COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA

OCTOBER 23, 2001

The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana, was called to order by Chairman Thomas Carmody at 3:10 p.m., Tuesday, October 23, 2001, in the Government Chambers in Government Plaza (505 Travis Street).

Invocation was given by Councilman Stewart.

On Roll Call, the following members were Present: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio (3:40), Spigener, Shyne and Burrell (3:15). 7. Nays: None.

Motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Spigener for approval of the Summary Minutes of the Administrative Conference of October 8, 2001 and the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of October 9, 2001. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Spigener, and Shyne. 5. Absent: Councilmen Serio and Burrell.

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Awards and Recognitions of Distinguished Guests of the Mayor and the Council Which Are Required By Law: None.

Public Hearing: None.

Confirmations and/or Appointments: None.

Public Comments: Mr. Arthur G. Robins (1748 Willie Street, Martin Luther King area, Shreveport, 71107): Mr. Shyne: I used to teach in that area for a long time, that is where I learned how to teach, up there. Councilman Carmody: Good. Mr. Robins: And we do have problem with sewerage, raw sewerage. Councilman Shyne: I didn’t have anything to do with that, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Robins: We’ve had a problem for quite some time and I spoke with some of the supervisors at the City Maintenance Department. They told me they couldn’t do anything about it and they wasn’t going to do anything about it, so this has been over a period of years, through like four Administrations. Now it is a continuous thing and I do know they have devises to put on to ease the problem. Councilman Carmody: Mr. Robins could you tell us what the problem is, I know you said, it was sewerage, but for the Council. Mr. Robins: Raw sewerage is exiting the manhole right in front of my house and it also backs up into my yard whenever it rains and it has been like that for years. I was promised they would do something about it after they build the Martin Luther King Drive, it would relive my problem, it got worse and worse as it could be right now. So every time it rains, Mr. Lavonne White gave me all the assistance he can for Spring to keep the odor diminished and no one else can seem to do anything about it and I wonder if I could get any help from the Council on this matter other than that, if I could have permission to do the maintenance on it myself? Councilman Carmody: Mr. Robins, you live in Mrs. Huckaby’s district.

Councilman Huckaby: Mr. Robins, is that connected with the sewerage from Lo-Mart where some of the property owners gave Lo-Mart the right-of-way to bring the sewerage down between their houses? Mr. Robins: No, this is Willie Street off of Martin Luther King, 1700 block, and it is a small community of people there so we all have sewerage problems, but I am speaking for them also. It backs up from my residence all the way to Martin Luther King which is one complete block and all the manholes be full and the other sewerage line is intersecting right there.

Councilman Huckaby: Have you talked with Mr. Strong about this problem? Mr. Robins: Who? Councilman Huckaby: Mr. Strong. Mr. Robins: Maybe some years ago, not recent.

Councilman Carmody: Mr. Robins, if you’d let Mr. Strong to the podium for just a moment. I think Mrs. Huckaby wanted to ask about the particular situation with this end of it. I’m wondering if the topography such that it is a low area that when it is raining, the water is over taxing the system and then causing this problem? Are you familiar with it, Mike?

Mr. Strong: I’m not familiar with it exactly which one we are talking about, but I know who he is talking about and what I’d like to do is get his telephone number and I will find out exactly what it is and be able to put something together and at least see. But from what he is speaking of, this is some of some sanitary sewer overflows that we have during the raining periods of time, but let me look into it in depth and then I can come back and see exactly what we are talking about.

Councilman Huckaby: Do you think this will be taken care of with the money have from the bond issue, will that. . . ? Mr. Strong: Now, understand that the bond issue, there’s two bond issues: there is a General Obligation Bond which this would not be affecting any of that. The other was the $70 million dollars that goes into the wastewater treatment plants. There is going to be some relieve there, but as far as the SSOs what that is going to be is, we will have more monies that will come back once the increases go into affect that we will be spending more monies on the lines actually.

Councilman Huckaby: In the Martin Luther King area too? Mr. Strong: In every area. I mean, this is not something that is one area. I mean it is all over in different parts of the City that we are having to address under the sanitary sewer overflow. But let me look into this one in depth and I’ll get Mr. Robins’ telephone number so I can at least get into it and find out exactly everything.

Councilman Burrell: Mike, Mr. Robins called me at home about the situation and I asked him to call Pearl. But in our discussion of the problem, I was trying to get an idea of what he was talking about and I know that Mr. Robins mentioned that possible the sewer lines at one time was undersized for the pumping situation. Mr. Robins: Hey, the pumping station wasn’t in a position to carry all of the water out. They were going to increase that. It has been something like 10 years and nobody increased anything. It remains the same it is worse because they relieved all the water from the south side of Martin Luther King and put it on the other side which has increased our sewerage problem.

Councilman Burrell: We’ll probably have going to have to do an analysis on the. . .

Councilman Huckaby: Would you check into that for me, Mr. Strong?

Mr. Strong: Yes ma’am, sure will.

Dr. Voohries (10014 Brittany Drive): First of all, let me apologize for not contacting you prior to today, but we had a Homeless Coalition Executive Committee meeting on yesterday and we were informed that the Consolidated Plan, I guess was going to be voted on today. So, I felt that I needed to have some—I would like to offer some input into that process. What I have is, I am speaking on behalf of the Coalition of Northwest Louisiana and I’ve been in this area about six years and been affiliated with the Coalition for that period of time.

The specific point I would like to address is the homeless services. Starting in ‘95, the Homeless Coalition has been responsible for developing a continuum care for your Consolidated Plan. We basically do that portion. You know, we do Abstract 1 as well as the submission. This is the submission from last year and we have been very, very, successful in that endeavor. You can see the amounts of money we have gotten approved from HUD because of that initiative. And lets say for example, if we would look at, of course 2001 we are still waiting on a decision from them, so we don’t know if those are going to be awarded or not, but we have gotten more than our fair share of the money that been allocated in the state. In fact, we are only second to New Orleans in terms of the number of funds that we get because of the process that we use, because of the Coalition, and some other efforts and we want to continue to bring this kind of money into the community.

If you look at the second sheet, we did sort of an analysis, an impact that the funds that we have brought into the community in terms of jobs, in terms of just dollars, et cetera, the impact that they’ve had on the City. And we would like to continue this effort, however we’ve come to a point where we’ve sort of out grown ourselves, if you will. You know, we are a victim of our own success. As you know, for example, we sponsor for Homeless Coalition, a 10^th annual. The first was held here in Shreveport and then they came back for year 10. And based on the evaluation, so it is not what I said, they tout it as the most successful conference that they’ve had to date and we were successful in getting people such as John Guaraty who is with HUD at the federal level, and he is the boss over Continuum Care. Came down and was one of our presenters, things of that nature; so, we were very, very pleased. They said nobody would come past.

Let me get to my point. My point is we’ve outgrown ourselves. We can not continue to provide this service. If, for example the City would apply for this money, the most the City could get would $800,000 for example for the year 2001 because were are a Coalition. We are nine parish area and things of that nature. The bulk of our services, as you can see, they come to Shreveport, but we can use that demographics and we are able to go on (inaudible) for the City.

What we had done was a submission to Community Development for $50,000 to continue this effort to hire staff et cetera and that wasn’t approved and I talked to Larry about it. And basically it wasn’t approved because we are not a 501 (c)(3) and we accept that, that is a requirement. We’ve applied for it be we haven’t completed the process. Hopefully it will be completed within the next two months, so we are in a dilemma as you can see.

We feel like it is worthwhile for the City to fund this for this year at least, until we can get the 501(c)(3), but these are the sorts of programs that will cease to exist if we are not able to continue the work, for example right now, I am here on annual leave and I am having to take annual leave for a lot of my work that I am doing with the Homeless Coalition and we’ve just outgrown ourselves. But, I think it is money well spent. I think it is programs that are proven programs. We are taking about Providence House and I and can get the exact figures that we got from those, that we are talking about the renewals of those programs and all of that will be at jeopardy for the next funding cycle. So, either give us $50,000 dollars or do something so that these services will not be terminated. I think it will probably be the best dollar you ever spent if you spend it in that way, and like I said, these are the documents that we produce, a little coalition, of a few people getting together using up their vacation time.

Councilman Shyne: Larry, what can we do in order to—because I know you all have one of the better programs in the country, Dr. I mean, I have to take my hat off to you, you all have one of the better programs and it is something that Shreveport can be extremely proud of. I wouldn’t want to see anything that would jeopardize what you all do. I mean, you all work with Providence House, Centerpoint---all of these programs are just, they are No. 1. I am glad to live in an area and I really think the quality of people, is how we look out for the less fortunate ones. We do an excellent job in Shreveport, we want to continue to do that. Larry, what can we do?

Mr. Ferdinand: Well, Dr.’s organization does tremendous work, no question about it. Like he said, he applied and he is has worked, he has applied for his 501 (C)(3), he doesn’t have it yet and that is one of our criteria. However, our commitment is in terms of Emergency Shelter Grant, we gave out $134,000 to other agencies that helps the homeless like Christian Service, Philadelphia Center, Community Support and we are working to help Providence House out. It is just that his particular organization, right long about now without the 501(C)(3), we can’t help that organization directly, but we are helping some of his affiliates.

Councilman Shyne: You say within about 2 months, you should have the 501(C)(3)? Dr. Voohries: Hopefully. Councilman Shyne: Hopefully. Well, lets say 3 months? Dr. Voohries: Definitely. Councilman Shyne: If it is longer than 3 months, call me and the Chairman and we’ll make sure that we get it on the fast track because I think he knows some people in Baton Rouge, and he can pick up the telephone and call and he can put it on the fast track. I don’t know whether I’m putting him on the spot or not. But Larry, is it anything—and I am not looking at the other organizations that we’ve helped, I am looking basically at his organization, is it anything that we can do in order to try to build a bridge across those two to three months so that they will be in a power position where they will not be in a shaky position where they might?

Dr. Voohries: Let me just say too that, the Coalition does not get one penny of this money. Councilman Shyne: Okay. Dr. Voohries: All the money goes to the providers of the services, like Providence House, like whomever. What we do is, we coordinate the process and we’ve been very successful coming up with a process that works in terms of doing a point and time study, which is done annually, that you need that data in order to apply which would be viable. We develop a plan, a protocol by which you can apply, we identify the gap in services in that area. It is sort of a process.

And one of the things that we are real proud of and if you look at some of these agencies that are down here and Simone and I are very, very close so she wouldn’t mind me saying this about her, but Simone don’t play, but we have never had a challenge to any of our proposals that we submitted to the City that has gone forth and approved because of the process that we use. They are considered fair, they participate in the process, and I think it speaks for itself.

Councilman Shyne: Well, if they money doesn’t come to you all then why would you need the 501 (C)?

Dr. Voohries: Because we don’t have any paid staff. We have volunteers like myself who have full time jobs and based on my size, unfortunately, you know I like to eat, so I’m having to do this on like my vacation time, other people are. A person that was doing a lot of the grant writing for us is now employed with an organization that she can no longer provide that services. Like I said, we’ve just outgrown ourselves.

Councilman Shyne: So, you need the money for staff?

Dr. Voohries: Right, primarily.

Councilman Shyne: Well now, I believe I heard you say that the money did not come to you all?

Dr. Voohries: We don’t get a penny of it. We just do the work. We develop the Continuum. We develop the plan.

Councilman Shyne: Who will get the $50,000 then, I mean, what organization?

Dr. Voohries: It will come to the Homeless Coalition, that will be the only money.

Councilman Shyne: That’s what I was. . . .

Dr. Voohries: That’s what we are asking you for todayand we can live with less than this. Is you can come up with $30,000 I will be so happy.

Councilman Shyne: That is what I am trying to get to you, but it seem like that you said, that it didn’t come to us?

Dr. Voohries: Right, none of the money that you said on this that was allocated from HUD. We got the $90,000 for Providence or we got the $. . . .

Councilman Shyne: We talking about the $50,000 right now.

Dr. Voohries: That’s what we need to just survive to continue to do the work that’ve doing.

Councilman Shyne: That’s what we are talking about and we are trying to find out from Larry, if it is any kind of way that they can build a bridge to get you that money until you can get the 501(C) number. If not then, we need to maybe look at another way in which we can get the money to you.

Mr. Ferdinand: The regulations does not allow us to do it until he get the 501(C)(3). Once he get his 501(C)(3), then we could come back to the Council and Administration and say, amend our budget, but not until then.

Councilman Shyne: Now, what would you be asking for then until—what kind of monies would you need in order to carry you through the 3 months period until Larry can come back and ask us to amend his budget in order to put money in there?

Dr. Voohries: Well, see the problem is we are sort of in between a rock and hard place because we need to start a process and like come the Spring, we need to be at the end of that process. You know, for example the point and time study is due in November. We can probably get that done, but it seems we have to get in place.

Councilman Shyne: How much money? Can you give me that. . .

Dr. Voohries: I mean, we need the person. You know, it is hard to hire someone and say I am going to hire you, especially a viable candidate, it is hard to hire someone and say, I don’t know if I can pay you beyond a month.

Councilman Shyne: I understand that, but did you hear what Larry said?

Dr. Voohries: Right and Larry has been very supportive.

Councilman Shyne: Larry is saying, after you get your 501(C)(3) number and he will come back and ask us to amend the budget. I don’t want to speak for my colleagues but they are very, very sensitive people and I don’t see where you would have a problem coming back with Larry asking us to amend the budget in order to get the additional funds.

Dr. Voohries: Well, you know, I am sure we can survive 3 months, you know.

Councilman Shyne: I am just saying now, my colleagues might want to say, hey lets look in the budget and we’ll give them the whole $50,000. I am not. . . .

