Terrebonne Parish’s Community Development and Planning committee on Oct. 13 approved a string of property actions and grant-related resolutions, including rescinding a prior condemnation order, extending repair deadlines on multiple structures and scheduling numerous condemnation hearings across the parish.

The committee voted unanimously to rescind a condemnation order originally adopted July 23, 2024, for the residential structure at 8608 Park Avenue in Houma, owned in the record by Ricky J. Whipple and Dominique A. Bombland. The motion was moved by Mr. Troisclair and seconded by Mr. Harding; recorded machine votes showed 9 yays and the motion passed.

The committee also amended other condemnation orders to extend deadlines for repair or demolition. One amendment extended the deadline for eight residential structures on Alma Street; the item noted the properties had been sold and new tenants were renovating the houses. Another amendment extended the deadline for a residential property at 150 Garnet Street owned by Mandy Renee Briggs Pellegraine. Those motions passed with recorded votes of nine ayes.

The committee called condemnation hearings for a long list of addresses across Houma, Chauvin, Dulac, Thibodaux, Gibson, Montague, Grama and other locations. The clerk read a large set of addresses into the record and the committee set a hearing date of Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. for several of the properties listed.

Votes at a glance
- Rescind condemnation: 8608 Park Avenue (Whipple/Bombland). Moved: Troisclair. Second: Harding. Vote: 9-0 (passes).
- Amend condemnation (Alma Street properties): extended repair/demolition deadline from 10/29/2025 to 12/29/2025. Moved: Schonpoint. Second: Babin. Vote: 9-0 (passes). Note in discussion: owner sold properties and new tenants are renovating.
- Amend condemnation (150 Garnet Street, Mandy Renee Briggs Pellegraine): extend deadline from 10/14/2025 to 12/29/2025. Moved: Babin. Second: Sean Fine. Vote: 9-0 (passes).
- Resolution authorizing parish president to sign and submit a program income disposition application to the Louisiana Office of Community Development, Disaster Recovery. Moved: Babin. Second: Amede. Vote: 9-0 (passes).
- Condemnation hearings called (multiple addresses). Vote: passed (machine vote recorded as 'motion passed'); hearing scheduled for Oct. 28, 2025 at 5:30 p.m.
- Resolution authorizing the parish president to enter into an MOU with GOSEP for the Hurricane Francine Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP). Moved: Babin. Second: Champine. Vote: 9-0 (passes).
- Resolution authorizing Task Order 6 with Barocca and Panara Engineers and Consultants LLC (BBEC) for technical assistance and application/project support for HMGP Hurricane Francine grant program. Moved: Hamner. Second: Schonfine. Vote: 9-0 (passes).
- Resolution authorizing the parish president to execute documents to apply to the Administration for Children and Families for the Head Start program and to execute the 2026–2035 Head Start budget application. Moved: Babin. Second: Hamner. Vote: 9-0 (passes).
- Introduction of ordinance authorizing assignment of an act of donation from Options for Independence to the South Central Regional Affordable Community Housing Authority (SCRACH) and calling a public hearing for Oct. 29, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. Moved: Hamner. Second: Amede. Vote: 8 yeas, 1 abstention (passes).

Other items: The committee passed a resolution authorizing the parish president to enter into a program income disposition application to the Louisiana Office of Community Development Disaster Recovery, and moved forward several administrative housekeeping resolutions (appointment of engineering consultants for utility relocation, acceptance of contractor work certificates, cooperative agreements for mowing/litter pickup with DOTD and others). Several routine project acceptance and change order resolutions were approved with unanimous votes as recorded.

What staff said: When approving the Alma Street deadline extension, committee members noted the properties had changed ownership and new tenants were renovating the units, which was presented as the reason for granting extra time. Several motions were passed with machine votes recorded as unanimous (9 yays) and with no extended debate on the floor.

What was not decided here: No ordinance was adopted on second reading; the assignment of donation to SCRACH was introduced and a public hearing set. Where the transcript did not record an item detail (for example, internal project budgets or contractor quotes), the article notes that specific information was not specified in the meeting remarks.

Provenance: Discussion and motions on condemnation matters began at the Community Development and Planning meeting (transcript block starting at 113.134995) and the ordinance-introduction/public-hearing item closed the committee portion (transcript block starting at 666.805).