2016 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 129
BY SENATOR BISHOP
A RESOLUTION
To urge and request the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORDC) to
provide a detailed report on the status of opening Pradat Playground and Pool.
WHEREAS, in 2004 voters in the city of New Orleans authorized the city's overall
two hundred sixty million dollar bond program; and
WHEREAS, in March 2015, the city of New Orleans successfully sold sixty-five
million dollars in taxable public improvement bonds to improve streets, parks and
playgrounds, public libraries, and other public buildings; and
WHEREAS, the sixty-five million dollar bond sale will finance a total of forty-six
projects including seven million five hundred thousand dollars to improve NORDC
facilities; and
WHEREAS, Pradat Playground has been identified by NORDC as having bond
funded projects in the amount of three hundred thousand dollars; and
WHEREAS, under Project number NRD061, Pradat Pool has a total funding of four
hundred sixty-two thousand eight hundred sixty-five dollars for park improvements; and
WHEREAS, NORDC has recommended one million dollars in "Citywide Pool
Renovations", which includes replacement of pumps, filters, chlorination system, showers,
restrooms, pool tubs, and fencing; and
WHEREAS, the city of New Orleans has not projected an estimated completion date
for completion of Pradat Pool under Project number NRD061.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby urge and request the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission to
provide a detailed report on the status of opening Pradat Playground and Pool.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the New Orleans Recreation Development
Commission shall submit a copy of the detailed report on the status of opening Pradat
Playground and Pool to Senator Wesley T. Bishop no later than October 1, 2016.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
chief executive officer of New Orleans Recreation Development Commission.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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