"Technical Report of the Office of State Planning
Task Force: Establishment of an Office of State Planning
for the State of Louisiana" and Appendices

Report:

• Technical Report of the Office of State Planning Task Force (released 02.15.08)

Appendices:
Existing planning enabling legislation in Louisiana

• RS 39:21 (state planning) and RS 39:31 (state strategic planning)
• RS 33:106 and RS 33:109 (planning commissions and local planning)
• RS 33:130, RS 33:132, and RS 33:137 (regional planning commissions)
• RS 33:140 (planning and development districts and master plans)

Documents created pursuant to December 18, 2007 meeting:

• Minutes
• Consensus items summary

December 18, 2007 pre-meeting mail-outs:

• December 18 task force meeting agenda
• HCR 229 (Office of State Planning study resolution)
• Louisiana Speaks Regional Plan document
• Louisiana Speaks Regional Plan Appendix C (state planning best practices)
• Office of State Planning Task Force roster
• Office of State Planning summary PowerPoint
• Office of State Planning summary idea summary
• Office of State Planning summary fact sheet

December 18, 2007 meeting hand-outs:

• John Frece presentation PowerPoint
• "State Summaries" summary document
• Kevin Belanger notes regarding La. state planning practices and recommendations

January 30, 2008 pre-meeting mail-outs:

• December 18, 2007 Meeting Minutes

January 30, 2008 meeting hand-outs:

• Office of State Planning Task Force January 30, 2008 Meeting Agenda
• December 18, 2007 Meeting Summary and Draft Report Recommendations PowerPoint
• Attachment A – Recommendations from Draft Report (with tracked changes)

Documents created pursuant to January 30, 2008 Meeting:

• Minutes

Additional background material:

• Rod Emmer, James Wilkins, Lisa Schiavinato, Mark Davis and Mike Wascom, “Hazard Mitigation and Land Use Planning in Coastal Louisiana: Recommendations For The Future.” Louisiana Sea Grant Program, 2008.
• Louisiana Speaks Regional Plan Strategic Implementation Plan Policy Paper no. 1 (Establishing an Office of State Planning)
• Louisiana Speaks Regional Plan, Strategic Implementation Plan Policy Paper no. 2 (A Statewide Framework for Local Comprehensive Planning)