Jun 23, 2021 Metropolitan Council

YEAH, WE GOT THAT COUNCIL NUMBER, UM, HAVE 88 30 DAY DEFERRAL.

EXCUSE ME.

UM, CAN I SPEAK FROM THE LIBRARY, PLEASE? STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE? YES, SIR.

DIANA LIBERTON 1 6 0 5 0 PLANK ROAD.

AND, UH, IT'S IN REGARDS TO RESENDING THE CONDEMNATION, UH, FOR 16,050 PLANK ROAD.

WELL, WHAT ITEM IS THAT ON OUR AGENDA? 83 83.

APPARENTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING.

UM, AND BRANDON KNOLL, THE COUNCILMAN WAS DOING A DETERMINED FOR TWO WEEKS FROM THIS POINT, UH, BECAUSE I DID TALK TO THE COUNCILMAN AND I DID PULL A PERMIT AND I DID MAKE STEPS TO, UH, PROCEED TO RESTORE AND RENOVATE THE HOME.

THAT'S ALL I GROWED THAT'S MINE.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SPEAKING OUT OF NO, MA'AM YOU'RE FINE.

NO, YOU'RE FINE.

SO, MS. DIANA, I, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU 30 DAYS AND I KNOW WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME AND I TOLD YOU I WANTED TO HAVE A CONTRACT AND A PLAN.

AND I KNOW YOU PULL THE PERMIT.

I DO WANT TO MENTION MY AID CONTACTED THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT AND, AND THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK WE ALL NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF AND, AND MAYBE NEED TO SEE ABOUT A WAY TO CORRECT IT.

THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOVING THROUGH THIS CONDEMNATION PROCESS, BUT WE HAVE NOT APPROVED CONDEMNATION.

WHEN THEY GO TO PULL A PERMIT, IT'S STILL FLAGGING THEM AS A CONDEMNATION AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET A PERMIT AND THEY SAY, CALL YOUR COUNCILMAN.

SO THESE PEOPLE ARE GETTING PUT IN A CIRCLE WHEN THEY TRY TO DO IT.

AND MS. DIANA RAN INTO THAT AS WELL.

SO I KNOW WE HEAR A LOT WHEN THESE COME UP AND SOMETIMES WE SEE A LOT OF INACTION AND THEN IT COMES BEFORE US AGAIN.

AND YOU HEAR A LOT OF STORIES AND UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND I'LL EXPLAIN MY POSITION ON THAT.

BUT I THINK WE NEED TO, IF PEOPLE ARE TELLING YOU THAT THEY'RE RUNNING INTO ISSUES, GETTING THE PERMIT, UM, MAYBE GIVE THEM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT UNTIL WE CAN GET SOMETHING STRAIGHTENED OUT TO MAKE THIS, UH, CORRECT.

I KNOW, UH, ANOTHER ISSUE THAT I'VE SEEN IS, UM, THEY'VE BEEN

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CLOSED BECAUSE OF COVID.

NOW THEY'RE CLOSED FOR REMODELING OF THE PERMIT IN OFFICE.

SO THEY TELL THEM TO GO ONLINE.

AND WHEN PEOPLE HAVE TROUBLE ONLINE, THERE'S AN 800 NUMBER TO CALL THEM.

MS. DIANA DID DO ALL OF THAT AND SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THROUGH IT.

UH, BUT MS. DIANA, SPECIFICALLY TO YOUR CASE, WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU TO DO, I KNOW YOU PULLED A PERMIT FOR THE POOL HOUSE FOR JUST 800.

I NEED A PERMIT POOL FOR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY BECAUSE THERE'S ISSUES ON THE MAIN HOUSE AS WELL.

SO, UH, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU 30 DAYS AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A PERMIT POOL FOR THE MAIN THING.

I WANT YOU TO HAVE A CONTRACT, A PLAN, AND A CONTRACT SIGNED WITH A CONTRACTOR, A LICENSED CONTRACTOR.

AND I WANT TO SEE AT LEAST ONE SUBCONTRACT PERMIT PULLED, READY TO START WORK.

AND IF ANY PART OF THAT, OR THE EXPENSE OF THE WHOLE OF REPAIRING IT, ALL YOU FEEL LIKE IS UNATTAINABLE.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY OF IT AND SPEND ANY DOLLARS.

AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROCESS, BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU 30 DAYS AND I WANT YOU TO REPORT TO MY OFFICE, UM, THE PROGRESS.

AND I WANT TO SEE AT LEAST ONE PERMIT, ONE SUB PERMIT PULLED AFTER YOUR PERMIT HAS PULLED FOR THE HOUSE AS WELL.

AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A CONTRACT SIGNED WITH THE CONTRACTOR, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU 30 DAYS.

YES, SIR.

I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE TO SPEAK ON CONDEMNATIONS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS? HAVE WE RECEIVED ALL OF YOUR CHANGES FOR COMBINATIONS? DO HAVE, SO PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, SIR.

MY NAME IS YES, SIR.

MY NAME IS BILL GIBSON.

MY ADDRESS IS 7 6 4 1 THRUSH DRIVE, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA.

UH, I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE MORNING, OTTOMAN TERRORISTS MORNING, GLEN, UH, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.

I'M HERE, UH, TO SPEAK ON ITEM 87.

UH, THAT WILL BE, UH, ITEM ITEM 27 ON THE AGENDA OR 87 ON THE AGENDA.

ITEM NUMBER IS 21 DASH 0 0 7 6 5.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS IN THAT.

I'VE HAD SEVERAL RESIDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS PROPERTY ABOUT NOT IT NOT BEING UP KEPT.

UH, IF WE'VE HAD SEVERAL, UH, POLICE ACTIONS THERE FROM, UH, HOMELESS PERSONNEL THAT ARE COMING, THEY'RE BREAKING INTO THE HOME AND USING IT FOR DRUG PRO DRUG ACTIVITIES, CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES, UH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS MOVES FORWARD IN THIS HOUSE.

IT'S TORN DOWN SO THAT WE CAN REMOVE THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT OUT OF THIS AND TRY TO RESTORE SOME OF OUR, UH, SOME OF THE VALUE THAT PEOPLE HAVE LOST IN THEIR HOMES.

UH THAT'S AT OR NEAR THIS PROPERTY.

IT'S A BLIGHT.

IT'S, IT'S REALLY TERRIBLE WHAT I'M SEEING HERE AND IT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY.

ANY OTHER, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HERE TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE CONDEMNATIONS, ANYONE WHO TO SPEAK ON CONDEMNATIONS? I'M GOING TO READ THE STATE OF CHANGES.

YOU HAD ANOTHER ONE COUNCIL MEMBER EVANS WITH IT.

SO 87, UM, I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER AND HE IS GOING TO TAKE THAT ONE DOWN HIMSELF.

SO I'M GOING TO GIVE HIM A 90 DAY DEFERRAL BECAUSE WE'LL GET IT DONE MORE QUICKLY IF HE TAKES IT DOWN HIMSELF.

GOT IT.

89 ON THE AGENDA, AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF DUKE AND ROSCOE TO EXECUTE A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT, TO AUTHORIZE THE BRONCO, TO GRANT BRECK, A PERSONAL SERVICE TO THE RIGHT OF USE FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AFFECTING THE PORTION OF YOUR BRONCOS PROPERTY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.

YES MA'AM ANY ANYONE ELSE? I'M GOING TO READ THE STATE OF CHANGES.

THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 80 AND 81 30 DAYS ON ITEM 82, 83, 85, 86 AND 88 90 DAYS ON ITEM 87, DELETE ITEM 84.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONDEMNATIONS THAT THEY'D BEEN READ MOTION BY OMAROSA SECOND BY NO CONDEMNATION HAS BEEN BEEN APPROVED BEFORE WE GO TO THE PUBLIC.

AND AS ALWAYS, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY PARISH WHO ARE HERE WITH US TODAY.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO EVERY DAY.

PARTICULARLY.

I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MS. RANITA DICKSON, WHO IS THE RECEPTIONIST AND THE PARENT'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

SHE'S NOW STANDING.

RECEPTIONIST ALWAYS HAS GREAT ATTITUDE.

ALWAYS EVERY TIME I GO UP THERE, SHE ASKS ME ABOUT MY FAMILY.

I DON'T, I'M NOT EVEN SURE SHE REMEMBERS WHO I AM.

EVERY TIME I GO UP THERE, BUT EVERY TIME I GO UP THERE.

SO ANDY, LET MS. DIXON KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE HER BEING A COSTUMER PROFESSIONAL.

I THINK SHE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY OF PARIS FOR ABOUT 39 YEARS.

YEAH, GIVE IT UP, GIVE IT UP FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE.

CUSTOMER SERVICE IS NIGHT BLOOD OF AUNTIE ORGANIZATION.

SO WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOLKS WHO WORK IN THE CUSTOMER SERVICE INDUSTRY.

UH, WE'LL NOW GO TO ITEM

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ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 89, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 89 COUNCIL MEMBERS MOST TO APPROVAL BY COUNCIL MEMBER

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GO DAY SECOND ABOUT HUDSON ITEM 90

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AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE CLAIM OF APRIL PHOENIX FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM AN AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSED BY THE BATON ROUGE POLICE OFFICER AND THE AMOUNT OF $12,000 BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 90, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NINE, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOST TO APPROVE ABOUT MOAT SECOND BY US AND 91

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AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE MATTER INSIDE OF GHOSTS AND VERSUS KEVIN HAYDEN AND THE CITY PARIS FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,281 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $98 AND 40 CENTS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $14,379 AND 40 CENTS BY THE PARIS ATTORNEY ANYWAY, TO SPEAK ON ITEM 91, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 91, COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE BY DONE SECOND BY HUDSON 92,

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WE'RE SENDING THEM DIRECT IN THE CLERK, CAUGHT THE COUNCIL DECISION TO ORDER RECORDED IN A MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS ROSANNA HAMPTON FOREST, UH, ON 1, 2, 3, 2 DEVS STREET REASON FOR RESCISSION, THE HOMEOWNER INTENDS TO REPAIR THE HOME AND RENT A SUCCESSION IS IN PROGRESS BY COUNCILWOMAN, CAROLYN, AND COLEMAN.

ANYONE HAD TO SPEAK ON ITEM 92 MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN SECONDED BY DONE.

WE MOVED

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TO 93 AUTHORIZATION OF THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION TO EXECUTE A NON FEDERAL REIMBURSABLE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, AND THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE IN THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE ON BEHALF OF THE GREATER BANDWIDTH AIRPORT DISTRICT IN THE AMOUNT OF $743,017 AND 30 CENTS FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FFA FAS RUNWAY 13 LOCALIZER ANTENNA ARRAY BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR.

ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 93, UH, WE MOVED TO COUNCIL MEMBER THE MOTION BY A DONE SECOND, AND BY A GO DAY, WE NOW MOVE TO ITEM

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94, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT TO EXECUTING AN AGREEMENT OF OURSELF, SEMINOLE, TOS, AND ASSOCIATES, INC ON ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND CONNECTION WITH THE EBR EMERGENCY GENERATOR GRANT AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $185,000 BY THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DIRECTOR CONTINGENT ON CONTRACTS WITH BULLET REVIEW APPROVAL.

ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 94 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION BY GREEN SETTING BY GO DAY, WE GO TO ITEM 95

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AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND OR BRASCO DESKEW TO AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR, BUT MCCLOY ELECTRIC LLC FOR PUMP STATION MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENTATION SERVICES RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION, $600,000 AND FIT IN THE CONTRACT DUE SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021 BITING ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.

ANYONE WHO TO SPEAK ON ITEM 95 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION BY MO SECOND AND BY GREEN AND GO TO ITEM 96,

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AUTHORIZING BUDGET SUPPLEMENT 8, 8, 4 7 IN THE AMOUNT OF 1 MILLION, 1 MILLION, $300,000 FOR FLOOD DEBRIS COLLECTION AND MONITORING AND RESPONSE TO THE MAY, 2021 FLOOD MY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 96? WE GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COWS MOVED BY ADAMS SECOND.

AND BY PERSON, WE GO TO ITEM 97,

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AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE THE SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT WITH RICHARD'S DISPOSAL INCORPORATED FOR OVERPAYMENT OF TIPPING FEES IN THE NORTHLAND FIELD.

DURING THE YEARS 28, 20 18, 20 19, AND 2020 DISAGREEMENT AUTHORIZE A SETTLEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $439,512 PAID IN THREE ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.

AND ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 97 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO MOVED BY ADAMS, SECONDED BY BANKS.

YOU GOT A QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.

NO, JUST TURN YOUR MIC ON PLEASE.

MADAM VERY LOVELY OUTFIT.

I'M THE NEWBIE AND QUEEN.

I SEE.

AND THEN YOU LOOK FABULOUS, RIGHT? UM, SO, UH, IS THIS WITH THE TIPPING FEES WHO USUALLY WOULD REPORT? I THOUGHT IT WAS AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM THAT WOULDN'T HAVE TRUCK COMES THROUGH THE LANDFILL.

IT IS.

SO HOW DO WE GET IT OVER WITH? SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS RDI IS A SUBCONTRACTOR TO REPUBLIC, RIGHT? AND THEY HAD A CHANGE OF TRUCKS AND FAILED TO NOTIFY US THAT THAT WAS PART OF THAT SUBCONTRACT.

AND SO WHEN THEY BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION IN JANUARY, WE HAD SOME NEGOTIATIONS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE SETTLED ON.

THE REIMBURSE HIM.

IS THIS JUST OVER A ONE YEAR PERIOD OR YEAR? PERIOD YEARS.

OH YEAH.

AND IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR DEBRIS TRUCKS AND THE, AND THE 439, THE THREE INSTALLMENTS IS THAT ONE PAYMENT PER YEAR.

I'D SAY IT'S DIVIDE THAT NUMBER BY THREE.

AND THAT'S THIS ONCE A YEAR.

HE'LL GET IT.

HE'LL GET IT ONCE A YEAR.

MA'AM THE ISSUE HAS BEEN CORRECTED.

YES, IT WAS CORRECTED IN, IN JANUARY.

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98, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND OR ROSCOE TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT.

JUST WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY BANKS.

AND SECOND ABOUT HUSTLING.

WE MOVE NOW TO ITEM

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NUMBER FIVE WITH CONTROL WORKS, LLC.

FOR VAPOR PHASE OLDER CONTROL ON SERVICES WAS HOLDING AN ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR $100,000 BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 98, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 98 COUNCIL MEMBERS MOST TO APPROVE BY GO SECOND ABOUT HUSSON GO TO ITEM 99.

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AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR.

PRESIDENT EXECUTED SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT.

NUMBER 11 TO CONTACT HER EVANS, GRAVES, ENGINEERS, FENDED THEM ENGINEERING SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH BR CAPACITY PROJECT MALL OF LOUISIANA BOULEVARD AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $95,000 AND $95,027 BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 99, ANYWHERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NINE NINE.

WE GO TO COUNCIL A MOTION BY GO DAY SEVEN OF I'VE DONE THE MOVE TO ITEM 100,

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AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT EXECUTING THE MEN OF FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND EAST BATON ROUGE AND THE DIXIE THAT YOUR MEMBERSHIP CORPORATES TO PROVIDE ELECTRIC SERVICE FOR THE CITY PARIS FOR A PERIOD OF 25 YEARS FROM JULY 29TH, 2021.

AND TO SIGN ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH THE SAME BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

ANYONE HAD TO SPEAK ON ITEM 100.

ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 100 QUESTION.

I HAVE A QUESTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.

GET SOMEONE FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

COME UP, PLEASE.

I CAN SPEAK TO THE DESIGN ONE, NOT WITH MICROSOFT.

THAT'S JUST SOMEONE WHO COULD SPEAK TO IT.

TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT.

AND SECONDLY, THE TWENTY-FIVE YEAR OLD LAMP, EXPLAIN TO ME WHY THIS IS ELECTRICAL SERVICE.

JUST LIKE WE DO WITH ENERGY OR GAS SERVICE.

IT'S A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT TO USE THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR STAIR IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY ALREADY A PREVIOUS ONE WAS 50 YEARS.

THIS WE RENEWED AT THIS TIME AT 25, BUT IT MAINTAINS THE ELECTRICAL SERVICE THAT GEMCO IS PROVIDING FOR OUR CITIZENS, CITIZENS.

AND WE GET A FRANCHISE FEE OFF OF IT.

THANK YOU MOST TO APPROVE BY HUDSON.

EXCUSE ME, BY DUNN JR.

SECOND ABOUT HUSSON.

WE NOW MOVE TO ITEM.

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ONE-ON-ONE AMEND THE 2021 ALLOTMENT OF POSITIONS FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE IN PARIS OF EAST BATON ROUGE.

SO AS TO CHANGE THAT ALLOTMENT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS FOLLOWS EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1ST, 2021, AND TO BE FUNDED WITH EXISTING APPROPRIATIONS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUDGET POLICE AD FOR CRIME INTELLIGENCE ANALYST, JOB CODE 5, 2, 2 0, AND DELETE POLICE AUTOMOTIVE, MOTORCYCLE MECHANIC, JOB CODE 5, 2 1 5 BY POLICE CHIEF AND HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR.

IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 1, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE CHAIRS A SECOND BY A COALMINE TO MOVE TO ITEM 1, 0 2,

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AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT TO ACCEPT THE GRANT ON BEHALF OF LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD 21 FROM LOUISIANA WORKFORCE COMMISSION, OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO ADMINISTER THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF 4 MILLION, $388,834 AND X $2 DOCUMENTS THAT CONNECTION THERE WITH MY LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD 21 IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, CONTINUED ON GRANTS AND CONTRACTS REVIEW FOR APPROVAL.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 2, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 2 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MOST TO APPROVE OUR MOST SECOND BY GO DAY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE NOW

[ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES]

GO TO ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ITEMS 1 0 3 TO 1, 2 0 TOGETHER.

ITEM 1 0 3 LOT 27 SQUARE 42 SUBDIVISION MONTICIANO HIGHLAND FARMS, METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE GREEN.

I BID A $7,500 ITEM 1 0 4 LOT SIX SUBDIVISION PLUMBER BROKE, UH, METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 12 ROCKER HIGH BIDDER FDR INVESTMENTS, $27,200 1 0 5 LOT 28, 29 30 SQUARE FOR SODA BUSINESS, SCOTLAND HEIGHTS DISTRICT TWO BANKS HIGH BETTER GREGORY LAWRENCE, $2,000.

ITEM 1 0 6, LOT 83 VICTORIA FARM SUBDIVISION, UH, DISTRICT FIVE GREEN HIGH BIDDER FOREMOST SOLUTIONS LLC.

$9,500 1 0 7 LOT 1 53 GREENDALE SUBDIVISION DISTRICT FIVE GREEN HIGH BID IN MY JOSEPH $5,100.

ITEM 1 0 8 BLOCK 25 DASH 8 27 DASH 8 28 DASH 31 DASH 32 DASH EIGHT AND 34 DASH 18.

DISTRICT SIX, UH, DUNN JUNIOR SUBDIVISION, FOREST SQUARE, HIGH BIDDER ROBBINS RENTALS, LLC, $20,100.

ITEM 1 0 9 BY 27

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SQUARE 24 SUBDIVISION EATON PARK DISTRICT SEVEN COLE HIGH BIDDER ROBBINS RENTALS LLC, $12,600 ITEM ONE 10 BY 20 AND 21 SQUARE AT 36 SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE EXTENSION JUST AT SEVEN COLE.

I PUT AUGUSTUS PROPERTIES, LLC.

$100 ITEM ONE 11 LOT EIGHT SQUARE 16 SUBDIVISION ABRAMSON DISTRICT SEVEN COLE, HIGH BIDDER AND COMO HARDY $24,000.

LOT ONE, EXCUSE ME.

ITEM ONE 12 LOT 25 SQUARE 23 SUBDIVISION NEEDED PARK COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLD HAVE BITTER TERESA J. WILLIAMS, $100 ITEM ONE 13 LOT 22 SQUARE 23 SUBDIVISION EATON PARK DISTRICT SEVEN COLE HIGH BIDDER, TERESA J. WILLIAMS, $100 ITEM ONE 14, LOT 78 POINT SUBDIVISION KENNEDY DISTRICT TWO BANKS, HIGH BIDDER, MICHAEL B WHITMORE $29,100.

I HAD A ONE 15 LOT THREE SQUARE, ONE SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE, DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN HIGH BIDDER MCT W O L L LLC, $15,000.

I HAD A ONE 16, A LOT, ONE SQUARE, 2 54 SUBDIVISION SHORT DISTRICT, 10 OMEN, HIGH BIDDER, FDR INVESTMENTS, $42,000 ITEM ONE 17 LOT 24 SUBDIVISION SABLE CHASE DISTRICT THREE GO.

THEY HAVE BEEN IN LOS ANGELES PROPERTIES LLC.

$121,000 ITEM ONE 18 LOT D DASH ONE SQUARE 98, SUBDIVISION NORTH BATON ROUGE, DISTRICT TWO BANKS, HIGH BIDDER, RODNEY LUST, $200 ITEM ONE, 19 LOT, TWO SQUARE SIX.

SO DIVISION NORTH BATON ROUGE, DISTRICT TWO BANKS, HIGH BIDDER, DARRYL MOSES $73,100.

ITEM ONE 20 LOCK T DASH ONE DASH EIGHT S THREE SUBDIVISION SOUTH PARK, FOREST DISTRICT FIVE GREEN HIGH BIDDER, FDR INVESTMENTS, $18,000.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS? 1 0 3 TO ONE 20? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS? 1 0 3 TO ONE 20 MOTION BY ROCCA SECOND BY ADAMS ITEMS, 1 0 3 TO 1 27 APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.

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COUNCIL MEMBERS ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS A AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH STREET COLLABORATIVE LLC FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH EXPERIMENTS, PARIS, MISCELLANEOUS BRANCH LIBRARY RENOVATIONS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $82,800 BY THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DIRECTOR TO READINGS AS ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED.

AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER, THE ITEM WAS PUT, THE ITEM WAS INPUT FOR A FUTURE COUNCIL DATE.

AS AN INTRODUCTION, MADE A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES AND A LOT OF ITEMS TO BE INTRODUCED TO THEIR EMOTIONAL WAY, THE RULES.

SO MOVED BY MOST SECONDED BY COLEMAN.

WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM TO WEIGH.

THE RULES IS DIDN'T ANYONE TO SPEAK ON US WHEN THE RULES, WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES, ANY OBJECTIONS HAVING NONE.

WE NEED A MOTION TO INTRODUCE THE ITEMS. MOTION BY NO SECONDED BY MO ITEM HAS BEEN INTRODUCE, UH, B AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED MEDICAID SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENT COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE LOUISIANA AMBULANCE ALLIANCE INCORPORATED FOR UPPER PAYMENT LIMIT UPL PROGRAM.

THE REASON THIS ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED AS ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER, THE PARISH ATTORNEY RECEIVED THE CA AND NOTIFY EMS TODAY THAT WE NEED THIS TO BE APPROVED BY COUNSEL.

WE NEED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES.

MOTION BY ROCCA SECONDED BY AMOROSA.

WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MOTION ANYWAY TO SPEAK.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION? THE WAY THE RULES.

NOW WE NEED TO VOTE ON INTRODUCED AN ITEM.

IS THERE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE, EXCUSE ME? OH, THIS IS PUBLIC HANDLES FOR THE ITEM KIND OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM.

IS EVERYBODY CLEAR ON, ON PROCESS FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS? PROBABLY HEARING ON ITEM.

WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM.

NOW, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY ROCCA SECONDED BY MOKE ITEM C UH, ACCEPTANCE, A LOW BID PUBLIC HEARING DATE IS TODAY SALES TAX STREET AND ROTOR WITH A PATIENT REHABILITATION PROGRAM PROJECT SEVEN DAYS, ZERO TO PARIS WIDE ASPHALTIC SURFACE TREATMENT, CRACK SEAL MATERIAL RESOURCES, 2 MILLION, 300 AND $945 AND 50 CENTS BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

THE REASON THIS ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER.

THIS MATTER CAN NOW WAIT, AND THIS IS A LOT TO THE JULY 28TH COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES WERE TAKEN ON JUNE 3RD AND PROBABLY LOUISIANA REVISED STATUTE 38, 22 15.

WE HAVE TO ACT WITHIN 45 DAYS, WHICH IS 18.

UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO WAIT MOTION BY ADAM? SECOND ABOUT DONE PUBLIC HEARING ON A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION TO RAVE THE RULES?

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IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM C? WE OPEN THE FLOOR FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE SOME OLD BY DON SECOND BY ADAMS. WE NOW GO TO ITEM D AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF LEO AS BUTLER CENTER TO EXECUTE A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE BATTLERS BLACK ALCOHOLISM COUNCIL, DOING BUSINESS AS METRO HEALTH EDUCATION, INC, TO PROVIDE HEALTHCARE SERVICES FOR THE BENEFIT OF AREA RESIDENTS, GLUTEN TESTING, AND COUNSELING FOR HIV AND AIDS AND OTHER SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, ET CETERA, AND TO MAKE REFERRALS AS A SERVICE TO THE CITIZENRY OF THE PARISH EAST BATON ROUGE, METRO HEALTH EDUCATION IS PAY $1,100 TO THE US BUTLER CENTER FOR USE OF 1,625 SQUARE FEET OF COMMUNITY CENTER SPACE AND FIVE PARKING SPACES BY COUNCIL MEMBER, CAROLYN COLEMAN.

THE REASON THIS ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM.

THIS ITEM IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER DUE TO THE TIME DELAY BETWEEN COUNCIL MEETINGS AND DESIRE TO PRESENT A NEW CA TO THE METRO HEALTH BOARD IN A TIMELY FASHION, WE NEED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES.

SO MOVED BY DONE SECONDED BY ROCKED UP PUBLIC HEARING ON A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES.

ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION, ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION, THE WAY THE RULES IS THERE.

WHEN I HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM, IS THERE ANYONE TO SPEAK ON ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM D BACK TO COUNCIL FOR MOST TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY DON SECOND AND BY COLEMAN D HAS BEEN APPROVED.

I THINK THAT IS ALL, OH, WE GOT AN E AMENDING THE 20, 21 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET.

SO AS TO APPROPRIATE 22 MILLION OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS RECEIVED THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS TO ALPHONSE ALFOND STORE'S BRIDGE REPLACEMENT, CYBERSECURITY PROTECTION AND RELATED ENGINEERING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPENSES.

THE REASON TO DECIDE THEM IS BEING REQUESTED AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER APPROVERS NEED IN ORDER TO BEGIN TO MULTIPLE PROCUREMENT PROCESSES AND ENGINEERING WORK RELATED TO THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

WE HAD A MOTION TO WEIGH THE RULES, MOTION BY MOTION BY ADAMS, SECONDED BY ROCCO, THAT PUBLIC HEARING ON EMOTIONAL WAY, THE RULES, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION, THE WAY THE RULES.

NOW WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM E BACK TO COUNCIL.

WE DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS.

WE DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I HAVE ONE COMMENT ON ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM E UM, I'VE WRITTEN IN CALLED AND SENT PHOTOS TO THE MAYOR PRESIDENT'S OFFICE.

MY COUNCIL PERSON'S OFFICE DISTRICT 12, JENNIFER ROCCA, PLUS THE GOVERNOR PLUS THE DEPARTMENT OF DRAINAGE, FRED RAYFORD PLUS CONGRESSMAN GRAVES, MANY, MANY TIMES FOR THE FLOOD EVENT OF MAY 17TH, 2021.

OUR HOUSE IS OFF STARRING LANE AND ESTATES AT WORTHINGTON LAKE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WAS RENOWNED FOR A TILE ELEVATION 20 YEARS AGO WHEN THE SUBDIVISION WAS BUILT ON PROPERTY, THAT USED TO BE A BOY SCOUT CAMP.

THE FLOOD CAUGHT US BY SURPRISE AND MADE US FEAR FOR OUR LIVES.

WE CALLED FOR AN EMERGENCY RESCUE THAT NEVER CAME.

WE HAVE ALWAYS KEPT OUR IMMEDIATE DRAIN CLEAR AND COMMUNICATED WITH THE CITY MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT TO DO SO.

WE STARTED COMPLAINING ABOUT OUR MUDDY LAKE DEAD FISH AND THE ABSENCE OF WILDLIFE BEFORE THE FLOOD OF MAY 17TH.

WE, MY HUSBAND AND OUR HOA PRESIDENT FILED A 3 1, 1 COMPLAINT BEFORE THE FLOOD.

WE DID NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE, NOTHING NEIGHBORS HAD ALREADY PHOTOGRAPHED AND VIDEO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAGNOLIA CROSSING, DUMPING THEIR CONSTRUCTION SITE OVERFLOWING FROM THEIR RETENTION POND INTO A STREET DRAIN THAT FLOWS RIGHT INTO OUR LAKE AND THE SEWER SYSTEM, AND THEN COLLAPSED, DISINTEGRATED, AND PLUGGED PIPES ON THAT DEVELOPMENT.

WE FINALLY GOT MAINTENANCE OUT TO OUR PROPERTY AND THEY, ONCE AGAIN, LOOKED IN OUR HUGE DRAIN AND SAID, IT WAS CLEAR.

WE ASKED THAT IT BE CLEARED OR INVESTIGATED FROM OUR LAKE BACK TO BLUEBONNET SWAMP SO THAT THE PART OF THE PROBLEM COULD BE IDENTIFIED THE MAINTENANCE TEAM, WHICH ARE VERY NICE AND HAVE BEEN ON THE JOB A LONG TIME COULD NOT FIND THE DRAINS TYING INTO THE SWAMP.

THE COMPLAINT HAS BEEN ELEVATED TO ENGINEERING.

I WAS TOLD THAT I COULD NO LONGER OPPOSE THE MAGNOLIA CROSSING DEVELOPMENT AS HAD, HAD BEEN APPROVED BY THE NEIGHBORS AND ALREADY WAGED A LOSING CAMPAIGN.

AT THE TIME IT WAS UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

I WAS TOLD NOW I WOULD HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ZONING RULES FOR THAT SUBDIVISION HAD BEEN COMPLIED WITH.

I HAVE WRITTEN TO THE MAYOR AND METRO COUNCIL ABOUT THIS.

I ASKED HOW MANY TIMES THE DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN MONITORED AND THE FINDINGS OF THOSE REVIEWS.

I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE.

I WAS TOLD THE APPROPRIATE MEETING TO ATTEND WOULD BE THIS ONE BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

IT WAS ALSO A PUBLIC NOTICE.

NOW THE ARP MONIES ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.

GARRET GRAVES ACQUIRED $38 BILLION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH I WAS TOLD IS IN THE BANK TO COMBAT FLOODING ISSUES.

NOW, I HEAR THAT THE MONEY CAN NOT BE SPENT ON MAINTENANCE, WHICH IS WHY I WAS DIRECTED TO THIS MEETING ABOUT THE ARP MONEY I SENT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND MY COUNCIL PERSON'S OFFICE, THE RECEIPTS FOR ABOUT $10,000, INEXPENSIVE THAT EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE INCURRED SO FAR THAT HAS BEEN DENIED BY FEMA.

WE HAD NO FLOOD INSURANCE AND ARE PURSUING AN APPEAL THROUGH THE FEMA DISASTER ASSISTANCE.

WE ARE EXHAUSTED, HAVE HEALTH ISSUES AND SPEND A CHUNK OF OUR RETIREMENT AND MY INHERITANCE MONEY ON THIS HOUSE AND IMPROVEMENTS.

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AND WE BUILT AN EXPENSIVE BULKHEAD.

FOR EXAMPLE, HOW WILL WE GET RELIEF? CAN DRAIN PIPES ONCE BUILT, BE REPAIRED, DIVERT WATER ELSEWHERE.

CAN THEY BE INCREASED IN SIZE? CAN WE REDETERMINE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPERS? CAN WE HAUL DEVELOPMENT? CAN WE GET MONEY FROM THE CITY AND DEVELOPER TO COMPENSATE US? WE PROPOSE A MORATORIUM ON DEVELOPMENT.

HOW WILL THIS DEVELOPER AND OTHER MULTI ACRE, I COUNT OVER 60 ACRES OF PROPERTIES OF FORMERLY FALLOW LAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF STARRING LANE, MAGNOLIA CROSSING, WILLOW RUN FIELDSTONE AND SILVERSIDE COVE MITIGATE, OR FIX OUR DRAINAGE AND FLOODING ISSUES.

WHY WERE THEY APPROVED TO REPLACE THAT LITERALLY SOAKED UP WATER? WHY ARE THEY ALL APPROVED IN THE SAME AREA? WHERE IS OUR RELIEF? IT IS NOT JUST US.

IT'S HUNDREDS OF HOMEOWNERS OF BATON ROUGE, MOST URGENTLY DENISE BLASKIE.

THAT CONCLUDES THE COMMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. THERE WAS A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, THE SECOND, THE SECOND BY MOKE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, HUDSON, UH, DARRYL AND OR KELVIN, IF YOU DON'T MIND COMING UP FOR A FEW MINUTES.

SO DISTRICT NINE BEING SORT OF AT THE, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PARISH WHERE THE W WE DRAIN PROBABLY ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE PARISH.

SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ARE, THAT ARE IN HERE.

UM, BUT I HOPE YOU GUYS WILL FOLLOW UP ON.

AND THEN, UM, ALSO ASK, WANT TO ASK IF IT'S JERMAINE, UM, SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SAME DOLLARS, UH, BUT THE LARGER AMERICAN RESCUE DOLLARS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

UM, SO FIRST ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE REALLY ADVOCATED FOR WAS A CLEARING, A DREDGING OF PLAY GUT.

UH, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS FUNDING FOR THAT IS WITHIN THIS PLAN.

UM, AND THEN ALSO ADDITIONALLY, TO STAVE OFF FUTURE CONCERNS THERE, EROSION CONTROL FOR CLAY CUP, WHICH HAS BEEN A BIT A BIG ISSUE.

SO ADDRESS THAT ONE FIRST, PLEASE.

YES, PLEASE.

CUT VALUE IS INCLUDED.

WE HAVE SEVEN OR EIGHT SEGMENTS OF PLAY CUT THAT WILL BE DONE ALL THE WAY FROM WHERE IT DUMPS INTO, UM, THE RIVER ALL THE WAY BACK UP ALMOST, UH, UH, INTERSTATE 12.

SO A GOOD BIT OF CLAY CUP WILL BE COVERED WITH THESE FUNDS.

AND YOU, YOU DO BELIEVE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO USE THESE DOLLARS FOR EROSION CONTROL WITH IT THAT AS WELL.

ABSOLUTELY AWESOME.

ROSE ON PATROL.

AND, UH, WE CAN USE THESE DOLLARS TO HELP WITH REPAIR DAMAGE TO THE CANAL ITSELF.

UM, SO AS FAR AS FUTURE FUNDING GOES WITHIN THE SAME AMERICAN RESCUE DOLLARS, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES THAT I SEE IS WE KNOW THAT BY YOUR MAN SHACK AND AMY RIVER, UH, HAVE ISSUES, RIGHT.

UH, AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO DO A LOT OF CHANNEL CLEARING AND, AND A LOT OF MAINTENANCE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS AWESOME, I'M ALL FOR IT.

UM, BUT WE DON'T ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES, UH, OR IF WE DON'T CLEAR THAT THAT FINAL BACKLOG, UH, OR WE DON'T CREATE SOME ADDITIONAL STORAGE IN DIFFERENT PLACES, DISTRICT NINE IS STILL GOING TO FLOOD.

UM, SO WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS BY YOUR MAN SHAQ AND AMY RIVER WHEN IT COMES TO FUTURE AMERICAN RESCUE DOLLARS? WELL, WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT VALUE MANCHAC.

AS YOU KNOW, WE DID PUT A BOAT IN AT JEFFERSON HIGHWAY LAST WEEK, AND WE RODE VALUE, MAN SHAQ ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE AMY RIVER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE IN THAT, IN THAT VALUE.

AND TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RESTRICTIONS, WE DIDN'T FIND ANY RESTRICTIONS PER SE, BUT WE DID SEE IT WAS HOLDING WATER BACK FROM THE AMEN.

SO YOU'RE RIGHT.

