PUBLIC NOTICE - - - CITY PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2025 PUBLIC HEARING: 1:30PM HOMELAND SECURITY CONFERENCE ROOM (CITY HALL – 8TH FLOOR) THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY COUNCIL MOTION M-24-500 AND THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION’S RULES, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2025, AT 1:30PM IN THE HOMELAND SECURITY CONFERENCE ROOM (CITY HALL – 8TH FLOOR) ON THE CANAL STREET STUDY: PROGRESS REPORT AND ANALYSIS OF CURRENT ISSUES CANAL STREET STUDY: PROGRESS REPORT AND ANALYSIS OF CURRENT ISSUES – The City Planning Commission is directed to conduct a public hearing and (1) compile and summarize previous studies executed as well as any advisory reports on the improvement of Canal Street between Claiborne Avenue and the Mississippi River to determine trends and key recommendations/findings, (2) highlight any recommendations from the 2018 City Planning Commission Canal Street Study that have been adopted or implemented to date including any works in progress, and (3) analyze and update new aspects of such, including, but not limited to: a. identifying key recommendations as well as any barriers that have prevented recommendations from being implemented; b. Identifying gaps in knowledge, resources, and considerations relevant to restoring Canal Street as a key destination in the City and that address any quality of life issues; c. Identifying opportunity sites for commercial or residential use, strategies to spur upper floor occupancy, as well as any key recommendations regarding retail attractions to the Canal Street corridor; d. Explore placemaking opportunities encouraging walkability, multi-modal forms of transportation, consistent landscaping, lighting, seating, and wayfinding that preserves historic architecture and character; e. Study transportation considerations including pedestrian safety, bicycling, bus and street car lines, and transit centers; f. Provide recommendations for regulatory or policy initiatives – including to the City Code, building code, state legislation, and the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance – that could be implemented to best accomplish and implement key recommendations; and g. Identify strategies for revitalization of major corridors in other cities that could be utilized for Canal Street. THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH MOTION M-24-500 AND THE CPC’S RULES, POLICIES, AND PROCEDURES WILL HEAR ALL INTERESTED PARTIES WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THE 2024 CANAL STREET STUDY. ALL INTERESTED PARTIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND AND ALL RELEVANT COMMENTS ARE ENCOURAGED. THE CPC WILL FOLLOW THE PUBLIC HEARING RULES ESTABLISHED WITHIN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE RULES, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. YOU MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN ADVANCE BY MAIL (1300 PERDIDO STREET, 7TH FLOOR, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112) OR BY EMAIL TO CPCINFO@NOLA.GOV. THE DEADLINE FOR WRITTEN COMMENTS FOR THIS INITIAL PUBLIC HEARING IS 5PM, MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2025; HOWEVER, WRITTEN COMMENTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ACCEPTED THROUGHOUT THE STUDY TIMEFRAME, AT LEAST THROUGH 5PM, MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2025. October 8, 2025 Robert Rivers, Executive Director NOCP 8689 161749-oct 8-1t $55.64