[00:00:01]
READY.YOU READY? WELCOME TO THE DECEMBER 9TH, 2020 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING.
[CALL TO ORDER ]
MEETING TO ORDER ROLL.MR. DARVIN, MR. DARVIN WILL HAVE US AS FAR AS THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE.
SO IF WE PLEASE STAY IN FOR THEM VACATION, REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE.
WE DO THANK YOU FOR LOVING US.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE DAY YOU'VE GIVEN US TODAY.
WE ASK YOU TO BLESS OUR COUNCIL MEETING WAS ALL COUNCIL, MEN AND WOMEN.
AS YOU GIVE THEM DISCERNMENT, AS YOU GIVE THEM WISDOM, I SHOULD BE WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AS THEY DEAL WITH ISSUES THAT THEY'RE FACING AS WELL, WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT TO LEAD OUR CITY.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR BLESSINGS THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US IN CHRIST'S NAME.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]
A MOTION FOR THE ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.MOTION BY LUPE SECOND BY THE CHAIR ON ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE, THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
ACTUALLY, PLEASE READ THE INTRODUCTION PLEASE.
[INTRODUCTIONS ]
SECTION 2.12 INTRODUCTIONS.NUMBER TWO, AMENDING TITLE NINE CHAPTER 18, SECTION NINE ONE ZERO ONE THREE ACTS PROHIBITED.
SO AS TO ADD SECTION NINE, COLON ONE ZERO ONE, 3.1 TO PROHIBIT UNFAIR PRACTICES AND THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND SECTION NINE, COLON ONE ZERO ONE FIVE VIOLATIONS AND REMEDIES.
NON-EXCLUSIVE EXCLUSIVE CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION.
SO AS TO INCLUDE SECTION NINE, COLON ONE ZERO ONE THREE, ONE A I'M SORRY.
ONE, 3.1 IN THE PENALTY PROVISION BY COUNCILMAN DWIGHT, HUDSON ADJUDICATED, PROPERTY INTRODUCTIONS.
NUMBER THREE LOT 25 SQUARE 46 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WORKER NUMBER FOUR, LOT 64 SUBDIVISION PRESCOTT PLACE.
COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER FIVE, LOT 13 AND 14 SQUARE 53 SUBDIVISION AND STREAMER COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WORKER NUMBER SIX, LOT 31 AND 32 SQUARE 50 SUBDIVISION BANK COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WORKER NUMBER SEVEN, LOT B DASH TWO DASH SUBDIVISION ALDRIDGE ACRES COUNCIL DISTRICT 12, ROCCA NUMBER EIGHT, LOT 90 SUBDIVISION EAST DAYTON COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLD NUMBER NINE, LOT 91 SUBDIVISION EAST DAYTON COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 10, LOT SIX AND EIGHT SQUARE, TWO SUBDIVISION LELAND COLLEGE ANNEX COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS NUMBER 11, LOT D SQUARE TWO 19 SOME DIVISION DREAMER COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WICKER NUMBER 12, LOT 24 PART PLUS SUBDIVISION, MONSANTO HIGHLAND FARMS, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WORKER NUMBER 13, LOT 51 SQUARE NINE SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WICKER NUMBER 14, LOT FOUR AND FIVE SQUARE 11 SUBDIVISION, SCOTLAND ADDITION, COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS.
NUMBER 15, LOT 21 PLUS SQUARE 17 SUBDIVISION UNIVERSITY PLACE COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS NUMBER 16, LOT ONE AND THREE DASH A SQUARE SEVEN SUBDIVISION RAPPOLO VILLA ADDITION, COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 17, LOT 12 SQUARE ONE OH FOUR SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WORKER NUMBER 18, LOT 32 SQUARE 11 SUBDIVISION NORTHDALE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WICKER NUMBER 19 LOT EIGHT SQUARE 12 SUBDIVISION FOUNTAIN PLACE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE GREEN NUMBER 20 LOT ONE 10 AND ONE 11 SUBDIVISION MELROSE EAST COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX COLLINS LOUIS NUMBER 21 LOT A BLOCK OR SQUARE ONE 10 SUBDIVISION SUBURB, STROMA COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WORKER NUMBER 22 LOT THREE 83 SUBDIVISION BROOKSTOWN PLACE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE GREEN NUMBER 23 LOT 11 PARTS SQUARE, TWO 53 SUBDIVISION SWART COUNCIL, DISTRICT 10 WICKER, ALL ITEMS THAT REQUIRE READING.
I'VE BEEN READING THE MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS COUNCILMEN ON YOUR EMOTION AND DEUCE ALL ITEMS. MOTION BY COLLINS LEWIS.
ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON THE INNER DEDUCTIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED
[CONDEMNATIONS (Part 1 of 2) ]
COUNCILORS.WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CONDEMNATIONS.
I'LL READ THE DPW RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 51 THROUGH 67 69 AND 70 72 THROUGH 81 83 THROUGH 90 91 THROUGH 98, 100 AND 101 DEFER FOR 30 DAYS.
ITEM 68 AND 71 DIFFER FOR 60 DAYS ITEMS. I'M SORRY, DELETE ITEMS. 82 AND 99.
WE'LL SPEAK ON ITEMS 51 THROUGH ONE OH ONE CONDEMNATION ITEMS. ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEMS? 51 THREE ONE OH ONE.
[00:05:07]
THIS IS A FIRST SEEING ON THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.IF YOU PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ITEM NUMBER, PLEASE.
MA'AM HOW CAN I HELP YOU? YES, I'M COMING TO SEE, CAN I GET A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO FIX MY PROBLEM OR WHATEVER? OKAY.
UH, DO YOU HAVE HER PERMIT? IS IT JUST IN YOUR NAME OR IS IT AN HEIR PROPERTY? HI, VICTORIA WALKER.
DO YOU HAVE A PERMIT OR ANYTHING ALREADY? UM, I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO APPLY FOR THE FRONT ME AND THAT'S HOW I'M TRYING TO DO NOW.
UM, I DIDN'T HAVE THE EXPANSION DONE ON THE HOUSE.
SO HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED? UM, ANYWHERE FROM SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR TO FIX IT UP.
THE MOST THAT I CAN GIVE YOU IS, UM, 60 DAYS AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO GET A PERMIT.
AND IF YOU COULD JUST WORK ON THE EXTERIOR, THEN WE COULD REVISIT IT.
I NEED YOU GET IT FROM READING A PERMIT FOR CONSTRUCTION.
AND IF IN 60 DAYS, IF YOU JUST HAVE THE EXTERIOR WHEEL, WE COULD, THAT WOULD SUFFICE AND THEN YOU COULD CONTINUE TO WORK OUT A POCKET.
MA'AM LAYS IN JAIL WAS A PUBLIC HEARING ON CONDEMNATION ITEMS. 51 THROUGH ONE OH ONE CONDEMNATION.
I WAS 51 THROUGH ONE OH ONE, A PUBLIC HEARING.
CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ID NUMBER PLEASE, SIR.
HOW CAN I HELP YOU? I WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS
UM, ONE MORE PICTURE OF IT GOT ONE MOMENT.
WHAT WAS THAT ITEM NUMBER AGAIN? 92 93 93.
UH, HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED SIR TODAY? OKAY.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS, UM, PRETTY MUCH BOARDED UP AND UM, WE CAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU, UM, GIVE YOU 60 DAYS.
THAT'S NO PROBLEM AT ALL, SIR.
LATE IN JAIL WAS A PUBLIC HEARING.
WE SPEAK ON ITEMS 51 THROUGH ONE OH ONE CONDEMNATIONS.
[00:10:17]
OKAY.I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON CONDEMNATION COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO SCOTT CAN, UM, EX CHERRY OR SOMEBODY COME UP ON 81? YES MA'AM
THEY KNOW THEY HAD PULLED A PERMIT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, BUT THEY HAD NEVER DONE ANYTHING WITH IT.
IT'S BEEN INACTIVE FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND THEY'VE NEVER COME INTO UPDATED.
YOU CAN PROCEED WITH THAT ONE, THIS GUY.
COUNSEL, WANT ME TO PROCEED ON 81? YES.
UH, LET'S SAY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I GOT, UH, COUNCILMAN COLE ITEM 50 TO 90 DAYS AND ITEM 75 60 DAYS.
SO, UM, I NEED TO, UM, ACTUALLY DELETE ITEM 57.
THE, UM, WHAT'S WHAT UNITED CHARGE THEY ARE ACTUALLY APPLYING TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE THAT PROPERTY DEMO THEMSELVES.
UM, THAT'S ITEM 57, SIX OH TWO FRENCH STREET.
IF I CAN GET THAT ITEM, DELETE IT PLEASE.
I'D LIKE TO DEFER THAT ITEM FOR 60 DAYS.
THEY'RE ALSO GETTING AN APARTMENT, UH, FOR THIS PROPERTY IN THERE HAVE CALLED IN AND REQUESTED AN EXTENSION ON THAT ON ITEM 71 TO GO AHEAD AND DEFER THAT FOR 60 DAYS, THEY'VE CUT THE GRASS BOARDED UP.
THEY ACTUALLY PLAN TO MOVE IN.
SO THEY ARE REQUESTING AN EXTENSION FOR 60 DAYS ON ITEM 70.
WE'VE HAD A REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION ON ITEM 77 PER 60 DAYS.
WAIT, WHICH ITEM YOU JUST SAID, DORIS? UM, I'M 77.
HOW MANY DAYS PUT 60 DAYS? I THINK WE JUST DID 93.
THEY'VE REQUESTED AN EXTENSION FOR 60 DAYS.
WHAT WAS YOUR NUMBER? SO 77 WAS 60 DAYS.
YOU GOT THAT ONE AND THEN 93 PER 60 DAYS.
THEY HAVE, THIS IS HEIR PROPERTY.
THEY HAVE REQUESTED AN EXTENSION FOR 60 DAYS TO DO THE PERMIT AND EVERYTHING FOR THEM.
UH, 97 HAS REQUESTED AN EXTENSION, UH, FOR, FOR, UH, REPAIRS, ADDITIONAL REPAIRS, THIS ITEM, THIS ITEM 97.
HOW MANY DAYS? FOR 60 DAYS AND ALSO 98 FOR 60 DAYS.
AND I HAD ONE ON BAXTER STREET THERE FOR WHATEVER REASON.
UM, FOR ITEM 53, I NEED TO, UM, GO AHEAD AND DEFER THAT ONE ACTUALLY FOR 90 DAYS, SCOTT.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE DEMOLISHING THAT HOME AND ACTUALLY PUTTING A TINY HOME THERE.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS TO GET THAT, BUT THEY NEED SOME TIME TO GET THAT FINISHED AND CLEANED UP AND ALL THAT.
ANYONE ELSE? CONDEMNATIONS? YES.
I HAVE, UH, 60 DAYS FOR 51 87, 89 AND 90, 51 87 AND 90, 89 AND 90, 51 87, 89 AND NINE.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? THAT'S ONE NUMBER ONE OH ONE.
I DON'T WANT TO ALARM ONE OH ONE FOR 45 DAYS PLEASE.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? ARE WE READY? OKAY.
I'M GOING TO READ THE DPW RECOMMENDATIONS AND STAY THE CHANGES WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED WITH.
IVAN'S 54 THROUGH 56, 58 THROUGH 60 62 THROUGH SEVEN 69, 73, 74, 76, 78, 79,
[00:15:01]
80 81 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 91 94 AND 100 AND ALSO 72.WE'RE GONNA DEFER FOR 30 DAYS.
I AM 68, 71 AND 92 DIFFER FOR 45 DAYS ITEM ONE OH ONE DIVERT FOR 60 DAYS ITEMS 51 61 70 75, 77, 87, 89, 90 93, 96, 97 98 DEFER FOR 90 DAYS, 52 53 AND DELETE ITEMS, 57 82 AND 99.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL DPW RECOMMENDATION? THE STATE OF CHANGES, MOTION BY WATSON SECOND BY GREEN, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING? NONE OF THE CONDEMNATIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL GO TO PUBLIC
[102. 20-01300 ]
HEARING, BUT I'M ONE OF TWO.I MEAN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARIS OF EAST BATON ROUGE, TITLE TO CHAPTER NINE, SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES.
SO IT HAS TO PROVIDE THE REGULATION OF THE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITIES WHEN THE RIGHT OF WAY OF SYDNEY FAIRS OF BATON ROUGE BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, LADIES AND JAILS, THE PUBLIC.
HERE WE SPEAK ON ITEM ONE OH TWO, ONE OH TWO.
CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR STATE, YOUR NAME PLEASE? YES, GARY PENN ROW AND SHERRY MORRIS.
WE'RE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE 5G TASK FORCE.
UH, BASICALLY WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE INTRODUCED IN JUST A MINUTE AND WE WANT TO GIVE, THANKS TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE FOR ALL THEIR FARM WORK.
FIRST, WE WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND HER ADMINISTRATION.
WE'VE WORKED NOW FOR ALMOST 16 MONTHS.
UM, YOU'VE WORKED HAND IN GLOVE, UH, FROM MY EXPERIENCE OVER ABOUT 30 YEAR PERIOD.
IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE AND SOME THAT, UH, THAT I HAVEN'T REALLY EXPERIENCED WITH PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS TO THIS DEGREE YET, CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK THE PARENTS ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN PARTICULAR, COURTNEY HUMPHREY, UH, FOR HER HARD WORK AND WANT TO THANK, UH, THE ATTORNEYS, UH, THAT WORK WITH
WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE DPW STAFF, UH, THE COMPLETE STAFF WORK ON THIS ISSUE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT WE'VE CREATED A MODEL ORDINANCE GOING FORWARD.
UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF GIVE AND TAKE.
UH, WE, I THINK WE'VE WORKED WELL TOGETHER AS PARTICULARLY LIKE THE, UH, THANK CHIMP LINES.
UH, HE IS SOMEWHAT OF A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY, LIKE TO THANK THE FEDERATION OF GREAT BATTERY CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, UH, FOR THEIR HARD WORK.
AND IN PARTICULAR I'D LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF.
THEY WILL WILL PEACE IN THE SENATE, UH, SHERRY MORRIS SECRET YET.
AND JIM BRADFORD, THEY CREATED THE BASIS OF THE ORDINANCE OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TONIGHT.
AND THAT WAS LIMITED TO THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
SO, UH, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TONIGHT OF COURSE, IS, AS I SAID, A MOB HORNETS AIR IS SOMETHING VERY PARTICULAR TO THIS ORDINANCE THAT I THINK THAT WOULD BE, UH, COPIED THROUGHOUT NATION.
AND THAT'S THE CONCEPT OF THE, UH, PREFERRED, DESIGNATED LIST OF LOCATIONS.
UH, WE REVIEWED LITERALLY DOZENS AND DOZENS AND DOZENS OF, UH, SO ORDINANCES ACROSS THE OR 5G OR DISTANCES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED.
WE HAVE, WE INCORPORATED A LOT OF, UH, THOSE ORDINANCES INTO WHAT, UH, IS, UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR ORDER TONIGHT.
SO, UH, THAT'S UP TO THE BATON ROUGE HAS CONTRIBUTION TO THIS INITIATIVE, UH, NATIONWIDE.
JUST WANT TO AGAIN, AND THANK ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO SAID, UH, THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING FOR ALL YOUR HELP, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
LADIES JOHN'S PUBLIC HEARING WAS BIG ON ITEM ONE OH TWO IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE OH TWO.
I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM ONE OH ONE ON ONE OF TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE ANY MOTIONS, MOTION APPROVED BY WATSON? I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING.
I'M NOT SEEING THE NAMES ON HERE, COUNSEL THAT THE SPIRIT IS IN THE WAY.
NO, I'M NOT SEEING THE NAMES ON THE COMPUTER.
I JUST WANTED TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS THAT THAT GARY SAID.
I WON'T REPEAT EVERYBODY THAT WORKED ON IT, BUT IT WAS A REALLY REFRESHING EXPERIENCE, UH, TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF COOPERATION, UH, FROM INDUSTRY FROM NEIGHBORHOODS, CITY PARISH AND ALL THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
[00:20:01]
UM, ONE OTHER PERSON IN PARTICULAR THAT I WANTED TO, TO DRAW OUT ON THIS ONE IS COURTNEY.YOU KNOW, COURTNEY HAS BEEN SERVING IN THIS ROLE FOR A WHILE, UH, AS, UH, SORT OF OUR LIAISON TO THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, DOING LEGISLATION, UM, COURTNEY YOU'D OUGHT TO BE DOING THIS JOB WITH A LITTLE MORE SWAGGER NOW, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN DOING A FANTASTIC JOB THE ENTIRE TIME, BUT, UM, HAVE SERVED AS SORT OF THE MAESTRO FOR PUTTING THIS BEAR OF AN ORDINANCE TOGETHER.
I THINK HE DID A FANTASTIC JOB AND, AND YOU'RE TO BE COMMENDED.
UM, SO, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE, WE DO HAVE GO AHEAD, COURTNEY, AND WE DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO WE DO WANT TO GET TO, SO GO AHEAD, COURTNEY.
I'LL LET ASHLEY READ THE EMAIL.
UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE EMAIL COMMENT FROM ALISON PAEZ.
I AM WRITING TO YOU TODAY AS A VICTIM OF THE CAROLYN PAST CARELESSNESS OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE, PARIS METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.
AND I AM IMPLORING YOU TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED 5G ORDINANCE WITH THE FOUR AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE 5G TASK FORCE.
WITHOUT THE INCLUSION OF THESE CRUCIAL AMENDMENTS RESIDENTS WILL NOT BE PROTECTED FROM THE 5G INDUSTRY.
YOU WILL BE SUBJECT TO A 5G DISRUPTION ADJACENT TO YOUR HOME.
WHEN I DECIDED TO MOVE IN, INVEST IN BATON ROUGE, I SEARCHED FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A STRONG ASSOCIATION OF 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 IN AND ENJOYED A PEACEFUL HOME IN TARA.
UNFORTUNATELY JUST AS WE WERE PLANNING SOME RENOVATIONS, 5G SHATTERED OUR DREAM.
IN APRIL OF 2019, WE EXPERIENCED AN IMMEDIATE PROPERTY VALUE DECLINE WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THE 5G FIVE FOOT, UH, TOWER ADJACENT TO MY HOUSE.
THE INSTALLATION HAS LEFT A HUGE REGRET AND DOUBT HANGING OVER MY DECISION TO INVEST IN THIS CITY.
WE ALL, 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 ASKED EACH OF YOU, WHAT KEEPS YOU AWAKE? WHAT KEEPS YOU AWAKE AT NIGHT? FOR ME, IT IS THIS 50 FOOT MONSTROSITY AND THE NIGHTMARE OF WORRYING ABOUT WALKING OUT OF MY DOOR AND TO FIND OTHER CARRIERS HAVE COME INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE FACT THAT IF I, FOR SOME REASON, IF IT, IF I'M SORRY, IF IT, FOR SOME REASON WERE TO FALL, IT WOULD HIT MY HOUSE AND MY DAUGHTER'S BEDROOM.
AND EVERY EVENING WHEN I ARRIVE HOME, I MET WITH THIS 50 FOOT REMINDER OF WHAT IS CAUSING MY ANXIETY.
I CAN SEE IT BEFORE I ARRIVE AT MY STREET WHILE I AM CERTAIN, THE COUNCIL DID NOT INTENTIONALLY SET OUT TO CAUSE HARM.
NOW IS THE TIME TO CORRECT WHAT YOU HAVE DESTROYED.
MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY STATED THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING THE TIME THAT THE FIRST TIME THAT THE 5G ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED AT A METRO COUNCIL MEETING ON JUNE 26, 2019, THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WAS MADE AS A COUNCILMAN AND I'M NOT POINTING FINGERS.
AT LEAST I DO COUNSEL PART-TIME SCOTT WILSON WHILE WE WERE RIGHT ON PACE ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION, WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE LOOKED AT SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT COUNCILMEN LAMONT COLE TO THE ADVOCATE.
WE KNOW THAT HALF OF THIS COUNCIL IS NOT RETURNING AND WILL BE DEEMED ORDINARY CITIZENS WITHOUT THESE PROTECTIONS.
EACH OF YOU WILL ALL BE SUBJECT TO A 5G DISRUPTION ADJACENT TO YOUR HOME RIGHT NOW, ALL YOU HAVE, ALL OF YOU HAVE A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO FIX A WRONG.
PLEASE STAND UP FOR BATON ROUGE NEIGHBORHOODS AND BE A LEADER, SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE WITH ALL OF OUR AMENDMENTS, DO NOT LET OTHER SUFFER THE SAME FATE THAT I HAVE CONCLUDES THE COMMENTS.
UH, COURTNEY, YOU GUYS, THANK YOU.
I'VE GOT A FEW FLOOR AMENDMENTS TO MAKE AND JUST TO LET COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW AND PROBABLY ALREADY DO, UM, THE AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE OR AMENDMENTS THAT, UM, CAME ABOUT WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS AS THIS, UM, ORDINANCE FIRST CAME TO COUNCIL FOR A VOTE.
UM, AND SO ALL THE PARTIES INVOLVED, WORKED ON THESE AMENDMENTS ON THE AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN, UM, APPROVED TO SOME DEGREE BY INDUSTRY AND BY THE FEDERATION.
AND SO WE'VE NOT HAD ANY FURTHER OBJECTIONS.
SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, SO THE AMENDMENTS THAT I'M GOING THROUGH TO PUT ON THE RECORD TODAY, OR AMENDMENTS THAT ALL EVERYONE IS AWARE ABOUT AND THEY HAVE OKAYED THEM.
SO IT'S, UH, IT'S A BIT, BUT I'M JUST GONNA, FOR THE SAKE OF THE RECORD, I'M JUST GOING TO DO A SUMMARY OF, OF WHAT HAS BEEN AMENDED IN THE ORDINANCE.
