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Council Proceedings of the City of Shreveport, Louisiana

March 22, 2005

The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana was called to order by Vice-Chairman Jeff Hogan at 3:01 p.m., Tuesday, March 22, 2005, in the Government Chambers in Government Plaza (505 Travis Street).

Invocation was given by Councilman Pastor Phillip Williamson.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilman Walford.

Councilman Hogan: Madam Clerk before we call the roll, I’d like to ask Pastor Williamson, if he would like to have any encouraging words for us today. Pastor?

Pastor Williamson: Thank you very much for allowing me the prudence to be here today to just offer a word of prayer. I was thinking about coming here and I reminded myself that a few years ago, I led a group of ministers to the Bahamas (where I’m from), and we were blessed to have an audience with the Governor General in the Bahamas. And it happened because we got a key from here, from the Mayor (Mayor Keith Hightower), he gave us a key of Shreveport. So we took it to Nassau, they allowed us to come in and the Governor showed us around his mansion, told us about history, told about the British system, and he give us some Bohemian food to eat. And so, I’m just thankful, that because of your key, we were able to get into the Governor’s house in the Bahamas. Over here, I serve as Pastor of the New Zion Baptist Church in North Cedar Grove. I’m on the border there and we are trying our best to serve our community. You know Cedar Grove is one of those transitional areas. We are there trying to do our best and we try to serve the people by doing various things. Someone would have heard just last month that we had an AIDS testing done at the Church. Now, that don’t sound right for a Church, but that’s what we are there for. So, we had an AIDS testing. And just last week, we had what we call a College Roundup, where we took some 38 students and took them to LSUS, and we talked with them for a few hours about getting into college, because we believe that’s what needs to be done for our young people. And one other thing is that you’ll be fighting with is the adjudicated properties in those areas. And as a Church we’ve been using our little funds, and we’ve been trying to get some properties also. Because we want to see boarded houses torn down and vacant lots become occupied again. So, right now, we are really involved in our community and whatever we can do, we are trying and looking to you to help us. And our prayer is that God will give you wisdom in leading this City. Because when the City is at peace, we all will be at peace. And we want to do the right thing and we pray that you will do the right thing for all of us and for the benefit of all of us. We wish you well in whatever you do. Godspeed. Thank you.

Councilman Hogan: I’d just like to say that Councilman Gibson called in sick this morning. And so, as Vice-Chairman, I have taken over today in the Chairmanship.

On Roll Call, the following members were Present: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Carmody (Arrived at 3:04 p.m.), Green, Hogan and Jackson (Arrived at 3:11 p.m.). 6. Absent: Councilman Gibson. 1.

Motion by Councilman Green, seconded by Councilman Lester to approve the minutes of the Administrative Conference, Monday March 7, 2005 and Council Meeting, Tuesday, March 8, 2005. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Gibson, Green, and Hogan. 4. Nays: None. Out of the Chamber: Councilmen Carmody and Jackson. 2. Absent: Councilman Gibson. 1.

Mr. Thompson: Mr. Chairman, I believe your comments were “do we have a motion to approve the Administrative Conference”? Was that also for the City Council Meeting of March 8^th?

Councilman Hogan: Yes, I beg your pardon. Yes, and also for the City Council Meeting Minutes, March 8, 2005.

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

Councilman Hogan: Mr. Dark, do you have any?

Mr. Dark: Mr. Chairman, we’d like to call Chief Campbell up at this time to present an award.

Chief Campbell: Good afternoon gentlemen. I’d like to take just a few minutes this afternoon to recognize the life saving efforts of one of our employees of the Shreveport Police Department. With me here is Lt. Lester Robinson. And on February 11, 2005, shortly before 10:00 p.m., Lt. Robinson was off duty when he observed an accident at Walker and Arthur Teague Parkway. He stopped to render assistance and while checking the two occupants, the vehicle began to smoke from under the dash. Despite the thick smoke, Lt. Robinson was unable to unbuckle the unconscious driver. He then re-entered the vehicle to attempt to rescue the passenger when flames erupted and engulfed the interior of the vehicle. Lt. Robinson continued to fight the fire with an extinguisher provided by a nearby establishment until firefighters arrived. Lt. Robinson’s selfless actions were above and beyond the call of duty and reflect his dedication to protect and serve the citizens of our community.

Councilman Hogan: Lt. Robinson, do you have any words to say?

Lt. Robinson: No sir.

Councilman Walford: Mr. Chairman, I do. The occupants of that vehicle Lt. were the parents of a very close friend of mine. And on his behalf, I’d like to thank you. The occupants of that vehicle were the parents of a very close friend of mine and Mr. Antee’s. And on Rick’s behalf, I’d certainly like to thank you.

Councilman Hogan: Lt. Robinson, I appreciate your efforts and it’s just a perfect example of the dedication and the service of all men and women on the Police Department, and so I appreciate what you do, and Chief Campbell as well. All of your men and women on a daily basis, they’re out there putting their lives on the line for us for the public’s safety. And I appreciate what you’ve done. Thanks again.

Reports:

Convention Center and Convention Center Hotel

Councilman Hogan: Mr. Antee, do we have a report for the Convention Center and Hotel?

Mr. Antee: We passed out yesterday the payment history and report that we do at the end of each month. And with that, I’ll be glad to answer any questions.

Councilman Carmody: Mr. Antee, do we have an update on the lawsuit that was filed. I know that the City had made a demand for the plaintiffs in the case to go ahead and withdraw their suit against the City.

Mr. Antee: They have not, so we are proceeding with the defense. The State of Louisiana through the Attorneys General’s office is going to join with the City in some preliminary exceptions and motions, but we’re going forward with the defense of that lawsuit.

Councilman Carmody: It was I believe a- - - there was a statement made that we were going to seek some sort of monetary damages against the plaintiffs. Is that being pursued?

Mr. Antee: No, you can’t pursue that until such time as the merits of the suit have been determined. And in our opinion, it’s a frivolous lawsuit based on inaccurate information, and incomplete information. And once that suit goes throughout the life of that suit, then if we’re successful, that we definitely think we will be, then we will seek sanctions.

Councilman Carmody: Thank you Mr. Antee: Mr. Hightower, Mayor, excuse me sir. I did send you a letter last week regarding the Hotel Trust Authority. Did you receive that?

Mayor Hightower: I did.

Councilman Carmody: Very good sir. And is Mr. Lafitte in the Chamber?

Mayor Hightower: If he’s not, I talked to him today, he’s preparing a letter that we’ll have to you before Council’s through.

Councilman Carmody: Today?

Mr. Antee: And I’ve got the information that answers your question. Basically, your question was whether or not, the Convention Center Hotel Authority had or has the legal authority to contract with HRI Lodging to manage the Shreveport Convention Center Hotel. The City has signed as the inervenor on the qualified management agreement with HRI that was provided to y’all at the last meeting. In that management agreement, the City as an inervenor agreed to be solidarily liable with the Trust Authority for that contract. In addition to that, Resolution No. 177 of 2003, the Council authorized the Mayor to sign the qualified management agreement with HRI and then Resolution 231 of 2004, the City Council authorized the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Trust Authority and the City whereby the Trust Authority is responsible for developing, planning, designing and then operating the hotel that will be owned by the City. So that gives the Trust Authority through the Cooperative Endeavor the legal authority to operate the hotel. And as part of their duties that contracted with HRI Lodging to perform the services of the operation. And that’ll be coming to you in writing.

Councilman Carmody: Okay, but then there’s not an issue of protecting the liability of the City by having the Hotel Trust Authority?
Mr. Antee: No, the Hotel Trust Authority does provide another layer of insulation from liability. And I know the Chairman, Chairman Gibson stated that his legal team had said that’s not the case. And I’d be glad for them to come forward to a Council Meeting and we can debate that issue. But people everyday, as you know in your profession, people everyday form corporations, or L.L.Cs in purchasing property to provide an extra layer of insulation. Now, will that protect the City or keep the City from being sued? No. Nothing will. But does it add an extra layer of insulation? Yes. Now, keep in mind with the Hotel Trust Authority, the State has a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the City, the Trust Authority and the State. And that cooperative endeavor agreement, the City of Shreveport is going to get $12, 000,000 to help build this hotel. The Trust Authority is an integral party to that cooperative endeavor agreement. Once the hotel is built, once the City gets the $12,000,000 for the construction of the hotel, then if the Council determines and the Mayor will even, possibly bring the legislation to terminate the Trust Authority. It’s at that point and time, if you want to do that, that’s fine. We don’t have any problem with that. But we don’t want to terminate the Trust Authority until the hotel is built because of the fact that the Trust Authority is an integral party to that cooperative endeavor agreement. And we know there’s some certain legislators that want to give that money back to Baton Rouge rather than keep it in Shreveport. We don’t want to give them any opportunity to try and do away with that $12,000,000. So, we keep the Trust Authority in place- - - we keep it in place, we build the hotel. When it’s time to open the hotel, or once the construction’s complete, if you don’t want the Trust Authority to operate it, you want the City to assume the contract that they’ve already signed onto with HRI, that’s fine, we don’t have a problem with that.

Property Standards Report

Councilman Hogan: We had a report from Property Standards yesterday, are there any other comments for Mr. Bowie?

Mr. Antee: Mr. Chairman, If I may, be fore we leave Convention Center, we do have the FF&E list provided by SMG that we mentioned yesterday we’d provide to everybody. So, after the meeting, or at any point and time, we can pass those out.

Councilman Hogan: Thank you Mr. Antee. Councilman Jackson informed me that he has someone that he would like to recognize, so, if there’s no objections, we’re going to go back and recognize somebody in the audience.

Councilman Jackson: Thank you Mr. Chairman. To my colleagues, and the Administration, thank you. There’s a young man whose here, I just wanted to recognize. I’ll be bringing before this gentleman a resolution for our next meeting just to acknowledge the same. But I wanted to at least ask him to come today and be present. Mr. Ray Abnas, is he here? Come if you will. I just wanted you all to recognize him. I guess approximately three weeks ago, now it was. I guess it was, many of you may have heard of the tragedy that happened over in my district, over on Lakeshore. Two gentlemen, two young men, one of which I was well acquainted, and the other, I didn’t know so well, but were in a vehicle when someone was driving at a high rate of speed in an attempt to flee Police or something like that and anyway, ran into them and knocked their car, if you will, onto a house, the porch of a house, and then it blew up. And during that explosion, Mr. Abnas who works at the Lakeshore Elementary School for the Caddo Parish School Board ran across the street just as a matter of reaction, to do what he could. Obviously what he could do was limited, but in his attempt to do, he certainly didn’t even have to do that much. So, I certainly want to recognize the fact that like so many other people around our City who would you know, who would sit and almost as voyeurs when we see accident and things happen, it still takes a lot of courage for people to get involved. And so I want to commend him for his attempt to get involved and to do as much as he could during that - - - following that explosion. And so, I wanted to say thank you. As a citizen of this City I’m certainly proud to have you as a citizen. And I think you stand today as both a model, a mentor, and personally motivation to continue to do good things and continue to help people. So, I want just to say no more than thank you and that what you’ve done is appreciated.

Public Hearing: Mid-City Plaza, L.L.C - Restoration Tax Abatement

The Clerk read the following:

Resolution No. 34 of 2005: A resolution stating the City of Shreveport’s endorsement of Mid-City Plaza, LLC to participate in the benefits of the Louisiana Restoration Tax Abatement Program and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

Councilman Hogan: I hereby declare this public hearing is open. Is there a presentation by the Administration? Do we have anyone to speak in favor of the proposed tax abatement? Would you come forward please?

Mr. Granger Harris: (16460 S. Fulwar Skipwith Road, Baton Rouge, LA) I’m the managing member of Mid-City Plaza, L.L.C. and act as the developer of the project. I’m here to answer any questions you may have about the development. You’re probably familiar with it. It’s the Mid-City Motor Hotel and the related two office buildings on Line Avenue between Jordan and Herndon.

Councilman Hogan: I have a question for you. Could you just briefly tell us your plans. I know that building was originally designed to have some apartments on top and it has some retail down underneath, and it has a room up top, a ballroom and the parking garage of course. What are your plans? Just give us a brief description.

Mr. Harris: Certainly. The building, it’s one building. You look at it from the street, but really it’s three separate phases of construction when Dr. Stanford who had built the P&S Hospital which was across the street on the west side of Line Avenue was once connected to the building via an elevated walkway. The first part of the building that was built was office space that runs very close to Line Avenue that’s closer to Jordan Street. That was office space in the past, will probably be office space again. The second phase that was built was the hotel section which makes an “L”, runs parallel to Jordan and then parallel to the alleyway behind Line Ave, I guess a little bit further to the west. We’re looking at different types of residential uses for that space. Our expectation is to either go back to a hotel zoning or to make a conversion to a typical apartment usage. The Metropolitan Planning Commission granted an approval to allow us to use it as space for apartments. I suppose it was close to a year ago now. The south building which we’ve been working on to date which was retail and office space on the first floor. Office on the second and third floor and apartments on the fourth floor. The first floor is currently occupied. There is a furniture store there and mortgage company and four or five other small businesses. The second floor, we’re just beginning to lease out a few small businesses there. Our fourth floor, we have I think 16 or 17 of the 34 apartments there that are currently leased. We have a Certificate of Occupancy for those 34 that primarily are leased to students for the nursing school which is right down the street at NSU and employees at the various medical facilities in the area.

