2013-0208
INTRODUCED BY: PAUL J. HOGAN, PE, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT IV
ORDINANCE NO. 13-7-9
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An ordinance directing the Parish Administration to expeditiously begin the process to identify the design requirements required by FEMA and any other authorizing agencies needed to effectuate the lowering of the base flood elevations within the Sunset Drainage District and to subsequently fast-track the design, and construction of 1) a replacement bulkhead or any other necessary related improvements in Des Allemands along Bayou Des Allemands between the Sunset Drainage District Levee (SDD) and a point toward the north to be identified during the design phase to an elevation to be determined needed to effectuate the lowering of the BFE's, 2) a floodwall along Badeaux Lane East with a certifiable floodgate crossing LA 306 built at a height for future elevation improvements with the floodwall tying into the SDD levee on each end at an elevation to be determined needed to effectuate the lowering of the BFE in this area, or an alternate type of project to accomplish the same end result in this area, 3) a hump in Highway 90 at the Paradis Canal with associated levee or other flood protection improvements as needed to provide for an adequate elevation needed to effectuate the lowering of the BFE's from the SDD levee just south of Highway 90 to a point to be determined adjacent to LA 631, and 4) the raising of the crown of the SDD levee to elevations to be determined needed to effectuate the lowering of the BFE's, with all of these improvements being necessary to provide closure and flood protection to the District at elevations determined to be needed to effectuate the lowering of the BFE's in addition to simultaneously reducing the risk of flooding to the SDD; with funding to be provided for out of the Westbank Hurricane Protection Levee, Fund 310.
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WHEREAS, this ordinance shall be known as the “2013 Closure Ordinance”; and,
WHEREAS, the Sunset Drainage Distr...
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