Contractor says Spinosa’s bond will cover Rouzan library infrastructure costs

The contractor hired by developer Tommy Spinosa to build the infrastructure needed to begin construction on the library included in the plan for the Rouzan development says the $209,000 performance bond Spinosa has secured is sufficient to cover his costs and complete that part of the project. Charlie Record, whose company Record and Associates has already done some infrastructure work on the Southdowns TND off Perkins Road, says his contract with Spinosa calls for clearing land, pouring concrete for access and installing storm drains in and around the library site. Record’s contract with Spinosa states the work must be done within 277 days—or about nine months—from the start of construction. Record, whose construction company has been doing civil and site work since 1979, says he believes the amount of the contract and the time frame are more than adequate to get the site around the proposed library ready for construction to begin. On Thursday evening, however, the parish library board delayed for one month a decision on whether to continue working with Spinosa toward developing the long-awaited library. A parish attorney says the bond Spinosa secured does not guarantee completion of the drainage, streets and parking area at no cost to the library. —Stephanie Riegel