WE HAVE TO, UH, IMPROVE THE FLOW OF WATER THROUGH THAT PART OF THE CHANNEL IN ORDER TO GET IT OUT OF, OF THE PARISH.

AS WE THINK ABOUT KIND OF PHASE TWO OF THIS, WE WANT TO INCLUDE FUNDS, UH, FROM THE NEXT TRAUNCH OF MONEY TO INVESTIGATE THAT FURTHER AND BE SURE THAT WE CAN DO THE PROPER MAINTENANCE WE NEED TO DO IN VALUE MATCH THAT.

SO PART OF THE ISSUE THERE IS IT HAS TAKEN THREE DIFFERENT PARISHES THAT FRED'S EXPLAINED THAT CREATES AN ISSUE IN TERMS OF HOW WE MOVE FORWARD TO GET IT DONE.

UH, I JUST, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT AND, AND I, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE SAYING EXACTLY THIS.

I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT OR ANYTHING BY YOUR MAN SHACK AND AMY RIVER ARE HAVING SERIOUS CONSIDERATION FOR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUTURE AMERICAN RESCUE DOLLARS.

IS IT, IS THAT FAIR TO SAY? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

TO SEE WHAT WE CAN AFFORD TO DO AND HOW WE CAN DO IT.

UM, AND THEN MY LARGER QUESTION IS OF THE $180 MILLION TOTAL THAT IS COMING FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE.

WHAT DOES THE MAYOR'S ENVISIONED THAT WHAT PORTION OF THAT WILL GO TOWARDS DRAINAGE? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HALF OF AMERICAN RESCUE DOLLARS, THREE FOURTHS? WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? I THINK THE COMMENTS SAID THE MAYOR HAD THE MEETING WITH EVERYBODY WHO WAS AT TRAINING.

IT'S REALLY WAS THE NUMBER ONE FOCUS.

WE KNOW WE HAVE SOME CRIME ISSUES THAT WE CAN WORK ON THROUGH TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS, BUT I THINK EVERYONE'S FOCUSED FROM THAT MEETING STILLS ON DRAINAGE.

THAT'S THE KEY ISSUE.

SO WE'VE TELL FRED TO BRING US ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON

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EXPEDITIOUSLY.

THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS THAT THE FIRST PART OF THESE FUNDS WILL ACTUALLY GO INTO EFFECT TOMORROW MORNING, WHERE THE GROUPS WILL BE OUT WORKING ON STORM TRAINS.

DARRYL, I DON'T WANT TO NAIL YOU DOWN TO A PENNY, BUT CAN YOU TELL ME IF I'M LOOKING AT A PIE, HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH OF THE PIE IS GOING TO BE? I THINK, I THINK WE'RE REALLY WORKING AND I WAS WORKING ON THAT WITH FRED TO FIND OUT WHAT DOLLARS ARE NEEDED AND HOW WE CAN ALLOCATE THOSE.

I THINK, AGAIN, THE KEY FOCUS IS DRAINAGE.

FRED COMES UP TO US AND SAID, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE NUMBER.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO LOOK AT VERY CLOSELY IN THE MIRROR.

WE'LL BE WORKING WITH EVERYBODY ON THAT TOO.

IT SAYS THE NUMBER IS A HUNDRED MILLION.

WE'VE GOT TO GET A HUNDRED MILLION.

I THINK, AGAIN, THAT'S THE FOCUS.

WE DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT, AND THE OTHER THING WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, UM, CRIME.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN USE THOSE DOLLARS TO SAVE US DOLLARS IN THE LONG RUN.

UM, SO THERE ARE LOTS OF NEEDS ACROSS THE BOARD.

I APPRECIATE YOU THERE A LOT, BUT AGAIN, I THINK FOR YOU TO THINK FROM THAT MEETING THAT EVERY EVERYBODY'S CONSENSUS DRAINAGE IS AN ISSUE I'M DONE.

THANKS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, PRO TIM.

UM, FIRST I WAS GOING TO ASK ASHLEY IF SHE COULD OUTLINE OR THE COMMUNITY WHY THIS ITEM, WHICH WAS PROPERLY INTRODUCED, NEEDED TO APPEAR ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.

SURE.

UM, SO THIS ITEM, WE USE A, UM, ELECTRONIC AGENDA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

AND, UM, WHEN YOU PLACE AN ITEM ONTO THAT SYSTEM, THERE ARE CERTAIN BOXES YOU CAN CHECK.

UM, AND WHEN THIS ITEM WAS PUT IN, A BOX WAS CHECKED THAT PREVENTED IT FROM MIGRATING TO THIS AGENDA ON, UH, JUNE 9TH THAT Y'ALL DID.

THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL DID INTRODUCE THE ITEM PROPERLY FOR PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT.

SO, UM, IT DID NOT MAKE IT ONTO THE AGENDA THAT WAS PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY, BUT ALL, ALL PROPER, UM, PLAN OF GOVERNMENT LEGAL REQUIREMENTS WERE MET FOR IT TO APPEAR ON THE AGENDA AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, DARRYL KELVIN, I WAS GONNA ASK THE ADMINISTRATION PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY IF Y'ALL WANTED TO COVER SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PARISH WIDE DRAINAGE CLEANING PLAN THAT YOU ALL HAVE PROPOSED AGENDA ITEM.

UM, NOW TO, TO GET ALL THAT DONE, WE ALSO HAVE TO DO SOME ENGINEERING WORK AND WE HAVE TO DO SOME PROGRAM MANAGEMENT WORK.

UM, FROM THE MIDDLE LANE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, TRYING TO LEVERAGE THE WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN THE TRIBUTARIES, UH, IN THE PARISH, WE HAVE THAT $255 MILLION FOR THE TRIBUTARIES TO THE AME.

UH, THREE OF THOSE TRIBUTARIES WE'RE WORKING ON NOW, UH, WE'RE FINISHING UP THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND WE HOPE TO LET THOSE PROJECTS HERE BY THE END OF SUMMER TO START CLEARING AND GRUBBING.

AND SO WHAT WE WANTED TO TRY TO DO WAS FOCUS ON THE LATERALS THAT FEED INTO THOSE TRIBUTARIES.

SO WE CAN GET THE WATER OUT OF THE PARISH, INTO THE LATERALS AND INTO THE TRIBUTARIES AND ON, INTO, INTO THE LAKE.

SO, UM, THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE THOSE, UH, LATERALS TO WORK ON THOSE LATERALS OFF A CAKE CLAY CUT VALUE, WATCH CREEK AND JONES CREEK.

SO THOSE WERE IMPORTANT TO US.

THE OTHER THING WE WANTED TO TRY TO DO WAS LEVERAGE THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN AND THAT MASTER PLAN, WE IDENTIFIED OVER 2,400 STRUCTURES THAT HAD SEDIMENT BUILD UP INTO THEM THAT PREVENTS THE STREETS FROM DRAINING PROPERLY.

SO WE WANT TO GO IN AND CLEAN OUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THAT HAD SEDIMENT.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO, UM, TB THE PIPES.

AND IF THEY'RE SEDIMENT IN A PIPE, WE'RE GOING TO CLEAN THOSE PIPES OUT AS WELL.

AND WE'RE GOING TO SPEND ABOUT $2 MILLION DOING THAT AS A PART OF THIS PLAN.

WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, SOME OF OUR CONVEYING SYSTEMS, UH, HAVE, UM, UH, COLLAPSES OR SINK HOLES OR CAVE INS, AND IT WON'T DO US A WHOLE LOT OF GOOD TO CLEAR THE STRUCTURES IF WE DON'T FIX THE HOLES IN THE PIPE.

SO WE PUT INTO THIS PLAN, 1100 OF THOSE SERVICE REQUESTS TO CLOSE UP AND FIX THOSE SINKHOLE ISSUES THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE ACROSS PARISH.

AND THAT WOULD PRETTY MUCH GET MOST OF THE ONES THAT ARE IN A 3, 1 1 TODAY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO SPEND ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS ON THAT PIECE OF THE PLAN.

THE OTHER PIECE OF THE PLAN, IT TO SUPPORT DIFFERENT, UM, AREAS IN THE COMMUNITY IS CLEANING OUT THE DITCHES.

WE HAVE ABOUT 1300 DITCHES THAT WE'RE GOING TO CLEAN OUT AS A RESULT OF THIS PLAN TO HELP AGAIN, TO HELP, UH, DRAINAGE ON THE STREETS AND TO GET THE WATER OUT OF THE STREETS AND INTO THE CONVEYING SYSTEMS. AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SPECIAL PROJECTS IN HERE THAT NEED TO BE DONE.

UH, MAGNOLIA WOODS HAS A DRAINAGE ISSUE IN THAT AREA.

UH, WE'VE IDENTIFIED A SOLUTION FOR THAT, AND WE WANT TO, UH, SPEND SOME OF THIS MONEY TO PUT THAT SOLUTION IN PLACE FOR THAT COMMUNITY.

WE ALSO WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT REPLACING ALFONSE BRIDGE, WHICH IS ABOUT $2 MILLION.

SO THAT'S ALSO IN HERE,

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SO WE'RE GONNA SPEND ABOUT 10% OF THE, A LOT OF MONEY TO GET THE ENGINEERING AND THE MANAGEMENT WORK DONE.

AND IT'S OUR INTENT TO CONTRACT OUT ALMOST A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THIS WORK BECAUSE IT'S THE MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO GET THAT DONE QUICK.

AND THANK YOU FOR GOING THERE.

KELVIN'S A GOOD SEGUE BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO ASK NEXT.

SO WE TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE COMMUNITY IS EXCITED TO SEE SOME OF THIS WORK, GETTING DONE A TIMELINE FOR GETTING IT DONE IS THE NEXT LOGICAL QUESTION, UH, EXCITED TO HEAR IT'S GOING TO BE CONTRACTED OUT SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE WANTING TO EXPEDITE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

SO DO WE NEED TO, ARE WE GOING THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS FOR A PROGRAM MANAGER ON THIS? YEAH.

SO W WE'LL GO THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS TO SELECT A PROGRAM MANAGER.

WE ALREADY HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE WITH CES THAT DOES THE KAREN, UM, CLEAN OUT FOR THE SEWER SYSTEM.

AND THE DRAIN IS SYSTEM IS INCLUDED IN THAT THAT WAS PASSED BY THE COUNCIL FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THEM FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, UH, AND GET STARTED ON THESE DRAINAGE STRUCTURES.

WHEN YOU SAY FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, YOU MEAN FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, IN THE MORNING AT THE TIME COUNCIL MEMBER, GO DOWN, PLEASE.

DID I ANSWER YOU? OH, YOU DID.

SORRY.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD MORE TO SAY, UM, I, I CERTAINLY WOULD SAY LET'S, LET'S CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR OTHER CONTRACTUAL VEHICLES THAT ARE EXISTING, THAT COULD BE UTILIZED, UH, TO, TO GET THE WORK GOING VERY QUICKLY.

AND TO THE EXTENT, UH, I'LL OFFER UP, IF, IF I CAN BE OF ASSISTANCE IN TRYING TO EXPEDITE THAT PROCUREMENT PROCESS, UH, WHILE I VALUE THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT IN THIS INSTANCE, IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO EXPEDITE THAT.

UM, THE FINAL THING I'LL SAY, AND THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, I APPRECIATE YOU ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS.

THE FINAL THING I'LL SAY IS TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, OVERNIGHT, WE FOUND $20 MILLION OF MAINTENANCE NEEDS.

UH, THAT TO ME, UH, UH, REITERATES WHAT WE'RE HEARING RIGHT NOW FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT WE NEED TO FIND SOME FORM OF RECURRING STRING FOR THIS.

THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS, UH, ARE CRITICAL AND, AND OUR ONE-TIME, UH, UH, VERY MUCH A BOOST TO US AND, AND VALUED.

UM, BUT WE NEED A RECURRING STREAM FOR THIS, UH, DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THE TIME TO SPEAK ON THAT COUNCIL MEMBER.

I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE DO HAVE ITEM 1 45, WHICH IS TO RECEIVE A REPORT ON THE STORM WATER MASTER PLAN.

SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT THE STORM WATER MASTER PLAN.

WE CAN TAKE THAT ITEM NEXT, BUT IF YOUR QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT THIS 22 MILLION PER ARP, WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THAT.

SO, UH, JUST BE REMINDED OF THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.

UH, YES.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, UM, KEVIN, IT SOUNDS LIKE 24 HOURS A DAY, YOU WERE WORKING ON, UM, ON THE ISSUE AS IT RELATES TO DRAINAGE.

AND YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH, UM, A LOT OF THE AREAS AND WHERE, UM, THERE'S A NEED.

UM, A LOT OF THE, AS I MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES, UM, I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH, BY YOU MAN SHACK, AND A LOT OF THE OTHER TRIBUTARIES THAT ARE IMPACTING PEOPLE WITH FLOODING.

BUT, UM, AND I THOUGH I UNDERSTAND THAT FLOODING IS VERY MUCH NECESSARY.

UM, THERE ARE, THERE ARE PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT THIS DISTRICT AND, UM, UM, UH, DARRELL ALLUDED TO A CRIME, BUT IN TALKING ABOUT THE FUNDING FOR THE AMERICA RESCUE, IT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY UNFAIR TO PUT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT ON DRAINAGE.

UM, THOUGH THAT IS A PROBLEM.

THERE ARE ISSUES THAT HAVE IMPACTED, UM, THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PARISH FOR AT LEAST 50 YEARS.

AND THOUGH, AND BASICALLY HAVE, UM, FALLEN ON DEAF EARS OR WASN'T AT A PRIORITY, UH, A LOT OF THE ISSUES, UM, THAT HAVE TO DO A DRAINING, UM, THOUGH I WILL SAY, HAVE, UM, TO DO WITH NOT CLEAN AND DITCHES AND ALL THAT FOR PROBABLY 30, 40 YEARS OR WHATEVER, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T IGNORE THE FACT THAT THE OVERGROWTH IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PARISH, THAT IF DID NOT, CAUSE IT ATTRIBUTED TO EXISTING, UM, DRAINAGE ISSUES.

AND THOUGH IT'S FURTHER DOWN IN THE AGENDA, UM, AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO ATTACH THE BLAME WHERE IT IS, AND THAT IS WHERE THERE'S AN OVER-CONSUMPTION OF, UM, HOMES AND OTHER, UM, COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ALL IN THE SAME AREA.

SO IN GIVEN THIS FUNNY, THERE NEEDS TO BE A TRADE OFF, UH, WHETHER OR NOT AN AS WE TALK ABOUT A MORATORIUM WHERE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO FOCUS ON THE DRAINAGE AREA AND AT THE SAME TIME APPROVE DEVELOPMENT, UM, IT, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, UH, WITH AMERICA RESCUE PAN, WE STILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH PUBLIC HEALTH.

THAT IS ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES WITH AMERICA RESCUE

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PLAN.

OF COURSE, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES THAT, UH, PRIMARILY ARE, IS STILL AN ISSUE THAT WE'VE HAD PRE FLOOD DAYS.

UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS STILL AN ISSUE.

HEALTHCARE EMERGENCY.

WE STILL DON'T HAVE AN EMERGENCY ROOM IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PARISH, OUR, UH, UH, HOSPITAL, UM, THE LAWS, PUBLIC SECTOR REVENUES, AS IT RELATES TO THE PANDEMIC.

THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE, UM, ARE TRYING TO RECOVER FROM THE PANDEMIC, UH, PREMIUM PAY FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS, UM, WITH NOW, UH, MANY OF THE, UM, BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY, STARTING WITH A $15 AN HOUR.

IT'S AN ATROCITY THAT WE I'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS WHERE WE'RE PAYING DPW WORKERS, $10 AN HOUR, AND THEY ARE THE FOUNDATION OF, UM, A LOT OF THIS WORK THAT WE'RE HAVING DOING.

SO, NO, WE CAN'T PUT ALL THE MONEY ON DRAINAGE, YOU KNOW, UM, THE OTHER THING HAS TO DO LASTLY, YOU KNOW, WITH WATER SEWAGE AND, UM, BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO IT HAS ITS PLACE.

I MEAN, IF THAT'S FIVE THINGS THAT AMERICA RESCUE PLAN, UH, JUST FIVE THAT ARE MAJOR AS IT RELATES TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE EQUITABLE, WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO 20%, 20%, 20%, 20% 20% SO THAT WE COULD BE EQUITABLE.

SO, BUT, UM, THERE'S A, UH, THERE IS A PRICE AND A LOT OF IT, AS I INDICATED IN PLANNING ME TO HAVE TO DO A WHITE FLIGHT, THE MORE YOU, THE MORE THE WHITE FLY GOES SOUTH, THE MORE THERE'S DRAIN.

I MEAN, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE FLOODING AND YES, WE WOULD CALL ME RIVER, BASICALLY ATTRIBUTED TO A LOT OF THE 2016 IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PARISH.

UH, THE FLOODING ACTUAL BEGAN IN MY DISTRICT IN BAKER.

UM, I KNEW A THURSDAY BEFORE THE NEWS KNEW IT SATURDAY.

I HAD THE FIRST, UM, UH, SHELTER OPEN FOR THE PEOPLE IN BAKER.

WE ENDED UP TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE ALL THE WAY.

UM, I FORGOT THE NAME OF THERE WAY OFF FLORIDA, BUT, UM, THE ISSUES IN THIS COMMUNITY ARE, UH, CERTAINLY DRAINAGE, BUT DRAINAGE HAS BEEN, BECAME AN ISSUE IN 2016.

UH, THE DEFICITS THAT HAD HAPPENED IN NORTH BATON ROUGE, UH, CAME YEARS BEFORE.

SO I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MY OTHER COLLEAGUES THAT REPRESENT THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PEARS, BUT I WANT MY PIECE OF THE PIE.

I MIGHT MENTION COUNSELING BANKS, THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT LOTS OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PLAN IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN DO.

WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY SOME JOB FAIRS THAT WORK WITH THE CHAMBER ON TO TRY AND HELP PEOPLE WHO WHEN THE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS GET REDUCED.

AND WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, SOME OF THE ESSENTIAL WORKER PAY.

WE HAVE A LOT OF LEGAL ISSUES AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS IN TERMS OF THE GOVERNMENTAL REQUIREMENTS, IN TERMS OF HOW CAN WE ACTUALLY DO THOSE? SO WE'RE, WE'RE RESEARCHING ALL OF THAT RIGHT NOW.

COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN.

I JUST TOOK A DEEP BREATH AFTER I HEARD SHAWNA'S COMMENT.

CAUSE CAUSE ACTUALLY I LIKED THIS POT ANALOGY THAT, UH, THE WHITE STARTED, UH, SHAWNA JUMPED IN ON IT.

UM, WHEN, WHEN SHE BROUGHT THE EQUITABLE CONCERN OUT, I TOO HAVE THE SAME STATEMENT THAT SEAN HAS, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO DETAIL ON THAT.

WHAT I WANT TO KNOW, AND YOU CAN BRING THIS TO ME LATER IS, IS ABOUT, LIKE SHE SAID THAT CALLED MEET RIVER 2016, UM, DISTRICT, UH, FIVE HAD SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS AND WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES.

REMINISCE OF IT.

I HAD A MEETING AT A, AT A, UM, IN A NEIGHBORHOOD I HAVE TO TOMORROW IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE NUMBER ONE THING GOING ALL THEIR REPORTS IS DRAINAGE AND DITCHES.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF DISTRICT FIVE IS GETTING LOST IN THE, IN THE CONVERSATION, BUT OUR DITCHES NEED TO BE CLEANED AS WELL.

UM, AND SO MY ONLY REQUEST IS THAT, UM, AS WE ARE, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING THE PIE AND THE CUTS THAT WILL COME FROM IT, IF WE COULD, UM, PROVIDE A LIST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PRIORITIES, UM, I KNOW YOU NAMED SOME, BUT YOU JUST KIND OF SAID GENERALLY DRAINAGE, UM, AND DITCHES, I KIND OF WANT TO KNOW WHERE THAT IS GOING TO BE BECAUSE I HAVE SOME ACTUAL DETAILED LISTS OF COMPLAINTS THAT HAVE WENT UNNOTICED FOR A MINUTE.

THAT'D BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THE COUNCIL A DETAILED LIST OF ALL THE SERVICE REQUESTS THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO.

THEY ALL DISTRIBUTED PRETTY EQUALLY ACROSS, ACROSS THE PARISH, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU A LIST SPECIFICALLY.

AND JUST A REMINDER, WE'RE IN DISTRICT FIVE, UH, WE DEAL WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS IS WHAT WE CALL REPEAT FLOODING.

UM, AND SO A LOT OF OUR AREAS THAT ARE REPEAT FLOODING HAVE ALREADY BEEN UNDER FEMA'S WATCH FOR MANY YEARS.

UM, AND WHAT HAPPENS IS I HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE CALLING ME NAMES, UH, CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE CALLING

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ME THAT ARE SAYING THAT THEY WANT TO BE BOUGHT OUT.

THAT'S HOW OFTEN THEY ARE GETTING FLOODED.

AND SO AS WE LOOK AT THE CITY AND THE NEED, UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO START EVEN, LIKE SHE SAID, YEARS BEFORE WHEN THERE'S BEEN REPEAT ISSUES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN, UM, ADDRESSED.

AND I THINK THAT FEMA LIST IS AVAILABLE THROUGH MOST APPS.

UM, AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL WITH, UM, COMMUNICATING WITH MYSELF AND MY STAFF ON, ON BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY THOSE PROJECTS.

SO LET'S LOOK AT THAT LIST AND KIND OF SEE WHERE WE CAN, WE CAN DO WITH THAT.

AND ONE THING THAT MY DAD, AS WE MOVED FORWARD ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS COMES IN CODY MADE A GOOD POINT THAT WE DO HAVE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF HOW WE HAVE TO DO THIS WITH RFP, THE ENGINEERING SELECTION BOARD.

SO THERE MAY BE SOME CASES WHERE WE BRING THINGS BACK ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS BECAUSE THE GOAL OF EVERYBODY IS TO MOVE IT THROUGH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

THAT'S THE MAYOR'S INSTRUCTIONS ON, I THINK CERTAINLY THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE WANTS.

AND THEN I COULD SAY THAT THE WORK IS GOING TO BEGIN AT 9:00 AM TOMORROW.

AND I THINK THE FIRST LOCATION IS JEFFERSON HIGHWAY AND CHELSEA DRIVE.

SO THANK YOU.

YEAH, I'VE GOT A QUESTION.

IT GOES BACK TO COUNCILMAN DWIGHT'S, UH, STARTING OFF AS FAR AS, UH, FUNDING AND EVERYTHING.

SO HERE WE ARE APPROVED $22 MILLION.

WE TALKED ABOUT, WE'RE GONNA START WITH DITCHES BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THAT FLOWS INTO THE TRIBUTARIES.

HOW ABOUT CLEANING THE TRIBUTARIES BY USE, UH, CLAYCO ALL THOSE DIFFERENT WINES, BUT THE ULTIMATE GOAL OR THE FINAL SPOT FOR ALL OF THIS WATER TO GO, OF COURSE WE KNOW, IS THE RIVERS COMING, AMY RIVER? UM, WE KNOW THE STATE LEGISLATURE JUST CLEARED THE PLAN OR RENEWED THE PLAN FOR THE DREDGING OF THE RIVERS AND EVERYTHING.

WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS DO WE HAVE A, THIS PLAN IS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD, WHETHER THE STATE GETS THERE TO START STRETCHING AND EVERYTHING WITH THE RIVER.

CAUSE I KNOW YOU CAN ONLY GO SO FAR AND YOU'RE JUST DUMPING WATER TO A SPOT WHERE IT'S GOING TO SIT AND IT'S GOING TO AFFECT SOMEONE ELSE.

SO HAVE YOU ALL BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE STATE BEFORE WE START SPENDING ALL THIS MONEY? I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT THIS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE MONEY UP FOR THE DREDGING AND EVERYTHING IN OUR AREA OR HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET QUESTIONED AS BECAUSE WHEN CITIZENS START COMING TO AND THEY START SAYING, YES, ALL THIS MONEY'S FUNNELING DOWN, FUNNELING DOWN FROM THE, FROM THE FEDERAL AND SO ON AND WE DON'T WANT THE CORPS TO STOP US.

HOW, HOW IN COMMUNICATION ARE YOU IN WITH THE STATE AS FAR AS GETTING THOSE RIVERS DREDGE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE WHAT WORK WE'RE ALLOCATING MONEY FOR TO GO FORWARD? OKAY.

FRED, FRED IS AN ENGAGED IN EVERY CONVERSATION AT EVERY LEVEL.

HE REALLY IS OUR POINT PERSON HE'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE CORE.

I'VE BEEN IN A FEW OF THOSE MEETINGS WITH, WITH FRED.

WE'RE VERY DETAILED IN TERMS OF WHERE HE IS AND WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO I THINK PART OF THE ISSUE HERE, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING KEVIN RIGHT FROM THE ENGINEERING END IS WHEN THE, WHEN THE CHANNELS ARE ALL CUT AND CLEANED, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HOLD MORE WATER WITH THE WHOLE NAIL.

I MEAN, SO PART OF THE ISSUE IS RETENTION OF THE WATER UNTIL IT CAN MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH.

THAT'S ONE THING THAT WILL HELP.

I THINK THAT'S THE CASE IN EVERY ONE OF THESE ISSUES, TO BE HONEST FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, I HAVE NOT HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE STATE ON DREDGING OF THE RIVER.

SO I CAN'T REALLY RESPOND WITH GOOD INPUT TO YOU ON THAT.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

I JUST, FOR PUBLIC WISE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE WATER FLOWS DOWNHILL, IT'S GOING TO GO AND I JUST DON'T WANT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALLOCATE THIS MONEY AND THEN WE COME BACK TWO OR THREE WEEKS LATER, A MONTH LATER.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE WE'RE AT AND SPENDING AND PROJECTS AND EVERYTHING.

AND SOMEONE SAYS, WELL, WE'RE WAITING ON THIS TO GET DONE AND WE HAVE TO HOLD UP HERE.

BUT I BELIEVE THE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT Y'ALL GAVE US OR THINGS THAT Y'ALL WERE MOVING FORWARD ON, NO MATTER WHAT THE, THESE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO YOU ARE INDEPENDENT OF WHAT THE STATE DOES WITH THE RIVERS.

SO THEY, WE WILL NOT HOLD UP OR BE HELD UP BASED ON THE WORK THEY DO THERE.

UH, BY THE GARRET GRAVES, MY, THAT I'M ASSUMING YOU WERE MEETING, UH, $255 MILLION.

YOU CAN EXPLAIN TOO, THAT THE CONNECTIVITY IN THIS IS THERE.

SO, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT FORCING WATER SOMEWHERE ELSE.

I MEAN, WE THINK WE'RE DOING THE RESPONSIBLE THING AND HOW WE'RE MANAGING COUNCIL MEMBER ROCCA.

THANK YOU GUYS.

UM, AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL PEOPLE FOR ASKING ALL MY QUESTIONS BEFORE IT GOT TO ME, BUT I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU, THANK YOU.

WE'VE ADVOCATED ON BEHALF OF PROJECT THEN MAG WOODS FOR QUITE SOME TIME TO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THEM AND GETTING THAT WORK DONE.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, A LOT OF MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE ASKED VERY SIMILAR QUESTIONS TO THE COUNCIL PEOPLE HERE.

BUT ONE QUESTION THAT WE KEEP GETTING ASKED OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS WITH REGARD TO THE GARRET GRAVES MONEY.

AND WHERE IS THAT MONEY? WHAT IS GOING, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH IT? WHAT IS IT BEING USED FOR? CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE THE PUBLIC SOME CLARITY ON THAT? SO THEY'LL HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING,

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IT'S BEEN CALLED ALL SORTS OF THINGS, BUT IT'S COMMONLY REFER TO THEM.

THAT PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD.

WHERE ARE COMPLETING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR, UM, JOAN WAS CREEK WAS CREEK AND VALUE FOUNTAIN.

WE HELP, WE HOPE THAT, UH, WE'LL COMPLETE HERE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

WE ARE ANTICIPATING LETTING THE CLEARING AND GRUBBING OF THOSE CHANNELS BY THE END OF THE SUMMER.

SO AUGUST TIMEFRAME WE EXPECT TO BE OUT THERE CUTTING TREES AND CLEARING ACCOUNT CLEARING THE CHANNEL.

SO THAT IS MOVING FORWARD.

SO THAT'S WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING TO THE TRIBUTARIES.

AND IS THAT IN LINE WITH THE 1997 TRIBUTARIES PROJECT THAT WE WERE RELYING ON FEDERAL MONEY, WE DIDN'T GET THE MATCH, BUT WE HAD IT.

AND WE WERE WAITING FOR THIS MONEY TO COME IN.

IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S BASICALLY THE EXACT SAME PLAN THAT WAS DONE BACK IN 1997.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THAT PROJECT WAS PUT ON HOLD BECAUSE FEDERAL MONEY DID NOT COME THROUGH.

THAT IS CORRECT.

AT THE TIME THE CITY PARIS HAD THE MATCH PREPARED, BUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DID NOT HAVE ITS MATCH AND THAT PROJECT FELL THROUGH.

AND SO ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, FUNDS OUTSIDE OF ARPA, DID WE NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THESE TYPES OF THINGS BEFORE? UM, WITH REGARD TO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW WITH THE, THE MAINTENANCE THAT'S GOING FORWARD, DO WE NOT HAVE THOSE FUNDS WITHIN THE BUDGET, WITHIN THE TAX FRAME, UM, SCHEDULE, HOW DOES THAT WORK? WE HAVE ABOUT $8.8 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR MAINTENANCE TO DISTRIBUTE BETWEEN, UH, WHAT IT DOES WITH DRAINAGE AND STREET MAINTENANCE AND LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE.

SO WE HAVE A VERY LIMITED BUDGET AND WE SPEND ABOUT $8.8 MILLION A YEAR DOING THAT WORK.

AND WE WORK ON THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE DO INSIDE A CITY PARISH EVERY DAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR HEALTH COUNCIL MEMBER KNOLL.

UH, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS.

UM, MR. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MOKE.

I KNOW I CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT.

I TALKED TO FRED AND I BELIEVE, UH, I HAD SOME OF THE SAME CONCERNS BECAUSE WE RUN INTO THIS BEFORE, WHERE WE HAD GRANT DOLLARS IN ZACHARY THAT WE WANTED TO, UH, CLEAN AND GRUB CYPRUS BY YOU.

WE WERE TRYING TO ALLOCATE IT TOWARDS THAT AND WE RAN INTO ISSUES WITH THE CORE AND IT WAS, IT HAD HAD TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, UH, WELL, ONE, THEY CALLED IT A NAVIGABLE WATERWAY, WHICH WAS HILARIOUS.

I CHALLENGE ANYBODY TO NAVIGATE DOWN CYPRESS BY YOU, BUT IT WAS SOLELY NEEDED.

AND WE KNOW THERE'S AREAS THAT FEED INTO THAT TRIBUTARY THAT, UH, IF WE HAVE A FOUR INCH AN HOUR RAIN FOR THAT FULL HOUR, WE CALL IT THE BOTTOM OF THE BOWL.

WE KNOW THE HOUSES THAT ARE GOING TO FLOOD ABSOLUTELY EVERY SINGLE TIME AND, AND S AND ODDLY ENOUGH, THEY DON'T QUALIFY FOR THE REPETITIVE LOSS OR DIDN'T AT A TIME OR TWO WHEN WE TRIED, BUT THEY ARE REPEATEDLY FLOODING.

UM, BUT FRED, UH, KINDA ASSURED ME THAT, THAT AS FAR AS THE, THE RAPPORT WITH THE CORE AND GETTING SOME OF THESE THINGS DONE, HE, HE, HE FELT CONFIDENT ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE, I THINK, UH, CERTAINLY AT THE PARISH LEVEL, UH, ONE OF THE ISSUES WE RAN INTO WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO DO OUR PORTION OF CYPRUS BY YOU IS, WELL, YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE PARISH AND BAKER ON BOARD DOING THEIRS AT THE SAME TIME OR ELSE EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE MENTIONING WAS GOING TO OCCUR.

THOSE, THOSE WATERS WERE GOING TO MOVE THROUGH AS QUICKLY AND THEN HIT THE WALL FOR THE PERSON WHO DIDN'T GET IT DONE.

IS BEING, UM, THAT'S GOING INTO DRAINAGE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW IN, IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH $186 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES THE COMI, THE FIVE TRIBUTARIES.

SO, UM, I THINK MOVING FORWARD FROM AT A PARISH LEVEL WAS GOING TO BE MUCH MORE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR EVERYONE.

UM, I WANT TO SAY, I APPRECIATE ALPHONSE FOREST BRIDGE REPLACEMENT, BEING DONE, BEING PUT IN THIS.

THAT'S ONE OF THE FIVE BRIDGES THAT HAVE BEEN OUT FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE WITH ALL OF YOU, UH, SOME, FOR AS MANY AS FIVE YEARS SORELY NEEDED, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE, UH, THE DIGGING OF THE DITCHES AND THE DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE ONGOING, AND I KNOW WE HAVE THE FULL LIFT AND I, AND I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE OUTSTANDING, UM, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, OUR DISTRICTS ARE SPLIT UP, UH, TO BE RELATIVELY EVEN, UH, ON A, UM, UH, THE AMOUNT OF CONSTITUENTS AND TO HAVE A PRETTY EVEN AMOUNT OF CONSTITUENTS BASED UPON ALL 12 DISTRICTS AND THESE SPENDERS PARISH.

UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THAT DISTRICT ONE IS ABOUT A THIRD OF THE PARISH GEOGRAPHICALLY.

SO WHEN IT COMES TO ALLOCATION OF FUNDS ON DITCH MAINTENANCE AND, AND, AND, UH, DOING THOSE, I, I WOULD THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A HEALTHY RECOGNITION OF ALLOCATION OF FUNDS IN DISTRICT.

ONE BEING THAT IS GEOGRAPHICALLY ABOUT A THIRD OF THE PARISH, EVEN THOUGH WE DO HAVE 12 DISTRICTS.

SO, UH, I LOOK FORWARD IN THAT SECOND ROUND TO REALLY HAVING A DEEP DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.

SO, BUT THEY COUNT FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, JUST A QUICK QUESTION, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROJECTS.

COULD YOU GIVE US A TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT

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AND, YOU KNOW, WE SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FEDERAL MATCH ON THAT IS 255 MILLION, BUT THE TOTAL PRICE TAG, I THINK IS 362 MILLION, BECAUSE THERE'S A REQUIRED STATE OR LOCAL MATCH, WHICH WE HAD TO PUT UP 84 MILLION FOR THE HAZARD MITIGATION AND THEN 20 MILLION HERE.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

AND, AND THEN THERE MAY BE MORE TO COME AS WELL.

BOARD OF APPEAL CONCURRING, THE MAYOR OF PRESIDENTS, REAPPOINTMENT, OR REPLACEMENT OF OUR TODD MAN.

ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, ALL COUNCIL NUMBER DONE.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I PRESSED UPON YOU GUYS, AND I'M SURE YOU HEAR EVERYBODY SAYING THE CONCERN IS AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF THESE PROJECTS AND RESOURCES.

I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH YOU GUYS ABOUT THE PROJECTS YOU HAVE IN MY DISTRICT AND THE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD FROM CONSTITUENTS AND RESIDENTS THAT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.

UM, THE, ALSO THAT WHAT I WANT YOU TO COMMENT ON, BECAUSE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES AT HINTED AROUND TO THE ROUTINE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE I'M OF THE BELIEF, AND YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THERE IS THE DEPARTMENT OF DPW.

I THINK, FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, THOSE MEN AND WOMEN NEED A RACE AND SOME OF THE LOWEST PAID INDIVIDUALS IN THE PAIRS.

AND SECONDLY, I THINK WE NEED TO BOLSTER THAT DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE THE MANPOWER THERE SO WE CAN HAVE MORE MANPOWER TO DO THAT ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING AND DITCHES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO IF A PORTION OF THESE FUNDS OR FUTURE FUNDS WILL BE GIVEN TO RAISES TO DPW AND MANPOWER TO BOLSTER THE DPW DEPARTMENT? YEAH.

W YOU KNOW, WE, WE DID THIS YEAR, UH, COUNCILMAN BANKS MENTIONED THAT WE NOW GOT OUR BASIC LOWEST PAID WORKER UP TO $10 AN HOUR.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THAT MOVE.

