2024-0271
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS)
ORDINANCE NO. __________
Title
An ordinance to rescind Ordinance Nos. 23-5-5 and 24-3-12 and to approve a purchase and/or expropriation of a 1.501 acre servitude designated as Parcel B-3 and an 8,687 square foot/0.199 acre servitude designated as P-106 over property owned by Kristi Gerstner Smith, for the Montz Pump Station and Drainage Modification Project.
Body
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 23-5-5 adopted on May 22, 2023, by the St. Charles Parish Council, approved the purchase and/or expropriation of a 1.501 acre servitude designated as Parcel B-3 over property owned by Kristi Gerstner Smith, and authorized the Parish President to execute any and all documents necessary to complete said purchase and/or expropriation on behalf of St. Charles Parish; and,
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 24-3-12 adopted on March 18, 2024, by the St. Charles Parish Council, approved the purchase and/or expropriation of a 1.501 acre servitude designated as Parcel B-3 and an 8,687 square foot/0.199 acre servitude designated as P-106 over property owned by Kristi Gerstner Smith, and authorized the Parish President to execute any and all documents necessary to complete said purchase and/or expropriation on behalf of St. Charles Parish; and,
WHEREAS, the servitude agreement was revised to include the required perpetual drainage servitude designated as P-106 and a second appraisal report was obtained providing an updated fair market value, thus Ordinance Nos. 23-5-5 and 24-3-12 need to be rescinded; and,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 necess...
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