Nov 24, 2020 Metropolitan Council

I NEED A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS EXCEPT 11 MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY WATSON, ANY OBJECTIONS? LOU AND THE DEPUTY CHIEF FROM THREE TO FOUR.

I'LL MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS. MOTION BY HUDSON.

IS THERE A SECOND, SIR? I HAVE.

SECOND BY COLLINS.

LOUIS.

ANY OBJECTIONS? SHOW ME OBJECTING, PLEASE.

I HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT I NEED TO HAVE POLES.

CAN I DO THAT OR INTRODUCTIONS? INTRODUCTIONS.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DELETE ITEM 28.

THAT'S THE OLD LINCOLN HOTEL.

NOT REALLY SURE HOW THAT GOT ON THE KIND OF MASON LIST, BUT, UM, DEFINITELY THERE'S A PROJECT THAT'S GOING FORTH ON THERE AND UM, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT PORT OFF AT THE TIME TO MISSION LIST.

AND ALSO, UM, I HAD IN 31, UM, THEY'VE ALREADY MADE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE PROPERTY AND WE'VE BEEN IN CONSTANT CONTACT.

SO WE NEED TO PULL THAT ONE AS WELL.

ARE YOU MAKING A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS EXCEPT I WOULD ACCEPT A FRIENDLY, UH, UH, YEAH, HE MADE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO ALL ITEMS. SO I'LL MAKE A SUBSTITUTE.

MY SUBSTITUTE MOTION WILL BE TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEMS. 28 38 AND 31.

THAT'S A SECOND BY WICKER.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SHOW? COUNCILMAN WILSON AND COUNCILMAN WATSON.

LET'S VOTE ON THE MACHINES.

THAT'S INTRODUCING ALL ITEMS EXCEPT 28 AND 31 MICHIGAN.

TERRAPINN YOU WENT YESTERDAY? HM I'M OKAY.

YOU'RE A YES.

MR. LEE.

YEAH, WE HAVE A NO FROM, UM, WATSON AND WILSON.

THERE'S NINE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T VOTE.

THESE ARE THE YESES BANKS, COLE, GRAIN COLLINS, LEWIS LOOP AND HUDSON AND POWER WICKER AND COUNSEL.

SEVEN YESES, TWO NOS ITEM.

ALL ITEMS ARE INTRODUCED EXCEPT ITEMS. 28 30.

MEMBERS WILL GO TO CONDEMNATIONS.

COUNCIL

[CONDEMNATIONS]

I'LL READ THE DPW CONDEMNATION RECOMMENDATIONS.

THEY OPT TO PROCEED WITH 68 THROUGH 75, 77, 78, 80, 81 83 THROUGH 85, 87 THROUGH 91 93, 94 96 THROUGH 99, ONE OH ONE, ONE OH THREE, ONE OH FIVE, ONE OH SIX, ONE OH EIGHT ONE OH NINE ONE 10.

DEFER ITEM 67, 79, 80 TO 90 TO 101 OH TWO, ONE OH FOUR AND ONE OH SEVEN DELETE ITEM, 76, 86 AND 95 LAYS.

AND JAIL IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

WE SPEAK ON ITEMS 67 THROUGH ONE 10 CONDEMNATIONS ITEM, 67 31, 10 CONDEMNATIONS.

CONDEMNATION, CONDEMNATION ITEMS 67, THREE ONE 10.

JUST, JUST YOUR NAME WILL BE FINE.

BRENDA CAUGHT HER ONE GIRL, 2262 VIRGINIA STREET BATHROOM.

AND THIS MY ROLE IS THE CEASE.

HER

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ITEM NUMBER.

YOU HAVE AN ITEM NUMBER, NUMBER NINE.

MA'AM I GUESS THE PROCEDURE HERE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I NEED TO LEAVE WITH THE COUNCIL PERSON.

I KNOW THAT THAT UH, IS NEEDED, BUT I'VE TRIED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TO MEET WITH SOMEONE AND TALK THIS OVER, BUT EITHER THE GOVERNOR WAS GIVING THEM THE DAY OFF.

I TOLD THE ROLE OF THE DAY COUNCIL, WOMAN WICKER.

HOW ABOUT ITEM ONE OH NINE? YES.

MA'AM.

I'M TRYING TO, YOU SAID THAT YOU AND I, AND I'M LOOKING AT THE PICTURES AND YEAH, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY BAD.

SO TELL ME WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU WANTING TO DO? OKAY.

AND THE CONDITION IS NOT QUITE AS BAD AS WHAT YOU HAVE BECAUSE SOME WORK HAS BEEN DONE, THE CLEARING UP THE LOCK.

AND, UH, I KNOW THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF IT AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT TIME SPAN I HAD.

UM, AND I JUST NEEDED TO KNOW WHAT THAT'S FINE.

NOPE.

THAT'S NO PROBLEM.

SO Y'ALL ARE Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO YOU WANTING TO RENOVATE THE PROPERTY OR WHAT DO YOU WANT IT TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY? I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO END UP DEMOLISHING.

BUT YOU GUYS WANTED, YOU WANTED THEM ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE THE OFF THE HEAD, UH, OH, WRONG PROPERTY.

NO LONGER.

TRUE.

I TOOK PICTURES BEFORE I CAME TO THIS MEETING TODAY AND UH, I GUESS I HAVE TO GET SOMEONE TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

I DO SEE I'M LOOKING AT YES.

MA'AM.

I'M LOOKING AT THE END OF, UM, SOME OF THE PICTURES AND IT DOES LOOK LIKE, UM, SOME OF THE DEBRIS AND EVERYTHING HAS BEEN CLEARED AWAY.

SO YOU GUYS WERE WANTING TO DEMOLISH THIS HOME YOURSELF.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO DO? OR YOU WANT, YOU DON'T WANT THE CITY OF THIS HAIR DOWN, CORRECT? UM, TRYING TO FIND OUT, UM, BASICALLY THE FAULT, IN A SENSE, I PUT THE DOOR INTO CHECKING, UH, CALLS, UH, HAVING THE HOUSE DEMOLISHED AND UM, OKAY, WELL I'M OKAY.

NO, THAT'S FINE.

IF YOU ALL WANT TO DEMOLISH, DEMOLISH THE PROPERTY, THAT'S FINE.

YOU JUST NEED, YOU DO NEED TO GET WITH THE DPW DEPARTMENT.

YOU WILL NEED TO GET A, UH, A PERMIT AND ALL OF THAT TO GET THE HOUSE DEMOLISHED AND, UM, AND GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH GETTING YOUR, YOUR, UM, I GUESS, BIDS IN FROM CONTRACTORS AND GO AHEAD AND GETTING IT DEMOLISHED.

DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HOW MUCH TIME YOU, I CAN DEFER IT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME TO GIVE YOU TIME, TO GET WITH THE CONTRACTORS AND KIND OF GET THAT GOING? DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HOW MUCH TIME YOU WOULD NEED TO DO THAT? OH, IT IS HEIR PROPERTY.

THAT WAS PART OF CLIENT CONTRACT, THIS NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SOME TYPE OF INTEREST IN IT.

MY MOM HAD THREE DAUGHTERS AND SHE HAS 80 SOME PERCENT.

UM, HER PERCENTAGE IS ABOUT 80%, BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO VOTE, PICK THE OTHER PEOPLE.

AND I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS BEFORE I FURTHER PROCEED IN TWO BED.

AND WHAT ABOUT 90 DAY? YES, MA'AM WHY DON'T, WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? WHAT I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU 90 DAYS.

I KNOW IT'S THE HOLIDAYS TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU TIME TO GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR, UH, YOUR RELATIVES AND ALSO GIVE YOU ALL TIME TO AT LEAST GET IT, YOU KNOW, COMPLETE EIGHT COMPLETELY BOARDED UP AND ALL CLEANED UP AND ALL OF THAT.

UM, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DEFER FOR 90 DAYS.

OKAY? YES, MA'AM.

I APPRECIATE THAT LASER GELS, A PUMPKIN WAS BIG ON ITEMS, CONDEMNATION ITEMS, 67 THROUGH ONE 10.

CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM NUMBER PLEASE? MA'AM

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UM, YEAH, I'M COMING IN REGARDS TO NUMBER ONE OH EIGHT.

YES MA'AM.

WHAT WOULD YOU, UM, I'M PULLING UP THE PICTURE THAT I'VE ACQUIRED THAT I REQUIRED AND I'M GETTING READY TO PUT IT IN MY NAME.

COVID HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THIS, BUT A LOT OF THE STUFF, A THING LIKE, UM, OPEN TO UNAUTHORIZED PERSON, THAT'S NOT TRUE.

THAT HOME HAS BEEN LOCKED AND SECURED AS OCCURRED SINCE I OWN ACQUIRED IT FROM MY BROTHER, UM, I'VE GONE ME AND NOT CLEANED UP AROUND THE PROPERTY, MY HUSBAND AND I GO THERE AND KEEP THE PROPERTY CUT AND CLEANED AROUND.

UM, WE'VE GOT TREES DOWN AND EVERYTHING.

SO I'M WORKING ON THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE ROOF AND STUFF COVER AND HAVING A BOARDED UP, BUT NO ONE HAS EVER HAD ACCESS TO THAT HOME.

OKAY, GOOD DEAL.

I AM LOOKING AT THE PICTURES AND IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT'S CLEAN.

IT JUST NEEDS TO BE BOARDED UP, YOU KNOW, ABOUT HOW LONG YOU NEED TO GET IT BOARDED UP.

UM, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA SAY BECAUSE OF, UM, EMPLOYMENT, UM, I JUST LOST MY JOB.

I'M A NURSE.

AND SO INCOME IS PROBABLY GONNA BE, I'M GONNA ASK HER ABOUT SIX MONTHS.

THE, SORRY.

THE LONGEST THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY AWARD IS, IS 90 DAYS.

AND BASICALLY, AGAIN, IT'S NOT ABOUT GIVING UP THE PROPERTY BACK INTO COMMERCE.

IT'S JUST MORE OF GETTING THE PROPERTY BOARDED UP SO THAT IT, UM, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY BE IN THE COMMUNITY OR WHATEVER THAT MAY WANT TO GET INTO IT.

AND, UM, CAUSE FURTHER DAMAGE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO CAN YOU GET IT BOARDED UP WITHIN 90 DAYS YOU THINK? WELL, UH, BEVERLY, UM, TRY, BUT THAT'S THE HOME THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR YEARS.

YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY IN THAT COMMUNITY KNOWS US AND WE HAVE NEIGHBORS THAT BLOCK THE WHOLE, NO ONE GOES IN AT HOME, NO ONE TOUCHES AT HOME EXCEPT FOR FAMILY THAT MAY GOES DOWN THE COURT BECAUSE THEY LIKE TO REMINISCE, BUT BEFORE ANYONE GOING TO THAT PROPERTY AND GETTING INTO IT, NEVER TRUE.

HAS THAT BEEN TRUE? THANK YOU.

THEN I DO SEE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THE NO TRESPASSING SIGNS AND EVERYTHING UP AS WELL TO HELP.

SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DEFER IT FOR YOU FOR 90 DAYS.

CAUSE THAT'S THE LONGEST THAT WE BASICALLY CAN DO IT.

AND IF YOU GUYS CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT AND THEN ARE YOU GOING TO GET THE ROOF AND ALL THAT TAKEN CARE OF THAT? BE GREAT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

90 DAYS.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE PUBLIC HERE WILL BE GOING HOME 67 THREE ONE 10 ITEM 67, THREE ONE 10 CONDEMNATIONS.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, SIR.

IN THE ITEM NUMBER, ITEM, NUMBER 81, AUTOMATING ONE CONDOM.

MA'AM ALL RIGHT.

WHAT'D YOU NEED? WELL, I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS PROPERTY.

1356 SPELT STREET.

I AM THE PETITIONER IN THIS CASE.

HOWEVER, BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THE PROPERTY AND MENTIONED THE ADDRESS AS 1356 STILL STREET.

WITHOUT US HAVING TO LATER, UH, REVISIT AND THE CORRECT INFORMATION.

AND THAT'S ACTUALLY MY PROPERTY NEXT DOOR.

UM, THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS CORRECT NINE SQUARE.

TONY.

WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS DEFER THIS AND YOU NEED TO PROBABLY GET WITH THE, UM, PARISH ATTORNEY TO RESOLVE THE B UM, THE INCORRECT INFORMATION.

AND THEN WE CAN GO AND LOOK AT WHAT IS BEING, UM, INDICATED AS IT RELATES TO THE CONDEMNATION.

BUT IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THE ADDRESS I ADDRESS AND, UM, THE DESCRIPTION, THEN THERE'S NO ACTION THAT THIS COUNCIL COULD TAKE TODAY

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SO, OKAY.

DO YOU KNOW, DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL DELAY THE PROCESS? BECAUSE THEY REALLY NEED TO BE CONVINCED.

DO YOU OWN THIS PROPERTY NEXT DOOR? OKAY.

I GOT IT.

SO WE COULD SEE IT NEXT, NEXT DECEMBER 9TH, WE COULD TAKE THIS MATTER OF DECEMBER 9TH, BUT IT WOULD ALL BE ABOUT 30 DAYS.

NO.

AM I TELLING THEM RIGHT? PARISH ATTORNEY, CAN YOU, CAN YOU HEAR THE PARENT'S ATTORNEY'S GONNA COME UP AND, UM, MR. DOBSON.

AND I'M GONNA LET Y'ALL COMMUNICATE.

CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS HAPPENED, SO YOU GOT TO RESOLVE IT TOGETHER.

SO IF HE WANTS TO DEFER IT UNTIL THE DECEMBER 9TH MEETING, I CAN TALK TO HIM TOMORROW.

WE COULD PROBABLY GET IT RESOLVED WITHIN A DAY OR TWO.

AND I, CAUSE I, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S AN AMERICA ERROR OR IF THERE REALLY IS A PROBLEM.

SO, UM, MR. TONY HAYES.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH.

SO, UM, WOULD YOU COME BACK AND GIVE HIM YOUR NAME AND YOUR, I KNOW THREE EIGHT NINE THREE ONE ONE FOUR.

AND WHO WOULD BE THE CONTACT PERSON? MUNA.

MCGEE.

YOU GOT THAT? COME SPELL YOUR NAME FOR HIM.

I CAN'T BELIEVE I PRONOUNCED IT.

YOU CAN ASK FOR ME OR MELISSA.

EITHER ONE OF US CAN CREATE NINE THREE ONE ONE FOUR.

IS THERE AN EXTENSION NOW OR TONY? THREE, THREE EIGHT.

AND ASK FOR MAY OR MELISSA, MELISSA COUNSEL.

WANT ME TO DEFER AN ITEM? MAYBE ONE FOR TWO WEEKS, CORRECT.

YEAH, BUT YOU'LL HAVE A STRAIGHT BACK.

THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE PUBLIC.

HEAR ME SPEAK ON ITEMS 67 THROUGH ONE 10.

I AM 67 THROUGH ONE 10 CONDEMNATIONS.

ANY MORE SPEAKERS ITEMS? 67 THROUGH ONE 10 CONDEMNATIONS LAMAR.

UM, OKAY.

I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO, UM, NUMBER 82.

MA'AM.

I NEED TO DEFER FOR 90 DAYS.

HE DID PROVIDE, UM, A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING AND REMOVING TO JUST 90 DAYS.

I DID COUNSEL ONE.

OH, I'M SORRY.

SO, UH, NUMBER 75 MEMONA COULD CAUSE SOMEBODY TO COME BACK ON FOR DON OR MAYBE KAREN.

I NEED TO KNOW IF THESE PEOPLE HAVE AN ACTIVE PERMIT ON THIS PROPERTY.

UH, I KNOW THAT THEY HAD ONE.

I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF IT EXPIRED, THEY CLEANED IT UP.

BUT I THINK THAT THEY HAD A PERMIT THAT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THE PERMIT AND THEY WERE HERE LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND UNDER FURNITURE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

SO THAT'S NUMBER 75 66, 66 73 VAN GOGH AVENUE.

SO IT DID, DOES IT HAVE A PERMIT? OKAY.

I CAN TRY AND LOOK IT UP IF YOU LIKE, I CAN'T PERSONALLY CONFIRM IT, BUT I CAN CHECK.

I MEAN, NORMALLY THE OFFICE DOES CHECK THAT, UH, AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NOTED, UM, IN THE RECOMMENDATION IF THAT WERE THE CASE.

I'M GOING TO LOOK AT, BECAUSE I KNOW IT WAS SOME INFORMATION BEFORE WHERE THEY HAD A PERMIT, THE PERMIT HAD EXPIRED.

THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT.

UH, THEY HAVE CLEANED IT UP.

SO I'M GOING TO GO, I'LL JUST PUT IT BACK FOR DECEMBER NIGHT MEETING AND THEN WE CAN GET TOGETHER BETWEEN YOUR TOWN AND FIND OUT.

SO NUMBER 75 FOR A TWO DIFFERENT WITH THE NIGHTS SCOTT

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I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY, UM, DELETE.

YOU GOT A NUMBER? I GOT ALL YOURS.

ALRIGHT.

COUNCILWOMAN WICKER.

I THINK ALL I GOT LEFT IS ONE OH TWO.

WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT? SORRY.

I NEED TO GO AHEAD AND DELETE OUT OF ONE OH TWO.

CAUSE IT'S BEEN FULLY CLEANED UP IN BOARDED UP, UM, ONE OH THREE.

I THINK YOU GOT THAT ONE DIFFER FOR 90 DAYS AND ONE OH FOUR FOR 90 DAYS? YES.

MA'AM ONE OH FIVE FOR 45 DAYS.

ONE OH SEVEN FOR 90 DAYS.

ONE OH EIGHT, ONE OH NINE FOR 90 DAYS.

YES MA'AM.

AND UM, ONE 10 FOR 45 DAYS.

THAT SHOULD BE IT.

IS THAT IT? ARE YOU GOING ONCE? HI COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY.

I'M GONNA READ THE DPW RECOMMENDATION.

THE STATE OF CHANGES.

WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 70 THROUGH 74, 77, 78, 80 83, 84, 85, 89, 90 99, ONE OH ONE, ONE OH SIX, ONE OH EIGHT.

SCRATCH ONE OH EIGHT.

I APOLOGIZE.

SCRATCH ONE OH EIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS.

I AM 75 AND 81 AND ONE 10.

LET ME START OVER ONE.

10 WAS FOR 45 DAYS.

THAT'S OKAY.

HI, I'M START OVER.

DPW RECOMMENDATION.

STATE CHANGES PROCEED WITH 77 78 AND 80 83 84, 85, 89, 90 94, 96 99, ONE OH ONE, ONE OH SIX.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS, 75 AND 81 DIFFER FOR 45 DAYS.

