A G E N D A
REGULAR MEETING
THURSDAY,
JANUARY 8, 2004
5:30 P.M.
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1. Call to order by
President Kleckley.
2. Invocation. (Dr. Mackey)
3. Pledge of
Allegiance.
4.
Roll
Call.
5. The following has been advertised in accordance with the law for
action to be taken at 5:30 p.m., and take appropriate action
thereon:
Receive
and open bids for Calcasieu Parish Project No. 2004-01 (Reconstruction of
Lorrain Bridge), and take appropriate action thereon.
6. Recognition
of Ms. Ashley Boutte for her accomplishments and honors as part of the Southern
University Soccer Team. (Mr. Kleckley)
7. Take
appropriate action on applications for liquor and beer permits. (Mr.
Vickers) (see attached)
8. Consideration of approval of payment of all current invoices.
9. Consideration of approving the minutes of the Regular Meeting of
the Police Jury dated December 4, 2003.
10. 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, Best Management Practices during the course of construction set
forth by the Environmental Protection Agency guidelines, and approvals are
received from all other appropriate state and federal agencies, and further,
that any required permits are obtained from the Division of Planning and
Development:
(10.1) Proposal of James
E. Taussig II to clear, grub, and grade a 23.81 acre tract and place
approximately 19,200 cubic yards of one-site graded earthen material and 8,400
cubic yards of hauled-in fill to construct access roads and homesites to
implement Phase Two of the Highland Forest Subdivision. Said project is located on the north side of
Mims Road, approximately 0.9 mile east of Miller Avenue in Westlake. The Planning Staff recommends that the
Police Jury indicate no objection to this project application.
(10.2) Proposal of
ConocoPhillips to mobilize construction equipment necessary to replace and
upgrade an existing marine terminal facility via the installation and
maintenance of two 80 feet x 60 feet docks/platforms, 280 linear feet of pipe
rack, two approach ramps, and 25 barge mooring dolphins. The proposed structures are to be located
within an area about 710 feet long and 235 feet wide. Said project is located at the north end of Clooney Island Loop
in Westlake. 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.
11. Consideration
of adopting an ordinance rescinding Parish Ordinance No. 4618 adopted by the
Police Jury on September 4, 2003, authorizing the sale of adjudicated property
on Prater Road (west side) in Ward Four to Ms. Gilda Marie Jones due to the
property owner redeeming the property for past due taxes.
12. Consideration
of adopting an ordinance to amend Article V, Littering, of Chapter 11, Garbage,
Trash and Weeds, of the Code of Ordinances of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana,
to correct a typographical error and to delete a paragraph which is no longer
in effect.
13. Consideration of adopting a resolution
authorizing the Parish Administrator to execute a Cooperative Memorandum of
Agreement between the Parish and the City of Lake Charles providing for the
terms and conditions relative to the delivery of certain professional planning
services and technical assistance by the Calcasieu Parish Division of Planning
and Development to the City of Lake Charles Planning Department, with
reimbursement to the Parish by the City for said services, as requested by the
City of Lake Charles.
14. Consideration of adopting a resolution
approving a Joint Services Agreement between the Police Jury and the City of
Lake Charles for the improvements/overlaying of West Prien Lake Road, from St.
Andrews Lane to Country Club Road, and further, authorizing the President of
the Police Jury, or his designee, when appropriate, to execute all documents
related thereto.
AGENDA NOTE: the Police Jury will be overlaying West
Prien Lake Road, from Ihles Road to the City Limits (St. Andrews Lane) in an
upcoming road improvement project, and the City of Lake Charles would like to
enter into this Agreement to improve the portion of West Prien Lake Road within
the city limits of Lake Charles at an estimated cost of $49,300, which will be
reimbursed by the City of Lake Charles upon completion of said project.
15. Consideration of authorizing the President
of the Police Jury to execute the necessary documentation for donation of
right-of-way from Patrick Arlyn and Peggy O’Brien, Robert Joseph Gafford,
Dennis Keith Perkins, Amelia Lynn Marcantel, Sara Nortman Conrad, Terry Lynn
Smith, Conrad Dwayne Boyer, Richard Paul and Sandra K. Couvillion, Lindsay
Theodore and Patricia Yvonne Granger, Layton L. Irwin, Jr. and Pamela Sue
Irwin, Layton Louis Irwin III, Joseph Samuel and Yvonne Denise Doyle on an
unnamed road off of Arthur Irwin Road in Ward Six.
