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WELCOME TO THE APRIL 14,[CALL TO ORDER]
2021 REGULAR MEETING OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.I LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER ATHLETICALLY.
WE'RE GOING TO BE LED IN OUR INVOCATION AND PRAYER BY COUNCIL MEMBER, DENISE AMAROSA.
WHERE DOES SHE GO? OH, THERE SHE IS.
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY FOR THIS IS THE DAY THAT YOU HAVE MADE.
WE ASK YOU TO BE FRONT AND CENTER HERE WITH US TONIGHT.
WE ASK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE AS WE FACE EACH ITEM THAT COMES BEFORE US AND LET ALL THAT WE DO BRING GLORY AND HONOR TO YOUR NAME AND YOUR NAME ALONE IN JESUS NAME.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY.
COUNCIL MEMBER AMOROSA AT THIS TIME, IF YOU ALL DON'T MIND, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR A YOUNG LADY BY THE NAME OF COREY GOSHA.
I THINK IF ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO THE NEWS, WE RECOGNIZE THAT SHE'S BEEN MISSING FOR AWHILE AND, UH, SEARCHES ON.
SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR SHE AND HER FAMILY.
AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A
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MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING ON MARCH 24TH, 2021 IN A METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ZONING MEETING OF MARCH 24, 2021 BY THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR, SOME PUBLIC HEARING.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE, HAVING NONE COUNCIL MEMBERS NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
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PLEASE READ THE INTRODUCTIONS SECTION 2.12 INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER TWO, GRAINING OF SALES TAX REBATE FOR LOUISIANA FISH FRY PRODUCTS LIMITED ESTIMATED, BUT NOT MORE THAN $9,500 LOCATED AT 1450 AIRWAY DRIVE BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR.NUMBER THREE, AUTHORIZED AND SETTLEMENT OF THE MATTER.
SHARON CARTER VS THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $95,000 PLUS COURT COSTS THE AMOUNT OF $149 AND 50 CENTS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $95,149 AND 50 CENTS.
AND APPROPRIATING THAT SUM FOR THAT PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY NUMBER FOR AMENDING THE 2021 ALLOTMENT OF POSITIONS FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH SHOULD BE SPAT AND ROUGE.
SO AS TO CHANGE THE ALLOTMENT OF PURCHASING TO ESTABLISH THE DIVISION OF SUPPLIER DIVERSITY AND APPROPRIATING $228,000 FOR SAID, PURPOSE AND OPERATIONAL NEEDS FOR THE NEW DIVISION FROM GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE ON ASSIGNED $32,000 FROM BRECK FOR A TOTAL OF $260,000 IN AUTHORIZATION OF A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH BRETT FOR THE COST SHARE PORTION OF THE JOINT CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, ADD ONE CHIEF PERSONALLY PER PURCHASING ANALYST, AND ONE SENIOR PURCHASING ANALYST BY PRESIDENT PURCHASING DIRECTOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR AND ADDING COUNCILMAN CLEAVE DONE NUMBER FIVE, AUTHORIZING THE FINANCE DIRECTOR TO REFUND AN ERRONEOUS REMITTANCE OF USE TAX TO HERTZ RENTALS INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF 154,080, $49 AND 53 CENTS FOR REMITTING USE TAX TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH AND A RENTAL EQUIPMENT USE OUTSIDE OF THE PARISH AND THE AUDIT FROM THE AUDIT PERIODS SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2016 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2018 BY THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, NUMBER SIX AND THEN THE 2021 PAY PLAN FOR THE CLASSIFIED AND CLASSIFIED NON-CLASSIFIED CONTRACT.
FIREARM POLICE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH SHOULD BE SPAT NURSE TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING CHANGE EFFECTIVE APRIL 29, 2021 AMENDMENTS TO THE CLASSIFIED AND UNCLASSIFIED APPENDIX CRITICAL RETENTION HIRING OF ARCHITECT, EMPLOYEES AND OPTIONAL SPECIAL RECRUITING RATE IS ALLOWABLE UP TO STEP NINE FOR THE PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECT SERIES OF RECOMMENDED BY THE DIRECTOR AND APPROVED BY THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECT POSITIONS, OR IDENTIFIED AS FOLLOWS ARCHITECT, CHIEF ARCHITECT AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT PARISH WIDE LANDSCAPE MANAGER ONLY IF APPLICANT EMPLOYEE HAS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, LICENSE, SENIOR ARCHITECTS, SPECIAL PROJECTS, ARCHITECT AND URBAN FORESTRY AND LANDSCAPE MANAGER ONLY IF AN APPLICANT OR EMPLOYEE HAS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE LICENSE.
IN ADDITION IN THE FOLLOWING ARCHITECT RELATED CLASSIFICATIONS ARE ALLOWED.
THE ENHANCED RECRUITING RATE ADJUSTMENTS MUST BE RECOMMENDED BY THE DIRECTOR AND APPROVED BY THE HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR AND INTERIM ARCHITECT BY THE HUMAN RESEARCH DISTRACTER NUMBER SEVEN,
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AMENDING THE 2021 CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET.SO AS TO APPROPRIATE $1,487,000 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR A ROOF REPLACEMENT AT THE RAISING CANE RIVER CENTER BY MAYOR, PRESIDENT NUMBER EIGHT, AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE MOUNTAIN TITLED CLARENCE AND TONYA GREEN VERSUS CITY OF BATON ROUGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $35,000 AND APPROPRIATE $35,000 FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY NUMBER 9:00 AM IN TITLE ONE MUNICIPAL AND PARISH ORGANIZATION OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE.
SO IT WAS TO ADD CHAPTER FOUR REGULATION OF DEPARTMENTS, PART THREE DIVISION OF PURCHASING SECTION ONE, COLON SEVEN ONE TWO AT SEC, TO ESTABLISH AND CREATE A SOCIALLY ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS POLICY, DEFINITIONS, APPLICATIONS, PROCEDURES, AND REQUIREMENTS RELATIVE THERE TO, AND OTHERWISE TO PROVIDE WITH RESPECT THERE TOO, BY THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMAN CLEAVED DUNN JR.
NUMBER 10, JEROME ONE OH FIVE, ONE FOUR BERTHA STREET COUNSELED SISTER TWO BANKS, NUMBER 11, RICK ANTHONY MILLER AND PAULETTE MARIE MILLER HARDY ONE, ONE, TWO FIVE BE PROGRESS ROAD PEACH HOUSE COUNSEL.
FIVE TO 14, SIX GLENOAKS DRIVE COUNCIL, DISTRICT FAB, GRAIN NUMBER 13 PER PRODUCTS, LLC.
FIVE THREE ONE SIX GLEN X DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE, GREEN NUMBER 14, DAVID WALLACE AND LINDA LOLLIS FIVE THREE FIVE FIVE GLENOAKS DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE, GRAIN NUMBER 15, THE ESTATE OF JOHNNY WINFIELD, SR FIVE THREE SEVEN SIX GLEN X DRIVE HOUSE IN REAR SHED COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE, GRAIN NUMBER 16, GERALD CHARLOTTE, JUNIOR AND SUSAN CHARLOTTE, TWO FIVE SEVEN NINE LORRAINE STREET HOUSE IN REAR APARTMENT COUNCIL, DISTRICT FIVE, GREEN NUMBER 17 ANGEL INDUSTRIES, LLC FIVE SIX THREE FIVE NORTH FOSTER DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE, NUMBER 18 CARLITA NICOLE THOMAS THORTON, REGINA THOMAS AND VIVIAN YVETTE THOMAS FOUR 63, ONE PACKARD STREET HOUSE IN REAR SHED COUNCIL, DISTRICT FAB GREEN NUMBER 19 MATTHEWS AND GLORIA MATTHEWS FIVE ONE ONE FIVE PACKARD STREET, HOUSE AND REAR SHED COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE GREEN NUMBER 20, ANY PRO I'M SORRY, E PREFERRED PROPERTIES LLC.
FIVE ONE THREE THREE NORTH AFTON PARKWAY, COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX, DON JR.
BURKE'S DONE FOUR ZERO TWO FIVE MONROE AVENUE, HOUSE AND REAR SHED COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 22 M M O REALTY, LLC, FOUR, FOUR TO EIGHT NORTH BOULEVARD, COMMERCIAL BUILDING AND MOBILE HOMES.
COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 23, LEROY LITTLETON, ROSETTA WILSON DAVIS SEVEN SIX ZERO NORTH 27TH STREET AND HOUSE AND MERE SHED COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 24, THE ESTATE OF GEORGE H SLAN JR.
THE STATE OF MARRIAGE AND INSULIN AND THE ESTATE OF CHARLES LILLIAN, ARLENE, UM, SCOTT AND GNP SERVICES INC ONE SIX SEVEN SEVEN NORTH 41ST STREET HOUSE AND REAR SHED COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 25, LOUISA JONES ROYA ROAD, ROSACEA TINA ROAD, ASHLEY ROSACEA AND TASHA ROSACEA FIVE ZERO ONE SIX SHERWOOD STREET COUNCIL SEVEN COLE NUMBER 26.
SO LESS DALIAH TWO EIGHT SIX FIVE EATON STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 27, FRED H REACH THE THIRD AND EUGENE HYDE REESE ONE THREE IT'S IN THREE FOUR BUCKLEY AVENUE HOUSE IN REAR SHED COUNCIL, DISTRICT EIGHT MRO.
SO NUMBER 28, THE ESTATE OF PHILIP RO WIGGINS IN THE ESTATE OF NANCY KAY, NANCY FAYE, UH, CATER PARKER WIGGINS SEVEN EIGHT ONE TWO DIRECTOR DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE, HUDSON NUMBER 29, MATTIE UH, GULLY AND LAURA GLEAN, TWO SEVEN SIX FOUR 70TH AVENUE IN COUNCIL, DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN, NUMBER 30, BRIAN, PHILLIP MACKIE AND JANELL HERNANDEZ, MACKIE EIGHT ZERO NINE AMERICAN STREET HOUSE SENT ATTACHED DEPARTMENT CATHOLICS 10 COLEMAN, NUMBER 31, DONALD ALLEN KNIGHTON, THREE 75 EAST BUCHANAN STREET, HOUSE AND REAR SHED COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN, NUMBER 32, MAYA, UH, GUNS FLOWERS, TWO ONE NINE FIVE CHRISTIAN STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 12, ROCCA NUMBER 33 ROCKSTAR CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP LP ONE FOUR, FIVE, FIVE ARCADIA DRIVE BIAS, HYACINTH TOWNHOMES COUNCIL, DISTRICT 12 ROCCA, ALL ITEMS THAT REQUIRE READING HAVE BEEN READ A MOTION TO DELETE ITEM 30 DUE TO PROP IMPROPER NOTICE AND AMENDING ITEMS FOUR AND NINE TO ADD COUNCILMAN CLEVE, DOUG DONE JUNIOR AS AN ADDITIONAL SPONSOR AND INTRODUCING ALL OTHER ITEMS AS WELL.
IS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE A MOTION? MOST OF MY GREEN SECOND BY THE CHAIR AND THE OPPOSITION TO HAVE A NONE MOTION CARRIES AT THIS TIME AS ALWAYS, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES USED TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF PARIS.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY SCHEDULES,
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HOW THOSE, SOME OF YOU HAVE TO BE HERE, BUT WE THANK YOU ANYWAY FOR BEING HERE AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES IN THE MAIL ROOM.WE ALWAYS GET OUR MAIL ON TIME, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THOSE AND MAKE SURE WE GET OUR MENTAL
NOW, CAN WE GO IN AND TAKE A FEW ITEMS
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ARE OUT OF ORDER OR WE HAVE SOME VERY SPECIAL GUESTS WHO ARE HERE WITH US TO SEE EVENING.SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM ONE 57.
I DON'T WANT 57 AS AN EMERGENCY ITEM.
AND IT IS NAMING THE CITY HALL PLAZA IN DOWNTOWN BATON ROUGE FOR DAVIS S RURAL PLAZA BY MAYOR, PRESIDENT, OUR REASON FOR EMERGENCY TAX.
BUT I HAVE TO RENAMING OF CITY HALL PLAZA, HONOR OF DAVIS AS ROAR AND HIS SERVICE TO CITY PARIS AND BATON ROUGE AND THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND THE PEOPLE OF THESE BANNERS PARIS AT THIS TIME MET PRESIDENT BROWN BEFORE WE USED TO SPEAK IN THEIR PRESIDENT.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM SHOWING NONE? UH, WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THIS IS AN EMAIL PUBLIC COMMENT FROM CHRISTINE NICHOLS DYNAMIC AND PATIENT LEADERS ARE A RARE COMMODITY, BUT DAVIS ROAR WAS BOTH WHILE WE SHOULD HONOR, WE SHOULD HONOR HIS HARD WORK BY NAMING CITY HALL PLAZA.
THE DAVIS ROHRER PLAZA, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO HIM WOULD BE THAT HIS EFFORTS CONTINUE FOR DOWNTOWN BATON ROUGE.
WHEN I CAME TO THE CITY SOME 30 YEARS AGO, THE OLD CURTAINS WERE BLOWING OUT THE WINDOWS OF WHAT IS NOW THE HILTON.
HIS VISION IS NOW SHOWN IN A THRIVING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MOTION BY MT.
SETTING BY EVERYONE? A MOTION HAS BEEN APPROVED RUN ACROSS THE DAVID'S ROLE BEFORE WE
UM, COUNCILMAN PRO TEM COLE, MAYOR PRO TEM, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, JUST OVER A MONTH AGO, OUR COMMUNITY WAS DEVASTATED BY THE LOSS OF DAVIS ROAR.
DAVIS WAS A TRUE ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AS YOU HEARD IN THAT UNSOLICITED TESTIMONY FROM ONE OF OUR CITIZENS, HE WAS CHERISHED BY THOUSANDS, EVEN IF THEY DID NOT KNOW HIM PERSONALLY, BECAUSE IT WAS HIS VISION THAT LAY AT THE TRANSFORMATION OF DOWNTOWN BATON ROUGE.
HE LED THIS CHANGE FOR NEARLY FOUR DECADES.
I'M SURE MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THE DOWNTOWN THAT THE LADY TALKED ABOUT IN HER COMMENTS.
UM, IT EXISTED IN THE 1980S AND THIS SECTION OF OUR CITY WAS OVERWHELMED WITH ABANDONED RETAIL STORES, HOTELS AND OFFICE SPACES.
IT WAS TRULY DESOLATE IN COMPARISON TO WHAT WE KNOW TODAY.
RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT BECAUSE THEY KNEW OUR CITY DESERVED MORE.
THE BOARD OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WAS EQUIPPED WITH A VISION FOR TRANSFORMATION, AND THEY BROUGHT ON DAVIS TO LEAD THIS EFFORT.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, HE LED THEM TO SUCCESS.
HIS PERSEVERANCE HAS TRANSFORMED DOWNTOWN INTO THE VIBRANT HEART OF OUR CITY AND PARISH.
HIS WORK HAS SHOWN US THAT THERE ARE NO BOUNDS TO WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH HERE IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, HIS LEGACY SERVES AS A PRECURSOR TO THE REDEVELOPMENT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT DAVIS CERTAINLY WAS FOCUSED ON DOWNTOWN, BUT HE CARED ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH ESPECIALLY WHERE THERE WAS DISINVESTMENT.
AND HE WAS WILLING TO HELP ADD HIS EXPERTISE, HIS EXPERIENCE, TO HELP LIFT UP ALL COMMUNITIES OF DISINVESTMENT.
HE HAS SHOWN US THAT THE REBIRTH OF OUR CITY IS WITHIN OUR GRASP.
WE MUST SIMPLY GO FORWARD ON OUR MISSION TO TRANSFORM BATON ROUGE.
WITH THIS BEING SAID, I STAND BEFORE ALL OF YOU TODAY, ALONG WITH THE ROAR FAMILY DAVIS WARD JR.
HIS SON, HIS SISTER, JAN BRENE, HIS BROTHER SKIP ROAR AND HIS SISTER, CATHY ROSKAM, OTHER MEMBERS, OTHER SIBLINGS, UNFORTUNATELY COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY, BUT I AM GLAD THAT THEY ARE HERE.
JOIN US IN HONORING DAVIS ROARS LEGACY BY DEDICATING THE GREEN SPACE OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL, CURRENTLY KNOWN AS CITY HALL
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PLAZA.IN HIS HONOR, I HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS WITH DAVID SAYS THAT GREEN SPACE WAS TAKING PLACE.
AND EVERY TIME THERE WAS PROGRESS TAKING PLACE, HE WAS EXCITED.
AND WHEN THERE WAS NOT PROGRESS TAKING PLACE, HE TELL YOU ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
HE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO FUND DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT THIS AREA FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
AND IT IS AN AREA WITHIN OUR CITY IN WHICH HE TOOK GREAT PRIDE.
DAVIS S ROAR PLAZA WILL STAND AS A LONG LASTING TESTIMONY TO THE LEGACY HE LEFT WITHIN DOWNTOWN BATON ROUGE.
AND I AM CONFIDENT THIS AREA WILL SERVE AS AN INSPIRATION TO THOSE WHO WILL CONTINUE THE FIGHT TO IMPROVE THE LANDSCAPE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WOULD YOU PAUSE FOR A MINUTE AND TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THIS VIDEO?
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I THINK THAT, THAT SAYS IT ALL.THANK YOU, DAVIS
AS A CERTIFICATE OF CONDOLENCE PRESENTED TO THE FAMILY AND MEMORY OF DAVIS ROAR.
THEY GENTLEMEN, THEY EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, METRO COUNCIL, METROPOLITAN COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE ROYAL FAMILY.
