In a testament to just how unconsolidated Lafayette Consolidated Government is, the City-Parish Council will vote Tuesday on an ordinance for final adoption that would annex Les Vieux Chenes Golf Course — one of three Lafayette city-owned municipal links funded by Lafayette city taxes — into the city of Lafayette. The golf course is closer to Broussard than it is to Lafayette, and because annexations must be contiguous from a city’s corporate limit, a stretch of the newly opened Ambassador Caffery South extension is also proposed for annexation in order to reach the golf course.
The annexation is one of four such ordinances up for final adoption Tuesday, but because it involves a stretch of Ambassador South in unincorporated Lafayette Parish — prime real estate expected to generate millions in future sales tax revenue as businesses locate there — Tuesday’s vote is likely to inflame tension especially between Lafayette and Broussard, which have squabbled over annexation in south Lafayette Parish for years. For more annexation anxiety in the parish, read The Independent Weekly’s April 7 cover story, “Land Grab.”
The Zoning Commission recommended the annexation by a 3-1 vote on Feb. 22; Broussard city officials attended that meeting in opposition of the annexation.
The city of Lafayette is also looking at annexing Fabacher Field, another city-owned recreational facility in the Broussard area.
Click here to read the full agenda for Tuesday’s meeting.
... written by Unempirical Observer , April 19, 2010 - 07:45 pm
One must love the fact that the mentioned lands are closest to a city of Lafayette park, adjoining a state maintained highway, intermittently within Youngsville and Lafayette Zipcodes,(http://www.zipmap.net/Louisiana/Lafayette_Parish.htm) generally under Youngsville phone exchanges, and nearly surrounded by Broussard annexation, which proposes to gobble everything along the newly opened extension all the way up to past Chemin Metairie, near where LaNeuville makes it's double dog-leg turns.
Really, why doesn't Broussard just seal the deal and annex all the land right up to Verot School Road, because in effect that is what they're doing. They have been methodically working on this for years, as evidenced by the inaccessible lands they annexed to get the sales tax proceeds from a brand new subdivision, where no roads leading into the place are within city of Broussard. Do their police and fire departments have to sign inter-governmental agreements to go outside of corporate limits in order to re-enter them?
That's exactly what they'll be doing when Lafayette annexes this tendril of Ambassador south to get to the park, while Broussard takes everything on both sides of the road. Don't believe me? They're voting on this next week, April 27th South of Ambassador: http://www.publicnoticeads.com...850664.HTM North of Ambassador: http://www.publicnoticeads.com/la/search/view.asp?T=PN&id=3434152010_12850663.HTM
Youngsville's arriving late to the show. http://www.publicnoticeads.com/la/search/view.asp?T=PN&id=3434142010_12833236.HTM
Meanwhile Lafayette took over Kaliste Saloom road maintenance from state highway department, and will get almost nothing out of the Ambassador south extension. Thanks a lot.
Oh and it looks like we are annexing Fabacher Field, and taking responsibility for a portion of LaNeuville Road that is other wise bordered on 3 sides by Broussard. What good is this to Lafayette? http://www.publicnoticeads.com/la/search/view.asp?T=PN&id=3434042010_12744457.HTM
Let's face it, Charlie Langlinais is the Emperor of Broussard, and all they're doing there is a slash and burn tactic. They want ALL the revenue, but none of the responsibility of taking care of parish residents surrounded in their midst, and they just want to be a city of industry and business, not a city of people. All the time, people go to vote in Broussard elections, thinking they're residents, only to find out they aren't. Then as this paper has documented, residents who "live" shop and work in the Broussard region, get no return on their investment in that community. They aren't wanted because it would cost too much to bring clean water to them, and Broussard doesn't want the burden of repairing those neighborhood streets in the subdivisions or paying for all the drainage work these areas need. Then they have the nerve to complain that LCG is stiffing them on parishwide infrastructure property tax generated within their corporate limits. The proceeds from taht tax are a pittance that everyone in city of Lafayette, as well as the 5 towns pays, which is barely enough to maintain ONLY the rural roads. The real money is in the sales/use taxes. Whenever the municipalities annex land and commercial activity, the parish surrenders its right to the sales tax. They're living high off the hog and just want more and complain about injustice when they don't get it. What about the sales taxes your NON-Resident parish residents contribute to your town?
This is probably all going to end up in court, isn't it? Truly, what resources do these small towns have to provide services required in a built up urbanizing area? They've "borrowed" water from Lafayette, they've received rural farm grants to facilitate suburbanization of the landscape.
Do ya'll want to see Lafayette end up like some old rust-belt town? Not saying the extreme is this bad for Lafayette, but how long is it till we see a giant shopping mall parked on Ambassador at Highway 90? Broussard's been talking this and factory outlet centers since Albertson Parkway opened 13 years ago, and don't be surprised if a mall company would do this to get tax incentives out of the deal (at our expense), either replacing the current mall or just putting it out of business. This happens in every suburbanizing area where commercial development outpaces and outstrips residential growth.
