The Coastal Zone Advisory Committee met on December 9, 2025, at 12:00 PM in the Council Chambers of the St. Charles Parish Courthouse. The meeting included a presentation from the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), a manager's briefing on recent permit applications and the Christmas tree recycling program, introduction of new committee rules, and discussion of the upcoming Davis Pond Advisory Committee (DPAC) meeting. The committee approved the previous meeting minutes and accepted the introduction of new rules.
There it is. Good afternoon. Call the December 9th meeting of the Coastal Zone Advisory Committee for St. Charles Parish to order. Please stand for a moment of silent meditation, followed by the pledge. Pledge allegiance. One nation under God. Individual liberty of justice for all. Okay, to start the meeting today, I'd like to entertain a motion to accept the November 21st Coastal Zone Advisory Committee meeting minutes. Can we get a motion? I make the motion accept them. Second. Motion by Mr. Landry. Second by Mr. Landry. Mr. Lambert and Landry, sorry. Please cash a vote. That motion carries unanimously. Second item on the agenda 2.1, path of a project and funding, a presentation from the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority by Mr. Ryan Lazina. Mr. Lazina, we appreciate you being here. The floor is yours. Thank you, Chairman. As was mentioned, I'm Brian Lazina. I represent the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. A little bit about what I do. I currently serve as the administrator for planning and research. And so that's one of the divisions within the agency. So large civil works projects. So basically, if you went to the CPRA building on the first floor, that's us right there. Quite literally, figuratively on the first floor. So we're kind of where everything gets kicked off within CPRA. And so what I wanted to do today was go over a few items. On there, we won't go all the way to construction, but exactly how we kind of kind of get these things going. So if you're not familiar with uh CPRA and real fast, you can see where the single state entity with a third authority to articulate a clear statement of priorities to achieve that coastal comprehensive uh protection or restoration program. And we really do that through the state's coastal master plan. So we develop, implement, and enforce that. Um the goals of the plan are pretty simple. It's to reduce land loss, try and make a sustainable Louisiana, and then of course reduce risk for the citizens that that live across the uh the coast of uh Louisiana and coastal Louisiana. Now, under that we do have several objectives. You can see, although it's smaller on the screen is flood protection. That's primarily storm surge flood protection. Uh restoration of natural processes where we can, because nobody can do it better or cheaper than Mother Nature. Uh coastal habitats, we protect cultural resources. Uh I know a few of you. I know uh where you make your living, how you you do things along the coast. Myself uh is a coastal resident and grew up there, and those things are incredibly important that make coastal Louisiana, Coastal Louisiana.