Councilman Hogan: Well what do you plan to do with the gas station at the south end of the property?

Mr. Harris: We’re really not sure yet. We’ve had a few people who’ve offered to do automotive type locations there, a detail shop or an automotive repair center. We’re not really zoned for a full scale automotive repair center. I think the zoning would allow us to do some type light oil change, but that’s really not what we have as our anticipated use. So we’d like to think that we’d find someone to do more of a sandwich shop/coffee shop type of conversion. That may or may not be realistic and it may be that at the end of the project that gets taken down or demolished for new construction there. The Texaco isn’t included in application here. It’s the single structure application and so this only deals with the remainder of the property. We’re a little bit up in the air about the Texaco at this point.

Councilman Walford: I’d just like to commend Mr. Harris. We’ve met and talked and visited, had lunch and I’m very pleased with what he’s doing and I would encourage support for this resolution.

Councilman Hogan: Anyone else to speak in favor of the proposed tax abatement? Anyone to speak against it? This hearing is hereby closed.

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

Confirmations and/or Appointments.

BUILDING BOARD:

Architect Gregory G. Smotherman

Structural Engineer Steven W. Brown

Sanitary Engineer *K. Randal Smoak

Building Contractor Cayce Hand

Home Builder Michael J. Penn

Qualified Voter Brian L. McNew, AIA, NCARB

Ex-Officio Ramon Lafitte, City Attorney

Electrical Engineer Alvin J. Walker

ELECTRICAL BOARD:

Local Power Co. Jimmy W. Hewlett

Master Electrician Kirk Davis

Sign Manufacturers Charles L. Broussard, Jr.

Journeyman Electrician Huey L. Taylor

Master Electrician *Gene Hicks

Fire Chief Chief David Glass, Director

Qualified Voter Lloyd Thompson

Qualified Voter **Glenn Brannen

PLUMBING & GAS PIPING BOARD:

Registered Mechanical Engineer **John C. Wilson, P.E.

Master Plumber *James C. (Jim) Payne

Master Plumber Kevin Miller

Master Plumber or Journeyman Plumber Vincent F. Giglio

Journeyman Plumber Samuel D. Santone

State Board of Health Representative Thomas M. McKinney

Qualified Voter Lloyd L. Thompson

Water & Sewerage Representative Bill Ware

Gas Utility Company Representative Bobby R. Burns

MECHANICAL BOARD MEMBERS:

Contractor Glenn Miller

Contractor Merv Magee

Contractor **Bobby Brannon

Engineer *Ronald L. Boutte, P.E.

Engineer Thomas G. Sanders, P.E.

Fire Chief Chief David Glass, Director

Journeyman Ken Hadley

Qualified Voter Dr. Ron Marrus

Qualified Voter Stith Bynum

(NOTE: *Indicates Chairman ** Indicates Vice-Chairman)

Councilman Walford: Mr. Chairman, I guess how your preference is before I make a motion. Would you like a motion for the entire group? Or by Board? If no preference, I’ll give you one for the entire group to be confirmed.

Councilman Hogan: For all four boards?

Councilman Walford: That’s correct.

Councilman Hogan: Okay.

Motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Green to confirm appointments to Building, Electrical, Plumbing & Gas Piping, and Mechanical Boards.

Councilman Jackson: What is the term of these appointments? Is it six years or what?

Councilman Hogan: Mr. Mayor, we had a question about the term of the appointments for the boards. Is that a six year, a four term?

Mayor Hightower: I think they’re all four.

Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Carmody, Hogan, Green, and Jackson. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Gibson. 1.

Adding Legislation to the Agenda

Councilman Hogan: Mr. Thompson, is there any legislation to be added to the agenda?

Mr. Thompson: We have one Resolution.

The Clerk read the following:

Resolution No. 48 of 2005: A resolution amending Resolution No. 20 of 2005; alternatively authorizing a pledge of $500,000.00 from Community Development Block Grant Program income in the absence of the letter of credit; and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

Motion by Councilman Jackson, seconded by Councilman Lester to add Resolution No. 48 of 2005. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Carmody, Hogan, Green, and Jackson. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Gibson. 1.

Public Comments (Agenda Items to be Adopted)

Mr. David Cox: (2633 Lyles Lane) You know I’m so used to sitting over there now, and if I could get (inaudible) to quit doing the seat up and down, because that’s where I sit. Mr. Chairman, City Council, Mr. Mayor, I’m here on a mission. And what we need to do is do a committee for better government. And what we want to do is, we’ve got a real problem coming to this area in Animal Control. Now, the Parish is over Animal Control and myself along with our current President, Ms. Joyce Bowman who is here with me today, we want to form a committee. And on this committee, we will have two Commissioners, two City Council Members, one Police Officer that will represents the Police Department, one Sheriff’s Department member, one Parish Attorney, and one City Attorney. Now, I’ve talked to Dr. Dale who is over the Animal Control at length. I’ve talked to Mr. Hannah with the Administration of Caddo Parish, and we feel that the laws that are on the books that govern some of these areas that need to be changed are outdated. Some of them don’t even need to be on the books. Some of them need to be replaced by the State statutes. And the only way to do this fairly, is have a committee to go through these laws. And this is what we propose. I understand that Mr. Green at one of your last or one of the meetings in the past had brought up legislation. We want to do something about this. If you had watched on Channel 3 a couple of weeks ago, they just busted a ring of 65 vicious dogs, fighting dogs down in Lafayette. If you don’t think it’s here, you’re wrong. It is here. We have a major problem in Shreveport and Caddo Parish. We want to put a little bit more accessibility for our law enforcements, and the only way to do that is go back statute by statute, through the books, look at the ones that are outdated, get rid of them or strengthen them. We have laws on the books that have been there and are basically outdated. Within the City of Shreveport, we have people that call and complain every week, on a normal time, most of your dog fighting happens on the weekends. They do happen inside the city limits of Shreveport. And I’m pretty sure, one of y’alls gotten a call about it. So, this is something that we need to volunteer from your group. Commissioner Webb is going to be the other Commissioner from the Caddo Commission, myself included. We need two of you to volunteer for this group. It’s a fact finding mission where we sit down, go over everything, talk to Dr. Dale, talk to the Police Department, talk to the Sheriff’s Department and get it hashed out. We have to do something before we have a major problem on our hands within the borders of Caddo Parish and in the City of Shreveport. And I’m open to any questions.

Councilman Green: Thank you Mr. Chairman. Certainly Commissioner, I’d like to say welcome and I had talked to Mr. Thompson about the legislation that I had on the agenda for today and I’m going to postpone it. And it’s refreshing that you came today because I want to postpone it so that once we go through with this fact finding mission, maybe there might be something that we need to add to this or we may need to take out or whatever. But our Chairman is not here today who normally appoints to the committees. But I think he’s at that hospital, but I’ll one who will talk to him about volunteering to be on that. But today, the legislation that I have, we’ll postpone it until we can get together and come up with a reasonable solution because I get a lot of calls on it. It’s tough.

Mr. Cox: Well, I’ll be honest with you, two Sundays ago, we had an incident. I had a constituent call me on a Sunday Morning, and she was out in her front yard and could not move. Luckily enough, I live maybe two blocks away from her. Jumped in my car and I’ve learned through trial and error to have a camera on in my car. And when I got out of my car, the dog attacked me. Not more than hour before that, they had to pry a little nine year old apart from an attack dog in Sunset Acres. It is a problem. It’s getting worse here. We have laws state wide that we need to incorporate here. If we have to confiscate vehicles and homes, we should do it. We need to send out a message to the people who are doing this illegally, and not only putting people in harm’s way, but taking our neighborhoods down. As a member of the Southern Hills Home Owners Association, I can tell you this, we do not want it in our backyards. And I’ll be happy to come right out and say it, if there are people in Southern Hills or in the City of Shreveport or in Caddo Parish, that are doing this, they need to watch out, because we’re going to come after them. Any other questions?

Councilman Green: Also the Chief, and his staff have been working with us diligently to come up with some legislation that would have some teeth in it. So, I’d like to commend - - -

Mr. Cox: Pardon the pun.

Councilman Green: The Chief and (with some gums in it), but I’d like to commend him. I call upon him, I recognized that there was a problem and immediately, he and his staff came over and we’ve been putting together Mr. Thompson and our City Attorneys, so I’m going to- - - I had said to Mr. Thompson that I would postpone this today until we could come to a reasonable solution.

Mr. Cox: Well, what we’re looking at is committee to get together maybe once, twice, as many times as it takes. Dr. Dale will have us a guideline to go by of the rules that he thinks that are outdated, that need to be changed or dropped totally. So, it’s a time process, so if y’all can bare with us and give us your effort, it’ll make a change.

Councilman Hogan: Before you go Commissioner Cox, I’d just like to say a special word of thanks to you. You said a moment ago that you’re a member of the Southern Hills Business Association, and I’d like for everybody to know you are the President.

Mr. Cox: Home Owners Association.

Councilman Hogan: Of the Home Owners Association, excuse me. I said Business, but you’re the President of the Home Owners Association in my District. And I appreciate all the work that you do there and as well, the effort that you and Commissioner Bowman have done and are doing in order to revise these laws that we need. Have you spoken to Councilman Gibson about possible members of the committee?

Mr. Cox: I spoke to him on the phone Monday, and I thought he would be here today to go ahead and do that. But I guess not, so we’ll just wait for y’all to get back in touch with us.

Councilman Hogan: If that’s okay with you, I’m going to defer to Councilman Gibson as Chair and at a later time, y’all can hook up and get together on members.

Mr. Cox: That’d be great. Any help would be more than helpful. Appreciate it. Y’all be good.

CONSENT AGENDA LEGISLATION

TO INTRODUCE RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES

RESOLUTIONS: None.

ORDINANCES: None.

TO ADOPT RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES:

RESOLUTIONS:

The Clerk read the following:

RESOLUTION NO. 41 of 2005

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING BILLY STEVE TINER & PAMELA DONOVAN TINER, LOCATED AT 1907 SOUTHERN LOOP RD., TO CONNECT TO THE WATER & SEWER SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.

WHEREAS, Billy Steve Tiner & Pamela Donovan Tiner have 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 Billy Steve Tiner & Pamela Donovan Tiner, be authorized to connect the building located at 1907 Southern Loop Rd., to the water & sewer 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.

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Carmody, seconded by Councilman Green to adopt Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Carmody, Hogan, Green, and Jackson. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Gibson. 1.

ORDINANCES: None.

REGULAR AGENDA LEGISLATION

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

The Clerk read the following:

RESOLUTION NO. 34 of 2005

RESOLUTION STATING THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT'S ENDORSEMENT OF MID-CITY PLAZA, LLC TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BENEFITS OF THE LOUISIANA RESTORATION TAX ABATEMENT PROGRAM AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO

WHEREAS, the Restoration Tax Abatement has been created by the Electors of the State of Louisiana as an Act 445 of 1983, and amended in Act 783 of 1984, Article VII, Part II, Section 21(H) of the Louisiana Constitution and Louisiana R.S. 47:4311-4319, to authorize the Board of Commerce and Industry, with the approval of the Governor and the local governing authority and in accordance with procedures and conditions provided by law, to enter into a contract granting property owners who propose the expansion, restoration, improvement or development of an existing structure or structures in a downtown development district, historic district, or economic development district, established in accordance with law, the right to pay ad valorem taxes based upon the assessed valuation of the property prior to the commencement of the expansion, restoration, improvement or development; and

WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport desires to promote economic activity, create and retain job opportunities, and improve the tax base throughout the City for the benefit of all citizens; and

WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council to foster the continued growth and development (and redevelopment) of the City to the continued prosperity and welfare of the City; and

WHEREAS, this project is located in the Center City Economic Development District; and

WHEREAS, this project is a commercial property;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport in due, regular, and legal session convened that the City Council hereby approves the MID-CITY PLAZA, LLC application 2004-0040-06 for participation in the Louisiana Restoration Tax Abatement 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 Walford, seconded by Councilman Carmody to adopt.

Councilman Lester: Thank you and very briefly, just discussion. Gentlemen, on yesterday, I had a question as it relates to the abatement, particularly as it relates to this School Board’s portion and things of that nature in light of a recent decision in the 4^th Circuit Court of Appeals out of New Orleans. I had an opportunity to speak with our legal advisor and Mr. Thompson. We did some research. My questions have been (inaudible). I was concerned as to you know with that TIF legislation, taking affect, could we in fact do this without having to deal with some other things in terms of notification. But I’ve been assured that this is a different program and the requisite notifications are part and parcel of the program. So, just to let you gentlemen know, the question that I raised on yesterday at Work Session has been answered, and I’m prepared to vote. Thank you Mr. Chairman (in the affirmative).

Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Carmody, Hogan, Green, and Jackson. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Gibson. 1.

RESOLUTION NO. 40 OF 2005

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH NORTHWEST LOUISIANA CHAPTER OF THE BARBERSHOP HARMONY SOCIETY, INC., AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.

