A G E N D A

 

REGULAR MEETING

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2002

5:30 P.M.

Parish Courthouse – Courtroom A

 

 


1.    Call to order by President Derbonne.

 

2.   Invocation by President Derbonne.

 

3.   Pledge of Allegiance.

 

4.       Roll Call.

 

5.   Appearance of the Jessie D. Clifton Elementary Fourth Grade Choir led by Ms. Karen Batchelor.  (Mrs. Griffin)

 

6.   Take appropriate action on applications for liquor and beer permits. (Mr. Vickers)  (No action required due to the fact that no applications have been submitted.)

 

7.   Consideration of approval of payment of all current invoices.

 

8.   Consideration of approving the minutes of the regular meeting of the Police Jury dated November 7, 2002.

 

9.   Consideration of approval of the Agenda Committee Report dated November 26, 2002.

 

10.          Consideration of approval of the Public Works Committee Report dated November 26, 2002. Said Committee:

 

         (10.1)       Recommended that action be deferred until the Regular Meeting on December 5, 2002, in order to allow an opportunity for further study relative to a recommendation on SV-04-004-02 which was a request by Sabrina Graham for a subdivision variance to allow residential development without public road frontage off Brian Street in Ward Four, Police Jury District 13. Ms. Sabrina Graham, 646 Brian Street, Sulphur, appeared before the Committee to speak in favor of this request.  (see attached)

 

      [The Planning and Zoning Board met on Tuesday, November 19, 2002, and voted unanimously to recommend that the request be denied.]

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(10.2) Recommended that the annual rabies licensing fee for animals be increased to $6.00 and that further review be given to this matter during budget preparations for FY 2004 as to whether another increase would be necessary. Dr. Michael Woodward of University Animal Clinic, 623 East McNeese Street, Lake Charles, appeared before the Committee and pointed out the following concerns: (1) the public should be made aware that any increase in the total vaccination fee charged by the veterinarians would be due to an increase in the license fee and not the veterinarians’ fee; (2) the paperwork problems associated with collecting a different license fee for altered versus unaltered animals; and (3) the possibility that an increase in the license fee might result in a reduction in overall participation in rabies vaccination, particularly in the annual rabies vaccination drive, which would be counter-productive to the primary purpose of Animal Control, that being the control of rabies.

 

AGENDA NOTE:   licensing fee for animals vaccinated at the Veterinarians’ offices has been $4.00 for the past fifteen years, which is below the State law allowance of $16.00.  The Animal Control Advisory Committee met on August 26, 2002, and recommended that the fee be increased to $5.00 for altered animals and $10.00 for unaltered animals.  They also recommended that 5% of this fee be returned to the participating veterinarians to offset handling expenses.  The Police Jury deferred action on November 7, 2002, to allow for additional input.

 

(10.3) Recommended that an existing ordinance regulating the speed limit on the following road in Ward 1 be amended:

 

·          Cancel 40 mph and establish 45 mph on Gillis Cutoff Road

 

(10.4) Recommended that the Division of Engineering and Public Works be authorized to execute the necessary documents for expropriation of right-of-way from Mr. Charles Dronett, Mr. Kenneth Lake, Jr., Mr. Edward Laszcz, Mr. Ralph Lewing, and Ms. Gwen Stewart on Nelson Road in Ward 3, Calcasieu Parish Project No. 1999-07.

 

11.           Consideration of approving the recommendations of the Director of the Division of Planning and Development in reference to the Surplus Adjudicated Property Sale conducted on November 25, 2002, on the following cases, and adopt an ordinance with respect to each piece of property:

 

(11.1) AP03-004-02 (Tangueray Road)

 

[The Director of the Division of Planning and Development recommends that the highest offer in the amount of $1,600.00 by Mr. Malcolm J. Boatner be accepted.]


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(11.2) AP03-005-02 (Cherry Street)

 

[The Director of the Division of Planning and Development recommends that the highest offer in the amount of $500.00 by Mr. Arnold Carey Batiste be accepted.]

 

(11.3) AP03-022-02 (1302 17th Street)

 

[The Director of the Division of Planning and Development recommends that the highest offer in the amount of $3,500.00 by Mr. Jody James Richard be accepted.]

