CADDO PARISH COMMISSION 505 TRAVIS STREET, GOVERNMENT PLAZA PUBLIC NOTICE REGULAR MEETING AGENDA Streaming at JUNE 9, :30 P.M.

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1 CADDO PARISH COMMISSION 505 TRAVIS STREET, GOVERNMENT PLAZA PUBLIC NOTICE REGULAR MEETING AGENDA Streaming at JUNE 9, :30 P.M. 1. ROLL CALL: Commissioners: Dominick District 1 Gage-Watts District 7 Johnson District 2 Middleton District 8 Jackson District 3 Atkins District 9 Linn District 4 Chavez District 10 Bowman District 5 Smith District 11 Cawthorne District 6 Epperson District INVOCATION: 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Veterans and active military members saluting during recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance would be appropriate, should you wish to do so. 4. AGENDA ADDITIONS: 5. CITIZENS COMMENTS: Citizens who wish to address the Commission on any issue other than zoning, please fill out a comment card located in the chamber foyer and return to the President or the Clerk of the Commission. Individual comments are limited to 3 minutes NOTE: Citizens who wish to address the Commission on matters relative to public hearings (items listed on the agenda only) will be limited to a cumulative total of 15 minutes each, for or against an issue. Those who wish to speak or make a presentation are asked to select their speakers and address the points they wish considered with this limitation in mind. 6. ADOPT REGULAR SESSION MINUTES FROM MAY 19, 2016 Documents: RS MAY.PDF 7. COMMUNIQUES AND COMMITTEE REPORTS:

2 Administration response to information requests from Commissioners 8. PRESIDENT'S REPORT: 9. PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCES: 9.I. Ordinance No 5585 Of 2016 AMENDING THE BUDGET OF ESTIMATED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE RIVERBOAT FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 TO PROVIDE AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CEDAR GROVE CDC AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO (Commissioner Jackson) 9.II. Ordinance No Of 2016 AMENDING THE BUDGET OF ESTIMATED REVENUES & EXPENDITURES FOR THE OIL & GAS FUND, THE CAPITAL OUTLAY FUND, AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND TO APPROPRIATE $100,000 FOR A JOINT SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM AND CRIME REDUCTION/PREVENTION ACTIVITIES AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO (Commissioners Jackson, Johnson, & Gage-Watts) 9.III. Ordinance No Of 2016 AUTHORIZE THE PARISH ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE A NEW COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH CADDO WARD II INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION CONCERNING MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF PARISH OWNED PROPERTY KNOWN AS A INDUSTRIAL PARK, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO (District 1) 10. ORDINANCES: (For Final Passage) 10.I. Ordinance No 5585 Of 2016 AMENDING THE BUDGET OF ESTIMATED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE RIVERBOAT FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 TO PROVIDE AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CEDAR GROVE CDC AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO (Commissioner Jackson) Documents: CEDAR GROVE CDC.PDF 10.II. Ordinance No Of 2016 AMENDING THE BUDGET OF ESTIMATED REVENUES & EXPENDITURES FOR THE OIL & GAS FUND, THE CAPITAL OUTLAY FUND, AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND TO APPROPRIATE $100,000 FOR A JOINT SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM AND CRIME REDUCTION/PREVENTION ACTIVITIES AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO

3 (Commissioners Jackson, Johnson & Gage-Watts) Documents: SAFESUMMERORDINANCE.PDF 10.III. Ordinance No Of 2016 AUTHORIZE THE PARISH ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE A NEW COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH CADDO WARD II INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION CONCERNING MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF PARISH OWNED PROPERTY KNOWN AS A INDUSTRIAL PARK, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO (District 1) Documents: WARD 2 INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORP COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT (2016).PDF 11. ZONING ORDINANCES (For Introduction By Title) 11.I. Zoning Case P-5-16 In Regards To Ordinance No Of 2016 AMENDING AND REENACTING CHAPTER 54 OF THE CADDO PARISH CODES OF ORDINANCES CONCERNING SITE PLAN REVIEW AND TO OTHERWISE RESPECT THERETO (Commissioner ) Documents: 16).PDF P-5-16 DRAFT MINS.PDF, P-5-16 FILE.PDF, 5583 SITE PLAN (P ORDINANCES: (For Introduction By Title) 12.I. Ordinance No Of 2016 SETTING THE GENERAL PUPOSE MILLAGES AND SPECIAL PURPOSE MILLAGES FOR MILLAGE RATE ADJUSTMENTS, AS ALLOWED BY ARTICLE VII, SECTION 23 OF THE LOUISIANA CONSTITUTION OF 1974 AND LA R.S. 47:1705 (B), LEVYING AND IMPOSING TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS FOR 2016 ON ALL PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION IN THE PARISH OF CADDO (Finance) Documents: 5589 TAX MILLAGES.PDF 12.II. Ordinance No Of 2016 SETTING THE PARISH MILLAGE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, DUE IN 2016 ON OUTSTANDING PARISH BOND ISSUES AND TO INSTRUCT THE ASSESSOR TO INCLUDE SAID MILLAGE ON THE TAX ROLL OF THE PARISH OF CADDO FOR THE YEAR 2016, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO

4 (Finance) Documents: 5590 BOND MILLAGE.PDF 12.III. Ordinance No Of 2016 ADOPTING THE VALUES FIXED, OR TO BE FIXED BY THE LOUISIANA TAX COMMISSION ON ALL ASSESSMENTS FOR RAILWAYS AND OTHER PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS, AND TO INSTRUCT THE ASSESSOR TO EXTEND SUCH ASSESSMENTS AND VALUES ON THE TAX ROLL OF THE PARISH OF CADDO FOR THE YEAR 2016, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO (Finance) Documents: 5591 RAIL MILLAGE.PDF 12.IV. Ordinance No Of 2016 SETTING THE ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY CLASSIFIED AS TIMBERLANDS AND TO INSTRUCT THE ASSESSOR TO INCLUDE SAID ASSESSMENT ON THE TAX ROLL OF THE PARISH OF CADDO FOR THE YEAR 2016, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO (Finance) Documents: 5592 TIMBER MILLAGE.PDF 12.V. Ordinance No Of 2016 AMENDING THE BUDGET OF ESTIMATED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE JUVENILE SERVICES FUND TO APPROPRIATE $65,000 TO HIRE A SOCIAL WORKER FOR THE JUVENILE COURT AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO (Juvenile Services Committee) Documents: 5593 JUVENILE CRT SOCIAL WORKER.PDF 12.VI. Ordinance No Of 2016 AMENDING THE BUDGET OF ESTIMATED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 TO CHANGE THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE INDEPENDENCE DAY FESTIVAL AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO (Commissioner Jackson) Documents: 5594 INDEPENDENCE DAY FESTIVAL.PDF 12.VII. Ordinance No Of 2016

5 DECLARING CERTAIN ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES TO BE SURPLUS AND TO AUTHORIZE THE PARISH ADMINISTRATOR, OR A DESIGNEE, TO SELL THE PARISH OF CADDO S TAX INTEREST IN CERTAIN SURPLUS ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO (Districts 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, & 7) Documents: ADJ PROPERTY MAPS 5595.PDF, 5595 AJUDICATED PROPRTY.PDF 13. WORK SESSION MINUTES JUNE 6, 2016 RATIFY WORK SESSION MINUTES Documents: WS-6-JUNE-2016.PDF 14. RESOLUTIONS: 14.I. Resolution No. 50 Of 2016 RELOCATING POLLING PLACE FOR PRECINCT NO. 43 & 47 FROM FORD PARK BAPTIST CHURCH, 5575 YARBROUGH ROAD, SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA TO WESTERN HILLS BAPTIST CHURCH, 4153 PINES ROAD, SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA 71119, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING RESPECT THERETO (District 7 & 12) Documents: 47.PDF 50 FACT SHEET.PDF, 50 RELOCATE POLLING PLACE 43 AND 14.II. Resolution No. 51 Of 2016 RECOGNIZING JUNE AS ALZHEIMERS & BRAIN AWARENESS MONTH (Commissioner Gage-Watts) Documents: 51 NATIONAL ALZHEIMERS BRAIN AWARENESS MONTH.PDF 15. OLD BUSINESS: 16. NEW BUSINESS: 16.I. Confirm Appointment Of Caddo Parish Director Of Animal & Mosquito Services Confirmation for Mr. Charles Wilson's appointment as Caddo Parish Director of Animal & Mosquito Services (Parish Administrator) 16.II. Select An Official Journal For The Parish Of Caddo For The Year July 1, 2016 June 30, 2017 Proposals submitted: Caddo Citizen/Shreveport Sun.24 cents per agate line (Commission Clerk)

6 (Commission Clerk) Documents: CADDO CITIZEN OFFICIAL JOURNAL PROPOSAL.PDF 16.III. Approve Travel For Commissioner Ken Epperson Approving travel for the Civic Leader Tour Program set up by the 307th Bomb Wing, United States Air Force Reserve. (Veteran Affairs/Services Committee) Documents: 307TH BOMB WING CIVIC LEADER TOUR.PDF 17. ADJOURN: To all persons desiring to attend and observe a meeting of the Caddo Parish Commission, or who wish to present information to the body: If you have physical limitations that require special accommodations in order for you to attend and participate in a meeting of the Caddo Parish Commission, please contact the office of the Caddo Parish Commission Clerk at (318) , at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting so that an effort can be made to provide those accommodations.

7 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE CADDO PARISH COMMISSION HELD ON THE 19 th DAY OF MAY 2016 The Caddo Parish Commission met in legal and regular session on the above date at 3:30 p.m. in the Government Chamber with Mr. Matthew Linn, President, presiding, and the following members in attendance, constituting a quorum: Commissioners Atkins, Bowman, Cawthorne, Chavez, Epperson, Jackson, Johnson, Linn, Middleton, Smith, and Gage-Watts (11). ABSENT: Commissioner Dominick (1). The invocation was given by Mr. Lynn Cawthorne, and Mrs. Stormy Gage-Watts led the Commission in the Pledge of Allegiance. AGENDA ADDITIONS It was moved by Mr. Middleton, seconded by Mr. Johnson, to expand the agenda to allow Resolution No. 48 of 2016, be added to agenda for approval. Motion carried, as shown by the following roll call votes: AYES: Commissioners Atkins, Bowman, Cawthorne, Chavez, Epperson, Gage- Watts, Johnson, Linn, Middleton, and Smith (10). NAYS: None. ABSENT: Commissioner Dominick and Jackson (2). It was moved by Mr. Middleton, seconded by Mr. Johnson, that Resolution No. 48 of 2016 be added to agenda under Resolutions. Motion carried, as shown by the following roll call votes: AYES: Commissioners Atkins, Bowman, Cawthorne, Chavez, Epperson, Gage-Watts, Johnson, Linn, Middleton, and Smith (10). NAYS: None. ABSENT: Commissioner Dominick and Jackson (2). It was moved by Mr. Epperson, seconded by Mr. Bowman, to expand the agenda to allow approval of the crafting of Special Resolution of recognition and welcome to the Mississippi Army National Guard. Motion carried, as shown by the following roll call votes: AYES: Commissioners Atkins, Bowman, Cawthorne, Chavez, Epperson, Gage-Watts, Johnson, Linn, Middleton, and Smith (10). NAYS: None. ABSENT: Commissioner Dominick and Jackson (2). It was moved by Mr. Epperson, seconded by Mr. Bowman, that crafting of Special Resolution of recognition and welcome to the Mississippi Army National Guard be added to agenda under New Business. Motion carried, as shown by the following roll call votes: AYES: Commissioners Atkins, Bowman, Cawthorne, Chavez, Epperson, Gage-Watts, Johnson, Linn, Middleton, and Smith (10). NAYS: None. ABSENT: Commissioner Dominick and Jackson (2). CITIZENS COMMENTS Mr. Benjamin Arnold, 9516 Cinnamon Drive, Shreveport, thanked Commissioners for their service to the community and cordially invited them to attend the Memorial Day Celebration at 1515 Clay Street in Allendale. Mr. Arnold pointed out that traditionally Memorial Day is a somber day of remembrance for those soldiers who have served this great country; he also pointed out that since 1998 the suicide rate of veterans is higher than the rate lost in combat since that time. Mr. Arnold hopes to promote public awareness of the various ailments like PSTD that affect returning combat soldiers. Mr. Arnold once again invited all to attend this event on Memorial Day weekend where they will have a flag raising ceremony, food, and other events of remembrance. Mr. Henry Walker, 441 Drexel Drive, Shreveport, stated that he understands the Ordinance No of 2016 was sent to the Long Range/Special Projects Committee to be heard and he would like to find out the anticipated hearing date and time for that committee. Ms. Josephine Robinson, 8397 Bell Oak Circle, Greenwood, invited the Commissioners to a Memorial Day Service event held on Monday, May 30 th at the New Greenwood Baptist Church, 7480 Springridge-Greenwood Road from 10:00 am until 12:00 p.m. All living veterans will be celebrated along with those that have passed but served this great country. Ms. Robinson pointed out that Commissioner Ken Epperson, along with Greenwood Mayor Frank Stawasz, will serve as speakers of the event and this should be an enjoyable event by all that attend. Bishop Larry Brandon, 4775 Greenwood Road, Shreveport, explained he traveled today on the City bus line and had the opportunity to spend some time talking with citizens about their feelings on removing the Confederate Monument. Bishop Brandon looks forward to being a part of that committee hearing in June. He believes burying the ghosts of the past would be good for the entire community. VISITORS Mr. Robert Supermann Blount, Fit for Life Program, came forward to remind the Commissioners of the 13 th Annual Fit for Life Celebration coming up in a couple of weeks. Supermann presented a brief video showcasing last year s event and items to come for the 2016 event. He once again thanked the Caddo Parish Commission for their support of this event each year and invited the Commissioners to attend the Fit for Life luncheon at the Shreveport Convention Center on Thursday, May 26 th. 678

8 Mr. Chavez thanked Supermann for his program and what it means to this community. Mr. Chavez pointed out the importance of educating children on good nutrition and ample exercise and what it will mean for future generations. Mr. Bowman echoed the remarks from Mr. Chavez and agreed the impact the children get from this program is immeasurable. Mr. Johnson pointed out that Louisiana has some of the best food there is to offer, but we need to go hand-in-hand and stress the importance of exercise and physical fitness. Mr. Johnson also stated that he hopes that Supermann can be involved in some of the Parish s summer programs and utilize his teaching ability to those involved. Mr. Cawthorne publicly applauded the hard and meaningful work Supermann gives to this community and especially to the children. Mr. Cawthorne also pointed out how Mr. Blount got that Supermann moniker by doing hundreds of incline push-ups. Superamnn provided a handout instructing the use of whole foods for those looking for a better quality of life. Mr. Epperson stated that he would like Supermann to remind those children to not take what he is teaching them lightly because each time he visits his doctor and nutritionist they are stressing the concept of whole and healthy foods. The older he gets the more important it gets, he said. SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS It was moved by Johnson, seconded by Mrs. Gage-Watts, that Special Recognition to Mr. Gregory Wilson, 2015 Water System Operations Specialists of the Year North Award from the Louisiana Rural Water Association be approved. Motion carried. Mr. Johnson wanted to showcase the good things that are happening in Caddo Parish, and this award means very much to this area and his water system. Mr. Johnson points out that this water system gets very few complaints because they have an individual who cares and gives much dedication to providing good drinking water to its customers. Mr. Wilson thanked Mr. Johnson and the Commissioners for recognizing his work and his accomplishment as 2015 Water System Operations Specialist of the Year. Mr. Wilson pointed out that there are many that have helped him on this journey including his family, the Board of Directors of the Water District, and his great staff working with him. Mr. Wilson also talked about the importance of having good drinking water and the effects that the future may have on all the citizens. Mr. Linn thanked Mr. Wilson for his hard work in earning this award. Mr. Linn stated that he knows Mr. Wilson s father and the acorn did not fall far from the tree. Mr. Epperson informed the Commission the need to recognize and welcome the Mississippi National Guard on May 28 th. Mr. Epperson invited the other Commissioners to join him on presenting that resolution on May 28 th. It was moved by Mrs. Gage-Watts, seconded by Mr. Johnson, to adopt the Regular Session Minutes from May 5, Motion carried. COMMUNIQUES AND COMMITTEE REPORTS Mrs. Gage-Watts reminded everyone of the Stop the Violence rally on Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. located at the Winfield Funeral Home. Mr. Epperson reminded everyone of the importance of Memorial Day which originally was called Decoration Day, in honor of those that died serving the United States of America. It was first incepted on May 5, Every state recognized May 30 th as Memorial Day, and in 1971, it was moved to the last Monday in May. There will be many ceremonies throughout the Parish and region. Mr. Epperson called for a Veterans Affairs Committee to be held on Monday, June 6, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Mr. Epperson also noted a scam going around the community and asks that police agencies check this situation out as soon as possible. Answering a question from Mr. Epperson regarding overtime pay for Caddo employees, Mrs. Barnett stated that she would check and give updated information to all Commissioners, along with how long before it might be implemented at the Parish level. Mr. Chavez stated that the Long Range Planning/Special Projects Committee will meet on June 9, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. in the Chambers to discuss information regarding the removal of the Confederate Monument and erection of the monument dedicated to the U.S.S. Golet. Mr. Chavez s hope is to have a civil conversation and look at all avenues involved in this. 679

9 Mr. Jackson stated that a meeting was held on Monday at the NAACP meeting dealing with City employees, and he was wondering what the Parish does as far as grievance s and evaluations. Mr. Lucky stated that he will forward a copy of the Parish s process as soon as possible. Answering a question from Mr. Jackson regarding setting up budget meetings for the new Commissioners that would like to attend, Mr. Lucky stated that they are working on dates and should have something to forward next week. Mr. Jackson pointed out that it appears we sometimes seem skeptical of each other s intentions on certain issues. He hopes that certain people are not holding grudges and that we can all work together for the betterment of this community. Mr. Middleton informed the Commission of a firework show at First Baptist of Bossier City this coming Sunday. Mr. Johnson stated that it is getting warmer and would like to get with Public Works and the Constables to target property standards by the end of June to issue warnings and citations as needed; in particular, a fence problem on Edson Street in Lakeview. Mr. Bowman thanked everyone who voted to appropriate the funds for emergency equipment to the various agencies named. The Clerk of the Commission read as a matter of record Notice of Intent: Notice is hereby given that the Caddo Parish Commission of Caddo Parish, Louisiana (the Parish ), plans to consider ordinances to adopt (levy) the Parish s ad valorem tax millages for properties within the Parish of Caddo, at the meeting on Thursday, June 23, 2016 at 3:30 p.m. at the Government Plaza Building, 505 Travis Street, Shreveport, Louisiana. At this meeting the Parish will consider adoption of its General Purpose Millages, Special Purpose Millages, and Debt Service Millage. The Parish will also consider adoption of the values fixed or to be fixed by the Louisiana Tax Commission on all assessments for railways and other public service corporations and consider setting the assessments of property classified as timberlands Answering a question from Mr. Atkins regarding the Notice of Intent statement, Mr. Lucky stated that under LA R.S. 42:19.1, the Commission is required to gives notice to the citizens of the meeting held to adopt millages for the Caddo Parish Commission. Mr. Johnson recognized former Shreveport City Council member and former Caddo Parish Commissioner Rose McCulloch. PRESIDENTS REPORT Mr. Linn announced that the fourth Charter Review Meeting will be held on June 1st at 12:00 noon. The topic of discussion will be Chapters 3-6. He invited anyone who is interested in attending. PUBLIC HEARING ON ZONING ORDINANCES The President asked if there was anyone to speak in support of or in opposition to the following zoning ordinance: Ordinance No of 2016, in regards to Zoning Case Appeal P-4-16, amending the zoning of an application which was denied by the MPC, of property located on the west side of Oak Lane, 230 feet south of Margaret Drive, Caddo Parish, LA, from R-A (SPI-2, Residence-Agriculture (Industrial Park Overlay) District to R-A-E (SPI-2), Residence- Agriculture/Extended Use (Industrial Park Overlay) District. The MPC voted 6-1 to deny this application applicant is appealing MPC decision. APPLICANT/APPELANT Garrard Sheet Metal. Mr. Chris Manea, 4179 Oak Lane, Shreveport, stated that he opposes having a sheet metal business within a residential area because of the truck traffic and other traffic. Mr. Manea stated that he was the one that made the original complaint and hopes that the Commission will not overturn the MPC s decision. There being no one else to speak for or against zoning ordinance, the President declared the public hearing on zoning ordinances to be concluded. PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCES Ordinance No of 2016, providing for the issuance of General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2016, of Caddo Parish, Louisiana; and providing for other matters in connection therewith 680

10 Ordinance No of 2016, amending and re-enacting Chapter 8, entitled Animals and Fowl, of the Code of Ordinances of the Parish of Caddo Ordinance No of 2016, amending the Caddo Parish Personnel Policy to require that all Parish employees hired, appointed or promoted to Parish Administrator/CEO, Assistant Parish Administrator, Parish Attorney, or Commission Clerk must be residents of Caddo Ordinance No of 2016, an ordinance declaring certain adjudicated properties to be surplus and to authorize the Parish Administrator, or a designee, to sell the Parish of Caddo s tax interest in certain surplus adjudicated properties, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto There being no one to speak for or against ordinances, the President declared the public hearing on ordinances to be concluded. ZONING ORDINANCES (For final passage) It was moved by Mr. Johnson, seconded by Mr. Epperson, that Ordinance No of 2016, in regards to Zoning Case Appeal P-4-16, amending the zoning of an application which was denied by the MPC, of property located on the west side of Oak Lane, 230 feet south of Margaret Drive, Caddo Parish, LA, from R-A (SPI-2, Residence-Agriculture (Industrial Park Overlay) District to R-A-E (SPI-2), Residence-Agriculture/Extended Use (Industrial Park Overlay) District. The MPC voted 6-1 to deny this application applicant is appealing MPC decision. APPLICANT/APPELANT Garrard Sheet Metal be moved to the floor for a vote. Mr. Johnson stated that this current case is to keep the area a residential-zoned area and not allow manufacturing businesses to encroach upon the residents of the area. Mr. Johnson stated that his intention is to uphold the denial vote by the MPC and wants to make sure whether the vote should be a yes or no vote. Mr. Atkins stated the he wanted to make sure what a yes or no vote on this issue means. The clerk of the Commission stated that a yes vote would be approving the appeal and a no vote would be to uphold the MPC s denial. decision. Mr. Chavez stated that he intends to vote no on the appeal and uphold the MPC s Mr. Atkins stated that he supports entrepreneurial efforts, but in this case, he will have to vote to uphold the MPC s decision. At this time, the zoning case appeal P-4-16 failed, as shown by the following roll call votes: AYES: None (0). NAYS: Commissioners Atkins, Bowman, Cawthorne, Chavez, Epperson, Gage- Watts, Jackson, Johnson, Linn, Middleton, and Smith (11). ABSENT: Commissioner Dominick (1). ORDINANCES (for final passage) It was moved by Mr. Linn, seconded by Mr. Jackson, that Ordinance No of 2016, providing for the issuance of General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2016, of Caddo Parish, Louisiana; and providing for other matters in connection therewith be adopted. Answering a question from Mr. Linn regarding the savings involved to refund these bonds and how the Commission was able to do this, Mr. Schlueter stated that this is a refunding of the 2009 General Obligation Bond issue. This move allows the Commission to refinance and pay off old bonds at a lower interest rate showing a net savings of approximately $394,355 to the taxpayers after all costs. It also shows an average annual net savings of $30,071, he said. Answering a question from Mr. Linn regarding the savings involved over the last 8 years when refinancing bonds for the Parish, Mr. Schlueter stated that he would provide that information under another cover as soon as it is compiled. Mr. Jackson requested that information be put out for the public, as soon as possible, so citizens will have this information. At this time, Mr. Linn s original motion carried, as shown by the following roll call votes: AYES: Commissioners Atkins, Bowman, Cawthorne, Chavez, Epperson, Gage-Watts, Jackson, Johnson, Linn, Middleton, and Smith (11). NAYS: None (0). ABSENT: Commissioner Dominick (1). BY THE CADDO PARISH COMMISSION: ORDINANCE NO OF

