By JIM BUTLER

First Pentecostal Church of Alexandria proposes building a nursing home on North MacArt

Its petition for annexation of the approximately seven-acre site is to be introduced at Tuesday’s City Council meeting.

The Church, through Executive pastor Gary Maxwell, is seeking annexation and requesting an AC-1/multi family overlay zoning designation.

Such designation requires all adjacent properties to be zoned C-1 or C-2.

A C-1 assignment, among other things, precludes sale of alcoholic beverages.

The tract, properly addressed as 2711 North MacArthur Drive, was formerly owned by Jimmie Thompson Enterprises. The south side borders Veterans Drive.

The annexation possibilities first came to public attention in July.

The development apparently has been entrusted to CommCare Corp., a Louisiana non-profit in its 80th year of operating such developments, including facilities in Natchitoches and Mansura.

Its President/CEO is a familiar name to some. Jim Tucker is a former state representative and Speaker of the Louisiana House.