborhood group in the area adjacent to the site of the VA hospital development. Active in rebuilding following Katrina.

Working to improve the quality of life for all residents of Mid-City New Orleans.

Sojourner Truth Community Center

Carol Carter, Director

Primary meeting place for neighborhoods adjacent to Hospital district to the East of Canal Street

Non-Proﬁt Sojourner Truth Community Center, administered by the Archdiocese of New Orleans provides long term case management, with direct assistance as part of a holistic approach to recovery from Hurricane Katrina.

Baptist Community Ministries (BCM) is committed to the development of a healthy community offering a wholesome quality of life to its residents and to improving the physical, mental, and spiritual health of the individuals we serve. “ Non-Proﬁt

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Accomplishments

Mission

Structure

Broad Community Connections

Jeff Schwartz, Director

Active Community Development group in the neighborhood adjacent to GNOBEDD; working to return former Robert’s grocery store on Broad and Bienville back to commerce

Broad Community Connections’ mission is to revitalize Broad Street from Tulane Avenue to Bayou Road as a vibrant commercial corridor, bringing together the surrounding neighborhoods and fostering their economic, residential, and cultural development.

Non-Proﬁt “Main Street” Corporation

Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association

Mike Pearce, President

Represent neighborhoods adjacent to Bayou St. John

The Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association (FSJNA), organized in 1977, is a benevolent group interested in continuing improvements in this historic New Orleans neighborhood through its people, children, historic waterway, public spaces and other environs.

Non-Proﬁt

Iberville Residents Council

Kim Piper, President 504-524-1478

In May, 2009 HANO’s board created an advisory committee for Iberville residents to help develop solutions to improve the public housing site.

Represent the residents of the Iberville Public Public Housing Development

Friends of Laﬁtte Corridor

Bart Everson, President 504-482-0925

Working to ensure that a “mixed use district with central greenway” is codiﬁed in the new Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, and that the land within the Greenway zone itself, including the 16 1/2 acre parcel recently acquired by the city, is zoned compatibly with the goals of the project. And, ensuring that the Laﬁtte Corridor Revitalization Plan is charged with the task of making recommendations for land use and zoning along the Corridor and coordinating the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance rewrite with that work.

The Friends of Laﬁtte Corridor seeks to preserve and revitalize the Laﬁtte Corridor and adjacent neighborhoods from the French Quarter to Canal Boulevard by advocating for and facilitating the creation of a greenway that encourages active living and economic development and links neighborhoods, cultural features, historic sites, retail areas and public spaces.

Non-Proﬁt

Laﬁtte Residents Council

Emelda Paul, President

Host monthly meetings of former Laﬁtte residents; and participate in regular planning sessions hosted by Providence and Enterprise to gather feedback about potential designs for a New Laﬁtte

Represent the residents of the former Laﬁtte Public Housing Development

Non-Proﬁt

Tulane Canal Neighborhood Development Corporation

Sister Vera Butler 504-486-6266

Stay in touch with small local businesses that will be displaced by the hospital footprints

Represent the residents and businesses of this area

Non-Proﬁt

Working Paper 3

Community Context

August 2010

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Accomplishments

Mission

Structure

Phoenix of New Orleans

Paul Ikemire 504-267-4685

Rebuilt several residences and community buildings in the Lower Mid-City area and have a plan for ancillary residential and commercial development around GNOBEDD

Dedicated to the rebuilding and recovery effort of Lower Mid-City

Non-Proﬁt

Puentes

Lucas Dias 504-821-7728

Programs in housing, public safety, public leadership, and advocacyorganizing

Build assets and create access for the Latino community of the Greater New Orleans area

Non-Proﬁt

Council on Aging

Robert Bermudez 504-821-4121

Insuring that a comprehensive and coordinated assortment of social, recreational, educational, and nutritional services are provided to persons aged 60 and over in the city of New Orleans.

Protect the rights, promote the well being, and enhance the self-esteem of New Orleans elderly by generating opportunities for self-reliance and independence.

Non-Proﬁt

Young Leadership Council

Christy Norsworthy 504-585-1500

YLC has raised more than $25 million to support community projects in and around the New Orleans area since 1986. YLC has 1,300 membervolunteers, and is led by a 25-member board of directors and four staff members. Each community initiative is led by one or more volunteer project leaders.

Non-partisan civic organization created to develop leadership through community projects.

Non-Proﬁt

UNITY of Greater New Orleans

Martha Kegel 504-821-4496

Work with the state to increase permanent supportive housing

Coordinate community partnerships to prevent, reduce, and end homelessness

Non-Proﬁt

Active Social Justice organization working in New Orleans to insure rights of poor people

The Louisiana Justice Institute (LJI) is a civil rights legal advocacy organization, devoted to fostering social justice campaigns across Louisiana for communities of color and for impoverished communities. LJI understands that as a state-based civil rights organization, it can and must serve as an agent for social change in Louisiana. Its creation is responsive to a speciﬁc and urgent need to resurrect capacity for statewide, systemic, legal advocacy on behalf of those most in need of assistance – Louisiana’s minority and Louisiana’s poor residents.

Non- Proﬁt

Louisiana Tracie Justice Institute Washington, Director

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Accomplishments

Mission

Structure

BW Cooper

Darrell J. Williams 504-822-9452 504-822-8840

Successful resident management program in partnership with HANO since 1995 providing residential self sufﬁciency in public housing and improved quality of life for tenants

Redevelop the former Calliope Public Housing Project and provide 410 units of rental housing: 294 affordable and 116 market-rate.

Public

Providence Community Housing

Jim Kelly 504-821-7222

Cleaned & gutted 1,983 homes & apts. Completed construction of 1,227 homes and apts; 204 homes and apts under construction, 1,360 homes and apts in development, and 1,172 homes and apts in pre-development

Foster healthy, diverse and vibrant communities by developing, operating and advocating for affordable, mixedincome housing, supportive services and employment opportunities for individuals, families, seniors and people with special needs with the goal of bringing home 20,000 Katrina victims home through the development of 7,000 homes and apartments.

Non-Proﬁt

Joyce New Orleans Redevelopment Wilkerson, Executive Authority Director

With signiﬁcant bonding capacity and the power of expropriation, NORA can implement recommended community plans. NORA is the only existing agency with the legislative authority and capacity to implement comprehensive neighborhood revitalization plans. Given its ﬁnancial and legislative resources, NORA will play a central role in planning and implementing comprehensive neighborhood revitalization. NORA recently received more than $29 million dollars from HUD to initiate redevelopment in 13 target areas of the City

The New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) is an organization created by the State Legislature in 1968, through the passage of the New Orleans Community Improvement Act. Its primary mission is to provide investment capital for affordable housing and mixed use development.

NORA is both a 501(c)3 non-proﬁt and Certiﬁed Community Development Entity (EDE)

Harmony Oaks

Developing Mixed Income housing in Central City

Project managed by McCormack, Barron, Salazar - company has developed model mixed income communities throughout the country,

For Proﬁt

Housing

Alvin Harrison, Project Manager

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Accomplishments

Mission

Structure

Dillard is a fully accredited private, historically black university committed to providing students with a quality four-year liberal arts education since 1869

Private

Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) primarily serves the educational and cultural needs of the Greater New Orleans metropolitan area. SUNO creates and maintains an environment conducive to learning and growth, promotes the upward mobility of students by preparing them to enter into new as well as traditional careers, and equips them to function optimally in the mainstream of American society

Public

Provide rigorous and relevant instruction for all students at all academic levels to ensure each achieves maximum potential.

OPSB Charter School

United Neighborhood Organization opened its ﬁrst charter school in New Orleans, LA. In 2007 to serve the growing Latino population after Hurricane Katrina. The Esperanza Charter school serves over 300 students from the New Orleans and surrounding areas.

Private Charter School

Education/Workforce Development Dillard University

Dr. Marvalene Hughes 504-816-4640

Southern University of New Orleans

Dr. Victor Ukpolo 504-286-5000

Warren Easton High School

Alexina Medley 504-324-7400

Esperanza Charter School

Stacey Barry 504-373-6272

Albert Wicker Elementary School

Sabrina Pence 504-373-6220

Lagniappe Academy Charter School

Joe Daschbach 504-355-0950

Dillard’s highly acclaimed nursing program is the ﬁrst of its kind in Louisiana. In 2007, graduates earned a 100 percent pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses. Received NIH Grant for $6.8 million to partner with LSU to establish a minority health and health disparities research center on its campus.

U.S. Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon School; Adopted by Actress Sandra Bullock

OPSB School

Secured former Bell school site for operation to begin in Fall 2010

Promote academic excellence, resilience and self-awareness in New Orleans children. By parenting with families, community organizations and other institutions who share our core beliefs, Lagniappe Academies will inspire students to celebrate their cultural heritage and to embrace new opportunities.

Public Charter School

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Accomplishments

Booker T. Washington High School

Elise Adams 504-373-6206

Only operating Grade 8

Mission

Structure RSD Public School

United Teachers Larry Carter of New Orleans 504-304-2160

Filed a class action suit in 2010 against BESE, Department of Education, and the Recovery School District for wrongful termination of all OPSB teachers after Hurricane Katrina

Union of teachers and school employees in NOPS, RSD and charter schools in Orleans Parish representing the professional voice of more than 1,300 teachers, para-educators and clerical workers and more than 200 retirees.

Union

Recovery School District

Paul G. Vallas, Superintendent

Currently, 70 RSD schools are open in New Orleans, including 33 traditional public schools and 37 public charter schools. Over the past 2 years the RSD has seen signiﬁcant improvement in student academic achievement. The RSD has also been responsible for building or completely renovating 6 schools and is on track to completing a rebuilding 87 schools over the next 15 years.

The Recovery School District is a special school district administered by the Louisiana Department of Education. Created by legislation passed in 2003, the RSD is designed to take underperforming schools and transform them into successful places for children to learn. The RSD is also the lead agency in rebuilding New Orleans public schools guided by a School Facilities Master Plan that was adopted in 2008.

The Recovery School District (RSD) is a special state school district administered by the Louisiana Department of Education

Orleans Parish School Board

Darryl Kilbert, Superintendent

The Orleans Parish School Board is a district of seven district managed sites and twelve charter schools that occupy fourteen campuses. The OPSB schools are some of the top performing schools in New Orleans.

OPSB is he legal and ﬁnancial entity responsible for the land and buildings in Orleans Parish. The mission of the New Orleans Public School System is to provide quality learning environments that promote academic excellence and engage the family and community in the support of student achievement.

The Orleans Parish School Board is the local, independent body responsible for responsible for operating 7 schools and overseeing 12 charters in Orleans Parish. It is the Local Education Authority for Orleans Parish.

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Mission

Structure

Job One

Bryan Moore, Director

Job One has been responsible for placing over 19,000 citizens in productive jobs over the past 5 years.

“JOB1 is the City of New Orleans’ ofﬁce of workforce development. Its purpose is to identify and align the supply of workers in New Orleans with the needs of growing businesses. Through a combination of monitoring the needs of a knowledgebased economy, to providing career counseling and training, JOB1 leverages the capabilities of local citizens to ﬁll necessary position while working with local businesses to customize training, screen applicants and help forecast future demand. “

Job One is a City administered agency responsible for implementing the job placement plan for Orleans Parish, utilizing Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (AARA) federal funds.

Dryades YMCA / James Singleton Charter School

Douglas Evans, Director

The Dryades Street YMCA was founded in 1905 as the “Colored Young Men’s Christian Association.” Following a ﬁre that destroyed the original building in 2001, the Dryades YMCA has rebuilt - creating a Charter School for pre-k to 8 grades students, operating a School of Commerce training nurses and related professions, and operating a community center in Central City New Orleans.

The mission of the Dryades YMCA / Singleton Charter School is to develop charter, competence, and commitment for inner-city youth in New Orleans.

Non-Proﬁt Youth Services Organization

Goody Clancy

David Dixon, Principal

Lead Urban Planner for the development of the City’s Master Plan and CZO. Recently, asked to do Peer Review of design of UMC Hospital plans.

Quality work in urban planning, architecture and design

For Proﬁt

New Orleans City Planning Commission

Yolanda Rodriguez, Director

Nearing completion of City Master Plan, the ﬁrst Master Plan since the 1950’s. Currently working on Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance

Primary City Agency responsible for Planning and Development

City Agency

Other

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Accomplishments

New Orleans Saints

Tom Benson, Owner

Won 2010 Super Bowl / Owns land and NFL Franchise - Inspirational Team with is planning development in downtown strong community support New Orleans

Mission

Structure

Grace Episcopal Church

Rev. Terry Williams

Community meeting site for many in the Mid-City neighborhood

Carrollton Avenue Preservation Alliance

Jim Logan 504-522-5900

“Alliance of 5 neighborhood associations: Fontainebleau Neighborhood Association; Uptown Triangle Neighborhood; Carrollton / Riverbend Residents Inc.; Upper Carrollton Residents Inc.; and the MidCity Neighborhood Association “

An allegiance of neighborhood associations whose geographical boundaries border on Carrollton Avenue. The group enables members to share information and ideas on improving the quality of our neighborhoods, address redevelopment issues, and provide support for protecting the residential character of Carrollton Avenue

Non-Proﬁt

Committee to Reopen Charity Hospital

Brad Ott 504-269-4951

Conducted many studies on the architectural integrity of Charity Hospital after Katrina and estimated costs for restoring it

Make the case that Charity Hospital be re-opened

Non-Proﬁt

Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation

Walter Gallas 504-636-3048

Organized state-wide network of preservationists was a critical component to promote the preservation of the heritage and historic resources of Louisiana through education, technical assistance, outreach and advocacy. The Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation is the statewide partner of the National Trust for Historic preservation.

Promote the preservation of the cultural heritage and historic resources of Louisiana

Non-Proﬁt

Smart Growth Louisiana

Jack Davis 504-636-3048

Jack Davis is part of the New City Collaborative in the Hospital Working Group

Thwart the advance of harmful sprawl by encouraging manageable and planned development

Non-Proﬁt

The Foundation for a Historical Louisiana

Carolyn Bennett Unite community leaders, business 504-944-4010 people, historians, teachers, and preservationists in a coalition approach to historic education and preservation advocacy

For Proﬁt

“Grace Episcopal Church, a community Church / NonProﬁt of acceptance and hope, celebrates God’s love and reaches out to the many peoples of New Orleans. “

Non-Proﬁt Promote the preservation of the cultural and architectural heritage of Louisiana through education, advocacy, and stewardship

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Community Context

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Accomplishments

Mission

Structure

Preservation Resource Center

Patti Gay 225-387-2464 x 16

Run Operation Comeback and Project Home Again after Katrina

Promote the preservation, restoration, and revitalization of New Orleans’ historic architecture and neighborhoods

Non-Proﬁt

Family Service of Greater New Orleans

Ron McClain 504-301-9004

60,000 hours of service annually to nearly 16,500 individuals

Provide case management and services to the poor and public advocacy on issues of community health, juvenile incarceration, etc.

Non-Proﬁt

Greater New Orleans Foundation

Albert Ruesga

Focusing on ﬁve major areas: Housing, Address the needs of the community Environment, Regionalism, Community and build consensus for solutions IMPACT, and Special Initiatives, the Foundation has embraced the role of convener, bringing local and national expertise and funding to a common table. Beyond grant making, we research the pressing needs of New Orleans, evaluate solutions, and provide coordinated responses

Volunteers of America

Victor Smeltz

Offer services for Children, Youth and Families, Developmental Disabilities, Elderly, Hurricane Recovery, and Mental Health

Extend a hand up to children, families, seniors and persons with disabilities through a wide array of helping programs in 16 parishes in south Louisiana. Since Hurricane Katrina, Volunteers of America has energized new initiatives to rebuild and help survivors recover

Foundation

Non-Proﬁt

Section Summary •

A categorical listing of key stakeholders is provided citing their roles, mission, accomplishments and recommended workshops that should be conducted to develop plans for the Biosciences District in key areas of concern and focus.

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Listing includes the following groupings: •

Instiutional / Governance (Governance, City, State, Federal, Planning, Utilities)

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Commercial / Economic Development (Economic Development, Workforce Development, Financial Institutions Developers, Primary and Secondary Schools)

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Health Sciences / Healthcare (Health Sciences

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Neighborhood / Community (Housing, Faith-Based, Neighborhood Groups, Preservation, Social Justice)

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This process is recommended as the next phase of work for action-oriented planning that will brand GNOBEDD as the key coordinator and arbiter of the Bioscience District’s development and substantively advance the process with critical input by the community.

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A matrix provides the names, contact information, mission, structure, and accomplishments of significant stakeholders relevant to the Biosciences District. This database is intended to benchmark the capacity of significant health, community, economic, transit, housing, and education institutions and organizations, which we will rely on for a successful Community Benefits Agreement. It will also serve as a long-term directory for GNOBEDD that can be easily referenced and updated as needed.

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Section 04: Urban Design

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Urban Design The AECOM Team has examined the following three items related to the urban design of the Biosciences District: 1.

Provide analysis of the architectural character and context of existing buildings within the Biosciences District.

Highlight key facilities while deﬁning their general use and condition.

Provide a building system assessment of select structures to evaluate their capacity / appropriateness for redevelopment, while considering future planned improvements within the Biosciences District and how these will affect the surrounding context.

Task Process The Team's approach includes utilizing base maps of the Biosciences District (composite existing and proposed), published public documents (notably excerpt from the December 2008 New Orleans Medical District Strategic Integration Report to help define the overall character of the Biosciences District) and web-based site document tools (Google Earth) to define overall context and identify an inventory of structures centered around the six main identified areas of focus: 1.

VA Hospital Complex

2. LSU Health Science Center Complex 3. Tulane University –Downtown Medical Campus 4. Xavier University 5. Old Charity Hospital/ VA Hospital Complex 6. Nodal development along the two primary vehicular arteries (Tulane Avenue and Canal Street) Follow-up activity should include a GNOBEDD team

review of this inventory and an in-ﬁeld, multidiscipline team survey of selected buildings from this inventory.

Baseline: Sub-Districts within the Biosciences District Boundaries The following narrative builds upon and in some cases repeats parts of the December 2008 New Orleans Medical District Strategic Integration Report. The Biosciences District is bounded by Earhart Boulevard, Carrollton Avenue, Iberville Street, and Loyola Avenue/Elk Place. The Biosciences District can be thought of as composed of sub-districts or areas defined by their similar land uses, urban form and scale, built typology, pedestrian accommodation, historic significance and relationship to the city fabric and economy. They provide a sense of the land use pattern in a larger district. A number of subdistricts have been identified in the Biosciences District. 1.