I AM 67 69, 87 93, ONE OH FIVE AND ONE 10 DEFERRED FOR 60 DAYS.

ITEM 92 REFER FOR 90 DAYS.

ITEM 68, 79, 82 88 91 95 97, ONE OH THREE, ONE OH FOUR, ONE OH SEVEN ONE OH EIGHT ONE OH NINE.

AND WE TO DELETE, I AM 76, 86 98, 101 OH TWO.

I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL BE DPW RECOMMENDATIONS, STATE CHANGES BY CAUSAL.

THE SECOND BY WICKER.

ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING, NONE CONDEMNATIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

COUNCILORS, GO TO

[Items 111 - 113]

PUBLIC HEARING.

WE WANT TO TAKE ITEMS ONE 11 THROUGH ONE 13 TOGETHER ITEM ONE, 11 AS A RESOLUTION PROPOSING THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CHAPTERS TWO AND THREE OF THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT, THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND CITY OF BATON ROUGE.

AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SUMMARY PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTERS TWO AND THREE OF THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT AND ORDERING AND CALLING AN ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, STATE LOUISIANA ON MARCH 20TH, 2021.

FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE VOTERS OF THE PARISH.

YOU PROPOSE AMENDMENTS FOR CHAPTERS TWO AND THREE OF THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT BY COUNCILWOMAN COLLINS, LEWIS ITEM ONE 12, A RESOLUTION PROPOSING THE AMENDMENTS AND CHAPTERS FOUR, EIGHT, AND 10.

NOW THE PLAN OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, CITY OF BATON ROUGE, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE SUMMARY PROPOSAL, MEMPHIS TO CHAPTERS FOUR, EIGHT, AND 10 OF THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT ORDERING AND CALLING AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON PARIS OF EAST BATON ROUGE, STATE LOUISIANA ON MARCH 20TH, 2021 FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE VOTERS AND THE PAYERS WHO HAVE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTERS FOUR, EIGHT, AND 10 OF THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT COUNCILWOMAN, DONALD COLLINS, LEWIS ITEM ONE 13, A RESOLUTION PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTERS ONE FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, NINE, AND 11 OF THE PLANE OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND CITY OF BATON ROUGE.

AND AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE SUMMARY PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTERS ONE FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, NINE, AND 11 OF THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT ATTACHED HERE TO ORRINGTON CALLING FOR THE ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, STATE LOUISIANA ON MARCH 20TH, 2021 FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO VOTERS OR THE PAYERS THAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTERS ONE FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, NINE, AND 11, OR THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT BY COUNCIL, WOMAN, DONNA COLLINS, LEWIS LEIS, AND JOAN WAS A PUBLIC HEARING.

YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEMS ONE 11 THROUGH ONE 13, IF YOU WOULD JUST PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, SIR, YOUR CAPTURE PERSONS.

MY NAME IS EVELYN THERAPY.

I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERATION OF STUDY ASSOCIATIONS.

I'M HERE THIS EVENING, NOT TO OPPOSE OR SUPPORT A SPECIFIC PROPOSED REVISION, BUT TO EXPRESS CONCERN ON THE PROCESS.

BEING USED TO INTRODUCE THIS PROPOSAL TO THE COMMUNITY, THE FOUNDATION IS PRIMARILY AN EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION AND RESPONSIBLE TO OUR MEMBERS TO KEEP THEM INFORMED ON INITIATIVES BEFORE THIS BODY.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE SPECIFICS BEHIND THESE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THEY MAY BE ABLE TO FORM AN OPINION ON WHETHER

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TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE.

WHEN I LOOK AT THE PROPOSAL LIKE THIS, I GENERALLY ASKED MYSELF SEVERAL QUESTIONS.

THESE RECOMMENDATIONS IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GOVERNMENT, THE EFFICIENCY OF DELIBERATE SERVICES, OR IS IT INTENDED TO FIX A SYSTEM PROCESS THAT IS REVIEWING THE RECOMMENDATIONS? THERE ARE MANY GOOD THAT MANY GOOD ITEMS THAT WERE PROPOSED BY THE COMMITTEE, BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS WHERE THE LOGIC OR REASONING IS JUST NOT UNDERSTOOD.

THEREFORE, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO DEFINE THE PROS AND CONS.

LASTLY, A PROPOSAL OF THIS MAGNITUDE DESERVES TO BE INTRODUCED DURING THE MAJOR ELECTION BALLOT, TYPICALLY PARTICIPATION IN THE SPRING AND LATE FALL ELECTIONS, HISTORICALLY RANGE FROM ONLY 10 TO 25%.

THAT ITSELF IS VERY PROBLEMATIC.

AS FAR AS IMPLEMENTING THIS BEFORE THE NEW COUNCIL WAS IN PLACE.

THERE ARE SEVERAL SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT ON THE ONE HAND, IF PROPOSAL WAS CRAFTED BY A VERY EXPERIENCED BODY AND A NEW GROUP OF COUNCIL PERSONS WOULD TAKE SOME TIME TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH AND UNDERSTAND HOW THE GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE NEW COUNCIL WILL BE RESPONSIBLE AND WILL HAVE TO FACE THE IMPLICATIONS OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A PREVIOUS COUNCIL.

IN SUMMARY, IT'S REALLY ALL ABOUT THE TIMING AND ENGAGEMENT OF THE CITIZENS OF THE PATH OF BATON ROUGE PARISH.

LADIES Y'ALL WAS A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEMS ONE 11, ONE 12, AND ONE 13, IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEMS ONE 11 THROUGH ONE 13, GOOD EVENING, ADAM, THAT AS YOU KNOW, THE BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER JUST HERE AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS DURING THE PRESENTATION, UH, OF THE ITEMS IN THE FOR DISCUSSION, UM, IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF.

I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH FOR THE TWO YEARS.

THIS HAS BEEN IN DEVELOPMENT AND I'M AVAILABLE.

IF FOLKS HAVE QUESTIONS OR WANT TO INQUIRE OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE PREVIOUSLY, HAVE TO BE AVAILABLE FOR OR SUPPORT FOR THIS INITIATIVE IN THE CONTENTS OF IT, TO THE, TO THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED IN PRIOR MEETINGS TODAY, THIS IS A PROCESS THAT WAS VERY MUCH HELD THROUGH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS VERY TRANSPARENT AND PUBLICLY AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY TO ENGAGE WITH.

IT'S WORKED LARGELY WAS FINISHED OVER A YEAR AGO.

UH, AND SO A LOT OF THOSE MEETINGS ARE STILL ONLINE, BUT THEN IF THE CONTENT IS THAT IS NOW OVER A YEAR OLD, UH, AND SO IT STANDS TO REASON THERE'S A LOT OF NEEDS AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S FULL GRASP AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS IN THIS DOCUMENT, UH, AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

UH, HOWEVER, I WILL ALSO JUST CONTRIBUTE THIS OR A DISCUSSION THAT THE COMMITTEE WAS A GREAT GROUP, A LOT OF BRIGHT FOLKS THAT CAME IN FROM LSU AND SOUTHERN AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO GIVE INPUT TO WHAT IS A VERY DIFFICULT DOCUMENT.

THIS READS OUT THAT HOPEFULLY OUR WORK HAS BEEN CONTRIBUTING TO THE PUBLIC DISCOURSE ON THIS ISSUE, HAVING A MODERN AND UPDATED PLAN OF GOVERNMENT, WHICH LESS PARISH DESPERATELY NEEDS YOU.

WHAT REPORTS FOLLOWING THAT FLOOD OF 2018 INDICATE THAT THE PARISH DID NOT HAVE A PARISH STORMWATER MASTER PLAN.

LADIES AND JOHNS, A PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, ONE 11 THREE, ONE 13 ONE 11 THREE, ONE 13.

YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, SIR.

MY NAME IS CHARLES COACH 27 TO 30 TALL TEMPERS ROAD, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA.

I AM A RETIRED SHOVEL ENGINEER WITH EXPERIENCE GRAINAGE TRANSPORTATION, BUT TRYING TO GET THIS MATTER BEFORE THE COMMITTEE HEARINGS, I UNDERSTOOD TO BE ELIGIBLE OR CANCELED DUE TO KROGER ASKING TODAY THAT THIS PROPOSAL TODAY PLACED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, EXCUSE ME, BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION, SHE STEPS BACK AND TAKES A LOOK AT THE THREATS, FASH PACING.

SHOULD HE HAVE BACK? OH, STRETCH, NOT INVOLVED SO MUCH.

ERICA AND I ARE ACTUALLY INVOLVED MOST NOTABLY WITH DRAINAGE AND FLOODING POTENTIAL FOR INJURY AND DAMAGE DUE TO FLOOD OR SPARKED LATER IN INJURY FROM THOSE OTHER TWO ACTIVITIES.

THE AUGUST, 2016, FLOOD CAUSED FLOOD WATERS FROM ANY RIVER TO BACKUP JOHN'S BRIDGE SUCH AS TO LAP AT THE THRESHOLD OR BY HOUSE MOTOR BOATS AND CANOES.

I HAVE MY STREET RUINING ME AND MY WIFE CAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE IS AN INCREASE IN THE REGULAR TRAINING AND INTENSITY OF THE STORMS. WE MUST BE PREPARED FOR EQUAL TO OR GREATER EVENTS AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

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AND THIS IS A MAJOR SHORTCOMING.

I'LL BE A SHITTY PARISH THAT WILL NOT BE CORRECTED UNTIL 2021.

AS I UNDERSTAND WHY DID THIS OCCUR RATHER THAN THERE HADN'T BEEN SUFFICIENT PRIORITY PLACED ON PROPER LEVEL OF REP SOURCES AND MANAGEMENT TO ADDRESS THE PAINS OF SHORTCOMING SUITABLE DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL BY THE CITY PARISH.

THIS FUNCTION IS DESIGNED PRESENTLY THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE WHERE REQUESTS COMPETE WITH TRANSPORTATION CONCERNS WITH CONTINUOUS TRAFFIC CONGESTION, POTENTIAL FOR MAJOR LOSS OF LIVES AND PROPERTY.

FROM A SUDDEN EVENT FAR EXCEEDS OUT OF TRANSPORTATION.

THIS PAVER SEPARATION, THERE WAS SHEPHERD DEPARTMENT TO ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY AS A HIGHER PRIORITY.

THE DEMANDS OF BOTH TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE ON THAT DEPARTMENT MAKE A DIFFICULT DUE TO EXPAND OUR PATROL AND RESTORATIVE TO ADDRESS BOTH FUNCTIONS EFFECTIVELY.

THIS HANDOUT THAT I HAVE ASKED, UH, ASHLEY, BECKY CIRCULATE AS POLAR CHANGES TO SEPARATE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINING INTO TWO SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS, ONE FOR TRANSPORTATION AND ONE FOR DRAINAGE AND ONE PATROL CHARRETTE TO MEET THE FUTURE NEEDS OF THE SHITTY ATTIRE.

LADIES IN JAIL IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

WE'RE SPEAKING ON ITEMS ONE 11 THROUGH ONE 13, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, SIR.

MY NAME IS SCOTT CORNELIUS.

I AM HERE REPRESENTING AN ORGANIZATION CALLED REAL MAJORITY.

UH, WE ARE DEDICATED TO, UH, REPRESENTING ISSUES THAT ARE, UH, BROADLY POPULAR WITH PUBLIC YET FAILED TO, UH, ACHIEVE ANY SUCCESS IN GOVERNMENT.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT, UH, IT IS HEIGHTENED WITH CREDIBLE, THAT THIS IS BEING, UH, MOVED FORWARD BY A LAME DUCK COUNCIL.

WE ARE, HALF OF THE MEMBERS ARE NO LONGER GOING TO BE IN OFFICE TWO MONTHS FROM NOW, MUCH LESS WHEN THIS IS FINALLY DECIDED BY PEOPLE.

UH, I'M SYMPATHETIC TO THE IDEA THAT THE, UH, THE COUNCIL SHOULD FINISH THE WORK THAT IT STARTED, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE WINDOW FOR THAT PASSED SINCE THE, UH, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE ON THIS FLOOR, WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE SECOND CONCERN THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS AS A DIMENSION TO THE LOW TURNOUT IS EXPECTED AT THE ELECTION WHERE THIS IS BEING PROPOSED BECAUSE OF THE EXPECTED 10 TO 20% TURNOUT AT AN ELECTION HELD AT THIS TIME, WE CAN HAVE A SITUATION WHERE AS LITTLE AS 10% OR EVEN LESS OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS TO THE PARISH ARE CHANGING THE VERY STRUCTURE OF OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS, IS, WHICH WOULD LACK THE, UH, THE DEMOCRATIC LEGITIMACY THAT IT CHANGED.

LIKE THIS REQUIRES, UH, FINALLY ON THE QUESTION THAT THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE WITHIN THE, UH, CHANGES THE STRUCTURE OF THE COUNCIL ITSELF.

UM, I EXAMINED ALL OF THE PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT FORTH.

UM, I'VE GOT THE PUBLIC MEETING WHERE THE PROPOSAL WAS, UH, 10 DISTRICTS AND TWO AT LARGE.

AND, UH, AND NOW I SEE THEM THE SUMMARY THAT IT'S JUST ONE ADDITIONAL AT-LARGE MEMBER.

UNFORTUNATELY, NONE OF THE PROPOSALS ADDRESS THE ROOT CONCERN, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY THE PURPOSE OF THESE CHANGES, WHICH WAS THE IMBALANCE OF THE COUNCIL AND THE CAUSE OF THAT, WHICH IS GERRYMANDER.

I WENT HOME FROM THAT MEETING AND I IN THE SPACE OF ABOUT TWO HOURS WITH NOTHING BUT MICROSOFT EXCEL CAME UP WITH LEGALLY VALID DISTRICTS THAT WHERE YOU HAVE SEVEN WHITE REPUBLICANS AND THREE BLACK DEMOCRATS, LIKE, WOULD IT BE ELECTED? AND SO IF THAT CAN BE DONE, THEN ANY OF THESE PROPOSALS ARE JUST JUSTICE.

SUBJECT TO GERRYMANDERING HAS THE CURRENT SYSTEM IS A, I SENT ALL OF YOU SOME INFORMATION, UH, GET GOING INTO MORE DETAIL THAN I CAN DO IN THREE MINUTES.

UM, AND, UH, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT MATERIAL EITHER NOW AFTER THE MEETING OR, UM, AT A LATER DATE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'M OLD ENOUGH TO APPRECIATE HOW RARE AND SPECIAL THESE MOMENTS ARE.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PUBLIC MEETING WILL SPEAK ON ITEMS ONE 11 THROUGH ONE 13, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE.

MA'AM GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS TANYA AND I'M A CONSTITUENT OF DISTRICT 12.

MY REMARKS PERTAINING TO ALL THREE RESOLUTIONS PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE OF GOVERNMENT.

I'M GOING TO TELL A LITTLE STORY.

SO PLEASE INDULGE ME.

I PROMISE THERE'S A POINT TO IT LAST YEAR, MY BROTHER-IN-LAW AND HIS WIFE HAD ANY BABY.

THEY LIVE ON THE WEST COAST AND FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, THE EARLIEST WE COULD PLAN TO TRAVEL TO SEE THE NEW BABY WAS JUNE.

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BABIES DO NOT WAIT TO GROW UP SO THAT YOU CAN STILL HOLD THEM WHILE THEY'RE BABIES.

SO WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO IN JUNE, BUT AS YOU KNOW, THE PANDEMIC HAPPENED AND ALL TRAVEL WAS CANCELED.

I CONSIDER TRACK POWER THROUGH WRITTEN RV DRIVE CROSS COUNTRY, BUT NOT FOR LONG.

I RECOGNIZED THE WORLD HAD CHANGED AND THEY'RE TRYING TO STICK WITH OUR ORIGINAL PLAN TO NOT ACTUALLY ALLOW US TO ENJOY OUR ORIGINAL.

IF YOU, IF YOU COULD PLEASE GET ON THE TOPIC, IF YOU WOULD HELLO OURSELVES AND OUR FAMILY IN HARM'S WAY, IF WE TRY THE WORLD RETAINED.

SO WE CANCELED OUR PLANS.

IF YOU WOULD PLEASE NEVER.

I WILL NEVER HAVE AN HEADCOUNT.

MY NEPHEW WHILE HE WAS A BABY.

IF I'M LUCKY, I'LL GET TO SEE HIM AS A TODDLER.

THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW THE QUOTE, COULD YOU PLEASE TALK ABOUT ITEMS ONE 11 THROUGH ONE 13, PLEASE.

WE DO EVERYTHING WE WANT TO DO.

WE DON'T EVEN GET TO DO EVERYTHING WE NEED TO DO.

AND TRYING TO IGNORE THE WORLD HAS CHANGED OFTEN DOES MORE HARM THAN GOOD WOMAN COLLINS LEWIS.

I KNOW YOU STARTED THIS PROCESS OVER A YEAR AGO, THIS PROCESS TO AMEND THE PLAN GOVERNMENT OVER A YEAR AGO.

I UNDERSTAND YOU FEEL RESPONSIBILITY TO SEE IT THROUGH, BUT THE WORLD HAS CHANGED AND TRYING TO PUSH THESE PROPOSITIONS THROUGH AT THIS TIME DOES MORE HARM THAN GOOD.

WE CANNOT IMPROVE THE INTEGRITY OF OUR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE.

IF THE PUBLIC CANNOT MEANINGFULLY PARTICIPATE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC, THE PUBLIC CANNOT DEVOTE THE TIME AND ENERGY TO CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE PROPOSAL MUCH LESS COMPREHEND THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED.

IF THE PUBLIC CANNOT FULLY PARTICIPATE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, WHEN CONSIDERING PROPOSITIONS SUCH AS THE PROPOSAL, REGARDLESS OF THE PROPOSED PROPONENTS, THAT INTENTION IS INHERENTLY ANTITHETICAL TO A HEALTHY DEMOCRACY.

THERE'S A MYRIAD OF REASONS TO VOTE AGAINST THESE RESOLUTIONS, BUT THIS REASONABLE LOAN IS THE ONLY ONE YOU NEED TO VOTE AGAINST ALL THREE PROPOSITIONS.

I ASKED THE METRO OF HANSEL TO DELETE OR DEFER THESE ITEMS UNTIL CIRCUMSTANCES ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION AND TO MEET.

WE PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS.

ALSO, THIS SOUND SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE AMENDED IF YOU REALLY WANT A COMPLETE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

WELL THANK YOU LADIES.

GERALD'S A PUMPKIN WAS PICK ON ITEMS ONE 11 THROUGH ONE 13.

I WAS ONE 11 THREE, ONE 13.

COUNCILMAN COLLINS, LEWIS COUNCILMAN LAWSON.

I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I HAVE EMAILED PUBLIC COMMENTS.

NO, I'M SORRY.