AND THIS WAS CIRCULATED THIS, UH, EARLY AFTERNOON, I THINK, OR THIS MORNING TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO SECTION TWO, THREE EIGHT, THREE B FIVE, UM, F UH, HAS BEEN ADDED, UM, THAT THE APPLICANT WILL CERTIFY THAT THE USE OF A PREFERRED LOCATION WOULD NOT BE COMMERCIALLY OR
[00:25:01]
TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE.SECTION TWO, THREE 83, B 5G APPLICANT WILL CERTIFY THAT OTHER FACILITIES WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY ARE IN COMPLIANCE.
AND THERE WAS NO PATTERN OF NONCOMPLIANCE OR FAILURE TO TIMELY, UH, CURE ANY VIOLATION.
SECTION TWO, THREE EIGHT THREE B SEVEN B UH, HAS BEEN DELETED IN ITS ENTIRETY, SECTION TWO, THREE EIGHT, FIVE E EIGHT.
THE APPLICANT IS NOT UNDER ANY OBLIGATION TO USE A LOCATION PROPOSED BY THE CITY PARISH.
IF IT CONCLUDES THAT THE ALTERNATE LOCATION IS NOT TECHNICALLY OR COMMERCIALLY FEASIBLE, AND THE ALTERNATE LOCATION MUST BE PROPOSED BY THE CITY PARISH WITHIN 10 DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THE APPLICATION, SECTION TWO, THREE EIGHT, SEVEN F UM, JUST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES, INCLUDING SAFETY STANDARDS, UH, FOR THE DESIGN OF WIRELESS FACILITIES, SECTION TWO, THREE EIGHT, EIGHT B ONE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE ADDED THAT ALL LAND OWNERS WHOSE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN A 300 FOOT RADIUS OF THE PROPOSED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITIES, SECTION TWO, THREE EIGHT, EIGHT E N F.
UH, THESE WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO, UH, THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THIS WAS ADDED.
WE HEARD THEIR, THEIR CONCERNS.
AND SO THESE TWO, UM, PROVISIONS ALLOW FOR CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO SUBMIT INQUIRIES ABOUT THE DEPLOYMENT OF WIRELESS CO UH, COMMUNICATION FACILITIES, AND ALSO WILL ALLOW THEM TO, UH, TO SUBMIT, UM, UM, OR ASK FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND TO ALSO PROVIDE, UH, UH, THE PERMITS DIVISION WITH ANY INFORMATION THAT THEY MAY HAVE ABOUT THE LOCATION, WHERE THE PROPOSED WIRELESS, UH, FACILITIES MAY BE DEPLOYED.
SECTION TWO, THREE, EIGHT, NINE, EIGHT, IT ADDS EXTRA LANGUAGE, UM, IN EXTRAORDINARY CASES AND ALSO DELETES, UM, THE, UM, PROVISION THAT ALLOWS CITY PARISH UP TO 15 DAYS TO REVIEW, UH, PENDING APPLICATIONS, SECTION TWO, THREE EIGHT, NINE, SEE ONE EXTRA LANGUAGE ADDED.
UM, THE CITY PARISH SHALL PUBLISH THE NOTICE OF ITS FINAL DECISION ON THE APPLICATION ON ITS WEBSITE AND SECTION TWO, THREE EIGHT, NINE C ONE EIGHT IS DELETED IN ITS ENTIRETY.
SECTION TWO, THREE EIGHT, NINE C5 EIGHT SEVEN IS ADDED NEW ADDITION, UH, THE CITY PARISHES INSPECTION OF THE PHYSICAL LOCATION AND SURROUNDING AREA OF ANY PROPOSED WHERE I WAS COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CHAPTER SECTION TWO, THREE EIGHT, NINE C5 EIGHT EIGHT IS THE DELETION OF THE WORD MAINTENANCE SECTION TWO, THREE EIGHT, NINE C5 H THE LANGUAGE HERE HAS BEEN REVISED SO THAT IT READS APPEAL OF PERMIT, APPLICATION DECISION.
ANY PERSON WHO HAS AGREED OR, OR WHOSE INTERESTS ARE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY A DECISION OF THE CITY PARISH GRANTING OR DENYING A PERMIT APPLICATION MAY PURSUE ANY AVAILABLE REMEDIES UNDER THEN PREVAILING LAW, SECTION TWO, THREE NINE, FIVE, AND THE TITLE OF THIS SECTION, THE WORDS AND CONSTRUCTION HAVE BEEN ADDED SECTION TWO, THREE NINE FIVE EIGHT FOUR, AND SECTION SUBSECTION FIVE.
THESE, UH, THESE SECTIONS PROVIDE THAT THE WIRELESS FACILITY SHALL COMPLY WITH ANY APPLICABLE DESIGN MANUAL REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS.
UM, AND ALSO THAT ANYTIME A WHILE IT WAS PROVIDED CONSTRUCTS, INSTALLS REPAIRS REPLACES, OR REMOVES A WIRELESS, UH, COMMUNICATION FACILITY THAT THE WIRELESS PROVIDER WILL CLEAN UP AND RESTORE THE RIGHT OF WAY, THE WAY THEY FOUND IT, BASICALLY SECTION TWO, THREE, NINE, SIX D DEALS WITH NON-COMPLIANCE.
THIS SECTION HAS BEEN ADDED TO PROVIDE THAT, UM, THAT IF THERE IS A PATTERN TO NOT TO ESTABLISH, UH, IF A PATTERN OF NON-COMPLIANCE EXISTS, THAT A WIRELESS PROVIDER, UM, HAS TIME TO CURE IT.
AND ALSO, UH, IN NO EVENT, SHALL ANY WIRELESS PROVIDER BE FOUND TO HAVE ENGAGED IN A PATTERN OF NON-COMPLIANCE THAT FEWER THAN FIVE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY ARE NON-COMPLIANT WITHIN THE APPLICABLE 12 MONTH PERIOD.
AND THAT'S ALL FOR THE AMENDMENTS.
AND JUST BEFORE I LEAVE, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU FIRST TO, UM, TO DAVIS ROAR JR.
WHO'S NO LONGER WITH OUR OFFICE, BUT HE LEFT ME WITH THIS
[00:30:03]
SO THAT HE CAN FLY OFF AND DO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS.AND I'VE CALLED DAVIS REPEATEDLY SO THAT HE COULD MAKE GOOD ON TAKING ME TO LUNCH.
AND HE SENDS ME TO VOICEMAIL, JUST WANT TO SAY THAT.
UM, AND I ALSO ABSOLUTELY WANT TO THANK DAVIS BECAUSE HE IS ACTUALLY THE ONE THAT INTRODUCED ME TO OUTSIDE COUNSEL WHO HAVE BEEN EXTRAORDINARY AND INSTRUMENTAL IN, IN, UM, HELPING ME OUT WITH THIS JIM BALOR AND SEAN STOKES, WHO ARE ACTUALLY IN, IN, UH, MARYLAND OR DC WATCHING US LIVE RIGHT NOW.
AND SO THEY HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY, UM, REALLY, IF IT WAS NOT FOR THEM, THIS WOULD NOT HAVE COME TOGETHER THE WAY IT DID.
AND ALSO ABSOLUTELY STEVE SCHARTZ, WHO WHO'S WITH, UH, WHO WAS WITH THE, UH, PERMIT AND IN GOLF PART IN HEIM, WHO, I DON'T KNOW IF MADE IT TONIGHT, HEY, AND UP, THEY HAVE BEEN, UH, DEFINITELY HELPFUL, UM, IN, UM, CREATING THIS, THIS ORDINANCE.
SO EVERYBODY INVOLVED, ESPECIALLY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO JUMPED ON THE PHONE FOR HOURS.
THESE WERE HOUR LONG PHONE CALLS, UM, COUNCIL, WOMAN, UH, WICKER COUNCIL, MEN, HUDSON, COUNCILMAN COLE, AND COUNCIL, WOMAN, UM, ROCCA HAVE BEEN, UH, DEFINITELY, UH, HELPFUL BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT BROUGHT THE CONCERNS OF THE CITIZENS THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT.
AND ALSO COUNCILMAN, UH, WILSON TO MAKE MADE SOME PHONE CALLS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
AND SO ALL OF THAT INPUT WAS HELPFUL.
UM, AND US IN THIS COMING TOGETHER, I HOPE I DON'T SEE AN ORDINANCE LIKE THIS AGAIN FOR THE, FOR THE DURATION OF MY EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY I DO.
HAS ANY OTHER COUNCILMAN WANTS TO SPEAK? OKAY.
I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE OH TWO AS AMENDED MOTION BY HUDSON SECOND BY COLE OR ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM ONE OH TWO HAS BEEN APPROVED ITEM
[103. 20-01378 ]
ONE OH THREE, A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE CANVASSING AND THE RETURNS WITH DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION HELD ON THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.NUMBER ONE FOR THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, STATE LOUISIANA ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020 FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZED AND RENEWAL OF THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF NINE MIL AD VALOREM TAX TO BE USED ENTIRELY EXCLUSIVELY FOR DEVELOPMENT, OPERATION MAINTENANCE AND THE FIRE PROTECTION FACILITIES OF THE DISTRICT AND PAYING THE COST OF TAKING WATER FOR THE FIRE PROTECTION PURPOSES, INCLUDING CHARGES FOR FIRE HYDRANT RENTAL SERVICES WITHIN THE DISTRICT FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS, COME MIXING WITH THE TAX COLLECTION BY THE YEAR 2021 AND ANNUALLY, THEY ARE TWO AND TWO, INCLUDING THE YEAR 2025 FOR THE FILING FOR THE OTHER MATTERS AND CONNECTION THERE WITH, BY THE BOND COUNCIL LAYS AND JAMES, A PUBLIC HEARING WE'LL PICK ON ITEM ONE OH THREE, ITEM ONE OH THREE, SEEING NONE THE PUMPKIN'S CLOSED CUSTOMERS MOTION TO PROVIDE.
AND ONE, TWO, THREE EMOTION BY WELCH.
SECOND BY ROCCA, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING, NOT ITEM ONE OH THREE
[104. 20-01379 ]
HAS BEEN APPROVED.I DON'T WANT TO HAVE FOR A RESOLUTION PROVIDING THE CAM AND RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION HILL, THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF BATON RIDGE ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020, FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZING THE RENEWAL OF THE LEVEE AND THE COLLECTION OF 10 MEALS AD VALOREM TAX PROVIDES FUNDS FOR PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT, OPERATION IMPROVEMENT PURPOSES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF DISTRICT FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS, COMMENCING WITH THE TAX COLLECTION FOR THE YEAR 2022 AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER TO INCLUDING THE YEAR 2026 AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH, BY THE BOND COUNCIL LAYS IN JAIL IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
WE SPEAK ON ITEM ONE OH FOUR, SAY NOT A PUMPKIN'S CLOSED CUSTOMER EMOTION APPROVED ITEM ONE OH FOUR MOTION APPROVED BY THE CHAIR.
ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM 104
[105. 20-01380 ]
HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THEM ONE OH FIVE ROWS THAT RESOLUTION FRYING FOR THE CANVASSING AND RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF ELECTION HEALTH AND THE BROWNSVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.NUMBER THREE FOR THE PAIR OF SPEECH BATON ROUGE, STATE LOUISIANA ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020, FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZING RENEWAL OF THE LOVING, THE COLLECTION OF A SERVICE CHARGE AND AMOUNT OF $32 PER ANNUM FOR EACH LIVABLE, RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE WHERE THE OCCUPIED OR UNOCCUPIED LOCATED WHOLLY, OR PARTLY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSES OF PAYING THE COST OF THE POWER PROTECTION DISTRICT SERVICES AND FOR THE DISTRICT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS, COMMENCING WITH THE TAX COLLECTION YEAR FOR YEAR 2022 TO INCLUDING THE YEAR 2031, AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS OF CONNECTION THERE WITH, BY THE BOND COUNCIL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PUBLIC HERE WILL SPEAK ON ITEM ONE OH FIVE, SAY NONE.
THE PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSED COUNSELING MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE OH FIVE MOTION BY COLLINS LEWIS.
AND THE OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM ONE OH FIVE HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[106. 20-01381 ]
I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE SIX I RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE CAMPING AND RETURNS WHEN DECLARING THE RESULTS OF ELECTION HEALTH AND THE PRIDE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.NUMBER EIGHT ARE THE PARENTS OF EAST BATON ROUGE, STATE LOUISIANA ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020 FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZING RENEWAL AND THE LEVY AND THE COLLECTION OF A SERVICE CHARGE AND AMOUNT OF $32 PER ANNUM FOR EACH LIVABLE, RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE WHERE THE OCCUPIED OR UNOCCUPIED LOCATED WHOLLY, OR PARTLY WITHIN THE BOUNDARY, THE DISTRICT USED ENTIRELY OR EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE FIRE PROTECTION PURPOSES WITHIN THE DISTRICT FOR 10 YEARS COMMISSION WITH THE TAX COLLECTION BY THE YEAR 2022 AND ANNUALLY THERE TWO, TWO, AND INCLUDING THE YEAR 2031, AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS
[00:35:01]
IN CONNECTION WHERE WITH, BY THE BOND COUNCIL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PUMPKIN, WE SHOULD PICK ON ITEM ONE OF SIX, SAY NONE.CATHERINE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE OH SIX MOTION BY WELSH SECOND BY THE CHAIR.
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE SIX BEEN APPROVED
[107. 20-01382 ]
ON ONE OH SEVEN, A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE CAMPS AND THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION HILL AND ALISON ST.ERNIE LEE FIRE PROTECTION, DISTRICT NUMBER NINE, OR THE PAIRS OF EAST BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020, FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZING THE RENEWAL OF THE LEVY AND THE COLLECTION OF A SERVICE CHARGE AND AMOUNT OF $32 PER ANNUM FOR EACH LIVABLE, RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE WHERE THEY'RE OCCUPIED OR UNOCCUPIED LOCATED WHOLLY, OR PARTLY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT TO BE USED ENTIRELY EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PAYING THE COSTS OF THE PAR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES IN FOR THE DISTRICT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS, COMMENCING WITH THE TAX COLLECTION FOR THE YEAR 2022 AND ANNUALLY THEY'RE TWO AND TWO, THE INCLUDING THE YEAR 2031, REVISING FOR THE OTHER MATTERS AND CONNECTION THERE WITH, BY THE BOND COUNCIL, THEY SIT DOWN WITH THE PUMPKIN.
WE SPEAK ON ITEM ONE OH SEVEN, HMM.
SAYING ON THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, CLOSE COUNSELOR, EMOTIONAL PROVIDE, AND ONE OF SEVEN MOTION BY WELSH.
SECOND BY WATSON, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING? NONE, I DON'T WANT TO SEVEN
[108. 20-01423 ]
HAS BEEN APPROVED ON A ONE TO EIGHT AMENDING THE 22 CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET.SO AS APPROPRIATE $1,422,980 FOR THE EXPRESS RELATED TO THE HURRICANES, LAURA, SALLY AND DELTA BUDGET SUPPLEMENT EIGHT ONE EIGHT SEVEN SEVEN FIVE BY THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PUCK HERE, WHICH IS BIG ON ITEM ONE OH EIGHT SAYING NONE PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSED.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION MOTION BY WELSH.
[109. 20-01369 ]
BEEN APPROVED ON A ONE OH NINE AUTHORIZATION WHERE THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT, OR CHAIRMAN OF AIRPORT COMMISSION TO ASK YOU TO AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR TO THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE SSP AMERICA INC AMENDING THE TERMS OF LEASE AGREEMENT.IN ADDITION FOR THE FEES AND CHARGES IN RELATION TO THE AVERAGE ANNUAL AND PLASMIN AND PAYMENTS OVER THE THREE-YEAR PERIOD BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR, LEE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WITH PUBLIC ENGLISH-SPEAKING ITEM ONE OH NINE, SEEN ON THE PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSED COUNCILMAN MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE OH NINE MOTION BY WELSH.
SECOND BY WATSON, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM ONE OH NINE HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[110. 20-01370 ]
AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT OR A CHAIRMAN OF AIRPORT COMMISSION TO APPROVE A SUBLEASE BETWEEN DAWSON MANAGEMENT, LLC AND THE BATON ROUGE JET CENTER BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR LEIS.WE SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 10 SAYING ON THE PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSED CUSTOMER EMOTION, IMPROVE ITEM ONE 10 MOTION BY WELSH.
ANY OBJECTIONS HERE, NONE ITEM ONE 10 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[111. 20-01407 ]
AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT OR CHAIRMAN OF AIRPORT COMMISSION TO XQ AMENDMENT.NUMBER TWO FOR THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO LEASE AN ADDITIONAL 124 SQUARE FOOT OF OFFICE SPACE AT A RENTAL RATE OF WHAT, $1,984 PER YEAR, WITH ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE ORIGINAL LEASE TO REMAIN THE SAME BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR LAYS IN JOHN'S A PUBLICATION WHICH BEGAN ON ITEM ONE 11, SAY ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
COMPANY EMOTION, IMPROVE ITEM ONE 11 BY THE CHAIR.
ANY OBJECTIONS HERE, NONE ON A ONE 11 HAS BEEN APPROVED ON ONE 12
[112. 20-01408]
OBSERVATION FOR THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT OR CHAIRMAN OF AIRPORT COMMISSION TO EXECUTE OPERATING AGREEMENT BETWEEN CLEAR TO FLY AEROSPACE LLC, AND THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE ON BEHALF OF THE GREATER AIRPORT DISTRICT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE AIRLINE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT STATION FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR WITH A ONE-YEAR OPTION TO RENEW AT A RENTAL RATE OF $500 PER MONTH, WHICH SHALL SERVE AS THE MINIMUM MONTHLY GUARANTEE OR 2% GROSS MONTHLY REVENUES, WHICHEVER IS GREATER FOR THE REVENUES GENERATED FROM THE AIRPORT.PROPERTY FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE TENANT TO ITS CUSTOMERS BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN POKER, WE SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 12.
SAY ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED MOTION APPROVED BY ONE TAIL BY WELCH.
SECOND BY EMMA ROSA, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM ONE 12 AND APPROVED ITEM ONE 13
[113. 20-01427 ]
AUTHORIZATION BY THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT OR A CHAIRMAN OF AIRPORT COMMISSION TO EXECUTE OUR LEASE AGREEMENT.THE ASSUMPTION EXCHANGE AGREEMENT WITH BETWEEN ROSS' BATON ROUGE, LLC, AND THE BATTERIES JET CENTER, LLC BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PUCKERY WE'RE SPEAKING ON ITEM ONE 13 SAYING THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED MOTION PROVIDED ONE 13 BY WELSH SECOND BY MR. ROSA, ANY OBJECTIONS PERIOD, NONE ITEM ONE 13, BUT APPROVED ITEM
[114. 20-01371 ]
ONE 14 AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRES EXCEPT THAT GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,396 TO ENHANCE THE COLLABORATIVE PLANNING FOR MASS DISPENSING RESPONSE AND COORDINATION WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA LOUISIANA'S OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH BUREAU OF COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS FOR STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE CINDY'S READINESS INITIATIVE BY THE HOMELAND SECURITY EMERGENCY PROPRIETORS DIRECTOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FUCK HERE, WHICH BAKE ON ITEM ONE 14 C NON-PUBLICATION CLOSE COUNCILMAN.A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 14, MOTION BY WELSH.
ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM ONE 14 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[115. 20-01372 ]
15 AUTHOR AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESIDENT TO A CO-OPT ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE BATON ROUGE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM FOR THE USE OF OBVIOUSLY OF A MISERABLE ANNEX LOCATED AT EIGHT OH FIVE ST.LOUIS STREET, BATON ROUGE TO BE OPERATED THE COMMUNITY ART CENTER AND OFFICERS FOR THE BATON ROUGE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM BY THE MAYOR PRESIDENT'S OFFICE AND BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DIRECTOR.
CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE, SIR?
[00:40:01]
YES.UM, I'M ON THE STATE ABOUT HIS CHILDREN.
HE FOUND A ROBBERY AND THERE'S A RELATIVELY FAMOUS QUOTE THAT SAYS THAT PEOPLE WITHOUT A KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR PAST HISTORY, ORIGIN CULTURE IS LIKE A TREE WITHOUT ROOTS.
THIS STATEMENT IS THE UNDERLYING PURPOSE OF BATON ROUGE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM.
MY MOTHER BELIEVED I THAT PEOPLE WOULD AVOID THIS KNOWLEDGE TO FALL VICTIM TO THE MANY HILLS THAT PLAYED BLAME SOCIETY.
AND I SAID, THIS WAS HER PRIMARY REASON FOR FAMILY FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS.
USED THE MUSEUM AS A HOME BASE FOR VARIOUS OUTREACH PROGRAMS WITH THE EXPRESS INTENT OF BETTERING THE GREATER BANDAGE COMMUNITY AND FUNDING.
THE MAJORITY OF HER WORK FROM HER OWN POCKET IS A TESTAMENT TO HOW IMPORTANT SHE THOUGHT IT WAS TO REACH AS MANY FISH TO MY MOTHER, NO MATTER HOW MANY SHE TAUGHT OUR HELP, ALWAYS FELT THAT SHE COULD HANDLE WOULD MORE.
IF WE ARE GRANTED THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY, WE HOPE TO WORDS WORK TOWARDS FULFILLING MY MOTHER'S VISION OF A CENTRALLY LOCATED MUSEUM WITH THE CAPACITY TO SERVE A MUCH LARGER PORTION OF THE PEOPLE OF BATON ROUGE UPON TAKING ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FACILITY, WE WILL ENGAGE IN PRIVATE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS TO COVER THE COSTS OF RENOVATIONS AND THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR OUR PURPOSES AND WITH THE NEW FACILITY BEING ONLY A BLOCK AWAY FROM OUR CURRENT LOCATION, THE UTILIZATION OF THIS BUILDING WILL ALLOW US THE FLEXIBILITY TO CONTINUE TO POST OUTDOOR EVENTS AMONG THE PAINTED COLUMNS UNDER THE BRIDGE.
