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Council Proceedings of the City of Shreveport, Louisiana

September 11, 2007

The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana was called to order by Chairman Walford at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 11, 2007, in the Government Chambers in Government Plaza (505 Travis Street).

Invocation was given by Lyn Oglesby and a moment of silence was observed for the victims of 9/11

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilman Lester.

On Roll Call, the following members were Present: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Shyne, and Bowman. 6. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

Mr. Thompson: Mr. Chairman, Mr. Webb is out of town today and he will not be at the council meeting.

Mr. Walford: If there is no objection from the Council I would like to make a slight deviation in the agenda and call General Elder with his briefing. So, Mr. Mayor would you like to do the introduction or –

Mayor Glover: Thank you Mr. Chairman and members of the council. Thank you all for your indulgence in changing around our agenda for today. As most of you all – all of you all are aware and probably most of the folks who are listening as well, Shreveport and Bossier is on the cusp of a wonderful dynamic opportunity and the person who has helped to get us to this point is here with us today. For those who don’t yet know what I’m talking about I’m speaking of the Cyber Command Initiative that is currently housed on Barksdale Air Base that is up potentially to be expanded to a full-fledge term, I’ll let the General give to you. I have major command used and some other terms but the expansion of that particular operation on the Barksdale Air Force Base has potential to be paradigm shifting for Shreveport/Bossier, Northwest Louisiana and if not the entire region or and the entire state so it is an honor today to present to you the Commander of Barksdale Air Force Base, General Elder.

Mr. Walford: Welcome sir.

General Elder: Thank you, and members of the council. Mr. Mayor thanks for having me out here. It is pretty exciting what I believe you see what we have been doing and I know some of this has been in the paper but this is a good opportunity for me to talk a little bit and I’ll try to make it not too technical but technical enough to give you some perspective on what it is we are trying to do. I guess I will be able to get these slides up so that you can see it (inaudible). To start out with you have to look at this from an Air Force perspective and one of the things that we found is that there are battle spaces that we have to operate in and you are familiar with land, air, sea, and space but there is another, we call it domain, a war fighting domain. Another country calls it the electromagnetic spectrum and their country is one that you are pretty familiar with, that’s China. And why you shouldn’t get to excited we in the Air Force say the same thing only we now call that the Cyber Domain but the point of this is that we have pier competitors in this domain, people who would like to take us on, you might say in that domain. The other thing that you have heard about in the news was what happened in Estonia and while we don’t know for sure who the attackers were, what cause the attack, we do know that it has a severe impact on our economy and so that quote that’s there is out of the economist and a lot of my staff kept trying to fix it by changing words like organize, they said you misspelled it but that’s how the Brits spell organize and that’s where it came from. But the point is that what happened to Estonia had been done in some other fashion clearly would have been seen as a threat to national security and in this case it was done through the Cyber Domain so we know that it is important. Now from the Air Force perspective we had a decision which is when most people think about hackers they think of someone that looks like this and if you go across the world most hackers really do look a lot like that but we are a professional Air Force and what we wanted to do was not try to fight our adversary one on one the same way that they fight. We want to do it the way that the Air Force would do this and that’s a professional force, so in other words we want to look a lot more like thunderbirds then the little hacker that you see in the picture on the left. So the Air Force made a commitment that we would establish a fighting force, a capability complete with weapons that would be capable of taking on those who would try to threaten our cyber domain. So we talk about the strategic imperative don’t read these slides, but the bottom line first of all is that if the cyber space domain is contested there are tax going on in the United States all the time some of these are from nation states, some are from terrorist organizations, some are from criminal organization, and some just people that are playing around but they still impose a threat to our economy and they pose a threat to our well being. The second point is that within the Department of Defense last year it was determine that we would treat Cyber as a warfighting domain. We are the first service that really started to think of it that way. For us in the Air Force but really true for all the services, we talked about superiority as being a requirement to be able to do our warfighting actions and we believe for the Air Force that we don’t have complete dominance of that cyber domain or we can’t do our business of warfighting. The reason that this is important for Shreveport/Bossier is that you won’t be able to do your business unless we can control the cyber domain either and so that’s where they cross parallel I guess or the parallels come together and actually cross to were what we are doing in the military has an effect on the civilian sector and for those of you who are familiar with the Air Force we always tell people to worry about the Global Vigilance reaching power and it is really what cyber space is all about. So the bottom line is people ask why is the Air Force so interested in this (1) we can’t warfight without it and (2) it’s something that really is just an extension of how we have done business for a while. I have a letter which not looking for you to try read this letter there but I pulled a couple of things out of there, they call it the go do letter. I got this from the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and what he wanted to do was redefine air power by extending what we do in air and space into this new domain that’s called Cyber. My task – my primary task was to be a war fighter and was to be able to integrate what we do with the cyber domain with air and space but also to take those capabilities and not just operate from a computer keyboard back in the United States but actually be able take forces that have this capability in moving forward to deploy is the word into a theater of operations where they can be integrated to provide some type of an effect within a theater so this can be in Iraq for example, it could be in the Pacific somewhere. Now the one that got a lot of attention is the one that said I was directed to develop an on-ramp for a – what’s called a MAGCOM component and MAGCOM is an acronym for Major Command and a Major Command is an organization in our Air Force that does resources which is why it is important so we buy things basically. So we buy the systems that we then would use to do this new type of warfighting and we have established this on-ramp, and we’ve been using it now for about six months and so now the Air Force is starting to look at where this might go permanently and to see whether they need to sand up complete separate organization or just build on the organization that we have here at Barksdale. So a little bit to keep using the work cyber and when you talk to people about Cyberspace you get different looks about maybe what this really means and I have a definition that’s there -- that’s now the approve Department of Defense definition and it’s really more then what people typical think of and particular from warfighting perspective but were there’s three legs to it which is why we have the triangle there, there’s the Electromagnetic Spectrum, that the data or the information travels over, there’s the electronic system where we store the data, we modify and then there’s the infrastructure that you use to maintain all of this. So this infrastructure includes things like all of your phone cables or electro optical cables, it also includes your power supplies and because these things are so dependent on cooling it actually depend on your cooling system as well. I like to point out to people that the last time we had a major shut down of our telephone was because some chillers went out at an AT&T facility in Atlanta. So, all of this infrastructure is very important and when you look at what we do inside, the first thing you have to do with these systems, is you would have to establish networks. So you hear about the network all the time. Once you establish these networks we have to defend and then we want to use them and we are primarily interested in how you use this domain for warfighting but in reality there’s a need to use this domain for other things and certainly in the civilian world there is as well. So when we talk about flying and fighting in Cyberspace which is a term we use in the Air Force you see the same thing again, first thing establish the domain which is our – we call Expedition Cyber-Ops, the ability to bring cyber anywhere in the world which would for civilian purposes would include the ability to – in the case of a natural disaster for example be able to re-establish a communication, re-establish data services and in fact we did that for Katrina, the Air Force did a couple of years back. It also includes or basic Cyber Network Operations which is how we maintain the networks that we currently have. We want to be able to control the domain, first part of this is we have to be able to defend our own networks but we also – and this is not something hopefully most of the civilian sector is interested in but we are interested in actually taking offensive action against our potential adversaries. That’s the one thing in all the things that we do that hopefully is not something that the civilian sector is interested in doing but everything else that we do from a warfighting perspective has a commercial or civilian corollary. And then the last one is user domain and for as the terms there what I would like to do is give you a little perspective on what we really mean by using the domain and how that parallels with what we do in the civilian sector. So I broke it into four areas, the first one, Intelligences Operation is a big use for us of how we use Cyber, it’s the way we collect information against an adversary and we spend a lot of time trying to protect our information parallel in the civilian world, by the way, is identity theft, so people go out and try to steal your identity for an example, we do a lot of things to try protect that. That really is an exploitation of Cyber Systems to take data away from you. The next one we call Information Operations, this one is kind of interesting because we use this to alter someone’s perception of reality but the other thing that can happen is, for an example in the financial sector or the banking sector is if someone where to go in and go into the banking systems and alter the data, so rather than steal the data change it, you can image how the lost of confidence and the integrity of that data what that would do to our economy. How we have the same thing in terms of warfighting, you can do something to convince your adversary that the information that they are looking at may or may not be accurate then it really puts them at a disadvantage, once again another parallel. Go to the next corner, the Admin Business Op which is something that we all do is exactly the same, it’s about how we communicate with one another, how we share information. We talk about the metrics there you want those communication systems to be available all the time, you want the data—you want to be sure it has good integrity which means you can trust the data and also the confidentiality pieces is you want to maintain privacy, you don’t want people seeing what you are translating, so those same factors that apply for us in the military apply in the civilian sector. Then there is the last one which is how we warfight and really for us it’s looking at all the (inaudible) of the Cyber Domain and going after the Electromagnetic Systems, going after the electronic system themselves and the infrastructure but the important point is these other three areas are great parallel and that is why this relationship with Shreveport/Bossier is going to get to be so important. I did just want to briefly show you that when do warfight – when we talk warfight, I don’t want to spend to much time on this, the basic operation establishes a domain what we call this Global Cyber Ops a big piece of what we do. This is our ability to go anywhere and establish a domain that doesn’t currently exist and tie into the Global Network. Our capability to defend the domain is more than just a security network, it is not just firewalls, we have to be able to protect the Electromagnetic Spectrum from jamming, that’s you know about people trying to jam your radios. That happens to us all the time and we have to protect all the infrastructure that allows all of this movement, so that is a big deal for us. The Counter Cyber Ops that’s where we go after our adversary’s system, so everything that they are trying to do to us we will try to do to them and what we call Cross-Domain Cyber Ops that’s where we integrate air space and cyber together to create an effect and it’s really where we get the most bang out this but that’s a different briefing for another time if you are ever interested in that I would happy to bring it to you. I think a piece that would be of particular interest to you is that the Cyber Command has a lot of relationships and we have a relationship with the Intelligences Community, we have a relationship with the defense industry, JTFGNO is Joint Task Force for Global Network Ops which is also the Defense Information Services Agency. We have relationships with law enforcement and then we have this relationship with the Cyber Innovation Center which right now is basically tying in to the academic institutions here in Northern Louisiana and we appreciate all the help that all of you have given us because what you have done is you have allowed us to tie into an established research network and we are able to jump start developing some capabilities would have taken us one and a half to two years just to get to where we are now because we just tied into yours. But of course we are looking to build that in the future and that’s the opportunity I think for Shreveport/Bossier is to build up this whole innovation capability not only with one center but as this being a place that supports these types of capabilities and I’ll talk a little bit more about where those capabilities lie here. So these are the types of things that we are doing already and without going through all these things you will see that we are looking to develop Cyber career course. We are looking to partner with law enforcement. We are supporting some work that is being done in Washington to develop some new Cyber Initiatives. We are working with the Defense Industry now to improve their information assurances and we are working with several businesses here in the local area as well as the academia to be able to develop some research and some development approaches. In what we are doing in the Air Force is different from everyone else in terms of approaching this is rather than just trying to put a big wall around the network which is a security approach we are actually saying that it’s not and if we are going to be attacked, it’s when we are attacked, what are we going to do about it. And this different approach I think is where the opportunity comes to do things differently and people here in this area have been involved with us. These are the things we have done. What we want to talk about is what are we looking for in the future and these – everything that you see here with the one exception again of our offensive capability that we are trying to do are all things that will be useful to the commercial sector. So when we call a Survival Warfighting Network Op it means that you have a network capability that if it comes under attack you have resiliency and redundancy and can operate. You have a business here in the area that we have been working with very carefully that actually has better capability then we have in the U. S. Air Force to do that and we are leveraging off of them right now. In fact they have become kind of the anchor right here in Shreveport to develop that capability. This idea to be able to go anywhere and set up these networks is very important particularly for – I tell people in Washington for example that people in Louisiana have a very good appreciation of what happens if you lose your Cyber capability because you lost it during Katrina. And so developing a capability to be able to respond like that is something that people here in Louisiana I think certainly appreciate the need for. The situation awareness has to do with what happens in the cyber domain is hard to see but the more that you can visualize the better you can protect it and we’re trying to protect those capabilities not only from a warfighting standpoint put what you can use in the commercial sector and these Net-centric services and Data Architectures these are ways you can operate your systems with greater protection. So, the bottom line of all of this is that this opportunity to partner is beneficial to us that’s why we pursued it in the first place but it has great potential I think for the civilian sector here and it’s an opportunity for me to tell thanks for all the support we have gotten. We have gotten great support from the Mayor. We got great support from the academia in the region. We have gotten great support out of businesses in the region that are doing this and I think as you see we were pushing to get more partnerships going and that’s really the message here today, is we want to partner with the people of Shreveport to develop this further. We think it is important for the nation and we think it would be important for the area and there is a quick summary of what we talked about today but the bottom line is that last one there we are trying to develop a professional force to do cyber operations in the Air Force and a partnership here will help us do that I think it would be beneficial for the area. So, Mr. Chairman, members, Mr. Mayor, I appreciate the opportunity to come and talk to you today and I hope – I’m not from Louisiana, I’m from Michigan, my wife says – she is from Louisiana, she says, you talk way to fast. So, I hope it was okay.

