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From YouTube: East Ascension Drainage Board - February 7, 2023
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East Ascension Drainage Board - February 7, 2023
A
I'd
like
to
call
to
order
this
Tuesday
February
7th
meeting
of
the
East
Ascension
drainage,
drainage,
district
and
I.
Thank
everyone
who
is
here,
appreciate
you
being
here
tonight,
staff
and
and
our
guest.
Thank
you
for
being
with
us
at
this
time.
I'll
do
the
roll
call.
We
have
councilman
Travis,
Turner,
councilman,
ogeron,
councilman
robay
or
commissioner
Robert,
and
commissioner
Dempsey
Lambert
absent
this
evening.
Commissioner
Lambert's
at
work,
councilman
Robert
I
did
not
hear
from
councilman.
Ogeron
is
ill
and
I
did
not
hear
from
councilman
Turner.
A
B
We
ask
your
blessings
on
the
council
member
serving
on
this
board
the
administration,
all
the
parish,
employees
who
work
in
drainage,
hey.
They
continue
to
serve
you
as
we
should
in
Jesus
name.
We
pray,
amen,
amen,
pledge
allegiance
to
the
flag
of
the
United
States
of
America
and
to
the
Republic
for
which
it
stands.
One.
A
Chair
would
entertain
them
to
accept
the
minutes
after
saying,
if
you
have
a
comment
that
you
want
to
make
I
shipped
by
that
one,
if
you
have
a
comment
that
you
want
to
make,
please
come
up
and
see
the
secretary
there's
red
and
green
cards
there.
If
you'd
like
to
comment
in
the
negative
or
the
affirmative
on
any
item
on
this
agenda,
you're
welcome
to
do
that.
You'll
have
three
minutes
at
the
appropriate
time
to
speak.
A
A
A
Mr
chairman
I,
do
not
have
any
comment
at
this
time.
I
I
think
well.
I'll.
Take
that
back
I'm
going
to
have
a
comment.
We
have
some
discussion
going
on
momentarily
this
evening
later
about
the
incident
that
happened
at
Marvin.
Bro
I
want
to
thank
Bill
ahead
of
time
for
spending
days
and
nights
preparing
this
report
and
for
his
and
your
cooperation.
Thank
you
so
much
appreciate
you
both
all
right,
any
other
announcements.
Mr
President,
do
you
have
anything.
A
You
I
will
mention
this
morning
that
that
this
morning
I
went
to
the
Amy
River
Basin
commission
meeting
Mr.
Our
president
is
now
a
member
of
that
important
body.
It
was
a
pleasure
to
be
there.
It
was
long
and
and
it
and
it
started
off
in
a
quite
interesting
way,
so
I
encourage
any
members
of
the
public
who
would
like
to
watch
that
to
do
so.
I
think
you'll
find
it
interesting
and
entertaining
thank
you,
Mr
President,
for
serving
in
that
capacity.
A
I
I
will
tell
you
that
I
thought
you
comported
yourself
well
today,
representative
Central,
Parish
very
well,
and
we
appreciate
that.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
All
right.
All
right
item
number,
six
General
business,
a
approval
of
proposals
for
Culvert
sizing
and
Consulting
Services
by
Hartman
engineering,
not
to
exceed
a
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars.
Mr
Monsey
have
a
motion
by
Mr
who
who
made
that
motion
Please,
Mr,
Mason
and
a
second
by
by
Mr
malasso.
Are
there
any
questions
of
Mr
monsoon.
B
F
E
E
E
B
Plans
for
those
permits-
the
reason
I
ask-
is
Lake
Park,
Subdivision,
Ron
I
know
we
had
a
survey
done
of
the
drainage
of
that
and
a
lot
of
the
incidents
that
they
said
were
problems
were
drainage,
culverts
and
I.
Think
you
said
we
were
going
to
work
toward
the
end
of
getting
those
replaced.
I
hope
this
is
part
of
that
yeah.
G
I
could
get
those
plans
over
to
Jared,
let
him
review
and
then
also
get
with
operations.
I
know
that,
as
they've
been
coming
up,
the
guys
on
operations
have
replaced
a
few
here
and
there
in
line
with
those
plans
and
set
them
those
grades.
But
I
do
need
to
get
that
set
of
plans
over
to
Jared
to
review
good.
A
D
D
Some
some
Lots
were
even
unable
to
do
so,
therefore,
were
taken
out
of
Commerce,
and
so
we
worked
on
how
we
could
adjust
the
field
ordinance
and,
if
y'all
recall,
by
that
same
time
as
when
it
was
about
the
same
time,
I
roughly
Mr
Malone.
So
if
you
could
correct
me
about
the
chain
wall,
Edition
I
think
we
were
having
those
discussions
when
we
passed
that.
D
But
we
were
never
able
to
do
so
because
we
didn't
have
Regional
projects
in
place
at
the
time
to
pay
into
for
mitigation
of
smaller
lots,
and
so
we
were
never
able
to
complete
that
task
or
come
up
with
a
viable
solution
through
the
planning
department
of
doing
that.
Now
that
we
have
the
30
projects
throughout
the
parish
and
almost
every
drainage.
D
District
therefore
gives
us
the
opportunity
to
revisit
this
process
and
start
to
hopefully
develop
a
path
for
these
smaller
Lots
to
mitigate
so
that
they
don't
have
to
build
these
mosquito
Small
Ponds
that
really
are
not
affecting
drainage
to
any
any
sword
or
substantial
impactful
way
and
vest
into
a
regional
solution
that
helps
the
entire
area.
So
I
think
that
at
this
time
this
is
a
great
opportunity
for
to
have
hntb
come
aboard
with.
This
is
my
suggestion.
D
They
did
hire
Russ
poppy,
if
which
there's
John
in
the
back
from
Harris
County,
who
has
a
lot
of
experience
in
in
what
they
did
with
detention
and
and
retention
as
far
as
their
program.
So
with
that
expertise
and
with
them
on
contract,
provides
us
a
great
opportunity
to
revisit
this
topic
and
hopefully
find
some
solutions
so
that
some
of
these
smaller
tracks
are
not
taken
out
of
Commerce
and
actually
are
able
to
provide
some
meaningful
impact
in
Regional
attention.
C
Yeah
yeah,
oh
and
I,
would
also
like
to
add
so
VR
cares
act,
money
that
we
received
last
year.
We
do
have
two
million
dollars
earmarked
out
of
that
24
million
total
that
for
Regional,
Detention
and
or
you
know
in
the
recreation
you
know
asset
as
well.
That's
something
that
we
were
really
enlightened
to
in
our
Harris.
County
trip
was
two
years
ago
now
in
order
to
believe
it's
been
two
years,
but
it's
something
that
we
can
really
kind
of
hit.
C
Two
birds
with
one
stone
and-
and
this
topic
is
a
big
deal.
You
know
to
me
because
I
am,
if
not
the
lowest
one
of
the
lowest
lying
areas
in
the
district.
It's
really
tough
on.
You
know
people
who
even
have
a
a
half
acre
land
at
some
point
to
do
once
you
go
over
the
76
yards
of
field
that
is
allowed
to
be
at
the
field
or,
and
it's
I
mean
per
arbitum
code.
C
Even
if
you
put
your
house
on
pier
and
beam,
you
still
have
to
have
some
type
of
pad
underneath
that
house
or
the
water
run
off
to
where
you're
not
holding
water
and
sometimes
there's
just
not
enough
land
and
a
half
acre
lot.
You
know
to
to
make
that
work.
So
this
is,
you
know
something
I
really
like
to
see
us
get
going.
I
know:
we've
had
the
conversation
several
times
with
Mr
monzon
and
ancient
TV,
and
so
we
do
have
two
million
dollars
a
year.
More
really
cares
act.
C
It
would
be
fantastic
if
we
could
find
the
first
location
and
start
this
project
where
we
can
Implement
some
Recreation
in
that.
But
no
it's
it's!
It's
been
a
few
years
now
so
I
would
like
to
dive
into
you
know
dive
as
deep
into
this
as
we
can
and
and
even
go
as
far
as
to
between
agency
being
the
administration,
let's
start
identifying
some
properties
next
to
our
major
waterways.
C
C
It's
very
difficult,
you
know
to
hear
constituents
talk
about.
You
know
the
oh,
if
they're
trying
to
build
their
family
a
forever
home
on
a
you,
know,
a
little
half
acre
piece
of
land
and
it's
almost
impossible
and
if
you
look
around
the
Gulf
Coast
all
the
way
in
into
Central
Texas
Regional
Detention
is
their
solution.
You
know
not
many
people
are
you
know
going
at
it.
The
way
we
are
you
know
mosquito
Pond
next
to
Mosquito
pond.
C
So
I
would
like
to
you
know,
start
really
pushing
this
initiative
and
and
if
there's
one
thing
we
learned
from
Harris
County,
you
know
they
I
believe
back
in
98
or
99.
They
made
a
initial
I
think
it
was
1.8
million
dollar
investment,
they
bought
a
large
track
of
land
and
as
they
sold
the
credits
out
of
there.
However,
many
cubic
yards
of
field
they
had
and
whatnot.
That
is
how
much
it
cost
a
homeowner
to
buy
into
that
credit
bank.
So
they
got
that
1.8
million
back.
C
H
When
we
went
to
Houston,
it
was
quite
impressive
what
they
had
done
with
those
parks
and
now
they
bought
the
subdivisions
and
turned
them
into
parks
and
attention
areas
so
I'm
completely
more
with
this
I
think
this
is
something
that
we
could
absolutely
do.
I
remember,
Ron
and
I
having
a
conversation
after
we
left
we're
just
like
you
know,
trying
to
pick
a
picture
land
in
Ascension
pair.
H
A
Thank
you
any
other
comments,
gentlemen,
okay,
Mr,
President
I
think
that
everyone
is
concurs
pretty
much
we're
not.
We
don't
have
an
item
here
to
vote
on
tonight,
but
we
would
certainly
encourage
you
and
the
folks
at
hntb
to
move
forward
and
then
come
back
to
this
drainage
commission,
with
a
full
presentation
on
how
we
might
accomplish
what
we
have
just
discussed.
A
I
will
mention
that
in
the
Amite
River
drainage
Commission
meeting
today
and
listening
to
the
Core,
certainly
one
of
the
things
that
they
are
shifting
to
across
the
country
and
and
desire
to
shift
to
here
in
in
our
area
is,
is
more
about
regulation
of
how
houses
are
built
and
the
the
raising
of
those
houses,
then
about
big
projects
that
are
quite
costly
and
don't
always
solve
the
problem.
So
I
think
that
we're
going
to
need
to
be
better
informed
about
that
as
well.
A
D
So
yeah
the
criteria
would
be
in
the
size
of
the
lot.
Obviously,
larger
tracks
will
need
to
mitigate
on-site.
Obviously,
so
it
is.
What
is
that
threshold
when
we
talk
about
that
and
that's
something
we
have
to
get
with
planning
discuss
that
see
where
this
problem
has
arisen
on
a
consistent
basis
and
then
and
then
we'll
we'll,
try
to
lay
out
a
task
to
do
this.
D
I
I
Yeah
I
was
just
going
to
ask
so
I'm
glad
you
said
that
Clint
just
yeah
I
think
before
we
vote
on
this
and
vote
the
funds
we
need
kind
of
a
laid
out
plan
of
you
know
stage
gate.
What
what
are
we
doing
when
what
kind
of
details
we
get
when
just
just
a
plan
of
action,
so
we
can
understand
what
the
steps
are
to
doing
this.
Yes,.
D
We
have
to
run
it
all
the
way
through
into
reality,
and
it
was
great
with
the
field
ordinance,
but
but
it
has
caused
this
issue
and
we
don't
want
to
do
that
same
thing.
The
intent
of
the
was
a
great
intent,
but
there's
these
circumstances
that
happen
because
of
it
that
now
we're
trying
to
have
a
positive
solution
that
has
drainage
benefit,
but
also
correcting
that
impact
on
smaller
lots
that
occurred
when
we
approved
the
field
ordinance.
So
we
have
an
opportunity
to
get
a
double
win
here.
As
a
semester
stated.
J
Good
to
see
y'all
again
we'll
bring
y'all
pretty
quick
presentations.
I
know
we
want
to
get
on
with
some
of
the
pumping
station
stuff,
so
I
want
to
remind
y'all.
We
just
went
through
a
little
upgrade
on
our
computer
system,
so
we
are
adjusting
some
of
our
reports
and
working
with
Mr
Martinez
on
that
at
this
time.
So
you'll
see
a
little
change
on
the
layouts
over
the
next
couple,
just
trying
to
find
the
best
information
to
give
to
y'all
without
keeping
y'all
here
all
night.
J
So
right
now
work
order
status
throughout
last
year,
we've
had
a
1590
work
orders
since
last
April
909
completed
57
percent,
so
we're
up
from
52
to
53
Irish,
so
57
so
proud
of
my
guys
for
bringing
that
up
especially
early
in
the
year,
especially
the
bad
weather.
We've
had
and
some
of
the
challenges
we
face
with
wet
conditions,
but
this
will
give
you
an
idea
kind
of
the
work
order,
status
breakdown.
J
This
is
throughout
the
year
through
each
department,
a
sub-department
within
drainage,
minor,
East,
drainage
of
just
under
1100
work.
Orders
EAD
board
is
kind
of
a
generic.
It
was
designed
for
any
request
that
you
guys
put
in
right
now
we're
trying
to
get
it
sorted
out
to
where
they
actually
get
signed
correctly.
