2023-0179
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL SERVICES)
ORDINANCE NO. ____________
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An ordinance approving and authorizing the execution of a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between St. Charles Parish and the Lafourche Basin Levee District relative to a levee lift for the Sunset Drainage District within the West Bank Hurricane Protection Levee System (Project A) and access roadway and surcharge area for a future boat ramp located on property known as Des Allemands Boat Launch (Project B).
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WHEREAS, the Parish and this District are commissioned with hurricane protection, comprehensive flood control and drainage for the residents and commercial entities of St. Charles Parish, State of Louisiana; and,
WHEREAS, LBLD, in conjunction with the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), entered into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with St. Charles Parish on April 2, 2014, within which LBLD agreed to operate, repair, rehabilitate and maintain the existing levees and future levees on the west bank of the Mississippi River in the Parish of St. Charles more commonly known as the West Bank Hurricane Protection Levee System, including Magnolia Ridge, Willowridge, West Bank & Vicinity, Western Tie - In, Davis Pond Levee, Ellington and the Sunset Levee; and,
WHEREAS, LBLD desires to perform a levee lift for the Sunset Levee located within the West Bank Hurricane Protection Levee System in St. Charles Parish, known as THE Upper Barataria Risk Reduction Segment 2 - Sunset Levee CPRA Project No. BA-0220 (hereinafter also referred to as "Project A"); and,
WHEREAS, Project A is an integrated coastal protection project eligible for funding under Section 105 of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA,) Act of 2006 (Title I of Division C of Public Law 109-432; 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.: 120 Stat. 3000), 30 C.F.R. Parts 219 and 1219, Louisiana Constitution Article VII, Sections 9(8), 10.1 and 10.2, and La. R.S. 49:214.5.4(E); and,
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