CROWLEY, LOUISIANA
AUGUST 19, 2003
THE ACADIA PARISH POLICE JURY met on the above date at 6:30 p.m., in the Police Jury Meeting Room, Courthouse Building, Crowley, Louisiana, in regular session with the President, Claude Courville, presiding. At the request of the President, a moment of silence was offered and the Pledge to the Flag was recited in unison. The roll was called and final attendance was recorded as follows:
ALTON STEVENSON
CATHERINE LACOMBE
JOHN HUMBLE SR
CECELIA BROUSSARD
JIMMIE PELLERIN
JOHN BEARD
PAT DAIGLE
CLAUDE COURVILLE
A motion was offered by Mr. John Humble, Sr., seconded by Mr. Pat Daigle, to amend the agenda to consider an appointment to the Sixth Ward & Crowley Drainage District and to consider cleanup of property in Clearview and Stamm Raymond Subdivisions. Motion carried.
A motion was offered by Mr. Jimmie Pellerin, seconded by Mr. John Beard, to approve the Minutes of the August 5, 2003, Regular Police Jury Meeting. Motion carried.
The Director of the Acadia Parish Library introduced Mrs. Lou Richard as President of the Acadia Genealogical & Historical Society and acknowledged their contribution to the Acadia Parish community.
RESOLUTION
BY: MRS CECELIA BROUSSARD AND MR JIMMIE PELLERIN
WHEREAS, the Acadia Genealogical and Historical Society has been active in Acadia Parish since it was founded in Church Point in 1989, and
WHEREAS, the Society has worked diligently to gather and record information relating to the history, the culture, and the people of Acadia Parish, and
WHEREAS, the Society, through many volunteers, has collected, organized, and made available to the public through published listings, cemetery records, grave marker inscriptions, and locations of unmarked gravesite, and
WHEREAS, the Society extracted, assembled, indexed and published obituaries printed in local newspapers from 1870 to the present, and
WHEREAS, the Society has made available an index of Probate Court Records through 1997 and Marriage Licenses from 1887-1999, and
WHEREAS, the Society provides assistance to new researchers in the local area and offers assistance for a nominal fee to researchers from other areas, and
WHEREAS, the Society provides an Internet presence to help people and to make the wonders of Acadia Parish available to the world, and
WHEREAS, the Society works in cooperation with the Acadia Parish Library and the library staff to provide family researchers and local historians with meaningful reference materials, support and equipment.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Acadia Parish Police Jury in regular session duly convened on this the 19th day of August, 2003, does hereby respectfully acknowledge the Acadia Genealogical & Historical Society and the 300 members for their extensive research and contribution to provide permanent access to the history and culture of the people of Acadia Parish.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution be presented to the Executive Board of this society in recognition of their efforts and a copy be made a formal part of proceedings of the Acadia Parish Police Jury.
ADOPTED: AUGUST 19, 2003
ATTEST:
/s/ Katry Martin /s/ Claude J. Courville
KATRY MARTIN CLAUDE J. COURVILLE
SECRETARY-TREASURER PRESIDENT
APPOINTMENTS
RESOLUTION
BY: MR JOHN BEARD AND MRS CECELIA BROUSSARD
BE IT RESOLVED: by the Acadia Parish Police Jury in regular session duly convened this 19th day of August, 2003, does hereby appoint MR. SHAUN CREDEUR to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Berchman Perrodin and Doug Cormier to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Brent Leger to Acadia Fire Protection District #6, respectively.
ADOPTED: AUGUST 19, 2003
ATTEST:
/s/ Katry Martin /s/ Claude J. Courville
KATRY MARTIN CLAUDE J. COURVILLE
SECRETARY-TREASURER PRESIDENT
RESOLUTION
BY: MR ALTON STEVENSON AND MRS CATHERINE LACOMBE
BE IT RESOLVED: by the Acadia Parish Police Jury in regular session duly convened this 19th day of August, 2003, does hereby appoint MR. BRAD CORE to fill the unexpired term of Mrs. Billie Fulkerson to the Sixth Ward & Crowley Drainage District effective August, 2003.
