FIX MY STREETS FINANCING WORKING GROUP TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING
Working Group has been charged with developing recommendations about how the City can pay for interior street repairs
NEW ORLEANS —TUESDAY, Jan. 19, 2016, the Fix My Streets Financing Working Group
will hold its second public meeting to begin the process of finding solutions
to address New Orleans’ long-term infrastructure needs.
Established by Executive Order by Mayor Landrieu, the Fix My Streets
Financing Working Group has been charged with developing recommendations about
how the City can pay for interior street repairs. The Executive Order charges
the Working Group with the following:
- To review all estimates for
replacements and repair of all streets and subsurface utilities in
New Orleans;
- To review all current funding
sources for street and subsurface utility repairs in New Orleans;
- To review the pavement
condition survey completed by the City of New Orleans that will be used
for street prioritization;
- To review strategies that
parties are currently using to inform the public about construction
progress and timelines, as well as future construction;
- To review information about
national best practices for financing infrastructure repair and
recommendations that other organizations may submit to the Working Group;
- To review the planning
processes, policies and implementation strategies undertaken by the
various agencies fixing streets and subsurface utilities;
- To assess the affordability of
the various options for financing infrastructure repairs; and
- To make final recommendations
to the Mayor and the City Council regarding a long-term strategic
financing plan for infrastructure repairs—particularly streets and
subsurface utilities- in Orleans Parish.
The Fix My Streets Financing Working Group is comprised of members
with expertise in finance, business, construction, engineering, transportation
and civic engagement. Appointments to the working group include:
- Chair, Dr. Norma Jean
Mattei, President-elect, American Society of Civil Engineers, former
Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
New Orleans
- Hon. Nadine Ramsey,
Councilmember District C, Chair of New Orleans City Council Public Works,
Sanitation & Environment Committee
- Hon. Jason R. Williams,
Councilmember-At-Large, City of New Orleans
- Walter Brooks, Executive
Director, New Orleans Regional Planning Commission
- Shawn Wilson, Louisiana
Department of Transportation and Development
- Robert Lupo, CEO, Lupo
Enterprises, real estate developer, founder of Fix My Streets campaign
- Todd James, Principal, Mathes
Brierre Architects, board member, Young Leadership Council
- Henry F. “Freddy” Yoder, Jr.,
retired President & Chief Operating Officer, Durr Heavy Construction,
Fix My Streets campaign
- Eric Songy, President, Bocage
Neighborhood Association, Fix My Streets campaign
- Barbara Woolfolk, Past
President, Villa Sites Neighborhood Association
- James R. Amdal,
Director, UNO Transportation Institute
- Wayne Neveu, Special Counsel,
Foley Judell, National Association of Bond Lawyers
- Damon Burns, CEO, Munivestor
This working group will continue to meet through February 2016. Preliminary recommendations will be made
in time for the State’s regular legislative session local bill filing deadlines
should any legislation be needed. Additional meetings may be required
throughout the year.
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE
WHAT:
Public meeting for Fix My Streets Financing Working Group
WHEN
Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016
10:30 a.m.
WHERE:
New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board
2100 Leon C. Simon, 2nd Floor Training Room
New Orleans, LA 70122
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