Mayor Glover: General, before your go – Mr. Chairman, members of the Council you know when I mentioned to you all a couple of weeks ago that I was inviting the General to come and share this presentation with us today, I asked that we not make it a question and answer session. We have extended an invitation for the General in the future to have an opportunity to come back and be able to engage in more of a dialogue. This is a process that I have been involved with in conjunction with Mayor Walker and other folks with regards to the Cyber Space Initiative Center and the other aspects of this particular effort and one of the things that I also thought was important – one of the primary reasons as to why I wanted to the General to come and make this presentation, I wanted to share information but to make very clear to the General as well as folks throughout the entirety of this region is that we understand here in Shreveport that this is an effort that has the potential to change all of Louisiana and that we on the Shreveport side of the river are just as committed and just as willing and just as desirous of seeing this thing happen to the fullest thing possible and that we are going to be there every step of the way. And in fact one of the things that many folks have learned recently about Barksdale Air Force Base is that it was the City of Shreveport back in the early part of the Twentieth Century that capitalized the initial Base itself. The land that’s there was actually purchased and acquired by the City of Shreveport. The utilities that service the Air Force Base, the water, the sewerage, the garbage that’s picked up is all done by the City of Shreveport and one of the reasons as to why that happened was that when we commissioned or sought to get this particular effort commissioned by the Army at that time – Army Air Corp which eventually became the Air Force of Bossier was not nearly the size and scope that it is right now. So we have a commitment in Shreveport to insuring that Barksdale Air Force Base is there now and forever but in particular are really committed to seeing this Cyber Command Center become a full major command and that we can see General Elder continue to lead us down the positive path that he has us on right now. So General as the Commander of the 8^th Air Force and the Cyber Command at Barksdale Air Force Base, thank you for being here today, look forward to having a change to sit down and discuss some of these issues further with more of us on the Shreveport side and we are here with you shoulder to shoulder pushing to make it happen.

General Elder: Thank you.

Mayor Glover: Thank you so much. Mr. Chairman, I’m at your direction, if you want to allow me to finish with the balance of the Mayoral Communications at this time or you want deviate back to the Regular Agenda.

Mr. Walford: I think we will go back to the Regular Agenda, then recognize some guest, and have your communications.

Approve Minutes: Motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Bowman to approve the minutes of the Administrative Conference, Monday August 27, 2007 and Council Meeting, Tuesday, August 28, 2007. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Shyne, and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

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

Mr. Walford: Mayor Glover, I take it that you do have communications, sir.

Mayor Glover: We have just a few, Mr. Chairman, thank you so much. I want to start – Mr. Chairman, I commend you for having us stop to pause and observe that moment of silence at the beginning of the meeting to recognize that today is in fact the 6^th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy and in conjunction with that we are also observing today as the passing of two Shreveport employees, one of which is a first responder, young man by the name of Nick Anderson, a four and a half year member of the Shreveport Fire Department who’s services are being conducted this afternoon and I just wanted to let his family know and all the members of the Shreveport Fire Department know how this Administration appreciated the services he rendered and how much the city of Shreveport loves them for all of what he has done for the City of Shreveport. We are praying for them in their hour of need. In addition to that we lost since our last council meeting a 25 year member of the SporTran family, Mr. Johnny Lynch, was a lead supervisor and passed away at the age of 56 and rendered outstanding service. He started off at the very bottom over at SporTran as pretty much as a laborer and 20 plus years managed to elevate himself all the way up to one of the very highest positions available within the maintenance operation. So both Mr. Nick Anderson and Mr. Johnny Lynch will be missed by the Shreveport family. On a brighter note, I’m also very elated today to recognize two outstanding young ladies that I met this passed Sunday. I was extended an invitation to come and participate in project called “Paper Claims for Peace” over at the Sci-Port Discovery Center and there I met young Margaret who said that this past summer she read the book Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, Margaret, would you and your sister Audrey come and join me here along with your parents as well and Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes is a story of the Japanese girl who at the age of two was in Japan when the atom bombs were dropped and while she was preparing for a race in 1955 she was diagnosed with leukemia or what in Japan is referred to as the atom bomb disease. Her best friend told her of an old Japanese Proverb which says that anyone who folds one thousand paper cranes would be granted a wish. Now this young lady hoping to be cured managed to complete 644 cranes before her passing at the age of 12. The little girl’s courage became an inspirational story throughout Japan and the rest of the world and today the paper crane is used as one of the international symbols of peace. So Margaret was so touched by this story that she and her sister Audrey have involved the local Shreveport community in an effort to fold one thousand paper cranes to send to the United Nations. The UN in fact has agreed to hang them inside their facility in New York. Margaret and Audrey contacted the great folks over at Sci-Port and offered to conduct seminars to teach the public on how to fold origami which is the art of folding paper into interesting shapes and on this passed Sunday they taught a 42 year-old man who is left-handed and writes upside down how to fold a paper crane, so it was an interesting dyslexic experience for me. But we got through it, didn’t we ladies?

Margaret and Audrey McNew: Yes.

Mr. McNew (Parent): And we brought it.

Mayor Glover: Did you? Oh, proof and I signed it to make sure that it was – absolutely and we are also joined by their wonderful parents, Mr. & Mrs. McNew as well as their principals. Are they here as well? Mrs. Kay Robinson and Catherine Turner, would you all stand as well. And do we have anyone here from Sci-Port.

Sci-Port Representatives: Yes we are here.

Mayor Glover: Wonderful, would you guys please stand. Alright, we will start with Margaret. It is my great honor to present to you this Mayor’s Award for Excellence and this official pen which makes you an Honorary Deputy Mayor and this one Audrey is for you. This is your Mayor’s Award for Excellence and here is your pen which makes you an Honorary Deputy Mayor. Now would you ladies like to come and share a few words with the Council, Margaret, and Audrey?

Margaret McNew: I would like to thank Sci-Port and our schools and all of our friends for helping us with this project and we would like to invite you this Saturday, 11:00 -3:00 to come make a paper crane and sign it and send it to the United Nations.

Mr. Shyne: Mr. Mayor I see why you had a hard time trying to do this.

Mayor Glover: So, we go it on the first try, didn’t we girls? Thank you all, honored to have you here today. In addition lady and gentlemen we are proud to recognize – this one is going to shock you – Shreveport is being recognized by the Louisiana Municipal Association. Our mayors and municipalities of the entirety of the state of Louisiana recognize SporTran for the outstanding work that they have done in developing the excess night service with the highest award that is given by the Louisiana Municipal Association, “For services extended regular Transit hours in providing means and transportation to enable the City’s nighttime workforce to get to their job sites throughout the city of Shreveport,” in recognition of this we here in the City of Shreveport have been given the Best of Show Award, the service by it’s eighth month of operation had provided more than 12,500 rides and exceeded all expectations. Now, I’m I reading that number correctly, Gene? Is it 12,000 or 125,000?

Mr. Gene Eddy: It is 12,500 a month. It just went up to sixteen in August.

Mayor Glover: There we go. Twelve-thousand-five hundred a month and it is now gone up to 16,000 in the month of August. The LMA top award consists of plaques for SporTran Director, Mr. Gene Eddy, for the Mayor of the City of Shreveport and all of the City Council Members. We recognize the efforts of the many who share in the Best in Show Award in particular, members of Interfaith, if you all would please stand. Now council members it was this group of outstanding individuals who come together across the various lines of religion and faith and ethnicity and geography in this city to establish a group called Inter Faith that said to the previous administration the previous council that the City of Shreveport and it’s people need to extend the hours of operation of our public transportation service because there are so many individuals out here who are in need. And to the credit of the previous Mayor and the previous council they listened and they listened and they extended the hours of service, Gene Eddy given the task of making it work and here now some nine months later we have seen it be, what I believe an overwhelming success. So at this point Gene I would ask you to come up along with Mr. Bobby Matei representing the Interfaith community, please offer some comments regarding this matter.

Gene Eddy: Thank you. I did want to show y’all one thing; this shows you just a graphic that shows you the riders per day. When we started out in October, you know, we had like four hundred riders per day and now Mayor and City Council we have exceeded all expectations last month we had five hundred and ninety-nine people per day.

Councilman Shyne: Oh, that’s beautiful/

Bobby Matei: Sixteen thousand, you have served hundred and twenty nine thousand people in the City of Shreveport through this past month and I want to thank y’all for working with us on it Councilman Long, Councilman Wooley, for coming to the Interfaith accountability session. Mrs. Bowman for supporting this cause all the way through, Mr. Shyne for guiding us in the right direction and guiding the leaders in our directions. Mr. Walford, Mr. Lester y’all were there last year you help and guided us and gave tremendous support.

Councilman Lester: We wrote the checks.

Bobby Matei’: And also Tom Dark what you did to get that on the ballot and I want to thank all the members these are members of different churches who got the word out, my little friend Edina here got the word out in places in Shreveport that I didn’t know existed. So, thank y’all and thank you for working with us, we hope that you would go ahead and approve the 2008 budget for the extended hours bus service and continue to work with us while we continue to support the efforts of Shreveport. Thank you.

Mayor Glover: Thank Bobby; I want to thank all of these individuals who are involved with this effort and this is just a small, small portion of the individuals who are actually involved in this innovative effort that since I’ve been Mayor I’ve had the opportunity to travel to San Antonio to look at another one of the initiative that this particular group is behind – I’m sorry to Austin to look at one of the other initiative that this group is behind. We will be visiting New York in the near future to visit with a group there involved in housing and if we are as half successful in our future endeavors with the folks of Interfaith as they have been and hoping to expand the bus service here in Shreveport and we know that there are some outstanding things yet to come for Shreveport and Northwest Louisiana. So, thank you all for being here today and I guess as it sometimes works out members of the previous council who are not here the previous administration to enjoy the presentation of these outstanding awards but this is the Best of Show Award presented to the City of Shreveport. But now in addition to that the great folks at LMA didn’t forget each and every one of you and so, Rick, Councilman Lester, Councilman Webb is not here, Councilman Shyne, Councilman Walford, Councilwoman Bowman, Councilman Long and Councilman Wooley you all have plaques as well.

Councilman Shyne: Okay.

Councilman Lester: Thank you.

Mayor Glover: And before I take my seat and proceed on with today’s meeting I want to again thank the members of the council for the support for this past weekend’s employee celebration that was held out at the Southern Hills Recreation Center. It was a great event, a great success and I want to particular commend Glenn Roberson, who is the Chairman of the Mayor’s Internal Task Force for leading the group for helping to organize it. Also I want to thank Chloe Haygood from the Mayor’s office for coordinating as well it was an outstanding effort and we look forward to an even bigger and better one on next year. So, thank you members of the council and thank you great folks from Interfaith.

Councilman Shyne: Mr. Mayor just before you go, Mr. Chairman did you want to give us a word or two on the latest on the news conference about the Gubernatorial Debate?

