Ordinance #12,061

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF MONROE TO ACQUIRE FULL OWNERSHIP INTEREST OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOT 12, SQ. 4 MAUPINS LOCKS & DAMS ADDN, AND SOUTH 45 FT ON NICHOLS ST., BEARING MUNICIPAL ADDRESS 3514 LEE AVE., MONROE, LA, BY ADJUDICATION AT TAX SALE DATED JUNE 24, 2015, 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 12, Sq. 4 Maupin’s Locks & Dams Addition, and South 45 ft on Nichols St., bearing municipal address 3514 Lee Ave., Monroe, LA.  – R#83547.

WHEREAS the City of Monroe needs this property for repairs to the Texas Standifer Trunk Line;

WHEREAS the above described 3514 Lee Ave. property was adjudicated to the City of Monroe, Louisiana for non-payment of 2014 Ad Valorem Taxes by Adjudication Deed dated and filed June 24, 2015 in Conveyance Book 2427 at page 459 of the Records of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.  The 2015 Ad Valorem Taxes forming the basis for the described adjudication was validly assessed by the City of Monroe against Albert & Christeen Skinner;

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;

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.

This ordinance was INTRODUCED on the 11^th day of May 2021.

NOTICE PUBLISHED on the  14th  day of  May, 2021.

This Ordinance having been submitted in writing, introduced and published was then submitted to a final 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  25th day of  May 2021.