So
these
these
aren't
all
assigned
out
right
now,
but
these
this
was
something
so
we
could
keep
track
of
the
work
that
was
requested
by
y'all,
hopefully
we'll
get
it
narrowed
down.
J
Covert
maintenance
of
68
major
drainage,
61
remind
you
on
a
yearly
basis.
61
is
a
small
number,
but
these
are
very
large
projects.
These
projects
can
last
months
you
know
on
in
three
to
six
months
or
longer.
Waterways,
53
right
away,
is
41.
right
away.
Is
this
something
we
just
added?
We
wanted
to
document
any
work
or
right-of-ways
agents
were
doing
along
with
the
legal
work
that
was
being
done.
So
this
is
some
of
our
development
within
our
work
order
system.
J
J
You
know
everything
from
removing
coolers
to
Culvert
sizing
tree
removal
rip
wrapping.
This
is
how
we
task
out
our
work
monthly.
So
in
the
future
here,
I'll
give
you
more
of
a
monthly
report,
but
I
really
wanted
you
to
see
what
these
guys
face
on
a
yearly.
What
we're
seeing
the
most
demand
for
at
the
beginning
of
a
year,
what
we
look
forward
to
when
the
sun
shines?
J
Oh,
so
this
is
a
monthly
report.
It
shows
us
our
trend
from
2022
brings
us
into
23..
You
can
see
we
we
received
169
requests
in
the
month
of
January
and
we
completed
90
requests,
which
is
where
we've
been
trending
anywhere
from
that
you
know
90
to
120
work
orders
above
so
we're
pretty
close
to
on
point
of
what
we
have
been
trending
go
in
our
major
drainage
projects
that
were
complete.
J
We
put
Barrels
in
on
Cal
Road
power
box.
Culverts
dress
those
up
Gooding
bridge
at
a
Badman
Road
cleaned
it
up,
finished,
reading,
Highway
936
to
split
Log,
Road
completed
the
upper
Gooding
past
calco
Road,
and
we're
continuing
on
those
Gooding
laterals
at
the
time
and
progress
is
upper.
Duty
laterals
tier
three
finished
from
Ferdinand
road
to
Alex
Kling
on
going
to
oatmeal
at
this
time
and
shredding
from
9
36
to
Heath.
J
J
So
I
brought
a
simple
spreadsheet
here
of
just
just
a
task
that
was
tasked
in
the
month
of
January
from
this
incident
incident
kind
of
bringing
us
home
to
make
us
look
further
into
this.
So
this
time
we
have
23
task
orders
throughout
our
our
three
stations:
more
heavily
and
Marvin
bro,
because
that's
where
we're
focused,
but
let's
start
with
Sorrento,
just
give
you
a
little
update
on
what's
going
on
there
at
the
moment,
we're
tasked
to
do
mechanical
evaluations
on
all
three
engines.
J
They
have
been
currently
serviced
and
monitored
by
our
staff,
all
within
the
last
two
weeks.
A
reason
we
do
mechanical
evaluations
first
is
because
we
got
a
couple
reports
saying
we
need
to
look
at
some
vibration
issues
on
one.
We
certainly
don't
want
to
realign
pumps
and
work
on
vibration
issues
if
we
have
a
mechanical
motor
issue.
So
we
start
there
do
our
annual
checks
and
then
we'll
move
into
our
vibration
and
our
realignment
procedures
we're
on
full
scada
at
that
station.
J
We're
working
on
some
of
the
VT
scada
reports
right
now
with
prime,
that
is
in
the
process,
but
scada's
working
out
very
well.
For
us
at
the
moment
the
pump
is
automatic.
We
do
ban
it
at
this
time
to
verify
until
we're
confident
that
we
don't
have
any
issues
at
that
station.
That's
per
Parish
President
Clinton's
likes.
You
know,
I,
don't
blame
him.
So
that's
where
we're
at
with
Sorrento
right
now
and
also
looking
at
om,
o
m
manuals
that
were
brought
to
us
in
October
for
that
station.
J
J
We
want
to
add
Interiors
to
all
our
stations,
so
that
is
that
is
in
the
works
through
RIT
Department
and
we
move
on
to
Marvin
bro,
give
you
more
of
an
operational
standard
and
what
we're
doing
to
enhance
it
and
kind
of
catch
up
while
the
contractors
are
are
doing
their
work
is
a
we
worked
on
the
fire
alarm
system
we've
had
it
fully
inspected
certified
that
is,
that
is
done
in
place.
At
the
moment
our
alarm
has
been
upgraded,
is
actually
active.
J
At
this
moment
it
is
a
temporary
till
we
do
the
final
measures
which
we'll
go
into
more
of
scada
things
like
that.
But
that's
that's
on
the
back
end,
but
we
do
have
an
actual
working
alarm
at
this
time.
We
did
some
some
work
to
the
engines
on
rake.
Seven
that
has
been
a
clean
completed
by
Dura
group.
J
Dalecon
has
assessed
our
Complete
air
system
and
they're,
currently
working
on
just
some
small
see
small
air
issues,
but
nothing
to
the
extent
of
what
actually
caused
our
issue,
but
things
that
we
would
like
to
see
better
and
upgrades
to
the
system
and
verify
that
we're
not
going
to
have
this
issue
anymore,
all
of
our
all
of
our
engines.
Throughout
all
three
of
our
stations,
all
fluid
samples
have
been
taken,
sent
off
verified
everything
came
back
good,
two
engines
knee
or
or
close
to
oil
changes.
J
So
that's
where
we're
at
with
our
fluids,
but
we
did
certify
that
every
lubricated
point
at
these
stations
are
in
good
shape.
So
that
has
been
that
has
been
completed.
Let's
see,
conduit
for
cameras
is
complete
at
the
Marvin
bro
station.
That's
some
of
the
exterior
cameras
that
President
quintmo
like
wanted
to
add
that
was
completed
as
of
this
morning.
J
And
the
last
thing,
I
think
is
one
of
the
biggest
which
is
in
our
operations,
and
this
is
this
is
where
I
think
we're
gonna
really
bring
our
staff
up
is
Mr.
Bill
will
talk
about
this.
A
little
later.
I
gave
him
some
examples.
We
implemented
three
sheets,
we
implemented
a
pump
and
event
form,
so
these
guys
are
tasked
to
go
to
each
engine
every
hour.
They
have
parameters
on
these
forms.
J
So
if
the
temperature
is
supposed
to
be
X,
Y
or
Z,
it's
got
x,
y
z
on
it
and
if
it's
not
x
y
z
they're
going
to
know
that
they
need
to
contact
that
mechanic,
but
they're
also
going
to
record
it.
So
we're
going
to
have
that
data
every
hour
until
we
do
Implement
something
such
as
scada,
we
implemented
a
facilities
check
sheet,
that's
going
to
not
let
us
get
by
and
not
know
that
that
heirloom's
not
active
that
that
fire
system
works,
and
this
is
going
to
be
done
every
week.
J
It
is
a
weekly
facility,
checks,
checklist
and
then
we
also
have
a
non-pumping
event.
So
everybody
says
well
we're
not
pumping.
We
don't
have
to
check
engines,
we're
sure
we
do.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
these
engines
are
ready
to
pump
so
you're,
going
to
check
them
a
little
differently,
but
every
day
those
guys
come
in
they're,
going
to
check
these
engines
and
document
that
they're
ready.
So
one
of
the
things
that's
changing.
That
operation
is
in
using
using
those
people
correctly
and
using
that
information
to
get
to
the
proper
people.
J
So
we
don't
fall
behind
on
anything.
So
that's
some
of
the
things
we've
been
working
really
hard
with
along
with
getting
that
station
together
and
getting
these
things
back
up
and
promoting
you
know
just
moving
forward.
The
future
I
mean
all
we
can
do
is
move
forward.
It's
what
we
can
do
so,
but
I
want
to
thank
y'all
because
I
worked
with
these
contractors.
These
guys
have
been
great.
J
These
guys
are
great.
I
want
to
thank
y'all
for
breaking
them
on,
because
I'm
telling
you
guys,
we
wouldn't
be
pumping
water
right
now
without
them.
So
thank
you
all
for
that
and
I
think
Mr
Bill's
report
at
the
ends.
Gonna
really
show
you
where
we
need
to
move
and
he's
going
to
have
some
good
points
and
we're
gonna
we're
gonna
take
takeaways
from
it,
and
hopefully
these
operational
reports
we're
going
to
give
them
monthly
and
keep
you
all
up
to
date
where
we're
at
until
you
know
we're
at
satisfaction.
J
D
Thank
you,
chair,
I,
just
want
to
mention.
We
are
kind
of
new
to
this
scada,
so
in
Jay's
report
he
was
kind.
I
do
not
feel
comfortable
with
Sorrento
scada.
At
this
moment,
there's
the
bugs
we
have
to
work
out.
It's
there's
some
PLC
issues
and
some
things
that
are
not
up
to
what
I
believe
needs
to
happen.
We're
working
with
prime
to
sort
those
things
out
but
skate
is
a
very
tricky
thing
and
we're
in
manual
because
I'm
not
satisfied
in
going
Auto.
D
It's
going
to
be
a
while
before
we
build
all
these
stations
in
there
completely
run
on
scada,
and
all
of
this
data
is
to
point
and
we
can
track
reports
and
get
all
these
things.
A
lot
of
these
other
parishes
have
been
doing
this
for
years,
and
their
scada
systems
are
well
developed.
Like
many
of
the
industry.
Here
we
are
just
starting
this
process.
D
But
there
there
are
some
issues
and
so
I
don't
want
the
illusion
that
oh
we'll
just
throw
skater
in
these
pump
stations
and
ever
be
assault.
And
then
that's
just
not
it's
not
that
simple.
It's
very
complicated
and
Sorrento
is
not
where
it
needs
to
be
today
and
so
I
don't
want
to
expand
this
scada
system
until
we
at
least
get
that
correct
and
that
right
so
that
we
know
that
we
are
nowhere,
we're
heading.
We
know
what
the
expectations
are.
D
We
know
how
to
feel
comfortable
and
so,
as
we
continue
to
develop
our
scada
program,
just
want
you
all
to
aware
that
we'll
have
to
keep
you
up
to
date
on
the
progress
of
those
things.
You
know
even
our
rain
gauges
is
not
complete.
I,
don't
feel
comfortable
that
that's
that's
where
it
needs
to
be,
and
so
we're
going
to
continue
to
work
on
that
and
we'll
look
at
some
different
options
in
the
future
on
how
to
properly
develop
that
system,
because
it
is
very
complicated.
D
It
is
very
tricky
and
it's
a
lot
of
Wireless
Communications
and
you
know
just
the
whole
setups
and
then
coming
back
to
the
terminals
and
having
it
as
well
as
Brian
Martinez
involved,
and
all
these
discussions
back
and
forth
and
a
lot
of
questions
about
you
know
plcs
and
accesses
to
those
information.
The
networks
we're
sorting
all
that
out,
we're
just
in
our
infancy,
we're
just
starting
this
program.
D
So
I
don't
want
to
go
with
the
concept
that
oh,
we'll
just
go:
skate
in
and
that'll
be
the
solution,
because,
if
you
don't
do
it
right,
then
we're
not
getting
the
necessary
information,
it's
not
working
properly,
and
then
we
made
a
bad
investment
and
I.
Just
don't
want
to
do
that.
So
I
just
want
to
be
cautious
about
the
aggressive
nature
of
scada
until
we
all
feel
comfortable
with
where
we're
headed
and
the
build
out
is,
is
properly
done.
A
You
Mr
chairman,
Mr,
Mr,
Mr,
President
I
appreciate
your
candor.
It
is,
it
is
a
challenging
thing
to
put
in
to
a
pumping
station
I
realize
that
I
think
that
one
of
the
reasons
it
was
never
done
was
because
of
that
challenge,
and
so
I
think
that's
one
of
the
things
that
we
have
to.
We
have
to
get
Brave
and,
and
we
certainly
have
the
resources
and
we
need
to.
We
need
to
take
the
step
sure.
J
This
is
the
capabilities
at
the
end
of
the
day.
What
are
you?
What
do?
Y'all
want
out
of
these
capabilities.
So
then,
at
that
point,
then
we'll
move
forward
with
it
and
I'll.
Let
Clint
move
that
forward,
but
I
just
wanted
y'all
to
know
that
they
are
at
the
moment
working
on
the
beginning
stages
of
that
package.
J
K
You
good
to
be
here
good
afternoon:
everybody
councilman
councilman
Parish
president,
so
this
is
a
recap
over
23,
January
23..
Let
me
get
my
slide.
There
we
go.
I
knew
I
was
missing
something
all
right,
so
we
actually
have
a
lot
of
new
things
happening
in
vegetation
to
give
you
a
quick
overview
of
what's
going
on
so
we've
taken
our
typical
four
quadrants.
K
Order
for
that
area
is
already
going
to
have
all
the
complaints
on
that
District
work
order.
So
they
can
make
sure
that
they
make
sure
they
attend
to
everything
in
that
District.
So
this
is
just
going
to
allow
our
department
to
focus
on
all
of
our
maintenance
rotation
through
the
Paris
and
make
sure
we
provide
equal
love
or
service
to
everybody.
K
So
we've
been
in
this
mode
since
about
October
November.
So
what
have
we
done
with
this
so
far
so
I'm
sure.
As
most
of
y'all
realize,
we've
been
having
pretty
consistent,
Heavy
Rain
since
November?
That's
when
we
had
to
kill
our
continuous
off-road
mowing.
