A
G E N D A
REGULAR
MEETING
THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 1, 2007
5:30
P.M.
1. Call to order by
President Landry.
2. Invocation by Pastor
Freddie Brown of Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church.
(Mr. Guillory)
3. Pledge of
Allegiance.
4. Roll
Call.
5. Receive
report from staff with reference to a review performed by Wilbur Smith
Associates relative to the feasibility of consolidating Lake Charles Regional
Airport and Chennault International Airport facilities.
6. Take
appropriate action on applications for liquor and beer permits. (Mr.
Vickers)
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 January 4, 2007.
9. Consideration of approval of the Agenda
Committee Report dated January 25, 2007.
10. Consideration of
approval of the Public Works Committee Report dated January 25, 2007. Said Committee:
(10.1) Received report from staff on status of
completion of the Highway 108 at-grade railroad crossing wherein it was
reported that the long-awaited completion of this project was in the final
stages, and a ribbon-cutting ceremony was anticipated to be held in mid-March,
2007. The Committee recommended that family members of the late-Louis P.
Beglis, former police juror credited for the initiation and coordination of the
project, be invited to the ceremony, as well as former police juror Dale Bayard
who also invested much time and effort on the project. (Mr. McMillin) (Police Jury Districts 14 and 15, Mr. McMillin and Mr. Danahay)
(10.2) Recommended that a resolution be adopted
accepting Crown Point Phase I Subdivision located on Prewitt Road and Moore
Road in Section 21, Township 8 South, Range 9 West, in Ward Six. (Police Jury District 11, Mrs. Treme)
(10.3) Recommended that a resolution be adopted
accepting Orleans Run Subdivision located on Khamiel Drive in Section 25,
Township 8 South, Range 9 West, in Ward One.
(Police Jury District 1, Mr. Manuel)
AGENDA NOTE: Orleans Run Subdivision was preliminarily
approved by the Planning and Zoning Board as River Run Subdivision, and the
developer has chosen to change the subdivision name.
(10.4) Recommended that a resolution be adopted
proclaiming February 27, 2007, as “Spay Day USA 2007” throughout Calcasieu
Parish, and further, authorizing the Department of Animal Services and Adoption
Center to remove the cost for spays and neuters of all animals adopted from the
Center for the week of February 26, 2007, through March 3, 2007, in honor of
“Spay Day USA.” (Mr. Landry)
(10.5) Recommended that the Parish Administrator be
authorized to advertise for bids for Calcasieu Parish Project No. 2007-02
(Overlaying of Various Roads), Calcasieu Parish Project No. 2007-03,
(Hardsurfacing of Various Roads and Bridge/Realignment), Calcasieu Parish
Project No. 2007-04 (Overlaying of Various Roads), Calcasieu Parish Project No.
2007-05 (Overlaying of Various Roads), Calcasieu Parish Project No. 2007-06
(Overlaying of Various Roads), and Calcasieu Parish Project No. 2007-07
(Overlaying and Safety Improvements of Various Roads).
(10.6) Recommended that the Parish Purchasing Agent
be authorized to advertise for bids for a crematory for use by the Department
of Animal Services and Adoption Center.
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 January 30, 2007, on the following cases, and adopt an ordinance with
respect to each piece of property:
(11.1)
AP03-362-07 (Jackson 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 $700.00 by Mr. Alvin James Pete be accepted.]
(11.2) AP03-363-07 (N.
Spencer 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 $1,200.00 by Mr. Alvin James Pete be accepted.]
(11.3) AP03-364-07
(Cessford and N. Grace Streets-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 $2,000.00 by Mr. Jarred Fontenot be accepted.]
(11.4) AP03-365-07 (N. Jake
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 $3,100.00 by Ms. Rose Marie Victorian be
accepted.]
(11.5) AP03-366-07 (1205
Cactus Drive) (Police Jury District 9, Mr. Guidry)
[The
Director of the Division of Planning and Development recommends that the
highest offer in the amount of $11,400.00 by Mr. Bryan Keith Zackery be
accepted.]
