Public Notices Published Thursday, August 21st, 2008LEGAL NOTICE
In accordance with Revised Statutes 3:2093, the Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry, Board of Animal Health, will hold a public hearing on the application for a Livestock Auction Market Charter for M&H Livestock LLC d/b/a West Monroe Livestock Auction, West Monroe, LA in the Veteran's Memorial Auditorium at the Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry, 5825 Florida Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70806 on August 28, 2008 at 9:30 a.m.
Henry I. Moreau, D.V.M.
State Veterinarian & Executive Secretary
Louisiana Livestock Sanitary Board
8/14,8/21
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GRANT PROPOSAL ANNOUNCEMENT
The Living Well Foundation will receive Grant Proposals beginning on Tuesday, September 2, 2008, and continue through September 30, 2008. The proposals must relate to Pre-Natal/Infant Care, preferably with emphasis in one or more of the following areas:
Pre-Natal/Infant nutrition
Infant mortality
Low birth weights
Teenage pregnancy
Sexual risk and responsibility
Maternal and infant mental health
Maternal substance abuse
Childcare availability
Proposal packets may be downloaded from our Web site at www.livingwellfoundation.net or picked up in person at the Foundation office located at 315 Stella St., West Monroe, LA 71291 during the office hours of 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Monday – Friday.
For additional information, please contact Paul West at 318-323-7991.
8/14,8/21
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STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF OUACHITA
CITY COURT OF WEST MONROE
Southgate Motors, Inc.
Vs: 34697
Lameika Shuenta Johnson
MARSHALS SALE
By virtue of Writ of Fifa issued from the Honorable City Court of the City of West Monroe, Ward 5, Ouachita Parish, State of Louisiana, and to me directed. I have seized and taken into possession and will offer for sale at the North door of the West Monroe City Court Building. Front door of the West Monroe Marshal's Office between the legal hours of SALE, Wednesday, September 10, 2008 the following described property, to wit:
One (1) 2003 Chevrolet Impala - Gray
VIN # 2G1WF52EX39182713
TERMS OF SALE: Cash, with the benefit of appraisement to the last and highest bidder.
8/21
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STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF OUACHITA
CITY COURT OF WEST MONROE
Republic Finance, LLC
Vs: 34489
Gena M Eads
MARSHAL'S SALE
By virtue of Writ of Fifa issued from the Honorable City court of the City of West Monroe, Ward 5, Ouachita Parish, State of Louisiana, and to me directed. I have seized and taken into possession and will offer for sale at the North door of the West Monroe City Court Building. Front Door of the West Monroe Marshal’s Office between the legal hours of SALE, Wednesday, September 3, 2008 the following described property, to wit:
One (1) 1996 Chevrolet Cavalier-Red
VIN #: 1G1JC5243T7156949
One (1) Hewlett Packard Tower VL400DT SN# 3460825
One (1) Husqvarna Push Mover 5.0 H.P. SN# 042705M008579
TERMS OF SALE: Cash, with the benefit of appraisement to the last and highest bidder.
8/21
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS
SEALED BIDS will be received in the office of the Recording Secretary of the Ouachita Parish Police Jury in the Courthouse Building, Monroe, Louisiana, on or before ten (10:00) AM, Tuesday, September 16, 2008, and that the same will be opened, read aloud and tabulated in the office of Ouachita Parish Police Jury, at ten (10:00) o’clock AM, September 16, 2008, and submitted to the Ouachita Parish Police Jury at its next scheduled meeting, for the purpose of furnishing the following:
FOOD & FOOD PRODUCTS FOR
GREEN OAKS’ DETENTION HOME
Complete specifications on the above item(s) are on file with and may be obtained from Frances B. Hunter, Purchasing Manager, Ouachita Parish Police Jury, Purchasing Department, 301 South Grand Street, Basement Floor, Monroe, LA. Bidders must note on the sealed envelope containing the bid: “SEALED BID” and the APPROPRIATE BID NUMBER.
THE OUACHITA PARISH POLICE JURY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS.
OUACHITA PARISH POLICE JURY
8/21,8/28
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NOTICE
The Ouachita Parish Police Jury will be accepting quotes for the 2009 Calendar Year for Health and Dental Insurances.
The Health Insurance quote must include a 4-Tier Plan (Single, Employee & Child, Employee & Spouse, and Family).
For more information, census, and claims experience, please contact LaTanya Harper, Human Resources Coordinator at 318-327-1345 ext. 3002 or at lharper@oppj.org.
All quotes must be received by Friday, September 19, 2008 at 12:00 P.M.
8/21
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NOTICE
The Ouachita Parish Police Jury will conduct a public hearing on September 8, 2008 at 5:30 p.m. in the Police Jury Meeting Room at the Ouachita Parish Courthouse.
The purpose of the first public hearing will be to receive comments on Ordinance No. 8898 -Scheduling of Meetings of the Ouachita Parish Fire Department Citizens Advisory Committee.
The purpose of the second public hearing will be to receive comments on Ordinance No. 8899 - An ordinance supplementing and amending Chapter 15 of the Compiled Ordinances of Ouachita Parish Governing “Offenses-Miscellaneous” to establish a Juvenile Curfew in the Unincorporated Areas of Ouachita Parish.
All persons who wish to comment, protest or object to any portion of the above mentioned ordinance are urged to attend this meeting.
8/14,8/21
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Sealed Bids will be received by the Ouachita Parish School Board, 100 Bry Street, Monroe, Louisiana 71210-1642 until 10:00 A.M., September 4, 2008.
For: A Lobby Addition for Ouachita High School Gymnasium
681 Highway 594
Monroe, Louisiana 71291
Ouachita Parish School Board
Bid Number: 22-09
Complete Bidding Documents for this project are available in electronic form. They may be obtained without charge and without deposit from www.aeplans.com. Printed copies are not available from the Architect but arrangements can be made to obtain them through most reprographic firms. Plan holders are responsible for their own reproduction costs. Questions about this procedure shall be directed to the Architect at
TB Architecture
103 Cypress Street
West Monroe, Louisiana 71291
Telephone: (318) 340-1550
Facsimile: (318) 998-1315
Email: bmcguire@tbarchitecture.com
This project is classified as building construction. All bids must be accompanied by bid security equal to five (5%) of the base bid and all additive alternates, and must be in the form of a certified check, cashier’s check or bid bond written by a company licensed to do business in Louisiana, countersigned by a person who is under contract with the surety company or bond issuer as a licensed agent in this State and who is residing in this state. No Bid Bond indicating an obligation of less than five percent (5%) by any method in acceptable.
The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance and payment bond written by a company licensed to do business in Louisiana, and shall be countersigned by a person who is contracted with the surety company or bond issuer as agent of the company or issuer, and who is licensed as an insurance agent in this State, and who is residing in this state, in an amount equal to the 100% of the contract amount.
No bid may be withdrawn for a period of thirty (30) days after receipt of bids, except under the provisions of Act 111 of 1983.
A mandatory pre-bid conference will be Thursday, August 28, 2008, at 10:00 A.M., at the Ouachita High School campus. Bids shall be accepted only from Contractors who attend the Pre-bid Conference.
The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
Ouachita Parish School board
Jack White, President
Attest: Dr. Robert Webber, ED.D, Secretary
8/7, 8/14, 8/21
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BID NOTICE
Sealed bids will be received by the Purchasing Agent, Ouachita Parish School Board, 100 Bry Street, P.O. Box 1642, Monroe, LA 71210-1642 until 1:00 P.M. C.D.S.T. September 8, 2008, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud for:
BID: 23-09
SHOP EQUIPMENT
Bid forms and specifications may be obtained from the Ouachita Parish School Board, Purchasing Department. The School Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids received.
OUACHITA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD
Jack White, President
ATTEST: Robert Webber, Ed. D Secretary
8/21,8/28
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PUBLIC NOTICE
OUACHITA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD
TENTATIVE BUDGET
The Ouachita Parish School Board’s proposed 2008-09 budget is available for public inspection at the Ouachita Parish School Board office, 100 Bry Street, Monroe, Louisiana, during regular business hours 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. A public hearing on the proposed budget will be held at 4:30 P.M. on September 9, 2008, at the Ouachita School Board meeting room. The Board will adopt the proposed budget at the regular board meeting at 6:00 P.M. on September 9, 2008.
8/21
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U.S. District Court
Western District of Louisiana (Monroe)
CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 3:08-cv-01160-RGJ-KLH;
JUDGE ROBERT G JAMES;
MAGISTRATE JUDGE KAREN L HAYES;
MIDCONTINENT EXPRESS PIPELINE LLC, Plaintiff,
Versus
1.68 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN MADISON PARISH, LOUISIANA (PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY SERVITUDE); 1.5 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN MADISON PARISH, LOUISIANA; 23.73 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN MADISON PARISH, LOUISIANA; 2.0 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN MADISON PARISH, LOUISIANA; 3.61 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN MADISON PARISH, LOUISIANA; 8.05 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN RICHLAND PARISH, LOUISIANA; 1.6 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN OUACHITA PARISH, LOUISIANA; 1.51 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN OUACHITA PARISH, LOUISIANA; 3.54 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN UNION PARISH,
LOUISIANA; 0.6 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN UNION PARISH, LOUISIANA; 0.43 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN UNION PARISH, LOUISIANA; 2.71 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN UNION PARISH, LOUISIANA; 2.58 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN UNION PARISH, LOUISIANA; 6.48 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN UNION PARISH, LOUISIANA; 10.79 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN CLAIBORNE PARISH, LOUISIANA; 2.23 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN CLAIBORNE PARISH, LOUISIANA; 3.69 ACRES
OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN CLAIBORNE PARISH, LOUISIANA; 13.49 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN CLAIBORNE PARISH, LOUISIANA; 3.34 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN WEBSTER PARISH, LOUISIANA; 3.09 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN BOSSIER PARISH; 7.2 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA; 2.44 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA, ET AL.
Defendants.
FRCP RULE 71.1 (d) NOTICE OF
COMMENCEMENT OF CONDEMNATION ACTION
To: 1.51 Acres of Land, More or Less, in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
Mary Inabnet McClendon Williams
Harold Leslie Woods, Jr.
