[CALL TO ORDER]
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I MEAN, I LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
SO IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE TAKE THEIR SEATS I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE REGULAR METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12TH, 2021 TO ORDER ASHLEY, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? WE HAVE A QUORUM TODAY WILL BE LED BY AN INVOCATION AND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE BY YOLANDA BAPTIST IS YOLANDA BETTY'S TIER.
SO NICE TO SEE YOU YOLANDA IS THAT YOU INVITED HER HOW'D YOU KNOW WHO SHE WAS? OH, I'M JUST MISSING.
I'M JUST, I'M JUST MISS BETTY'S IF YOU WOULD PLEASE.
DO YOU HAVE MADE AND WE SHALL REJOICE AND BE GLAD THEY'RE IN THE GUY WE COME ASKING THAT YOU WOULD LOOK DOWN ON THIS MEETING TODAY.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE PRAY THAT IT WOULD TURN FROM A MEETING INTO A FELLOWSHIP THERE GUY.
WELL, WE MAY TAKE CARE OF THE BUSINESS FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
I LIFT UP EACH COUNCIL MEMBER TO YOU.
I LIFT UP OUR MAYOR PRESIDENT.
I LIFT UP OUR GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIALS TO YOU, HEAVENLY FATHER.
I PRAY RIGHT NOW, LORD GOD THAT YOUR HOLY SPIRIT WILL LEAD GOD AND TEACH US BOY THAT WE MAY DO EVERYTHING THAT IS NEEDED FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE CITY AND FOR YOUR GLORY IN JESUS CHRIST NAME, WE PRAY.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE TO OUR GREAT CITY.
[ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
A APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING OF APRIL 28, 2021.THE GREATER BATON ROUGE AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING OF MAY 4TH, 2021, AND THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ZONING MEETING OF APRIL 21ST, 2021 BY THE BOND ADMINISTRATOR, THE TREASURER.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, DON SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MARIN MOROSA
[INTRODUCTIONS]
ITEM NUMBER FOUR.I SEE THAT WE ARE PAYING FOR LEGAL SERVICES FOR SCOTT WILSON.
I'M TRYING TO SEE WE CAN'T DISCUSS ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
SO WE CAN'T DISCUSS IT AT ALL.
YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT, BUT WE CAN'T DISCUSS MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS EXCEPT FOR NUMBER FOUR.
WELL, SHE HAS TO READ THEM INTO THE RECORD BEFORE YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION.
SO WE WILL HAVE HER READ ALL ITEMS INTO THE RECORD, AND THEN YOU CAN GO AND MAKE YOUR MOTION.
LASTLY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ INTRODUCTIONS SECTION 2.12 INTRODUCTIONS.
NUMBER TWO, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL LEGAL SERVICES WITH KELLER AND HECKMAN LLP TO ADVISE THE CITY PARISH ON COMMUNICATION MATTERS, INCLUDING SMALL CELL WIRELESS ISSUES AND COMMUNICATION MATTERS IN THE SOME NOT TO EXCEED $42,712 AND 50 CENTS.
AND APPROPRIATING THAT SUM FOR SAID PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY NUMBER THREE, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO AMEND A CERTAIN CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL LEGAL SERVICES WITH STEVEN CARLTON, WITH REGARD TO REPRESENTATION OF OFFICER BLAINE.
SALAMONI IN THE MATTER ENTITLED INTRICAL WILLIAMS VS THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH SHOULD BE SPENT IN HER SHOWS TO INCREASE THE ALLOWABLE COMPENSATION BY $133,805 AND 50 CENTS TO A SUM NOT TO EXCEED 333,800, $5 AND 50 CENTS IN APPROPRIATING THAT 7% PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY NUMBER FOUR, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO AMEND THAT CERTAIN CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL LEGAL SERVICES WITH SEAL, YOU CAN JEALOUSY WITH REGARD TO REPRESENT REPRESENTATION OF SCOTT WILSON IN THE MATTER ENTITLED MICHAEL MCCLANAHAN AT AL VERSUS SCOTT WILSON.
SO AS TO INCREASE THE ALLOWABLE COMPENSATION BY, UH, $30,000 TO A SUM, NOT TO EXCEED $115,000 AND APPROPRIATING $30,000 FOR SAID PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY NUMBER FIVE, GRANTING A FIVE-YEAR PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT ESTIMATED AT $23,886 FROM MERCANTILE HOLDINGS, LLC LOCATED AT 36 22 GOVERNMENT STRAIGHT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENCOURAGING PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN RESTORATION OF PROPERTY BY PLANNING DIRECTOR, NUMBER SIX, APPROVING THE ANNUAL CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY THE PARISH TRANSPORTATION FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR.
PRESIDENT MAYOR, PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE TO SIGN THE CERTIFICATION BY THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, CONDEMNATION INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER SEVEN, ROSETTA JOHNSON, ONE EIGHT ZERO NINE A AND B FAIR CHILD STREET COUNCILS DISTRICT TWO BANKS.
NUMBER EIGHT, LAURA TURNER DEVAL AT ALVAREZ, UM, NINE FIVE EIGHT PROGRESS STREET
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COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS.NUMBER NINE, THE ESTATE OF DOLORES BLUNT BORE NINE SIX FIVE PACKARD STREET AND HOUSE AND REAR SHED COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE GREEN NUMBER 10 WISDOM.
THOMAS H DELPIT DRIVE COUNSEL DISTRICT 10, COLEMAN NUMBER 13, LOUISE JACKSON, TWO ZERO EIGHT, EVERGREEN DRIVE HOUSE AND REAR SHED COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN, ALL ITEMS REQUIRE READING.
THEN READ MOTIONS, INTRODUCED ALL ITEMS AS AN ORDER MOTION TO APPROVE OUR ITEMS EXCEPT FOR NUMBER FOUR, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION.
NUMBER FOUR, IS THERE A SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS? THERE'S A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO APPROVE.
EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.
I DIDN'T RECEIVE A SECOND ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION OF THAT MOTION? NO DISCUSSION MOTION TO APPROVE BY ALL ITEMS BY COUNCIL MEMBER, HUDSON SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MOROCCO.
ANY OTHER OBJECTIONS? SO COUNCIL MEMBER, DON OBJECTING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
[CONDEMNATIONS (Part 1 of 2)]
TO THE SECOND SHEET, A CONDEMNATION SHEET, IF YOU WOULD GO TO YOUR CONDEMNATION SHEET, I'M GOING TO READ A DPW RECOMMENDATION AS THEY ARE.UH, DPW RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 50 51 52 53 54, 55, 56 AND 58 DELETE ITEMS, 57 AND 59.
AND ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 50 THROUGH 59? IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 50 THROUGH 59 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR PRO TEM ITEM 55.
UM, I WANT TO THAT PARTICULAR ITEM THERE, THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY IS ONE THAT MAYBE THAT WILL BE TAKEN OVER BY I 10.
SO I DO NOT WANT TO CONDEMN THAT AT THIS TIME.
SO I'M GOING TO GIVE 55 57, 59, 90 DAYS, 57 AND 59 BEING RECOMMENDED TO BE DELETED.
I'M GOING TO GIVE 55 57 AND 59.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER THERE'VE BEEN A PER PERMIT ISSUED FOR ITEMS 57 AND 59.
SO I DON'T THINK YOU, I HAVE TO GET SOME CLARITY ON WHAT, HOW THAT WORKS.
LET'S GET SOME CLARITY BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE IN MY OPINION, JUST BECAUSE A PERMIT HAS BEEN ISSUED THEN, AND THAT PERMIT IN SOME CASES HERE HAVE BEEN ALREADY THREE MONTHS AND NOTHING HAS HAPPENED.
SO GIVE ME SOME CLARITY ON THAT.
LEGAL COYOTE, FILMS MEMO, MR. MCGEE, IF A PERMIT HAS BEEN ISSUED AND YOU DEFER IT, THAT'S FINE.
IF IT'S CONDEMNED, THEN THEY CAN'T WORK ON IT.
SO AS LONG AS YOU EITHER DELETED, DEFERRED THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE A PERMIT, THEY CAN STILL WORK WITH THE PERMIT.
THAT MAKES THE PERMIT INACTIVE.
SO YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN DELETE OR DEFER IT EITHER WAY.
THEY CAN STILL WORK WITH THE PERMIT.
AND THAT THAT'S WHAT I WANT THEM TO DO, WORK WITH THAT PERMIT.
BUT KNOWING THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO NOT BE ON THIS LIST.
SO WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND LEGALLY THAT I DID IT.
I DIDN'T READ EITHER WHICHEVER ONE YOU WANT TO DO.
IF YOU WANT TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, COULD HAVE IT COME BACK BEFORE YOU THEN 90 DAYS WOULD WORK 90 DAYS.
OH, COUNCIL MEMBER, HUDSON 51.
I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE BANK'S ATTORNEY TODAY AND THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH ADDRESSING THE POOL, UH, THE BACK LOT AND, UH, AND ADDRESSING THE ROOF AS WELL.
SO I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM 30 MORE DAYS TO,
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UM, GET THEIR BUSINESS STRAIGHT 30 DAYS ON ITEM 51.ANYONE ELSE? I DID ESTABLISH COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
I HAVE A, UM, JESSICA QUESTION FOR, AS IT RELATES TO WHAT, UH, COUNSEL, WOMAN CALL ME SANDY AND I NEEDED TO ASK ABOUT ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR CLIENTS.
NUMBER 52 ONLY BECAUSE, UM, I RECOGNIZE THE NAME AND I KNOW THE, UM, ONE OF THE PARTIES HAD BEEN REAL, REAL ILL.
SO I'M JUST WATCHING JUST B C IF, UM, FOR 52, WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS ANY CONFIRMATION OR CONTACT JUST OUT OF CONCERN BECAUSE I DO KNOW WHO THESE ARE ALL.
I'M GONNA SEE IF I COULD TEXT SOMEBODY TO BEFORE THE MEETING, IF WE COULD RESERVE AND I'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE ONE LAST QUESTION.
SO IF SOMEONE HAS A PERMIT AND THIS IS THE ONLY TO HAVE SIMILAR SITUATION, I HAD RATHER THROUGH TO WHAT HOW'S A WARMER, UM, PROBLEM, AND JUST ASK YOU ABOUT, IF SOMEONE HAS A PERMIT, THEY ARE WORKING ON THE HOUSE.
WHENEVER I WILL CALL PARISH ATTORNEY.
WHEN I CALL PARISH ATTORNEY ABOUT THINGS, THEY WERE LIKE, YOU NEED TO EITHER MAKE A DECISION TO RESCIND IT OR NOT, BECAUSE IT COULD BE TAUGHT WHEN PEOPLE COME OUT AND THEY GO ON TO TEAR IT DOWN.
IF IT'S CONDEMNED ALREADY, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
SHE HAS NOT CONDEMNED THOSE PROPERTIES YET.
I WOULD JUST, JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE.
ALL RIGHT, THANKS COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, WE DO HAVE SOME FOLKS WHO ARE HERE OR WHO WEREN'T, WHO WERE NOT HERE.
WHEN WE ASKED HER ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, I'M GOING TO ALLOW THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIT THE LIBRARY AND THEN GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS. UH, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU ALL, WE WILL COME BACK TO THOSE ITEMS. WE'LL GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO GET TO THE LIBRARY AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO ALL CONDEMNATION.
SO IF IT PLEASES ALL OF YOU, WE'RE GOING TO PLACE, UH, ITEMS 50 THROUGH 59 ON HOLD UNTIL THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS. AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE AT THIS TIME AS ALWAYS, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR CITY PARIS EMPLOYEES WHO WERE HERE TODAY, UH, FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY, WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS AND APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU DO.
WE SEE THE WORK YOU'RE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CITY AND OUR PARISH.
AND WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU.
AND PARTICULARLY I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE EVER HAD TO DEAL WITH THE PERMANENT DEPARTMENT.
I HAD TO GO GET A PERMIT FOR SOME WORK YOU NEEDED TO DO.
I WENT OVER AND MET WITH BLAKE AND RACHEL IN THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT.
THEY DID A PHENOMENAL JOB OF EXPLAINING ALL OF THE DETAILS AND REGULATIONS RELATIVE TO WHAT A PERSON NEEDS TO DO, BUT LET'S GET APARTMENT APARTMENT, RHONDA.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'RE GONNA
[60. 21-00472 (Part 1 of 2)]
MOVE TO ITEM 60.WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM 60 PUBLIC HEARING ITEM 60, CREATING AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATION AND GUIDELINES PRINCIPLES REGARDING THE RENAME OF HONORARY DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC STREETS BY COUNCIL, WOMAN, ERIC GREEN, SOME PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 60.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 60 SHOWING NINE, WE HAVE SOME EMAIL COMMENTS ASK PLEASE.
FIRST EMAIL COMMENT ON ITEM 60 IS FROM NOEL.
SHE SUBMITS A PUBLIC COMMENT AND SUPPORT OF ITEM 60.
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION THAT COUNCILMAN GRAINED TO FORM A COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE STREET NAMES AND THE CITY PARISH INTENTIONALLY EVALUATING, EXCUSE ME, INTENTIONALLY EVALUATING THE PEOPLE AND IDEOLOGIES WE HONOR WITH STREET AND PLACE NAMES IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE STORY.
WE TELL OURSELVES ABOUT OURSELVES AS A COMMUNITY, PLEASE VOTE TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION.
NEXT COMMENT IS IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 60 FROM STEVEN ANDES.
I'M SUPPORTED THE RESOLUTION TO NAME AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE RENAMING OF CERTAIN PUBLIC STREETS.
WE LIVE IN A CITY THAT BEARS THE MARKS OF SLAVERY AND WHITE SUPREMACY ON THE ROADS WE DRIVE ON IN 1860 EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH LISTED A POPULATION OF 6,944 WHITES.
THERE WERE 532 QUOTE, FREE COLORED PEOPLE ALSO ON THE CENSUS.
AND THERE WERE 8,570 ENSLAVED PEOPLE.
33 OF THOSE ENSLAVED PEOPLE WERE HELD IN BONDAGE.
AND WHAT IS NOW, MY NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY FEELS DIFFERENT WHEN IT'S IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD.
IT'S NOT THAT THE REALITY OF SLAVERY ELSEWHERE IS ANY LESS AWFUL OR ANY LESS WORTHY OF
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EXCAVATION.IF YOU DON'T PAY ATTENTION HERE WHERE YOU LIVE, CAN YOU JUSTIFIABLY COMMENT ON ANYTHING FURTHER A FIELD? THE ONLY REAL TANGIBLE SIGNS OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD'S HISTORY OR THE NAME OF THE SUBDIVISION PLANTATION TRACE AND THE ROAD LEADING INTO IT.
DUPONT SHAY BOULEVARD, THE PLANTATION REFERRED TO IMPLANTATION TRACE WAS OWNED IN 1860 BY ONE, DENNIS BIG, UH, PRONOUNCED DENNY DEG.
THE UNITED STATES, SINCE IT'S SUPPORTED WHITE AND BLACK PEOPLE.
