2024-0104
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 and a 8,687 square foot servitude designated as P-106 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 the Montz Pump Station and Drainage Modification Project 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, and by Riverlands Surveying Company dated October 24, 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 $2,896.38.
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 and a 8,687 square foot servitude designated as P-106 is hereby approved and accepted in the not to exceed value of $2,896.38.
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...
Click here for full text