DURING THIS TIME, DAVID EXHIBITED TIRELESS DEVOTION TO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AS THE DIRECTOR OF DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WITH A FOCUS AND A VISION OF REVITALIZING DOWNTOWN AND BRING IN BUSINESSES AND VISITORS BACK MAKING BATON ROUGE, WELCOMING TO ALL HIS LEGACY SHALL REMAIN, AND HE TRULY WILL BE MISSED AND, AND TESTIMONY THERE OFF.
WE HAVE A HEROINE TO SET OUR HANDS AS THE OFFICIAL SIGNATURE AND COALS TO BE A FIXED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA THIS DAY, APRIL 14, 2021.
AND THIS IS FROM ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT BEING ME BEING IN 10 IS THAT DAVIS AND I BOTH WERE FROM 10.
AND SO I GET THE PRIVILEGE OF PRESENTING THOSE CERTIFICATE, UH, ME AND MAY YOUR FAMILY BE STRENGTHENED AND EXPERIENCE THE PEACE THAT PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING DURING THIS SEASON.
AND AS A MEMBER OF THIS METROPOLITAN COUNCIL DISTRICT TAN, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST, DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY AND FAREWELL FOR YOU AND HIS PRECIOUS MEMORIES WILL ALWAYS BE TREASURED BY ME.
AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS THIS FAMILY IS MY PRAYER AND, AND TESTIMONY WHERE OF HOPE I HAVE ON MY HAND AS MY OFFICIAL SIGNATURE AND CAUSE TO BE A FIXED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE THIS DAY, APRIL 14, 2021 IT'S MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF I'LL BE BRIEF.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A VERY LARGE AGENDA TODAY.
UM, THIS IS A VERY EMOTIONAL DAY FOR ME AND MY MOM.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VERY HIGH HONOR.
UM, I'M SORRY THAT SHE COULDN'T BE HERE.
SHE IS WATCHING AT HOME JUST THREE SHORTS, MUCH THREE SHORT MONTHS AGO.
HE LOVED WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU TO MAKE OUR CITY AND PARISH A BETTER PLACE, A STRONGER PLACE FOR EVERYONE.
AND I KNOW THAT RETIREMENT WAS THE ABSOLUTE LAST THING ON HIS MIND.
UH, HE WAS ALWAYS THE FIRST TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE MANY PARTNERS THAT WORKED WITH HIM ON EVERY PROJECT THROUGHOUT HIS 35 YEAR CAREER WITH THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
HE WAS NOT ONE TO LEAP INTO THE LIMELIGHT, AND I KNOW THAT HE COULD NOT HAVE ACCEPTED AN HONOR LIKE THIS IN PERSON.
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WHO HE WAS, BUT THIS GREEN SPACE, AS DAD WOULD SAY, SOME PROJECTS TAKE A LONG TIME.SOME OF THEM TAKE A LOT OF HARD WORK, BUT CITY HALL PLAZA TOOK A LONG TIME AND A LOT OF HARD WORK.
AND I CAN'T THINK OF A MORE FITTING SPACE TO, UH, BE NAMED AFTER HIM.
IT RECOGNIZES, I THINK, A VISION HE HAD TO CONNECT ALL OF OUR CIVIC, CULTURAL AND GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS TOGETHER INTO ONE COMMON CORE WHERE EVERYBODY CAN COME TOGETHER, UH, LIVE THEIR LIVES.
IT'S HOME TO LIVE AFTER FIVE, ONE OF DAD'S FAVORITE EVENTS THAT I KNOW HE WAS SO LOOKING FORWARD TO COMING BACK THIS FALL.
UM, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS HONOR, UH, TO EACH OF YOU.
I TRULY APPRECIATE IT ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, MY MOM AND MY FAMILY.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT DAD WOULD BE VERY PROUD.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT HE'D BE VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT'S NEXT FOR DOWNTOWN AND FOR OUR CITY PARISH.
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MEMBERS.WE'RE GOING TO RETURN TO OUR AGENDA.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FEW ITEMS OUT OF ORDER.
WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE HERE, BUT HAVE THERE BEEN SOME CANCELLATION WITH AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE FOR THE WEATHER? SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FEW ITEMS OUT OF ORDER.
IF YOU WOULD REFER TO ITEM ONE 54, ITEM ONE 54 THAT IS RECEIVING A QUARTER FOURTH QUARTER 2020 LAND BANK REPORT FROM BAYLOR BATON ROUGE BY THE COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATORS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 54, ANYONE HERE TO, TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 54, MR. TYSON? YES.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, CHRIS TYSON, UH, CEO OF BILL BATON ROUGE.
UH, I'M HERE TO REPORT ON THE, UH, ON THE QUARTERLY REPORT.
YOU ALL RECEIVED AS, YOU KNOW, PERSON TO THE CA THAT WE HAVE, WE DELIVER A QUARTERLY REPORT ON OUR LAND BANK ACTIVITIES AND GENERAL REDEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT REPORT WAS SENT TO YOU IN ADVANCE AND I'M HERE TO JUST BRIEFLY RECAP THAT AND BE AVAILABLE TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT OUR CURRENT WORK AND THE SUBJECT OF THE REPORT.
UH, AS WE ALWAYS DO, WE REPORT ON OUR LAND BANK PROPERTIES.
OUR LAND BANK REMAINS RELATIVELY SMALL WITH 117 PROPERTIES THAT INCLUDES, UH, THEY CAN, UH, PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE, UH, ACQUIRED THROUGH THE ADJUDICATED TRANSFER PROCESS THAT YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF.
IT ALSO INCLUDES OTHER PROPERTIES SUCH AS THE ELECTRIC DEPOT PROPERTY THAT, UH, REMAINS A VIABLE PROJECT THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF.
AND I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.
WE DID NOT TRANSFER IN OR OUT ANY PROPERTIES IN THE LAST QUARTER.
UH, WE, UH, HAVE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO TRANSFER THOSE PROPERTIES TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A FEW UNDERWAY AS YOU KNOW, THE TITLE CLEARING ISSUES THAT WE FACE WITH OUR, UH, ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES SOMETIMES MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO FIND THIRD PARTIES WILLING TO, UH, TRANSFER THOSE PROPERTIES TOO.
BUT WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE SOME OF THOSE PROPERTIES INTO PRODUCTIVE USE VERY SOON.
UM, FROM A REDEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE, WE CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THE PLANK ROAD MASTER PLAN, AS YOU KNOW, UH, WE HAVE SECURED A FUNDING GRANT FUNDING TO SUPPORT A NUMBER OF PROJECTS UNDER THAT PLAN, INCLUDING THE FOOD INCUBATOR, UH, THE POCKET PARK, UH, AND PLANS FOR A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT WILL INCLUDE HOUSING AND POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.
UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF, UM, ADVANCING A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AT THE PLANK, UH, AT THE INTERSECTION OF PLANK AND CALUMET.
UH, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS.
UH, IT IS, UH, A PROJECT THAT WE'RE USING NEW MARKET TAX CREDITS FOR WHICH, UH, TENDS TO BE A BIT OF AN INVOLVED PROCESS, BUT, UH, WE CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CLOSING ON THAT, UH, SOON AND UPDATING YOU ON THAT.
UM, UH, AS I MENTIONED, ELECTRIC DEPOT REMAINS A PROJECT FOR US.
WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT EVEN DESPITE COVID, WE HAVE, UH, NEW TENANTS AT THAT PROPERTY, UH, AND, UH, ACTIVITY IS STILL A BOUNDS.
AS YOU KNOW, IN 2018, WE COMPLETED A RAIL STATION MASTER PLAN, WHICH PLANS FOR THE RAIL STATIONS TO BE A PART OF THE PROPOSED BATON ROUGE AND NEW ORLEANS HIGH-SPEED RAIL CORRIDOR.
UH, WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON, UH, PLANS, UH, IN FURTHERANCE OF THE REAL STATION MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE ELECTRIC DEPOT PROPERTY, UH, AND ALSO THE WORK GOING ON ON GOVERNMENT STREET, WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS, IS, IS WRAPPING UP IN, UH, FROM OUR VANTAGE POINT IS, IS JUST REALLY BENEFICIAL AND GREAT PROJECT FOR THE CITY.
UH, LASTLY, I'LL REPORT ON ART AND DALE, UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD ART AND DALE FOR OVER 10 YEARS, AND IT IS THE SOURCE.
IT IS THE SUBJECT OF THE CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS GRANT, THE $30 BILLION GRANT THAT THE CITY RECEIVED FROM HUD.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND
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ALSO MOVIE BR, WHICH HAS A CONNECTOR ROAD RUNNING THROUGH THAT PROPERTY.AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING, UH, WITH FRED AND OTHERS TO, UH, COORDINATE THAT, UH, AND KIND OF RECONCILE THE NEEDS OF THE MOVIE VR PROGRAM, UH, WITH OUR COMMITMENT TO HUT THROUGH CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS OR ANY OTHERS THAT I MIGHT NOT HAVE HIGHLIGHTED COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
DO YOU HAVE A LISTING OF ALL OF THE PROPERTIES THAT OUR LAND BANK BUY BASED ON DISTRICT? YES.
AND SO THE LAND BANK REPORT THAT WE GIVE YOU AS I'M SORRY, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT, UH, I HAD PEOPLE.
UM, BUT THAT REPORT DOES, UH, IDENTIFY WHERE THE PROPERTY IS AND WHAT, WHAT COUNCIL DISTRICTS IT SENDS.
I'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET A COPY OF THAT.
IT INCLUDES THE DATE, YOU ACQUIRED IT, THE DATA GOT IT.
I APOLOGIZE, COUNCILMAN, I DON'T HAVE THAT PARTICULAR SHEET IN FRONT OF ME, BUT IT SHOULD BE, IT SHOULD BE ON THERE IF YOU WOULD GIVE IT, UM, BY DISTRICT WHEN IT WAS QUIET, IF THERE'S BEEN ANY ACTIVITY OR INTEREST.
AND THEN I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW LONG IF I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING REGARDING RETURNING IT BACK TO THE CITY AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, IF THERE'S BEEN NO PROGRESS.
UH, THERE ISN'T ANYTHING ABOUT RETURNING BACK TO THE CITY ONCE THE PROPERTY IS TRANSFERRED, THE TITLE WAS WITH A BILL BATON ROUGE.
UM, UH, CERTAINLY OUR GOAL IS TO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PROJECT PROPERTIES IN KIND OF THE ADJUDICATED STATE, WHICH IS KIND OF A LIMBO LAND.
UH, AND WE CERTAINLY WANT TO SEE THOSE PROPERTIES PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE REDEVELOPMENT EFFORT.
AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE, UH, COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO ARE ABLE TO COME TO US AND ACQUIRE THOSE PROPERTIES.
WE THINK IN A WAY THAT'S MORE STREAMLINED THAN, UH, GOING THROUGH THE ADJUDICATED PROCESS.
AND CERTAINLY WE GET TO ENSURE IN THAT PROCESS THAT THE COMMUNITY RECEIVES ACTUAL BENEFITS, PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE CONCERNS AROUND GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT THAT HAPPENS WHEN REAL ESTATE IS SUBJECT TO SPECULATION, AS OPPOSED TO BEING A PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
BECAUSE I DO GET A LOT OF CON A LOT OF, UM, COMPLAINTS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PROPERTIES IN MY DISTRICT AND THEY'RE UNDER BILL BATON ROUGE AND THEY CAN'T GET ANYTHING DONE.
THAT THAT'S, UH, I LOVE TO TALK WITH THEM SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WE DO RECEIVE REQUESTS REGARDING LAND BANK PROPERTIES, BUT HAPPENS OFTENTIMES COUNSEL, A WOMAN IS THAT IF SOMEONE IS LOOKING TO FINANCE THE PURCHASE OF A PROPERTY, THEY'RE GOING TO REQUIRE TITLE INSURANCE.
AND IF THEY CAN'T GET SOMEONE TO UNDERWRITE TITLE INSURANCE ON THAT PROPERTY, THAT USUALLY IS WHERE WE, WE, WE, WE RUN INTO A PROBLEM, BUT I'M HAPPY TO, TO, TO ADDRESS SPECIFICALLY ANYONE WHO HAS RECEIVED PROPERTY.
OUR GOAL IS NOT TO JUST HOLD PROPERTIES INDEFINITELY.
UH, THERE'S A REVENUE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO FEED INTO OTHER REDEVELOPMENT EFFORTS IF WE CAN MOVE A PROPERTY.
SO WE HAVE NO INTEREST IN HOLDING PROPERTY INDEFINITELY.
SO CERTAINLY, YEAH, THAT WOULD LIKE, UM, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW THE ACTIVITY FOR EACH AND WHERE THEY ARE, BECAUSE IF THEY AREN'T EVEN GETTING TO THAT POINT, UM, BASED ON I EVEN GOTTEN A CALL THIS WEEK, HAVE YOU FOUND THE MARCH TIP? I DIDN'T, I DON'T KNOW IF IT CAME UNDER YOUR NAME CAUSE THAT'S SEARCHED YOUR NAME, BUT ANYWAY.
IF YOU WOULD, UM, CAUSE HE DOES INDICATE ALL THE PROPERTY, BUT NOTHING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT ANYONE HAS HAD AN INTEREST IN IT.
I MEAN, IF, IF WE DON'T WALK THAT SPECIFICALLY, IF SOMEONE APPROACHES US AND WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WE JUST DID AN APPRAISAL ON A PROPERTY.
AS YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TRANSFER A PROPERTY TO A THIRD PARTY, WE HAVE TO RECEIVE AN APPRAISAL BECAUSE SHE HAS A STATE ENTITY.
WE CAN'T, UH, WE GOT TO PAY FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR THE PROPERTY OR ACCEPT FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR THE PROPERTY.
UM, BUT I'M HAPPY IF THERE IS, IF THERE'S ANY ONE PARTICULAR COUNCIL AND THEN WE CERTAINLY WOULD LOVE TO, TO I WILL.
AND IF WE COULD GET THE REPORT DATE ACQUIRED, UH, YEAH.
THAT'S NOT ON EAR
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RECEIVE A REPORT, UH, ITEM 51 55, RECEIVING A QUARTERLY REPORT FROM THE BIRTH CENTER OF HOPE BY COUNCILMAN THE NISSAN MOROSA PUBLIC HEARINGS.IF YOU WANT, BEFORE YOU BEGIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.
I AM CHARLOTTE CLAYBORNE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE BRIDGE CENTER FOR HOPE.
MANY OF YOU, I HAVE MET IN THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
SOME OF YOU I HAVE NOT RIGHT HERE.
UM, WHAT I WANT TO DO FOR THOSE
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WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE BRUCE AND OF HOPE, I KINDA JUST WANT TO GIVE A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF WHAT THE FACILITY IS.IT IS THE FIRST EVER CRISIS STABILIZATION CENTER IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, AS WELL AS THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
THERE IS NOT ANOTHER CRISIS STABILIZATION CENTER IN THIS ENTIRE STATE.
SO SOME OF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT IN DECEMBER TO TOUR THE FACILITY BEFORE WE OPENED.
AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD A COUPLE OF ISSUES WITH LICENSINGS IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE WERE THE FIRST EVER DO IT.
SO WE HAD TO MAKE SURE AND DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE WE HAD ALL OF OUR I'S AND T'S DOTTED AND CROSSED.
AND THAT WAY, IF SOMEONE IN ANOTHER CITY OR ANOTHER PARISH WANTED TO DUPLICATE THE FACILITY, THEN WE ALREADY HAD THOSE THINGS WORKED OUT.
THE FACILITY OPENED ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY THE 11TH.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING FOR EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
AS YOU KNOW, THE BIRTH CENTER FOR HOPE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2016 AND THROUGH A LOT OF HARD WORK, SWEAT AND TEARS, WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO SELECT A SERVICE PROVIDER, WHICH IS RI INTERNATIONAL IN SEPTEMBER, UH, WELL IN, IN AUGUST OF 2019.
AND SO WE SPENT ALL OF 2020 DOING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS IN COUNCILMAN COLE'S DISTRICT SEVEN.
AND THEN ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO OPEN THE FACILITY, WE ARE ABLE TO SAY HAPPILY THAT THE RESIDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE BEEN UTILIZING THE FACILITY.
I DIDN'T SEND YOU GUYS A UPDATE ELECTRONICALLY BECAUSE I DID PRINT.
YOU ALL WANT OUT SO THAT YOU HAVE IT, BUT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK SYNOPSIS OF WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST QUARTER.
SO WE'VE ONLY BEEN OPEN 48 AND A HALF DAYS IN THAT TIMEFRAME.
WE HAVE SERVED OVER 233 EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH RESIDENTS.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THERE IS 266 PEOPLE SINCE FEBRUARY THE 11TH, TILL MARCH 31ST THAT HAVE COME TO THE FACILITY SEEKING EITHER SERVICES OR RESOURCES OF THAT 266, 233 WERE ADMITTED OF THAT 233 THAT WERE MID AT 214 WERE FROM EASTBOUND ROUGE, PARISH AND 13 WERE FROM OUT OF PARISH.
AND WHEN WE SAY OUT OF PARISH, IT COULD HAVE BEEN THAT SOMEONE FROM LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR A FIRST RESPONDER BROUGHT THAT PERSON TO THE FACILITY AND WE CAN NOT TURN THEM AWAY BECAUSE WE HAVE A NO WRONG DOOR POLICY, MEANING THAT ANYONE WHO COMES TO THE FACILITY, WE WILL BE, THEY WILL BE SEEN AND THEY WILL BE RECEIVED TREATMENT, UM, OF THAT IN THE FIRST QUARTER, I WANT TO SAY THAT 55% OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE ADMITTED WERE TREATED FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND THE REMAINING 45% WERE TREATED FOR SUBSTANCE USE CHALLENGES.
AND I SEE ALL OF YOU WRITING, BUT I HAVE THIS RIGHT HERE, SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO ALL THAT RIGHT NOW.
I KNEW THAT YOU WANT TO GIVE IT UP.
