City of Monroe, LA

NOTICE

NOTICE is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on the following Ordinance, Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 6:00 p.m., in the Council Chamber at Monroe City Hall: 

ORDINANCE

STATE OF LOUISIANA

CITY OF MONROE

The following Ordinance was introduced:

WHEREAS, by Cash Deed dated July 5, 2018 (REG. 1757697; CB 2552, P 400) and Act of Correction dated July 10, 2018 (REG. 1757954; CB 2552, P 709), the City of Monroe sold a 4.30-acre tract of land to Banks Construction Family Limited Partnership in the Monroe Air Industrial Park;

WHEREAS, by Cash Deed dated February 14, 2024 (Inst. No. 1890972), the City of Monroe repurchased the property for $93,583.70 under its right of first refusal (Ord. No. 12,209);

WHEREAS, Ochsner LSU Health System of North Louisiana(“Ochsner”) has requested that the City of Monroe sell to the 4.30-acre tract to it for future development;

WHEREAS, Ochsner has agreed to purchase the property for the sum of $105,000.00, and the City Council deems said proposal to be in the best interest of the City of Monroe; and

WHEREAS, to facilitate the purchase of the property, the City Council desires to waive the requirements to provide a preliminary proposal (Sec. 22-32) and for the recommendation of the Monroe Air-Industrial Park advisory board prior to the sale, provided however, that such proposals and approvals shall be obtained prior to any development of the property and all other provisions of the Monroe Air-Industrial Park Development Ordinance, to the extent applicable, are followed.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Monroe, Louisiana, in legal session convened, that:

Section 1. The City Council does hereby declare the following 4.30-acre tract of land located in Monroe Air Industrial Park in the City of Monroe, Louisiana as no longer necessary for public use:

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF 4.30 ACRE TRACT

ADJOINING RAILROAD SPUR ON EAST SIDE OF DELTA DRIVE

A tract of land in the Monroe Industrial Park, Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, as per plat recorded in Plat Book 15 at Page 113 in the parish records, this tract being more particularly described as follows, to-wit:

BEGINNING at a 1/2 inch iron bar set marking the southeast corner of the intersection of Delta Drive (80 feet wide) and the Kansas City Southern Railroad spur (30 feet wide), thence along the curving south line of said railroad spur 308.49 feet (chord bearing N82°21’22”E 307.60 feet) to a 1/2 inch iron bar set; thence S5°07’14”W 650.83 feet to a 1/2 inch iron bar set; thence N84°52’46”W 300.00 feet to a 1/2 inch iron bar set on the east line of Delta Drive; thence along Delta Drive, N5°07’14”E 582.87 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING; containing 4.30 acres of land, and being subject to any rights or servitudes of record or of use.

Section 2. On behalf of the City of Monroe, Louisiana, Mayor Friday Ellis is hereby authorized and empowered to sell, for cash, at private sale, to Ochsner LSU Health System of North Louisiana a 4.30 acre tract of land under the terms, conditions and for the consideration set forth in that certain Cash Deed, which attached hereto and made part hereof.

Section 3.Mayor Friday Ellis is hereby authorized and empowered to execute the said Cash Deed for and on behalf of the City of Monroe, Louisiana.

Section 4.The City of Monroe shall comply with any applicable federal and state laws or regulations governing the dispensation of such property and any applicable covenants and restrictions contained in the September 8, 1949, Deed between the City of Monroe and the United State of America conveying said property to the City of Monroe.

Section 5. 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.

Section 6.The requirements to provide a preliminary proposal (Sec. 22-32) and for the recommendation of the Monroe Air-Industrial Park advisory board prior to the sale are hereby waived, provided however, that such proposals and approvals shall be obtained prior to any development of the property and all other provisions of the Monroe Air-Industrial Park Development Ordinance, to the extent applicable, are followed.

ORDINANCE INTRODUCED on the   13th   day of  August       , 2024.

            NOTICE PUBLISHED on August 16th, 23rd & 30th, 2024.

                                                            Carolus S. Riley, CMC, MMC

                                                                        Council Clerk