I left you.

I left you something.

They deferring it.

We just wanted you to read it.

And here I have two, umends.

That's just the one.

All right, Corey, you're on.

I know.

What's going on?

Yeah, they're gonna defer that one.

Okay.

And this one.

Yep.

I don't know if I got the right one, but I'm not sure.

I'm uh printing out the three different ones.

I'll print out two and you you gave me uh a third one.

Just in case.

I get bored and I want to read something in the meeting.

I don't think so.

Not lately.

Yeah, I'm yeah.

Yeah, but we got some she was gonna pour it for you.

Oh, well, go ahead and pray for me then.

Thank you.

Thank you.

You really make me look bad.

I don't know about that.

I don't know.

We'll see what he does.

We're gonna call the city council meeting in order.

I'll do the prayer.

Mr.

Viesner will lead us in the Pledge Allegiance.

We thank you for another day that you've given us life, that you've given us a gift that we truly don't deserve, but we're gonna do our best to live it according to your will and your ways, Father God.

Lord, we pray and ask that you bless all the families that are represented here today, Father God, that you let us have a productive uh meeting today, Lord, that we may move this city forward as you would have us to do.

In your name, darling son's name, Jesus Christ.

Amen.

Pledge allegiance to the flag.

One nation under God.

Indivisible.

Liberty.

That's wrong.

Mr.

Mr.

Bilbo.

Mr.

Young.

Here.

Mr.

Harvey.

Here.

Mr.

Marks.

Mr.

Vieseno.

Mr.

Fondel.

Here.

Mr.

Weatherford is absent.

We have a form.

Okay, we got a couple of things that we need to um take care.

We're deferring number 13 to December 3rd, 2025.

We're deleting number eight and number 15.

Deferring number 13 to December 3rd, 2025.

We're deleting number eight and number 15.

We're gonna defer number 19, which has to do with the fireman at the request of the chief.

He wanna defer so that he can have more time to discuss with the fire department uh how they move forward.

So we'll be deferring that uh to a later date, the date to be determined um in the near future.

We have another issue, another item that was asked for a deferral number 45.

We're gonna move up to the top of the uh agenda item.

It was asked to be deferred by the administration, but we had an objection uh by Mr.

Bilbo.

So at this time, we're gonna have to go into discussion on the deferment.

The discussion will be open for yes or no with the deferment.

At this time, any other any comments in regards to why we should defer this.

Mr.

Bilbo.

Well, uh personally, Mac Dela Falls is a very good friend of mine.

I've been knowing him since maybe in Junior High, him and his family.

I grew up with him.

I think I don't believe Mac deserves to be off the board because I don't think he did anything unjust.

Uh to my understanding, if I if I really thought Mac would do something wrong, I understand that we need it's supposed to be maybe a male finance manager, but it was actually appointed before I got in office, and I don't see really no just due to change it, and I don't think Mac would do anything that to hurt the city because he comes, he's a man of integrity.

He he actually helped me when coaching my kids when he didn't have kids playing.

He helped me anything I called from and he helped me walk on every door in District C when I didn't want to walk.

He'd be waiting for me, saying, Oh, let's go, let's go walk.

We gotta go hit this neighborhoods.

I think he's a fine gentleman, and I do believe that he would do his best for the city, and he would not hurt anything to cause us any harm.

I think he's a fine gentleman.

I don't think that we should make those decisions in the middle of his two-year term now, because it wasn't my decision beforehand.

Any other comments?

Mayor.

Yes, uh, we and no disrespect to to Mr.

Dela Foss, and that's not the purpose for the uh resolution.

And we're asking for the deferral for the simple reason that uh that the uh that Mr.

Dela Foss is currently the the uh the chairman of the board of the Louisiana Community Development Authority, and his term ends in uh December.

So we'll we'll respectfully let him finish that portion of his term, and we would like to defer this matter uh because uh because we did ask for the city's finance director to be on because that's that particular authority is gonna be handling the issuance of the bonds that's coming up with Lake Charles Rebound.

So we'd like to defer that until the new year because we're not going out for that first tranche until the spring of uh 2026.

So I think we have time to work this out anyway, but I would like to have Mr.

Dela Foss finish his term as chairman of that board.

Um I just I'm sorry to go after you, Mayor, but I just thought of it.

Um when you say we want to revisit this when he no longer becomes the chairman.

I think if we're gonna let him serve, then he serves not just as uh uh um the chairman, but if we think he's worthy to serve, he should serve the full term uh out.

So uh that's my thing on it.

So if there's no any other discussion, anybody else?

Yeah, I just want to reiterate too.

I know last week I too uh said uh I didn't see the need to remove Mr.

Dela Foss.

Um again, I don't know all the backstory, but I know from what I've seen that his track record truly proves itself, and I just think that he needs to stay intact for the remainder of his term.

Any others?

Okay, if we vote yes, that means we deferring.

Yeah, I I know Mr.

Dela Foss as well, and I don't think he would do anything to harm the city, but uh the mayor asked for this to be put on the agenda, and our legal counsel has asked us to defer this so they can further consider um what can and cannot be done legally.

So I I feel like we should defer based upon advice from our legal counsel.

Any other comments?

I that's that was my thought.

I I think our deferment was requested by legal counsel.

It was any other questions or comments.

I got a question.

Yes.

So when we when we ask them for a deferral, we're saying we want to consult with legal counsel, but if I'm not mistaken, we we said that last week when we mentioned to Mr.

Stutz, or Mr.

Studes said he would look into it, but should we have to wait two months to to get feedback from that?

Uh that's a that's a very lengthy time to be able to seen like something that's we're talking about just either keeping a person on a board or removing a person for a board that we still don't know we understand why the city administration want to remove the person from the board, but at the same time, two months is a very lengthy time.

I'm just like what let's make a decision tonight.

That's just my take on I can't speak for everybody else, but that's just me.

Mayor.

Well, I I think the legal issue was that it was brought up that the only way that uh the existing uh uh appointee could be removed is for cause, and I think that those deals with the internal documents of that board itself.

But the my understanding is that the legislation says that the the appointing authority, which would be the city, uh can appoint his own designee at any time with or without cause.

So that's the that's what the legalist is is ferreting out right now.

And you're right.

That doesn't have to wait for two months.

But I think uh uh I think I'd like for my standpoint, I'd just like for us to take some time and work through this issue.

Let that let Mr.

Dela Foss continue to serve as chairman on felt that we weren't gonna ask for any of this to be effective until that time anyway, and see if if we can work some sort of resolution out, because the the idea is that the for the prior to that his appointment, the previous 24 years, the director of finance of the city of Lake Charles served on that board.

And we're just trying to return that to the status quo.

I understand that people may think that this may be a personal decision, but I don't do make those kind of decisions when it comes to the business of the city.

So the city's always had its director of finance.

The board has usually mayors, uh directors of finance and executive directors serve on those boards, and I just want to restore us to that that because not only are we gonna be asking for the uh the bond issuance for late charles rebound, but there's a lot of other business and networking that is done between these municipalities when it relates to these bonds, and I want to make sure that that was being conducted by somebody who is not only employed by the city, but has to find uh fiduciary financial responsibilities to the city.

Any other comments?

Um perhaps can we since timing is an issue, is two weeks long enough to for our legal counsel to research do the further research into that and we just take action on this on the 19th.