SO TO BREAK DOWN STATISTICS FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS VERSUS INDEPENDENTLY CALMING, UM, WELL, WHEN I SAY FIRST RESPONDERS, I MEAN EMS, I MEAN ALL OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, THAT'S THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S CENTRAL BAKER'S ZACHARY.
THAT IS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE.
UM, ALSO YOUR CAMPUS POLICE, LSU, SOUTHERN BRCC, AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR OTHERS.
AND SO IN LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHEN WE SAY FIRST RESPONDERS, FIRST RESPONDERS THAT COUNTED FOR 57% OF THE DROP-OFFS TO THE BRUCE CENTER FOR HOPE AND 43% ACCOUNTED FOR DIRECT ADMITS MEANING THEY CAME INDEPENDENTLY UP ON THEIR OWN, OR THEY WERE BROUGHT BY A FAMILY MEMBER.
UM, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE LIKE STRAIGHT STATISTICS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE SEEK THOUGHT, WHAT IF YOU WANT, YOU CAN TALK TO ME AFTERWARDS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE BECAUSE OF HIPAA COMPLIANCE, I WANT TO KEEP THAT INFORMATION, UM, TO PERCENTAGES ONLY, WHICH IS WHY I'M SAYING 45 AND 55%.
WE ALSO HAVE FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE FACILITY, THE FACILITY IS 26,000 SQUARE FEET.
IT CONTAINS FOUR UNITS AND SIX PROGRAMS, ALL FOUR UNITS HAVE BEEN LICENSED.
WHEN WE FIRST OPENED, WE ONLY OPENED WITH THE FIRST TWO UNITS AND WE JUST FINALLY OPENED WITH THE RESPITE UNIT, UM, THIS PAST MONTH.
SO THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE LEFT IS OUR MOBILE RESPONSE TEAM.
AND WHAT THAT IS, IS THE TWO-PERSON TEAM THAT PROVIDES CRISIS STABILIZATION AND CRISIS INTERVENTION AND STABILIZATION SERVICES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
THE WORKING WITH EMS, MEANING THAT WHENEVER SOMEONE CALLS AND FROM EMS AND THEY'RE COMPLAINING OR HAVING A PSYCHIATRIC CALL WAS WHAT THEY CALL WITH THEM.
THEY WILL ROLL THE MOBILE RESPONSE UNIT.
WE ARE IN ADDITION TO THE EMS RESPONSE TEAM, IF YOU ARE, UM, COMING TO THE FACILITY, EVERYONE STARTS OFF IN THE OBSERVATION UNIT AND THAT'S THE 23 HOUR OBSERVATION UNIT THAT PROVIDES THAT STABILIZATION
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SERVICE.AND FROM THERE, WHAT WE DO IS WE CALL IT LIKE AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER.
IT DETERMINES FROM THERE WHERE YOU GO IN THE FACILITY, IF YOU'RE NEEDING PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES, THEN YOU WILL GO TO OUR 16 BEDS.
IF YOU'RE NEEDING SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES, THEN YOU WILL GO TO THE 16 BED, SUBSTANCE USE MEDICAL DETOXIFICATION UNIT.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A 16 BED RESPITE, WHICH ALSO TAKES IN REFERRALS FROM THE HOSPITALS OR OUR OUTPATIENT PROVIDERS.
SO ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLAYGROUND PETS.
I DON'T HAVE A BUTTON LIKE Y'ALL DO UP THERE.
I THINK IT'S A FOUR SECOND RULE EITHER ON THIS EITHER.
UM, YOU TALKING ABOUT THE PERCENTAGES AND EVERYTHING AND I DON'T, I SEE FIRST RESPONDERS, BUT AS FAR AS POLICE UNITS, POLICE, FIRST RESPONDERS BRINGING PEOPLE IN IS THAT PEOPLE THAT WOULD NORMALLY GO INTO THE PARISH PRISON OR TO THE LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM.
BECAUSE WHEN, WHEN I TOOK THE TOUR TO PLAY AND IT'S A, IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I ENJOYED ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF IT.
AS FAR AS EAST BAY RIDGE PARISH GOES IS, IS WE'RE NOT TAKING THEM STRAIGHT TO THE PRESIDENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I'D ASKED WHEN WE TOOK THE TOUR.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A STOP GAP BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY NOT A CRIMINAL THING, OR, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT'VE ARMED UNTIL THERE'S SOMEONE INSTEAD OF GOING TO PRISON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY BROUGHT YOU OUT.
I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT THAT IMAGE WAS THAT COULD HAVE POSSIBLY NOT WENT THROUGH THE PARISH PRISON.
I DIDN'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD PUBLIC INFORMATION.
SO FOR THAT, WE DON'T KNOW THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WOULD HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR GOAL IS TO GET THEM IN AND OUT UNDER 15 MINUTES.
AND RIGHT NOW OUR TIME IS THREE MINUTES AND 67 SECONDS TO GET LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OUT.
SO WHEN THEY DROP SOMEONE OFF TO THE FACILITY, WE ASKED VERY LIMITED QUESTIONS BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM BACK ON IN, IN THE CAPACITY IN WHICH THEY ARE THEY'RE DESIGNED TO DO IS THAT TO PROTECT AND TO SERVE.
SO WHEN THEY BRING SOMEONE TO THE FACILITY, WE GET VERY LIMITED INFORMATION, AS MUCH AS THEY WANT TO GIVE US.
AND THEN THEY'RE GONE OFF THAT WAY.
UM, AND ANOTHER REASON WHY WE DON'T TRACK THAT PARTICULAR INFORMATION IS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S BASED OFF OF THAT PARTICULAR LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITY, THE RPD DOES SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE DOES AND VICE VERSA.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A CALL AND DETERMINE IF THEY WOULD'VE BROUGHT THEM TO THE BRIDGE CENTER VERSUS IF THEY WOULD HAVE BROUGHT THEM TO JAIL OR THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
AND WHAT I CAN DO THOUGH, IS I CAN PULL THEM AND SEE IF THEY CAN GIVE ME SOME INFORMATION IF AMONGST THEMSELVES OR EACH ENTITY AND SEE IF THEY CAN TELL ME HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY WOULD HAVE NORMALLY BROUGHT THAT THEY'VE BROUGHT TO THE BIRTH CENTER.
THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE TRACK IN TERMS OF NUMBERS, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY TRACK.
I, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT IT'S SAVING US ON, ON TAKING PEOPLE IN THAT PARISH PRISON, WHETHER IT BE EVEN, YOU KNOW, TEMPORARY MEDICAL HOLD OR SOMETHING LIKE, SO WE DO TRACK THE OPCS.
WE DO TRACK THE OPCS, WHICH IS YOUR, UM, OFFICE ORDER OF PROTECTIVE CUSTODY, WHICH COMES OUT OF THE CORONER'S OFFICE.
WE DO TRACK THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT COME TO US ON AN OPC BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM.
SO, BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, AND DETERMINING, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF THIS, THAT'S 133 PEOPLE THAT THEY BROUGHT TO US VERSUS GOING TO EITHER THE EMERGENCY ROOM OR TO PRAYER'S PRISON, AND EITHER WAY IT GOES, IT'S STILL A COST THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH.
AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS YOU MENTIONED NINE ONE ONE CALL WHEN THE CALL COMES IN AND Y'ALL'S RESPONSE UNIT THAT YOU HAVE ALSO, UM, IS THAT THAT CALL IS MADE TO DISPATCH.
Y'ALL OUT TO THAT MADE BY NINE 11, OR IS THAT MADE BY UNITS? AT ONE POINT, WHENEVER Y'ALL GET A RIDE Y'ALL COULD ARRIVE IN TANDEM WITH THEM OR BEFORE THEM, WELL, THE WAY THAT THEY'RE WORKING IT OUT IS WE HAVE AN MOU WITH EMS. AND SO SOMEONE CALLS AND THEY, IT IS DETERMINED TO BE A PSYCHIATRIC CALL, NOT NEEDING ANY AMBULATORY SERVICES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THEN WE, THEY CAN CALL US THE BRIDGE CENTER FOR HOPE MOBILE RESPONSE TEAM TO ANSWER THAT CALL.
WE DO HAVE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAS A COMMENT, I'LL GO TO THEM IN THE EVENT.
THEY SAY SOMETHING, ONE OF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON.
SO WE'LL GO TO THE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WANTED TO MAKE COMMENT ON THE BRIDGE CENTER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
METRO COUNCIL, I'M REVEREND ALEXIS ANDERSON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PREACH AND A MEMBER OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH PRISON REFORM COALITION.
AND I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
THE FIRST ONE IS WE HAVE OVER 32 SEPARATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE HAS BEEN, UH, AN EFFORT AND SOME DOCUMENTATION ON
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MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE AGENCIES ARE AWARE OF THE SERVICES AND THE PROGRAMS OF THE BRIDGE CENTER.AND I HAVE THAT SAME QUESTION REGARDING ALL FOUR OF THE COURTS.
SO THE 19TH JDC BANKER'S ZACHARY, AS WELL AS BATON ROUGE, CITY COURT, REVEREND ANDERSON, CHARLOTTE, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS FIRST, AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, WHEN YOU'RE RESPONSE TO THAT QUESTION, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
SO I'LL START WITH REVEREND ANDERSON'S QUESTION.
UM, AND I THINK YOU'VE ANSWERED IT IN REGARDS TO THE POLICE AGENCIES, BUT SHE SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED COURTS.
AND I WASN'T SURE IF YOU GUYS HAVE TALKED TO THE DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS.
SO WHAT ABOUT THAT? I REACHED OUT TO THE CORE SYSTEM, UM, ACTUALLY 30 DAYS AGO AND I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK.
SO I DO HAVE IT ON MY CALENDAR TO FOLLOW BACK UP WITH THEM AGAIN, TO MAKE SURE, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, BUT AGAIN, I'VE, I'VE LEARNED THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST HAVE TO BE PERSISTENT IN YOUR EFFORTS TO TRY TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO THEM.
BUT I DID SEND EACH ONE OF THOSE JURISDICTIONS, UH, AN EMAIL ASKING TO SET UP SOME TYPE OF TIME FRAME SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS THE PERSON FOR HOPE THE SERVICES AND THE PROGRAMS AND HOW THAT WE COULD INTERFACE WITH THE COURT SYSTEM.
UM, SO I, I WAS CURIOUS, AND I KNOW THESE NUMBERS ARE EARLY AND THAT TYPE OF THING, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS, UM, OF WHAT YOU'VE SEEN SO FAR.
WHAT, WHAT PERCENTAGE ARE WE NOT ABLE TO EITHER BUILD MEDICAID OR HEALTH INSURANCE FOR? SO RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THE BIRTH CENTER IS NEW, UM, LOUISIANA MEDICAID DOESN'T PROMULGATE ANY, UM, CRISIS SERVICES AT ALL RIGHT NOW.
SO RIGHT NOW OUR I INTERNATIONAL, WHICH IS A SERVICE PROVIDER THAT'S CHOSEN TO PROVIDE A SERVICE, IS WORKING THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE MCS.
SO A LOT OF THAT IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE IN LIEU OF SERVICES TO BE ABLE TO, TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THOSE MEDICAID AND COMMERCIAL PROGRAMS. SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO BILL MEDICAID OR HEALTH INSURANCE FOR ANYONE YET? NOT YET, NO.
THAT'S NOT HOW IT WAS DESCRIBED TO US AS WHEN, WHEN THE TAX WAS PASSING AND THAT SORT OF CORRECT.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN 2019, WE MET WITH LDH AND, UM, LOUISIANA MEDICAID, AND WE EXPLAINED TO THEM WHAT THE PERSON WAS AND WHAT WE WERE HOPING TO DO AND ACCOMPLISH.
UM, WELL, WE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM.
MEDICAID TOLD US TO TALK TO THE MCO.
I'M SORRY, WHAT DOES THAT ACRONYM MCO MANAGED THE MCO MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION.
THAT'S YOUR MEDICAID, THAT'S YOUR PLANS? YOUR HEALTHCARE PLANS, AETNA, LOUISIANA, HEALTHCARE CONNECTIONS, SO FORTH.
SO WHEN WE WERE TALKING TO OPH OR LDH, OR HOWEVER YOU WANT TO CHARACTERIZE THEM, THEY SAID TO TALK TO THE MCS AND THE MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS TO EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT THE PERSON WAS, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT HASN'T BEEN DONE.
SO WE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS EARLY ON IN 2019.
THEN WE HAD THEM AGAIN IN 2020.
SO WHEN OUR, I WENT BEFORE THE MANAGED CARES TO DO THE NEGOTIATED CONTRACTS, WHICH WAS WELL BEFORE THE BURSON WAS EVEN OPEN, THEY STARTED HAVING QUESTIONS AND THEY STARTED COMING BACK TO OB OPH TO ASK THEM, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WERE WE, HOW CAN I CATEGORIZE IT? CAUSE THERE'S NOTHING IN THE RE IN THE LEGISLATURE THAT TALKS ABOUT CRISIS SERVICES HERE IN LOUISIANA, I THINK WITH COVID HAPPENING, THEY REALIZED THAT THE CRISIS SERVICES ARE NEEDED.
SO THEY STARTED TALKING MORE AND MORE IN DEPTH ABOUT BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE CRISIS SERVICES.
CAUSE I THINK THEY HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE NURSING HOMES AND SOME OTHER THINGS AS WELL.
SO WE JUST RECENTLY HAD A MEETING IN MARCH, UH, WITH THE, UM, LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
UM, ALSO OUR, I INTERNATIONAL TO BE ABLE TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE SO THEY CAN CAUSE THERE, WE KEPT TRYING AND THEY KEPT KICKING IT BACK SAYING THAT THEY WASN'T, THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
SO NOW WE'VE HAD ANOTHER CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
SO THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO NEGOTIATE THOSE CONTRACTS OUT SO THAT THEY CAN BE ABLE TO BILL THE MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS FOR SERVICES.
MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, ALTHOUGH THIS IS THE FIRST IN THE LOUISIANA, THERE ARE OTHER CRISIS STABILIZATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT YOU MET THAT DO BILL MEDICAID AND DO BILL INSURANCE.
SO WE JUST NEED THE FOLKS AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT, THAT, THAT IS CORRECT.
I'LL HOLD THAT AGAINST YOU AND THEN TELL YOU WHAT THEY DID.
ONE OF THE THINGS IS BECAUSE OUR EYE IS IN SEVERAL STATES THAT HAVE CRISIS SERVICES.
THEY WENT TO THOSE THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH.
FOR EXAMPLE, UNITED, THEY HAVE UNITED ANOTHER STATE.
SO THEY TRIED TO TALK TO THEM AT THAT LEVEL.
BUT AGAIN, LOUISIANA DOESN'T RECOGNIZE CRISIS SERVICES AT THIS MOMENT.
UM, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH SO FAR ARE ACTUALLY COMPLETING THE, I KNOW YOU HAVE, LIKE, YOU HAVE A TIMELINE FOR CARE, RIGHT? UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE STAYING THROUGH WHAT YOU'RE PRESCRIBING FOR THEM? OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE LEAVING EARLY, I GUESS IS MY QUESTION.
WE DO HAVE SOME THAT LEAVE AGAINST MEDICAL, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, I'M GOING TO SAY MAJORITY OF THEM STAY THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE CENTER, IS THE PSYCHIATRIC, THE SORT SHORT-TERM PSYCHIATRIC IS A THREE TO FIVE DAY STAY.
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UM, YOUR MEDICAL DETOXIFICATION IS UP TO THREE TO SEVEN DAYS.SO YOU STILL HAVE PEOPLE STANDING WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME MAJORITY.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING, ONE OF THE BIG BENEFITS OF THIS WAS TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP OUR POLICE OUT ON THE STREETS.
UM, ARE YOU GUYS ACTUALLY TRACKING THE TURNAROUND TIME TO GET OFFICERS BACK ON 3.6, SEVEN, THREE MINUTES AND SIX, SEVEN SECONDS? IS THAT A REAL FIGURE? YES.
SO IT ACTUALLY, IT ACTUALLY EXCEEDS WHAT WE WERE, WE WERE TRYING TO DO FIVE TO SEVEN MINUTES, BUT WE ARE HOLDING STEADY 3.67 EXCEPTIONAL.
CAN I ANSWER A REVEREND ANDERSON'S QUESTION? LET'S GO TO THE OTHER MEMBERS AND THEN YOU KEEP THAT ON YOUR BRAIN AND KIND OF WEAVE IT IN ALL RIGHT.
SO YEAH, I DON'T HAVE A, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU COMING UP.
HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING ON THIS BOARD WITH CHARLOTTE.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS CENTER IS GOING TO DO, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY ACADIANS NOT IN ON THIS BECAUSE THEY TRANSPORT A LOT OF, UH, PATIENTS.
BUT ANYWAY, I THINK WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO IS THIS IS GOING TO HELP EDUCATE BATON ROUGE.
IT'S GOING TO HELP EDUCATE THE CITIZENS OF BATON ROUGE, THAT THERE ARE FOLKS OUT THERE THAT NEED HELP.
AND THAT A LOT OF TIMES WE BLAME PEOPLE FOR THINGS THAT THEY DO, AND WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DO THINGS.
AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOING TO HELP ALL OF US TO UNDERSTAND.
AND I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY GREAT THAT WE HAVE A FACILITY THAT WE CAN SEND OUR CITIZENS TO OUR PEOPLE, TO EVEN IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS THAT THEY CAN GET THE HELP THAT THEY NEED.
UM, SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND I GUESS YOU'VE COVERED THIS, BUT I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED.
UH, YOU GUYS PROVIDE LICENSED COUNSELING RIGHT WITHIN THE FACILITY, WITHIN THE FACILITY.
SO YOU HAVE LICENSED PSYCHOLOGISTS AND PSYCHIATRISTS IN THE FACILITY.