(11.6) AP03-367-07 (813
Williams Street) (Police Jury District 2, Mr. Collins)
[The
Director of the Division of Planning and Development recommends that the
highest offer in the amount of $5,000.00 by Mr. Joseph Johnny Jones be
accepted.]
(11.7) AP04-368-07 (E.
Burton 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
$3,000.00 by Mr. Thomas Louis Clophus be accepted.]
(11.8) AP06-361-06 (Malone Road-vacant
lot) (Police Jury District 11, Mrs. Treme)
[The Director of the Division of
Planning and Development recommends that the highest offer in the amount of
$1,400.00 by Mr. Richard Nathan Richard be accepted.]
(11.9) AP08-369-07 (N. Frontage
Road-vacant lot) (Police Jury District 10, Mr. Stelly)
[The Director of the Division of
Planning and Development recommends that the highest offer in the amount of
$650.00 by Mr. Gary Lynn Young be accepted.]
(11.10) AP08-370-07 (310 W. Highway 90)
(Police Jury District 10, Mr. Stelly)
[The Director of the Division of
Planning and Development recommends that the highest offer in the amount of
$27,000.00 by Mr. Wayne S. Hebert be accepted.]
12. Consideration of adopting an ordinance
amending Article II of Chapter 6 of the Code of Ordinances of Calcasieu
Parish, Louisiana, to modify three (3) sections within the Article, as
follows: [added language, stricken language]
Sec.
6-18.1. Repairs.
(c) The
decision and order of the police jury shall be in writing and shall be final
unless appealed in less than five (5) within ten (10) business
days as provided in section 6-22 of this article.
Sec. 6-19. Condemnation
order.
(a) After
the hearing provided for in section 6-18 of this article, if in the opinion of
the police jury the facts justify the same condemnation, an order
shall be entered condemning the building or structure and ordering that it be
demolished or removed within a the certain prescribed time period,
not to exceed sixty (60) days. The order shall be in the form of an
ordinance adopted by the police jury at the hearing and it shall also
require that all development permits be secured for demolition and that all
debris must be removed from the premises.
(c) The
decision and order of the police jury shall be in writing and shall be final
unless appealed in less than five (5) within ten (10) business
days as provided in section 6-22 of this article.
Sec. 6-22. Appeal from
condemnation decision.
(a) In
accordance with sections 6-18(c) and 6-19(c), the owner,
occupant, agent or other representative of the owner may appeal a decision of
the police jury to condemn a building or structure pursuant to this article
to the fourteenth judicial district court. The appeal shall be made by the
filing of a suit regarding repairs to or condemnation of a structure by
filing, within ten (10) business days of the decision, order or ordinance of
the police jury, a suit in the fourteenth judicial district court against
the police jury, setting forth the reasons why the decision or order or
ordinance of the police jury is illegal or improper, or should be
altered or overturned, and such issues and the issue shall be tried
de novo and by preference in the fourteenth judicial district court.
(b) Either
party may appeal from the judgment of the district court as in other cases
in accordance with Louisiana law.
13. Consideration of adopting a resolution approving a Joint Services
Agreement between the Police Jury, Division of Planning and Development, and
the Town of Vinton to provide inspection services at a cost of $45.00 per
inspection for state-mandated building codes, and further, authorizing the President of the Police Jury, or his
designee, when appropriate, to execute all documents related thereto.
14. Consideration of adopting a resolution
ratifying the execution by the President of the Police Jury of a Memorandum of
Understanding between the Police Jury and the Department of Public Safety and
Corrections, Public Safety Services, through the Institute for Building
Technology and Safety (IBTS), for code enforcement plan review and inspections,
in accordance with the Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code, for a period
not to exceed six (6) months, and
further, authorizing the President of the Police Jury, or his designee, when
appropriate, to execute all documents related thereto.
15. Consideration of adopting a resolution
approving an Agreement between the Police Jury and Brown + Danos Landdesign,
Inc. for the design and development of demonstration gardens at the LSU
Agricultural Center, and further,
authorizing the President of the Police Jury, or his designee, when
appropriate, to execute all documents related thereto.
