2015-0266
INTRODUCED BY: V.J. ST. PIERRE, JR., PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ZONING)
ORDINANCE NO. ____________
Title
An ordinance to approve and authorize the execution of a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL) for the LaBranche Salinity Control Structure Project to be funded by the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana and St. Charles Parish.
Body
WHEREAS, Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL) is undertaking administering a grant provided by the State of Louisiana Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration Partnership Program; and,
WHEREAS, Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana and the Pontchartrain Levee District have engaged and are funding the design and permitting of a project to halt saline water from entering the LaBranche Wetlands at the intersection of Parish Line Canal and I-10 borrow canal in St Charles Parish; and,
WHEREAS, the Saint Charles Land Syndicate and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development are the major landowner of the adjacent land to the project; and,
WHEREAS, the Pontchartrain Levee District and the CRCL have funded the design of this project; and,
WHEREAS, the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL) through the grant is providing $250,000 for the construction of the project; and,
WHEREAS, St Charles Parish (SCP) is providing $100,000 for the construction of the project.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the St. Charles Parish and the Pontchartrain Levee District do agree to the following:
1) The Pontchartrain Levee District and Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana shall administer the project as it related to permitting, design and construction oversight of the Salinity Control Structure Project.
2) St. Charles Parish shall advertise the project for construction.
3) Funding for the project shall not exceed the allocated funds ($250,000 from CRCL and $100,000 from SCP for a to...
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