SO SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH PARODY ARE ALL COVERED UNDER INSURANCE UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
IT'S MANDATED THAT IT'S COVERED AT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
SO YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF COVERAGE OFFERED BY THESE HEALTH INSERT INSURANCE AGENCIES.
DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT DISCONNECT IS? THE MEDICAL DETOXIFICATION? THAT IS A SUB, WELL, WE HAVE A LICENSE FOR THAT.
AND IT DOES BE MEDICAID IS, HAS RATES FOR THAT.
HOWEVER, THAT IS AT A CONTRACT LEVEL.
SO THE MCLS THE MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE TO NEGOTIATE AND SIGN OFF ON IT, EVEN THOUGH THE RATES ARE LISTED, YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEM TO BE ABLE TO, UM, UM, BUILD THOSE FOR THOSE SERVICES.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT AS OF RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE STILL IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH GETTING THAT CONTRACT BECAUSE I'M CURIOUS WHERE THE DISCONNECT IS BECAUSE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT MANDATE THAT THERE'S A HUNDRED PERCENT COVERAGE.
SO THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
ARE YOU, DO YOU NOT HAVE CONTRACTS WITH UNITED HEALTHCARE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, EVEN IN A PRIVATE AND NOT NECESSARILY MEDICAID OR MEDICARE OR WHATEVER, EVEN IN A PRIVATE, UM, A PRIVATE ASPECT OF PAYING.
LIKE IF I WENT IN WITH MY BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD CARD, UM, AFFORDABLE CARE ACT MANDATES THAT, THAT, THAT BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD COVERS THAT AT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
SO I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCEPT PAYMENT THAT WAY.
SO RIGHT NOW THAT'S CONSIDERED COMMERCIAL PLANS FOR, FOR THOSE AND THEY WILL, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S GOING TO BE OUT OF NETWORK.
UM, THE COMMERCIAL PLANS TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO WAS WORK ON THE MEDICAID, BUT THEY CAN'T TAKE THOSE COVERAGES AND THEY WOULD JUST BILL THEM OUT OF NETWORK FOR THE SERVICES.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS IS WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, WHEN I WAS TALKING TO HIM ABOUT MEDICAID IS THOSE RATES FOR CRISIS SERVICES ARE NOT THERE, BUT THE RATES FOR THE MEDICAL, FOR THE MEDICAL DETOXIFICATION IS THERE, BUT WE ARE A MEDICAL THREE WHERE ASM LEVEL 3.7 D.
WHICH IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER FACILITIES ARE HERE.
UM, WHICH MAKES IT A LITTLE DIFFICULT WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO BUILD FOR THE SERVICES.
BUT AGAIN, ALL OF THOSE RATES ARE, THOSE NEGOTIATIONS ARE ONGOING WITH INTERNATIONAL AND THE MCS.
SO WITH REGARD TO HUMANA, LOCALLY BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF LOUISIANA AND, UM, UNITED HEALTHCARE, YOU GUYS HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEM AND YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO CORRESPOND WITH THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS DONE THAT INFORMATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BECAUSE THE CONTRACT WILL BE WITH RI INTERNATIONAL, NOT WITH THE BRIDGE CENTER FOR HOPE.
IF YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION VERY QUICKLY.
UM, WELL I WANTED TO SAY WAS, YES, WE DO HAVE DOCUMENTATION, UM, MEETING WITH ALL OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITIES WITHIN ZACHARY BAKER, EVERY SINGLE BODY.
WE HAD SEVERAL CALLS, UM, WHERE WE HAD A FORUM THAT WAS SET UP BY CHIEF PAUL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SPOKE TO NOT ONLY THE LOCAL OFFERS, BUT WE DID SPEAK THE DA'S OFFICE.
ANYONE WHO TOUCHES ANYONE IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, UM, IT COULD HAVE BEEN DA COULD HAVE BEEN THE FBI OR ANYONE.
SO WE DID HAVE THAT CONVERSATION EARLY ON AND
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THROUGHOUT THE LAST SIX MONTHS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WAS AWARE OF THE PERSON OF HER HOPE AND TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ANY TYPE OF INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE.ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID BEFORE THE FACILITY OPENED IS WE SENT OUT A ONE PAGER SPECIFIC FOR FIRST RESPONDERS THAT THAT WAS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMS TWO.
WE HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION OR THE PERTINENT INFORMATION THAT WILL PERTAIN TO THEM SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE IT ON THEIR HANDHELDS WITHIN THEIR UNITS OR WHEREVER SO THAT WE, WE PUSHED THAT OUT SO THAT WHEN THE FACILITY OPENED, THEY HAD THAT INFORMATION AHEAD OF TIME.
CLEVELAND? SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU SPEAKING INTO EXISTENCE, DOCTOR.
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WOULD YOU PLEASE, UH, MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 80, UH, EXTENDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF NORTH BATON ROUGE OPPORTUNITY ZONE IS ZAP ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE ONE SIX, 205 FOR AN ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF ADOPTION OF DISORDERS BY COUNCIL MEMBER, CLEVE DUNGENESS AS A PUBLIC HEARING.I WAS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 80, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 80 COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO.
UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME BACK HERE.
THIS WAS A, UH, AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED.
UH, IT WAS PASSED IN 2016 WITH THE HELP OF THE COUNCIL BACK THEN, SHAUNA BANKS WAS THE FIRST, UH, TO COME IN AND, AND STAND BY US AND THIS ORDINANCE.
UM, AND, AND I WAS GLAD TO SEE WHEN I WAS READING THE PAPER THAT IT HAS DONE SOME GOOD.
IT HAS MANAGED TO BRING $16 MILLION IN DEVELOPMENT TO NORTH BATON ROUGE.
IT HAS BROUGHT, UM, 21 PERMANENT JOBS, 124 CONSTRUCTION JOBS.
AND IT, I THINK IF ANYTHING IS LACKING AND I THINK ULTIMA DONE HAD THE BRIGHT IDEA.
WE JUST NEED TO PUBLICIZE THAT THIS PROGRAM EXISTS.
I KNOW THAT THE TIME THAT I PROPOSED THAT IT WAS A LITTLE CONTROVERSIAL, THEY WERE WONDERING WHAT'S THIS WHAT'S THIS WHITE KID OUT OF SOUTH BATON ROUGE, TRYING TO MESS WITH NORTH BATON ROUGE ABOUT, AND REALLY IT'S ABOUT THE RISING TIDE LIFTING ALL BOATS, YOU KNOW, THE BETTER THAN NORTH BATON ROUGE DOES THE BETTER THAN ALL OF EAST BATON ROUGE DOES.
AND SO, UM, I REALLY WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS GET PASSED AGAIN FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS.
I THINK THAT WE COULD PUBLICIZE IT.
WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER KNOWN THAT THERE ARE THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TAX ABATEMENTS.
IF YOU WOULD A BUSINESS UP IN NORTH BATON ROUGE, IF YOU REDEVELOPED PROPERTY THAT'S, THAT'S OUTSIDE THE STREAM OF COMMERCE, WE CAN PUT IT BACK INTO COMMERCE, WE CAN BRING JOBS AND WE COULD DO GOOD THINGS FOR PEOPLE TOO.
SO, UM, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JOHN FOR PROPOSING IT AND I HOPE YOU ALL CAN PASS IT TOO.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'RE BACK TO YOU THERE.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, AS, UH, DELGADO JUST MENTIONED, THIS WAS A VERY CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC ABOUT GETTING MORE.
WOULD YOU TELL US WHAT CAPACITY YOU'RE SERVING? SORRY.
UH, LET ME THINK WHICH ONE TODAY I'M SERVING AS THE INTERIM VOLUNTEER, INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, UH, AS WELL AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE BATON ROUGE, NORTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
AND YES, THIS WAS VERY CONTROVERSIAL.
I WAS ONE OF THE FOLKS THAT ASKED WHY IS DELGADO INTERESTED IN NORTH BATON ROUGE, BUT I'M VERY, VERY PROUD TO SEE WHAT IT'S DONE OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
UM, AND I AM HERE TO, IN SUPPORT OF EXTENDING THIS.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT $16 MILLION WITH THE PROJECTS, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT $100,000 IN TAX ABATEMENT, UM, IT'S DEFINITELY A WIN-WIN WHEN I LOOK AT THE, UM, TONY'S FISH FRY, AS ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS IN NORTH BATON ROUGE HAS BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
WHEN I LOOK AT THE PROGRESS PARK, UH, GULF COAST HOUSING HOUSING PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT BROWN EAGLE WAREHOUSE RIGHT THERE ON AIRLINE HIGHWAY, THESE ARE THINGS THAT ABSOLUTELY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN NORTH BATON ROUGE AND, UH, UH, BROTHER DELGADO, I, AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BAND, WHICH NORTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT DO PLEDGE TO BRING MORE AWARENESS TO THIS TAX ABATEMENT, SO THAT MORE BUSINESSES IN NORTH BATON ROUGE AND THOSE THAT WANT TO LOCATE TO NORTH BATON ROUGE CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS TAX ABATEMENT.
AND IF I MAY ADD, IF IT'S AT ALL POSSIBLE, I LIKE HER, YOU ALSO CONSIDER, UM, WHERE EVEN PERMIT FEES FOR COMMERCIAL AND NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH BATON ROUGE.
I SEE, I SEE HOW YOU SNIPPED THAT ONE HERE.
MY MICROPHONE SURELY WHEN, UM, COUNCILMAN DELGADO, UH, PROPOSED THIS, I SAID HE WAS THE GREAT WHITE HOPE AND IT MADE FRONT PAGE NEWS, BUT 16 MILLION POUNDS.
HE REALLY IS THE GREAT WIDE OPEN ANYONE, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER DONE?
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THANK YOU, MR. JOHN HAD TALKED ABOUT HER RECOLLECTION OF HISTORY ON THIS THING.UM, JOHN DID A GOOD JOB OF EXPLAINING THE BENEFITS AND YOU KNOW, WHAT MOTIVATED HIM.
UH, FOR ME, I WAS SOMEONE OPERATING ON THAT SIDE OF THE, MY, MYSELF AND OTHERS, LOOKING AT OUR COMMUNITY AND WONDERING WHY, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T EQUAL INVESTMENT IN NORTH BATON ROUGE, THAT IT IS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE PARISH.
WE LOOKED AROUND AND SAW THAT THERE WERE NO LITTLE TO NO INCENTIVES OUTSIDE OF THE BATON ROUGE, METRO AIRPORT, BEING AN ENTERPRISE ZONE TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES AND HAVE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE STARTED TALKING LOUDLY ABOUT THAT TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THE STATE LEVEL, AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, ANYBODY THAT COULD, UH, HERE, UH, LISTENED TO OUR DESIRE TO CHANGE OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE THOUGHT IT STARTED WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, UH, WE HAVE A HUGE CRIME ISSUE IN NORTH BATON ROUGE, AND I THINK THAT'S A DIRECT REFLECTION OF INCOME, JOBS AND POVERTY.
UH, I DON'T THINK MURPHY PAUL AND C GAUTREAUX AND THEY STOPPER CRIME STOPPERS.
I THINK THAT CRIME RESPONDERS, I THINK THE CRIME STOP WAS HIS DOG'S INCOME OPPORTUNITIES.
AND HIS SIN IS LIKE THIS HELP RATE MORE OF THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO JOHN HEARD THAT CRY AND JOHN RESPONDED TO IT AND IT WAS A HUGE CHALLENGE TO GET THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE TO SUPPORT IT.
AND THEN MAYOR KIP, HOLDEN B TOLD ME WE HAD TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND ASK THEM TO OVERRIDE HIS VETO.
AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT.
AND THAT WAS A MONUMENTAL VICTORY FOR NORTH BATON ROUGE, PEOPLE IN BATON ROUGE TO START SEEING SOME MOVEMENT AND MOMENTUM AROUND REDEVELOPING OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT WHEN I SAW THAT THIS ITEM WAS GETTING READY TO SUNSET, I CALLED JOHN.
I ASKED HIM TO COME SPEAK AND SUPPORT.
WE PULLED THE REPORTS AT ASHLEY, GAVE US THE NUMBERS.
NOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OTHER INVESTMENTS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE ONE PROJECT THAT EXCEED MORE THAN $16 BILLION, BUT THAT'S A HUGE, UH, CHANGE AND A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.
NOW, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO MOVE FORWARD A LITTLE BIT MORE PROMOTION AND MARKETING AND LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT'S OUT THERE.
I THINK THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WE CAN DOUBLE AND TRIPLE THAT 16 MILLION.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND SUCCESSFUL PASSIONS UP IS I THANK YOU.
IS THAT A MOTION TO APPROVE COUNCIL MEMBER DOES MOTION TO APPROVE.
THE MOTIONS ARE DONE SECOND BY BANKS AND THE OPPOSITION MOTION, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER MOROSA SHOW COUNCIL MEMBER.
I'M ALSO OPPOSING THE MOTION PASSES.
COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GOING TO ITEM 73,
[73. 21-00397]
ITEM 73 AUTHORIZED AND MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ALLOCATE FUNDING FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 29 MILLION, $159,567 AND 2 CENTS TO ASSIST HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE UNABLE TO PAY RENT AND UTILITIES DUE TO COVID 19 PANDEMIC AUTHORIZING ADMINISTERING AGENCY AS THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS.THAT CONNECTION THERE WIT BY MAYOR'S OFFICE IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, MR. ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS? IF THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION TO APPROVE ADDING THAT THE LINE ITEM BUDGET IS ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE RESOLUTION AND NOTING THAT THE APPROVAL IS CONTINGENT UPON THE APPROVAL BY THE GRANTS AND CONTRACTS REVIEW COMMITTEE.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY HUDSON SECOND BY A GO DAY, ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 74
[74. 21-00377]
ADOPTING THE FOLLOWING OF ALARM TAX MILLAGE RATES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FOLLOWING TAXING JURISDICTIONS ON ALL TAXES AND PROPERTY, EXCEPT THE MILLIE'S RATE FOR THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SHALL BE LEVERED ON REAL PROPERTY ONLY TO BE LEVERAGED DURING THE YEAR 2021 EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH OPERATING TAX 3.15 MILLER'S CITY OF BATON ROUGE OPERATING SITE 5.75 MILLION.THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, THREE PLATOON POLICE TASKS 0.87 EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH MOSQUITO ABATEMENT, A ROAD AND CONTROL DISTRICT.
1.06 EAST BATON ROUGE, PARIS MOSQUITO ABATEMENT, ROTOR CONTROL ADDITIONAL POINT 65 HE'S WITH PARIS LIBRARY, 10.52 HE'S BEEN ROOT'S COUNCIL ON AGING, 2.13 MENTAL HEALTH TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICE 1.4, TWO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, 3.13 BATTLEFORDS MUNICIPAL FIRE SALARIES AND BENEFITS.
6.0 CONSOLIDATED ROLE LIGHTING DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, 1.85, ALISON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER NINE, 10.0, ALISON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER NINE, ADDITIONAL 5.0 BROWNFIELD FIRE PROTECTION
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DISTRICT NUMBER THREE, 10.0 BROWNFIELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER THREE, ADDITIONAL 5.0 BROWNSVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER THREE, ADDITIONAL 10.0 BROWNFIELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER THREE, ADDITIONAL 10.0 DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 9.57 EASTBOUND WITH PARIS FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER ONE 9.0 PRIDE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, OR MAKE 10.0 PRIOR FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER EIGHT, ADDITIONAL 15 FOUR ZERO CHANGE ADVIL FIRE PROTECTION, DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN, 10.0.CHANGE OF YOUR FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN, ADDITIONAL 10.0 CHANEY FIELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN, ADDITIONAL 10.0 BY THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 74? ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 74 ARE BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANYONE WANTING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM ALL FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION TO APPROVE BY GOLDIE SECOND BY NO, NO OPPOSITION.
WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO CONDEMNATION VERY QUICKLY.
[CONDEMNATIONS]
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, UH, STEPPED OUT OF THE ROOM FOR A SECOND.UH, ITEM 71 AND 72 ON YOUR SEPARATE SHEET FOR CONDEMNATIONS, BOTH HER AND COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN'S DISTRICT.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 71 TO 72 COUNCIL MEMBER CALLING ME? I GOT YOUR NOTE.
SO I'M GOING TO READ A STEADY RECOMMENDATION BY DPW.
THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH A, TO DEFER ITEM 72 FOR 60 DAYS AND SHOULD DEFER ITEM 71 FOR 60 DAYS.
WELL, I THINK THE RECOMMENDATION IS FROM DPW FOR 72, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, MS. CARRIE, SHOBA HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 72 THAT SHOW ONCE OR TWICE, BUT THAT RECOMMENDATION CAME EXACTLY STRAIGHT FROM DPW COUNCIL MEMBER CALLING ME, SORRY.
THE ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED TOBA 14, NOVEMBER 10TH, DECEMBER 9TH, EVERYWHERE, 10 BARGE TECH AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.
I WENT AROUND, I WENT TO THE HALL AND SO NUMBER 71 60 DAYS, MONA, ANY, ANY ADVICE ON HOW TO PROCEED ON THIS ONE? I'VE NOT HEARD FROM DPW AS TO REASON IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE THE PERSON HAS TRIED TO GET A PERMIT AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER, COLTON, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROCEED? IT'S COMPLETELY UP TO YOU TO START A PEOPLE PROPERTY OR YOU TO GIVE THEM A BIT MORE TIME PROPERTY, LET THE RECORD REFLECT.
AND I WANT EVERYBODY OUT HERE TO JUST STAY IN THAT.
I AM NOT DESTROYING ANY BODIES PROPERTY.
WHEN WE LOOK AT HOW LONG THIS HAS GONE ON, THEY DESTROYED THEIR OWN PROPERTY.
SO WRAP THAT RECORD, REFLECT THIS, AND THIS IS HOW IT'S GOING TO GO IN DISTRICT 10.