So
the
mowing
District
work
orders
where
we
stopped
at
that
time
were
put
on
hold
they're
still
on
hold,
and
we
know
exactly
where
we're
going
to
go
back
as
soon
as
Mother
Nature
cooperates.
K
For
the
parish
Administration
the
public
to
view
our
product
progress,
that's
going
to
be
showing
our
Parish
Road
mowing
our
Parish
Road
Spring,
our
off-road,
cutting
or
off
was
bringing
where
we're
at
on
our
state
highways
and
even
a
heat
map
on
where
our
litter
crews
are
working.
So
I
hope
to
be
able
to
show
you
all
that
in
the
upcoming
month
or
two
once
I
get
enough
data
to
actually
make
it
worth
showing
to
y'all
and
bringing
life.
We're
seeing
a
lot
of
good
things.
K
What
we're
doing
with
this,
because
now
our
guys
are
actually
able
to
physically
see
in
the
work
order
system
that
this,
what
we've
been
doing
with
Brian
in
our
GIS
Department.
He
even
populates
into
our
work
order
system.
So
when
they're
looking
at
our
work
order
system,
if
they
turn
on
the
right
layer,
they'll
even
see
these
Maps
populate
through
everything,
so
we've
got
really
good
stuff
going
on
at
the
end
of
January,
for
our
state
highways,
we've
completed,
cutting
42,
61,
933
and
427.
K
K
Right
now
we
have
since
I
think
I
last
showed
you
this.
Our
on
hold
status
has
actually
increased.
That's
because
I've
been
going
through
our
Q
system
and
any
work.
Orders
that
are
waiting
to
be
done
have
now
been
put
on
hold
and
matched
with
their
current
mowing,
District
coming
up,
so
that
actually
will
be
some
information
for
our
call
center
to
give
the
residents
when
they
call
on
the
check
that
it's
been
addressed
assigned
and
it's
on
hold
for
the
next
rotation.
K
K
An
update
for
our
Lifehouse
contract,
we're
at
about
127,
000,
remaining
and
I
believe
for
next
month's
agenda,
we'll
be
petitioning
for
an
additional
for
the
contract
amount.
Everything
has
been
going
really
good.
We're
able
to
give
our
residents
a
very
high
level
of
service,
and
these
guys
are
definitely
a
scalpel
of
our
of
our
department.
K
A
A
So
if
you
could,
if
you
could
provide
me
at
some
point
with
what
stage
of
the
year,
if
we're
at
you
know
the
first
quarter
of
the
year-
and
we
have
spent
this
much
on
them,
how
much
this
contract?
How
long
is
it
going
to
last?
You
know
we're
going
to
need
to
add
more
to
their
contract?
What's
the
what's
the
status
Mr,
President
yeah.
D
I
would
like
to
go
ahead
and
start
from
inception
of
the
program
and
give
you
all
that
data
all
contract
amounts.
All
Dates
approved
all
the
way
up
till
today,
so
that
next
month,
you'll
have
that
information
of
a
complete
picture
from
when
this
program
started
and
dollars
spent,
including
the
number
of
personnel
and
one
other
information
that
we
can
include
into
that
packet.
A
G
Comment
to
that
I
think
that
Johan
and
I
have
been
in
discussions
about
this
and
we
I'm
glad
he
brought
it
up
to
you
guys
tonight
last
year
is
pretty
much
the
metric.
You
know
a
full
year
service,
so
it'd
be
good
to
look
at
that
and
we'll
be
able
to
gauge
that
pretty
pretty
accurately.
So
we
feel
like
the
the
amount
that's
left
on
the
contract
is
going
to
get
us
to
the
start
of
the
spring
rotation,
but
we'll
definitely
need
an
Amendment
right.
L
A
You
and
we'd
also
I,
think,
would
find
ourselves
interested
in
how
this
is
saving
us
money
or
how
it
or,
if
it's
costing
us
more,
so
we
you
know,
we
we
entered
into
these
contracts
under
the
premise
that
it
would
be
cost
savings,
and
we
need
to
understand
that
it
is
indeed
or
if
it's
not.
We
need
to
understand.
Why
not
thank
you.
Mr
Wagner.
I
Yeah,
so
that
was
part
of
my
question
when
she
said
just
so
we're
saving
money
versus
what
we
used
to
do.
My
other
question
would
be
I
know
we
talked
about
using
a
drone
to
spray
I
know
these
guys
have
reached
some
areas
that
maybe
were
neglected
for
a
couple
years
or
we
couldn't
reach
because
of
a
lot
of
rain
so
or
these
areas
that
we
can
put
on
you
know,
just
like
you
do
grass
cutting.
Is
this
going
to
be
some
off-road
stuff
where
we
can
put
it
on
a
schedule
for
spraying.
K
K
K
K
Because
some
of
the
places
we've
send
them
I
would
not
have
even
said
hand
Crews
right
because
they
are
very
like
we
did
spray.
The
pumping
station
around
Australian
I
wouldn't
have
sent
hand
Crews
down
there
to
try
to
spray
when
it
took.
You
know
30
minutes
for
a
drone
to
go
and
fly
okay
and
get
it
totally
under
under
control.
So
all
right.
Thank
you.
It's
definitely
been
a
very
productive
asset.
M
You,
oh
it's
good
enough.
I
think
I
hit
it
after
councilman
likes
back,
but
when
we
do
that
report
next
month,
I
just
won't
believe
it's
not
just
about
months.
Money
savings
if
y'all
can
also
and
like
you
do
every
month,
show
how
much
work
we're
getting
done
for
that,
because,
if
we're
spending
more
but
we're
still
getting
more
work
done
we're
providing
more
work
for
our
citizens.
That's
worthwhile
yeah.
K
M
But
I
want
to
make
sure
we
can
compare
that
to
what
we
were
doing
before
without
them
to
know.
You
know
that
they're
costing
money
about
a
billion
dollars
a
year
somewhere
around
that,
but
if
we're
getting
a
commensurate
amount
of
work
of
services
from
them,
where
it's
worthwhile
to
us,
we
need
to
know
that
also
I
mean
if
we're
saving
money,
it
doesn't
do
any
good
to
save
money
but
not
provide
services
to
our
citizens.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
we
have
that
balance.
M
L
L
We
submitted
two
brick
applications
to
Bert,
Allen,
ditch
Improvement
and
detention,
and
the
Marty
Bureau
at
lateral
I
will
continue
to
monitor
2023
notice
of
funding
opportunities
for
Grants,
and
we
have
begun
to
respond
to
some
requests
for
information
on
the
market,
Bureau
and
Marvin
programs,
some
of
the
ones
that
have
nfos
this
year,
brick
hmgp,
FEMA
and
then
DOD
through
the
Statewide
flow
control.
Application
pre-applications
are
due
in
May,
so
we're
we're
going
to
meet
with
the
parish
officials
and
pick
out
some
that
will
probably
be
best
suited
for
other
control.
L
Dotd
has
informed
me
that
typically
a
lot
about
20
million
dollars
for
Statewide
flow
control.
Last
year
they
spent
all
of
their
money,
so
they're
going
to
have
some
extra
this
year
for
the
Statewide
flood
Patrol,
the
Marvin
bro
Pump
Station
Levee
expansion,
kickoff
meeting
we're
going
to
meet
with
the
Hartman
team.
On
the
ninth
of
this
of
this
week
to
have
a
kickoff
and
a
schedule,
deadlines
and
workflows
for
this
particular
project.
L
We've
also
provided
some
engineer,
support
tasks.
We
prepared
a
cross-essimate
for
the
budget
school
work,
Park
renovation,
cross
estimates
for
the
Lamar
Dixon
Wall,
shed
Stevens,
Park
drainage
detention
and
we've
also
provided
the
assistance
with
the
parish
for
some
modeling
efforts,
and
all
of
these
here
are
all
these
Parks.
This
is
just
in
a
planning
phase,
try
to
get
the
parish
and
ideas
to
what
it
might
cost
to
do
construction
activities
and
then
or
decide
if
you
can
go
after
grants
and
maybe
perform
some
additional
analysis.
L
A
N
N
This
is
looking
down
the
road
from
six
and
seven
to
one
at
the
foreign
one
and
two
at
the
far
end,
and
and
obviously
this
is
on
the
discharge,
Saturday
pumps
and
so
I
want
you
guys
to
I,
don't
know
if
you
had
an
opportunity
to
look
at
this.
These
are
the
cameras
that
are
fixed
mounted
at
at
Marvin
broke.
There
are
nine
cameras
that
that
look
mostly
at
the
outside
and
Marvin
bro,
say
mostly
they
all
they.
All
of
these
do
look
on
the
on
the
outside.
N
So
when
we
look
at
this,
what
we
see
is
there
there
should
have
been
about
six
pumps
running
at
this
time,
so
we
had
one
through
five
and
then
seven
would
make
the
six
pumps
they
were
preparing
for
a
for
a
small
event
to
start
with,
and
then
it
turned
into
a
larger
event.
When
a
when
a
rainstorm
hit
up
in
the
north
Ascension.
So
then
they
moved
from
a
three-pump
operation
to
a
six
pump
operation.
N
But
what
I'd
like
I'd
like
to
note
here
is,
is
that
you
know
if
you
look,
if
you
look
down
at
one
and
two,
so
we're
going
to
switch
the
clips
right
now
against
GRS.
But
if
you
look
down
at
one
and
two,
it
looks
like
smoke,
but
now
this
is
smoke
that
that
was
a
smear
on
the
lens.
So
I
wanted
I.
Wanted
you
to
see
the
magnitude
of
this
and
I
wanted
to
I.
Want
you
guys
to
think
about
it.
N
N
N
And
they
they
went
in
there,
you
know
strictly
voluntarily
and,
and
they
put
for
all
intents
and
purposes
they
had
most
of
the
fire
out
by
the
time
the
volunteer
firefighters
came
from
Sorrento
San
Ramon
Fifth
Ward.
But
as
you
look
at
this
and
as
it
gets
closer
to
to
12,
you
can
see
in
the
lower
left
hand
corner
of
the
actual
time
and
what
you
know
we
get
closer
to
the
fire.
The
fire
department
arriving.
N
But
what
we
have
to
what
you
know
again
was
compelling
to
me
is:
is
that
the
dedication
that
these
people
had
that
that
went
in
there
and
were
willing
to
to
put
this
far
out
to
put
these
fires
out,
because
there
were
several
on
the
couplings
across
the
the
station
and
to
do
that,
you
know
with
very
with
small
amounts
of
equipment.
Let's
call
it
that
so
now
you
can
see
the
smoke
pouring
out,
I.
N
Think
that's
more
like
five
or
four
Ron
that
were
you
see
the
big
smoke
coming
out,
but
it
was
a
serious
event
could
have
been
a
lot
more
serious.
It
could
have
been
a
problem
for
actually
the
people
that
were
in
there,
but
they
willingly
went
in
there
and
they
and
was
strictly
because
they
like
what
they
do
and
they
like
Ascension,
Parish
and
they're
and
they're
willing
to
do
this.
N
So
we
had
people
that
went
in
there
and
fought
that
that
had
I
think
one
of
them
had
about
15
or
17
years
work
experience
at
Ascension
Parish,
one
of
them
had
four
months
experience,
work
experience
at
Ascension
Parish,
but
they
all
had
this
same
dedication
and
and
I
could
tell
that
when
I
interviewed
them
all
that
you
know
they
had
this,
they
had
this
desire
to
do
what
was
the
best
thing
for
Ascension
Parish
and
they
were
out
there
and
again.
Let's
remember
this.
This
is
December
30th
the
day
before
New
Year's.
N
This
is
a
Friday,
so
it
was
a
holiday
and
none
of
them
had
an
issue
with
that
when
Jade
and
Ron
mostly
Jade
when
they
just
you
know,
decided
they
needed
to
pump
and
they
called
these
guys
to
show
up
out
there.
Nobody
said,
oh,
you
know
that's
the
day
before
New
Year's
or
you
know,
this
is
supposed
to
be
a
holiday.
N
Some
of
these
people
are
sitting
in
here
back
here
with
the
dura.
So
you
know
what
we
want
to
know
that
you
know
I
want
you
to
have
that
context.
I
put
this
I
put
this
in
here
because
you
know,
obviously
you
guys
know
me:
I've
been
involved
in
the
volunteer
fire
department
for
about
15
years.
This
is
an
example.
Every
person
at
Mr,
James
leban,
is
here
tonight.
N
Every
person
that
responded
to
that
was
a
volunteer.
It
was
not
a
single
paid
person
that
bombed
that
came
and
responded.
This
far
James
can
give
you
some
of
the
statistics
on
that,
but
the
amount
of
time
between
when
they
were
called
and
they
got
water
on
those
fires,
was
amazing
and
and
again
it's
it's
volunteer
people.
That's
our
volunteer
people
right
here
that
they
get
paid
a
few
dollars.
You
know
a
few
times
a
year,
but
they're
doing
this
because
they
love
Ascension
Parish.
N
N
N
N
Here
we
go
and
listen:
I
will
apologize
ahead
of
time,
don't
look
for
all
those
flashy,
those
flashy
slides.
You
know
I'm
kind
of
embarrassed
that
I
had
to
come
behind
Jade
and
Johann,
but
you
know
I'm
kind
of
playing,
I
guess
but
or
I
didn't
know
how
to
I
didn't
know
how
to
put
all
those
fancy
stuff
on
there.
N
Okay
and
yeah.
Look
that
worked
so
just
a
little
background
and
I
know
that
most
of
this
is
repetitive
for
you,
guys
at
Marvin
broad
pump
station
is
at
the
intersection
of
severio
canal
and
and
New
River.
