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FOUR, THREE, TWO.[Call to Order]
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13TH, 2021 REGULAR MEETING OF THE EASTBOUND, WHICH PARIS METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.ASHLEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL? WE HAVE A QUORUM TODAY.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE DONE BY SOME VERY SPECIAL GUESTS AT THIS TIME.
I TURN IT OVER TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCCO.
TODAY I HAD THE HONOR OF INVITING PEOPLE TO DO OUR INVOCATION AND PLEDGE, AND I'D LIKE TO START WITH INTRODUCING PROFESSOR, UH, ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE PROFESSORS, UM, PROFESSOR DONALD NORTH HE'S VICE CHANCELLOR AT SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER.
HE'S ALSO A LIEUTENANT COLONEL IN THE U S ARMY'S A JUDGE GENERAL CORPS JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL.
FOR THAT AMAZING THING THAT I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT, UM, PROFESSOR NORTH IS HE HAS A VERY STRONG WORK ETHIC AND, UM, HE, HE PASSED THAT ALONG TO ALL OF HIS STUDENTS, BUT HIS VERY UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE TO OUR STATE AND TO OUR NATION IS THAT HE HAS TRAINED SOME OF THE MOST BRILLIANT PROSECUTORS, PUBLIC DEFENDERS, JUDGES, COUNCIL, PEOPLE, LEGISLATORS REPORTERS ON MAJOR NEWS NETWORKS AND PROFESSORS.
SO I'D LIKE EVERYBODY TO WELCOME PROFESSOR DONALD NORTH GOOD EVENING ABOUT OUR HEADS.
METRO COUNCIL, WE PRAY FOR ALL THOSE.
WHO'VE GIVEN THEIR LIVES TO SERVICE.
WE PRAY LORD THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS THEM AND INSPIRE THEM TO DO THIS YOUR WILL.
AND MOST OF OUR LAW, WE ASK A SPECIAL PRESENCE, PURSING AND BLESSING UPON OUR NATION THAT YOU WOULD BIND US AND HEAL.
HOW DOES EVIL GET HERE? IT COMES ON THE BACK OF THOSE WHO BRING IT WITH HIM.
SO IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THE VALLEY, I ASK THAT YOU FIND A WAY OUT AND THE BEST WAY OUT IS ALWAYS PAY TRIBUTE AND GIVE HOMAGE TO OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.
AND SO FOR THIS COUNCIL, I PRAY TODAY THAT YOU OPEN YOUR MINDS AND BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER, SPEAK A WORD OF TRUTH, SPEAK A WORD OF KINDNESS.
AND MOST OF ALL, SPEAK A WORD OF GENEROSITY BECAUSE IN KINDNESS, LOVE PREVAILS, AND WHERE LOVE PREVAILS, THINGS GET DONE AND I'LL SIT THERE AND NATION WILL DO WHATEVER ABOUT IT.
NEXT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. CHAD
HE HAS BEEN HERE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC AND WILL BE HERE LONG AFTER IT.
UM, HOPEFULLY HE IS DEDICATED HIMSELF TO KEEPING ALL OF US HEALTHY.
SO I THANK HIM FOR BEING HERE.
AND I'M HONORED TO REPRESENT ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS TO THE PARISH THAT SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
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.
THANK YOU GENTLEMEN, FOR JOINING US TODAY.
THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE VIEWING AT HOME.
UH, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU AT HOME, THIS CHAMBER IS FILLED WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK IN OUR CITY PARISH EMBARRASS CAPACITY, AND I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE.
THEY SIT THROUGH THESE, UH, MEETINGS EVERY WEEK, OFTENTIMES ARE NOT BEING ASKED TO SPEAK, BUT THEY'RE HERE BECAUSE WE'RE WILLING TO DO THIS WORK FOR YOU.
AND WHILE ON THIS AGENDA TODAY, THERE MAY BE ITEMS WE DISAGREE ABOUT.
WE ALL AGREE TO DO THIS WORK TOGETHER, TO MOVE OUR CITY FORWARD.
[Adoption and Approval of Minutes]
IS THERE AN ADOPTION OF APPROVAL OF MINUTES, MOTION BY HUDSON SECOND BY MO AND THE OPPOSITION HAVING NONE.[Introductions]
ASHLEY, PLEASE READ THE INTRODUCTION.NUMBER TWO, AUTHORIZING THE IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF AN ANNUAL FEE WITHIN THE PARK FOREST EASTBOUND PREVENTION AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IN THE AMOUNT OF $70 ON EACH PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE DISTRICT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS, BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2022, AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2031 FOR THE PURPOSE OF AIDING AND CRIME PREVENTION AND ENHANCING SECURITY OF DISTRICT RESIDENTS BY PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL OR CONTRACTED SECURITY PERSONNEL IN THE DISTRICT.
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACT FOUR 80 OF THE 2010 REGULAR SESSION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE BY THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR TREASURER, NUMBER THREE, AUTHORIZING THE IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION WITHIN THE SOUTH BURBANK CRIME PREVENTION AND DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT HAVE AN ANNUAL FEE ON EACH IMPROVED PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT IN THE AMOUNT
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OF $100 FOR A RESIDENT OR COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE OR $25 FOR EACH UNIT IN A CONDOMINIUM RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE WITH FOUR OR MORE UNITS, WHICH FEE SHALL BE LEVIED FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS COMMENCING ON JANUARY 1ST, 2022 TO BE USED TO AID CRIME PREVENTION AND TO ENHANCE SECURITY OF THE DISTRICT RESIDENTS BY PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OR CONTRACTED SECURITY PERSONNEL IN THE DISTRICT AND CREATION OF A CRIME FREE HOUSING PROGRAM.AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW BY THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR, TREASURER, NUMBER FOUR, AUTHORIZING SO OF SETTLEMENT OF THE MATTER ENTITLED PAULETTE CRUMP VERSUS THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AT, OUT IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA AND THE AMOUNT OF $19,950 AND APPROPRIATING THAT SUM FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY, NUMBER FIVE, A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULT OF THE ELECTION HELD IN THE CHENEY VALE, FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.
NUMBER SEVEN OF THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, STATE OF LOUISIANA ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5TH, 2020 FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZING LEVY AND COLLECTION OF A 15 MILS AD VALOREM TAX IN THE DISTRICT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS, BEGINNING IN THE YEAR 2021, AND ENDING IN THE YEAR 2030 TO BE USED BY THE DISTRICT TO ACQUIRE CONSTRUCT, IMPROVE, MAINTAIN, AND, OR OPERATE FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT TO PROVIDE FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES IN AND FOR THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE PURCHASE OF FIRETRUCKS AND OTHER FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT, AND TO PAY THE COST OF OBTAINING WATER FOR THE FIRE FOR FIRE PROTECTION PURPOSES, INCLUDING HYDRANT RENTALS AND SERVICE IN LIEU OF THE 10 MIL AD VALOREM TAX, CURRENTLY BEING LEVIED BY THE DISTRICT FOR THE SAME PURPOSE FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS, BEGINNING WITH THE YEAR 2012 AND ENDING WITH THE YEAR 2021 AND AUTHORIZING THE RENEWAL OF A SERVICE CHARGE AND THE AMOUNT OF $32 PER ANNUM FOR EACH RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS COMMENCING IN THE YEAR 2021 AND INCLUDING THE YEAR 2031 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE IN AND FOR THE DISTRICT AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH, BY THE BOND COUNCIL, NUMBER SIX, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EAST BATON ROUGE SEWAGE COMMISSION TO MAKE APPLICATION TO THE STATE BOND COMMISSION FOR CONSENT AND AUTHORITY TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $175 MILLION REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE, SEWAGE COMMISSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO REFUND ALL OF THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE, SEWAGE COMMISSION REVENUE BOND SERIES 2011 A TO PAY THE TERMINATION PAYMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE TERMINATION OF THE SWAP TRANSACTION BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE, SEWAGE COMMISSION AND BANK OF AMERICA IN A, AND TO PAY THE COST OF ISSUANCE OF THE 2021, A REFUNDING BONDS OR ALTERNATIVELY AUTHORIZED IN EAST BATON ROUGE, SEWAGE COMMISSION TO REMARK IT, THE EAST BATON ROUGE, SEWAGE COMMISSION, REVENUE BONDS AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION DELIVERY OF ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THE 2021, A REFUNDING BONDS AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERE TO BY BOND COUNSEL, NUMBER SEVEN, AMENDING THE 2021 CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET FOR THE TRAINEE BELL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.
SO IT WAS TO APPROPRIATE TO SO AS TO APPROPRIATE $339,000 FROM THE DISTRICT'S FUND BALANCE UNASSIGNED FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPLACING A WRECKED FIRETRUCK BY THE CHANEY PHIL FIRE, CHIEF AND COUNCILMAN KNOLL COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE NEED TO DELETE ANY INTRODUCTIONS ITEM 10, WHICH WAS RUINOUSLY PLACED ON THE AGENDA.
IT ALL, UH, ITEMS THAT REQUIRE READING HAVE BEEN READ AND EMOTION TO DELETE ITEM 10 IS AN ORDER COUNCIL MEMBERS MOST ABOUT HUSSON SECOND BIOME, OR ALSO ANY OPPOSITION HAVING NONE,
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A COUNCIL MEMBER.IF YOU GO TO THE SEPARATE SHEET FOR CONDEMNATIONS ITEMS, 39 THROUGH 53, THE DPW RECOMMENDATIONS AT THIS TIME ARE TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS ITEMS 42 AND 43 DELETE ITEMS, 45 AND 51, AND PROCEED WITH ITEMS 39, 40 41 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 52 AND 53.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS? 39 THROUGH 53? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, I NEED TO DEFER ITEM NUMBER 39 AND ITEM NUMBER 44 FOR 30 DAYS.
ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO READ THE DPW RECOMMENDATIONS WITH CHANGES, UH, DEFER ITEMS FOR 30 DAYS, 42 43 39 AND 44 DELETE ITEMS, 45 AND 51 AND PROCEED WITH ITEMS 40 41 46,
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47, 48, 49, 50 5,253.IS THERE A MOTION MOTION BY OMAROSA SECOND BY ROCKER? NO OBJECTIONS.
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PORTION OF THE MEETING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ITEM 54, AMENDING TITLE NINE CHAPTER 18, SECTION NINE, COLON ONE ZERO ONE THREE.SO AS TO ADD SECTION NINE, COLON ONE ZERO ONE, THREE.ONE TO PROHIBIT UNFAIR PRACTICES IN THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, SECTION NINE, COLON ONE ZERO ONE FIVE.
SO AS TO INCLUDE SECTION NINE, COLON ONE ZERO ONE, THREE.ONE IN THE PENALTY PROVISIONS BY COUNCILMAN DWIGHT.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS I'M GIVEN A THERE'S ABOUT A FOUR OR FIVE SECOND DELAY OVER AT THE LIBRARY.
SO I'M GIVING THOSE INDIVIDUALS THE TIME TO HERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE DON'T CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY ROCKER.
EXCUSE ME, BY HUDSON SECOND, BY ROCKING ANY OPPOSITION MOTION PASSES.
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WE'RE SENDING IN THEIR RECORD IN THE CLERK OF COURT TO COUNCIL.THE DECISION IN ORDER RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 16, 2020 IN THE MATTER OF CITY BATON ROUGE VERSUS COP CURTIS J COLLINS, 26 25 MCGRATH AVENUE.
FOR REASON FOR RECESSION, I INTENDED TO DEFER THIS PROPERTY YET.
UNINTENTIONALLY ALLOWED TO VOTE TO MOVE FORWARD AT A PREVIOUS MEETING BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLE MOTION BY THE CHAIR.
SECOND BY GREEN PUBLIC HEARING.
YEAH, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNT MOTION BY THE CHAIR OF SECOND BY GREEN AND THE OPPOSITION.
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NUMBER 56 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND OR THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH TO EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT.ONE TO THE CONTRACT OF BONTON ASSOCIATES, LLC, IN CONNECTION WITH PUMP STATION 57, UPGRADE PROJECT FOR FEET, NOT TO EXCEED $69,830 AND 87 CENTS BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE DIRECTOR.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, NO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION BY HUDSON.
SECOND BY GREEN, NO OPPOSITION MOTION PASSES.
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AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR.PRESIDENT'S EXECUTED CONTRACT FOR APPRAISAL REVIEW SERVICES WITH JAMES PAT, ROY FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOON BR CAPACITY PROJECT WHO PAROLE JUROR TO SULLIVAN ROAD IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $98,450 BY THE TRANSPORTATION DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC HAVING NINE COUNCIL MOUNTAINS, MOSTLY TO APPROVAL BY MOKE.