ADOPTED: AUGUST 19, 2003
ATTEST:
/s/ Katry Martin /s/ Claude J. Courville
KATRY MARTIN CLAUDE J. COURVILLE
SECRETARY-TREASURER PRESIDENT
COMMUNITY/ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
RESOLUTION
BY MESSRS: ALTON STEVENSON AND JOHN HUMBLE SR
ENDORSEMENT RESOLUTION FOR A COMPANY TO PARTICIPATE
IN THE ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM
RESOLUTION STATING THE ACADIA PARISH POLICE JURY'S ENDORSEMENT OF LAPAC MANUFACTURING, INC., TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BENEFITS OF THE LOUISIANA ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Enterprise Zone act of 1981, Act 901 was enacted by the Louisiana State Legislature, and Act 337 was enacted by the 1982 Legislature, Act 433 was enacted by the 1987 Legislature and Act 581 was enacted by the 1995 Legislature, and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Enterprise Zone Program offers significant incentives for economic development to some of the most distressed areas in the Parish of Acadia, and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Department of Economic Development designated Census Tract 9610 , Block Group 004 or Economic Development Zone in Acadia Parish as an "Enterprise Zone or Economic Development Zone" eligible based on enabling legislation (R.S.51.21.1787-1791), and
WHEREAS, the Acadia Parish Police Jury states this endorsement is in agreement with the Overall Economic Development Plan for the Parish of Acadia, and
WHEREAS, the attached Enterprise Zone map has been marked to show the location of the business being endorsed, and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Louisiana Enterprise Zone Program requirements the Acadia Parish Police Jury agrees:
1. To participate in the enterprise zone program.
2. To assist the Department in evaluating progress made in any enterprise
zone within its jurisdiction.
BE IT RESOLVED by the Acadia Parish Police Jury in due, regular and legal session convened this 19th day of August, 2003, that LaPac Manufacturing, Inc., and their project, rebuilding after fire, State Application #20030368 is endorsed to participate in the Louisiana Enterprise Zone Program.
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 severable.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
YEAS: Alton Stevenson, Catherine LaCombe, John Humble, Sr., Cecelia
Broussard, Jimmie Pellerin, John Beard, Pat Daigle and Claude
Courville.
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAINED: None.
ADOPTED: AUGUST 19, 2003
ATTEST:
/s/ Katry Martin /s/ Claude J. Courville
KATRY MARTIN CLAUDE J. COURVILLE
SECRETARY-TREASURER PRESIDENT
ORDINANCE #858
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A NONEXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE,
RIGHT AND PRIVILEGE TO THE EGAN WATER
CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, IN,
ALONG AND UNDER ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IN THE
DESIGNATED AREA IN THE PARISH OF ACADIA,
LOUISIANA, NOT WITHIN THE LIMITS OF ANY
INCORPORATED CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE, FOR THE
LAYING, CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION
OF LINES OF PIPES OR MAINS FOR SUPPLYING AND
FURNISHING WATER TO CONSUMERS ALONG SAID ROADS
AND HIGHWAYS, AND FIXING THE TERMS, CONDITIONS
AND LIMITATIONS RELATIVE TO SAID FRANCHISE, AND
TO REPEAL ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH.
SECTION 1. There is hereby granted to the EGAN WATER CORPORATION, a Louisiana municipal corporation, organized and existing under the laws of the State of Louisiana, domiciled in the Parish of Acadia, A NONEXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE, RIGHT AND PRIVILEGE, in, along and under the roads and highways of the Parish of Acadia, Louisiana, not lying within the limits of any incorporated city, town of village, for the laying, construction, maintenance and operation of lines of pipes or mains for supplying and furnishing water in, along and under said roads and highways of the Parish of Acadia, Louisiana.
