COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA

APRIL 13, 1999



The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana, was called to order by Vice Chairman Roy Burrell at 3:20 p.m.,Tuesday, April 13, 1999, in the Auditorium of the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum, 3015 Greenwood Road. Invocation was given by Councilman Spigener.

On roll call, the following members were present: Councilmen Huckaby, Carmody, Serio (3:30), Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 6. Absent: Councilman Stewart. 1.

Approval of the Summary Minutes of the Administrative Conference of March 22, 1999 and the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of March 23, 1999. Motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Spigener and approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Huckaby, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 6. Absent: Councilman Stewart. 1.

Awards, Recognition of Distinguished Guests and Communications of the Mayor Which Are Required by Law. Mayor Hightower: None. Councilman Shyne: The Mayor and I both received calls pertaining to additional street lights in the Meadowview neighborhood and I met with Mr. Haywood Williamson, I believe, of the Traffic Engineering Department about four weeks ago and we talked to some of the people in that area. I don't know whether he lost my telephone or what, but he was suppose to be getting back with me and kind of give us an update of what we could do. He kind of gave us a ballpark figure on that particular day, probably run between $250- and $300,000 dollars and I think one of the ladies asked him, if we were going to get started tomorrow, and I told her that she would have to call the Mayor's Office to find that out. He's the only somebody that can spend that kind of money without getting it approved. But would you get with someone in the Traffic Engineering Department and see if we can get an update on where we are and what we can do in order to get that started. We might have to do it in steps. Mr. Strong: I will definitely get with him, Councilman, get back with you on that.

Public Hearings: None.

Councilman Huckaby: The matter of the disparity will come up for a vote later in this meeting, and I'd like to move---there are some persons who want to speak on the disparity study and other economic development issues, I move to suspend the Rules at this time to allow those persons to come and speak at this time, seconded by Councilman Shyne. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Huckaby, Carmody, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 5. Nays: None. Absent: Councilmen Stewart and Serio. 2.

Mr. Thompson: There are four people who have signed up to speak on these related: 1) Calvin Lester, Jr.; 2) Reverend Richard Hardy, 3) Minister Anton Muhammad , and 4) Mike Freeman. Mr. Lester said he prefers to speak at the end of the meeting. Councilman Burrell: When you say at the end of the meeting, are we talking about under Public Comments? Mr. Thompson: Yes.

Reverend Richard Hardy (1460 Kenneth Avenue): I am here today to speak in behalf and support of the disparity study. I submitted a written letter to the Mayor and City Council on my support of this study, which I think will provide some structured means of remedying some problems in the past. And I just come today, personally, vocally to express my support for this disparity study. I hope that other Council members will agree to support this study.

Mr. Mike Freeman representing Shreveport 2000 Coalition: As everyone knows we are supportive of the disparity study, but I'm here to ask that the Councilmen who have proposed this vote and have brought this issue to this point, that they consider the timing of this vote. We have a brand new Administration who has put forth efforts to remedy the problem and address this problem. But also, there is a very large group, not only our membership but other citizens in this city who support the disparity study who support the equalization and a fairer playing field as it relates to public expenditures and contracts, but there are a lot of us out here who are not fully educated as far as the benefits of it, there are a lot of minorities who feel that the disparity study is a panacea which some of us who have looked into it, have determined that it is not the panacea. There is a lot of support for both sides coming together to determine what can be done to increase the capacity in the minority business and to insure that the tax dollars better spent as a result of whatever programs are put in place, are kept within this community; so, that's why I'm here. I think it is something that needs to be done as I have addressed from the Shreveport 2000, we have attempted to put on meetings to bring all parties together to foster legitimate joint venture projects, joint venture type arrangements, between the majority business community as well as the minority business community. There is a lot of things that we haven't even discussed as far as what needs to be done in this city and the Coalition feels that the disparity study is only one of those things. And I'm just here to just respectfully ask the Councilmen who have brought this to this point, to consider the possibly tabling at this time, to give both the Mayor and the citizens, members of our organization, as well as other citizens who are concerned, not only in the minority business community but in the majority in this community, time to come together and put forth a complete and comprehensive program and not just place this only on the City, but also to include like the Airport, the School Board, the Parish Commission who also spends millions of dollars; so, therefore that is why I'm here, I respectfully request that.

Councilman Shyne: I just want to maybe ask him a question, maybe make a compromise and maybe make an observation. I would hope that you would understand that we have no legal binding on the Parish Commission or on the School Board. They are separate organizations.

As a compromise, would you, since you've asked the three Council members who are putting this disparity study forth, would you also maybe ask those who you feel might be in opposition of it, a compromise would be if we would pass it today, passing it today would not indicate that it would be started tomorrow or any money would be going toward it tomorrow. What we would be doing is getting this piece of legislation behind us. It does not have a starting date of when we would start getting into the study, maybe a month from now or two months from now or three months from now and I know that that is only your opinion that maybe people are not educated to the point to where they would understand what a disparity study is, I'm understanding you are right. Mr. Freeman: That is correct. Councilman Shyne: Am I understanding that that is only your opinion and your opinion. . . Mr. Freeman: No, it has been expressed by people on both sides of the issue.

Councilman Shyne: I mean today, you have no data to support that. What you've given me today is, your opinion? Mr. Freeman: I only have the statements that were made to myself as well to Shreveport 2000 Coalition. The lack of understanding by some of the key players and a lot of the public as far as what the disparity study will truly accomplish.

Councilman Shyne: But you are still misunderstanding what I'm saying, I'm saying what you are telling me is you are giving me, this is your understanding, am I? Mr. Freeman: I say this again, I can only relate to you the statements that have been made to myself as well as to Shreveport 2000 Coalition not knowing the full results of what actions will be taken, because as a result of the disparity study, what plan do we go forth with to remedy the already known fact that there is a very large disparity in this City.

Councilman Shyne: As a compromise, would you be willing to say, lets either vote this up or down or would you ask---Councilman Burrell: Let me interject something here, we don't want to debate this issue at this point. Mike, was only asked to come up and give his interpretation and bring information either for the support or suspension or what have you, so we don't want to get into a debate; so if you all would, make your points.

Councilman Shyne: Mr. Chairman, you are exactly right. This is not a debate. I was going to ask you, would that be a compromise that would suit you very well? Mr. Freeman: When you say, I want to address a couple of things that you brought up. Councilman Shyne: Let me say this, you don't have to explain it to me, could I get a yes or a no? If I can't get a yes or a no, I'll withdraw my question. Mr. Freeman: Would you restate your compromise, so I can. . . Councilman Shyne: My compromise is, would it be a good compromise if we would either vote this up or down today, to get this piece of legislation behind us. It does not have a starting point. It does not say that, the disparity study will be started next month or in June or in July or whatever, then we could work on what time we'll get this started. Is that a fair compromise to you? Either yes or no? Mr. Freeman: No.

Councilman Burrell: What I'm hearing, from the Chair is, that there is an alternative that you would like to look at the possibility of tabling so that more information can be rendered on this issue. Am I understanding that? Mr. Freeman: That's my point, yes. Councilman Burrell: And I understand what Councilman Shyne is saying, you can vote it up or vote it down but you are saying that based on information that you've gathered from the people that you represent and others, that they are not saying that it is not needed at some point, is it that is it needed now, it is a timing issue, I think is what you mentioned, the first thing you said, from my understanding. Mr. Freeman: That's is correct.

Councilman Shyne: I believe the President and the Vice-President of the Coalition 2000 was here on yesterday. And if I can recall, I didn't hear any of that in the remarks that they made. What I heard from the remarks that they made, that they were in support of a disparity study. I didn't hear anything from the President or the representative or the Vice-President. Councilman Burrell: From what I can recall (inaudible) if they work a compromise.

Mr. Scott Hughes, I am the one that spoke yesterday on behalf of Shreveport 2000: In follow-up on Mr. Freeman's comments, we are in general support of the disparity study, but our comments yesterday did mention that we would like the issue to be tabled at this time. We see this much more important

than an up or down vote. If the votes aren't there, we would prefer it to be tabled rather than have the decision made. And also submit to the Council for the record, a printed copy of the statement that we read yesterday.

Councilman Huckaby: I would like to speak to either gentleman who spoke for the Coalition 2000. It is my understanding that you are asking the proponents of this legislation to delay or table this issue until some later date? Mr. Hughes: That is correct. Councilman Huckaby: And for how long? Mr. Hughes: Our desire, Councilman, is actually to see the disparity study and the issue of disparity and capacity handled in the most professional manner that it can be. And we would rather see it move, rather we would see it forward with everybody on board, if that is not the case, we would be in favor of tabling it to some point that it can be handled in a more professional manner. I can't tell you if that is a month, if that is three months, or if that is a year. But we would be in favor of it, in general, of moving the issue forward and building on the goodwill that has been established by both sides working together the last three or four months on this issue.

Councilman Huckaby: If we would agree to postpone voting this legislation, would you also propose to the Administration to delay the expenditure of any city funds except in the case of emergency? Mr. Hughes: No. Councilman Huckaby: Would you also agree to postpone the passage of a bond issue to build a convention hall? Councilman Shyne: Until we can all get together on it? Councilman Huckaby: Yes, until we can all get together on it? Mr. Freeman: I don't know the timing that is involved in a bond issue, how far out in advance you have submit all documentation, I don't have any idea on that. Whether not we can table it and get this accomplished, it is a good thing that you ask these questions, because it might give us enough incentive to go ahead and everybody come together and put together the plan to accomplish this. I can't say whether or not those timetables will match up.

Councilman Huckaby: I can't speak for Mr. Shyne or Mr. Burrell or anyone else, but I'm speaking for Hilry Huckaby. I could not agree to delay a vote on the disparity study until the Administration agree to delay spending any taxpayer's funds of this city or moving for passage of a bond issue, where the tax dollars are concerned; I couldn't agree to that. How could you come here and ask us to suspend or delay getting fairness and justice for people, for 50% of the population of this City. Councilman Burrell: Mr. Huckaby, may I interject here as the Chairperson. These are citizens who have come forth to render their opinion and I don't think---Councilman Huckaby: He asked for a request, as far as I am concerned, the request is denied. I would never move to delay the vote on the disparity study when we are going to be spending city funds, millions of dollars, denying people justice. Mr. Freeman: Councilman Huckaby, another reason that I'm here, I have only been back home for 5 years now. Every major issue that has come before this City Council, ever major issue that has come before the Parish Commission, it has always been that line drawn in the sand, a racial line. And I just think that it is time out for that.

Councilman Huckaby: Who draws the line? Who draws the line? Mr. Freeman: Who asking for the. . . Councilman Huckaby: We made a proposal that a disparity study be conducted to give black people fairness. Who drew the line? Mr. Freeman: We are trying to get that Councilman Huckaby. Councilman Huckaby: Just talk to the other side. Mr. Freeman: At the same time, there should be a spirit of negotiation and compromise that we can all come together. Councilman Huckaby: Then the compromise would be for the City not to spend any funds until we come to an agreement on the disparity study. Don't come here and making such a request to me.

Councilman Burrell: Mr. Huckaby, I'm going to have to interject my privilege at this point, to stop this debate because it is not suppose to be a debate here. What I understood where we are in these proceedings is to bring people up and discuss whether or not they should support or not support or give some remedy to this situation rather than to argue the point, and it is not disrespect to them. Councilman Shyne: I believe that we are through with these two gentlemen here, if they will go and take their seat. There will not be anymore debate, as you call it or discussion between any of the Council members and these two gentlemen right here. I have some more observations I'd like to make but not necessarily to them.

Mr. Hughes: Thank you for the opportunity today to once again just state our overall support of the disparity study and our wish that the thing could be moved along has been pretty well been achieved and continue whether that is a vote today or whether that is a tabling today, until the other side continue to talk.

Councilman Shyne: We have got to make this as plain as possible. The Shreveport Times and the Shreveport Journal has come out with a number of articles, the Shreveport Sun has come out with a number of articles about a disparity study and the people that I have talked to, it has been made very, very clear to them that this is not a racial issue. I don't know where that gentleman got that understanding, maybe he might have gotten it by leaving Shreveport and coming back, I don't know how long he stayed gone. But we have never made the disparity study a racial issue. We have never talked about drawing a line in the sand; I'm to professional for that. As a matter of fact, words like that in my vocabulary when I'm out playing sand lock football, you know how you draw plays in the sand, that's what I call, drawing a line in the sand. This is strictly an economic issue. It has nothing to do with race because in a disparity study, they also includes white women. Now, I've never known white women to be called black. Maybe I need to leave out of this city and go where he's gone and so I can get a different viewpoint of a disparity study. But, a disparity study, is strictly about economic issues. It has nothing to do with race. This is what it is all about, this is what the Shreveport Times has talked about, this is what the Shreveport Journal has talked about, this is what the Shreveport Sun has talked about. This is what all of the organizations that we have talked to have understood what it was about. It is not about a racial issue. It is about economics. It is about green power. Its about money. We live in a capitalistic society. Don't tell me that maybe money is not important because if you look around, that is what you see a lot of people about today, about making money. So why does it have to be a racial issue when you talk about a disparity study? It is not. It is an economic issue. It is an economic tool. It doesn't have anything to do with being a racial issue. I hope I have cleared up some of that. If I have not, I do not see where extending this 3 months or for 4 months and we have even talked about it with the Administration. The Administration is at a posture where they are saying, lets get this piece of legislation behind us. We are saying the same thing. Win or lose, nobody is going to fall out. We are going to all still work together. I think the gentleman referred to professionalism or intelligence or whatever it is. We are all professional people. We are professional enough where we can disagree on something and not be disagreeable.

Councilman Burrell: Let me do this, Councilman Shyne. The Mayor is here and I understand he is trying to put together a Fairshare program to help mediate this. I think there is a lot of confusion as to what this document will do. It is giving business utopia or is it something that is going to take away all of our ills, or is it something that will be sued as a tool in case the City is actually challenged. We have not been challenged at this point. I understand there is a case that is going through the State Supreme Court right now that may cause a whole change in the view of whether or not the disparity study was done today, whether it will actually have the teeth that we are talking about. But I know that the Mayor has some things that he is working on, he's even invited all of us to have input, to give him an opportunity to show the City that he wants to be inclusive, that we all need to be inclusive and there are two things it can do, I know and that is I know we can help build our availability and capacity, so that if we do one we will get a greater percentage, if we are going to look at percentages or be able to do more in this City. And I want him at this time to also, since we are on the issue, to please comment on that so that we will get a clearer understanding of what he's trying to do too, in all fairness.

Councilman Spigener: I would agree that we need to hear from the Mayor, but we are in the part of our agenda called "Awards, Recognition of Distinguished Guests and Communications of the Mayor. . ., " when he makes his comments, I would request that we go back to our agenda. This item is on the agenda and I believe, according to Roberts of Rules of Order, the time for discussion to debate the issue is when that comes up on the agenda; am I incorrect? Councilman Burrell: Well, I don't think that you are incorrect, but since the Rules were suspended, it does give the Council the opportunity to in that framework to be able to discuss whatever has being put forth. So, at this time when the Mayor makes his comments, as I said before, we don't want to debate it at this point, but since there were several comments that were made and we addressed those, then maybe, I would say at the end, but we should let the Mayor address this situation and if the Council persons or members have further comments within this segment, then we can do it at this time. But I understand what you are saying, but we did suspend the Rules and it allows for that; am I correct? Councilman Spigener: And that brought out Public Comments forward, is that what the suspension did. Councilman Huckaby: The motion was to suspend the Rules to allow persons to speak on economic development issue and the disparity study. I want to point out, we have two other speakers. Councilman Burrell: They agreed to speak toward the end of the meeting? Mr. Thompson: No, there has been three additional people ho have come forward since I first stood up and one person who was not here, who has arrived and who wants to speak at this time, so there are four additional speakers who have requested to speak at this time on the disparity study. Councilman Burrell: In this case, we will have to wind up timing this for the benefit of others who are here today. Mr. Thompson: I think our three minute rule will be in effect anyway, Mr. Chairman. Councilman Burrell: Mr. Mayor, do you want to speak after these persons speak or after this time. Mayor Hightower: I'll speak afterward.

