For Immediate Release: April 9, 2009
Contact: Chris Macaluso
(225) 342-3968
chris.macaluso@la.gov
CPRA Meeting Agenda Set for Wednesday, April 15 at LaSalle Building in Baton Rouge
BATON ROUGE -- The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority will conduct a public meeting Wednesday, April 15, 2009 beginning at 9:30 a.m. in the LaBelle Room on the first floor of the LaSalle Building located at 617 North Third Street in Baton Rouge.
The meeting information and agenda is listed below:
CPRA MEETING
1st Floor LaSalle Building
617 North 3rd Street
Baton Rouge, LA
April 15, 2009- 9:30am
AGENDA
I. Call to Order
II. Roll Call
III. Approval of Agenda
IV. Executive Office Updates (Jerome Zeringue/CPRA)
V. Status Report on Orleans 17th Street and London Avenue Outfall Canals and Hurricane Protection System program update (Karen Durham-Aguilera/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
VI. Voting Item: 2010 Draft Annual Plan for Ecosystem Restoration and Hurricane Protection in Louisiana (Karim Belhadjali/CPRA)
VII. Report on the Draft "Recommendations for National Levee Safety Program, " a Report from the National Committee on Levee Safety (Bob Turner/SLFPAE)
VIII. Request for Advance Funds from CPR Fund to Allow the Opening of State Bid Advertisements for the CIAP/GIWW Bank Restoration of Critical Areas of Terrebonne Project (Greg Grandy/CPRA)
IX. Discussion Item: Conservation Easements (Steve Wilson/Levee Region 3)
X. Discussion Item: Restoration as Mitigation (Windell Curole/South LaFourche Levee District)
XI. Public Comments
XII. Adjournment
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.
The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority's mandate is to develop, implement and enforce a comprehensive coastal protection and restoration master plan. For the first time in Louisiana's history, this single state authority will integrate coastal restoration and hurricane protection by marshalling the expertise and resources of the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Transportation and Development, and other state agencies, to speak with one clear voice for the future of Louisiana's coast. Working with federal, state and local political subdivisions, including levee districts, the CPRA will work to establish a safe and sustainable coast that will protect our communities, the nation's critical energy infrastructure, and our bountiful natural resources for generations to come. The CPRA of Louisiana was established by Act 8 of the 1st Extraordinary Session of 2005.