SECOND BY HUDSON, NO OPPOSITION MOTION PASSES
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58 AUTHORIZING MERIT PRESIDENT'S EXECUTED CONTRACT FOR APPRAISAL SERVICES WITH JAMES AND LOU JR FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH WON'T BE OUR CAPACITY PROJECT WHO PAROLED JORDAN SULLIVAN, RUDE AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $60,480 BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND JOINING US DIRECTOR.ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC HAVING NON COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION MOTION BY WHITE SECOND MOKE AND THE OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES
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59 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT EXECUTED CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH VOLKER INCORPORATED ASSOCIATED WITH MORMON BR CAPACITY PROJECT NICHOLSON SEGMENT NUMBER TWO, BEN HUR TO BLUE BOND AND BOULEVARD IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,000,860, 363, 860 $300, 363 IN 95 SENT BY THE TRANSPORTATION.AND DURING THIS DIRECTOR, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? WELL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.
IS IT A ONE FROM VULCAN IN THE LIBRARY, JAN EVANS OR SOMEONE ON REPRESENT VOLKER? IS THERE ANYONE FROM VOLCKER IN THE LIBRARY COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOUR MACHINE IS WORKING, MAKE SURE YOU USE YOUR REQUEST TO SPEAK BUTTON, UH, IN CASE SUBMISSION COUNSEL NUMBER DONE.
HI, JAN, HOW ARE YOU DOING? OKAY.
GOOD QUESTIONS FOR YOU, JAN, WHAT IS YOUR DBE GOAL ON THIS PROJECT? AND HAVE YOU REALIZED THAT THOUGH, WHEN WE SUBMITTED ON THIS PROJECT, I COMMITTED TO A 10% DV EQUAL WITH THIS AMENDMENT.
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DBE PARTICIPATION.THANK YOU, JENNA COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE BY GO DAY SECOND BY NO, NO OPPOSITION MOTION PASSES.
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NUMBER 60 AUTHORIZING MAYOR, PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE.I BELIEVE IN NUMBER SIX FOR THE CONTRACT AUTHORIZED, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT.
NUMBER SIX TO THE CONTRACT WITH STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES FOR FINAL PLANS AND OTHER SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVING BR PROJECT PERKINS ROAD TO SEGUIN AND PICO IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 1,359,163 AND 49 SET BY THE TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, NO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN, JR.
ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE FROM STANTON, ANYONE FROM STANTEC HERE, I GUESS AS YOU.
DO YOU KNOW THE DBE GOAL AND HAVE THEY REALIZED THAT THEIR GOAL ON THIS PROJECT? AND I DON'T REMEMBER EVERYONE BEING HONEST WITH YOU, COUNCILMAN, BUT I, I KNOW THAT, UH, WE'VE SET SOME, UH, BASIC CRITERIA AND I THINK I WOULD SAY THAT THEY MET THAT GOAL AND EXCEED IT.
SO WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE GOAL, SIR? WHAT IS THE DV GOAL WE'D LIKE TO SEE SOMEWHERE SERENE, YOU KNOW, 10 TO 15% AND YOU IS YOUR, UH, STATEMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR SURE THAT'S THE GOAL AND YOU KNOW, FOR SURE THEY HAVE MADE IT.
NO, I WON'T SAY THAT GOD HAD A STEEP BEING PUT IN WRITING AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE AT THIS POINT WE CAN'T DO THAT.
SO, UH, UH, WHEN WE HAD OUR MEETINGS WITH THE SELECTION BOARD, WE DISCUSSED THOSE ISSUES AND, AND WE WANTED AS MUCH PARTICIPATION AS POSSIBLE.
GET WITH STANTEC AND GET THAT INFORMATION BACK TO ME.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOSTLY TO APPROVE A HUDSON'S SECOND BY GOLD DAY.
ANY OPPOSITION HAVING NONE MOTION PASSES,
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ITEM 61, AUTHORIZING THEIR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR ACQUISITION AND RELOCATION SERVICES WITH LACEY BY HAT, LLC, FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOBY ALL CAPACITY PROJECT PAROLED JORDAN SULLIVAN ROAD IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $76,560 BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTION.THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ANYMORE.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC HAVING NON COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE A MARK.
SECOND BY DONE NO OPPOSITION MOTION PASSES,
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ITEM 62, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR ACQUISITION AND RELOCATION SERVICES.WITH RAMPART RESOURCES INCORPORATED FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVIE BR CAPACITY PROJECT HOOPER ROAD, JORDAN SULLIVAN ROAD IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $76,560 BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINS DIRECTION.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE A MOTION.
SECOND BY HUDSON, NO OPPOSITION MOTION PASSES.
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AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT'S EXECUTED CONTRACT FOR APPRAISAL SERVICES WITH GEORGE B. WALLACE FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVING BR CAPACITY PROJECT WHO PAROLED JORDAN SOLOMON ROAD IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $83,520 BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DURING HIS DIRECTOR, SOME PUBLIC HEARING ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC[64. 20-01516]
64 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR.PRESIDENT EXECUTED CONTRACT FOR APPRAISAL SERVICES WITH AGUILAR CONSULTANTS, LLC, FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOONS BR CAPACITY PROJECT WHO PAROLED JORDAN SULLIVAN ROAD AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $86,400 BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.
PUBLIC HEARING ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC COUNCIL MEMBERS CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION BY MARK SECOND BY WHITE MOTION.
ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES AUTHORIZED
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NUMBER 65 AUTHORIZED MAYOR, PRESIDENT OF SECURITY CONTRACT FOR APPRAISAL SERVICES WITH MILWAUKEE REAL ESTATE COMPANY FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOOD BR CAPACITY[00:20:01]
PROJECT WHO PAROLE JORDAN SULLIVAN ROAD, NOT TO EXCEED IN AN AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $61,920 BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC CLOSE, THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION BY MARK.
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66 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE RECREATION AND PARK COMMISSION OF EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH AND CONNECTION WITH THE RECREATIONAL PERSONAL MULTI-USE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE TRAIL BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC CLOSE, THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION BY THE CHAIR.
SECOND OBAMA, ROSA, THE OPPOSITION MOST CARRIES 67 APOLOGIZE.
WE'RE ON ITEM 66, WHICH IS THE, UH, CEA WITH BRETT FOR THE TED BIKE TRAIL.
CAN YOU JUST GIVE SOME DETAILS? I THINK IT'S RIGHT.
I DON'T THINK YOUR MICROPHONE.
I THINK IT'S A TREMENDOUS PROJECT.
CAN YOU GIVE SOME DETAILS ABOUT THAT? YES, SIR.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO, FOR THE BIKING AND WALKING COMMUNITY, OR CERTAINLY IT RUNS PARALLEL TO THE INTERSTATE RETICULAR AND THE WHAT I CONSIDER MYO AREA, THE OLD STROMA AREA, UH, WHERE I LIVED, UH, FOR MANY YEARS, IT RUNS ALONG VARIOUS STREETS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE.
UH, WE'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH BRECHT TO TRY TO HAVE THE CONNECTIVITY TO SOME OF THE PARKS THAT ARE IN THE AREA, PARTICULARLY UP NORTH.
AND WE'RE BY THE MONTICELLO CANAL HAD TIES INTO THE PARK DOWN SOUTH WHERE WE'LL ULTIMATELY ULTIMATELY END UP AT BY THE MEMORIAL STADIUM TALKING WITH, UH, BRACA AND ALSO DAVIS ROARED.
UH, THE OTHER DAY ABOUT TRYING TO GET A LITTLE UNDERPASS AT THAT UNDER THE BRIDGE AT THE RAILROAD CROSSING TO TIE INTO THE FUTURE NEW MEMORIAL, UH, STADIUM AREA, IT'S GOING TO BE A BREAKFAST REALTY THERE.
UH, WE CHAT IN LONG DETAIL AND DISCUSS A LOT OF THE ISSUES AND QUITE FRANKLY, THE ROAD IS THERE AND IT'S NOTHING ON IT, NOT USING IT.
WHY NOT USE IT FOR THIS PURPOSE? SO WHAT WILL BE THE ROLE OF THE CITY PARISH IN THE ROLE OF BRETT WITH THE CEA IN PLACE CA UH, THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY WILL, WILL ACTUALLY BE LITTLE OR NOTHING, UNLESS THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE DRAINAGE ALONG THE ROADWAY, OR FOR SOME REASON, THERE ARE STILL SOME OLD SEWER LINES THAT ARE IN, IN THAT AREA, BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL SOME HOMES THAT ARE IN THE AREA.
SO WE STILL HAVE TO PROVIDE THOSE CONNECT THOSE SERVICES.
UH, FROM THAT STANDPOINT, ANYTHING MAINTENANCE WISE FROM THE FOURTH TRAIL, THEY BUILD ANY SIGNAGE, ANY OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE GOING TO BE NECESSARY FOR THE ACTUAL, UH, BIKE TRAIL ITSELF, ALL BORN BY AND MAINTAINED BY A BRECK.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS FRED AND WITH APPRECIATION TO BRECK AS WELL.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, OR WE HAVE, UH, UH, UM, UH, EMAIL FROM, UM, REMEMBER OF OUR, A COMMENT.
AND I ASKED HIM TO READ THAT NOW I APOLOGIZE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ONE EMAIL PUBLIC COMMENT FROM PHILLIP LILLARD? GENERALLY I'M AGAINST THE NUMEROUS TRAILS BEING PROPOSED AND BUILT BY THE CITY PARISH AND BY BRICK THAT HARDLY ANYONE WILL USE INCLUDING THE PAST, ALONG THE CREEK AND THE PROPOSED PASS AROUND THE LSU LAKE.
THE OVERALL TOTAL COST OF THESE PATHS IS WAY TOO MUCH CONSIDERING THE OVERALL LITTLE USED MOST OF HIS BATON ROUGE PARISH CITIZENS WE'LL GET FROM ANY OF THEM, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS TIME OF CRISIS AND DECREASED REVENUE OF TAXPAYERS AND THE GOVERNMENT DURING THE CURRENT CORONAVIRUS CRISIS.
IN SUMMARY, I'M AGAINST THIS ITEM THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEM 66, PROBABLY CAMERA'S BANKS.
UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, BRICK IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB REGARDING, UM, THE TRAILS IN COMMUNITIES WHERE, UM, WHERE I THINK, UH, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY ACTIVITY.
UM, THIS IS IN DISTRICT 10, BUT, UM, BECAUSE ALONG SCENIC HIGHWAY WITH MONTE SANTO, WE KIND OF, UM, UH, MARRIED IF YOU WILL.
AND BECAUSE OF THE, AS YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU BRING IN MEMORIAL STADIUM, WHICH IS SUCH A SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY, UM, WHEN, I MEAN, I REMEMBER WHEN, WHEN SOUTHERN WAS BEING RE RE RE UH, THEIR STADIUM, WE HAD TO GO TO MEMORIAL STADIUM, FOOTBALL GAMES, MEMORIAL STADIUM, MEMORIAL STADIUM, WHICH IS A REALLY DESERVES YOU WANT TO COME UP FOR, YOU REALLY
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DESERVES, UM, MORE WAYS TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY.THAT IS A VERY STABLE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, THE STREETS OFF, OFF OF WHAT IS THAT STREET I'VE SEEN IT THAT, THAT RUNS ALONG MEMORIAL AND MONITOR SANTA.
MY WHOLE POINT IS THOSE ARE HOMEOWNERS.
THAT'S THAT'S, THERE ARE A LOT OF LONG TERM HOMEOWNERS IN THAT AREA.
AND SO, UM, THOUGH I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT PHILLIP IS SAYING.
THESE ARE AREAS THAT HAVE NOT EVER HAD ANY KIND OF ATTENTION SINCE THE DAY THEY WILL BUILD.
AND SO I, I KNOW THAT AS IT RELATES TO SOME THAT ARE CLOSER IN DISTRICT IN, IN SCOTT AND MISS, SO I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE BRICK FINDING THESE NOOKS AND CREVICES AND, YOU KNOW, UPGRADING THEM WHAT YOU SAID FOR, YOU KNOW, COME ON.
YEAH, YOU CAN HAVE A RESTAURANT.
WELL, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH BRECK ON THIS AND IT REACHES A LOT OF AREAS THAT I THINK HAS A GREAT POSSIBILITY, NOT ONLY NOW, BUT FOR THE FUTURE, BUT JUST AS IMPORTANT DISCOUNTS WILL ALSO APPROVE THE BIKE MASTER PLAN FOR THE PARISH.
AND THIS WAS, WAS ONE OF THE VERY TOP PROJECTS TO BE DONE.
