2009-0147
INTRODUCED BY: V.J. ST. PIERRE, JR., PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS)
ORDINANCE NO.
Title
An ordinance to approve and authorize the execution of a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement by and between the Parish of St. Charles and Lafourche Basin Levee District for the West Bank Hurricane Protection Levee.
Body
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish and the Lafourche Basin Levee District have joint responsibility for providing comprehensive flood protection to protect lives and property within their territorial jurisdictions; and,
WHEREAS, in order to fulfill that responsibility, the Parish and the Levee District have agreed to construct a flood control project on the West Bank of the Mississippi River; and,
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Parish and the Levee District to define their respective rights, duties, responsibilities and liabilities in respect to said project.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement by and between the Parish of St. Charles and the Lafourche Basin Levee District is hereby approved.
SECTION II. That the Parish President is hereby authorized to execute said Cooperative Endeavor Agreement on behalf of the Parish of St. Charles.
Vote
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the ordinance was declared adopted this day of , 2009, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
CHAIRMAN:
SECRETARY:
DLVD/PARISH PRESIDENT:
APPROVED: DISAPPROVED:
PARISH PRESIDENT:
RETD/SECRETARY:
AT: RECD BY: