City of Monroe, LA

ORDINANCE

STATE OF LOUISIANA

CITY OF MONROE

NO. 12,164 

The following Ordinance was offered by Mr.  Harvey                 who moved for its adoption and was seconded by Mr.  Marshall                       :

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF MONROE TO ACQUIRE FULL OWNERSHIP INTEREST OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOT IN LOT 9, STUBBS YOUNG BAYOU ADDITION, FRONTING 82.11 FT ON EAST SIDE OF 20^TH ST., DEPTH 100 FT ALONG NORTH LINE OF GRAMMONT ST.., BEARING MUNICIPAL ADDRESS 2001 GRAMMONT ST, MONROE, LA, BY ADJUDICATION AT TAX SALE DATED JUNE 13, 2011, AND FURTHER WITH RESPECT THERETO      

WHEREAS, the City of Monroe, in accordance with LA R.S. 47:2236, intends to acquire full ownership of the following lots:

LOT IN LOT 9, STUBBS YOUNGS BAYOU ADDITION, FRONTING 82.11 FT ON

EAST SIDE OF 20^TH ST., DEPTH 100 FT ALONG NORTH LINE OF GRAMMONT ST.

BEARING MUNICIPAL ADDRESS 2001 GRAMMONT ST, MONROE, LA,

                 District 3

                WHEREAS the City of Monroe needs this property for expansion of the Monroe City Cemetery, and

                WHEREAS the above described 2001 Grammont St. property was adjudicated to the City of Monroe, Louisiana for non-payment of 2010 Ad Valorem Taxes by Adjudication Deed dated and filed July 1, 2011in Conveyance Book 2254 at page 324 of the Records of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.  The 2010 Ad Valorem Taxes forming the basis for the described adjudication was validly assessed by the City of Monroe against Arthulia Hill Holland, Jacquelyn Hilton Simmon, Gloria Hilton Clark, Julia Hilton Hadley, Ronald Hilton, Gregory Hobson, Renea Bassett Trevillion, Gerald Nickerson, and Donald Ray Nickerson; and

WHEREAS, that a copy of the ordinance shall be filed with the recorder of mortgages, Ouachita Parish, and that within 30 days thereafter, the City of Monroe shall send a written notice regarding the acquisition to the tax sale parties whose interest the political subdivision intends to be terminated that the party has until the end of sixty (60) days from the date of the notice to redeem the property or otherwise challenge in a court of competent jurisdiction the acquisition, and

WHEREAS, that this notice shall constitute a notice of sale.  The sending of this notice shall constitute service of the notice of sale under Article VII, Section 25 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and

WHEREAS, that notice shall be published in the official journal of the City of Monroe, The News Star, that any tax sale party whose interest will be terminated has sixty (60) days from the date of publication to redeem the property or otherwise challenge in a court of competent jurisdiction the acquisition.

                ORDINANCE INTRODUCED on the  25th     day of April 2023.

                NOTICE PUBLISHED on the  28th         day of April 2023.

                This Ordinance having been submitted in writing, introduced, and published, was then submitted to a vote as a whole, the vote thereon being as follows:

                AYES:                    Harvey, Ezernack, Woods, Marshall & Dawson

                NAYS:                   None.

                ABSENT:              None.

                And the Ordinance was declared ADOPTED on the  9th        day of  May            , 2023.

                                                                                                                     Kema Dawson                              

                                                                                                                     CHAIRMAN

Carolus S. Riley                                

CITY CLERK

Oliver Friday Ellis                                              

MAYOR’S APPROVAL

MAYOR’S VETO