§4072. Drainage operations; city of New Orleans
A.At the beginning of every quarter, the Coastal Protection Restoration Authority,
the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, the Governor's Office of
Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, and representatives from the Jefferson
Parish Department of Public Works, the Saint Bernard Parish Department of Public Works,
and the Plaquemines Parish Engineering & Public Works Department shall meet with the
executive director of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans and his team to develop
a coordinated southeast Louisiana urban flood prevention plan. The purposes of the meetings
shall be to identify areas that need to be addressed in order to allow for proper drainage, to
model and predict storm drainage in the multipar
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§4072. Drainage operations; city of New Orleans
A. At the beginning of every quarter, the Coastal Protection Restoration Authority,
the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, the Governor's Office of
Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, and representatives from the Jefferson
Parish Department of Public Works, the Saint Bernard Parish Department of Public Works,
and the Plaquemines Parish Engineering & Public Works Department shall meet with the
executive director of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans and his team to develop
a coordinated southeast Louisiana urban flood prevention plan. The purposes of the meetings
shall be to identify areas that need to be addressed in order to allow for proper drainage, to
model and predict storm drainage in the multiparish area, and to anticipate emergency
response priorities. The plan shall be presented to the members of the New Orleans
Delegation and the city council of New Orleans annually on May fifteenth, beginning May
15, 2025.
B.(1) The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans shall be responsible for all
drainage operations in the city of New Orleans. The city of New Orleans shall transfer all
employees and equipment used for drainage maintenance to the Sewerage and Water Board
of New Orleans.
(2) The city of New Orleans shall allocate on an annual basis to the Sewerage and
Water Board of New Orleans the same level of funding that the New Orleans Department of
Public Works utilized in Fiscal Year 2023 for drainage operations. Any other increases in
funding by the city of New Orleans to the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans shall
be subject to New Orleans City Council approval.
C. The city of New Orleans, the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, and the
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority shall sign a cooperative endeavor agreement
to assist in the coordination of the city of New Orleans award of one hundred forty-one
million three hundred thousand dollars from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development National Disaster Resilience Grant.
D. The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans and the Louisiana Department
of Transportation and Development shall sign a cooperative endeavor agreement allowing
the option to undertake contracting responsibilities, including procurement, quality
assurance, and payments, of any special capital improvement projects over one hundred
million dollars. In addition, the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans and the
Department of Transportation and Development shall create and update annually a capital
improvement plan, including a cost-benefit analysis of future projects and a maintenance
plan to ensure the longevity of the infrastructure of the Sewerage and Water Board of New
Orleans.