AND SO WHAT I AM SAYING HERE, AND I'VE EVEN GONE BY THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
AND SO THIS WAS A COMMITMENT THAT I MADE TO THE PEOPLE WHEN I GOT INTO THIS RACE AND WON THIS RACE.
AND SO UNFORTUNATE HAT WITH WHAT I'M STANDING ON.
NUMBER 71 60 DAYS IS WHEN I'M GIVING THEM NUMBER 72, PROCEED, PROCEED, PROCEED.
SO 60 DAYS ON 71 PROCEED ON 72.
AND IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, I THINK, UH, BLIGHT AND CONDEMNATIONS IN OUR CITY, PARIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE THAT WE ALL STRUGGLE WITH IN OUR DISTRICTS.
SO I DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHTHEARTEDLY, BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BRING A CERTAIN LEVEL OF LIGHTHEARTEDNESS TO THIS COUNCIL, UH, AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF TENSION.
SO AGAIN, I DO TAKE IT AS EXTREMELY SERIOUS COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH, FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS DURING THE ELECTION AND EVERYTHING WAS TO BLAME THE PLIGHT, THE BLIGHT AND EVERYTHING.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, I RESPECT THAT YOU, IN ON THOSE GROUNDS, I, I, I DON'T SEE MANY OF THESE, LIKE Y'ALL DO THROUGH MY DISTRICT OR ANYTHING ELSE, BUT YOU KNOW, I, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, I TOTALLY SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE CAN ADHERE TO AS A COUNCIL IS I SEE ALL THESE THINGS COME BEFORE AND IT CONSTANTLY DEFERRED
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DEFER, DEFER, DEFER.AND I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY UPSET ABOUT.
SO I AGREE WITH COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN ABOUT MOVING FORWARD.
SO MOST OF THE TWO APPROVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KNOLL, AND HE DOES HAVE A COMMENT.
I I'M, I'M ALL FOR WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP AND ARE TRYING TO WORK TOWARDS SOMETHING, WHETHER IT'S TRYING TO GET PERMITTED AND TRYING TO GET FUNDING, WHATEVER.
UH, BUT I DO BELIEVE IN THEM HAVING A PLAN AND COMMUNICATING, AND IF THEY'RE NOT COMMUNICATED OR NOT MOVING FORWARD AND NOT SHOWING THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO HOLD UP THEIR HAND, THEN I'M ALL FOLLOWED WITH MOVING FORWARD.
SO I AGREE WITH YOU COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN.
UM, AND I THINK MOVING FORWARD ON ITEMS LIKE THIS, WHERE THERE HAS BEEN NO PROGRESS, UM, AND US CONTINUING TO DO THAT WHEN THERE HAVE NOT BEEN PROGRESS ON THESE, UH, WE'LL SEND A MESSAGE.
SO I THINK THAT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A PROPER MESSAGE.
AND IT'S GOING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO ROLL MONTH AFTER MONTH AFTER MONTH THAT YOU DO HAVE TO SHOW PROGRESS.
AND, UH, IF PROGRESS IS HELD UP AND IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, YOU NEED TO COMMUNICATE IT.
SO I'M GOING TO SNEAK BACK IN A HUNDRED FOR TWO GENTLEMAN TO AGREE WITH ME TODAY, EVEN THOUGH TOO EARLY, I DIDN'T, BUT I'LL DEAL WITH THAT.
AND WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU, CATHERINE.
UM, MR. PRO TIM, UM, I HEARD IT IS, UM, IT IS VERY DEEP.
IT IS VERY, UM, DIFFICULT, UM, WHEN THESE ITEMS COME BECAUSE I MEAN, IN ESSENCE, WE DO HAVE THE POWER TO SOMEWHAT DESTROY PEOPLE'S PROPERTY, BUT THERE HAS TO BE A LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS TWO TO FOUR WEEKS AGO, I WAS REALLY STRUGGLING ABOUT A MIDDLE CLASS SUBDIVISION IN MY AREA WHERE THERE ARE TWO VERY, WAS NICE HOUSES Y'ALL REMEMBER.
AND I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
AND BRANDON NORTH SAID, LET IT GO THROUGH, MAYBE THEY'LL MOVE THE TESTIMONY TODAY IS THAT ONE OF THE PROPERTIES WAS ACTUALLY SOLD.
THEY DID A SUCCESSION, A SIM, OR WHAT IS IT? QUICK, SIMPLE LAWYERS, WHATEVER, WHAT IS QUICK CLAIM DEED? THEY DID A HURRY UP SUCCESSION, AND THEN THEY SOLD THE PROPERTY ON THE SECOND ONE.
UM, THE PASTOR GOT INVOLVED WITH THE FAMILY AND THEY CLEAN THE ENTIRE PROPERTY AND WE HAVE BEEN JUST FIGHTING WITH THEM BY THEM.
SO IT DOES, UM, IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHEN, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE, UM, COUNCILWOMAN COMPENSATE YOUR WORK WITH AND WORKED WITH THEM.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE DO HAVE TO COME WHERE WE SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
AND THAT'S THE TESTIMONY OF TWO PROPERTIES, NOT ONE, BUT BOTH OF THEM WERE, UM, THE PEOPLE MOVED ON BECAUSE THEN THEY REALIZED WE WERE SERIOUS AND NOT BEING TO HAVE TO PAY.
WHAT IS IT RE, RE WE SEND HIM FEES.
SO, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL FOLKS GET OUT THERE AND DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO WITH YOUR PROPERTIES.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT I DID CALL I GO BY THE SITE AND I PUT A CALL IN TO THE SO-CALLED OWNER OF THIS SITE.
SO, AND, AND I THINK, UH, WELL THAT THANK YOU.
AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DONE PROPERLY.
REMEMBER THIS? WE HAD A, A BLIGHT CONVERSATION IN DISTRICT SEVEN, ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, ABOUT 300 PEOPLE SHOWED UP.
UH, ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAD ABOUT THAT CONVERSATION, IT WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS NEW TO THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME, BUT THE PROCESS AROUND CONDEMNATIONS BLIGHT AND ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES, VERY CONVOLUTED AND OUR PARENTS.
AND I THINK THE MORE WE CAN EDUCATE OUR CITIZENS AROUND THIS SUBJECT, UH, THE BETTER WE WILL SEE, UH, CITIZENS RESPONDING TO THE ISSUE OF BRIGHT MALLORY COMMUNITY.
SO I THINK AS A COUNCIL, WE TAKE THIS UP AS A MAJOR INITIATIVE TO JUST INFORM AND EDUCATE OUR CITIZENS AROUND THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE A BETTER RESPONSE.
AND I THINK IF WE COULD DO THAT TOGETHER, UH, WE W WE CAN BE AGGRESSIVE ABOUT THAT.
SO THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION TO APPROVE CONDEMNATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
NO SECOND BY NO, UH, NO OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES ITEM 75
[Items 75 - 77]
THROUGH 77 ARE ALL DECISIONS.WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THOSE TOGETHER WHERE I'LL READ THEM FOR 75 IS WE'RE SENDING.
AND I RECKON THE CLERK OR COURT, THE COUNCIL DECISION ORDER RECORDER ON JANUARY 21ST, 2021 IN THE MATTER OF CITY BATON ROUGE VERSUS THE STATE OF PD CHAMBERS AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA FISHER CHAMBERS 1900 NORTH 38TH STREET REASON FOR PURSUING THE PROPERTY OWNER ALONG WITH THE VOLUNTEERS WILL MAKE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS AND A PROPER OVER MOVED BACK INTO THE PROPERTY.
76 WAS SENDING A DIRECTOR OF DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT, THE COUNCIL DECISION, OR ORDER OR RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 12, 2021 IN THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS JANIE VESSEL BARTON, DOROTHY VESSEL SMITH, FANNY VESSEL HEALS, ROSE
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VESSEL GAINES EARNEST VESSEL WALL.SO VESSEL JR JOHNSON VESSEL, THE KESHA VESSEL, JAMIE BETCHA, AND WE'LL MEET VESSEL NINE FIVE, THREE, THREE GASSY STREET.
THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS CLEANED THE YARD AND THE HOUSE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS ITEM 77 WAS SENDING A DIRECT AND CLEVER REPORT.
THE COUNCIL DECISION IN ORDER TO RECORD ON NOVEMBER 30TH, 2020, AND MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS SENIOR CAROL BAKER GRADE, AND THE STATE OF GERALDINE, EDNA BAKER WILLIAMS SEVEN ONE FIVE SOUTH 17TH STREET.
THE REASON FOR THE DECISION, THE HOMEOWNER HAS SOLD A HOME AND THE NEW OWNER INTENDS TO PREPARE AND RENT THE PROPERTY BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 75 TO 77 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 75 TO 77 MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
GOTAY SECONDED BY ROCCA BARAKA, A 78, AND WE'RE
[78. 21-00381]
PULLING THE ORDER IS ONE EIGHT ZERO TWO SIX, ADOPTED MARCH 10, 2021, CREATING A HARVESTING RIDING DISTRICT DUE TO IMPROPER PUBLIC NOTICE DECIDED HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO BE DEFERRED.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, SHOWING THEM, I THINK WE DO HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WERE EMAILED, WHEREAS I HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT FROM PHILLIP VALARD I'M IN FAVOR OF REPEALING THE HARVEST AND ORDINANCE PERMANENTLY I'M AGAINST THE CREATION OF THIS DISTRICT BECAUSE CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS IN GROUPS AND HE'S BATON ROUGE PARISH, WHICH DEVELOPED PROPERTY SEEM TO GET SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS, LIKE HAVING SPECIAL ECONOMIC DISTRICTS, TIF DISTRICTS, AND OTHER SPECIAL DISTRICTS APPROVED THE HARVEST IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT DISTRICT WAS APPROVED IN 2016.
AND THAT DISTRICT ACTUALLY DID NOT SEEM TO DEVELOP A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AS PLANNED THE HARVEST AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WAS ALSO APPROVED IN 2020 OTHER RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT SEEM TO HAVE HAD SPECIAL TREATMENT.
FOR EXAMPLE, ARE THE AMERICANA DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE AMERICANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND BRUISING WITH THE LIBRARY DEAL IN SUMMARY I'M AGAINST THIS DISTRICT AND AGAINST THE SPECIAL TREATMENT THAT SOME INDIVIDUALS IN GROUPS SEEM TO GET IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH FOR THEIR PROJECTS THAT USE LOCAL DOLLARS INCLUDES THE COMMENTS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR ITEM 78 FROM THE PUBLIC IS THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MOVING BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AGAIN, AS YOU KNOW, REQUESTED A PHOTO SITE ITEM FOR TWO WEEKS, UH, REQUEST TO DEFER THE ITEM MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
ANY OPPOSITION ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS, ITEM 79, AND ON IS CORRECTING
[79. 21-00360]
TO TRACK DESIGNATIONS WITHIN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE HARVEST AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AUTHORIZING THE AMENDMENT OF THE COOPERATIVE AND COVERAGE AGREEMENT TO REFLECT THE CORRECT ATTRACT DESIGNATIONS WITHIN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE HARVEST AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERE TOO.BY PARISH ATTORNEY, AS A PUBLIC HUMAN, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 79, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 79, SHOWING THEM BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY GOLDIE SECOND BY ROCCO, MOVING ON ITEM 81,
[81. 21-00380]
AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE CLAIMS AND JUSTIN GEORGETOWN AND BRANDON HARRIS FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM AN AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSED BY BATON ROUGE.DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE IN THE AMOUNT OF 20 3050 2000 RESPECTIVELY AND APPROPRIATING 75,000 FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY, PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM, MOVING BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, ITEM 81 COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 81? NOW THEY WERE BY THE MUSLIM BY WHITE SECONDED BY ROCCA MOTION CARRIES ITEM, MAYBE TWO
[82. 21-00382]
AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT IN THE MATTER ENTITLED JOSHUA MARTIN TIBIDEAU VERSUS BRANDON BLACKWELL AND THE AMOUNT OF $18,500 PLUS COURSE COSTS IN YOUR MOUTH OF $119 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $18,619 AND APPROPRIATING $18,619, UH, BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.THIS MATTER MAY BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I WAS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 82, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM, MAYBE TWO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPROVE BY ROCKWELL SECOND BY MOLT ITEM, MAYBE THREE, AUTHORIZING
[83. 21-00384]
A SETTLEMENT OF THE CLAIM OF TIFFANY FOXWORTH ROBIN'S DAMAGES RESULTING FROM A SEWER BACKUP IN HER HOME FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $14,571 AND 30 CENTS, WHICH AMOUNTS SHOULD BE PAID FROM THE ACCOUNT DESIGNATED INSURANCE GENERAL LIABILITY.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 83, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 83 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION BY ROCCO SECONDARY BY LIGHT MOTION CARRIED, MOVING ON TO ITEM 84,
[84. 21-00410]
AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE MATTER ENTITLED CASSIDY, SHAKIRA JACKSON VS.AND THE AMOUNT OF 15,000 PLUS COURT COSTS AND THE AMOUNT OF $635 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $15,635, WHICH AMOUNT SHOULD BE PAID FROM THE ACCOUNT DESIGNATED INSURANCE AUTO LIABILITY BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY, PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 84TH, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 84, SHOWING
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NONE BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION BY ROCCO TO APPROVE SECOND BY WHITE, UH, NO OBLIGATION ITEM CARES, ITEM 85[85. 21-00417]
AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT MATTER INSIDE OF JOSE MARIE.A SHAMAR GRIFFIN COOPER, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF 45,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $300, $301 AND 50 CENTS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $45,301 AND 50 CENTS.
NOT A PARISH ATTORNEY, PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 85.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 85, SHOWING NONE BACK TO COUNCIL NUMBERS, MOTION BY ROCCO SETTING BY WHITE MOTION CARRIES ITEM,
[86. 21-00369]
MAYBE SIX AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO MANSION TO A CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, OFFICE OF SOCIAL SERVICES WITH THE CAFETERIA UNITED WAY FOR THE VISA PROGRAM AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10,500 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM, MAYBE SIX, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON AND MAYBE SIX BACK TO COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I HAD A MADE A SIX MOTION BY VOTING SET HIM BY GREEN ITEM CARRIES ITEM 87,
[87. 21-00370]
AUTHORIZING THE MERE PRESENCE EXCEPT FUNDING FROM US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, NATIONAL EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER BOARD PROGRAM FOR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE.ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF UNION DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR THE OFFICE OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PROGRAMMING AMOUNT OF $29,282 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 87, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 87 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, ITEM A MOTION BY A RIGHT SETTING BY DONE ITEM 88,
[88. 21-00371]
AUTHORIZING THE MERE PRESENCE OF EXECUTING SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER BATON ROUGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $207,430 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM 88, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 88, SHOWING NONE BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ITEM 88 MOTION BY MARK SECONDED BY WHITE COUNCIL MEMBER MOLT.
WHO WOULD I SPEAK WITH ABOUT THE RYAN WHITE PROGRAM? IS THERE SOMEONE SHE'S ON THE WAY? HI.
SO WE'VE HAD SEVERAL OF THESE COME UP AND IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE SEVERAL MORE DIFFERENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THE RYAN WHITE PROGRAM IS A FEDERAL NATIONAL PROGRAM, RIGHT? THE PROGRAM, CORRECT? YES.
NOW WE DIVVY UP SO MUCH COMES IN AND THEN WE SEPARATED OUT TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, BUT THEN HE SPENT ROUGE, BUT HE BASED ON THE MATH OF THE PROGRAM.
SO DOES EACH, UH, AS FAR AS THE FACILITY THAT IS GETTING THE GRANT AMOUNTS THAT THEY'RE APPLYING FOR XML, OR ARE WE DIVIDING UP AS FAR AS THEY APPLIED FOR IT AND IT'S INCLUDED IN THE RESPONSE TO THE RFP THAT WE PUT OUT, I'M SORRY.
AND THEY RESPONDED TO THE RFP THAT WE PUT OUT AND THAT'S INCLUDED IN THERE.
NOW THIS IS BASED ON LIKE THIS ITEM HERE IS BASED ON COUNCIL RESPONDENTS, BUT DOES, I MEAN, DID YOU FIND ANYBODY THAT GETS TURNED DOWN OR IS THERE ANY, SO THE WAY THE RFP WAS THE WAY THE RFP GOES OUT, EXCUSE ME, IS THAT ONCE THEY RESPOND, UM, BASED ON CONTINUED SATISFACTION OF THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE AS MONEY BECOMES AVAILABLE, IT'S ALL ONLY GET DISTRIBUTED TO THOSE PEOPLE WITH ALREADY BEEN AWARDED, UM, WHO HAVE RESPONDED TO THE INITIAL RFP.
SO IT'S ONLY FOR THOSE POOL AND, AND PERFORMANCE IS BASED ON SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE, THEN THE ELIGIBLE FOR ANY OTHER DISTRIBUTION.
SO IT'S ONLY FOR THEM WHEN IT'S TIME TO PUT OUT AN RFP AGAIN, THEN YOU'RE OPENING IT UP TO THE PUBLIC AND THE MONEY FOLLOWS, YOU KNOW, TWO, THREE YEAR PERIOD.
AND YOU HAD A QUESTION AND YOU HAD A QUESTION BEFORE YOU LEAVE IS BURNING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS ON ITEM 88, MOTION BY MOLT TO APPROVE THE SECOND SETTING BY ROCKING MOTION CARRIES ITEM 89,
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AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR.PRESIDENT TOUCHED SECURITY SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT WHERE HIV AND AIDS ALLIANCE MEETING TUNE THE AMOUNT OF $262,599 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.