WE DID THE POLICE PAY RAISE.

THE MAYOR HAS COMMITTED TO DPW KNOW THAT THAT IS A PRIORITY TO FIND THOSE FUNDS.

UM, IN TERMS OF MANPOWER, RECRUITMENT IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE.

AND WE KNOW BASED ON THE WORKFORCE ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE ECONOMY RIGHT NOW, THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE.

I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN COLEMAN, WHO, AND WE CAN USE.

EVERYONE'S HELPING THIS.

SHE AND HER DISTRICT HAS FOUND PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR WORK.

AND I THINK YOU'VE HELPED IN THOSE INSTANCES, TOO.

WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES WHO, WHO LOOK FOR JOBS.

AND IN MANY CASES, I THINK THEY DON'T NECESSARILY CONSIDER COMING TO CITY GOVERNMENT TO LOOK, WE ARE DOING SOME NEW EFFORTS ON RECRUITMENT.

UM, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO WORK ON, AND WE THINK WE CAN PROVIDE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY.

IN MANY CASES, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, MAY NOT, MAY NOT FEEL LIKE THEY CAN COME APPLY.

AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY STRUGGLING TO DO TO GET PEOPLE IN THE DOOR.

AND IN MANY CASES, GIVEN THE FIRST LEG UP WHERE WE CAN TRAIN PEOPLE AND THEY BECOME VERY LOYAL EMPLOYEES, THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOLT TO APPROVE ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM.

E IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION HAVING NONE MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU,

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COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE NOW GO TO ITEM 1 21.

THIS IS, UH, UH, CONCURRING IN THE MIRROR, PRESIDENTS TO REPLACE RUSTIN GOLDEN, WHO HAS DECLINED REAPPOINTMENT.

THIS IS A FOUR YEAR TERM TO THE BOARD OF APPEAL.

THERE HASN'T BEEN A REQUEST TO DEFER THIS ITEM TO JULY 28TH.

IS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE ANY WAY TO SPEAK ON ITEM FIRST? IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER TO JULY 28TH, SOME OLD BY GREEN, 70 BY THE CHAIR AND MOVE TO ITEM 1 22

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THIS IS A FOUR YEAR TERM.

OUR THAI MAN HAS RECEIVED.

WE'VE RECEIVED A REQUEST FOR REAPPOINTMENT.

UH, IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 22? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR TOP MAN? SO MOVED BY MOKE SECOND BY GREEN, MR. MANN, YOU'VE BEEN APPOINTED TO THE BOARD OF APPEAL.

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DIDN'T WANT 23, UH, CONCURRING IN THE MAYOR.

PRESIDENT'S REAPPOINTMENT FOR REPLACEMENT OF KEITH TILLIS.

THIS IS A FOUR YEAR TERM.

IT HAS BEEN A REQUEST TO DEFER THIS ITEM TO JULY 28.

ANYWAY, HAD TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 23, TO DO A MOTION TO DEFER MOTION BY GREEN SECOND BY DONE, WE'LL

[124. 21-00912]

GO TO ITEM 1 24 CONCURRENTLY.

THE MAYOR PRESIDENT HAS REAPPOINTMENT TO REPLACEMENT OF BRANDON WILLIAMS. THIS IS A FOUR YEAR TERM.

CURRENT BALLOT IS BRANDON WILLIAM TO DO IT.

ANYONE WHO TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? IS THERE A MOTION SINCE THE APPROVED BRANDON WILLIAMS BEING REAPPOINTED SO MOVED BY MOST SECONDED BY HUSSON OR MOVED

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ITEM 1 25 CAFETERIA FINANCE AUTHORITY CONCURRING IN THE MAYOR.

PRESIDENT'S REAPPOINTMENT AND REPLACING BARRY.

THIS IS APPOINTMENT FOR A SIX YEAR TERM.

NINE VOTES ARE REQUIRED TO CURRENT VALID IS SURREY OZ.

BARRY IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 25? UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS IS THE MOTION TO APPROVE BY HUDSON SECOND, GO TO ANY OPPOSITION.

MS. BARRY YOU'VE BEEN REAPPOINTED

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ITEM 1 26, CAPITA FINANCE AUTHORITY CONCURRING IN THE MAYOR.

PRESIDENT'S REPLACEMENT OF ASTROTURF CLEMENTS, WHO IS TERM LIMITS.

THIS IS A SIX YEAR APPOINTMENT.

CURRENT BATTLE IS JUSTIN GOATEE.

UH, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 26, WE MOVED BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPOINT JUSTIN GO DAY.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

COLTON IS SECONDED BY DONE.

JUSTIN, GO THERE.

YOU'VE BEEN REAPPOINTED.

I MEAN, YOU'VE BEEN APPOINTED TO THE CAPITA OR FINANCE THOR TO CONGRATULATE ITEM

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1 27, CAPILLARY FINANCE AUTHORITY, CONCURRING MAYOR PRESIDENT'S REAPPOINTMENT OR REPLACING OF ALINA CUNNINGHAM, WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON JULY 1ST, 2021 TO SUPPLEMENT THIS.

THE SIX YEAR TERM NINE VOTES ARE REQUIRED.

I IN CUNNINGHAM IS ON THE BALLOT.

ANYONE HAD TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 27 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS IS MOTION TO APPROVE BY ROCCA SECONDED BY GREEN ALLINA CUNNINGHAM.

CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'VE BEEN REAPPOINTED.

[Items 128 - 133]

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ITEMS 1 28 AND 1 33 TOGETHER, REAPPOINTMENT OF ALL MEMBERS OF COMPLETE STREETS, CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, ONE APPOINTMENT TO CONCUR AND A NOMINATION BY THE SETTING OF DIVERSITY.

DISAPPOINTMENT IS A FOUR YEAR TERM FOR PETER BROCK ITEM 1 29 1 APPOINTMENT CONCURRENTLY NOMINATION BY THE ADVOCATE SENATE DISAPPOINTMENT IS FOR STEVEN KAUFFMAN ITEM ONE 30 COMPLETE STREET, CITIZEN ADVISORY, ONE APPOINTMENT OF CONCURRENT AND NOMINATION.

THE FEDERATION OF RAIDER BANNER CIVIC ASSOCIATION IS A FOUR YEAR TERM.

THE QUICKIE ITEM, 1 31, 1 APPOINTMENT CURRENTLY NOMINATION TO THE BATON ROUGE GROWTH COALITION.

CURRENT BATTLE AS LAWRENCE LAMBERT.

I AM ONE 30 TO ONE APPOINTMENT TO CONCUR WITH THE NOMINATION BY BIKE.

BATON ROUGE FOR YOUR TERM IS MARK MARTIN.

I HAD A 1 33, 1 APPOINTMENT TO CONCUR WITH THE, BY THE BANNER OF THE SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR YEARS IS WHITNEY HOFFMAN.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS? 1 28 AND 1 33.

IT'S A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL MEMBERS REAPPOINTMENT OF ALL MEMBERS.

SO MOVED BY A MARISSA SECOND BY ADAMS.

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WE NOW MOVE TO ITEM 1 34, UH, COMPLETE CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, ONE APPOINTMENT AT CONCURRENTLY NOMINATION MIGHT'VE BOUGHT A MELT YOURSELF.

CITY INITIATIVE WAS A MINUTE REQUESTED A FURNACE ITEM, UH, TO JULY 28.

ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON IT? 1 34.

IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER TO JULY 28? SO MOVED BY ADAMS. SECOND BY GREEN,

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WE GO TO ITEM 1 35 TO INCUR WITH DENOMINATION BY LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY FOR COMPLETE STREETS, ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

UH, CURRENT BATTLE BALLOT IS DENNIS MITCHELL.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 35? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT AND MITCHELL SO MOVED BY ADAMS SECONDED BY OUR CHAIR.

WE GO TO ITEM

[136. 21-00924]

1 36, 1 APPOINTMENT TO REAPPOINT OR REPLACED ERIC DEBTS TO THIS METROPOLITAN COUNCIL APPOINTMENT.

THIS APPOINTMENT.

SO FOUR YEARS CURRENT BALLOT IS ERIC DEXTER.

SO ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 36 IS A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER GO.

THEY SECOND BY DONE.

CONGRATULATIONS, ERIC AND DENNIS, YOU BOTH HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO COMPLETE STREETS, CITIZEN COMMITTED.

LET'S GO TO CHANGE ORDERS

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ITEM.

YEAH, 37 S WWTP PRIMARY SETTLING TANKS, ACTIVE CODINGS CONTRACT AT NCMC LLC CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT.

IT WAS A CREDIT OF $5,590 AND 20 CENTS.

AND HE WANTED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 23.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY ADAM? SECOND BY COLEMAN, WE GO TO THE FINAL ACCEPTANCES.

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NOW ITEM 1 38, THE BATTERY, THE METROPOLITAN, THE AIRPORT DEMOLITION, THE MULTIPLE STRUCTURES FOR RUNWAY CONTRACTOR.

TERRY HEINRICH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.

TO FIND A COST IS $447,648 AND 99 CENTS.

THEN HE WENT HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 38 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCCA.

SECOND BY ADAMS,

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WE GO TO ITEM 1 39 AS WWTP PRIMARY SETTLING TANKS, PROTECTIVE COATINGS CONTRACTOR NCMC LLC.

FINAL COST IS 2 MILLION, $234,189 AND 67 CENTS.

ANYONE WHO TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 39 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOST TO APPROVE 1 39 BY THE CHAIR, SECONDED BY ADAMS. WE GO TO ITEM ONE

[Items 140 - 143]

40 LIKE ITEMS ONE 40 AND 1 43 TOGETHER, WHICH OUR ACCEPTANCE OF LOW BID, THE MAIN BRANCH LIBRARY LIBRARY, BOILER REPLACEMENT BOMB, BOB BERNHARDT AND ASSOCIATES MECHANICAL, KIND OF I'LL SEE $232,600.

ITEM 1, 4, 1 ANNUAL PARIS.

WHY SANITARY, SEWER, AND STORM WATER PUMP STATION.

WELL CLEANING AT A COP OF SERVICES, LLC, $545,000 ITEM 1 42.

CLAY COULD ROLL PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS ALONG WITH DRIVE TO SOUTH FOSTER DRIVE DIVERSITY CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING, LLC, $105,745 AND 20 CENTS.

I HAD A 1 43 APPLE MADDIX AVENUE, SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, AMOUNT OF SAUCE, DOCTOR TO GET HIS BERG DRIVE AND SHENANDOAH AVENUE, SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, VICKSBURG DRIVE INTERSECTION, READY CALL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, 80,716.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS? ONE 40 TO 1 43

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MOTION TO APPROVAL BY ROBERT SECONDED BY DONE ITEMS ONE 40 TO 1 43 HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

WE NOW GO TO OTHER ITEMS, BUT IN GENERAL, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ITEM 1 45.

FIRST, GIVE ME ONE SECOND.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE'RE GOING TO GO.

THE REPORTS MAY TAKE A WHILE.

WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEMS 1 47 AND 1 48, AND THEN COME BACK TO 1 45.

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I DIDN'T WANT 47 AUTHORIZED COMPARES ATTORNEYS SUBMIT A REQUEST TO THE ATTORNEY, GENERAL OPINION ON WHETHER THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO TAKE PART IN THE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT TO ALLOW THE EXEMPTION FROM PARKING FEES FOR METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEMBERS AND LEGISLATIVE BARRIERS TO ALLOWABLE, PUBLIC BONDS, COUNCIL MEMBER CLEAVED, NONE PROTECTING EMERGENCY ITEMS, UH, VERY QUICKLY, UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

SO WE'RE GOING TO DO ITEM 1 47, UH, IN ORDER TO EXPEDITE THE REQUEST.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON EMERGENCY ITEM 1 47? WE HAVE A FEW IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE 1 64, 4 TO DECIDE IT MUST BE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY ABOUT TWO THIRD VERSE OR THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.

IS THERE A MOTION TO DECLARE DECIDED AN EMERGENCY? IS THERE A MOTION TO DECLARE SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE SECOND BY ADAMS. WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON IT.

EMOTIONS DECLARED EMERGENCY MUST NEED A VOTE.

IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION HAVING NONE? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ITEM.

ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION SPOT DONE? SECONDED BY ADAMS MOTION HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM 1 46.

I'M SO SORRY FOR JUMPING AROUND.

WE'RE GOING TO GO TO I'M SORRY.

1 48, 1 48

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COUNCIL MEMBERS ENDORSING AND SUPPORTING THE APPLICATION OF H F H W A FOR THE TRAILS PROGRAM BY THE BRICK FOUNDATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER, JEN ROCKER.

THE REASON FOR THE EMERGENCY IS THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION FOR THE GRANT IS FOR JULY 1ST, 2021 IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE 1 6, 4, 4, 2, DECIDED IT MUST BE DECLARED EMERGENCY BY TWO THIRDS VOTES OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.

IS THERE A MOTION TO DECLARE THIS ITEM, AN EMERGENCY? SO MOVED BY ROCCA SECONDED BY DONE.

I WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MOTION TO DECLARE THE MOST, ANY OPPOSITION HAVING NONE.

UH, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ITEM.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 48? AND NOW WE GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO MOVED BY ROCCA SECONDED BY DONE.

THE ITEM HAS BEEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.

NOW WE ARE GOING TO GO TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHICH ONES YOU PREFER TO PRESENTATION ON THE PLANET GOVERNMENT OR TO REPORT ON THE STORM WATER MASTER PLAN.

JUST DECISION CAN BE HOURS.

SOME WILL BE OUR, SOME WILL BE MINE.

SO IT WILL BE YOURS.

THIS'LL BE OURS.

I THINK WE'RE, I THINK WE HAVE CONSULTANTS HERE TO PRESENT ON THE STOLEN WATER, WHEREAS ON THE PLANET, YOU ONLY GET ME, SO LET'S HOLD IT TO THEN FOR THE DURATION.

SO WE WILL

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GO.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ITEM 1 45 BEFORE WE TAKE ITEM 1 44, UH, AS 1 45 MAY IN THE FORUM ITEM 1 44, ITEM 1 45, RECEIVING A REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, COUNCILMEMBER ADAMS. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO EVERYONE MELISSA KENNEDY, WHO IS HEAD OF OUR STORMWATER STUDY TEAM.

PHASE ONE WAS THE IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

THANK YOU ALL COUNCILMAN.

UM, GOOD EVENING.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN, UH, COUNCIL, WOMEN AND MEN.

SORRY, I'M GOING TO MAKE A REALLY MAD BECAUSE I'M IN OUR DISTRICT.

ANYWAY, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR, I'M PROBABLY GONNA READ, REPEAT SOME OF WHAT YOU ALREADY HEARD TONIGHT.

I WILL TRY TO EXPAND ON A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT YOU HEARD TONIGHT AS WELL.

UM, NEXT SLIDE.

UM, AS COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS SAID, I'M MELISSA KENNEDY WITH H AND TB.

I AM THE PROJECT MANAGER WITH THE STORM DEVELOPING THE STORM WATER MASTER PLAN FOR THE PARISH.

UH, BASICALLY THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN WILL BE THE GUIDING DOCUMENT FOR PROJECTS IN PO FOR IMPLEMENTING PROJECTS IN POLICIES TO HELP REDUCE THE FLOOD RISKS THROUGHOUT THE PARISH.

THE PLAN WILL IMPLEMENT THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF VARIOUS, UH, PARISH INITIATIVES, INCLUDING FUTURE BR THE PARISH HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.

AND WE'RE ALSO COORDINATING WITH THE MOOD BR PROGRAM.

ONE THING THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO FRED RAYFORD WAS THAT THE PROGRAM WOULD BE DATA AND SCIENCE DRIVEN AND INCLUDE CLIMATE CHANGE.

AND SO WE ARE DOING THOSE THINGS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THE PLAN WAS BROKEN DOWN INTO THREE PHASES.

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THIS IS WHERE WE DID SOME PRELIMINARY DATA COLLECTION AND RISK ANALYSIS TO HELP DETERMINE ALL THE OUTSTANDING TASKS AND COSTS THAT NEEDED TO BE COMPLETED TO PREPARE THE PLAN PHASE TWO.

THIS IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS BASICALLY AN EVALUATION OF THE PARISH WATERSHEDS THROUGH THE COLLECTION OF DATA SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE STORMWATER SYSTEM AND THEN DETERMINE THE FLOOD RISK CURRENT AND FUTURE.

AND WHEN I SAY THE FLOOD RISK, WHAT FLOODS, WHERE DOES IT FLOOD? WHAT ARE THE DAMAGES ARE CAUSED BY THE FLOODING AND THEN DEVELOP THE PROJECTS AND POLICIES TO MITIGATE THOSE FLOOD RISK THAT'S PHASE TWO PHASE THREE THEN IS TAKING THOSE PROJECTS AND POLICIES AND PUTTING THEM INTO A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, BASICALLY A GUIDING DOCUMENT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN TO INCLUDE FUNDING AND A SCHEDULE.

NEXT SLIDE.

OR HUNDREDS OF MILES OF CHANNELS, I SHOULD SAY, CROSS SECTIONS OF THE CHANNELS, A BRIDGE SURVEY, CULVERT SURVEY, ET CETERA.

SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE ARE THE 11 WATERSHEDS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THROUGHOUT THE PARISH.

AND AGAIN, THE PLAN IS GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON, UM, DEVELOPING THESE PROJECTS FOR EACH OF THESE WATERSHEDS.

SO WE'RE ONLY SO DOING KIND OF LIKE A THREE-LEVEL WATERSHED ANALYSIS, THIS IS THE 11 WATERSHEDS YOU SEE, WE'LL BE EVALUATING THOSE.

WE'LL ALSO BE DOING A HIGHER LEVEL PARISH WIDE EVALUATION, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE DRILLING DOWN A LITTLE FURTHER INTO THESE WATERSHEDS TO EVALUATE THE SUBSURFACE SYSTEM.

SO, AND THE EVALUATION THAT WE DO FOR THE DAY DIFFERENT, UM, LEVELS IS BASED ON THE DIFFERENT STORM EVENTS THAT WILL BE EVALUATING.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO WHAT IS THE WATERSHED? BASICALLY, IT'S AN AREA OF LAND IN WHICH YOUR RAINFALL DRAINS OUT TO A SINGLE LOCATION.

THE TOPOGRAPHY AND DIFFERENT MANMADE STRUCTURES ARE WHAT DELINEATE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE WATERSHED.

AND A WATERSHED CAN BE AS SMALL AS AN AREA THAT DRAINS TO A PIPE THAT OUTLETS TO A DITCH.

IT CAN BE AS BIG AS THE MISSISSIPPI WATERSHED THAT DRAINS OUT INTO THEM.

UM, THE GOLF, UM, BATTERY PARISH HAS A LOT OF AREA THAT'S VERY FLAT.

SO WE'RE FINDING THAT THERE ARE, UM, WATERSHEDS THAT THE DRAINAGE ACTUALLY CROSSES THE BOUNDARIES.

SO IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING IN SOME OF THEM THE LOCATIONS.

SO WHAT ARE ARE WE DOING NOW IN RESPONSE TO ADDRESSING STORMWATER FLOODING? AGAIN, AS I SAID EARLIER, IT'S A THREE PHASE PROCESS.

I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE.

THE BOX ON THE LEFT, UM, IS PART OF PHASE TWO.

THAT IS WHERE WE WANTED TO IDENTIFY AND UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT FLOOD RISK.

WE DID THIS BY DOING DATA COLLECTION AND SURVEY, AND THEN TAKING THAT INFORMATION, PUTTING IT INTO COMPUTERIZED MODELS AND EVALUATING THE STORMWATER SYSTEM AND IDENTIFYING THE FLOOD CAUSES FROM EVALUATION OF THE STORM WATER SYSTEM.

THEN AGAIN, AS I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP PROJECTS AND POLICIES TO TRY AND MITIGATE THIS RISK.

WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY A LIST AND THEN WE WILL USE THE MODELS TO EVALUATE THEM, TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THOSE PROJECTS AND POLICIES.

AND THOSE THAT WE DETERMINE ARE EFFECTIVE.

WE'LL DO A BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS, WHICH WILL THEN, UM, INFORM US ON THE PROJECT LIST THAT WE ULTIMATELY DECIDE ON BASED ON THAT BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS.

AND THEN PHASE THREE, AGAIN, AS I SAID, WILL BE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO FIND THE FUNDING FOR THE PLAN SO THAT WE'RE NOT RELIANT ON OTHER SOURCES ALL THE TIME TO TRY AND GET THESE THINGS DONE.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MAINTENANCE, WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND FIND FUNDING SOURCES THAT KEEP THAT MAINTENANCE GOING.

UM, AND AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP THE IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE FOR THIS.

IT'S GOING TO BE A 20 YEAR PLAN.

SO, UM, AS PART OF PHASE TWO, WE SPENT THE LAST FIRST, FIRST YEAR OF THIS PROGRAM ACTUALLY COLLECTING DATA.

WE COLLECTED DATA ON THE SUBSURFACE SYSTEM, WHICH INCLUDED, UM, ALL YEAR, YOUR MANHOLES, YOUR INLETS, YOUR CATCH BASINS, YOUR OUTFALLS, YOUR PIPES, UH, THERE'S OVER 60,000 STRUCTURES.

WE IDENTIFIED, WE UTILIZED A GIS BASED SYSTEM SO THAT WE COULD SEE THIS INFORMATION AS IT WAS BEING COLLECTED.

IN REAL TIME, THE PARISH ACTUALLY CAN SEE THIS INFORMATION AS WELL AS IT WAS COLLECTED IN REAL TIME.

SO WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO WITH THAT IS GENERATE A GIS BASED MAP, ELECTRONIC MAP OF THE SYSTEM, WHICH GIVES THE INFORMATION ON EACH OF THESE STRUCTURES.

AND WE ALSO DID A, UM, ANALYSIS OF THE CONDITION AND THE AMOUNT OF SEDIMENT THAT WE FOUND IN THE STRUCTURES.

SO THE PARISH IS ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS INFORMATION CURRENTLY TO HELP IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS OF WHICH ARE MOST CONCERNED.

AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.

WE ALSO, UM, COLLECTED DATA ON OVER 300

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AND THEN ALL OF THAT INFORMATION GOES INTO A COMPUTERIZED MODEL.

AND WHAT YOU WERE SEEING HERE ON THIS IS A CLAYCO WATERSHED, AND THIS IS A 13 INCH RAINFALL IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD STIMULATION.

IT, IT JUST SHOWS THE HOW THE WATER, UM, THE EXTENT OF THE WATER.

AND WE CAN THEN TELL THE DEPTH OF THAT WATER AND THEN SEEN THAT INFORMATION RUN ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT TELLS US WHAT THE ACTUAL DAMAGES ARE FOR EVERYONE STRUCTURE.

SO ONCE WE GET THAT, AND THEN WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT FINDING THE PROJECTS TO MINIMIZE THAT FLOOD RISK, AND WE CAN USE THE MODELS TO DO THAT AS WELL.

SO WHAT KIND OF PROJECTS ARE WE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT AGAIN? THEY TALKED ABOUT MAINTENANCE OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM, AND YOU SAW THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE ONGOING HERE SHORTLY, BUT I WANT TO, DON'T EMPHASIZE, WE DON'T WANT TO JUST DO THE MAINTENANCE.

NOW.

WE WANT TO COME UP WITH THAT FUNDING STREAM.

THAT'S GOING TO KEEP THAT GOING SO THAT WE'RE NOT ALWAYS HAVING TO BACKTRACK, UM, OTHER THINGS WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OUR FLOOD, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE, FLOOD, RISK REDUCTION, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

THOSE COULD BE CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

IT COULD BE NEW BRIDGES, NEW COLUMNS, BIRDS, DETENTION AREAS.

UM, SO WANT TO LOOK AT PRESERVATION OF WETLANDS, FLOODPLAINS, UM, AND NOT ONLY PRESERVATION, BUT MAYBE RESTORING RIPARIAN CORRIDORS.

UH, SO THAT, THAT TOP IMAGES IS SHOWING, YOU KNOW, DOING SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE WORK, THAT MIDDLE IMAGE.

THAT'S ONE OF THE HAZARD MITIGATION PROJECTS.

THAT'S WARD CREEK AT SEGUIN LANE.

THERE'S A CONSTRICTION RIGHT THERE.

AND WHEN WE, YOU, THAT WE FOUND OUT THAT ONCE WE REMOVED THAT CONSTRICTION, WE'RE ABLE TO SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THE WATER SURFACE ELEVATION UPSTREAM, SO THAT WILL HELP WITH THE FLOODING ON THAT AREA.

AND THEN WE ALSO, AGAIN, WANT TO LOOK AT THE POLICIES, YOUR DEVELOPMENT AND POLICIES.

THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT WE WANT TO LOOK AND SEE IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS.

THIS IS STILL NEED TO BE MADE NEXT SLIDE.

SO WHAT THIS SHOWS IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT WAITING TILL THE VERY END TO COME UP WITH THE PLAN WE'RE DOING THE WORK NOW.

SO WE'VE ALREADY COME UP WITH A NUMBER OF HAZARD MITIGATION PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY FEMA.

UH, TWO OF THEM ARE IN ABOUT IN THE DESIGN PROD PROCESS.

UM, THREE OTHERS HAVE BEEN, UH, SULTANS HAVE BEEN SELECTED AND ANOTHER ONE WAS RECENTLY APPROVED BY FEMA.

SO THAT'S, IT'S JUST STARTING THAT PROCESS AND WE'RE ACTUALLY STILL WAITING FOR ONE OTHER PROJECT TO BE APPROVED BY FEMA.

UM, I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHY IT'S TAKING SO LONG, LONG, BUT HERE WE ARE.

AND THEN, UM, THERE ARE TWO WATERS INITIATIVE PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED RECENTLY.

ONE THE BAYOU DIPAN SHEA FLOODPLAIN PRESERVATION AND WARD CREEK FLOODPLAIN PRESERVATION.

OH, THERE WERE TWO OTHER PROJECTS THAT WERE THREE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WEREN'T APPROVED TO, WHICH WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD TO ROUND TWO OF THE WATERSHED INITIATIVE.

UM, AND THEN AS, UH, CALVIN AND DARRYL TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THEY'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING 20 MILLION ON MAINTENANCE.

AND A LOT OF THAT CAME FROM THE 3, 1, 1 CALLS AND SOME OF THE DATA THAT WE COLLECTED.

SO THAT IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING SOON.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THE SLIDE IS DOING THAT.

UM, ANYWAY, UH, AND AS DARYL SAID, TOTAL DOLLAR VALUE IS CLOSE TO EIGHT, A HUNDRED MILLION, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING HERE SOON AGAIN.

AND THAT INCLUDES THE CORE TRIBUTARIES PROJECT IN THE COLUMBIA DIVERSION.

SO, UM, POLICIES I WANT TO TOUCH ON THAT.

WE'VE AGAIN, STARTED THAT.

UM, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THAT.

UM, WE DID SOME INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS RECENTLY.

THOSE WERE APPROVED LAST WEEK.

UH, THEY WERE PRETTY MUCH LOW-HANGING FRUIT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE COULD DO.

UH, ONE WAS, IT'S A CON IT'S CALLED A CONVEYANCE CHECK IT'S FOR, UH, WHEN, WHEN THEY'RE DOING DRAINAGE IMPACT STUDIES TO EVALUATE UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT, UH, UH, CAUSING UPSTREAM OR DOWNSTREAM IMPACTS WERE RECOMMEND AMENDING THE UTILIZATION OF THE MOOD BR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE CROSS SECTIONS IN ROADWAYS, IN DEVELOPMENTS.

AND THERE WERE OTHER SOME MINOR CLARIFICATIONS.

SO MOVING FORWARD, THERE ARE STILL ADDITIONAL POLICY CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE WANT TO EVALUATE.

WE'RE GOING TO USE OUR MODELS TO EVALUATE THAT SOME OF THE THINGS ARE, DO WE NEED TO INCREASE THE FREEBOARD ABOVE THE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION? IS IT ADEQUATE WHERE WE ARE NOW? AND WILL IT BE ADEQUATE AND ANOTHER 20 TO 50 YEARS? BECAUSE AS I SAID, WE WANT TO INCORPORATE CLIMATE CHANGE.

UM, AGAIN, WE WANT TO EVALUATE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS ARE BUFFERS ALONG THE WATERWAY.

UH, RIGHT NOW DEVELOPMENT CAN GO RIGHT UP TO THE WATER WATER'S EDGE AND THAT CAN HAVE AN IMPACT.

WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT THE FILL IMPACT RIGHT NOW.

WE KNOW WE HAVE A ZERO NET PHIL, BUT IS IT WORKING? SO WE WANT

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AND THEN THERE'S OTHER DRAINAGE DESIGN REQUIREMENT.

THINGS WE WANT TO LOOK AT, UM, IS OUR DETENTION REQUIREMENTS ENOUGH 25 YEAR RIGHT NOW, IS THAT ADEQUATE? DO WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT OUR SUBSURFACE SYSTEMS TENURE DESIGN IS THAT ADEQUATE? DO WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT? SO THOSE ARE TYPES OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO LOOK AT.

SO WEAN FORWARD, NEXT SLIDE.

SO THIS IS THE SCHEDULE, UM, PART OF IT'S BLOCKED, BUT THOSE ARE THE MAIN TASKS THAT YOU SEE.

UH, AND THE OVERALL SCHEDULE WHEN WE STARTED AND WHEN WE EXPECT TO BE FINISHED AND THE PERCENT COMPLETE WE ARE WITH EACH OF THOSE TASKS, UH, WE STARTED LAST JANUARY AND WE'RE EXPECTING TO COMPLETE THE OVERALL PROGRAM PLAN, UM, JULY, 2022.

AGAIN, OUR FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS ON THE UNDERSTANDING, THE FLOOD RISK, THE MODELING ASSESSMENT.

WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET ALL THOSE MODELS, UM, COMPLETED AT THIS POINT IN TIME, SO THAT THEN WE CAN USE THEM TO EVALUATE THE FLOOD HAZARD AND THEN COME UP WITH THOSE PROJECTS.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S OUR KIND OF OUR FOCUS AREA RIGHT NOW.

UM, WE ALSO WANT TO START UTILIZING THE MODELS TO EVALUATE SOME OF THESE POTENTIAL CHANGES IN THE ORDINANCES AND CODES.

WE NEED TO DO SOME EVALUATION TO HELP INFORM WHAT THOSE CHANGES COULD BE.

AND THEN LAST, UH, THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, CONTACT US.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, EMAIL, THERE'S AN EMAIL ADDRESS, THE WEBSITE ADDRESS.

AND I WANT TO SAY THAT WE'RE HAVING A VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT.

YOU CAN REGISTER AT THE E AT THE WEBSITE, UH, ADDRESS THERE LISTED ABOVE.

WE ALSO SEND OUT INFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

SO TRYING TO KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

AND WE WILL BE DOING MORE TARGETED, UM, STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS FOR EACH OF THE WATERSHEDS.

WE WANT TO ENGAGE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE IN EACH OF THOSE WATERSHEDS AND UTILIZE YOU TO HELP US INFORM THE PUBLIC AND GET THE PUBLIC ENGAGED, BECAUSE WE WANT THAT FEEDBACK BECAUSE YOU'RE YOU AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS KNOW WHERE YOUR ISSUES ARE MORE THAN WE DO.

I MEAN, THE MODELS WILL TELL US, BUT WE CAN USE THAT INFORMATION TO VALIDATE THE MODELS AND THEN HELP US DECIDE ALSO WHERE TO FOCUS ATTENTION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REPORT.

COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ITEM FIRST, UH, BEFORE WE COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL.

SO IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 45 ON THE STORM WATER, ON THE MASTER PLAN FOR STOLEN WATER REPORT? IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 45? WE DO HAVE SOME EMAIL COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE HAVE TWO EMAIL COMMENTS.

THE FIRST ONE IS FROM PHYLLIS NOLA.

I HAD A HAM THAT FLOODED AT JEFFERSON TERRACE ON RIDGELEY DRIVE ON MAY 17TH, 2021.

THE HOME DID NOT FLOOD AND MY OWNERSHIP OF 20 YEARS.

AND I'M PRETTY SURE DID NOT EVER FLOOD BEFORE MY OWNERSHIP.

I BELIEVE THE BAYOU THAT RUNS BEHIND IT IS CALLED CLAYCO BY YOU.

THIS BY YOU IS SO STOPPED UP ON BOTH SIDES OF RIDGELY WITH AN ALMOST TOTAL OVERGROWTH OF BAMBOO.

ON ONE SIDE, I THOUGHT TO VEGETATION ON THE OTHER SIDE, IT'S A WONDER IT HASN'T FLOODED BEFORE.

NOW.

IF IT IS NOT CLEARED OUT BY THE CITY SOON, I'M AFRAID IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.

AND THIS TIME MORE RESIDENTS WILL BE VICTIMS OF FLOODING.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME.

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND LET US KNOW WHEN THIS CAN BE DONE.

I'LL BE GLAD TO MEET WITH ANYONE THERE.

ANYTIME WE HAVE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB OF KEEPING THESE DITCHES AND BY USE CLEANED OUT, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE MY CONCERNS.

PHYLLIS NOLA.

NEXT COMMENT ON ITEM 1 45 IS ROB WALKER.

I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT THE COUNCIL PURSUE THE QUESTION OF WHY ISN'T ANYONE IN THE TRI PARISH, GOVERNMENT, EAST BATON ROUGE, ASCENSION EVANSVILLE SEEKING THE OPTION OF A NEW PUMPING STATION AT THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OR NEAR CARVAL TO DRAW DOWN WATER AT THE CONFLUENCE OF BAYOU FOUNTAIN BY YOU MANSA CHUCK ALLIGATOR BY YOU AND FROG BY YOU IN ADVANCE OF HEAVY RAIN EVENTS.

THE SPANISH LAKE BASIN WAS ALWAYS A NATURAL OVERFLOW FOR THESE WATERWAYS.

THIS WAS ALTERED WITH THE RAISING AND PAVING OF ALLIGATOR BY YOU WROTE AFTER TROPICAL STORM, ALLISON THAT IN THE HYPER DEVELOPMENT IN LOWER EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, AS WELL AS ASCENSION AND ALL ALONG THE HIGHLAND CORRIDOR ALLOWS EVEN SMALL RAIN EVENTS TO BACK UP INTO LARGE FLOODING EVENTS.

THE CANALS ALREADY EXIST WITHIN THE SPANISH LAKE BASIN, CONNECTING BY YOU BRO, AND SUBSEQUENTLY ENDING NEAR THE RIVER.

THIS WOULD JUST NEED TO BE WIDENED AND DEEPENED ALONG HIGHWAY 31 15 COULD EXIST A CANAL THAT WOULDN'T EVEN INTRUDE ON PRIVATE LANDOWNERS.

IT'S ALL EMPTY SWAMP BESIDES IF ANY NECESSARY EMINENT DOMAIN WOULD CERTAINLY QUALIFY HERE.

THE MONEY THAT'S BEING SPENT ON STUDIES AND PIE IN THE SKY FIXES THAT WILL NOT WORK LONG-TERM IS RIDICULOUS.

RESIDENCES OF ALL THREE PARISHES WOULD BENEFIT FROM THIS PROJECT AND IT WOULD ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE GOVERNMENT WAS ACTUALLY TRYING TO SOLVE THE ISSUE

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INSTEAD OF POINTING FINGERS AT EACH ADMINISTRATION, I WOULD BE WILLING TO BET THE FEDS COULD BE PERSUADED TO PAY FOR MOST OF IT AS WELL.

PLEASE AT LEAST ASK THE QUESTION.

WHY ISN'T ANYONE LOOKING INTO THAT? THANK YOU, ROB WALKER, THAT CONCLUDES THE COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 40 COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. FIRST, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

SO, UM, A LOT OF WHAT YOUR DISCUSSION IS, WATER QUANTITY, UM, WATER QUALITY IS, IS AN ISSUE AS WELL.

IS THIS STUDY ADDRESSING WATER QUALITY? UM, IT IS A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF THE POLICY THAT WE JUST IMPLEMENTED FOR THE MOVIE OR THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE CROSS SECTIONS.

THAT'S A WATER QUALITY, UH, TYPE PROJECT.