11 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SEVEN MILLION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($7,250,000) OF GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS, SERIES 2016, OF CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA; PRESCRIBING THE FORM, FIXING THE DETAILS AND PROVIDING FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE OWNERS THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS AND THE APPLICATION OF THE PROCEEDS THEREOF TO THE REFUNDING OF CERTAIN BONDS OF SAID PARISH; AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, Sub-Part A, Part III, Chapter 4, of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority, and a special election held on May 5, 2007, the result of which was duly promulgated in accordance with law, Caddo Parish, Louisiana (the "Issuer"), acting through its governing authority, the Caddo Parish Commission (the "Governing Authority"), has heretofore issued $10,000,000 of General Obligation Bonds, Series 2009, dated September 1, 2009 of which $8,070,000 is outstanding (the "Series 2009 Bonds"); and WHEREAS, the Issuer is authorized to borrow money and issue general obligation bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to refund its outstanding general obligation bonds, pursuant to Chapter 14-A of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (the "Act"), and other constitutional and statutory authority; and WHEREAS, the Issuer has found and determined that the defeasance and advance refunding of the callable maturities of the Series 2009 Bonds, consisting of $6,650,000 of Series 2009 Bonds which mature February 1, 2020 through February 1, 2029, inclusive (the "Refunded Bonds"), would be financially advantageous to the Issuer and would result in a lower effective interest rate on such Refunded Bonds and debt service savings to the Issuer; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Act and other constitutional and statutory authority, it is now the desire of this Governing Authority to adopt this ordinance in order to provide for the issuance of Seven Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($7,250,000) principal amount of its General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2016, of the Issuer (the "Bonds"), for the purpose of refunding the Refunded Bonds, to fix the details of the Bonds and to sell the Bonds to the purchaser thereof; and WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide for the application of the proceeds of the Bonds and to provide for other matters in connection with the payment or redemption of the Refunded Bonds; and WHEREAS, it is necessary that this Governing Authority prescribe the form and content of the Defeasance and Escrow Deposit Agreement providing for the payment of the principal and interest of the Refunded Bonds and authorize the execution thereof as hereinafter provided; and WHEREAS, in connection with the issuance of the Bonds, it is necessary that provision be made for the payment of the principal and interest of the Refunded Bonds described in Exhibit A hereto, and to provide for the call for redemption and defeasance of the Refunded Bonds, pursuant to a Notice of Defeasance and Call for Redemption substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E; and WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to sell the Bonds to the purchaser thereof and to fix the details of the Bonds and the terms of the sale of the Bonds, pursuant to the commitment letter attached as Exhibit D hereto; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Caddo Parish Commission (the "Governing Authority"), acting as the governing authority of Caddo Parish, Louisiana (the "Issuer"), that: ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION SECTION 1.1. Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires: "Act" shall mean Chapter 14-A of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other applicable constitutional and statutory authority. "Bond" or "Bonds" shall mean any or all of the General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2016 of the Issuer, issued pursuant to the Bond Ordinance, as the same may be amended from time to time, whether initially delivered or issued in exchange for, upon transfer of, or in lieu of any previously issued Bond. "Bond Obligation" shall mean, as of the date of computation, the principal amount of the Bonds then Outstanding. 682

12 "Bond Ordinance" shall mean this Ordinance, as it may be amended and supplemented as herein provided. "Business Day" shall mean a day of the year other than a day on which banks located in New York, New York and the cities in which the principal offices of the Escrow Agent and the Paying Agent are located are required or authorized to remain closed and on which the New York Stock Exchange is closed. "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. "Costs of Issuance" shall mean all items of expense, directly or indirectly payable or reimbursable and related to the authorization, sale and issuance of the Bonds, including but not limited to printing costs, costs of preparation and reproduction of documents, filing and recording fees, initial fees and charges of any fiduciary, legal fees and charges, fees and disbursements of consultants and professionals, costs of credit ratings, fees and charges for preparation, execution, transportation and safekeeping of the Bonds, costs and expenses of refunding, premiums for the insurance of the payment of the Bonds, if any, and any other cost, charge or fee paid or payable by the Issuer in connection with the original issuance of Bonds. "Debt Service" for any period shall mean, as of the date of calculation, anamount equal to the sum of (a) interest payable during such period on Bonds and (b) the principal amount of Bonds which mature during such period. Securities. "Defeasance Obligations" shall mean (a) cash, or (b) non-callable Government "Escrow Agent" shall mean Argent Trust Company, in the City of Ruston, Louisiana, and its successor or successors, and any other person which may at any time be substituted in its place pursuant to the Bond Ordinance. "Escrow Agreement" shall mean the Defeasance and Escrow Deposit Agreement dated as of June 22, 2016, between the Issuer and the Escrow Agent, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, as the same may be amended from time to time, the terms of which Escrow Agreement are incorporated herein by reference. "Executive Officers" shall mean, collectively, the President and the Clerk of the Governing Authority. "Fiscal Year" shall mean the one-year accounting period commencing on January 1 of each year, or such other one-year period as may be designated by the Governing Authority as the fiscal year of the Issuer. "Governing Authority" shall mean the Caddo Parish Commission. "Government Securities" shall mean direct general obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America, which may be United States Treasury Obligations such as the State and Local Government Series and may be in book-entry form. "Interest Payment Date" shall mean February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing August 1, "Issuer" shall mean Caddo Parish, Louisiana. "Outstanding" when used with reference to the Bonds, shall mean, as of any date, all Bonds theretofore issued under the Bond Ordinance, except: (a) Bonds theretofore cancelled by the Paying Agent or delivered to the Paying Agent for cancellation; (b) Bonds for the payment or redemption of which sufficient Defeasance Obligations have been deposited with the Paying Agent or an escrow agent in trust for the owners of such Bonds as provided in Section 11.1 hereof, provided that if such Bonds are to be redeemed, irrevocable notice of such redemption has been duly given or provided for pursuant to the Bond Ordinance, to the satisfaction of the Paying Agent, or waived; (c) (d) Bonds in exchange for or in lieu of which other Bonds have been registered and delivered pursuant to the Bond Ordinance; and Bonds alleged to have been mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen which have been paid as provided in the Bond Ordinance or by law. "Owner" or "Owners" shall mean the Person reflected as registered owner of any of the Bonds on the registration books maintained by the Paying Agent. 683

13 "Paying Agent" shall mean JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as paying agent and registrar hereunder, until a successor Paying Agent shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Bond Ordinance, and thereafter "Paying Agent" shall mean such successor Paying Agent. "Person" shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. "Purchaser" shall mean JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the original purchaser of the Bonds. "Record Date" shall mean, with respect to an Interest Payment Date, the fifteenth day of the calendar month next preceding such Interest Payment Date, whether or not such day is a Business Day. "Refunded Bonds" shall mean the Issuer's $6,650,000 of outstanding General Obligation Bonds, Series 2009, dated September 1, 2009, consisting of those Series 2009 Bonds maturing February 1, 2020 to February 1, 2029, inclusive, which are being refunded by the Bonds, as more fully described in Exhibit A hereto. "State" shall mean the State of Louisiana. SECTION 1.2. Interpretation. In this Bond Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa, (b) words of the masculine gender shall be deemed and construed to include correlative words of the feminine and neuter genders and (c) the title of the offices used in this Bond Ordinance shall be deemed to include any other title by which such office shall be known under any subsequently adopted charter. ARTICLE 2 AUTHORIZATION AND ISSUANCE OF BONDS SECTION 2.1. Authorization of Bonds; Refunding of Refunded Bonds. (a) This Bond Ordinance creates a series of Bonds of the Issuer to be designated "General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2016, of Caddo Parish, Louisiana" and provides for the full and final payment of the principal of and interest on all the Bonds. (b) The Bonds issued under this Bond Ordinance shall be issued for the purpose of refunding the Refunded Bonds through the escrow of a portion of the proceeds of the Bonds, together with other available moneys of the Issuer in Government Securities; in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement, in order to provide for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Refunded Bonds as they mature or upon earlier redemption as provided in Section 13.1 hereof, and paying the Costs of Issuance. (c) Provision having been made for the orderly payment until maturity or earlier redemption of all the Refunded Bonds, in accordance with their terms, it is hereby recognized and acknowledged that as of the date of delivery of the Bonds under this Bond Ordinance, provision will have been made for the performance of all covenants and agreements of the Issuer incidental to the Refunded Bonds, and that accordingly, and in compliance with all that is herein provided, the Issuer is expected to have no future obligation with reference to the aforesaid Refunded Bonds, except to assure that the Refunded Bonds are paid from the Government Securities and funds so escrowed in accordance with the provisions of the Escrow Agreement. (d) The Escrow Agreement is hereby approved by the Issuer and the Executive Officers are hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Escrow Agreement on behalf of the Issuer substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereof, with such changes, additions, deletions or completions deemed appropriate by such signing officials, and it is expressly provided and covenanted that all of the provisions for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Refunded Bonds from the special trust fund created under the Escrow Agreement shall be strictly observed and followed in all respects. SECTION 2.2. Bond Ordinance to Constitute Contract. In consideration of the purchase and acceptance of the Bonds by those who shall own the same from time to time, the provisions of this Bond Ordinance shall be a part of the contract of the Issuer with the Owners of the Bonds and shall be deemed to be and shall constitute a contract between the Issuer and the Owners from time to time of the Bonds. The provisions, covenants and agreements herein set forth to be performed by or on behalf of the Issuer shall be for the equal benefit, protection and security of the Owners of any and all of the Bonds, each of which Bonds, regardless of the time or times of its issue or maturity, shall be of equal rank without preference, priority or distinction over any other thereof except as expressly provided in this Bond Ordinance. SECTION 2.3. Obligation of Bonds. The Bonds shall constitute general obligations of the Issuer, and the full faith and credit of the Issuer is hereby pledged for their payment and for the payment of all the interest thereon. The Issuer is bound under the terms and provisions of law and this Bond 684

14 Ordinance to impose and collect annually, in excess of all other taxes, a tax on all the property subject to taxation within the territorial limits of the Issuer, sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds falling due each year, said tax to be levied and collected by the same officers, in the same manner and at the same time as other taxes are levied and collected within the territorial limits of the Issuer. All ad valorem taxes levied by the Issuer in each year for the payment of the Bonds shall, upon their receipt, be transferred to the Governing Authority, which shall have responsibility for the deposit of such receipts and for the investment and reinvestment of such receipts and the servicing of the Bonds and any other general obligation bonds of the Issuer. SECTION 2.4. Authorization and Designation. Pursuant to the provisions of the Act, there is hereby authorized the issuance of Seven Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($7,250,000) principal amount of Bonds of the Issuer to be designated "General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2016, of Caddo Parish, Louisiana," for the purpose of refunding the Refunded Bonds and paying the Costs of Issuance. The Bonds shall be in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit C hereto, with such necessary or appropriate variations, omissions and insertions as are required or permitted by the Act and this Bond Ordinance. This Governing Authority hereby finds and determines that upon the issuance of the Bonds, the total outstanding amount of general obligation bonds of the Issuer issued and deemed to be outstanding will not exceed the Issuer's general obligation bond limit. SECTION 2.5. Denominations, Dates, Maturities and Interest. The Bonds shall be in fully registered form, shall be dated the date of delivery thereof, shall be issued as a single fully registered bond in the principal amount of $7,250,000, and shall be numbered R-1. The Bonds shall bear interest from the date thereof or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable on each Interest Payment Date, commencing August 1, 2016, at the interest rate of 2.05% and shall mature on February 1, The principal and premium, if any, of the Bonds are payable in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts at the principal corporate trust office of the Paying Agent. Interest on the Bonds is payable by check mailed on or before the Interest Payment Date by the Paying Agent to the Owner thereof (determined as of the close of business on the Record Date) at the address of such Owner as it appears on the registration books of the Paying Agent maintained for such purpose. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, Bonds shall bear interest from date thereof or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, as the case may be, provided, however, that if and to the extent that the Issuer shall default in the payment of the interest on any Bonds due on any Interest Payment Date, then all such Bonds shall bear interest from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid on the Bonds, or if no interest has been paid on the Bonds, from their dated date. The person in whose name any Bond is registered at the close of business on the Record Date with respect to an Interest Payment Date shall in all cases be entitled to receive the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the cancellation of such Bond upon any registration of transfer or exchange thereof subsequent to such Record Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date. ARTICLE 3 GENERAL TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE BONDS SECTION 3.1. Exchange of Bonds; Persons Treated as Owners. The Issuer shall cause books for the registration and for the registration of transfer of the Bonds as provided in this Bond Ordinance to be kept by the Paying Agent at its principal corporate trust office, and the Paying Agent is hereby constituted and appointed the registrar for the Bonds. At reasonable times and under reasonable regulations established by the Paying Agent said list may be inspected and copied by the Issuer or by the Owners (or a designated representative thereof) of 15% of the outstanding principal amount of the Bonds. All Bonds presented for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form and with a guaranty of signature satisfactory to the Paying Agent, duly executed by the Owner or his attorney duly authorized in writing. The Bonds may be transferred, registered and assigned only on the Bond Register, and such registration shall be at the expense of the Issuer. A Bond may be assigned by the execution of an assignment form on the Bond or by other instruments of transfer and assignment acceptable to the Paying Agent. A new Bond will be delivered by the Paying Agent to the last assignee (the new Owner) in exchange for such transferred and assigned Bond after receipt of the Bond to be transferred in proper form. Such new Bond shall be in an authorized denomination. Neither the Issuer nor the Paying Agent shall be required to issue, register, transfer or exchange any Bond during a period beginning at the opening of business on a Record Date and ending at the close of business on the Interest Payment Date. No service charge to the Owners shall be made by the Paying Agent for any exchange or registration of transfer of Bonds. The Paying Agent may require payment by the person requesting an 685

15 exchange or registration of transfer of Bonds of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto. The Issuer and the Paying Agent shall not be required to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Bond during a period beginning at the opening of business on a Record Date or any date of selection of Bonds to be redeemed and ending at the close of business on the Interest Payment Date. All Bonds delivered upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Bonds shall be valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt and entitled to the same benefits under this Bond Ordinance as the Bonds surrendered. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Bond, the Issuer and the Paying Agent, and any agent of the Issuer or the Paying Agent may deem and treat the person in whose name any Bond is registered as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, whether or not such Bond shall be overdue, and shall not be bound by any notice to the contrary. SECTION 3.2. Bonds Mutilated, Destroyed, Stolen or Lost. In case any Bond shall become mutilated or be improperly cancelled, or be destroyed, stolen or lost, the Issuer may in its discretion adopt a ordinance and thereby authorize the issuance and delivery of a new Bond in exchange for and substitution for such mutilated or improperly cancelled Bond, or in lieu of and substitution for the Bond destroyed, stolen or lost, upon the Owner (i) furnishing the Issuer and the Paying Agent proof of his ownership thereof and proof of such mutilation, improper cancellation, destruction, theft or loss satisfactory to the Issuer and the Paying Agent, (ii) giving to the Issuer and the Paying Agent an indemnity bond in favor of the Issuer and the Paying Agent in such amount as the Issuer may require, (iii) complying with such other reasonable regulations and conditions as the Issuer may prescribe and (iv) paying such expenses as the Issuer and the Paying Agent may incur. All Bonds so surrendered shall be delivered to the Paying Agent for cancellation pursuant to Section 3.3 hereof. If any Bond shall have matured or be about to mature, instead of issuing a substitute Bond, the Issuer may pay the same, upon being indemnified as aforesaid, and if such Bond be lost, stolen or destroyed, without surrender thereof. Any such duplicate Bond issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute an original, additional, contractual obligation on the part of the Issuer, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Bond be at any time found by anyone. Such duplicate Bond shall be in all respects identical with those replaced except that it shall bear on its face the following additional clause: "This bond is issued to replace a lost, cancelled or destroyed bond under the authority of R.S. 39:971 through 39:974." Such duplicate Bond may be signed by the facsimile signatures of the same officers who signed the original Bonds, provided, however, that in the event the officers who executed the original Bonds are no longer in office, then the new Bonds may be signed by the officers then in office. Such duplicate Bonds shall be entitled to equal and proportionate benefits and rights as to lien and source and security for payment as provided herein with respect to all other Bonds hereunder, the obligations of the Issuer upon the duplicate Bonds being identical to its obligations upon the original Bonds and the rights of the Owner of the duplicate Bonds being the same as those conferred by the original Bonds. SECTION 3.3. Cancellation of Bonds. All Bonds paid, together with all Bonds purchased by the Issuer, shall thereupon be promptly cancelled by the Paying Agent. The Paying Agent shall thereupon promptly furnish to the Secretary of the Governing Authority an appropriate certificate of cancellation. SECTION 3.4. Execution. The Bonds shall be executed in the name and on behalf of the Issuer by the manual or facsimile signatures of the Executive Officers, and the corporate seal of the Issuer (or a facsimile thereof) shall be thereunto affixed, imprinted, engraved or otherwise reproduced thereon. In case any one or more of the officers who shall have signed or sealed any of the Bonds shall cease to be such officer before the Bonds so signed and sealed shall have been actually delivered, such Bonds may, nevertheless, be delivered as herein provided, and may be issued as if the person who signed or sealed such Bonds had not ceased to hold such office. Said officers shall, by the execution of the Bonds, adopt as and for their own proper signatures their respective facsimile signatures appearing on the Bonds or any legal opinion certificate thereon, and the Issuer may adopt and use for that purpose the facsimile signature of any person or persons who shall have been such officer at any time on or after the date of such Bond, notwithstanding that at the date of such Bond such person may not have held such office or that at the time when such Bond shall be delivered such person may have ceased to hold such office. SECTION 3.5. Registration by Paying Agent. No Bond shall be valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to any security or benefit under this Bond Ordinance unless and until a certificate of registration on such Bond substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C hereto shall have been duly executed on behalf of the Paying Agent by a duly authorized signatory, and such executed certificate of the Paying Agent upon any such Bond shall be conclusive evidence that such Bond has been executed, registered and delivered under this Bond Ordinance. 686

16 SECTION 3.6. Recital of Regularity. This Governing Authority, having investigated the regularity of the proceedings had in connection with this issue of Bonds, and having determined the same to be regular, the Bonds shall contain the following recital, to-wit: "It is certified that this Bond is authorized by and is issued in conformity with the requirements of the Constitution and statutes of this State." ARTICLE 4 SINKING FUND; PAYMENT OF BONDS SECTION 4.1. Sinking Fund. (a) For the payment of the principal of and the interest on the Bonds, the Issuer will maintain a special fund, to be held by the regularly designated fiscal agent of the Issuer (the "Sinking Fund"), into which the Issuer will deposit the proceeds of the aforesaid tax described in Section 2.3 hereof. The depository for the Sinking Fund shall transfer from the Sinking Fund to the Paying Agent at least one (1) day in advance of each Interest Payment Date, funds fully sufficient to pay promptly the principal and interest falling due on such date. (b) All moneys deposited with the regularly designated fiscal agent bank or banks of the Issuer or the Paying Agent under the terms of this Bond Ordinance shall constitute sacred funds for the benefit of the Owners of the Bonds, and shall be secured by said fiduciaries at all times to the full extent thereof in the manner required by law for the securing of deposits of public funds. (c) All or any part of the moneys in the Sinking Fund shall, at the written request of the Issuer, be invested in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the State of Louisiana, in which event all income derived from such investments shall be added only to the Sinking Fund. Accrued interest, if any, received upon delivery of the Bonds shall be invested only in Government Securities maturing on or prior to the first Interest Payment Date. SECTION 4.2. Payment of Bonds. The Issuer shall duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid as herein provided, the principal of every Bond and the interest thereon, at the dates and places and in the manner stated in the Bonds according to the true intent and meaning thereof. ARTICLE 5 REDEMPTION OF BONDS SECTION 5.1. Redemption of Bonds. Except as set forth in this section, the Bonds are not callable for redemption prior to their stated maturity date. The principal of the Bond is subject to mandatory redemption on February 1 of the years and in the principal amounts at a redemption price of par plus accrued interest to the redemption date as follows: *Final Maturity Year Principal (February 1) Amount 2017 $ 75, , , , , , , , , , , , * 805,000 ARTICLE 6 APPLICATION OF BOND PROCEEDS SECTION 6.1. Application of Bond Proceeds. As a condition of the issuance of the Bonds, the Issuer hereby binds and obligates itself to: (a) Deposit irrevocably in trust with the Escrow Agent under the terms and conditions of the Escrow Agreement, as hereinafter provided, an amount of the proceeds derived from the issuance and sale of the Bonds (exclusive of accrued interest), together with additional moneys of the Issuer, as will enable the Escrow Agent to purchase Government Obligations described in the Escrow Agreement, which shall mature in principal and interest in such a manner as to provide at least the required cash amount on or before each payment date for the Refunded Bonds (said amounts being necessary on each of the designated dates to pay and retire or redeem the Refunded Bonds, including premiums, if any, payable upon redemption). Prior to or concurrently with the delivery of the Bonds, the Issuer shall obtain an independent mathematical verification that the moneys and obligations required to be irrevocably deposited in trust in the Escrow Fund with the Escrow Agent, together with the earnings to accrue thereon, will always be sufficient for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest 687

17 on the Refunded Bonds. The moneys so deposited with the Escrow Agent shall constitute a trust fund irrevocably dedicated for the use and benefit of the owners of the Refunded Bonds. (b) Deposit in the Expense Fund established with the Escrow Agent such amount of the proceeds of the Bonds as will enable the Escrow Agent to pay the Costs of Issuance and the costs properly attributable to the establishment and administration of the Escrow Fund on behalf of the Issuer. ARTICLE 7 SUPPLEMENTAL BOND ORDINANCES SECTION 7.1. Supplemental Ordinances Effective Without Consent of Owners. For any one or more of the following purposes and at any time from time to time, a ordinance supplemental hereto may be adopted, which, upon the filing with the Paying Agent of a certified copy thereof, but without any consent of Owners, shall be fully effective in accordance with its terms: (a) to add to the covenants and agreements of the Issuer in the Bond Ordinance other covenants and agreements to be observed by the Issuer which are not contrary to or inconsistent with the Bond Ordinance as theretofore in effect; (b) to add to the limitations and restrictions in the Bond Ordinance other limitations and restrictions to be observed by the Issuer which are not contrary to or inconsistent with the Bond Ordinance as theretofore in effect; (c) to surrender any right, power or privilege reserved to or conferred upon the Issuer by the terms of the Bond Ordinance, but only if the surrender of such right, power or privilege is not contrary to or inconsistent with the covenants and agreements of the Issuer contained in the Bond Ordinance; (d) to cure any ambiguity, supply any omission, or cure or correct any defect or inconsistent provision of the Bond Ordinance; or (e) to insert such provisions clarifying matters or questions arising under the Bond Ordinance as are necessary or desirable and are not contrary to or inconsistent with the Bond Ordinance as theretofore in effect. SECTION 7.2. Supplemental Ordinances Effective With Consent of Owners. Except as provided in Section 7.1, any modification or amendment of the Bond Ordinance or of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and of the Owners of the Bonds hereunder, in any particular, may be made by a supplemental ordinance, with the written consent of the Owners of a majority of the Bond Obligation at the time such consent is given. No such modification or amendment shall permit a change in the terms of maturity of the principal of any outstanding Bond or of any installment of interest thereon or a reduction in the principal amount thereof or in the rate of interest thereon without the consent of the Owner of such Bond, or shall reduce the percentage of Bonds the consent of the Owner of which is required to effect any such modification or amendment, or change the obligation of the Issuer to levy and collect taxes for the payment of the Bonds as provided herein, without the consent of the Owners of all of the Bonds then outstanding, or shall change or modify any of the rights or obligations of either the Paying Agent or the Escrow Agent without its written assent thereto. For the purposes of this Section, Bonds shall be deemed to be affected by a modification or amendment of the Bond Ordinance if the same adversely affects or diminishes the rights of the Owners of said Bonds. ARTICLE 8 TAX COVENANTS; CONTINUING DISCLOSURE SECTION 8.1. Tax Covenants. The Issuer covenants and agrees that, to the extent permitted by the laws of the State of Louisiana, it will comply with the requirements of the Code to in order to establish, maintain and preserve the exclusion from "gross income" of interest on the Bonds under the Code. The Issuer shall not take any action or fail to take any action, nor shall it permit at any time or times any of the proceeds of the Bonds or any other funds of the Issuer to be used directly or indirectly in any manner, to acquire any securities or obligations the acquisition of which would cause any Bond to be an "arbitrage bond" as defined in the Code or would result in the inclusion of the interest on any Bond in "gross income" under the Code, including, without limitation, (i) the failure to comply with the limitation on investment of the proceeds of the Bonds, (ii) the failure to pay any required rebate of arbitrage earnings to the United States of America, or (iii) the use of the proceeds of the Bonds in a manner which would cause the Bonds to be "private activity bonds" under the Code. The Executive Officers are hereby empowered, authorized and directed to take any and all action and to execute and deliver any instrument, document or certificate necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Section. SECTION 8.2. Not Qualified Tax-Exempt Obligations. The Bonds are not designated as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" within the meaning of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code. SECTION 8.3. Continuing Disclosure Under SEC Rule 15c2-12. It is recognized that the Issuer will not be required to comply with the continuing disclosure requirements described in the Rule 15c2-12(b) of the Securities and Exchange Commission [17 CFR c2-12(b)], because: 688

