2010-0279
INTRODUCED BY: V.J. ST. PIERRE, JR., PARISH PRESIDENT
(GRANTS OFFICE)
RESOLUTION NO.
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A resolution authorizing the Parish President to execute those documents and agreements required in the submission of the application for funding under the Hurricane's Gustav and Ike Sustainable Coastal Communities Program to construct the Bonnet Carre Spillway Boat Launch Improvements and certifying that the "Urgent Need" National Policy Objective is being met.
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WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish is submitting an application for funding to construct the Bonnet Carre Spillway Boat Launch Improvements under the Hurricane's Gustav and Ike Sustainable Coastal Communities Program from the Louisiana Office of Community Development - Disaster Recovery Unit; and,
WHEREAS, such regulations require that St. Charles Parish provide, as part of such package, a certified copy of a resolution which authorizes submission of the application and designates the Parish President, as the authorized representative of St. Charles Parish, to sign all application documents and certifications; and,
WHEREAS, such regulations further require that St. Charles Parish certify that the activity for which Sustainable Coastal Communities Program funds are being requested is to construct the Bonnet Carre Spillway Boat Launch Improvements, which are urgently needed to alleviate conditions which pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the Parish and are needed as a result of the damages sustained by the commercial fishing infrastructure in Hurricanes Gustav and Ike; and,
WHEREAS, with no other funding source, the monies to undertake the project will have to be taken from the Parish's budget resulting in a critical reduction in revenues for programs and operations of St. Charles Parish.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL, do hereby authorize the submission of the Hurricanes Gustav and Ike Sustainable Coastal...
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