A
G E N D A
5:30 P.M.
1. Call to order by President
Stelly.
2. Invocation by Reverend Shawn Thomas, Pastor
of First Baptist Church of Moss Bluff.
(Mr. Spell)
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.:
Receive
and open sealed bids
for Calcasieu Parish Project No. 2008-02 (Overlaying, Drainage, and New
Construction of Various Roads in Calcasieu Parish), and take appropriate action
thereon.
6.
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:
(6.1) 2433 ESTELLE,
Sulphur area, Lot 63 Block 2 Waynewood
Subdivision, Ward 4, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (one manufactured home)
Owner: Tommy James Parker, 2433 Estelle,
Sulphur, LA 70665, TA# 00846414 (Police Jury District 15, Mr. Farnum).
(6.2) 305 FONTENOT LANE, South Lake Charles area, Lot 2 Lucien Fontenot Subdivision, Ward 3,
Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (one house and accessory building) Owner: Florn & Gloria Gwen Hebert Jr, P O Box
1237, Splendora, TX 77372, TA# 00057983 (Police Jury District 7, Mr.
Landry).
(6.3) 3906 SHERRY STREET,
Carlyss area, Com NE Cor Lot 5 Rosemont
Subdivision #5 Part #1, Th E 100 Ft, S 50 Etc to Comm, Ward 4, Calcasieu
Parish, Louisiana (one manufactured home) Owner: Randel Scot Higginbotham, 3904
Sherry Street, Sulphur, LA 70665, TA# 01338544 (Police Jury District 12,
Mr. Hassien).
(6.4) 4006 SHERRY STREET, Carlyss area, Lot 32 Rosemont Subdivision #5 Part #1, Ward 4, Calcasieu Parish,
Louisiana (one manufactured home) Owner: L J Deshotel, et ux, 14397 Arceneaux
Road, Welsh, LA 70591, TA# 01340834 (Police Jury District 12, Mr.
Hassien).
(6.5) 3912 SHERRY STREET,
Carlyss area, Tract in SW NW Sec
15.10.10 Desc As- Com NE Cor Lot 13 Rosemont #5 Part #1, Th E Along and
Extension of N/L Said Lot 100 Ft, S 50 Ft, W 100 Ft to SE Cor Lot 13, N 50 Ft
to Com -0.11 Acs, Ward 4, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (one manufactured home
with addition) Owner: Claude Edward Jinks, et ux, 3912 Sherry Street, Sulphur,
LA 70663, TA# 01321833 (Police Jury District 12, Mr. Hassien).
(6.6) 807 LANDRY ROAD,
Westlake area, W 1/2 Lot 12 Block 2 Vincent Subdivision of W
1/2 NE 23.9.9, Ward 4, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (one house) Owner: Barbara
Landry Edwards, et al, 807 Landry Street, Westlake, LA 70669, TA# 00134406 (Police
Jury District 14, Mr. McMillin).
(6.7) 1745 STOUT STREET,
South Lake Charles area, West 100 Ft of Lot 9 Whispering Pines
Subdivision No 2, Ward 3, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (one manufactured home
and accessory building) Owner: Brandon Gabriel Boudoin, et ux, 1731 Whispering
Pines Drive, Lake Charles, LA 70605, TA# 01224891 (Police Jury District
6, Mr. Scott).
(6.8) 6057 BENNIE LANE,
South Lake Charles area, W 1/2 Lot 92
Lot 93 Brigas Acres Subdivision Part 3, Ward 3, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
(one manufactured home and accessory building) Owner: James Edward Freese, et
ux, c/o Brenda Maddox, 6704 Bonne Meadow Drive,
Lake Charles, LA 70605, TA# 00767654 (Police Jury District 6, Mr.
Scott).
(6.9) 224 TOUSAINT ROAD,
South Lake Charles area, Lot 11 Morris
Toussain Subdivision, Ward 3, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (one house) Owner:
Anna Marie Pete Hall, 806 Williams ST, Lake Charles, LA 70601, TA#
01224298 (Police Jury District 7, Mr.
