Public Notices

INVITATION FOR BIDS

Sealed bids for construction of the following project will be received by the St. Bernard Sheriff's Office, 8301 West Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, LA 70043, until 2:00 PM. local time on October 5, 2010 then opened and publicly read at 2:30 PM. Bids received after 2:00 PM. local time will not be accepted and will be returned to the Bidder unopened.

PROJECT NUMBER/NAME:
1583 INTERIM HOUSING AND
TEMPORARY FACILITIES
DEMOBILIZATION AND
RESTORATION OF PORT
PROPERTY
PROJECT LOCATION:
ST. BERNARD PARISH
9000 West St. Bernard Highway
Chalmette, Louisiana 70043
TYPE OF WORK:
ASPHALT PAVEMENT,
REINFORCED CONCRETE AND
SELECTIVE DEMOLITION WORK
OWNER:
ST. BERNARD PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE
PROPOSAL GUARANTY:
5% OF BID AMOUNT
(payable to the ST. BERNARD
PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE)
ENGINEER:
BURK-KLEINPETER, INC.
4176 CANAL ST.
NEW OREANS, LA 70119
PHONE: 504-486-5901
FAX: 504-483-6228
PLANS:
$ 150.00 (Non-refundable)
MANDATORY PRE-BID
CONFERENCE:
September 22nd, 2010, 10:00 AM
8301 WEST JUDGE PEREZ
HIGHWAY
CHALMETTE, LA 70043
(Site visit to follow.)

Copies of Specifications, Bid Documents, Contract Documents, and Construction Plans for use in preparing Bids may be obtained from the Engineers at the address stipulated above upon deposit of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($ 150.00 ) Dollars for each set of Documents.
In no event shall Bid Forms be issued later than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the hour and date set for receiving bids. Reference directed to R.S. 37:2163.
Contractors desiring to bid shall submit to the Engineers, with their request for Plans, evidence that they hold a State License of proper classification and in full force and effect.
Bid/bids shall be accompanied with a Certified Check , Cashier's Check, or Bid Bond with Power of Attorney (Money Orders or Letters of Credit WILL NOT be accepted) in the amount not less than 5% made payable to the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office. Failure to do so will result in the bid being declared irregular and shall be cause for rejection.
If someone other than a corporate officer signs for the Bidder/Contractor, a copy of a corporate resolution or other signature authorization shall be required for submission of bid. Failure to include a copy of the appropriate signature authorization, if required, may result in the rejection of the bid unless bidder has complied with LA R.S. 38:2212(A)(1 )(C) or LA R.S. 38:2212(0).
A Bid will be considered responsive if it conforms in all respects with the conditions and requirements of the Bidding Documents. In order to be considered responsive, Bid Proposals must; (a) be fully completed, signed and be responsive in all respects to the conditions of the Invitation and Instructions to Bidders; (b) be made on the Proposal Forms provided and submitted intact as part of the Bid Documents; (c) be accompanied by the required items listed in the appropriate sections of the Bidding documents.
The envelope shall be marked with the bid number, bid title, name, and address and state license number of the Bidder as set forth in the Invitation to Bidders.
The LOWEST qualified bid will be the one determined to offer the best advantage to the St. Bernard Sheriff's Office. The St. Bernard Sheriff's Office reserves the right to reject any bid for just cause in the best interest of St. Bernard Sheriff's Office.
The successful bidder must register with the St. Bernard Sheriff's Office Sales and Use Tax Department for tax purposes.

Mr. Jack A. Stephens
Sheriff
St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office

Sept. 3, 10, 17, 2010

NOTICE OF SALE OF BONDS
NOT EXCEEDING $27,000,000
LAFAYETTE PUBLIC TRUST FINANCING AUTHORITY
REVENUE BONDS
(RAGIN CAJUN FACILITIES, INC. STUDENT UNION/UNIVERSITY FACILITIES PROJECT)
SERIES 2010

PLACE AND TIME OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Lafayette Public Trust Financing Authority (the "Authority") that the Louisiana State Bond Commission (the "Commission"), for and on behalf of and at the request of the Authority, proposes to sell to Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana (the "Purchaser") not exceeding Twenty-Seven Million Dollars ($27,000,000) principal amount of Lafayette Public Trust Financing Authority Revenue Bonds (Ragin! Cajun Facilities, Inc. Student Union/University Facilities Project) Series 2010 (the "Bonds"), at the regular meeting of the Commission scheduled for Thursday, September 16, 2010, at ten (10:00) o'clock a.m., Baton Rouge time, at the State Capitol Building, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, or such other date, time and/or place as may be determined by the Chairman or by the Secretary of the Commission. Other proposals are hereby invited and, upon receipt will be considered, and the proposal most advantageous to the Authority will be accepted at the time of the sale. The Commission is selling the Bonds on behalf of the Authority pursuant to the requirements of the Louisiana Public Trust Act (Chapter 2-A of Title 9 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (La. R.S. 9:2341-9:2347, inclusive)) (the "Act"). Neither the Commission nor any officer, member, employee or agent thereof has passed upon or endorsed the merits of or the security for the Bonds. The Bond Purchase Agreement for the Bonds will be binding only upon the Authority and the Purchaser, and neither the Commission nor the State of Louisiana will have any liability thereunder or thereby.

