re: Bottom line, BREC has no business running a zoo

I went to the meeting and there was as many whites from Santa Maria area as blacks along with a lot of whites from Northern East Baton Rouge Parish. I did not remember seeing Gravy as I almost fell
asleep and left before 8 pm. They had 1 person for it and everyone else against it.

I saw the traffic plan, zoo layout, and flood plan. It was a joke I need to go into Govt studies. Traffic plan go right and use a u -turn to go back to BTR.
The company that tested the area when it was a landfill from 78-79 said it was safe to build parking lots over it. Zoo itself they wanted retail stores and restaurants in it where you can eat while watching animals. The flood plan was take the sides by the bayou and use the dirt to build up the land.

You can hear zoo animals for up to a mile and smell their combined poop for up to a mile. Santa Maria and a few subdivision on both sides of the parish line would be affected.

How they will pay for it was never really set in stone. I do remember a lot of fees to generate revenue on even non motorized boats. Just sounded like a scam to get more money out of the taxpayer.