DOESN'T PRECINCT OUR CAPACITY, SERVING MORE MY MOTHER ALONE CITY.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATIONS MATTER.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING THAT BRIDGE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PUMPKIN, WE'RE SPEAKING ON ITEM ONE 15, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE.
JACKSON, 39 45 WHEN YOU'RE AT THAT VIEW.
AND I ESTIMATE THIS TIME, NOT ONLY AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WITH OUR LOUISIANA, BUT ALSO HONORED BOARD MEMBER OF THE BATON ROUGE AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY NEAR THE END.
I AM SO PROUD TO STAY ALONG FIVE DAYS IN AN ANGELA AND THE WORK AND THEIR EFFORT TO EXTEND THE LEGACY ETHNICITY AND WHAT SHE PREPARED FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND BEYOND MOVING TO ANY LAKE NATION WILL ALLOW THEM TO EXPAND THEIR FRAME, MEANING ALLOW MORE ACCESS BY COMMUNITY MEMBER AND CREATE A BETTER FAITH FOR THEIR COLLECTION.
THAT IS BASICALLY FUCKING UP THE THEME, BECAUSE IT MAY SAY WITH A PROLIFIC COLLECTOR OF ALL THINGS IMPORTANT TO AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND THE OTHER IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS IS A SUPPORT FROM OUR MUNICIPALITY THAT WE'VE SEEN ACROSS THE BOARD ON A STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL, WHERE WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, WHERE ARE WE ACTUALLY IN THAT AND THE CULTURAL ENTITIES THAT MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SPECIAL AND CELEBRATE OUR PATH AND OUR HISTORY, AND ALSO OUR FUTURE.
YOU ALL SUPPORTING THAT CHAISE THAT YOU'RE INVESTED IN CELEBRATING THE PAST THE FUTURE.
AND ALSO THE TOURIST DESTINATION.
THERE WAS A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE ALL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE LIKE ACT THAT TO ANOTHER WONDERFUL CULTURAL ENTITY AND HONESTLY, A CULTURAL ENTITY THAT GIVES US SOME EQUITY AND SOME DIVERSITY AND WHAT WE HAVE SUPPORTED IN THE PAST.
SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THAT.
JOHN WAS A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM ONE 15, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ENTERTAINING THIS MOTION FOR THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM TO COLLABORATE WITH, WITH THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
MY MOTHER TO JOSEPH WORKED TIRELESSLY FOR DECADES TO SEE THIS COME TO FRUITION.
THANK YOU, MAYOR BROOM AND YOUR STAFF FOR BEING RESPONSIVE TO HER MANY, PLEASE, FOR INCLUSION.
WE ARE ALSO THANKFUL FOR THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FROM THE BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY IN THE WAKE OF HER UNTIMELY DEATH.
IT MADE SO CLEAR TO US THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK THAT SHE HAS DONE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
THE COLLECTION OF MATERIALS CONTAINED IN THE MUSEUM HAS HAD A LONG JOURNEY STARTING FROM THE SEGREGATED
[00:45:01]
CLASSROOMS OF, UM, READY STREET ELEMENTARY WITH LDL, AS WILLIAMS AS THE TEACHER WHO SURREPTITIOUSLY PRESENTED THESE MATERIALS, UH, TO THE STUDENTS IN HER CLASSROOM, WHO SHE FELT NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTRIBUTION OF THEIR, UH, CULTURE TO AMERICAN SOCIETY.SINCE THEN MY MOTHER, UH, MAST, UH, MANY OTHER MATERIALS THAT ARE CURRENTLY HOUSED INITIALLY WERE HOUSED IN THE NEW ST LUKE BAPTIST CHURCH SANCTUARY.
UM, THEN SECONDLY, A, UM, FELLOWSHIP HALL AND ULTIMATELY ITS CURRENT LOCATION AT, UH, FIVE 38 SOUTH BOULEVARD.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING TO A FACILITY WHERE WE COULD CONTINUE TO BUILD BRIDGES IN THIS COMMUNITY TOWARDS SELF AND MUTUAL APPRECIATION SO THAT WE CAN ALL LIVE IN UNITY.
AND IN PEACE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND STAKEHOLDERS TO BUILD THE COMMUNITY AND TO RENOVATE THIS SPACE INTO A UNIFYING CULTURAL HUB THAT IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
WE SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 15, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, SIR.
HI, MY NAME IS RINALDI JACOBS.
I MEAN I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM.
AND AS A SUPPORTER OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO PASS THIS UP CDA, UH, AS A PROPHET TO SYMBOLIZE, UH, NOT ONLY WHAT IS GOING ON IN BATON ROUGE RIGHT NOW, BUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE NATION AS A WHOLE, AS MANY PEOPLE ARE BECOMING AWARE OF MANY THINGS, DEALING WITH, UH, THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AS A, AS A NATION OF THE SLAVE PEOPLE, UH, BROUGHT TO THE UNITED STATES.
IT'S IMPORTANT ALSO THAT OUR LOCAL ENTITIES UNDERSTAND THE ROLE THAT AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE PLAYED THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS CITY AND OF THIS REPUBLIC.
FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM ADDS ANOTHER JEWEL INTO THE TOURIST ATTRACTION OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON, DC IS ONE OF THE SMITHSONIAN'S MOST POPULAR DESTINATION.
WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM HERE IN BATON ROUGE.
ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR DESTINATION.
THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN A LONG STEP, AND WE WERE PAINFUL TO MIRROR SHARON, WESTERN BERLIN, UH, OR HER EFFORTS TO, UH, TO GIVE US SPACE.
AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO NEED ALL THE EFFORT FROM THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE THIS NOT ONLY A SPACE, BUT A GREAT SPACE, A GREAT DESTINATION FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
THANK YOU AGAIN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PAUL, CAN WE JUST PICK ON ITEM ONE 15, SEEING THOSE SPEAKERS COUNSELORS, WE HAVE SOME EMAILS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
FIRST EMAIL PUBLIC COMMENT IS FROM PETER CLAFLIN.
THE CAPITAL REGION HAS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND ITS ABILITY TO SUPPORT, EDUCATE, IMPROVE, AND COMMUNICATE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE.
WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, THE CEA AGREEMENT FOR THE BATON ROUGE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM WILL HAVE FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES IN THIS AREA IS WHY I SUBMIT MY RECOMMENDATION AND SUPPORT.
I OFFER THIS COMMENT AS PETER CLAFFEY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE KNOCK-KNOCK CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, NICOLE OF FOREIGN HEIMER.
I SUPPORT AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ENTER A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE BATON ROUGE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM FOR USE IN OCCUPANCY OF THE MUNICIPAL ANNEX LOCATED AT EIGHT OH FIVE ST.
LOUIS STREET, BATON ROUGE, TO BE OPERATED AS A COMMUNITY ART CENTER AND OFFICES FOR THE BATON ROUGE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM, DR.
I AM WRITING IN SUPPORT OF THE BATON ROUGE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM.
PLEASE CONSIDER VOTING TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF THE SPACE IN MRS. ROBERT'S LEGACY.
THIS ORGANIZATION IS A BEACON IN OUR CITY AND THE APPROVAL OF THE BUILDING USAGE WOULD BE PIVOTAL IN ITS GROWTH.
THIS IS AN AMAZING WAY IN WHICH WE CAN SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR THE HISTORY, ART AND CULTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I HOPE ALL ARE IN THE BOAT WITH ME ON THIS ONE, LUCY PERERA.
I SUBMIT THIS COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE CEA, WHICH PROVIDES A MUCH NEEDED LOCATION FOR THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE AND HISTORY MUSEUM.
[00:50:01]
THAT YOU SUPPORT CITY ROBERT'S VISION FOR THIS MUSEUM, WHICH WILL ENSURE THE FUTURE OF THE EXISTING COLLECTION AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO EDUCATE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, STATE NATION AND BEYOND ABOUT THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY, CULTURE, TRADITIONS, STRUGGLES, AND WINS.I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SERVING AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE LSU MUSEUM OF ART AT THE SHAW CENTER.
AND I'M EXCITED TO WRITE IN SUPPORT OF THIS AGENDA ITEM I'M WRITING TODAY, BOTH IN MY PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL CAPACITY IN SUPPORT OF THIS IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH OF THE INSTITUTION.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THE APPROVAL OF THE CA AS IT WILL PROVIDE A MUCH NEEDED EXPANSION FOR THE CELEBRATION, EDUCATION AND ACCESS TO OUR COMMUNITY, TO OUR COMMUNITIES, RICH AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE AND HISTORY.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOU CONSIDERING THIS SPACE.
THIS WILL ALLOW MERCEDES VISION AND LEGACY TO GROW THROUGH THE CONTINUING WORK OF HER CHILDREN, JASON AND ANGELA.
THIS NEW LOCATION WILL BE THE NEXT STEP IN ENSURING THE COLLECTION PROGRAMMING COLLECTION AND PROGRAMMING AND OUTREACH OF MUSEUM REACHED NEW HEIGHTS FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY AND BEYOND TO ENJOY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER GREAT CULTURAL ASSET TO JOIN DOWNTOWN CULTURAL TREASURES FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR VISITORS, JASON ANDREESSEN, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE APPROVAL OF THE CEA, WHICH PROVIDES A MUCH NEEDED LOCATION FOR THE CELEBRATION OF EDUCATION AROUND AN ACCESS TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL HISTORY, FURTHERMORE, THE IMPACT AND LEGACY OF MS. SADIE WARRANTS, A SPACE WHERE HER VISION CAN BE REALIZED IN POSITIVELY PUSH OUR CITY FORWARD BATON ROUGE AND ITS RESIDENTS NEEDS SUCH A SPACE.
UM, THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THE APPROVAL OF THE CEA, WHICH PROVIDES A MUCH NEEDED LOCATION FOR THE CELEBRATION OF EDUCATION AROUND AND ACCESS TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL AND HISTORY.
WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR CONSIDERING THE SPACE FOR MERCEDES VISION TO GROW THROUGH THE LEGACY OF HER CHILDREN, JASON AND ANGELA.
THIS NEW LOCATION WILL BE THE NEXT STEP IN ENSURING THE COLLECTION PROGRAMMING AND OUTREACH OF THE MUSEUM REACHES NEW HEIGHTS FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY AND BEYOND TO ENJOY.
CONCLUDES THE COMMENTS FRIDAY AT ONE 15.
COUNCIL MEMBERS I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ANY COMMENTS IF YOU JUST RAISE YOUR HAND BECAUSE I CAN'T COUNCILWOMAN BANKS.
UM, BABA, I MEAN, UH, MR. KASHI, EXCUSE ME.
COULD YOU KIND OF TELL US ABOUT THE BUILDING I'M TOTALLY UNFAMILIAR WITH IT.
RIGHT NOW THE BUILDING IT'S BEEN HOUSED BY THE LSU AND SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AG CENTER.
AS YOU LEAVE HERE AND GO UP OVER THE BRIDGE HEADING WEST.
IF YOU LOOK DOWN ON THE RAMP, THERE'S A BUILDING WE HAVE RIGHT THERE WITH THE LITTLE COURTYARD.
THAT'S THE BUILDINGS? EIGHT OH FIVE, UM, ST.
LOUIS STREET, WE CALL IT THE MUNICIPAL ANNEX, A BUILDING.
SO IT'S, UM, HEADED OUT RIGHT AS YOU PASS A SHIP CHEVRON, WHEN YOU GO UP THE RAMP HEADING OVER THE BRIDGE, LOOK STRAIGHT DOWN THERE AND YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDING.
AND, UM, IT HASN'T BEEN USED JUST SOME EASTERY.
NOW WHO'S OCCUPYING IT UNLESS YOU ASK CENTER AND SOME DIVERSITY CENTER.
YES, WE ARE RELOCATING BOTH THOSE AGENCIES THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED.
I'M JUST EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THAT 7,700 SQUARE FEET.
TWO STORES, ONE STORY, SINGLE STORY, SINGLE STORY.
I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT.
WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY BANKS SECOND BY COUNCILMAN LEWIS AND OTHERS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WHERE ARE YOU IN WICKER, CALIFORNIA.
I JUST WANT TO, UM, AGAIN, THANK, UM, DEFINITELY.
UM, ANGELA AND, UM, JASON WHO APPLIED, WHO WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD AND DILIGENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR MOMS, UM, LEGACY AND ALL THE HARD WORK THAT SHE PUT INTO THIS COMMUNITY, UM, IS CONTINUED.
AND SO THIS IS, UH, THIS IS EXCITING.
AND I DO WANT TO JUST, UM, ASK THAT WE DON'T FORGET ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, I RECALL VERY VIVIDLY WITH, UH, THIS 80 ROBERT SHOWS US FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, WHO WAS HER, UH, REQUEST TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE MUSEUM AND THE EFFORTS TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE, UH, THE CITY'S BUDGETS, MITT, VERY SIMILAR TO THE ARTS COUNCIL AND THE SYMPHONY AND THE ARTS AND SCIENCE MUSEUM.
UM, THE, THAT MUSEUM HAS BEEN, UM, A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE HISTORY OF THIS COMMUNITY.
AND SHE'S ASKED, UM, TIRELESSLY TO ALSO HAVE THAT CONSIDERATION FOR THE MUSEUM.
SO FOR THIS UPCOMING COUNCIL, UH, WHAT I WOULD DEFINITELY ASK, UH, FOR THAT CONSIDERATION TO CONTINUE AND, UM, AND HAVE THE EFFORTS OF MERCEDES ROBERT SHOWS UP IN EVERYTHING THAT SHE'S MEANT TO THIS COMMUNITY TO, TO DEFINITELY CONTINUE.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO HER CHILDREN FOR MAKING SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.
THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN GREEN.
[00:55:07]
HELLO.UM, I'M ECHOING EVERYTHING THAT I COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE STATED, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM.
I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT TRAVEL.
AND EVERY TIME I TRAVELED, I LITERALLY STOPPED AT A BLACK MUSEUM OR A LIBRARY.
THAT'S SIMILAR TO THAT, WHETHER IT IS IN THE, IN THE WORST PART OF TOWN OR IF IT IS THE ONE THAT'S IN DC, I DON'T CARE THAT THE, UM, THE, UM, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S PUT IN IT, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THE HISTORY THAT IT BRINGS IS IMPORTANT.
UM, MS. SADIE, UM, HAS BEEN VERY, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL HAS WORKED WITH ME ON A NUMBER OF BLACK HISTORY PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS AND EVEN FACILITATING, UM, CONVERSATIONS.
SO I HAD, UM, INFORMATION TO PRESENT AT PROGRAMS. AND SO THAT KIND OF HISTORY YOU DON'T GET THAT KIND OF, UM, WHAT WE WOULD CALL BACK BACK IN, IN, IN SLAVERY TIMES OR, OR BACK IN CHURCH, WHERE WE WOULD, UH, VERBALLY SHARE STORIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO FOR BATON ROUGE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND, UM, THE, THE MUSEUM THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN THERE AND TO GROW IT TO A PLACE WHERE, UM, WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY SHOWCASE AND TRULY SHOWCASE THE HISTORY OF, UM, OUR CULTURE.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT, UM, OPPORTUNITY.
AND AGAIN, YOU NEVER KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE TRAVEL TO PLACES AND GO TO THESE TYPES OF MUSEUMS, JUST TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CITY AND THE PEOPLE IN THAT CITY.
AND, UM, I'VE BEEN TO THE MUSEUM NUMBERS A NUMBER OF TIMES, BUT DEFINITELY BEEN THERE WHEN NOBODY ELSE WAS COMING.
AND SO I, I APPLIED HER FAMILY AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, AND DEFINITELY, UM, OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS FOR WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.
YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS IS WORK, THAT WILL BE, UM, IMPACTFUL IN YEARS TO COME FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, AS WELL AS FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE TRYING TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF CULTURE AND HISTORY.
UM, WHAT I REALLY APPRECIATED ABOUT MS. SADIE WAS HER COMMITMENT AND TIRELESS EFFORT, NO MATTER WHAT, NO MATTER WHETHER SHE HAD A DIME OR A DOLLAR, UH, THE MUSEUM WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO HER.
AND I CAN REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I WENT INTO THE MUSEUM, THE MUSEUM, I THINK IT WAS SHORTLY AFTER I WAS ELECTED TO THE COUNCIL AND SAW MY PICTURE ON THE WALL.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATED THE FACT THAT SHE KEPT UP TO DATE, UH, ON HISTORY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, SO WHY DOES SHE HAVE ME ON THE WALL? BUT WHEN I THOUGHT BACK ABOUT IT, I WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO EVER BE ELECTED TO DISTRICT SIX AS A COUNCIL PERSON.
AND I THINK SHE RECOGNIZED THAT AND REALIZED IT BEFORE I DID.
UH, SO I WAS VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT, BUT I, IN, UH, EMPLOYED AND ENCOURAGED EACH OF YOU ON THE COUNCIL, IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH THE MUSEUM MUSEUM, EVEN BEFORE IT MOVES, IT'S QUAINT.
UM, EVERY INCH OF EVERY SPACE IS OCCUPIED.
EVERY PIECE OF THE WALL HAS HISTORY ON IT.
UH, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S A PLACE THAT MS. SADIE DID NOT USE A DISPLAY, SOME PART, UH, OF OUR CULTURE AND OUR HISTORY, UH, NOT ONLY IN THIS CITY, BUT, UH, ABROAD.
SO IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, PLEASE GO BY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEW AND EXPANDED MUSEUM, UH, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'LL BE A GREAT PLACE FOR FAMILIES TO VISIT, UH, NOT ONLY LOCALLY, BUT COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, TO OUR FAMILY, FOR YOUR CONTINUED EFFORTS TO KEEP HER DREAM ALIVE.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME JUST TO SPEAK TO THE FAMILY OF MS. SADIE.
UM, MS. SADIE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT I MET ON THE COUNCIL, UM, 12 YEARS AGO.
AND WHAT I REMEMBER ABOUT MISS SADIE WAS, AND WHAT I CAME TO LEARN EVEN LATER, UH, ABOUT HER WAS THE FACT THAT HER KINDNESS IS SOMETHING THAT SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY, HER KINDNESS AND HER, UM, JUST HER DEMEANOR WAS SOMEONE WHO YOU KNEW CARED ABOUT YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, SHE CARED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, UH, THAT WE ALL LIVE IN.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS, AND MS. SADIE ALWAYS INVITED ME TO COME DO THE THINGS THAT, THAT SHE WAS INVOLVED IN, AND SHE MEANT THE WORLD TO ME.
AND THEN AS I LEARNED MORE ABOUT MISS SADIE, WHAT I FOUND WAS A LADY WHOSE PRESSER FERENCE IN, UH, IN, IN ALL THINGS, IT, IT WAS FOCUSED ON THIS MUSEUM,
[01:00:01]
BUT IN TRUTH, WHAT IT WAS, IT WAS ABOUT THE HEART AND SOUL OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.AND QUITE HONESTLY, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT A LOT OF TIMES THAT WHENEVER I WOULD FEEL DOWN OR WHENEVER I WOULD FEEL LIKE I WASN'T GETTING MY, YOU KNOW, WHERE I NEEDED TO BE OR DOING THE THINGS THAT I NEEDED TO DO, I THOUGHT ABOUT MS. SADIE, BECAUSE MS. SADIE WAS SOMEONE WHO WOULD TIRELESSLY AND I MEAN, TIRELESSLY WORK TOWARDS SOMETHING THAT SHE BELIEVED IN.
AND EVEN THOUGH SHE'S NOT GETTING TO SEE THIS, SHE GOT TO SEE MORE AND MORE AND MORE.
AND WITH THAT, I KNOW THAT THE FAMILY IS EXTREMELY PROUD OF HER, BUT I GOTTA TELL YOU, I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER MISS SADIE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAD A MOTION TO YOU WANT TO SPEAK COUNCILWOMAN OR YES, JUST A MOMENT OR PERSONALLY, I FIND YOUR MIC ON IT'S OUR PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
UM, COUNSEL ELECT, UH, CAROLYN COLEMAN FOR DISTRICT 10 IS IN, AND, UM, SHE PROBABLY WOULD WANT IT.
SHE WANTED, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE HER MY TIME TO, UH, I KNOW YOU WERE SUPPORTING THIS IS GOING TO BE IN YOUR DISTRICT.
UM, AND I KNOW YOU KNEW MS. SADIE.
SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE TIME TO SPEAK AND I SAY, THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN BANKS THERE.
AND YES, I AM CAROLYN COLEMAN, THE NEWLY ELECTED DISTRICT, 10 PERSON.
AND SO I AM GLAD TO BE HERE, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH MS. JOSEPH BACK IN THE BACK END, THE BACK END THE DAYS WITH THE CHILDREN TOO, AS WELL.
AND LET US NOT FORGET THAT THIS WOULD BE AN INTRICATE PLACE FOR ROSS TO BE ABLE TO BRING OUT CHILDREN TO.
AND SO WE VISITED THE MUSEUM AND MADE SURE THAT THE CHILDREN WERE AWARE OF WHAT'S THERE.
SO DEFINITELY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE MUST ALL AND SHOULD ALL EMBRACE.
AND SO I'M GLAD THAT, UH, I'M PART OF 10 IT'S PART OF 10, AND WE SHALL FORWARD YOUR HEAD.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAD A MOTION BY BANKS.
WERE YOU WANTING TO SPEAK SECOND AND WELCOME TO THIS? CAROLYN, A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU.
I HAVE A MOTION BY BANKS SECOND BY COLLINS LEWIS OR IN ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING DONE ITEM ONE 15 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[116. 20-01373 ]
NORTHRIDE AND SELL IN THE MATTER ENTITLED SAMUEL SANCHEZ VERSUS THOMAS WAGNER AT ALL IN THE MATTER AND AMOUNT OF $14,500 PLUS COURT COSTS OF THE MOUTH $333, WHERE HE TOLD THEM OUT OF $14,833 BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY LAYS AND GELS, A PUBLIC HEARING.WE SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 16, SEEN ON THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, CLOSED COUNCILMEN MOTION TO PROVIDE THEM ONE 16 MOTION BY WATSON.
