2023-0170
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(GRANTS OFFICE & DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS)
RESOLUTION NO.
Title
A resolution approving and authorizing the execution of a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the State of Louisiana through the Office of Community Development and St. Charles Parish in the amount of $6,314,616.00 for the Ormond Area Flood Mitigation project (CN Railroad Culverts).
Body
WHEREAS, as a result of severe storms and flooding in 2016, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) allocated $1.2 billion in Community Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) funds to the State of Louisiana for unmet mitigation needs throughout Louisiana; and,
WHEREAS, the State of Louisiana Office of Community Development launched the Louisiana Watershed Initiative to pursue a statewide holistic approach to watershed management and to allocate the CDBG-MIT funds most effectively considering development patterns and flood risk levels; and,
WHEREAS, the HUD approved Louisiana Master Action Plan for the Utilization of CDBG-DR Mitigation Funds allocated $570,666,243.00 to the Local and Regional Watershed Projects and Programs; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish is a political body duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Louisiana and is eligible to apply for CDBG-MIT funds and execute the proposed CDBG-MIT program; and,
WHEREAS, the Ormond area of Destrehan, Louisiana located on the East Bank of St. Charles Parish has been adversely affected by damages from flood waters; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish received a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the State of Louisiana and the Parish through the Office of Community Development in the amount of $6,314,616.00 to fund the Ormond Area Flood Mitigation Project (CN Railroad Culverts); and,
WHEREAS, the Ormond Area Flood Mitigation project scope includes adding culverts at two separate sites under the CN Railroad tracks that will mitigate the constriction o...
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