STANDING ONE HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM 89, WHEN HE WAS SPEAKING ON ITEM 89 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION BY ADAM SET OR QUESTIONED BY DOUG.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT STAYING FROM 89 AND 90 COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN IS GOING TO ABSTAIN FROM 89 AND 92, A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY MOST SECONDED BY ADAMS MOTION CARRIES ITEM 90,
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AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT[01:25:01]
WITH HIV AND AIDS ALLIANCE FOR REGION TWO IN THE AMOUNT OF $54,987 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTIVE.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 90 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION BY ADAMS SECONDED BY THE CHAIR AND THE OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES ITEM 91
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DIFFERENT AMOUNTS.SO ITEM 91, AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH OUR LADY OF THE LAKE IN THE AMOUNT OF $105,888 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM 91, COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION SECONDED BY ADAMS ITEM 92,
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AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR.PRESIDENT'S EXECUTED SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH CAPITOL CITY FAMILY HEALTH CENTER IN THE AMOUNT OF 109,710 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTED ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 92 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MOTION BARCODE IS SECONDED BY ADAMS ITEM 93,
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AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENTS ACCEPT FUNDING FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, HEALTH RESOURCES, AND SERVICE ADMINISTRATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $180,000 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 93 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION
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AUTHORIZING THEIR PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT FUNDING FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, HEALTH, RESOURCES, AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES BY THE AMOUNT OF $1,022,216 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECT ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 94 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION BY VOTE A 70 BY ROCCA ITEM 95,[95. 21-00383]
OUR RESOLUTION GRANTING PRELIMINARY APPROVAL TO THE ISSUANCE OF NOT EXCEEDING $31 MILLION OF TAXABLE REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2020, ONE OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, STATE OF LOUISIANA FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING SUFFICIENT FIRMS TO ADVANCE A REFUND, A PORTION OF THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE 58,075, $58,075 TAXABLE REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2012 AND CITY OF BATON ROUGE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, AND TO PAY THE COST OF ISSUANCE OF THE SERIES 2021 REFUNDING BONDS PROVIDING CERTAIN TERMS OF SAID SERIES 2021 REFUNDING BONDS AUTHORIZING THE PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF SOLICITATION, THE OFFICE AND DIRECT PURCHASES OF THE SERIES OF 2021 REFUNDING BONDS, AUTHORIZING EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THE BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND ANY, AND ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THE SERIES 2021 REFUNDING BONDS AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERE TO BY THE BOND COUNCIL.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 95, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 95 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, EXCUSE ME, IS 15 MILLION, $75,000.
I WAS, I THOUGHT, I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS 58 MILLION, BUT 58 MILLION, $75,000 IS THE CORRECT AMOUNT.
UH, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 95 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER GO DAY.
IF TOMMY CAN COME UP ABOUT IT GOES, THANK YOU.
OUR, OUR BOND COUNSEL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
UM, THE ITEM READS LIKE A BALLOT ITEM.
CAN YOU JUST IN LAYMAN'S TERMS ELLIS, WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, THE GOOD NEWS.
THIS IS APPROVING A PRELIMINARY APPROVAL TO APPLY TO THE STATE BOND COMMISSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF REFUNDING A SERIES 2012, UH, CITY OF BATON ROUGE, UH, BOND ISSUANCE, UH, IT WILL PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION IN SAVINGS OVER THE NEXT NINE YEARS.
AND, AND THAT'S A SAVINGS TO THE GENERAL FUND SAVINGS TO THE GENERAL FUND.
IT SHOULD SAY THAT RIGHT ON THE TOP OF THIS ITEM.
COUNSEL MEMBERS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MOTION, BOMBED THE ROSSO 70 BY GO DAY ITEM 96,
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AUTHORIZING THEIR PRESIDENT AND OR THE, UH, EASTBOUND WAS PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO XQ SUPPLEMENTED RENEW ONE WITH RJ ARCHITECTS, APAC IN AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $43,000 BY THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DIRECTOR.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 96, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NINE BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPROVE BY ROCCO SECONDED BY ADAMS ITEM 97,
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AUTHORIZING[97. 21-00392]
THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT CHECKS, ACUMEN AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE WITH ALLEN AND THE BLOG, LLC, UH, RESULTING IN INCREASE IN CONTRACT OF $400,000 AND ADDING A PAY ITEM FOR THE SW WTP REPAIRED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM NUMBER 97.
AND WHEN YOU HAD TO SPEAK ON ITEM 97 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION BY ROCCO TO APPROVE SECOND BY ADAMS AND ITEM 98
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AMENDING THE TITLE NINE THAT SHE REIMBURSEMENT FUND BUDGET.SO AS TO APPROPRIATE, ONE WAS $65,934 AND 94 CENTS FOR FREE FROM THE STATE OFFICE OF JUVENILE JUSTICE BY THE JUVENILE SERVICES, MY JUVENILE SERVICES, I DON'T THINK THAT'S TITLE NINE.
WHAT DOES THAT TITLE FOR? I WOULD.
WHY WOULD THEY PUT ROMAN NUMERALS ON HERE ANYWAY, JUVENILE SERVICES, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK OF ITEM 98, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 98 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPROVE BY ROCCA SECOND BY ADAMS ITEM 99, AUTHORIZING
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THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE US ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS AND AUTHORIZED AND LOCAL METRO APPROPRIATION OF $250,000 BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.ANYONE WHO TO SPEAK ON ITEM 99, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 99, COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE BY ROCCA SECONDED BY GREEN ITEM, 100
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AMENDED TO 2021 CURRENT SUSPENDED BUDGET.SO AS TO APPROPRIATE 2 MILLION, 400,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE ON SIGN FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF AGING POLICE DEPARTMENT VEHICLES BY THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND POLICE CHIEF IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 100, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 100 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVAL BY ROCCO SECONDED BY THE CHAIR MOTION CARRIES I ALONE.
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ONE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, FOR THE STATE TO PROVIDE FUNDING THE AMOUNT OF 250,000 FOR THE HEALTHY CITY INITIATIVES FROM FUNDING PROVIDED BY ACT 45 OF THE 2020 SECOND EXTRAORDINARY SESSION APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR SAID PURPOSE AND AUTHORIZING AND EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS.THAT CONNECTION THERE WITH SO PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE-ON-ONE ANYWHERE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS. ONE-ON-ONE BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPROVE BY ADAMS SECONDED BY THE CHAIR WHEN ITEM ONE OH TWO,
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AUTHORIZING THEIR PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVORS WRITTEN WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA FOR THE STATE TO PROVIDE FUNDING AND THE AMOUNT OF 300,000 FOR EDUCATION TUTORING AND OUTREACH ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S HEALTHY CITY INITIATIVE BY MAYOR, PRESIDENT, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE OH TWO, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE OR TWO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION BY ADAMS. SECOND BY COLEMAN ITEM ONE, TWO, THREE,[103. 21-00399]
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT TENSION TO A COP COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA FOR THE STATE TO PROVIDE FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF 200,000 TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FOOD ACCESS AND LOW SOCIOECONOMIC AREAS.AND HE SPENT WITH PARISH ADMINISTERED BY THE MILK HEALTHY CITY INITIATIVE BY MAYOR PRESIDENT.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE ON THREE, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE OH THREE BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPROVE BY ADAM SECONDED BY COLEMAN.
I HAD A ONE ON FOUR AUTHORIZING
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THEIR PRESIDENT TO AN ACT OF SALE OF A CERTAIN TRACT OF PARCEL OF LAND BEING DESIGNATED AS POSSIBLE THROUGH DASHAWN OF STATE PROJECT NUMBER EIGHT ZERO ONE ONE ZERO NINE EIGHT LA 30 SOUTH BOULEVARD TO CHOMP STREET, ROUTE LA 30 EAST BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT FOR THE AMOUNT OF $32,000, $32,094 BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.AND HE WENT HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE, ZERO FOUR, HERE TO SPEAK ON MY ONE ZERO FOUR BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNT MOST TO APPROVE BY COUNSELING.
I'D LIKE SOME CLARIFICATION ON THIS VISIT.
THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS OF NICHOLSON DRIVE FROM SOUTH BOULEVARD TO AND TO THE LSU CAMPUS AS THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR SOME TIME.
UH, THIS PART IS TO ACQUIRE SOME LOT OF WAY THAT THE CITY ACTUALLY OWNS AT OFF THE RAMP ITSELF, COMING OFF THE INTERSTATE, GETTING ON TO HOLLAND, UH, THERE'S THAT SIT THAT I GUESS, CIRCLE AREA WHERE THE PALM TREES, ALL WHERE YOU CAN EITHER GO TO NICHOLSON OR YOU CAN CONTINUE TO GO DOWN TO HOLLAND.
THAT IS THE AREA THAT'S BEING ACQUIRED FROM THE CITY, UH, FOR THE 32,000 AND THE PARTIAL AND THE ROAD ITSELF, OR THE NEW ROAD THAT WILL BE TIED INTO NICHOLSON WILL BE, UH, OKLAHOMA, WHICH WILL GIVE YOU WHAT THE NEW LIGHT'S GOING TO BE.
THE RAMP WE'LL TIE OFF AT THAT LOCATION.
SO IT'S A PLAN THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED FOR SOME TIME AND FINALLY MOVING FORWARD WITH IT.
UH, WHAT I DIRECTION WE'VE ASKED HIM TO, UH, DOTD TO GET THIS
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THING UNDER, WIPE IT AS SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED.UH, THE ROAD CONDITION ITSELF IS NOT IDEAL FOR A MOTOR IN PUBLIC, BUT WE'RE ALSO ACCOMMODATING, UH, THE BICYCLE AND ALSO THE PRODUCTION.
AND ALSO THE BUS DROP OFF LOCATIONS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THIS IMPROVEMENT.
YES, MA'AM COUNCIL MEMBERS, RIGHT? AND MORE ON FOUR.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION TO APPROVE BY COLEMAN SECOND? I AM ALSO ITEM ONE OH FIVE,
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AUTHORIZING THEIR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A GRANT OF NON-EXCLUSIVE PARKING SERVER.NUMBER ONE, A SQUARE OR BLOCK ONE MOSSAD PLACE SUBDIVISION BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE, ZERO FIVE, SHOWING NONE BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THERE ARE MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY ROCCO.
SECOND BY ADAMS, I HAVE ONE ZERO SIX
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AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND E-TAIL VIDEO LLC, DOING BUSINESS AS E-TAIL.SO AS TO EXTEND THE TERM TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2031 BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE, ZERO SIX, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE, ZERO SIX, SHOWING NINE COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER ARSON.
I MIGHT'VE SAID FROM REPUBLIC.
I'M GENERAL COUNSEL FOR E-TAIL, AND I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S TIME TODAY AND APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RENEW OUR FRANCHISE AGREEMENT.
WE, UH, E-TAIL HAS A LONG HISTORY OF PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, AS A EIGHT DECADE OLD BUSINESS, WE, UH, WE HAVE GREAT PRIDE IN THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE.
UM, WE HAVE INVESTED OVER THE LAST NINE YEARS, UH, IN EAST BATON ROUGE AND PLAN TO CONTINUE OUR GRADUAL INVESTMENT.
AND WE ASKED YOU, UH, FOR RENEWAL OF OUR FRANCHISE AGREEMENT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, I'M GLAD I BEAT ALL THE OTHER COUNCIL PEOPLE TO THE BUTTON, UH, BECAUSE I AM EXCITED ABOUT WHAT EACH OTHER IS DOING, UH, AND THEIR EXPANSION.
UM, AND I WANT IT TO BE THE FIRST ONE ON RECORD TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME TO DISTRICT NINE.
UM, IT IS NOT OFTEN THAT I GET CONSTITUENTS THAT REACH OUT TO ME, UH, EXCITED ABOUT SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE RIGHT OF WAY IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME.
UH, AND THEY'RE JUST STARVING AND THAT MIGHT CAUSE, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, YOU KNOW, GETTING A FASTER INTERNET AND THE OPTIONS THAT RETAIL MIGHT PROVIDE AND THE AREA FOLKS, UH, ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
SO KEEP TELLING YOU START A MOTION TO APPROVE.
COUNCIL MEMBER HAS A MOTION BY HUDSON, SECOND ENVIRONMENTAL.
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ZERO SEVEN, AUTHORIZING THEIR PRESENTATION TO A COOPERATIVE, A DEBIT AGREEMENT WITH THE MILITARY CITY INITIATIVE IN YOUR MIND OF $200,000 FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FOOD ASSETS AND LOW SOCIOECONOMIC AREAS.AND YOU SPENT, IT WAS PARIS BY THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE, ZERO SEVEN, UH, BACK TO COUNCIL, MOTION TO APPROVAL BY ADAMS. SECOND ABOUT ROCCO.
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AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ENTERTAIN TO A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE MIRROR'S PELTIER CITY INITIATIVE IN THE AMOUNT OF 300,000 FOR EDUCATIONAL TUTORING AND OUTREACH ADMINISTERED FROM FUNDING PROVIDED IN ACT 45, UH, BY THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE, ZERO EIGHT, AND WANT YOU TO SPEAK ON LINE ONE ZERO EIGHT BACK TO COUNCIL MOTION BY COLEMAN SEVEN AND BY GREEN AT A ONE ZERO ONE COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN, UM, WHO IS, IS SOMEONE HERE THAT COULD ANSWER THIS ONE QUICK QUESTION.LET'S SEE COURTNEY SCOTT COMING TO THE PRICES, RIGHT.
AND I MAY, AND I MAY ANSWER WHILE I'M ASKING THE QUESTION, I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS DIFFERENT BETWEEN THIS ITEM.
AND THEN WE HAD A PREVIOUS ITEM THAT KIND OF FED THE SAME AMOUNT SAYING, IS IT JUST, UM, IS THIS FROM THE LEGISLATURE'S? YES, YES.
AND I'M STANDING IN FOR JARED HAMMOND WOODS WITH HEALTHY CITY WHO'S ON PATERNITY LEAVE.
SO WE'RE WISHING HIM, CONGRATULATIONS HAD SOME FRATERNITIES, BUT THE FIRST SET OF ITEMS THAT YOU HAD WAS AUTHORIZING THE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE.
THE SECOND SET IS THE CITY AUTHORIZING IT TO HEALTHY BR, WHICH IS THE ORGANIZATION THAT WILL ADMINISTER THE FUNDS ON BEHALF OF THE STATE, THE LEGISLATOR THAT BROUGHT THE ITEMS TO THE CITY.
BUT THEY ALL COME FROM MISTAKE.
AND HE HAD A QUESTION FROM THE SCOTT COUNCIL MEMBER.
I'M SORRY, JUST BRIEFLY SAY THAT ONE
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MORE TIME.AND WE HAVE NO MONEY, THE SAME MONEY.
IT IS THE SAME MONEY, BUT BECAUSE IT COMES THROUGH WITH THESE FUNDS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE GOING TO AN ORGANIZATION BECAUSE IT'S COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY, WE HAVE TO RECEIVE IT.
THAT'S THAT? ACA? YEAH, I WAS SUPPOSED TO FIND IT OUT.
AND I CALLED YOU NOT TO, UM, WE GOT ENOUGH.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM
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AUTHORIZING THEIR PRESENTATION TO A COOPERATIVE AND DEVIN HAD WRITTEN WITH THE MAYOR, THE CITY INITIATIVE AND THE AMOUNT OF $250,000.SO I HELPED THE CITY INITIATIVES BY MERE PRESIDENT.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE, ZERO NINE BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS MOST TO APPROVE BY ADAMS? SECOND ABOUT COLEMAN ITEM.
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10 AUTHORIZING THE MIRROR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COKE FIELD JACKSON, A PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTURAL CORPORATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE BAKER BRANDS, LIBRARY, RENOVATION, DESIGN, AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $385,000 BY THE BUILDING BROWN DIRECTOR.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 10, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 10, UH, BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOSTLY TO APPROVAL BY ROCCA 70 BY BANKS, UH, ITEM ONE 11 URGING
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AND REQUESTING A LOUISIANA CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION AND THE CAPITOL REGION, LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION TO SUPPORT THE SUNSHINE PROTECTION ACT OF 2021 AND THE AMENDMENT OF THE UNIFORM TIME ACT OF 1966, 15 USC TWO 68 TO AUTHORIZE STATES TO OBSERVE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME, YEAR ROUND BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLE DAY.I WAS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 11, ANY WAY TO SPEAK ON? I HAD ONE 11 COUNCIL MEMBER GO THERE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN WHAT THIS DOES FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC? SO THEY KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO YES.
LET ME, LET ME START WITH WHAT IT IS NOT INTENDING TO DO.
GOOD IS NOT INTENDING TO CHANGE THE TIME IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
OH, UH, TO CHANGE THE TIME ONLY IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, THERE IS FEDERAL LEGISLATION, UH, RIGHT NOW CALLED THE SUN SUNSHINE PROTECTION ACT, UM, WHICH THIS IS A RESOLUTION URGING SUPPORT OR FEDERAL LEGISLATION LAST YEAR, THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, UH, AT THE, AT THE LEGISLATURE, UH, ENACTED THE GOVERNOR, SIGNED INTO LAW, A BILL THAT SAYS THE STATE OF LOUISIANA WILL RECOGNIZE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS, TIME, YEAR, ROUND, UH, UPON ACTION BY CONGRESS.
SO IT, IT TAKES CONGRESSIONAL ACTION, UH, FOR A STATE TO REMAIN IN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME YEAR-ROUND.
SO THERE IS FEDERAL LEGISLATION NOW, UH, MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
UH, THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO URGE SUPPORT FROM EAST BATON ROUGE AND TO REQUEST OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION, AS WELL AS THE CAPITOL REGION, LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION WHO OFFERED THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE FEDERAL LEGISLATION THAT USING NO THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
YOU CAN EITHER TEACH YOU, I WOULD, I WOULD ADD I'LL PUT MY EDITORIAL ON IT.
