Gonzales Weekly Citizen
April 9, 2026
PARISH OF
ASCENSION
STATE OF LOUISIANA
ORDINANCE
PURPOSE: To acquire two (2) drainage servitudes for the Phase 4 - Fontenot Road Ditch Dredging Project, Ascension Parish Project 22503635, consisting of:
a. PARCEL 4-3, containing 0.41 acres located in Section 8 Township 10 South, Range 4 East, Southeastern Land District, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, for the price of TEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT AND NO/100 ($10,948.00) DOLLARS, plus the cost of closing;
and
PARCEL 4-4, containing 1.35 acres located in Section 8 Township 10 South, Range 4 East, Southeastern Land District, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, for the price of THIRTY-SIX THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX AND NO/100 ($36,366.00) DOLLARS, plus the cost of closing.
WHEREAS, the East Ascension Consolidated Gravity Drainage District No. 1 desires to acquire certain drainage servitudes to improve drainage throughout the Parish; and
WHEREAS, there is a need and a public purpose for the acquisition of certain drainage servitudes for the East Ascension Consolidated Gravity Drainage District No. 1; and
WHEREAS, the East Ascension Consolidated Gravity Drainage District No. 1 does hereby desire to acquire the drainage servitudes and/or rights-of-way stated above and authorize the Office of the Parish President to do whatever is necessary to enter into negotiations and acquire said Drainage Servitudes; and;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, the Ascension Parish Governing Authority authorizes the acquisition of a Drainage Servitude over and across that certain parcel of immovable property described as PARCEL 4-3 of Ascension Parish Project 22503635, containing 0.41 acres located in Section 8, Township10 South, Range 4 East, Southeastern Land District, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, for the price of TEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT AND NO/100 ($10,948.00) DOLLARS, plus the cost of closing, and a Drainage Servitude over and across that certain parcel of immovable property described as PARCEL 4-4 of Ascension Parish Project 22503635, containing 1.35 acres located in Section 8, Township10 South, Range 4 East, Southeastern Land District, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, for the price of THIRTY-SIX THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX AND NO/100 ($36,366.00) DOLLARS, plus the cost of closing, both servitudes are more fully described in Exhibit A and Exhibit B attached hereto and made a part hereof and are shown on the map of said servitudes attached as Exhibit C.
This Ordinance is being adopted in conformity with Section 6-01 of the Ascension Parish
Charter.
The purchase of the above drainage servitudes is subject to approval by the Parish Attorney and contingent upon the Seller having a merchantable title to the property on which the servitudes will be located.
Clint Cointment, Parish President, is hereby authorized to sign all necessary documents on behalf of the East Ascension Consolidated Gravity Drainage District No. 1 for the purchase of the described Drainage Servitudes.
This ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote therein was as follows:
Yeas: Oliver Joseph, Joel Robert, Travis Turner, Brett Arceneaux, Todd Varnado, Chase Melancon, Brian Hillensbeck, Blaine Petitie, Pam Alonso, Dennis Cullen, Jenn DeFrances.
Nays: None
Not Voting: None
Absent: None
This ordinance was passed on this 2nd day of April , 2026.
/s/ Cinnamon McKey
Attest: Parish Council Secretary
/s/ Clint Cointment
Clint Cointment,
Parish President
EXHIBIT A
(SERVITUDE DESCRIPTION of PARCEL 4-3) (JARVIS)
A CERTAIN DRAINAGE SERVITUDE situated in the Parish of Ascension, State of Louisiana, in Section 8, Township 10 South, Range 4 East, Southeastern District of Louisiana, designated as PARCEL 4-3, containing 0.41 acres, as shown on a map of a survey prepared by James W. Falgout of Earles and Associates, L.L.C., PLS, dated October 25, 2025 entitled SURVEY OF PROPOSED DRAINAGE SERVITUDE, PHASE 4 - FONTENOT ROAD DITCH DREDGING PROJECT LOCATED IN SECTION 8, T10S-R4E Southeastern Land District, East of the Mississippi River, for the Parish of Ascension.
Said Drainage Servitude, designated as PARCEL 4-3, containing 0.41 acres is subject to all right of ways and servitudes as shown on the Survey described above and subject to all dimensions and bearings as shown on said Survey.
4/9/26 ($96.76)
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