Dr. Voohries: Well, we’ll take that. Well take a penny. We are not picky but as you can see, like one of the things John Guaraty said when we came to the Homeless Conference, is they are changing all the rules for next year. It is going to be ten times as tough. For example, all renewals are going to be handled in a different way, so all of these programs you see on here, when we try to renew them, that means that we’ve got a different strategy that we are going to have to use to fund these programs or else they just won’t fund them. They are being hard-nosed about it, but. . .

Councilman Shyne: I’ll turn it over to another one of my colleagues because they might say well hey look, lets just give them the whole $50,000 knowing Tom as I do, he is a very Godly person.

Councilman Spigener: How many staff members do you need. Do you need 1, 2 or. . .?

Dr. Voohries: Well, we are looking at basically 1.

Councilman Burrell: Dr. and I had a little conversation before the meeting and one of the things I asked about, I know these monies are basic programmatic monies that come in under each one of these programs, but you said that there is a 5% contingency or something to actually operate the program, that’s administrative?

Dr. Voohries: It is probably. I’d have to double check, but there is an administrative component.

Councilman Burrell: If there is an administrative component on these different programs, I know it is hard to shave any of that administrative money out to try to come up with a pot that you can use for the person who will coordinate all of the programs because the way you explained it, is that you had all of these different programs that is administered by different individuals, but you need an overall coordinator for all of the programs, is what you are seeking funds for. Is that correct?

Dr. Voohries: Right.

Councilman Burrell: So under that premise, then would it be a possibility to be able to try to shave some of the. . . .

Dr. Voohries: You know it is possible, but I don’t think it is going to be pragmatic based on the time constraints. 1. It is kind of difficult to retroactively go to an agency and say, I want you to give me this amount of money because. So, to do it proactively, which means we would lose a year because it would take us a year before we could actually say what we are going to ask for next year and then it takes like another year for them to get the money; so, you are talking years down the road even if they agreed to it and I have brought this up to them. I proposed this and they were open to it.

Councilman Burrell: Well, let me tell you why I am saying it, let me tell you why I am asking that. If you are able to do that on an interim basis where it would give you the three month window that you may have. . . .

Dr. Voohries: They haven’t been willing to do it on interim. They are willing to do it on new programs.

Councilman Burrell: Okay.

Dr. Voohries: And see they got the money for now, so there is no leverage that we have against them and. . . .

Councilman Burrell: The leverage would be that the possibility that they won’t even have the funding for next time around, wouldn’t it? You know if you run the risk of losing it, then it is not going to help them if they don’t try to help you out.

Dr. Voohries: If you just look at 2001, we are talking about, we don’t know we could look at 2000 because that is a fact, that is how much we got. The City could have only gotten $800,000.

Councilman Burrell: I understand that part.

Dr. Voohries: So we brought in like two times what–you know what I mean.

Councilman Burrell: You’ve made your case on that. I don’t have a problem with that. The problem that I have is, that on one hand Larry is saying that he can’t give the money right now because of your 501(C)(3) status that you don’t have and but I am going to pose a question to Larry, now the monies that you are getting is from where, CDBG?

Mr. Ferdinand: No, we get ESG money. What I just quoted, we get Emergency Shelter Grant money, state and federal. What I just quoted was federal. We get state somewhere around June/July time frame. The money we get, we get no admin cost for our ESG. We have to absorb that.

Councilman Burrell: But other than your ESG pot that you have, that is the only place that is likely to be able to find any resources?

Mr. Ferdinand: In fact what we’ve already allocated, the ESG, the CDBG has more flexibility. One he get his 501(C)(3) status and come back to us, we will come to you asking to modify our budget for CDBG funds.

Councilman Burrell: Well let me ask you this: Is it a hard and fast rule, within your CDBG or some of your other programs that it has to have a 501(C)(3) status before you can actually expend these funds or appropriate these funds simply because I know in the past that hasn’t always been the case unless they have made the rules more stringent?

Mr. Ferdinand: All I know is the guidelines we operate under now Mr. Burrell, for the last three years, is a 501(C)(3) status.

Councilman Burrell: Under what program?

Mr. Ferdinand: CDBG, ESG, all of those.

Councilman Burrell: And there is no other program other than those two that we could possible find these resources? Because this is a lot of money to give up if that is going to be a problem.

Dr. Voohries: And I gotta give it to Larry. Larry has been extremely supportive and I feel like he stretched the rules as much as he legally can.

Councilman Burrell: Oh, he stretching the rules now, huh?

Dr. Voohries: No, no. I mean being creative. So it is not a complaint about the process and things of that nature. It is just an unfortunate set of circumstances. For example if someone decided that they want to leave and get a job that pays them three times what they are making and this is a talented person, so you can’t blame her. It is just an unfortunate. . . .

Councilman Burrell: Well, I’m not questioning any of that. I’m just trying to see if we could find you some resources in order for you to maintain what you have here and it lies within Larry’s purview. He say that he can not from the strings that are attached to what he has, then, I accept that he can not. But I know that there are monies that are out there that may not be as restricted. I say, I know that, I don’t know that, I’m asking you that.

Mr. Ferdinand: All I am saying is this. We get federal funds and General Funds is just 99% of all of that goes to (inaudible) and that’s it.

Councilman Carmody: The report that you’ve given us shows some substantial numbers which again, I am trying to understand your organization. You have worked to help secure the funds for these different non-profit organization?

Dr. Voohries: Correct.

Councilman Carmody: How did you do that in the past? I mean, did you have a full volunteer staff?

Dr. Voohries: You mean prior to ‘95 when we took over the process?

Councilman Carmody: No, sir from ‘95 to present what you are showing me here.

Dr. Voohries: We been doing it with volunteers.

Councilman Carmody: It has strictly been volunteers.

Dr. Voohries: Without one penny.

Councilman Carmody: At this point you’ve lost (inaudible) capable of doing it.

Dr. Voohries: And we’ve grown. Its even multiplied, but that was a very critical thing.

Councilman Carmody: So, now you are looking to secure funds in order to pay somebody to be there to help continue this amount of?

Dr. Voohries: Just like I said, I’m having to give up part of my Christmas holiday to be here.

Councilman Carmody: So, I appreciate you doing it and it is certainly a worthy cause that you are trying to do, there is no doubt about it.

Dr. Voohries: And the City is a winner. These programs speak for themselves, in fact the program directors may not even know this yet, our meeting is tomorrow, but. . . .

Councilman Carmody: Well, it sure seems to me like that maybe there is method here that Mr. Burrell has pointed out. It sounds like if there is some type of administrative percentage of all of this that goes back in that would assist ya’ll to continue your mission, that’s great. But what you are saying is, that would all have to be for something that has happened in the past. From this point forward we can go and make sure that that is a part of our proposal but we can’t recoup what we’ve already brought in, it has already gone out the door and been spent, right?

Dr. Voohries: Basically.

Councilman Carmody: My suggestion would be that you secure your 501(C)(3) and then come back to us and I know it is kind of an empty promise, but I’m sure that you’ve got the ear of all of these Council members when the time comes, we’d like to help you.

Dr. Voohries: Well, we definitely would be willing to do that.

Councilman Burrell: Larry, that 501(C)(3) has to be already awarded or in process?

Mr. Ferdinand: Awarded.

Councilman Carmody: Dr., thank you very much.

Dr. Voohries: Thank you. See ya’ll in January.

Adding Legislation to the Agenda:   (1) Ordinance No. 176 of 2001. Councilman Shyne: I have a piece of legislation from the Administration and it is, I don’t know whether Mr. Burrell has had an opportunity to see it or not, Mr. Antee, but it is dealing with annexation. I would like to ask at this particular time to. . . Councilman Carmody: This is in Mr. Burrell’s district or would be adjacent to it? Councilman Shyne; Well maybe not in his district but it might be in his interest. Councilman Burrell: Well, if that is the case, well let me see it. Councilman Shyne: He is interested in all annexations. Motion by Councilman Shyne, to add the legislation to the agenda, seconded by Councilman Stewart.

Councilman Burrell: For a clarification, I don’t think I have anything. Well, I better look at the map, that is okay. Councilman Shyne alluded to it could be in my Council district, but Dinkins Drive, I know there is a Dinkins Drive over in towards west Shreveport but I’m not sure whether or not it is in Mrs. Spigener’s district or mine. Councilman Carmody: I believe it will actually be in the parish right now. Councilman Burrell: I am going to try to get an idea of where it suppose to be. Councilman Carmody: Is it a map attached? Councilman Burrell: I think it is near General Motors or something? I think maybe it is something over that way. It might be past Aero Drive. I don’t remember Dinkins Drive even in the parish.

Councilman Carmody: Oh, this is in an area across from Watertown it looks like, on the south side of West 70^th Street. Councilman Spigener: Oh, it is further on out. Councilman Carmody: Yes. Councilman Spigener: Right out past Huntington.

Councilman Burrell: I got property on the north and south of 70^th out there by Watertown maybe this is where it is. I have no. . . . Councilman Spigener: This is further than that. Councilman Burrell: Out close to Greenwood, right. Out towards Greenwood.

(2) Resolution No. 154 of 2001. Councilman Serio: I also got something to be added to the agenda as well. Can we add resolutions at this time, as well? Councilman Carmody: Mr. Thompson, we shouldn’t have a problem adding resolutions at this time, as well? Mr. Thompson: Ordinances or Resolutions, the same rules apply. [After a reading of the title] It has an amendment, I need that to be added to the agenda as well. Motion by Councilman Serio, to add the legislation to the agenda, seconded by Councilman Shyne. Councilman Carmody: Do we need to go ahead and vote on that before we do the amendment? Councilman Shyne: I think we could vote to add the two. Councilman Carmody: At the same time, the ordinance and the amendment at the same time.

Motion to add the legislation to the agenda approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

CONSENT AGENDA LEGISLATION:

INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES ON CONSENT:

There were no Resolutions or Ordinances on the Consent Agenda for Introduction.

RESOLUTIONS: None.

ORDINANCES: None.

ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES ON CONSENT:

RESOLUTIONS:

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Spigener for adoption of the Resolutions on the Consent Agenda. Motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

RESOLUTION NO. 144 OF 2001

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING DOUGLAS N. LACAZE, LOCATED AT 10340 HIGHWAY 1, TO CONNECT TO THE WATER SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.

WHEREAS, Douglas N. Lacaze has agreed to secure all permits and inspections required by the Shreveport Comprehensive Building Code. Said party having submitted a petition for annexation to the City of Shreveport, and having agreed to fully comply with the regulations of the City of Shreveport in connection with said property, all as set forth in Section 94-1, et. Seq., of the Shreveport City Code. Said request and petition are attached hereto.

BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport in due, regular and legal session convened, that Douglas N. Lacaze, be authorized to connect the building located at 10340 Highway 1, to the water system of the City of Shreveport.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any provisions or items of this resolution or the application thereof are held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this resolution which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications, and to this end, the provisions of this resolution are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

RESOLUTION NO. 145 OF 2001

A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A CORRECTION TO THE DEMERY BOULEVARD DEDICATION IN THE BRUNSWICK PLACE SUBDIVISION CORRECTION PLAT, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.

BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in due, legal,and regular session convened, to correct Demery Boulevard dedication in the Brunswick Place Subdivision correction plat, in Section 33 (T17N-R13W), Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and as shown on the plats attached hereto and made a part hereof, be and the same is hereby to correct a part of a dedication.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the original plat reflecting the correction to the dedication be and recorded in the official records of the District Court for Caddo Parish, Louisiana.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any provision or item of this resolution or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all ordinances or resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

RESOLUTION NO. 146 OF 2001

A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING DEDICATION FOR FORSYTHE COURT AND CALLIOPE LANE IN THE BRUNSWICK PLACE UNIT NO. 2 SUBDIVISION , AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.

BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in due, legal,

and regular session convened, that the dedication for Forsythe Court and Calliope Lane in the Brunswick Place Unit No. 2 Subdivision in Section 33 (T17N-R13W), Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and as shown on the plats attached hereto and made a part hereof, be and the same is hereby accepted as dedicated to the public for public use in the City of Shreveport.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the original plat reflecting the dedication for Forsythe Court and Calliope Lane be and recorded in the official records of the District Court for Caddo Parish, Louisiana.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any provision or item of this resolution or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all ordinances or resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

ORDINANCES: None.

REGULAR AGENDA LEGISLATION:

RESOLUTIONS:

RESOLUTION NO. 121 OF 2001

A RESOLUTION TO AMEND RESOLUTION NO. 119 OF 2000 RELATIVE TO REGULATION OF THE USE OF THE GOVERNMENT PLAZA CHAMBER, JOINTLY ADOPTED BY THE SHREVEPORT CITY COUNCIL AND THE CADDO PARISH COMMISSION, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.

By: Councilman Carmody

WHEREAS, the Shreveport City Council and the Caddo Parish Commission adopted a joint resolution stating that the Government Plaza Chamber’s use shall be limited to meetings by the Shreveport City Council, the Caddo Parish Commission, the Metropolitan Planning Commission, and the Shreveport Metropolitan Zoning Board of Appeals; and

WHEREAS, the Government Plaza Chamber Standing Committee recommends that the Louisiana House of Representatives and the Louisiana State Senate and their committees also be allowed to use the chamber and the adjoining conference rooms for public meetings.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal and regular session convened, that Resolution No. 119 of 2000 is hereby amended by deleting the first "NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED" paragraph and substituting the following:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal and regular session convened, that it does hereby adopt, with the Caddo Parish Commission, the rule that the Government Plaza Chamber’s use shall be limited to meetings by the Shreveport City Council, the Caddo Parish Commission, the Metropolitan Planning Commission, the Shreveport Metropolitan Zoning Board of Appeals, Louisiana House of Representatives and the Louisiana State Senate.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any provision or item of this resolution or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items, or applications of this resolution which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items, or applications; and to this end, the provisions of this resolution are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Serio, seconded by Councilman Shyne for passage.

Councilman Carmody: Mr. Thompson, have we gotten the word back from the Commission as to whether or not they are on board? Mr. Thompson: They are on board and they’ve adopted a companion resolution.

