2021 - 2025 Capital Budget Request Form
Agency Number Department Name New Orleans City Park
Project Name Exhibition Hall in City Park Botanical Garden Department Priority Ranking 1
Project Type New Construction Is a Land acquisition needed? (Y/N) No
Will this project be a permanent Does the request meet the General Yes Yes immovable improvement? Obligation Bond requirement?
Project Address 5 Victory Ave, New Orleans, LA 70124 Council District A
This project is located immediately west of the Conservatory of the Two Sisters at the New Orleans Botanical Garden. We plan 5,220 square Detailed Summary: Include Scope of feet of interior new construction with additional 2,120 sf of covered outdoor porch. The exhibition hall will expand significantly to the west work, parking requirements, with a 10’ deep porch, and to the north with an auxiliary bathroom structure. The hall will accommodate a wide range of programming, from landscaping, etc. art and botanical exhibits, to yoga classes and club meetings, to formal receptions including weddings.
Schematics and cost estimates have been prepared. Construction documents can be complete by early 2021 and construction can be Five Year Summary competed by end of 2021. With this expansion, City Park will be furthering a crucial component of its mission: to improve park spaces for education and programming. In addition, the facility will provide an opportunity for the Park to generate additional revenue.
Has an Architect or Engineer prepared If Yes please explain how this was Schematic drawings and a cost estimate were funded Yes drawings for this project? funded and current status by City Park's planning budget.
Will this project increase your department's current operating Please provide estimate of increase or $50,000 per year for part time programming staff, Yes expenses? (i.e. require additional decrease operating costs. additional maintenance and utility costs. staff, maintenance, utilities)
Estimated Cost of Project: (include Design, Construction, Testing, $2,400,000 Proposed Funding Source Bond funds and private donations Contingency, etc.)
Does this project fall in line with the Yes If no please list required change current Zoning requirements
Please discuss how the project Chapter 7 of the Master Plan, "Green Infrastructure: Parks, Open Spaces, and Recreation", requires the maintenance of existing parks, green conforms to objectives and spaces and recreation sites to a high level (Volume 2, Page 7.20). recommendations of the Master Plan:
Does the project improve runoff water quality or reduce the impacts of flooding? If yes, please explain how this is achieved, describing the area This project will improve the runoff water quality and reduce the impacts of flooding as it is designed with a green roof. that is impacted. If no, please describe any negative impacts, and the area impacted.
For what year are you requesting the Project? 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025? Enter The public will be able to access a greater amount in requested year below. amount and variety of nature-based What Benefit(s) will be provided to educational programming in the newly Public from this project? expanded exhibit space in the Botanical Gardens. 2021 $ 2,400,000.00 2022 $ - 2023 $ - 2024 $ - 2025 $ -
Is the surrounding infrastructure(i.e. utilities, road network) sufficient to If no please discuss required support the intended use of the improvements and estimated costs project? 2021 - 2025 Capital Budget Request Form
Capital Budget Request Priority Rating Form
Agency Number Department Name City Park
Project Name Exhibition Hall in City Park Botanical Garden Department Priority Ranking 1
Categories Rating Score
Public Health and Safety 1 3
External Requirements 1 3
Protection of Capital Stock 1 3
Economic Development 3 9
Operating Budget 2 6
Life Expectancy of Project 3 9
Percent of Population Served by Projects 3 9
Relation to dopted Plans 3 9
Intensity of Use 3 9
Scheduling 3 9
Benefit/ Cost 3 9
Potential for Duplication 2 6
Availability of Financing 3 9
Special Need 2 6
Entergy Consumptiom 3 9
Timeliness/ External 0 0
Public Support 3 9
Environmental Quality and Stormwater Management 3 9
TOTAL Ranking 126 2021 - 2025 Capital Budget Request Form
Agency Number Department Name City Park
Project Name Covered Tennis Courts Department Priority Ranking 2
Project Type New Construction Is a Land acquisition needed? (Y/N) No
Will this project be a permanent Does the request meet the General Yes Yes immovable improvement? Obligation Bond requirement?