Mayor Glover: Absolutely, I was going to save those comments until we got to that resolution, but if you want to –

Councilman Shyne: No save them, give it all to us at one time.

Mayor Glover: Thank you. But I guess it goes to show you see just how powerful this council actually is.

Councilman Shyne: That’s exactly right.

Mayor Glover: Thank you, Mr. Shyne.

Councilman Shyne: And with your leadership that’s what we needed.

Councilman Walford: Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Does any council member have any distinguished guest?

Councilman Shyne: Mr. Chairman, I have two back there and I am going to let Mr. Charlie Davis introduce the distinguished guest that he has with him that’s one of our biggest supporters of the City of Shreveport. One of our leading bails bondsmen and he has been around for a long time, I am not going to say how long Charlie you might want to say how long he’s been around but Mr. Davis you and Mr. Angelo want to stand and at least wave to let you all know that we appreciate you all coming down to the city council.

Reports: Property Standards Report

Councilman Walford: Thank you, with that we now move down to reports, does anybody have anything for Mr. Holt for Property Standards?

Councilman Bowman: I have something but I am just going to pass it to him, I have it written out.

Councilman Walford: Okay, thank you. With that Mr. Thompson help me out here I need a motion to add the public hearing for Ordinance 137 to the agenda?

Mr. Thompson: Yes that’s correct.

Motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Wooley to add the Public Hearing on Ordinance 137 of 2007 to the agenda. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Shyne and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Councilman Webb. 1.

Councilman Walford: So at this time we will go to a public hearing. Mr. Thompson can I impose you to please read, I’m sorry did I sneak that in on you.

The Clerk read the following:

Public Hearing: Ordinance No. 137 of 2007: A second supplemental bond ordinance authorizing and providing for the issuance and sale of $8,000,000 Airport System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2007A, and $15,000,000 Airport System PFC Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2007B, of the City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana, payable solely from a pledge and dedication of the revenues of the Shreveport Regional Airport, including passenger facility charges; prescribing the form, fixing the details and providing for the payment of principal of and interest on such bonds, and for the rights of the registered owners thereof; and providing for other matters related thereto.

Councilman Walford: Alright sir, thank you. At this time the public hearing is called to order, is there a presentation from the Administration or the Airport Authority?

Mr. Dark: Mr. Chairman the only thing that I can say on this one, is this is a requirement before we can issue the refunding bonds that the public hearing be held before you.

Councilman Walford: Okay, is there anyone to speak in favor of Ordinance No. 137, the issuance of these bonds? Is there anyone to speak in opposition? With that the public hearing is closed.

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

Confirmations and/or Appointments:

The Clerk read the following:

Downtown Development Authority:

Ms. Shonda Stone Mr. Mike McSwain

Motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Bowman to confirm the appointments of Ms. Shonda Stone and Mr. Mike McSwain to the Downtown Development Authority. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Shyne and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

Mayor Glover: Members of the council, and Mr. Chairman, I wanted to also let you all know that Mr. McSwain is here today, Mike would you stand, just so you can put a face to a name. Shonda Stone unfortunately had a conflict today and could not be here, but Mike is here and I just wanted you all to know exactly who he is.

Councilman Walford: Thank you very much. Mike thank you very much for your willingness to serve.

Councilman Shyne: Such a young man Mr. Mayor.

Mayor Glover: Well we tried to infuse the enthusiasm and the vigor of youth into our great city and at the same time receive the council, the wise.

Adding Legislation to the Agenda

The Clerk read the following:

1. Resolution No. 155 of 2007: A Resolution declaring the intention of the City of Shreveport (The “City”) to proceed with a financing in an amount not to exceed Twenty-Six Million Seven Hundred Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($26,700,000) for the purpose of financing the costs of acquiring and constructing improvements, enlargements and upgrades to the water system of the City and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

2. Resolution No. 156 of 2007: A Resolution to suspend the effects of Section 10-190 of the City of Shreveport Code of Ordinances relative to the “Fall Fiesta: El Mercado” Event and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (B/Walford)

3. Resolution No. 157 of 2007: A Resolution calling on the major candidates for governor to come to Northwest Louisiana and debate the issues of importance to the citizens of our area and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

4. Resolution No. 158 of 2007: A Resolution authorizing the release of mortgages and cancellation of promissory notes executed by Shreveport Publishing Corporation (now Snap Property, LLC) in favor of the City of Shreveport in connection with the neighborhood improvement leveraging project and to otherwise provide with respect thereto

5. Ordinance No. 149 of 2007: An Ordinance to amend and reenact Chapter 90 of the Code of Ordinances relative traffic and vehicles by adding thereto Article XII, relative to Traffic regulations on private streets and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (D/Wooley)

Motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Long to add Resolution Nos. 155, 156, 157, 158, and 159 and Ordinance No. 149 of 2007. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Shyne and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Councilman Webb. 1.

Public Comments (Agenda Items to be Adopted)

Ken Kraft (157 Archie Avenue): Thank y’all for having me. This is simply a confirmation of two weeks ago; hopefully Ordinance 130 on the parking or the no parking would be approved. It’s something that I guess I first supported this when somebody brought it to my attention in 1982, so things take awhile sometimes. But I’m tired of driving around and seeing (inaudible) Buicks, decrypted dilapidated Dodges, (inaudible) Fords, Jaguar Jalopies and Shaggy Chevy’s. People who say it’s not appropriate because you can’t park in your own lawn seem to ignore set backs and zoning and property standards and all kind of code enforcement issues. It’s very appropriate we can and we do and we must regulate things that cause the neighborhood to look trashy. Every call I received which is only a handful was very positive, very supportive in fact they even asked y’all to please support this. The only two cautionary notes I would ask is the enforcement with the Police Department and the amount of the fines that’s always dicey I don’t want to be coming back in five years with a parking lawn amnesty or something; although if we don’t handle it well and properly we will end up having another large accounts receivable and I don’t want it to cost more than the benefit to be obtained. And the second and final cautionary note is possibly delaying the implementation to give people who want to continue to park on the lawn time to pave their lawn back up or throw down some gravel or dirt. And somebody asked me could she still go around her husband car and go on her lawn backing up, I said I don’t think they are going to ticket you as you back out of the driveway and go around your husband’s car. It’s parking on the front lawn it does not say anything about going around a vehicle in the driveway to go about your business, thank y’all very much.

Councilman Walford: Thank you, Mr. Kreft. Council that is all of the request that we have to speak on agenda items today. I have two requests that I would ask that we would consider suspending the rules for to allow them to come forward for a brief –

Motion by Councilman Lester, seconded by Councilman Bowman, to suspend the rules to allow speakers to speak.

Councilman Walford: And this will be Mary Smith and Elvira Smith.

Councilman Lester: Question, Mr. Chairman are those – do those two represent the balance of the request for public comment?

Councilman Walford: Actually no I have one more, would you like to amend your motion and let’s include all of them.

Councilman Lester: Let’s include everybody, yes.

Motion passes by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Bowman and Shyne. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

Councilman Walford: Mary Smith. Well actually I think we just voted on the – well we suspended the rules you’re right. Do you two want to come together? That’s what I thought, Mr. Lester Mary Smith and Elvira Smith.

Motion by Councilman Lester, seconded by Councilman Wooley, to allow Mary Smith and Elvira Smith to speak. Motion passes by the following vote: Ayes: Councilman Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Bowman and Shyne. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

Councilman Walford: I understand that y’all are coming for something that we don’t get very often. So welcome and if you would please state your name and number

Ms. Mary Neilson Smith: Mary Neilson Smith (10887 Sunrise Point):

Ms. Elvira Smith: Elvira Smith (4102 Wallace Avenue):

Ms. M. Smith: Its 4112 isn’t it?

Ms. E. Smith: 4102.

Ms. M. Smith: Gee I don’t know where to begin, I’ve known Elvira we’ve been friends since what 1960.

Ms. E. Smith: 1960.

Ms. M. Smith: I was much younger then.

Ms. E. Smith: I was too.

Ms. M. Smith: So, recently Elvira told me that she had electrical problems in her house and I’m really busy I run two businesses in this town I am a very busy lady. So, I sent my contractor over to Elvira house to find out what was up. So, he can and slide in front of my desk after afternoon at Elvira’s house and he was horrified, he said you are not going to like this Mary. So, I said okay tell me what’s going on, he said well two years ago the City of Shreveport came along Elvira street and they filled in all the drainage ditches. So, when there is a big torrential down pour the water backs up into the house, have you ever had a flood in your house happens that quick, it comes where the sheet rock hits the slab and it just backs up into your house and there is no stopping it. So, at the time they called the city Elvira and her neighbors and said, you know, we got issue out here. And at that time the city decided to solve Elvira and her neighbor’s problem by sending sandbags, well my contractor was right, I am the kind of person that believes in exercising their freedom of speech I’m an American and I like to flex that muscle when I need to. So, I called up my councilman whose, Mr. Wooley, he’s not Elvira’s councilman, Robert Wooley is one of those new young and full of fire that the Mayor talked about earlier. I supported Robert Wooley and he did what everybody, what every citizen whether it’s federal, whether its state, whether it’s local or whatever it is expects their elected officials to do and that’s care. The next day they sent out, assumed the corporations were getting now out of our new administration showed up over on Elvira’s street and they put the ditches back in ladies and gentleman. So, we are here to say thank you because it’s not going to do us any good to fix up Elvira’s house if the water comes in every we get a summer like this one we just had, so I called the news media and try to interest the news media in maybe telling some people in this city something good instead of whining about the bad stuff all the time. Well I couldn’t get the news media interested in anything, so I called Gwen Campbell, who said you are not going to get them interested in it they like to report bad news. So, you get an “F” news media, you get an “F” today, so Gwen said the best thing you can do is come to the city council and say thank you. So, Elvira and I came today to thank you Robert, this is Mr. Wooley Elvira.

Ms. E. Smith: I would like to say thank you for all us over in the 4100 block of Wallace Lake –

Ms. M. Smith: Don’t cry.

Ms. E. Smith: Thank you so much. I have been there every since ’73 only one councilman from Shreveport has talked to us and it wouldn’t none of our councilman. We called Councilman Shyne when it was flooding and the water was real bad, it was your first term, you know, and he said he had to take his kids to Captain Shreve, he said but when I come back I’ll come through. We had on boots to get out I live in the city, I pay my taxes, only thing separates me from Councilman Shyne district is Corbitt and I’m just about half a block off of Corbitt. Corbitt have paved streets and sidewalks –

Ms. M. Smith: Yeah, we want some concrete now.

Ms. E. Smith: We have kids that are going to school –

Ms. M. Smith: We want some concrete on Wallace.

Ms. E. Smith: Walking in water every time it rain, Wallace Avenue, the street gets narrow, the ditch gets wider. I don’t have any kids going to school, but I – yes I do because all the kids is ours and they have to walk. And I want to thank the Police Department I don’t know who the man is but he is doing a good job. He sits down over there by the dome and those kids can kind of walk on the street coming from school and going to school. We need some sidewalks over there.

Councilman Shyne: That’s not my district, but we will be out there tomorrow to put some concrete out there.

Ms. M. Smith: I’m going to hold you to that.

Ms. E. Smith: Whoever my councilman is –

Ms. M. Smith: Because Robert Wooley will tell you if you don’t do it I will be right back up here.

Ms. E. Smith: Whose every my councilman is I wish he would just drive there sometime around about 8:30 in the morning or 3:00 in the afternoon and I want you to see how fast you can go.

Ms. M. Smith: Now y’all be nice to Robert Wooley because I plan to see him in Baton Rouge before it’s all over with.

Councilman Shyne: How about Washington?

Ms. E. Smith: And I want to thank you Mayor Cedric, I want to thank you so much. We need some help out there it’s not fair the people’s over on the south side of Corbitt, they are getting pave, they just finished one street and blessed it be they starting another one and we just over there just flooding out. And I want to thank the City of Shreveport for every sand bag they sent me.

Ms. M. Smith: I was horrified my contractor was – thank you Robert I appreciate it.