Mr.

Stutz uh advised that he is on his associates, I think have gotten a copy of the bylaws from the organization, and that's what he's looking at.

So maybe two weeks would be uh appropriate.

Uh Tom.

I uh well I'd like to ask the question.

Um if we were to go forward tonight and we find out later that there's some legal ramifications to what we done, we can always come back and correct it, couldn't we?

That's why we asking for the deferral to make sure we clear that up before but I'm like Mr.

Harvey, and if I'm not mistaken, um it was brought up in the last discussion of it about the bylaws of the organization itself and what it falls under.

And I I read the bylaws and they did say for cause in the bylaws.

Now I don't know the other aspect that y'all talking about, you know, that we need to into.

I have I haven't read it myself.

I'm not sure if Mr.

Stutz has, I know an associate in his office have, and so right now we're dealing with, or I would be dealing with secondhand information.

Uh granted that you said you you've read it, but I I have not uh I'm not real sure if Mr.

Stutz have and I'm not an attorney.

Yeah, so I can tell you that's two sets of that's two sets of uh of uh legislation that's deals with this.

Those bylaws deal with whether the the uh L C DA itself can remove a board member.

That's those that's their internal governance documents, but the uh the des what we're not dealing with is is the removal of a board member because of their internal governance is is the reappointment of a designee from the city of Lake Charles.

My understanding that there are separate uh uh laws out there that says that the design the designating authority can uh appoint someone with or and remove someone else with or without cost.

So I think he's trying to reconcile those two.

Uh I I would hope that instead of doing something having to revisit it later that we just defer this and and get it all done once and for all.

Either either this either this council is gonna say uh go ahead and keep Mr.

Dela Foss on and not put his the city finance director is gonna say uh put the city finance direct on.

But I'd rather just have that done at one time instead of uh you coming back and having to revisit this over.

Any other comments, question?

So um the quick my question is um so you you are saying in December you want to have him remove.

That's right.

I'm saying in December I I'd prefer us to go ahead and and address this issue as opposed to tonight.

January.

We will vote like we're voting tonight.

In January it would come back.

And and it's it's a timing issue because right now there's no urgency to uh to the law, the bonds aren't gonna be sought through that the L C D A until in the spring of 2026.

So if you withdrew this, can you put it back?

I could.

Well I'm to re withdraw it.

Well, that's that's the council's pleasure.

I will withdraw that and bring it back when it's a resolution, so it can be brought back up.

So I will formally withdraw this resolution and bring it back up after the new year.

What's the point of order for that?

We could just delete it.

You want to just delete it?

Okay.

Take a second.

Go ahead.

Uh if nobody objects to it, you can just delete it.

If it if someone objects to it, then we'll objecting to we're objecting to delete to the tonight.

To go forward with hearing the item.

Well, we're gonna do away with the deferment, which would bring bring us to discussing the item.

That's one thing.

Just deleted.

That's what we're voting on now.

But in order for the mayor to pull it, it would take us uh uh introduction and a second.

Well, uh what the mayor is saying you can do delete it, it'll be off the the agenda and at the appropriate time he'll he'll just come back.

But a delete would still take a vote.

No, you know that if someone objects to it, it'd be a deleted wood, but you don't have to, you don't have to vote unless uh have to vote on it unless somebody objects to it.

If everybody consent, it could be deleted.

Does everybody consent?

No.

Go ahead, Mr.

Bible.

I I really believe that uh Mr.

Dela Falls really wants to, and I he wanna resolve it.

He's you know, he'd been I think he's been on his board for two years prior, and just like any other board, that when we we put someone on it and they give us our time and they come to these meetings or they go to these boards that we deserve to give them just due the longest they didn't see anything wrong not to pull them.

I don't think I don't want to make that decision.

And I do believe he wanted to make a a conversation of himself to give him a chance to speak for himself or why he shouldn't be taken off.

He's fine with staying on doing his just due or getting off because he knows that Miss Hemley would do a wonderful job.

But when he got selected to this board, he took it as an honor and something he wanted to do, but it ain't no difference.

Why ain't no difference between November or January to him if he gonna if we're gonna vote him off, he can move on to the next part of his life, or if he's gonna stay, he can give his time due diligent to this position.

Okay.

Okay.

Uh I I want time to talk to the mayor.

Okay.

Okay.

Uh that that's why I'm asking for it.

Oh, please.

Okay, so the first thing we got is a vote.

The first vote is to delete.

A yes is with deleting it.

No.

If he's objecting, then uh you're making a motion to delete.

I'm I'm making a motion that we delete.

I guess you want to take it off the agenda.

Yes, well, allow him the mayor to withdraw.

I guess that's the same thing.

Yeah, that's the same for the same thing.

Requires a second.

Yeah.

So you would need a second to your to your motion.

I'll second.

Okay.

Got a motion on the floor to delete, second by Mr.

vote is to delete a yes is with deleting it no if he's objecting then uh you're making a motion to delete i'm i'm making a motion that we delete i guess you want to take it off the agenda yes well allow him the mayor to withdraw i guess that's the same thing yeah that's the same for that same thing requires a second yeah so you would need a second to your do your motion i'll second got a motion on the floor to delete a second by mr weatherfoot please vote we're a yes means that we're taking it off a no means that we're keeping it on and we're gonna vote on a deferment correct correct anybody got it no let me let me change this yes can you clear my could you clear i clear i well explain please what what would we got a motion on the floor on the floor to delete it from the agenda okay all right second by mr weatherford a yes vote means that we're deleting it from the agenda and all right a no vote means that we're gonna go forward to vote on the deferment all right please vote we still mr bilbo okay so we have um four three vote to delete it the four are mr young mr viseno mr findell and mr weatherford all right moving on number 44 has been pulled deleted from the agenda no 45 excuse me 45 has been deleted we had number one approved all right just for oh approve the minutes yeah 74 mr weather okay all right but just for clarity we deferring number 13 to December 3rd 2025 we deleted number 45 with deleting number eight we're deleting number 15 and we did did deferring number 19 to a later date public hearings number one public hearing and consideration of the Lake Charles Planning and zoning commission's decision to deny a request for a variance in order to construct four duplex dwelling units eight units total while one maintaining an existing driveway encroaching required 15 foot buffer yard along east property line and two constructing the driveway less than 150 feet from the nearest intersecting street within the neighborhood zoning district at the southeast corner of East Street at Billboat Street we have some cards number one and jail Burton oh go ahead Mr I'm gonna give a little brief uh description of what we're commissioning this is a variance request for uh the construction of these uh eight uh doors which is four duplex dwelling units with some variances for uh buffer yard reductions uh they have two existing curb cuts on the property from a previous development uh the applicant is making uh efforts to move one of those further away from the intersection but it still is going to require the variance as outlined in this description uh the planning commission considered the request and voted uh two to two which is uh a failure uh on the application and it takes three to pass an an item so the variance has been appealed to to the council that appeal vacates the decision of the planning commission so you're voting on it as presented and I think Mr.

