A
G E N D A
REGULAR
MEETING
THURSDAY,
MARCH 2, 2006
5:30
P.M.
1. Call to order by
President Danahay.
2. Invocation. (Mr. Clement)
3. Pledge of
Allegiance.
4. Roll
Call.
5. Hold a public hearing at 6:00 p.m., as a result of notice
provided to the owner of properties described below, in accordance with Article
II-Chapter Six of the Code of Ordinances of the Parish of Calcasieu, Louisiana,
ordering said owners to show cause as to why the structures on said properties
should not be condemned:
(5.1) 1212 BANNCKER ROAD, DeQuincy area, Lots 10,
13, Block 7, Subdivision of Edgewood Land and Logging Company, LTD of NW
NE Sec 19.7.10 and Lots 23, 24 and 25
of NE NE Sec 19 and of S ½ SE Sec 18 lying S of Gulf Coast RR R/W 7.10, Ward 6,
Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (one house). Owner: Allen Boyd O’Kelly, 710 Alston
Cemetary Road, DeQuincy, Louisiana, 70633, TA # 00218480. (Police Jury District
11, Mrs. Treme);
(5.2) BAYOU D’INDE PASS, Sulphur industries area,
Beg SE Cor N ½ S ½ SW SW 8.10.9 N 208.7
Ft W 208.7 Ft etc., Ward 4, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (one accessory
structure with addition). Owner: R. D.
Franklin, c/o Ben Franklin, 300 Allison Lane, Sulphur, Louisiana 70663, TA #
00137952. (Police Jury District 15, Mr. Danahay);
(5.3) 2249 HIGHWAY 388, Edgerly area, from NE Cor
Sec 32.9.11 TH S 19 Deg 25 Min 32 Sec W 595 Ft S 19 Deg 27 Min 53 Sec W 1268.3
Ft N 70 Deg 32 Min 07 Sec W 22 Ft to W R/W Line of State Highway 388 for Beg-TH
continuing N 70 Deg 32 Min 07 Sec W 208.7 Ft S 19 Deg 27 Min 53 Sec W 93.2 Ft
etc., Ward 7, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (one house). Mortgage holder: AEGIS Mortgage Corporation d/b/a UC Lending,
Attn: Loan Shipping, Reg 7, 8549 United
Plaza Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA 70809, Owner:
Melinda Faye Burchfield, 2249 Highway 388, Vinton, Louisiana, 70668, TA
# 00255033. (Police Jury District 11, Mrs. Treme);
(5.4) 7414 JARIB LANE, southeast Lake Charles
area, Lot 31, Green Meadows Subdivision, Part III, Ward 3, Calcasieu Parish,
Louisiana (two manufactured homes). Owner:
Robert Purl Brown, et ux, 7414 Jarib Lane, Lake Charles, Louisiana,
70607, TA # 01205269. (Police Jury District 7, Mr. Landry);
(5.5) SIXTH STREET, Starks area, Lot 5 and E ½ Lot
11, Block 10, Starks, Ward 5, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (one manufactured
home). Owner: Mrs. Susie and Henry
Hoosier, c/o Dorothy Lou Tillman, P. O. Box 65, Starks, Louisiana, 70661, TA #
00202215. (Police Jury District 11, Mrs. Treme);
(5.6) ST. THERESA, north Sulphur area, Lot 90,
Sierra Madre Acres Subdivision, Ward 4, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (one
manufactured home). Owner: Mary Ann
Fiorenza, 2701 Maplewood Drive, Lake Charles, Louisiana, 70663, TA # 00136689.
(Police Jury District 11, Mrs. Treme);
(5.7) 1902 WOODELL LANE, north Westlake area, Lot
11 and that portion of Lot 10 lying south of canal being in Block 3 of Plummer
Subdivision, Ward 4, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (one manufactured home).
Owner: Michael Demps Oliver, c/o Linda
Sue G. Oliver, 317 Rio Hondo Street, Sulphur, Louisiana, 70663, TA # 00174173.
(Police Jury District 14, Mr. McMillin);
(5.8) 3626 THOMAS COLE ROAD, Sulphur industries
area, W 2/3 of E ½ W ½ SE SE 7.10.9 (6.67 Acs) less 2 Acs sold-4.67 Acs, Ward
4, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (one house, one manufactured home, three
accessory structures). Owner: Gwendolyn
Faye Cole, 4125 Russell Street, Sulphur, Louisiana, 70665, TA # 00127337.
