2024-0223
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 Contract with Sealevel Construction, Inc., for Sunset Screen Cleaner, Project No. P080905-11C, CPRA Project No. BA-0270, as part of the West Bank Hurricane Protection Levee Project, in the amount of $12,594,880.00.
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WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 08-10-7 adopted October 20, 2008, by the St. Charles Parish Council, approved and authorized the execution of a Contract for Engineering Services with BURK-KLEINPETER, INC. for necessary professional engineering services associated with Parish Project No. P080905 St. Charles Parish West Bank Hurricane Protection Levee and Urban Flood Control; and,
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 6714 adopted on August 28, 2023, by the St. Charles Parish Council, approved and authorized the execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement between the State of Louisiana through the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board and St. Charles Parish Government regarding the construction of the Crawford Canal Sunset Pump Station Bar Screen Expansion (BA-0270) project in Des Allemands to provide $6,000,000.00 in funding for construction costs for said project; and,
WHEREAS, the Sunset Screen Cleaner, with Pump Station being part of the West Bank Hurricane Protection Levee, will provide needed additional flow capacity to the inlet of the pumps. Currently, existing bar screens must be cleaned with an excavator which has restricted use during periods of lightning. The Sunset pump station provides and supports flood protection to 1,689 residential properties, 41 businesses/commercial properties, 10 public buildings, and 23 schools/houses of worship in Bayou Gauche, Paradis, and Des Allemands; and,
WHEREAS, the Sunset Screen Cleaner includes the construction of seven bays of auto bar screens, with a 25-foot-wide concrete platform to allow for removal of debris and as a primary ro...
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