Quality of Life

[Charlies Neighborhood News]

The Council passed Councilmember Giarrusso's motion to create a Quality of Life Special Committee to serve as a forum for constituents and City agencies to address quality of life issues within the City of New Orleans. The committee, which will consist of district Councilmembers, will hold public hearings to receive critical input from residents in an attempt to identify and address overlapping issues and complaints across districts.

Meetings of the committee will begin in the early part of 2019 and will focus on various issues not regularly discussed in other Council committees including blight, potholes, drainage, and more. Councilmember Giarrusso introduced the idea of the committee as a result of the volume of constituent calls and complaints amongst the various Council offices, many of which are similar or pertaining to the same issues. With the establishment of the Quality of Life Special Committee, the Council hopes to address these issues more efficiently and effectively through a more holistic and comprehensive approach.