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Donation, EMS conference and helicopter patrol updates highlight community segment of Shreveport City Council meeting
Summary
At the council meeting a local event organizer presented a $500 donation to Jewel House, council members heard an update that an aerial patrol is operating multiple evenings a week, and officials recapped a region-wide EMS conference hosted in Shreveport.
Alex Ray, representing On A Mission LLC, told the council he is organizing a Southern Hills Fathers Day 5K and presented a $500 check to Jewel House, a nonprofit that helps homeless teenage girls. "I have a $500 check I want to present to Jewel House," Alex Ray said, and asked the mayor and Councilman Jackson to join for a photograph.
During the reports section, Police Chief Smith updated council members on an aerial patrol partnership. "It is going great," Chief Smith said. "They are flying two or three evenings a week. We provide them with our most critical areas where we need oversight. They are responding. In many cases they respond without us even having to call." The chief characterized the partnership as a valuable public-safety resource.
Chief Alman summarized an EMS conference and expo the city hosted, noting agencies from several states attended and teams participated in scenario-based exercises known as a "Sims war." The event included lectures and an awards banquet; local teams placed in the event and an administrator was recognized.
Tim Magnner, speaking for the Raders Report Chamber, urged the council to adopt proposed landscaping changes to the Unified Development Code as recommended by the Metropolitan Planning Commission and praised MPC staff engagement with developers.
Next steps: The donation and event details were acknowledged; the council approved related resolutions and scheduled follow-up committee meetings including a property standards meeting and a public safety meeting to be coordinated by council members.