UNITED STATES CENSUS SEPARATED WHITE AND BLACK PEOPLE IN 1860 AND THE WHITE NORMATIVE CENSUS.
YOU FIND DENNIS AGE, 40 LISTED AS A FARMER THERE TOO.
YOU SEE HIS WIFE GENEVIEVE ALONG WITH FOUR CHILDREN, VIRGINIA CLARA FRANCIS, AND DENNIS JR.
ALSO LISTED ARE MARY BEAD BUTNER, THE MOTHER-IN-LAW AND ONE ELLIE MORIARTY.
THE DEG FAMILY WAS WELL OFF ENOUGH TO HAVE A LITTLE THEN TUTOR NOWHERE LISTED IN ANY ARE ANY OF THE 33 ENSLAVED PEOPLE.
YOU CAN ONLY FIND IT, UM, ALONG WITH OVER 3 MILLION OTHER ENSLAVED PEOPLE IN AMERICA AT THE TIME AND THE SO-CALLED SLAVE SCHEDULE, IT WAS A SEPARATE CENSUS ACCOUNTING.
IT IS LITERALLY A PROPERTY LIST.
NO NAMES ARE GIVEN ONLY AGE, GENDER, AND RACE.
USUALLY THAT MEANT B BLOCK MULATTO.
OTHER DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS COULD BE CHECK MARKED ON THE SLAVE SCHEDULE.
NOTABLY, THERE WAS A PLACE, THERE WAS A PLACE TO INDICATE WHETHER THE INDIVIDUAL IN QUESTION WAS A RUNAWAY AND QUOTE FUGITIVE FROM THE STATE.
THERE WAS ALSO A PLACE TO CHECK WHETHER THE INDIVIDUAL WAS QUOTE DEAF AND DUMB OR INSANE OR IDIOTIC.
IF THE ENSLAVED PERSON HAD BEEN QUOTE
IT WAS BOTH ILLUMINATING AND MADDENING READING THE SLAVE SCHEDULE.
I WAS ABLE TO GO IN SOME BASIC INFORMATION, 11 WOMEN IN 22 MEN LIVED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY WERE SEPARATED INTO 10 QUOTE SLAVE HOUSES.
THE YOUNGEST WAS JUST SIX MONTHS OLD, THE OLDEST 85 YEARS OLD, BUT MADDENING AND HORRIFYING WAS THAT A NUMBER WAS PLACED WHERE A NAME SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
AT LEAST I THOUGHT IF I COULD FIND THEIR NAMES AND PERHAPS BETTER DO JUSTICE TO THEIR MEMORY AND THE LANDSCAPE LIBRARY, THE NAMES OF SLAVE OWNERS ARE EVERYWHERE LISTED THE NAMES STREETS, AND, BUT THEY NAMED SHOPPING PLAZAS.
AS THEY NAMED THE PAST, THE ENSLAVED ARE NUMBERS ON A PROPERTY LIST.
WE SET ASIDE CERTAIN PLACES AND SPACES AS REPRESENTATION, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LANDSCAPE OF SLAVERY, BUT IT'S EVERYWHERE.
I TRAVERSED THESE LANDSCAPES IN MY DAILY COMMUTE.
MY HOME IS LOCATED IN THE SAME SPACE AS A FORCED LABOR CAMP IN 1860.
WHAT DOES MEMORIALIZATION LOOK LIKE WHEN THE PLACE AND SPACES THAT NEED MEMORIALIZING ARE RIGHT IN YOUR BACKYARD? THAT'S THE THING WITH AMERICAN SLAVERY EVERYWHERE.
THERE ARE VISIBLE SIGNS OF IT, BUT WE OFTEN DON'T RECOGNIZE IT AS SUCH THE VESTIGE OF AMERICAN SLAVERY.
THE EVIDENCE THAT AMERICA'S ECONOMIC FOUNDATION WAS BUILT UPON THE BLACK, THE BACKS OF ENSLAVED PEOPLE, NAME OUR STREETS, SHOPPING PAUSES AND NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT SLAVERY IS NOT MEMORIALIZED.
AND IT DOESN'T TAKE UP A PROPORTION AMOUNT OF SPACE IN OUR COMMON MEMORY.
THE PHYSICAL REMAINS OF SLAVERY LIKE ITS PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT.
STEPHEN ANDY IS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY.
LSU CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 16, TELL SOME RUMBLES YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEM 60 COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER COLE, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM AND ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, WE'VE HAD A GREAT, UM, AN EDUCATIONAL DIALOGUE IN THE LAST, UM, FOUR WEEKS, UM, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
WE'VE UM, ALSO RECEIVED THAT ON THE EACH ONE OF YOU RECEIVED A LETTER FROM SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER, UM, FROM TERRY LANDRY JR.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING THAT THEY, THEY INDICATED SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER ACTUALLY DID A REPORT LAST YEAR ON AND IT'S CALLED WHOSE HISTORY FROM THEIR REPORT.
THEY IDENTIFIED AT LEAST 59 STREETS AND ROADS NAMED AFTER DEFEATED CONFEDERATE LEADERS ACROSS LOUISIANA.
THREE OF THOSE STREETS ARE LOCATED IN BATON ROUGE.
UM, THEY ALSO INDICATED THAT, UM, RESIDENTS OR BATON ROUGE FUTURE FEEL WITH MANY WORTHY LOUISIANA'S LOUISIANIANS WHOSE NAMES THESE STREETS COULD ALSO PROPERLY BEAR.
UM, AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT, UM, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THIS, THIS ACTUAL COMMITTEE, I WANT US TO REMEMBER, AND I'M THINKING ABOUT WHAT, UH, MY STATE REPRESENTATIVE, UH, EDMUND JORDAN SAID PROBABLY YESTERDAY.
I THINK EARLIER TODAY WE LIVE IN TWO DIFFERENT AMERICAS IN TWO DIFFERENT LOUISIANA'S.
AND SO THIS GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE DIALOGUE AND BRING THOSE TWO DIFFERENT, UM, PERSPECTIVES TOGETHER.
UM, AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DID MAKE
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SOME AMENDMENTS TO WHAT WAS, UH, CONCERNING TO SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHICH IS THE, THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.AND, UM, AND I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS CAN SUPPORT IT WITH THOSE AMENDMENTS AS WELL.
UM, AT THIS TIME I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMMITTEE, UM, AS WELL.
I WANNA THANK THE MAYOR FOR HER INPUT IN HER OFFICE AND THE CORE COMMISSION THAT STARTED THIS PROJECT.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED THAT COUNCILMAN GRAIN ARE IN SECTION TWO.
UM, WHEN IT LISTS THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IT ADDS A LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVE, AND A REPRESENTATIVE WITH A BACKGROUND IN HISTORY THROUGH EDUCATION OR WORK EXPERIENCE.
THEN IN SECTION SEVEN, IT LISTS THE COMMITTEE'S RESPONSIBILITIES.
ADDING THAT ONE OF THE COMMITTEE'S RESPONSIBILITIES IS A PROPOSED LIST OF STREETS.
NUMBER TWO, IN THAT LIST IS A PROPOSED LIST OF REPLACEMENT NAMES FOR EACH RECOMMENDED STREET AND OR SUPPORTED NAMES FOR HONORING INDIVIDUALS.
AND IN THREE UNDER THE COMMITTEE'S RESPONSIBILITIES IS A PROCESS TO FACILITATE PUBLIC FEEDBACK ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO APPLICATION REQUISITES.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH, UH, THE ADDED AMENDMENTS, UH, BY COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN, 70 BY THE CHAIR, AND THEN THE OPPOSITION COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK BEFORE WE TAKE THE VOTE, I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY, I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL ON GREEN FIRST FOR THE AWESOME DIALOGUE THAT WE'VE HAD ON THIS ONE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK I EXPLAINED IT PRETTY WELL IN THE LAST MEETING.
I'M NOT REALLY IN FAVOR OF THE CONCEPT OF CHANGING STREET NAMES.
UM, I DON'T THINK A LOT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, BROUGHT UP THE, THE TROUBLE THAT COMES ALONG WITH IT, ESPECIALLY THE, WHAT IT MEANS FOR HOMEOWNERS THAT MAY HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.
UH, AND ESPECIALLY FOR BUSINESS OWNERS THAT WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.
UM, AND I'VE EXPRESSED THIS TO THE COUNCIL, THE GREEN AS WELL, THAT I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE WITH THE WAY THE, THE COMMITTEE IS MADE UP.
UM, I THINK IT'S, IT SEEMS TO ME TO BE A LITTLE ONE-SIDED HAVING SAID ALL THAT, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS A COMMITTEE IT'S, IT'S MEANT TO START A CONVERSATION, UH, A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION, BUT ONE THING I'VE FOUND IN MY DEALINGS WITH COUNCIL AND THE GREEN OVER THE YEARS IS THAT SHE AND I CAN HAVE A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION AND STILL BE FRIENDS AT THE END OF THE DAY.
UM, AND SO I THINK WE, AS A, AS A COMMUNITY, EVEN THOUGH WE CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF DISAGREEMENT ON THIS ONE ALL ACROSS THE PARISH, WE HAD OUGHT NOT BE AFRAID OF TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER.
UM, SO, UH, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT TONIGHT.
I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO SURPRISE A LOT OF FOLKS.
UM, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT, UH, WELL, YOU KNOW, I LIVE IN, I LIVE IN SHENANDOAH REPRESENT THE, THE PART OF THE PARISH WHERE SOME OF THESE STREET NAMES WANT TO BE CHANGED AND THERE'S NO DOUBT TO LOOK FOLKS IN MY DISTRICT.
DON'T DON'T WANT THEIR STREET NAMES CHANGED.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY I SAY THAT, BUT, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'D ALL BE WILLING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ONE ANOTHER.
AND SO, UH, FOR THAT, I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS ONE TONIGHT.
UM, SO, UH, I'VE GIVEN THIS A LOT OF THOUGHT AND I THINK, UH, THERE WAS A GOOD DISCUSSION LAST TIME AND COUNCILWOMAN GREEN, I APPLAUD YOU ON, ON ALL YOUR EFFORTS AND, UH, I THINK YOU WERE RIGHT.
THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE ALL CHIMED IN ON SOMETHING, WHICH IS AWESOME.
SO, UM, AND, AND CERTAINLY IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR SOME PERSPECTIVES, UH, AND SOME DIFFERENT ANGLES THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT OF ON MY OWN, WHICH IS ALWAYS GREAT WHEN YOU HAVE COLLABORATION, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
UM, AND, UH, I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN, UH, YOU, YOU BROUGHT UP SOMETHING ABOUT, I THINK IT WAS MORE WITH THE REPRESENTATION AND, AND, UH, HAVING SOMEONE OUTSIDE OF DISTRICT 10 TELLING YOU SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR IN DISTRICT 10.
AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS AN, A PERSPECTIVE, I HADN'T THOUGHT OF SOMETHING ABOUT THIS I HADN'T THOUGHT OF.
AND SO, UH, AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD COUNCILMAN GREEN FOR, UM, HAVING THE MEETINGS WITH US, OFFERING THE ABILITY TO, TO SPEAK ON THIS AND, UM, AND VOICE CONCERNS.
UM, I DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS OVER, UM, OF COURSE THE, THE POTENTIAL BURDEN AND, UH, AND WHERE THIS COULD GROW TO, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK I MENTIONED LAST TIME I HAVE AN OFFICE ON CHURCH STREET AND CHURCH OFFENDS A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND SO THERE'S A CONCERN THERE ON, ON WHERE THIS GOES AND WHERE DOES IT STOP? UM, AND SO I THINK THE MECHANISMS ALREADY PLACE TO MAKE CHANGES TO YOUR NAMES.
AND, UM, I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT IT'S ONLY 50% PLUS
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ONE.UH, I REALLY THINK THE BAR SHOULD BE RAISED PROBABLY.
UM, SO IF THAT BECOMES PART OF THE DISCUSSION, I WOULD WELCOME SEEING THAT.
UM, BUT ULTIMATELY I THINK, UH, I TEND TO AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN HUDSON.
I THINK THE DISCUSSION IS, IS NEVER HARMFUL.
UM, UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE, UM, A BROAD SPECTRUM OF REPRESENTATION ON THE COMMITTEE.
UM, AND ULTIMATELY I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE, UH, MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS WITH A, UH, WITH THIS APPROACH, UM, WHEN IT'S COMING FROM OUTSIDE, IF YOU HAVE, UM, A COMMITTEE THAT RECOMMENDS CHANGES TO A STREET NAME, AND THERE WAS NO REPRESENTATION ON THE COMMITTEE FROM PEOPLE ON THAT STREET, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE, IF SOMEONE CAME TO ME FROM OUTSIDE SAYING, WE WANT TO CHANGE YOUR STREET NAME, I'M IMMEDIATELY ON, ON THE DEFENSE.
WHEREAS IF MY NEIGHBOR CAME TO ME AND SAID, HEY, I HAVE SOMETHING I WANT TO DISCUSS WITH YOU.
I THINK IT'S FAR MORE IMPACTFUL.
AND SO, UH, I DO TO CAUTION AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MY FEAR WOULD BE POTENTIALLY THAT THE STATE ADMISSION COULD BE, UH, IMPACTED NEGATIVELY BASED ON THE DESIGN, UM, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE POTENTIALLY COMING FROM A PERCEIVED AND PUT PEOPLE ON THE DEFENSE AS SOMEONE, NOT FROM MY STREET.
UH, I FEEL LIKE THESE, THESE CHANGES, IF THEY WERE ORGANICALLY IN GRASSROOTS, GROWN FROM THE PROPERTY THAT ARE GOING TO BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED, UH, YOU WOULD SEE IT WOULD BE FAR MORE IMPACTFUL.
UM, AND THAT'S TYPICALLY, I THINK OUR NAME CHANGES CAME ABOUT IT'S THE PEOPLE ON THE STREET DECIDE WE WANT TO CHANGE OUR STREET NAME.
AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S TYPICALLY WELCOMED.
AND BECAUSE IT, BECAUSE IT'S THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS, THOSE WHO ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BOTH FROM THE BURDEN OF MAKING CHANGES, AS WELL AS THE MONETARY, UM, IMPACT THAT WOULD BE, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY DO IT RATHER THAN FEELING LIKE THEY'RE PRESSURED INTO IT FROM AN OUTSIDE GROUP.
SO, UM, THAT'S KINDA MY TAKE ON IT, BUT I APPLAUD ALL YOUR EFFORTS.
AND I THINK, UH, I THINK THE, UM, I THINK THE, THE MISSION IS GOOD, BUT I FEEL LIKE THE MISSION COULD BE, UH, IMPACTED NEGATIVELY BASED ON THE DESIGN.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL.
I GUESS FOLLOWING ON, WHAT'S BEEN SAID BEFORE AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN IT, AND AGAIN, I APPLAUD YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE KIND OF SPOKE LAST TIME ABOUT WHERE I WAS FEELING WITH IT.
SO I GUESS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING BEFORE MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS WHAT I'VE TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE ABOUT IS THE, I FEEL LIKE SOME OF THIS IS OPEN-ENDED.