SO I THINK WE'RE AT LEAST MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR IT AND WORK AS A TEAM AND NOT JUST NECESSARILY ONE PARTICULAR GOVERNMENT OF OUR INDIVIDUAL GROUP, THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL TO GIVE US A PROJECT.
FIVE MINUTES WHEN, WHEN BRICK AND THE CITY COMES ON BOARD WITH PROJECTS LIKE THIS, WE FOUND WHERE, UM, THE ARTS COUNCIL HAD COME ON BOARD IN MY DISTRICT, UH, BATON ROUGE, GENERAL WITH A HARD CHOICE.
SO JUST HAVING THESE, THIS CEO, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE END, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S A COUNCIL WOMAN STARTED SAYING, I WANT THIS, I WANT THAT.
AND I WANT OTHER, IT'S A WAY TO BUILD THAT AREA.
AND THAT'S WHAT I FOUND JUST BECAUSE OF BRICK AND THE CITY COMING TOGETHER ON THESE AREAS.
AND I WILL SAY ONE THING, BRECK HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, NOT ONLY DEALING WITH WHAT THE BIKE GETS BY TRAILS AND THINGS THAT WE DEAL WITH BRAG, BUT WE'RE DEALING WITH A LOT OF DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN A BIG, BIG PARTNER WITH US TRYING TO HELP US ACCOMPLISH THINGS THAT I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN A REAL NEAR FUTURE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? IS THERE A MOTION TO A PROMOTION BY ROCCO SECOND? OH, I'M SORRY.
WE GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE.
UM, OF COURSE BICYCLES ALWAYS, UM, CHOKE ME UP AS YOU ALL KNOW.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, DURING THE PAST 10, 12 MONTHS, I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT A LOT OF THE BICYCLE SHOPS SOLD OUT OF BICYCLES.
UH, THE ONE IN MY AREA, THEY WERE JUST GETTING BICYCLES BACK IN NOVEMBER FOR DECEMBER OR FOR OCTOBER, WHATEVER.
THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT OWN BICYCLES, UH, MORE THAN PROBABLY WHAT WE'VE EVER SEEN, EXCUSE ME.
AND DEAR LORD, IF WE MEET, WE NEED SAFE PLACES FOR OUR PEOPLE TO RIDE THESE BICYCLES ON.
SO I APPRECIATE ANY BIKE, SAFE BICYCLE PATH, AS YOU ALL KNOW.
SO I DO SECOND THE MOTION TO, TO PASS.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER NOEL, UH, I'LL ECHO WOULD COME FROM THEM.
AND EMMA ROSA SAID, UM, THAT WAS, UH, MY FAMILY.
AND I DID THAT DURING, DURING THE LOCKDOWN.
AND I SAW MANY FAMILIES DOING THAT AND IT WAS HARD TO GET BIKES.
WE, WE, UH, WENT INTO A BACKROOM AT WALMART TO GET A BIKE FOR ONE OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO DIDN'T HAVE ONE.
AND WE, WE TRIED TO GET SOME SPECIAL TREATMENT.
WE WERE TRYING TO FIND A BIKE AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE, SO THAT WAS, UH, UH, THERE WAS, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU KNOW, COST IS NOT LOST ON ANY OF US.
I KNOW, BUT WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT THESE THESE TIMES, UH, WITH COVID, UM, WE SAW AN UPTICK IN BIKE USAGE AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MY FAMILY DID, AND I'M SURE YOUR FAMILIES DID AS WELL.
AND I FOLLOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DOING THAT.
SO I THINK MORE CONNECTIVITY, MORE BIKE PATHS.
UM, I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING WE STRIVE FOR AND ZACHARY, WE, WE PASS SOMETHING SIMILAR TO HAVE CONNECTIVITY AND THE MORE WE CAN CONNECT AND HAVE SAFE ROUTES FOR BYPASS, I THINK THIS IS A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY.
SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
AND I CAN CORRECT WITH ALL THAT HAS BEEN SAYING ABOUT THE BICYCLE SCENE.
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SO ALL OF THIS, AS UPON REFERENCE, WE BICYCLE WEEK A CYCLE WITH COLEMAN DURING OUR CAMPAIGN.AND SO SNAGGLE PERSONS AND DEFINITELY A, UH, ICICLES ARE ALL ALLOWED OF EVEN WALMART LATER.
BUT I COMPARE WITH ALL THAT HAS BEEN SAID, AND DEFINITELY SUPPORT THE DECISION, GOT TO LOVE MISS COLEMAN'S BOY STYLE, MOST EMBODIED ROCK A SECOND BY A MOROSA AND THEIR OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES
[Additional Item]
A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER MOHLER, FRED.HE HAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE 27 PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING DONE ON JUROR ROAD CURRENTLY.
I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR THE WHOLE QUESTION.
THEY'RE JUST GOING TO ASK, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM COLE.
UM, YOU WERE, I THOUGHT YOU HAD LEFT.
SO ALL OF THIS, WELL, I WAS MAKING A PHONE CALL BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO GET THE ANSWER FOR IT.
WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU DOING ALL THAT.
YOU KNOW, ALL THESE THINGS CAME UP FROM GEORGIA SULLIVAN, WHICH IS A LOCAL ROAD PROJECT AND, UH, B IN MY AREA.
AND IN EVERY, SINCE WE'VE DONE MOVE BR, UH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROJECTS OUT FOR DISTRICT FOUR AND EVERYTHING.
AND I'VE JUST WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE JUST APPROVED HERE AT ALL.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHERE THIS SETS US IN MOTION, AS FAR AS DOING EVERYTHING.
AND I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON A BIG ROUNDABOUT IN THE AREA OF SULLIVAN AND HOOPER ALSO, AND THE AFFECTS ALL OF THAT.
AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
NUMBER ONE, THE REASON WE, WE GOT THE APPRAISERS ONLINE, BECAUSE WE FINALLY GOT TO A STAGE IN THE PLANS THAT WE BELIEVE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH FINALIZE AND MAKING SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE EXISTING PLANS.
AS YOU WELL KNOW, UH, HIPAA ROAD, PARTICULARLY THIS PORTION WAS PART OF THE GREEN LIGHT PLAN ALSO, AND WE'VE HAD SOME PLANS, BUT THERE'VE BEEN MODIFIED IN QUITE, YOU KNOW, BEING MODIFIED CHANGE AND DOTD HAS DIFFERENT RULES AND REGULATIONS.
THEY WANT TO GO BY THAT BEING SAID, UH, WE'RE FINALIZING THE PLANS.
WE HOPE TO HAVE PLANS OF PROBABLY IN SIX TO SEVEN MONTHS FOR US TO REVIEW OR REVIEW, GET BACK TO DOTD TO LOOK AT.
THEN WE WILL START DOING THE NEGOTIATIONS.
WE HAVE TO BUY THE RIGHT AWAY DESK.
I THINK THERE'S 49 PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED.
THERE'LL BE A LOT OF PARTIALS BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE WE GOING TO BE BUYING RIGHT AWAY, WE'LL ALSO BE DOING SOME TEMP, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION SERVITUDE.
SO WITH THAT, THAT'S THE PROCESS.
WHILE WE GOT THE APPRAISALS, UH, COME TO THE COUNCIL, GET THAT APPROVED.
SO AS SOON AS THE RIGHTO OF MAPS ARE COMPLETED, AND WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THE, THE UPDATED, UH, ABSTRACTS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT PROPERTY OWNERS, THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.
THE APPRAISAL, UH, IT'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST PART OF, OF, OF HOPE A ROAD.
DID YOU GO SEE UNDER CONSTRUCTION? AND OUR GOAL AND OBJECTIVE WOULD BE IF, DEPENDING ON HOW RIDEAWAY ACQUISITION GOES, WE HOPE TO MAYBE BE LATE THIS YEAR OR FIRST EARLY PART OF NEXT YEAR.
BUT I THINK YOU'LL SEE IT THIS YEAR.
GUESS I'M NOT JUST FLIPPING THE SWITCH UP HIGH ENOUGH.
SO AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT THE, THE JOR, THE JOR ROAD TO SULLIVAN ROAD IS GOING TO BE ONE PART OF THE HOPE ROPE? WE KNOW EVENTUALLY IT'S GOING ALL THE WAY FROM BLACKWATER.
DALE IS GOING TO BE FOUR LANE ALL THE WAY PAST THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE TWO DIFFERENT SECTIONS.
THAT'LL BE DONE TWO DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
IF YOU WANT ME TO UPDATE YOU, I CAN SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE.
AND THAT PART WE'VE HAD SOME CONCERNS FROM DOTD ABOUT THE PLANS AND WANTING TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS.
QUITE FRANKLY, AS Y'ALL BEEN TALKING ABOUT COVID-19 HAS PLAYED A BIG ROLE ON WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE TRAFFIC COUNTS ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS WHERE WITH THE COVID-19, THERE WAS NOBODY GOING ANYWHERE.
AND WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO DO TRAFFIC COUNTS, IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW MANY PEOPLE COMING IN OUT OF STREETS, HOW MANY OUT OF DRIVEWAYS, AND WHEN NOBODY'S LEAVING, OUR SCHOOLS ARE NOT IN OPERATION BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN CLOSED.
UH, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK TO THE POINT WHERE IT WAS REALLY LOOKED AT ON AN AVERAGE, AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT BACKWARD DEAL TODAY.
AND REMEMBER, WHILE WE'RE FUNDING THIS, THIS PROJECT FOR, FOR THE STATE, IT'S STILL OUR HIGHWAY.
WE DO HAVE TO MEET THEIR CRITERIA AND THEIR DESIGN.
THEY HAD WORKED VERY, VERY WELL WITH US.
I THINK WE'LL MOVE FORWARD THROUGH IT FAIRLY QUICKLY, BUT THAT WILL, THAT WILL PROBABLY BE SOMETIME NEXT YEAR, THE YEAR, I MEAN, 2022, I'M TRYING TO GET THE YEARS.
2022 BY FOUR, I THINK YOU'LL SEE SOME REAL MOVEMENT FORWARD FROM A CONSTRUCTION STANDPOINT FROM THAT PROJECT.
UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THE APPOINTMENT.
YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME, SIR.
[67. 20-01504]
AUTHORIZING MARRIED PRESIDENT TO MEN, A SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA, GREATER BATON ROUGE, INCORPORATED FOR AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF $8,000 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $68,000[00:35:02]
AWARDED UNDER THE RYAN WHITE HIV AND AIDS PROGRAM BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.SO PUBLIC HEARING ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, HAVING NINE COUNCIL MEMBERS GET THE DUCKS OUT OF THE CHAMBER SAID, PLEASE, THANK YOU.
AND A COUNCIL MEMBERS NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY ROCKET SECOND, BY HAVING THE OPPOSITION MOTION PASSES
[68. 20-01505]
68, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO AMEND A SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH FAMILY SERVICES FOR GREATER BATON ROUGE, FOR AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF $30,000 FOR A TOTAL OF 863, $350 AWARDED UNDER THE RYAN WHITE HIV AND AIDS PROGRAM BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC HAVING NONE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE A MOTION BY MARK.
SECOND BY HUDSON, NEW OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES 69
[69. 20-01506]
AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO AMEND A SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH HIV AND AIDS ALLIANCE FOR REGION TWO IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,451 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $228,843 UNDER THE RYAN WHITE HIV AND AIDS MINORITY AIDS INITIATIVE PROGRAM BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC HAVING NON COUNCIL MEMBERS.
OH, WE DO HAVE A COMMENT COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN JR.
THANKS COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN JR.
WOULD LIKE TO EXTINCT ABSTAIN FROM THIS ITEM.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN MOTION TO APPROVE BY GREEN SECOND BY HUDSON MOTION CARRIES
[70. 20-01508]
ITEM 70, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT TO GRIND, ENTER INTO A CONTRACT ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES OFFICE OF SOCIAL SERVICES WITH LOUISIANA WORKFORCE COMMISSION FOR A COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT AND THE AMOUNT OF $1,480,839 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC HAVING NON COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE BY ROCKER SECOND BY HUDSON, NO OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES 71
[71. 20-01509]
AUTHORIZATION OF MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND OR CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION TO EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH MMR CONSTRUCTORS INCORPORATED TO LEASE A HANGAR AND APRON LOCATED AT NINE FOUR FIVE FIVE PLANK ROAD AT A RATE OF ONE, $192,000 PER YEAR BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR.ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC HAVING NONE COUNCIL MEMBERS I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
DON'T NOT EVERYBODY THAT WANTS MOTION BY MOST OF MY RHODA ROTATE ROCK GO TODAY.
I WANT TO PUT YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME.
SECOND BY COLEMAN, NO OPPOSITION ITEM 72.