LCI Properties, LLC
Snellings, Breard, Sarter, Inabnet & Trascher, LLP
Any Unknown Owners and Other Interested Parties
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on August 8, 2008, a Complaint for Condemnation of Pipeline Right-of-Way Servitude was filed in the above captioned matter by plaintiff, MidContinent Express Pipeline LLC (“MEP”), in which you are named as a defendant.
NATURE OF ACTION
The above-captioned matter is an action by MEP, pursuant to Section 717f(h) of the Natural Gas Act (the “NGA”), 15 U.S.C. § 717f(h), for the condemnation of natural gas pipeline rights-of-way/servitudes across tracts of land in which you have or may claim to have an ownership interest. MEP has, through a request for a preliminary injunction, also moved the Court to confirm its rights under the NGA and for immediate possession of these rights-of-way/servitudes.
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY AND INTEREST TO BE TAKEN
Pursuant to the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (“FERC Certificate”) issued to MEP by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”), MEP needs and is entitled to acquire a pipeline right-of-way/servitude across the following property:
That certain lot, tract or parcel of land situated in Section 14, Township 19 North, Range 5 East, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, as described in a Sale of Land from Thomas C. Newton, a single man, to W.B. Inabnet, Jr., a married man, whose wife if Wilhelmina M. Inabnet, born Morris, and H.L. Woods, a married man, whose wife is Lena Mae H. Woods, born Harvey, as recorded in Book 196, Page 767 Records of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, less and excepting any conveyance heretofore made.
This property is referred to herein as the “Property.” The interest to be taken consists of the following:
(1) a permanent servitude/right-of-way, as described and depicted in the Appendix to the Complaint, along with all of the rights and privileges reasonably necessary for MEP to construct, operate, and maintain the MEP Project including, but not limited to, the right of ingress and egress to and from the MEP Project, which includes the use of any existing roads (“Permanent Servitude”);
(2) The right to use a strip of land, running adjacent to and parallel with the Permanent Servitude and other areas necessary for construction, as described and depicted in the Appendix to the Complaint, during initial construction and installation of the pipeline and the necessary appurtenances thereto, along with the rights and privileges reasonably necessary for MEP to construct and install the MEP Project including, but not limited to the right of ingress and egress to and from the MEP Project, which includes the use of any existing roads (“Temporary Workspace”). After the initial construction and installation of the MEP Project and the necessary appurtenances thereto, the right to use the Temporary Workspace shall terminate. (The Permanent Servitude and Temporary Workspace are collectively hereinafter referred to as the “Right-of-Way/ Servitude”).
AUTHORITY FOR THE TAKING
Pursuant to the NGA, 15 U.S.C. §§ 717 et seq., on July 25, 2008, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued to MEP a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (the “FERC Certificate”) authorizing MEP to construct, own, and operate an approximately 506-mile interstate natural gas pipeline and appurtenant auxiliary facilities extending from near Bennington, Oklahoma, crossing through northeast Texas, northern Louisiana, central Mississippi, and ending near Butler, Alabama (the “MEP Project”). See MidContinent Express Pipeline, LLC, 124 FERC ¶ 61,089 (July 25, 2008).
MEP has the right of eminent domain under Section 717f(h) of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. § 717f(h), and Rule 71.1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure because MEP cannot, despite good faith efforts, acquire by contract, or is unable to agree with the owners of the property to the compensation to be paid for, the necessary rights-of-way/servitudes to construct, operate, and maintain a pipeline for the transportation of natural gas.
USE FOR WHICH THE PROPERTY IS TO BE TAKEN
The Right-of-Way/Servitude will be used for the construction of a portion of the MEP Project. Specifically, the Right-of-Way/Servitude will be used for construction of the portion of the MEP Project crossing northern Louisiana, including the follow parishes: Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Claiborne, Lincoln, Union, Ouachita, Morehouse, Richland, and Madison. The MEP Project addresses the need for new pipeline infrastructure to link natural gas production from the Barnett Shale and Bossier Sands in Texas, the Woodford/Caney Shale and Granite Wash in Oklahoma, and the Fayetteville Shale in Arkansas with markets further east. When completed, the MEP Project will transport an additional supply of up to 2,732,500 Dth/d.
The MEP Project will consist of, among other facilities, a 30-inch diameter pipeline extending approximately 40 miles from the interconnection with Enogex at Bennington in Byron County, Oklahoma, increasing to 42-inch line for the next 268 miles, and decreasing in size to 36-inch line for the last 198 miles. MEP will also construct mainline compressor stations, including the Perryville Compressor Station in Union Parish, Louisiana. To receive supplies from one of its interconnects (CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission), MEP will construct the Delhi Booster Station at the interconnect and a 4.2-mile, 16-inch lateral line extending from the booster station to the mainline, all in Richland and Madison Parishes, Louisiana.
APPEARANCE OR ANSWER
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that, within twenty (20) days after service of this notice on you, you may serve on any of the counsel for MEP listed below an answer, identifying the portion of the property in which you claim an interest; stating the nature and extent of the interest claimed; and stating all your objections and defenses to condemnation of the property. Your failure to serve an answer will constitute your consent to (1) the taking of the subject property rights; (2) the Court’s authority to proceed to hear the action; and (3) the Court’s authority to adjudge the just compensation you might have as a result of the condemnation.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that if you have no objection or defense to condemnation of the property, you may serve on any of the counsel for MEP listed below a notice of appearance, designating any portion of the property in which you claim an interest, and thereafter, you shall receive notice of all proceedings affecting the property.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that at the trial of the issue of just compensation, whether or not you have answered or served a notice of appearance, you may present evidence regarding the amount of compensation to be paid for the property in which you have an interest and you may share in the distribution of the compensation award.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that MEP has moved for leave of court to deposit an amount equal to or in excess of the just compensation of the interest to be taken.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that MEP has moved the Court to confirm its right under the Natural Gas Act to condemn the subject rights-of-way/servitudes and for a preliminary injunction granting immediate possession of the rights-of-way/servitudes, and that a hearing has been requested to be held at the earliest possible date assigned by the Court.
BY ORDERS dated August 11, 2008, the Court granted MEP’s motion for leave of court to deposit funds into the Court’s registry, and set the hearing on MEP’s Motion to Confirm Right to Condemn and For Immediate Possession for September 5, 2008, at 10:00 a.m., at the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, located in the Federal Building, Suite 215, 201 Jackson Street, Monroe, Louisiana 71201.
Dated: August 8, 2008.
Respectfully submitted,
By: /s/ Adam B. Zuckerman
Edward B. Poitevent, II (La. Bar No.10564)
Kenneth P. Carter (La. Bar No. 3933)
Adam B. Zuckerman, T.A. (La. Bar No. 25943)
Kathlyn G. Perez (La. Bar No. 30668)
BAKER, DONELSON, BEARMAN
CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, P.C.
201 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 3600
New Orleans, LA 70170-3600
Telephone: (985) 819-8400
Facsimile: (985) 819-8484
epoitevent@bakerdonelson.com
kcarter@bakerdonelson.com
azuckerman@bakerdonelson.com
kperez@bakerdonelson.com
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Michael L. Dubos (La. Bar No. 23944)
K. Lamar Walters, III (La. Bar No. 31353)
BREITHAUPT, DUNN, DUBOS, SHAFTO & WOLLESON, LLC
1811 Tower Drive
Monroe, LA 71201
Telephone: (318) 322-1202
Facsimile: (318) 322-1984
mdubos@bddswlaw.com
lwalters@bddswlaw.com
ATTORNEYS FOR MIDCONTINENT EXPRESS PIPELINE LLC
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 71.1(d)(3), locatable defendants known to me will be served personally and that all defendants not served personally will be served by publication pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 71.1(d)(3)(B).
This the 8th day of August, 2008.
/s/Adam B. Zuckerman
ADAM B. ZUCKERMAN
8/14,8/21,8/28
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U.S. District Court
Western District of Louisiana (Monroe)
CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 3:08-cv-01160-RGJ-KLH;
JUDGE ROBERT G JAMES;
MAGISTRATE JUDGE KAREN L HAYES;
MIDCONTINENT EXPRESS PIPELINE LLC, Plaintiff,
Versus
1.68 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN MADISON PARISH, LOUISIANA (PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY SERVITUDE); 1.5 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN MADISON PARISH, LOUISIANA; 23.73 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN MADISON PARISH, LOUISIANA; 2.0 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN MADISON PARISH, LOUISIANA; 3.61 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN MADISON PARISH, LOUISIANA; 8.05 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN RICHLAND PARISH, LOUISIANA; 1.6 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN OUACHITA PARISH, LOUISIANA; 1.51 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN OUACHITA PARISH, LOUISIANA; 3.54 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN UNION PARISH, LOUISIANA; 0.6 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN UNION PARISH, LOUISIANA; 0.43 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN UNION PARISH, LOUISIANA; 2.71 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN UNION PARISH, LOUISIANA; 2.58 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN UNION PARISH, LOUISIANA; 6.48 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN UNION PARISH, LOUISIANA; 10.79 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN CLAIBORNE PARISH, LOUISIANA; 2.23 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN CLAIBORNE PARISH, LOUISIANA; 3.69 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN CLAIBORNE PARISH, LOUISIANA; 13.49 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN CLAIBORNE PARISH, LOUISIANA; 3.34 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN WEBSTER PARISH, LOUISIANA; 3.09 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN BOSSIER PARISH; 7.2 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA; 2.44 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA, ET AL.
Defendants.
FRCP RULE 71.1 (d) NOTICE OF
COMMENCEMENT OF CONDEMNATION ACTION
To: 1.6 Acres of Land, More or Less, in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
Paton David Parks
Jule W. Parks, III
Any Unknown Owners and Other Interested Parties
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on August 8, 2008, a Complaint for Condemnation of Pipeline Right-of-Way Servitude was filed in the above captioned matter by plaintiff, MidContinent Express Pipeline LLC (“MEP”), in which you are named as a defendant.