UM, WE ALSO, AS WE DEVELOP PROJECTS, WE WILL MAKE, THEY HAVE A WATER QUALITY COMPONENT TO THEM.

OUR FOCUS THOUGH IS NOT SPECIFICALLY ON WATER QUALITY.

UM, THAT IS, UM, THAT WILL COME OUT OF MORE SO WITH THE MS FOUR PERMIT AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.

UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S CRITICAL.

I MEAN, WATER QUALITY DOES DEAL WITH SEDIMENT.

THAT'S MAKING AN OKAY.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I WAS CLEAR ON THAT.

UM, SO JUST TO CLARIFY, ALSO FOR MYSELF, THE DATA YOU HAVE COLLECTED AS PART OF THIS STUDY IS BEING USED RIGHT NOW FOR THE PROJECTS WHERE WE'RE ABOUT TO KICK OFF, CORRECT? CORRECT.

UM, SO THIS EVENT, UH, MAY EARLY MAY, CERTAINLY, UM, IGNITED ME AND I'VE MADE A TON OF PHONE CALLS OF WHICH YOU WERE ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS.

UM, I ENDED UP SPEAKING TO, UH, AN ENGINEER IN GEORGIA, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

UM, AND HE, UM, WAS FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROJECT AND SAID THAT WE WERE DOING A PROJECT HERE WITH THIS STUDY THAT HE WASN'T SEEING ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY.

CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS MODELING THAT WE'RE DOING? UM, I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S UNIQUE TO ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY.

I MEAN, I KNOW, UM, HOUSTON IS DOING A LOT, UM, AND THEY ARE DOING THEIR PLANS.

THEY'VE MADE A LOT OF CHANGES IN THEIR ORDINANCES.

UH, I'VE SEEN OTHER PLANS CAUSE I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ON WHO WAS DOING WHAT, WHERE, UH, TO HELP GUIDE HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AS WELL.

FLORIDA DOES A LOT OF WORK.

UM, UH, W WHEN WE SAY SOME OF THE MODELING IS NEW, THE PROGRAM THAT WE USE, IT'S A CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROGRAM AND THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT, THE MODELING IS A RELATIVELY NEW VERSION.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE UNIQUE, BUT THE WATERSHED INITIATIVE IS USING IT AS WELL.

UM, AND WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THEM ON, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

SO DOES THAT ANSWER, HE SAID WE SHOULD BE HAPPY.

WE'RE GETTING A HIGH QUALITY.

THAT'S, THAT'S JUST MAINTENANCE.

I WOULD SAY IT'S MORE UNIQUE IN LOUISVILLE.

OH, THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER, HUDSON, UM, OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE IDENTIFYING NOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE HELPING CRAFT THESE AMERICAN RESCUE DOLLARS THAT WE JUST APPROVED TONIGHT.

DO YOU HAVE EVALUATION OF PROJECTS? LIKE IF WE'RE LOOKING AT A TOTAL, TOTAL DOLLAR FIGURE, HOW MUCH MONEY HAVE WE IDENTIFIED THAT SO FAR THAT WE NEED TO SPEND ON, ON DRAINAGE? I DON'T HAVE THAT.

I HAVE, UM, THE HAZARD MITIGATION PROJECTS THAT YOU'VE SEEN, UM, AND THE WATERSHED INITIATIVE PROJECTS THAT YOU'VE SEEN, BUT WE HAVEN'T GONE FURTHER.

I MEAN, IT'S THE PARISH INITIATIVE TO TAKE THE 20 MILLION FOR THE MAINTENANCE.

I MEAN, AM I TOTALLY SUPPORTED 100%, BUT HAVE, HAVE WE LOOKED AT ALL OF THAT TO COME UP WITH THAT? NOT YET.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

WHAT IS THE MAGNITUDE OF THE, OF THE CONCERN AND HOW MUCH IS THAT GOING TO COST? WE'LL BE DOING A EVALUATION FOR OUR DPW BACKLOG AND THEN ALSO EVALUATION FOR FUTURE CAPACITY PROJECTS AS WELL.

IS THAT, IS THAT SAFE TO SAY, UM, I'M WORKING WITH THE PARISH ON THE BACKLOG.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING TO GO OVER CAUSE IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST MAINTENANCE OF THE CHANNELS AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SUBSURFACE SYSTEM.

YOU'VE GOT MAINTENANCE OF YOUR PUMP STATIONS, UM, YOU, UM, MAINTENANCE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO ON THE COMI PROJECT MAINTENANCE OF THE CORPS TRIP PROJECTS.

SO ALL THESE THINGS WILL HAVE TO PLAY INTO THAT COST EVALUATION.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL THOSE COSTS ARE TO BE ABLE TO SAY WHAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE NEEDED TO PAY FOR THEM.

THEN WE HAVE OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS TOO, THAT WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT, YOU KNOW, THE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS TO HELP REDUCE FLOOD RISK.

I WOULD LIKE TO DO TRY AND GIVE THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC, UH, SOME KIND OF IDEA OF THE SCALE

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OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.

SO IF, IF IT'S, IF IT'S INAPPROPRIATE FOR ME TO ASK IT IN THIS WAY, JUST, JUST SAY SO IT'S OKAY.

UM, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT MORE THAN A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS? YES.

ARE WE TALKING ABOUT MORE THAN $250 MILLION? UH, PROBABLY.

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT JUST MAINTENANCE OR OVERALL AND MAINTENANCE BACKLOG? OH, THAT, I DON'T KNOW.

HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW THAT, THAT ONE I CAN'T ANSWER.

THAT'S OKAY.

UM, SO I THOUGHT HE WAS ASKING YOU ABOUT, I WAS GOING TO KEEP GOING WITH THE NUMBER, RIGHT.

BUT, UH, UH, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FUTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE NEEDED FUTURE CAPACITY PROJECTS THAT ARE NEEDED, HOW MUCH MONEY COULD WE SPEND TO MAKE THIS, TO MAKE THIS, UH, SITUATION BETTER AND TO PROPERLY I MAINTAIN IT.

I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER RIGHT NOW.

I MEAN, WHEN WE WERE DOING, UM, LOOKING FOR PROJECTS ORIGINALLY FOR THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, WE HAD A LIST OF ABOUT 55 OF PROJECTS AND SOME WERE FEASIBLE.

SOME WERE NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE NARROWED IT DOWN, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS.

SO I DON'T, YOU KNOW, UNTIL WE PUT THE PLAN TOGETHER TO UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT OF THE, THE CORE TRIBUTARIES PROJECT IS GOING TO HAVE YET.

WE NEED TO TAKE THAT AND ENTER THAT INTO THE MODELS.

I NEED TO ENTER INTO THE MODELS.

WE'VE WE CLEAN OUT EVERYTHING AND MAKE IT WORK.

WHAT'S THE IMPACT OF THAT.

WHAT'S THEN ADD IN THE TRIBUTARIES PROJECT.

WHAT'S THE IMPACT OF THAT? ADD IN HOME, MEET DIVERSION PROJECT.

WHAT'S THE IMPACT OF THAT? SO IT KIND OF JUST KEEPS BUILDING TO GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO ADD ON TO.

AND SO OUR CURRENT DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE BUDGET, MR. HILL SAID EARLIER, 8.8 MILLION, IS THAT ENOUGH TO PROPERLY FUND THE MAINTENANCE OF, OF OUR SYSTEM? NO.

UH, THERE'S FLOODING ALL ACROSS IOWA, OUR CITY PARISH AND NO NEIGHBORHOOD OR COMMUNITY, UH, IS EXEMPT FROM FLOODING, UH, AS WE SAW IN 2016.

UM, LAST QUESTION.

UH, THE, ONE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS TALKED ABOUT A PROJECT TO PUMP WATER FROM BIOMASS SHACK TO THE MISSISSIPPI.

AND THEN THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF BEEN FLOATED AROUND AMY RIVER BASIN COMMISSION AND THAT KIND OF THING.

UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT A SERIOUS EVALUATION HAS EVER BEEN PUT ON IT, BUT IS THAT A PROJECT THAT YOU GUYS WILL EVALUATE AND LOOK AT OR SO, SO WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH ASCENSION AND, AND WE DID LOOK AT A SIMILAR PROJECT FOR THAT FOR ASCENSION, UM, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

AND I, I DON'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS LIKE 150 MILLION OR MORE, UM, WE FOUND IT WASN'T FEASIBLE BECAUSE AT THAT TIME, THE WAY WE HAD LOOKED AT IT, IT WAS REALLY JUST PULLING THE WATER OFF OF AMY AND DRAGGING IT THROUGH AND DUMPING IT IN THE RIVER.

NOW, NOW I KNOW ASCENSION'S LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS, UM, SIMILAR TO PUMPING INTO THE RIVER.

UM, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING AT ALSO TRYING TO MANAGE SPANISH LAKE DRAWING DOWN SPANISH LAKE AND MANAGING THAT WATER LEVEL SO THAT IT DOESN'T GET SO HIGH.

UM, SO THEY ARE LOOKING AT THAT AND I SHOULD SAY, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT FOR THEM TOO.

SO THERE ARE, THERE ARE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE WORKS OR PEOPLE ARE EVALUATING, OR WE WILL BE EVALUATING TO DETERMINE.

AND I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD ONE BEING ABLE TO MANAGE THE WATER IN SPANISH LAKE.

NO, I'M DONE.

MY ONLY LAST REQUEST IS Y'ALL MAKE SURE Y'ALL LOOK AT THOSE DOTE ON AQUA DAM IS TOO, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.

COUPLE OF THINGS.

ARE THERE ANY ATTEMPTS OR STEPS IN THE PLAN TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON HOW THEY CAN ASSIST AND MAINTAINING? FOR INSTANCE, OUR STORM DRAINS ARE NOT FOR TREE LIMBS.

THEY'RE NOT FOR LEAVES.

THEY'RE NOT FOR OIL, THEY'RE NOT FOR, UH, PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES.

UH, AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS WE EXPECT CITY PARISH AND THE CITY GOVERNMENT AND THOSE EMPLOYEES, UH, TO DO THIS WORK AND TO HELP MAINTAIN THEIR, THERE IS A RESPONSIBILITY.

THOSE OF US WHO LIVE IN THIS CITY PARISH HAVE TO ASSIST AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DISPOSE OF THOSE UNDESIRABLES IN A, IN A TIMELY FASHION.

NOW I RECOGNIZE THIS CONVERSATION WILL SPILL OVER TO TRASH, BEING PICKED UP IN A TIMELY FASHION AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT I AM SURE OUR CITIZENS WOULD MUCH PREFER TO HAVE TRASH PILED UP IN FRONT OF THEIR HOMES FOR, UH, EXTRA DATA TO DIDN'T HAVE FLOOD WATERS, INVADE THEIR HOMES AND COST THEM A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY.

SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT? YES.

UM, AND ACTUALLY THAT'S INCLUDED IN, UH, OUR PRESENTATION TOMORROW WITH THE PUBLIC.

WE DO HAVE A ITEM IN THERE AND SAYING, HOW CAN THE PUBLIC HELP? AND WE DO SPEAK TO THAT.

AND THE OTHER THING THAT DRIVES ME CRAZY IS WATCHING THE LANDSCAPE, PEOPLE BLOW ALL THE LEAVES AND THE GRASS CLIPPINGS INTO THE STREET, WHICH THEN GOES INTO THE SEWERS THAT THEN GETS CLOGGED UP.

SO YES, WE, WE ARE ADDRESSING THAT OR TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT AND DEFINITELY TO ECHO SOME OF THE COMMENTS MADE EARLIER WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM, THERE, THERE HAS TO BE AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF WORK ACROSS THE PARISH, BECAUSE I THINK WE RECOGNIZE,

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AND AS WE SAW RECENTLY, UH, DURING THE 2017 FLOOD.

AND SO I THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT AND ON ALL OF THE WORK, UH, THAT ALL OF YOU ARE DOING TO HELP, UH, ADDRESS THIS SITUATION.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH QUESTIONS? OH, PLANNING.

IF YOU GOT QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MOROCCO.

I WANTED TO GO LAUGH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE INFORMATION.

I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF IT.

AND, UM, I ONLY HAVE A FEW CLARITY QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO TIMELINE.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN COLLECTED FOR THE MODEL, CORRECT INFORMATION IS COLLECTED FOR, FOR THE MODEL, THE MODEL THAT YOU'RE BEST WE HAVE, THE DATA IS BEING SUPPLEMENTED WITH ANY NEW PLANNING AND ZONING APPROVALS OR ANYTHING THAT YOU COME ACROSS THAT IS BEING CURRENTLY SUPPLEMENTED.

I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.

IT'S IN USE WITH THE MAINTENANCE PEOPLE, RIGHT.

UM, AND YOUR GIS PEOPLE HAVE IT.

AND WE ARE, WE DO COORDINATE WITH THE PLANNING.

SO I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED, WE HAVE A STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE WHOLE PROGRAM.

AND ON THAT STEERING COMMITTEE ARE A NUMBER OF PARISH REPRESENTATIVES, AS WELL AS, UM, VERY KIND THE STATE CLIMATOLOGISTS.

SO PLANNING, PLANNING, PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED ON THAT.

SO IT WAS A POORLY ASKED QUESTION, BUT THAT WAS THE INFORMATION THAT I WAS LOOKING AT ALSO.

UM, SO AS FAR AS THE MODEL ON IT BEING PUT INTO PLACE AND FULLY FUNCTIONAL, IS THAT XP, UH, EXPECTED COMPLETION DATE AUGUST APPROXIMATELY, IS THAT WHAT I THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL IN THE DIFFERENT, EACH WATERSHED IS IN DIFFERENT PHASES OF COMPLETION.

CLAYCO IS FARTHEST ALONG.

UM, SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE KIND OF MOVING INTO THAT EVALUATE PROJECT STAGE WITH THE CLAY, CUT A WATERSHED.

UM, I WOULD SAY HURRICANE CREEK, UM, MONSANTO AND BY YOUR FOUNTAIN ARE PROBABLY NEXT IN LINE AND THEN WARDEN JONES, AND THEN, UM, CYPRUS WHITE BY YOU.

UH, AND THEN THE HAVE THE, THE UPPER REACHES ARE ALSO, UM, CLOSE TO BEING DONE.

AND SO THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING IS A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PUSHING US.

LET'S STOP, LET'S STOP UNTIL THIS DONE.

THIS IS DONE, BUT I DO BELIEVE BASED UPON CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, UM, THAT WE ARE CLOSE TO HAVING THE RESOLUTION AND HAVING THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO START IMPLEMENTING THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

SO WOULD YOU SAY THAT THESE THINGS WOULD BE DONE RIGHT AROUND AUGUST OF 2021 AS FAR AS THE INFORMATION TO IMPLEMENT THESE PROJECTS? UM, NO.

UM, WE'RE HOPING WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE THE INFORMATION WE'RE EVALUATING, THEN WE HAVE TO DEVELOP THE PROJECTS.

WE HAVE TO JUST SAY, OKAY, WHAT IS THE FLOOD CAUSE IN THIS LOCATION? AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO FIX IT? AND THEN WE HAVE TO SAY, IS THAT GOING TO WORK? SO THAT WHOLE PROCESS OF GETTING TO THAT PROJECT LIST, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE END OF FEBRUARY.

BUT I DO WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, AS WE COME UP WITH PROJECTS, IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO JUST BE SITTING THERE WAITING IF THERE'S FUNDING MECHANISMS THAT WE CAN APPLY TO THEM, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PUSH THOSE FORWARD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ROUND TWO, THE WATERSHED INITIATIVES COMING UP.

SO IF THERE'S OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE COME UP WITH THAT CAN BE APPLIED THERE, WE'LL DO THAT.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

AND FINALLY, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU REFERENCED IN YOUR POWERPOINT WHERE THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED IS NET NO NET BILL WORKING 25 YEAR FLOOD, PLAIN, SHOULD IT BE CHANGED? THOSE SORTS OF QUESTIONS? WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR HAVING THOSE TYPES OF ANSWERS? I'M TRYING TO GET THOSE COMPLETED BY MAY, BY MAY.

UM, 20, 20, 20, 22.

AND WILL THAT BE DEPENDENT ON CERTAIN AREAS OR IS THAT GOING TO BE PARISH WIDE? UM, I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE PARISH WIDE NOW, WHETHER IT APPLIES TO THE ENTIRE PARISH.

IN OTHER WORDS, WILL IT BE SEPARATE REQUIREMENTS? I MEAN, YOU HAVE SEPARATE REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDING IN A FLOOD ZONE, SO WE'VE WILL LOOK CLEAN AT THOSE.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.

AND WE STILL PUT OUT THE BLAST TO SAY, YOU KNOW, KEEP, KEEP PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS FOR BRINGING THIS, UH, TIMELY, UH, REPORT, UH, AND THANKS MELISSA FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND THE, AND THE ENTIRE TEAM BEHIND IT.

UM, I WANTED YOU, YOU, YOU TOUCHED ON OUTREACH AS PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION, AND I WANTED YOU TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, UM, OR EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON THAT AFTER THE MAY 17TH EVENT, UM, A MESSAGE WAS PUT OUT THAT CITIZENS COULD SUBMIT PICTURES, INFORMATION, DATA, UH, AND THAT WAS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

THAT WAS A GOOD, UH, VENUE FOR CITIZENS TO DO THAT.

IS THAT AN ONGOING PROCESS? IF A CITIZEN WANTS TO ENGAGE, HOW CAN THEY DO THAT? YEAH, YES.

UM, THEY CAN STILL ENGAGE.

WE STILL HAVE IT ON THE WEBSITE

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WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE TAKING THAT INFORMATION AND PUTTING IT AT A GIS DATABASE SO THAT WE CAN CORRELATE THE INFORMATION WITH, YOU KNOW, THE, EACH OF THE WATERSHEDS AND KIND OF DETERMINE WHERE, WHERE DO WE HAVE A PREPONDERANCE OF CONCERNS? AND THEN WE CAN, UM, CORRELATE THAT WITH WHERE WE ARE SEEING THE FLOODING.

AND, UM, AM I CORRECT? WE HAVE 11 WATERSHEDS IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

YES, THAT'S ACCURATE.

OH, WELL, THERE'S, THERE'S ACTUALLY 12 THERE'S CITY OF CENTRAL, BUT WE'RE NOT INCLUDING CITY OF CENTRAL CAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PLAN.

UH, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN MASTER PLAN THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON AND THERE, IT'S KIND OF UNIQUE THAT ACTUALLY THE CITY OF CENTRAL IS KIND OF THEIR OWN WATERSHED BECAUSE THEY'RE SMACK DAB BETWEEN AMY AND COMI AND THEY ALL DRAIN DOWN TO THE SAME SPOT.

UM, I WAS GONNA SAY ACTUALLY, UM, UH, THINKING AND SHARING OF THESE RESOURCES REGIONALLY, UM, I THINK IS THE BEST APPROACH.

UH, THE LOUISIANA WATERSHED INITIATIVE CERTAINLY TAKES THAT APPROACH AND, AND KUDOS TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH FOR BEING AWARDED TO, UH, PROJECTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO, UM, UH, THIS, THIS MAINTENANCE EFFORT, UH, AS WELL AS BRETT WHO WAS AWARDED A PROJECT.

UM, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, WORKING ACROSS PARISH BOUNDARIES ON THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC, SHARING OF OUR DATA ON THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC, I THINK IS CRITICAL.

I WOULD, UM, REQUEST THE ADMINISTRATION TO CONTINUE PURSUING EVERY AVENUE, UH, TO DO THAT, TO, TO SHARE DATA AND ENCOURAGE OTHER PARISHES WITHIN OUR WATERSHEDS, THAT, THAT TOUCH THE SAME WATERSHEDS TO DO THAT.

THERE'S, THERE'S A TENDENCY TO BE VERY PAROCHIAL ON THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC.

UM, THE BROKEN RECORD, HOWEVER, IS THAT WATER KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES AND THAT WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD TRUE.

SO I WOULD SAY THE POLICY OF CONTINUING TO PURSUE THE POLICY OF A REGIONAL APPROACH TO MANAGING OUR WATERSHEDS IS THE BEST APPROACH.

UH, IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS TOWARDS THAT GREAT OTHERWISE I'LL WELL, UH, COMMENTS.

SO WE, WE HAVE BEEN SHARING DATA, UM, WITH ASCENSION AND ASCENSION SHARES DATA WITH US.

UM, WE'VE SHARED DATA WITH THE WATERSHED INITIATIVE AND VICE-VERSA, SO WE ARE ALL COOPERATING BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT SPENDING MONEY WHERE MONEY'S ALREADY BEEN SPENT.

SO IF THE DATA'S ALREADY THERE, WE DON'T NEED TO GO PAY TO GET IT AGAIN.

UM, AND IN TERMS OF WE'RE LOOKING AT A REGIONAL MODEL AND I SAID FOR THE PARISH, ACTUALLY THAT MODEL IS GOING TO EXTEND MUCH LARGER BECAUSE IT ALL GOES DOWN INTO SENSION INTO LAKE MARA PAWS.

SO OUR REGIONAL MODEL ACTUALLY COVERS, UH, UH, ABR ASCENSION PORTION OF EDWARDSVILLE.

SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT ALL OF THAT AND WE'VE COLLECTED THE STRUCTURED DATA IN THESE LOCATIONS.

SO WE CAN EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING IN BATON ROUGE WOULD HAVE ON THERE, WHETHER GOOD OR BAD, AND WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BE BAD.

SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T DO THAT.

AND LAST TOPIC, JUST BACK ON THE TOPIC OF OUTREACH, I KNOW OUR DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES ALREADY DOES A NUMBER OF OUTREACH EFFORTS, UH, HELPFUL GRAPHICS INFORMATION THAT GOES IN WATER BILLS.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THEY CONTINUE TO PUSH THOSE EFFORTS TO SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEMP TOUCHED ON EARLIER ABOUT, UH, PREVENTING, YOU KNOW, GRASS AND IN DRAINAGE WAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THANK YOU DES FOR WHAT Y'ALL DO IN THAT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.

YES, I'M MELISSA.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS WAS VERY INFORMATIVE AND ON AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.

UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED AS IT RELATES, I THINK IT WAS A COUNCILWOMAN ROCKET, WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IS, UM, MEETING WITH, UM, NOT ONLY, UM, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT PLANNING, BUT GIS IN MY PRESENTATION, KIND OF, HOPEFULLY IT'S A GREAT SEGUE, UM, TO TALK ABOUT HOW THIS INFORMATION AND WHERE WE ARE IN PLANNING, UH, CAN BE, UH, INTEGRATED.

UH, BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE, UM, ALSO IN REGARDS TO, UM, TO, UH, UH, THE PLANNING GIS AND YOUR EFFORTS, A STRONG WATER MASTER PLAN, IS THERE A PERIOD WHEN THE THREE OF YOU ALL EVER MEET? YES.

AND THEN OUR INTERNAL TEAM AND VERY KIND OF THE STATE CLIMATOLOGISTS.

HOW YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT? SO WE, UM, FOR THE PLAN, WE HAVE A STEERING COMMITTEE AND WE MEET ONCE A MONTH AND IT INCLUDES THE GIS DEPARTMENT.

IT INCLUDES, UM, DPW, UH, THE MAINTENANCE FOLKS AND INCLUDES ENGINEERING INCLUDES FREDA, INCLUDES PLANNING, UM, INCLUDES ENVIRONMENTAL, UM,

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SO EVERY MONTH WE GO OVER WHERE WE ARE, UH, COORDINATE, IF WE NEED TO SET UP SEPARATE MEETINGS, WE'LL DO THAT THEN.

UM, SO WE ARE COORDINATING AND, AND FOR, SO FOR LIKE THE INTERIM ORDINANCES, WE WENT THROUGH OUR STEERING COMMITTEE FIRST WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND GOT FEEDBACK AND MADE ADJUSTMENTS, WHATEVER.

AND THEN WE WENT OUT TO, UM, WE HAVE A TARGETED STAKEHOLDER GROUP, UM, THE HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, ET CETERA.

AND WE MET WITH THEM, UM, ALSO IN PRESENTED, UH, THE INTERIM ORDINANCES AND THEY PROVIDED FEEDBACK.

AND, UM, MOSTLY THEY PROVIDED CONCURRENCE, WHICH WAS AWESOME.

SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF ISSUE THEN MOVING FORWARD TO GET THOSE ADOPTED.

SO WE HAVE SET UP SEPARATE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS FOR VARIOUS THINGS TO KEEP PEOPLE ENGAGED ON THOSE SUBJECT MATTERS OF WHICH THEY HAVE INTEREST OR CONCERN.

THE OTHER QUESTION, UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'LL BE HAVING, UM, A COMMUNITY MEETING TOMORROW.

WOULD THAT BE HYBRID? NO.

AND IT'S ALL VIRTUAL TOMORROW THAT ONE'S A PARISH WIDE VIRTUAL ONE, UM, GOING FORWARD, WE'RE CONTEMPLATING DOING A HYBRID IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL COMBINATION.

CAUSE I, UM, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT EVERYBODY, BUT I'M LIKE, UH, ZOOM FATIGUE.

I HAVE ZOOM FATIGUE.

AND, UM, IT'S REALLY, UM, I MEAN, FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I THINK IT AWARE OF TWO THINGS, EITHER COMMUNITIES OR DISTRICTS CAN INCLUDE THIS PRESENTATION JUST FOR THE AREA OR, UM, IF WE CAN HAVE A HYBRID, THE OTHER QUESTION IS, WILL IT BE, UM, VIDEO AND MAYBE WE CAN PLACE IT ALL ON OUR DIFFERENT WEBSITES.

YES, IT WILL BE RECORDED AND IT WILL BE VIDEO AND WE WILL BE PLACING IT ON THE WEBSITE.

HOW ABOUT ON COX 21? THAT COULD BE A POSSIBILITY AS WELL.

YOU THINK WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL ASK, UM, UM, I'M TO MY PEOPLE, THE PRESENTATION WAS EXCELLENT AND I ASSUME, UM, IT'S A TASTE OF WHAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE REOCCURRING QUESTIONS AND I THINK YOU DID ADDRESS A LOT OF IT AS IT RELATES, UM, TO SOME CONCERNS WE'VE HEARD WE ARE GOING TO MIGRATE ON THE BIG M IN MY NEXT PRESENTATION.

UM, BUT ONE OTHER QUESTION, AS IT RELATES TO REGIONAL, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, UH, MENTIONED, UM, UH, COLLABORATION WITH ACTUALLY IT REVEAL ASCENSION AND EAST BATON ROUGE.

AND I'VE MET HER AT, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT, UM, ESSENTIALLY AN EBR, AND I KNOW IT'S SOMETIMES WE HAD A LITTLE CONFLICT WITH, UM, WITH, UM, IT REVEALED GETTING AND EVERYBODY IS SOMEWHAT TURF, YOU KNOW, WANT TO PROTECT, BUT WHAT I'M HEARING ALL THE TIME, AND I DON'T KNOW IS PEOPLE SAYING THAT, UM, THAT SINCE BACK IN THIS BAD MOOD, JUST THE BEAT BOY AND ALL OF THIS, THAT THE SMALLER PAIR OF SHOES REALLY, UM, IN AN EFFORT TO PROTECT THEIR OWN, IT'S GONNA HURT EBR.

UH, THEN A LOT OF THE WATER WAVES OR WHATEVER ARE REALLY GONNA HURT THE PEOPLE IN, IN EAST BATON ROUGE THAT ARE CONNECTED.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A MYTH OR SCARE TACTIC, BUT, AND AS MY COLLEAGUE SAID, WATER HAS NO BOUNDARIES, BUT IS IT BENEFICIAL TO BE NOT DB DEALING WITH ALL THREE W THERE, LET ME EXPLAIN.

THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS OF FLOODING.

SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE A REGIONAL PROJECT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE BIG FLOODS, THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD OR WHATEVER THERE'S YES, PLEASE.

THERE'S OTHER LEVELS OF FLOODING, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE, AS WE'VE EXPERIENCED IN MAY A 13 INCH RAINFALL IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND THAT IMPACTED CERTAIN AREAS.

SO, AND THEN THERE'S, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE A FOUR INCH RAINFALL IN AN HOUR, THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT CERTAIN AREAS.

SO THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ADDRESSING THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS, BUT THE BIGGER PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO THOSE ARE THE REGIONAL ONES THAT THEN IMPACT ALL THE PARISHES.

AND I DO WANT TO SAY THE WATERSHED INITIATIVE, UM, IS WORKING WITH EACH OF THE REGIONS THERE'S REGION SEVEN.

IT INCLUDES ASCENSION LIVINGSTON, EAST BATON ROUGE EVER, BILL.

AND IT ALSO INCLUDES TANGIPAHOA ST.

TAMMANY.

I DON'T, UH, EAST FELICIANO, WASHINGTON.

I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY PARISHES, BUT THEY'RE ALL SUPPOSED TO COLLABORATE AND WORK TOGETHER.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER MOKE.

THAT Y'ALL HAVE ALL THE MODELING DATA THAT YOU NEED ALREADY, AS FAR AS BUILDING THAT MODEL FOR THE PARISH, YOU HAVE ALL THE DATA YOU NEED TO INPUT INTO THOSE MODELINGS NOW.

I WANT TO JUMP BACK OVER TO THE MODELING THAT YOU HAD ON THE SCREEN A WHILE AGO.

UM, AND IT KIND OF GOES BACK TO, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ROCCO'S QUESTION IS

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IS THAT MODELING DATA AVAILABLE AND READY TO BE USED? WHETHER WE NEED TO PASS AN ORDINANCE OR WHETHER WE CAN JUST USE IT ON CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE COMING BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING RIGHT NOW, IN OTHER WORDS, IF SOMEBODY COMES TO US AND SAYS, I WANT TO BUILD THIS HERE, CAN WE GO TO Y'ALL AT THIS MOMENT AND SAY, ALL RIGHT, I WANT TO POUR 13 INCHES OF WATER ON THIS SPOT, RIGHT HERE WOULD AN ESTIMATED BUILD OUT THAT THEY'RE DOING, WHAT'S IT GOING TO DO AS FAR AS UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM? OKAY.

SO NOW, NOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE GETTING INTO A, UM, SITE-SPECIFIC MODEL.

UM, WHEN WE GET DONE WITH OUR MODELS, WE WILL BE TURNING THEM OVER TO THE PARISH.

AND SO FOR LIKE CLAY CUT YOU'LL HAVE THAT, THAT REGIONAL MODEL AVAILABLE.

THEY COULD USE THAT TO THEN HONE DOWN INTO THEIR SITE SPECIFIC AREA.

UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S, THEY'RE LOOKING AT A LITTLE BIT SEPARATE THINGS AND THAT MIDDLE MODEL MIGHT BE A LITTLE TOO BIG FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY UTILIZE.

UM, AND I WISH I HAD MY MODELER HERE TO EXPLAIN FURTHER, BUT, UM, BUT WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT THE, UH, SUBSURFACE SYSTEM.

SO WE HAVE EACH LITTLE SUB AREA IS A SEPARATE MODEL.

SO IT'S NOT JUST ONE MODEL.

THERE'S A SERIES OF MODELS THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING AND UTILIZING TO EVALUATE DIFFERENT FLOOD EVENTS.

AND SO WHEN YOU SAY, WHEN YOU SAY PASS AN ORDINANCE, THEY'RE NOT ALREADY YET, WE'RE STILL DEVELOPING THE MODELS AND GETTING THEM TO THAT COMPLETED CONDITION.

WHAT I MEAN BY WHETHER WE NEED TO DEVELOP ORDINANCES OR WHATEVER, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF, SINCE Y'ALL BROUGHT IT UP A WHILE AGO, THE CITY OF CENTRAL, WE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE PRETTY INSTRUMENTAL IN, IN SOME OF THE DATA THAT YOU'RE USING AND SOME OF THE MODELING PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE USING THAT WE HAD THAT DEVELOPED IN CENTRAL AND BASICALLY WHAT WE DO.

AND WE JUST PASSED AN ORDINANCE BEFORE, UM, AND ALL THE, EVERYTHING THAT WE NEEDED IN THE BACK END.

SO WE TAKE A DEVELOPER THAT COMES TO US AND THEY SAY, OKAY, WE WANT TO BUILD THIS HERE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE AT THIS AT THE BFE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

AND, AND, AND THIS IS WHERE IT'S ALL GOING TO LAY OUT.

WE THEN HAVE THAT DEVELOPER, UH, IF IT'S ON A CERTAIN REQUIREMENT OR WHATEVER, TAKES THAT TO THE MODELING AND SAYS, OKAY, IF YOU BUILD THIS HERE, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

AS FAR AS WHERE YOU PUSH OFF WHAT IT'S GOING TO GO SHOW A OR A NEGATIVE IMPACT, UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM.

AND I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT RIGHT NOW IS YOU'RE SAYING YOU HAVE ALL YOUR, YOUR MODELING DATA FOR THE STREAMS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH EITHER RIGHT NOW, OR WHEN THIS MODEL IS FINISHED, WILL IT BE ABLE TO USE INDIRECT CORRELATION WITH SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA, AND IS THAT DATA ALREADY THERE THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY START PUTTING THAT INTO EFFECT BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST KEY FACTORS IN GOING FORWARD WITH THE NEXT DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE WITH DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S GOING ON NOW, PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM.

SO THE MODELS YOU A DEVELOPER COULD UTILIZE THAT MODEL.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COLLECT A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED DATA ON THEIR SPECIFIC SITE AND, AND INPUT THAT INTO THE MODEL TO EVALUATE THEIR SYSTEM.

AND THAT'S PART OF THE ORDINANCE THAT WE PASSED AS FAR AS WHO PAYS FOR THAT AND WHETHER IT'S PARISH OR US AS A COUNCIL OR THE CITY, OR THE DEVELOPER PAYS FOR IT.

SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF PROGRAM, I GUESS MY BIG, MY MAIN QUESTION THAT I WANT TO KNOW IS, UM, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HELP US OUT A LOT, ESPECIALLY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ZONING AND SO ON WHERE WE CAN SEE THOSE FOR CERTAIN THINGS.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING COUNSEL, I THINK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS ITEM NEXT IS GOING TO ADDRESS A LOT OF WHAT YOU'RE ASKING HER PRESENTATION.

AM I CORRECT? COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.

UH, IT'S PUT UP BY THE CORE.

WELL, GO AHEAD, MAN.

I CAN ASK RACHEL, BECAUSE RACHEL'S RIGHT HERE AND WE COORDINATE, SO SHE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION BETTER.

SO THE FLOOD OFFICE IS ALSO, WHICH IS PART OF THE SUBDIVISION OFFICE IS, IS ALSO PART OF ALL OF THESE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE.

UM, BUT THE NEWEST, ONE OF THE NEWEST ADDITIONS TO CHAPTER 15 IS THE CONVEYANCE CHECK, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING.

SO AS SOON AS IT'S READY TO BE ABLE TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE DEVELOPER, IT MEANS THE ENGINEERS THAT ARE DOING THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO DO THIS CONVENIENCE, CHECK THE UPSTREAM DOWNSTREAM, WHAT KIND OF TIMEFRAME DO WE HAVE TO START? AS SOON AS MELISSA SAYS THAT THEY'RE READY AND THEY'VE CALIBRATED AND FINISHED ALL THAT STUFF.

SO MAYBE LIKE THE END OF THIS YEAR, I THINK THIS MAY BE WHEN THEY'RE BALLPARKING ABOUT WHEN THAT'S GOING TO BE READY TO BE DONE.

BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THE MODEL THAT WE USE, IT'S, IT'S A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE FREE MODEL.

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SO WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE ADVOCATING IS THAT THE DEVELOPERS UTILIZE THAT MODEL.

THEY MAY HAVE TO BUILD UNTIL OURS ARE COMPLETELY READY AND AVAILABLE.

THEY COULD BUILD THEIR OWN TO DO EXACTLY WHAT RACHEL WAS SAYING.

IT'S JUST ON A MUCH SMALLER SCALE.

AND PART OF IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEM, WE'LL GIVE THEM A COPY OF OUR MODEL.

THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD THEIR DEVELOPMENT INTO IT AND ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHATNOT, AND HAVE TO PROVIDE BACK TO US THE INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN KEEP OUR MODEL UP TO DATE.

SO IT'S A, IT'S A BIG, COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT AND EFFORT HERE.

