Orleans Parish

Shall the City of New Orleans (the "City"), incur debt and issue up to two hundred and sixty million dollars ($260,000,000) of bonds, in one or more series, said bonds to run up to thirty (30) years from the date thereof, to bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding nine percent (9%) per annum, and to be general obligations of the City payable from ad valorem taxes to be levied and collected in the manner provided by Article VI, Section 33 of the 1974 Louisiana Constitution and other constitutional and statutory authority, for the following purposes: $162,900,000 for improvements to major and minor streets, including rehabilitation, reconstruction, base stabilization, drainage adjustments and related sidewalks, curbing, bridge replacement and improvement, urban systems, traffic signal control, improvements required under the Americans with Disabilities Act, and related administrative and maintenance facilities; $43,545,000 for acquiring, constructing, improving, equipping and/or renovating parks, playgrounds and recreation facilities, together with lighting improvements, including without limitation, Brechtel Park, Armstrong Park, City Park, Audubon Park, Pontchartrain Park, the Pan American Stadium and NORD facilities citywide; provided that from this amount, $10,000,000 shall be dedicated to the purpose of acquisition of equipment and improvements for playgrounds and recreation facilities owned by the City of New Orleans in all five Council districts, including but not limited to swings, playground equipment, basketball courts, safety surfacing, walkways, lighting, fencing, benches, signage, water fountains, landscaping, and trash receptacles. A Citizens Recreation Advisory Committee appointed by the City Council shall make recommendations to the Council and the Executive Branch regarding expenditure of the said $10,000,000; $8,100,000 for acquiring, constructing, improving, equipping and/or renovating public libraries; and $45,455,000 for acquiring, constructing, improving, equipping and/or renovating other public buildings and facilities, including, without limitation, City Hall, Criminal Courts Buildings, Vieux Carre Commission Offices, French Market, the New Orleans Museum of Art and police and fire department stations and facilities?

Shall the City of New Orleans levy a special annual fee, to be called the Kenilworth Improvement Fee, on all parcels situated within the boundaries of the Kenilworth Improvement District (which District is comprised of the area of the city of New Orleans bounded by: the mid-line of Morrison Road on the south, New Castle Street on the west, including parcels on both sides of the street, Wales Street on the north, including parcels on both sides of the street that have municipal addresses on Wales Street and the mid*line of Mayo Road on the east) as specified by Resolution R-04-562 of the City Council of New Orleans in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200) annually for six (6) years, beginning in 2005 and ending in 2010, to be used solely and exclusively for the purpose of promoting and enhancing the security, beautification and overall betterment of the Kenilworth Improvement District as determined and managed by the Board of Commissioners of the Kenilworth Improvement District which security shall be supplemental to and not in lieu of personnel and services provided in the District by the New Orleans Police Department?

Shall the City of New Orleans levy a special annual fee, to be called the Lake Oaks Improvement fee, on all taxable real property situated within the boundaries of the Lake Oaks Subdivision Improvement District (which District includes all property as defined in Act 199 of the 2004 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature) as specified by Resolution R-04-589 of the City Council of New Orleans in an amount not to exceed four hundred dollars ($400) annually for six (6) years, beginning in 2005 and ending in 2010, to be used solely and exclusively for promoting and encouraging the beautification, security, and overall betterment of the Lake Oaks Subdivision Improvement District as determined and managed by the Board of Commissioners of the Lake Oaks Subdivision Improvement District which security shall be supplemented to and not in lieu of personnel and services provided in the District by the New Orleans Police Department?

Shall the City of New Orleans levy a special annual fee, to be called the Lakeshore Crime Prevention Fee, on all parcels situated within the boundaries of the Lakeshore Crime Prevention District (which District is comprised of the area of the parish of Orleans as defined in Act 200 of the 2004 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature) as specified by Resolution R-04-563 of the City Council of New Orleans in an amount not to exceed three hundred sixty dollars ($360) annually for six (6) years, beginning in 2005 and ending in 2010, to be used solely and exclusively to aid in crime prevention and to add to the security of District residents by providing for an increase in the presence of law enforcement personnel in the District as determined and managed by the Board of Commissioners of the Lakeshore Crime Prevention District which security shall be supplemental to and not in lieu of personnel and services provided in the District by the New Orleans Police Department?