There
were
five
pumps
built
first
and
1988
through
1991
pumped
six
and
seven
came
in
in
2013
and
2017..
N
These
pumps
are
a
thousand
cubic
feet
per
second
each,
so
I
didn't
do
the
math
on
it
doubt.
Maybe
could
do
it,
but
I
think
it's
about
eight
in
about
eight
gallons
a
cubic
foot,
and
then
you
got
60,
of
course
60
minutes.
So
whatever
it's
it's
a
large
number,
let's
say
that
2200
horsepower
diesel
engines
that
drive
each
pump
pump.
Six
and
seven
they
have
the
local
display.
They
have
the
I.
N
I
N
My
valuation
here
the
here
are
the
points
of
data
that
that
are
gathered
interviewed
these
people,
Marshall
Harris
and-
and
he
was
one
of
the
ones
that
that
was
in
that
Smoky
number
five
and
number
four
Bill
Rue
chairwoman
castle
and
and
and
myself
went
with
Bill
Roo
out
there
and
and
walked
around
and
talked
about
him
and
I
mean
couldn't
talk
about
him.
We
talked
with
him
and
Royce
Babin.
N
He
was
a
pump
attendant
he's
another
one
he's
actually
the
one
that
first
noticed
the
fire
and
he
started
on
his
own
filling
up
literally
a
bucket
with
water
and
and
trying
to
put
it
on
the
couplings
kadarian
Herbert
operator.
He
was
another
one
that
was
there,
fighting
the
fires,
James
LeBlanc,
of
course,
he's
here
and
everybody
knows:
Chief
LeBlanc,
Ron,
Savoy
and
Jade
Robin.
That
I
interviewed
all
of
them
documents
consulted
Mr,
Ray
scully's
with
delcon
or
Dura
I.
Think
delcon
works
for
a
Dura.
They
were,
they
were
in
the
backup.
N
I
guess
they're
gone
now,
but
you
know
the
this
this.
This
fellow
I
didn't
interview
him,
but
I
had
a
log
of
what
he
did
on
December.
30Th
and
what
he
did
on
December
31st,
it
was
impressive
and
I
can
tell
you.
They
had
four
pumps
back
running
on
December
30th
and
when
you
see
you
know
this
gentleman's
name
there.
Most
of
the
reason
is
because
he
he
was
there
and
he
came
if
I'm
not
mistaken.
He
came
up
from
Houma
when
they
called
him
and
said
they
needed
help.
N
Jade
Robin's
phone,
the
the
log
of
that
and
there
was
there-
was
some
good
information
on
that.
That
supplied
some
timing
into
who
showed
up
when
who
was
called
when
Etc,
the
Mormon
bro
Pump
Station
operations
and
maintenance
manual
which
to
your
right
is
the
you
know,
cover
picture
of
that
374
Pages.
N
Should
list
every
piece
of
equipment
there
and
and
specifications
on
that?
We'll
talk
a
little
bit
further
about
that.
Henderson
Bayou,
Pub
station
operations
and
maintenance
manual
same
deal
for
this,
except
for
Henderson
Bayou
and
then
the
Sorrento
Pump
Station
operation
and
maintenance
manual.
So
I
reviewed
all
those
are
reviewed
in
more
detail.
The
the
Marvin
broke
operations
and
maintenance
manual
and,
and
then
this
video
that
that
you
saw
clips
from
the
video,
starts
at
11
05
a.m
and
and
runs
till
2
15
P.M.
N
N
N
And
and
Arthur
they
put
on
on
standby,
so
at
six
a.m.
Like
I'm
telling
you
on
December
30th,
which
was
a
holiday
Mr,
Royce,
Batman
and
Miss
Jared
Moore
Royce
is
a
pump
attendant
and
Jared.
Moore
is
a
is
a
mechanic
I
got
to
the
station.
They
started
to
prep,
to
put
on
three
pumps
that
prep
involves
warming,
it
all
up
getting
the
fluids
to
the
right
temperature
and
all
that
type
of
thing.
N
There
were
another
three
pumps,
they
were
put
online.
So
now
you
have
six
pumps
online,
so
you
got
one
one
through
five,
not
six
but
seven.
So
six
was,
they
were
trouble
with
it.
Tripping
out,
Mr
Harris
arrived
a
little
bit
after
10
Mr
Herbert
arrives
at
10
30..
They
began
to
clean
the
decks.
That's
what
you
know
their
job
as
operators
of
bobcat
that
type
of
equipment
to
keep
that
deck
clean.
So
they
can
keep
the
intake
clean
at
11
35.
N
So
one
of
the
reasons
I
wanted
to
look
at
the
I
wanted
everybody
to
look
at
the
the
video
is.
Is
that
as
you
get
closer
to
12,
then
you'll
see
this
this
fire
and
the
smoke
and
and
that's
building
up
so
at
11,
35
Mr
Royce
be
having
soda
smoke
at
pump
house
number,
five,
so
kind
of
in
the
middle
of
what
we
were
looking
at
and
he
went
and
got
a
bucket
and
began
pouring
water
on
the
couple
coupling
guard.
N
Now
they
were
I
didn't
bring
a
picture
of
this
and
probably
should
have,
but
you've
got
to
you've
got
the
the
motor,
the
2200
horsepower
diesel
engine
that
drives
a
vertical
pump
and
there's
a
there's,
a
right
angle,
gear
that
gets
that
down.
But
there's
a
coupling
in
between
the
the
engine,
the
diesel
engine
and
the
pump,
and
so.
N
The
this
that
we're
going
to
go
into
that
a
little
bit
more
but
but
the
fire
began
at
this
coupling
point.
So
heat
was
generated
from
that
from
the
way
that
coupling
was
and
that
heat
started
some
oil
and
grease
and
debris
that
was
around
there
on
fire.
So
now
we
have
not
just
the
smoke
or
heat,
but
you
actually
have
fire
and
that's
going
on
at
that
pump
or
at
the
coupling
point,
but
there's
a
big
coupling
guard
across
this
safety
device.
N
So
you
know-
and
it's
solid
a
lot
of
times
you'll
see
in
the
plant.
They'll
have
this
grating
type
material,
but
this
these
are
solid,
and
so
they
had
a
hard
time
being
able
to
get
into
the
into
where
the
coupling
was
and
actually
put
the
at
this
time,
they're
trying
to
use
handheld
fire
extinguishers
so
trying
to
put
that
wand
in
there.
So
it
was
difficult
to
do
that,
but
they
they
figured
it
out
at
11,
49,
Mr,
Arthur,
Shake
Snyder.
N
He
he
arrived
and
he
called
Mr
James
LeBlanc
Mr
Blanc
had
Tigers
tankers
from
Sorrento
and
Santa
mall.
He
called
them
out
to
come
to
Marvin
bro,
so
I'd
like
at
this
point.
If
James
doesn't
mind,
he
can
come
and
and
give
us
kind
of
the
statistics
on
when
they
left
Sorrento
when
they
were
called
out
when
they,
when
they
got
on
the
Fire.
O
Thank
you
so
I'll
just
give
you
a
couple
stats
I'll,
give
you
a
couple
stats
real,
quick,
so
Mr
Bill
can
finish
his
program,
but
it's
so
Sorrento
and
Santa
Monica
Fifth,
Ward,
volunteer
fire
departments
are
the
Departments
that
responded
to
Marvin.
Pro
I
want
to
remind
you
again
that
this
is
all
volunteers,
nobody
getting
paid
so
they
brought
when
we
arrived
at
Marvin
bro.
On
this
particular
day
we
brought
6
550
gallons
of
water
with
us.
O
O
So
basically
we
we,
we
brought
6
550
gallons
of
water
with
us,
but
we
only
used
500
and
we
were
able
most
most
of
that
500
gallons.
That
we
used
was
basically
the
cool
down
mode
after
the
fire
was
out
so
again.
I
applaud
the
leadership
team
and
I
applaud
the
employees
that
were
there
that
particular
day,
but
we
had
14
volunteers
that
responded
and
we
were
very
blessed
to
to
get
it
out
with
no
injuries
and
no
no
injuries
to
anybody.
M
N
Okay,
so
we'll
pick
back
up
and
and
So
within
15
minutes
of
of
the
when
the
when
the
fire
department
gets
there
with
the
tankers
actually
two
tankers-
and
you
know
the
fire
for
all
intents
and
purposes
as
well,
the
rest
of
the
day.
They
were
evaluating
the
damages
and-
and
you
know
seeing
can
we
get-
we
still
got.
You
still
have
this
forecast,
so
this
is
PM
of
of
12.
30.
N
still
have
this
forecast
that
there's
big,
there's
big
rain
event
coming
and
additionally,
you've
got
the
water
from
the
rain
event
they
had
in
North
Ascension
that
that's
making
its
way
down
there
to
the
pump.
So
I
was
just
informed
that
Mr
Mr
Scully
works
for
delcom
and
not
oduro,
correct
sorry,
sorry
about
that,
but
by
8
30
p.m.
On
12
30
22
there
were
three
pumps
running,
and
so
you
know
those
of
you
Ron
and
Jade,
and
certainly
Clinton
knows
that.
N
N
Oh
now,
that
was
a
fancy
slide
for
you,
but
we
talked
a
Jade
had
gone
over
this
and
there's
there's
still
I.
Don't
know
you
have
anything
to
add.
Jade
I
mean
I.
Think
we
did
did
some
in
during
the
previous
presentation.
Do
you
have
something
else
you
want
to
add
or
you,
okay,
okay,
I
put
that
in
before
I
realized
he
was
gonna.
Give
the
endurance
during
his.
J
Want
to
reiterate
that,
on
the
way
to
this
scene,
we
made
all
the
appropriate
phone
calls.
The
dirt
group
Mr
Mike
at
delcon
was
our
first
because
he's
our
contractor
and
as
Mr
Bill
said,
Mr
Reagan
stared
a
little
million
dollars
four
to
five
minutes
and
they
did
drive
from
home
the
guys
that
these
guys
brought
in
their
teams.
Some
of
their
teams
come
from
a
job
in
Galveston.
B
G
J
Came
off
of
jobs
in
Galveston's
that
was
almost
as
important,
but
were
able
to
Shield
this
away
in
the
event
that
we
were
protecting,
120,
000
plus
people.
So
there
was
a
lot
a
lot
of
dedication
pulled
in
on
May,
30th,
I'm,
sorry,
December
30th,
which
everybody
says
hey.
That
is
the
weekend
off.
That's
when
everybody
takes
off
never
heard
one
complaint
from
one
of
these
guys
and
their
only
interest
was
getting
this
station.
They
didn't
care
what
happened?
J
They
only
care
about
getting
this
station
up,
and
then
we
looked
at
the
results
of
it,
but
I
think
it's
very
important
to
know
because
there
was
no
selfishness
during
this
event.
This
was
not
about
what
happened.
This
was
about
getting
this
place
back
up,
and
these
guys
that
we
owe
a
lot
a
lot
of
gratitude
to
these
fellows.
N
N
You
know
who
knows
I
could
be
incorrect,
but
you
know
everything
that
I
that
everything
on
that
every
Leap
I
looked
under
you
know,
then
it
that
appeared
to
be
the
right
answer
that
that
one
first
day
was
a
leak
in
the
air
system.
So
you
got
about
a
say,
200
pounds,
pressure
on
an
air
system
that
air
system
is
used
to
start
the
engines.
They
have
air
Motors.
N
That
start
the
engines,
and
it's
also
used
to
engage
the
clutches,
and
so
you
know
the
clutches
there's
a
bladder
there
that
controls
those
discs
very
similar
to
a
disc
brake.
For
those
of
you
to
get
that,
and
and
as
these
the
pressure
you
put
pressure
on
that
line
and
that
bladder,
then,
then
the
clutch
is
closed
on
the
drive
shaft.
N
Now
what
we
have
is
is
we
have
the
air
pressure
that
inflates
that
that
bladder
has
a
leak
in
it.
The
air
compressor.
The
only
thing
that
we
do
know
for
sure
is
that
the
air
compressor
tripped
during
this
event,
so
there
was
no
replenishment
of
air
pressure.
So,
as
this
starts
leaking
down,
there
was
no.
There
was
no
compressor
there
to
replenish
the
system.
N
As
the
you
know,
the
pumps
are
turning.
Okay,
the
engine
is
turning.
They
don't
know
that
this
this
coupling
is,
is
coming
loose,
so
the
pumps,
obviously
they
slow
down,
because
they're
not
they're,
not
being
engaged
as
much.
The
engines
continue
to
turn
at
the
same
RPMs,
and
so
you
generate
this
heat
on
those
discs
and,
and
there
was
enough
heat
generated
there
to
where
it
there
was
debris
around.
N
All
of
these,
like
there
is
in
most
pump
stations
and
and
oil
and
grease
or
some
type
of
hydrocarbon
there,
and
that
you
know
the
fire
started
at
those
couplings
there's.
There
are
other
people
that
that
have
other
opinions,
and
you
know
I
know.
One
thing
is:
is
that
nobody
knows
exactly
what
happened
at
that
date
and
time.
N
Did
they
hear
any
cavitation?
Did
they
see
any
cavitation
and
all
four
of
them
said?
No,
there
was
no
cavitation,
they
didn't
see
any
cavitation.
They
didn't
see
that
in
the
on
the
suction
side,
I
didn't
see
that
in
on
the
discharge
side,
so
you
know
that
that
kind
of
tells
me
that
there
you
know
there
was
plenty
of
water
to
pump
there.
It's
just
that
now.
