2019-0083
INTRODUCED BY: LARRY COCHRAN, PARISH PRESIDENT
(GRANTS OFFICE)
RESOLUTION NO.
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A resolution to approve and authorize the execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement between the State of Louisiana through the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board and St. Charles Parish Government regarding the construction of the Magnolia Ridge Levee and Roadway Improvement (BA-0216) project in Boutte.
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WHEREAS, the Magnolia Ridge Levee and Roadway Improvement project (herein after referred to as project), a phase of the West Bank Hurricane Protection Levee, is being constructed for the purpose of reducing the threat of harm to citizens and damage to property in St. Charles Parish through the prevention of storm surge and flooding; and,
WHEREAS, the project has been included in the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) 2017 Coastal Master Plan as a key component of the Upper Barataria Risk Reduction System Program; and,
WHEREAS, the CPRA Fiscal Year 2019 Annual Plan budget allocated $3,500,000 in Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act funding to be applied to the project; and,
WHEREAS, the project has been identified as an integrated coastal protection project eligible for funding under Section 105 of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2016; and,
WHEREAS, sufficient funds are included in the Parish's 2019 Budget to fund the local share of the project; and,
WHEREAS, the CPRA has prepared the necessary Intergovernmental Agreement to provide funding for the project 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 authorize the execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement between the State of Louisiana through the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board and St. Charles Parish for funding to complete Magnolia Ridge Levee and Roadway Improvement project.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the ...
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