Hollygrove Neighbors

Hollygrove Update February 10

Garbage & Trash

Garbage pick up for our area is scheduled for Mondays. If they are running late, they will pick up on Tuesday. Trash must be bagged.

Please contribute to the cleanliness of the neighborhood by cleaning up in front of your door and your neighbor’s if you can. When mounds of debris are picked up, there will always be some ‘leftover’ trash. Please bag it and set it out for pick up.

From ABC26.com
Cleanup: Hotline for free debris pickup from hurricane in Orleans Parish (800)849-1355 - Army Corp of Engineers.

Demolitions

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
DEMOLITION PROCESS AND NOTIFICATION
The City of New Orleans has begun issuing notification to property owners of structures, portions of structures, or partially or wholly collapsed properties that floated off their foundations, as a result of Hurricanes Katrina and/or Rita, and are now on public property including streets, sidewalks or rights of way.
Pursuant to a Consent Decree between the City of New Orleans and plaintiffs in, Kirk, et al v. The City of New Orleans, notification will be published in the Times-Picayune newspaper for three (3) consecutive days, beginning Monday, February 6, 2006, and will also be posted www.cityofno.com. The City will also send notification by US Mail to the last known address of the homeowner, if the address of the homeowner can be determined.
Owners of properties that are blocking public streets, sidewalks or rights of way shall receive notification at least seven (7) working days prior to demolition action. Owners of properties that floated off their foundation and onto public property, but not into a street, shall receive notification at least ten (10) working days prior to demolition action. For those properties or portions of properties where the address is not ascertainable, notification in the newspaper will include a description of the block where the structure is located and the bounding streets. Additionally at www.cityofno.com, pictures of the structures or portions of structures will be available for review.
A legal owner who disputes the proposed demolition must present their objections in writing to the Department of Safety and Permits of the City of New Orleans before the notification period expires. Instructions for submitting objections are listed below under Frequently Asked Questions. The City of New Orleans makes no legal representation that relief will or will not be granted. After the notification periods expire, demolition of structures and/or removal will commence.
In addition to properties referenced above, a number of properties in the City of New Orleans were inspected and determined to be in imminent danger of collapse. The Department of Safety and Permits is completing their final review of those properties. Once that list is finalized, owners of those properties or portions of properties will be given notification at least thirty (30) working days prior to demolition action on those properties. The City of New Orleans will update the website when notification commences for those properties.
A number of residents have made requests to the City of New Orleans to have their properties demolished. Beginning Monday, February 6, 2006, information and forms will be available on this website, for those property owners requesting demolition. This program is available for private residential property owners only! For those property owners who do not have internet access please call the 311 call center or 1-866-607-2472 for more information. The City of New Orleans anticipates receiving numerous requests. Please be patient. Each request will be evaluated to determine if it meets City and FEMA guidelines.

How can I apply to have the City demolish my property?
Complete the Application, Questionnaire, and Right of Entry form located here. Forms are also available at City Hall in Rooms 5E05 and 7E07. If you are unable to download forms or pick them up in person, please call 311 or 1-866-607-2472 to obtain the forms.

If I disagree with the City’s determination that my property should be demolished, which department should I contact?

Submit your objection in one of the following ways:
In WRITING to the
Department of Safety & Permits
City Hall, Room 7E07
1300 Perdido Street, New Orleans, LA. 70112
On the front of the envelope write “DEMOLITION DISPUTE”.

By EMAIL to Demolitiondisputes@cityofno.com

By FAX to (504) 658 - 7208 within the time period indicated in any notification you receive.

For more information go to: www.cityofno.com These are the demolitions in our neighborhood

Status of Churches in the Area

The Archdiocese of New Orleans is closing and consildating several Catholic parishes and schools in the area.
In our area on Leonidas Street at Palmetto, St. Theresa of the Child Jesus, also known as Little Flower, is listed under parishes closing. Incarnate Word on Apricot Street is listed as “not opening right now”.

Uptown, Our Lady of Lourdes is listed as “not opening right now”. St. Rita on Walmsly and St. Joan of Arc and Mater De La Rosa in the Riverbend remain open. St. Joan of Arc and St. Rita both have schools open as well. Our Lady of Lourdes has combined with St. Joan of Arc.

Nazarene is currently holding services uptown at another church.
We are awaiting word on other churches in the area. If you have information, email us at HollygroveNeighbors@yahoo.com

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