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Regular Session
CADDO PARISH COMMISSION
GOVERNMENT PLAZA CHAMBERS
505 TRAVIS STREET, SHREVEPORT, LA 71101
PUBLIC NOTICE
REGULAR SESSION AGENDA
Streaming at
https://www.youtube.com/@parishofcaddois
September 19, 2024
3:30 P.M.
- ROLL CALL:
Commissioners:
| District 1 | Kracman | District 7 | Gage-Watts |
| District 2 | Young, G. | District 8 | Blake |
| District 3 | Thomas | District 9 | Atkins |
| District 4 | Young, J.P. | District 10 | Cothran |
| District 5 | Burrell | District 11 | Lazarus |
| District 6 | Jones | District 12 | Epperson |
- INVOCATION:
- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
Veterans and active military members saluting during recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance would be appropriate, should you wish to do so. All others, please recite with your hands over your hearts, and we ask that everyone please remember our POW-MIA’s as we say the Pledge of Allegiance.
- AGENDA ADDITIONS:
- CITIZENS COMMENTS:
Citizens who wish to address the Commission on any issue other than zoning, please fill out a comment card located in the chamber foyer and return to the President or the Clerk of the Commission. Individual comments are limited to 3 minutes.
NOTE: Citizens who wish to address the Commission on matters relative to public hearings (items listed on the agenda only) will be limited to a cumulative total of 15 minutes each, for or against an issue. Those who wish to speak or make a presentation are asked to select their speakers and address the points they wish considered with this limitation in mind.
- VISITORS (Special Presentations up to 15 minutes at President’s discretion):
6.1 Recognition of the Veterans Celebration Committee in the United States Congressional Record– presented by Sen. Bill Cassidy’s Office
(Epperson, Burrell, Cothran, Gage-Watts and Thomas)
- ADOPT REGULAR SESSION MINUTES:
7.1 Regular Session Minutes September 5, 2024
7.2 Special Session Tax Board of Review, September 11, 2024
- SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS:
8.1 Special Resolution Honoring Gold Star Survivors and Declaring Gold Star Mother’s Day
(Epperson, Cothran, Thomas, Atkins, Jones, Gage-Watts, Burrell)
(Cothran, Jones, Gage-Watts, Burrell)
8.3 Special Resolution recognizing Workforce Development Month and Goodwill Industries.
(Thomas, Cothran, Jones, Gage-Watts, Burrell)
8.4 Special Resolution for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s
(Thomas, Cothran, Jones Gage-Watts, Burrell)
8.5 Special Resolution for the Progressive Smith Brothers
(Thomas, Cothran, Jones Gage-Watts, Burrell)
8.6 Special Resolution Commemorating 40th Anniversary of the Dixie Cold Storage Fire of 1984
(Thomas, Cothran, Gage-Watts, Burrell)
8.7 Presentation of Previously Adopted Resolutions to include
8.7.1 Special Resolution for Mrs. Bobby T. Henderson (Burrell, Cothran)
8.7.2 Special Resolution Declaring September as Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Month in Caddo Parish (Gage-Watts, Cothran)
8.7.3 Special Resolution recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month in Caddo Parish (Gage-Watts, Cothran)
8.7.4 Special Resolution recognizing Airport Park Community Choir
- COMMUNIQUES AND COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Administration response to information requests from Commissioners
- PRESIDENT’S REPORT:
- PUBLIC HEARING ON ZONING ORDINANCES & CASES:
- PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCES:
12.1 Public Hearing for Ordinance 6456 of 2024
AN ORDINANCE SETTING THE PARISH MILLAGE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, DUE IN 2024 ON OUTSTANDING PARISH BOND ISSUES AND TO INSTRUCT THE ASSESSOR TO INCLUDE SAID MILLAGE ON THE TAX ROLL OF THE PARISH OF CADDO FOR THE YEAR 2024, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO Fact Sheet
(Finance)
