City of Monroe, LA

ORDINANCE

STATE OF LOUISIANA                                                                            NO.  12,222               

CITY OF MONROE                                                                                   

The following Ordinance was introduced by Mr.  Harvey                             who moved for its adoption and was seconded by Ms.  Dawson                         :

            WHEREAS, the City of Monroe is the owner of certain land located with Forsythe Park;

            WHEREAS, the Northeast Louisiana Children’s Museum, Inc. (the “Children’s Museum”) is a non-profit organization which serves our community by providing resources and educational opportunities for the City’s youth;

            WHEREAS, the Children’s Museum desires to relocate from its current location on Walnut Street to Forsythe Park near the site of the Swayze Natatorium and old public pool;

            WHEREAS, the Children’s Museum desires to lease the site for the purpose of constructing and establishing a new Children’s Museum to continue to serve the public and citizens;

            WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 8466, the City and Children’s Museum entered into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement to facilitate the relocation and lease;

            WHEREAS, the lease agreement between the City of Monroe and the Children’s Museum is attached hereto an made part hereof; and

WHEREAS, the site of the proposed Children’s Museum is no longer necessary for public use, and the proposed lease is fair and reasonable and in the best interest of the City.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Monroe, Louisiana, in legal session convened, that the City Council does hereby declare that the following property is no longer necessary or needed for public use:

A certain tract or parcel of land situated in Section 41, Township 18 North, Range 3 East, Land District North of Red River, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as follows:

Commence at found ¾" iron pipe at the northeast corner of Block '3' of F.G. Hudson's Riverside Addition, as per plat recorded in Conveyance Book 52, Page 590 of the records of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana; proceed North 03°25'34" West, a distance of 834. 75 feet to a set cotton spindle and the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence proceed North 37°11'44" West, a distance of 278.52 feet to a set cotton spindle; thence proceed North 52° 48'16" East, a distance of 259.30 feet to a set cotton spindle; thence proceed South 37°11' 44" East, a distance of 278.52 feet to a set cotton spindle; thence proceed South 52° 48'16" West, a distance of 259.30 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 1.658 acres, more or less, and being subject to all easements, servitudes and rights-of-way of record and/ or of use.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that Mayor Friday Ellis be and is hereby authorized and empowered, on behalf of the City of Monroe, Louisiana, to enter into a lease agreement with the Northeast Louisiana Children’s Museum for the property; and

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that under the provisions of Louisiana Revised Statute 33:4712 that prior to the final adoption hereof, notice of this Ordinance shall be published in the official journal three (3) times within fifteen (15) days, one week apart and that any opposition hereto must be made in writing, filed with the Clerk of the Council within fifteen (15) days of the first publication.

This Ordinance was introduced on the  28th       day of May 2024.

            Notice published on the  31st    day of May, 2024 and June 7th & 14th, 2024.

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  25th          day of June, 2024.

Gretchen Ezernack                 

CHAIRPERSON

Carolus S. Riley                                 

CITY CLERK

Oliver Friday Ellis                             

MAYOR’S APPROVAL

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MAYOR’S VETO