SHE'S GOT SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS TO READ.

SO EMAIL PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THE FIRST ONE IS FROM MONTE MCNUTT, UM, AGAINST A PROPOSAL OF A MAJOR CHANGE TO THE PARISH PLAN OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE CITIZENS TO VOTE ON WITHOUT COMMUNITY REVIEWER DISCUSSION.

I ADVOCATE THE NEW PLAN OF GOVERNMENT BE SUBJECT TO EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY REVIEW BEFORE MOVING FORWARD WITH PUTTING IT ON A BALLOT FOR CITIZEN APPROVAL.

THE METHOD OF CHANGING A PLAN OF GOVERNMENT IS CERTAIN TO EXPERIENCE DEFEAT THE VOTER POLLS.

JESSICA I ALLAH, I AM ASKING THE METRO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DELETE OR DEFER THIS ITEM UNTIL CIRCUMSTANCES ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE RESOLUTIONS AND MEANINGFUL, FULLY PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS.

NICOLE, DON DRUMMOND AS PROPOSED.

I OPPOSED THE LIST OF CHANGES TO THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT.

AND I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS ITEM, SUCH COMPLETE ALTERATIONS THAT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED WITH THE PUB WITH PUBLIC INPUT AND FULL TRANSPARENCY IN THE PROCESS.

THESE PLANS HAVE GONE THROUGH REVISIONS AND THEY SHOULD BE DISCUSSED IN A SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH COMMUNITY FEEDBACK VOTING TODAY DURING A PANDEMIC WITH BATON ROUGE, COVID POSITIVITY RISE AND TWO DAYS BEFORE A NATIONAL HOLIDAY AND WITHOUT VITAL PUBLIC COMMENT DOES NOT APPEASE DIDN'T I'M SORRY.

IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO SERVE THE BEST INTEREST OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH RESIDENTS.

PLEASE VOTE NO ON THIS ITEM UNTIL THE PUBLIC HAS AMPLE TIME AND ABILITY TO REVIEW THE CHANGES JASMINE POGUE FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM, I WOULD LIKE TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION.

WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC AND IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ELECTION SEASON, THE PUBLIC HAS NOT HAD ENOUGH TIME TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THESE ITEMS AND THE METRO COUNCIL SHOULD BE UTILIZING TIME TO HELP EDUCATE THE PUBLIC.

PLEASE DO NOT GO FORWARD WITH THESE AGENDA ITEMS UNTIL YOU GET MORE PUBLIC INPUT.

JENNIFER HARDING, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I AM WRITING TO URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS ITEM, RECOGNIZING THE GREAT DEAL OF TIME AND ENERGY THAT THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE PUT INTO IT.

THE PROPOSAL HAS GONE THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT

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ITERATIONS.

SINCE THE REVIEW COMMITTEE MADE ITS INITIAL RECOMMENDATION UPON COMPLETION OF THE PROPOSAL.

LAST YEAR, SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS PROMISED TO HOLD A SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS TO ENSURE THAT CONSTITUENTS HAD A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR PROPOSALS AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN.

UNFORTUNATELY ONLY ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS OCCURRED.

IT'S NOT CLEAR THAT YOU ARE, WHAT YOU ARE VOTING ON TODAY IS EVEN WHAT THE COMMITTEE AGREED UPON.

HOWEVER, THE CHANGES PROPOSED TODAY WOULD SUBSTANTIALLY ALTER THE STRUCTURE OF CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT, AND AS SUCH SHOULD NOT BE RUSHED INTO OR TAKEN LIGHTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC TWO DAYS BEFORE A HOLIDAY, WHEN MANY ARE VERY DISTRACTED AND WITHOUT OFFERING YOUR CONSTITUENTS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO EFFECTIVELY WEIGH IN PASSING THESE PROPOSALS NOW SEEMS IRRESPONSIBLE AND NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC.

PLEASE RESPECT THE PEOPLE YOU SERVE BY LEAVING THESE PROPOSALS FOR THE INCOMING COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AT A TIME WHEN THE PUBLIC CAN ADEQUATELY PARTICIPATE.

I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS ITEM, PHILLIP LARD, I I'M AGAINST THE FOLLOWING SECTION 2.01 EDITION OF ONE AT-LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE ELECTED ON, TO BE ELECTED BY THE VOTERS OF THE SPANNERS PARISH.

SECTION 2.5, REMOVING THE REFERENCE TO A SPECIFIC COMPENSATION FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AND THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT REQUIRES THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE COMPENSATION OF COUNCIL MEMBERS BY ORDINANCE AT LEAST ONE YEAR PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF EACH TERM.

THIS IS HOW THE COMPENSATION OF THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT CONSTABLE AND OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES IS SET.

SECTION 2.16 REQUIRES THE COUNCIL BUDGET OFFICER TO ATTEND BUDGET HEARINGS CONDUCTED BY THE MAYOR PRESIDENT'S OFFICE AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

SECTION 2.17 DECREASES ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBER FROM 75% OF ALL MEANINGS TO 60% OF ALL MEETINGS I'M AGAINST GROUPING ANY PROPOSED AMENDMENTS INTO ONE AMENDMENT ON A BALLOT.

ALL AMENDMENTS SHOULD BE LISTED SEPARATELY SO THEY CAN BE VOTED ON SEPARATELY BY THE PUBLIC.

I'M ALSO AGAINST THE FOLLOWING SECTION 4.02 PLACES.

THE PLANNING DIRECTOR UNDER THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT REMOVE SECTIONS GOVERNING THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT TO A NEWLY CREATED CHAPTER SECTION 4.14 CHANGES THE DUTY OF THE CAO TO HAVING DEPARTMENT HEADS REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE CAO.

SECTION 4.08 ADDS A NEW POSITION OF CHIEF OF STAFF FOR POLICY DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND RELATIONSHIP WITH CONSTITUENTS SECTION 4.09 AS A NEW POSITION OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE THE MAYOR PRESIDENT WITH INDEPENDENT LEGAL ADVICE AND GUIDANCE SECTION 10.02 PROVIDES THE MAYOR PRESENT PROVIDES THAT THE MAYOR PRESIDENT APPOINTS THE PLANNING DIRECTOR.

I AM ALSO AGAINST GROUPING.

THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ON A BALLOT.

CITIZENS SHOULD BE ABLE TO VOTE ON EACH PROPOSED AMENDMENT SEPARATELY.

UH, HE GOES ON TO SAY I'M AGAINST THE FOLLOWING SECTION 9.10 PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ANYONE IN THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE BASED ON THEIR STATUS AS A MEMBER OF A PROTECTED CLASS, CONSIDERED CONSISTENT WITH LAW.

I BELIEVE IT SHOULD STATE CONSISTENT WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAW, NOT JUST WITH LAW SECTION 11.02 DELETION OF LANGUAGE REGARDING RECREATIONAL PARK COMMISSION, BECAUSE IT IS NO LONGER UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT.

THE CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT IS STILL INVOLVED IN THINGS RELATED TO BRECK.

SEE LOUISIANA REVISED STATUTE 33, COLON 45, 70.1.

FOR EXAMPLE, I'M ALSO AGAINST GROUPING.

THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ON A BALLOT CITIZEN SHOULD BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR EACH PROPOSED AMENDMENT SEPARATELY.

NEXT IS FROM COLEEN KISSELL.

HELLO FIRST, THANK YOU FOR MAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS AVAILABLE ONLINE DUE TO COVID.

I DO NOT FEEL SAFE SITTING IN THE LIBRARY FOR THE ENTIRE MEETING.

IN ORDER TO COMMENT, I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE DEFER OR DELAY THIS ITEM TO ANOTHER MONTH BEING, BEING THAT BARRING THAT I ASKED THAT YOU PLEASE VOTE AGAINST THE ITEM FOR ONE.

THERE HAS BEEN VERY LITTLE PUBLIC INPUT ON THIS ITEM WITH THE PLANET.

GOVERNMENT CHANGES WERE BROUGHT UP LAST YEAR AND THIS MANNER, MANY OF YOU COMMITTED TO HAVING PUBLIC EDUCATION EVENTS ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES.

ONLY ONE SUCH EVENT HAS HAPPENED AFTER THAT.

AFTER A YEAR OF SILENCE IN THE MIDDLE OF PANDEMIC.

AND IF I MAY ADD TWO DAYS BEFORE THANKSGIVING, YOU'RE ABOUT TO VOTE TO ASK TO DRAMATICALLY CHANGE THE MAKEUP OF CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT.

WE HAVE THE TIME TO WAIT AND MAKE ANY CHANGES WITH THE PUBLIC BUY-IN SLIPPING CHANGES IN TWO DAYS BEFORE A HOLIDAY IS NOT THE WAY TO GATHER SUPPORT.

SECONDLY, THE ITEM IN PARTICULAR AS ONE AT-LARGE MEMBER AND DECREASES THE ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT FOR METRO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO CHANGES THAT ARE PERSONALLY STRONGLY OPPOSED.

WE NOT NEED TO ADD A PARISH WIDE MEMBER TO THE BODY OF THE METRO COUNCIL.

THE COUNCIL MAY NOT WORK LIKE A PERFECT MACHINE, BUT ADDING AN EXTRA PERSON AND AN EXTRA SALARY WOULD JUST MAKE IT EVEN LOUDER.

AS FAR AS ATTENDANCE, I THINK YOU SHOULD REQUIRE HIGHER ATTENDANCE.

IF MY CHILD, MISS 40% OF SCHOOL WOULD BE CALLED, I WOULD BE CALLED FOR TRUANCY PROBLEMS. I DON'T THINK HOLDING ADULTS TO A HIGHER STANDARD OF ATTENDANCE SHOULD BE ANY HARDSHIP.

I GET THAT 4:00 PM ON A WEEKDAY IS HARD TO WORK AROUND AND I BARELY CAN WATCH THESE MEETINGS.

AND OFTEN MISS INTRODUCTIONS, PERHAPS A LATER OR WEEKEND TIME SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.

IN ANY CASE, I HOPE YOU DELAY THIS ITEM UNTIL PUBLIC EDUCATION MEETINGS HAVE BEEN HELD.

AND I WAS HAPPY TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT ANY SUCH MEETINGS TO MY CONTACTS.

SHE GOES ON TO SAY, UM, I THINK YOU SHOULD CONSIDER

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VOTING ON THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT CHANGES.

AT LEAST ANOTHER MONTH.

I REMAIN HAPPY TO HELP WITH PUBLIC EDUCATION MEETINGS ON THE PLANET.

GOVERNMENT CHANGES AND BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD BE HELD BEFORE NO ANYTHING IS SENT TO THE VOTERS.

THESE CHAPTERS IN PARTICULAR ARE TRICKY TO SEND TO VOTERS.

IT CREATES TWO NEW POSITIONS TO WORRY ABOUT AND RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WELL THESE PEOPLE FIT INTO THE EXISTING SYSTEM, WEARABLE THEIR SALARIES COME FROM WHAT WILL THEIR SALARIES BE? PLENTY OF INFORMATION THAT COULD BE INCLUDED IN AN EDUCATIONAL EVENT.

I HAD ALSO CHANGED THE MERRELL TERM FOR SOME REASON, SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T REALLY NEED DOING IN MY OPINION, ALTHOUGH I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THE REASONS THAT THE COMMITTEE CAME UP WITH ADDING THAT CHANGE WITH A NEW METRO COUNCIL COMING IN THE ST GEORGE LAWSUIT PENDING.

THERE ARE PLENTY OF POTENTIAL CHANGES IN THE LINEUP FOR CITY GOVERNMENT.

WHY HAVE MORE ISSUES FOR THE CITY TO DEBATE AND STRESS OVER? IT'S A PANDEMIC IT'S ALMOST THANKSGIVING.

IT'S 2020, THE FURTHEST ITEM TO GET VOTER INPUT AND EDUCATION.

BEFORE YOU ASK US TO CHANGE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE CITY GOVERNMENT, SHE GOES ON TO SAY, SINCE THESE CHAPTERS, THESE ARE CHAPTERS ONE FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, NINE, AND 11.

SINCE THESE CHAPTERS ONLY DEAL WITH LANGUAGE UPDATES, I'M NOT STRONGLY OPPOSED TO APPROVING THEM JUST TO GET IT OVER WITH, BUT I STILL STAYED THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE PUBLIC EDUCATION INPUT TO THE PLAN OR GOVERNMENT CHANGES.

COUNCILWOMAN LEWIS HAS FREQUENTLY STATED THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE MEETINGS WERE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND HAVE NOTES AVAILABLE ONLINE, BUT I WILL REMIND HER TIME'S UP.

THAT'S IT.

COUNCILMAN COLLINS LEWIS.

COUNSEL WE'RE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ON THE CITY PAYER'S WEBSITE.

UM, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME JUST SAY, I TOTALLY GET MY GLASSES BACK ON ONE SECOND.

SEE, IN HERE, I TOTALLY RESPECT THE PUBLIC'S OPINION AND EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY HAS SAID ON THIS OR APPRECIATED AND RESPECTED.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO RESPECT MY COMMENTS AS WELL.

UH, THIS COMMITTEE DID SPEND 18 MONTHS ON THIS ISSUE ALMOST TWO YEARS, BECAUSE THERE WERE A COUPLE OF MONTHS WHERE MEETINGS WERE POSTPONE.

AGAIN, EVERY MEETING, A PUBLIC MEETING, EVERYBODY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE INPUT NANCY CURRY FROM THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND A GREATER FEDERATION OF CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS WAS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY.

I SAW THE GENTLEMAN COME UP EARLY TO TALK ABOUT THAT THIS ITEM NEVER DIED.

IT WAS ON THE AGENDA A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND WE DELETED IT OFF OF THE AGENDA.

WE DID HAVE ONE PUBLIC MEETING AND THERE WERE COMMITMENTS FROM, UH, OTHER OF MY COLLEAGUES TO HOST COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

AND THEN THE ELECTION PROCESS BEGAN AND MEETINGS DID NOT TAKE PLACE.

IT WAS NOT THE COUNCIL ELECTION, BUT IT WASN'T ELECTION WHERE OTHER PEOPLE WERE RUNNING AND I'M NOT GOING TO CALL NAMES.

CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THAT.

BUT THERE WERE COMMITMENTS TO HAVE MEETINGS THAT DID NOT TAKE PLACE FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.

WE SEEM TO WANT TO BLAME EVERYTHING NOW ON COVID.

I UNDERSTAND THAT I RESPECT THAT FROM EVERYBODY AND THEIR DESIRES AND THEIR WISHES TO NOT BE ABLE TO COME OUT BECAUSE OF COVID.

BUT IF COVID CONTINUES FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, I HOPE AND PRAY THAT THERE IS SOME ACTION TAKEN, UH, FOR THIS ITEM, FOR WHICH TIME PEOPLE GAVE THEIR TIME, THEIR TALENT, THEIR TREASURE TO BE DOWN HERE FOR TWO AND THREE HOURS AT A TIME, THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS EVENT.

IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I TOOK LIGHTLY, NOT SOMETHING THAT THE COMMITTEE TOOK LIGHTLY.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THIS COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON ONE WAY OR THE OTHER TO APPROVE THIS COUNCIL.

THESE 12 MEMBERS ON THIS BODY WILL ONLY VOTE TO SEND THIS TO YOU.

THE VOTERS OF THIS PUBLIC, TO MAKE A DECISION ON ANY CHANGE THAT SUGGESTED IN THIS PLAN OF GOVERNMENT.

I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THIS.

ALSO I WAS A PART OF A COMMITTEE.

I DID NOT MAKE EVERY DECISION ON THIS.

THE COMMITTEE MADE DECISIONS THAT I PERHAPS DID NOT AGREE WITH, BUT JUST LIKE THIS BODY OF THE COUNCIL, IF THERE WAS A, AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA AND I DON'T AGREE WITH IT, IT BECAUSE IT COMES TO A VOTE AND THE VOTE OF THE PEOPLE OR THE VOTE OF THIS BODY IS WHAT STANDS.

AND SO THERE ARE THINGS ON THE COMMITTEE THAT I MAY NOT PERHAPS HAVE AGREED WITH, BUT I, IT, BECAUSE I ASKED THE PEOPLE TO COME AND DO A PART OF THE WORK.

I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY THAT SENT IN A COMMENT CAR TONIGHT OR THAT SPOKEN ANYWAY, WILL SHOW UP AT A PUBLIC MEETING.

IF ONE INHALE, WE ALWAYS SAY, WE'VE GOT TO COME TO A PUBLIC MEETING, BUT THEN WHEN THEY TAKE PLACE, YOU HAVE 10 OR 20 PEOPLE AT A MEETING.

I DID HOST ONE MEETING AT BRECK.

IF THERE WERE 30 PEOPLE THERE, THERE WERE 130, BUT PEOPLE DON'T SHOW UP.

I KNOW PEOPLE, SOME PEOPLE MAY BE AGAIN, DON'T TAKE THIS IN THE WRONG WAY.

IF YOU REALLY ARE GOING TO COME TO A MEETING, COME TO ME AND DON'T JUST SIT THERE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT US NOT HAVING PUBLIC MEETINGS.

I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE SAYING THAT THE EVENTS TOOK PLACE AT WORK.

THEY DID TAKE PLACE DURING THE WORKING HOURS, BUT EVERY MEETING WAS

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THERE WERE OPENED OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND TALK TO ME OR TALK TO ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

AND SO AGAIN, WE HAVE TO TAKE PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY.

AND WHEN THESE THINGS HAPPEN, I ONLY PRAY THAT AS I STEPPED FOOT OFF THIS COUNCIL, THAT THE WORK OF THIS COMMITTEE WAS NOT NULL AND VOID.

I KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE, WE HAVE AT LEAST SIX NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS COMING ON BOARD.

I PRAY THAT THEY EDUCATE THEMSELVES AND THAT THEY REALLY DO HAVE MEETINGS.

BUT AGAIN, THIS IS NOT FOR THIS BODY TO DECIDE THESE CHANGES.

IT IS FOR THE BODY TO SEND TO YOU THE PUBLIC, TO MAKE A DECISION ON A HOPE THAT THERE CAN BE A COMMITTEE AGAIN, PUT IN PLACE.

ONCE WE STEP OFF OF THIS COUNCIL, THE SIX OF US THAT ARE NOT YOUR COUNCILMAN WILL WORKER WAS A PART OF THE, UH, OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE PLAN ON GOVERNMENT.

UH, THIS WAS SERIOUS WORK PEOPLE, VERY SERIOUS WORK.

VERY TIME-CONSUMING VERY FRUSTRATING AT TIMES, BUT WE FELT THE NEED THAT IT NEEDED TO BE DONE.