IT'S A LOT, BUT IT, IT, WHAT, WHAT WE SAW AND WHAT WE FIT INTO IN THE DYNAMICS THAT YOU CAN SEE.

I JUST THINK IT'S A CRUCIAL PART OF, YOU KNOW, IT WAS THE ONLY REASON I'M TRYING TO HARP ON THIS IS BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU HAD WHAT YOU NEED.

OH, NO, I'M FINISHED.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION COUNCIL MEMBER, HUDSON, RACHEL, WE'LL GO TO HER.

UM, AND, AND I MAY NEED POLLO FROM THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS WELL.

SO I THINK MS. KENNEDY, WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY WAS CLAY GUT IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST WATERSHED WHERE THE MODEL AND THE ABILITY TO DO WHAT RACHEL IS TALKING ABOUT IS REALLY GOING TO BE COMPLETE.

UM, SO I'LL FOLLOW UP ON THIS OFFLINE AS WELL, BUT PAULO, TELL ME, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR US AS THESE, AS THE MODEL FOR THE WATERSHEDS ARE COMPLETED? UM, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND REQUIRE IN THE CODE FOR DEVELOPERS TO USE THE MODEL, RIGHT? YEAH.

IT'S ALREADY, IT'S ALREADY.

AND THEN WE PASSED IT, UM, AT THE LAST ZONING MEETING.

WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE REQUIRING CONVENIENCE CHECKS.

THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.

THE MODEL IS THE CONVEYANCE CHECK LIMITED TO THIS MODEL FROM THE STORM WATER MASTER PLAN? NO, BUT I MEAN, AT SOME POINT WE WILL WANT THEM TO USE THE MODEL THAT WE HAVE PAID HGTV TO CREATE.

SO, BECAUSE IT IS WAY MORE DETAILED THAN, YOU KNOW, WITH THE QUARTER.

IT'S AVAILABLE, PAULA, THE QUESTION IS, CAN WE DO THIS WATERSHED BY WATERSHED OR DO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL ALL OF THE, NO, WE CAN DO IT WATERSHED BY WATERSHED.

I MEAN, IT'S POSSIBLE TO DO IT THAT WAY.

1 44 FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WERE HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM.

LET'S TALK AFTER THE MEETING, PAULA, THANK YOU.

YEAH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM

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WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UH, THE PRESENTATION FIRST BY IN THE EVENT THAT THE PRESENTATION MAY ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL COME TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR ANY COMMENTS.

AND THEN BACK TO THE COUNCIL ITEM, 1 44, A DISCUSSION TO ADDRESS A PROCESS, PROBABLY CERTAIN SUBDIVISION MAY PETITION, BUT HE'S MARRIAGE PARISH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO IMPLEMENT A MORATORIUM ON BUILDING ACTIVITY UNTIL CERTAIN SPECIFIC UNDERLYING ISSUES ARE RESOLVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, RIGHT? SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO MAPS.

AND, UM, SO A LOT OF THEIR, I MEAN, I GUESS WHEN YOU SAY, UH, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE, OF COURSE, OUR CONSTITUENTS CALLING, ASKING FOR A MORATORIUM WE'VE SEEN IN ASCENSION PARISH OR, UM, CONSIDERATION FOR, FOR PARISH, WE'VE SEEN AN ED REVEALED, HAVE A MORATORIUM JUST ON ST.

GABE OR, AND OF COURSE, EAST BATON ROUGE IN THE CITY, BATON ROUGE IS NOT ONLY TOO BIG FOR EITHER OF THOSE OPTIONS, BUT ALSO, UM, IT'S SO DIVERSE.

SO THIS IS A PLAN THAT I HOPE WOULD BE SERVED AS A SEGUE TO WHAT MELISSA DID, WHERE WE TALK SPECIFIC, LIKE, UH, BASED ON WHAT, UM, AN ADDRESS, UH, CONCERNS THAT, UM, BOTH, UH, COUNCILMAN MOKE AND CONSUMMATE ROCCA MENTIONED LIKE DEVELOPMENT SPECIFIC.

AND SO I'M GOING TO HAVE, UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO VIDEO OF TWO MAPS COME UP AND I'M GONNA HAVE PAULO COME UP, I BELIEVE.

AND THE FIRST ONE, AND IT JUST MAKES SENSE TO ME THAT WE, PEOPLE ARE VERY ANXIOUS TO DEAL WITH WHAT EXISTS.

NOW, I AGREE WITH ONE OF THE COMMENTS WHERE THE GENTLEMAN SAID, YOU KNOW, RETIRED OR STUDIES AND ALL.

SO THIS IS GETTING TO THE, UM, NUTS AND BOLTS OF WHAT FLOODED IN 2016.

UM, THE HIGH HAZARD FLOODS AS IT RELATES TO WHAT HAPPENED IN MAY AND LET'S FOCUS ON GIVING PEOPLE RELIEF.

THERE ARE, HOW CAN THEY TAKE CONTROL, UH, IN SAY RE UM, UNTIL THOSE GOING THROUGH A CONVEYANCE CHECK OR LOOKING AT THE GIS, LOOK AT, UM, THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN AND SAY, BASED ON THESE FACTORS, WE WOULD LIKE TO PETITION THE COUNCIL FOR MORATORIUM IN A CERTAIN AREA FOR AMOUNT OF TIME.

SO PAULA, YOU WANT TO DO

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WITH THE HIGH, ARE WE DOING A HIGH HAZARD? SURE.

JUST TO KIND OF ADDRESS SOME OF THE, WHAT A MORATORIUM IS, AND THERE'S CERTAIN GUIDELINES THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT A MORATORIUM.

AND THAT IS DONE SPECIFICALLY THROUGH THE COUNCIL.

AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS FOR A SPECIFIC PERIOD OF TIME TO ACCOMPLISH A SPECIFIC GOAL IN A CLEARLY DEFINED AREA.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WANTED TO SAY THAT YOU WANTED TO DO A MORATORIUM FOR SIX MONTHS IN THE HIGH HAZARD AREA, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT WAS, UH, PUT FORTH TOWARDS THIS COUNCIL BACK IN 2017, THAT WOULD BE A CLEARLY DEFINED AREA, WHICH IS THE HIGH HAZARD FLOOD AREA, OR A SIX MONTH PERIOD OF TIME IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH A CERTAIN GOAL.

AND THAT GOAL WOULD BE DEFINED BY THE COUNCIL.

ONLY THE COUNCIL CAN IMPLEMENT A MORATORIUM.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION COULD DO, OR THE NEIGHBOR HOOD COULD DO ON AN, ON A, ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, HOWEVER, CAN, ANYTIME THERE IS A DEVELOPMENT COME FORWARD AND SUBMIT A PETITION THROUGH THEIR HOA OR INDIVIDUALLY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC PROCESS, WHICH AS WE ALL KNOW THAT THEY WILL DO ON A REGULAR BASIS, BUT FROM A MORATORIUM STANDPOINT, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO INITIATE AND PASS.

SO, OR JUST A MINUTE.

SO, UM, AS IT WAS, ARE WE GOING TO GO TO THE, YOU WANT TO GO TO THE SECOND ONE OR TAKE QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS? UH, HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED COUNSEL A WOMAN THIS RIGHT HERE IS THE HIGH HAZARD.

I BELIEVE THIS MAY BE THE 2016 AREAS THAT WERE FLOODED.

THE FIRST ONE THAT YOU SEE RIGHT THERE IS THE HIGH HAZARD FLOOD AREA.

AND THE NEXT ONE IS THE 2016 AREAS THAT WERE FLOODED, UM, THAT IS CURRENTLY, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'RE VERY, VERY SIMILAR.

AND IN THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN 2017, THERE WAS A PROPOSED MORATORIUM THAT ULTIMATELY LED TO A REVAMPING OF THE ENTIRE UDC WHEN IT COMES TO THE FLOOD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WHICH WE'RE CONTINUING TO GO FORWARD AS WE'VE SEEN TODAY.

UM, I WILL SAY THAT, UM, THIS COUNCIL HAS TAKEN A TREMENDOUS STEPS IN ADDRESSING THE ISSUES.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE'VE SEEN PARISH WIDE, OBVIOUSLY THE FLOODING IS A GREAT CONCERN.

AND SO THIS COUNCIL HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB OF GOING FORWARD.

THERE'S OBVIOUSLY MORE TO BE DONE, UM, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE SEEN TODAY, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THAT AS THE 2016 FLOOD AREAS, AND IT DOES CORRESPOND WITH A HIGH HAZARD AREAS.

SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW, WE DID MONDAY GET, AND I DON'T KNOW, DID EVERYONE GET THIS RYAN THE UPDATE ON A UDC FOR CHAPTERS 15 AND 16 AND IT DID.

IT BEFORE IT GETS WHERE TO THEIR COUNCIL MEMBER, BEFORE IT GETS TO PLANNING BEFORE IT GETS, UM, TO THE COUNCIL.

BECAUSE IT ADDRESSES A LOT OF THE CHANGES THAT YOU MENTIONED AS A RESULT OF, UM, COUNCILMAN EMMA ROSSO BROUGHT UP IN 2017, BUT ALSO, UM, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO, FOR PERSONS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN A MORATORIUM TO, UM, USE THIS INFORMATION, TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS BY GONE TO THEIR COUNCIL MEMBER AND SAYING, THESE ARE THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, HUMAN LIFE AND HEALTH PROTECT HUMAN LIFE AND HEALTH MINIMIZE EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC MONEY, A NEED FOR RESCUE AND RELIEF ASSOCIATED ALONG BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, UM, MINIMIZE DAMAGE TO PUBLIC FACILITIES, HELP MAINTAIN A STABLE TAX REBATE, ENSURE THAT POTENTIAL BUYERS ARE NOTIFIED THAT THE PROPERTY IS IN A FLOOD AREA.

ALL OF THOSE COULD BE NOT ONLY PART OF THE CHECKLIST, BUT ALSO, UM, THE DRAINAGE CONVEYORED THAT.

AND SO THIS IS REALLY TAUGHT ARM PERSONS WHO FEEL THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE A MORATORIUM AROUND THEIR AREA, UH, KIND OF GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN MELISSA'S REPORTING THERE'S, UM, ATTRIBUTE TORI THAT IS BEING WORKED ON.

UM, IT, TO ME, IT MAKES SENSE FOR PERSONS AROUND THOSE AREAS TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THIS CHECKLIST AND POSSIBLY ASK FOR A MORATORIUM FOR THE, THOSE AREAS, JUST UNTIL THAT, UM, WHATEVER THE INTENDED GOAL IS.

SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE REQUESTS ARE LIKE SHOT IN THE DARK AND JUST GENERAL.

THERE THEY ARE DEFINITELY EMOTIONAL.

AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WHAT WE FOUND OFTEN IS, UM, WE REALLY NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE RESIDENTS ARMED WITH SPECIFIC INFORMATION AND HOW TO, UM, APPROACH

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AND THEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO WORK WITH.

UM, LASTLY, THE REASON WHY THIS WAS IMPORTANT TO ME IS BECAUSE I'M A MORATORIUM WOULD, I MEAN, NEED APPEARS IN, IN A LOT OF THE AREAS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PARISH, THAT THERE IS A UNSPOKEN MORATORIUM.

UM, FOR INSTANCE, AS I'VE INDICATED SO MANY TIMES, I HAVE AN HAD A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN MY DISTRICT IN OVER 40 YEARS.

SO I WOULD NOT WANT TO GET CAUGHT UP IN A PARISH WIDE OR CITYWIDE MORATORIUM WHEN, YOU KNOW, MY GOAL IS TO, UM, INCREASE, BUT ALSO THIS INFORMATION HELPS US TO DO IT SMART.

SO I DON'T WANT FOR US TO BE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE I, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DESIRE WE NEED.

UM, IN MANY PARTS OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE, UH, AREA, UM, THERE DEFINITELY IS A, QUITE A BIT OF LAND, BUT WE, BY THE SAME TOKEN, WE DON'T WANT TO BE VICTIMS OF FLOODING.

WE DON'T WANT, DON'T WANT TO BE VICTIMS OF, UM, DRAINAGE ISSUES.

SO DOING IT SMART AND ARMING PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPACTED BASED ON HISTORY, 2016, THE MAY, UM, RAIN, THE JUNE RAIN, AND THEN LOOKING AT THESE THINGS IS MY GOAL.

SO, UM, THOSE ARE MY ONLY COMMENTS AND, UM, I JUST HOPE THAT WE COULD, UM, ONCE THE CONVEYANCE OF CHECKLIST IS DONE, THAT WE COME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND LET THEM KNOW HOW TO, UM, FURTHER BE, UM, INFORMED ON, ON REQUESTING A MORATORIUM IS WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT.

IT IS A NECESSARY PART OF THIS PROCESS, THIS MAN PAULO, UH, BEFORE YOU ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM, PLEASE DO SO NOW, YES.

UH, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

MY NAME IS ZACHARY SMITH.

UM, I LIVE AT 9 4 0 1 BOONE DRIVE OFF OF STERN LANE, AND IT'S OBVIOUS THROUGH THE SITTING THROUGH THIS ENTIRE, UM, MEETING THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PLANNING PROGRESS.

AND, UH, AS I LOOK BACK AT THE 2019 REPORT ON THE STORM WATER, UH, REPORT, UH, WE WERE STILL IN PHASE TWO AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL EVENTUALLY GET TO PHASE THREE, WHICH WILL TELL US WHAT THE PLAN ACTUALLY IS.

I WAS VERY ENCOURAGED TO HEAR THAT WE'RE ALMOST READY TO START WITH PROJECTS THAT WILL MITIGATE THE FLOODING THAT WE'RE SEEING.

HOWEVER, PLANNING IS NOT REAL PROGRESS WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT TOUCHES PEOPLE EVERY DAY, WHAT COMES INTO THEIR HOMES AT NIGHT DURING THE FLOODS, YOU KNOW, HAVING PEOPLE IMPACTED IS THE BOTTOM LINE HERE.

AND WE NEED THE OPTION AS RESIDENTS OF BATON ROUGE TO REQUEST MORATORIUMS ON THE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY FLOODING.

NOT THAT MY HOUSE WAS FLOODED, BUT I'M IN NOW A HIGH RISK AREA AND MORE DEVELOPMENT AND MORE DEVELOPMENT IS COMING.

AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD ADEQUATE, UH, OVERSIGHT OVER WHAT ACTUAL IMPACT UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM.

THOSE HYPER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ARE PUTTING ON OUR COMMUNITY.

THE CITY HAS OBVIOUSLY FALLEN VERY FAR BEHIND ON THE ACTUAL MAINTENANCE OF OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND I'M GLAD THAT SOMETHING WILL START SOON, BUT HOWEVER, SHOVELS IN THE GROUND TOMORROW WON'T ALLEVIATE THE FLOODING THAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY, ANYTIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE, GIVE US THE MORATORIUM OPTION SO THAT WE CAN AT LEAST LET SOME OF THESE EFFORTS AND PLANS GET UNDERWAY AND MAYBE COMPLETED BEFORE THE NEXT BIG STORM.

AND WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF WHAT WILL BE A VERY ACTIVE HURRICANE SEASON.

WE SUPPORT A PARISH WIDE MORATORIUM APPROACH, NOT A FRAGMENTED APPROACH BY INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOODS, ZACHARY BAKER AND CENTRAL NEED TO FIGURE OUT THEIR OWN SOLUTION, BUT WE'VE ENCOURAGED THEM TO FOLLOW SUIT SINCE THEY ARE BOTH CONTRIBUTORS AND IMPACTED BY THE FLOODING IN BATON ROUGE, A MORATORIUM FOCUS ON THOSE DEVELOPMENTS LOCATED IN OUR MOST VULNERABLE FLOODPLAINS FLOOD AREAS.

MY NAME IS ED 2 3, 4 6 PALM HILLS BOULEVARD, BATON ROUGE.

I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERATION OF GREATER BATON ROUGE, CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, AND I'M HERE TO EXPRESS THE CONCERNS OF OUR 60,000 HOMEOWNERS.

I DID WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL CALWIN DARYL AND MELISSA ARE HAVING PROBABLY THE MOST EXTENSIVE DIALOGUE THAT WE'VE HAD ON THIS TOPIC.

BEFORE THIS BODY, THE FEDERATION IS HERE TO LEND OUR SUPPORT OR SOME FORM OF MORATORIUM ASSISTANT WITH THE LEADERSHIP THAT'S BEEN DEMONSTRATED BY HEART NEIGHBORING PARISHES.

THIS IS A REGIONAL PROBLEM AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED, AND WE NEED REGIONAL SOLUTIONS.

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THAT'S WHAT JUST DESCRIBED BY PAOLO.

THE DURATION SHOULD BE CONTINGENT UPON ACHIEVING A SET OF DELIVERABLES, NOT A SPECIFIC TIMEFRAME FEDERATION HAS OUTLINED CRITERIA AND OUR REGION AND STATEMENT TO THE CITY PARISH.

THAT CAN BE A POTENTIAL FRAMEWORK FOR THIS.

THE METRO COUNCIL, NOT THE NEIGHBORHOODS OR ARE RESPONSIBLE TO DEFINE AND TO APPROVE ANY FORM OF MORATORIUM.

POLICY CITIZENS ALREADY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPOSE DEVELOPMENTS.

THERE'S A PUBLIC COMMENT PROCESS.

THE FEDERATION WANTS THIS EFFORT TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AND WE WILL PARTNER IN SUPPORT THE PARISH TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED THAT RESPONSIBLE GROWTH IS VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE PARISH.

THIS CAN ONLY BE ACCOMPLISHED BY HAVING A SHARED PRIORITY ACROSS ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND TRUE OWNERSHIP TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT NOT ALL PARTS OF THE PARISH ARE IMPACTED, BUT ALL PARTS OF THE PARISH DO CONTRIBUTE.

I KNOW WHEN I'VE HEARD FROM MY MEMBERS, WHO'VE LIVED IN HOUSES FOR 30 TO 40 YEARS.

WE RECENTLY FLOODED SOME FOR THE SECOND, THIRD, AND AS MANY AS FOUR TIMES, THE FEDERATION SPEAKS ON BEHALF OF THESE PERSONS.

WE WENT TO HELP REBUILD THE TRUST IN THE PARISHES ABILITY TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS. WE ARE NOT HERE TO PLACE BLAME.

THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR DECADES.

WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS MAKING PROGRESS AND ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM, BUT A PACE WHICH DOES NOT PROVIDE A COMFORT LEVEL TO THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO FLY.

BUT REALLY WHAT REALLY MATTERS FOR CITIZENS IS VISIBLE AND TANGIBLE PROGRESS TO STOP THE FLOODING.

WE SHOULD TAKE THIS FIRST STEPS TONIGHT BY PUTTING A PAUSE ON ANY PROJECTS.

JUST SAYING QUIT RAISING THE LAND.

ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 44.

GO AHEAD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE ROAD.

GIBSON, BILL GIBSON, 76 41 THRUSH DRIVE THAT ROUGE.

I LIVE IN THE MORNING, GLEN SUBDIVISION BEHIND ST.

GEORGE.

UH, I LIVED THERE FOR 30 YEARS AND IT'S ONLY IN THE LAST 10 YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MY HOME EACH, UH, SINCE 20 11, 20 13, 20 16.

UH, WE HAD A COUPLE OF CLOSE ONES IN 2018 AND NOW THIS YEAR, UH, I HAVE WATCHED THE WATER GROW CLOSER AND CLOSER, COME CLOSER AND CLOSER TO MY HOME UNTIL IT ENTERED MY HOME ON MAY 17TH.

I HAD EIGHT INCHES OF WATER AND I AM THE HIGHEST PART OF OUR SUBDIVISION.

WE HAD ALL OF THE HOUSES EXCEPT FOR HOMES THAT WERE NEW DEVELOPED, AND THOSE HOMES ARE FOUR FEET IN ELEVATION ABOVE ALL THE OTHER HOMES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

EVERYTHING ELSE FLOODED.

WE HAD TOTAL OF FIVE HOMES IN AUTUMN AND TERRORIST FLOOD.

SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LAST 10 YEARS.

SO WHAT'S REALLY CHANGED.

THE CHANGE HAS BEEN THE ELEVATION OF LAND IN THESE LOW LINE BASINS.

AND SO WHAT WAS ONCE A HIGH AREA HAS NOW BECOME THE LOW AREA.

AND I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AND ASKING US ATRIAL WAYS AND STUFF TO PUT, TO PUT A BURDEN ON US, TO TRY TO, TO SAY, HEY, WE DON'T WANT THIS DEVELOPMENT TO ME IS, IS WRONG BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE ENGINEERING RESOURCES AND TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT KIND OF JUDGMENT CALL OR, UH, IN, IN CERTAIN AREAS.

SO I THINK THIS IS A FUNCTION THAT REALLY NEEDS TO STAY WITH THE CITY.

FOR ME, THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS, IS, HAS BEEN AN EXTENSION OF THE RUBBER STAMP FOR DEVELOPERS.

WHAT IS MISSING IN THIS IS A KEY DISCUSSION BY THE DEVELOPERS TO COME AND TALK TO US WELL BEFORE THE PLAN, THEY, THEY SUBMIT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND IT'S, AND FOR ME, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT 18 MONTHS, TWO TO FIVE YEARS FOR THEM TO DEVELOP THIS PROGRAM.

AND THEN THEY SPRING IT ON THE, THEY, THEY PUT IT ON HERE AND WE ONLY HAVE 15, 20 DAYS NOTICE IN MOST CASES, AT LEAST IT'S BEEN FOR US THAT WAY WE ONLY GET 15, 20 DAYS TO RESPOND BEFORE IT COMES IN FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

AND BY THAT TIME TO ME, IT'S TOO LATE BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY A DONE DEAL.

UH, SO THAT'S VERY FRUSTRATING FOR ME.

I'M

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AND INSTEAD OF ELEVATING THE LAND, WHY NOT ELEVATE STRUCTURES INSTEAD, WE NEED TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES TO RE ELEVATING LAND.

AND THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY IS, IS I LIKED THEM.

UH, APPLY THE MODELING AS A PART OF FLASH FLOOD RUNOFF TO IMPACT THE SURROUNDING AREA.

WE'RE LOOKING AT UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM AREAS.

AND THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

HI, MY NAME IS CAROLYN RICE AND I'M PRESIDENT OF THE HIGHLAND RIDGE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION.

I WANT TO ASK YOU METRO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO TAKE A MOMENT AND IMAGINE THAT TOMORROW MORNING, YOU WILL WAKE UP AND STEP OUT OF YOUR BED TO WATER THAT HAS COME INTO YOUR HOME.

YOU LOOK AROUND AND YOU SEE ALL OF YOUR BELONGINGS, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE WORKED, YOUR HOME LIFE FOR WET AND RUINED YOUR CHILDREN ARE STILL IN THEIR BED ASLEEP, AND YOU HAVE TO HURRY AND WAKE THEM UP SO THAT YOU CAN BEGIN TO SAY WHAT YOU CAN BEFORE THE WATER TEXTED AWAY, YOUR WALLS AND CABINETS WILL ALL HAVE TO BE REMOVED AND THROWN OUTSIDE.

TO TRY TO PREVENT THE MOLD THAT'S GOING TO FORM WITHIN A DAY OR TWO.

YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN HAVE NO PLACE TO GO WHILE YOU'RE HOME AND EVERYTHING IN IT IS BEING THROWN OUTSIDE INTO HUGE PILES.

IT'S A BIGGER NIGHTMARE THAN ANYONE CAN IMAGINE UNLESS YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH IT.

AND NO ONE IN OUR CITY SHOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS.

MY SON, HIS WIFE, AND TWO CHILDREN JUST DID THAT A FEW WEEKS AGO.

THEY HAD NEVER FLOODED BEFORE AND HAVE NEVER EXPECTED TO.

NOW THEY'RE LIVING THE NIGHTMARE THAT SO MANY IN OUR CITY ARE LIVING.

I ATTENDED A MEETING LAST WEEK AND THE LADY SITTING NEXT TO ME, HAD THREE FEET OF WATER IN HER HOME.

WE NEED YOUR HELP.

METRO COUNCIL.

WE NEED FOR YOU TO BE OUR HEROES AND SAVE US FROM THIS HORRIBLE NIGHTMARE.

WE'RE TRUSTING YOU TO DO SOMETHING WE'RE RELYING ON YOU TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND CAN BE DONE SO THAT THIS DOES NOT GET WORSE THAN IT ALREADY IS.

LOOK AT HOW MANY HOMES AND BUSINESSES FLOODED IN 2006 DAYS.

AND THEN ANOTHER GROUP OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES FLOODED A FEW WEEKS AGO.

IN MAY.

WE HAVE TO START MOVING DIRT IN POURING CONCRETE AND BUILDING MORE STRUCTURES UNTIL WE FIX.

THE PROBLEM THAT IS ALREADY HAS, HAS ALREADY BEEN CREATED.

THIS IS OUR CITY AND YOU ARE METRO COUNCIL.

WE CAN'T UNDO WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE, BUT WE CAN STOP THE DAMAGE FLOODING AND TRAFFIC NIGHTMARES THAT ARE PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT SOMETHING THAT WILL WORK.

I ASK YOU ALL, PLEASE COME TO OUR RESCUE NOW, PASS AND NO STRINGS ATTACHED MORATORIUM ON ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION UNTIL THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN FIXED.

TO GO AHEAD AND BUILD AND FLOODPLAINS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO, UH, TELL ME YOUR EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYEE, NOT HER WHEN YOUR PROFITS ARE THE SAME, OR WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UH, YOUR C YOUR SEMI.

MY NAME IS KATIE TURNER.

I'M AT A NINE TO FIVE FOR SCOOP WITH, UM, I'M HERE AS A PREP CITIZEN, BUT I AM ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE HOA.

UH, JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN DRAINAGE OVER THE LAST DECADES ARE BECAUSE THE CLIMATE CHANGE IS HAPPENING.

THERE'S MORE INTENSE STORMS. THERE'S MORE RAINFALL COMING DOWN IN GENERAL, BUT IT'S COMING DOWN MORE INTENSELY.

AND THIS IS ONLY GOING TO INCREASE IN THE FUTURE.

AND THERE'S PLENTY OF CREDENTIALED ANALYSES ON THIS.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.

THANKS FOR DOING THAT 1 45 AHEAD OF US AT VERY KLEIN.

KIME IS INVOLVED IN SOME OF THIS BECAUSE HE'S NOT ALLOWED WITH THE STUDIES ON THAT.

AND IT'S THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHEAST TO BATON ROUGE AND IT'S NOTHING WITH ASCA HAVE DOPED ON US.

THAT'S A STRANGE TO US IT'S HAPPENING A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND SO THIS INTENSE, MORE INTENSE RAINFALL AND MORE OF IT IS INCREASING OVER AS IT HAS BEEN INCREASING, IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE.

SO THAT MEANS IF WE DID NOTHING RIGHT NOW, IT'S GOING TO BE A BURDEN ON THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING.

THAT'S RIGHT HERE.

NOW THOSE FOUR HOMES, THE HOMES THAT ARE FLOODED ARE GOING TO FLOOD MORE OFTEN AND THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE OF THEM.

THAT'S IF WE DO, IF WE STOPPED RIGHT NOW.

SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE SAYING

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THAT GROWTH IS GOOD.

WHEN YOU'RE DESCRIBING A POTENTIALLY, UH, CANCEROUS TISSUE, YOU REALLY NEED TO LOOK AHEAD THE MODELS.

THE BASELINE THAT WE HAVE FOR EVALUATING DRAINING RIGHT NOW ARE STATIC YET THE CLIMATE IS CHANGING ALL THE TIME.

SO THIS IS IF YOU ADD LED PLANE STRUCTURES AND A HIGHER ROAD RUNOFF COEFFICIENT, YOU'RE GOING TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THE DAMAGE THAT PEOPLE ARE ALREADY GOING TO HAVE.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, HEY, SO, AND SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THEIR PROPOSAL PUT FORWARD.

I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED IT.

I DEFINITELY NEED A MORATORIUM TO GO THROUGH THIS, BUT IT HAS TO BE ONE THAT'S USED WISELY QUICKLY.

OTHERWISE YOU CAN TELL YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

NOW, IF THEY'RE GOING TO GET MORE OF THIS AND WE DON'T WANT THAT.

OF COURSE.

AND THAT'S WHY I HAD HORSE COURTS, FEDERATIONS GUIDELINES.

CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR NAME, SIR? CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR NAME? LAST SPEAKER, JEAN TURNER.

BUILDING IN THE FLOOD PLAIN, AND THAT WE CLEAR WATERWAYS ON A REGULAR BASIS.

OH, NAME IS BUDDY LANG I'M AT 5 1 7 MYRTLE HILL DRIVE.

UM, THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY.

TWO WEEKS AGO, I HAD NO INTENTION TO SPEAKING AT THIS FORUM, BUT RECENT EVENTS CONVINCED ME.

I SHOULD SEE HER SHARE SOME OF MY THOUGHTS WEEK OR SO AGO.

I ATTENDED A MEETING WHERE A DEVELOPER WAS SHARING THEIR PLANS FOR A PIECE OF PROPERTY WITH LOCAL RESIDENTS.

IT WAS STANDING ROOM ONLY AT THE MEETING AS A MEETING BEGAN AND YOUNG WOMAN WALKED IN AND STOOD NEXT TO ME IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM.

SHE KEPT SAYING, I'M SO NERVOUS DURING THE MEETINGS, SHE SHARED HER EXPERIENCE OF THE RECENT FLOOD WATERS SURROUNDING HER HOME.

ALTHOUGH NO WATER ENTERED, IT WAS QUITE CLOSE IN HER VOICE.

I HEARD ANGER AND FRUSTRATION, BUT ALSO HEARD FEAR.

I BEGAN TO THINK ABOUT THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, JUST LIKE THIS YOUNG WOMAN AND THOSE THAT HAVE FLOODED HERE.

IT COULD BE A PARALYZING FEELING.

I'M SURE ALL OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED FEAR.

SOME MORE THAN OTHERS.

I USED TO WORK FOR A COMPANY THAT PLACED THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR CONTRACTORS AND COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE WORK FIRST AND ALL OF OUR DECISIONS.

IN FACT, IT WAS A VALUE IN OUR COMPANY.

IT WAS NOT COMPETING WITH COSTS, SCHEDULES, RADAR RETURNS, AND OTHER SUCH MEASURES, SAFETY AND SECURITY OF PEOPLE WAS A GIVEN.

WE WEREN'T PERFECT, BUT THIS WAS ALWAYS FOREMOST IN OUR MINDS.

INCREASE IN FLOODING IN BATON ROUGE HAS AT TIMES BEEN EXPLAINED AS A A HUNDRED YEAR STORM OR A 500 YEAR STORM.

WELL, WHEN SEVERAL OF THESE NON ANOMALIES HAPPENED WITHIN ONE DECADE, PERHAPS THEY ARE NOT ANOMALIES.

WE HEARD JEAN EARLIER EXPLAINED THE CHANGES IN CLIMATE.

WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF RAINFALL, THERE WAS A COMMERCIAL IN THE SEVENTIES WHOSE TAGLINE WAS, IT'S NOT NICE TO FOOL MOTHER NATURE.

WELL, PERHAPS OUR TAGLINE SHOULD BE.

WE NEED TO LISTEN TO MOTHER NATURE.

EVERY TIME WE PLACE A BUILDING OR PAVING ON GREEN AREAS, WE INCREASE RAINFALL RUNOFF BY FACTOR OF ABOUT FOUR.

WELL, WE BUILD IN FLOOD ZONES.

WE DISPLACED WATER THAT WOULD GATHER THERE AND IT MOVES SOMEWHERE ELSE.

IF WE FOLLOW THIS PATTERN OF INCREASED RAINFALL, INCREASED RUNOFF AND DISPLACING WATER INTO EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS AND BUSINESSES, WE CAN EXPECT THE FLOODING PROBLEMS TO INCREASE, NOT STAY STATIC.

I'LL CLOSE BY ASKING THAT YOU CONSIDER THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THEIR HOMES AND THEIR APARTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THESE UNUSUAL FLOODS.

PLEASE CONSIDER THEIR SAFETY INSECURITY AS A GIFT, THEN WORK TOWARD A VISION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WITHIN THAT CONTEXT, PLEASE STOP BUILDING AND FLOODS, FLOODS ZONES.

PLEASE UPDATE THE DESIGN CRITERIA BASED ON MORE RECENT RAINFALL DATA, PLEASE CLEAN UP THE EXISTING DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND ENLARGE IF NECESSARY, AFTER ALL THIS IS DONE, I SUSPECT WE'LL ALSO HAVE TO ADD GREEN SPACES AND ADDITIONAL PONDING.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

I HOPE SOME OF MY THOUGHTS HAVE HELPED YOU IN THIS VERY DIFFICULT DECISION.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS KATHERINE WHITE AND I LIVE AT 2, 3, 1 DELGADO DRIVE IN BATON ROUGE.

THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS ADVISED THIS PARISH AFTER THE DEVASTATING FLOODING OF 2016, THAT WE SEE

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IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

THEN MORE THAN HALF OF ALL DEVELOPMENTS APPROVED IN BATON ROUGE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'RE IN THE AEC FLOOD PLAIN.

YOU ARE HEARING TONIGHT FROM KNOWLEDGEABLE ENGINEERS AND A LEADER AT THE LSU COLLEGE AT THE COAST AND, UM, ENVIRONMENT.

I AM AN ORDINARY CITIZEN WITH NONE OF THE TECHNICAL BACKGROUND OF THESE LEARNED MEN, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME AND MY FRIENDS WHO LIVE THROUGH OUT THE PARISH, THAT COMMON SENSE MUST PREVAIL.

I KNOW THAT THE PARISH STANDARDS FOR DEVELOPMENT WERE ACCEPTABLE IN THE PAST, BUT THEY NO LONGER SERVING US.

WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD AND SAVE OUR CITIZENS, THE AGONY AND HEARTBREAK OF HAVING THEIR BUSINESSES AND HOMES RUINED AND THEIR LIVES UPROOTED, AS YOU'VE JUST HEARD.

UH, SO MOVINGLY IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES, MY FATHER WAS AN ENGINEER AND HE WAS A TEXAN AND HE WAS ALSO A WISE MAN USED TO SAY, WE DO NOT GO BACKWARDS.

LET'S NOT GO BACKWARDS, BUT INSTEAD LET'S MOVE FORWARD TONIGHT AND ADOPT A MORATORIUM ON DEVELOPING IN THE FLOODPLAIN.

THERE IS PLENTY OF HIGH GROUND ELSEWHERE IN THIS PARISH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO WHAT WE ALL HAVE HAD TO SAY TONIGHT.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS RANDY RICE.

I LIVE AT 1 31 SUMMER RIDGE DRI.

AND FIRST OF ALL, COUNSEL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

MAY 17TH IS MY BIRTHDAY AND A BIRTHDAY THAT I WON'T SOON FORGET MY SON'S HOUSE FLOODED VERY TRAUMATIC FOR HIS FAMILY.

THAT INCLUDES TWO YOUNG CHILDREN.

THOSE CHILDREN NOW LIVE WITH US BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A HOME TO LIVE IN ON MAY 17TH, A WIDOWED FRIEND OF OURS, HER HOME FLOODED.

SHE HAS CALLED ME NUMEROUS TIMES SOBBING BECAUSE SHE NEEDS HELP ON MAY THE 17TH.

OUR OFFICE FLOODED.

NONE OF THOSE PROPERTIES HAVE EVER FLOODED BEFORE.

NOT EVEN IN 2016, MANY OTHER HUNDREDS OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES FLOODED MAY THE 17TH.

SINCE 2008, WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR DRAINAGE AROUND OUR OFFICE TO BE FIXED.

I HAVE JUST ONE OF THE SERVICE REQUESTS TO THE CITY DATED APRIL THE SEVENTH, 2008, SINCE 2008, THERE HAD BEEN TWO, TWO HOTELS PUT ON OUR STREET.

THERE HAVE, THERE ARE TWO NEW HOTEL AND APARTMENT COMPLEXES BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW, AS WE SPEAK ADDITIONALLY, RIGHT OUT MY BACK WINDOW OF MY OFFICE IS THE NEW OH LOL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

ALL OF THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND VIRTUALLY NO NEW DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.

