Belle Chasse Plaquemines Gazette
October 13, 2026
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE OF INTRODUCTION, PUBLIC HEARING,
AND PROPOSED PRIVATE INTERGOVERNMENTAL
SALE OF SURPLUS IMMOVABLE PROPERTY
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on September 24, 2026, the Plaquemines Parish Council introduced a proposed Ordinance declaring certain immovable property owned by Plaquemines Parish Government surplus and no longer needed for Parish public purposes and authorizing the private intergovernmental sale of the property to the Plaquemines Parish School Board for the sum of NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND NO/100 ($900,000.00) DOLLARS, subject to the reservations, conditions, and terms provided in the proposed Ordinance, Cooperative Endeavor Agreement, and Act of Sale.
The immovable property proposed for conveyance consists of the following:
1. MAIN STREET PROPERTY – LOT HB-1-A ($600,000)
That certain portion or parcel of immovable property located at or near 3712 and 3706 Main Street, Belle Chasse, Louisiana, being portions of Plaquemines Parish Assessor Parcel Nos. 8501700 and 8236491, containing approximately 120,673± square feet or 2.77± acres, situated in Section 7, Township 14 South, Range 25 East, West of the Mississippi River, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, and identified as LOT HB-1-A on the survey/reference map attached to the proposed Ordinance as Exhibit “B.”
2. BATTURE PROPERTY – LOT HB-4 / 3777 MAIN STREET ($300,000)
That certain portion or parcel of batture property bearing municipal address 3777 Main Street, Belle Chasse, Louisiana 70037, containing approximately 217,005 square feet or 4.982± acres, situated in Section 7, Township 14 South, Range 25 East, Southeastern Land District of Louisiana West of the Mississippi River, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, and identified as LOT HB-4/BATTURE on the survey/reference map attached to the proposed Ordinance as Exhibit “B,” being more particularly described as follows:
A CERTAIN PORTION OR PARCEL OF LAND CONTAINING 4.982 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, LOCATED IN SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 14 SOUTH, RANGE 25 EAST, SOUTHEASTERN LAND DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, PLAQUEMINES PARISH, LOUISIANA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCING AT THE APPARENT CENTERLINE INTERSECTION OF F. EDWARD HEBERT BLVD. & MAIN STREET, HAVING GRID COORDINATES (N=506326.6860, E=3712969.9380), LOUISIANA STATE PLANE COORDINATE SYSTEM, SOUTH ZONE, NAD 83, SAID POINT BEING THE POINT OF COMMENCEMENT (P.O.C.);
THENCE, SOUTH 85 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 40 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 76.92 FEET TO A POINT ON THE APPARENT SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY OF MAIN STREET, SAID POINT BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING (P.O.B.);
THENCE, DEPARTING SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY, SOUTH 43 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 05 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 112.47 FEET TO A POINT ON THE RIVERSIDE OF THE LEVEE; THENCE, CONTINUING SOUTH 43 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 05 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 338 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE MEAN LOW WATERLINE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER; THENCE, SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE MEAN LOW WATERLINE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, A DISTANCE OF 516 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT, SAID POINT BEING ON THE PROJECTION OF THE COMMON BOUNDARY OF SECTIONS 7 & 8 T14S, R25E SOUTHEASTERN LAND DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER; THENCE, ALONG SAID PROJECTION OF THE COMMON BOUNDARY OF SECTION 7 & 8, NORTH 42 DEGREES 31 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 338 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT ON THE RIVERSIDE OF THE LEVEE; THENCE, CONTINUING ALONG SAID PROJECTION OF THE COMMON BOUNDARY OF SECTION 7 & 8, NORTH 42 DEGREES 31 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 111.91 FEET TO A POINT ON THE APPARENT SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY OF MAIN STREET; THENCE, ALONG THE APPARENT SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY OF MAIN STREET, NORTH 69 DEGREES 15 MINUTES 12 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 514.41 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING (P.O.B.);
SAID PROPERTY BEING BATTURE LAND, THE RIVER BOUNDARY OF WHICH IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE DUE TO NATURAL MOVEMENTS OF THE RIVER AND ADJUSTMENTS TO THE MEAN LOW WATER LINE.
The foregoing property constitutes portions of property acquired by Plaquemines Parish Government, as successor by charter to the Plaquemines Parish Commission Council, by act recorded October 29, 1965, at Instrument No. 1965-00000201, COB 292, Page 829, Records of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana; the Parish’s succession by charter being recorded at Instrument No. 1990-00000101, COB 747, Page 662.
The proposed sale expressly excludes the ball fields, sports park, and associated recreational property and improvements.
The proposed sale is subject to, among other things, reservation by Plaquemines Parish Government of all mineral rights and executive leasing rights; reservation of governmental and public access rights affecting the Batture Property; existing servitudes, rights-of-way, levee, drainage, utility, and other recorded rights; conveyance of the property AS IS, WHERE IS, WITH ALL FAULTS; and payment by the Plaquemines Parish School Board of the transactional and closing costs provided in the proposed Ordinance and related agreements.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a public hearing on the proposed Ordinance will be held on Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 2:00 PM, at PLAQUEMINES PARISH COUNCIL CHAMBER IN THE PLAQUEMINES PARISH COURTHOUSE AT 18055 HWY. 15, POINTE-A-LA-HACHE, LOUISIANA, at which time the Plaquemines Parish Council will begin consideration of the proposed Ordinance for final passage.
Pursuant to La. R.S. 33:4712(C), any opposition to the proposed Ordinance shall be made in writing and filed with the Secretary of the Plaquemines Parish Council, 333 F. Edward Hebert Boulevard, Building 203, Room C 103, Belle Chasse, Louisiana 70037, within fifteen (15) days after the first publication of this notice.
Copies of the proposed Ordinance and its exhibits, including the reference map identifying Lot HB-1-A and Lot HB-4, are available for public inspection through the Office of the Secretary of the Plaquemines Parish Council.
PLAQUEMINES PARISH COUNCIL
Kim M. Toups, Secretary
October 6, 13, 20, 2026
Cost to Publish: $180.00
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