NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

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Public Notice: Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Shreveport shall hold its Administrative Conference on Monday, December 8, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. and Regular Meeting on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at 3:00 p.m.

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

CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA

December 9, 2008

Monday, December 8, 2008 and Tuesday, December 9, 2008 Government Plaza Chambers

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

Inquires (318) 673-5262

1. Call to Order.

2. Invocation.

3. Roll Call.

4. Approve Minutes: Administrative Conference (November 24, 2008), and City Council Meetings (November 25, 2008).

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

A. Awards and recognition of distinguished guests by City Council members, not to exceed fifteen minutes.

B. Awards and recognition of distinguished guests by the Mayor, not to exceed fifteen minutes.

C. Communications of the Mayor relative to city business other than awards and recognition of distinguished guests.

Reports: Property Standards Report

6. Public Hearing: Proposed 2009 Downtown Development District Budget, appropriating the funds authorized therein, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

7. Adding Items to the Agenda, Public Comments, Confirmations and Appointments.

A. Adding Items to the Agenda (Clerk reads items into the record - public comments allowed on items proposed to be added, then items can be added only after unanimous vote [ See Act 131 of 2008])

B. Public Comments (Comments on items to be adopted)

C. Confirmations and Appointments:

Downtown Development Authority Terry E. Moore

Jeff Spikes

8. CONSENT AGENDA LEGISLATION

A. TO INTRODUCE RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES

RESOLUTIONS: None.

ORDINANCES: None.

B. TO ADOPT RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES

RESOLUTIONS: None.

ORDINANCES: None.

9. REGULAR AGENDA LEGISLATION

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

263 Approving the 2009 Downtown Development Authority Program of Work and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (Postponed November 25, 2008)

271 Authorizing the Mayor to execute a contract between the City of Shreveport and Triton Water Technologies, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (A/Lester/E/Webb)

272 A Resolution approving the city travel policy as required by Ordinance No. 151 of 2008.

B. INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS: (Not to be adopted prior to December 23, 2008)

273 Authorizing the Shreveport Airport Authority to execute a permanent right of way and easement with Centerpoint Energy, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (F/Shyne)

C. INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES: (Not to be adopted prior December 23, 2008)

175 De-annexing to reduce the limits and boundaries of the City of Shreveport – as a 1.15 acre tract of land located north of Southern Trace Parkway and East of lamplight way in the Southern Trace Phase V – Section XXI Subdivision in Section 29 (T16N-R13W), Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (D/Wooley

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

162 An ordinance adopting the 2009 Downtown Development District Budget, appropriating the funds authorized therein, and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (Postponed November 25, 2008)

163 Amending Chapter 2, Article IV of Ordinances to enact Division 12 relative to the creation and establishment of the Department of Property Standards, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

164 Amending and re-enacting a portion of Section 22-1, Schedule of Permit and Inspection Fees, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

165 Amending portions of Chapter 94 of the Code of Ordinances relative to Water and Sewerage Rates, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

166 Amending and reenacting Chapter 98 of the Code of Ordinances relative to vegetation, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

167 Closing and abandoning the 40 foot wide Van Buren Street dedication in the Newton Heights Subdivision, and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (A/Lester)

168 Closing and abandoning a portion of the 30 foot wide Klug Pines Road dedication in the Nichols Subdivision. (G/Bowman)

169 Creating and establishing a No Parking Zone between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., Monday through Friday on both sides of Thornhill Avenue between Kings Highway and Rutherford Street, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (B/Walford)

170 Creating and establishing Stop intersections and establishing speed limits in the Burgundy Oaks Subdivision within the city limits of the City of Shreveport, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (E/Webb)

171 ZONING - C-14-08: An ordinance amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, the City of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance. Application by Matthew Brown Sportspectrum to rezone property located on the NW corner of East 70^th Street and Fern, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana from B-1, Buffer Business District, to B-1-E, Buffer Business/Extended Use District limited to “a sport specialty shop as described at the public hearing” only. and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (C/Long)

172 ZONING - C-68-08: An ordinance amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, the City of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance. Application by FRED & BRENDA LAMBERT, to rezone property on the south side of Morrow Street, 226 feet west of Jewella Avenue, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA, from B-1, Buffer Business District to B-1-E, Buffer Business/Extended Use District limited to “a storage warehouse” only, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (F/Shyne)

173 ZONING - C-69-08: An ordinance amending Ordinance number 154 of 1996. Application by PREMIER COURT BUSINESS PARK LLC for property located on the west side of Premier Court, 250 feet south of Bert Kouns to request the removal of a stipulation requiring a 50' buffer in a B-2-A, Business Park District. (D/Wooley)

174 ZONING - C-88-08: An ordinance amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, the City of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance Application by THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION to amend appropriate sections of the City and Parish Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Ordinances regarding the Schedule of Fees, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

10. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

1. 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)

2. 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)

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

4. Ordinance No. 122 of 2006: Amending portions of Chapter 90 of the Code of Ordinances relative to traffic and vehicles and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (A/Lester) (Tabled September 11, 2007)

5. Ordinance No. 32 of 2008: An ordinance to amend and reenact portions of Division 3 of Article V of Chapter 26 of the Code of Ordinances relative to Retained Risk and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (Tabled April 22, 2008)