Councilman Carmody: So we are prepared to vote at this time? Mr. Thompson: that is correct.

Resolution passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

RESOLUTION NO. 128 OF 2001

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF THE 2002 CONSOLIDATED COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT UPDATE (ANNUAL ACTION PLAN) TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.

WHEREAS, Resolution No. 296 of 1994 authorized the submission of a Consolidated Community Planning and Development Program; and,

WHEREAS, pursuant to regulations of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the City of Shreveport is required to annually submit an update to the original plan.

WHEREAS, this update serves as the planning document for the City’s Department of Community Development and as an application for funding under the Community Planning Development formula grant programs; (Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), and Emergency Shelter Grant Program (ESG).

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in due regular and legal session convened, that the Mayor is hereby authorized to submit a Consolidated Community Planning and Development Update (Annual Action Plan) to HUD substantially in accordance with the attached draft which is filed for public inspection with the original of this resolution in the Office of the Clerk of Council.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute and submit any and all documents necessary for the submission of the Consolidated Community Planning and Development Update (Annual Action Plan).

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that if any provision or item of this resolution or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this resolution which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items, or applications and to this end the provisions of this resolution are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all ordinances or resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Serio, seconded by Councilman Huckaby passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

The Deputy Clerk read the resolution by title: Resolution No. 129 of 2001: A resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra relative to the City’s co-sponsorship of the Symphony’s 2001-2002 season and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Burrell for passage. The Deputy Clerk read the following amendment:

Amend the "NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED paragraph by changing the date in the last line of the paragraph to "October 9, 2001."

Motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Spigener for adoption of the amendment. Motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

Motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Serio for adoption of the resolution as amended. Motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

RESOLUTION NO. 129 OF 2001

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE SHREVEPORT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RELATIVE TO THE CITY’S CO-SPONSORSHIP OF THE SYMPHONY’S 2001-2002 SEASON AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.

WHEREAS, the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra ("Symphony") was founded in 1948 and today is the state’s oldest continuously performing orchestra; and

WHEREAS, the Symphony performed approximately 200 concerts, including two concerts at every elementary school in Caddo Parish during their 2000 season and 20 concerts for fourth and fifth graders in the Caddo Parish School system; and

WHEREAS, the Symphony annually provides free concerts and activities for citizens of the City of Shreveport, including, but not limited to the Martin Luther King Concert, the Young Peoples Concerts, Youth Concerts, and Summer Pops; and

WHEREAS, the concerts and events sponsored by the Symphony provide a cultural benefit to citizens of the City of Shreveport and surrounding areas; and

WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport ("City") desires to participate with the Symphony in the co-sponsorship of the 2001-2002 Symphony season, which is a public purpose.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in due, regular, and legal session convened that the Mayor of the City of Shreveport is authorized to execute an agreement with the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra, substantially in accordance with the draft thereof which was filed for public inspection with the original of this resolution in the Office of the Clerk of Council on October 9, 2001.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any provision or item of this resolution or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this resolution which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications and to this end the provisions of this resolution are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all ordinances or resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

RESOLUTION NO. 130 OF 2001

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE INDEPENDENCE BOWL FOUNDATION, INC., AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.

WHEREAS, on May 28, 2001, the Shreveport City Council adopted Resolution No. 48 of 2001, which authorized a contract with The Independence Bowl Foundation, Inc. ("Foundation"); and

WHEREAS, on June 24, 2001, the Shreveport City Council adopted Resolution No. 90 of 2001, which authorized certain amendment to the contract authorized by Resolution No. 48 of 2001; and

WHEREAS, a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement ("the Agreement") was executed between the City of Shreveport ("City") and the Foundation on August 13, 2001. The Agreement incorporates all of the amendments authorized by Resolution No.90 of 2001; and

WHEREAS, the Agreement provides among other things, that the City and the Foundation may provide certain improvements in Independence Stadium and will provide financial or other assistance for the purchase and financing of an electronic scoreboard and video board (including a sound system)("the equipment"); and

WHEREAS, the equipment has been installed in Independence Stadium; and

WHEREAS, the Agreement further provides that the equipment shall be donated or otherwise transferred to the City within a reasonable period of time after installation; and

WHEREAS, the City and the Foundation desire to amend Section II. A. 5 of the Agreement to increase the amount of direct funding provided by the City to the Foundation and to provide that the additional funding shall be used for the payment of costs and charges related to the purchase and installation of the sound equipment.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in due, regular and legal session convened that the Mayor is authorized to execute an amendment to the Agreement between the City of Shreveport and The Shreveport Independence Bowl Foundation, Inc., substantially in accordance with the draft attached hereto and filed for public inspection with the original of this resolution in the Office of the Clerk of Council on September 25, 2001.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any provision or item of this resolution or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this resolution which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or application, and to this end, the provisions of this resolution are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Serio passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

RESOLUTION NO. 131 OF 2001

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE GRANT DOCUMENTS WITH THE LOUISIANA HIGHWAY SAFETY COMMISSION AND OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO

WHEREAS, the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission has authorized the City of Shreveport Police Department to apply for and accept grant funds under the Safe and Sober Campaign 2001/2002; and

WHEREAS, the award, if approved will be for a total of $6,250.00. The primary focus of this campaign is to decrease the number of drunk drivers and to increase safety belt usage rates. This campaign is part of the La. Highway Safety Commission statewide FY2002 Fatal and Injury Crash Reduction Effort; and

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in due, regular and legal session convened, that it does hereby authorize the execution by Keith P. Hightower, Mayor, those grant documents necessary to apply and receive funding established within the program administered by the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any provision or item of this Resolution or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this Resolution which can be given affect without the invalid provisions, items or applications and to this end the provisions of this Resolution are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all Resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Spigener, seconded by Councilman Huckaby passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

RESOLUTION NO. 132 OF 2001

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO

WHEREAS, the United States Bureau of Justice Assistance has authorized the City of Shreveport Police Department to apply for and accept grant funds under the FY 2002 (OCDETF) Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Program; and

WHEREAS, the award, if approved will be for a total of $79,300. This agreement will be for a twelve month period and will reimburse the City of Shreveport Police Department for approved overtime costs for law enforcement officers assigned to specified OCDETF investigations. Each officer covered under this agreement will be limited to a total overtime reimbursement of $9,858.00 for FY 2002; and

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in due, regular and legal session convened, that it does hereby authorize the execution by Keith P. Hightower, Mayor, those grant documents necessary to enter into this agreement and receive funding established within the program administered by the United States Department of Justice.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any provision or item of this Resolution or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this Resolution which can be given affect without the invalid provisions, items or applications and to this end the provisions of this Resolution are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all Resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Stewart, seconded by Councilman Serio passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None

The Deputy Clerk read the resolution by title: Resolution No. 133 of 2001: A resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute agreements to consent to the assignment of franchise agreements for telecommunications services and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Burrell for passage. The Deputy Clerk read the following amendment:

Amend the resolution as follows:

In the NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED paragraph, at the end of the paragraph, add the following:

"Provided further, said agreements shall contain a provision for the payment by the assignee to the City of an assignment application fee of $500."

Motion by Councilman Stewart, seconded by Councilman Huckaby for adoption of the amendment. Motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

Motion by Councilman Stewart, seconded by Councilman Spigener for adoption of the resolution as amended. Motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

RESOLUTION NO. 133 OF 2001

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS TO CONSENT TO THE ASSIGNMENT OF FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.

WHEREAS, Resolution No. 158 of 1996, as amended by Resolution No. 188 of 2000, authorized the Mayor to execute franchise agreements for telecommunications services with any competitive access provider which agrees to the terms of the franchise agreement as attached thereto; and

WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport has received a request from the holder of a telecommunications franchise executed under said authority to consent to the assignment of the franchise to a third party; and

WHEREAS, Section 9.2.1 of the franchise agreement authorized by said resolutions prohibits the assignment or transfer of the franchise without the prior written consent of the city, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport in due, legal and regular session convened that the Mayor be and is hereby authorized to execute agreements to consent to the transfer of any franchise agreement entered into under authority of Resolution No. 158 of 1996, as amended by Resolution No. 188 of 2000, in accordance with Section 9.2.1 thereof, and under the same terms and conditions. Provided further, said agreements shall contain a provision for the payment by the assignee to the city of an assignment application fee of $500.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any provision of this resolution or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this resolution which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications and to this end the provisions of this resolution are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

RESOLUTION NO. 147 OF 2001

Offered by Councilman Shyne and seconded by Councilman Huckaby:

RESOLUTION

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ADVERTISING FOR SEALED BIDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF THIRTY-THREE MILLION DOLLARS ($33,000,000) OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 2001A, OF THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT, STATE OF LOUISIANA, AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.

BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana, acting as the governing authority of said City, that:

SECTION 1. The Clerk of Council of the City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana (the "Issuer") be and he is hereby empowered, authorized and directed to advertise in accordance with the provisions of law for sealed bids for the purchase of Thirty-Three Million Dollars ($33,000,000) of General Obligation Bonds, Series 2001A (the "Bonds") of the Issuer, said Bonds being authorized at a special election held in the City on Saturday, July 21, 2001, for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, and improving works of neighborhood public improvement for the City, including roads, streets, drainage, parks and recreation facilities and public facilities including facilities for the police department and fire department, and other public purposes, and acquiring the necessary land, equipment and furnishings. The Bonds will be in fully registered form, will be dated as of November 1, 2001, will be in the denomination of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) each, or any integral multiple thereof within a single maturity, will be payable from unlimited ad valorem taxation and will bear interest from date thereof, or the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, at a rate or rates not exceeding seven per centum (7%) per annum on any Bond in any interest payment period, said interest to be payable on May 1, 2002, and semiannually thereafter on May 1 and November 1 of each year. The Bonds will be numbered from R-1 upwards and will mature serially on November of each year as follows, to-wit:

Year (November 1)	Principal Maturing	Interest Rate Per Annum	Year (November 1)	Principal Maturing	Interest Rate Per Annum
2002	$1,020,000		2012	$1,630,000
2003	1,070,000		2013	1,705,000
2004	1,120,000		2014	1,790,000
2005	1,175,000		2015	1,875,000
2006	1,230,000		2016	1,965,000
2007	1,290,000		2017	2,060,000
2008	1,350,000		2018	2,160,000
2008	1,415,000		2019	2,260,000
2010	1,485,000		2020	2,370,000
2011	1,555,000		2021	2,475,000

SECTION 2. Those Bonds maturing November 1, 2011, and thereafter, will be callable for redemption by the Issuer in full at any time on or after November 1, 2010, or in part, in the inverse order of their maturities, and if less than a full maturity, then by lot within such maturity, on any interest payment date on or after November 1, 2010, at the principal amount thereof and accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. In the event a Bond is of a denomination larger than $5,000, a portion of such Bond ($5,000 or any multiple thereof) may be redeemed. Official notice of such call of any of the Bonds for redemption will be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, by notice deposited in the United States mails not less than thirty (30) days prior to the redemption date addressed to the registered owner of each bond to be redeemed at his address as shown on the registration books of the Paying Agent.

SECTION 3. The Bonds shall be sold in the manner required by law, and in accordance with the terms of this resolution, the official Notice of Bond Sale herein set forth, and the Official Statement referred to in Section 6 hereof. In advertising the Bonds for sale, the City Council shall reserve the right to reject any and all bids received.

SECTION 4. The Clerk of Council be and he is hereby further empowered, authorized and directed to issue a Notice of Bond Sale and cause the same to be published as required by law, which Notice of Bond Sale shall be in substantially the following form:

OFFICIAL

NOTICE OF BOND SALE

$33,000,000 OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 2001A

OF THE

CITY OF SHREVEPORT, STATE OF LOUISIANA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana (the "Governing Authority"), acting as the governing authority of the City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana (the "City" or the "Issuer"), will receive sealed bids for the purchase of -Thirty-Three Million Dollars ($33,000,000) of General Obligation Bonds, Series 2001A (the "Bonds") of the Issuer, at the City Hall, 505 Travis, Suite 200, Shreveport, Louisiana, until three (3:00) o'clock p.m., Louisiana Time, prevailing Central Time, on November 13, 2001.

The Bonds are being issued for the purpose of constructing, acquiring and improving works of neighborhood public improvements of the City including roads, streets, drainage, parks and recreation facilities including facilities for the police department and fire department, and other public purposes, and acquiring the necessary land, equipment and furnishings therefore, and were authorized at a special election held in the Issuer on July 21, 2001.

The Bonds will be issued as fully registered bonds in "book-entry only" form and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York ("DTC"). DTC will act as securities depository for the Bonds, and purchasers of the Bonds will not receive certificates representing their interest in the Bonds purchased.

The Bonds will be dated November 1, 2001, and will be in the denomination of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) each, or any integral multiple thereof within a single maturity. The Bonds will be payable from unlimited ad valorem taxes and will bear interest from date thereof or the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, at a rate or rates not exceeding seven per centum (7%) per annum on any Bond in any interest payment period, said interest to be payable on May 1, 2002, and semiannually thereafter on November 1 and May 1 of each year. The Bonds will be numbered from R-1 upward and will mature serially on November 1 of each year as follows, to-wit:

Year	Principal Amount	Year	Principal Amount
2002	$1,020,000	2012	$1,630,000
2003	1,070,000	2013	1,705,000
2004	1,120,000	2014	1,790,000
2005	1,175,000	2015	1,875,000
2006	1,230,000	2016	1,965,000
2007	1,290,000	2017	2,060,000
2008	1,350,000	2018	2,160,000
2009	1,415,000	2019	2,260,000
2010	1,485,000	2020	2,370,000
2011	1,555,000	2021	2,475,000

Those Bonds maturing November 1, 2011, and thereafter, will be callable for redemption by the Issuer in full at any time on or after November 1, 2010, or in part, in the inverse order of their maturities, and if less than a full maturity, then by lot within such maturity, on any interest payment date on or after November 1, 2010, at the principal amount thereof and accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. In the event a Bond is of a denomination larger than $5,000, a portion of such Bond ($5,000 or any multiple thereof) may be redeemed. Official notice of such call of any of the Bonds for redemption will be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, by notice deposited in the United States mails not less than thirty (30) days prior to the redemption date addressed to the registered owner of each bond to be redeemed at his address as shown on the registration books of the Paying Agent.

