A
G E N D A
REGULAR
MEETING
THURSDAY,
APRIL 6, 2006
5:30
P.M.
1. Call to order by
Vice-President Landry.
2. Invocation. (Mr. McMillin)
3. Pledge of
Allegiance.
4. Roll
Call.
5. Hold a public hearing at 6:00 p.m., in accordance with
Article II-Chapter Six of the Code of Ordinances of the Parish of Calcasieu,
Louisiana, requesting authorization to immediately condemn the structures
listed on the attachment due to the structures being in danger of collapse and
constituting a menace to public safety due to damages sustained from Hurricane
Rita.
6. Presentation of plaque with reference to the Calcasieu Parish
Police Jury, and its Division of Finance, recent award of the Certificate of
Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance
Officers Association for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2004.
AGENDA NOTE:
this is the fourteenth straight year that this award has been given.
7. Take appropriate action on applications for liquor and beer
permits. (Mr. Vickers)
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 March 2, 2006.
10. Consideration of approval of the Agenda
Committee Report dated March 30, 2006.
11.
Consideration
of approval of the Public Works Committee Report dated March 30, 2006. Said Committee:
(11.1) Recommended that a
resolution be adopted accepting Chosen Valley Part Three Subdivision,
located off of West Kayleigh Lane, in Section 36, Township 10 South,
Range 9 West, in Ward 3 of Calcasieu Parish. (Police Jury District 6,
Mr. Moon)
(11.2) Recommended that
the President of the Police Jury be authorized to execute the necessary
documents for the donation of right-of-way from John E. Theriot, Jr. and Lonora
Theriot on Joe Miller Road in Ward One.
(Police Jury District 1, Mr. Manuel)
(11.3) Recommended that the Parish Administrator
be authorized to advertise for bids for Calcasieu Parish Project No. 2006-09
(Striping of Various Roads).
(11.4) Recommended that the Parish Purchasing
Agent be authorized to advertise for bids for the purchase of a new
multi-purpose metal building, for use by the Department of Animal Services.
(11.5) Recommended that the Parish Purchasing
Agent be authorized to solicit request for proposals for shelter management
software, for use by the Department of Animal Services.
(11.6) Advised
that the Annual Rabies Clinic would be held on Saturday, April 22, 2006, from
1:00-4:00 p.m., and further, that Animal Services was issuing an invitation to
all parish and city officials, as well as any administration employees, to join
the volunteers at said parishwide clinics.
12.
Consideration
of approval of the Budget Committee Report dated March 30, 2006. Said Committee:
(12.1) Recommended approval of a Cooperative Endeavor
Agreement between the Police Jury and the Calcasieu Parish Voluntary Council on
Aging, Inc. (CCOA) for the continuation of financial assistance in an amount up
to $100,000 to be appropriated from the Parish’s Gaming Fund for Calendar Year
2006, with said funding being paid to the CCOA on a monthly basis, and further,
authorizing the President of the Police Jury, or his designee, when
appropriate, to execute all documents related thereto.
(12.2) Recommended
approval of a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Police Jury and
Community Center and Playground District No. Two of Ward Four (SPAR) for
financial assistance in the amount of $25,000 for the costs related to the
LHSAA Girls State Fast Pitch 56 Softball Tournament to be held in Sulphur on
April 28-29, 2006, with said funding being provided from the Parishwide
Riverboat Economic Development allocation, and further, authorizing the
President of the Police Jury, or his designee, when appropriate, to execute all
documents related thereto.
(12.3) Recommended
approval of Cooperative Endeavor Agreements between the Police Jury and the
following entities for financial assistance from the carryover of Delta Downs
Gaming Funds in the following wards and/or respective Police Jury Districts,
and further, authorizing the President of the Police Jury, or his designee,
when appropriate, to execute all documents related thereto:
(12.3.1)
Ward One - Community Center and Playground District No. Four of Ward One
- $50,000 – for the purchase of furnishings for the Senior Center and
improvements to the parking lot;
AGENDA
NOTE:
subsequent to the Budget Committee meeting on March 30, 2006, it was
determined that this grant was to be made to the Police Jury Office of
Community Services rather than Community Center and Playground District No.
