ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE

September 10, 2007

AND

CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDAS

September 11, 2007

Monday, September 10, 2007 and Tuesday, September 11, 2007 Government Plaza Chambers

3:00 p.m. 505 Travis Street, 1^st Floor

Inquires (318) 673-5262

Public Notice: Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Shreveport shall hold its Administrative Conference on Monday, September 10, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. and Regular Meeting on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 at 3:00 p.m.

Both meetings will be held in the Government Chambers at Government Plaza (505 Travis Street).

1. Call to Order.

2. Invocation.

3. Roll Call.

4. Approve Minutes: Administrative Conference (August 27, 2007) and City Council Meetings (August 28, 2007)

5. Awards, Recognition of Distinguished Guests, and Communications of the Mayor which are required by law.

Reports: Property Standards Report

6. Public Hearing: None

7. Confirmations and/or Appointments, Adding Legislation to the Agenda, and Public Comments.

A. Confirmations and/or Appointments:

Downtown Development Authority:

Ms. Shonda Stone Mr. Mike McSwain

B. Adding Legislation to the Agenda

C. Public Comments (Agenda Items to be Adopted)

8. CONSENT AGENDA LEGISLATION

A. TO INTRODUCE RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES

RESOLUTIONS: None.

ORDINANCES: None.

B. TO ADOPT RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES:

RESOLUTIONS:

147 Authorizing Erma Fay Harlan Miller, Jack Edward Miller, Jr., Elizabeth Miller Parkerson, and Donna Miller Brown located at 309 Flournoy Lucas Road, to connect to the water system of the City of Shreveport, and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (Near D/Wooley)

148 Authorizing Erma Fay Harlan Miller, Jack Edward Miller, Jr., Elizabeth Miller Parkerson, and Donna Miller Brown located at 311 Flournoy Lucas Road, to connect to the water system of the City of Shreveport, and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (Near D/Wooley)

ORDINANCES: None.

9. REGULAR AGENDA LEGISLATION

A. RESOLUTIONS ON SECOND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE OR WHICH REQUIRE ONLY ONE READING

141 Authorizing the Mayor to accept a donation inter vivos and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (Broadmoor United Methodist Church of Shreveport) (D/Wooley)

142 Authorizing the Mayor to accept a donation inter vivos and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (University Terrace Neighborhood Association) (D/Wooley)

143 Authorizing the employment of special legal counsel to represent the f the City of Shreveport, and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (Stamps)

144 Authorizing the special legal counsel to represent the City of Shreveport, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (Washington)

149 Accepting dedication for a 5 foot utility easement in Glen Iris addition, Unit No. 3-A, and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (C/Long)

150 Accepting dedication for East Ridge Drive in Ridge-Crest Subdivision Unit No. 2, and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (C/Long)

151 Accepting dedication for West 75^th Street in Fellowship of Christ Missionary Baptist Church, and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (F/Shyne)

152 Rejecting Bids received for IFB #07-061, Remodeling of new maintenance shop – 7300 Mansfield Road, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

153 Expressing opposition to the U.S. EPA’s proposed lowering of the national Ambient Air Quality Standard for ozone, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

B. INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS: (Not to be adopted prior to September 25, 2007)

C. INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES: (Not to be adopted prior to September 25, 2007)

144 Amending the 2007 General Fund Budget, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

145 Amending the 2007 Community Development Special Revenue Fund, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

146 Amending the 2007 Golf Enterprise Fund Budget, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

147 Amending the2007 Water and Sewerage Enterprise Fund Budget, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

148 Creating and establishing Grover Place as a one way street from Ockley Drive to Atlantic Avenue requiring vehicles to travel in a southerly direction only between the hours of 02:30 p.m. and 03:30 p.m. on school days, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

D. ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE (Numbers are assigned Ordinance Number)

122 Amending portions of Chapter 90 of the Code of Ordinances relative to traffic and vehicles and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (A/Lester) (Postponed August 28, 2007)

130 Amending and reenacting Section 90-287 of the Code of Ordinances relative to stopping, standing and parking and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (A/Lester) (Postponed August 28, 2007)

137 A second supplemental bond ordinance authorizing and providing for the issuance and sale of $8,000,000 Airport System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2007A, and $15,000,000 Airport System PFC Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2007B, of the City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana, payable solely from a pledge and dedication of the revenues of the Shreveport Regional Airport, including passenger facility charges; prescribing the form, fixing the details and providing for the payment of principal of and interest on such bonds, and for the rights of the registered owners thereof; and providing for other matters related thereto.

