Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils. To see the full agendas, check out the links below:
- Parish Agenda
- City Agenda (Public Comment Time!)
Lafayette 101
Emergency Prep
State law requires every parish to have an office of homeland security and emergency preparedness to coordinate local responses to major and minor disasters, like extreme weather or even terrorist attacks. For Lafayette, that has been handled by the parish’s 911 district, which works closely with law enforcement, local government and community services groups to prepare for and respond to emergency situations.
Parish Council
Final Adoption
No significant items.
Introduction
No significant items.
City Council
Final Adoption
Gas station. The City Council will vote Tuesday on a contentious proposal to convert the former Flowers Etc. shop on the corner of University Avenue and Agnes Street into a gas station, which neighbors loudly opposed last month. Neighbors previously convinced the council to reject a similar gas station proposal at a nearby location in 2023, but that led to a successful lawsuit against the council by the project’s developer, which could factor into Tuesday’s vote.
Spoil banks money. The City Council will vote Tuesday on acknowledging that LCG is unlikely to get $1.5 million in state reimbursements for Guillory’s 2022 Vermilion River spoil banks removal. The funds have long been seen as a lost cause as the $3.7 million caper ran afoul of federal, state and local laws, prompting multiple lawsuits that Boulet’s administration has sought to resolve.
Introduction
No significant items.
Joint Items
Final Adoption
No significant items.
Introduction
Emergency Preparedness. Boulet’s administration is asking the councils to consider revamping LCG’s emergency preparedness efforts by creating an internal parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness and funding positions for a director and an emergency preparedness officer at a combined cost of $186,000 a year. The move comes as Boulet enters her first hurricane season as mayor-president, and it follows weeks of frustration with LCG’s response to the strongest winds Lafayette had seen in decades in May.
Property
| Address | Approval | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 836 Hollier Road, Duson | Parish Council | Condemnation [Intro] |
| 126 Benman Road, Lafayette | Parish Council | Condemnation [Intro] |
| 207 Rojean Drive, Carencro | Parish Council | Condemnation [Intro] |
| 1803 W University Ave. | City Council | Conditional Use Permit for a convenience store with gas in a Commercial Mixed (CM-1) zone [Final] |
| 700 Block Acadian Hills Lane | City Council | Rezoning from Commercial-Heavy (CH) to Industrial-Light (IL) [Final] |
| 108 Dua Lane | City Council | Rezoning from Commercial- Heavy (CH) to Commercial Mixed (CM-1) [Final] |
| 107 Susan St. | City Council | Rezoning from Residential Single- Family (RS-1) to Public/Institutional Light (PI-L) [Final] |
| 2416 N University Ave. | City Council | Rezoning from Agricultural and Commercial Mixed (CM-1) to Residential Single-Family (RS-1) [Final] |
| 711 N Sterling St. | City Council | Condemnation [Intro] |
| 220 Doc Duhon St. | City Council | Condemnation [Intro] |