Governmental Affairs Committee

May 13, 2024 10:00 AM

City Council Chamber

1. Roll Call

2. Approval of the minutes from the April 17, 2024 meeting

3. Appointments

a. Central Business District Historic District Landmarks Commission
i. Seamus McGuire

b. Metropolitan Human Services District
i. Denise Dugas
ii. Taslim Van Hattum
iii. Stuart Simon
iv. Tenisha Stevens

4. Juvenile Intervention Services Programming Report presentation by Jesse Chanin, PhD., Researcher and Consultant

5. Ord. Cal. No. 34,653 By: Councilmember Harris (By Request) – AN ORDINANCE to authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement (“CEA”) between the City of New Orleans (“City”), the River District Neighborhood Investors, LLC (“RDNI”), the New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority Economic Growth and Development District (“District”), the RDNI Subdistrict within the District (“RDNI Subdistrict”) and the RDNI Municipal Economic Development District (“Municipal RDNI District”), collectively referred to as the “Parties,” for a term greater than one year, for the public purpose of creating large scale multi-faceted mixed use economic development projects comprised of 450 units of affordable and workforce rental housing, including the infrastructure within the RDNI Subdistrict necessary to support said housing, contained in the Master Development Agreement; market rate housing; retail, sports and entertainment venues; office space and hotels; public open spaces; and significant projects reflecting the City’s rich culture, heritage and history (“Development”); to encourage inclusive economic growth and economic mobility by creating new jobs, revitalizing neighborhoods, investing in people and in priority industries, and creating systems to thrive; and generally promoting the economic development of the City of New Orleans, as more fully detailed in the CEA form attached hereto as Exhibit “1”; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

Amendment to Ord. Cal. No. 34,653 By: Councilmember Harris – An amendment to Ord. Cal. No. 34,653 to ensure WHEREAS recitals in the ordinance match the corresponding recitals in the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement.

6. Adjournment

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