SCOPE OF WORK
STRATEGIC PLAN FOR JEFFERSON PARISH WESTBANK
JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA
RPC Project H.010170JP │ DOTD Project No. H.010170
Project Description
The purpose of this study will be to evaluate and make recommendations for development
scenarios in Fairfield on the Jefferson Parish Westbank. The project area will be bounded by the
Highway 90 to the north, Lake Cataouatche levee to the south, Bayou Segnette State Park to the
east, and St. Charles Parish to the west. With the $1.2 billion expansion of the Huey P. Long
Bridge, this area is expected to experience substantial growth, and this strategic plan will help to
manage this growth, using smart growth principles and best practices. The project will consist of
a managed growth plan for Fairfield, including land use, transportation, and stormwater
management components.
The Consultant will provide the planning, outreach, and engineering services to develop three
different development scenarios for the Fairfield area. This project requires 12% DBE
participation.
Tasks to be performed by the Consultant include:
TASK 1: PROJECT TIMELINE & KICK-OFF MEETING
The consultant will prepare a draft project schedule including major milestones (PMC meetings,
site visits, draft reviews, final report submission, etc.). The timeline will be submitted at a
project kick-off meeting that will include the consultant, all sub-consultants, RPC, and Jefferson
Parish Departments of Planning and Public Works. Other attendees will be invited as necessary.
The kick-off meeting will take place within two (2) weeks of the Notice to Proceed.
TASK 2: PROJECT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
The Consultant will assist RPC in establishing and supporting a Project Management Committee
to guide the technical work effort and to review the Consultant’s work products. The PMC will
include the RPC, Jefferson Parish Planning Department, Jefferson Parish Public Works, DOTD
District 02, and other organizations, as necessary. The Consultant will provide all necessary
agendas, handouts and exhibits in advance of the PMC meetings for RPC review and approval
and prepare summary minutes of the meetings.
The PMC will meet approximately four times during the course of the study effort. In addition,
the Consultant will as necessary conduct meetings with elected officials, land owners, and other
local leaders and organizations in the area to discuss the project’s purpose and need and
project-related opportunities and concerns. The Consultant will receive prior approval from RPC
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prior to initiating these contacts and prepare summary meeting minutes for review and
discussion with the PMC.
TASK 3: SITE INVESTIGATION, DATA COLLECTION, & ANALYSIS
3a. Site Visits
Site visits will be conducted and data collected in order to gather and record information
regarding the physical, engineering, land-use, and environmental features of the site. Such data
and information will include but may not be limited to adjacent land use designations, signal and
signage inventories, traffic counts on adjacent roadways, utility types, environmental/wetland
feature inventory, and photographs of current site conditions.
Deliverable: Photographs and GIS layers of existing site conditions.
3b. Stakeholder Interviews
Consultant will facilitate a meeting of the PMC and conduct a series of interviews with property
owners, applicable service providers, and Parish decision-makers who are most knowledgeable
about the area’s constraints and opportunities. The purpose of the interviews is to identify the
range of plans, goals, objectives and concerns that should be addressed when evaluating growth
alternatives.
Deliverable: Refinements of the base maps.
TASK 4: SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT
4a. Define Development Scenarios
Based on input from the stakeholder interviews and the assessment of existing conditions,
Consultant will develop three growth scenarios showing different intensities and mixes of land
uses within the study area. The development scenarios are intended to provide a basis to assess
the implications of varied development patterns for consistency with adopted plan goals, as well
as demands for public infrastructure, facilities and services. Consultant will solicit comments
from the PMC to ensure that the proposed scenarios adequately address the range of growth
and development opportunities.
Deliverable: Three growth scenarios that address land use, development intensity and character
of future development and public improvements in the study area. The scenarios will consist of
GIS-based parcel maps and text descriptions of the assumptions behind each scenario,
incorporating smart growth principles and best practices.
