St. Charles Parish - File #: 2023-0109

• File #: 2023-0109
• Version: 1
• Name: Approve a purchase and/or expropriate a 1.501 acre servitude, as Parcel B-3, property owned by Kristi Gerstner Smith, for the Montz Pump Station and Drainage Modification Project
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 5/8/2023
• In control: Parish Council
• On agenda: 5/22/2023
• Final action: 5/22/2023
• Enactment #: 23-5-5
• Title: An ordinance to approve a purchase and/or expropriate a 1.501 acre servitude designated as Parcel B-3 over property owned by Kristi Gerstner Smith, for the Montz Pump Station and Drainage Modification Project.
• Sponsors: Matthew Jewell, Department of Public Works
• Indexes: DRO (Montz Pump Station No. 2), Legal Services (Dept. of), Public Works (Dept. of)
• Related files: 2023-0032, 2022-0336, 2021-0097, 2021-0267, 2022-0064, 2022-0335, 2024-0104

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/23/2023	1	Parish President	Approved by the Par. Pres.
5/22/2023	1	Parish Council	Public Hearing Requirements Satisfied
5/22/2023	1	Parish Council	Approved	Pass
5/8/2023	1	Parish Council	Publish/Scheduled for Public Hearing
5/8/2023	1	Parish President	Introduced

2023-0109
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS)
ORDINANCE NO. __________
Title
An ordinance to approve a purchase and/or expropriate a 1.501 acre servitude designated as Parcel B-3 over property owned by Kristi Gerstner Smith, for the Montz Pump Station and Drainage Modification Project.
Body
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 Montz Pump Station No. 2 to protect the property owners in the Montz community; and,
WHEREAS, properties are more particularly described on the drawing by GIS Engineering, LLC, dated January 3, 2023, attached hereto and made a part hereof; and,
WHEREAS, the fair market value of the required real estate interest that needs to be acquired, as established by a licensed MAI appraiser, is $3,714.98.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the purchase and/or expropriation of a 1.501 acre servitude designated as Parcel B-3 is hereby approved and accepted in the not to exceed value of $3,714.98.
SECTION II. That the Parish President is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to complete said purchase and/or expropriation on behalf of St. Charles Parish.
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:




And the ordinance was declared adopted the ______ day of____________, 2023, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.


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