2012-0361
INTRODUCED BY: V.J. ST. PIERRE, JR., PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS)
DENNIS NUSS, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT VII
ORDINANCE NO.
Title
An ordinance to approve and authorize the execution of a Mitigation Participation Agreement by and between Coastal Louisiana Resource, LLC and the Parish of St. Charles for wetlands mitigation for the West Bank Hurricane Protection Levee - Phase III Ellington in the amount of $1,768,800.00.
Body
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish has undertaken the construction of the West Bank Hurricane Protection Levee Project - Phase III Ellington for providing comprehensive flood protection to protect the lives and property of the citizens of the West Bank of St. Charles Parish; and,
WHEREAS, in order to fulfill the wetlands permitting requirements it is necessary to mitigate 16.4 acres of bottomland hardwood credits and 37.2 acres of cypress/tupelo swamp credits at the Bayou Terrebonne Coastal Mitigation Area located in Terrebonne Parish in the amount of $1,768,800.00; and,
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Parish Council to approve said Mitigation Participation Agreement to comply with the requirements of U. S. Army Corp of Engineers Permit No. MVN-2010-2326-EOO and Louisiana Department of Natural Resources Coastal Use Permit No. P20120821.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the Mitigation Participation Agreement by and between Coastal Louisiana Resource, LLC and the Parish of St. Charles in the amount of $1,768,800.00 is hereby approved.
SECTION II. That the Parish President is hereby authorized to execute said Mitigation Participation 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 , 2012, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
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