NATURE OF ACTION
The above-captioned matter is an action by MEP, pursuant to Section 717f(h) of the Natural Gas Act (the “NGA”), 15 U.S.C. § 717f(h), for the condemnation of natural gas pipeline rights-of-way/servitudes across tracts of land in which you have or may claim to have an ownership interest. MEP has, through a request for a preliminary injunction, also moved the Court to confirm its rights under the NGA and for immediate possession of these LEGAL NOTICE
In accordance with Revised Statutes 3:2093, the Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry, Board of Animal Health, will hold a public hearing on the application for a Livestock Auction Market Charter for M&H Livestock LLC d/b/a West Monroe Livestock Auction, West Monroe, LA in the Veteran's Memorial Auditorium at the Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry, 5825 Florida Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70806 on August 28, 2008 at 9:30 a.m.
Henry I. Moreau, D.V.M.
State Veterinarian & Executive Secretary
Louisiana Livestock Sanitary Board
8/14,8/21
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GRANT PROPOSAL ANNOUNCEMENT
The Living Well Foundation will receive Grant Proposals beginning on Tuesday, September 2, 2008, and continue through September 30, 2008. The proposals must relate to Pre-Natal/Infant Care, preferably with emphasis in one or more of the following areas:
Pre-Natal/Infant nutrition
Infant mortality
Low birth weights
Teenage pregnancy
Sexual risk and responsibility
Maternal and infant mental health
Maternal substance abuse
Childcare availability
Proposal packets may be downloaded from our Web site at www.livingwellfoundation.net or picked up in person at the Foundation office located at 315 Stella St., West Monroe, LA 71291 during the office hours of 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Monday – Friday.
For additional information, please contact Paul West at 318-323-7991.
8/14,8/21
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STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF OUACHITA
CITY COURT OF WEST MONROE
Southgate Motors, Inc.
Vs: 34697
Lameika Shuenta Johnson
MARSHALS SALE
By virtue of Writ of Fifa issued from the Honorable City Court of the City of West Monroe, Ward 5, Ouachita Parish, State of Louisiana, and to me directed. I have seized and taken into possession and will offer for sale at the North door of the West Monroe City Court Building. Front door of the West Monroe Marshal's Office between the legal hours of SALE, Wednesday, September 10, 2008 the following described property, to wit:
One (1) 2003 Chevrolet Impala - Gray
VIN # 2G1WF52EX39182713
TERMS OF SALE: Cash, with the benefit of appraisement to the last and highest bidder.
8/21
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STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF OUACHITA
CITY COURT OF WEST MONROE
Republic Finance, LLC
Vs: 34489
Gena M Eads
MARSHAL'S SALE
By virtue of Writ of Fifa issued from the Honorable City court of the City of West Monroe, Ward 5, Ouachita Parish, State of Louisiana, and to me directed. I have seized and taken into possession and will offer for sale at the North door of the West Monroe City Court Building. Front Door of the West Monroe Marshal’s Office between the legal hours of SALE, Wednesday, September 3, 2008 the following described property, to wit:
One (1) 1996 Chevrolet Cavalier-Red
VIN #: 1G1JC5243T7156949
One (1) Hewlett Packard Tower VL400DT SN# 3460825
One (1) Husqvarna Push Mover 5.0 H.P. SN# 042705M008579
TERMS OF SALE: Cash, with the benefit of appraisement to the last and highest bidder.
8/21
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS
SEALED BIDS will be received in the office of the Recording Secretary of the Ouachita Parish Police Jury in the Courthouse Building, Monroe, Louisiana, on or before ten (10:00) AM, Tuesday, September 16, 2008, and that the same will be opened, read aloud and tabulated in the office of Ouachita Parish Police Jury, at ten (10:00) o’clock AM, September 16, 2008, and submitted to the Ouachita Parish Police Jury at its next scheduled meeting, for the purpose of furnishing the following:
FOOD & FOOD PRODUCTS FOR
GREEN OAKS’ DETENTION HOME
Complete specifications on the above item(s) are on file with and may be obtained from Frances B. Hunter, Purchasing Manager, Ouachita Parish Police Jury, Purchasing Department, 301 South Grand Street, Basement Floor, Monroe, LA. Bidders must note on the sealed envelope containing the bid: “SEALED BID” and the APPROPRIATE BID NUMBER.
THE OUACHITA PARISH POLICE JURY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS.
OUACHITA PARISH POLICE JURY
8/21,8/28
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NOTICE
The Ouachita Parish Police Jury will be accepting quotes for the 2009 Calendar Year for Health and Dental Insurances.
The Health Insurance quote must include a 4-Tier Plan (Single, Employee & Child, Employee & Spouse, and Family).
For more information, census, and claims experience, please contact LaTanya Harper, Human Resources Coordinator at 318-327-1345 ext. 3002 or at lharper@oppj.org.
All quotes must be received by Friday, September 19, 2008 at 12:00 P.M.
8/21
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NOTICE
The Ouachita Parish Police Jury will conduct a public hearing on September 8, 2008 at 5:30 p.m. in the Police Jury Meeting Room at the Ouachita Parish Courthouse.
The purpose of the first public hearing will be to receive comments on Ordinance No. 8898 -Scheduling of Meetings of the Ouachita Parish Fire Department Citizens Advisory Committee.
The purpose of the second public hearing will be to receive comments on Ordinance No. 8899 - An ordinance supplementing and amending Chapter 15 of the Compiled Ordinances of Ouachita Parish Governing “Offenses-Miscellaneous” to establish a Juvenile Curfew in the Unincorporated Areas of Ouachita Parish.
All persons who wish to comment, protest or object to any portion of the above mentioned ordinance are urged to attend this meeting.
8/14,8/21
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Sealed Bids will be received by the Ouachita Parish School Board, 100 Bry Street, Monroe, Louisiana 71210-1642 until 10:00 A.M., September 4, 2008.
For: A Lobby Addition for Ouachita High School Gymnasium
681 Highway 594
Monroe, Louisiana 71291
Ouachita Parish School Board
Bid Number: 22-09
Complete Bidding Documents for this project are available in electronic form. They may be obtained without charge and without deposit from www.aeplans.com. Printed copies are not available from the Architect but arrangements can be made to obtain them through most reprographic firms. Plan holders are responsible for their own reproduction costs. Questions about this procedure shall be directed to the Architect at
TB Architecture
103 Cypress Street
West Monroe, Louisiana 71291
Telephone: (318) 340-1550
Facsimile: (318) 998-1315
Email: bmcguire@tbarchitecture.com
This project is classified as building construction. All bids must be accompanied by bid security equal to five (5%) of the base bid and all additive alternates, and must be in the form of a certified check, cashier’s check or bid bond written by a company licensed to do business in Louisiana, countersigned by a person who is under contract with the surety company or bond issuer as a licensed agent in this State and who is residing in this state. No Bid Bond indicating an obligation of less than five percent (5%) by any method in acceptable.
The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance and payment bond written by a company licensed to do business in Louisiana, and shall be countersigned by a person who is contracted with the surety company or bond issuer as agent of the company or issuer, and who is licensed as an insurance agent in this State, and who is residing in this state, in an amount equal to the 100% of the contract amount.
No bid may be withdrawn for a period of thirty (30) days after receipt of bids, except under the provisions of Act 111 of 1983.
A mandatory pre-bid conference will be Thursday, August 28, 2008, at 10:00 A.M., at the Ouachita High School campus. Bids shall be accepted only from Contractors who attend the Pre-bid Conference.
The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
Ouachita Parish School board
Jack White, President
Attest: Dr. Robert Webber, ED.D, Secretary
8/7, 8/14, 8/21
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BID NOTICE
Sealed bids will be received by the Purchasing Agent, Ouachita Parish School Board, 100 Bry Street, P.O. Box 1642, Monroe, LA 71210-1642 until 1:00 P.M. C.D.S.T. September 8, 2008, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud for:
BID: 23-09
SHOP EQUIPMENT
Bid forms and specifications may be obtained from the Ouachita Parish School Board, Purchasing Department. The School Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids received.
OUACHITA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD
Jack White, President
ATTEST: Robert Webber, Ed. D Secretary
8/21,8/28
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PUBLIC NOTICE
OUACHITA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD
TENTATIVE BUDGET
The Ouachita Parish School Board’s proposed 2008-09 budget is available for public inspection at the Ouachita Parish School Board office, 100 Bry Street, Monroe, Louisiana, during regular business hours 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. A public hearing on the proposed budget will be held at 4:30 P.M. on September 9, 2008, at the Ouachita School Board meeting room. The Board will adopt the proposed budget at the regular board meeting at 6:00 P.M. on September 9, 2008.
8/21
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U.S. District Court
Western District of Louisiana (Monroe)
CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 3:08-cv-01160-RGJ-KLH;
JUDGE ROBERT G JAMES;
MAGISTRATE JUDGE KAREN L HAYES;
MIDCONTINENT EXPRESS PIPELINE LLC, Plaintiff,
Versus
1.68 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN MADISON PARISH, LOUISIANA (PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY SERVITUDE); 1.5 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN MADISON PARISH, LOUISIANA; 23.73 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN MADISON PARISH, LOUISIANA; 2.0 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN MADISON PARISH, LOUISIANA; 3.61 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN MADISON PARISH, LOUISIANA; 8.05 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN RICHLAND PARISH, LOUISIANA; 1.6 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN OUACHITA PARISH, LOUISIANA; 1.51 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN OUACHITA PARISH, LOUISIANA; 3.54 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN UNION PARISH,
LOUISIANA; 0.6 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN UNION PARISH, LOUISIANA; 0.43 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN UNION PARISH, LOUISIANA; 2.71 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN UNION PARISH, LOUISIANA; 2.58 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN UNION PARISH, LOUISIANA; 6.48 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN UNION PARISH, LOUISIANA; 10.79 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN CLAIBORNE PARISH, LOUISIANA; 2.23 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN CLAIBORNE PARISH, LOUISIANA; 3.69 ACRES
OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN CLAIBORNE PARISH, LOUISIANA; 13.49 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN CLAIBORNE PARISH, LOUISIANA; 3.34 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN WEBSTER PARISH, LOUISIANA; 3.09 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN BOSSIER PARISH; 7.2 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA; 2.44 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA, ET AL.
Defendants.
