2024-0018
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 by and between the State of Louisiana through the Office of Community Development and St. Charles Parish for funding in the amount of $15,000,000.00.
Body
WHEREAS, as a result of severe storms and flooding in 2016, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 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 (LWI) 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, 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 LWI Local and Regional Projects and Programs Grant - Round 2 made available $100 million for eligible projects statewide to provide benefits to low-to moderate-income areas; and,
WHEREAS, in May 2023, pre-applications were submitted to the Local and Regional Projects and Programs Grant - Round 2 to request funding for the following mitigation projects: Fairfield and Oakland Pump Station Upgrades, Turtle Pond Pump Station Upgrades, Oak Street Pump Station Upgrades, and St. Rose Conveyance Improvements; and,
WHEREAS, on December 21, 2023, Conditional Award Letters were received from the Louisiana Watershed Initiative committing $9,230,000.00 in funding to the Turtle Pond Pump Station Upgrades and $5,770,000.00 in funding to the Fairfield and Oakland Pump Station Upgrades; and,
WHEREAS, the State of Louisiana Office of Community Development has prepared the necessary Cooperative Endeavor Agreement to provide the funding, and it is the desire of the Parish Council to approve said agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL, do hereby approve and support the execution of the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement by and between the State of Louisiana through the Office of Community Development and St. Charles Parish for funding in the amount of $15,000,000.00.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Parish President is hereby authorized to execute said Cooperative Endeavor Agreement and to act on behalf of St. Charles Parish in all matters pertaining to this 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 , 2024, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
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