NONE.

THE DRAINAGE IS THE SAME AS IT WAS IN 1986.

WHEN OUR OFFICE CONDO COMPLEX WAS BUILT.

IT'S NO WONDER THAT WE FLOODED THE CITY WILL TELL YOU THAT THEY SEND OUT SOMEBODY TWICE A YEAR TO SPRAY THE WEEDS IN A SMALL CANAL BEHIND OUR OFFICE.

THIS ISN'T ABOUT SPRING FOR WEEDS.

THIS IS ABOUT INADEQUATE DRAINAGE.

IT'S ABOUT INADEQUATE DRAINAGE WITH THE MANY, MANY SERVICE REQUESTS THAT WE'VE MADE OVER THE YEARS.

THE ONLY ONE TIME, ONLY ONE TIME IN 20 YEARS, HAVE WE EVER SEEN ANYBODY FROM THE CITY WORKING ON THE CANAL? ONE TIME IN 20 YEARS, THREE PEOPLE SHOWED UP TWO OF THE THREE WERE LEANING ON THEIR SHOVELS AGAINST OUR BUILDING.

THE THIRD ONE WAS SWINGING AS A SICKLE KNOCKING DOWN THE WEEDS.

THEY WERE THERE FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES AND THEN THEY STARTED TO LEAVE.

SO I GOT UP FROM MY DESK, WALKED OUTSIDE, ASK WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

THEY SAID, WE'RE GOING TO LUNCH AND WE'LL BE BACK.

THEY NEVER CAME BACK.

WHEN MATT WATSON WAS THE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE FOR OUR OFFICE DISTRICT, HE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS AND REQUESTS TO FRED RAYFORD TO WE WEREN'T REWORKED WITH DRAINAGE.

EXCUSE ME.

I SHOULD TURN

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I'M CHARLES .

I LIVE AT 16 0 4 6 HIGHLAND BLUFF COURT IN THE BATON ROUGE.

I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY DEEP GRATITUDE TO COUNCILWOMAN BANKS, BUT HAVING INTRODUCED THIS DISCUSSION, THIS HAS BEEN SOME OF THE BEST DISCUSSION THAT I HAVE HEARD IN ALL THE YEARS OF ATTENDED PUBLIC MEETINGS.

I'M ALSO VERY GLAD TO HEAR MISS MELISSA'S 20 YEAR STORM WATER DRAINAGE PLAN.

I'M A RETIRED ENGINEER.

TO ME.

IT APPEARS THAT THIS HAS BEING VERY WELL AND CAPABLY MANAGED.

MEANWHILE, WE NEED, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME TO COMPLETE.

WE NEED MEANWHILE TO STOP MAKING THINGS WORSE.

WE NEED TO STOP BUILDING IN THE AG FLOOD PLAIN, AND THAT DOESN'T COST OUR GOVERNMENT.

ANYTHING I'M AN ENGINEER.

I KNOW THAT OUR ENGINEERS OFTEN HAVE EXPRESSED GREATER CONFIDENCE IN THEIR MODELS AND CALCULATIONS AND HISTORY HAS SHOWN TO BE JUSTIFIED.

THE LAST 50 YEARS, EVERY DEVELOPMENT IN BATON ROUGE HAS BEEN IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT HAS TURNED OUT TO BE OBSOLETE STANDARDS, EVEN AT ITS TIME, THE DRAINAGE AND TRAFFIC PLANNING.

AND IN THE FIVE YEARS AFTER THE 500 YEAR FLOOD OF 2016, EVERY DEVELOPMENT HAS CONTINUED TO BE IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE EVEN MORE OBSOLETE REGULATIONS AND SO-CALLED BEST ENGINEERING PRACTICES AT THE TIME IT FLOODING AND TRAFFIC ISSUES CONTINUED TO GET WORSE.

OUR REGULATORY STANDARDS FOR THE FLOOD, PLAIN OF SERIOUSLY OBSOLETE.

WHAT WE MUST DO NOW IS HALT ALL DEVELOPMENT IN THE FLOOD PLAIN UNTIL THESE SERIOUS PROBLEMS ARE CORRECT FOR THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE FLAWS IN OUR REGULATORY SYSTEM, UH, REGARDS A MAJOR OFFICE BUILDING THAT WAS COMPLETED ONLY THREE YEARS AGO.

AND THE FLOOD PLAIN WAS DESIGNED BY A TOP ENGINEERING FIRM AND WAS IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH ALL REGULATIONS AND BEST ENGINEERING PRACTICES.

IT WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE METRO COUNCIL AFTER THE 2016 FLOOD.

AND IT WAS FULLY SUPPORTED BY THE COALITION OF DEVELOPERS, BUILDERS, ENGINEERING FIRMS, AND REALTORS.

THEY MAKE THEIR MONEY, EVEN IF THE CONSEQUENCES FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS DOWNSTREAM WHAT'S THAT ARE OR BAD AFTER THE FLOODS OF 2016 AND 2021, IT IS OBVIOUS TO EVERYONE THAT OUR DEFINITION OF THE FLOOD PLAIN IS SERIOUSLY FLAWED.

THE PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW WHO TO BELIEVE, BUT WE KNOW, AND WE DO BELIEVE WHEN WE'RE SEEING FLOODING AND TRAFFIC KEEP GETTING WORSE.

WHILE WE KEEP BEING TOLD THAT EVERY DEVELOPMENT IS BEST STANDARDS, BUT IT JUST AIN'T.

SO THANK YOU.

MY NAME, MY NAME IS WAYNE STROHMEYER AND I LIVE AT 1 47 32 HIGHLAND ROAD.

AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER A MORATORIUM ON DEVELOPMENT.

OUR COMMUNITY HAS ONCE AGAIN, EXPERIENCED EXTENSIVE FLOODING DAMAGE TO HOMES, BUSINESSES, AND VEHICLES AND DISRUPTION OF THE LIVES OF ITS PEOPLE.

MATERIAL DAMAGES IN THE 2016 FLOOD WERE ESTIMATED TO BE $1 BILLION.

I AM NOT SURE WHAT THE 2021 TOTALS WILL BE YET, BUT THEY WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL FLOOD MAP OF 2021 PROVIDED BY THE CITY PARISH SHOWS FLOODING OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN MANY AREAS OF BATON ROUGE.

AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE SEEN MAPS, BUT TO MENTIONING SOME OF THESE AND I CAN INCLUDE THE MALL HELPS GIVE US A BETTER PICTURE.

NORTH OF FLORIDA BOULEVARD AND NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG AIRLINE HIGHWAY TO PLANK ROAD, RINGWALD SPRINGS, TO THE PARISH LINE, MONTA SANTO REGION, A LARGE PART OF CHOCTAW BOULEVARD AND THE EASTERN PARTS OF BATON ROUGE, PARTS OF FLORIDA BOULEVARD, O'NEILL AND SOUTH HAROLD'S FERRY.

CLAY CUT BY YOU AND TIGER BAND.

AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THE SOUTHEAST PART OF PERKINS ROAD, GARDNER LANE, AND PECAN DRIVE, CLEARLY WE HAVE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM IN BATON ROUGE.

WELL, IN THE 2016 FLOOD, THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS RECOMMENDED THAT WE STOP BUILDING

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IN THE FLOOD PLAIN AND CLEAN OUT THE DRAINAGE AREAS, PARTICULARLY BY YOU FOUNTAIN WARDS CREEK AND BAYOU MANSHACK.

WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT, AND WE'VE CONTINUED TO SEE FLOODING AND SO FORTH.

I AM WELL AWARE THAT WE NOW HAVE A PLAN FOR THIS CLEAN-OUT AND WE REALLY APPRECIATED HEARING ABOUT THAT PLAN AND ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT, BUT WE ARE STILL BUILDING IN THE FLOOD PLAIN, AND WE HAVE PLANS RIGHT NOW, SOME PROJECTS TO BE BUILT IN THE FLOOD, PLAIN, THOSE WATERWAYS, BY THE WAY, HAVE SHOWN AN INCREASE OF THE PEAK LEVEL OF ABOUT FIVE INCHES OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS WITH WATER LEVELS RISE AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS INCREASING, WE CAN EXPECT MORE FLOODING IN THE FUTURE.

IF WE DON'T ALTER OUT TOO MUCH, IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO STOP BUILDING IN THE FLOOD.

PLAIN IMMEDIATELY OUR DOLLARS SHOULD GO TO IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND NOT TO CLEAN UP OF DAMAGE AND SHORT TERM NAMES FOR A FEW CONTINUED BUILDING IN THE FLOOD.

PLAIN WILL ONLY EXPAND THE PLANE AND HELPED TO INCREASE FLOODING.

LET US FOLLOW THE CORE RECOMMENDATIONS AND STOP BUILDING IN THE FLOOD.

PLAIN IMMEDIATELY.

LET US LOOK FOR HIGHER LAND, PARTICULARLY IN NORTH BATON ROUGE FOR DEVELOPMENT.

MY NAME IS 42 0 2 WOOD COURT.

UH, I HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW OF WHAT IS GOING ON, UH, FROM WHAT I HEARD.

EVERY EXPERT SAID THAT THE RAIN EVENT ON MAY 17TH WITH, UH, 15 INCHES IN SIX HOURS, NO MATTER WHAT DRAIN SYSTEM YOU HAVE WOULD NOT WITHHELD THAT RAIN.

UH, I DON'T WANT TO DISCOUNT THESE PEOPLE'S FRUSTRATION AND FEAR I'M AS FRUSTRATED AS ANYBODY, UH, I'VE LIVED HERE MY WHOLE LIFE.

I DEAL WITH THE FLOODING.

I HAD FRIENDS WHO FLOODED AT FAMILY WHO FLOODED, UH, I'M TIRED OF HAVING TO GO GUT, UH, YOU KNOW, SHEET ROCK AND MOVE FURNITURE.

SO, UH, I I'M AFFECTED BY IT, EVEN THOUGH MY HOUSE DID NOT FLOOD, BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A MORE TORN, WE USED TO GOT OUT OF IT, BUT WHEN YOU'RE MORATORIUM IT RIDICULOUS.

WHEN YOU'RE MORE TORN THAT DESTROY BUSINESSES DESTROYED FAMILIES DESTROYED LIVELIHOODS.

AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A MORATORIUM ON DEVELOPMENT, YOU'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPERS.

THERE ARE TONS OF BUSINESSES THAT SURVIVE OFF DEVELOPMENT.

SO I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND A BLANKET, UM, UH, MORATORIUM, UH, I'M DEVELOPING IN A FLOOD PLAIN, UH, IT'S TWO ACRE DEVELOPMENT.

I DON'T AFFECT ANYBODY.

UH, I'M LOSING HALF THE LAND.

WHEN YOU BUILD UP THE LAND, YOU DIG A HOLE.

IT'S A NET NET.

WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT GAINING ANYTHING BY DOING THAT.

UH, YOU WANT TO HELP WATER RUNOFF.

I'VE BEEN FIGHTING WITH THE CITY ON THIS NUMBER OF TIMES.

I WANT TO DO, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, GRAVEL AND, UH, IN LIMESTONE PARKING LOTS, THEY HELP THE WATER SEEP INTO THE GROUND INSTEAD OF RUNNING OFF THE FIGHT WITH THE CITY TO DO THAT.

BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULD CONSIDER ALLOWING AND CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS MINE, WHICH IS A RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

BUT I DO NOT AGREE WITH A BLANKET MORATORIUM ON DEVELOPMENT.

I THINK IT SHOULD BE SPECIFIC.

EACH DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE SPECIFIC, BUT YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND YOU'RE AFFECTING A LOT OF DIFFERENT LIVES AND BUSINESSES WITH THE MORATORIUM.

YOU'RE NOT JUST STOPPING DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THE STREET INTO ANOTHER DRAIN.

JOE EULA DAY, I LIVE AT 2 71 HALFWAY TREE ROAD.

IT IS IN DISTRICT 12.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN BANKS FOR INITIATING THIS DISCUSSION.

THIS EVENING, WHEN THE LOCAL NEWS STATION MENTIONED THIS AGENDA A FEW WEEKS AGO, ONE PERSON WHO WAS INTERVIEWED FOR THE STORY SAID, WE NEED TO BE SMART ABOUT IT.

SO I'VE WONDERED WHAT DOES BEING SMART MEAN? DOES THIS MEAN THAT DEVELOPMENT KEEPS MOVING FORWARD WHILE THE SOLUTIONS TO DRAINAGE AND FLOODING MENTIONED IN THIS MEETING ARE STILL BEING DISCUSSED.

DOES THIS MEAN THAT WE IGNORE THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM AND TURN A BLIND EYE TO FLOODING? OR DOES, DOES THIS MEAN THAT WE PAUSE COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS TO DRAINAGE, DITCHES AND FLOODING IMPLEMENT THOSE FULL SOLUTIONS AND FIX THE ISSUES AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH DEVELOPMENT AT A PACE WHERE DRAINAGE AND FLOODING DO NOT BECOME ISSUES AGAIN.

WHAT DOES BEING SMART ABOUT IT INCLUDE, DOES IT INCLUDE RETENTION PONDS? LIKE THE ONE CURRENTLY IN MAGNOLIA CROSSING, STILL BEING DEVELOPED THE RUNOFF FROM A LOUISIANA THUNDERSTORM CURRENTLY OVERWHELMED THE EXISTING SYSTEM WITH WATER FLOWING OUT OF THE RETENTION POND OUT OF A DRAIN ON KING CREST PARKWAY, TRAVELING DOWN

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I'VE NEVER SEEN WATER GUSHING HAPPY BUT DRAINED BEFORE UNTIL THE RETENTION PALM WAS PUT IN.

WHAT DOES BEING SMART INCLUDE? DOES IT INCLUDE DIVERTING RUNOFF TO BLUE BONNET, SWAMP AS THE DEVELOPER FOR MAGNOLIA CROSSING HIS PLAN? HOW MANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS HAVE RUNOFF BEING DIVERTED TO BLUE BIND SWAMP WHEN ADDITIONAL NEW DEVELOPMENTS ARE PLANNED AND STUDIES ARE DONE, DO THESE STUDIES TAKE INTO ACCOUNT OTHER NEW DEVELOPMENTS APPROVED AND NOT COMPLETED, OR NOT EVEN STARTED THAT HAVING RUN OFF, GOING TO THE SAME SWAP.

THIS IS THE PROBLEM, HOW MUCH WATER CAN ONCE SWAP, HOLD THE DEVELOPERS FOR MAGNOLIA CROSSING, WHICH WAS APPROVED APRIL 21ST, 2019 HAS PLANS FOR RUNOFF BEING DIVERTED TO BLUE ON IT.

SWAMP SLABS HAVEN'T BEEN BORED YET, NOT A SINGLE SLAB YET IN MAY HOUSES AND THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD FLOODED.

I MOVED INTO ONE OF THESE EXISTING HOUSES.

33 YEARS AGO, JUNE 25TH, 1988.

THE ONE THING THAT YOU ALL NEED TO DO IS DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE OF BATON ROUGE AND PASS THE MORATORIUM.

THOMAS DAIGLE, 2 81 HALFWAY TREE ROAD.

I LIVE DIRECTLY BEHIND THAT MAKE KNOW YOU'RE CROSSING DEVELOPMENT.

I'VE WATCHED IT PROGRESS DAY BY DAY, UH, BEFORE THE DEVELOPMENT WAS APPROVED, I GAVE PICTURES TO BARBARA FREIBURG AND THE CITY COUNCIL, AND ALSO THE PLANNING COMMISSION ABOUT DRAINING ISSUES THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE MS. SAID JUST BEFORE ME WATER TRAVELS FROM THE DITCH BEHIND KING CREST TO HALF WHITE TREE, THEN IT DIVERTS TO A DRAINAGE VINE ALONG KING CREST.

NOW I WATCH LYNN LEVY DEVELOPMENT POP THE LID ON THAT ONE DRAINAGE COVERED TO CLEAN IT OUT.

ALL I DID WAS SQUIRT A LITTLE WATER IN, PUT THE VACUUM HOSE IN AND TAKE SOME PICTURES OF THE WEAVE.

THEY DIDN'T FLUSH THE LINE OUT AT ALL THAT PARTICULAR LINE ON KING GRASS BETWEEN HALFWAY TREE AND STARRING IS CLOCKED UP AT LEAST BY 200 FEET OF DIRT.

ALSO, I'VE NOTICED THAT THERE'S ANOTHER 12, EIGHT, THAT'S A 12 INCH LINE INCIDENTALLY.

I'VE ALSO NOTICED THAT THERE'S ANOTHER 12 INCH LINE THAT COMES ACROSS KIM CREST FROM THE DRAINAGE LINE IN FRONT OF WILDWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

NOW, SINCE THAT LINE WAS CLEANED OUT IN THE BEGINNING OF MAY, WE HAD THE MAY LIGHTING ISSUES.

WELL, I GAVE PICTURES TO JEN ROCCA, UH, SHOWING THE WATER FLOWING OUT OF THAT DRAIN, TRAVELING ALONG KING CROSS PARKWAY FOR AT LEAST 2, 3, 400 FEET.

UM, WATER POOLS IN FRONT OF WILDWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND IN FRONT OF ALL, WHILE WITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THERE IS A ST CALL IT STARTING TO CONSUME THE STREET.

UH, THERE IS ANOTHER SINKHOLE THAT RUNS ALONG HALFWAY TREE ROAD FROM WILDWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT HAS A SINKHOLE RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF HALFWAY TREE AND WILD.

YOU KNOW, THESE ISSUES HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, BEFORE THEY STARTED THE MAGNOLIA CROSSING SUBDIVISION COMPLETELY.

NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.

I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING SIMPLE.

THIS IS JUST SIMPLE, COMMON MAINTENANCE NEEDS TO BE DONE.

WE'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING STARTED.

HMM.

RESTORATION AND AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM PROGRAMMING, NEEDING FUNDING.

I'M GOING TO GET ADJUSTED.

AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT THERE IS A DELAY, SO I'M NOT LOOKING AT THE CAMERA.

SO I DO NOT GET DISTRACTED.

UM OH, THERE IS NO DELAY AND IT LOOKS OKAY.

UM, MY NAME IS MELISSA .

I LIVE AT THREE, THREE LAUREL STREET.

UM, I HAVE LIVED WITHIN A HALF MILE OF THIS BUILDING FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS.

ALONG WITH THE RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

I'VE SEEN, SORRY, I'VE SEEN HURRICANES, I'VE SEEN FLOODS.

YOU'RE WORKING FOR VARIOUS NON-PROFITS.

I'VE SEEN THE RANGE OF DISASTERS THAT CAN HAPPEN WITH HOME FIRES, COASTAL

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AND I'M SORRY, WHO WOULD YOU SAY WE'RE ALL? RESIDENTS IS WHAT I WANT TO SAY.

AND I ACTUALLY REPRESENT THE HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION AND WE'RE RESIDENTS TOO.

AND I AM SORRY FOR GETTING EMOTIONAL, BUT I'VE SAT IN MEETINGS FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS AND ALL THE PARISHES AND HER, ALL THE STORIES AND WHAT THE WORD MORATORIUM MEANS IS TO STOP TO HALT.

WE DID THAT LAST YEAR.

WE DID IT LAST YEAR AND GUESS WHAT? EVERYBODY FELT PAIN, FRUSTRATION HURT, AND WE'RE STILL RECOVERING AND IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG RECOVERY.

SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING AS HOME BUILDERS IS WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT.

WE ARE HERE TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE HERE TO FIX INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES AND ADVOCATE TO THE COUNCIL AND THE ADMINISTRATION.

UM, WE DON'T NEED AS A MORATORIUM TO STOP COMMERCE AND LIVELIHOOD FOR BUSINESS OWNERS, EMPLOYEES, AND THEIR FAMILIES.

WE'VE BUILT YOUR HOME, YOUR NEIGHBOR'S HOME, YOUR GRANDCHILD'S HOME.

WE SUPPORT INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS AS HAVE BEEN MENTIONED TODAY.

THE PRESENTATION WAS AMAZING.

UM, UPDATING CODES, ENFORCEMENT OF THOSE WHO ARE AREN'T COMPLYING.

WHAT WE KNOW IS MAINTENANCE IS REAL.

IT'S AN ACTUAL SOLUTION.

THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING HOME BUILDERS NEEDS ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY, AND FROM SOMETHING I'VE HEARD TONIGHT.

AND SOMETHING THAT I TAKE FROM MY NONPROFIT BACKGROUND IS WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE.

WE HAVE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND BE ENGAGED.

SO AS HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, LET US HELP WITH ALL THOSE DIFFERENT ISSUES.

LET US PUT, YOU KNOW, THE JOBS NEEDED.

LET US SHARE THE INFORMATION.

UM, I APPRECIATE THIS DISCUSSION.

I THINK WE CAN DO IT OUTSIDE OF A MORATORIUM.

AND, UM, WE HAVE THE SAME GOALS AS RESIDENTS.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

HI, MY NAME IS MISTY SMITH.

I AM THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT FOR SANTA ROSA SUBDIVISION OFF OF STARRING LANE.

UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, BUILDING.

WE HAVE ONE NOW THAT'S CURRENTLY GOING IN DIRECTLY BEHIND US.

UM, WE HAVE SEEN ADDITIONAL FLOODING SINCE THEY STARTED BUILDING.

UM, I, I KNOW LAST YEAR WAS A TOUGH YEAR FOR EVERYBODY, BUT, UM, IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T DUE TO FLOODING, UM, MYSELF.

I TAKE CARE OF TWO ELDERLY RELATIVES AND I'VE SEEN THIS WATER FLOOD ON STARRING GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO MY HOME.

SO FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO KEEP BUILDING, I JUST WANT TO ASK, ARE YOU GOING TO SEND SOMEONE OUT TO RESCUE MY ELDERLY FAMILY MEMBERS, WHO, WHO I CANNOT GET OUT OF A HOME WHERE I'VE ACTUALLY CONSIDERED TAKING MY CAR AND PARKING IT IN A PARKING GARAGE, SEVERAL FLOORS UP, BECAUSE I'M SO WORRIED THAT I CAN'T GET MY FAMILY OUT ANYWAY.

UM, SO I JUST ASKED THAT WE PLEASE PUT A HOLD ON THIS UNTIL SOME OF THE DRAINAGE WORK HAS ACTUALLY COMPLETED.

UM, I'M NOT SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS NEEDS TO BE A FOREVER THING, BUT WE NEED TO SEE SOME PROGRESS IN THE DRAINAGE PRIOR TO ADDITIONAL BUILDING.

THANK YOU, BECKY CROCKETT A LITTLE BIT.

ONCE YOU WROTE 2, 1 5 KNOTS HILL COURT, THAT'S THE BLUE BONNET HOLLAND ROAD AREA.

I WANT TO KNOW HAVE ANY OF YOU DRIVEN DOWN BURBANK OR HIGHLANDS SINCE MAY 18TH FLOOD 37 DAYS SINCE THE FLOOD 37 DAYS AND THE WATER IN BY YOU FOUNTAIN HAS ONLY GONE DOWN A VERY LITTLE BIT.

IT IS STILL A RIVER.

WE ARE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE AND ENFORCE A NEW CONSTRUCTION, MORE TOUR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL MAN SHACK BY YOU.

FOUNTAIN WARDS CREEK DAWSON CREEK CAN BE DREDGED TO ALLOW THE WATER TO FLOW SO THAT WE DON'T FLOOD.

AGAIN.

ALSO, I THINK THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION NEEDS TO CHANGE HOW THEY'RE DRESSED BY DEVELOPERS, THE LACK OF INDIVIDUAL WALLS BEING GIVEN TIME AND UNDERSTANDING.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE DO HAVE SOME EMAIL COMMENTS, JUSTIN.

FIRST COMMENT FROM TYLER BOUDREAU.

I'M A 30 YEAR OLD RESIDENT OF BATON ROUGE HAVING LIVED 28 YEARS IN THE CITY.

AND I SUPPORT A NEW DEVELOPMENT MORATORIUM AS PROVIDED BY THE FEDERATION OF GREATER BATON ROUGE, CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS.

I WITNESSED NEW DEVELOPMENTS AROUND MY RESIDENTS OFF STARRING, WHICH HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY LED TO STREETS SUCH AS KING CREST TO FOOT.

THIS DIRECTLY SHOWS PRIORITY

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ON NEWER DEVELOPMENTS COMPARED TO OLDER, OFTEN LESS WELL TO DO HOUSEHOLDS, CHILDHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD AND HICKORY RIDGE EXPERIENCED UNPRECEDENTED FLOODING.

LAST MONTH, MY UNCLE STREET HAVE ORIGINALLY EXPERIENCED UNPRECEDENTED FLOODING LAST MONTH AS A CURRENT RESIDENT OF BATON ROUGE AND HOPEFUL RESIDENT HOPEFUL FUTURE RESIDENT OF BATON ROUGE.

I AM FOR THE COUNCIL TO STOP UNCHECKED BUILDING UNTIL THE WATER OUTFLOWS ARE IMPROVED.

I BELIEVE WE ARE AWARE THIS WILL NOT BE AN OVERNIGHT SOLUTION, BUT THE CITY HAS TO OWN THE PROBLEM AND START THE SOLUTION COMMENT FROM DAVID CROCKETT.

I SUPPORT AN IMMEDIATE MORATORIUM ON CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT UNTIL DRAINAGE ISSUES HAVE BEEN RESOLVED ALONG HIGHLAND ROAD DISTRICTS.

I MEAN FROM BRETT HUTCHINSON, UH, WAS JUST IN SOME, IN SUPPORT OF THE MORATORIUM COMMENT FROM RANDY RICE.

I'M IN SUPPORT OF A TOTAL CONSTRUCTION MORATORIUM UNTIL THE RECOMMENDED ITEMS PRESENTED BY THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS AFTER THE 2016 FLOOD, NAMELY TO ONE DREDGE MAIN CHECK BY FOUNTAIN AND ALL OF THE WATERSHED AND TO HALT ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION UNTIL NUMBER ONE WAS DONE.

NEITHER HAD BEEN DONE THE CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENTS CONTINUE, BUT THE DRAINAGE HAS NOT BEEN FIXED.

WE HAVE TRIED SINCE 2008 TO HAVE DRAINAGE ISSUES AROUND OUR OFFICE CORRECTED THAT HAVE BEEN DONE.

NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE SINCE THE OFFICE COMPLEX WAS BUILT IN 1986.

AND OUR OFFICE FLOODED ON MAY 18TH, 2021 COMMENT FROM F CLAYTON BIRD BRELAND, JR REASONS FOR A MORATORIUM ON NEW DEVELOPMENTS ALONG SOUTH HIGHLAND ROAD.

ONE, WE NEED TO FURTHER UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT NEW DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE ON AN ALREADY THREATENED FLOOD.

PLAIN TWO.

WE NEED TO KNOW HOW NEW DEVELOPMENT WILL IMPACT DRAINAGE IN SUBDIVISIONS ALONG HIGHLAND ROAD THREE.

WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT TO WHICH NEW DEVELOPMENT WILL RE WILL REQUIRE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC AND PARKING AND THE IMPACT THAT WILL HAVE ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

IN THE AREA COMMENT FROM MICHELLE PEREZ, I WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE A MORATORIUM ON NEW CONSTRUCTION UNTIL WE ARE ABLE TO ADDRESS DEVELOPMENT AND PROPER DRAINAGE.

MY SUPPORT IS NOT INTENDED TO DO HARM TO ANY DEVELOPMENTS PERMANENTLY, BUT ALL PARTIES MUST COME TO THE TABLE TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION TO THE CURRENT DRAINAGE PROBLEMS. EVEN IF THIS WOULD MEAN IMPOSING A PERIOD OF NO DEVELOPMENT, GIVING TIME TO RESEARCH THE ISSUE, THE CITY HAS BECOME OVERDEVELOPED IN SO MANY AREAS, PARTICULARLY IN THE CORRIDOR WHERE I RESIDE BLUE BONNET, SEGUN BURBANK.

I LIVED IN THIS AREA 20 YEARS AND NEVER EXPERIENCED THE FLOODING.

WE SAW JUST LAST MONTH.

THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE MADE TO REQUIRE DEVELOPERS TO PAY SLASH TAX FOR PROPER DRAINAGE.

FLOODING IS ONLY ONE ISSUE.

EVERYONE IN BATON ROUGE KNOWS THE TRAFFIC ISSUES AND MORE HE LISTS NEEDLESS DEVELOPMENT IS NOT THE ANSWER TO SOLVING THIS OR ANY OF THE CURRENT ISSUES COMING FROM QUINN BROWN IT'S TIME FOR BATON ROUGE TO REALIZE THAT IT CAN KEEP BUILDING NEW SUBDIVISIONS AND APARTMENT COMPLEXES WITHOUT FIRST IMPROVING THE CITY'S DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

BATON ROUGE HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF ANNUAL RAINFALL IN THE COUNTRY.

AND THE VOLUME OF RAINFALL WILL ONLY BECOME MORE SEVERE AS WE CONTINUE TO SUFFER FROM THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

IT'S TIME TO STOP BURYING OUR HEADS IN THE SAND AND ADDRESS THE FLOODING PROBLEM IN OUR CITY.

IF OUR LEADERSHIP CONTINUES TO IGNORE THE FLOODING PROBLEM, THE CITY AND STATE ARE LIKELY GOING TO INCUR MORE EXORBITANT COSTS IN ROUTINE FLOOD CLEANUP AND REHABILITATION EFFORTS.

PLEASE CONSIDER A TEMPORARY BUILDING MORATORIUM UNTIL THE EXISTING DRAINAGE SYSTEM UNDERGOES IMPROVEMENTS THAT MAKE IT BETTER ABLE TO HANDLE THE EVER INCREASING NUMBER OF SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA COMMENT FROM MARLA SILVERBERG, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT ONGOING DRAINAGE ISSUES, FLOODING BOTH NEW FLOODING AND RECURRENT FLOODING IN OUR NEIGHBORS AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND POOR MAINTENANCE OF CURRENT DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, BOTH NATURAL AND MANMADE.

THE ONSLAUGHT OF NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TOGETHER WITH OUR 50 OR 100 YEAR STORMS THAT NOW ARE OCCUR QUITE FREQUENTLY.

AND PORT MAINTENANCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE ARE CONTRIBUTORS.

THE, THIS LEADS TO CITYWIDE PAIN AND RECURRENT ANXIETY AND FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES.

I'M NOT CONCERNED WITH JUST SOUTH BATON ROUGE.

MY CONCERN IS FOR ALL OF BATON ROUGE AS A WHOLE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR THIS CONSIDERATION.

THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENTS, RYAN AND PAULO.

YOU GUYS WOULDN'T COME UP AND RACHEL, IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE BAD FOR YOU TO BE CLOSE BY.

AND I WILL BE MY ADDITIONAL TIME.

QUITE FRANKLY, I HAVE NO IDEA IF 10 MINUTES IS GOING TO BE ENOUGH.

UM, BRIAN, CAN YOU BRIEFLY REALLY, AS BRIEFLY AS YOU CAN OUTLINE THE UDC UPDATES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE SINCE THE 2016 FLOOD AND SINCE OUR LAST DISCUSSION ON A MORATORIUM,

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CERTAINLY HE'S BEEN ROUGE PARISH AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION WORKING ALONG WITH THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL, UH, AND MANY OTHER GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE CITY PARISH THAT HAVE TAKEN SIGNIFICANT STEPS, UH, AND IMPROVING THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE SPECIFICALLY CHAPTER 15, SINCE THE FLOODS OF 2016, WE'VE, UH, I'LL RUN THROUGH A SHORT LIST OF, OF THINGS THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED.

WE'VE REDUCED DEVELOPMENT DENSITY IN ZONING DISTRICTS, WE'VE REQUIRED DEVELOPMENTS TO DESIGN AND ACCOUNT FOR A TWENTY-FIVE YEAR STORM EVENT, AN INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS 10 YEAR REQUIREMENT PRIOR TO THE 2016 EVENT, WE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE AND REGULAR INSPECTIONS OF ALL DRAINAGE FACILITIES BY A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER TO ENSURE THEY'RE CONTINUING TO FUNCTION AS DESIGNED ON DAY ONE WITH REQUIRED DRAINAGE FACILITIES ON THE PERIMETER OF A SITE, MAKING SURE THEY'RE CONSTRUCTED BEFORE ANY OTHER IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE.

SO, SO ANY DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE ON A, ON A SITE PLAN, IT HAS TO BE BUILT AND INSTALLED BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE CAN BE DONE.

WE'VE ESTABLISHED ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS, ADDING, UH, REQUIREMENTS TO REQUIRE A PRESERVATION OF OPEN SPACE THROUGHOUT ALL DEVELOPMENTS PREVIOUSLY IN THE UDC, ONLY CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTS WERE REQUIRED TO MEET MINIMUM OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS.

WE IMPROVE THAT AND REQUIRED MORE STRINGENT, OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL DEVELOPMENTS MOVING FORWARD.

UM, WE'VE INCREASED INCENTIVES FOR PROVIDING ADDITIONAL STORM WATER CONTROLS, UH, REQUIRING MORE DISTENSION, MORE DETENTION THAN, UM, THE MINIMUM THAT'S REQUIRED NOW, THE 25 YEAR STORM EVENT.

WE'VE ALSO, UM, JUST LAST WEEK THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS APPROVED CODE REVISIONS, UM, FOR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT ALL, ALL STREET CROSS-SECTIONS, UM, ALL MOVIE, OUR PROJECTS ARE GOING TO HAVE THOSE AS WITH ALL THE SIGNIFICANT MOVIE OR PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE PARISH WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALL OF THEM WE'VE INCLUDED THAT, UM, IN, IN THE APPENDIX OR THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, WE'VE ALSO ADDED A CONVEYANCE CHECKS, WHICH YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT FROM THE, UH, CONSULTANT EARLIER.

SO THAT'S IN THE CODE NOW AND CAN BE UTILIZED EVEN BEFORE THE MODEL IS RELEASED.

I'LL ONLY ADD THAT WE ALSO DELETED THE CLUSTER ORDINANCE, RIGHT? SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE MORE.

THAT'S GREAT.

COUNCILMAN, ADD THAT TO YOUR LIST, RYAN, UM, PAULO REAL QUICK.

UM, GIVE ME SOME EXAMPLES OF GOALS THAT COULD BE ESTABLISHED UNDER A MORATORIUM.

SO LET ME JUST KIND OF BE CLEAR THAT THE BLANKET MORATORIUM OF EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE AT, WE'VE HEARD SOME OF THE PUBLIC TALK ABOUT CAN'T BE DONE.

IT HAS TO BE VERY SPECIFIC UNDER STATE LAW HAS TO BE VERY SPECIFIC AS TO A DEFINED AREA.

SO WE HAD SAID EARLIER THAT IF YOU WANTED TO DO THE, UM, HIGH HAZARD FLOOD AREA, THAT WOULD BE A SPECIFIC AREA FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, THAT NEEDS TO BE DEFINED TO ACCOMPLISH A GOAL.

SO IF THAT GOAL WAS TO ADDRESS, UH, DRAINAGE IN THAT AREA, THROUGH, UM, HAVING A CHANNEL, UM, UH, DUGOUT, OR HOWEVER YOU WANTED TO PHRASE IT, THAT IS WHAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED, BUT IT HAS TO BE THAT DEFINED ANYTHING THAT HAS BROAD WILL BE CHALLENGED.

AND WE WILL ABSOLUTELY LOSE ON THAT.

I DON'T ANY MORE TORIAN THAT IS, UH, PUT IN PLACE WILL BE STRUCK DOWN.

IS IT SAFE TO SAY THAT THE GOALS COULD BE MAINTENANCE OR INFRASTRUCTURE TYPE GOALS, UH, BUT THEN ALSO POLICY GOALS? YEAH, THEY CAN BE POLICY GOALS AS WELL INFRASTRUCTURE GOALS, BUT THEY NEED TO BE CLEARLY DEFINED.

IT CAN'T BE OPEN-ENDED.

HE CAN'T JUST SAY WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT A MORATORIUM IN ANY BATON ROUGE PARISH TO, TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO FUTURE FLOODING.

NOT THAT DOESN'T GIVE US A CLEARLY DEFINED GOAL AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.

SO, SO LET ME ASK IT THIS WAY.

