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Council Proceedings of the City of Shreveport, Louisiana December 22, 2014

The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana was called to order by Chairman Joe Shyne at 3:05 p.m., Monday, December 22, 2014, in the Government Chambers in Government Plaza (505 Travis Street).

Invocation was given by Councilman Corbin. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilman S. Jenkins.

Councilman Shyne: Okay, let me make this statement. Let’s remember, this is a City Council meeting, not a Mayor’s meeting. Let me make that again, this is a City Council Meeting, not a Mayor’s meeting. And I want the officers to understand, if anybody comes up and they’re being disrespectful or out of order, if you all can’t sit ‘em down because the Mayor says no, then we’re going to call the Sheriff and let them sit them down or remove ‘em from the Chamber. We want to make sure that we don’t have the kind of meeting that we had three weeks ago. I found out this was on Youtube, I had people calling me from San Francisco, from Dallas, from Houston, saying, ‘Joe, what’s going on in Shreveport? Why do you all have all this at a City Council Meeting? Can’t you control ‘em?’ So the only thing I could say was just yes. It makes us looks bad, because this goes out all over the country. Anybody who wants to say anything, we’ll let you come up, but please do it in a professional manner. Don’t do it like you’re out on the streets. So, I just wanted to make it clear. Because the last time we had that, (inaudible) remove the guy from the Chamber, and they said ah no, let him stay. So, the Sheriff doesn’t work for you Mr. Mayor, and I understand. That’s why I’ve told them, hey, y’all work for the Mayor, you do what the Mayor says, but this is a City Council Meeting. This is not a meeting that’s called by the Mayor. When he calls his meeting, hey, you do whatever the Mayor lets you do. Alright, call the roll please.

On Roll Call, the following members were Present: Councilmen Rose Wilson- McCulloch (Arrived at 3:22 p.m.), Jeff Everson, Michael Corbin, Oliver Jenkins, Ron Webb, Joe Shyne, and Sam Jenkins. 7. Absent: None.

Motion by Councilman Corbin, seconded by Councilman Everson to approve the minutes of the Administrative Conference, Monday, December 8, 2014, Council Meeting, Tuesday, December 9, 2014 and Amendment No. 1 to Council Proceedings, December 9, 2014.

Amendment No. 1 to Council Proceedings of December 9, 2014 (as published on December 16, 2014, in the Official Journal) is amended as follows: ______Amend the December 9, 2014 minutes in the section styled “The adopted ordinances and amendments follow”, as follows:

Insert the following Amendments: AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO ORDINANCE NO. 123 OF 2014 In Section 1 (Estimated Receipts) Reduce Estimated Available Fund Balance 1/1/2015 by $64,000 In Section 2 (Appropriations) Decrease Personal Services by $73,700 Increase Operating Reserves by $9,700 Adjust totals and subtotals accordingly. ______Explanation of Amendment: (1) To reduce beginning fund balance to account for 2014 pay award to employees, (2) To correct personal services line items for protective service personnel clothing and deferred compensation. AMENDMENT 1 TO ORDINANCE 124 OF 2014 In Section 1: Estimate Receipts Decrease Estimated Available Fund Balance 1/1/2015 by $281,000 In Section 2: Appropriation Decrease Water & Sewer Main Improvements by $3,500,000 Increase Operating Reserves by $3,219,000 ______Explanation of Amendment: Approval of this ordinance will enable the Department of Water and Sewerage to adequately fund Operating Reserves. The Amendment will increase Operating Reserves as advised by the Municipal Advisor and Bond Counsel and decrease the funds for the Emergency Water and Sewer Repair Project. Funds for this project will be incorporated into the Capital Budget. This ordinance also reduces fund balance to account for 2014 pay award to employees. ______Explanation of amendment: These amendments were inadvertently left out and were not published in the section of the minutes styled “The adopted ordinances and amendments follow”. This amendment corrects that oversight.

Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen McCulloch, Everson, O. Jenkins, Corbin, Webb, Shyne, and S. Jenkins. 7. Nays: 0. Out of the Chamber: 0. Absent: 0. Abstentions: 0.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS OF DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, COMMUNICATIONS OF THE MAYOR RELATIVE TO CITY BUSINESS, AND REQUIRED REPORTS AWARDS AND RECOGNITION OF DISTINGUISHED GUESTS BY THE MAYOR, NOT TO EXCEED FIFTEEN MINUTES

Councilman Shyne: Mr. Mayor, we’re in your hands. Mayor Glover: Thank you Mr. Chairman, members of the Council. Wanted to take this opportunity to welcome all of those who are here in attendance that take time from what I know are otherwise very busy and hectic schedules. Especially during the holiday season to come and to join these proceedings and to have a chance to be able to see democracy at work. Thank you all for coming. It’s a pleasure to have you here. I notice we have a couple of folks in the audience, I’d like to take a point to recognize my big sister, Rosalind Glover Bryant is here. Wave your hand Rosalind, they may not recognize you, you look so young back there, they may think you’re my little sister. Wonderful to have you here, and you have two young ladies with you, three young ladies and Ms. Joyce Dunn who is there as well. Great to have you all here. Thank you. And of course, wonderful to have our Council Members elect who are here as well as our Mayor-elect. Delighted to have you all present with us. Mr. Shyne mentioned this will be the last meeting for this administration, and this council, and so I want to thank you all for having given me the opportunity to be able to come and be a part of the Council Proceedings. I can remember from my good friend Mayor Jacques Roy down in Alexandria, he was reminded that not only are these Council Meetings, but that the Administration is only here by invitation, because these are Council Proceedings. In fact, he used to have Council Meetings where he would get communications from Council couriered up to his office by messenger, because they were not actually in the Chamber during the times the meetings were held. So, I have enjoyed each and every opportunity. Mr. Shyne and members of this council to be able to be here with this body. For those of us who will be going on to other endeavors, I wish you well as you go into the future. And for those of you who are returning, I commend you all for the service that you’ve rendered, and I offer you my prayers and best wishes as you join your four new compatriots as well as the new Mayor as you go forward to lead the City of Shreveport. God bless you and God bless the City of Shreveport. Councilman Shyne: Thank you Mr. Mayor. Sam. Councilman S. Jenkins: Thank you Mr. Chairman. At this time, I’d like to recognize and call up Caddo Parish Commissioner Ken Epperson. He’s Chairman of the Veterans Day Celebration. I believe he has some recognitions he’d like to make at this time. Commissioner Ken Epperson: Thank you Mr. Jenkins. To Council Chairman Shyne, to our Council Members, Mayor Glover and his outgoing administration. To our Mayor-Elect Mrs. Ollie Tyler, it’s indeed a pleasure to be here today. I’m here with a three-fold purpose. I want to thank Mayor Glover and our outgoing City Council Members for their support during the past three years recognizing our veterans and military parade ceremony. We’re in our third year and it has been a tremendous success. Colonel Steve (inaudible) who most of you know as Mr. Military, Mr. Veterans within the Shreveport/Bossier Northwest Louisiana area stated that the veterans parade and ceremony that we had here in Caddo Parish was the largest event recognizing our veterans since WWII. So we take that to be a great service to our area as well as our veterans. Second, I’m going to welcome incoming Mayor Ollie Tyler and the incoming Council Members here, and I want to ask for their continued support on behalf of our veterans parade and honor ceremony just as you’ll receive from this body as well the outgoing mayor. And thirdly, I want to invite the newly elected council members whom I share a common constituency with, that’s City Council District A, E, F and G to an annual District informational meeting that I host each year. And I will bring that up at the last of my comments. First, I would like to introduce the committee members that work so tirelessly in bringing this veterans parade and honor ceremony to fruition. First, I’d like to recognize Ms. Linda Clements, who is our Parade Committee Chair, Linda, I’d like for you to come up and stand with me. To the outside, this may have seemed like it was an easy venture, but it was a lot of man hours and a lot of work that was involved. We start basically in February of each year and always culminate on the Sunday prior to the Veterans Day in November. Secondly, I’d like to recognize Ms. Sandy Franks who is our (inaudible) and ceremony Chair. Sandy supposedly retired from the VA Medical Center, and she jumped right in and we kept her busy with her duties as our Awards and Program Chair, and she did a wonderful job. Mr. Ted Cox, our Sponsorship Committee and Banners Committee. Mr. Chris Giordano who gave us the great idea of holding this event at the State Fair where it tremendously minimized cost and made this more effective. We put this on for probably a little less than $30,000. We’ve seen other cities put on smaller parades at $100 or more thousand dollars and does not have the effect or the attendance that our parade has had. And then we have the other committee members and volunteers, and I would like to recognize Mr. Barry Robinson who has been recently been promoted and gone to Baton Rouge. He worked tirelessly with us. Our Major Ron Chatman who worked with our Sponsorship Committee, and Major Chatman is one of the most decorated rare veterans in Louisiana and probably the nation. I think he has what, five purple hearts? Four purple hearts. And he works with us. He wasn’t able to be here today. And Dr. Woodrow Wilson, the Parish Administrator worked with us and a number of other people. If you will look on Page 64 of your program book that I handed you out, you’ll see a number of other members and we probably had over 100 people that were volunteered at some point and time. And certainly I would be remised if I did not recognize the Fire Department, Brother Sanders worked with us when he could. Shreveport Police Department, SPAR worked with us, so it was a joint venture. Now what makes this so cohesive for this area, is all four major governmental entities. The Caddo Parish Commission, the City of Shreveport, the City of Bossier City and the Bossier Parish Police Jury worked with us in this venture also. And not to forget the Caddo Parish School Board as well the Bossier Parish School Board. They had their choirs and their bands and their Jr. ROTC programs made this a tremendous event. This has spread throughout Louisiana. I just come back from Lafayette, and people are asking for our program books, and how we did this because they want to emulate this. It is really spreading and we hope to continue this in the future. Please don’t take your program book lightly. Let’s look through it, let’s see those sponsors that gave of their time, their resources. Red River Chevrolet, Landers Dodge, Progressive Waste. Look through this book and call those sponsors and let them know how much we appreciate this. Because this tremendously minimized the cost and made our parade more efficient. Now some things that we’re going to have coming up in 2015, we’ve had a call from My 45 that would like to televise it in 2015. So, we’ll be looking at that. Also we’re going to do a web page. And there are some other changes. However I would like to take this opportunity to welcome all of the continued support from the council persons that are here and the support in the future for the council person elect as well as the mayor. We shared with, we warrant whatever ideas or anything that you can do to help make this even a better success. So this year’s, the 2015 parade will be November 8, 2015 at the Louisiana State Fair Fairgrounds. And if you would, mark Page No. 10 in your book, where you see the joint proclamation between all four governmental entities. This year, we want to make this have even more significance. We want to bring in the businesses. You know some business give veterans free meals on Veterans Day, some places give discounts. This year, we want to make it even more significant. When we sign this joint proclamation this year, we want to invite all of you, the mayor, all of the city council persons, we want all of you to be present at that signing ceremony, and we probably will be having it again at the Northwest Louisiana Veterans home in Bossier City. We thought that’s a significant place to have it at because you have all those veterans there that cannot get out, and come and participate, so we come and bring that to them. So we look forward to - - - we thank Mayor Glover and the outgoing council members for their support. We’re certainly hopeful that the incoming council members and the incoming mayor will continue their support and anything that we can do to enhance this, please feel free to let us know. Now my second deal, once again like to welcome Mayor Tyler in personally as the incoming mayor. Like to offer my support not only as the Chair Person of the Veterans Celebration Committee, but also as a Commissioner, because I figure what’s good for Caddo is good for Shreveport. What’s good for Shreveport is good for Caddo. And if you don’t think so, I just left Lafayette. Lafayette is growing in leaps and bounds. Unbelievable. Because they have a cohesive method of governing among all entities. And it is beautiful and it is growing. And I was telling one of my colleagues while we were down there, I say I feel like Lafayette might bump Shreveport out for the third spot in the deal, so - - - Councilman Shyne: Ken, we’re going to stay there. Mr. Epperson: Whatever I can. Well, that’s the challenge. It’s a great challenge. So we know what we’ve got to do. So I’m offering whatever help I can. Now thirdly, before I close, I would like to ask any of my committee members if they would like to have a word. Councilman Shyne: Why don’t you come to the mic. Councilman O. Jenkins: Not on the record. Let me get Google ready, just in case it’s a hard one. Mr. Ted Cox: Now in WWII, who made the most beachhead assaults in the Pacific? You’ve got two choices, you got Marines, you got Army. Tell me which one you think made the most beachhead assaults. Councilman O. Jenkins: I mean of course, I’m going to say the United States Marine Corps. Mr. Ted Cox: Oh well, wrong. Alright? Put an X by that. The Army made more beachhead assaults in the Pacific than the Marines did. But see that’s not a fact that’s known in Military History. But I just wanted to make sure you were aware. But Oliver is a great Marine, I will tell you that. Councilman Shyne: Well, look, I’m glad you said that because Oliver is always telling me about how bad the Marines are. So I’m glad you came and told us. Councilman O. Jenkins: But in a good way. And saying that in a positive way. Mr. Chris Giordano: I just wanted to take an opportunity to say a few things. Thank you Commissioner Epperson, thank you Councilman Shyne, and the remainder of the City Council, Mayor’s office and administration. I want to give you just a brief recap of, a very brief recap of the 2014 State Fair of Louisiana which was a tremendous state fair for us. One of our record years with a total attendance over the duration of the fair of 455,000 people in attendance, and on that Sunday, November 9th, is when we celebrated our veterans and our military. We had attendance of 42,000 people throughout the day on Sunday, November the 9th. Also those council persons that may be going out, I want to wish you the best in your future. I want to thank you for being a good partner of the State Fair in the past. I also want to thank Mayor Glover and your administration for being a good partner of the State Fair. I wish you guys the best and also consider you my friend as you know that. And anytime in the future, please call on me. I also want to welcome in the Mayor-Elect Tyler. As I mentioned to you a minute ago, I’m your partner, and I’m on your team, so please call on me. And also to our council persons coming on the council. That’s all I have. Thank you. Councilman Shyne: Chris, before you leave, I just want to thank you for the job that you do at the State Fair. Your daddy always did a wonderful job. We were always supportive of him, and he always supported us. Again, thank you for what you do. I’m on my way out, but whatever I can do as a citizen to help you to get the word out, you’ve got my support, because you’ve been great. And I would hope that the Mayor-Elect and the City Council Elect would work with you like we did, and you come down and give them a report on what you’re doing. Because that’s really good for Shreveport and for actually North Louisiana. What you do is good for North Louisiana, so keep up the good work please. Mr. Giordano: I appreciate that. That means a lot and I also have to give our undefeated Champions Shreveport/Bossier Mavericks a plug at this point. They’ve been tearing up the competition as usual, as you know they went undefeated last year and won the championship out at Hirsch Coliseum, and they’re making a very similar progress this year as they are undefeated this year. Coach Steve Tucker, Deborah Green, the General Manager, the team, the rest of their staff, we’re tremendous partners and very fine people to work with, and I think they’re adding something very positive to our community. Councilman Shyne: Thank you very much. Mr. Epperson: Thank you Chris. Ms. Sandy Franks: I’m the one that the Veteran and retired from the VA, and have worked on the program for the last few years. I know you have a program book in front of you, if you weren’t able to come to the ceremony, please take a moment to read the biographies of those 11 veterans that we honored that day. From WWII Veterans to a young man from the most recent conflicts. Veterans with Bronze Stars, Purple Hearts and a heart for this nation, and this country, they served honorably, and we were able to recognize them for their service, them and their families. So, if you could just take a few minutes to read those biographies, I’m sure you’ll be touched by their patriotism and their commitment to our country. Thank you. Mr. Epperson: Thank you Sandy. As I close, I’ll mention that I would like to personally invite incoming mayor, Ollie Tyler as well as the new incoming council persons, especially ones that are of District A, District F, District G and District E, because we have common constituents. Now when someone calls on me with a problem, I’m not going to brush it off. If it’s a commission problem, I’m going to address it directly. We have common constituents, probably the largest district is District G. And if they call me about something because it’s a city issue, I’m going to contact that City Council person, or it could be an issue where Animal/Mosquitoes Control, and the same I ask of the incoming council person, because guess what? Those tax dollars come out of the same billfold, the same household. And that’s all people ask you know. So I just want to let you know that your constituents are my constituents, and there are things that we do that’s separate, but then there are some things that we can do together. So I have a personal invitation to the incoming council members to attend my District Informational meeting, I don’t call ‘em Town Hall meetings, because most of those seem canned to me. I call mine District Informational meetings. I basically have every level of Parish Government and anybody that can help a constituent to be there in person, where we can get these people from this glass and this brick and these steel corridors out where they can be direct with the constituents and they really appreciate that. Councilman Shyne: Ken, I don’t mean to cut you off, but she’s typing and publishing all of this. We thought it was going to be kinda small, but if you have some more to say, if you just wait, we’ll let you come back. This is costing the taxpayer’s money. And I want to tell you, I appreciate what you’ve done. Councilman S. Jenkins: Mr. Chairman, I did want to make a comment before they left. I want to take this opportunity to commend Commissioner Epperson as well as members of our Veterans Celebration Committee. I’ve had the opportunity to attend I want to say the last three ceremonies and parades, and they continue to grow. And we also see some economic impact that is now coming from persons who are coming from near and far to participate in it, and you are certainly (inaudible) a segment of our population who deserves it. I also want to take this opportunity to commend Commissioner Epperson. We’ve had a great working relationship as a Council Member and a Commissioner. I’m sure that that that’s going to continue in the future. As you stated, it’s about the people that we serve, and it’s a very unique situation out in West Shreveport, and west Caddo Parish with the people that are there. They’re all interested in the same thing and just like you said, no matter who they call, we don’t need to get them confused on how we serve. If there’s something we can do, we need to do it, if not you pass it to the next guy, let him pick it up and move forward. So, I just wanted to take this opportunity to publicly tell you how much I have appreciated working with you in the western part of the city along with the other members of the Commission who overlap District G. So continue to keep up the good work, I certainly will continue to be supportive in whatever way I can. Just want you also to know that Oliver is up here researching what you said about (inaudible). Councilman O. Jenkins: And I’m not so sure I’m buying, but I mean I’m not sure (inaudible). I’m not going to challenge you in public, I’m going to be well armed. Councilman S. Jenkins: But congratulations to all of you and please continue the good work for our (inaudible). Councilman Shyne: Ken again, we appreciate what you’re doing. And Ken, we have always - - - the city council problems they’re having out in the Parish, we’ve always taken care of it, and I know Parish Commissioners if there is a problem in the city, you always get with us, and you always take care of it. And this is how we work, I mean this is how we work. Like you say tax payers coming out of that same pocketbook or billfold, and we’re all public servants. Appreciate it again, appreciate what you do with the State Fair, appreciate what you all have done. God bless you and you all have a Merry Christmas, hear? Councilwoman McCulloch: Mr. Shyne, would you just allow me to express my gratitude to each and every one of you. I was a bit late cooking, got a slight burn and so I was doctoring on that and it made me a little late. But Ted, you know I appreciate you, all that you’ve done, since I’ve been in office, but I appreciate all that you guys did. Thank you. Mayor Glover: Mr. Chairman, I’d like to take an opportunity as well to express my appreciation to the collective effort that all of you all have put forth. Outstanding work. Three great efforts and I know it’s just a first three of many, many to come. This will be something I think will be an institutionalized part of November and our State Fair, and I think it is something that will serve this area well in giving us an opportunity to be able to have an effective platform to honor and recognize and educate folks about the service of our veterans. And Ken I want to in particular thank you for the commitment that you make to Caddo Parish and Shreveport as a whole, but the veterans issues in particular. I think I’ve been privileged over the course of the years to work with you and others from everything from the veterans cemetery which is now a reality here in Caddo Parish as well as with members of the legislative delegation on the Veterans Home that’s over in Bossier, which is now a reality, and now here seeing this veterans parade come to full fruition is something that’s simply excellent, outstanding and a great, great contribution to the overall quality of life of Shreveport/Bossier and Northwest Louisiana. Lastly, you mentioned Lafayette. I want to tell you Lafayette has consolidated government. The City of Lafayette and the Parish of Lafayette are all one in the same, and the cities of Broussard and Scott, just like East Baton Rouge are all a part of one seamless system of government. So when you talk about some of the dynamics that you see taking place down there, that consolidation may be a part of why that is. And that may be something from the Commission standpoint, you may want to give some thought to in terms of whether or not that ever ends up being a possibility for Shreveport and Caddo Parish. Mr. Epperson: My focus is the strong economic development. Councilman Shyne: There you go. Thank you Ken. Mr. Epperson: Mr. Shyne, I’m sorry for being long winded. Councilman Shyne: That’s okay. Mr. Epperson: I’m still Methodist. Councilman Shyne: Mr. Mayor, we’re back with you. Is there anything else you wanted to say? Mayor Glover: All of those were my communications in whole Mr. Shyne. In consideration of the effort that I know Bea has to put forth. Councilman Shyne: Okay, how about the communications that - - - Jackie, I’ve got some things that I want to give you, so you can give a copy to incoming Mayor and a couple of city council people there. And is the news people here? The people who are news media- - -, please give ‘em one of those first Jackie. I’m sorry. Give these to the incoming, yeah city council members. Okay.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION OF DISTINGUISHED GUESTS BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, NOT TO EXCEED FIFTEEN MINUTES

