Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - Governor's Office › Chapter 5 - Landscape Architects Selection Board › Subchapter B - Selection Procedure › Section VII-528 - Interview Procedures for Special Projects

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The interview procedures of the board are
				  as follows:
1. The user agency notifies the
				  Office of Facility Planning and Control, or the Office of Facility Planning and
				  Control may determine on its own that the proposed project is of a special
				  nature and should be considered under the interview procedure.
2. The user agency, the Office of Facility
				  Planning and Control, and the chairperson of the board (vice-chairperson in the
				  absence of the chairperson) shall decide if the nature of the project warrants
				  utilizing the interview procedure. This may be done in a meeting or by
				  teleconference.
3. The chairperson
				  of the board authorizes the Office of Facility Planning and Control to
				  advertise the special project under these procedures. The advertisement shall
				  contain:
a. the deadline for
				  applications;
b. the date of the
				  meeting;
c. the proposed interview
				  meeting date;
d. the information
				  required under
				  R.S.
				  38:2312(A).
4. The selection procedure
				  (§527) will be followed from
				  §527 A, and B.1,
				  2, 3, 4, and 5. However, if an applicant is not selected unanimously on the
				  first ballot, the following procedure will be implemented:
a. After the results of the weighted ballot
				  are reported, the board secretary will list all applicants receiving one or
				  more points. They will be listed in order, ranked by number of points from
				  highest to lowest.
b. After the
				  list is prepared, there will be a roll call vote on each applicant starting
				  with the first applicant on the list. Voting for each applicant will take place
				  in the order that he/she is listed. Each applicant on the list will receive a
				  "yes" or "no" vote from each board member. Each applicant that receives a
				  majority of "yes" votes will be invited to an interview meeting.
c. Voting will end when there are a minimum
				  of two, but not more than five applicants to be interviewed, or when the end of
				  the list is reached, whichever comes first.
d. In the event that the end of the list is
				  reached before there are at least two applicants to be interviewed, the board
				  may begin voting again by the method of their choice.
e. All applicants selected by the foregoing
				  process will be invited to an interview meeting.
5. The interview meeting will be held in
				  accordance with criteria that the board sets forth in a letter to the
				  applicants that have been selected to be interviewed.
6. At the interview meeting, the board will
				  begin in an open meeting and vote to go into executive session to conduct the
				  interviews in accordance with the criteria set forth in
				  §528.A 5, and pursuant
				  to R.S.
				  42:16 and 42:17.
7. After all interviews have been conducted,
				  the board will return to a public meeting.
8. At this time, the selection procedure will
				  resume according to procedure outlined in
				  §527.B.5 a, 8, and
				  9.