City of Monroe, LA

NOTICE

NOTICE is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on the following Ordinance, Tuesday, June 25, 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, 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 Statutes 33:4712 that prior to final adoption herein, notice of this Ordinance will be published in the official journal three (3) times within fifteen (15) days, one week apart.  Any opposition must be filed with the Clerk of the Monroe City Council within fifteen days of the first publication.

ORDINANCE INTRODUCED on the   28th   day of  May       , 2024.

            NOTICE PUBLISHED on May 31st, 2024 and June 7th & 14th, 2024.

                                                            Carolus S. Riley, CMC, MMC

                                                                        Council Clerk