4. Approve Minutes: Administrative Conference (December 13, 2010), and City Council Meetings (December 14, 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.

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: None.

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: None.

8. CONSENT AGENDA LEGISLATION

A. TO INTRODUCE RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES:

RESOLUTIONS: None.

ORDINANCES: None.

B. TO ADOPT RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES

RESOLUTIONS:

284 Authorizing Wimberly Custom Homes, L.L.C., located at 9472 Milbank Dr., to connect to the Water & Sewer System of the City of Shreveport and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (D/Corbin)

285 Authorizing Wimberly Custom Homes, L.L.C., located at 9487 Milbank Dr., to connect to the Water & Sewer System of the City of Shreveport and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (D/Corbin)

286 Authorizing Jason Michael Trainor & Lindsey Nicole Trainor, located at 9488 Milbank Dr., to connect to the Water & Sewer System of the City of Shreveport and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (D/Corbin)

287 Authorizing Wimberly Custom Homes, L.L.C., located at 9505 Milbank Dr., to connect to the Water & Sewer System of the City of Shreveport and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (D/Corbin)

288 Authorizing Wimberly Custom Homes, L.L.C., located at 9510 Milbank Dr., to connect to the Water & Sewer System of the City of Shreveport and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (D/Corbin)

289 Authorizing Wimberly Custom Homes, L.L.C., located at 9514 Milbank Dr., to connect to the Water & Sewer System of the City of Shreveport and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (D/Corbin)

ORDINANCES: None.

A. RESOLUTIONS ON SECOND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE OR WHICH REQUIRE ONLY ONE READING: None.

281 Authorizing the employment of Special Legal Counsel to represent the City of Shreveport, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

282 Authorizing the execution of an amendment to the cooperative endeavor agreement with Shreveport Regional Arts Council, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

283 Authorizing the Mayor to accept a donation from Willis Knighton Health Systems, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

290 Establishing the Haynesville Shale Revenue Committee to make findings and recommendations concerning the expenditure of revenue generated by the Haynesville Shale Natural Gas Field, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

B. INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS: (Not to be adopted prior to January 11, 2011)

291 Authorizing the Mayor to execute a facility servitude agreement with Centerpoint Energy Field Services, Inc. for the construction and maintenance of pipelines and related facilities on City property and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

292 Declaring the City’s interest in certain adjudicated properties as surplus, and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (A/McCulloch/B/Everson/C/O. Jenkins/F/Shyne/G/ S. Jenkins)

C. INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES: (Not to be adopted prior to January 11, 2011)

189 Amending Section 102-164 of the City of Shreveport Code of Ordinances relative to vehicles for hire and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

190 Amending the 2011 General Fund Budget, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

191 Amending the 2011 Golf Enterprise Fund Budget, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

192 Amending certain sections of Ordinance No. 104 of 1963, Stop Intersections, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

193 Amending the 2010 Downtown Parking Enterprise Fund Budget, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

D. ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE (Numbers are assigned Ordinance Numbers) None.

94 An ordinance amending Chapter 22 of the Code of Ordinances relative to demolition delays and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (B/Walford) (Postponed December 14, 2010)

171 Amending and reenacting Chapter 58 of the Code of Ordinances by adding Section 58-29.1 relative to the use of certain vehicle brakes and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (D/Corbin) (Postponed December 14, 2010)

177 Amending the 2011 Budget for the Riverfront Development Special Revenue Fund, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

178 Amending the 2011 Budget for the General Fund, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

179 Amending the 2011 Budget for the Metropolitan Planning commission’s Special Revenue Fund, and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (E/Webb)

180 Amending the 2010 Grants Special Revenue Fund Budget, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (COPS UHP Grant Increase)

182 Amending the 2010 Capital Improvements Fund Budget, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

183 Amending the 2010 Water and Sewerage Enterprise Fund Budget, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

184 Amending Certain sections of Chapter 38 of the City of Shreveport Code of Ordinances, the Property Standards Ordinance, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