(11.4) AP03-023-02 (Gulf Street)

 

[The Director of the Division of Planning and Development recommends that the highest offer in the amount of $5,000.00 by Mr. Elton Joseph Duhon, Jr. be accepted.]

 

(11.5) AP03-025-02 (Corner of Easton and Legion Streets)

 

[The Director of the Division of Planning and Development recommends that the highest offer in the amount of $2,500.00 by Mr. Mark Shepherd be accepted.]

 

(11.6) AP03-026-02 (Railroad Avenue)

 

[The Director of the Division of Planning and Development recommends that the highest offer in the amount of $1,100.00 by Mr. Ronald J. Simien be accepted.]

 

(11.7) AP03-027-02 (Bank Street)

 

[The Director of the Division of Planning and Development recommends that the highest offer in the amount of $1,100.00 by Mr. Ronald J. Simien be accepted.]

 

(11.8) AP03-033-02 (2728 11th Street)

 

[The Director of the Division of Planning and Development recommends that the highest offer in the amount of $1,100.00 by Mr. Ted Hobert be accepted.]

 

(11.9) AP03-035-02 (1618 Fournet Street)

 

[The Director of the Division of Planning and Development recommends that the highest offer in the amount of $1,000.00 by Mount Calvary Baptist Church be accepted.]

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(11.10) AP03-050-02 (624 Fournet Street)

 

[The Director of the Division of Planning and Development recommends that the highest offer in the amount of $750.00 by Mr. Marshall Debra Curry be accepted.]

 

(11.11) AP03-052-02 (126 Moss Street)

 

[The Director of the Division of Planning and Development recommends that the highest offer in the amount of $1,560.00 by Mr. Ted Hobert be accepted.]

 

(11.12) AP03-053-02 (411 Jackson Street)

 

[The Director of the Division of Planning and Development recommends that the highest offer in the amount of $1,025.00 by Ms. Sheila Rusher LaRue be accepted.]

 

(11.13) AP03-054-02 (St. Dizier Street)

 

[The Director of the Division of Planning and Development recommends that the highest offer in the amount of $560.00 by Mr. Ted Hobert be accepted.]

 

(11.14) AP03-058-02 (Prater Street)

 

[The Director of the Division of Planning and Development recommends that all offers be rejected and requests permission to readvertise this property together with AP03-059-02 (Prater Street) due to the fact that it has been discovered that a home is located on both pieces of property.]

 

(11.15) AP03-059-02 (1610 Prater Street)

 

[The Director of the Division of Planning and Development recommends that all offers be rejected and requests permission to readvertise this property together with AP03-058-02 (Prater Street) due to the fact that it has been discovered that a home is located on both pieces of property.]

 

(11.16) AP03-060-02 (1226-1/2 Opelousas/305 N. Franklin/309 N. Franklin)

 

[The Director of the Division of Planning and Development recommends that the highest offer in the amount of $8,000.00 by Ms. Gloria Jean Labbe Carrington be accepted.]

 

(11.17) AP04-040-02 (1234 Laurel Avenue)

 

[The Director of the Division of Planning and Development recommends that the highest offer in the amount of $6,000.00 by Sasol North America, Inc. be accepted.]

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(11.18) AP-041-02 (3rd Avenue)

 

[The Director of the Division of Planning and Development recommends that the highest offer in the amount of $3,000.00 by Sasol North America, Inc. be accepted.]

 

(11.19) AP06-044-02 (Corner of Bankens and Evelyn Street)

 

[The Director of the Division of Planning and Development recommends that the highest offer in the amount of $5,100.00 by Mr. Kenneth Paul Lyons be accepted.]

 

12.     Consideration of adopting a resolution indicating objection/no objection to the following proposed projects in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, provided said work meets with the rules and regulations of the Corps of Engineers and approvals are received from all appropriate state and federal agencies, and further, that any required permits are obtained from the Division of Planning and Development:

 

(12.1) Proposal of Sam Gary, Jr. & Associates, Inc. to mechanically till, shape, apply stabilizer to, and board an existing spoil bank.  Construct a road and 390 foot by 350-foot ring levee with eighteen-inch culverts placed beneath the road at 500-foot intervals.  Approximately 7.4 acres of jurisdictional wetlands would be impacted by the proposed project.  Said project is located on the north bank of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, approximately 6.5 miles southwest from Toomey. The Planning Staff recommends that the Police Jury indicate no objection to this project application.  The Planning Staff recommends that the Police Jury indicate no objection to this project application.