Urban Medical Public Corridor: These areas are those that the public would most likely identify as the existing “Medical District.” Clustered around Tulane Avenue are: Tulane University Health Sciences Center, LSU Health Sciences Center, the Old Charity Hospital complex, and the VA Hospital facilities.

2. Utilitarian and Emergency Access: The areas between the Tulane University Health Sciences Center and old Charity Hospital along Tulane Avenue are characterized by utilitarian elements, such as loading areas, parking garage entrances, emergency room entrances and utility infrastructure. The windowless building facades and lack of pedestrian amenities create an overall impression of a back-of-house area

where the public, in particular the pedestrian, is not welcome. It is a vehicle oriented environment, with the exception of the old VA Hospital that fronts on Perdido Street and does provide some pedestrian amenities. As a significant segment of the highly visible Tulane Avenue corridor, this area is an important target for visual improvement coordinated with planning for the Tulane Avenue improvement lakeside of Claiborne Avenue. 3. Light Industrial Land: The areas generally lakeside of Claiborne Avenue and downtown of I-10 are characterized largely by a haphazard mix of industrial properties, a few of which are in good condition but most of which are in need of redevelopment. 4. Undefined Vacant Land: Much of the land immediately adjacent to Claiborne Avenue and I-10 is either fallow or occupied by temporary parking lots, which are placeholders for future development. The land under the I-10 expressway also falls into this category. The existence of this condition contributes to a very pronounced feeling of disconnect on either side of Claiborne Avenue. 5. Historic Residential: Riverside of Galvez Street between Tulane Avenue and Canal Streets are residential neighborhoods within the Mid-City National Historic District. The structures in these areas are mostly of the local vernacular shotgun style and would not be considered important individually, but together they form a consistent historic building fabric. Most are blighted and in need of major renovation. 6. Business / Office Buildings and Sports / Entertainment Complex: The Poydras Street corridor uptown of Claiborne Avenue has a strong downtown atmosphere of business and major entertainment venues. This area is well

utilized by pedestrians, and gives an impression of a relatively safe and active precinct with an acceptable quantity of pedestrian amenities. 7.

Public Uses and Undeﬁned Urban Corridor: The Loyola Avenue corridor is deﬁned by two very contrasting urban conditions. Lakeside of Loyola Avenue is the municipal government complex with public open space amenities. Riverside are vacant and under-utilized buildings, and a series of temporary parking lots that cover entire blocks of land. The overall impression is that Loyola Avenue is the dividing line in an area of transformation.

8. Theater District, Energized Downtown Visitor Thoroughfare and Quasi-Downtown Space: A significant part of Canal Street’s downtown section passes through the Biosciences District. This part of the street currently includes a poorly developed transitional zone between the bustling downtown corridor and the residential section of the street in Mid-City. The theaters, though in need of renovation and reopening, serve to anchor the downtown corner of the existing Medical District. The area from Loyola Avenue to Claiborne Avenue is currently a stretch with several new developments, notably the New Orleans BioInnovation Center as well as other development proposals being explored. Streetscape renovations also have recently been completed. The uptown side of Canal Street between Claiborne Avenue and Rocheblave Street will be remarkably transformed over the next several years by the new VA Hospital and the UMC developments. The downtown side of Canal Street, on the other hand, is full of used car and car rental lots, car repair shops and obsolete office structures. This area could benefit greatly from complete redevelopment and land use changes, providing a new front door for the Biosciences District.

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Baseline: Existing Land Use The Biosciences District is dominated by a few land uses. Institutional, medical and industrial uses, parking (travel or movement activities) and vacant land and structures (no human activity or unclassiﬁable activity) make up nearly three-quarters of the land in the District.

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uptown of I-10. Riverside of Claiborne Avenue, there are a handful of small warehouse buildings along Poydras Street near the intersection with Galvez Street, many of which are vacant. There is a large Entergy substation with an entrance from Perdido Street at Magnolia Street. Finally, Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans (MCLNO) operates a warehouse, laundry and thermal energy facility on LaSalle Street at Perdido Street.

Residential Activities Residential land uses are found almost exclusively lakeside of Claiborne Avenue/I-10, where the lot and block pattern is still reminiscent of past neighborhoods. The largest concentration of residential structures falls in the portion of Mid-City bounded by Carrollton Avenue, Claiborne Avenue, Tulane Avenue and Canal Street. Many of these structures were ﬂooded by Hurricane Katrina. Commercial Activities Tulane Avenue and Poydras and Canal streets are the primary commercial corridors of the Biosciences District and are where most of the shopping, business and trade activities are located. Poydras Street is lined with multistory ofﬁce buildings – including City Hall, 1515 Poydras, 1555 Poydras and 1615 Poydras. On the other hand, automobile oriented businesses and hotels dominate the streetscape along Canal Street riverside of Claiborne Avenue. Lakeside of Claiborne Avenue, Tulane Avenue is the primary commercial corridor, while Canal Street has many small businesses and becomes increasingly residential in feel. Industrial, Manufacturing and Waste Related Activities Industrial and manufacturing activities are not heavily represented in the Biosciences District. Such uses are primarily located riverside of Jefferson Davis Parkway

Social, Institutional, or Infrastructure-Related Activities Institutional activities, particularly educational and medically related buildings, make up a signiﬁcant percentage of land in the Biosciences District. Xavier University is located on the lakeside boundary of the District. Tulane University Medical Center occupies the riverside end of the District, while LSU Medical Center occupies the roughly adjacent area uptown of Tulane Avenue. Between Tulane and LSU are a number of shared medical facilities, including the former VA Hospital and the former Charity Hospital, as well as the Delgado Community College Charity School of Nursing. Additionally, the Blood Center of Southeast Louisiana is located along Johnson Street, near the intersection of Tulane Avenue and Galvez Street. Parking In the existing medical district, 24% of the total land area is dedicated to off-street parking—a sizable component of the existing land use. Most of the off-street parking is surface parking that services the LSU and Tulane University Medical Centers; however, there are also a handful of parking garages that handle hospital and patient parking. All in all, it is estimated that there are over 7,000 off-street parking spaces, approximately 80% of which are contracted for use by faculty, staff and students of the medical institutions. Nearly all streets

have on-street parking on one or both sides. In the existing medical area, there are an estimated total of 3,000 on-street parking spaces. Of those approximately one third is metered, the remaining two thirds is unmetered. In the rest of the Biosciences District, on-street parking is the main source of public parking. The number of spaces and amount of land dedicated to parking for the Biosciences District as a whole have not been calculated. Religious and Cultural Institutions Religious and cultural institutions in the Biosciences District include: •

St. Mark’s Fourth Baptist Church, located at the intersection of Galvez and Perdido streets.

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St. Joseph Catholic Church on Tulane Avenue at Derbigny Street.

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The Deutsches Haus, an organization which celebrates German heritage in New Orleans, located at the intersection of Cleveland Avenue and Galvez Street.

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Society of St. Vincent de Paul, at the intersection of Canal Street and N. Dorgenoise Street.

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Iglesia Vida, at the intersection of N. Broad and Iberville streets.

Leisure / Recreational Activities In the vicinity of the existing medical facilities, there are several parcels or spaces speciﬁcally devoted to leisure or recreational activity in the area around the existing medical schools. Two of these can best be deﬁned as parks or public green spaces – the larger is Duncan Plaza, located in front of the municipal government complex on Loyola Avenue. It is approximately 3.7 acres and

contains a number of pieces of public art, walking paths and a gazebo. The smaller of the two is Nanny Goat Park, a quarter-acre triangular piece of land located at the conﬂuence of Banks Street and Tulane Avenue. Nanny Goat Park contains a statue and benches for sitting. Lastly, St. Mark’s Church operates an indoor recreation center adjacent to its church on Galvez Street, and the LSU Medical Center dormitories feature two full outdoor basketball courts. Other small parks and open spaces are found lakeside of Claiborne Avenue, including Gert Town Pool, the parks along Jefferson Davis Parkway and Gravier Park, the only zoned park within the Biosciences District. While zoned as a park, its only features include some pedestrian lighting and a few benches. In addition to the parcels and spaces formally dedicated to leisure and recreational activities, there are a number of informal green spaces and open spaces located on private property, such as lawns and landscaped areas surrounding the buildings of the hospitals and educational institutions. However, these scattered spaces and the four above-mentioned spaces do little in terms of adding to the attractiveness of the area. Their utilization is almost nonexistent; there are no amenities either within the spaces or near the spaces that would lead workers and residents to actually stop within these areas. No Human Activity or Unclassiﬁable Activity Much of the land in the Biosciences District is underutilized – either undeveloped land or built upon land with vacant structures. In the existing medical district, nearly two-thirds of the unused land in the area riverside of Claiborne Avenue is occupied by vacant structures; the former Charity Hospital and VA Hospital are the largest examples of this type of use. There are also a

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number of vacant hotels, ofﬁce buildings, warehouses, parking garages and residences. The remaining 38% of the “unused” land is undeveloped. These vacant lots are most common in the area bounded by Galvez Street, Claiborne Avenue, Canal Street and Tulane Avenue, although they also exist around the LSU Health Sciences Center. The vacant parcels are for the most part not contiguous, and vary in size from nearly a block in size down to very small parcels. When combined with the sizable amount of surface parking, over half of the land (53%) in the existing Medical District is currently underutilized.

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Campus deﬁned by Elk Place, Canal Street, S Claiborne Avenue, and Poydras Street. Development for this area is deﬁned in the Tulane University, School of medicine, Science, and Engineering Masterplan for Research Space Downtown dated May 30, 2008. 4.

Delgado Community College identiﬁed as #83 on the GNOBEDD Biosciences District plan.

New Orleans BioInnovation Center (NOBIC) identiﬁed as #82 on the GNOBEDD Biosciences District plan (currently under construction). This will be a wet-lab facility with the goal of assisting companies with the commercialization of biotechnologies coming out of the surrounding universities.

Xavier University Campus, as deﬁned by the provided Xavier Master Plan Documents. This plan is dependent upon the phased purchase and removal of several of the immediate surrounding neighborhood structures, primarily one story residential slab on grade structures.

Task: Maps and Matrix Summary The following areas within the Biosciences District have been excluded from this inventory process because they are part of separate, predetermined plans or whose inherent nature is believed unsuitable for Academic / Medical related commercial development. These areas have been highlighted on the attached Biosciences District plans. 1.

The proposed LSU Health Science Complex, bordered by S. Claiborne Avenue, Canal Street, S. Galvez Street, and Poydras Street. Within this area, the Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium (LCRC), a 10 story building at the intersection of S. Claiborne and Tulane avenues is currently under construction. Note: Planning documents for this project have been requested but not yet received by the AECOM Team.

Historic Residential Neighborhoods between S. Rocheblave Street and S. Carrollton (N/S) Avenue and Tulane Avenue and Canal Street (E/W): These are residential neighborhoods within the Mid-City National Historic District. The structures in these areas are mostly of the local vernacular shotgun style and would not be considered important individually, but together they form a consistent and historic residential fabric.

The New VA Hospital Complex deﬁned by Rocheblave Street, Tulane Avenue, Claiborne Avenue and Canal Street. Note: Planning documents for this project have been requested but not yet received by the AECOM Team.

Tulane University Downtown Health Sciences

The remaining building inventory is the focus of this task. These are existing structures that are considered significant and offer potential individual and shared opportunities within the Biosciences District plan. These structures have been identified both on a base map and corresponding matrix along with the following applied classifications.

The classification terminology utilized is intended to help establish potential for future development and is not intended to define value (intrinsic, subjective, emotional or otherwise). The remaining building inventory is the focus of this task. These are existing structures that are considered significant and offer potential individual and shared opportunities within the Biosciences District. These structures have been identified both on a base map and corresponding matrix along with the following applied classifications. The classification terminology utilized is intended to help establish potential for future development and is not intended to define value (intrinsic, subjective, emotional or otherwise).

Typology 1.

Residential

2. Industrial, Manufacturing and Waste Related Activities 3. Social, Institutional or Infrastructure Related Activity 4. Parking

salvage/ reuse/ redevelopment D = Visually Poor Condition, Possibly Abandoned, potential candidate for removal/ inﬁll/ new development E = Unknown (*) Requires further inventory, in-ﬁeld, multidiscipline team survey

Task: Analysis Introduction The basic equation of Bioscience Industry Development is that real world challenges related to health, nutrition, energy, ecology and defense fuel Basic and Applied Research, which result in commercial applications and enterprises. Ideally, there is a continuous Translational Process from Discovery to Applications where greater collaboration equates to greater impact. Clustering physical and intellectual resources helps to build a powerful engine for growth. Goals are to: 1.

Beneﬁt from the intersection/ overlap/ adjacency of major institutional entities, providing infrastructure which affords collaboration while eliminating implied and physical impediments.

Encourage the smart development and utilization of common ground among these institutions, providing potential sites for bioscience tech parks, workforce training facilities, and ofﬁcing for 21st century industries.

Promote a coordinated, mixed-use zoning strategy in the areas surrounding major institutional sites, to provide housing, recreation and dining opportunities within easy walking distance. Zoning should focus upon improving inhabitant’s quality of life within this Biosciences District; it should

5. Religious/ Cultural 6. Leisure/ Recreational 7.

Business

8. Mixed Use 9. Unknown

Physical Description A = Iconic building, potential center for development B = Visually Good Condition, potential candidate for reuse/ redevelopment C = Visually Fair Condition, potential candidate for

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Table 5: Matrix: Key Developments in and around the Biosciences District Building Number

Institution

Building Use

Typology

Notes

KEY DEVELOPMENTS 54

LSU Medical School

University Hospital Seton Hall

LSU Medical School

Library

LSU Medical School

LSU/Lions

LSU Medical School

CSRB

LSU Medical School

Parking

LSU Medical School

School of Nursing

LSU Medical School

Medical School

LSU Medical School

Student Dormitory

LSU Medical School

Not Available

LSU Medical School

Not Available

LSU Medical School

Outpatient Clinics

Tulane Medical School

Perdido Building

Tulane Medical School

Primary Care Clinic

Tulane Medical School

Hospital & Clinic

Tulane Medical School

Tidewater Building

Tulane Medical School

DCI Building

Tulane Medical School

Women's Center

Tulane Medical School

Hospital & Clinic

Run/Owned by Tulane or HCA?

Tulane Medical School

Cancer Clinic

Tulane Medical School

Elk Place Building

Tulane Medical School

Student Dormitory

Tulane Medical School

1430 Building Medical School

Tulane Medical School

JBJ Building Cancer Center

Converting to Research?

Tulane Medical School

Hospital & Clinic

Run/Owned by Tulane or HCA?

Tulane Medical School

TUMS Annex

UNO

Louisiana Tumor Registry

Louisiana Cancer Research Center

Bio Innovation Center

Delgado Nursing School

Old VA Hospital

Veterans Administration

Dixie Brewery Research

Proposed Development

Veterans Administration

Central Energy Plant

Proposed Development

Veterans Administration

Patient Parking

Proposed Development

Veterans Administration

Rehabilitation & Transitional Living

Proposed Development

Veterans Administration

Residence

Proposed Development

Veterans Administration

Residence

Proposed Development

Veterans Administration

Residence

Proposed Development

Veterans Administration

Residence

Proposed Development

Veterans Administration

Outpatient

Proposed Development

Veterans Administration

Inpatient

Proposed Development

Veterans Administration

Administration

Pan Am Bldg, Proposed Development

Converting to Research?

LSU land ownership? Parking To be vacated

Veterans Administration

Emergency Ambulance & Walk In

Proposed Development

Veterans Administration

Diagnostic & Treatment

Proposed Development

100

Veterans Administration

Diagnostic & Treatment

Proposed Development

101

Veterans Administration

Pumping Station

Proposed Development

Table 5: Matrix: Key Developments in and around the Biosciences District (Cont.) Building Number 102

Institution LSU Medical School

Building Use

Typology

ACB (Clinic)

Notes Long Term Planned Growth

103

LSU Medical School

Garage

Long Term Planned Growth

104

LSU Medical School

ACB (Clinic) & Retail

Long Term Planned Growth

105

LSU Medical School

Inpatient

Long Term Planned Growth

106

LSU Medical School

Diagnostic & Treatment

Long Term Planned Growth

107

LSU Medical School

Inpatient

Proposed Development

108

LSU Medical School

ACB (Clinic)

Proposed Development

109

LSU Medical School

ACB (Clinic) & Retail

Long Term Planned Growth

110

LSU Medical School

Parking Garage

Proposed Development

111

LSU Medical School

Diagnostic & Treatment

Proposed Development

112

Tulane Medical School

Research

Proposed Development

113

Tulane Medical School

Academic & Parking

Proposed Development

114

Tulane Medical School

Research

Proposed Development

115

Tulane Medical School

Residential or Academic & Parking

Proposed Development

116

Tulane Medical School

Residential & Parking

Proposed Development

117

Tulane Medical School

Hospital

Proposed Development

135

L&M Building

136

Dibert Building

Vacant?

151

Gravier

Residential Residential

152

Jung Hotel

153

Quality Inn

155

Crystal Inn

157

Canal Condominiums

Residential

159

Falstaff Apartments

Residential

164

Canal Street Hotel

175

Charity Hospital

176

St. Joseph Church

180

City Hall

181

Civil Court

182

Public Library

183

Vacant

187

Entergy

188

Entergy

190

Israel Augustine Middle School

193

Esperanza Charter School

195

Cameron College

196

Schwarz Alternative School

197

New Orleans Christian Academy

198

Tulane Avenue

Does Tulane control this site?

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Gas Station

Commercial

7D*

Commercial Vacant?

7C*

Firehouse

3E*

9E*

B5 B6

9E*

B7 B8

7D*

9E* Murphy Building & Parking Garage

4C*

Tulane land ownership

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Table 5: Matrix: Key Developments in and around the Biosciences District (Cont.) Building Number B9

Institution

Building Use

Lafcadia Hearn Residence

Typology

Notes

1A*

B10

Vacant

7D*

B11

Vacant

9E*

B12

Commercial/Light Industrial

2C*

B13

Parking

4C*

B14

Commercial

7B*

Does Tulane control this site?

B15

Commercial/Light Industrial

7C*

LSU land ownership?

B16

Parking

4C*

Commercial?

7B*

B18

Commercial

9E*

B19

Commercial

7D*

B20

Medical Related?

9E*

B17

B21

NOT USED

B22

NOT USED

B23

NOT USED

LSU land ownership?

B24

Budget Rental Car

7D*

B25

Vacant

7D*

B26

Vacant

4D*

B27

Tower Commercial?

7B*

B28

Parking or Vacant?

7D*

B29

Parking

4D*

B30

Commercial?

