2025-0059
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS)
ORDINANCE NO. ___________
Title
An ordinance to rescind Ordinance No. 24-10-6 and to approve a .104 acre temporary construction servitude over property now or formerly owned by Storehouse Lane Investments, LLC for the Ormond Area Flood Mitigation, CN Railroad Culvert Installation Project (P200801).
Body
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 24-10-6 adopted on October 21, 2024, by the St. Charles Parish Council, approved a purchase and/or expropriate a .104 acre temporary construction servitude over property now or formerly owned by Storehouse Lane Investments, LLC, for the Ormond Area Flood Mitigation, CN Railroad Culvert Installation Project (P200801), 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, pursuant to provisions of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 as amended ("URA"), modified terms of the servitude agreement were negotiated by Storehouse Lane Investments, LLC and St. Charles Parish as a means to avoid litigation and keep the project schedule, thus Ordinance No. 24-10-6 needs to be rescinded; and,
WHEREAS, the Ormond area in Destrehan, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana has a history of drainage problems; and,
WHEREAS, drainage improvements are needed to relieve the constriction of flow under the CN Railroad tracks to increase the overall drainage capacity of the railroad crossing system and mitigate the flooding in the area; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish has secured funding from the State of Louisiana through the Office of Community Development Louisiana Watershed Initiative for this project; 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 the Ormond Area Fl...
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