[72. 20-01511]
I SAID ROAD A THAT'S INTERESTING AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION TO APPROVE A SUBLEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN MMR CONSTRUCTORS INCORPORATING INTO PERFORMANCE CONTRACTORS INCORPORATED BY DIRECTOR OF AVIATION.ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC HAVING NONE COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION BY WHITE SECOND BY ROCKER MOTION CARRIES COUNCIL
[Items 73 - 76]
MEMBERS.WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ITEMS 73 AND 76 TOGETHER.
ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES, ITEM 73, LOT ONE 10 AND ONE 11 SUBDIVISION MELROSE EAST METRO COUNCIL, DISTRICT SIX, DON JR.
IT IS A MOTON PROPERTY ITEM, 74 LOT EIGHT BLOCKER SQUARE ONE 10 SUBDIVISION SUBURB OF STROMA.
METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN.
IT IS A MULTI OWNED PROPERTY, 75 LIBRARY, 83 SUBDIVISION BROOKSTOWN PLACE.
METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE GREEN.
IT IS A MOTON 76 LOCK 11 POINT SQUARE, TWO 53 SUBDIVISION SWART METRO COUNCIL, DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN MOTON.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE BY HUDSON SECOND OH ONE COUNCIL MEMBER GO THERE.
THESE FOR ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES ARE LISTED AS MOE TO OWN.
CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE MOW TO OWN PROGRAM? WELL, THERE'S A PROVISION IN THE LAW.
WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR ABOUT A YEAR.
IF YOU OWN A PIECE OF PROPERTY.
AND THE ONE NEXT YEAR IS AT JUDICATE AND YOU'VE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF IT, NOT HAPPENED.
THIS DISAGREED, CUTTING THE GRASS, KEEPING IT CLEAN AND DOING THE THINGS WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO.
THEN WE CAN BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL WITH THEIR BID, NOT HAVING TO BE IN A PUBLIC AUCTION SO THEY CAN OFFER 200, 300, 100, WHATEVER THEY WANT TO OFFER THE REWARD BEING.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE FOR A PUBLIC AUCTION.
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SO IF SOMEONE IS INTERESTED IN EXPLORING A MODE TO OWN PROGRAM, WHO WOULD THEY CONTACT THE PARIS ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY DON SECOND BY BANKS ITEM 73 TO 76, I'VE BEEN APPROVED
[Administrative Matters]
NOW TWO ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS ITEM, A GRINDING RENEWAL OF A FIVE-YEAR PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT ESTIMATED AT $4,029 FOR JAMES AND ASHLEY FOX SMITH LOCATED AT ST.CHARLES STREET FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENCOURAGING PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND RESTORATION OF PROPERTY BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR TO BE RECEIVING A REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SERVICES ON THE PROGRESS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY PARISH, OPEN DATA POLICY BY THE INFORMATION SERVICES DIRECTOR AND NOT SEE A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN ANNUAL PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAX TO THE SHERIFF OF EAST BATON ROUGE, PARIS IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THE CURRENT PROPERTY TAX OF $3,693 AND 26 CENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CAPITAL AREA FINANCE AUTHORITY AND A RENAISSANCE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
THE REASON THESE ITEMS ARE BEING REQUESTED AS ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES, TO ALLOW THE ITEMS TO BE INTRODUCED MOTION BY AMOROSA.
SECOND BY GREEN, WE NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING THERE.
DANNY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC PUBLIC, KAREN ON THE MOTION TO RAPE THE RULES.
WE ARE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES.
IT REQUIRES A UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF MEMBERS PRESENT.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS HAVING MOTION PASSES MOSTLY TO INTRODUCE THE ITEMS DARK GREEN MOTION BY DON SECOND, BY GREEN, ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION TO INTRODUCE SEEING NONE MOTION CARRIES GOING TO APPOINTMENTS, NOT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE GOT ANOTHER ONE ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM D AUTHORIZATION OF A DIRECTOR OF AVIATION TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL FROM SCOTT FENCE USA, LLC, TO REPLACE THE DAMAGED VINYL PRIVACY FENCE IN ALONG THE INTEREST OF THE AIRPORT AND AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED 149,326.
I NEED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES MOTION BY JOHN SECOND BY MOCHA.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES.
ARE THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES, ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES, SEEING NONE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ITEM.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC HAVING NONE COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE AND TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER BY DON SECOND BY YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, GO AHEAD.
CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS ITEM AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT'S THE ADMINISTRATIVE AMOUNT OF TIME? SO THE, UH, FENCING WAS DAMAGED DURING A HURRICANE DELTA.
IT'S TAKEN A LITTLE LONGER TO GET THIS REPAIR, UM, ON THE AGENDA THAN I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH OUR INSURANCE COMPANY.
AND WE WENT OUT AND SOLICITED THREE, UH, COMPETITIVE QUOTES, A LOT OF THE FENCE CONTRACTORS IN THE STATE AS YOU KNOW, ARE BUSY.
WE'RE BUSY WITH WORK IN LAKE CHARLES.
SO IT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER TO GET THE QUOTES.
WE NOW HAVE THE QUOTE, UH, FROM, FROM SCOTT FENCE, WHICH, WHICH THEY WERE THE LOWEST OF THE THREE QUOTES THAT WE OBTAINED.
AND, UM, WE'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE REPAIRS.
UH, THE FENCE IS VERY, UH, PROMINENT AS YOU COME UP TO THE AIRPORT.
IT'S, UH, LOCATED ON THE MAIN DRIVE AND IT'S BEEN DAMAGED SINCE HURRICANE DELTA.
SO WOULD, UH, APPRECIATE APPROVAL.
THANKS MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM MOTION BY ROCKERS SECOND BY IMMORAL, SIR, I ACTUALLY JUST LEANED OVER AND TOLD ME THIS IS THE MOST CONFUSING PART OF THE MEETING.
NOW YOU'RE TELLING ME COUNCIL PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
WELL, LET'S, LET'S PASS THIS ITEM FIRST AND THEN WE'LL COME STRAIGHT TO YOU.
WE HAD A MOTION BY ROCKET SECOND BY AMOROSA.
ANY OPPOSITION HAVING NONE MOTION CARRIES COUNSELING BAGS.
UM, SO I'M SURE IT'S CHRISTIAN, CHRIS STEEL.
UM, SORRY, I'M JUST CALLING QUEERS, MIKE, UH, GREG, AND THOSE OF US THAT HAVE COMMUNITY CENTERS, HAVE WE RECEIVED THE INFORMATION THAT THOMAS GRANT WITH THOMAS GRANT CONSTRUCTION? HE BASICALLY HAS A MAINTENANCE CONTRACT WITH MOST OF OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS, AS WELL AS THE AIRPORT WAS KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON TUESDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY, HIS WORKERS CAME IN ON MONDAY.
SO IF YOU ALL WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST
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TAKE A MOMENT OF PRAYER FOR HIS WIFE AND ALL HIS FAMILY MEMBERS.HE, UH, BASICALLY SUPPORTED EVENTS WE AT, AT, UM, FOR SURE, THE GEORGIA NEWMAN COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND, UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE HIS SERVICE TO THE CITY PARISH.
AND HE WAS ONE OF THOSE VBS THAT WE WERE QUITE PROUD OF JUST A MOMENT AGO.
WE'RE GOING TO APPOINTMENTS NOW.
[77. 21-00056]
BANNERS, FILM COMMISSION, ONE APPOINTMENT TO REPLACE MATT WATSON ON THE BATON ROUGE FILM COMMISSION.THIS TERM EXPIRED ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2020.
THIS WAS A FOUR YEAR TERM AND IT MUST BE SERVED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER.
ANY COMMENTS TAKE NOMINATIONS? I LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION FOR BRANDON NOEL TO SERVE ON THE FILM COMMISSION.
SO WE GOT BRANDON ON THE FIRST IS, UH, NOMINATED.
ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR? I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE FLOOR.
BRANDON, YOU'VE BEEN APPOINTED TO THE BATON ROUGE FILM COMMISSION ITEM 78 BATON ROUGE.
LET'S GIVE BRANDON A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
SEE UP THERE, FILM THE NEXT BAD BOYS MOVIE HERE.
[78. 21-00057]
BATTERIES, FILM COMMISSION, ONE APPOINTMENT TO REPLACE TOM WICKER ON THE BATON ROUGE FILM COMMISSION.THIS TERM EXPIRED ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2020.
MUST BE A COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER MOLT, COUNCILWOMAN, LORI WHITE, ANY OTHER? LET'S GET IT STRAIGHT TONIGHT.
WHICH ONE IS IT? ADAM'S A WHITE, ADAM'S WHITE
I'M GOING TO GO WITH WHAT YOU PREFER TONIGHT.
UH, ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE.
YOU'VE BEEN APPOINTED TO THE, TO THE FILM COMMISSION.
THEY DON'T EVER INSTALLMENT OF SEX AND THE CITY.
SEE IF DO A FILM LIKE THAT SHOW,
[79. 21-00058]
UH, ITEM 79 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND METROPOLITAN CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING AND REPLACING PARKER.EWING WHOSE TERM EXPIRED IN JANUARY 1ST, 2021, DISAPPOINTMENT AS A FIVE-YEAR TERM, COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GONNA DEFER THIS ITEM TO THE JANUARY 27TH MEETING.
MOST OF THEM ARE DONE SECOND BY A GO DAY.
NO OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES ITEM NUMBER 80
[80. 21-00059]
CAPITAL AREA TRANSIT OR CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING AND REPLACING PETER GROVE'S TERM EXPIRED ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2020.IT REQUIRES EIGHT POSTS, BUT THERE'S A MOTION TO DEFER THIS ITEM TO THE JANUARY 27 MEETING MOTION BY MARK.
SECOND BY OMAROSA MOTION CARRIES
[81. 21-00060]
81 CAPITA TRANSIT CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING ERICA GREEN, WHOSE TERM EXPIRED ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2020.IT IS ALSO BEING DEFERRED TO THE 27 MOTION TO DEFER, UM, MOTION BY AMOROSA.
SECOND BY COLEMAN MOTION CARRIES A TWO
[82. 21-00061]
CAPITA TRANSIT SYSTEM CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING AND REPLACING LINDA PERKINS WHOSE TERM EXPIRED ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2020.NEED A MOTION TO DEFER MOTION BY HUDSON.
SECOND BY NOEL GOING TO 83 MOTION CARRIES.
MOTION CARRIES NO OPPOSITION ITEM 83,
[83. 21-00062]
COMPLETE STREETS, CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, ONE APPOINTMENT TO REPLACE TOWER WICK ON THE COMPLETE STREETS.THIS TERM EXPIRES ON JANUARY, JULY 31ST, 2023.
THIS IS A COUNCIL APPOINTMENT.
CITIZEN MEMBER DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL.
WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THIS UP FOR NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.
MOST OF THE JOB COSTS A WOMAN, CAROLYN COLEMAN, ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? I HAVEN'T
UH, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE MR. KENNETH PARET NOMINATION FOR KENNAN, FOR RED, ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS, OR WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE TWO, UH, INDIVIDUALS SEEKING TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM IN THE ORDER.
WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH, UH, MS. COLEMAN FIRST,
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UH, JUST SO POINTED CLARITY.IF YOU'RE NOT VOTING FOR THAT PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL, YOU JUST DON'T VOTE AT ALL.
IF YOU'RE VOTING FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A CAROLYN COLEMAN FIRST
WE NEED YOU TO COMPLETE THE STREETS.
[84. 21-00063]
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND ONE APPOINTMENT TO REPLACE DONNA COLLINS, LAWRENCE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO TERM EXPIRED ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2020.DOESN'T HAVE TO ATTAIN ANY NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR.
MR. DUNN, MOTION TO APPOINT COUNCIL ON MISS SHAUNA BANKS.
ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS, MO MOSTLY TO THE POINT.
UM, JEN ROCCA BANKS, ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS, ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THESE TWO AND THE ITEM.
I MEAN, IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY WERE NOMINATED, WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS FIRST, AND WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON A MACHINE AND IT'S GOING TO VOTE ON A MACHINE.
ANYBODY MADE A POINT OF CLARITY, EVERYBODY CLEAR WHAT WAS GOING ON, VOTING ON THEM.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER.
ROCKER MACHINES ARE OPEN TO VET FOR MS. ROCCA FOR PLANNING COMMISSION.
Y'ALL WANT TO GO AGAIN OR YOU WANT TO DEFER TO CITE THEM GOING AGAIN.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO GO AGAIN.
COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS MACHINES ARE OPEN TO VOTE FOR MS. BANKS FOR PLANNING COMMISSION COLEMAN.
WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS AGAIN.
UM, IT'S IT'S RECORDED CORRECTLY.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCCO MACHINES ARE OPEN TO VET FROM MS. ROCCA FOR PLAN CONDITION.
IT'S GOING TO BE GOING TO DEFER THIS ITEM FOR TWO WEEKS TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
[85. 21-00064]
TO GO TO 85 SMART CITY COMMITTEE, ONE APPOINTMENT TO REPLACE TOWER WORK ON THE SMART CITY COMMITTEE MUST BE A COUNCIL MEMBER.WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS.
ANYBODY INTERESTED IN ANYBODY INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE SMART CITY COMMITTEE, ANYBODY I'M GOING TO MAKE A NOMINEE.
I'M GOING TO MAKE A NOMINATION IN THE MONEY.
LET ME SEE NOBODY NOT ALL AT ONCE.
I THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT ONE FOR OUR, UH, RESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER, WHO IS A COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY.
UH, SO I NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER MO TO SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY.
YOU GOT A SECOND, THIRD TO SIXTH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, BOTH.
YOU HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO A SMART CITY
[86. 21-00065]
UH, VISIT BATON ROUGE, ONE APPOINTMENT TO REPLACE DONALD COLLINS, LEWIS WHOSE TERM EXPIRED ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2020 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2021.ARE WE GOING TO OPEN THE FLOOD? MAYBE A COUNCIL MEMBER.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A, MAYBE AN OPEN THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER DONE MOTION TO NOMINATE COUNCIL PERSON ROWDY, GO DAY.
ANY OTHER DENOMINATIONS COUNCIL MEMBER GO THERE.
ANY OPPOSITION TO COUNCIL MEMBER GO TO THE SERVING COUNCIL MEMBER GO THERE.
YOU'VE BEEN APPOINTED TO VISIT BATON ROUGE, INCREASE ALL TOURISM HERE IN THE CITY.
WE HAVE A TON OF TOURIST ATTRACTIONS HERE IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
UH, SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME VISIT WITH US, UH, ITEM
[Items 87 & 88]
87.UH, WE GOT TO TELL YOU ITEMS 87 TO 88 TOGETHER.
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A VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DISTRICT EIGHT AND PRIOR CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING PAUL JIM DEAL, WHOSE TERM EXPIRED ON NOVEMBER 26, 2020.THIS IS A TWO YEAR TERM OR THE CURRENT BALLOT IS PAUL JUNE ADVIL AND VAN RATCLIFFE ITEM 88, VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIVE DISTRICT EIGHT PRIOR CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING VAN RACKLEY WHOSE TERM EXPIRED ON NOVEMBER 26, 2020.
THIS IS A TWO YEAR TERM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPOINT, UH, PAUL JIMMY BEYOND BAN RATCLIFFE MOTION TO MOTION BY AMOROSA SECOND BY MO NO OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES.
[Items 89 & 90]
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ITEMS 89 AND 90 TOGETHER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE JUST TO 600 PAROLE CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING CHARLES MAY WHOSE TERM EXPIRED ON JANUARY 1ST, 2021 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2ND, 2021.THIS IS A TWO YEAR TERM, CURRENT BOUNDARIES.
CHARLES MAY AND STANLEY PULL THEM, UH, ITEM 90 VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DISTRICT SIX, SUPER ROLE CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING STANLEY PULLED THEM WHOSE TERM EXPIRED ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2020.
CURRENT BATTLE IS CHARLES MAY AND STANLEY PULLED ON OR IS THERE A MOTION TO APPOINT? CHARLES MAY HAVE STANLEY PULLED THEM MOTION BY MARK.
SECOND BY AMAROSA, CHARLES AND STANLEY.
YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN REAPPOINTED.
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COUNCIL MEMBERS.NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ITEMS 91 THROUGH 94 TOGETHER ITEM 91, NORTH BOULEVARD, PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, CONTRACT TO GULF STATES, CONTRACTORS, LLC CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT, $29,802 AND 27 CENTS 92 SALES TECH STREET AND ROAD REHABILITATION PROGRAM PRIDE PORT HUDSON MAIL, DALE AND DONNIE STREET CONTRACTORS BARRIER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT IS $272,380 AND 93 CENTS 93 SALES TAX STREET AND ROAD REHABILITATION PROGRAM PROJECT FILANA SHADE BARNETT CONTRACTED BARRIER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT, $57,525 AND 29 CENTS 94 SALES TAX STREET ENROLLED REHABILITATION PROGRAMS, STREETS AND SETTLEMENT AT WILLOW ROAD IN MAYFAIR, NORTH JEFFERSON TERRACE, PROVIDENCE AND ROUNDHILL DRIVE CONTRACTOR, RJ DAIGLE AND SONS CONTRACTORS INCORPORATED CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT OF $28,000, $28,042 AND 87 CENTS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE PUBLIC HEARING? I'M SORRY, PUBLIC HEARING ANY COMMENTS FROM THE POLITICAL ITEMS, 91 THROUGH 94 ITEMS, 91 THROUGH 94, NO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER, DON JR.
UM, EACH OF THESE ITEMS IS THIS THE FIRST CHANGE AUTO AND SECONDLY, DO WE ANTICIPATE ANY ADDITIONAL CHANGE AUDITS? YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES INSTEAD OF PARIS GOVERNMENT, WE SEE THESE LOW BIDS THAT ARE AWARDED AT $1 AMOUNT.
THEY WENT GET THIS WORK AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD CHANGE ALL THAT, THE CHANGE ORDER.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU COME IN AT THE LOW BID AT ONE AMOUNT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AFTER ALL THESE CHANGE ORDERS, YOU'RE MUCH HIGHER THAN THE AMOUNT THAT YOU WERE AWARDED.
SO TALK TO ME ABOUT THESE CHANGE ORDERS.
WELL, W LET ME JUST SAY THIS ON, WE TRY TO GET CHANGE ORDERS WHEN WE HAVE ISSUES THAT WE DEAL WITH, WE TRY TO HAVE THOSE PRESENTED SO WE CAN BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL.
SO WE DON'T HAVE LONG OVERDUE CHANGE OR OUR DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
UH, THE LAST YEAR'S COUNCIL CERTAINLY, UH, ASKED THE SAME QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT MOST OF THESE FROM THE SALES TAX, WE ARE ACTUALLY ENDED UP WITH A CREDIT WHILE IT WASN'T REFLECTED THAT, BUT IT IS A CREDIT FOR THAT.
AND NORMALLY WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE ISSUES, UH, WHEN THEY OVER, BECAUSE WE MAY HAVE MISSED THE, FROM, FROM A ROAD STANDPOINT, I CAN TELL YOU, UH, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T SEE WHAT THE BASE LOOKS LIKE.
YOU CAN S YOU CAN BORE ALL YOU WANT, BUT THEY'RE TO CONDITION SOMETIME WHEN YOU START TEARING IT UP, IT'S MORE THAN WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
I TRY NOT TO COME IN AND BE EXORBITANT ON THE RATES, AND IF THEY ARE, I CERTAINLY COME BACK TO THIS COUNCIL TO GET APPROVAL, TO DO THAT BEFORE WE GO MOVE FORWARD, ANY, ANY FASTER THAN WE HAVE TO.
AND YOU GAVE ME A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SITUATION WITH THESE.
CERTAINLY THE PEDESTRIAN, UM, IMPROVEMENTS WENT TO NORTH BOULEVARD, UH, UNFORTUNATELY, OR FORTUNATELY, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO LOOK AT.
I WASN'T HERE WHEN THIS PROJECT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOT INSTRUMENTED AND PUT INTO PLAY, BUT I DO KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE COST INCREASE WAS DUE TO A LOT OF THE PAVERS THAT NEEDED TO BE CHANGED HERE, AROUND THE BUILDING, AND ALSO OUT HERE IN THE BOOK, THE BOULEVARD ITSELF, UH, WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY AND WHAT, UH, WHAT WAS BUILT ON A PAST DID NOT LINE OUT.
SO WE HAD TO TRY TO GET IT BACK TO WHERE IT NEEDED TO BE.
AND THAT WAS THE BIGGEST CHANGE IN REGARDS TO NUMBER 91 ON THE SALES TAX NUMBER, UH, ON, UH, 92, YOU'LL SEE IT WAS A CREDIT, IT'S A CREDIT OF $772,000
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IN THAT CREDIT NORMALLY IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR QUANTITIES, WE HAVE ESTIMATES, WE PUT DOWN ASPHALT, WE LOOK AT SOL CEMENT.WE LOOK AT ALL THESE QUANTITIES THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER.
AND WE PUT AN ESTIMATE WITH THAT CONSULTANT, WHICH WAS GEC SAYS, HERE'S WHAT WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO USE FOR THIS PROJECT.
AS I'VE SAID EARLIER, SOMETIMES WE'RE HIGHER.
AND ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, WE WILL LOWER, UH, ON THE, THE NEXT REHAB, WHICH IS 93,000 RENT NUMBER 93.
YOU ALSO HAD A CREDIT FOR $57,000 AND SOME CHANGE.
AGAIN, THERE'S MOSTLY DEALING WITH TOTAL QUANTITIES AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT THAT POINT 94.
YOU'LL SEE, UH, IT'S AN INCREASE.
UH, THE REASON FOR THAT INCREASE IS LAST YEAR, WE DID COME TO THE COUNCIL AND TELL THEM THAT WE HAD TO, WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH SOME STREETS AND A SUBDIVISION.
WE DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE D WOULD BE COMPLETED AS WHEN AND THE TIMEFRAME THAT WE THOUGHT WHILE WE WERE IN THERE WORKING IT, GOT IT GOT FINISHED.
IT TOOK OFF A LOT OF THE OTHER STREETS THAT WERE, THAT WE WASN'T WORKING ON.
WE WENT AHEAD AND HAD THAT INCREASE IN.
SO WE COULD, WHEN WE GOT INTO THAT AREA, WE COULD AT LEAST SAY WE FIXED ALL THE STREETS THAT WERE IN THAT AREA.
UM, I WANT TO TAKE MY HAT OFF TO YOU ON THAT AT TWO AND 93, I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE IT AS A CREDIT, AND FRANKLY HAS NEVER SEEN A CHANGE ALL THE CREDIT.
SO, SO FOR MORE OF THOSE THAN WE DO, THAT'S FOR SURE.
BEFORE YOU LEAVE, DID YOU GET THE INFORMATION ON THE PREVIOUS 15% FF? WE REALIZED THAT THE GOAL IS 15%.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? SO ITEMS 91 TO 94, THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT, ONE PART, ONE EMAIL, PUBLIC COMMENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS ON ITEM 94 FROM PHILLIP BULLARD.
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR DISCUSSION OF WHY A $1,683,114 ORIGINAL CONTRACT HAD TO BE INCREASED BY $636,805.
THAT IS OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I THINK YOU JUST COVERED THAT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY DON SECOND BY MOROSA AND THE OPPOSITION HAVING NONE MOST CARRIES IS GOING TO GO TO FINAL ACCEPTANCES, UH, ITEMS
[Items 95 - 97]
95 TO 97.WE'RE GOING TO TAKE TOGETHER SALES ITEM, 95 SALES THAT STREET AND ROAD REHABILITATION PROGRAM PRIOR FOR HUDSON MILL DALE AND DONNIE STREET BARRIER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
UH, FINAL COST IS $4,996,021 AND 92 CENTS 96 SALES TOUCH STREET AND WROTE A REHABILITATION PROGRAM, FILLING A SHADE AND BARNETT CONTRACTORS BARRIER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC.
FINAL COST IS $1,096,471 AND 45 CENTS 97 SALES TAX STREET AND ROLLED REHABILITATION PROGRAM STREETS AND SETTLEMENT AT WILLOW GROVE MAYFAIR NORTH JEFFERSON CHERISH PROVIDENCE AND ROUNDHILL DRIVE.
CONTRACTOR IS RJ DAIGO AND SONS CONTRACTORS INCORPORATED.
FINAL COST IS $2,302,919 AND 4 CENTS.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS 95 THROUGH 97, HAVING NONE? ARE THERE COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE BY HUSTLING SECOND BIO MOROSE, SUNNI OPPOSITION, HAVING NONE MOTION CARRIES ACCEPTANCE OF LOW BIDS.
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THROUGH 102 TOGETHER 98 JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR VARIOUS DPW BUILDINGS, $1,339 AND 20 CENTS FOR BILL'S JANITORIAL LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $13,340 AND 62 CENT ACTS NATIONAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND THE AMOUNT OF $52,462 AND 44 CENTS AS THE LOWEST BIDDERS ITEM.UH, EXCUSE ME, QUILT DRIVE TURN LANE AT PERKINS, EXCUSE ME, LET ME GO BACK TO 98.
