2010-0279
INTRODUCED BY: V.J. ST. PIERRE, JR., PARISH PRESIDENT
(GRANTS OFFICE)
RESOLUTION NO.
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A resolution authorizing the Parish President to execute those documents and agreements required in the submission of the application for funding under the Hurricane's Gustav and Ike Sustainable Coastal Communities Program to construct the Bonnet Carre Spillway Boat Launch Improvements and certifying that the "Urgent Need" National Policy Objective is being met.
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WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish is submitting an application for funding to construct the Bonnet Carre Spillway Boat Launch Improvements under the Hurricane's Gustav and Ike Sustainable Coastal Communities Program from the Louisiana Office of Community Development - Disaster Recovery Unit; and,
WHEREAS, such regulations require that St. Charles Parish provide, as part of such package, a certified copy of a resolution which authorizes submission of the application and designates the Parish President, as the authorized representative of St. Charles Parish, to sign all application documents and certifications; and,
WHEREAS, such regulations further require that St. Charles Parish certify that the activity for which Sustainable Coastal Communities Program funds are being requested is to construct the Bonnet Carre Spillway Boat Launch Improvements, which are urgently needed to alleviate conditions which pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the Parish and are needed as a result of the damages sustained by the commercial fishing infrastructure in Hurricanes Gustav and Ike; and,
WHEREAS, with no other funding source, the monies to undertake the project will have to be taken from the Parish's budget resulting in a critical reduction in revenues for programs and operations of St. Charles Parish.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL, do hereby authorize the submission of the Hurricanes Gustav and Ike Sustainable Coastal Communities Program application package, with the proceeds from such grant to be used to complete the Bonnet Carre Spillway Boat Launch Improvements; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Parish President, being the chief elected official of St. Charles Parish, is the authorized representative for the project and as such is authorized to file an application and any amendments thereto for a Hurricanes Gustav and Ike Sustainable Coastal Communities Program Grant on behalf of St. Charles Parish with full authority to execute all documents pertaining to the project; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the St. Charles Parish Council, as the governing authority of St. Charles Parish, hereby certifies that the funding being requested under the Hurricanes Gustav and Ike Sustainable Coastal Communities Program will be used to complete the Bonnet Carre Spillway Boat Launch Improvements project, which is urgently needed to alleviate conditions which pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the Parish as a result of the damages sustained by the commercial fishing infrastructure in the Hurricanes; and, with no other funding source, the monies to undertake the project would have to be derived from the Parish's budget resulting in a critical reduction in revenues for programs and operations of the Parish Government.
Vote
The foregoing resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the resolution was declared adopted this day of , 2010, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
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