SECTION 2. The franchise, right and privilege herein granted shall pertain to and affect only the roads and highways of the Parish of Acadia, Louisiana, within the following area:
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF BOUNDARIES OF THE ENTIRE
FRANCHISE AREA FOR EGAN/EVANGELINE WATER
SYSTEM
Commencing at the intersection of the Louisiana Meridian
and Bayou Plaquemine; thence meandering along Bayou
Plaquemine West to its intersection with Bayou Des
Cannes and Bayou Nezpique; thence meandering along
Bayou Nezpique Westerly and Northerly to its intersection
with the South Section line of Section 32 Township Eight
(8) South, Range Two (2) West, Acadia Parish, Louisiana;
thence along South Section line of said Section 32 East
to its intersection with Bayou Des Cannes; thence
meandering along Bayou Des Cannes South to the
intersection with the South Section line of Section 11,
Township Eight (8) South, Range Two (2) West, Acadia
Parish, Louisiana; thence along South Section line of said
Section 11 West to its intersection with Section Corner
common to Section 10, 11, 14 and 15 Township Eight (8)
South, Range Two (2) West, Acadia Parish, Louisiana;
thence South along the West of Section 14, 23 and 26 to
its intersection with the Section Corner common to Section
26, 27, 34 and 35 Township Eight (8) South, Range Two (2)
West, Acadia Parish, Louisiana; thence East along the
South of Sections 25, 26 and 30 to the intersection of the
corporate limits of the Town of Iota; thence Southerly,
Easterly and Northerly to the intersection of the northern
right of way of Louisiana Highway 98; thence East to its
intersection with Section Corner common to Section 27, 26,
34 and 35 Township Eight (8) South, Range One (1) West,
Acadia Parish, Louisiana; thence South along the East line
of Section 34 to the Southeast corner of the Northeast
Quarter of Section 34 Township Eight (8) South, Range One
(1) West, Acadia Parish, Louisiana; thence West along the
South line of the Northeast Quarter of Section 34 to the
Southeast corner of the Northwest Quarter of Section 34,
Township Eight (8) South, Range One (1) West, Acadia
Parish, Louisiana; thence South to the North right of way
line of Interstate 10; thence East along the North right of
way line of Interstate 10 to the Louisiana Meridian; thence
South along the Louisiana Meridian to its intersection with
Bayou Plaquemine to the point of commencement.
SECTION 3. All lines of pipes or mains for supplying and furnishing of water, as hereinabove described, shall be installed or laid under the supervision of the Police Jury of Acadia Parish, Louisiana; and before any additional lines of pipes or mains affecting additional areas are installed or laid, a description or location of the route upon which said lines shall be installed or laid, and a description of the kind, quality, size, quantity, etc. of lines of pipes or mains to be installed or laid, shall be furnished to the Police Jury of the Parish of Acadia and the formal approval of this Police Jury shall first be obtained.
SECTION 4. The grantee, its successors or assigns, shall have the right, if it becomes necessary or desirable, to change, remove, relocate, replace and repair its lines or water pipes or mains in, along and/or under the roads and highways of the Parish of Acadia. Furthermore, should it become necessary to remove or change the location of said water pipes or mains which lie within the existing Parish servitudes and rights-of-ways for the purpose of road or highway improvements, the grantee, when requested to do so by this Police Jury, will at its own cost and expense so remove and change the location of said water pipes or mains, without expense or cost to this Police Jury or to the Parish of Acadia.
SECTION 5. This franchise is a nonexclusive franchise and is granted for a period of 60 years from date hereof.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall have the full force and effect from and after its adoption.
SECTION 7. All ordinances or parts of ordinances contrary to or in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance, and specifically Ordinance Nos. 496, 667 &758 are hereby repealed.
Said Ordinance was offered by Mrs. Catherine LaCombe, seconded by Mr. Alton Stevenson, and after being read and considered section by section, was adopted as a whole on the following voice vote, to-wit:
YEAS: Alton Stevenson, Catherine LaCombe, John Humble, Sr., Cecelia
Broussard, Jimmie Pellerin, John Beard, Pat Daigle and Claude
Courville.
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: None.