UH, I, I BELIEVE I'M COMFORTABLE SAYING BY THE TIME TONIGHT IS THROUGH COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE WILL HAVE APPROVED MORE THAN $45 MILLION IN FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS THAT ARE COMING DOWN TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH TO ADDRESS MANDY THING, RENTAL PROTECTION, FOOD INSECURITY.
SO CONGRESS BREW THROUGH THAT VEHICLE OF FUNDING, UH, AND MORE TO COME IS PROVIDING US WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY, UH, PARTICULARLY IN RESPONSE TO COVID.
UH, THIS FOR ME, UH, THE SUNSHINE PROTECTION ACT IS ANOTHER WAY WE CAN DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
THE DATA AROUND REMAINING IN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS, TIME SHOWS IMPROVED HEALTH OUTCOMES AND IMPROVED ECONOMIC OUTCOME.
TWO THINGS WE TALK A WHOLE LOT ABOUT DURING COVID TIMES HEALTH AND ECONOMY.
SO FOR ME, THIS IS ANOTHER MEASURE WE CAN TAKE.
UH, AND, AND WHY I WANT TO URGE SUPPORT, UH, DO SHOW OUR PUBLIC.
THAT'S IT? THAT'S MY EDITORIAL.
IF IT TAKES CONGRESS, WHY IS IT SOME STATES HAVE THIS AND OTHERS? DON'T TWO STATES WHO RECOGNIZE STANDARD TIME.
THEY DON'T REMAIN IN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME.
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WHO HAVE DONE WHAT LOUISIANA DID LAST YEAR ADOPT.THEY ARE ENACTED A LAW THAT SAYS WHEN CONGRESS SAYS WE CAN, WE'LL STAY IN DAYLIGHT, SAVINGS TIME, ARIZONA.
I, I I'LL BE WRONG REMAIN IN STANDARD TIME.
IF, IF CONGRESS WERE TO TAKE ACTION IN STATES COULD S COULD ELECT TO REMAIN IN DAYLIGHT, STATE, DAYLIGHT SAVINGS, TIME YEAR-ROUND AND ALSO THE BENEFIT.
I DIDN'T SAY, NOT CHANGE OUR CLOCKS TWICE A YEAR AND THROW OFF CHILDREN AND THROW A FILE.
OUR CHILDREN SLEEP SCHEDULES AND ALL OF THAT.
SO WHY IS IT NECESSARY FOR US TO PASS THIS? WELL, THIS IS MY REQUEST TO BORROW OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, RECOGNIZED THE SUNSHINE PROTECTION ACT AND URGE URGED THEIR SUPPORT FROM A LOCAL LEVEL OF THE CONVERSATION AROUND DAYLIGHT SAVINGS.
TIME IS GAINING A DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME OF YEAR ROUND IS GAINING MOMENTUM.
I WANTED TO ADD TO THAT MOMENTUM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION MURMUR ALSO SUCKING THE BAR COLEMAN A MOTION CARRIES ITEM ONE 12, OR WELL YOU SPONSORED IT.
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TO HAVE A RESOLUTION URGING THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE TO MAINTAIN LOCAL ADMINISTRATION AND AUDIT RIGHTS IN ANY LEGISLATION PASSED TO CREATE CENTRAL SALES TAX COLLECTION SYSTEM BY MAYOR PRESIDENT.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 12, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 12, BACK TO THE COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBERS, ITEM ONE 12, THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, THOUGHTS, IDEAS, MOTION BY BANKS, SECONDED BY THE CHAIRS AND OUR POSITION.
HAVING NONE MOTION CARRIES ITEM ONE 13
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AND RESOLUTION STRONGLY OPPOSING THE ELIMINATION OF AN AD VALOREM TAX ON INVENTORY ASSESSMENT ON ALL PROPERTY WITHIN THESE PAYMENTS PARIS, UNLESS ANY SUCH MEASURE WOULD SUPPLEMENT THE REVEREND LOSS FOR ALL THESE BALANCE PARIS TAXING JURISDICTIONS BY THE MAYOR.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 13 IS ON THE ONE HAND TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 13 BACK TO COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER HUSTLES.
SO AS I READ THE RESOLUTION, UM, I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
UM, BUT, BUT I DO THINK IT'S UNNECESSARILY NEGATIVE.
UM, SO I THINK, I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY A BETTER WAY FOR US TO READ THIS RESOLUTION.
UM, AND SO I WILL MAKE THE, UM, THE MOTION SO LONG AS, UH, THE PRO TIM AND OUR COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR THINKS THAT ADEQUATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS SERVED BY DOING IT THIS WAY.
UM, SECTION ONE, THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL HEREBY STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE ELIMINATION OF AD VALOREM TAX ON INVENTORY ASSESSED ON ALL PROPERTY WITH ANY SPATTERS PARISH.
SO LONG AS ANY MEASURE WOULD SUPPLEMENT REVENUE LOSS FOR ALL EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH TAXING JURISDICTIONS.
I RECOGNIZE THAT THAT'S JUST SEMANTICS.
UM, BOTH OF THE CURRENT RESOLUTION AND THE ONE I JUST SAID TO YOU BASICALLY SAY THE SAME THING.
UM, ALTHOUGH, UH, I THINK THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ENOUGH ISSUE.
UH, IT HAS, UH, A LARGE ENOUGH IMPACT ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ENTIRE STATE, UH, THAT WE NEED TO LOOK TO TOWARDS GETTING BEHIND THIS AND SUPPORTING IT, UH, RATHER THAN JUST, UH, LOOKING TO OPPOSE IT, IF IT DOESN'T LINE UP WITH HOW WE WANT IT TO READ.
SO, UM, I WILL OFFER THAT, UH, AS A MOTION, UH, WE'LL HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR DURING SEVEN 70 BY ADAMS, WE HAVE A BARREL WAITING TO SPEAK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK BEFORE NOW? I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK YOU I'M BY THE FRONT OF THE ADMINISTRATION, LIKE GET SOME FEEDBACK ON THE WHITES RECOMMENDATION COUNCIL MEMBER, EXCUSE ME, DARRELL.
EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH ACTUALLY COLLECTS $48 MILLION IN INVENTORY TAX.
OUR GENERAL FUND ONLY RECEIVES 4 MILLION.
THE SCHOOL BOARD RECEIVES 17 MILLION.
WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ANY LANGUAGE THAT WOULD SAY WE SUPPORT IT.
WE DON'T WANT THAT TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT.
IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY CONTENTIOUS BATTLE AT THE LEGISLATURE.
WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT WE HAVE TO SAY WE OPPOSE IT UNLESS THERE'S A WAY TO MAKE US WHOLE.
AND THE ISSUE OF MAKING US WHOLE IS IF INDEED WE HAVE TO GO TO THE LEGISLATURE EIGHT EACH YEAR TO HAVE THE MONEY APPROPRIATED.
IF THERE WOULD BE A MEASURE TO DO THAT, WE CAN NOT BALANCE OUR BUDGET.
WE HAVE TO HAVE GUARANTEED REVENUE STREAM, WHICH WE HAVE NOW, IF IT'S AN ANNUAL APPROPRIATION AND WHEN THEY CAN ADDRESS THAT, WE JUST WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MATCH UP.
WHEN DO YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT?
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ANYTHING THAT WOULD COST OUR PARISH $48.5 MILLION.IT GIVES ME GREAT CONCERN THAT WE WOULD SAY THAT WE WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF THAT.
UM, AND LIKE DARRELL SAYS THAT EVEN IF THE LEGISLATURE SAID THAT THE CURRENT LEGISLATURE SAID THAT THEY WOULD SUPPLEMENT AND, AND FIND ANOTHER REVENUE SOURCE THAT WOULD SUCK, THAT WOULD COVER OUR LOSS, THEN IT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO ANNUAL APPROPRIATION BY THOSE LEGISLATURE.
SO IT'S, IT'S THERE THAT LEGISLATURE AND FUTURE LEGISLATORS.
SO IT'S A VERY SCARY THING FOR US.
SO WE, WE HAD BOUGHT IN THE WAY THAT, THAT WE, THAT WE WROTE IN, AND WE WOULD HOPE THAT, THAT YOU WOULD, UM, YOU WOULD CONTINUE AND APPROVE IT AS WRITTEN.
I'D LIKE TO MOTION TO APPROVE AS READ SUBSTITUTE MOTION, FIRST MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MCDON SEVEN BY COUNSEL COLEMAN, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, WISHES TO SPEAK, UM, TURN THE MICROPHONE DONE.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE DO NEED STRONG LANGUAGE WHEN WE TALKING ABOUT 48 MILLION, BECAUSE WHEN YOU, UM, SAY, YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL IS TO, TO BASICALLY PREVENT, YOU KNOW, SO OPPOSE MEANS TO DISAPPROVE OF, AND ATTEMPT TO PREVENT.
SO SINCE OUR GOAL IS TO PREVENT, WE HAVE TO USE, UM, SUCH STRONG LANGUAGE AS OPPOSING BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE LEAVE OUT OUR BET, THE VERY INTENT WHICH IS TO PREVENT.
AND SO, UM, I, UM, CONCUR WITH, UH, NOT ONLY THE REPORT FROM FINANCING ADMINISTRATION, UM, BUT ALSO SUPPORT THE MEASURE BY COUNCILMAN CLEVE DONE SUBSTITUTE COUNSELOR HUSTLE.
I DID JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP AND SAY BEFORE WE VOTE, THAT I THINK THERE IS AN AGREEMENT ON THE COUNCIL ABOUT THE LEGISLATION AT THE STATE AND FOR THE SAKE OF THE PUBLIC.
I JUST WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEN YOU CAN COME BACK UP AND, AND SPEAK TO THIS.
IF YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE TO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU SUBMITTED THE CARD IN SUPPORT OF THE LEGISLATION AT THE STATE.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU TOLD ME LAST NIGHT.
UM, WE, WE ACTUALLY SUBMITTED A CARD IN SUPPORT SUPPORTIVE CENTRAL SALES TAX COLLECTION.
AS FAR AS I KNOW THIS ISSUE'S NOT COME UP YET.
I SEE CENTRAL SALES TAX COLLECTION IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS JUST PUT IT ON.
IT'S VERY CONTENTIOUS AT THE LEGISLATURE RIGHT NOW.
EVERY LOCAL ENTITY IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IT.
WE WENT TO SUPPORT CENTRAL SALES TAX COLLECTIONS.
SO WE KNOW LIKE THIS, SOME OF THESE CHANGES ARE IMPORTANT TO THE BUSINESS, SO WE WANT TO SUPPORT THOSE MEASURES.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT LOCAL INTEREST IN, IN THE, THE TAX BASE OF OUR COMMUNITY IS PROTECTED.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE OVERLY NEGATIVE.
I THINK A GREAT CONCERN IS HAVING SOMEBODY TRYING TO TWIST THE LANGUAGE OF WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
WE DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO REBATE IT AND SAY WE SUPPORT IT.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHY WE READ IT THIS WAY.
AND LIKE, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
UM, AGAIN, UH, I DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO GET THE IDEA THAT THERE IS DISAGREEMENT ON THE COUNSELOR WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT THE LEGISLATION OF THE POSITION OF THE CITY PARISH AT THE STATE.
UH, IT'S MOSTLY A SEMANTICS ISSUE FOR ME.
UM, SO, AND FOR MY PURPOSES, IT MATTERS BECAUSE I, WHILE I FEEL THE SAME WAY YOU GUYS DO ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SAYING THAT WE OPPOSE IT AS WE DO FOR SUPPORTING IT.
SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK THE FIRST MOTION MADE BY COUNSELOR.
MY HUSBAND IS TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE TO SAY WE SUPPORT PROVIDED THEY PROVIDE, UH, WHAT IS IT PROVIDED? THEY PROVIDE A REVEREND LOSS, SUPPLEMENTAL REVENUE LAWS FOR ALL USE PATTERNS, PARIS, TEXAS JURISDICTION.
THE SECOND MOTION IS TO APPROVE AS IS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST, OUR COUNCIL MEMBER GO THERE.
I, LINDA, BASED ON WHAT YOU ASKED, I'M SORRY.
BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE STATED, MY QUESTION NOW IS WITH THE LANGUAGE AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS.
SO RESOLUTION OPPOSES, UH, ANY SUCH MEASURE, UNLESS ANY SUCH MEASURE WOULD SUPPLEMENT THE $48 MILLION REVENUE REVENUE LOSS.
WE NEED LANGUAGE SAYING WITHOUT AN ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ADDED TO THAT.
WELL, I DON'T THINK THAT THEY CAN DO THAT.
SO I THINK THAT JUST, JUST LIKE US, WHEN WE APPROVE OUR BUDGET ANNUALLY, YOU CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT SOMETHING'S GOING TO BE IN THAT BUDGET FOREVER BECAUSE WHAT'S IN THAT BUDGET DEPENDS ON WHAT
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THE MAYOR PREPARES IS AND WHAT THE MAJORITY OF YOU VOTE FOR.I GUESS THAT IN ITSELF IS WHAT THE UNCERTAINTY OF THAT, UM, MAKES IT, UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS LIKE DEDICATED SOURCE THAT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
THANK YOU, MISS BROOKDALE MACHINES, AND WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST, WHICH IS TO APPROVE ITEM THEM.
AS SOON AS THE COUNCIL NUMBER DONE SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, WE'RE VOTING ON ITEM ONE 13 TO APPROVE AS MACHINES, MOTION TO APPROVE AS WRITTEN MOTION CARRIES.
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PLEASE BEAR WITH ME.I'M GOING TO READ ITEMS ONE 14 TO ONE 46 TOGETHER.
I'LL GO THROUGH THEM PRETTY QUICKLY.
THESE ARE ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES.
BLOCK FOUR SQUARE FOUR SUBDIVISION DATE.
MR. COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, PAT BITTER, JIMMY SERGEANT 14,001 15 LINE 19 SQUARE THREE SUBDIVISION BABIN DISTRICT SEVEN HAVE BEEN LATORIA THOMAS $17,400, ONE 16 LOT ONE 18 DASH EIGHT, DISTRICT 10 BANKS, HIGH, BETTER ROBBINS RENTAL LLC, $31,600 ITEM ONE 17 LOT 24 SQUARE, 15 SUBDIVISION, SMILING HEIGHTS, DISTRICT SEVEN HIGH BIDDER ERIC JONES, $15,000 ONE 18 LIVE THREE SUBDIVISION WOULD THERE DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN HIGHER BIDDER, MAKITA WILLIAMS, $35,000 ITEM ONE, 19 LOT, FIVE AND SIX SUBDIVISION DAVIS, LOTS AND COUNTY DISTRICT TWO BANKS ROBIN'S RENTALS, LLC.
$7,500 ITEM ONE 20 LOT 62 SQUARE 35.
UH, THIS SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE, DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN HIGH BIDDER, A S D H PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, 5,100.
FIVE, FIVE, FOUR SUBDIVISION MURALS EAST DISTRICT SIX DONE JUNIOR HIGH BIDDER GREGORY GOSHI 18,500 ITEM ONE 22, LOT 83 SUBDIVISION PARK ADDITION, DISTRICT SEVEN COLE HIGH BIDDER REDEEMED ONE 23 LOT SIX EIGHT SUBDIVISION BATON ROUGE CHAIR'S COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE HIGH BETTER ROBBINS RENTAL LLC.
$9,600, ONE 24, A LOT FOUR SQUARE AT 38 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE, DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN HIGH BIDDER, ISAAC PATTERSON, $6,200 ITEM ONE 25 LOT D SUBDIVISION, TRAVIS TRACK COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE, NO HIGH BETTER JAZZ JEMEZ WHITE, $7,400, ONE 26, LOT THREE SQUARE, TWO 94.
COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN HIGH BIDDER WEATHERLY HOLDINGS, LLC.
I HAD A ONE 27 LOT 14 SQUARE, TWO SUBDIVISION BABIN, METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLD HIGH BIDDER SDA PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, $2,000.
I HAD A ONE 28 LOT 15 SQUARE, TWO SUBDIVISION BABIN DISTRICT SEVEN COLE, HIGH BIDDER STA PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, $3,800, ONE 29, LOT FIVE SQUARE, ONE SUBDIVISION, UH, DISTRICT TWO BENZ HIGH BIDDER HAYES INVESTMENT GROUP, $60,000.
I DIDN'T ONE 30 LOT SIX SQUARE FIVE.
SO TO VISIT SCOTLAND HIGHTEST DISTRICT TWO BANKS HIGH BETTER DO WE ADD IN $3,500 ITEM, ONE 30, ONE LOT 17 SUBSIDIES IN COLLEGE PARK, COUNCIL, DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN HIGH BIDDER HAYES INVESTMENT GROUP $32,000.
ONE 32 LOTS THREE SQUARE, TWO SUBDIVISION UNIVERSITY PLACE.
BUT TO DISTRICT 12 ROCKER, HIGH BID OR WEATHERLY HOLDINGS, LLC, $81,000, ONE 33 LOT 16 SQUARE 35 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE, DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN HABIT, A LAMAR DIVA TEAS, $5,500, ONE 34, A LOT 23 AND 24 SQUARE 43 DISTRICT, 10 BANKS, SUBDIVISION UNIVERSITY PLACE, A HIGH BIDDER READING.
MCCASTLE $200, ONE 35, LOTS C SQUARE 14 SUBDIVISIONS ON CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT GREEN HIGH, BETTER REDEEMED FOR ONE 36.
LOT FOR SUBDIVISION, SHADY GROVE DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN HIGH BID MARK, A HOWARD $300, ONE 37, LOT, TWO 70 SUBDIVISION, BELFAIR HOMES, DISTRICT SEVEN COLE HIGH BIDDER REDEEMED ONE 38, LOT 16 PLUS SQUARE, TWO SUBDIVISION VALLEY PARK ANNEX DISTRICT 12 ROCCO HIGH BIDDER PRISCILLA CARTER, $26,000, ONE 39,
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LOT SEVEN SUBDIVISION, SHADY GROVE METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN HIGH BIDDER MARK, A HOWARD $300, ONE 40 LOT 51 SUBDIVISION CYPRESS HEIGHTS, COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS.HI BITTERLY, KEEBLER WILLIAMS, $35,500, ONE 41 LOT FULL PLUS SQUARE.
