2025-0323
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 Turtle Pond Pump Station and Upstream Drainage Improvements (Project No. P250901), in the not to exceed amount of $89,000.00.
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WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 25-9-8 adopted on September 22, 2025, by the St. Charles Parish Council, approved and authorized the execution of a Professional Services Agreement with GIS Engineering, LLC, to perform engineering services for the Turtle Pond Pump Station and Upstream Drainage Improvements (Project No. P250901), in the not to exceed amount of $609,085.50; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish desires to construct a new Turtle Pond Drainage Pump Station with a minimum capacity of 150 cfs to replace the existing station that has a capacity of approximately 86 cfs; and,
WHEREAS, upstream drainage improvements are required to properly convey stormwater to the new pump station; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish has been awarded funding from the Louisiana Watershed Initiative Round 2 for construction of the pump station portion of the project, and design if additional funds become available; 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 pump station and upstream drainage improvements project; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish and ELOS Environmental, LLC, have mutually agreed to a not to exceed price of $89,000.00 to complete all tasks listed above and all details on scope, schedule and compensation are described in the attached Professional Services Agreement.
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