16. Consideration of authorizing the President
of the Police Jury to execute the necessary documentation for donation of
right-of-way from Stephen Alan and Linda Marie Butler and Andy Joseph Legros,
Jr. on West Sandy Lane in Ward Six.
17. Consideration of authorizing the President
of the Police Jury to execute the necessary documentation for donation of
right-of-way from Leonard Douglas and Bridgette Lee Cormier Dronette, Anthony
and Deltra Guidry Meyers, Thomas Lynn Clark, Calvin and Juanita Marcum Fluty,
Benny Craig Neal, Brenda Cash, Julia Marie and Mark Alan Teal, Carolyn Kay
Blair Dean, Chuck A. Abshire, Gregory Lee and Denise Diane Foley Miller, Gerald
Lynn and Mary Jane Paul Olsen, Camus D. and Terri L. Marburger Cormier, James
Keith and Amy Marie Thibodeaux, Mieke Guillory LeDoux, and John Paul LeDoux on
East North Sandy Lane in Ward Six.
18. Consideration of authorizing the President
of the Police Jury to execute the necessary documentation for donation of
right-of-way from Stephen Alan and Linda Marie Butler, Paul Russel and Diane C.
Sumrall, Monty J. Campbell, James Mason Francois, Felix McLean, Ronald Francis
and Peggy Ann Dupuis, and Keith Latiolais on South Sandy Lane in Ward Six.
19. Consideration of authorizing the President
of the Police Jury to execute the necessary documentation for donation of
right-of-way from Stephen Alan Butler, Keith Latiolais, David Britt and
Charlotte Danita Bernard Landry, Harry and Ellen Jane Benoit Arabie, James
Keith and Amy Marie Thibodeaux, Carolyn Kay Blaire Dean, Gregory Lee and Denise
Diane Foley Miller, Roland Joseph Landry, Sr., and Gene Edgar and Jean Tanis
Steele on East Sandy Lane in Ward Six.
20. Consideration of adopting a resolution
accepting Rosin Road, East Sapling Square, and Evergreen Entrance in Pine Park
Subdivision in Section 6, Township 8 South, Range 8 West as recorded in Plat
Book 21, Page 85 of the records of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, in Ward One for
parish maintenance. (Police Jury District 1)
21. Consideration of adopting a resolution
approving the renewal of a Legislative Consulting Agreement between the Police
Jury and McCleary and Associates, Inc. for legislative monitoring services for
the Year 2004, and further, authorizing the President of the Police Jury, or
his designee, when appropriate, to execute all documents related thereto.
22. Consideration of authorizing the execution
of an agreement by the Parish Administrator for the renewal of a lease with a
tenant and user of the Magnolia Building, in accordance with parameters
established by the Police Jury Liaison Group for such purpose.
23. Consideration
of adopting a resolution amending and clarifying a resolution adopted by the
Police Jury on November 20, 2003, calling an election to be held on March 9,
2004, for renewal of a 1% (one percent) sales tax to run twenty (20) years beginning
September 1, 2004, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving,
maintaining, operating, equipping, repairing and draining public roads,
highways, bridges and parks, and purchasing, operating and maintaining
equipment and supplies therefor, with not less than one-third (1/3) of the
avails, proceeds, and revenues of the Tax to be used for the purchase of
materials, equipment and services for the repair, maintenance and overlaying of
Parish roads.
AGENDA NOTE: the proposed resolution will amend and
clarify the list of polling places in the election call to stipulate that only
a portion of Voting Precincts 361, 860 and 861E are to be included in
the election (instead of the entire precincts as outlined in the original
resolution), and further, that a portion of Voting Precinct 339 is to be
included in said election call.
24. Take appropriate action on the expiration
of the term of Joyce Buttross as a member of the Board of Control of the
Calcasieu Parish Public Library System. (Ms. Buttross is a Police Jury
representative. Mrs. Treme is the
liaison.)
25. Take
appropriate action on the expiration of the term of William Fetner as a member
of the Board of Control of the Calcasieu Parish Public Library System. (Mr.
Fetner is a Police Jury representative.
Mrs. Treme is the liaison.)
26. Take
appropriate action on the expiration of the term of Luvertha August as a member
of the IMCAL Board of Directors.