Councilman Shyne: James, Mr. Bradford, Mr. Bowman, I got together the list of all of the boards and commissions that will be appointed by the Mayor, and now we used to - - - city council members, Mrs. Tyler used to get an opportunity to give you a name of a person that they might want on the ZBA or the Recreation Committee and things like that, and it makes working go easier and better. We have not had that lately, but I just wanted to give you all, I just wanted to pass that out to you. Those are the Boards and Commissions. Now, Mr. Mayor, I’m sorry to get into this and did I - - - Jackie, did I give you a list of the unfunded needs of the department? Make sure the TV Stations and especially Channel 3 I believe, is Channel 3 in here today? Channel 3? They left? Okay make sure the Shreveport Times gets it. Mr. Mayor, did you want to discuss or show your video at this particular time, or did you want to wait until we get to the bond proposal? Mayor Glover: What’s convenient for you Mr. Shyne. Councilman Shyne: It’s convenient for me now. Mayor Glover: It’s convenient for you now? Councilwoman McCulloch: Councilman Shyne, can I ask you a question? Councilman Shyne: Sure. Councilwoman McCulloch: I spoke with the Clerk’s office regarding a farewell letter that I wanted to bring before this body, and it was explained to me that I would do it underneath Awards and Recognition. As I explained, I had an incident cooking, and I was a bit late. Councilman Shyne: Okay, let’s take yours up now and then Mr. Mayor, we’ll get to - - - Councilwoman McCulloch: If you allow me to - - - Councilman Shyne: Sure. Did you want to show your video Mr. Mayor with me? Mayor Glover: I will yield to Councilwoman McCulloch. Councilman Shyne: Right, I know. We’re going to yield to Councilwoman McCulloch, but after she gets through, why don’t you show your video of me saying that I supported - - - that I supposedly supported this plan that you have before the Council about fixing the streets. You want to show that after - - -Ms. McCulloch, go head on and do yours, and then Mayor, we’ll do yours next. Mayor Glover: Ladies first of course Mr. Shyne. Councilman Shyne: Not necessary ladies first, but she’s a council member. This is a council meeting. So, - - - Councilwoman McCulloch: Well because the agenda indicates awards and recognition of distinguished guest by City Council Members, I was a bit late, I felt like - - - Councilman Shyne: That’s okay, that’s okay, go head on. Councilwoman McCulloch: I’m going to ask at this time that my daughter and soror would come and join me as I give my farewell to the City Council. Annie Pearl, would you come and join me please? To the Honorable Mayor Cedric B, Glover and his administration, to my colleagues and honorable councilmen, employees, and citizens of Caddo Parish, and City of Shreveport. I’ve requested to stand before you to bid you farewell, and ask this documentation be inserted in the minutes of our legislative session on Monday, December 22, 2014 as a farewell gift to me, as well as my generations to come. Thanks in advance. It has been an honor serving twelve years on the Caddo Parish Commission, and these past 4 years on the Shreveport City Council. Due to the many injustices dealt District #2 as a minority district from 1999-2010, I entered the Shreveport City Council race in 2010 with much apprehension, but was encouraged and pushed to run by my now deceased husband of 33 years, The Late Honorable Lewis Joseph McCulloch, Sr. and many others keeping me conscious of the fact” the people (District A) needed a VOICE.” Although dealt many hands of injustice, nothing ever came as a surprise, due to the same ole Shreveport politics. However there were some small victories along the journey. Being the only female on the council I felt compelled to try with the time on hand, to bring peace in times of adversity, and love in times of hate, and sought justice and fairness in times of injustice. I pray this council will work together in the future as The Late Honorable Hersey D. Wilson would say” with consistency seeking and looking out for the welfare of ALL people, be it black, white, republicans, democrats, rich and poor, JEWS or GENTILES”. For it is written “the poor shall be with us always”. As servants of GOD what affects our fellowman affects US as well. You can’t hurt ME, without hurting yourselves. Although there’s always room for improvement with ANY servant, I can honestly say unlike PRIOR COUNCIL, according to my constituency, I answered over 99 and 44 one hundredth percent of District A calls, addressing property standards, parks and recreation, solid waste and landfill issues, water, streets and drainage, community development requests, retiree/employee pay raises, youth summer programs, non-profit, small businesses, fair share, and economic development issues and supported many community organizations at the request of the citizens with all my heart, mind, body, and soul. I am certain, GOD is PLEASED. As I present my last and final request I must give a special thanks to Our Honorable Mayor Cedric B. Glover and his administration, department heads, city employees, and most of all my fellow councilmen, had it not been for your support on what I consider two major victories, not only for District A, but the entire City of Shreveport. As I bid you farewell I’m asking this body to let history and records reflect, the first time in the history of Shreveport POLITICS, a street name after a minority (The Late Honorable HERSEY D. WILSON) who served 30 years as Police Juror and Caddo Parish Commissioner, constructed by a minority elected official City Councilwoman ROSE WILSON MCCULLOCH, hired a minority contractor HORTON’S CONSTRUCTION, a minority architect W.T. and ASSOCOATES, and employed minority employees, for a street project totaling 2.4 million dollars. A special thanks to Mr. David Aubrey, the cities’ A&E Committee, Mayor Glover, and YOU my fellow colleagues now sitting on this council. Hopefully the new council will consider constructing more streets of this same quality throughout District A realizing a large percentage of the streets in District #A were not built to city, BUT parish standards, therefore to reconstruct a parish built road or street built in the 60’s and 70’s, will cost the city more. Let also the record reflect street repairs in District A from 2010-2014 totaled over 4 million dollars. As the District A representative for the past 3 years from 2011-2014, I have supported with a yes vote, the mayor’s overall fix the streets bond proposal for the eighth time totaling approximately $100 million dollars, however each time the proposals have failed, 4 against, and 3 in support. Be mindful Governor Bobby Jindal insisted this council utilize 6 million dollars the city received from the STIMULUS package for city streets be forwarded to the I-49 project, which left the council fighting for crumbs amongst themselves. Up-to-date the City of Shreveport has a $4-500.00 million need for street repairs. We can’t address a need of this magnitude with crumbs from the Master’s table. Also the year 2011, I was assigned by the city council president to represent the council on the MPC sub-committee, and was selected by the committee to serve as the chairperson. Jeff Everson as the incoming president, I’m depending on you as my MVP and witness to ensure history and/or records reflect, as chairperson the changing of the Unified Development Code was my very first initiative. In 2011 records reflected the UDC hadn’t been changed since 1958. Again, I was 2 yrs old. Certainly this is history for me as well as my generations to come. Thanks to Dara Sanders, MPC Board members, city and parish representatives for making this a reality. It couldn’t have happened without team work. Also let the history and the record reflect, my second initiative involved the formation of SCONO (Shreveport Council of Neighborhoods) supported by this council, resolution 215 year 2013. Due to the many citizens’ complaints during my 16 years of service of not being informed of developments, zoning changes etc., within in their perspective communities, I felt it necessary to involve each community/and it was highly recommended my the mayor and his administration to include businesses represented throughout the City of Shreveport. We were assured by Camiaros (UDC Consultant), a part of the formula would be inclusive of citizens’ impute and concerns of all issues involving the changing of the UDC. It was reported on December 9, 2014, by Mr. Mark Sweeney, director of MPC, SCONO hasn’t met since officers and by-laws were put in place, yet the City of Shreveport is moving forward with the changing of the UDC. I actually met with SCONO as they selected officers and approved by -laws. What a waste! Sounds like the same ole politics might be surfacing again from the 1950s, keeping the citizens in the dark until after the fact. Thank you Mayor Glover for exposing us to Economic Growth and Development in the states of TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, and ALABAMA. As the District A representative, I along with others were able to see communities and municipalities working TOGETHER for CHANGE. Shreveport we need CHANGE. The people need to be informed. They’re holding us accountable. Hopefully the subcommittee will oversee and ensure the continuous operation of SCONO, keeping citizens informed of all issues affecting their daily livelihood. The people should have a VOICE. May the citizens of The Next Great City of the South be blessed. To YOU Ron Webb, Jeff Everson, Joe Shyne, Mike Corbin, Oliver Jenkins, and Sam Jenkins. I love each and every one of you in spite of our differences, and will truly miss going to the BATTELFIED with you. Good luck and best wishes to the newly elected City Councilman of District A in his pursuit to continue crying the torch. Congratulations to my Soror and incoming mayor of the City of Shreveport, The Honorable Ollie Tyler. A SPECIAL THANKS to the Lewis Joseph McCulloch, Sr. Family, and my many relatives and friends who continued to believe in me, and supported me on this journey as your 2010-2014 District A servant. It was a PLEASURE to serve! FAREWELL. Thank you. Councilman Shyne: Okay, thank you. Councilman Webb, since you will not be returning too, let me at least give you the same opportunity. I know you don’t have a dissertation. Councilman Webb: Let me get out my 20 page letter. Councilman Shyne: Naw, please don’t. Please don’t get out your 20 page letter. At least let me give you an opportunity. Councilman Webb: I appreciate that. I’ll say it right here from my chair. I just want to thank the Lord for these 19 years that I have been able to serve on the Commission and on the Council. It’s been an experience, an experience I will never forget. I’ve enjoyed serving the people and trying to help in every way I can. I thank my wife for all her encouragement and sacrifices that she had to make as a spouse of an elected official. You will not believe how many, how much sacrifices that your wife has to put up with, and I think everyone in here can relate to that, that’s elected. But I thank my constituents for the help that they’ve called me up and asked me to help them. And I thank the mayor and all the staff members, you know Art and Bea and everyone, even Shelly and all the director heads that I would have different things out in my district that I needed help with, they were always right there and did everything they could to help me, and I appreciate that. And it’s an experience I will never, never forget. I’ve made a lot of new friends, made a few enemies along the way, but that’s to be expected. But it’s helped me grow as a citizen, it’s help me grow with my faith in the Lord Jesus and it’s made me a better person all the way around. And it’s an experience I think everyone at some point in their time would be nice if they could serve and realize what takes place behind the scenes. It doesn’t just happen right here at this table, but I’ve enjoyed it. I would never even in my wildest dreams think that this would be what it was, but I just thank you for my time here and people ask me, my wife asked me on election night, she said ‘Well, do you feel left out?’ and I said no, I don’t feel left out, but I’m leaving the district in good hands with Mr. Flurry. He’s a good Christian man and I have faith that he’s going to serve the district well, serve the city well, and as I told him, there’s so many things I need to bring him up to date on, there’s no way possible for me to with one lunch I’ve had with him already. But I want him to feel free to call me and I’m getting calls even today I’ve gotten calls from constituents wanting my help and I’m going to do what I can between now and Saturday, and what I can’t do, I’ll be passing it on to James, but it’s been a lot of fun. It’s beyond my wildest dreams. I never would have thought that I would enjoy doing this so much. Yes, I’m going to miss it, but one side of me I’m ready to go. My time is up and some days you thankful there is term limits. And will there be another tomorrow? You know, you say as a politician’s answer, never say never. And, that’s what I’ll say. I’m not going to say never, I’ll just wait and see what the good Lord has in store for me and if there is something I want to do, I may do it, but time will tell. But I thank you very much. Councilman Shyne: Sam, let me give you some time too. Councilman S. Jenkins: You know first of all, I am thankful to God and the citizens of District G for the opportunity to serve. I’m thankful to my wife and to my family also. As Councilman Webb said, this is not something you can do without a loving spouse and a supportive family because they take on a lot of what you do. My wife would drive me around on weekends, and we’d go check out the cracks in the sidewalks and holes in the road and anything else that people called us about when we got the chance to do it. It has been a pleasure to work with the members of this council. You’ve got seven different personalities, but we’ve always found a way to mix it. In Louisiana, we know how to make gumbo. That’s pretty much what you have to do up here on this council to see things through. You know initially when you come on, you kinda feeling everybody out, because you don’t know everyone. But I can sit here and say today that I have the highest respect for each one of these gentlemen and lady that is up here, and I can tell you, I know for a fact, that every vote that is taken, a lot of thought goes into that. And these representatives up here I can speak because I know some of you got to stay and gotta be careful what you say, we go through a lot. There’s a lot that we go through to do what we do, and you certainly can’t get into this for the money, because that’s not what it’s about. It’s about serving. So I just want to say to each of you it has really been a pleasure to serve with you. Mr. Mayor, I have the highest respect for you. I think you’ve done great. I know that sometimes we may not agree on things, but I want you to know I think you’re a great person. I like you as a man, I like you as a role model, I think you’ve come in over the eight year period, at least the four that I’ve been here, I think you’ve done your very best for the city. Congratulations to you on the successful run as mayor as well as to the members of your staff. I think they’ve been very responsive. I had an opportunity to shake hands with some of the department heads today. You know the Charter says that we’re not really supposed to make a lot of direct contact, but I appreciate the fact that they would respond, that they would keep us informed. It’s nothing more important to citizens to know that whatever it is that they’re calling about somebody’s looking into it, and I think that your staff did a great job. Let me express my appreciation to the Council staff, and one of the smartest men I know, Arthur Thompson. He really, really is. We kid him a lot about his Clerk’s report, but Art keeps the Council stable. I will say to the new members of the council coming in, this is a good man to know, a good man to sit down and talk with. He’s a very wise person and I think he’s somebody who can help you to find your way around and know what it is that you’re trying to do. I want to say the same thing about our Internal Audit office, Ms. Steward. As Chairman of the Audit and Finance Committee, worked very closely with her. Thank you, thank your office for the work that you do is quiet, but it’s much needed here in the city of Shreveport. So just let me say this here. You know I agree with Councilman Webb. It’s kinda a bitter sweet thing, because you get so accustomed to receiving all those calls. Especially the ones around midnight. The ones on Sunday morning. And you get so accustomed to people coming up to you at the barber shop and at the beauty shop and at the grocery store, at the Circle K where I trying to pump gas, you know most people who want to reach out to their council person is not going to come down here to do it. They’re going to catch you wherever they can, they’re going to let you know what it is that they want. I want to congratulate once again Councilman-Elect Jerry Bowman who will be coming in. Like Ron said, I believe I’m leaving the district in very good hands. I think he has a very good appreciation and know how or what the district needs and what needs to be done. Congratulations to our incoming mayor, Honorable Ollie Tyler. Congratulations to you and just know we’ve got you in our prayers. It’s a big job, it is a big job and I know that you’re up to it and that you’ll do a great job leading this city forward. So I do not intend to disappear. (Inaudible) to Ms. Jackie White the other day at the end of the movie how Clint Eastwood rides off and disappear, I do not intend to disappear. We’ll be here and we’ll do what we can for the city and for the community. So, thank you Mr. Chairman for this opportunity to basically say a farewell, but I will just more or less say so long and we’ll see each other soon. Councilman Shyne: Awe Sam, that was great. I like that. Farewell. I’m not going to get into a long one right now, but I do want to thank the people of District F and the people of the City of Shreveport. And I know it’s going to seem like I’m as old as Art Thompson, but I’m not. I have had the privilege and the blessing of observing the people of District F and the City of Shreveport off and on for about 30 years. And I appreciate them giving me that opportunity to serve. Along the way, I’ve made a lot of good friends, and I’ve made some enemies. There are some people I have disagreed with. Some held it against me, and some of them understand. That’s what life is all about. I have worked with the Mayor John Hussey all the way to Mayor Cedric Glover. On the road, I have agreed with some of them and I have disagreed with some of them. They understand, that’s what makes America so strong. That’s what makes the democratic process so great. The same thing with some citizens. I have supported some, I have gone out and worked for some, and there are some I’ve disagreed with. That’s the way life is. I have two boys at home and they’re grown now, and Mr. Bradford sometimes we agree on some things, and sometimes we disagree on some things. That’s the way life is. And if you keep on living, there are going to be people that you’re going to disagree with, there are going to be people that you agree with, that’s just the way life is. I have enjoyed the right at 30 years of public service. I’ve made some mistakes, I’ve done some good. When I got on City Council, we had 128 miles of oil dirt streets. I don’t know whether any of y’all are old enough to know about that, but they were basically in poor areas. You can drive all over Shreveport now, and we don’t have any more oil dirt streets. Worked with John Hussey, with Hilry Huckaby for eight years, to make sure that came about. And we spent millions of dollars. We spent millions of dollars to do that. But we didn’t over tax the budget in order to do that. I’ve enjoyed helping people, I’ve enjoyed finding jobs for people, I’ve enjoyed coming up with scholarships for kids to go to school, I’ve enjoyed going to high schools and talking to high school students. I’ve enjoyed to committee meetings, community meetings, and sometimes the community meetings that I went to, some people will agree, some people will deny, but I understood. That’s the way it is. Sometimes me and my wife disagree, but we understand that’s the way life is. But I’ve enjoyed the time that I have spent in public service. And kinda like Sam, I don’t know where I’m going, but wherever the Lord leads me, that’s where I’ll go. So again, I want to thank the people of District F and the citizens of Shreveport and Art you and your staff, you know we could have not been as successful as we were without the help of you all. Again, thank you and you all will have to bear with the Mayor and I. Mr. Mayor, I saw a TV program on the news. I think it was a video of me and talking about I supported you for this last proposal that you brought before the city council. I don’t know why those people were misled. Because I and let me say this, And I don’t know what the problem is because I have the constitutional right to agree or disagree with your or to change my mind. Let me say that again. I have the right to agree or disagree with your or to change my mind. But if they thought that I said that I supported this particular plan that you brought before the City Council, let me tell you, I did not. And I do not support it now. And I want to read this to you. And I want the incoming city council and the mayor elect to understand what I’m saying. I think - - - did you all get a copy of the 2015 unfunded? Okay. Did the news staff get a copy? Okay. This is the reason, this is the reason why I am not supporting the plan that the mayor brought. That piece of legislation in order to create the money was initiated by Councilman Sam Jenkins. I voted for that. Because what his legislation said was that we would raise the franchise fee on SWEPCO. Now I supported that. But I do not support tying that money up for 20-30 years in order to fix the streets. I’m for fixing streets. I’m for fixing streets. I have proven that. When I first got on the council with the oil dirt streets. I’ve proved that Mr. Mayor, to the citizens of my district and to the citizens of Shreveport. I think you might have been in grade school back then. No, I’m not going to say that because you’re older than that. You might have been in high school back then when we were fixing streets. Just let me take a minute to read this. The Mayor makes a point that at some point I stated that I supported the use of revenue bonds to fix city streets; however, since that time I have reevaluated that. I talked to some business people about your plan. They didn’t think it was a good plan. Really I didn’t think it was a good plan either. Now council members have an opportunity to vote for that plan or against that plan. Some members voted for it. I didn’t get in no fussing match with them. Cause they have a right to vote their convictions. Some council members voted against it. It just happened to have been four of us who voted against it. We did not think it was a good plan. Because one council member thinks it’s a good plan, that doesn’t make me think that’s a good plan. I got a mind. I’m intelligent. I vote my convictions. If you agree with me, well and good. If you don’t, I’m not going to fall out with you, because that’s what democracy is all about. I’ve been down here a long time. Some people been down here four years. Some people been down here eight years. You have the right to vote your convictions. I have the right to vote mine. And I want to tell the incoming council and mayor, Mrs. Tyler, Council Members, I don’t think this is a good plan. Now you all have an opportunity to come up with whatever plan you want to, in order to fix the city streets. I agree with what Sam Jenkins came up with. Let’s take that additional franchise fee and put it in a street repair program. Not the bond and tie this money up for 20 or 30 years, because some of that money, Mrs. Tyler, you’re going to have to use that for unfunded projects that this city wants. Willie, James, Bowman. You all gonna need this money in order to balance the budget. You don’t want to be down here people criticizing you for not balancing the budget. But now if that’s what you want to do, that’s your right to do that. I have the right to vote my conviction. If that’s what the mayor wants, well and good. If it’s not what he wants, hey, that’s what democracy is all about. He’s come up with a lot of things that I didn’t agree with, I didn’t put him on the news. I didn’t fight him about that. I just do not believe in the plan that he’s coming up with. I want Shreveport to be a strong Shreveport. The difference between me and the Mayor, I’ve got two boys that I want to stay here. I’ve got four kids in all cause you know they’re not coming back. But I got two boys that I want them to stay here Ms. Tyler and I want this to be a strong city. James, Willie, I want this to be a strong city. I want my boys to stay here, cause I’m getting to be an old man and I need somebody to help take care of me. So this is why I want to leave the city in a strong financial position. Now after I leave office and you all take office, you all have the right to do what you think is the best for this city. At this particular time, Willie, James, Ms. Tyler, I don’t think the mayor’s plan is good for the city. And I want the news media to hear that. I don’t have anything to hide. I don’t have anything to hide. My vote today Mr. Mayor will be against the plan. What will it be, the ninth time? Mayor Glover: Correct. Councilman Shyne: This will be the ninth time that I have voted against your plan. But now I’m for fixing the streets. This is why I voted with Sam to have those taxes to come in and put in a street revenue plan. But in the meantime, I don’t want to tie the city down for 20-30 years. And the mayor is leaving office, I’m leaving office too. This should be what you all do. We did what we could do in fixing streets. I have a history of that. So I don’t have to vote for the mayor’s plan to make citizens think that I’m for fixing streets. Sure I’m for fixing streets. But I’m not for his plan. And I’m not angry with him because of his plan. And Willie, I’m not going to be angry with you. I wasn’t angry with Rose for fixing her daddy’s street. Taking $3,000,000 to fix her daddy street. If it had been me, I think I’d have taken that and fixed 25 or 30 other streets. But I didn’t fall out with Rose for that. I hope the mayor doesn’t fall out with me for my vote today. And this will be the ninth time. Let me say it again, so you know, when the mayor quotes me on something, he’ll know that I said this. And I want the news media, this is my ninth time. Because I don’t think it’s good. I do not think his plan is good. And you all - - - I did some research. I believe we have about $13,000,000, Willie, James, Ms. Tyler, Mr. Bowman, of unfunded needs that were brought to us. Those are needs that you all are going to be looking at. I don’t want to tie your hands on the way out the door, so I can tell people ‘Yeah, you know I’m for fixing streets.’ That’s not what I’m all about. And I don’t mind standing on the decisions that I make. I don’t have the mayor to give the news media decisions that I make. And I love the mayor. I supported him. Matter of fact, if he checks his campaign funds the first time he ran, he’ll have a check from Joe Shyne. There was a gentleman, I don’t want to call his name who bought $15,000 worth of radio time. And Ms. Tyler, I supported him. I got on the radio, making radio announcements to elect Cedric Glover. Not only that, I was blessed to have been a teacher and a coach in the Cooper Road area. When I looked at his votes, he hadn’t gotten the votes that he should have in the Cooper Road area. I walked the streets. And you all know what people think about coaches. I was fortunate to be a coach in that area. I just didn’t get a chance to coach Cedric over there. I campaigned for Cedric, but that doesn’t necessarily say that I agree with everything he brings. Look, I married my wife, but it doesn’t necessarily say I agree with her on everything that she says. And we don’t fall out with one another. I was shocked. My wife was shocked. She turned the TV on and she say come here Joe. I ran in there, and there I am on the TV. Talking about I had said one thing and now I’m saying something else. You all excuse me for doing this. But I have the constitutional right to change my mind if I want to. I pay taxes in this town. I don’t know how many taxes the mayor pays. I’ve been told you know that, might not pay no property taxes. That I don’t know. And I’ve been told - - - and Mayor, I want to compliment you on this - - - you know I’ve had some people to call me and say when you leave here, you’re going to Pratt Industries. They say, ‘Joe, you know this isn’t right.’ They say, ‘You know we pay $2.50, say Mayor Glover pushed that through. $2.50 and now he’s going to Pratt Industries.’ I’m going to ask the news media to look into that. Cause I don’t think that’s fair. And Willie, I would think that you all would take another look at charging poor citizens $2.50 for recycling and some of them don’t get nothing done. Here’s a company, a private company that’s making money off public taxpayer money. I don’t think that’s right. I don’t think that’s right. And if somebody leaves the Council or this Administration and go work for these people. Matter of fact, I’m going to ask the news media and the FBI to look into this. And again, and again - - - you know I hate this had to come to this, but I look at TV today and here I am on TV. And the mayor is saying this and the mayor is said that you supported this. You supported this plan. Even if I did. I have the right to change my mind. I don’t have to vote the way that Cedric Glover wants me to vote. I was on the City Council before Cedric Glover. I’m old enough to be his daddy. And it just kinda got under my skin and I’m sorry. For this to be made a public show. There’s a lot of things I haven’t voted for, voted against it. And Cedric has made the statement, ‘I don’t want Joe Shyne’s vote.’ Which to me was stupid. You don’t do that. I would never say that. I would never say I don’t want Jeff Everson’s support. And we’ve disagreed on some things. But we don’t fall out. Jeff don’t try to make me look bad because I don’t agree with him on something. Some things I didn’t agree with Hightower on, or Hussey on, or Hazel on. And Ms. Tyler, some of your council members gon disagree with you on some things. But don’t try to make a booger bear out of ‘em. And you’re going to disagree with them on some things. And they’re going to disagree with you on some times. Don’t y’all make booger bears out of one another. You get things done by using honey. You don’t get things done by bullying nobody. I’ve sit here in council meetings and all of this jumping on us because we don’t agree with you. I’ve been to the mayor’s office one time in the last eight years. Hightower and I probably met three or four times a month. Hazel, Hussey, this is the way you get things done. Don’t get things done by trying to bully and battle somebody. Of course I don’t even have to tell you, I know you know. You’ve been CAO of the school system and you know you have to know how to work with people. You know how they have to use a little honey from time to time. And they use a little honey on you. I’m good at doing that, because I tell Willie I’m kinda henpecked, because I use quite a bit of honey on my wife. Honey this, honey that, honey this and honey that. You know whatever you want and we understand it. We disagree, but we don’t fall out with one another. She don’t put me on TV cause she might want to buy a new house or a new car and I’ll say, ‘No baby, we can’t afford that.’ We can’t do that right now. She doesn’t go and put me on TV or say I’m going to divorce you. Mr. Mayor, I love you. Mayor Glover: I love you too Mr. Shyne. Councilman Shyne: But again, I’m not supporting, I’m not going to vote. Now, you’ve got other people up here. I am not going to vote for the program because I’m not going to tie up for 20-30 years money that Ms. Tyler and the incoming council might need to use in order to fund some of those things that you see. And Mr. Bradford, I appreciate you coming before the Council saying please don’t y’all do that. Let us take a look at this. I have the utmost confidence. The people wouldn’t have elected Ms. Tyler, they would not have elected you all if they didn’t think that you all would be capable and committed and concerned about taking care of the business of Shreveport. Fixing streets is just one of them. Don’t you think now that you’re not going to have a lot of other concerns. Fixing streets Ms. Tyler is just one of them. So you all remember that. I have no hard feelings toward the mayor, I love all my city council colleagues, and I have worked with a lot of them. I’ve probably been in public office longer than any of them down here. This isn’t my first rodeo, this isn’t my first time disagreeing with a mayor. But this is my first time being put on TV about our disagreement. He has six other people down here. My one vote does not keep his street program from going over. So evidently there are some other members down here that don’t think it’s very wise and very good. He’s got two or three who think this is a wise way to go. You know I don’t fuss with Jeff over the vote he made. He voted one way and I voted the other. We’re still friends. We’re still friends. There are some things that I voted with Ron on and there are some things I voted against Ron on. Mr. Mayor, you have a tendency to make it personal. And I don’t regret that I gave you $1,000. I just wish that I had it back now, with the economy being like it is. I would never do that. Let me say this and then we’re going to move on. If somebody don’t want to hear me, there the door back there. Go out. I was elected to be here. And this is my last go round for right now, who knows, I might be back down here. You all have to understand if you disagree with one another, please don’t fall out here. Please don’t fall out. Ms. Tyler, I know you know, but please don’t fall out. Continue to work together. This is how you move the City of Shreveport forward. Please. Again, I want to thank the citizens of Shreveport for giving me an opportunity to serve them around 30 years. I’ve done some good and I’ve done some things that some folks might not agree with me on. That’s just the way it is. Alright, let me turn it over to you. Did you want to show your video? Mayor Glover: Absolutely Mr. Shyne, if you’re going to extend that opportunity. Councilman Shyne: Please show it hear? Mayor Glover: If you want to do so now or wait til it comes up. Councilman Shyne: No, why don’t we do it now. Because I’ve told you, I’m not voting for your bond proposal. Councilwoman McCulloch: So once this is presented, can we go ahead and take a vote on it? Councilman Shyne: Vote on what? Sure if you want to. If you want to. Mr. Thompson, what - - - Mayor Glover: Mr. Shyne, there are two different versions. We put both out there and obviously we’re going to go with the short one, but we want folks to know the long version is there so that people can have the chance to be able to see the full context of your remarks and the meeting as a whole. And so at this time, Charles? Councilman Shyne: Mr. Mayor, Mr. Mayor, let me say this again, if you want to put it on here, or if you want to put it on Channel 12, it does not matter with me. I am not changing my vote. Now you want to bring that piece of legislation up now? Mayor Glover: You asked if we get the video, we’ll show the video. Councilman Shyne: Please. If it makes the mayor feel good. Mayor Glover: Well, you extended the invitation Mr. Shyne and I’m accepting it. Councilman Shyne: Mr. Mayor, show your video please. And then I’ll explain that to them when we get to it. Mayor Glover presented the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxuaoM0S0NY&feature=youtu.be