AND I THINK IF I BELIEVE IN THE LAST DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD, WE DISCUSSED THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE, IT WAS GONNA START OFF WITH FIVE STREETS IS WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO LOOK AT.
AM I CORRECT IN THAT? SO AGAIN, THE NUMBER OF STREETS, AS I STATED BEFORE, UM, WAS AN ARBITRARY NUMBER THAT WAS BROUGHT TO, TO HAVE THE COMMITTEE, UM, TO HAVE THE COMMITTEE HAVE SOME, SOME BOUNDARIES, AGAIN, THAT ARBITRARY NUMBER, AS WE TALKED ABOUT WITH, UM, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS A GUIDELINE FOR THE COMMITTEE.
THEY HAVE SIX MEETINGS TO HAVE.
AND SO IN THOSE MEETINGS THEY MADE, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT WAY MORE, UM, JUST IN THE REPORT FROM SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER, THEY CAME UP WITH THREE STREETS AND THEY HAD OVER 60 ON THEIR SPREADSHEET.
AND SO, AND THAT'S ACROSS THE THAT'S ACROSS LOUISIANA.
SO, UM, IT WAS AN ARBITRARY NUMBER, UM, BECAUSE IF WE LOOK AT, IF WE LOOK AT NEW ORLEANS, THEY, THEY, THEIR LIBRARY COMMITTEE, NOT EVEN THE COUNCIL PRESENTED A REPORT THAT HAD OVER 20 NAMES.
AND SO, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER OF NAMES.
I THINK SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER WAS THE ONLY GROUP THAT CAME TO ME WITH ACTUALLY DID RESEARCH ON IT.
AND THEY PROVIDED A LIST AND THEIR LIST ONLY HAD THREE FROM BATON ROUGE.
SO I, I HAVE TO SAY THAT IT'S JUST AN ARBITRARY NUMBER TO GET GUIDANCE SO THAT WE CAN START THE PROCESS.
AND THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING AS FAR AS GUIDANCE ON THIS COMMUNITY AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I'M TO STICK WITH FIVE BECAUSE THAT'S SILVER, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS RECOMMENDED, THEY MAY COME UP WITH A LIST OF THEM, BUT THEN THE COMMITTEE REPORTS BACK TO THE COUNCIL, LET'S, LET'S START OFF WITH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE THREE STREETS AND, AND ADD TWO MORE.
AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I'VE LEARNED ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, THE SECTION BORN BLIND HERE, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE HIM TO SEND THE SPREADSHEET THAT THE, THAT THEY DID WITH THEIR REPORT TO YOU GUYS? SURE.
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SECTION THREE OF OUR COMMITTEE IS AUTHORIZED FOR ONE YEAR, BEGINNING, JUNE 1ST, 2021 TO JUNE 1ST, 2022, UNLESS OTHERWISE EXTENDED.UM, I WOULD FINAL, I WOULD ASK, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION, BUT IN THAT, UH, INSTEAD OF UNLESS OTHERWISE EXTENDED, LET'S GO FOR A YEAR, DO THE COMMITTEE, UH, DO THE, THE AMOUNT OF STREETS AND THAT WAY WE HAVE A DEFINED BASE OF HOW FAR THIS IS GOING TO GO.
IT SAYS, IT SAYS A YEAR ALREADY.
WHAT'S THE, AND IT SAYS EVERY OTHER MONTH.
SO UNLESS OTHERWISE EXTENDED, I WOULD JUST, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT MAY JUST BE SEMANTICS OR WHATEVER, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND, UH, A LOCALIZED FIELD OF THIS GETS DONE.
THIS IS HOW EXACT, HOW IT'S GOING TO BE.
CAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT GOVERNMENT COMMITTEES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEY GO ON AND ON AND ON.
ONCE YOU START SOMETHING IT'S HARD TO, TO BACK OUT OF IT AND EVERYTHING.
SO I, AGAIN, IT'S JUST A RECOMMENDATION POSSIBLY ENDED IT, TAKE THE, UNLESS OTHERWISE EXTENDED OUT LET'S, UH, LET'S GO WITH FIVE STREETS, SEE WHAT KIND OF DISCUSSION THAT BRINGS UP.
AND, AND I THINK WE MAY, WE MAY HAVE GREAT DISCUSSION IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
AND THIS MAY, THIS MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK ON IN DIFFERENT AREAS AND CONTINUE ON AND SO ON.
BUT I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, STARTED OFF, HAVE A FINALIZED AND HAVE A DEFINITE THING OF WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR.
AND THAT'S JUST MY RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, I WOULD ASK THAT WE COULD DO THAT.
THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD ASK FOR RECOMMENDATION IS LIKE, UH, COUNCILMAN NOEL SAID, AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN SAID IS WHEN THE COMMISSION GOES IN AND THEY DO THESE STREETS AND WITHOUT THE REPRESENTATION OR WHATEVER, I WOULD THINK THAT IF ONE OF THESE STREETS OR IF THERE'S A WAY THAT ONE OF US COULD REPRESENT, IF, IF THESE STREETS COME UP, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE STREETS ARE HERE.
UM, AS FAR AS THE THREE STREETS THAT THEY'VE RECOMMENDED SO FAR, BUT IF THERE'S A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S NOT ON THAT COMMITTEE OR LOCAL REPRESENTATION THAT AT THAT POINT, ONCE THEY, THEY CAME UP TO THIS LIST THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ADVISED THAT SOME OF THESE STREETS ARE IN YOUR AREA.
IT'S TIME TO PULL IN REPRESENTATION FROM THAT AREA IN CASE THEY'RE NOT ON THAT COMMITTEE.
THAT'S, TO ME, THAT SEEMS TO TAKE CARE OF THE CONCERNS THAT Y'ALL HAVE SOMEBODY COMING INTO YOUR DISTRICT.
AT SOME POINT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE BROUGHT IN TO, AS THE REPRESENT ELECTED OFFICIAL AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THAT AREA.
SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT IN.
IF THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT STREETS IN YOUR AREA, IF WE COULD ACCOMMODATE THAT, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULD BRING THAT IN LEGALLY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND I'M JUST TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE TO PUSH US FORWARD.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MOLT, ANY, UH, COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN TO MEN.
I COULDN'T CARE WHAT ALL THREE OF THE GENTLEMEN, ISN'T THAT SOMETHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOKE, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MY FRIEND OVER THERE AND THEN HUDSON GIVE IT UP FOR THOSE THREE GENTLEMEN, A HEALTHY DISCUSSION IS DEFINITELY WARRINGTON WITHIN IT BEING THAT WE GO TO DO SO THAT'S GOOD STUFF.
A LOT OF THIS IS OPEN ENDED AND MEANING THAT IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S NOT TIGHT ENOUGH.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO SAY TO YOU COUNCILWOMAN GREEN, AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR YOUR CALL RICH HERE, THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, SEE HISTORY IS SOMETHING YOU'VE REACHED OUT HERE ABOUT STREETS, BUT I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE WORD BATON ROUGE, WHICH MEANS RED STICK.
SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO DIVE INTO THIS DIVE DEEP DIVE DEEP, AND THEN INSTEAD OF US JUST GOING THROUGH SOME MOTIONS HERE AND LET IT BE REAL AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
BUT YEAH, ALL THE DISCUSSIONS ARE GREAT, BUT IT'S NOT TIGHT ENOUGH.
BUT I AGREE WITH THESE GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL.
REMEMBER GREEN SEVEN THERE BY THE CHAIR.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION HAVING NONE? THE MOTION CARRIES COUNCIL
[CONDEMNATIONS (Part 2 of 2)]
MEMBERS.WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE CONDEMNATIONS REAL QUICKLY.
WE HAVE SOME, UH, CONSTITUENTS OVER AT THE LIBRARY WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON, UH, IN A CONDEMNATION.
SO PLEASE, AT THIS TIME, THOSE ARE THE ONE TO SPEAK ON THE CONDEMNATION.
SO JUST COMING UP, FIND OUT WHAT ITEM, DENNIS.
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COUNCILMAN.WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE COMING OUT.
I DON'T KNOW THE 61 ITEM NUMBER 61.
OH, THAT'S NOT A CONDEMNATION.
WHAT'S THE ADDRESS OF THE CONDEMNATION.
I WANT TO GET A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE UP.
Y'ALL WANT TO COME UP WITH CONDEMNATION.
I'M ABOUT 2012 MULBERRY STREET TO THE DEMO.
WE HAVE A PERMIT FOR DEMOLITION, BUT WE NEED A 30 DAY EXTENSION COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND WE HAVE ANOTHER LADY WITH US TODAY AND SHE'S ON HER WAY OVER HERE.
WHAT NUMBER IS YOURS? IT'S NUMBER 54, COUNCILMAN NUMBER 54.
MY NAME IS ANY RIGHT ON PROPERTY.
NUMBER 54 WITH JOHNSON STREET, TWO TWO.
UM, IT'S, UH, IT'S UM, ABOVE PAR.
DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO IT.
UH, THE PERSON WHO IS POSSIBLY BAN IT IS, UH, THE WEATHER HAS NOT BEEN IN OUR FAVOR.
SO, UH, HE'S BEHIND A LITTLE BIT ON HIS WORK.
HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED MA'AM? UM, UH, IT DEPENDS ON THE WEATHER WHEN WE CAN, UH, DO THE WORK.
SO, UH, I'D SAY LIKE PROBABLY TWO MONTHS, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME WE CAN GIVE IS 90 DAYS.
WE'LL TAKE, WE'LL TAKE THE 90 DAYS.
WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CALLED ME 90 DAYS.
YEAH, WELL, I'M GOING TO READ THE DPW RECOMMENDATIONS AT THIS TIME.
THERE ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 50 50, TWO 53 AND 58, UH, DEFER FOR 30 DAYS, 51 AND 56 AND DEFER FOR 90 DAYS, 54 55, 57 AND 59.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS? 50 THROUGH 59.
SO MOVED BY MOLD SECONDED BY HUSTON ITEMS. 53 59 HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MOKE, NEED A MOTION TO RECONSIDER EITHER PROMOTION OR NEED A MOTION TO RECONSIDER.
[60. 21-00472 (Part 2 of 2)]
MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEM 60.IS THERE A SECOND MOTION TO, UH, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MAMMAL? ROSA, IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO RECONSIDER AN ITEM 60 ITEMS, OPPOSITION, SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER, HUDSON, AS OPPOSED TO RECONSIDER ON ANYBODY ELSE YOU GOT BOWLS TO RECONSIDER, BUT YOU'RE NOT EITHER Y'ALL YOU DON'T WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
BEFORE WE DISCUSS IT, EITHER YOU, EITHER YOU A FOUR BE CONSIDERING, OR YOU'RE NOT
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FOR RECONSIDERING.NOW, COUNCIL MEMBER MOLT, PLEASE DIRECT YOUR QUESTION TO COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN SO SHE CAN CLEAR ON WHAT IT IS YOU WANT TO DO.
AND YES, THERE'S RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I MADE AS FAR AS NARROWING SCOPE.
UM, I THOUGHT WHEN I BROUGHT THOSE UP IN MY DISCUSSION THAT WE WOULD HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT IT AND I, I APOLOGIZE FOR MY IGNORANCE OF NOT KNOWING WHEN TO ASK FOR THE AMENDMENTS, BUT YES, I WOULD LIKE TO TRY AND NARROW THE SCOPE OF THIS AND ALSO THE REPRESENTATION.
IF WE COULD GET THIS, GET THAT IN THERE.
AND ALSO, UM, SECTION THREE, UH, REMOVE, UNLESS OTHERWISE EXTENDED THAT TO ME, THAT JUST GIVES THIS COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC, THE IDEA THAT THEY'VE GOT ONE YEAR, WE'VE GOT ONE YEAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UM, AND THEN THE, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHERE TO PUT THE LINE ITEM IN AS FAR AS WHAT THEY BRING FOR RECOMMENDATIONS AND STUFF TO THE COUNCIL.
UH, AS FAR AS WE NARROW THE SCOPE TO FIVE STREETS TO START OFF WITH, UM, I KNOW WE'VE GOT THREE THAT WERE RECOMMENDED IN THE LETTER.
UM, I DON'T THINK THAT'S IN SPECIFICALLY IN THE ORDINANCE OR I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE WOULD ADD THAT IN WHAT LINE WE WOULD ADD THAT IN.
IT SAYS SECTION ONE INDICATES SECTION ONE INDICATES THAT IF NO MORE THAN FIVE PUBLIC STREETS, THE ACTUAL NUMBER THAT YOU JUST STATED.
AND THEN IT, UNLESS OTHERWISE EXTENDED, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH AMENDING IT TO SAY THAT I, WE DON'T DESIRE TO, TO MEET FOREVER.
AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE A 90 DAY REPORT THAT COMES TO THE COUNCIL.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE NARRATIVE.
THAT'S WHY YOU DIDN'T HAVE DISCUSSION BECAUSE IT WAS, I DON'T DESIRE TO HAVE MEETINGS JUST TO HAVE I UNDERSTAND.
SO AFTER THE DEADLINE AND THEY COME UP WITH THE FIVE STREETS, THEY HAVE 90 DAYS TO GET THEIR REPORT TOGETHER AND PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL.
THE, THE WORDING SAYS THAT THE, THE SECTION SIX, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHALL REPORT TO THE METRO COUNCIL.
AT LEAST ONCE EVERY 90 DAYS AFTER ITS FIRST MEETING.
IF YOU KNOW ME, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN EMAIL THE NEXT WEEK AFTER I TALKED WITH ASHLEY TO SET ALL MEETINGS, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT DISPUTING THE THING.
I DIDN'T OBJECT TO IT OR ANYTHING ELSE.
UM, ON THE REPRESENTATION PART, I'M TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF HOW THIS IS GOING TO, THEY REPORT EVERY 90 DAYS, UH, IF THEY HAVE A STREET OR SOMETHING DURING THAT 90 DAYS OR WITHIN IN ANY 90 DAYS.
UM, AT THAT POINT, IF ONE OF THOSE STREETS IS DEEMED IN ONE OF THE DISTRICTS, COULD THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER OR A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BE A PART OF THAT GROUP TO REPRESENT THEIR DISTRICT.
SO THERE IS A COUNCIL DESIGNEE ON THE COUNCIL.
I MEAN, ON THIS PARTICULAR, UM, ADVISORY COMMITTEE, JUST LIKE ANY, UM, BOARD THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS REPRESENT AS A DESIGNEE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SERVES TO BE THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, SIMILAR TO CATS, YOU HAVE A BOARD MEMBER SIMILAR TO COUNCIL ON AGING, YOU HAVE A BOARD MEMBER AND THAT LARGER SET, THIS IS A COMMITTEE THAT'S REALLY SMALLER THAN ALL OF THOSE THAT I JUST NAMED.
UM, AND SO THE REASON WHY I, IF YOU WANT A REASON WHY I THINK THAT THAT IS UNNECESSARY IS ONLY BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO HAVE YOU AT A LARGE, UM, COMMITTEE THAT WHEN YOU GET LARGER COMMITTEES, WE ARE ALREADY AT 10 PEOPLE WERE, IT'S HARD FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES.