3B*

B31

Commercial

7B*

B40

Lower Mid City

8D*

Res, Lt Indus, Comm, Vacant

B41

Lower Mid City

8D*

Res, Lt Indus, Comm, Vacant

B42

Church

5B*

B43

Lower Mid City

8D*

Light Industrial

B44

Lower Mid City

8D*

Parking, Commercial

B45

Parking

4D*

B46

Parking

4D*

B47

Commercial, Parking

8D*

B48

Parking, Vacant

8D*

B49

Parking, Commercial

8D*

B50

Parking, Commercial

8D*

LSU?

Maintenance Building

9E*

Commercial

7B*

Mid City?

8D*

Commercial, Vacant

B54

Mid City?

8D*

Commercial, Vacant

B55

Mid City?

8D*

Res, Lt Indus, Comm, Vacant

B56

Mid City?

8D*

Res, Lt Indus, Comm, Vacant

B57

Residential Condo Tower Vacant 1C* or New?

B51 B52 B53

B58

Short term Surface Parking Lots

B70

Mid City

8D*

Comm, Res, Vacant

B71

Mid City

8D*

Comm, Res, Vacant

B72

Mid City

8D*

Comm, Res, Vacant

B73

Parking

4D*

B74

N.O. Council on Aging

3B*

B75

N.O. Council on Aging

3B*

Table 5: Matrix: Key Developments in and around the Biosciences District (Cont.) Building Number

Institution

Building Use

Typology

B76

Commercial

B77

United Way

3C*

B78

Commercial?

7C*

B79

Vacant Land?

9E*

B80

Religious

5D*

B81

Residential

1C*

B82 B83

Rite Aid

Notes

7C*

Vacant?

7B*

Commercial

7D*

B84

Church

5B*

B85

Vacant

7D*

B86

Vacant Land?

9E*

B87

Residential

1D*

B88

Commercial

7C*

B89

Mid City

Res, Lt Indus, Comm, Vacant

B90

Mid City

8D*

Res, Lt Indus, Comm, Vacant

B91

Mid City

Res, Lt Indus, Comm, Vacant

B92

Mid City

8D*

Res, Lt Indus, Comm, Vacant

B93

Mid City

Res, Lt Indus, Comm, Vacant

B94

Mid City

8D*

Res, Lt Indus, Comm, Vacant

B95

Mid City

Res, Lt Indus, Comm, Vacant

Residential?

1C*

B96

Tulane Tower

B97

Vacant

7D*

B98

Vacant?

7D*

B99

Mid City, L.F. Gaubert Site for redevelopment?

8D*

B100

Juvenile Curfew Center

Res, Lt Indus, Comm, Vacant

3C*

B101

Mid City

8D*

Res, Lt Indus, Comm, Vacant

B102

Mid City

8D*

Res, Lt Indus, Comm, Vacant

B103

Hotel

1D*

B104

Mid City

8D*

Res, Lt Indus, Comm, Vacant

B105

Mid City

8D*

Res, Lt Indus, Comm, Vacant

B106

Light Industrial/Commercial

7D*

B107

Vacant

1D*

B108

Mid City

8D*

Res, Lt Indus, Comm, Vacant

B109

Mid City

Res, Lt Indus, Comm, Vacant

B110

Mid City

Res, Lt Indus, Comm, Vacant

B111

Mid City

Res, Lt Indus, Comm, Vacant

B112

Mid City

Res, Lt Indus, Comm, Vacant

B113

Falstaff Brewery

Condo apartments

B120

Gert Town

8D*

Residential

B121

Gert Town

8D*

Residential

B122

Gert Town

8D*

Residential

B123

Gert Town

8D*

Residential

Commercial

B124

Fox News

B125

Commercial

7B*

B126

Vacant

9D*

B127

Gert Town

8D*

B128

Commercial

7D*

B129

Commercial

7D*

Residential

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Table 5: Matrix: Key Developments in and around the Biosciences District (Cont.) Building Number

Institution

Building Use

Typology

Notes

B130

Gert Town

8D*

Commercial

B131

Gert Town

8D*

Commercial

B132

Gert Town

8D*

Commercial

B133

Gert Town

8D*

Commercial/Light Industrial

B134

Commercial

8D*

B135

Gert Town

8D*

Commercial/Light Industrial?

B136

Gert Town

8D*

Residential

B137

Gert Town

8D*

Res, Lt Indus, Comm, Vacant

B138

Commercial?

8D*

B139

Gert Town

B140

Commercial/Light Industrial

B141

Commercial/Light Industrial

B142

Gert Town

Residential

B143

Gert Town

Res, Lt Indus, Comm, Vacant

B144

Gert Town

Res, Lt Indus, Comm, Vacant

B160

Commercial

7D*

Commercial

7D*

B161 B162

Burger King

Residential

7D*

B163

Apartments

1D*

B164

Storage

7D*

B165

Apartments

1D*

B166

Lt Industrial

7D*

B167

Lt Industrial

7D*

B168

Lt Industrial

7C*

B169

Parking/Supply Lot?

4D*

B170

Lt Industrial

7C*

B171

Commercial/Light Industrial?

7D*

B172

Commercial/Light Industrial?

7D*

Vacant?

9E*

B174

Vacant?

9E*

B175

Vacant?

9E*

B176

Outlet Mall?

7D*

B177

Mid City

8D*

B178

Mid City

8D*

Lt Indus, Comm

B179

Mid City

8D*

Res, Comm, Vacant

B173

Carrollton Shopping Ctr

Res, Lt Indus, Comm, Vacant

streets. Street trees are a scarce commodity in the Biosciences District riverside of Claiborne Avenue/I-10. Linked open and green spaces, as well as attractive, tree-lined roadways are physical elements which will facilitate thematic and real linkage of integrated activities and commerce within the District. The implementation of sustainable concepts would go a long way towards creating a vibrant and walkable Biosciences District.

focus upon scale, connectivity, and political control rather than land use categories. 4.

Promote well conceived and convenient transportation modalities to support and encourage collaboration among these institutions. Strong transportation connector spines (such as Tulane Avenue and Canal Street) are critical to the Biosciences District cohesiveness/ effectiveness and can become pleasant pedestrian and bicycle routes as well.

Facilitate a diverse range (size and complexity) of start-up and expanding businesses by eliminating physical and bureaucratic impediments to development and leasing space at a range of price points.

Several major street arteries, such as Tulane Avenue and Canal Street, are not living up to their potential. Development along Canal Street is not supportive of its grand cross section. Major transportation arteries within the Biosciences District such as Tulane Avenue and Canal Street and primary cross streets (S Carrollton, S Jeff Davis, Broad, Galvez, and S Claiborne) present great opportunities to strengthen a distinctive and attractive overall image of the District. However, these roadways currently act more like commuter thoroughfares. Recognizing that “ﬁrst impressions” for many visitors comes from the vistas along these thoroughfares, this emphasizes the heightened importance of land uses along them. Stabilizing and improving the vitality of the properties along these roadways is critical in improving the perception of the strength of the Biosciences District itself.

Tulane Avenue is a strong central axis which could best link the large academic /medical institutions in the Biosciences District. The lakeside edge of the Biosciences District is dependent upon a well-deﬁned border along Carrollton Avenue and a strong terminus to this Tulane Avenue axis. Xavier University has long term aspirations to link to Tulane Avenue across I-10 with a true physical connection. In the interim, they could strive to be

Observations /Thoughts 1.

From our Case Study Analysis of six similar urban bioscience districts, we propose that there is a prescribed limiting distance to where academic / medical related commercial incubator /research space is most successful, essentially related to a maximum 15 minute walking distance or a 5 minute trolley loop. The logic of this research has been transposed to the Biosciences District plan to represent what we believe are the best zones for potential academic or health science related commercial development (see maps at the end of this section). There are currently few well-thought out and/or planned outdoor gathering and activity spaces within the Biosciences District. The lack of such places magnifies the current unattractiveness of the area, and makes it difficult to conceive of the district as a unified place. Plantings could be better used to enhance pedestrian zones along

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In Amsterdam, Urban Alliance won a competition for ideas to improve the public space of a socially unsafe area. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve used one of these dark vacant underpasses to their advantage to create interactive urban wallpaper. The 24-meter long wall of a pedestrian tunnel in Biljimer is now lined with 2,500 LEDs and covered with a ribbed semi-transparent wall. The curves in the wall make it less vulnerable to grafďŹ ti, something underpasses are usually riddled with. The resolution is stretched horizontally, so images appear to be in better focus from the side, inviting the display to be viewed from outside of the tunnel as well as within. As people walk through the tunnel, the lights react to movement and brighten up a once unsafe and uninviting area. Source: Underspaces 1 website: http://pruned.blogspot.com/2009/09/under-spaces-1.html

better displayed at this location. A transportation linkage strategy for intercampus trafďŹ c and pedestrian link to Xavier University campus needs to be developed. 5.

Xavier University has signiďŹ cant strength in pharmaceutical formulations and research, but could also be well positioned to commercialize ideas and products with the assistance of partners to take their research to the next level (commercial applications for drug research / delivery). The abandoned shopping center lakeside of S Carrollton Avenue presents a large amount of vacant building /land which could potentially accommodate a drug manufacturing facility with good access to highways for transport and shipping.

Overhead pedestrian bridges satisfy some security and disabled accessibility concerns in moving occupants between buildings/across roadways. However, such bridges also contribute to disinvestment in the pedestrian realm at street level and should only be used as a last resort. Alternatives to overhead bridges, including improved pedestrian amenities such as well marked, ample walkways, changes in street patterns and street surface at areas designated for pedestrian use, better lighting, more mass transit amenities (benches, shelters, etc.), and more pedestrian-scale plantings, could result in successful pedestrian pathways which would also enrich the streetscape. A lively streetscape will serve to strengthen the cohesiveness and security of the Biosciences District.

The Claiborne Avenue/I-10 exchange is a physical barrier that bisects the Biosciences District into two distinct halves. The area under the overpass is not conducive to pedestrian trafďŹ c (feels dark

LED Lighting used to enhance the pedestrian experience in dynamic ways. Source: http://pruned.blogspot.com/2009/09/under-spaces-1.html

and unsafe). A creative solution which serves to unite each half of these roadways is needed. Better illumination, improving the walking path experience with amenities such as a community artwork installation, mass transit station, etc. would bring noticeable improvement. (A few examples of successful applied ideas are shown throughout this Section.)

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The new VA hospital and University Medical Center Campus indicate that their “fronts” are intended to face Canal Street, with services and parking frontage along Tulane Avenue. While this approach will serve to improve the image of Canal Street it also has the potential to create a utilitarian edge for eight consecutive blocks of Tulane Avenue between S Claiborne Avenue and S Rocheblave Street. This condition has the unfortunate potential to be similar to the current situation along Cleveland Avenue near Tulane Hospital where utilities, loading docks and emergency entrances give a utilitarian, even forbidding feel. As Tulane Avenue is a major roadway within the Biosciences District, this aspect needs to be carefully reconsidered. As with any well planned urban campus, the plan should address all signiﬁcant boundary thoroughfares with an attractive face which enhances the neighborhood. The design of structures along Tulane Avenue must address vehicular and pedestrian trafﬁc as well as the context of the adjoining and surrounding cityscape.

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There is a large amount of low-quality open space (parking lots, vacant lots and private yards) in the half of the Biosciences District northwest of Claiborne Avenue/I-10. Some streets within this area are avoided by pedestrians due to speciﬁc conditions which cause them to be unfriendly. Some areas, particularly around temporary parking lots, have no sidewalks, containing only soil and sometimes debris.

Certain streets are oriented toward vehicular trafﬁc only, with building facades that do not have any windows or doors. Other pathways pass by the front of vacant and blighted buildings, which present a safety/security issue for pedestrians.

Crosswalks to assist pedestrians in crossing smaller streets are difﬁcult to ﬁnd on many streets. Where they do exist, they typically consist of nothing more than striping. There are few pedestrian signals at these crossings. Fortunately, since most vehicles travel on

The current plan for the new University Medical Center campus is contingent upon a phased building approach. This implies that much of the site will remain unimproved for a signiﬁcant period. This leaves a large portion of the Canal Street corridor underdeveloped for an undeﬁned period. As Canal Street is a major roadway within the Biosciences District it is critical this aspect of the streetscape be addressed more attractively.

Waterfront Park in Louisville, Kentucky is now a premier public open space. 12 acre greenspace links the downtown to the Ohio River underneath the highway exchange. Source: http://pruned.blogspot.com/2009/09/under-spaces-1.html

the primary corridors of the Biosciences District, the lack of signals generally does not represent a signiﬁcant hazard for pedestrian crossings. Many pedestrian crossings do need restriping and attention to signage. d.

Transit stops are not well marked and do not contain amenities that would encourage transit ridership. RTA should be encouraged to contribute to the resolution of these deﬁciencies in meaningful ways.

The Biosciences District lacks consistent and distinctive gateway and wayﬁnding signage which would help to establish its presence and deﬁne clear routes for passage within it. Existing identity signage, directional signage, green space and paved pedestrian areas lack consistency in design, creating a haphazard appearance.

The Biosciences District lacks pedestrian scale lighting along the majority of streets and in deﬁned public open spaces.

11. The street intersection at S Claiborne Avenue and Tulane Avenue represent a physical and symbolic connection between the downtown Tulane and LSU campuses. This could be a prime location for collaborative development between these institutions, be it a jointly sponsored educational institute or university supported interdisciplinary resource center to support combined commercialization efforts or similar collaborative use. 12. A reasonable solution to the abandoned Charity Hospital and VA complex needs to be adopted, along with a timetable for its implementation. There are 23 buildings in this complex which range in historical signiﬁcance and reuse value. Currently, we understand that LSU has plans to

Under highway retail in Zaanstadt, Netherlands; combination of retail, signage and lighting. Source: http://pruned.blogspot.com/2009/09/under-spaces-1.html

keep four of these buildings, with the proposed use still unclear. These abandoned structures will continue to be magnet for controversy within the emerging Biosciences District and will prove counter-productive to development efforts until a consensus decision is achieved. Additional survey of this complex is still required by the AECOM Team, to be followed by test ﬁts of potential alternative programs for reuse.

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Section Summary •

This seciton on Urban Design provides the following: 1.

An analysis of the architectural character and context of existing buildings within the Biosciences District.

Highlights key facilities while deﬁning their general use and condition.

A building system assessment of select structures to evaluate their capacity /appropriateness for redevelopment, while considering future planned improvements within the Biosciences District and how these will affect the surrounding context. •

The six main identiﬁed areas of focus include: VA Hospital Complex, LSU Health Science Center Complex, Tulane University –Downtown Medical Campus, Xavier University, Old Charity Hospital/ VA Hospital Complex, and nodal development along the two primary vehicular arteries (Tulane Avenue and Canal Street)

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The Biosciences District is dominated by a few land uses. Institutional, medical and industrial uses, parking (travel or movement activities) and vacant land and structures (no human activity or unclassiﬁable activity) make up nearly three-quarters of the land in the District. An overview is provided on the following land uses: residential; commercial; industrial, manufacturing and waste related activities; social, institutional or infrastructure-related activities; parking; religious and cultural institutions; leisure and recretional activities; no human activity or unclassiﬁable activity.

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Maps and matrix summary are provided for existing structures that are considered significant and offer potential individual and shared opportunities within the Biosciences District. These structures have been identified both on a base map and corresponding matrix along with the following applied classifications. The classification terminology utilized is intended to help establish potential for future development and is not intended to define value (intrinsic, subjective, emotional or otherwise).

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Clustering physical and intellectual resources helps to build a powerful engine for growth. Speciﬁc goals should be to:

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Beneﬁt from the intersection/ overlap/ adjacency of major institutional entities;

Encourage the smart development and utilization of common ground among these institutions;

Promote a coordinated, mixed-use zoning strategy in the areas surrounding major institutional sites;

Promote well conceived and convenient transportation modalities; and,

Facilitate a diverse range (size and complexity) of start-up and expanding businesses.

Key observations include: 1.

A maximum 15 minute walking distance or a 5 minute trolley loop is the prescribed limiting distance to where academic /medical related commercial incubator /research space is most successful.

There are currently few well-thought out and/or planned outdoor gathering and activity spaces within the Biosciences District. Linked open and green spaces, as well as attractive, tree-lined roadways are physical

elements which will facilitate thematic and real linkage of integrated activities and commerce within the District. 3.

Several major street arteries, such as Tulane Avenue and Canal Street, are not living up to their potential.

Tulane Avenue is a strong central axis which could best link the large academic /medical institutions in the Biosciences District.

Xavier University has signiﬁcant strength in pharmaceutical formulations and research, but could also be well positioned to commercialize ideas and products with the assistance of partners to take their research to the next level.

Overhead pedestrian bridges contribute to disinvestment in the pedestrian realm at street level and should only be used as a last resort.

The Claiborne Avenue/I-10 exchange is a physical barrier that bisects the Biosciences District into two distinct halves. A creative solution for the area under the overpass should have better illumination and improving the walking path experience with amenities such as a community artwork installation, mass transit station, etc. would bring noticeable improvement.

The new VA hospital and University Medical Center Campus plans should address all signiﬁcant boundary thoroughfares with an attractive face which enhances the neighborhood and must address vehicular and pedestrian trafﬁc as well as the context of the adjoining and surrounding cityscape.

Canal Street is a critical streetscape that must be addressed more attractively.

10. A comprehensive street improvements effort, including deﬁning gateways and incorporating wayﬁnding signage, lighting and sidewalk improvements is warranted to improve the cohesiveness of the Biosciences District. 11. The street intersection at S Claiborne Avenue and Tulane Avenue represent a physical and symbolic connection between the downtown Tulane and LSU campuses. This could be a prime location for collaborative development between these institutions. 12. A reasonable solution to the abandoned Charity Hospital and VA complex needs to be adopted, along with a timetable for its implementation. •

Follow-up activity should include a GNOBEDD team review of this inventory and an in-ﬁeld, multidiscipline team survey of selected buildings from this inventory.

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Chicago Technology Park Chicago, IL

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The Cortex District St. Louis, MO

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University City Science Center Philadelphia, PA

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Section 05: Trafﬁc Analysis

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Biosciences District Transportation Analysis Tulane Avenue at S. Broad Street and Tulane Avenue at S. Galvez Street;

The transportation analysis consists of three areas of investigation: •

A review of the two Trafﬁc Impact Analyses (TIA): one for UMC and one for the new VA hospital, also known as the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Medical Center (SLVMC), to ensure their mutual compatibility and to serve as a baseline for comparisons with other plans;

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A series of discussions regarding various other projects and proposals that are in process; these will continue to require updating; and

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An estimate of long-term transportation needs based on an estimate of changes in the transportation demand model variables and based on the mid and long-term Biosciences District Plan proposals.

