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FROM Brett Bonin:
To All LCIA Members and Friends,
SUPERINTENDENT HAS DELAYED SALE
Martin Landrieu, Ira Thomas, and Myself met with
Superintendent Darryl Kilbert, CFO Stan Smith,
and General Counsel Ed Morris today in the
Superintendent's office and the Superintendent
agreed to take Fleur de Lis Park off of the
auction list for 90 days to give everyone time
to work out a solution.
COUNCILWOMAN KRISTIN PALMER JOINS CAUSE
Received a call from Councilwoman Kristin Palmer
who advised that she had spoken to our own
Councilwoman Susan Guidry and offered her
assistance to Lakeview on the Fleur de Lis Park
issue. Many thanks to Susan Guidry, Arnie
Fielkow, Jackie Clarkson, and Kristin Palmer for
your support.
Please take a few seconds to thank the
Superintendent at darryl_kilbert@nops.k12.la.us
Sincerely,
Brett Bonin
Board Member District 3
Orleans Parish School Board
Dear
Lakeview Residents and Lakeview Civic
Improvement Association Members,
Please see the following
e-mail below regarding the proposed sale of
Lakeview's Fleur de Lis Park by the Orleans
Parish School Board. The e-mail was directed to
the LCIA Fleur de Lis Park Committee to initiate
a neighborhood effort to save the park. Please
read below and feel free to join the effort.
Our first meeting is Thursday July 8, 2010 at
7:00 pm.
LCIA FLEUR DE LIS PARK
COMMITTEE:
Thank you for taking the time to meet with
the LCIA Board last week. Please
IMMEDIATELY prepare an e-mail or forward
this e-mail to your neighbors concerned
about the future of Fleur de Lis Park, and
ask them to do the following:
1. Join us for a neighborhood
meeting at Gulf Coast Bank this Thursday,
July 8 at 7:00 p.m. to discuss the future of
the Park.
2. E-mail each of the Orleans Parish
School Board Members to express their
discontent with the members of the board
who are trying to sell the Park and rezone
the park for development. The text of a
proposed e-mail is below - and can be "cut
and pasted" into an e-mail to the board.
School Board Members and their e-mail are
also below.
3. Express your appreciation to our
district school board member, Brett Bonin,
for his support and efforts in trying to
save the Park. Extend your thanks to board
members Ira Thomas and Cynthia Cade as well,
as both are in favor of saving the Park.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS:
Mr. Ira Thomas, District 1
(e-mail: board_member1@nops.k12.la.us)
Ms. Cynthia Cade, District 2
(e-mail: board_member2@nops.k12.la.us)
Mr. Bret Bonin, District 3
(e-mail: board_member3@nops.k12.la.us)
Ms. Lourdes Moran, District 4
(e-mail: board_member4@nops.k12.la.us)
Mr. Seth Bloom, District 5
(e-mail: board_member5@nops.k12.la.us)
Mr. Woody Koppel, District 6
(e-mail: board_member6@nops.k12.la.us)
Mr. Thomas Robichaux, District 7
(e-mail: board_member7@nops.k12.la.us)
CC: Susan Guidry, City Council
District A (e-mail: sgguidry@cityofno.com)
Arnie Fielkow, Councilman at
Large (e-mail: afielkow@cityofno.com)
Jackie Clarkson, Councilman at
Large (e-mail: jbclarkson@cityofno.com)
Martin Landrieu, LCIA Chair of
Fleur de Lis Park Committee (e-mail: mlandrieu@gordonarata.com)
PROPOSED E-MAIL:
Reference: Opposition to Proposed Sale
and Re-Zoning of Fleur de Lis Park
Lakeview Subdivision
New Orleans, La.
Members of the Orleans Parish School Board:
As a citizen of New Orleans, and
Lakeview community, I want to take this
opportunity to express my opposition and
displeasure concerning the School Board's
proposed sale of Fleur de Lis Park for
development of single family homes. I fully
support the efforts of the Lakeview Civic
Improvement Association to oppose the sale
and proposed development of Fleur de Lis
Park, and to pursue whatever legal avenues
were available to the community to maintain
the property in its currently-zoned capacity
as a park.
The primary purpose of my e-mail is to
request your assistance in preserving the
integrity and presence of Fleur de Lis Park
for use by our community now and in the
future. The Park has been used and
maintained as a neighborhood park for
generations, and is the only park remaining
in the West Lakeview area. Following
Hurricane Katrina and the 17th Street canal
breach, approximately six blocks away from
the Park, the Lake Area Community and
volunteers from across the country spent
significant time and money to restore the
Park. It is a true symbol of the ongoing
recovery of our neighborhood, and our
children utilize the Park on a daily basis.
Given the zoning and current use of the
propertyas a Park, it is somewhat puzzling
that the School Board has advertised the
property for sale as Residential (Single
Family) developable property. This appears
to be a mistake.
I am writing at this time to request that
you vote to remove this property from the
School Board's list of "surplus properties"
scheduled for sale on July 29. Please grant
my community the opportunity to explore
alternate possibilities for the upkeep and
maintenance of the Park that may meet with
School Board expectations. Our community
is confident that we can work to an
acceptable agreement which would satisfy
both the needs of the School Board and the
future of our community.
I understand that School Board Members Brett
Bonin, Ira Thomas and Cynthia Cade have
already committed to removing the Park from
the current list of properties designated
for sale and development. To them I say
"Thank You". Mr. Koppel, Ms. Moran, Mr.
Bloom and Mr. Robichaux, I ask that you
seriously consider our neighborhood's
request.
LCIA is planning a community meeting on
Thursday, July 8 at 7:00 p.m. at Gulf Coast
Bank at 848 Harrison Avenue to discuss the
alternatives available to the neighborhood.
I hope you can attend. I would appreciate a
return e-mail.
Sincerely,
____________________________
Cc: Arnie Fielkow, New Orleans City
Council
Jackie Clarkson, New Orleans
City Council
Susan Guidry, New Orleans City
Council
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