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<br />2)1)Consider an annual registration of neighborhood, home-owner, and <br />tenant associations so that updated contact information can be <br />maintained and used to disseminate important community-wide <br />information (including such things as nearby development applications <br />or rezonings, capital improvement projects, and applicable ordinance <br />changes). <br />3)2)Consider formalizing a neighborhood-oriented planning program to: <br />a)Assist developers in their preparation of covenants and restrictions <br />for new development. <br />b)Ensure private common areas and amenities are adequately <br />maintained in perpetuity. <br />c)Implement neighborhood watch programs; this may be done in <br />coordination with the La Porte Police Department’s Police Area <br />Representative (PAR) program. <br />d)Help older communities develop neighborhood plans, which may <br />include elements that would normally be required for a housing <br />grant submittal and could, thus, be very effective as a grant <br />administration tool. Such a plan would highlight potential <br />development/redevelopment sites, infrastructure improvements, <br />increased buffering (to mitigate such things as noise from increased <br />truck traffic), links to important off-site amenities, etc. <br />e)Establish and facilitate an annual city-wide neighborhood, home- <br />owner, and tenant association meeting to gather input on how to <br />better coordinate efforts and develop <br />partnerships while seeking mutual benefit. <br /> <br />4)3)Expand and promote increased awareness of the <br />City’s program on traffic calming. This could include <br />notifying the neighborhood, homeowner, and tenant <br />associations about the program, increasing available <br />funding, and expanding the types of calming <br />measures available, e.g., speed humps, bulb-outs, <br />raised cross-walks, chicanes, etc. <br />5)4)Provide technical planning support for established <br /> <br />neighborhoods. Such support could address issues <br />An example of an existing street calming <br />related to open space preservation, street and <br />project in La Porte. <br />sidewalk improvements, traffic control, crime <br /> <br />prevention through environmental design (CPTED), <br />Source: Kendig Keast Collaborative. <br />code enforcement or navigating the available housing <br />programs. <br /> <br />GOAL 4: Promote opportunities for neighborhood improvement and <br />housing stock rehabilitation of the housing stock. <br />The community must remain cognizant of its older housing stock as <br />rehabilitation and reinvestment will become increasingly important to the <br />integrity and vitality of neighborhoods, particularly in the older areas around <br />Downtown, as well as in some areas throughout the community. Comments <br />2.11 <br /> <br />LAND USE & DEVELOPMENT <br />2.11 Adopted July 20, 2009 <br /> <br />