SECOND BY THE CHAIR AND OBJECTIONS SAYING AN ITEM ONE 16, BEEN APPROVED
[117. 20-01384 ]
ITEM ONE 17 AUTHORIZED THE SETTLEMENT OF THE CLAIM OF SERINE APARTMENTS FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM SEWER BACKUP AND A TWO APARTMENT UNITS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $15,039 AND 52 CENTS BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, A PUBLIC HEARING.WE'RE SPEAKING ON ITEM ONE, 17 C AND ON THE PAUL KARIN'S CLOSED COUNCILOR MOTION PROVIDED ONE 17 MOTION BY COLLINS LEWIS.
SECOND BY WATSON, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NOT ON ONE 17 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[118. 20-01385 ]
AUTHORIZED TO SELL IN THE MATTER ENTITLED HAZEL DADS ARE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND GABRIEL COLLINS AND AMOUNT OF $110,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $196 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 110, $110,196 AND APPROPRIATE APPROPRIATING $110,196 FOR SUCH PURPOSE ATTORNEY RUTGERS D BRANCH SMOKE OF GURNON RECORDED INJURY ATTORNEYS BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PUMPKIN, WHICH BEGAN IN ONE 18, SAY ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.CATHERINE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 18 MOTION BY ROCCA SECOND BY BY WELCH OR THE OBJECTIONS SEEN ON SHOW COUNCILMAN LUPE, RECUSING HIMSELF FROM ITEM ONE 18 ITEM ONE
[119. 20-01417 ]
19 AUTHORIZED A SELMA.THE CLAIM OF JAIDA JOSEPH FOR THE DAMAGES RESULTING FROM AN AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSED BY THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OFFICER AND AMOUNT OF $16,500 BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY LADIES.
SEEING IN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSED COUNCILMAN MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 19 MOTION BY WATSON SECOND BY THE CHAIR, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM ONE 19, BUT BEEN APPROVED ITEM ONE 20
[120. 20-01393 ]
AUTHORIZED THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL FOR THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND CITY OF BATON ROUGE TO A MINUTE 14, THREE 44 AND 15 SEVEN 21 REGARDING THE PROCEDURES AND POLICIES FOR THE SALE GK TO PROPERTIES, AND TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT OF AN APPRAISAL FOR THE SALE OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTY BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY LAVES JAN WAS A PUBLIC KIMBER SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 20 ST.WE HAVE SOME EMAILS AS FAR AS FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE HAVE, UM, ONE EMAIL PUP PUBLIC COMMENT FROM PHILIPPA LARD, UM, AGAINST DELETING THE REQUIREMENT OF AN APPRAISAL FOR THE SALE OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES.
[01:05:01]
THE VALUE OF PROPERTIES SHOULD BE MADE PUBLIC RIGHT.CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT CONCLUDES WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS ON ITEM ONE 20 COUNCILWOMAN BANKS, MR. AARON? YES.
UM, IF YOU WOULD JUST KIND OF EXPLAIN THIS, UM, HOW IT WILL ULTIMATELY HOPEFULLY MOVE ADJUDICATED PROPERTY OFF THE ROADS QUICKER.
AND, UM, IF AND WHAT ATTENTION HAS BEEN MADE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AREN'T VIOLATING ANY HOMEOWNERS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'D BEEN NEGLIGENCE, UM, RIGHTS FOR TOO, AS PROPERTY OWNERS, THE FIRST DISTINCTION, AND HE MEANS ME TO BE MADE, AND I'M SURE YOU ALL ARE AWARE.
WE DON'T OWN DEDICATED PROPERTIES.
WE HAVE TAX TITLE TO ADJUDICATE PROPERTIES.
WE HAVE DONE APPRAISALS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS OF SELLING THESE THINGS.
UM, IT'S NOT REQUIRED BY STATE LAW AT THE TIME.
THIS BEGAN, I WOULD TELL YOU THAT WE PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO AS MUCH AS WE DO NOW, AS FAR AS WITH THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT ASSESSED VALUE WITH MODA OWN CIVIC SOURCE, CIVIC SOURCES, MOTON, AND RDA.
NONE OF MY FATHER'S HOUSE APPRAISALS ARE NOT REQUIRED BECAUSE WE'RE JUST NOT NUMB.
I'VE NEVER DELETED THE ITEM OR ASKED THE ITEM TO BE DELETED JUST BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING WE'VE ALWAYS DONE.
WE HAVE OUTGROWN THE COST OF THESE THINGS, AND WE ARE SIMPLY LOSING MONEY.
I ALSO DO IT TO MAKE ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT PROCESSES UNIFORM, WHICH IS WHY I'VE ASKED FOR THIS.
WE DO NOT REQUIRE AN APPRAISAL.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AND PROVIDE THE COUNCIL.
THE ASSESSOR'S VALUE OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH I WOULD SUGGEST IS, WOULD BE SUFFICIENT.
THE APPRAISALS WE ARE CURRENTLY GETTING WHILE THEY'RE GOOD APPRAISERS AND GOOD APPRAISALS, THEY ARE STREET APPRAISALS.
WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO ON THESE PROPERTIES.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN.
SO THEIR GUESSES AT BEST, I THINK USING THE ASSESSED VALUE, PLUS THE CHECKS I DO PRIOR TO BRING IT TO YOU WILL HAVE NO EFFECT NEGATIVE EFFECT ON HOW WE'RE HANDLING THESE.
IT WILL ALSO PROBABLY INCREASE OUR ABILITY TO GET YOU GET THESE ITEMS TO YOU AND CLOSED WOULD PROBABLY SAVE A MONTH, A MONTH AND A HALF FROM EACH PROPERTY.
SO, UM, THE, THE PROCESS, THE DUE DILIGENCE AS IT RELATES TO THE PROPERTY OWNER REMAINS IN PLACE.
THE NOTICES THAT, THAT THE NOTICING PROCESS ONLY BEGINS AFTER YOU GUYS APPROVE OF ORDINANCE.
THAT'S WHEN THE REAL NOTICES START THE NOTICES TO THE OWNERS, INTERESTED PARTIES AND THE LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS THAT ARE RUN.
SO ALL OF THAT REMAINS THE ABSOLUTE SAME.
IT JUST LETS US GET IT TO YOU QUICKER.
IF THERE IS, UM, SOMEONE THAT'S INTERESTED AND THEY JUST THERE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY MAKE AN OFFER.
AND THIS IS SOMEONE WHO I THINK THAT THERE'S AN ADJUDICATED PROPERTY THAT WAS ON CONDEMNATION.
AND IF SOMEONE JUST WANTS TO BUY IT, DO THEY STILL HAVE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE HOMEOWNERS? AND DO THEY DO, WILL THEY HAVE TO GET AN ASSESSMENT? I MEAN, UM, WHAT IS YEAH.
ASSESSMENT DEPENDING ON APPRAISAL.
DEPENDING ON, AT WHAT POINT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SELLING THIS.
WE, WE WORKED WITH THE CONDEMNATION DEPARTMENT AND WE MAKE SURE IF THE PEOPLE WANT IT AND THEY THINK THEY'RE BUYING A HOUSE AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE KNOCKED OVER BEFORE WE CLOSE, WE GET THAT STOPPED OR SLOWED DOWN.
SO WE MAKE SURE THEY ARE AWARE OF IT.
THEY DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE AN APPRAISAL TO BUY ADJUDICATED PROPERTY.
WE'VE GOT S SECOND BY WATSON, BUT YOU WANT TO SPEAK COUNCILMAN BILLY.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING UP HERE AND EXPLAINING ALL THIS.
I WANT TO JUST, IF YOU COULD, FOR THE FOLKS AT HOME THAT MAY BE, HAVE WATCHED OTHER PARCELS OF PROPERTY GET SOLD BY THE MUNICIPALITY.
I REALIZED MS. VALLEY DOESN'T OWN THESE ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES, THE REMOVAL OF REQUIRING A APPRAISALS IS NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY DETERMINING FACTOR ON WHAT ANYONE EVER PAYS FOR ANY OF THESE NONE WHATSOEVER.
AND I THINK IF, IF YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE DO WELL, BUT A LOT OF TIMES WE BRING TO YOU OFFERS OF VERY SMALL VALUE, A HUNDRED DOLLARS, $50, $200.
THAT'S WHY THE REQUIREMENT HAS NEVER BEEN PART OF WHAT THE STATE LAW REQUIRES.
WE ALWAYS PROVIDE THE COUNSEL OF WHAT WE THINK, WHAT WE SHOW THE TAXES ARE DUE.
AND NOW WE'LL JUST REPLACE THE APPRAISED VALUE WITH WHAT THE ASSESSED VALUE IS.
AND ONE MORE THING, JUST TO MENTION THAT I SAID IT BEFORE I LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE PIECE THAT GOES UP BEFORE YOU GUYS TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE MIGHT NEED FOR SEWER PROJECT ROAD PROJECT, OR MAYBE IT'S A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS EXTREMELY UNDER OVERVALUED.
YOU HAD A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 25 BANK.
SECOND BY WATSON ARNIE OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE.
ITEM ONE 20 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[121. 20-01374 ]
THE MAYOR PRESENT, EXCUSE UP ON AN AGREEMENT.NUMBER ONE TO THE CONTRACT WITH POST ARCHITECTS, LLC, FOR ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONTRACT, THE ATM EOC SAFE ROOM AND AMOUNT OF THREE, NOT TO EXCEED $3,000 BY THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS DIRECTOR,
[01:10:01]
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UPGRADE, WHICH PICK ON ITEM ONE 21 SEEN ON THE PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSED COSMIN MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 21.ANY OBJECTIONS HERE IN AN ITEM, ONE 20 ONE'S BEEN APPROVED.
[122. 20-01409]
22 AUTHORIZED MAYOR, PRESIDENT ALREADY BRAS GO TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX WITH BATON ROUGE, INSPECTION COALITION, LLC, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SUPPORT SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANNUAL CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SUPPORT RESULTING IN AN INCREASE IN THE CONTRACT.AND I CAN SEE $550,000 AND EXTENSION TO THE CONTRACT.
TIME TO DECEMBER 31, 2021 BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE DIRECTOR LAYS GENERAL THE PUBLIC AREA WE SHOULD PICK ON ITEM ONE 22.
COUNSELOR EMOTION, MOTION, FOOD ITEM, ONE 22 MOTION BY WEALTH.
SECOND BY GREEN, THEN OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE.
NINE ONE 22 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[123. 20-01410]
AUTHORIZED MAYOR, PRESIDENT NRA, BRAS CODE SQ AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT WITH ECM CONSULTANTS, INC FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SPECTRUM SUPPORT SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH ANNUAL CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SUPPORT RESULTS IN AN INCREASE IN A CONTRACT.I SEE 1 MILLION, $150,000 AND EXTENSION FOR THE CONTRACT TIME AT ZIMMER 31, 2020 BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, A PUBLIC HEARING.
ERIC LADIES, JOHN WAS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, ONE 23 SAYING ON THE PUBLIC HE'S CLOSED COUNCILORS MOTION TO PROVIDE ONE 23 BY WELL, SECOND BY LOOP IS ANY OBJECTIONS CARRYING ON ITEM ONE 23 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[124. 20-01411 ]
AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESIDENT ALREADY BRAS GO YOU TO AMENDMENT.NUMBER 10 WITH
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SUPPORT SERVES AS A CONNECTION WITH THE ANNUAL CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SUPPORT PROJECT TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT TIME TO DECEMBER 31 2021 AND ADD ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AMOUNT, NOT TAKE C 500,000 BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PUBLIC HERE.
SAY ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
CELTS REMOTELY PROVIDED ONE 24 MOTION BY COLLINS LEWIS.
ANY OBJECTION HERE? NONE ITEM ONE 24 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[125. 20-01412 ]
DIDN'T ONE 25 AUTHORIZED MAYOR.PRESIDENT IT'S KEEPS SUPPLEMENTED AGREEMENT.
NUMBER 18 TO THE CONTRACT WITH CH2M HILL ENGINEERS, INC FOR THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVES FOR PHASE TWO WITH THE BATON ROUGE, SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOW CONTROL AND WASTEWATER FACILITIES PROGRAM EXTEND THE CONTRACT TIME THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION TO AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,500,000.
IF I BUY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, DIRECTOR, LADY JONES, A PUBLIC CAN WE SPEND ON ITEM ONE 25 SAY AND NONE COUNCIL ACTUALLY HAS AN EMAIL FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, DO YOU HAVE AN EMAIL PUBLIC COMMENT FROM PHILIPPA LARD FROM THE 2021 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET AS OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2020, THE CITY PARISH HAD APPROPRIATED $2.36 BILLION FOR SEWER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OF THIS POINT, ABOUT 1.5 BILLION EXCLUDING PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION COSTS FUNDED THE REMEDIAL MEASURES ACTION PLAN, SSO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM, WHICH WAS COMPLETED ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2018 AS REQUIRED BY THE CONSENT DECREE.
THE SSO SEWER PROJECT STARTED OUT AT, AT ABOUT A $655 MILLION ESTIMATED PROJECT UNDER THE HOLDEN ADMINISTRATION.
AND NOW IT IS AT ABOUT $2 BILLION.
I QUESTIONED WHY THIS CONTRACT WITH CH2M HILL IS STILL NEEDED AND WHY IT'S FOR SO MUCH MONEY.
TAXPAYERS ARE STILL FACING A 4% ANNUAL INCREASE IN SEWER FEES.
AND I BELIEVE IT IS TIME FOR THESE EXPENSIVE CONTRACTS TO END CONCLUDES THE COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 25 THAT CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
COUNCILMEMBER NOTION APPROVE ITEM ONE 25 MOTION BY WEALTH.
ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM ONE 25 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[126. 20-01413 ]
AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESIDENT ALREADY.BRAS CODE EXECUTE SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT.
NUMBER FOUR WITH CDM SMITH, INC FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES DURING CONSTRUCTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE NORTH WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT MASTER PLAN AND AMOUNT FOR NOT TO EXCEED 200, $4,405 AND 52 CENTS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PAUL, CAN WE SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 26 C AND ON THE PUBLICATIONS CLOSE COUNSELOR MOTION APPROVE ITEM ONE 26 MOTION BY ROCCO.
ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM ONE 26 MINT APPROVE ITEM ONE
[127. 20-01414 ]
27 AUTHORIZED MAYOR, PRESIDENT ORHE'S CLOSED COUNCILOR MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 27 MOTION BY ROCKET SECOND BY LUPE.
ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE NINE ONE 27.
[128. 20-01415 ]
AUTHORIZED MAYOR, PRESIDENT NRA BRASCO EXECUTE SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT.NUMBER THREE TO THE CONTRACT WITH BURKHART HORN,
[01:15:01]
INC FOR THE ENGINEERING SERVICES, THE CONNECTION WITH THE SOUTH WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT DIGESTER GAS REUSE PROJECT AND AMOUNT OF $18,760.MY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PUMPKIN WE'RE SPEAKING ON ITEM ONE 28.
THE PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSE COMES FROM THE MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION PROVED BY WATSON.
SECOND BY ROCKER IN THE OBJECTIONS.
HAIRY NOT ITEM ONE 28 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
IS THERE SECURITY AROUND HERE? I
[129. 20-01416]
DON'T ONE 29 AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESIDENT ALREADY.AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR WITH CONTROL WORKS, LLC FOR VAPOR PHASE ODOR CONTROL O M SERVICES RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION OF $200,000 FOR 2021 EXTENDING TO THE CONTRACTOR AT THE TIME OF JUNE 30TH, 2021 BY VITAL MENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN PUBLIC WILL PICK ON ITEM ONE 29 C AND ON THE PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSED COUNSEL MOTION TO PROVIDE THEM ONE 29 MOTION BY ROCCA.
SECOND BY WELSH, ANY OBJECTIONS SAY NONE.
ITEM ONE 29 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[130. 20-01418 ]
ITEM ONE 30 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT NRA, ROSCOE TO APPROVE THE SUPPLEMENTAL OF THE WEEDS ANIMALS FOR WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION, ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT FOR THE SOUTH TREATMENT PLANT THAT WE NOW HAVE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OR THE MONITORING PERIOD OF SEPTEMBER ONE, 2019 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2020 BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 30.THE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED CAPS.
MY MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 30 MOTION BY LUPE.
[131. 20-01419 ]
MAYOR, PRESIDENT JERRY ROSCOE TO APPROVE THE SUPPLEMENTAL LOUISIANA MISERABLE WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION, ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT FOR THE NORTH TREATMENT PLANT.SO THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TO MONITOR PERIOD FOR SEPTEMBER ONE 2019 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2020 BY BYRON BOTTOM OF THE SERVICE DIRECTOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN PUBLIC.
HERE WE SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 31, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNCILMAN NINA MOTION, FOOD ITEM, ONE 31 MOTION BY COLLINS LEWIS.
SECOND BY LUKE, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING DONE? I HAD ONE 30.
[132. 20-01420 ]
AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT.YOU DO SUPPLEMENTAL INTO SUPPLEMENTAL TO ORIGINAL RELOCATION OR GREENWOOD ENERGY, LOUISIANA, LLC, AND A MOUNTAIN.
I CAN SEE TWO MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE DOLLARS BY TRANSPORTATION DRIVERS, DIRECTOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN PUCKER.
AND WE SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 32, SAY NONE.
THE PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSE CALSAHARA MOTION APPROVED MOTION BY WATSON.
ITEM ONE 32 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[133. 20-01421 ]
AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESIDENTS.YOU CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH MONTANA ASSOCIATES, LLC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOODY BR HANSMAN PROJECTS AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $119,579 AND 90 CENTS BY THE TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PUBLIC.
AND WE SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 33 C ANOTHER PUBLIC ENCLOSED COUNCIL AND MOTION APPROVED ITEM ONE 33 MOTION BY ROCCA.
ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM ONE 33 HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE ONE 34
[134. 20-01422 ]
AUTHORIZED MAYOR.PRESIDENT EXECUTED A CONTRACT FOR FISHER EDITING PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH CIVIL SOLUTIONS CONSULTING GROUP FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVIE BUREAU ARE HANSMAN AND PROJECTS IN THE MOUNTAIN.
I CAN SEE $118,930 AND 94 CENTS BY TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR LAYS IN GENERAL'S A PUBLIC LANGUAGE SPEAKER ON ITEM ONE 34, CNN CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THEIR MOTION PROVIDED ONE 34 MOTION BY WICKER.
SECOND BY ROCCO, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM ONE 34 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[135. 20-01424 ]
I HAD ONE 35 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT.YOU GET A CONTRACT PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH REGIS INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP, LLC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVIE BAR HANSMAN AND PROJECTS AND AMOUNT OF $129,415 AND 50 CENTS BY THE TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN PUBLIC.
CAN WE SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 35? SEE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
COUNCILMAN MOTION PROVIDED ONE 35 MOTION BY ROCCO.
SECOND BY WATSON, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM ONE 35 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[136. 20-01425 ]
36 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT THAT YOU GET A CONTRACT PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SIGNAL STUDY FOR FINAL DESIGN WITH GRETCHEN SMITH FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVIE VR ENHANCEMENT PROJECT AND THE MOUNTAIN GOING TO SEE $149,499 AND 77 CENTS BY THE TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PUMPKIN, WE SPEND ON ITEM ONE 36, STAYING ON THE PUMPKIN'S CLOSE CALCIUM EMOTION APPROVAL.I HAD A ONE 36 MOTION BY ROCKA.
ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE ITEM ONE 36 HAS BEEN APPROVED ON ONE 37 AUTHORIZED
[137. 20-01429 ]
MAYOR, PRESIDENT HENRY BRAS CODE EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN WITH ALAN LOBLAW, LLC FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES CONNECTION WITH THE ANNUAL PARISH WIDE SEWER REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT PROJECT RESULTING IN AN INCREASE OF CONTRACT OF 600, $4,268 AND 25 CENTS BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PUBLIC IN WHICH WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE 37 SEEING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSE CUSTOMER EMOTION TO PROVIDE ONE 37 MOTION BY ROCCA.SECOND BY WELSH, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM ONE 37 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[138. 20-01431 ]
MAYOR, PRESIDENT EXECUTED CONTRACT WE'LL KNOW, CENTRAL RAILROAD AND CONNECTION WITH THE NEW BEN HUR CROSSING PROJECT AND THE MOVIE[01:20:01]
VR PROGRAM BY THE TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR, LASER GERALD'S A PUBLIC HEARING.WE SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 38, SEEING NONE OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSED.
COUNCILMAN MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 38 MOTION BY WELCH THERE.
SECOND SECOND BY ROC ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM ONE 38 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[139. 20-01432 ]
AUTHORIZED MERE PRESIDENT EMORY BRAS CODE EXECUTE AN EXTENSION TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF PARISH AND THE CAPITAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC.THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2021 FOR THE COST OF INSPECTING PRIVATE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEMS IN THE WATERSHEDS AND THE COMI RIVER IN THE MIDDLE OF EIGHT MINT RIVER THOMPSON CREEK AND EAST BATON ROUGE WITHIN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR LAYS IN TERMS OF PUBLIC HEARING, WE SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 39, SEEING NONE OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSED COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE CONTINGENT ON THE MAYOR, SIGNING THE BUDGET SUPPLEMENT MOTION BY ROCCA SECOND BY WELSH, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM ONE 39 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[140. 20-01434 ]
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT ALREADY BRAS TO XQ AMENDMENT.NUMBER THREE TO THE CONTRACT WITH ANDREW BOATNER FOR THE INSPECTION OF THE PRIVATE SEWAGE SYSTEMS AND THE WATERSHEDS OF THE CODE MEET RIVER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AMY RIVER AND THOMPSON CREEK WITHIN EASTBOUND REPAIR.
SO AS TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT FROM $26,000 TO $84,600 AND AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $110,600 BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN PUCK.
HERE WE SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 40, SAY ANOTHER POPKIN'S CLOSE CUSTOMERS, MOTION APPROVED ITEM ONE 40 MOTION BY WELT.
