“If you actually watch the (March 9, 2016) meeting it’s not confusing at all,” assured Planning Commissioner Aaron Chaisson about Riverton Subdivision’s 780-lot preliminary plat approval. “I don’t know why we’re even discussing it.” Riverton’s developer, the Grady Melancon-owned SLC, LLC, was still negotiating with the parish on the morning of the plat’s consideration five years ago, ultimately […]
Sewer franchise fee to be dedicated for Ascension Parish recreation
05/17/2021 by
Contemplating issuance of an RFQ for a Parish Wide Recreation Master Plan, two Parish Council committees explored the means to fund recreation in the wake approval to sell Ascension’s sewer treatment assets on April 24. Back-to-back committee meetings on Recreation and Utilities on Thursday, and the council is preparing to spend the monies saved and/or generated by […]
With low turnout, sewer agreement garners widespread support
04/26/2021 by
With less than one-tenth of the electorate bothering to exercise the franchise, Ascension Parish’s Sewer Conveyance and Franchise Agreement with National Water Infrastructure (NWI) was approved by a comfortable 961-vote margin. 56% of the voters approved the deal, pitched as a means to fund other necessary infrastructure improvements more than an initiative to address the parish’s waterways […]
Cointment vetoes Council’s approval of Delaune Estates
04/16/2021 by
Dear Ascension Parish Residents: On April 15, 2021 Ascension’s Parish Council emerged from Executive Session to approve Delaune Estates’ (formerly Antebellum Pointe) subdivision preliminary plat. The 6-5 vote was cast settle the lawsuit entitled Delaune v. Ascension Parish Planning Commission, et al. Suit No. 129,606 in the 23rd Judicial District Court. After due consideration I […]
Livingston dismisses Laurel Ridge Levee litigation as Hwy 22 project funding okayed
03/23/2021 by
Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment and Livingston Parish President Layton Ricks have jointly announced a new cooperation between the two parishes to work together on regional drainage issues. The two Presidents have been meeting over the past several months to discuss issues critical to both. They found more common ground than differences. “Storm water does […]
DOTD expropriates property for Hwy 44 roundabout; property owner responds by obstructing view of roadway
03/03/2021 by
On January 28 Judge Alvin Turner signed the Expropriation Order whereby Louisiana DOTD takes possession of 1.445 acres in the southeast corner of the intersection formed by the junction of Hwy 44 and Hwy 941/Loosemore Road. At the southern city limits of Gonzales, the intersection has long been a chokepoint for motorists on one of Ascension’s more […]
Part of I-10 interchange plan, rules suspended to approve Buzzard Roost Industrial Park
01/19/2021 by
By a 5-1 vote on January 13 (Wednesday), Ascension’s Planning Commission approved the 1st Filing of Buzzard Roost Industrial Park. The action ignored the fact that Hwy 30 Level of Service is an unacceptable “E;” and the developer reneged on a deal made with neighboring landowners to provide a tree-lined buffer zone to shield residents. […]
Ascension Parish/City of Gonzales secure Watershed Initiative funding/permits for drainage projects
12/07/2020 by
Last week US Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit to begin work on long-neglected Boyle Bayou, part of a more comprehensive effort to alleviate drainage/flooding concerns bedeviling residents of south Ascension Parish, east of the Mississippi River. It is only a start if a mix of officials (state legislators, elected parish and municipal figures, and […]
Denial of Antebellum Pointe stands
07/27/2020 by
Needing eight votes to overturn the Planning Commission’s March 11 denial of Antebellum Pointe’s subdivision preliminary plat, Monday’s vote by the Planning Commission Appeals Board was 6-4 and the plat is denied. The Board is comprised of 11 Ascension Council members, one of whom (first-term Councilman Joel Robert) was not present. Three council newcomers (Chase […]
Taxpayers were not supposed pay for new courthouse (the $3 Million council resolution)
04/16/2020 by
Below you will find the resolution, unadulterated and in its entirety, whereby Ascension’s Parish Council seeks to offer up $3,000,000 for, in part, “Audio Visual Equipment for the Courtrooms at the New Courthouse.” This project was pitched from its inception under former President Kenny Matassa (recall Judge Jason Verdigets’ recusal in the criminal case because […]
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