ADOPTED: AUGUST 19, 2003
ATTEST:
/s/ Katry Martin /s/ Claude J. Courville
KATRY MARTIN CLAUDE J. COURVILLE
SECRETARY-TREASURER PRESIDENT
FEDERAL/STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
The Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Mr. John Quebodeaux provided updated information on the grants specific to Homeland Security pointing out that a considerable amount of funding will be received to purchase equipment and supplement security measures.
FINANCE
A motion was offered by Mrs. Cecelia Broussard, seconded by Mr. Jimmie Pellerin, to authorize the increase in threshold limits to $1,000.00 for Capital Outlay purchases. Motion carried.
A motion was offered by Mrs. Cecelia Broussard, seconded by Mrs. Catherine LaCombe, to authorize reimbursement of funds collected from state and federal sources following the cleanup from Hurricane Lili to appropriate recipients in the amount of $1,402,463.40. Motion carried.
PERSONNEL
A motion was offered by Mrs. Cecelia Broussard, seconded by Mrs. Catherine LaCombe, to authorize the hiring of Mr. Jeffery Duplechain at $7.50 per hour as Herbicide Applicator for the Road Maintenance Department effective September 1, 2003, provided all hiring requirements are met. Motion carried.
A motion was offered by Mrs. Cecelia Broussard, seconded by Mrs. Catherine LaCombe, to approve the recommendation of the Personnel Committee to refer to Legal Counsel the request to investigate Animal Control matters outside of Acadia Parish. Motion carried.
PUBLIC FACILITIES/BUILDING & GROUNDS
A motion was offered by Mrs. Cecelia Broussard, seconded by Mrs. Catherine LaCombe, to authorize Mader Engineering to prepare cost estimates to extend the necessary utilities to proposed Tracs A and/or C located at the end of Industrial Drive extension including engineering and contingencies. Motion carried.
RESOLUTION
BY: MRS CECELIA BROUSSARD AND MR ALTON STEVENSON
BE IT RESOLVED: by the Acadia Parish Police Jury in regular session duly convened this 19th day of August, 2003, does hereby authorize Ron Lawson to engage Habetz Roofing and proceed with the repairs to the roof expansion joints on the Cajun Bag Facility located in the Crowley/Rayne Industrial Park at an estimated cost of $16,960.00 and also approve payment to E. L. Habetz for the emergency repairs to the interior walls subject to the conditions of the lease with Cajun Bag.
ADOPTED: AUGUST 19, 2003
ATTEST:
/s/ Katry Martin /s/ Claude J. Courville
KATRY MARTIN CLAUDE J. COURVILLE
SECRETARY-TREASURER PRESIDENT
RESOLUTION
BY: MRS CATHERINE LACOMBE AND MR PAT DAIGLE
BE IT RESOLVED: by the Acadia Parish Police Jury in regular session duly convened this 19th day of August, 2003, does hereby authorize Darryl Hicks, Electrical Engineer with Thomassee & Associates, to prepare plans and specifications to construct electrical improvements to the Parish Courthouse including the replacement of the emergency generator.
ADOPTED: AUGUST 19, 2003
ATTEST:
/s/ Katry Martin /s/ Claude J. Courville
KATRY MARTIN CLAUDE J. COURVILLE
SECRETARY-TREASURER PRESIDENT
RESOLUTION
BY: MRS CECELIA BROUSSARD AND MR JOHN HUMBLE SR
BE IT RESOLVED: by the Acadia Parish Police Jury in regular session duly convened this 19th day of August, 2003, does hereby authorize Mark Lalande, Architect, to prepare and submit on behalf of the Police Jury a Capital Outlay Grant Application to convert the 78,000 sq. ft. facility in the Crowley/Rayne Industrial Park to a Criminal Justice Complex.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the President be empowered, authorized and directed to execute any and all documents to accomplish same.
ADOPTED: AUGUST 19, 2003
ATTEST:
/s/ Katry Martin /s/ Claude J. Courville
KATRY MARTIN CLAUDE J. COURVILLE
SECRETARY-TREASURER PRESIDENT
A motion was offered by Mrs. Catherine LaCombe, seconded by Mrs. Cecelia Broussard, to authorize members and staff to meet to plan the proposed Justice & Correctional Center. Motion carried.