WHEREAS, Northwest Louisiana Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society, Inc (“HOST”)., a duly organized Louisiana non-profit corporation, will host the 2005 Southeast & Northeast Combined Divisional Convention & Contest at Municipal Auditorium on April 1 – 3, 2005; and

WHEREAS, 400 hotel rooms have been blocked for the duration of the event and organizers estimate that out of town visitors to the convention will average between 800 – 900 persons; and

WHEREAS, because the event will generate an economic impact of $200,000,000, provide an opportunity for the City to showcase the rich musical history of Municipal Auditorium and provide a wholesome activity for citizens of the City of Shreveport, this event will provide an economic benefit to Shreveport and said activity constitutes a public purpose; and

WHEREAS, City desires to participate with HOST in sponsoring the event.

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 a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with Northwest Louisiana Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society, Inc., relative to the 2005 Southeast & Northeast Combined Divisional Convention & Contest, 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 March 8, 2005.

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 application 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 declared repealed.

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Lester to adopt. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Carmody, Hogan, Green, and Jackson. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Gibson. 1.

RESOLUTION NO. 42 OF 2005

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE INSTITUTION OF EXPROPRIATION PROCEEDINGS AGAINST CERTAIN DESCRIBED PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHREVEPORT INNER LOOP EXTENSION PROJECT, INDEX CODE NO. 442129, PARCEL NO: 3-1, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.

WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport has developed the Shreveport Inner Loop Extension Project, Index Code No. 442129; and

WHEREAS, the property described in the legal description, and more fully shown on the plat map marked as Exhibit “A” attached hereto, is situated in said development; and

WHEREAS, all attempts to amicably acquire fee title to the property comprising Parcel No: 3-1 have failed; and

WHEREAS, public necessity dictates that this property be owned by and subject to the use by the City of Shreveport.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport in due, regular and legal session convened, that the expropriation of this property is necessary for the public interest; therefore, the City Attorney be and he is hereby authorized to institute expropriation proceedings against the owners of record, as they might appear at the time of filing suit, of the property described in Exhibit “A” attached hereto as Parcel No: 3-1, to be acquired in fee title.

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 Green, seconded by Councilman Carmody to adopt. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Carmody, Hogan, Green, and Jackson. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Gibson. 1.

INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS

1. Resolution No. 43 of 2005: A resolution authorizing the purchasing agent to declare surplus and dispose by public seal bid certain equipment and instruments and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

2. Resolution No. 44 of 2005: A resolution approving signage for the Multicultural Center of the South and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (B/Walford)

3. Resolution No. 45 of 2005: A resolution authorizing the donation of Shreveport Police Department property and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (K9-Basco)

4. Resolution No. 46 of 2005: A resolution authorizing the donation of Shreveport Police Department and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (K9-Kaza)

5. Resolution No. 47 of 2005: A resolution authorizing the Mayor to make application with the United States Department of Just ice office of Justice Programs.

6. Resolution No. 48 of 2005: A resolution amending Resolution No. 20 of 2005; alternatively authorizing a pledge of $500,000.00 from Community Development Block Grant Program income in the absence of the letter of credit; and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

Read by title and as read, motion by Councilman Green, seconded by Councilman Carmody to introduce Resolution No(s). 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, and 48 of 2005 to lay over until April 12, 2005 meeting. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Carmody, Hogan, Green, and Jackson. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Gibson. 1.

INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES:

Ordinance No. 37 of 2005: An ordinance amending and reenacting Chapter 50 of the Code of Ordinances by adding Article V. relative to the clean indoor air act and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

Read by title and as read, motion by Councilman Green, seconded by Councilman Hogan to introduce Ordinance No. 37 of 2005 to lay over until April 12, 2005 meeting. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Carmody, Hogan, Green, and Jackson. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Gibson. 1.

INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES (Not be adopted prior to April 26, 2005)

1. Ordinance No. 33 of 2005: An ordinance authorizing the purchasing agent to dispose of surplus real properties and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (A/Lester/B/Walford/C/Carmody/D/Gibson)

2. Ordinance No. 34 of 2005: An ordinance authorizing the purchasing agent to dispose of surplus real properties and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (B/Walford)

3. Ordinance No. 35 of 2005: An ordinance authorizing the donation of the original Central Fire Station building to the State of Louisiana for conversion and operation as a museum and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (B/Walford)

Read by title and as read, motion by Councilman Carmody, seconded by Councilman Green to introduce Ordinance No(s). 33, 34, and 35 of 2005 to lay over until April 26, 2005 meeting. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Carmody, Gibson, Hogan, Green, and Jackson. 7. Nays: None.

ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE

1. Ordinance No. 23 of 2005: Authorizing the donation of City-owned property identified as Lots 1 and 2, Block 11, Queensborough Addition Subdivision to Shreveport/Bossier Community Renewal and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (B/Walford)

Having passed first reading on February 22, 2005 was read by title, and on motion, ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Jackson, seconded by Councilman Walford to adopt. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Carmody, Hogan, Green, and Jackson. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Gibson. 1.

Councilman Jackson: Mr. Chairman, in this donation I guess to the Administration, there was some property in passed situations, I’ve delayed the vote on because of some property that was supposed to be swapped out with the Queensborough Neighborhood Association. If we could before we execute what we’ve authorized the Administration to do, would we be sure that they are taking care of that?

Mayor Hightower: Can you get with me after the meeting and tell me (inaudible). I’m sure I’ll do what you want to do, but if you’ll explain to me exactly what you want to do, we’ll look at it.

Councilman Jackson: Well, I like the first half of that. Yes, I’ll get with you.

2. Ordinance No. 24 of 2005: An ordinance authorizing the donation of City-owned property in the Lakeside Subdivision to Urban Housing of America, Louisiana INC., and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on February 22, 2005 was read by title, and on motion, ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Lester, seconded by Councilman Jackson to adopt. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Carmody, Hogan, Green, and Jackson. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Gibson. 1.

3. Ordinance No. 25 of 2005: An ordinance authorizing the incurring of debt and issuance of not to exceed Twenty-Six Million Dollars ($26,000,000) of General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2005B, 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.

Councilman Carmody: Mr. Chairman, if we could have the Amendment read please before we vote.

Mr. Thompson: It just inserts the final information. We don’t get the final information until the last minute.

Having passed first reading on March 8, 2005 was read by title, and on motion, ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Green to adopt. The Clerk read the following amendment:

Amendment No. 1

Amend the ordinance to read as follows:

Delete the ordinance as introduced and substitute the attached ordinance.

Motion by Councilman Walford, seconded by Councilman Green to adopt Amendment No. 1. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Carmody, Hogan, Green, and Jackson. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Gibson. 1.

Motion by Councilman Green, seconded by Councilman Carmody to adopt Ordinance No. 25 of 2005 as amended. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Carmody, Hogan, Green, and Jackson. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Gibson. 1.

4. Ordinance No. 26 of 2005: An ordinance amending and replacing Section 72-2 and Section 72-6, Sexually Oriented Business, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on March 8, 2005 was read by title, and on motion, ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Lester, seconded by Councilman Green to adopt.

Councilman Jackson: I apologize for when it was put on the agenda, I wasn’t here. Is this adding the terminology about escorts and that kind of stuff?

Councilman Hogan: Councilman Jackson, the way I appreciate this, it’s to put us in line with the State statute in terms of massage parlors that would classify them as a professional service.

Councilman Lester: No, this is different.

Councilman Jackson: No, this is not that. This is - - -

Councilman Lester: This is different Mr. Chairman.

Councilman Carmody: Mr. Chairman, (inaudible)

Councilman Hogan: Oh, I beg your pardon.

Councilman Jackson: I thought this - - -

Councilman Lester: No, this gives definitions as to escorts. And it also delineates the deal with the massage therapists. That was, Mr. Chairman if I might?

Councilman Hogan: Yes sir, go ahead.

Councilman Lester: There was some confusion at the time, if you will recall when we moved to move forward in the legislation when we originally did this. There was some question between what an escort was and some of the things that were done. And it made it very close to the whole deal with licensed massage therapists. And to answer your question, you’re both correct. It separates the licensed massage therapists which come under another statute and State law from what is typically considered escort. So basically, we made the delineation and said these are escorts which separates that from the other deal, but it does do both of those things. It does clarify Councilman Jackson, what the escorts are and it does Councilman Hogan, separate and bring us under compliance as it relates to the licensed massage therapists.

Councilman Hogan: Thank you Councilman Lester.

Councilman Jackson: Thank you Mr. Chairman, I just wanted to make sure I was in compliance.

Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Carmody, Hogan, Green, and Jackson. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Gibson. 1.

5. Ordinance No. 28 of 2005: An ordinance amending Chapter 14 of the Code of Ordinances, styled Animals, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on March 8, 2005 was read by title, and on motion, ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Green, seconded by Councilman Carmody to postpone. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Carmody, Hogan, Green, and Jackson. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Gibson. 1.

6. Ordinance No. 27 of 2005: ZONING – C-73-04: Amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, the City of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance by continuing the re-zoning of B-2-E, Neighborhood Business/Extended Use District, of property located on the northwest corner Shreveport/Barksdale Highway and Camilla, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, Limited to “Automotive Repair, Sales, and Storage”, only, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (C/Carmody)

Having passed first reading on March 8, 2005 was read by title, and on motion, ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Carmody, seconded by Councilman Green to adopt.

Councilman Carmody: Mr. Chairman, yesterday at our Work Session, we went over the scenario under which this particular business is coming back before the Council. In the past, there’ve been some problems with the proprietor of this automotive repair business as having excessive automobiles on the site. I have not received any complaints and yesterday Mr. Kirkland also acknowledge that they have not received any complaints. I would encourage the business owner to continue to be a good neighbor to the adjacent residential area and would ask my fellow Council Member’s support in legislation.

Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Carmody, Hogan, Green, and Jackson. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Gibson. 1.

7. Ordinance No. 29 of 2005: ZONING – C-1-05: An ordinance amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, the City of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance, by rezoning property located on the southwest corner of Ford and Dale Street, Shreveport, Caddo Parish Louisiana, from R-3, Urban, Multiple-Family Residence District, to R-3-E, Urban, Multi-Family/Extended Use District, “Limited to a Childcare Facility, Office, Barbershop, Beauty Shop or Grocery Store” only, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

Councilman Lester: Mr. Chairman, my motion is to overturn the decision of the MPC, and if I could get a second, I will explain.

Councilman Walford: I’ll second for discussion.

Mr. Thompson: Mr. Chairman?

Councilman Lester: What is the proper - - -

Mr. Thompson: It would be to adopt the ordinance and you would ask the Council to disapprove.

Councilman Lester: Okay.

Having passed first reading on March 8, 2005 was read by title, and on motion, ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Lester, seconded by Councilman Walford to adopt.

Councilman Lester: Thank you Mr. Chairman. This particular issue was one that is very much a concern to the citizens in the Allendale area, particularly as it relates to the Ford and Dale Street area. When the MPC had it’s original hearing, I don’t make a habit of going to MPC meetings, but the calls and the letters that I got from people that live in Allendale were overwhelming and the Chamber was literally packed with folks saying - - - speaking with one clear voice, ‘we would like to see this store move forward in terms of getting a business zoning, but we were very clear and unequivocal that we did not want any type of alcohol sold at this establishment. We did not want an alcohol based business. That was denied. In fact, I think he said B-2 or nothing else. And the MPC said no to the B-2 zoning. He (being the owner) appealed to the Council. I sent it back.. And the Council voted with me to send it back because that was a major issue. And if Mr. Kirkland could come up before us really quickly, I’ll get to the heart of the matter. In the conversation of the meeting, the second go around. And I think maybe Mr. Christian is even here, I see him here. During the minutes, and I’m just reading from this draft that I have of the minutes, Roger Christian, 400 E. Washington, 71104 said he appealed to the City Council decision rendered by the MPC at their January 5, 2005 Public Hearing. And as a result of his appeal, the Council remanded the case to MPC. He stated that the only people who he has talked to that are interested in the proposed property, want to operate a grocery store with a liquor license because that’s the only way they an profitably serve the area. Personally, he wants to put a nursery and he’s talked to others about similar operations, however no one has approached him about any other business except a grocery store with liquor. That location has been a grocery store with liquor since 1984. Mr. Kirkland, could you kind of advise of as to the tone and tenor of the MPC meeting and that discussion as it relates to that particular issue.

Mr. Kirkland: Yes sir. The board on the remand was trying its best to re-consider the case in light of what I think Councilman, your interests have been was to attract business to the location. But you had made it clear, and the MPC Members made it clear, and I made it clear to the owner Mr. Christian, that alcohol was not on the table. Although certainly, we cannot preclude him the right to apply for that. We, I think you in the Council capacity wanted to be sure Mr. Christian had every opportunity to get the proper zoning for a business at that location. Which is why frankly, the board reconsidered thinking even though Mr. Christian stood at this podium and said plainly to the MPC I want a grocery store with liquor. And it was almost like we were thinking, well maybe he didn’t hear or didn’t understand or whatever. But the bottom line is the board did approve the R-3-E on the remand reconsidered, and now has now come back to you. But I think we all have to acknowledge that Mr. Christian is going to, he’s already been talking to staff about filing for the alcohol. You know and I know and the MPC knew, we had no opposition that day in that hearing on this remand. Now we notified pretty much the free world out there, but somebody, it wasn’t you, and it wasn’t me told those folks there wasn’t going to be any alcohol. And if they had, had any idea, they (those neighbors) or other property owners in that area, this Chamber would have been full of those folks. And I had even a Parish Commissioner or two call me about it. They wanted to come have a piece of it too. The bottom line is I think we have to or at this point, you and the council have to consider it. This is a man saying plainly, I want commercial zoning and I want alcohol. And I think within your authority to deal with it, I would urge you to deny it, is just my opinion. Cause he’s made it clear what he wants.

