2026-0264
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(GRANTS OFFICE)
RESOLUTION NO. ___________
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A resolution to approve and authorize the execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement between the State of Louisiana through the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and St. Charles Parish Government regarding the construction of the Upper Barataria Risk Reduction Cousins Pump Station T-Wall (BA-0280) project in Luling.
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WHEREAS, the Cousins Pump Station T-Wall 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 2027 Annual Plan as a key component of the Upper Barataria Risk Reduction System Program; and,
WHEREAS, the CPRA allocated $2,500,000.00 in funding under the Fiscal Year 2020 Gulf of America Energy Security Act (GOAESA) allocation, formerly known as Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA), and $3,500,000.00 in funding under the Fiscal Year 2023 GOAESA allocation and $4,626,806.00 in funding under the Fiscal Year 2024 GOAESA allocation and $6,073,194.00 in funding under the Fiscal Year 2026 GOAESA allocation 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 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 and St. Charles Parish for funding to complete the Upper Barataria Risk Reduction Cousins Pump Station T-Wall 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 ____________, 2026, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
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