The principal of the Bonds, upon maturity or redemption, will be payable at the principal corporate trust office of the Paying Agent upon presentation and surrender thereof, and interest on the Bonds will be payable by the Paying Agent by check mailed by the Paying Agent to the registered owner (determined as of the 15th calendar day of the month next preceding said interest payment date) at the address as shown on the books of said Paying Agent. Argent Financial Group, Inc., in the City of Shreveport, Louisiana, has been designated as Paying Agent.

Except as provided under DTC's book-entry only system, the Bonds may be transferred, registered and assigned only on the registration books of the Paying Agent, and such registration shall be at the expense of the Issuer. A Bond may be assigned by the execution of an assignment form on the Bonds or by other instruments of transfer and assignment acceptable to the Paying Agent. A new Bond or Bonds will be delivered by the Paying Agent to the last assignee (the new registered owner) in exchange for such transferred and assigned Bonds after receipt of the Bonds to be transferred in proper form. Such new Bond or Bonds must be in the denomination of $5,000 for any one maturity or any integral multiple thereof. Neither the Issuer nor the Paying Agent shall be required to issue, register, transfer or exchange (i) any Bond during a period beginning at the opening of business on the 15th day of the month next preceding an interest payment date and ending at the close of business on the interest payment date, or (ii) any Bond called for redemption prior to maturity during a period beginning at the opening of business fifteen (15) days before the date of the mailing of a notice of redemption of such Bonds and ending on the date of such redemption.

Each bid submitted must be for the entire issue of Bonds, must be on the bid form furnished by the Governing Authority without alteration or qualification, and must be accompanied by a Good Faith Deposit ("Deposit") in the form of a certified or cashier’s check or a Financial Surety Bond in the amount of $330,000, payable to the order of the Issuer, is required for each bid to be considered. If a check is used, it must accompany each bid. If a Financial Surety Bond is used, it must be from an insurance company licensed to issue such a bond in the State of Louisiana, and such bond must be submitted to the Issuer or its Financial Advisor prior to the opening of the bids. The Financial Surety Bond must identify each bidder whose Deposit is guaranteed by such Financial Surety Bond. If the Bonds are awarded to a bidder utilizing a Financial Surety Bond, then that purchaser ("Purchaser") is required to submit its Deposit to the Issuer or its Financial Advisor in the form of a cashier’s check (or wire transfer such amount as instructed by the Issuer or its Financial Advisor) not later than 3:30 PM (Issuer’s local time) on the next business day following the award. If such Deposit is not received by that time, the Financial Surety Bond may be drawn by the Issuer to satisfy the Deposit requirement. No interest on the Deposit will accrue to the Purchaser. The Deposit will be applied to the purchase price of the Bonds. In the event the purchaser fails to honor its accepted bid, the Deposit will be retained by the Issuer.

Bidders shall name the rate or rates of interest the Bonds shall bear, not exceeding seven per centum (7%) per annum on any Bond in any interest payment period, to be expressed in a multiple of 1/20th or 1/8th of 1% per annum. Bids must stipulate a purchase price for the Bonds of the par value thereof and accrued interest from the date of the Bonds to the date of delivery of the Bonds. No bid which specifies cancellation of the Bonds will be considered. No bids providing for additional or supplemental interest will be considered.

The Governing Authority will meet at the place and time hereinabove set forth for the receipt of bids. The Bonds will be awarded to the bidder whose bid offers the lowest "true interest cost" to the Issuer for the full authorized amount of the Bonds, to be determined by doubling the semiannual interest rate (compounded semiannually) necessary to discount the debt service payments on the Bonds from the payment dates to September 1, 2001, such that the sum of such present values is equal to the price bid, including any premium bid but not including interest accrued to the date of delivery (the preceding calculation is sometimes referred to as the "Canadian Interest Cost Method" or "Present Value Method"). In the case of a tie bid, the winning bid will be awarded by lot. If any bid for the Bonds shall be acceptable, a prompt award of the bonds will be made. The right is expressly reserved to waive any irregularity in any bid or to reject any and all bids received.

It shall be the obligation of the successful bidder to furnish in writing to the Issuer's Co-Bond Counsel, referenced below, the reoffering yields within three (3) business days after the date of the sale and the initial public offering prices of the Bonds not less than ten (10) business days prior to delivery of the Bonds.

The Bonds will be delivered as soon as practicable on or about November 29, 2001, in the form of one initial bond for each annual maturity of the Bonds registered with the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC. The successful bidder or bidders shall pay in Federal Funds on the date of delivery the balance of the purchase price of the Bonds plus accrued interest. The Bonds will be delivered at the offices of DTC in New York, New York, against payment therefor.

The Official Statement containing pertinent information relative to the authorization, sale and security of the Bonds is being prepared and may be obtained upon its completion from the Issuer's Co-Bond Counsel or Financial Advisor.

The approving legal opinion of Co-Bond Counsel, who have supervised the proceedings, the printed Bonds and the transcript of record as passed upon will be furnished to the successful bidder without cost to him. Said transcript will contain the usual closing proofs, including a certificate that up to the time of delivery no litigation has been filed questioning the validity of the Bonds or the taxes necessary to pay the same.

In order to assist bidders in complying with S.E.C. Rule 15c2-12(b)(5), the Governing Authority will undertake, pursuant to the resolution providing for the issuance of the Bonds and a Continuing Disclosure Certificate, to provide annual reports and notices of certain events. A description of this undertaking is set forth in the Preliminary Official Statement and will also be set forth in the Final Official Statement.

For information relative to the Issuer and not contained in the Notice of Bond Sale and Official Statement, address Ms. Elizabeth B. Washington, Director of Finance, City of Shreveport, 505 Travis Street, Suite 670 Shreveport, Louisiana 71101. For information relative to the Bonds being offered for sale, please address Co-Bond Counsel or Financial Advisor.

THUS DONE AND SIGNED at Shreveport, Louisiana, on this, the 23rd day of October, 2001.

/s/ Thomas G. Carmody, Jr.

Chairman

Attest:

/s/ Arthur G. Thompson

Clerk of Council

SECTION 5. This Governing Authority will meet in open and public session at the time and place set out in the Notice of Bond Sale incorporated herein, for the purpose of receiving bids for the Bonds, considering and taking action upon the bids, and taking any other action required by this resolution, or necessary to effectuate the issuance, sale and delivery of the Bonds. If any award of the Bonds shall be made, such award shall be made for not less than par and accrued interest to the highest bidder therefor, such award and highest bidder to be determined in accordance with the aforesaid Notice of Bond Sale.

SECTION 6. There shall be prepared an Official Bid Form for the submission of bids and an Official Statement which shall contain complete bidding details, security features and other pertinent information relative to the sale and issuance of the Bonds as may be deemed necessary, advisable or desirable, which Official Bid Form and Official Statement shall be distributed to all prospective bidders and other interested parties.

SECTION 7. Prior to the delivery of the Bonds, the Issuer anticipates that it may pay a portion of the costs of the project from other available funds. The project includes constructing, acquiring, and improving works of neighborhood public improvement for the City, including roads, streets, drainage, parks and recreation facilities and public facilities including facilities for the police department and fire department, and other public purposes, and acquiring the necessary land, equipment and furnishings. This Section is intended to be a declaration of official intent within the meaning of Reg. 1.150-2.

SECTION 8. In order to assist bidders in complying with S.E.C. Rule 15c2-12(b)(5), the Governing Authority will undertake, pursuant to the resolution providing for the issuance of the Bonds and a Continuing Disclosure Certificate, to provide annual reports and notices of certain events. A description of this undertaking is set forth in the Preliminary Official Statement and will also be set forth in the Final Official Statement.

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Huckaby passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

The Deputy Clerk read the resolution by title: Resolution No. 148 of 2001: A resolution amending the City Council Rules of Procedure and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Carmody, seconded by Councilman Stewart to postpone the resolution until the next November 13, 2001 meeting.

Councilman Carmody: We’ll bring this matter up before the Council at the next meeting and I would ask your vote in the affirmative to postpone, please.

Motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

RESOLUTION NO. 149 of 2001

RESOLUTION STATING CITY OF SHREVEPORT’S ENDORSEMENT OF CHRISTUS SCHUMPERT MEDICAL CENTER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BENEFITS OF THE LOUISIANA ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.

WHEREAS, the Louisiana Enterprise Zone Act of 901 of 1981, Act 337 of 1982, Act 433 of 1987, Act 1024 of 1992, Act 581 of 1995, Act 624 of 1997, and Act 997 of 1999;

WHEREAS, the Louisiana Enterprise Zone Program offers significant incentives for economic development to some of the most distressed areas in parish, and

WHEREAS, CHRISTUS SCHUMPERT MEDICAL CENTER is located in Census Tract 239.02 Block Group 2 , which is not a designated Enterprise Zone, and

WHEREAS, said business will employ a minimum of 35% of its employees from the distressed groups targeted by the Enterprise Zone, and

WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport states this endorsement is in agreement with the Overall Economic Development Plan for the City of Shreveport, and

WHEREAS, the attached Enterprise Zone map is marked showing the location of the business being endorsed, and

WHEREAS, in accordance with the Louisiana Enterprise Zone Program requirements the City of Shreveport agrees:

1. To participate in the Enterprise Zone Program

2. To assist the Department in evaluating progress made in any Enterprise Zone within its

jurisdiction.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Shreveport, in due, regular, and legal session convened that CHRISTUS SCHUMPERT MEDICAL CENTER and their project FACILITY EXPANSION UPGRADES , Enterprise Zone Application # 20010247, is endorsed to participate in the Louisiana Enterprise Zone Program.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any provision or item of this resolution or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this resolution which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications and to this end the provisions of this resolution are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Stewart, seconded by Councilman Burrell passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

RESOLUTION NO. 150 OF 2001

RESOLUTION STATING CITY OF SHREVEPORT’S ENDORSEMENT OF CHRISTUS SCHUMPERT MEDICAL CENTER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BENEFITS OF THE LOUISIANA ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.

WHEREAS, the Louisiana Enterprise Zone Act of 901 of 1981, Act 337 of 1982, Act 433 of 1987, Act 1024 of 1992, Act 581 of 1995, Act 624 of 1997, and Act 997 of 1999;

WHEREAS, the Louisiana Enterprise Zone Program offers significant incentives for economic development to some of the most distressed areas in parish, and

WHEREAS, CHRISTUS SCHUMPERT MEDICAL CENTER is located in Census Tract 210.00 Block Group 1 , which is not a designated Enterprise Zone, and

WHEREAS, said business will employ a minimum of 35% of its employees from the distressed groups targeted by the Enterprise Zone, and

WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport states this endorsement is in agreement with the Overall Economic Development Plan for the City of Shreveport, and

WHEREAS, the attached Enterprise Zone map is marked showing the location of the business being endorsed, and

WHEREAS, in accordance with the Louisiana Enterprise Zone Program requirements the City of Shreveport agrees:

1. To participate in the Enterprise Zone Program

2. To assist the Department in evaluating progress made in any Enterprise Zone within its

jurisdiction

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Shreveport, in due, regular, and legal session convened that CHRISTUS SCHUMPERT MEDICAL CENTER and their project LINER ACCELATOR FACILITY, Enterprise Zone Application # 20010248, is endorsed to participate in the Louisiana Enterprise Zone Program.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any provision or item of this resolution or the

application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this resolution which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications and to this end the provisions of this resolution are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Stewart, seconded by Councilman Carmody passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

RESOLUTION NO. 151 OF 2001

RESOLUTION STATING CITY OF SHREVEPORT’S ENDORSEMENT OF OASIS POOL SERVICE, INC. TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BENEFITS OF THE LOUISIANA ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.

WHEREAS, the Louisiana Enterprise Zone Act of 901 of 1981, Act 337 of 1982, Act 433 of 1987, Act 1024 of 1992, Act 581 of 1995, Act 624 of 1997, and Act 997 of 1999;

WHEREAS, the Louisiana Enterprise Zone Program offers significant incentives for economic development to some of the most distressed areas in parish, and

WHEREAS, OASIS POOL SERVICE, INC. is located in Census Tract 238.00 Block Group 2 , which is not a designated Enterprise Zone, and

WHEREAS, said business will employ a minimum of 35% of its employees from the distressed groups targeted by the Enterprise Zone, and

WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport states this endorsement is in agreement with the Overall Economic Development Plan for the City of Shreveport, and

WHEREAS, the attached Enterprise Zone map is marked showing the location of the business being endorsed, and

WHEREAS, in accordance with the Louisiana Enterprise Zone Program requirements the City of Shreveport agrees:

1. To participate in the Enterprise Zone Program

2. To assist the Department in evaluating progress made in any Enterprise Zone within its

jurisdiction

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Shreveport, in due, regular, and legal session convened that OASIS POOL SERVICE, INC. and their project THE OASIS, Enterprise Zone Application # 20010258, is endorsed to participate in the Louisiana Enterprise Zone Program.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any provision or item of this resolution or the

application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this resolution which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications and to this end the provisions of this resolution are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Serio, seconded by Councilman Huckaby passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS:

1. Resolution No. 152 of 2001: A resolution authorizing the employment of special legal counsel to represent the City of Shreveport and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

2. Resolution No. 153 of 2001: A resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement with the Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce relative to the 2002 Chamberfest Exposition and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

3. Resolution No. 154 of 2001 by Councilman Serio: A resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a Cooperative Agreement with the Shreveport Opera Guild relative to the production of the 27^th Annual Le Boutiques De Noel and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Stewart, seconded by Councilman Spigener for Introduction of the Resolutions to lay over until the November 13, 2001 meeting. Motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

Councilman Burrell: Before we go to the next section, this introduction of annexation on Dinkins Drive that Councilman Shyne decided to introduce into District G, Mike, could I ask for some information on this because I am not familiar with it. I am familiar with the area, but it is coming out of the Parish into the City. I wanted to see whether or not we even explored the situation here. It looks like an existing subdivision and part of additional land is added to it?

