Shreveport Times
August 17, 2026
EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
Pursuant to the provisions of a resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Shreveport of the Parish of Caddo, State of Louisiana (the Governing Authority), acting as the governing authority of the Downtown Development District (the District) in Shreveport, Louisiana, on August 17, 2026, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special election will be held within the District on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2026, and that at the said election there will be submitted to all registered voters in the District qualified and entitled to vote at the said election under the Constitution and Laws of the State of Louisiana and the Constitution of the United States, the following proposition, to-wit:
CITY OF SHREVEPORT (DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT)
PROPOSITION (SPECIAL TAX CONTINUATION)
Shall the City of Shreveport, State of Louisiana (the City), acting through the City Council as the governing authority thereof, be authorized to continue to levy a special tax of Nine and Four Hundredths (9.04) mills on all property subject to taxation situated within the bounds of the Downtown Development District of the City of Shreveport (the District) (an estimated $714,179 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Tax for an entire year), for a period of twenty-five (25) years, beginning with the year 2028 and ending with the year 2052, with the proceeds of said tax to be used solely and exclusively for the purposes and benefit of the District, and to be expended by the Downtown Development Authority for administration, operational expenses, acquiring property, project expenses and/or the retirement of bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, said millage to represent a 1.05 mills increase (due to reappraisal) over the 7.99 mills tax authorized to be levied through the year 2027 pursuant to an election held on November 5, 2002, in accordance with the terms and conditions of applicable law?
The said special election shall be held at the polling places for the following precincts, which polls will open at seven oclock (7:00) a.m. and close at eight oclock (8:00) p.m., in accordance with the provisions of La. R.S. 18:541, to-wit:
PRECINCTS
Bossier Parish:
(IN PART) 02-05A
(IN PART) 02-06
(IN PART) 02-13
(IN PART) 02-23
(IN PART) 04-08B-1
(IN PART) 04-08B-2
(IN PART) 04-08C
Caddo Parish:
(IN PART) 1-10
(IN PART) 2-01
(IN PART) 2-03
(IN PART) 2-05
2-06
(IN PART) 2-07
(IN PART) 2-08
2-09
(IN PART) 2-10
2-11
2-12
3-01
(IN PART) 3-02
3-03
3-04
3-05
3-06
(IN PART) 3-07
3-08
3-09
4-01
4-02
4-03
4-04
4-05
4-06
(IN PART) 4-07
4-08
4-09
4-10
5-01
5-02
5-03
5-04
5-05
5-06
5-07
5-08
5-09
5-10
5-11
6-01
6-02
6-03
6-04
6-05
(IN PART) 6-06
6-07
(IN PART) 6-08
6-09
(IN PART) 6-10
(IN PART) 7-01
(IN PART) 7-02
(IN PART) 7-03
7-04
7-05
7-06
7-07
7-08
7-09
(IN PART) 7-10
8-01
8-02
8-03
8-04
(IN PART) 8-05
(IN PART) 8-06
(IN PART) 8-07
8-08
8-09
(IN PART) 9-01
(IN PART) 9-02
(IN PART) 9-03
(IN PART) 9-04
(IN PART) 9-05
(IN PART) 9-06
(IN PART) 9-07
(IN PART) 9-08
(IN PART) 9-09
(IN PART) 9-10
(IN PART) 9-11
(IN PART) 9-12
10-01
10-02
10-03
10-04
(IN PART) 10-05
10-06
10-07
10-08
(IN PART) 10-09
(IN PART) 11-01
(IN PART) 11-02
(IN PART) 11-03
11-04
(IN PART) 11-05
(IN PART) 11-07
(IN PART) 11-08
(IN PART) 12-01
(IN PART) 12-02
(IN PART) 12-04
(IN PART) 12-05
(IN PART) 12-06
(IN PART) 12-08
(IN PART) 12-09
(IN PART) 12-10
(IN PART) 12-11
The polling places for the precincts set forth above are hereby designated as the polling places at which to hold said election, and the Commissioners-in-Charge and Commissioners, respectively, shall be those persons designated according to law.
The estimated cost of this election as determined by the Secretary of State based upon the provisions of Chapter 8-A of Title 18 and actual costs of similar elections is $26,100, $24,700 for Caddo Parish, and $1,400 for Bossier Parish.
Notice is further given that a portion of the monies collected from the tax described in the Proposition shall be remitted to certain state and statewide retirement systems in the manner required by law.
That said special election will be held in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 5 and Chapter 6-A of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority, and the officers appointed to hold the said election, as provided in the Notice of Special Election, or such substitutes therefor as may be selected and designated in accordance with La. R.S. 18:1287, will make due returns thereof to said Governing Authority, and NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Governing Authority will meet at its regular meeting place, the City Hall, Shreveport, Louisiana, on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2026, at THREE OCLOCK (3:00) P.M., and shall then and there in open and public session proceed to examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of the said special election.
12537117 8/17/26 ($148.70)
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