Project Address 5900 Marconi Drive Council District A
City Park would like to expand its award winning tennis facility by constructing 6 additional courts that will be covered. The scope Detailed Summary: Include Scope of includes site work, surfacing for 6 courts, lighting, and a structure to cover the courts. No additional parking is required. While the City work, parking requirements, Park Tennis Center is extremely well used, it is subject to weather and loses many operational days to rain and rain conditions. Covered landscaping, etc. courts would enable the Tennis Center to operate in all weather conditions, improving City Park's ability to generate revenue and provide greater recreational opportunities to the community.
Schematics and cost estimates have been prepared. Construction documents can be complete by early 2021 and construction can be Five Year Summary competed by end of 2021.
Has an Architect or Engineer If Yes please explain how this was Schematic drawings and a cost estimate were Yes prepared drawings for this project? funded and current status funded by City Park's planning budget.
Will this project increase your department's current operating Please provide estimate of increase $50,000 per year for part time staff, additional Yes expenses? (i.e. require additional or decrease operating costs. maintenance and utility costs. staff, maintenance, utilities)
Estimated Cost of Project: (include Design, Construction, Testing, $1,743,480 Proposed Funding Source Bond and State capital outlay Contingency, etc.)
Does this project fall in line with the Yes If no please list required change current Zoning requirements
Please discuss how the project conforms to objectives and Chapter 7 of the Master Plan, "Green Infrastructure: Parks, Open Spaces, and Recreation", requires the maintenance of existing parks, recommendations of the Master green spaces and recreation sites to a high level (Volume 2, Page 7.20). Plan:
Does the project improve runoff water quality or reduce the impacts of flooding? If yes, please explain A portion of the site for this project is a paved driveway that services City Park Catering building. There will be additional surfacing laid how this is achieved, describing the for the creation of the courts. City Park will mitigate any storm water runoff with landscaping designed to divert all water to the nearby area that is impacted. If no, please lagoon. describe any negative impacts, and the area impacted.
For what year are you requesting the Project? 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025? Enter amount in requested year below. What Benefit(s) will be provided to Covered courts would enable the Tennis Center to operate in all weather conditions, providing greater recreation opportunities to the community and will be the first public covered courts in New Orleans. Public from this project? 2021 $ 1,743,480.00 2022 2023 2024 $ - 2025 $ - Is the surrounding infrastructure(i.e. utilities, road network) sufficient to If no please discuss required Yes support the intended use of the improvements and estimated costs project? 2021 - 2025 Capital Budget Request Form
Capital Budget Request Priority Rating Form
Agency Number Department Name City Park
Project Name Covered Tennis courts Department Priority Ranking 2
Categories Rating Score
Public Health and Safety 2 6
External Requirements 0 0
Protection of Capital Stock 1 3
Economic Development 3 9
Operating Budget 2 6
Life Expectancy of Project 3 9
Percent of Population Served by Projects 3 9
Relation to dopted Plans 3 9
Intensity of Use 3 9
Scheduling 3 9
Benefit/ Cost 3 9
Potential for Duplication 2 6
Availability of Financing 3 9
Special Need 2 6
Entergy Consumptiom 2 6
Timeliness/ External 0 0
Public Support 3 9
Environmental Quality and Stormwater Management 3 9
TOTAL Ranking 123 2021 - 2025 Capital Budget Request Form
Agency Number Department Name City Park
Project Name Tad Gormley repairs Department Priority Ranking 3
Project Type Repairs Is a Land acquisition needed? (Y/N) No
Will this project be a permanent Does the request meet the General Yes Yes immovable improvement? Obligation Bond requirement?
Project Address 5400 Stadium Drive Council District A
Tad Gormley Stadium is a 26,500 seat municipal stadium constructed in 1937 that currently hosts approximately 20 local and regional Detailed Summary: Include Scope of high schools for football and soccer games. Due to its age, maintenance and repairs are an ever present demand and current conditions work, parking requirements, of the stadium are greatly deteriorated. The current conditions are such that if long overdue repairs are not made, the stadium may no landscaping, etc. longer be operational. Most pressing are waterproofing of the stadium and the replacement of the scoreboard.
Waterproofing repairs for the stadium can begin immediately and require no engineering plans. Similarly, the installation of a new Five Year Summary scoreboard to replace the malfunctioning one, can also happen immediately.
