CAMERON PARISH POLICE JURY
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
AGENDA – VOTING SESSION
MONDAY MARCH 10, 2025
11:00 A.M. (or at conclusion of Morning Agenda Meeting)

Cameron Parish Police Jury
West Annex – Board Room
148 Smith Circle, Cameron, LA

  1. Call to Order
  2. Pledge of Allegiance/Prayer
  3. PUBLIC COMMENT
  4. Motion to Adopt February 2025 meeting minutes
  5. Motion to Approve Add-Ons:
  6. Motion to Approve Other Permits:
    1. John and Linda Conner – 206 West Miller Road, Grand Chenier, (proposes to replace a culvert that was washed out from hurricane and to do repairs to levee for access to cattle grazing on the back of the property. Hauled in fill material will be utilized to backfill area where culver is installed.), Cameron Parish, LA. (250301)
    2. John and Linda Conner – Little Chenier Road, Latitude 29°51’13.59”, Longitude -93°03’25.45”, (proposes approximately 222 cubic yards of native material to be hauled in and placed to rebuild existing cattle walk levee, approximately 60’ long and 20’ wide.), Cameron Parish, LA. (250302)
    3. Kinder Morgan Louisiana Pipeline, LLC – Johnson Bayou, Latitude 29°45’39.77”, Longitude -93°52’55.96”, (proposes to replace an existing deep anode ground bed at Sabine Pass Booster Compressor Station 348. Project is needed to improve cathodic protection of the existing pipeline due to depletion of the existing deep anode ground bed in an effort to reduce corrosion and promote continued safe operation of the KMLP pipeline.), Cameron Parish, LA. (250303)
    4. Cameron Parish Police Jury – Grand Chenier, Carl McCall Road, (proposes replacement of bridge on Carl McCall Road with 8-48” culverts. Installation of a temporary detour road during construction activities.), Cameron Parish, LA. (250304)
    5. Kim Bourriaque – East Creole, (proposed maintenance dredging along 2737 linear of drainage ditch for adequate drainage.), Cameron Parish, LA. (250305)
    6. Chrickie Investments, LLC – Big Lake, 157 W Harbor Drive, (proposes to construct a pier and boathouse for recreational use.), Cameron Parish, LA. (250306)
  7. Motion to Approve Appointments:
    1. Fire Protection District No. 14 – Leonard Richard, term expired
    2. Lower Cameron Hospital District No. 2 – Vickie Trahan, term expired
    3. Waterworks District No. 11 – Wayne Hebert, term expired
    4. Consolidated Fire Protection of South Cameron – Appoint Tammy Peshoff to open seat
  8. Motion to open public hearing for the proposed amendments to Chapter 14 Motor Vehicles and Traffic, Article III: Operation of Vehicles Generally, Section 14-38 Operation of Utility Terrain Vehicles as listed below:
    Proposed amendments to Chapter 14 Motor Vehicles and Traffic
    • Article III: Operation of Vehicles Generally
    o Section 14-38
     Operation of Utility Terrain Vehicles
    Sec. 14-38: The operation of a utility terrain vehicle upon the public roads or streets of Cameron Parish is prohibited, except as otherwise provided in this section:
    1. “Utility terrain vehicle” means any recreational or off-highway motor vehicle designed for and capable of travel over designated roads, with a minimum width of fifty inches but not exceeding seventy-four inches and a minimum weight of at least seven hundred pounds but not exceeding three thousand five hundred pounds. “Utility terrain vehicle” shall include those vehicles not equipped with a certification label as required by 49 CFR Part 567.4.
    2. A utility terrain vehicle may be operated, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., upon any street or road within Cameron Parish that has a speed limit of 25 miles per hour or less, (hereinafter referred to as “Cameron Parish street”) only in the regions of the parish described below:
    i. Hackberry and Johnson Bayou: Eastern boundary being the Calcasieu Ship Channel to the Western boundary being the state line of Texas to the Southern boundary being the Gulf of Mexico to the Northern boundary being the Calcasieu Cameron Parish line.
    ii. Cameron, Creole, Grand Chenier, Parts of Sweet Lake: Eastern boundary being the Vermillion Parish line except for the area of Klondike and Louisiana avenue / parish road 120, then to the Northern boundary being the Calcasieu Cameron Parish Line, then to the Western boundary being highway 27 to the Intracoastal Waterway then heading due west to the Calcasieu River then to the Southern boundary being the Gulf of Mexico.
    3. A utility terrain vehicle may not be operated upon any street or road that has a speed limit greater than 25 miles per hour nor can a utility terrain vehicle be operated after 10:00 p.m. and before 6:00 a.m.
    4. A utility terrain vehicle operated on a Cameron Parish street shall be equipped with the minimum motor vehicle equipment appropriate for motor vehicle safety including, headlamps, front and rear turn signal lamps, tail lamps, stop lamps, reflex reflectors, including one on each side as far to the rear as practicable and one red reflector on the rear of the vehicle, an exterior mirror mounted on the driver’s side of the vehicle and either an exterior mirror mounted on the passenger’s side of the vehicle or an interior mirror, a parking brake, an adequate windshield, a windshield wiper, speedometer, odometer, braking for each wheel, a seat belt assembly installed at each designated seating position, and a vehicle identification or serial number.
    5. Any utility terrain vehicle operated upon a Cameron Parish street shall be registered with the state of Louisiana through the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles, as an off-road vehicle and shall display a decal issued by the office of motor vehicles.
    6. No person shall operate a utility terrain vehicle upon a Cameron Parish street without a valid driver’s license and shall be at least twenty-one years of age.