Councilman Lester: Thank you Mr. Kirkland. My concern gentlemen, is simply this. And I see Mr. Christian here and I’m going to give him an opportunity to I guess make a statement. My concern is I think we need to have businesses in this area. This is a great area and we’re spending a lot of resources. We’ve got the Total Commitment Program, that is coming to Allendale and we’ve got a commitment just in two items before, we have taken, this Council just minutes ago, voted to take some property that had been previously adjudicated and assembled, donated to a developer for the purpose of doing redevelopment project. It’s going to be a multi-million dollar redevelopment project in a stones throw from this particular location. It just doesn’t make sense to me, being the representative of that area and when the people of that area have clearly said, ‘we want commerce, we want stores, we want businesses, but we don’t want alcohol based businesses in our community anymore’. I mean, they’ve been very clear. And anyone that has driven around Allendale and is familiar with Allendale, and is familiar with what many of these establishments have done and have brought to the community in terms of bringing the neighborhood down, in terms of being ground zero for shootings, and loitering and doing things that just give the neighborhood a bad image. When you have as many people from church groups, to senior citizens to Pastors, to community development corporations, that have come before us and said ‘we don’t want this, I can’t see how under any stretch of the imagination, that I could support this at all, and I would ask the Council to vote with me to deny this application. Now, I’m going to give Mr. Christian a chance to make a statement, because he’s here. But the record will reflect and I think Mr. Christian will reflect also that I came to him and I told him. I want you to have a business here. We’re doing everything that we can to bring business back to Allendale, but if you are considering an alcohol based business, that is not something that I can support at all. Mr. Christian, if you want to come before us, state your name and address for the record. I’m sorry Mr. Chairman, I’m using my day job.

Councilman Hogan: That’s fine, that’s okay.

Councilman Lester: He’s not before the court.

Councilman Hogan: Mr. Christian, would you give your name and address for the record, you have three minutes.

Mr. Roger Christian: (400 E. Washington) I have come before the MPC, I’ve come before the City and remanded back, I went to the MPC. I have talked - - - I bought that property as a venture. I didn’t have any specific use for it, and the only people that have come to me are people that want to put the same thing that’s been there since 1980- - - I believe it’s 1984, that they want a liquor store. They want a grocery store with liquor and it’s the same (inaudible) y’all had over on Youree Drive where you gave four (y’all didn’t, but the appeals, the MPC Appeals Board, I believe that’s the right thing), gave four licenses for liquor on Youree Drive in sight of schools and in sight of churches in that area. I have no schools, and no churches in that area. We have no liquor store. I checked today, I drove from down here at the RiverFront all the way out to the intersection of I believe it’s Hearne and Shreveport/Blanchard Highway, and there are no stores, and there is no packaged liquor along that whole area. So, we’re not trying to crowd up anybody in there, and that’s the only people that have come to me and they say, we have to have liquor to make a profitable operation there. If y’all vote this, y’all are voting against taxes that you would receive in property taxes. You’ll vote against sales taxes that you would receive from that, and you already have a problem in that area. Drugs is the highest crime area. And it’s not because any one store is there. You’ve got a crime area down there, that’s the highest crime area in Shreveport, LA. And you’re not going to change it by denying me a liquor license. There are 504 liquor licenses in Shreveport, LA. Anybody can walk or get a ride or ride a bicycle, or have somebody bring it to ‘em in Shreveport, LA., you can get liquor. So, if you’re denying me a liquor license and denying the City money and the Parish taxes, then do so. And it just sends another signal that governments in Louisiana are not friendly to business. And I’m trying there to develop a business. You say you want it down there. And if you vote against this, then you’re voting against all the things I said, which is taxes and a business interest in that area, trying to have something down there. If you go down there and look at it, we’re doing a good job on remodeling that building. I think I’ve had my three minutes and I’ve said about all I can say.

Councilman Green: Mr. Christian.

Mr. Christian: Yes sir.

Councilman Green: You gave your business address, where do you live?

Mr. Christian: I live on Cross Lake.

Councilman Green: What’s the closest liquor store to your residence?

Mr. Christian: I can go down right at the bottom of the hill and get beer if I want to.

Councilman Green: It’s a liquor store?

Mr. Christian: I can go to a café that we all know on Cross Lake Inn and I can buy all the liquor I want.

Councilman Green: No, what’s the closest liquor store to where you live?

Councilman Jackson: Pines Road.

Mr. Christian: Well, since I, I mean, I do buy liquor, so I guess the closest place would be Pines Road, or I don’t look that much, but I mean I would say Pines Road would be the closest. Just thinking now, that’s a good question.

Councilman Lester: Just a comment to Mr. Christian, I think some of the things that you said were somewhat accurate, but let me let you know where I’m sitting. I didn’t vote for the alcohol on Youree Drive. I was consistent. I was in the minority, but I wasn’t afraid of that, okay? Folks in the neighborhood have the saying that say’s ‘all money ain’t good money.’ If my choice is to take your money and the sales dollars and the sales taxes generated from a convenience store that’s selling alcohol. Allendale will make it without it. And our City will be fine without it. You talk about the issue of crime. Adding another store that sells alcohol is like pouring gasoline on a fire. I’m never going to put the fire out if I keep pouring gasoline on it, it just doesn’t make any sense. And if your position is by denying you, if I’m starting a process then fine, I’m willing to take the heat for starting a process. Because I have said up here, that if it takes me to the end of my term to get rid of every liquor establishment in Allendale through any means necessary, just like I’m dead serious about getting rid of every shotgun house there is in Allendale, I’m going to die trying. Because the people in Allendale are sick of it. We don’t have to live next door to that. When the people are hanging outside shooting, and as I appreciate it, at this location, there was a violent incident that led to this place being closed. We don’t have to live next door to it. We are safe on the lake, we are safe in our communities. We don’t have to deal with that. The people that are there have to deal with that every day. And you know there is a myth that you can put a grocery store in the neighborhood, but it won’t work unless it sell alcohol. Last week, we had a gentleman from Family Dollar. Family Dollar has stores all around the City. I encouraged and brought the Family Dollar to the Martin Luther King area. And just let me let you know something. We’re working on doing something in Allendale. That store does not sell alcohol, and within one week, they were the No. 1 selling Family Dollar in the City, so it’s quite clear that there is money in the neighborhood, that can support commerce that’s not alcohol related. Some people believe that, that’s not the case, but I think the empirical evidence is otherwise. All we’ve been doing is giving people the same thing, over and over and over. And to me, ignorance is defined by doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different a different result. We’re going to try to do something different.

Mr. Christian: Well, when - - -

Councilman Lester: Hold on, let me finish my statement. And if doing something different starts today, then I’m willing to pay the price for that

Mr. Christian: Well, that’s good. But let me explain one thing. I make one point. You’re not stopping anybody from getting alcohol down there by denying me that license. If you were, that’s great. And I would say that, that would be a very good thing to do. But you’re not going to keep anybody from getting alcohol down there by denying me a permit for alcohol in hat are down there. You have a bigger problem than alcohol. You have a problem with drugs down there.

Councilman Lester: Sure you do.

Mr. Christian: Alright, so it’s much worse than the alcohol situation down there. Over 50% of that property down there and at least, and I checked it out personally, 49.6% of the property down there does not have houses on it are vacant lots. And you’re dieing down in that area. We’re not getting any tax money from that area. And when you put businesses in that area, regardless of what they are, they bring other businesses in. And we’re not going to do that, (inaudible) people going down there, because if I could figure out a way to have something else in there, I’d be glad to have it. And it’s looks like that’s probably what I’ll have to do. And I think y’all are wrong denying me the alcohol permit. And I appreciate it.

Councilman Jackson: Well, you know and I just, and maybe I ought not to make any particular comments, but I guess that what I hear is capitalism versus community. And I think that while all of us are perhaps capitalistic, we live in that kind of a country, that there is something to be said for folks who are trying to make the community better. And I think one of the concerns we have is, it’s going to be hard on us to try to improve communities around this City when the record will be out there before us. People will have seen that we voted a particular way in one instance and a different way in another instance. But you know we have this issue of ‘not in my back yard.’ And one of the things I think we have to divorce ourselves from is this idea of ‘as long as its not in my backyard, it’s okay.’ I think that community has been on a down slide, and I think you would agree based on your commentary that, that community is in bad shape.

Mr. Christian: It is.

Councilman Jackson: And you know I just, the flourish, the idea of capitalism flourishing amidst such a negative scenario and then that being okay, to me, you know that in and of itself is a slippery slope as well. And to me, it’s tantamount to saying since we know that there are drug dealers and that drugs in that community, why don’t we invite more in, because at least it will be an even playing field. And everybody will get to sell. And I hope that sounds foolish, because to me, it’s the same scenario. Because to me it’s the same scenario. If a person can walk five minutes, I think you were saying, and get liquor and if in fact a person right now is not going to be stopped from getting liquor from not approving a liquor license, then I guess the question becomes then, why add to the fray? If what we’re trying to do is accomplish a better community and if we agree that one of the problems in that community perhaps is access to those things that may lead them to do some of these other things, then I guess my struggle is, because I don’t want to be “anti-capitalism,” because I think you count your comments well with capitalism, but at the same time, my question becomes do I put capitalism over community, or do I put community over capitalism? And I have to ask myself, will the people who live within three blocks of that place be better or worse? Will their situations, if they’re not going to be worse, will they in fact be better, because the store is there and because that store that’s there has the ability to sell alcohol? You know and I wrestle with that, and I’ve not heard a compelling argument that would suggest how that’s going to improve? Now, I know whoever is going to be the business owner, whether you or someone else is going to be the business - - - I can see clearly how they’re going to benefit. But what I’m struggling to see is how Allendale or that community within a three block perimeter, how they become better overnight? And I guess that’s really my struggle. And if we can’t do it, then we become complicit and we become parties to what is the continuing destruction of a community by saying ‘let’s just add more to it.’

Mr. Christian: Has anybody ever heard of the Volstead Act?

Councilman Jackson: I’m sorry?

Mr. Christian: Volstead. I believe I’m pronouncing it right. It outlawed liquor in the United States and it didn’t last. We had to repeal it. It didn’t work.. We can control the area down there. We have to get permits, and it should be controlled. And we can control liquor down there if we had to. The City obtains funds from it because first, that would lower the value of that property. The City would get less property tax.. The City would get no sales tax from the drugs down there or anything else and we’re not doing - - - well, I don’t want to get into that. But we’re not doing a good job of (I’ll say it). We’re not doing a good job of controlling drugs anywhere in the United States. I’m not just talking about Shreveport. We’ve got a societal problem with that. But you’re not going to stop anything by keeping me from having a liquor license at that one little location down there. That liquor license has been there in that store since 1984 and yes, there was a problem down there. A man tried to steal. It had nothing to do with liquor, it just had to do with greed. He put a gun to the man’s head that was down there working about 12-15 hours a day tried to make a living and tried to take the money. So that had nothing to do with liquor.

Councilman Jackson: But let me, and I’ll finish when I say this. Again, I hear what you’re saying but in my opinion, there is not a compelling argument, you have not yet said how the community is - - - cause see you have the luxury of being a capitalist who can come in and your only concern is about whether or not the economy’s scale makes sense, whether or not ultimately you’re going to make money. If that’s not your concern, then I’m concerned about why you’re here. I think one of your major concerns should be if you’re going to be an entrepreneur is how you’re going to make money. We don’t have the luxury of making a decision based on what the tax returns will be. What the tax income will be to the City only. We have to also think about any kind of disconcerting affects that might happen in our communities as well. We don’t have the luxury of just counting tax dollars. When I was young, I would be around a lot of older men who played dominoes, and one of the things that they would always say, they’d have a domino in their hand that could perhaps make something, a count for a score, but they said something and I’ll never forget and that was ‘all money ain’t good money.’ And so what I’m suggesting is that sometimes, we don’t sit here nor are we derelict in our duty because we do not pass on something that could in fact create tax revenue. Sometimes what could create tax revenue could continue to contribute to the destruction and in my opinion, the corrosion of communities. That case, that’s a scenario where all money is not good money, and we’ve got to make those kinds of decision. And I’ve yet to hear a compelling enough argument that suggest to me how is the quality of life of men and women, boys and girls who live in just a three block perimeter, how is that going to be affective positively. And if we can’t speak to that, then it puts us, it puts at least me in a bad situation on how we vote with regard to who is the beneficiary when this is all over.

Mr. Christian: One thing that (inaudible) it has to be fair. And how you can put four liquor licenses in one area of town and not allow, and violate or almost with in sight of schools, in sight of churches, and I have a place that has no churches and schools around, and I can’t get one liquor license in that area of town on a high traffic (inaudible) - - - over 8,000 cars pass there everyday. And it’s been there since 1984.

Councilman Jackson: But I think you argued eloquently a few minutes ago, that there is not a great need for liquor in that area, because you can walk in either direction for five minutes, I think that’s what you said, I’m not sure, but I think you said that if you didn’t put your liquor, if you didn’t get a liquor license, liquor was still going to be prevalent in that community. I think you said that. Is that correct.

