2025-0171
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS)
ORDINANCE NO. ___________
Title
An ordinance to approve a purchase and/or expropriate from property owned by H.A.A. Construction, LLC to St. Charles Parish located at 706 Paul Frederick Street, Luling, Louisiana.
Body
WHEREAS, the streets of Kinler and Paul Frederick between Hackberry Street and Brooklyn Street have routinely experienced significant flooding resulting in the two (2) streets becoming impassable for long periods of time; and,
WHEREAS, the flooding of both Kinler Street and Paul Frederick Street have caused degradation of the roadway surface and base material of the roadways; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish has established a project to improve the drainage on Kinler Street and Paul Frederick Street and to repair the roadway surface; and,
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 22-1-2 adopted on January 10, 2022, by the St. Charles Parish Council, approved and authorized the execution of a Professional Services Agreement with EJES Inc., to perform engineering services for Kinler and Paul Frederick Roadway and Drainage Improvements Project No. P210704, not exceed $385,955.00; and,
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 25-2-1 adopted on February 10, 2025, by the St. Charles Parish Council, approved and authorized the execution of Amendment No. 1 to Ordinance No. 22-1-2, which approved a Professional Services Agreement with EJES Inc., to perform engineering services for Kinler and Paul Frederick Roadway and Drainage Improvements (Project No. P210704), in the amount not to exceed $358,896.00, increasing the overall contract amount to $744,851.00; and,
WHEREAS, the property at 706 Paul Frederick Street, owned by H.A.A. Construction, LLC is one of the properties needed to complete the drainage improvements; and,
WHEREAS, the fair market value, as established by a licensed MAI appraiser, is $19,557.66.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the purchase and/or expropriation of 706 Paul Frederick Street, Luling, Louisiana valued at $19,557.66 is hereby approved and accepted.
SECTION II. That the Parish President is further hereby authorized to execute any and all documents deemed necessary on behalf of St. Charles Parish.
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the ordinance was declared adopted the ____ day of ____________, 2025, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
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SECRETARY:
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