    7. Any utility terrain vehicle operated upon a Cameron Parish street shall have liability insurance with the same minimum limits as required by the provisions of La. R.S. 32:900(B).
    8. No person shall be a passenger in the open bed of a utility terrain vehicle while traveling upon a parish road or municipal street. The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply in an emergency situation. The number of persons permitted to travel in a utility terrain vehicle is limited to the number of available seat belts.
    9. Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to prohibit Cameron Parish in the future from prohibiting the operation of any utility terrain vehicle on any street under its jurisdiction if Cameron Parish determines that such prohibition is necessary for the safety of the motoring public.
    10. If a subdivision in Cameron Parish has an existing regulation or covenant prohibiting the use of utility terrain vehicles, then that subdivision will be responsible for the enforcement of its regulation or covenant and preventing the use of utility terrain vehicles. Further, following the adoption of this ordinance, any subdivision in Cameron Parish may enact a regulation or covenant prohibiting the use of utility terrain vehicles, and thereafter, that subdivision will be responsible for the enforcement of its regulation or covenant.
    11. Utility terrain vehicles shall comply with all applicable local and state traffic laws and may be ticketed for traffic violations in the same manner as any other motor vehicle.
    12. No person shall operate a utility terrain vehicle upon a bicycle path, sidewalk, sidewalk area, or other area not designated for motor vehicle use or not specifically designated for utility terrain vehicles except as provided for in La. R.S. 32:299.
  9. Consideration of granting authority to amend Chapter 14 Motor Vehicles and Traffic, Article III: Operation of Vehicles Generally, Section 14-38 Operation of Utility Terrain Vehicles as listed above
  10. Consideration of assessing liquidated damages on the OEP Pavilion Project (tabled from last month)
  11. Consideration of increasing permit fees either Option 1 or Option 2 effective April 1, 2025 (tabled from last month) for:
    1. Development Permits
    2. Electrical Permits
    3. Plumbing Fees
    4. Gas Piping Fees
    5. Mechanical (HVAC) Fees
  12. Motion to approve Resolution authorizing President to sign Multi-Jurisdictional Agreement for 2025 Workforce Development
  13. Consideration of Police Jury Association of Louisiana 2025 Annual Dues in the amount of $9,600.00
  14. Consideration of Parishes Advocating for Coastal Endurance (PACE) 2025 membership dues in the amount of $5,000.00
  15. Consideration to allocate funding in the amount of $20,547.00 to the LSU Ag Center for Extension Programs for 2025
  16. Consideration of quotes to repair Generator at West Annex
  17. Consideration of CCD 001 for the work not completed by Dunhill for the Cameron Creole Maintenance Barn Livestock Pavilion, decreasing contract amount by $44,864.00
  18. Consideration of supporting Legislation – Louisiana Transportation and Infrastructure Freight Rails
  19. Motion to approve notice to the public describing Geographic Boundaries for Gravity Drainage District No. 16, Cameron Parish, LA
  20. Motion to approve notice to the public for Gravity Drainage District No. 16 to Consider calling an election to be held on November 15, 2025, to consider an ad valorem property tax millage (7 mills) to construct, operate and maintain the District’s drainage systems
  21. Motion to approve notice to the public describing Geographic Boundaries for Lower Cameron Hospital Service District, Cameron Parish, LA
  22. Motion to approve notice to the public for Lower Cameron Hospital Service District to consider calling an election to be held on November 15, 2025 to consider renewal of an ad valorem property tax millage of sixteen and thirteen hundredths (16.130 mills) to operate and maintain such hospital buildings, related hospital facilities and equipment within and for said District, title to which shall be in the public?
  23. Motion granting authority for building inspector to send Notice of Condemnation Hearing Letter on the following properties:
    1. Greg Gachassin – 143 Joe Rutherford Road, Creole, LA
    2. Scott Nunez – 4519 Creole Highway, Creole, LA
    3. Peter Dahlen – 1371 Little Chenier Road, Creole, LA (Little Chenier)
    4. Staffon Richard – 1413 Little Chenier Road, Creole, LA (Little Chenier)
    5. Christopher Fountain – 137 Warren Road, Creole, LA (Oak Grove)
    6. OEG – 111 Garber Street, Cameron, LA
    7. Maria Duhon – 128 Victoria Lane, Creole, LA
    8. Ronald Nunez, Sr. – 243 Ruby Lane, Creole, LA
  24. Consideration of purchasing property for the Hackberry Dump Access Road
  25. Consideration of Big Lake Ball Field Lease
  26. Motion to approve resolution granting Administrator to submit an application to DRA (Delta Regional Authority) Strategic Planning Program and sign all relevant documents should the application be funded
  27. Proclamation – Dysautonomia Awareness
  28. Motion to approve ratification for president authority to sign Resolution 1210 – CDBG urgent need project list
  29. Review and accept the monthly financial statements and budget to actual comparison
  30. Motion that approved Bills be Paid
  31. Executive Session:
    1. Hurricane Insurance Litigation Discussion
    2. Coastal Zone Litigation Discussion
    3. Grand Lake Barn Road Improvements Discussion
    4. Road & Bridge Superintendent Evaluation Discussion (Deferred from January)

Adjourn Meeting

* Indicating Add-ons

You can view the official agenda here.