Mayor Hightower: Councilman, this piece of property has nothing on it now, it is just farm land essentially, at this point, so there are no residents on it at all.

Councilman Burrell: Well it said it had three houses on it?

Mayor Hightower: If it does, it is rental property. It may not be there long.

Councilman Burrell: Are you saying it is uninhabited?

Mayor Hightower: I don’t know if anyone lives in the three houses now, but I don’t think that those will remain.

Councilman Burrell: I don’t have a big problem with it. I am looking at the question of whether or not there are water lines in there and if so, are they to City standards and things of that nature.

Mr. Strong: The answer is, the water and sewerage is available to the property, yes, sir.

Councilman Burrell: And it is sized according to City standards?

Mr. Strong: Yes, sir.

Councilman Shyne: Mike, you might need to make it known that probably anybody could move in there and if it is developed. If development would be open to anybody?

Mr. Strong: Yes, that is correct.

Councilman Burrell: If you are thinking about building that big house, Councilman Shyne, you might want to go out there.

Councilman Burrell: My question is, Mr. Chairman, again on annexations of existing areas that are out in the Parish, you know at one time the Parish sizing of their utilities were not the same as the City’s and I think that for us to actually to take care of the interest of the City, we need to or take into consideration those utilities to see whether or not there is going to be an expense because you know once we annex it, then they have to conform to City standards. So that means you may have to go in and replace all of the utilities in an existing subdivision and that was my question.

INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES:

1. Ordinance No. 165 of 2001: An ordinance amending the 2001 budget for the Police Grants Special Revenue Fund and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

2. Ordinance No. 166 of 2001: A ordinance authorizing the incurring of debt and issuance of Thirty-Three Million Dollars ($33,000,000) of General Obligation Bonds, Series 2001A, of the City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana; prescribing the form, terms and conditions of said Bonds; designating the date, denomination and place of payment of said Bonds; providing for the payment thereof in principal and interest; and providing for other matters in connection therewith.

3. Ordinance No. 167 of 2001 by Councilman Stewart: An ordinance to repeal Ordinance No. 85 of 1958 which created a two-way stop at the intersection of Dalzell Street and Thornhill Avenue, and to create and establish the intersection of Dalzell Street and Thornhill Avenue as a four-way stop intersection and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

4. Ordinance No. 168 of 2001: An ordinance to enlarge the limits and boundaries of the City of Shreveport - A tract of land located south of the Williamson Way Road in the W/2 of the SW/4 of Section 15 (T16N-R14W), Caddo Parish, Louisiana and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

5. Ordinance No. 169 of 2001: An ordinance to enlarge the limits and boundaries of the City of Shreveport - A tract of land located along the South Lakeshore Drive in the NE/4 of Fractional Section 5 (T17N-R14W), Caddo Parish, Louisiana and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

6. Ordinance No. 170 of 2001: An ordinance to enlarge the limits and boundaries of the City of Shreveport - A tract of land located south of the South Lakeshore Drive in the NW/4 of Section 2 (T17N-R15W), Caddo Parish, Louisiana and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

7. Ordinance No. 176 of 2001: An ordinance to enlarge the limits and boundaries of the City of Shreveport - A tract of land located west of Dinkins Road and south of West 70^th Street in Sections 29 and 30 (T17N-R15W), Caddo Parish, Louisiana and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Stewart for Introduction of the Ordinances to lay over until the November 13, 2001 meeting. Motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

8. Ordinance No. 171 of 2001: An ordinance authorizing an amendment to the lease of city-owned property to Columbia Café’ L. L. C. and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

9. Ordinance No. 172 of 2001: An ordinance authorizing the Purchasing Agent to dispose of surplus real property, Lot 8, Unit 3-A of Southern Hills Park, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

10. Ordinance No. 173 of 2001: An ordinance authorizing the Purchasing Agent to dispose of surplus real property, Lot 9, Unit 3-A of Southern Hills Park, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

11. Ordinance No. 174 of 2001: An ordinance authorizing the Purchasing Agent to dispose of surplus real property, Lot 10, Unit 3-A of Southern Hills Park, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

12. Ordinance No. 175 of 2001: An ordinance authorizing the Purchasing Agent to dispose of surplus real property, Lot 11, Unit 3-A of Southern Hills Park, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Stewart for Introduction of the Ordinances to lay over until the November 27, 2001 meeting. Motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE:

1. Ordinance No. 143 of 2001: An ordinance declaring a Public Emergency in connection with the repair of the roof of the Challenger Drive Hanger at Shreveport Regional Airport; and ratifying the expenditure of approximately $300,000 and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on September 25, 2001 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Stewart adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

2. Ordinance 144 of 2001: An ordinance authorizing the issuance of not to exceed Nineteen Million Five Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars ($19,540,000) of Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds, Series 2001, of the City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana; prescribing the form, terms and conditions of said bonds, providing for the payment thereof in principal and interest; providing for the sale of the bonds; and providing for other matters in connection therewith.

Having passed first reading on October 9, 2001 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Serio, seconded by Councilman Huckaby adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

3. Ordinance No. 145 of 2001: An ordinance amending the 2001 General Fund Budget and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on October 9, 2001 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Serio adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

4. Ordinance No. 146 of 2001: An ordinance amending the 2001 Fleet Services Internal Services Fund and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on October 9, 2001 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Huckaby adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

5. Ordinance No. 147 of 2001: An ordinance amending the 2001 budget for the Metropolitan Planning Commission Special Revenue fund and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on October 9, 2001 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Stewart, seconded by Councilman Spigener adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

Having passed first reading on October 9, 2001 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Stewart to postpone Ordinance Nos. 148 through 163 of 2001 until the November 27, 2001 meeting.

Councilman Carmody: By way of explanation, all of these ordinances are basically for the 2002 budget which the Council, at this point, is in the middle of hearings with the Administration regarding these matters, so at this time it would be appropriate for the postponement.

Mr. Thompson: If it is alright with Mr. Shyne, we might suggest that it be tabled until November 27 so that it wouldn’t have to come back before the Council every time.

Councilman Shyne: It is very seldom that I agree with Mr. Thompson, but on this particular occasion I will.

Councilman Carmody: You will revise your motion?

Councilman Shyne: I will revise my motion and I use the word table. Mr. Thompson and I go, I guess back to our elementary and high school years and I guess we started having our differences then and it has escalated to the level of the Council, but I will agree with him on this one particular occasion. And Mr. Thompson, don’t think that I am going to continue to do this. Don’t think that this is a new trend, now.

Councilman Carmody: Thank you for acquiescing, Mr. Shyne.

Councilman Burrell: You said that it will be tabled until?

Councilman Carmody: The 27^th of November.

Mr. Thompson: That’s the first time that the Council can vote on these and after the public hearing.

Having passed first reading on October 9, 2001 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Serio to table Ordinance Nos. 148 through 163 of 2001 until the November 27, 2001 meeting. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7.

6. Ordinance No. 148 of 2001: An ordinance adopting the 2002 General Fund Budget, appropriating the funds authorizing therein, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

7. Ordinance No. 149 of 2001: An ordinance adopting the 2002 Capital Improvements Budget, , appropriating the funds authorized therein, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

8. Ordinance No. 150 of 2001: An ordinance adopting the 2002 budget for the Water and Sewerage Enterprise Fund, appropriating the funds authorized therein, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

9. Ordinance No. 151 of 2001: An ordinance adopting the 2002 Airports Enterprise Fund, appropriating the funds authorized therein and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

10. Ordinance No. 152 of 2001: An ordinance adopting the 2002 budget for the Retained Risk Internal Service Fund Budget, appropriating the funds authorized therein and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

11. Ordinance No. 153 of 2001: An ordinance adopting the 2002 budget for the Golf Enterprise Fund, appropriating the funds authorized therein and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

12. Ordinance No. 154 of 2001: An ordinance adopting the 2002 budget for the Metropolitan Planning Commission's Special Revenue Fund Budget, appropriating the funds authorized therein and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

13. Ordinance No. 155 of 2001: An ordinance adopting the 2002 budget funding contractual services provided to SporTran by Metro Management Associates, Inc., and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

14. Ordinance No. 156 of 2001: An ordinance adopting the 2002 Debt Service Fund budget, appropriating the funds authorized therein and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

15. Ordinance No. 157 of 2001: An ordinance adopting the 2002 budget for the Community Development Special Revenue Fund, appropriating the funds authorized therein and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

16. Ordinance No. 158 of 2001: An ordinance adopting the 2002 budget for the Riverfront Special Revenue Fund, appropriating the funds authorized therein and otherwise providing with respect.

17. Ordinance No. 159 of 2001: An ordinance adopting the 2002 budget for the Police Grants Special Revenue Fund, appropriating the funds authorized therein and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

18. Ordinance No. 160 of 2001: An ordinance adopting the 2002 budget for the Fleet Services Internal Service Fund budget, appropriating the funds authorized therein and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

19. Ordinance No. 161 of 2001: An ordinance adopting the 2002 budget for the Shreveport Redevelopment Agency Special Revenue Fund, appropriating the funds authorized therein and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

20. Ordinance No. 162 of 2001: An ordinance adopting the 2002 budget for the Downtown Parking Enterprise fund, appropriating the funds authorized therein and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

21. Ordinance No. 163 of 2001: An ordinance adopting the 2002 budget for the Environmental Grants Special Revenue Fund, appropriating the funds authorized therein and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

22. Ordinance No. 164 of 2001: An ordinance amending the 2001 budget for the Community Development Special Revenue Fund and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on October 9, 2001 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Burrell for adoption. The Deputy Clerk read the following amendment:

Amend the ordinance as follows:

By: Councilman Carmody:

Before the first BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED paragraph insert the following:

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that no contracts, deeds, or other legal instruments to expend the $820,000 appropriated herein to Community Development Corporations shall be executed unless approved by the City Council by resolution.

Motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Stewart for adoption of the amendment. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

Motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Huckaby for adoption of the ordinance as amended.

Mr. Thompson: Mr. Thompson, I believe that we had discussed, this is the amendment of the 2001 budget. Again, I think we had talked about the necessity maybe to allow Mr. Ferdinand and the Developer to come before the Council and speak?

Mr. Thompson: I don’t recall that. There was some talk of perhaps postponing it and I don’t know for what purpose, but I thought that was going to be initiated by Mr. Ferdinand, if that is what they still wanted to do.

Mr. Ferdinand: I think the issue of postponing came up when I wasn’t here. And I tried to address all the questions that came up in this communication and I am ready to move forward for it and answer any questions.

Councilman Carmody: Mr. Ferdinand, I know I’ve got a couple of questions for you. And again, what I realize what we are doing is we are amending the 2001 budget in order to move some funds to facilitate the redevelopment as part of our initiative to renovate blighted areas. The question I did have though is, is part of this agreement with JMC, is that right?

Mr. Ferdinand: This amendment is to move money over to the CDC which is SURC for them to start the negotiation with a contractor. Now, JMC is one that have been up here talking to us and SURC and I think they may have talked to many numbers of the Council as well as the Mayor, but that is a contractor that has been in preliminary discussions with the CDC which is SURC.

Councilman Carmody: Well maybe we will need the new director of SURC to come back to the Council to answer some questions regarding their negotiations. Would that be the appropriate person?

Mr. Ferdinand: Hey, when it get to that point. Of course he has only been on the job maybe 16 hours and he is being coached by our staff as well as the Board of Directors along about now but the CDC can not go into negotiations without this money moving over.

Councilman Carmody: Very good and the amendment that is a part of 164, basically requires that contract to come back before the Council, anyway?

Mr. Ferdinand: Right.

Councilman Carmody: Well, I appreciate it, Sir for clarification.

Councilman Burrell: The contract that is in question that you are talking about to come back before the Council will be the one between SURC and JMC?

Councilman Carmody: Yes, sir.

Mr. Ferdinand: A contractor.

Councilman Carmody: A contractor.

Mr. Thompson: I believe the contract in question here is a contract between the City and SURC. I don’t think that this money can be moved to SURC without a separate contract and then the Council can look at that contract to see whether or not all of their questions are answered at that time and to put any conditions, provisos or whatever they might want to put in that contract. But I believe there will have to be a contract between the City and SURC and that’s the contract that would come back before you and then you could continue your inquiries into how this whole process is going to work, at that time.

Councilman Carmody: Thank you, Sir for clarification.

