2013-0265
INTRODUCED BY: V.J. ST. PIERRE, JR., PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF WATERWORKS)
ORDINANCE NO.
Title
An ordinance to approve and authorize the execution of a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with St John the Baptist Parish for an East Bank Waterline Interconnection.
Body
WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 14 (C) of the Louisiana Constitution of the State of Louisiana provides that “For a public purpose, the state and its political subdivisions or political corporation may engage in cooperative endeavors with each other, with the United States or its agencies, or with any public or private association, corporation, or individual; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish and St John the Baptist Parish have decided it to be in the best interest of their residents to have an interconnected water line that will allow St Charles Parish to send water to St John the Baptist Parish across their legal boundaries; and,
WHEREAS, there exists a need for an additional supplementary water source for the residents of St. John the Baptist Parish and the St. Charles Parish Department of Waterworks has excess capacity to meet this need; and,
WHEREAS, St John the Baptist Parish is undertaking the construction of the project and will transfer ownership of said project to St Charles Parish upon completion.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between St. Charles Parish and St John the Baptist Paris for an East Bank Waterline Interconnection is hereby approved.
SECTION II. That the Parish President is hereby authorized to execute said Cooperative Endeavor Agreement.
Vote
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to the vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the ordinance was declared adopted this day of , 2013, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
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