REGULAR MEETING
OF THE
ASCENSION PARISH COUNCIL
THURSDAY JUNE 7, 2012 - 6:00 PM
ASCENSION PARISH COURTHOUSE
300 HOUMAS STREET
DONALDSONVILLE, LA

AGENDA

1) Call To Order/Invocation and Pledge

2) Roll Call
3) Chair’s Additions

4) Public Comment Sign-In Period

5) Presentations:

6) Parish President’s Report:
a. Bayou Lafourche Water District – Mr. Hugh Caffery

7) Consent Agenda:
a. Adopt minutes of Regular Council Meeting of May 3, 2012
b. Adopt minutes of Regular Council Meeting of May 21, 2012
c. Official Journal Bid – Gonzales Weekly Citizen








GENERAL BUSINESS

8) Condemnation Proceedings: 3067 Broussard Road Donaldsonville Louisiana (Building Official Lavern Bourgeois)

9) Resolution – Approval of alpha splits for precincts 01, 02, 06, 07, 08, 11, 26, 37, 40, and 71 as recommended by Ascension Parish Registrar of Voters (Legal Counsel O’Neil Parenton)

10) Approval of Change Order No. 1 with MWH Americas, Inc. in the amount of $9,550.00 for additional Engineering Design as required by DOTD for the LA 42 Sewer Design Project (Chief Executive Assistant Ken Dawson and Chief Engineer Ben Laurie)

11) Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the Parish of Ascension and Westlake Vinyls for Project Stardust (Legal Counsel O’Neil Parenton and Mike Eades, Ascension Economic Development Corporation)

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

12) Strategic Planning Recommendations: (Chairman Kent Schexnaydre)
a. Approval of demolition of ACUD Facility and notice to ACUD to vacate building

INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES
(Legal Counsel O’Neil Parenton)

13) Introduction of Ordinance – to amend the Ascension Parish Zoning Map from Medium Intensity Residential (RM) to Mixed Use 2 (MU2) – Tract CS-2 of the Lois Leblanc Rossi Property for Candace E.R. Smith located on the south side of LA Highway 74 approximately 2100’ east of LA Highway 938 (Coontrap Road)

PUBLIC HEARINGS/ORDINANCES
(Legal Counsel O’Neil Parenton)

14) Reading of Ordinance –to amend the Parish Unified Land Development Code – Appendix IV, Section 17-4032 Street Requirements, (A)(1) Density Restrictions

15) Public Hearing – to consider an ordinance amend the Parish Unified Land Development Code – Appendix IV, Section 17-4032 Street Requirements, (A)(1) Density Restrictions

16) Ordinance – to amend the Parish Unified Land Development Code – Appendix IV, Section 17-4032 Street Requirements, (A)(1) Density Restrictions

17) Reading of Ordinance – to amend the Parish Unified Land Development Code – Appendix IV, Section 17-40100 Definitions: Simple Division

18) Public Hearing – to consider an ordinance amending the Ascension Parish Unified Land Development Code – Appendix IV, Section 17-40100 Definitions: Simple Division

19) Ordinance – to amend the Ascension Parish Unified Land Development Code – Appendix IV, Section 17-40100 Definition s: Simple Division

20) Reading of Ordinance – to state the Ascension Parish Council’s endorsement of Project Boxwood – Methanex, to participate in the benefits of the Louisiana Quality Jobs Program

21) Public Hearing – to consider an ordinance stating the Ascension Parish Council’s endorsement of Project Boxwood – Methanex, to participate in the benefits of the Louisiana Quality Jobs Program

22) Ordinance – to state the Ascension Parish Council’s endorsement of Project Boxwood – Methanex, to participate in the benefits of the Louisiana Quality Jobs Program

23) Reading of Ordinance – to amend the Ascension Parish Code of Ordinances, Chapter 14 Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions Article III, Noise, Section 14-41 – 14-47

24) Public Hearing – to consider an ordinance to amend the Ascension Parish Code of Ordinances, Chapter 14 Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions, Article III, Noise, Section 14-41 – 14-47

25) Ordinance – to amend the Ascension Parish Code of Ordinances, Chapter 14 Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions, Article III, Noise, Section 14-41 – 14-47

26) Adjourn


Chairman Chris Loar
Ascension Parish Council