Overall what's going on here is similar parshwide. Scott annexes barrier strip properties down to Ridge Road and another strip all the way east to University Avenue north of I-10. It's a small parish for as many municipalities as we have to be separating and concentrating the wealth but not taking responsibility for the residents which are a part of their area.
... written by The Original Northsidian , April 19, 2010 - 08:48 pm
Are the leaders in Lafayette missing the boat? Maybe we should become Broussard!!
... written by Northsidian Shotgun , April 20, 2010 - 04:09 am
Unempirical Observer,,,,,,,,,You remind me of a MECHE'S DONUT ! Your comment is well-rounded, with a hole in it and no points.... You talking about my babymama, when you put down BROUSSARD and my homeboy, CHARLIE LANGLINAIS ! Ya need to breakout the crying towel....Give em hell, Charlie .
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generally under Youngsville phone exchanges, and nearly surrounded by Broussard annexation, which proposes to gobble everything along the newly opened extension all the way up to past Chemin Metairie, near where LaNeuville makes it's double dog-leg turns.
Really, why doesn't Broussard just seal the deal and annex all the land right up to Verot School Road, because in effect that is what they're doing. They have been methodically working on this for years, as evidenced by the inaccessible lands they annexed to get the sales tax proceeds from a brand new subdivision, where no roads leading into the place are within city of Broussard. Do their police and fire departments have to sign inter-governmental agreements to go outside of corporate limits in order to re-enter them?
That's exactly what they'll be doing when Lafayette annexes this tendril of Ambassador south to get to the park, while Broussard takes everything on both sides of the road.
Don't believe me?
They're voting on this next week, April 27th
South of Ambassador: http://www.publicnoticeads.com...850664.HTM
North of Ambassador:
http://www.publicnoticeads.com/la/search/view.asp?T=PN&id=3434152010_12850663.HTM
Youngsville's arriving late to the show.
http://www.publicnoticeads.com/la/search/view.asp?T=PN&id=3434142010_12833236.HTM
Meanwhile Lafayette took over Kaliste Saloom road maintenance from state highway department, and will get almost nothing out of the Ambassador south extension.
Thanks a lot.
Oh and it looks like we are annexing Fabacher Field, and taking responsibility for a portion of LaNeuville Road that is other wise bordered on 3 sides by Broussard. What good is this to Lafayette?
http://www.publicnoticeads.com/la/search/view.asp?T=PN&id=3434042010_12744457.HTM
Let's face it, Charlie Langlinais is the Emperor of Broussard, and all they're doing there is a slash and burn tactic. They want ALL the revenue, but none of the responsibility of taking care of parish residents surrounded in their midst, and they just want to be a city of industry and business, not a city of people. All the time, people go to vote in Broussard elections, thinking they're residents, only to find out they aren't. Then as this paper has documented, residents who "live" shop and work in the Broussard region, get no return on their investment in that community. They aren't wanted because it would cost too much to bring clean water to them, and Broussard doesn't want the burden of repairing those neighborhood streets in the subdivisions or paying for all the drainage work these areas need. Then they have the nerve to complain that LCG is stiffing them on parishwide infrastructure property tax generated within their corporate limits. The proceeds from taht tax are a pittance that everyone in city of Lafayette, as well as the 5 towns pays, which is barely enough to maintain ONLY the rural roads. The real money is in the sales/use taxes. Whenever the municipalities annex land and commercial activity, the parish surrenders its right to the sales tax. They're living high off the hog and just want more and complain about injustice when they don't get it. What about the sales taxes your NON-Resident parish residents contribute to your town?
This is probably all going to end up in court, isn't it? Truly, what resources do these small towns have to provide services required in a built up urbanizing area? They've "borrowed" water from Lafayette, they've received rural farm grants to facilitate suburbanization of the landscape.
Do ya'll want to see Lafayette end up like some old rust-belt town? Not saying the extreme is this bad for Lafayette, but how long is it till we see a giant shopping mall parked on Ambassador at Highway 90? Broussard's been talking this and factory outlet centers since Albertson Parkway opened 13 years ago, and don't be surprised if a mall company would do this to get tax incentives out of the deal (at our expense), either replacing the current mall or just putting it out of business. This happens in every suburbanizing area where commercial development outpaces and outstrips residential growth.
Overall what's going on here is similar parshwide. Scott annexes barrier strip properties down to Ridge Road and another strip all the way east to University Avenue north of I-10.
It's a small parish for as many municipalities as we have to be separating and concentrating the wealth but not taking responsibility for the residents which are a part of their area.