2025-0100
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS)
ORDINANCE NO. ___________
Title
An ordinance to approve and authorize the Parish President to execute an Act of Sale from RES Barataria, L.L.C. for a certain 1.06 acres, designated as Lot 1A, located along the Southern side of the Hahn Street Extension, in the amount of $115,525.00.
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WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 22-3-7 adopted on March 7, 2022, by the St. Charles Parish Council; approved and authorized the execution of a Professional Services Agreement with Crescent Engineering & Mapping, LLC, to perform engineering services for the King and Hahn Street Drainage Improvements (Project No. P220202), in the amount not to exceed $432,650.00; and,
WHEREAS, the project will relieve flooding in the residential area East of King Street and North of Hahn Street by providing better drainage conveyance via a more substantial drainage ditch system; and,
WHEREAS, the initial design of the project called for a circuitous route for the drainage, requiring an expensive, long concrete box culvert structure; and,
WHEREAS, RES Barataria, L.L.C. recently purchased Lot 1A as part of a larger land purchase and has no need for Lot 1A in their future plans; and,
WHEREAS, the acquisition of Lot 1A will allow St. Charles Parish to use a ditch system in lieu of the extensive concrete box culvert structure, resulting in saving an approximate $1.6 million dollars on the project; and,
WHEREAS, an appraisal was completed for Lot 1A on October 15, 2024, that valued the property at $115,525.00.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. The Act of Sale by RES Barataria, L.L.C. to St. Charles Parish for the above Lot 1A, 1.06 acres, in the amount of $115,525.00 is hereby approved and accepted.
SECTION II. That the Parish President is further hereby authorized to execute an Act of Sale of Lot 1A and any and all documents deemed necessary on behalf of St. Charles Pari...
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