T L G UH, WAS, UH, THE COMPANY AT $1,339 AND 20 CENTS.
AND THEN BELL JANITORIAL SERVICE WAS $13,440 AND 62 CENTS ACTS NATIONAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES IS IN THE AMOUNT OF $52,460 AND 44 CENTS AS THE LOWEST BIDDERS ITEM 99, QUARREL DRUNK QUAIL DRIVE TURN LANE AT PERKINS.
INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE IS $397,400 AND 29 CENTS.
ITEM 100 SUPPLEMENTAL PARIS, WIDE SEWER REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT GRADY CROSS THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, $1 MILLION, $686,970
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ITEM ONE-ON-ONE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, CONNECTION AND COMMUNICATIONS INSTALLATION.USE BANDWIDTH PARISH WIDE EARNEST P BRO ELECTRICAL, LLC, $3,183,669 AND 48 CENTS.
ITEM ONE OH TWO TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPS INSTALLATIONS AT EASTBOUND WAS PARIS.
PROJECT PREFERRED ELECTRIC, INC $349,750.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, HAVING NONE COUNCIL MEMBERS OR ITEMS 98 TO ONE OH TWO.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BARAKA SECOND BY HUDSON, ANY OPPOSITION HAVING NONE MOTION CARRIES, UH, OTHER ITEMS ITEM ONE OH THREE
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BATTLE RIDGE AREA CHAMBER 2020 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT YEAR IN PRESENTATION BY DANI MILLER DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS IN BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER BY THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR AND TREASURER IS DONNIE MILLER.HOW YOU DOING DON HAPPY NEW YEAR.
COVID LOCKED AWAY DOING A BUNCH OF EXERCISE.
WELL, TODAY I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION FROM 2020 ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WILL NOT UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR.
I WON'T GO INTO ANY OF THAT, BUT I'M NOT HERE TO GIVE YOU THE DOOM AND GLOOM.
I'M ACTUALLY HERE TO GIVE YOU A BUNCH OF POSITIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, UH, LAST YEAR, AND THEN THE TRAJECTORY THAT WE'RE ON FOR THIS YEAR.
DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION? IS IT SOMETHING YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO SEE NOW FROM LAST MEETING? THAT'S OKAY.
UM, TYPICALLY IN A YEAR, WE'RE ESTIMATING A GOAL OF 350 NEW JOBS INTO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, WE'VE SUPPORTED SURPASSED THAT NUMBER IN 2020 IS NO DIFFERENT.
SO LAST YEAR COLLECTIVELY, WE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL 510 NEW JOBS TO THE PARISH.
THESE ARE FULL-TIME POSITIONS, AND THIS IS WITH HELP FROM MAYOR BROOM, HERSELF, HER TEAM, UH, SPECIFICALLY BENEATH ONGUARD.
I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE OVER THE PAST YEAR.
AND THEN THIS COUNCIL AND YOUR PREDECESSORS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK LAST YEAR THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, WE HAD SIX PROJECTS REALLY SEVEN IN TOTAL, BUT I'LL GET INTO THAT.
THAT CLOSED FOR A TOTAL AGAIN OF 510 JOBS.
THE FIRST PROJECT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO LAND IN EASTENDERS PARIS LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST COMPANY TO FALL DUE TO COVID IN 2020, THAT WAS ETHERIDGE ELECTRIC THAT CAME TO THIS COUNCIL FOR AN ITEP APPROVAL.
UM, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO SUSTAIN BUSINESS AND ENDED UP CLOSING THEIR OPERATION ON PLANT GROWTH.
THE FIRST, UH, THE NEXT PROJECT WE WERE ABLE TO TO LAND HERE IS OVER AT CELTIC STUDIOS, A COMPANY IN DIGITAL MEDIA AND FILM SPACE, UH, PROJECT ALASKA, WHICH IS CRAFTY APES DURING TREMENDOUS WORK IN THE FILM INDUSTRY.
AS OUR NEW FILM DIRECTORS WILL, CAN THE TRICKY TO, UH, THERE'S MORE COMING AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU GUYS JOINING THE CONVERSATION, BUT THAT AN ADDITIONAL 55,000 AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT, BUT REALLY THE, THE STORY THERE, THE 2.3 MILLION IN PAYROLL, THESE WERE AVERAGE SALARIES OF NORTH OF $116,000 FOR EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
AND THERE'S MORE WORK ON THE WAY.
WE'RE HOPING THIS THIS COMPANY HAS GOT A GREAT TRAJECTORY, AND WE THINK THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND PROJECT SANDLER, CLICK HERE, DIGITAL ANOTHER WIN FOR BATON ROUGE IN THE DIGITAL MARKETING SPACE.
AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK TO DIVERSIFY OUR MARKET OUT OF OUR CORE BASE OF JUST MANUFACTURING AND HEALTHCARE, DIGITALLY MEDIA IS ON THE UPTICK.
THIS IS A HUNDRED NEW JOBS, 5 MILLION IN PAYROLL AND ADDITIONAL 1.5 MILLION IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT.
ANOTHER SMALL COMPANY YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD IN THE PRESS, UH, PROJECT PIZZA.
THIS WAS AMAZON, THIS WAS 350 NEW JOBS DISTRIBUTION FACILITY NEAR BETHANY OFFICE SEGUIN ROAD, PAYROLL OF OVER 10 MILLION AND A CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF OVER $20 MILLION.
ANOTHER GREAT STORY COMING OUT OF LSU AND THE TECH PART INTERNATIONAL MEZZO TECHNOLOGY.
THIS WAS AN INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTED COMPANY ON THE EXPANSION OF THEIR MANUFACTURING OPER OPERATIONS, WHICH WAS 10 ADDITIONAL NEW JOBS.
THIS COMPANY CONTINUES TO GROW.
THEY'VE SURPASSED THOSE NUMBERS ALREADY.
THAT WAS A SMALL INVESTMENT OF $270,392, UH, BUT AN ADDITIONAL PAYROLL OF $600,000.
SO 60,000 AVERAGE SALARIES, ANOTHER PROJECT IN NORTH BATON ROUGE PROJECT.
THIS COMPANY IS ASKED TO REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL.
THAT'S A MANUFACTURING OPERATION AND THEY'RE ADDING AN ADDITIONAL 15 NEW JOBS.
AND THEN, UH, ANOTHER COMPANY THAT YOU ALL HAVE HEARD IN THE PRESS QUITE A BIT, WHICH WAS THE NEW AQUARIUM THAT'S COMING TO THE MALL OF LOUISIANA.
UM, THERE ESTIMATING A MINIMUM OF 15 NEW JOBS.
BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS LIKE I SAID, 510
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NEW JOBS, OKAY.WE'RE 19 MILLION IN NEW PAYROLL AND OVER 25 MILLION IN NEW CAPITAL INVESTMENT INTO EAST BATON ROUGE AND A PANDEMIC YEAR.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK ON THAT.
WHAT THIS DOES IS IT REALLY PUTS US ON THE TRAJECTORY FOR 2021.
AND I CAN'T WAIT TO BRING YOU SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE ON OUR DESK, THAT ARE IN OUR PORTFOLIO RIGHT NOW THAT I BELIEVE WILL CLOSE IN EARLY Q1 OF THIS YEAR, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO SEE, NOT JUST TENS OF TWENTIES, A MINUTE GAINS OF DOLLARS IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT, BUT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT.
THERE ARE LOTS OF PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE.
I LIKE TO TAKE A HOLISTIC APPROACH AS THE REGION.
WE'VE GOT 56 THERE'S PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE.
UH, WE CLASSIFY THEM AS A B AND C PROJECT, BUT THERE ARE 12 EIGHT PROJECTS, WHICH I THINK WE'RE GOING TO PUSH OVER THE FINISH LINE EARLY THIS YEAR.
UM, SOME THAT WE HOPE WOULD CLOSE IN 2020, BUT WE'RE HAPPY THAT THEY'RE CLOSING AT 2021.
WHAT DOES THAT 56 PROJECTS REPRESENT THAT'S OVER 9,000 NEW JOBS IN THE REGION.
THAT'S OVER 321, A MILLION AND NEW PAYROLL.
AND THIS IS THE FUN NUMBER OVER 12 BILLION WITH A B AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT INTO THE REGION.
I LIKE TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.
AND IN 2019, WE HAD OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR PROJECT WINDS AT 17, SO SEVEN VERSUS 17 PANDEMIC YEAR, BUT THAT WAS 17 PROJECTS EQUATED TO 522 NEW JOBS.
SO 510 VERSUS 522, STILL A VERY SUCCESSFUL 2020.
WE ALSO LIKE TO BENCHMARK OURSELVES, UM, WITH THIRD-PARTY METRICS.
SO WE REACH OUT TO AN ECONOMIST OUTSIDE OF BATON ROUGE TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE LOOK AT THE CONTRACT WITH EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, WHICH IS $339,500 PER YEAR, WHAT'S THE RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT FOR THE CITY PARISH.
AGAIN, FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, WE'VE SURPASSED OUR GOALS, BUT WHAT THAT, WITH THE JOBS THAT WE'VE BROUGHT IN THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT, IT'S A 550% RETURN ON THE CITY PARISHES INVESTMENT THAT'S FOR EVERY $1 THAT THE CITY PARISH PROVIDES, WE'VE RETURNED $5 AND 50 CENTS BACK INTO OUR TAX BASE.
THESE ARE ESTIMATIONS AND, UH, FIGURES FROM 2018 INTO 2019.
AND THE NEXT TIME I REPORT TO YOU ALL THIS WILL BE BASED ON 2020 NUMBERS.
WE ALWAYS GET THE QUESTION OF WHAT DOES THIS MEAN IN REGARDS TO NORTH BATON ROUGE, WE ALWAYS TAKE A LOOK AT THESE PATENTERS PARISH, BUT CAN YOU HELP US BREAK DOWN? WHAT IS THE NEW GROWTH? 38% IN 2018 AND 2019 38% OF THE NEW AND RETAIN JOBS WENT INTO NORTH BATON ROUGE OR ONE IN THREE JOBS WENT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
35% OF PAYROLL WENT INTO NORTH BATON ROUGE AND 97% OF THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT WHEN IT'S NORTH BATTERS IN 2018 AND 2019.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR 2020? JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME FIGURES OF THOSE SEVEN PROJECTS, UH, MICRO TWO AND PROJECT BULLET, WHERE TWO PROJECTS OF THE SEVEN THAT WENT IN, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE INVESTMENT MOVING INTO 2021.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH OUR MAJOR ASSETS, SOUTHERN LSU, UH, BTR THE AIRPORT, THE ACT CENTER, THE WATER CAMPUS.
AND AS WE'VE SEEN THE RECENT SALE OF BUNK CARAY, WE'RE EXCITED TO WORK WITH THE NEW OWNERS OF PUTTING SUCH A MAJOR ASSET BACK, UH, IN COMMERCE.
AND, AND SIMILARLY, WE'VE GOT TO FOCUS ON CORE TANA MALL, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S A TRAJECTORY AND A PATH FORWARD TO PUTTING THAT BACK IN COMMERCE AS WELL.
AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL THROUGHOUT 2021.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC HAVING NONE COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS? UH, YES, DANNY.
UM, SO THIS THAT'S THE 2020 AND OF COURSE, UH, IN 2019, UM, SAME THING EVEN BETTER IN, AS IT RELATES TO THE SUCCESSES OF NORTH BATON ROUGE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS I KNOW THAT YOU HAVEN'T MENTIONED THAT ARE HAPPENING BECAUSE IT'S NOT ALWAYS GOOD TO COME OUT THE GATE TOO SOON.
UM, WHICH IS WHY I WANT TO BE ON PLANNING COMMISSION.
CAUSE THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE THE GROWTH IS.
AND, UM, MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE REALLY BEING ENGAGED BASICALLY BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS WITH, WITH, UM, WITH THE DIFFERENT THINGS, WHETHER IT'S THE OSCHNER THAT IS STILL THE BATON ROUGE ZOO, THE AIRPORT, AS YOU INDICATED, I AM, THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT I THINK ARE, WE ARE REALLY WELL.
ONE THING THAT I'M INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT THAT IS WHERE WE DID THE ICAP FOR STEP, BUT THEN THEY HAD A LAYOFF.
SO JUST KIND OF WHERE THAT IS, BECAUSE I HEARD THEY'RE ABOUT TO COME BACK ONLINE AND THEN THE TALK OF THE TOWN IS THE AMAZON POSSIBLY COMING TO CARTAGENA, WHICH IS OF, UM, DONE,
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IF YOU'RE ABLE TO JUST BRIEF US A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.AND, UM, SO THAT WE COULDN'T, YOU KNOW, KINDA KNOW I'M SO HAPPY ABOUT THE GROWTH IN NORTH BATON ROUGE.