AGENDA NOTE: funding was included in the County Agent’s
in the 2007 Annual Budget the funding for the above design and development
study. The intent of the demonstration
gardens will be to focus on exemplifying various methods of best management
practices pertaining to stormwater issues, EPA’s regulations for non-point
source pollution prevention and stormwater management, and examples of
solutions that homeowners can utilize themselves.
17. Consideration
of approving the Budget Committee Report dated February 1, 2007.
18. Take
appropriate action on the expiration of the term of Mr. J. Leo McGough as a
member of the Board of Commissioners of Memorial Hospital Service
District. (Mr. Moon is the liaison. The
Agenda Committee recommended that Mr. McGough be reappointed.)
19. Take
appropriate action on the expiration of the term of Mr. George E. Miller as a
member of the Board of Commissioners of Waterworks District No. Fourteen of
Ward Five. (Mr. Miller represents
District 11. Mrs. Treme is the liaison. The Agenda Committee recommended that
Mr. Miller be reappointed.)
20. Take
appropriate action on the expiration of the term of Mr. Hiram DuRousseau II as
a member of the Airport Authority of Airport District No. One. (Mr. Moon is the liaison. The Agenda
Committee recommended that this item remain on the agenda for a recommendation
at the Regular Meeting on February 1, 2007.)
21. Take
appropriate action on the expiration of the term of Mr. Clifton David as a
member of the Board of Commissioners of Gravity Drainage District No. Six of
Wards Five and Six. (Mr. David represents
District 11. Mrs. Treme is the liaison. The Agenda Committee recommended that
Mr. David be reappointed.)
22. Take
appropriate action on the expiration of the term of Mr. Sam Berwick as a member
of the Board of Commissioners of Gravity Drainage District No. Six of Wards
Five and Six. (Mr. Berwick represents
District 11. Mrs. Treme is the liaison. The Agenda Committee recommended that
Mr. Berwick be reappointed.)
23. Take
appropriate action on the expiration of the term of Mr. Cade Cole as a member of
the Board of Commissioners of Gravity Drainage District No. Six of Wards Five
and Six. (Mr. Cole represents District
14. Mrs. Treme is the liaison. The Agenda Committee recommended that Mr.
Cole be reappointed.)
|
Name |
Nominating
Agency/Representation |
|
Ms. Sheryl
Piper |
Calcasieu
Parish School Board (Education/Early Childhood & elementary) |
|
Ms. Rita
Barry |
Calcasieu
Parish School Board (Education/Secondary & Special Education) |
|
Mr. Robert
Schexnayder |
Lake Charles
Police Department (Law Enforcement) |
|
Mr. Mike
Byrne |
Calcasieu
Parish Sheriff’s Office (Law Enforcement) |
|
Mr. Ronald
A. Rossitto |
Calcasieu
Parish District Attorney’s Office (Prosecution) |
|
Mr. Ronald
F. Ware |
Public
Defender’s Office (Public Defense) |
|
Honorable
Lilynn Cutrer |
Family and
Juvenile Court (Judiciary) |
|
Honorable
Guy Bradberry (new slot created by the Police Jury on 1/18/07) |
Family and
Juvenile Court (Judiciary) |
|
Mr. Dane
Bolin |
Office of
Juvenile Justice Services (Juvenile Justice) |
|
Ms. Ann Vick |
Office of
Youth Development (Juvenile Justice) |
|
Ms. Kellye
Anderson |
Office of
Public Health (Health Care) |
|
Ms.
Hortensia Vincent |
Lake Charles
Mental Health (Mental Health) |
|
Ms.