I'M NOT TRYING TO SHOVE ANY, ANYTHING DOWN ANYBODY'S THROAT BY ANY MEANS, BUT I FELT AS A PART OF THE COMMUNITY TO BRING THIS ONCE AGAIN, TO THE PUBLIC FOR A VOTE, I HAD PROBABLY NO REAL, UH, IMAGINATION THAT THIS WAS GOING TO GET VOTED ON TONIGHT.

BUT I MADE A COMMITMENT TO THE COMMITTEE THAT I WOULD TRY TO PURSUE THIS ITEM BEFORE I LEFT HIS BODY.

AND THAT WAS MY COMMITMENT TO THEM.

AND THAT'S WHAT I DID.

SO I HOPE AND PRAY THAT THIS ITEM DOES NOT FALL BY THE WAYSIDE.

THAT SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES, WHEN I LEAVE WILL PICK THIS UP.

I HAVE ONE MEMBER INCOMING MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL THAT HAS REACHED OUT TO ME TO SAY THAT HE FELT LIKE THE WORK WAS IMPORTANT.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOR A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE.

IF YOU, IF THERE'S A PART, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO BREAKING IT UP INTO 12 TO EVERY CHAPTER SO THAT PEOPLE CAN VOTE ON IT.

AGAIN, THIS COMES TO THIS BODY.

IT IS NOT ETCHED IN STONE.

THIS BODY CAN TAKE EVERY PART OF THIS PLAN OF GOVERNMENT RECOMMENDATION, CHANGE.

IT DELETED, UH, DO A WAY WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO WITH IT.

SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT ASKS FOR TO APPEAR AND IMAGINED, OR THE COMMITTEE DEED.

IT WAS TO BRING TO THIS BODY FOR THEM TO CONSIDER SENDING IT TO YOU, THE VOTERS.

AND SO AGAIN, IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T LIKE CALL YOUR COUNTY, DO YOU KNOW, THE WHITE WILL BE HERE NEXT YEAR? YOU KNOW, COUNCILWOMAN GREEN COUNCIL, WOMAN BASE, NO, Y'ALL, WELCOMING THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE GONE, THAT ARE HERE.

NOW THAT WILL BE HERE NEXT YEAR.

GIVE WHAT YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, IF THERE ARE THINGS ON THIS THAT YOU WANT TO SEE CHANGE, AND YOU CAN COME TO MEETING, THEY ARE YOUR VOICE, CALL THEM AND LET THEM KNOW YOU WANT YOUR ADDITIONAL TIME.

I'M SORRY, YOU'RE PREACHING.

BUT NOW ON THE SERIES NOW, IF CONTACT HER COUNCIL MEMBER AND LET THEM KNOW, I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT.

I WOULD RATHER SEE THIS CHANGE, BUT DON'T JUST SIT BY THE WAYSIDE AND LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN.

OR MEETINGS HAPPEN.

AND THEN YOU DON'T PARTICIPATE.

UH, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS A PROCESS.

COME BE A PART OF THE PROCESS.

UH, AGAIN, I'M, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO DELETE ITEMS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I DON'T HAVE THE VOTES TO PUSH THIS FORWARD.

I AM GOING TO ASK THIS BODY TO, UH, AFTER THE HOLIDAYS OR NEXT YEAR TO COME UP WITH A COMMITTEE TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE THIS AND TO PUSH THIS ITEM FORWARD.

SO I'LL LEAVE YOU GUYS WITH THAT AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOUR INPUT TO THE PUBLIC.

WE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE.

I LOVE YOU OUT.

AND I RESPECT THE PROCESS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT THIS AFTERNOON.

WE GOT A MOTION DELETE BY CALIFORNIA CALLS LEWIS.

SECOND SECOND BY WATSON COUNCILMAN HUDSON, COUNCILMAN BANKS.

TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION.

UM, SO, UM, FIRST OF ALL THIS COMMITTEE, I AM AWARE OF THE WORK, THE NUMBER OF HOURS, THE COMMITMENT THAT WAS MADE.

SO IT IS NOT MY DOOR.

I APPRECIATE THE ITEM BEING, UM, DELETED.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DISMISSED NOR DO I BELIEVE THAT IT'S NECESSARY TO NECESSARILY HAVE ANOTHER COMMITTEE.

I THINK THE FRAMEWORK HAS ALREADY BEEN PRESENTED IN A WAY THAT NONE OF US WOULD BE ABLE TO PURSUE INDIVIDUALLY.

I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO, UM, KNOW THAT A CERTAIN PART, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE OUR PRIORITIES.

SO THERE ARE CERTAIN PARTS OF THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT THAT I WAS INTERESTED IN CHANGING.

THERE WERE OTHER PARTS THAT DID NOT NEED AS MUCH NOR DID I PAY AS MUCH ATTENTION TO.

SO I DO.

I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S A LOT TO GRASP AT ONE TIME THOUGH.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS.

I STILL BELIEVE THAT EACH ONE OF US, UM, ON THIS COUNCIL HAVE A RISK AND THAT IT'S GONE TO THE VOTERS, HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS IS WELL AND ARE WELL-INFORMED AND UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT IS BEING BROUGHT BEFORE THEM.

UM, AS WE KNOW, EVEN WHENEVER THERE'S AN ELECTION AND THE MEN PEOPLE KNOW WHO THEY WANT TO VOTE FOR FOR POSITION, BUT WHEN IT GETS TO THE AMENDMENTS, WE ALL GET TO TEXAS.

AND THE PHONE CALLS ASKING FOR, UM, SOME OF THEM WANT US TO EXPLAIN OTHERS, JUST SAY SHIT, HOW SHOULD WE VOTE? SO WITH THIS, WE STILL, UM, I WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY

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I WAS ONE OF THOSE PERSONS THAT WANTED TO HOST A, UM, UM, DISTRICT MEETING.

I'M STILL COMMITTED TO DOING THAT.

AND I WOULD LIKE THE COMMITTEE TO BE AT MY MEETING.

SO ALONG WITH MYSELF, SO DONNA, YOU'RE NOT QUITE OFF THE HOOK ALONG WITH MYSELF, UM, TO GET THAT UNDERSTANDING, BUT YOU'RE STILL AVAILABLE TO DO THAT.

SO THAT, THAT, I THINK THAT EACH ONE OF US, UM, ON THE COUNCIL, IF WE HAVE THOSE MEETINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND EXPLAIN TO HAVE PEOPLE EXPLAIN, I THINK THAT WOULD WORK.

UM, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING TO BE DISMISSED OR TAKEN FOR.

GRANTED.

IT IS IMPORTANT.

IT'S JUST THAT I THINK WE JUST HAVE SO MUCH GO, I KNOW HIM 2020 HAS BEEN JUST A MONSTER FOR ME, BUT I DO FEEL THAT MY CONSTITUENTS AND MYSELF DESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FULLY GRASP IT.

AND I AM NOT CONFIDENT IN THAT AS IT RELATES TODAY.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING ME TIME AND YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT THAT, AND I THINK EVERYBODY THAT WILL WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK FOR IT.

AND THIS, WE DON'T NEED A NEW COMMITTEE.

WE JUST NEED TO CONTINUE TO PROCESS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.

THANKS.

MA'AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I JUST, I DO WANT TO, UM, MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND THANK, UM, DONNA, THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

UM, IT WAS A LONG TIME.

IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION, UM, THAT WE HAD TO DIGEST AND GO INTO AND JUST DIG THROUGH TO MAKE, UM, SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.

UM, EVERY, EVERYBODY DIDN'T AGREE ON EVERYTHING AND ALL OF THAT, BUT THERE WERE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE.

I DID HAVE CONVERSATIONS KIND OF ALONG THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT CONTACTED ME.

I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE, UM, QUITE A FEW PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE VERY, VERY CONCERNED, ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE TIMING AND THE DETAILS OF, UM, ALL THE INFORMATION WITHIN THE AMENDMENT CHANGES.

AND SO I DO CONCUR WITH MY COLLEAGUES THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS HUGELY IMPORTANT, THAT NEEDS TO, UM, PEOPLE NEED AN OPPORTUNITY TO FEEL LIKE THEY WERE A PART BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME MAJOR CHANGES THAT ARE GOING TO BE MADE.

UM, THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT WE DO BUSINESS IN THE CITY.

AND I THINK PEOPLE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE TRIED OR DIDN'T TRY WHATEVER, I THINK THAT WE OWE IT TO THE CITIZENS TO GIVE THEM AT LEAST AN OPPORTUNITY TO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE REALLY A PART OF THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.

THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT, UH, I DO WANT TO RECOMMEND TO THE UPCOMING COUNCIL THAT YOU DO BECAUSE IT IS, UH, SUCH LARGE MEASURE AND A LOT OF AMENDMENT CHANGES.

UH, IT'S ALMOST LIKE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO EAT AN ELEPHANT AT ONE TIME.

AND I KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN LEWIS WENT IN AND TRIED TO BREAK THEM UP INTO THREE PARTS.

I EVEN THINK THAT YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER TAKING THOSE SECTIONS IN EVEN SMALLER CHUNKS AND JUST ALLOW THE MEMBERS TO REALLY COME INTO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND HAVE A ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THEY FEEL IN TERMS OF THESE D THESE CHANGES.

I THINK THAT WOULD JUST BE TIME WELL SPENT AND BE VERY VALUABLE TO, UM, TO THE CITIZENS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE A PART AND THEY HAD A VOICE IN THIS.

THE ONLY OTHER THING FOR ME WAS THAT I KNOW THAT WERE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE.

AND, UM, AND I THINK WE GOT THEM AFTER THE FACT, BUT THESE WERE SO RECOMMENDATIONS.

I THINK MAYBE, UM, THE COUNCIL WOMAN, UM, DONNA COLLINS, LEWIS MAY HAVE PUT IN AFTER THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE.

AND SO I KNOW THAT WE DIDN'T GO BACK AND HAVE ANOTHER MEETING.

SO, AND I EXPRESSED THAT IN THE LAST MINUTE, THAT WAS A CONCERN FOR ME, WAS JUST BEING ABLE TO GO BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMITTEE ITSELF ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT DIDN'T COME FROM THE COMMITTEE ITSELF.

SO THAT WAS A LITTLE CONCERNING TO ME, BUT, UM, I WANT TO, AGAIN, THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE WORK.

IT WAS A LOT OF WORK, VERY IMPORTANT WORK.

AND I DO THINK THAT IT DESERVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY BE DIGESTED ONE CHUNK AT A TIME TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GOOD SIZABLE MEAL OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE AND MOVE FORWARD.

OF TRYING TO BRING ALL OF US TOGETHER.

MA'AM WE HAD A MOTION TO DELETE FROM COLLINS LEWIS SECOND BY WATSON OR ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEMS. ONE 11 THROUGH ONE 13 HAVE BEEN DELETED

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CALCIUM.

WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM ONE 14.

WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO DEFER THIS BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THROUGH THE DECEMBER 9TH MEETING.

THERE'S A MEETING DAKOTA BOARDS AND THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PAIRS OF EAST BATON ROUGE, TITLE TO CHAPTER NINE SMALL WALLS FACILITY.

SO IT'S REVISED FOR REGULATION OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES ON THE RIGHT AWAY.

THE CITY FAIRS THAT ROUGE BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

LADIES IN JAIL, THE PUBLIC HERE WAS BIG ON ITEM ONE 14.

CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, SIR? YES, GARY PERO ONE, ONE 807 ROSE NE HEMORRHAGE, LOUISIANA.

I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT, UH, FOR ALL THEIR PARTICIPATION, I'D LIKE TO START WITH THE MAYOR.

UH, SHE AND HER STAFF WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS ISSUE.

I'D LIKE TO THANK THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, THEIR STAFF, AN EXCELLENT JOB

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I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP IN THIS.

THANK YOU FOR BEING VERY INTERESTED IN THIS ISSUE.

I'D LIKE TO THANK THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY.

ALSO, WE ALL WORK TOGETHER IN GOOD FAITH.

TRY TO COME UP WITH A, UH, AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD WORK FOR ALL PEOPLE OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK TO DO.

I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, WORK TOGETHER TO ACCOMPLISH OUR GOAL, ALL OF OUR GOALS, UH, AND BRING YOU BACK AT ORDINANCE IN TWO WEEKS THAT, UH, WILL BE A CONSENSUS BASED RULE OR THAT'S NOTHING WE'RE HOPING FOR.

AGAIN, THAT'S A VERY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE WORK THAT ALL A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE HAVE PUT IN TO THIS ORDINANCE.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PUBLIC.

AND WE'RE SPEAKING ON ITEM ONE 14.

DO YOU WANT TO WISH TO PICK ON ITEM ONE 14? OKAY.

WELL, PUBLIC COLOR, ACTUALLY, YOU HAVE ELECTRONIC, YOU HAVE SOME EMAILS YOU'D LIKE TO READ FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

FIRST COMMENT IS JOHN OLSEN.

I SUPPORT THE 5G TASK FORCE AMENDMENT PROPOSALS THAT IMPROVE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

ALSO COMMENTS FROM EFFECTED CITIZENS TO BE BETTER CONSIDERED AND IMPLORE I'M SORRY, AND IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CITIZENS AND A BETTER WAY TO WORK WITH INDUSTRY.

YOUR SUPPORT OF THESE AMENDMENTS WILL PROVIDE AN ENHANCED AND MORE STRUCTURED, SAFE, AND SENSIBLE WAY OF MOVING FORWARD WITH 5G TECHNOLOGY THAT HAS BEEN EXTENDED EXTENSIVELY DISCUSSED AND VETTED WITH EVERYONE INVOLVED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL VOTE.

MONTE MCNUTT I'M REQUESTING THE METRO COUNCIL VOTED AGAINST THE PROPOSED EBR WIRELESS ORDINANCE AND ITS CURRENT PROPOSED STATE I'M OPPOSED TO THE ORDINANCE AND PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AS FOLLOWS ONE.

IT DOES NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE NOTIFICATION, PUBLIC AWARENESS AND ABILITY TO OBJECT TO PROPOSED WIRELESS INSTALLATION LOCATIONS.

AMENDMENT ONE HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY THE FEDERATION OF GREATER BATON ROUGE, CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS.

NUMBER TWO, WIRELESS FACILITY, HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS ARE AN ADEQUATE TO AVOID VISUAL AESTHETICS AMENDMENT TWO HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY THE FEDERATION OF GREATER BATON ROUGE, CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS THREE.

IT DOES NOT REQUIRE THE USE OF LOWER CITING PRIORITY ALTERNATE LOCATIONS OR CO LOCATIONS WITHOUT AN EXPLANATION OR REASON.

AMENDMENT THREE HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY THE FEDERATION OF GREATER BATON ROUGE, CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS.

NUMBER FOUR DOES NOT ALLOW APPEAL OF DECISIONS.

AMENDMENT FOUR HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY THE FEDERATION OF GREATER BATON OR CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS.

I REQUEST THAT THE HOMEOWNERS AND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS BE NOTIFIED OF THE PERMIT REQUEST DECISION AT THE SAME TIME AND METHOD AS THE APPLICATION HAS NOTIFIED ALISON CLAUDETTE, THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE IS BASED UPON THE DRAFT ORDINANCE SUBMITTED TO THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

IN OCTOBER, 2019, THERE ARE FOUR KEY ITEMS THAT WERE REMOVED FROM THE DRAFT THAT MUST BE ADDED TO PROTECT THE RIGHT OF EBR RESIDENTS.

ALL FOUR AMENDMENTS ARE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF WHAT THE FCC GIVES LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES.

THE ABILITY TO REGULATE.

PLEASE VOTE TO INCLUDE THEM.

VALUE DECLINE WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THE 5G OF THE 50 FOOT 5G TOWER ADJACENT TO MY HOUSE.

NEXT, UH, THERESA HARROLSON PLEASE SUPPORT PASSING THE FOUR AMENDMENTS WITH THE 5G TOWER ORDINANCE.

THIS WILL HELP SAFEGUARD ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WITH GUIDELINES ON PLACEMENT OF THE TOWERS.

WE HAVE BEEN UNDER A VOLUNTARILY VOLUNTARY MORATORIUM FOR 16 MONTHS.

ONCE A NEW ORDINANCE HAS PASSED, THE 5G INDUSTRY WILL RESUME THE TOWER BUILDING, INCLUDING TOWERS AND EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE NEED THE BALANCE OF AMENDMENTS AS WELL TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

MARGARET FELLS, THE AMENDMENTS APPEAR REASONABLE AND ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF THE GREATEST CONCERN TO HOMEOWNERS.

THE CITY'S DEEPER INVOLVEMENT IN THE SITE SELECTION PROCESS LOCATING TOWER.

SO AS NOT TO INTERFERE WITH THE HOMEOWNER'S PROPERTY VALUE, TIMELY COMMUNICATIONS AND NOTIFICATIONS TO HOMEOWNERS, PROVIDING A PATH FOR THE HOMEOWNERS TO BE ABLE TO FILE COMPLAINTS, THE SAFETY OF INSTALLED EQUIPMENT, AND MOST OF ALL, COORDINATION OF THE SITE SELECTION AND INSTALLATION PROCESS BETWEEN THE CITY VENDORS AND THE HOMEOWNERS IN THE SPIRIT OF DOING WHAT IS BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, I FULLY SUPPORT THESE AMENDMENTS TO THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT, WHICH GIVE CONSIDERATION TO THE HOMEOWNERS BY CREATING REASONABLE WORK AROUNDS FOR BOTH THE CITY AND THE VENDORS.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND A FAVORABLE VOTE.

ALISON PAEZ, I'M WRITING TO YOU TODAY AS A VICTIM OF PAST CARELESSNESS OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.

AND I'M IMPLORING YOU TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED 5G ORDINANCE WITH THE FOUR AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE 5G TASK FORCE.

WITHOUT INCLUSION OF THESE CRUCIAL AMENDMENTS RESIDENTS WILL NOT BE PROTECTED FROM THE 5G INDUSTRY.

WHEN I DECIDED TO MOVE AND INVEST IN BATON ROUGE, I SEARCHED FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A STRONG ASSOCIATION, DEED RESTRICTIONS AND UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, ALL MARKERS FOR A SOUND FINANCIAL INVESTMENT IN A HOME.

I FOUND THESE QUALITIES IN MY CURRENT NEIGHBORHOOD.

SINCE THAT TIME, MY FAMILY AND I HAVE LIVED AND ENJOYED A BEAUTIFUL PEACEFUL HOME AND TARA, UNFORTUNATELY, JUST AS WE WERE PLANNING SOME RENOVATIONS, FIVE G SHATTERED OUR DREAM IN APRIL, 2019, WE EXPERIENCED AN IMMEDIATE PROPERTY

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THIS INSTALLATION HAS LEFT HUGE REGRET AND DOUBT HANGING OVER MY DECISION TO INVEST IN THE CITY.

WE PLACED ALL RENOVATIONS ON HOLD.