Has an Architect or Engineer If Yes please explain how this was No prepared drawings for this project? funded and current status
Will this project increase your department's current operating Please provide estimate of increase No expenses? (i.e. require additional or decrease operating costs. staff, maintenance, utilities)
Estimated Cost of Project: (include Design, Construction, Testing, $2,400,000 Proposed Funding Source Bond Funds Contingency, etc.)
Does this project fall in line with the Yes If no please list required change current Zoning requirements
Please discuss how the project conforms to objectives and Yes recommendations of the Master Plan:
Does the project improve runoff water quality or reduce the impacts of flooding? If yes, please explain how this is achieved, describing the No change to water quality or increase or decrease in runoff. area that is impacted. If no, please describe any negative impacts, and the area impacted.
For what year are you requesting the Project? 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025? Enter Tad Gormley Stadium is a beloved and amount in requested year below. historically important sports facility in the What Benefit(s) will be provided to City. Repairs to the stadium ensure that the Public from this project? stadium will be available for use for the next generation. 2021 2022 $ 2,400,000.00 2023 2024 2025 Is the surrounding infrastructure(i.e. utilities, road network) sufficient to If no please discuss required Yes support the intended use of the improvements and estimated costs project? 2021 - 2025 Capital Budget Request Form
Capital Budget Request Priority Rating Form
Agency Number Department Name City Park
Project Name Tad Gormley repairs Department Priority Ranking 3
Categories Rating Score
Public Health and Safety 1 3
External Requirements 0 0
Protection of Capital Stock 3 9
Economic Development 3 9
Operating Budget 2 6
Life Expectancy of Project 2 6
Percent of Population Served by Projects 2 6
Relation to dopted Plans 0 0
Intensity of Use 3 9
Scheduling 3 9
Benefit/ Cost 1 3
Potential for Duplication 0 0
Availability of Financing 3 9
Special Need 2 6
Entergy Consumptiom 1 3
Timeliness/ External 0 0
Public Support 0 0
Environmental Quality and Stormwater Management 1 3
TOTAL Ranking 81 2021 - 2025 Capital Budget Request Form
Agency Number Department Name City Park
Project Name Roosevelt Mall Repairs Department Priority Ranking 4
Project Type Repairs Is a Land acquisition needed? (Y/N) No
Will this project be a permanent Does the request meet the General Yes Yes immovable improvement? Obligation Bond requirement?
Project Address Roosevelt Mall Council District A
This project will repair a heavily used section of the Park: Roosevelt Mall. Roosevelt Mall is a major thoroughfare in the Park as well as being Detailed Summary: Include Scope of used for multiple road races and events, such as tailgating for football games in Tad Gormley stadium. These repairs will increase the work, parking requirements, functionality of the area and provide improved conditions for runners, bikers, and pedestrians. The repairs include re-surfacing, base repair, landscaping, etc. and curbing work.
Year one will be engineering and year two will entail mobilization, demo of existing sidewalks, milling of the asphalt of the roadway, and new Five Year Summary asphalt overlay. New sidewalks with ADA ramps will be the last task. All work will be complete in year two.
Has an Architect or Engineer prepared If Yes please explain how this was Engineering drawings have not been prepared but the No drawings for this project? funded and current status Park does have a cost estimate.
Will this project increase your department's current operating Please provide estimate of increase or No expenses? (i.e. require additional staff, decrease operating costs. maintenance, utilities)
Estimated Cost of Project: (include Design, Construction, Testing, $575,000 Proposed Funding Source Bond Contingency, etc.)
Does this project fall in line with the Yes If no please list required change current Zoning requirements
Please discuss how the project conforms to objectives and recommendations of the Master Plan:
Does the project improve runoff water quality or reduce the impacts of flooding? If yes, please explain how All improvements to Roosevelt Mall will be designed with stormwater management as a priority. Permeable surfacing will be used when this is achieved, describing the area possible, and the direction of runoff water to bios wales and other plantings will contribute to a reduction in the overall discharge of storm that is impacted. If no, please describe water from the site. any negative impacts, and the area impacted.
