2023-0230
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(GRANTS OFFICE)
RESOLUTION NO. ___________
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A resolution approving and authorizing the execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement between the State of Louisiana through the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board and St. Charles Parish Government regarding the construction of the Crawford Canal Sunset Pump Station Bar Screen Expansion (BA-0270) project in Des Allemands.
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WHEREAS, the Crawford Canal Sunset Pump Station Bar Screen Construction project (herein after referred to as project), a phase of the West Bank Hurricane Protection Levee and Upper Barataria Risk Reduction System, is being constructed for the purpose of reducing the threat of harm to citizens and damage to property in St. Charles Parish through the reduction of flooding; and,
WHEREAS, the project is consistent with the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) 2023 Coastal Master Plan and Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Plan as a key component of the Upper Barataria Risk Reduction System Program; and,
WHEREAS, the CPRA Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Plan budget allocated $6,000,000.00 in Fiscal Year 2022 State Surplus funding to be applied to the project; and,
WHEREAS, the CPRA has prepared the necessary Intergovernmental Agreement to provide funding for the project 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 an Intergovernmental Agreement between the State of Louisiana through the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board and St. Charles Parish for funding to complete the Crawford Canal Sunset Pump Station Bar Screen Expansion project.
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 project.
The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the resolution was declared adopted this day of , 2023, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
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