[StBernard] Trees, Cars, Boats and Drainage

[Westley Annis]

I'd like to know if there are funds budgeted to trim our beautiful 
trees  on our public rights of way, such as Judge Perez Dr, Palmisano, 
Corinne, DeBouchel, etc.  The trees are under stress and the limbs that 
are broken are way too big and too high for volunteers to do any 
trimming safely.  If no funds are budgeted by SBPG, and I doubt they 
were, is it eligible for FEMA reimbursement and has the SBPG asked for 
this?

Also, the last I read about abandoned vehicles was that the State DOTD 
was about to award a state contract to tow away vehicles that have not 
yet been picked up by owners or insurance companies. We are now 
starting our FIFTH month  and there are still so many vehicles in 
trees, and on lawns and neutral grounds remaining. I'd like to know if 
DOTD did award the contract and if so, when will they get to St. 
Bernard? And if I knew for a fact that they didn't, I don't mind making 
a few calls to DOTD and find out who we can all send emails to about 
this.  Perhaps SBPG decided to handle this apart from DOTD, which may 
not be a bad idea. Anyone know anything about this?

Also, although a lot of boats have been removed, the huge shrimp boat 
 from New Orleans is still sitting on someone's house towards the 40 
Arpent Canal near Val Reiss Park. Any updates on boat removals from 
residential areas?

And finally, I have noticed that our catch basins are so full of debris 
and mud that drainage just isn't there for many streets. What is the 
status of vacuuming out the drains.One house being pressure washed 
floods the street. The April and May rains will soon be here and there 
are so many clogged lines that we could be headed for street flooding 
because the water can't reach the canals and culverts. Are there crews 
working on this and can we get updates on that like the other utilities 
on the sbpg.net website?


Deborah Keller