2015-0270
INTRODUCED BY: V.J. ST. PIERRE, JR., PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF WASTEWATER)
ORDINANCE NO. _____________
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An ordinance to approve and authorize the Parish President to acquire a perpetual sewer servitude over land identified as a portion of Farm Lots 18, 19 & 20 of Ellington Plantation, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana which property is more particularly described in the Act of Servitude agreement attached hereto and made a part hereof, from Karen Majoria Gervais LeGlue, et al and/or all other owners of record, as their interests may appear, said property to be used by St. Charles Parish for sewer purposes in connection with the Primrose Sewer Force Main Project.
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WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish is undertaking construction of an upgrade and replacement to an existing sewer force main running along the Blouin and Ellington Canals near Primrose to increase sewer capacity; and,
WHEREAS, the sewer force main will be rerouted to the north side of the Blouin Canal outside of the servitude previously granted to St. Charles Parish; and,
WHEREAS, the new location of the sewer force main will not interfere with the future improvements of the proposed Ellington levee project; and,
WHEREAS, the sewer project and the acquisition of the hereinafter described perpetual sewer servitude is in furtherance of the public's best interest and purpose, and is in satisfaction of a public need; and,
WHEREAS, the fair market value of the required real estate interest that needs to be acquired for the Primrose Sewer Force Main Project, as established by a licensed MAI appraiser is $1,050.00.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That there is hereby a public need for the above described property to upgrade and replace a sewer force main to increase sewer capacity and allow construction of the proposed levee.
SECTION II. That St. Charles Parish is hereby authorized to purchase and/or expropriate the required real estate in...
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