St. Charles Parish - File #: 2012-0081

• File #: 2012-0081
• Version: 1
• Name: Aprove/Authorize the Lafourche Basin Levee District to purchase and/or expropriate the necessary real estate interests to construct the West Bank Hurricane Protection Levee, Phase II - Perimeter of Willowridge Estates
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 2/13/2012
• In control: Parish Council
• Final action: 2/27/2012
• Enactment date: 2/27/2012
• Enactment #: 12-2-10
• Title: An ordinance to approve and authorize the Lafourche Basin Levee District to purchase and/or expropriate the necessary real estate interests to construct the West Bank Hurricane Protection Levee, Phase II - Perimeter of Willowridge Estates from the Blouin Canal to the Davis Pond West Guide Levee, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, Sta. 100+00.00 to Sta. 212+46.34 and to authorize the transfer of the necessary funding thereof.
• Sponsors: V.J. St. Pierre Jr., Department of Public Works, Shelley Tastet
• Indexes: Hurricane Protection Levee (WB - Willowridge, Ph. II), Lafourche Basin Levee District
• Related files: 2017-0227, 2015-0340, 2015-0205, 2015-0308, 2015-0309, 2015-0315, 1999-5052, 2008-0418, 2011-0057, 2011-0058, 2011-0088, 2015-0109, 2015-0116, 2015-0146, 2000-0144, 2011-0257, 2012-0294, 2013-0262, 2013-0407, 2013-0408, 2011-0233, 2013-0411, 2014-0084, 2014-0279, 2015-0104, 2015-0105, 2015-0106, 2015-0108

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/28/2012	1	Parish President	Approved by the Par. Pres.
2/27/2012	1	Parish Council	Public Hearing Requirements Satisfied
2/27/2012	1	Parish Council	Approved	Pass
2/13/2012	1	Parish Council	Publish/Scheduled for Public Hearing
2/13/2012	1	Parish President	Introduced

2012-0081
INTRODUCED BY: V.J. ST. PIERRE, JR., PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS)
SHELLEY M. TASTET, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT II
ORDINANCE NO. _____________
Title
An ordinance to approve and authorize the Lafourche Basin Levee District to purchase and/or expropriate the necessary real estate interests to construct the West Bank Hurricane Protection Levee, Phase II - Perimeter of Willowridge Estates from the Blouin Canal to the Davis Pond West Guide Levee, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, Sta. 100+00.00 to Sta. 212+46.34 and to authorize the transfer of the necessary funding thereof.
Body
WHEREAS, the Parish of St. Charles has determined a public need to protect the property owners of the Willowridge Subdivision from flooding of tidal water of the Gulf of Mexico with the construction of the West Bank Hurricane Protection Levee, Phase II - Perimeter of Willowridge Estates from the Blouin Canal to the Davis Pond West Guide Levee, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, Sta. 100+00.00 to Sta. 212+46.34 “Project”; and,
WHEREAS, the Parish of St. Charles has entered into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the Lafourche Basin Levee District per Ordinance No. 09-8-2 on August 3, 2009 to acquire the necessary real estate interests to construct the Project; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary for Lafourche Basin Levee District to acquire in fee the necessary real estate interests from landowners to begin construction of the Project without delay; and,
WHEREAS, the Lafourche Basin Levee District has provided just compensation offers and been negotiating in good faith with landowners Rathborne Land Company, LLC and Willowridge Estates, LLC to acquire the necessary real estate interests at fair market values established by two (2) certified independent appraisals, but the landowners have refused to grant the necessary rights to the Lafourche Basin Levee District; and,
WHEREAS, Article 5, Item C of the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement states the decision to expropri...