(Police Jury District 15, Mr. Danahay); and
(5.9) 2737 BAYOU D’INDE ROAD, Sulphur
industries area, Comm’l IMPS on Land of Cole Enterprises LLC (W 10 Acs of SE SE
7.10.9) Ward 4, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (one house, (green w/white trim).
Owner: Gwendolyn Faye Cole, 4125
Russell Street, Sulphur, Louisiana, 70665, TA # 01349806. (Police Jury District
15, Mr. Danahay).
6. Appearance of representatives from the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) with reference to the debris removal process.
7. Receive report from staff concerning demolition and debris
removal plan and accompanying right-of-entry program.
8. Take appropriate action on applications for liquor and beer
permits. (Mr. Vickers) (No action
needed due to the fact that no applications for permits have been received.)
9. Consideration of approval of payment of all current invoices.
10. Consideration of approving the minutes of the
Regular Meeting of the Police Jury dated February 2, 2006.
11. Consideration of approval of the Agenda
Committee Report dated February 23, 2006.
12.
Consideration
of approval of the Public Works Committee Report dated February 23, 2006. Said Committee:
(12.1) Received and opened the following bids for
Calcasieu Parish Project No. 2006-01 (Overlaying of Various Roads in Calcasieu
Parish), as advertised in accordance with law for action to be taken at 5:30
p.m.:
R. E. Heidt Construction
Company, Inc. $3,557,571.46
Bessette Development
Corporation $3,581,871.88
Prairie Contractors, Inc. $2,949,081.70
AGENDA NOTE: the
Parish Engineer recommends that the low bid in the amount of $2,949,081.70 of
Prairie Contractors, Inc. be accepted.
(12.2) Received report from staff and recommended
that in accordance with the agreement of Union/Management that the employees’
second “personal holiday” be exchanged for an annual Mardi Gras holiday, and
further, that the union contract and the personnel policy manual be amended to
include this change. (Mr. Stelly voted
against this recommendation.) Subsequent to this action, the Committee also
recommended that the Parish Administrator be authorized to administratively
allow the removal of the second “personal holiday” to be effective January 1,
2007.
(12.3) Received report from Mr. Peter Naveskey with
the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers with reference to debris removal. The public
was reminded that February 28, 2006, was the deadline to get debris to the
right-of-way for pickup. As of February 22, 2006, the following had been picked
up by the Corps: over four million cubic yards of debris, approximately 20,000
stumps and 900 “leaners” (trees and limbs in excess of four inches in
diameter), 12,000 white goods (refrigerators and other appliances), and 1,100
e-waste appliances (televisions, microwave ovens, etc.). Mr. Naveskey also reported that the Parish
and the City of Lake Charles had recently received FEMA approval for demolition
and removal of debris on private property. Mr. Mark Chester, Mr. Naveskey’s
replacement, was introduced to the Committee.
(12.4) Received report from Mr. Dick Gremillion,
Director of the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, with
reference to addressing hazardous waste issues after future disasters wherein
he advised that the department was continuing its ongoing efforts to secure the
safety of the public in the event of hazardous material spills, chemical leaks,
etc.
(12.5) Recommended that action be deferred until the
next Public Works Committee meeting on March 30, 2006, relative to SV07-002-06,
a request by William and Brenda Foster for a subdivision variance to allow
residential development without public road frontage on Secretariat Drive in
Ward Seven, so that a document currently being prepared by General Counsel
toaddress these types of requests could be finalized. (The document would
include provisions for maintenance of the road and would stipulate that there
would be no further re-subdividing of property on the road even if the property
was subsequently transferred.) Ms. Brenda Foster appeared before the Committee
in support of the subdivision variance.
(Police Jury District 12, Mr. Clement) (Voting in favor of this
recommendation were Mr. Brame, Mr. Collins, Mr. Danahay, Mr. Guillory, Dr. Mackey,
Mr. Manuel, Mr. Moon, Mr. Stelly, and Mrs. Treme. Voting against the
recommendation were Mr. Andrepont and Mr. Landry. Mr. Clement, Mr. Guidry, and
Mr. McMillin were unable to attend the Committee meeting.)
[The Planning and Zoning
Board met on Tuesday, February 14, 2006, and voted unanimously to recommend
that the request be granted with the following stipulations: 1) that the
development adhere to the site plan on file with the Division of Planning and
Development; and 2) that the property not be further re-subdivided. The staff recommended that the request be
denied.]
