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Parish seeks repairs after drainage work at McCall Dock was torn up by lessee, staff says
Summary
Parish staff reported damage to a parish‑funded drainage (levee/levy) improvement at McCall Dock; the land lessee agreed to repair the damage in September but then stopped communicating, and staff asked the board to authorize legal notice and oversight including pre/post surveys to ensure the elevation is restored to design specs.
Speaker 9 told the jury that work to beneficially use dredge material at McCall Dock (a parish drainage improvement project begun in 2023 with roughly $150,000 allocated) has been damaged. Staff inspected the site in September and again recently and documented linear‑foot damage to the drainage improvements. Speaker 9 said the lessee (identified in discussion as a firm lessee with a contact named Chris) initially agreed to repair the damage and to coordinate oversight with parish staff (Carl Melvin Nunez), but communication stopped after September 18 and no timeline for repairs was provided.
Staff told jurors they had informed legal counsel and planned to send a formal notice to the landowner, require pre‑ and post‑construction surveys to verify the designed elevation, and seek to recover costs if the servitude agreement obligation is not met. Jurors said they wanted the district attorney to prepare a demand letter and emphasized parish oversight during any repair work.
Ending: The jury directed staff and legal to prepare enforcement correspondence, request timelines and surveys from the lessee, and escalate to legal remedies if the landowner does not comply; no vote to authorize expenditure or litigation was recorded in the meeting minutes.