AND LASTLY, I WANT TO REITERATE THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING.
AND SO ANYBODY IN COUNCIL MEMBERS I'VE GOTTEN FROM, I THINK THE LIST THAT WE PROVIDED YOU IN THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, FIVE PEOPLE.
AND ACTUALLY I'VE, I'VE HAD MORE PEOPLE SEND IN REQUEST TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE.
THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T, THEY CAN'T GET ON IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ROOM FOR AN EXTRA COMMITTEE PERSON.
AND SO EVEN AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE, WE HANDLE A LOT OF THINGS AND VOTE ON A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT REPRESENTS THE ENTIRE CITY.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S LISTEN, IT'S I DON'T.
AND, AND YOU'RE YOU, THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER CAN BE ONE OF THE PRESENTERS, BUT AGAIN, THEY JUST PROVIDED ME THEIR SPREADSHEET LITERALLY TODAY.
AND SO I DIDN'T KNOW THEY HAD DID AN ACTUAL, UM, HAD ACTUALLY DID
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A REPORT PREVIOUSLY AND THERE'S NUMEROUS OF NONPROFITS AND ADVOCACY GROUPS THAT HAVE STARTED THIS PROCESS IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR REPORT.AND SO I THINK, UM, TO BE FULL, YOU KNOW, TRANSPARENT, WE, WE MADE A COUPLE OF CHANGES, UM, THAT I THINK WILL SERVE THE BASIS OF THIS ARGUMENT.
UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE YOUR TIME? OH, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS MY TIME.
NO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO THE PUBLIC THAT THAT IS CONCERNED ABOUT IF, IF YOU'RE THE STREET NAME COMES UP AND IF YOUR DISTRICT, YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER CAN COME, IT'S A PUBLIC MEETING.
UM, AND, AND, AND ALSO THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW, IN 90 DAYS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A FULL REPORT FOR YOU, BUT I LITERALLY THINK THAT WHAT SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER HAS DONE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE RESEARCH WHEN WE WERE STARTING.
THIS PROCESS WITH OTHER CITIES ARE GOOD GUIDING, UM, EXAMPLES FOR US TO UTILIZE.
AND SO, AGAIN, I'M, I'M NOT THE COMMITTEE, I'M ONE PERSON ON THE COMMITTEE.
AND AGAIN, I WANT THE COMMITTEE TO GET STARTED SO THEY CAN ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS.
SO EVEN THOUGH THEY PROVIDED THREE STREETS, THAT WAS THREE STREETS IN BATON ROUGE AND E AND I BELIEVE THAT THEIR ADVOCACY PERSON WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
THEY STILL HAVE MORE WORK TO BE DONE BECAUSE SHE SAID, UM, THE YOUNG LADY THAT SENT THIS ON BEHALF OF MR. LANDRY SAID THAT THEY HAVE AN ONGOING REPORT THAT IS GOING ON.
SO THIS IS TO DATE THE NUMB, THE STREETS THAT THEY CAME UP WITH.
OKAY, NO AMENDMENTS COUNCIL MEMBER.
NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO OFFER A SUGGESTION.
UM, BUT I WAS GOING TO SAY, THEORETICALLY, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GREEN, IF, IF A STREET IS BROUGHT UP IN THE DISCUSSION IN A MEETING, I WOULD IMAGINE AS PART OF THE OUTREACH AT THAT POINT, YOU'D PROBABLY WANT TO INVOLVE THE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO'S DISTRICT IT'S IN ANY WAY AS PART OF BEING A LIAISON TO THE CONSTITUENTS, BECAUSE THAT, GOING BACK TO WHAT I SAID PREVIOUSLY, I THINK TO AN EXTENT, IF IT LOOKS LIKE OUTSIDE COMING IN, IT COULD BE TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE MISSION ANYWAY.
SO BRINGING SOMEBODY ON BOARD WHO CAN MAYBE BRIDGE THAT GAP WOULD PROBABLY BE PART OF Y'ALL'S PLAN ANYWAY, I WOULD IMAGINE.
UM, SO I MEAN, MAYBE IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT, THAT MAY EASE THE CONCERN, BECAUSE I WOULD IMAGINE THAT'S PROBABLY ALREADY IN YOUR MIND TO BE A PART OF IT, CORRECT.
MAY I USE YOUR TIME TO SPEAK? OKAY.
I WANT EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE A PART OF IT.
UM, AND THEN I CAN'T SAY THAT WEEK ONE MEETING ONE, WE'RE COMING WITH 10 NAMES.
UH, SO I THINK AFTER THE REPORT IN THE 90 DAYS, THAT'S WHEN YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU START THE CONVERSATION OUTSIDE OF THAT, THEN YOU GO RIGHT BACK AFTER THE 90 DAYS TO THE NEXT MEETING WHERE THE CONSTITUENTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO COME TO THAT MEETING AND TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS.
BUT YES, EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER IS OPEN AND I WANT TO RETRACT THE STATEMENT THAT I AM COMING INTO SOMEONE ELSE'S DISTRICT.
I REPRESENT THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
SO I'M NOT COMING INTO YOUR DISTRICTS.
I AM LITERALLY PRESENTING A PROPOSAL THAT WILL ENCOMPASS THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
SO, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS HOW IT MAY BE PERCEIVED.
AND I'M NOT SAYING, UH, I FEEL THAT WAY OR ANYBODY DOES, BUT WITHOUT QUESTION, THERE WILL BE PEOPLE WHO FEEL LIKE THERE WILL BE A PERCEPTION OF THIS IS SOMEBODY FROM OUTSIDE OF MY STREET COMING IN AND TELLING ME TO CHANGE MY STREET NAME.
SO AGAIN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'M SURE Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY THOUGHT OF THAT, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE IMPERATIVE AND THEN PROBABLY WOULD, WOULD HELP THE MISSION, UH, TO INVOLVE THAT COUNCIL PERSON AS BEING A LIAISON WITH THEIR CONSTITUENTS.
SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
SO, UM, WITH THIS BEING A DISCUSSION, ARE WE MOVING UP HERE WITH, BASED ON THE COMMENTS, IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY'RE MOVING AHEAD TO A PROCESS THAT WON'T EVEN BE AN ART OF THIS DISCUSSION.
SO, AND SO I'M JUST, AND I JUST, I GUESS TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE, IF, UH, IN THE DISCUSSION, ONE OF THE, UM, FIVE CITIES IS GENERAL BANKS AVENUE.
AND FROM, UH, FROM THE DISCUSSION, IT IS DISCOVERED THAT, UM, GENERAL BANKS DOES NOT REPRESENT WHERE
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WE ARE NOW IS JUST A DISCUSSION.SO AS THE PART OF THE REPORT, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU, THAT THAT DISCUSSION WOULD COME UP IN 90 DAYS.
YOU'RE TALK ABOUT THE S THE, UM, THE CITY.
I MEAN, THE STREETS THAT YOU'VE DISCUSSED, I GUESS YOU BRING THAT INFORMATION, BUT WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP IS THAT WHEN YOU TURN IT OVER OR JUST LEAVE IT, AND THEN IT'S UP TO THE WHAT, GO AHEAD.
TELL ME, YOU MAY USE MY TIME TOO.
UH, THE, THE, I HAVE NOT THOUGHT OF EVERY PART OF THE COMMITTEE, EVERY ASPECT OF EVERY HYPOTHET THAT WILL HAPPEN.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT IF SAY A STREET COMES UP, THE ADVOCATE IS PRESIDENT AND THE STREET NAME GETS LEAKED OUT.
ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS FOR 90 DAYS TO PRESENT IT IN A MORE PROFESSIONAL MANNER TO THE COUNCIL.
THE 90 DAYS DOES NOT END THE COMMITTEE.
THAT'S JUST TO FORCE THE COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE A REPORT WITHIN 90 DAYS SO THAT WE KNOW WE'RE NOT MEETING JUST TO BE MEETING THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING WORK.
AND SO WHEN THE ONCE THAT REPORT IS LIFTED, AS I'VE SAID TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, I LEAVE IT TO THE COUNCIL TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE NEEDS TO BE POLICY ON CERTAIN ISSUES THAT COME AFTER THIS, THAT MAY BE HONORARY DESIGNATION.
THAT MAY BE CHANGED STREET NAMES THAT MAY BE EVEN REC THERE'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE WERE HARPING ON TAKING THE NAMES AWAY, BUT THERE'S ALSO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REPLACEMENT NAMES TOO.
SO THAT'S WHY THE PROCESS IS IMPORTANT AS WELL.
AND FOR ALL OF US, UM, AND THE COMMITTEE, AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST GIVE A NAME, IT'S GIVE A NAME AND A DETAILED IX, UM, REASON FOR THAT NAME.
SO IF THEY'RE, LET'S JUST SAY THEY'RE FIVE SEVENTH STREET, WILL THE REPORT COMES BACK, COME BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT THEY THINK, HOW THEY FEEL THE CITY SHOULD PROCEED.
FOR INSTANCE, ARE THEY GOING TO BE COVERED WITH SAMPLE AGENDA ITEMS THAT THEY ARE RECOMMENDED? I THINK, I THINK THE COMMITTEE HAS THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.
THEY ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO WAY TO COME UP WITH THE CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE NAME CHANGE IN THE FREQUENTLY ASKED SHEET THAT WAS PROVIDED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I USED A PROCESS THAT NEW ORLEANS, UM, UTILIZED, AND THEY HAVE ACTUALLY SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS, YOU KNOW, TO DETERMINE HOW YOU WEIGH IT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST, I DON'T LIKE THAT NAME.
IT'S ACTUAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT ARE LISTED.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S A GUIDING PRINCIPLE.
THAT'S NOT A MANDATE FOR THE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE MAY SAY THEY DON'T WANT TO EVEN USE THE FOLLOWING CONSIDERATIONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT JUST IN ANY POLICY WORK, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THE, THE PEOP THE, UM, CITIES AND THE GROUPS THAT ALREADY DID IT TO SEE WHAT WORKS FOR THEM AND WHAT DIDN'T WORK.
SO THAT'S ALL I'M COMBINING, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE SUGGESTIONS.
THAT'S WHY I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT WHAT SOUTHERN SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER DID, THEY DID THAT ON THEIR OWN, BUT THAT'S WHY THEY CONTACTED ME BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY DONE THE RESEARCH AND THE ROUTE.
SO THEY'RE LIKE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THE RESEARCH ANYMORE.
AGAIN, THERE ARE OTHER SUGGESTIONS AND REASONS WHY CERTAIN NAMES WERE BROUGHT UP AS WELL.
BUT INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING, I FEEL LIKE IT'S CONNECTED TO, YOU KNOW, CONFEDERACY OR BAD HISTORY.
I THINK THE WEIGHING OPTION HELPS YOU TO MAKE A BETTER DETERMINATION.
AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT THE COMMITTEE IS GOING TO SUBMIT BACK TO YOU.
AND THEN THE COUNCIL MAY SAY, MAY, MAY UP MAY ACTUALLY NOT MAY THE COUNCIL CAN'T DO ANYTHING, BUT RECEIVE A REPORT.
AND THEN THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER, WHETHER THAT BE WITH PLANNING COMMISSION, WHETHER THAT BE WITH, UM, POLICY WORK OR WHETHER IT BE WITHOUT ANY ACTION.
WHO'S WHO'S EVER READY TO TAKE THIS ON IT'S.
YEAH, SO THAT'S, SO AT THE END OF THE REPORT, WE CALL SAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE BOOK YOU COULD HAVE, BUT THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE HAS BEEN EDUCATED AND POLICY AND ADVOCACY GROUPS HAVE RESEARCHED AND HELPED US TO SEE WHAT, WHAT MAY BE ARE SOME ISSUES IN OUR CITY.
THANK YOU, JONATHAN MEMBER, MARK, YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TWICE, MAYBE.
UH, MS. GREEN MIGHT GIVE YOU SOME HARD TIME.
YOU CAN READ SOME OF YOUR TIME NOW A MINUTE OF MY TIME.
UM, FOLLOWING ON COUNCILWOMAN BANKS IS IT COMES TO THE COUNCIL.
THEY HAD STREET NAMES, THEY HAVE THE RECOMMENDED OR WHATEVER.
UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL COUNCILMAN IN THAT DISTRICT OR WHATEVER, UH,
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OR PLANNING COMMISSION OR WHATEVER ELSE, BUT IT WAS NEVER MENTIONED THAT.I MEAN, ULTIMATELY IT'S STILL UP TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON THE STREET TO MAKE THAT CALL.
I ACTUALLY MENTIONED THAT THE LAST MEETING AND SAID THAT AGAIN, THE S THE CURRENT POLICY IS UP TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND MR. UM, WELL, I WENT BLANK, NO STATED THE ACTUAL POLICY, UH, THE ACTUAL LAW OR THE CDC, THE UDC PROVIDES THAT IT'S 50 PLUS ONE, A PROPERTY OWNER.
SO WILL, WILL THE COMMITTEE OR THE COUNCIL MEMBER OR WHATEVER, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT IN THE PUBLIC ALSO, CAUSE IT'S GOING TO GO INTO THE PAPER OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER THIS REPORTED CAUSE IT'S PUBLIC.
IS SOMEONE GOING TO APPROACH THIS, THESE STREET OWNERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AND SAY, HEY, YOUR NAME WAS ON THE LIST TO BE CHANGED.
WHERE DO Y'ALL WANT TO GO WITH THIS IS THAT THIS IS A VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE.
I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE, BUT, BUT THEY'RE VERY, SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT REACHED OUT ARE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC AND SO THEY MAY GO TO, BUT, BUT I THINK THE PART THAT YOU SAID WAS THIS, A PUBLIC MEETING IT'S OPEN TO ANY PERSON IN THE PUBLIC AND THE REPORT WILL BE HELD AT THE COUNCIL MEETING.
SO I CAN'T GUARANTEE IT'S SIMILAR TO THE BODY CAMERAS COMMITTEE.
I COULDN'T, I CAN'T, WHEN THEY DID THAT COMMITTEE, THEY DIDN'T, THEY CAN'T ASSUME WHAT CAN HAPPEN.
I JUST WANT THE COMMITTEE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THAT'S IT, YOU KNOW, AND THE POLICY PORTION OF THAT IS UP TO THE, THE LEGISLATORS.
YOU GUYS, US CAN I SAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS LAST TIME.
WHY DID THIS HAVE TO COME TO, BECAUSE I PUT IT AS AN AGENDA ITEM AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE COMMITTEES SO I COULD HAVE MADE A LEGISLATION AND I DID NOT DO LEGISLATION.
AND SO I DID IT THROUGH THE COUNCIL, SIMILAR TO ANY OTHER COMMITTEES THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ADDRESSED.
I WAS JUST THINKING OF, BECAUSE A LOT OF, UM, I WAS THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING, UM, WHERE FOR INSTANCE, I HAVE AN NBR NOW BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION, WHICH I DID NOT COME TO THE COUNCIL WITH.
AND NOW AS A NONPROFIT AND DOING AMAZING WORK, I WAS, I'M JUST ASKING.
