MEETING AGENDA

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Sandra M. Gunner April 12, 2007
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STORM SURGE
Storm surge tops the banks of the Mississippi
River Gulf Outlet near the NASA Michoud Assembly
Facility in eastern New Orleans. Port of New
Orleans and St. Bernard Parish officials are at
odds over whether MRGO should be closed for
hurricane protection.
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• President Hoovers reflection is doubly true
  today
• The devastation to the Gulf Coast region,
  particularly Louisiana,
• dwarfs any other American disaster.

National Flood Insurance Program As of August
2006, approximately 13.2 billion had been paid
out to policy holders in Louisiana.
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Total damages 37 billion in estimated FEMA
costs to Louisiana alone (19 X per capita cost of
the World Trade Center Disaster)
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• Dead At least 1,071 killed
• (5X any other state), and more than 3,700 missing

Photo by Jessica Leigh/Shreveport Times
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Uninhabitable 255,000 homes damaged and
destroyed by Katrina and Rita (10X the number
destroyed by Andrew 3X the number in Miss., 565X
of Ala.)
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Debris More than 2.5 million cubic yards from
state roads alone at a cost of 90 million so far
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Flood control 1.3 billion to repair levees to
previous level by June 1
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FEDERAL FUNDING
A Snapshot of Federal Commitment to Louisianas
Recovery
Rebuilding
Approximately 26.4 billion
Rebuilding 26.4 billion Disaster
Relief 18 billion NFIP
14.7 billion TOTAL Approx. 59 billion
NFIP Flood Insurance
Disaster Relief
Approximately 14.7 billion
Approximately 18 billion
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FEDERAL FUNDING
A Snapshot of Federal Commitment to Louisianas
Recovery
Rebuilding
Approximately 26.4 billion
Rebuilding 26.4 billion Disaster
Relief 18 billion NFIP
14.7 billion TOTAL Approx. 59 billion
NFIP Flood Insurance
Disaster Relief
Approximately 14.7 billion
Approximately 18 billion
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STATE OF LA NEW ORLEANS

• State of Louisiana Funding Specific to New
  Orleans
• GO zone bond program approx. 409 million
• Interim Emergency Board grants approx. 4.8
  million
• City of New Orleans 1,309,570
• Civil Sheriff of Orleans Parish 564,086
• Criminal Sheriff of Orleans Parish
  2,922,964
• Law Enforcement Support from the State 13.7
  million
• National Guardsmen from June 20 through December
  30, 2006 12 million State Police Support
  from June 20 through December 30, 2006 1.7
  million
• TOTAL 427.5 million

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STATE OF LA NEW ORLEANS

• State of Louisiana Funding Specific to New
  Orleans
• GO zone bond program approx. 409 million
• Interim Emergency Board grants approx. 4.8
  million
• City of New Orleans 1,309,570
• Civil Sheriff of Orleans Parish 564,086
• Criminal Sheriff of Orleans Parish
  2,922,964
• Law Enforcement Support from the State 13.7
  million
• National Guardsmen from June 20 through December
  30, 2006 12 million State Police Support
  from June 20 through December 30, 2006 1.7
  million
• TOTAL 427.5 million

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Overview of overall CDBG and HMGP Programs
Sources and uses of funds
Current HMGP estimate is 1.5B, down from
original estimate of 1.7B. If HMGP increases,
Infrastructure budget increases.
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RTA Board of Commissioners

• Cesar Burgos, Chairman Orleans Parish
• Earline Roth, Vice Chairwoman Orleans Parish
• Ron Austin Jefferson Parish
• Charlotte Burnell Jefferson Parish
• Connie Goodly Orleans Parish
• Barbara Major Orleans Parish
• Sharon Wegner Jefferson Parish

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RTA TMSELAll Active Employees as of March 9,
2007Cumulative Years of Service
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RTA Significant Accomplishments Immediately
Following Hurricane Katrina

• Self-evacuated 300 employees and their family
  members from flooded (5 feet of water) RTA
  command center at A. Philip Randolph Facility
  located at 2817 Canal Street.
• Formed an alliance with the Baton Rouge Capital
  Area Transit Authority (CATS).
• Negotiated a 47.0 million Emergency Ground
  Transportation Contract with Federal Emergency
  Management Administration (FEMA)/Federal Transit
  Administration (FTA) to restart public transit in
  New Orleans and to supplement public transit in
  Baton Rouge for the period of October 2, 2005 to
  June 30, 2006.
• Restarted four public transit routes in New
  Orleans and one in Kenner October 2, 2005.
• Established a Baton Rouge Administrative/
  Transportation/Maintenance Facility.

