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Bossier City Council Meeting February 19, 2019

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Welcome to the buzzer city castle, regular meeting this is Tuesday February, the fifth 2019. We will have a call to order. The invocation by councilmember Jeffrey Darby Pledge of Allegiance by councilmember Timothy.

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Let's pray, Holy Father, we're thankful for another day that he allowed us to see. We thank you. Lord God, the wrestle. Last night we pray father God for those who serve this country, those who served a city we thank you for them. We thank you Lord God, for your greatness and we thank you for your goodness. We thank you for your mercy and your kindness Lord. We pray for those who are sick and those who are being recovered because of their sickness Lord.

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We ask that you give us direction in this meeting to do those things that are beneficial to the ones we serve in the name of Jesus Christ, I pray, amen, man.

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They could face the flag, just like the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag.

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All right roll call, mr.

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Here mr. Darby, here.

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Free here mr. Williams, here.

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Harvey here.

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Outstanding all right, we're gonna, approve the minutes of the January 22nd 2019, a regular meeting and dispense with the reading. Somebody second.

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By councilman Williams second, by Councilman Harvey, please cast your vote. Are.

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You gonna get one from me: yeah.

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I can't even get my.

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Alright, I'll use this time to remind you to please silence your cellphone's.

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I'm for good okay, good.

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Here, in a counter for I will refresh there, we go you ready, we behold, oh yeah,.

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We good all here present for.

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Dandy, coordinated all.

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Right I need a motion to approve the agenda, move.

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Thank you. First.

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By Councilman Larkin, second, by calcine and Erwin, please cast your right.

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All right ceremonial matters we have with us today, Stacy Brown, with the Tourism Commission.

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Good afternoon.

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You allowing me to come and invite you to a special meeting next week. Some of you were able to participate over the last few weeks in a special survey that we've been doing. It's called D next, so it's a company that has worked with about 200 destinations around the world to do an assessment of their destination and look at you know what do we have to offer visitors and how can we improve that to increase our visitation and increase our revenue that we receive from visitation and therefore taxes and as well as that?

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What we do for visitors improves the life of our residents as well. So many of you were able to participate in that, but whether or not you have participated, we'd love for you to hear more of the results and be a part of crafting the next steps from this. So if you have a block of time to hear kind of the full story, it'll be next Tuesday from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. so that's a little bit long and you'll hear about kind of the trends in the industry.

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The results of our survey do some little brainstorming and kind of help craft. The next steps, if you need the Cliff Notes version, I'll, give you a special lunch with the consultant. So if that works better for you just let me know and I'll reach out to you and see what works best, but we'd love to have you more involved in that process and see where we go now from here to build a better destination that drives more revenue from our visitors.

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Gonna be the first mission, oh.

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I'm sorry, the meeting is at sands town and then the lunch will will determine a place for that. It made to be there at Sam's Town as well, but we'll see sorry I thought you meant the location of the Bureau.

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All right next, we have Kelly Wells with the Sports Commission.

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Thank You Council and mayor and I just wanted to come out and let y'all know how a good a job, Bebel Williams, is doing as y'all as a point team on the Sports Commission board and he's got a shirt on today and in honor of his state wrestling tournament and David Montgomery being a wrestler. We got a customized singlet made up, but David didn't want to wear.

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No, no, the thing is tights that they wear. We do have the state wrestling coming back, this Friday and Saturday at the CenturyLink, Center and Rebecca. Wasn't May wasn't able to make it over from the CenturyLink but she's getting ready for the Bossier Chamber dinner tonight. But we appreciate the partnership and support again for our fourth year.

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We will be going back down in June to bid on it for the next couple years, but it you know again it's a great event that has a phenomenal economic impact because we still have about 80% of the rustlers coming from down south but like we saw with parkway high school, the final being the night end up time for the state championship team results.

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So it's really helped grow wrestling in this community and keeps a lot of our local folks from having to travel down the high schools having from having to fundraise and come up with that five grand or so that that they have to spend down south, so phenomenal event will have. A press conference is Thursday at the CenturyLink Center at 2:00 and then, if you can't make it out, Friday the doors open up at 8:00 wrestling starts at 9:00.