SECOND BY COLLINS LEWIS, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM ONE 40 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[141. 20-01436 ]
AUTHORIZED MAYOR.PRESIDENT SHOULD GET A CONTRACT OF PARKING ACCESS AND REVENUE CONTROL SYSTEMS WITH LASH PARKING INC FOR THE CONTRACT AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $400,000 BY OFFICE OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH PICK ON ITEM ONE 41, SAY ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING, NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
ACTUALLY YOU HAVE AN EMAIL VOTE COMMENT.
THE EMAIL PUBLIC COMMENT IS FROM PHILLIP LARD.
I'M AGAINST THIS ITEM BECAUSE I AM UNABLE TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE CONTRACT AND A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST AS OF 11:30 AM ON DECEMBER 9TH, 2020.
THIS WAS THE RESPONSE I RECEIVED TO MY INITIAL PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST ON NOVEMBER 24TH.
WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CUSTODIAN THAT THE DOCUMENT RESPONSIVE TO YOUR REQUEST IS STILL IN THE DRAFTING PHASE.
AS YOU ARE AWARE, DRAFTS ARE EXEMPT PURSUANT TO THE DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGE.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CHECK BACK IN A WEEK OR TWO.
I ALSO SENT A NEW REQUEST ON DECEMBER 4TH, 2020 AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE BECAUSE I AM UNABLE TO KNOW THE DETAILS IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL CONTRACT I'M AGAINST THE ITEM.
HOPEFULLY THE METRO COUNCIL IS NOT APPROVING ANY CONTRACTS.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 41.
ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I CONCLUDE AS I CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS OR ITEM ONE 41, ANY COMMENTS, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 41 MOTION BY COLLINS LEWIS.
IS THERE SOMEBODY FROM THE ADMINISTRATION OR PARENTS ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT CAN SPEAK TO FILLER? PHILLIP'S QUESTION ABOUT AVAILABILITY OF THE CONTRACT FOR REVIEW COUNCIL.
HOW ARE YOU DOING GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT, SO I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS AND I'LL BE HONEST.
I'VE BEEN PREOCCUPIED WITH THE SMALL CELL THING.
SO I HAVEN'T EVEN ATTEMPTED TO REVIEW THIS, BUT NORMALLY THE, THESE KINDS OF CONTRACTS ARE ATTACHED TO OUR COUNCIL MEMO OR TARGET COUNCIL AGENDAS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW.
SO IS THERE, IS THIS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW BEFORE WE SIGN OFF ON IT? THERE IS NO DRUG CONTRACT YET.
THERE'S A, WAS A DRAFT ATTACHED TO THE RFP THAT WENT OUT, UH, WITH I BELIEVE, AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE WHERE THE PERSON WAS ADVERTISED.
SO IS THERE A REASON WHY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THAT RIGHT? IF YOU MADE A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST AND I LET CHRIS COME ON AND MAYBE IF YOU MADE A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST, UH, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT SPECIFIC GRADES, BUT I CAN FIND OUT FOR YOU AND TELL YOU WHAT THE STATUS IS.
IT WOULD BE, WE BRING BRIAN IN MY OFFICE, I'LL FIND OUT WHAT THE STATUS IS AND I CAN LET YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE ONE OF SEVERAL REASONS WHY SHE HASN'T GOTTEN A RESPONSE BACK.
CAUSE SHE WAITS TO GO TO THE DEPARTMENT AND IT WANTS THE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES THE INFORMATION.
SHE CAN THEN RELAY THE INFORMATION TO THE INDIVIDUAL.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PARAMETERS ARE IN BLUE.
IF YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING, CHRIS AND I DON'T HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE ITEM AND I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP.
I DID SPEAK WITH DARRYL ABOUT THE CONTRACT AND I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE INFORMATION HE GAVE ME.
UM, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO IT BEFORE WE SIGN OFF ON IT.
UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO GET THEM A COPY OF THE RFP RESPONSE AND THE COST STRUCTURE AND ALL THE CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
SO I APOLOGIZE THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET THAT TO THEM IN THE TIMING THAT THEY ASKED.
[01:25:02]
COUNSEL HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.SO COUNCILMAN WELCH, THANK YOU.
SO JUST, JUST BEING MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS, THAT THIS WAS A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND ALL WE'RE AUTHORIZING IS UP TO THE 400,000, BUT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE STILL HAS TO COME UP WITH THE CONTRACT.
I MEAN, THIS IS JUST AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO DO THE CONTRACT WITH.
AND BECAUSE IT WAS A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AS, AS OPPOSED TO AN ACTUAL CONTRACT TO DO THE WORK, THAT'S WHERE THE STAGE IS.
AND THAT WOULD BE WHY THERE ISN'T A CONTRACT AVAILABLE.
IS THAT MY, EXCUSE ME, THIS IS CHRIS.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY FACTUALLY CORRECT.
I, I WILL SHARE, UM, W WE WOULD HAVE IT, WE'LL BE IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE THEM THE PRICING STRUCTURE THAT TALKS ABOUT THE DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT, THE TECHNOLOGY, THE LICENSING, MONTHLY MAINTENANCE COSTS, UH, AND WE'VE ESTABLISHED FROM THAT PRICING STRUCTURE.
WHAT WILL WE BE PROCURING? SO FIVE OF THESE, FOUR OF THESE, TWO OF THESE, THREE OF THESE, BUT IN TERMS OF, OF AN ACTUAL CONTRACT, THIS IS AUTHORIZING US TO DEVELOP AND EXECUTE THAT CONTRACT.
I, I DO BELIEVE THAT, UH, THAT PRICING STRUCTURE WOULD, WOULD ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, THE CONSTITUENTS LOOKING FOR SO HAPPY TO, TO PROVIDE THEM.
BUT AT THIS TIME WE DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT.
SO YES, FACTUALLY I COULDN'T GIVE THEM A CONTRACT.
THAT'S THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE ISN'T A CONTRACT BY WHICH THAT'S STILL IN THE DELIBERATIVE, UM, PROCESS WHERE THEY'RE COMING UP WITH THE CONTRACT.
WHAT THIS ITEM IS, IS TO AUTHORIZE UP TO $400,000 TO ENTER INTO THAT PHASE OF ACTUAL CONTRACTING THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE BEFORE IT'S SIGNED.
COUNCILMAN, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 41? I HAD A QUESTION.
THE COUNCIL ON THE COUNCIL, THE CONTRACT WILL COME BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL, BEFORE OR AFTER, OR NO, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
EQUIPMENT TO THIS CONTRACT IS FOR EQUIPMENT IT'S EQUIPMENT ONLY.
IT'S EXCLUSIVE OF THE INSTALLATION.
SO IT'S AUTHORIZING US TO PROCURE THE EQUIPMENT AND NO, THE CONTRACT WOULD NOT COME BACK.
TYPICALLY THE CONTRACTS FOR EQUIPMENT DON'T COME BACK TO YOU ONCE YOU'VE AUTHORIZED US TO PROCURE IT.
YOU WANT TO MAKE MANY OTHER SPEAKERS COUNTING MOTION BY DON, DON, YOU MAKING A MOTION MOTION BY CAUSE LET'S APPROVE ITEM ONE 41.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY MR. ROSE OR ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING? NONE ITEM ONE 41 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[142. 20-01455]
42 GRAND RENEWAL, THE FIVE-YEAR PER YEAR PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT ESTIMATE, $11,826 FOUR, TWO THREE FIVE 14TH STREET, LLC, OR THE PERSON ENCOURAGING PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND RESTORATION OF PROPERTY BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR LAYS AND GELS, A PUBLIC HEARING.DIANE NELSON, SIX FOUR EIGHT TWO LASALLE AVENUE.
I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AND, UH, EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR THE COUNCIL AND SUPPORT OF OUR PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY WITH THIS RDA.
AND THEN ALSO THE PROGRAM IN GENERAL SAY HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IT'S RESULTED IN OUR SPECIFIC PROJECT, NOT ONLY THE INITIAL INVESTMENT WE HAVE WITH THE HIRES THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE'VE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL 12 EMPLOYEES AND INVESTED A GREAT DEAL, MORE MONEY INSIDE OF THIS PROJECT.
THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, A PUBLIC, UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 42 IS PUBLIC HEARING ITEM ONE 42.
UH, ACTUALLY YOU HAVE A EMAIL FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, EMAIL PUBLIC COMMENT FROM PHILLIP ALARD I'M AGAINST GRANTING A RENEWAL OF A FIVE-YEAR PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT ESTIMATED AT $11,828.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY TAX ABATEMENTS BEING AWARDED AND THEY LAST TOO LONG WHEN RENEWED.
I ALSO REQUEST THAT A SUMMARY OF WHAT A TAX ABATEMENT AND A SUMMARY OF ALL TAX ABATEMENTS, INCLUDING THE OWNERS NAMES BE POSTED ON THESE BATON ROUGE PARISH CITY PARISH WEBSITE AT LINCOLN TITLE TAX ABATEMENTS, OR SIMILAR, WHERE THEY CAN BE EASILY FOUND AND REVIEWED.
IT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE POINT.
ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, CLOSES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 42.
IS THERE A MOTION OR DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK OR MOTION BY WICKER? SECOND BY WATSON, ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE ITEM ONE 42 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
COUNCIL MEMBERS GO, YOUR SEPARATE SHAPE GOES ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.
[ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS ]
INTRODUCTION ITEM A IS T AND D DASH ONE DASH ZERO SEVEN.ROSEANNE CONCEPT PLAN REVISION 13 PROPOSED ADDITION TO THE LAND TO OVERALL T AND D BOUNDARY RULE AT REALLOCATION OF RESIDENTIAL USES AND CIRCULATION CHANGES ON PROPERTY LOCATED SOUTH OF PERKINS ROAD, EAST OF GLASGOW AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 12 ROCKET BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR.
THE REASON FOR THIS ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER.
I WAS IN A VERY LISTED FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL ONLY HOWEVER, DUE TO THE ATTIC OR THE AREA OF THE T AND D BOUNDARIES PROPOSED LAND USE FOR CHANGES.
THE ITEM IS ALSO NEEDED FOR APPROVAL BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL PER UDC, SECTION 8.4 0.9 0.8
[01:30:01]
0.4 0.81.I NEED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES ON INTRODUCTION ADMINISTRATIVE.
SECOND BY ROCCA IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES, STAYING ON THE PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSED OR ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE.
I NEED A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ITEM A OF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM, A MOTION BY WATSON.
SECOND BY COLLINS LEWIS, ANY OBJECTIONS ITEM EIGHT HAS BEEN INTRODUCED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GOING TO GO TO APPOINTMENTS.
[143. 20-01323 ]
43 EMPLOYEES, RETIREMENT SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ET CETERA, REAPPOINTING REPLACING MARKEL BLOCK WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 31, 2020 EFFECTIVE JANUARY ONE, 2021 REQUIRES NINE VOTES.CURRENT BOWELS, MARCO BLOND, JOE TUBES.
ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR HEARING NONE I'LL CLOSE THE FLOOR.
CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE MARCO BALL MOTION BY THE CHAIR? SECOND BY WATSON.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS WE'LL VOTE ON THE MACHINES? OKEY-DOKE UH, ASHLEY, YOU WANT TO OPEN THE MACHINES AND WE'LL DO ITEM ONE 43 MACHINES ARE OPEN ON THE MOTION TO APPOINT MARCO BLA THERE'S ONLY SIX VOTES, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DO YOU'D LIKE TO DEFER THIS TO JANUARY 13TH.
OH, MR. LOPEZ VOTES IN FAVOR OF MR. MANUEL.
I MOTION TO DEFER TO JANUARY 13TH BY THE CHAIR.
ANY OBJECTIONS? WE GOT AN OBJECTION BY BANKS.
DONNA TOLD THE CANDIDATES THAT ARE ON THE LIST YOU WANT TO TAKE ON.
YOU WANT TO TAKE ITEM ONE 43 AGAIN? WE'LL VOTE AGAIN.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE IT IN THE ORDER THAT IT'S OKAY.
LET'S GO IN THE ORDER AND WE'LL GO.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, THE FIRST NAME ON YOUR BALLOT IS MARK LOBLAW.
THE MACHINES ARE OPEN TO VOTE FOR MARK LOBLAW ON THE LIST IS JAY DANIELS IS FIRST ON THE LIST.
I DON'T HAVE THAT, UH, COUNSEL ON ALL THE TWO I HAD WAS MARCO BLOWING.
JOSEPH'S MR. DANIELS APPLIED AFTER THE DEADLINE FOR THIS ITEM.
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED THREE TIMES.
WHY DON'T, WHY DON'T UH, MR. DANIEL'S NAME HAS TO BE NOMINATED FROM THE FLOOR IF Y'ALL WANT.
I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, BUT HE APPLIED AFTER THE, UM, DEADLINE FOR THIS ITEM, Y'ALL HAVE DEFER THIS ITEM.
AND SO NAMES CAN NOT, HIS NAME SHOULD NOT BE ADDED TO THE, SO YOU HAVE TO NOMINATE THEM FROM THE, OR THE ITEM HAD BEEN, HAS BEEN DEFERRED A COUPLE OF TIMES AND HIS NAME WAS ALREADY ON THE LIST.
SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE IF I UNDERSTAND HIS NAME, HIS NAME WAS ADDED AT THE NOVEMBER 10TH MEETING, BUT HE IS NOT, HE WAS NOT ON THE BALLOT AS THE ITEM ORIGINALLY APPEARED.
AND SO THE ITEM GETS DEFERRED AS IT ORIGINALLY APPEARS.
BUT I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW DO WE HAVE AN AGENDA AT OUR, AT OUR DESKS WITH EVERYBODY'S NAME ON IT? I'M NOT DUMB COUNCILWOMAN.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A NOMINATION TO ADD HIS NAME, WHAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME, AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I ASKED NAMES, SHOULDN'T BE ON THE BALLOT.
HIS NAME SHOULD NOT BE ON THE AGENDA.
NO, HIS NAME SHOULD NOT BE ON THE, HOW DID HIS NAME GET ON THE AGENDA? I CAN'T ANSWER THAT.
WELL, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE MY IT'S IT'S MY OFFICE THAT DOES IT.
SO I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE HOW HIS NAME GOT ADDED, BUT WHEN WE PUBLISHED THE AGENDA ON FRIDAY, HIS NAME WAS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
SO I'LL, I'LL NOMINATE JAY DANIELS THEN FROM THE FLOOR, ACTUALLY, WE GOT A NOMINATION OF JAY DANIELS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? I'LL CLOSE THE FLOOR FROM THE NOMINATIONS.
ACTUALLY, YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND WE'LL VOTE ON EACH PERSON.
SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, WE RUN THE BALLOT WITH THE NAMES THAT ARE ORIGINALLY APPEARED ON THE BALLOT AND THEN THE, UH, NAMES THAT ARE NOMINATED FROM THE FLOOR.
SO MARK LOBLAW IS THE FIRST NAME.
UM, THE MACHINES ARE OPEN FOR MARK LOBLAW, MICHAEL BLOND, J TUBES.
[01:35:03]
I'M SORRY, WHAT ARE WE DOING? PARDON ME? ONE MOMENT.I WAS DISTRACTED BY COUNCIL AND WICKER.
THE NEXT NAME ON THE CARD, PLEASE.
THE NEXT NAME ON THE BALLOT IS JOE TUBES AND MACHINES ARE OPEN FOR JOE TUBES.
GOING TO BE OPEN FOR JAY DANIELS.
MACHINES ARE OPEN, RIGHT? IF YOU WANT TO VOTE FOR MR. DANIELS, YOU VOTE.
NO ONE RECEIVED ENOUGH VOTES TO BE APPOINTED.
IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO DEFER THE ITEM TO JANUARY 13TH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE LIKE TO DEFY, DEFER TO JANUARY 13TH.
IS THERE A MOTION TO THE MOTION BY LUKE SECOND BY THE CHAIR TO DEFER ITEM ONE 43 TO JANUARY 13TH OR IN ANY OBJECTIONS? YES.
I WOULD LIKE TO VOTE ONE MORE TIME.
WE'LL WE'LL UH, DRAW THE MOTION.
WE WOULD DRAW THE, THE SECOND COUNSELOR IS GOING TO GO VOTE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE MACHINES ARE OPEN FOR MARKEL BELONG.
[144. 20-01324 ]
44 EMPLOYEES, RETIREMENT SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, CONCEPTUALLY REPORT, UH, REAPPOINTING REPLACING JOE TUBES, WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 30, ONE, 2020 EFFECTIVE JANUARY ONE, 2021.CURRENT BALLOT TAKEAWAY MARK LOBLAW, JOSEPH TUBES.
ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR? JAY DANIELS.
UNLIKE A SECOND MINUTE, YOU DON'T NEED A SECOND.
JAY DANIELS, ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR? WE'LL CLOSE THE FLOOR FROM THE NOMINATIONS.
ASHLEY, YOU GO IN AND TAKE OVER.
MACHINES ARE OPEN FOR JOE TUBES.
DAN HAS BEEN APPOINTED ITEM ONE 45
[145. 20-01522 ]
PERSONNEL BOARD CONCURRENT WITH THE MAYOR.PRESIDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPOINT KENYATTA, SEWELL WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 31.
CAN YOU HAVE A SOIL COUNCIL MARINES? I NEED A MOTION.
THE MAYOR PRESENCE APPOINTMENT A CANET A SOUL MOTION BY THE CHAIR.
MISOULA BEEN APPOINTED A PERSONNEL BOARD
[146. 20-01523]
ITEM, ONE 46, RECREATION AND PARKS COMMISSION, BRET CONSIDERATION REAPPOINTING REPLACING SANDRA DAVIS, WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 31, 2020 EFFECTIVE JANUARY ONE, 2021.CURRENT BOWEL IS CURRENT IS JOHNSBURG BARRY CARLA CON CONQUER HAND, ANDRE AND COZY.
SANDRA DAVIS, DARRYL HERSA WITHDRAWN HIS NAME.
DONNA LEWIS, BRIAN IN PALMER AND KATHY VICTORIAN COUNCIL MEMBERS OR ANYONE? ANY NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR? NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR? YES.
BOUNDS ADDISON COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR SAY NONE.
WE'LL CLOSED THE FLOOR FROM, FROM NOMINATIONS.
ASHLEY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE MACHINES ARE FIRST GOING TO BE OPEN FOR SHOCK.
BERRY MACHINES ARE OPEN JOCK BERRY, TWO VOTES COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT SANDRA DAVIS TO THE BREAK BOARD
[01:40:01]
ON ITEM ONE 46, MOTION BY THE CHAIR.ARE THEY ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING? NONE.
SANDRA DAVIS HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO THE BREAK BOARD ON ITEM ONE 46, ITEM ONE
[147. 20-01524 ]
47, RECREATION AND PARK COMMISSION, BRECK RECOMMENDATION, REPLACING LLOYD VINCENT TERM LIMITED AND NOT ELIGIBLE TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM.ASHLEY, I WANT TO READ THE BALLOT OR I'M SORRY, ARNIE.
AREN'T ANY OBJECTIONS? CNN DONNA CALLS LEWIS HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO THE BREAK BOARD.
[148. 20-01525 ]
ITEM ONE 48.VISIT BATON ROUGE, CONSIDERATION OR REPLACE AND REPORTING AND MICKEY FREIBURG, WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 31, 2020 EFFECTIVE JANUARY ONE, 2021.
THIS IS A THREE-YEAR TERM AND MUST BE MADE FROM THE NOMINATION OF THE LOUISIANA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION.
CURRENT BALLOT IS MICKEY FRY BIRD.
WE SAVED THE LETTER FROM THE LOUISIANA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION WITH KRISTEN AND REAPPOINTMENT COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I NEED A MOTION TO APPOINT MICKEY FREIBURG TO THE VISIT BATON ROUGE BOARD MOTION BY THE CHAIR THERE.
ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING MR. FRIBERG HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO VISIT BATON ROUGE
[149. 20-01531]
ITEM ONE 49 DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT CONCURRING.THE MAYOR PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENT TO REAPPOINT PATRICK MICHAELS EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 10TH, 2020.
THIS IS APPOINTMENT FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM.
CURRENT BOWEL IS MIKE PATRICK MICHAELS COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I NEED A MOTION TO CONCUR WITH MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT TO, UH, PATRICK MICHAELS MOTION BY THE CHAIR.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY LUPE.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS HERE NOW, MR. MICHAEL HAS BEEN APPOINTED DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND WE GO TO ITEMS
[Items 150 & 151]
CHANGE.OURS TELLS HIM TO TAKE ITEMS ONE 50, ONE 51 TOGETHER.
ITEM ONE 50 IS NORTH WASTEWATER TREATMENT MASTER PLAN GRAVITY THICKENER UPGRADE CONTRACTORS, WHARTON SMITH, INC CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT, $123,837 AND 92 CENTS.
ITEM ONE 51 RIVER CENTER THEATER FOR PERFORMING ARTS IMPROVEMENTS, RESTART CONTRACTOR BOUQUET, AND THE BLOWER INC CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, A PUBLIC HEARING.
WE SPEAK ON AIMS ONE 50 AND ONE 51, SAY ANOTHER PUBLIC GAINS.
CLOSE CUSTOMARY MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 51 51 MOTION BY ROCCA.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? SAY IT ON ITEM ONE 51 51 HAD BEEN APPROVED COUNCILORS ON SUBSTANCES.
WE'VE GOT A SECONDS OF LOW BIDS.
CAN I INTERRUPT YOU? I'M SORRY.
UH, THIS IS A PUBLIC COMMENT FROM PHILLIP WILL LARD.
THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A CONTRACT THAT'S BEING INCREASED FOR A FAIRLY LARGE OVERALL AMOUNT.
AND THE PROPOSED NEW CONTRACT AMOUNT IS ABOUT 37% INCREASE OVER THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE ARE SUFFICIENT DETAILS LISTED OF WHY THE CONTRACT AMOUNT IS BEING INCREASED.
