The Livingston Parish Council on Nov. 6 voted to authorize the parish president to enter a corporate endeavor agreement with NOCO LLC under which the developer will provide $157,000 toward traffic mitigation for the Hunters Ridge 4th filing on Jo May Road.

Parish President Steve Urgan told the council the subdivision's traffic study recommended a turn lane but that the state Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) is already purchasing right of way for a larger road-improvement project that may ultimately include a different configuration, such as a roundabout. Urgan said the agreement secures the developer’s share now and ‘‘we'll put that towards the cost of that complete project,’’ when DOTD proceeds.

The council took a motion by Councilman Mangus and a second from Councilman Coates and recorded the vote as unanimous with one member absent.

Urgan described the $157,000 figure as the engineered, calculated cost to construct the lane. He told the council the parish will hold the payment and apply it toward the ultimate DOTD-designed mitigation when the state completes its project and determines the final roadway treatment.

Council members asked about timing and whether the parish would be repurposing the money if DOTD installs a roundabout; Urgan said DOTD has already moved to acquire the right of way and the parish expects to apply the developer funds on the broader mitigation effort rather than fund a short-lived lane that DOTD might later remove.

The agreement was presented as a corporate endeavor agreement between the parish and NOCO LLC. The council did not discuss alternative funding sources at length during the recorded discussion.