In January 2010, the City Park Improvement Association issued an RFP for the development and management of the golf courses that was due by Thursday, February 11, 2010. Proposals were received from Billy Caspar Golf, Honours Golf, and the Bayou District Foundation.

District A
Tuesday, March 30th, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
City Park - Timken Center (old casino building) on Dreyfous Dr.
Parkview Terrace, 2nd floor

The New Orleans City Council, in coordination with the City Planning Commission, will hold public meetings in each Council District in an effort to inform and engage the public on the Master Plan, according to a press release from the council.

The council's Recovery Committee co-chairs, Cynthia Willard-Lewis and Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson, have scheduled the meetings from March 18-30. The public meetings will be held throughout New Orleans in each Council District.

Link to nola.com article

While the meeting may be dominated by the current threat to Audubon Park, also in District A, it is critical that all citizens continue their input into the "parks and open space" goals that are part of the new Master Plan.

For more documents and resources on the New Orleans Master Plan, visit the website.

In July 2009, attorney Michael Tifft filed suit against the City Park Improvement Association for violating the state's Open Meetings Law with regards to the May 26, 2009 meeting at which the 35-member Board of Directors of the CPIA unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing its staff to draft a RFP for golf courses in City Park, without any apparent or open public discussion among the Board members. Members of the public present at the May 26 public meeting were denied the opportunity to comment.

Further, the suit accused the Board of specifically avoiding open meeting law requirements by being briefed separately beforehand in small groups by the staff, in order to insure a unanimous vote without public discussion at the meeting.

"New Orleans developers also hope that the community can closely follow the East Lake model, although an arrangement with City Park and its golf courses is not yet complete, according to developers. The developers noted they had responded last month to a solicitation from the park, and they hope the golf course will provide an economic engine for their Bayou District efforts. They estimate the development will cost $430 million, $300 million of it devoted to housing."