The Property Management Section (Property Management) is responsible for monitoring and regulating the City of Shreveport’s interest in real property.

This includes the management and inventory of all property owned by the City, and the oversight of all leases and other agreements encumbering those properties.

Property Management acquires property rights for the City’s use, including all right of way acquisitions, and facilitates disposing of unneeded property deemed as surplus.

This section also annexes new areas into the City, and closes and abandons those areas no longer needed for public use. Another main function of Property Management is to coordinate the sale and donation of properties through the City’s Adjudicated Property Program.

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The Property Management Section was formed in 2000, and has a total staff of seven persons, comprised of an Administrator, a senior Property Management Specialist, three Property Management Specialists, a Management Assistant, and an Office Specialist.

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Functions of the Property Management Section are:

• Property Acquisition: To assist City Departments in acquiring property and property rights for specific needs, including servitude and rights of way projects. Property Management works with the City Engineer’s Office in acquiring flood prone properties through state and federal grants, and provides relocation assistance when necessary.

• Annexations: The annexation of individual properties or subdivisions into the City is performed by Property Management. This process entails research and compilation of a list with all affected property owners and registered voters in the area. A specialist contacts the occupants and secures signatures on a formal petition. Following a review by authorities, an ordinance package is prepared and submitted it to the City Council for final approval.

• Closures and Abandonments: Petitions for closure and abandonment of a street or alley dedication are processed through Property Management. Specialists work with petitioners to ensure that the proper format and notification to affected parties is followed. Once the proper approvals are received, an ordinance package is prepared, and submitted to the City Council for final approval.

• Surplus Property: Property Management is responsible for the disposal of property that is no longer needed by the City, or for the public interest of its citizens. At the request of a city department, or a private citizen, Property Management polls all city departments, and public utilities, to ensure that the property in question is not needed, and can be declared surplus. Once a property is declared surplus, it is then submitted to the City’s Purchasing Agent, and then offered for sale at public bid.

• Adjudicated Properties: Property Management is responsible for oversight of the City’s Adjudicated Property Program. This includes the coordination of the sale or donation of all properties that have been adjudicated to the City of Shreveport.