18 (a) the Bonds are not being purchased by a broker, dealer or municipal securities dealer acting as an underwriter in a primary offering of municipal securities, and (b) the Bonds are being sold to only one financial institution (i.e., no more than thirty-five persons), which (i) has such knowledge and experience in financial and businessmatters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Bonds and (ii) is not purchasing the Bonds for more than one account or with a view to distributing the Bonds. ARTICLE 9 REMEDIES ON DEFAULT SECTION 9.1. Events of Default. If one or more of the following events (in this Bond Ordinance called "Events of Default") shall happen, that is to say, (a) (b) (c) (d) if default shall be made in the due and punctual payment of the principal of any Bond when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity or otherwise (in determining whether a principal payment default has occurred); or if default shall be made in the due and punctual payment of any installment of interest on any Bond when and as such interest installment shall become due and payable (in determining whether an interest payment default has occurred); or if default shall be made by the Issuer in the performance or observance of any other of the covenants, agreements or conditions on its part in the Bond Resolution, any supplemental resolution or in the Bonds contained and such default shall continue for a period of forty-five (45) days after written notice thereof to the Issuer by any Owner; or if the Issuer shall file a petition or otherwise seek relief under any Federal or State bankruptcy law or similar law; then, upon the happening and continuance of any Event of Default and the Owners of the Bonds shall be entitled to exercise all rights and powers for which provision is made under Louisiana law. ARTICLE 10 CONCERNING FIDUCIARIES SECTION Escrow Agent; Appointment and Acceptance of Duties. Argent Trust Company, in the City of Ruston, Louisiana, is hereby appointed Escrow Agent with respect to the Refunded Bonds. The Escrow Agent shall signify its acceptance of the duties and obligations imposed upon it by this Bond Ordinance by executing and delivering the Escrow Agreement. SECTION Paying Agent; Appointment and Acceptance of Duties. The Issuer will at all times maintain a Paying Agent having the necessary qualifications for the performance of the duties described in this Bond Ordinance. The designation of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as the initial Paying Agent is hereby confirmed and approved. The Paying Agent shall signify its acceptance of the duties and obligations imposed on it by the Bond Ordinance by executing and delivering to the Executive Officers a written acceptance thereof. The Governing Authority reserves the right to appoint a successor Paying Agent by (a) filing with the Person then performing such function a certified copy of a resolution or ordinance giving notice of the termination of the agreement and appointing a successor and (b) causing notice to be given to each Owner. Furthermore, the Paying Agent may be removed by the Issuer at any time for any breach of its duties set forth herein, affective upon appointment of a successor Paying Agent as set forth above. Every Paying Agent appointed hereunder shall at all times be a trust company or bank organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any State, authorized under such laws to exercise trust powers, and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS SECTION Defeasance. (a) If the Issuer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Owners of all Bonds then outstanding, the principal and interest to become due thereon, at the times and in the manner stipulated therein and in the Bond Ordinance, then the covenants, agreements and other obligations of the Issuer to the Owners shall be discharged and satisfied. In such event, the Paying Agent shall, upon the request of the Issuer, execute and deliver to the Issuer all such instruments as may be desirable to evidence such discharge and satisfaction and the Paying Agent shall pay over or deliver to the Issuer all moneys, securities and funds held by them pursuant to the Bond Ordinance which are not required for the payment of Bonds not theretofore surrendered for such payment. Bonds or interest installments for the payment or redemption of which money shall have been set aside and shall be held in trust (through deposit by the Issuer of funds for such payment or redemption or otherwise) at the maturity or redemption date thereof shall be deemed to have been paid 689

19 within the meaning and with the effect expressed above in this Section. Bonds shall be deemed to have been paid, prior to their maturity, within the meaning and with the effect expressed above in this Section if they have been defeased pursuant to Chapter 14 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, or any successor provisions thereto. SECTION Evidence of Signatures of Owners and Ownership of Bonds. (a) Any request, consent, revocation of consent or other instrument which the Bond Ordinance may require or permit to be signed and executed by the Owners may be in one or more instruments of similar tenor, and shall be signed or executed by such Owners in person or by their attorneys-in-fact appointed in writing. Proof of (i) the execution of any such instrument, or of an instrument appointing any such attorney, or (ii) the ownership by any person of the Bonds shall be sufficient for any purpose of the Bond Ordinance (except as otherwise therein expressly provided) if made in the following manner, or in any other manner satisfactory to the Paying Agent, which may nevertheless in its discretion require further or other proof in cases where it deems the same desirable: (1) the fact and date of the execution by any Owner or his attorney-in-fact of such instrument may be proved by the certificate, which need not be acknowledged or verified, of an officer of a bank or trust company or of any notary public or other officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds, that the person signing such request or other instrument acknowledged to him the execution thereof, or by an affidavit of a witness of such execution, duly sworn to before such notary public or other officer. Where such execution is by an officer of a corporation or association or a member of a partnership, on behalf of such corporation, association or partnership, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority; (2) the ownership of Bonds and the amount, numbers and other identification, and date of owning the same shall be proved by the registration books of the Paying Agent. (b) Any request or consent by the Owner of any Bond shall bind all future Owners of such Bond in respect of anything done or suffered to be done by the Issuer or the Paying Agent in accordance therewith. SECTION Moneys Held for Particular Bonds. The amounts held by the Paying Agent for the payment due on any date with respect to particular Bonds shall, on and after such date and pending such payment, be set aside on its books and held in trust by it, without liability for interest, for the Owners of the Bonds entitled thereto. SECTION Parties Interested Herein. Nothing in the Bond Ordinance expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to confer upon, or to give to, any person or entity, other than the Issuer, the Paying Agent, the Escrow Agent and the Owners of the Bonds any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of the Bond Ordinance or any covenant, condition or stipulation thereof; and all the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in the Bond Ordinance contained by and on behalf of the Issuer shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Issuer, the Paying Agent, the Escrow Agent and the Owners of the Bonds and the owners of the Refunded Bonds. SECTION No Recourse on the Bonds. No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or interest on the Bonds or for any claim based thereon or on this Bond Ordinance against any member of the Governing Authority or officer of the Issuer or any person executing the Bonds. SECTION Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Bond Ordinance the Issuer is named or referred to, it shall be deemed to include its successors and assigns and all the covenants and agreements in this Bond Ordinance contained by or on behalf of the Issuer shall bind and enure to the benefit of its successors and assigns whether so expressed or not. SECTION Subrogation. In the event the Bonds herein authorized to be issued, or any of them, should ever be held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the Owner or Owners thereof shall be subrogated to all the rights and remedies against the Issuer had and possessed by the owner or owners of the Refunded Bonds. SECTION Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions of the Bond Ordinance or of the Bonds issued hereunder shall for any reason be held to be illegal or invalid, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect any other provision of the Bond Ordinance or of the Bonds, but the Bond Ordinance and the Bonds shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provisions had not been contained therein. Any constitutional or statutory provision enacted after the date of the Bond Ordinance which validates or makes legal any provision of the Bond Ordinance or the Bonds which would not otherwise be valid or legal shall be deemed to apply to the Bond Ordinance and to the Bonds. SECTION Publication of Bond Ordinance. This Bond Ordinance shall be published one time in the official journal of the Issuer; however, it shall not be necessary to publish any exhibits hereto if the same are available for public inspection and such fact is stated in the publication. 690

20 SECTION Execution of Documents. In connection with the issuance and sale of the Bonds, the Executive Officers are each authorized, empowered and directed to execute on behalf of the Issuer such documents, certificates and instruments as they may deem necessary, upon the advice of bond counsel, to effect the transactions contemplated by this Bond Ordinance, the signatures of the Executive Officers on such documents, certificates and instruments to be conclusive evidence of the due exercise of the authority granted hereunder. SECTION Post-Issuance Compliance. The Executive Officers and/or their designees are directed to establish written procedures to assist the Issuer in complying with various State and Federal statutes, rules and regulations applicable to the Bonds and are further authorized to take any and all actions as may be required by said written procedures to ensure continued compliance with such statutes, rules and regulations throughout the term of the Bonds. SECTION Audit. As soon as practicable after the filing thereof, a copy of any financial statement of the Issuer and a copy of any audit and annual report of the Issuer shall be forwarded to the Purchaser until the Bonds mature. SECTION Confirmation of Placement Agent. The Issuer hereby confirms the appointment of Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and Piper Jaffray, Co., as placement agent (collectively, the "Placement Agent"), in connection with refunding the Refunded Bonds, any compensation to be paid from the proceeds of the Refunding Bonds and contingent upon the issuance of the Refunding Bonds; provided that no compensation shall be due to said Placement Agent unless the Refunding Bonds are sold and delivered. ARTICLE 12 SALE OF BONDS SECTION Sale of Bonds. The Bonds are hereby awarded to and sold to the Purchaser at the price of par and accrued interest, if any, and under the terms and conditions set forth in the commitment letter attached hereto as Exhibit D, and after their execution and authentication by the Paying Agent, the Bonds shall be delivered to the Purchaser upon receipt by the Issuer of the agreed purchase price. ARTICLE 13 REDEMPTION OF REFUNDED BONDS SECTION Defeasance and Call for Redemption. Subject only to the actual delivery of the Bonds, the Refunded Bonds are hereby irrevocably called for redemption on February 1, 2019, at the principal amount thereof and accrued interest to the redemption date, in compliance with the ordinance authorizing their issuance. SECTION Notice of Defeasance and Call for Redemption. In accordance with the ordinances authorizing the issuance of the Refunded Bonds, a Notice of Defeasance and Call for Redemption in substantially the forms attached hereto as Exhibit E, shall be sent by the paying agent for the Refunded Bonds to the registered owners as the same appear on the registration books of said paying agent by means of first class mail not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date of redemption. This ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: MEMBERS: YEAS: NAYS: ABSENT: ABSTAINING: Douglas C. Dominick X Lyndon B. Johnson X Steven Jackson X Matthew Linn X Jerald Bowman X Lynn. D. Cawthorne X Stormy Gage X Mike Middleton X John Atkins X Mario Chavez X Jim Smith X Kenneth Epperson, Sr. X And the ordinance was declared adopted on this, the 19th day of May, /s/todd Hopkins Clerk /s/matthew Linn President EXHIBIT A TO BOND ORDINANCE OUTSTANDING BONDS TO BE REFUNDED CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES

21 DATE PRINCIPAL INTEREST (FEBRUARY 1) PAYMENT RATE 2020 $ 525, % , , , , , , , , , $6,650,000 All bonds maturing February 1, 2020 through February 1, 2029, inclusive, will be called for redemption on February 1, 2019, at the principal amount thereof and accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. (FORM OF DEFEASANCE AND ESCROW DEPOSIT AGREEMENT) EXHIBIT B TO BOND ORDINANCE This DEFEASANCE AND ESCROW DEPOSIT AGREEMENT, by and between CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA (the "Issuer"), appearing herein through the hereinafter named officers, and ARGENT TRUST COMPANY, A TEXAS STATE TRUST COMPANY, in the City of Ruston, Louisiana, a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States of America and duly authorized to exercise corporate trust powers, as escrow agent (the "Escrow Agent"), appearing herein through the hereinafter named officers, which shall be dated as of June 22, 2016: W I T N E S S E T H : WHEREAS, the Issuer has heretofore duly authorized and issued its General Obligation Bonds, Series 2009, of which $8,070,000 are outstanding (the "2009 Bonds"); and WHEREAS, the governing authority of the Issuer has found and determined that the defeasance and refunding of $6,650,000 of the 2009 Bonds which mature February 1, 2020 to February 1, 2029, inclusive (these maturities of the 2009 Bonds are herein referred to as the "Refunded Bonds"), would be financially advantageous to the Issuer and would result in debt service savings; and WHEREAS, the Issuer has authorized the issuance of $7,250,000 of its General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2016 (the "Bonds"), for the purpose of refunding the Refunded Bonds, pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the governing authority of the Issuer on May 19, 2016 (the "Bond Ordinance"), the Refunded Bonds to be redeemed being described in the Bond Ordinance; and WHEREAS, the Bond Ordinance provides that a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the Bonds (exclusive of accrued interest thereon), together with other available moneys of the Issuer, shall be placed in escrow with the Escrow Agent and, together with the interest earned from the investment thereof, will be sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Refunded Bonds to their maturity or redemption date; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, and in order to provide for the aforesaid refunding and thereby reduce annual debt service on the Refunded Bonds and lower the effective rate of interest paid with respect to the Issuer's general obligation bonds, the parties hereto agree as follows: SECTION 1. Establishment of Escrow Fund. There is hereby created and established with the Escrow Agent a special and irrevocable escrow fund to be known as "Caddo Parish, Louisiana, General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2016 Escrow Fund" (herein called the "Escrow Fund") to be held in trust by the Escrow Agent separate and apart from other funds of the Issuer and the Escrow Agent. Receipt of a true and correct copy of the Bond Ordinance is hereby acknowledged by the Escrow Agent, and reference herein to or citation herein of any provision of said Bond Ordinance shall be deemed to incorporate the same as a part hereof in the same manner and with the same effect as if fully set forth herein. SECTION 2. Deposit to Escrow Fund; Application of Moneys. Concurrently with the issuance and delivery of the Bonds, the Issuer will cause to be deposited with the Escrow Agent the sum of $ from the proceeds of the Bonds (the "Bond Proceeds") and a transfer of $ from the existing funds of the Issuer (the "Existing Funds"). Such funds will be applied as follows: 692

22 (i) (ii) (iii) $ of Bond Proceeds to the Escrow Fund to purchase the Escrow Obligations (hereinafter defined) described in Schedule A attached hereto; $ of Existing Funds to the Escrow Fund to purchase the Escrow Obligation (hereinafter defined) described in Schedule A attached hereto; $ of Existing Funds to the Escrow Fund to establish an initial cash deposit; (iv) $ of Bond Proceeds to the Expense Fund created in Section 3 hereof; and (v) $ of Existing Funds to the Expense Fund created in Section 3 hereof.. (b) Concurrently with such deposit, the Escrow Agent shall apply the moneys described in (i) and (ii) above to the purchase of the obligations, described in Schedule A attached hereto. The obligations listed in Schedule A hereto and any other direct obligations of the United States Government are hereinafter referred to as the "Escrow Obligations". All documents evidencing the book entries of the Escrow Obligations shall be held by the Escrow Agent and appropriate evidence thereof shall be furnished by the Escrow Agent to the Issuer. As shown in Schedule B attached hereto, the Escrow Obligations shall mature in principal amounts and pay interest in such amounts and at such times so that sufficient moneys will be available from such Escrow Obligations (together with other moneys on deposit in the Escrow Fund) to pay, as the same mature and become due or are redeemed, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Refunded Bonds. The Issuer, on the basis of a mathematical verification of an independent certified public accountant, has heretofore found and determined that the investments described in said Schedule A are adequate in yield and maturity date in order to provide the necessary moneys to accomplish the refunding of the Refunded Bonds. In the event that, on the date of delivery of the Bonds, there is not delivered to the Escrow Agent any Escrow Obligation described in Schedule A hereto, the Escrow Agent shall accept delivery of cash and/or replacement obligations which are direct, non-callable general obligations of or guaranteed by the United States of America (collectively, "Replacement Obligations") described in paragraph (b) of this Section, in lieu thereof, and shall hold such Replacement Obligations in the Escrow Fund until the Escrow Obligations described in Schedule A which were not delivered on the date of delivery of the Bonds are available for delivery. The Escrow Agent shall return to the supplier thereof any Replacement Obligations in exchange for and upon receipt of the Escrow Obligations set forth in Schedule A for which such Replacement Obligations described in such paragraph (b) were substituted. The Escrow Agent shall have no power or duty to invest any moneys held in the Escrow Fund or to make substitutions of the Escrow Obligations held in the Escrow Fund or to hereafter sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of such Escrow Obligations, except pursuant to the following subparagraph (b). (c) An obligation shall qualify as a Replacement Obligation or other permitted substitution obligation only if such Replacement Obligations: (i) (ii) (iii) are in an amount, and/or mature in an amount (including any interest received thereon), which together with any cash or Government Securities substituted for the Escrow Obligations listed in Schedule A hereto is equal to or greater than the amount payable on the maturity date of the Escrow Obligations listed in Schedule A hereto for which the substitution occurred; mature on or before the next date on which the Government Securities listed in Schedule A hereto which are substituted for will be required for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Refunded Bonds; and the Escrow Agent shall have been provided with (A) a mathematical verification of an independent certified public accountant that the replacement Obligations are sufficient to pay the principal, interest and premium of the Refunded Bonds as shown on Schedule C and (B) an opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel to the effect that the substitution is permitted hereunder and has no adverse effect on the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of interest on the bonds or the Refunded Bonds. To the extent that the Escrow Obligations mature before the payment dates referred to in Schedule C, the Escrow Agent may invest for the benefit of the Issuer such cash in other Escrow Obligations provided that the investment in such other Escrow Obligations mature on or before dates pursuant to Section 6 in such amounts as equal or exceed the Section 6 requirements and that such investment does not cause the Bonds or the Refunded Bonds to be "arbitrage bonds" under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. (d) The Escrow Agent shall collect and receive the interest accruing and payable on the Escrow Obligations and the maturing principal amounts of the Escrow Obligations as the same are 693

23 paid and credit the same to the Escrow Fund, so that the interest on and the principal of the Escrow Obligations, as such are paid, will be available to make the payments required pursuant to Section 6 hereof. (e) In the event there is a deficiency in the Escrow Fund, the Escrow Agent shall notify the Issuer of such deficiency, and the Issuer shall immediately remedy such deficiency by paying to the Escrow Agent the amount of such deficiency. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any such deficiency, except as may be caused by the Escrow Agent's negligence or willful misconduct. SECTION 3. Establishment of Expense Fund; Use of Moneys in Expense Fund. There is also hereby created and established with the Escrow Agent a special trust account to pay the Costs of Issuance of the Bonds, as defined in the Bond Ordinance (herein called the "Expense Fund") to be held in the custody of the Escrow Agent separate and apart from any other funds of the Issuer and the Escrow Agent, to which the amount of the proceeds derived from the issuance and sale of the Bonds hereinabove set forth are to be deposited. The amounts on deposit in the Expense Fund shall be used for and applied to the payment of the Costs of Issuance of the Issuer in connection with the issuance, sale and delivery of the Bonds and the establishment of the funds hereunder; and pending such disbursement moneys in the Expense Fund shall be invested by the Escrow Agent as directed by the Issuer. Payment of the aforesaid expenses shall be made by the Escrow Agent from the moneys on deposit in such Expense Fund for the purposes listed in Schedule D hereto upon receipt by the Escrow Agent of either an invoice or statement for the appropriate charges, or a written request of the Issuer signed by the Clerk, which request shall state, with respect to each payment to be made, the person, firm or corporation to whom payment is to be made, the amount to be paid and the purpose for which the obligation to be paid was incurred. Each such invoice, statement or written request shall be sufficient evidence to the Escrow Agent that the payment requested to be made from the moneys on deposit in such Expense Fund is a proper payment to the person named therein in the amount and for the purpose stated therein, and upon receipt of such invoice, statement or written request, and the Escrow Agent shall pay the amount set forth therein as directed by the terms thereof. When all expenses contemplated to be paid from such Expense Fund have been paid, such fund shall be closed and any balance remaining therein shall be withdrawn by the Escrow Agent and applied by the Issuer to the payment of principal of Bonds next falling due. SECTION 4. Deposit to Escrow Fund Irrevocable. The deposit of the moneys in the Escrow Fund shall constitute an irrevocable deposit of said moneys in trust exclusively for the benefit of the owners of the Refunded Bonds and such moneys and Escrow Obligations, together with any income or interest earned thereon, shall be held in escrow and shall be applied solely to the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Refunded Bonds as the same mature and become due or are redeemed. Subject to the requirements set forth herein for the use of the Escrow Fund and the moneys and investments therein, the Issuer covenants and agrees that the Escrow Agent shall have full and complete control and authority over and with respect to the Escrow Fund and moneys and investments therein and the Issuer shall not exercise any control or authority over and with respect to the Escrow Fund and the moneys and investments therein. SECTION 5. Use of Moneys. The Escrow Agent shall apply the moneys deposited in the Escrow Fund and the Expense Fund and the Escrow Obligations, together with any income or interest earned thereon, in accordance with the provisions hereof. The Escrow Agent shall have no power or duty to invest any moneys held hereunder, or to make substitutions of the Escrow Obligations held hereunder or to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of the Escrow Obligations acquired hereunder, except as provided in 2(b) above. The liability of the Escrow Agent for the payment of the amounts to be paid hereunder shall be limited to the principal of and interest on the Escrow Obligations and cash available for such purposes in the Escrow Fund and the Expense Fund. Any amounts held as cash in the Escrow Fund, or in the Expense Fund shall be held in cash without any investment thereof, not as a time or demand deposit with any bank, savings and loan or other depository. SECTION 6. Payment of Refunded Bonds. The Escrow Agent shall receive the matured principal of and the interest on the Escrow Obligations as the same are payable. On or before each interest payment date on the Refunded Bonds, the Escrow Agent shall transmit to the Issuer or the paying agent for the Refunded Bonds in immediately available funds, sufficient amounts for the payment of the interest on the Refunded Bonds due on said date and any principal of and redemption premiums on the Refunded Bonds due on said date by reason of the redemption of Refunded Bonds, in accordance with Schedule C attached hereto. SECTION 7. Notice of Defeasance and Call for Redemption. The Issuer shall cause a Notice of Defeasance and Call for Redemption of the Refunded Bonds to be sent by the paying agent for the Refunded Bonds, by first class mail, postage prepaid, not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date of redemption of the Refunded Bonds to the registered owners as the same appear on the registration books maintained by the paying agent. The Issuer will reimburse the Escrow Agent for any expenses incurred in connection with this Section from moneys other than those in the Escrow Fund. SECTION 8. Remaining Moneys in Escrow Fund. Upon the retirement of the Refunded Bonds, any amounts remaining in the Escrow Fund shall be paid to the Issuer as its property free and clear of the trust created by the Bond Ordinance and this Agreement and shall be transferred to the Issuer. SECTION 9. Rights of Owners of Refunded Bonds. The escrow trust fund created hereby shall be irrevocable and the owners of the Refunded Bonds shall have a beneficial interest and a 694