Gale is here to uh represent the applicant uh to speak on behalf of the project can I have a point of clarification I thought we had I know we had a discussion I thought we had the council had acted and said that the zoning the things that come from zoning are not vacated they come to the council as they voted on it and this idea they really is I guess it's really doesn't make any difference now because it was two to two so they didn't pass it that it failed correct so I mean I maybe it's just um but there nomenclature but I that was what that was our request of the council that this it was but this is coming back the same way it's it the this is the same way that it went to the plan and zoning the the request of the council was that if the application or the applicant changed it during the appeal process if that change was significant it would have to come back to the planning commission for consideration.

It is coming to you on exactly the same that but but still I think that the and I know it's just it's just normal clear but I don't like the idea that it comes from zoning intact and then we either vote to support it or we can amend it or we can yeah vote to against what they they did.

So I I don't understand I I want to understand what Mr Weatherford is saying because to my understanding this is the same way it went to the planning and zoning yeah I think that's right.

Yeah, so nothing, nothing has changed.

Okay.

I think so.

What did planning and zoning, what was your recommendation?

Oh we the planning and zoning commission voted two to two.

What was what staff's recommendation?

That's the if it did meet the standard.

Our recommendation is not to approve the application.

But that's for them to argue, you know, okay, okay.

What makes this a valid request or not a valid request?

Good, Mr.

McGuerris?

I'm good.

All right, got a few cards.

Uh Mr.

Buxton.

No, I'm here on behalf of the applicant.

Okay.

And so typically what I think we do is the applicant presents.

Okay.

You hear your opposition, and you give us just a couple of minutes to answer any questions.

So for the record, my name is Tom Gale.

My address is 713 Kirby Street.

I'm on be here on behalf of the applicant and the developer, uh, Mr.

Crane, who's here with me tonight.

And so with the with the commission's the the council's permission, I'd ask, can we bring up the GIS map so we can see what we're looking at?

And um so what the property that we're dealing with is part of the parking lot of what was Trinity Baptist Church.

And so you had the Rhine Street frontage, and they had their parking, and then you went to the next block in Bilbo.

And so uh what Mr.

Crane would like to do is put in a series of townhouses.

That's fine.

Yeah, and then we're at the corner of Bilbo and uh East Street, which is just south of Lock Park.

And so he is trying to put in the townhouses that that are on what was the old parking lot.

So we have two probably fairly technical issues that need the variance.

One is the 15-foot setback, and so the existing driveway that has been there for however many years is less than 15 feet from the east line.

It is not uh I don't think we have an address.

And so the um the lot and when you see it, it'll make a little more sense as to what they're trying to do.

And so that image that they have just brought up, it's the old parking lot.

There are three existing driveways, and the the parking the curb cut, the driveway to the far right, the east side is the one that is the encroachment.

And so in your packing as part of the site plan, uh there won't be any structure, there won't be any building that is closer than 15 feet.

And so the the buildings themselves will be less or right at 15 feet from there.

It's just the same driveway that's been there forever.

Um the second issue is that again back to the parking lot, and you you can see on Bilbo Street, there are two driveways that access Bilbo Street.

The one to the south would be eliminated, the one to the north would remain, and the developer is gonna do what he can to get it as far from the stop sign as possible, but the ordinance requirement, and that's thus the the need for the variance, is to get it as far from the intersection as possible.

And so that's that's the need for it.

And so, in in my opinion, though the harder problem is the driveway that's next.

I'm gonna suggest to you that this is not Ryan Street, it's not Highway 14, it's not Common Street.

These are these are smaller inner city streets with a low speed limit, and they're it's exactly the way it is right now, and it's been like that for as long as I've known, and I've been here a long time.

And so uh I can't see the streets.

What what's the streets?

Can you move Bilbo is on your far left?

Bilbo and it runs north and south.

And where's the property, sir?

What where where's the sign?

Does it does?

I'm sorry.

Are you looking at the same thing we're looking at?

Yes, yeah.

Okay.

And so the this corner, the the right side corner, is the parking lot that he would like to develop into the townhouses.

Okay.

And so Bilbo Street is on the left side, runs north and south, and right now it has two driveways.

And then there's the one on the far right that goes back onto East Street.

Okay, yeah, that's the parking lot.

It's just a parking lot.

Okay.

That has three driveways.

Okay, you go.

And so if you don't mind zooming out us a little bit, please.

That driveway.

And what's of interest is directly, can you scooch up the image?

You'll see directly south of what Mr.

Crane wants to do is almost an identical development.

Can you slide up, please?

Yeah, look at the other road.

The other there we go.

And so you'll notice on the south side of what's part of this site plan are four units that are almost identical to what they're trying to do.

So it is consistent with the neighborhood.

It is consistent with what they're doing, and it's two very technical variances that are needed, both for driveways.

Oh not for structures.

Yes, sir.

No, I'm saying you good.

Do you have any questions?

Any questions?

Okay.

Thank you.

If you don't mind, Mr.

Gale, just stay around some.

And just for the record, the the request is for the development standards for the curb cuts.

They are allowed to build the four duplexes on the property as of right because of the existing zoning.

So we're not voting on the number of units, the number of units are allowed.

Just for clarification.

Yeah, that's that was my question.

The unit and the density of the density is that they are under the density for as of so how can they do these projects without the curb cuts?

Well, they they can't that's what he's asking for.

But my my point is that the duplexes are allowed.

But I guess what I want to get clarity on is if we vote no on the curb cuts, that does the whole project.

No, I'm they would have to either move all of the units to the front of the property and come in the back, and your parking would be in the back.

You know, parking is going to be one way or the other.

Okay.

Uh Miss Ava Gill Buck Burton.

Get your name and address for the record, please.

Hi there.

Uh for the record, my name is Anjelle Burton.

Uh I live at 425 10th Street.

I'm nearby.

I'm on the opposite corner of that.

I'm here to speak in opposition of the variants.

I I've seen the um information that they had provided to the planning and zoning commission.

I feel that the variance that's located, but they're asking for they have plenty of space to to move the project uh to complete it.

I do appreciate the development of the space.

I do appreciate that they're leaving uh more green space than most of the other developments that have been coming up in the area.

Um I do not uh agree that it's a consistent with the neighborhood because since 2020, plenty of the developers have been coming in and purchasing property and putting in these duplexes.

However, the older homes that are there are the single houses around in that area.

So I don't feel it's uh consistent with that.

The other request and negative part of these developments is we have had two developments come.

The one that the gentleman referenced, the sidewalk took more than a year for it to be repaired, and it was repaired by the city of Lake Charles.

My taxpayers my money fixed that.

There's also a development on another Bilbo corner, and two of on each corner they've torn up the sidewalks, they have not repaired them.

And that has been over a year as well.

So my request is to please continue with the denial of the planning and zoning.

And as we uh continue these developments, if we can continue to invort enforce that they repaired their sidewalks for quality of life.

We have uh plenty of people that walk.

Um I personally walk to one two one Bistro, that's very nearby.

I walk to the Walmart.

Um I've been known to go to the CBS.

I want to use my sidewalks.

So that's all I have.

Thank you, ma'am.

Thank you.

Now, is this impacting the side wall?

That would that impact the sidewall.

Well, the by leaving it the way it's laid out, the sidewalk remains intact, so we don't have to touch it.

And it's the same touch the sidewalk.

It's the same with the existing curb cuts because the development will be on the south side, the the structures would be on the south side and would be farther away from East Street.

So what the sidewalks that we see up on East Street would be untouched, and it's the same thing with the existing curb cuts.