I KNOW I ALSO WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW A WOMAN WICKER HAD, UH, THE POLICE POLICY, WHATEVER.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS LIKE, AS EVERYONE HAS INDICATED, IT'S A GOOD WORD, YOU KNOW, AND IT, IT REMINDS ME OF SOMETHING THAT, UM, THE DIALOGUE ON RACE, UM, THAT, UM, I BROUGHT WITH THE LAST ADMINISTRATION, UM, I MEAN COUNCIL GROUP, BUT, UM, SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING, BUT I JUST DIDN'T, I DON'T GET, UM, NECESSARILY WHY I NEEDED TO COME TO THE COUNCIL.
I THINK IT SHOULD HAPPEN, BUT WE WOULD HAVE STILL HEARD THE REPORT.
YOU STILL COULD'VE HAD THE GROUP, THE WHITE, YOU STILL COULD HAVE BEEN ON IT.
YOU STILL COULD HAVE HAD THE REPORT MADE TO THE COUNCIL, EVEN WITHOUT ALL OF IT.
UM, I, I'M NOT OBJECTING TO IT OR ANYTHING, BUT I THINK IT'S MORE A GENERALIZED, UM, COMMENT FOR ALL OF US WHO HAVE SPECIAL INTEREST PROJECTS THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO PUMP TO THE, UM, TO THE COUNCIL.
AND, AND I THINK IT'S GREAT TO EDUCATE, BUT ASHLEY, CAN YOU EXPOUND ON THAT? BECAUSE IF THERE ARE BENEFITS, I THINK BY THE SAME TOKEN, IT'S GOOD FOR US TO HEAR.
AND I THINK YOU, WE KIND OF DEALT WITH IT A LITTLE, TWO WEEKS AGO, THE BENEFITS OF, UM, DOING IT, A COUNCIL BLESSED ADVISORY COUNCIL VERSUS WORKING WITH A GROUP OF CONSTITUENTS FOR THE SAME PERSON.
UM, YES, IT IS TRULY A PREFERENCE.
UM, MS. GREEN'S PREFERENCE WAS TO HAVE, UM, UH, THE ENTIRETY OF THE COUNCIL HAVE INPUT AND A SAY IN HOW THIS WAS GOING TO BE CREATED.
UM, ANY COUNCIL MEMBER IS WELCOME TO FORM HIS OR HER OWN CONSTITUENT ADVISORY GROUP, OR, YOU KNOW, A WORKING GROUP OR A STUDY GROUP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, MANY OF THOSE WOULD ALSO BE SUBJECT TO THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW.
IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT WHEN, UM, THE COUNCIL ESTABLISHES A COMMITTEE LIKE THIS, IT IS SUBJECT TO THE OPEN MEETINGS AND PUBLIC RECORDS LAW.
UM, SO, UH, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR COUNCILWOMAN GREEN, BUT HER PLACING IT ON THE AGENDA INDICATES, UM, YOU KNOW, SHE WANTS CONSENSUS FROM, FROM Y'ALL.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, THE ACTUAL ITEM HAS BEEN MOTION AND SECONDED AND VOTED UPON AND APPROVED.
AND SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY ACTION WHEN YOU TAKE, SINCE THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY AMENDMENTS OFFERED
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THAT ARE GOING TO BE ADDED FOR THE RECORD, UNLESS I'M INCORRECT.UH, SO COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN MOTION TO APPROVE WITH AMENDMENTS MOTION TO APPROVE WITH AMENDMENTS BY COUNCIL COUNCIL, MEMBER GREEN.
SECOND ABOUT A CHAIR, ANY OPPOSITION HAVING A MOTION CARRIES ITEM
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61 AND 62.WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM TOGETHER.
WE'RE SENDING A DIRECT IN THE COURT RECORD, THE COUNCIL DECISION ORDER RECORD ON NOVEMBER 16, 2020 IN THE MATTER OF CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS HAD H HOLBERT AND GLORIA ANN HALL.
BUT THE REASON FOR RESCISSION THE PROPERTY WAS SOLD TO THE NEW OWNER PLANS TO DEMOLISHED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
ITEM 62 WAS SENDING A CANCELING DECISION ORDER ISSUED ON APRIL 15, 2021.
IN THE MATTER OF CITY OF BATON RUTH WAS A DEREK L WILLIAMS. THE REASON FOR THE DECISION, THE HOMEOWNER OBTAINED A PERMANENT IS CONTINUED TO REPAIR IN THE HOMIE INTENDS TO MOVE AND ONCE COMPLETE BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 61 TO 62, ANYONE HERE, I'M SPEAKING ON ITEMS 61 TO 62.
I DO REMEMBER SOMEONE WAS HERE FOR 61 COUNCILMAN GOTTESMAN.
I DO NOT THINK HE WENT SPEAK AT THIS TIME.
IS THERE A MOTION TO COUNCIL MEMBERS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 61 AND 62, SOME OLD BY MOLT SECONDED BY HER HUSSON ITEM 63
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AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT IN THE MATTER OF CHAIRMAN THOMPSON VERSUS CALVIN DAVIS AND THE AMOUNT OF 27,000 PLUS COURT COSTS OF AMOUNT OF $310 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $27,310 BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 63, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 63 COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 63? SO MOVED BY ROCKER 70 BY THE CHAIR, ITEM 64,
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AUTHORIZING THE SETTLEMENT OF CLAIM WITH DESTINY BETTY'S FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM AN AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSED BY THE BATTERY FIRE DEPARTMENT TRUCK AND THE AMOUNT OF $16,000, WHICH AMOUNT SHOULD BE PAID FROM AN ACCOUNT DESIGNATED INSURANCE AUTO LIABILITY BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 64 COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE BY ROCCA SECONDED BY ADAMS ITEM 65[65. 21-00557]
AUTHORIZED A SETTLEMENT.THE MATTER OF TAMIKA HARRIS VERSUS OLD BULL JENICA WILSON VS JEREMY GREGORY AT ALL, ANY AMOUNT OF $19,558 AND 82 CENTS PLUS COURSE CALLED COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,617 AND 24 CENTS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 20 1002 AND $30 AND 6 CENTS BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.
ANYONE WHO TO SPEAK ON ITEM 65, SHOWING UP MOTION TO APPROVE BY ROCCA SECONDED BY ADAMS ITEM 66, AUTHORIZING
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SETTLEMENT IN THE MATTER INSIDE OF CORONA HARRELL VERSUS MATTHEW HURLEY IN THE AMOUNT OF $230,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $276 AND 50 CENTS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $230,000, 276 AND 50 CENTS, AND APPROPRIATING $230,276 AND 50 CENTS FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 66, HAVING NONE MOTION TO APPROVE BY ROCKERS SECONDED BY ADAMS ITEM 68 67,
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AUTHORIZING THE SETTLEMENT OF THE MATTER ENTITLED NANCY AND MICHAEL RHODES VS.CASEY BACARO ANY AMOUNT OF $75,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $334 AND 50 CENTS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $75,234 AND 50 CENTS AND APPROPRIATING $75,234 AND 50 CENTS BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.
ANYONE WHO WOULD SPEAK ON ITEM 67 BACK TO COUNCIL MOTION BY ROCCO SECONDED BY ADAMS ITEM 68,
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AMENDING THE CITY PARISH ORDINANCE ONE 71, NINE FOUR, PARTICULARLY THE LIST OF EXCEPTIONS TO THE REQUIRED PARKING FEE, INCLUDING STUDENT WORK AND A STUDENT TERMS JURORS SUBMIT TO DISTRICT COURT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL SUBPOENAED FOR COURT APPEARANCES TO ADD AN EXEMPTION FOR METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEMBERS, SOME OF THE REQUIRED MONTHLY POCKET FEE BY COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBERS.YOU'VE DONE THIS AS A PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 68, ANYONE WHO TO SPEAK ON ITEM 68 COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE HAVE SOME EMAIL COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, EMAIL PUBLIC COMMENT FROM MARY JANE, MARK INTEL ON ITEMS 68.
THIS IS AN OBJECTION TO ITEM 68.
I SENT AN EMAIL TO EACH OF YOU EXPLAINING AT LENGTH, MY OBJECTION D ENTIRE PARKING ISSUE AROUND THE GOVERNMENTAL BUILDING.
ALONG WITH PICTURES THAT SHOW THE EMPTY PARKING SPOTS THIS PAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON, THAT ARE NEVER MADE AVAILABLE TO YOUR CUSTOMERS.
THE PUBLIC THAT PROVIDES THE INCOME THAT RUNS THE CITY.
I OBJECT TO THIS ENTIRE PARKING ARRANGEMENT THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE THAT HAS CUT OFF PARKING IN THE MOST CONVENIENT PLACES FOR YOUR CUSTOMERS AND B ONE AND B2, AND GIVING THOSE SPACES TO PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE GOVERNMENTAL BUILDING.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THESE SPACES AND B ONE OR B TWO ARE PAID FOR AT THE RATE OF $20 A MONTH BY EMPLOYEES, BUT NOW A COUNCIL PERSON WANTS FREE PARKING, LEAVING ALL THE OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES PAYING $20 A MONTH APART.
THIS IS ALSO AN EQUITY ISSUE AS TO WHO GETS FREE THINGS FROM THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, INCLUDING PARKING, WHICH I WONDER IS EVEN LEGAL TO GIVE AWAY THUS THESE ASSETS OF THE CITY.
WHY SHOULD ANYONE GET PARKING FOR FREE IN THE CITY PARISH LAW, ESPECIALLY IN
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FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, CUSTOMERS OF THE CITY SHOULD HAVE THIS PRIME PARKING AVAILABLE, WHERE THEY COME DOWNTOWN TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY.I HAVE A BETTER PLAN FOR PARKING AND B ONE AND B2, WHICH WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR AN INCREASE IN THE EMPLOYEE THAT CURRENTLY PAYS $20 A MONTH APART.
AND WHAT ALSO INCREASE THE REVENUE TO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
THE EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE MOVED TO THE EAST AND WEST GARAGE AT A MUCH REDUCED RATE.
SINCE I DON'T THINK YOU CAN GIVE ASSETS OF THE CITY TO ANYONE, CHARGE THEM A DOLLAR A MONTH AND THEN MAKE B ONE AND B2 AVAILABLE AT AN HOURLY BASIS TO THE CUSTOMERS OF THE CITY.
THE ORDINANCE BEFORE THE COUNCIL ALREADY SHOWS AN HOURLY RATE FOR PARKING, BUT SOMEHOW BE ONE AND B2 IS CUT OFF FROM PUBLIC ACCESS.
I WONDER WHO MADE THE DECISION TO RESTRICT THIS AREA FROM THE PUBLIC, SOMEONE WITH PRIME PARKING, IF THE EAST AND WEST GARAGES ARE GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE CUSTOMERS OF THE CITY, THEY ARE GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE EMPLOYEES WHO PARK THEIR CAR WALK TO WORK AND A COVERED WALKWAY WHERE THEY WILL BE ALL DAY LONG WORKING, POSSIBLY LEAVING ONLY AT LUNCH.
IMAGINE THAT THE CITY COULD ACTUALLY MAKE MONEY FROM
INSTEAD OF THE PUBLIC DRIVING AROUND DOWNTOWN, TRYING TO FIND A CONVENIENT PARKING SPACE, MOSTLY ILLEGAL, OR PAYING A PRIVATE COMPANY TO PARK AND HAVING TO WALK A DISTANCE TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME THAT THEY ARE THERE.
THE TURNOVER FOR PARKING WOULD PRODUCE INCOME TO THE CITY.
PARKING MUST PROVIDE GOOD REVENUE.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AROUND AND SEE THE NUMBER OF PARKING LOTS THAT ARE IN DOWNTOWN AND IMAGINE THE GOOD THAT THE PUBLIC WILL PERCEIVE AND GIVING THEM ACCESS TO CONVENIENT PARKING, TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY, SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES, LEAVE THEIR CLOSE PARKING SPOTS FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS 68 PUBLIC COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE ITEM.
SECTION THREE DISORDERS SHALL BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY POINTED DOCTRINE BY THE METRO COUNCIL.
I'D LIKE TO CHANGE THAT TO ORDINANCE SHALL BE EFFECTIVE UPON THE NEXT ELECTION CYCLE.
SO THAT DID NOT TAKE EFFECT UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION.
AND THE REASON MY BACKING FOR THAT IS, IS I'VE ALWAYS BEEN IN TERMINATION.
WHEN YOU GO IN TO BE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, YOU GO IN FOR A PARTICULAR PRICE.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO YOU.
WE CAN'T GIVE OURSELVES RAISES IN THE MIDDLE OF A TERM.
THIS TO ME IS ALMOST LIKE GIVING YOURSELF A RAISE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT PAYING THE $20 FEE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO DO THE RESPECT OF IT'S CALLS THAT I'VE MADE BEFORE AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
AND IT'S, IT'S THE WAY I'VE ALWAYS OPERATED.
I JUST WANTED TO, UM, INTRODUCE THAT AMENDMENT.
IF WE DON'T, I'LL RESPECT TO THE COUNSEL'S OPINION, BUT I FEEL LIKE WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH FINANCIAL PAY FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, WE ARE ELECTED KNOWING WHAT WE'RE GETTING INTO, KNOWING WHAT WE'RE MAKING KNOWN TO MEETINGS.
WE GOT TO GO TO HOW MUCH WE'RE GETTING PAID AND SO ON.
AND I FEEL LIKE THIS COULD, THIS IS SEEN AS A RAISE FOR US AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM MAKING AN EFFECTIVE UPON THE NEXT ELECTION.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, GO THERE.
I ADDITIONALLY HAVE AN AMENDMENT.
DO WE NEED TO TAKE THEM SEPARATELY OR CAN I OFFER MINE AT THIS TIME? YOU CAN OFFER YOURS.
UH, COURTNEY HAS THE LANGUAGE, IF SHE COULD COME UP AND AS SHE DOES, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'VE BEEN TRANSPARENT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DOES THAT.
I'M NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE LEGISLATION, BUT I DID ASK FOR, UM, AN AMENDMENT TO BE DRAFTED, TO ESSENTIALLY MAKE IT OPTIONAL FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THE AMENDMENT THAT COUNCILMAN
THE, UM, THE AMENDMENT WILL BE COMMA AFTER THAT MEMBERS OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL COMMA AT THEIR INDIVIDUAL OPTION.
SO HE IS EFFECTIVELY CREATING AN OPT IN PROVISION.
UM, SO I ABSOLUTELY A MATTER OF FACT, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW I WAS PAYING BECAUSE WHEN, UH, THIS ITEM, I NEVER LOOKED AT MY STUFF, BUT WHEN THIS, THIS ITEM, UH, COUNCILMAN MOKE WAS ACTUALLY JUST APPROVED LAST YEAR.
SO HERE I AM IN THE COUNCIL, UH, IN 2012 AND ELECTED AGAIN IN 2016 WHERE THIS WAS NOT PART OF THE DEAL.
SO IT W IF, IF, WHEN IT WAS APPROVED, WE HAD SAID UPON THE NEXT ELECTION, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FAIR.