4b. Review Implications of Scenarios
Consultant will coordinate with RPC and Parish departments to compare the alternatives and
identify the relative impacts of each alternative on the following:
 Traffic and mobility needs
 Infrastructure and utility needs
 Land compatibility and resulting regulatory needs
 Build-out potential and likely timing of build-out
 Opinion of probable costs multiple for each scenario
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 Consistency with adopted comprehensive plan goals
Deliverable: Summary analysis of implications of each scenario.
4c. Select Preferred Alternative
After distributing the summary analysis from, Consultant will conduct an additional round of
interviews with stakeholders and facilitate a PMC meeting to discuss the implications of each
scenario and forge consensus for a preferred option, which may be one of the three initial
alternatives, but is more likely to be a hybrid. The preferred scenario will not be a zoning plan,
but will address the mix and intensity of land uses, as well as strategies to ensure compatible
transitions between different development patterns (e.g., building and site design standards,
transitions in scale and intensity, use-based buffering standards, transportation access and
connectivity standards).
Deliverable: Map, including GIS layers, and description of preferred scenario.
4d. Refine Plan Development
Based on the preferred scenario, Consultant will provide land-use goals for the area, measurable
objectives, area specific policies for development and a work program to achieve the plan’s
land-use goals and objectives. The work program will identify tasks that need to be completed,
the entity responsible for completion of the tasks and projected timeframe for initiation of each
task. These specific land-use goals, objectives, policies and implementation tasks will be
incorporated into the Envision Jefferson 2020 Comprehensive Plan.
Deliverable: Draft goals, objectives and policies and work program to fit within the Jefferson
Parish Comprehensive Plan.
TASK 5: DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORTATION GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND POLICIES
Based upon the recommended scenario identified in Task 4, the Consultant will estimate traffic
volumes and will provide recommendations for roadway and circulation needs within the area.
Recommendations should include locations for arterial roadways within the project area in
addition to connections to Jefferson Transit bus routes. The Consultant will also evaluate the
need for bicycle and pedestrian connections, as they relate to the overall connectivity
throughout Jefferson Parish. This should be coordinated closely with the Jefferson Parish Bicycle
Master Plan.
These specific transportation recommendations will be incorporated into the RPC’s Long-Range
Metropolitan Transportation Plan 2014 Update.
Deliverable: Report of Transportation Goals, Objectives, and Policies for this area and GIS layers
identifying location and type of transportation infrastructure recommended.
TASK 6: STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
This Consultant will explore additional enhancement options, such as landscaping and
stormwater management, to alleviate pressure on the drainage infrastructure during storm
events. The consultant should use this as an opportunity to implement innovative stormwater
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management practices, consistent with FHWA MAP21 guidance, as a pilot project of regional
significance.
Deliverable: Recommendations of specific stormwater management strategies appropriate for
this large scale development, including at least one pilot project location and type.
TASK 7: INFRASTRUCTURE, UTILITIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
The report will identify potential infrastructure, utilities, environmental constraints or other
issues that could influence the concept’s feasibility, timing, and impact on the physical, natural
and human environment. The Consultant will complete DOTD Stage 0 and environmental
checklists for the preferred scenario.
TASK 8: DRAFT REVIEW
A draft of the report with all documentation described above will be submitted to the PMC for
review by, at the latest, 75% of project completion. The report will include conceptual layouts
and descriptions of the proposed improvements in a format suitable for transmittal by
RPC/Jefferson Parish to LADOTD.
TASK 6: FINAL DELIVERABLES
Following review and approval of the draft submission, the Consultant will produce ten (10)
bound copies of the Final Report and supporting plan packages. Five (5) will be distributed to the
RPC, and five (5) will be distributed to Jefferson Parish. The Consultant will also produce six (6)
compact discs, each containing a pdf version of the final report and plan packages, and GIS
shapefiles, CAD files, and/or other accessory documentation created during the course of the
study. Three (3) compact discs will be provided to the RPC, and three (3) will be provided to
Jefferson Parish.
TIMELINE
Nine months
Budget
$125,000
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