LINC Designated Area #2

LINC Designated Areas are defined by the planning staff as many neighborhoods (subdivisions) or large property owners in a defined planning area. The main reasons for having Designated Areas is to allow citizens to engage in a process, informing, involving, assisting, coordinating and cooperating with citizens in community planning and local government. The focus of this citizen engagement program is to identify for property owners, residents and businesses within the target area the problems and opportunities to resolving those problems.

Below we have include public notices that were mailed to property owners

Public Meeting Notices #1

You are invited to a brief introduction on the Neighborhood Pilot Program being tested for the area identified on the attached map. The meeting will be held July 11, 2000 at 6:30 p.m. in the Ossun Elementary School.

The LINC Neighborhood Pilot Program is being tested in conjunction with the preparation of the Lafayette Parish Comprehensive Plan: Lafayette In a Century (LINC). This Pilot effort is a seven month experiment to engage citizens living and working in a limited defined geographical neighborhood area in the Parish of Lafayette. By "engage"is meant the process of informing, involving, assisting, coordinating and cooperating with citizens in community planning and local government. The focus of this citizen engagement program is to identify for property owners, residents and businesses within the target area the problems and opportunities to resolving those problems. The objective is to build a bridge between average citizens on the street and local government through a potential neighborhood approach. Government is criticized, but government has resource limitations.

You are under no obligation to attend this or any subsequent meetings/workshops involved in this pilot program. This is strictly a voluntary opportunity for you to be informed and participate in a process which may impact on the future of your immediate area and Lafayette Parish.

If your name/address are not properly identified or you have a neighbor who has not received this letter, corrections will be made over the next several weeks. I look forward to meeting and working with you over the next seven months. If you have any questions or comments, please contact me at 291-8016 or the LINC Hotline at 291-5000.

Sincerely,

Mike Hollier, AICP
Planning Manager

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Public Meeting Notices #2

There will be a "charrette" for the LINC Neighborhood Pilot North area on Tuesday, July 18, 2000 at 6:30 p.m. in the Ossun Elementary School on Rue Scholastique.

A number of Displays will be available for reference including:

1. New digital color aerial photography of the area
2. 100 Year Flood Hazard Map
3. Consolidated Thoroughfare Plan
4. Land Use Plan (Consultant Recommendations)

The "charrette" will be coordinated by Associate Professor Tom Sammons and a team of faculty and students with the UL Lafayette Community Design Workshop. This is your opportunity to become informed and help evaluate the future of your neighborhood area.

You are under no obligation to attend this or any subsequent meetings/workshops involved in this pilot program. This is strictly a voluntary effort to determine public interest in development activity that may directly or indirectly impact your immediate area.

The objective is to build a bridge between average citizens on the street and local government through a potential neighborhood approach. The LINC Neighborhood Pilot Program is being tested in conjunction with the preparation of the Lafayette Parish Comprehensive Plan: Lafayette In a Century (LINC).

If you have any questions or comments, please contact the LINC Hotline at 291-5000.

Sincerely,

Mike Hollier, AICP
Planning Manager

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Public Meeting Notices #3

I want to thank those of you who have taken the time from your busy schedules to write, call and/or attend the meetings for the LINC Neighborhood Pilot North Area. This is your neighborhood and we will follow your recommendations to the greatest degree possible. The concerns you have raised and we have focused on are the following:

1) Private Streets/Public Streets
2) Flooding problems
3) New residential neighborhood development
4) Land Use
5) Drainage system
6) Commercial location options
7) Parks

The Community Design Workshop has developed three alternative plans for your review and consideration. These plans will be reviewed in a "gumbo charrette" which will be limited to 30 people from the area. This is an RSVP meeting. We will be serving chicken/sausage gumbo (the air-conditioning will be set on 60 degrees). If you would like to attend please contact me at 291-8016 and I will reserve seating on a first call basis. The "gumbo charrette" will be held Tuesday, August 8, 2000 at 6:30 p.m. in the Ossun Elementary School Cafeteria. Again, this will not be a lengthy session.

The LINC Neighborhood Pilot Program is being tested in conjunction with the preparation of the Lafayette Parish Comprehensive Plan: Lafayette In a Century (LINC). Help build a "community of choice."

Sincerely,

Mike Hollier, AICP
Planning Manager

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Public Meeting Notices #4

There will be a meeting on LINC Neighborhood Pilot North Thursday, June 28, 2001 at 6:00 p.m. in the Ossun Elementary School Lunch Room (on Rue Scholastique). I want to thank those of you who have taken the time to write, call, visit our office and/or attend meetings for the LINC Neighborhood Pilot North Area. This is your community. We have completed a review of the recommendations made on the three alternative plan proposals presented at the Gumbo Charrette held in August of 2000. A final composite plan for the LINC Pilot North Area has been prepared for your review and consideration. Lafayette Consolidated Government Departments have also reviewed the new plan without objections. Your suggestions have been helpful and have been included wherever possible. The concerns you have raised and we have focused on are the following:

1) Private Streets/Public Streets
2) Flooding problems
3) New residential neighborhood development
4) Land Use
5) Drainage System
6) Utilities
7) Commercial location options
8) Parks

The purpose of this meeting is have you tell us if this composite plan is the final recommendation for the LINC Pilot North Area. This is an RSVP meeting. If you wish to attend please contact me at 291-8016 (leave a message). This will not be a lengthy session. If agreeable, the plan will be submitted for formal adoption to the Planning Commission.

The LINC Neighborhood Pilot Program is being tested in conjunction with the preparation of the Lafayette Parish Comprehensive Plan: Lafayette IN a Century (LINC). Help build a "community of choice."

Sincerely,

Mike Hollier, AICP
Planning Manager

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Public Meeting Notices #5

The consensus of opinion at the LINC Neighborhood Pilot North meeting held on June 28, 2001 was to proceed with the modified Plan proposal for the area. It was also noted and determined that the "Pilot" program for the Comprehensive Plan should not be ended, but continued. With this understanding a Coordinating Team is being established comprised of not more that fifteen individuals from the LINC Pilot North Area who represent a cross section of property ownership (developed and undeveloped) as well as businesses. Automatically, established subdivision organizations within the area will have seats on the Coordinating Team. To date, these are Country Square Subdivision Association President, Ossun Heights Subdivision Association President, and Trewhill Association President. There are twelve seats remaining. Volunteers are solicited primarily from land owners and businesses on a first come first appointed basis. Please contact Mike Hollier or Kirk Trahan at 291-8016 and 291-8007 if you are interested in serving.

The purpose of the Coordinating Team is to continue the work accomplished to date on the draft Plan and determine how best to manage and refine the draft Plan to implementation. The Coordinating Team will meet once a month for not more than one hour. The first meeting will be called when the first fifteen volunteer members have been identified.

The Ossun Elementary School will be the designated meeting place of the Coordinating Team until or unless the Team selects a preferred new location. If you have any questions or comments about the process, please contact me at 291-8016

The LINC Neighborhood Pilot Program is being tested in conjunction with the preparation of the Lafayette Parish Comprehensive Plan: Lafayette IN a Century (LINC). Help build a "community of choice."

Sincerely,

Mike Hollier, AICP
Planning Manager

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