Citizens voice opposition to East Ascension Drainage s previous actions
Gonzales Weekly Citizen
A crowd of citizens attended the July 12 meeting of the East Ascension Drainage Board, many making their feelings known about the actions approved during the previous meeting.
Initially, Chair Dempsey Lambert announced that the meeting would be rescheduled due to a lack of quorum. Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment and Lambert briefly huddled to discuss the possibility of holding the meeting.
It was decided that the meeting would carry on, though the members would not be able to vote on any matters.
Lambert noted the absence of Travis Turner, Chase Melancon, Joel Robert, Corey Orgeron, and Teri Casso. In attendance were Lambert, Aaron Lawler, Dal Waguespack, John Cagnolatti, and Michael Mason. District 1 s Alvin Coach Thomas, who represents the parish s westbank, is not a member of the board.
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Negotiations between council members are ramping up, two weeks after parish president Clint Cointment proposed a year-long moratorium on any new, future development. Cointment s plan was released hours after heavy rainfall led to widespread flooding last month. It s a measure he has considered since taking office.
Michael Tortorich
The Ascension Parish Council emerged from executive session after nearly a half hour April 15 to approve the preliminary plat of the Delaune Estates subdivision.
The vote for the subdivision planned for the Prairieville area was 6-5, which Parish President Clint Cointment announced the following day that he would veto.
Council members voting to approve were: Alvin “Coach” Thomas, Corey Orgeron, Dempsey Lambert, Teri James Casso, Aaron Lawler, and John Cagnolatti.
Orgeron included a motion to reduce the total lots of the subdivision by ten. Previously known as Antebellum Pointe, the plan had included 237 lots.
The council’s vote during the meeting in Gonzales was to settle a September 2020 lawsuit filed by the property owners of the 86-acre pastureland located off of Hwy. 73 at White Road. About a mile down from Interstate 10, the property is across from St. John Catholic Church in a highly traveled area of the parish.