2021-0258
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(GRANTS OFFICE & DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS)
RESOLUTION NO.
Title
A resolution to approve and authorize the execution of a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Louisiana Department of the Treasury and the State of Louisiana and St. Charles Parish regarding the allocation of $750,000.00 to be utilized for the Judge Edward Dufresne Parkway Extension.
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WHEREAS, Act 119 of 2021 Regular Legislative Session of the Louisiana Legislature, which was adopted in accordance with Article VII, Section 10, of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana, is the appropriation for the expenditures of State funds; and,
WHEREAS, Act 119 of 2021 Regular Legislative Session contains a line item appropriation within the State’s budget for the benefit of St. Charles Parish allocating $750,000.00 in Hotel/Motel Sales Tax Dedication St. Charles Parish Enterprise Fund funding for the Judge Edward Dufresne Parkway Extension; and,
WHEREAS, the Appropriations Act authorizes payment of expenditures from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish will utilize these funds for the surveying, geotechnical testing and engineering associated with the Judge Edward Dufresne Parkway Extension; and,
WHEREAS, the State of Louisiana has prepared the necessary Agreement to provide the funding, and it is the desire of the Parish Council to approve said agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL, do hereby approve and authorize the execution of a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Louisiana Department of the Treasury and the State of Louisiana and St. Charles Parish for funding for the Judge Edward Dufresne Parkway Extension.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED 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 agreement.
The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the resolution was declared adopted this day of , 2021, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
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