12.2 Public Hearing for Ordinance 6457 of 2024
AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE VALUES FIXED, OR TO BE FIXED BY THE LOUISIANA TAX COMMISSION ON ALL ASSESSMENTS FOR RAILWAYS AND OTHER PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS, AND TO INSTRUCT THE ASSESSOR TO EXTEND SUCH ASSESSMENTS AND VALUES ON THE TAX ROLL OF THE PARISH OF CADDO FOR THE YEAR 2024, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO Fact Sheet
(Finance)
12.3 Public Hearing for Ordinance 6458 of 2024
AN ORDINANCE TO SET THE GENERAL PURPOSE AND SPECIAL PURPOSE MILLAGES PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE IN THE MILLAGE RATES NOT IN EXCESS OF THE PRIOR YEARS MAXIMUM RATES, AS ALLOWED BY ARTICLE VII, SECTION 23 OF THE LOUISIANA CONSTITUTION OF 1974 AND LA R.S. 47:1705 (B), LEVYING AND IMPOSING TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS FOR 2024 ON ALL THE PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION IN THE PARISH OF CADDO, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO Fact Sheet
(Finance)
12.4 Public Hearing for Ordinance 6459 of 2024
AN ORDINANCE TO SET THE GENERAL PURPOSE AND SPECIAL PURPOSE MILLAGES PROVIDING FOR MILLAGE RATE ADJUSTMENTS, AS ALLOWED BY ARTICLE VII, SECTION 23 OF THE LOUISIANA CONSTITUTION OF 1974 AND LA R.S. 47:1705 (B), LEVYING AND IMPOSING TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS FOR 2024 ON ALL THE PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION IN THE PARISH OF CADDO, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO. Fact Sheet
(Finance)
12.5 Public Hearing for Ordinance 6460 of 2024
AN ORDINANCE SETTING THE ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY CLASSIFIED AS TIMBERLANDS AND TO INSTRUCT THE ASSESSOR TO INCLUDE SAID ASSESSMENT ON THE TAX ROLL OF THE PARISH OF CADDO FOR THE YEAR 2024, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO Fact Sheet
(Finance)
12.6 Public Hearing for Ordinance 6461 of 2024
AN ORDINANCE TO SELL SURPLUS PROPERTY UNDER CHAPTER 19, ARTICLE II, DIVISION 3 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATIVE TO DONATION OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY THE PARISH UNDER LA. R.S. 47:2236 ET SEQ., TO AUTHORIZE THE DONATION OF PROPERTY TO GODS OF GRIND, LLC, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO Fact Sheet Proposed Amendment
(District 3)
12.7 Public Hearing for Ordinance 6462 of 2024
AN ORDINANCE TO DONATE SURPLUS PROPERTY UNDER CHAPTER 19, ARTICLE II, DIVISION 3 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATIVE TO DONATION OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY THE PARISH UNDER LA. R.S. 47:2236 ET SEQ., TO AUTHORIZE THE DONATION OF PROPERTY TO CADDO PARISH FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT ONE, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO Fact Sheet
(District 2)
- ZONING ORDINANCES (For Final Passage):
- ORDINANCES (For Final Passage):
AN ORDINANCE SETTING THE PARISH MILLAGE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, DUE IN 2024 ON OUTSTANDING PARISH BOND ISSUES AND TO INSTRUCT THE ASSESSOR TO INCLUDE SAID MILLAGE ON THE TAX ROLL OF THE PARISH OF CADDO FOR THE YEAR 2024, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO Fact Sheet
(Finance)
AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE VALUES FIXED, OR TO BE FIXED BY THE LOUISIANA TAX COMMISSION ON ALL ASSESSMENTS FOR RAILWAYS AND OTHER PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS, AND TO INSTRUCT THE ASSESSOR TO EXTEND SUCH ASSESSMENTS AND VALUES ON THE TAX ROLL OF THE PARISH OF CADDO FOR THE YEAR 2024, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO Fact Sheet
(Finance)
