ME-04 Freshwater Bayou Shoreline Protection Maintenance

							CS-04a Cameron – Creole
     Maintenance
      (Operations Request)

     September 20, 2011
Plan View of CS-04a Cameron-
     Creole Maintenance

                Peconi Bayou Structure



              Mangrove Bayou Structure


                 Grand Bayou Structure

            Lambert Bayou Structure

       No Name Structure
        Historical Information
   The Cameron-Creole Maintenance (CS-
    04a) project area is located about 6 miles
    northeast of Cameron, Louisiana, in
    Cameron Parish. It is bordered on the
    west by the eastern shore of Calcasieu
    Lake, on the north by the Gulf Intracoastal
    Waterway, and to the east and south by
    Louisiana Highway 27. It encompasses
    approximately 54,076 acres of fresh-to-
    saline marsh and open water.
Historical Information – Cont.
   The Cameron-Creole Watershed Management
    Project, a NRCS project completed in 1974,
    consists of five large control structures and a 19
    mile levee along the eastern rim of Calcasieu
    Lake. The project has reduced salinities and
    increased marsh productivity; however, funding
    for maintenance was not included in the original
    construction costs.

   In 1993 funds for maintenance of the project
    were included on the CWPPRA PPL 3 list.
    2004 Maintenance Event Details
   Replaced eight operating stems that were
    vandalized and changed three operating
    nuts at Lambert Bayou Structure.

   Construction was completed in 2004.

   Total Project Cost:      $59,860
    2005 Maintenance Event Details
 Pedestals and actuators on all five structures
  were sandblasted and painted. The pedestals
  were also grouted along with snap tie holes.
  Monitoring equipment also installed.
 Three DC generators installed and solar panels
  removed on Grand, Lambert and Peconi Bayou
  structures.
 Changed 21 actuator motors with stainless steel
  housings on three of the structures.
 Construction was completed in 2006.


   Total Project Cost:    $356,948
       2007 Maintenance Event
               Details
   Repair four breaches along the levee
    system as a result of damages sustained
    from Hurricane Rita.

   Construction was completed in 2008.

   Total Project Cost:     $4,044,920*
                * FEMA Funding
       2009 Maintenance Event
              Details
   Rebuild 1.6 miles of levee system
    damaged as a result of Hurricane Rita and
    Ike. (From T-Boy McCall to No Name Str.).

   Construction was completed in 2010.

   Total Project Cost:     $1,120,079*
                * FEMA Funding
       2010 Maintenance Event
              Details
   Rebuild 16 miles of levee system
    damaged as a result of Hurricane Rita and
    Ike. (From No Name Str. to McCord’s).

   Currently under construction. ( Expected
    completion date Oct. 2011).

 Total Project Cost:    $14,155,386*
* State Only Funding/FEMA Reimbursement
       Proposed Operations and
    Maintenance Details for FY 2012

   USFWS will cease operations of the Cameron-Creole Watershed
    Project effective January 1, 2012. The task of operating the five
    structures will now be incumbent upon CWPPRA using a contractor
    via the public bid process. Generator equipment and wiring will be
    removed from three structures in 2012.


   TOTAL ESTIMATED O&M COST for FY 2012: $202,487
      Recommended CS-04a
    Operations and Maintenance
             Request
 FY 12 Projected Budget: $ 202,487
 FY 13 Projected Budget: $ 110,219
 FY 14 Projected Budget: $ 2,168,014
 3 YEAR BUDGET ESTIMATE: $ 2,480,720


 REMAINING O&M FUNDS:         $ 1,954,913
 3 YR. FUNDING REQUEST:       $ 525,807
 ADDN’L O&M FOR PROJECT LIFE: $ 233,607