MEDIA ADVISORY:

June 21, 2023

City Council to Consider Brown’s Dairy Affordable Housing Project, Collective Bargaining Rights for City Employees, New Zoning Classification and More

NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans City Council will hold its next regular meeting tomorrow, June 22, to consider several key agenda items, including: 

• Motion M-23-285 amending the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (CZO) to establish the Brown’s Dairy Neighborhood District overlay to maintain and create affordable housing opportunities for long-term residency.
• Ordinance 34,124 amending City Code to establish definitions, procedures and rights relevant to the collective bargaining for City employees. 
• This item will be taken up at approximately 12 p.m. 
• Ordinance 34,230 amending and reordaining City Code to add references to the Minimum Property Maintenance Code. 
• Motion M-23-Z directing the City Planning Commission (CPC) to conduct a public hearing to consider creating a new zoning classification, VCR-3, to allow a mix of primarily residential uses to promote educational and cultural uses.
• Resolution R-23-207 urging the governor's office and the United States Environmental Protection Agency to compel the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality to reinstate the Irish Channel Air Monitoring Site, suspend BWC Harvey's air permit, and institute a permit review process that provides for public input and accounts for noxious emissions from BWC Harvey's entire operations, including at IMTT Gretna. 
• This item will be taken up at approximately 11 a.m. 
• Resolution R-23-277 celebrating the diversity of New Orleans’ residents and stating that the Council stands in solidarity with the Biden-Harris Administration’s national strategy to counter antisemitism.

Online public comments will be permitted up to two hours prior to the start of the meeting (or by 8 AM) via the following steps:

1. Go to the City Council Meetings page
2. Select the meeting you would like to submit a comment to
3. Click Submit "Public Comment"

To view the full meeting agenda, click here.

WHEN:

Thursday, June 22, 2023, at 10 AM

WHERE:

Council Chambers

1300 Perdido St.

New Orleans, LA 70112

Tomorrow's meeting will also be streamed live on the Council's YouTube channel.

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Media Contact:

Paul Harang

Chief of Staff

(504) 250-6837

Paul.Harang@nola.gov

New Orleans City Council

The New Orleans City Council is the legislative branch of the New Orleans city government. The Council considers and enacts all local laws that govern the City of New Orleans. The Council also approves the operating and capital budgets for the City, as recommended by the mayor, and continually monitors revenues and expenditures for local government operations. The City Council is also the regulatory body for public utilities. It also reviews and has the final say on many land use and zoning matters, as well as considers major economic development projects for the City. As a Board of Review for Orleans Parish, the Council examines appeals of property tax assessments for real estate taxes and certifies tax rolls to the Louisiana Tax Commission. Other responsibilities of the Council include overseeing the operation of the public access television in Orleans Parish. Streaming video and video archives of the City Council's Regular and Committee meetings can be found on the City Council website.



The City Council is comprised of five districts and Councilmembers-at-large: Council President and Councilmember-at-Large JP Morrell; Council Vice President and Councilmember-At-Large Helena Moreno; District "A" Councilmember Joseph I. Giarrusso, III; District "B" Councilmember Lesli D. Harris; District "C" Councilmember Freddie King III; District "D" Councilmember Eugene J. Green, Jr.; and District "E" Councilmember Oliver M. Thomas, Jr.