Ordinance as amended approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

The adopted Ordinances, as amended, follow:

ORDINANCE NO. 143 FOR 2001

AN ORDINANCE DECLARING A PUBLIC EMERGENCY IN CONNECTION WITH THE REPAIR OF THE ROOF OF THE CHALLENGER DRIVE HANGAR AT SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT; AND RATIFYING THE EXPENDITURE OF APPROXIMATELY $300,000 AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO

WHEREAS, EXPRESS JET AIRLINES, INC., d.b.a. CONTINENTAL EXPRESS leases from the SHREVEPORT AIRPORT AUTHORITY, ("Authority,") an industrial hangar located at Shreveport Regional Airport; and

WHEREAS, over the past several years, sudden wind gusts have caused damage to the roof of the hangar; and

WHEREAS, during the dates of August 6 through 27, 2001, winds of 20 to 35 knots blew directly into the hangar increasing the damage to the point that emergency repairs are necessary; and

WHEREAS, the Authority is responsible under the terms of the lease for the structure and roof of the Challenger Drive Hangar before the new tenant takes occupancy; and

WHEREAS, it is important to promptly correct this problem before damage can escalate and cause additional repairs to be necessary.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport in due, legal, and regular session convened, that the emergency action of the Department of Airports to repair the roof of the Challenger Drive Hangar is hereby authorized and ratified and that the expenditure of approximately $300,000 for this purpose is hereby authorized.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that monies for this emergency repair shall come from the operating budget of the Department of Airports.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that a public emergency is hereby declared and notice of such public emergency shall, within ten days thereof, be published in the official journal of the City of Shreveport proposing or declaring such public emergency in accordance with Section 38:2212 (D) of the Louisiana Revised Statutes.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provision, items or applications of this ordinance which can be given affect without the invalid provisions, items or applications and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all Ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

/s/Thomas Carmody, Jr., Chairman

/s/Arthur G. Thompson, Clerk of Council

ORDINANCE NO. 144 OF 2001

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED NINETEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($19,540,000) OF WATER AND SEWER REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2001, OF THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT, STATE OF LOUISIANA; PRESCRIBING THE FORM, TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SAID BONDS, PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF IN PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST; PROVIDING FOR THE SALE OF THE BONDS; AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.

WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to finance the construction and acquisition of improvements and extensions to the combined waterworks plant and system and sewer plant and system (collectively, the "System"); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority conferred by Chapter 32 of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (R.S. 40:2821-2826), the Issuer now proposes to issue not to exceed Nineteen Million Five Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars ($19,540,000) of its Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds, Series 2001 (the "Bonds"), from time to time and in one or more series, to finance the cost of the Project; and

WHEREAS, the Bonds will be secured and payable as to principal and interest and redemption premium, if any, solely from the income and revenues derived or to be derived by the Issuer from the operation of the System, after paying the reasonable and necessary expenses of operating and maintaining the System and will have a priority on the income and revenues of the System with the outstanding bonds of the Issuer consisting of (i) an issue of Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds, 1986 Series A (the "Series 1986A Bonds") dated August 27, 1986, (ii) an issue of Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds, 1992 Refunding Series B (the "Series 1992B Bonds") dated April 30, 1992, (iii) an issue of Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds, 1993 Series B (the "Series 1993B Bonds"), dated September 1, 1993, (iv) an issue of Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds, 1994 Series A, dated April 1, 1994 and (v) an issue of Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds, 1997 Refunding Series A, dated March 1, 1997 (collectively, the "Prior Bonds"); and

WHEREAS, this City Council now wishes to fix the details necessary with respect to the authorization and issuance of the Bonds,

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana, acting as the governing authority of the City, that:

SECTION 1. Definitions. The following terms as used in this Bond Ordinance shall have the following respective meanings such definitions to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural sense of any such terms:

"Act" means the applicable provisions of Chapter 32 of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (R.S. 40:2821-2826).

"Administrative Fee" means the fee due by the Issuer to the Department of one-half of one percent (0.5%) per annum of the outstanding principal amount of the Bonds or such less amount, if any, as the Department may approve from time to time, which shall be payable in installments on each Interest Payment Date.

"Bond" or "Bonds" means the Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds, Series 2001, of the Issuer authorized to be issued by this Bond Ordinance, in the total aggregate principal amount of not to exceed Nineteen Million Five Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars ($19,540,000) issued from time to time in one or more series.

"Bond Ordinance" means the ordinance enacted by the Governing Authority on October 9, 2001 authorizing the issuance of the Bonds.

"Bond Register" means the records kept by the Paying Agent at its principal corporate trust office in which registration of the Bonds and transfers of the Bonds shall be made as provided herein.

"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

"Department" shall mean the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, an executive department and agency of the State, and any successor to the duties and functions thereof

"Executive Officers" means, collectively, the Mayor and the Clerk of the Council.

"Governing Authority" means the City Council of the Issuer.

"Government Securities" means direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America, which are non-callable prior to their maturity, may be United States Treasury Obligations such as the State and Local Government Series and may be in book entry form.

"Interest Payment Date" means each April 1 and October 1, commencing April 1, 2002, and the date on which the outstanding principal amount of the Bonds is paid in full.

"Issuer" means the City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana.

"Net Revenues" means the Revenues of the System, after there have been deducted therefrom the reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of operating and maintaining the System.

"Owner" or "Owners" when used with respect to any Bonds means the Person in whose name such Bond is registered in the Bond Register.

"Paying Agent" means the Director of Finance of the Issuer, unless and until a successor Paying Agent shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this ordinance, and thereafter "Paying Agent" shall mean such successor Paying Agent.

"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof

"Project" means the cost of acquiring, constructing, extending and improving the System, which costs are to be financed on a permanent basis by the sale of the Bonds to the Department.

"Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means the 15th calendar day of the month next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

"Revenues" means all income and revenues to be derived by the Issuer from the operation of the System, including earnings on investments in the funds and accounts described in Section 12 of this Bond Ordinance, but not including any insurance or condemnation proceeds, or proceeds from the sale or other disposition of any part of the System.

"State" means the State of Louisiana.

"System" means the revenue producing public utility of the Issuer, consisting of the combined waterworks plant and system and sewer plant and system, as the system now exists and as it may be hereafter improved, extended or supplemented from any source whatsoever while any of the Bonds herein authorized remain outstanding, including specifically all properties of every nature owned, leased or operated by the Issuer and used or useful in the operation of the System, and including real estate, personal and intangible properties, contracts, franchises, leases and chooses in action, whether lying within or without the boundaries of the Issuer.

SECTION 2. Authorization and Designation. For the purpose of providing permanent financing for the cost of rehabilitation, expansion and upgrades to the System and paying the costs of issuance of the Bonds, and in compliance with and under the authority of the Act, there is hereby authorized the incurring of an indebtedness of not to exceed Nineteen Million Five Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars ($19,540,000) for, on behalf of and in the name of the Issuer, and to represent this indebtedness, this Governing Authority does hereby authorize the issuance of Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds of the Issuer. The Bonds shall be in fully registered form, dated the date of delivery thereof, shall be in the denomination and principal amount of not to exceed Nineteen Million Five Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars ($19,540,000) and numbered R-1 upwards. The unpaid principal of the Bonds shall bear interest from the date thereof, or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, at the rate of three and 45/100 percent (3.45%) per annum, said interest to be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and payable on each Interest Payment Date. The principal of the Bonds shall be payable over a period of not to exceed 22 years from the date thereof. The Department, as the initial purchaser of the Bonds, will pay the purchase price of the Bonds to the Issuer in installments as needed by the Issuer to pay Project costs, and interest on the Bonds shall be payable only on the purchase price which shall have been paid to the Issuer and shall accrue with respect to each purchase price installment only from the date of payment of such installment to the Issuer. The Issuer also agrees to pay the Department an administrative fee which shall be at the annual rate of one-half of one percent (0.5%) on the outstanding principal amount of the Bonds and will be payable on each Interest Payment Date.

In the event (i) the Department owns the Bonds or the Department has pledged or assigned the Bonds in connection with its Municipal Facilities Revolving Loan Fund Program and (ii) the Administrative Fee payable by the Issuer to the Department under the terms of the Loan Agreement is declared illegal or unenforceable by a court or an administrative body of competent jurisdiction, the interest rate borne by the Bonds shall be increased to the rate of three and 95/100 percent (3.95%) per annum, effective as of the date declared to be the date from which the Administrative Fee is no longer owned because of such illegality or un-un-un-enforceability.

The principal and interest on the Bonds will be payable by check mailed by the Paying Agent to the Owner (determined as of the Record Date) at the address as shown on the Bond Register, provided that payment of the principal of the Bonds shall be made only upon presentation and surrender of the Bonds to the Paying Agent.

SECTION 3. Prepayment. The Bonds shall be subject to prepayment at any time at a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the date of prepayment.

SECTION 4. Transfer and Assignment. The Bonds shall be fully registered as to principal and interest, and no transfer or assignment shall be valid unless made on the Bond Register and similarly noted on the back of the Bonds. Upon such transfer or assignment, the transferor or assignor shall surrender the Bonds for transfer on said registration records and certification of endorsements made on the Bonds.

SECTION 5. Form of Bonds. The Bonds and the certificates and the endorsements to appear on the back thereof shall be substantially in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit A.

SECTION 6 Execution of Bonds. The Bonds shall be signed by the Executive Officers for, on behalf of, in the name of and under the corporate seal of the Issuer, and the Executive Officers are further empowered, authorized and directed to cause the necessary Bonds to be printed or lithographed and to be properly executed.

SECTION 7. Cancellation of Bonds. Upon surrender of the Bonds for payment or prepayment, the Bonds, if surrendered to the Paying Agent shall be promptly canceled by it and, if surrendered to the Issuer, shall be delivered to the Paving Agent and, if not already canceled, shall be promptly cancelled by the Paying Agent.

SECTION 8. Security for the Payment of the Bonds. The Bonds shall constitute a limited and special obligation of the Issuer, the principal and interest of which is payable from the proceeds to be derived from the Net Revenues, after provision has been made for payment therefrom of the reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of operating and maintaining the System and any payments as required on the Prior Bonds and from other lawfully available sources

SECTION 9. Payment of Bonds. The Issuer covenants that it will deposit or cause to be deposited with the Paying Agent, or pay directly to the Purchaser, from the moneys derived from the issuance of the Bonds and/or from other funds available to the Issuer for such purpose, funds fully sufficient to pay promptly the interest and principal on the Bonds as the same fall due.

SECTION 10. Sale of Bonds. The sale of the Bonds to the Department in accordance with the terms of this Bond Ordinance is hereby approved, ratified and confirmed.

SECTION 11. Regularity of Proceedings. This Governing Authority, having investigated the regularity of the proceedings had in connection with this issue of the Bonds and having determined the same to be regular, the Bonds shall contain the following recital, to-wit:

"It is certified that this Bond is authorized by and is issued in conformity with the requirements of the Constitution and statutes of this State."

SECTION 12. Publication, Peremption. A copy of this Bond Ordinance shall be published immediately after its adoption in one issue of the official journal of the Issuer. For a period of thirty (30) days from the date of such publication any person in interest shall have the right to contest the legality of this Bond Ordinance or the Bonds and the provisions securing the Bonds. After the expiration of said thirty (30) days, no one shall have any right of action to contest the validity of the Bonds or the provisions of this Bond Ordinance and the Bonds shall be conclusively presumed to be legal, and no court shall thereafter have authority to inquire into such matters. A certified copy of this Bond Ordinance shall be filed and recorded as soon as possible in the Mortgage Records of the Parish of Caddo, Louisiana.

SECTION 13. Loan Agreement. The Governing Authority recognizes that the Bonds will be delivered to the Department as evidence of the obligation of the Issuer to repay the loan by the Department to the Issuer in accordance with the provisions of this Bond Ordinance. If required by the Department, prior to the delivery of the Bonds and upon advice of Bond Counsel, the Issuer and the Department will enter into a Loan and Pledge Agreement (the "Loan Agreement") which will be presented by the Department pertaining to the Loan and the Project. If such Loan Agreement is required and is entered into by the Issuer and the Department, as long as the Department owns the Bonds (although such Bonds may be pledged or assigned to another), and only as long as the Department owns the Bonds, then to the extent that any provision of this Bond Ordinance is inconsistent with or contrary to the Loan Agreement, the applicable provision of the Loan Agreement shall control. As shall be provided in the Loan Agreement, the Issuer shall comply with certain provisions of the Loan Agreement, as specified therein, regardless of whether or not the Department is the owner of the Bonds and regardless of any prepayment or defeasance of the Bonds prior to the final stated maturity thereof

With the advice of Bond Counsel and the City Attorney of the Issuer, the Executive Officers are hereby further authorized and directed to execute on behalf of the Issuer the Loan Agreement and are hereby further authorized and directed for and on behalf of and in the name of the Issuer to execute and deliver any and all additional instruments, documents and certificates which may be required by or provided for in the Loan Agreement or requested by the Department or as may otherwise be required for or necessary, convenient or appropriate to the transactions authorized hereby and the Loan Agreement.

SECTION 14. Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions of this Bond Ordinance or of the Bonds issued hereunder shall for any reason be held to be illegal or invalid, such illegality and invalidity shall not affect any other provisions of this Bond Ordinance or of the Bonds, but this Bond Ordinance and the Bonds shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provisions had not been contained therein. Any constitutional or statutory provision hereafter enacted which validates or makes legal any provision of this Bond Ordinance or the Bonds which would not otherwise be valid or legal, shall be deemed to apply to this Bond Ordinance and to the Bonds.

SECTION 15. Arbitrage. The Issuer covenants and agrees that, to the extent permitted by the laws of the State of Louisiana, it will comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and any amendment thereto (the "Code") in order to establish, maintain and preserve the exclusion from "gross income" of interest on the Bonds under the Code. The Issuer further covenants and agrees that it will not take any action, fail to take any action, or permit any action within its control to be taken, or permit at any time or times any of the proceeds of the Bonds or any other funds of the Issuer to be used directly or indirectly in any manner, the effect of which would be to cause the Bonds to be an "arbitrage bond" or would result in the inclusion of the interest on the Bonds in gross income under the Code, including, without limitation, (i) the failure to comply with the limitation on investment of the Bond proceeds or (ii) the failure to pay any required rebate or arbitrage earnings to the United States of America or (iii) the use of the proceeds of the Bonds in a manner which would cause the Bonds to be a "private activity bond".

SECTION 16. Issuer’s Continuing Disclosure Obligations of 15c2-12(b)(5).