They're
still
saying
that
that
caused
the
the
impeller
to
bind.
N
It
was
something
that
caused
the
impeller
to
bite,
but
I
don't
really
buy
that,
because
if
you
have
the
air
pressure,
then
those
those
those
clutches
are
bound
they're
bound
tight
onto
that
drive
shaft.
And
so,
if
you,
if
you
bind
up
the
the
pump
the
impeller
on
the
pump,
then
the
diesel
engine
is
going
to
bog
down.
You
know
it's
the
the
clutches
don't
usually
slip,
and
certainly
I
wouldn't
expect
that
in
five
or
sixth
of
all
of
them
to
do
the
same
thing.
N
Air
pressure
alarm,
so
the
nasty
little
thing
is
over
to
your
right
in
this
picture.
You
know.
Sometimes
you
know,
I'll
read
it
at
some
time.
In
the
past,
undocumented
a
low
pressure
alarm
was
installed
on
the
compressor
air.
More
had
more
of
them.
Bro!
That's
that's!
That's
it
right
there,
the
alarm.
If,
if
a
low
pressure
was
detected,
the
alarm
would
flash
some
lights
and
sound
the
buzzer
significant
thing
here
at
some
time
in
the
past
we
don't
know
when
and
we
and
there's
no
indication
of
when
specifications,
there's
nothing.
N
N
You
can't
see
the
front
of
this
door
in
the
panel,
but
you
can
see
the
wires
go
into
a
switch,
so
they
have
an
on
off
switch
that
that's
in
the
there's
eight
by
eight
enclosure
box.
There's
a
there's
a
on
off
switch
there
hand
written
actually
on
off
with
a
magic
marker
and,
and
it
was
in
the
off
position
so
best
as
best
as
I
can
understand.
You
know
what
that
did.
Is
that
disconnected
the
the
signal
to
the
to
the
light
and
the
buzzer?
N
N
N
I
call
them
the
operator,
but
they
call
them
a
tenant.
The
attendant
would
have
would
have
would
have
seen
that
gone
to
their
compressor,
realized
that
the
air
compressor
had
tripped
and
and
or
gone
and
shut
down
the
pumps
because
of
low
air
pressure.
But
it
didn't
happen
because
you
never
had
this
initiating
step
of
an
alarm.
N
I
wasn't
about
to
say
that,
but
you
know
I've
been
involved
in
many
investigations
and
some
of
them,
a
member
of
the
investigating
team
and
later
I,
was
a
manager
that
received
the
investigations.
There's
always
there's
always
some
question
about.
You
know
what
really
happened
as
I
said.
Unless,
unless
you
have
some
video
showing
exactly
what
happened,
we
you
don't
you
don't
really
know,
but
there's
a
there's,
a
probable
there's,
a
the
there
is
a
scenario:
that's
more
probable
than
others.
N
So
you
know
again
and
and
my
instructions
on
this
when,
when
I
first
started,
these
investigations
or
first
served
on
an
investigating
team,
was
find
the
most
likely
claw
cause.
Then
work
on
identifying
Solutions
work
on
identifying
Solutions.
So
you
know
that
that's
where
that's
what
I've
done
for
these
last
50
years,
that
that's
what
I
did
in
this
case,
which
is
you
know,
there's
a
possibility
that
something
else
caused
these
fires,
I,
don't
I
think
the
probability
is
is
more
that
we
know
what
it
was,
but
the
solutions
are
the
same.
N
N
N
Not
only
should
you
have
the
pumps
that
you
know
to
be
able
to
start
and
stop
them,
but
they
should
be
able
to
run
on
automatic,
and
you
should
look
at
at
the
levels
up
and
down
the
drainage
system
and-
and
you
should
know
what's
coming
and
what's
what's,
rainfall
has
fallen
and
what's
forecast,
and
so
you
know
how
many,
how
many
pumps
and
when
to
put
that
on
and
that
could
be
done
automatically.
So.
N
N
I
think
we
need
to
look
very
carefully
at
had
the
isolation
of
that.
You
know
when
in
in
my
experience
you
would
have
these.
You
would
have
these
shut
off
valves,
emergency,
shutoff
valves.
That
would
be
tripped
on
a
lot
of
on
a
under
a
lot
of
conditions.
You
could
either
do
them
manually
or
you
do
them
automatically,
but
there
needs
to
be.
There
needs
to
be
something
that
that
positively
shuts
those
those
valves
off
in
any
type
of
emergency.
N
Certifications.
Sorry
I
kind
of
jumped
around
with
this,
but
you
know
what
what
we
found
or
what
I
found
is
that
Personnel,
even
though,
for
the
most
part
they
were
qualified,
you
know,
I
didn't
I,
didn't
find
any
any
gaps
in
that,
but
but
they
were
trained
on
a
I'm.
Gonna
show
you
this,
and
this
is
how
you
do
it
and
then
I'm
going
to
show
you
this,
and
there
was
no
written
documentation
of
this-
is
how
you
start
pump
number
five,
or
this
is
how
you
start
pump
number
six
it.
N
I
N
You
know
my
recommendation
on
certifications
and
and
Chase
and
Dowell.
They
probably
are
familiar
with
that.
You
have
operators,
they
take
tests,
they
take
written
tests,
but
they
also
take
a
Hands-On
test.
So
I
don't
know
about
oxycam,
but
I
can
tell
you
at
Exxon.
You
know
you
in
order
to
become
a
b
operator
or
an
A
operator
to
move
up
you,
you
had
to
go
and
actually
walk
around
the
unit
with
somebody
and-
and
they
said
you
know,
if
you
have
this
tank
level,
for
example,
gets
high.
N
Show
me
what
valve
you
can
open
and
show
me
what
valve
you're
going
to
close,
and
so
they
they
it's
a
Hands-On
type
thing,
and
you
know
I
think
that
works
very
well
myself,
and
then
you
get
an
actual
certification.
So,
most
most
of
the
time
people
come
in
as
a.
How
are
we
going
to
number
it
and
a
c
or
a
b
or
a
three
or
you
know
they
come
in
at
some
place
where
they
can
progress
once
they
demonstrate
their
knowledge
again?
Training
and
documentation.
N
Training
should
be
formal
and
documented,
no
I
think
that's,
that's
that's
something
that
that
has
to
be
done
and
the
operation
of
Maintenance
documents
should
be
available
at
the
station.
That
was
one
of
the
questions.
I
asked
each
one
of
them.
I
said
if
you,
if
you
had
a
question
about
how
to
how
does
this
operate
or
what's
the
specifications
on
this,
there
was
no
place
that
there's
no
repository
there
at
in
a
control
room
that
that
has
the
the
specifications
and
the
operating
Sops
in
it.
N
So
you
know
that's
again
something
that
I'm
used
to
that.
You
know
the
books
are
sacred
and
the
big
refineries
and
petrochemical
management
of
change
program-
I,
don't
know
I,
guess
you
guys
I,
don't
know
if
now
you're
familiar
with
that,
but
but
management
change-
and
this
is
this-
is
this-
is
what
happened
in
the
in
the
alarm
switch
is,
is
that
you
had
something
that
was
changed.
N
Nobody
documented
it.
Nobody,
nobody
put
it
in
the
operating
manual.
So
management
of
change
is.
Is
that
one?
If
you
make
a
significant
change
in
your
operations
or
in
your
equipment,
then
that's
a
there's,
a
process
that
has
to
be
followed
to
make
sure
that
that
change
gets
Incorporated
in
all
those
places
that
it
needs
to
be,
and
so
I
mean
you
can
you
can
find
probably
a
lot
of
information
on
that
on
you
know
if
you
look
around,
there
should
be
a
clear
chain
of
command.
N
Now
you
know
Parish
president
has
his
own.
You
know
he
he's
welcome
to
to
run
his
run,
the
train
station,
how
he
wants
you
know,
I'm
used
to
and
I
know
who
I'm
reporting
to
and
if
I'm
I'm,
one
that's
being
reported
to
I,
know
who
reports
to
me-
and
you
know
like
when
I
was
in
the
military
I
was
sacred.
You
never
went
around
that.
You
never
went
past
the
person
that
you
were
that
you
were
reporting
to
again.
N
Obviously,
there
needs
to
be
standard
operating
procedures,
so,
if
I'm
going
to
par,
if
I'm
going
to
start
pump,
number
four
here
are
the
steps
one
two
three
four,
five,
six
seven
and
again
that
book
has
to
be
sacred
too,
because
you
can't
go
in
and
make
changes
without
updating
these
books.
So
people
have
to
be
confident
that
what
they're
reading
in
that
book
is
is
the
the
latest.
N
Thank
you
checklist.
It
goes
without
being
said
and
and
Jay
they're
they're
working
on
this
now
they've
already
started
this
process,
but
you
know
you
have
to
document
the
checklist.
So
if
I'm
going
I'm
checking
that
pump
and
I
checked
the
oil
in
it,
then
I
I
make
a
check
on
my
my
list
and
and
that
I
would
recommend
that
that
be
put
into
a
digital
file.
So
it's
something
that's
easily
searchable
and
you
can
find
Manning
the
stations.
N
You
know
I
think
that
more
than
likely
and
I
I
can't
tell
you
when
this
is
going
to
happen,
but
we
do
know
this
that
there's
more
rainfall
falling,
there's
still
more
development
going
on
in
Ascension
Parish
that
that
soon
this
operation
will
probably
be
24,
7
and-
and
so
you
know,
I
think
we
should
anticipate
that
fire
protection
and
James
has
started
this
and
Jade
has
started
this
in
looking
at.
You
know
what
what
type
of
alarms
and
what
type
of
equipment
do
we
need?
I
N
N
N
Review
of
the
entire
operation,
so
I
think
I
was
telling
chairwoman
castle
that
I
imagine
I.
Don't
today,
I
did
I
managed
to
clean
up
of
a
super
fun
houses,
Wayside
North,
Baton
Rouge,
it's
EPA
does
a
five-year
review
every
five
years
they
come
in
and
they
comprehensively
look
at
what
you
did,
what
you
accomplished,
what
what
the
status
of
that
site
is
so
I
think
that
you
know
this.
This
is
something
that
that
probably
should
be
done.
N
Maybe
a
three
year,
maybe
a
five
year-
maybe
a
three
year,
the
first
year
and
five
after
that,
but
it
should
be
a
comprehensive
review
of
of.
Are
you
in
compliance
with
x,
y
and
z?
What
did
you
do?
Additionally,
it
should
look
at
where
you
are
technology
wise.
Is
there
something?
That's
happened
in
the
last
three
years
that
makes
it
more
efficient
or
safer
for
people
to
work.
So
it's
just
a
very
broad
look
at
at
all
the
pump
stations.
N
N
Is
we
have
an
opportunity
to
make
that
a
safer
place
to
work
and
a
safer
place
and
I
and
more
efficient
and,
and
that
probably
add
to
the
longevity
of
the
equipment
there
you
go
I
want
to
thank
Darius
because
he
got
that
I
didn't
give
all
that
to
him
until
this
afternoon.
He
got
it
all
up
here
without
with
only
complaining.
N
A
A
A
It's
embarrassing
to
me
that
I
I
didn't
know
that
the
pumping
station
didn't
have
adequate
fire
protection
and
that
the
pumping
station
didn't
have
lots
of
things.
It's
embarrassing
I've
been
sitting
here
for
12
years,
I
apologize
to
the
citizens
of
Ascension
Parish
that
I
didn't
know
that
and
to
our
employees.
A
They
should
know
if
there's
new
technology
available
and
we
need
to
implement
it.
They
should
know
if
there's
challenges
at
that
station
on
operations
and
maintenance
and
be
prepared
to
do
what
it
takes
to
implement
it
and
any
report
given
by
the
the
whoever
is
contracted
to
make
that
review
absolutely
must
also
be
delivered
to
this
governing
Authority,
no
matter
who's
sitting
here,
because
I
do
believe
that
over
the
years
had
had
I
known
I
would
have
asked
questions.
I
would
have
been
more
effective
in
my
role
in
this
seat.
A
A
A
So
it's
it
once
again.
I
apologize
should
have
known
that
and
the
people
who
sit
here
from
after
me
she'll
they
need
to
know
it.
They
don't
know
what
they're
remiss
so
at
least
now
they
know
what
they
need
to
ask,
but
definitely,
as
a
result
of
this
incident,
there'll
be
a
whole
nother
set
of
questions
as
a
result
of
the
next
one.
A
Unless
we
do
the
things
that
you're
encouraging
us
to
do
here.
So
the
first
thing
that's
important
to
me
is
that
review
of
the
entire
operation
and
where
that
gets
reported
needs
to
be
reported
to
the
parish
president
or
the
executive
over
drainage,
and
it
needs
to
be
reported
to
governing
Authority.
N
F
N
N
J
I
I
just
like
to
say
that
we
we
need
to
remember
the
importance
of
our
engineering
contract,
for
that.
That
is
something
that
we've
already
looked
at
unless
I'll
use
an
example
with
the
air
compressor,
we
learned
some
very
valuable
information
from
these
mechanics,
as
we
was
repairing
this
on
how
the
air
pressure
relates
to
this
station
and
how
we
could
use
it
for
the
alarm
situation.
J
So
what
we
did.
Instead
of
making
these
adjustments
on
our
own,
we
used
our
engineering
contract,
which
is
with
the
dura
group,
and
we
had
that
process
vetted
through
Mr
Billy,
and
then
we
evaluated
what
our
o
m
manual
said,
and
we
allow
the
engineer
to
make
that
change.
