RESTORE ACT Direct Component Multiyear Plan Matrix — Department of the Treasury OMB Approval No. 1505-0250

Applicant Name:

1. CUMULATIVE DIRECT COMPONENT ALLOCATION AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION TO APPLICANT: 

3. Primary Direct Component Eligible Activity 

Further Described in Application (Static Field)

4. Activity Number and Activity Title 

(Static Field)

5. Location - Municipality(ies) 

(Static Field, locations also shown 

on attached map)

6. Total Funding Resources For Activity Budget (refer to Instructions)

7. Proposed 

Start Date 

mm/yyyy

8. Actual Start 

Date 

mm/yyyy 

(Static Field)

9. Proposed 

End Date 

mm/yyyy 

10. Actual End 

Date 

mm/yyyy 

(Static Field)

11. Proposed High Level Milestones 

Further Described in Application

6a. Direct Component 

Contribution

6b. Other RESTORE Act 

Contribution 

6c. Other Third Party 

Contribution 6d. Total Project Budget

Infrastructure project benefitting 

the economy and ecological 

resources Boat Launch Renovation Springfield $100,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $100,000.00 Mar-16 Mar-17

RFP, Start Construction, End 

Construction

Coastal flood protection and 

related infrastructure Sand-Bagging Machine Parishwide $60,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $60,000.00 Mar-16 Mar-17

Procurement, Purchase, CloseOut

Restoration and protection of the 

natural resources, ecosystems, 

fisheries, marine and wildlife 

habitats, beaches and coastal 

wetlands of the Gulf Coast Region Waterway Debris Removal Southern Livingston $401,895.49 $0.00 $0.00 $401,895.49 Mar-16 Mar-17 RFP, Start Project, End Project

12. TOTAL FUNDING FOR BUDGET (refer to Instructions) $561,895.49 $0.00 $0.00 $561,895.49

Livingston Parish Council

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$561,895.49 $561,895.49 2. TOTAL ALLOCATIONS PLUS KNOWN FUNDS NOT YET DEPOSITED IN TRUST FUND FOR DIRECT COMPONENT: 
RESTORE ACT Direct Component Multiyear Plan Narrative 

OMB Approval No. 1505-0250 

Eligible Applicant Name: LIVINGSTON PARISH GOVERNMENT, LOUISIANA

Name and Contact Information of the Person to be contacted (POC) on matters concerning this Multiyear Implementation Plan:

POC Name: HEATHER CRAIN

POC Title: GRANT COORDINATOR

POC Email: hcrain@lpgov.com

POC Phone: +1 (225) 686-4415

B. PROVIDE A BRIEF NARRATIVE THAT DEMONSTRATES:

1. The need, purpose, and objectives for each activity, including a detailed description of each activity.

Waterway Debris Removal - There is an estimated total of 10,000 cubic yards of vegetative debris and 53 units of white goods and 

various materials in 95 miles of waterways located in Livingston Parish. This debris is a significant waterway safety hazard, and 

waterway restoration is essential for the citizens and visitors to the parish. The Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office patrols these waterways 

daily. These waterways are used by public recreational watercraft for recreational activities, fishing and as access to open waters for 

economic recovery and livelihood. The debris poses a serious and immediate threat to the health and welfare of the community and to 

the waterway users, is of recent origin, and is considered an urgent need to protect the public. This threat includes the threat to wildlife 

and fisheries from submerged debris. Because of the unplanned for budget issues related to the BP oil spill and many storms, Livingston 

Parish has not been able to finance this debris clean-up activity on its own. The proposed debris removal is urgent and needed for 

restoration of the targeted waterways. Vegetative debris constitutes whole trees, tree stumps, tree branches, tree trunks and other leafy 

material. Depending on the size of the debris, the collection of vegetative debris may require the use of flat bed trucks, dump trucks 

and grapple loaders. The removal of vegetative debris and white goods will restore and protect the parish's natural resources by 

improving and restoring the natural flow capacity and direction of the waterways. Debris removal will also prevent excessive bank 

erosion and reduce the formation of bars. According to parish engineers, waterway debris will reduce the conveyance of these channels 

with a resulting increase in water surface. Depending on the configuration of the channel and adjacent topography, increasing the 

volume in a channel with obstructive debris (vegetative or white goods) will cause the water surface to rise vertically and/or spread out 

laterally. Blocking the water flow with debris will increase water depth and/or the areas of inundation leading to coastal flooding. 

