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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 75
BY SENATORS FESI, ALLAIN, BERNARD, CATHEY, CLOUD, CONNICK, CORTEZ,
FOIL, HARRIS, HEWITT, JACKSON, JOHNS, LAMBERT, LUNEAU,
MCMATH, MILLIGAN, FRED MILLS, ROBERT MILLS, MIZELL,
MORRIS, PEACOCK, POPE, PRICE, REESE, SMITH, TALBOT,
TARVER, WARD AND WOMACK AND REPRESENTATIVES
ADAMS, AMEDEE, BACALA, BAGALA, BAGLEY, BEAULLIEU,
BISHOP, BOURRIAQUE, BRASS, BROWN, BRYANT, BUTLER,
CARPENTER, CARRIER, GARY CARTER, ROBBY CARTER,
WILFORD CARTER, CORMIER, COUSSAN, COX, CREWS, DAVIS,
DESHOTEL, DEVILLIER, DUBUISSON, DUPLESSIS, DWIGHT,
ECHOLS, EDMONDS, EDMONSTON, EMERSON, FARNUM,
FIRMENT, FONTENOT, FREEMAN, FREIBERG, FRIEMAN,
GADBERRY, GAINES, GAROFALO, GLOVER, GOUDEAU, GREEN,
HARRIS, HENRY, HILFERTY, HODGES, HOLLIS, HORTON,
HUGHES, HUVAL, ILLG, IVEY, JAMES, JEFFERSON, JENKINS,
MIKE JOHNSON, TRAVIS JOHNSON, JONES, JORDAN, KERNER,
LACOMBE, LANDRY, LARVADAIN, LYONS, MACK, MAGEE,
MARCELLE, MARINO, MCCORMICK, MCFARLAND, MCKNIGHT,
MCMAHEN, MIGUEZ, DUSTIN MILLER, GREGORY MILLER,
MINCEY, MOORE, MUSCARELLO, NELSON, NEWELL, CHARLES
OWEN, ROBERT OWEN, PHELPS, PIERRE, PRESSLY, RISER,
ROMERO, SCHAMERHORN, SCHEXNAYDER, SEABAUGH,
SELDERS, ST. BLANC, STAGNI, STEFANSKI, TARVER, THOMAS,
THOMPSON, TURNER, VILLIO, WHEAT, WHITE, WILLARD,
WRIGHT AND ZERINGUE
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the Grand Bayou Floodgate in Lafourche Parish be named the "Reggie
P. Bagala Floodgate" in honor of the late District 54 state representative.
WHEREAS, Reggie Paul Bagala was elected in 2019 to serve as the state
representative for District 54 which includes Central and South Lafourche Parish as well as
the town of Grand Isle; and
WHEREAS, Representative Bagala was sworn in on January 13, 2020, and passed
away on April 9, 2020, after a battle with COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Legislature desires to honor the passing of this public
servant by naming a new floodgate in District 54 in his honor; and
WHEREAS, the South Lafourche Levee District (SLLD), on behalf of the Coastal
Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), opened public bids for the Grand Bayou
Floodgate on May 19, 2020; and
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WHEREAS, the Grand Bayou Floodgate is located along the Morganza Spillway to
the Gulf (MGT) Hurricane Protection Alignment protecting Lafourche and Terrebonne
parishes; and
WHEREAS, to date thirteen navigable floodgates have been constructed along this
federal alignment using only state and local funding; and
WHEREAS, the Grand Bayou Floodgate will become the fourteenth floodgate along
the MTG alignment and the first to be totally within House District 54 in Lafourche Parish;
and
WHEREAS, besides CPRA and SLLD, the North Lafourche Levee District (NLLD)
and Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District (TLCD) have been involved in the planning
and construction of this vital floodgate; and
WHEREAS, with the concurrence of CPRA, NLLD, and TLCD; SLLD plans on
awarding the bids for this $18.5 million floodgate and it is expected that this floodgate will
be completed by late 2021; and
WHEREAS, the bidding and construction of this major flood protection structure will
be done within the four-year term for which Reggie Bagala was elected.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request that the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, the South Lafourche
Levee District, the North Lafourche Levee District, and Terrebonne Levee and Conservation
District agree to name the Grand Bayou Floodgate in Lafourche Parish the "Reggie P.
Bagala Floodgate" in honor of the late state representative.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, the South Lafourche Levee District, the North
Lafourche Levee District, and Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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