24 first, prior and paramount claim on all moneys and Escrow Obligations in the Escrow Fund until paid out, used and applied in accordance with this Agreement. SECTION 10. Fees of Escrow Agent. In consideration of the services rendered by the Escrow Agent under this Agreement, the Issuer has paid to the Escrow Agent its reasonable fees and expenses, and the Escrow Agent hereby acknowledges (i) receipt of such payment and (ii) that it shall have no lien whatsoever upon any moneys in the Escrow Fund. In no event shall the Issuer be liable to any person by reason of the transactions contemplated hereby other than to the Escrow Agent as set forth in this Section 10. The Escrow Agent and its respective successors, assigns, agents and servants shall not be held to any personal liability whatsoever, in tort, contract, or otherwise, in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the establishment of the Escrow Fund, the acceptance of the moneys and securities deposited therein, the purchase of those Escrow Obligations listed in Schedule A, the retention of the Escrow Obligations or the proceeds thereof or any payment, transfer or other application of moneys or securities by the Escrow Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or by reason of any act, omission or error of the Escrow Agent made in good faith and without negligence in the conduct of its duties. SECTION 11. Enforcement. The Issuer, the paying agent for the Refunded Bonds and the owners of the Refunded Bonds shall have the right to take all actions available under law or equity to enforce this Agreement or the terms hereof. SECTION 12. Records and Reports. The Escrow Agent will keep books of record and account in which complete and correct entries shall be made of all transactions relating to the receipts, disbursements, allocations and application of the money and Escrow Obligations deposited to the Escrow Fund and all proceeds thereof. With respect to each investment of the proceeds of Escrow Obligations, the Escrow Agent shall record, to the extent applicable, the purchase price of such investment, its fair market value, its coupon rate, its yield to maturity, the frequency of its interest payment, its disposition price, the accrued interest due on its disposition date and its disposition date. Such books shall be available for inspection at reasonable hours and under reasonable conditions by the Issuer and the owners of the Bonds and the Refunded Bonds. SECTION 13. Successor Escrow Agents. If at any time the Escrow Agent or its legal successor or successors should become unable, through operation of law or otherwise, to act as escrow agent hereunder, or if its property and affairs shall be taken under the control of any state or federal court or administrative body because of insolvency or bankruptcy or for any other reason, a vacancy shall forthwith exist in the office of escrow agent hereunder. In such event the Issuer, by appropriate order, and with the prior written consent of the Issuer, shall promptly appoint an escrow agent to fill such vacancy. Any successor escrow agent shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Issuer and the Escrow Agent an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and the Escrow Agent shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor escrow agent, subject to the terms of this Agreement, all the rights, powers and trusts of the Escrow Agent hereunder. Upon the request of any such successor escrow agent, the Issuer shall execute any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor escrow agent all such rights, powers and duties. The Escrow Agent shall pay over to its successor escrow agent a proportional part of the Escrow Agent's fee hereunder. The Escrow Agent may be removed at any time by an instrument or concurrent instrument in writing delivered to the Escrow Agent by the Issuer. SECTION 14. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended with the consent of the Issuer and the Escrow Agent (i) to correct ambiguities, (ii) to strengthen any provision hereof which is for the benefit of the owners of the Refunded Bonds or the Bonds or (iii) to sever any provision hereof which is deemed to be illegal or unenforceable; and provided further that this Agreement shall not be amended unless the Issuer shall deliver an opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel, that such amendments will not cause the Refunded Bonds to be "arbitrage bonds". SECTION 15. Successors Bound. All covenants, promises and agreements in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of the Issuer, the Escrow Agent and the owners of the Refunded Bonds, whether so expressed or not. SECTION 16. Louisiana Law Governing. This Agreement shall be governed by the applicable laws of the State of Louisiana. SECTION 17. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate when all of the Refunded Bonds have been paid as aforesaid and any remaining moneys have been paid to the Issuer. SECTION 18. Severability. If any one or more of the covenants or agreements provided in this Agreement on the part of the Issuer or the Escrow Agent to be performed should be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, such covenant or agreement shall be deemed and construed to be severable from the remaining covenants and agreements herein contained and shall in no way affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement. 695

25 SECTION 19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, all or any of which shall be regarded for all purposes as one original and shall constitute and be one and the same instrument. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Escrow Deposit Agreement as of the day and year first written. CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA ATTEST: By: /s/todd Hopkins (SEAL) Clerk By: /s/matthew Linn President IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Escrow Deposit Agreement as of the day and year first written. ARGENT TRUST COMPANY, By: Title: (SEAL) SCHEDULE OF ESCROW SECURITIES PURCHASED WITH BOND PROCEEDS AND EXISTING FUNDS SCHEDULE A To Escrow Deposit Agreement ESCROW CASH FLOW AND PROOF OF SUFFICIENCY DEBT SERVICE ON REFUNDED BONDS SCHEDULE B To Escrow Deposit Agreement SCHEDULE C To Escrow Deposit Agreement SCHEDULE D To Escrow Deposit Agreement Bond Counsel Fee COSTS OF ISSUANCE Bond Counsel Expenses State Bond Commission Fees CPA Verification Financial Advisor Fee (Government Consultants) Purchaser Counsel Fee (McGlinchey Stafford) Placement Agent Fee (Stifel and Piper Jaffray) Escrow Agent Fee (Argent Trust) Publications Miscellaneous TOTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF LOUISIANA EXHIBIT C TO BOND ORDINANCE 696

26 PARISH OF CADDO GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BOND, SERIES 2016 OF CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA Bond Maturity Interest Date Date Rate, 2016 February 1, 2029 % Caddo Parish, Louisiana (the "Issuer"), promises to pay, but solely from the source and as hereinafter provided, to: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. or registered assigns, on the Maturity Date set forth above, the Principal Amount set forth above, together with interest thereon from the Bond Date set forth above, or from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable on February 1 and August 1 of each year (each an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing August 1, 2016, at the Interest Rate per annum set forth above until said Principal Amount is paid. The principal of this Bond, upon maturity or redemption, is payable in such coin or currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts at the principal corporate trust office of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, or any successor thereto (the "Paying Agent"), upon presentation and surrender hereof. Interest on this Bond is payable by check mailed by the Paying Agent to the registered owner. The interest so payable on any Interest Payment Date will, subject to certain exceptions provided in the hereinafter defined Bond Ordinance, be paid to the person in whose name this Bond is registered at the close of business on the Record Date (which is the 15th day of the calendar month next preceding an Interest Payment Date). Any interest not punctually paid or duly provided for shall be payable as provided in the Bond Ordinance. This Bond represents the entire authorized issue of General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2016, aggregating in principal the sum of Seven Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($7,250,000) (the "Bonds"), said Bonds having been issued by the Issuer pursuant to an ordinance adopted by its governing authority on May 19, 2016 (the "Bond Ordinance"), for the purpose of refunding the callable maturities of the Issuer s General Obligation Bonds, Series 2009, as more fully described in the Bond Ordinance, and paying the costs of issuance of the Bonds, under the authority of Chapter 14-A of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority. maturity date. Except as stated below, the Bonds are not callable for redemption prior to their stated The principal of the Bond is subject to mandatory redemption on February 1 of the years and in the principal amounts at a redemption price of par plus accrued interest to the redemption date as follows: *Final Maturity Year Principal (February 1) Amount 2017 $ 75, , , , , , , , , , , , * 805,000 Subject to the limitations and requirements provided in the Bond Ordinance, the transfer of this Bond shall be registered on the registration books of the Paying Agent upon surrender of this Bond at the principal corporate trust office of the Paying Agent, as Bond Registrar, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form and a guaranty of signature satisfactory to the Paying Agent, duly executed by the registered owner or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon a new Bond or Bonds of the same maturity and of authorized denomination or denominations, for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the transferee. Prior to due presentment for transfer of this Bond, the Issuer and the Paying Agent and any agent of either thereof may deem and treat the registered owner hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or not this Bond shall be overdue) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of principal hereof and interest hereon 697

27 and for all other purposes, and neither the Issuer nor the Paying Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. Upon any such registration of transfer or exchange, the Paying Agent may require payment of an amount sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in connection therewith. This Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose or be entitled to any security or benefit under the Bond Ordinance until the certificate of registration hereon shall have been signed by the Paying Agent. This Bond constitutes general obligations of the Issuer, and the full faith and credit of the Issuer is pledged for the payment of this Bond. The Bonds are secured by a special ad valorem tax to be imposed and collected annually in excess of all other taxes on all the property subject to taxation within the territorial limits of the Issuer, under the Constitution and laws of Louisiana, sufficient in amount to pay the principal of this Bond and the interest thereon as matures. The Issuer shall cause to be kept at the principal corporate trust office of the Paying Agent a register (the "Bond Register") in which registration of the Bonds and of transfers of the Bonds shall be made as provided in the Bond Ordinance. This Bond may be transferred, registered and assigned only on the Bond Register, and such registration shall be at the expense of the Issuer. This Bond may be assigned by the execution of the assignment form hereon or by other instrument of transfer and assignment acceptable to the Paying Agent. A new Bond will be delivered by the Paying Agent to the last assignee (the new registered owner) in exchange for this transferred and assigned Bond after receipt of this Bond to be transferred in proper form. Such new Bond shall be in the same denomination. Neither the Issuer nor the Paying Agent shall be required to issue, register, transfer or exchange any Bond during a period beginning at the opening of business on the 15th calendar day of the month next preceding an Interest Payment Date and ending at the close of business on the Interest Payment Date. The Bond Ordinance permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modifications of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the owners at any time by the governing authority of the Issuer with the consent of the owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of all Bonds issued and then outstanding under the Bond Ordinance, to be determined in accordance with the Bond Ordinance. It is certified that this Bond is authorized by and is issued in conformity with the requirements of the Constitution and statutes of the State of Louisiana. It is further certified, recited and declared that all acts, conditions and things required to exist, to happen and to be performed precedent to and in the issuance of this Bond to constitute the same legal, binding and valid obligation of the Issuer have existed, have happened and have been performed in due time, form and manner as required by law, and that the indebtedness of the Issuer, including this Bond, does not exceed the limitations prescribed by the Constitution and statutes of the State of Louisiana. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Caddo Parish Commission, State of Louisiana, acting as the governing authority of the Issuer, has caused this Bond to be executed in the name of the Issuer by the facsimile signatures of its President and its Clerk and a facsimile of its corporate seal to be impressed hereon. (SEAL) CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA /s/ Todd Hopkins /s/ Matthew Linn Clerk, Caddo Parish Commission President, Caddo Parish Commission * * * * * * * * * * PAYING AGENT'S CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION This Bond is one of the Bonds referred to in the within mentioned Bond Ordinance. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Baton Rouge, Louisiana as Paying Agent Date of Registration: By: Authorized Officer * * * * * * * * * * ASSIGNMENT FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto Please Insert Social Security 698

28 or other Identifying Number of Assignee the within Bond and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints attorney or agent to transfer the within Bond on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated: NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Bond in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever. * * * * * * * * * * SCHEDULE A SCHEDULE OF MANDATORY SINKING FUND REDEMPTION PAYMENTS GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BOND, SERIES 2016 OF CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA No. Date of Payment Amount of Payment Cumulative Outstanding Principal Amount 1 February 1, 2017 $75,000 $7,175,000 2 February 1, 2018 $80,000 $7,095,000 3 February 1, 2019 $80,000 $7,015,000 4 February 1, 2020 $605,000 $6,410,000 5 February 1, 2021 $625,000 $5,785,000 6 February 1, 2022 $645,000 $5,140,000 7 February 1, 2023 $665,000 $4,475,000 8 February 1, 2024 $690,000 $3,785,000 9 February 1, 2025 $710,000 $3,075, February 1, 2026 $735,000 $2,340, February 1, 2027 $755,000 $1,585, February 1, 2028 $780,000 $805, February 1, 2029 $805,000 0 * * * * * * EXHIBIT D For Items 5, 6, 8, and 17, refer to attached Addendum to Commitment Letter. In the event of a discrepancy between the Commitment Letter and the attached Addendum, refer to the Addendum. Terms shall expire at 10:00 a.m. CT on May 20, 2016, unless accepted by the Borrower as evidenced by the executed Commitment Letter. Hon. Caddo Parish Commission Caddo Parish, Louisiana Shreveport, Louisiana COMMITMENTLETTER May 18, 2016 Re: $7,265,000 of General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2016, of Caddo Parish, Louisiana Please accept this letter as a commitment of the undersigned to purchase the above-captioned refunding bonds upon the terms and conditions outlined below: 1. Issuer and Amount: $7,265,000aggregate principal amount of General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2016 (the "Bonds") of Caddo Parish, Louisiana (the "Issuer"). 2. Purpose of Issue: To refund $6,650,000 of General Obligation Bonds, Series 2009, dated September 1, 2009, maturing February 1, 2020 through February 1, 2029, inclusive. 3. Authority for Issue: Chapter 14-A of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended. 699

29 4. Dated Date of Bonds: - Date of Delivery. 5. Form of Bonds: The Bonds will be issued in the form of a single typewritten certificate for each maturity, in fully registered form. 6. Interest Rates & Maturities: The Bonds will mature and bear interest at rates as follows (not to exceed 2.50% for any maturity): Year Principal Interest Year Principal Interest (February 1) Due Rate (February 1) Due Rate 2017 $80, % 2024 $690, % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % We understand that maturities will be structured to provide for level annual debt service, and the Issuer may therefore adjust principal maturing in any year, which may likewise result in an increase or decrease of the total principal amount (not exceeding $7,500,000). 7. Interest Payments: Semi-annually on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing August 1, 2016, based on a 30/360-day year. 8. Prepayment Provisions: The Bonds are not callable for redemption prior to their stated dates of maturity. 9. Security: Unlimited ad valorem taxes. 10. Paying Agent: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Fees will not be due to the Paying Agent for serving in this capacity. (If fees are to be due Paying Agent, schedule of fees is to be attached hereto and form a part of the proposal.) 11. Financial Advisor: The undersigned recognizes that Government Consultants, Inc. will serve as Financial Advisor to the Issuer in connection with the Bonds. 12. Placement Agent: The undersigned recognizes that Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and Piper Jaffray, Co. will serve as Placement Agent to the Issuer in connection with the Bonds. 13. Legal Opinion: Legal opinion of Foley & Judell, LLP, as to the due authorization, validity and federal tax-exemption of interest on the Bonds will be required. 14. Bank Eligibility: The Bonds will NOT be designated as qualified tax-exempt obligations under Section 265(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 15. Investment Letter: The undersigned will sign an investment letter indicating that it has made a full investigation of the security for the issue and has not relied upon or requested that any disclosure document be prepared by or on behalf of the Parish and further that it is purchasing the Bonds without any intention to sell any portion thereof to any person other than another financial institution. 16. Continuing Disclosure: It is understood that, with respect to the Bonds, the Issuer will not be required to comply with the continuing disclosure requirements of SEC Rule 15c2-12(b). 17. Delivery: On or about June 16 th, 2016 If the foregoing meets with your approval, please sign two copies of this letter in the space provided below and return one copy to the undersigned. Yours very truly, Accepted by the Caddo Parish Commission on May 19, 2016 By: Alejandro Ramirez Title:Authorized Officer Clerk 700

30 J.P. MORGAN Addendum to Commitment Letter Caddo Parish Commission, Louisiana General Obligation School Refunding Bonds, Series 2016 May 18th, 2016 Terms shall expire at 10:00 a.m. CT on May 20th, 2016, unless accepted by the Borrower as evidenced by the executed Commitment Letter. The Bank will hold the interest rate through the date of delivery which shall be on June 16th, Form of Bond: Interest Rates & Maturities: Prepayment Provisions: For Item 5, Form of Bonds, the form of the Bond will be one term bond with principal payments each February 1, and a final maturity date of February 1, For Item 6, Interest Rates & Maturities, material changes to the principal amortization schedule could result in a change to the interest rate. Date Amount 2/1/2017 $80,000 2/1/ ,000 2/1/ ,000 2/1/ ,000 2/1/ ,000 2/1/ ,000 2/1/ ,000 2/1/ ,000 2/1/ ,000 2/1/ ,000 2/1/ ,000 2/1/ ,000 2/1/ ,000 Total $7,265,000 For Item 8, Prepayment Provisions, any prepayment is subject to breakage costs payable by the Issuer. The Bank will no longer serve as Paying Agent in the event that the Bond is partially defeased or partially refunding in any manner that would require bifurcation of regularly scheduled principal and/or interest payments due to the Purchaser between the Purchaser and another party such as an escrow agent. Delivery: For Item 17, Delivery, the Bond will be delivered on June 16th, Reporting Covenants: Unless otherwise requested, the Borrower will provide annual, audited financial statements within 180 days after each fiscal year end. Counsel: Sale / Assignment: Municipal Advisor Disclosure: JPMorgan Chase will engage McGlinchey Stafford as the Purchaser s legal counsel. Pat Beauchamp would be acting in the capacity of attorney representing the Purchaser. Legal fees are estimated at $5,500 for the account of the Issuer. The Issuer would agree that the Purchaser may without limitation (i) at any time sell, assign, pledge or transfer the Bond, or interests in all of the Purchaser s rights and obligations under the Facility to an assignee which may include an affiliate of the Bank; and (ii) at the Purchaser s option, disclose information and share fees with such assignee. The Bond shall only be sold, assigned, pledged or transferred to a qualified institutional buyer. The Issuer acknowledges and agrees that (i) the transaction contemplated herein is an arm s length commercial transaction between the Issuer and the Bank and its affiliates, (ii) in connection with such transaction, the Bank and its affiliates are acting solely as a principal and not as an advisor including, without limitation, a Municipal Advisor as such term is defined in Section 15B of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the related final rules (the Municipal Advisor Rules ), agent or a fiduciary of the Issuer, (iii) the Bank and its affiliates are relying on the Bank exemption in the Municipal Advisor Rules, (iv) the Bank and its affiliates have not provided any advice or assumed any advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Issuer with respect to the transaction contemplated hereby and the discussions, undertakings and procedures leading thereto (whether or not the Bank, or any affiliate of the Bank, has provided other services or advised, or is currently providing other services 701

31 or advising the Issuer on other matters), (v) the Bank and its affiliates have financial and other interests that differ from those of the Issuer, and (vi) the Issuer has consulted with its own financial, legal, accounting, tax and other advisors, as applicable, to the extent it deemed appropriate. Sincerely yours, ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO: By: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Name: Alejandro Ramirez Title: Authorized Officer Caddo Parish Commission, Louisiana By: Title: Date: * * * This Addendum to Commitment Letter is intended as an outline only and does not purport to summarize all the conditions, covenants, representations, warranties and other provisions which would be contained in definitive legal documentation for the financing contemplated hereby. The terms of this financing would be evidenced by agreements, instruments and documents (collectively, the Bond Documents ) that are usual and customary for a Direct Purchase Bond transaction. The required documentation would include, but not limited to, the terms and conditions outlined herein as well as the Bank s standard provisions with respect to representations and warranties, covenants, events of default, remedies, conditions precedent, right of set-off, waiver of sovereign immunity, waiver of jury trial, compliance with anticorruption laws, protections against increased costs and other general provisions that the Purchaser and its counsel deem necessary and would otherwise be satisfactory in form and substance to the Purchaser and its counsel. Conditions precedent would include delivery of acceptable bond documentation and legal opinions, including an opinion of bank counsel or counsel as to the validity and enforceability of the obligations of the Issuer under the Bond Documents and that interest payable on the Bond is exempt from federal and State of Louisiana income taxation. NOTICE OF DEFEASANCE AND CALL FOR REDEMPTION GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 2009 DATED SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 (MATURING FEBRUARY 1, 2020 TO FEBRUARY 1, 2029, INCLUSIVE) OF CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA 702 EXHIBIT E TO BOND ORDINANCE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to an ordinance adopted May 19, 2016, by the Caddo Parish Commission, acting as the governing authority of Caddo Parish, Louisiana (the "Issuer"), that there has been deposited with ARGENT TRUST COMPANY, in the City of Ruston, Louisiana (the "Escrow Agent"), as Escrow Agent under a Defeasance and Escrow Deposit Agreement dated as of June 22, 2016 (the "Escrow Deposit Agreement"), between the Escrow Agent and the Issuer, moneys in an amount sufficient to assure the availability of sufficient funds to pay the principal of and interest through the redemption date of the Issuer's outstanding General Obligation Bonds, Series 2009, which mature February 1, 2020 to February 1, 2029, inclusive (the "Refunded Bonds"), as hereinafter set forth. In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 14 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, the Refunded Bonds are defeased and deemed to be paid, and will no longer be secured by or entitled to the benefits of the ordinance of the Issuer providing for their issuance. NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Refunded Bonds are hereby called for redemption on February 1, 2019, at the principal amount thereof and accrued interest to the call date, the Refunded Bonds being more fully described as follows: Maturity Principal Interest CUSIP Date Amount Rates Numbers February 1, 2020 $525, % LP6 February 1, , LQ4 February 1, , LR2 February 1, , LS0

32 February 1, , LT8 February 1, , LU5 February 1, , LV3 February 1, , LW1 February 1, , LX9 February 1, , LY7 $6,650,000 No further interest will accrue and be payable on the Refunded Bonds from and after February 1, The Refunded Bonds should not be surrendered for payment until February 1, 2019, and then should be surrendered at Argent Trust Company, as follows: By Hand, Express Mail or Courier Service By Mail Argent Trust Argent Trust Attn: Lana Patton Attn: Lana Patton 500 E. Reynolds Drive P. O. Drawer 1410 Ruston, Louisiana Ruston, Louisiana The CUSIP Numbers listed above are provided for convenience of the bondholders. The Issuer does not certify as to their correctness. Withholding of 28% of gross redemption proceeds of any payment made within the United States may be required by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, unless the Paying Agent has the correct taxpayer identification number (social security or employer identification number) or exemption certificate of the payee. CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA By:/s/ Todd Hopkins Clerk Caddo Parish Commission Dated: June 22, 2016 It was moved by Mr. Middleton, seconded by Mr. Bowman, that No of 2016, amending and re-enacting Chapter 8, entitled Animals and Fowl, of the Code of Ordinances of the Parish of Caddo be adopted. Mr. Middleton stated that the Committee has worked on this issue for the last couple of years and feels this is a good working document to move forward with. Mr. Bowman thanked Mr. Middleton for his leadership on this issue and looks forward to have the document becoming a working document.. Mr. Johnson was concerned with the veterinarians not being involved during the process Mr. Middleton stated that there have been many veterinarians like the Eversons, Brookings, and others that have met during the process. Their concerns have been heard and many changes came out of those various meetings, he said. Mr. Middleton pointed out that no one showed up and spoke against the ordinance for adoption. Mr. Johnson still has some concerns and hopes some of those have been alleviated. Mr. Wilson stated that a dog can be tethered, but only for so many hours during the day. Ms. Frazier stated that a bill on that issue is currently in the Legislature, so more changes could be made. ordinance. Mr. Wilson also pointed out that the registration fee has been removed from the Answering a question from Mr. Epperson regarding horses in this ordinance, Mr. Wilson stated that Mr. Epperson s particular issue regarding horses comes under an ordinance from 2015 and not this one. Mr. Wilson feels the new ordinance has helped his department and enforcement on this type of issue. Mr. Linn stated that this ordinance has been worked on for about three years, and he feels the Committee has finally come up with an ordinance that will reach across all avenues in different areas of animal control in Caddo Parish. He points out that this will be a working document and some changes may come about in the next few years, but overall this is a balanced ordinance. 703