Therefore removing the debris will aid in coastal flooding protection. The only project activity included herein is debris removal from 

parish waterways. The waterways included in this project are a minimum of 13 total, including: Blood River, Tickfaw River, Lizard Creek, 

Amite River, Bayou Chen Blanc, Chinquapin Canal, Blind River, Black Bayou, Old River, Bayou Barbary, Natalbany River, Lake Maurepas 

and Petit Amite River. 

Sand Bagging Machines - Livingston Parish's largest natural hazard threat is flooding. Most flooding is seen in the southern half of the 

Parish and along its fifty-five (55) square miles of waterways and is caused by the abundant amount of rain received in South Louisiana 

throughout the year from thunderstorms, extended raining events and tropical cyclones. Many homes and small businesses require

sand bags to keep the flood waters from damaging property creating a significant cost to residents, insurance companies and FEMA for 

repairs and replacements. Currently, the Parish Department of Public Works transports sand and empty sand bags to various fire

stations throughout the parish where citizens and fire fighters must fill the bags, on their own, to mitigate this hazard. The parish is 

seeking funding to purchase one to two sand bagging machines capable of filling approximately 1,600 bags per hour using unskilled 

labor. These machines will greatly benefit the parish during hurricane and flooding events by helping residents efficiently attain needed 

sand bags and freeing up fire fighters who usually have to manually fill sand bags. The sand bag-filling system is an 11-gauge 

construction unit with a 5.5 horsepower engine capable of being moved to various sites as needed for public and private flood 

protection benefits. This equipment will allow for quick mobilization and response times which will lead to more efficient flood 

protection. The equipment will be housed at the Livingston Parish Department of Public Works and transported to the areas that need 

assistance during emergency events. 

Boat Launch Renovation - It has been determined by a local engineering firm that there is, and will continue to be, significant erosion 

to the bank of the Livingston Parish Boat Launch located in Springfield, LA. This is a public boat launch on publicly-owned land by 

Livingston Parish. The project will include infrastructure that will promote natural resource restoration to mitigate erosion. Site visits 

over the last seven years confirmed an estimated erosion rate of slightly over one foot per year, causing a threat to the launch itself, a 

nearby business and utilities. According to Forte and Tablada, a local engineering firm, the rate of erosion is between 0.8 to 1.3 ft. of 

lateral loss of 1 foot per year. During a recent site visit additional photographs were taken that confirm the actual rate of erosion is 

consistent with that of the previous expectations slightly over 1 foot per year. While some areas have eroded at a slightly slower rate 

due to rip rap and/or topographical constraints, just as many areas have an increased rate of erosion with an average erosion rate for 

the area of interest falling in line with the previous estimate. The sheet piling will be installed by tying into the existing sheet piling that 
is currently protecting the private property embankment and building. The sheet piling will then continue and wrap around the fence 

and run perpendicular to the boat launch until it exceeds daily mean water surface of the stream near the top bank of the launch area. 

The installation of the sheet piling at the boat launch will greatly enhance and continue to allow for recreational and commercial 

boating commerce. The public boat launch is a critical piece to multiple functions throughout the year that the Parish community 

hosts. With the continued development of erosion amplified by unprotected slopes the integrity of the boat launch is in jeopardy and 

will likely not remain in service unless corrective measures are taken. This boat launch is one of only a few public boat launches within 

Livingston Parish that allows quick access to the brackish estuaries of Lake Maurepas and Lake Pontchartrain. These two lakes provide 

for recreational and commercial commerce of fishing, crabbing, shrimping, alligator hunting, oyster harvesting, all of which is essential 

to the local, state and national food supply of this unique foods of south Louisiana. 

2. How the applicant made the multiyear plan available for 45 days for public review and comment, in a manner calculated to obtain broad-based 

participation from individuals, businesses, Indian tribes, and non-profit organizations, such as through public meetings, presentations in languages other 

than English, and postings on the Internet. The applicant will need to submit documentation (e.g., a copy of public notices) to demonstrate that it made its 

multiyear plan available to the public for at least 45 days. In addition, describe how each activity in the plan was adopted after consideration of all 

meaningful input from the public.

