INTER-OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE PARISH OF CADDO ADMINISTRATION REPORT INFORMATION

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5 INTER-OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE PARISH OF CADDO ADMINISTRATION REPORT DATE: APRIL 6, 2015 TO: FROM: CADDO PARISH COMMISSION ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION 1.) Update Benteler Steel/Tube Manufacturing Corporation Mr. Timothy M. Erway, Chief Operating Officer Benteler Steel/Tube Manufacturing Corporation Mr. Patrick C. Guillaume (M.Sc.), Project Director Benteler Steel/Tube Manufacturing Corporation 2.) Update Grant Writer s Position/Economic Development Position 3.) Reminder Police Jury Association of Louisiana Annual Legislative Day Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center 201 Lafayette Street Baton Rouge, Louisiana ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY BE PROVIDED

9 ORDINANCE NO OF 2015 BY THE CADDO PARISH COMMISSION: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BUDGET OF ESTIMATED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE RIVERBOAT FUND FOR THE YEAR 2015 TO PROVIDE AN APPROPRIATION OF $15,000 FOR GRACE COMMUNITY OUTREACH MINISTRIES AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO WHEREAS, the NGO Committee of the Caddo Parish Commission recommended the Commission provide an appropriation of $15,000 for the Grace Community Outreach Ministries, Inc.; and WHEREAS, the Grace Community Outreach Ministries (the Grace House ) is a 501c(3) organization incorporated in 2008 operating as a 24-hour Emergency Shelter and Community Outreach Center; and WHEREAS, Grace House s mission is to provide a safe haven to those who are homeless, battered, abused, neglected, or suffer from substance or alcohol addiction; and WHEREAS, Grace House also houses homeless veterans, the mentally challenged, and newly released individuals from the State of Louisiana correctional facilities; and WHEREAS, Grace House has requested funds from the Commission to be used to provide emergency shelter services, individual and group counseling, and job readiness training for various individuals that seek housing through the Grace House; and WHEREAS, the NGO Committee recommends providing a 2015 appropriation of $15,000 for the Grace Community Outreach Ministries; and WHEREAS it is necessary to amend the 2015 Budget to provide an appropriation of $15,000 for the Grace Community Outreach Ministries; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Caddo Parish Commission in due, legal and regular session convened, that Budget of Estimated Revenues and Expenditures for the Riverboat Fund for the year 2015 is hereby amended as follows: Budget Increase (Decrease) Riverboat Fund Grace Community $15,000 Fund Balance ($15,000) BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that this ordinance shall take effect upon adoption. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved as to legal form: Parish Attorney Date

10 ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION FACT SHEET CADDO PARISH COMMISSION TITLE ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE GRACE COMMUNITY OUTREACH MINISTRIES (Ordinance No of 2015) DATE ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT 03/31/15 FINANCE BACKGROUND INFORMATION Budget amendment to appropriate funds to provide an appropriation of $15,000 for the Grace Community Outreach Ministries. FINANCIAL IMPACT AND SOURCE OF FUNDING Increase budgeted expenditures for the Riverboat Fund by $15,000 and decrease fund balance by $15,000. EFFECT(S) OF PROPOSED ACTION Appropriation of funds to allow the Caddo Parish Commission to provide an appropriation of $15,000 for the Grace Community Outreach Ministries. ALTERNATIVES/STAFF RECOMMENDATION 1. Appropriate funds to provide an appropriation of $15,000 for the Grace Community Outreach Ministries. 2. Do not appropriate funds for the Grace Community Outreach Ministries. Erica Bryant, Director of Finance KEY STAFF CONTACT Department Head Parish Administrator/CEO COORDINATION (Initial) (Initial)

