2015-0046
INTRODUCED BY: LARRY COCHRAN, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT V
CAROLYN K. SCHEXNAYDRE, COUNCILWOMAN-AT-LARGE, DIVISION A
JARVIS LEWIS, COUNCILMAN-AT-LARGE, DIVISION B
TERRELL D. WILSON, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT I
WILLIAM BILLY WOODRUFF, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT II
WENDY BENEDETTO, COUNCILWOMAN, DISTRICT III
PAUL J. HOGAN, PE, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT IV
TRACI A. FLETCHER, COUNCILWOMAN, DISTRICT VI
JULIA FISHER-PERRIER, COUNCILWOMAN, DISTRICT VII
ORDINANCE NO. ____________
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An ordinance approving and authorizing the Parish President of St. Charles Parish and the members of the St. Charles Parish Council to enter into and execute a settlement agreement in the case of Mayor Mitchell J. Landrieu vs. St. Charles Parish Council, et al, Case No. 12-8721.
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WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish, the City of Kenner, the Mayor of the City of New Orleans, and the New Orleans Aviation Board entered into an Airport Expansion Agreement ("AEA") on October 17, 1985; and,
WHEREAS, the AEA addressed the expansion of the east-west runway at Louis Armstrong International Airport some 1,300 feet into St. Charles Parish; and,
WHEREAS, the AEA provided for a procedure by which a St. Charles Parish representative would be appointed to the New Orleans Aviation Board; and,
WHEREAS, the Mayor of the City of New Orleans filed a suit in 2012 challenging that appointment procedure entitled "Mayor Mitchell J. Landrieu, and his official capacity as Mayor of the City of New Orleans v. St. Charles Parish Council, et al.," Case No. 12-8721, pending in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans (the "Lawsuit"); and,
WHEREAS, Mayor Landrieu, the President of the Parish of St. Charles and the St. Charles Parish Council have now agreed to settle the lawsuit on the terms set forth in the Settlement Agreement attached as Exhibit "A" (the "Settlement Agreement"); and,
WHEREAS, the President of the Parish of St. Charles and the St. Charles Parish Council wish to move forward with fi...
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