Send
that
change
to
us
and
then
that's
what
updates
our
o
m
manual
I
think
that's
a
very
good
process
to
use,
because.
A
F
A
A
It's
obviously
it
there
was
a
need,
a
a
determined
by
somebody,
and
then
a
decision
was
made
to
put
an
alarm
that
had
horns
and
lights
by
somebody,
and
somebody
approved
that
and
it
got
done.
But
then
it
was
forgotten
about.
Should
I
see
how
both
of
your
your
management
of
change,
piece
and
and
my
peace
concerned
about
how
did
this
change
get
made
and
who
approved
that
would
have
been
beneficial.
D
So
you
know
I
tried
to
figure
out
okay,
here's
an
alarm
when,
when,
when
you
know
through
the
normal
progression-
and
you
know,
I
asked
the
team
to
ask
our
companies
to
go
through
this
station
every
year
and
suggest
upgrades
and-
and
things
like
that.
But
I
said
when:
when
could
this
have
been
caught?
When
should
it
have
been
called
and
in
2013
when
we
brought
on
that
pump
line?
D
And
in
2017
we
added
these
two
new
pumps
to
this
air
system
at
some
point
in
time
that
documentation
and
manual
and
all
of
what
you're
describing
should
have
been
there.
But
this
is
no
unusual
circumstance
because
in
just
Parish
government
in
general
we
have
no
information
hierarchy
or
information
or
document
I'm.
Trying
to
put
this
together
now
when
I
first
I
would
ask
for
things.
D
There's
studies
that
we
spent
millions
of
dollars
I
have
no
idea
where
they're
at
because
we
don't
have
any
record-keeping
system
other
than
our
grants
and
finances
were
required
to
keep
these
documents.
But
this
is
no
different
in
2017,
when
Iowa
population,
we
added
these
pumps
to
this
air
system.
D
At
that
point
in
time,
where's
the
alarms,
where's
where's,
the
checks,
where's
where's,
all
that
was
built
out.
These
two
brand
new
pumps,
total
on
scada
and
in
2009
I
mean
this
whole
time
and
that
and
that
that
question
was
never
never
asked,
never
never
answered,
and
so
yeah
I
I
totally
agree,
but
no
no
major
change
taxes
in
that
station.
Without
coming
to
this
board.
No,
no,
we
don't
make
changes
or
add
pumps
or
subtract
or
do
anything
that
doesn't
come
to
this
board.
D
D
Look
it
up
today,
I
can't
tell
you
that
I'd
have
no
idea,
I'm,
still
looking
for
documents,
I'm
still
finding
documents
and
addicts
over
DPW
and
trying
to
scan
them
and
make
them
part
of
the
historical
information
that
we
have
spent
Millions
upon
millions
of
dollars
for
and
it's
tough
I
have
to
usually
go
to
the
consultants
and
say
hey.
When
you
did
this
project
10
years
ago,
did
you
have
anything
left?
Can
you
please
send
that
to
us
so
that
we
can
archive
it?
So
this
this
has
been
an
ongoing
thing
forever.
D
D
D
A
That
makes
sense,
because
preservation
of
documents
is
a
critical.
Is
it
I
hate
to
say
it's
a
relatively
new
area
where
people
recognize
the
importance
of
all
that
preservation,
it
certainly
I
think
is
new
to
us,
and
so
it's
going
to
be
there's
going
to
be
a
significant
task
to
just
catch
up
or
just
to
get
it
done
now
versus
how
do
we
catch
up?
You
know
50
years
of
History,
so
good
luck
with
all
of
that.
We're
working
on
it.
I
appreciate
that
you're
working
on
it,
so
I
need
to
go
back
now.
A
I've
covered
my
administration
at
the
governing
Authority.
The
management
of
change
bill
I
think
you
kind
of
skipped
over
a
little
bit
in
operating
procedures.
I
agree
with
your
assessment
that
there
does
need
to
be
clear
documentation
on
the
limits
for
the
pulp
operation.
The
mechanical
limits
of
the
pump's
capability
should
be
clear
to
the
to
people
who
are
employed
there,
and
there
should
be
an
engineering
evaluation
done
to
produce
these
limits
at
each
station
and
if
there
are
other
limits
such
as
regulatory
limits.
That
should
also
be
clear
to
the
attendance
yeah.
N
I
didn't
if
I
overlooked
that
I
apologize,
I
didn't
maybe
it
was
I,
don't
know
if
it
was
in
the
slideshow,
but
it's
it's
in
the
actual
report,
and
and
so
there
needs
to
be
engineering
evaluations
that
tell
us
this
is.
This
is
the
minimum
that
you
can
pump
severio
Canal
down
to,
and
this
is
you
know
this.
This
is
the
how
many
pumps
you
have
to
have
running
or
should
have
running
so
there
there's.
A
lot
of
you
know.
N
There's
a
lot
here
in
this
operational
procedure
again,
I
think
that's
a
big,
that's
a
big
picture
and
and
think
about
yourself.
If
you
were
there
operating
what
you
know
and-
and
you
have
to
you
have
to
decide,
are
you
going
to
pump
this
down
from
two
feet
to
one
foot
or
you
know
what
that's
going
to
be,
but
we
need
to
I
think
we
need
to
have
an
the
parish.
N
A
I
suspect
that
that
was
done
in
order
for
this
operation,
for
this
Pump
Station
to
be
so
pumps,
permitted
and
and
to
be
operational,
but
because
of
the
failure
to
maintain
records
and
documents
and
operating
manuals,
it's
lost
and,
and
so
it
changes
or
or
maybe
it's
not.
But
my
question
is:
how
do
we
get
to
where
that
is
standard,
and
we
know
what
it
should
be.
So
let
me
answer
again.
D
D
So
when
you
have
a
light
rain,
you
may
go
to
a
a
more
conservative
level,
so
we
watch
the
weather,
the
staff.
We
have
a
a
group
text
between
me,
Ron,
Jade
and
Arthur,
and
we
discuss
what's
coming.
We
can
discuss
the
models
and
what
they're
talking
and
presenting,
and
then
we
will
decide
based
on
the
in
severity
of
what
that
storm
is
on
on
how
much
we
should
pop
down
or
not
pump
down
at
all.
D
D
You
can't
you
can't
create
that
operation
because
it
is
so
varied
from
hardly
anything
to
the
extreme
of
of
20
inches
of
rain
that
we
had
in
2016
on
the
North
that
then
flooded
Backwater.
And
so,
if
you,
if
you
went
to
2016
and
you
saw
right,
create
a
standard
operation
for
2016.
I
would
love
to
see
what
that
looks
like,
because
I
can
tell
you
that
the
standard
operation
that
they
did,
the
pumps
couldn't
keep
up.
It
didn't
work
system.
Couldn't
work
system
was
faltered.
It
overtake
it.
A
Not
suggesting,
sir,
that
there
would
be
I
appreciate
your
elaboration
and
what
I'm
suggesting
is
that
as
Mr
Dawson's
document
suggests
that
we
need
to
understand
what
the
limits
of
the
pump
operation
are
100,
what
the
mechanical
limit,
so
the
pumps
are
capable
of
doing
and
that
the
people
out
there
know
not
only
that,
but
what
our
regulatory
limits
are.
So.
F
A
I
I
apologize
if
I've,
if
I've
made
it
sound
like
you,
could
have
an
operating
procedure
for
particular
rain
events.
Yet
certainly
you
cannot
I.
Don't
we
don't
have
a
meteorologist
on
our
team.
We
don't
have
a
hydrologist
on
our
team.
We
don't
have
an
engineer
on
our
team,
so
we
we
are
lacking
a
lot
of
information
that
might
be
gleaned
if
we
had
that
kind
of
capacity
on
our
team,
but
we
don't
and
not
having
that
we
just
need
what
Mr
Dawson
recommended
as
the
operating
procedures.
D
Yeah,
the
mechanical
limits
of
the
pumps
are
something
that
we
could
probably
rely
on
a
Dura
to
give
us
those
when
they
were
built.
Those
systems
are
in
place,
and
so,
when
we
on
December
30th
the
elevation,
the
last
elevation
for
which
the
fire
started
was
elevation.
Two
normally
we
will
pump
to
one
and
then
go
to
0.05
and
then
zero
if
necessary,
Nature
has
pulled
it
down
to
negative
one,
so
we
know
that
nature
can
pull
it
down
to
that
level.
D
We
don't
go
any
more
ever
go
any
more
than
what
nature
pulls
it
down,
so
that
if
there's
any
bulkhead
failures
or
anything
else
well,
Nature
has
pulled
it
down
this
way.
We
we're
only
pulling
it
within
that
parameter.
It
has
been
pulled
down
to
negative
three
before
historically
from
when
I
was
told.
I
don't
have
that
record
and
that's
what
they
from
from
our
discuss
with
the
pump
operators,
is
negative,
three
you're
starting
getting
close
to
cavitation,
but
we
don't.
D
We
don't
ever
even
try
to
get
close
to
that
number,
not
even
not
even
negative
one.
Unless
it
is,
it
is
dropping
11
inches
on
us
and
we're
maybe
a
zero
or
holding.
That
would
be
the
only
case
and
only
scenario
or
2016
or
1983.
That
would
be
the
only
scenario
for
which
that
would
occur,
but
Mr
Billy
Blackwell
should
be
able
to
testify
on
the
mechanical
limits
of
each
pump
and
when
cavitation
occurs.
G
B
G
So
I
think
that's
very
important.
Historical
data
documented
with
timestamps
of
1995
by
an
engine
engineering
firm
and
that's
how
we
have
ran
the
station
consistently.
You
know
each
event
is
different,
but
it
sort
of
gives
you
that
guideline
of
where
the
operation
parameters
have
always
been
excellent
and
so
I
think
that
that's
an
excellent
start
to
get
this
data
to
wherever
direction.
We
go
as
far
as
a
firm
vetting
it,
but
I
would
very
much
so
caution.
This
was
in
1995.
G
A
A
There
was
no
doubt
my
mind
this.
It
had
to
be
decided
at
some
point.
That's
right!
This
stuff
worked.
This
was
how
to
do
it,
and
so
I
appreciate
that
you
all
have
gotten
that
and
I
look
forward
to
whatever
the
the
evaluation
results
are,
as
considering
all
the
changes
that
have
happened
since
1995.,
yes,
and
that
I
think
was
all
I
had
look
at
me.
A
Oh
I
did
have
Marvin
bro
is
the
most
expensive
asset,
Ascension
Parish
owns
and
I
did
tell
you
how
embarrassed
I
am
that
I
didn't
know
what
was
going
on
out
there,
but
we
need
to
understand
our
deficiencies,
things
that
exist.
Deficiencies
that
exist
in
safety.
Most
importantly
is
that
is
the
that
is
the
lives
of
our
our
employees
out
there
and
our
contractors
out
there.
We
need
to
understand
that
we
need
to
understand
what's
happening
mechanically,
and
certainly
we
need
to
understand,
what's
happening
operationally
so
I.
A
F
C
C
It
takes
six
people
at
at
at
my
place
of
employee
to
get
Moc
approved.
You
know
you
got
someone
from
safety,
environmental.
You
got
a
couple
production
people
there
and
all
that
stuff.
So
it's
very
important
I
mean
we
can't
change
a
a
vow
for
Motel
to
inconel
without
six
approvals,
so
the
Moc
process
is
very
important
it
once
we
create
that
database
it'll
be
very
easy
for
us.
You
know
to
track
changes,
we've
made
and
upgrades,
and
things
like
that.
I
have
a
few
ideas
on
the
team.
C
Obviously
this
would
be
led
by
engineering
which
most
Moc
should
be
and
then
and
then
you
have
someone
from
the
administration
side.
Maybe
we
entertain
like
the
chairperson
or
one
or
two
board
members
to
sit
in
on
that
conversation
and
also
feel
feel
good
about
it.
That's
things
that
we
can
talk
about
down
the
road
training,
I've
I've
spent
some
time.
You
know,
training,
people
in
industrial,
environment
and
yeah.
We
have
different
levels
of
of
training.
C
You
know
we
go
through
hand,
drawings,
we
go
through
written
tests
and
all
that
stuff
right
there
and
I
actually
think
that's
a
really
good.
Well,
it's
twofold!
So
we're
really
going
to
a
performance
Pace!
You
know
kind
of
Rage
system
here
you
know
that's
a
good
way
for
people
right
to
get
their
money
is
how
efficient
are
you
at
running
these
pumping
stations
and
things
like
that,
so
Sops
and
crds.
C
So
this,
in
my
opinion,
was
the
biggest
glaring
hole
that
we
had
in
our
process
and
we've
had
for
32
years
now
as
Sops
and
cods.
We
should
have
a
consequence
of
deviation
for
almost
every
oh,
a
pressure
and
flow
on
on
the
puncture
oil
pressure.
All
that
stuff,
your
air
compressor
right.
There
should
be
a
a
a
a
shutoff
switch
whatever
that
air
compressor
hits.
150
pounds
kills
every
Point
immediately.
Whenever
any
firearm
goes
off,
we
have
some
flame
arresters
in
line
and
and
some
ssvs
to
isolate.
C
You
know
all
that
diesel
fuel
I
mean
as
far
as
safety
goes,
that
is
I,
think,
is
our
biggest
our
biggest
safety
risk
right
there,
one
fire
in
any
one
of
those
pumps
and
that's
it's
boom.
It's
going
to
follow
the
common
fuel
line
to
these
gravity,
fed
tanks,
so
I
just
want
to
throw
that
out
there.