(12.6) Recommended
that action be deferred until the next Public Works Committee meeting on March
30, 2006, relative to SV07-003-06, a request by Lori Amico for a subdivision
variance to allow residential development without public road frontage on
Secretariat Drive in Ward Seven, so that a document currently being prepared by
General Counsel to address these types of requests could be finalized. (The
document would include provisions for maintenance of the road and would
stipulate that there would be no further re-subdividing of property on the road
even if the ownership of property was subsequently transferred.) (Police Jury District 12, Mr. Clement) (Voting
in favor of this recommendation were Mr. Brame, Mr. Collins, Mr. Danahay, Mr.
Guillory, Dr. Mackey, Mr. Manuel, Mr. Moon, Mr. Stelly, and Mrs. Treme. Voting
against the recommendation were Mr. Andrepont and Mr. Landry. Mr. Clement, Mr.
Guidry, and Mr. McMillin were unable to attend the Committee meeting.)
[The Planning and Zoning Board met on Tuesday, February 14,
2006, and voted unanimously to recommend that the request be granted with the
following stipulations: 1) that the development adhere to the site plan on file
with the Division of Planning and Development; and 2) that the property not be
further re-subdivided. The staff
recommended that the request be denied.]
(12.7) Recommended that a resolution be adopted
accepting The Meadows Phase 2 Subdivision located off of Topsy Road in Section
16, Township 8 South, Range 8 West, in Ward One. (Police Jury District 1, Mr. Manuel)
(12.8) Recommended that a
resolution be adopted accepting Erin’s Forest Part III Subdivision located off
of Lewis Street in Section 22, Township 9 South, Range 10 West, in Ward
Four. (Police Jury District 13, Mr.
Andrepont)
(12.9) Recommended that the President of the Police
Jury be authorized to execute the necessary documents for donation of
right-of-way from Samuel Evans, Jr., Austin Peloquin and Mary Peloquin, John
Bourque and Susannah Bourque, June M. Key, Joseph Palermo and Karen Palermo,
and Clayton Peloquin and Judith Peloquin on John Koonce Road in Ward One. (Police Jury District 2, Mr. Collins)
(12.10) Recommended that the President of the Police
Jury be authorized to execute the necessary documents for donation of a 10.0
foot wide utility easement to abut the east side of right-of-way through
property owned by Joseph and Karen Palermo on John Koonce Road in Ward One.
(Police Jury District 2, Mr. Collins)
(12.11) Recommended that the President of the
Police Jury be authorized to execute the necessary documents for expropriation
of right-of-way from Joseph A. Arabie and Steven G. Arabie on Red Davis Road in
Ward Three on the following described property (Police Jury District 10, Mr.
Stelly):
Commencing at the Southeast corner of
the North Half of Lot 19 of Dees and Foster Subdivision as recorded in Plat
Book 2, Page 13, of the Records of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, thence West
along the South line of said North Half of Lot 19 a distance of 31.0 feet,
thence North 20.0 feet to the intersection of the West Right of Way line of
Gulf Highway and the North Right of Way line of Arabie Street, said
intersection being the point of beginning, thence West along said North Right
of Way line a distance of 179.85 feet, thence North, parallel to the East line
of said Lot 19 a distance of 60.0 feet, thence East, parallel to said North
Right of Way line of Arabie Road a distance of 183.5 feet to the West Right of
Way line of Gulf Highway, thence S 0° 07’ 30” E along said West Right of Way
line a distance of 38.67 feet, thence S 10° 27’ 49” W along said West Right of
Way line a distance of 21.68 feet to point of beginning. Contains 0.25 acres, more or less.
(12.12)
Recommended that the Parish Administrator be authorized to re-advertise for
bids for Calcasieu Parish Project No. 2005-04 (Overlaying of Various Roads in
Calcasieu Parish).
13. 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 February 27, 2006, on the following cases, and adopt an ordinance with
respect to each piece of property:
(13.1) AP03-284-05 (Railroad
Avenue-vacant lot) (Police Jury District 4, Mr. Guillory)
[No bids were received; therefore,
this property will be readvertised on March’s adjudicated property list.]
(13.2)
AP03-297-06 (Belden Street-vacant lot) (Police Jury District 3, Mrs. Griffin)
[No bids were received; therefore,
this property will be readvertised on March’s adjudicated property list.]
(13.3) AP03-298-06
(N. Junior Street-vacant lot) (Police Jury District 2, Mr. Collins)
[The Director of the Division of
Planning and Development recommends that the highest offer in the amount of
$1,100.00 by Mr. Collie William Thomas be accepted.]
(13.4) AP03-299-06
(Channel Street-vacant lot) (Police Jury District 2, Mr. Collins)
[The Director of the Division of
Planning and Development recommends that the highest offer in the amount of
$600.00 by Ms. Carol Ann Frank be accepted.]
