Ordinance #12,060

AN ORDINANCE CONTRACTING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF MONROE, LOUISIANA, PROVIDING FOR THE RECORDATION OF THE ENTIRE BOUNDARY AS AMENDED: ESTABLISHING THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF, AND PROVIDING FURTHER WITH RESPECT THERETO:

WHEREAS, a petition has been filed by the City of Monroe regarding the hereinafter described property requesting that the City Council contract the boundaries of the City of Monroe, Louisiana, to exclude said property within said boundaries, and

WHEREAS, there has been continuously on file in the office of the Clerk of the City of Monroe, Louisiana, for more than ten (10) days prior hereto, a detailed description of said property, together with a plat thereof, and

WHEREAS, the City Council deems it to be in the best interest of the City of Monroe to separate the said property from the boundaries of the City of Monroe, Louisiana.

NOW, THEREFORE:

BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Monroe, Louisiana, in legal session convened, that the boundaries of the City of Monroe be and they are hereby are contracted so as to exclude therein, the following described area:

From an iron pipe atop Indian Mound at the west end and north side of Pargoud Landing Drive whose coordinates are State Plane Coordinates, La North Nad 83 Northing 747075.2786, Easting 3396912.6505 thence proceed S47º32’13.31” E, a distance of 31,972.33’ to the POINT OF BEGINNING, said POINT OF BEGINNING being on the north side of the south I-20 Service Road near its intersection with Wolsey Road:

From POINT OF BEGINNING thence S84º28’51.36” E along the north side of the south I-20 Service Road a distance of 5515.75’ to a point on the north side of the south I-20 Service Road near its intersection with Gregory Drive, thence S6º6’33.85”W a distance of 42.90’ to the south side of the south I-20 Service Road thence N84º30’17.84” W along the south side of the south I-20 Service Road a distance of 5510.48’, thence N034’48.49”W a distance of 45.46’ to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 5.575 acres ± and encompassing the south I-20 Service Road between Wolsey Road and Gregory Road

APPLICANT: City 0f Monroe (DeAnx 100-21)

Whereas, the City Council has further considered the report of the Monroe Planning Commission recommending approval, on a 5-0-1 vote.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that within ten (10) days after the adoption hereof the description of the contracted boundary of the City of Monroe, after exclusion of the aforedescribed 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.

SECTION 3.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this Ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after adoption and publication hereof on the manner prescribed by law.

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.