33 Mr. Bowman stated that this has been looked at very carefully and various groups have been a part of the process. Mr. Middleton stated that he hopes this ordinance will be an enforceable document that will protect the animals and public. At this time, Mr. Middleton s motion carried, as shown by the following roll call votes: AYES: Commissioners Atkins, Bowman, Chavez, Epperson, Johnson, Linn, Middleton, and Smith (8). NAYS: Commissioner Cawthorne (1). ABSENT: Commissioners Dominick, Jackson and Gage-Watts (3). BY THE CADDO PARISH COMMISSION: ORDINANCE NO OF 2016 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND RE-ENACT CHAPTER 8, ENTITLED ANIMALS AND FOWL, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE PARISH OF CADDO, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO. WHEREAS, the Caddo Parish Commission hereby finds it to be in the public interest to comprehensively revise Chapter 8, entitled Animals and Fowl, of the Code of Ordinances of the Parish of Caddo. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Caddo Parish Commission in due, legal and regular session convened, that Chapter 8 of the Code of Ordinances of the Parish of Caddo is hereby amended and re-enacted to read as follows, to-wit: Chapter 8 - ANIMALS AND FOWL ARTICLE I. - IN GENERAL Sec Applicability. This chapter shall be effective in and apply within the parish, outside the boundaries of incorporated municipalities and within the boundaries of any incorporated municipalities which pass ordinances adopting the provisions of this chapter and shall hereinafter be referred to as "The Animal Control Ordinance for Caddo Parish." Sec Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Abandoned means to completely forsake and desert an animal previously under the custody or possession of a person without making reasonable arrangements for its proper care, sustenance, shelter and medical care for a period of 24 hours. This includes abandoning an animal at an animal shelter, animal welfare organization s facility or veterinarian s office. Adequate grooming means that animals shall be groomed in such a manner to maintain health. Animals shall be provided with hair, hoof, claw, nail, tooth and beak care as appropriate and as necessary to maintain health and comfort. Administrator of Caddo Parish means that person appointed by the parish commission under section 4-01 of the Home Rule Charter. Adopted means the transfer of a canine or feline from a shelter to a new owner. Animal means any living vertebrate creature except human beings, including, but not limited to, mammals, birds, fowl, reptiles and fish, except when referring specifically to the control of rabies where the meaning of the term "animal" shall be limited to mammals, domestic and wild. Animal establishment means a facility operated as a pet shop, grooming shop, commercial kennel, commercial livery stable, permanent or transient zoo, circus or performing animal act, or for the boarding of dogs and cats or the training of dogs for any purpose. Animal shelters operated by public and private authorities and veterinary medical facilities are exempt from this definition. At-large stray means (1) Dog: any dog that is not within the confines of its owner s home, dog yard, dog pen, primary enclosure, proper invisible fencing area identified by flags or automobile and that is not on a chain or tether which restricts the animal to the 704

34 confines of its owner s property, nor on a leash not longer than six (six) feet long shall be considered at large. (2) Cat: any cat that is not within the confines of its owner s home, cat yard, primary enclosure or in the owner s physical possession. (3) Hunting or stock dogs, show dogs and cats, government or law enforcement dogs actively being worked or trained or other animals being worked or trained or shown under the physically present supervision of their owners or agents or employees of the owners are exempt. During active work or training sessions, orange vests are required to properly identify animals in training. permits. Backyard Breeder means a person or persons who breed animals without the required Bite means the breaking of the skin of a human being by an animal's teeth, mouth, or beak. Breeder means any person who breeds a female dog or cat for the purpose of obtaining a monetary gain from the sale of any portion of the litter produced. Carrier means any airline, railroad, motor carrier, shipping line, or other enterprise engaged in the business of transporting for hire. Cat means any member of the Felidae (feline) family. Cat yard means an owner s yard or an enclosure which shall be used to confine a cat. Circus means a commercial variety show featuring animal acts for public entertainment. Collar means a band, harness, or other device worn around the neck of an animal in a humane way to which a rabies vaccination tag may be affixed. Collars, harnesses, halters and the like shall be monitored so as to ensure proper fit and prevent discomfort or injury. Commercial kennel means any person, partnership, or corporation engaged in the commercial breeding of dogs or cats or both for sale individually or in litter lots, or in the boarding, training, sale or hire of dogs or cats for compensation, or operation of a guard dog service. Animal hospitals operated by licensed veterinarians as a part of the practice of veterinary medicine, shelters operated by public authorities, and tax-exempt humane organizations shall not be considered commercial kennels. Commercial livery stable means any establishment where one or more horses are let for hire to be ridden or driven, or where one or more horses are boarded for a fee. Cruelly-ill-treat means every act or failure to act whereby unjustifiable physical pain or suffering is caused or permitted. dog if it: Dangerous dog means any dog that when unprovoked, shall be deemed a dangerous (1) Bites, injures, or inflicts a bite on a human being or domestic animal either upon public property or those areas of private property that are unfenced and normally accessible to the public. (2) Chases or approaches a person upon the streets, sidewalks or public grounds in a terrorizing or menacing fashion or apparent attitude of attack. (3) Bites or injures animals or persons authorized to enter upon the owner's premises such as letter carriers, meter readers, trash collectors, repair persons, delivery persons or business customers provided that the persons authorized to enter upon the owner's premises shall not include unauthorized intruders such as burglars or trespassers in the owner's business, house or apartment or within a fenced area on the premises not normally accessible to the public. The director and/or his agents shall make all determinations that a dog is a dangerous dog. Dealer means any person, not a public entity, who, as a business, sells, exchanges, or donates or offers to sell, exchange, or donate animals to any person. Department means the department of animal services and mosquito control, also referred to as Caddo Parish Animal Services (CPAS). Director means that person designated by the parish administrator or his agent as responsible for the administration of the parish animal services and mosquito control department, and, except where clearly limited by the context, shall include duly-appointed officers and others duly authorized and acting under the authority of the director. 705

35 Dog means any member of the Canis lupus familiaris family. Dwelling means the house or other structure in which one or more persons live. For determining the maximum number of dogs, only one dwelling per subdivided lot will be used to establish the number of dogs permitted. Euthanasia means humanely terminate an animal s life in a manner consistent with the AVMA euthanasia guidelines. Excessive barking means unprovoked animal noises of such a loudness, intensity and duration as to prevent or interfere with a person's ability to enjoy his property, included, but not limited to, situations where: (1) On more than one occasion has awakened the complainant up from sleep; or (2) Continues in such a manner so as to cause mental anguish or suffering, loss of sleep or a disturbance of the peace. Feral means a cat not socialized to humans and is not an owned cat. Grooming shop means a commercial establishment where animals are bathed, clipped, plucked, or otherwise groomed, excluding animal shelters. Guard dog means any dog that is utilized at a commercial establishment or that is used by commercial entity to provide security protection for employees, employers, property, goods and or equipment. Horse means any horse, pony, donkey, or mule. Indoor dog means any dog that: (1) Lives inside a dwelling. (2) Is not left outside unattended. (3) Eats and sleeps in a dwelling. Isolation means the secure, humane confinement of a dog or cat that has been bitten by a known rabid animal so as to prevent such dog or cat from coming in contact with any other animal. Isolation enclosures shall be so constructed and secured that entry will be limited to the owner of the confined dog or cat, with the primary enclosure so located within a secondary enclosure to prevent accessibility to the public. Micro-chip means an identification device approved by Caddo Parish Animal Services which is intended to be implanted within an animal for identification purposes. Neuter means permanently render an animal incapable of reproductive function. Noncommercial kennel means a private residence which exceeds the maximum allowable number of dogs in which the director of Caddo Parish Animal Services has deemed it appropriate to issue a noncommercial permit. The kennel must be in compliance with all applicable local, state and federal laws. Nuisance by an animal means the damaging, soiling, defiling, urinating or defecating upon, or repeatedly trespassing upon property other than its owner's, excessive barking or noise making so as to disturb the peace and repose of persons living or working nearby, molesting, threatening, attacking or interfering with persons on private or public property, chasing motor vehicles or bicycles, attacking other domestic animals, or disturbing or turning over garbage or trash containers, or causing unsanitary conditions or odors on or about the premises of its owner by urination or defecation. Owner means any person who has a right of property in an animal, or who keeps an animal in his care, harbors an animal, acts as custodian for an animal, or who permits an animal to remain on or about his premises. Pet shop means any person who obtains animals for sale, exchange, or barter, to the general public, or who grooms animals, as a principal or agent, or who holds himself out to be so engaged. Primary enclosure means any structure used to immediately restrict an animal to a limited amount of space such as a house, room, pen, run, cage, compartment, or hutch. Private animal welfare society means an organization organized and operated exclusively for the prevention of cruelty to animals. 706

36 Proper food means the daily food of sufficient quality and quantity provided for each animal to prevent unnecessary or unjustifiable suffering by the animal. Proper shelter means adequate shelter provided for each animal from the elements as required, preventing unnecessary or unjustifiable suffering by the animal. Proper veterinary care means veterinary care provided for each animal sufficient to prevent unnecessary or unjustifiable physical pain or suffering by the animal. Proper water means daily water of sufficient quality and quantity provided for each animal to prevent unnecessary or unjustifiable suffering by the animal. Public carrier means and includes any motor vehicle used for the transportation of passengers or freight for hire over any streets by a route or to a destination controlled by the hirer. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to include carriers by motor vehicle subject to the jurisdiction of the Louisiana Public Service Commission under R.S. 45:161 et seq., or engaged solely in interstate commerce. Rabies Vaccination Registration tag means a suitable tag, issued by a licensed veterinarian or Caddo Parish Animal Services. indicating the year for which the tag was issued. Rabies Vaccination Registration tags are issued only upon vaccination or proof of vaccination against rabies. Rescue organization means any person or organization that is a 501(c)(3), has signed a Caddo rescue partner agreement and that accepts pet animals for the purpose of finding permanent adoptive homes for the animals. Signage means signs or a system of signs used to show information. Spay means to permanently render a female animal reproductively infertile Sterilization means the act of spaying and neutering an animal. Vaccination against rabies means the injection subcutaneously or otherwise by a licensed veterinarian, or by a person under his supervision, of animal rabies vaccine approved by the state health officer or the director. Vaccination certificate means a serially numbered certificate on a form approved by the director, and signed by a veterinarian or his representative, stating the name of the owner of the dog or cat to which issued and a description of the dog or cat to which issued, indicating the year for which issued, certifying that such dog or cat was inoculated or vaccinated against rabies, and stating the date thereof. Vaccination certificates are required to register dogs, cats and ferrets in Caddo Parish. Vicious dog means a dog which has: (1) Attacked and caused severe and gross injuries or death to a human being. (2) Previously been classified as "dangerous" and subsequent thereto a violation of section 8-6(7)(a) occurs. (3) Has previously been classified as "dangerous" and is found to be at large two or more times. (4) A dog which has exhibited behavior which enables the director or the animal advisory board to reasonably conclude that the animal may not safely coexist with people. No dog shall be deemed vicious simply by its breed. Working days means, for purposes of computing time periods referenced in Chapter Eight of this code, Mondays through Fridays, excluding legal holidays recognized by the parish commission. Sec Penalty. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punished as provided in section 1-8. Sec Authority and duties of director. (1) The director shall administer the department, shall have the authority and duty to enforce the provisions of this chapter, and shall be authorized to represent the parish in all actions resulting from enforcement or attempted enforcement of this chapter. (2) The director shall appoint animal control officers who shall have the authority to investigate complaints and to enforce the requirements of this chapter. 707

37 (3) The director shall exercise every reasonable care to prevent injury, illness, death, escape, or pilfering of an animal with which he deals in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. (4) If, in the opinion of the director, the incidence of rabies or other disease transmissible by animals to man, either directly or indirectly, is such as to justify control measures more stringent than provided herein, the director shall determine and proclaim the existence of a state of emergency in the interest of public health. All parish departments and agencies and personnel therefrom shall be made available to assist in a carrying out necessary control measures during the existence of such emergency. section 8-41 (5) The director shall grant, deny, revoke and suspend permits required by Sec Animal services board. (1) The parish commission shall appoint an animal services board which shall serve without pay, meet not less than six times per year and which shall consist of seven persons including a veterinarian actively practicing in the parish for a minimum of five years immediately preceding his appointment, a law enforcement officer from a law enforcement agency located in the parish, an at-large citizen representing a parish municipality other than the City of Shreveport; a representative nominated by the Caddo Parish Health Unit, a representative from a tax-exempt humane organization; an at-large member residing in the City of Shreveport; a representative nominated by the Caddo Parish Health Unit, a representative from a tax-exempt humane organization; an at-large member residing in the City of Shreveport and recommended by the parish administrator, and a permitted animal establishment operator. The director of the animal services and mosquito control department shall serve as an ex officio, non-voting member of the board. (2) The animal services board shall: (a) (b) (c) (d) Conduct hearings pursuant to duly adopted procedures to consider the director's decision of declaring any animal vicious as specified in section 8-67 and to require owners of vicious animals to have the same destroyed or surrendered to the director to be humanely euthanized; Conduct hearings pursuant to duly adopted procedures to consider the director's decision of declaring any dog as dangerous as specified in section 8-67 and instruct the owners of the dangerous dogs to either adhere to the requirements as set forth, have the dog euthanized, or surrender it to the director; Conduct hearings pursuant to duly adopted procedures to consider the director's decision to restrict the number of indoor dogs or his denial of a noncommercial kennel permit as specified in section 8-37 and instruct the owner to comply with restriction as set forth; Elect from its voting members a chairperson whose term shall run from January 1 st through December 31 st of each year; and (e) Operate in all respects as a public body as contemplated by R.S. 42:13 and 44:1. (f) Publish minutes on the website. (3) Each member appointed shall serve for a term of four (4) years. Upon the occurrence of any vacancy, the parish commission shall appoint a person from the same category as the person vacating the position to fill the unexpired term. (d) Board members may be removed from office for cause. Such cause shall include, but not be limited to, failure to attend three consecutive meetings of the board, or a majority of the meetings held by the board during a calendar year, or a clearly demonstrated conflict of interest. Sec Keeping of wild, exotic or vicious animals. (a) For the purpose of this section, the following shall be designated wild or exotic animals: tigers, lions, cougars, leopards, jaguars, cheetahs, lynx, bobcats, bears, wolves, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, poisonous snakes, komodo dragons, African buffalo, hyenas, coyotes, deer, any crocodilian including, but not limited to, alligators, crocodiles and gavials, any other species of nonhuman primates, raccoons, skunks, squirrels, foxes, ratite birds, hybrid species 708

38 consisting of wolves, coyotes, or jackals interbred with domestic dogs and ocelots or margays interbred with domestic cats. (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) No person shall keep or permit to be kept on his premises any vicious, wild, or exotic animal for display or for exhibition purposes whether gratuitously or for a fee. No person shall keep or permit to be kept on his premises any wild or exotic animal as a pet as defined in this section except such animals that were acquired prior to the effective date of Ordinance No (January 1, 1988). No person shall take or possess any wild animal by illegal methods. No person may offer for sale a wild or exotic animal as defined in this section, except such animals that were purchased prior to the effective date of Ordinance No (January 1, 1988). Persons following state or federal regulations and holding such permits or licenses which include, but are not limited to, Chimp Haven and the Louisiana State Fair, shall be exempt from this section. Cruelty and sanitation laws shall apply to all persons holding such permits and licenses. Qualified educational institutions, zoological parks, public-operated parks or displays, performing animal exhibitions, circuses, scientific organizations, veterinary clinics, law enforcement and commercial guard dogs shall be exempt from this section. Dual violations. Violations of this section shall be dual violations in reference to violations of title 56 of the state department of wildlife and fisheries. Sec Hindering, or interfering with officers. (a) (b) (c) No person shall hinder, or interfere with any officer or agent of the animal services and mosquito control department engaged in, or because of, the performance of any duty provided for, directly or indirectly, by this chapter. Any person who violates this section shall be fined up to $500.00, or shall be imprisoned for a term not to exceed 180 days, or both. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly interfere with or damage any animal trap owned or used by Caddo Parish Animal Services or to molest or release an animal caught therein. Caddo Parish Animal Services officers may enforce any provision of this chapter by instituting a suit for injunctive relief and use of summary process, including all temporary restraining orders permitted by law. Sec Enforcement. (a) (b) (c) The department shall have the authority to appoint animal control officers and such other personnel as it deems proper for maintaining a public animal shelter and to enforce the provisions of this chapter. The director shall appoint and duly commission animal control officers, who have successfully completed training offered by the State of Louisiana Animal Control Academy. Additionally, each animal control officer must receive euthanasia certification through the State of Louisiana State University Veterinary School. The director and duly appointed animal control officers shall have authority to exercise the following limited police powers: (1) Issue citations for the enforcement of this chapter, as well as take action necessary to enforce state statutes regarding animals. (2) Obtain warrants for such violations and assist law enforcement personnel in making arrests for such violations. (3) Submit affidavits to the courts regarding such violations. (d) In enforcing the provisions of this Code, the director or his authorized representatives are authorized to enter private property without warrant to pursue, capture, or otherwise apprehend animals subject to impoundment or restraint under the provisions of this chapter. If an animal enters an uninhabited structure and the officer can safely gain entry in the same manner as the animal, the officer may enter the structure to capture the animal. If the animal enters the structure through an opening such as a window, hole in the wall or like entrance, 709

39 the structure will be secured and the officer will obtain permission to enter from the owner/tenant or obtain a warrant to enter the structure. If human safety is a legitimate and immediate concern, the officer may enter the uninhabited structure to capture the animal. This authority to enter does not include inhabited structures unless other justifications dictate immediate entry. (e) (f) All parish sheriffs, police officers employed by municipalities within the parish, and the parish animal control officers have authority to enforce provisions of this section. For any prosecution of a violation of this chapter which results a conviction, district attorney probation, or nolo contendere, there shall be an administrative fee in addition to any other fees. This fee shall be as established by the parish commission, from time to time, and shall be dedicated to the operation of Caddo Parish Animal Services and shall not be waived. Sec Service or Assistance Dog A person requiring the use of a service or assistance dog shall be allowed to possess and use such animal in accordance with the provisions of The Code of Federal Regulations, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Amendments Act. Secs Reserved. ARTICLE II. - OWNER AND DEALER RESPONSIBILITIES Sec Owner's responsibilities. (1) No person shall own, keep or harbor any dog, cat or ferret over the age of three (3) months within the parish without having: (a) The dog, cat or ferret vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian at three months of age initially, revaccinated one (1) year later and then on at least a triennial basis thereafter, except in case of injury or any other medical condition that would preclude proper rabies vaccination of the dog or cat or endanger the health of the animal and only upon receipt by Caddo Parish Animal Services of a letter signed by a licensed veterinarian requesting an exception until the medical condition is resolved to the point that vaccination is no longer a threat to the health of the animal. N 2) Rabies Vaccination Registration It shall be the duty of the owner of every dog, cat or ferret to register the same with Caddo Parish Animal Services directly or through a Caddo Parish veterinarian, and to obtain and to retain at all times the certificate of rabies vaccination registration, giving the name and address of the owner, a description of the animal by sex, color, date of birth or estimated approximate age and weight, the breed of the dog or cat if known and the name of the animal. All Caddo Parish veterinarians and Caddo Parish Animal Services shall record all such information in the CPAS computerized database. The rabies vaccination registration tag shall be securely fastened at all times to a collar or harness which must be worn at all times by the dog or cat for which the registration tag was issued. (a) Exemptions from wearing rabies registration tags: (1) Law enforcement and fire department dogs (2) Hunting dogs while being worked or trained (3) show dogs or cats while being worked or trained and/or shown under the supervision of their owners or owners employees (4) Ferrets (5) Dogs or cats while under veterinary care (c) The rabies vaccination registration renewal date shall be one (1) year from the date of rabies vaccination and initial registration, on an annual basis. There is no fee for annual rabies vaccination registration. New residents must make application for rabies vaccination registration within thirty (30) days of establishing residence in the parish. 710

40 (d) (e) (f) Persons failing to obtain a rabies vaccination registration certificate within the yearly period specified in this section will be subjected to a fine of $ A thirty (30) day grace period shall apply to owners who have failed to fulfill the requirements of this section after the rabies vaccination registration due date has expired. If the owner fulfills the requirements within the grace period, the $50.00 fine shall be waived. However, all other fees shall still apply. All establishments where animal vaccines are sold shall post a sign, supplied by Caddo Parish Animal Services, in a conspicuous location stating: (1) All animals must be vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian at three (3) months of age initially, revaccinated one year later and thereafter vaccinated at least triennially. (2) All animals must be registered annually with Caddo Parish Animal Services. (3) All animals must be tagged with the rabies vaccination registration tag on a collar or harness, except ferrets. (4) All animals must be prevented from running at large and/or causing a nuisance. (3) Rabies Vaccination Registration tags/microchips It shall be the duty of all Caddo Parish veterinarians and Caddo Parish Animal Services to issue rabies vaccination registration tags or microchips containing the registration number and the year for which such tag is issued. The color and shape of tags shall be changed each year. Each tag is valid only for one year from the date of issue. (b) (d) (e) In lieu of a rabies registration tag, an owner may elect to have their animal permanently microchipped. An annual rabies registration shall still be required. Tags issued by legal registering authorities of other parishes of this state and counties of another state shall be recognized if the animal owner is able to produce a certificate of rabies registration from the other jurisdiction issued within the preceding year. Any person who attaches a tag to an animal that was not registered with that tag shall be subject to the penalties provided in Section 1-8. (4) Owners of dogs and cats shall be responsible for compliance with the following: (a) (b) (c) (d) All dogs and cats, except cats which have been properly vaccinated for rabies, neutered or spayed and properly registered and tagged, except any dog that is being trained for, or being used for the common and accepted practices associated with search and rescue and the legal hunting of game, including birds and animals, and the herding of livestock, shall be kept from running at-large and must be confined. The owner of a cat or dog which causes damage to another person's property shall be responsible for that damage. If a cat is shown to have damaged, with its claws, another person's property, the director of Caddo Parish Animal Services (CPAS) may instruct the owner to either have the cat declawed, claws trimmed or confine the cat indoors. If a dog causes damage to another person's property, the director may classify the dog as dangerous and enforce the guidelines as set forth in this chapter. Failure of the owner to follow the instructions of the director may result in the animal being seized and humanely disposed of. Owners shall be responsible for practicing a flea and tick program Owners of animals that bite an individual are responsible for notifying CPAS. It shall be the responsibility of the owner to confine outside animals in an enclosed area. The primary enclosure should contain a minimum of 48 square feet (six feet by eight feet) per animal. Note: There shall be no tethering of animals with chains, cables, ropes or any other such 711

41 device in lieu of a proper enclosure. Outside animals that reside in a neighborhood with fencing restrictions must be kept inside or confined in an outside kennel with the minimum square footage as stated in this subsection (4). Any animal found in violation will be seized. The owner will have five days to correct the discrepancy or the animal will become the property of CPAS. Whether or not the animal is redeemed, the owner will be responsible for all fees. Whoever is found to be guilty of failing to provide the proper enclosure shall be fined not less than $ nor more than $ or serve five days in jail. (e) (f) (g) (h) The owner of any dog housed outside shall provide a proper shelter which will provide adequate protection from the elements. This includes, but is not limited to, a doghouse, enclosure, or ready access to an already existing structure. The shelter must provide basic protection from the elements. In addition, the owner shall provide the dog access to an adequate water supply. The owner shall provide adequate food for the dog and must feed the dog at least once per each 24-hour period. Any fenced or walled enclosure will consist of a chain link, wood, brick, vinyl fencing or any other material deemed appropriate by the director of Caddo Parish Animal Services. The barrier will be a minimum of four feet high but at all times will be of a sufficient height to preclude the dog from escaping over the barrier. No fence or wall will have openings greater than two inches in diameter. No owner shall tether a dog to moveable object in which the dog must physically move the object in order to move about the enclosure. No owner shall position his dogs in a manner that would prevent emergency personnel from gaining safe and immediate access to main entrance to the residence. It shall be unlawful for any occupant or owner of a dwelling to keep or allow to be kept outdoors on the premises of any dwelling more than four dogs, except that a litter of pups may be kept for a period of time not exceeding five months from birth. This provision shall not apply to any establishment where dogs are lawfully kept for breeding, sale, sporting purposes or boarding. In a case where the number of dogs exceeds the legal limit, the owner may apply to the director for a noncommercial kennel permit. The director will approve the permit if the following conditions exist: (1) There is adequate space to house the dogs. (2) The additional dogs not create a health risk for the humans or other animals which occupy the residence. (3) The additional dogs not degrade the environment for the surrounding residences. (4) All animals on the property have been properly vaccinated and registered with CPAS. (5) There is there an adequate tick and flea control program and heartworm preventative program. (6) The applicant is in compliance with all other portions of this chapter. The applicant and or owner/caretaker of the dwelling have been convicted of any offenses involving animals. If the director finds that all of the conditions listed under this subsection (9) exist, he may issue a noncommercial permit. If the director finds that one or more of the conditions as listed under this subsection are not in compliance, he may deny the permit and the applicant will be required to come into compliance. If the applicant disagrees with the decision of the director he may appeal that decision as stated in subsections (10) a and b of this section. (5) For indoor dogs, there shall be no limit unless those dogs create a nuisance. The director may enforce the maximum limits as stated for outdoor dogs for any owner who permits his indoor dogs to create a nuisance. (a) If the owner disagrees with the decision of the director, he may appeal that decision to the animal services board. The director's decision shall be revoked only by a majority vote of the animal services board. If the board does not revoke the decision, the owner will have an additional ten days to request an appeal. If an appeal is not requested, the owner must comply with the director's decision and the number of dogs must 712

