2024-0018
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(GRANTS OFFICE & DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS)
RESOLUTION NO. __________
Title
A resolution approving and authorizing the execution of a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement by and between the State of Louisiana through the Office of Community Development and St. Charles Parish for funding in the amount of $15,000,000.00.
Body
WHEREAS, as a result of severe storms and flooding in 2016, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development allocated $1.2 billion in Community Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) funds to the State of Louisiana for unmet mitigation needs throughout Louisiana; and,
WHEREAS, the State of Louisiana Office of Community Development launched the Louisiana Watershed Initiative (LWI) to pursue a statewide holistic approach to watershed management and to allocate the CDBG-MIT funds most effectively considering development patterns and flood risk levels; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish is a political body duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Louisiana and is eligible to apply for CDBG-MIT funds and execute the proposed CDBG-MIT program; and,
WHEREAS, the LWI Local and Regional Projects and Programs Grant - Round 2 made available $100 million for eligible projects statewide to provide benefits to low-to moderate-income areas; and,
WHEREAS, in May 2023, pre-applications were submitted to the Local and Regional Projects and Programs Grant - Round 2 to request funding for the following mitigation projects: Fairfield and Oakland Pump Station Upgrades, Turtle Pond Pump Station Upgrades, Oak Street Pump Station Upgrades, and St. Rose Conveyance Improvements; and,
WHEREAS, on December 21, 2023, Conditional Award Letters were received from the Louisiana Watershed Initiative committing $9,230,000.00 in funding to the Turtle Pond Pump Station Upgrades and $5,770,000.00 in funding to the Fairfield and Oakland Pump Station Upgrades; and,
WHEREAS, the State of Louisiana ...
Click here for full text