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In August 2017, CSRS requested and received an opinion from the Ethics Board BD # 2017-887 <br /> that CSRS was able to respond as prime contractor to the OCD-DRU's Request for Proposals for <br /> Community Master Planning and Program Development for the Isle de Jean Charles ("Phase II") <br /> while it also sought to act as a subcontractor to the State's Request for Proposals for Disaster <br /> Grant Management Services for recovery efforts other than the Resettlement of Isle de Jean <br /> Charles. Phase II is complete. <br /> The Road Home Corporation dba the Louisiana Land Trust (LLT) is a nonprofit corporation <br /> created to take title to properties purchased by the Road Home Homeowner Assistance Program, <br /> among other purposes. It is chartered under La. R.S. 40:600.61 et. seq., and through the <br /> operation of Section 600.65 for the purposes of the Code of Governmental Ethics. <br /> In January 2018, OCD entered into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the Louisiana Land <br /> Trust ("LLT") to provide a range of services including the implementation of activities related to <br /> Phase III, including all procurement for required professional services. On January 16, 2019, <br /> LLT issued the RFQ for Phase III of the Isle de Jean Charles project. The RFQ was open to the <br /> general public to bid, and CSRS did not participate in any way developing or drafting the RFP. <br /> PAE provided input to LLT in preparing the RFQ and a principal of PAE served in an advisory <br /> capacity to LLT's panel which evaluated the RFQ responses. CSRS did not provide input in the <br /> preparation of the RFQ and no one at CSRS served in an advisory capacity to LLT's evaluation <br /> panel. CSRS has submitted a proposal and would like to serve as Contractor on Phase III of the <br /> Isle de Jean Charles project. <br /> Initially, CSRS's qualifications statement proposed to utilize Stacy Bonnaffans the project to be <br /> responsible for CDBG-NDR compliance but subsequently decided that Stacy Bonnaffans would <br /> not participate in or be involved in any way in CSRS's delivery of services with respect to Phase <br /> III. <br /> Ms. Bonnaffans did not participate in any discussion or review of any aspect of Isle de Jean <br /> Charles Phase III or its funding through NDR during her tenure as staff of OCD. However, the <br /> discussion or review of Requests for Qualifications or Requests for Proposals were ever <br /> involved, nor any interaction with Louisiana Land Trust. <br />