Mr. Christian: I would say that’s true. But I also say that economically, you cannot put a store there and have a profit without the packaged liquor there.

Councilman Jackson: And Mr. Lester gave the Dollar store example. Is that not a congruent example?

Mr. Christian: Well, I don’t see Dollar Stores down there. All I see and I pass there and if anybody want’s to take a ride down Ford Street (inaudible)

Councilman Lester: With all due respect Mr. Christian, not yet, not yet.

Mr. Christian: But it’s there. We’re talking about realities here, not what’s in the future. We’re talking about right now.

Councilman Hogan: Mr. Christian, excuse me. Councilman Jackson still has the floor.

Councilman Jackson: I yield.

Councilman Green: Thank you. Mr. Chairman, unless we’re having a public hearing, we normally are not in the format to have a debate with the citizen, and I think Mr. Christian with all due respect has already spent his three minutes on his argument. And also just for closing, if in fact Mr. Christian, you put that store there, you have to admit, it’s not going to be a wholesale grocery store, you prices will possibly be two or three times higher than what you can go to a normal store. But we’re not in the debate. Mr. Chair, I call for the question.

Motion by Councilman Green, seconded by Councilman Lester to call for the question and end debate. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Hogan, Green, and Jackson. 5. Nays: Councilman Carmody. 1. Absent: Councilman Gibson. 1.

Mr. Kirkland: Mr. Chairman, I’m sorry. I believe Mr. Thompson, I believe if you would, I believe there was a procedural error. The motion was to approve the ordinance, but I believe Councilman Lester wanted you to deny it?

Mr. Thompson: It was a call for the question.

Councilman Green: I called for the question.

Councilman Lester: That was a vote on the call for the question.

Mr. Kirkland: Oh, I’m sorry. My mistake.

Councilman Hogan: Okay, the motion was to overturn the decision.

Councilman Lester: No, it’s to approve and I’m asking the Council for a “No” vote.

Councilman Hogan: Okay.

Motion denied by the following vote: Nays: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Carmody, Hogan, Green, and Jackson. 6. Ayes: None. Absent: Councilman Gibson. 1.

8. Ordinance No. 30 of 2005: ZONING – C-11-05: An ordinance amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, the City of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance, by rezoning property located on the south side of Mount Zion Road, 1200 feet west of Linwood, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, from B-2, Neighborhood Business District, to B-2-E Neighborhood Business/Extended Use District “Limited to a landscape office and outside storage of trucks/material” only and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on March 8, 2005 was read by title, and on motion, ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Lester seconded by Councilman Hogan to postpone. Motion approved by the following vote: Nays: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Carmody, Hogan, Green, and Jackson. 6. Ayes: None. Absent: Councilman Gibson. 1.

9. Ordinance No. 31 of 2005: ZONING – C-13-05: An ordinance amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, the City of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance, by rezoning property located on the northeast corner of Fuller and Bernstein, Shreveport, Caddo Parish Louisiana, from R-1H-E, Urban, One-Family Residence/Extended Use District, (Limited to a Daycare) to R-1H-E, Urban, One-Family Residence/Extended Use District, “Limited to a Restaurant” only, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on March 8, 2005 was read by title, and on motion, ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Green, seconded by Councilman Carmody to adopt. Motion approved by the following vote: Nays: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Carmody, Hogan, Green, and Jackson. 6. Ayes: None. Absent: Councilman Gibson. 1.

10. Ordinance No. 32 of 2005: ZONING – C-14-05: An ordinance amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, the City of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance, by rezoning property located on the west side of Woolworth Road, 750 feet south of Shirley Francis Road, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, from R-A, Residence Agriculture District, to I-1, Light Industry District, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on March 8, 2005 was read by title, and on motion, ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Hogan, seconded by Councilman Green to adopt. Motion approved by the following vote: Nays: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Carmody, Hogan, Green, and Jackson. 6. Ayes: None. Absent: Councilman Gibson. 1.

The adopted ordinances and amendments follows:

ORDINANCE NO. 23 OF 2005

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE DONATION OF CITY-OWNED PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS LOTS 1 AND 2, BLOCK 11, QUEENSBOROUGH ADDITION SUBDIVISION TO SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER COMMUNITY RENEWAL AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.

WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport is the owner of property identified as Lots 1 and 2, Block 11, Queensborough Addition Subdivision; and

WHEREAS, the property is generally located at the southwest corner of West College and Missouri Street in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; and

WHEREAS, the City has received a request to donate the said property to Shreveport/Bossier Community Renewal (“Community Renewal”) for purposes of construction and operation of a “Friendship House”, a residentially based neighborhood assistance and support program; and

WHEREAS, the operation of this program on the property requested for donation will compliment the City’s redevelopment efforts in the Queensborough area; and

WHEREAS, LSA-R.S. 33:4712 requires that notice of this ordinance be published at least three (3) times within fifteen (15) days, one week apart; and

WHEREAS, this donation serves a public purpose and will provide a public service by providing mentoring and other assistance and support programs to citizens of the Queensborough community; and

WHEREAS, this donation will be made in accordance with the Louisiana Constitution and City ordinances.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport in due, regular and legal session convened, that the City of Shreveport is hereby authorized to donate the City-owned property identified as Lots 1 and 2, Block 11, Queensborough Addition Subdivision, generally located at the southwest corner of West College and Missouri Street, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana to Shreveport/Bossier Community Renewal.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Mayor is authorized to execute and deliver, for and on behalf of the City of Shreveport any and all documents relative to the authorization granted herein after review and approval of such document(s) by the Office of the City Attorney.

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 severable.

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

ORDINANCE NO. 24 OF 2005

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE DONATION OF CITY-OWNED PROPERTY IN THE LAKESIDE SUBDIVISION TO URBAN HOUSING OF AMERICA, LOUISIANA INC., AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH WITH RESPECT THERETO.

WHEREAS, Urban Housing of America, Louisiana Inc., (“Urban Housing”) a non-profit housing development corporation, has established the “Allendale HOMES” initiative, as a revitalization initiative in the Allendale community; and

WHEREAS, this initiative will be conducted in conjunction with the City’s Allendale TOTAL Commitment Project; and

WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport is the owner of nine (9) lots in the 1900 block of Alston Street; and

WHEREAS, Urban Housing has requested that the City donate these lots to Urban Housing for construction of affordable housing for qualified low-to-moderate income persons in connection with the Allendale HOMES initiative; and

WHEREAS, donation of these lots to Urban Housing for the purpose stated herein is for a public purpose;

WHEREAS, LSA-R.S. 33:4712 requires that notice of this ordinance be published at least three

(3) times within fifteen (15) days, one week apart; and

WHEREAS, this donation will be made in accordance with the Louisiana Constitution and City ordinances provisions applicable thereto.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport in due, regular and legal session convened, that the City of Shreveport is hereby authorized to donate the following described City-owned property to Urban Housing of America, Louisiana Inc., for construction of affordable single family residences for low-to-moderate income persons in connection with the Allendale HOMES initiative:

Lots 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 and 45, Lakeside Subdivision, a subdivision of the City of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, per that plat recorded in Book 38, Page 69 of the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, Louisiana

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Mayor is authorized to execute and deliver, for and on behalf of the City of Shreveport any and all documents relative to the authorization granted herein after review and approval of such document(s) by the Office of the City Attorney.

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 severable.

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

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO ORDINANCE NO. 25 of 2005

Offered by Councilman_________________ and seconded by Councilman_________________:

ORDINANCE

An ordinance authorizing the incurring of debt and issuance of not to exceed Twenty-Six Million Dollars ($26,000,000) of General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2005B, 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.

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

SECTION 1. Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Agreement" means the agreement to be entered into between the Issuer and the Paying Agent pursuant to this Ordinance.

"Bond" means any Bonds of the Issuer authorized to be issued by this Ordinance, whether initially delivered or issued in exchange for, upon transfer of, or in lieu of any Bond previously issued.

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

“Bond Insurer” means MBIA Insurance Corporation.

“Bond Insurance Policy” means the municipal bond insurance policy issued by the Bond Insurer.

"Bonds" means the Issuer's General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2005B, authorized by this Ordinance, in the total aggregate principal amount not to exceed Twenty-Six Million Dollars ($26,000,000).

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

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

"Governing Authority" means the City Council of the City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana.

"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 March 1 and September 1 of each year, commencing September 1, 2005.

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

"Outstanding" when used with respect to Bonds means, as of the date of determination, all Bonds theretofore issued and delivered under this Ordinance, except:

1. Bonds theretofore canceled by the Paying Agent or delivered to the Paying Agent for cancellation;

2. Bonds for which payment or redemption sufficient funds have been theretofore deposited in trust for the owners of such Bonds, provided that if such Bonds are to be redeemed, irrevocable notice of such redemption has been duly given or provided for pursuant to this Ordinance or waived;

3. Bonds in exchange for or in lieu of which other Bonds have been registered and delivered pursuant to this Ordinance;

4. Bonds alleged to have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen which have been paid as provided in this Ordinance or by law; and

5. Bonds for the payment of the principal (or redemption price, if any) of and interest on which money or Government Securities or both are held in trust with the effect specified in this Ordinance.

"Ordinance" means this ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Bonds, as it may be supplemented and amended.

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

"Paying Agent" means Regions Bank, in the City of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, until a successor Paying Agent shall have been appointed 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.

“Prior Bonds” means collectively, the $24,890,000 of the General Obligation Bonds, Series 1999 previously issued for the primary purpose of the construction, acquisition, improving and equipping of various capital improvements in the City.

"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.

"Underwriters" means Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. and Stephens Inc. representing the original purchasers of the Bonds.

SECTION 2. Authorization of Bonds Maturities. In compliance with the terms and provisions of Chapter 14-A of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, (the “Act”) as amended and other constitutional and statutory authority, the City of Shreveport, Louisiana (the "Issuer") governed by the City Council (the "Governing Authority"), there is hereby authorized the incurring of an indebtedness of not to exceed Twenty-Six Million ($26,000,000) for, on behalf of, and in the name of the Issuer, for the purpose of providing funds to refund certain maturities of the Prior Bonds in accordance with the provisions of the Act. To represent said indebtedness, this Governing Authority does hereby authorize the issuance of not to exceed Twenty-Six Million Dollars ($26,000,000) of General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2005B, of the Issuer. The Bonds shall be in fully registered form, shall be dated the date of delivery, shall be issued in the denomination of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) each or any integral multiple thereof within a single maturity and shall be numbered from R-1 upward. The unpaid principal of the Bonds shall bear interest from the date thereof or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable on each Interest Payment Date, commencing September 1, 2005. The Bonds shall mature no later than 15 years from the date thereof and bear interest at rates not to exceed 6.00% per annum.

The principal of the Bonds, upon maturity or redemption, shall be payable at the principal office of the Paying Agent, upon presentation and surrender thereof, and interest on the Bonds shall be payable by check of the Paying Agent mailed by the Paying Agent to the Owner (determined as of the close of business on the Record Date) at the address shown on the Bond Register. Each Bond delivered under this Ordinance upon transfer of, in exchange for or in lieu of any other Bond shall carry all the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Bond, and each such Bond shall bear interest (as herein set forth) so neither gain nor loss in interest shall result from such transfer, exchange or substitution.

No Bond shall be entitled to any right or benefit under this Ordinance, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Bond a certificate of registration, substantially in the form provided in this Ordinance, executed by the Paying Agent by manual signature.

The Principal of the Bonds is payable at the principal corporate trust office of Regions Bank, in the City of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as Paying Agent and Bond Registrar with respect to the Bonds upon surrender thereof.

Each Bond shall be dated the date of delivery. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the Bonds shall bear interest from the date thereof or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, as the case may be. However, when there is no existing default in the payment of interest on the Bonds, each Bond executed after the Regular Record Date for any Interest Payment Date but prior to such Interest Payment Date, shall bear interest from such Interest Payment Date provided, however, that if and to the extent that the Issuer shall default in the payment of the interest due on any Interest Payment Date, then all such Bonds shall bear interest from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, unless no interest has been paid on the Bonds, in which case from the date of delivery.

The person in whose name any Bond is registered at the Regular Record Date with respect to an Interest Payment Date shall in all cases be entitled to receive the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date (unless such Bond has been called for redemption on a redemption date which is prior to such Interest Payment Date) notwithstanding the cancellation of such Bond upon any registration of transfer or exchange thereof subsequent to such Regular Record Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date.

SECTION 3. Special Provision with respect to the Bond Insurer.

A. Notice to the Insurer. The City and Paying Agent shall provide copies of any notices required to be given by any party under this Ordinance to the Bond Insurer, Attn: Insured Portfolio Management.

B. Amendments. The Bond Insurer must be given notice of any amendments to this Ordinance and the Bond Insurer’s consent must be obtained for all amendments to this Ordinance. Any amendments to this Ordinance which are consented to by the Bond Insurer shall be sent to Standard & Poor’s.

C. Events of Default and Remedies. Events of Default are hereby defined as follows:

1. the Issuer fails to pay principal when due;

2. the Issuer fails to pay interest when due;

3. the Issuer fails to observe any other covenant or condition of the document and such failure continues for 30 days; and

4. the Issuer declares bankruptcy.