Councilman Shyne: We are talking about and issue that has a tremendous amount of impact on this city. Now, if you don't have the time and if the other Council members don't have the time and excuse me, if Ms. Spigener does not have the time, to deal with an issue of this importance, I think we have a quorum here. If she has something else that she has to do, but this is too important, Mr. Chairman. I mean, this is dealing with the lives of thousands of people within this City. This is dealing with the future of this City. And we are going to sit here and say that we can spend the time to discuss issues like this. Now, I have been in Council members where we have discussed things for an hour or an hour and a half, up to two hours, but it seems like over the last two or three years, it has been the philosophy of the Council, lets come down here and get through with what we got to do as fast as we can and go home or go and do something else. I'm here about taking care of the business of the people in the City of Shreveport. If I have to stay all night, I don't have a problem with that, that is what they pay me for.

Councilman Burrell: Councilman Shyne, with all due respect, I don't think we have a problem with any discussing the issue or any issue that is there, now if this is going to become a public debate, I would have to see whether or not this could be something that could be addressed in a public hearing, if that is what we want, rather than actually be a hearing. Now, if this is to be a spectacle, I don't think that that is what we are here for. We are here to conduct the business of this City. Now if there is something that needs to be in a public hearing, where you have all the time in world to do it, and there is a lot of flexibility there, then we can do that. I don't think that anyone is saying that we are not able to discuss any issue that is there. There is a certain order of business that we have to take care of here in the Council office, and I don't think this is the place to do it. Now, if you need media coverage, I am sure that the media will be there, if that is the problem and we can do it in one segment, but I addressed earlier that we want to take care of the business here.

Mr. James Pannell (3835 Eileen Lane): I am here today to speak on the disparity study and economic development program. First of all, I would like to remind the people who are around this Council Chamber how they got around this Council Chamber, in the first place. We had an opportunity to vote to move this city forward. We voted and we chose not to move this city forward. It was only after a lawsuit that we changed this City's form of government that gave people, who was not in the city form of government at the present time, an opportunity to sit here and represent us, at this particular time. Had we accepted the wishes of the people when they had an opportunity to vote on the change of government which would have been better, we would not be looking at Ms. Spigener, Mr. Serio, and the rest of this people around this table and including our current Mayor of the City of Shreveport. Some times it takes bold and initiative situations to be able to change what we know is not working. One percent (1%) we are clear in this city is not working. When we got ready put a plan together for the convention center for the City of Shreveport, when we got ready to put a plan together for the complex over in Bossier City, when they got ready to put any other thing in this city that was major in this city, we always try to find the best available means possible to do that. We

have architects and engineers in this City of Shreveport, we chose not to use the architects and engineers in the City of Shreveport, went on the outside to find people who understood how to put a convention center together, how to put a stadium together, and how to put other things together. I have a problem when we have a system that has denied black people for years the opportunity to participate in this city's growth. The problem being that large, I have a problem when we feel that within the City of Shreveport, within the boundaries of the City of Shreveport and within the boundaries of a certain geographical area, that we can find the best plan and the best people. I don't think it is any other plan that we intend to put together, that we will try to put that together here.

When we start talking about financial matters, I don't think that we just go out and get someone who is not versed and understand in financial matters and put them the head of a financial institution in the City of Shreveport. The people in the City of Shreveport, I feel have no background and no ability to put together a plan to move this city forward. If we can bring the best minds to put a program together, I can understand that but I don't understand us putting a program together without the benefit of that.

It is time for us to move the politics aside. It is time for people to stand up and make a bold move and stay we are going to move this city forward and do what is necessary. And I think we should vote this disparity study and put a plan into effect that will work for the city of Shreveport. Thank you for not tying ya'll up, with no more of ya'll time since time seems to be a problem at this point, I don't understand that either.

Minister Anton Muhammad (3937 Milton Street): First of all I would like to give honor to God, an almighty God, his messengers and server. I would like to be very brief and very strict to the point, it is indeed an honor and privilege to stand before you, those who represent us in our specific offices.

I think that it was Joe Shyne, who at an NAACP meeting gave an example of what he had heard someone give the definition of "politics." He had said it as, who gets what, when, where and how. However, there was a big word that was left out of that definition and really it comes from the old patriots or the political scientists of whom we based our present day government on. And it goes like this: The definition of "politics" is the Struggle over who gets, what, what, when, where and how. And as we look at this venue, we see that we are struggling, trying to get something for someone where, when and how. So the objective here is that we (inaudible) because we are struggling trying to get something for somebody that feels as though they are not receiving what is just to them.

The Honorable Minister Louis Farrahkan teaches us that where there is no justice, there is love. So if there is no justice, then there is no equity. And if there is no equity, we are asking for a study, where there is a gap that we can close, to find out how to close the gap where there is an imbalance or there is no equal division of the economic base of Shreveport. I don't see how we are all educated that we don't understand that when we went to college or when we went to high school that before we took a test or before we did anything, a big circumstance as being a student, we first convey a study to see exactly what we participated in to draw a conclusion. So, if we are not basing a study on our conclusion, then our conclusion is invalid. So there is an argument saying, well sir is it a racial issue? Well, sir, no it is not a racial issue. Well sir, do you think that we need to have a study? Hold on for a second: The study is the basis to see what needs to be done. I don't understand how we can vacate the very basis of our own education, that we sit here and we talk so prestigiously about---well, I graduated from this university and I graduated from this university---well, lets use the same tactics that we use in the universities that we went to and lets work out the same problems using a disparity study to weigh, to see and then allow the study to see that the study may be non-biased and the study may be a fair assessment and then make a decision based on the study. So I would just submit humbly to you all, please, please accept the disparity study.

Mr. Willie Bradford (3658 Elon Street): The debate on how we can improve African-American businesses has been an on-going subject of conversation in this City. Many years and many Mayor later, here we are staring at reality that African American businesses still receive only one percent of the city contracts. And when two years ago, Mr. Chairman, you was the lead advocator in the quest for pass a disparity study, convincing all of your City Councilmen to do the same until it was vetoed and the override was denied.

Mr. Chairman, have you ever wondered why we haven't dealt with the equities in the contracting of this City? Well, basically Mr. Chairman, it has been all talk and no real action. You see when it is time for real action the message to the African American community seems to always be the same, wait and this wait usually always means, never.

See I have always contended that this City's economy, regardless of how good you all may feel that it is will never reach its greatest potential until, the African American businesses and the minority businesses become greater participants. The facts are in. No matter what plan the Mayor or you attempt to do, to address this issue, it is subject to failure without a disparity study. The Supreme Court has ruled and they have ruled that any municipality who fail to objectively address the issue of city contracting, that entity must first show and document such acts of discrimination. You see, the primary purpose of the disparity study is to give the city a legal and constitutional basis on which to correct these inequities it has now in the awarding of contracts. I'm against that, one percent, less than one percent.

It is time for action and I can only utter the words of the late President Lyndon Johnson as he took the seat of President during the '60s, his first public appearance before Congress and he said: America has been talking equality for hundreds of years. "Now, is the time for new chapters to be written and to be written in the books of law." Mr. Chairman, it is time for new ordinances to be adopted by this Council, it is time for new ordinances to be adopted that will address the inequities that have been perpetrated on the minorities of this City that have prevented all of the citizens of this city from sharing in the vast opportunities that are here.

Councilman Burrell: I wanted to express as Chairman and also as the person two years ago that took on the disparity study alone. And the question was, why have we not dealt with this issue before? In my opinion, the reason why we have not dealt with the issue of inequities, as it relates to economic development, is that we have not had the leadership to do so.

When I undertook the situation two years ago, I think you were the only one, there may be one other that would come down and I was struggling for my life during that time to address that issue. At the time, the Administration that we had did not want to deal with the issue at all. That is why, I challenged the Administration and I challenged the Council to undertake this study and hopefully open up a million dollar loan program that we had, that had not a loan been made, well there was only one loan made in five years that were towards disadvantaged businesses. It was closed; that was the challenge.

Secondly, after doing a review, not a audit, but a review, the information that we were able to find on a documented studying using our auditors that we had access to as Council persons, we looked at the issue of how the city has been spending their money over the past two years, five years prior to Croson, five years after Croson. Yeah, there were some things that we found that seemed to be alarming, but what I did also find was that because of the Croson decision, much of the information that was suppose to be documented to give us correct numbers were not there, and that was admitted to by the auditors. So I know that since we started this Administration, Councilman Huckaby himself has sponsored legislation in which I request as the Chairman of the Audit and Finance Committee even two years prior, that we set up our accounting system so that we can pull that information in to extract that information so that we can intelligently determine where the inequities are.

I know we keep saying, one percent (1%). Now, I don't know if we have documented facts of that. I know based upon what I was able to pull from the auditors on review, it did show, the information that we had that after Croson it dropped from 26% to 1.9%; I know that, but they also admitted that the information wasn't exactly correct but it was a good indication that we got a problem. So, I'm trying to answer your question from that standpoint.

We did not have the leadership to do that. I think this Mayor has pledged that he has invited everyone. I know I have heard it. Now, whether he means it or not is something he has to address for all of us to come around the table and address this issue. And I guess he will be the one who would have to say whether or not that has been done.

Mr. Bradford: I appreciate your efforts and your comments certainly, but my point was simple, Mr. Chairman, that I've sit in the office of many mayors and we've been promised a lot of things over the last 20 years and as it relates to African-Americans advancing in this city, Mr. Chairman, we've been given a blank check. A check that has come back marked insufficient funds. There is billions of dollars worth of contract work that has been done in this city and other cities and other related contracts has been released, but yet African American businesses have not been the recipient of any of this work. And I'm just saying that, there comes a time that if you accept too many bad checks, you don't continue to accept bad checks. You get some assurances that this check is going to be good this time and all I'm saying is that, as it relates to having a disparity study it doesn't guarantee, it is not a panacea that is going to correct all of the past problems but what it will do is give us a legal basis on which we can proceed and that these excuses that we keep coming up with, would be no more. I think the facts are clear. And again, the Mayor is a good man, a decent man but at the same time, so was Bo Williams and Hazel Beard and John Hussey all of those, fine individuals, but in 1999 we are still receiving one percent (1%).

Councilman Shyne: Mr. Bradford, I think I'm hearing you say the same thing that we've said and I know the Mayor knows that this isn't anything directed toward Keith Hightower. This isn't anything directed toward his character or his integrity. A disparity study is mandated by the United Stated Supreme Court. It is not mandated by Hilry Huckaby or by Joe Shyne or by the Honorable Roy Burrell. The Supreme Court of the United States has said, that you must have a disparity study. Councilman Burrell: If you are challenged. Councilman Shyne: That's exactly right. Now, we want to move that if. We want to take that if out and it does not have anything to do with the program that this honorable gentleman is going to bring forth in order to move this forward from an economic standpoint. This disparity study gives him that legal, that legal, protection that he needs and it doesn't have anything to do with the City continuously doing studies. I got a little note here and I see our Director of Water and Sewerage is in here and I'm told that we are spending $900,000, $90,000 a year to do a study about the Water and Sewerage Department, which is needed, which is needed. I am not against that. The disparity study is needed. Now, there are people that have been blowing it all out of proportion, saying that it is going to come up to $300,000 to $400,000 dollars and if you had read the Shreveport Times the other day and you know, we all believe in it, the Shreveport Times said, that it would cost about $100,000 dollars and I agree with them. Some things, I don't agree with them, but that 's one thing that I agree with them on. Why is it when we talking about moving 50% of the people in this City forward, then it has got to always be, wait. Now, I don't know about you all, but I'm tired of waiting. I am sick and tired of waiting. I waited too long already. And Mr. Mayor, this doesn't have anything to do about you as an individual. I like you, I hope Larry English and T. J. doesn't hear me, but I voted for you Mr. Mayor and if you all see Larry and T. J., tell them that somebody misunderstood me. And Mr. Mayor this doesn't have anything to do about how I like you. This is strictly business. We are talking about taking care of business.

Mr. Larry English (8506 Westbrook): I love you, Joe Shyne. Councilman Shyne: Larry, where did you come from? Now, the Mayor let me sit here and say all of that about you. I hope T. J. isn't here. Where is he? Oh, T. J. is here too; I better leave. Mr. English: I'm here today to address this Council as three caps.

Quickly first as an, Activist. Ms. Chockie Shane in her famous play, Why Colored Girls Commit Suicide When the Rainbow Ain't Enough, says a phrase and it says: I'm tired of your excuses. I go to my bathroom, I run my water, it is full of your excuses. I opened up my draw, it is full of your excuses. I drink my water, it is full of your excuses.

To the prior members who sit on this Council, both black and white, the fact that African-American businesses got less than one percent of the contract last year in a city that is fifty percent black, is morally repugnant and you should be ashamed of yourself.

As a politician, it is time that this Mayor and this Council put this issue behind us and move this city forward.

Now, I address you as a lawyer. A disparity study is simple the first step in the institutionalizing minority participation in the economic by-product that government generates in the delivery of services and the building of infrastructure that government provides. It is a tool that was fashioned out of a legal mandate under the Supreme Court decision, Croson vs. the City of Richmond. There is a fear on the part of some white business people that this issue is being raised to embarrass and otherwise give African-Americans some advantage. However, the basis of the Croson ruling was to lay out specific guidelines as a means of protecting white contractors and professionals, from overzealous politicians that were fashioning MBE programs on perceived discrimination rather than sound statistical data. But it also acknowledged that there existed a need for MBE programs if narrowly fashioned to address the specific areas of researched discrimination.

The Administration has taken the position that discriminate exist in Shreveport and the fact that African Americans received less than one percent of city contracts in 1998 as evidence of discrimination. That is a very rational, and reasonable conclusion to come to. However, under Croson, anecdote evidence by itself is insufficient to justify considering race in fashioning an MBE program. That evidence must be substantiated by empirical evidence or a predicate study, i. e., a disparity study.

Given the historical lack of opportunity in city governments for black professionals, the city must move forward with an aggressive agenda of MBE participation. A racial neutral approach will not be sufficient. There has been very specific, discrimination against a specific group. Remedy must be specific in relieving disparate treatment of that group. To solve this problem there must be clear goals and timetables set in order to achieve a positive result. Consequently, in order to achieve any meaningful remedy of this situation, a disparity study must be done followed with the program that meets the very narrow guideline outlined in Croson.

I have attached a legal analyst to this issue, with my statement and I ask that the Clerk make it a part of this record.

In closing, let me say this. Somehow this issue has been attached to Mayor Hightower. This issue has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not Mayor Hightower is committed to economic inclusion for the African American community. The United States Supreme Court has ruled, if you do anything without first taking this basis step, it is threatened to be taken to court and it is unconstitutional per se under the Supreme Court and I ask that my remarks be made a part of the record.

Councilman Shyne: I might have to take some of that back, the Mayor didn't pull my coattail. You did an excellent job.

Mr. Craig B. Lee (3500 Milam Street): To the Council, Acting Chair Roy Burrell, Chairman Stewart in his absence, Mayor, Mr. Antee, follow me if you will to the Auto Mall here in Shreveport. Our illustrious Mayor, Keith Hightower, serves a General Manager for one of the dealerships, Holmes Honda. And I go to the dealership and I say, Mr. Hightower, I would like to purchase a 600 SL Mercedes Benz. He say, Craig, I'm going to work with you. Go see my financial manager. And I go in and I talk to his financial manager and his financial manager conducts a financial study to see if I can afford to pay for the 600 SL. Well we go through the survey/study and the financial manager concludes that, Craig you can not afford this car. And I say to the financial manager, I say, trust me, I'll pay for it. It is not about trust, it is about business, dollars and cents.

One hundred and sixty years (160) ago in 1839 during the most brutal, violent and inhumane system of oppression every faced and forced on a group of people anywhere in the world, talking about American slavery, the City of Shreveport was berth into the so-called New World of America. At that time in history my people had no human rights, civil rights or voting rights in Shreveport, Louisiana or any other part of America. Thus we received zero percent of any type of contract that came through the City of Shreveport, Louisiana. One hundred and sixty years (160) later in 1999, even with some civil rights, some voting rights, and some human rights, black entrepreneurs receive less than one percent of any type contract that comes through the City of Shreveport, Louisiana. It is not about trust, it is about business, dollars and cents.

Mayor Hightower sat on the City Council for eight years and during that time span, Mayor Hightower only voted twice for economic issues significantly impacting the black community: the disparity study issue of 1996 and the surety support issue of 1997. However, after Mayor Bo Williams vetoed the 1996 disparity study issue, then Councilman Keith Hightower changed his vote from for to against along with Councilman Serio, Councilman Stewart, and Councilwoman Spigener. Moreover, then Councilman Keith Hightower changed his 1997 vote for the Surety Support Program to against when the program came up for funding in 1998. This was the most culturally diversed economic program in the city. So how can we trust you to do the right thing as we jet into the 21st Century when there is no record that you can promote of doing the right thing. It is not about words, Mr. Hightower, it is about action. Equal rights and justice action. It is about business, dollars and cents.

Finally, 1998 Councilman Stewart told Carolyn Simpson of ABC World News at a World Relations forum, that Shreveport was better now than 20 to 30 years ago. I called Councilman Stewart's attention to several votes that he made that went against cultural diversity and economic parity for black citizens of Shreveport. Councilman Stewart assured me, after the forum with a firm handshake, that he would strive to do better and work towards cultural diversity and economic parity.

Well, today is your day Councilman Stewart, Councilman Serio, Councilman Carmody, and Councilwoman Spigener. Today is your day to put up or maintain the status quo. Today is your day to say, 160 years is too long to defer equal rights and justice, economic parity, and cultural diversity for 60% of your citizens. Today is your day to prove your true leadership for all citizens of Shreveport. Today is your day to move this city into the 21st Century---unlimited, unbounded, and undaunted. Today is your day. It is not about trust, it is about business, dollars and cents.

Vote for the disparity study, vote for economic parity, economic justice, vote for cultural diversity, vote for a new Shreveport. I would like for my words to be submitted into the record of these proceedings.

Councilman Burrell: Mr. Lee before you leave, let me address one issue here because this issue became a political issue for me when I ran for office and it had to do with the Surety Bond Program. Mr. Lee: That is correct. Let me give you and the public a little background, a short background on that issue and I could bring the auditors up and let them give it to you, but I am going to give it to you in paraphrase, because I was charged as a black Councilman to go against this Surety Bond Program. The Surety Bond Program actually came out of my challenge to Mayor Williams because I questioned his commitment to be inclusive on previous bond projects that took place. So to circumvent me, and to put a challenge against me, to feel that he was inclusive, he instructed that this Surety Bond Program be put in place.

There were $300,000 and some odd thousand dollars allocated for this project. It was suppose to help the bonding problem with the minority contracts, although that wasn't the full scope of the problem that we had. After voting to support, knowing that he only did it to try to circumvent my challenge to him, and I have a lot of respect for Mayor Williams. There are a lot of things that I support, probably seventy-five percent (75%) of the time I supported things that he did if it was in the best interest of this city, but this was an issue that came about.

Now, the Surety Bond Program was suppose to be a panacea also for the minority contractors. It was the minority contractors, a number of them who participated in that training program, that came to me and asked me to stop it. It wasn't anything that came out of my own belief that it wasn't going on, because I wasn't there participating. It wasn't anything from my fellow Councilmen, that came out of it, it came from the minority contractors themselves saying that the program was not providing what they said that they were providing for. Toward the end of this contract, I fired a letter off to the Administration saying that they needed to stop this program because we were spending money needlessly.

I couldn't care less if it was a black business or a white business. My responsibility as the Chairman of the Audit and Finance Committee was to safeguard and protect the taxpayers dollars, and not to close my eyes when there was problems there. As we found out, as we understood this program has shut down almost six months prior to the end of the contract and there was only a secretary there making almost $20,000 dollars a year behind a desk; that is why that program got shut down. And I don't care who it is, you don't pay the bill if nobody don't do the work. And I got charged, during my campaign, that I was against the black business, that is what was charged to me although I explained why it was done, it did not matter. But again to clarify the matter, it was a minority contractors that asked me to shut the program down not any of us.

Mr. Craig Lee: May I respond because I worked very closely with that particular issue. The actual funding was $180,000, that's the first thing. Councilman Burrell: Well, I had an auditor that questions that because. . . .Mr. Lee: The second point about that particular program which was brought to this city by Calvin Stephens who is one of the world's renowned Surety Bond specialist in this country, it was brought in and through that program, nine whites and nine blacks went through that program of which there were several white females of which they were able to force the State or influence the State to do the testing for general contractors licenses in the City of Shreveport versus having contractors go to Baton Rouge to test for that. A few of those individuals did, in fact, become general contractors. The initial program was getting individuals like myself and my business partner to help teach those minority potential general contractors to test and we have the data to show it.

The other thing about this particular program that was interesting was that the AGC was in direct adversarial position to the program. Therefore, they stopped the State from coming up to offer the test. And then there was also political maneuvering to try to sway members of the Minority Contractors Association to the Governor's program versus this particular program because this program was started by a black individual out of Dallas, Texas.

There are a lot more facts to this and Major Brock prepared the findings to you, I don't know if you got those, but we can present those to you so that you can see the actual findings as we have them. But it was the most culturally diversified economic impacting program in the City because you had a split number of blacks and whites that went through it. And the funding was only $180,000 and yes it had come down to the fact that you only had one person in the office, but when you have opposition of the AGC against you, and then you have opposition of the minority contractors, which they were influenced not knowing the true elements of the program, then you are domed to fail. And as a matter of fact, the Administrator for the program was found to be a conspirator trying to work with some of the other white organizations, that was another thorn in the side. So there are a lot of other particular points that I would like to present to you because we have the report as prepared by Major Brock and I will submit that to you this week, so that you will have the actual file.

Councilman Burrell: As I appreciate it through our auditors, there is a public audit on this. Mr. Lee: That's cool. Councilman Burrell: And I would ask that you get a copy of that audit so that you can see the figures that's associated with it as part of that program. And the only reason I question it, is because it keeps coming up and there is some question as to how much money was spent on this and when the program actually stopped. There was several people in the Administration, who the Mayor at the time, well a part of his Administration that called for the stopping of that program, and those letters was actually filed. And it wasn't until he brought it to my attention that we had to look into it, and I don't deal with those situations lightly. I try to make sure that fairness is done. And that is the reason why, I called on the auditors to deal with it, which is official for the city.

Councilman Shyne: I'm not going to get into ya'lls political thing, I'm going to bring it back to the disparity study. I just want to let you know, that I appreciate you coming down and Reverend Hardy I don't mean any harm---but people like you and I who have got a little gray hair, it makes us feel good to see young men and young to come down who, you all are the future of this city. I don't know how many more years I can fight, but you got a long time to fight and I appreciate seeing that concern. There was a time that you would have seen a lot of elderly blacks come down who are concerned, but whenever you see young blacks come down who are concerned about the economic opportunities that are afforded all of the citizens in this community, it makes me feel good. It makes me feel like well maybe that that fellow over there, I really don't know his name---is that Hilry Huckaby and Joe Shyne and Roy Burrell and others have done some good. Because you all are concerned, and this is what America is all about. We live in a capitalistic society. Don't fool yourself. If you don't get an opportunity, if your brothers and sisters don't get an opportunity to make some money in this City, in America, you will not improve the quality-of-life. We are talking about a quality-of-life issue. Now, I don't know about you all, but I'm tired of waiting. I'm tired of being tired of waiting. And anybody who tells me, to wait on coming into the main economic stream, I look at them and tell them, they crazy. So, I admire what you are doing, keep it up. Now, I am not going to get into the other, I am going to ask you to go and take your seat; God bless you.

Mr. Lee: Can I say one thing, if you go and you look at the numbers for the City of Atlanta, before 1974 which Atlanta was a predominately black city, but the white power structure controlled and moved everything as it related to the City. The white power structure decided in 1973 that it was far time that the black community now move cooperatively into the economic parity of that system. In 1974 Maynard Jackson took office as the first black mayor in history of that city, and in just 22 years, 22 years, two decades and two years, they got the largest and the most profitable tourism activity in the history of the world, and that was the Olympics, marketed as a black city. Because now the pie didn't shrink, it simply expanded and now they are able to attract the best talent throughout the world.

If you close the opportunity, you are only going to do nothing more than make your city grow worse and worse because you can't keep on oppressing people and think that they are going to stand idly by.

Councilman Burrell: Since there is no one, else I am going to ask that the Mayor respond on what he is trying to do at this point to be more inclusive and try to bring this city forward.

Mayor Hightower: Certainly, I want Craig to be able to afford that SL some day and that is what I ran on was giving everyone the opportunity in this city, to not only have a job, but have a job that you can afford to buy the things that you wanted too, you could encourage your children to be able to remain at home, live in Shreveport not have to move somewhere else.

Is there disparity in this City? You bet your bottom dollar there is, and I don't think it takes a study to prove that. Larry knows, T. J. knows, we talked about it in the campaign time after time after time again, and my commitment all along during the campaign and both of the guys personally after the campaign, that I was going to do something about it and I think that over the last four months, we have taken significant steps. We can talk about one percent prior to 1999, I don't have a problem with that, I think it is true. But if we take a look at what we have done in 1999 with this City Council and this Administration, those numbers are far greater than that. When we are awarding a $80+ million convention center on the riverfront and we are committed to 25%, at a minimum, minority participation, we meant it. When we have awarded a $15 million dollar water and sewer contract several weeks ago, 25% participation, we meant it. I've not let up on that. I will challenge anyone in this room to go the engineering and architectural community and ask them, what it takes to do business with this Administration or this City Council in 1999. And would dare to tell you, not one of them would stand up and say, 25% participation. They may not like it, but they know that is what it takes to do business in Shreveport. I'm committed to strengthening the weakest link and certainly one percent is awful weak. Like I said, I want Craig to be able to afford that car. He may not be in the contracting business, but maybe this is the opportunity.

I think over the past four months, like I said, we have proven what we said we would do. We would be inclusive. The goal, one of the speakers said, that the goal was to close the gap. That is absolutely true, but I don't think that there is anybody in this room that would disagree with the goal. But the way we get there is by action, not by studying things to death. Whether the number is $400,000 or $100,000, I don't now, I guess you have to go out and study that to find out, what the goal might be. My commitment all along to every Council member and every one that I've talked to in the community has been to put together a Fairshare program for the City of Shreveport. I know it is not something that everybody will like. It is not something the Mayor's office is going to do by himself. I've invited ever Council member and people outside of City Hall to come forward. Not only that, I don't re-invent the wheel. We have looked across this country at programs designed before and after Croson to try to level the playing field in some way for our city and our contractors in particular.

My pledge is to continue to do what I set out to do. We are not going to back up on that at all. There has been some talk about Croson and you have to do it. The reason you need Croson is if you have a challenge and I don't mind sitting here today and tell you that, if there is someone out there that wants to challenge the Fairshare Program that we as the citizens and the leadership of this City put together, to reach a common goal, to reach equity then I will be the first guy to tell you: Well, by God, we have to have a study. I don't think it is necessary at this point. I think certainly this City Council and this Administration has had a good working relationship. Every one of us up here were elected to move this City forward, not to fight about it, but to do it. Action. That is what we are about, that is what we've all been about for the past four months.

I'm asking you to participate and give me the opportunity, with your help, to put the Fairshare plan together and make it work. We can make it work. I'm confident we can make it work, and like I said, if we have a challenge to the program that I think will actually fair better than any study may ever indicate we need to do, then I'm going to stand up and say, that that is what we need to do. The real challenge in this city though is to build capacity and I would suspect that if we had a study today, it would show that the capacity wasn't what we need it to be to move that number anywhere close to the number that this Administration and this Council would like to see happen.

So, give me the opportunity, that's all I've ever asked. I think over the past four months I've shown that I'm serious about it, I'm committed to it. I've certainly met with each and every one of you and members of this community and I don't think that there is anybody out there that can say that, I'm not headed in the right direction or my heart is not in the right place or he is not going to do what he says he is going to do. I think we've demonstrated that we will. I publicly pledge to you that we are continuing on this course and I would ask you today, to give me the opportunity to do that.

We can be a progressive city without having to cram anything down anybody's throat. The whole process here should be to work together to achieve that similar goal, close that gap, to level the playing field, and to give everybody the opportunity to buy that SL.

Councilman Huckaby: Mr. Mayor, with all due respect to you, it is hard for me to understand how you can sit there and say that, you don't see why a disparity study is not necessary. How can you say that a disparity study is not necessary, when the Croson case has not been overruled. Croson mandated a disparity study in order to have an effective plan of inclusion. So, how can you say that a disparity study is not necessary. The Croson case has not been overruled.

In so far as capacity for black people to perform in this City, do you limit white contractors to Shreveport? No, you don't. The capacity of white people to perform in the city of Shreveport is just as limited as black people, but you go outside of the city of Shreveport for white people to perform. And there is no limitation on how far we can go out for black people. If you go to Alaska to get white people to come in and do contracts, why can not black people do the same thing?

We will pursue the disparity study and we will oppose the expenditure of any city funds so long as you oppose the disparity study so black folks can earn some of the money that is being spent in this city.



Confirmations and/or Appointments: None.



Councilman Shyne: I would like to ask the Mayor, the appointment for the SPAR Council, did we receive that? Ms. Lee: Yes, we did. It should be on the agenda the next time. Mayor Hightower: Mr. Shyne, that one that certainly would be up to the Council. I think we have submitted it and it is the two week layover period, if you would like to move it forward. Mr. Shyne: I mean, and it's at the pleasure of the Council and the pleasure is to let it lay over two weeks but (inaudible), I guess. Mr. Coleman is a fine gentleman, but we'll go ahead on.

Councilman Burrell: Mr. Thompson, at this time should we suspend the rules so I can introduce the resolution to add it. Mr. Thompson: At anytime you would like to Mr. Chairman, you could make a motion to have someone suspend the Rules. Motion by Councilman Shyne to suspend the rules to add a resolution, seconded by Councilman Burrell; motion unanimously approved. Motion by Councilman Spigener to add the Resolution No. 76 of 1999 by Councilman Burrell to the agenda, seconded by Councilman Shyne; motion unanimously approved.



