2026-0184
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF Public Works)
ORDINANCE NO. __________
Title
An ordinance approving and authorizing the execution of a Professional Services Agreement with Royal Engineers and Consultants, LLC, to perform engineering services for Lake Salvador Shoreline Protection Project (Project No. P260502), in the amount not to exceed $3,377,781.75.
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WHEREAS, Resolution No. 6892 on March 2, 2026, by the St. Charles Parish Council, adopting the St. Charles Parish SHIELD Plan: Stabilizing Habitats through Infrastructure, Ecology, and Land Defense, which presented projects for Parish review and potential further design; and,
WHEREAS, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) reviewed the SHIELD Plan and determined projects to be included in their fiscal budgets for design, inclusive of three reaches in Lake Salvador, the western shoreline south of Bayou Couba, the shoreline of Bayou Couba and the south shore of Couba Island; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish requested a proposal from Royal Engineers and Consultants, LLC, to complete the design of the three individual projects and St. Charles Parish will enter into an agreement with CPRA to fund said design; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish and Royal Engineers and Consultants, LLC, mutually agreed to a not to exceed price of $3,377,781.75 to complete the work of Preliminary and Final Design, Surveying and Geotechnical Investigation, Cultural Resources Survey and Reporting and Stakeholder Management; and,
WHEREAS, the attached Professional Services Agreement between St. Charles Parish and Royal Engineers and Consultants, LLC, described the details of the proposed scope, schedule, and compensation.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the Professional Services Agreement between St. Charles Parish and Royal Engineers and Consultants, LLC, to perform engineering services for Lake Salvador Shoreline Protection Project (Project No. P260502), in the amount not to exceed $3,377,781.75, is hereby approved and accepted.
SECTION II. That the Parish President is hereby authorized to execute said Agreement on behalf of St. Charles Parish.
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the ordinance was declared adopted this ______ day of __________, 2026, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
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