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ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION FACT SHEET				CITY OF SHREVEPORT
TITLE AN ORDINANCE TO ENLARGE THE LIMITS AND BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT – A 31.7-ACRE TRACT OF LAND, LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF LINWOOD AVENUE, JUST ACROSS FROM THE HOMALOT SUBDIVISION IN SECTION 11, (T16N-R14W), CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO. TAG NO. 09-02				DATE 08-31-09	ORIGINATING DEPT./DIV. DEPT. OF OPERATIONAL SERVICES/ PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SECTION
					SPONSOR OR COUNCIL MEMBER
					PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SECTION BRYAN K. WOOLEY, COUNCILMAN DISTRICT D
PURPOSE
To annex a 31.7 acre tract of land, lying contiguous to the City limits, into the City of Shreveport. This proposed ordinance will have direct impact on Council District “D”.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The City of Shreveport received a request to annex a tract of property into the City Limits. This tract is located across Linwood Avenue from the Homalot Subdivision, which has been within the City Limits since 1980. Also included is that portion of the Linwood Avenue dedication lying between the two aforementioned subdivisions. The owner of this tract is intending to develop it into residential lots and will need to tie-in to the City’s existing water and sewer facilities along Linwood Avenue.
TIMETABLE A public hearing must be held prior to final passage. It is requested that the City Council consider this annexation at its September 22, 2009 meeting, with public hearing and second reading on October 13, 2009.
Introduction:	September 22, 2009
Final Passage:	October 13, 2009
SPECIAL PROCEDURE REQUIREMENTS Has to be published in the official journal 10 days prior to the public hearing date October 13, 2009.
FINANCES			SOURCE OF FUNDS
Cost for this project: N/A Cost of this parcel: N/A			Capital Budget (N/A)
CONCLUSION
The Department of Operational Services has no objections to this Annexation Ordinance.
FACT SHEET AND ORDINANCE PREPARED BY:		William M. Talton, Property Management

ORDINANCE NO. OF 2009

AN ORDINANCE TO ENLARGE THE LIMITS AND BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT – A 31.7-ACRE TRACT OF LAND, LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF LINWOOD AVENUE, JUST ACROSS FROM THE HOMALOT SUBDIVISION IN SECTION 11, (T16N-R14W), CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.

TAG NO. 09-02

BY: COUNCILMAN

WHEREAS, Section 172 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 provides for annexation by petition; and

WHEREAS, petitions signed by more than the required percentage in number of registered voters and in number of resident property owners and by more than the required percentage in property value of resident owners of the area described below have been filed with the City Council to annex and bring within the corporate limits of the City of Shreveport, Louisiana, the following described property, to wit:

31.7 acres, more or less: A certain area of land located in Sections 11 and 12 (T16N-R14W), Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and comprised of two separate tracts of land and a portion of the Linwood Avenue dedication. The first tract of land is 25.51 acres, more or less, and identified by Caddo Parish Tax Assessor’s Geographic Number 161412-000-0051-00. It is described as the North 660 feet of the West 1683.8 feet of the South Half of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 12. The second tract of land is 5.00 acres, more or less, and identified by Caddo Parish Tax Assessor’s Geographic Number 161412-000-0062-00. It is described as the West 5 acres of the North 10 acres of the East 30 acres of the South Half of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 12.

The combined legal description for this annexation is as follows: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section 12 run North along the common line between said Sections 11 and 12 a distance of 330 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence run West a distance of 40 feet to a point on the west right-of-way line of Linwood Avenue as dedicated on the plat for Homalot Subdivision, as recorded in Book 1600, Pages 461-463, of the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish,

Louisiana; thence run N 0°04’02” E along said dedication a distance of 989.44 feet; thence run East across the Linwood Avenue a distance of 70 feet to a point on the east right-of-way of Linwood Avenue (said point being 30 feet East of the Northwest corner of the SW/4 of the SW/4 of said Section 12); thence run N 89°38’ E along the North line of the SW/4 of the SW/4 of said Section 12 a distance of 1306.04 feet to the southwest corner of Lot 38 of the Burnley Pines Subdivision, as recorded in Book 600, Page 63, of the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, Louisiana; thence run N 89°21’ E along the south line of said Burnley Pines Subdivision a distance of 841.9 feet; thence run S 0°14’ W a distance of 438.3 feet to a point 31 feet east of a fence corner and iron pipe; thence run S 89°21’ W a distance of 493.8 feet; thence run S 0°14’ W a distance of 220 feet to the northeast corner of Lot 21 of the Replat of Bonnydune Park subdivision, as per plat filed and recorded in Book 1200, Page 21, of the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, Louisiana; thence run S 89°21 W along the north line of said Bonnydune Park a distance of 1643.8 feet to the northwest corner of Lot 1 of said Bonnydune Park; thence run South along the East right-of-way line of Linwood Avenue, as shown on the aforementioned Bonnydune Park plat, a distance of 330 feet; thence run West across Linwood Avenue to the common line between Sections 11 and 12 and the Point of Beginning. Said tract containing 31.7 acres, more or less.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport in due, legal, and regular session convened, that the limits and boundaries of the City of Shreveport are hereby changed to include within the limits and boundaries of said City the above-described property.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the annexed area contained herein be and is hereby assigned to Council District “D”.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Clerk of Council be and is hereby authorized to file, within ten (10) days of the final passage of this ordinance, with the Clerk of the District Court

for Caddo Parish a description of the entire boundary of the municipality as changed by this ordinance.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Clerk of Council be and is hereby authorized to record a certified copy of this ordinance in the official records of the District Court for Caddo Parish, Louisiana.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items, or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items, or applications and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:

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