2015-0118
INTRODUCED BY: V.J. ST. PIERRE, JR., PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF WASTEWATER)
ORDINANCE NO. ____________
Title
An ordinance to approve and authorize the execution of a Contract for Engineering Services with Environmental Engineering Services, Inc. (EES), for necessary professional engineering services associated with Parish Project No. S150301 EPA Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program: St. Rose Sewer Network Upgrade.
Body
WHEREAS, the wastewater system of St. Rose has a history of problems related to insufficient pump capacity and lift stations pumping against each other resulting in numerous sanitary sewer overflows (SSO); and,
WHEREAS, due to the complexity of the St. Rose system the entire area requires study with emphasis on the Rue Landry and Fourth St. Lift Stations; and,
WHEREAS, to facilitate the study, St. Charles Parish has acquired a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through the University of New Orleans, Research and Technology Foundation, Inc. as part of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program FY14/YR13; and,
WHEREAS, as part of the grant St. Charles Parish, through a Request for Qualification, has selected Environmental Engineering Services, Inc. (EES) to perform the necessary study.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the contract for Engineering Services between Environmental Engineering Services, Inc. (EES), and the Parish of St. Charles associated with Parish Project No. S150301 EPA Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program: St. Rose Sewer Network Upgrade is hereby approved and accepted.
SECTION II. That the Parish President is hereby authorized to execute said contract on behalf of the Parish of St. Charles.
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the ordinance was declared adopted this _____ day of ___________, 2015, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Officia...
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