Public Notice: Watershed Region 6 Steering Committee Meeting – July 26, 2023
The Regional Steering Committee of Watershed Region 6 will hold a meeting on July 26, 2023 at 10:00 am. This meeting is in accordance with Louisiana Watershed Initiative activities and is integral to providing a sustainable, institutional basis to increase continuity, improve flood resilience, and enable more effective flood prevention within our region.
Date: July 26, 2023
Time: 10:00-12:00pm
Location: City of Donaldsonville Meeting Room, 609 Railroad Ave.
BACKGROUND STATEMENT
OBJECTIVES
• State Watershed Plan Status
• Freeboard Regulations for all new construction
• Round 1 Regional Projects Status
• Round 2 Pre Application listing of elgible projects
• Round 2 Ranking Procedure
• HMGP Regional/Local Applications
AGENDA
10:00 – 10:15 am Welcome:
• Call to Order
• Roll Call
Review and Adoption of Minutes
• May 24, 2023 Meeting
10:15 – 10:45 am
Discussion of State Watershed Plan and Status of review. Pat Gordon or
Genea Lathers, OCD to present.
10:45 – 11:05 am Report on Round II Projects Status
• Pat Gordon will report on this listing.
11:05 am – 11:25 am Ranking of Projects
• Pat Gordon will report on the eligible projects and
those needing additional information for eligibility.
11:25am – 11:30 am Dates for recommendations to OCD
11:30 am – 11:35 am HMGP Appliation “Letters of Intent”
11:35 am – 11:45 am Committee Members Comments
11:45 am – 11:50 am Public Comments
11:50 am – 12:00 pm Closeout
• Upcoming Key Dates
• Next Meeting – August 23, 2023
• Adjourn
Activities for next meeting:
• Complete and circulate meeting minutes
• Incorporate comments and corrections to meeting minutes
• Continue review of all elgible pre applications.
• Send out agreed Ranking procedure for pre appliation
• Begin the development of a Watershed Plan for Region 6
Public Notice: SCPDC Revolving Loan Board Meeting – July 18 at 8:30 AM
The Revolving Loan Board for South Central Planning & Development Commission, Inc.,
will meet on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. at the Terrebonne Parish North Branch
Library, 4130 W. Park Ave., Gray, LA. Anyone requiring reasonable accommodation is
requested to contact South Central Planning & Development Commission, Inc. three
days in advance of the meeting at (985) 851-2900 to discuss the accommodations
needed.
DRAFT AGENDA
I. Call meeting to order
II. Roll call
III. Acceptance of Agenda
IV. Public comments
V. Minutes from Loan Board meeting of June 20, 2023
VI. New loan requests (EXECUTIVE SESSION)
VII. Existing loans (EXECUTIVE SESSION)
A. Attorney’s report – available for online viewing, see forthcoming email for details
B. Aging report – available for online viewing, see forthcoming email for details
C. Collections – Work Group recommendations for discussion and action
D. Others
VIII. Other business
A. Announcements
IX. Next meeting date: August 15, 2023
X. Adjourn
Public Notice: Request for Public Comment – USDOT Equity Action Plan
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public comment to inform our annual update to the DOT Equity Action Plan which aims to expand access and economic opportunity to all communities. DOT specifically seeks input regarding how our work to advance equity has impacted organizations and communities, as well as input on performance metrics, data sets, tools, and research to measure and advance transportation equity.
Input can be provided by responding to the Request for Information (RFI) that is open through June 30, 2023. The responses to this RFI will help the Department understand the impact of our equity activities to date and inform what efforts we prioritize as we update DOT’s Equity Action Plan.
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/DOT-OST-2023-0087
https://www.transportation.gov/priorities/equity/equity-action-plan
Public Notice: Request for Qualifications – Comprehensive Regional Safety Action Plan
Request for Qualifications
South Central Planning and Development Commission (SCPDC) is inviting qualified firms to submit their qualifications for the development of a Comprehensive Regional Safety Action Plan. The objective of this plan is to enhance safety on the region’s roadways, reduce fatalities and serious injuries, and achieve the vision of Destination Zero Deaths by 2030. The plan development process will emphasize transparency, public and stakeholder engagement, and equitable strategies to engage underserved communities.
The scope of services includes demonstrating the development of a Comprehensive Regional Safety Action Plan through stakeholder engagement, data review, crash analysis, countermeasure development, implementation planning, and visualization. Deliverables comprise memos on feedback and data assessment, summaries of recommended datasets, technical memos on data analysis, tools for crash distribution recreation, toolboxes for countermeasures and emphasis areas, implementation plan and programs, visualization, and the final safety action plan.
Evaluation and scoring criteria will be used to assess the qualifications. Proposals must be submitted to the South Central Planning and Development Commission by the close of business July 27, 2023. For more information, contact Lea Ann Rucker, Planner I, at leaannr@scpdc.org. We look forward to your participation in achieving our mission of Destination Zero Deaths on our region’s roadways.
2023.04.27 MPO Standard Sub Form
Q&A
As of 7/14/23:
Q: “Can the work plan be shown in months instead of days?”
A: Thanks for reaching out with your question. We prefer for the work plan to be detailed in days.
Issue 12: 2023 Q3 SCPDC Newsletter
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