FRCP RULE 71.1 (d) NOTICE OF
COMMENCEMENT OF CONDEMNATION ACTION
To: 1.51 Acres of Land, More or Less, in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
Mary Inabnet McClendon Williams
Harold Leslie Woods, Jr.
LCI Properties, LLC
Snellings, Breard, Sarter, Inabnet & Trascher, LLP
Any Unknown Owners and Other Interested Parties
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on August 8, 2008, a Complaint for Condemnation of Pipeline Right-of-Way Servitude was filed in the above captioned matter by plaintiff, MidContinent Express Pipeline LLC (“MEP”), in which you are named as a defendant.
NATURE OF ACTION
The above-captioned matter is an action by MEP, pursuant to Section 717f(h) of the Natural Gas Act (the “NGA”), 15 U.S.C. § 717f(h), for the condemnation of natural gas pipeline rights-of-way/servitudes across tracts of land in which you have or may claim to have an ownership interest. MEP has, through a request for a preliminary injunction, also moved the Court to confirm its rights under the NGA and for immediate possession of these rights-of-way/servitudes.
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY AND INTEREST TO BE TAKEN
Pursuant to the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (“FERC Certificate”) issued to MEP by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”), MEP needs and is entitled to acquire a pipeline right-of-way/servitude across the following property:
That certain lot, tract or parcel of land situated in Section 14, Township 19 North, Range 5 East, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, as described in a Sale of Land from Thomas C. Newton, a single man, to W.B. Inabnet, Jr., a married man, whose wife if Wilhelmina M. Inabnet, born Morris, and H.L. Woods, a married man, whose wife is Lena Mae H. Woods, born Harvey, as recorded in Book 196, Page 767 Records of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, less and excepting any conveyance heretofore made.
This property is referred to herein as the “Property.” The interest to be taken consists of the following:
(1) a permanent servitude/right-of-way, as described and depicted in the Appendix to the Complaint, along with all of the rights and privileges reasonably necessary for MEP to construct, operate, and maintain the MEP Project including, but not limited to, the right of ingress and egress to and from the MEP Project, which includes the use of any existing roads (“Permanent Servitude”);
(2) The right to use a strip of land, running adjacent to and parallel with the Permanent Servitude and other areas necessary for construction, as described and depicted in the Appendix to the Complaint, during initial construction and installation of the pipeline and the necessary appurtenances thereto, along with the rights and privileges reasonably necessary for MEP to construct and install the MEP Project including, but not limited to the right of ingress and egress to and from the MEP Project, which includes the use of any existing roads (“Temporary Workspace”). After the initial construction and installation of the MEP Project and the necessary appurtenances thereto, the right to use the Temporary Workspace shall terminate. (The Permanent Servitude and Temporary Workspace are collectively hereinafter referred to as the “Right-of-Way/ Servitude”).
AUTHORITY FOR THE TAKING
Pursuant to the NGA, 15 U.S.C. §§ 717 et seq., on July 25, 2008, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued to MEP a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (the “FERC Certificate”) authorizing MEP to construct, own, and operate an approximately 506-mile interstate natural gas pipeline and appurtenant auxiliary facilities extending from near Bennington, Oklahoma, crossing through northeast Texas, northern Louisiana, central Mississippi, and ending near Butler, Alabama (the “MEP Project”). See MidContinent Express Pipeline, LLC, 124 FERC ¶ 61,089 (July 25, 2008).
MEP has the right of eminent domain under Section 717f(h) of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. § 717f(h), and Rule 71.1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure because MEP cannot, despite good faith efforts, acquire by contract, or is unable to agree with the owners of the property to the compensation to be paid for, the necessary rights-of-way/servitudes to construct, operate, and maintain a pipeline for the transportation of natural gas.
USE FOR WHICH THE PROPERTY IS TO BE TAKEN
The Right-of-Way/Servitude will be used for the construction of a portion of the MEP Project. Specifically, the Right-of-Way/Servitude will be used for construction of the portion of the MEP Project crossing northern Louisiana, including the follow parishes: Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Claiborne, Lincoln, Union, Ouachita, Morehouse, Richland, and Madison. The MEP Project addresses the need for new pipeline infrastructure to link natural gas production from the Barnett Shale and Bossier Sands in Texas, the Woodford/Caney Shale and Granite Wash in Oklahoma, and the Fayetteville Shale in Arkansas with markets further east. When completed, the MEP Project will transport an additional supply of up to 2,732,500 Dth/d.
The MEP Project will consist of, among other facilities, a 30-inch diameter pipeline extending approximately 40 miles from the interconnection with Enogex at Bennington in Byron County, Oklahoma, increasing to 42-inch line for the next 268 miles, and decreasing in size to 36-inch line for the last 198 miles. MEP will also construct mainline compressor stations, including the Perryville Compressor Station in Union Parish, Louisiana. To receive supplies from one of its interconnects (CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission), MEP will construct the Delhi Booster Station at the interconnect and a 4.2-mile, 16-inch lateral line extending from the booster station to the mainline, all in Richland and Madison Parishes, Louisiana.
APPEARANCE OR ANSWER
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that, within twenty (20) days after service of this notice on you, you may serve on any of the counsel for MEP listed below an answer, identifying the portion of the property in which you claim an interest; stating the nature and extent of the interest claimed; and stating all your objections and defenses to condemnation of the property. Your failure to serve an answer will constitute your consent to (1) the taking of the subject property rights; (2) the Court’s authority to proceed to hear the action; and (3) the Court’s authority to adjudge the just compensation you might have as a result of the condemnation.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that if you have no objection or defense to condemnation of the property, you may serve on any of the counsel for MEP listed below a notice of appearance, designating any portion of the property in which you claim an interest, and thereafter, you shall receive notice of all proceedings affecting the property.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that at the trial of the issue of just compensation, whether or not you have answered or served a notice of appearance, you may present evidence regarding the amount of compensation to be paid for the property in which you have an interest and you may share in the distribution of the compensation award.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that MEP has moved for leave of court to deposit an amount equal to or in excess of the just compensation of the interest to be taken.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that MEP has moved the Court to confirm its right under the Natural Gas Act to condemn the subject rights-of-way/servitudes and for a preliminary injunction granting immediate possession of the rights-of-way/servitudes, and that a hearing has been requested to be held at the earliest possible date assigned by the Court.
BY ORDERS dated August 11, 2008, the Court granted MEP’s motion for leave of court to deposit funds into the Court’s registry, and set the hearing on MEP’s Motion to Confirm Right to Condemn and For Immediate Possession for September 5, 2008, at 10:00 a.m., at the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, located in the Federal Building, Suite 215, 201 Jackson Street, Monroe, Louisiana 71201.
Dated: August 8, 2008.
Respectfully submitted,
By: /s/ Adam B. Zuckerman
Edward B. Poitevent, II (La. Bar No.10564)
Kenneth P. Carter (La. Bar No. 3933)
Adam B. Zuckerman, T.A. (La. Bar No. 25943)
Kathlyn G. Perez (La. Bar No. 30668)
BAKER, DONELSON, BEARMAN
CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, P.C.
201 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 3600
New Orleans, LA 70170-3600
Telephone: (985) 819-8400
Facsimile: (985) 819-8484
epoitevent@bakerdonelson.com
kcarter@bakerdonelson.com
azuckerman@bakerdonelson.com
kperez@bakerdonelson.com
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Michael L. Dubos (La. Bar No. 23944)
K. Lamar Walters, III (La. Bar No. 31353)
BREITHAUPT, DUNN, DUBOS, SHAFTO & WOLLESON, LLC
1811 Tower Drive
Monroe, LA 71201
Telephone: (318) 322-1202
Facsimile: (318) 322-1984
mdubos@bddswlaw.com
lwalters@bddswlaw.com
ATTORNEYS FOR MIDCONTINENT EXPRESS PIPELINE LLC
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 71.1(d)(3), locatable defendants known to me will be served personally and that all defendants not served personally will be served by publication pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 71.1(d)(3)(B).
This the 8th day of August, 2008.
/s/Adam B. Zuckerman
ADAM B. ZUCKERMAN
8/14,8/21,8/28
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U.S. District Court
Western District of Louisiana (Monroe)
CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 3:08-cv-01160-RGJ-KLH;
JUDGE ROBERT G JAMES;
MAGISTRATE JUDGE KAREN L HAYES;
MIDCONTINENT EXPRESS PIPELINE LLC, Plaintiff,
Versus
1.68 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN MADISON PARISH, LOUISIANA (PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY SERVITUDE); 1.5 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN MADISON PARISH, LOUISIANA; 23.73 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN MADISON PARISH, LOUISIANA; 2.0 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN MADISON PARISH, LOUISIANA; 3.61 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN MADISON PARISH, LOUISIANA; 8.05 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN RICHLAND PARISH, LOUISIANA; 1.6 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN OUACHITA PARISH, LOUISIANA; 1.51 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN OUACHITA PARISH, LOUISIANA; 3.54 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN UNION PARISH, LOUISIANA; 0.6 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN UNION PARISH, LOUISIANA; 0.43 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN UNION PARISH, LOUISIANA; 2.71 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN UNION PARISH, LOUISIANA; 2.58 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN UNION PARISH, LOUISIANA; 6.48 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN UNION PARISH, LOUISIANA; 10.79 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN CLAIBORNE PARISH, LOUISIANA; 2.23 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN CLAIBORNE PARISH, LOUISIANA; 3.69 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN CLAIBORNE PARISH, LOUISIANA; 13.49 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN CLAIBORNE PARISH, LOUISIANA; 3.34 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN WEBSTER PARISH, LOUISIANA; 3.09 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN BOSSIER PARISH; 7.2 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA; 2.44 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA, ET AL.
Defendants.
FRCP RULE 71.1 (d) NOTICE OF
COMMENCEMENT OF CONDEMNATION ACTION
To: 1.6 Acres of Land, More or Less, in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
Paton David Parks
Jule W. Parks, III
Any Unknown Owners and Other Interested Parties
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on August 8, 2008, a Complaint for Condemnation of Pipeline Right-of-Way Servitude was filed in the above captioned matter by plaintiff, MidContinent Express Pipeline LLC (“MEP”), in which you are named as a defendant.
