SLS 23RS-199 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 11
BY SENATOR POPE
VETERANS. Provides for the expansion of the Louisiana Veterans Memorial Park pursuant
to the Capitol Complex Master Plan as envisioned by the Capitol Park Interpretive Plan.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To urge and request the commissioner of administration, through the office of state
3 buildings, to implement expansion of the Louisiana Veterans Memorial Park under
4 the Capitol Complex Master Plan as envisioned by the Capitol Park Interpretive
5 Plan.
6 WHEREAS, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 60 of the 2017 Regular Session of
7 the Legislature designated the gardens and grounds surrounding the Old Arsenal Museum
8 on the capitol grounds as the Louisiana Veterans Memorial Park, all part of the Capitol
9 Complex Master Plan; and
10 WHEREAS, R.S. 49:150.1 charges the director of the office of state buildings with
11 the management, operation, and maintenance of the Capitol Complex grounds, including the
12 Old Arsenal Museum and the Louisiana Veterans Memorial Park; and
13 WHEREAS, the Louisiana Veterans Memorial Park Monuments Master Plan
14 provides for six monument sites in the Capitol Park, placement of which is to be balanced
15 to retain the historical registry designation and historic character of the area surrounding the
16 Old Arsenal Museum as well as honoring the service and sacrifices of Louisiana members
17 of the military services and their families throughout the history of the United States of
18 America; and
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1 WHEREAS, the Capitol Complex attracts many visitors annually, both in-state and
2 out-of-state, to its buildings and grounds, including the Old Arsenal Museum and the
3 Louisiana Veterans Memorial Park; and
4 WHEREAS, parking for visitors, particularly during sessions of the legislature, is a
5 major concern which should be addressed as quickly as possible; and
6 WHEREAS, opportunity for expansion of the Louisiana Veterans Memorial Park to
7 the south and improved connection of the memorial park to the core of Capitol Park may be
8 accomplished by demolition of the current parking garage of the old state insurance building
9 and converting that space into additional planned parking space for Capitol Park visitors; and
10 WHEREAS, additional efforts to alleviate parking problems in the Capitol Complex
11 can be accomplished by construction of a parking garage on the site of the existing surface
12 parking area directly north of the Capitol Annex and south of the Claiborne Building through
13 the capital outlay funding program as envisioned in the Capitol Park Interpretive Plan; and
14 WHEREAS, the Capitol Park Interpretive Plan further envisions routing traffic on
15 a portion of North Fifth Street and State Capitol Drive around Capital Park in order to
16 expand the footprint of the Louisiana Veterans Memorial Park allowing additional space for
17 its visitors and also helping to remember and honor our veterans in a thoughtful and
18 dignified manner.
19 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
20 urge and request the commissioner of administration, through the office of state buildings,
21 to implement expansion of the Louisiana Veterans Memorial Park under the Capitol
22 Complex Master Plan, as envisioned in the Capitol Park Interpretive Plan particularly as it
23 relates to the demolition of the old state insurance building parking garage, converting that
24 space into additional planned parking space for Capitol Park visitors, and construction of a
25 parking garage on the site of the existing surface parking lot between the Capitol Annex and
26 the Claiborne Building.
27 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
28 Commissioner of Administration, Jay Dardenne.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Thomas L. Tyler.
DIGEST
SCR 11 Original 2023 Regular Session Pope
Requests the commissioner of administration, through the office of state buildings, to
implement expansion of the Louisiana Veterans Memorial Park under the Capitol Complex
Master Plan, as envisioned in the Capitol Park Interpretive Plan particularly as it relates to
the demolition of the old state insurance building parking garage, converting that space for
additional planned parking space for Capitol Park visitors, and construction of a parking
garage on the site of the existing surface parking lot between the Capitol Annex and the
Claiborne Building.
Provides that a copy of the Resolution be transmitted to Commissioner of Administration,
Jay Dardenne.
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