Traffic Impact Analysis Review As part of the environmental clearance process, both UMC and SLVMC completed a TIA for their respective sites. Although both TIA reports were prepared independently, the reports were produced by the same consulting ﬁrm, Urban Systems, Inc. The SLVMC report is dated August 2009, while the UMC report is dated March 2010. Both reports referenced and accounted for the other adjoining project within their respective study. In reviewing both reports, it was noted that the SLVMC study involved more (although minor) mitigation recommendations than the UMC study. The SLVMC report recommends the following: •

Modifying intersection geometry at Tulane Avenue at S. Rocheblave Street to accommodate a left turn phasing at the intersection to support access to employee and staff parking facility;

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Retiming signal phases at the intersections of

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Removing the trafﬁc signal at the intersection of Bienville Street at S. Galvez Street;

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Permitting left turns at speciﬁc intersections along Tulane Avenue, which are currently prohibited;

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Prohibiting left turns from lakebound Canal Street; and,

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Changing the trafﬁc ﬂow from two-way to one-way along S. Rocheblave Street (two-way operations from Canal Street to Tulane Avenue and one-way operations from Tulane Avenue to Gravier Street).

The UMC report recommended the following: •

Implementing trafﬁc signal control of the intersection of Tulane Avenue at S. Roman Street.

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Coordinating the new trafﬁc signal with existing Tulane Avenue trafﬁc signals.

Based on review of the analysis and conclusions of both studies, neither project will adversely impact either Tulane Avenue or Canal Street in terms of exceeding the capacity of either roadway. The surrounding area traffic network within the Biosciences District will not be significantly adversely affected by the net gain in trips generated by either or both projects. The traffic analyses both indicate that Canal Street and Tulane Avenue and the majority of the area streets both currently and after construction will operate at a Level of Service (LOS) C or better. The exceptions are listed below. It must be remembered that LOS D, although not desirable, is considered to be acceptable during peak hours. Detailed LOS findings are below: •

Tulane Avenue at Broad Street outbound after construction in PM peak will be LOS D

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S. Galvez Street at Tulane Avenue southbound after construction in PM peak will be LOS D

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S. Rocheblave Street at Tulane Avenue southbound after construction in PM peak will be LOS D

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Cleveland Avenue at S. Derbigny Street currently and after construction in AM peak has LOS E (This is I-10 exit.)

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Cleveland Avenue at S Claiborne Avenue right turn AM peak currently and after construction has LOS E (This is I-10 exit.)

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S. Derbigny Street at Tulane Avenue northbound after construction will be LOS E. (It is unclear, but this appears to be an entrance to a proposed parking lot.)

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Roman Street at Canal Street is projected to be LOS D after construction.

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S. Roman Street at Tulane Avenue in AM peak is E in both direction, in PM peak is LOS E southbound and LOS D northbound, and will be LOS F in all cases after construction. (This also appears to be a parking entrance.)

Other Proposals and Projects US 61 / Tulane Avenue Corridor Improvements The Regional Planning Commission (RPC) has commissioned the consulting engineering ﬁrm, URS, to study potential improvements to the Tulane Avenue Corridor. As proposed, the street would be reconﬁgured from six lanes and parking with a two-foot median barrier and sidewalks, to four lanes, bicycle lanes and parking with a 14-foot median. The curb would not be relocated and sidewalks would remain the current width, a nominal 12 feet.

The draft study states that the existing traffic volumes can be maintained when the capacity is reduced. It is uncertain whether or not URS had the data needed to consider both the increased SLVMC and UMC trips when the preliminary evaluation was completed. However, Urban Systems, the engineering firm that conducted the TIAs, has indicated that based on current data, the fourlane roadway would have adequate capacity to support the new hospitals. The current Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) only provides funding for the planning portion of the Tulane Avenue improvement project, not construction. Therefore, it is possible that the proposed improvements may not be completed prior to the completion of the two medical centers due to lack of funding. This could cause increased congestion and difficulty in accessing parking for the hospitals due to restricted turning movements forcing U-turns to access parking. In addition to a lack of construction funding, even for the portion between Claiborne Avenue and Broad Street, there are concerns regarding landscape, lighting, sustainability and utility coordination, which have yet to be resolved. Also, the segment of Tulane Avenue between Claiborne and Loyola avenues is not included in the project because it is not a US highway and, therefore, not eligible for the funding source being used for the current study. At present, UMC, SLVMC, and the Louisiana Cancer Research Center (LCRC) have three different landscape plans for Tulane Avenue and another consultant was hired by DPW to prepare concept drawings, suggesting a possible fourth plan. Pending coordination among the stakeholders and other projects, URS did not develop a landscape plan. The Parks and Parkways Department has only very recently been informally consulted with on

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the plans. Generally, Parks and Parkways and the utility companies prefer to keep the trees and utility lines as far apart as possible; this is only the case in the VA Hospital plan and for the Tulane Avenue portion of the LCRC plan.

Trips Between and Among the Hospitals and Medical Schools At present, University Hospital/LSU operates several shuttle bus routes tying together the various elements of the two medical schools, and several parking facilities with University Hospital. The shuttle also connects to Tulane University, but primary connections between Tulane’s Uptown and Downtown campuses are through their own shuttle service. The reason for the University Hospital/LSU shuttle service is to facilitate access to the University Hospital. The distance today from the LSU Health Sciences Center to the corner of LaSalle Street and Tulane Avenue is about 3,000 feet along Gravier and LaSalle streets, with the overwhelming majority of medical facilities along that route. While 3,000 feet is twice the length of the customary measure of walking distance, which is 1,500 feet, several origins and destinations are found along this route within 1,500 feet of each other. Once the UMC is completed and all UMC/LSU personnel are housed at the UMC site or LSU Medical School, which are planned to be connected with an elevated walkway, the UMC plans to terminate this shuttle service. This future condition will result in the extreme opposite of conditions that existed several decades ago, when the two schools and the two hospitals, Charity and VA, were on the riverside of Claiborne Avenue. Then all internal trips were easily accomplished on foot. In the future,

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walking between the existing medical districts in the CBD and the new hospitals will be much more difﬁcult. The distance along Cleveland Avenue from Rocheblave Street to Loyola Avenue is approximately 4,520 feet or three times the customary walking distance. This leaves anyone moving between these facilities with a walk of 10 to 15 minutes or more; a bicycle ride; a transit ride after a minimum wait of 15 or 20 minutes (current RTA headways on Canal and Tulane, respectively); or a need to use an automobile. This last is hardly desirable, especially in light of sustainability goals and the fact that each institution supplies parking only for their employees and, in the case of hospitals, their visitors. Students, medical residents and others employed by one institution and needing to visit another would need to use paid parking in the visitors’ parking facility of the institution being visited. Prior to detailed analysis, the alternative solutions appear to be: •

Shorter RTA headways of 3 to 5 minutes on Canal Street and Tulane Avenue lines and an extension of operating hours;

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A shuttle route circulating on Gravier and Canal streets between LaSalle and Galvez streets, or a demand responsive shuttle;

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An internal system along the Cleveland Avenue ROW; or

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A vehicle ﬂeet, which can be shared by the various individuals making the trips, either on an internal route or public streets.

The probabilities of these alternative solutions are currently unclear. 1.

The cost of shorter RTA headways would likely make that solution untenable.

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Should it run on a headway, and if so, what should it be or should it be demand responsive;

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Group (physician, resident, medical student, Delgado nursing student, other student, faculty, full-time allied health employee, other employee, other).

A shuttle route may be feasible, but a number of items must be deﬁned and compared: a.

What would be the source of the subsidy;

d. Would the service be available to the public; e. Who would operate the service; f.

Who would own the equipment;

g. If RTA or other entity operates under contract, who would be the contracting party? 3.

The current site plan for the UMC eliminates the possibility of an internal system, as the building appears to block Cleveland Avenue in addition to it being closed as a public street.

A fleet to be shared among various travelers requires identification of an appropriate vehicle, which includes the management issues of capital, replacement, and maintenance responsibility; insurance; security; suitability to operate on public streets in mixed traffic; and parking. In many ways, it has the same administrative issues as the shuttle option, but potentially has the added burdens of maintenance and greater liability resulting from multiple operators that may not be licensed or insurable in the customary sense.

Prior to pursuing any of these alternative solutions in detail, there is a need to identify the number of daily trips by: •

Purpose,

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To obtain this information, a number of sources must be tapped. It would seem that the two most reliable would include: •

The academic/administrative staff from each educational institution responsible for the schedules of students and medical residents, and

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An on board survey of the riders of the existing shuttle service over the course of a week during the regular academic year.

Connection to Xavier University Both short and longer-term plans must be made to satisfy the travel demand for students, faculty and others between Xavier University and the ﬁve institutions discussed above. If the investigations discussed above are successful, the trip demand data needed would be available but the greater distance could require other alternative solutions. In preliminary conversations with Xavier, a route from the proposed garage on the uptown side of Washington Avenue through the campus on the downtown side to Jefferson Davis Parkway to Tulane Avenue was discussed. The existing Tulane RTA route serves Xavier

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and connects with the other institutions. However, as discussed above, it has 20-minute headways.

Xavier University Vicinity Improvements Transportation improvements that Xavier is pursuing, or at least considering, include the following: •

A pedestrian bridge in the vicinity of Fern Street, connecting the academic area on the downtown side of Washington Avenue with the site of the convocation center and the adjacent parking garage/transportation center. The bridge is currently being studied through an RPC project.

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Install a trafﬁc signal at Washington Avenue and Pine Street where the vehicular bridge crosses the canal.

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Obtain the ROWs of Short and Pine streets between Drexel and Howard streets, Broadway between Drexel and Dixon streets, Howard Avenue between Short Street and the merge of the I-10 exit, and Dixon Street between Pine Street and Jefferson Davis Parkway.

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Dixon Street is the only ROW they wish to close and convert to a pedestrian corridor.

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Pine Street would become the main vehicular entrance to campus.

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Short and Howard streets would be realigned slightly to create a loop around the end of the campus.

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As discussed at earlier, a parking facility is planned on the uptown side of Washington Avenue to provide for increased demand and the surface parking being removed by the convocation center.

A longer-term improvement would be a realignment of the intersection of Carrollton with Washington/Palmetto.

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Criminal Justice Area Parking While no parking demand data is readily available, a visit to the area illustrates the serious lack of parking and the difﬁcult circulation patterns in the immediate area. The only apparent public off-street parking is a surface lot at the uptown river corner of Broad and Gravier Streets. The sheriff is considering the addition of a parking garage to the ongoing redesign and reconstruction of the Orleans Parish Prison complex, which is adjacent to the Criminal Courts, Municipal Court, and police headquarters. Potential sites currently being considered are the site of the House of Detention and the CCC (Correctional Center). Both facilities are now unoccupied due to physical condition and could be demolished.

Coroner’s Office Currently, a new facility to house the coroner’s ofﬁce and police crime lab is being designed for a site on the UPT on the downtown lake corner of Earhart Boulevard and Claiborne Avenue. Even a cursory analysis indicates that there are two serious concerns with this site: 5.

It is a considerable distance from both police headquarters (1.4 miles via Broad and Earhart) and from the UMC site (1.9 to 2 miles, depending on the route), making any collaboration with the coroner more difﬁcult; and

The site, although owned by the city, is a transportation facility. A small adjacent portion of the site has already been alienated by a sale some years ago. However, to construct this essentially unrelated use on what is intended to be a railroad yard is not a sustainable plan, especially given that it is separated by a considerable distance from related institutions and that the Federal Railroad Administration will not likely be favorably inclined to support the future development of a facility that

is being dissected by the City at a time when rail travel is being investigated. In a discussion with the sheriff and his staff, it is our understanding that funding for the police lab is not fully available. If there were a source of income attached to the site, it would be more easily ﬁnanced. This suggests that the possibility of relocating the proposed facility to a site in conjunction with the contemplated criminal justice area parking garage would be a reasonable change in plans. This is especially reasonable in light of the availability of almost six acres of city property on Poydras Street between Broad and Galvez streets, which is adjacent to other law enforcement facilities and only one-half mile from the UMC site.

RTA: Streetcar, UPT Transfer, etc. While trips to and within the Biosciences District will always be (at least in part) dependent on RTA service, the current financial constraints on that agency make longterm reliance on their service for some trips matters of future inquiry as the Biosciences District needs evolve and are better defined. It certainly is to the benefit of the community as a whole to increase the use of service provided by RTA and to reduce or eliminate other services. In the short term, RTA service in the Biosciences District will evolve as RTA restructures the citywide service plan, including the use of UPT as a transfer terminal in place of Canal Street for many lines, and the development of the Canal Street to UPT streetcar service on Loyola Avenue.

Long-Term Demand and Plan The third aspect of the transportation analysis will be an estimate based on the changes in TAZ variables in

the regional travel demand model that result from the proposed residential and employment centers developed in the plan for the Biosciences District. The needs beyond the early years following the opening of the new hospitals can only be reasonably estimated after the land use plan and the resulting density of residential and employment uses are deﬁned.

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The transportation analysis consists of three areas of investigation: •

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A series of discussions regarding various other projects and proposals that are in process; these will continue to require updating; and

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An estimate of long-term transportation needs based on an estimate of changes in the transportation demand model variables and based on the mid and long-term Biosciences District Plan proposals.

UMC and SLVMC Trafﬁc Impact Analysis Review: •

Neither project will adversely impact either Tulane Avenue or Canal Street in terms of exceeding the capacity of either roadway.

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The surrounding area trafﬁc network within the Biosciences District will not be signiﬁcantly adversely affected by the net gain in trips generated by either or both projects.

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The trafﬁc analyses both indicate that Canal Street and Tulane Avenue and the majority of the area streets both currently and after construction will operate at a Level of Service (LOS) C or better.

US 61/ Tulane Avenue Corridor Improvemennts: •

RPC is stuyding potential improvements to the Tulane Avenue Corridor. As proposed, the street would be reconﬁgured from six lanes and parking with a two-foot median barrier and sidewalks, to four lanes, bicycle lanes and parking with a 14-foot median. The curb would not be relocated and sidewalks would remain the current width, a nominal 12 feet.

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The current Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) only provides funding for the planning portion of the Tulane Avenue improvement project, not construction. Therefore, it is possible that the proposed improvements may not be completed prior to the completion of the two medical centers due to lack of funding. This could cause increased congestion and difﬁculty in accessing parking for the hospitals due to restricted turning movements forcing U-turns to access parking.

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At present, UMC, SLVMC, and the Louisiana Cancer Research Center (LCRC) have three different landscape plans for Tulane Avenue and another consultant was hired by DPW to prepare concept drawings, suggesting a possible fourth plan.

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Once the UMC is completed, the UMC plans to terminate this shuttle service.

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Walking between the existing medical districts in the CBD and the new hospitals will be much more difﬁcult.

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Anyone moving between these facilities with a walk of 10 to 15 minutes or more; a bicycle ride; a transit

ride after a minimum wait of 15 or 20 minutes; or a need to use an automobile. •

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Both short and longer-term plans must be made to satisfy the travel demand for students, faculty and others between Xavier University and the ﬁve institutions.

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Transportation improvements that Xavier is pursuing, or at least considering, include the following: a pedestrian bridge in the vicinity of Fern Street; a trafﬁc signal at Washington Avenue and Pine Street; a pedestrian corridor; and a parking facility among others.

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Serious lack of parking and the difﬁcult circulation patterns in the immediate area. The sheriff is considering the addition of a parking garage to the ongoing redesign and reconstruction of the Orleans Parish Prison complex.

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Prior to detailed analysis, the alternative solutions appear to be: shorter RTA headways of 3 to 5 minutes on Canal Street and Tulane Avenue lines and an extension of operating hours; a shuttle route circulating on Gravier and Canal streets between LaSalle and Galvez streets, or a demand responsive shuttle; an internal system along the Cleveland Avenue ROW; or a vehicle ﬂeet, which can be shared by the various individuals making the trips, either on an internal route or public streets.

RTA service in the Biosciences District will evolve as RTA restructures the citywide service plan, including the use of UPT as a transfer terminal in place of Canal Street for many lines, and the development of the Canal Street to UPT streetcar service on Loyola Avenue.

Long-Term Demand and Plan: •

An estimate based on the changes in TAZ variables in the regional travel demand model that result from the proposed residential and employment centers developed in the plan for the Biosciences District can only be reasonably estimated after the land use plan and the resulting density of residential and employment uses are deﬁned.

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Utilities The AECOM Team has acquired detailed and complex information related to existing utility systems within and adjacent to the Biosciences District for the purposes of assembling a thorough understanding of the extent, condition and any intended system modifications of resident utilities. The information from these groups was (without exception) received as complex and extensively annotated large-scale map sheets. In all cases, utility company policy dictated that information is only shared in hard-copy format. This required reviewing the data with respect to specific significant/determinant criteria for the overall system as it related to the intended planning concepts for the Biosciences District. These would be of design consideration for future analyses.

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and passes through the UMC footprint along S. Prieur Street. The Jacobs report states UMC’s desire to relocate this line underground so that it travels across the property along S. Derbigny Street. No speciﬁcations could be secured on the other high voltage lines in the Biosciences District. Apparently, federal guidelines prevent that information from being disclosed unless an actual design necessitates it. 4.

Electric Distribution System – Sewerage and Water Board – Specialized/Dedicated This system is the 25 Hz - AC power that the Sewerage and Water Board (SWB)produces to operate most of its large pumping stations.

Gas Distribution – Principal Conduits – High Pressure (4" and above) Lines smaller than 4” were not shown. The Biosciences District is very well provided with a modern and well maintained gas distribution system that had been continuously upgraded throughout the past several decades. At present, the system is served almost entirely with highpressure distribution, which affords the ability to provide relatively large institutional demand with small distribution piping. This allows extraordinary ﬂexibility and adaptability to demand shifts without impacting an existing user base.

Gas Distribution – Principal Conduits – (Abstracts) A varying depiction – developed as a working document.

Communication Systems – Verizon - Long Distance and Local Trunk Lines This map shows the limited extent of Verizon’s system. Most telecommunications companies operating within New Orleans only have a presence in an around the Poydras business corridor.

To facilitate this effort, critical decisions were made as to the level of information and detail that needed to be assimilated for the entire Biosciences District. Following this, abstracts of this data were prepared by producing single-line (albeit complex) drawings for each of the principal utilities on a standard background base map. Maps were prepared for: 1.

