The Public Facilities/Building & Grounds Committee of the Acadia Parish Police Jury met in public session at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 25, 2003, in the Courthouse Building, Police Jury Meeting Room, Crowley.
It was motioned and duly seconded that all action items contained in this report were taken, reviewed and discussed by the Public Facilities/Building & Grounds Committee and are to be presented as agenda items. Motion carried.
Building & Grounds Committee
ALTON STEVENSON
CATHERINE LACOMBE
JIMMIE PELLERIN
The chairman called the meeting to order.
Mr. Nolan Leblanc addressed the committee by defining plans to expand and relocate his existing business The Bonaventure Co. He inquired particularly about purchasing property in the Crowley/Rayne Industrial Park. The original plan was to relocate on a small tract of land near his existing facility however found it too small.
Mr. Leblanc indicated that his proposal would create 25 new jobs and that he would need approximately 5 acres more or less. He has been in the fire service business for ten years outfitting fire trucks and marketing fire fighting equipment.
A formula was introduced to the committee commonly used by other parishes to calculate possible discounts allowable on the price of property in similar parks. The committee gave favorable comments regarding the use of such a procedure. Factors used in determining the discount included average annual wages, appraised value of the property and the number of jobs taking into account tax income multipliers.
The Committee recommended the sale of approximately 4.8 acres of Industrial Park property for $5,000 per acre and an additional approximately 1 acre of Industrial Park property located under and in the vicinity of the CLECO transmission line for $3,000 per acre for a total estimated cost of $27,000 to Mr. Nolan Leblanc of the Bonaventure Co. provided 25 new jobs are created during the next five years.
The Committee considered a pending request to purchase property near the end of Industrial Drive extension. Tim Mader reminded that the estimated cost to extend utilities to serve the remainder of said tracts was $25,000.
The Committee recommended authorizing Mader Engineering to proceed with the extension of utilities to provide necessary services to proposed tracts A and C located at the end of Industrial Drive extension at an estimated cost of $25,000 and further authorize Mader Engineering to investigate the integrity of the soil in the area of the planned roadway and cul-de-sac for future utilization.
The Committee recommended authorizing the Road Maintenance Department participate in the preparation of the remaining portion of Industrial Drive extension using limestone aggregate as a riding surface and further authorize the investigation of funding sources for permanent improvements to the final portion of same.
The Committee following the application of the discount formula based on new job creation recommended the sale of approximately 1.3 acres of Industrial Park property to Mr. Dennis Abshire of Abshire Roofing in the amount of $8,500 per acre provided the necessary new jobs are created during the next 5 years.
The Committee indicated their support of leasing small areas in the vicinity of the proposed Criminal Justice Center to small businesses associated with corrections noting that strict guidelines will be in place to govern the type of structures allowable.
The Committee recommended the development of small areas to lease to businesses wanting to locate in the Industrial Park to supplement existing enterprises.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, THE PRESIDENT ADJOURNED THE MEETING UNTIL THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED COMMITTEE MEETING.
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