4. Approve Minutes: Administrative Conference (August 9, 2010), and City Council Meeting (August 10, 2010).

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

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

Council will receive the report of the Citizens' Bond Study Committee

Liz Swaine, Chairman at 3:30 p.m.

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

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

6. Public Hearing: Proposed Lease Agreement

Ordinance No. 92 of 2010: An ordinance authorizing the execution of a lease agreement with Curt Thurmon and to otherwise provide 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:

8. CONSENT AGENDA LEGISLATION

A. TO INTRODUCE RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES:

RESOLUTIONS: None.

ORDINANCES: None.

B. TO ADOPT RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES

RESOLUTIONS:

164 Authorizing Ronald Miller Ainsworth, II & Brooke Tamplin Ainsworth, located at 9539 Mazant Lane, to connect to the Water & Sewer System of the City of Shreveport, and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (Near D/Wooley) (Postponed August 10, 2010)

184 A resolution authorizing Robert E. Morgan, Jr., located at 1224 Leonard Rd., to connect to the Water System of the City of Shreveport and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (Near D/Wooley)

185 Authorizing Jonathan B. Wimberly, L.L.C., located at 9558 Mazant Lane, to connect to the Water & Sewer System of the City of Shreveport, and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (Near D/Wooley)

186 Authorizing Wesley Thomas, Inc., located at 9577 Mazant Lane, to connect to the Water & Sewer System of the City of Shreveport, and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (Near D/Wooley)

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

169 Declaring certain adjudicated property to be surplus, which will authorize the Mayor to sell the City of Shreveport’s tax interest in these adjudicated properties, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (All Districts) (Postponed August 10, 2010)

176 To recognize USW/PACE International Union and USW/PACE Local 13-25 as the exclusive representative agent for the City Employees and for the purpose stated herein, providing relative to resolution of employee issues and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (A/Lester)

177 Authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement with Grambling State University relative to the Port City Classic Football Game, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

178 Authorizing the use of certain City-owned equipment by the Junior League of Shreveport Bossier, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

179 Authorizing the Mayor to make application with the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement through the Northwest Law Enforcement Planning Agency, and otherwise provide with respect thereto.

180 Authorizing the Mayor to apply for grant funds from the Louisiana Department of Public Safety, Louisiana Highway Safety Commission Statewide FY 2010 Fatal and Injury Crash Reduction Project, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

181 Authorizing the Mayor to make application with the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, and otherwise provide with respect thereto.

182 Ratifying the waiver of the building rental fees for use of Riverview Hall and fees for the use of Police Officers and Police vehicles for funeral escorts and other services on August 7, 2010 in connection with the funerals and repass for the six (6) victims of the tragedy which occurred on the red River on August 2, 2010, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

187 Accepting dedication for Lake Street in City of Shreveport Subdivision, and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (B/Walford)

188 Declaring the City’s interest in certain adjudicated properties as surplus, and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (A/Lester/B/Walford/C/Long/D/Wooley/F/Shyne/G/Bowman)

189 Requesting Governor Bobby Jindal, Governor of the State of Louisiana and Stephen Moret, Secretary of Louisiana Economic Development to provide assistance to the City of Shreveport relative to the Schlumberger Economic Development Project, a project which benefits the State of Louisiana, and otherwise provide with respect thereto. (E/Webb)

190 Endorsing and supporting the submission of an application by the Housing Authority of the City of Shreveport to the Louisiana Housing Finance Agency for 2010 Low Income Housing Tax Credits and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

191 Supporting an application for the creation of the Highland Community Cultural District in Shreveport, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (B/Walford)

B. INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS: (Not to be adopted prior to September 14, 2010)

192 Authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement with the Shreveport Regional Sports Authority relative to the State Fair of Louisiana Football Game, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

193 Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an interlocal agreement with Jefferson Parish for short term storage of transit buses on an emergency basis, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

194 Authorizing the Mayor to execute right of way and easement with Louisiana Midstream Gas Services, L.L.C., for the construction and maintenance of an underground electric line, and related facilities on city property, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (E/Webb)

195 Authorizing the Purchasing Agent to dispose by public auction of surplus items, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

196 Stating the City of Shreveport’s endorsement of Schlumberger Technology Corporation to participate in the benefits of the Louisiana Restoration tax abatement program, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (F/Shyne) (Not to be considered for approval until a Public Hearing has been held. Public Hearing is scheduled for September 28, 2010)

C. INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES: (Not to be adopted prior to September 14, 2010)

116 Amending Chapter 38 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Shreveport by adding Article VI. “Renters Code,” Defining terms; providing requirements, procedures, and fees for the registration of non-owner occupied rental property in the City; Providing defenses; Providing an appeal process for the denial or revocation of a certificate of registration; Providing a penalty not to exceed $500; Providing a saving clause; Providing a severability clause; Providing an effective date, and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (A/Lester)

