NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
 
By virtue of and in conformity with the procedures of Section 151 through 158 of Title 30, of the Louisiana Revised Statues of 1950, as amended, sealed bids will be received at the office of the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department located at 200 Derbigny Street, Suite 4400, Gretna, LA 70053, on or before the 8th day of November, 2016 at 2:00 p.m., local time at which time all bids received will be opened by the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department for a lease covering the oil, gas, sulfur, potash, and/or other liquid gaseous hydrocarbon mineral rights in, to and under the following described property:
 
A certain tract of land, excluding the beds and bottoms of all navigable waters, belonging to and not presently under mineral lease from the Parish of Jefferson on August 3, 2016, said tract being more fully described as located in Section 3, T13S-R23E all in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana and more particularly described as follows: From the point of beginning, X=2,368,460.661, Y=456,159.863; thence East 1,670.608 feet to the a point having coordinates of X=2,370,131.269, Y=456,159.863; thence South 490.451 feet to a point having coordinates of X=2,370,131.269, Y=455,669.412; thence West 1,670.608 feet to a point having coordinates of X=2,368,460.661, Y=455,669.412; thence North 490.451 feet to the point of beginning, containing approximately 4.0 acres. All bearings, distances and coordinates are based on the Louisiana Coordinate System of 1927 (South Zone, 1702), all as more particularly outlined on the attached plat.
 
(A copy of the plat is made available at the office of the Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department).
 
Bids may be for the whole or any particularly described portions of the tract advertised herein.
 
All bids are to offer a CASH PAYMENT - one-half (1/2) of which is to be bonus as full and adequate consideration for every right granted by the lease and one-half (1/2) of which is to be rental for the first year of the lease, for a lease having a primary term which shall not exceed three years. ANNUAL RENTAL for the second and third years shall not be less than the one-half (1/2) of the total aforesaid cash payment.
 
All leases awarded shall be executed upon terms and conditions provided in the current Jefferson Parish mineral lease form with all applicable riders appended thereto and shall be subject to the approval of the State Mineral and Energy Board. Certified check, bank money order, or cashier's check payable to Parish of Jefferson for the full amount of the cash payment, shall accompany and be submitted with each bid; and no bid thus submitted may be thereafter withdrawn or canceled.
 
The Parish of Jefferson reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to grant a lease on any portion of the tract advertised for a price not less than proportionate to the best bid offered for the lease on the entire tract.
BID PROPOSAL 50-00117929
 
Published:
The Times Picayune:  October 5, 12 and 19, 2016
 

Additional Notes/Requirements

NOTE: AS A DEPOSIT IS REQUIRED WITH BID SUBMISSION, ALL RESPONSES MUST BE SUBMITTED MANUALLY.