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What Is UNOP?: The History Of Post-K Planning and Sunday’s City Park Meeting

Posted By no_maitri On July 31, 2006 @ 10:55 am In Government | Comments Disabled

Still in recovery and digestion mode from yesterday’s UNOP Workshop at City Park ^[1]. Less rebirth ^[2], more reeling (from). The most amusing and distressing aspect of the meeting for me was that I was the only one there representing the entire Lower Garden District (sure, Michelle Kimball of PRC acted on behalf of our neighborhood association president, but I was the only LGD resident present). Was it coincidence or prescience that I was there wearing my LGD shirt? Hmmm …

Becky Houtman has written a well-researched and insightful essay on the history of New Orleans planning since Katrina ^[3]. Please read it, applaud her effort and leave comments, tips and questions at her blog. For her yeoman service, she has won my essay contest ^[4] and will be awarded a platter of home-baked brownies in a ceremony for which, in the spirit of the current state of city planning, the time and place are still to be determined.

For a philosophical recap of yesterday’s meeting that starts “the most important planning process in American history,” please read Res Ipsa Loquitur by Schroeder ^[5]. A “democratic process” would have involved more than 20 chairs per planning district booth. For starters.

Accounts of the meeting are coming forward:

Adrastos: FUBAR ^[6]
Michael Homan: Red Dots For The UNOP ^[7]
Michael Homan’s response to John Pope’s “pep squad” article in the T-P (referenced above): Sunday’s UNOP Meeting ^[8]

Please do not forget that there is another meeting on Tuesday, August 1, 2006 from 4-9pm at the Pavilion of the Two Sisters in City Park, “allowing participants to select their top three choices for technical assistance teams to support their planning process. Following this meeting and until 5:00pm on Monday, August 7, participants will have the opportunity to [vote for] their top three teams.” Once we make contact with the planners and get their contact information, we can begin the calls for accountability and progress.

See previous articles in this series:
Sunday’s Unified New Orleans Plan(ning) Meeting ^[9]
NEIGHBORHOOD planning ^[10]
You Must Attend The Unified New Orleans Plan Meeting This Sunday ^[11]

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URLs in this post:

[1] yesterday’s UNOP Workshop at City Park: http://www.unifiedneworleansplan.com/home/section/5/

[2] rebirth: http://www.nola.com/newslogs/tpupdates/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_tpupdates/archives/2006_07_30.html#166824

[3] essay on the history of New Orleans planning since Katrina: http://beckyhoutman.com/2006/07/30/unified-new-orleans-plan-my-take-so-far-on-11-months-of-development/

[4] my essay contest: http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/930/

[5] Res Ipsa Loquitur by Schroeder: http://peoplegetready.blogspot.com/2006/07/res-ipsa-loquitur.html

[6] FUBAR: http://adrastos.blog-city.com/cityplanning_fiasco_fubar.htm

[7] Red Dots For The UNOP: http://michaelhoman.blogspot.com/2006/07/red-dots-for-unop.html

[8] Sunday’s UNOP Meeting: http://mcno.org/2006/07/31/sundays-unop-meeting/

[9] Sunday’s Unified New Orleans Plan(ning) Meeting: http://neworleans.metblogs.com/archives/2006/07/sundays_unified.phtml

[10] NEIGHBORHOOD planning: http://neworleans.metblogs.com/archives/2006/07/neighborhood_pl_1.phtml

[11] You Must Attend The Unified New Orleans Plan Meeting This Sunday: http://neworleans.metblogs.com/archives/2006/07/you_must_attend.phtml

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