It's the same curb cuts that have been there.

Yeah, I I presume though that what you're talking about is when the equipment comes in, it tears up our sidewalks.

And I would assume is a con inner contractor liable to repair that or not.

Mr.

Weather, I can't speak to what happened before.

But I can tell you that if a contractor is building a project and they're running equipment over those sidewalks and they're damaging, they're responsible for fixing it.

Okay, so if it does pass, yeah, promise to make sure that sidewalk.

Absolutely.

And for the record, we can hold a certificate of occupancy until those sidewalks are repaired.

All right.

We have that.

Ms.

Peggy LaFleur.

Oh, wait, no, that's the wrong way.

No.

That's it.

Mr.

Hart, that's your district.

Um, yes, based off the opposition and and a couple phone calls I have gotten is no disrespect to the property owners and the developers, but I would like to side with the people who are in that area who are current homeless.

Um, and I also want to respect the planning and zoning decision.

I know before uh we've had lots of council discussion about things come to us in appeal, but then we tend to overturn things.

So my recommendation is that we support what the planning and don't zoning decision was was to deny.

And I I want to add to that to be sure we understand this on this vote only affects the curb cut.

The project still can go forward.

Everybody got it.

Please vote.

So Mr.

Fonda.

Did you vote?

Mr.

Fondale is abstaining.

Everyone else voted against number two.

Public hearing and consideration of Lake Charles Planning and Zoning.

Commission's decision to deny a request for a variance in order to eliminate the required permanently installed buffer fence around dumpster within a mixed use zoning district at 2604 Lake Street.

Mr.

Mr.

McGuerrettes don't have anything to say about that.

All right.

Mr.

Young, that's your district.

Yes, sir.

Is there anyone here to speak on it?

Let me let me get Mr.

Burger here.

Yeah.

I actually I spoke with this business business owner.

Um try to come up with a couple of solutions, none that were agreeable to the business owner.

I think because of the proximity from this project to the mid-city neighborhood initiative, we should be enforcing the ordinances there, upholding property standards.

This council somewhat agrees on upholding the property standards.

Um and to reiterate what Mr.

Harvey said, I think recognizing the role that planning and zoning commission plays in the thorough process that they put things through review and upholding their decisions uh really puts public trust in that process.

So my recommendation would be to uh deny the variants.

Any other questions or comments?

I I wouldn't need to say anything.

I I would just go on record as saying um not just that district, but this a little background information in regards to those trash cans and putting fences around it.

Oh, a little over I think a year and a half ago, the city we we came up with an ordinance where if you have a dumpster at your business, you have to enclose it, and that's through that's citywide.

That's that's throughout that's not this just this particular uh district uh business that's having that.

So I I'm in agreement with uh Mr.

Young about his district.

So yes, we'll be here.

I don't know.

No, nobody no cards were were uh turned in.

Is the applicant for this here?

No, no one's here.

Any other questions or comments?

So uh yes would be to deny it or yes, uh no, uh no be a no would be a deny.

Uh no would be denied.

The appeal vacated their decision, so you're voting on it again as it's brought to you.

And the no is to not allow the variance.

Correct.

All right, please vote having in favor of denial.

Number three, an ordinance already demolition and authorized the city of Lake Charles to enter an agreement for demolition of a structure located at the eight at 1814 Easton Street, Willie Lafleur and Josephine LaFleur owners.

Mr.

Heskin.

Good evening, council.

And this is a storm damage structure, and you can send the pictures.

This one has severe roof damage on this structure.

Um it has exterior wall damage, it's open to the public.

There's window damage, all exposed in the interior to severe weather damage of this structure.

Offering to the record photographs showing the subject property, proof of service through the marshal's office, and this is a rehearing from October 1st.

Ms.

Peggy LaFleur, state your name and address for the record, please.

Peggy LaFleur 156 Lee Street, Lake Charles, Louisiana, 7060.

Five.

What would you like to see happen, Miss LaFour?

Uh, we have been trying to do the secession.

I've got that done, but we've been having some issues with sending the letters out.

And once we get that done, then I was trying to see if I can get it rebuilt, whereas the senior citizen and disabled, so I'd have a place to stay on our property.

But we have some issues getting the secession.

I got the secession, but it's the filing of sending the letters and they're going to California and Colorado.

And I spoke to Miss Lacosha Roberts last night, and she moved, so she's getting all the records and stuff.

So we in the process of sending the letter out.

So she said she'd give them 30 days after she sent a letter to find out what was going to be wrong.

Mr.

Fundale, it's your district.

Um how much time do you think you need?

It's just to get the secession.

Well, I got the secession is just to get the letter and to come back.

So I guess a couple of months to find out what's well, you know, we get the letter back.

And that's if we don't have an issue, she said you want to repair this house.

No, I'm trying to get um talk to the lady upstairs about you know doing a senior citizen home and disabled.

And she told me I had to get the secession done first.

So we got that the secession done.

I'm just waiting on them.

So we does that affect whether the house is there or not.

I think under their program they they dem uh you're talking about community development?

Yes, yeah.

I think under their program they'll do the demolition and the re and the rebuild.

Okay, so that's have you already been qualified for it?

No, sir.

She told me I had to get the secession first, so that's what to see if you qualify.

It has to be in your data.

Yes, sir.

So I've done the succession, it's just to defer it or you gotta do it.

Okay.

Deferred deferred for 90 days.

90 days, that'll be uh February 4th.

Okay, all right.

Can you make sure it's secured?

I did, sir.

I put all of the um these are pictures that you uh along there's a door on the side on the I think south side that was up.

They must have gone and tore it down because I have the pictures where we did go and board it up.

All of the windows and everything.

And we struggle with that.

It's your responsibility if they take it down, you got the monitor to keep it.

Okay, because if you it creates a danger, and I know it's it's hard.

Yes, sir.

For somebody that's disabled and trying to get it.

And we cannot see you move in a whole different category when we when we got drug people going in the house.

So is your responsibility to monitor it and redo it?

So I I hope you get someone to pass by and try to keep I know it's hard.

Yeah, sir, for me, and then you know, I'm disabled and trying to get somebody and trying to pay somebody to get it done.

I did it already, and that's what I'm saying.

I had the pictures uh last time I said.

I will it's deferred for 90 days.

Please vote.

74.

Number four, an ordinance order in demolition and authorizing the city of Lake Charles to enter an agreement for demolition of a structure located at 410 North Simon Street.

Pamela Marie Swain, owner, subject to a tax sale to state Louisiana.

Mr.

Hester.

This is a residential structure that's been damaged, and you can send the pictures.

There's roof damage, there's window damage, exterior wall damage, all exposed to the interiors to severe weather damage of the structure.

Offering to the record photographs on the uh condition of the property, proof of service through appointment of a curator.

And this was a rehearing also from October 1st.

Mr.

Harvey.

Yes, we we actually deferred this a couple times, but tonight I think we need to make a decision.

I'm going to say normal delays, however, um, someone is still living there and the power is still connected.

So I think we need to make sure before we do anything.

I know we need to probably notify them, but the person who's living there, from what I'm understanding, from the parcel owner is not authorized to stay there.

So the state.

So someone is staying there in the power.

She's she's been here a couple of times.

I would say normal delays.