The Council considered the Consent Agenda legislation.



INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES ON CONSENT:



Motion by Councilman Spigener, seconded by Councilman Serio for Introduction of the Resolutions on the Consent Agenda not to be adopted prior to April 27, 1999. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Huckaby, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Stewart. 1.



INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS:



1. Resolution No. 67 of 1999: A resolution ratifying the use of certain equipment by the Shreveport Regional Sports Authority and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.



2. Resolution No. 68 of 1999: A resolution authorizing the waiver of 100% of the building rental fees for the Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce on May 13, 1999 and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.



3. Resolution No. 69 of 1999: A resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement between the City of Shreveport and the South of Caddo Dixie Major Baseball association, Inc. and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.



4. Resolution No. 70 of 1999: A resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement between the City of Shreveport and Shreveport Little League, Inc. and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.

5. Resolution No. 71 of 1999: A resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement between the City of Shreveport and West and Northwest Shreveport League Baseball, Inc. and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.



6. Resolution No. 72 of 1999: A resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement between the City of Shreveport and Shreveport Dixie Baseball, Inc. and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.



7. Resolution No. 73 of 1999: A resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement for mutual aid fire protection between the City of Shreveport and the South Bossier Volunteer Fire District 2, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.



8. Resolution No. 74 of 1999: A resolution authorizing the Mayor to donate Shreveport Police Department K-9 (Bas) to Corporal Ronnie Gryder, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.



9. Resolution No. 75 of 1999: A resolution authorizing the Mayor to donate Shreveport Police Department K-9 (Rex) to Corporal Allen Bates, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.





INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES:



1. Ordinance No. 47 of 1999: An ordinance closing and abandoning a 10-foot wide dedicated utility servitude in Lot 1 of the Bittern Street Subdivision, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.



2. Ordinance No. 48 of 1999: An ordinance amending and reenacting a portion of Section 90-198 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Shreveport pertaining to the maximum limits on Lakeshore Drive and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.



3. Ordinance No. 49 of 1999: An ordinance to amend a section of Chapter 90 of the Code of Ordinances for the City of Shreveport, Traffic and Vehicles, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.



4. Ordinance No. 50 of 1999: An ordinance to create and establish a no parking any time zone on either side of the 2500 block of DeVaughn Street and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.



5. Ordinance No. 51 of 1999: An ordinance to create and establish a stop intersection at the intersection of Bernstein Street and Sassafras Avenue and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.



6. Ordinance No. 52 of 1999: An ordinance to create and establish a stop intersection at the intersection of Bernstein Street and West 64th Street and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.





ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES ON CONSENT:



Motion by Councilman Spigener, seconded by Councilman Shyne for Adoption of the Resolutions on the Consent Agenda. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Huckaby, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 6 Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Stewart. 1.



RESOLUTION:



RESOLUTION NO. 53 OF 1999

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT A DONATION OF ONE ONAN, 10kw GASOLINE DRIVEN GENERATOR FOR USE BY THE SHREVEPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.



WHEREAS, Section 2.02 (e) of the Charter of the City of Shreveport and Section 26-187 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Shreveport grants the City the right to accept gifts, donation, bequests, or grants for any purpose related to the powers and duties of the City or related to providing for the welfare of the citizens of the City; and

WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport Fire Department has need of a gasoline driven generator with mounted flood lights for night operations, floods, fires, rescues, parades, extended operations etc... requiring remote electrical output and;

WHEREAS, the Caddo\Bossier Office of Emergency Preparedness has offered to donate to the City of Shreveport Fire Department one Onan, 10kw, gasoline driven generator with two large mounted flood lights capable of being used on tripods with an estimated value of $15,000.00 , together with a fully enclosed trailer with an 85 gallon gas tank with an estimated value of $1,000.00;

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport in due, regular, and legal session convened, that the Mayor is hereby authorized and empowered to accept on behalf of the City the donation by the Caddo\ Bossier Office of Emergency Preparedness one Onan 10kw gasoline driven generator with mounted flood lights together with a fully enclosed trailer with 85 gallon gas tank for use by the Fire Department.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor be and is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents in connection with the acceptance of this donation.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council wishes to express its appreciation, on behalf of the citizens of the City, to the Caddo\ Bossier Office of Emergency Preparedness.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any provision or item of this Resolution or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not effect other provisions, item or application of this Resolutions which can be given are hereby declared severable.

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



RESOLUTION NO. 54 OF 1999

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT A DONATION OF TWO 14 X 35 FT. VESSEL TANKS FOR USE BY THE SHREVEPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.



WHEREAS, Section 2.02 (e) of the Charter of the City of Shreveport and Section 26-187 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Shreveport grants the City the right to accept gifts, donations, bequests, or grants for any purpose related to the powers and duties of the City or related to providing for the welfare of the citizens of the City; and

WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport Fire Department Training Academy has need of two vessel tanks as part of an ongoing effort to improve the training capabilities at the academy, for use in confined space rescue training as part of the Academy's special rescue facilities; and

WHEREAS, UOP Refinery of Blanchard La. has agreed to donate to the City two 14 x 35 ft. vessel tanks with a total value of approximately $100,000.00;

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport in due, regular, and legal session convened that the Mayor is hereby authorized and empowered to accept on behalf of the City the donation by UOP Refinery of Blanchard La. two 14 x 35 ft. vessel tanks to be used as part of the Academy's special rescue facilities in a continuing effort to improve the training capabilities of the Shreveport Fire Department Training Academy .

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor be and is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents in connection with the acceptance of this donation.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council wishes to express its appreciation, on behalf of the citizens of the City, to UOP Refinery of Blanchard La.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any provision or item of this Resolution or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not effect other provisions, item or application of this Resolutions which can be given are hereby declared severable.

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

RESOLUTION NO. 56 OF 1999

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



WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City of Shreveport to retain the services of outside legal counsel to represent the interests of the City of Shreveport and its officers and employees in lawsuits involving personal injury claims and property damage with primary emphasis on general liability claims, including vehicular accident claims.

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8.03 of the City Charter, the City Attorney recommends that Thomas A. Bordelon, Attorney at Law, be retained for the purpose of said representation.

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 Thomas A. Bordelon, Attorney at Law, 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 March 23, 1999.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that expenses from this contract shall be paid out of the general government legal expense fund.

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.



RESOLUTION NO. 57 OF 1999

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE WAIVER OF THE ENTIRE BUILDING RENTAL FEE FOR THE MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM FOR RED RIVER PUBLIC RADIO TO THE HOLD LOUISIANA HAYRIDE HOMECOMING 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.



BY: COUNCILMAN STEWART



WHEREAS, Red River Public Radio, with the Shreveport Louisiana Hayride Co., LLC, plans to hold Louisiana Hayride Homecoming 50th Anniversary Celebration in concert on April 3, 1999, in the Municipal Auditorium; and

WHEREAS, Red River Public Radio is a non-profit organization, affiliated with Louisiana State University-Shreveport and other public radio stations; and

WHEREAS, Red River Public Radio will record the entire performance for broadcast on April 17, 1999 from public radio stations in Shreveport, Alexandria, Lufkin and El Dorado; and

WHEREAS, the public broadcast of the historical reunion of performers from the Louisiana Hayride will be made available for rebroadcast from public radio stations throughout the country; and

WHEREAS, it is therefore in the public interest and it serves a public purpose for the City to waive the entire building rental fee for the use of the Municipal Auditorium by Red River Public Radio.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in due, legal and regular session convened, that the entire building rental fee for the use of the Municipal Auditorium by Red River Public Radio to hold Louisiana Hayride Homecoming 50th Anniversary Celebration on April 3, 1999 is waived and the provisions of Section 26-123 and Section 26-124 of the Code of Ordinances are suspended relative to this event only.

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.



RESOLUTION NO. 58 of 1999

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING JOHN R. DAVIS AND JUNE G. DAVIS LOCATED AT 1530 MALLARD CIR. TO CONNECT TO THE WATER SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.



WHEREAS, John R. Davis and June G. Davis have agreed to secure all permits and inspections required by the Shreveport Comprehensive Building Code. Said parties 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 John R. Davis and June G. Davis be authorized to connect the building located at 1530 Mallard Cir. to the water system of the City of Shreveport.

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

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



RESOLUTION NO. 59 of 1999

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING MARVIN L. CALDWELL AND MARILYN P. CALDWELL LOCATED AT 413 SOUTHHAVEN LN. TO CONNECT TO THE WATER SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.



WHEREAS, Marvin L. Caldwell and Marilyn P. Caldwell have agreed to secure all permits and inspections required by the Shreveport Comprehensive Building Code. Said parties 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 Marvin L. Caldwell and Marilyn P. Caldwell be authorized to connect the building located at 413 Southhaven Ln. to the water systems of the City of Shreveport.

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

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



RESOLUTION NO. 60 of 1999

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ALLAN B. DAVIS AND SHARRON B. DAVIS LOCATED AT 417 SOUTHHAVEN LN. TO CONNECT TO THE WATER SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.



WHEREAS, Allan B. Davis and Sharron B. Davis have agreed to secure all permits and inspections required by the Shreveport Comprehensive Building Code. Said parties 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 Allan B. Davis and Sharron B. Davis be authorized to connect the building located at 417 Southhaven Ln. to the water system of the City of Shreveport.

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

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



RESOLUTION NO. 61 OF 1999

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE INSTITUTION OF EXPROPRIATION PROCEEDINGS AGAINST CERTAIN DESCRIBED PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT IN CONNECTION WITH THE LAKESIDE AREA PAVING (Missouri St.), PROJECT NO: 96-C010, PARCEL NO: P-1, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.



WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport has developed the Lakeside Area Paving, Project No: 96-C010; and

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

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



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

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

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

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



RESOLUTION NO. 62 OF 1999

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE INSTITUTION OF EXPROPRIATION PROCEEDINGS AGAINST CERTAIN DESCRIBED PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT IN CONNECTION WITH THE ROLLINS STREET PAVING PROJECT NO: 97-C001, PARCEL NO: P-1, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.



WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport has developed the Rollins Street Paving, Project No: 97-C001; and

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

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

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

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

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

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



ORDINANCES: None.





The Council considered the Regular Agenda legislation.



RESOLUTIONS ON SECOND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE:



The Deputy Clerk read the resolution by title: Resolution No. 52 of 1999: A

resolution providing for the incurring of debt and issuance of not exceeding $700,000 of Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 1999, of the City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana; prescribing the form, terms and conditions of said Certificates, designating the date, denomination and place of payment of said Certificates, providing for the payment thereof in principal and interest; authorizing the agreement with the Paying Agent; and providing for the acceptance of an offer for the purchase of said Certificates; and providing for other matters in connection therewith.



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



Amend the resolution as follows:



Delete pages 1 through 19 and all attachments and substitute in lieu thereof the attached pages 1 through 20 and all attachments.



Motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Spigener for adoption of the amendment. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Huckaby, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 6 Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Stewart. 1.



Motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Spigener for adoption of the resolution as amended. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Huckaby, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 6 Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Stewart. 1. (The Resolution as amended follows):



RESOLUTION NO. 52 of 1999

Offered by Councilman Shyne and seconded by Councilman Carmody:

RESOLUTION

A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE INCURRING OF DEBT AND ISSUANCE OF SIX HUNDRED THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($630,000) OF CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS, SERIES 1999, OF THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT, STATE OF LOUISIANA; PRESCRIBING THE FORM, TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SAID CERTIFICATES; DESIGNATING THE DATE, DENOMINATION AND PLACE OF PAYMENT OF SAID CERTIFICATES; PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF IN PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST; AUTHORIZING THE AGREEMENT WITH THE PAYING AGENT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF AN OFFER FOR THE PURCHASE OF SAID CERTIFICATES; AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.



WHEREAS, the General Fund Budget for the City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana (the "Issuer"), for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1999, shows an excess of more than $10,000,000 of revenues (including fund balance) over statutory, necessary and usual charges and all other expenses for such fiscal year, as hereinafter defined; and



WHEREAS, as described above, said budget shows surplus moneys sufficient to meet the maximum principal and interest requirements in any future year on the Certificates of Indebtedness authorized herein, and this City Council, as the governing authority of the Issuer (the "Governing Authority"), will herein obligate itself and its successors in office to budget and set aside annually adequate funds for the payment of the Certificates in principal and interest in future years; and



WHEREAS, Sections 2921 to 2925, inclusive, of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (R.S. 33:2921-2925), authorize the Issuer to make and enter into contracts dedicating the excess of annual revenues of subsequent years above statutory, necessary and usual charges to the payment of the cost of public improvements which are to be borne by the Issuer under such contracts, provided all such dedications do not exceed the estimated excess of revenue above statutory, necessary, and usual charges for the year in which such contract is made; and



WHEREAS, the Issuer now desires to incur debt and issue Six Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($630,000) of its Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 1999, in the manner authorized and provided by the aforesaid Sections of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as hereinafter provided, for the purpose of paying part of the cost of acquiring police and other vehicles and equipment (the balance being financed by an Equipment Installment Purchase Agreement in the principal amount of $5,670,000 with Banc One Leasing Corporation, herein referred to as the "Installment Purchase Agreement"), and paying the costs of issuance of any certificates of indebtedness issued therefor; and



WHEREAS, the Issuer is not now a party to any contract pledging or dedicating its excess annual revenues above statutory, necessary and usual charges; EXCEPT the Outstanding Parity Certificates as hereinafter defined; and

WHEREAS, the Issuer has heretofore issued (i) Refunding Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 1998A, (ii) Taxable Refunding Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 1998B and (iii) Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 1998C (collectively, the "Outstanding Parity Certificates"), which certificates are payable solely from a pledge and dedication of the excess of annual revenues of the Issuer above statutory, necessary and usual charges in each of the fiscal years during which the Outstanding Parity Certificates are outstanding; and



WHEREAS, it is the intention of the Issuer that the Certificates authorized herein be secured by and payable from the excess of annual revenues of the Issuer on a parity with the Outstanding Parity Certificates; and



WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Governing Authority to fix the details necessary with respect to the issuance of the Certificates and to provide for the authorization and issuance; and



WHEREAS, it is the further desire of this Governing Authority to provide for the sale of the Certificates at the price and in the manner hereinafter provided;



NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council (the "Governing Authority") of the City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana (the "Issuer"), acting as the governing authority thereof, that:

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

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



"Certificate" means any certificate of indebtedness of the Issuer authorized to be issued by this Resolution, whether initially delivered or issued in exchange for, upon transfer of, or in lieu of any certificate previously issued.



"Certificates" means the Issuer's Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 1999, authorized by this Resolution, in the total aggregate principal amount of Six Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($630,000).



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



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



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



"Fiscal Year" means the one-year accounting period ending December 31 of each year, or such other period as may be designated by the Governing Authority as the fiscal year of the Issuer.



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



"Outstanding Parity Certificates" means (i) Refunding Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 1998A, (ii) Taxable Refunding Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 1998B and (iii) Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 1998C.



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



"Paying Agent" means Bank One Trust Company, N.A., in the City of New Orleans, Louisiana, until a successor Paying Agent shall have been appointed pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Resolution and thereafter "Paying Agent" shall mean such successor Paying Agent.



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



"Purchaser" means the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, the original purchaser of the Certificates.



