2019-0114
INTRODUCED BY: LARRY COCHRAN, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS)
ORDINANCE NO. _____________
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An ordinance approving the Intergovernmental Agreement with Pontchartrain Levee District for the continued maintenance and related drainage issues associated with the “Prescott Canal” and Montz area, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana.
Body
WHEREAS, the Parish is commissioned with hurricane protection, flood control and drainage for the resident and commercial entitles located in St. Charles Parish; and,
WHEREAS, the Pontchartrain Levee District is commissioned with flood control and hurricane protection for the resident and commercial entities located with St. Charles Parish and other surrounding Parishes; and,
WHEREAS, the Pontchartrain Levee District entered into a permanent public servitude agreement with Lewis D. Prescott, duly recorded in the records of the Clerk of Court of St. Charles Parish at COB JJ, folio 475 on June 9, 1936, relative to the “Prescott Canal” located in Montz, St. Charles Parish; and,
WHEREAS, the Parish and the Pontchartrain Levee District recognize the benefit to the residents of St. Charles Parish of the continued maintenance of the Prescott Canal, Montz, Louisiana; and,
WHEREAS, the Parish and the Pontchartrain Levee District have reached an agreement as to the maintenance of the Prescott Canal where the Pontchartrain Levee District grants the Parish certain rights of ingress and egress to and from said servitude mentioned above as more fully described in the Intergovernmental Agreement Between the Pontchartrain Levee District and St. Charles Parish attached hereto to provide the services outlined in said Agreement; and,
WHEREAS, the Intergovernmental Agreement is in furtherance of the public’s best interest and purpose, and is in satisfaction of a public need.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the Parish President is hereby authorized to execute the Intergovernmental Agreement between the Pontchartrain Levee District and St. Charles Parish attached hereto, 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 , 2019, to become effective (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
CHAIRMAN:_________________________________________
SECRETARY:________________________________________
DLVD/PARISH PRESIDENT:____________________________
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PARISH PRESIDENT:_________________________________
RETD/SECRETARY:__________________________________
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