No,
and
this
is
something
that
that
I
can
really
help
you
out
with
as
far
as
templates
and
and
and
kind
of
an
idea
right
like
a
sop.
C
You
know
you
can
have
a
have
a
category
on
emergency
emergency
shutdown,
normal
shutdown,
things
like
that,
because
that's,
oh
it
all
comes
with
different
all
comes
with
different
scenarios,
so
yeah,
so
it
wasn't.
You
know
you
know
it
was
unfortunate
that
at
some
point
in
time
we
had
a
safety
mechanism
in
place.
It's
it
had
enough
cobwebs
on
it
to
who
knows
how
long
it's
been
bypassed.
C
We
also
need
speaking
of
bypass,
we
have
a
bypass
procedure
at
work
whenever
you
bypass
anything
that
is
supposed
to
shut
down
that
system
to
protect
it
from
itself,
you
should
have
that
filled
out.
You
should
talk
about
the
hazards,
hey
we're
going
to
bypass
this
air
compressor
alarm,
because
we
need
to
repair
it.
Okay,
what's
the
hazards,
while
it's
bypass
where
the
hazard
is,
we
could
lose
air
pressure.
We
can
burn
up
three
pumps
right.
So
what
do
you
do
to
prevent
that?
C
Okay,
now
I'm
gonna
have
some
more
monitor
this
air
pressure.
He's
not
leaving
this
gauge
until
this
alarm
is
repaired
and
things
like
that,
you
know
so
a
bypass
log
on
all
the
safety
mechanisms
that
we
put
in
place.
So
you
know
Lessons,
Learned,
look,
there's
this
thing
has
been
kind
of
Cadillac
and
you
know
since
1991
and
and
oh
and
we
all
get
a
little
complacent
and
whatnot,
but
we
have
an
excellent
opportunity
here
to
improve
ourself
and
we
need
to
really
really
rely
delcom
order,
like
or
professionals.
C
M
I'm
the
I
want
to
expecting
to
say
this
part
of
it,
but
I
think
one
of
the
things
I'm
hearing
is
that
we
don't
have.
We
didn't
know
so
much
that
was
going
on
and
I'm.
You
know
I'm
just
kind
of
shocked
that
the
the
lack
of
fire
safety
equipment,
that's
appropriate
for
the
site.
I
mean
it
sounds
like
that
was
inadequate
lack
of
training
on
certain.
M
You
know
just
how
this
actually
works,
but
some
of
that
goes
back
to
our
employees
and
the
message
has
to
get
to
our
employees
that
talk
to
us.
You
know
if
they're
out
there
all
the
time
we're
not
out
there,
they
need
to
come
talk
to
us.
They
need
to
talk
to
the
administration,
the
people
that
are
out
there
have
to.
Let
us
know
these
things
and
it
doesn't
just
go
for
Marvin
bro
goes
for
every
pumping
station.
M
It
goes
for
every
Department
in
the
parish
that
we
need
to
have
our
employees
understand
that
y'all
have
the
freedom
to
come
talk
to
your
supervisors
and
if
you
don't
want
to
talk
to
a
supervisor,
you're
afraid
to
you
come
talk
to
somebody
on
the
council.
You
talk
to
HR
whomever,
but
we
need
to
know
about
these
things
because
you
know
I'm
just
kind
of
shocked
about
the
situation
out
there.
It
sounds
like
this
really
could
have
been
a
lot
worse,
which
is
unfortunate.
M
M
N
G
M
G
Have
doubt
the
format
that
we
have
is
the
when
we
brought
this
contract
in
was
just
for
what
you're
saying:
oh
pre-contracts,
you
had
one
mechanic
on
staff
and
that's
all
you
had
and
I
wouldn't
even
call
that
maintenance
I
would
call
that
reactive
repairs.
Okay,
then
you
bring
you
on
the
maintenance
contracts.
When
you
did
that
that
was
the
tool
for
that
director.
That's
over
that
pumping
station,
they
have
full
authority
to
issue
tasks.
G
Their
job
is
to
forward
think
identify
problems,
get
it
maintenanced
in
compliance
with
the
manuals
and
whatnot
they
were
in
the
process
of
developing
and
updating
these
operations
and
maintenance
manuals
for
each
station.
The
latest
received
copies
were
in
October,
and
that
was
going
to
be
the
basis
for
a
Baseline
look,
we're
establishing
true
Baseline
maintenance.
You
go
back
to
delcon's
history
within
their
contract
and
what
they
had
to
do
to
get
a
true
Baseline
established
as
far
as
maintenance
across
that
station.
G
The
way
you
establish
maintenance
is
you
hit
Baseline
on
all
your
pump
alignments
and
your
vibrations
across
every
pump
at
that
station.
That
hadn't
been
done,
and
so
that's
the
first
thing
that
delcon
and
a
Dura
group
recommended
that
we
do
hit
a
baseline.
So
you
can
start
trending
data
and
showing
differences
or
movement
within
your
components.
Mechanically.
F
G
G
M
M
G
M
N
N
M
N
D
D
And
I'd
like
to
comment
real
briefly
on
that
I
believe
this
is
an
update.
This
is
not
the
complete
we
still.
We
still
have
a
lot
of
digging
into
recommendations
working
with
the
dura
and
Del
con
to
go
through
the
specifics,
I
I
don't
believe
this
I
believe
this
to
be
an
update
and
and
further
updates
to
follow.
I.
Don't
believe
this
is
to
be
complete.
In
my
opinion,
I
agree.
M
And
then
I
I
emailed
you
some
of
these
questions
already,
so
I
can
get
answers
from
later,
but
as
far
as
the
pumping
down
this
is
maybe
a
question
for
Ron.
We
get
a
benefit.
You've
said
from
pumping
down.
What
is
that
benefit,
and
how
quickly
is
is
that
that
benefit?
That's
realized.
How
quickly
does
it
evaporate
when
the
rainfall.
G
G
In
any
event,
some
cases
You
can
predict
it.
That
day,
for
example,
was
I.
Think
one
to
two
inches
of
rain
was
the
forecast
well
wind
up
getting
four
or
five
in
two
hours,
so
every
inch
of
capacity
in
those
types
of
events
could
help
in
any
scenario,
on
the
top
end
of
the
system.
So
I
would
say
it's
crucial
that
you
get
these
elevations
and
capacities
available
because
remember
we're
dealing
with
a
system
today
that
was
20
years
ago.
The
operations
that
we're
doing
right
now
it
might
be
that
you
get
an
evaluation.
G
D
M
D
From
2014
2012,
my
my
family's
home
flooded
in
in
2016
2014
2012.
I,
can
I
can
tell
you
that
pumping
down
creates
capacity
not
only
from
the
Weirs
to
the
pumps,
but
also
Beyond,
when
we
added
the
gate
valves
we're
able
to
pull
down
the
grand
goudin
that
goes
all
the
way
into
South
Prairieville
to
levels
until
we
have
Regional
Detention.
The
only
capacity
we
have
is
in
our
channels.
The
only
capacity
every
capacity
you
create
within
those
channels
gives
water
a
place
to
go
instead
of
in
people's
homes,
and
so
creating.
D
This
capacity
is
crucial
not
only
on
the
inside
well
on
the
outside
as
well,
because
it's
a
tougher
discussion
for
other
parishes
to
say
that
their
pumping
is
affecting
us
when
we
can
create
capacity
within
our
system,
hold
the
water
and
we're
pumping
the
water
outside
of
the
system.
Therefore,
when
the
rain
event
happens
outside
of
the
system,
and
you
have
bath
water
coming
down
the
Amy
river
that
we're
our
pump,
water
is
already
in
the
swamps
and
in
our
lower
lying
areas
and
have
dissipated.
D
Instead
of
when
that
water
starts
coming
down,
the
Amy
River
we're
pumping
at
the
same
time
trying
to
catch
up
and
we're
exacerbating
the
situation
on
elevations
of
water
outside
our
Levee
system.
So
it
has
a
two-prong
event,
number
one
we're
creating
capacity
within
our
channels,
which
is
the
only
place
for
capacity
today
and
we're
pumping
water
prior
to
the
outside
events.
Therefore,
that
water
dissipates
and
seeks
its
lowest
elevation
causing
less
impact
if
there
is
an
impact,
it's
minimal
by
the
way,
on
any
other
parishes.
D
Due
to
the
fact
that
you
know
it's
difficult
to
raise,
Lake
Mora
Falls
elevation
by
the
levels
of
pumping
that
we
do.
Nonetheless,
it
does.
It
does
help
and
so
any
capacity
that
you
can
create
within
our
system
within
our
body,
and
we
do
the
same
in
Sorrento.
So
you
take
Sorrento's
Pump
Station
in
this
Reservoir.
We
keep
that
at
negative
too,
because
that
allows
that
low-lying
area
surrender
to
go
into
that
retention.
D
If
you
didn't
do
that,
you'd
have
flood
against
Sorrento,
and
so
we've
learned
that
from
all
of
these
Publications
and
all
of
these
procedures.
How
important
that
that
creating
that
capacity
is
and-
and
you
can
look
at
Sorrento
as
the
perfect
example
on
why
it
should
be
done,
because
we
do
it
there
religiously,
and
if
we
didn't
it
would
flood
homes
in
Sorrento,
I.
D
G
Know
I
could
find
okay,
but
in
this
it
says
when
the
parish
received
notice
of
a
storm
anticipated
with
the
expected
one
inch
or
more
of
rainfall
and
the
outside
tide,
elevation
of
two
foot
or
greater
the
gates
may
be
shut
and
the
Basin
pumped
down
to
an
elevation
no
lower
than
zero.
The
number
of
sequence
of
pumps
operation
will
be
monitored.
Minimize,
a
rapid
drawdown
and
Bank
corrosion,
while
ensuring
the
pump,
sump
elevation,
timely
manner,
provides
sufficient
storage
and
anticipated
flows.
G
M
G
D
G
Ideally,
we'd
love
to
be
at
zero
before
rain
even
comes
in
Ascension
Parish
right,
sometimes
you
go
out
and
you
and
you
start
the
pumping
event
just
like
on
this
Friday,
we're
expecting
to
run
two
or
three
pumps
at
the
most
and
have
good
solid
flow
and
keep
people's
water
in
the
channels,
and
then
you
get
four
inches
in
two
hours,
and
so
what
do
you
do
in
response
to
that?
And
you
start
seeing
the
water
elevation
at
the
station
coming
up
and
you
saw
it
after
the
pumps
go
down.
G
M
I
understand
that,
but
I
I
also
understand
that
we
have
to
have
some
sort
of
procedures
in
place.
I
think
the
Corps
of
Engineers
would
tell
us
that
we
have
to
have
some
sort
of
procedures
in
place.
In
fact,
they
probably
set
forth
some
procedures
when
they
approved
this,
and
that's
something
I
think
Mr
Dawson
should
look
at
also
is.
Are
we
following
those
core
procedures,
or
are
we
running
a
files
of
core
that?
That's
something
that
we
have
to
look
at?
You
know
as
we
look
into
this
even
more
I
understand.
N
G
M
N
N
O
M
M
My
concern
this
also
has
to
be
taken
up
as
part
of
more
of
a
safety
operation.
Security
thing
is
that
we
have
a
procedure
in
place
to
preserve
video
for
liability
purposes.
For
you
know,
I'm
sure
this
is
hopefully
looked
at
from
the
insurance
standpoint.
We
may
be
able
to
have
some
of
this
covered,
but
it
sounds
like
we
had
no
procedure
in
place
that
went
an
incident
of
this
magnitude
to
immediately
preserve
videos
and
that
that's
something
that
really
has
to
be
done.
That
should
be
part
of
every
security
protocol.
M
N
O
D
O
Control,
so
let
me
just
say
this
I
I,
you
are
totally
correct
that
we
didn't
have
any
fire
protection,
no,
no
training
on
fire
protection.
I'm
a
37
year,
fire
chief
in
Ascension,
Parish
I,
bleed
fire.
So
I
agree
with
you
100
there
keep
in
mind
that
I
was
at
my
office.
The
data
this
took
place
and
I
talked
to
Mr
Arthur
Shea
Snyder.
O
It's
just
a
training
thing.
You
point
well
taken
Point
well,
taken
that
we
all
agree
that
9-1-1
should
have
been
called
before
James
LeBlanc,
but
I
want
you
to
also
to
understand
that
21
minutes
from
the
time
wheat,
James
LeBlanc
was
called
to
the
time
we
were
on
scene.
Water
was
flowing
so
whether
it
got
to
9-1-1
quicker
or
where
they
got
to
James
LeBlanc
quicker.
However,
it
got
there.
O
We
got
there
in
a
timely
managed
to
do
what
we
need
to
do,
but
Point
well
taken
that
we
should
have
a
called
9-1-1
first
B
we
should
have.
We
should
have
fire
training
and
whenever
we
were
fighting
the
fire
the
day
of
the
fire,
the
parish
president
looked
at
me
and
he
said:
I
want
all
these
guys
trained
in
fire
protection
ASAP
and
that's
what
we're
doing
we
we
have
been.
We
have
been
at
the
Marvin
bro
pumping
station
since
December
30th
every
day.
O
Making
sure
that
we
have
I
can
assure
you
it
is
when
I'm
gone
and
you
gone
that
fire
protection
is
going
to
be
number
one
when
it
comes
to
Marvin
bro
Henderson
Bayou
in
Sorrento
pumping
station
I
can
assure
you
of
that
my
37-year
career
in
Ascension
Parish
fighting
fire.
That's
all
I've
ever
done.
That's
the
only
thing
I
know
I
can
assure
you
that's
going
to
be
done.