BUT, UM, HERE I AM IN MY THIRD CYCLE AND NOW THEY SIT ON ME.
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I KNOW THAT ALL THINGS ARE NOT EQUAL, UM, AS IT RELATES TO US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS.AND THAT'S PROBABLY, UM, THE FACT THAT I, UH, UH, PREFERENCE MY WORDS, CAUSE I USED TO SAY THAT, UH, AND I STILL BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PARISH WORK HARDER.
THAT'S WHY I TOOK A DEEP SWALLOW, UH, THAN THOSE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.
SO LET'S NOT OUT OF WANTING TO GET OFF, BUT ANYWAY, I, UM, PARTICULARLY IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT, UH, WHAT WE ALL DO, I WORK SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND DURING THE WEEK, UM, I AM AT MY I'M AT WORK.
I GET OFF AT THREE AND I DON'T GET HOME TO SEVEN EVERY NIGHT.
I HAVE MEETINGS THE LITTLE, THE $1,500 THAT WE GET PAID.
UM, MOST PEOPLE ASK YOU TO DONATE IT BACK THE GAS, BACK AND FORTH, THE INSURANCE, THE WEAR AND TEAR.
UM, IT IS NO WAY THAT 20 WE'VE SHOULD BE PAYING TO PARK.
CAUSE WE ALL PUBLIC SERVANTS, WE ARE NOT SALARIED EMPLOYEES.
I COME DOWN TO THE COUNCIL, W WHAT HAS BEEN THREE TIMES A MONTH, UM, TWO FOR COUNCIL MEETING, AND ONE FOR PLANNING NOW COME FORTH BECAUSE I COME TO PLANNING AND ZONING.
OTHER THAN THAT, I AM NOT HERE.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT, UM, AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, THAT, UM, THAT WHO JUST, I MEAN, IF YOU COMPARE TO WHAT OTHER PEOPLE IN CITIES, OUTSIDES MAKE 80,000 IN NEW ORLEANS WITH A DRIVER AND A FULL STAFF, A PART THAT'S FULL-TIME PART-TIME IN CERTAIN PARTS OF ATLANTA, THEY MAKE 60,000 PART-TIME OR WE ARE PART-TIME, BUT WE DON'T MAKE 20,000.
SO FOR ME, UM, THIS, THIS LEGISLATION, UM, IF ANYTHING, IS SHOWING APPRECIATION, ONE OF THE THINGS I'LL PROTESTS HAS, UM, HAS ADOPTED IS GIVEN APPRECIATION TO THOSE, UM, PUBLIC SERVANTS THAT WORKED FOR THE CITY WHO OFTEN ARE NOT CONSIDERED WHERE THAT GOES FOR US TO, YES, WE CHOSE THIS, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE SHOULD BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED THAT WE SHOULD BE TREATED LESS THAN THAT.
UM, WE ARE, UH, CONSIDERED TO BE, UH, PRIVILEGED IN PERK AND PERKED OUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT TRUE.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO LIVE THIS JOB.
WE ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS WITHOUT THE SALARY.
AND SO FOR ME, I APPRECIATE, UM, COUNCILMEN DONE.
UH, BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING I SIGNED UP FOR AND I LITERALLY DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE TAKING, I THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE HAD TO SIGN SOMETHING, BUT I GUESS THEY GOT CONTROL OVER TAKE WHEN THEY TAKE MY MONEY, BUT I WANT MY MONEY BACK ALL $20 OF IT A MONTH BECAUSE, UM, EVEN IF I WAS PARKING AND I DO LIKE SOME OF THE, UH, MS. MERCANTILES, UH, SUGGESTIONS, I, I REALLY DO, BUT NOT ON THE BACK OF US CONTINUING TO PAY THIS, WE SHOULD BE THE EXCEPTION.
AND, UM, SO YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
I, I HOPE THAT WE APPROVED THIS.
I DO LIKE WHAT, UH, COUNCILMAN GOLDADE WITH THE OPTION.
CAUSE I'M GONNA BE THE FIRST ONE UNASHAMEDLY SAID, NO, DO NOT TAKE MY TO WIN IT OUT.
WELL FOR ME, COUNCIL MEMBER, HUDSON, I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE, BUT I FEEL LIKE I PROBABLY NEED TO SAY SOMETHING ON BEHALF OF THE MANY, MANY, MANY EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME ABOUT THIS ITEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WORK IN FINANCE, IF YOU WORK IN, UH, IN ANY OTHER SECTION OF CITY PARISH, YOU DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND, UH, AND NOT HAVE THIS $20 FEE, YOU DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF IT, UH, OR OPT INTO IT.
UM, IT'S A GIVEN, UM, WE W I HEAR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE SAYING, COUNSELING THE BANKS, BUT WE ARE HERE TO SET THE EXAMPLE, UH, AND PARKIN AT CITY HALL IS JUST SOMETHING THAT'S GOTTA BE PAID FOR.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN A PARISH THAT, UH, WHERE DOWNTOWN IT'S, IT'S HARD TO FIND PARKING AND, UH, IT COSTS MONEY.
IT COSTS MONEY TO FUND THE GARAGE.
IT COSTS MONEY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO, TO HAVE THAT.
THANKS COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER DONALD, YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK LESS COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, SO WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS AND UNDERSTOOD IT AND UNDERSTOOD, AND
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I TOLD COUNCIL MEMBER DONNA HOP, UH, THOUGHT THAT I TOTALLY UNDERSTOOD WHY.AND I SEE BECAUSE IT'S, UH, UH, AND I WAS THINKING OF IT FROM A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ANGLES, ONE, UM, HAVING TO BE HERE FOR THE MEETINGS AND KNOWING THAT WE ALL HAVE FULL-TIME JOBS.
AND, UM, UH, AT LEAST I THINK WE ALL DO.
AND THEN COMING HERE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE PRESSED FOR TIME, THERE COULD BE A SCENARIO WHERE IT COULD BE DIFFICULT TO FIND PARKING AND THE OTHER, THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, UM, THAT COULD BE A POTENTIAL.
UM, OBVIOUSLY, UH, I DON'T THINK WE'VE SEEN A WHOLE LOT OF, OR AT LEAST I HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED IT.
UM, BUT I KNOW IN THE PAST THERE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES AND, UH, THERE COULD BE A SAFETY ASPECT OF, YOU KNOW, PARKING A COUPLE BLOCKS OVER.
AND SO, UH, THAT COULD BE A CONCERN.
SO I SAW, I DO SEE THE BENEFIT OF IT ALSO.
UH, I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
I, I REALLY CAN SEE ALL SIDES OF THIS.
UH, I DO LIKE, UH, COUNCILMAN GO DAYS, OPTION OF OPTED OUT.
UM, I WOULD BE CURIOUS, UM, COULD THERE BE A MECHANISM TO, UM, IF THIS, OR, OR, UH, OPT OUT AND OFFER IT, DO THAT TO OUR AIDES? UM, COULD THAT BE AN AMENDMENT AS WELL? WOULD THAT BE A POSSIBILITY WHAT WOULD BE THE MECHANISM TO DO SO? OKAY.
COUNCILMAN NOLA, IF I CAN, UM, ANSWER THAT REAL QUICKLY, IN MY OPINION, UH, THAT THE ITEM WAS NOT NOTICED TO EXTEND THAT TO LEGISLATIVE BYTES.
IF YOU WANTED TO ADD LEGISLATIVE AIDES TO THE LIST OF THOSE WHO WERE EXEMPTED, I THINK YOU WOULD NEED TO INTRODUCE A NEW ITEM.
COUNCIL MEMBER AMAUROSIS, THE $20, WHERE DOES IT GO TO THEN I GO TO A SERVICE.
UH, THE CITY PARISH NOW HAS A, UH, PARKING ADMINISTRATOR.
UM, AND I CAN DEFER TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO, UM, MR. HILL OR MR. GESELL ON THIS, BUT WE PAY A, UH, UH, A COMPANY TO ADMINISTER THE PARKING AND PARKING GARAGES.
SO IF WE DON'T PAY, WHO'S GONNA, WHO'S GOING TO PICK UP THAT FOR US AND PAY FOR THAT, THAT HE HAS TO PAY FOR EACH SPOT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT COMES FROM YOU.
SO IF WE DON'T PAY IT, THEN THE CITY HAS TO PAY FOR IT.
I'LL LET MR. HILL CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
SO WHAT KIND OF, WHAT KIND OF MONEY ARE WE GOING TO PUT ON THE BACKS OF THE CITY? IF WE OPT OUT TO PAY FOR OUR SPOTS OR TO PAY FOR OUR SPOTS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT.
UM, THE FUNDS FROM PARKING GOES TO REALLY TWO THINGS, ONE TO COVER THE COSTS OF ADMINISTRATING OUR OPERATOR, WHICH HAS LAWS.
UH, THEY OPERATE THE GARAGE IS FOR US.
THE SECOND THING IT GOES, IT GOES TO COVER THE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT COSTS OF THE GARAGE.
SO WE TAKE THOSE FUNDS AND DO THINGS LIKE REPAIRING STAIRWELLS, REPAIRING LIGHTS, CLEANING, STRIPING, ET CETERA.
SO IF WE DON'T PAY IT, THE CITY'S GOING TO END UP HAVING TO BE, IT COM IT WOULD HAVE TO COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU, AND I CAN'T THINK OF WHAT I, I, I GOT TO GO WITH COUNCILMAN HUDSON.
I CAN'T, IT'S $20 IN, UH, AND, AND I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES THAT I HAVE USED THE PARKING, UM, COMPANY OR WHATEVER IT IS SEVERAL TIMES I'VE HAD TO USE THEM BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE PARKED IN MY PARKING SPOTS.
IF I DON'T HAVE THAT, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? YOU KNOW, THEY'VE, THEY'VE, THEY'VE HELPED ME OUT SEVERAL TIMES.
AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY, FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE DISCUSSION.
I THINK IT WAS A HEALTHY, RESPECTFUL DISCUSSION.
UM, JUST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COUNCIL, WOMAN AMARILLO.
SO AT THE TOP, AND WE FIND THAT IT'S $1,200 A YEAR THAT WE ARE PAYING TOWARDS THIS PARKING FEE COLLECTIVELY.
SOME OF THE THINGS YOU BROUGHT UP WERE BROUGHT UP TO ME FROM EXTERNAL, EXTERNAL, UH, COUNSEL, AS IT RELATES TO SEEING THE ITEM AS POTENTIALLY GIVEN OURSELVES A RAISE.
SO I BROUGHT THAT, UM, TO ASK HIS ATTENTION AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, ACTUALLY, YOU DIDN'T SEE IT IN THAT WAY, IN THAT MANNER.
IT, THE, I THINK THE CONTEXT WAS WHETHER IT VIOLATED ANY PORTION OF THE CODE OF ETHICS.
UM, IT'S NOT A TRANSACTION WITH THE CITY.
IT'S NOT A TRANSACTION BETWEEN Y'ALL AS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE CITY.
SO, UM, IN THAT RESPECT, I DON'T THINK IT VIOLATES THE CODE OF GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS.
SO WE DID CONSIDER THAT POINT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD TO, TO EVALUATE
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THAT SITUATION, TO SEE IF WE WERE PUTTING OURSELVES IN THAT SITUATION.UH, THE OTHER THING ABOUT AWARENESS, I, I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS AWARE OF THE $20 FEE, BUT I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE $20 FEE.
YOU MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WHAT WE SIGNED UP FOR.
I, I DIDN'T, I WASN'T MADE AWARE OF IT TILL I GOT TO BILL.
LIKE SEAN SAID, I, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS PAYING FOR IT.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GO, THEY DID REACH OUT AND TALK ABOUT HIS BRILLIANT AMENDMENT.
UM, NOT IN A POST, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO HIS FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
SO IF NOBODY HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED SUGGESTED BY MR. GOLDIE, NOT AND NOT A COUNCIL MEMBER.
MOST AMENDMENT, NO, JUST COUNCIL MEMBER GOLDIE'S AMENDMENT.
SO IT HAS BEEN MOTIONED TO APPROVE.
WOULD AN AMENDMENT OFFERED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOATEE, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY A COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS? WHO'S THE GEM.
WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON QUESTION.
CAN YOU EXPOUND ON THAT? WHY IS IT NOT A TRANSACTION BETWEEN A COUNCIL PERSON AND THE CITY PARISH, OR WE DO WE PAY THE FEE TO THE ADMINISTRATOR? UM, COUNCILMAN DUNN'S QUESTION WAS WHETHER, UH, HIM PROPOSING THIS WOULD VIOLATE THE CODE OF GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS.
IT IS A TRANSACTION BETWEEN, BETWEEN EACH EMPLOYEE AND A CITY, BUT IT'S A REQUIRED FEE.
IT'S NOT, UM, IT IS NOT, I DON'T THINK MR. DUNN PROPOSING THIS IS, UM, VIOLATES THE CODE OF GOVERNMENTAL ACTIONS.
THE VIOLATION OF THE CODE OF ETHICS WOULD BE IF IT AFFECTED A TRANSACTION BETWEEN THE COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL PERSON AND THE CITY, RIGHT? UM, DEFINITELY NOT THE CODE OF GOVERNMENTAL EXPERT.
YOU GUYS HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S WELL, VERSED ENOUGH CODE OF ETHICS, JUSTIN, THAT IT IS A VIOLATION.
I'M SURE YOU'VE DONE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE BEFORE WE VOTED ON IT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ALL UNDERSTAND IT.
CAUSE I DON'T GET EVEN A GOOD EVENING, UH, THAT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE, I KNOW COUNSELING DONE.
AND THIS LEE ASKED US THAT WHEN HE FIRST WAS LOOKING AT IT AND WE CAME BACK TO HIM AND DIDN'T SEE A PROBLEM, I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.
I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR ON MY PHONE.
THEY CHANGED MY EMAIL SOFTWARE.
I CAN'T GET TO IT RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'LL BE GLAD TO, TO LOOK INTO THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT I DO RECOLLECT THAT HE DID COME TO US AND ASKED US ABOUT IT WHEN HE WAS LOOKING INTO IT.
AND I THINK I ASKED HER WAS INVOLVED IN THAT AS WELL.
AND WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WE DIDN'T SEE DON'T GET OUT OF THE WORKS IN THE OFFICE AND DOES THE ETHICS CAME TO THAT OPINION, BUT I CAN FIND THAT IN AND PROVIDE IT TO YOU BECAUSE THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME.
ANYBODY ELSE, BEFORE WE GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER DONE, I JUST WANT TO LET COUNCIL MEMBER MOKE AND HUDSON KNOW THAT WE ENTERTAINED THE QUESTION TO CONSIDER THAT POINT.
AND IF WE HAD GOTTEN COUNSELOR ADVICE THAT IT WAS AN ISSUE I WOULD HAVE PUT MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ITEM, IS THAT IT WASN'T AN ISSUE.
COUNCIL MEMBER GO TO, I'D LIKE TO TAKE MY AMENDMENTS SEPARATE FROM THE ITEM, VOTE ON MY AMENDMENT FIRST AND THEN VOTE ON THE ITEM.