42 be brought into compliance. The owner must be present or legally represented at the hearing or any right to the appeal will be deemed waived and the ruling of the director will be final. (b) Any person aggrieved by any action of the animal services board may appeal said action to the parish commission. Written notice of such appeal must be submitted to the clerk of the parish commission within three working days of the action of the animal services board from which the appeal is taken or the right of appeal will be deemed waived and the ruling of the board will be final. The parish commission shall hear the appeal at the first available regularly scheduled meeting after receipt of said notice of appeal by the clerk of the parish commission. To overturn the rulings of the animal services board, it will require a majority vote of the parish commission. An issue so appealed shall be taken to the First Judicial District Court by filing an appropriate petition within ten days of receipt of notice of the decision of said body. Failure to timely file said petition shall constitute a waiver of the right of appeal and the decision of the parish commission will be final. (6) Must ensure that any guard dog is registered with the CPAS. (7) Owners of dogs that have been declared dangerous must register the dogs with CPAS and abide by the provisions set forth in section (8) Owners are responsible for limiting the number of cats in their possession as to when they will not create a nuisance. (9) Minimum requirements for dog and cat pens. (a) Dog and cat pens shall meet the following minimum requirements: (1) Pen floors shall be constructed of concrete or other impervious material and shall be constructed so as to prevent animal escape. (2) Dogs housed in any primary enclosure shall be provided as a minimum floor space equal to the mathematical square of the sum of the length of the dog in inches as measured from the tip of the nose to the base of its tail plus six (6) inches expressed in square feet. Cats housed in a primary enclosure shall be provided a minimum of two and one-half (2.5) square feet of floor space. (3) Dog pens shall be sloped to a drain connected to a sanitary sewer or an approved individual sewerage system. This requirement shall not apply to dog pens containing less than two (2) dogs. (4) Dog pens shall be equipped with a curb at least three (3) inches high around the perimeter. The top of the curb shall be at such elevation that the surrounding surface water cannot drain into the pen. (5) Dog pens shall be provided with a hose bib and water under pressure. (6) Cleanliness a. All dog pens shall be hosed down, thoroughly cleaned and disinfected as often as needed and in no case l e s s than once a day. b. It shall be unlawful for any person keeping or harboring animals to fail to keep the dog or cat pen where such animals are kept free from offensive odors to the extent that such odors are disturbing to any person residing within reasonable proximity of said p r e m i s e s c. It shall be unlawful to allow animals or pens where animals are kept to become infested with ticks or fleas or other animal-related parasites by failing to diligently and systematically apply accepted methods of insect/parasite control as indicated. 713

43 (7) Dog pens shall be located a minimum of ten (10) feet from the nearest property line and a minimum of fifty (50) feet from any residence other than that of the owner. (8) The pen must meet all subdivision restrictions or zoning laws or ordinances. (9) The above requirements shall only apply to pens located in recognized subdivisions in the parish. (10) Pens located outside of a recognized subdivision shall meet the specifications as set forth in (2), (6), (7) and (8) of this subsection. (11) Town houses, apartments or condominiums need only comply with paragraphs (2), (6) b and c of this section. (12) Caddo Parish Animal Services shall be empowered to order all animals removed from affected pens until the owner comes into compliance with this section. The animal shelter shall be entitled to charge a reasonable boarding fee for animals so held to be set and published in accordance with the section this title. (13) Animal establishments are exempt from the requirements of this section. (b) Tethering as a secondary means of restraint to a proper enclosure. As a secondary means of restraint in a proper enclosure, an animal may be attached to a running cable line or trolley system providing that: (1) Subsection (a) (8) of this part is complied with (2) A running cable line or trolley is set inside a proper enclosure. (3) Only one animal may be attached to each running cable line or trolley system. (4) This device must provide for humane, unrestrained range of movement for the animal to ensure that the animal is not exposed to hazard or injury and shall not prevent the animal from having food, water, shelter, adequate ventilation, protection from the elements. (5) Tethers and cables attaching the animal to the running cable line or trolley system must be made of a substance which cannot be chewed by the animal. (6) No animal may be attached to a running cable line or trolley system for more than 15 hours in a twenty-four-hour period. (7) The tether must be attached to a properly fitted harness or non-choke collar that weighs no more than 1/8 of the animal s body weight. The running line must be at least 10 feet in length and provide the animal with a minimum of 64 square feet of space to freely move about. (8) The area must be kept free from unsanitary conditions and vermin-harboring debris. (9) The dog may not be tethered outside during periods of extreme weather, including extreme heat or near-freezing temperatures, thunderstorms, tornadoes, tropical storms or hurricanes. (10) While participating in training sessions for hunting or competitive events, dogs shall be tethered with leashes of a minimum of 10 feet. The tether must allow the dog ample room to sit, lay down and turn around. Water shall be provided at all times. No dogs shall be left unsupervised by the responsible party when tethered for these purposes. Sec (a) Nuisance; owner to maintain clean premises. No person shall willfully or knowingly harbor or keep on his premises or elsewhere any animal which causes an unreasonable disturbance of the peace of the neighbors or occupants of adjacent premises, or suffer or permit any animal to create a nuisance as defined in this chapter. This includes excessive barking. A person shall be deemed to have willfully and knowingly violated this section, if such person, having been notified by the department or law enforcement officers of such disturbances, shall have refused for 714

44 a period of 24 hours to correct same and prevent reoccurrence. In the matter of excessive barking, the remedy shall be immediate upon notification. (b) (c) (d) Sec The owner of any animal shall maintain his premises in such a manner as not to constitute either a private nuisance to adjoining property or a nuisance to the public generally. Pens or yards in which animals are confined or maintained shall be cleaned regularly so that they are kept free from offensive odors which would disturb any person residing within a reasonable distance of said premises; and the animals themselvesshall be restrained in such a fashion that noise emanating therefrom shall not be disturbing to such persons. Premises on which animals are kept shall be maintained so as to prevent disagreeable odors arising therefrom, or the presence or breeding of flies, mosquitoes, and other pests. Provisions shall be made for the removal and disposal of animal and food wastes, bedding, dead animals and debris. Disposal facilities shall be so provided and operated as to minimize vermin infestation, odors, and disease hazards. If any part of a public street or the private property of a person other than the owner of the animal shall be soiled by the excreta of that animal, whether such nuisance shall take place in the presence of the owner or not, the owner shall, upon becoming aware thereof, promptly remove such excreta and dispose of it in a sanitary manner. Cruelty to animals prohibited. (1) Any person who intentionally or with criminal negligence commits any of the following shall be guilty of simple cruelty to animals: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) Overdrives, overloads, drives when overloaded, or overworks a living animal. Torments, cruelly beats, or unjustifiably injures any living animal, whether belonging to himself or another. Having charge, custody, or possession of any animal, either as owner or otherwise, unjustifiably fails to provide it with proper food, proper drink, proper shelter, or proper veterinary care. Abandons any animal. A person shall not be considered to have abandoned an animal if he delivers to an animal control center an animal which he found running at large. Impounds or confines, or causes to be impounded or confined in a pound or other place, a living animal and fails to supply it during such confinement with proper food, proper drink, and proper shelter. No animal shall be left unattended in a vehicle if it subjects the animal to cruel conditions. An animal control officer, upon a complaint of this nature and in the presence of at least one (1) witness shall be permitted to use all reasonable means, including breaking a window, in order to free a suffering animal in the following circumstances, all of which must be met: (1) The animal shows physical signs of heat exhaustion, convulsions, or other symptoms which require immediate action by the animal control officer in order to save the animal's life. (2) The animal control officer receives approval from a supervisor prior to taking the action, provided that a supervisor is readily available and obtaining approval will not seriously impede the rescue of the animal. Prior approval is not necessary if, in the judgment of the animal control officer, the delay in obtaining such approval would jeopardize the life of the animal. (3) Reasonable effort to contact the owner or driver of the vehicle has been attempted and is unsuccessful. (f) (g) (h) Carries, or causes to be carried, a living animal in or upon a vehicle or otherwise, in a cruel or inhumane manner. Unjustifiably administers any poisonous or noxious drug or substance to any domestic animal or unjustifiably exposes any such drug or substance, with intent that the same shall be taken or swallowed by any domestic animal. Injures any animal belonging to another person. 715

45 (i) Mistreats any living animal by any act or omission whereby unnecessary or unjustifiable physical pain, suffering or death is caused to or permitted upon the animal. (j) Causes or procures to be done by any person any act enumerated in this subsection. (2) Any person who, as the operator of a motor vehicle, strikes a domestic animal shall stop at once and render such assistance as may be possible and shall immediately report the injury or death of the animal to the animal's owner, if the identity of the owner is apparent. If the owner cannot be ascertained or located, such motor vehicle operator shall report the accident to the department or the appropriate law enforcement agency. (3) No person shall color, dye, stain, or otherwise change the natural color of baby chickens, ducklings, other fowl or rabbits; nor shall any person possess for the purpose of sale any chickens, ducklings, other fowl or rabbits which have been so colored. (4) Ponies used at concessions consisting of a wheel-like device to which they are attached must be given sufficient resting time. Resting time shall be one-half hour after working one hour. (5) No one previously convicted of cruelty to an animal shall be issued an animal establishment or kennel permit, or be permitted to adopt a pet pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (6) This section shall not apply to the lawful hunting or trapping of wildlife as provided by law, accepted veterinary practices, accepted livestock and poultry production practices, and activities carried on for scientific or medical research governed by accepted standards. Steel leg hold traps are banned, except if permitted by Caddo Parish Animal Services to remove dangerous or nuisance animals and permits are current from any other pertinent agency. Sec Animal establishment permits; standards. (1) No person shall operate an animal establishment without first obtaining, and subsequently maintaining, a valid permit in compliance with this section. In the event any person shall own or operate more than one facility, they shall be required to obtain a permit for each facility. (2) Applications for such permits shall be made to the department on application forms provided by same. (3) Upon receipt of a properly completed application, the department shall promptly investigate the applicant and the facilities sought to be permitted, to determine if they are in compliance with provisions and requirements of this chapter. They shall report its findings and recommendations to the animal services board which shall, within 30 days of its receipt of same, issue or deny the permit applied for. If the permit is denied, the applicant shall be given written reasons for such denial. (4) Each permit shall be initially effective from the date of issuance through December 31 of the year of issuance. (5) Each permit shall be renewed annually and an application for renewal shall be filed with the department between October 1 and December 1. Renewed applications shall be effective from January 1 to December 31 of the following year. (6) Permittees must comply with the standards and regulations adopted by the department based on standards set forth in title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The department may amend such standards and regulations from time to time for purposes of public health and safety and the protection of animals. The standards and regulations shall be amended only after allowing permittees an opportunity to be heard on the proposed amendments. Notice of said hearing shall be mailed to each permittee at least ten days prior to the hearing date and at least 30 days prior to the effective date of the amendment. The notice shall set forth the amendment in its entirety and shall advise of the date, time and purpose of the hearing and the effective date of the amendment. (7) The department shall provide a copy of applicable standards and regulations with each permit application. Each applicant shall acknowledge, in his application, receipt of said standards and regulations. 716

46 (8) A representative of the department shall have the right of entry, at reasonable hours, upon the premises of permittees and into all areas thereof where animals are kept and maintained, for inspection to ascertain whether the permittee is in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the standards and regulations established under same. Failure of any owner to comply with said provisions, standards, and regulations, or allow reasonable entry and inspection by animal services and mosquito control department representative shall be grounds for revocation of the owner's permit. (9) If, upon inspection, department representatives determine that a permittee is in violation of this chapter, the department shall advise said permittee in writing of the violation and shall inform the permittee that its failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter within 14 days of receipt of said notice shall constitute grounds for removal of all animals from the premises or area subject to violation. If the permittee fails to comply within said period, department representatives may, with the approval of the animal services board and pursuant to a proper court order, proceed to remove the animals from said premises or area. Extended periods for compliance may be granted by the department for good cause shown. In the event it shall become necessary for the department to remove any animal as provided herein, it shall return the animals to the permittee upon termination of the violation for which the animals were removed unless the director determines that the violation justifies revocation of the permittee's permit. Such return, however, shall be contingent upon payment by the permittee of board fees incurred by the removal as established by section Removed animals will become the property of the department 14 days after removal unless the violation is terminated and the board fees incurred as paid or an extension is granted by the director. In the event that such an extension is granted, failure to terminate the violation and pay all boarding fees incurred, including fees for the period of the extension, by the end of said extension shall result in forfeiture of the seized animals to the department. The director may, however, waive all or any portion of the boarding fees incurred under this section for good cause shown. (10) If the owner disagrees with the decision of the director to revoke the permit, he may appeal that decision to the animal services board. The director's decision shall be revoked only by a majority vote of the animal services board. If the board does not revoke the decision, the owner will have an additional ten days pending a request for appeal by the owner. If an appeal is not requested the owner must comply with the director's decision to revoke the permit. The owner must be present or legally represented at the hearing or any right to the appeal will be deemed waived and the ruling of the director will be final. If the permittee disagrees with the decision of the animal services board he may request an appeal as stated in section 8-37(10)b. The effect of any decision to revoke an animal establishment permit shall be suspended during the appeal period, except that the revocation shall take effect immediately where the board finds, and so states in its written decision, that immediate revocation is necessary for protection of public health or safety. Sec Breeders; permits required. No private person shall breed a female dog for the purpose of selling any portion of the litter for profit without first obtaining a permit from Caddo Parish Animal Services. The applicant will provide CPAS with the dog's breed, date of birth and a copy of registration papers, if any. Fees for permits are listed in section Any additional licenses and permits required by local, state, and federal law, if any, must be obtained prior to the issuance of a breeder's permit. Sec Commercial livery stables. In the operation of commercial livery stables: (1) No horse shall be let for riding purposes when it has any injury, illness, or sore which may be negatively affected by such use, or when it is suffering from overheating or exhaustion. (2) All sick horses shall be segregated so as to prevent illness or disease from being transmitted to other animals or to humans. (3) No condition which is injurious to the health of any horse shall be knowingly permitted or maintained. (4) All buildings and sheds used for the stabling and/or boarding of horses shall provide adequate light, ventilation, and protection from the weather, and shall be kept clean and in good repair. 717

47 Sec Keeping of snakes. Secs Reserved. (5) All stable and corral areas where horses are kept shall be sloped and drained so as to keep the surfaces thereof reasonably dry. (6) All riding equipment furnished shall be in a safe condition and shall properly fit the horses and riders for which provided. (7) All horses shall have hooves kept properly cleaned and trimmed and shall be properly shod. (8) Horses shall not be worked in temperatures of 95 degrees Fahrenheit or greater. (1) Pythons and boas of any type in excess of three feet must be registered with the Caddo Parish Animal Services. (2) Any pet store within the parish that sells a snake described in subsection (a) of this section must notify CPAS within three business days of the sale. Information must include the new owner's name, address, and the type and approximate length of snake. (3) The owner/caretaker must notify CPAS if any snake covered in this section escapes, dies, or has a change of ownership. ARTICLE III. - ANIMAL CONTROL Sec Vaccinations of dogs and cats. (4) It shall be unlawful for rabies vaccine to be administered by anyone other than a licensed veterinarian, or a person acting under the direct supervision thereof. (5) It shall be unlawful for anyone other than a licensed veterinarian to sell rabies vaccines except for livestock purposes. Sec Impoundment of dogs and cats; disposition, identification and classification. (1) It shall be the duty of the director to seize and impound any at-large stray dog or cat not tagged with the current official Caddo Parish rabies vaccination registration tag or microchip. Any dog or cat so seized and impounded shall be held for a period of at least four (4) working days during which time the owner may reclaim the dog or cat. The director may also seize and impound tagged dogs which are at large in violation of section Any tagged or microchipped dog which is impounded shall be held for a period of seven (7) working days during which time the owner may reclaim the dog. To reclaim an impounded dog or cat, the owner must pay redemption and board fees as provided in section 8-873, and provide satisfactory proof of ownership. which may include: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) Rabies registration certificate Photo ID of animal as provided by said animal s veterinarian Animal demonstrates recognition of owner Owner can provide photo of pet Detailed description of said animal from veterinarian records If the dog or cat is not legally vaccinated, the owner shall be required to pay an additional fee as provided in section 8-73 to cover the cost of rabies vaccination registration fees. (2) Whenever an animal has been impounded and the owner thereof is known or can be ascertained from the rabies registration tag, microchip or identifying collar or of any other means such as a tattoo or brand, Caddo Parish Animal Services, shall, within 24 hours, notify the own, in writing, of the conditions upon which the animal may be reclaimed. After written notification has been given and the owner has not been reclaimed the animal within seven (7) working days, the rights of the owner are relinquished and the animal becomes property of Caddo Parish Animal Services. Exceptions can be made at the discretion of the director. At the discretion of the director, animals that have not been reclaimed by their owner and become property of Caddo Parish may be processed for adoption, foster care, and rescue or humanely euthanized. 718

48 Sec Adoptions. (3) The director may order the timely euthanasia for any animal lawfully taken into custody at the animal shelter which, in the opinion of the director or shelter veterinarian, is necessary by reason of physical condition of the animal or as is required for other humane reasons. The director, with the concurrence of the shelter veterinarian, may order the timely euthanasia for any animal lawfully taken into custody at the animal shelter which, in the opinion of the director, is appropriate by reason of the animal's temperament. (4) Owners of unwanted animals may bring the animals to the animal shelter and release them to be disposed of at the discretion of the director or shelter veterinarian. Should an owner want to redeem an animal which has been released, all impoundment, board, rabies vaccination, and rabies vaccination registration fees as applicable, must be paid. (5) It shall be the duty of the director to seize any domesticated animal, in addition to dogs and cats, found to be at large, and any non-domesticated (wild) animal that is a potential public health hazard, a nuisance, or is sick or injured. (6) Domesticated animals other than dogs, cats, ferrets and livestock will be held for a period of at least four (4) working days during which time they may, after payment of impoundment and board fees, be claimed by their owners. If the owner does not claim any such animal, the animal may be disposed of at the discretion of the director. (7) Non-domesticated animals shall be relocated or humanely euthanized at the discretion of the director. (8) Any animal reclaimed by owner from Caddo Parish Animal Services has the option to have their animal spayed or neutered prior to it leaving the shelter, for a fee. (9) At-large stray animals impounded for the second time will be required to be spayed or neutered for a fee, and microchipped, prior to being reclaimed by their owners. (1) All animals to be adopted from Caddo Parish Animal Services must be spayed or neutered by a licensed veterinarian, vaccinated against rabies, registered, tagged or microchipped and given one month of heartworm prevention treatment prior to leaving the animal shelter. Adoption fees will be set at reasonable rates and published in the Code of Ordinances. (2) Within fourteen (14) days of adoption, the owner may exchange the adopted animal. (3) All animals over four (4) months of age adopted from animal welfare organizations must be spayed or neutered by a licensed veterinarian prior to release to a new owner (4) A letter of agreement must be signed by the adopter of a puppy or kitten less than four (4) months of age guaranteeing that the animal will be spayed or neutered within 14 days of when the animal reaches four (4) months of age. A spay/neuter voucher will be issued to the adopter by the animal welfare organization at the time of the adoption for redemption at the time of surgery. Sec Animals which bite or scratch persons. (1) If any person shall report to the police department, sheriff's office, Caddo- Shreveport Health Unit or the parish animal services and mosquito control department that a dog or cat has bitten or scratched him or any other person, the director shall seize the animal and confine it for a ten-day observation period in the rabies observation cages maintained on the premises of the departmentof animal services shelter. If the owner of the dog or cat having bitten or scratched a person cannot be determined, the animal will be observed for four days, at which time the dog or cat will be euthanized and its head submitted to the laboratory for testing for rabies. (2) An owner may choose to confine his cat or dog within a veterinary hospital, if the animal is current on its rabies vaccines and the owner provides proof of vaccination to the director. When an owner chooses to confine his dog or cat within a veterinary hospital, the owner shall have 12 hours from the time of the bite or scratch to do so. The animal must be confined in Caddo parish. The owner shall advise the director in which veterinary hospital the dog or cat will be confined in and shall advise the veterinarian that the dog or cat is to be placed 719

49 under observation for biting or scratching. If the dog or cat is not confined within 12 hours, the director may issue a citation to the owner or the dog or cat shall be apprehended and confined by the department. (3) Each veterinarian caring for a dog or cat quarantined for biting or scratching shall submit a report to the director as to the health status of the dog or cat observed by him at the end of the ten-day observation period. (4) If any dog or cat dies during the ten-day observation period, whether at the veterinary hospital or at the animal shelter, the director shall have the head of such dog or cat submitted to the state department of health and human resources laboratory for examination for rabies. (5) If any dog or cat placed under observation for biting or scratching has been injured or becomes sick, in such a state that its recovery is seriously in doubt, or if the sickness of such dog or cat endangers the health of other animals or persons, the director shall have said dog or cat euthanized and its head submitted to the department of health and human resources laboratory for examination for rabies. (6) Home confinement for observation of a dog or cat involved in a bite or scratch may be allowed, at the discretion of the director, if the following conditions are met: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) The dog or cat is currently registered and vaccinated with an approved rabies vaccine. The owner was in compliance with the applicable leash or confinement and restraint requirements of this chapter at the time of the bite. The confinement and conditions thereof have specific approval of the bitten or scratched party, or his proper legal representative, as evidenced by a signed, written agreement, which agreement shall hold the director and the parish harmless for any loss or damage whatsoever which may result from the allowance of such confinement. The dog or cat is examined by a licensed veterinarian after the bite or scratch and written certificate by said veterinarian that the animal appears to be in good health is supplied to the director within 24 hours after the bite or scratch. Immediately upon expiration of the ten-day observation period, a licensed veterinarian shall examine the dog or cat and certify to the director in writing the health and condition of the animal. If the director determines that a dog or cat may be confined at the home of its owner, the owner shall notify the Caddo-Shreveport Health Unit's medical director or the department immediately if the animal shows any symptoms of sickness or abnormal behavior or escapes or dies during confinement. Persons having custody there shall surrender the carcass of the dog or cat which dies during confinement to the health unit or the department. (7) In order for an animal to remain impounded, the victim must have the bite or scratch verified by a licensed medical doctor. Proof of the visit must be provided to the CPAS. (8) Any doctor, hospital, clinic, or other medical facility within the parish that examines and or treats an animal bite of any nature must notify the CPAS. (9) Any certified enforcement dog belonging to a law enforcement agency is exempt from this requirement of this section. Rabies vaccination status of all enforcement dogs shall be retained by the agency involved Sec Release of dogs or cats impounded for observation; fees. (1) The owner shall also be responsible for redeeming their animal as soon as the quarantine period is over. On the 12th day, the animal becomes the property of CPAS. (2) Any owner redeeming a dog or cat impounded for a ten-day observation period shall pay an impounding fee and board fee as provided in section