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



"Resolution" means this resolution authorizing the issuance of the Certificates, as it may be supplemented and amended.



SECTION 2. Authorization of Certificates; Maturities. In compliance with the terms and provisions of Sections 2921 to 2925, inclusive, of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (R.S. 33:2921 - 33:2925), and other constitutional and statutory authority, there is hereby authorized the incurring of an indebtedness of Six Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($630,000) for, on behalf of, and in the name of the Issuer, for the purpose of acquiring police and other vehicles and equipment, and paying the costs of issuance of the Certificates, and to represent said indebtedness, this Governing Authority does hereby authorize the issuance of Six Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($630,000) of Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 1999, of the Issuer. The Certificates shall be in fully registered form, shall be dated the date of delivery thereof, shall be issued in the following denominations, shall be non-interest bearing and shall become due and payable and mature serially on April 1 of the years and in the amounts, as follows:

Year Certificate Principal Amount

(April 1) Number (Denomination)



2000 R-1 $110,000 2001 R-2 180,000

2002 R-3 130,000 2003 R-4 110,000

2004 R-5 100,000



The principal of the Certificates, upon maturity or redemption, shall be payable at the principal office of the Paying Agent, upon presentation and surrender thereof.

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

The Certificates are hereby issued on a parity with the Outstanding Parity Certificates, and the Certificates shall rank equally with and enjoy complete parity of lien with the Outstanding Parity Certificates on the revenues pledged to the payment therefor or other funds specially applicable to the payment of said Outstanding Parity Certificates, including funds established under the resolution authorizing the issuance of the Outstanding Parity Certificates (the "Parity Certificate Resolution").

SECTION 3. Redemption Provisions. The Certificates shall be callable for redemption at the option of the Issuer in full or in part, in the inverse order of their maturities, and if less than a full maturity, then by lot within such maturity, at any time, at par.

SECTION 4. Registration and Transfer. The Issuer shall cause the Certificate Register to be kept by the Paying Agent. The Certificates may be transferred, registered and assigned only on the Certificate Register, and such registration shall be at the expense of the Issuer. A Certificate may be assigned by the execution of an assignment form on the Certificate or by other instruments of transfer and assignment acceptable to the Paying Agent. A new Certificate or Certificates will be delivered by the Paying Agent to the last assignee (the new Owner) in exchange for such transferred and assigned Certificates after receipt of the Certificates to be transferred in proper form. Such new Certificate or Certificates shall be in an authorized denomination.

SECTION 5. Form of Certificates. The Certificates and the endorsements to appear thereon shall be in substantially the following forms, respectively, to-wit:



(FORM OF FACE OF CERTIFICATE)



No. R-_____ Principal Amount $_________



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

STATE OF LOUISIANA

PARISH OF CADDO



CERTIFICATE OF INDEBTEDNESS,

SERIES 1999,

CITY OF SHREVEPORT, STATE OF LOUISIANA





Certificate Maturity Interest

Date Date Rate



______, 1999 April 1, _____ -0-%





The City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana (the "Issuer"), promises to pay, but solely from the source and as hereinafter provided, to:

___________________________________________



or registered assigns, on the Maturity Date set forth above, the Principal Amount set forth above, without interest, unless this Certificate shall have been previously called for redemption and payment shall have been made or duly provided for. The principal of this Certificate, upon maturity or redemption, is payable in lawful money of the United States of America at the principal office of Bank One Trust Company, N.A., in the City of New Orleans, Louisiana, or successor thereto (the "Paying Agent"), upon presentation and surrender hereof.



This Certificate is one of an authorized issue aggregating in principal the sum of Six Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($630,000) of Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 1999, of the Issuer (the "Certificates") all of like tenor and effect except as to number, denomination, and maturity, said Certificates having been issued by the Issuer pursuant to a resolution adopted by its governing authority on April 13, 1999 (the "Resolution"), for the purpose of acquiring police and other vehicles and equipment, and paying the costs incurred in connection with the issuance of the Certificates, under the authority conferred by Sections 2921 to 2925, inclusive, of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (R.S. 33:2921 - 2925), and other constitutional and statutory authority.



The Certificates shall be callable for redemption at the option of the Issuer in full or in part, in the inverse order of their maturities, at any time, at par.



The Issuer shall cause to be kept at the principal office of the Paying Agent a register (the "Certificate Register") in which registration of the Certificates and of transfers of the Certificates shall be made as provided in the Resolution. This Certificate may be transferred, registered and assigned only on the Certificate Register, and such registration shall be at the expense of the Issuer. This Certificate may be assigned by the execution of the assignment form hereon or by other instrument of transfer and assignment acceptable to the Paying Agent. A new Certificate or Certificates will be delivered by the Paying Agent to the last assignee (the new registered owner) in exchange for this transferred and assigned Certificate after receipt of this Certificate to be transferred in proper form. Such new Certificate or Certificates shall be in an authorized denomination.



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



This Certificate and the issue of which it forms a part are issued on a complete parity with the Issuer's (i) Refunding Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 1998A, (ii) Taxable Refunding Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 1998B and (iii) Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 1998C (the "Outstanding Parity Certificates"). It is certified that the Issuer, in issuing this Certificate and the issue of which it forms a part, has complied with all the terms and conditions set forth in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the Outstanding Parity Certificates.



The Certificates, equally with the Outstanding Parity Certificates, are secured by and payable as to principal and interest solely from a pledge and dedication of the excess of annual revenues of the Issuer above statutory, necessary and usual charges in each of the fiscal years during which the Certificates are outstanding. The Issuer has covenanted and agreed and does hereby covenant and agree to budget annually a sufficient sum of money to pay the Outstanding Parity Certificates and the Certificates, and the interest thereon, as they respectively mature, including any principal and/or interest theretofore matured and then unpaid, and to levy and collect in each year taxes and to collect other revenues within the limits prescribed by law, sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Outstanding Parity Certificates and the Certificates. The Issuer, in the Resolution, has also entered into certain other covenants and agreements with the registered owners of the Certificates for the terms of which reference is made to the Resolution.



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



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



CITY OF SHREVEPORT,

STATE OF LOUISIANA





Clerk of Council Mayor





Director of Finance



(SEAL)



* * * * * *





(FORM OF PAYING AGENT'S CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION)



This Certificate is one of the Certificates referred to in the within mentioned Resolution.



BANK ONE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

New Orleans, Louisiana





Date of Registration: By:

Authorized Officer



* * * * * *





(FORM OF ASSIGNMENT)



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



Please Insert Social Security

or other Identifying Number of Assignee

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

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





Dated:

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





SECTION 6. Execution of Certificates. The Certificates shall be signed by the Executive Officers for, on behalf of, in the name of and under the corporate seal of the Issuer, which signatures and corporate seal may be either manual or facsimile.

SECTION 7. Pledge and Dedication of Revenues. The Certificates, equally with the Outstanding Parity Certificates, shall be secured by and payable solely from a pledge and dedication of the excess of annual revenues of the Issuer above statutory, necessary and usual charges in each of the Fiscal Years during which the Certificates are outstanding, there is hereby irrevocably pledged and dedicated to the payment of the Certificates an amount of such excess of annual revenues sufficient to pay same in principal and interest as they respectively mature. Until the Certificates shall have been paid in full in principal and interest, the Governing Authority does hereby obligate the Issuer, itself and its successors in office, to budget annually a sum of money sufficient to pay the Certificates and the interest thereon as they respectively mature, including any principal and/or interest theretofore matured and then unpaid, and to levy and collect in each year taxes and to collect other revenues within the limits prescribed by law, sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Certificates, after payment in such years of all the said statutory, necessary and usual charges of the Issuer for the then current year.

SECTION 8. Parity Certificates. The Issuer shall issue no other certificates of indebtedness or obligations of any kind or nature payable from or enjoying a lien on the excess of annual revenues having priority over or parity with the Certificates and the Outstanding Parity Certificates, except that additional certificates may hereafter be issued on a parity with the Certificates and the Outstanding Parity Certificates under the following conditions:

(1) The Certificates herein authorized or any part thereof, including the interest thereon, may be refunded, and the refunding certificates so issued shall enjoy complete equality of lien with the portion of the Certificates which is not refunded, if there be any, and the refunding certificates shall continue to enjoy whatever priority of lien over subsequent issues may have been enjoyed by the Certificates refunded; provided, however, that if only a portion of the Certificates outstanding is so refunded and the refunding certificates require total principal and interest payments during any year in excess of the principal and interest which would have been required in such year to pay the Certificates refunded thereby, then such Certificates may not be refunded without the consent of the Owner of the unrefunded portion of the Certificates issued hereunder (provided such consent shall not be required if such refunding certificates meet the requirements set forth in clause 2 of this Section).



(2) Additional certificates of indebtedness may be issued on and enjoy a full and complete parity with the Certificates and the Outstanding Parity Certificates with respect to the excess of annual revenues, provided that the anticipated excess of annual revenues in the year in which the additional certificates of indebtedness are to be issued, as reflected in the budget adopted by the Governing Authority, must be at least 1.2 times the combined principal and interest requirements for any calendar year on the Certificates and the Outstanding Parity Certificates and the said additional certificates of indebtedness.



(3) Junior and subordinate certificates of indebtedness may be issued without restriction.



(4) The Issuer must be in full compliance with all covenants and undertakings in connection with the Certificates and the Outstanding Parity Certificates and there must be no delinquencies in payments required to be made in connection therewith.



(5) The additional certificates must be payable as to principal commencing not more than 2 years from the date thereof, and payable as to interest on a semiannual basis of each year.



SECTION 9. Sinking Fund. For the payment of the principal of and the interest on the Certificates and the Outstanding Parity Certificates and any additional parity certificates of indebtedness, there has been created a special fund known as "Certificates of Indebtedness (1998) Sinking Fund", said Sinking Fund being maintained with the Paying Agent. The Issuer shall deposit in the Sinking Fund not less than five (5) days in advance of the date on which each payment of principal and/or interest on the Certificates and the Outstanding Parity Certificates falls due, funds fully sufficient to promptly pay the maturing principal and/or interest so falling due on such date. The depository for the Sinking Fund shall transfer from the Sinking Fund to the Paying Agent funds fully sufficient to pay promptly the principal and interest falling due on such date.

It shall be specifically understood and agreed, however, and this provision shall be a part of this contract, that after the funds have actually been set aside out of the revenues of any Fiscal Year sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the Certificates and the Outstanding Parity Certificates herein authorized for that Fiscal Year, and all required amounts have been deposited in the aforesaid Sinking Fund established by for the Certificates and the Outstanding Parity Certificates, then any excess of annual revenues remaining in that Fiscal Year shall be free for expenditure by the Issuer for any other lawful corporate purpose.

All moneys deposited with the regularly designated fiscal agent bank or banks of the Issuer or the Paying Agent under the terms of this Resolution shall constitute sacred funds for the benefit of the Owners of the Certificates, and shall be secured by said fiduciaries at all times to the full extent thereof in the manner required by law for the securing of deposits of public funds.

All or any part of the moneys in the Sinking Fund shall, at the written request of the Issuer, be invested in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the State of Louisiana, in which event all income derived from such investments shall be added to the General Fund of the Issuer.

SECTION 10. Budget; Audit. As long as any of the Certificates and the Outstanding Parity Certificates are outstanding and unpaid in principal or interest, the Issuer shall prepare and adopt a budget prior to the beginning of each Fiscal Year and shall furnish a copy of such budget within thirty (30) days after its adoption to the Paying Agent and the Purchaser; the Issuer shall also furnish a copy of such budget to the Owners of any of the Certificates or the Outstanding Parity Certificates who request the same. Not later than three (3) months after the close of each Fiscal Year, the Issuer shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made by the Legislative Auditor or an independent firm of certified public accountants showing the receipts and disbursements made by the Issuer during the previous Fiscal Year. Such audit shall be available for inspection by the Owner of any of the Certificates, and a copy of such audit shall be furnished to the Purchaser.

SECTION 11. Application of Proceeds. The Executive Officers are hereby empowered, authorized and directed to do any and all things necessary and incidental to carry out all of the provisions of this Resolution, to cause the necessary Certificates to be printed, to issue, execute and seal the Certificates, and to effect delivery thereof as hereinafter provided. The proceeds derived from the sale of the Certificates, except accrued interest, shall be deposited by the Issuer with its fiscal agent bank or banks to be used only for the purpose for which the Certificates are issued.

SECTION 12. Certificates Legal Obligations. The Certificates shall constitute legal, binding and valid obligations of the Issuer and shall be the only representations of the indebtedness as herein authorized and created.

SECTION 13. Resolution a Contract. The provisions of this Resolution shall constitute a contract between the Issuer, or its successor, and the Owner or Owners from time to time of the Certificates, and any such Owner or Owners may at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceedings, enforce and compel the performance of all duties required to be performed by this Governing Authority or the Issuer as a result of issuing the Certificates.

No material modification or amendment of this Resolution, or of any Resolution amendatory hereof or supplemental hereto, may be made without the consent in writing of the Owners of two-thirds (2/3) of the aggregate principal amount of the Certificates then outstanding; provided, however, that no modification or amendment shall permit a change in the maturity or redemption provisions of the Certificates, or in the amount of the principal obligation thereof, or affecting the obligation of the Issuer to pay the principal of the Certificates as the same shall come due from the revenues appropriated, pledged and dedicated to the payment thereof by this Resolution, or reduce the percentage of the Owners required to consent to any material modification or amendment of this Resolution, without the consent of the Owners of the Certificates.

SECTION 14. Severability; Application of Subsequently Enacted Laws. In case any one or more of the provisions of this Resolution or of the Certificates shall for any reason be held to be illegal or invalid, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect any other provisions of this Resolution or of the Certificates, but this Resolution and the Certificates shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provisions had not been contained therein. Any constitutional or statutory provisions enacted after the date of this Resolution which validate or make legal any provision of this Resolution and/or the Certificates which would not otherwise be valid or legal, shall be deemed to apply to this Resolution and to the Certificates.

SECTION 15. Recital of Regularity. This Governing Authority having investigated the regularity of the proceedings had in connection with the Certificates and having determined the same to be regular, the Certificates shall contain the following recital, to-wit:

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



SECTION 16. Effect of Registration. The Issuer, the Paying Agent, and any agent of either of them may treat the Owner in whose name any Certificate is registered as the Owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving payment of the principal (and redemption price) of and interest on such Certificate and for all other purposes whatsoever, and to the extent permitted by law, neither the Issuer, the Paying Agent, nor any agent of either of them shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

SECTION 17. Notices to Owners. Wherever this Resolution provides for notice to Owners of Certificates of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first- class postage prepaid, to each Owner of such Certificates, at the address of such Owner as it appears in the Certificate Register. In any case where notice to Owners of Certificates is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice to any particular Owner of Certificates, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to all other Certificates. Where this Resolution provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Owner or Owners entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Owners shall be filed with the Paying Agent, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

SECTION 18. Cancellation of Certificates. All Certificates surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer, exchange or replacement, if surrendered to the Paying Agent, shall be promptly canceled by it and, if surrendered to the Issuer, shall be delivered to the Paying Agent and, if not already canceled, shall be promptly canceled by the Paying Agent. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the Paying Agent for cancellation any Certificates previously registered and delivered which the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Certificates so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Paying Agent. All canceled Certificates held by the Paying Agent shall be disposed of as directed in writing by the Issuer.