For what year are you requesting the Project? 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025? Enter The Public will benefit from a safer and amount in requested year below. What Benefit(s) will be provided to smooth surface along Roosevelt Mall as well Public from this project? as a decrease in flooding during heavy rain events. 2021 $ 68,000.00 2022 $ 507,000.00 2023 $ - 2024 $ - 2025 $ - Is the surrounding infrastructure(i.e. utilities, road network) sufficient to If no please discuss required Yes support the intended use of the improvements and estimated costs project? 2021 - 2025 Capital Budget Request Form
Capital Budget Request Priority Rating Form
Agency Number Department Name City Park
Project Name Roosevelt Mall Repairs Department Priority Ranking 4
Categories Rating Score
Public Health and Safety 3 9
External Requirements 0 0
Protection of Capital Stock 3 9
Economic Development 1 3
Operating Budget 2 6
Life Expectancy of Project 3 9
Percent of Population Served by Projects 3 9
Relation to dopted Plans 0 0
Intensity of Use 3 9
Scheduling 3 9
Benefit/ Cost 1 3
Potential for Duplication 2 6
Availability of Financing 0 0
Special Need 0 0
Entergy Consumptiom 1 3
Timeliness/ External 0 0
Public Support 1 3
Environmental Quality and Stormwater Management 2 6
TOTAL Ranking 84 2021 - 2025 Capital Budget Request Form
Agency Number Department Name City Park
Project Name Trails at Wisner Tract Department Priority Ranking 5
Project Type New Construction Is a Land acquisition needed? (Y/N) No
Will this project be a permanent Does the request meet the General Yes Yes immovable improvement? Obligation Bond requirement?
Project Address Marconi Drive Council District A
The Wisner Tract is approximately 100 acres of former golf course and one of the last unprogrammed places in City Park. In 2019, the Detailed Summary: Include Scope of Park commissioned a Master Plan study for the area which has been complete. It is a vibrant immersive nature-based design that will work, parking requirements, create a restorative escape from city life, support habitat rehabilitation and ecological education. It will be a multi year project led by landscaping, etc. initial investment in the from of $16M of State HMGP funds for lagoon restoration and enhancment to accomodate stormwater for an adjoining neighborhood. Phase I is lagoon restoration and Phase II is a trail system.
The Wisner Tract master plan is a multi-year plan. The initial work done on the site with HMGP funds for the lagoon restoration will be Five Year Summary complete by 2022. While the lagoon restoration is underway, the Park will begin the construction of the trail system, prioritizing trails adjacent to the newly restored lagoons.
City Park paid for a National landscape architecture Has an Architect or Engineer If Yes please explain how this was Yes firm to prepare a Master Plan for the site with prepared drawings for this project? funded and current status phasing recommnedations and a cost estimate.
Will this project increase your department's current operating Please provide estimate of increase No expenses? (i.e. require additional or decrease operating costs. staff, maintenance, utilities)
Estimated Cost of Project: (include Design, Construction, Testing, $750,000 Proposed Funding Source Bond Funds Contingency, etc.)
Does this project fall in line with the Yes If no please list required change current Zoning requirements
Please discuss how the project conforms to objectives and Chapter 7 of the Master Plan, "Green Infrastructure: Parks, Open Spaces, and Recreation", requires the maintenance of existing parks, recommendations of the Master green spaces and recreation sites to a high level (Volume 2, Page 7.20). Plan:
Does the project improve runoff water quality or reduce the impacts of flooding? If yes, please explain The entire 100 acres of the Wisner Tract will be designed to both improve water quality and reduce flooding in the neighborhoods how this is achieved, describing the adjacent to the Park. The City is currently overseeing a HMGP funded project sited in City Park. A large part of the design for this project area that is impacted. If no, please will feature increasing the capacity of the lagoons in the Wisner Tract to absorb stormwater. describe any negative impacts, and the area impacted.