The Issuer hereby acknowledges and agrees that even though the borrowing evidenced by the separate emissions of the Bonds are exempt from the continuing disclosure requirements of Rule 15c2-12(b)(5) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Rule") pursuant to section (d)(1) and/or other exemptions to the Rule, in the event the Department should transfer the Bonds and/or the loan and either or both become a source of repayment of "municipal securities" sold through a "primary offering" (as both terms are defined and used in the Rule), it is possible that the Issuer could constitute an "obligated person" (as defined and used in the Rule). Issuer agrees that if it should ever constitute or be reasonably deemed an "obligated person" within the opinion of counsel experienced in federal securities matters to a "participating underwriter" (as defined and used in the Rule) and/or counsel to the Department in connection with any "primary offering" of "municipal securities" secured by the Bonds and/or the loan, Issuer will comply with all requirements of an "obligated person" or assist the Department in complying with all the requirements of an "issuer" or "obligated person" under the Rule including without limitation providing to each nationally recognized municipal securities information repository and the state information depository designated by the State, if any, any annual report which complies with the requirements of the Rule and Issuer shall comply with the requirements of the Rule regarding giving notice of the 11 specified events set forth in Section 5(i)(C)(1) through (11) of the Rule.

SECTION 17. Effective Date. This Bond Ordinance shall become effective immediately.

EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF WATER AND SEWER REVENUE BOND]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

STATE OF LOUISIANA PARISH OF CADDO

WATER AND SEWER REVENUE BOND,

SERIES 2001

OF THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT, STATE OF LOUISIANA

BOND NUMBER DATED DATE MATURITY DATE INTEREST RATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

R-___ ______________ ______________ 3.45% $_____________

The City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana (the "Issuer"), for value received, promises to pay to:

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS

OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA

________________

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA __________

or registered assigns, on the dates and in the amounts as shown on Schedule B hereto, but solely from the revenues hereinafter specified, together with interest thereon from the date hereof or the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable on April 1 and October 1 of each year, commencing April 1 2002 (each an "Interest Payment Date"), at the Interest Rate per annum set forth above until said Principal Amount is paid, plus an Administrative Fee calculated at the annual rate of one-half of one percent (0.5%) of the outstanding Principal Amount until said Principal Amount is paid, unless this Bond shall have been previously called for prepayment and payment shall have been duly made or provided for. In the event that (i) the Bond is owned by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals of the State of Louisiana (the "Department") or the Department has pledged or assigned this Bond in connection with its Municipal Facilities Revolving Loan Program and (ii) the Administrative Fee (as defined in the hereinafter defined Ordinance) payable by the Issuer to the Department is declared illegal or unenforceable by a court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction, the interest rate borne by this Bond shall be increased by one-half of one percent (0.5%) per annum, effective as of the date declared to be the date from which the Administrative Fee is no longer owed because of such illegality or unenforcability. Interest on this Bond shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

The purchase price of this Bond shall be paid by the purchaser to the Issuer in installments, and interest on this Bond shall accrue only on the installments which shall have been paid to the Issuer and from the respective dates of payment. The amount and payment date of each purchase price installment shall be noted on Schedule A attached hereto.

This Bond represents the entire issue of Bonds designated "Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds, Series 2001, of the City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana," and this Bond is issued by the Issuer pursuant to an ordinance enacted by its governing authority on October 9, 2001 (the "Ordinance"), for the purposes set forth in the Ordinance, under the authority conferred by Chapter 33 of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority (R.S. 40:2821-2826).

This Bond is subject to prepayment at any time at a price equal to the principal amount hereof (the aggregate purchase price installments paid to the Issuer) plus accrued interest to the date of prepayment.

The Issuer shall cause to be kept at the principal office of the Paying Agent (initially the Director of Finance of the Issuer) a register (the "Bond Register") in which registration of the Bond shall be made as provided in the Ordinance. No transfer or assignment shall be valid unless made on the Bond Register and similarly noted on the back of the Bond.

The Bond constitutes a limited and special obligation of the Issuer, the principal and interest of which is payable from the income and revenues derived or to be derived from the operation of the Issuer's revenue producing public utility combined water and sewer system (the "System"), after provision has been made for payment therefrom of the reasonable and necessary expenses of operating and maintaining the System and any payments as required on any outstanding indebtedness of the Issuer payable from a pledge of said income and revenues and any other legally available funds.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City Council of the City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana, acting as the governing authority of the Issuer, has caused this Bond to be signed by the Mayor of the Issuer and the Clerk of Council, and the corporate seal of the Issuer to be hereon impressed, and this Bond to be dated as of the date of delivery hereof, October 9, 2001.

CITY OF SHREVEPORT,

STATE OF LOUISIANA

(manual signature) (manual signature)

Clerk of Council Mayor

[SEAL]

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PROVISIONS FOR REGISTRATION

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This Bond has been registered as to principal and interest in the name of the registered owner hereof on the books maintained by the paying agent, as follows:

Date of Registration Name of Registered Owner Address of Registered Owner signature of REGISTRAR

SCHEDULE A

Date Amount of Advance

SCHEDULE B

Amortization Schedule

Date Payment Amount

/s/Thomas Carmody, Jr., Chairman

/s/Arthur G. Thompson, Clerk of Council

ORDINANCE NO. 145 OF 2001

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2001 GENERAL FUND BUDGET AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.

WHEREAS, the City Charter allows the amendment of any previously adopted budget; and

WHEREAS, the City Council finds it necessary to amend the 2001 General Fund budget, to adjust revenues and expenses based on estimates developed as a part of the 2002 budget process and for other purposes.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened, that Ordinance No. 174 of 2000, the 2001 General Fund budget, is hereby amended as follows:

In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts):

Increase Taxes and Special Assessments by $828,000.

Increase Licenses and Permits by $125,000.

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

In Public Assembly and Recreation, increase Materials and Supplies by $15,000 and Contractual Services by $250,000.

In Finance, increase Materials and Supplies by $30,000.

In General Government, increase Personal Services by $110,000. Decrease Transfer to SporTran Fund by $105,000. Appropriate $100,000 to Transfer to Fleet Services Fund.

In Police, increase Personal Services by $100,000 and Contractual Services by $25,000. Decrease Transfer to Fleet Services by $75,000.

In Fire, increase Personal Services by $200,000 and Materials and Supplies by $90,000..

In Operational Services, decrease Personal Services by $200,000. Increase Contractual Services by $400,000 and Transfer to Fleet Services Fund by $100,000.

In City Council, decrease Personal Services by $100,000.

In City Courts, increase Materials and Supplies by $5,000 and Contractual Services by $8,000.

In City Marshal, decrease Personal Services by $16,000. Increase Materials and Supplies by $7,000, Contractual Services by $2,000 and Transfer to Fleet Services Fund by $7,000.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the remainder of Ordinance No. 174 of 2000 shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications; and, to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared to be severable.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

/s/Thomas Carmody, Jr., Chairman

/s/Arthur G. Thompson, Clerk of Council

ORDINANCE NO. 146 OF 2001

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2001 BUDGET FOR THE FLEET SERVICES INTERNAL SERVICES FUND AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.

WHEREAS, the City Charter provides for the amendment of any previously adopted budget; and

WHEREAS, the City Council finds it necessary to amend the 2001 budget for the Fleet Services Internal Service Fund, to adjust expenses based on estimates developed as a part of the 2002 budget process and for other purposes.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened, that Ordinance No. 186 of 2000, the 2001 budget for the Fleet Services Internal Services Fund, is hereby amended as follows:

In Section1 (Estimated Revenues):

Increase Transfer from General Fund by $132,000.

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Increase Materials and Supplies by $100,000 and Contractual Services by $32,000.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the remainder of Ordinance No. 186 of 2000 shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications; and, to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared to be severable.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

/s/Thomas Carmody, Jr., Chairman

/s/Arthur G. Thompson, Clerk of Council

ORDINANCE NO. 147 OF 2001

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2001 BUDGET FOR THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION SPECIAL REVENUE FUND AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.

WHEREAS, the City Charter provides for the amendment of any previously adopted budget; and

WHEREAS, the City Council finds it necessary to amend the 2001 budget for the Metropolitan Planning Commission’s Special Revenue Fund, to adjust expenses based on estimates developed as a part of the 2002 budget process and for other purposes.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened, that Ordinance No. 180 of 2000, the 2001 budget for the Metropolitan Planning Commission’s Special Revenue Fund, is hereby amended as follows:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Decrease Personal Services by $39,000. Increase Materials and Supplies by $4,000 and Improvements and Equipment by $35,000.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the remainder of Ordinance No. 180 of 2000 shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications; and, to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared to be severable.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

/s/Thomas Carmody, Jr., Chairman

/s/Arthur G. Thompson, Clerk of Council

ORDINANCE NO. 164 OF 2001

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2001 BUDGET FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL REVENUE FUND AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO

WHEREAS, the City Charter provides for the amendment of any previously adopted budget; and

WHEREAS, the City Council finds it necessary to amend the 2001 budget for the Community Development Special Revenue Fund, to shift funds between expenditure categories and for other purposes.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened, that Sections 1 and 2 of Ordinance No. 183 of 2000, the 2001 budget for the Community Development Special Revenue Fund, as amended, are hereby further amended as follows:

In Section 2 (Appropriations), decrease HOME Program Income by $575,000. Decrease Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Development by $150,000. Decrease HOME Program by $95,000. Increase Community Development Corporations by $820,000.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that no contracts, deeds, or other legal instruments to expend the $820,000 appropriated herein to Community Development Corporations shall be executed unless approved by the City Council by resolution.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications; and, to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared to be severable.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or portions thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

/s/Thomas Carmody, Jr., Chairman

/s/Arthur G. Thompson, Clerk of Council

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

˜ Discussion and/or Action Relative to the Public Safety Committee.

Motion by Councilman Shyne to table the discussion and/or action relative to the Public Safety Committee to a further date, seconded by Councilman Burrell.

Councilman Carmody: The date to table it ‘til? At what time will we reconsider, Mr. Shyne?

Councilman Shyne: Mr. Chairman, at this particular time I have not determined a date. Mr. Thompson, do I need a date? I didn’t think so.

Councilman Carmody: Okay, didn’t know at what point we are going to want to bring it back around.

Councilman Shyne: In case I decide on a date between now and the next meeting, I’ll be more than happy to inform my colleagues.

Councilman Carmody: Please, feel free to do so.

Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

Resolutions for Reconsideration:

Motion by Councilman Stewart, seconded by Councilman Spigener to reconsider Resolutions Nos. 118, 119 and 120 and Ordinance Nos. 136 and 137, as amended. Motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

Councilman Burrell: What is the basis for the reconsideration or will we take each one?

Councilman Carmody: We didn’t advertise these properly and so we had to go back.

Mr. Thompson: These items that were adopted at the last Council meeting, but they were not advertised as required by the Charter, so we are bringing them back and asking the Council to reconsider and then to re-adopt.

RESOLUTION NO. 118 OF 2001

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT AND METRO MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC. FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SPORTRAN AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.

BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in due, regular and legal session convened, that Keith Hightower, Mayor, be and is hereby authorized to execute on behalf of the City of Shreveport a contract with Metro Management Associates, Inc. for the management of SporTran in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in the draft of said agreement which was filed for public inspection with the original draft of the resolution in the Office of the Clerk of Council on September 26, 2001.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any provision or item of this resolution or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of the resolution which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications, and to this end, the provisions of this resolution are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Burrell passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None

RESOLUTION NO. 119 OF 2001

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE USE OF MUSICAL EQUIPMENT BY THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.

WHEREAS, the First United Methodist Church ("the sponsor") sponsors a children’s arts and music camp; and

WHEREAS, the camp has received overwhelming support and participation from children residing the Ledbetter Heights area of the City of Shreveport although the camp is open to all children; and

WHEREAS, the sponsor of the camp is a duly organized 501 (c)(3) organization; and

WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport ("City") is the owner of certain items of musical equipment which are not currently needed for a City sponsored program or event; and

WHEREAS, the sponsor has requested the use of this the City’s musical equipment for the camp; and

WHEREAS, the camp provide a benefit to the public as participants are provided with musical education in addition to the other activities and events offered during the camp.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in due, legal and regular session convened, that the Mayor is authorized to grant the use of the musical equipment listed in Attachment 1 by the First United Methodist Church of Shreveport for its arts and music camp.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this grant of use shall terminate on December 31, 2002 or until the camp is discontinued by the sponsor, whichever occurs first.

FURTHER RESOLVED that if any provision or item of this resolution or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this resolution which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications, and to this end, the provisions of this resolution are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Stewart, seconded by Councilman Shyne passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

Councilman Shyne: It just came to my attention. I believe our Mayor is Methodist, is that right, Mr. Mayor?

Councilman Carmody: That’s right.

Councilman Shyne: I am just trying to make a connection here.

Councilman Carmody: Actually, I don’t believe that this is the Church that the Mayor attends.

Mayor Hightower: No.

Councilman Shyne: It is not?

Councilman Carmody: No, sir.

RESOLUTION NO. 120 OF 2001

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY FOR THE PURPOSES OF MAINTAINING THE CROSSING GATES AND SIGNALIZATION AT CADDO STREET, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.

BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in due, legal, and regular session convened, that the Mayor is authorized to enter into supplemental license agreement with the Union Pacific Railroad Company for the purposes of Maintaining the Crossing Gates and Signalization at Caddo Street.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any provision or item of this resolution or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this resolution which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items, or applications, and to this end, the provisions of this resolution are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Huckaby, seconded by Councilman Stewart passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

Ordinances for Reconsideration:

1. Ordinance No. 136 of 2001: An ordinance amending the 2001 Community Development Special Revenue Fund Budget and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on September 25, 2001 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Spigener adopted as amended by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

2. Ordinance No. 137 of 2001: An ordinance amending the 2001 Capital Improvements Budget and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on September 25, 2001 was read by title and on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Huckaby, seconded by Councilman Burrell adopted as amended by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

The Ordinances, as amended, follow:

ORDINANCE NO. 136 OF 2001

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2001 BUDGET FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL REVENUE FUND AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO

WHEREAS, the City Charter provides for the amendment of any previously adopted budget; and

WHEREAS, the City Council finds it necessary to amend the 2001 budget for the Community Development Special Revenue Fund, to shift funds between expenditure categories and for other purposes.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened, that Sections 1 and 2 of Ordinance No. 183 of 2000, the 2001 budget for the Community Development Special Revenue Fund, as amended, are hereby further amended as follows:

In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts):

Increase Housing Program Income by $375,000.