SECTION 19. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. If (1) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Paying Agent, or the Issuer and the Paying Agent receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate, and (2) there is delivered to the Issuer and the Paying Agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer or the Paying Agent that such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Issuer shall execute, and upon its request the Paying Agent shall register and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of the same maturity and of like tenor, interest rate and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Certificate, pay such Certificate. Upon the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section, the Issuer may require the payment by the Owner of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Paying Agent) connected therewith. Every new Certificate issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen certificate shall constitute a replacement of the prior obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate shall be at any time enforceable by anyone and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Resolution equally and ratably with all other Outstanding Certificates. Any additional procedures set forth in the Agreement, authorized in this Resolution, shall also be available with respect to mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificates. The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement and payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificates.

SECTION 20. Discharge of Resolution; Defeasance. If the Issuer shall pay or cause to be paid, or there shall otherwise be paid to the Owner, the principal of the Certificates, at the times and in the manner stipulated in this Resolution, then the pledge of the money, securities, and funds pledged under this Resolution and all covenants, agreements, and other obligations of the Issuer to the Owner shall thereupon cease, terminate, and become void and be discharged and satisfied, and the Paying Agent shall pay over or deliver all money held by it under this Resolution to the Issuer.

Certificates for the payment of which money shall have been set aside and shall be held in trust (through deposit by the Issuer of funds for such payment or otherwise) at the maturity date thereof shall be deemed to have been paid within the meaning and with the effect expressed above in this Section if they are defeased in the manner provided by Chapter 14 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended.

SECTION 21. Successor Paying Agent; Paying Agent Agreement. The Issuer will at all times maintain a Paying Agent meeting the qualifications hereinafter described for the performance of the duties hereunder for the Certificates. The designation of the initial Paying Agent in this Resolution is hereby confirmed and approved. The Issuer reserves the right to appoint a successor Paying Agent by (a) filing with the Person then performing such function a certified copy of an resolution giving notice of the termination of the Agreement and appointing a successor and (b) causing notice to be given to each Owner. Every Paying Agent appointed hereunder shall at all times be a bank or trust company organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state, authorized under such laws to exercise trust powers, and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. The Executive Officers are hereby authorized and directed to execute an appropriate Agreement with the Paying Agent for and on behalf of the Issuer in such form as may be satisfactory to said officers, the signatures of said officers on such Agreement to be conclusive evidence of the due exercise of the authority granted hereunder.

SECTION 22. Disclosure Under SEC Rule 15c2-12. It is recognized that the Issuer will not be required to comply with the continuing disclosure requirements described in the Rule 15c-2-12(b) of the Securities and Exchange Commission [17 CFR §240.15c2-12(b)], because the aggregate principal amount of the Certificates is less than $1,000,000 as provided by Section 15c2-12(a) under the aforesaid Rule.

SECTION 23. Publication. A copy of this Resolution shall be published immediately after its adoption in one issue of the official journal of the Issuer.

SECTION 24. Award of Certificates. The Issuer hereby accepts the offer to purchase the Certificates of the Purchaser attached as Exhibit "A" hereto. The Certificates shall be delivered to said Purchaser upon the payment of the principal amount thereof.

SECTION 25. Employment. The employment of Foley & Judell, L.L.P., as Bond Counsel with respect to the Certificates, all as set forth in Section 2 of Resolution No. 36 of 1999, is hereby confirmed and ratified in all respects. In addition, this Governing Authority finds and determines that a real necessity exists for the employment of special bond counsel in connection with the balance of the financing to be provided by the Installment Purchase Agreement described in the preamble to this resolution and, accordingly, Foley & Judell, L.L.P., is hereby employed as Bond Counsel to work with the City Attorney's office with regard to said Installment Purchase Agreement to render such opinion or opinions to the Issuer as may be determined. The fee of said bond counsel shall not exceed that set forth in the Attorney General's Guidelines for the fees of bond counsel for comprehensive legal and coordinate professional work in the issuance of revenue bonds, plus "out-of-pocket" expenses, to be payable solely from the proceeds derived from the Installment Purchase Agreement.

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





SECTION 27. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective immediately.

The Deputy Clerk read the resolution by title: Resolution No. 63 of 1999

A resolution expressing the City Council's support for moving City Hall Downtown to the N. O. Thomas Plaza Building and otherwise providing with respect thereto.



Mayor Hightower: We'd ask that you postpone this until the next meeting when we have all of the Council members here. I think this is an important resolution and certainly sends a signal that everyone understand what we are doing and why we ought to do that; so, if we could postpone that we'd appreciate that.



Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Serio, seconded by Councilman Huckaby to postpone the resolution until the next regular meeting. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Huckaby, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 6 Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Stewart. 1.



RESOLUTION NO. 64 OF 1999

A RESOLUTION SUSPENDING THE EFFECTS OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF SECTION 10-187 RELATIVE TO SALE AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN CITY PARKS AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.



WHEREAS, the Michelob Lite Tennis Tournament will held at the Querbes Tennis Center on May 21 - 23, 1999; and

WHEREAS, this tournament is an annual event that serves to showcase the best tennis talent in this city; and

WHEREAS, the tournament sponsor has requested that they be allowed to dispense by sale or otherwise, and that spectators be allowed to consume low alcoholic content beverages during the tournament; and

WHEREAS, Section 10-187 (b) allows the sale and/or consumption of low alcoholic content beverages as certain SPAR facilities, however the Querbes Tennis Center is not included in the list of approved facilities; and

WHEREAS, Section 10-187(b) also provides that the sale and/or consumption of these alcoholic beverages can only take place from a city-approved concessionaire; and

WHEREAS, Section 10-187(c) makes it unlawful for any person to possess or consume any alcoholic beverages at any of the parks enumerated in section 10-187 unless such alcoholic beverages have been purchased from city-approved concessionaires;

WHEREAS, the adoption of this resolution would allow the sale and consumption of low alcoholic content beverages at the Querbes Tennis Center from May 21 - 23, 1999 in conjunction with the Michelob Lite Tennis Tournament.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport in due, legal and regular session convened Section 10-187 (b) and 10-187(c) are hereby suspended from May 21 - 23, 1999 in order to allow for the sale and/or consumption of low alcoholic content beverages during the Michelob Lite Tennis Tournament and to suspend the requirement that such beverages be purchased from city-approved concessionaires.

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.



Councilman Serio: We have a resolution to suspend the effect, virtually allow the beer sale in the park. I know over the last couple of discussion with the discussion we have had with beer sales at service stations, now we have a resolution to put the beer sales in the park for a tennis tournament. And somehow are another there is a certain dis-liking to it, it seems to flow across this particular piece of legislation that I really need some explanation on.

Ms. Whitlow: This is actually an ordinance, an annual event that is held at Querbes Tennis Center located next to the golf course (inaudible) actually sponsors the tournament. There is actually no sale of alcohol, it is actually an ordinance about consumption not the sale of alcohol.

Councilman Serio: You know with the past discussion we've had over the past couple of months about the sale of liquor in restaurants and service stations and with the piece of legislation that was introduced yesterday, there seems to be a certain disparity here between the piece of legislation introduced yesterday as well as this, it seems that we need to be careful that we maintain a consistent licensing for liquor sales. I know that this has occurred in the past, is that not correct? Ms. Whitlow: And we've had no problems, but I think we need to be consistent with what we are doing.



Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Carmody, seconded by Councilman Spigener passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Huckaby, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 6 Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Stewart. 1.



RESOLUTION NO. 65 OF 1999

A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE SYSTEM SURVEY AND COMPLIANCE QUESTIONNAIRE REQUIRED BY THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITORS OFFICE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND OTHERWISE TO PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.



WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport received a questionnaire from the State Legislative Auditor which is to be completed as a required part of the audit for which we have engaged certified public accountants, KPMG Peat Marwick LLP; and

WHEREAS, upon completion of the questionnaire it must be presented to and adopted by the governing body of the City of Shreveport by means of a formal resolution at an open meeting; and

WHEREAS, the completed questionnaire must then be given to the auditor engaged by the municipality who will, during the course of his regular audit, test the accuracy of the answers to the questionnaire and submit to the municipality and the Legislative Auditor a report containing his opinion as to the validity of the answers.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport in due, legal and regular session convened, that the attached Systems Survey and Compliance Questionnaire for the City of Shreveport be and the same is hereby adopted.

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

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



Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Huckaby passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Huckaby, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 6 Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Stewart. 1.





INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS:



1. Resolution No. 66 of 1999: A resolution authorizing the Purchasing Agent to dispose of by public auction certain types of supplies, materials, and equipment determined to be surplus and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.



2. Resolution No. 76 of 1999 by Councilman Burrell: A resolution the employment of special legal counsel to represent the city of Shreveport, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.



INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES:



1, Ordinance No. 53 of 1999: An ordinance to amend and reenact Section 10-143, Sale for Consumption and Consumption of alcoholic beverages and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.



2. Ordinance No. 54 of 1999 by Councilman Huckaby: An ordinance creating a Police Department Citizens' Review Board and otherwise providing with respect thereto.



3. Ordinance No. 55 of 1999: An ordinance amending the 1999 Capital Improvements Budget, appropriating the funds therein, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.



4. Ordinance No. 56 of 1999: An ordinance amending the 1999 budget for the Riverfront Development Special Revenue Fund, appropriating the funds therein, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.



5. Ordinance No. 57 of 1999: An ordinance amending the 1999 Community Development Special Revenue Fund, appropriating the funds therein, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.



Read by title and as read motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Carmody for Introduction of the Resolutions and Ordinances to lay over until the April 27, 1999, meeting. Motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Huckaby, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Stewart. 1.





ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE:



1. Ordinance No. 22 of 1999: An ordinance enacting Chapter 2, Article IV., Division 11 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Shreveport, titled Fire Department Management Analyst and otherwise providing with respect thereto.



Having passed first reading on February 9, 1999, was read by title and as read on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Spigener to postpone the ordinance until the April 27, 1999 meeting. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Huckaby, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Stewart. 1.



2. Ordinance No. 32 of 1999: An ordinance amending the 1999 Riverfront Development Special Revenue Fund budget, appropriating the funds therein, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.



Having passed first reading on March 9, 1999, was read by title and as read on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Huckaby, seconded by Councilman Shyne for passage.



Councilman Shyne: Mr. Chairman, I would just like to make one last plea to this Council. This does not have anything to do with race. It does not have anything to do with the kinds of programs that the Mayor is going to put into place. It deals strictly with economic opportunities which relates to the quality- of- life for 50% of the citizens in this city.

Those of you who are of the majority, please put yourself in the shoes of a minority. Would you want to be denied? Are you really your Brother's keeper? And we believe in that, we believe that I am my Brother's keeper because we all read the Bible and we all go to church on Sunday. But now when we leave the church, do we actually believe in that? Do we actually believe that we have a responsibility to make sure that the playing field is equal and level? Should we step out of our comfort zone? And that is what true leadership is all about, stepping out of your comfort zone and making a bold statement. Doing something that you are not usually, something that you don't usually do. Let's make a bold statement, please. Let's vote for this disparity study. If you was in the shoes of the minority, you would be tired of waiting. That's all you hear: wait. Wait. Wait. Matter of fact you got some minorities that have been waiting so long that they come up and sound like a mockingbird: wait, wait, wait. Please, please, I'm begging you, I'm asking you to let's take a bold step today. I believe in you. I believe that you are Christians. I believe that you want to do what's fair. Please.

Councilman Serio: I have, Mr. Huckaby and I have had some sidebars over here this afternoon. One thing that I know Keith is making good moves and doing some very good moves to move this Administration further forward than anybody every has. And one of the things that I have just been asking, I would like to give the Mayor a little time. I would like to give him at least until the Fall, end of August or the first of September to see actually how well he does. And I think it is incumbent upon us to give him a little time to get his Administration moving and see how those contracts fair out. You know we were dealing with the previous Administration and the previous Administration didn't obviously, even with the programs, the Surety Support Program (inaudible), but I think it would be fair to give the Mayor some time to see exactly where he is going to be on this particular issue and I think right now, he is moving in the right direction.

And I'm telling Councilman Huckaby that if you will hold up until September I will second the motion in September for him to put it up for the vote. If you would hold back I will second the motion in September to move forward.

Councilman Huckaby: I believe that on issues like this we fall either one of two sides. We are either social architects or social parasites. I would like to feel like I'm a social architect. With all due respect to my colleague, Mr. Phil Serio, we have waited to long already.

I want to see the chips fall where they may. By September of this year we will have voted on a Convention Center for the Riverfront, we will probably have contracted out $8- to $120 million dollars on that Convention Center and black folks will still probably come up with less than 1% or somewhere between. With 50% of the population of this City, I think we ought to be working toward a goal of black folks receiving 50% of the contract money. We ought to start out with a goal of 35%. We can't afford to wait anymore. We have waited too long. If we want to delay voting on a disparity study, we ought to delay spending any city funds (inaudible). I say vote it up or down, let the chips fall where they may.

Councilman Burrell: As far as the disparity study again, I undertook this in 1996 as you know, and again I undertook it because we were totally closed. Since we have a new Administration I pledged to that Administration to work with them if they were willing to work with me, because the four years that I struggled with the last Administration and in many cases, I had to take the position many times by myself, so I have no problem in being out there by myself and when I looked around, there was no one. Many times I questioned whether I should be there, but I did what I thought was right, at that time. I didn't go into it for credit. I didn't go into it for the politics of it. I went into it because it was the right thing to do at a time when we were very closed. Councilman Huckaby and Councilman Shyne, you all were into your own businesses at that time, when I was going through that struggle there. I had two other Councilmen that worked with me on it at that time.

I guess I have questioned not the fact but whether or not one is needed if the City is challenged because it is actually a tool for the City if the programs that it put forth is actually challenged. Now, we talked about Convention Center, the Mayor just earlier mentioned other projects that he is working on and that not only made a commitment, we are in a process of working with that, but I chose to work with him. I chose to work with him because I had four years, in my opinion, of pure hell trying to work with someone that didn't want to work with me. Now all of a sudden, you have that opportunity and now we want to take the fight up again. When do we cut it off and say we are going to work with each other. Now at least---I would ask you to be attentive. One thing about it, I guess just being human or human nature would cause us to want to fight just for the mere fact of fighting. But then, there are issues sometimes that you need to fight for. There are issues sometimes that you need to take a position that you try to work together on. Now, the important thing is that you can take half the information and take it to whatever extent you want to take it. Many times we will not look into a issue, but we will take the first thing that comes by. But if we would come to the table and have input when you are invited to have input, then you will see a different side.

We talk about the Convention Center, that we will not get this or we will get that. I sit there and I help orchestrate or helped orchestrate for minority businesses to get a portion of it, not 1 percent, not 2 percent, a minimum of 25 percent and I can assure you based upon the information that I have gathered with other disparity studies that 25 percent is a long way from 1 and 2 percent.

Secondly, when I talked to the individuals who came here to talk about the disparity study from St. Louis they had to admit that even in St. Louis which is a predominately black city, they did not have the capacity even with what they had, to even do 15 percent that is what their goal wind up being. Now the Mayor has gone beyond that and I'm commitment to hold his feet to the fire and I think that we as a Council can do the same thing giving him the opportunity to do so because we are a part of it.