 

(12.2) Proposal of Bay Forest Subdivision to clear, grub, and grade a 2.89 acre tract.  550 yards of crushed limestone and clay will be hauled-in to prepare ground surface for construction of four home sites.  The project will impact approximately 0.3 acres of wetlands or other waters.  Said project is located off of Bay Forest Drive approximately two miles northeast of Lake Charles. The Planning Staff recommends that the Police Jury indicate no objection to this project application.

 

(12.3) Proposal of Troy and Sheila Conner to excavate, grade, and deposit fill material to facilitate the construction of streets, driveways, housepads, and buildings for a ten-home residential subdivision.  The proposed work is to be located within an area of about 200 feet wide by 435.6 feet long.  There is approximately .55 acres of wetlands on the site, all of which have been previously impacted.  The fill operation will consist of approximately 17,800 cubic yards of fill material of which 2,800 cubic yards have already been placed in the wetland area. Said project is located on Prater Road south of Highway 90 in Sulphur. The Planning Staff recommends that the Police Jury indicate no objection to this project application.

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(12.4) Proposal of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. to clear, grade, and deposit fill to develop a 231 acre tract to construct a riverboat casino complex to include a hotel, golf course, parking area, roadways, drainage and utilities, containment levee, boat slip, coffer dam, floating piers and install a concrete revetment for shoreline protection.  Approximately 835,000 cubic yards of material will be excavated and deposited throughout the site.  Approximately 60,000 cubic yards of material will be placed in Dredged Disposal Area Four.  Approximately 103.6 acres of jurisdictional wetland will be affected by the proposed project.  Said project is located in Section 11, Township 10 South, Range 9 West. The Planning Staff recommends that the Police Jury indicate no objection to this project application.

 

(12.5) Proposal of Second University Homesites, Inc. for mechanized land clearing, filling, and grading to develop the Oxford Court Part IV Subdivision.  Approximately 21,000 cubic yards of on-site material will be spread, and an additional 6,000 cubic yards of clay and limestone aggregate will be hauled in to prepare the site.  A 36-inch culvert (approximately 888 feet long) will be placed in an existing ditch and backfilled, the culvert will outfall into the Central Park drainage lateral.  The 26-acre tract will be subdivided into 60 lots, impacting 7.54 acres of wetlands.  Said project is located in an unnumbered tract east of Lake Street and north of Hampton Court in south Lake Charles. The Planning Staff recommends that the Police Jury indicate no objection to this project application.

 

         AGENDA NOTE:  any resolution of no objection to any project, if adopted, will stipulate that such “no objection” is based solely on evaluation by the Parish Planning and Development Staff relative to the project’s compliance with current parish ordinances and provisions, and that no environmental assessment was made, and further, requesting the agencies and/or individuals with environmental expertise to make an evaluation and forward their findings to the U. S. Corps of Engineers.

 

13.     Take appropriate action on RZ03-007-96 which is a request by the Division of Planning and Development to consider reversion of the case Ms. Bessie House to revert I-2 (Heavy Industrial) to I-1 (Light Industrial) due to the fact that the business was never developed.  (Highway 90 East in Ward Three, Police Jury District 2)

 

AGENDA NOTE:  on February 15, 1996, the Police Jury adopted Ordinance No. 3755 approving a rezoning request to allow a salvage yard, but the person Ms. House sold the property to never opened the business.

 

14.     Consideration of amending the Calcasieu Parish Code of Ordinances relating to the sale of beverages of high and low alcohol content, more particularly as it relates to providing notice of change of ownership in the premises and payment of all Calcasieu Parish and State of Louisiana taxes.

 

15.     Consideration of adopting a resolution indicating no objection to Bollinger Calcasieu, LLC obtaining a Commercial Water Bottoms Lease from the State Land Office.