NATURE OF ACTION
The above-captioned matter is an action by MEP, pursuant to Section 717f(h) of the Natural Gas Act (the “NGA”), 15 U.S.C. § 717f(h), for the condemnation of natural gas pipeline rights-of-way/servitudes across tracts of land in which you have or may claim to have an ownership interest. MEP has, through a request for a preliminary injunction, also moved the Court to confirm its rights under the NGA and for immediate possession of these rights-of-way/servitudes.
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY AND INTEREST TO BE TAKEN
Pursuant to the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (“FERC Certificate”) issued to MEP by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”), MEP needs and is entitled to acquire a pipeline right-of-way/servitude across the following property:
That certain lot, tract or parcel of land containing 64.121 acres, more or less, situated in Lot 1 of Section 28 and in the North Half of Section 40, Township 20 North, Range 4 East, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, more fully described in a Partial Partition Deed from Era Lee Parks Thigpen, Wife of Larry E. Thigpen to Jule W Parks, III, a Single Man and Paton David Parks, a Single Man as described in Book 1565 Page 740 in the Register of Deeds of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, less and except any conveyances heretofore made.
This property is referred to herein as the “Property.” The interest to be taken consists of the following:
(1) a permanent servitude/right-of-way, as described and depicted in the Appendix to the Complaint, along with all of the rights and privileges reasonably necessary for MEP to construct, operate, and maintain the MEP Project including, but not limited to, the right of ingress and egress to and from the MEP Project, which includes the use of any existing roads (“Permanent Servitude”);
(2) The right to use a strip of land, running adjacent to and parallel with the Permanent Servitude and other areas necessary for construction, as described and depicted in the Appendix to the Complaint, during initial construction and installation of the pipeline and the necessary appurtenances thereto, along with the rights and privileges reasonably necessary for MEP to construct and install the MEP Project including, but not limited to the right of ingress and egress to and from the MEP Project, which includes the use of any existing roads (“Temporary Workspace”). After the initial construction and installation of the MEP Project and the necessary appurtenances thereto, the right to use the Temporary Workspace shall terminate. (The Permanent Servitude and Temporary Workspace are collectively hereinafter referred to as the “Right-of-Way/ Servitude”).
AUTHORITY FOR THE TAKING
Pursuant to the NGA, 15 U.S.C. §§ 717 et seq., on July 25, 2008, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued to MEP a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (the “FERC Certificate”) authorizing MEP to construct, own, and operate an approximately 506-mile interstate natural gas pipeline and appurtenant auxiliary facilities extending from near Bennington, Oklahoma, crossing through northeast Texas, northern Louisiana, central Mississippi, and ending near Butler, Alabama (the “MEP Project”). See MidContinent Express Pipeline, LLC, 124 FERC ¶ 61,089 (July 25, 2008).
MEP has the right of eminent domain under Section 717f(h) of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. § 717f(h), and Rule 71.1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure because MEP cannot, despite good faith efforts, acquire by contract, or is unable to agree with the owners of the property to the compensation to be paid for, the necessary rights-of-way/servitudes to construct, operate, and maintain a pipeline for the transportation of natural gas.
USE FOR WHICH THE PROPERTY IS TO BE TAKEN
The Right-of-Way/Servitude will be used for the construction of a portion of the MEP Project. Specifically, the Right-of-Way/Servitude will be used for construction of the portion of the MEP Project crossing northern Louisiana, including the follow parishes: Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Claiborne, Lincoln, Union, Ouachita, Morehouse, Richland, and Madison. The MEP Project addresses the need for new pipeline infrastructure to link natural gas production from the Barnett Shale and Bossier Sands in Texas, the Woodford/Caney Shale and Granite Wash in Oklahoma, and the Fayetteville Shale in Arkansas with markets further east. When completed, the MEP Project will transport an additional supply of up to 2,732,500 Dth/d.
The MEP Project will consist of, among other facilities, a 30-inch diameter pipeline extending approximately 40 miles from the interconnection with Enogex at Bennington in Byron County, Oklahoma, increasing to 42-inch line for the next 268 miles, and decreasing in size to 36-inch line for the last 198 miles. MEP will also construct mainline compressor stations, including the Perryville Compressor Station in Union Parish, Louisiana. To receive supplies from one of its interconnects (CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission), MEP will construct the Delhi Booster Station at the interconnect and a 4.2-mile, 16-inch lateral line extending from the booster station to the mainline, all in Richland and Madison Parishes, Louisiana.
APPEARANCE OR ANSWER
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that, within twenty (20) days after service of this notice on you, you may serve on any of the counsel for MEP listed below an answer, identifying the portion of the property in which you claim an interest; stating the nature and extent of the interest claimed; and stating all your objections and defenses to condemnation of the property. Your failure to serve an answer will constitute your consent to (1) the taking of the subject property rights; (2) the Court’s authority to proceed to hear the action; and (3) the Court’s authority to adjudge the just compensation you might have as a result of the condemnation.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that if you have no objection or defense to condemnation of the property, you may serve on any of the counsel for MEP listed below a notice of appearance, designating any portion of the property in which you claim an interest, and thereafter, you shall receive notice of all proceedings affecting the property.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that at the trial of the issue of just compensation, whether or not you have answered or served a notice of appearance, you may present evidence regarding the amount of compensation to be paid for the property in which you have an interest and you may share in the distribution of the compensation award.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that MEP has moved for leave of court to deposit an amount equal to or in excess of the just compensation of the interest to be taken.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that MEP has moved the Court to confirm its right under the Natural Gas Act to condemn the subject rights-of-way/servitudes and for a preliminary injunction granting immediate possession of the rights-of-way/servitudes, and that a hearing has been requested to be held at the earliest possible date assigned by the Court.
BY ORDERS dated August 11, 2008, the Court granted MEP’s motion for leave of court to deposit funds into the Court’s registry, and set the hearing on MEP’s Motion to Confirm Right to Condemn and For Immediate Possession for September 5, 2008, at 10:00 a.m., at the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, located in the Federal Building, Suite 215, 201 Jackson Street, Monroe, Louisiana 71201.
Dated: August 8, 2008.
Respectfully submitted,
By: /s/ Adam B. Zuckerman
Edward B. Poitevent, II (La. Bar No.10564)
Kenneth P. Carter (La. Bar No. 3933)
Adam B. Zuckerman, T.A. (La. Bar No. 25943)
Kathlyn G. Perez (La. Bar No. 30668)
BAKER, DONELSON, BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, P.C.
201 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 3600
New Orleans, LA 70170-3600
Telephone: (985) 819-8400
Facsimile: (985) 819-8484
epoitevent@bakerdonelson.com
kcarter@bakerdonelson.com
azuckerman@bakerdonelson.com
kperez@bakerdonelson.com
- and –
Michael L. Dubos (La. Bar No. 23944)
K. Lamar Walters, III (La. Bar No. 31353)
BREITHAUPT, DUNN, DUBOS, SHAFTO & WOLLESON, LLC
1811 Tower Drive
Monroe, LA 71201
Telephone: (318) 322-1202
Facsimile: (318) 322-1984
mdubos@bddswlaw.com
lwalters@bddswlaw.com
ATTORNEYS FOR MIDCONTINENT EXPRESS PIPELINE LLC
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 71.1(d)(3), locatable defendants known to me will be served personally and that all defendants not served personally will be served by publication pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 71.1(d)(3)(B).
This the 8th day of August, 2008.
/s/Adam B. Zuckerman
ADAM B. ZUCKERMAN
8/14,8/21,8/28
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed bids will be received for the State of Louisiana by the Division of Administration, Office of Facility Planning and Control, Claiborne Office Building, 1201 North Third Street, Conference Room 1-145, Post Office Box 94095, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804-9095 until 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, September 9, 2008.
ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS SHALL NOTIFY FACILITY PLANNING AND CONTROL OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMODATION REQUIRED NOT LESS THAN SEVEN (7) DAYS BEFORE THE BID OPENING.
FOR: College of Pharmacy Animal Research Facility
University of Louisiana,Monroe, Louisiana
PROJECT NUMBER: 19-629-05-04, Part 03
Complete Bidding Documents for this project are available in electronic form. They may be obtained without charge and without deposit from www.aeplans.com. Printed copies are not available from the Architect but arrangements can be made to obtain them through most reprographic firms. Plan holders are responsible for their own reproduction costs.
Questions about this procedure shall be directed to the Architect at:
Bledsoe Architects, LLC
735 Robinhood Drive
Shreveport, LA 71106
Telephone: 318-219-2295
Fax: 318-219-2296
E-mail: info@bledsoearchitects.com
All bids must be accompanied by bid security equal to five percent (5%) of the sum of the base bid and all alternates, and must be in the form of a certified check, cashier's check or Facility Planning and Control Bid Bond Form written by a surety company licensed to do business in Louisiana, signed by the surety's agency or attorney-in-fact. Surety must be listed on the current U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Management Service list of approved bonding companies as approved for an amount equal to or greater than the amount for which it obligates itself in the Bond, or must be a Louisiana domiciled insurance company with at least an A- rating in the latest printing of the A.M. Best's Key Rating Guide. If surety qualifies by virtue of its Best's listing, the amount of the Bond may not exceed ten percent of policyholders' surplus as shown in the latest A.M. Best's Key Rating Guide. The Bid Bond shall be in favor of the State of Louisiana, Office of Facility Planning and Control, and shall be accompanied by appropriate power of attorney. No Bid Bond indicating an obligating of less than five percent (5%) by any method is acceptable.
The successful Bidder shall be required to furnish a Performance and Payment Bond written by a company licensed to do business in Louisiana, in an amount equal 100% of the Contract amount. Surety must be listed currently on the U.S. Department of Treasury Financial Management Service List (Treasury List) as approved for an amount equal to or greater than the contract amount, or must be an insurance company domiciled in Louisiana or owned by Louisiana residents. If surety is qualified other than by listing on the Treasury list, the contract amount may not exceed fifteen percent of policyholders' surplus as shown by surety's most recent financial statements filed with the Louisiana Department of Insurance and may not exceed the amount of $500,000. However, a Louisiana domiciled insurance company with at least an A- rating in the latest printing of the A.M. Best's Key Rating Guide shall not be subject to the $500,000 limitation, provided that the contract amount does not exceed ten percent of policyholders' surplus as shown in the latest A.M. Best's Key Rating Guide nor fifteen percent of policyholders' surplus as shown by surety's most recent financial statements filed with the Louisiana Department of Insurance. The Bond shall be signed by the surety's agent or attorney-in-fact.
A PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD
at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 28, 2008 at the University of Louisiana Monroe Campus, College of Pharmacy-Bienville Building, Room 110, 1800 Bienville Drive, Monroe, LA.
Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2163 for the classification of Building Construction. Bidder is required to comply with the provisions and requirements of LA R.S. 38:2212(A)(1)(c). No bid may be withdrawn for a period of thirty (30) days after receipt of bids, except under the provisions of LA. R.S. 38:2214.
The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids for just cause. In accordance with La. R.S. 38:2212(A)(1)(b), the provisions and requirements of this Section, those stated in the advertisement bids, and those required on the bid form shall not be considered as informalities and shall not be waived by any public entity.
When this project is financed either partially of entirely with State Bonds, the award of this Contract is contingent upon the granting of lines of credit, or the sale of bonds by the Bond Commission. The State shall incur no obligation to the Contractor until the Contract Between Owner and Contractor is fully executed.
Facility Planning and Control is a participant in the Small Entrepreneurship Program (the Hudson Initiative) and bidders are encouraged to consider participation. Information is available from the Office of Facility Planning and Control or on its website at www.doa.louisiana.gov/fpc/fpc.htm.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION
FACILITY PLANNING AND CONTROL
JERRY W. JONES, DIRECTOR
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS
LEASE PROPOSAL NUMBER RL-753-A
Sealed bids for the lease of usable space consisting of approximately 15,000 square feet of Warehouse Space, PLUS INTERNAL CIRCULATION for the Department of State, Elections Division and located within the geographical area in Ouachita Parish that is North of Interstate 20, West of Interstate 65, State of Louisiana, will be received by the State of Louisiana, Division of Administration, Facility Planning and Control, Real Estate Leasing Section, Post Office Box 94095, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804‑9095.
Bids will be opened on Thursday, September 18, 2008, at 10:00 am., by the Real Estate Leasing Section, at 1201 North Third Street, Claiborne Building, 1st Floor, James Monroe Room, Room 1-145, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70802-5243.
Necessary documents needed to submit a bid in response to this solicitation or any information relative thereto may be obtained from Angela Everett, Division of Administration, Facility Planning and Control, Real Estate Leasing Section, Post Office Box 94095, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804‑9095, telephone number (225)342-0847.
Any person requiring special accommodations shall notify Facility Planning and Control of the type(s) of accommodations(s) required not less than seven (7) days before the bid opening.
DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION
FACILITY PLANNING AND CONTROL
REAL ESTATE LEASING SECTION
8/21,8/28
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STATE OF LOUISIANA
CITY OF WEST MONROE
ORDINANCE NO. 3758
MOTION BY: Mr. Yeager
SECONDED BY: Mr. Ragland
AN ORDINANCE TO ENLARGE THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA, PURSUANT TO R.S. 33:171 ET SEQ., AND PARTICULARLY R.S. 33:180, BY ANNEXING TERRITORY BELONGING TO THE CITY OF WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA, SAID PROPERTIES BEING ADJACENT AND CONTIGUOUS TO THE EXISTING BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA.
WHEREAS, Louisiana Revised Statutes, Title 33:171 et seq., as amended, provides for the procedure for the annexation of property into the corporate limits of a municipality; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana Revised Statutes, Section 33:180 empowers the governing body of any municipality to enlarge the boundaries of the municipality to include territory in which all the land is owned by said municipality; and
WHEREAS, the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, has recently acquired ownership of that certain property more particularly described below, which parcel is adjacent to and contiguous with property owned by and within the corporate limits of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana; and,
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, declare it is in the best interest of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, to annex into the corporate limits of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, that property described as follows, to-wit:
A parcel of land located and being situated in Section 21, T18N-R3E, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana and being particularly described as follows: From the Southwest Corner of said Section 21, T18N-R3E, measure East a distance of 1200.1 feet to the Southwest corner of that certain 22.05 acre tract sold by James B. Cash to Charles A. Webber, et ux, recorded in Conveyance Book 485, page 230; thence measure N. 1° 43'W a distance of 1754.84 feet to the Southwest corner of the property owned by the vendor herein, and the POINT OF BEGINNING PROPER: Thence continue N. 1° 43' W a distance of 40.0 feet; thence measure S. 89° 47' E., parallel to the South line of the property owned by the vendor herein, a distance of 40.0 feet; thence measure S. 01° 43' E a distance of 15.0 feet; thence measure S. 89° 47' E., parallel to the South line of the property owned by the vendor herein, a distance of 199.47 feet; thence S. 1° 43' E a distance of 25.0 feet to the South line of the property owned by the vendor herein; thence N. 89° 47' W along said South line a distance of 239.47 feet to the point of beginning proper, containing 0.151 acres, more or less, acquired in that Cash Sale Deed of record in Conveyance Book 899, page 406, DR# 596638, records of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana;
AND
Beginning at the Northwest corner of Lot 17 of Unit Number 1 of Fairlane Subdivision located in Section 21, Township 18 North, Range 3 East; thence S 89° 47' 00" E a distance of 65.67 feet along the north property line of Lot 17; thence S 73° 07' 19" W a distance of 68.00 feet; thence N 01° 43' 00" W a distance of 20.00 feet along the west line of Lot 17 to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 0.015 acres, more or less, acquired in that Cash Sale of record in Conveyance Book 1435, page 487, DR# 982707, records of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana;
AND
A certain tract of land in Section 21, Township 18 North, Range 3 East, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, more particularly described as follows: From the Southwest corner of said Section 21, run N 90° 00' 00" E along the South line of said Section a distance of 1200.1 feet; thence run N 1° 43' 00" W along the West line of Unit #1 of the Fairlane Subdivision a distance of 1754.84 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING: Thence run the following courses: S 1° 43' 00" E a distance of 60.00 feet; N 89° 47' 00" W a distance of 100.00 feet; N 1° 43' 00" W a distance of 100.00 feet; S 89° 47' 00" E a distance of 100.0 feet; S 1° 43' 00" W a distance of 40.00 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, and containing 0.229 acre of land, more or less, and acquired in that sale of record in Conveyance Book 1429, page 252, DR# 977262, records of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.
NOW, THEREFORE,
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, in regular and legal session convened, that the property now owned by the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, more fully described as follows, to-wit: A parcel of land located and being situated in Section 21, T18N-R3E, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana and being particularly described as follows: From the Southwest Corner of said Section 21, T18N-R3E, measure East a distance of 1200.1 feet to the Southwest corner of that certain 22.05 acre tract sold by James B. Cash to Charles A. Webber, et ux, recorded in Conveyance Book 485, page 230; thence measure N. 1° 43'W a distance of 1754.84 feet to the Southwest corner of the property owned by the vendor herein, and the POINT OF BEGINNING PROPER: Thence continue N. 1° 43' W a distance of 40.0 feet; thence measure S. 89° 47' E., parallel to the South line of the property owned by the vendor herein, a distance of 40.0 feet; thence measure S. 01° 43' E a distance of 15.0 feet; thence measure S. 89° 47' E., parallel to the South line of the property owned by the vendor herein, a distance of 199.47 feet; thence S. 1° 43' E a distance of 25.0 feet to the South line of the property owned by the vendor herein; thence N. 89° 47' W along said South line a distance of 239.47 feet to the point of beginning proper, containing 0.151 acres, more or less, acquired in that Cash Sale Deed of record in Conveyance Book 899, page 406, DR# 596638, records of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana;
AND Beginning at the Northwest corner of Lot 17 of Unit Number 1 of Fairlane Subdivision located in Section 21, Township 18 North, Range 3 East; thence S 89° 47' 00" E a distance of 65.67 feet along the north property line of Lot 17; thence S 73° 07' 19" W a distance of 68.00 feet; thence N 01° 43' 00" W a distance of 20.00 feet along the west line of Lot 17 to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 0.015 acres, more or less, acquired in that Cash Sale of record in Conveyance Book 1435, page 487, DR# 982707, records of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana;
AND
A certain tract of land in Section 21, Township 18 North, Range 3 East, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, more particularly described as follows:
From the Southwest corner of said Section 21, run N 90° 00' 00" E along the South line of said Section a distance of 1200.1 feet; thence run N 1° 43' 00" W along the West line of Unit #1 of the Fairlane Subdivision a distance of 1754.84 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING: Thence run the following courses: S 1° 43' 00" E a distance of 60.00 feet; N 89° 47' 00" W a distance of 100.00 feet; N 1° 43' 00" W a distance of 100.00 feet; S 89° 47' 00" E a distance of 100.0 feet; S 1° 43' 00" W a distance of 40.00 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, and containing 0.229 acre of land, more or less, and acquired in that sale of record in Conveyance Book 1429, page 252, DR# 977262, records of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. Said property being adjacent and contiguous to the existing boundaries of the corporate limits of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, be and it is hereby annexed into the corporate limits of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana.
SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, in regular and legal session convened, that the above ordinance was read and considered by sections at a public meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, on the 12th day of August, 2008, voted on by yea or nay vote, passed and adopted, the final vote being as follows:
YEA: Yeager, Bennett, Ragland
NAY: None
NOT VOTING: None
ABSENT: Pearson, Brian
ATTEST: Benny Chelette, City Clerk, City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana
APPROVED THIS 12TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2008
Dave Norris, Mayor, City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana
8/21
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STATE OF LOUISIANA
CITY OF WEST MONROE
ORDINANCE NO. 3759
MOTION BY: Mr. Yeager
SECONDED BY: Mr. Ragland
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF CERTAIN IMMOVABLE PROPERTY FROM AKSHAR 9, L.L.C., AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, in regular and legal session convened, that the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, be and it is hereby authorized to purchase certain immovable property owned by Akshar 9, L.L.C. (“SELLER”), which immovable property is needed for potential resale for proposed future commercial development, that property to be purchased being more particularly described as follows: Lot 2 of the Resubdivision of Lots 2 & 3, West Monroe Commercial Park Subdivision in Section 32, T18N - R3E, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, which plat is of record in Plat Book 22, page 128, under DR# 1468551, records of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, and re-filed solely to correct incidental information contained on that plat in Plat Book 22, page 136, records of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, and being the same property acquired by Akshar 5, LLC from the City of West Monroe, Louisiana in that deed of record in Conveyance Book 2057, page 850, DR# 1470483, records of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, and thereafter transferred from Akshar 5, LLC to Akshar 9, LLC in that Cash Deed of record in Conveyance Book 2106, page 104, DR# 1497790, records of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. for the cash price of TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND AND NO/100 ($270,000.00) DOLLARS, subject to the further conditions:
a) Taxes for the year 2008 will be prorated.
b) SELLER hereby waives, renounces and relinquishes any and all rights to which it may have or enjoy pursuant to R.S. 41:1338 or R.S. 31:149, or arising under LA Constitution Article I, Section 4, as to the property.
c) The property to be free and clear of all mortgages, liens or encumbrances.
SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, in regular and legal session convened, that Dave Norris, Mayor of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana be and he is hereby authorized to execute a Cash Sale Deed on behalf of the City of West Monroe acquiring the immovable property described above at the price and under the terms and conditions set forth above, and to take any and all other action deemed by him either necessary or appropriate to effect execution of that purchase, or any matter ancillary or otherwise relating thereto, including but not limited to the payment of the cash consideration provided above, and the payment of such other customary costs and expenses of a Purchaser which are incurred in conjunction with this purchase. The above Ordinance was read and considered by Sections at a public meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, in regular and legal session convened, voted on by yea and nay vote, passed and adopted the 12th day of August, 2008, the final vote being as follows:
YEA: Yeager, Bennett, Ragland
NAY: None
NOT VOTING: None
ABSENT: Pearson, Brian
ATTEST: Benny Chelette, City Clerk, City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana
APPROVED THIS 12TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2008
Dave Norris, Mayor, City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana
8/21
STATE OF LOUISIANA
CITY OF WEST MONROE
ORDINANCE NO. 3760
MOTION BY: Mr. Yeager
SECONDED BY: Mr. Ragland
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA, TO ENTER INTO A GRANT AGREEMENT RELATING TO SPONSORSHIP OF THE NORTHEAST LOUISIANA CELTIC FESTIVAL WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE, RECREATION AND TOURISM, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.
WHEREAS, the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, its residents and others in the area will utilize and benefit from the City’s development, sponsorship and/or promotion of the Northeast Louisiana Celtic Festival on October 25-26, 2008 at the Ike Hamilton Expo Center, West Monroe, Louisiana, further recognizing that the effect of such an event will stimulate economic development in Louisiana and develop and promote local cultural programs and promote our cultural economy.
NOW, THEREFORE,
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Board of Alderman of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, in regular and legal session convened, that Dave Norris, Mayor of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, be and he is hereby authorized on behalf of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, to enter into World Cultural Economic Forum Passport Event Grant # FY09-011, in the Grant Amount of $6,000.00 with the State of Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism according to the terms and provisions of that Grant Agreement, the terms, conditions and provisions of which are more fully set forth on the attached Exhibit “A” according to the terms, conditions and provisions provided in that Grant Agreement;
SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Mayor and Board of Alderman of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, in regular and legal session convened, that Dave Norris, Mayor, be and he is hereby authorized on behalf of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, to execute any and all further documents determined by him to either necessary or desirable in connection with the receipt of the grant and the Grant Agreement, and to further do and perform any and all other matters and take any and all other matters in order to fulfill the terms and conditions of that Grant Agreement, all as more fully set forth in the attached Exhibit “A”.
The above Ordinance was read and considered by Sections at a public meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, in regular and legal session convened, voted on by yea and nay vote, passes and adopted this 12th day of August, 2008, the final vote being as follows:
YEA: Yeager, Bennett, Ragland
NAY: None
NOT VOTING: None
ABSENT: Pearson, Brian
ATTEST: Benny Chelette, City Clerk, City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana
APPROVED THIS 12TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2008
Dave Norris, Mayor, City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana
8/21
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LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE is hereby given by the Mayor and Board of Alderman of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, in accordance with Louisiana Revised Statutes, Title 33, Section 4712, that the proposed ordinance 3761 attached hereto as Exhibit "A" was introduced at the regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, on the 12th day of August, 2008, and will be considered for adoption at the regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen on the 9th day of September, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. City Council Chambers, West Monroe City Hall, 2305 North Seventh Street, West Monroe, Louisiana. Any opposition to the proposed ordinance must be in writing, filed with the City Clerk within 15 days of the first publication of this Legal Notice. A public hearing will be held on any such written opposition at the time, date and place set forth above for consideration of the adoption of the proposed ordinance.
Benny Chelette, City Clerk, City of West Monroe
STATE OF LOUISIANA
CITY OF WEST MONROE
ORDINANCE NO. 3761
MOTION BY: Mr. Yeager
SECONDED BY: Mr. Bennett
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA TO SELL CERTAIN DESCRIBED IMMOVABLE PROPERTY WHICH IS NOT NEEDED FOR ANY PUBLIC PURPOSE BY THE CITY OF WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA TO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OUACHITA, INC., FOR THE CASH SUM OF $24,000.00, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.
WHEREAS, the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, owns certain immovable property which is not needed for public purposes, and
WHEREAS, the price offered, and the terms and conditions provided for the purchase of that property is fair and reasonable, and the intended sale and development of that immovable property will be beneficial to the City of West Monroe and its residents.
NOW, THEREFORE:
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, in regular and legal session convened, that the City of West Monroe, Louisiana is hereby authorized to sell certain immovable property which is not needed for any public purpose by the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, which property is more particularly described as follows, to-wit:
See attached Exhibit “A” to Habitat For Humanity of Ouachita, Inc., for and in consideration of the cash sum of TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND AND NO/100 ($24,000.00) DOLLARS, subject to the following conditions:
a) Subject to any and all development restrictions of record, and all rights-ofway and/or servitudes of record or of use;
b) City reserves all oil, gas and other fugacious minerals in, on and under the above described property, but City, on behalf of itself, its successors, lessees, and assigns, expressly waives the right to enter upon, utilize or occupy any portion of the above described property for any mineral exploration or development; and
SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, in regular and legal session convened, that Dave Norris, Mayor of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, be and he is hereby authorized to execute a Deed on behalf of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, reflecting the price and terms set forth above, and to take any other action or execute any and all other documents deemed by him either necessary or appropriate in order to transfer the above described immovable property as set forth above, including but not limited to including a provision, whether in the deed or in a supplemental agreement, that limits the nature of the initial construction and operation of the business to be located on that property to certain types of activities for a minimum number of years, that requires the construction to be initiated within a certain time and pursued in a commercially reasonable manner through to completion, together with such other requirement and provisions as he deems appropriate, including a provision that provides for a right and option in favor of the City of West Monroe to re-acquire the property at the same price if such conditions are not timely met or to provide for liquidated damages payable to the City of West Monroe in lieu of such reacquisition, the terms, conditions or provisions of all of such conditions to be as determined appropriate by the Mayor.
SECTION 3. The above ordinance was introduced on August 12, 2008, in regular and legal session convened; notice of this ordinance was published three times in fifteen (15) days, one week apart, as required by R.S. 33:4712; no opposition being filed, it is considered by sections, voted on by yea and nay vote, passed and adopted in legal session convened this 9th day of September, 2008, with the final vote being as follows:
YEA:
NAY:
NOT VOTING:
ABSENT:
ATTEST: Benny Chelette, City Clerk, City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana
APPROVED THIS 9TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2008
Dave Norris, Mayor, City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana
8/21,8/28,9/4
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STATE OF LOUISIANA
CITY OF WEST MONROE
ORDINANCE NO. 3762
MOTION BY: Mr. Bennett
SECONDED BY: Mr. Ragland
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA AND COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES, INC. D/B/A LOUISIANA COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO., L.L.C. WITH REGARD TO THE EXCLUSIVE BEVERAGE SUPPLIER, DISTRIBUTOR AND ADVERTISER OF THE CITY OF WEST MONROE, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO:
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, in regular and legal session convened, that the City of West Monroe, Louisiana be and it is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Louisiana Coca-Cola Bottling Co., L.L.C. with regard to the exclusive beverage supplier, distributor and advertiser of the City of West Monroe, such agreement to be similar in all material respects to that agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A.
SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, in regular and legal session convened, that Dave Norris, Mayor of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana be and he is hereby authorized to execute an agreement similar in all material respects to that attached as Exhibit “A”; to enter into such amendments and modifications of that agreement as he deems, either necessary or appropriate, whether arising prior to execution of the agreement, in order to administer the provisions of the agreement in a fair and orderly manner; and to execute any and all other documents, and to do any and all other things which he either deems either necessary or appropriate in order to further effectuate the intents of that agreement.
SECTION 3. The above Ordinance was read and considered by Sections at a public meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, in regular and legal session convened, voted on by yea and nay vote, passed and adopted this 12th day of August, 2008, the final vote being as follows:
YEA: Yeager, Bennett, Ragland
NAY: None
NOT VOTING: None
ABSENT: Pearson, Brian
ATTEST: Benny Chelette, City Clerk, City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana
APPROVED THIS 12TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2008
Dave Norris, Mayor, City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana
8/21
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STATE OF LOUISIANA
CITY OF WEST MONROE
ORDINANCE NO. 3763
MOTION BY: Mr. Yeager
SECONDED BY: Mr. Bennett
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE MILLAGE RATES AND LEVYING THE AD VALOREM TAXES AUTHORIZED FOR THE TAX YEAR 2008 FOR THE CITY OF WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA.
WHEREAS, the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, pursuant to the Constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana, must make a millage computation regarding ad valorem taxation; and
WHEREAS, to comply with the said provisions, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen hereby adopt this ordinance fixing the total millage to be collected for the City of West Monroe at eight and 62/100 (8.62) mills in 2008, which reflects the itemization of six and 97/100 (6.97) mills for the general fund and one and 65/100 (1.65) mills for street maintenance.