Ms. E. Smith: I had just finished five rooms of carpet and it wasn’t cheap but I want to thank you.

Councilman Wooley: Yes ma’am you’re very welcome.

Ms. M. Smith: We appreciate it; ladies and gentlemen the new administration is kicking butt. Thank you, so much.

Councilman Walford: So that fellow council members and Mr. Mayor is why we suspended the rules for something unusual.

Ms. M. Smith: We really appreciate it, I mean this is what people elect you guys for is to care and do something about it.

Councilman Shyne: They’ll be out there tomorrow. I think Councilman Wooley will make sure of it.

Ms. M. Smith: I’m going to hold you to that.

Councilman Shyne: I mean Councilman Walford, this is his district.

Councilman Walford: That’s my district.

Ms. M. Smith: Hopefully you are new. No, thanks Robert we appreciate it.

Councilman Wooley: You’re welcome.

John Kerry (3135 Fulton): I have probably two reason for being here this evening. First I want to thank the Mayor and also you the council for allowing me to be here this evening. And also, for trying to uplift Shreveport and make it a better place for all to live. I’m hoping that I can challenge all the communities in Shreveport the neighborhood I should say to do whatever they can in their particular areas to make this a better place for all. I keep up eight, I guess you would call it eight lots on Fulton Street and I invite anybody to drive by there tonight, this evening and see what kind of job I do with a push mow. I’m talking about a self propelled push mow, I keep mine theirs and ours the neighbors some of the neighbors. I help my next door neighbors they are both in their 90’s and they have two home five lots, three on Fulton Street and two that goes all the way through to Midway. And if you are not familiar some of you, Fulton Street and Midway run parallel together a block over Fulton and Midway. And I live right at the end of the Calumet Refinery and I guess you would say in between the Refinery and Independence Stadium and I’d love for some of you to drive by and see the place where I live and how it’s keep. And I’m hoping that somewhere down the line some of these folks in that neighborhood would kind of uplift their little segment of yards or whatever they have, some of them are much smaller than what I keep and you could probably do it with a weed eater. But what I’m saying is I want to make Fulton Street something that everybody would be proud of, and it has kind of caught on so to speak. But also I would like to say at this time that our street is a thoroughfare without any stop signs from Hudson, which goes into the back side of the Fair Grounds gate two and three and it ends at the Calumet Refinery on Midway, and it goes underneath I-20 and it’s a dumping area underneath I-20 if you want to drive through there sometimes and see. It’s used for a dump area and at sometimes they have as many as nine to eleven grocery carts underneath there, some are in the streets you have to drive around them and the garbage that’s thrown in there, grass sometimes knee deep – and that’s a thoroughfare to the Fair Grounds and it can be an eye sore sometimes. But I’m not here to be so negative I’m here tonight to try to bring some good things to the City like the Mayor’s trying to do, throughout the city. I’m hoping that all the neighborhoods in Shreveport vicinity would – if it’s nothing but picking up a piece of paper off your yard, do it, because if everyone does those little things that don’t seem like a whole lot that can mean something good for the City. And I would hope and pray that everyone in the neighborhoods of Shreveport would look at their front yards and try to do something positive to make it a better place for all. Again, I want to thank you all for allowing me to be here – oh, one other thing I keep up with the news believe me as I see where the Mayor is trying to do so many good things for the City and I applaud him for it; one in particularly is hopefully that the I guess you call it the neighborhood stations substation if you will, I would hope that somewhere down the line that they could bring those back to the neighborhoods if it ain’t but four within the city. I think that would a real positive thing for all areas of Shreveport because Fulton Street like I said it’s a drag strip sometimes and I am not exaggerating, I’m talking about in a 25 mile speed zone, 60 and 70 miles is nothing. Tire marks on the street from where they dig out and we’ve had two wrecks just recently at the corner of Prentiss and Fulton. One car went into these people yard nearly into their home, so what I am asking is that we address some of these things the boom music, I want go there because it does jolt out of our homes and on weekends I have left to get peace of mind somewhere, wherever I have to leave my home because of the jolting music. It jolts the pictures on the wall and I am not exaggerating. So, God bless y’all give us some help wherever you can and let’s make Shreveport a better place for all, God bless.

Councilman Shyne: Just before you go to your seat.

Councilman Walford: Mr. Kerry.

Councilman Shyne: Could you give me your name again?

Mr. Kerry: John Kerry, like the guy who ran for president.

Councilman Shyne: Mr. Kerry, right on the way to your seat, is the Chief still over there? Would you give the Chief about what time –

Mr. Kerry: Oh, Chief Whitehorn I got to say thanks to you too. God bless you and I hope you accomplish all that you set out to do.

Councilman Shyne: Could you kind of give him an idea of the time that those guys come through there with those boom boxes. Would you just stop by and tell him on the way and Mike Strong will make sure you have some stop signs and make sure that someone traffic engineer will be out there tomorrow that the signs that they have removed will be put back there. And the Chief will make sure that we have somebody out there with some radars to make sure that we catch some of those speeders because we can use that revenue.

Mr. Kerry: Believe me it’s there.

Councilman Shyne: Just stop by and tell the Chief.

Mr. Kerry: Thank y’all God bless.

Councilman Walford: Mr. Kerry, before you sit down, we can pass ordinances, Mr. Holt’s folks can go out and cite people and we hope to make a difference but really makes a difference is people like you that take some pride and put forth some effort and I thank you for it.

Mr. Kerry: Well I think y’all for allowing me to be here, God bless you.

Mayor Glover: Mr. Kerry, I just want to say thank you for caring and thank you for being committed to your neighbors and to your community and to your neighborhood and to Shreveport. And God bless you, and in addition to speaking –

Mr. Kerry: comes from the heart, believe me.

Mayor Glover: Thank you God bless you. In addition to speaking to the Chief I am going to also going to ask Jim if you would get any specific property standards violation and other things that he would have to offer to us to get those as well. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and thank you Mr. Kerry.

Councilman Walford: Thank you.

Councilman Shyne: Mr. Chairman, just one other – Jim, Mike this might be for yours could you send somebody from the sanitation department to pick up those, because we have had to do it before on Hollywood. Those carts it seems like they get them from the supermarkets.

Councilman Walford: You want him to go to the street on Fulton that goes under the Interstate.

Councilman Shyne: Right, the street off Fulton right up under the interstate and thank you.

CONSENT AGENDA LEGISLATION

TO INTRODUCE RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES

RESOLUTIONS: None.

ORDINANCES: None.

TO ADOPT RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES:

RESOLUTIONS:

RESOLUTION NO. 147 of 2007

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ERMA FAY HARLAN MILLER, JACK EDWARD MILLER, JR., ELIZABETH MILLER PARKERSON, AND DONNA MILLER BROWN LOCATED AT 309 FLOURNOY LUCAS RD., TO CONNECT TO THE WATER SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.

WHEREAS, Erma Fay Harlan Miller, Jack Edward Miller, Jr., Elizabeth Miller Parkerson, and Donna Miller Brown 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 Erma Fay Harlan Miller, Jack Edward Miller, Jr., Elizabeth Miller Parkerson, and Donna Miller Brown be authorized to connect the building located at 309 Flournoy Lucas Rd., to the water system of the City of Shreveport.

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

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

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Wooley seconded by Councilman Shyne for adoption. Approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Long, Wooley, Shyne, and Bowman. 5. Nays: Councilman Walford. 1. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

RESOLUTION NO. 148 of 2007

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ERMA FAY HARLAN MILLER, JACK EDWARD MILLER, JR., ELIZABETH MILLER PARKERSON, AND DONNA MILLER BROWN LOCATED AT 311 FLOURNOY LUCAS RD., TO CONNECT TO THE WATER SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.

WHEREAS, Erma Fay Harlan Miller, Jack Edward Miller, Jr., Elizabeth Miller Parkerson, and Donna Miller Brown 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 Erma Fay Harlan Miller, Jack Edward Miller, Jr., Elizabeth Miller Parkerson, and Donna Miller Brown be authorized to connect the building located at 311 Flournoy Lucas Rd., to the water system of the City of Shreveport.

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

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

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Wooley seconded by Councilman Bowman for adoption. Approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Long, Wooley, Shyne, and Bowman. 5. Nays: Councilman Walford. 1. Absent: Councilman Webb. 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. 141 OF 2007

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT A DONATION INTER VIVOS AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO

BY: Councilman Wooley

WHEREAS, the Broadmoor Methodist Church of Shreveport, La., desires to give, grant, convey, donate, assign, set over and deliver unto the City of Shreveport $2,500 for purposes of making the sidewalk corners handicap accessible on the east side of Youree Drive at its intersection with Ockley; and

WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport desires to accept this donation inter vivos.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in due, legal and regular session convened, that Cedric B. Glover, Mayor, be and is hereby authorized to accept the donation inter vivos from the Broadmoor United Methodist Church of Shreveport, La.

BE IF FURTHER RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in due, legal and regular session convened, that Cedric B. Glover, Mayor, be and is hereby authorized and empowered to execute a Donation Inter Vivos, substantially in accordance with the document filed along with the original copy of this resolution in the Office of the Clerk of Council on August 21, 2007, attached hereto as Exhibit A.

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 Long seconded by Councilman Wooley for adoption. Approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Walford, Lester, Long, Wooley, Shyne, and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

RESOLUTION NO. 142 OF 2007

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT A DONATION INTER VIVOS AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO

BY: Councilman Wooley

WHEREAS, the University Terrace Neighborhood Association, desires to give, grant, convey, donate, assign, set over and deliver unto the City of Shreveport $4,000 for purposes of sidewalk replacement within the limits of the University Terrace Neighborhood Association, said limits being Youree Drive on the east, Sand Beach Bayou on the west, 70^th Street on the north and Bert Kouns Industrial Loop on the south; and

WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport desires to accept this donation inter vivos.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in due, legal and regular session convened, that Cedric B. Glover, Mayor, be and is hereby authorized to accept the donation inter vivos from the University Terrace Neighborhood Association.

BE IF FURTHER RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in due, legal and regular session convened, that Cedric B. Glover, Mayor, be and is hereby authorized and empowered to execute a Donation Inter Vivos, substantially in accordance with the document filed along with the original copy of this resolution in the Office of the Clerk of Council on August 20, 2007, attached hereto as Exhibit A.

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 Wooley seconded by Councilman Long for adoption. Approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Walford, Lester, Long, Wooley, Shyne, and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

RESOLUTION NO. 143 OF 2007

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EMPLOYMENT OF SPECIAL LEGAL COUNSEL TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.

BY:

WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport “(City”) is involved in a number of claims and/or lawsuits either as plaintiff or defendant; and

WHEREAS, City desires to retain the services of Ron C. Stamps, Attorney at Law, to represent the City of Shreveport (“City”) in these matters at an hourly rate of $115.00, plus expenses; and

WHEREAS, the Office of the City Attorney recommends the employment of such special legal counsel to represent the City in these matters pursuant to Section 8.03 of the City Charter.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in due, regular and legal session convened that the Mayor be and he is hereby authorized to execute, for and on behalf of the City of Shreveport, a retainer agreement with Ron C. Stamps, Attorney at Law, to represent the City of Shreveport with regard to collections and general liability claims and/or lawsuits, substantially in accordance with the terms and conditions of the draft thereof which was filed for public inspection, together with the original copy of this resolution in the office of the Clerk of Council on August 28, 2007.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any provision or item of this resolution or the application thereof is held to be 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 to be severable.

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

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman _Shyne seconded by Councilman Bowman for adoption. Approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Walford, Lester, Long, Wooley, Shyne, and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

RESOLUTION NO. 144 OF 2007

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EMPLOYMENT OF SPECIAL LEGAL COUNSEL TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.