50 (3) When an animal not otherwise in violation of this title and upon being provoked, breaks the skin of a human being, there will be no fees applicable if the animal is held for observation at the animal shelter. Sec Dangerous and vicious dogs. (1) Dangerous dogs. (a) (b) The animal control center may investigate reported incidents involving dogs that may be dangerous. Upon such investigation, if the director finds the dog to constitute a dangerous dog as defined in this section and section 8-1, said dog shall be so classified. The owner shall receive written notification of the animal control center's classification of the animal. A record of the dog will be maintained in the dangerous dog data base and file system at CPAS. Appeal process. (1) Any owner aggrieved by the director's decision to classify the dog as dangerous may appeal that classification to the animal services board within ten days of notification. The appeal must be heard by the animal services board within ten days after the owner has submitted a notice of appeal. The classification of a dog as dangerous shall be revoked only by a majority vote of the animal services board. (2) Any person aggrieved by any action of the animal services board may appeal said action to the parish commission as stated in section 8-37(10)b. (3) If the owner fails to appeal the classification, all restrictions concerning the dangerous dog must be adhered to. Failure to abide by the restrictions will result in the seizure of the dog. Upon seizure, the dog will become property of animal services and disposed of as deemed appropriate by the director. (c) The owner of a dog that has been classified as "dangerous" shall abide by the following mandates within 30 days after the dog has been so classified: (1) A dangerous dog collar supplied by the animal control center shall be purchased and affixed to the dog to be worn at all times. (2) A computerized microchip will be surgically implanted by the CPAS at the owner's expense. If the dog already has a chip, that chip will be registered with the CPAS. (3) The owner shall immediately notify the animal control center when a dangerous dog: (a) (b) (c) (d) Is loose or unconfined; Has bitten a human being or attacked another animal; Was sold, given away, or died; or Has moved to another address. (4) A dangerous dog must be securely confined indoors or in a securely fenced enclosure and locked pen or structure, suitable to prevent the dog from coming into contact with either a human being other than the owner or any other animal, and designed to prevent the animal from escaping. The pen or structure must have minimum dimensions of six feet by eight feet or an enclosure not less than 48 square feet. Such pen shall have secure sides of sufficient design to prevent the dog from escaping over, under, or through the structure. The enclosures shall provide a humane existence for the dog and protection from the elements. The pen shall meet all of the requirements of a dog pen. The enclosures must be physical in nature, not invisible or electronic. (5) The owner shall prominently display a sign to be provided by the animal control center at the owner's expense on his 721

51 premises at all entry points warning that there is a dangerous dog on the property. (6) A dangerous dog may be off the owner's premises or out of its enclosure only if it is muzzled and restrained by a substantial chain or leash not exceeding four feet in length and under the control of an adult (person who has attained the age of 18 years). The muzzle must be made in a manner that will not cause injury to the dog or interfere with its vision or respiration, but must prevent it from biting any person or animal. (7) The animal control center, in its discretion, may require a dangerous dog to be spayed or neutered. (8) The animal control center, in the exercise of its discretion, shall have the authority to make whatever inspections are deemed necessary to ensure that the provisions recited herein are complied with. (9) Prior to a dangerous dog being sold or given away, the owner shall provide the name, address, and phone number of the new owner to the animal control center. Each owner shall execute a document to be supplied by the animal control center, acknowledging that said owner is aware of the "dangerous dog" classification, and that said owner shall comply with the requirements of this chapter. (10) An owner of a dangerous dog shall have the option to have said dog humanely euthanized at his expense by the animal control center or licensed veterinarian if said owner is unable to comply with the requirements recited herein. (11) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, harbor or possess a dangerous animal on a porch, patio or in any part of a house or building that would allow the animal to exit or escape on its own volition. Screened windows or screened doors alone are considered inadequate. (12) The animal control center shall have the right to inspect the premises of dangerous animals' enclosures to ensure compliance with this part. (13) The owner or keeper shall sign a hold-harmless and indemnification clause in favor of the city-parish. (14) The owning, keeping or harboring of a dangerous animal in violation of this chapter. (15) If the animal control center reasonably believes that an owner cannot or will not abide by the requirements of this subsection (a)(3), the dog may be seized. (d) Continuation of declaration as a dangerous dog. Any dog which has been declared a dangerous dog by any agency or department of this parish, another parish, municipality, county or state shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter for the remainder of its life. The person who owns or possesses any dog declared a dangerous dog by any parish, municipality, county, or state government must notify Caddo Parish Animal Services, if so delegated, of the dog's address and restrictions of maintenance, within ten days of moving the animal into the parish. The restrictions and conditions of maintenance of any dog declared dangerous by this parish, another parish, city, county or state will continue to remain in force while the dog is in this parish. Vicious dog. (a) (b) A dog will not be classified as "vicious" if the threat, injury or damage was sustained by a person who, at the time, was unlawfully on the property with the intent to commit a crime or tort upon the premises occupied by the owner of the dog, or was tormenting, abusing, or assaulting the dog or if the dog was defending or protecting its owner from unjustified attack or assault, or was protecting or defending its young or other animals from harm or attack. The animal control center may investigate reported incidents involving dogs that may be vicious. Upon such investigation, if the animal control center finds the 722

52 dog to constitute a vicious dog as defined in this chapter, said dog shall be so classified. The owner shall receive written notification of the animal control center's classification of the animal. Said notification shall include the procedure for appeal through the animal services board. (c) (d) Any dog that has been classified as "vicious" shall be impounded by the animal control center. The animal will be kept at the animal control center and placed in rabies quarantine, if necessary, for the proper length of time, or held for ten days after the owner's receipt of notification, and then shall be euthanized unless the owner initiates an appeal procedure within this ten-day period. Appeal process. (1) The animal will remain impounded at the animal control center until such time as the animal services board hears and decides the appeal of the owner. The appeal must be heard by the animal services board within ten days after the owner has submitted a notice of appeal. (2) The classification of a dog as "vicious" shall be revoked only by a majority vote of the animal services board. If the board does not revoke the "vicious dog" classification, the dog will be kept an additional ten days pending a request for appeal by the owner. If an appeal is not requested, the dog will then be humanely euthanized at the expense of the owner by the animal control center. If the animal services board revokes the "vicious dog" classification, such dog shall then be classified as "dangerous;" and its owner shall be required to comply with subsection (a) of this section. The owner must be present or legally represented at the hearing or any right to the appeal will be deemed waived and the ruling of the director will be final. (3) Any person aggrieved by any action of the animal services board may appeal said action to the parish commission as stated in section 8-37(10)b. (4) The owner will be responsible for payment of all boarding costs and other fees as may be required to humanely and safely keep the animal at the animal control center through the appeals process. Sec Impounding or destruction of dogs and cats bitten or scratched by known rabid animals. (1) When a dog or cat has been bitten or scratched by a known rabid animal and the dog or cat is currently vaccinated with an approved rabies serum: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) The owner shall have the dog or cat examined by a licensed veterinarian and revaccinated. The veterinarian shall submit a written report to the department as to the health of such animal. The owner shall place the dog or cat that has been bitten in strict isolation for a 90-day period. The dog or cat may be isolated with a licensed veterinary clinic or at the owner's home with the approval of the director after inspection of the home isolation facility. If the owner elects to isolate the animal on his premises, the director shall inspect the security of the animal without notice at least once each week. If the security of the animal is not as approved by the director, the animal shall be seized and transported to the Caddo Parish Animal Shelter and the owner shall be subject to the penalties set forth in section 8-7 and applicable fees set forth in section The owner shall have the dog or cat examined by a licensed veterinarian at the expiration of the 90-day isolation period, and the veterinarian shall submit a written report to the director as to the health of such dog or cat. If the owner of the dog or cat does not desire to have it isolated, he may surrender it to the department for euthanization, after which the head of such animal shall be submitted to the department of health and human resources for analysis. (2) When a dog or cat is bitten or scratched by a known rabid animal and the dog or cat is not currently vaccinated with an approved rabies serum, the owner shall have the dog or cat humanely euthanized by a licensed veterinarian or the 723

53 department and the head of such animal submitted to the state department of health and human resources for analysis; or alternatively, the owner shall have the dog or cat placed in isolation for a period of six months at a licensed veterinary clinic, which shall examine such animal, render a written report on the health thereof to the department. The department shall cause such dog or cat to be euthanized and the head of such animal shall be submitted to the department of health and human resources laboratory for analysis. (3) If the dog or cat should become sick during a period of isolation after being bitten by a known rabid animal, the owner, if the dog or cat is isolated on the owner's premises, or the veterinarian, if the dog or cat is isolated at a veterinary clinic, shall immediately advise the department. The department shall cause such dog or cat to be euthanized and the head of such animal shall be submitted to the department of health and human resources laboratory for analysis. (4) Guard dogs must be kept within a structure or a fenced enclosure at all times. Any premises guarded by a dog shall be prominently posted with a sign containing the wording guard dog or words of similar import. It shall be the owner s responsibility to immediately notify Caddo Parish Animal Services when a guard dog has escaped and is running at large. Sec At-large dogs in municipalities, subdivisions, and other areas. (1) No person shall suffer or permit any dog in his possession, or kept by him about his premises, to run at large on any unenclosed land, or trespass upon any enclosed or unenclosed lands of another. (2) At-large dogs not in compliance with the foregoing shall be subject to impoundment. (3) No dog at large in violation of this section shall be harbored or withheld from animal control officers by any person. Sec Seizure and disposition of animals cruelly treated; search warrant; animal cruelty offenses. (1) When a person is charged with cruelty to animals, said person's animal may be seized by the arresting officer and held pursuant to this section. (2) The seizing officer shall: (a) (b) (c) Notify the owner of the seized animal of the provisions of this section by posting written notice at the location where the animal was seized or by leaving it with a person of suitable age and discretion residing at that location within 24 hours of the seizure. Contact Caddo Parish Animal Services to care for any such animal. CPAS shall retain custody of the animal or find a suitable custodian to care for the animal. A suitable custodian can be defined as a CPAS approved 501(c) (3) private animal welfare society, animal rescue organization or approved CPAS foster care home. The custodian shall retain custody of the animal for the purpose of evidence at trial, subject to order of the court. Photograph the animal within 15 days after posting of the notice of seizure and shall cause an affidavit to be prepared in order to document its condition in accordance with R.S. 15: (3) The seized animal shall be held by the custodian provided for in subsection (2)(b) of this section for a period of 15 consecutive days, including weekends and holidays, after such notice of seizure is given. Thereafter, if a person who claims an interest in such animal has not posted bond in accordance with subsection (4) of this section, the animal may be humanely disposed of by sale, adoption, or euthanasia. (4) A person claiming an interest in any animal seized pursuant to this section may prevent the disposition of the animal as provided for in subsection (2) of this section by posting a bond with Caddo Parish Animal Services within 15 days after receiving notice of such seizure in an amount sufficient to secure payment for all reasonable costs incurred in the boarding and treatment for any seized animal for a 30-day period commencing on the date of initial seizure. Such bond shall not prevent the department, agency, humane society, or other custodian of the animal from disposing of the animal in accordance with subsection (2) of this section at the end of the 30-day period covered by the bond, unless the person claiming an interest posts an additional bond for such reasonable expenses for 724

54 an additional 30-day period. In addition, such bond shall not prevent disposition of the animal for humane purposes at any time, in accordance with subsection (6) of this section. The amount of the bond shall be determined by the department, agency, humane society or other custodian of the animal as authorized by the court in accordance with the current rate for board and on the condition of the animal after examination by a licensed veterinarian. (5) Upon a person's conviction of cruelty to animals, it shall be proper for the court, in its discretion, to order the forfeiture and final determination of the custody of any animal found to be cruelly treated in accordance with this section and the forfeiture of the bond posted pursuant to subsection (4) of this section as part of the sentence. The court may, in its discretion, order the payment of any reasonable or additional costs incurred in the boarding or veterinary treatment of any seized animal prior to its disposition, whether or not a bond was posted by the defendant. In the event of the acquittal or final discharge without conviction of the accused, the court shall, on demand, direct the delivery of any animal held in custody to the owner thereof and order the return of the bond posted pursuant to subsection (4) of this section, less reasonable administrative costs. (6) Nothing in this section shall prevent the euthanasia of any seized animal, at any time, whether or not any bond was posted, if a licensed veterinarian determines that the animal is not likely to survive and is suffering, as a result of any physical condition. In such instances, the court, in its discretion, may order the return of any bond posted, less reasonable costs, at the time of trial. Sec Transportation and Importation of dogs and cats by public carrier. (1) No dog or cat three (3) months of age or older shall be delivered in the parish from out of state by any public carrier unless there is a certificate of a licensed veterinarian at the point of shipment accompanying the dog or cat and the bill of lading therefore, showing that the dog or cat is in good health and has an active rabies vaccination. (2) All dogs or cats less than three (3) months of age brought into the parish from out of state by a public carrier shall be accompanied by a health certificate signed by a licensed veterinarian at place of shipment origin. (3) No animal shall be moved, transferred or transported in a cruel or inhumane manner. (4) No animal shall be transported in the open bed of a truck when being transported on a highway or interstate within the parish unless the animal is enclosed properly in a kennel. Sec Commerce in live animals. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, trade, barter, exchange, lease, rent, donate or display a live animal on a roadside, public right-of-way, sidewalk, street, parkway or any other public property or any property dedicated to public use, a commercial parking lot, or at an outdoor special sale, swap meet, flea market, fair, parking lot sale or similar event, regardless of whether the event is authorized by the property owner. This section shall not apply to humane societies, animal welfare groups, animal control agencies or non-profit organizations sponsoring animal adoption events, whether on public or private property. It further does not apply to any activity undertaken by the department of animal services and mosquito control. Anyone found guilty of violating this provision shall be punished as provided in Section 1-8. Sec Fees. (1) All fees authorized and collected under this article for impoundment, board, and issuance of permits shall be dedicated and used for the operation of the parish animal services and mosquito control department. (2) Redemption fees for dogs and cats confined for being improperly at large shall be as established by the parish commission and evaluated annually. Fees should be clearly written into the ordinance for the public to view. Fees should be assessed by fertile or infertile determination. (3) Permit fees shall be assessed on an annual basis for the calendar year. Anyone falling into more than one category shall be required to obtain permits in each category, but shall be charged only one fee, that being for the highest fee category applicable. Annual permit fees shall be as established by the parish commission, and evaluated annually (4) Miscellaneous fees regarding dangerous dogs shall be as established by the parish commission and evaluated annually. 725

55 (5) Impounded dogs and cats may be released to the owner or keeper upon payment of all relevant fees and fines as set forth: (a) (b) Board, per day or part of a day, shall be charged a reasonable rate set and published by the CPAS. First infraction by owner requiring impoundment of any animal for running at large: Infertile..$30.00 Fertile...$40.00 (c) Second infraction At-large stray animals impounded for the second time will be required to be sterilized and microchipped prior to being reclaimed by their owners. Spay and neuter surgery services will be offered at a reduced fee. (d) (e) Third infraction Fee...$ Each subsequent infraction $ (f) Failure to register with CPAS or vaccinate for rabies...$50.00 (g) Impoundment fee for dangerous dogs: Spayed or neutered Unaltered First offense, per animal $50.00 $ Second offense, per animal Mandatory spay/neutered required. $ Per day, per dog impoundment at animal shelter Shall be charged a reasonable rate set and published by Caddo Parish Animal Services. (h) (i) (j) (k) (l) Owners of dogs and cats impounded at the animal shelter who cannot produce proof of rabies vaccination and rabies vaccination registration will be required to pay the fees as established by the Caddo Parish Animal Ordinance in addition to any fines imposed for failure to vaccinate the animal(s). Upon proof of current rabies inoculation from other parishes or states, the animal shelter will apply only those requirements as stated in section Any animals that are seized, except dogs and cats, livestock or wildlife and exotics, may be released to the owner upon payment of a thirty dollar ($30.00) fine. All other animals, except dogs and cats and livestock, may be held for a period of five (5) working days before disposing of said animal. The director of the animal shelter may reduce the adoption cost of animals for special events in which CPAS is involved, as long as the rabies vaccination registration, rabies vaccination and spay/neuter requirements are met. (m) Fee for rabies vaccination $10.00 Secs Reserved. ARTICLE IV. - LIVESTOCK Sec Running at large prohibited. (a) (b) It shall be unlawful for any horses, mules, cattle, hogs, sheep, goats or geese to run, roam or be at large or on any of the public highways or commons or on any land other than that of the owner of such animals, within the parish. The owner of any horses, mules, cattle, hogs, sheep, goats or geese, who shall suffer or permit any of such animals to run, roam or be at large, or on 726

56 Sec Impoundment Generally. any of the public highways or commons, or on any land other than that of the owner of said animals, within the parish, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. (a) (b) (c) It shall be the duty of any authorized sheriff, constable or justice of the peace of the parish to seize and impound any cattle, horses, mules or other stock running at large within the parish. Any of the animals enumerated that may run, roam or be at large in violation of the provisions of this article may be taken up or confined by any resident or property owner, or any agent or employee of any resident or property owner. The person taking up or confining livestock running at large under provisions of this article shall, within 12 hours thereafter, notify the sheriff, constable or justice of the peace of such taking up or confinement and shall thereupon notify the owner of such livestock, if known, by posting in two conspicuous places along the public road nearest the place of taking up or confinement for ten days and by publication in the official journal of this parish within one week following the day of such taking up or confinement. No person shall be liable for any injury which an animal may receive while it is being taken up as provided in this article. Sec Same Fees. The person taking up or confining any of the animals as provided in this article shall receive $50.00 per head for the first impounded animal and $25.00 per head for each additional animal impounded per trip for each head of horses, mules, cattle, hogs, sheep or goats so taken up, together with $10.00 per head per day for keeping any horses, mules, cattle, hogs, sheep or goats, or geese so taken up. Sec Same Sale. (a) (b) (c) (d) At the expiration of one week following notice of taking up or confinement of animals as provided in this article, should the owner fail to come forward and pay the charges and penalties herein provided, it shall be the duty of the sheriff of this parish or of the constable of the ward in this parish wherein the animals are confined to sell said animals at public auction to the highest bidder for cash and without appraisement, to pay all costs, charges and penalties as herein provided. Such sale shall be made after ten days' notice by publication once in the official journal of the parish. Any funds that may be realized from said sale over and above the costs, charges and penalties shall be given by the sheriff or constable to the owner of the animals sold, if he is known; but if said owner is unknown, then such surplus funds shall be given by the sheriff or constable to the treasurer of the parish, subject to their being called for by the owner or until otherwise directed by the parish commission, as to its disposition; provided, however, that in all cases of such public sales, the sheriff, constable or justice of the peace conducting said sale shall, within ten days after the date thereof, make a full written report of such sale to the parish treasurer, showing all sums realized from such sales and the disposition thereof. The fee of the sheriff or constable in the case of sale of impounded livestock under provisions of this article shall be five percent of the amount of the sale and a charge for giving the notice. The fee shall be as established by the parish commission from time to time. Secs Reserved. ARTICLE V. - NATIVE BIRDS Sec Interfering with song or insectivorous birds. It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with, trap, destroy, wound, shoot or shoot at any native song or insectivorous bird, or destroy or interfere with the nest or eggs of such bird; provided, however, that persons holding state or federal permits allowing such activity and persons legally practicing the art of falconry shall be exempt from the provision of this section. ARTICLE VI. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 727

57 Sec Applicability of chapter to existing conditions All portions of this chapter are effective January 1, Animal owners are expected to comply with all provisions of this chapter by the effective date. Sec Severability. Chapter 8, sections 8-1 thru 8-73 and each section, subsection and provision of said chapter thereunder, are hereby declared to be independent divisions and subdivisions and, notwithstanding any other evidence of legislative intent, it is hereby declared to be the controlling legislative intent that if any provisions of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held to be invalid, the remaining sections or provisions and the application of such sections and provisions to any person or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby, and it is hereby declared that such sections and provisions are severable and would have been passed independently of such section or provision so known to be invalid. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance shall become effective January 1, BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. It was moved by Mr. Johnson, seconded by Mr. Atkins, that Ordinance No of 2016, amending the Caddo Parish Personnel Policy to require that all Parish employees hired, appointed or promoted to Parish Administrator/CEO, Assistant Parish Administrator, Parish Attorney, or Commission Clerk must be residents of Caddo Parish be adopted. Motion carried, as shown by the following roll call votes: AYES: Commissioners Atkins, Bowman, Cawthorne, Chavez, Epperson, Johnson, Linn, and Middleton (8). NAYS: Commissioner Smith (1). ABSENT: Commissioners Dominick, Jackson and Gage-Watts (3). BY THE CADDO PARISH COMMISSION: ORDINANCE NO OF 2016 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CADDO PARISH PERSONNEL POLICY TO REQUIRE THAT ALL PARISH EMPLOYEES HIRED, APPOINTED OR PROMOTED TO PARISH ATIORNEY, ASSISTANT PARISH ADMINISTRATOR, PARISH ADMINISTRATOR/CEO, OR COMMISSION CLERK, MUST BE RESIDENTS OF CADDO PARISH, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO. WHEREAS, the Parish of Caddo seeks to ensure that the broadest pool of potential candidates for public employment are invested in the community in which they live and with the government which employs them; and WHEREAS, the Parish of Caddo seeks to also extend opportunities for advancement to persons who may reside in another parish but are best qualified for the open position. NOW, THEREFORE, BE ITORDAINED by the Caddo Parish Commission in due, regular and legal session convened, that the Parish Personnel Policy be and is hereby amended to read as follows, to-wit: Sec. 206.RESIDENCY a. Effective immediately, employees permanently hired, appointed, or promoted to any of the following listed positions shall be residents of Caddo Parish within one year from the date of commencement of employment, appointment, or promotion and throughout the course of their employment with the Parish: Parish Administrator/CEO, Assistant Parish Administrator, Parish Attorney, Commission Clerk; b. As a condition of hiring, appointment, or promotion to the positions listed in subsection (a), parish employees will be required to show proof of residency within the guidelines established by the Human Resources Department and which complies with Section 106(Q) of the Parish Personnel Policy. Falsifying, materially misrepresenting, misleading proof of residency could be cause for disciplinary action, up to and including termination. 728

58 c. All external and internal employment applications for the positions listed in subsection (a) shall require a statement thereon indicating that residency is a required condition. It was moved by Mr. Johnson, seconded by Mr. Epperson, that Ordinance No of 2016, an ordinance declaring certain adjudicated properties to be surplus and to authorize the Parish Administrator, or a designee, to sell the Parish of Caddo s tax interest in certain surplus adjudicated properties, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto be adopted. Motion carried, as shown by the following roll call votes: AYES: Commissioners Atkins, Bowman, Cawthorne, Chavez, Epperson, Gage- Watts, Jackson, Johnson, Linn, Middleton, and Smith (11). NAYS: None (0). ABSENT: Commissioner Dominick (1). BY THE CADDO PARISH COMMISSION: ORDINANCE NO OF 2016 AN ORDINANCE DECLARING CERTAIN ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES TO BE SURPLUS AND TO AUTHORIZE THE PARISH ADMINISTRATOR, OR A DESIGNEE, TO SELL THE PARISH OF CADDO S TAX INTEREST IN CERTAIN SURPLUS ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO WHEREAS, the hereinbelow described properties are no longer needed for public purposes and should be declared surplus properties; and WHEREAS, the Parish of Caddo has received offers to purchase its tax interest in the hereinbelow described properties as indicated below. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Caddo Parish Commission in due, legal and regular session convened, that the hereinbelow described properties are no longer needed for public purposes and are surplus properties. WHEREAS, the Parish of Caddo has a tax interest in the hereinbelow described properties which have been adjudicated for the non-payment of Parish property taxes; and BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that the Caddo Parish Commission does hereby authorize the sale of its tax interest in the hereinbelow described properties. Property No. 1, S/2 of E/2 of Lot 304, Jones Mabry Sub., Unit 3, a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) Property No. 2, Lot 27, Block 3, Washington, a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) Property No. 3, Lot 7, Knox Subn., a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) Property No. 4, Lot C, Reed Subn., a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) Property No. 5: Lot E, Reed Subn., a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) Property No. 6,Lot 176, Bowman Lane Subn., a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) Property No. 7, 0.638Ac. M/L- A tract of land in NW/4 of NE/4 of Frl. SEC 25(18-14), per Assrs plat, a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) Property No. 8, Lot 29, Edgewood Re-Sub. a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) Property No. 9, Lots 7, 8 & 9, Blk 34, Queensborough, Second Filing, a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) Property No. 10, E. 36 ft. of Lot 60 & W. 20ft of Lot 59, On-A-Home Sub., a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) 729