Four of Ward One.
(12.3.2)
Ward Two – Jefferson Davis Water District - $3,100 – for the extension
of waterlines into Calcasieu Parish;
(12.3.3)
Ward Four (Police Jury District 12) – National Organization of Parents
of Murdered Children, Inc. - $3,000 – assistance to establish a local chapter;
(12.3.4)
Ward Four (Police Jury District 14) – Rebuilding Together (formerly
Christmas in April Program) - $2,000 – transportation assistance related to
volunteers being sent to Calcasieu Parish for clean-up assistance related to
Hurricane Rita; and
(12.3.5)
Ward Eight (Police Jury District 10) – Ward Eight Fire Protection
District No. Two (LeBleu Settlement) - $2,700 – purchase of a fire hydrant at
the fire station located in Hecker.
(12.4) Recommended approval of a request from
Ward Five Fire Protection District No. One (Starks) to utilize $28,500 from a
previously-awarded grant in the amount of $37,868 for fire department
improvements to be used instead for the purchase of a tract of land to be used
for a new main station, and further, authorizing the President of the Police
Jury, or his designee, when appropriate, to execute all documents related
thereto.
AGENDA
NOTE: on May
5, 2005, the Police Jury awarded a grant in the amount of $37,868 to said Fire
District for fire department improvements, and they would like to utilize
$28,500 of the $37,868 for the purchase of a tract of land to be used for a new
main station and the remainder for the improvements. The 2005 grant was allocated from the Ward Five Special Projects
by Ward and Special Service District allocations of the Riverboat Fund.
(12.5) Recommended
approval of a request for a six-month time extension (September, 2006) from the
Southwest Louisiana Sickle Cell Anemia, Inc. related to the completion of their
capital expense improvements to their local office, due to a delay caused by
Hurricane Rita.
AGENDA NOTE: on January 20, 2005, the Police Jury awarded
a grant in the amount of $10,000 for start-up costs related to capital expense
improvements to the local office with said funding being allocated from the
Ward Three Delta Downs Slots Revenue. A
requirement of this funding is that the project be completed within twelve
months.
13. Consideration
of approval of the Litter Abatement and Solid Waste Committee Report dated
April 6, 2006.
14. Consideration
of adopting an ordinance amending Parish Ordinance No. 4555 (Sewerage Disposal
Regulations) to provide that the Division of Planning and Development is
authorized to withhold the issuance of permits due to violations of said
ordinance after written notice thereof to the owners. (Mr. Landry)
15. Consideration
of adopting a resolution supporting an application by Sterling Development,
LLC. to the Louisiana Housing Finance Agency to construct one hundred and
twenty single family detached lease/purchase homes located at the corner
of South Park Drive and Smith Road in Ward Three, and further,
authorizing the President of the Police Jury, or his designee, when
appropriate, to execute all documents related thereto. (Police Jury District 10, Mr. Stelly)
16. Consideration of adopting a resolution supporting an application
by Gordon Woods Development Company, L.P. to the Louisiana Housing Finance
Agency to construct seventy single family homes built entirely of brick
and built to exceed all current wind load and safety requirements in a new
subdivision named Gordon Woods located in the Mallard Junction area on the east
side of Goodman Road in Ward Three, and further, authorizing the President of
the Police Jury, or his designee, when appropriate, to execute all documents
related thereto. (Police Jury
District 2, Mr. Collins)
AGENDA NOTE: the developer
is requesting Section Eight support for twelve handicapped families with
an income less than 30% of the area median income.
