LEGACY PROJECT Top Twenty-Five Accomplishments Since May 2, 1994 Department of Parks and Parkways (1) Joe W. Brown Memorial Park $587,000 Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett New picnic pavilions Brown Foundation Grant Bicycle/Pedestrian path Parkway Partners lagoon aerators Parks and Parkways (2002) Operating Budget Painted/Repaired shelters/Concession Building (2) West End Park $1,000,000 Capital Project New picnic pavilion (1995) Drainage Improvements Arbor/Paved Walkways (2001/2002) Operating Budget Painted/Repaired Arbor/pavilion/lamppost (3) Pontchartrain Park $ 350,000 Capital Project Renovation of Concession Joseph M. Bartholomew Golf Building. New irrigation Course pumping system for course (1999) Reversed decision to privatize New contracts negotiated $ 29,500 Operating Budget Renovated putting green/Replaced (2001) fence and signage $ 850,000 Capital Project Renovate tees, greens, clubhouse (2001) Legacy Project 1 Pontchartrain Park Joseph M. Bartholomew Golf Course continued. $ 1,000,000 Build Senior /Tennis Center 2001 2001/2002 Development of 1 st Tee New Orleans and 1 st Tee Louisiana, Jr. Golf Program (4) Parkway Nursery $1,600,000 Capital Project Administration Annex building ( ) renovated, three grounds maintenance buildings replaced (5) Bienville Place Park $ 340,000 Capital Project New park in French Quarter - relocated statue from Union Passenger Terminal, landscaping, lighting, walkways (6) Mississippi River Heritage $ 1,600,000 Capital Project New park in Warehouse District - Park (1999) landscaping, fencing, walkways, lighting (7) Monuments: The Source $ 104,000 Capital Project Sculpture - World’s Fair installed (1995) at Elk’s Place Mayor’s Basin Street Task $ French Market Corp Repairs and refurbishment of Force (Feb. 2000) Parkway Partners Simon Bolivar, Benito Juarez and Port of New Orleans Francisco Morazan and Downtown Dev. District Vietnamese Monuments with Dept. of Parks and Parkways flags, landscaping, stones, Mayor’s Office of Intl. Rel. lighting, new banners St. Martin’s School Legacy Project 2 DeSaix Circle $ Arts Council/Department of Parks % for Art - Sprit House by John (2001/2000) and Parkways Scott and Martin Payton Monuments continued. Lafayette Square $ Monumental Task Force Refurbished Benjamin Franklin (2001) and Henry Clay Lafayette Square $ Hungarian Consulate/Int. Monument to honor visit to N. O. (2002) Relations, Parks and Parkways of Louis Kossuth in 1852 Mayor’s Task Force $ Mexican Consulate/Office Intl. Fountain donated by the City of Mississippi River Heritage (2002) Relations, S&WB, Dept. of Parks Queretaro, Mexico (maintenance Park and Parkways, Dept. of Property endowment in development) Management. Mississippi River Heritage $ 180,000 Ernest N. Morial Exhibition Hall % For Art commitment Park (2002) Authority Third Phase project Arts Council, Department of Parks and Parkways Martin Luther King $ 50,000 Parks and Parkways Redesigned walkways, Monument Area (2002) Wisner Grant landscaping, benches (8) Brechtel Memorial (1995) Operating Budget Instituted automatic controls for Golf Course course irrigation system $ 15,000 Operating Budget Putting greens renovated (1999) (1999) Cost Benefit Analysis - reversed decision to privatize - revised contracts $ 850,000 Capital Project Clubhouse renovation (2002) Golf Cart and Course shed renovation (9) Laurence Square $ 800,000 Capital Project Replaced play equipment (2000) Relocated basketball court, Legacy Project 3 Renovated fencing, landscaping, improved drainage, benches and fountains (10) Burke Park $ 600,000 Capital Project Renovation in Irish Channel, (Formerly Clay Square) (2001) replaced play equipment, repaired fencing, major tree work, grading, benches, landscaping and drainage (11) Equipment Purchases $ 750,000 (1995) Equipment Budget Mowing equipment (1998-2002) Computers/Laptop Digital cameras Stinger/Pick up trucks/ Street Sweeper/SUVs Greens & Tee Box mowers (12) Coliseum Square $ 325,000 Capital Project Renovations to Garden District (2002) Park, lighting, paving, benches, ADA issues, fountain assistance (2002) Operating Budget Repainted park fixtures (13) City Wide Tree Planting $ 48,000 Plant-a-Tree Trust Fund FEMA reimbursed most of cost - (1996) 1995 storm - 280 trees Total $316,200 Locations: Elysian Fields, Wall 1,492 trees planted Berhrman Park, Joe Brown Park, Pontchartrain Park, S. Claiborne, Broad $ 113,000 Plant-a-Tree Trust Fund 512 trees; Locations: So. (1997/1998) Claiborne, Argonne, Elysian Fields, St. Charles $ 85,200 Plant-a-Tree Trust Fund 420 Trees: Live Oak, So. (1999/2000) Magnolia, Crape Myrtle, Bald Cypress , Willow Oak, Savannah Holly, Green Ash and Chinese City Wide Tree Planting Pastiche; Locations: Milne, continued . Harrison, Filmore, Washington, Legacy Project 4 M. L. King, Gen. Meyer, Opelousas, Eton, Prentiss, Pasteur, Cameron, Vermillion, Tupelo, Caffin, N. Broad. $ 70,000 Plant-a-Tree Trust Fund 280 trees; Sawtooth, Cow, Live (2001/2002) and Cherrybark Oaks, Winged Elms, Chinese Fringe, Catalpas, Crape Myrtles, Sabal Palms, Green Ash, Bald Cypress; Locations: S & N. Claiborne, Broadway, Earhart, Rampart, St. Anthony, Poland, Elysian Fields, Michoud, Lake Forest. 