2023-0360
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(GRANTS OFFICE)
RESOLUTION NO. ___________
Title
A resolution to approve and authorize the submission of the Recovery Proposal and subsequent project applications to the State of Louisiana Division of Administration Office of Community Development on behalf of St. Charles Parish regarding the allocation of Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program funding as a result of Year 2021 Ida & May Storms.
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WHEREAS, Resolution No. 6700, adopted on June 5, 2023, by the St. Charles Parish Council, approving and authorizing the execution of a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the State of Louisiana Division of Administration Office of Community Development and St. Charles Parish for the allocation of $3,897,180.00 in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program funding; and,
WHEREAS, the State of Louisiana issued a letter on November 22, 2023, allocating an additional $7,169,396.98 in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program funding to St. Charles Parish; and,
WHEREAS, the scope of the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement requires St. Charles Parish to prepare and submit a Recovery Proposal to justify the recovery needs to be met through the program prior to preparing a project application for funding; and,
WHEREAS, after a public hearing conducted on September 20, 2023, and a public survey and comment period from August 28, 2023 to September 27, 2023, along with numerous meetings with Parish agencies which function to provide public services to persons of low/moderate income, the Parish developed its "St. Charles Parish Resilient Communities Infrastructure Program Recovery Proposal" for formal submission to the State of Louisiana Office of Community Development; and,
WHEREAS, the Recovery Proposal includes the following priority and alternate projects: Priority 1 - New Sarpy Pump Station Improvements: Phase 1-2, Priority 2 - New Sarpy Culvert Crossings: Phas...
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