Normal delays, please vote.

74.

Number five, an order, uh, ordinance ordering demolition and authorized the city of Lake Charles to enter an agreement for demolition of a structure located at 1610 Graham Street.

Alan J.

Mitchell, owner.

Mr.

Hester.

Now, this one you can send the pictures.

It has severe roof damage.

The whole roof is collapsed on the structure.

There's exterior wall damage, there's window damage, all exposed to the interior to severe weather damage of this structure, and it is open to the public.

Mr.

Harvey, is this the one you want to defer to the city?

Yes, I was gonna ask to defer it for 60 days.

I did speak to Mr.

Mitchell.

Um and I also asked him to please go and secure the property.

He's promised that he would have it secured within seven to ten days.

Yes, because it's very dangerous.

30 or 60 days.

Uh 60.

60.

Okay.

So that was in November.

I mean January the 7th.

Okay.

That'll be January 7th.

Okay, January 7.

Yes, sir.

All right.

All right.

Number six.

We got a vote.

He's deferring it for 60 days.

50 days.

Yes, sir.

Deferring for 60 days.

Please vote.

Seven in favor.

Number six, an ordinance order and demolition and authorizing the city of Lake Charles to enter an agreement for demolition of a structure located at 2200 Commercial Street.

First New Life Missionary Baptist Church of Lake Charles, Louisiana owner.

Mr.

Hester.

And this one you can send the pictures.

There's not that much roof damage, but the exterior wall, you can send that picture as whole collapsing.

And it's open to the public, so there's interior damage to the structure also.

Offering to the record of photographs here on the condition of the property, proof of service through the city marshal's office.

And this is a rehearing from September the 3rd.

We have a card.

Derrica Martinez.

No, that's Dorikus.

Rosar Martinez.

That's not the right one.

Oh, I'm reading that's oh, that's a 12.

That ain't a no nobody there, Mr.

Harvey.

I know last time we had the pastor of this this uh this church speak on that, and he said that he was trying to work through a program.

Did we have anything?

I emailed him, meaning I've never received anything about the FEMA, his advice documentation that he's in the FEMA program.

Okay.

Okay.

No.

I don't have anything.

Normal delays.

Normal delays, please vote.

Seven in favor.

An ordinance ordering demolition and authorizing the city of Lake Charles to enter an agreement for demolition of a structure located at 1900.

Praise on Drive, Plays Vendome Apartments, Homes, LLC owner.

Mr.

Hester.

Okay, these I have a list of violations.

And you can see in the pictures, they're pretty bad when you look at them.

You've got um they're all burnt.

And from a one to ten, they're all a ten.

Mr.

Hester.

Yes.

I can alleviate some trouble.

1515.

Uh let me uh just add uh offering to a record of photographs showing the condition of the property and proof of service was through the uh certified mail.

Okay, good.

1515.

Please vote.

7 in favor.

Number 8 has been deleted.

Number 9, an ordinance order and demolition and authorizing the city of Lake Charles to enter an agreement for demolition of a structure located at 1030 13th Street, carport only.

Russell William Young and Natasha Lynn Miller, young owners.

Mr.

Hester.

And this is a residential, it's a carport only, so there's um damage to the whole structure, exterior wall damage, and the whole structures coming down.

So it's uh um serious issue.

And offer to the record uh pictures showing the condition of the property.

Uh proof of service was made uh by appointment of a curator.

Mr.

Fundale.

1515, please vote.

Don't want seven in favor.

I don't want it.

Number 10.

An ordinance order and demolition and authorizing the city of Lake Charles to enter an agreement for demolition of a structure located at 2502 Root Street, rear house only.

Lily Ann Duhorn and David T.

Huddleston estate owners.

Mr.

Hester.

And this is a residential structure.

This is the structure in the back of a main structure.

But you can see in the pictures, this one has severe roof damage to the structure.

It's open to the public.

There's wall damage and there's exterior window damage.

All exposed in the interior to severe weather damage of this structure.

Offer into the record of photographs on the condition of the subject property.

Uh proof of service was made through certified mail and the city marshal's office.

You you wanted to speak, ma'am?

Yes, if you don't mind.

It's my mother's property.

Okay, go ahead.

I'm sorry, I didn't know I had to fill out one of them let your name and address for the record.

Uh my name is Myrna Duhan.

Uh-huh.

And I live at 18 Avenue E in Bogaloosa, Louisiana.

Okay.

And I drove four hours to get here.

I've never been to one of these meetings before.

So it's on me to have it done, and I can't do it.

Okay.

So we let me see what the councilman want to do because we have some things that we can help you out with, okay?

Okay.

All right.

Mr.

Young.

Oh, I don't think it's another street.

Oh, I have your district.

Off of Lake Street.

So Lake Street.

Okay.

Uh perhaps deferred.

Uh well, if I can give you a little bit of information.

Uh she wants it torn down, correct?

She wants it torn down, correct?

Yes.

We can tear it down.

The city will tear it down.

We'll put it on your taxes.

I'll talk to her after the meeting.

So if if she wants to go through that process, I'll just go normal delays and we can talk through the issues.

He's gonna explain everything that I was gonna tell you, he's gonna explain to you.

Okay.

Mr.

Young, we're gonna do normal delays.

Yes, sir.

Normal delays 3060.

Normal delays, please vote.

Seven in favor?

Okay.

Thank you.

Yes, ma'am.

Number 11.

An ordinance order in demolition and authorized the city of Lake Charles to enter an agreement for demolition of a structure located at 2713.

General Vandenberg.

Linda Gray Gidry estate owners.

Mr.

Hester.

This is a storm damage residential structure.

It does have roof damage.

It has a lot of damage to the fascia and eaves, which is exposing the attics, which you have a lot of animals going up there.

Um that's from the neighbors.

Um exterior wall damage, window damage, it's open to the public, and there's interior severe weather damage to the structure.

The individual donors again.

Um Linda Gray Gidry.

Linda Gray Gidry, are you here?

This is the state.

A state.

Anybody representing that state?

Oh, Kevin Gidry.

Who?

Kevin Gidry.

Kevin Gidry, no.

Yeah.

Oh, it's name that on here.

Kevin Gidry.

I think he I think he was in contact with the city at one point.

Uh we didn't want to defer.

He said he was coming.

Okay.

You want to defer it?

Uh I'll tell you what, let's he said he was coming.

Yeah.

Let's pass it and let's pick it up last uh once we finish the album.

All right.

Number 12.

An ordinance order in demolition and authorized the city of Lake Charles to enter an agreement with demolition of a structure located at 2915 Creole Street.

RH rental properties LLC.

And this is a residential structure.

It's a burnt structure, and you can send the pictures.

The roof is uh not bad, but the interior of the house is really bad.

It's open to the public.

You have um vagrants going in there.

You can see in that picture.

Um there's winter damage, and it's all exposed in the interior to severe weather damage of this structure.

Uh offering to the record is photographs on the subject uh conditional subject property proof for service to the city marshal's office, and we unlearned that uh the new owner is present.

She just purchased the property uh in October sometime, and she's she doesn't speak English very well, so the gentleman's present uh uh interpret for her.

State your name and address for the record, please.

Nobody didn't accept Dora Sales Martinez Ceros, Saurley, Michelle Circo.

Can you repeat what she just said in English?

