2024-0333
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS)
ORDINANCE NO. ___________
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An ordinance to approve a purchase and/or expropriate a .012 acre perpetual drainage servitude and a .078 acre temporary construction servitude over property now or formerly owned by ACSI Properties, LLC, for the Ormond Area Flood Mitigation, CN Railroad Culvert Installation Project (P200801).
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WHEREAS, the Ormond area in Destrehan, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana has a history of drainage problems; and,
WHEREAS, drainage improvements are needed to relieve the constriction of flow under the CN Railroad tracks to increase the overall drainage capacity of the railroad crossing system and mitigate the flooding in the area; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish has secured funding from the State of Louisiana through the Office of Community Development Louisiana Watershed Initiative for this project; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary for St. Charles Parish to acquire the identified real estate interest from landowners in order for St. Charles Parish to construct, operate, and maintain the Ormond Area Flood Mitigation, CN Railroad Culvert Installation Project to protect the property owners in the Destrehan community; and,
WHEREAS, properties are more particularly described on the Right-of-Way Map for CN Railroad Culverts in Ormond, Project No. (P200801), Sheet Number 1 of 2, prepared by Crescent Engineering and Mapping, LLC, and Matthew Ledet, P.L.S. dated February 12, 2024, last revised April 19, 2024, attached hereto and made a part hereof; and,
WHEREAS, the fair market value of the required real estate interest that needs to be acquired, as established by a licensed MAI appraiser, is $21,077.80.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the purchase and/or expropriation of a .012 acre perpetual drainage servitude and a .078 acre temporary construction servitude over property now or formerly owned by ACSI Properties, LLC, is...
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