AND AS A RESULT, I AM PLAGUED WITH WORRY AND FEAR FEAR FOR MY FINANCIAL INVESTMENT FEAR FOR MY HEALTH AND THE HEALTH OF MY DAUGHTER, WHO HAS A PRIMETIME VIEW OF THE TOWER FROM HER BEDROOM WINDOW.

I ASK EACH OF YOU, WHAT KEEPS YOU AWAKE AT NIGHT? FOR ME, IT'S THAT 50 FOOT MONSTROSITY AND THE NIGHTMARE OF WORRYING ABOUT WALKING OUT OF MY DOOR TO FIND OTHER CARRIERS HAVE COME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE FACT THAT IF I WERE, FOR SOME REASON TO THAT, IF IT WERE TO SOME REASON FALL, IT WOULD HIT MY HOUSE AND MY DAUGHTER'S BEDROOM.

AND EVERY EVENING WHEN I AM HOME, I AM MET WITH THIS 50 FOOT REMINDER OF WHAT IS CAUSING MY ANXIETY.

I CAN SEE IT BEFORE I ARRIVE ON MY STREET WHILE I AM CERTAIN, THIS COUNCIL DID NOT INTENTIONALLY SET OUT TO CAUSE HARM.

NOW'S THE TIME TO CORRECT WITH, DO YOU HAVE DESTROYED? MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY STATED THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING THE FIRST TIME AROUND WITH THE 5G ORDINANCE AS A METRO COUNCIL AT THE METRO COUNCIL MEETING ON JUNE 26, 2019, THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS WERE MADE AS A COUNCILMAN.

I'M NOT POINTING FINGERS.

I DIDN'T DO MY JOB PERIOD.

WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB.

AT LEAST I DO A PRO TIM SCOTT WILSON.

WE WERE RIGHT ON PACE, BUT ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY.

BUT IN TERMS OF THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION, WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE LOOKED AT SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT COUNCILMAN LEMONT COLE.

WE KNOW THAT HALF OF THIS COUNCIL IS NOT RETURNING AND WILL BE DEEMED ORDINARY CITIZENS WITHOUT THESE PROTECTIONS.

EACH OF YOU WILL BE SUBJECT TO A 5G DISRUPTION ADJACENT TO YOUR HOME RIGHT NOW, ALL OF YOU HAVE A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO FIX A WRONG.

PLEASE STAND UP FOR BATON ROUGE NEIGHBORHOODS AND BE A LEADER, SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE WITH ALL OF OUR AMENDMENTS.

DO NOT LET OTHERS SUFFER THE SAME FATE.

I OKAY.

NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, CALIFORNIA WICKER.

YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? COUNCILMAN, THE WHITE NUTS.

I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF, UH, MR. .

UH, THERE HAS BEEN AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF WORK, UH, ESPECIALLY DONE BY ACCORDING HUMPHREY AND THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UM, ON THIS ORDINANCE.

UH, I THINK WE'RE EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY CLOSE.

UH, AND SO I THINK THE TWO WEEK DEFERRAL WILL LET US GET THERE ON SORT OF JUST ONE LAST ITEM THAT WE NEED TO CLEAR UP SOME LANGUAGE ON TO HOPEFULLY, UH, COMPLETELY GET IT DONE.

AND I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, FOR THE MOST PART INCORPORATE THE, THE AMENDMENTS THAT THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION GROUP HAS ASKED FOR.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING I DO WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE ROLLOUT OF 5G AND THE PASSAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE THOUGH, IS I DON'T WANT FOLKS TO GET THE SENSE THAT WE'RE CREATING A WAY WHERE WE CAN STOP THE ROLLOUT OF THIS TECHNOLOGY.

THE FCC ORDER IS QUITE CLEAR THAT WE CANNOT CREATE AN ORDINANCE, UH, THAT STOPS THE ROLLOUT OF THIS, OF THIS TECHNOLOGY, UH, 5G IS COMING TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

UM, SO MY HOPE IS THAT EVERYONE THROUGH THE NOTICES THAT WILL NOW BE GIVEN, UH, THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES THAT ARE GOING TO BE A PART OF THIS ORDINANCE WILL WE'LL TAKE PART IN IT.

UM, BUT AT SOME POINT WE'VE GOT TO EMBRACE THE TECHNOLOGY.

WE'VE GOT TO EMBRACE THE GOOD THINGS THAT WILL COME WITH THE TECHNOLOGY, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TAKE PART IN THE PROCESS.

SO, UH, WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE TWEAKING AND MAKING SURE THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT ALL OF US WILL BE, UH, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, UH, PROUD OF AND BE ABLE TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CONCERNS OR, OR I CAN SET OURSELF AGAIN, THANKS FOR ALL THE WORK OF THIS COMMITTEE.

WE GOT A MOTION TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS TO THE DECEMBER 9TH MEETING BY HUDSON SECOND BY I'M SORRY, COUNCIL WOMAN.

YOU WANT TO SECOND BY THE CHAIR? YES, SIR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOM AND I DO WANT TO CONCUR WITH, UM, COUNCILMAN HUDSON.

UH, AND AGAIN, COURTNEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SHE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF WALKING US THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS AND THE MEETINGS AND ALL THE INFORMATION.

AGAIN, THIS COMMITTEE WAS A REALLY GREAT COMMITTEE THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER TO LOOK AT THIS AND I, AND I FELT REALLY GOOD.

UM, LAST YEAR I WASN'T AWARE AS AWARE AS I AM NOW WHEN I WAS IN DC AT THE TEXAS AND MISSISSIPPI, LOUISIANA, UM, MEETING 5G WAS FRONT AND CENTER AND THEY WERE HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND DWIS YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

IT WASN'T ABOUT IF IT WAS, IF THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, IT WAS WHEN IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND THEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN REGULATE OR WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO.

I DO WANT TO THANK THE NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE, UM, I LIKED ONE OF THE YOUNG LADIES THAT SENT AN EMAIL, GOT A CALL FROM MY NEIGHBOR AROUND THE CORNER WHO I'VE KNOWN SINCE I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD AND I DROVE HOME AND I SAID, WHAT IS THAT? AND, UM, THERE WAS ONE IN, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF SPECULATION.

THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, CONCERN.

MY 15 YEAR OLD WALKED INTO THE HOUSE THE OTHER DAY.

AND SHE SAID, I HEARD 5G WAS DANGEROUS.

AND SO I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A ROBUST CONVERSATION WITH HER ABOUT 5G AND WHAT IT WAS AND WHAT IT WAS NOT AS A RESULT OF ALL THE RESEARCH AND INFORMATION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ON THE COMMITTEE, SPANKING THE PROVIDERS FOR BEING THERE FOR BEING PATIENT AND MAKING CHANGES THAT WERE NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE CONCERNS OF THE, OF THE CITIZENS WERE, UM, ADHERE TO.

AND SO

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AND, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT COMES OUT OF IT.

MA'AM COUNCILMAN WATSON.

CARRIE CHAUVIN.

CAN YOU COME UP HERE? AND WHILE CARRIE'S COMING UP HERE, I WANT TO ECHO, AGAIN, ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE, THE FEDERATION CARRIE SHOW, CARRIE, WORKING WITH THE PARISH ATTORNEY, WORKING GARY PATRO WITH THE 5G TASK FORCE, WORKING ON THIS, AND EVERYBODY ELSE HAS PUT IN THEIR TIME, ESPECIALLY THE FOLKS IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY, HAVING AN OPEN CONVERSATION.

I'VE GOT A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.

AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKEN UP IN THE TWO WEEK DEFERRAL.

UH, AND I'M NOT GOING TO, I'LL JUST READ IT TO YOU RATHER THAN HAVE YOU DIG THROUGH, BUT IT'S, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT PAGE OF THE RECENT, WHAT'S CONNECTED THIS AGENDA PAGE 17, UH, IN SECTION ANYWAY, I'LL JUST READ IT TO YOU RATHER THAN GO THROUGH ALL THIS.

IT'S QUITE A LONG AND SUBSTANTIAL, UH, DOCUMENT.

ALL APPLICANTS ARE REQUIRED TO CERTIFY THAT THEY WILL REVIEW AND MAKE GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO UTILIZE THE DESIGN PREFERRED LOCATIONS LIST.

IF SUCH LOCATIONS ARE COMMUTE, COMMERCIALLY AND TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE.

I ASKED YOU EARLIER, WHO WAS GOING TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER A GOOD FAITH EFFORT WAS MADE OR NOT.

IS YOUR DEPARTMENT GOING TO BE GIVEN THE FACT THAT YOU ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN THESE PERMITS? ARE YOU GOING TO BE THE ONE THAT IS GOING TO BE DETERMINING WHETHER A GOOD FAITH EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE BEFORE A PERMIT HAS BEEN GIVEN? OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DETERMINED? WE WOULD HOPE THAT KIND OF SUBJECTIVE LANGUAGE WOULD, WOULD BE BEDDED OUT.

YOU'RE FINDING IT SO SUBJECTIVE THAT YOU PROBABLY WANT TO LOOK AT TECHNICAL MEASUREMENT DATA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THIS IS FROM POLE TO POLE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE RATHER THAN GENERALIZED SUBJECTIVE LANGUAGE BEING USED.

CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE MORE SPECIFIC, MORE TECHNICAL WOULD BE ENFORCEABLE.

IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR US TO ENFORCE THAT.

THAT CAN CARRY THAT'S ALL I GOT.

COUNCILMAN HUDSON.

I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THE QUESTION FROM, FROM COUNCILMAN WATSON.

THAT IS THE SPECIFIC SECTION.

THAT IS THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE, THE IMPETUS FOR THE TWO WEEK DEFERRAL.

UM, THE, THE ISSUE WITH NEEDING TO CLEAR UP THE LANGUAGE.

AND I THINK EVERYBODY AT CITY PARISH, UH, WANTS TO TRY AND ADDRESS THAT ISSUE OF, OF, YOU KNOW, PUTTING AS MUCH WEIGHT ON THE PREFERRED SITE LOCATIONS AS WE CAN.

UM, THE ISSUE BECOMES IF YOU MAKE IT A HARD AND FAST REQUIREMENT, DOES THAT COMPLY WITH THE FCC REGULATIONS? AND THE ADVICE THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE TELECOM ATTORNEYS OR FROM OUR TELECOM ATTORNEYS, IS THAT NO, IT DOESN'T.

SO W WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THAT LANGUAGE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE FIND SOMETHING THAT CAN COMPLY WITH FCC REGULATIONS, GIVE THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION GROUP WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR AND THAT SORT OF THING.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON FOR DIFFERENCE.

RESENDING AND DIRECTING THE COURT COURT CANCELED DECISION ORDER OF A COURT ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 IN THE MATTER OF CITY OF BATON ROUGE VS ROLAND, PAUL FALSE, 1964, THOMAS H DELTA DRIVE HOUSE AND REAR SHED REASONABLE RESCISSIONS.

COUNSELOR HAS GOT A MOTION TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS FROM HUDSON SECOND BY THE CHAIR.

ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM ONE 14 HAS BEEN DEFERRED TO DECEMBER 9TH, MEETING ITEM ONE 15,

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THE HOMEOWNER HAS BOARDED UP THE HOUSE TO PREVENT ACCESS AND IS THE PROCESS OF REPAIRING THE HOUSE TO LIVE IN BY COUNCILWOMAN TARA WICKER LAID IN JAIL IS A PUMPKIN.

WE SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 15.

I AM ONE 15.

SEEING NON-PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSED.

COUNCILMAN WICKER, MOTION APPROVED BY COUNCILWOMAN WICKER.

SECOND BY WATSON.

ANY OBJECTION HERE? NONE ITEM ONE 15 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM ONE 16.

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WE'RE SAYING DIRECTING THE CORPORATE COURT CANCELED DECISION ORDER RECORD ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2020 MATTER CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS GERALD SHORTLY.

AND SUTAN C SHIRLEY 16, 75 30 SOUTH AMY DRIVE READS FOR RESCISSION.

AND YOU ORDERED BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY, LADIES AND JOHN WAS A PUBLIC AND WE'RE SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 16, SAY NONE.

THE BULGARIANS CLOSE CALVIN MOTION APPROVED BY THE CHAIR.

ONE 17 AUTHORIZED AND INCREASING ON COMPENSATION.

ANY OBJECTION, HEARING, NOT ITEM ONE 16 FROM AN APPROVED ITEM,

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SEE JUDGES OR BATON ROUGE CITY COURT.

SO AS THE OVERALL ANNUAL SALARY IS EQUIVALENT TO THE SALARY OF THE EASTBOUND REPAIRS DISTRICT JUDGES IN THE COURTS WITH ORDINANCE 1661, TWO ADOPTED AUGUST NINE 2017 IN SECTION 11.04 OF THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT.

THIS INCREASE SHALL BE EFFECTIVE.

OCTOBER ONE, 2020 BY THE CORPORATE COURT JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATOR.

THEY GELS A POKEMON PICK ON ITEM ONE 17.

SAY ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

CUSTOMER EMOTION APPROVAL ITEM ONE 17 MOST PROVED BY COLLINS.

LITTLE SECOND BY GREEN, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING, NOT ITEM ONE 17

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HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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I WANT 18 AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESENTS YOU AGREEMENT WITH DOMAIN ARCHITECT, ARCHITECTURE FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RIVER CENTER ARENA AND BALLROOM ROOF REPLACEMENT DESIGN AND AMOUNT.

19 ST $146,960 BY THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DIRECTOR LAYS JONES, A PUBLICATION WHICH PICK ON ITEM ONE 18, SAY NONE.

THE PUBLICATION CLOSE COMES FROM THE MOTION.

APPROVE ITEM ONE 18.

DON'T EVER MIND JUMPING AROUND AS MUCH IN MY COLUMNS.

LEWIS SECOND BY CHAIR.

ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NOT I DON'T WANT 18 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM ONE 19 AUTHORIZED MAYOR.

PRESIDENT EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT.

ITEM ONE 19 NORTH ARTHUR MAYOR PREVALENCE SECURITY AGREEMENT WITH MERGE ENGINEERING, LLC FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES CONNECTION WITH EBR EMERGENCY GENERATOR, GRANT PARK, ONE DESIGN AND A MOUNTAIN C $148,900 BY THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS DIRECTOR, LADIES AND GELS POKER.

I'LL KEEP GOING.

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AND WE SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 19, SAY NON-POPULAR IS CLOSED CUSTOMERS MOTION, PROVE ITEM ONE 19 MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY GREEN AND THE OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM ONE 19 HAS BEEN APPROVED ON A ONE 20

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AUTHORIZED MAYOR, PRESIDENT UNIT, ACTUALLY AN AGREEMENT WITH CRAIG, A BEAR ENGINEERING LLC FOR OCTOBER SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE ROUGE EMERGENCY GENERATOR GRANT PART TWO DESIGN AND MOUNT NEXIA $80,450 BY THE BUILDING GROUND DIRECTOR.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HERE WE SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 20.

STAYING ON THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

CLOSE COMES FROM EMOTIONAL PROVE ITEM ONE 20 MOTION BY COLLINS LEWIS.

SECOND BY THE CHAIR.

ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE ITEM ONE 20 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM ONE 21

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AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR.

PRESIDENT EXECUTED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

NUMBER THREE TO THE CONTRACT WITH COCKTAIL JACKSON, ARCHITECTS, HPAC FOR ADDITIONAL DESIGN SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONTRACT WITH RENOVATION TO THE JONES CREEK BRANCH LIBRARY IN THE MOUNTAIN, I CAN SEE 29, $2,985 BY THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DIRECTOR.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PAUL KIRIN, WE SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 21.

SEEING NONE.

THE PUBLICATION CLOSE COMES FROM MOTION APPROVAL.

ITEM ONE 21 MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY WICKER OR THE OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM ONE 21 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

I DID

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ONE 22 AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE BATTERIES POLICE DEPARTMENT TENDER CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH OPEN EYES, LLC IN AMOUNT OF $117,420 BY THE POLICE CHIEF LADIES GELS POKEMON WAS SPEND ON ITEM ONE 22 C AND DONE PUCKER IS CLOSE.

COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION APPROVED BY THE CHAIRS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY GREEN, ANY OBJECTIONS HERE, NOT ON ONE 22 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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ITEM ONE 23 AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF BATTERY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT, EXCEPT THAT GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $721,230 TITLED BATON ROUGE, MENTAL RESPONSE TEAM THROUGH BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE BY THE POLICE CHIEF LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PUBLIC HEARING WHICH SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 23.

SEE ANOTHER PUB GREEN'S CLOSED.

ANDY, CAN I ASK YOU ONE QUESTION, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IT'S ABOUT ITEM ONE 23 AND CHIEF.

I'M JUST ASKING A QUESTION JUST TO, AS FAR AS CERTAINLY GRANT MONEY, NOT GOING TO PAY US UP A HUNDRED PERCENT SOCIAL WORKER, ANY LIABILITY, AS FAR AS ANYTHING HAPPENED TO A SOCIAL WORKER ON, I MEAN, IS THERE I'LL BE ON A CALL AND CAN I ASK IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK.

THAT'S GOING TO BE WITH THE POLICE OFFICER.

THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO COLD CALL, BUT I JUST COME OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AT 55.

I MEAN, HOW'S THAT GOING TO WORK? NEIL, YOU WANT TO COME UP TO THE MIC? COME UP.

YOU DON'T MIND FORGOT RECOVERY APOLOGIES.

UH, SO WHILE WE'RE STILL IN THE PLANNING PHASE, IT'S, IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE, TO PARTNER A POLICE OFFICER AND A SOCIAL WORKER IN AN ACTIVE PATROL SETTING.

IT WILL BE TO RESPOND TO DATA DRIVEN, UM, REPEAT COSTS FOR SERVICE.

SO THE INITIAL CONTACT MAY BE BY PHONE.

IT MAY BE, BUT, BUT IT WON'T BE, UM, SPECIFICALLY ON PATROL IN A PATROL ATMOSPHERE.

THAT'S ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION APPROVE ITEM ONE AND 23.

YOU WANT TO TALK COUNCILWOMAN WICKER? YEAH.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THANKING THEM FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

I KNOW THAT WHEN WE DID THE, UM, THE, UM, COMMUNITY POLICE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT WHOLE PROCESS WAS, UH, WE HAD A WHOLE SECTION AND DEALT WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES THAT CAME UP EVEN WITH THE COMMUNITY POLICE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM WAS HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THOSE PARTICULAR CALLS AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT MENTAL HEALTH PIECE WAS INCORPORATED.

WE HAD, UM, DR.

SONIA FROM BRCC THAT ACTUALLY FLESHED THAT COMPONENT OUT.