117 Amending and re-enacting portions of Chapter 22 of the Code of Ordinances relative to Building Permits, fences around swimming pools, and the enforcement of such provisions, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

118 Authorizing an amendment to the Lease Agreement with the Salvation Army and to otherwise provide with respect thereto (Not to be adopted prior to September 28, 2010)

119 ZONING – C-45-10: Amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, the City of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance, by rezoning property located on the SE corner of Buncombe Road and Best Drive, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, from B-1 Buffer Business District to B-1-E, Buffer Business/Extended Use District, limited to “all uses allowed by right in the B-1 District and the uses listed below”, only, And to provide with respect thereto. (E/Webb)

120 ZONING – C-52-10: Amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, the City of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance, by rezoning property located on the east side of Youree Drive, 310 feet north of Archer Avenue, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, from SPI-1-3-E (B-1), Commercial Corridor Overlay/Extended Use (Buffere Business) District to SPI-3-E, Commercial Corridor overlay/Extended Use (Buffer Business) District limited to “A Women’s Boutique only”, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (C/Long)

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

105 An Ordinance authorizing the city to convey title to a portion of city-owned property located in Section 6, Township 16 North, Range 14 West, Caddo Parish, Louisiana acquired from Parish Realty, L.L.C., pursuant to that certain “irrevocable donation of property to be used as public road”; authorizing assignment of the mineral lease affecting the said property; authorizing the mayor to execute all documents relative to the conveyance and the assignment; and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (Postponed August 10, 2010)

112 Amending Chapter 26, Article V, Division 1 of the Code of Ordinances to create and establish the Convention Center Enterprise Fund, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

113 Amending the 2010 budget for the General Fund and otherwise providing with respect thereto. 

114 Amending the 2010 Capital Improvements Funds, appropriating the funds authorized therein, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

115 Amending the 2010 Grants Special Revenue Fund Budget, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

10. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

1. 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. (Introduced – March 25, 2008 - Tabled April 22, 2008)

2. 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. (Introduced March 11, 2008 - Tabled May 13, 2008)

3. 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) (Introduced May 27, 2008 - Tabled July 8, 2008)

4. 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) ( Introduced July 22, 2008 - Tabled August 26, 2008)

5. 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. (Introduced September 9, 2008 - Tabled October 14, 2008)

6. Ordinance No. 166 of 2008: An ordinance amending and reenacting Chapter 98 of the Code of Ordinances relative to vegetation, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (Introduced November 25, 2008 - Tabled January 27, 2009)

7. Resolution No. 179 of 2009: A resolution to launch a Council investigation as authorized by Section 4.29 of the Charter and to appoint a committee to conduct the investigation; to retain the services of a special legal consultant or consultants as authorized by Charter Section 4.29 to assist in said investigation, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (Tabled September 10, 2009)

8. Ordinance No. 167 of 2009: Amending and reenacting Chapter 10 of the Code of Ordinances relative to alcoholic beverages, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (A/Lester) (Tabled January 26,2010)

9. Ordinance No. 168 of 2009: Amending and reenacting Chapter 10 of the Code of Ordinance relative to alcoholic beverage permits, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (A/Lester) (Tabled January 26,2010)

10. Ordinance No. 01 of 2010: Amending and reenacting Chapter 22 of the Code of Ordinances relative to permit and inspection fees, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (Tabled January 26,2010)

11. Ordinance No. 03 of 2010: Amending and reenacting Chapter 10 of the Code of Ordinances relative to Alcoholic Beverage Permits and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (Tabled January 26 , 2010)

12. Ordinance No. 95 of 2010: Amending and reenacting Sections 26-300 and 26-301 of the Code of Ordinances relative to sales of adjudicated property and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (A/Lester) (Tabled July 13, 2010)

13. Ordinance No. 99 of 2010: Changing the names of Fontenac Street and Fontenac Avenue to Craig Kennedy Way, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (A/Lester) (Tabled July 13, 2010)

14. Ordinance No. 104 of 2010: An ordinance changing the name of Jump Run to Goodwill Way, and Obie Street to Lawrence Shirley Lane, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (Tabled July 27, 2010))

15. Ordinance No. 92 of 2010: An ordinance authorizing the execution of a lease agreement with Curt Thurmon and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (Tabled July 27, 2010)

16. Ordinance No. 94 of 2010: An ordinance amending Chapter 22 of the Code of Ordinances relative to demolition delays and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (B/Walford) (Tabled August 10, 2010)

17. Confirmations and Appointments: (Tabled February 9, 2010 until August 24, 2010)

Metropolitan Planning Commission Dr. Mary Wilson

Ms. Lea Desmarteau

Caddo-Bossier Port Commission Mr. Rick C. Prescott

Mr. Sam Gregorio

Shreveport Airport Authority: (Tabled March 9, 2010 until August 24, 2010)