11 ORDINANCE NO OF 2015 BY THE CADDO PARISH COMMISSION: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BUDGET OF ESTIMATED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR THE YEAR 2015 TO PROVIDE AN APPROPRIATION OF $50,000 FOR THE THUNDER ROAD RACEWAY PARK AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO WHEREAS, the Economic Development Committee of the Caddo Parish Commission recommended the Commission provide an appropriation of $50,000 for the Thunder Road Raceway Park; and WHEREAS, the Thunder Road Raceway Park (TRRP) is a state-of-the-art motorsports facility featuring a one-fourth mile drag strip, sanctioned by the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA); and WHEREAS, TRRP hosts such premier racing events as the NHRA Summit Racing Series, NHRA Lucas Oil Racing Series, and the NHRA Jr. Dragster Programs; and WHEREAS, TRRP has seventy-one planned events scheduled for the year, with twelve national caliber events for the season; and WHEREAS, TRRP has requested funds from the Commission to be used for security, EMT personnel, and fire protection for big events that will be held at the raceway; and WHEREAS, the Economic Development Committee recommends providing a 2015 appropriation of $50,000 for TRRP; and WHEREAS it is necessary to amend the 2015 Budget to provide an appropriation of $50,000 for the Thunder Road Raceway Park; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Caddo Parish Commission in due, legal and regular session convened, that Budget of Estimated Revenues and Expenditures for the Economic Development Fund for the year 2015 is hereby amended as follows: Economic Development Fund Thunder Road Raceway Park $50,000 Fund Balance ($50,000) Budget Increase (Decrease) BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that this ordinance shall take effect upon adoption. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved as to legal form: Parish Attorney Date

12 ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION FACT SHEET CADDO PARISH COMMISSION TITLE ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE THUNDER ROAD RACEWAY (Ordinance No of 2015) DATE ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT 03/31/15 FINANCE BACKGROUND INFORMATION Budget amendment to appropriate funds to provide an appropriation of $50,000 for the Thunder Road Raceway Park. FINANCIAL IMPACT AND SOURCE OF FUNDING Increase budgeted expenditures for the Economic Development Fund by $50,000 and decrease fund balance by $50,000. EFFECT(S) OF PROPOSED ACTION Appropriation of funds to allow the Caddo Parish Commission to provide an appropriation of $50,000 for the Thunder Road Raceway Park. ALTERNATIVES/STAFF RECOMMENDATION 1. Appropriate funds to provide an appropriation of $50,000 for the Thunder Road Raceway Park. 2. Do not appropriate funds for the Thunder Road Raceway Park. Erica Bryant, Director of Finance KEY STAFF CONTACT Department Head Parish Administrator/CEO COORDINATION (Initial) (Initial)

13 RESOLUTION NO. 20 of 2015 BY THE CADDO PARISH COMMISSION: A RESOLUTION URGING AND REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE TO REDUCE THE COST OF SPOUSAL BURIAL IN VETERAN S CEMETARIES WHEREAS, in 1862, President Lincoln signed into law legislation authorizing the establishment of national Cemeteries... for the soldiers who shall die in the service of the country. Fourteen cemeteries were established that year. These national cemeteries were the beginning of today s National Cemetery Administration. WHERAS, In June 1973, Public Law authorized the transfer of 82 national cemeteries from the Department of the Army to the Veterans Administration, now the Department of Veterans Affairs. WHEREAS The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Cemetery Grants Program was established in 1978 to complement VA s National Cemetery Administration. The program assists states, territories and federally recognized tribal governments in providing gravesites for Veterans in those areas where VA s national cemeteries cannot fully satisfy their burial needs; WHEREAS, the National Cemetery Administration honors Veterans and their families with final resting places in national shrines and with lasting tributes that commemorate their service and sacrifice to our Nation; WHEREAS, the spouse, surviving spouse or dependent of an eligible Veteran or member of the Armed Forces may be eligible for interment in a national cemetery even if that Veteran is not buried or memorialized in a national cemetery; WHEREAS, there is no charge for burial of a spouse, surviving spouse or dependent of an eligible Veteran who is interred in a national cemetery; WHEREAS, in State Veterans Cemeteries, the burial costs and/or charges for interment vary from State to State for eligible dependents; WHEREAS, in Louisiana, that cost rose from $ to $700.00; WHEREAS, the Caddo Parish Commission supports the payment/reimbursement for all eligible dependents who are interred in a State Veterans Cemetery by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Caddo Parish Commission in due, regular and legal session convened that it urges and requests the Louisiana Legislature and United States Congress to work together to allow free internment of a spouse, surviving spouse or dependent of an eligible Veteran who is interred in a state or national veteran s cemetery. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be forwarded to both houses of the Louisiana Legislature and the United States Congress. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any provision or item of this Resolution or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications, and to this end the provisions of the Resolution are hereby declared severable. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution shall take effect immediately. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all resolutions or parts thereof in conflict thereof are hereby repealed. Approved as to legal form: Parish Attorney Date

