2025-0163
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS)
ORDINANCE NO. ___________
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An ordinance to approve and authorize the Parish President to execute an Act of Sale from HX3, LLC for a portion of Lot B-41, Boutte Estates Subdivision, bearing municipal address 150 Boutte Estates Drive, Boutte, in the amount of $5,225.00.
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WHEREAS, the Boutte Estates ditch runs along the eastern side of Boutte Estates Subdivision, draining the development from the Eighty Arpent Canal to Tinney Street, and a canal intersects this ditch at Lyndon Street and connects the ditch to the Boutte Pump Station; and,
WHEREAS, the property has an approximate width of 37.92 feet, the existing canal and current servitude is 30 feet; and,
WHEREAS, the remaining width of the property is consumed by Lyndon Street, which accesses the Boutte Pump Station, which St. Charles Parish owns; and,
WHEREAS, the canal and the Boutte Pump Station are major drainage conveyances which supply water to the Eighty Arpent Pump Station and therefore must be maintained by St. Charles Parish, making the property unusable for any other manner; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish desires to purchase the property in order to maintain the existing drainage canal, Boutte Pump Station and Lyndon Street; and,
WHEREAS, an appraisal was completed on the portion of Lot B-41, Boutte Estates Subdivision, on February 20, 2025, resulting in the appraised value of $5,225.00; and,
WHEREAS, HX3, LLC has agreed to sell the property to St. Charles Parish at the appraised value of $5,225.00; and,
WHEREAS, the Parish President has executed a Purchase Agreement regarding the sale and purchase of portion of Lot B-41, Boutte Estates Subdivision, conditioned upon approval of the St. Charles Parish Council.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. The St. Charles Parish Council hereby approves the Agreement to Purchase and Sell Property attached herein, located...
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