Landry).
(6.10) 4015 CARLYSS DRIVE,
Carlyss area, Lot 39 Rosemont Subdivision #5 Part #1, Ward 4, Calcasieu
Parish, Louisiana (one manufactured home and accessory building) Owner: Mary
Delcambre Compton Comeaux, P O Box 683, Church Point, LA 70525, TA#
01320833 (Police Jury District 12, Mr. Hassien).
(6.11)
109 PHILLIPS ROAD,
Westlake area, Com NW Cor Lot 5 Kaufman Sub of Lots 2 & 3 & Part of
37.96 Acre Tract in Mrs W C Kaufman Sub Number 2 of N 1/2 NE 14.9.9 E 100 Ft S
100 Ft Etc, Ward 6, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (manufactured home) Owner:
Jerry Dean Demarest, et ux, 105 Phillips Road, Westlake, LA 70669, TA# 01000098
(Police Jury District 14, Mr.
McMillin).
(6.12)
833 BENNETT ROAD, South Lake Charles area, Lot
18 Leon Hebert Subdivision, Ward 3, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (one house)
Owner: Paul Allen Book, 174 Ryan Road, Lake Charles, LA 70611, TA# 00062162 (Police Jury District 7, Mr. Landry).
(6.13)
741 SOILEAU ROAD, Carlyss area, Com 530
Ft S & 430 Ft E of NW Cor NE SW 14.10.10 Th E 230 Ft N 200 Ft Etc, Ward 4,
Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (one house) Owner: Joseph H Soileau, c/o Michael
Soileau, 66 Horseshoe Lane , Sulphur, LA 70665, TA# 00177199 (Police Jury District 15, Mr. Farnum).
(6.14)
2400 EVERGREEN ROAD, Trailer No. 46, Westlake area,
Tract in Smith Estate of E/2 NW Sec 20.9.9 Desc As-S 1785.42 Ft of That
Portion of E/2 NW Sec 20.9.9, Lying E of Kansas City Southern R/R R/W, Also
Desc As-S 1785.42 Ft of That Portion Lots 7, 8 Smith Sub in Sec 20.9.9, Lying E
of Said Kansas City Southern R/R R/W (18.95 Acs) Less 5.15 Acs Sold- 13.80 Acs,
Ward 4, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (one manufactured home) Owner: Louis Joseph
Frederick, P O Box 715, Westlake, LA 70669, TA# 00493988 (Police Jury District 14, Mr. McMillin).
(6.15) 182 CALCASIEU
AVE, Moss Bluff area, Lot 1 Block
1 Edwin Gayle Subdivision of S 1/2 NE 32.8.8 & 1/2 of Abandoned St on W-R/H
(Duplex), Ward 1, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (one house) Owner: Clarence Robert Dalrymple, Jr et ux, 3938
Goldrich Drive, Westlake, LA 70669, TA# 00015059 (Police Jury District 1, Mr. Spell).
(6.16) 4102 SHERRY STREET,
Carlyss area, Lot 56 Rosemont
Subdivision #5 Part #1, Ward 4, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (one manufactured home) Owner: Jeffery
Dane Smiser, et ux 1% Int, 5410 Broad Street, Lake Charles, LA 70615, TA#
01333490, LEMCI Inc 99% Int, 108 Redwing Circle, Lafayette, LA 70503, TA#
01333490A (Police Jury District 12, Mr. Hassien).
7. Take appropriate action on applications for
liquor and beer permits. (Mr. Vickers)
8. Consideration of approval of the minutes of
the Regular Meeting of the Police Jury dated February 20, 2008.
