Jury urged to speak with a unified voice on state 'coastal use' permits; counsel outlines how objections work

Citizen James Hyatt urged the Police Jury to present a unified voice on state 'coastal use' permit applications that the state circulates for comment, saying local residents will experience impacts and asking whether the parish can push state agencies to hold hearings. "I think it's a great idea if you wanna not have 2,000 plus cars coming down every day," Hyatt said, urging local coordination.

Legal counsel (responding to questions about process) described how the parish's input is submitted: if the jury votes to lodge an objection or include comments, the parish's administrative staff (Kara/Cara) will prepare and send a letter reflecting the jury's position to the state agency. Counsel warned that by default, if the jury takes no action, the parish letter will be 'no objection.' Jurors used the meeting to request that some state-concern permit items be pulled or delayed pending public hearing and asked staff to follow up on timing constraints and whether a special meeting would be necessary to meet state comment deadlines. The jury voted to ask certain permits be pulled and to request public hearings in some instances; they also discussed limits on parish authority over state natural-resource permitting.