2023-0170
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(GRANTS OFFICE & DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS)
RESOLUTION NO.
Title
A resolution approving and authorizing the execution of a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the State of Louisiana through the Office of Community Development and St. Charles Parish in the amount of $6,314,616.00 for the Ormond Area Flood Mitigation project (CN Railroad Culverts).
Body
WHEREAS, as a result of severe storms and flooding in 2016, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) allocated $1.2 billion in Community Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) funds to the State of Louisiana for unmet mitigation needs throughout Louisiana; and,
WHEREAS, the State of Louisiana Office of Community Development launched the Louisiana Watershed Initiative to pursue a statewide holistic approach to watershed management and to allocate the CDBG-MIT funds most effectively considering development patterns and flood risk levels; and,
WHEREAS, the HUD approved Louisiana Master Action Plan for the Utilization of CDBG-DR Mitigation Funds allocated $570,666,243.00 to the Local and Regional Watershed Projects and Programs; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish is a political body duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Louisiana and is eligible to apply for CDBG-MIT funds and execute the proposed CDBG-MIT program; and,
WHEREAS, the Ormond area of Destrehan, Louisiana located on the East Bank of St. Charles Parish has been adversely affected by damages from flood waters; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish received a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the State of Louisiana and the Parish through the Office of Community Development in the amount of $6,314,616.00 to fund the Ormond Area Flood Mitigation Project (CN Railroad Culverts); and,
WHEREAS, the Ormond Area Flood Mitigation project scope includes adding culverts at two separate sites under the CN Railroad tracks that will mitigate the constriction of flow under the tracks to increase the overall drainage capacity of the railroad crossing system and mitigate the flooding in the area.
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 State of Louisiana through the Office of Community Development and St. Charles Parish for the funding of the Ormond Area Flood Mitigation 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 and subsequent grant award.
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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