9. Take appropriate action on RZ03-006-08 which is a request by Pine
Hill Land Company, L.L.C. to rezone from A-1 (Agricultural) to R-1 (Single
Family Residential) to allow a single family residential subdivision. (Gossett Road in Ward Three, Police Jury
District 6, Mr. Scott)
[The Planning and Zoning Board met on
Tuesday, March 18, 2008, and voted unanimously to recommend that the request be
granted.]
10. Take appropriate action on RZ03-007-08 which
is a request by Leobelle P. Ortego to rezone from R-2 (Mixed Residential) to
C-1 (Light Commercial) to allow commercial development (sewing alteration
shop). (Western Drive in Ward Three,
Police Jury District 9, Mr. Guidry)
[The Planning and Zoning Board met on
Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 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; 2) landscaping
must be installed prior to issuance of an occupational license; 3) that
shutters must be installed on the front of the building prior to utilities
being connected; and 4) that the building must have vinyl façade prior to
utilities being connected.]
11. Take appropriate action on RA03-002-08 which
is a request by Alfred Miller Contracting to abandon the west 860 feet of L.
Miller Road. (L. Miller Road in Ward
Three, Police Jury District 6, Mr. Scott)
[The Planning and Zoning Board met on
Tuesday, March 18, 2008, and voted unanimously to recommend that the request be
granted.]
12. Receive report from the Division of Planning
and Development on the Community Rating System (CRS) rating and update on the
FEMA map revision.
13. Consideration of adopting an ordinance
rescinding Ordinance No. 3367 to revert property from C-2 (General Commercial)
to A-1 (Agricultural), in accordance with Stipulation 1, which stated that the
property shall only be used as a used auto sales business, and if the business
ceases to exist, the property shall revert to the original A-1 (Agricultural)
zoning classification. (Hwy 3063 in Ward 7, Police Jury District 12, Mr.
Hassien)
AGENDA NOTE: on
October15, 1992, the Police Jury approved a request by Charles Rankins to
rezone from A-1 (Agricultural) to C-2 (General Commercial) to operate a used
car lot. The business has ceased operations.
14. Consideration of amending ordinances with
reference to the following adjudicated property:
(14.1) rescind Ordinance
No. 5298 which allowed Sonia Petroleum, Inc. to purchase the following
described property: AP03-204-05, 2800 Block of Fitzenreiter Road – vacant lot
in Ward Three, Lake Charles, Louisiana, Lot 7 E H Dever Sub 22.9.8; Assessment
No. 432962. (Police Jury District 2, Mr. Collins)
AGENDA NOTE: Sonia Petroleum, Inc.
failed to fulfill the necessary requirements in order to complete the
sale. It is the recommendation of the
Director of the Division of Planning and Development to readvertise the sale of
the above-mentioned property.
(14.2)
rescind Ordinance No.
5274 which allowed Sonia Petroleum, Inc. to purchase the following described
property: AP03-380-07, 900 Block of Church Street – vacant lot in Ward Three,
Lake Charles, Louisiana, Com on W/S Bank St 457 ft S of Center of LA W R R S
208 ft W 30 ft along N/S Church St etc.; Assessment No. 551864. (Police Jury District 3, Mrs. Griffin)
AGENDA NOTE: Sonia Petroleum, Inc. failed to
fulfill the necessary requirements in order to complete the sale. It is the recommendation of the Director of
the Division of Planning and Development to readvertise the sale of the
above-mentioned property.
(14.3) rescind Ordinance
No. 5275 which allowed Sonia Petroleum, Inc. to purchase the following
described property: AP03-386-07, 100 Block of South Enterprise Boulevard –
vacant lot in Ward Three, Lake Charles, Louisiana, Com SE Cor Lot 4 Blk 4 W E
Gill Add, W 154.84 ft N 50 ft E 154.82 ft S 50 ft to com being Lot 4 Blk 4 W E
Gill Add less widening of Ent Blvd.; Assessment No. 491142. (Police Jury
District 3, Mrs. Griffin)
AGENDA NOTE: Sonia
Petroleum, Inc. failed to fulfill the necessary requirements in order to
complete the sale. It is the
recommendation of the Director of the Division of Planning and Development to
readvertise the sale of the above-mentioned property.
