2009-0441
INTRODUCED BY: V.J. ST. PIERRE, JR., PARISH PRESIDENT
(GRANTS OFFICE)
RESOLUTION NO.
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A resolution adopting the St. Charles Parish Hurricanes Gustav/Ike Recovery Proposal and authorizing the Parish President to submit the Proposal to the Louisiana Recovery Authority for final approval and authorization to proceed in the implementation of the St. Charles Parish Hurricanes Gustav/Ike Disaster Recovery Program.
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WHEREAS, the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub. Law 110-329), enacted on September 30, 2008, appropriated $6.1 billion through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program for “necessary expenses related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, and restoration of infrastructure, housing, and economic revitalization in areas affected by hurricanes, floods, and other natural disasters occurring during 2008 for which the President declared a major disaster...;” and,
WHEREAS, of the total monies awarded to the State of Louisiana, St. Charles Parish has been allocated a total of $4,809,266.00 in Hurricanes Gustav/Ike CDBG-Disaster Recovery funding; and,
WHEREAS, utilization of the funding requires the St. Charles Parish Government to adopt a "Recovery Proposal" that has been developed in collaboration with the citizenry of the Parish and details the project(s) needed to assist the Parish in recovering from the devastating effects of the storms of 2008; and,
WHEREAS, after public hearings conducted on September 10, 2009, and on November 12, 2009, along with numerous meetings with Parish agencies which function to provide public services to persons of low/moderate income, the Parish developed its "St. Charles Parish Hurricanes Gustav/Ike Disaster Recovery Proposal" for formal submission to the Louisiana Recovery Authority.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL, do hereby officially adopt the "St. Charles Parish Hurric...
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