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RTA Significant Accomplishments Immediately
Following Hurricane Katrina

• Restarted the Riverfront Streetcar and partial
  Canal Streetcar service on December 22, 2005.
• Implemented full Canal Streetcar service March
  15, 2006 with a rectifier power station provided
  by the Boston, Massachusetts Transit Authority.
• Negotiated a 20.3 million Emergency Ground
  Transportation Contract with FEMA/FTA to provide
  transit service in New Orleans and Baton Rouge
  from July 1, 2006 to November 30, 2006.
• Secured from FEMA 21.6 million for 24 flooded
  Canal Streetcars (24,083,755 x 90) 21.4
  million for 205 flooded buses (23,702,195 x
  90).
• Contracted with Louisiana Department of
  Transportation and Development (LADOTD) to
  operate LASWIFT from December 1, 2006 to March
  31, 2007.

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RTA/TMSEL Before After Hurricane Katrina

• August 2005 Current
• Employees 1349 (budgeted) 526
• Operations 729 285
• Maintenance 337 131
• Administration 283 109
• RTA 1 1
• Bus Routes 62 30 reinstated
  (Including LA SWIFT Kenner)
• Service Span 24 Hours 17 Hours
• 7 Days 7 Days

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RTA/TMSEL Before After Hurricane Katrina
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• August 2005 Current
• 3 Streetcar routes 3 reinstated
• (Canal, Riverfront St. Charles Loop)
• 372 Buses 123 operable buses
• (205 RTA buses flooded)
• 66 Streetcars 36 operable streetcars
• (24 Canal 6 Riverfront streetcars flooded)

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RTA/TMSEL Before After Hurricane Katrina
continued

• August 2005 Current
• Daily Passengers 124,000 22,000
• Weekly Passengers 855,000 135,000
• Yearly Passengers 37,456,805 (2004) 6,671,365
  (2006)
• Yearly Paratransit 438,849 (2004) 49,959
  (2006)
• CY 2005 Budget 111,218,453
  CY2007- 70,229,420

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FEMA PROJECT WORKSHEET
4Cs
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FEMA PROJECT WORKSHEETRevenue BusesSTAFFORD ACT
CHALLENGE
4Cs

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Develop Debt Restructure Plan
4Cs
In order for RTA to remain a viable agency,
short-term debts are being reviewed for
satisfaction and long-term debts are being
reviewed for restructure and/or settlement.
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Service
4Cs
The RTA will use specific standards for adding,
deleting and maintaining routes that are customer
responsive, cost-efficient and cost-effective.
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RTAs Four Goals
4Cs
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Demographic Trends for Southeast Louisiana

• Pre-Katrina Post-Katrina
• Orleans 444,515 191,139
• Jefferson 449,288 434,666
• St. Bernard 66,441 25,296
• Plaquemines 26,029 17,860
• St. Tammany 188,922 220,656
• currently the region is holding at 1.2 million

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Citywide Recovery Framework

• The Office of Recovery Management is committed to
  developing citywide recovery strategies that
• Set criteria for recovery and sustainability
• Bundle recovery programs and projects
• Establish framework for implementing long-term
  community improvements
• Support individual citizens and businesses in
  their own recovery efforts

Source UNOP
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Target Development Areas

• Target Development Area
• Area high potential to attract investment
• High Visibility site
• Strong Demonstration of Cluster Model
• Sufficient land and other assets
• Adequate Resources Present to Catalyze
  Development-schools, libraries etc.
• Area with consistent development approach in
  various plans
• Leverages other City Development opportunities

Area A
Area C
Area B
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Target Recovery Areas
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TARGET RECOVERY AREAS - CLASIFICATION
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Recovery strategies creating clustered
communities
NOTE Concept only and for discussion
purposes Source City Office of Recovery
Management
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Allocation of Available Funds by Geographical Area

Source City Office of Recovery Management
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Allocation of Available Funds by Program Type
Source City Office of Recovery Management
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• REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY/
• LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND
  DEVELOPMENT
• Twin Span Central Commerce Link
• 32 M 32 days One Side/79 days Both
• 800M New Six Lane Bridge
• Submerged Road Repairs 5,000 miles/5 Parishes
• Louisiana Recovery Authority Long Range Plan
• InterCity Rail Clearly Needed
• Justification Shuttle 320,000 Rides

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RECOMMENDATIONS

• Transportation Priority Funding Category
• Public Transit Preference of Choice/Public
• Training City Planning Commissioners/Planners
• Smart Growth, Financial Strategies,
  Correlation E.D.
• Communications Transit Summit
• Technology GIS et. al.
• Catastrophic Fund For Disaster Recovery

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