NOW, THEREFORE,
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Board of Alderman of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, in regular and legal session convened, that pursuant to the Constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana, the millage for ad valorem property taxation to be collected in the City of West Monroe is set at eight and 62/100 (8.62) mills for the tax year 2008, which shows itemization of the total to be six and 97/100 (6.97) mills for the general fund and one and 65/100 (1.65) mills for street maintenance.
SECTION2. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Mayor and Board of Alderman of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, in regular and legal session convened, that the Mayor of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, or his designees, be and they are hereby empowered, authorized and directed to spread said taxes, as hereinabove set forth, upon the assessment roll of said City for the year 2008, and to make the collection of the taxes imposed for and on behalf of the taxing authority, according to law, and that the taxes herein levied shall become a permanent lien and privilege on all property subject to taxation as herein set forth, and collection thereof shall be enforceable in the manner provided by law.
The above Ordinance was read and considered by sections at a public meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, in regular and legal session convened, voted on by yea and nay vote, this 12th day of August, 2008, the final vote being as follows:
YEA: Yeager, Bennett, Ragland
NAY: None
NOT VOTING: None
ABSENT: Pearson, Brian
ATTEST: Benny Chelette, City Clerk, City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana
APPROVED THIS 12TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2008
Dave Norris, Mayor, City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana
8/21
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STATE OF LOUISIANA
CITY OF WEST MONROE
RESOLUTION NO. 579
MOTION BY: Mr. Yeager
SECONDED BY: Mr. Bennett
A RESOLUTION STATING THE CITY OF WEST MONROE’S ENDORSEMENT OF STEVEN R. HALL AND REBECCA R. HALL AND THEIR PROJECT, RESTORATION OF BUILDING LOCATED AT 315 WOOD STREET, WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BENEFITS OF THE LOUISIANA RESTORATION TAX ABATEMENT PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Restoration Tax Abatement Program was created by Act 445 of the 1983 Legislature and revised by Act 783 of the 1984 Legislature, as is more fully set forth in Louisiana R.S. 47:4311-4319; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Restoration Tax Abatement Program offers significant incentives for qualified restoration and renovation of appropriate structures within the City of West Monroe; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Louisiana Restoration Tax Abatement Program Rule #1309, approval by the City of West Monroe must be given prior to consideration of the application by the Louisiana Board of Commerce and Industry.
NOW, THEREFORE
SECTION 1. BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, in regular and legal session convened, that upon review of the Restoration Tax Abatement application of Steven R. Hall and Rebecca R. Hall for the property located at 315 Wood Street, West Monroe, Louisiana, (Restoration Tax Abatement application #2001-062-12), that project is endorsed and approved by the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, to participate in the Restoration Tax Abatement Program.
SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, in regular and legal session convened, that if any provision or item of this resolution or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this resolution which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications and to this end the provisions of this resolution are hereby declared severable.
The above Resolution was read and considered by Sections at a public meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, in regular and legal session convened, voted on by yea or nay vote, this 12th day of August, 2008, the final vote being as follows:
YEA: Yeager, Bennett, Ragland
NAY: None
NOT VOTING: None
ABSENT: Pearson, Brian
ATTEST: Benny Chelette, City Clerk, City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana
APPROVED THIS 12TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2008
Dave Norris, Mayor, City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana
8/21
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STATE OF LOUISIANA
CITY OF WEST MONROE
RESOLUTION NO. 580
MOTION BY: Mr. Yeager
SECONDED BY: Mr. Ragland
A RESOLUTION APPROVING A SYSTEMS SURVEY AND COMPLIANCE QUESTIONNAIRE TO LOUISIANA MUNICIPALITIES FOR THE TIME, PERIOD JULY 1, 2007 TO JUNE 30, 2008, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.
WHEREAS, the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, is a municipality organized under the laws of the State of Louisiana, and
WHEREAS, the Legislative Auditor of the State of Louisiana has requested that the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, complete a Systems Survey and Compliance Questionnaire for Louisiana municipalities, and
WHEREAS, the Legislative Auditor, State of Louisiana, further requests that the governing body of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, formally in open meeting approve the answers to said Systems Survey and Compliance Questionnaire, and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana have reviewed the Systems Survey and Compliance Questionnaire to Louisiana municipalities insofar as the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, is concerned,
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, have analyzed the attached Systems Survey and Compliance Questionnaire as completed and deemed same to be correct and valid,
NOW, THEREFORE,
SECTION 1. BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of Alderman of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, in regular and legal session convened, that the attached Systems Survey and Compliance Questionnaire to Louisiana municipalities as completed be approved and adopted, and a copy thereof be furnished to the Auditor of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, and to the Legislative Auditor.
The above Resolution was read and considered by Sections at a public meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, in regular and legal session convened, voted on by yea and nay vote, passed and adopted this 12th day of August, 2008, the final vote being as follows:
YEA: Yeager, Bennett, Ragland
NAY: None
NOT VOTING: None
ABSENT: Pearson, Brian
ATTEST: Benny Chelette, City Clerk, City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana
APPROVED THIS 12TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2008
Dave Norris, Mayor, City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana
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STATE OF LOUISIANA
CITY OF WEST MONROE
RESOLUTION NO. 581
MOTION BY: Mr. Yeager
SECONDED BY: Mr. Ragland
A RESOLUTION TO DECLARE THE INTENT OF AND IN SUPPORT OF AMENDING AND RE-ENACTING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA, PARTICULARLY THE ZONING MAP ANNEXED TO AND MADE A PART OF ORDINANCE NO. 1501, AS THAT ZONING MAP, AS CODIFIED BY SECTION 12-5011(C) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA, HAS BEEN FROM TIME TO TIME AMENDED, AND PARTICULARLY TO RESOLVE THAT, FOLLOWING DUE NOTICE AND ALL PROPER PROCEDURES, TO EXPRESS THE INTENT OF THE CITY OF WEST MONROE TO AMEND THAT ZONING MAP AS IT PERTAINS TO PROPERTY LOCATED ON SOUTH 8th STREET, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED ON THE ATTACHED EXHIBIT “A”, CURRENTLY OWNED BY AND PURSUANT TO THE APPLICATION OF THE CITY OF WEST MONROE SO AS TO RE-ZONE SAID PROPERTY FROM A B-1 (TRANSITIONAL BUSINESS) DISTRICT TO A R-1 (ONE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL) DISTRICT, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.
WHEREAS, the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, has adopted a Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 1501, as amended) now codified as Section 12-5001 et seq. of the Code of Ordinances, City of West Monroe, Louisiana; and,
WHEREAS, the West Monroe Municipal Planning Commission, acting as the municipal zoning commission for the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, is scheduled to hold a public hearing pursuant to written application and notice in accordance with law, and thereafter will render a recommendation to the Board of Aldermen of the City of West Monroe Anticipated to recommend such re-zoning; and,
WHEREAS, the property proposed to be re-zoned is owned by the City of West Monroe, Louisiana itself, and the City of West Monroe believes that this re-zoning is both appropriate and desirable, and intends to effect that re-zoning.
NOW, THEREFORE,
SECTION 1. BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, in regular and legal session convened, it is the intent of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana that Zoning Ordinance No. 1501, as amended, and as codified in Sections 12- 5001 et seq. of the Code of Ordinances, City of West Monroe, Louisiana, particularly the Zoning Map of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, as that Zoning Map, as codified by Section 12-5011(C) of the Code of Ordinances, City of West Monroe, Louisiana, has been from time to time amended, will be further amended and re-enacted in order to re-zone certain property located on South 8th Street, more particularly described on the attached Exhibit "A", from a B-1 (Transitional Business) District to a R-1 (One Family Residential) District, pursuant to the application of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana.
SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, in regular and legal session convened, that this Ordinance and its provisions are to be construed to be severable in regards to any of its provisions, portions or parts, and that in the event any part or portion or provision of this Ordinance should be held invalid, then in such event, such invalidity shall not affect any other provisions, portions, or parts which can be given effect without the invalid provision, and this Ordinance hereby is declared severable.
The above Resolution was read and considered by Sections at a public meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, in regular and legal session convened, voted on by yea and nay vote, passed and adopted this 12th day of August, 2008, the final vote being as follows:
YEA: Yeager, Bennett, Ragland
NAY: None
NOT VOTING: None
ABSENT: Pearson, Brian
ATTEST: Benny Chelette, City Clerk, City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana
APPROVED THIS 12TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2008
Dave Norris, Mayor, City of West Monroe, State of Louisiana
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WEST OUACHITA SEWERAGE DISTRICT NO. 5
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing was held at the office of the district, 327 Wallace Road, West Monroe, Louisiana beginning at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, August 11, 2008, to hear and consider all comments, protests and objections, to the following proposed budget for West Ouachita Sewerage District No. 5, for fiscal year September 1, 2008, through August 31, 2009.
BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008/09
August 31, 2007 Actual / August 31, 2008 Amended / August 31, 2007 Estimated / August 31, 2008 Proposed
Total Operating Income:
$2,190,667 / $2,153,250 / $2,011,848 / $2,025,250
Total Operating Expense:
$1,983,114 / $2,020,460 / $1,868,251 / $2,080,800
Net: Operating Income
$207,553 / $132,790 / $143,597 / ($55,550)
We have attempted to present a budget to you in a fashion that will be helpful in formulating a financial plan for the ensuing budget year. I will be available for any questions you may have interpreting the budget.
Copies of proposed budgets are on file at the office of the West Ouachita Sewerage District No. 5, 327 Wallace Road, West Monroe, Louisiana.
Terry Cox, District manager
Board of Commissioners
Attest: Fran Bradley, secretary
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed bids as listed below will be received by the Purchasing Office, 213 Thomas Boyd Hall, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, until times and dates indicated, at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read.
000005783, Portable Sawmill with Trailer, 11:00 a.m., 9/10/2008.
Bid proposal forms, information and specifications may be obtained by accessing the bid number in LaPac at http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/osp/lapac/pubmain.asp or from the LSU Purchasing Office, phone (225) 578-2176. Evidence of authority to submit bids shall be required in accordance with R.S. 39:1594(C) (2) (d) et al. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities. LSU is an Equal Opportunity University.
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