A motion was offered by Mrs. Cecelia Broussard, seconded by Mr. Alton Stevenson, to refer to Legal Counsel the request to enter into agreements with the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office and Cajun Bag relative to the Industrial Park Manufacturing Facility. Motion carried.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Mr. John Quebodeaux presented to the members of the Jury photographs and descriptions of abandoned properties located in Egan, Clearview Subdivision and Raymond Subdivision indicating that they all meet the criteria for cleanup subject to the Ordinance. He indicated that the cost to clean said property would far exceed the amount budgeted.
PUBLIC WORKS/ROAD & BRIDGE
ORDINANCE #859
AN ORDINANCE MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO OPERATE OR DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE UPON SHIELD ROAD IN ACADIA PARISH, LOUISIANA, AT A SPEED IN EXCESS OF TWENTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR, AND, PROVIDING FOR THE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED by the Police Jury of Acadia Parish, Louisiana, that it shall be unlawful for any person to operate or drive a motor vehicle in excess of twenty-five miles per hour on the following described Parish Road:
Shield Road
SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that any person found guilty of operating or driving a motor vehicle in excess of twenty-five miles per hour on the Parish road described above, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction therefore, shall be fined not more than Fifty Dollars ($50) or be imprisoned not more than ten (10) days or both.
SECTION 3. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that any laws or parts of laws in conflict are hereby repealed.
The Ordinance was offered by Mr. John Beard, and seconded by Mrs. Cecelia Broussard, after being read and considered section by section, was adopted as a whole by the following vote:
YEAS: Alton Stevenson, Catherine LaCombe, John Humble, Sr., Cecelia
Broussard, Jimmie Pellerin, John Beard, Pat Daigle and Claude
Courville.
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: None.
ADOPTED: AUGUST 19, 2003
ATTEST:
/s/ Katry Martin /s/ Claude J. Courville
KATRY MARTIN CLAUDE J. COURVILLE
SECRETARY-TREASURER PRESIDENT
A motion was offered by Mrs. Catherine LaCombe, seconded by Mr. Pat Daigle, to authorize the staff to advertise for the sale of One Used Motorgrader Serial #GC-02116. Motion carried.
A motion was offered by Mr. Alton Stevenson, seconded by Mr. Pat Daigle, to authorize the partial disassembly of the Kathy Bridge and to instruct the Road Manager to determine alternative use for the same. Motion carried.
The request to abandon a portion of Donna Lane was referred to Legal Counsel for further consideration.
A motion was offered by Mrs. Catherine LaCombe, seconded by Mr. Pat Daigle, to authorize the request by Aucoin’s Trucking & Backhoe on behalf of Mr. Thomas Gray to open cut Goodrich Road ½ mile east of La Hwy. 91 for the purpose of installing pipelines. Motion carried.
A motion was offered by Mrs. Cecelia Broussard, seconded by Mrs. Catherine LaCombe, to approve the request by the Town of Iota to waive permit fees to install a gas service line across Ray Milner Road. Motion carried.
SOLID WASTE/ENVIRONMENTAL
A motion was offered by Mrs. Catherine LaCombe, seconded by Mr. Alton Stevenson, to approve the recommendation to include municipalities in the request for proposals for a pre-event debris removal contract. Motion carried.
Solid Waste Engineer Tim Mader reported on a meeting held with the Department of Environmental Quality to consider lowering final elevations of the Acadia Parish Sanitary Landfill per Modification No. 10.
Mr. Mader indicated that a full report would be presented at the next Police Jury Meeting following consultation with Bond Counsel and the Parish Accountant.
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
Mrs. Jo Cart, Editor of the Rayne Independent, reminded the body of the improtance of recycling and also noted that Mr. B. C. Delahoussaye should be admired for his efforts in developing the Crowley/Rayne Industrial Park.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE MEETING, THE MOTION WAS OFFERED DULY SECONDED, THAT THE MEETING ADJOURN UNTIL THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 2, 2003, AT THE HOUR OF 6:30 P.M.
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