Councilman Shyne: Somebody tell ‘em I think we’re getting the gist of this and so we can move on. Mayor Glover: I think you asked for the video, and this is the video. Councilman Shyne: Look, I’m asking (inaudible), I’m still against voting for the plan. Now it doesn’t matter what the video says. Okay now what point do you want to make? Hey, this is a City Council Meeting, let’s cut the video and we’re going to move on. Now if you want to come back to the last meeting and show it as long as you want to. Mayor Glover: Mr. Chairman, you said - - - you offered if I wanted to play the video. And I’m playing the video. Councilman Shyne: (Inaudible) Charles can you all cut that video off. Mayor Glover: Because I was asking to prevail upon the Chairman to comply with the request that he made of me. Councilman Shyne: Mr. Mayor, Mr. Mayor, you have complied with that (inaudible), I’m not changing my vote if this is what this is about. If this is what this is about. Could you cut this off? I know he works for you Mr. Mayor, and this is what I’m saying to Council Members. Listen you all remember now. (Inaudible) Council Meeting - - - Mayor Glover: (Inaudible) that you not allow the Chairman to keep the (inaudible) being made a part of this proceedings. You asked for it Mr. Chairman. Councilman Shyne: Look. You’ve had a chance to see (inaudible). I wanted to bring this up. There you go. Mayor Glover: You asked for it Mr. Chairman. Councilman Shyne: There you go. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Mayor Glover: Mr. Chairman, you asked for the video. I did not suggest playing the video. You asked for the video. Councilman Shyne: Mr. Mayor, Mr. Mayor? Mayor Glover: Mr. Chairman? Councilman Shyne: Mr. Mayor, No. Look here, Mayor Glover: The very first thing you asked when I walked into the chamber. Councilman Shyne: Let’s move on, let’s move on. Mayor Glover: And we began the proceedings, you asked if I wanted to play the video. Councilman Shyne: Okay, you played, let’s move on. My vote will be the same Mayor Glover: Now what I would ask you is - - - Councilman Shyne: Okay, you played the video, let’s move on. My vote will be the same. Do you want to bring the legislation up now? Mayor Glover: What I would ask you is why is it that you don’t want the video now to be played? Councilman Shyne: I tell you what - - - I’m not saying I don’t want the video to be played. It played Mr. Mayor. Mayor Glover: There was four minutes left of the video to be played Mr. Chairman. Councilman Shyne: Okay, that was the part of it that I wanted to be played since you doing this for me. Rose, you want to bring the legislation up to be voted on now? Councilwoman McCulloch: Yes I’d like to bring it up now to be voted on. Mr. Thompson: Mr. Chairman? Ms. Glass: Well, you may want to ask if there are any public comments related to this. Councilman Webb: We’ve got to suspend the rules first right? Ms. Glass: Well that’s first. Councilwoman McCulloch: Okay, well I’ll suspend the rules. Motion by Councilman McCulloch, seconded by Councilman Webb to suspend the rules and consider Resolution No. 238 of 2014.