14 RESOLUTION NO. 21 OF 2015 BY THE CADDO PARISH COMMISSION: RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE LOUISIANA FEDERAL DELEGATION TO URGE THE CONSUMER FINANCE PROTECTION BUREAU TO PLACE RESTRICTIONS ON PAYDAY LENDING AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO; and WHEREAS, Louisiana has one of the highest concentrations of payday lenders in the country; WHEREAS, payday lenders are particularly attractive to the impoverished and Louisiana has the second highest poverty rate in the country; and WHEREAS, current interest on payday loans can reach or exceed %; WHEREAS, these excessive interest rates further burden those who can least afford it; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Caddo Parish Commission in due, regular and legal session convened, that it does hereby: Request the Louisiana Federal Delegation to urge the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau to include the following rules in the list that the bureau is promulgating in 2015: (1) borrowers of payday loans must demonstrate the ability to pay back their loan; (2) there is a specified time period for the loan to be repaid; and (3) the industry can no longer access borrower s checking account. BE IT RESOLVED that this resolution will be forward to all members of Louisiana s Federal Delegation. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any provision or item of this resolution or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications, and to this end, the provisions of this resolution are hereby declared severable. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved as to legal form: Parish Attorney Date

18 ORDINANCE NO OF 2015 BY THE CADDO PARISH COMMISSION: AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 54 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE PARISH OF CADDO, AS AMENDED, THE CADDO PARISH ZONING ORDINANCE, BY AMENDING THE ZONING OF PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF JEFFERSON PAIGE ROAD, 330 WEST OF MONKHOUSE DRIVE, 420 NORTH OF JEFFERSON PAIGE ROAD, CADDO PARISH, LA, FROM R-A, RESIDENCE-AGRICULTURE DISTRICT, TO I-1, LIGHT INDUSTRY DISTRICT AND B-1, BUFFER BUSINESS DISTRICT WITH SITE PLAN APPROVAL, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO BE IT ORDAINED by the Caddo Parish Commission in due, legal and regular session convened, that Chapter 54 of the Code of Ordinances of the Parish of Caddo is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows, to wit: The official Zoning Map of the Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Area of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, be amended by rezoning property located on the north side of Jefferson Paige Road, 330 west of Monkhouse Drive 420 north of Jefferson Paige Road, Caddo Parish, LA, more particularly described below, be and the same is hereby amended from R-A, Residence-Agriculture District to I-1, Light Industry District AND B-1, Buffer Business District with site plan approval: B-1 Tract: A certain tract of land containing acres M/L & located in Sec 8, T17N, R14W, Caddo Parish, LA, more particularly described as: Commencing at a found brass cap at the SW corner of Sec 8 proceed N E feet; thence proceed S E 40 feet to a point on the east R/W of Ratcliff Rd & the POB of the tract herein described; thence proceed along said R/W N E 600 feet to a point on the south R/W of S Roach Dr; thence proceed along said R/W S E feet to a point on the east R/W of Gifford Dr; thence proceed along said R/W N E feet to the south line of Plat of Partition between the heirs of Mrs EA Gifford & HL Gifford, Caddo Parish, LA; thence leaving said R/W proceed along said south line S E feet to a found 1 inch iron pipe; thence proceed S W feet; thence proceed N W feet to the POB. I-1 Tract: A certain tract of land containing acres M/L located in Sec 8, T17N, R14W, Caddo Parish, LA more particularly described as: Commencing at a found brass cap at the SW corner of said Sec 8, proceed N E 972 feet; thence proceed S E 40 feet to a point on the east R/W of Ratcliff Rd & the POB of the tract herein described; thence proceed along said R/W N E feet; thence leaving said R/W proceed S E feet; thence proceed S W feet; thence proceed S E feet to a point on the west line of Country Club Heights Sub Unit 6, Caddo Parish, LA; thence proceed along said west line S W feet to a found 2 inch iron pipe on the north R/W of Bullen; thence proceed along said R/W N W feet; thence proceed S W 60 feet to a point on the south R/W of Bullen; thence proceed along said R/W S E 25 feet to a found 1 inch iron pipe; thence proceed S W feet to a found DOTD R/W monument on the north R/W of Jefferson Paige Rd; thence proceed along said R/W along a curve to the left, said curve having a radius of feet (chord bearing N W feet), an arc distance of feet to the east line of Lot 16, Weiss Park Sub, Caddo Parish, LA; thence leaving said R/W proceed along the east line of Lot 16 N E feet to the NE corner of Lot 6, Weiss Park Sub; thence proceed along the north line of said Lot 6 N W feet to a point feet west of the SE corner of Lot 3; thence proceed N E feet to a point on the north line of the S/2 of Lot 2; thence proceed along said north line N W feet to the POB. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the rezoning of the property described herein is subject to compliance with the following stipulations: 1. Provide an enclosed dumpster 2. Submit dimensioned elevation drawings 3. Designate proposed building square footage 4. Provide a detailed landscape plan 5. Show a 6 solid screen fence along all portions of the property adjacent to residential zoned areas, but with a waiver of the required solid screening fence along the northern and western sides of the proposed B-1 zoned section with the acknowledgement that the applicant shall be required through the site plan approval process, to develop this property in a manner that will be compatible with the adjacent residential neighborhoods. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance shall become effective ten (10) days after publication in the official journal. are hereby repealed. Approved as to legal form: BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith Parish Attorney Date P-7-15 SWEPCO

