REGULAR MEETING
OF THE
ASCENSION PARISH COUNCIL
THURSDAY JULY 5, 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. Tonya Dixon – Susan G. Komen “Race for the Cure”
b. House Bill #1 Funds for Hot Air Balloon Festival Championship

7) Consent Agenda:

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

8) Personnel Committee Recommendations: (Chairman Todd Lambert)
a. Appointment to Industrial Development Board
b. Reappointment to Ascension Parish Library Board
c. Reappointment to Human Resources Review Board
d. Reappointments to the Waterways Commission

9) Strategic Planning Committee Recommendations (Chairman Kent Schexnaydre)
a. Authorization for administration to move forward with an RFP for garbage disposal and debris removal

GENERAL BUSINESS

9-1) Fire District #1 Tax Proposal for 15 mill Property Tax

10) Certificate of Substantial Completion – for Fire Station 31 on Highway 929, Bryan Bush Construction, Inc.

11) Resolution – approving the issuance, sale and delivery of not exceeding $550,000 of Certificates and Indebtedness, of the Ascension Parish Consolidated Utilities District #1, State of Louisiana



PLANNING & ZONING RECOMMENDATIONS

12) Zoning Review ID 2227.12 – Lot 2 Lake Settlement for Miranda Robinson located on the east side of LA Highway 431 approximately 300’ north of Lake Settlement Road to request to amend the Ascension Parish Zoning Map from Conservation (C) to Mixed Use 2 (MU2) Zoning Commission recommends DENIAL FOR REVIEW ONLY

13) Zoning Review ID 2230.12 – Lots 2-A, 3-B-1 and 1-B of Autumn View Subdivision for Ascension Parish – located on the east side of Autumn View Drive approximately 300’ north of Hwy 42 to request to amend the Ascension Parish Zoning Map from Medium Intensity Residential (RM) to Mixed Use 2 (MU2) Zoning Commission recommends APPROVAL
FOR REVIEW ONLY

14) Amendment of the Ascension Parish Development Code/Zoning Historic Site Overlay Revisions Zoning Commission recommends APPROVAL
FOR REVIEW ONLY

15) Industrial Zoning Designations – Revisions of the Parish Unified Land Development Code Zoning Commission recommends APPROVAL
FOR REVIEW ONLY

15-1) Overlay Zones – to revise language in the ordinance and to amend the Ascension parish Zoning Map Zoning Commission recommends APPROVAL
FOR REVIEW ONLY


INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES
(Legal Counsel O’Neil Parenton)

16) Introduction of Ordinance –to declare as surplus property, two (2) parcels of immoveable property currently owned by the Parish of Ascension bearing the following municipal addresses, 39129 W. Worthey Road, Gonzales, LA and 39222 W. Worthey Road, Gonzales, LA

17) Introduction of Ordinance – to amend the Parish Unified Land Development Code – Appendix IV, Section 17-4045 (A) Drainage: Design and Construction Criteria Planning Commission recommends APPROVAL

18) Introduction of Ordinance – to revoke a portion of the existing 12 ft. utility servitude – Oak Alley Estates, Second Filing – Lot 99 Planning Commission Recommends APPROVAL

19) Introduction of Ordinance – to abolish the East Ascension Hospital Service District Board

20) Introduction of Ordinance No. 1 – to adopt the Adjusted Millage Rates levied upon the dollar of the assessed valuation of all property subject to ad valorem taxation within the Parish of Ascension for the year 2012

21) Introduction of Ordinance No.2 – to adopt the 2012 increased millage rates, not in excess of the prior year’s maximum, on all taxable property shown on the Official Assessment Roll for the year 2012


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

22) Reading of Ordinance –to amend Section 16-1 of the Ascension Parish Code of Ordinances adopted by the Ascension Parish Council on June 20, 1996 adopting an official Personnel Policy Manual for the Parish of Ascension

23) Public Hearing – to consider an ordinance amending Section 16-1 of the Ascension Parish Code of Ordinances adopted by the Ascension Parish Council on June 20, 2996 adopting an official Personnel Policy Manual for the Parish of Ascension

24) Ordinance – to amend Section 16-1 of the Ascension Parish Code of Ordinances adopted by the Ascension Parish Council on June 20, 1996 adopting an official Personnel Policy Manual for the Parish of Ascension

25) Adjourn


Chairman Chris Loar
Ascension Parish Council