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Votes at a Glance: Airport Lease, Grant Agreements, Lease Extension and School‑name Resolution Move Forward
Summary
The council approved a five‑year airport lease with S and M Collision Center, adopted a cooperative agreement to pursue CDBG‑DR grant funds for airport hurricane repairs, extended a NOPD evidence-warehouse lease, and unanimously passed a resolution urging NOLA Public Schools to preserve historic school names, among other procedural votes and deferrals.
At its meeting the City of New Orleans council recorded a series of administrative and legislative votes: a five‑year lease for airport property used by S and M Collision Center was approved; a cooperative-endeavor ordinance authorizing the city to enter CDBG‑DR grant agreements for airport hurricane-recovery infrastructure passed; the council approved a one‑year extension of the city’s lease for a warehouse where NOPD stores central evidence and property; and members adopted a resolution urging New Orleans Public Schools to preserve historic and legacy school names during any consolidation.
Key outcomes
- Airport lease (Ordinance 35276): Council approved a five‑year lease for S and M Collision Center covering roughly 28,000 square feet of land and a 2,600‑square‑foot warehouse off 26th Street in Kenner; the rental rate is recorded in the summary at about $33,000 with a 30‑day cancellation option; vote recorded as 7 yeas.
- Cooperative agreement for CDBG‑DR (Ordinance 3500301): Council authorized the city (through the Aviation Board) to enter a cooperative endeavor agreement with the state to access Community Development Block Grant — Disaster Recovery funds for airport hurricane recovery infrastructure; sponsor emphasized these are grant funds; passed 7-0.
- Lease extension for 1116 Magnolia (NOPD evidence/property): Council authorized an additional one‑year extension for the warehouse lease used by NOPD for central evidence and property storage; motion adopted on the record.
- Resolution on school names: Council adopted R.25.5.81 urging NOLA Public Schools to preserve historic school names where possible during budget-driven consolidation decisions; sponsors emphasized cultural importance.
Other procedural items included tabulation votes related to recent elections, several zoning or ordinance items deferred to later meetings (noted extensively in the record), and a resolution expanding difficult-to-develop area (DDA) boundaries to include Plaza Tower to unlock HUD and other aid for redevelopment.
The meeting record shows a number of deferred items that will return to future agendas; where deferrals or postponements were recorded, the transcript lists the new dates.