Councilman Webb: Is there going to be any discussion on it? Councilman S. Jenkins: Mr. Chairman if I may? You touched upon some things when you were talking earlier that I do agree with some of the things you said there. And I think I do feel the need from where I sit just to clarify where I stand and what my votes have been. And the reason I do that is because I do think we should be accountable to the people that we serve. When the initial ‘Fix The Street Plan’ came up some years ago, I certainly supported that and have no regret with supporting it at that time. In fact, I think it may have only been a couple of us on the council, I know Councilwoman McCulloch was another person that supported it, and if I’m overlooking anybody else, I don’t mean to. But there was not a lot of support for it, but I know I did support it at that particular point and time. But as I stated with this last series of plans that have come forward, I have never cast a vote that I could say in good conscious, I never cast a vote since I’ve been on this council based on who the author of the legislation may be. I’ve never cast a vote for or against Mayor Glover in other words. If it’s something that after it’s been looked at from my perspective, I try to make my decisions based on that. I heard recent comments that this had something to do with mayoral politics. No it does not. Not from me it doesn’t. I don’t know where that’s coming from, but let me just clear the air. I’ve never cast a vote for or against legislation because the Mayor brought it forward, and I’ve never cast a vote that I can say in good conscious on legislation because one of our colleagues brought it forward, try to make these decision based on what you think is in the best interest. I think the difference - - - I think I said this early on, I think the difference in the previous resolution, the bond money and what’s been happening this series is the timing and what the conditions are right now. There’s just a lot of - - - this is me. I’m not asking anybody to agree with anything I’m saying. There are a lot of issues that are on the table right now that were not present when we initially looked at this. We’ve got city employees looking for pay raises. We’ve got retirement benefit issues that are now coming up, or course the streets is another problem or priority that needs to be looked at. You know you have a series of things that are going on here. This Street Special Revenue Fund is one of the few areas where there is some discretionary money, where if there was some kind of emergency, you could look to these funds and try to help with that particular emergency. Now that is what’s weighing very heavily on me right now. It’s nothing personal about any of this with me. I have no reason to take it to a personal level. But I do think when you look at what the situation is now, you’re looking at some declining revenue, especially from our gaming industry. You’re looking at reserves that are low now. There are just a lot of things that are going on right now that weigh very heavily on me as to why I am concerned about long term debt for the city over 20-25 years. And I know it doesn’t exhaust all of the money. I think it was a very wise move on your part Mr. Mayor, not to try to tie up all of the money, just part of the money. I commend you on that. I do understand what you said and I know that you’re acting in good faith. And I do know that you want to see this thing done. I really do understand that. But I just wanted to clear the air. You know when people began to circulate your reason for doing something and that the part of what you’re saying that I really want to piggyback on, you want to know my reason for doing something, ask me. And I’ll be glad to tell you because I try to use good sense. My wife says I violate that quite often Mr. Bradford, but I do try to use good sense. And it’s just a different time right now. The circumstances to me appear to be different. And I want you to know I looked at every proposal that came forward. It’s not a bad thing. It’s really not. I just think it’s the timing of what’s going on right. We’ve got a new administration, new council that’s about to come in. Some priorities are going to have to be set by them and you know when you look at it, just don’t seem well - - - what if something happens and you really had to go get some money. Where are you going to go? How are you going to address whatever that particular need may be. These are the things that weigh on me very heavily about what we’re deciding to do when we say we want to tie the money up. Now having said that, I want to commend this administration and this council. I think you’ve had more street repair in the city of Shreveport now than you’ve had in the past decade. Somebody want to prove me wrong, go ahead and prove me wrong. But streets are being repaired here in the City of Shreveport. I do not think the repair of streets is going to stop next Saturday when we swear in the new mayor and the new council. I don’t think all of a sudden it’s going to be some breaks on it and no more streets are going to be repaired. So I don’t know what the big rush is or the big compelling reason to get it done. But I do want to say this. I think a lot has been done during this past four years to address the problem from the Mayor and from the Council. I don’t think in essence these plans are bad plans. That’s not what I’m saying at all. But I do think if you look at where we are, what the finances are looking like, what the potentials are if I went forward, take some discretionary money that may be needed, and we had to do that. We did have to do that. The reserves got low and I think we transferred over nearly $5,000,000 to try to help our reserves. And this is where it came from. Thank God it was there, so we can go and try to address that. I think at the time, even more than that was being asked for. I think we transferred over $5 (million) but I think the administration may have been asking for at $9 (million) or better. But $9,000,000, I’m talking in terms of millions of dollars followed by $5,000,000 but I think the administration at that time was saying we needed at least $9,000,000. So, I just don’t think walking out the door and this is me, walking out the door tying up the funding that way and allowing some new people to come in and they are somewhat bound by a decision I made like that, when I had an option not to do it. Sometimes we have to make decisions, it’s just no options. But when I have an option not to do it, I have to weigh that. And that’s what I’ve been looking at with this entire proposal. But I did want to clear the air on a few things there because I’ve heard there’s supposed to be something personal going on. I’ve never had anything personal with the mayor. I’ve never had anything personal with the mayor, never. And if he’s got some with me, I don’t know about it, but I’ve never had anything personal with the mayor. And secondly - - - Councilman Shyne: And Sam, you’re right. Because I love the mayor. Councilman S. Jenkins: I do think that everybody has to look at this from the perspective that they see it and make the best decision that you can make because at the end of the day I don’t go home and lay down in the bed with you. I have to go home and lay in the bed with me. So I have to think about the things that I did when I was down here. How I voted on something when I was down here. So, I just wanted you to know that’s what weighs heavily with me right now. That’s what my big concern about the situation is as we talk about the present. But do know when you look back that you know a set of circumstances that existed some time ago, I was very much for it, and explained and articulated the same reasons at that time. I thought it was a good time to try to do it. I thought it would commit the money for what we said we were going to commit it to. And it would have had a very good impact. But right now, I’m very concerned about tying the funds up in the manner that’s being described here right now, especially walking out the door so to speak when we’ve got an option not to do it and let the people that come in next weigh out all these priorities and see how they want to approach it or whatever the case may be. They will have to be accountable for whatever their decisions may be. But I just wanted to clear the air on where I’m at, what my thought process was on this whole thing. And I’ve looked at each one of them. Not just come and just with a prefixed mind to vote ‘NO’. And several of the votes that I made, I did not make it until I was really sitting here and it was time to vote to be honest with you. I was hoping you had something different, so I just wanted to put that out there for what it’s worth. I think that explanation needed to be passed on. Because is sometime if you don’t give an explanation, people make up explanations for you. So I’ve given you my explanation about where I’m at, what my thought process has been with these votes. Thank you Mr. Chairman. Councilman Shyne: Sam, I thank you and that’s what I wanted to make clear. People will make up excuses for you. And like I said again, we’ve had some people to come down and Ken we’re gone get to you in a minute. We even had a person to come down and to be truthful with you, I was afraid. Come to find out, this guy doesn’t even stay in Shreveport. The other guy that was talking about doesn’t even own a car. Now I don’t know who pushed them up to come down here and do that. But I kinda feared for my life. Because folks are doing crazy things nowadays. They’re shooting up the movie theatres, going to school shooting up. Little kids who don’t - - - who they don’t even know. So that’s why I say to you all, don’t let nobody come down here and act a fool . You all have the officers back there. And if the mayor would rather have the Sheriff Department do it, do it. We’re vulnerable. When you sit up here you’re vulnerable. And you don’t know what a crazy will do nowadays. I used to didn’t think so. Ms. Tyler, you know at one time, we had to put security officers in the schools. You’re vulnerable. When you’re a public official, you don’t know what people will do. Some of them gone disagree with you some of ‘em will agree with you. I used to officiate ballgames. And you know it got a little dangerous. People started calling you blind, you can’t see, you don’t know what you’re doing. So this can get to be dangerous when you disagree, please keep it where you’re not disagreeable. And if you change your mind, you just change your mind. After you look at a situation, you find out what it’s all about, and Sam was right. We don’t want to put this city in a position where your hands are tied talking about fixing streets when we’ve got money in there that we fix streets with. Thank you. Ken, I believe you wanted to come up and say something. Councilman O. Jenkins: I think Ron has his - - - Ron’s been asking to speak. Councilman Webb: I asked for some discussion, and you went to Sam. So I didn’t - - - Councilman Shyne: I’m sorry. Okay, okay Ron. Councilman Webb: Okay, I’d like for Stan Harris to come up please. I listened to Councilman Jenkins comments about timing and conditions. Since we started the pavement and road systems, do you know how many dollars do we need to fix all our streets in Shreveport? Mr. Stan Harris: (Public Works) I think we have a backlog of somewhere just over $400,000,000. Councilman Webb: Over $400,000,000 backlog. I know every year, I get a book from the Public Works that has the prioritized roads. Level I is the roads. Level is needing immediate attention, Level II is getting there, and No. 3 gets on the back burner until it becomes a Level I. Well every year, my book keeps getting Level I added to it and quicker than they’re being repaired. So No. 2s and No 3s never get done basically until they become a No. 1 and get on the - - - and then it’s almost like point a finger, close your eyes and pick one cause they’re so bad. And I know our people have been hollering for street repair for two or three years, four years. Every year, I may get a small sum of money to do - - - how many streets was I able to fix in my district this year? Four, three, four? And that’s about it. And I probably put eight on the list. So, we’re skidding downhill fast, and the worst they get, the Level IIs and Level IIIs are going to become Level Is quicker than we can ever even finish what’s on Level I now. And we’ve got the franchise fee. I thought that was a great move by Councilman Jenkins, when the franchise fee went from 2% to 5% and we took the whole 5%, but we backed up a little bit and gave 2% of it back to the administration. And that 3%, you know we voted to divide it seven ways to do some street repair in our districts. But that all got put on hold because the reserves were down low and we needed that money to go into the reserves. In order to get a large bond passed so that we’d have enough revenue in the reserves to get a good interest rate. Well, how many (inaudible) maybe Dale or whoever or maybe the amount of money that goes into the 3%, how much does that accumulate every year? Mr. Sibley: A little over $6,000,000. Councilman Webb: A little over $6,000,000. Well, I know early on way back, I was in favor and I talked with the mayor about it extensively. Was in the pay as you go plan. But at $6,000,000 a year, and if we used every penny of it, divide that into 400, and that’s without adding another one to it, how many years is that? You start doing the math. And I mean we aren’t ever going to get to where we need. And that’s all I’ve heard from my constituents over the last four years is when are you going to fix my street? You know? When are you going to fix my street? And I say it’s not going to happen until we get a bond passed. And whether it be this administration or whether it be the next administration, somebody is going to have to quick kicking the can down the road and pass a bond. And we’ve been trying this, it’ll be our ninth vote today to do so. We can also say the time, and naw it’s too close to the new administration, but like the mayor said one day, hey we’re council members until the day we leave office. And so to me this is just another opportunity to step forward and show the people we’re ready to try to help fix the streets and still got that franchise fee there, I think if I’m not mistaken, is where you’re wanting to get the revenue from to pay for the bond. That we could do the fix as you go. So what’s the difference in pay - - - fix as you go, $13,000,000 a year versus getting a bigger bond and get as many needed streets as we can now? And I just think we’re wrong if we say ‘NO’, but I didn’t know what that amount was. I wanted you to tell me that and think about $6,000,000 divided into $400,000,000. It ain’t never going to happen. Alright thank you. Councilman Shyne: Alright Mr. Harris let me - - - Ron and I have disagreed on other things and the Human Relation Commission, we disagreed on that. I disagreed with Ron on this. He has one vote on it. I’ve got one vote on it. Councilman Webb: That’s right. Councilman Shyne: If you want a bond issue, go to the people and get a people. Councilman Webb: Hey, I don’t mind putting it on the ballot. Councilman Shyne: Ron, let me finish, and I’ll let you come back again. Let me finish, and I’ll let you come back again. That’s the way we have been fixing streets in the future. We went to the people for a $170,000,000 bond in order to fix water and sewerage. I think $21,000,000 of that was for fixing streets. That’s the way you fix streets. I’ve been down here longer than Ron. We have never taken revenue that comes in to the city in order to let the mayor issue revenue bonds. We’ve never done that. We always go to the citizens for bonds. If we got schools that need to be fixed, we go to the city. I mean we go to the people for bonds. That’s the way we need to go this time. That’s my position on it. Ron’s position is what he’s saying. He’s got one vote and he’s going to be able to vote in a minute. It’s four of us that don’t agree with Ron. Ron and I have disagreed before. Now because I don’t agree with him on this, I hope I wouldn’t stop being his friend. He’s not going to stop being my friend, because I’m going to love him anyway, whether he loves me or not. I just happen to disagree with him and the mayor on this and maybe two other council members. But I happen to agree with some other council members. And I happen to agree with what Mr. Bradford said as an incoming city council person. I’m not going to sit here and let anybody influence me on tying the hands of the new administration and the council coming in, because I’m so gong ho about this fixing streets. You done sit here eight years. You done sit here eight years. If you want to fix the streets, let’s go to the public for bonds. Let’s don’t tie the hands of the new administration and the council that’s coming in. Because we’ve got what was it, $13,000,000 of unfunded needs by the departments. How we gonna take care of those? Those need to be taken care of. We’re going to tie ourselves up. I just happen to disagree with Ron on that. We’re going to have a vote in a minute. And I’ll show Ron that I disagree with him on that. And if he wants to come back and talk again, I’ll give him an opportunity to do that. Let’s - - - Rose, you want to - - - Councilwoman McCulloch: Make a motion? Councilman Shyne: Yeah, make a motion, and then - - - Councilman Webb: You’re not going to allow - - - to speak? Councilman Shyne: Yeah, right we’re going to let him speak on it Ron. Cause he’s not going to change anybody’s - - - he’s not going to change anybody’s vote I don’t believe. Councilman Webb: (Inaudible) allow the public - - - Councilman Shyne: (Inaudible) hey let me finish. Look, he’s been up here and spoke before. We’ve had public speakers before. Didn’t change nobody’s vote on it. Councilman Webb: But he still gets to speak? Councilman Shyne: Yeah, he’s gonna get a chance to speak. Councilman Webb: You were calling for the vote, getting her to call for the vote. Councilman Shyne: Naw, I wasn’t getting - - - how is she going to call for the vote? I have to call for the vote. Councilman Webb: She was going to make a motion. Councilman Shyne: No she was going to make a motion to bring the resolution up. I have to call for the vote Ron. You’ve been down here long enough to know parliamentarian procedures. The Chairman has to call for the vote. You don’t call for no vote. Now you can call - - - you can - - - she’s gone call to bring the resolution up, so we can vote on it. When we get to that part, I’m gone let anybody who wants to speak on that do it. Alright Rose, I think the rules. Mr. Thompson: Mr. Chairman, there was a motion to suspend the rules to consider it. It was never carried there. We show - - - Ms. Johnson: No sir. Mr. Thompson: No. Councilman Shyne: You all please vote then please. Councilman O. Jenkins: I mean I voted yes. Councilman Shyne: I did too, but. Ms. Johnson: I have everybody’s vote except Mr. Webb.

Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen McCulloch, Everson, O. Jenkins, Corbin, Webb, Shyne, and S. Jenkins. 7. Nays: 0. Out of the Chamber: 0. Absent: 0. Abstentions: 0.

Councilman Shyne: Okay, Mr. Clerk you want to read the resolution? Mr. Thompson: Yes sir, but you will allow the public to speak? Councilman Shyne: Yeah, after we get the resolution up, then I’m going to - - -

The Clerk read the following:

5. Resolution No. 238 of 2014: A resolution declaring the intention of the City of Shreveport (the "City") to proceed with the issuance of not to exceed Seventy-Two Million Dollars ($72,000,000) Street Improvement Bonds, in one or more series for the purpose of financing the cost of constructing, paving and improving public streets in the City, including utilities relocation and incidental sewer and drainage work required thereby, making application to the Louisiana State Bond Commission for approval of such bonds and otherwise providing with respect thereto.

Councilman Shyne: I’m going to let Rose bring it up before the Council and I’m going to let persons speak on it. Councilwoman McCulloch: So move to bring up Resolution 238. Councilman Shyne: Okay, it’s been seconded by the chair. Mr. Thompson: I believe that the motion that you carried already suspended the rules for the purpose of bringing it up. Councilman Shyne: Okay, Mr. - - - let’s see where we’re at. Alright Ken? We’ve got one? Ken you want to come up and speak on that?