AND SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO BE ON THE PLANNING AS WELL.
WELL, AND I APPRECIATE THAT THE TWO PROJECTS YOU BROUGHT RECENTLY, ONE THAT THAT'S, WE'VE, WE'VE ESSENTIALLY CLOSED, WHICH WAS, UM, PEDIATRIC DAYCARE FACILITY THAT WE WORKED WITH.
AND THAT'S JUST BEEN A TREMENDOUS STORY AND HELPING THEM WORK THROUGH INCENTIVE PROCESS, THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AND RELOCATING YOU'VE ALSO BROUGHT ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ACTIVELY IN NORTH BATON ROUGE, WHICH IS A FOOD MANUFACTURER.
UM, AND THAT'S GOING VERY WELL.
UH, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE AN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY.
THAT'S MOVING INTO BATON ROUGE AND PLANNING A HEADQUARTERS LOCATION.
SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT, UH, IN REGARDS TO STOP, YOU KNOW, COVID HAS, HAS CHANGED THE GAME WITH A LOT OF OUR MANUFACTURING IN REGARDS TO STUFF AND ITEP, UH, THEY STILL HAVE TO FOLLOW A PROCEDURE AT THE STATE LEVEL.
SO IF THERE'S ANY CHANGE IN THEIR CONTRACT, THAT'LL BE REFLECTED IN THE TIMELINE.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN BENCHMARKS TO SH UH, TO ACHIEVE CERTAIN INCENTIVES.
UM, AND WITH REGARDS TO OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ACTIVELY, YOU KNOW, UM, I'M HESITANT TO GO INTO DETAILS NOT ONLY FOR THE COMPANY SAKE, BUT THE EMPLOYEES AND THE COMPETITION AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T GET AHEAD OF ANYTHING IN CASE, YOU KNOW, IN CASE THINGS GO IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
UM, AND THAT'S WITH ALL PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE.
I THINK THE MEDIA IS DOING AN INTERESTING JOB OF, OF MINING AND DATING AND TRYING TO GET CONTENT OUT.
UM, BUT WE RUN IN A DIFFERENT LANE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING AN ORDER OF OPERATIONS.
WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN, IT'S ALWAYS AWESOME TO BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU SPECIFICALLY AND I'M MOREHEAD FOR NORTH BEDROOM.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE GENTLEMAN FROM CENTRAL? SO YOU HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, ABOUT BUNK CAREY AND, UM, THAT WAS, UH, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, AND I DON'T WANT TO OVERSTEP AS FAR AS MENTIONING BUSINESSES OR WHATEVER, BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THE PROCESS AND IS GOING FORWARD IN ANNOUNCED IN REGARDS TO BEING PURCHASED.
AND WHAT'S GOING IN THERE AND EVERYTHING.
IT'S A BIG BUILDING, THERE'S A LOT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE.
SO THERE ARE MANY TENANTS, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE TECH PARK LOCATED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FACILITY.
UH, THERE'S A FANTASTIC COMPANY VENUE OWNED BY E-TAIL CURRENTLY THERE.
AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF SMALL LEASES DUE TO COVID WITH STATE GOVERNMENT MOVING IN AND MAKING SURE THEY HAD ROOM FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES.
WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH THE NEW OWNERSHIP AND CONSULTANTS TO SEE WHAT IS THE BEST FIT.
UH, BUT THERE'S A PATH THERE'S A PLAN AND WE'RE MAKING SURE TO GO RECRUIT LOVE TO HAVE YOU ENGAGE IN THAT CONVERSATION ALONG THE WAY.
UH, I GUESS FROM, FROM MY STANDPOINT, I WAS, UH, AND AGAIN, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAN BE SAID OR WHATEVER ELSE, BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE THE SAME, THE NEW OWNERS THAT BOUGHT IT WAS THE SAME PATH AS VENUE.
AND IT WAS POSSIBLY DESK, A LARGE DATA CENTER.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHERE, WHERE THEY WERE TRYING TO GO WITH IT AS LARGER DATA CENTER, MORE DATA CENTER.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE REASON I BRING THAT UP AS FAR AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EVERYTHING IS IF YOU LOOK AT A LOT OF THESE HUBS AND YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S DALLAS OR WHATEVER, A LOT OF THOSE PLACES START OFF AS DATA CENTERS.
AND IT JUST GREW AND EXPLODED FROM THERE BECAUSE OF ALL THE SUPPORT THAT WAS NEEDED AROUND IT AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE, HOW FAR THAT I WAS TRYING TO GET SOME INFORMATION ON HOW FAR THAT WAS, IF THAT WAS WHAT WAS GOING ON, IF IT HAD BEEN ANNOUNCED OR NOT.
AND AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU CAN, AND CAN'T SAY, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW FAR.
WELL, WHEN YOU MENTIONED DALLAS, DALLAS AS A TIER ONE CITY, UM, I WOULD CONSIDER BATON ROUGE MORE OF A TIER TWO CITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO DATA NEEDS THE BENEFIT OF BUNKER A IS THE SIZE OF THE PIPE THAT'S COMING IN.
AND THEN I'M SURE YOU'LL GATHER THAT FROM YOUR LINE OF WORK, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BANDWIDTH AND THE ABILITY FOR SPEED.
UH, THERE'S A REASON VENUE IS HOME, IS LOCATED IN THAT FACILITY.
UM, SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE LOW-HANGING FRUIT TO SEE A WAY TO, TO GROW THAT, WHICH AGAIN, IF WE CAN GROW THE SERVER ABILITY, I THINK IT ALSO HELPS US, UH, GAIN TALENT AND ANCILLARY BUSINESSES THAT COULD COME IN.
BUT AGAIN, LOVE TO SPEAK IF YOU HAVE SOME MORE IDEAS ON WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD FIT.
Y'ALL Y'ALL HAVE DONE IT'S UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT DEAL, I CALL IT BEAUMARCHAIS BON CARRY, WHATEVER BOMBER SHAVING MALL.
AND OF COURSE QUARTANA AND THAT WHOLE NORTH BATON ROUGE AREA A GREAT JOB.
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, GREAT GROWTH POTENTIAL IN THAT AREA BASED ON THOSE TWO, ESPECIALLY COMING ONLINE OR WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN THAT AREA.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? THANK YOU, DANI.
THANK YOU FOR SPREAD 10 ITEMS.
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ONE OH FOUR.THESE ITEMS ARE TO BE ADOPTED.
THESE ARE EMERGENCY ITEMS, A ONE OH FOUR
[104. 20-01536]
REPEALING THE RESOLUTION FIVE, FOUR EIGHT, SEVEN, THREE ADOPTED APRIL EIGHT, 2020, AND THE REAL ESTATE AND TITLE NINE LICENSING AND REGULATION OF TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS CHAPTER 18, SECTION NINE, COLON 1000 CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARIS OF EAST BATON ROUGE ARE TURNING FOR THE SALE OF THE REGULATION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.THIS ITEM R HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO BE DELETED BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, BUT WE DO NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE ONE SIX, FOUR, FOUR, TWO, DECIDING MUST BE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY BY TWO THIRDS VOTE OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.
MOST OF THE CLERK TO DECLARE THIS ITEM AND EMERGENCY, IS THERE A MOTION TO DECLARE THIS ITEM, ANY EMERGENCY MOTION BY ROCCA SECOND BY GREEN YOUR OBJECT? LET ME, YEAH, WE DON'T WANT A FULL LIMIT.
EXPLAIN, UH, IT IS AN ITEM THAT IS ON THE AGENDA.
SO IT HAS TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD AND WE DO HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON IT.
UH, AND AS AN EMERGENCY ITEM, WE HAVE TO VOTE BY TWO THIRDS OF THE VOTE IN ORDER TO APPROVE IT AS AN EMERGENCY ITEM.
HOWEVER, THE PARENT'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS REQUESTED THAT IT'D BE DELETED, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN PRINTED ON THE AGENDA.
AND SO WE STILL HAVE TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON OR ANY, ANY OF YOU WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS ON IT.
WE CAN, HOWEVER, THE ITEM HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO BE DELETED, BUT IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE CONSIDERED AN EMERGENCY ITEM, WHEN THESE TWO THIRDS VOTE, WE DO HAVE ONE OBJECTION.
SO, UH, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER OBJECTIONS, THEN WE CAN APPROVE THE ITEM AS AN EMERGENCY ITEM.
HOWEVER, AGAIN, THE ITEMS GOING TO BE DELETED HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO BE DELETED FOR DISCUSSION TONIGHT, BUT BECAUSE IT'S PRINTED ON THE AGENDA.
IF YOU NEED ME TO MEMORIZE THE LAST NIGHT COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE SOMEONE HERE FROM THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE? OKAY.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF IT WENT FORWARD, WE HAD SOMEBODY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
HEY, HOW CAN I HELP YOU OFF? OKAY.
UH, NO, I WAS JUST, I WAS JUST MAKING SURE SOMEONE WAS HERE.
AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR MY NEWNESS.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GO FORWARD WITH THE PUBLIC SPEAKING.
AND THEN BEFORE WE CAN DISCUSS WITH HIM OR GETTING THE ANSWER QUESTIONS.
NOW I ASKED FOR A PROCESS, PLEASE, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO VOTE ON THE EMERGENCY.
IF Y'ALL DO NOT CLAIRE, IT DID DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.
THEN WE CAN NOT CONSIDER THE ITEM FOR APPROVAL OR DEFERRAL OR DELETION, UM, THAT THE ITEM WILL EFFECTIVELY JUST GO AWAY.
SO, UM, IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND THEN DELETE IT, YOU CAN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOTE TO OBJECT TO THE VOTE, TO DECLARE IT AN EMERGENCY, IT WILL BASICALLY HAVE THE SAME EFFECT.
IF WE GO FORWARD AND HAVE PUBLIC DISCUSSION OR COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON IT, AND THEN IT'D BE DEFERRED LATER OR PULL AFTERWARDS, BECAUSE I GUESS AT THIS POINT, I'M NOT SURE WHEN I CAN ASK MY QUESTIONS TO THE, YOU CAN NOT ASK QUESTIONS UNTIL THE ITEM HAS BEEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.
IF SO, IF Y'ALL HAVE QUESTIONS AND WANT TO DISCUSS IT WITH PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, YOU ARE GOING TO NEED TO DECLARE IT AN EMERGENCY AND HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ASK YOUR QUESTIONS.
IF THERE ARE COUNCIL MEMBER QUESTIONS, I WITHDRAW MY OBJECTION.
SO FIRST WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE ITEM BEING DECLARED AN EMERGENCY MOTION, MOTION BY ROCKER.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS HAVING NONE? THE ITEM HAS BEEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.
NOW WE NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ITEM.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, NO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER MO SORRY.
A REPRESENTATIVE PAST TURNS OFFICE.
COULD, COULD YOU GIVE THE COUNCIL YOUR, YOUR OBJECTION AS FAR AS THIS BEING ON HERE AND WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO TO PUT IT BACK IN? OKAY.
SO ORIGINALLY WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, UM, AND THE BARS AND RESTAURANTS WERE WERE CLOSED, UM, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN STATE LAW AND OUR ABC ORDINANCES, WHICH IS OCCURS IN MOST PARISHES.
AND I SAY DISCREPANCY WE'RE A LITTLE BIT, UH, HARSHER IN HOW WE HANDLE THE, UH, HANDLING OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL SPECIFICALLY.
UM, CURBSIDE DELIVERY IS NOT ALLOWED IN BATON ROUGE UNDER OUR CURRENT ABC ORDINANCES, UM, GIVEN THE CLOSURE OF THE BARS AND RESTAURANTS, UM, AND THAT, THAT INABILITY FOR THE
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LOCAL ESTABLISHMENT TO SERVE CURBSIDE DELIVERY.WHAT WAS, WERE CRESTED BACK? UH, I GUESS IN MARCH, MAYBE APRIL WAS TO SUSPEND OUR LOCAL ORDINANCES, UH, D UH, HAVE THE ATC, THE STATE, UH, LAW IN PLACE THAT WOULD ALLOW CURBSIDE DELIVERY TO GET A LIFELINE TO THE BARS AND RESTAURANTS.
UM, NOW, SO WE HAD PUT THIS BACK IN, WE'VE BEEN CONTEMPLATING DOING THIS BACK, THE LATTER PART OF OCTOBER OR EARLY PART OF NOVEMBER.
IT GOT DELAYED BACK BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF THE HOLIDAYS AND VARIOUS REASONS.