In Section 2 (Appropriations), under 2001 Revenues, decrease Administration - Personal Services by $8,000 and increase Administration - Materials and Supplies by $8,000. Decrease Housing and Business Development - Personal Services by $5,000 and increase Housing and Business Development - Materials and Supplies by $5,000. Decrease Codes Enforcement - Personal Services by $30,000, increase Codes Enforcement Materials and Supplies by $10,000 and Codes Enforcement - Contractual Services by $20,000. Under Housing and Business Development, appropriate $375,000 to SICED Program Match and increase Housing Program Income by $375,000. Under Codes Enforcement, increase Contractual Services by $100,000 and decrease Other Charges by $100,000.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications; and, to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared to be severable.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or portions thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

/s/Thomas Carmody, Jr., Chairman

/s/Arthur G. Thompson, Clerk of Council

ORDINANCE NO. 137 OF 2001

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2001 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BUDGET AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.

WHEREAS, the City Charter provides for the amendment of any previously-adopted budget; and

WHEREAS, the City Council finds it necessary to amend the 2001 Capital Improvements Budget to appropriate the funds available from the first sale of the 2001 General Obligation Bonds, to appropriate additional funds and for other purposes.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened, that Ordinance No. 175 of 2000, the 2001 Capital Improvements Budget, is hereby amended as follows:

Program A (Buildings and Improvements):

Establish a project entitled New City Jail (01-A002) funded at $8,000,000 from 2001 GOB.

Program B (Parks and Recreation):

Increase the appropriation for Independence Stadium Expansion (00-B001) by $311,700. Funding source is Insurance Proceeds.

Establish a project entitled Swimming Pool Renovations (01-B003) funded at $500,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Cockrell Park Community Center (01-B004) funded at $300,000 from 2001 GOB.

Increase the appropriation for Neighborhood Parks Facilities Improvements (96-B006) by $185,000. Funding sources are Private Donations $75,000 and 1998 GOB, Prop. 2 (Parks) $110,000.

Program C (Street Improvements):

Increase the appropriation for East 84th Street Paving (00-C001) by $800,000. Funding source is 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled East Preston Paving (01-C012) funded at $320,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Southern Loop Extension (01-C013) funded at $200,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Reily Lane Paving (01-C014) funded at $260,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Havanna Paving - Yorktown to MLK Drive (01-C015) funded at $600,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Freewater Street Paving - East Dalzell to East Olive (01-C016) funded at $95,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled East Vine Paving - Cornwell to Youree Drive (01-C017) funded at

$490,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Booker T. Street Paving - Kennedy to Broadway (01-C018) funded at $100,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Missouri Street Paving - Jordan to Ashton (01-C019) funded at $70,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Turn Lane at Ravendale and North Market Street (01-C020) funded at $50,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Turn Lane at 70th Street and Jewella Road (01-C021) funded at $140,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Turn Lane at Pierremont and Fairfield Avenue (01-C022) funded at $400,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Turn Lane at Mansfield Road and Southland Park (01-C023) funded at $50,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Valleyview Drive Bridge Replacement (01-C024) funded at $170,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Baird Road Bridge Replacement (01-C025) funded at $400,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled South Brookwood Bridge Replacement (01-C026) funded at $50,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Acacia Lane Bridge Replacement (01-C027) funded at $250,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Jefferson-Paige Road Bridge Replacement (01-C028) funded at $167,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Sidewalk Program and Curb Cuts (01-C029) funded at $1,000,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a program entitled GIS Map Development (01-C030) funded at $1,000,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Neighborhood Street Projects - 2001 Bonds (01-C031) funded at $2,000,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Street Projects for Economic Development - 2001 Bonds (01-C032) funded at $2,000,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Street Lighting - 2001 Bonds (01-C033) funded at $500,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Railroad Crossing Improvements - 2001 Bonds (01-C034) funded at $250,000 from 2001 GOB.

Increase the appropriation for East 84th Street Paving (00-C001) by $800,000. Funding source is 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled East Preston Paving (01-C012) funded at $320,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Southern Loop Extension (01-C013) funded at $200,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Reily Lane Paving (01-C014) funded at $260,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Havanna Paving - Yorktown to MLK Drive (01-C015) funded at $600,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Freewater Street Paving - East Dalzell to East Olive (01-C016) funded at $95,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled East Vine Paving - Cornwell to Youree Drive (01-C017) funded at

$490,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Booker T. Street Paving - Kennedy to Broadway (01-C018) funded at $100,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Missouri Street Paving - Jordan to Ashton (01-C019) funded at $70,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Turn Lane at Ravendale and North Market Street (01-C020) funded at $50,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Turn Lane at 70th Street and Jewella Road (01-C021) funded at $140,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Turn Lane at Pierremont and Fairfield Avenue (01-C022) funded at $400,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Turn Lane at Mansfield Road and Southland Park (01-C023) funded at $50,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Valleyview Drive Bridge Replacement (01-C024) funded at $170,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Baird Road Bridge Replacement (01-C025) funded at $400,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled South Brookwood Bridge Replacement (01-C026) funded at $50,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Acacia Lane Bridge Replacement (01-C027) funded at $250,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Jefferson-Paige Road Bridge Replacement (01-C028) funded at $167,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Sidewalk Program and Curb Cuts (01-C029) funded at $1,000,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a program entitled GIS Map Development (01-C030) funded at $1,000,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Neighborhood Street Projects - 2001 Bonds (01-C031) funded at $2,000,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Street Projects for Economic Development - 2001 Bonds (01-C032) funded at $2,000,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Street Lighting - 2001 Bonds (01-C033) funded at $500,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Railroad Crossing Improvements - 2001 Bonds (01-C034) funded at $250,000 from 2001 GOB.

Program D (Drainage Improvements):

Increase the appropriation for Youree Drive Drainage (96-D004) by $900,000. Funding source is Statewide Flood Control Program.

Increase the appropriation for Missouri/Andrew Drainage, Phase II (00-D002) by $800,000. Funding source is 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Green Terrace Ditch, Phase II (01-D001) funded at $100,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Brush Bayou Drainage (01-D002) funded at $75,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Ditch Improvements - MLK Area (01-D003) funded at $100,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled 6400 Jefferson-Paige Drainage (01-D004) funded at $690,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled St. Vincent Ditch Repairs (01-D005) funded at $100,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Dixie Garden Road Drainage (01-D006) funded at $100,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Eastside Ditch Paving (01-D007) funded at $100,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled 2600 Leaf Lane Drainage (01-D008) funded at $60,000 frm 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled 200 India Drive Drainage (01-D009) funded at $100,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Trailridge Ditch Improvements (01-D010) funded at $100,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled 6603 Santa Monica Drainage (01-D011) funded at $138,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Long Lake Estates Drainage - Westwind Drive (01-D012) funded at $630,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Wallace Drainage - 67th to 70th Street (01-D013) funded at $865,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Bayou Pierre Channel Improvements, Phase III (01-D014) funded at $1,725,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled City-Wide Drainage - 2001 Bonds (01-D015) funded at $1,105,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Paved Ditch Repairs - 2001 Bonds (01-D016) funded at $1,000,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Purchase of Flood-Prone Properties, Phase III (01-D017) funded at $750,000 from 2001 GOB.

Increase the appropriation for Youree Drive Drainage (96-D004) by $900,000. Funding source is Statewide Flood Control Program.

Increase the appropriation for Missouri/Andrew Drainage, Phase II (00-D002) by $800,000. Funding source is 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Green Terrace Ditch, Phase II (01-D001) funded at $100,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Brush Bayou Drainage (01-D002) funded at $75,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Ditch Improvements - MLK Area (01-D003) funded at $100,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled 6400 Jefferson-Paige Drainage (01-D004) funded at $690,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled St. Vincent Ditch Repairs (01-D005) funded at $100,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Dixie Garden Road Drainage (01-D006) funded at $100,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Eastside Ditch Paving (01-D007) funded at $100,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled 2600 Leaf Lane Drainage (01-D008) funded at $60,000 frm 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled 200 India Drive Drainage (01-D009) funded at $100,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Trailridge Ditch Improvements (01-D010) funded at $100,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled 6603 Santa Monica Drainage (01-D011) funded at $138,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Long Lake Estates Drainage - Westwind Drive (01-D012) funded at $630,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Wallace Drainage - 67th to 70th Street (01-D013) funded at $865,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Bayou Pierre Channel Improvements, Phase III (01-D014) funded at $1,725,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled City-Wide Drainage - 2001 Bonds (01-D015) funded at $1,105,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Paved Ditch Repairs - 2001 Bonds (01-D016) funded at $1,000,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Purchase of Flood-Prone Properties, Phase III (01-D017) funded at $750,000 from 2001 GOB.

In Program E (Water Improvements):

Increase the appropriation for Downtown Airport Perimeter Road and Water and Sewer Utilities Extension (01-E002) by $1,450,000. Funding sources are Private Donations $950,000 and Shreveport Airport Authority $500,000.

Program F (Sewer Improvements):

Increase the appropriation for Lucas and North Regional WWTP Expansion (00-F001) by $3,900,000. Funding source is Water and Sewer Revenues.

Increase the appropriation for Lucas and North Regional WWTP Expansion (00-F001) by $3,900,000. Funding source is Water and Sewer Revenues.

Decrease the appropriation for 1998 Sewer Main Maintenance and Replacement in the South Shreveport Area (98-F010) by $200,000. Funding source is Water and Sewer Revenue.

Decrease the appropriation for 1998 sewer Main Maintenance and Replacement in the Southwest Shreveport Area (98-F011) by $80,000. Funding source is Water and Sewer Revenue.

Increase the appropriation for West Shreveport Trunk Main Replacement (99-F013) by $280,000. Funding source is Water and Sewer Revenue.

Program I (Fire Improvements):

Increase the appropriation for New Central Fire Station (96-I004) by $1,500,000. Funding source is 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Relocation of Fire Station 13 (01-I001) funded at $500,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Fire Equipment Replacement (01-I002) funded at $1,300,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Fire Station Renovations, Phase II (01-I003) funded at $200,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Fire Maintenance Facility (01-I004) funded at $800,000 from 2001 GOB.

Program I (Fire Improvements):

Increase the appropriation for New Central Fire Station (96-I004) by $1,500,000. Funding source is 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Relocation of Fire Station 13 (01-I001) funded at $500,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Fire Equipment Replacement (01-I002) funded at $1,300,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Fire Station Renovations, Phase II (01-I003) funded at $200,000 from 2001 GOB.

Establish a project entitled Fire Maintenance Facility (01-I004) funded at $800,000 from 2001 GOB.

Program H (Airports Improvements):

Establish a project entitled Rehabilitation of Aprons, Rehabilitation of Taxiway "A" and "F" and

Installation of Guard Lights - Regional Airport (01-H004) funded at $2,392,500. Funding sources are $217,500 from the Shreveport Airport Authority, $217,500 State Grant and $1,957,500 Federal Aviation Administration.

Establish a project entitled Rehabilitate Taxiway "F" - Downtown Airport (01-H005) funded at $550,000. Funding sources are Shreveport Airport Authority $50,000, State Grant $50,000 and Federal Aviation Administration $450,000.

Establish a project entitled Regional Airport Master Plan Supplement (01-H006) funded at $55,000. Funding sources are Shreveport Airport Authority $5,000, State Grant $5,000 and Federal Aviation Administration $45,000.

Establish a project entitled Downtown Airport Master Plan Update (01-H007) funded at $110,000. Funding sources are Shreveport Airport Authority $10,000, State Grant $10,000 and Federal Aviation Administration $90,000.

Decrease the appropriation for Terminal Renovation Regional Airport (93-H004) by $700,000. Funding source is Shreveport Airport Authority.

Establish a project entitled Improvements for Continental Air Lines Facility (01-H008) and fund it at $1,000,000 from Shreveport Regional Airport.

Program L (Transit Improvements):

Decrease the appropriation for 1999 SporTran Capital Improvements (99-L001) by $500,000. Funding sources are General Fund $100,000 and FTA Grant $400,000.

Increase the appropriation for 2000 SporTran Capital improvements (00-L001) by $868,700. Funding sources are General Fund $148,000 and FTA Grant $720,700.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications; and, to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

/s/Thomas Carmody, Jr., Chairman

/s/Arthur G. Thompson, Clerk of Council

NEW BUSINESS:

˜ ABO Card appeal: Mark Scroggins.

Motion by Councilman Burrell (I am still reviewing the back ground information) to postpone the appeal, seconded by Councilman Shyne. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

REPORTS FROM OFFICERS, BOARD, AND COMMITTEES: None.

CLERK’S REPORT: Mr. Thompson: I’ve been working diligently on trying to get some copies for you and that is what I’ve been doing. It is for the Budget Review that we are going to have on the 25^th. We’ll pass these out in a minute and I just wanted to remind everybody that it is going to be at 5 o’clock in the Mayor’s Conference Room. Mr. Carmody: Thank you, Sir and again, that is Thursday.

COMMUNICATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS:

The Council resolved itself into Committee of the Whole on motion by Councilman Stewart seconded by Councilman Huckaby. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Pearl Huckaby, Stewart, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 7. Nays: None.

THE COMMITTEE RISES AND REPORT

There was no Report from the Committee

ADJOURNMENT:

There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting adjourned at 4:20 p.m.

/s/Thomas Carmody, Jr., Chairman

/s/Arthur G. Thompson, Clerk of Council