[StBernard] your data request

[Westley Annis]

Allison, thanks for your prompt reply. The issue we have now is that once the properties are sold to the corporation under LRA, the grass is not being cut and the neighboring property owners are frustrated over the condition of the LRA property. Property owners are looking for on-line access as to which properties are now sold to LRA and are therefore more neglected than they were before the sale to LRA. LRA will be hearing from the St. Bernard owners who will not tolerate this neglect while LRA figures out who is going to maintain the properties.  Structures that were totally flooded and now have been neglected for two years should be torn down as being beyond repair, and the sooner the better.  The Road Home Program never mentioned that coming home meant that two years after the storm you'd  live among the festering remains of those who took the road out while the LRA figures out what to do. The LRA should have been ready to take each property in whatever state it is on closing date, and immediately secure and clean it up. Feel free to forward to anyone in LRA who cares. Sincerely, Deborah Keller, St. Bernard Planning Commissioner, Vice Chair. 
 
 
In a message dated 7/2/2007 10:58:57 A.M. Central Daylight Time, allisonp at gnonkw.org writes:

	Hi Deborah, 

	I can see your dilemma about the properties that the LRA owns.  Unfortunately we don’t have that data.  And we don’t have the technology to display parcel level data so we would not able to display this data if we did have it.  I’m afraid the only source for that information would be the LRA, or the state’s Office of Community Development, or ICF.  But ultimately, I thought they would be turning those properties over to the parish, no?  Then you would have access to the data I should hope.

	

	Sorry we can’t be more helpful.

	Allison 

	

	

	You wrote:

	Property owners in St. Bernard need to know the addresses of properties which the LRA has purchased so they can keeping checking the list LRA is not maintaining the grass at these properties. Many are adjacent to rebuilt homes. This is not fair and if the houses had not been sold to the LRA the parish could enforce the grass cutting fines.

	Please advise if there is a way to access on your website addresses of properties now owned by the corporation under LRA. Thanks