NOW THE NUMBERS HAVE STARTED TO SPIKE BACK UP, UM, AND GIVEN THAT IT, UH, PROBABLY IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW CURBSIDE DELIVERY.
SO, UH, WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, GET WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO, TO ENSURE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DO TO ALLOW CURBSIDE DELIVERY.
I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS ALREADY.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, PUT INTO PLACE, UH, GOING FORWARD.
SO IT'D BE KIND OF SOMETHING THAT WE COULD HANDLE AND ADDRESS ALL AT ONE TIME.
UM, SO BASICALLY IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY, THERE'S JUST CERTAIN THINGS, INSTEAD OF BRINGING THIS ALL BACK ONLINE, AS ONE NEW PIECE, WE CAN GO IN AND SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO BRING BACK ONLINE OR NOT ONLINE.
AS FAR AS THE ORDINANCE GOES IN A DIFFERENT, UM, LAWS, I E A UNDERAGE DRINKING VERSUS A CURBSIDE DELIVERY, YOU KNOW, ENFORCEMENT VERSUS, UH, WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T SELL AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
AND AS THE PARISH ATTORNEY IS THAT WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS A COUNCIL IS SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO BRING BACK ONLINE.
THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO LEAVE UNDER THE STATE AND GO UNDER LIKE A, A MIX TYPE THING.
SO I, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD ADVOCATE FOR.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD, UH, BRING TO US OR, UM, AND, AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'D LIKE TO LOOK AT, OR LIKE YOU TO LOOK AT.
AND THEN WE WOULD DRAFT AN ORDINANCE ACCORDINGLY, UH, MEET WITH VARIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ENSURE THAT THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT, AND THEN BRING IT, UH, TO, TO, TO INTRODUCE AND THEN TO ULTIMATELY BE VOTED ON.
OKAY, THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT FOR ME.
SO HAVING THIS, UM, NOT REINSTATING, THIS REALLY TIES THE HANDS OF THE ABC BOARD.
AM I CORRECT UNNECESSARILY? UH, WE HAVE A PROVISION THAT DOES ALLOW FOR US TO ENFORCE THE STATE LAW, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN DOING.
IT IS NOT THE SAME AS OUR, THAT IS CORRECT.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, IF I WERE TO GO TO A RESTAURANT TONIGHT AND ORDER A STEAK AT A RUTH'S CHRIS, I CAN ALSO ORDER A BOTTLE OF WINE, AND THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER THE ATC, UH, LAW UNDER OUR LOCAL ORDINANCES.
THAT IS NOT ALLOWED WHEN YOU TAKE IT HOME TAKE, THEY CAN NOT DELIVER IT TO YOUR CAR.
OH, SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DELIVERING IT TO THE CAR, DELIVERED IT TO THE CAR.
UM, SO MY PROBLEM IS, IS THAT, UM, AND AFTER TALKING TO SEVERAL ABC BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT A SITUATION THAT I'M LOOKING AT, THEIR HANDS ARE TIED AND THEREFORE THIS CERTAIN ESTABLISHMENT IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT.
AND ABC BOARD CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
SO I JUST REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH DELETING THIS, KNOWING THE SPECIFICS OF IT.
WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT HERE.
WELL, NO, BUT I'M SAYING IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET WITH ME ON IT, I'LL ABSOLUTELY HAVE THAT SITUATION ADDRESSED.
THE ABC AGENTS CONTINUE TO ENFORCE, UH, THE STATE LAW EVERY DAY.
THEY DO COMPLIANCE CHECKS EVERY DAY.
SO WHAT KIND OF THINGS ARE, LET ME SEE HOW I WANT TO ASK THIS QUESTION, UM, HAVING THIS, UM, IN PLACE AND NOT READING AND STATING IT, HOW ARE THE, WHAT, WHAT CAN THE ABC BOARD NOT DO WITH THIS? NOT IN PLACE, ABC BOARD CAN STILL DO EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAD BEEN DOING PRIOR.
SO, SO WHY ARE, WHY ARE THEY TELLING ME IT'S TYING THEIR HANDS, THAT THEY CAN'T ENFORCE OKAY.
SO IF WE CAN MEET AND DISCUSS THAT, BUT WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE HEARINGS.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE HEARINGS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE THAT ARE SELLING TO UNDERAGE THAT ARE OUT THERE.
UM, WE ABSOLUTELY, UH, STILL HAVE THAT IN PLACE.
THEY'RE ENFORCING THE STATE LAW, YOU AND ME.
THIS IS REALLY WHAT IT IS, IS FOR THE CURBSIDE DELIVERY.
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WHERE WE HAVE AN ISSUE, A HOLE, SO TO SPEAK A LOOPHOLE THAT WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO FIX.SO THAT'S PART OF WHAT I WILL BE TASKED TO DO IS TO DRAFT AN ORDINANCE IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UH, COURTNEY, WITH OUR OFFICE, CIRCULATE IT AMONGST THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ENSURE THIS, SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DO.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IT'D BE BROUGHT TO YOU GUYS TO MAKE THE DECISION AS TO HOW Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO GO FORWARD.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN, JR.
RESTAURANTS IN BOSS, LIKE MANY INDUSTRIES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED TREMENDOUSLY BY THIS PANDEMIC.
AND I THINK THIS COUNCIL, THE ABC BOARD SHOULD BE DOING ANYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE SURVIVE.
UM, I'M IN SUPPORTIVE CURBSIDE DELIVERIES AND ANYTHING WE NEED TO DO TO AID AND ASSIST THOSE ESTABLISHMENT, THOSE OWNERSHIPS, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO EARN AN INCOME IN THAT INDUSTRY, WE SHOULD BE SUPPORTING THEM AND NOT RESTRICTING THEM.
UH, THIS PANDEMIC HAS IMPACTED ALL OF OUR LIVES AND ALL OF OUR LIVELIHOOD.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD DO ANYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT THEM.
I LIKE, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE ABC BOARD, THE CITY AND THE AUTHORITY OR THE ABILITY AND THE AUTONOMY TO LACK SOME OF THOSE, UH, THOSE, UH, ORDINANCE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON THE BOOKS.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER.
HELLO, MR. MESSINA, STEVIE COUNCILWOMAN, AS SIMPLY AS POSSIBLE.
WILL YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHAT THE EFFECT IS GOING TO BE? IF WE DELETE THIS TONIGHT, THERE'LL BE NO EFFECT THAT IT'S, WE'VE BEEN OPERATING UNDER THIS SINCE MARCH THE LEADING THIS ITEM WILL HAVE ZERO IMPACT WHATSOEVER.
OUR ABC AGENTS WILL CONTINUE TO ENFORCE THE STATE LAW THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING SINCE, SINCE MARCH.
THE ONLY THING THAT IT WILL ACTUALLY ALLOW WOULD BE TO CONTINUE WITH CURBSIDE DELIVERY.
THEN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF, UH, READOPTING OUR ABC ORDINANCES WOULD POTENTIALLY BE, UM, BY THE LETTER OF THE LAW WOULD BE TO NOT ALLOW CURBSIDE DELIVERY.
SO EVERYONE CURRENTLY, ALL OF THE RESTAURANTS, BARS, ALL THOSE GUYS CAN CONTINUE WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC.
GENTLE LADY FROM SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL, UM, AND RELATES TO, I THINK YOU, AND THAT TOPIC TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
UM, IN MY DISTRICT, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THE, THE RESTAURANTS THAT ARE SERVING THE ALCOHOL.
UM, BUT WE HAVE DAIQUIRI SHOP.
AND SO ONE OF THE CONVERSATION I THINK WE HAD EARLY ON IN THE YEAR WAS, UM, THOSE ESTABLISHMENT BEING ABLE TO DO THE DRIVE AND THE DRIVE AND THE DELIVERY.
AND I THINK, UM, YOU SAID THAT IT, THEY FELL ON THE, ANOTHER AREA BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SERVE FOOD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THERE WAS A DISTINCTION THAT THE GOVERNOR HAD MADE UNDER ONE OF HIS EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT ALLOWED FOR RESTAURANTS AND THAT THERE WERE VARIOUS EXECUTIVE ORDERS, UH, THAT HAD COME INTO PLAY.
BUT, UH, RIGHT NOW IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, YOU WERE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A DRIVE-THROUGH DAIQUIRI, UH, ESTABLISHMENT.
YOU CAN GO TO A, UH, DAIQUIRI PLACE, WHICH, UH, I DO, AND YOU CAN GO INSIDE AND YOU CAN ORDER IT AND THEN YOU CAN LEAVE WITH IT UNDER CURRENT, UH, ATC LAW.
THAT IS 100% EXCEPT WATER, IF YOU CAN'T GO INSIDE, BUT YOU CAN GO TO THE WINDOW, UH, AND DOING THAT IS CURRENTLY ALLOWED UNDER ATC LAW IN, IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
AND I THINK YOU CAN GO IN, BUT LIKE YOU SEE, YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN AND EAT AT THE BAR AND ALL THAT.
JUST ONE CLARIFICATION COUNSEL, UH, UNDER, THANK YOU, UH, PALO FOR ALL THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDED UNDER THE GUISE OF, I THINK THIS COUNCIL ENDORSES SUPPORTING OUR RESTAURANT OWNERS AND OUR BARS GIVEN, UM, THE SITUATION, OUR COMMUNITY, AND FRANKLY, OUR WORLD IS IN, I WOULD ENCOURAGE, UH, THE ADMINISTRATION FINANCE DEPARTMENT, PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, ABC.
WE SHOULD GET TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH, COME UP WITH, UH, ARE THERE OTHER CHANGES? WE'VE GOTTEN A COUPLE OF RESOLUTIONS FROM THE ABC BOARD, UH, WITH RESPECT TO FEES.
I THINK WE SHOULD EVALUATE ALL OF THIS.
AND THEN AS A BODY, WE CAN BRING FORTH WHETHER IT'S ONE, WHETHER IT'S MORE THAN ONE, UH, ITEM UNDER THE GUISE OF, WE WANT TO SUPPORT THESE BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT COMING OUT OF THIS, UH, PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, GO THERE.
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I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA.I'D LIKE TO APPOINT YOU AND CLEAVE DONE AS THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH ABC, TO CRAFT, UH, SUCH COMPREHENSIVE LANGUAGE.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S WITHIN MY PURVIEW TO DO, BUT I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA, SIR.
IT FALLS UNDER THE SMART CITY COMMITTEE ACTUALLY.
SO I WAS THINKING, OH, I I'VE, IF I MAY, I WAS LOOKING TO, UH, WORK AT FAIR, STARTING ON THE OTHER
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, HUDSON, UH, UH, HE HAS SOME QUESTIONS.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BLACK LEAVE DONE.
UH, ANY OBJECTIONS MOTION CARRIES ITEM ONE OH
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FIVE AMENDING AND REENACTING AN ORDINANCE ONE SEVEN NINE TWO ONE ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2020, WHICH ESTABLISHED VOTING PRECINCTS WITHIN WARDS ONE, TWO AND THREE IN THE SPANISH PARIS AND DESIGNATING POLLING PLACES.SO AS TO CHANGE THE POLLING LOCATION FOR WARD ONE PRECINCTS 27 AND 29 WARD THREE PRECINCT, 13 AND 39 68 AND 60 B IN WARD THREE PRECINCT 4,141 B AND RE-ESTABLISH DESIGNATED POLLING LOCATIONS FOR ALL OTHER PRECINCTS WITHIN THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE BY THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS OFFICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE ONE 64 42, THIS ITEM MUST BE DECLARED IN EMERGENCY BY TWO THIRDS VOTE OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO DECLARE THIS ITEM MOTION BY WHITE SECOND BY AND ROSA, ANY OPPOSITION HAVING NONE MOTION CARRIES WE'LL.
NOW WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ITEM.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, NO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM MOTION BY WHITE SECOND BY HUDSON? UH, ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIED BEFORE WE LEAVE ON ONE THING, EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, YOUR DECORUM, YOUR POLITENESS TOWARDS EACH OTHER.
ONE THING, ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES USED TO WORK IN CITY PARIS, UH, FOR SITTING HERE WITH US TONIGHT AND BEING PREPARED.
WHEN YOU COME TO THE MIC, THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN SITTING HERE AND SOMEBODY COMES TO THE MIC I'M PREPARED.
SO THANK YOU ALL OFF, BEING PREPARED.
IF WE CAN HAVE THE NEXT HUNDRED AND 35 MEETINGS, JUST LIKE THIS, WE'LL GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE GREATEST COUNCILS IN THE HISTORY OF OUR CITY AND PARIS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, MOST ENVIRONMENT RULES.
THE SECOND BY GREEN MEETING AS A GERM.