The Bond Insurer, acting alone, shall have the right to direct all remedies in the Event of a Default. The Bond Insurer shall be recognized as the registered owner of each Bond which it insures for the purposes of exercising all rights and privileges available to Bondholders. For Bonds which it insures, the Bond Insurer shall have the right to institute any suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity under the same terms as a Bondholder in accordance with applicable provisions of the governing documents. Other than the usual redemption provisions, any acceleration of principal payments is subject to the Bond Insurer’s prior written consent.

D. Agents. The Paying Agent hereunder must be a commercial bank with trust powers.

SECTION 4. Book-Entry Registration of Bonds. The Bonds shall be initially issued in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), as registered owner of the Bonds, and held in the custody of DTC. The Director of Finance of the Issuer or any other officer of the Issuer is authorized to execute and deliver a Letter of Representation to DTC on behalf of the Issuer with respect to the issuance of the Bonds in "book-entry only" format. The Paying Agent is hereby directed to execute said Letter of Representation. The terms and provisions of said Letter of Representation shall govern in the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Bond Ordinance and said Letter of Representation. A single certificate will be issued and delivered to DTC or its designee for each maturity of the Bonds. The Beneficial Owners will not receive physical delivery of Bond certificates except as provided herein. Beneficial Owners are expected to receive a written confirmation of their purchase providing details of each Bond acquired. For so long as DTC shall continue to serve as securities depository for the Bonds as provided herein, all transfers of beneficial ownership interest will be made by book-entry only, and no investor or other party purchasing, selling or otherwise transferring beneficial ownership of Bonds is to receive, hold or deliver any Bond certificate.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, while the Bonds are issued in book-entry-only form, the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds may be payable by the Paying Agent by wire transfer to DTC in accordance with the Letter of Representation.

For every transfer and exchange of the Bonds, the Beneficial Owner may be charged a sum sufficient to cover such Beneficial Owner's allocable share of any tax, fee or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto.

Bond certificates are required to be delivered to and registered in the name of the Beneficial Owner under the following circumstances:

(a) DTC determines to discontinue providing its service with respect to the Bonds. Such a determination may be made at any time by giving 30 days' notice to the Issuer and the Paying Agent and discharging its responsibilities with respect thereto under applicable law.

(b) The Issuer determines that continuation of the system of book-entry transfer through DTC (or a successor securities depository) is not in the best interests of the Issuer and/or the Beneficial Owners

The Issuer and the Paying Agent will recognize DTC or its nominee as the Bondholder for all purposes, including notices and voting.

Neither the Issuer or the Paying Agent are responsible for the performance by DTC of any of its obligations, including, without limitation, the payment of moneys received by DTC, the forwarding of notices received by DTC or the giving of any consent or proxy in lieu of consent.

Whenever during the term of the Bonds the beneficial ownership thereof is determined by a book entry at DTC, the requirements of this Bond Ordinance of holding, delivering or transferring the Bonds shall be deemed modified to require the appropriate person to meet the requirements of DTC as to registering or transferring the book entry to produce the same effect.

If at any time DTC ceases to hold the Bonds, all references herein to DTC shall be of no further force or effect.

SECTION 5. Redemption Provisions. The Bonds maturing on March 1, 2016, and thereafter, shall be callable for redemption at the option of the Issuer in full at any time on or after March 1, 2015 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 March 1, 2016, at the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for.

In the event a Bond to be redeemed is of a denomination larger than $5,000, a portion of such Bond ($5,000 or any multiple thereof) may be redeemed. Any Bond which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the principal corporate office of the Paying Agent and there shall be delivered to the Owner of such Bond a new Bond or Bonds of the same maturity and of any authorized denomination or denominations as requested by such Owner in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Bond so surrendered. Official notice of such call of any of the Bonds for redemption shall be given by the Paying Agent by means of 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 Owner of each Bond to be redeemed at his address as shown on the Bond Register.

SECTION 6. Registration and Transfer. The Issuer shall cause the Bond Register to be kept by the Paying Agent. The Bonds may be transferred, registered and assigned only on the Bond Register, 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 Bond 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 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 shall be in the denomination of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof within a single maturity. Neither the Issuer nor the Paying Agent shall be required to issue, register, transfer or exchange any Bond during a period beginning (i) at the opening of business on a Record Date and ending at the close of business on the Interest Payment Date or (ii) with respect to Bonds to be redeemed, 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.

SECTION 7. Form of Bonds. The Bonds and the endorsements to appear thereon shall be in substantially the following form, to-wit:

No. R-_____ Principal Amount $

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

STATE OF LOUISIANA

PARISH OF CADDO

GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BOND, SERIES 2005B

OF THE

CITY OF SHREVEPORT, STATE OF LOUISIANA

Maturity Date	Interest Rate	Bond Date	CUSIP Number
	_____%

THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT, STATE OF LOUISIANA (the "Issuer"), promises to pay to:

REGISTERED OWNER: ______________________________________

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: ______________________________________

or registered assigns, on the Maturity Date set forth above, the Principal Amount set forth above, together with interest thereon from the Bond Date set forth above or the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable on March 1 and September 1 of each year, commencing September 1, 2005 (each an "Interest Payment Date"), at the Interest Rate per annum set forth above until said Principal Amount is paid, unless this Bond shall have been previously called for redemption and payment shall have been duly made or provided for. The principal of and premium, if any, on this Bond, upon maturity or redemption, is payable in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts at the principal office of Regions Bank, in the City of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, or successor thereto (the "Paying Agent") upon presentation and surrender hereof. Interest on this Bond is payable by check or draft mailed on or before the Interest Payment Date by the Paying Agent to the registered owner at the address as shown on the registration books of the Paying Agent maintained for such purpose. The interest so payable on any Interest Payment Date will be paid to the person in whose name this Bond (or one or more predecessor Bonds) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date (which is the 15th calendar day of the month next preceding an Interest Payment Date). Any interest not punctually paid or duly provided for shall be payable as provided in the Bond Ordinance (hereinafter defined).

During any period after the initial delivery of the Bonds in book-entry-only form when the Bonds are delivered in multiple certificates form, upon request of a registered owner of at least $1,000,000 in principal amount of Bonds outstanding, all payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds will be paid by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account designated by such registered owner; CUSIP number identification with appropriate dollar amounts for each CUSIP number must accompany all payments of principal, premium, and interest, whether by check or by wire transfer.

This Bond is one of an authorized issue aggregating in principal the sum of _________ Million ($________) (the "Bonds"), all of like tenor and effect except as to number, denomination, interest rate and maturity, said Bonds having been issued by the Issuer pursuant to Ordinance No. 25 of 2005 enacted by its governing authority on __________ ___, 2005 (the "Bond Ordinance"), for the purpose of refunding certain maturities of the Prior Bonds.

The Bonds are issuable only as book-entry only registered bonds in the denomination of $5,000 principal amount or any integral multiple thereof within a single maturity, exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of bonds of the same maturity of any other authorized denomination.

FOR SO LONG AS THIS BOND IS HELD IN BOOK-ENTRY FORM REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. ON THE REGISTRATION BOOKS OF THE ISSUER KEPT BY THE PAYING AGENT, AS BOND REGISTRAR, THIS BOND, IF CALLED FOR PARTIAL REDEMPTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOND ORDINANCE, SHALL BECOME DUE AND PAYABLE ON THE REDEMPTION DATE DESIGNATED IN THE NOTICE OF REDEMPTION GIVEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOND ORDINANCE AT, AND ONLY TO THE EXTENT OF, THE REDEMPTION PRICE, PLUS ACCRUED INTEREST TO THE SPECIFIED REDEMPTION DATE; AND THIS BOND SHALL BE PAID, TO THE EXTENT SO REDEEMED, (i) UPON PRESENTATION AND SURRENDER THEREOF AT THE OFFICE SPECIFIED IN SUCH NOTICE OR (ii) AT THE WRITTEN REQUEST OF CEDE & CO., BY CHECK MAILED TO CEDE & CO. BY THE PAYING AGENT OR BY WIRE TRANSFER TO CEDE & CO. BY THE PAYING AGENT IF CEDE & CO. AS BONDOWNER SO ELECTS. IF, ON THE REDEMPTION DATE, MONEYS FOR THE REDEMPTION OF BONDS OF SUCH MATURITY TO BE REDEEMED, TOGETHER WITH INTEREST TO THE REDEMPTION DATE, SHALL BE HELD BY THE PAYING AGENT SO AS TO BE AVAILABLE THEREFOR ON SUCH DATE, AND AFTER NOTICE OF REDEMPTION SHALL HAVE BEEN GIVEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOND ORDINANCE, THEN, FROM AND AFTER THE REDEMPTION DATE, THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS BOND SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY REDUCED BY AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT THEREOF SO REDEEMED, NOTWITHSTANDING WHETHER THIS BOND HAS BEEN SURRENDERED TO THE PAYING AGENT FOR CANCELLATION.

Subject to the limitations of and upon payment of the charges provided in the Bond Ordinance, the transfer of this Bond may be registered on the registration books of the Paying Agent upon surrender of this Bond at the principal office of the Paying Agent as registrar, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form and with guaranty of signature satisfactory to the Paying Agent, duly executed by the registered owner or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon a new bond or bonds of the same maturity and of authorized denomination or denominations, for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the transferee. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this Bond, the Issuer and the Paying Agent may deem and treat the person in whose name this Bond is registered as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Bond shall be overdue and neither the Issuer nor the Paying Agent shall be bound by any notice to the contrary.

The Bonds maturing on March 1, 2016, and thereafter, shall be callable for redemption at the option of the Issuer in full at any time on or after March 1, 2015 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 March 1, 2016, at the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for.

In the event a Bond to be redeemed is of a denomination larger than $5,000, a portion of such Bond ($5,000 or any multiple thereof) may be redeemed. Any Bond which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the principal corporate office of the Paying Agent and there shall be delivered to the Owner of such Bond a new Bond or Bonds of the same maturity and of any authorized denomination or denominations as requested by such Owner in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Bond so surrendered. Official notice of such call of any of the Bonds for redemption shall be given by means of 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 Owner of each Bond to be redeemed at his address as shown on the Bond Register.

The Bond Ordinance permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modifications of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the owners of the Bonds at any time by the Issuer with consent of the owners of a 2/3 majority in aggregate amount of all Bonds issued under the Bond Ordinance, to be determined in accordance with the Bond Ordinance.

This Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose or be entitled to any security or benefit under the Bond Ordinance until the certificate of registration hereon shall have been signed by the Paying Agent.

This Bond and the issue of which it forms a part constitute general obligations of the Issuer, and the full faith and credit of the Issuer is pledged for the payment of this Bond and the issue of which it forms a part. Said Bonds are secured by a special ad valorem tax to be imposed and collected annually in excess of all other taxes on all the property subject to such taxation within the territorial limits of the Issuer, under the Constitution and laws of Louisiana, sufficient in amount to pay the principal of this Bond and the issue of which it forms a part and the interest thereon as they severally mature.

It is hereby certified, recited and declared that all acts, conditions and things required to exist, to happen and to be performed precedent to and in the issuance of this Bond and the issue of which it forms a part to constitute the same legal, binding and valid obligations of the Issuer have existed, have happened and have been performed in due time, form and manner as required by law, and that the indebtedness of the Issuer, including this Bond and the issue of which it forms a part, does not exceed the limitations prescribed by the Constitution and statutes of the State of Louisiana. It is certified that this Bond is authorized by and is issued in conformity with the requirements of the Constitution and statutes of the State of Louisiana.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City Council of the City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana, acting as the governing authority thereof, has caused this Bond to be executed in the name of the Issuer by the manual or facsimile signatures of its Mayor, Clerk of Council and Director of Finance and its corporate seal to be impressed hereon.

CITY OF SHREVEPORT, STATE OF LOUISIANA

______________________________ __________________________________________

Clerk of Council Mayor

_______________________________

Director of Finance

(SEAL)

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(FORM OF PAYING AGENT'S CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION -

TO BE PRINTED ON ALL BONDS)

This Bond is one of the Bonds referred to in the within-mentioned Bond Ordinance.

Regions Bank

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

as Paying Agent

Date of Registration: By:_____________________

Authorized Officer

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(FORM OF ASSIGNMENT)

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

_____________________________________________________________________________

Please Insert Social Security

or other Identifying Number of Assignee

the within Bond and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints

______________________________________________________________________________

attorney or agent to transfer the within Bond on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:____________ __________________________________________

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Bond in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

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(FORM OF LEGAL OPINION CERTIFICATE -

TO BE PRINTED ON ALL BONDS)

I, the undersigned Clerk of Council of the City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana, do hereby certify that the following is a true copy of the complete legal opinion of Casten & Pearce, APLC, Bond Counsel, the originals of which were manually executed, dated and issued as of the date of payment for and delivery of the original Bonds of the issue described therein and were delivered to Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, representing the original purchaser thereof

(Bond Printer Shall Insert Legal Opinions)

I further certify that executed copies of the above legal opinions are on file in my office, and that executed copies thereof have been furnished to the Paying Agent for this Bond.

