2025-0318
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS)
ORDINANCE NO. _________
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An ordinance approving and authorizing the execution of a Professional Services Agreement with Principal Engineering, Inc., to perform engineering services for the Fairfield and Oakland Drainage Improvements (Project No. P251001), in the not to exceed amount of $787,285.30.
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WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish has been awarded funding from the Louisiana Watershed Initiative Round 2 for construction of drainage improvements to the areas downstream of the existing Fairfield and Oakland Drainage Pump Stations in St. Rose; and,
WHEREAS, the downstream areas include ditch improvements from the stations to the Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) Railroad Crossing, improvements to the CPKC Crossing itself and improvements to the ditch between the CPKC Crossing and Airline Crossing, as well as additional pipes added underneath Airline to achieve stormwater conveyance to the outfall north of Airline Highway; and,
WHEREAS, the CPKC Crossing is located approximately 3000 feet southwest from the Fairfield Drainage Pump Station along the alignment of the CPKC Railroad, and the Airline Crossing is approximately 675 feet northwest of said CPKC Crossing; and,
WHEREAS, the improvements listed were determined necessary by the Hydrologic and Hydraulic (H&H) modeling completed by the consultants procured by Louisiana Watershed Initiative; and,
WHEREAS, the funding as awarded by Louisiana Watershed Initiative shall cover the majority of the construction of the Airline Crossing work, while the remaining construction items of the CPKC Crossing and other improvements, as well as engineering for all improvements shall be paid for with Parish funds; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish and Principal Engineering, Inc., have mutually agreed on a not to exceed price of $787,285.30 to complete the work consisting of the full design of the Airline Crossing, suppor...
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