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City Council July 13th Meeting Agenda

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From the City of Central website

The following agenda is for the Tuesday, July 13th City Council meeting at Kristenwood.  The meeting begins at 6 p.m. 

The rules for conducting such public hearings are as follows:

1) The applicant will speak first for a period not to exceed 10 minutes. Other proponents will speak next, then the opponents. Each speaker will be allowed not more than three minutes. The speakers are requested to limit their remarks and to avoid duplication in their presentations.

2) The proponents will be allowed three minutes for rebuttal.

3) The Council Members may ask questions and make comments but are urged to cooperate in an effort to spend not more than 30 minutes on any one matter before the Council.

I. Preliminary Business

(1) Call to Order

(2) Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance

(3) Roll Call

(4) Approval of minutes from the June 22, 2010 council meeting.

II. Unfinished Business

None

III. New Business

1) Mayor’s report and presentations.

2) Appointment of City Clerk.

3) Appointment of Court Magistrate.

4) Appointment of City Attorney.

5) Selection of Mayor Pro- Tempore.

6) Report from CH2MHill on services provided to the City of Central.

7) Report from Moore Planning Group on services provided to the City of Central.

8) Introduction of the following item(s) (with public hearing to be held at the July 27, 2010 council meeting)

a) An ordinance to amend and re-enact Section 415 of Chapter 28 of Title 11 relative to parking violations and to provide for related matters. (By Council member Washington)

b) An ordinance to amend and re-enact Chapter 3 of Title 12 relative to trespass and peddling and to provide for related matters. (By Council member Washington)

c) An ordinance amending the Annual Budget of the City of Central for Fiscal Year 2010-2011 to reduce the budgeted amount for City Planner Services from $100,000.00 to $50,000.00. (By Council member Washington)

d) An ordinance amending the Annual Budget of the City of Central for Fiscal Year 2010-2011 to delete the $50,000.00 budgeted amount for Economic Development. (By Council member Washington)

e) An ordinance amending the Annual Budget of the City of Central for Fiscal Year 2010-2011 to appropriate $23,058.00 for Hooper Rd-Livingston Parish Connector Traffic Study according to Resolution 2010-2. (By Council member Moak)

f) An ordinance amending the Annual Budget of the City of Central for Fiscal Year 2010-2011 to appropriate $3,425.00 for the 2010 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program for coring and soil cement testing to be paid from the Green Light Plan ½ cent sales tax Street Rehabilitation portion. (By Councilman Messina)

9) Discussion and action regarding the following instrument(s):

a) An ordinance placing a moratorium of up to six months on the zoning of C-AB-2 (Commercial Alcoholic Beverage Two District) properties within the City of Central. (By Council member Moak).

b) An ordinance to amend and re-enact the schedule of fees applicable to building permits, inspections and plan review and to provide for related matters. (By Councilman member DeJohn)

c) A resolution setting forth deadlines for submission of placing items on the council agenda, setting forth deadlines for submission of all documents referenced in the council agenda and setting forth deadlines for delivery of the agenda and accompanying documents to council members. (By Council member LoBue)

d) A resolution supporting the release of documents in possession of CH2MHill, Inc. related in any way to its advertisement published in The Advocate newspaper entitled “We Are Central” and containing the words “Setting the Record Straight on Fees”. (By Council members LoBue, Messina and Washington)

IV. Zoning Cases

(1) Introduction of the following item(s) (with Public Hearing to be held at the July 27, 2010 council meeting):

None

(2) Discussion and Action regarding the following case(s):

a) RZ-03-10 Rezoning This property is located at 12249 Hooper Road on Lot 5, being on the north side of Hooper Road east of the Joor Road intersection in Section 6, T-6-S, R-2-E, GLD, EBR, LA. The applicant is proposing to rezone from R (Rural) to LC1 (Light Commercial One District) for a real estate firm. (Applicant: Clarence Fruge, Jr.)

Planning Commission Action: A motion to recommend approval of Case RZ-03-10

was made by Mr. Wade Giles, seconded by Mr. T.J. Johnson with the following conditions to be met prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy:

1) Applicant must meet parking requirements per UDC Section 17.

2) Applicant must prepare a landscape plan in accordance with UDC Section 18.

Vote: 7 yeas (Messrs: Bonvillain, Burns, Giles, Johnson, Rauls, Reado, Walker), 0 nays and the motion carried.

V. Other Business

(1) Public Comment

(2) Announcements

(3) Adjournment

NOTE: Pursuant to the requirements of La. R.S. 42:7, no matter may be discussed by the Central City Council unless it appears on the agenda published at least twenty-four hours prior to the meeting unless the members of the council vote unanimously to take up the matter.