17. Consideration of adopting a resolution
supporting an application by Delta Crossing Development Company, L.P. to the
Louisiana Housing Finance Agency to construct 54 single family homes built
entirely of brick and built to exceed all current wind load and safety
requirements in a new subdivision named Delta Crossing located in the Vinton
area on the west side of West Street in Ward Seven, and further, authorizing
the President of the Police Jury, or his designee, when appropriate, to execute
all documents related thereto. (Police
Jury District 12, Mr. Clement)
AGENDA
NOTE:
the developer is requesting Section Eight support for eleven handicapped
families with an income less than 30% of the area median income.
18. Consideration of adopting a resolution indicating objection/no
objection to the following proposed project 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:
(18.1) Proposal of Finley
Hilliard to clear and grub approximately 5.0 acres and deposit and 330 cubic
yards of asphalt material in addition to 200 cubic yards of concrete all as
necessary to construct and install two single-family residential homes, two
driveways, two garages, and one carport/workshop. Said project is located in a wooded lot along Baker Road 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.
19. 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 March 28, 2006, on the following cases, and adopt an ordinance with respect
to each piece of property:
(19.1) AP03-284-05 (Railroad
Avenue-vacant lot) (Police Jury District 4, Mr. Guillory)
[The Director of the Division of
Planning and Development recommends that the highest offer in the amount of
$1,800.00 by Mr. Robert Lynn Lewis be accepted.]
(19.2) AP03-297-06 (Belden
Street-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
$5,200.00 by Mr. Billy Dean Shaw be accepted.]
(19.3) AP03-303-06
(Railroad Avenue-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
$4,500.00 by Ms. Antionette Faye Colquitt be accepted.]
(19.4) AP03-304-06 (Lewis
Street-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
$1,700.00 by Mr. Calvin L. Bernard be accepted.]
(19.5) AP03-305-06 (N. Bank
Street-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
$4,000.00 by Ms. Antionette Faye Colquitt be accepted.]
(19.6) AP03-306-06
(Pine Street-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
$1,400.00 by Mr. Calvin L. Bernard be accepted.]
(19.7) AP03-307-06
(Railroad Avenue-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
$5,100.00 by Mr. Robert Lynn Lewis be accepted.]
(19.8) AP03-308-06
(N. 1st Avenue-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
$850.00 by Christian Baptist Church be accepted.]
(19.9)
AP03-311-06 (S. Enterprise Boulevard-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
$3,500.00 by Ms. Helen Fay Lemalle be accepted.]
(19.10) AP03-312-06
(Corner of Shattuck and Belden 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
$300.00 by Mr. Eulas Joseph Thibodeaux be accepted.]
(19.11) AP03-313-06 (124
Kingsley Street) (Police Jury District 4, Mr. Guillory)
[The Director of the Division of
Planning and Development recommends that the highest offer in the amount of
$10,100.00 by Ms. Antionette Faye Colquitt be accepted.]
(19.12) AP03-314-06
(Belden Street-vacant lot) (Police Jury District 4, Mr. Guillory)
[The Director of the Division of Planning and Development
recommends that the highest offer in the amount of $4,700.00 by Mr. Calvin L.
Bernard be accepted.]
(19.13)
AP03-315-06 (Madison Street-vacant lot) (Police Jury District 5, Dr. Mackey)
[The Director of the Division of Planning and Development
recommends that the highest offer in the amount of $400.00 by Mr. Paul Martin
Redfud be accepted.]
(19.14)
AP04-316-06 (Magnolia Street-vacant lot) (Police Jury District 14, Mr.
McMillin)
[The Director of the Division of Planning and Development
recommends that the highest offer in the amount of $8,000.00 by Mr. Alvin J.
Joseph, Jr. be accepted.]
(19.15)
AP04-318-06 (McKinley Street-vacant lot) (Police Jury District 14, Mr.
McMillin)
[The City of Westlake decided to keep this property for
possible city use, therefore, no action is needed.]
