Regular Board Meeting
Board
President
Commissioner
Luke led the opening prayer and Commissioner Leward Henry led the Pledge of
Allegiance to the American Flag.
Upon
roll call by
Motion
of Commissioner Talbot, seconded by Commissioner Leward Henry, motion carried,
to accept and ratify the minutes of the Regular Committee Meeting dated
Motion
of Commissioner Talbot, seconded by Commissioner Leward Henry, motion carried, to
accept and ratify the minutes of the Finance Committee Meeting dated
Motion
of Commissioner Talbot, seconded by Commissioner Daisy, motion carried, to pull
the motion from the January 9 Planning & Projects Committee meeting
accepting bids for one track mounted crawler carrier scheduled for January 31,
2008, and to accept and ratify the remaining minutes of the Planning &
Projects Committee Meeting dated January 9, 2008. This motion also resets the bid opening date
to
Under
Public, there was no one wishing to address the board.
Mr. Ralph Cercy of Louisiana
Machinery made a presentation to the board regarding the Governmental Lease
Purchase Buy Back Program to purchase an excavator. The board expressed a sincere interest in
further consideration of this process.
Under Executive Director’s Report, Mr. Zeringue requested authorization to execute the Joint Funding Agreement with USGS for Real-Time Monitoring of two gauging stations at the TLCD floodgates for the period of October 2007 through September 2008.
Motion of Commissioner Talbot, seconded by Commissioner Moore, motion carried, to execute the Joint Funding Agreement with USGS for Real-Time Monitoring of two gauging stations at the TLCD floodgates for the period of October 2007 through September 2008.
Mr. Zeringue discussed the pipeline crossing for Williams Pipeline for the Reach J-1 segment of the Morganza to the Gulf Hurricane Protection Project. Last week, program management and staff met with Williams Pipeline regarding the options for the pipeline crossing. Williams Pipeline would like some assurances from the board that should the board request Williams Pipeline to move the pipeline within ten years, that TLCD would participate in cost sharing that effort.
A motion was offered by
Commissioner Willis Henry, seconded by Commissioner Daisy, motion carried, to
authorize Executive Director and staff to draft this commitment letter in the
event the board should request Williams Pipeline to relocate the pipeline.
Mr. Zeringue requested approval of a no-cost Change Order No. 4 with Low Land Construction for 40 additional calendar days for the Reach J-1A portion of the Morganza to the Gulf Hurricane Protection Project.
A motion was offered by Commissioner Leward Henry, seconded by Commissioner Willis Henry, motion carried, to approve Change Order No. 4 with Low Land Construction for 40 additional calendar days for the Reach J-1A portion of the Morganza to the Gulf Hurricane Protection Project.
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Mr. Zeringue asked the board for approval of the scope of work for the Upper Ward 7 Mitigation Project in the amount of $329,245.00.
A motion was offered by
Commissioner Leward Henry, seconded by Commissioner Daisy, motion carried, to
approve the scope of work for the Upper Ward 7 Mitigation Project.
Mr. Zeringue requested that the
board deviate to discuss the hiring of a firm to investigate the removal of a
barge in
A motion was offered by
Commissioner Talbot, seconded by Commissioner Luke, to deviate from the regular
order of the agenda to discuss the hiring of a firm to investigate the removal
of a barge in
During the storm, a 110’ barge was carried onto the top of the levee in Bayou Dularge. FEMA has been engaged to remove this barge and can provide an opportunity to participate in the cost of removal of the barge, provided the TLCD engages in obtaining an engineering firm to prepare bid specs to remove the barge and address all environmental concerns.
A motion was offered by
Commissioner Talbot to authorize the Executive Director to hire an engineering
firm to perform these investigations.
Commissioner Moore requested this item be brought back before the board
for reconsideration once all of the particular details pertaining to FEMA
participation, engineering firm estimates, etc. are available for full
consideration.
A motion was offered by Commissioner Moore, seconded by Commissioner Talbot, motion carried, to return to the regular order of the agenda.
Under Engineering Updates, no
updates were necessary.
Under President’s Report, Mr.
Alford had nothing to report.
There
being no further business to come before the Board, it was moved by
Commissioner Moore, seconded by Commissioner Lewardu Henry, unanimously
carried, to adjourn the January 14, 2008, Regular Meeting of the Terrebonne
Levee and Conservation District at 6:53 o’clock P.M.
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