Mr. Ken Krefft: (157 Archer) Mr. Chairman, thank you. I don’t expect to change any votes. Although I do still support it. But there is a two-pronged approach to solving. The Chairman is right. Little quick history. November 4, 1980 Streets, so many million. November 1983, again ’88, again, April 20th of ’96 with Bo Williams, again July 21st of ’01, $30,000,000 with Mayor Hightower. April 2nd of ’11, another $21,000,000 out of a total of $175 (million). It has to be a bond for the big needs, but the second part of this size, and that bond might not be until 2016. It takes a while. But the School Board as you know is going forward on January 20th with a resolution to the State Bond Commission for $108,000,000 and it’s been outlined Wednesday in the paper. And that’s May 2nd and the only thing on the ballot. That’s a little of a risk, because May 3rd this year, the only thing on the ballot went down 77% NO. It’s only 1 ½ mils but got thumped. But the solution as I’ve said before this body before is a Lincoln on a Lincoln. A penny on a $5 bill. A two-tenths of a percent sales tax. Let us vote. It cost each citizen 8 cents a day, it generates $9,000,000 a year, $3,000,000 of which comes in from Texas, Arkansas, outside the city. The Shreveport citizens would contribute according to the sales and use tax office roughly two-thirds of that $9,000,000. About $6,000,000 divided by 200,000 is $2.50 a month, or alternatively, the Pratt Industries is $2.50 a month, so the $13,000,000 in unfunded needs is a real unfunded needs apart from streets, we don’t want to lose our Class I Fire rating, we don’t want insurance premiums to go up, especially on our commercial businesses. So, let the people vote as early as May 2nd if not on the governors ballot in the fall. There’s time to go to the bond commission to pass a resolution if four of the seven of you, but the new group would agree to let us vote on May 2nd with the School Board, the people with whom I’ve spoken, when I tell ‘em it cost them $.08 a day to fix the streets, I’ve heard two NOs and these are just Tea Party againers who are going to vote against anything Mr. Chairman, but the rest which is about 15 people, that’s all it would cost? Well that’s all it would cost you. If you buy a $50,000 car, it’ll cost you a little bit more, but it’s not going to stop somebody from buying a car. And do it for three years. Do it for a very limited time, not 20 years, or 10 years or even 5. That way, the citizens can judge and coincidental to Mrs. Tyler’s re-election bid in 2018, the streets proposition, the two-tenths percent is again on the ballot and depending on how well, Stan and Robert and those folks have done over that three years, it’ll be renewed by a bigger vote than it was the first time. So let’s consider going from 8.6 to 8.8 to fix the streets and to meet the unfunded needs. It’ll raise enough money over three years to do both, and later, maybe in 2016, the next bond issue for the bigger picture, you know the $400,000,000. This only takes that immediacy away. But thank you for your time Mr. Chairman and thank all of y’all for serving. Councilman Shyne: Ken, we appreciate it and that what you said, I agree with you on that. Let the people, let the people vote on that. Mr. Krefft: We may turn it down, but I don’t think so. Councilman Shyne: That’s alright, they will have an opportunity. And Ken thank you, but let’s - - - Rev. Francis. I’m sorry. Rev. Francis. I can’t - - - okay, come up please. That’s a good idea Ken. Rev. Francis: (2975 Willie Mays) To the Honorable Mayor and to Mayor-Elect and to the Council and to everyone assembled. Steer back to streets. While I’m here and this has been ongoing. So anything that you blame the Mayor for, you need to blame yourself for, because you had the opportunity to bring up about a bond to the people. So, we need to do something now to help with the streets, because your future if you want to go into any other endeavor run for Caddo Commission or something, that’s going to be looking bad. Then anything that you know about Cedric, you say you love him, if he’s been negative in some issues that you brought up, then you should have went to him then, because you probably been knowing about this and didn’t do anything, but now you’re bringing it up. That don’t look good. So, you and whoever else think about position, Brother Jenkins, whoever else other Whites, the other councilmen, you think about getting back getting back in the position, you need to consider your vote now. And do something that’s right, because the streets need fixing now. Councilman Shyne: Okay, let me say - - - Rev, thank you very much. But let me say this to anybody out there. I don’t be intimidated. Now I don’t know how these other Council Members feel. I don’t be intimidated. I have made decisions like I say, I’ve been blessed to be elected to an office for 30 years. I don’t think the Reverend has been elected by anyone, or even a church. So, I would hope that you all would not let intimidation dictate on how you would vote, and can’t nobody tell me who I love or who I don’t love and when I need to go and tell ‘em that. I’m grown and intelligent. I got sense enough to know how to do that. Okay, let’s - - - Mr. Thompson I believe we’re at the point now where we can vote on 238? Mayor Glover: Mr. Chairman? Councilman Shyne: Mayor you want to talk on 238? Mayor Glover: Are we still in discussion for 238? Councilman Shyne: Please. Mayor Glover: If there are no other citizens that want to speak on it. Councilman Shyne: Please. Yes Councilman, please come up. Mr. Willie Bradford: (3026 Independence Avenue) I’m speaking as a citizen after the 27th, I’ll be speaking from another perspective. Mr. Chairman, I don’t know the politics of this resolution. I really don’t. But as I mentioned before, that as a citizen, this is not about whose right and whose wrong, this is about what’s right and what’s wrong. I just believe that it would be unfair for you seven individuals on this council at the 11th hour to vote to encumber the City in this next administration and this next council when you will not be around to be held accountable. I just think it’s not fair to the next council and the next administration. My dad once told me you can put off making up your mind, but you can’t put off making up your life. What he meant about that was I kept procrastinating about something until it became too late to do anything about it. Because it was - - - time had expired, the time three years is a long time Mr. Jenkins. Eight years is a long time. I just know that people of good will could come together and manufacture the results that we so desire. I’m embarrassed to hear you say that you have not been to the Mayor’s office to discuss this issue. You don’t know who else has not been. If we could communicate, we could get things accomplished. But you can’t get it communicated on the last day of your last meeting as (inaudible) body. I have ideas I think, the gentleman made some great observations. I think we’ve all ran on the fact that we’re going to get streets fixed, okay? I was elected in District A because getting streets fixed was a priority of mine, but also a priority of mine is to insure that our city remains fiscally responsible in that we will not again obligate our citizens no more than we have to, okay? And that we have so many needs, I mean we’re under a consent decree for crying out loud that we have to do something about our water and drainage and sewer systems. And so there are so many needs. But for you to tie our hands and giving us no options and encumbering finances that we may need for years to come is unfair. Mr. Chairman, I’m going to ask you again to sustain what you been sustaining and give us the new people the opportunity to put our input into this equation in that in four years or even less than four years, the citizens of this city will hold us accountable for what did not happen that we made decision on and not hold us accountable for what happened that you made decisions on. Thank you Mr. Chairman. Councilman Shyne Mr. Bradford, I appreciate it, I appreciate your speech and I appreciate you not trying to intimidate anybody about whether you’re going to get re-elected to another office or whether you seek another office or whether you go to the bank and get a loan or whatever, I appreciate that. You don’t - - - you know intelligent people don’t come down and intimidate people. You make your point known. And let people decide on what they want to do. Now Mr. Mayor? Mayor Glover: Thank you Mr. Chairman and members of the Council and I want to first of all I guess, start with this discussion initially kicked off Mr. Shyne and that is I had every expectation that the agenda would flow exactly it was printed and appears here on the page and on the computer screen. It was you Mr. Shyne. Councilman Shyne: That’s correct. Mayor Glover: Who immediately asked if I wanted to show my video? Councilman Shyne: Exactly right. Mayor Glover: And thankfully, the staff had already prepared and been in position just in case that request was made. But because the video is already out there available on Youtube for anybody who is inclined to go out and view it. Councilman Shyne: Channel 12, Channel 3 and Channel 6. Rev. Francis: Let him talk! Mayor Glover: Was not going to look to necessarily make that point. I think he called you to order Mr. Shyne. Councilman Shyne: That’s not for him to do. Now if he wants me to - - - Rev. Francis: I can’t understand him and you’re talking. Councilman Shyne: Now if you want me to ask him out, officers, if he keeps this up, I’m going to ask him out. This is not his Council meeting. Mayor, go head on. Mayor Glover: Mr. Shyne, you just gave a clear demonstration for why it is I did what I did at the last Council Meeting. And that is that if you want to see the people in this audience who are here today assembled in this room, respect you, then you need to extend some basic respect and courtesy to them. Councilman Shyne: Mr. Mayor, let me handle that. This is a Council Meeting, not a Mayor’s meeting. Mayor Glover: When you attempt to try and use law enforcement as a club to try and direct and discipline those that you yourself are disrespecting. Councilman Shyne: Please Mr. Mayor, would you please make - - - Mayor Glover: As long as I’m not going to allow that to happen Mr. Shyne. Councilman Shyne: Mr. Mayor would you please speak to 238? If you don’t get to 238, we’re going to move on. I’m going to call for the vote. Mayor Glover: Mr. Shyne, and this is where I will also - - - Councilman Shyne: Because nobody is trying to club nobody. Mayor Glover: I will also call upon your fellow Council Members, since you serve at their pleasure - - - Councilman Shyne: That’s correct. Mayor Glover: To also take seriously their responsibility of ensuring that they accept the duty of not allowing the person that they voted to be (inaudible) Councilman Shyne: Because you asked the Council Members not to vote for me. Mayor Glover: (Inaudible) in a position for which they have elected me to hold. Councilman Shyne: You wanted Councilwoman Rose McCulloch as Chairman. Mayor Glover: And so, I would ask today - - - Councilman Shyne: And that was not for you to pick. Mayor Glover: That they will accept that duty and responsibility. Because you’re not just being disrespectful. Councilman Shyne: Now I’m going to tell you again Mr. Mayor, if you don’t move on with what you want talk about - - - Mayor Glover: To me Mr. Shyne, you’re being disrespectful to the citizens who (inaudible). Councilman Shyne: (Inaudible) If you don’t move on with 238, I’m going to call for us to vote on it. Mayor Glover: But you’re the one who asked for the video. Councilman Shyne: That’s correct. Mayor Glover: And once the video began to play, it was you Mr. Shyne who then asked for the video to stop. Councilman Shyne: That’s correct. Mayor Glover: And you asked for it to stop because it further proves and details and delineates and specifically illustrates in only those seven minutes that’s there on the short version exactly the reason as to why I felt the need to make sure that the video was available. It’s not personal Mr. Shyne. It’s not political. Councilman Shyne: You’re making it. Mayor Glover: No I’m not making it personal at all. Not at all. This is about doing that which the people of Shreveport entrusted me to do. And that is to represent and advance and to look out for their best interest. That Mr. Shyne is why I don’t have closed door meetings with you. That is why you and I don’t go out and engage with each other in a social or political sense. Because I know that in order to protect the interest of the City of Shreveport and the citizens of the City of Shreveport, I can’t put myself in those situations and circumstances. History has proven and detailed and documented that. But it was you Mr. Shyne who asked for the video to be played. Councilman Shyne: That’s correct! You don’t have to keep on saying that. Mayor Glover: Because the video shows - - - Councilman Shyne: Let me say that again. I asked for the video to be played. Mayor Glover: Then what I would ask you Mr. Shyne, is why did you ask for the video to stop? Councilman Shyne: Mr. Mayor, I don’t have to give you no reason. I thought it was time for it to stop. And again Mr. Mayor - - - are you through? Mayor Glover: No I’m not. Councilman Shyne: Okay then. Mayor Glover: Mr. Shyne, I’ll offer to you that the one thing you can’t stop, you can have the screen changed, so you can stop it here, but you can’t stop Youtube. So for those folks out there who are inclined and interested and desirous - - - Councilman Shyne: No, no, now, they can look at it as much as they want. Mayor Glover: In seeing what’s on the video and (inaudible). Councilman Shyne: Mr. Mayor, would you please give us the reason why you want this - - - let’s don’t make this personal between me and you. Mayor Glover: Mr. Shyne, I didn’t, I didn’t interrupt you Mr. Shyne. Councilman Shyne: I’m going to interrupt you when I think you’re getting off the point. Mayor Glover: And I said to you that this is not personal. And there is no basis for which you’ve been able to show or to illustrate, or to detail that it is. What this is, is about my efforts, and the efforts of members of this city council to try and do that which people trusted us to come down here and do. And that is to address the needs and issues and challenges of this city. We came down here and we found the retirement system that had problems and challenges, that was only 54% funded, that could have gone broke in less than a decade and together, we exercised the collective leadership that will now have that retirement fund funded 90+% going forward. We came down here, we saw - - - Councilman Shyne: Mr. Mayor, this is not about the retirement, this is about the streets. Mayor Glover: Mr. Shyne, I did not interrupt you Mr. Shyne. Mr. Shyne, I did not interrupt you. Councilman Shyne: It’s my job as Chairman. Mayor Glover: I did not interrupt you Mr. Shyne. Councilman Shyne: It’s my job as Chairman to keep this council on what we’re supposed to be talking about. Mayor Glover: And I am doing just that. I am making my point. We came down here and we had a sanitary sewer system that bought us into conflict with the folks at the federal level, and Environmental Protection Agency. We didn’t dodge that problem Mr. Shyne. Councilman Shyne: That’s all of us Mr. Mayor. That wasn’t just you working on that. That was all of us worked on it. Mayor Glover: I said ‘we’ Mr. Shyne. Now at some point your council members here have got to see what you’re doing and at some point level develop the same level of Councilman Shyne: Mr. Mayor Mayor Glover: Concern that the citizens of this city have with your conduct Mr. Shyne, so please allow me to make my - - - Councilman Shyne: Please - - - (inaudible) about your conduct. Mayor Glover: Please allow me to make my comments Mr. Shyne. Councilman Shyne: You don’t have to (inaudible) Mayor Glover: Please allow me to make my comments without interrupting me Mr. Shyne. Councilman Shyne: Naw, but you don’t have to do all of this. Mayor Glover: Please, I’m not interrupting you Mr. Shyne. I did not interrupt you. You’re the one whose interrupting me. We came here and we saw problems and we saw challenges and we took them on. We had issues and problems involving our public buildings. Other parts of the infrastructure. Empaneled a group of our citizens and put together the largest bond proposal ever put before our citizens. They passed it. Gave us a chance to be able to do some significant things toward moving the city forward. That left us also with a significant problem and challenge with our streets. Councilman Webb invited Stan Harris up and he told you it’s a $400,000,000 + problem and we didn’t start working on that problem just a few weeks ago Mr. Bradford or a few months ago as the video itself is illustrated in the fall of 2011, following the April 2011 bond proposal is the first time that this particular concept came before the citizens. It went out over a series of public meetings across this city. One of which you saw a portion of the video of that was shown today. This is not a Johnny come lately, just at the last minute, see if we can’t do something that ties up the hands of this city - - - of the incoming administration and incoming city council. This is something that has been a part of a year’s long effort to try and address a problem that our citizens have demanded that we address. And so you do a disservice, Councilman Shyne does a disservice to try and create some impression that this is not something that this Council and this administration and the citizens of this city have been demanding action on for a long period of time. October 13, 2011, a Thursday night at the Winnfield Funeral Home is when Mr. Shyne stood before the members of the Mooretown Advisory Council and told them in no uncertain terms that he was for fixing the streets and that he was for the plan that was on the agenda coming up for a vote on the second meeting of October of 2011 that would have put $100 + (million) towards fixing the streets of the City of Shreveport. You saw him say to the members of that audience that he had been contacted by the Shreveport Times, the Committee of 100 and other powerful folks telling them to be against the program, to be against the initiative. But yet he said that his commitment was to stand tall, stand firm, and to do that which was going to be in the best interest of the folks who elected him. But less than two weeks later, less than two weeks later, he completely turned 180 degrees away and voted against then and he’s as he just said has voted against it seven more times since then. Councilman Shyne: It might be eight more times. Mayor Glover: Well I’m sure it will be Mr. Shyne., Councilman Shyne: Naw, it will be nine times. Mayor Glover: It’ll be nine times, I have no doubt. But at least for the second time in the course of the years that I’ve been involved and been connected to you politically Mr. Shyne, this is at least the second time that video has been forced to at least shine some light on the true nature and motivation of the actions that you have taken in representative in your capacity as a member of the Shreveport City Council. And it is there now for the audience whose here to see. For the folks who elected you to see and for all the folks across the City of Shreveport to be able to see. And so that was the reason as to why we wanted to make that point Mr. Shyne. You said here in one of the previous meetings. We had eight years to fix streets, why did we just start it now? We started a long time ago. We ‘ve had a street propositions before this Council in 2011, street propositions before this Council in 2012, street propositions before this Council in 2013 and street propositions before this Council in 2014. All four years of this particular council that have been propositions before. Now, to go to some of the points that were specifically raised by my good friend, Councilman Sam Jenkins, whose cooperation with this administration was much appreciated in increasing the franchise fee that allowed us to be able to have this revenue stream in the first place. As Mr. Jenkins mentioned, he was one of the folks who did in fact one of two votes, after you decided Mr. Shyne, for whatever your reasons were, after all of what you said that October 13th night in 2011, he and Councilwoman McCulloch ended up being two of the votes in favor of the original version and plan. That particular concept pledged 100% of the proceeds of the Special Streets Revenue Fund towards the extension of revenue bonds. And he voted for that. Thought that was a good thing to do. Now to go to the point of revenue bonds very quickly. Yes we do issue general obligation bonds that are secured by ad valorem property taxes, but talk to Barbara Featherston in Water and Sewer. Every bit of work with the exception of what was in the 2011 bond issue comes from the extension of revenue bonds in the water and sewer system. Extending water and sewer and general revenue bonds, the hotel itself, the Hilton, the City of Shreveport Hilton Hotel is built by revenue bonds that were extended by a vote of the City Council. And so it is not at all unprecedented for the Council of the City of Shreveport, the Administration of the City of Shreveport, to make a call for the City of Shreveport to engage in a process of acquiring money by issuing revenue bonds. But now the bottom line of it is, is that the situation and circumstances of the City of Shreveport Mr. Jenkins, which you said at that time, you were comfortable with from a fiscal standpoint, when we were pledging 100% of those proceeds, you were comfortable in casting that vote at least twice in favor with 100% of the proceeds being pledged. Well I want to let you know that in 2010, the property tax revenue for the City of Shreveport was only $23,000,000. The property tax revenue in 2014 is $26,000,000, in 2010 the sales tax revenue for the City of Shreveport was only $112,000. Sales tax revenue for the City of Shreveport for 2014 as well as 2012 is $120,000,000. And so from a revenue standpoint, we’ve had some fluctuations back and forth on riverboat, but from a revenue standpoint, we’re actually fiscally stronger right now to step forward to do what was being called for in Resolution 238 than we were in 2011 with the measures that were before the Council at that time. This is also a better approach to what we’re doing, because I’m coachable. I heard the objections expressed by Councilman Everson and Councilman Webb and some others in terms of pledging 100% of the proceeds towards revenue bonds that we needed to be in a position that in the event we had some fiscal challenges to have a source of funds to be able to access, to be able to direct towards that as we have done. And so that’s why this proposal does not pledge a 100%, it pledges approximately half, and still gives us the ability to be able to have access to a source of funds in the event that we need to. 2011 Mr. Jenkins we hadn’t given pay raises at that time. We tried to do so with this budget. We were able to give a lump sum payment. We’ve addressed - - - you mentioned the pension and retirement system issues. We’ve addressed those, and by only pledging a portion of this revenue stream, it still makes available a portion of it to be able to go towards whatever needs and challenges or priorities that the city may establish. For that reason, we now have folks who are voting for fixing streets who three years ago were voting against it. And the same reason Mr. Jenkins you had four years ago to vote for fixing streets then under a proposition that dedicated a higher amount, the entirety of it exists still today. And so I’m not saying that it’s personal or it’s political. All I’m saying is that whatever it is that justified your vote in favor of this proposition in October in 2011. Some 10 days or so, after Mr. Shyne stood up before his constituents and said that he was for it. And that we had three votes. And that our challenge now was to find that one additional vote. We got those three votes this time. Mr. Shyne isn’t one of them. Councilman Shyne: That’s correct. Mayor Glover: All we need is one more. And I think the circumstances that exist right now end up giving us a chance to be able to do something as Mr. Webb just pointed out about a $400,000,000 problem that’s only getting bigger. Because the reality of it is, is that the longer we go, the more we defer, the less we do work, the more we try and do a pay as you go approach which we have done, you are absolutely correct. Between the $21,000,000 and what we’ve done with the pay as you go approach, we have spent a considerable amount. But it has still not made a significant dent towards the larger problems that we have. The neighborhood problems that we have. The arterial problems that we have, the collector streets that we have, we’ve made progress. But we’ve got more that needs to be done. And this sets us on a path to do it. And this doesn’t end up reflecting some last minute hail Mary, let’s do it all at the last minute, cause we hadn’t done it over the last four years. We stood there in October of 2011 in neighborhoods all across this city talking to folks about a vision and how we go about fixing the infrastructure in this city. Mr. Shyne gave one of the most impassioned speeches that I ever heard. Councilman Shyne: Then you haven’t heard many then. Mayor Glover: In support of why it is that we ought to do just that. But now, whatever it is that changed his mind, that’s only between him and the Lord. He certainly has the right to do whatever it is that he chooses to do. I do know that the truth that he spoke in those videos were true in October of 2011. Those same things are true as we sit here today in December of 2014. The only difference is that the amount of streets that need to be fixed, that number has gone up. The cost of fixing those streets, that number has gone up. And whatever time it is that we or the next Council and the next Administration get around to if they don’t act quickly, then that cost is going to go up as well. Now had we managed to be able to come to some kind of a compromise between 2011 and 2014, we may be further down the road now than what we were. I do know that to do what Mr. Shyne suggested which is pay as you go, because he was obviously convinced in October of 2011, that wasn’t a good thing, is not going to get us to where we needed to try and get to, and we have a chance to make a difference. I’m asking you for your votes today. I respect Mr. Oliver Jenkins and Mr. Michael Corbin, they have been absolutely consistent in their positions in this throughout. I have no expectations of being able to receive their votes or support. I would hope in speaking directly to you gentlemen that you all would see this as not something that you should not have a concern for, because of the fact that you happen to represent districts that don’t have the same level of infrastructural needs as the others, but that what this city needs is a spirit of leadership that says that all of the problems of the City of Shreveport belong to all seven council districts and you need an all seven council district solution and that if one particular district ends up with a disproportionate level of challenges and problems that ends up being our collective responsibility to step forward and do that which is best for the entirety of Shreveport despite the fact that it may not ultimately end up being a high priority for our own individual districts. So, with that Mr. Shyne. Councilman Shyne: I’m asking for the vote. Mayor Glover: I say thank you. Mr. Thompson: Mr. Shyne, we need a motion to adopt. Councilman Shyne: Okay. Read by title and as read, motion by Councilman McCulloch, seconded by Councilman Everson to adopt. Motion failed by the following vote: Nays: Councilmen O. Jenkins, Corbin, Webb, Shyne, and S. Jenkins. 4. Ayes: Councilmen McCulloch, Everson, and Webb. 3. Out of the Chamber: 0. Absent: 0. Abstentions: 0.

Councilman Shyne: And let me say this to the public too. It would be wrong for you to believe that the four votes that you have against this resolution which is Resolution No. 238, this is not saying that we’re not for fixing streets. We are for fixing streets. And let me say this to the Council and the incoming Mayor, cause I don’t have to say this to you all, please when you have problems, work them out. If the mayor doesn’t want you to come to her office, ask her to come to yours. That’s the first Mayor I’ve served from Hussey all the way through, the first mayor to tell me, ‘I don’t want you to come to my office.’ And I’m an elected official just like the mayor is. This is why we have been able to work programs out. Thank you. Mr. Thompson, let’s move back into our regular agenda.