THE BONDS

The issuance and sale of the Bonds will be duly authorized pursuant to the terms of a resolution adopted by the Authority on or about September 2, 2010, under the provisions of the Act. The Bonds will be issued in accordance with the provisions of a Trust Indenture dated as of November 1, 2010, or such other date as may be determined by the Authority, (the "Indenture"), between the Authority and Regions Bank, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as trustee (the "Trustee"). The Bonds are being issued for the purpose of providing funds (i) for the cost of demolishing certain existing facilities and for the development, design and renovation of the existing UL-Lafayette Student Union; the development, design and renovation of O.K. Allen Hall to provide for a student health center; and the development, design and construction of a new food services center; and other infrastructure (the "Project") at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (the "UL Lafayette") in the City of Lafayette, Parish of Lafayette, State of Louisiana, (the "Facilities"), (ii) paying capitalized interest on the Bonds, and (iii) paying costs of issuance of the Bonds, pursuant to a Trust Indenture dated as of November 1, 2010 (the "Indenture") by an between the Authority and the Trustee; which Facilities shall be constructed by the Ragin Cajun Facilities, Inc., a Louisiana non profit corporation (the "Corporation") on the campus of UL-Lafayette at the corner of Boucher Street and McKinley Street, at 220 Hebrard Boulevard and other areas of the campus, Lafayette Parish, Lafayette, Louisiana, which land is owned by the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System (the "Board"). The proceeds of the Bonds will be loaned to the Corporation and the Corporation will construct the Project on land which will be leased by the Board to the Corporation pursuant to a ground lease (the "Ground Lease"). The Corporation will lease and/or sublease the Project to the Board pursuant to a facilities lease (the "Facilities Lease"). The Corporation will assign all of its right, title and interest under the Facilities Lease to secure the repayment of the Bonds. In addition, proceeds of the Bonds will be applied to pay costs of issuance of the Bonds, and to fund deposits to the reserve fund and the maintenance reserve account created under the Indenture. The Bonds are issuable as fully registered bonds in the denominations set forth in the Indenture. The Bonds will be dated, mature on such dates and bear interest at the rates and are payable, all as provided in and subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture. The Bonds will be subject to redemp-tion prior to maturity as set forth in the Indenture.

SECURITY FOR THE BONDS

The Bonds are issued under and equally secured both as to principal and interest by the Indenture, which Indenture provides a complete description of the pledged property and revenues constituting the Trust Estate (as defined in the Indenture) the nature and extent of the security, a statement of the terms and conditions on which the Bonds are issued and secured, the rights, duties and obligations of the Authority, the rights, duties and immunities of the Trustee and the rights of the owners of the Bonds. The Authority will transfer the proceeds of the Bonds to the Corporation pursuant to a Loan Agreement to be dated as of November 1, 2010, or such other date as may be determined by the Authority, (the "Loan Agreement"), by and between the Authority and the Corporation.

The Bonds are limited and special revenue obligations of the Authority and shall be deemed to have been issued on behalf of the City of Lafayette, the beneficiary of the Authority, and do not constitute or create an obligation, general or special, debt, liability or moral obligation of the State of Louisiana, the City of Lafayette, the Parish of Lafayette, or any political subdivi-sion thereof or personal obligations of the Authority. Neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State of Louisiana, the City of Lafayette, the Parish of Lafayette, or of any political subdivision thereof is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the Bonds.

Neither the State, the Parish, the City nor any political subdivision thereof shall in any manner be liable for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds or for the performance of any agreement or pledge of any kind which may be undertaken by the Authority and no breach by the Authority of any agreement shall create any obligation upon the State, the Parish, the City or any political subdivision of the State, the Parish or the City. The Authority has no taxing power and receives no funds from the State, the Parish, the City or any political subdivision of the State, the Parish or the City.

The Bonds are payable solely from revenues derived from the Loan Agreement and other amounts available under the Indenture.

The Bonds, shall be dated, shall mature (not to exceed 32 years) and shall bear interest at the rate or rates as set forth in the Indenture. The Bonds will be issued in fully registered form only.

