City of Monroe, LA

ORDINANCE

STATE OF LOUISIANA

CITY OF MONROE                                                                                         NO.  12,170                

            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 10, STUBBS YOUNG BAYOU ADDITION, FRONTING 24.52 FT ON NORTH SIDE OF GRAMMONT ST., DEPTH 110 FT ALONG WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 10., BEARING MUNICIPAL ADDRESS 2007 GRAMMONT ST, MONROE, LA, BY ADJUDICATION AT TAX SALE DATED JUNE 1, 1992, 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 10, STUBBS YOUNGS BAYOU ADDITION, FRONTING 24.52 FT ON

NORTH SIDE OF GRAMMONT ST., DEPTH 110 FT ALONG WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 10.

BEARING MUNICIPAL ADDRESS 2007 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 2007 Grammont St. property was adjudicated to the City of Monroe, Louisiana for non-payment of 1991 Ad Valorem Taxes by Adjudication Deed dated and filed June 1, 1992, in Conveyance Book 1563 at page 12 of the Records of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.  The 1991 Ad Valorem Taxes forming the basis for the described adjudication was validly assessed by the City of Monroe against Clarence and Eva Hubbard and notices were sent to Clarence and Eva Hubbard as directed to Cletus Davis at 510 Linderman Steet, West Monroe, LA 71291; 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  9th    day of May 2023.

                NOTICE PUBLISHED on the  12th     day of May 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, Woods & Marshall

                NAYS:                   None.

                ABSENT:              Ezernack & Dawson

                And the Ordinance was declared ADOPTED on the  23rd     day of  May     , 2023.

                                                                                                                                Juanita Woods                                 

                                                                                                                                CHAIRMAN

Carolus S. Riley                                

CITY CLERK

Oliver Friday Ellis                                              

MAYOR’S APPROVAL

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MAYOR’S VETO