COMMUNICATIONS OF THE MAYOR RELATIVE TO CITY BUSINESS OTHER THAN AWARDS AND RECOGNITION OF DISTINGUISHED GUESTS

Councilman Shyne: Ms. Farnell? Councilwoman McCulloch: I was going to ask to be excused at this time. Councilman Shyne: Please, I know you have an emergency. Okay. Mayor Glover: Mr. Shyne? Councilman Shyne: Mr. Mayor, now we’re not discussing no more on 238. Mayor Glover: No, no, no. I’m discussing - - - Councilman Shyne: This is not your meeting. Mayor Glover: But I’m asking for an opportunity to - - - Councilman Shyne: Mr. Mayor, you just got through with 30 minutes. Mayor Glover: Mr. Shyne, you said a couple of things. 1) I don’t know where in your imagination you got your Pratt Industries allegations or expressions from? Councilman Shyne: Yeah, yeah please. Okay. Mayor Glover: But that has no - - - it’s an interesting proposition, but Councilman Shyne: Naw, look here. Nuh uhn, Mayor Glover: It is (inaudible) Councilman O. Jenkins: Save this for - - - I gotta start voting on something. Councilman Shyne: Look, lets me and you discuss this. Mayor Glover: No, no, you said in an open and public meeting Mr. Shyne. And I don’t want you to leave - - - Councilman Shyne: You gonna get a chance to discuss it in an open meeting, because I’m gonna be on top of it. Mayor Glover: I don’t want you to leave anyone here - - - well I’m not doing anything anywhere near Pratt Industries. Councilman Shyne: I’m going to look into that. Mayor Glover: But now here’s what I want you to understand. Councilman Shyne: Because you initiated giving them - - - Mayor Glover: Here’s what I want you to understand. Councilman Shyne: And charging poor people. Mayor Glover: And you voted for it Mr. Shyne. Councilman Shyne: Sure did, but I didn’t know that you were going to work. Mayor Glover: And I’m not going to work and for you to sit here and attempt to distract Councilman Shyne: Well that’s settled, if you’re not going to work for Pratt. Mayor Glover: Away from the actual fact that you have misrepresented - - -

REPORTS: Property Standards Report (res 7 of 2003)

Councilman Shyne: Mr. Thompson? Ms. Farnell? Mayor Glover: And not affectively represented your constituents by coming up with (inaudible). Councilman Shyne: Where is Ms. Farnell about Property standards? Mayor Glover: Does not serve the citizens very well. Councilman Shyne: I’m sorry, Mr. Green, come on up. Mayor Glover: Now Mr. Shyne? Councilman Shyne: Wait a minute hold it. Mayor Glover: Mr. Shyne, let me also tell you - - - Councilman Shyne: Anybody got any questions for Mr. Green? Mayor Glover: And Mr. Green before you speak, let me also tell you Mr. Shyne that the reason as to why- - - Councilman Shyne: Mr. Green, if we don’t have any questions for you, you may go back and take your seat. Mayor Glover: The reason as to why I have meetings Mr. Shyne where we discuss the business of the citizens of the City of Shreveport in open discussion is because that’s what the citizens of this city deserve is to have an open above board transparent

Revenue Collection Plan & Implementation Report (res. 114 of 2009)

Councilman Shyne: Mr. Sibley, I know you work for the mayor, Mayor Glover: Discussion of the issues that come before the city. Coucnilman Shyne: But Mr. Thompson doesn’t work for the Mayor. Mayor Glover: But now Mr. Shyne, specifically when it comes to you, if you want to make sure that you avoid putting yourself in situations and circumstances

Surety Bond Forfeitures Report (res. 238 of 2010) Master Plan Committee Report (res. 132 of 2012) Councilman Shyne: Mr. Sweeney, you work for the Parish and the City - - - do we have anything for Mr. Sweeney. Mayor Glover: You might be under the surveillance of law enforcement, you have to conduct meetings with you in the type of open transparent circumstances where you’re not the only one that’s subject to (inaudible)

PUBLIC HEARING: NONE.

Councilman Shyne: Okay Mr. Thompson, we have no public hearing for today. Do we have any legislation to be added? Mayor Glover: Because in meeting with you Mr. Shyne, you just might in fact be a part of and engaged in a set of circumstances where not only are you a part of the meeting

ADDING ITEMS TO THE AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENTS, CONFIRMATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. ADDING LEGISLATION TO THE AGENDA (REGULAR MEETING ONLY) AND PUBLIC COMMENTS ON MOTIONS TO ADD ITEMS TO THE AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS (IN ACCORDANCE WITH SEC 1.11 OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE)

Councilman Shyne: Public Comments, we’ve heard from our public comments. Mayor Glover: That you may have folks who may be up on the 8th floor or folks who may be in the Federal Building or somewhere else who are a part of those meetings as well

CONFIRMATION AND APPOINTMENTS: NONE

Councilman Shyne: We don’t have any members to be confirmed. Mayor Glover: (Inaudible) not to put myself in that position when it comes to being in proximity to you. And now I’ll turn it back over to you Mr. Shyne. Councilman Shyne: Okay, Mr. Thompson, would you please start at Consent Agenda?

CONSENT AGENDA LEGISLATION TO INTRODUCE ROUTINE ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTIONS: NONE ORDINANCES: NONE TO ADOPT ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTIONS: The Clerk read the following:

RESOLUTION NO. 234 OF 2014 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING DEDICATION FOR WOODBERRY AVENUE AND SWEETLEAF AVENUE IN MONTESSORI SCHOOL IN PROVENANCE AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO. BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in due, legal, and regular session convened, that the dedication for Woodberry Avenue and Sweetleaf Avenue in Section 20, (T16N-R13W), Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and as shown on the plats attached hereto and made a part hereof, be and the same is hereby accepted as dedicated to the public for public use in the City of Shreveport. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the original plat reflecting the dedication for Woodberry Avenue and Sweetleaf Avenue be recorded in the official records of the Clerk of Court for Caddo Parish, Louisiana. 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 of this ordinance 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 RESOLVED that all ordinances or resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Read by title and as read, motion by Councilman O. Jenkins, seconded by Councilman Everson to adopt. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen McCulloch, Everson, O. Jenkins, Webb, Shyne, and S. Jenkins. 6. Nays: 0. Out of the Chamber: Councilman Corbin. 1. Absent: 0. Abstentions: 0.

ORDINANCES: NONE REGULAR AGENDA LEGISLATION RESOLUTIONS ON SECOND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE OR WHICH WILL REQUIRE ONLY ONE READING The Clerk read the following:

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO RESOLUTION NO. 233 OF 2014 -Substitute the attached copy of the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement for the copy that was attached to the Resolution that was introduced on December 9, 2014. ______Explanation of Amendments The attached copy of the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement revises Paragraph 1 to: a) incorporate language relative to the distribution and use of fees charged for services and interment (“Columbarium Fees”) in the Columbarium; and b) adds language requiring advance notice of increases in Columbarium Fees during the term of the Agreement. The Paragraph 3 of the Agreement has been revised to provide for ownership of the Pavilion upon completion of construction of the improvement and for ownership of the Columbarium upon the termination of the Agreement. **This agreement is attached to the resolution and can be found in the office of the Clerk.

RESOLUTION NO. 233 OF 2014 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT, THE SHREVEPORT GARDEN STUDY CLUB, INC., AND KILPATRICK’S ROSENEATH FUNERAL HOMES, CREMATORIUM AND CEMETERIES, INC. AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport is the owner of Greenwood Cemetery (“the Cemetery”). In 2001, the City entered into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with The Shreveport Garden Study Club, Inc. (“SGSC”), a local non-profit organization to develop a Master Plan for improvement of the Cemetery; and WHEREAS, most of the improvements outlined in the Master Plan have been implemented resulting in substantial improvement to the appearance of the Cemetery as well as now providing a laboratory for children and adults studying Shreveport’s history, horticulture, and cultural diversity; and WHEREAS, SGSC and City, in cooperation with Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral Homes, Crematorium and Cemeteries, Inc. (“Rose-Neath”), desire to undertake further improvements at the site by the construction of a Pavilion and Columbarium at the Cemetery. These improvements will benefit the City of Shreveport and the general public by enhancing the functionality of the Cemetery and increasing the available plots for internments at the City owned facility without significant expense to the City. WHEREAS, City desires to enter into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with SGSC and Rose-Neath to construct, management and operate a Pavilion and Columbarium at the Cemetery. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in due, legal and regular session convened, that the Mayor is authorized to execute a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with The Shreveport Garden Study Club, Inc. and Rose-Neath Funeral Homes, Crematorium and Cemeteries, Inc., for construction, management and operation of a Pavilion and Columbarium substantially in accordance with the draft attached hereto and filed for public inspection with the original of this resolution in the Office of the Clerk of Council on December 9, 2014. 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 of this resolution which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications, and to this end, the provisions of this resolution are hereby declared to be severable.BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Read by title and as read, motion by Councilman Everson, seconded by Councilman O. Jenkins to adopt Amendment No. 1 to Resolution No. 233 of 2014. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Everson, O. Jenkins, Webb, Shyne, and S. Jenkins. 5. Nays: 0. Out of the Chamber: Councilman Corbin. 1. Absent: Councilman McCulloch. 1. Abstentions: 0.

Motion by Councilman Everson, seconded by Councilman O. Jenkins to adopt Resolution No. 233 of 2014 as amended. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Everson, O. Jenkins, Corbin, Webb, Shyne, and S. Jenkins. 6. Nays: 0. Out of the Chamber: 0. Absent: Councilman McCulloch. 1. Abstentions: 0.

RESOLUTION NUMBER 235 OF 2014 A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE CITY’S INTEREST IN CERTAIN ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES AS SURPLUS AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO. WHEREAS, there are numerous parcels of property which have been adjudicated to the City of Shreveport for non-payment of ad valorem taxes; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 26-300 of the Code of Ordinances, the city’s interests in said properties can be sold after the City Council declares them to be surplus; and WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport has an Adjudicated tax interest in the properties described in Attachment “A-10” for non-payment of City Property taxes; and WHEREAS, the purchasing agent has inquired of all city departments regarding the properties described in Attachment “A-10” and has not received any indication that it is needed for City purposes. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport in due, regular and legal session convened that the properties described in Attachment “A-10” are hereby declared surplus. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that pursuant to Section 26-301 of the Code of Ordinances, this declaration that these properties are surplus satisfies the requirement of Section 26-301 (1) (d), therefore the MAYOR, Cedric B. Glover, is authorized by said Section 26-301 to do any and all things and to sign any and all documents, including Acts of Cash Sale, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, necessary to effectuate the purposes set forth herein. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any provision or item of this resolution or the application thereof is invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this resolution 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 ordinances or resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Read by title and as read, motion by Councilman S. Jenkins, seconded by Councilman Everson to adopt. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Everson, O. Jenkins, Corbin, Webb, Shyne, and S. Jenkins. 6. Nays: 0. Out of the Chamber: 0. Absent: Councilman McCulloch. 1. Abstentions: 0.

RESOLUTION NUMBER 236 OF 2014 A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE CITY’S INTEREST IN CERTAIN ADJUDICATED PROPERTY AS SURPLUS AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO WHEREAS, there are numerous parcels of property which have been adjudicated to the City of Shreveport and Caddo Parish for non-payment of ad valorem taxes; and WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport has entered into an intergovernmental agreement with Caddo Parish under which Caddo Parish will undertake to sell said properties as authorized in R.S. 47:2201-2211, and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 26-300 of the Code of Ordinances, the city’s interests in said properties can be sold after the City Council declares them to be surplus; and WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport has an adjudicated tax interest in the properties described in Attachment “A-18” for the non-payment of City property taxes; and WHEREAS, the purchasing agent has inquired of all City departments regarding the properties described in Attachment “A-18” and has not received any indication that they are needed for city purposes. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport in due, regular and legal session convened that the properties described in Attachment “A-18” are hereby declared surplus. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that pursuant to Section 26-301 of the Code of Ordinances, this declaration that these properties are surplus satisfies the requirement of Section 26-301(1)(d), therefore the MAYOR, Cedric B. Glover, is authorized by said Section 26-301 to do any and all things and to sign any and all documents, including Acts of Cash Sale, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, necessary to effectuate the purposes set forth herein. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any provision or item of this resolution or the application thereof be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this resolution 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.

Read by title and as read, motion by Councilman S. Jenkins, seconded by Councilman Corbin to adopt. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Everson, O. Jenkins, Corbin, Webb, Shyne, and S. Jenkins. 6. Nays: 0. Out of the Chamber: 0. Absent: Councilman McCulloch. 1. Abstentions: 0.

RESOLUTION NO. 237 OF 2014 A RESOLUTION DECLARING CERTAIN ADJUDICATED PROPERTY TO BE SURPLUS, WHICH WILL AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SELL THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT’S TAX INTEREST IN THESE ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO. WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport has an adjudicated tax interest in the properties described in Attachment “A-6” for the non-payment of City property taxes; and WHEREAS, the properties described in Attachment “A-6” are not needed for public purposes and should be declared surplus properties; and WHEREAS, LA R.S. 47:2202(B) and Code of Ordinances Section 26-301. authorize a municipality to sell adjudicated property to an adjoining landowner who has maintained the adjudicated property in accordance with said section for a period of one year; and WHEREAS, Code of Ordinances Section 26-301 provides that the sale price for such sales shall be one dollar and other good and valuable consideration; the real consideration for such sales is the purchaser’s effort, labor and expenses in maintaining the property for a full year; and WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport has received applications pursuant to the above cited laws from adjoining landowners to purchase its tax interest in each of the properties described in Attachment “A-6”. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in due, regular and legal session convened that the properties described in Attachment “A-6” are hereby declared surplus. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Shreveport does hereby authorize the sale of its tax interest in each of the aforesaid properties for one dollar and other good and valuable consideration; the real consideration for such sale is the purchaser’s effort, labor and expenses in maintaining the property for a full year. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that pursuant to Section 26-301 of the Code of Ordinances, this declaration that these properties are surplus satisfies the requirement of Section 26-301(1)(d), therefore the MAYOR, Cedric B. Glover, is authorized by said Section 26-301 to do any and all things and to sign any and all documents, including Acts of Cash Sale, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, necessary to effectuate the purposes set forth herein. 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.

Read by title and as read, motion by Councilman S. Jenkins, seconded by Councilman Everson to adopt. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Everson, O. Jenkins, Corbin, Webb, Shyne, and S. Jenkins. 6. Nays: 0. Out of the Chamber: 0. Absent: Councilman McCulloch. 1. Abstentions: 0.

INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS (NOT TO BE ADOPTED PRIOR TO JANUARY 13, 2014) INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES (NOT TO BE ADOPTED PRIOR TO JANUARY 13, 2014) The Clerk read the following:

1. Ordinance No. 166 of 2014: An ordinance closing and abandoning a portion of the alley dedication in the 300 block of East Merrick Street in the Bowman Lane Subdivision, in Section 5 (T17N-R13W), and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (B/Everson)

2. Ordinance No. 167 of 2014: ZONING - C-68-14: An ordinance amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, The City Of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance, by rezoning property located on the NW corner of Penick Street and Hearne Avenue, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA., be and the same is hereby changed from B-1, Buffer Business District and R-2, Suburban Multi-Family Residence District to B-1, Buffer Business District with site plan approval and to otherwise provide with respect thereto (B/Everson)

3. Ordinance No. 168 of 2014: ZONING - C-87-14: An ordinance amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, The City Of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance, by rezoning property located on the west side of Sentell Street, 370 feet south of Dalton Street, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA., be and the same is hereby changed from R-1D, Urban One Family Residence District to B-2A, Business Park District with site plan approval and to otherwise provide with respect thereto (E/Webb) 3. Ordinance No. 169 of 2014: ZONING - C-89-14: An ordinance amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, The City Of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance, by rezoning property bounded by Ledbetter, Earl Wallace & Hickory Streets, Hattie Perry Recreation Center & Park, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA., be and the same is hereby changed from R-1D, Urban One Family Residence District to B-1, Buffer Business District (for indoor & outdoor park facilities use) with site plan approval and to otherwise provide with respect thereto (B/Everson)

4. Ordinance No. 170 of 2014: ZONING - C-90-14: An ordinance amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, The City Of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance, by rezoning property located on the NW side of Mayfair Drive at the intersection of Fenwick Drive, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA., be and the same is hereby changed from R-1D, Urban One-Family Residence District to B-1, Buffer Business District (for indoor & outdoor park facilities use) with site plan approval and to otherwise provide with respect thereto (A/McCulloch)

5. Ordinance No. 171 of 2014: ZONING - C-92-14: An ordinance amending Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances, The City Of Shreveport Zoning Ordinance, by rezoning property located on the SW corner of Milton Street and Mertis Avenue, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA., be and the same is hereby changed from R-1D, Urban One Family Residence District to R-2, Suburban Multi-Family Residence District with site plan approval and to otherwise provide with respect thereto (G/Jenkins)

6. Ordinance No. 172 of 2014: An ordinance amending the 2015 Downtown Parking Enterprise Fund Budget, appropriating the funds authorized therein and otherwise providing with respect thereto

Read by title and as read, motion by Councilman O. Jenkins, seconded by Councilman Everson to introduce Ordinance No(s). 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171 and 172 of 2014 and place on the next regular meeting agenda, January 13, 2015. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Everson, O. Jenkins, Corbin, Webb, Shyne, and S. Jenkins. 6. Nays: 0. Out of the Chamber: 0. Absent: Councilman McCulloch. 1. Abstentions: 0.

