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or rezonings, capital improvement projects, and applicable ordinance <br />changes). <br />?)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 partnerships <br />while seeking mutual benefit. <br />41,3.).Expand and promote increased awareness of the City's <br />program on traffic calming. This could include notifying <br />the neighborhood, homeowner, and tenant associations <br />about the program, increasing available funding, and <br />expanding the types of calming measures available, e.g., <br />speed humps, bulb -outs, raised cross -walks, chicanes, <br />etc. <br />4) Provide technical planning support for established <br />neighborhoods. Such support could address issues <br />related to open space preservation, street and sidewalk <br />improvements, traffic control, crime prevention through <br />environmental design (CPTED), code enforcement or <br />navigating the available housing programs. <br />5) Consider modifying existing codes to improve compatibility between <br />..... <br />commercial areas and abutting residential properties. This could include <br />adding bulk and scale limitations (e.g., residential in scale); better design <br />sign, and lighting controls; improved buffering, among others. <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 />by residents during public participationut the puh!ic workshops indicated <br />