In English, uh 2202 Saul Lake Michel Circo.

Mitchell Circle Circle Lake Charles Luciana.

Okay.

What do you want to see happen?

She wants to fix it up.

She wants to fix it up.

And she What's the time?

The time time necessary.

Well, first of all, let's let's clarify something.

She just purchased the property, right?

Yes.

So how long is it?

Do we have a record of how long it's been?

The end of my time.

Yeah, just a few weeks ago, I believe.

So that affected him.

Thank you for buying property in the district and wanting to fix it up.

Um what what's the timeline that you would need to renovate this property?

Because I have gotten a couple of calls about it.

She's asking for six months.

She gotta pull a permit.

That's completely done.

When when could she pull a permit?

I'm sorry.

Will she live?

Is she gonna live in the house or is she?

Is she planning to live in the house?

Is it gonna be her house?

She's gonna live in the house.

Okay.

She's gonna live in it?

Uh-huh.

Okay.

Okay.

I would like to talk to you guys afterward.

Can we defer for 60 days?

Uh, and then we can work on a plan to get it back into commerce.

Yeah.

Oh, January.

Okay, you see Plaza Yano terminal.

Okay.

Oh no, no.

So you need you're gonna talk to her and see what's defer this item on the agenda for 60 days.

Okay, we'll have to wait for you after.

Yes.

Yeah.

Yes, Mr.

Young.

Uh, I think during the deferral period, you have no objection to her pulling the permit.

And so you might make that clear that she can go ahead and go ahead and pull the permit.

How soon can she do that?

No, no.

See.

Oh, yeah, she can go probably next week and follow up.

We give uh 30 60 that'll pull a permit.

You can still talk to her, but she'll make a report of her progress in 60 days.

That works.

It's the windows open.

We've had complaints from the neighbors.

There's someone going in there and they're staying in there.

So you need to get it secured.

Can you secure it?

She's stating that she did already.

Okay.

She need to go back and check it, keep an eye on it because somebody's breaking the pictures a couple of days ago.

The dates should be on it.

No, Luisa El Domingo.

She did it on Sunday.

Okay.

Okay.

So you got 30 60, Mr.

Young.

You're gonna report back at the end of that, but in the meantime, Mr.

Young is gonna communicate with you about what what he expects from you.

Sounds good.

Okay.

Is it code by my friends?

Yes.

360, please vote.

74.

Number 13.

Is deferred until December 3rd.

Anybody here for number 14?

Anybody here for number 14?

An ordinance order in demolition and authorizing the city of Lake Charles to enter an agreement for demolition of a structure located at 10 20 10 23 10 23 14th Street.

Joshua John Common and Angela A.

Accles owners.

Thank you, sir.

State your name and address for the record, please.

Mark Dela Falls.

1202 Virginia Street, Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Okay.

I didn't fill out a card because I would I talked with uh legal and they had asked me to come in.

Uh I'm a certificate of excuse me, what's it?

It has to go ahead.

Okay, this is a residential struct structure.

You can send the pictures as roof damage, exterior wall damage, window damage, it's open to the public.

All exposing the interior to severe weather damage of destruction.

We've had lots of complaints from the neighbors about this structure.

Offering to the record or photographs showing the condition of subject property.

Uh and uh Mr.

Mark Dela Foss, he bought a tax uh sale title to the property.

Um I don't believe we were able to serve the the uh the owner, uh record owner.

So I would ask to also amend um the title.

Um uh last part of that uh title to be uh subject to a tax sale title to uh Mark Dela Foss.

So he's just purchasing the property.

He put uh when did you get your tax title?

Uh of this year?

It's just Mr.

Bilbo.

Oh, is it in this country?

Okay.

That's 14th Street.

That's not in my district.

That's mine.

It's not 1023.

That's mine.

That's yours.

Okay, Mr.

Fundell.

So um can he pull the permit?

That that I was talking I mean it he has a he has a tax title to it, so he's trying to protect his interest in it.

He doesn't have to pull the permit.

Uh but he has trying to pull this.

I think he was one as Bruce.

I was saying he was trying, she couldn't figure out if he could pull one.

Yeah, yeah, I think it's he applied as just being reviewed.

Uh yeah, they didn't deny applied for a permit.

Right.

Yeah.

On the review.

What's the hold up on it being reviewed?

Oh no.

Do you know it's being reviewed for code compliance?

Is that correct?

Yes.

Yes.

So when somebody works on a building like that, uh Mr.

Fondale, typically they submit a set of plans, and I believe the permit office just reviews to make sure they're following the code.

Depending on the amount of damage.

I think that may be what's going on.

So it is in plan check.

He does he's tried to put he's trying to pull it.

So we we basically take it out of demolition, right?

No, no, no.

No, we'll uh he he's pulling a permit to repair it, but we're just we're gonna w monitor it.

Okay.

Uh either you give them a delay or or defer it.

What you want to do, Mr.

Vondell?

You got the you got the secure this place.

Yes, sir.

Okay, now it somebody break in it, you board it up.

Somebody break in it the next day.

I'm gonna go by there and look.

Oh, yes, myself.

You gotta have to make sure nobody's going in this place.

Can you get can you promise me that?

I can monitor.

Okay.

All right.

What you want to do, Mr.

Bundem?

90 days.

90 days?

Deferred.

But you're perfect.

Okay.

So that'll be February 4th.

February of the 4th.

And I uh 2026, sir.

Is that what reasonable?

Yeah, I think from the condition of the property.

May I may make a recommendation?

If he's trying to pull a permit, let's just give him the 30 days to pull a permit so he can get started.

So we do 3060.

36.

3060.

I have curve appealing 30 days on it.

Okay.

Okay.

3060, please vote.

75.

Number 15 has been deleted.

Ordinance for final action.

Anybody got anything they want to pull?

Mr.

Marks, Ms.

Marks.

Yes, sir.

I believe you gotta go back to number 11.

Didn't you post?

Yeah, we were supposed to go back and do it.

Number 11.

An ordinance order in demolition and authorizing the city of Lake Charles to enter an agreement for demolition of a structure located at 2713.

General Vanderburg.

This is Linda Gray.

Linda Gray Gidry Estate Owner.

That's the one we was waiting on somebody to come.

Yes.

Mr.

Bilbo.

1515.

1515, please vote.

Seven in favor.

Ordinance for final action.

Number 16, an ordinance accepting the lowest responsible bid and authorizing the city of Lake Charles to enter an agreement for project number CP 3257.

Sally May, Madora did in phase two and amend the budget as necessary.

Mr.

Harvey.

Yes, Mr.

President, I recommend that we uh award the construction contract to the lowest bidder, Hicks Enterprise Incorporated in the amount of 398,130.

Comment.

Any questions or comments?

Comment.

Yes.

I know C RC has done a good job lately of communicating to the dead in a salad make street.

Um is it possible that they can communicate again, let them know that hey, we have a we have a bid.

We have a suppression that who's won the bid and the root that will start.

But also, could we stake a sign saying that construction is happening?

That's a dead end.

Um and that was one of those projects that started and then stopped.

So I'll we absolutely can do both of those.

We can notify the owners and we'll put a sign out.

Gotcha.

Gotcha.

Thank you.

I appreciate that.

Any questions or comments?

Please vote.