Okay,.
M
And
and
that's
that's
excellent,
because
what
I'm
realizing
from
hearing
a
lot
of
the
testimony
so
far,
not
to
say
testimony
it's
like
a
deposition
or
something
is
that
we
had
a
lot
of
human
factors
in
this
and
I
think
we
have
a
lot
of
human
training
that
has
to
go
on
for
everybody
involved
it.
It
could
have
been
so
much
worse.
Thank
God.
It
wasn't
because
that
that
would
have
been.
You
know
unpleasant.
M
M
N
N
F
D
The
rain
event
we
did
have
an
issue
at
Sorrento
with
the
scada.
That's
that's
another
point
from
a
previous
comment.
We
had
to
send
Crews
over
there
because
we
had
to
shut
down
the
skate
and
operate
the
station
manually,
so
we
did
shifts
that
there
was
some
shifts
and
it
just
happened
to
happened
at
the
time
of
Shifting
people
around
to
address
all
the
concerns
at
other
stations.
G
G
I
think
maybe
your
comment
you
first
started
was
like
the
primary
staff
dedicated
to
the
station
right
that
that
structure
is
a
director,
two
plump
tenants
and
a
mechanic.
Okay,
that's
the
people
that
are
there
all
the
time,
but
the
two
pumps
in
its
rotate
a
seven
day
schedule
so
they're
not
there
at
the
same
time
all
the
time,
so
they
don't
have
enough
staff
by
themselves
to
man
the
station.
So
what
happens?
G
Is
you
reinforce
that
with
operations,
people
that
run
equipment
and
dig
the
ditches
and
that
sort
of
thing
you
reinforce
their
Crews
with
those
people?
So
that's
sort
of
what
Bill's
alluding
to
was
your
two
primaries,
where
your
pumps
in
it
and
your
mechanic
that
were
there
that
morning,
any
kind
of.
M
C
G
The
the
newest
pump
tenant
was
a
newer
employee.
Four
to
five
months.
He
came
from
industry,
he
was
a
plant
operator,
so
he
had
experience
in
that
sort
of
control,
room
type,
atmosphere,
the
mechanic
free
inclined
guy,
but
the
other
two
guys
that
were
called
out
one's
15-year,
employee
and
the
other.
M
M
Yeah
no
I
I'm
looking
on
the
website
and
it's
got
Marvin
bro-
is
on
right
now
by
the
way,
if
you
look
at
the
Ascension
Parish
website,
so
we
may
want
to
check
that
it
says:
Staffing
is
a
crew
of
one
supervisor,
one
pump
tenant
two
operators,
one
mechanic,
slash
Millwright
one
day
shift
and
one
night
shift
that
to
me
says
that
that's
what
we
have
there
when
it's
running
and
this
time
we
didn't
have
enough
crew.
Now,
from
my
conversations
with
employees,
that's
been
a
concern
that
there's
not
enough
crew
there.
M
N
J
N
I'm
not
sure
about
the
restart
part
of
that,
but
every
time
you
start
there
there's
the
there's
the
procedure
and
it's
pretty
much
the
same,
which
is
you
got
to
get
the
oil
up?
The
temperature
you
got
to
get
the
you
know
check
your
cooling
jackets
and
all
of
these
things
are
whether
you
just
turned
it
off
or
whether
it's
been
off
for
days.
Then,
then
that
same
procedure
should
apply.
M
N
M
M
G
M
But
you
kind
of
answered,
you
can
answer
something
about
the
documentation
of
the
low
pressure
alarm
system,
but
you
said
something,
but
there's
no
documentation
windows
installed,
but
we
didn't
did
we
have
we
do.
We
know
that
we
went
through
everything.
I
mean
we're,
probably
still
looking
for
the
documentation
on
that.
N
M
G
G
M
D
M
I
I
listened
to
everything,
but
my
question:
it's
not
written,
there's
no
written
instructions
for
employees
and
that
would
make
it
easier
for
them
when
they're
working
in
there
to
know
exactly
what
they
should
and
shouldn't
do,
because,
right
now,
without
some
firm
guidelines
for
them
did
they
do
something
wrong.
It
could
be
on
them
and
that's
really
not
fair
to
our
employees.
It
makes
it
much
easier
on
them
because.
M
D
G
M
D
M
Bill,
did
you
interview
the
president
in
this
foreign
I?
Guess
not?
No!
No!
Okay!
Well
he's
in
charge,
you
know
like
I'll
look.
We
have
I,
have
more
questions
that
I
submitted
because
I
think
there
are
a
lot
of
issues.
You
know
one
of
the
things
that
kind
of
we
don't
seem
to
have
a
real
succession
plan.
Either
we
don't
know
how
things
work
it's
just
by
word
of
mouth
and
if
somebody
leaves
they're
gone
and
we
don't
know
you
know,
we
don't
know.
M
If
the
next
person
knows
what
to
do
and
that's
that's
a
scary
thing.
We
got
to
put
that
into
place.
People
don't
just
leave
because
they
get
better
jobs,
I
mean
they're.
You
know
people
leave
for
all
kind
of
reasons.
They
get
old
and
pass
away
like
me,
or
something
like
that.
That
could
happen,
but
I'm
just
saying
we
have
to
be
prepared
for.
M
Yeah
I
agree,
I,
agree,
I
mean
I.
Think
that's!
You
know.
This
is
all
a
process
we're
going
to
be
moving
forward
on
this
kind
of
stuff.
But
you
know
I'd
really
like
to
see
us
get
an
independent
review
of
this,
not
for
somebody
within
the
parish
but
I'd
like
to
see
somebody
come
in.
Look
at
this
incident
also
look
at
our
our
procedures
and
our
operations
and
all
of
that
and
everything
counts.
M
Chairman
chairwoman,
caser
said,
but
when
I
say
independent
I
mean
somebody
that
is
not
doing
work
with
the
parish
right
now
and
hasn't
been
asking
us
for
contracts,
meaning
that
we
can
go
to
Houston
or
to
Jackson
or
somewhere
and
find
somebody.
That's
not
looking
to
get
business
from
us.
That's
going
to
give
us
an
honest
assessment
and
somebody
that's
not
looking
or
that
doesn't
have
a
contract
with
us
because
they
have
a
contract
with
us.
The
threat
is
we're
going
to
pull
that
if
we
don't
hear
what
we
like.
M
So
we
want
to
make
sure
we
get
somebody
independent,
so
I
really
think
we
should
head
in
that
direction
to
to
give
them
that
full
Authority,
because
I
think
you
did
a
good
job
bill,
but
there
are
a
lot
of
holes
here.
Just
in
the
investigation
point
I
know
your
time
was
an
issue,
but
if
we
get
somebody
that
doesn't
have
time
as
an
issue,
I
think
that
that
would
be
very
important.
So
yeah
I'll
leave
that
right
now,
maybe.
G
Later
on
tonight,
caution
you
on
that
Aaron
and
I'm
not
opposed
to
any
of
that,
but
we
need
to
make
sure
and
vet
what
we
got
in
place
right
now,
moving
forward
that
we
don't
spend
money
on
things
that
Marvin
bro
to
mitigate
some
of
the
things
that
have
occurred.
There's
a
lot
of
task
orders
out
there,
so
the
sooner
the
better.
G
M
G
M
Mean
I
feel
bad
for
the
poor
guy.
So
that's
what
I'd
like
to
see
us
get
an
independent
review
of
this,
but
also
look
at
all
our
procedures
and
get
somebody
that's
qualified
to
really
help
us
out
with
some
eyes
that
are
really
new,
because
that
would
really
open
things
up,
I
think,
because,
when
you've
seen
something
so
many
times,
you
forget
that
hey
there's
a
box
with
an
alarm
on
it,
you
just
walk
past
it
and
I'm
sure
you
know
I've
been
the
same
way.
M
You
just
walk
past
the
problem
so
many
times
you
forget
about
it
and
it's
human
nature.
So
if
we
bring
somebody
in
that
hasn't
ever
seen,
this
stuff
they're
probably
going
to
see
some
things
that
we
still
haven't
seen
so
I'll
do
something
about
that
later
on
tonight,
but
I'll,
let
y'all
I'll.
Let
next
person
go.
I
A
N
I
Going
to
throw
this
out
there,
just
listen
and
y'all
have
definitely
covered
everything
that
I
wanted
to
ask.
So
to
me,
I
I'd,
like
to
see
us
get
an
update
prior.
You
know,
Clint
said
it
bill.
This
is
an
update.
This
is
an
initial
study.
We're
going
to
keep
going
on
this
we've
identified
things
that
are
certainly
important
here,
so
I
just
identified,
the
things
I
think
are
important.
I
I
was
going
to
make
one
comment
on
safety
that
you've
already
talked
about
at
the
training,
although
I
think
it's
Admiral
that
they
walked
in
and
they
tried
to
use
buckets
and
whatever
they
could
find.
I'd,
certainly
like
to
see
a
procedure
where
we
don't
send
somebody
into
a
dangerous
situation.
I'd
much
rather
lose
a
pump
than
lose
than
lose
a
life.
So
you
know
in
the
plan
We're
Not
Gonna.
You
know
people
jump
in
a
tank
because
they
see
somebody
passed
out
and
then
we
got
two
passed
out.
I
People
and
you
know
I-
want
to
make
sure
we
address
that
to
what
I
see
is
protect
equipment.
Anything
we
can.
You
know
like
Chase,
said
anything.
We
can
identify
that
low
pressure
alarms,
low
oil
alarms.
We
got
to
get
through
that
right
now
and
make
sure
Clint
said
it
last
meeting
equipment's
old,
losing
parts
for
it.
I
mean
to
me.
That's
number
two
I
know
we
talked
about
Sops
and
training.
I
just
identified
those
three
things
I
mean
I'd
like
to
see
is
I
mean
we
don't
have
to
spend
the
whole
meeting
up
here.
I
I
mean
if
we
could
get
an
update
a
week
before
the
meeting
on
those
three
items
and
what
the
plan
is
moving
forward
to
improve
them,
where
we're
at
in
that
plan.
I
think
that
that's
just
a
request,
obviously
I
can't
demand
anything
but
I'm.
Just
I
think
that
would
be
something
good
in
front
of
these
meetings,
not
when
we
get
here,
because
we
just
makes
the
night
so
long
have
those
updates
in
front.
So
we
can
ask
questions
about
where
we're
at
when
we
get
here.
That's.
L
I
All
I
have
the
only
thing
I
was
going
to
say:
we
talked
about
capacity
and
pump
down
again.
I.
Don't
want
anybody
to
answer
my
question
but
with
h
t
b,
mapping
the
parish
and
we
have
all
the
major
channels.
There's
got
to
be
a
calculation
to
be
done.
I
get
it
that
the
rain
events
are
different,
but
we've
got
to
find
some
way
to
to
kind
of
make
a
an
educated
guess
on
how
much
rain
has
failed
and
how
many
hours.
N
I
Don't
have
to
answer
him
that
that
was
just
my
comments
on
things
that
I
think
are
important
to
identify
moving
forward.
We
can.
We
can
believe
it
affect
what
happened,
who
did
what
20
years
ago,
three
years
ago
it
does
matter.
We
need
to
figure
out
how
to
improve
all
this
moving
forward
and
and
have
it
updated
every
meeting.
So
that's
my
comments.
M
This
is
not
an
action
item
tonight,
it's
just
a
report,
but
so
what
I'd
like
to
do
is
just
ask
that
we
put
it
on
the
next
agenda,
but
hopefully
start
working
on
it
before
then
that
we
we
got
to
get
somebody
to
do
an
independent
review
of
not
just
the
situation
but
of
our
operations
and
everything
else
that
we
built
and
go
back
to
his
day.
Job
as
utilities,
director
and
and
we
can
get
a
better
grasp
of
this
I
think
we
can
start
working
on
that.
A
Thank
you,
sir
I
will
mention
that
in
Bill's
defense
it
was.
It
was
my
request
that
he
do
this
I'm
aware
of
Bill's
background
in
Industry,
I'm,
I'm,
I,
trust
him.
I
I
felt
confident
that
the
members
of
this
commission
trusted
him
also
shortened
the
time
frame.
He
had
to
do
this
because
we
were
talking
about
doing
it
next
month
and
that
would
have
perhaps
answered
a
lot
more
of
your
questions.
But
man
Authority
went
straight
to
my
head
and
I
I
asked
them
to.
A
Please
do
it
tonight,
because
for
me
the
important
thing
is
to
see
corrective
actions
on
our
agenda
and
the
longer
it
takes
to
get
to
corrective
action.
The
more
risk
we
have
and
so
I
wanted
to
be
able
to
report
as
best
he
could
tonight
and
then
by
next
Mar
by
the
by
the
March
meeting.
We
should
see
items
on
this
agenda
that
address
the
issues
and
begin
to
correct
them.
I
didn't
want
to
wait
till
next
month
and
then
it'd
be
April
before
we
began
Corrections.
A
A
I
work
in
an
area,
that's
Human,
Services
related.
We
things
go
wrong
and
no
doubt
we
look
back
afterwards,
as
we
have
done
in
this
incident
and
do
after
action
look
and
say
what
went
wrong
and
by
the
end
of
the
day,
we
can't
figure
that
out.
It
was
a
lot
of
things.
It
was
a
compilation
of
problems
that
resulted
in
what
could
have
been,
but
was
not
thank
God,
a
catastrophic
failure
at
our
at
our
pumping
station.
So
we
can
discuss
all
that
later.
Is
there
any
other
comments,
any
questions
that
anybody
has?