138 Amending the 2007 Capital Improvements Budget, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

139 Amending the 2007 Riverfront Special Revenue Fund Budget, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

140 Amending and reenacting Section 53-2 of the City of Shreveport Code of Ordinances relative to offensive odors, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

142 An Ordinance amending the 2007 Budget for the Fleet Services Internal Service Fund and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

143 An Ordinance authorizing the Mayor to execute a lease of city-owned property to Triumph the Church and Kingdom of God in Christ and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

127 ZONING: C - 65-07: Amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, the City of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance by rezoning property located on the west side of Clyde Fant Parkway Service Road, 2267 feet south of Stoner Avenue, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana from B-3, Community Business District, B-1, Buffer Business District, And R-A-E, Residence-Agriculture/Extended Use District to R-3, Urban, Multi-Family Residence District, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (B/Walford) (Postponed August 28, 2007)

141 ZONING – C-74-07: Amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, the City of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance, by rezoning a tract of land generally bound by Fannin on the north, Douglas on the east, Travis on the south, and Christian on the west, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, from R-3, Urban, Multiple Family Residence District to B-4, Central Business District with MPC approval for outdoor film production, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (B/Walford)

10. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

1. Ordinance No. 131 of 2006: Amending certain sections of Chapter 38 of the City of Shreveport Code of Ordinances relative to housing and property standards and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (Introduced August 22, 2006 – Tabled November 28, 2006)

2. Ordinance No. 204 of 2006: An ordinance amending the 2006 Budget for the Riverfront Development Special Revenue fund and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (Disparity Study) (A/Lester) (Introduced November 14, 2006 – Tabled December 12, 2006)

3. Ordinance No. 205 of 2006: An ordinance amending the 2006 Capital Improvements Budget and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (Introduced November 14, 2006 – Tabled December 12, 2006)

4. Ordinance No. 13 of 2007: ZONING APPEAL – C-101-06: Amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, the City of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance, the City of Shreveport by rezoning property located on the south side of Bert Kouns Industrial Loop 1500 feet east of Ellerbe Road, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, from R-A, Residence Agriculture, to B-2 Neighborhood Business District, with PBG (Planned Building Group) approval, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (D/Wooley) (Remanded to MPC February 13, 2007)

5. PROPERTY STANDARDS APPEAL - HBO070006: - 1901 Perrin St., Shreveport, LA (A/Lester) Rev. Wilbert L. Malone, 7819 Gideon Street, Shreveport, La 71106 (D/Wooley) (Postponed April 9, 2007 until October 8, 2007)

6. Resolution No. 51 of 2007: A resolution supporting the Employee Free Choice Act, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (Tabled May 8, 2007)

7. PROPERTY STANDARDS APPEAL – HBO0700076: - 1601 Martin Luther King Dr., Shreveport, LA (A/Lester) Mr. Freddie Thomas, 1525 Martin Luther King Dr., Shreveport, LA (A/Lester) (Postponed July 24, 2007 until October 22, 2007)

8. PROPERTY STANDARDS APPEAL - HBO0700132: – 2231 West College, Shreveport, LA (B/Walford) Ms. Johnnie M. Johnson, 1518 Easy Street, Shreveport, LA 71101 (B/Walford) (Postponed August 27, 2007 until October 22, 2007)

9. PROPERTY STANDARDS APPEAL - HBO0700145 – 426 Woodrow, Shreveport, LA (F/Shyne) Mr. Adrian Gerard Gallion, 124 Carroll Street, Shreveport, LA 71105 (C/Long) (Postponed August 27, 2007 until February 25, 2008)

10. PROPERTY STANDARDS APPEAL -HBO07000147: – 359 W. 75^th Street, Shreveport, LA (C/Long) Ms. Marilyn Wilhite, P. O. Box 535021, Grand Prairie, TX 75050 (Postponed August 27, 2007 until October 22, 2007)

11. NEW BUSINESS:

ABO APPEAL

Mr. Christopher Olsen, 273 Dalrymple Road, Benton, LA 71006; Superior Bar & Grill, 6135 Line Avenue, Shreveport, LA (C/Long)

PROPERTY STANDARDS APPEALS:

HBO0700081 – 1062 Dalzell Street, Shreveport, LA (B/Walford) Mr. Stanley W. Burke, III, 8848 Youree Drive, Shreveport, LA 71115 (D/Wooley) (Postponed August 27, 2007 until September 10, 2007)

HBO0700137 – 1919 Walnut Street, Shreveport, LA (A/Lester); Ms. Ethel J. Reed, 4745 McDaniel Drive, Shreveport, LA 71109 (F/Shyne) (Postponed August 27, 2007 until September 10, 2007)

HBO0700165 – 2027 Mabel Street, Shreveport, LA (G/Bowman) (Ms. Magabline Hills, 919 Travis Street, Shreveport, LA 711101 (B/Walford) (Postponed August 27, 2007 until September 10, 2007)

12. REPORTS FROM OFFICERS, BOARDS, AND COMMITTEES:

13. CLERK’S REPORT:

14. COMMUNICATIONS and MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS (Council resolves itself into COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE to consider the following:)

Approval of Minutes (August 28, 2007)

Communications of the Mayor

Communications of the Council Members

Public Comments

Miscellaneous Matters

15. THE COMMITTEE RISES AND REPORTS: (Reconvenes Regular Council Meeting)

16. ADJOURNMENT.

*** Items postponed until a specific date may be considered prior to the postponed date.