Seven in favor.

Number 17.

An ordinance accepting the lowest responsive and responsible bid and authorizing the city of Lake Charles to enter an agreement for the purchase of office supplies for use by various city of Lake Charles departments and divisions for a 12-month period with the option to renew for two additional 12-month periods.

Mr.

Billboard.

I'm good with it.

You gotta read it.

I gotta read the whole thing.

Oh man.

I got it.

In the back.

Yeah.

Look for number 17.

I'm glad I got these glasses.

For use by various city of Lake Charles departments and a division for a 12-month period with the option to renew for two additional 12-month periods.

Be ordained by the city council of Lake Charles, Louisiana, in a regular session convene.

The mayor of the city of Lake Charles, Louisiana is hereby authorized to accept the lowest responsible bid and to enter into an agreement.

I'm sorry.

Oh, I'll just read this one.

Oh, okay.

The office guy, lowest responsible, responsive and responsible bidder meeting specifications.

I never did this one, y'all.

So read the name of the uh the name and the number the amount.

Okay, the successful bidder, office guy, 50% total discount rate.

Three staples contract and commercial LLC, 35% discount with 25 margin floor as needed.

Office guy, 50% as needed.

Just number one.

Office guy, 50% as needed.

You just have to move to accept the bid.

And we move to accept this bid.

And we need like some training on this.

Questions and comments.

Please vote.

I want to take this opportunity.

Uh Mr.

Rubin, if you could explain uh for our new council members the difference between number 16 and 17.

One says the lowest responsible bid, and one says the lowest responsive and responsible bid.

Could you tell us the difference between those two?

Same thing.

There is no difference.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Low is responsible and uh responsive.

They're responsible, me and then they've they're trustworthy to do the job and response uh uh responsive is that they responded to the to the bid.

So it's the same thing.

Everybody clear?

Ms.

Emma.

We had several people who sent in information, but not all of the bidders either sent in correct information or enough information or something.

So that's where you get responsive and responsible.

Gotcha.

Any other questions?

All right.

Number 18.

An ordinance accepting the lowest responsible bid and authorizing the city of Lake Charles to enter an agreement for the purchase of polymer flocculants for use by public works department wastewater division for one for a one-year period with an option to renew the same terms for an additional 12 months.

Mr.

Fundale.

For the bid amount of $37,400.

Everybody can hear that?

And that and that was uh the bid submitted by Poladine.

Is it about Paladine is the vendor?

Yes.

Okay.

Paladine is the holiday will.

Okay.

Hollyne document.

All right.

Questions or comments.

Please vote.

Number 19 is deferred.

Number 20, an ordinance for the consideration to amend the official zoning map from a residential zoning district to a business zoning district.

Companion with a major conditional use permit in order to construct a warehouse use with variances to eliminate required 15 feet buffer yard along the north property line.

Number two, allow use on local street versus required location adjacent to and having access to an arterial collector street at 629 to 633 North Coletta Street and 624 to 628 Armstrong Street.

Mr.

Members of the Council, this is a uh request to amend the official zoning map to a business zoning district.

The applicant originally uh requested to include his property that was on the uh east side of the property.

The planning commission considered this request would have amended it and approved it, uh eliminating the rezoning of the property that's not on direct access to home street.

This is uh Louisiana Radio Communications entire site uh just about and this will impact only the property that is abutting home street as recommended by the planning commission.

This is not an appeal, this is a recommendation.

So you are voting to either uphold or deny the request.

And I think Mr.

Vincent is here to speak on the project if you have any questions.

Any you said that you guys were recommending it?

Yes, then the whole area is just about owned by Mr.

Vincent, and it is all the commercial uh applications along that corridor.

Any questions or comments?

What for me?

I'm sorry.

No, no questions or comments?

All right, please vote.

Seven in favor.

Thank you.

Right.

Number 21, an ordinance authorizing the city of Lake Charles to allow employees to be off on Friday, November 28th, 2025 is an extra paid day off for career and non-career full-time employees.

Mr.

Cardone, if you don't mind explaining, uh there was some question about an extra paid day off as opposed to a holiday, the wording of it.

Miss Emily, what either one of the people?

Well, we get we give a certain amount of holidays each year as prescribed, but also we allow an additional day off, and we allow the unions to pick what day that is.

Typically, it's been Friday after Thanksgiving.

And so that's they're given that one day to make that choice each year.

So just for clarity, and Mr.

Bible brought this up.

You said they could generally pick a day, correct?

We allow them to pick that day typically over the years, it has been the Friday after Thanksgiving.

So by us assigning that day, do they still get to pick another day?

They have.

Okay.

Any other questions or comments?

Mr.

Cardone, this goes to all city employees, all full-time.

All full-time employees?

Yes, sir.

Okay.

I didn't understand what career, non-career, maybe I'm ignorant to that, but fire department, police department, public works, everybody.

No, sir.

All career and non-career employees.

I think that's correct.

So that's that that is that is a provision that was given in the public works contract.

So it doesn't apply to fire and police.

Correct.

But fire and police still get paid the holiday pay if they work.

Correct.

Okay.

Any other questions or comments?

They still get they still get that day.

If they work, right.

Yeah.

If they work, do they get a day late on they can pick?

Now we can't shut the whole city down.

But no, sir.

No, sir.

This provision for that extra day off is for career and non-career employees.

Okay.

It has never been for public safety.

Any questions?

Comments?

All right.

Please vote.

Seven in favor.

22.

An ordinance authorizing the settlement of a claim against the city of Lake Charles and the sweet style.

Lesvia Funas Mendez versus American Alternative Insurance Corporation, the City of Lake Charles, and the Houston Lane Boy Docket number 2023, 1780, Division G on the docket of the 14th Judicial District Court, Parish of Calcushoes, State of Louisiana.

Do I need to read the bottom two?

If y'all are going to go into executive session, well, I think the city attorney has reached out to everybody.

Any uh questions or comments?

Yep.

Please vote.

Second in favor.

The following resolutions may be adopted by consent.

Anyone got anything they want to pull?

Number 23.

Uh number 23.

Yeah.

23 is going to be pulled.

And also, if you don't mind number 42.

Number 42.

You say 42, Mayor?

Yes.

23 and 42.

All right.

And Mr.

President, Mr.

23 will need a motion and a second.

And a second.

Yes.

All right.

No other 25.

So we got 23, 25, 42.

Any more?

Okay.

Number 23.

A resolution ordering and calling a special election to be held in the city of Lake Charles, Louisiana, the city on April 18th, 2026, are such other election date prescribed by the legislature of the state of Louisiana as an alternative for such date in accordance with the law for the purpose of submitting to the electors residing in the city qualified under the constitution and laws of the state of Louisiana.

Propositions for authorizing the renewal of the levy and collection of certain special ad valorium taxes for the purposes described herein.

Make an application to the state bond commission in connection therewith and providing for other matters in connection therewith.

Any questions or comments?

Got a motion?

So moved.

Second.

Got a motion by Mr.

Young.

Second by Mr.

Bilbo.

Please vote.

Seven in favor.

25.

A resolution accepting Lake Charles Rebound 911 Memorial Park Tax Order.

Task Order 2024 L CR 404 as substantially complete and authorizing the advertising of the 45-day lien period.

Any questions or comments?

Okay.