Electric Distribution System – 24,000 volt – Aerial This map shows excellent density and how 24 kV of primary electricity is available to almost every plot of land within the Biosciences District. Electric Distribution System – 24,000 volt – Underground This system is found primarily in the Downtown Development District where no overhead wires are allowed. Electric Distribution System – 230,000 volt – Aerial There are two high voltage lines that traverse the Biosciences District, one of which is 230 kV

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Communication Systems – Cox – Fiber optic lines Only fiber optic lines are shown. There are coaxial (analog) lines available throughout the Biosciences District. However, it is unlikely that the businesses GNOBEDD is attempting to attract would be interested in this older technology. As a matter of completeness, mapping was also developed for the distribution of coaxial-analog and fiber-analog distribution in the Biosciences District. (A total of three related drawings are provided) Water System - Sewerage & Water Board – Potable Water (6” and above) Potable water is readily available throughout the Biosciences District. No 2” or 4” lines were shown, as these are used to service residential and light commercial customers. The Sewerage and Water Board is currently operating at twothirds capacity, so supply is not an issue. Any pressure concerns would require an upgrade of the supply line to the location and/or special fire requirements.

10. Water System - Sewerage & Water Board – Wastewater (10” and above) The standard sewer line down most streets is 8”. This was not shown since this heavily developed area was amply provided with this class of sewerage. Large sewer lines are available throughout the Biosciences District and, if necessary, can be routed to customers without traversing extreme distances. 11. Water System - Sewerage & Water Board – Storm Water (36” and above) The SWB is responsible for maintaining all storm water lines 36” and greater. The city’s Department of Public Works is responsible for the maintenance of all smaller lines. The board’s pumping system can currently handle 1” of rain in the ﬁrst hour of a

storm and 0.5” of rain per hour after that. Should a rainfall event exceed this, it would overwhelm the system and an understanding of the impact would extend to site-speciﬁc considerations. 12. Water System – Entergy Thermal This system currently services Tulane Hospital, University Hospital and the old VA Hospital. The lines servicing University and the VA hospitals are aerial lines that are attached to the pedestrian bridges along and across Gravier Street. There are plans for Entergy Thermal to design and build a central plant for UMC. There have been discussions about the possibility of building a larger facility that could service both UMC and VA Hospital. This larger facility can increase the economies of scale for Entergy Thermal, which can lead to their services being more affordable to other tenants of the Biosciences District.

Continued Data Gaps The following companies were contacted and speciﬁc requests were made for information. However, at this time, we are awaiting requested information and/or the utility is/has been unresponsive when we attempted to obtain information on their systems within the Biosciences District: 1.

AT&T

2. Qwest Communications 3. Centry Link 4. Metro Media Fiber Network Of these: 1.

AT&T’s information is critical because it is one of the two largest providers, Cox Communications being the other, of local telecom services.

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However, the SWB states that there is adequate water capacity surrounding the complex and the increased demand should pose no problem.

Although this information was promised (following several discussions), it remains to be received.

Future Utility Loads Important future developments in the Biosciences District that will have an impact on utility systems include the Orleans Parish Prison, VA Hospital and UMC. Xavier University is also expected to place an increasing demand on utilities. There continues to be key data gaps regarding potential system loadings, systems demand, surface ﬂows and run-off from these developments. Information that has been obtained to date is summarized below and will be updated as information becomes available.

Orleans Parish Prison Sheriff Marlin Gusman has a great deal of ongoing and planned construction for the correctional facilities under his management. Under the present development scenario, once all construction upgrades are completed, the utility demands of this stakeholder will change dramatically from the present requirements. The principal impacts are: 1.

The total number of prisoners housed prior to Hurricane Katrina will again be re-established from the present reduced population. While the prisoners and staff will be housed in newer and more modern facilities, sewerage volume demand variance is expected to be negligible.

Present design plans include a central plant concept to be constructed, which will drastically change the potable water demand. The current HVAC system utilizes localized units for individual buildings, while the proposed central plant will use chilled and hot water for climate control.

Operational, security and reliability concerns have been centered on an agreement in principal between the sheriff and electrical provider (Entergy) to provide for the installation of a single (dedicated) feeder to service the new centralized facility plant.

Further investigations have found a severe wastewater issue near the prison complex. The area was initially designed for residential use, and the current commercial application is straining the system to the extent that sewage has overﬂowed from manholes near the complex. a.

The facility currently empties into an 8” line located on Perdido Street. The closest sewer lift station is located at 2431 Palmyra Street. b. Two new residential complexes have recently opened where low-demand (and dormant) commercial buildings once stood. This population density increase is further straining the system. c. In the recent past, there have been discussions of installing an additional lift station to alleviate this problem. However, the SWB has no system upgrades currently planned. d. The SWB claims there is sufficient capacity for the current flow and the overflows are being caused by the amount of debris that is being placed into the system. Reportedly, the SWB constantly has to remove debris from the downstream manholes coming from the prison complex. The two entities appear to be at a stalemate on this issue.

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The SWB has resolved all the utility upgrade concerns of the VA Hospital.

The VA Hospital intends to have all aerial electrical lines within its footprint removed, and plans to move the existing overhead lines adjacent to the property on S. Galvez Street below ground.

Our research has turned up no “gray water” applications other than the VA Hospital. The new hospital is a LEED building and will require 18% less drainage than its predecessor. It will also have tanks holding approximately two million gallons for gray water applications.

University Medical Center 1.

The SWB has resolved all the utility upgrade concerns of the UMC.

Xavier University 1.

The LONI1 system currently has two Points of Presence in the District – at 433 Bolivar Street and

1 The Louisiana Optical Network Initiative, or LONI, is a state-of-the-art, ﬁber optics network that runs throughout Louisiana, and connects Louisiana and Mississippi research universities to one another as well as National LambdaRail and Internet2. LONI connects Louisiana’s major research universities–Louisiana State University (LSU), Louisiana Tech University, LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, Southern University, Tulane University, University of Louisiana at Lafayette and University of New Orleans–allowing greater collaboration on research that produces results faster and with greater accuracy. LONI provides Louisiana researchers with one of the most advanced optical networks in the country and the most powerful distributed supercomputer resources available to any academic community with over 85 teraﬂops of computational capacity. (Courtesy of loni.org)

1555 Poydras Street – and the University of New Orleans serves as the local hub of the system. Currently, Xavier is not one of the Member Institutions of the LONI network. GNOBEDD should help facilitate Xavier’s membership to the network. This would enable Xavier to readily share its data at a high rate of speed with research universities all over the state and the surrounding region. Currently, Xavier uses retail DSL communications. If membership is not possible, Xavier may want to become an Associate Institution, which would give them limited access to the system. 2.

Xavier is in negotiations with Entergy concerning the installation of a second electrical feeder to its campus as a reliability upgrade. The volatile SE Louisiana weather causes frequent power outages to the campus. The university has no reliable form of backup power that can be distributed campuswide. The second feeder will provide much needed redundancy without the university having to incur the costs associated with installing and maintaining a backup power system that can be used throughout the campus. Xavier has requested such an upgrade in the past and was denied because Entergy said it only provided that type of service to hospitals. Tulane University recently received such an upgrade, which Xavier believes has opened the door for them now to be accommodated in a same fashion.

Further information on these key developments and associated mapping will be provided when the complete body of information is available. The AECOM team will re-visit this task component at an appropriate time. The Team also investigated whether there were other entities having utility related involvements that might

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have bearings on our work (such FEMA, COE, etc.) related to such issues as outstanding contractual or obligation restrictions, design limitations or development constraints. The Team has found none within the Biosciences District.

Utility Costs and Concerns Three (3) diagrammatic representations have been prepared and have been provided which depict specific utility concerns within the Biosciences District. These issues have been grouped by utility-type and also intended to graphically identify conditions that could impact development within the Biosciences District. Overall, our findings indicated that every address location within the Biosciences District has access to all basic utilities: water, wastewater, stormwater, electricity, gas and telecommunications. While availability is not an issue, adequate supply can pose a problem depending on the functional demands of future development beyond that of existing facility use. To date, very little information has been provided concerning the projected utility demands of any potential and/or new facilities. In regard to the current ongoing projects (e.g. LA Cancer Center, Veterans Administration Hospital & University Medical Center) utility short-falls are not an issue of concern as they have preliminarily resolved their utility upgrade concerns as part of their design efforts. Since this is brand new construction on sites that will be completely cleared, upgrades can be readily accommodated with proper planning. However, a very different scenario exists with the Orleans Parish Prison Complex (OPP) which must maintain operations concurrent with design modifications. Further complicating OPP’s desired design and upgrade planning is the fact that most of their

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construction is financed by FEMA which reserves design approval prior to providing funding. It is imperative that if there are opportunities for OPP to benefit from any green technology initiatives, immediate action should be taken in planning to provide adequate lead-time while the design(s) can still be easily amended within an anticipated more restrictive time-frame. Although not a supply/demand consideration, some of the proposed utility reconfigurations are solely for aesthetic purposes. It is reported that it will cost $20 million to bury the 230,000 volt electrical line along S. Prieur Street and re-route it under S. Derbigny Street. An alternative is to re-route aerially along S. Claiborne Ave., which can be done for $1.9 million. With the current budget crisis in the State of Louisiana, UMC may be seeking ways to lower their construction costs. At this time, the AECOM Team has reviewed the specific existing and proposed Biosciences District upgrades and has reviewed each in light of utility considerations to prepare the attached drawings. Moving forward, we will analyze demand requisites for such specific additional structures/projects when the locations are identified to determine whether or not the existing utilities are adequate and/or other issues of concern come to light. To do so, some basic information is required: •

Speciﬁc Application – What type of facility is it and what purpose does it serve?

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Size – What is the square footage and/or how many units will it house?

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Green Technology – How “Eco-friendly” is the design of the structure?

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structure that is being proposed based on conventional engineering practice. Where one-of-a-kind projects are proposed, we may require further information from the team in projecting demand requisites.

Sustainability Sustainable street lighting options were examined, including specifications on lights that meet the necessary hurricane wind loads. However, it was found that the lumen output does not meet current City of New Orleans standards. The city is currently replacing mercury vapor lights with more energy efficient, high pressure sodium fixtures. Each conversion experiences between 17% and 38% energy savings. An even greater savings can be realized by using LED technology, which would save between 30% and 42% energy over that of high pressure sodium. LED fixtures have a longer life span, but also cost more than twice that of high pressure sodium. No other information relating to issues of sustainability and alternative energy resources were identified that had direct bearing on our investigations of utility issues and/or utility infrastructure considerations within the Biosciences District.

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Section Summary •

Maps and overviews are provided for the following existing utilities within the Biosciences District: electricity; gas; communications; and, water including thermal.

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Continued data gaps were identiﬁed for the following providers and associated systems: AT&T, Qwest Communications, Centry Link, Metro Media Fiber Network. Of these, AT&T’s information is critical as it is one of the largest providers in the area.

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Important future developments in the Biosciences District that will have an impact on utility systems include the Orleans Parish Prison, VA Hospital and UMC. Xavier University is also expected to place an increasing demand on utilities.

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Sewerage volume demand variance is expected to be negligible.

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Present design plans include a central plant concept to be constructed, which will drastically change the potable water demand. The SWB states that there is adequate water capacity surrounding the complex and the increased demand should pose no problem.

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A single (dedicated) feeder will be installed to service the new centralized facility plant.

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There is a severe wastewater issue near the prison complex. The area was initially designed for residential use, and the current commercial application is straining the system to the extent that sewage has overflowed from manholes near the complex. The SWB claims there is sufficient capacity for the current flow and the overflows are being caused by the amount of debris that is being placed into the system.

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Orleans Parish Prison Complex (OPP) must maintain operations concurrent with design modifications. Most of their construction is financed by FEMA which reserves design approval prior to providing funding. It is imperative that if there are opportunities for OPP to benefit from any green technology initiatives, immediate action should be taken in planning to provide adequate lead-time while the design(s) can still be easily amended within an anticipated more restrictive time-frame.

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The SWB has resolved all the utility upgrade concerns of the VA Hospital.

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All aerial electrical lines within its footprint will be removed, and there are plans to move the existing overhead lines adjacent to the property on S. Galvez Street below ground.

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The new hospital is a LEED building and will require 18% less drainage than its predecessor. It will also have tanks holding approximately two million gallons for gray water applications.

UMC: •

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The SWB has resolved all the utility upgrade concerns of the UMC.

Xavier University: •

Xavier is not one of the Member Institutions of the LONI network. GNOBEDD should help facilitate

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Xavier’s membership to the network. This would enable Xavier to readily share its data at a high rate of speed with research universities all over the state and the surrounding region. •

Xavier is in negotiations with Entergy concerning the installation of a second electrical feeder to its campus as a reliability upgrade. The second feeder will provide much needed redundancy

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The Team also investigated whether there were other entities having utility related involvements that might have bearings on our work (such FEMA, COE, etc.) related to such issues as outstanding contractual or obligation restrictions, design limitations or development constraints. The Team has found none within the Biosciences District.

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Utility Costs and Concerns:

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Every address location within the Biosciences District has access to all basic utilities: water, wastewater, stormwater, electricity, gas and telecommunications. While availability is not an issue, adequate supply can pose a problem depending on the functional demands of future development beyond that of existing facility use.

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Moving forward, we will analyze demand requisites for such speciﬁc additional structures/projects when the locations are identiﬁed to determine whether or not the existing utilities are adequate and/or other issues of concern come to light.

Sustainability: •

Sustainable street lighting options were examined, including specifications on lights that meet the necessary hurricane wind loads. However,he lumen output does not meet current City of New Orleans standards. The city is currently replacing mercury vapor lights with more energy efficient, high pressure sodium fixtures.

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TASK 3: ANALYSIS SECTION 6: Utilities

MAP 48

BAY

TCHOUP AS ST ITOUL

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E AV NE OR IB CLA

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S RAM

ST MP AR T RA S

E ST

N R N AM RA P M AR PA T RT ST ST CA L LIOP

UP TO W

DO W

NT OW

1,000

Feet 2,000

CITATION:Infrastructure Data provided by the City of New OrleansGIS department and New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board and Orleans Parish Communications District (911). Geospatial processing provided by the Regional Planning Commission for Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard and St. Tammany Parishes.

Data ranges from 1999 - 2009

DATA SOURCES: City of New Orleans, New Orleans Regional Planning Commission, Environmental Protection Agency.

500

ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS: ENTERGY High Voltage Transmission Lines

Parks

Building Footprints

Biosciences District Buildings

Water

Railroad

Unknown Voltage

230,000 Volts

Transmission Lines

Entergy High Voltage

E RD METAIRI

LE AV E SHVIL

IA YT AN PR

TO HING

LE TO O ST

ED TOL

ITOU L

WAS E

N AV

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RLES

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SID KE

E ON

I- 10

HING

WAS

IN ST BAS

I-10

TASK 3: ANALYSIS SECTION 6: Utilities

MAP 49

YO BA

TCHOUP

AS ST

N BIE

ST UISI LO AN A

VE NA

NT OW

1,000

Feet 2,000

CITATION:Infrastructure Data provided by the City of New OrleansGIS department and New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board and Orleans Parish Communications District (911). Geospatial processing provided by the Regional Planning Commission for Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard and St. Tammany Parishes.

Data ranges from 1999 - 2009

DATA SOURCES: City of New Orleans, New Orleans Regional Planning Commission, Environmental Protection Agency.

500

ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM: SEWERAGE & WATER BOARD OF NEW ORLEANS 25 Hz, Specialized and Dedicated Feeders

Âą

E SID KE LA UP TO W

DO W

E ID RS VE RI

Parks

Building Footprints

Biosciences District Buildings

Water

Railroad

Abandoned Feeder

6600 Volts

480 Volts ( To Be Installed)

480 Volts ( To Be Abandoned)

480 Volts

Specialized/Dedicated Feeders

25 Hz Electrical System

TASK 3: ANALYSIS SECTION 6: Utilities

MAP 50

ET TO

T BL VD

PA L M ET TO ST OV ER PA S

PA LM ET TO ST OVE RPA SS

PA L M ET TO ST

PA LM ET TO ST ET

FO NTA IN LE AU

20"

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20 "

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12"

LVD

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AN OR S A LE V E AN S

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PO PO YDRA YD S RA ST S ST

B IE

CA LL IO

LA AVE LOYO

12 "

NV IL

H O HO W W A R AR D D AV AV E E

AV E

ES ES PL PL AN A N AD AD E A E VE AV E

HO V

CA NA CA L ST NA L ST

O IR M TOULOUSES

ST T

OS S BR BR OA OA D S D T ST

ST N OA BR D OA ST D

ST ST

PA LM

AS S

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LE AV E NASH VIL

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CLA IB OR

CLA S

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BR N

CLA IB OR

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AVE LOYOLA

PL ELK

N R N AM RA P M AR PA T RT ST ST LL IOP E ST

Parks

NT OW

1,000

Feet 2,000

Data ranges from 1999 - 2009

DATA SOURCES: City of New Orleans, New Orleans Regional Planning Commission, Environmental Protection Agency.

500

CITATION:Infrastructure Data provided by the City of New OrleansGIS department and New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board and Orleans Parish Communications District (911). Geospatial processing provided by the Regional Planning Commission for Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard and St. Tammany Parishes.

NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM: ENTERGY High Pressure Lines (4” & Greater)

UP TO W

DO W

Building Footprints

Biosciences District Buildings

Water

Railroad

20"

16"

12"

10"

(4” & Greater)

High Pressure Lines

GA LV S R PE TE

N N ST

BA SI

8" AV E

LA YO LO

AVE OLA LOY

RT ST MPA S RA

ST MP AR T RA S

SID KE LA

E METAIRI

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ST IA

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LE TO O ST

ED TOL

HING

AVE

RAM

E WAS E N AV TO

I- 10 HING

WAS

RLES

E ON

RD ST CHA

10"

BASIN ST

MA RG

I-10

TASK 3: ANALYSIS SECTION 6: Utilities

MAP 51

BAY TCHOUP

AS ST ITOUL

ST LO UISI AN A

VE NA TO

10"

16 "

ET TO

AR T BL VD

PA L M ET TO ST OV ER

PA SS

PA LM ET TO ST O VE RPA SS

PA L M ET TO ST

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PA LM

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EX EL DR

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LVD

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N Y W PK DA VIS

PA L

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FF E

RS ON

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O M

ST S

SS BR BR OA OA D S D T ST S

LE AN OR S A LE V E AN S AV E

LIA

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OA N B D RO ST AD

BR N

NTC

S EX

PO N TC AR T BLV H E X D E

PO YD PO RA YD S RA ST S ST

N OA BR D OA ST D

BR N N G A GA LV LV EZ EZ ST ST

VIL LE

CA LL

IO PE

LA AVE LOYO

AV E

HO H O W W AR AR D D AV AV E E

OR LE

AV E

ES ES PLA PL N A N AD AD E A E VE AV E

ELK

S C CA ARR RR O O L LT LLT O O NA N V AV E E S

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WY PK DA VI N SO

JE FF ER S

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PL HO V

NA L

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PA LM

AS S

ER P OV ST AD SB RO

E ST

N R N AM RA P M AR PA T RT ST ST CA L LIOP

Parks

NT OW

1,000

Feet 2,000

Data ranges from 1999 - 2009

DATA SOURCES: City of New Orleans, New Orleans Regional Planning Commission, Environmental Protection Agency.