SO I'M,

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I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT THAT'S BEING, UH, MAJORLY CONSIDERED AS A PORTION OF WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

THAT MENTAL HEALTH PIECE IS SOMETHING THAT'S OFTEN OVERLOOKED.

SO THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WATSON, GET THE GENTLEMEN BACK UP HERE FROM BEER NAIL, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

YES, PLEASE.

MA'AM SIR.

YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON THE PROGRAM RIGHT NOW.

HOW MUCH HAVE YOU GOT IT? OH, YOU'VE GOT AN OCTOBER 1ST, 2020 START DATE.

AND YOU'VE SAID THAT YOU'VE GOT THE PLAN IN THE WORKS.

WELL, THERE, THERE IS A MANDATORY PLANNING PERIOD, AND THAT'S WHAT WE REFER TO WHERE WE, UH, WORKED WITH CAPITAL AREA HUMAN SERVICES.

WE ALSO PARTNER WITH BRIDGE CENTER, UM, JUST TO FINE TUNE.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO GO ABOUT PROVIDING NEW SERVICES? OKAY.

WHAT, WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME SO FAR THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE BRIDGE CENTER, BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, PRIMARILY THE PRIMARY DELIVERY SERVICE SYSTEM OF PEOPLE TO THE BRIDGE CENTER INITIALLY WILL BE ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR THE MOST PART.

WHAT HAVE YOU WORKED ON THIS FAR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOLKS WHO DON'T KNOW MIGHT BE WATCHING THAT, OR THIS IS AN EXCITING PROGRAM.

SO PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR.

UH, SO LET'S FOR AGAIN, WORKING THROUGH THE APPLICATION IN, IN, IN, IN APPLYING FOR IT THROUGH OUR NARRATIVE, UM, THE, THE IDEA AGAIN, IS TO TAKE CALLS FOR SERVICE, ANALYZE THOSE CALLS FOR SERVICE, LOOK AT REPEAT OFFENDERS, UH, REACH OUT.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP GOING BACK TO THE SAME LOCATION.

AND IF THAT, IF THAT MEANS, UH, THE OFFICER AND A SOCIAL WORKER GOING OUT TO THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION, THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL DO.

IF IT MEANS, YOU KNOW, UH, PROVIDING OTHER SERVICES, UM, THROUGH CAPITAL AREA OR A BRIDGE CENTER, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.

SO THIS WOULD BE MORE NOT TO REPEAT TOO MUCH OF WHAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM SAID, BUT MORE LIKE A WELLNESS CHECK SORT OF CALL RATHER THAN CALL.

IT'S A KIND OF A PROACTIVE APPROACH, UH, WHEN THERE'S NOT AN EMERGENCY.

GOTCHA.

CAUSE I'VE HEARD STORIES OF, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT SOMEONE WHO'S GOT OFF THEIR MEDICATION FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER STOLEN MEDICATION, LOST MEDICATION OR DECISION NOT TO TAKE MEDICATION.

AND THE OFFICER'S GO BACK TO THE SAME LOCATION.

THEY KNOW THE ADDRESS AND THEY GO BACK TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

SO THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD ACTIVELY ADDRESS THAT SITUATION.

SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO KEEP GOING BACK TO REDUCE THAT CONTACT WATERFALL.

CLEAR ON THE OPERATION SIDE, WE MET WITH A BRIEF CENTER FOR HOPE.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO DUPLICATIONS OF EFFORTS.

PART OF THE BRIDGE CENTER FOR WHOLE, UH, CONTRACT IS, UH, 18 TO RESPOND TO EDP CALLS, UH, MOSTLY DISTURBED PERSON CALLS.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THAT WHOLE COORDINATION STATE, SO THAT MEETING HAS BEEN SET UP AND WE'RE GOING TO PLAN THAT WHOLE RESPONSE IN COORDINATION WITH THE BRITS.

WE GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COLLINS LEWIS SECOND BY THE CHAIR.

ANY OBJECTION OR MOTION APPROVED BY HUDSON BECAUSE DON WAS NOT IN THE SECOND BY THE CHAIR.

AUTHORIZED ITEM ONE 24 AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF BATTERY PLATES DEPARTMENT ACCEPTED GRANTED AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $90,220 TITLED PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS, 2020 THROUGH THE OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAM, BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE BY THE POLICE CHIEF LAYS IN JAIL, GERALD POCKET, WHICH AN ITEM ONE 24 SAY ON THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

ITEM ONE 23 HAS BEEN APPROVED,

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COUNCIL MEMBER.

I MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 24 MOTION.

PREVIVOR ONE 24 MOTION BY COLE.

SECOND BY A HUDSON.

BY ONE 25 AUTHORIZED MAYOR, PRESIDENT YOU TO CONTRACT PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES DESIGN STUDY PART.

ITEM ONE 24 HAS BEEN APPROVED

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KATIE IS U S E FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVIE VR CAPACITY PROJECT LEE DRIVE, HIGHLAND ROAD, PERKINS ROAD, AND A MOUNTAIN ARCTIC SEAT, $2,568,379 AND 95 CENTS BY THE TRANSPORTATION DRAINAGE DIRECTOR, LASER JAILS, A PUBLIC AREA.

WE SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 25 C AN UNPOPULAR AND CLOSED CATHERINE'S MOTION PROVIDED ONE 25 MOTION BY HUDSON SECOND BY THE CHAIR, ANY OBJECTIONS CNN I ONE 25 HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE ONE

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26 AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESENT TO ACTUALLY GET A CONTRACT FEDERAL ENGINEERING SERVICES DESIGN STUDY WITH MYRA ENGINEERS LIMITED FOR THE SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVING CAPACITY PROJECT JEFFERSON HIGHWAY BLUE BONNET BOULEVARD, AND A MOUNTAIN NOT C $238,682 AND 58 CENTS BY THE TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR.

LADIES AND JAN WAS A PUP HEARING.

WE SHOULD SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 26.

SAY ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

COUNCILOR MOTION PROVIDED ONE 26 MOTION BY HUDSON SECOND BY THE CHAIR.

27 AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESIDENT'S CUE SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT.

ITEM ONE 26, BEEN APPROVED ON ONE

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NUMBER ONE FOR THE WETLAND DEAL NATION, A PERMITTING SERVICES WITH SUSTAINABLE DESIGN SOLUTIONS LOC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED, MOVING BEYOND CAPACITY PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROJECT NUMBERS FOR AN ADDITIONAL LUMP SUM AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $44,560 BY THE TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR LAYS JOHN'S A PUBLIC AND WE SPENT ONE 27 SAY NON PARTNERS CLOSED COUNCILOR MOTION APPROVED ON ONE 27 MOTION BY HUDSON SECOND BY THE CHAIR.

ANY OBJECTION, SAY THAT ON ONE 27 HAS BEEN APPROVED AND

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ONE 28 AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESIDENTS GET A CONTRACT OR LAND SURVEY SERVICE WITH GOAT TECH INC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED MOVIE BR ENHANCEMENT, PROJECT SYNCHRONIZATION AND COMMUNICATION SIGNAL REBUILDS AND A MOUNTAIN C $149,903 59 CENTS BY THE TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PUMPKIN WHISPERING ON ITEM ONE 28.

STAND UP.

POKER IS CLOSE.

COUNCILOR MOTION APPROVE ITEM ONE 28 BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BOB COLLINS LEWIS.

ANY OBJECTION.

YOU'RE NOT ON ONE 20.

IT'S BEEN APPROVED

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ON ONE 29 AUTHORIZED MAYOR.

PRESIDENT.

YOU GET A CONTRACT FOR LAND SURVEY SERVICES, GWS ENGINEERING EIGHT FOR SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH MOVIE BR ENHANCEMENT, PROJECT SYNCHRONIZATION AND COMMUNICATION SIGNAL REBUILT AND A NIKE $139,075 AND 12 CENTS OUT A TERM STAIN DRAINED DIRECTOR LAYS AND GELS PUBLIC HEARING WILL SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 29 ST.

JOHN POPCORN'S CLOSED COUNCILOR MOTION.

PRE-BREEDING ONE 29 MOTION BY HUDSON.

ONE 30 AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESIDENT.

ANY OBJECTION, HEARING THAT ITEM ONE 29, IT'S BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM

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YOU GET A CONTRACT FOR LAND SURVEY SERVICES WITH LAND FILE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, FOR SERVICE ASSOCIATED MOVIE BR ENHANCEMENT, PROJECT SYNCHRONIZATION AND COMMUNICATION SIGNAL REBUILDS IN A MOUNTAIN LAKE STATE, $148,910 89 CENTS BY THE TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WILL SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 30.

SEE NON PUMPKIN CLOSE CATHERINE MOTION APPROVED ITEM ONE 30 MOTION BY HUDSON.

AND IN ONE 31 AUTHORIZED MAYOR, PRESIDENT YOU TO CONTRACT PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH GRESHAM SMITH FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED, MOVING VR PLANK ROAD CORRIDOR ENHANCEMENT AND AMOUNT OF $315,275 AND 30 CENTS BY THE TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR, LADY, JOHN, THE PUBLIC AREA, WHICH WOULD BE ON ITEM ONE 31 SAY NONE.

ANY OBJECTION HEARING NOT ON A ONE 30 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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PUBLIC IS CLOSED CASH MOTION PROOF ITEM ONE 31 MOTION BY COLLINS LEWIS.

ONE 32 AUTHORIZED MAYOR, PRESIDENT SKEW TO SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT.

ANY OBJECTION HEARING ON ITEM ONE 31 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

I HAD

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NUMBER TWO TO THE CONTRACT FOR PRESSURE INJURY, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE OR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES, ASSOCIATION, MOVIE VR, COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT, IMPROVING EXISTING COURT DOORS.

WE TRAFFIC MANAGER PROJECT WITH STANTEC CONSULTANTS AND ADDITIONAL LUMPS ON THE MOUNTAIN.

I CAN SEE 8 MILLION, $300,456 BY TRANSPORTATION DRAINS, DIRECTOR LADEN, JOHNS, THE PUBLIC WHO SPEAKING ON ITEM ONE 32.

WE DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS, ELECTRONIC EMAIL COMMENT FROM, UM, PHILLIPS LARD UPON REVIEW OF THE LOADED HOURLY RATES FOR THESE SERVICES.

I BELIEVE THE RATES ARE WAY TOO HIGH, TOO MUCH TAX MONEY IS BEING SPENT ON PROGRAM MANAGEMENT FOR THE MOVIE BR PROJECT AND TOO MANY SUB-CONSULTANTS ARE INVOLVED IN THIS CONTRACT.

THEREFORE I'M AGAINST HOW THE MOVIE VR PROJECT IS GENERALLY BEING HANDLED AND IT GIVES THE CONTRACT FOR SUPPLEMENTS, CONTRACT SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT.

33 AUTHORIZED MAYER PROSECUTOR CONTRACT FOR AN ACQUISITION AND RELOCATION OF SERVICES WITH STONE PROPERTY SERVICES, LLC, FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVIE BR CAPACITY, PROJECT MALL, LOUISIANA AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $75,250 BY THE TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE PUBLICATION WAS BIG ON ITEM ONE 33.

COUNCIL MEMBER IS THAT CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS? UH, COUNCILMAN HUDSON.

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE HIM FRED A CHANCE TO COME UP.

AND AGAIN, YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THIS ONE AND THE NEXT ONE, SORRY, MIKE WAS WRONG.

IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THIS ONE AND THE NEXT ONE, FRED, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO TELL FOLKS WHAT WE'RE DOING WELL, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AND I DO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY COMING.

AND I REALIZED THAT THIS IS THESE CONTRACTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO LOOK, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE TYPE OF DOLLAR AMOUNTS, SPECIAL WAS STANTEC, BUT $8.3 MILLION.

THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT AS, AS JUST INDICATED, SOMEBODY SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE OUR OWN PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.

WE DO NOT HAVE THE STAFF, YOU KNOW, THE CAPABILITIES OF THE EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM AND TRY TO HAVE IT DONE IN A TIMELY FASHION AND GET IT THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

I WILL JUST TELL YOU THAT WE HAD A LOT OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH BOTH FIRMS, UH, WHAT, UH, STANTEC AND ALSO CSRS.

AND I FELT LIKE THAT WE'VE MOVED OUR PROGRAM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, WHERE ORIGINALLY WE WERE LOOKING AT TRYING TO HAVE CRITERIA, JUST A DESIGN CRITERIA IS ESTABLISHED, YOU KNOW, PRIORITIZATION OF THE PROJECTS.

ALL THOSE THINGS REQUIRE CERTAIN HOURS OR MAN HOURS FOR THE PROGRAM MANAGER TO HELP US PUT TOGETHER THE SCHEDULES WE'RE MOVING FORWARD NOW ON A DISC PROGRAM, WHICH IS A TWO YEAR CONTRACT.

THE LAST

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ONE WAS 18 MONTHS.

IT'S A TWO YEAR CONTRACT, WHICH WE ENDED UP IN DECEMBER OF 2022.

AND I THINK AT THIS POINT WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE FEES.

WE FELT LIKE, UH, I'VE ALSO ATTACHED IN THE PACKAGE THAT I SUBMITTED TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AND I DID TRY TO MEET WITH ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DISCUSS IT BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT'S IMPORTANT AND IT'S A LOT OF MONEY AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET QUESTIONS.

SO I TRY TO ADDRESS THAT, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE OUR JOB.

I THINK THAT, AND WE WILL HOLD BOTH PROGRAM MANAGERS ACCOUNTABLE TO DO WHAT THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO IN REGARDS TO THE OVERALL PACKAGE OF 24, UM, UH, CAPACITY PRODUCT, UH, PROJECTS AND 44 PROJECTS WE'LL BE LOOKING AT FROM A D ENHANCEMENT, UH, THE CORE DOOR AND SIGNALIZATION AT THAT POINT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I FEEL VERY GOOD THAT WHERE WE ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON BOTH THESE ITEMS. THANK YOU FOR MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE AND TO PROVIDE THEM ONE 32 BY HUDSON.

SECOND BY COLLINS LEWIS OR ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM ONE 32 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

I'M ONE

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I SEEN ON THE POPCORN CLOSE COUNSELOR, EMOTIONAL PROVIDED ONE 33 MOTION BY WATSON.

ITEM ONE 34 AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESIDENT.

ANY OBJECTION CARRYING ON ITEM ONE 33 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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YOU CAN SUBMIT AN AGREEMENT.

NUMBER ONE TO THE CONTRACT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES ASSOCIATION WITH MOVIE BR NEW CAPACITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WITH CSRS, INC FOR AN ADDITIONAL LUMP SUM AND A MOUNTAIN HOCKEY SCENE TO IT.

10 MILLION, $984,321, BUT NOT A TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PAUL, CAN WE SPEAK ANY ON ITEM ONE 34, SEEING NONE CUSTOMERS EMAILS, ELECTRONIC EMAIL COMMENT FROM PHILLIP LARD UPON REVIEW OF THE LOADED HOURLY RATES FOR THIS CONTRACT.

I BELIEVE THE RATES ARE WAY TOO HIGH, TOO MUCH TAX MONEY IS BEING SPENT FOR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT FOR THE MOVIE VR PROJECT AND TOO MANY SUB-CONSULTANTS ARE INVOLVED IN THIS CONTRACT.

GENERALLY I'M AGAINST TELE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OF THE MOVIE VR PROJECT IS BEING HANDLED AND I'M AGAINST THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR THIS CONTRACT.

BATON ROUGE TAXPAYERS ARE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF MAKING A FEW WELL-CONNECTED ENGINEERING FIRMS AND SUB-CONSULTANTS RICH OFF TAX FUNDS.

THAT'S IT.

ITEM ONE 35 AMENDING THE 2020 CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET.

CLOSE WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 34 BY THE CHAIR THERE A SECOND.

SECOND BY COLE.

ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE ITEM ONE 34 HAS BEEN APPROVED

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SO THE ADJUSTED ESTIMATED REVENUES AND APPROPRIATIONS, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO MAKE CERTAIN INTER-DEPARTMENT WILL INTERFUND TRANSFERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE BUDGET ACT IN PLANNING OF THE GOVERNMENT BY THE MAYOR PRESENT FINANCE DIRECTOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN PUB, CAN WE SPEAK ON NINE ONE 35? YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, CLOSE COSTUMERS MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 35 MOTION BY HUDSON.

SECOND SECOND BY THE CHAIR AND THE OBJECTIONS HEARING NOT ITEM ONE 35 HAS BEEN APPROVED AND ONE

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36, I MEAN THE 20, 20 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET.

SO IT'S APPROPRIATE 46,000,700, $5,539 AND 57 CENTS FROM COVID-19 RESPONSE GRANTS, REVIEW LOSS AND EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT TEST PAY THE CARES ACT AND THINK MY PUBLIC SYSTEMS PROGRAM FUNDING BY THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE ALL HAVE A, GOD IS ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN.

WE'VE GOT SEVEN IT'S PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM ONE 36 ITEM ONE 36.

SAY NONE AS PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCILMAN WATSON, LINDA, COME ON DOWN 46.7 MILLION PLUS DOLLARS.

LET ME ASK YOU THIS.

THESE ARE ALL THESE DOLLARS ARE GOING TO BE USED WHERE FOR MUNICIPAL LOSS OF REVENUE.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S FOUR SEPARATE POTS OF MONEY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THIS 46, MEGHAN, BUT THEY ALL RELATE TO CARES THAT MONEY RELATED TO COVID.

SO THE LARGEST POT OF MONEY IS FROM THE LOUISIANA CARES ACT.

AND THAT WAS THE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT CAME DOWN THROUGH THE STATE THAT ARE TO REIMBURSE FOR COVID EXPENSES.

SO THAT WAS REIMBURSEMENT ONLY.

SO WE'RE BEING REIMBURSED, IMMERSING THE MUNICIPALITY FOR EXPENSES WHO WE'VE INCURRED.

THAT'S CORRECT.

SO WE'RE BEING REIMBURSED HERE FOR $32 MILLION OF EXPENSES OUT OF THAT AMOUNT, ABOUT 24 MILLION IS EXPENSES IN THE GENERAL FUND AND 7.9 MILLION OR EXPENSES IN THE SPECIAL FUNDS, THE DEDICATED FUNDS.

WHAT THAT WILL AFFECT THAT DO BY REIMBURSING US FOR THOSE EXPENSES, THEN THAT WILL FREE UP SOME OF THE APPROPRIATIONS THAT THOSE EXPENSES WERE FOR.

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WE'LL BE ABLE TO CLOSE THOSE APPROPRIATIONS AND THAT'S GOING TO HELP US BALANCE THE BUDGET BECAUSE OF THE REVENUE SHORE FATHER WE HAVE.

SO WE'RE STILL ANTICIPATING A $16 MILLION SHORTFALL IN THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE BASE FOR SALES TAXES, GAMING OCCUPATION, ALL THE COURT-RELATED.

