Letters: West Finish at all times meant for use for public park | Our Views

Our elected council members and state representatives ought to work to maintain West End Lake Shore Park peaceable and assist the setting reasonably than threat a business growth on a vacation spot road.

West Finish Lake Shore Park was created by Louisiana State Act 209 of 1906 with the restriction that or not it’s used as “a public park or amusement park.” Nonetheless, the New Orleans Metropolis Council in 2015 rezoned the west facet of the park to blended use. In 2019, the council voted to extend the allowable constructing peak of 127 acres to 65 toes, permitting for an additional flooring of livable house in mid-rise housing models.

Town’s grasp plan for parks has clear objectives and techniques: Objective 3: “A Dedication to no lack of Public Land.” Objective 5: Extra entry to waterfronts. Technique A: “Set up methods and funding to make sure the town doesn’t lose acreage devoted to parks.”

There are 25 Heritage Oak Bushes within the 4.3 acres on the west facet of West Finish Lake Shore Park, leaving a buildable zone of 1.8 acres. Tons of of pelicans and different birds create the peaceable setting envisioned when the state turned over the land to New Orleans and Jefferson Parish to be a public park.

Seventeen years after Hurricane Katrina, Jefferson Parish realized its 1.3 acres in West Finish Park wanted to be in its parks’ finances. It is going to start caring for bushes. The opposite three acres are in Orleans Parish.

New Orleans elected officers are getting ready to go to the Legislature in 2023 to revise Act 209 to permit for business growth. Why can’t any of the 2019 parks property tax go to West Finish care? Why not apply for among the $50 million in Infrastructure Act funds accessible for Lake Pontchartrain?

CHARLES MARSALA

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