NEW ORLEANS -- The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority will conduct an emergency public meeting at the University of New Orleans today at 3 p.m. to approve hurricane protection and coastal restoration projects to be built using the $300 million in surplus funds provided by the state legislature and Governor Bobby Jindal in this year's second special session. The meeting will be held at the Homer L. Hitt Alumni Center's 2nd Floor Ballroom located at 2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, La. 70148.

The meeting agenda is as follows:

CPRA MEETING
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS
Homer Hitt Alumni Center, 2nd Floor Ballroom
August 13, 2008- 3:00pm

AGENDA

I. Call to Order

II. Roll Call

III. Motion to adopt Agenda

IV. Discussion/explanation of 30-year payback (Garret Graves)

V. Resolution thanking President Bush and General O'Dell for 30 year pay back for Greater New Orleans HPS (King Milling)

VI. Presentation on recommendation of surplus fund allocations (Garret Graves, David Miller, David Fruge, Chris Knotts)

VII. Discussion of surplus fund recommendations

VIII. Public comments on surplus fund recommendations

IX. Consideration of Recommendations

X. Delegation of authority for various agreements

XI. Adjournment

The following is a list of projects recommended for receipt of surplus funds by the Office of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority:

(all dollar figures below are in millions)

$100 Greater New Orleans -
$50 Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Hurricane Protection Project
(Includes previously committed $2.5M to accelerate building of Inner Harbor Navigation Canal storm surge protection structure)
$50 West Bank and Vicinity Hurricane Protection Project
(Includes previously committed $5M to accelerate West Bank and Vicinity Hurricane Protection Project)

$55 Morganza-to-the Gulf & Larose -to-Golden Meadow Hurricane Protection Projects
$40 Morganza-to-the-Gulf
$15 Larose-to-Golden Meadow

$5.5 Southwest Louisiana Coastal Study
$3 Southwest/Chenier
$1.5 Acadiana Gulf of Mexico Access Channel and Hurricane /Ecosystem Protection (Vermilion, Iberia, St. Mary)
$1 Cameron Creole Levee

$110 Restoration -
$45 Barrier Island Restoration / Shoreline Restoration and Protection
$30 Caminada Headland Barrier Shoreline/Elmers Island
$15 Cameron Gulf Shoreline Protection

$30 Mississippi River Freshwater Diversions -
$20 Bayou Lafourche
$7 Myrtle Grove
$3 Hope Canal/Maurepas Diversion

$20 Beneficial Use of Dredge Spoil from navigation channels
$15 Pipeline conveyance of dredge spoil/Dedicated Dredging

$16 Innovative Coast-wide Initiatives

$13.5 Emergency Reserve/Accelerated Advancement of High Priority Project

$300 Million Total

A map of the UNO Campus can be viewed at the following link:

If you need additional information, please call Chris Macaluso in The Governor's Office of Coastal Activities at (225) 342-3968 or email at chris.macaluso@la.gov.