BY:

WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport “(City”) is involved in a number of claims and/or lawsuits either as plaintiff or defendant; and

WHEREAS, City desires to retain the services of Alex J. Washington, Attorney at Law, to represent the City of Shreveport (“City”) in these matters at an hourly rate of $115.00, plus expenses; and

WHEREAS, the Office of the City Attorney recommends the employment of such special legal counsel to represent the City in these matters pursuant to Section 8.03 of the City Charter.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in due, regular and legal session convened that the Mayor be and he is hereby authorized to execute, for and on behalf of the City of Shreveport, a retainer agreement with Alex J. Washington, Attorney at Law, to represent the City of Shreveport with regard to collections and general liability claims and/or lawsuits, substantially in accordance with the terms and conditions of the draft thereof which was filed for public inspection, together with the original copy of this resolution in the office of the Clerk of Council on August 28, 2007.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any provision or item of this resolution or the application thereof is held to be 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 to be severable.

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

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Shyne seconded by Councilman Long for adoption. Approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Walford, Lester, Long, Wooley, Shyne, and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

RESOLUTION NO. 149 OF 2007

A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING DEDICATION FOR A 5 FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT IN GLEN IRIS ADDITION, UNIT NO. 3-A AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.

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

and regular session convened, that the dedication for a 5 foot utility easement in Section 13, (T17N-R14W), Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and as shown on the plats attached hereto and made a part hereof, be and the same is hereby accepted as dedicated to the public for public use in the City of Shreveport.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the original plat reflecting the dedication for a 5 foot utility easement be recorded in the official records of the Clerk of Court for Caddo Parish, Louisiana.

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

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

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Long seconded by Councilman Shyne for adoption. Approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Shyne, and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

RESOLUTION NO. 150 OF 2007

A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING DEDICATION FOR EAST RIDGE DRIVE IN RIDGE-CREST SUBDIVISION UINT NO. 2 AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.

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

and regular session convened, that the dedication for East Ridge Drive in Section 19, (T17N-R13W), Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and as shown on the plats attached hereto and made a part hereof, be and the same is hereby accepted as dedicated to the public for public use in the City of Shreveport.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the original plat reflecting the dedication for East Ridge Drive be recorded in the official records of the Clerk of Court for Caddo Parish, Louisiana.

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

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

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Long seconded by Councilman Shyne for adoption. Approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Shyne, and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

RESOLUTION NO. 151 OF 2007

A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING DEDICATION FOR WEST 75^th STREET IN FELLOWSHIP OF CHRIST MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.

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

and regular session convened, that the dedication for West 75^th Street in Section 25, (T17N-R14W), Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and as shown on the plats attached hereto and made a part hereof, be and the same is hereby accepted as dedicated to the public for public use in the City of Shreveport.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the original plat reflecting the dedication for West 75^th Street be recorded in the official records of the Clerk of Court for Caddo Parish, Louisiana.

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

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

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Shyne seconded by Councilman Wooley for adoption. Approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Shyne, and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

RESOLUTION NO. 152 OF 2007

A RESOLUTION REJECTING BIDS RECEIVED FOR IFB #07-061, REMODELING OF NEW MAINTENANCE SHOP-7300 MANSFIELD ROAD AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.

BY:

WHEREAS, three (3) bids were received as a result of solicitations for Remodeling of New Fire Maintenance Shop- 7300 Mansfield Road, IFB #07-061; and;

WHEREAS, the City has rejected these bids in accordance with La R.S. 38:2214 B, because all bids received for the project were over budget.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport in due, legal and regular session convened that the bids received on IFB #07-061 be rejected.

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 declared repealed.

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Long seconded by Councilman Shyne for adoption. Approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Shyne, and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

RESOLUTION NO. 153 OF 2007

A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO THE U. S. EPA’S PROPOSED LOWERING OF THE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARD FOR OZONE, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO

By:

WHEREAS, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently released a proposed revision to the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone which would lower the standard from the current 8 hour average of 80 parts per billion (ppb) to 70 – 75 ppb;

WHEREAS, the Shreveport-Bossier City Metropolitan Statistical Area is meeting the current ozone standard but may not be able to meet the proposed stricter standard;

WHEREAS, local ozone levels are comparable to levels found in remote and rural portions of the state;

WHEREAS, local ozone levels are believed to be heavily influenced by factors beyond the control of the local area, including pollutant emissions from other areas as well as the naturally high background levels of ozone in this area resulting from climate conditions and vegetation, and any new standards imposed should focus on the sources of ozone precursor emissions rather than the areas affected;

WHEREAS, according to the EPA, ozone levels throughout the U. S. have dropped approximately 21% since 1980 under the current regulations;

WHEREAS, existing ozone standards have not been fully implemented yet, and new regulations amount to “moving the goalposts in the middle of a game;”

WHEREAS, the proposed lowered standard would result in hundreds of counties across the country, and most parishes in Louisiana, being designated as “non-attainment,” potentially cutting off federal funding for transportation projects designed to improve traffic flows and benefit public health and welfare; and

WHEREAS, the Shreveport-Bossier MSA has been extremely proactive in implementing voluntary measures to improve local ozone levels and air quality in general, by participating voluntarily in EPA’s Ozone Flex and Early Action Compact programs;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in due, legal and regular session convened, as follows:

For the reasons set forth above, the City Council herewith expresses its opposition to the U. S. EPA’s proposed lowering of the current 8 hour ozone standard.

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 Shyne and by Councilman Walford for adoption. Approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Shyne, and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

RESOLUTION NO. 156 OF 2007

A RESOLUTION TO SUSPEND THE EFFECTS OF SECTION 10-190 OF THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATIVE TO THE “FALL FIESTA: EL MERCADO”EVENT AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.

BY: COUNCILMAN WALFORD

WHEREAS, the Shreveport Regional Arts Council (“SRAC”) will sponsor “Fall Fiesta: El Mercado” on Friday, October 26, 2007 from 8:00 p.m. till 12:00 a.m. and Saturday, October 27, 2007 from 12:00 p.m. till 10:00 p.m. in the 700 block of Texas Street; and

WHEREAS, the event will be open to the general public; and

WHEREAS, SRAC desires to dispense and sell, and allow its patrons to purchase and consume alcoholic beverages on the public street and sidewalks in the 700 block of Texas Street during the event; and

WHEREAS, Section 10-190 of the Code of Ordinances prohibits the sale, consumption, dispensing or otherwise of alcoholic beverages in and on public places, including streets and sidewalks, unless specifically authorized by the City Council or the Zoning Board of Appeals; and

WHEREAS, the adoption of this resolution would permit SRAC to dispense and sell and its patrons to purchase and consume alcoholic beverages on the public sidewalk and in the public street in the 700 block of Texas Street during the “Fall Fiesta: El Mercado” event.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport in due, legal and regular session convened that Section 10-190 of the City of Shreveport Code of Ordinances is hereby suspended on Friday, October 26, 2007 from 8:00 p.m. till 12:00 a.m. and Saturday, October 27, 2007 from 12:00 p.m. till 10:00 p.m. in the 700 block of Texas Street for the “Fall Fiesta: El Mercado” event sponsored by the Shreveport Regional Arts Council.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all other applicable provisions of the City of Shreveport Code of Ordinances shall remain in full force and effect.

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

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

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Walford seconded by Councilman Shyne for adoption. Approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Shyne, and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

RESOLUTION NO. 157 OF 2007

A RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE MAJOR CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR TO COME TO NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND DEBATE THE ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE TO THE CITIZENS OF OUR AREA AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO

BY:

WHEREAS, the citizens of Louisiana will elect a new Governor in 2007; and

WHEREAS, the citizens of Northwest Louisiana deserve the opportunity to see and hear from the major candidates for Governor in person and to have them debate the issues of importance to our area before the primary election is held on October 20, 2007; and

WHEREAS, to date, several of the major candidates have announced that they will not participate in any debate opportunities outside of those in Baton Rouge and New Orleans; and

WHEREAS, this will deny the citizens of Northwest Louisiana the opportunity to hear – in a forum outside the “business as usual” political ads and sound bites – how these major candidates stand on issues such as the completion of Interstate 49, the educational challenges facing our children and schools, the health care needs of our citizens, the State’s tax structure, how best to expedite the State’s recovery from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and how they will work to provide quality jobs for our citizens.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened, that it strongly urges and encourages all the major candidates seeking the office of Governor in the 2007 elections make themselves available for and participate in a public debate in Northwest Louisiana prior to the October 20, 2007 primary election.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Council calls on all citizens of Northwest Louisiana to consider the candidates’ willingness to participate in a public debate in Northwest Louisiana as an important factor when deciding whom to support with their vote in the 2007 election.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution shall be sent to each of the major candidates for Governor in the 2007 elections, together with this Council’s message that it believes that a public debate on the issues affecting Northwest Louisiana is both desirable and badly-needed.

Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Shyne seconded by Councilman Long for adoption.

Mr. Walford: Mr. Mayor, would you like first debate on this sir?

Mayor Glover: I figure at least a little debate, Mr. Chairman, would be appropriate.

Mr. Walford: Personally, I thank you for the idea and the floor is yours.

Mayor Glover: Thank you Mr. Chairman and members of the council, as I mentioned to you on yesterday, obviously, this is a wonderful state that we live in. One of the tendencies however, of the leadership of this state is to focus on the issues and concerns the effect the southern region without my estimation as I have learned in the eleven years having been a member of the Louisiana legislature without often times giving full and appropriate and due consideration to those to those issues challenges and opportunities that we face in the area north of I-10 and as I began to observe the gubernatorial race unfold, I became greatly concern that there was not a commitment on the part of the major candidates for governor to come to this area and speak specifically about the issues of importance to North Louisiana, while there are issues that effect us as a state as a whole. There are a whole list of concerns that are particular concerns – particular importance to this particular region of the state. And so I’m glad that as a result of a collective effort on the part of this administration, this council and at least ten organizations and individuals across the North Louisiana area we are now successful in having convinced the candidates for governor who have a legitimate shoot at being able to put forth viable campaigns to come here to talk to the citizens of North Louisiana about those issues that I think are of concern and particular to those of us in this area but they also have implications throughout the entirety of the state of Louisiana. For instance, if you are going to be the governor of the state of Louisiana you need to be able to talk to us specifically about how it is that you are going to help lead the effort to complete the construction of I-49 North. If you are going to be the next governor of the state of Louisiana you need to be able to talk to us specifically about the economic development challenges and problems that we have here in North Louisiana. You also need to be in a position to tell us how it is that we are going to take full advantage of those opportunities that we have before. You need to be able to talk to us about your plan, your vision for health care in Louisiana and while we know we have a system that has many challenges with current structure of what we have here Shreveport and the LSU Health Science Center represents a model of excellence anywhere in the country and as you began to balance that against the challenges and the problems and the conundrums of the South Louisiana Health Care System in comparison to the great work that is being done here at LSU Shreveport, how are you going to balance those. We have already talked about the fact as you all commented on at the last council meeting that the Shreveport/Bossier area represents one of the largest metropolitan areas in anywhere in the country, certainly within this state that is not served by a comprehensive research university. And if we expect this economy to grow and develop to the full potential that it has then that is one element that has to be infused here. We got some community colleges and two year universities that are achieving excellence and Southern University and Bossier Parish Community College, how do we allow those to continue to help us address the workforce needs that we have throughout this area; how do we better utilize them in preparing young people for, or going on to the university and so those are issues that while they have some impact on the entirety of the state they are also of particular interest to those of us in the northern region. And to have gubernatorial debates that will only take place in Baton Rouge and in New Orleans, I don’t think will allow us the opportunity to see these issues presented to these candidates in a way that is separate and apart from the staged types of appearances that those of us since we are all elected officials, we know that there are occasions where we have our campaign organizations, they set and preplan and we go there and we essentially we are preaching to the choir. There is no one there who attempts to in anyway alter or contradict or offer a dissenting point of view and those are all well and good, that is a part of the political process but there also has to be a point in time when you as a candidate have to be willing to stand there shoulder to shoulder and present yourself to the people of this state and the people of the area and be willing to advance your ideas as well as defend them and so that is what I have been asking for. Thankfully, at about 2:16 today we got an indication from two of the other candidates who had previously not committed to coming to this area that in fact they are now planning to come and it appears as if on October 4^th there will be a forum here in Shreveport that will encompass all of the major candidates for governor of the state of Louisiana. But now, one of the things that we have to factor in with that, one of the things that concerns me even about that date and why we can’t just allow this issue to rest and be settled here, unlike the date that we were looking at today, September 11^th which is still considered to be apart of summer television cycle, unfortunately, October 4^th is right at the beginning when all of the new television shows will be coming out and so we won’t have a commitment on the part of our local media to air this particular debate live on network television affording individuals throughout this region the chance and the opportunity to be able to view it in prime time in their homes. Only individuals with cable will be able to do that and so that is an inconvenience that we shouldn’t have to endure because we happen to live north of I-10 and so it is still not an ideal situation of the timeframe that has been offered at this point is still only sixty minutes and as I can tell you as one who has engaged in head to head debates with only two individuals over an hour, that is a stand of time that moves very, very quickly. And so if you are going to expand that to four candidates within an hour then the ability to be able to have as adequate of an airing in hearing of the issues that should be discussed, I think maybe difficult and so I’m still hopeful that these candidates while they have now committed will also be amiable to adjusting the structure and the schedule of this particular debate in a manner that would allow us to be able to see it on the same level with the same par as the effort that is going to be put forth in Baton Rouge by the Louisiana Public Broadcast System and the other debate that will take place in New Orleans or that will be handled by WWL Television. But I commend the candidates for having committed to what they have so far. I hope they will ultimate end up resulting in a full and complete commitment and I want to thank you all distinguish members of the council for standing with me in advocating and representing the interest of those of us who live in the northern portion of Louisiana. Thank you Mr. Chairman. Thank you, members of the Council.