Now this, I hate to use the term, pie in the sky, figure of 50 - 75 percent, I don't believe that because I have enough intelligence to understand that will not happen because the disparity study is based on the capacity to do the business. And let me let you try this on for a change: If your capacity is only such that when the study is finished that we are only able to do 5 or 10 percent of the business. who are we to blame then. Are you going to come back and blame us because we did not take the opportunity at the time to make a decision to work beyond something beyond that percentage; that's my question to you. That is the reason why when I was challenged on this, I said well look at both sides of the issue, don't just look at one side of the issue; that is where I think sometimes we fall short.

Now, I know that regardless of which way this falls, there is going to be a lot of politics and there is going to be a lot of people who want to pimp you a certain way, that's just human nature, but leadership has in itself its rewards and it has its determents. And given that, then many times we have to just take a position on things.

Now, I asked some of my fellow Councilmen, do you feel that you have the votes? They said, no we don't, we don't feel we that we have the votes. Well, if we don't have the votes, why are we pushing the issue if we not, if we are going to take the vote and we are looking for it to come down the racial line, that's how it is going to be voted because of how you put it and regardless of whether we say that it is not going to happen, it will happen. It has happened. I have experienced it for the last four years and that's the way the media is going to put it and not necessarily the white media. It's going to be the black media too, that's the way it is going to be put. And at some point and time we have to understand that the betterment of Shreveport has to be put on the front burner.

Now the next thing that we want to do after this vote is to attack the bond issue associated with the Convention Center, it is already said, okay, that's our next challenge. Now, I'm stating what I already know and what I have already seen. Now, if that is what we want to do to continue to split this City, then we can do that. We can all be responsible for that.

Now, what the Administration has asked us to do is to work with them. We are not talking about something that we are going to do that's going to take forever. And the only time basically that we are going to be able to use the disparity study is that when we have a legal challenge. And he is committed to the fact that, if that be the case he would be in the forefront. And then we also talked about how much it is going to cost. In '96 the information that I found, it was $225,000 but everybody is doing it now. No disrespect to attorneys, but it makes them fat and wealthy whenever we put that money there because they are going to take every cent of it, to tell us the same thing we already know and that's no disrespect, it's just that's the way it is; that a reality.

Now, I know there are those who are just waiting to lick their chops to see which way I fall on the issue for the next election, but regardless, if the votes are not there, if the votes are not there. And let me tell you, I really couldn't care less about the politics of it because before I got in this office I was doing quite well and I will do quite well afterwards, so, that's not a problem with me. (I would like to call for order at this time. I respected you, I expect for you to respect this Council.)

So under the circumstances that we are here to vote, I support of the disparity study given that and I haven't changed that, that position, given the fact that we are challenged with that. The Mayor said he supports it. I have asked my colleagues to let's table it, let's give him an opportunity where we can put a program together, a meaningful program, that we could work toward and if it is challenged then it's nothing wrong with doing a disparity study because based on Croson there was a Supreme Court decision that you would have to prove that there is a disparity there and use that as documentation.

Now, given the fact that the support for this study, I don't see and I canvassed to see whether or not it would pass even if I did not vote for it or whether I did vote for it. But I think the second issue is and the most important issue is, are we ready to split this City again without giving this Administration an opportunity to work a program of inclusion. If I were Mayor, I would ask for that opportunity, I would and it may wind up being done the same way, but I would ask the same opportunity and I would have asked you all to give me that opportunity. Why would you elect him anyway, if we would not do that, in which I know there is opposition, everybody has opposition, you know. And under those circumstances then we would want to do what is in the best interest for our City as a whole.

So I hope you've listen to these things and try to (inaudible) them. I know some of you, your mind is already made up and you are ready to go out in the blazing glory, saying oh, well, you know, we are ready to go to the next step and divide this City. I know that, that's part of it, but under the circumstances I don't think that we need to. We have a great opportunity at hand.

Mr. English: Mr. Chairman, I'm sorry, there were some statements that were made that I think it is unfair to those of us who came here today. Nobody is trying to divide this City, Mr. Burrell. You speak of respect, and it is wrong for those people to speak when Mr. Burrell is trying to speak, that is not right. We are not here to try to divide this City Mr. Burrell. We came here with a specific issue and it is unfair for you to cast us as being divisive; that's wrong. You vote your conscious and we respect that, but we are not here to divide the City. However this Council vote, I will be with the Mayor after the meeting is adjourned today and pledge my support to him; that's unfair.

Councilman Burrell: Mr. English, I respected you and I expect the same respect for this Council.

Councilman Shyne: Maybe I started all of this, but this is not about dividing the City. Did I mention anything about dividing the City? And I want the Mayor to know that there are going to be other issues that I am going to disagree with him on and he is going to disagree with me on some issues, but we both are big boys. We can disagree and don't have to be disagreeable. Mr. Mayor, this has nothing to do with you as an individual; am I making myself clear? This is strictly about business. Now, I want all of you all to understand I don't have no problems voting my convictions. If it so happens that it falls down racial line, it won't be the first time and it probably won't be the last time. If you all don't have any problems voting down racial lines, I don't either. Why should I have a problem and you don't? I don't have one. I'm about, what's best for the City of Shreveport and there are 50% of the population of this city, that I represent, then I represent the other 50%. What's good for my brother, is also good for me. We are not talking about dividing this city. We are not talking about---I don't know how the bond issue came into this? We are talking about a disparity study right now. Councilman Burrell: That's because it was stated earlier that that would be the next opposition. Councilman Shyne: Well, as Council members, I wish we would not escalate that, this is strictly about economics. This is strictly about providing economic opportunities. You have got white women who will be involved in this disparity study. This is the first meeting I've ever gone to were white women got to be black. Look at me and Pat sitting up here. Well, I guess you can't see a big difference, but you can tell Pat is white, she is not black like I am. And a disparity study does not deal with racial issues, it deals strictly with money. Mr. Mayor, this doesn't have anything to do with you because you and I are going to work together on issues that we disagree on. I am going to disagree with you and you are going to disagree with me, we are going to hug, kiss, go ahead on; that's what it is all about. So, please, Mr. Chairman lets get ready to vote on it. Whichever way it falls, lets don't look at it as a racial vote, please. I'm voting my convictions. It is not a racial vote and Tom I know you are going to vote your convictions.

Councilman Carmody: That was a good lead in. I've listened to everything you have said here today. I think there is a lot of emotion on both sides of this issue. And as I told Joe before the meeting, when I ran, I ran with the idea of unity. Lets not divide this community.

My concerns about the disparity study from the very beginning and I don't think that anybody in this room can look around and say that Shreveport does not have a problem. If you show in a disparity study and this is what Councilman Burrell just said, that the capacity in the African American community is not there, to only the extent of, say six percent or lets say seven percent and that you've got an Administration who has sat before you today, from the time that Keith ran and got elected that said the he wanted to see 25% participation. You could come back and do a disparity study. It can be done again. I am not sure that my colleagues can bring it up at each meeting, re-propose doing the disparity study. But from a unity standpoint, I would feel as a community that we wanted to move forward and try to see if we can make things happen for our community positively, without dividing the people and I will Councilman Shyne, vote my conscious.

Councilman Shyne: That is a beautiful lead in, this is not about unity this is about economic opportunity. I love unity, but it don't put no bread on your table.

Councilman Spigener: I think everything that can be said, has been said. I think Councilman Burrell expressed some concerns and some issues that I have concerns about and I think there is no one on this Council, even though Mr. Shyne has probably alluded to the fact that he doesn't think that I am for unity. We had a discussion about that before Council meeting but I won't relay what was said there to you. I'm for unity---Councilman Shyne: You can if you would to. Councilman Spigener: I won't. As Councilman Carmody expressed, capacity is my concern and I know that there is much that needs to be done with our minority community and true, white women do fall within this (inaudible). And I'm a business owner and I know some of the struggles that I've had over the years, but still I think there is a better way of approaching this and I will vote my convictions but I will tell all of you, now I have no problems with anybody who is capable of handling business to do that. That's not what this is all about and I think we all understand that and I hope that those who are watching on t.v. are not coming to the conclusion that this is a racial issue. I agree with Councilman Shyne, that this is an economic issue and I think there are some other things to be considered as other Council members have expressed that.

Councilman Burrell: My final one to the Administration. The Administration said to me, if they had come to a point where I had to make a decision as to which way to go on this issue, because he realizes that I am working with him for the betterment of this community because he asked me to and I will work toward that, but there is also another side of the issue. I live in a community too, that in many cases, sometimes things get put in a manner that persons will try to castigate you, I've already been done that way, simple because if you say that you are going to work with someone then that's seems to be a problem, to most.

As I said before, I do support one if the disparity study, if the City is challenged, but I know that if I don't support my two fellow colleagues, talk about voting your conscious, that is a matter of question, a lot of this is political and we won't admit that. At this time, I'm gonna support it and the reason why I support it is not because I don't support what you are doing, I am not supporting what some of the other Council members will do, it is because hopefully, it will give me the opportunity to help even educate further the reason why we need to put together an inclusive program even before the disparity study. And maybe by doing that, hopefully, the door won't be shut in my face even before I get there to even talk to them, in which that can be done and more than likely, will be done. But that is the reason why, and I'll be the first to say it may appear to be political and in this case, it probably is, but my support is still there for you. I am going to work toward it and I hope that the paper does not, either paper, does not view this as an racial issue. Most of my fellow black Councilmen have said, it is not racial issue, it is an economic issue, let it be as such. Don't go after we vote and say, okay black, white, black, white. You will then, basically, have retracted what you've said. Our continue to work toward and for an inclusive program even with my vote.



On roll call vote, the ordinance was denied by the following vote: Nays: Councilmen Carmody, Serio and Spigener. 3. Ayes: Councilmen Huckaby, Shyne and Burrell. 6. Absent: Councilman Stewart. 1.



Councilman Serio: I would like to say to Mr. Huckaby, that if the Administration does not do what they say they are going to do, I will second the motion in September and move forward on the study. Councilman Huckaby: Thank you Mr. Serio.

Councilman Shyne: Let me make this statement, I see the reporter out in the audience, the Chairman alluded to this. I am not a black City Councilman, I want ya'll to understand that. I am a City Councilman, it just so happens to be that God made me black. Now, say that again, I am a City Councilman. Keith Hightower is not the white Mayor, he is what, the Mayor of the City of Shreveport, it just so happens to be that he is white and we cleared that up years ago. I am a Shreveport City Councilman that represents District F. Anybody in my district will tell you, I never run on the platform, vote for me because I'm black. You vote for me because I'm the best.



3. Ordinance No. 33 of 1999: An ordinance authorizing the donation of certain property located at 4030 Wallace Street to One Hundred Men of Shreveport, Inc. and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.



Having passed first reading on March 9, 1999, was read by title and as read on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Carmody to postpone the ordinance until the April 27, 1999 meeting. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Huckaby, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Stewart. 1.



4. Ordinance No. 35 of 1999: An ordinance amending the 1999 General Fund Budget, appropriating the funds therein, and otherwise providing with respect thereto.



Having passed first reading on March 23, 1999, was read by title and as read on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Spigener adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Huckaby, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Stewart. 1.



5. Ordinance No. 36 of 1999: An ordinance amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, the City of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance, by rezoning property located on the SW corner of Southern and Vinton, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, from R-1D, Urban, One Family Residence District and B-1, Buffer Business District to R-1D-E, Urban, One-Family Residence/Extended Use District limited to "a warehouse with office space for a building contractor" only and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.



Mr. Thompson: Mr. Stewart did call this morning and he said, unless the MPC had some opposition, he was for this. And he would ask you to go ahead on and adopt it. Councilman Burrell: So noted that there is no opposition from the MPC.



Having passed first reading on March 23, 1999, was read by title and as read on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Spigener adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Huckaby, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Stewart. 1.



6. Ordinance No. 37 of 1999: An ordinance to amend Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, as amended, the City of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance, by amending Section 106-46 relative to administrative examination and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.



Having passed first reading on March 23, 1999, was read by title and as read on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Spigener, seconded by Councilman Shyne adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Huckaby, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Stewart. 1.



7. Ordinance No. 38 of 1999: An ordinance to amend Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, as amended, the City of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance, by amending and re-enacting Section 106-220 and Section 106-240, relative to special exception uses in residential districts and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.



Councilman Serio: A clarification on this. Mr. Kirkland: The policy of the board is to limit the number of children in day care in a residential setting in a home to 15. Occasionally, from time-to-time, applicants will apply for more than that. Those certainly turn into more commerical applications. This takes a policy which it all is, is not a legal requirement, converts it to a ordinance requirement says that in a home setting, that a residential zoning class, the maximum number of children can be 15. That seems to have served us very well throughout our city, also it requires that the operator live in the home as their current resident, so it keeps it from become a strictly commercial operation and does allow those in certain neighborhoods in our city to actually benefit those residents that live there. Councilman Serio: And you recommend passage? Mr. Kirkland: Yes I do.



Having passed first reading on March 23, 1999, was read by title and as read on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Huckaby adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Huckaby, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Stewart. 1.



8. Ordinance No. 39 of 1999: An ordinance to amend Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, as amended, the City of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance, by amending Section 106-37 relative to amendment procedure and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.



Having passed first reading on March 23, 1999, was read by title and as read on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman Carmody adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Huckaby, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Stewart. 1.



8. Ordinance No. 40 of 1999: An ordinance amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, the City of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance, by rezoning property located on the SW corner of Austin Place and Wood Street, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, from R-3, Urban, Multi-Family Residence District to B-3, Community Business District, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.



Councilman Burrell: Did we have any direction from Councilman Stewart: Mr. Thompson: He had the same instructions.



Having passed first reading on March 23, 1999, was read by title and as read on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Carmody, seconded by Councilman Serio adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Huckaby, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Stewart. 1.



9. Ordinance No. 41 of 1999: An ordinance amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, the City of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance, by rezoning property located on the South side of W. 58th Street, 60 feet east of Dowdell Street, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana from R-1D, Urban, One-Family Residence District to R-1D-E, Urban, One-Family Residence/Extended Use District limited to "an attorney's office only" as submitted, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.



Having passed first reading on March 23, 1999, was read by title and as read on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Carmody, seconded by Councilman Shyne adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Huckaby, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Stewart. 1.



11. Ordinance No. 42 of 1999: An ordinance amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, the City of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance, by rezoning property located on the NE corner of Lakeshore Drive and Glen Avenue, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, from B-2, Neighborhood Business District to B-2-A, Business Park District with MPC approval, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.



Having passed first reading on March 23, 1999, was read by title and as read on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Burrell, seconded by Councilman Shyne to postpone the ordinance until the April 27, 1999 meeting. Motion adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Huckaby, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Stewart. 1.



12. Ordinance No. 45 of 1999: An ordinance declaring a public emergency in connection with the repair of the east lane of East Ridge Drive and ratifying the expenditure of approximately $18,410,000, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.



Having passed first reading on April 13, 1999, was read by title and as read on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Serio, seconded by Councilman Carmody adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Huckaby, Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Stewart. 1.



13. Ordinance No. 46 of 1999: An ordinance declaring a public emergency in connection with the repairs of Juniper Place Ditch and authorizing the expenditure of approximately $87,802,000, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto.



Having passed first reading on April 13, 1999, was read by title and as read on motion ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Serio, seconded by Councilman Carmody adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Huckaby, , Carmody, Serio, Spigener, Shyne and Burrell. 6. Nays: None. Absent: Councilman Stewart. 1.