1998 Parks and Parkways Landscape Architects provided a prioritized listing of neutral grounds and parks in need of trees in order to effectively and efficiently utilize resources (14) Brechtel Memorial Park (2001) AEDF/TLW/ARTinA/P&P Art Can contest initiated over 100 AEDF/AIA/LSLA/P&P cans painted Georgia Pacific Master Plan completed - Design Charette Timber Management Plan $ 50,000 Urban Bird Treaty Grant Urban Bird Treaty (2001) Parks and Parkways/Mayor’s Three Information kiosk installed, (Partial) Office of Intergovernmental natures trails expanded, four Relations Birding Seminars held Brechtel Memorial Park Continued . $ 90,835 Land, Water Conservation Playground equipment Legacy Project 5 (2001) Fund Grant Parks and Parkways (2001) Parks and Parkways Painted bridges over lagoons Operating Budget (15) Louis Armstrong Park $1,000,000 Parks and Parkways Louis Armstrong statue (2001/2002) Capital Project refurbished; Master Plan developed in conjunction with National Park Service and WWOZ Design Charette/Leases (2001) Operating Budget Repainted/Repaired Benches/etc. (Feb. 2001) Programming of park transferred to Department of Parks and Parkways from Property Management (16) Forestry Improvements $ 20,000 Forestry Grant to Parks and To complete the tree inventory, (July 2000) Parkways from LA Department of GIS/Arc View Training and #00-NORL-P Agriculture and Forestry internship $ 13,098 Forestry Grant to Parks and To complete the tree inventory, (July 2001) Parkways from LA Department of training and internship #01-NOTRL-P Agriculture and Forestry (2001) City Green Software from Calculations of benefits based on Environmental Affairs tree inventory 1996-2001 Statistics Work Orders Completed 10,401 Tree Trimmed 13,793 Trees Removed 4,745 Letters Received 13,763 Forestry Improvements Work Orders Generated 8,703 continued . Trees Added 14,903 Permits Issued 1,544 Legacy Project 6 Emergencies Worked 7,251 Earth Day w/Office of Information, food, ARTCan, April 20, 2002 Environmental Affairs Displays, Activities - Joe W. Parks and Parkways Brown Memorial Park (17) Tree Seminar March 21, 2002 Tree Seminar w/LSU Ag and LA Speakers: John Ball, Charles Arborist Association Fryling, Jr. and Ed Freytag - Parks and Parkways Armstrong Park (18) Landscaping Projects $ 39,000 NCR/Parks and Parkways Chef Menteur - Phase I (2000) 72 palms $ 48,000 NCR/Parks and Parkways Chef Menteur - Phase II (2000) 150 Cypress/pine $ 86,000 NCR/Parks and Parkways Crowder and Read - 165 date (1999/2000) palms, 86 sable palms, 128 crape $ 95,000 NCR/Parks and Parkways myrtles, eight plant beds (2001-2002) $ 4,000 (2000) NCR/Parks and Parkways Crowder and Read $ 700 (2001) $ 10,000 Hibernia Bank/Parks and A. P. Tureaud - 5 trees and (1996) Parkways shrub beds $ 100,000 Entergy/Parks and Parkways N. Claiborne - 60 trees, 8 large (2002) shrub beds Orleans, Elysian Fields and $ 2,000 Tulane Avenue I-10 ramps 147 (2002) Parks and Parkways trees & 3 shrub beds $ 0- So. Rampart Street - 9 holly trees (2002) Parks and Parkways and 2 shrub beds Cleveland Ave. down ramp - crape $ 1,723 Friends of the Library/Parks and myrtle trees (1998/1999) Parkways $ 808+ Parks and Parkways Main library - trees, roses and seasonal color Landscaping Project continued . Loyola and Poydras Street (1998/2002) Legacy Project 7 T-21 Funds I-10/I-610 Gateway landscaping projects (2002) Beautification and Barrier Walls/Public Works/Parks and Overall more trees added than Parkways removed Jazzland Jazzland Theme Park/ Paid for materials/Parkways Parks and Parkways installed (1999) Lake Forest Blvd. - 2 shrub beds and sod on neutral ground/cleaned Treme Villa paid for Treme Villa lots and I-10 exits materials/Parkways installed Department of Parks and (1999) Parkways Landscaping/cleaning beds (1994-2002) Maintained over 65,000 plants annually in greenhouse Added concrete borders at Loyola to reduce hand weeding (19) Partners: Cancer Survivor’s Park $1,000,000 Richard and Annette Bloch New park in CBD; maintenance (1995) Foundation/Grant; Parkway endowment for repairs to Partners/Parks and Parkways structures, electrical AIDS Monument $ 100,000 AIDS Monument; Bounded by Decatur, N. Peters on (1998/2002) Private Funds Esplanade Ave. Committee/Parkway Partners Cooperative Endeavor Agreement Upriver Greenway Project $ 120,000 TEA-21 Funds (TIP) Cooperative Endeavor Agreement Feasibility Study