Ms. Verna M. Smith (replacing Mr. Raymond Alley)

Ms. Margaret Shehee (replacing Rev. Joe Gant)

18. ABO CARD APPEAL:

Mr. David Jacobs, 124 Kayla Street, Shreveport, LA 71104 (C/Long) Olive Street Bistrop, 1027 Olive Street, Shreveport, LA (B/Walford) (To be revisited June 28, 2011)

19. TAXI LICENSE PERMIT APPEAL:

Mr. Lamar Johnson, 2818 Poland Street, Shreveport, LA 71103 (G/Bowman) Yellow Checker Taxi, 2405 Kings Hwy, Shreveport, LA (B/Walford) (To be revisited September 13, 2010)

Mr. Michael Stewart, 1549 Oakdale Street, Shreveport, LA 71108 (B/Walford) Ace Cab Company 6363 Hearne Ave #208, Shreveport, LA (F/Shyne) (To be revisited September 13, 2010)

20. PROPERTY STANDARDS APPEALS:

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

PSD0900006: 2006 Looney Street, Shreveport, LA (A/Lester) Ms. Niakia Cook-Jones, 6777 Raspberry Lane, Apartment 1421, Shreveport, LA (F/Shyne) (Tabled April 26, 2010)

PSD0800336: 1652 ½ Cross Lake Blvd, Shreveport, LA (G/Bowman) Mr. Kevin Belcher, P.O. Box 3313, Shreveport, LA 71133 (Postponed October 26, 2009 until December 7, 2009 (Postponed July 26, 2010 until August 23, 2010)

PSD0800344: 2723 W. Jordan, Shreveport, LA (B/Walford) Mr. Clarence Davis, 906 N. Victory Drive, Houston, TX 77088 (Postponed August 9, 2010 until September 27, 2010)

PSD0900029: 2639 West College, Shreveport, LA (G/Bowman) Mr. Kevin Belcher, P.O. Box 3313, Shreveport, LA 71133 (Postponed July 23, 2010 until August 23, 2010)

PSD0800400: 5318 Mansfield Road, Shreveport, LA (F/Shyne) Mr. Darien Kirkendoll, P.O. Box 8703, Bossier City, LA. (Postponed July 26, 2010 until August 23, 2010)

PSD0900275: 140 Pennsylvania Avenue, Shreveport, LA (C/Long) Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Powell, 819 ½ Boulevard Street, Shreveport, LA 71104 (B/Walford) (Postponed March 22, 2010 until September 27, 2010)

PSD0800237: 623 Herndon Street, Shreveport, LA (B/Walford) Mr. Theo Barnes, 12274 Mansfield Road, Keithville, LA 71047 (Postponed August 9, 2010 until September 27, 2010)

PSD0900016: 4131 Booker T. Street, Shreveport, LA (F/Shyne) Mr. Jerry Riley, 1038 Woodshire Circle, Shreveport, LA 71109 (Postponed August 9, 2010 until September 13, 2010)

PSD0900124: 2519 Southern Avenue, Shreveport, LA (B/Walford) Mr. L. E. Mars, 7970 Sunset Lane, Mooringsport, LA 71060 (Postponed July 26, 2010 until September 13, 2010)

PSD0900283: 2705 Myrtle Street, Shreveport, LA (A/Lester) Mr. Anderson Johnson, 2709 Logan Street, Shreveport, LA (A/Lester) Postponed July 26, 2010 until September 13, 2010)

PSD1000006: 3511 Lakeshore, Shreveport, LA (A/Lester) Mr. William Taft Payne, 1301 Hassett Ave, Shreveport, LA 71109 (G/Bowman) Postponed July 26, 2010 until September 13, 2010)

11. NEW BUSINESS:

PROPERTY STANDARDS APPEALS

HBO1000030: 153 Merrick Street, Shreveport, LA (B/Walford) Mr. Benjamin A. Cornier, P.O. Box 44021, Shreveport, LA 71134

PSK 1000040: 2916 Darien Street, Shreveport, LA (G/Bowman) Mr. Rex Appacrombie, 1442 Arlington Avenue, Shreveport, LA 71103 (A/Lester)

TAXI LICENSE PERMIT APPEALS

Mr. Wilbert J. Bowers, 2912 Boss Avenue, Shreveport, LA 71109 (G/Bowman) Four Aces Taxi, 4350 Greenwood Road, Shreveport, LA (G/Bowman)

Mr. Bennie Earl McGuire, 3320 Lockoby, Lot 16, Keithville, LA 71047; Four Aces Taxi, 4350 Greenwood Road, Shreveport, LA (G/Bowman)

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 10, 2010)

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)