(19.16)
AP04-319-06 (Harrison Street-vacant lot) (Police Jury District 14, Mr.
McMillin)
[The Director of the Division of Planning and Development
recommends that the highest offer in the amount of $7,800.00 by Mr. Eddie
Langley be accepted.]
(19.17)
AP04-320-06 (Keene Drive-vacant lot) (Police Jury District 13, Mr.
Andrepont)
[The
Director of the Division of Planning and Development recommends that the
highest offer in the amount of $2,000.00 by Habitat for Humanity, Calcasieu
Area, Inc. be accepted.]
20. Consideration
of authorizing the execution of an agreement by the Parish Administrator for
the renewal of leases with tenants and users of the Magnolia Building, in
accordance with parameters established by the Police Jury Liaison Group for
such purpose.
21. Consideration
of adopting a resolution approving a Buy/Sell Agreement between the Police Jury
and owners of the property located at 1114 Ryan Street, in accordance with
policies and procedures set forth by the Parish Real Property Acquisition
Policy and LSA¾R.S. 38:2213, which requires that no known pecuniary
interest in the subject property shall be held by any state or parish elected
or appointed official, and upon satisfactory completion of all requirements of
the Buy/Sell Agreement to purchase said property,
and further, authorizing the President of the Police Jury, or his designee,
when appropriate, to execute all documents related thereto.
22. Consideration of adopting a resolution
approving an agreement between the Police Jury and the Louisiana State
University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Cooperative Extension
Service, for the continued services provided by the Cooperative Extension
Services in Calcasieu Parish and the Police Jury’s continued financial support
of those services, and further, authorizing the President of the Police Jury,
or his designee, when appropriate, to execute all documents related thereto.
(23.1) to conduct a 2006 Junior Golf Tournament
fundraiser on Monday, May 22, 2006, at Gray Plantation Golf Course;
AGENDA NOTE: it is anticipated that this golf tournament
will be an annual event with the site to be rotated annually among the local
golf courses. The 2007 Tournament has
been scheduled for Lake Charles Country Club. Entry fees for each team
will $2,000.00 per team with a maximum
of eighteen teams allowed to play during the tournament. All proceeds less the
tournament’s expenses will be donated to the Calcasieu Parish Junior Golf
Program.
(23.2) to recommend that all children participating
in the program be given free balls at each course for driving range practices
providing each practice session does not exceed one hour in duration. Further, should any junior golfer require
instruction from any of the golf course professionals and/or his/her
participation in any junior golf clinics sponsored by the program that a
standard fee of $15.00 per participant be billable to existing program
revenues;
(23.3) to recommend that all invoices from 2005
for low-income children who enrolled in and or actively participated in any
Calcasieu Parish Junior Golf Program Clinic and or instructional lesson from May, 2005, through December, 2005, be
approved for payment to the participating golf course / golfing professional
who rendered the services;
(23.4) to recommend that the local golfing
professionals participating in this program be supported by Police Jurors in
their efforts to further recruit young junior golfers from all Calcasieu Middle
and High Schools who may be willing to become active participants in the
Calcasieu Junior Golf Program. Targeted age groups are Middle and High School
children and fifth graders currently enrolled in the program; and
(23.5) to recommend that the Police Jury approve
the participation of all eligible area children who live in close proximity to
Calcasieu Parish with the stipulation that no program revenues be expended on
their expenses and that only the expenses of eligible children who reside
within Calcasieu Parish be supported from Calcasieu Junior Golf Program
revenues.
(23.6) ADVISE that the Calcasieu Junior Golf
Advisory Panel elected the following officers for Fiscal Year 2006:
Chairman:
Mr. Ray Butgeriet, Contraband Bayou Golf Course
Vice-Chairman:
Mr. Neel DeRouen, Gray
Plantation Golf Course
24. Consideration of
adopting a resolution approving the new Calcasieu Parish
Hazard Mitigation Plan, as required by the State of Louisiana Hazard Mitigation
Plan and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
25. 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 Mr. Stinson be reappointed.)