THANK WE CAN VOTE ON YOUR AMENDMENT, SEPARATE FROM THE ITEM AS IT IS A PART OF THE ITEM.
NOW, WOULD THAT BE IN THE CASE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MOTIVE, SECOND TIME SPEAKING.
I DON'T KNOW WHY MY MIND KEEPS TURNING OFF A COUNCIL MEMBER DYING.
YES, I APPRECIATE THE FACT IF Y'ALL LOOKING INTO THAT AND EVERYTHING ELSE, IT WAS CONCERNED.
AND I GUESS THE ONLY, AND MAYBE IT WAS JUST YOUR, YOUR WORDING NATIONALLY.
UM, THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE WITH IT NOW, SINCE COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON BROUGHT IT UP IS THE QUESTION WAS TO, IS IT ETHICALLY OR WHATEVER, AS FAR AS PUTTING IT ON THE AGENDA OR VOTED ON THIS, IS, AM I CORRECT IN YOUR WORDING THAT YOU SAID A SECOND AGO, THAT ETHICALLY, AS FAR AS PUTTING IT ON AND THINGS WHERE WE'RE OKAY, BUT YOU'RE ALSO, YOU'RE SAYING THAT PASSING THIS AND NOT PAYING THE $20 PASSES, ETHICS, MUSTER, UM, I THINK WHAT YOU ALL, WELL, LET ME FIRST CLARIFY WHAT I SAID WAS THE QUESTION INITIALLY BETWEEN COUNCILMAN DUNN, UM, AND, AND THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE AND THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WAS WHETHER HE COULD PROPOSE SUCH AN AMENDMENT.
UM, WE DIDN'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH PROPOSING SUCH AN AMENDMENT.
I THINK THE DISCUSSION THAT Y'ALL HAVE HELD IS WHETHER IT'S AN ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.
[01:25:01]
I HAVE NOT RESEARCHED THAT.I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS RESEARCHED THAT.
I COUNCILMAN DONE WITH YOUR PERMISSION.
I DON'T, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE ALREADY PAID THIS MONTH.
UH, I WOULD THINK BY THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, I WOULD SAY WE'D GET AN OPINION ON IT AS FAR AS WHAT IT WOULD BE AS COMPENSATION TO US OR NOT.
AND WE GO FROM THERE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DEFER, I LIKE TO HEAR FROM ANDY, UH, I THINK HE HAS AN OPINION ON THAT.
IF HE FEELS LIKE HE CAN'T OFFER AN OPINION ON Y'ALL HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH DEFER.
WE DON'T HAVE AN OPINION ON THE ULTIMATE MATTER.
THE QUESTION THAT WAS POSED TO US, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, AND AGAIN, I'M STILL LOOKING FOR, IT WAS WHETHER YOU WERE ABLE TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AS ASHLEY WAS STATING.
AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, COUNCILMAN MO, WE WON'T GET AN OPINION BACK, A FORMAL OPINION FROM THE ETHICS COMMITTEE.
IF WE GO THAT ROUTE FOR THE NEXT MEETING, IT'S A, IT'S A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO BE ABLE TO ATTAIN THE ETHICS OPINION.
HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WOULD TAKE, OR I DON'T DARE.
I SAY THAT BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF STUFF TO GO TO THE PLACE TO GET IT.
I'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO IT AND I CAN GET BACK TO YOU, BUT I DON'T KNOW, JUST SITTING HERE, BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE, THEY WON'T BE IN THE MONTH.
AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO COUNCILMAN DUNN'S, UH, ORDINANCE HERE, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO AMEND IT IF WE GO IN AND VOTE ON IT, IF IT PASSED, WE GO AHEAD.
I THINK WHEN WE PUSH BUTTONS, WE CANCEL EACH OTHER OUT, UM, THAT WE GET AN OPINION AND THIS GETS RESCINDED.
IF THE OPINION COMES BACK IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT, I CAN EVEN GO A LITTLE FARTHER.
WE CAN HAVE A GENTLEMEN AND LADIES AGREEMENT THAT NOBODY OPT IN UNTIL WE GET THE OPINION.
IF THE ITEM PASSES, IF THE ITEM PASSES COUNCIL MEMBER, DON IS REQUESTING THAT WE AGREE NOT TO OPT IN UNTIL WE GET AN OPINION BACK, WE STILL NEED TO VOTE ON THE ITEM COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
YOU HAVE, I WAS TRYING TO COUNCIL, RIGHT.
SO, UM, THERE'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING ABOUT PARKING ILLEGALLY BECOMES AN ETHICAL DILEMMA, BUT ANYWAY, UM, FIRST AS IT RELATES TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, UH, ANDY, IF I UNDERSTAND WHENEVER THE, IS IT CORRECT WHEN THE WE'RE NOT, UH, UH, LEGISLATIVE BODIES, SUCH AS THE COUNCIL WANT A OPINION FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, OR WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY PUT AN AGENDA ITEM TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT RIGHT.
WE HAVE TO PUT A RESOLUTION, WHICH MAKES IT EVEN, AND THIS IS NOT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, THIS TO THE BOARD ETHICS.
UH, THE OTHER THING IS, UM, AND I'M JUST, IT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA, YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA BELIEVE ME IN A WAY, BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT, UH, TAKING DEDUCTIONS, WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS TO SAY THAT IT'S UNETHICAL OR THAT WE'RE BEING COMPENSATED WOULD FALL ALONG THE SAME LINES OF INSURANCE.
UM, THE DISCOUNTS WE GET BEING PART OF A GROUP INSURANCE, UM, IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE, ALL THE THINGS THAT COME THAT COME OUT OF YOUR PAYCHECK, THIS IS NOT AN ADDITIONAL, THIS WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM YOUR NORMAL COMPENSATION.
SO TO, SO TO THINK THAT THIS IS UNETHICAL DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME.
OUR NORMAL COMPENSATION IS $1,500.
WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO GIVE ME AN A $20 ON TOP OF IT, A BONUS.
YOU WERE SAYING YOU GOING TO TAKE $20 OUT OF MY $1,500.
SO I DON'T SEE HOW ANYBODY GETTING IT TWISTED THAT THAT'S UNETHICAL.
UM, OTHERWISE WE SHOULD BE PAYING A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR INSURANCE AND NOT GET THE BENEFIT OF A GROUP BENEFIT POLICY BECAUSE IT'S UNETHICAL, WE'RE ADDING TO OUR RICHES.
SO, YOU KNOW, TO ME, THAT CLARIFIES ALL OF THAT.
AND I THINK WE ARE REACHING FAR BEYOND WHAT'S NECESSARY OUR, UM, $420 A MONTH.
THAT IS NOT FOR 12 PEOPLE WHO ARE, WHO ARE HARDLY HERE, UH, IS NOT GOING TO BREAK A MILLION DOLLAR STATE OF PARISH BUDGET.
IT'S NOT GOING TO, UH, HURT HER, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GOT 29, YOU AIN'T GOT 29,000 AND CARES AT 29 MILLION AND CARES THAT CAN GET IN ANOTHER 189 MILLION.
SO FOR SOMEBODY TO THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO BREAK THE CITY AND WE COMING UP HERE GIVEN OUT, UM, AND YES, WE CHOSE IT, BUT NO, IT IS IT.
[01:30:01]
WE KNEW WHAT WE WERE GETTING TO WHEN I WAS ELECTED.I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW I HAD A STAFF.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE SALARY WAS.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I WAS OVER A COMMUNITY CENTER WHEN YOU WANT TO SERVE.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WHAT ALWAYS, WHAT IS THERE? YOU WANT TO HELP YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S ALL, YOU KNOW, SO I DID NOT HAVE A CHECKLIST OF ALL THE THINGS THAT I WOULD BE GIVING UP.
AND SO FOR ME, WE NEED TO PASS THIS.
UM, I DON'T, I DON'T MIND BEING A SACRIFICE, BUT THIS IS ONE THAT IS NOT NECESSARY AND THERE'S NO HARM AND THERE'S NO GREAT RICHES.
WE ARE GOING TO GET AS A RESULT OF IT.
UH, BEFORE I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER, NO, I JUST WANT TO READ AN ATTORNEY FROM THE BOARD OF ETHICS.
JUST SEND ME A TEXT MESSAGE AND SAID, I'M WATCHING.
SECTION ONE, ONE, TWO OF THE CODE PROHIBITS A PUBLIC SERVANT FROM PARTICIPATING IN A TRANSACTION WITH A GOVERNMENTAL EMPTY IN WHICH HE HAS SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC INTERESTS.
SO WHAT'S HER RECOMMENDATION TITLE? 42 IS SECTION ONE, ONE, TWO.
SHE SAYS HER RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE DEFER THIS ITEM UNTIL WE GET AN OPINION FROM THE CODE OF ETHICS.
SHE'D HATE TO SEE US APPROVE THIS ITEM STATING THAT WE CAN ENTER INTO A TRANSACTION WITH A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY IN WHICH WE HAVE SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC INTEREST.
I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT I THINK THE KEY NSN IS, IS SUBSTANTIAL, BUT I THINK WE WILL SET A PRECEDENT.
IF WE START LEADING TO TEXT MESSAGES FROM OUTSIDE COUNSEL, THAT'S NOT THE PARENTS' ATTORNEY THAT WE HIRED TO ADVISE US, BUT I MEAN, I'M, I'M WELCOME TO MOVE.
HOWEVER YOU GUYS WANT TO MOVE.
SO IF WE CAN REALLY SEE YOUR TEXT MESSAGES, EMAILS FROM OUTSIDE COUNTY NAME, OUTSIDE COUNSEL, YOU KNOW, THEN THAT'S GOING TO BE THE PRESIDENT THAT WE SAID, COUNCIL MEMBER KNOW, IF YOU PLEASE, I'M SORRY.
I WAS TRYING TO LET YOU KNOW, I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU A QUESTION BEFORE YOU WENT BACK THERE.
UH, SO, UH, THAT, THAT TOUCHES ON ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK.
SO THEORETICALLY, OR IN YOUR OPINION, SHOULD THIS COME BACK, THAT IT WOULD IN FACT BE A VIOLATION? WHAT ELSE PASSING IT AND EVEN NOT TAKING PART IN IT, NOT OPTING IN, UH, COULD THAT, COULD THAT POTENTIALLY BE A VIOLATION JUST BY PASSING IT? I DON'T LIKE TO MAKE GUESSES.
UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM OBTAIN THAT MESSAGE AND I'M SURE HE GOT IT FROM SOMEBODY THAT HE TRUSTED AS A RELIABLE SOURCE, BUT, YOU KNOW, MY MEMORY TELLS ME I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME AND ASKED TO REMEMBER IS THE SAME TWO THAT WE LOOKED AT IT.
AND IN OUR OPINION, THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH PUTTING IT ON THE AGENDA FOR A VOTE.
IF IT WOULD MAKE EVERYONE MORE COMFORTABLE.
I DON'T MIND GOING FORWARD WITH TRYING TO FIND OUT, TO MAKE SURE TO CONFIRM EVERYTHING.
AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IF YOU HAVE THOSE KINDS OF CONCERNS, THAT MAY BE THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO PUT EVERYTHING OFF UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE THERE'S NO NEED TO JUST PASS AND IT'S GOING TO WAIT ANYWAY, WHILE YOU'RE WAITING FOR THE NEXT OPINION.
IF YOU JUST WAIT FOR THE WHOLE THING TO BE ANALYZED, TO SEE IF YOU CAN DO IT, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HUSTLING.
SO I THINK WE'VE, WE'RE ABOUT A BETTER PART OF THE 30 MINUTE MARK ON THIS DISCUSSION.
UM, YOU KNOW, I SPENT MY MORNING, UH, FOLLOWING UP ON A, UH, A DRAINAGE ISSUE THAT WAS IMPACTING A ROADWAY IN MY DISTRICT.
UH, YESTERDAY I DID THE SAME THING, A DIFFERENT SPOT.
WE GOT A LOT OF ISSUES IN THIS PARISH, 30 MINUTES FOR THIS COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM.
AND I DON'T MEAN THAT TO BE IN ANY WAY, A DISRESPECT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON.
WE CAN ALL AFFORD THAT COST MONEY TO DO PARKING.
UH, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO DELETE.
THERE'S A, UH, BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON TO DELETE THE ITEM THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY MOROSA.
SO THAT IS A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO THE PREVIOUS MOTION.
WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON A MACHINES.
SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS TO DELETE THE ITEM.
WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MACHINES.
I'M JUST STATING WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS.
SO GO AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBER CODY.
IF THE ITEM IS DELETED AND THEN AN ETHICS OPINION IS SAW IT, UH, COULD THE AUTHOR BRING THE ITEM BACK AT A LATER? OKAY.
OH, LET ME GIVE YOU SOME TIME.
COUNCIL MEMBER, DAN, YOU'VE ONLY, YOU ALREADY SPOKEN
[01:35:01]
TWICE, BUT LIKE YELLOW TIME.I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, BASED ON WHAT ANDY SAID, I'M OPEN TO, UM, DIFFERENT IT FOR 30 DAYS.
UH, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DELETE THE ITEM.
I'M NOT PRESSED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN TODAY OR TOMORROW.
IF EVERYBODY'S COMFORTABLE WITH GETTING THAT OPINION THAT WE CAN BE COMFORTABLE WITH.
WE MOVING FORWARD, I'M HOPING TO DEFER IT.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER DONE YOU'D HAVE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION.
YOU'D HAVE TO REDRAW YOUR SET IN AND THEN MAKE THE MOTION AGAIN.
BUT THEN THE WIFE'S MOTION WOULD BECOME THE FIRST MOTION.
AND THEN YOUR MOTION WOULD BE TO SUFFOLK TO MOTION.
SO WE PULLED ON A SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST.
SO HAVING SAID THAT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION? OKAY.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION COUNSELOR FOR DOMO? WITHDRAW MY MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, BECAUSE YOU'D LIKE TO WITHDRAW YOUR SECOND.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION MOTION TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS FOR 30 DAYS TO DO A SECOND TO THE MOTION TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS MOTION BY THE WHOLE CHAMBER? UH, I WOULD LIKE FOR 30 DAYS, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO DELETE SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO DELETE.
IS THERE A SECOND TO DELETE SECOND TO DELETE.
WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE MACHINES ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO DELETE THE MACHINES ARE UP AND ON THE MOTION TO DELETE MOTION FAILS, A MOTION TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS ON THE MACHINE.
I'VE BEEN ON THE MOTION TO DEFER.
ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR 30 DAYS.
[69. 21-00527]
A MINUTE OF THE 2021 CURRENT AND CAPITAL EXPENSE BUDGETS FOR THE BROWNSVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.SO AS THE APPROPRIATE $478,280 FROM THE DISTRICT FUND BALANCE ON THE SIGN FOR CONSTRUCTIONIST STATION 71 BY COUNCIL MEMBER, BRANDON, NOAH COUNCILWOMAN, SHOWING THE BANKS AND BROWNSVILLE FIRE CHIEF, JUST PUBLIC HIM, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 69 AND THEN HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 69.