47 SUBDIVISION UNIVERSITY PLATES COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS.
PHIL SMITH IS THE HIGH BIDDER.
ONE 42 BLOCK 10 DESI THERE'S ONE SUBDIVISION SUNNYBROOK ANNEX COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE GREEN HIGH BIDDER CORINNE WILLIAMS SPOKE $200, ONE 43, LOT 45 SQUARE 31 SUBDIVISION EATON PARK COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE, HIGH BIDDER SDH PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, $500, ONE 40.
ITEM ONE 44, A LOT OF ONE, TWO AND THREE SQUARE 32.
METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLD SUBDIVISION, EDEN PARK, HIGH BIDDER SDH PROPERTY MANAGEMENT.
I DON'T ONE 45 LIKE 10, 11 AND 12 SQUARE, SIX SUBDIVISION, FORTUNE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE GREEN, HIGH BETTER JEMAINE SAUTE AND $14,600.
I HAD A ONE 46 LOT 16 DASH D SUBDIVISION SHARE WITH FOREST TOWNHOME CONDOMINIUM THREE DISTRICT FOUR, A MOCHA BITTA, ALICIA DOWSE, $14,000 ZERO.
IT WAS JUST A PUBLIC HEARING WHEN HE DID SPEAK ON ITEMS ONE 14 TO ONE 46 SHOWING NONE OF THEIR MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS. ONE 14 TO ONE 46 MOTION BY ADAMS. SECOND BY MOROSA ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED CHANGE
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ORDERS, ITEM ONE 47 RIVERS CENTER THEATER FOR PERFORMING ARTS IMPROVEMENTS, RESTART CONTRACT TO BOUQUET AND TABLEAU INCORPORATED CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT, $170,848.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 47, HAVING NONE COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE, MOTION TO APPROVE BY ONE 47 MOTION BY THE CHAIR AND SECONDED BY ROCCO.
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UH, ALL OF THE LOUISIANA BOULEVARD, PHASE TWO, CLEARING AND ROBIN CONTRACT OMEGA FOUNDATION SERVICES, A CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT, ZERO DECIDE THEM HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO BE DELETED, MEANING THAT THE CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT IS ZERO WITH NO NEED FOR IT TO BE ON THE AGENDA.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 48.
IS THERE A MOTION TO DELETE MOTION BY DON SECONDED BY ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS? OH GOOD.
[ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS]
TO ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.WE DON'T GO TO ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS EIGHT 21 ZERO ZERO FIVE ONE SIX.
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENTS EXCEPT A GRANT FROM THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION ON BEHALF OF HIS BEVERAGE PARIS, SIMILAR COMMISSION AND THE AMOUNT OF 2 MILLION, $240,000 FOR THE PUMP STATION TWO 99 INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.
THE REASON THIS ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER, THE GRANT MUST BE ACCEPTED.
30 CALENDAR DAYS AFTER RECEIPT TO NOTICE WAS NOT RECEIVED UNTIL THE MORNING OF FRIDAY FOR NINE AFTER THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT ITEMS FOR THE AGENDA, INTRODUCING THE ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER, BUT ALLOW EXCEPTIONS OF THE GRAND PRIZES 30 DAY DEADLINE TO FOLLOW THEM.
COUNCIL MEETING ON MAY 12TH WOULD BE TOO LATE.
ITEM B 21 DASH ZERO ZERO FIVE ONE SEVEN AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT'S EXECUTED SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT.
NUMBER ONE TO CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, LOUISIANA WATERSHED INITIATIVE ROUND ONE FINAL GRANT APPLICATION SUPPORT DATED JULY 28, 2020 WITH HMTB CORPORATION AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $30,000.
THE REASON THAT ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER THAT'S TIME SENSITIVE ITEM C TWO ONE DASH ZERO ZERO FIVE ONE EIGHT.
AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT EXECUTE A UTILITY RELOCATION AGREEMENT ADDENDUM WITH ENERGY SERVICES, LLC, FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVE BR CAPACITY PROJECT MALL OF LOUISIANA BOULEVARD AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF $3,804,400 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 9 MILLION, $266,400 BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.
THE REASON THIS ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED AS ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER, BECAUSE IT IS TIME SENSITIVE.
I HAVE INDEED AUTHORIZED SETTLEMENT OF THE AMOUNT OF ENTITLED JOHN P RABIES SENIOR AT ALL, VERSUS WILLIAM FOR COREY AT ALL, SU UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF 55,000 PAID TO PLAINTIFFS AND 39,500 PAID TOWARD THE REMEDIATION OF THE DISH MAY SUBJECT TO THE SUIT FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 94,500 AND APPROPRIATELY $94,500 FOR SUCH PURPOSE.
BY THE PAST TURNING THE REASON BESIDE HIM WAS BEING REQUESTED AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER.
THE MATTER IS SET FOR TRIAL ON JUNE 14, 2021 SEVEN NEEDS TO BE PERFECTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SUCH THAT THE REMEDIATION OF THE DITCH IN QUESTION CAN BEGIN IMMEDIATELY.
WE NEED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES, TO ALLOW THE ITEMS, TO BE
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INTRODUCED TO THEIR MOTION, TO WAIVE THE RULES, MOTION BY ADAMS SETTING BY THE CHAIR.WHEN I HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES, DANNY, WHEN HE DOES SPEAK ON PUBLIC HEARING ON ADMINISTRATIVE ADDICTS.
NOW WE'RE GOING A LITTLE BACK TO VOTE ON THE MOTION TO READ THE RULES.
IT MEANS EVERYBODY HAS TO AGREE.
AND NOW WE NEED A MOTION TO INTRODUCE TO ITEMS MOTION BY ADAM SECONDED BY GO DAY.
I HAVEN'T BEEN INTRODUCED TO IT SHOULD DO EXCUSE ME.
NOW WE GO TO A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON UP HERE.
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS, ITEM E UH, TWO ONE DASH ZERO ZERO FIVE ONE FIVE ACCEPTANCE OF LOW BID TO RIVER CENTER THEATER FOR PERFORMING OUR LEAD PAINT ABATEMENT PRIORITY, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, ONE $84,000, $284,331 AND 90 CENTS BY THE BUILDING ROUND OUR DIRECTORS.
NOW WE NEED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES, TO ALLOW FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ITEM MOTION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO BE THE MOST BY ADAMS SETTING AND BY GREEN TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING? IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM? NOW WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES AND OUR OPPOSITION.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM, SHOWING NONE, NOT GOING TO OPEN THE FLOOR TO THE COUNCIL AND THEIR MOTION TO APPROVE.
COUNCIL MEMBER HUSTLING, UH, BUBBA ON IDP WHERE EXCEPT LOW BID FOR LEAD PAY BASED PAINT ABATEMENT.
THEN ON ITEM ONE 47, WE HAD A CHANGE ORDER FOR LEAD BASED PAINT ABATEMENT AS WELL.
OTHERS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH ONE ANOTHER.
WHY? WHY THERE? WHY ARE THEY HERE? THEY'RE SEPARATE.
THIS ONE RIGHT HERE IS ACTUALLY THE ABATEMENT OF THE LEAD PAINT.
THE CHANGE ORDER IS FOR THE CONTRACTOR, WITH HIS DELAYS, THE SCAFFOLDING AND OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE BEING DELAYED BECAUSE THEY WORK HAND IN HAND TOGETHER.
YEAH, W W BEFORE THE PROJECT STARTED, WE DID, UM, EXPLORATION WORK AND WE FOUND ASBESTOS IN SOME OF THE AREAS.
AND WE DID THAT ABATEMENT, BUT FURTHER INTO THE PROJECT.
ONCE WE GOT INTO THE CATWALK AREA, WE HAD TO DO SOME STRUCTURAL WORK.
AND AS THEY GROUND DOWN TO THE METAL, SOMEONE THOUGHT THERE'S POSSIBLY LEAD PAINT.
IT WASN'T THE ACTUAL PAINTING.
IT WAS A PRIMER ON THE METAL, BUT DURING THAT ERA, IT JUST WASN'T DISCOVERED.
SO NOW WE HAVE 160 SPOTS THAT WE HAVE TO SPOT A BAIT TO GO TO DO ALL THE STRUCTURAL WORK.
AND THIS COULD WORK TAKE ABOUT SIX WEEKS.
THE CHANGE ORDER IS PUSHING THE CONTRACTOR BACK ABOUT SIX WEEKS STORAGE OF THE SEATS AND EVERYTHING ELSE BECAUSE OF THE LEAK.
YEAH, MOST TO BY HUDSON SEVEN OF OUR GREEN MOST CARERS ITEM F TWO ONE DASH ZERO FIVE, TWO AUTHORIZING THEIR PRESENT EXECUTED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH FRANKLIN ASSOCIATES TO PROVIDE SUPPORT PERSONNEL, TO ASSIST IN THE OPERATIONS OF EAST MERRICK PARENTS, COMMUNITY VACCINATION CENTER AND AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $244,420 BY HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
WE HAVE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES TO ALLOW FOR THE PUBLIC HAND MOTION BY GREEN SETTING BY ADAMS. WHEN I HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, NOW WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES.
WE'LL MOVE TO A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM ONE, HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM.
NOW WE GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER, DONE OPPOSITION, OPPOSITION, AND VOTE TO THERE'S A MOTION TO, SO YOU OPPOSE WAVING THE RULES.
I REMEMBER IT WAS NOT APPROVED AND MOVED TO ITEM G AUTHORIZING THEIR PRESIDENT AND TO AN EXECUTE.
GRANTED REMOVE CONTRACTS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE UNABLE TO PAY RENT AND UTILITIES DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC WOULD FUNDS AWARDED UNDER THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY TOTAL TOTALLY APPROXIMATELY 29 MILLION, $159,567 AND 2 CENTS BY THE MAYOR PRESIDENT.
WE NEED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES, MOTION BY ADAMS, SETTING THE BAR, THE ARRAIGN PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MOTION.
THE WAY THE RULES WERE VOTE ON THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES, ANY OPPOSITION.
SO NONE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ITEM.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM G OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS, SEWING THEM BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY ADAMS SECOND? AND BY ROCCO ITEM G HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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NOW GO BACK TO ITEM ONE 49 FINAL ACCEPTANCES EATING PORK GRANTS, LIBRARY, CHILLER REPLACEMENT, CONTRACTOR, KAPPA SCHUMER, MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS INCORPORATED.[02:10:01]
ORDERS, UH, $126,400 FINAL CALL, EXCUSE ME, ONE OF THEM $26,400.DOES ANYONE NEED TO SPEAK ON LINE ONE 49 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPROVE BY ROCK HUB, SETTING IT BY HUDSON, MOST CARES ITEMS
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AND, UH, ONE 50 MALL OF LOUISIANA BOULEVARD, PHASE TWO, CLEARING AND GRUBBING CONTRACT OR MEGA FOUNDATION SERVICES INCORPORATED.FINAL COST $68,392 AND 86 CENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 50? SO NONE BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION BY ADAMS, SET HIM BY ROCKER MOTION CARRIES ONE 51
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S WWTP BAR SCREEN IMPROVEMENTS TO MEMORIAL COMPANY, LLC $961,000.THEY DIDN'T WANT HER TO SPEAK ON.
I HAD A ONE 51 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 51 MOTION BY HUDSON.
SECOND ABOUT ROCCA ITEM ONE 52,
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SHARON HILL CEDAR GLEN AREA REHABILITATION, GULF COAST UNDERGROUND LLC $933,171 AND 53 CENTS.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 52? ANYONE WHO HAS TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 52 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION BY ROCCA.
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BATTERIES, METROPOLITAN AIRPORT, MULTIPLEX GENERATOR, GENERATOR ADDITION, RAVEN SERVICES, LLC, $229,760 TO ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON.I WANT 53 SHOWING NONE BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION BY ADAM SECONDED BY ROCCA ITEM ONE 53 COUNCIL MEMBERS WE'VE TAKEN ONE 54.
WE'VE TAKEN ONE 55, ONE 56 RECEIVING A
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REPORT FROM THE DOCTORATE.UH, WE THEN ON THE CALL OF ACTION TO ABOLISH SLAVERY AND LOUISIANA CONSTITUTION, UH, THE, UH, THE SPONSOR OF THIS ITEM AS REQUESTED, IT'D BE DEFERRED FOR HOW LONG COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
WHEN I HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ITEM, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 56, SHOWING NONE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, MOTION FOR THE ITEM TO BE DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS AGO.
SECOND SECONDED BY ADAMS MOTION HAS BEEN DEFERRED.
WE'VE TAKEN OTHER ITEMS TO BE ADOPTED AS EMERGENCY WE'VE TAKEN ITEM ONE 57, ITEM ONE 58,
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AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO AN EXECUTED GRANT AGREEMENT FOR SUB-RECIPIENT PROJECTS AWARDED FROM THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2020 ACTION PLAN FOR THE U S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BROCK WENT AND THE GRANT AMOUNT OF 3 MILLION, $283,785 IN THE GRANT AMOUNT OF TUNING AND $295,707 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS AND HIV AND THE GRANT AMOUNT OF $2,542,851 IN EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT AND THE GRANT AMOUNT OF $277,199.THE PROGRAMS TOTAL APPROXIMATELY $8,399,542 BY THE MAYOR.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS ONE 58, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS ONE 58 SHOWING NONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE ONE SIX, FOUR, FOUR, TWO.
THIS ITEM MUST BE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY BY TWO THIRDS VOTE OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY? IS THERE A MOTION TO DECLARE THE IMMERSE MOTION BY HUDSON SECONDED BY ROCCA? WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON ANY EMERGENCY.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION SHOWING NONE? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ITEM.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM, SHOWING NONE BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY HUDSON? SECOND BY ADAMS MOTION HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT'S ENGINE TO EXECUTE GRANT AGREEMENTS WITH SUB-RECIPIENT PROJECTS OF WHATEVER THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 ACTION PLAN.THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR FUNDS RELATED TO CORONAVIRUS AID RELIEF AND ECONOMIC SECURITY MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, THE AMOUNT OF $1,932,038.
THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT THE AMOUNT OF $955,859 IN THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FOR PERSONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $270,057.
THE PROGRAM TOTAL APPROXIMATELY 3 MILLION, $257,954 BY MAYOR, PRESIDENT RITA FOR EMERGENCY URGENCY OF THE PROGRAM OF FUNDING ROLLOUT.
AGAIN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE ONE SIX, FOUR, FOUR, TWO, DECIDED IT MUST BE DECLARED EMERGENCY BY TWO THIRD VERDICT METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.
IS THERE A MOTION NUCLEAR? THE ITEM EMERGENCY IS THEIR MOST MOTION BY ADAMS SETTING BY THE CHAIR.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON A MOTION TO DECLARE IT AN EMERGENCY.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW ON ITEM.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM BACK TO THE COUNCIL? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM MOTION BY ADAM SECOND BY GOLDIE ITEM ONE 60,
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AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT INSTITUTE INSTRUMENT TO EXECUTE GRANT AGREEMENTS FOR SUB-RECIPIENT PROJECTS OF WATER UNDER THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 ACTION PLAN TO US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR FUNDS RELATED TO CORONAVIRUS AID RELIEF AND ECONOMIC SECURITY MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SECOND ALLOCATION OF FUNDING TO THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS.GRANT PROGRAMMING, THE AMOUNT IN THE PROGRAM AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $1,654,617 BY THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT READING FOR EMERGENCY URGENCY OF THE PROGRAM AND FUNDING ROLLOUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORNAMENTS ONE SIX FOUR, FOUR, TWO DESIRE MUST BE DECLARED EMERGENCY BY TWO THIRDS VERB METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO DECLARE THIS ITEM, AN EMERGENCY MOTION BY GREEN SEVEN AND BY GO DAY, UH, I'M GOING TO VOTE ON A MOTION AND THE OPPOSITION HAVE NONE.
THEN I HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM ONE 60, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 60, UH, BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY KNOLL SECOND BY HUSSON MOTION APPROVED.
[Additional Item]
MOTION TO ADJOURN MOTION TO ADJOURN BY EVERYONE SECONDED BY EVERYONE? UM, ANY ANNOUNCEMENT THIS EVENING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, UH, BAR GOD TOWN HISTORIC PRESERVATION MEETING WILL BE AT THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY ON THE FOURTH FLOOR, TUESDAY, APRIL 20TH AT FIVE O'CLOCK.I'D LIKE TO ASK ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU WILLING TO ARE THERE.
WE CREATE A POLITE VIDEO WHERE EACH ONE OF US EXPLAINS A DIFFERENT PART OF THE BLIGHT PROCESS.
AND THEN WE MAKE THAT AVAILABLE ON OUR CHANNEL 21, AND WE MAKE IT CONSISTENTLY AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO GO AND WATCH.
AND WE POST THE CHILD WITH PAGE SO THAT IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO READ THIS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WORKING IN A COHORT TO EXPLAIN VARIOUS DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BLIGHT PROCESS.
SO IF YOU ALL WILL BE WILLING TO DO SO, I'LL WORK WITH DENNIS TO SEE IF WE CAN SET A TIME WHERE WE CAN RECORD THAT.
AND IT'LL BE US EXPLAINING THE PROCESS VERSUS THEM HAVING TO READ IT.
AND AS ALWAYS, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL THE PARENTS AT HOME WITH CHILDREN, PLEASE READ TO YOUR CHILDREN.
AND AFTER YOU'RE DONE READING TO THEM, HAVE THEM READ BACK TO YOU,