2024-0400
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS)
ORDINANCE NO. ___________
Title
An ordinance to rescind Ordinance No. 24-5-10 and to approve a purchase and/or expropriate a 10,275 square foot perpetual drainage servitude designated as Parcel P-100 and a 1,432 square foot temporary construction servitude designated as Parcel T-100 over property owned by Cristina & Lauricella, Inc., for the Montz Pump Station and Drainage Modification Project.
Body
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 24-5-10 adopted on May 20, 2024, by the St. Charles Parish Council, approved a purchase and/or expropriate a 10,275 square foot perpetual drainage servitude designated as P-100 and a 1,432 square foot temporary construction servitude designated as T-100 over property owned by Cristina & Lauricella, Inc., for the Montz Pump Station and Drainage Modification Project; and,
WHEREAS, the established just compensation amount was revised as a second appraisal report was obtained providing an updated fair market value, thus Ordinance No. 24-5-10 needs to be rescinded; and,
WHEREAS, the community of Montz, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana has a history of drainage problems; and,
WHEREAS, hydrology and engineering analyses were completed in the Montz watershed area, which produced recommendations to improve the drainage in said area by constructing pump stations, cleaning canals, modifying and constructing additional drainage ditches and berms; 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 Montz Pump Station and Drainage Modification Project to protect the property owners in the Montz community; and,
WHEREAS, properties are more particularly described on the drawing by Riverlands Surveying Company dated October 24, 2023 and revised on March 15, 2024, attached hereto and made a part hereof; and,
WHEREAS, the fair ...
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