Visitors to the Park will be able to enjoy a For what year are you requesting the Project? 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025? Enter natural environment in the heart of New amount in requested year below. Orleans. The design prioritizes habitat What Benefit(s) will be provided to protection and stormwater management. Public from this project? The trail system will allow visitors to be immersed in nature for exercise or 2021 contemplation. 2022 $ 75,000.00 2023 $ 675,000.00 2024 $ - 2025 $ - Is the surrounding infrastructure(i.e. utilities, road network) sufficient to If no please discuss required Yes support the intended use of the improvements and estimated costs project? 2021 - 2025 Capital Budget Request Form
Capital Budget Request Prioirty Rating Form
Agency Number Department Name City Park
Project Name Trails at Wisner Tract Department Priority Ranking 5
Categories Rating Score
Public Health and Safety 1 3
External Requirements 1 3
Protection of Capital Stock 2 6
Economic Development 0 0
Operating Budget 2 6
Life Expectancy of Project 3 9
Percent of Population Served by Projects 3 9
Relation to dopted Plans 2 6
Intensity of Use 3 9
Scheduling 2 6
Benefit/ Cost 1 3
Potential for Duplication 2 6
Availability of Financing 3 9
Special Need 2 6
Entergy Consumptiom 3 9
Timeliness/ External 0 0
Public Support 3 9
Environmental Quality and Stormwater Management 3 9
TOTAL Ranking 108 2021 - 2025 Capital Budget Request Form
Agency Number Department Name City Park
Project Name Pan American Stadium Department Priority Ranking 6
Project Type Repairs Is a Land acquisition needed? (Y/N) No
Will this project be a permanent Does the request meet the General Yes Yes immovable improvement? Obligation Bond requirement?
Project Address 194 Zachary Taylor Council District A
The Pan American Stadium is the smaller of the two sports stadiums in City Park, seating 5,000. Its size makes it a much in demand sports Detailed Summary: Include Scope of venue, hosting multiple football and soccer events annually: it is heavily used. The most frequent users of this stadium are local high schools. work, parking requirements, It was last renovated in 2008, and its bathrooms and concession areas are in poor repair. The scope of this project would be to renovate both landscaping, etc. sets of bathrooms (home and away) as well as update the 2 concession areas.
The repairs to Pan American Stadium can be completed in less than one year, with construction taking place in the summer months for as Five Year Summary little disruption to the football and soccer schedules.
Has an Architect or Engineer prepared If Yes please explain how this was No drawings for this project? funded and current status
Will this project increase your department's current operating Please provide estimate of increase or No expenses? (i.e. require additional staff, decrease operating costs. maintenance, utilities)
Estimated Cost of Project: (include Design, Construction, Testing, $805,000 Proposed Funding Source Bond Funds Contingency, etc.)
Does this project fall in line with the Yes If no please list required change current Zoning requirements
Please discuss how the project Chapter 7 of the Master Plan, "Green Infrastructure: Parks, Open Space, and Recreation", requires the maintenance of existing parks, green conforms to objectives and spaces, and recreational sites to a high level (Volume 2, Page 7.20). This project will ensure that a highly frequented section of City Park is recommendations of the Master Plan: maintained to a high standard.
Does the project improve runoff water quality or reduce the impacts of flooding? If yes, please explain how this is achieved, describing the area There will be no change to runoff or impact of flooding. that is impacted. If no, please describe any negative impacts, and the area impacted.
For what year are you requesting the Project? 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025? Enter Renovated bathrooms and concessions will amount in requested year below. What Benefit(s) will be provided to ensure an enjoyable experience for both the Public from this project? public high school athletes competing as well as their families and supporters. 2021 $ 80,000.00 2022 $ 725,000.00 2023 $ - 2024 $ - 2025 $ - Is the surrounding infrastructure(i.e. utilities, road network) sufficient to If no please discuss required Yes support the intended use of the improvements and estimated costs project? Capital Budget Request Priority Rating Form
Agency Number Department Name City Park
Project Name Pan American Stadium Department Priority Ranking 6
Categories Rating Score
Public Health and Safety 1 3
External Requirements 0 0
Protection of Capital Stock 2 6
Economic Development 0 0
Operating Budget 2 6
Life Expectancy of Project 3 9
Percent of Population Served by Projects 0 0
Relation to dopted Plans 0 0
Intensity of Use 3 9
Scheduling 3 9
Benefit/ Cost 1 3
Potential for Duplication 2 6
Availability of Financing 3 9
Special Need 2 6
Entergy Consumptiom 2 6
Timeliness/ External 0 0
Public Support 0 0
Environmental Quality and Stormwater Management 0 0
TOTAL Ranking 72