500

CITATION:Infrastructure Data provided by the City of New OrleansGIS department and New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board and Orleans Parish Communications District (911). Geospatial processing provided by the Regional Planning Commission for Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard and St. Tammany Parishes.

COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS: VERIZON Long Distance & Local Trunk Lines

UP TO W

DO W

Building Footprints

Biosciences District Buildings

Water

Railroad

Local

Long Distance

Trunk Lines

Verizon Long Distance & Local

SS MO

AV E NE

S ER PE T ST

E AV NE OR IB CLA

PL ELK

AY E VILLE AV NASH

IB CLA S

CLA IB S

E AV E OR N

SIM SIM O N O N BOLIV BO LIV AR AV AR AV E E

AVE LOYOLA

BA NK S

YO LA LO

AVE OLA LOY

ST PART

S RAM

ST MP AR T RA S

SID

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LE AV E SHVIL

ST IA YT AN PR

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ED TOL

ITOU L

ST CHA

RLES AVE

A SI N

TO HING

WAS E

N AV

E ON

E TO

I- 10

HING

WAS

IN ST BAS

I-10

TASK 3: ANALYSIS SECTION 6: Utilities

MAP 52

YO BA TCHOUP

AS ST

N B IE

ST UISI LO AN A

VE NA

ET TO

AR T BL VD

PA L M ET TO ST OV ER

PA SS

PA LM ET TO ST O VE RPA SS

PA L M ET TO ST

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LIA

MA M A RTI RT N LU IN TH LU E TH R K ER IN KIN G B LV G BL D VD

OA N B D RO ST AD

BR N

NTC

S EX

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IO PE

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HO H O W W AR AR D D AV AV E E

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ELK

PA LM

AS S

ER P OV ST AD SB RO

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PL HO V

NA L

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GA T

TOULOUSES

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AV E NE

S ER PE T ST

N ST

A SI N

E AV NE OR IB CLA

PL ELK

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IB CLA S

CLA IB S

E AV E OR N

SIM SIM O N O N BOLIV BO LIV AR AV AR AV E E

AVE LOYOLA

BA NK S

YO LA LO

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ST PART

S RAM

ST MP AR T RA S

E ST

N R N AM RA P M AR PA T RT ST ST CA L LIOP

Parks

NT OW

1,000

Feet 2,000

Data ranges from 1999 - 2009

DATA SOURCES: City of New Orleans, New Orleans Regional Planning Commission, Environmental Protection Agency.

500

CITATION:Infrastructure Data provided by the City of New OrleansGIS department and New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board and Orleans Parish Communications District (911). Geospatial processing provided by the Regional Planning Commission for Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard and St. Tammany Parishes.

COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS: COX COMMUNICATIONS Digital & Coaxial Lines

UP TO W

DO W

Building Footprints

Biosciences District Buildings

Water

Railroad

Digital

Coaxial

Line Type

E RD METAIRI

LE AV E SHVIL

ST IA YT AN PR

LE TO O ST

ED TOL

ITOU L

ST CHA

SID KE

TO HING

RLES AVE

WAS E

N AV

E ON

E TO

I- 10

HING

WAS

IN ST BAS

I-10

TASK 3: ANALYSIS SECTION 6: Utilities

MAP 53

YO BA TCHOUP

AS ST

N B IE

ST UISI LO AN A

VE NA

AR T BL VD

PA L M ET TO ST OV

ER PA SS

PA LM ET TO ST O VE R PA SS

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12 ''

8''

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6''

12 ''

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6''

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6''

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6''

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6''

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6''

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LIA

12 ''

6'' MA M A RTI RT N LU IN TH LU E TH R K ER IN KIN G B LV G BL D VD

8''

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TOULOUSES

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SIM SIM O N O BO BO LIVAR LIV AR AVE AV E

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6'' 6''

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S RAM

ST MP AR T RA S

E ST

N R N AM RA P M AR PA T RT ST ST CA L LIOP

UP TO W

DO W

NT OW

1,000

Feet 2,000

CITATION:Infrastructure Data provided by the City of New OrleansGIS department and New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board and Orleans Parish Communications District (911). Geospatial processing provided by the Regional Planning Commission for Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard and St. Tammany Parishes.

Data ranges from 1999 - 2009

DATA SOURCES: City of New Orleans, New Orleans Regional Planning Commission, Environmental Protection Agency.

500

WATER SYSTEMS: SEWERAGE & WATER BOARD OF NEW ORLEANS Potable Water (6” & Greater)

Parks

Building Footprints

Biosciences District Buildings

Water

Railroad

50"

36"

30"

20"

12"

10"

Potable Water

E RD METAIRI

LE AV E SHVIL

IA YT AN PR

LE TO O ST

ED TOL

TO HING

ITOU L

WAS E

N AV

AVE

RLES

N BIE

ST CHA

SID KE LA

HING

I- 10

WAS

E ON

IN ST BAS

I-10

TASK 3: ANALYSIS SECTION 6: Utilities

MAP 54

YO BA

TCHOUP

AS ST

ST UISI LO AN A

VE NA

6''

PA L

ET TO

AR T BL VD

PA L M ET TO ST OV

ER PA SS

PA LM ET TO ST O VE R PA SS

PA L M ET TO ST

ET TO

N TA

PA LM

30 ''

IN EB LE

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10 '' 10'' EA RHART B

10 '' LVD

20 ''

18 '' ST AD RO OAD S B S BR ST

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ES ES PLA PL N A N AD AD E A E VE AV E

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SIM SIM O N O N BOLIV BO LIV AR AV AR AV E E

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24'' LOY OLA

PL ELK

E ST

N R N AM RA P M AR PA T RT ST ST CA L LIOP

UP TO W

DO W

NT OW

1,000

Feet 2,000

CITATION:Infrastructure Data provided by the City of New OrleansGIS department and New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board and Orleans Parish Communications District (911). Geospatial processing provided by the Regional Planning Commission for Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard and St. Tammany Parishes.

Data ranges from 1999 - 2009

DATA SOURCES: City of New Orleans, New Orleans Regional Planning Commission, Environmental Protection Agency.

500

WATER SYSTEMS: SEWERAGE & WATER BOARD OF NEW ORLEANS Wastewater (10” & Greater)

Parks

Building Footprints

Biosciences District Buildings

Water

Railroad

33" and Greater

30"

24"

21"

20"

18"

15"

12"

10"

Wastewater

E RD METAIRI

AV YO LA LO

AVE OLA LOY

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S RAM

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LE TO O ST

ED TOL

ITOU L

WAS E

N AV

AVE

RLES

N BIE

ST CHA

SID KE

I- 10

HING

WAS

E ON

IN ST BAS

I-10

TASK 3: ANALYSIS SECTION 6: Utilities

MAP 55

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TCHOUP

AS ST

ST UISI LO AN A

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24 ''

ET TO

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PA L M ET TO ST OV

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PA LM ET TO ST O VE R PA SS

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POTENTIAL UTILITY CONVEYANCE: Future site of pedestrian bridge over Palmetto St. & Washington Ave. This bridge can also be used as an elevated conveyance structure to carry utility lines from XU’s main campus to its buildings located in the Gert Town area.

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ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS: ENTERGY - AERIAL PRIMARY This portion of a 24,000 volt electrical line, identified between these points, is to be relocated underground to enhance the visual aesthetics of the streetscape at the request of the VA Hospital development.

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COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS: Tulane’s Point of Presence to the LONI system, a state-of-the-art, fiber optics network which currently connects LA and MS research universities.

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COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS: The fiber optic lines of most of the City’s Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLEC) are only available in and around the Poydras St. business corridor.

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WATER SYSTEMS: SWB – WASTEWATER Intentional and malicious actions by prison inmates have at times resulted in debris being introduced into the sewer. SWB crews have repeatedly needed to remove blockages from downstream manholes that have caused backups in and adjacent to the prison complex.

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WATER SYSTEMS: SWB – STORMWATER The City and the SWB have considered covering this canal because of public safety concern. If undertaken, this could dramatically reduce the current capacity if the existing cross sectional area is contracted which could result in reduced draining efficiency and localized flooding.

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Sustainability Constraints and Opportunities Sustainability in its broadest sense - covering environmental, economic and social aspects – is a key objective of GNOBEDD. By integrating sustainability principles upfront into the design and planning of the Biosciences District, there is great opportunity to optimize its long term performance and efficiency, so that residents, students and workers, businesses and city agencies can operate in a sustainable, equitable and low impact way. Sustainability is an important principle for the City, evidenced by (for example) the calculation of its greenhouse gas inventory, designation as a Solar City, the GreeNOLA report, energy efficiency programs, a Mayoral task force focusing on energy and environment, and numerous coalitions and groups working to help New Orleans become a sustainability exemplar. In order to help understand what the sustainability objectives and targets for the Biosciences District should be, it is important to consider the current conditions of the Biosciences District, potential opportunities and constraints in a holistic way, integrating the specialties of the different Team members. For example, considered alone, ecology is often seen as a regulatory constraint and sustainability as primarily a transportation or energy issue. However, a site’s ecological capabilities can provide diverse and often no-cost additional sustainable design measures and services. Urban design measures such as urban heat island mitigation, urban forestry, storm-water management and open space networks can all leverage ecological opportunities to achieve maximum environmental benefits such as greenhouse gas reduction, achieving water balance and generating green premiums. Drawing out such cross disciplinary relationships and identifying the most relevant sustainable development opportunities within the GNOBEDD project context are the two primary goals of this task.

As a tool to assist in the sustainability assessment, the Team has created a matrix which identifies and compares the sustainability themes, grouped as listed overleaf. For each one the existing conditions, opportunities, constraints, and potential community benefits have been identified. The matrix should be seen as a working tool to help facilitate discussion and idea generation, both with Team members and with stakeholders, but clearly shows even at this stage the tremendous opportunity that exists for the creation of a truly sustainable place. The constraints and opportunities will be expanded and vetted during the forthcoming tasks, particularly the workshops, and will help establish answers to questions such as: •

How can stormwater management solutions provide both neighborhood amenities and reduce ﬂooding within the Biosciences District?

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What building energy performance do we want to achieve to help reduce the City’s greenhouse gas emissions?

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What percentage of building energy can be supplied by low carbon sources to lower running costs for businesses and residents?

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What transportation mode shift does GNOBEDD want to achieve to help improve air quality and public health?

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What kind of community amenities and services will be provided within the Biosciences District to foster a vibrant community?

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How can ecological opportunities inherent to the site be optimized to enhance community character and natural services such as urban agriculture, urban heat island reduction, or water quality improvement?

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What construction material can be salvaged and

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How can green collar jobs be supported by GNOBEDD’s sustainability aspirations?

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Environmental Justice and Equity

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Sustainability Existing Conditions Matrix Structure • Below are the systems analyzed in the sustainability matrix: •

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Comprehensive Biosciences District Sustainability Programming ◊

LEED ND and comprehensive Biosciences District performance

Green infrastructure and Natural Systems: ◊

Physiography (Landform)

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Financing for Sustainability

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Hydrology and Flooding

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Comprehensive GNOBEDD GHG reduction

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Topography

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Climate/ Microclimate

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Habitat and Biodiversity

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2009 ICLEI New Orleans Carbon Footprint Report

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Agriculture and Natural Resources

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GREENOLA report

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A Plan for the 21st Century: New Orleans 2030, particularly chapters on Environmental Quality; Transportation; Community Facilities, Services and Infrastructure.

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Energy Smart New Orleans

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Sustainable Energy and Environmental Transition Task Force Report April 2010

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Density

Energy and Water Supply and Waste ◊

Biosciences District Energy Supply

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Solid waste

Economic and Social Sustainability ◊

Public Health

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Green Collar Jobs

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Community Services/ Amenities

The AECOM Team has reviewed a number of policy documents to help in the development of the matrix, including but not limited to:

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Section Summary •

Sustainability is an important principle for the City.

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By integrating sustainability principles upfront into the design and planning of the Biosciences District, there is great opportunity to optimize its long term performance and efﬁciency, so that residents, students and workers, businesses and city agencies can operate in a sustainable, equitable and low impact way.

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A matrix is provided which identiﬁes and compares the sustainability themes including: Green Infrastructure and Natural Systems; Transportation and Urban Design; Energy, Water Supply and Waste; Economic and Social Sustainability; Comprehensive Biosicence District Sustainability Programming.

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For each one the existing conditions, opportunities, constraints, and potential community beneﬁts have been identiﬁed. The matrix should be seen as a working tool to help facilitate discussion and idea generation, both with Team members and with stakeholders, but clearly shows even at this stage the tremendous opportunity that exists for the creation of a truly sustainable place.

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Hydrology and Flooding

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Stormwater; most surface water conveyed in Attempt to provide retention for 10 year storm event on site to concrete lined pipes/canals; frequent street achieve Army Corps target. Retain more if possible. Piped, flooding; occasional extreme flooding. Current covered conveyance/retention is good for safety, reduces debris city stormwater system (including site) entering system, and vector control; however daylighting of designed to retain 1 inch of rain for first hour of conveyance and good design as amenity water feature and storm and 1/2 inch for every hour after. Army linear parks could increase community value, reduced flood risk Corps in process of upgrading system to retain and other values. Holland has many good precedents of this. 10 year storm event. Stormwater management Converting underground canals to unlined, open topped, more features planned for the UMC include natural canals could also reduced subsidence risk and improve bioswales and other devices such as urban biodiversity/habitat. Medians in Jefferson Davis, Broad, underground retention tanks and cisternsthat Galves could provide good opportunities. District for stormwater store rainwater that can be used to irrigate the retention in such areas, in addition to site by site strategies like site. done at the VA (2 million cubic feet retained in underground cisterns), could significantly reduce flood risk in GNOBEDD. Preliminary calculations indicate that a canal, ponds or capped retention in the median of Jeff Davis Pkwy may be able to provide 15 25 acre feet of stormwater which could reduce street flooding (acre feet to be verified). Rainbarrels, cisterns, rain gardens, bioswales and green roofs on individual sites may also provide retention/flood reduction. Bioswales, small canals on smaller streets also may be beneficial for retention and aesthetics.

Restoring higher water table through increased retention and infiltration of surface water on site through bioswales, canals, retention ponds, etc could reduce subsidence risk and improve water quality. Conversion of concrete lined conveyance to bioswales/open non lined canals could improve this function if designed as aesthetically pleasing water features/linear parks/greenways. Pumping water from Bayou St John into canals during dry season may also increase water table reducing subsidence, and may be necessary to maintain aesthetically pleasing water features/linear parks.

Relatively high water table; but lower than historic natural water table.

Daylighting could attract nuisance species; debris could be a problem without proper maintenance; and safety could be reduced if not well designed/maintained. Existing typical infrastructure strategy of capped canals is well established and daylighting may be seen as a step backwards since capping has historically been seen as a best practice. Retention capacity of bioswales/ponds/or open canals in medians may be limited by inlet elevations at pump stations. Lowering inlets at pump stations could increase retention capacity further but would be costly.

local best practices case studies; reference Lefitte Greenway Master Plan and Dutch Dialogs for analog imagery.

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Existing grid, buildings, and infrastructure a challenge to incorporate historic natural processes as design features/community benefits. Social acceptance/interest in natural landform may be low.

Vacant/underutilized areas are opportunity to reestablish natural beneficial processes associated with the historic landform (i.e. water quality, landscape productivity, air quality, habitat, etc). Landform as inspiration with new design elements for the district.

Landscape currently urban with substantial vacant/underutilized land, little natural character remains.

Potentially requires re engineering existing drainage infrastructure; increased space needed for conveyance/retention; potential safety, vector risk; cost; subsidence threat to resilience of infrastructure.

Requires replication or reestablishment of natural flooding local restoration examples processes and soil conditions; may attract nuisance species.

Additional info needed

Historic landform was floodplain and deciduous Consider reestablishment of native ecology for educational, swamp; native vegetation was bald cypress and recreational, mental well being, and biodiversity purposes. mixed hardwood forest.

Constraints

Established flood mitigation strategies heavily relied upon. Magnitude of potential flooding significant challenge.

Opportunities

Key Opportunity

Site flat, periodically flooded, below sea level. Reducing risks associated with flooding can become opportunity Hydrologic processes highly engineered and for innovative design solutions; could become model for city and primary risk to community. globally.

Existing Condition

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Community character; Dutch Dialogue (website has great recreation; stormwater inventory or precedents and management; mental well being diagrams); Chester Engineers; Lefitte Greenway Master Plan; AECOM Water Experts; Site Assessment for UMC, March 2010

Resilience of construction/safety Dutch Dialogue; Chester Engineers; AECOM Water Experts

community character; mental health; stormwater management

Education; foster conservation The Cooperative Soil Survey behavior; mental well being; stormwater management; improve air quality; community h Education; recreation;

Stormwater management; health Chester Engineering; stakeholder and safety; community character interviews

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Green Infrastructure and Natural Systems Green Infrastructure and Natural Systems

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Topography

Feature

Minor habitat areas identified on the site. Habitat could be incorporated into stormwater management Street trees, parks, vacant areas provide habitat infrastructure, parks, urban tree canopy, and landscapes. for birds. Increasing urban habitat could improve opportunities for residents to interact with nature which is a recreation opportunity, educational opportunity, and has been shown to have mental health benefits. Knowledge of nature improves conservation behavior.

Stormwater management; structural integrity of buildings/infrastructure

Stormwater management, recreation

Reduced energy use, improved City of New Orleans Baseline GHG pedestrian comfort, increased Report 2001, Mayor's Office of carbon sequestration from trees, Environmental Affairs; Baton habitat improvement Rouge Tree and Landscape Ordinance; Urban Ecosystem Analysis for New Orleans Metro Area, 2002 American Forests

Dutch Dialogue; Chester Engineers; Cooperative Soil Survey; City of New Orleans; Environmental Protection Agency

City of New Orleans, Environmental Protection Agency

ICLEI 2009 GHG report; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Sources

Education, recreation, mental New Orleans 2030 Master Plan; health, conservation behavior, Building for Life, Kellert; Kaplan stormwater, carbon and Kaplan sequestration, urban heat island reduction

Continued long term Health and safety, cost savings, US Climate Change Science monitoring and integration of global exemplar Program mitigation measure for expected climate change impacts to area

Baton Rouge policy as precedent; consider UHI modeling by AECOM in later phases of work

Contact wind modeling experts Resilience of structures, safety within AECOM; consider modeling for hurricane winds and building design in later phases of work

map 2' contours to identify microtopography

Possible nuisance species could be attracted (alligators, Confirm nuisance species risk snapping turtles, snakes, nutria, etc). Invasive species need by looking at local park to be controlled. analogs; identify precedents for urban habitat in NO

Increased temperatures, sea level rise, changes in precipitation patterns, changes in hydrologic regime, biodiversity shifts, etc may all impact development. Uncertainty and uniqueness of impacts must be expected and planned for.

few technical, cost of trees ; district airflow modeling required for best design optimization.