Mr. Shyne: Mr. Mayor, I want to – I think I told you on yesterday, I appreciate your stepping out and showing this kind of leadership and this is what we are going to have to do in North Louisiana because is not South Louisiana just take us for granted. You know, they are laughing and kind of saying that, hey, everything is done in South Louisiana and this is why I tell people it’s important for us to support local candidates. I mean, we need diversity in state government. Everybody that is elected statewide comes from South Louisiana and this is why they have no respect for us. I appreciate those bread and butter issues that you put forth. You know, we talking about corruption, corruption, corruption and we got sheriffs and D. A.’s and law enforcement officials that are suppose to be doing this. We want a governor who’s going to talk about: what are you going to do for the tax structure; what are you going to do for those bread and butter issues; how are you going to get us off the bottom; how about the educational system; how about the health care system; what are you going to do in order to recruit industry into the city; what are you going to do in order to clean up South Louisiana from the standpoint of the erosion that we have. This is what we need to have – what are you going to do about I-49; what are you going to do about bringing North Louisiana in, coming up and visiting us more, keeping us a part of what is going on. This is what we need to know from gubernatorial candidate but we sit back and we just take it. We don’t do anything. We continue to go along and as long as we go along in order to get along it is going to continue to happen, we are going to be left out again. I appreciate you coming out and say, hey look, up in North Louisiana we need ya’ll to come up here and I think one council member said if you can’t come up this then let’s don’t vote for you and I kind of go along with that because if you don’t come up here now and you are campaigning, you know you are not going to come up here once you get elected, cause you are in office then. So, this is why we have to let them know, hey look, we are a part of the state of Louisiana. We are not a part of Arkansas or Texas or Mississippi and we want you to talk about some bread and butter issues. What are you going to do with bringing some industry into Louisiana, with the tax structure? We got to move forward and we got to let those people know that we are serious, that this is one of the most important elections that we have had in a long time. Thank you and thank you to my colleagues.

Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Shyne, and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS: (Not to be adopted prior to September 25, 2007)

1. Resolution No. 155 of 2007: A Resolution declaring the intention of the City of Shreveport (The “City”) to proceed with a financing in an amount not to exceed Twenty-Six Million Seven Hundred Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($26,700,000) for the purpose of financing the costs of acquiring and constructing improvements, enlargements and upgrades to the water system of the City and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

2. Resolution No. 158 of 2007: A Resolution authorizing the release of mortgages and cancellation of promissory notes executed by Shreveport Publishing Corporation (now Snap Property, LLC) in favor of the City of Shreveport in connection with the neighborhood improvement leveraging project and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

Read by title and as read, motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Long for the Introduction of Resolutions 155 and 157 to lay over until the September 25, 2007 meeting. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Shyne, and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES: (Not to be adopted prior to September 25, 2007)

1. Ordinance No.144 of 2007: An Ordinance amending the 2007 General Fund Budget, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

2. Ordinance No. 145 of 2007: An Ordinance amending the 2007 Community Development Special Revenue Fund, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

3. Ordinance No. 146 of 2007: An Ordinance amending the 2007 Golf Enterprise Fund Budget, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

4. Ordinance No. 147 of 2007: An Ordinance amending the2007 Water and Sewerage Enterprise Fund Budget, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

5. Ordinance No. 148 of 2007: An Ordinance to create and establish Grover Place as a one way street from Ockley Drive to Atlantic Avenue requiring vehicles to travel in a southerly direction only between the hours of 02:30 p.m. and 03:30 p.m. on school days, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

6. Ordinance No. 149 of 2007: An Ordinance to amend and reenact Chapter 90 of the Code of Ordinances relative traffic and vehicles by adding thereto Article XII, relative to Traffic regulations on private streets and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (D/Wooley)

Read by title and as read, motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Long for the Introduction the Ordinances 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, and 149 to lay over until the September 25, 2007 meeting. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Shyne and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

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

1. Ordinance No. 122 of 2006: An ordinance amending portions of Chapter 90 of the Code of Ordinances relative to traffic and vehicles and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (A/Lester)

Having passed first reading on August 22, 2006 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 Wooley to postpone the ordinance until the September 25, 2007 meeting. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Webb, Shyne and Bowman. 7. Nays: None.

2. Ordinance No. 130 of 2007: An ordinance amending and reenacting Section 90-287 of the Code of Ordinances relative to stopping, standing and parking and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (A/Lester)

Having passed first reading on August 14, 2007 was read by title, and on motion, ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Long, seconded by Councilman Shyne to adopt. The Clerk read the following amendment:

Amendment No. 1 to Ordinance No. 130 of 2007 Relative to Amending And Reenacting Section 90-287 Of The Code Of Ordinances Relative To Stopping, Standing And Parking

Delete subparagraph (18) and substitute the following:

(18) In a yard between the residence and the street of any lot zoned as a residential district under the city zoning ordinance, on any area other than a permanent parking area, which is either:

a) asphalt, concrete or other hard surface dustless materials, or

b) clearly defined by side borders of plants, landscape ties, pressure treated wood,

brick or concrete or similar border materials.

c) No permanent parking area shall exceed fifty percent (50%) of the area of the front yard, and not more than four vehicles may be parked therein.

Motion by Councilman Lester, seconded by Councilman Shyne to adopt Amendment No. 1.

Mr. Lester: Yes, Mr. Chairman, thank you. Very briefly, one of the issues that we had with this was how to deal with a scenario where someone has a surface that’s grass that they want to designate as a parking area that is not concrete and how can we go about dealing with an ordinance that would allow us to get to the point we were going to which is to prevent people from parking in their front yards on the grass and tearing up the yards and looking bad but at the same time allows for people to designate an area for which to park that is not so financially burdensome on folks that do not have the financial wherewithal to go down and put crushed rocks and things of that nature. And as I said on yesterday in consultation with Ms. Glass and our city attorney, Ms. Scott, as well as speaking with Charles Kirkland, with MPC, Bonnie Moore, Community Development, Jim Holt, with Property Standards and our own Council, Mr. Art Thompson, we were able to come up this which basically this amendment allows people to delineate a specific area relative to parking. It puts the requirement on them that they designate a permanent parking area that’s clearly defined by borders and that in no instance shall a person – their parking area exceed 50% of the area of the front yard which is consistent with our zoning ordinances and limits the number of cars that can be parked in front yard to the number of four. So, that’s what we have. I think this is a very good – it gets us to where we want to go. I think it is a very reasonable combination that deals with that issue and quite frankly, it’s something that Ms. Glass – we – there is a website that deals with amendments and issues city attorneys around the country. And as I appreciate it Ms. Glass might want to speak to this. This – some of the resolution came from a municipality, I believe in Florida, and we used part of that as a backdrop for what we are trying to accomplish here, so we think this gets us where we want to go. Thank you Mr. Chairman.

Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Shyne and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

Motion by Councilman Lester, seconded by Councilman Shyne to adopt the ordinance as amended. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Shyne and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

3. Ordinance No. 137 of 2007: A second supplemental bond ordinance authorizing and providing for the issuance and sale of $8,000,000 Airport System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2007A, and $15,000,000 Airport System PFC Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2007B, of the City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana, payable solely from a pledge and dedication of the revenues of the Shreveport Regional Airport, including passenger facility charges; prescribing the form, fixing the details and providing for the payment of principal of and interest on such bonds, and for the rights of the registered owners thereof; and providing for other matters related thereto.

Having passed first reading on August 28, 2007 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 Wooley to postpone until the September 25, 2007 meeting. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Shyne and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

4. Ordinance No. 138 of 2007: An ordinance amending the 2007 Capital Improvements Budget, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on August 28, 2007 was read by title, and on motion, ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Lester to adopt. The Clerk read the following amendment:

Amendment # 1 proposed by _______________ to Ordinance No. 138 of 2007, An Ordinance Amending the 2007 Capital Improvements Budget.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Program A (Buildings and Improvements):

Increase the appropriation for Convention Center Hotel and Associated Improvements (03A004) by $2,500,000. Funding source is Other Funds.

In Program B (Recreation Improvements):

Increase the appropriation for Independence Stadium Capital Repairs and Improvements (02B001) by $115,900. Funding source is 1999 Stadium Bonds.

Motion by Councilman Shyne seconded by Councilman Lester to adopt Amendment No. 1. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Shyne and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

Motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Long to adopt the ordinance as amended. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Shyne and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

5. Ordinance No. 139 of 2007: An ordinance amending the 2007 Riverfront Special Revenue Fund Budget, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on August 28, 2007 was read by title, and on motion, ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Wooley, seconded by Councilman Long to adopt. The Clerk read the following amendment:

Amendment # 1 proposed by the Administration to Ordinance No. 139 of 2007, An Ordinance Amending the 2007 Budget for the Riverfront Development Special Revenue Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Increase Other Charges by $100,000 and decrease Operating Reserves by $100,000.

Motion by Councilman Wooley, seconded by Councilman Long to adopt Amendment No. 1. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Shyne and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

Motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Wooley to adopt the ordinance as amended. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Shyne and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

6. Ordinance No. 140 of 2007: An ordinance amending and reenacting Section 53-2 of the City of Shreveport Code of Ordinances relative to offensive odors, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

Having passed first reading on August 28, 2007 was read by title, and on motion, ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Long, seconded by Councilman Lester to adopt. The Clerk read the following amendment:

AMEMDMENT TO ORDINANCE NO. 140 OF 2007

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND RE-ENACT SECTION 58-2 OF THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATIVE TO OFFIENSIVE ODORS AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.

BY:

Amend the ordinance to add sub-section (d) to read as follows:

Sec. 58-2. Emission of odor nuisances or odorous air contaminants.

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(d) The city attorney or other appropriate authority of the city may issue a citation to any person for violation of this section. In addition, any person having a complaint that a violation of this section has occurred may file a written complaint with the director of operational services and, upon receipt of such complaint, the office of the city attorney shall institute appropriate action or proceedings to prosecute such violation. Any person conviction of violating any provision of this section shall be punished as provided in section 1-14 of this Code. The imposition of any penalty hereunder shall not preclude the city attorney or other appropriate authority of the city from instituting injunctive, mandamus, or other appropriate action or proceedings to abate violations of this section.

Motion by Councilman Long, seconded by Councilman Lester to adopt Amendment No. 1. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Shyne and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

Motion by Councilman Long, seconded by Councilman Wooley to adopt the ordinance as amended.

