[StBernard] NEWS ADVISORY: Future of St. Bernard Parish Flood Protection to be Addressed at Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority - East (SLFPAE) Meeting March 19th

[Westley Annis]

wow, what a gloom and doom threat:  "pay an additional 7.5 mils or we won't be able to do our job and you will have increased flooding, decreased hurricane preparedness, little maintenance to canals, and unaffordable flood insurance rates"
 
way to scare off new homeowners
 
http://files.ctctcdn.com/cd80c327001/0e569f94-3eaf-4399-ac86-bd3bffa3d644.pdf
 
wonder how efficient these levee districts would be if they consolidated and share the cost; certainly the concrete wall and sector gates benefit Orleans.  
 
 
-----Original Message-----
NEWS ADVISORY 


The Future of St. Bernard Parish Flood Protection to be Addressed at the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East (SLFPAE) Board of Commissioners Meeting - Thursday, March 19th, 9:30 a.m, St. Bernard Parish Government Complex: 
  
Lake Borgne Basin Levee District (LBBLD) Executive Director Nick Cali to Present on May 2nd Flood Protection Millage 
  
WHAT:  The Lake Borgne Basin Levee District (LBBLD) Executive Director Nick Cali will make a presentation regarding St. Bernard Parish flood protection before the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East (SLFPAE) on Thursday, March 19, 2015 at the St. Bernard Parish Government Complex. Cali will outline the specifics of a proposed flood protection operation and maintenance millage that will be on St. Bernard Parish Ballots on May 2nd. 

» To view the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East Regular Meeting Agenda, click here <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001hO5vvzjTLsj9olsl8DlZMdS6PqOwdUWXGhetsL7A_vaxGNWU5cXqeJzJ8IJgzDpr-QPXkfYs7pEdg3lodiT_4pp9-9TBV88YYDJLVbMLIykRoZxYOS6laipHJMKemf5chmfQXEJM4etqCIQw7I4lS1ICGSNWmER2uQRLOKUw4glDghivw07wG6EvzFOmNEIvf-i0xMJy4hk726suA-cZbGUtyG4jL-vQ17YiQc-ImABnU8Qbw6oXUg==&c=HkInXUdPM_NuOKDy0STodPSxYhZ-wzxLhGR_X4LqmmgnB1lAbZQXtg==&ch=IuT4DEoo0WSmIlRqv_60v9DIlGfVf49yx7M5o0s34NfUoJVPxFxGVA==>  

» For additional information about the proposed flood protection millage, click here <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001hO5vvzjTLsj9olsl8DlZMdS6PqOwdUWXGhetsL7A_vaxGNWU5cXqeJzJ8IJgzDprWOJ_ZtfB-FXS-Fp4oM5SzgH59jemUr-y1JPyaMzCuUxHwPLgyhFTzlMH0Zj4D68E0zXOmLL4rNHls8aZt-I6Q8XyzoG3MzTYbreiaZQaWnPhOxv9SJDL1G4gTyYZgMA22OovNWcF2Pr1-U7uvDa-wFmWPlZwuPy9p2r_joX1g1jXWoUZjLhukA==&c=HkInXUdPM_NuOKDy0STodPSxYhZ-wzxLhGR_X4LqmmgnB1lAbZQXtg==&ch=IuT4DEoo0WSmIlRqv_60v9DIlGfVf49yx7M5o0s34NfUoJVPxFxGVA==>  




WHEN: Thursday, March 19, 2015, 9:30 a.m. 


WHERE: The St. Bernard Parish Government Complex, Parish Council Chamber 

8201 West Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette 


WHO:  SLFPAE Board of Commissioners: Stephen Estopinal, President; Joe Hassinger, Vice President; Louis E. Wittie, Secretary; Wilton P. Tilly III, P.E., Treasurer; Kelly McHugh, Commissioner; G. Paul Kemp, Commissioner; Jefferson Angers, Commissioner; Richard A. Luettich, Jr., Commissioner; Tyrone Ben, Commissioner; Nicholas P. Cali, Lake Borgne Basin Levee District Executive Director 

BACKGROUND:  The Lake Borgne Basin Levee District (LBBLD) is the flood protection arm of the St. Bernard Parish community responsible for maintaining and operating a system of levees, floodwalls, floodgates, closure structures, pump stations and drainage canals including the new $1.4 billion in improvements constructed after Katrina. 
	

LBBLD Operation and Maintenance Responsibilities

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LBBLD is legally required to operate & maintain the following features:


*	60 miles of levees including the Mississippi River, Back Protection and Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Hurricane Protection Levees
*	55 miles of drainage canals
*	33 floodgates
*	2 navigation floodgates (sector gates)
*	8 drainage pump stations

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About $1.4 billion worth of this infrastructure was built after Katrina, including:


*	23 miles of new floodwall
*	2 new navigation floodgates (sector gates) at Bayou Dupre and at Caernarvon Canal
*	12 new land-based floodgates
*	4 new highway floodgates and 1 new railroad floodgate