THE EXPLANATION OF DESCRIPTION, NEW LUMP SUM ITEMS FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE GRAVITY, THICKENER, WALKWAYS, AND WHY REQUIRED TO FACILITATE THE PROJECT DID NOT SEEM TO BE VERY GOOD EXPLANATIONS FOR THE ADDED COSTS.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 50.
COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE EMOTIONAL PRE-BUY AND ONE 51 51.
THEY WERE BY ROCCA SECOND BY LUKE.
ANY OBJECTIONS HERE IN NINE NINE AND ONE 51 51 HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
WE GO TO SUBSTANCE OF LOW BIDS.
[152. 20-01497 ]
I DIDN'T WANT 50 TO BURBANK BLUEBONNET REGIONAL PUMP STATION BOONE SERVICES, LLC.$1,421,100 LAYS NOW WAS A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH PICK ON ITEM ONE 52 SAY AND ON THE PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSED COUNCILOR MOTION APPROVED ITEM ONE 52 MOTION BY COLLINS LEWIS.
PLEASE SHOW THE CHAIR REJECT OPPOSING FOR THE FINAL TIME.
[153. 20-00885 ]
53, MAN.THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN HOLDING HERE A LONG TIME.
I'D HAVE ONE 53 DISCUSSION ABOUT ACCESS BRIDGES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IN SYDNEY PAIRS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED BY THE THREE PAIRS.
SO, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR LONG BEFORE I WAS HERE AND THE ITEM OR THE BRIDGES.
YES, YES, ACTUALLY, THIS IS, THIS IS, IT HAS PREDATED ME ON THE BRIDGES BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT IT'S JUST, IT REALLY IS.
IT'S A, IT'S A TIME BOMB FOR THE PARISH.
UM, I WOULD ASK, YOU KNOW, I, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THE LAST MEETING AND, UH, THE COUNCILMAN ELECT THAT'S COMING IN AFTER ME IS GOING TO PROBABLY HAVE THIS EXACT SAME ISSUES THAT I'M HAVING WITH IT.
SO IT PROBABLY WILL NOT BE THE LAST TIME THAT WILL BE IN THAT, IT'S IT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY PARISH HAS TO ADDRESS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
IT'S EITHER GOING TO ADDRESS IT PROACTIVELY, OR IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS IT REACTIVELY.
AND BY REACTIVELY, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE FOR EVERYONE EXISTING
[01:45:01]
ABOVE THESE BRIDGES.I WILL SAY THIS, THAT I WOULD AT LEAST LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO PUT SOME, UM, EFFORT BEHIND IDENTIFYING WHERE THESE ACTUAL BRIDGES ARE, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT THERE IS ANY TYPE OF, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS ANY RECORDS THAT WERE ACTUALLY KEPT OF WHERE THESE BRIDGES ARE.
THEY COME ABOUT WHEN THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THEM.
UM, I STILL TO THIS DAY, BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE PUT IN TO ALLOW ACCESS MORE THAN, AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS IN BENEFIT OF THE ENTIRE PARISH AT THE TIME.
NOW THE PEOPLE HAVE LOST THE BENEFIT OF THE ACCESS, BUT THE ACTUAL BRIDGES ARE STILL ARE GOING TO END UP CAUSING A PROBLEM.
I MEAN, THEY THEY'RE CAUSING A PROBLEM NOW.
AND JUST MORE AND MORE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OVER 400, UH, TIMBER BRIDGES.
AND THAT'S OUR BRIDGES THAT WE KNOW ABOUT.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY BRIDGES THAT WERE ACTUALLY PUT ACROSS THESE, UH, DRAINAGE AREAS TO MAKE THEM BETTER FOR THE PARISH.
BUT I WOULD ASK THAT THE PARISH AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE PUT SOME EFFORT BEHIND, AT LEAST IDENTIFYING AND FINDING A WAY TO HELP THESE PEOPLE CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS, BUT ALSO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE DRAINAGE FOR THE REST OF THE PARISH AS WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED WHEN THESE WERE PLACED IN THERE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE BRANDON WILL HAVE IT ON HERE SOONER ENOUGH.
SO, BUT PLEASE DO THAT MAYOR'S OFFICE.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE Y'ALL TO DO THAT.
[154. 20-01376 ]
54 IS REQUESTING A REPORT FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON THE ROOF REHAB AND SENIOR HOUSING REHAB PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE NUMBER OF ROOFS REPAIRED HOMES REPAIRED OR REHAB SINCE 2017, YOUR REPORT DETAILING HUD ENTITLEMENT FUNDS RECAPTURED BY HUD OR REPAID BY THE CITY PARISH OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS ON SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY PARISH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ACTION PLANS AND DETAILS THE PROCESS PROCEDURE TO SELECT A WARD PLANK CALUMET MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT BY COUNCIL ONE TIRE WICKER, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PUMPKIN WAS BEEN ON ITEM ONE 54, SEEING NONE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.UM, AND JUST, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH EVERYTHING.
CAUSE I THINK AFTER OUR LAST MEETING, WHEN WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY HEAR THE ITEM, COURTNEY PROVIDED EVERYONE WITH SOME DETAILED INFORMATION AND GAVE EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS, TO ASK QUESTIONS.
AND ALSO, UM, SOME OF THAT INFORMATION WAS ALSO COVERED IN THE, UM, IN THE BUDGET.
THERE JUST A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS IN SOMETHING NEW AS RELATED TO THE EMERGENCY ITEM THAT'S RELATED TO THIS THAT I WANT TO, UM, BRING UP COURTNEY AND JUST FOR THE RECORD SO THAT PEOPLE WILL KNOW YOU GAVE US A NUMBER OF, UM, OR AN UPDATE ON THE SENIOR.
I'M CALLING IT SENIOR BECAUSE THAT'S WHO MOSTLY USE IT, BUT IT'S THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM AS WELL.
AND THEN YOU HAD A TOTAL NUMBER OF THE, UM, THE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN RECAPTURED.
YOU WANT TO JUST GIVE THEM THE HIGHLIGHTS ON THOSE THREE, IF THAT'S OKAY.
UM, THE REPORT IS W IS WHAT I GAVE ALL OF YOU IN THE FOLDER ON THE 10TH, BUT THERE'S ALSO A LINK IN YOUR EMAIL IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT ELECTRONICALLY AS WELL.
BUT INSIDE OF THAT PACKET IS AN OVERALL REVIEW THAT HIGHLIGHTS GENERAL INFORMATION FOR EACH REPORT.
AND THEN THERE WAS SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AROUND DOLLARS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN RECAPTURED OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS OR REPAID.
UM, I'LL SPEAK TO THOSE SPECIFICALLY.
YEAH, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF TIMES THAT YOU SEE THESE DOLLARS REALLOCATED WHEN WE COME BEFORE YOU.
SO IT IS OFTENTIMES THAT WE WILL DO THAT.
SO DURING THAT TIME, AND I'M TRYING TO FIND IT IN YOUR OWN.
ONE SECOND DURING THAT TIME, THE ONLY DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN RECAPTURED CURRENTLY ARE FROM THE 2012 AND 2013 FISCAL YEARS.
AND THE REASON WAS BECAUSE THE SEVEN YEAR APPROPRIATION ON THOSE TWO HAD ENDED AND WE HAD NOT GOTTEN TO FULLY DO THOSE PROJECTS.
OFTENTIMES YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT THESE DOLLARS WILL REMAIN FOR A YEAR OR TWO AND HUD HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING WITH IT.
AND THEN THEY WILL JUST RECAPTURE.
IT'S A, IT'S A PART OF THEIR PROCESSES AS WELL, THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE LEDGER OF MANY THINGS.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME LEEWAY AT TIMES TO TRY TO SPEND DOLLARS DOWN, BUT THEN THERE MAY BE A DAY THAT WE WAKE UP AND THEY'VE BEEN RECAPTURED.
SO THOSE ARE FROM YES, MA'AM $77,254 AND 54 CENTS WAS FROM, UM,
[01:50:01]
THE 2012.THAT WAS RECAPTURED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019.
AND THE CITY WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS RECAPTURE IN AUGUST, 2019.
WHEN WE INITIALLY BEGAN TALKING TO HUD AROUND CDBG TIMELINESS ISSUES AND THEY LET US KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE TAKEN IN, THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO COMPLETE A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS.
SO WHEN YOU SEE US COME BEFORE YOU OFTEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN WITH SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENTS, THAT PROCESS OFTEN TAKES ANYWHERE FROM TWO WEEKS TO A MONTH.
AND IF SO, THOSE DOLLARS CAN BE RECAPTURED IN THE S IN THE MEANTIME, THE 2013 RECAPTURE WAS FOR $142,170 AND 4 CENTS.
AND THAT WAS ALSO AROUND CDBG DOLLARS OF TIMELINESS.
THERE WAS AN OUTSTANDING BALANCE AT THAT TIME THOUGH OF $624,000 THAT COULD HAVE BEEN RECAPTURED, BUT WE SPENT DOWN TO WHERE WE ONLY HAD 142 THAT WAS DONE AT THAT TIME.
AND THAT WAS DONE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020, BUT THIS WAS WHEN SOME OF THE WORK TRANSFERRED OVER TO BILL BATON ROUGE AND THEY STARTED TO HELP TO SPEED UP THOSE PROCESSES.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO ONLY HAVE 100,000 RECAPTURED VERSUS THE 60 A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
THE SENIOR, UM, THE REHAB PROGRAM AND THE ROUTE ROUTE.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO GO INTO DETAIL WITH THOSE, CAUSE THOSE NUMBERS CAN BE A LITTLE TRICKY, BUT WITHIN YOUR REPORT, I CAN GO OVER THE CATEGORY AREAS THAT EACH OF YOU ARE ABLE TO SEE.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A BREAKDOWN WITHIN HERE AS WELL ON WHERE WE ARE WITH CERTAIN PROJECTS THAT COME IN.
UM, AND IF THERE'S ANY DETAILED QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING WITHIN YOUR DISTRICTS, I INVITE YOU ALL TO MEET WITH US INDIVIDUALLY BECAUSE IT'S A LOT MORE DETAILED THAT CAN BE DONE, BUT THEN A SHORT TIMEFRAME.
SO WITHIN THIS, IT BREAKS DOWN ALL OF THE TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER THROUGH REHABILITATION.
SO OFTENTIMES YOU'LL SEE TWO THINGS PEOPLE ASK ABOUT THE ROOF REPO ROOF PROGRAM AND THE REHAB PROGRAM, BUT THE ROOF RESET IS A PART OF THE LARGER HOME REHABILITATION PROGRAM.
WE DO MAJOR REPAIRS, EMERGENCY REPAIRS, LIMITED SYSTEMS, REPAIRS, ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS, ROOF RESET, ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, AND THEN VOLUNTEER ROOF REPAIR PROGRAMS WHERE WE PROVIDE MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES TO ASSIST IN REPAIRS, THROUGH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL.
SO THOSE WERE TWO JUST THE ROOF REPAIR.
SO SINCE WE DID THE ROOF RESET, HOW MANY ROOFS HAVE WE ACTUALLY DONE? SURE.
IF YOU GO WITHIN THE REPORT, IT'S THERE TO THIS DATE WE HAVE COMPLETED YEAH.
73, BUT THAT WAS AS OF NOVEMBER 11TH, WE SIGNED REQUISITIONS FOR THEM EVERY DAY.
SO EVEN IN THIS MONTH OF TIME, THAT NUMBER MAY HAVE INCREASED.
AND HOW MANY APPLICATIONS DID Y'ALL GET BECAUSE Y'ALL GOT QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT, YEAH, WHAT'S THAT TOTAL NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED WERE 627, A HUNDRED.
AND TWO OF THOSE WERE PROCESSED BY BILL BATON ROUGE.
THE THERE'S 88 THAT CAME IN, IN ELIGIBLE.
SO IT LEFT US WITH 437 ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.
BUT WITHIN THAT, WE ALSO ADOPTED APPLICATIONS THAT HAD BEEN IN PRIOR TO OUR ADMINISTRATION THAT WE BROUGHT IN AS WELL.
AND THAT WAS OKAY ABOUT 87 PROJECTS AS WELL.
THAT CAME OVER FROM BEFORE WE INITIATED THE OKAY.
CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO RUN OUT OF TOO MUCH TIME.
I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO, UM, ACTUAL BIDS THAT HAVE GONE OUT.
SO THE ROOF REPAIR PROGRAM, DID THEY, THE ROOF RESET.
THOSE ACTUALLY WENT OUT FOR BID AND WE HAD CONTRACTORS THAT WERE ABLE TO APPLY TO DO THOSE ROOFS AND ALL OF THAT.
SO WHAT I'LL DO, UM, AT THE LIBRARY, I HAVE THE TEAM FOR BILL BATON ROUGE AND I DON'T WANT TO MISSPEAK ON WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THAT PROCESS.
SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE TASHA UP TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS OR CHRIS, WHOEVER MAY BE AT THE LIBRARY TO ANSWER THAT THAT'D BE GOOD.
AND THEY MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE PLANK, THE PLANK CALUMET MIXED USE.
CAUSE I SAW IT IN THE, IN THE REPORT AND I KNOW THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT REALLOCATION OF FUNDS BEING USED FOR THAT PROGRAM.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAD BEEN THAT HAD BEEN BIDDED AND AWARDED, BUT THEN I SEE WHICH THREW ME A LITTLE BIT TODAY, BUT I SAW AT THE BOTTOM NOW WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY ITEM FOR THAT ITEM TO, UM, TO GET FUNDS FROM GOOSE GUSTAF CURRENT DOLLARS.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, I THOUGHT WE HAD AWARDED THAT PLANK ROAD PROJECT ALREADY, WHICH WAS THE REASON WHY I EVEN ASKED THAT QUESTION.
ORIGINALLY WE WORKED ON THE AMENDMENT TO SAY THAT THOSE DOLLARS COULD BE ALLOCATED THERE.
SO THE CONTRACT AND THAT'S THAT'S UP NOW.
BILL BATON ROUGE COULD GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION FOR THAT.
THE SPECIFIC ITEM THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE COMING BEFORE YOU IS GOING TO EXECUTE THE AMENDMENT.
SO WE COME BEFORE YOU TO REQUEST THE PERMISSION TO CREATE A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT.
WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO DO PUBLIC HEARING ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
AND ONCE THAT'S COMPLETED, WE HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE YOU FOR THAT AS WELL.
SO I'LL LET THEM SPEAK TO YOU IN REGARDS TO THAT, TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
[01:55:01]
ARE WE DONE COUNCILMAN WICKER? I'M SORRY.MA'AM NO SOUND, NO SOUND COURTNEY.
WHY THEY'RE TRYING TO GET HER SOUND TOGETHER.
WE GOT AN EMAIL WHICH WAS A LITTLE WEIRD TODAY FROM, UM, UM, A LADY, UM, MS. UM, BRANDY BROWN.
SHE WAS A VENDOR AND I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE GOTTEN THIS, HAVE Y'ALL SEEN THIS, BUT IT'S TALKING ABOUT, UM, SHE'S HER BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AND SEXUAL HARASS.
SHE, ONE OF THE VENDORS THAT Y'ALL HIRED FOR THE HOUSING WITH AIDS PROGRAM, SHE WAS SELECTED.
SHE WAS SELECTED IN A PROGRAM FOR HOPWA.
AND WITHIN THAT, THERE'S SOME CONCERNS FROM HUD THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN COMMUNICATION ABOUT.
SO THIS WAS AN ISSUE THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER IN ABOUT 2018 FOR SOME FUNDS.
IT NEEDED TO BE REALLOCATED FOR CONTRACT CAME BEFORE YOU ALL FOR APPROVAL APPROVED IN THE PROCESS COUNCIL, WOMAN.
AND THIS IS NOT REALLY ON TOPIC.
WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THE HOPPER MONEY, BUT THAT'S FINE.
I THINK THEY GOT AUDIO NOW DO AUDIO.
MA'AM WOULD YOU PLEASE GO? YES.
MA'AM WE GOT YOU THE SAUNDERS DIRECTOR WITH BILL BEDROOMS. UM, SO THE FIRST QUESTION WAS RELATED TO CON THE CONTRACTOR POOL.
WE HAVE AN ACTIVE CONTRACTOR POOL CONTRACTORS SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM FOR THESE PROJECTS.
WE GENERALLY WILL SOLICIT THREE QUOTES FROM THE CONTRACTORS THAT ARE RANDOMLY SELECTED USING A RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR.
AND I'M USED TO LIKE THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE, RESPONSIBLE BIDDER.
WE ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO TAKING IN NEW CONTRACTORS AND THE POOL IS STILL VERY ACTIVE.
WE HAVE ABOUT 19 CONTRACTORS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE POOL.
UM, TASHA, PLEASE, BUT DON'T GO ANYWHERE.
WAIT, I REMEMBER, UM, I KNOW YOU WERE, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE HOUSING, I KNOW WHEN THE APPLICATIONS CAME OUT, IF YOU KNOW, YOU HAD A RUSH OF PEOPLE.
SO IF I RECALL, UM, THAT'S WHEN YOU HAD TO ADD MORE VENDORS TO THE, UM, TO THE POOL.
SO IT'S, I THINK, UH, COUNCILWOMAN WICKER WAS ASKING ABOUT A BID PROCESS, BUT, UM, IF I RECALL JUST BECAUSE I WAS GETTING CALLS FROM, UH, VENDORS THAT MY AREA WASN'T ADJUSTING APPLICATION PROCESS, AND THEY WERE LIKE PLACED ON A LIST BECAUSE, UH, TO MEET THE DEMAND.
INITIALLY WE, WE WERE WORKING THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS AND, UM, THERE WAS SOME PURCHASING CONCERNS WITH THAT PROCESS.
SO WE WENT BACK TO OUR TRADITIONAL CONTRACTOR LISTS.
SO WE SELECT SOLICITED APPLICATIONS FROM CONTRACTORS AND PLACED THEM ON A LIST.
SO WE STARTED WITH FIVE CONTRACTORS AND NOW WE HAVE 90.
THAT, THAT'S WHAT, UM, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
THE OTHER THING IS, UM, I HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT GUSTAF AND I, UH, I LIKE MONEY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT WAS, BUT IT, IT, IT FEELS LIKE 10 YEARS BOTH AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THE LOCAL LEVEL, IS THAT MONEY STILL AVAILABLE? I CAN ANSWER THAT.
THAT'S THE LAST, FOR THIS AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE SEEING IN A REQUEST TO ALLOCATE, WHICH IS THE NEXT ONE OF THE NEXT ITEMS THAT COUNCILMAN WALKER WAS TALKING ABOUT.
THIS WILL EXHAUST ALL OF THOSE DOLLARS.
AND, UM, W ARE YOU DOING ONE 57 AS WELL? YES, MA'AM.
SO CARES MONEY WILL CARE AS MONEY LASTS AS LONG AS GUSTAF AND I MAKE MONEY.
UM, IT IS OUR ANTICIPATION THAT IT IS NOT, WE HOPE THAT WE HAVE PUT SOME PROCESSES IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO DO SO.
I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT, UH, WE REALLY STRENGTHENED THE RELATIONSHIP, UH, WITH THE REMAINING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS COMING IN WITH THE PROCESSES OF OCD AND THE DOLLARS PER PROJECT, BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S SO MANY LAYERS TO HOW THE DOLLARS WORK.
AND I RECOGNIZE WHEN THESE THINGS COME BEFORE YOU, IT'S A LITTLE TRANSACTIONAL, BUT GETTING AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THOSE PROJECTS AND HOW THEY'RE REALLOCATED.
I ALWAYS WELCOME THAT CONVERSATION.
AND I THINK THAT THAT WILL GIVE YOU THAT INFO.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT IS OUR ANTICIPATION NOT TO, BUT OF COURSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT WILL WORK, BECAUSE IF A PROGRAM CAN NOT BE COMPLETED DUE TO ANY REASON, WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND BE ABLE TO CHANGE IT.
BUT WE WORK TO INCREASE THE TIMELINESS HERE ON THAT, WHICH YOU HAVE
[02:00:01]
CONTINUED TO CONTINUE TO SEE, TO IMPROVE EACH TIME.AND MY LAST QUESTION, KEN, UM, AND I'M ASKING FOR A FRIEND, CAN COUNCIL MEMBERS, ROOFS, PERSONAL HOMES, INTERROGATED PROPERTY, OR RENTAL PROPERTY APPLY FOR SOME OF THIS? UH, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A BIT OF A PARISH ATTORNEY QUESTION THAT I WOULD GIVE FOR A FORMAL ANSWER, BUT I SAY, I UNDERSTAND, I WOULD THINK YOU SHOULD TELL YOUR FRIEND, YOU SHOULD TELL YOUR FRIEND THAT THEY MAY WANT TO REACH OUT TO THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL PERSON.
SO WE CAN BRING THAT TO PARISH ATTORNEY TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP OUR ETHICS RIGHT ON THAT ONE.
YOU'RE DONE COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILMAN WATSON.
IF I COULD HAVE TASHA COME BACK UP.
YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT YOU SELECT IN THE BID PROCESS, YOU SELECT THREE COMPANIES OUT OF YOUR POOL OF 19 FOR EACH ONE OF THESE TO GIVE YOU BIDS.
IS, AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY? OKAY.
FOR THE PARDON? MY IGNORANCE, BUT WHY W WHY DO YOU SELECT THREE? INSTEAD OF HAVING IT BE OPEN TO AS MANY COMPANIES AS POSSIBLE AND IN ATTEMPTS TO GET THE LOWEST BID AND MAXIMIZE THE EFFECTIVE EFFICIENT USE OF THE DOLLARS AND COUNCILMAN, IF WE'D LIKE TO, I WOULD LOVE PURCHASING TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, UM, TO GIVE YOU A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE RULES TASHA, CHRIS IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF BEFORE, YOU KNOW, IT ACTUALLY, I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH TASHA AND CHRIS.
SO I THINK FIRST WE FOLLOWED PUBLIC BID LAW ON THE FEDERAL SIDE.