WE S WE STILL HAVE THAT.

SO THIS IS, THIS WILL HELP US BALANCE OUR BUDGET, THE GENERAL FUND PORTION OF IT.

SO THAT'S THE FIRST POT.

WE HAVE ANOTHER POT THAT WAS A MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE GOT, I THINK FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR EMS, PART OF THAT CAN BE USED, WAS USED TO OFFSET THEIR REVENUE LOSS FOR THEIR TRANSPORTS.

AND THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS EXPENSES.

WE HAD 8.4 THAT THE AIRPORT GOT.

AND SO WHAT THAT'S HELPING THEM DO IS BECAUSE THEY HAD REVENUE LOSS, IT'S HELPING THEM SHORE UP THEIR BUDGET SO THAT THEY CAN PAY THEIR DEBT.

AND IT'S HELPING THEM WITH OPERATING EXPENSES THIS YEAR.

AND EARLIER THIS YEAR, UM, YOU ALL APPROVED A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT FOR THEM TO GET THOSE FUNDS.

THE FOURTH POT IS WE HAVE ABOUT $5 MILLION IN EXPENSES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE APPLYING FOR THROUGH THE FEMA PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH HAS A 75, 25% MATCH.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET REIMBURSED FOR 75% OF OUR EXPENSES THERE.

THAT'S MAINLY GOING TO BE OVERTIME AND PPE.

THE LOUISIANA CARES ACT EXPENSES.

THEY REIMBURSED US FOR ABOUT 40% OF OUR REGULAR PUBLIC SAFETY EXPENSES, PUBLIC PSYCHE PAYROLL EXPENSES IS WHAT THEY DO.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE GRANT FUNDS TO HELP US TO, TO, TO SHORE BUDGET UP FOR THIS YEAR AND FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO BETWEEN THIS AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SAY WITH HIRING FREEZE AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE, I THINK THAT'S, WHAT'S GIVEN US THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO NOT HAVE TO TAKE SOME OF THE DRASTIC MEASURES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER PARTS.

GOTCHA.

I'VE GOT, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS ALL FOR MUNICIPAL EXPENDITURES, BUT I'VE BEEN ASKED AS YOU COULD IMAGINE.

I'M SURE OTHER COUNCIL PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKED AS WELL, SPECIFIC BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO BE CLOSED BY THE GOVERNOR WHO PAID FOR PERMITS TO OPERATE THEIR BUSINESS.

THAT THEY'VE ONLY BEEN ALLOWED TO BE OPEN TWO OR THREE MONTHS IN THIS PAST YEAR AND CLOSED THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.

IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE PIPELINE TO HELP THOSE BUSINESSES? MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY FOR LOST INCOME, BUT MAYBE A REFUND ON A, A PERMIT THEY GOT NO FULL USE OUT OF THE ONLY THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED AS WE'VE DONE THIS THIS YEAR SO FAR AS WE DID, I THINK IT WAS FOR THE FEBRUARY AND MARCH SALES TAXES.

WE DID EXTENSION OF THE DEADLINE AND WE'VE DONE AN AMNESTY PROGRAM THAT, UM, WE WAIVING PENALTIES FOR TAXES THAT WERE DUE BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND DECEMBER.

UM, WE'VE WAIVED PENALTIES ON ANY OF THOSE TAXES AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE BUILT TO DO BY LAW.

WHAT IF A BUSINESS WASN'T ALLOWED TO BE OPEN, THEN ANY AMOUNT OF EXTRA TIME YOU'VE GIVEN THEM TO, TO GIVE YOU SALES TAX THAT THEY AREN'T GENERATING ANYWAY IS NOT REALLY HELPING THEM.

I'M TALKING ABOUT THEM PAYING A FLAT FEE FOR A PERMIT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THAT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO USE IN THE, IN, IN THE, IN THE YEAR 2020.

WAIT, WE HAVEN'T, YOU TALKED ABOUT LIKE AN OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE PERMIT THAT MAYBE THEY WEREN'T, WE, WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THAT COUNCILMAN.

I, I THINK THAT, THAT WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT.

IT'S JUST THAT ANYTHING WE DO, LIKE THAT'S JUST GOING TO MAKE OUR BUDGET SITUATION MORE DIFFICULT.

WOW.

IT MAKES THE BUDGET SITUATION PRETTY BLEAK FOR THE PEOPLE WHO OWN THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.

AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO LOOK INTO WHAT YOU CAN FIND IN THERE.

YES MA'AM.

TOMORROW ABOUT THAT AND GET BACK.

SO ON THE SAME LINE, IS IT CONSTANT WATSON? I DID HAVE A CALL TODAY ABOUT THE, AN ABC LICENSE, THE SAME THING WITH SOMEBODY HAVING TO PAY FOR IT FOR THE YEAR, I THINK IS 1500 TO THE CITY, UH, 15 TO THE STATE, UH, FOR LICENSE.

THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO USE BECAUSE THEY'D BEEN CLOSED.

SO NOW TIME TO RENEW THOSE LICENSES AGAIN, THEY DON'T WANT TO LET THEM LAUGHS FOR FEAR OF NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THE LICENSE BACK OR HAVING TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE OF THE ZONING OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE WE LET IT EXPIRE.

SO AGAIN, SAME THING THAT COUNCILMAN WATSON WAS ASKING, IS THERE SOME WAIVER THAT CAN BE GRANTED TO SOMEBODY WHOSE BUSINESSES OR AN EXTENSION ON THE PREVIOUS, UH, LICENSE THAT THEY HAVE BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T USED IT FOR MONTHS BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD TO BE CLOSED.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT.

SO WITH THE ABC BOARD TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE ISSUE WITH THE LIQUOR LICENSES, BECAUSE MY PART OF THE LIQUOR LICENSES IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR SALES TAXES ARE PAID UP SO THAT YOU CAN GET THE CLEAR LANE CERTIFICATE SO THAT YOU CAN GET YOUR LIQUOR LICENSE, BUT I'LL BE MORE THAN GLAD TO TALK WITH ANDY AND CHRIS

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I GOT A CALL ABOUT THAT TODAY, AS A MATTER OF FACT ABOUT THE LIQUOR LICENSE.

AND I TOLD HIM, I THOUGHT IT WAS AN ABC OR A STATE ISSUE, BUT IF WE COULD GET SOME INFORMATION TO GIVE FEEDBACK, THEN THAT WOULD BE GREAT TOPIC.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COUNCILWOMAN GREEN.

I JUST HAD A QUESTION.

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THAT PERMIT? HE WAS, I THINK WHAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO WITH WHERE THINGS LIKE AN OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE PERMIT, WHERE YOU PAY ALL YOUR LAUNCHES TO AN OCCUPATIONAL, AS WELL AS THE VERY SAME PERMIT THAT COUNCILWOMAN COLLINS LEWIS WAS SPEAKING OF AS WELL.

IS YOUR LIQUOR LICENSE, CORRECT? I GOT IT.

I THINK THAT'D BE EXTENDED OUT INTO THE NEXT YEAR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 36 MOTION BY WATSON.

ANY OBJECTION HEARING ON ITEM ONE 36 HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THEM

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ONE 37 NORTHWEST SEVEN.

THE MATTER ENTITLED DALE TROTTER VS.

CITY OF BATON ROUGE AT ALL IN THE AMOUNT OF 35,000 PLUS COURT COSTS FOR THE AMOUNT OF $98 FOR A TOTAL OF $35,900 BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PUMPKIN, WE SHOULD PICK ON ITEM ONE 37, SEEING NONE PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSED COUNCILOR AND MOTION PRE-WIRED AND ONE 37 MOTION BY WATSON.

SECOND BY CARLOS LEWIS.

ONE 39 NORTH RISE, MAYOR, PRESIDENT, OR A COOPERATOR, EVERY GRAIN WITH BEVERAGE AREA FOUNDATION REPAIR RESTORATION, REFURBISHMENT OF BATTERY MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

I DIDN'T ONE 37 AND APPROVED BY THE ONE 38

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AUTHORIZED SOMETHING.

AND THE CLAIM OF ROLLING EDMOND FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM AN AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSED BY THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICER IN THE AMOUNT OF 22,000, WHICH AMOUNT SHALL BE PAID FROM THE AMOUNT DUCTING THE INSURANCE AUTO LIABILITY BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY LADY, JOSEPH PUMPKIN.

WE SPEAKING ON ITEM ONE 38 C ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

COME FROM EMOTION PROOF IN ONE 38 BUSH BY COLLINS LEWIS.

SECOND BY WATSON.

ANY OBJECTION HEARING NONE ON ONE 38 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM

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MOM AND LOCATE MONUMENT LOCATED IN CITY HALL PLAZA BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE LADEN JUMPS TO PUBLIC HENRY'S PICK ON ITEM ONE 39.

WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE, SIR? I ONE 39.

UH, FLOYD PATTERSON.

OH, SO MARTIN LUTHER KING ON JANUARY 15, 1929, THAT APRIL FOUR, 1968, HIS FAMOUS SPEECH.

I HAVE A GREEN ONE PARAGRAPH FROM THAT SPEECH IN REFERS TO WHAT WE'LL TALKED ABOUT TODAY, BUT THEY ARE SOMETHING THAT I MUST SAY TO MY PEOPLE WHO STAND ON THE WARM RACIAL, WHICH LEAVES IT TO THE PALACE OF JUSTICE IN THE PROCESS OF GAINING A RIGHTFUL PLACE.

WE MUST NOT SEE THE SATISFIED VERSE FOR FREEDOM BY BRINGING FROM THE CUP OF BITTERNESS AND HATE.

WE MUST FOREVER CONDUCT OUR STRUGGLE ON THE HALF PLATE OF DIGNITY.

AND THIS WAS NOT ALLOWED OUR CREATIVE PROTEST TO GENERATE TO DJ DJ RAPE INTO PHYSICAL VIOLENCE.

AGAIN AND AGAIN, WE MUST RISE TO THE MAJESTIC HEIGHTS OF MEETING PHYSICAL FORCE WITH SOUL FORCE.

SO I TAKE THIS PARAGRAPH TO BUILD ON WHAT HIS LEGS TO ME MEANS TO ME, I'VE BEEN AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO SO MANY PLACES AND DO SO MANY THINGS DUE TO THIS APPROACH TO CHANGE.

I FEEL THIS IS WHY WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES AND CULTURES WILLING TO COME TOGETHER TO STRIVE FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF THIS COUNTRY.

AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO OPEN UP OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS WHO WILL GROW FROM MY OFFICE AS WELL AS WE KEEP THIS LEGACY GOAL.

THEREFORE IS A MUST.

WE RECONDITIONED THIS MONUMENT TO GIVE THEM A DOCUMENTED POINT OF REFERENCE OF THE LEADER HE WAS AND WHAT HE STOOD FOR EXXON MOBILE WAS ONE OF THE INITIAL FIVE KILOMETERS OF THIS MONUMENT.

AND WE ARE EXCITED TO BE A PART OF RISK RESTAURANT RESTORATION.

SO MUCH IN ASSETS AND ALSO PAY ITS OWN LEADER, SUCH LARGE SALARIES, PLEASE STUDY PAST IRS NINE 90 FORMS FOR COMPENSATION.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PUMPKIN, WE'RE SPEAKING ON ITEM ONE 39, ITEM ONE 39 ST.

NINE PUBLIC HERE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME COMMENTS.

FIRST COMMENT IS FROM PHILIPPA LARD BECAUSE THE BRAF AFFILIATE CPR T HAS DEFAULTED ON AN APPROXIMATE 36 TO $39 MILLION LOAN FOR BOND CARAY, WHICH HAS RECEIVED A LOT OF TAX FUNDS AND TAX ABATEMENTS.

AND THE PAST, ALONG WITH THE RESEARCH PARK CORPORATION, I'M AGAINST BRAF BEING INVOLVED IN ANY NEW CITY PARISH PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE PROPOSED LSU CITY PARK LAKE PROJECT.

GENERALLY HOW THIS, HE SAYS IT'S ONE 39 BRAF CONTRACTS WHERE GENERALLY, HOW CAN A LOCAL NONPROFIT ACCUMULATE

[01:55:01]

SECOND COMMENT, VIRGINIA NOLAND, THE MARTIN LUTHER KING MEMORIAL SCULPTURE AND THE PLAZA JOINING THESE BUILDINGS IS IN NEED OF RESTORATION.

IT'S A HANDSOME AND INSPIRING WORK, BUT THEN NATIONALLY RENOWNED ARTHUR SILVERMAN, BUT THE PAINT HAS DEGRADED AND FADED AND THE BASE SURROUNDING AREA NEEDS WORK AS WELL AS CHAIR OF THE BRAF COMMITTEE COORDINATING THIS EFFORT AND A SUPPORTER OF THE ORIGINAL INSTALLATION.

I URGE YOU TO APPROVE THIS PROPOSAL.

THAT CONCLUDES THE COMMENTS FOR ONE 39.

COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE WILLING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

COUNCILWOMAN BANKS, MR. FLOYD PATTERSON, PLEASE.

UH, COME BACK UP.

MR. PATTERSON FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING.

CON CONTRIBUTIONS AND POLITICS.

HELLO.

HOW ARE YOU TODAY? GREAT.

DOING WELL.

AND SO IS EXXON PART, PART OF THE, I NOTICED THAT YOU INDICATED THERE AS EXXONMOBIL AS PART OF THE INITIAL FUNDING.

UM, AND I KNOW THAT THE SUPPORT, BUT IS IT, ARE THEY, ARE THERE SOME FINANCIAL, UM, OBLIGATIONS THAT THEY ARE PART OF WITH THIS ARE THE, JUST, THEY JUST WANTED US TO SUPPORT IT.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, MOTION TO APPROVE.

AMENDING RESOLUTION FIVE, FOUR, SIX ONE THREE.

WE HAD A MOTION APPROVED BY BANK SECOND BY WATSON.

UH, DARYL, COULD YOU, YOU MIGHT COME UP REAL QUICK.

DARRYL.

I'M NOT TRYING TO GET OFF, I MEAN, ON THE TOPIC, BUT THE MAYOR OF I'VE HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS AND I MEAN, I'M FINE WITH THIS ITEM.

I MEAN, IT'S GOOD.

WE'VE HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT PUTTING A MEMORIAL FOR OUR FOLLOWING LAW ENFORCEMENT ACROSS THE STREET.

AND I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH HER AND I'M TRYING TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO GET THAT MOVING.

AND I SPOKE TO HER ON, ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS AS FAR AS THE, THE PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET.

RIGHT.

AND I THINK WE WERE WORKING WITH THE BATON ROUGE AREA FOUNDATION AND NOTHING HAS HAPPENED AND I'M NOT PUTTING THE BLAME, YOU KNOW? I MEAN HE KINDA, EVERYTHING KIND OF, I'M ALWAYS HEARD, NOT GERMANE TO THE TOPIC.

IS IT A ONE 39? THANK YOU.

BUT THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

I MEAN, I KNOW WE'RE DOING THE, THE MONUMENT GERMANE TO THE TOWN.

I KNOW THAT LOCATION IS GERMANE TO IT.

THIS IS ABOUT, THAT'S FINE.

I'LL PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.

THAT'S FINE.

I'LL PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL WOMAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

UH, LET'S SEE.

WE HAD A MOTION BY BANKS SECOND BY WATSON.

ANY OBJECTION ITEM ONE 39 IS APPROVED ITEM ONE 40

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TO CHANGE THE AUTHORIZED CONTRACT TERMINATION DATE FROM SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021 FOR THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, OFFICE OF SOCIAL SERVICES WITH THE LOUISIANA WORKFORCE COMMISSION FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT AMOUNT OF $1,480,839 FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR OF 2020 GRANT PERIOD BY THE HUMAN SERVICE DIRECTOR LAYS THE JAIL TO THE PUBLIC AND WE SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 40, SAY IT ON PUBLIC CHARITIES, CLOTHES, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 40 MOTION BY HUDSON.

SEVEN SUBDIVISION MCKINLEY HEIGHTS, METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WICKER HIGH BIDDER MARK HOWARD, $4,000 ITEM ONE 49, LOT EIGHT SUBDIVISION MCKINLEY HEIGHTS, METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WICKER HIGH BIDDER MARK HOWARD, $4,500 ITEM ONE 50, LOT A TO A SUBDIVISION ALLENDALE FORMS. METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE GREEN HIGH BITTER SDH PROPERTY MANAGE IT'S $26,000 ITEM ONE 51 LOT 13 DASH A SQUARE 13 SOUTHERN VISION BOGAN METRO COUNTY DISTRICT TEN SEVEN.

ANY OBJECTION, HEARING DONE.

ITEM ONE 40, BEEN APPROVED ADJUDICATED

[ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES]

PROPERTIES.

COUNCIL.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE WHITE AND ONE 41 THROUGH ONE 58 TOGETHER.

ITEM ONE 41 LOT.

12 SQUARE, THREE SUBDIVISION, WHITE PLAINS, METRO COUNSELOR, DISTRICT 10 WICKER HIGH BIDDER JARVIS DONE $26,000 ITEM ONE 42 LOT SEVEN SQUARE SEVEN SUBDIVISION, MONSANTO HIGHLAND FORMS, COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE GREEN HIGH BIDDER, JOSHUA J. WHITE $5,000.

ITEM ONE 43 LINE EIGHT SQUARE SEVEN SUBDIVISION, MONSANTO HIGHLAND FORUMS. METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE GREEN HIGH BIDDER, JOSHUA J. WHITE $8,000 ITEM ONE 44, LOT 12 SQUARE FOUR SUBDIVISION LAWNDALE METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE HIGH BITTER TO WANT TO CANON $12,000 ITEM ONE 45, LOT 13 SQUARE, THREE SUBDIVISION NORTH SCOTLAND.

METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS, HIGH BIDDER, WILLIAM MORGAN, $3,700 ITEM ONE 46, LOT FIVE SUBDIVISION MCKINLEY HEIGHTS, METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WICKER, HIGH BITTER SDH PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, $6,000 ITEM ONE 47, LOT SIX SUBDIVISION MCKINLEY HEIGHTS, METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WICKER HIGH BIDDER MARK HOWARD, $4,100 ITEM ONE 48, LOT

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I MEAN METRO COUNCIL, SEVEN COLE HIGH BIDDER DAVID TOMS, THE THIRD $22,000.

DAVID THOMAS.

THE THIRD ITEM, ONE 52, ONE SQUARE 23 SUBDIVISION HICKEY TOWN.

METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WICKER HIGH BIDDER, JOSHUA.