Councilman Shyne: Let me do this. We have a couple of people and I passed over you all that want to speak, Ms. Deborah Mozell. Mr. Thompson: Mr. Shyne, I believe that that’s an appeal and she’ll be called up at the time of the appeal. Councilman Shyne: Okay, well Ms. Mozell, we’ll bring you all up at the time of appeal. I have another lady, Ms. Vanessa. Is Vanessa still here? Vanessa, come up please. Let me say this. Dale, Mr. Mayor and Council Members coming and Ms. Tyler, our Mayor-Elect, she has a problem. And where is Shelly? Is Shelly still here? Mr. Sibley: She was, she just stepped out, she’ll be right back in. Councilman Shyne: Okay. I don’t know whether her problem will be taken care of before the old mayor leaves office and council members here will - - - Shelly, come up and hear this please. She has a problem Shelly, and I think maybe you all have talked about it, but I’m asking you to reconsider it. If it’s anything that we can do. Council Members, I want you all to hear this too, if there is anything that we can do to help Ms. Na Quinn out, because I think she’s been done wrong. Now I could be wrong. But she thinks that she’s been done wrong Shelly. Would you please - - - I’m going to give you an opportunity to talk for yourself. And Shelly I would ask you to maybe take another look at this and see what we can do to help her out, cause she’s not asking - - - it’s not so much the money. She thinks that she has not been dealt with properly. And I’ve been accused of a lot of things by people who are sitting up here, but then too, I’ve been encouraged by people. You know you don’t get elected for right at 30 years by not doing the right thing. So I just want to make sure too. And I want to make sure that I’m doing the right thing when it comes to people. Now whether they agree with me or not, I want to feel good in my heart. I’ve got to live with myself. Willie Bradford doesn’t have to live with me. I have to live with myself. So please, please tell us. Ms. Vanessa H. Na Quinn: (7033 Karen Street) Okay my husband, my daughter and I moved here due to Katrina and we got my daughter in a very good school, and then we heard about the SPAR. Because there’s very little things that cater to my daughter. She has Autism and Williams’ Syndrome. And so we moved here, we started at the SPAR, June 2005. For 10 years, I’ve been a part of the SPAR, I have been contributing to whatever they gave, whatever functions. I have been to every field trip, I have participated with everything. I got an award last year for my services and I’ve never filled out any volunteer forms. So this year my daughter started the Day Program and I was concerned about the things that were going on because I would give money for a purpose and it’s not utilized for that purpose. And so when I asked for it back, I get all this backlash. So I called Mr. Nick Robberson, he’s supposed to hear my concerns and deal with. They were supposed to have Nick Robberson was supposed to have a meeting with my husband. He, Teresa Jacobs and Yolanda Bumcon, they run SPAR, Princess Park. That never happened. The 20th there was a Harvest Day Dinner. Dropped my daughter off at 9:30, got a call at about 11:20, she was upset because Teresa, Yolanda and a PCA worker didn’t want her to speak to fellow client. And so she got upset about that and so I went up there and talked to her and she calmed down. And so sat down and talked to some other people. And Nick Robberson came in and wanted me to go to the back to have a conversation. Well, it ended with me, my daughter, PCA Worker, being escorted out unfairly because he said that Teresa Jacobs called him and told him that I was coming to this meeting to get turned up. And I was like I don’t understand what you mean. The police is here. I talked to the police as soon as I walked in because my daughter went up, just bumped him and called him by name. So I know she had a conversation with him. So I was trying to explain to him, ‘Oh she’s not really a cry baby.’ I said, this is just when you report people, this is the backlash you have to go through. Nick Robberson did nothing. Shelly Ragle and Patrick Wesley did nothing but disrespect me and my husband in the fullest. It was just ridiculous. She arranged for us to meet with her on December 4th. We got there at 11:00. The secretary at the front desk went to the back to call them to let them know that we were there. Then Shelly Ragle’s secretary came out and told us, ‘Oh no, I’m sorry for the misunderstanding, the meeting is tomorrow at noon.’ And so, I told my husband, I said, ‘What kind of mess is this?’ So we left, we returned the very next day. When we got there, Shelly came out and introduced herself and then told us that we can go to the back. Well when we got to the back there was security back there, Patrick Wesley, Nick Robberson and Shelly Ragle. And so I expressed my concerns and so when I left, I thought they’re being so disrespectful, it’s unfortunate that they don’t appreciate people that are trying to assist a cause that they don’t have many avenues for these people to travel down. And so I got with Jewel Wagner, one of the Council people and I talked to him about my problem. Councilman Shyne: On the SPAR Council? Ms. Na Quinn: On the SPAR Council, and I spoke with him about my concerns and so he told me we’re having a meeting. I went to the meeting on the 16th. And I didn’t know it was a dinner, and I didn’t know that that was a formal forum that we could go up as citizens and parents to air our grief. And so she was wondering how we knew about the meeting. Patrick was concerned about how we knew about the meeting. And so we said. And I got a letter from Shelly Ragle. She said that she was so happy for my concerns, 10 years of service there’s a young man here who I’ve worked with from the SPAR, I don’t want to put him on the spot, but he knows me and he knows I’ve been around for 10 years. I got a letter from Shelly Ragle, telling me that she appreciate my concern, but I am not allowed to participate in any prior programs or activities, prospective programs or activities. I am to drop my daughter off and pick her up. I can’t contribute or donate any monies to any programs, anything they have. Basically telling me shut up or remove your daughter. She told me it’s unfortunate that the clients that we serve are not able to go to Holy Angels, because my daughter is at Holy Angels three days a week and at the SPAR two days a week. And all I’m getting from the SPAR is about money. How much money I spend at Holy Angels, I could utilize some of those funds to go put it in their personal SPAR account, because their funds are running low. And so instead of giving all my money to Holy Angels, I can let my daughter come there a couple of days a week and I could use those funds to put directly in their SPAR account because they are not supposed to touch money. Shelly Ragle knows that they were touching my money because I explained it to her. She also knows that the lie and the disrespect that I went through on November 20th was just outrageous. You send me a letter and tell me you appreciate my concerns, but this letter clearly states that you’re gone shut up or your daughter is not going to be a part of SPAR. She told me if I can’t trust her, then SPAR is not where my daughter should be. 10 years of my time? And you tell me we appreciate your time and your donations, but you need to just leave and don’t come back until you can sit around and watch people be mistreated, sit around and watch them break rules, sit around and let them be disrespectful to clients. A lot of them don’t have advocates. But my daughter has my husband and myself. I’ve spoken with Ollie Tyler in New Orleans. I called her in Baton Rouge when my daughter was in school so I could have something done about the misjustice that she was having in school. Now we go to the SPAR, and I have to deal with this. I don’t have to deal with people extorting money from me in order for my daughter to be a part of that program, it’s free. And so when I go to this meeting and you’re telling me, ‘Well who told you about this meeting?’ That’s very disrespectful, because the meeting is open to the public. It’s amazing that I’m not aware of a meeting like that. And so it’s just been chaos after chaos. My daughter came home, there was a young man that she spoke to at the Harvest Day Dinner on the 20th. Three carloads of police out there. I wasn’t even there. When I got there the police told me that I was here before he got here getting turned up. And I’m like oh my God. I’m sitting here talking when Nick Robberson came to get me. And Shelly Ragle knows that this is a fact, Patrick Wesley knows that this is a fact, Mr. Robberson knows it’s a fact. Because on December 3rd, there was a Christmas recital. My daughter was off from the 20th until the 3rd when she went back. She practiced for the recital. They put her in the group with the same young man that caused all of this problem on the 20th at this dinner. So I talked to Shelly. Why would they put my daughter in the group with this young man calling her stupid, telling her she’s an idiot. He’s no longer friends with - - - I’m no longer friends with your mama or you. Why would you allow him to be in the same group with my daughter when she returns after the Thanksgiving break? Shelly told me, ‘Well I’m concerned about that as well.’ But you haven’t done anything. I called them. I had Nick Robberson to call them and tell them to take her out of that group. Well nobody called me and told me she was removed from the group. And when my daughter start to scratching her face and getting - - - I don’t see her like that often, scratching her face, she home because she can’t go to the SPAR until I settle this. And I felt so back because maybe I shouldn’t have said anything. Maybe I should have just sat back like a lot of people and watch things going on that we know is not right. And I’m here to defend my daughter, but what happened to those that don’t have advocates. You allow anything to go on. Something needs to be done about this. I don’t deserve to have to drop my daughter off and pick her up like I’m contagious or like I’m the problem. Your staff is breaking rules, not following the policies. You don’t want to do your job to make sure that they do what they’re supposed to do, so you’re going to send me a letter basically telling me to shut up or my daughter needs to be removed. Disrespectful, and I don’t appreciate it. We got to this dinner on the 16th, but we met with Shelly Ragle on the 5th, there was security in there. When we got to the dinner, there was a whole lot of people, no security. So my husband asked her, he said, ‘So why they don’t have no security in here?’ She said she had security in her office, because she didn’t know us. And if we have to meet again, then we don’t have to worry about security being there. Councilman Shyne: Let me ask you this. I don’t mean to cut you off, because I know your problem is a very important problem, but time has expired. Ms. Na Quinn: Okay. Councilman Shyne: Hold it, hold it. Don’t leave, don’t leave, don’t leave. I’m going to ask Shelly to please look into this because I know we’re more professional than what she has described. Ms. Na Quinn: And please don’t have no backlash for my daughter, and don’t send don’t send me anymore disrespectful letters, please. Councilman Shyne: Okay, look let me finish. And Shelly I know she will not have any backlash, because you don’t run that kind of program. And Dale, I’m not going to ask you and the Mayor to solve this problem because we all got about five or six more days and we’ll be out of here, but James, I’m going to ask you and Ms. Tyler coming in, I’m going to ask you all to please look into this because this is not what we’re about in Shreveport. This is not what we’re about in SPAR. And Shelly I know that. You’ve done an excellent job over the last I don’t want to say how long, because I know ladies are. My wife don’t want me mentioning her age and how long she’s done over a long period of time, but would you please look into this and make sure that we come up with some kind of solution for this problem and I’m not asking you to do this in two or three days. But her daughter is a special needs person. They don’t understand. I mean Ms. Tyler and I know you know it, God don’t bless us when we don’t do right by - - - and excuse me for saying this, the less fortunate. God don’t bless us when we don’t reach out and be sensitive to the needs of our special people. God has been good to you Ms. Tyler. God has been good to me. And I think we need to do that. So, I’m not asking you to come up with a solution in the next two or three days, but Shelly, I wish you would look into it and make sure that when her daughter comes to the SPAR program, she’s treated right. And you know how special needs kids are because Ms. Tyler and I worked with them in the school system. I’m just fortunate that I don’t have special needs kids right now. But who knows. I’m fortunate that I’m not necessarily a special needs person. But I need people to reach out to me, because I want to do that to them. She called me and Shelly I didn’t have an answer for her, because I didn’t know the whole situation. And I try not to give answers on things that I don’t know the whole situation, even if I come out and support something. If I don’t know the details right then, and I think I’ve made a mistake, I don’t have no problem saying look, I can’t go along with this. Now I might have told you something a month ago, because I didn’t know the whole detail. So I didn’t want to give her a wrong answer. Ms. Tyler, would you all please look into this? And Shelly is a fine person. You couldn’t beat having a better person running SPAR. So Shelly, please into this. I’m not going to ask you to say anything right now, but if you want to, I’ll give you the privilege to come up and say something. But I wanted you to be here, I didn’t want to be here discussing this behind your back, because I don’t do that. I don’t discuss things behind people’s back. You want to make a statement or two please? Ms. Ragle: Well, I appreciate the words you said about SPAR because whatever we do, it’s not only a reflection on just one division, it’s a reflection on our whole department. I’d be happy to answer any questions. I have met with Ms. Na Quinn. Our No. 1 concern I think we collectively agreed was not us as adults, but her child Kaylin. We care deeply about her. She’s been in our program for a long time. As we’ve talked about together, that sometimes you have to separate people from situations so that calmer heads prevail. And that’s all we were trying to do in this situation. We’ve talked with her and her husband. We’ll continue to talk with them. She did when she came to meet with us, there were things that she brought to our attention that did concern us. And we have addressed that internally through our disciplinary rules and actions. And we will continue to do so. We did thank her for coming to us, for meeting with us, for bringing this to our attention. And that’s the way as I told Ms. Na Quinn and I’ll say to you all, the only way we can improve is when people tell us. And we did tell her that. We do care deeply about her child and I told her and her husband the last time I met with them which was at the SPAR Council meeting afterwards, that at this point all we can do is begin to trust each other again. They need to trust that we’re going to care for their daughter, and then if they can’t trust us, I wouldn’t - - - I understood why they wouldn’t bring their daughter back. But they said that she loves it at SPAR which I’m glad to hear that we’re running a program that she loves to come to. And so we’ll continue to address it, we’ll continue to meet with the parents. We are going to have a meeting with all the parents who have children in our therapeutic program after the first of the year to reiterate all the rules and guidelines as it equates to this programs. There are rules in place about personal care attendance, your PCAs that accompany these children to our program. So what Ms. Na Quinn brought to our attention, like I said is going to help us do a better job. And that’s really what we’re trying to do. And we will continue like I said to address any concerns that Ms. Na Quinn and her husband have. Ms. Na Quinn: Can you explain to me what this letter means? Exactly in detail? Councilman Shyne: Let me - - - Ms. Ragle: We can do that. I can sit down with you. Councilman Shyne: Yeah, that’s what I was about to say. We can’t because she’s typing this and all this is going to be in the paper, and we don’t want the details in the paper, but again Shelly, I commend you and Ms. Na Quinn, I commend Shelly for running a top notch program for the years that she has been in charge of SPAR. And she’s one of the top city employees down here. And I know if something went wrong, Shelly don’t mind sitting down working with you. And I have the utmost of confidence and the council members who are coming in and Ms. Ollie Tyler. Ollie was my boss once upon a time, and of course I hope I wasn’t hard headed with her, but if I did, that’s with love Ms. Tyler. And Ms. Tyler will do an excellent job because she knows how to work with people. She has been in an executive position before. And I told Ms. Tyler I really didn’t campaign for the first time around because I had made a commitment to Patrick Williams. And I’m that kind of person Ms. Tyler, if I make a commitment to you, I stick with it, cause I got caught in a situation like that before. I was supporting Cedric Glover and I had a couple of conversations with who was running against Cedric? The guy that was running against Cedric, no not Bryan Wooley. Yeah Jerry Jones. Mayor Glover: You were supporting Ed Bradley before you were - - - - Councilman Shyne: Naw, naw, I gave money to your campaign. I don’t give money now. Let me tell you. I’m tight with my money. Let me finish. Mayor Glover: You were supporting Ed Bradley Councilman Shyne. Councilman Shyne: Naw. Mayor Glover: Yes you were. Councilman Webb remembers it as well. Councilman Shyne: I tell you what you do, I tell you what you do, you pull up Bradley (inaudible) and you pull up your campaign report and pull up his and see who I gave money to. But look here, look here. Mayor Glover: That’s neither here nor there, but to make the record accurate, you were supporting Ed Bradley. Councilman Shyne: You think I put that on the radio? You think I didn’t walk the streets for Cedric Glover? I can make a mistake. I should have supported Ed Bradley then. Mayor Glover: That’s who you supported Mr. Shyne. Councilman Shyne: Shelly, you gone take her back there and discuss it with her and Ms. Na Quinn Shelly will help you. Ms. Na Quinn: Okay and if she don’t, I will come back. I spoke with Ms. Tyler at the education center. I don’t have a problem coming back. I thank you so much Mr. Shyne. Councilman Shyne: Alright. Now Mr. Thompson, let’s move back into the regular agenda please.

ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE (NUMBERS ARE ASSIGNED ORDINANCE NUMBERS) The Clerk read the following:

1. Ordinance No. 157 of 2014: An ordinance declaring the City's interest in certain vacant lots as surplus and our intention to donate certain vacant lots acquired by Community Development for Phase III Of Concordia Place Development, to Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Louisiana, Inc. (B/Everson) (Not to be adopted prior to December 22, 2014)

Having passed first reading on December 9, 2014 was read by title, and on motion, ordered passed to third reading. Read the third time in full and as read motion by Councilman Everson, seconded by Councilman Corbin to adopt. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Everson, O. Jenkins, Corbin, Webb, Shyne, and S. Jenkins. 6. Nays: 0. Out of the Chamber: 0. Absent: Councilman McCulloch. 1. Abstentions: 0.

ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE (NOT TO BE ADOPTED PRIOR TO JANUARY 13, 2014)

Mr. Thompson: The following ordinances cannot be adopted before January 13th. Would you like for me to read all three and then you can make one motion

The Clerk read the following:

1. Ordinance No. 163 of 2014: An ordinance closing and abandoning an alley, to the east of Missouri Ave. and north of Greenwood Road, in Block 9 of the Queensborough Annex, in Section 10 (T17N-R14W), and to otherwise provide with respect thereto (G/S. Jenkins)

2. Ordinance No. 164 of 2014: An ordinance amending and reenacting certain sections of Chapter 94 of the Code of Ordinances relative to utilities and to otherwise provide with respect thereto

3. Ordinance No. 165 of 2014: An ordinance declaring certain paint acquired by the Department of Community Development for the Paint Your Heart Out Shreveport Program and the World Changers Program as surplus; declaring the City's intention to properly dispose of or donate the surplus paint to certain non-profit organizations subject to certain conditions; and to otherwise provide with respect thereto (B/Everson)

Read by title and as read, motion by Councilman Corbin, seconded by Councilman Everson to postpone and place on the next regular meeting agenda, January 13, 2015. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Everson, O. Jenkins, Corbin, Webb, Shyne, and S. Jenkins. 6. Nays: 0. Out of the Chamber: 0. Absent: Councilman McCulloch. 1. Abstentions: 0.

The adopted ordinances and amendments follow: ORDINANCE NO. 157 OF 2014 AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE CITY’S INTEREST IN CERTAIN VACANT LOTS AS SURPLUS, AND OUR INTENTION TO DONATE CERTAIN VACANT LOTS ACQUIRED BY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR PHASE III OF CONCORDIA PLACE DEVELOPMENT, TO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA, INC.; AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO BY: Jeff Everson WHEREAS, the City has been designated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) as a Community Development Block Grant (“CDBG”) Entitlement City, and the regulations promulgated thereunder which are contained in 24 CFR Part 570, and; WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport, through the Department of Community Development, has acquired title to certain property identified as: Lot 2, Oakland Subdivision; Physical Address: 1505 Easy Street, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; (GEO No. 171305-040-0002-00), together with any improvements thereon; Lots 6 and 7, Oakland Subdivision; Physical Address: 1527 Easy Street, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; (GEO No. 171305-040-0036-00), together with any improvements thereon; Lot 8, Oakland Subdivision; Physical Address: 1533 Easy Street, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; (GEO NO. 171305-040-0008-00), together with any improvements thereon; Lot 12, Oakland Subdivision; Physical Address: 6491 NONE, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; (GEO No. 171305-040-0012-00), together with any improvements thereon; Lot 58, Woodlawn Subdivision; Physical Address: 1510 Easy Street, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; (GEO No. 171305-039-0058-00), together with any improvements thereon. WHEREAS, the said properties were acquired by the City with the intent, and subject to the condition that they ultimately be conveyed to qualified individuals or organizations for authorized uses in accordance with deed restrictions imposed by HUD and a Memorandum of Understanding between the City and HUD relative to City’s acquisition of said property from HUD; and WHEREAS, Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Louisiana, Inc. satisfies the national objective of the CDBG Program as it relates to benefitting low and moderate income persons for housing where at least 51% of the residents are low to moderate income persons as contained in 24 CFR 570.208, and; WHEREAS, the donation must be used to meet the national objectives in 570.208 until five years after execution of this agreement, or for such longer period of time as determined to be appropriate by the City; WHEREAS, the said property is not needed by the City for a public purpose and should therefore be declared to be surplus property; and WHEREAS, LSA-R.S. 33:4712 requires that notice of this ordinance be published at least three (3) times within fifteen (15) days, one week apart. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Shreveport in due, regular and legal session convened, that that: Lot 2, Oakland Subdivision; Physical Address: 1505 Easy Street, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; (GEO No. 171305-040-0002-00), together with any improvements thereon; Lots 6 and 7, Oakland Subdivision; Physical Address: 1527 Easy Street, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; (GEO No. 171305-040-0036-00), together with any improvements thereon; Lot 8, Oakland Subdivision; Physical Address: 1533 Easy Street, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; (GEO NO. 171305-040-0008-00), together with any improvements thereon; Lot 12, Oakland Subdivision; Physical Address: 6491 NONE, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; (GEO No. 171305-040-0012-00), together with any improvements thereon; Lot 58, Woodlawn Subdivision; Physical Address: 1510 Easy Street, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; (GEO No. 171305-039-0058-00), together with any improvements thereon are hereby declared to be surplus property and not needed by the City of Shreveport for public purpose. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the City of Shreveport is hereby authorized to donate: Lot 2, Oakland Subdivision; Physical Address: 1505 Easy Street, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; (GEO No. 171305-040-0002-00), together with any improvements thereon;Lots 6 and 7, Oakland Subdivision; Physical Address: 1527 Easy Street, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; (GEO No. 171305-040-0036-00), together with any improvements thereon; Lot 8, Oakland Subdivision; Physical Address: 1533 Easy Street, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; (GEO NO. 171305-040-0008-00), together with any improvements thereon; Lot 12, Oakland Subdivision; Physical Address: 6491 NONE, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; (GEO No. 171305-040-0012-00), together with any improvements thereon; Lot 58, Woodlawn Subdivision; Physical Address: 1510 Easy Street, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; (GEO No. 171305-039-0058-00), together with any improvements thereon to Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Louisiana, Inc. in “as is” condition and without warranty of title or recourse whatsoever against the City of Shreveport, in accordance with state law, city ordinances and subject to deed restrictions imposed by the HUD and Community Development. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Mayor of the City of Shreveport is authorized to execute and deliver, for and on behalf of the City of Shreveport, any and all document relative to the donation of the property to Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Louisiana, Inc. after review and approval of such document(s) by the Office of the City Attorney, and to do any and all things necessary and incidental to carry out the authorization expressed in this ordinance relative to donation of the said property. 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 of this ordinance 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 all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

TABLED LEGISLATION Mr. Thompson: Mr. Chairman, we’re down to tabled legislation. As we discussed Friday, all items will die unless the Council votes to continue the items and place them on the January 13th agenda. At Friday’s meeting there was some talk of carrying over Ordinance No. 66 of 2014. Councilman Everson: So moved. Councilman S. Jenkins: I have one that I’d like to carry over also.