AGENDA
NOTE: action was deferred by the
Police Jury on March 2, 2006, until March 30, 2006.
26. 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 Mr. Aucoin be reappointed.)
AGENDA
NOTE: action was deferred by the
Police Jury on March 2, 2006, until March 30, 2006.
27. 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 Mr. Carrier be reappointed.)
AGENDA
NOTE: action was deferred by the
Police Jury on March 2, 2006, until March 30, 2006.
28. 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 Mr. Dougherty be
reappointed.)
AGENDA
NOTE: action was deferred by the
Police Jury on March 2, 2006, until March 30, 2006.
29. 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 Mr. Castille be reappointed.)
AGENDA NOTE: action was deferred by the Police Jury on
March 2, 2006, until March 30, 2006.
30. Take appropriate action to accept the
resignation of Ms. Kimberly Sittig as a member of the Board of Commissioners of
Recreation District No. One of Ward Eight and to fill the vacancy on said
Board. (Ms. Sittig represented District 10.
Mr. Stelly is the liaison, and he recommends that Mr. Mike Dartez be
appointed. The Agenda Committee recommended that Mr. Dartez be appointed to
fill this vacancy.)
31. Take appropriate
action on bids received by the Police Jury on March 23, 2006, for the following
projects:
(31.1) the Parish Engineer recommends that the bid in the amount of
$637,569.80 of F. Miller and Sons, LLC, be accepted for the Replacement of Dave
Dugas Road Bridge in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, more particularly described
as Calcasieu Parish Project No. 2005-05; and
(31.2) the Parish Engineer
recommends that the bid in the amount of $2,007,253.50 of Prairie Contractors,
Inc. be accepted for the Overlaying and Reconstruction of Various Roads in
Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, more particularly described as Calcasieu Parish
Project No. 2006-02.
AGENDA
NOTE: action on bids was deferred
by the Police Jury on March 23, 2006, until April 6, 2006.
32. Take
appropriate action on bids received by the Parish Purchasing Agent on March 29,
2006, for equipment tires, with unit prices effective from May 1, 2006, until
October 31, 2006.
33. Consideration
of authorizing the Parish Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids for weed
control chemicals, with unit prices effective from June 1, 2006, until May 31,
2007, and pre-constructed grates and frames, with unit prices effective from
June 1, 2006, until May 31, 2007.
34. Consideration
of adopting a proclamation proclaiming the month of April, 2006, as “Fair
Housing Month” in Calcasieu Parish.
AGENDA
NOTE: in recognition of Fair Housing
Month, the Calcasieu Parish Housing Department, in conjunction with the
Southwest Louisiana Community Housing Resource Board, the U. S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the City of Lake Charles, and local banks,
lenders, and businesses will be co-sponsoring a Homeownership Fair on Saturday,
April 22, 2006, at the Lake Charles Civic Center from 9:00 a.m. to Noon.
35. ADVISE
that surplus adjudicated properties will be offered for sale by the Director of
the Division of Planning and Development on April 25, 2006.
·
Term of Ms. Joyce Doucet as a member of the Board
of Commissioners of Recreation District No. One of Ward Eight. (Ms. Doucet represents District 10. Mr. Stelly is the liaison.)
REGULAR
MEETING – APRIL 6, 2006
The following items were
received after the Agenda Committee meeting on March 30, 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 urging the
members of the Calcasieu Legislative Delegation to oppose any legislation that
would limit or strip the authority of local governments, including the
Calcasieu Parish Police Jury, from exercising the power of eminent domain in
instances where the exercise of such authority to facilitate economic
development projects which arise from the collaboration between public and
private interests, and further, that copies of this resolution be forwarded to members
of the Calcasieu Legislative Delegation and Governor Kathleen Blanco.