_____________(facsimile)____________

Clerk of Council

STATEMENT OF INSURANCE

MBIA Insurance Corporation (the "Bond Insurer") has issued a policy containing the following provisions, such policy being on file at Regions Bank, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The Bond Insurer, in consideration of the payment of the premium and subject to the terms of this policy, hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to any owner, as hereinafter defined, of the following described obligations, the full and complete payment required to be made by or on behalf of the Issuer to Regions Bank, Baton Rouge, Louisiana or its successor (the "Paying Agent") of an amount equal to (i) the principal of (either at the stated maturity or by any advancement of maturity pursuant to a mandatory sinking fund payment) and interest on, the Bonds (as that term is defined below) as such payments shall become due but shall not be so paid (except that in the event of any acceleration of the due date of such principal by reason of mandatory or optional redemption or acceleration resulting from default or otherwise, other than any advancement of maturity pursuant to a mandatory sinking fund payment, the payments guaranteed hereby shall be made in such amounts and at such times as such payments of principal would have been due had there not been any such acceleration, unless the Bond Insurer elects in its sole discretion, to pay in whole or in part any principal due by reason of such acceleration); and (ii) the reimbursement of any such payment which is subsequently recovered from any owner pursuant to a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that such payment constitutes an avoidable preference to such owner within the meaning of any applicable bankruptcy law. The amounts referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of the preceding sentence shall be referred to herein collectively as the "Insured Amounts." "Bonds" shall mean:

$__________

CITY OF SHREVEPORT, STATE OF LOUISIANA

GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS, SERIES 2005B

Upon receipt of telephonic or telegraphic notice, such notice subsequently confirmed in writing by registered or certified mail, or upon receipt of written notice by registered or certified mail, by the Bond Insurer from the Paying Agent or any owner of an Bond the payment of an Insured Amount for which is then due, that such required payment has not been made, the Bond Insurer on the due date of such payment or within one business day after receipt of notice of such nonpayment, whichever is later, will make a deposit of funds, in an account with U.S. Bank Trust National Association, in New York, New York, or its successor, sufficient for the payment of any such Insured Amounts which are then due. Upon presentment and surrender of such Bonds or presentment of such other proof of ownership of the Bonds, together with any appropriate instruments of assignment to evidence the assignment of the Insured Amounts due on the Bonds as are paid by the Bond Insurer, and appropriate instruments to effect the appointment of the Bond Insurer as agent for such owners of the Bonds in any legal proceeding related to payment of Insured Amounts on the Bonds, such instruments being in a form satisfactory to U.S. Bank Trust National Association, U.S. Bank Trust National Association shall disburse to such owners or the Paying Agent payment of the Insured Amounts due on such Bonds, less any amount held by the Paying Agent for the payment of such Insured Amounts and legally available therefor. This policy does not insure against loss of any prepayment premium which may at any time be payable with respect to any Bond.

As used herein, the term "owner" shall mean the registered owner of any Bond as indicated in the books maintained by the Paying Agent, the Issuer, or any designee of the Issuer for such purpose. The term owner shall not include the Issuer or any party whose agreement with the Issuer constitutes the underlying security for the Bonds.

Any service of process on the Bond Insurer may be made to the Bond Insurer at its offices located at 113 King Street, Armonk, New York 10504 and such service of process shall be valid and binding.

This policy is non-cancellable for any reason. The premium on this policy is not refundable for any reason including the payment prior to maturity of the Bonds.

MBIA INSURANCE CORPORATION

SECTION 8. 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 Legal Opinion Certificate shall be signed by the Clerk of Council of the Issuer, which signatures and corporate seal may be either manual or facsimile.

SECTION 9. Pledge of Full Faith and Credit. The Bonds shall constitute general obligations of the Issuer, and the full faith and credit of the Issuer is hereby pledged for their payment. This Governing Authority does hereby obligate itself and is bound under the terms and provisions of law and the election authorizing the Bonds to impose and collect annually in excess of all other taxes a tax on all of the property subject to taxation within the territorial limits of the Issuer sufficient to pay the principal of and the interest on the Bonds falling due each year, said tax to be levied and collected by the same officers, in the same manner and at the same time as other taxes are levied and collected within the territorial limits of the Issuer.

SECTION 10. Application of Proceeds. The Executive Officers are hereby empowered, authorized and directed to do any and all things necessary and incidental to carry out all of the provisions of this Ordinance, to cause the necessary Bonds to be printed, to issue, execute and seal the Bonds, and to effect delivery thereof as hereinafter provided. The proceeds derived from the sale of the Bonds, except accrued interest, shall be deposited by the Issuer with its fiscal agent bank or banks to be used only for the purpose for which the Bonds are issued. Accrued interest, if any, derived from the sale of the Bonds shall be deposited in the Sinking Fund to be applied to the first interest payment.

SECTION 11. Bonds Legal Obligations. The Bonds shall constitute legal, binding and valid obligations of the Issuer and shall be the only representations of the indebtedness as herein authorized and created.

SECTION 12. Ordinance a Contract. The provisions of this Ordinance shall constitute a contract between the Issuer, or its successor, and the Owner or Owners from time to time of the Bonds and any such Owner or Owners may at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceedings, enforce and compel the performance of all duties required to be performed by this Governing Authority or the Issuer as a result of issuing the Bonds.

No material modification or amendment of this Ordinance, or of any ordinance amendatory hereof or supplemental hereto, may be made without the consent in writing of the Owners of two-thirds (2/3) of the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding and the written consent of the Bond Insurer; provided, however, that no modification or amendment shall permit a change in the maturity or redemption provisions of the Bonds, or a reduction in the rate of interest thereon, or in the amount of the principal obligation thereof, or affecting the obligation of the Issuer to pay the principal of and the interest on the Bonds as the same shall come due from the taxes pledged and dedicated to the payment thereof by this Ordinance, or reduce the percentage of the Owners required to consent to any material modification or amendment of this Ordinance, without the consent of all of the Owners of the Bonds.

SECTION 13. Severabilitv; Application of Subsequently Enacted Laws. In case any one or more of the provisions of this Ordinance or of the Bonds shall for any reason be held to be illegal or invalid, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect any other provisions of this Ordinance or of the Bonds, but this 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 provisions enacted after the date of this Ordinance which validate or make legal any provision of this shall be filed with the Paying Agent, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

SECTION 14. Cancellation of Bonds. All Bonds surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer, exchange or replacement, if surrendered to the Paying Agent, shall be promptly canceled by it and, if surrendered to the Issuer, shall be delivered to the Paying Agent and, if not already canceled, shall be promptly canceled by the Paying Agent. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the Paying Agent for cancellation any Bonds previously registered and delivered which the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Bonds so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Paying Agent. All canceled Bonds held by the Paying Agent shall be disposed of as directed in writing by the Issuer.

SECTION 15. Mutilated. Destroyed. Lost or Stolen Bonds. If (1) any mutilated Bond is surrendered to the Paying Agent, or the Issuer and the Paying Agent receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Bond, and (2) there is delivered to the Issuer and the Paying Agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer or the Paying Agent that such Bond has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Issuer shall execute, and upon its request the Paying Agent shall register and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Bond, a new Bond of the same maturity and of like tenor, interest rate and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Bond has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Bond, pay such Bond. Upon the issuance of any new Bond under this Section, the Issuer may require the payment by the Owner of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Paying Agent) connected therewith. Every new Bond issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Bond shall constitute a replacement of the prior obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Bond shall be at any time enforceable by anyone and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Ordinance equally and ratably with all other Outstanding Bonds. Any additional procedures set forth in the Agreement, authorized in this Ordinance, shall also be available with respect to mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Bonds. The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement and payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Bonds.

SECTION 16. Discharge of Ordinance; Defeasance. If the Issuer shall pay or cause to be paid, or there shall otherwise be paid to the Owners, the principal (and redemption price, if any) of and interest on the Bonds, at the times and in the manner stipulated in this Ordinance, then the pledge of the money, securities, and funds pledged under this Ordinance and all covenants, agreements, and other obligations of the Issuer to the Owners of the Bonds shall thereupon cease, terminate, and become void and be discharged and satisfied, and the Paying Agent shall pay over or deliver all money held by it under this Ordinance to the Issuer.

Bonds or interest installments for the payment or redemption of which money shall have been set aside and shall be held in trust (through deposit by the Issuer of funds for such payment or redemption or otherwise) at the maturity or redemption date thereof shall be deemed to have been paid within the meaning and with the effect expressed above in this Section, if they have been defeased pursuant to Chapter 14-A of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, or any successor provisions thereto.

SECTION 17. Successor Paying Agent; Paying Agent Agreement. The Issuer will at all times maintain a Paying Agent meeting the qualifications hereinafter described for the performance of the duties hereunder for the Bonds. The designation of the initial Paying Agent in this Ordinance is hereby confirmed and approved. The Issuer reserves the right to appoint a successor Paying Agent by (a) filing with the Person then performing such function a certified copy of an ordinance giving notice of the termination of the Agreement and appointing a successor and (b) causing notice to be given to each Owner. Every Paying Agent appointed hereunder shall at all times be a bank organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state, authorized under such laws to serve as Paying Agent, and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. The Executive Officers are hereby authorized and directed to execute an appropriate Agreement with the Paying Agent for and on behalf of the Issuer in such form as may be satisfactory to said officers, the signatures of said officers on such Agreement to be conclusive evidence of the due exercise of the authority granted hereunder.

SECTION 18. 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 "arbitrage bonds" or would result in the inclusion of the interest on any of the Bonds in gross income under the Code, including, without limitation, (i) the failure to comply with the limitation on investment of Bond proceeds or (ii) the failure to pay any required rebate of 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 "private activity bonds".

The Executive Officers are hereby empowered, authorized and directed to take any and all action and to execute and deliver any instrument, document or certificate necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Section.

SECTION 19. Continuing Disclosure. The Director of Finance of the Issuer is hereby empowered and directed to execute an appropriate Continuing Disclosure Certificate (substantially in the form set forth in Appendix F of the official statement issued in connection with the sale and issuance of the Bonds) pursuant to S.E.C. Rule 15c2-12(b)(5).

SECTION 20. Bond Counsel Employment A real necessity is hereby found for the employment of bond counsel in connection with the issuance of the aforesaid bonds, and accordingly Casten & Pearce, A.P.L.C. is hereby employed as bond counsel to the Issuer and requested to do and perform comprehensive legal and coordinate professional work with respect to the issuance of the aforesaid bonds of the Issuer for the purposes stated hereinabove. Said Bond Counsel shall prepare and submit to this Governing Authority for adoption all of the proceedings incidental to the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the bonds, shall counsel and advise this Governing Authority as to the issuance and sale of the bonds, and shall furnish their opinions covering the legality of the issuance thereof. The fee of Bond Counsel in connection with the issuance of the aforesaid bonds of the Issuer is hereby fixed at a sum not to exceed eighty per cent (80%) of the maximum fee allowed by the Attorney General's fee guidelines for comprehensive legal and coordinate professional services in the issuance of general obligation bonds, based on the amount of said bonds actually issued, sold, delivered and paid for, plus "out-of-pocket" expenses, said fee to be payable solely out of the funds derived from the sale of said Bonds and to be contingent upon the issuance, sale and delivery of said Bonds. A certified copy of this ordinance shall be submitted to the Attorney General of the State of Louisiana for his written approval of said employment and of the fee herein designated, and the Director of Finance is hereby empowered and directed to make payment to said Bond Counsel in payment of the fees herein provided for under the conditions herein enumerated.

SECTION 21. Employment of Special Counsel to the Issuer. It is found and determined that a real necessity exists for the employment of Special Counsel to the Issuer in connection with issuance and delivery of the Series 2005B Bonds and, accordingly, The Law Offices of Harvetta S. Colvin, L.L.C, Shreveport, Louisiana has been employed as Special Counsel to the Issuer in connection with the issuance and delivery of the Bonds. The fee to be paid to Special Counsel shall be an amount less than the Attorney General’s then current hourly fee schedule, together with reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred and advanced in connection with the issuance of the Bonds, said fee to be payable out of the Bond proceeds subject to the Attorney General’s written approval of said employment and fee to be paid with Bond proceeds as required by the Act.

SECTION 22. Sale of Bonds. The sale of the Bonds to the Underwriter is hereby in all respects approved, ratified and confirmed and after their execution, the Bonds shall be delivered to the Underwriter or its agents or assigns, upon receipt by the Director of Finance of the Issuer of the agreed purchase price. The execution and delivery on behalf of the Issuer by the Mayor or the Director of Finance of the Bond Purchase Agreement is hereby approved and ratified in all respects. The Mayor and Director of Finance of the Issuer are each hereby empowered, authorized and directed to execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered all documents required to be executed on behalf of the Issuer or deemed by them necessary or advisable to implement this Ordinance or facilitate the sale of the Bonds including an Escrow Agreement with Regions Bank as escrow trustee.

SECTION 23. Official Statement. The Governing Authority hereby approves the form and content of a Preliminary Official Statement pertaining to the Bonds submitted to the Governing Authority and hereby ratifies its prior use by the Underwriter in connection with the sale of the Bonds. The Governing Authority further approves the form and content of the final Official Statement and hereby authorizes and directs the execution by the Mayor or Director of Finance of the Issuer and delivery of such final Official Statement to the Underwriter for use in connection with the public offering of the Bonds.

SECTION 24. Employment of Underwriters. The employment of Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. and Stephens, Inc., as Underwriters of the Bonds is hereby approved and ratified.

SECTION 25. Publication. A copy of this Ordinance shall be published immediately after its adoption in one (1) issue of the official journal of the Issuer.

SECTION 26. Section Headines. The headings of the various sections hereof are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.

SECTION 27. Payments Under the Policy/Other Required Provisions.