5. ORDINANCE NO. 66 OF 2014: An Ordinance authorizing an amendment to the agreement and lease with MBI Global, L. L. C., and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (Tabled July 8, 2014)

Motion by Councilman Everson, seconded by Councilman S. Jenkins to remove Ordinance No. 66 of 2014 from the table and place it on the January 13, 2015 agenda under ‘TABLED LEGISLATION’. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Everson, Corbin, Webb, Shyne, and S. Jenkins. 5. Nays: 0. Out of the Chamber: 0. Absent: Councilmen McCulloch and O. Jenkins. 2. Abstentions: 0.

Councilman S. Jenkins: Okay, I’d like to make a motion to carry over Ordinance No. 12 of 2014. Councilman Everson: Second.

3. ORDINANCE NO. 12 OF 2014: Changing the name of Steeple Chase Plaza Drive to Gregory Kirby Plaza Drive, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto (G/S. Jenkins) (Tabled February 25, 2014)

Motion by Councilman S. Jenkins, seconded by Councilman Everson to remove Ordinance No. 12 of 2014 from the table and place it on the January 13, 2015 agenda under ‘TABLED LEGISLATION’. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Everson, Corbin, Webb, Shyne, and S. Jenkins. 5. Nays: 0. Out of the Chamber: 0. Absent: Councilmen McCulloch and O. Jenkins. 2. Abstentions: 0.

1. ORDINANCE NO. 170 OF 2012: Amending and reenacting portions of Chapter 90 of the Code of Ordinances relative to Residential Parking Permit Zones, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (B/Everson) (Tabled December 11, 2012)

2. ORDINANCE NO. 90 OF 2013: Amending and reenacting Section 102-47 of the Code of Ordinances relative to insurance required for Vehicles for Hire and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. (F/Shyne) amendment no 1 (Tabled August 27, 2013)

4. ORDINANCE NO. 36 OF 2014: Amending and re-enacting Article IV of Chapter 30 of the Code of Ordinances relative to fireworks and to otherwise provide with respect thereto. amendment no. 1 amendment no. 2 amendment no. 3 (C/O. Jenkins) (Tabled June 10, 2014)

6. RESOLUTION NO. 160 OF 2014: Declaring the intention of the City of Shreveport (the “City”) to proceed with the issuance of not to exceed Seventy-Five Million Dollars ($75,000,000) Street Improvement Bonds, in one or more series for the purpose of financing the cost of constructing, paving and improving public streets in the city, including utilities relocation and incidental sewer and drainage work required thereby, making application to the Louisiana State Bond Commission for approval of such bonds and otherwise providing with respect thereto (amendment no. 1 - Approved on October 14, 2014) (Resolution as Amended -Tabled on October 14, 2014)

7. RESOLUTION NO. 207 OF 2014: Declaring the intention of the City of Shreveport (the "City") to proceed with the issuance of not to exceed Sixty-Five Million Dollars ($65,000,000) street improvement bonds, in one or more series for the purpose of financing the cost of constructing, pavig and improving public streets in the City, including utilities relocation and incidental sewer and drainage work required thereby, making application to the Louisiana State Bond Commission for approval of such bonds and otherwise providing with respect thereto (Tabled on October 28, 2014)

APPEALS PROPERTY STANDARDS APPEALS

Mr. Thompson: Mr. Shyne, we’re now under Appeals and we would recommend a motion to continue all unresolved appeals and to place them on the January 13th agenda. Councilman Corbin: So moved to carry over all incomplete appeals. Councilman S. Jenkins: Second.

Motion by Councilman Corbin, seconded by Councilman S. Jenkins to continue all unresolved appeals and to place them on the January 13th agenda. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Everson, Corbin, Webb, Shyne, and S. Jenkins. 5. Nays: 0. Out of the Chamber: 0. Absent: Councilmen McCulloch and O. Jenkins. 2. Abstentions: 0.

PSD1400151 277 W. 71st Street, Shreveport, LA, (F/Shyne) Mr. Gary Bass, 1701 Midway Avenue, Shreveport, LA 71108 (B/Everson) (Postponed October 27, 2014 until December 19, 2014)

PSD1200217 6143 Rightway Blvd, Shreveport, LA (F/Shyne) Mr. Joseph Nelson, 1880 Shady Lane, Shreveport, LA 71118 (E/Webb) (Postponed November 21, 2014 until December 19, 2014)

PSD1400182 2433 Willie Mays Street, Shreveport, LA (A/McCulloch) Mr. Carlos Bryant, 142 College, Shreveport, LA 71119 (B/Everson) NEW

PSG1400469 3027 Valley Ridge Rd, Shreveport, LA (F/Shyne) Ms. Christine Lough, 9250 Dean Rd #310,Shreveport, LA 71119 (E/Webb) NEW

PSD1300040 600 W. 73rd Street, Shreveport, LA (F/Shyne) Mr. James McReynolds 135 Mahaffey Road, Princeton, LA 71067 (Postponed December 8, 2014 until January 12, 2015))

PSD1300218 360 E. 68th Street, Shreveport, LA (C/O. Jenkins) Mr. Daniel Southern, 368 E. 68th Street, Shreveport, LA 71106 (C/O. Jenkins) (Postponed October 13, 2014 until January 12, 2015)

PSD1300207 1622 Creswell Ave., Shreveport, LA (B/Everson) Mr. John C. Smith, 224 Cane Bend Drive, Haughton, LA 71037 (Postponed December 8, 2014 until January 26, 2015) PSD1300006 1220 N. Hearne Avenue, Shreveport, LA (A/McCulloch) Ms. Rosalind Patterson, 1601 Top Bluff Lane, Shreveport, LA 71109 (A/McCulloch) (Postponed November 21, 2014 until January 26, 2015)

PSD1400019 3103 Milam Street, Shreveport, LA (A/McCulloch) Mr. Olanza Sanders, 506 W. 76th Street, Shreveport, LA 71106 (F/Shyne) (Postponed October 27, 2014 until January 26, 2015)

PSD1400065 3815 Cornell Drive, Shreveport, LA (A/McCulloch) Mr. Jessie Watson, P.O. Box 8774, Bossier City, LA 71113 (Postponed December 8, 2014 until February 9, 2015)

PSD1400022 2806 W. Maple Street, Shreveport, LA (G/S. Jenkins) Mr. Gary Sweatt, P.O. Box 3212, Shreveport, LA (Postponed September 22, 2014 until February 23, 2015)

PSD1400026 832 Drexel Street, Shreveport, LA (C/O. Jenkins) Mr. Lee Roy Surry, 138 Lilly Road, Benton, LA 71006. (Postponed September 22, 2014 until February 23, 2015)

PSD1000086 2837 Logan Street, Shreveport, LA (G/S. Jenkins) Ms. Carolyn Ivory Wilson, 3646 Del Rio Street, Shreveport, LA 71109 (G/Jenkins) (Postponed September 22, 2014 until February 23, 2015)

PSD1000141 728 Austin Pl, Shreveport, LA (B/Everson) Ms. Deborah Bryant, 9640 Tammy, Shreveport, LA 71106 (Caddo Parish) (Postponed August 25, 2014 until February 23, 2015 )

PSG1400155 3932 Miles Street, Shreveport, LA (F/Shyne) Mr. William Funcheon, 3932 Miles Street, Shreveport, LA 71119 (F/Shyne) (Postponed December 8, 2014 until April 13, 2015)

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ORDINANCE APPEALS METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION APPEALS AND ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

The Clerk read the following:

BAC-82-14: Special Exception Use, De’borah Vance-Mozell, 4037 Crosby (south side of Crosby St., 200’E of Broadway); Existing Zoning: R-1H; Requested Use: Mobile Home (F/Shyne)

Mr. Sibley: Mr. Sweeney is here. Councilman Shyne: Mr. Sweeney? Would you come up please? Instead of turning this down Ms. Mozell, I want you all to hear this. Mr. Sweeney, I’m going to give you an opportunity to - - - I gave them a copy of the checklist, and since I’m going out, this is my last day, I won’t have to live with the decision. I want to turn ‘em down at this point. I’m going to remand this back to your office, and you can explain to them what the guidelines are about mobile homes being in the neighborhood. So, you know if they want to take a look and come back later, they’ll be able to do that. You want to explain what the guidelines are? Mr. Sweeney: Yes and actually she’s got a copy of the guidelines that we gave, that we’ve passed out last Friday. And as it stands right now, she has the opportunity to come back and make another appeal to the ZBA, if she wishes. That door is open to her. However, the ZBA has already made its decision. So I don’t know if there is anything more for them to do, but we certainly have the door open if she wants to go back again and ask again. Councilman Shyne: Ms. Mozell, you want to come up and give us your name and - - - Ms. Gloria Hogan: (4042 Crosby) And I’m here for my sister Debra Mozell, cause she lives in New Jersey and she can’t be here today. And she wanted to go ahead with the - - - to try and get the pre-manufactured home. Councilman Shyne: Now let me say this to you. I can turn it down at this point, or I can remand it back to the Zoning. And as Mr. Sweeney over there, he is the guy whose head of the zoning. You know you can like I say, I can either turn you down, you didn’t get it from the ZBA, and you can go back to them and plead your case again if you would like to, or I can turn it down. Now what would you rather for me to do? Remand it back to the ZBA and you go back before them again? Councilman S. Jenkins: Could I ask a question Mr. Shyne? I’m just trying to get a little clarity here. The ZBA decision was - - - Councilman Shyne: Mr. Sweeney, you want to come back up. Councilman S. Jenkins: They reached that decision before the guidelines, or were the guidelines applied at the ZBA? Mr. Sweeney: No. We didn’t introduce the guidelines until December 10th. Which was after - - - Councilman S. Jenkins: After this decision. So what we’re seeing, I think what I’m hearing you saying is - - - Mr. Sweeney: Part of the problem with this case was that she didn’t show up in time for the meeting and they ahead and denied it. And so, she came in later, but it had already been denied. So, if she wants to come back to the ZBA under the guidelines that we’ve established and re-evaluated from that perspective, the door is open for that. Councilman Shyne: And let me say this. You remember when the citizens came down on Crosby Street and they were against this. I didn’t turn it down then because I wanted to give her an opportunity to back before the ZBA. Mr. Sweeney: We certainly can accommodate that since they never actually got to hear her case because she wasn’t here. She came in later, she wasn’t here and she missed it. If she goes back before the ZBA, she can certainly plead her case. They’ll look at this checklist and evaluate it from that perspective. Councilman Shyne: Would you like to do that? To be truthful with you, citizens were down before and they got up and spoke against this case. And to be truthful with you that’s who I represented. I generally go along with citizens in the community and we don’t have any mobile homes in that area. And I’m going to be truthful with you, I wouldn’t want a mobile home next to me. It runs your property value down. I think you got a good idea but I’d like to see you look at maybe building something in that area, and I’d try to go along with what people want in that particular area. I understand what you’re doing. I think that’s a good idea. But they just don’t want no mobile home in there. And I have to be truthful with you now. If it were next door to me, I wouldn’t want a mobile home next to me. Ms. Hogan: Okay, but Joe Shyne, it’s like two blocks over, there is a pre-manufactured home in the neighborhood already. Well it might have been in there years ago. What you need to do is go back and talk to those people in that area, and tell them, say now you got a mobile home in this area, why can’t I have mine? You know it’s just like I’m going down the highway and Jeff pass me going 80mph. The cop doesn’t stop him, but I’m doing 78 and they stop me and I say hey look you didn’t give Jeff a ticket, why should you give me one? You know what he’s going to do? Mr. Shyne, put your hands out, we’ll have to take you to jail, instead of saying well give me the ticket and you know I don’t think that was fair, and they won’t even know Jeff. So that’s what I’m saying to you. Go back and I think maybe I told you this before. Talk to the people in the area. If they don’t have no problem, basically you’ll probably get your zoning. But we just don’t put mobile homes. Now that mobile home was there, it must have been there years ago. Ms. Hogan: Mr. Shyne, but it’s not a mobile home, it’s a pre-manufactured home. Councilman Shyne: Well, that’s what I’m asking you. Go back to the ZBA, you can explain all this to the ZBA. Ms. Hogan: Okay, I will. But you know Mr. Shyne, they said they didn’t have no problem with the homes there. Councilman Shyne: Who said that? Ms. Hogan: Some of the people in the neighborhood that stay right down the street. Councilman Shyne: Get them to sign that they have no problem with the mobile home. Ms. Hogan: With the pre-manufactured home? Councilman Shyne: Well whatever it is. Ms. Hogan: How many people do I have to get to sign then? Councilman Shyne What do you all generally look for? Mr. Sweeney: Well actually if I recall correctly you were supposed to meet with some of the other residents in the area that’s got the (inaudible) their support. Councilman Shyne: I think we got the consensus of the council, we’re going to remand this back to the ZBA Councilman S. Jenkins: Second. Councilman Shyne: Ms. Mozell, I understand what you’re saying, but we just have to remand it back.

Motion by Councilman Shyne, seconded by Councilman S. Jenkins to remand BAC-82-14 to the Zoning Board of Appeals. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Everson, Corbin, Webb, Shyne, and S. Jenkins. 5. Nays: 0. Out of the Chamber: 0. Absent: Councilmen McCulloch and O. Jenkins. 2. Abstentions: 0.

BAC-103-14: Special Exception Use for Mobile Home, Lillie Davis, 3816 Joplin (west side of Joplin St. & 1930” S of Desoto Street); Existing Zoning: R-2; Requested Use: Mobile Home (B/Everson)

Councilman Everson: Is the applicant here? I’ll say you know we have these new and for the benefit of the public that may not know, we have a checklist that we’re using now that’s been given to us to help us keep track of the ordinances that pertain to approving mobile homes. I have received some communication from some neighbors who are okay with this home coming in the area, however, there are a couple of the required aspects that it doesn’t meet. It doesn’t meet some of the requirements. Can I ask what an appropriate - - - so on the checklist here I see one of the things is about the and I think that the most substantial one, the most difficult to address is it’s saying that there’s a requirement for a hard service driveway for parking to be sited and that’s not included in the site plan for this. And was that addressed or can you tell me if that discussion - - - Mr. Sweeney: Right. You gotta remember that this one was more vetted by the ZBA as opposed to the other case which when the applicant didn’t show up, they just simply went ahead and denied it. Here they discussed this at length. And their biggest concern was the fact that there were no other existing mobile homes in the area. That it was perpendicular to the street and not parallel. There was no clear indication whether or not there was a hard surface for the parking and they just felt like this was not a good mix or fit for that neighborhood. So, on this one, the ZBA pretty much has already vetted this one out. Even without these guidelines. Councilman Everson: And again, I wanted to ask are you the applicant? Can we hear from you? Ms. Lillie Davis: I’m trying to move to 3816 Joplin. And we do have a mobile home and we are paying taxes on that property. It do belong to us. We’re staying with someone else right now, but we’re trying to get into our own home, and we have no complaints about no one in the area, and there are other mobile homes in that community, throughout that community. Even it’s a little storage building out on Midway, right out there, that’s for a home. Councilman Shyne: I understand what you’re saying, but there are areas where you have mobile homes. Ms. Davis: Yeah, it’s mobile homes through there, but if I could afford to build a home on that lot, I wouldn’t have no problem. Councilman Shyne: Hey, that doesn’t matter. That guy that built that $400,000 home if he knew that a mobile home was going to come there, he never would have done that. You know this is about property value. We love you and get with Jeff and he’ll go out there and look at it, and see if there are other mobile homes in there. And if there are other mobile homes in there, he’ll take a look at it and of course James, you and Willie, you all have to vote on this because I’ll be gone. I just hope that you all don’t put a mobile home in my neighborhood when I’m off the council, where I live. Cause I done worked too hard. Councilman Webb: If I might add, I would get that drawn out on a site plan before you go and spend money and all that. Ms. Davis: I have a site plan drawing, I just didn’t put the driveway on it. Councilman Shyne: Okay, well give it to Mr. Sweeney then if you need to know how you do that, Mr. Sweeney will explain to you what you need to do, the steps that you need to do, or either Jeff will explain that to you later on, and then you can come back to the council with it.

Motion by Councilman Everson, seconded by Councilman Shyne to remand BAC-103-14 to the Zoning Board of Appeals. Motion approved by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Everson, Corbin, Webb, Shyne, and S. Jenkins. 5. Nays: 0. Out of the Chamber: 0. Absent: Councilmen McCulloch and O. Jenkins. 2. Abstentions: 0.

OTHER APPEALS Taxi Appeals: None SOB Appeals: None REPORTS FROM OFFICERS, BOARDS, AND COMMITTEES CLERK'S REPORT

Mr. Thompson: Mr. Shyne, I have a couple of items under the Clerk’s Report. Councilman Shyne: Oh yeah? Okay then. Come on Mr. Thompson. I wouldn’t want to deny you the last Council Meeting. Mr. Thompson: We mentioned this on Friday, but I wanted to let everyone know that the swearing in ceremony will be at 10:00 a.m. at the Convention Center on Saturday, the 27th. New Council Members and persons who are on the program, they’re asking that you get there at 9:30. There will be a walk through at 12:00 noon at Friday. If anybody wants to show up at the Convention Center at 12:00 noon on Friday, there will be a walk through so that you can find out where your places are and where you’ll be sitting and that sort of thing. We’re having the first orientation session for the new Council Members tomorrow here at 12:00. If any of the existing Council Members want to come, that would be fine. But - - - Councilman Shyne: And this will be tomorrow at 12:00? Mr. Thompson: Yes, at 12:00. Councilman Shyne: And this is going to be an orientation type meeting for new council people? Mr. Thompson: Yes. That’s correct. There will be of course the organizational meeting at 12:00 noon on the 27th and before that time, if possible, the new council members need to decide who’s going to chair the meeting initially until a new chairman has been selected. Maybe not Mr. Everson. I’ve heard his name is going to be- - - he’s going to be nominated. But perhaps one of the other council members, but that’s for the council members to decide who’s going to do that initially. So that’s something you need to be thinking about and if you have an opportunity to (inaudible). Councilman Shyne: And did the new council members hear that? And you know I love Jeff, but it’s not for us to decide that. It’s for you all to decide, and Ron Webb and Joe Shyne can’t decide that. Cause we’re going off the council. You know we will not be here. Mr. Thompson: I know that some of you brought the equipment back, but if anybody still has any equipment, we’d like to (inaudible). Councilman Shyne: Mr. Thompson, I’m sorry. I might be guilty of that. Let me look and see. I think I might have a fax machine. I just went off and forgot it, but I got a few more days cause I gotta come down and sign some papers, and Lynette has told me that I won’t get my last check if I don’t come down. Mr. Thompson: And don’t forget your ‘Smart Phone.’ Councilman Shyne: I paid for the Smart Phone now. Don’t be - - - Willie, you see that? Yeah, I paid for the Smart Phone. Dale, I have to watch Art. You know he’ll make me bring some of my personal things down here. But Art we will do that and Council Members, keep that in mind. Is that all Mr. Thompson? Mr. Thompson: Yes sir.

THE COMMITTEE "RISES AND REPORTS" (RECONVENES THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING). ADJOURNMENT ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting adjourned at approximately 6:38 p.m.

______//s// Joe Shyne, Chairman

______//s// Arthur G. Thompson, Clerk of Council