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During a special called meeting on Wednesday, May 18, the Bogalusa City Council approved a redistricting plan for the city’s voters, after receiving updated population figures from the 2020 census.

The council decided from six possible plans, ultimately choosing “Plan E.” The vote to approve was 5-0 — city council member Kenny Kellis was absent and Gloria Kates was only able to listen to the meeting over the phone and could not cast a vote.

City council member Oneita Graham explained that only voters who are changing district will receive a notice from the Parish Registrar of Voters. If a citizen’s district is not changing, then he or she will not receive a special notice.

The detailed description of the districts can be found at the end of this article.

In other business, the council also approved an ordinance authorizing Mayor Wendy Perrette to enter into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the State of Louisiana, Division of Administration, relative to the Water Sector Program. This vote was also 5-0.

Perrette explained that this grant program will enable the city to put up $1 million in CARES Act (COVID-19 relief) funds, and receive back $3.8 million, for a total project value of $4.8 million. The money will be used to improve the city’s sewage and water systems.

“There’s been no sewage improvements since I was born,” she said.

The next meeting of the Bogalusa City Council will be held Tuesday, June 7, at 5:30 p.m.

 

Unofficial district boundary details

(Editor’s Note: These descriptions were transcribed from a hard copy that accompanied the meeting’s agenda. Every attempt was made to be accurate, but mistakes may have occurred. For an official list of district descriptions, you may contact Bogalusa City Hall.)

• District A — All of that portion of Washington Parish bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of the Bogalusa city line and Illinois Central RR, and proceeding easterly along the Bogalusa city line to Hwy 21 N, and proceeding southerly along Hwy 21 N/Sullivan Dr to Saba St, and proceeding easterly along Saba St to Florence Ave, and proceeding southerly along Florence Ave to Mercedes St, and proceeding westerly along Mercedes St to Martin Luther King Jr Dr, and proceeding southerly along Martin Luther King Jr Dr to E 9th St, and proceeding westerly along E 9th St to Columbia St, and proceeding southerly along S Columbia St to E 8th St, and proceeding westerly along E 7th St to Ave Q, and proceeding southerly along Ave Q to unnamed Local road, and proceeding westerly along unnamed Local road to railroad spur, and proceeding southerly along railroad spur to Illinois Central RR, and proceeding northerly along Illinois Central RR to Bogue Lusa Crk, and proceeding westerly along Bogue Lusa Crk to Cumberland St, and proceeding northerly along Cumberland St to Okechobee Ave, and proceeding westerly along Okechobee Ave to Potomac St, and proceeding northerly along Potomac St to Superior Ave, and proceeding easterly along Superior Ave to Illinois Central RR, and proceeding northerly along Illinois Central RR to the point of beginning.
• District B — All of that portion of Washington Parish bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of the Bogalusa city line and Hwy 21 N, and proceeding easterly along the Bogalusa city line to the intersection with the eastern boundary of the Bogalusa City Limit, thence southerly around the eastern lmits of the City to its intersection to Davenport Ave, and proceeding westerly along Davenport Ave to Dan St, and proceeding northerly along Dan St to Long Ave, and proceeding westerly along Long Ave to S Byrd Ave, and proceeding southerly along S Byrd Ave to Redwood Ave, and proceeding westerly and then southerly along Redwood Ave to Marshall Richardson Rd, and proceeding westerly along Marshall Richardson Rd to Illinois Central RR, and proceeding northerly along Illinois Central RR to railroad spur, and proceeding northerly along railroad spur to unnamed Local road, and proceeding easterly along unnamed Local road to Ave Q, and proceeding northerly along Ave Q to E 7th St, and proceeding easterly along E 7th St to S Columbia St, and proceeding northerly along S Columbia St to E 9th St, and proceeding easterly along E 9th St to Martin Luther King Jr Dr, and proceeding northerly along Martin Luther King Jr Dr to Mercedes St, and proceeding easterly along Mercedes St to Florence Ave, and proceeding northerly along Florence Ave to Saba St, and proceeding westerly along Saba St to Sullivan Dr, and proceeding northerly along Sullivan Dr/N Columbia St/Hwy 21 N to the point of beginning.
• District C — All of that portion of Washington Parish bounded and described as follows: 1. Beginning at the point of intersection of W 8th St and Ave D, and proceeding easterly along W 8th St and the extension of W 8th St to Illinois Central RR, and proceeding southerly along Illinois Central RR to Marshall Richardson Rd, and proceeding easterly along Marshall Richardson Rd to Redwood Ave, and proceeding northerly and easterly along Redwood Ave to S Byrd Ave, and proceeding northerly along S Byrd Ave to Long Ave, and proceeding easterly along Long Ave to Dan St, and proceeding southerly along Dan St to Davenport Ave, and proceeding easterly along Davenport Ave to the Bogalusa city line (Plum St), and proceeding southerly along the Bogalusa city line to the southern boundary of the Bogalusa Corporate Limits, thence, westerly along the southern City Limits to its intersection with the western Corporate Limits (Ave L) of Bogalusa, follow the western Corporate Limits in a northerly direction to its intersection with W 12th St, and proceeding easterly along W 12th St to Ave D, and proceeding northerly along Ave D to the point of beginning. 2. As well as all of the region bounded by the Bogalusa city line.
• District D — All of that portion of Washington Parish bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of Superior Ave and Rio Grande St, and proceeding easterly along Superior Ave to Potomac St, and proceeding southerly along Potomac St to Okechobee Ave, and proceeding easterly along Okechobee Ave to Cumberland St, and proceeding southerly along Cumberland St to Bogue Lusa Ck, and proceeding easterly along Bogue Lusa Ck to Illinois Central RR, and proceeding southerly along Illinois Central RR to eastern extension of W 8th St to W 8th St, and proceeding westerly along W 8th St to Ave D, and proceeding southerly along Ave D to W 12th St, and proceeding westerly along W 12th St to the Bogalusa city line, and proceeding westerly and then northerly along the Bogalusa city line (portions of which follow Ave M and Wildwood Dr) to Borgne Ave, and proceeding easterly along Borgne Ave to Rio Grande St, and proceeding northerly along Rio Grande St to the point of beginning.
• District E — All of that portion of Washington Parish bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of the Bogalusa city line and Borgne Ave, and proceeding in a general northern direction (portion of Wildwood Dr) and then easterly along the Bogalusa city line to Illinois Central RR, and proceeding southerly along Illinois Central RR to Superior Ave, and proceeding westerly along Superior Ave to Rio Grande St, and proceeding southerly along Rio Grande St to Borgne Ave, and proceeding westerly along Borgne Ave to the point of beginning.