Charmaine Landry |
LA Office
for Addictive Disorders (Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment) |
|
Ms. Sherry
Royer |
Office of
Community Services (Social Services) |
|
Ms. Amy Dunn |
Education
and Treatment Council, Inc. (Social Services) |
|
Ms. Gerri
Captain |
Faith Based Community (Eastside) (Minority Representative) |
|
Reverend Mel
Estess |
Faith Based
Community (Westside) |
|
Ms. Lisa
Walker* |
The
Chamber/SWLA (Business) |
|
Mr. Fred
Rickman |
Big Brothers
& Big Sisters of SWLA (Parenting and Youth Organization) |
|
Pastor
Charles Robertson (new slot created by the Police Jury on 1/18/07) |
United
Christian Fellowship Church (Parenting and Youth Organization) (Minority) |
|
Pastor
Norman Thomas |
Parent
Representative (Eastside) (Minority) |
|
Ms. Grace
Bauer |
Parent
Representative (Westside) |
|
Dr. Charles
S. Mackey |
Calcasieu
Parish Police Jury (OJJS liaison) |
|
Mr. Tony
Guillory |
Calcasieu
Parish Police Jury (OJJS liaison) |
* Nomination submitted by The Chamber after
the Agenda Committee meeting on Thursday, January 25, 2007.
25. Take
appropriate action on the vacancy on the Board of Commissioners of Gravity
Drainage District No. Four of Ward Three created by the resignation of Mr. Jack
“J.C.” Chelette. (Mr. Chelette is an
at-large representative. Mr. Brame and
Mr. Collins are the liaisons. The Agenda Committee recommended that Mr. Rex
Dansby be appointed to fill this vacancy.)
AGENDA
NOTE: action was deferred by the
Police Jury on January 4, 2007, until January 25, 2007.
26. Take
appropriate action on the vacancy on the Board of Commissioners of Gravity
Drainage District No. Five of Ward Four created by the resignation of Mr. Don
E. Nassar. (Mr. Nassar represented
District 15. Mr. Andrepont is the
liaison. The Agenda Committee recommended that Mr. Rick Fitts be appointed to
fill this vacancy.)
27. Take
appropriate action on bids received on January 23, 2007, by the Parish
Purchasing Agent for sign blanks, sign faces, pavement markings, and metal sign
posts, with unit prices effective from March 1, 2007, until August 31,
2007.
28. Take
appropriate action on bids received by the Parish Purchasing Agent on January
23, 2007, for one 2007 one-half ton extended cab quad door pickup truck, for
use by the Division of Planning and Development (Inspection).
29. Take appropriate action on bids received by the Parish
Purchasing Agent on January 23, 2007, for the Construction of an Open-Air Metal
Roof Building (Calcasieu Parish Project No. 2006-13) for the Department of
Animal Services and Adoption Center.
30. Consideration
of authorizing the Parish Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids for two
one-half ton regular pickup trucks and one one-half ton extended cab pickup
truck, for use by the Mosquito Control Department, and one 2007 three-quarter
ton four-door crew cab pickup truck, for use by the County Agent.
31. Consideration
of authorizing the Parish Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids for ready mix
concrete, crushed stone, hot mix, floating aerators for oxidation pond, and
sewer pumps, complete with fiberglass tanks, with unit prices effective from
April 1, 2007, until September 30, 2007.
32. Consideration
of authorizing the Parish Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids for two used
4,500-gallon tanker trucks, for use by Ward Three Fire Protection District No.
Two (Cajun Country).
33. Consideration
of authorizing the Parish Administrator to advertise for bids for exterior
renovations of the Magnolia Building.
34. Consideration
of going into executive session to discuss Lawsuit No. 2006-5984 (Henry vs.
Police Jury).
35. ADVISE
that surplus adjudicated properties will be offered for sale by the Director of
the Division of Planning and Development on February 27, 2007.
·
Term of Mr. Charles Viccellio as a member of the
Board of Commissioners of Calcasieu Parish Communications District. (Dr. Mackey is the liaison.)
·
Term of Mr. Jerome Summers as a member of the
Board of Commissioners of Calcasieu Parish Communications District. (Dr. Mackey is the liaison.)
·
Term of Mr. Dale Hernandez as a member of the
Board of Commissioners of Ward Four Fire Protection District No. Two. (Mr. Hernandez represents District 12. Mr. Clement is the liaison.)
The
following items were received after the Agenda Committee meeting on January 25,
2007, 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 authorizing advertising of an oil, gas, and mineral lease on
certain tracts of land (17.94 acres, more or less) in the West Half of Section
16 and the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 21, Township
10 South, Range 10 West, in Ward Four.
(Police Jury District 12, Mr. Clement)