Richard Appointed to Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority
On Friday November 21, 2008 Governor Bobby Jindal announced the appointment of David Richard to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. David Richard is from Lake Charles. He is executive vice president of Stream Property Management, Inc., a property management company. He is also a former wildlife biologist for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Richard will serve as a member of the authority residing in a parish west of the Atchafalaya River.
The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority develops a comprehensive master plan for coastal protection. It also writes an annual plan for protecting, conserving, and restoring the coastal area through the construction and management of hurricane protection and coastal restoration projects.
For more infomation, please see Governor Jindal's Press Release.
Concerned citizens in Terrebonne Parish are very worried because we have developers that purchased acres of land behind Barrios Subdivision. These developers are planning to put the biggest boat slip ever in the city limits of Houma, La. If the parish council approves this development by the developers meeting the old parish standards and guidelines, this huge boat slip will materialize putting people at a very serious safety risk. This is an L-shape boat slip that will be a half of a football field wide and eight to nine football fields long, 10 to 12 feet deep. This boat slip will be 600 feet from an elementary school. Concerned citizens of this community have been working hard to " SAVE THE LAND" and our local officials keep allowing developers to cut into the little land we have left here. We are doing all that we can to halt progress on this development which will only house ten people and their pleasure boats. Potentially damaging tidal waters or surges from storms can possibly cause major flooding. The surrounding area is very overly populated with three subdivisions next to each other and a school which houses 948 students ranging from age 4 to 12 years old. We are writing to everyone that can help us in this matter before our council allows these developers to go on with this development. If Terrebonne Parish is going to continue to ask for financial aid from the state and federal gov't for our community, then the officials need to stop allowing them to cut into the land in this parish the little land we have left. Removing nine football fields of land for a boat slip cut from the Intracoastal Canal, a major waterway, is crazy! What are people thinking? If you can be of any help to us please e-mail me. Thank you for your consideration regarding this important matter.