AN ORDINANCE TO SET THE GENERAL PURPOSE AND SPECIAL PURPOSE MILLAGES PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE IN THE MILLAGE RATES NOT IN EXCESS OF THE PRIOR YEARS MAXIMUM RATES, AS ALLOWED BY ARTICLE VII, SECTION 23 OF THE LOUISIANA CONSTITUTION OF 1974 AND LA R.S. 47:1705 (B), LEVYING AND IMPOSING TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS FOR 2024 ON ALL THE PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION IN THE PARISH OF CADDO, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO Fact Sheet
(Finance)
AN ORDINANCE TO SET THE GENERAL PURPOSE AND SPECIAL PURPOSE MILLAGES PROVIDING FOR MILLAGE RATE ADJUSTMENTS, AS ALLOWED BY ARTICLE VII, SECTION 23 OF THE LOUISIANA CONSTITUTION OF 1974 AND LA R.S. 47:1705 (B), LEVYING AND IMPOSING TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS FOR 2024 ON ALL THE PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION IN THE PARISH OF CADDO, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO. Fact Sheet
(Finance)
AN ORDINANCE SETTING THE ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY CLASSIFIED AS TIMBERLANDS AND TO INSTRUCT THE ASSESSOR TO INCLUDE SAID ASSESSMENT ON THE TAX ROLL OF THE PARISH OF CADDO FOR THE YEAR 2024, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO Fact Sheet
(Finance)
AN ORDINANCE TO SELL SURPLUS PROPERTY UNDER CHAPTER 19, ARTICLE II, DIVISION 3 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATIVE TO DONATION OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY THE PARISH UNDER LA. R.S. 47:2236 ET SEQ., TO AUTHORIZE THE DONATION OF PROPERTY TO GODS OF GRIND, LLC, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO Fact Sheet Proposed Amendment
(District 3)
AN ORDINANCE TO DONATE SURPLUS PROPERTY UNDER CHAPTER 19, ARTICLE II, DIVISION 3 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATIVE TO DONATION OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY THE PARISH UNDER LA. R.S. 47:2236 ET SEQ., TO AUTHORIZE THE DONATION OF PROPERTY TO CADDO PARISH FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT ONE, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO Fact Sheet
(District 2)
- ZONING ORDINANCES (For Introduction By Title):
15.1 Introduce ORDINANCE 6463 of 2024 in relation to Zoning Case 24-01-CTAP
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND VOLUME II OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE PARISH OF CADDO, AS AMENDED, THE CADDO PARISH UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, RELATIVE TO SHORT-TERM RENTALS, WITH ALL THEIR PROVISIONS INCLUDED HEREIN, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO.
(PZC)
- ORDINANCES (For Introduction By Title):
16.1 Introduce ORDINANCE 6464 of 2024
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE PLACEMENT OF CERTAIN MONUMENTS ON PARISH PROPERTY, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO
(Epperson)
- WORK SESSION MINUTES:
17.1 Ratify Work Session Minutes September 16, 2024
- RESOLUTIONS:
A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE RULES AND BY-LAWS OF THE CADDO PARISH COMMISSION TO PROVIDE FOR A PERMANENT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO
(Epperson, Thomas)
- OLD BUSINESS:
- NEW BUSINESS:
- COMMUNIQUES AND REPORTS:
- CITIZEN COMMENTS (Late Arrivals)
Citizens who wish to address the Commission please fill out a comment card located in the chamber foyer, and return to the Chairman or the Clerk of the Commission. Citizens may also fill out & submit a COMMENT CARD ONLINE HERE prior to the meeting. Individual comments are limited to 3 minutes.
- ADJOURN:
Statement of Accommodations
To all persons desiring to attend and observe a meeting of the Caddo Parish Commission, or who wish to present information to the body: If you have physical limitations that require special accommodations in order for you to attend and participate in a meeting of the Caddo Parish Commission, please contact the office of the Caddo Parish Commission Clerk at (318) 226-6596, at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting so that an effort can be made to provide those accommodations.