WE ACTUALLY DIDN'T HAVE TO GET MULTIPLE QUOTES FOR US.
UNDER 30,000, WE DO SOLICIT MULTIPLE QUOTES.
OUR GOAL IS TO GET THE BEST VALUE.
UM, WE'RE ALSO COGNIZANT THAT A LOT OF THESE FOLKS, AS WE MENTIONED, MAYBE ELDERLY, OR HAVE OTHER PREEXISTING HEALTH CONDITIONS AND HAVING 10, 12, 15, 18, 20 FOLKS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PANDEMIC GOING ON, WALKING THROUGH THEIR HOMES, DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THE BEST AND MOST APPROPRIATE SITUATION TO PUT THEM IN.
SO WE PURPOSELY SOLICIT THREE QUOTES IT'S WELL, WITHIN OUR ORDINANCE, IT'S UNDER 30,000 FOR THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT RANDOMIZER IN THE 19 VENDORS IS INTENDED TO GIVE DIFFERENT VENDORS, DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES AT BIDDING IT.
AND WE DO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT PERSON PROVIDING US AN ESTIMATE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BIDS WE'RE GETTING ARE, ARE AT MARKET RATES, WHO IS THE PERSON YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE YOU INDEPENDENT ESTIMATES THAT ARE, THE BINS ARE GOING TO BE REFLECTED AGAINST TASHA.
I'M GONNA LET YOU ANSWER THAT.
I CAN'T THINK OF THE LOGO AT THE TOP.
I KNOW THAT THAT IS THROUGH, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, IT'S A THIRD-PARTY THAT THEY USE TASHA.
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE FIRM THAT PROVIDES US THE INDEPENDENT ESTIMATE FRANKLIN INDUSTRY? YEAH.
AND IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH REAL ESTATE, I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE A TRADITIONAL KIND OF REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENT.
IF YOU WERE BUYING A HUT HOME.
SO THERE'S MARKET RATES AND LOOKS AT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE.
UH, THE OTHER THING I WOULD ADD IS WE HAVE AN ABSOLUTE SENSE OF URGENCY TO EXECUTE THESE.
AND I DO KNOW SOME OF OUR CONTRACTORS ARE BEING STRETCHED THIN WITH ALL THE ROOF WORK, BUT, UH, OTHER COMMUNITIES WERE IMPACTED WITH THE HURRICANE.
SO, UM, WE'VE SEEN PRICES ESCALATING.
WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO MANAGE THAT AND GET THE ROOF DONE SHIT, FRANKLIN INDUSTRIES.
THIS, THIS IS A BATON ROUGE COMPANY THAT IS NOT A CONTRACT.
I HAVE, THAT'S A CONTRACT TO BUILD BATON ROUGE HAS IT'S DISAPPEARING UP THERE.
I NEED FRANKLIN INDUSTRIES IS A BATON ROUGE COMPANY.
IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANYONE ELSE NEED A MOTION TO RECEIVE THE REPORT ON ITEM ONE 54 MOTION BY COLLINS LEWIS.
SECOND BY COLE, ANY OBJECTIONS OR POOR HAS BEEN RECEIVED? COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GOING TO JUMP OVER ONE 55 AND JUST DO THE EMERGENCY ITEMS FAIRLY QUICK.
GO TO EMERGENCY ITEMS OR THE ITEMS TO BE ADOPTED EMERGENCY.
[156. 20-01526 ]
I DIDN'T ONE 56 AUTHORIZED MAYOR, PRESIDENT SECURITY AND AMENDMENT TO THE EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISASTER RECOVERY GUSTOV IKE PROPOSAL, AMENDMENT REALITY.THEY AMENDMENT ALLOCATES $1,096,778 AND 50 CENTS OF GESTAPO I COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISASTER FUNDS THE PLANK ROAD, CALUMET DEVELOPMENTS BY THE OFFICE OF MAYOR PRESENT AND REASON FOR THE MERCY PLANK.
CALUMETS NEED TO BE EXPEDITED PROCESS THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.
COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE CORDS ORDINANCE 16 FOUR 42.
THIS I MUST BE CLEAR AS A MERCY ON WITH TWO THIRDS VOTE AS METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MOTION TO DECLARE I DIDN'T WANT 56, AN EMERGENCY ITEM MOTION BY THE CHAIR.
SECOND BY LUPE, ANY OBJECTIONS, HARRY NON-LIFE GELS, A PUBLIC HEARING ON EMERGENCY ITEM ONE 56 EMERGENCY ITEM ONE 56.
SO PUBLIC HEARING, I HAVE ONE EMAIL COMMENTS.
I HAD ONE 56 JUST ANSWERING QUESTIONS.
ACTUALLY YOU HAVE EMAIL, EMAIL, PUBLIC COMMENT FROM PHILLIP BOULEVARD.
[02:05:02]
I'D LIKE TO SEE A MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF WHY THESE FUNDS ARE NEEDED AND WHY THIS IS AN EMERGENCY ITEM.THE COVER LETTER LISTED DOCUMENTATION FOR THE ITEM IS NOT INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEM ONE 57.
COUNCIL MEMBERS WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING CAST MEMBERS OR EMOTION.
ANY COMMENTS? MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WICKER.
THIS HAS ALREADY GONE OUT FOR A BED.
DID Y'ALL ALREADY HAVE ABANDONED? HAS NOT.
WE DON'T HAVE A VENDOR THAT'S ALREADY DOING THIS PROJECT.
IS THAT CORRECT? NO, MA'AM NO.
AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE FIRST TRAUNCH OF BONDS THAT YOU ALL APPROVED WERE FOR ENTITLEMENT FUNDS AND THESE FUNDS ARE FOR THE DR.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY OTHER SPEAKERS OF COURSE, COUNCIL ON COMMS LEWIS, IS THIS MONEY PART OF THE MONEY THAT'S NEEDED TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT FOR THAT FACILITY? I KNOW IT'S A, MULTI-PURPOSE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE HOUSING ON TOP AND YEAH, I'LL LET TASHA ANSWER THAT AS WELL.
CAUSE SHE'S NAVIGATING THE, UM, THE DETAILS OF THE DIFFERENT TRAUNCHES OF FUNDING AND THIS WAS INITIATED BEFORE MY TIME, BUT SHE CAN GIVE YOU THE ACCURATE ANSWER.
IS THIS A PART OF THE FUNDING NEEDED TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT OR IT'S JUST ANOTHER PIECE TO IT.
SO IT'S JUST ANOTHER PIECE TO THE FUNDING.
THIS IS AN $8.4 MILLION PROJECT.
SO THERE'S STILL WORKING 0.3 MILLION OF THAT IS THE ENTITLEMENT POINT.
$1.3 MILLION OF THAT IS ENTITLEMENT FUNDS.
1.1, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE PROOFING TONIGHT IS THE DISASTER RECOVERY FUNDS.
THERE ARE FUNDS FROM KAPPA AND ALSO PRIVATE FINANCING.
SO WHERE ARE THEY ON, UM, NEARING FINAL RESOLUTION FOR ALL THE FUNDING YOU TO START THIS PROJECT.
THIS IS THE LAST PIECE OF FUNNY.
SO WITH THE APPROVAL OF THIS, THEY CAN START, THEY CAN GET UNDERWAY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT.
MA'AM ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DRAWN UP.
AND, UM, SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF SELECTING A CONTRACTOR TO GET STARTED ONCE ALL THE FUNDS ARE APPROVED.
AND LET ME MAKE THIS KNOWN TOO.
AND SO THE Y WCA WILL OCCUPY A BOTTOM PART OF THE FLOOR OF THIS BUILDING AS A CHILDCARE FACILITY AND OFFICE SPACE.
I WANT TO MAKE THAT KNOWN AND I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS OR NOT.
I'M SORRY, DONNA, WAIT, LET ME MAKE THIS CLEAR THOUGH.
THIS IS NOT, IT'S NOT FREE SPACE, THE SPACE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE LEASING FROM BILL BATON ROUGE.
SO IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVEN A SPACE WITHIN THE FACILITY FOR FREE AND BUILD BATTERIES WHO IS NOT THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING OR SPACE, WHICH IS WHY TASHA IS GIVING THAT INFORMATION.
SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND AS WELL THEY ARE ADMINISTERING.
SO MANAGING THAT PROCESS, RIGHT.
SO I ASKED ME IF I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF BASED ON THE INFORMATION, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE YOU NEED TO RECUSE YOURSELF, BUT I'LL BE HONEST.
I CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOU'RE HERE.
I WOULD HATE TO GIVE YOU A DEFINITIVE ANSWER RIGHT NOW, BUT IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE YOU NEED TO, BUT, UM, I HAVE NOT RESEARCHED IT.
I'M JUST GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, UNLESS IT DOESN'T PERISH.
COUNSEL, ARE YOU DONE? OH, I THINK I MADE A MOTION TO ACCEPT.
I MADE, WELL, I'VE GOT A MOTION.
WELL, I HAVE A MOTION THAT IS CONTINGENT ON THE APPROVAL OF THE GRANTS AND CONTRACTS COMMITTEE.
SO JUST NOTE AND SAYING COLLINS LEWIS' WISHES TO RECUPERATE RECUSE HERSELF, ACCUSE ITEM ONE 57, AUTHORIZING
[157. 20-01527 ]
THE MAYOR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT EAST BATON ROUGE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, DBA BILL BATON ROUGE FOR A GRANT MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND RELATE ACTIVITIES FOR THE CORONAVIRUS AID RELIEF, ECONOMIC SECURITY AIR ACT CARES, ACT FUNDING FROM THE U S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND A NOT UP TO $700,000, BUT THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR PRESENT WRITTEN FOR EMERGENCYBEFORE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, COUNSELOR IN THE CORNERS WENT ORANGE 16, FOUR 42.
THIS I MUST BE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.
I WITH TWO THIRDS VOTE AND METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO DECLARE ITEM ONE 57 EMERGENCY MOTION BY COLLINS LEWIS SECOND BY GRAIN.
ARE THEY ANY OBJECTIONS? CNN LAYS JAIL WAS A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM ONE 57.
ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 57 SAYING ON THE PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSED, I'M SORRY.
A PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE EMAIL FROM PHILLIP BOULEVARD, I'M AGAINST AWARDING THIS CONTRACT TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND I BELIEVE $700,000 IS TOO MUCH MONEY FOR THE CONTRACT.
[02:10:01]
I ALSO QUESTION WHY THIS IS AN EMERGENCY ITEM AND WHY THIS CONTRACT HAS TO BE EXPEDITED BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.PERHAPS THE NEW METRO COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE VERY EXPENSIVE PROJECTS AND CONTRACTS THAT ARE BEING APPROVED BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, INCLUDING THIS CONTRACT, THE RAPID BUS TRANSIT CONTRACT, THE LSU LIKES PROJECT, FOR EXAMPLE CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
SOMEONE, ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, MARINA CLOSES THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM ONE 57.
IS THERE ANY COMMENTS? IS THERE A MOTION MOTION BY COLLINS? A LITTLE SECOND BY LUPE.
ANY OBJECTIONS HERE DONE ITEM ONE 50 HAS BEEN APPROVED ITEM ONE 58,
[158. 20-01532 ]
AMENDING RESOLUTION FIVE, TWO, TWO ZERO ONE ADOPTED OCTOBER 14, 2020 BY TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR PRESENT TO ACCEPT A GRANT MAKES YOU GRANT FUNDS OF WATER ON THE CORONAVIRUS AID RELIEF AND ECONOMIC SECURITIES CARES ACT MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SECOND ALLOCATION OF FUNDING THROUGH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AND AMOUNT OF 2 MILLION, $18,024, BUT ONLY REQUIRING A LINE ITEM BUDGET APPROVED BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.PRIOR TO THE ALLOCATION OF THE GRANT FUNDS BY THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.
PRESIDENT READS FOR MERCY, ADHERING TO HUD TIMELINE AND PROCESS AND RESPONSE TO COVID COUNCIL MEMBERS.
OF COURSE, WHEN ORDERED 16, FOUR 42, THIS I MUST BE CLEARED EMERGENCY.
I AM A TWO THIRDS VOTE TO METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MOTION, MOTION TO INTRODUCE IME UP FOR ITEM ONE 58 EMERGENCY ITEM ONE 58 MOTION BY THE CHAIR.
I DIDN'T WANT THE DAY'S BEEN DECLARED EMERGENCY LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM ONE 58.
A PUBLIC CHANGE CLOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COUNCILWOMAN COLLINS LEWIS.
ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER COUNSELOR? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 58 CONTINGENT ON APPROVAL OF THE GRANTS AND CONTRACTS COMMITTEE? IS THERE A MOTION MOTION BY CAUSAL SECOND BY BANKS? ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE ITEM ONE 58 MINUTE FRUIT COUNCIL
[CONDEMNATIONS (Part 2 of 2) ]
MEMBERS NEED TO RECONSIDER ITEM 100 BY THE CHAIR.ANY OBJECTIONS, CNN MOTION TO DEFER ITEM 100 FOR 60 DAYS.
ANY OBJECTIONS HARRY, NONE ITEM ONE HUNDREDS HAVE BEEN DEFERRED FOR 60 DAYS.
[155. 20-01454]
TO GO BACK TO ITEM ONE 55 IS BRAC 2020 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT YEAR IN PRESENTATION BY DONNIE MILLER DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS, BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER BY THE COUNSELOR AND STRAIGHTER TREASURER.DEFINITELY NOT MY PLACE TO BE.
AND LASTLY, AGENDA ON ALL OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUCCESS IN A YEAR THAT TYPICALLY IT WAS A SPORTS YEAR WOULD HAVE.
MAYBE THAT'S TELLING US SOMETHING RIGHT THERE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION AND THE FURTHEST ITEM.
SO THE NEW COUNCIL CAN GET A SECOND TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
FIRST LADIES AND JAIL WAS A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM ONE 55, ONE 55, THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM ONE 55.
I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING WITH THE REPORT UP THERE, BUT WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I NEED A MOTION TO DEFER ITEM ONE 55 TO THE JANUARY 13TH MEETING MOTION TO FOR AND ONE 55 MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY MROS OR ANY OBJECTIONS SEEN ON ITEM ONE 55 HAS BEEN DEFERRED TO JANUARY 13TH,
[Additional Item]
GOT APPOINTED PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.SO 12 YEARS AGO I RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL WHEN I WAS 45 AND THE YOUNG MAN, UM, I'M NOW AN OLD MAN AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TOUCHED ME IN THE BUILDING.
UM, AND TO NAME THEM ALL AND LIST THEM ALL WOULD TAKE WAY TOO LONG.
AND MY BLOOD SUGAR IS ALREADY TOO LOW CAUSE I HAVEN'T EATEN TODAY.
SO I WANT TO FIRST THANK, UH, DANIELLE OR SO MY LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT WHO HAS BEEN WITH ME FOR 12 YEARS, I THINK THIS IS THE LONGEST EMPLOYEE I'VE EVER HAD.
WELL, SOMEBODY, YOU COULD PROBABLY BELIEVE THAT.
UM, BUT I WANT TO THANK DANIELLE.
SHE REALLY, UH, HELPED ME EXTENSIVELY DO THIS JOB.
UM, AND SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR ME.
AND THEN I'D LIKE TO REFLECT ON THREE PEOPLE THAT TOUCHED MY LIFE.
UM, AND THE FIRST WAS COUNCILWOMAN RONNIE EDWARDS.
AND THE LAST, THE LAST REAL MEMORY I HAVE, UH, RONNIE
[02:15:01]
WAS SITTING WITH HER BECAUSE WE ALL TOOK TURNS WHILE SHE WAS HAVING CHEMO.UM, I REMEMBER DONNA SAID DONNA THERE AND SOME OTHERS AND, AND SITTING WITH HER, UM, WHILE SHE'S AT END STAGE CANCER, HAVING CHEMO JUST I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT.
AND RONNIE WAS, IT WAS SO KIND SO HUMBLE.
UM, AND SHE REALLY HAD AN INFLUENCE ON ME.
AND THE SECOND PERSON IS, UH, THAT I WANT TO REFLECT ON.
AND REMEMBER IS COUNCILMAN BUDDY AMAROSA? AND A BUDDY.
THE LAST MEMORY I HAVE A BUDDY WAS, UH, WE WERE AT A JAMES TAYLOR CONCERT AND WE WERE SITTING NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
AND BUDDY, APART FROM HIS PRESENCE ON THE CITY COUNCIL HAD THIS, UM, HE WAS A REALLY SHARP DRESSER.
AND SO THAT'S HOW I REMEMBER BUDDY IS, IS AT THE JAMES TAYLOR CONCERT.
HE HAD, HE WAS ROCKING A FEDORA AND, UM, HE WAS WITH HIS WONDERFUL WIFE, DENISE AND, UM, SO IT WAS MY PLEASURE TO KNOW BUDDY AND, AND THE THIRD PERSON THAT, THAT I WAS HONORED TO SERVE WITH.
AND I'LL END IT ON A LITTLE BIT BRIGHTER NOTE WAS SMOKEY BOURGEOIS.
AND MY FAVORITE, UM, AND SMOKEY WOULD BE REALLY MAD FOR ME TELLING THIS STORY, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE REMEMBER, BUT SMOKEY CHIPPED HIS FRONT TOOTH ONE TIME.
UM, AND IT WASN'T JUST A LITTLE CHIP.
IT WAS LIKE HALF OF HIS TOOTH WAS MISSING AND IT WENT BY, YOU KNOW, FOR LIKE A MONTH.
AND I NEVER REALLY SAID ANYTHING TO HIM.
AND THEN FINALLY I SAID, SMOKEY, MAN, YOU MISS IT, YOUR FRONT TOOTH, YOU NEED TO GET IT FIXED.
AND, UH, HE JUST LOOKED AT ME AND HE SAYS, I I'M GOING TO MEXICO TO GET IT FIXED.
CAUSE IT'S ONLY GOING TO COST ME $1,500 AS OPPOSED TO $3,800.
AND SO FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, WE HAD TO SIT THROUGH MEETINGS WITH SMOKEY AND EVERY NOW AND THEN HE WOULD HIT A HIGH PITCH WORD AND YOU WOULD HEAR THIS WHISTLE, LIKE A DOG WHISTLE, RIGHT.
AND ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE IN THE IT'S A TRUE STORY.
AND ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE IN THE ROOM COULD HEAR IT.
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE CAUSE I HAD LOST THAT HEARING OR SOMETHING, BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HE'D BE TALKING AND I'LL SAY, IT WOULD JUST SHOCK YOU, YOU KNOW, SMOKEY'S DOG WHISTLE WOULD GO OFF, BUT UH, I LOVE SMOKEY TOO.
UM, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, I WAS THINKING ABOUT MAYBE NAMING THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY AFTER HIM IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, JUST AS AN IRONIC PLAY AND, AND SMOKEY WOULD LIKE THAT SMOKEY WOULD GET IT.
UM, AND SO THOSE THREE PEOPLE REALLY INFLUENCED ME.
I MISS THEM, OF COURSE, EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND ALL OF MY FRIENDS UP HERE.
UM, WE CAME IN, UM, 12 YEARS AGO AS 10 NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, BONES, ADDISON, AND MIKE WALKER WERE THE ONLY TWO.
AND WE WERE THE, WE WERE THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK.
I GUESS WE WERE ON, YOU KNOW, WE HAD PHOTO SHOOTS AND ALL THIS SILLY STUFF, BUT, UH, IT REALLY WAS, BUT IT WAS FUN.
AND SO IT JUST, YOU KNOW, W WE HAVE A NEW COUNSELOR COMING IN TOGETHER JUST, JUST REMEMBER, UH, TO HAVE FUN SOMETIMES.
UM, I TRIED TO DO THAT WHEN I WAS MAYOR PRO TEM.
UM, EITHER MAKING A JOKE ABOUT MYSELF OR SOMEBODY ELSE, UM, IS TRY TRYING TO TAKE YOURSELF TOO SERIOUSLY SOMETIMES, WHICH I DEFINITELY HAVE A PROBLEM DOING.
UM, NOW BE FIRST TO SAY THAT, BUT I'LL MISS YOU GUYS.
UM, AND I REALLY WILL MISS YOU GUYS.
UM, BUT YOU ALWAYS HAVE MY NUMBER, YOU KNOW, WHERE I AM AND I MAY DROP BY AND JUST DISRUPT A MEETING EVERY NOW AND THEN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO KEEP IT REAL.
THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING ME MAYOR PRO-TEAM WILSON, ANY OTHER MEMBERS, COLLINS LEWIS.
SO, UH, BEFORE I START, I DO WANT TO MENTION TO THIS BEFORE WE STARTED THE MEETING, I WANT TO ASK FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR SENATOR REGINA BARROW, WHO LOST HER HUSBAND ON SATURDAY, UM, AS A RESULT OF COVID, UM, REGINA AND I HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR DECADES AND OUR CHILDREN GREW UP TOGETHER AND HAVE KNOWN HER AND HER HUSBAND PROBABLY 30 PLUS YEARS.
SO I JUST WANT TO ASK EVERYBODY TO JUST BOW YOUR HEADS JUST FOR JUST A MOMENT, UH, IN RESPECT, UH, FOR SENATOR BARROW AND HER HUSBAND AND HER FAMILY AND ASK FOR YOUR CONTINUED PRAYERS.
AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY SIGNED THE CERTIFICATE AND I'LL MAKE SURE SHE GETS IT.
UH, THE SERVICES ON THURSDAY EVENING AT HALL DAVID'S VISITATION FROM FIVE WENT TO SEVEN, AND THEN AT 11 O'CLOCK AT LIVING FAITH ON A WIND BORN.
[02:20:01]
UM, BUT I, I TOO APPRECIATE THIS 12 YEAR JOURNEY THAT, UH, GOD HAS ALLOWED ME TO BE ON.UH, I CAN REMEMBER, UM, WHEN I FIRST TERM ON THE COUNCIL AND, UH, NOT NEW TO CITY PARENTS GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE I HAD WORKED WITH THE CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT BEFORE, BUT HAD WORKED FOR THE MAYOR AS HER.
