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1 State of Louisiana Disaster Recovery Unit Office of Community Development 0

2 Disaster Recovery Unit Contact Kay Schultz Infrastructure Programs Manager State of Louisiana Office of Community Development Disaster Recovery Unit 617 North 3 rd Street 6 th Floor Baton Rouge, LA (225) kay.schultz@la.gov 1

3 Louisiana s Recovery In September 2005, the Louisiana Recovery Authority was created. The LRA was the planning and coordinating body, while the state Office of Community Development s Disaster Recovery Unit implemented policies and ran the programs for Louisiana s recovery. The LRA and OCD-DRU merged together to better plan and implement recovery programs for hurricanes Katrina and Rita, hurricanes Gustav and Ike and now hurricane Isaac. OCD-DRU continues to implement the state s recovery programs with the goal of creating a safer, stronger and smarter Louisiana. 2

4 Katrina/Rita Infrastructure Programs Allocated: $1.379 billion Spent as of 5/31/15: $1.192 billion Program Allocation Expenditures Balance Long Term Community Recovery $700 million $ million $ million Local Government $ million $ million $19.08 million Primary & Secondary Education $ million $ million $37.4 million Fisheries Assistance $25.48 million $ million $6.769 million Ratepayer Mitigation $200 million $200 million $0 Program Delivery $32.44 million $31.19 million $1.25 million Total $1.379 billion $1.192 billion $186.9 million 3

5 Gustav/Ike Infrastructure Programs Allocated: $638.2 million Spent as of 5/31/15: $357.8 million Program Allocation Expenditures Balance Parish Recovery $468 million $249 million $219 million Interoperable Communications Coastal Communities Recovery $17 million $17 million $0 $30.3 million $8.4 million $21.9 million Fisheries Assistance $7.9 million $3.1 million $4.8 million Municipal Infrastructure $35 million $24 million $11 million Economic Development & Growth Infrastructure $80 million $56.3 million $23.7 million Total $638.2 million $357.8 million $280.4 million 4

6 Isaac Infrastructure Programs Allocated: $6.986 million Spent as of 5/31/15: $5.886 million Program Allocation Expenditures Balance Parish Recovery Priority Projects $1.1 million $0 million $1.1 million FEMA PA Cost-Share $5.886 million $5.886 million $0 Total $6.986 million $5.886 million $1.1 million 5

7 Funds to Parish Level Hurricanes Katrina/Rita Long Term Community Recovery $700M in 23 Parishes Hurricanes Gustav/Ike Parish Implemented Recovery Program $468M in 53 Parishes 6

8 Long Term Community Recovery Orleans Parish Gentilly Shopping Center 7

9 Long Term Community Recovery Orleans Parish Saenger Theater 8

10 Long Term Community Recovery St. Bernard Parish Hospital St. Bernard Parish Water Treatment Plant 9

11 Parish Recovery Program Terrebonne Parish Clean Waterways Project 10

12 Parish Recovery Program St. Tammany Parish Fishing Pier 11

13 Innovative Programs Municipal Infrastructure Program $35 million 61 grantees Competitive program 12

14 Municipal Infrastructure Program City of Abbeville Frank s Alley Drainage Project 13

15 Innovative Programs Fisheries Recovery Program Most impacted industry since Hurricane Katrina K/R: $28.75 million G/I: $8.3 million No grants directly to fishermen K/R: competitive program G/I: State s Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries partnership 14

16 Fisheries Recovery Program Twin Parish Port Delcambre Boat Launch and Pavilion 15

17 Innovative Programs Interoperable Communications Program $17.1 million State-wide First Responders Communications Multiple Phases 16

18 Interoperable Communications 17

19 Innovative Programs Primary & Secondary Education Program $247.5 million Allocated to 16 school districts Not eligible for FEMA Public Assistance funding 18

20 Primary & Secondary Education Orleans Parish Joseph A. Craig Charter School 19

21 Lessons Learned Effective recovery requires: Collaboration Plans, Processes and Priorities Innovation Capacity Communication 20

22 Best Practices Jefferson Parish Funds Allocated Based on Impact Group Meetings Held with Mayors Hearings on Both the East Bank and the West Bank 21

23 Best Practices Rebuild Website 22

24 Filters and Searches 23

25 Maps and Jurisdictional Reporting Holy Cross Neighborhood New Orleans by US Census Block Group 24

26 Resource Office of Community Development, Disaster Recovery Unit

27 Disaster Recovery Unit Contact Kay Schultz Infrastructure Programs Manager State of Louisiana Office of Community Development Disaster Recovery Unit 617 North 3 rd Street 6 th Floor Baton Rouge, LA (225) kay.schultz@la.gov 26

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