2012-0073
INTRODUCED BY: V.J. ST. PIERRE, JR., PARISH PRESIDENT
CAROLYN K. SCHEXNAYDRE, COUNCILWOMAN-AT-LARGE, DIVISION A
CLAYTON FAUCHEUX, JR., COUNCILMAN-AT-LARGE, DIVISION B
TERRELL D. WILSON, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT I
SHELLEY M. TASTET, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT II
WENDY BENEDETTO, COUNCILWOMAN, DISTRICT III
PAUL J. HOGAN, PE, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT IV
LARRY COCHRAN, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT V
TRACI A. FLETCHER, COUNCILWOMAN, DISTRICT VI
DENNIS NUSS, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT VII
RESOLUTION NO. 5584
Title
A resolution to request that the Louisiana Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority include Hurricane Protection for the West Bank of St. Charles Parish in its list of projects in the Louisiana 2012 Coastal Master Plan.
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WHEREAS, the Draft 2012 Coastal Master Plan excludes the Donaldsonville to the Gulf Hurricane Protection Project and Hurricane Protection for the West Bank of St. Charles Parish from its list of 145 projects for a sustainable coast; and,
WHEREAS, on the East Side of the Parish the Corps of Engineers is completing the West Bank and Vicinity Hurricane Storm Damage Risk Reduction Project and to the West Side of the Parish is the Sunset Drainage District Levee, leaving a gap on the West Bank of St. Charles Parish that will act as a funnel for storm surge in a devastating manner to the unprotected areas of St. Charles Parish; and,
WHEREAS, the Corps of engineers and the State of Louisiana have recently permitted a hurricane protection project behind the Willowridge Subdivision and are currently working with the Parish to permit other phases of the West Bank Hurricane Protection Levee, designed in accordance with the latest IPET standards, which generally coincide with the Highway 90 Alignment of the Donaldsonville to the Gulf Project; and,
WHEREAS, LRS 33:109.1 states that whenever a parish has adopted a master plan, state agencies and departments shall consider such adopted master plan before undertaking any activity or action which w...
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