2017-0247
INTRODUCED BY: LARRY COCHRAN, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ZONING)
ORDINANCE NO.
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An ordinance to approve and authorize the execution of a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the Pontchartrain Levee District (PLD) for the LaBranche Salinity Control Structure Project to be funded by the Pontchartrain Levee District and St. Charles Parish.
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WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish had an agreement with the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana to build this project, but the Coalition has decided not to pursue this project; and,
WHEREAS, The State of Louisiana Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration Partnership Program has reallocated the grant from the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana to the Pontchartrain Levee District under the condition that St. Charles Parish keeps the existing construction contract active and ready to proceed; and,
WHEREAS, Pontchartrain Levee District is undertaking the administering of that grant provided by the State of Louisiana Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration Partnership Program; and,
WHEREAS, Pontchartrain Levee District has engaged and are funding the design and permitting of a project to halt saline water from entering the LaBranche Wetlands at the intersection of Parish Line Canal and I-10 borrow canal in St Charles Parish; and,
WHEREAS, the St. Charles Land Syndicate and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development are the major landowner of the adjacent land to the project, and have approved all rind rights required for this construction; and,
WHEREAS, the Pontchartrain Levee District through the grant is providing $250,000 for the construction of the project; and,
WHEREAS, St Charles Parish (SCP) is providing up to $100,000 for the construction of the project.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That St. Charles Parish (SCP) and Pontchartrain Levee District (PLD) do agree to the following:
1) The Pontchartrain Levee District shall admin...
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