Urban heat island effect; results in 5 degrees F Increase urban tree canopy, local wind flow, reduction of paved dark surfaces, and reflectance of surfaces to reduce effect. increase in temps which reduces energy efficiency and user comfort.

Climate change adaptive design required for all systems. Design for change is important consideration and opportunity. More frequent flooding and storms is likely most significant expected impact.

Existing grid orientation well established; increases in hurricane severity predicted with Climate Change.

Urban/building design for hurricane force wind resistance, flood protection could improve community resilience and become global/local exemplar. Consider probability of direction of most extreme winds when laying out streets and buildings to improve resiliency.

Severe hurricanes always a risk.

Climate Change Adaptation, Resilience, and Resistance

Soil subsidence at 1 cm per year; threat to stormwater conveyance infrastructure, buildings, roads, etc; restoring natural groundwater regime may reduce subsidence, but would require significant change to current hydrology management strategy

Soil has very high shrink/swell potential; due to Design for soil subsidence to increase sustainability; consider natural clay and/or peat soils combined with maintaining ground water at more constant levels to reduce reduced ground water levels due to pumping subsidence. leading to subsidence. Some soils have low permeability.

Lowest areas may provide opportunities for stormwater retention; higher areas best for building, but also may provide more retention volume for flood control; low areas may be more suitable for parks; reduce subsidence risk through increasing height of water table.

Potential Community Benefits

High flooding risk; FEMA requirements for finished floor elevations; long term subsidence will continue to lower elevations; sea level rise increasing risk over time.

Additional info needed

Elevations mostly 5' to +5' above sea level; slight variations across site; frequent localized street flooding (often due to clogged drains). Elevation continues to lower at 1 cm per year due to subsidence caused by drainage infrastructure.

Constraints

Predictions for sea level rise and storm strength/frequency latest sea level rise Long term often changing and science somewhat vague. Current projections/trends per resilience/sustainability; local FEMA guidelines have potential to change in future. Intergovernmental Panel on precedent Precautionary adaptation planning relatively new approach Climate Change (IPCC) updates and often a difficult sell. to be evaluated; Precedents for Climate Change Adaptation/Resilience planning that address sea level rise in similar contexts.

Opportunities

Key Opportunity

Sea Level Rise, Storm Surge; Sea level predicted Opportunity for innovative design solutions that could become to rise 7 15 inches to Climate Change by next model for city and globally; Perimeter levee around project site century, additional rise expected after that; could help protect from more frequent flood events resulting more frequent strong hurricanes also a from sea level rise, however valves would also need to be possibility. Estimates for sea level rise may be installed on underground drainage canals/sewers to prevent too low per recent IPCC and other reports. Rise additional inflow during flood event. Existing high ground along may be up to 1 meter or more, but 7 15 inches Jeff Davies, Lafitte, the I 10 expressway, and along eastern site is current accepted estimate. boarder may be designed to act as secondary levee without significant investment. Consider designing project site for higher sea level rise and more frequent site flooding as precautionary measure.

Existing Condition

TASK 3: ANALYSIS SECTION 7: Sustainability

MATRIX

Transportation and Urban Design

Green Infrastructure and Natural Systems

Sustainability Theme

Potential Community Benefits

Sources

Pedestrian crossings lacking and pedestrian comfort low; lacking crosswalk signals in many places. Tulane Ave upgrades will improve Streetscapes/ Non walkability. motorized t t ti

Building street frontage good in residential areas, and so so in non residential areas. Vacant lots and deteriorated structures common.

Increase traffic calming measures like street trees, lane reductions, "bump outs" at dangerous crossing areas, marked crosswalks, and other traffic calming/pedestrian comfort measures; comply with relevant LEED ND credit

Increase "eyes on the street", street life, and enhanced streetscape aesthetic by requiring relevant building design measures per LEED ND or other best practices.

Sidewalks reported to be missing in many Complete sidewalk system and safe street crossings essential for places; streetscape appearance makes choosing improved neighborhood character, walkability, and safety. to walk as undesirable

Existing poor condition of many streetscapes is a significant Local precedents challenge and may require up front investments; New streetscape design best practices will require buy in.

Streetscape quality inventory

Sidewalk quality inventory; streetscape quality inventory

Up front investment needed. Costly, maintenance important.

Existing condition of many streets/buildings a challenge; Parking desires of businesses often incompatible with creating vibrant streetscapes.

Detailed understanding of past, present and future site ecology

New model of design; project desire for innovation in ecological design; precedents needed.

Precedents within New Orleans; great precedents in San Francisco, Santa Monica, and Long Beach, CA; Detroit, MI

Safety; bump outs potentially combined with stormwater management

Safety; community character; property value; GHG reduction

Numerous

Mental/physical well being, healthy food source, community identity, community beautification, carbon footprint reduction, increase landscape productivity

LEED ND; Transportation Analysis

Stakeholder interviews; LEED ND

Stakeholder Interviews

New Orleans 2030 Master Plan; Sustainable Energy and Environment Task Force April 2010 Document

Potential zoning changes needed. Potential soil contamination in areas. Perception that community gardens are not aesthetically appealing is common yet easily solvable. Conditional use permits for sale of food grown within district may be needed.

Significant opportunities for community agriculture on vacant lots within project site (community gardens with rental plots, small urban farm businesses, restaurant associated gardens, community supported agriculture, private gardens for single or multi family residential, or school garden/farm areas. These may be interim, early intervention measures to utilize and improve appearance of vacant yet productive space, or as long term community amenities/small business opportunities. City is considering making NORA lots available for these activities, creation of Community Land Trusts also proposed. This is a potential major identity feature of the project.

Much interest in community agriculture in New Orleans. Plenty of land opportunities within GNOBEDD. Potentially zoning and regulatory barriers to urban farming.

Additional info needed

Many invasive plants are also culturally significant. Local invasive species. Is site Education, recreation, mental New Orleans 2030 Master Plan Controversy amongst landscape industry about restricting contributing significantly to health, conservation behavior, sale/use of invasive species. Invasive species control can the problem. stormwater, carbon be management intensive. sequestration, urban heat island reduction

Constraints

Requires replication or reestablishment of natural flooding Identify restoration precedents Education, recreation, mental Cooperative Soil Survey processes and soil conditions; may attract nuisance well being, conservation species. behavior, stormwater, carbon sequestration, urban heat island reduction

Restrict planting of invasive species with the GNOBEDD District. Promote use of non invasive and native plants. Native and locally adapted plants also require less irrigation and maintenance.

Opportunities

Key Opportunity

Historic native vegetation was bald cypress and Consider reestablishment of native ecology for educational, mixed hardwood forest, consider mental health, and biodiversity purposes. reestablishment for educational and biodiversity purposes. Near school or in focal area is best.

Invasive species a problem in local natural areas.

Existing Condition

Agriculture and Natural Resources Ecosystem services/natural Consider comprehensive ecosystem services/natural resources/biomimicry on site such as solar and resources/biomimicry concept as guiding component of wind energy, water supply and flood sustainable community development approach. Systematically protection, favorable soils for food growing, identify opportunities and constraints throughout the design biomimicry ideas pool in species adaptations process from macro to micro temporal and spatial scales. and natural patterns/processes associated with local environments, among others. These resources/services and ecosystem characteristics can provide inspiration and information toward building a more sustainable community (aka biomimicry).

Habitat and Biodiversity

Feature

TASK 3: ANALYSIS SECTION 7: Sustainability

MATRIX

ation and Urban Design

Transportation and Urban Design

Sustainability Theme

Motorized Transportation/ Mass Transit

transportation

Feature

Plans for bike friendly streets (and storage facilities) being implemented, continue to design Biosciences District to facilitate bike ridership; attempt to match housing strategy with jobs strategy to increase potential for bike to work. Bikes particularly suitable for students. Good street grid, potential for many destinations and residents within the district; shuttle between Tulane and Xavier university proposed to link all medical facilities/schools; multimodal transport facility proposed near Xavier.

Significant emissions reductions possible through reducing VMT through increasing workforce housing matched to biosciences employers; providing student housing in district; and transportation demand management for commuters. Residents living within district can have reduced VMT if diverse amenities/services programmed within the district.

Opportunities for parking and auto communing balanced with transit and non motorized communing. Structured parking could improve streetscape/urban design character. Pedestrian friendly streets, parking design. Incentives to reduce driving emissions (i.e. parking fees, priority parking spots for EV's, etc) % bike parking to be provided as standard alongside car parking allocation.

Bike able streets and infrastructure plan in place and being implemented. Safety improvements still needed.

Good bus/streetcar infrastructure within the biosciences district. Effectiveness/ frequency need improvement. RTA to use UPT as a transfer terminal in place of Canal Street. Development of the Canal to UPT streetcar service on Loyola Avenue.

Auto transit in Biosciences District likely results in high vehicle miles traveled (VMT) emissions relatively high due to long commutes of students/employees. For NO as a whole, transport emissions make up 43% of GHG inventory.

Surface parking common practice within the district.

Existing and proposed green Buildings within Potential for LEED ND District preliminary analysis indicates all the district (NO has 84 LEED registered prerequisites can be met and 40+ credits are likely achievable projects, some of which are within the district) ; within the district. Some grant funding available for LEED ND VA hospital LEED Certified?; green building projects (where affordable housing part of project) City of New ordinance proposed by the City of NO; Orleans developing Green Building Ordinance, development could comply and/or help facilitate implementation of the ordinance. significant opportunity for reuse/recycling of demolition material. Potential to require LEED certification of particular level of for all buildings within district. CBA includes sustainble design and construction.

Potential for residents to walk to jobs, services is high. Important to match housing strategy with jobs strategy within Biosciences District (i.e. housing cost/quality appropriate for income demographic at job centers).

Opportunities

Residents/users choosing walking as mode of transit is lower due to low community services/amenities within walking distance and lack of match between local residents and local employment. High potential to improve this through good urban design. Walkability between medical campuses/businesses is difficult due to long distance between destinations.

Existing Condition

Key Opportunity

Additional info needed

New Orleans 2030 Master Plan; stakeholder interviews

Stakeholder Interviews; Transportation Analysis

Sources

Reduced carbon dioxide Xavier and Tulane Stakeholder emissions, improved street life interviews; Transportation Analysis and community character; cost savings to residents due to reduced auto costs.

Health; street life and community character; GHG reduction

Reduced carbon dioxide emissions, improved street life and community character; improved safety/eyes on the street; improved health

Potential Community Benefits

Evaluate business as usual commercial parking design within the district

NO Sustainable Energy and Environmental Task Force; GREENOLA;

Improved street life, community Stakeholder Interviews; character, and walkability. Transportation Analysis

LEED ND may be costly, however preliminary analysis Determine potential of City to Numerous including health indicates that project certification may be relatively cost implement Green Building benefits (better indoor air effective compared to most others due to favorable Ordinance; complete detailed quality). existing conditions. City's Green Building Ordinance may or analysis of LEED ND potential; may not happen in near future, TBD. Impact of could map current LEED requirements on development progressing. registered buildings within district (using USGBC database.

Surface parking will likely be common in Biosciences District if current auto use trends are continued. Businesses often prefer generous, visible, and highly accessible parking often resulting in extensive surface parking lots with street frontage.

Getting significant number of people to both live and work Estimate District Trips/VMT for Reduced carbon dioxide Stakeholder Interviews; within the district will be a challenge. Perception issues existing and proposed emissions, improved street life Transportation Analysis associated with walking vs. driving. Long distance (more development. and community character; cost than 5 10 minute walk) between medical savings to residents due to facilities/institutions leads to increased driving between reduced auto costs. destinations.

Getting non local employees to use transit to reach the District; employees living locally and taking transit; ineffective connections between institutions/medical facilities within the District

Primary concern of many entities within the Biosciences District will be for parking/cars. Many employees will live far away and need to drive rather than walk.

Improvements in neighborhood character/safety necessary for area attractiveness. Due to long distance between medical facilities/schools, improving pedestrian connectivity for employees/users may require investments in bike infrastructure/bus/streetcar/shuttles.

Constraints

TASK 3: ANALYSIS SECTION 7: Sustainability

MATRIX

Green Building

Major GHG reduction potential; Green building ordinance having specific energy efficiency requirements so new buildings are highly efficient; Federal / state grant programs for energy efficiency retrofits; promotion of energy efficiency programs in city owned and commercial buildings; development of Residential / commercial energy conservation ordinance (RECO or CECO) which mandates energy efficiency performance level. Facilitate with adoption of PACE (property assessed clean energy) mechanism for funding energy related improvements. Tulane is signatory to University College and University President Commitment to Climate Change (UCUPCCC) Remediate brownfields during development, potentially financial incentives, benefit to surrounding neighborhoods

Increase parks to levels appropriate for users; medians (Jeff Davies 145', Broad 30' and Galvez 45') as opportunities for parks/recreation and/or ecosystem services (i.e. stormwater management, urban heat island reduction, carbon sequestration, habitat) Diverse plant palette of non invasive, locally adapted and native plants suitable for use within the district. Irrigation demand reduction is major benefit. Urban habitat could be enhanced with native plants.

Brownfields (TBD)

Few parks within Biosciences District. Comisky Center Park, linear parks/medians along Jeff Davies, Broad, and Galvez. Vacant lands and unkempt streetscape greenspace common.

Landscape planting pallet should be emphasize locally adapted and native plants to reduce irrigation demand. Restrict use of invasive plant species within the GNOBEDD District.

Opportunities

Energy efficiency: Some energy efficiency retrofit programs / grants available through utilities and federal funding; bioscience labs and hospitals tend to have high energy demands both for electricity (equipment and cooling) and hot water. Poor energy efficiency of old existing stock. Newer hospital and university buildings likely to be better. Universities (e.g. Tulane) have energy management programs and energy efficiency retrofit programs in place.

Existing Condition

Density

Increase trees within the district to increase biological carbon storage. Plant large growing, resilient tree species.

Biological carbon sequestration in trees and vegetation

Multiple, diverse uses across the site, although Site has good urban design framework (i.e. diverse land use the site underserved for amenities such as zoning with good street connectivity) in place to provide highly restaurants, grocery, retail, entertainment, etc. walkable, dense urban community with high level of services and amenities. Density, pedestrian friendly street design, and transit could allow residents and users to have access to high level of services and amenities within the district

Increase urban tree canopy to enhance carbon sequestration, reduce urban heat island, improve comfort, biodiversity, property values; consider planting trees that are resilient in hurricanes (i.e. native Live Oaks relatively resilient to hurricane winds)

Urban tree canopy sparse across District

Several important parks adjacent to Biosciences Potential to connect linear parks/medians along Jeff Davies, District. Broad, Galvez with Lefitte Greenway and City Park just north of Open Space/ the site. Landscape/Urban Forest

Feature

Transporta

Transportation and Urban Design

Sustainability Theme

Key Opportunity

Additional info needed

Determine if brownfields on the site

Appropriate species, sequestration rates

Phasing up front investments in services and amenities Locations of existing can be beneficial to increasing residents, but can be costly services/amenities; current to developers and economically challenging to businesses. FAR/density; zoning for mixed use, TOD

Hurricane survival, maintenance

Human health, community/streetscape character; greenhouse gas reduction.

Improve pedestrian comfort, GREENOLA; American Forests 2002 sequester carbon, reduce urban Report heat island/building energy use; increase property values; biodiversity

Improve pedestrian comfort, Louisiana Garden Club; sequester carbon, reduce urban GREENOLA; New Orleans 2030 heat island/building energy use; Master Plan increase property values; biodiversity

Other hurricane resilient species

New Orleans 2030 Master Plan

Cost; potential for hurricane losses.

Biodiversity, water supply, community character.

Community character; New Orleans 2030 Master Plan recreation; stormwater management; mental well being

Community character; Lefitte Greenway Master Plan; recreation; stormwater Dutch Dialogue management; mental well being

Current planting regimes followed by city and universities

Sources

NOEEP (New Orleans Energy Efficiency Programs); Entergy energy efficiency programs; USGBC LEED project database; Energy Smart New Orleans Program; Sustainable Energy and Environment Task Force April 2010 Document

Human health, ecological health; LEED ND community character

Lower running costs

Potential Community Benefits

Frequent road crossings of medians may limit linear parks/medians functionality as a greenway/park space.

Requires buy in from landscape designers, suppliers, and maintenance entities.

Land needs to be acquired for additional parks, large Total park area needed to parcels may be difficult to secure. Safety and accessibility serve the project, location of of medians must be addressed. existing future population densities

Potentially costly; potentially complex process

Capacity to apply or / administer grants; additional Age of current building stock requirements as perceived/real barrier to development; (to assess current energy education of commercial and residential population on efficiency performance); energy conservation; Potential increased cost, but volume of new development becoming less so for new construction; retrofitting existing expected in district; appetite construction more costly for bioscience firms to be housed in green buildings

Constraints

TASK 3: ANALYSIS SECTION 7: Sustainability

MATRIX

Social and Economic Sustainability

Energy and Water Supply and Waste

Sustainability Theme

Biofuels/research synergy sought by universities

Key component of regional green economy. Could also provide renewable fuel source for district.

Large area can provide space and optimal urban design for multiple synergistic businesses; Shared green infrastructure through coordinated urban design can reduce costs. Universities and hospitals can be economy of scale purchasers of green products which may help get these industries off the ground.

A lot of interest among all stakeholders to include in Biosciences District; Sustainable Communities Working Coalition collaborators; EcoPark, and GreenNO working together to Green Collar Jobs access grants to support this.

Public Health

Clean tech/industrial practices compatible with EcoPark concept. District could improve opportunities for healthy lifestyles among users (i.e. access to healthy food supply, improved walkability and recreational activities, improved air quality, improved mental well being, medical theme of district is opportunity to create health theme for the district)

New model of design; precedents/buy in needed

Convincing skeptics that BioSciences District will not increase harmful pollution is a challenge. Facilitating healthy lifestyle changes through good urban design will take time.