SHE STATED EARLIER AS HER FIRST LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT.
BUT REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I GOT ON THE COUNCIL, WHEN SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS WERE MAD AT ME AND I WENT HOME AND CRIED PROBABLY FOR ABOUT THREE OR FOUR DAYS, AND MY HUSBAND WAS VERY COMFORTING.
FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT AND WORRY ABOUT IT.
SO BY THE THIRD NIGHT, HE SAID, LOOK, FIRST OF ALL, THEY PAY YOU ENOUGH MONEY.
AND SO THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF MY 12 YEAR JOURNEY AND, UM, HAD TO DEVELOP SOME TOUGH SKIN BEING A COUNCIL PERSON.
UM, LIKE CHANDLER SAID, IT WAS 10 OF US THAT CAME IN, KNEW, UH, I KNEW MIKE WALKER HAD WORKED WITH HIM AT THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
I KNEW BONES FROM THE COMMUNITY, UH, BUT WE WERE ACTUALLY SOME, UH, NEWBIES TRYING TO NAVIGATE THE, UH, THE GOVERNMENT.
AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERY CONSTITUENT OF DISTRICT SIX WHO, UH, ALLOWED ME TO SERVE YOU FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS.
UH, IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
OUR ONE THAT I WILL NEVER REGRET.
UH, I WILL STILL BE ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY I WAS SERVING BEFORE I BECAME A COUNCIL MEMBER AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY ONCE I STEPPED FOOT OFF THIS COUNCIL ON DECEMBER THE 31ST.
UH, BUT I WANT TO ADMONISH THE COUNCIL COMING IN.
AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE REMAINING, UH, YOU'RE GOING TO AGREE AND DISAGREE ON A LOT OF THINGS.
UH, DON'T LET IT BECOME PERSONAL.
I CAN REMEMBER TIMES WHEN, UH, WE WOULD DISAGREE AND, UH, IT WOULD BE CONTENTION HERE ON THE COUNCIL.
AND, UH, THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS AND DOWN RACIAL LINES AND PARTY LINES AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT APPEAR TO THE PUBLIC.
BUT ONE THING I AM GRATEFUL FOR, UH, IS THAT EVERY TIME WE WOULD HAVE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND DISAGREE ABOUT SOMETHING, WE WOULD GO IN THE BACK AND SHARE A MEAL AND PEOPLE, I REMEMBER SOMEONE ASKING ME ONCE, WELL, HOW DO YOU DO, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU STILL MAD WITH XYZ? ARE YOU STILL MAD WITH THIS PERSON? I'M LIKE, I CAN NOT AFFORD TO TAKE THIS HOME AND BE ANGRY WITH SOMEBODY OVER A DISAGREEMENT ON THIS COUNCIL, ON THIS BODY.
AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN MANY TIMES WHEN I DIDN'T LIKE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE, UH, DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WERE MADE.
WE JUST GOT UP EVERY MORNING AND CONTINUED TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND FIGHT.
SO I DO A NON-ISSUE THE INCOMING COUNCIL, PLEASE, WHATEVER YOU DO, TRY AND WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THIS COMMUNITY.
AND I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT EVEN THOUGH YOUR DISTRICT IS YOUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, BUT YOUR DISTRICT IS ONLY AS STRONG AS THIS CITY AND THIS PARISH AS A WHOLE.
SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT CITY PARISH, GOVERNMENT, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IS NEEDED IN ONE COMMUNITY VERSUS ANOTHER COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT NEEDS ACROSS THIS PAIRS.
THERE ARE SOME COMMUNITIES THAT SUFFER BECAUSE OF INEQUITY OVER THE YEARS AND THE DECADES WOULD INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITIES.
SO I JUST HAD MODESTY INCOMING COUNCIL TO WORK HARD, TO STRIVE TO MAKE THIS PARISH THE BEST THAT IT CAN BE FOR EVERYONE.
AND I'M GOING TO USE THEM CLOSE OUT WITH THE MAYOR'S THREE WORDS, SO THAT IT'D BE A CITY PARISH OF PEACE, PROSPERITY AND PROGRESS FOR EVERYONE THAT LIVES IN THE CITY OF PARIS GOVERNMENT.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS.
THOSE THAT I'VE MADE RELATIONSHIPS WITH, FRED, WHO, UH, I SERVED WITH, UH, 1988 WHEN THE MAYOR FIRST CAME ON, THE COUNCIL, UH, WAS THEN, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, WESTERN.
SO, UH, THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, KYLE, THANK YOU.
I'LL HAVE TO CALL YOU EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, HARASS YOU.
UH, I DON'T WANT TO START CALLING NAMES, RICK AND CARRIE AND ANDY AND EVERYBODY IN HERE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, THE HARD WORK, THE HARASSMENT THAT Y'ALL SUFFERED ON SOME ENDS FROM, UH, MY OFFICE.
UH, I DO WANT TO THANK MY COUNCIL, LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT PAMELA SMITH, WHO HAS BEEN WITH ME FOR 12 YEARS.
UH, WE'VE HAD OUR UPS AND DOWNS IN THE OFFICE.
UH, PAM HAS BECOME MY FAMILY WHEN WE WOULD FIGHT AND ARGUE AND, UH, CRY TOGETHER AND LAUGH TOGETHER.
AND WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT TOGETHER.
SO I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I DEEPLY APPRECIATE, UH, ALL OF THE WORK AND THE EFFORT THAT SHE PUT INTO MY OFFICE TO MAKE, UH, MAKE IT ALL THAT IT WAS.
AND AGAIN, HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE WITHIN CITY PAIR.
WAS IT WITHIN THE CITY, UNDER THE SOUND OF MY VOICE? AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS, COUNCILMAN WELCH.
WELL, THE END OF 12 YEARS, YOU KNOW, UM, IN THIS CHAMBER, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE MAYOR SAID, UH, ABOUT BOTH MY PARENTS BEING ON THE COUNCIL AT ONE TIME.
SO I KIND OF GREW UP HERE A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, I, I DIDN'T HAVE THE, I DIDN'T HAVE THE, UH, UM, WORK EXPERIENCE THAT DONNA AND A LOT OF Y'ALL HAD REGARDING BEING IN COUNCIL AND, AND
[02:25:01]
AROUND THE GOVERNMENT SO MUCH WHENEVER I FIRST CAME IN, UM, LIKE CHANDLER TALKING ABOUT BEING A KID, JUST WHAT IT FELT LIKE.UH, I CAN REMEMBER MY VERY FIRST COUNCIL MEETING, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT, UM, LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY, I WENT INTO, UH, CON TURNERS AND I DIDN'T HAVE A NICE ENOUGH TIE.
AND SO I NEEDED BUY A TIE BEFORE I GOT HERE, BECAUSE I JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS BIG LEAGUES, YOU KNOW, STILL IS BIG LEAGUES THOUGH.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS BEING UP HERE AND IT'S, AND IT'S CAUSED ME TO GROW, UM, IT'S CAUSED ME TO UNDERSTAND THAT I CAN'T MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY, BUT IT IT'S ALSO CAUSED ME TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GOTTA STILL TRY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL LEAVE HERE WITH MEMORIES THAT WILL BE LIFELONG.
AND EVEN THOUGH THAT I'M NOT GOING TO BE SERVING IN THIS CAPACITY, UH, I HOPE TO BE A PART OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, CONTINUING TO PROGRESS.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THOUGH THAT WITH ALL THE ADMONISHMENTS OF THE NEXT COUNCIL COMING IN, ONE OF THE ENCOURAGEMENTS THAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT AS BAD AS YOU'VE SEEN US FIGHT, SOMETIMES THERE'S BEEN ONE THING THAT I'VE FELT LIKE NO MATTER WHAT HAS HAPPENED, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES, OUR HEARTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THIS PARISH AND THE BETTERMENT OF EACH OTHER, UM, WHEN WE'VE HAD PERSONAL ISSUES OR WHENEVER WE'VE HAD PROFESSIONAL ISSUES, UH, AS A GROUP WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR EACH OTHER AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
UM, I COULDN'T DO THIS JOB WITHOUT LISA AND MR. CLAUDE, THEY HAVE BEEN ROCK SOLID.
THEY HAVE BEEN THE BACKBONE OF THIS OFFICE.
AND, UM, UNFORTUNATELY I'VE BEEN THE FACE.
YOU KNOW, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER TO HAVE LISA AS THE FACE THAN ME, BUT YOU GOT ME.
UM, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT, I'LL LOOK AT Y'ALL THE NEW ONES COMING IN AND THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE AND THE ONES THAT ARE GOING OUT.
AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, I'M SO ENCOURAGED FOR EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
UM, THE BEST IS YET TO COME AND THANK Y'ALL FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE.
AND I CANNOT THANK THE DISTRICT ONE FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO THIS.
I'LL MISS IT, BUT I'LL BE HAPPY THAT SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD BE HERE.
THANK Y'ALL YOU ALSO WANT AND WICKER, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO, UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK THE CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT 10 FOR, UM, ELECTED ME AND REELECTED ME THREE TIMES TO SERVE AS YOUR COUNCIL WOMAN.
UM, THESE 12 YEARS HAVE BEEN TRULY A JOY.
UM, AND AFTER 12 YEARS, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST BECOME, YOU BECOME FAMILY.
AND THAT'S THE THING THAT I WANT TO SAY AND ASK THAT THE NEW COUNCIL, JUST REMEMBER THAT NO MATTER WHAT YOU GUYS GO THROUGH, NO MATTER THAT THE DISAGREEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOUR FAMILY, UH, AND, AND HOW THIS FAMILY REACTS, EVERY RESPONSE, EACH OTHER'S GOING TO BE REFLECTIVE OF HOW OUR LARGER BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY, OUR FAMILY REACTS AND RESPONDS TO ONE ANOTHER.
UM, CHAN WAS RIGHT WHEN WE THOUGHT WE GOT ON THE COUNCIL, WE THOUGHT WE WERE SUPERSTARS THEN.
SO WE WERE ALL OVER THE PAPER AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
AND WE QUICKLY REALIZED THAT, UH, WE WERE NOT SUPERSTARS, BUT WE WERE JUST HERE TRYING TO DO, UM, TO DO OUR JOB.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO, TO REALLY, REALLY WHOLEHEARTEDLY THINK THE CITY PARISH EMPLOYEES, YOU GUYS ARE ABSOLUTELY AWESOME.
AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING.
AND I, WHEN I TALK ABOUT FAMILY, CAUSE I WAS, YOU KNOW, REALLY YOUNG WHEN I FIRST CAME TO CITY GOVERNMENT WORKING FOR BOBBY SIMPSON BACK IN THE EARLY 2000 ONLY HAD TWO BABIES AT THAT TIME.
Y'ALL UM, AND SO NOW I HAVE SIX, BUT, UM, BUT I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS, MANY OF YOU GUYS HAD OUR BACK AROUND FRED AND LINDA AND BERNADINE BACK THERE WHO HELPED GIVE ME ONE OF MY FIRST BABY SHOWERS AND BRIAN BENARD.
AND I'M ALL YOU GUYS WHO REALLY MAKE CITY PARISH, RON ON Y'ALL SEEN ADMINISTRATION AFTER ADMINISTRATION AND COUNCIL THAT THE COUNCIL AND STILL YOU GUYS ARE, ARE THEY'RE HOLDING IT UP.
AND SO I WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR JUST ALWAYS BEING THERE AND I'M BEING SUPPORTIVE.
UM, DONNA, I WANT TO JUST, YOU KNOW, DONNA SEEMS TO BE ALWAYS THE ONE THAT'S IN THE CUT WHEN SOMEBODY HAS GONE THROUGH EMERGENCY, THEN THIS IS A TRUE, TRUE STORE.
WHEN I TALK ABOUT BABIES, Y'ALL MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT, UM, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GO HOME.
AND SO I WAS UP HERE EIGHT MONTHS PREGNANT, STILL TRYING TO WORK AND, UM, AND SORT OF HAVING CONTRACTIONS AND, UM, CHANDLER WAS LEADING AND SOMEBODY ANNOUNCED THAT I HAD HAD THE BABY BACK IN THE OFFICE.
AND SO DONALD WAS BACK THERE LIKE YOUR GIRL, YOUR WATER BROKE, IT'S TIME TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND I'LL NEVER FORGET.
[02:30:01]
SURE ENOUGH ANNOUNCED THAT I HAD HAD THE BABY AND I HAD, BUT DONNA WAS BACK THERE MONITORING EVERY CONTRACTION AND MAKING SURE THAT, UM, I DID NOT ROLL OUT ON THE STRETCHER FROM THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER.I WAS NOT GOING TO DO THAT, BUT WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE, ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF JUST FOND MEMORIES THAT REMIND US THAT AGAIN, NO MATTER WHAT WE'RE ALWAYS HERE AND WE'RE ALWAYS, UM, TOGETHER, UH, I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS AND, AND JUST HONOR TO, UM, TO RONNIE AND TO SMOKEY.
UM, AND TO BUDDY, I THINK PROBABLY WE'RE, WE'RE THE ONLY COUNSELOR THAT HAVE HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF SIGNIFICANT LOSS THAT WE'VE HAD JUST TRULY, TRULY GREAT AND HONORABLE PEOPLE.
AND EACH ONE OF THEM TOUCHED OUR LIVES AND TOUCH THIS COUNCIL AND TOUCH THIS CITY, UM, THROUGH THEIR LIFE, INTO THEIR, THEIR SERVICE.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST, I'M, I'M EXCITED ABOUT, UM, EVERYTHING THAT'S COMING UP NEW, THIS NEW COUNCIL, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS STAY TOGETHER AND JUST REMEMBER THAT NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS WATCHING AND THEY'RE LOOKING, UM, YOU'LL HAVE YOUR OWN DISTINCT PERSONALITIES.
DONNA YOU'LL PROBABLY REMEMBER THIS.
RONNIE WAS THE INFORMED INFORMATION PERSON.
DONNA WAS INTERROGATED BECAUSE SHE WAS GOING TO ASK YOU A HUNDRED MILLION QUESTIONS.
DENISE WAS THE INTIMIDATOR AND I WAS THE INSTIGATOR.
AND SO EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN PERSONALITIES, BUT IT TAKES ALL OF US TO MAKE THIS THING WORK.
AND SO I'M CAROLYN, I SEE YOU OUT THERE AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU WILL BE SITTING IN THIS SEAT.
YOU COME FROM, YOU KNOW, THIS AND WE COME FROM A LONG LINE OF, UM, OF LEGACY FOR DISTRICT 10.
AND, AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU THIS, BE VERY UNAPOLOGETIC ABOUT THE FAVOR THAT YOU HAVE IN DISTRICT 10.
THEY'D SAY THE DISTRICT 10 IS THE MVP DISTRICT AND, UM, AND EVERYBODY LOVES IT.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO JUST CONTINUE AND JUST TO DO EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN TO SERVE THOSE, THE CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT 10.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU WILL TO KNOW EACH OTHER, DO A REALLY GREAT JOB AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR THOSE, UH, TABLECLOTHS AT MY WEDDING, BY THE WAY.
FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO THANK MY, UM, JEFF CORBYN.
JEFF HAS ALWAYS COME TO MY RESCUE.
UM, HE'S AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS THE COMPUTER CAUSE ANYTHING THAT YOU GIVE HIM, HE'S GOING TO SPIT IT OUT AND SPIT IT OUT IN RECORD TIME.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JUST BEING THERE FOR SUPPORTING ME FOR BEING AT EVERY MEETING AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT I NEEDED TO DO WAS DONE AND IT WAS DONE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
AND I KNOW HE'S SOMEWHERE WATCHING, BUT SHERMAN, RUTH, WHO IS ALSO MY COMMUNITY CENTER DIRECTOR.
DO YOU DID THAT? AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU FOR JUST BEING THERE AND TAKING CARE OF THAT CENTER AND THE COMMUNITY, UM, THE ENTIRE TIME THAT YOU DID THANK YOU, BATON ROUGE FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING MY FAMILY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WITH MY SIX BABIES, I GREW BY FOUR SINCE I WAS ON THIS COUNCIL.
AND THANK Y'ALL FOR ALLOWING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.
COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN HUDSON.
I WANTED TO GIVE A BRIEF SECOND.
I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING AS WELL, BUT, UH, COUNCILMAN ELECT, AARON MOKE IS HERE AND I THINK HE WANTED TO SHARE A FEW WORDS WITH THE OUTGOING COUNCIL.
UM, AARON, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SO, UH, AARON MOKE, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK FOR ONE SECOND.
FOR THOSE OF Y'ALL THAT, UH, ARE REMAINING, UH, AARON MOTE COUNCILMAN FOR DISTRICT FOUR.
UM, I CAN'T WAIT TO GET STARTED AND SERVE WITH Y'ALL, UM, TO THOSE OF Y'ALL THAT ARE LEAVING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO YOUR DISTRICTS AND EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
AND I'M GOING TO TAKE IT DOWN ONE MORE STEP AND TO SCOTT WILSON.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO DISTRICT FOUR.
UM, IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE WITH YOU ALSO FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS, ALTHOUGH IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY AS A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE CITY OF CENTRAL, BUT WORKING HAND IN HAND FOR NOT ONLY WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR DISTRICT FOUR AND FOR THE CITY OF CENTRAL IN THAT WHOLE AREA, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.
I'M GOING TO BE BRIEF BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYBODY'S READY TO GO HOME.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY IT HAS BEEN AN EXTREME PLEASURE GETTING TO WORK WITH EVERY ONE OF YOU.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE SERVED, UH, THREE FULL TERMS, I CAN SAY THIS IS JUST HAVING SERVED.
ONE THAT THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE FEAT AT.
YOU HAVE ONE 12TH OF THE AMOUNT OF TOOLS THAT YOU NEEDED TO DO THE JOB, UH, BUT SOMEHOW YOU MANAGED TO SCRAP AND FIGHT AND BE CREATIVE AND, AND GET THE THINGS DONE THAT THE PEOPLE IN THIS PARISH EXPECTED YOU TO GET DONE.
SO, UH, KUDOS TO YOU, COUNCILMAN WATSON, UH, THE PACE AT WHICH YOU'VE SERVED ON THIS COUNCIL AND THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY THAT YOU BROUGHT TO THIS GROUP, UH, WAS ALSO INCREDIBLE.
AND SO YOU'RE TO BE COMMENDED FOR THAT.
SO, UM, Y'ALL HAVE LEFT, HAVE LEFT US WITH BIG SHOES TO FILL AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT.
UH, I'D LIKE TO JUST MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS REAL QUICK.
UH, CERTAINLY I WANT TO THANK THE, THE CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT FOUR.
I APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE 12 YEARS,
[02:35:01]
I APPRECIATE THE TRUST OF LETTING ME SERVE.AND, UH, THE 12 YEARS, UH, FRED ADMINISTRATION, UH, DEPARTMENT HEADS, YOU KNOW, AS YOU SAY, NAMES, LINDA, EVERYONE WORKING WITH YOU ALL, WE APPRECIATE IT, APPRECIATE ALL, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU MAKE A CALL AND YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE TO HELP.
CERTAINLY WE, WE APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, KATHY KELLY, YOU KNOW, MY LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT, SHE'D BEEN WITH ME FOR 12 YEARS, YOU KNOW, SHE'S YOU TALKED ABOUT BACKBONE.
SHE'S THE ONE THAT KEEPS THE CONSTITUENTS HAPPY.
UH, SHE'S THE ONE THAT DOES THE WORK.
SHE WAS WITH JOE GRECO FOR MANY YEARS AND SHE'LL BE WITH COUNCILOR LICK AARON MOKE.
COUNCILMAN, DELAC TELL YOU, IT'S ALL I CAN TELL YOU.
UH, CERTAINLY THE, UH, YOUR FAMILIES, MY FAMILY, UH, THEY MADE SACRIFICES, MY KIDS, UH, I THANK THEM, MY FAMILY, WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
UM, GEEZ, TRYING TO LEAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO BESIDES MY WIFE.
UH, THE LAST THING I REALLY WANT TO SAY IS THE, UH, IS HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO MY WIFE.
AND, UH, AND I APPRECIATE HER, HER SACRIFICE AND THE TIME AND THE SUPPORT.
AND LIKE I SAID, THE SUPPORTIVE FAMILY YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR 12 YEARS.
THERE'S TIME FOR NEW ENERGY, THERE'S TIME FOR YOU, NEW FACES AND, UH, NEW IDEAS.
AND SO, UH, BUT I APPRECIATE THE, UH, I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL, UH, OF SERVING FOR 12 YEARS WITH MY COLLEAGUES.
UH, CERTAINLY RONNIE EDWARDS, SMOKEY AND BUDDY, OR MISSED AND THOUGHT OF, UH, I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, UH, WILL AGREE WITH ME, DISAGREE WITH ME.
YOU KNOW, YOU JUST TRY TO BE FAIR TO TRY TO BE CONSISTENT.
UH, BUT I APPRECIATE THE, THE OPPORTUNITY OF DOING THAT AND GIVING ME THAT OPPORTUNITY.
IS THERE ANY OTHER I'M DONE COUNCILMEN? I THINK WE GOT ONE.
IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH ALL OF Y'ALL.
IT'S CERTAINLY BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT 11 AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUCH IN THIS PARISH THROUGH SERVICE.
AND, UM, I WANT TO THANK JONATHAN TIDEL BOMB.
WHO'S MY AIDE WHO LORI WHITE ADAMS IS SMART ENOUGH TO HOLD ONTO.
SO THAT SHOULD BE A GOOD TRANSITION FROM ME LEAVING IN HER, COMING IN, BUT I'LL JUST SAY THIS, GOD BLESS ALL Y'ALL AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
IT'S BEEN A JOY TO BE WITH YOU.
WE GOT A MOTION TO ADJOURN BY COLLINS LEWIS.
SECOND BY WELCH LOOP, WICKER WILSON WE'RE ADJOURNED.