GENERAL INFORMATION

This Notice of Sale of Bonds is being published in accordance with the requirements of the Act. For a period of thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this Notice of Sale of Bonds, any person or persons in interest shall have the right to contest the legality of this Notice of Sale of Bonds or any resolution or other proceedings authorizing the issuance of the Bonds and the legality of the Bonds for any cause, after which time no one shall have any cause or right of action to contest the legality of said resolution or other proceedings or of the Bonds authorized thereby for any cause whatsoever. If no suit, action or proceedings are begun contesting the validity of the Bonds within such thirty (30) days, the authority to issue the Bonds and to provide for the payment thereof, the legality thereof and of all of the provisions of the resolution or other proceedings authorizing the issuance of the Bonds shall be conclusively presumed, and no court shall have the authority to inquire into such matters.

Persons desiring to submit proposals are requested to contact the State Bond Commission, State Capitol Building, 3rd Floor, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804, Attention: Mr. Whitman J. Kling, Jr., Director-Secretary. Further information concerning the Bonds and copies of the Indenture and other documents pertaining to the creation of the Authority and supporting the issuance of the Bonds can be obtained from Foley & Judell, L.L.P., One American Place, Suite 1950, 301 Main Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70801; or the Lafayette Public Trust Financing Authority, c/o Richard L. Becker, Esq., Becker & Associates, 910 Harding Street, Lafayette, Louisiana 70503.

The Commission reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive any irregularities in any proposal.

LAFAYETTE PUBLIC TRUST
FINANCING AUTHORITY

/s/ John T. Arceneaux
Chairman
Board of Trustees

Approved: July 15, 2010

/s/ Whitman J. Kling, Jr.
Director-Secretary
State Bond Commission

September 3, 2010

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

ST. BERNARD PARISH
GOVERNMENT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PROJECT NO. 15596

Sealed Bids will be received until the hour of 2:00 p.m., on Tuesday, October 5, 2010, at the St. Bernard Parish Government Department of Public Works, 1125 E. St. Bernard Highway, Chalmette, Louisiana, and opened at 2:00 p.m., at which time they will be publicly read, for furnishing all supervision, labor, materials, equipment, etc., and performing all work necessary for:

St. Bernard Parish Government
Repairs to Old Beauregard Middle School Building
Bayou Road and Beauregard Lane
Saint Bernard, Louisiana
SBPG Project No. 15596

To be a valid delivery, Sealed Bids must be delivered by hand to St. Bernard Parish Government Department of Public Works, 1125 E. St Bernard Highway, Chalmette, Louisiana during the normal business hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday on or before 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 5, 2010.
Sealed bids delivered to any other St. Bernard Parish Government location or other room number prior to the bid receipt deadline will not be considered.
This project consists of furnishing all supervision, labor, equipment, and materials necessary to provide storm related repairs, alterations, and historical restorations to the approximately 19,956 square feet Historic Middle School Building that was originally a Courthouse built in 1916, as indicated in the Contract Documents titled, "St. Bernard Parish Government, Repairs to Old Beauregard Middle School Building, Bayou Road and Beauregard Lane, Saint Bernard, Louisiana, SBPG Project No. 15596". All historic work must be provided by an experienced firm regularly engaged in historic treatments similar in nature, materials, design, and extent to this work as specified in each section, and that has completed a minimum of five recent projects with a record of successful in-service performance that demonstrate the firm's qualifications to perform this work.
Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check, cashier's check or bid bond acceptable to the Owner in the amount equal to at least five percent (5%) of the total amount bid and payable without condition to the Owner as a guarantee that the bidder, if awarded the Contract, will promptly execute a contract in accordance with all terms and conditions of the Contract Documents.
A MANDATORY Pre-Bid Conference will be held on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 10:00 a.m., at the St. Bernard Parish Government Department of Public Works, 1125 E. St Bernard Highway, Chalmette, Louisiana. All bidders must attend, required historic specialists are highly encouraged to attend and sub-contractors are encouraged to attend.
The drawings and specifications are on file and open for inspection at the St. Bernard Parish Government Department of Public Works, 1125 E. St Bernard Highway, Chalmette, Louisiana, and may be secured from the office of Architects Beazley Moliere, A Professional Architectural Corporation, 300 Heymann Boulevard, Lafayette, Louisiana 70503, Telephone: 337-233-0614 by only licensed contractors upon payment of $400.00 per set. Deposits on the first set of documents furnished bona fide prime bidders will be fully refunded upon return of the documents no later than ten (10) days after receipt of bids. On other sets of documents furnished to bidders the deposit less actual cost of reproduction, shipping and handling will be refunded upon return of the documents no later than ten (10) days after receipt of bids. Questions about this procedure shall be directed to the Architect/Engineer.

/s/Logan J. Martin
Logan J. Martin
Acting Director
Department of Public Works

Aug. 27, Sept. 3, 10, 2010