City of Monroe, LA

ORDINANCE

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 12,186

CITY OF MONROE

The following Ordinance was offered by Woods who moved for its adoption and was seconded by Harvey :

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NOS. 12,103 AND 12,136 TO CORRECT THE ANNEXED BOUNDARIES OF LOVE’S TRAVEL STOP, PROVIDING FOR THE RECORDATION OF THE ENTIRE BOUNDARY AS AMENDED, ESTABLISHING THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF, AND PROVIDING FURTHER WITH RESPECT THERETO:

WHEREAS, in January 2022, Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores, Inc. (“Love’s”) filed a Petition for Annexation (ANX 100-22) and Map Amendment Application to annex certain property into the City of Monroe city limits;

WHEREAS, the Petition for Annexation identified a parcel of property, comprising roughly ±23.867 acres, to be annexed, but due to a clerical error in the application, the annexed parcel was incorrectly identified as ±12 acres;

WHEREAS, in March 2022, through Ordinance No. 12,103, City Council approved the annexation of the referenced property but, referring to the incorrect application, only approved the “annexation of ±12 acres”;

WHEREAS, in August 2022, through Ordinance No. 12,136, City Council approved an ordinance which effectively amended Ordinance No. 12,103 by correcting the amount of acreage to be included in the annexation and referencing the legal description for the property to-be-annexed, but due to a clerical error, portions of the legal description pertaining to the referenced parcel were omitted or incorrectly transcribed from the legal description;

WHEREAS, due to the clerical error, the incorrect legal descriptions were included in Ordinance 12,136, which re-annexed the property into the city limits;

WHEREAS, Love’s and the City of Monroe intended to fully annex the identified parcel into the city limits;

WHEREAS, the previous formalities for annexation were followed, Council has determined that the annexation is in best interest of the City of Monroe, and Council approved the annexation of this property in Ordinance Nos. 12,103 and 12,136; and

WHEREAS, amending Ordinance Nos. 12,103 and 12,136 to correct the legal description of the property will serve the interests of the City and Love’s and permit the proper annexation of the property;

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Monroe, Louisiana, in legal session convened, that the legal description and acreages in Ordinances Nos. 12,103 and 12,136 are hereby amended and restated as follows to include said property within the boundaries of the City of Monroe:

355 Highway 594

A 23.867 ACRE TRACT SITUATED IN SECTION 6, T17N, R5E

OUACHITA PARISH, LOUISIANA

A certain piece, parcel or lot of ground, together with all improvements thereon, rights, ways and privileges thereunto belonging or in any way appertaining, being, lying and situated in Section 6, Township 17 North, Range 5 East, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, being more particularly described as follows, to wit:

Beginning at a 1/2” diameter iron rod (found) marking the intersection of the western right of way line of Russell Sage Road with the northern right of way line of U. S. Interstate 20, said point bearing the State Plane Coordinate, Northing of 724,949.0401 and Easting of 3,437,855.2710, North American Datum of 1983, Louisiana North Zone (1701), US Survey Feet, said point also marking the POINT OF BEGINNING of the tract to be described;

Thence proceed South 26 degrees 43 minutes 53 seconds West, grid bearing, departing said western right of way line and along said northern right of way line, a distance of 72.77 feet to a 1/2” diameter iron rod (found);

thence turn right and proceed in a southwesterly direction, along said northern right of way line, a distance of 70.92 feet along the arc of a curve concave to the north, having a radius of 110.00 feet and a chord that bears South 61 degrees 59 minutes 52 seconds West, a chord distance of 69.70 feet to a 1/2” diameter iron rod (found);

thence turn right and proceed South 80 degrees 28 minutes 02 seconds West, along said northern right of way line, a distance of 99.63 feet to a 1/2” diameter iron rod (found);

thence turn left and proceed in a southwesterly direction, along said northern right of way line, a distance of 325.59 feet along the arc of a curve concave to the south, having a radius of 455.00 feet and a chord that bears South 59 degrees 58 minutes 02 seconds West, a chord distance of 318.69 feet to a 1/2” diameter iron rod (found);

thence turn left and proceed South 39 degrees 28 minutes 02 seconds West, along said northern right of way line, a distance of 340.24 feet to a 1/2” diameter iron rod (found);

thence turn right and proceed in a southwesterly direction, along said northern right of way line, a distance of 333.04 feet along the arc of a curve concave to the northwest, having a radius of 650.00 feet and a chord that bears South 54 degrees 08 minutes 45 seconds West, a chord distance of 329.41 feet to a 5/8” diameter iron rod (set);

thence turn right and proceed North 02 degrees 04 minutes 03 seconds East, departing said northern right of way line, a distance of 1,554.30 feet to a 5/8” diameter iron rod (set);

thence turn right and proceed South 87 degrees 55 minutes 55 seconds East, a distance of 605.00 feet to a 5/8” diameter iron rod (set);

thence turn right and proceed South 02 degrees 04 minutes 05 seconds West, a distance of 110.00 feet to a 5/8” diameter iron rod (set);

thence turn left and proceed South 87 degrees 55 minutes 50 seconds East, a distance of 343.59 feet to the western right of way line of Russell Sage Road, said point being marked by a 5/8” diameter iron rod (set);

thence turn right and proceed in a southwesterly direction, along said western right of way line, a distance of 206.92 feet along the arc of a curve concave to the west, having a radius of 5,674.58 feet and a chord that bears South 00 degrees 59 minutes 54 seconds West, a chord distance of 206.90 feet to a 1/2” diameter iron rod (found);

thence turn right and proceed South 05 degrees 23 minutes 11 seconds West, along said westerly right of way line, a distance of 338.91feet to a 1/2” diameter iron rod (found);

thence turn right and proceed South 05 degrees 28 minutes 02 seconds West, along said western right of way line, a distance of 136.13 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

The above described tract contains 23.867 acres, (1,039,648 square feet), more or less, and is more particularly indicated on ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey by Pan American Engineers, LLC, Job No. 11328, Drawing No. 13292.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that within ten (10) days after the adoption hereof the description of the enlarged boundary of the City of Monroe, after inclusion of the previously described property, shall be recorded by the Clerk of the City of Monroe in the Conveyance Records for Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, and such description as recorded shall become the official boundary of the Municipality as of the effective date of this Ordinance, all in accordance with the provision of LA-R.S. 33:171 et seq.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that this Ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after adoption and publication hereof on the manner prescribed by law.

ORDINANCE INTRODUCED on the 8th day of August , 2023.

NOTICE PUBLISHED on the 11th day of August , 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, Ezernack, Woods, Marshall & Dawson

NAYS: None.

ABSENT: None.

And the Ordinance was declared ADOPTED on the 22nd day of August , 2023.

Gretchen Ezernack

CHAIRMAN

Carolus S. Riley

CITY CLERK

Oliver Friday Ellis

MAYOR'S APPROVAL

MAYOR’S VETO