Livingston Parish advertised in the Livingston Parish News, the parish's official journal, regarding a public hearing scheduled on 

December 8, 2014. The notice was published on December 4 and December 7 of 2014. At this public hearing, the RESTORE projects 

were discussed, including the amount of funds available, the goals, purposes and activities of the program and the parish's proposed 

projects. For those people not able to attend the public hearing, an opportunity was announced for them to send in written views and 

comments. In addition, the public notice was posted in public places. No public comments were received. The parish then assembled a 

special Restore Act committee to evaluate and prioritize potential projects. The committee consisted of Parish President Layton Ricks; 

Mark Harrell, director of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness and grants manager; Brandi Janes, homeland security deputy 

director; Heather Crain and Sarah Kline, grant coordinators; and Tim Kuylen, homeland security planning, training and exercise 

coordinator. After the projects were identified and prioritized by the committee, a second notice was published giving the public 45 

days to respond and/or review the proposed parish multiyear plan. Livingston Parish published a public notice in its official journal, The 

Livingston Parish News, on January 22, 2015, to allow the public a 45-day review period of its RESTORE Act Multi-Year Plan for use of 

federal RESTORE Act funds. The 45-day review period began January 23, 2015, and ended March 9, 2015. The Department of Treasury

found this review period to be insufficient and advised the parish to re-advertise the 45-day public review period. The parish readvertised in its official journal on September 10 and September 13, 2015, to allow the public a 45-day review period of its RESTORE Act 

Multi-Year Plan for use of federal RESTORE Act funds. The 45-day review period began September 10, 2015, and ended October 30, 

2015. The information was also posted on the parish's Web site and Facebook page. An article was written in the Advocate, the parish's 

major metropolitan newspaper, on September 23, 2015. The information available to the public included the amount of Restore Act

funds available to the parish, the goals and purposes and type of activities that may be undertaken through this program and the 

projects or activities proposed by the parish Restore Act committee in the Multi-Year Plan. During this review period, no public 

comments were received by the parish government. The Livingston Parish Council also approved the plan by resolution on June 11, 

2015. On behalf of the Livingston Parish Council, the parish president submitted the multiyear plan to Treasury for acceptance on 

December 9, 2015. 

3. How each activity included in the applicant's multiyear plan matrix is eligible for funding and meets all requirements under the RESTORE Act.

The waterway debris removal activity is eligible under the RESTORE Act because it impacts the eligibility categories of restoration and 

promotion of tourism in the Gulf Coast Region. The debris poses a serious and immediate threat to the health and welfare of the

community and local wildlife. These waterways are used by public recreational watercraft for recreational activities, fishing and as 

access to open waters for economic recovery and livelihood. The sand bagging machines would meet the coastal flood protection 

activity by allowing for quick mobilization and quicker response times to combat local flooding. Many homes and small businesses 

require sand bags to keep the flood waters from damaging property creating a significant cost to residents, insurance companies and 

FEMA for repairs and replacements. The boat launch project would be eligible under the infrastructure project category benefitting the 

economy and ecological resources by mitigating erosion and enhancing recreational and commercial boating commerce. This boat 

launch is one of only a few public boat launches within Livingston Parish that allows quick access to the brackish estuaries of Lake 

Maurepas and Lake Pontchartrain. These two lakes provide for recreational and commercial commerce of fishing, crabbing, shrimping, 

alligator hunting, oyster harvesting, all of which is essential to the local, state and national food supply of this unique foods of south 

Louisiana.

4. How the applicant will evaluate success of the activities included in the matrix.

The waterway debris activity will be evaluated for success by the documentation of quantities of debris removed from each listed

waterway. In addition, the safe and secure boat passage through the waterways is a significant tool for success. 

The sand bagging machine project will be evaluated by the amount of ready to use sandbags created in a shorter amount of time, as 

well as the mitigation of hazards to structures within the Parish and the lessening of costs to property owners, insurance companies 
and FEMA for repairs or replacement of damaged property. 

The boat launch project will be evaluated by the reversal and mitigation of the land erosion and the diminished threat to the nearby 

building and utilities. 

5. How the activities included in the multiyear plan matrix were prioritized and the criteria used to establish the priorities.

The proposed activities were evaluated by the parish council and other parish officials and prioritized by a diverse special committee for 

this project. See Item No. 2 for a list of the committee members. The parish choose projects for the Multi-Year Plan that were previously 

priority projects considered for other grant funding opportunities. After recent hurricanes and flooding events in the parish, officials 

prioritized various projects that were needed within the parish to mitigate and reduce losses. The boat launch renovation, waterway 

debris removal and sand bagging machines were among those priority projects identified and then selected by the committee when 

the RESTORE Act funding became available. 

6. The relationship, if any, between the activities the applicant included in the multiyear plan matrix and other activities funded under the RESTORE Act.

Not applicable because Livingston Parish has no other activities or projects funded under the Restore Act. 

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid 

OMB control number for this information collection is 1505-0250. Comments concerning the time required to complete this information collection, including the time to review 

instructions, search existing data resources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information, should be directed to the 

Department of the Treasury, RESTORE Act Program, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20220.