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM CHIEF CAROL AT THIS TIME.
CAROL CAMPBELL, BROWNFIELD FIRE CHIEF LIVE AT ONE THREE SIX EIGHT FOUR BROWN ROAD.
AND, UH, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS ITEM TRANSFERRED TO ADD TO MONDAYS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE TO BUILD A STATION.
UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET IT ALL IN.
I GOT A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THING COMING UP THIS YEAR, A RATING, AND I NEED THIS MOST DEFINITELY FOR THAT, AT LEAST FOR IT TO GET STARTED ANYWAY.
SO I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
DO A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY VOTE.
BYRON MOROSA ITEM CARRIES ITEM 72,
[70. 21-00579]
AMENDED 2021 CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO APPROPRIATE $5 MILLION FROM THE FUND BALANCE AND ASSIGNED TO PROVIDE FOR INTER-GOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS TO THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FOR UPPER PAYMENT LIMIT MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE SAYS DIRECTOR PUBLIC AREA.WHEN IT ITEMS 70 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY MARK SECONDED BY ROCKER ITEMS, 71
[71. 21-00524]
AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT AS CAN AN AGREEMENT WITHNUMBER 71 AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED THIRTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS BY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DIRECTOR.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 71 IN A WAY TO SPEAK ON ITEM 71 COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION BY ROCKWELL SECONDED.
[72. 21-00544]
MAYOR PRESIDENT, AND HE BRAS GO TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES, MONROE AND COREY AND CO INCORPORATED AND CONNECTION WITH PQ LAND REGAN ROAD, REGIONAL COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT FOR A FEE NOT TO EXCEED $149 149, $500 BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR ANYWAY, TO SPEAK ON ITEM 72 COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION BY ROCCO SECONDED BY ADAMS ITEM 17 THREE AUTHORIZE[73. 21-00545]
THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND OR BRAS CODE EXECUTED CONTRACT FUNDING AND SERVICES WILL BE STAMPS HILL SUSTAINABLE DESIGN SOLUTIONS, LLC, IN CONNECTION WITH THE INNOVATION PARK REGIONAL COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT FOR A FEE NOT TO EXCEED $149,500 PLANNING ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECT TO ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 73 COUNCIL MEMBERS MOST TO APPROVAL BY ADAMS. SECOND YEAR ROCCA ITEM 74[74. 21-00550]
AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR LIGHTING DESIGN SERVICES WITH REGIS INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP LLC ENHANCEMENT PROJECT ROOM ROAD IN AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $144,094 BY THE TRANSPORTATION DRAINAGE[01:40:01]
DIRECT TO ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 74 COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE BY ROCCO SECONDED BY ADAM BY HIM 75[75. 21-00580]
AND RUNNING A FIVE-YEAR PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT ESTIMATED $879,675 AND 84 CENTS FOR HER MAN I'M MAYOR LLC LOCATED AT FOUR OR FIVE, ONE FLORIDA STREET FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENCOURAGING PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN RESTORATION OF PROPERTY BY PLANNING DIRECTOR, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 75, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 75 BACK TO THE COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS BROCHURE BY ROCCA SECONDED BY DONE ITEM 76 AUTHORIZING[76. 21-00581]
DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING ON BEHALF OF DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO PURCHASE FIVE CHANCES FOR AMBULANCE REMOUNTS OUTSIDE OF AN ANNUAL CONTRACT.DUE TO THE SHORTAGE OF SAID CHASSES IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA BY PURCHASING DIRECT EMS, ANYBODY TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 76 COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION BY ROCCO.
SECONDLY, LIKE TO SPEAK COUNCIL MEMBER, GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER, GO TO, I JUST WOULD LIKE OUR, SINCE WE SPENT A HALF AN HOUR ON PARKING, LET'S SPEND SOME TIME ON WHAT WE'RE GETTING FOR OUR WONDERFUL WORTHY EMS EMPLOYEES.
PLUS I DON'T KNOW WHAT A CHASE'S IS.
SO I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST BE HONEST.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE IT.
SO NOW I DON'T WANT THE PURCHASING DIRECTOR.
I NEED, IN FACT, YOU'RE JUST THE FACE GUY.
I NEED THE PERSON WHO CRUNCHES THE NUMBERS.
YOU WANT THE MONEY PERSON THIS TIME.
SO WHAT'D YOU SAY IT WAS THE CHASE'S.
I SAID WHAT A, HOWEVER IT ANNOUNCED SHASHI.
CHESSIES CHAD, YOU EMS DIRECTOR.
SO THIS IS THE ACTUAL TRUCK PART OF THE AMBULANCE.
SO THIS IS THE PART THAT DRIVES THE BIG BOX ON THE BACK END OF THE TRUCK.
SO IN WHAT WE'VE DONE, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND IS THAT, UH, WE DO A REMAIL PROGRAM.
SO WE BUY A BRAND NEW AMBULANCE AND IT COMES WITH EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
UH, ABOUT FIVE YEARS GOES BY THE CHASSIES ARE ON THE STREETS, 24 SEVEN.
SO THEY PUT ON A LOT OF MILEAGE.
WE DO A LOT OF MAINTENANCE ON THEM.
THEY BECOME ALMOST OBSOLETE BECAUSE OF JUST WEAR AND TEAR.
SO WE TAKE, WE HAVE THEM REFURBISHED.
WE TAKE THE BOXES, WHICH IS WHERE THE PATIENT DEPARTMENT IS OFF OF THE TRUCK.
THE TRUCK GETS REPLACED, BUT WE KEEP THE BOX AND IT HAS ALL THE CABINETS AND THE LINES FOR THE
IT'S ABOUT EVERY FIVE YEARS WE REPLACED THE CHASSIS, THE BOXES.
WE HAVE BOXES NOW THAT ARE, UH, BEEN HERE AS LONG AS I HAVE.
SO INSTEAD OF BUYING A WHOLE BRAND NEW AMBULANCE, WE JUST DO THIS REMONT PROGRAM THROUGHOUT.
AND WE HAVE FIVE, UH, AMBULANCES RIGHT NOW THAT ARE DUE FOR THE REMOTE, UH, UH, PROCEDURE RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE ALWAYS TRY TO BUY ON STATE CONTRACT, UH, IN LOUISIANA, CURRENTLY THERE IS NONE AVAILABLE.
UM, YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHY COVID OR WHATEVER, BUT THERE'S NONE IN LOUISIANA THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
WE FOUND SOME IN OKLAHOMA THAT WE CAN GET TO, BUT BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE OF THE ORDINANCE, UH, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BUY IT FROM LOUISIANA DEALER.
SO WE'RE ASKING TO GO OUTSIDE OF LOUISIANA.
WE'RE STILL GETTING THE STATE CONTRACT PRICE THOUGH.
SO IT'S JUST, WE HAVE TO PAY FOR SOME SHIPPING COSTS OF HAVING THE TRUCKS BROUGHT DOWN, UH, TO BATON ROUGE, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY EXTRA COST WE'RE DOING.
AND I SAID, INGEST, I DIDN'T WANT THE PURCHASING DIRECTOR, BUT I'LL ACKNOWLEDGE OUR PURCHASING DIRECTOR PROBABLY FOUND A CREATIVE WAY TO GO TO OKLAHOMA TO GET DESERVES ALL THE CREDIT BECAUSE HE DID ALL THE LEGWORK ON THIS.
BUT I ALSO DIDN'T WANT TO SEE FROM YOU, CHAD, FRANKLY, I WANTED THE FOLKS WHO WERE LIKE, NO, THANK YOU, CHAD.
AND TO EMS FOR WHAT Y'ALL DO WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 76 MOTION BY NO SECOND? AND BY BANKS ITEM 76 HAS BEEN APPROVED ON NO ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES, NO ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.
[ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS]
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS, ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS, INTRODUCTION, A AUTHORIZING THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HARVEST AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, TANGENTIAL AND AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND DEVELOPER OF THE PROPERTY AND THE DISTRICT.AND TO MAKE THE APPLICATION TO THE LOUISIANA STATE BOND COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL OF SAY COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BY COUNCIL MEMBER, GO DAY, BE APPOINTED A DIRECTOR OF MOSQUITO ABATEMENT AND RHODA CONTROL DISTRICT FROM THE LIST OF THREE QUALIFIED AFTER
AND THE AMOUNT OF $2,018,024 APPROVED IS CONTINGENT UPON APPROVAL OF THE GRANTS REVIEW AND CONTRACT REVIEW COMMITTEE OPPOSITE OF MAYOR, PRESIDENT DE CONCURRING IN THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TO APPOINT GABRIEL VICK NEAR AS ANNUM DIRECTOR OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE EFFECTIVE JUNE 5TH, 2021.
I NEED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES AND ALLOW THE ITEMS TO BE INTRODUCED THAT MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES ABOUT MOST SECOND ABOUT HUDSON
[01:45:01]
PUBLIC HEARING ON A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES COUNSELING THE HUDSON.I JUST WANTED TO MAKE, I GUESS MAYBE IT'S A POINT OF ORDER, UM, ON ITEM B.
UH, I'M JUST HOPING THAT AS A PART OF THE, OF THAT AGENDA ITEM, IF WE CAN ATTACH, UH, THE NAMES AND THE RESUMES, UH, OF THOSE, UH, POTENTIAL DIRECTORS FOR MARK TO OUR AGENDA, UM, I WOULD LIKE THAT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE DESTRUCTIVE FOR THE ENTIRE WELL COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
UH, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS, BUT EVERYONE IN AMERICA HURTS YOU.
SO I THINK THEY GOT THE MESSAGE.
UH, WE NEED A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM, NEED A PUBLIC HEARING ON EITHER ON A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULE.
WE NEED A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MOST, THE WAY THE RULES, AND THEY WANT YOU TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION, THE WAY THE RULES, BUT NOW I'M GOING TO VOTE ON A MOTION.
NOBODY, THE RULES REQUIRE ANY OBJECTIONS, ANY OBJECTIONS.
NOW WE NEED A MOTION TO INTRODUCE THE ITEMS, THE MOTION TO INTRODUCE THE MOTION BY ROCCO SEVEN AND BY MOAT, ALL ITEMS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED ITEM 77
[77. 21-00667]
APPOINTMENTS LIBRARY, BOARD OF CONTROL, CONSIDERATION OF REPLACEMENT, REAPPOINTING, CANDICE TEMPLE, WHO TERM EXPIRED ON MAY 16, 2021.CURRENT VALID IS BLAKE FULL, FULL BLUR, AND THEN CANDACE TEMPLE WHO HAS REQUESTED TO BE REAPPOINTED.
ARE ANY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS HERE AT THE LIBRARY OR ANY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS HERE AT THE LIBRARY BACK TO HIS COUNCIL? IS THERE A MOTION? YEAH, THERE IS A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOVE TO REAPPOINT, CANDACE TEMPLE.
SECOND OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, ANY OPPOSITION CANDACE TEMPLE HAS BEEN REAPPOINTED ITEM 78,
[78. 21-00663]
UH, ITEM 78, EIGHT CHANGE ORDERS, PERKINS ROLL PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, CONTRACT THE CAFETERIA CONSTRUCTION OF THOSE C CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT, $1,847 68 CENT FINAL ACCEPTANCES.UH, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON 78 COUNCIL MEMBERS MOST TO APPROVE SEVEN, EIGHT BY ROCCA.
SECOND TO BY ADAM'S FINAL ACCEPTANCES, 79
[79. 21-00664]
NORTH LAND FIELD FLY ASH PIT DEMOLITION AND REPLACEMENT PROJECT CONTRACT OR MEGA FOUNDATION SERVICES INCORPORATED.FINAL COSTS $463,007 AND 72 CENT.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 79 BACK TO, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE 79 MOTION BY ADAM SECOND BY ROCCO ITEM,
[80. 21-00665]
80 PERKINS ROAD, PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS CONTRACT TO CAPITA CONSTRUCTION, LLC.FINAL COSTS, $73,660 AND 8 CENTS.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 80 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION BY ROCCA.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.WINNOVATION BLUNT GENERAL CONTRACTOR LLC, $4,939,000.
ANYBODY TO SPEAK ON ITEM 81 BACK TO COUNCIL MOTION BY ROCCO, SECONDED BY ADAMS, OTHER ITEMS, OTHER ITEMS TO BE ADOPTED AS AN EMERGENCY.
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BILL TWO ZERO FIVE REGARDING PARKS AND RECREATION DISTRICT AND EAST MARYLAND'S PARIS THAT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED DURING THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION ON THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE AND DECLARING THE POSITION OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ON THE DEAL ABOUT A CHAIR.THE REASON FOR THE EMERGENCY SENATE BILL TWO OH FIVE IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION TO BE HEARD AT THE LEGISLATURE ON THURSDAY IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE ONE SIX, FOUR, FOUR TO DECIDE A MUST BE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY BY TWO THIRD VOTE OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO DECLARE THE ITEM AND EMERGENCY REQUIRED TO SET IN MOTION BY THE CHAIR? IS THERE A SECOND MOTION BY SECOND BY GLOW, THEY PUT THE VOTE ON THE MOTION TO DECLARE THE ITEM OF EMERGENCY MUST HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST EIGHT VOTES OPPOSITION.
I DO RECOGNIZE THERE WAS AN OBJECTION, ONE OBJECTION, OR THE BOARD, AND ONE OBJECTIVE TO HEAR THIS ITEM TWO OBJECTION.
WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MACHINES.
WE'RE GOING TO PULL IT ON A MACHINE.
SO WE'RE VOTING ON THE MOTION TO HEAR THIS ITEM, LET A BALL ON A MACHINE.
THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS MOTION TO DECLARE THE ITEM OR EMERGENCY AND LOUD TO BE HEARD.
MACHINES ARE OPEN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.
EMERGENCIES, EIGHT MISSION FAILS ITEMS NOT BEEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.
CALL YOU CAME ALL THIS WAY AND WE'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO HIT IT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN MOTION TO ADJOURN BY COUNCIL MEMBER AMOROSA? SECOND BY ROCCA MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
UM, I'M INVITING EVERYONE TO COME GET VACCINATED AT THE CHARLES R. KELLY
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COMMUNITY CENTER.BUT WITH THE TWIST, WE WILL HAVE A MOVIE NIGHT ON FRIDAY NIGHT, MAY 14TH, 4:00 PM TO 8:00 PM.
THE MOVIE STARTS AROUND SEVEN 30 WITH FREE FOOD AND COMMUNITY MOVIE NIGHT, AND THEN OUTDOORS.
SATURDAY, MAY 15TH, 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM, FREE FOOD STORYTELLING, KIDS ACTIVITIES.
PLEASE, PLEASE BRING YOUR CHILDREN TO THIS GREAT EVENT, BUT ALSO COME GET VACCINATED.
OH, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES.
ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS AS ALWAYS WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE TO SEE ME.
I REMEMBER PLEASE GO HOME AND READ TO YOUR CHILDREN THIS EVENING.
AND AFTER YOU READ TO THEM, MAKE SURE THEY READ BACK TO YOU.