2015-0472
INTRODUCED BY: WILLIAM BILLY WOODRUFF, COUNCILMAN, DISTICT IV
ORDINANCE NO.
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An ordinance to approve and authorize the execution of a Contract, albeit not a requirement to enter into a professional disposal contract, with Couvillion Group, L.L.C. for removal & disposal services associated with Parish Project No. P160101 PRETTY BOY REMOVAL & DISPOSAL, and to also approve and to authorize the disposal of the vessel by any other means available to the Parish should the Parish decide to undertake an alternate mean of disposal, and to authorize and request that the Parish President seek recovery of the funds expended for its disposal from the vessel owner irrespective of whatever means of disposal is undertaken.
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WHEREAS, the Pretty Boy is shrimp boat approximately 45' in length which sank in Bayou Des Allemands in 2009; and,
WHEREAS, Bayou Des Allemands has been designated by the State as a Scenic River which affords it the protection it so well deserves; and,
WHEREAS, Bayou Des Allemands is a navigable waterway; and,
WHEREAS, the sunken vessel is situated about 35' off the east shoreline in the navigable waterway and poses a current hazard to navigation; and,
WHEREAS, over majority of the sunken vessel is located directly in front of Touchard Lane; and,
WHEREAS, the sunken vessel Pretty Boy is the only sunken vessel located along Down the Bayou Road and is the only sunken vessel visible to all resident, visitor, and sightseers which travel this road and which travel U.S. Highway 90 and LA 631; and,
WHEREAS, the residents in the nearby vicinity have requested that the vessel be disposed of in a petition that was submitted to the Parish which contained the signatures of 78 residents; and,
WHEREAS, the vessel has been sunk for approximately 6-1/2 years, is deteriorating, and is leaning more and more into the navigable waterway; and,
WHEREAS, with the deteriorating condition of the vessel, future unforeseen events such as hurrican...
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