?Exhibit A
NOTICE TO VOTERS
OF TAX ELECTION
To the qualified electors of Gravity Drainage District No. 16 (“District”) of Cameron Parish, State of Louisiana:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on the 29TH day of May 2025, the Gravity Drainage District No. 16 of the Parish of Cameron, State of Louisiana (“District”), ordered that an election be held in Gravity Drainage District No. 16 on Saturday, the 15th day of November 2025, to submit to all qualified electors of the District the following proposition:
PROPOSITION
(NEW)
Shall Gravity Drainage District No. 16 of the Cameron Parish, Louisiana (“District”), be authorized to levy a tax of seven (7) mills on the dollar of assessed valuation on all property subject to taxation in said District, for a period of ten (10) years, commencing with the year 2026 and ending with the year 2035, with collections from the levy of the tax estimated to be $27,312.27 for one entire year, for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining the district’s drainage systems within and for said District?
A portion of the collected funds shall be remitted to specific state and statewide retirement systems in accordance with the requirements of law.
The said election will be held at all polling places, which are situated within the boundaries of the District of Cameron Parish, Louisiana. All registered voters in each of the following precincts shall be eligible to vote on the proposition:
PRECINCT, POLLING PLACE
8 (Part), Lowry Fire Station, 460 Lowry Hwy. Lowry
9 (All), Klondike Community Center 434 Veteran’s Memorial Drive. Klondike
The polls will be open at seven (7:00) o’clock a.m. and shall remain open until not later than eight (8:00) o’clock p.m. The said election will be held substantially by the general election laws of the State of Louisiana, except that the election is called and shall be conducted, canvassed, and promulgated, and notice thereof given in accordance with the procedures outlined in Chapter 6-A of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended. The officials appointed to hold the election or such substitutes therefore as may be selected, designated, and sworn in compliance with Sections 1286 through 1289 of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, will make due returns thereof to the Gravity Drainage District No. 16. Voting machines will be used in the conduct of the election. All qualified electors of the District will be entitled to vote. No voter shall be required to sign a ballot or vote assessed valuation of property.
Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, the 18th of December, 2025 at six (6:00) o’clock p.m., the Gravity Drainage District No. 16 will meet in open and public session at the regular meeting place of the Gravity Drainage District No. 16, 434 Veterans Memorial Drive, Klondike, LA, and will, then and there, examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of said election.
The estimated cost to conduct and canvass the election returns provided for herein is $2,300.00, as per the Louisiana Secretary of State.
THUS, DONE AND SIGNED in Cameron, Louisiana, by authority of a resolution adopted by the Gravity Drainage District No. 16 on May 29, 2025.
GEOGRAPHIC
BOUNDARIES
GRAVITY DRAINAGE
DISTRICT NO. 16
CAMERON PARISH, LOUISIANA
Beginning at the Northeast Corner of Section 1, Township 12 South, Range 3 West, being the Northeastern Most Corner of Cameron Parish, Louisiana, thence from said point of beginning, proceed in a Westerly direction along the Northern most boundary of Cameron Parish to the Northwest Corner of Section 6, Township 12 South, Range 4 West, thence in a Southerly direction along the West Line of Township 12 South, Range 4 West to the South line of said Township 12 South, Range 4 West, thence proceed in an Easterly direction along the South line of said Township 12 South, Range 4 West and continue through partial Section 31, Township 12 South, Range 3 West to the intersection of the South Bank of the Intracoastal Waterway, thence following the meander of the South Bank of said Intracoastal Waterway to the Eastern most boundary line of Cameron Parish, which is located in Section 13, Township 13 South, Range 3 West, thence in a northly direction along the Eastern most boundary line of Cameron Parish to the point of beginning.
ATTEST: ___________________________JOEL TRAHAN, President
___________________________MARY B. CARROLL,
Secretary
RUN: Sept. 4 (S 4)
Cost of Notice per run: $60.00