2018-0172
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 purchase and/or expropriate a 1.330 acre perpetual drainage servitude over property identified as Parcel No.6-5, in Sections 49 and 50, Township 12 South - Range 8 East in the Town of MONTZ, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana from KRISTI GERSTNER SMITH, 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 P080802-5 Coulee Canal Access for Maintenance - Phase II, as shown on the attached drawing by Riverlands Surveying Co., LLC dated July 24, 2017.
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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 Parcel No.6-5, in Sections 49 and 50, Township 12 South - Range 8 East in the Town of Montz, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, 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 and/or expropriate at a price not to exceed its appraised value of $7,611.00 the property more particularly described on the drawing by Riverlands Surveying Co., LLC dated July 24, 2017 attached hereto and made a part hereof, from KRISTI GERSTNER SMITH, and/or all other owners of record, as their interests may appear, said property is to be used by St. Cha...
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