WEST CAMERON
PORT COMMISSION
110 Smith Circle
P. O. Box 366
Cameron, LA 70631
Board Members
Clifton Cabell, President Dwight Savoie
Jimmy Brown, Vice- President Howard Romero
Greg Wicke, Secretary Wendell Wilkerson
Terry Hebert, Treasurer Ricky Poole
PROCEEDINGS
WEST CAMERON PORT HARBOR & TERMINAL DISTRICT
May 31, 2011
The West Cameron Port Harbor & Terminal District met in regular session on Tuesday,May31, 2011 at the Holly Beach Fire Station, Holly Beach, Louisiana at 6:00o'clock PM.
Present: Ernest Carol Trahan, Cliff Cabell, Wendell Wilkerson, Ricky Poole, Jimmy Brown
Absent: Howard Romero, Charles “Terry” Hebert, Greg Wicke, Dwight Savoie
Guest: Vanessa Brower, David Harter, John LeBlanc
Parish Agencies: Tunie Dunaway, Cameron Parish Police Jury
Ernie Broussard, Cameron Parish Planning & Development
Gus Fontenot, Cameron Parish Planning & Development
The meeting was called to order by ChairmanCliff Cabell.
Ricky Poole led the Pledge of Allegiance and Jimmy Browngave the invocation.
On the motion of Mr. Brown, seconded by Mr. Wilkerson and carried the board approved the May3, 2011 regular meeting minutes.
On the motion of Mr. Trahan, seconded by Mr. Brown and carried the board approved the Treasurer’s report.
On the motion of Mr. Wilkerson, seconded by Mr. Trahan and carried the board agreed to pay the following bills: Cameron Telephone- $77.77-May, 2011, phone bill, Cameron State Bank Visa-May, 2011-$249.73, Cornellia B. Dunaway-May, 2011-$100.00-Travel Expense.
The port board reviewed the following correspondences: (i) a letter from Southwest Louisiana Alliance asking for participation in an Investor Focus Group; (ii) aPublic Notice from the U.S. Coast Guard proposing to change the removal depth of 2 piers that remain in the waterway following the demolition of the old LA 1 vertical lift bridge across Bayou Lafourche, mile 13.3, at Leeville, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana; (iii) an invitation to the Annual Chamber Southwest Louisiana Shrimp Boil held in Baton Rouge at the Governor’s Mansion, May 17, 2011 at 7:00 P.M.
Mr. Broussard gave a general report on the status of the Calcasieu Loop and East Fork dredging; permit amendment and resulting bar siltation, Co-joint Washington DC briefings with Lake Charles Port, the Corps of Engineers, Chairman Dave Camp-House, Ways, and Means Committee, and all Federal delegation members; RFP’s, appraisals, GIS, Port Feasibility review setups; Holly Beach Sewer System, confirmed land deal with Mecom and Apache; Economic Development, 3 deepwater companies, 2 super tanker proposals, Marine Well Containment, re-engaged in a target marketing initiative for grocery, retail sales, and service and support housing; Long-term Recovery update, and Recent Recovery Article. He discussed with the board a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the West Cameron Port Commission and the Cameron Parish Police Jury regarding Cameron Fisheries and the dredging project. The lease and sublease is nearing completion. The dredging should be completed by the fall of 2011. He discussed with the board the silting in the Channel bar and outer bar area. Mr. LeBlanc stated the Lake Charles Port offered St. John’s Island as an alternate spoil disposal site at no cost. Mr. Poole asked if deepwater vessels could enter the Calcasieu Loop with Mr. Broussard responding yes. Discussion followed.
On the motion of Mr. Wilkerson, seconded by Mr. Brown and carried the board agreed to give the Committee Chairman, Mr. Howard Romero authority to sign the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between West Cameron Port Commission and the Cameron Parish Police Jury for the CDBG Fisheries Infrastructure Program. “Exhibit A”
The board agreed to appoint a committee consisting of Mr. Romero, Mr. Savoie, and Mr. Wilkerson to attend the Port Feasibility Bid Meeting at the South Cameron Memorial Hospital scheduled for Friday, June 3, 2011 at 9:00 A.M. Mr. Wilkerson indicated that maintenance dredging amounts should be included in the Port Feasibility Study. Discussion followed.
Mr. John LeBlanc reported on a possible Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between West Cameron Port Commission and Lake Charles Port Commission for future projects. He also discussed new board member appointments for Lake Charles Port Commission and the Marine Well Containment project. Discussion followed.
The next regular meeting will be scheduled forJune 28, 2011,6:00 P.M. at the South Cameron Memorial Hospital, Cameron,Louisiana.
There being no further business and upon motion of Mr. Wilkerson, seconded by Mr. Trahanand carried, the meeting was declared adjourned.
APPROVED:
_s/Cliff Cabell______Cliff Cabell, Chairman
WEST CAMERON PORT HARBOR & TERMINAL DIST.
ATTEST:
_s/Greg Wicke______
Greg Wicke, Secretary