19 ORDINANCE NO OF 2015 BY THE CADDO PARISH COMMISSION: AN ORDINANCE DECLARING CERTAIN ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES TO BE SURPLUS AND TO AUTHORIZE THE PARISH ADMINISTRATOR, OR A DESIGNEE, TO SELL THE PARISH OF CADDO S TAX INTEREST IN CERTAIN SURPLUS ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO WHEREAS, the hereinbelow described properties are no longer needed for public purposes and should be declared surplus properties; and WHEREAS, the Parish of Caddo has received offers to purchase its tax interest in the hereinbelow described properties as indicated below. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Caddo Parish Commission indue, legal and regular session convened, that the hereinbelow described properties are no longer needed for public purposes and are surplus properties. WHEREAS, the Parish of Caddo has a tax interest in the hereinbelow described properties which have been adjudicated for the non-payment of Parish property taxes; and BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that the Caddo Parish Commission does hereby authorize the sale of its tax interest in the hereinbelow described properties. Property No. 1: SWLY 26 feet of SELY 100 Feet of Lot 3, Croom Sub Mooringsport, a subdivision in Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) Property No. 2:0.09 Acre- Being an Und.-1/55 int in E/2 of NW/4 of NW/4, Sec 2(20-16) & 4.91 Acres Being an Und.-54/55 int in E/2 of NW/4 of NW/4 of NW/4, Sec 2(20-16), a subdivision in Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # (01 & 02)) Property No 3: Lot 23, R.C. Thompson Sub., a subdivision in Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) Property No.4: Lot 70, Cooper Heights, Unit 3, a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) Property No. 5: Lot 71, Cooper Heights, Unit 3, a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) Property No. 6: Lot 72, Cooper Heights, a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) Property No. 7: Lot 58, Cooper Heights, a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) Property No. 8: Lot 5, Woodlawn Sub., a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) Property No 9: Lot 4 Blk 10, Allendale Heights, a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) Property No. 10: Lots 5, 6 & W. 30feet of Lot 4, Blk B, Jefferson Heights Sub., a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) Property No. 11: S. 125 feet of Lot 15, Blk E, Edgehill Sub., a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO# ) Property No. 12: Lot 7, Blk 11, Oakview Sub., a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO# )

20 Property No. 13: Lot 4, Blk B, Harlem Heights Sub., a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) Property No. 14: Lots 556, 557, 558, Cedar Grove Addn., a subdivision in the City of Shreveportof Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) Property No. 15: Lot 25, Coleman College Sub., a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) Property No. 16: Lot 1, Stanfield Subdivision, a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that the Caddo Parish Administrator, or his designee, shall be authorized to do any and all things and to sign any and all documents, including Acts of Cash Sale, in a form acceptable to the Caddo Parish Attorney necessary to effectuate the purposes set forth herein. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that this ordinance shall become effective ten (10) days after publication in the official journal. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved as to legal form: Parish Attorney Date

CADDO PARISH COMMISSION 505 TRAVIS STREET, GOVERNMENT PLAZA PUBLIC NOTICE WORK SESSION AGENDA Streaming at MARCH 6, :30 P.M.

CADDO PARISH COMMISSION 505 TRAVIS STREET, GOVERNMENT PLAZA PUBLIC NOTICE WORK SESSION AGENDA Streaming at www.caddo.org MARCH 6, 2017 3:30 P.M. 1. ROLL CALL: Commissioners: Dominick District 1 Gage-Watts