Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils. To see the full agendas, check out the links below:
Parish Council
Final Adoption
Rue Du Belier widening. Lafayette Parish is set to receive nearly $2 million in state reimbursements for the planning and construction of the Rue Du Belier Road widening project, with the parish matching those funds with just over $640,000 in capital outlay dollars. The parish has several road projects in the area, including a road widening and roundabout project on Duhon Road intersecting with Rue De Belier Road.
Introduction
Magnolia Kids Club land donation. The non-profit organization has requested three properties to be donated by the parish to use as agricultural land to hold livestock for educational purposes and events. All the properties — 131, 135 and the 200 block of Malveaux Road — were adjudicated in or before 2018, with over $11,000 owed in back taxes, and had been previously used as agricultural land. Magnolia Kids Club offers programming for children in Acadiana, with an emphasis on facilitating entrepreneurship and business ideas.
City Council
Final Adoption
Zoning adjustment near UL. Kishbaugh Properties LLC, which is currently planning a townhouse complex near the Saints Streets, is requesting the rezoning of 434 Eraste Landry Road from industrial to a form of mixed-use zoning that would allow the property to become part of the development. The change received a recommendation from the city zoning commission. Kishbaugh successfully applied to rezone much of the surrounding property last year. The complex could help add more housing choices to address increasing demand and affordability needs, commissioners said in their recommendation.
University Avenue Corridor Phase 2. Lafayette is set to receive $5 million in grants from the Federal Highway Administration for phase two of the University Avenue Corridor project, with a local match of $1.25 million. Lafayette is leading the project, but is partnering with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, which will take the city’s engineering plan to bid. The project includes adding a variety of pedestrian safety measures between Dorothy Street and Jeanne Street along the corridor, along with adding drainage improvements between Jeanne and Amelia streets…