Fiscal Year 2009 Annual Plan: Ecosystem Restoration and Hurricane Protection in Coastal Louisiana Draft

The CPRA will receive written comments and recommendations on the draft annual plan until March 3, Written comments should be mailed (to arrive no later than March 13, 2008) to the following address: Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority c/o DNR P.O. Box Baton Rouge, LA

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 3:00pm Central School 809 Kirby Street Lake Charles, LA Thursday, January 17, 2008 at 3:00pm Lindy Boggs Conference Center CERM Building 2045 Lakeshore Drive, Room 256 New Orleans, LA Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 3:00pm Vermilion Parish Library Abbeville Branch 405 E. Saint Victor Street Abbeville, LA Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 3:00pm Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government Government Tower Building Council Meeting Room, 2nd Floor 8026 Main Street Houma, LA 70360

Background

Projects in the Annual Plan are integral to the accomplishment of the Comprehensive State Master Plan.

What Does the Annual Plan Do?

Provides Accountability Annual Plan shows what we are doing and how we are spending money Provides the framework for determining accountability based on program performance Focuses expenditures on highest priorities and opportunities

Identifies Funding Needs for Fiscal Year Annual Plan describes how the State and our federal partners intend to protect and restore Louisiana’s coast in FY Annual Plan outlines ongoing and future projects and their funding requirements for FY Annual Plan makes recommendations on how dollars from the Coastal Protection & Restoration Fund, Capital Outlay funds, CIAP and other sources should be applied to achieve these goals Annual Plan identifies needs that are not currently funded.

Criteria for Project Selection Selected projects must be consistent with the Urgent Early Actions of the Master Plan A balance of hurricane protection and ecosystem restoration projects must be selected, in keeping with stated desire to maintain balance in the implementation of the Master Plan Projects will be selected from each of the three “major basins” Emergency project repairs or projects that address emergency needs related to continuing coastal ecosystem degradation may be included A portion of the funds should be used to build scientific and technical capacity within the State in order to accelerate planning, engineering, and design of Master Plan projects

Sources of State Funding Traditional Sources –Coastal Protection & Restoration Fund –Capital Outlay Fund Non-Traditional Source –State Surplus Funds

Annual Plan Overview (in millions)

FY09 Annual Plan Summary of Proposed Funding Hurricane Protection - $15,000,000* Southwest Coastal Louisiana Project (Planning) Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity (Construction) (*Proposed Capital Outlay) Coastal Restoration - $129,494,724 CWPPRA Phase I - $1,149,000 Bayou Dupont Marsh and Ridge Creation Project Bohemia Mississippi River Reintroduction Project Caernarvon Outfall Management/Lake Lery Shoreline Protection Project West Pointe a la Hache Marsh Creation Project

Highlights of Current Program

Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Financing Corporation Established by Act 249 of the 2007 regular session Establishes a public corporate body for the special purpose of financing, purchasing, owning and managing of the Offshore Royalty Revenues and the Offshore Royalty Revenue Assets including those from the Outer Continental Shelf Establishes mechanism for securitization of future potential revenue streams such as the Offshore Royalty Revenues (OCS monies) and tobacco settlement

CIAP Highlights Louisiana was the first state to submit CIAP plan to MMS (June 1, 2007) Louisiana was the first state to receive MMS approval of CIAP plan (November 29, 2007) Louisiana will be the first state to receive CIAP grants– first grants expected to be approved February 2008

CIAP Highlights 1 project is in construction 6 projects are ready to go to construction after grants are approved by MMS 4 more projects have engineering consultants selected 6 projects under contract with consultant, project work initiated All state CIAP restoration projects have had some level of work done to move them ahead

CWPPRA Highlights 6 projects constructed in last 12 months Currently total of 11 projects that are either under construction or in process of being advertised for construction 47 projects in engineering and design Design completed on additional 4 projects for a total of 14 projects eligible to compete for the available 2008 federal CWPPRA monies

FY 2008 State Surplus Highlights $200 million appropriated and transferred to the Coastal Protection & Restoration Fund in summer 2007 Used to match federal funds Used to advance state funded only projects Provides flexibility to advance federally funded projects 1 project is completed, 2 projects are under construction, progress on all other projects

MRGO Closure Corps is currently processing a MRGO De- authorization Report Legislative EIS State will start real estate negotiations & acquisitions this spring based on Corps supplied R/W requirements

Post Katrina Emergency Supplemental Highlights Third Supplemental –$1.9 billion focused on repairing and raising hurricane protection projects in N.O. to design height (100% federal funding) is completed or fully underway –$500,000 for Southwest Louisiana Reconnaissance Study (100% federal funding) completed and Feasibility Study stage is being negotiated

Post Katrina Emergency Supplemental Highlights Fourth Supplemental (June 16, 2006) –$–$3.2 billion for reinforcing, repairing, replacing, improving, and/or building, floodwalls, pumps, levees---all underway (including non-federal levees in Terrebonne Parish), incorporating non-federal levees in Plaquemines Parish, coastal restoration, and the Corps plan to close MRGO (all 100% federal) –$–$495.3 million to raise to “new 100-year level of protection” Lake Pontchartrain (cost shared at 30% state/local match) West Bank levee projects (cost shared at 35% state/local match)

Fifth Supplemental (June 1, 2007) –$–$1.3 billion to accelerate completion of 2 nd phase Lake Pontchartrain & West Bank & Vicinity projects to original authorized levels (100% federal) is underway –$–$25.5 million provided for Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control (SELA) Project (cost shared at 25% state/local match)

Draft Annual Plan Fiscal Year 2009

Projects State Proposes to Fund FY 2009 Based on Estimate of Currently Available Funds

Protection, Restoration & Infrastructure TOTAL$144,494,724

Projects Requiring Additional State Funding To Be Identified Before Being Pursued

Unmet Needs FY2009 Requiring Funding Assistance TOTAL $972,955,426

What We Heard From Public Show each projects specific funding. Prioritize projects on the unfunded list. Include ongoing projects with schedules and budgets that reflect backwards and forwards at least two years. Tag projects by the planning units associated with the master plan. Lack of projects in the Southwest area. Fund Infrastructure projects such as La 1 Provide mechanisms for adding additional projects to the unfunded list.

Next Steps Address annual plan format comments Rework distribution using most current budget estimate Address public comment and input to extent possible Submit in late-March to CPRA for approval to submit to House and Senate Natural Resource Committees at beginning of Regular Session