2020-0346
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & ZONING)
ORDINANCE NO.
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An ordinance to approve and authorize the execution of a Professional Services Agreement between The Center for Planning Excellence, Inc. and St. Charles Parish. The Professional Services Agreement for $277,000.00 is to update the Parish Comprehensive Land Use Plan.
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WHEREAS, the Parish’s existing comprehensive land use plan, St Charles Parish 2030 Comprehensive Plan, St. Charles 2030, was adopted June 20, 2011 pursuant to a Planning Commission Resolution passed on the 2nd day of June, 2011, and by Ordinance No. 11-6-11; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles 2030 “expresses what the citizens of St. Charles Parish envision and desire their community to be like in the year 2030” in the 2030 Vision Statement (page 35), and makes recommendations for policies, capital improvements, and future land uses to enact that vision; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles 2030 was updated one time, with changes to the Future Land Use Map (ordinance 16-9-16); and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles 2030 is due for a mid-horizon update; and,
WHEREAS, a consultant-selection process was completed that included a Request for Qualifications which were reviewed by a Selection Committee and resulted in four consultant teams invited to submit proposals and complete in-person interviews; and,
WHEREAS, The Center for Planning Excellence, Inc. scored highest in the selection process and has agreed to contract with St. Charles Parish to update St. Charles 2030 as defined by the attached agreement for professional services, and Exhibit A, Scope of Services for St. Charles Parish Comprehensive Land Use Plan Update, and Exhibit B Budget for St. Charles Parish Comprehensive Land Use Plan Update.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the Agreement for Professional Services between The Center for Planning Excellence, Inc. and St. Charles Parish to update St. Charles 2030, the Parish’s comprehensive land use plan, is hereby approved and accepted.
SECTION II. That the Parish President is hereby authorized to execute said Agreement and to act on behalf of St. Charles Parish in all matters pertaining to this project.
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the ordinance was declared adopted this day of , 2021, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
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