Central City Council Meeting Tonight

The Central City Council will meet tonight, July 11, at 6 p.m. at Kristenwood on Greenwell Springs Road.  The agenda is below.

I. Preliminary Business
1) Call to Order
2) Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance
3) Roll Call
4) Approval of the minutes from the June 27, 2017 council meeting

II. Unfinished Business
None

III. New Business
1) Mayor’s report and presentations
2) Introduction of the following item(s) (with public hearing to be held at the July 25, 2017 council meeting): None
3) Public Hearing and action regarding the following instrument(s):
a) An ordinance to amend the 2017-2018 Fiscal Year Half-Cent Fund Budget and Capital Outlay Budget to appropriate funds for the Frenchtown Road Improvement Project and to provide for related matters. (By Council Member Ellis) Budget Committee Action (June 26, 2017): Vote to recommend approval of this ordinance: 4 yeas (Messina, Evans, Knapps, Newman), 0 nays, 1 absent (Martel).
b) An ordinance to amend the 2017-2018 Fiscal Year Budget to appropriate for the transfer of flood donations and to provide for related matters. (By Council Member Messina) Budget Committee Action (June 26, 2017): Vote to recommend approval of this ordinance: 4 yeas (Messina, Evans, Knapps, Newman), 0 nays, 1 absent (Martel).
c) A resolution adopting the Parish-Wide Mitigation Plan. (By Council Member Ellis)

IV. Zoning Cases
1) Introduction of the following item(s) (with public hearing to be held at the July 25, 2017 council meeting):
a) RZ-3-17 Rezoning from Rural/Agricultural (R/A) to Office, Research, and Development (ORD) – Central Thruway – An ordinance granting a rezoning of an approximately 9.86 acre parcel from R/A to ORD to re-establish a landscape business and construct a 29,900 square foot building to be used for allowable ORD uses. Applicant: Mickey L. Robertson (By Council Member Evans) Commission Action (June 22, 2017): A motion to approve RZ-3-17 with staff’s recommendations was made by Mr. Graydon Walker seconded by Mr. Neal Chollette. Vote: 3 yeas (Messrs: Chollette, Sharafkhani and Walker), 3 nays (Messrs: Matlock, Sheridan and Johnson), and 1 absent (Mr. Moak) and the motion failed for a lack of a majority.
2) Discussion and action regarding the following case(s): None

V. Other Business
1) Public Comment * Restricted to items not on the agenda. A Public Comment Request to Speak Card must be turned in to the City Clerk prior to the start of the meeting in order to be considered. Public comment is limited to 10 speakers with three minutes each.
2) Announcements
3) Adjournment