27. Take
appropriate action on the expiration of the term of Algie Breaux as a member of
the IMCAL Board of Directors.
28. Take appropriate action on the expiration of the term of Francis
Andrepont as a member of the IMCAL Board of Directors.
29. Take appropriate action on the expiration of the term of
Elizabeth C. Griffin as a member of the IMCAL Board of Directors.
30. Take appropriate action on the expiration of the term of A. J.
Holland as a member of the Board of Commissioners of Ward Two Fire Protection
District No. One. (Mr. Holland
represents District 10. Mr. Breaux is
the liaison.)
31. Take appropriate action on the expiration of the term of Webster
James Todd, Jr. as a member of the Board of Commissioners of Ward Two Fire
Protection District No. One. (Mr. Todd
represents District 10. Mr. Breaux is
the liaison.)
32. Take appropriate action on the expiration of the term of Pat
Aguillard as a member of the Board of Commissioners of Iowa Fire Protection
District No. One. (Mr. Aguillard
represents District 10. Mr. Breaux is
the liaison.)
33. Take appropriate action on the expiration of the term of Alfred
Egland as a member of the Board of Commissioners of Iowa Fire Protection
District No. One. (Mr. Egland
represents District 10, and he does not wish to be reappointed. Mr. Breaux is the liaison.)

AGENDA NOTE: it is possible that the reapportionment of Police Jury Districts
could have an impact on the make-up of the Board for the below Districts. The staff is currently working on a new
allocation plan for the Police Jury to consider which incorporates the
redistricting changes in the board member appointment process. It is recommended that the following four
items be deferred until the plan is reviewed and put in place by the Police
Jury.
34. Take appropriate action on the expiration of the term of Roy
Arrant as a member of the Board of Commissioners of Ward Six Fire Protection
District No. One. (Mr. Arrant
represents District 14. Mrs. Treme is
the liaison.)
35. Take appropriate action on the expiration of the term of David
L. Clark as a member of the Board of Commissioners of Ward Six Fire Protection
District No. One. (Mr. Clark represents
District 11. Mrs. Treme is the
liaison.)
36. Take appropriate action on the expiration of the term of Ronald
L. Williams as a member of Ward Three Fire Protection District No. Two. (Mr. Williams represents Districts 6 and
8. Mr. Kleckley is the liaison.)
37. Take appropriate action on the expiration of the term of Teresa
Ryan as a member of the Board of Commissioners of Ward Three Fire Protection
District No. Two. (Ms. Ryan represents
District 2, 4, and 10. Mr. Kleckley is
the liaison.)
38. Consideration of authorizing the Parish Purchasing Agent to
advertise for bids for sign blanks, sign faces, square steel sign posts, metal
sign posts, and pavement markings, with unit prices effective from March 1,
2004, until August 31, 2004.
39. Consideration
of authorizing the Parish Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids for one 2004
one-half ton extended cab pickup truck for use by the Division of Planning and
Development.
AGENDA
NOTE:
the staff recommends that this item and/or request be withdrawn, no
action necessary.
40. Consideration
of authorizing the Parish Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids for three 2004
rubber tire (4 x 2) hydraulic telescopic excavators (Gradall or equal) and one
2004 one ton pickup truck for use by the Division of Engineering and Public
Works.
41. ADVISE
that surplus adjudicated properties will be offered for sale by the Director of
the Division of Planning and Development on January 27, 2004. (see attached)
·
Term
of Wiley J. LeBert as a member of Airport Authority of Airport District No.
One. (Mr. Derbonne is the liaison.)
REGULAR MEETING – JANUARY 8, 2004
The following items were
received after the agenda was faxed out on December 31, 2003, and will require
a two-thirds vote to suspend the rules for consideration by the Police Jury:
Item
No. One:
Consideration
of adopting a resolution accepting The Vineyards Subdivision located off of Sam
Houston Jones Parkway in Section 1, Township 9 South, Range 9 West, in Ward
One. (Police Jury District 1)
Item
No. Two:
Take
appropriate action
on the vacancy on the Board of Commissioners of Ward Five Fire Protection
District No. One created by the resignation of Elwood Granger. (Mr. Granger represented District 11. Mrs. Treme is the liaison, and she
recommends that Harvey J. Istre be appointed to fill the vacancy.)