[StBernard] demo priority

[Westley Annis]

Having read today that the parish will give demolition priority to those
owners who already signed up for demo (and that the parish hopes that will
all be done in September), and then the parish will turn to the 600 or so
properties on the condemnation list that was published yesterday, here's an
idea.

Many of those who have been signed up for months are waiting to start
construction of a  new home on that lot. If the parish would allow anyone on
the demolition list to bring a copy of their contractor's contract agreement
as proof they are ready to start construction, couldn't these folks get
priority? Just seems that those ready to rebuild could go before those who
have no intentions of rebuilding. I have both types of relatives and they
all think this is not only fair, but in the best interest of the parish to
jump start recovery.

Craig, has this been explored? And can the parish get URG to demo everyone
who signed up so far demolished in the next 30 days or so or is that just
extremely optimistic?

ddk