2016-0135
INTRODUCED BY: LARRY COCHRAN PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS)
ORDINANCE NO. __________
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An ordinance to approve and authorize the Parish President to acquire a 5,179.33 SF perpetual drainage servitude over property identified as Parcel DS2-3 & a 3,617.70 SF perpetual drainage servitude over property identified as Parcel DS2-4 both in Section 7, Township 12 South - Range 7 East, Town of MONTZ, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, which property is more particularly described in the Act of Servitude attached hereto and made a part hereof, from Yvonne & Sarah Chester, and/or all other owners of record, as their interests may appear, said property to be used for drainage purposes in connection with Parish Project P080802-10 Coulee Canal Improvements.
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WHEREAS, the area near Evangeline Road in Montz, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana has a history of drainage problems; and,
WHEREAS, an Engineering Analysis was completed along the length of the Coulee Canal, which produced recommendations to improve the drainage conveyance system in said area including cleaning and reshaping the Coulee Canal; and,
WHEREAS, the proposed drainage improvement project requires the acquisition of a perpetual drainage servitude over Parcels DS2-3 & DS2-4 in Section 7, Township 12 South - Range 7 East, Town of Montz, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, described in the Act of Servitude attached hereto; and,
WHEREAS, the drainage project and the acquisition of the hereinafter described servitude is in furtherance of the public's best interest and purpose, and is in satisfaction of a public need.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the Parish President is hereby authorized to purchase at a price not to exceed its appraised value of $42,600.00 the property more particularly described in the Act of Servitude attached hereto and made a part hereof, from Yvonne & Sarah Chester and/or all other owners of record, as their interests may appear, ...
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