Councilor· 2025-07-01 – 2029-07-01 (July 1, 2025 seating per KSLA 2025-07-01 swearing-in coverage and bossiercity.org council page 'take office July 1, 2025'; month-level end: July 2029, four-year term per Bossier Press / charter ballot text)
Craton Cochran
Bossier City
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Top issues during term (17)(Development)
O'Neal Subdivision amended plat
Blight cleanup progress at Hall, Joannes and Jacquelyn Streets
Demolition costs the city incurs become liens against the properties under state law.
Multi-tenant sign at Safe Harbor Drive and Benton Road
Safe Harbor storage fencing and neighbor complaints
The applicant must complete fencing earlier than it planned, fronting that cost.
Forge Athletics drainage concerns
Annexation near Tiburon Street and Swan Lake Road
Not specified in the record.
118-acre manufactured home subdivision at River Bend
Red River Chevrolet modular office at 215 Barksdale Boulevard
The dealership plans to sell its 207 East Texas Street property by end of June and invest in a permanent building on Barksdale.
Cactus Wellhead industrial expansion
Belk Outlet subdivision and loading dock access
The subdivision could bring national retailers — and their sales tax dollars — into the Sterling Brookside shopping center.
Child care shortage in South Bossier
Multigenerational care addition on Churchill Drive
Folia development beautification and brick paver responsibility
Maintenance and replacement costs fall on the developer, not the city.
Hidden Hollows subdivision and mobile home dispute
Neighbors say nearby home values, including a roughly $350,000 house, could suffer if the mobile home issue isn't resolved first.
Sale of surplus property to Stonewall Baptist Church
$207,000 in revenue to the city from the proposed sale.
South Bossier Redevelopment Plan funding
$1.2 million from the Riverboat Gaming Capital Projects Fund.
Demolition of old Nichols Lube building at 2110 Benton Road
Engineer's estimate $40,000; low bid $38,500, from the regular budget.
Decisions during term (7)
Recorded while Cochran was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Create The Row I Economic Development District
Create The Row II Economic Development District
Delay of items 5-8 (LP Development)
Adopt ordinance appropriating $1,200,000 for Long Term South Bossier Redevelopment Plan
Adopt rezoning — 4.296 acres R-MD to B-3, Folia Development mixed-use commercial
Folia Development rezoning to general business (C-ZON-000044-2026)
Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Code update — Halff Associates contract (First Reading)
Voting record (1)(Development)
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