15. Consideration of adopting a resolution
approving grant management and administering of the Coastal Impact Assistance
Program (CIAP) Grant received by the Parish through the Department of Natural
Resources (DNR) for the following six coastal restoration projects ($8.8
million), which were previously approved by DNR, and further, authorize the
President of the Police Jury, or his designee, when appropriate, to execute all
documents related thereto:
Project Name Consultant/Agency
Black Lake Ecosystem
Restoration Port
of LC, Corps of Eng., CPPJ
Shoreline Protection at
Intracoastal Park Calcasieu
Parish Police Jury
Horseshoe Lake Marsh
Restoration Dept.
of Natural Resources
Clear Marais Bank
Protection Providence
Engineering
South GIWW Restoration CDM
Coastal Engineering
Rabbit Island W Cove Cal.
Lake Tetra
Tech, Inc.
16. Consideration of adopting a resolution
endorsing and supporting the raising of the cap on the oil and gas severance
tax base from $850,000 to $2,850,000 for the parishes that are currently capped
under the state disbursement structure of oil and gas severance taxes, and
further, that copies of this resolution be forwarded to members of the
Calcasieu Legislative Delegation.
17. Consideration of approving the Budget
Committee Report dated March 20, 2008.
18. Consideration of authorizing the President
of the Police Jury to execute the necessary documents for donation of
right-of-way from Goldsmith Farms, LLC, Ida Mae McCray Jackson, Mary Frances
Jackson, and Theodore Jackson on Georgia Road in Ward One, in accordance with
criteria established by the Police Jury and recommendation of the Parish
Engineer. (Police Jury District 2, Mr.
Collins)
19. Take appropriate action on bids received by
the Parish Purchasing Agent on March 10, 2008, for the following:
(19.1) one 2008 one-half
ton extended cab quad door pickup truck, for use by the Division of Planning
and Development.
(19.2) electronic
monitoring, for use by the Office of Juvenile Justice Services.
20. Take appropriate action on bids received by the Parish Purchasing
Agent on March 17, 2008, for propane fuel, with unit prices effective from
March 21, 2008, until September 30, 2008.
AGENDA NOTE: no action necessary; bid opening has been
extended to March 24, 2008. Action on
bids will be taken on April 3, 2008.
21. Consideration of authorizing the Parish Administrator to
advertise for bids for the following projects:
(21.1) Calcasieu Parish Project No. 2008-07 (Construction of
Pine Forest Road) in Ward Six.
(21.2) Calcasieu Parish Project No. 2008-08 (Construction of
a 200,000 gallon ground storage tank and maintenance of the existing storage
tank) for Waterworks District No. Five of Wards Three and Eight.
22. Consideration of authorizing the Parish Purchasing Agent to
advertise for bids for one new small sports utility vehicle, for use by the
Human Resources Department.
23. ADVISE that Bryan Beam, Assistant Parish Administrator, received
the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) Credentialed
Manager designation.
AGENDA NOTE:
ICMA Credentialed Managers are professional local government managers qualified
by a combination of education and experience, adherence to high standards of
integrity, and an assessed commitment to lifelong learning and professional
development.
REGULAR MEETING – MARCH
20, 2008
The following items were
received after the agenda was faxed out on March 14, 2008, 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 or parcels of land (8.32 acres, more or less) in
Section 1, Township 11 South, Range 9 West, in Ward Three. (Police Jury District 6, Mr. Scott)
Item
No. Two:
ADVISE
that Mrs. Hilda Ogea has been appointed by the Louisiana Supreme Court to fill
the position held by her late husband, Mr. E. L. “Buddy” Ogea, to serve as
Justice of the Peace in Ward Eight, pro tempore, effective March 19, 2008,
through September 19, 2008, or until the vacancy is filled, whichever occurs
first.