6. Ordinance No. 24 of 2008: Amending Chapter 42 of the City of Shreveport Code of Ordinances to add Article XI relative to operation of a rendering plant or transfer center within the City of Shreveport and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (Tabled May 13, 2008)

7. Ordinance No. 58 of 2008: ZONING - C-25-08: Amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, the City of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance, by rezoning property located on the west side of N. Market, 3,322 feet north of Martin Luther King Drive, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, from R-1D, Urban, One-Family Residence District to B-1, Buffer Business District and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (A/Lester) (Tabled July 8, 2008)

8. Ordinance No. 83 of 2008: ZONING: C-35-08 Amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, the City of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance, by rezoning property located on the north side of Hilry Huckaby, 1800’ south of North Lakeshore, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, from B-3-E , Community Business/Extended District, to B-3-E, Community Business/Extended Use District Limited to “an office, equipment storage yard, with the addition of stockpile materials (wood chips/recyclable wood products” only, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (A/Lester) (Tabled August 26, 2008)

9. Ordinance No. 69 of 2008: An ordinance authorizing the Mayor to execute an act of donation of City-Owned property to Urban Housing of America, Inc., Louisiana, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (Tabled October 14, 2008)

10. Ordinance No. 97 of 2008: An ordinance amending Chapter 42 of the Code of Ordinances relative to itinerate vendors and to otherwise providing with respect thereto. (E/Webb) (Postponed September 9, 2008 until October 28, 2008) (Tabled October 14, 2008)

11. Ordinance No. 108 of 2008: ZONING C-56-08 - An ordinance amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, the City of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance, by rezoning property located on the north side of Greenwood Road, 460 feet west of Marston, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, from R-1D Urban One-Family Residence District, to B-2, Neighborhood Business District, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (A/Lester) (Postponed September 23, 2008) (Tabled October 14, 2008)

12. Ordinance No. 115 of 2008: An ordinance requiring a permit for use of municipal property for business operations in the City of Shreveport; requiring the provision of certain information prior to issuance of such permit; and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (Postponed September 23, 2008) (Tabled October 14, 2008)

14. PROPERTY STANDARDS APPEALS:

HBO0700145 – 426 Woodrow, Shreveport, LA (F/Shyne) Ms. Carolyn Miller, 424 Woodrow, Shreveport, LA 71105 (C/Long) (Tabled August 25, 2008)

HBO0700081 – 1062 Dalzell Street, Shreveport, LA (B/Walford) Mr. Stanley W. Burke, III, 8848 Youree Drive, Shreveport, LA 71115 (D/Wooley)(Postponed November 10, 2008 until December 8, 2008)

PSD0700243 - 129 Stoner Ave, Shreveport, LA (B/Walford); Ms. Maria Orellana, 909 Anthony, Bossier City, LA 71112)(Postponed November 10, 2008 until February 9, 2009)

PSD0700058: 557 Egan Street, Shreveport, LA (B/Walford) Mr. Daniel Markulus, 853 Place, Shreveport, LA (B/Walford) (Postponed October 27, 2008 until January 12, 2009)

PSD0700214: 2732 Logan Street. Shreveport, LA (G/Bowman) Willie Roberson, 6915 Quilen Rd, Shreveport, LA (E/Webb) Postponed October 27, 2008 until January 26, 2009)

PSD0700131: 1530 Arlington, Good Samaritan Funeral Home, Inc., Shreveport, La (A/Lester) Mr. Winnifred Jackson, 2200 Laurel St, Shreveport, La (A/Lester) (Tabled June 9, 2008)

PSD0600413 – 2330 Darien Street, Shreveport, LA 71103 (G/Bowman) Ms. Thressa Lovelace French, 2401 Darien Street, Shreveport, LA 71103 (G/Bowman) (Postponed October 27, 2008 until January 12, 2009)

PSD0600117 – 7024 S. Lakeshore Drive, Shreveport, LA (G/Bowman) Ms. Tanya Luker, 7024 S. Lakeshore Drive, Shreveport, LA (G/Bowman) (Postponed September 22, 2008 until December 8, 2008)

PSD0700260 – 2115 Lakeshore Drive, Shreveport, LA (G/Bowman) Tax Sales Properties, Inc., c/o Mr. Buddy Collins, 707 Benton Road, Suite 125, Bossier City, LA 71111 (Postponed September 22, 2008 until December 8, 2008)

PSD0800043 – 7017 Janey Street, Shreveport, LA (F/Shyne) Mr. E. B. Robinson, M.D., 7941 Youree Drive, Shreveport, LA 71105 (D/Wooley) (Postponed October 14, 2008 until December 8, 2008)

11. NEW BUSINESS:

PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD OF APPEALS:

PSD 0800215 – 2739 Lillian, Shreveport, LA (G/Bowman) Ms. Alice Hollingsworth, 726 Cotton Street #714, Shreveport, LA 71101 (B/Walford)

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 (November 25, 2008)

Awards and Recognition of Distinguished Guests by the Mayor

Awards and Recognition of Distinguished Guests by City Council Members

Communications of the Mayor

Communications from Council Members

Public Comments

Miscellaneous Matters

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

16. ADJOURNMENT.

Clerk Notes:

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