I had I asked for it to be pulled, but I found my answer.

Okay.

Please vote.

Seven in favor.

Number 42.

A resolution approving the mayor's appointment of members to the Downtown Development Authority, Lakefront Development Subdistrict in accordance with the ordinance number 15062.

Those candidates that we're voting on will be the City Council of Lake Charles, Louisiana, does hereby appoint the following members to the downtown development authority, Lakefront Development Subdistrict as follows.

Member five, Jacob Raftery, filling unexpired first term of Matt Young 2023-2026.

Mr.

Rafferty's first term will end on June 30th, 2026, and his second three-year term will begin July 1st, 2026.

I I have a question right there.

Well, let me do the whole thing and then I'll come back.

Member 6, Tamika Bilbo filling unexpired first term of Diana Ross 2025-2028.

Ms.

Bilbo's first term will end on June 30, 2028, and her second three-year term will begin July 1st, 2028.

Member seven, Mike Livings filling unexpired second term of J Ecker 2023-2026.

Mr.

Living's first term will end on June 30th, 2026, and his second three-year term will begin July 1st, 2026.

Any questions or comments?

I have a question, uh mayor.

Are we appointing them to two terms right now?

They're currently filling the unexpired terms and then uh then their terms begin because each of these each of these positions were the persons resigned before their terms expired.

So we we're basically voting to finish off one and start another for all three of us.

Everybody is correct with that.

Please vote.

Question.

Yeah, question.

Um while we're talking about this, just to bring it back to the top of everybody.

Um the request I made for the DDA during the last meeting.

Um I still would like that.

Yes.

Just that we added new members on.

Um I I just would like that swatter now.

Yes.

I uh submitted to you today or yesterday the the ordinances, the uh scope and uh responsibilities for the DDA.

So you should have that in your email and we can sit down and but it didn't have the it didn't have what has happened in the last three years.

We can we can add that to it for you.

Okay, thank you.

Okay.

Any other questions or comments?

And Mr.

President, we did ask the candidate, each of the candidates to come here and speak if anybody had any questions for them.

Mr.

Raffery, you want to speak?

Any questions or comments?

Mr.

Raptory, I do have a question for you.

I'm gonna get you on the record.

Just take just state your name and address for the record.

Jacob Rafferty, 1718 West Common Street.

That's all I wanted.

State your name and address for the record, please.

Tamika Bilbo, address 2433, 18th Street.

Thank you, ma'am.

Mr.

Livings.

Saw him earlier.

He walked outside.

He's just he's walking in the hall.

Hey, Mike Living.

Would you please state your name and address for the record, please?

Yes.

Michael Livings, 1429th Street.

That's it.

Thank you, Mr.

Living.

Appreciate it.

Just wanted to know where you live.

Just wanted to know where you live.

So all right.

Any other questions or comments?

Please vote.

Craig, do I have to not vote on this?

That's just why.

You can abstain.

I'm just saying I don't want.

You could abstain.

Okay.

Can we bundle caution?

Just yeah, go ahead, bro.

Stay.

And if uh if you want, you can each take each uh candidate separately so he can have the opportunity to uh vote on all but he would have to abstain from his wife.

The first vote is gonna be on Mr.

Raftery and Mr.

Living.

Please vote.

Seven in favor.

The next one is gonna be on Ms.

Bilbo and Mr.

Bilbo.

Councilman Bilbo is abstaining.

Please vote.

Six in favor, one abstention, Mr.

Bilbo.

Thank you.

So that'll be uh those for five action.

That was 2342 and 25.

Okay, 24.

A resolution accepting project number CP 3461, decretive metal work on the various promenade features as substantially complete and authorizing the advertising of the 45 day lien period.

26.

A resolution accepting project number CP 3502, Kirby and Hodges Street Sidewalk repairs as substantially complete and authorizing the advertising of the 45 day lien period.

27, the resolution accepting project number CP37.

Wastewater treatment plan, BC oxidation ditch repairs and improvements at substantially complete and authorizing the advertising of the 45-day lien period.

28, a resolution accepting project number OP7306 fire station number one restroom renovations as substantially complete and authorizing the advertising of the 45-day lien period.

Number 29 through 41.

The hearing date is December 17th, 2025.

29, the resolution setting date for public hearing on condemnation of a structure located at 2205 Klein Street.

Barry Mark Charles owner, subject to a tax sale to the state of Louisiana.

30, a resolution setting date for public hearing on condemnation of a structure located at 1613 A Street.

Kimberly Jones, owner.

31, a resolution setting date for public hearing on condemnation of a structure located at 1501 Fourth Avenue.

FIG Series 2021-100 LLC owner.

32, a resolution setting date for public hearing on condemnation of a structure located at 1205 14th Street.

Jesse Allen Shrub, owner.

33, a resolution setting date for public hearing on condemnation of a structure located at 1621 2nd Avenue.

Judith Lynn Patron Estate, Amber Henry owners.

34.

Resolution setting date for public hearing on condemnation of a structure located at 806 Azalea Drive.

Tamika Francis Owner.

35, a resolution setting date for public hearing on condemnation of a structure located at 518 Labato Street.

Front House only.

Jerome Murray owner.

36, a resolution setting date for public hearing on condemnation of a structure located at 210 North Booker Street.

Dorothy May Collins and Harry Lee Simeon, a state owners, subject to his tax sale to state of Louisiana.

37, a resolution setting date for public hearing on condemnation of a structure located at 1013 Alamo Street.

Clarice Mott, owner, subject to a tax sale to the state of Louisiana.

38, a resolution setting date for public hearing on condemnation of a structure located at 2103 Opolution Street.

Sandra Pete Anderson, a state owner, subject to a tax sale to the state of Louisiana.

39, a resolution setting date for public hearing on condemnation of a structure located at 1613 Shaw Street.

Severus Grandigo Jr.

and Mary Alice Grandigo owners.

40.

A resolution setting date for public hearing on condemnation of a structure located at 1029 Alamo Street.

Janna Marie Burdett and Terry Daniel Turner, owners.

41.

A resolution setting date for public hearing on condemnation of a structure located at 521 Kingsley.

Letitia Michelle Funtneau, Boardwalk Investors with Union Bank at Secured Party, Kenneth Joseph Funtneau, Shelley Michelle Funtneau, Heritage Management Services with Union Bank at Secured Party.

Malcolm J.

Funtneau, April Nicole Funtno Thomas, Kim Latrice Funtno Poolard, and Harold J.

Tippado, Owner, subject to a tax sale to the state of Louisiana.

Number 43, the hearing date is November 19th, 2025.

A resolution setting date for public hearing on the alteration of a shoreline of Calcushue River to install timber deck and covered boat slips and remove and replace existing damaged bookhead by installing riprap and field for bank line stabilization at 20 River Road.

44.

A resolution setting date for agenda meeting date for the City Council of the City of Lake Charles for Wednesday, November 12, 2025, in place of the regularly scheduled agenda meeting on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, due to the observance of the Federal of the Veterans Day, observance of Veterans Day.

So that's next week.

It's going to be on Wednesday instead of Tuesday.

Any questions or comments?

Please vote.

The following ordinance are for introduction and consent and will be reading to the record the day following this meeting at 1 p.m.

in the city council chambers and city hall.

This meeting is adjourned.