2018-0014
INTRODUCED BY: LARRY COCHRAN, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS)
ORDINANCE NO.
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An ordinance to approve and authorize the execution of a Construction Contract with Pontchartrain Partners, LLC for Project No. P080905-5C, Ellington Levee - Phase II Project, as part of the West Bank Hurricane Protection Levee Project, in the amount of $3,520,084.30.
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WHEREAS, sealed bids were received by St. Charles Parish on January 9, 2018, for Project No. P080905-5C, Ellington Levee - Phase II Project, as part of the West Bank Hurricane Protection Levee Project; and,
WHEREAS, Burk-Kleinpeter, Inc., Mark Roberts, P.E., the Consulting Engineer for the Project, has reviewed the bids and recommended that the Contract be awarded to the lowest responsive bidder, Pontchartrain Partners, LLC in the amount of $3,520,084.30; and,
WHEREAS, the Ellington Levee - Phase II Project, as part of the West Bank Hurricane Protection Levee Project, will provide flood protection to approximately 1,413 acres, 2,438 structures and 49 miles of public streets located in Boutte and Luling south of U.S. Hwy. 90; and,
WHEREAS, the Ellington Levee - Phase II Project includes the construction of an earthen levee via on-site borrow and placement of compacted embankments, surfacing, clearing and grubbing, dewatering, culvert installations, installation of drain line and inlets at specified locations, placing silt fencing, constructing ramps, fertilizing, seeding, and mulching; and,
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 5882 on February 13, 2012, approved a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the State of Louisiana and Amendment No. 3 to said agreement provides $43,200 in State Capital Outlay funding for construction costs for said project.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the bid of Pontchartrain Partners, LLC, for the construction of Project No. P080905-5C, Ellington Levee - Phase II Project, as part of the West Bank Hurricane Protection Levee Project, is hereby approved and accepted, in the amount of $3,520,084.30.
SECTION II. That the Parish President is hereby authorized to execute said contract on behalf of the Parish of St. Charles.
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the ordinance was declared adopted this ______ day of ___________, 2018 to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
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