Mr. Lester: I would like to thank Councilman Walford for his leadership on this issue. I also would like to thank the administration. I would like thank the City Attorney’s office. I would like to thank members of our local legislative delegation for their assistance with this. There is a business located in Agurs that has become the vain of my existence as a city councilman to put it mildly. In the normal operation of this establishment – well let’s say the normal operation of this establishment is causing untold and I’m sure in my mind although I don’t have a black robe, Mr. Chairman, compensable damages to an entire section of the City of Shreveport. People who own businesses, people who live in the vicinity of this, people that live as far east as South Bossier, comes into downtown depending on the wind, flies over into Lakeside and Allendale and it’s almost Mr. Chairman, to point where if I didn’t know any better I would say a line has been drawn in the sand that has been said, we are going to do what we are going to do, we are going to operate the way we are going to operate. We are going to use whatever tools, political friendships, whatever we have in our resources for us to continue to operate the way we want to and I just want to applaud this administration for taking the steps that it has taken, daily, hourly to put together a strategy to deal with this. It’s one thing for us as elected officials to act emotionally and irrationally. One of the things that you train as a lawyer to do first and foremost is handle your client. You know, your client says, go get them, go get them, go get them and you can’t always – and Ron Wiems will tell you, you can’t always just go and get them the way your client wants you to because there are some other things that must be done legally so that you can get to the point that you want to go and I think some of the residents have been understandably upset with and frustrated with the length of this process and having to deal with something that is so offensive on a daily basis, something that is so disruptive, I mean unless you have lived in Agurs, unless you have driven downtown in the last year and a half, and even if you have worked downtown, I mean, I don’t know what rock you had to be living under literally for this issue not to have affected you, but it has gone literally from the ridiculous to the sublime. But I want to caution some of my constituents and at the same time make them aware that this administration and this mayor has been consistent and diligent both as our state representative and as our mayor to using whatever tools that are at his disposal to deal with the situation. And I know there has been some conversation and some press releases going back and forth about who’s protecting the interest of Shreveport, who’s protecting the interest of Agurs, those of us that have been blessed and fortuned enough to represent that area as well as everybody in North Shreveport need to understand that there is a plan of action that this is a very high priority for certainly for this councilman and I feel confident that I can say that is a high priority for this Mayor, this Administration, this City Attorney, this Department of Operational Services, this Department of Zoning and something is going to happen hopefully, sooner rather than later. But there are processes that we have to follow in order for us to get to the conclusion that I believe most of the residents of North Shreveport wants to accomplish and I just want to take this opportunity to say that. Not so much to my colleague but to my constituents that are dealing with this on a daily basis as well as the Chairman who has the fortune of working in Agurs but unfortunately the misfortune of being a lot closer to this particular issue then even I on a daily basis. Thank you Mr. Chairman.

Mr. Walford: I want to take just a minute. Mr. Mayor, I want to thank you when you wearing the other hat and now that you are wearing this hat for your leadership and for not being afraid to step out front on this at a time when we needed that kind of support. Mike, your folks and I don’t see Terri back there but the City Attorney’s Office – is she hiding from me – the City Attorney’s Office, Terri and Elizabeth Gipson, everybody that jumped in to make this work and then I can’t dare leave out Senator Jackson for her help at the legislature to further empower us to protect our citizens. So I think everybody that was willing to get involved and Mr. Lester, you have been at it from the get go and I appreciate your efforts. So, I’m voting yes and I urge everyone else to.

Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Shyne and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

Mr. Walford: Thank you.

Mayor Glover: Mr. Chairman, thank you Mr. Lester, and thank you members of the Council.

7. Ordinance No. 142 of 2007: An Ordinance amending the 2007 Budget for the Fleet Services Internal Service Fund and otherwise providing with respect thereto

Having passed first reading on August 28, 2007 was read by title, and on motion, ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Long to adopt.

Ms. Bowman: I have a question. Mr. Dark, will you – I just looked over this again, I want you to explain this to me again. I really don’t have a breakdown or anything on how this is –

Mr. Dark: Okay, hang on, I’ll call it up. When we do the – start the process of preparing for the 2008 budget we ask department representative to estimate what they think they are going to need to spend in the current year. In the case of Fleet Services for supplies and contractual services they felt like they needed more then they had in their budgets so we are amending the budget to add roughly $360,000.00 to their budget. Money which will come from – mostly from Police and Solid Waste and the General Fund Amendment that we introduced today will provide that money but Fleet budget about as much as anything else are estimates based on guessing how much you will breakdown over the course of a year. Part of Police’s deals with the fact that we kept a number of vehicles to increase the Take-Home Program, Solid Waste garbage trucks are expensive to repair and so this is basically providing them money to get through the rest of the year.

Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Shyne and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

Mr. Shyne: Tom, that was pretty good. That kind of sound like some of those book reports I use to have my students to do. So that was –

Mr. Dark: Did I get an “A” sir?

Mr. Walford: He gets an “A” in budget.

8. Ordinance No. 143 of 2007: An ordinance authorizing the Mayor to execute a lease of City-owned property to Triumph The Church and Kingdom of God in Christ, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (Not to be adopted prior to September 25, 2007)

Having passed first reading on August 28, 2007 was read by title, and on motion, ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Bowman, seconded by Councilman Shyne to postpone until the September 25, 2007 meeting. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Shyne and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

9. Ordinance No. 127 of 2007: ZONING: C - 65-07: 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 Clyde Fant Parkway Service Road, 2267 feet south of Stoner Avenue, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana from B-3, Community Business District, B-1, Buffer Business District, And R-A-E, Residence-Agriculture/Extended Use District to R-3, Urban, Multi-Family Residence District, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (B/Walford) (Postponed August28, 2007)

Having passed first reading on July 24, 2007 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 Shyne to postpone until the September 25, 2007 meeting. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Shyne and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Webb. 1.

10. Ordinance No. 141 of 2007: ZONING – C-74-07: An ordinance amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, the City of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance, by rezoning a tract of land generally bound by Fannin on the north, Douglas on the east, Travis on the south, and Christian on the west, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, from R-3, Urban, Multiple Family Residence District to B-4, Central Business District with MPC approval for outdoor film production, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (B/Walford)

Having passed first reading on August 28, 2007 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 Shyne to adopt.

Mr. Shyne: Second.

Mr.Walford: On this one I thought everybody was going to jump to make the motion, so I will be glad to make the motion and have you as a second.

Mr. Shyne: I wanted you to make the motion because I might go down and apply –

Mr. Wooley: As a stunt double.

Mr. Shyne: Yeah. You do get in the movies

Mr. Walford: That’s good Mr. Wooley, I like that. Any discussion from the Council. Just for clarification for the public this is for our Millennium Project and Mr. Mayor I would very much to see us encourage our legislative delegation to expand the limits of our B-4 Central Business District or Downtown Development District rather to include this area as we develop. I think it would certainly be a benefit.

Mayor Glover: Mr. Chairman, that has already been identified as one of the legislative priorities that we have for this up coming session to not only include the Ledbetter Heights area into the Downtown Development District but in addition to that I’m not sure if you are aware but something I just learned upon becoming Mayor despite the fact that I was both the member of the council and legislator for the area and that is that the Downtown Development Authority District does not encompass the north side of Cross Bayou. You know, I and you and others have talked for years about the great asset that we have in Cross Bayou and what it could bring to the city as a whole with the development enhancement of that was it turns out only the southern shore of Cross Bayou is actually within that district as well and so it will kind of like developing the River Walk in San Antonio and the authority that actually did that only having the authority to be able to put in all those amenities on one side because the district didn’t encompass the other. So we are looking to address the Ledbetter Heights issue as well as to make sure we have a footprint for DDA and is truly in respective and reflective rather of exactly the area that we are looking to target, grow, and develop.

Mr. Walford: Very good. Thank you very much sir.

Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Lester, Walford, Long, Wooley, Shyne and Bowman. 6. Nays: None. Absent Councilman Webb. 1.

Mr. Walford: I think this a great day for us to –

Mayor Glover: And Mr. Chairman, and just for those – and thank you Council members, for those folks who may not understand why it is that we have go to legislature to do that, I think I should briefly add that like so many other aspects of local government there are many things that are created by our – within our constitution or at least call to be created under our constitution by the legislature. As kind of quasi governmental entities or political subdivision and it just so happens that Downtown Development Districts in the state of Louisiana happens to be one of those structures or entities that’s created by an act of the legislature and it has a very specific geographic boundary that can only be altered by an act of the legislature. And so while we would of course love to have the authority to be able to do that at the local level as we are currently structured governmentally it is an issue again going back to what we were talking about earlier with regard to the next governor and the need for Baton Rouge to understand our issues here in Northwest Louisiana, this is one of those things that has to be basically blessed by the governor and the legislature before we could actually implement it here in North Louisiana. So it’s not that we want to have to go there but it’s what we have to do base upon where we are.

Mr. Walford: Well, hopefully we will have our delegation take that forward and sell it for us very quickly.

Mr. Shyne: Tom, I saw Ken out there and they were looking and I was almost to tell you he was looking for you but I forgot you the top gun now.

The adopted ordinances and amendments follows:

ORDINANCE NO. 130 OF 2007

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REENACT SECTION 90-287 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATIVE TO STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.

BY: COUNCILMAN LESTER

BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in due, legal and regular session convened that Section 90-287 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Shreveport is hereby amended and reenacted by adding subsection (a)(18) to read as follows:

Sec. 90-287. General prohibitions.

(a) No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with the law, or the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device, in any of the following places:

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(18) On the grass, or on any area other than asphalt, concrete or other hard surface dustless materials, in a yard between the residence and the street of any lot zoned as a residential district under the city zoning ordinance.

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 affect without the invalid provisions, items or applications and to this end the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared severable.

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

Amendment No. 1 to Ordinance No. 130 of 2007 Relative to Amending And Reenacting Section 90-287 Of The Code Of Ordinances Relative To Stopping, Standing And Parking

Delete subparagraph (18) and substitute the following:

(18) In a yard between the residence and the street of any lot zoned as a residential district under the city zoning ordinance, on any area other than a permanent parking area, which is either:

a) asphalt, concrete or other hard surface dustless materials, or

b) clearly defined by side borders of plants, landscape ties, pressure treated wood,

brick or concrete or similar border materials.

c) No permanent parking area shall exceed fifty percent (50%) of the area of the front yard, and not more than four vehicles may be parked therein.

ORDINANCE NO. 138 OF 2007

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2007 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BUDGET AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.

BY:

WHEREAS, the City Council finds it necessary to amend the 2007 Capital Improvements Budget to appropriate new funds, to shift funds among active projects and for other purposes.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened, that Ordinance No. 164 of 2006, the 2007 Capital Improvements Budget, be further amended and re-enacted as follows:

In Program A (Buildings and Improvements):

Establish a project entitled Ledbetter Heights Land Banking (07A001) and fund it at $2,000,000 from Riverfront Development.

In Program C (Streets):

Increase the appropriation for GIS Map Development (01C030) by $500,000. Funding source is 2001 GOB.

In Program H (Airports):

Decrease the appropriation for Security Upgrades at Regional Airport (03H002) by $525,000. Funding sources are Shreveport Airport Authority $25,000, State Grant $25,000 and Federal Aviation Administration $475,000.

Increase the appropriation for Security Upgrades at Regional Airport (06H001) by $525,000. Funding sources are Shreveport Airport Authority $25,000, State Grant $25,000 and Federal Aviation Administration $475,000.

Establish a project entitled Part 150 Noise Update (07H004) and fund it at $3,600,000. Funding sources are Shreveport Airport Authority $300,000, State Grant $300,000 and Federal Aviation Administration $3,000,000.

In Program L (Transit):

Establish a new project entitled Purchase of Hybrid-Fueled Bus (07L002) and fund it at $515,000 from Federal Transit Administration.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the remainder of Ordinance 164 of 2006, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect.

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

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

Amendment # 1 proposed by _______________ to Ordinance No. 138 of 2007, An Ordinance Amending the 2007 Capital Improvements Budget.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Program A (Buildings and Improvements):

Increase the appropriation for Convention Center Hotel and Associated Improvements (03A004) by $2,500,000. Funding source is Other Funds.

