2025-0324
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 ELOS Environmental, LLC, to perform environmental services for the Fairfield and Oakland Drainage Improvements (Project No. P251001), in the not to exceed amount of $73,999.00.
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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, environmental tasks such as an Environmental Review Record (ERR), Wetland Delineation and Jurisdictional Determination, and Joint Permit Application are required to satisfy the funding requirements and ensure all environmental impacts are determined and mitigated if necessary, to complete the drainage improvements project; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish and ELOS Environmental, LLC, have mutually agreed to a not to exceed price of $73,999.00 to complete all tasks listed above and all details on scope, schedule and compensation are described in the attached Professional Services Agreement.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the Professional Services Agreement between St. Charles Parish and ELOS Environmental, LLC, to perform environmental services as required by the Department of Public Works, for the Fairfield and Oakland Drainage Improvements (Project No. P251001), in the not to exceed am...
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