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The championships will start Saturday night at 5:00, so we know I'm Airwalk will be there and we love for y'all all to be there, because it's just a phenomenal event. Ten mats, 950 wrestlers from across the state so we're seeing each year more and more state champions from our area. So I think it's it's a great event. I've also got the us boat fishing nationals coming up.

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If you don't know what boat fishing is it's hunters that like to fish and so they'll, be shooting different types of trash fish, but Johnny Morris, you know who owns the Bass Pro, Shops and Cabela's I will actually be personally coming in for that first weekend in April and they'll be fishing three different fisheries, so it'd also be televised. It's either Outdoor Channel or sportsmen Channel, and so again, just another great way of using the Red River and Donnell Evans.

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The local general managers been phenomenal, as is Bill and Ashley in the boardwalk and the water we Commission on that. We also have the weekend before that the kayak bass fishing nationals, which will be on Outdoor Channel- and you know, you've- probably never seen these. You know kayak bass. Fishing is huge, we'll have over 800 kayaks here and they'll, be fishing for over two hundred thousand dollars in prizes. They're gonna be able to use several different bodies of water, not just the Red River. The championship will be on the red, but they'll be using Bayou.

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You know not Cypress, but bite Bayou and cost lake in the Red River. So again, a great event and they'll be here throughout the week and the host there'll be a trade show and stuff going on how like a bass, master classic but that'll be taking place over at the Harris Louisiana downs. So my Christian, those guys that really worked it out to have that Expo over.

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So if you're not kayak, these kayaks are you know twenty thousand dollars now and they've got turbocharged propellers and all kinds of neat thing and then lastly, March 250, the ninth we've got a few member I came last year, while bit's, who is actually playing in the tournament for the next few years, will have the region 14, JUCO men's and women's basketball tournament here, so we'll have twelve or fourteen men's teams that will be playing, including bitsy and they're, doing a really good job this year and then we'll have eight at the top women's teams playing here as well.

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So tournament will start up on Tuesday March, the fifth run through Saturday March, the ninth, the championships I think being Matt four and seven I believe so again, great partnerships. You know we're hoping that this will really give BIP see they've done well, but that'll take place over the gold dome now I just want to introduce Matthew hammock is our sponsorship manager, and you know one of the promises we made was not to just rely on public dollars.

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So he really does a good job of getting out and helping to find support to help us do more events and make them better. So any questions.

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Okay, thank you.

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All right, unfinished business adopt.

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An ordinance to declare certain moveable equipment owned by the city about your city, a surplus to the city's need and provide for Salvage a disposal according to law. Final reading, somebody.

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It first by Councilman Kirwan's second, by councilman Larkin. Is there any public comment, any questions from the council? Please cast your vote.

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Adopt an ordinance repealing the appropriation of a hundred and sixty six thousand eight hundred fifty dollars and sixty-two cents from the police department operations budget to compensate k9 handlers for overtime from the 2018 and 2019 general fund fund balance final reading come.

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First, by councilman, Williams second, by Councilman, Larkin public comment.

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Questions from the council cast your vote.

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Adopt an ordinance to appropriate $25,000 to come from the sales tax capital contingency fund to be used to pay part of the median on hazel Jones Road and enhance the truck turning radius final reading, move.

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It's okay, first by councilman, Williams second, by Councilman, Larkin questions from the audience. Questions from the council just cast your vote.

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Adopting ordnance to appropriate funds to cover construction costs for the water treatment plant, ozone system improvement project for a total of two hundred and one thousand four hundred dollars to come from the water capital. Contingency fund final reading. So.

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First, bike, Houston and Irwin second by councilman, larger questions from the audience on this questions from the council cast your vote.

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Adopting orders to approve the geese of buzzer city, water and sewer services for proposed dentist office to be located at 50 209 airline drive final reading, so.

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First, by councilman, Harvey second, by councilman, Williams questions from the audience questions from the council. Let's cast your vote.