In Program B (Recreation Improvements):

Increase the appropriation for Independence Stadium Capital Repairs and Improvements (02B001) by $115,900. Funding source is 1999 Stadium Bonds.

ORDINANCE NO. 139 OF 2007

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2007 RIVERFRONT SPECIAL REVENUE FUND BUDGET AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.

BY:

WHEREAS, the City Council finds it necessary to amend the 2007 budget for the Riverfront Development Special Revenue Fund to appropriate additional revenues, to transfer funds between expenditure categories and for other purposes.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened, that Ordinance No. 165 of 2006, the 2007 budget for the Riverfront Special Revenue Fund, is hereby amended as follows:

In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts):

Increase Estimated Fund Balance as of 1/1/2007 by $120,400.

Increase El Dorado Casino by $775,000.

Decrease Gaming Head Tax/Sam’s Town by $275,000.

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Decrease Personal Services by $100,000.

Increase Materials and Supplies by $1,000, Contractual Services by $550,000 and Other Charges by$140,000.

Increase Transfer to Capital Projects Fund by $2,000,000.

Decrease Notes Payable by $1,100,000 and Operating Reserves by $870,600.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the remainder of Ordinance No. 165 of 2006

shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

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

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

Amendment # 1 proposed by the Administration to Ordinance No. 139 of 2007, An Ordinance Amending the 2007 Budget for the Riverfront Development Special Revenue Fund.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS:

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Increase Other Charges by $100,000 and decrease Operating Reserves by $100,000.

ORDINANCE NO. 140 OF 2007

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SEC AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND RE-ENACT SECTION 58-2 OF THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATIVE TO OFFENSIVE ODORS AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.

BY: Councilman Lester/Councilman Walford

WHEREAS, Chapter 58 of the City of Shreveport Code of Ordinances contains general nuisance provisions for the City of Shreveport; and

WHEREAS, Section 58-2 of this chapter makes it unlawful for the owner or occupant of any immovable property to cause or allow any offensive or noxious odor to be emitted from the premises; and

WHEREAS, the City desires to amend and re-enact Section 58-2 of the Code of Ordinances.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in due, legal and regular session convened that Section 58-2 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Shreveport is hereby amended and reenacted to now read as follows:

Sec. 58-2. Emission of odor nuisances or odorous air contaminants.

(a) It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant of any immovable property to cause or allow the emission of any odor nuisances or odorous air contaminants from any single source from the premises of any such immovable property.

(b) For the purposes of this section, the terms “odor nuisances” and “odorous air contaminants” shall mean an odor which is unreasonably unpleasant, distasteful, disturbing, nauseating, or harmful to a person of ordinary sensibilities.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any facility owned or operated by the city.

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

AMEMDMENT TO ORDINANCE NO. 140 OF 2007

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND RE-ENACT SECTION 58-2 OF THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATIVE TO OFFIENSIVE ODORS AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.

BY:

Amend the ordinance to add sub-section (d) to read as follows:

Sec. 58-2. Emission of odor nuisances or odorous air contaminants.

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(d) The city attorney or other appropriate authority of the city may issue a citation to any person for violation of this section. In addition, any person having a complaint that a violation of this section has occurred may file a written complaint with the director of operational services and, upon receipt of such complaint, the office of the city attorney shall institute appropriate action or proceedings to prosecute such violation. Any person conviction of violating any provision of this section shall be punished as provided in section 1-14 of this Code. The imposition of any penalty hereunder shall not preclude the city attorney or other appropriate authority of the city from instituting injunctive, mandamus, or other appropriate action or proceedings to abate violations of this section.

ORDINANCE NO. 141 OF 2007

BY:

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 106 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT ZONING ORDINANCE, BY REZONING A TRACT OF LAND GENERALLY BOUND BY FANNIN ON THE NORTH, DOUGLAS ON THE EAST, TRAVIS ON THE SOUTH, AND CHRISTIAN ON THE WEST, SHREVEPORT, CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA, FROM R-3, URBAN, MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT TO B-4, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT WITH MPC APPROVAL FOR OUTDOOR FILM PRODUCTION, 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 generally bound by Fannin on the north, Douglas on the east, Travis on the south, and Christian on the west, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, legally described below, be and the same is hereby changed from R-3, Urban, Multiple Family Residence District to B-4, Central Business District with MPC approval for outdoor film production:

Beginning at the NE corner of the NW/2 of Lot 2, TAL 2, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA, run thence SE’ly along the SW right-of-way line of Douglas Street a distance of 363 feet to the NW R/W line of Travis Street and the SE corner of Lot 18, Block 3, TAL 3, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA; run thence SW’ly along the said NW R/W line of Travis Street a distance of 280 feet to the SW corner of Lot 15, Block 3, TAL 3, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA; run thence NW’ly along the SW line of said Lot 15 and the Travis Street R/W line to the SE corner of Lot 13, Block 2, TAL 19, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA; run thence SW’ly along the said NW R/W line of Travis Street a distance of 660 feet to the NE R/W line of Christian Street and the SW corner of the SW’ly 40 feet of the SE/2 of Lot 28, Block 2, TAL 19, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA; run thence NW’ly along the said NE R/W line of Christian Street a distance of 260 feet to the SE R/W line of Fannin Street and the NW corner of the NW’ly 33 feet of said Lot 28, Block 2, TAL 19, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA; run thence NE’ly along the said SE R/W line of Fannin Street a distance of 530 feet to the NE corner of Lot 16, Block 2, TAL 19, Shreveport Caddo Parish, LA; continue thence NE’ly along the said Fannin Street R/W line to the NE corner of Lot 15, Block 2, TAL 19, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA; continue thence NE’ly along the said Fannin Street R/W line to the NE corner of the NW’ly 140 feet of Lot 13, Block 2, TAL 19, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA; run thence NW’ly along the said Fannin Street R/W line and the SW line of Lot 1, TAL 2, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA, a distance of 34.91 feet; run thence NE’ly along the said Fannin Street R/W line a distance of 80.44 feet to a point on the NW line of said Lot 1, TAL 2, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA; continue thence NE’ly along the said Fannin Street R/W line and the NW’ly lines of Lots 1 and 2, TAL 2, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA, a distance of 205 feet to the POB. LESS AND EXCEPT: The SE/2 of Lot 20, and the NE’ly 5 feet of the SE/2 of Lot 21, Block 2, TAL 19, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA. AND LESS AND EXCEPT: The SW’ly 20 feet of the SE/2 of Lot 27 and the NE’ly 10 feet of the SE/2 of Lot 28, Block 2, TAL 19, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA.

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

1. Appropriate permits for all outdoor activities or construction shall be obtained when required by applicable City ordinances.

2. All explosions, fires, pyrotechnics and similar potentially hazardous or disconcerting events shall be coordinated through the City of Shreveport Office of Film and Media (or its equivalent) for scheduling and notification of all appropriate parties, including but not limited to public safety officials.

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. 142OF 2007

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2007 BUDGET FOR THE FLEET SERVICES INTERNAL SERVICE FUND AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.

BY:

WHEREAS, the City Council finds it necessary to amend the 2007 budget for the Fleet Services Internal Service Fund, to appropriate additional funds and for other purposes.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened, that Ordinance No. 169 of 2006, the 2007 budget for the Fleet Services Internal Service Fund, be amended as follows:

In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts):

Increase Transfer from General Fund by $335,000.

Increase Transfer from Community Development Fund by $10,000.

Increase Transfer from Golf Fund by $15,000.

In Section 2 (Appropriations):

Decrease Personal Services by $30,000.

Increase Materials and Supplies by $250,000 and Contractual Services by $140,000.

Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the remainder of Ordinance No. 169 of 2006, as amended, shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

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

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

Mr. Walford: Mr. Thompson, we are going into Unfinished Business, are you aware of anything to come off.

Mr. Thompson: I’m not aware of anything, Mr. Chairman.

10. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

1. Ordinance No. 131 of 2006: Amending certain sections of Chapter 38 of the City of Shreveport Code of Ordinances relative to housing and property standards and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (Introduced August 22, 2006 – Tabled November 28, 2006)

2. Ordinance No. 204 of 2006: An ordinance amending the 2006 Budget for the Riverfront Development Special Revenue fund and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (Disparity Study) (A/Lester) (Introduced November 14, 2006 – Tabled December 12, 2006)

3. Ordinance No. 205 of 2006: An ordinance amending the 2006 Capital Improvements Budget and otherwise providing with respect thereto. (Introduced November 14, 2006 – Tabled December 12, 2006)

4. Ordinance No. 13 of 2007: ZONING APPEAL – C-101-06: Amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, the City of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance, the City of Shreveport by rezoning property located on the south side of Bert Kouns Industrial Loop 1500 feet east of Ellerbe Road, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, from R-A, Residence Agriculture, to B-2 Neighborhood Business District, with PBG (Planned Building Group) approval, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (D/Wooley) (Remanded to MPC February 13, 2007)

5. PROPERTY STANDARDS APPEAL - HBO070006: - 1901 Perrin St., Shreveport, LA (A/Lester) Rev. Wilbert L. Malone, 7819 Gideon Street, Shreveport, La 71106 (D/Wooley) (Postponed April 9, 2007 until October 8, 2007)

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

7. PROPERTY STANDARDS APPEAL – HBO0700076: - 1601 Martin Luther King Dr., Shreveport, LA (A/Lester) Mr. Freddie Thomas, 1525 Martin Luther King Dr., Shreveport, LA (A/Lester) (Postponed July 24, 2007 until October 22, 2007)

8. PROPERTY STANDARDS APPEAL - HBO0700132: – 2231 West College, Shreveport, LA (B/Walford) Ms. Johnnie M. Johnson, 1518 Easy Street, Shreveport, LA 71101 (B/Walford) (Postponed August 27, 2007 until October 22, 2007)

9. PROPERTY STANDARDS APPEAL - HBO0700145 – 426 Woodrow, Shreveport, LA (F/Shyne) Mr. Adrian Gerard Gallion, 124 Carroll Street, Shreveport, LA 71105 (C/Long) (Postponed August 27, 2007 until February 25, 2008)

10. PROPERTY STANDARDS APPEAL -HBO07000147: – 359 W. 75^th Street, Shreveport, LA (C/Long) Ms. Marilyn Wilhite, P. O. Box 535021, Grand Prairie, TX 75050 (Postponed August 27, 2007 until October 22, 2007)

11. NEW BUSINESS:

ABO APPEAL

Mr. Christopher Olsen, 273 Dalrymple Road, Benton, LA 71006; Superior Bar & Grill, 6135 Line Avenue, Shreveport, LA (C/Long)

PROPERTY STANDARDS APPEALS:

HBO0700081 – 1062 Dalzell Street, Shreveport, LA (B/Walford) Mr. Stanley W. Burke, III, 8848 Youree Drive, Shreveport, LA 71115 (D/Wooley) (Postponed August 27, 2007 until September 10, 2007)

HBO0700137 – 1919 Walnut Street, Shreveport, LA (A/Lester); Ms. Ethel J. Reed, 4745 McDaniel Drive, Shreveport, LA 71109 (F/Shyne) (Postponed August 27, 2007 until September 10, 2007)

HBO0700165 – 2027 Mabel Street, Shreveport, LA (G/Bowman) (Ms. Magabline Hills, 919 Travis Street, Shreveport, LA 711101 (B/Walford) (Postponed August 27, 2007 until September 10, 2007)

REPORTS FROM OFFICERS, BOARDS, AND COMMITTEES:

Ms. Bowman: We have a Public Safety Committee meeting tomorrow, the 12^th at 12:00 Noon and it will be held at the 911 Communications Facility, located at 1144 Texas Ave. and I hope that everyone that signed up will be there. Thank you.

CLERK’S REPORT: None.

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

ADJOURNMENT. There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting adjourned at 4:52 p.m.

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//s// R. M. Walford, Chairman

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