185 Granting to the Southwestern Electric Power Company the right, privilege, and franchise to acquire, construct, erect, maintain, repair, reconstruct, and operate a system of electric power lines, wires, transformers, communication cables,, and other related and necessary or desirable appurtenances in, under, over, across, through, and along any and all of the present and future streets, avenues, alleys, thoroughfares, roads, highways, sidewalks bridges, and public properties of the City of Shreveport, Louisiana for the purpose of transmitting and distributing electric power to the city and it inhabitants and any other person or persons, firms, and corporations for a term of twenty-five years, regulating the use of streets by the company and repair and restoration of the streets disturbed by construction; Providing for compensation to be paid to the City; Providing that this franchise shall not be exclusive; Providing the company’s obligations to furnish efficient service; Providing for indemnity by the company to the city; Providing for conditional forfeiture in event of default by the company; Making miscellaneous provisions relative to this grant of franchise; Providing for acceptance by company; Providing a severability clause; Providing an effective date, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

187 ZONING - C-72-10: Amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, The City Of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance, by rezoning property located on the west side of Havana Street 180 feet south of Martin Luther King Drive, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA., from R-1H, URBAN, ONE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT TO B-1, BUFFER BUSINESS DISTRICT and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (A/McCulloch)

188 ZONING - C-79-10: Amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, The City Of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance, by rezoning property located on the west side of Youree Drive at its intersection with Albert Avenue, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA., from SPI-3(B-1), COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR OVERLAY (BUFFER BUSINESS) DISTRICT TO SPI-3-E (B-1), COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR OVERLAY/EXTENDED USE (BUFFER BUSINESS) DISTRICT LIMITED TO RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FURNITURE, AND GIFTS FOR BABIES AND EXPECTANT MOTHERS” ONLY, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (C/Jenkins)

10. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

1. 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 December 14, 2010)

2. 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 December 14, 2010)

3. 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 December 14, 2010)

4. PROPERTY STANDARDS APPEALS:

HBO0700145: 426 Woodrow, Shreveport, LA (F/Shyne) Ms. Carolyn Miller, 424 Woodrow, Shreveport, LA 71105 (F/Shyne) (Postponed November 22, 2010 until May 23, 2011)

PSD0900006: 2006 Looney Street, Shreveport, LA (A/McCulloch) Ms. Niakia Cook-Jones, 6777 Raspberry Lane, Apartment 1421, Shreveport, LA (F/Shyne) (Postponed November 22, 2010 until May 23, 2011)

PSD0800400: 5318 Mansfield Road, Shreveport, LA (F/Shyne) Mr. Darien Kirkendoll, P.O. Box 8703, Bossier City, LA. (Postponed November 22, 2010 until January 24, 2011)

PSD0900275: 140 Pennsylvania Avenue, Shreveport, LA (C/Jenkins) Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Powell, 819 ½ Boulevard Street, Shreveport, LA 71104 (B/Everson) (Postponed November 8, 2010 until January 10, 2011)

HBO1000030: 153 Merrick Street, Shreveport, LA (B/Everson) Mr. Benjamin A. Cornier, P.O. Box 44021, Shreveport, LA 71134 (Postponed November 22, 2010 until January 24, 2011)

PSD1000086: 2837 Logan Street, Shreveport, LA (A/McCulloch) Ms. Carolyn Ivory Wilson, 3646 Del Rio Street, Shreveport, LA 71109 (G/Jenkins) (Postponed October 25, 2010 until January 11, 2011).

CAB1000828: 3135 Idledays Dr., Shreveport, LA 71107 (A/Lester), Mr. Leroy Carey, 3135 Idledays Drive, Shreveport, LA 71107 (A/McCulloch) (Postponed November 22, 2010 until January 10, 2011)

PSD1000150: 2717 Lakeshore Dr, Shreveport, LA (G/Jenkins) Ms. Gwendolyn C. Williams, 6410 Dianne Street, Shreveport, LA 71119 (A/McCulloch) (Postponed November 22, 2010 until January 10, 2011)

PSD1000061: 9025 Hilton Dr, Shreveport, LA (E/Webb) Mr. Jim Bruce, 9045 Hilton Drive, Shreveport, LA 71118 (E/Webb) (Postponed December 13, 2010 until February 7, 2011)

PSD1000128: 2900 West Maple Street, Shreveport, LA (G/Jenkins) Mr. William Herbert Edelen, III, PO Box 8888, Shreveport, LA 71148 (Postponed December 13, 2010 until January 10, 2011)

11. NEW BUSINESS

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 (December 14, 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)