HE WAS HIM $100 ITEM, ONE 53 LOT SIX PLUS SQUARE, THREE SUBDIVISION FAULT LAWNDALE METRO METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN CO HIGH BIDDER TRENT DEL COURT, $1,100 ITEM ONE 54, LOT FIVE LOT V SUBDIVISION, NELLY DAUGHTERY PRESCOTT TRACK.

METRO COUNSELOR, TIN WICKER, HYDE BITTER REDEEMED ITEM ONE 55, LOT FIVE SQUARE THREE THAT SUBDIVISION O'CONNOR PLACE.

METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WICKER HIGH BIDDER, DARRYL MOSES TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

I DIDN'T WANT 56, A LOT.

20 SQUARE, 49 SUBDIVISION STANDARD HEIGHTS.

METRO COUNTIES, 10 WICKER, HIGH BIDDER, JEREMY BUCKLEY, $9,000.

I'D HAVE ONE 57 LOT 12 SQUARE, 13 SUBDIVISION EASTFIELDS METRO COUNCIL, DISTRICT 10 WICKER, HIGH BIDDER SDH PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, $1,000 ITEM ONE 58 LIGHT ONE 96 DASH A.

SO THERE'S A MELROSE EAST METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT SIN SIX COLLINS LEWIS, HIGH BIDDER BOOM PRODUCTION LLC.

$7,000 LATE IN DELTA.

PUMPKIN WERE SPENT ON ITEMS ONE 41 THROUGH ONE 58.

GO TO ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER ITEMS. ITEM A 20 DASH OH ONE, FOUR 55 GRANT.

SAY IT NOT A PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED, COMES FROM A MOTION APPROVED ITEMS, ONE 41 THROUGH ONE 58 MOTION BY WATSON.

SECOND BY THE CHAIR.

ANY OBJECTIONS, SEEING AN ITEM ONE 41 THROUGH ONE 58, BEEN APPROVED COUNCILORS,

[ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS]

ARE YOU OVER A FIVE YEAR PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT ESTIMATED $11,826 FOR TWO 35 14 STREET, LLC LOCATED AT TWO 35 40 SOUTH 14TH STREET.

THIS APPLICATION PROTEIN BY LOUISIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESTORATION TAX ABATEMENT PROGRAM TO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AS RTA APPLICATION 2012 DASH 1110.

FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENCOURAGE YOUR PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND RESTORATION OF PROPERTY INTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC HEARING MEETING ON DECEMBER NINE, 2020.

THE REASON FOR THIS ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED AS ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER TECHNICAL ISSUE ON THE STATE'S NOTIFICATION SYSTEM COUNSELORS.

I NEED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS AND DEDUCTION ITEM A MOTION BY COLLINS LEWIS.

SECOND BY THE CHAIR, ANY OBJECTIONS SEE AN ENLIGHTENED JAIL WAS A PUBLIC HEARING ON ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.

INTRODUCTION ST.

ON PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED COUNSELOR ARE ON ANY OBJECTIONS.

I AM CENA A MOTION INDUCED ITEM, A MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

ANY OBJECTION SEEN ON ITEM A ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER HAS BEEN INTRODUCED CUSTOMERS.

WON'T GO

[Items 159 & 160]

TO APPOINTMENTS.

ITEM ONE 59 EMPLOYEES, RETIREMENT SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, CONSIDERATION REAPPOINTING REPLACING MARK LAW, WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 31, 2029 VOTES REQUIRED CURRENT VALLEYS, MARCO BLOG AND JOSEPH TUBES COUNSELORS, OR THE EDDY LOUIS.

JERRY DANIELS, JAY DANIELS.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE FLOOR? HAVE WE GOT A MOTION TO SECOND MOTION TO FOR ITEMS ONE 59, THREE, ONE 60 BY HUDSON, SECOND BY GREEN OR IN ANY OBJECT? HOW MANY, HOW LONG DECEMBER 9TH OR MOTION DEFER ITEMS? ONE 59 AND ONE 60 FOR TWO WEEKS OF DECEMBER 9TH BY HUDSON.

SECOND BY GREEN.

ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEMS ONE 59 THROUGH ONE 60 HAVE BEEN DEFERRED TO THE DECEMBER 9TH MEETING COUNCIL

[Items 161 & 162]

TAKE ITEMS ONE 61 AND ONE 62 TOGETHER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DISTRICT THREE BROWNSVILLE CONSIDERATION REAPPOINTING REPLACING GEORGE KELLY, WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 30, ONE, 2020 CURRENT BOWELS, GEORGE KELLY AND TOM WOOLSTON.

AND IN ONE 62, THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DISTRICT THREE BROWNSVILLE CONSIDERATION OF REPORTING.

REPLACING THOMAS WILSON, WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 30, ONE, 2020 CURRENT VALLEYS, GEORGE KELLY, THOMAS WILSON COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPOINT

[02:05:01]

GEORGE KELLY AND THOMAS WILSTON SAYS BROWNSVILLE FIRE DISTRICT THREE MOTION BY WATSON.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY HUDSON, ANY OBJECTIONS SEEN ON ITEMS? ONE 61.

HE WANTS TO WANT MR. KELLY, MR. WILSON HAVE BEEN APPOINTED.

[Items 163 & 164]

COUNSELOR'S GOING TO TAKE ITEMS ONE 63 AND ONE 64 TOGETHER.

VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, FIRE DISTRICT FOUR CENTRAL ASSERTION, REAPPOINTING OR REPLACED AND SCOTT BROWN AND HIS TERM EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 31, 2020 CURRENT BALANCE.

SCOTT BROWNING, KENNETH MONTGOMERY ITEM ONE 64 VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ON FIRE DISTRICT FOUR CENTRAL CONSIDERATION OR REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING KENNETH MONTGOMERY WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 30, ONE, 2020 CURRENT BALANCE SCOTT BROWN AND KENNETH MONTGOMERY COUNSELOR, NOT EVEN A MOTION TO REAPPOINT SCOTT BROWNIE AND KENNETH MONTGOMERY BY THE CHAIR.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COLLINS LEWIS, ANY OBJECTION HEARING AND MR. MARTIN, MR. BROWN, MR. MONTGOMERY HAD BEEN REAPPOINTED BECAUSE

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WHEN I GO TO ITEM ONE 65 VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, NUMBER FIVE EAST SIDE FIRE DEPARTMENT CONSIDERATION REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING JOHN COVICH WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 30, ONE, 2020 CURRENT BOUND WITH JOHN COPILOT MOTION APPROVED REAPPOINT, MOST IMPROVED ONE 65.

MR. KOPECH.

SECOND BY THE CHAIR.

ANY OBJECTION HE'S BEEN REAPPOINTED.

I HAD A ONE 66

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VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DISTRICT SIX HOOPER ROAD CONSIDERATION REAPPOINTING REPLACING REGIONAL HIGGINS WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 31, 2020 CURRENT REGIONAL HIGGINS COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT MR. HIGGINS MOTION BY CAUSE LEWIS SECOND BY HUDSON.

ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING THAT ITEM? ONE 66, MR. HIGGINS HAS BEEN REAPPOINTED GO TO ITEMS

[Item 167 - 173]

CHANGE.

I WAS GOING TO SAY ITEMS ONE 67, THREE ONE 73.

TOGETHER I IN ONE 67 RIVER CENTER, EAST WEST PARKING GARAGE, LIGHTING RENOVATION CONTRACTOR D ELECTRIC INC CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT ITEM IS $118,412 AND 10 CENTS.

ITEM ONE 68 SOUTH WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PRIMARY SETTLING TANKS, PROTECTIVE COATINGS PROJECT CONTRACTOR IN CMC, LLC CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT, $472,779 AND 88 CENTS.

ITEM ONE 69 NORTHWEST NORTH WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT MASTER PLAN TRICKLING FILTER, UPGRADE CONTRACTOR, WHARTON SMITH CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT, $23,300 AND 97 CENTS.

ITEM ONE 77 SALES TAX STREET ROAD ABILITATION PROGRAM, PROJECT MYRTLE WALK PARK, WESTDALE, AVENDALE, FAIRWAY AT A STREETS AND STREETS.

AND BEAUPRE CONTRACTORS, RJ DAIGLE AND SONS CONTRACTORS CHANGE ORDER MOUNDS OR CREDIT $38,158 87 CENTS AND A ONE 71 71 NORTH WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT MASTER PLAN, PUMP REPLACEMENT CONTRACTOR, WHARTON SMITH, INC CHANGE ORDER MOUTH $33,048 AND 55 CENTS AND A ONE 72 NORTH WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT MASTER PLAN PRE-TREATMENT AND GRIT REMOVAL, REHABILITATION, CONTRACTORS, WHARTON SMITH CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT CREDIT $13,512 AND 84 CENTS.

ITEM ONE 73 IS ITN HOLLYWOOD STREET, SSL REHABILITATION REHABILITATION, PROJECT PHASE B CONTRACTOR S AND P LINER, LLC CHANGE ORDER MOUNDS, A CREDIT 41041 CENTS.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HERE, WE SHOULD BE GOING.

I WAS ONE 67TH AND ONE 73 SEEN ON THE PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSED PUBLIC COLUMNS.

AREN'T YET PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THIS IS FOR ITEM ONE 67.

THIS APPEARS TO BE AN APPROXIMATE 60% INCREASE IN THE CONTRACT AMOUNT, WHICH SEEMS LIKE WAY TOO MUCH FOR ANY WELL-PREPARED CONTRACT.

THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS MUST NOT HAVE BEEN SUFFICIENT IN THIS LARGE OF AN INCREASE IS NOT FAIR TO OTHER COMPANIES THAT MIGHT HAVE SUBMITTED BIDS FOR THIS PROJECT.

PLEASE EXPLAIN THE REASON FOR THIS LARGE INCREASE IN DETAIL.

THAT CONCLUDES THE COMMENTS FOR WEDNESDAYS COUNCIL MEMBERS.

COSMIN BUBBA.

I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT ONE 67.

SO IF YOU WOULD TOUCH ON THAT ONE, WHY ARE THESE LIGHTS SO GREAT THAT WE NEED TO SPEND ALL THIS MONEY? AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION ON, UH, ONE 68 AS WELL WHEN YOU'RE DONE.

WE'RE ADDING ADDITIONAL LIGHTING.

ONE 67.

WHEN WE ORIGINALLY GOT THE ESTIMATE, IT WAS AROUND THREE 20 AND BIDS.

WE COMPETITIVELY BID IT AND WE DID A LOWER GRADE LIGHT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T THINK WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THE FUNDING.

WHEN THE VNS CAME IN, AS LOW AS WE DID FROM THE COMPETITIVE BEDS, WE WERE ABLE TO UPGRADE THE LIGHTS TO HIGHER GRADE LED LIGHTS, THEY'RE VANDAL PROOF.

WE'RE TYING THE LIGHTS INTO THE GENERATOR SYSTEM AND THE EMERGENCY PANEL SYSTEM.

SO NOW THERE WILL NEVER BE DARK IN THE GARAGES AT ALL.

NEVER KNOW CERTAINLY.

AND WHERE THE PAYBACK RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS IT SHOULD BE THREE YEARS WITH THESE NEW LED LIGHTS.

SO ALL THE COMPETITORS BID ON THE MORE EXPENSIVE ONES AND THE BASE LIGHT ON THE WAISTLINE, WE'D BE IF WE DID THE BASE LIGHT, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T THINK WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET IT IN BUDGET, YOUR, YOUR DEPARTMENT'S ORIGINAL ESTIMATE WAS BASED ON THE MORE EXPENSIVE LIGHTS.

YOU FELT THEY WERE BASED ON REGULAR LIGHTING.

[02:10:02]

THE ONES THAT WERE BEING THE REGULAR BASE LIGHT, OUR ENGINEER THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GIVE ONE TO BARREL TO GET IT UNDER BUDGET.

WELL, IT CAME IN WAY LOW BECAUSE OF THE COMPETITIVE DADDY.

THEN WE CAME BACK AND DECIDED TO UPGRADE THE LIGHTS TO BETTER LIGHTS.

I TRUST YOUR JUDGMENT.

DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE'RE TREATING ALL THE BIDDERS FAILING? YES.

WERE YOU FINISHED QUESTION ON ONE 68 AS WELL AS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NOW'S THE BEST TIME TO ASK IT OR WAIT OR ENJOY IT? IF I COULD SAY ONE THING TO BUBBA REAL QUICK TO INTERRUPT YOU DID.

SO YOU GOT, YOU GOT BETTER LIGHTS AND STILL CAME IN UNDER THE ORIGINAL NEST.

THAT IS CORRECT.

WE'VE ADDED, WE'RE ADDING INTO THE EMERGENCY GENERATOR SYSTEM AND THE MURDER, JUST THE PANEL AND THE BALLS ARE GONNA LAST LONGER.

USE LESS ELECTRICITY, CORRECT? THANK YOU BOTH.

AND THEY'RE ALSO VANDAL PROOF, THE HOMELESS COUNCIL HUDSON.

SO ONE 68, UH, RICK, THAT JUST JUMPED OUT AT ME TOO, BECAUSE OF THE COST.

IF YOU WERE JUST WALKING THROUGH THAT ONE.

EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO CHARLES R. KELLY COMMUNITY CENTER CONTRACTOR W JW GRANT INC.

UH, THIS IS AN ONGOING PROJECT WHERE WE'RE REHABILITATING, UH, FOUR PRIMARY SETTLING TANKS.

THEY, WE MADE AN ESTIMATE OF MATERIALS AT THE BEGINNING FOR THE BID.

WHEN, UH, THE CONTRACTOR WENT IN, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO GET DOWN TO GOOD CONCRETE BEFORE THEY CAN START APPLYING THE COATING.

THERE'S A LOT MORE, UH, DAMAGE TO THE CONCRETE EXISTING CONTRACT, CONCRETE INCREASED MATERIALS FOR SETTLING BASINS ONE AND TWO.

SO WE'RE ALSO INCLUDING IN THIS CHANGE ORDER, ADDITIONAL MATERIALS FOR SETTLING BASINS THREE AND FOUR THAT ARE, SO THIS IS, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN UNTIL YOU GOT INTO THE PROJECT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

GOTCHA.

MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION PROVIDERS, ONE 67, THREE, ONE 73 BY HUDSON.

SECOND BY WATSON.

ANY OBJECTION CARRIED ON? I WAS ONE 67, THREE ONE 73 OF THEM APPROVED.

CUSTOMERS ARE GOING TO TAKE NINE ONE SEVEN FOUR THREE ONE 79 TOGETHER.

FINAL ACCEPTANCES ON ONE 74

[Items 174 - 179]

FINAL COSTS $100,146 ITEM ONE 76 SALES TAX STREET, ROAD AND REHABILITATION PROGRAM.

MYRTLE WALK PARK, WESTDALE, AVONDALE FAIRWAY, EDGAR STREET, AND STRENGTH OF BOTH PREY CONTRACTOR, RJ DAIGLE AND SONS INC.

FINAL COST $1,446,859 AND 58 CENTS.

NORTH WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T WANT 76 NORTH WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT MASTER PLAN TRICKLING FILTER, UPGRADE CONTRACTS WITH WHARTON SMITH, FINAL COST $844,581 AND 48 CENTS.

ITEM ONE 77 NORTH WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT MASTER PLAN, POT REPLACEMENT CONTRACTOR, WHARTON SMITH FINAL COST 2 MILLION, $2,851 AND 83 CENTS.

ITEM ONE 78 NORTH WASTEWATER TREATMENT MASTER PLAN.

WE PRE-TREATMENT AND GRIT, REMOVAL, REHABILITATION CONTRACTOR, WHARTON SMITH, INC.

FINAL COSTS, $8,875,889 AND 48 CENTS.

ITEM ONE 79, ITN HOLLYWOOD STREET, SSO REHABILITATION, PROJECT PHASE B CONTRACTOR S AND P LINER, LLC.

FINAL COSTS 3 MILLION, ONE 46, $40 AND 59 CENTS LAYS AND GELS.

THE PUMPKIN WAS SPENT ON ITEMS ONE 74 THROUGH ONE 79.

LET ME COMMENT CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNSELOR AND MISSION APPROVE ITEM ONE 74, THREE, ONE 79.

MOST TRUE BY WATSON.

OF LOW BIDS ITEM ONE 80 MALL, LOUISIANA BOULEVARD, MALL, LOUISIANA BOULEVARD, BRIDGES OVER DAWSON CREEK BROWN INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION, LLC, $4,594,504 LAYS IN JAIL WITH THE PUBLIC WAS PICK ON ITEM ONE 80, SAY NONE.

HE OBJECTIONS CARRYING ON ITEM ONE 74TH OR ONE 79 HAS BEEN APPROVED ACCEPTANCE

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A PUBLIC HEARING HEARINGS CLOSED CUSTOMER EMOTION TO PROVIDE THEM ONE 80 MOTION BY WATSON.

GO TO OTHER ITEMS, ONE 81, WE'RE GOING TO DEFER THIS TO THE DECEMBER 9TH MINUTE.

ANY OBJECTION, CARRIE, NOT ITEM ONE.

80 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WHEN WE

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COUNCILMAN.

WELCH'S NOT HERE.

DISCUSSION ABOUT ACCESS BRIDGES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND CITY.

THE CITY PAIRS THAT ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED BY THE CITY OF PARIS BY COUNCILMAN TREY WELCH, LAYMAN GEL TO POP CARE, WHICH SPEAKING ON ITEM ONE 81.

SEE IT NOT IN THE PUBLICATION, CLOSED COUNTABLE AND GREEN.

I'M LETTING YOU PASS THAT ONE, BUT I JUST HAVE ONE POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AFTER YOU FINISH.

YEP.

TO TAKE THIS TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, MY ALMA MATER OF BELLAIRE HIGH SCHOOL.

COUNCIL MEMBERS PUBLIC HEARS CLOSE ON ITEM ONE 81.

I NEED A MOTION TO REFER ITEM ONE 81 TO THE DECEMBER 9TH MEETING MOTION BY HUDSON.

SECOND BOND WATSON, ANY OBJECTIONS CNN, I WANT 80.

ONE'S BEEN DEFERRED TO DECEMBER 9TH, MEETING CAPITAL ONE WERE GREEN

[Additional Item]

POINTED PARTIAL.

UM, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, I WANT

[02:15:01]

WE HAVE, UH, MADE IT TO THE PLAYOFFS.

THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR IN THE PLAYOFFS SINCE 2003.

SO, UM, I WANTED TO COMMEND MS. ANGELA JONES, THE PRINCIPAL, AS WELL AS COACH VAJRA AND WADE.

UM, THEY ARE 25TH SEED, BUT WE ARE EXCITED TO BE IN THE PLAYOFFS.

SO THANK Y'ALL FOR ALLOWING ME TO ACKNOWLEDGE BELLAIRE HIGH SCHOOL.

COUNCIL OF ARIZONA, MOTION TO ADJOURN BY THE CHAIR.