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16.     Consideration of a request by the Habitat for Humanity Calcasieu Area, Inc. that the Police Jury consider adopting a resolution offering sales tax refunds to the Habitat for Humanity Calcasieu Area, Inc. for construction of new and reasonably affordable housing for low to moderate income families in low income areas of vacant and unused lots.

 

17.     Consideration of approving the Budget Committee Report dated December 5, 2002.

 

18.     Take appropriate action on a vacancy on the Workforce Investment Board created by the resignation of Dr. Chris Turner.  (Dr. Turner represented the private sector – Chamber Southwest.  Ms. Griffin and Mr. Moon are the liaisons.  A letter has been written to the Chamber Southwest requesting nominations for this position.  Recommendation was made at the Agenda Committee Meeting that action be deferred for thirty days on this vacancy.) 

 

         AGENDA NOTE:  the Police Jury deferred action on November 7, 2002, to November 26, 2002, and again on November 26, 2002 to January 2, 2003 (no Agenda Committee Meeting in December, 2002).

 

19.     Take appropriate action on the expiration of the term of Mr. Michael K. Dees as a member of the Board of Directors of Southwest Louisiana Convention and Visitors Bureau, which expires on December 31, 2002.  (Mr. Dees represents the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury on the Board.  Mr. McMillin and Mrs. Treme are the liaisons.  Recommendation was made at the Agenda Committee Meeting that Mr. Dees be reappointed.)

 

20.    Take appropriate action on the expiration of the term of Mr. Jim Mitchell as a member of the Board of Commissioners of Calcasieu Greens, Inc., which expires on December 31, 2002. (Recommendation was made at the Agenda Committee Meeting that Mr. Mitchell be reappointed.)

 

21.     Take appropriate action on the expiration of the term of Mr. Solomon Cannon as a member of the Board of Commissioners of Calcasieu Greens, Inc., which expires on December 31, 2002. (Recommendation was made at the Agenda Committee Meeting that Mr. Cannon be reappointed.)

 

22.     ADVISE that a resignation has been received from Mr. Daniel Racca, a member of the Board of Commissioners of Calcasieu-Cameron Hospital Service District.  (Mr. Racca represented Districts 1, 3, and 14.  Mr. Andrepont is the liaison.)

 

23.    Take appropriate action on bids received on November 26, 2002, by the Parish Purchasing Agent for gasoline and diesel fuel, and mosquito control chemicals, with unit prices effective from January 1, 2003, until December 31, 2003.  (see attached)

 

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24.    Take appropriate action on bids received on November 26, 2002, by the Parish Purchasing Agent for one 2003 SBA-6x4 construction dump truck, for use by the Division of Engineering and Public Works (Special Drainage).  (see attached)

 

25.     Take appropriate action on bids received on November 27, 2002, by the Parish Purchasing Agent for one prefabricated parkkeeper house, for use by the Division of Engineering and Public Works (Intracoastal Park).  (see attached)

 

26.     ADVISE that surplus adjudicated properties will be offered for sale by the Director of the Division of Planning and Development on December 18, 2002.

 

 

ADVISE THAT THE FOLLOWING TERMS

WILL EXPIRE IN JANUARY, 2003

 

·         Term of Ms. Mary Kay Hopkins as a member of the Board of Control of the Calcasieu Parish Public Library System.  (Ms. Hopkins is a City of Lake Charles representative.  Mrs. Treme is the liaison.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EMERGENCY ITEMS

REGULAR MEETING – DECEMBER 5, 2002

 

The following items were received after the Agenda Committee meeting on November 26, 2002, and will require a two-thirds vote to suspend the rules for consideration by the Police Jury:

 

Item No. One:

 

Consideration of a request from the Calcasieu Parish School Board that the old hog pens being removed from the livestock barn at the Burton Memorial Coliseum be transferred to the Calcasieu Parish School Board for use in the agricultural programs at schools in Bell City, DeQuincy, Moss Bluff, Iowa, Starks, Sulphur, and Vinton.

 

AGENDA NOTE:  Mark Ethridge, the Burton Memorial Coliseum Director, has recommended that this request be approved due to the fact that the pens have very little scrap value compared to the value of usage in the school agricultural programs.

 

Item No. Two:

 

Consideration of going into executive session to discuss Case No. 02-2593 (Mickel vs. Police Jury).