A. In the event that by 3:00 p.m. central time on the second Business Day prior to the payment date on the Bonds, the Paying Agent has not received sufficient moneys to pay all principal of and interest on the Bonds due the Paying Agent shall immediately notify the Bond Insurer or its designee on the same Business Day by telephone or telegraph, confirmed in writing by registered or certified mail, of the amount of the deficiency.

B. If the deficiency is made up in whole or in part prior to or on the payment date, the Paying Agent shall so notify the Bond Insurer or its designee.

C. In addition, if the Paying Agent has notice that any Bondholder has been required to disgorge payments of principal or interest on the Bonds to a trustee in bankruptcy or creditors or others pursuant to a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that such payment constitutes an avoidable preference to such Bondholder within the meaning of any applicable bankruptcy laws, then the Paying Agent shall notify the Bond Insurer or its designee of such fact by telephone or telegraphic notice, confirmed in writing by registered or certified mail.

D. The Paying Agent is hereby irrevocably designated, appointed, directed and authorized to act as attorney-in-fact for Holders of the Bonds as follows:

1. If and to the extent there is a deficiency in amounts required to pay interest on the Bonds, the Paying Agent shall (a) execute and deliver to U.S. Bank Trust National Association, or its successors under the Policy (the "Insurance Paying Agent "), in form satisfactory to the Insurance Paying Agent, an instrument appointing the Bond Insurer as agent for such Holders in any legal proceeding related to the payment of such interest and an assignment to the Bond Insurer of the claims for interest to which such deficiency relates and which are paid by the Bond Insurer, (b) receive as designee of the respective Holders (and not as Paying Agent) in accordance with the tenor of the Policy payment from the Insurance Paying Agent with respect to the claims for interest so assigned, and (c) disburse the same to such respective Holders; and

2. If and to the extent of a deficiency in amounts required to pay principal of the Bonds, the Paying Agent shall (a) execute and deliver to the Insurance Paying Agent in form satisfactory to the Insurance Paying Agent an instrument appointing the Bond Insurer as agent for such Holder in any legal proceeding relating to the payment of such principal and an assignment to the Bond Insurer of any of the Bond surrendered to the Insurance Paying Agent of so much of the principal amount thereof as has not previously been paid or for which moneys are not held by the Paying Agent and available for such payment (but such assignment shall be delivered only if payment from the Insurance Paying Agent is received), (b) receive as designee of the respective Holders (and not as Paying Agent) in accordance with the tenor of the Policy payment therefor from the Insurance Paying Agent, and (c) disburse the same to such Holders.

E. Payments with respect to claims for interest on and principal of Bonds disbursed by the Paying Agent from proceeds of the Policy shall not be considered to discharge the obligation of the Issuer with respect to such Bonds, and the Bond Insurer shall become the owner of such unpaid Bond and claims for the interest in accordance with the tenor of the assignment made to it under the provisions of this subsection or otherwise.

F. Irrespective of whether any such assignment is executed and delivered, the Issuer and the Paying Agent hereby agree for the benefit of the Bond Insurer that:

1. They recognize that to the extent the Bond Insurer makes payments, directly or indirectly (as by paying through the Paying Agent), on account of principal of or interest on the Bonds, the Bond Insurer will be subrogated to the rights of such Holders to receive the amount of such principal and interest from the Issuer, with interest thereon as provided and solely from the sources stated in this Ordinance and the Bonds; and

2. They will accordingly pay to the Bond Insurer the amount of such principal and interest (including principal and interest recovered under subparagraph (ii) of the first paragraph of the Policy, which principal and interest shall be deemed past due and not to have been paid), with interest thereon as provided in this Ordinance and the Bond, but only from the sources and in the manner provided herein for the payment of principal of and interest on the Bonds to Holders, and will otherwise treat the Bond Insurer as the owner of such rights to the amount of such principal and interest.

G. In connection with the issuance of additional Bonds, the Issuer shall deliver to the Bond Insurer a copy of the disclosure document, if any, circulated with respect to such additional Bonds.

H. Copies of any amendments made to the documents executed in connection with the issuance of the Bonds which are consented to by the Bond Insurer shall be sent to Standard & Poor's Corporation.

I. The Bond Insurer shall receive notice of the resignation or removal of the Paying Agent and the appointment of a successor thereto.

J. The Bond Insurer shall receive copies of all notices required to be delivered to Bondholders and, on an annual basis, copies of the Issuer's audited financial statements and Annual Budget.

Notices: Any notice that is required to be given to a holder of the Bond or to the Paying Agent pursuant to the Ordinance shall also be provided to the Bond Insurer. All notices required to be given to the Bond Insurer under the Ordinance shall be in writing and shall be sent by registered or certified mail addressed to MBIA Insurance Corporation, 113 King Street, Armonk, New York 10504 Attention: Surveillance.

K. The Issuer agrees to reimburse the Bond Insurer immediately and unconditionally upon demand, to the extent permitted by law, for all reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees and expenses, incurred by the Bond Insurer in connection with (i) the enforcement by the Bond Insurer of the Issuer’s obligations, or the preservation or defense of any rights of the Bond Insurer, under this Ordinance and any other document executed in connection with the issuance of the Bonds, and (ii) any consent, amendment, waiver or other action with respect to the Ordinance or any related document, whether or not granted or approved, together with interest on all such expenses from and including the date incurred to the date of payment at Citibank’s Prime Rate plus 3% or the maximum interest rate permitted by law, whichever is less. In addition, the Bond Insurer reserves the right to charge a fee in connection with its review of any such consent, amendment or waiver, whether or not granted or approved.

L. The Issuer agrees not to use the Bond Insurer's name in any public document including, without limitation, a press release or presentation, announcement or forum without the Bond Insurer's prior consent; provided however, such prohibition on the use of the Bond Insurer's name shall not relate to the use of the Bond Insurer’s standard approved form of disclosure in public documents issued in connection with the current Bonds to be issued in accordance with the terms of the Commitment; and provided further such prohibition shall not apply to the use of the Bond Insurer's name in order to comply with public notice, public meeting or public reporting requirements.

M. The Issuer shall not enter into any agreement nor shall it consent to or participate in any arrangement pursuant to which Bonds are tendered or purchased for any purpose other than the redemption and cancellation or legal defeasance of such Bonds without the prior written consent of MBIA.

FOREGOING PROPOSED ORDINANCE APPROVED

(AS TO FORM ONLY)

__________________________

City Attorney's Office

ORDINANCE NO. 26 OF 2005

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REPLACING SECTION 72-2 AND SECTION 72-6, SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.

BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport in due, regular and legal session convened that Section 72-2 and Section 72-6 of the Code of Ordinances for the City of Shreveport pertaining to Sexually Oriented Businesses is hereby amended and replaced to read as follows:

Sec. 72-2. Definitions.

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Escort means a person who, for compensation, agrees or offers to engage in any of the following acts:

(1) Act as a social companion, guide, or date for another person;

(2) Privately model lingerie with the intention of and for the purpose of providing sexual stimulation or sexual gratification to the customer;

(3) Privately disrobe for another person with the intention or providing sexual stimulation or sexual gratification to the customer;

(4) Agree to come to a specified location for the purpose of disrobing and for the purpose of providing sexual stimulation or sexual gratification to the customer;

(5) To perform an act where one or more of the persons is nude, semi-nude or in a state of nudity or for the purpose of providing sexual stimulation or sexual gratification to the customer.

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Licensee shall mean a person in whose name a license to operate a sexually oriented business has been issued, as well as the individual or individuals listed as an applicant on the application for a sexually oriented business license. In case of an employee, it shall mean the person in whose name the sexually oriented business employee card has been issued.

Nudity or a state of nudity means the showing of the human male or female genitals, pubic area, vulva, or anus with less than a fully opaque covering, or the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any part of the nipple and areola.

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Sexually oriented business means any establishment that is an adult arcade, adult bookstore, adult novelty store, adult video store, adult cabaret, adult motel, adult motion picture theater, dual purpose business, escort agency, exotic dance service, or semi-nude model studio as defined in this section.

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Sec. 72-6. Fees.

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Type I license: $1,000.00.

Adult cabaret.

Adult motel.

Adult motion picture theater.

Escort agency.

Exotic dance service.

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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 severable.

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

ORDINANCE NO. 27 OF 2004

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 106 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT ZONING ORDINANCE, BY CONTINUING THE REZONING OF B-2-E , NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS/EXTENDED USE DISTRICT, OF PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SHREVEPORT BARKSDALE HIGHWAY AND CAMILLA, SHREVEPORT, CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA, LIMITED TO “AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR, SALES, AND STORAGE ”, ONLY, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO

SECTION I: BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, in due, legal and regular session convened, that the continued zoning classification of Lot B Anderson Island Subdivision, Unit 4, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, located on the NW corner of Shreveport Barskdale Highway and Camilla, be and the same hereby remains B-2-E, Neighborhood Business/Extended Use District, limited to “automotive repair, sales, and storage” only:

SECTION II: THAT the rezoning of the property described herein is subject to compliance with the following stipulations:

1.Development of the property shall be in substantial accord with the site plan submitted with any significant changes or additions requiring further review and approval by the Planning Commission.

2.Approval period shall be for six months only.

3. All owner owned vehicles shall be removed from the site.

4. Maximum number of cars on the property at any one time shall be limited to 25.

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 severable.

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

ORDINANCE NO. 31 OF 2005

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 106 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT ZONING ORDINANCE, BY REZONING PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF FULLER AND BERNSTEIN, SHREVEPORT, CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA, FROM R-1H-E, URBAN, ONE-FAMILY RESIDENCE/EXTENDED USE DISTRICT, (LIMITED TO A DAYCARE) TO R-1H-E, URBAN, ONE-FAMILY RESIDENCE/EXTENDED USE DISTRICT, “LIMITED TO A RESTAURANT” ONLY, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO

SECTION I: BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, in due, legal and regular session convened, that the zoning classification of rezone Lots 76 and 77 Linwood Subdivision, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, located on the northeast corner of Fuller and Bernstein, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, be and the same is hereby changed from R-1H-E, Urban, One-Family Residence/Extended Use District, limited to a daycare, to R-1H-E, Urban, One-Family Residence/Extended Use District, “limited to a restaurant,”only.

SECTION II: THAT the rezoning of the property described herein is subject to compliance with the following stipulations:

1. Development of the property shall be in substantial accord with the site plan submitted with any significant changes or additions requiring further review and approval by the Planning Commission.

2. The hours of operation are from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

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 severable.

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

ORDINANCE NO. 32 OF 2005

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 106 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT ZONING ORDINANCE, BY REZONING PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF WOOLWORTH ROAD, 750 FEET SOUTH OF SHIRLEY FRANCIS ROAD, SHREVEPORT, CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA, FROM R-A, RESIDENCE AGRICULTURE DISTRICT, TO I-1, LIGHT INDUSTRY DISTRICT, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO

SECTION I: BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, in due, legal and regular session convened, that the zoning classification of property located on the west side of Woolworth Road, 750 feet south of Shirley Francis Road, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, legally described below, be and the same is hereby changed from R-A, Residence Agriculture District, to I-1, Light Industry District:

The S 68 feet of the E 418.88 feet of Lot 14, all of the E 418.88 feet of Lot 15, and the N 79 feet of the E 418.88 feet of Lot 16, for a total of 312 feet, measured along the Woolworth Road, of the Resubdivision of Country Manor Subdivision, Unit No. 1, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.

SECTION II: THAT the rezoning of the property described herein is subject to compliance with the following stipulation:

1. Development of the property shall be in substantial accord with a revised site plan showing landscaping and fencing to ordinance standards to be approved by the Zoning Administrator prior to the issuance of any permits, with any significant changes or additions requiring further review and approval by the Planning Commission.

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 severable.

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

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

1. Ordinance No. 98 of 2004: An ordinance authorizing the Lease of City-Owned property to North Shreveport Development Corporation, Inc. (A/Lester) (Tabled December 27, 2004)

Mr. Thompson: It’s been tabled, I don’t believe there’s any call to pull it from the table.

Councilman Hogan: Is any Council Member prepared to take something off the table?

Councilman Lester: No.

2. S-5-05: Motor Finance Company, LLC, John R. Bowman and Associates, Northwest Corner of the intersection of Dumbarton Drive and Ellerbe Road (Line Avenue), B-2, SPRING LAKE COMMERCIAL SUBDIVISION - UNIT 4. (D/Gibson) (Remanded to MPC March 8, 2005)

NEW BUSINESS: None.

REPORTS FROM OFFICERS, BOARDS, AND COMMITTEES:

Councilman Lester: Yes, I have a report, or just a quick notation Mr. Chairman. On March 30^th at 3:00 p.m., we’re going to have a meeting of Property Standards. That’s the proposal. That is of course if I can get a quorum. Okay, I got a quorum.

Councilman Walford: What time? 3?

Councilman Lester: 3.

Councilman Hogan: March 30^th at 3:00 p.m.?

Councilman Lester: Yes, yes, yes.

Councilman Hogan: And that’s open to all Council Members as well?

Councilman Lester: Oh yes, very much so. Thank you Mr. Chairman.

CLERK’S REPORT: None.

ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting adjourned at approximately 5:16 p.m.

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//s// Mike Gibson, Chairman

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//s// Arthur G. Thompson, Clerk of Council