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Adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of six point: two: eight zero acres of land at sixty thousand dollars, an acre to Ed, Co, LLC and I'll, throw out the Marilyn's Walker to execute any and all documents in connection therewith final reading. So.

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Second, worst by Councilman, Harvey second, by councilman, Williams they're questions from the audience on this agenda. Item question from the council hearing: nine just cast your vote.

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All right new business adopt.

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A zoning ordinance first and final reading, favorable by MPC petitioner, Jim Tucker location, an undeveloped area located in section 33, Township 19 north range 13, west Bossier, City Louisiana, request conditional use approval to allow for a proposed skilled care nursing facility in a residential agricultural district. So.

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First, by Councilman Harvey, second, my calendar be the questions from the audience. Please.

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Your name and your address please Tamra.

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Crane 739, CC, Sandidge and Elm Grove question was: do we know where the license is coming for these skilled beds for this facility.

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The company that owns this is closing one of their the facilities and moving that license to this facility.

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Question then, is that license in Bossier Parish or that other facility I mean I'd.

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Have to do research remember, but is they they're closing one facility in transit are transferring to another they'd.

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Be able to call his office term or.

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Come upstairs we'll get that information for you.

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End up in the parish or in the city now.

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This is on that 82 acres that was annexed in November.

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This is the first component of a large master plan for the family that owns that 82 acres.

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All right any additional questions from the audience. Any questions from the council all right. Mr. Berg.

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Introduced an ordinance approving an amendment to the unified development code, creating regulations for the operation of private animal shelters. First reading.

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Bill move second,.

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First part councilman Larkin second by Councilman Harvey that questions from the audience on this agenda item questions from the council, I kasher.

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Introduced an ordinance to allow the use of city, water and sewer services for proposed Taco Bell to be located at 5500 airline drive first reading. So.

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Move second, first by Councilman, Darby second, by Councilman, Hartley questions from the audience questions from the council yesterday.

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Introduced an ordinance to appropriate $900,000 to come from the Walter Oh big, be carried to a fund to supplement existing funds with all funds to be used to construct the Walter OPP carriageway highway 80 improvements first reading, so.

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By councilman Williams, second, by Councilman, Larkin questions from the audience. Questions from the council cast your vote.

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Introduced an ordinance to abandon a portion of an alley located with an East report subdivision and more particularly located to the rear of 301 traffic Street first reading. So.

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Second, first by Councilman, Darby second, by Councilman, Larkin questions from the audience.

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Questions from the council all right cast your vote.

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Adopt a resolution authorizing the iron of electrician for the building maintenance, division first and final reading say.

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Move said first.

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By councilman, early and second by councilman, Williams questions from the audience questions from the council cast your vote.

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Adopt a resolution authorizing the hiring of one laborer or two for the Public Works Department, first and final reading to.

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Move second: first by councilman, Williams seconded by councilman Darby questions from the audience. Questions from the council cast your vote.

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Adopt a resolution authorizing the hiring of one records clerk for the Bossier City Police, Department, first and final reading, so.

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At first by Councilman, Harvey seconded by Councilman larger questions from the audience, questions from the council cast your vote.

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Approve the placement in the official minutes, the reappointment of Charlie Davis's, the governing authority board member of the Bossier City Municipal firearm Police civil service award appointment, effective March, 7th 2019 in expires, March 6, 2022.

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So move second.

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First, by Councilman Larkin, second, five talisman boys.

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Approved for a permanent fee waivers for the following: 5k Kirk at April, 13th 2019 in the bel-air Elementary Mardi Gras parade March, the 5th 2019.

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Circuit Erwin, second, my counseling darling, hurry. I'm. Sorry, of course, is from the audience.

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From the castle.

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All right any announcements from the audience mayor.

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Yes, gentlemen, on the big project of the interchange at 29 to 20 the new entry in the board sell air force debates a major event. Today, secretary Wilson came up and opened the two bits for the project and the little bit was James construction, just a tad under 84 million dollars. So major step forward in that project, I'm standing.

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Now from the council all right meeting adjourned.