(13.5) AP03-300-06
(Corner of Church and Moss Streets-vacant lot) (Police Jury District 3, Mrs.
Griffin)
[The Director of the Division of
Planning and Development recommends that the highest offer in the amount of
$1,100.00 by Mr. Carey Hudson, Jr. be accepted.]
(13.6) AP03-301-06
(Junior Street-vacant lot) (Police Jury District 2, Mr. Collins)
[The Director of the Division of
Planning and Development recommends that the highest offer in the amount of
$1,100.00 by Ms. Carla Key Mormon be accepted.]
(13.7) AP03-302-06
(N. Lincoln Street-vacant lot) (Police Jury District 2, Mr. Collins)
[The Director of the Division of
Planning and Development recommends that the highest offer in the amount of
$6,800.00 by Ms. Michelle Denise DeJean be accepted.]
(13.8) AP03-303-06
(Railroad Avenue-vacant lot) (Police Jury District 3, Mrs. Griffin)
[No bids were received; therefore,
this property will be readvertised on March’s adjudicated property list.]
(13.9)
AP03-304-06 (Lewis Street-vacant lot) (Police Jury District 3, Mrs. Griffin)
[No bids were received; therefore,
this property will be readvertised on March’s adjudicated property list.]
(13.10) AP03-305-06 (N. Bank
Street-vacant lot) (Police Jury District 3, Mrs. Griffin)
[No bids were received; therefore,
this property will be readvertised on March’s adjudicated property list.]
(13.11) AP03-306-06
(Pine Street-vacant lot) (Police Jury District 3, Mrs. Griffin)
[No bids were received; therefore,
this property will be readvertised on March’s adjudicated property list.]
(13.12) AP03-307-06
(Railroad Avenue-vacant lot) (Police Jury District 3, Mrs. Griffin)
[No bids were received; therefore,
this property will be readvertised on March’s adjudicated property list.]
14. Consideration of adopting an ordinance approving the
assignment of the cable television franchises with Cox Communications
Louisiana, L.L.C. in Ward Three and Ward Four to Cebridge Connections, and
further, authorize the President of the Police Jury, or his designee, when
appropriate, to execute all documents related thereto.
AGENDA NOTE: on January 1, 2004,
these cable television franchises were internally assigned within the
corporation from TCA Partnership to CoxCom, Inc., and promptly thereafter from
CoxCom, Inc. to Cox Communications LLC Management, Inc., and promptly
thereafter from Cox Communications LLC Management, Inc. to Cox Communications
Louisiana, L.L.C.
15. Consideration
of adopting a resolution approving the renewal of a
contract with True Blue Watersports, L.L.C., d/b/a, SWLA Response Training
Center, L.L.C. for the training of members on the Calcasieu Citizen Emergency
Response Team, and further, authorizing the President of the Police Jury, or
his designee, when appropriate, to execute all documents related thereto.
AGENDA NOTE: the original contract was approved by the
Police Jury on August 4, 2005, and it expired on November 15, 2005. A grant was
scheduled to end at that time, but it has been extended.
AGENDA
NOTE: action
was deferred by the Police Jury on August 4, 2005, to August 25, 2005, on
September 1, 2005, until November 22, 2005, and on December 1, 2005, until
February 23, 2006.
17. Take
appropriate action on the vacancy on the Board of Commissioners of Sewerage
District No. Nine of Ward One which was created by the resignation of Mr. Troy
Kiser. (Mr. Kiser represented District
1. Mr. Manuel is the liaison. The Agenda
Committee recommended that action be deferred for ninety days.)
AGENDA NOTE: action was deferred by the Police Jury on
September 1, 2005, until November 22, 2005, and on December 1, 2005, until
February 23, 2006.
18. Take appropriate
action on the expiration of the term of Mr. Robert
Daughdril as a member of the Board of Commissioners of Calcasieu Parish
Communications District. (Dr. Mackey is
the liaison. The Agenda Committee recommended that Mr. Daughdril be
reappointed.)
19. Take appropriate
action on the expiration of the term of Mr. Ronald Phelps as a member of the
Board of Commissioners of Calcasieu Parish Communications District. (Dr. Mackey is the liaison. The Agenda
Committee recommended that Mr. Phelps be reappointed.)
20. Take
appropriate action on the expiration of the term of Mr. Kenneth Jerry Merchant
as a member of the Board of Commissioners of Calcasieu Parish Communications
District. (Dr. Mackey is the liaison.
The Agenda Committee recommended that Mr. Merchant be reappointed.)