Further research needed

Availability of recycling may be tied to City restarting their Verify University programs program. Independent District recycling program may be costly.

No recycling or composting program in the city City has repaired recycling facilities; project could be opportunity to help facilitate restoration of service; Consider comprehensive currently, was wiped out by Katrina. Universities howeber have recycling programs. program for biosciences facilities and Universities focusing on unique medical waste opportunities. University programs may be expanded to serve the entire district. Recycling of materials from structures to be removed is opportunity.

Physical health; mental well being; community character; environmental health

Potential reduced GHG emissions; reduced natural resource use; improved community character; improved conservation behavior of users

Costly to retrofit existing buildings; reclaimed water Evaluate water demand of Reduced GHG emissions; infrastructure may be costly. Expanding use of low water typical landscape in NO. Is low community identity landscape palettes may require buy in from designers and water landscape common? compromise with engrained landscape aesthetic trends.

Water use reduction not priority within the city; Potential to capture rainwater and graywater reclaimed from water supply plentiful. Not much mention of waste for non potable uses; reduced water use decreases GHG; water use efficiency within local sustainability potential for water efficient fixtures in new buildings and existing plans. buildings; water efficiency measures in new construction should be low cost; water efficient landscaping is low cost.

Community/streetscape character; greenhouse gas reduction.

Potential Community Benefits

District energy generation requires up front cost, significant Location of central plant / CHP Community identity, GHG liasion between developers; cost of extending existing in the city; heat density map? reduction, long term reduced system; additional cost of permitting for renewable energy Potential for ground source running costs technologies; capital cost of renewables. Air quality heating / cooling being concerns relating to energy from waste/anaerobic practical in area of high water digestion plants. table; availability of leasing PV systems in NO (commonplace now in e.g. CA); identification of large roof areas for larger scale PV installation.

Need to map population density (proposed and existing)

Additional info needed

Current grid electricity supply from gas (50%) Extend / create district energy network from Entergy system to coal (25%). Existing steam and chilled water improve viability; co location of building uses with district system in part of district [32,000 ton complementary heat loads to maximize opportunities for CHP/ chilled water cooling plant run by Entergy? ]. CCHP. Provide renewable energy generated within the district Tulane University: 40 campus facilities are such as solar, wind, biofuels, biomass, anaerobic digestion; served by new Central Plant structure (1301 potential cogeneration opportunities associated with pump Audubon St. at Plum Street); Xavier has large stations (?); public realm energy requirements supplied by central plant for efficient heating and cooling. A renewabes such as PV; Creating solar empowerment district to new Central Energy Plant (CEP) is proposed as facilitate installation of soalr; Shared district energy generation part of the UMC to be built near the among compatible land uses. Significant GHG reduction intersection of Tulane and S. Claiborne opportunity. Avenues. Some programs promoting renewable energy use such as Solar Cities, Entergy programs, SB 90; 50% solar tax credit. Limited PV installations in the city on residences; Average photovoltaic (sola panel)output for NO: 1250kWh/kW/yr. Highly visible water management/renewable energy project sought by Mayor's Office.

Constraints

Must overcome perception issues to attain adequate residential density/demographic to achieve sustainable infill development.

Opportunities

Key Opportunity

Good grid block density, jobs density and Existing urban form is very suitable for sustainable infill residential (historic) density well suited for high development. performance infill development.

Existing Condition

Potential contaminated buildings/soils within the project (lead). Some perception amongst public that District could be threat to public health. Current district urban form not condusive to healthy lifestyles.

Solid Waste

District Water Supply

District Energy Supply

Feature

Ecopark interview; CBRE Analog Research

New Orleans 2030 Master Plan; GREENOLA; Sustainable Energy and Environment Task Force April 2010 Document

New Orleans 2030:Master Plan; Sustainable Energy and Environmental Task Force; GREENNOLA; Tulane University; stakeholder interviews.

Chester Engineering; stakeholder interviews

New Orleans 2030:Master Plan; Sustainable Energy and Environmental Task Force; GREENOLA; Alliance for Affordable energy; Entergy website

Sources

TASK 3: ANALYSIS SECTION 7: Sustainability

MATRIX

Comprehensive District Sustainability Programming

Social and Economic Sustainability Social and Economic Sustainability

Sustainability Theme

Existing Condition

Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) will be CBA Goals well aligned with sustainability opportunities. part of project development strategy and sustainability measures are integral component

Comprehensive GNOBEDD GHG reduction

Financing for Sustainability

Creating Tax Increment Financing District, a Special Financing District, or Climate Financing Districts could provide funding for investments in public infrastructure, stormwater management, streetscape improvements, etc. Could provide incentive to attract developers and residents. PACE financing (see green building); ARRA funding for energy efficiency, other HUD/EPA/Sustainable communities grants

Develop comprehensive GHG inventory and reduction plan for GNOBEDD. 15% reduction from BAU is typical reduction target for 2020, 80% reduction by 2050. Consider higher reduction target due to long term build out of the project.

Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) will be part of project development strategy

Citywide Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory conducted. NO Climate Action Plan being developed by 2012. Unknown current and proposed GHG impact of GNOBEDD

Project site has very strong potential to achieve Potential for LEED ND District preliminary analysis indicates all LEED ND and LEED ND due to existing urban form and land prerequisites can be met and 40+ credits (minimum required for comprehensive use. certification) are likely achievable within the district. district performance

Community Benefits Agreement

Universities

Leverage these to support compatible measures across the district; students often early adapters and their involvement could be helpful.

All interested in sustainability (operations as well as educating students for green collar jobs). Biofuels common theme (algal based fuel mentioned). Tulane and Xavier most interested in creating more sustainable campus. Delgado most interested in green collar jobs.

Localized district energy supply and on site renewables ares opportunity for sustained energy supply during disaster; stormwater strategies could improve flood resilience of the District. Local food production could provide sustained healthy food source during disaster.

District improvements should improve environmental health, mitigate Environmental Justice issues, and provide missing services for neighbors

TBD

Perception among neighbors that biosciences district may cause environmental health Environmental concerns; current contamination within the Justice and Equity district is Environmental Justice issues.

Disaster Planning

Safety

Good urban form in place to provide robust services/amenities. Achieve LEED ND NPD Credits 3 and 4 to improve livability, local services and improve walkability

Opportunities

Currently seen as greatest challenge in district urban fabric including jobs, universities, and transit provide according to many stakeholders. Safety potential for safe livable community. Basic streetscape concerns due to quality of infrastructure improvements (pedestrian safety, lighting, aesthetics) could go a (sidewalks, streets, etc) and crime(?) history of long way to improving safety performance and perception. neighborhood; also perceived safety risk due to general appearance of neighborhood

Basic services (libraries, schools, post office, etc) and amenities (restaurants, parks, Community Services/ Amenities entertainment, etc) exist, but much improvement needed.

Feature

Key Opportunity

Additional info needed

Further research needed

Perform detailed LEED ND credit assessment for the project

Effective planning, coordination, and long term enforcement is increased cost.

Louisana GHG reduction target?

Complex financing and management, increased taxes/fees, Explore relevant precedents etc may mean difficult to get buy in.

Up front investment in planning, strict design guidelines, some required measures may be costly and provide little benefit.

Complex financing; integrating sustainability measures that Community value of various provide more global environmental benefit (i.e. GHG sustainability benefits reduction) vs. local community benefit (i.e. jobs) may be challenging to get buy in.

Cross boundary collaboration challenging.

up front investments needed

Strongly tied to residential density and user demographics. Further research needed Current perception issues and degraded infrastructure require up front investments and perceptions shifts.

Constraints

numerous

Sources

Stakeholder interviews

GREENOLA

LSU stakeholder interview

LEED ND; stakeholder interviews

ICLEI 2009 NO GHG Report

AECOM Economists

LEED ND

health, safety, community GNOBEDD character, property values, flood protection, education

Community leadership in sustainability

health, safety, community character, property values

Health, safety, resilience

Health, safety, community character, property values

Potential Community Benefits

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MATRIX

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SWOT Analysis

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SWOT Analysis

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Biosciences District SWOT Analysis As part of Task 3, the AECOM Team has conducted a SWOT analysis to identify the key threats, weaknesses, strengths, and opportunities for the development of the Biosciences District. This analysis is based on the Team’s review of existing conditions, the biosciences industry in Louisiana and New Orleans in particular, the sociodemographic and economic trends, real estate market trends, and institutional forces in Louisiana. The SWOT analysis provides an understanding of key fundamental opportunities and challenges that will need to be addressed in order to establish and implement a successful bioscience cluster in New Orleans.

this funding has seen nearly a 20% drop – among the worst deciles of states on that count. Even the 2008 venture capital investments into the industry were only $29.2 million, placing the state 42nd. 4.

All successful research parks have relied on a broad base of funding sources. While there are grants and loans by federal, state and local government agencies, the Biosciences District is lacking long-term commitments. Several initiatives stalled due to inadequate ﬁnancial support for the projects, particularly adequate funding for site planning and infrastructure investments.

State and local government agencies need to play key roles in the ongoing funding of these research initiatives. State and local budget problems force year-by-year funding requests, which hinders longterm planning initiatives.

While the state does have a small, active and growing bioscience industry base, it lacks many key industry components. Its bioscience industry location quotient, per Battelle, puts it in the bottom quintile of states. Secondly, its activity (including patents and clinical trials) falls outside of the top 30 among all U.S. states. Lastly, the employment and higher education degrees in biosciences in Louisiana are well below the average of all states.

The recent BP oil-spill catastrophe will have signiﬁcant negative impacts on the economy of New Orleans, Louisiana and the entire Gulf region. The extent of such impacts cannot be quantiﬁed at this time.

The forthcoming conclusion to the current NASA space shuttle program will cost the area several thousand jobs over the next two years. Overall, Economy.com forecasts long-term conditions to remain lackluster, which may pose a threat to the appeal of a biotech cluster in New Orleans.

Threats The following section proﬁles the factors that may likely pose a threat to GNOBEDD’s long-term success if not remediated or addressed appropriately. 1.

Signiﬁcant competition from other states seeking to promote their life science industry. Almost every major state in the U.S. is providing signiﬁcant funding to attract key life science industry players.

The large up-front funding requirement and long product development to market timeframe presents risks to funding. Therefore, to mitigate such concerns, access and involvement of venture capitalists and angel investors, who understand the biotech industry growth model and its inherent risks, becomes crucial to ensure long-term sustainable viability of the park.

Battelle’s state proﬁle for Louisiana shows its R&D per capita funding from National Institute for Health (NIH) at under $34 per capita, which is less than half the national average, placing it 39th among all states in the U.S. Compared to 2009,

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Cooperation between LSU and Tulane is critical for the advancement of transforming their scientiﬁc research into a strong economic cluster. While the various researchers have been collaborative, it is important for university leadership to work together as the synergy will provide much greater opportunities for everyone. The world-renowned Research Triangle was not successful until Duke and UNC agreed to work together.

Weaknessess

Louisiana lag national averages and are among the worst of all states in U.S. The teacher quality and professional development scores in the same study placed Louisiana 41st among all U.S. states. 5.

Workforce development is a major challenge to the growth of the medical and life science industry in New Orleans. With 1,100 new jobs needed for the new VA Hospital opening, it is imperative that the region improve scientiﬁc education and job training for local residents.

Most medical district professionals are strictly academic oriented – not entrepreneurial research scientists. Tulane physicians have more research focus than LSU.

The following section proﬁles the weaknesses that may prove to be impediments to the success of the Biosciences District. 1.

Much of the Biosciences District’s 1,500 acres was devastated by Katrina flooding. The area is dominated by small parcels with narrow streets and insufficient infrastructure improvements. There is no eminent domain authority for economic development, making it difficult for private developers to invest in new construction. GNOBEDD needs to acquire key land parcels for future development There are numerous government agencies that impact future development, as well as strong community groups. It will be important to create a smooth development approval process for the private sector. Louisiana’s less-educated workforce combined with below-average per capita incomes is a threat to the growth in the bioscience industry. Overall, less than 43% of population over 25 years of age has some college or associate degree compared to more than 52% nationwide. For bioscience education in particular, according to Battelle’s 2009 report, the NAEP, ACT and AP scores in

Strengths The following section proﬁles the key strengths of the Biosciences District. 1.

Billions of dollars of investment are being made in the Biosciences District for new VA and LSUUMC hospitals’ expansion of university facilities at Xavier, LSU and Tulane’ new courthouse and jail complex’ New Orleans BioInnovation Center (“NOBIC”) etc.

LONI is a key ultra high-speed data transmission infrastructure system that connects major universities throughout the state. It is imperative that the plans to connect this system throughout the entire Biosciences District are carried out.

The Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge has developed a very systemized clinical research practice, and has a large institutional database that goes beyond individual researchers. They want to grow the clinical research base and partner with New Orleans

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scientists. 4.

The LSU and Tulane University Health Sciences Centers, Xavier University School of Pharmacy, University of New Orleans, and Delgado College are educational partners that (if committed to the commercialization of intellectual capital) can be key drivers for a successful technology-based economic development initiative. Additionally, GNOBEDD has access to research centers such as South Louisiana Institute for Infectious Disease Research (SLIIDR), Louisiana Vaccine Center (LVC), Clinical and Translational Research, Education and Commercialization Project (CTRECP), Tulane National Primate Research Center, and Pennington Biomedical Research Center.

The regional strengths include the Primate Center (research into tropical and infectious diseases), vaccines, neuroscience, sports medicine and clinical trials.

Xavier University is one of the nation’s top pharmacy schools. They excel in clinical trials and do signiﬁcant collaborations with Tulane and LSU Medical schools.

Ochsner Health Systems is southeast Louisiana’s largest non-proﬁt, academic, multi-specialty, healthcare delivery system with eight hospitals and over 38 health centers in Louisiana. Ochsner employees more that 12,000 employees, over 750 physicians in 90 medical specialties and subspecialties. They conduct over 300 clinical research trials annually. In addition they have an electronically linked hospital and healthcare system, allowing for the most consistent patient care, for both routine health needs and more complex medical conditions. This expertise would be invaluable for development of a unique Translational medicine model for Louisiana.

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The employment growth rate in New Orleans has exceeded national average since 2006. Moody’s Economy.com indicates that lingering Katrina recovery spending and the resilience of the tourism sector are providing a boost to employment and incomes. A well developed pipeline and rail infrastructure, including strategic port facilities, will help grow domestic and international trade. Moody’s predicts that the economic contraction will be much milder than nationally as evident in jobs, retail sales, industrial production and house prices, which have outperformed national averages in recent years.

Compared to other U.S. metro areas, New Orleans has competitive industrial land prices from $1.00 to $5.00 per square foot (PSF) and commercial land prices ranging from $10.00 to $20.00 PSF, depending on site size, entitlements and location. Ofﬁce market rents ranging from $1.00 to $1.50 PSF and ﬂex space rents at under $1.00 PSF are lower than national averages. These rent levels, relative to competitive clusters in other U.S. metro areas, can help attract industry tenants.

10. There are many incentives available for new businesses in Louisiana. The Louisiana Business & Technology Center assists Louisiana companies in searching for appropriate solicitations, providing detailed information about the requirements and the process of submitting a proposal, and conducting training workshops to assist companies with the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/ Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs. Additional incentives include the state’s Angel Investor Tax Credit for investing in early stage, wealth-creating businesses; and Research & Development Tax Credit encourages existing businesses with operating facilities in Louisiana to establish or

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continue research and development activities within the state. 11. Battelle notes that Louisiana inventors totaled more than 350 bioscience patents during the last six years, with an innovation focus in drugs and pharmaceuticals, biochemistry, and surgical and medical instruments. Also, in 2009, 245 clinical trials were initiated in Louisiana, with majority (~145) in advanced Phase III and IV stages. These trials cover a broad array of disease categories, including heart disease, cancer, neurologic, nutrition, infectious disease, etc.

Opportunities The following section proﬁles the factors that present an opportunity for GNOBEDD to build upon. 1.

A new venture capital fund, Argent Technology Ventures, is being formed to raise $125 million for seed capital in the health care area.

If universities and institutions cooperate, there could be synergies with the VA Hospital and new University Medical Center in neuroscience, orthopedic, cardiovascular and transplants.

With the New Orleans Saints and the NFL, there could be synergies in the neuroscience, orthopedic, infectious diseases/tropical medicine, integrated medicine/sports medicine ﬁelds

There are unique opportunities, such as hyperbaric oxygen therapy, which has ground-breaking new treatments for diabetes, autism, heart disease, birth Injuries, brain Injuries, dementia, and infections to name a few.

There is an opportunity for a successful translation medicine program if the institutions can work together on clinical trials, electronic records and

a central database system. Louisiana Economic Development could lead an incentive program to get everyone to participate. With the Primate Center, Tulane’s clinical research, LSU’s research and clinical base of ethnic opportunities, Louisiana could establish an outstanding program.

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Section Summary •

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A SWOT analysis is provided to identify the key threats, weaknesses, strengths, and opportunities for the development of the Biosciences District. The SWOT analysis provides an understanding of key fundamental opportunities and challenges that will need to be addressed in order to establish and implement a successful bioscience cluster in New Orleans. Threats include: •

Signiﬁcant competition from other states.

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The large up-front funding requirement and long product development to market timeframe presents risks to funding.

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The Biosciences District is lacking long-term funding commitments.

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While the state does have a small, active and growing bioscience industry base, it lacks many key industry components such as those with higher education degrees.

Weakness include: •

GNOBEDD has no eminent domain authority for economic development and there are numerous government agencies and community groups that impact future development.

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Louisiana’s less-educated workforce combined with below-average per capita incomes is a threat to the growth in the bioscience industry and workforce development is a major challenge.

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Most medical district professionals are strictly academic oriented – not entrepreneurial research scientists.

Strengths include: •

Billions of dollars of investment are being made in the Biosciences District.

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LONI is a key ultra high-speed data transmission infrastructure system that connects major universities throughout the state.

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The Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge want to grow the clinical research base and partner with New Orleans scientists.

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Xavier University is one of the nation’s top pharmacy schools.

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Presence of Ochsner Health Systems: southeast Louisiana’s largest non-proﬁt, academic, multi-specialty, healthcare delivery system with eight hospitals and over 38 health centers in Louisiana.

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The employment growth rate in New Orleans has exceeded national average since 2006.

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Compared to other U.S. metro areas, New Orleans has competitive industrial and commercial land prices.

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There are many incentives available for new businesses in Louisiana.

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Opportunities include: •

A new venture capital fund is raising seed capital in the health care area.

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Potential synergies with the VA Hospital, new University Medical Center, the New Orleans Saints and the NFL.

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There is an opportunity for a successful translation medicine program if the institutions can work together on clinical trials, electronic records and a central database system.