Councilman Serio: Thank you for your support of the Juniper ditch. This has brought up an incredible array of problems that I've been talking to Mr. Strong and Mr. Kirkland about over the last couple of weeks, where we take property of the City of Shreveport and we had various standards outside the Parish construction as opposed to City construction and I charged those gentleman with the responsibility of trying to give me some ideas of how we can move forward in some of our developments, that is next to the City. The affects my district and District A on the north side, Tom it doesn't affect your's as much because you don't have that much (inaudible) that is in the Parish. But those of us that districts that abut up to the parish, we have different standards development that are outside of the city limits. But unfortunately, sometimes to take property into the city of Shreveport, we end up with situations where we almost lose houses unless there are standards that are built by, in the parish. And I hope that in the future we can move forward with some legislation together with the parish that we can address some of these inadequacies we have in developing some standards so that we don't end up with problem like this. Unfortunately we had the situation where we had two houses that were almost loss in a ditch when we have a heavy rain like we had last weekend. It is very possible that this situation has been going on for several months now, and in the length of time that it takes to study to see how long to takes to put something passed, we could actually lose those two houses in the ditch. We got this passed, and I thank you very much and I know that the homeowners in that area, thank you very much, and I know that the actual conclusion of this on the bond issue, that we are going to need more money for the concrete and ditches out in the area. I appreciate your help on this one and I think we need to address this issue and look at all the legislative bodies, the city and the parish and how we could address neighboring land that both abut up to the city and the parish to get adequate standards.



The adopted Ordinances follows:



ORDINANCE NO. 35 OF 1999

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 1999 GENERAL FUND BUDGET APPROPRIATING THE FUNDS THEREIN, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO



WHEREAS, Article 4, Section 4.18 of the City Charter provides for the amendment of an previously adopted budget; an

WHEREAS, the City Council finds it necessary to amend the 1999 General Fund budget, to appropriate funds borrowed for the purchase of vehicles and equipment 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. 193 of 1998, as amended, the 1999 General Fund Budget, be amended and re-enacted as follows:



In Section 1, Estimated Receipts:



Appropriate $6,300,000 from Equipment Financing Proceeds.



In Section 2, Appropriations:



Office of the Mayor:



Decrease Personal Services by $17,000.

Increase Improvements and Equipment by $17,000.



General Government:



Increase Operating Reserves by $2,930,000.



Police:

Decrease Other Charges by $13,300.

Increase Improvements and Equipment by $1,424,000.

Increase Transfer to Police Grants by $13,300.



Fire:

Increase Improvements and Equipment by $140,000.



Public Works:



Increase Improvements and Equipment by $1,806,000.



BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that paragraphs 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of Ordinance No. 193 of 1998 are hereby re-enacted.

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.



/s/Roy A. Burrell, Vice-Chairman

/s/Arthur G. Thompson, Clerk of Council



ORDINANCE NO. 36 OF 1999

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 106 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT ZONING ORDINANCE, BY REZONING PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SW CORNER OF SOUTHERN AND VINTON, SHREVEPORT, CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA, FROM R-1D, URBAN, ONE-FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT AND B-1, BUFFER BUSINESS DISTRICT TO R-1D-E, URBAN, ONE-FAMILY RESIDENCE/EXTENDED USE DISTRICT LIMITED TO "A WAREHOUSE WITH OFFICE SPACE FOR A BUILDING CONTRACTOR" ONLY, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO



SECTION I: BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, in due, legal and regular session convened, that the zoning classification of Lots 41 and 42, Block 2, less the east 5 feet for street, Dixie Place Subdivision, Lots 1, 2, and 3, Block 2, Dixie Place Subdivision and 1/2 adjacent abandoned alley, and Lot 5, Block 2, Dixie Place Subdivision and 1/2 adjacent abandoned alley, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, property located on the SW corner of Southern and Vinton, be and the same is hereby changed from R-1D, Urban, One-Family Residence District and B-1, Buffer Business District to R-1D-E, Urban, One-Family Residence/Extended Use District limited to "a warehouse with office space for a building contractor" only.



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



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



2. A 6' wood screening fence shall be provided along a portion of the south property line where commercial zoning abuts residential zoning classifications.



3. Property shall be replatted into one lot.



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.



/s/Roy A. Burrell, Vice-Chairman

/s/Arthur G. Thompson, Clerk of Council



ORDINANCE NO. 37 OF 1999



AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 106 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS AMENDED, THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT ZONING ORDINANCE, BY AMENDING SECTION 106-46 RELATIVE TO ADMINISTRATIVE EXAMINATION AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.



BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, Louisiana, in due, legal and regular session convened, that Article II, Division 2, Section 106-46 (g) (2) of the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to read as follows:



Sec. 106-46. (g) (2) Administrative examination. Upon receipt of a completed application for a minor modification or a use requiring Planning Director approval, the Planning Director or his designee shall examine the application and shall conduct such investigations as necessary to determine that the representations in the application are accurate. Within 14 calendar days, the Planning Director or his designee shall transmit by certified mail to the applicant notify the applicant of the decision, the reasoning and/or stipulations pertaining to that decision regarding the requested minor modification or use requiring Planning Director approval. The decision of the planning director may be appealed to the zoning board of appeals and scheduled for a public hearing according to its established application requirements, deadlines, fees and public hearing process, provided that the appeal is filed within ten days of receipt of the Planning Director's or designee's decision.



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.38 OF 1999

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 106 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS AMENDED, THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT ZONING ORDINANCE, BY AMENDING AND REENACTING SECTION 106-220 AND SECTION 106-240, RELATIVE TO SPECIAL EXCEPTION USES IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.



BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, Louisiana, in due, legal and regular session convened, that Article V, Division 2, Section 106-220 of the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended by deleting the following from the list of uses permitted as a special exception use in an R-A district:

Nursery, day care or kindergarten.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that Article V, Division 2, Section 106-220 of the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended by adding the following to the list of uses permitted as a special exception use in an R-A District:



Nursery, day care or kindergarten for 7-15 people, when located within the operator's residence.



BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, Louisiana, in due, legal and regular session convened, that Article V, Division 3, Section 106-240 of the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended by deleting the following from the list of uses permitted as a special exception use in one-family residence districts:

Nursery, day care or kindergarten



BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that Article V, Division 3, Section 106-240 of the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended by adding the following to the list of uses permitted as a special exception use in one-family residence districts:



Nursery, day care or kindergarten for 7-15 people, when located within the operator's residence.

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. 39 OF 1999

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 106 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS AMENDED, THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT ZONING ORDINANCE, BY AMENDING SECTION 106-37 RELATIVE TO AMENDMENT PROCEDURE AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.



BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, Louisiana, in due, legal and regular session convened, that Article II, Division 2, Section 106-37 (d) and (g) of the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to read as follows:



Sec. 106-37. Amendment procedure.



(d) Hearing; notice. The planning commission shall fix a reasonable time for a public hearing and shall give public notice thereof, as required by law, as well as notice to the applicant and to the zoning administrator; if it deems necessary, the commission may also notify the owners of surrounding property by mail as the names and addresses of such owners have been forwarded by the applicant and may post a notice of such hearing on the subject property included within the proposed district. The commission shall prepare a record of its proceedings for each case showing the grounds of its recommendation. The record of the proceedings shall be filed in the office of the commission and shall be a public record; a certified copy of the record of proceedings shall be transmitted to the City Council, except in the case of a denial, if the decision is not appealed within the required 10 day appeal period the denial shall become final and no record shall be transmitted to the City Council.

(g) Reconsideration. No land for which an application for rezoning has been denied by the Planning Commission or the City Council shall be considered again by the Planning Commission or the City Council for at least six months one year from the date such application was denied. However, an applicant may at any time submit an application for reclassification when the subsequent is for a more restrictive classification than the one that was denied, it being understood that the most restrictive classification is an R-A District and the least restrictive classification is an I-2 District.

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. 40 OF 1999

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 106 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT ZONING ORDINANCE, BY REZONING PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SW CORNER OF AUSTIN PLACE AND WOOD STREET, SHREVEPORT, CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA, FROM R-3, URBAN, MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT TO B-3, COMMUNITY BUSINESS DISTRICT, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO



SECTION I: BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, in due, legal and regular session convened, that the zoning classification of property located on the SW corner of Austin Place and Wood Street, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, legally described below, be and the same is hereby changed from R-3, Urban, Multi-Family Residence District to B-3, Community Business District.



Legal description for Lots 5,6,7,8,9,10, and 11, less the NW'ly 90 feet of the SW'ly 8 feet thereof, Reynolds Subdivision, a subdivision of part of TAL 25, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and the NW'ly 30 feet of Lot 16 of Hicks Subdivision, a subdivision of part of TAL 25, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and a tract of land which lies between said Lot 16 of Hicks Subdivision and Lot 8 of Reynolds Subdivision, fronting 6.66 feet on the SW'ly R/W of Austin Place and measuring 6.72 feet on the rear line, which lies between the rear corners of said Lots 8 and 16.



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



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.



/s/Roy A. Burrell, Vice-Chairman

/s/Arthur G. Thompson, Clerk of Council



ORDINANCE NO. 41 OF 1999

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 106 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT ZONING ORDINANCE, BY REZONING PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF W. 58TH STREET, 60 FEET EAST OF DOWDELL STREET, SHREVEPORT, CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA, FROM R-1D, URBAN, ONE-FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT TO R-1D-E, URBAN, ONE-FAMILY RESIDENCE/EXTENDED USE DISTRICT LIMITED TO "AN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ONLY" AS SUBMITTED, 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 Lot 14 and ½ of the abandoned adjacent alley, Block E, Woodrow Place Subdivision, property located on the south side of W. 58th Street, 60 feet east of Dowdell Street, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, be and the same is hereby changed from R-1D, Urban, One-Family Residence District to R-1D-E, Urban, One-Family Residence/Extended Use District limited to "an attorney's office only" as submitted.



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



1. Development to be in substantial accord with a revised site plan showing 4 legal parking spaces to be submitted to and approved by the Planning Director, with any significant changes or additions requiring further review and approval by the Planning Commission.

2. Waiver of fencing requirement granted.

3. Approval is granted for a 2 year period only, with any extension to require review and approval of the Planning Commission. A request for extension shall be at no fee to the applicant.



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.



/s/Roy A. Burrell, Vice-Chairman

/s/Arthur G. Thompson, Clerk of Council



ORDINANCE NO. 45 OF 1999

AN ORDINANCE DECLARING A PUBLIC EMERGENCY IN CONNECTION WITH THE REPAIR OF THE EAST LANE OF EAST RIDGE DRIVE AND RATIFYING THE EXPENDITURE OF APPROXIMATELY $18,410.00, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO



WHEREAS, the Department of Water and Sewerage determined that a 12" water main located in the 5900 block of East Ridge Drive failed and this failure was repaired within the scope of an existing contract; and

WHEREAS, the repair of the water main necessitated rebuilding of the east lane of East Ridge Drive, and immediate repairs were necessary to protect public and private property and remove the potential traffic hazards, created by this emergency situation; and

WHEREAS, it was essential to correct this problem as quickly as possible to eliminate this emergency.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport in due, legal and regular session convened, that the emergency action of the Department of Water and Sewerage to repair the east lane of East Ridge Drive is hereby authorized and ratified and that the expenditure of approximately $18,410 for this purpose is hereby authorized.

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

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

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or 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 application, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable.

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



/s/Roy A. Burrell, Vice-Chairman

/s/Arthur G. Thompson, Clerk of Council



ORDINANCE NO. 46 OF 1999

A ORDINANCE DECLARING A PUBLIC EMERGENCY IN CONNECTION WITH THE REPAIRS OF JUNIPER PLACE DITCH AND AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURES OF APPROXIMATELY $87,802 AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO.



WHEREAS, the Public Works Department has learned that an earthen ditch bank at Phase IV of Juniper Place Subdivision collapsed and that the failure could result in damage to adjacent properties if immediate corrective action was not implemented; and WHEREAS, the ditch bank failure, if not corrected, brings with it the potential erosion of the dedicated ditch and damage to adjacent properties along the high bank in Phase IV of Juniper Place Subdivision, and as a result of the failure a privacy fence and a timber type wall collapsed creating an emergency situation; and

WHEREAS, existing City forces and equipment are not adequate and available to repair this problem; and

WHEREAS, the develops of Phase IV of Juniper Place Subdivision have, without admitting or assuming and responsibility or liability to the City or any other party, agreed to contribute one-half the cost of the repairs; and

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of

Shreveport in due, and regular session convened, that the Public Works Department is hereby authorized to expend up to approximately $87,802 to repair and stabilize the collapsed earthen ditch bank at the earliest possible date.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the money for this emergency repair shall

come from the 1983 G.O.B. Funds.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that a public emergency is hereby declared and notice of such pubic emergency shall, within ten days thereof, be published in the official journal of the City of Shreveport proposing or declaring such public emergency in accordance with Section 8:2212(D) of the Louisiana Revised Statutes.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Mayor is authorized to execute a cooperative endeavor agreement between the City of Shreveport , Christopher C. Barnette and Mark Yawn, developers of Phase IV-Juniper Place Subdivision, substantially in accordance with the draft thereof which was filed for public inspection in the Office of the Clerk of Council on April 7, 1999.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provisions or items of this ordinance or 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 resolutions or parts thereof in conflict

herewith are hereby repealed.



/s/Roy A. Burrell, Vice-Chairman

/s/Arthur G. Thompson, Clerk of Council





UNFINISHED BUSINESS:



1. Ordinance No. 210 of 1998: To repeal Sec. 10-143, relative to sale for consumption prohibited at places where gasoline or motor fuel is sold. (D/Serio) (Tabled on Jan. 11, 1999)



2. Ordinance No. 211 of 1998: ZONING: C-64-98, QUERBES LAND CO; N side of E 70th St. between Sand Beach Bayou and Bayou Pierre from R-A to B-2 and B-3, shopping center. (C/Carmody) (Tabled on Nov. 10, 1998 and Postponed on Nov. 24, 1998)





NEW BUSINESS.



1. ABO card appeal: Patrick Boone. (Postponed on April 12 until April 26)



2. Liquor and Beer permit: Lo-Mart, 4450 Sport Blanchard Hwy. [Tabled on Jan. 11 for 90 days (April 11, 1999)] (A/Huckaby) (Postponed on April 26)



3. BAC-20-99, E. Z. DELI, 4601 North Market, Special Exception Use in a B-3 District, restaurant with on premise consumption of beer. (A/Huckaby)



Motion by Councilman Huckaby to uphold the decision of the ZBA, seconded by Councilman Shyne. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Huckaby, Carmody, Serio, Shyne and Burrell. 5. Nays: None. Absent: Councilmen Stewart and Spigener. 2.



REPORTS FROM OFFICERS, BOARDS, AND COMMITTEES. None.



CLERK'S REPORT:





COMMUNICATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.



The Council resolved itself into Committee of the Whole, on motion by Councilman Carmody, seconded by Councilman Shyne. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Huckaby, Carmody, Serio, Shyne and Burrell. 5. Nays: None. Absent: Councilmen Stewart and Spigener. 2.

Motion by Councilman Carmody, seconded by Councilman Shyne that the Committee Rises and Report and convene itself as the Council. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Huckaby, Carmody, Shyne and Burrell. 4. Nays: None. Absent: Councilmen Stewart, Serio and Spigener. 3.

There being no further business to come before the Council, the Regular Meeting adjourned at 7:08 p.m.



/s/Roy A. Burrell, Vice-Chairman

/s/Arthur G. Thompson, Clerk of Council