59 Property No. 11: Lot 27, Blk 17, Mooringside Sub., a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) Property No. 12: Lot 2, Amanda Park, a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) Property No. 13: Lots 376 & 377, Cedar Grove Addn., a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) Property No. 14: Lots 373 & 374, Cedar Grove Addn., a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) Property No 15: Lot 1, Less R/W, Roosevelt Sub., a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) Property No. 16: That portion of Lot 13, lying E. of and Adjacent to Lot 7, Willow Ridge, Unit no. 13, a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) Property No. 17, Lot 11, Norton F. Wilson Sub., a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO# ) Property No. 18: Lot 12 Norton F. Wilson Sub., a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO# ) Property No. 19: West 37 ft of Lot B, Airport Terrace Sub., a subdivision in the City of Shreveport of Caddo Parish, Louisiana as per plat recorded in the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, LA (GEO # ) BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that the Caddo Parish Administrator, or his designee, shall be authorized to do any and all things and to sign any and all documents, including Acts of Cash Sale, in a form acceptable to the Caddo Parish Attorney necessary to effectuate the purposes set forth herein. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that this ordinance shall become effective ten (10) days after publication in the official journal. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. ORDINANCES (For introduction by title) Ordinance No of 2016, amending the Budget of Estimated Revenues & Expenditures for the Riverboat Fund in the amount of $10,000 to provide an appropriation for the Cedar Grove CDC and to otherwise provide with respect thereto Ordinance No of 2016, amending the Budget of Estimated Revenues & Expenditures for the Oil & Gas Fund, the Capital Outlay Fund, and the Economic Development Fund to appropriate $100,000 for a joint summer youth employment program and crime reduction/prevention activities and to otherwise provide with respect thereto Ordinance No of 2016, authorize the Parish Administrator to execute a new cooperative endeavor agreement with Caddo Ward II Industrial Development Corporation concerning management and maintenance of parish owned property known as an industrial park, and to otherwise provide with respect thereto It was moved by Mr. Jackson, seconded by Mrs. Gage-Watts, that the minutes of the Work Session Meeting held on May 16, 2016 be approved. Motion carried. RESOLUTIONS 730

60 It was moved by Mr. Jackson, seconded by Mr. Atkins, that Resolution No. 43 of 2016, authorizing the Caddo Parish Administrator to approve the assignment, bill of sale and conveyance of State Lease to Indigo Resources, LLC, and otherwise providing with respect thereto be approved. Substitute motion by Mr. Johnson, seconded by Mr. Jackson, to englobo the foregoing resolutions. Resolution No. 43 of 2016, authorizing the Caddo Parish Administrator to approve the assignment, bill of sale and conveyance of State Lease to Indigo Resources, LLC, and otherwise providing with respect thereto Resolution No. 44 of 2016, authorize the acceptance of the Louisiana Compliance Questionnaire At this time, Mr. Johnson s motion carried, as shown by the following roll call votes: AYES: Commissioners Atkins, Bowman, Cawthorne, Chavez, Epperson, Gage-Watts, Jackson,Johnson, Linn, Middleton, and Smith (11). NAYS: None. ABSENT: Commissioner Dominick (1). Ms. Frazier pointed out that Resolution No. 43 and No. 44 were englobed by a vote but not approved by vote. It was moved by Mr. Middleton, seconded by Mrs. Gage-Watts, to englobo the foregoing resolutions for approval. Resolution No. 43 of 2016, authorizing the Caddo Parish Administrator to approve the assignment, bill of sale and conveyance of State Lease to Indigo Resources, LLC, and otherwise providing with respect thereto Resolution No. 44 of 2016, authorize the acceptance of the Louisiana Compliance Questionnaire At this time, Mr. Middleton s motion carried, as shown by the following roll call votes: AYES: Commissioners Atkins, Bowman, Cawthorne, Chavez, Epperson, Gage-Watts, Jackson,Johnson, Linn, Middleton, and Smith (11). NAYS: None (0). ABSENT: Commissioner Dominick (1). BY THE CADDO PARISH COMMISSION: RESOLUTION NO. 43 OF 2016 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CADDO PARISH ADMINISTRATOR TO APPROVE THE ASSIGNMENT, BILL OF SALE AND CONVEYANCE OF STATE LEASE TO INDIGO RESOURCES, L.L.C., AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO WHEREAS, the Parish of Caddo is the Lessor in that certain oil, gas and mineral lease from the Caddo Parish Commission to Cypress Energy Corporation, in State Agency Lease 20279, dated March 10, 2010 and recorded at registry No of the conveyance records of Caddo Parish, Louisiana; and WHEREAS, State Agency Lease has been conveyed by several assignments to Compass Energy Operating, L.L.C.; and WHEREAS, the Parish of Caddo has received a written request from Indigo Resources, L.L.C., seeking approval from the Caddo Parish Commission of an assignment of State Agency Lease from Compass Energy Operating, L.L.C., to Indigo Resources, L.L.C. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Caddo Parish Commission in due, regular and legal session convened, that the Administrator is hereby authorized to approve the assignment, bill of sale and conveyance of State Lease from Compass Energy Operating, L.L.C., to Indigo Resources, L.L.C. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED 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 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 this resolution shall take effect immediately. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. RESOLUTION NO. 44 OF

61 BY THE CADDO PARISH COMMISSION: A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE LOUISIANA COMPLIANCE QUESTIONNAIRE WHEREAS, the Caddo Parish Commission is required to complete the Louisiana Compliance Questionnaire which addresses the Commission s compliance with various State and Federal laws and regulations; and WHEREAS, upon completion of the questionnaire, the questionnaire must be presented to and adopted by the Commission by means of a formal resolution in an open meeting; and WHEREAS, the completed questionnaire and a copy of the adoption instrument must be presented to the Commission s auditor at the beginning of the audit which is anticipated to begin in May 2016; and adoption; and WHEREAS, the questionnaire has been completed and is now hereby presented for NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Caddo Parish Commission, in due, legal and regular session convened, hereby accepts the Louisiana Compliance Questionnaire as presented and accepts full responsibility for the Commission s compliance with the laws and regulations addressed by the questionnaire. 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 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 this resolution shall take effect immediately. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all resolution or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. It was moved by Mr. Epperson, seconded by Mr. Johnson, that Resolution No. 47 of 2016, urge and request the Louisiana Legislature to change enabling legislation to require that members of the Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Commission be elected by the votes, and otherwise providing with respect thereto be approved. Mr. Chavez stated that he was not aware of any other Planning Commissions in the State of Louisiana that had their members elected, but wanted to check with Legal to see if they were aware of any of those agencies being elected and is it legal. Ms. Frazier stated that this resolution is asking the Legislature to make that change, not that the Commission make that change. Mr. Chavez believes this change would only make it more political and turn it into a popularity contest. Answering a question from Mr. Chavez regarding the reason for this change, Mr. Epperson stated that the MPC is already politicized, and he believes this change would make those serving more responsive to the citizens of this Parish. Mr. Epperson stated what he has observed from this current board is terrible and shows that they have very little regard for the public. Mr. Epperson stated there is no accountability from this board. Since the Legislation currently has this board being appointed, it is his desire to ask the Legislature to make the MPC Board and elected board of officials. Mr. Johnson stated that the MPC is a very political body, so do not believe it is not political at any time. He agreed there is no accountability to the people from the MPC. He also pointed to the removal of one board member last year because a Commissioner was not allowed to talk at a MPC meeting. Mr. Johnson supports this resolution to allow the Legislature to at least study making it an elected position. Mr. Atkins stated it is important that we be respectful of the citizens that come to be part of the political process but he fears making it an elected position could make it more political than it already is. Mr. Jackson is open to letting the Legislature at least take a look at this issue and decide what might be a better fit in today s times. He would like to discuss items related to the MPC and businesses trying to bring business to this area. Mr. Jackson would like to see the MPC would be a tool for business growth and not obstruction. a study case. Mr. Cawthorne applauded Mr. Epperson, but he believes the Legislature might make for Mr. Linn agreed with Mr. Epperson on certain issues but he is not sure changing these 732

62 positions to elected would serve the citizens of Caddo Parish and the City of Shreveport any better than they are currently served. Mr. Linn stated that he will vote no for Resolution No. 47 of Mr. Johnson Called for the Question, seconded by Mrs. Gage Watts. Motion carried, as shown by the following roll call votes: AYES: Commissioners Atkins, Bowman, Cawthorne, Epperson, Gage-Watts, Jackson, Johnson, Linn, Middleton, and Smith (10). NAYS: Commissioner Chavez (1). ABSENT: Commissioner Dominick (1). At this time, Mr. Epperson s motion failed, as shown by the following roll call votes: AYES: Commissioners Cawthorne, Epperson, Gage-Watts, Jackson, Johnson, and Smith (6). NAYS: Commissioners Atkins, Bowman, Chavez, Linn and Middleton (5). ABSENT: Commissioner Dominick (1). It was moved by Mr. Middleton, seconded by Mr. Bowman, that Resolution No. 48 of 2016, Recognizing National Police Week 2016 and to honor the service and sacrifice of those Law Enforcement Officers killed in the line of duty while protecting our communities and safeguarding our democracy be approved. Motion carried, as shown by the following roll call votes: AYES: Commissioners Atkins, Bowman, Cawthorne, Chavez, Epperson, Gage-Watts, Jackson, Johnson, Linn, Middleton, and Smith (11). NAYS: None. ABSENT: Commissioner Dominick (1). BY THE CADDO PARISH COMMISSION: RESOLUTION NO. 48 OF 2016 A RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE NATIONAL POLICE WEEK 2016 AND TO HONOR THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF THOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY WHILE PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITIES AND SAFEGUARDING OUR DEMOCRACY WHEREAS, there are approximately 900,000 law enforcement officers serving in communities across the United States, including the dedicated members of various agencies serving the Parish of Caddo; WHEREAS, there have been 15,725 assaults against law enforcement officers in 2014, resulting in approximately 13,824 injuries; WHEREAS, since the first recorded death in 1791, more than 20,000 law enforcement officers in the United States have made the ultimate sacrifice and have been killed in the line of duty; WHEREAS, the names of these dedicated public servants are engraved on the walls of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C.; WHEREAS, 252 new names of fallen heroes are being added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial this spring, including 123 officers killed in 2015 and 129 officers killed in previous years; WHEREAS, the service and sacrifice of all officers killed in the line of duty were honored during the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund s 28 th Annual Candlelight Vigil, on the evening of May 13, 2016; WHEREAS, the Candlelight Vigil is part of National Police Week, which takes place this year on May 15-21; NOTE: Because May 15, 2016 falls on a Sunday, some events took place before the official dates of police week THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Caddo Parish Commission formally designates May 15-21, 2016, as Police Week in Caddo Parish, and publicly salutes the services of law enforcement officers in our community and in communities across the nation. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED 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 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 this resolution shall take effect immediately. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. OLD BUSINESS It was moved by Mr. Bowman, seconded by Mr. Jackson, that Ordinance No of 2016, amending the Budget of Estimated Revenues and Expenditures for the Capital Outlay Fund in the amount of $475,000 to provide an appropriation for a sewer project for the Town of Greenwood and to otherwise provide with respect thereto be reconsidered and adopted as amended. Motion carried, as shown by the following roll call votes: AYES: Commissioners Bowman, Cawthorne, Chavez, Epperson, 733

63 Gage-Watts, Jackson, Johnson, Linn, and Smith (9). NAYS: Commissioners Atkins and Middleton (2). ABSENT: Commissioner Dominick (1). BY THE CADDO PARISH COMMISSION: ORDINANCE NO OF 2016 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BUDGET OF ESTIMATED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE CAPITAL OUTLAY FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $475,000 TO PROVIDE AN APPROPRIATION FOR A SEWER PROJECT FOR THE TOWN OF GREENWOOD AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO WHEREAS, the 2016 Oil and Gas Fund budget includes a transfer of $475,000 from the 2016 General Fund budget to the 2016 Capital Outlay Fund budget to help fund a sewer project for the Town of Greenwood; and WHEREAS, the Commission approved the transfer to the Capital Outlay Fund from the Oil and Gas Fund; however, the Commission did not approve a corresponding expenditure appropriation or transfer-in for the Capital Outlay Fund; and WHEREAS, all fund budgets are stand-alone budgets and a changes in one fund budget that affects another fund budget must be adopted in each fund; and WHEREAS, each fund s budget must contain estimates of all proposed revenues, expenditures, and other financing sources and uses (transfers-in and transfers-out); and WHEREAS it is necessary to amend the 2016 Capital Outlay Fund Budget to provide an appropriation of $475,000 to help fund a sewer project for the Town of Greenwood and to recognize a transfer from the Oil and Gas Fund to finance the sewer project; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Caddo Parish Commission in due, legal and regular session convened, that Budget of Estimated Revenues and Expenditures for the Capital Outlay Fund for the year 2016 is hereby amended as follows: Capital Outlay Fund Public Works (Road & Bridge) Greenwood Sewer Project $475,000 Transfer Oil and Gas Fund $475,000 Budget Increase (Decrease) BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that the town of Greenwood will be required to submit periodic reports to the Parish on the use of these funds. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that if any provision or items of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that this ordinance shall take effect upon adoption. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. NEW BUSINESS It was moved by Mr. Epperson, seconded by Mr. Middleton, to approve crafting of Special Resolution Recognizing and Welcoming the Mississippi Army National Guard 106 th Brigade for the occasion of May 28, Motion carried, as shown by the following roll call votes: AYES: Commissioners Atkins, Bowman, Cawthorne, Chavez, Epperson, Gage-Watts, Jackson, Johnson, Linn, Middleton, and Smith (11). NAYS: None. ABSENT: Commissioner Dominick (1). Mr. Epperson asked that Ms. Barnett provide the information on the order that was passed by President Obama for the public to hear. Ms. Barnett stated that starting December 2016, the Executive Order that was passed by President Obama will affect supervisors that make less than $22.50 an hour. Those people will lose the non-exempt status, so when they work over 40 hours, the Parish will be required to pay them overtime. She stated that she is not sure how many people that is at this time, but it will affect a few of the supervisors. Mr. Epperson would like this to be put under the Administrator s Report once they have all of the details. 5:16 p.m. There being no further business to come before the body the meeting was adjourned at 734

64 Todd Hopkins Commission Clerk Matthew Linn President 735

65 ORDINANCE NO OF 2016 BY THE CADDO PARISH COMMISSION: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BUDGET OF ESTIMATED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE RIVERBOAT FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 TO PROVIDE AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CEDAR GROVE CDC AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO WHEREAS, the 2016 Riverboat Fund budget includes an of appropriation of $10,000 for the Five Phase Fellowship Church; and WHEREAS, the Five Phase Fellowship Church has declined the appropriation from the Commission; and WHEREAS, the Commission would like to appropriate the $10,000 that will not be used by the Five Phase Fellowship Church to the Cedar Grove CDC; and WHEREAS, the Cedar Grove CDC will use the funds to help revitalize the Cedar Grove community; and WHEREAS it is necessary to amend the 2016 Riverboat Fund Budget to provide an appropriation of $10,000 for the Cedar Grove CDC; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Caddo Parish Commission in due, legal and regular session convened, that Budget of Estimated Revenues and Expenditures for the Riverboat Fund for the year 2016 is hereby amended as follows: Budget Increase (Decrease) Riverboat Fund NGO Appropriations Cedar Grove CDC $10,000 Five Phase Fellowship Church ($10,000) BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that this ordinance shall take effect upon adoption. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved as to legal form: Parish Attorney Date

66 ORDINANCE NO of 2016 BY THE CADDO PARISH COMMISSION: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BUDGET OF ESTIMATED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE OIL AND GAS FUND, THE CAPITAL OUTLAY FUND, AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND TO APPROPRIATE $100,000 FOR A JOINT SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM AND CRIME REDUCTION/PREVENTION ACTIVITIES AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO WHEREAS, Summer Youth Employment is one of many essential tools identified the US Department of Justice and other Law Enforcement agencies to prevent and reduce crime during the summer months; and WHEREAS, Summer Employment for youth provide life skills such as job training, financial management, self-discipline and team skills; and WHEREAS, the current 2016 budget for the Parish of Caddo s Summer Employment Program allows for the employment of 48 summer workers for 8 to 10 weeks; and WHEREAS, the current 2016 budget for the City of Shreveport s Summer Employment Program allows for the employment of 50 summer workers for 8 to 10 weeks; and WHEREAS, the City of Shreveport and the Parish of Caddo are currently experiencing a spike in crime as we lead into the summer months; and WHEREAS, the Caddo Parish Commission seeks to offer some programmatic solutions to the recent spike in crime; and WHEREAS, the Commission has $100,000 appropriated in the Capital Outlay Fund for law enforcement equipment for the Caddo Parish Sheriff; and WHEREAS, the Commission would like to remove the $100,000 for law enforcement equipment for the Sheriff from the Capital Outlay Fund and add $100,000 for various safe summer program initiatives to the Economic Development Fund which allows the appropriation to be budget neutral; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Caddo Parish Commission in due, legal and regular session convened, that Budget of Estimated Revenues and Expenditures for the Oil and Gas Fund, the Capital Outlay Fund, and the Economic Development Fund for the year 2016 are hereby amended as follows: Budget Increase (Decrease) Oil and Gas Fund Transfer to Economic Development Fund $100,000 Transfer to Capital Outlay Fund ($100,000) Capital Outlay Fund Administration Law Enforcement Equipment ($100,000) Transfer from Oil and Gas Fund ($100,000) Economic Development Fund Transfer from Oil and Gas Fund $100,000 NGO Appropriations: Summer Youth Employment Program $30,000 Midnight Basketball $10,000 Safe Summer Concert Series $20,000 Overtime for Public Safety Patrol $20,000 Baptist Ministers Alliance Gun Buy Back Program $20,000 BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the City of Shreveport shall provide matching funds for the Summer Youth Employment Program and in-kind services and support for all other programs and activities. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Caddo Parish Commission and the Caddo Parish Sheriff s Office enter into a Cooperative Endeavour Agreement to have the Community Oriented Policing Department oversee and administer all programs except the Summer Youth Employment Program. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that this ordinance shall take effect upon adoption. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

67 Approved as to legal form: Parish Attorney Date

68 ORDINANCE NO OF 2016 BY THE CADDO PARISH COMMISSION: AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE PARISH ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE A NEW COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH CADDO WARD II INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION CONCERNING MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF PARISH OWNED PROPERTY KNOWN AS A INDUSTRIAL PARK, AND TO OTHERWISE PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERETO WHEREAS, the Parish of Caddo is the owner of a tract of land in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, as fully described herein as: The South Half of the Northwest Quarter & North Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 6, Township 21 North, Range 15 West, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, containing 160 acres more or less (Geo# ); and, all of the Northeast Quarter of Section 1, Township 21 North, Range 16 West, Lying Northeast of Old Vivian & Mooringsport Road, per Assessor s County Plat, all being located in Caddo Parish, Louisiana and containing 69 acres more or less (Geo# ). WHEREAS, Caddo Ward II Industrial Development Corporation, a non-profit economic development corporation is the owner of approximately 706 acres located adjacent to the above referred to property owned by the Parish of Caddo; and WHEREAS, the property owned by the Parish together with the property owned by Caddo Ward II Industrial Development Corporation is being used as an industrial park and has been recognized to be an industrial park and has been managed by Caddo Ward II Industrial Development Corporation; and and WHEREAS, all of the above referred real estate is known as the Ward II Industrial Park; WHEREAS, Ordinance No of 2007 adopted by the Caddo Parish Commission on August 23, 2007 authorized the execution of a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with Caddo Ward II Industrial Development Corporation for the management and maintenance of the real property owned by Caddo Ward II Industrial Development Corporation as an industrial park and has continued informally managing and maintaining the property owned by the Parish as an industrial park since the expiration of that Cooperative Endeavor Agreement on December 31, 2012; and WHEREAS, the Parish has funded infrastructure road improvements in and to the park for a period in excess of six years; and WHEREAS, Caddo Ward II Industrial Development Corporation has expended funds in developing the infrastructure of the park located on the property owned by Caddo Ward II Industrial Development Corporation; and WHEREAS, Caddo Ward II Industrial Development Corporation meets on a monthly basis and knows the day to day activities of all property within the industrial park including the property owned by the Parish and Caddo Ward II Industrial Development Corporation; and WHEREAS, it is the primary goal of the Caddo Ward II Industrial Development Corporation to attract industries to locate within the Industrial Park; and WHEREAS, the objective of Caddo Ward II Industrial Development Corporation is to lower the unemployment rate; provide an increased number of jobs to the citizens of Caddo Parish Ward II area; and to increase the tax base of the Caddo Parish Ward II area; and WHEREAS, Caddo Ward II Industrial Development Corporation has implemented goals, objectives, and a plan of action to develop the industrial park to attract industries to locate within the industrial park. WHEREAS, Caddo Ward II Industrial Development Corporation desires to act as a supervisory board for the purpose of operating and maintaining the property owned by the Parish located within the industrial park area. WHEREAS, the Caddo Parish Commission has determined that it is in the best interest of the citizens and taxpayers of Caddo Parish to enter into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with Caddo Ward II Industrial Development Corporation to set forth the rights and obligations of the parties concerning the industrial park. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Caddo Parish Commission in due, regular and legal session convened, that the Caddo Parish Commission does hereby authorize the Parish of

69 Caddo to enter into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with Caddo Ward II Industrial Development Corporation to set forth the rights and obligations of the parties in managing and maintaining the industrial park in North Caddo Parish, Louisiana. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that the Caddo Parish Administrator or his designee shall be authorized to do any and all things and to sign any and all contracts and other documents in a form acceptable to the Caddo Parish Attorney necessary to effectuate the purposes set forth herein. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that this ordinance shall become effective upon ten (10) days after publication in the official journal. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved as to legal form: Office of The Parish Attorney Date

70 DRAFT DRAFT SHREVEPORT METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION SUMMARY MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING APRIL 20, 2016 NOTE: This meeting was held at a later date this month due to staff & Board participation in the American Planning Association State Conference. A regularly scheduled public hearing of the Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Commission was held on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at Government Plaza Chamber, 505 Travis Street, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA. The membersmet for lunch prior to the public hearing. Members Present Staff Present Mark Sweeney, Executive Director Ronnie Remedies, Vice Chair Sandi Austin, Administrative Assistant Nancy Cooper, Secretary Diane Tullos, Office Administrator Dale Colvin Ebony Mapp, Planner 2 Lea Desmarteau Alan Clarke, Zoning Administrator Dr. Phillip Pennywell, Jr Stephen Jean, Deputy Director Bessie Smith Theron Jackson Members Absent Alan Young, Chair Winzer Andrews Others Present Chanel 6 News Team The hearing was opened with prayer by MR. JACKSON. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by MR. REMEDIES. The meeting was called to order & the procedure in hearing the applications on today s agenda was explained. Speakers should speak clearly into the microphone & give their name & mailing address for further reference. Comments on any item not on the agenda will be limited to 3 minutes at the end of our public hearing. All decisions rendered by the Metropolitan Planning Commission are subject to appeal to the appropriate governing body, either the City Council or the Caddo Parish Commission. Appeals must be filed within 10 days from the date a decision is rendered by the Metropolitan Planning Commission. The MPC s newest Member, Mr. Theron Jackson (who replaced resigned member Michael Newman) was welcomed & introduced to the public. He has vast experience in serving the public, having been a City Council representative from 1994 to A motion was made by MRS. SMITH, seconded by MR. COLVIN to approve the minutes of the March 16, 2016 public hearing as submitted. The motion was adopted by the following 7-0 vote: Ayes: Messrs. REMEDIES, COLVIN, JACKSON, & DR PENNYWELL, & Mses. DESMARTEAU, COOPER, & SMITH. Nays: None. Absent: Messrs. YOUNG & ANDREWS. CASE NO. P-5-16: Application by the METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION to amend & reenact Chapters 106 & 54 relative to Site Plan Approval Summary: Currently, site plans are being held up in a 60-day time frame so they can be heard by the MPC Board as required by ordinance. There has been an expressed desire by the development community & policy makers to find a way to accelerate the timeline for site plan review. Therefore, this proposed amendment in advance of the adoption of the UDC will empower the Executive Director to administratively approve all site plans, thereby expediting the review & approval process. THERE WERE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS A motion was made by MR. COLVIN, seconded by MRS. SMITH to recommend that the City Council & the Parish Commission approve this ordinance amendment as submitted. The motion was adopted by the following 7-0 vote: Ayes: Messrs. REMEDIES, COLVIN, JACKSON, & DR PENNYWELL, & Mses. DESMARTEAU, COOPER, & SMITH. Nays: None. Absent: Messrs. YOUNG & ANDREWS.

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