21. Take appropriate
action on the expiration of the term of Mr. Billy Stinson as a member of the
Board of Commissioners of Gravity Drainage District No. Two of Ward Seven. (Mr. Stinson represents District 12. Mr. Clement is the liaison. The Agenda
Committee recommended that this item remain on the agenda for a recommendation
at the Regular Meeting on March 2, 2006.)
22. Take appropriate
action on the expiration of the term of Mr. Harry Aucoin as a member of the
Board of Commissioners of Gravity Drainage District No. Two of Ward Seven. (Mr. Aucoin represents District 12. Mr. Clement is the liaison. The Agenda
Committee recommended that this item remain on the agenda for a recommendation
at the Regular Meeting on March 2, 2006.)
23. Take appropriate
action on the expiration of the term of Mr. Freddie Carrier as a member of the
Board of Commissioners of Gravity Drainage District No. Two of Ward Seven. (Mr. Carrier represents District 12. Mr. Clement is the liaison. The Agenda
Committee recommended that this item remain on the agenda for a recommendation
at the Regular Meeting on March 2, 2006.)
24. Take appropriate
action on the expiration of the term of Mr. Tony Dougherty as a member of the
Board of Commissioners of Ward Four Fire Protection District No. Two. (Mr.
Dougherty represents District 12. Mr.
Clement is the liaison. The Agenda Committee recommended that this item remain
on the agenda for a recommendation at the Regular Meeting on March 2, 2006.)
25. Take appropriate
action on the expiration of the term of Mr. Milton Castille as a member of the
Board of Commissioners of Ward Four Fire Protection District No. Two. (Mr. Castille represents District 12. Mr. Clement is the liaison. The Agenda
Committee recommended that this item remain on the agenda for a recommendation
at the Regular Meeting on March 2, 2006.)
26. Take appropriate action on bids received by
the Police Jury on November 17, 2005, for the Mossville Sewer Extension Project
and the Mossville Sewer Pump Stations.
AGENDA NOTE:
action on bids was deferred by the Police Jury on November 17, December
1, 15, 2005, and on January 5, 2006, until approval was received from State
Facility Planning and Control, and such approval has been received. The Project Engineer recommends that the bid
in the amount of $1,610,300.00 of Cad-Son Construction, LLC, be accepted for
the Mossville Sewer Extension Project and the bid in the amount of $481,355.85
of Cad-Son Construction, LLC, be accepted for the Mossville Sewer Pump Stations.
27. Take
appropriate action on bids received by the Parish Purchasing Agent on February
22, 2006, for cold mix, hot mix, ready mix concrete, crushed stone, light
weight aggregate, borrow material, with unit prices effective from April 1,
2006, until September 30, 2006.
28. Take
appropriate action on bids received by the Parish Purchasing Agent on February
23, 2006, for two 2006 one-half ton extended cab pickup trucks, for use by the
Division of Planning and Development.
29. Consideration
of authorizing and invoking the authority under LSA—R.S. 38:2212D(1)(a) which
provides for a declaration of public emergency with reference to the purchase
of additional security systems in and around the Calcasieu Parish Courthouse
Complex, and further, authorizing the Parish Purchasing Agent to proceed
accordingly.
30. Consideration
of authorizing the Parish Administrator to advertise for bids for the repairs
to the Public Works (East) and Animal Services Facilities.
31. ADVISE
that letters have been received from Senator Willie L. Mount, Senator James
David Cain, and Governor Blanco’s office in response to the resolution adopted
by the Police Jury on February 2, 2006, in support of legislation similar to
“Jessica’s Law”. Senator Mount advised that she had requested her staff attorney
to initiate similar legislation for the 2006 Regular Session of the
Legislature; Senator Cain advised that he had signed on as a co-author to
legislation presently backed by the District Attorney’s Association; and the
Governor’s office advised that the matter had been forwarded to the Director of
Legislative Affairs to be taken under advisement since it involved funding and
legislation.
32.
ADVISE
that surplus adjudicated properties will be offered for sale by the Director of
the Division of Planning and Development on March 28, 2006.
REGULAR
MEETING – MARCH 2, 2006
The following items were
received after the Agenda Committee meeting on February 23, 2006, 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 approving
the renewal of a Joint-Use Agreement between the Police Jury and the Louisiana
Department of Transportation and Development for the Police Jury’s continued
use of property owned by DOTD, more particularly described as the I-210/LaFleur
Park Boat Launch, and further, authorizing the President of the Police Jury, or
his designee, when appropriate, to execute all documents related thereto.