Shall the City of New Orleans levy a special annual fee, to be called the Lakewood Crime Prevention and Improvement Fee, on all parcels (a parcel being defined as a lot or lots upon which only one main house is situated) situated within the boundaries of the Lakewood Crime Prevention and Improvement District (which District is comprised of that area of the city of New Orleans as defined in Act 230 of the 2004 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature) as specified by Resolution R-04-564 of the City Council of New Orleans in an amount not to exceed four hundred fifty dollars ($450) annually for six (6) years, beginning in 2005 and ending in 2010, to be used solely and exclusively to aid in crime prevention and to promote the beautification and overall betterment of the Lakewood Crime Prevention and Improvement District as determined and managed by the Board of Commissioners of the Lakewood Crime Prevention and Improvement District which additional security shall be supplemental to and not in lieu of personnel and services provided in the District by the New Orleans Police Department?

Shall the City of New Orleans renew the levy of a special annual fee, called the Lake Carmel Security and Beautification Fee, on all taxable real property situated within the boundaries of the Lake Carmel Subdivision Improvement District (which District is comprised of all property zoned and used as single-family residential property within the area of Orleans Parish bounded by the northeast intersection of the Jahncke Canal right*-of-way of the 1-10 Service Road; thence north 36 degrees, 27 minutes, 35 seconds west for a distance of 301.68 feet to a point, thence north 58 degrees 51 minutes 53 seconds east for a distance of 80.35 feet to a point of beginning; thence north 58 degrees, 51 minutes, 53 seconds east for a distance of 948.74 feet to a point of curvature; thence along an arc curving to the left and having a radius of 1,430 feet for a distance of 498.82 feet to a point of tangency; thence north 33 degrees, 5 minutes, 25 seconds east for a distance of 76.61 feet to a point at the west right-of-way line of West Renaissance Court, 1-10 Service Road, the Gannon Canal, and the real property lines of lots fronting on North Lake Carmel Drive and Chatelain Court, plus all property abutting west of the Lake Carmel Subdivision), as specified by Resolution R-04-561 of the City Council of New Orleans in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) annually for six (6) years, beginning in 2005 and ending in 2010, to be used solely and exclusively for promoting and encouraging the beautification, security, and overall betterment of the Lake Carmel Subdivision as determined and managed by the Board of Commissioners of the Lake Carmel Subdivision Improvement District which security shall be supplemental to and not in lieu of personnel and services provided in the District by the New Orleans Police Department?

To guarantee the right of every citizen to hunt, fish and trap, subject to regulation, restriction, or prohibition as provided by law. (Adds Article I, Section 27)

To provide that homestead exempt property is limited to property owned and occupied by the owners; to provide for land classified and assessed at use value; to provide that a field which qualifies for a homestead exemption may have timber on it; to prohibit granting the homestead exemption to bond for deed property unless granted before June 20, 2003; to explicitly prohibit more than one homestead exemption applying to any person; and to require the homestead exemption to extend to the following: (1) The surviving spouse when the homestead is occupied by the surviving spouse and title to it is in the surviving spouse's name as owner of any interest or an usufructuary, or in the name of a testamentary trust established for the benefit of the surviving spouse or the descendants, or to the former spouse when the homestead is occupied by the former spouse and title to it is in the name of either or both of the former spouses. (2) Property owned by an irrevocable trust when the principal beneficiary or beneficiaries are the settlor or settlors of the trust and were the immediate prior owners of the homestead, and the homestead is occupied as such by a principal beneficiary. (3) Property where the usufruct has been granted to no more than two usufructuaries who occupy the homestead and who were the immediate prior owners of the homestead. (4) A natural person or persons and to an irrevocable trust created by a natural person or persons in which the beneficiaries of the trust are a natural person or persons if the criteria above is otherwise satisfied. (5) Property owned, limited to the prorata ownership interest of the person occupying the homestead unless provided otherwise above. (Amends Article VII, Section 20(A))

To provide that persons who served honorably in the armed forces of the United States for at least ninety days after September 11, 2001, for reasons other than training are eligible for the veterans' five-point preference for original state police service employment or original civil service employment by the state, by the city of New Orleans, or by any other civil service system governed by the same provisions of the constitution; to provide that persons who served honorably in the armed forces of the United States during a war declared by the United States Congress are eligible for the veterans' five-point preference for original state police service employment; and to permit the legislature to provide for the addition of war periods or armed conflicts for such eligibility by state law enacted by a two-thirds vote. (Amends Article X, Sections 10(A)(2) and 48(A)(2))

To authorize the legislature to provide by law for programs to assist Louisiana farmers and fishermen with support and expansion of their industries; to establish the Agricultural and Seafood Products Support Fund as a special fund in the state treasury; to provide for the sources of monies in the fund to be from the licensing of trademarks or labels for use in promoting Louisiana agricultural and seafood products, grants, gifts, donations received by the state, any other revenues as provided for by law, and monies appropriated by the legislature to the fund; and to provide for sources of monies in the fund and use of monies appropriated from the fund for assistance to Louisiana farmers and fishermen. (Adds Article VII, Section 10.12)