UM, IF WE HAVE POLICY-BASED GOALS, THIS COUNCIL TAKES A VOTE ON POLICY THAT'S OUTLINED WITHIN THE MORATORIUM GOALS, AND LET'S SAY IT FAILS.

DOES THE MORATORIUM REMAIN IN PLACE? HOW WOULD THAT BE? HOW WOULD THAT BE APPLIED? ORATORIUM IN PLACE TO ACCOMPLISH A CERTAIN PERIOD, UH, OR TO, TO ACCOMPLISH A CERTAIN GOALS AT A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, EVALUATE A CERTAIN SET OF POLICY GOALS.

AND THEN THOSE POLICIES SEAGULLS ARE NOT ACCOMPLISHED OR MET AT THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

THE MORATORIUM WOULD BE LIFTED.

IT IS, IT WILL EXPIRE EVEN PRIOR TO, UH, THE MAX TIMELINES, THE TIMELINE.

SO IF YOU DO A THREE-MONTH OR SIX-MONTH PERIOD OF TIME, AND YOU CHOOSE TO THOSE POLICY GOALS ARE TO BE DONE AT THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

THEN AT THE END OF THAT, IF YOU'VE NOT ACHIEVED YOUR POLICY GOALS, AND THEN THE MORATORIUM WOULD BE LIFTED.

IS WHAT COUNCILMAN AMORUSO PROS BACK IN 2017.

UM, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT THE SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA, WHICH

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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN IS THAT QUITE OFTEN, UM, WE'LL SEE APPLICATIONS COME IN WHERE A SMALL PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN A, IS THERE A WAY THAT YOU CAN CRAFT IT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, A PERCENTAGE OF THE PROPERTY LESS THAN X, UH, DOES IT, AND LET ME JUST STATE WHY I'M ASKING THIS QUESTION, I'M LOOKING AT A MAP OF THE CORTANA MALL SITE THAT HAS SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA.

I THINK IT WOULD BE WOEFULLY IRRESPONSIBLE OF THIS COUNCIL TO LOSE OUT ON SIGNIFICANT GAME-CHANGER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE, BECAUSE BECAUSE OF A MORATORIUM, SO YOU CAUGHT ME THAT YOU COULD CRAFT YOUR MORATORIUM TO ADDRESS ONLY A ONE DEVELOPMENT AND EXCLUDE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL, UH, THOSE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS, IF YOU WANTED TO DO IT IN THAT WAY.

AND THAT HAS ALSO, UH, AGAIN, CLEARLY DEFINED, UH, GOALS OF WHAT YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH.

SO YOU COULD LEAVE A CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTS ALONE IF YOU WANT IT TO DO THAT.

COULD YOU DEVELOP THE MORATORIUM BASED ON A PERCENTAGE OF THE PROPERTY THAT HAS THE SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA WE'D HAVE TO GET INTO SPECIFICS ABOUT IT, IT'D BE KIND OF HARD TO ADDRESS AND HOW DO YOU SET THE ARBITRARY PERCENTAGE? YEAH, IT IS A LITTLE BIT HARD TO DO.

UM, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.

I DO WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

I MAY FOLLOW UP WITH SOME MORE QUESTIONS IN A SECOND.

UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK FOLKS KNOW I'VE BEEN PRETTY OPPOSED TO THE IDEA OF MORATORIUM.

UM, I WILL HAVE EVER SAY THAT, UH, I DON'T THINK I HAVE HAD A CONSTITUENT REACH OUT TO ME AND ASK ME TO OPPOSE A MORATORIUM, JUST THE OPPOSITE BY AND LARGE THERE'S CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT NINE.

WANT TO SEE A MORATORIUM? UM, I THINK WHAT IS LOST IN THAT CONVERSATION THOUGH, IS WHAT EXACTLY THE BENEFITS ARE.

UH, AND THEN THE CONS TO A MORATORIUM AS WELL.

SO YES, IF WE PASS A MORATORIUM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE TIME TO STUDY THE ISSUE.

WE'RE POLITICIANS WE'RE REALLY GOOD AT STUDYING STUFF.

UM, I'M NOT SURE THAT'S EVEN A PRO.

UM, WE WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO CATCH UP ON DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE, UH, BUT YOU ALL HAVE SEEN IN THIS DISCUSSION TONIGHT, $8.8 MILLION PER YEAR FOR DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO A WHOLE LOT IN THAT REGARD.

WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT NEXT MONTH.

NOW ON THE CONS LOOK, FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE GOING TO LOSE MONEY.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME PAYING THAT LIGHT BILL.

WE DON'T GET TO PUT A MORATORIUM ON THE ROOFERS MORTGAGE, SAME THING FOR EVERYONE ELSE IMPACTED BY MORATORIUM.

WE'VE GOT BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY, SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE READY TO GROW.

IF YOU'RE IMPACTED BY THIS MORATORIUM, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET TO GROW.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET TO EVEN START.

IN MANY INSTANCES, PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE IN OR IMPACTED BY THE MORATORIUM ARE EFFECTIVELY GOING TO HAVE THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS, ALMOST ENTIRELY SHIPPED TO THEM, STRIPPED FROM THEM FOR WHATEVER THE TIME PERIOD IS THAT WE SAID, LOOK, I'M A RED BLOODED AMERICAN, RIGHT? TAKING PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS IS A BIG DEAL.

SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'VE GOT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE LAST THING I'LL SAY, AND THIS IS JUST THE TRUTH, WE NEED TO BE HONEST WITH THE PUBLIC.

IF YOU ARE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS PRE-PHARM AND YOU ARE BELOW BASE FLOOD, YOU WERE BUILT TO A 10 YEAR STORM STANDARD AND YOU ARE TOO LOW.

THERE IS NOTHING THAT THIS COUNCIL CAN DO.

THERE IS NOTHING THAT THE STATE CAN DO THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN DO SHORT OF RAISING YOUR HOUSE THAT IS GOING TO ULTIMATELY HELP STAVE OFF YOUR RISK OF FLOODING.

I'M SORRY.

WE HAVE DEVELOPED TO TOO LOW OF A STANDARD FOR TOO LONG BASED ON OUR CURRENT STORM WATER ISSUES THAT WE'RE SEEING.

IT'S JUST THE TRUTH GUYS.

THERE'S NOTHING ANY POLITICIAN CAN DO TO MAKE THAT SITUATION CHANGE.

IT IS A REALITY.

UM, AND THE LAST I'LL, I'LL JUST END IT WITH SOMETHING.

I TALKED ABOUT A SECOND AGO.

THIS IS ALL A BUNCH OF SMOKE.

IF WE DON'T PROPERLY FIND RIGHT AS MAINTENANCE IN THIS PARISH.

SO WE ARE THE POLICYMAKERS, WE CONTROL THE PURSE STRINGS.

WE'VE GOT TO DO OUR JOB.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

TELL US A NUMBER OF BANKS.

YOU KNOW, I WAS LOOKING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT, UM, UDC CHANGES, AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE ALL LEARNED TONIGHT THAT THAT HAS BEEN A LOT OF PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN A LOT OF EFFORTS, BUT, UM, TOWARDS, UM, JOINING AND FLOODING IN EAST BATON ROUGE ERRORS.

SO, UM,

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BUT IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN 2017 WITH THE REDUCED THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT DENIS DENSITY, UH, 2018 WITH THE, UH, W INCREASING THE 10 YEAR EVENT TO A 25, UM, THEN I SEE PROHIBITED NEW POINT AND NON-POINT SOURCE DISCHARGES INTO ADJACENT PROPERTIES WITHOUT DRAINAGE SERVITUDES, UH, RECURRENT REQUIRED, REGULAR INSPECTION OF DRAINAGE FACILITIES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY BY LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, UH, 2019 ESTABLISH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF OPEN SPACE, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, UH, CREATING INCENTIVES FOR, UH, PROVIDING STORM WATER CONTROLS PROVIDED, UM, PROVIDING MORE DETENTION THAN REQUIRED.

THEN HERE WE ARE IN 2021 WHERE THEY'RE WORKING ON A CONVEYANCE CHECK FOR JOINING STUDIES, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE JUST WERE HERE.

HER AND PERSON AFTER PERSON SAY I FLOODED AT THE END OF THE DAY WITH HER PERSON SAY THAT IN SPITE OF ALL OF THESE REVISIONS, THAT GAVE WHAT I SEE AS AN OUT, UM, TO DEVELOPERS, THEY STEAL FLOODED.

AND IF OUR GOAL IS TO STOP FLOODING AND EVERYTHING, THE ONLY WAY THAT WE COULD KNOW THAT THESE REVISIONS ARE WORKING IS TO ARM HOMEOWNERS WITH THE MORATORIUM.

AND I KNOW THAT THAT IS, UM, DIFFICULT.

UM, I'VE HEARD ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE IN, UH, IMPACTED, BUT, UM, IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN IF WE HAD A CHOICE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD HAVE A MARCH 20, 20 PANDEMIC.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE SAYING, WELL, CAN WE CALL FOR A COVID 19 PANDEMIC IN MARCH OF 2019? I MEAN, 2020, WE'LL ALL SAY THE SAME THINGS.

UM, PROPERTY RIGHTS, HOMEOWNERS JOBS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE AND WE ALL SURVIVE MOST OF US.

I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE, BUT MY WHOLE POINT OF THE MATTER IS SOMETIME THAT HAS TO BE A SACRIFICE TO GET WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

I DON'T.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MY COLLEAGUES SAID, LIKE HE SAID, THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS OFTENTIMES FOR RIGHT NOW, THE BASELINE HAS BEEN SMALL.

I MEAN, IT'S BELOW THE, THE LORD OF BASELINE AND RAISING HOUSES THAT WOULD COST A LOT.

WE ARE FOCUSING ON ONE AREA AND THAT IS JUST NOT SMART GROWTH VOTE.

THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL REQUEST, UM, I, I SENT AN EMAIL ASKING FOR A MAP OF THE PLUG, UM, PLAINS IN EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH, AND A MAP OF THOSE AREAS WHERE THERE'S NOT A PLUG.

UH, THEY ARE NOT, UH, IT'S NOT UNDER THE FLOOD PLATE.

I'M 100% SURE THAT THEY ARE OTHER WAYS THAT DEVELOPERS AT OTHER LOCATIONS THAT ARE HIGH GROUNDED DEVELOPERS CAN MAKE MONEY.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE DEVELOPER WHO MAKES THE MONEY, AND LET'S JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MAKING A MILLION DOLLARS, UM, ON, BASED ON A DEVELOPMENT AND THEY'RE GONE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE, BUT THE HOMEOWNERS IN THOSE AREAS ARE, ARE SUFFERING THE CONSEQUENCES AND THE DEVELOPERS MOVED ON AND MAY NOT EVEN LIVE IN THE AREA.

LASTLY, WE DO HAVE TO PUT, UM, SOME THOUGHT TO, AND I, AND I'M NOT, I ASKED THIS IN PLANNING AND I'M STILL NOT CLEAR ON THE ANSWER WHEN SOMEONE HAS A DEVELOPMENT, I ASSUME THERE'S A STUDY, THERE'S A NEED, THERE'S A MARKET, UM, FOR IT.

AND SO IF SOMETHING IS IN A FLOOD OR THESE PEOPLE THAT'S MOVING INTO THESE HOUSES, OR THESE PEOPLE WHO WERE SAYING, IF YOU BUILD A HOUSE, THEY ARE CALM.

AT SOME POINT, WE GOTTA BE SMART ON BOTH ENDS.

IF THERE IS NO MARKET THAT WON'T BE A NEW BUILDING.

SO THERE HAS TO BE SOME PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.

I MEAN, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LIVE REALLY GOOD.

UM, CRAZIEST STOP PUTTING UP SIGNS.

THIS IS A FLOOD ZONE.

IT SCARE PEOPLE AWAY, YOU KNOW, BUT MY WHOLE POINT IS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK ALL THESE BUILDERS WOULD BE BUILDING IN FLOOD ZONES IF THERE ISN'T SOMEBODY WHO'S GONNA BUY THE HOUSE.

SO, UM, WE DO HAVE TO KIND OF USE COMMON SENSE CORRELATES TO THAT.

NO, BUT,

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UM, I THINK A MORATORIUM IS AN ORDER.

I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE BLANKET.

AND, UH, I THINK THAT'S THE NEXT STEP DETERMINING, UM, WHO AND WHAT AREAS THAT, AND WHAT AS APOLLO INDICATED, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG, WHAT, WHAT DO WE EXPECT TO GAIN AND HOW TO ARM, UH, HOMEOWNERS.

BUT AGAIN, IT HAS TO START WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER IN THOSE AREAS.

UM, RYAN, OUR RETENTION, PONDS, UM, MONITORED REGULARLY, LIKE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE, OR RACHEL, IS THAT A LOADED QUESTION? UM, YES, THEY ARE PRETTY MUCH, I MEAN, I'VE GOT ONE, IT'S A LOADED QUESTION.

OH, A GOOD QUESTION.

I MEAN, IN THE CODE, IT IS A RECENT ADJUSTMENT.

IT HAS NOT BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN REGULARLY ENFORCED AT THIS MOMENT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW WITH ALL THE MS FOR STUFF THAT'S COMING, UM, DETENTION PONDS, OR, UH, WATER QUALITY FEATURES.

AND THEY WILL HAVE TO BE INSPECTED ON A REGULAR BASIS, PAID FOR BY THE OWNER OF SAID LAND AND AT A REPORT, TURNED INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTS, YOU KNOW, OFFICE.

SO WHEN YOU INSPECT, WHAT KIND OF THINGS ARE YOU LOOKING FOR, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, NOT SILTED IN AND IT'S STILL FUNCTIONING AS IT IS AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ANY MAINTENANCE THAT NEEDS TO EROSION.

THERE'S, THERE'S A LONG LIST OF, OF ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, CHECKED AND THE FREQUENCY AT WHICH THEY NEED TO GET TO.

YOU'RE SEEING THESE THINGS EVERYWHERE.

YES, MA'AM INCREDIBLE.

UM, I'M DONE.

UM, BACK IN 2017 OR SORRY, 2016.

MY DISTRICT WAS ONE OF THE DISTRICTS THAT HAD THE MOST FLOODING AS WELL AS OUR MAY EVENT IN 2017.

I'M SORRY.

17TH MAY 17TH.

SORRY.

UM, SO BOTH OF THOSE TIMES, UM, I HAVE DEVELOPERS COME TO ME ALL THE TIME AND THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA DEVELOP THIS LAND AND IT'S GOING TO BE BETTER GUARANTEE.

IT'S GOING TO BE BETTER THAN WHAT IT WAS.

AND I THINK WE CAN ALL SIT HERE RIGHT NOW AND AGREE.

NOW, THERE IS NO GUARANTEES ANY LONGER AFTER WHAT WE SAW IN 2016, PEOPLE SAID THEY HAD NEVER FLOODED BEFORE FLOODED PEOPLE IN MAY 17TH.

SO THEY NEVER FLOODED FLOODED.

SO I DON'T THINK, I THINK ANY DEVELOPER CAN COME ALONG AND GUARANTEE ANYTHING, ANY LONGER CYNICAL AS IT MAY BE, BUT THAT'S WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW.

UM, BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN FLOODING IN PLACES.

WE NEVER DREAMED THAT WE WOULD SEE FLOODING AND EVERYONE'S SITTING HERE, MY CONSTITUENTS, YOUR CONSTITUENTS, THERE'S A DROP OF RAIN THAT FALLS OUT OF THE SKY.

AND EVERYBODY GOES INTO PTSD MODE.

EVERYBODY I DO, AND I'VE NEVER FLOODED BEFORE, BUT I HAVE SUCH A CONCERN FOR MY CONSTITUENTS THAT FLOODED TWICE THAT, AND, UM, I'M ON EDGE AND PRAYING A WHOLE LOT THAT IT'S GOING TO GO AWAY QUICKLY.

NOW THAT WAS THE NICE THING ABOUT MAY 17TH FLOOD IS THAT THE WATERS DID RECEDE QUICKLY AS I'VE TALKED TO MY CONSTITUENTS AND ALL, UM, THEY SAID THE WATER WENT DOWN.

SO I THINK THAT RIGHT THERE, WE HAVE SEEN SOME IMPROVEMENTS WITH OUR DRAINAGE AND ALL, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO.

IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY.

IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR CONSTITUENT.

IF, UH, IF THERE'S ANY PLACE IN THIS WORLD, A PERSON SHOULD FEEL SAFE.

THAT'S IN THEIR HOME.

AND WE HERE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS HOMES ARE SAFE THE BEST OR OUR ABILITY TO KEEP THEM SAY FROM BEING FLOODED, OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS NOT TO DEVELOP THE DEVELOPERS.

UM, THEY NEED US, WE DON'T NEED THEM.

SO, BUT THE RESPONSIBILITY IS TO OUR CONSTITUENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FEEL SAFE, WHERE THEY ARE.

I LIVE.

UM, I THINK WE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, TIGHTENING UP THE CODES, HOLDING, UH, DEVELOPERS FEET TO THE FIRE, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE FOLLOWING CODE THE WAY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.

WE NEED TO START DOING THAT? UM, NO DOUBT.

UM, IT'S BEEN SAID A COUPLE OF TIMES THAT IN LATE 2017, THE HUSBAND CAME UP AND HE WANTED TO DO A MORATORIUM.

IT WAS NOT A BLANKET MORATORIUM

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ALL ACROSS BATON RIDGE.

WHAT IT WAS A KEY WAS ACCUSED OF, IT WAS ONLY IN THE HIGH HAZARD FLOOD PLAINS, SIX MONTHS.

THAT'S ALL IT WAS HIS WHOLE GOAL WAS TO SAY, LET'S JUST SIT BACK.

LET'S ANALYZE THIS CITY.

, LET'S SEE WHERE WE ARE.

AND IN SIX MONTHS, WE'LL MOVE AHEAD.

AND IT DIDN'T PASS.

I THINK HE HAD ONE OTHER PERSON THAT VOTED WITH HIM ACROSS THE AISLE FROM ME THERE.

HE HAD A GENTLEMAN THAT CALLED HIM, UM, THAT HAD HEARD.

AND I THINK THIS GENTLEMAN WAS FROM MISSISSIPPI AND HE CALLED HIM AND HE TOLD HIM, HE SAYS, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING THE SAME EXACT THING.

AND HE SAID, IF THESE FOLKS WILL VOTE WITH YOU, THEY WILL.

HE SAID, IF THEY CHOSE JUST ONE MORE MINUTE, PLEASE.

HE SAID, IF THEY DON'T, THEY'RE GOING TO BE SORRY.

I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T PASS IT AND WHEN HE DID IT, IT WAS NOT A KNEE-JERK SITUATION.

LIKE, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.

HE TOOK OVER A YEAR AND A HALF TO TALK.

HE TALKED TO PARISH, ATTORNEY ENGINEERS, ALL THESE PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT HE WAS DOING WAS RIGHT.

SO I THINK MAYBE, UM, I'M NOT FOR A BLANKET MORATORIUM, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO HALT BUILDING FOR RIGHT NOW SO THAT OUR DPW FOLKS, OUR MAINTENANCE FOLKS CAN GET OUT THERE, CLEAN OUR DITCHES, YOU KNOW, MAKE PEOPLE FEEL JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE IF WE DO HAVE RAIN THAT THEY'RE NOT SCARED THAT THEY'RE GONNA FLOOD AGAIN.

SO ANYWAY, UM, I COUNCILWOMAN BANKS VERY BRAVE FOR DOING THIS.

CAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS CAN BE A, A, UH, UH, CAN IGNITE SOME, SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE'S ANGER AND ALL, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS UP AND I THINK WE NEED TO CONSIDER IT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MOKE.

A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

I'M NOT SURE WHO CAN ANSWER THESE OR WHATEVER, BUT, UM, I GUESS ONE QUESTION I HAVE RIGHT NOW, WE DO, LIKE, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THESE MORATORIUMS PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT SUBDIVISIONS DEVELOPMENT AREAS CAN COME TO US AND SAY, YEAH, WE WANT A MORATORIUM.

AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO PLACE THESE MORATORIUMS. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO, WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE SELECTION CRITERIA TO BE CALLED FOR OF A MORATORIUM.

THAT'S ONE QUESTION.

IF WE DID DO INDIVIDUAL MORATORIUMS, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE MULTIPLE MORATORIUMS FLOATING OUT THERE AT DIFFERENT TIMES THAT WOULD END AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND DIFFERENT REASONS AND DIFFERENT GOALS THAT ARE GOING ON BASED ON THE DIFFERENT AREAS OR WHOSE DISTRICT IS IN OR WHAT DEVELOPMENT COULD POSSIBLY BE IN THAT AREA.

UM, AND ALSO IF WE GET INTO THESE MULTIPLE MORATORIUMS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING, OR DOING THEM AT THE REQUEST OF INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOODS COMING TO US AND ASKING FOR A MORATORIUM, IS THAT ALMOST CONSIDERED LIKE SPOT ZONING.

SO LET ME ANSWER THESE IN THE BEST WAY I CAN, UM, TO DO MULTIPLE DIFFERENT MORATORIUMS IS GOING TO BE PROBLEMATIC.

WHEN THE 2017 MORATORIUM WAS PUT INTO PLACE, IT WAS A CLEARLY DEFINED AREA.

SO TO SAY, BY WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, HOW ARE WE GOING TO DEFINE A PARTICULAR AREA IS GOING TO BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO DO, TO DO THAT? ARE WE GOING TO SAY THAT THE BO COTTAGE AREA, HIGHLAND ROAD AND ROADS ALONG AREA, WE'RE GOING TO SAY THIS PARTICULAR DISTRICT? SO IT BECOMES VERY PROBLEMATIC.

WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY DONE IN THE PROPOSED MORATORIUM WAS CLEARLY DEFINED AND IT SAYS, IT SAYS ISSUING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE ISSUANCE AND APPROVAL OF A PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION, PLATS, REZONING, AND PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS AND SITE PLANS GREATER THAN 50,000 SQUARE FEET IN AREAS OF SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD IN EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH, EXCLUDING BAKER'S ZACHARY CENTRAL FOR PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT TO STUDY AND REVISE CHAPTER 15 OF THE UDC.

THAT WAS THE CLEAR, IT WAS A CLEARLY DEFINED GOAL THAT WAS DONE IN A CLEARLY DEFINED AREA AND THOSE WERE ACCOMPLISHED.

HERE'S THE THING ABOUT THE SUBDIVISION OWNERS ALWAYS HAVE THE RIGHT TO COME TO THIS BODY AND SAY, WE WERE OPPOSED TO THIS DEVELOPMENT AND THIS BODY CAN ALWAYS DENY THAT DEVELOPMENT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THERE'S A MORATORIUM OR NOT.

SO IT ULTIMATELY, UH, DID GET ACCOMPLISHED.

UH, NOW DID PREVENT THE FLOODING, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYTHING COULD HAVE PREVENTED THAT FLOODING THAT HAPPENED MOST RECENTLY, BUT TO DO IT ON, UH, ON WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS GOING TO BE PROBLEMATIC.

RIGHT? AND, BUT THAT, BUT THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AND WHAT I'M GETTING IS, IS, UH, SUBDIVISION OWNERS CAN PETITION FOR A MORATORIUM IN THEIR AREA.

AM I WRONG ON THAT? SO

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SO THIS IDEA OF A MORATORIUM IS SUPPOSED TO BE TO ADDRESS THE DEFINED AREAS, SUCH AS A SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD, NOT TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THIS PARTICULAR SUBDIVISION ON, OFF A GARDERE OR THIS PARTICULAR SUBDIVISION OFF OF, UP IN BAKER.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THE MORATORIUM IS DESIGNED.

AND FRANKLY, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT IN DRAFT.

AND ULTIMATELY WOULD PROBABLY BE STRUCK DOWN AS BEING, AS BEING, UH, VAGUE AND ARBITRARY, UH, TO DO THAT.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE DEFINED, BUT AGAIN, THE, THE PUBLIC CAN ALWAYS COME FORWARD TO THIS BODY AND THIS BODY CAN TAKE ACTION AND DENY ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES BEFORE.

AND I MEAN, AS FAR AS THE PETITIONING US AND EVERYTHING IS WHETHER THE DEVELOPMENT'S GOING BEFORE, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR AERATED OR NOT, THEY COULD JUST COME TO US NEXT WEEK.

LET'S SEE THIS PAD.

THIS IS NOT A, A VOTE THING TONIGHT, BUT LET'S SAY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PASSED.

UM, SHERWOOD FOREST IS IN MY EAR, SOMEBODY OVER FOREST AND MAY, OR THEY COULD COME TO ME NEXT WEEK AND GO, WE WANT A MORATORIUM FOR THESE BOUNDARIES AND SO ON.

AND THIS IS THE REASON WHY, OKAY, TAKE THAT BEFORE THE COUNCIL.

THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS COULD DO.

SO IF MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, NOW THERE'S ALSO THE OTHER FACT THAT YOU CAN DO IT BASED ON, OKAY, IS THIS THE HIGH FLOOD AREA, OR IS THIS A HIGH IMPACT AREA AS FAR AS FLOODING? WHAT DO WE BASE THAT ON 2016? DO WE BASE IT ON THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE FLOOD THAT JUST HAPPENED BACK IN MAY? YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND COUNCILWOMAN BANKS.

I THINK THIS IS GREAT DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING, BUT YOU BROUGHT UP A WHILE AGO, YOURSELF, YOU, YOU WANT THESE MORATORIUMS THINGS DONE AND, AND YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THIS HAPPEN, BUT NOT IN YOUR AREA.

AND I FEEL LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I FEEL WE AS A COUNCIL NEED TO LOOK AT ALL AREAS.

UM, WE HAVE BEFORE US COMING BEFORE US A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, UM, AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING BEFORE FLORIDA BOULEVARD, YES, PLEASE.

UM, FLORIDA BOULEVARD AREA.

HOW MUCH HAS THAT AREA PULLED IN THERE? AND DO WE SAY, WELL, WE'RE REDEVELOPING THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AREA.

SO I'M GONNA, LET'S, LET'S KEEP THAT ONE OUT.

I THINK IT'S JUST, I APPRECIATE THE IMPACT AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND WE WANT TO PROTECT CITIZENS, BUT, YOU KNOW, IN EXPERIENCING IT AND HAVING THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE ON PREVIOUS TERMS THAT I'VE HAD, W WE'VE WE'VE WORKED HARDER AND WE'VE WORKED BETTER TO, TO USE THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE INSTEAD OF PUTTING A HALT TO EVERYTHING.

SO I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON.

IF WE WANT TO LOOK AT A BLANKET, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, WHATEVER, BUT I FEEL LIKE THE SPOT MORATORIUMS COULD, COULD CAUSE A LOT OF PROBLEMS. AND I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE RESOURCES.

WE HAVE THE MONEY THAT'S COMING IN TO HOLD DISCUSSION WE HAD BEFORE THIS AND GET THESE JOBS DONE QUICKER AND FASTER AND WHAT WE NEED TO PUT FORWARD SO THAT WE DON'T HOLD UP OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR GROWTH COMING OUT OF A PANDEMIC.

OH MAN.

YOU'RE 10 MINUTES.

UH, ANYONE ELSE COUNCIL MEMBERS THE TIME NOW IS 7 44, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.

NO, JUST FOR A SEC.

YOU HAD MENTIONED EARLIER WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE TENSION PONDS, THAT TYPICALLY WHAT WE WOULD SEE IS YOU'RE GOING TO CHECK THEM, UH, HOW OFTEN ARE THEY CHECKED? AND THEN YOU SAID AT THAT POINT, IF IT BECOMES SUBSTANDARD, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OWNER TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

HOW OFTEN ARE THEY USUALLY CHECK? UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE SHOULD BE AN ANNUAL INSPECTION.

THERE IS SOME GUIDANCE IN APPENDIX K I BELIEVE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OF OUR STORMWATER BMPS.

AND THERE IS SOME SUGGESTED SCHEDULES OF MAINTENANCE, UM, WHICH INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, INSPECTION AND, YOU KNOW, CLEANING AND ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

UM, BUT YEAH, AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO IN, IN THE ORDINANCE THAT ACTUALLY GIVES A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME, UM, FOR THE OWNER OF THE POND TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES BROUGHT UP IN THE INSPECTION BY THE ENGINEER.

AND THE HOA DOESN'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO FIX THAT.

UM, W I'M WONDERING, IS OFTENTIMES WHEN A SUBDIVISION IS COMPLETED OR WHEN IT GETS TO A CERTAIN POINT, UM, THOSE AREAS ARE TURNED OVER TO THE HOA.

AND A LOT OF TIMES THE HOA OR THE, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THERE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO WHEN THESE BECOME SUBSTANDARD, IT CAN BE A COSTLY REPAIR

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THESE ARE KIND OF SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE SEE.

SO WHEN IT COMES HOME, THE BANKS WAS TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE BUYING AND A FLOOD.

THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT GO INTO THAT.

THEY DON'T, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY BUY A HOUSE THAT THEY'RE BUYING INTO AND THAT'S ONE OF THEM.

AND SO, UH, AGAIN, AS WE TALK ABOUT ALL OF THIS AND A, IN A MUCH BROADER DISCUSSION, COUNCILMAN HUDSON TALKED ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THE, THE POTENTIAL OF THERE BEING A MORATORIUM WHERE WE, UH, DEFINE THE POLICY BEHIND IT.

AND, UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT I THINK NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

UH, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT GOING FROM A, A 10 YEAR TO A 25 YEAR, UH, MANAGEMENT PLAN, UH, OR FOR A STORM, UM, PLAN, UH, YOU KNOW, ZACHARY TO THE 50 YEAR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, MAYBE, MAYBE THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT NEEDS TO BE HAD, UH, OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS.

THAT'S FANTASTIC.

I THINK MAKING SURE NOTHING IN A FLOOD WAY CAN BE USED AS PART OF AN OPEN SPACE.

UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE MAKING SURE, UH, OPEN SPACES ARE WITHIN THE INTERIOR ROAD SYSTEM, AND IT CAN'T BE THE BACK 40 ACRES.

THAT'S ALREADY WETLANDS THAT THEY'RE JUST PUTTING ON A MAP AND CALLING IT PART OF THEIR, UH, SUBDIVISION, UH, TO MEET A RATIO FOR OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS MAY BE NO, IT, IF YOU'RE GOING TO CALL IT OPEN SPACE, IT NEEDS TO BE USABLE SPACE AND IT NEEDS TO NOT BE WELL.

AND IT'S NOT BE FLOOD WAY.

UH, THERE, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN TAKE MINIMUM LOT SIZES, MAYBE INCREASE IN MINIMUM LOT SIZES.

UM, THERE THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF WE CAN TAKE TOWARDS POLICY.

AND I THINK IT'S DISCUSSIONS THAT WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE.

AND, UH, IF WE NEED TO FORCE THAT IN SOME KIND OF WAY, IF THERE'S A MECHANISM TO DO IT, I WANT TO BE A PART OF IT.

I THINK THAT'S IMPERATIVE.

AND, UH, I THINK, UH, DEFINITELY HAVING CLEAR GUIDELINES AND PROPOSALS AND POLICY DECISIONS BEHIND SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE WAY TO GO, UM, MORATORIUM OR NOT.

I THINK THOSE THINGS HAVE TO START MOVING FORWARD NOW, UH, AS A PART OF THIS WHOLE, SO DRAINAGE, MAINTENANCE, ALL OF THAT.

ABSOLUTELY.

WE NEED TO CATCH UP ON THAT, UM, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO ALWAYS BE REACTIONARY AND WE ACTUALLY CAN BE PROACTIVE AND GET AHEAD OF IT BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU ADD ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT, THAT IS FUTURE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS THAT WE ARE PUTTING WHEN WE'RE ALREADY SO FAR BEHIND.

SO I THINK THAT ALL NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION, BUT POLICY DECISIONS, CHANGING SOME POLICIES TO MAKE, TO MAKE IT EASIER ON OURSELVES.

SO WE'RE NOT ALWAYS REACTIONARY AND WE CAN ACTUALLY BE PROACTIVE AND MAYBE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS, MAYBE WE'LL GET AHEAD OF IT AT SOME POINT.

AND, AND I ACTUALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN START CORRECTING THESE PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY OCCUR IN CERTAIN AREAS.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THE TIME NOW IS 7 48 BY LAW.

WE HAVE TO VOTE.

AYE.

WE HAVE ONE OTHER AGENDA ITEM BY LAW.

WE HAVE TO VOTE AT EIGHT TO EXTEND THE MEETING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 30 MINUTES.

SO I JUST WANT TO, UH, MAKE YOU ALL AWARE OF THAT.

A COUNCIL MEMBER GO THERE.

I KNOW IT'S YOUR ITEM TO PRESENT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON, UH, YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKE TWICE, BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME TIME.

SO, OKAY.

FIRST I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND EXTEND THE MEETING.

JUST GET THAT MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON, TO EXTEND SECOND BY ROCCA, ANY OPPOSITION TO EXTENDING THE MEETING AND GO TO EIGHT 30, IF NECESSARY.

GO AHEAD.

COUNCIL MEMBER HUSKS.

I GREATLY APPRECIATE, UH, THE TIME, UM, PAULA, I WANT TO GET INTO THE WEEDS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH YOU.

UM, FIRST OFF, DO YOU CURRENTLY KNOW OF ANY CHALLENGES TO THE MORATORIUMS THAT HAVE BEEN ENACTED IN OUR NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES? THEY HAVE JUST RECENTLY BEEN ENACTED AND, UM, D I HAD DO NOT KNOW OF ANY CURRENT CHALLENGES, BUT I SUSPECT THAT THEY WILL BE CHALLENGES THAT COME, UH, FROM THOSE SHORTLY OF, UH, OF WHAT YOU'RE HEARING.

UM, WHAT DO YOU SEE, DO YOU SEE SHORTCOMINGS IN THE WAY THAT THEY'VE ENACTED THEIR MORATORIUM? IS THAT THAT WOULD BE A LEGAL CHALLENGE.

UM, DO YOU FEEL LIKE THEIR MORATORIUMS ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND A LEGAL CHALLENGE? WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? I THINK EACH OF THOSE PARISHES HAD, UH, HAD DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT THEY TRIED TO ADDRESS AND THE BEST WAY THEY COULD, AND THOSE PARISHES ARE OBVIOUSLY VASTLY DIFFERENT FROM OURS.

SO I CAN'T GET INTO THE SPECIFICS BECAUSE I HONESTLY DIDN'T PAY THAT CLOSE ATTENTION TO HOW THEY, UH, THE LANGUAGE THAT THE LANGUAGE THEY HAD TO USE AS THEY MODELED IT AFTER THE STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS, HOW THEY ACCOMPLISHED IT IS PROBABLY GOING TO LEAD TO THE CHALLENGES, UM, THROUGH THEIR BUSINESS COMMUNITIES AND SOME OF THEIR DEVELOPERS.

UM, I THINK I CAN'T COMMENT TOO MUCH ON IT.

I JUST KNOW THAT THEY'RE LIKELY TO BE CHALLENGED.

IF WE SET A MORATORIUM POLICY FOR SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA, UM, BUT THE DEVELOPER HAS THE ABILITY TO DEMONSTRATE A SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IMPACT TO THE PARISH.

UM, AS WE TALK ABOUT A MORATORIUM, UH, THEN THIS IS, UH, THIS IS A CONCEPT IF WE HAD A MORATORIUM, BUT THEN IS THERE ABILITY FOR US TO SET POLICY FOR A WAIVER TO A MORATORIUM? SO FOR INSTANCE, UH,

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SO I WOULD SAY THAT YOU COULD CRAFT IT, THAT IT WOULD BE FOR, IT HAS TO BE ALMOST TO SAY LIKE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL AND THOSE TYPE OF NOT TO SAY THAT YOU PRESENTED TO, UH, A SPECIFIC REASON WHY YOU SHOULD BE EXEMPTED AGAIN, THAT BECOMES VERY ARBITRARY.

I MEAN, NOW YOU BECOME THE DE THE DECISION MAKER AS TO WHAT THAT IS VERSUS IF IT WAS AN INDUSTRIAL ZONE INDUSTRIAL OR ZONE COMMERCIAL, THEN YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT DECIDING THAT, BUT MATT DOES AWAY WITH ALL THE REST OF MY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, PAUL.

YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THING I'M THINKING I'LL ADD IS THAT, UM, UH, ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT I NEGLECTED TO MEGAN, MY LAST COMMENTS WAS, UH, ANOTHER REAL IMPACT OF MORATORIUM IS A SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR 2% SALES TAX.

UH, AND IT'S NOT JUST THAT THE PARISH WANTS TO COLLECT MORE TAXES.

THE FACT IS THAT THE 2% SALES TAX IS THE MONEY THAT WE USE TO MAINTAIN THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

SO WE'VE GOTTA BE VERY CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T SHOOT OURSELVES IN OUR FOOT, UH, BY NEGATIVELY IMPACT IN THAT SALES TAX REVENUE.

THAT THEN IN TURN GOES AND FUNDS THE DRAIN SYSTEM THAT WE'RE SAYING IN OUR MORATORIUM, THAT WE'RE GOING TO CATCH UP ON.

JUST THOUGHTS, THE PONDER.

WHICH IS THE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF THEN PUT IN PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE EASTBOUND WITH PARIS PLAN OF GOVERNMENT FROM A SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS HELD ACROSS THE PARISH.

THERE'S NO MOTION ON ITEM A 1 44 AS IT WAS SIMPLY A DISCUSSION.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THE VERY ROBUST DISCUSSION WE'VE HAD TODAY ON, ON ITEM 1 44.

AND I DO WANT TO LET THE GENERAL PUBLIC KNOW THE ITEM WAS NOT A VOTING ITEM.

THERE WASN'T THE ITEM TO VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO APPROVE MORE THEM.

IT WAS JUST DISCUSSION ABOUT MORATORIUMS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR THIS BODY, AS WELL AS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN TERMS OF HOW TO GO ABOUT REQUESTING ONE AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

SO PAULO AND MELISSA AND RON, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION YOU ALL HAVE PROVIDED FOR US THIS EVENING ON THAT, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO ITEM 1 46,

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THE PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL IS AN ANTICIPATION OF INTRODUCING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AT THE JULY 20TH METRO COUNCIL MEETING FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 11TH, 2020.

ONE REASON FOR THE EMERGENCY IS IN ORDER TO HOLD A DISCUSSION PRIOR TO THE INTRODUCTION OF ITEM TO APPROVE CALLING AND ELECTION FOR THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE 1 6, 4, 4, TO DECIDE IT MUST BE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY BY TWO THIRDS VOTES OR THE METROPOLITAN CA COUNCIL.

IS THERE A MOTION TO DECLARE THIS ITEM BY AN EMERGENCY? IS THERE MOTION? SO MOVED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS SECOND, AND BY MO UH, ANY OPPOSITION HAVING NONE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYONE WHO LIKES TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION, UH, TO DECLARE THE CITY EMERGENCY ITEM, UH, BACK TO THE COUNCIL? IT HAS BEEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY SITE AND COUNCIL MEMBER GO DAY.

IN THIS PROCESS HAS, HAS OUR IOS TEAM.

I'LL TAKE IT FROM THE PODIUM SO THAT I DON'T HAVE MY BACK TURNED ONE.

THANK YOU MUCH.

AND A POWERPOINT TO BE BROUGHT UP, BUT, UM, I WANT TO SAY FIRST OFF, THANK YOU ALL TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THIS TOPIC.

UM, HOSTED, UH, UH, UP-TO-DATE SEVEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ON THIS TOPIC.

UH, PUBLIC MEETINGS HAVE BEEN HELD, UH, IN DISTRICTS THREE 12 DISTRICTS, EIGHT AND NINE DISTRICT FIVE AND DISTRICT SEVEN AND 11, UH, AND ALSO THE FEDERATION OF GREATER BATON ROUGE, CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, UH, HOSTED THIS TOPIC AS PART OF ONE OF THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETINGS, UH, AS WELL AS THE BATON ROUGE CHAPTER OF THE NAACP.

SO IT WAS VERY GRATEFUL TO PRESENT TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, UH, AND GAIN THEIR INPUT AND, UH, AND CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, HOSTING SOME MORE PUBLIC MEETINGS, UH, IN THE REMAINING DISTRICTS AROUND THE PARISH.

UM, I WANT TO, BEFORE I JUMP INTO THE POWERPOINT, RECOGNIZE THE MEMBERS OF THE PLANET GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE WHO SERVED BETWEEN 2017 AND 2019, UH, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, DONNA COLLINS, LEWIS, UH, WHO HAS REMAINED ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS.

SHE HAS ATTENDED A NUMBER OF THE MEETINGS THAT I JUST HIGHLIGHTED THAT HAVE BEEN HELD SHE'S PROVIDED INPUT.

SHE'S PROVIDED ME WITH A LOT OF INSIGHT IN SOME OF THE DISCUSSION AND DEBATE THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS HELD DURING THE PLAN GOVERNMENT MEETINGS.

UH, I'D ALSO RECOGNIZED MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, ADAM KNAPP FROM THE BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER, UH, WINSTON TO QUEER WHO AT THE TIME WAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE, UH, AND DONNA FRESH, WHO REPRESENTED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT ON THE, UH, COMMITTEE.

UH, I'D ALSO HIGHLIGHT ED LUKEY FROM THE FEDERATION OF GREATER BATON ROUGE, CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS.

AND THOUGH ASHLEY IS NOT HERE, ASHLEY BECK HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL

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ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL GET TO THE POWERPOINT.

WHAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU TONIGHT.

THE PRESENTATION IS A CONDENSED VERSION OF WHAT I'VE BEEN PRESENTING AT THE PUBLIC MEETINGS.

UH, THE, THE PIECES THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR PURPOSES OF TONIGHT IS JUST SOME OF THE HISTORY OF THE PLANET GOVERNMENT, UH, AND THEN SOME OF THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE PLANET GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE.

SO WE CAN GO NEXT SLIDE.

UM, THE, THE CURRENT PLAN, THE GOVERNMENT FEATURES 11 CHAPTERS THAT OUTLINED VARIOUS, UH, DEPARTMENTS AND, AND, UM, THAT THE DUTY, THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOTH THE, THIS BODY, THE LEGISLATIVE BODY, AS WELL AS THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, THE MAYOR PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, AND THEN OUTLINED SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS.

YOU CAN GO NEXT SLIDE.

UH, HERE'S A QUICK OVERVIEW.

THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP.

WE HAD THREE METRO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR PRESIDENT HAD AN APPOINTEE, OUR PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, AS WELL AS OUR CITY PARISH FINANCE OFFICE WERE REPRESENTED.

YOU GOT A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE NAACP CHAPTER IN BATON ROUGE, AND AS WELL AS THE FEDERATION OF CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, BOTH SOUTHERN AND LSU HAD AN APPOINTEE FROM THEIR LAW SCHOOLS, UH, BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER WAS REPRESENTED.

AND THEN OF COURSE, ASHLEY, AS THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR, UH, OVERSAW THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROCESS, NEXT SLIDE, UH, WHAT I'VE DONE IN, IN THE WAY I PRESENT THIS TO THE COMMUNITY IS I'VE SEPARATED THEM INTO TWO, TWO SECTIONS.

WHAT I CALL ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES, PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT AND THEN SUBSTANTIVE PROPOSED CHANGES.

AND SO FOR PURPOSES OF TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH THEM.

THAT WAS VERY, UH, EXPEDITIOUSLY, UH, TO COVER IT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND THEN A FEW OF THESE SUBSTANTIVE.

SO WE CAN GO NEXT SLIDE, UH, WITH NEXT SLIDE, WITH RESPECT TO ADMINISTRATIVE, THIS, THESE ARE CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE 11 CHAPTER DOCUMENT.

UH, YOU TALKING ABOUT REMOVAL OF OUT-OF-DATE REFERENCES, UH, LANGUAGE CHANGES FOR PRONOUNS FROM, UH, HE, UH, TO HE OR SHE, UH, REFERENCES TO TITLES AND POSITIONS.

THESE ARE, UH, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES THAT TOUCH ON EVERY CHAPTER, UH, BUT BRING THE DOCUMENT UP TO DATE.

AND SO, UH, THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE GOTTEN FROM, UH, CITIZENS WITH RESPECT TO THESE ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS IS IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, FRANKLY, TO, UH, THAT THE COMMITTEE MADE THE RECOGNIZE THAT THESE CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE.

AND IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO PUT THIS IN FRONT OF VOTERS, UH, TO, UM, UH, AS A SINGULAR ITEM, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, UPDATES TO LANGUAGE AND TITLES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE DOCUMENT IS SOMETHING THAT VOTERS, UH, WOULD BE, UH, GENERALLY FAVORABLE OF.

YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS IS ALL AVAILABLE ON THE BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA WEBSITE, UH, BUT CERTAINLY, UH, COVER SOME OF THE, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES THROUGHOUT EACH CHAPTER.

YOU CAN GO NEXT SLIDE.

UM, AND THEN ONE MORE SLIDE FORWARD, AND I'LL PAUSE HERE.

THE ONLY CHANGE WITH THIS SLIDE, I'M STILL REFERRING TO IT AS ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, BUT THAT THE CHANGE THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED ON THIS SLIDE IS THAT CHAPTER TWO, WHICH IS THE CHAPTER REGARDING THE GOVERNING BODY, THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, THIS METRO COUNCIL, AND THEN CHAPTER THREE, WHICH IS TITLED GOVERNING BODY POWERS AND DUTIES, THE COMMITTEE JUST THOUGHT IT MADE SENSE TO COMBINE THOSE CHAPTERS.

AND SO I'M STILL LUMPING THIS IN AS ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES, BUT ESSENTIALLY ALL PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER THREE WOULD BE CONSOLIDATED INTO CHAPTER TWO.

AND THEN THE FINAL BULLET POINT THERE IS THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOGNIZED THAT THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, WHICH PRESENTLY IS FEATURED UNDER CHAPTER FOUR, THE CHAPTER ON THE MAYOR PRESIDENT'S OFFICE PURCHASING HAS, UH, BECOME A SUBSTANTIAL DEPARTMENT WITHIN CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT.

UH, THEY OBVIOUSLY OVERSEE PROCUREMENT PROCESS TRANSPARENCY, UH, IN, IN HOW WE PROCURE A VENDOR SERVICES, AS WELL AS VENDOR REGISTRATION.

AND SO THE, THE PLANET GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE THOUGHT IT PRUDENT THAT THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT BE GIVEN ITS OWN CHAPTERS.

SO THE, THE SECTIONS, UH, OUTLINING THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT WOULD BE REMOVED FROM CHAPTER FOUR, THE CHAPTER ON THE MAYOR PRESIDENTS OFFICE.

AND IT WOULD, UH, CREATE ITS OWN CHAPTER, UH, TO, FOR THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT.

AND A DEBATE BEFORE THEY GO FORWARD TO VOTERS.

SO THAT IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROPOSALS.

UH, WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS, AGAIN, ON THOSE LAST TWO, THE CONSOLIDATION OF CHAPTERS AND THE CREATION OF THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT FEEDBACK FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS AGAIN, THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, BRINGING THE DOCUMENT MORE UP TO DATE.

UH, AND SO, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE SEVEN PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT I'VE HAD THERE BEEN NO CONCERNS, EXPRESS WITH RESPECT TO THOSE.

UH, WE'LL NOW GET INTO THE SUBSTANTIVE, WHICH, UH, WILL GENERATE A BIT MORE DISCUSSION.

I WILL START ON THE NEXT SLIDE CHAPTER TWO.

UM, I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THESE AND THEN TELL YOU SOME OF THOSE THAT I BELIEVE, UH, BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC REQUIRE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION AND INPUT

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UH, THE ADDITION OF ONE AT LARGE METRO COUNCIL MEMBER B, A PARISH, UH, UH, PARISH WIDE ELECTED MEMBER OF THE METRO COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE TRO COUNCIL, UH, SECTION 2.03 MEMBERS OF THE METRO COUNCIL HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT OF THEIR DISTRICT FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS BEFORE QUALIFYING FOR OFFICE, UH, SECTION 2 0 5, UH, REMOVES REFERENCES TO THE SPECIFIC COMPENSATION FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, SECTION 2 0 6, UH, REQUIRES ALL VACANCIES IN THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER BE FILLED WITHIN 20 DAYS OF THE VACANCY, 2 0 7 WOULD REQUIRE THE PRESIDENT PRO TEM.

AND IT WOULD INSTALL THAT WE ELECT A VICE PRESIDENT PRO TIM, UH, THAT THOSE TWO POSITIONS BE ELECTED AND ALSO THAT THE TERM FOR THE MAYOR PRESIDENT, AND EXCUSE ME FOR THE PRESIDENT PRO TIM AND VICE-PRESIDENT, PROTIUM GO FROM FOUR YEARS TO A TWO YEAR TERM, UH, SECTION 2 0 9 CLARIFIES AND MAKE CONSISTENT VOTING REQUIREMENTS FOR A SIMPLE MAJORITY AND A SUPER MAJORITY, UH, YES, SECTION 2.13 SUPER MAJORITY VOTE FOR THE REMOVAL OF AN OFFICER APPOINTED BY THE METRO COUNCIL.

SECTION 2, 1 6 REQUIRES THE COUNCIL OF BUDGET.

OFFICER ATTEND ALL BUDGET HEARINGS.

UH, 2, 1 7 WOULD DECREASE ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS FROM 75% OF ALL MEETINGS TO 60% OF ALL MEETINGS.

AND 2, 1 8 REQUIRES THE METRO COUNCIL TO ADOPT ORDINANCES, GOVERNING QUALIFICATIONS FOR BOARD OF COMMISSIONS NUMBERS.

UH, THOSE ARE THE, UH, SUBJECTS SINCE IT CHANGES FROM WITHIN CHAPTER TWO.

WHAT I WILL INFORM YOU OF IS THE, THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE GOT, I WOULD SUMMARIZE AS IF YOU CAN GO BACK ONE SLIDE, THE VERY FIRST ONE, THE ADDITION OF ONE AT LARGE METRO COUNCIL MEMBER, THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE GOTTEN FROM THE SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS IS THAT MORE DISCUSSION, MORE DEBATE, UH, AND MORE INFORMATION IS NEEDED ON, UH, WHY THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD RECOMMEND TO DO.

UH, I WOULD ALSO TELL YOU SOME OF THE FEEDBACK I'VE GOTTEN IS WAIT UNTIL WELL AFTER REDISTRICTING TAKES PLACE, BEFORE YOU ADD A PARISH WIDE, UM, ELECTED MEMBER OF THIS BODY, A 13TH MEMBER.

AND, AND SO I DO FEEL THAT THAT ONE, UH, DESERVES SOME MORE ATTENTION AND MORE DISCUSSION WITHIN OUR PUBLIC DIALOGUE.

I WOULD SKIP TO SECTION 2.05 TO TELL YOU THAT'S REMOVED TO THE REFERENCE TO SPECIFIC COMPENSATION.

THE FEEDBACK I GET ON THIS ONE IS, UM, A LOT OF SUPPORT COURT FOR INCREASING COMPETENCE.

, THERE'S NEVER AN AMOUNT THAT'S DISCUSSED.

UM, HOWEVER, I WOULD SAY, UH, FOLKS ARE ASKING FOR A VERY SPECIFIC PLAN TO COME OUT OF THIS BEFORE.

UH, THEY WOULD WANT THIS TO BE FEATURED ON A BALLOT TOO, UH, TO VOTE ON.

UH, AND SO AGAIN, I WOULD SAY THAT, UH, UM, WHILE THIS ONE I THINK, UH, IS, IS A WORTHY DISCUSSION, IT CERTAINLY DESERVES SOME MORE ATTENTION, SOME MORE SPECIFICS THAT WE COULD GIVE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, UH, 2.07, WHICH IS THE ELECTION OF, UH, ADDITION OF ELECTION OF A VICE PRESIDENT PRO TEM AND THE CHANGE OF THE TERM FROM FOUR YEARS TO THE PRESIDENT PRO TEM AND VICE PRESIDENT PRO TEM, THE, YOU ALREADY HAVE THE FEEDBACK I'VE GOTTEN ON THIS ONE IS WHAT WOULD BE THE SPECIFIC DUTIES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT PRO TEM, UH, BEFORE YOU ASK VOTERS TO ADD THIS, UM, UH, SIGNED SOME DUTIES TO A VICE-PRESIDENT PRO TIM, OTHER THAN FILL IN WHEN THE PRESIDENT PRO TEM, UH, IS VACANT FROM THE MEETING, UH, AND THEN THERE'S A QUESTION OF COMPENSATION.

DO THEY GET ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION? SO I THINK AGAIN, SOME MORE INFORMATION AND MORE SPECIFICS AROUND THOSE ITEMS, UH, WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION BEFORE THEY MOVE FORWARD.

IF YOU'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE TO, UH, SECTION 2.17, UH, IS A DECREASE OF THE ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS FROM 75 TO 60.

UH, THIS IS AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION IN THE PUBLIC.

UH, NUMBER ONE, THE QUESTION WHY 60% WAS THE TARGET, UH, THAT WAS NEEDED.

AND THEN THROUGH DISCUSSION AT A FEW OF THE MEETINGS, WE, THEM ACTUALLY ARRIVE AT THE CONCLUSION OF MAYBE INSTEAD OF A PERCENTAGE YOU ASSIGN THAT, UM, MEMBERS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS CAN BE EXCUSED FROM AN ABSENCE.

FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU HAVE A SICKNESS OR AN ILLNESS, OR IF YOU'RE, UM, IN NEED TO VISIT A FAMILY MEMBER WHO MAY BE ILL, YOU COULD QUALIFY THAT AS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE.

SO MORE DISCUSSION AND DIALOGUE NEEDED ON THIS ONE, UH, BEFORE IT GOES TO VOTERS.

AND THE FINAL ONE, SECTION 2.18, UH, METRO COUNCIL ADOPT ORDINANCES, GOVERNING QUALIFICATIONS FOR BOARD TO COMMISSION MEMBERS.

UM, I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF, UH, FAVORITISM TOWARDS THIS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THE MEETINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HELD.

UM, BUT AGAIN, LOOKING FOR SPECIFICS, WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO SEE IN SOME OF THOSE QUALIFICATIONS? SO I THINK SOME MORE DISCUSSION NEEDED ON THAT ITEM.

I'M GOING TO KEEP ROLLING THROUGH THESE AND OBVIOUSLY WE'LL COME BACK TO THEM, UH, AS YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS NEXT CHAPTER FOUR, THE CHAPTER ON THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTING

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SOME OF THE CHANGES VERY QUICKLY, SECTION 4.01 WOULD IMPOSE TO A TWO CONSECUTIVE TERM LIMIT TO THE POSITION OF THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT.

UH, AND THAT WOULD NOT GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL, UH, THE TERM THAT TAKES PLACE AFTER THE YEAR 2020.

SO ESSENTIALLY WOULD NOT, UH, IN ANY WAY IMPACT THE, THE SITTING MAYOR, PRESIDENT, WHERE SHE TO SEEK A THIRD TERM, UH, IF THIS WERE TO PASS A 4.02 PLACES, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UH, UNDER THE MAYOR PRESIDENT, AND HAS THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT APPOINT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DIRECTOR, AS I REFERENCED EARLIER, SECTIONS 4.07 THROUGH 4.12 CURRENTLY GOVERNING THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, UH, UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROPOSALS.

I TALKED ABOUT REMOVING THESE AND CREATING ITS OWN CHAPTER FOR THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT.

SECTION 4.14 CHANGES THE DUTIES OF THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER AND HAVING DEPARTMENT HEADS REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE CIO POSITION, AND ESSENTIALLY TURNS THE CAO INTO A CITY MANAGER TYPE ROLE.

AND THEN COMBINED WITH THAT, YOU'VE GOT SECTION 4.08, WHICH ADDS A NEW POSITION UNDER THE MAYOR PRESIDENT'S OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF.

AND THAT POSITION WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HANDLING POLICY DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, A 4.09 ADDS A NEW POSITION INTO THE MAYOR.

PRESIDENTS OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ESSENTIALLY GIVES THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT THEIR OWN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OUTSIDE OF THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

AND THEN SECTION 4.14 ADDS REQUIREMENTS, UH, AROUND THE CIO POSITION AROUND THE LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE, UH, AND OR EDUCATION, UH, FOR THAT TOOK IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THAT POSITION.

AND I WOULD ADD THAT, UH, THAT PART OF THAT REQUIREMENT IS THAT THE MAYOR PRESIDENT, UH, CHOOSES WHO TO HIRE AND FIRE FOR THAT CAO ROLE, BUT THE METRO COUNCIL WOULD HAVE, UH, HAVE TO APPROVE THE HIRE OF THAT POSITION.

THE HIRING OF THAT POSITION.

I TO GO BACK ONE SLOT.

OH NO, NO, I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

I APOLOGIZE.

SAY ON THIS SLIDE, THEY'RE ALL ENCOMPASSED ON THAT ONE.

UM, THE VERY FIRST SECTION 4.01, THAT'S UP THERE TO TERM LIMITS AGAIN, A LOT OF VERY GOOD DISCUSSION ON THIS, UH, FROM THE PUBLIC MEETINGS.

WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, UH, THE, THE COMMENTS THAT I'VE RECEIVED ARE, UH, UH, A LOT MORE INFORMATION, A LOT MORE INPUT AROUND THE REASONING BEHIND THIS, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT FOLKS WOULD LIKE TO SEE AGAIN, MORE SPECIFICS, I THINK BEFORE IT COMES, UH, BEFORE VOTERS IN THE FORM OF, UM, AN ELECTION, A BALLOT ITEM FOR AN ELECTION, UH, I WOULD TELL YOU THE REMAINING ITEMS, I THINK, UH, COULD BE PART OF A DISCUSSION AMONGST THIS COUNCIL.

UH, I THINK THERE WOULD BE VARYING OPINIONS.

THERE, THERE CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER TO MOVE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND HAVE THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT APPOINT A PLANNING DIRECTOR.

UH, I WOULD TELL YOU, I THINK THIS COUNCIL CAN ENGAGE IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS PRIOR TO THOSE GOING TO A VOTE.

UH, AND SO I DO THINK THE REMAINDER OF THE ITEMS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL LIKELY SEE COMING, UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR THIS BODY TO DO, UH, GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE IN CHAPTER EIGHT AND SUBSTANTIVE PROPOSAL TO CHANGE AN EXPANDED TIMELINE FOR THE ANNUAL BUDGET DELIBERATION.

SO ESSENTIALLY, UH, IT WOULD REQUIRE THAT THE MAYOR PRESIDENT SUBMIT A BUDGET TO THE METRO COUNCIL ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 15TH.

AND THEN THE METRO COUNCIL WOULD NEED TO ADOPT THAT BUDGET NOT LATER THAN THE LAST DAY OF THE FISCAL YEAR OR DECEMBER 31ST.

AND SO FROM THE CURRENT PROCESS, THAT'S AN EXPANSION OF ADDING 30 DAYS TO THE ENTIRE PROCESS.

UM, UH, THE, THE, THE FEEDBACK ON THIS ONE IS IT MAKES SENSE TO ADD MORE TIMES GIVEN THAT WITHIN THAT OCTOBER, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE END OF OCTOBER TO MIDDLE OF DECEMBER TIMEFRAME, YOU'VE GOT SOME HOLIDAY, UH, TIME OFF.

AND SO THAT, THAT TAKES AWAY FROM THE TIMEFRAME TO REVIEW AND EVALUATE AND DELIBERATE, UH, THE, THE BUDGET.

SO THE GENERAL CONSENSUS I'VE GOT, UH, FROM THE PUBLIC IS THAT THIS MAKES A LOT OF SENSE GO TO THE NEXT ONE IS CHAPTER 10, NEXT SLIDE.

UH, AND THIS ONE WE TOUCHED ON, UH, WITHIN THE MAYOR PRESIDENTS CHAPTER, UH, SIMPLY BECAUSE IT, IT INTERACTS WITH THAT ONE, BUT PROVIDES THAT THE MAYOR PRESIDENT APPOINTS PLANNING DIRECTOR, WHICH WOULD ESSENTIALLY MOVE THAT DEPARTMENT, OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT FROM UNDER THE METRO COUNCIL, THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OVER TO THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, SO THAT THE MAYOR PRESIDENT APPOINTS THAT POSITION OF PLANNING DIRECTOR, THAT APPOINTMENT PRESENTLY RESTS WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

SO THE CHANGE HERE WOULD BE THAT THE MAYOR PRESIDENT MAKES THAT APPOINTMENT, UH, MEMBERS I WANTED TO COVER, UH, THE, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK I'VE GOTTEN FROM THE SEVEN PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE THUS FAR.

IT IS MY INTENTION TO CONTINUE THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS.

UH, I'M SORRY, NEXT SLIDE.

UH, IT WAS MY INTENTION TO CONTINUE THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS, AND THEN I'LL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO

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THAT.

UM, THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THIS SLIDE IN THAT, UH, WE'RE AN ITEM OR ITEMS TO BE CONSIDERED BY VOTERS LATER THIS YEAR, UH, THAT THOSE ITEMS WOULD NEED TO BE INTRODUCED TO THIS BODY ON JULY 28TH OR OUR NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING, UH, TO THEN BE DELIBERATED ON AT THE AUGUST 11TH MEETING.

UH, THEY, ANY ITEMS THAT GO TO BALLOT WOULD NEED TO BE, UH, APPROVED BY THIS BODY AT THAT AUGUST 11TH MEETING IN ORDER TO APPEAR ON OUR NOVEMBER 13TH BALLOT, THE FINAL BULLET POINT THERE IS PROPOSED AMENDMENT APPEAR ON A PARISH WIDE BALLOT ON NOVEMBER 13TH.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

UH, SO IN THE, IN THE MORE BROAD PRESENTATION THAT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE, UH, THERE'S SOME MORE DETAIL THAT'S GIVEN AFTER THIS SLIDE ON SOME OF THE VARIOUS CHAPTERS, UH, WHAT EACH OF THE CHAPTERS OF THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT COVERS.

UH, SO I'LL PAUSE THERE AND HAVE SOME DISCUSSION BACK AND FORTH WITH YOU.

MY COLLEAGUES WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL MEMBER MO ROWDY.

I, TO TELL YOU, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK, UM, THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THIS, TAKEN UP THE REINS AND RUNNING WITH IT, BASICALLY.

UM, WE HAD GREAT DISCUSSION WHEN YOU MET WITH US AT THE, UH, UH, IN THE COUNCIL, UH, CONFERENCE ROOM.

UH, I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD ROUND ROBIN DISCUSSION.

AND I KNOW HERE WE HAVE A CERTAIN FORMAT, BUT, UH, AGAIN, I, I SAID THIS BEFORE, UH, SOONER OR LATER, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US COME TOGETHER IN A WORKSHOP FORMAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE DISCUSSED THAT IN THE THING WHERE ALL 12 OF US, I MEAN, PUBLIC CAN BE THERE.

UM, BUT WE CAN HAVE MORE OPEN DISCUSSION LIKE WE DID IN THAT CONFERENCE ROOM.

BUT I DID WANT TO TELL YOU, UM, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB IN, IN BREAKING THESE THINGS DOWN, FINDING OUT WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT WORKING WHERE EVERYBODY'S STANDING.

IT REALLY HELPED US OUT A LOT.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK.

YOU'VE DONE THAT.

AND I'VE CERTAINLY VALUED ALL OF THE DIALOGUE YOU ALL HAVE HAD ON THIS, THE FEEDBACK, THE QUESTIONS IT'S ALL BEEN EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY HELPFUL.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT.

ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WE'RE OUT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS, UH, FOR INVITING ME TO HOST A MEETING AT THE LIBRARY WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, THAT IT WAS A GOOD DISCUSSION AND THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN WELL WORTH IT.

I THINK NOW, AS WE MOVE TO JULY 28TH AND AUGUST 11, WE GOT TO TALK ABOUT OUR NEXT STEPS AND WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF AN INTRODUCTION OF THE ITEM, A TO DISCUSS ITEMS POTENTIALLY GOING TO THE BALLOT, BECAUSE I DO THINK THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME IN THE COMMUNITY WHO'S WHO STILL WANT TO WEIGH IN ON THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC IN THE MORNING, IF OUR COLLEAGUES WHO WERE RELATIVELY NEW TO THIS INFORMATION, THEY'VE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO VET IT AND FEEL CONFIDENT, UH, AND VOTING ON SENDING IT CERTAIN, UH, PORTIONS OF THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT TO THE VOTERS.

SO I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT OVER THE NEXT THREE WEEKS AS WE GET READY TO LEAVE, UH, WE STILL HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE WHILE WE WILL BE AWAY FOR THREE WEEKS, THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE BUSINESS, UH, THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, PARTICULARLY AROUND THIS ISSUE.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND YOUR EFFORTS ARE SINCERELY APPRECIATED THAT I'VE JUST, I'LL JUST ADD THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, BEING AN AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE HAS CERTAINLY BEEN A GOAL.

UH, AND I START EVERY PRESENTATION TO THE PUBLIC, UH, UNDER THE GUISE OF, I'M NOT HERE TO SELL YOU ON THESE.

I WANT TO, UH, PROVIDE INFORMATION AND RECEIVE YOUR VALUABLE INPUT AND FEEDBACK ON THIS.

AND I PLAN TO CONTINUE THAT AND ABSOLUTELY WANT TO BE AS AVAILABLE AS POSSIBLE TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ANY QUESTIONS, ANY THOROUGH DISCUSSIONS YOU WANT TO HAVE, HAVE TO DO IT.

UH, ROD, I APPRECIATE YOU, UH, UH, WORKING ON THIS SO HARD AND, UH, I KNOW COSMIN REMOTE.

UH, YOU'RE CORRECT HAVING THAT ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION WITH, UH, VERY VALUABLE.

AND I KNOW IT COMES COUNCILWOMAN WOMAN BANKS, AND I ARE GOING TO PICK A DATE HERE SOON FOR YOU TO COME PRESENT DISTRICT ONE AND TWO.

UM, BUT, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN COLE, YOU'RE CORRECT.

UH, YOU KNOW, BEING HERE SIX MONTHS IS I HEARD ABOUT THIS AND STARTED, UH, READING ABOUT PLANNING THE GOVERNMENT RIGHT OFF THE BAT, AND I HAVE A BETTER APPRECIATION FOR IT TODAY.

UM, BUT I CAN TELL YOU, I THINK, UH, SIX MONTHS OR EVEN A YEAR FROM NOW, I WOULD HAVE AN EVEN GREATER APPRECIATION BE ABLE TO, UH, IT WOULD BE FAR MORE SENSITIVE.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF I FEEL ANYTHING IN THERE, UH, REQUIRES SUCH IMMEDIATE ACTION.

UM, YOU KNOW, NOTHING SEEMS LIKE IT'S, IT'S ABSOLUTELY URGENT.

AND SO WHILE I UNDERSTAND IT'S BEEN WORKED ON FOR A LONG TIME, AND THERE'S A FEAR OF, WELL, IT'LL JUST DRAG ON AND THEN NOTHING CAN TAKE PLACE.

AND, UH, AND IT GETS PUSHED TO THE NEXT GROUP THAT HAS THE SAME ISSUE.

I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING NECESSARILY BECAUSE WE DID START THIS EARLY, HOWEVER, UH, MOVING FORWARD, UM, WITH, WITH SUCH A, WITH THE DEADLINE AND, AND UNDERSTAND THE REASON FOR IT.

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JUST, UH, I DON'T NECESSARILY FEEL SUCH A SENSE OF URGENCY.

I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE RUSHING IT.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SPEAKING JUST FOR MYSELF OR FOR ANYBODY ELSE'S NEW, BUT I FEEL LIKE MAYBE, UH, I PROBABLY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT, I DON'T KNOW, SIX MONTHS IN, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, MAYBE, MAYBE SIX MONTHS FROM NOW, I COULD TELL YOU, OKAY, I'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD GRASP.

AND NOW HERE ARE MY, MY THOUGHTS AT THAT POINT THAT I COULDN'T GIVE YOU TODAY.

SO, UH, BUT I APPRECIATE IT.

I ANTICIPATE LEARNING MORE AND LIKE I SAID, COUNCILWOMAN BANKS AND I ARE GONNA, UH, UH, AGREE ON A DATE HERE SOON.

AND WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, DO THAT, UH, UP IN BAKER'S ACKER AREA.

SO APPRECIATE IT.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, I, I WOULD SAY CERTAINLY, UH, WHAT I'VE TERMED HERE AS ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES, I THINK IS, IS WHAT I WOULD ALSO CALL LOW-HANGING FRUIT.

AGAIN, THE FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN, YES, THIS MAKES SENSE.

AND, AND WHILE I, WHILE I WOULDN'T ATTACH THE WORD URGENCY TO IT, I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT WAS DONE BY THIS COMMITTEE.

AND THEN ALSO MINIMIZE THE ITEMS THAT, UH, THAT I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THAT, UH, I THINK ARE WORTHY OF FURTHER DISCUSSION, FURTHER RESEARCH, AND FURTHER DIALOGUE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN YOU BRING POTENTIALLY BRING THOSE BACK IN THE FUTURE TO THE PUBLIC AND SAY, LOOK, WE MADE THESE CHANGES TO BRING THE DOCUMENT UP TO DATE, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO EVALUATE THESE POSITIONS A, AN AT-LARGE OR, OR A TERM THAN WHATEVER THEY MAY BE.

WE'RE NOW BRINGING THESE TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION.

I CONCUR WHAT COUNCILMAN NOAH, AND I MUST SAY A LOT OF WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE THERE.

I WILL, UH, GET A MEETING SCHEDULE, BUT I DON'T PERCEIVE THAT THERE'S AN URGENCY.

I DON'T RUSH INTO ANYTHING.

AND SO WHEN I SEE FOUR VERSUS TWO, MY QUESTION IS ALWAYS WHY.

AND SO WHY IS THE UNDERLYING QUESTION FOR ME ON A LOT OF THIS? AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, YES, WE'RE GOING TO SET UP A TIME TO MEET, BUT I WILL HAVE A BETTER GRASP ON THIS BEFORE I PUT DISTRICT 10 BEFORE YOU.

MA'AM AND THE, AND THE Y IS THE EXTENDED VERSION OF THE POWERPOINT I GAVE.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THOSE SUBSTANTIVE PROPOSALS, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THREE SLIDES REGARDING, UM, THE MOTIVATION BEHIND WHY THE COMMITTEE MADE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, AS WELL AS WHAT THOSE CHANGES WOULD IMPACT.

AND SO TALKING THROUGH THAT, THE MEETINGS HAVE, HAVE GENERALLY LASTED 90 MINUTES, UH, BECAUSE ONCE YOU GET INTO THOSE DISCUSSIONS, WHAT I CALL THE MEAT OF THE PRESENTATION, UH, THAT'S WHEN THE DIALOGUE STARTS AND THE QUESTIONS COME AND THE, OKAY.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE MOTIVATION BEHIND WHY THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THEM.

AND I WAS AT ONE OF YOUR MEETINGS THAT'S ALIVE.

THAT IS CORRECT.

BUT I STILL STAND WITH YEAH, NO RUSHING INTO ANYTHING.

AND JUST WANT TO GET A BIT MORE ON THE WHY.

GOOD COUNSEL.

YEAH, I THINK, UM, WE'RE ALL SAYING THE SAME THING, ROWDY, BUT I THINK THAT WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT RUSSIA, NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION, THE PARTS THAT THAT IS UNCOMFORTABLE IS THAT YOU ARE STILL PUTTING ON A PUBLIC HEARING AUGUST 11TH.

YOU STILL HAVE AN INTENTION FOR THIS TO GO BEFORE THE PUBLIC IN OCTOBER.

SO YOU WERE SAYING NOVEMBER, SO YOU WERE SAYING ONE THING, BUT YOUR ACTIONS ARE A DIFFERENT BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE, WHAT I KNOW WHAT I HAVE INDICATED IN WHAT I HEAR TONIGHT AND I'M, I'M YOU AND WHERE YOU ON THE COMMUTE? I CAN'T REMEMBER.

I WAS NOT.

MORE SO, UM, THAT, THAT IF THERE'S A PARTICULAR AREA THAT YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON, THAT YOU DO IT, BUT TO, TO MAKE IT AS PART OF A SEGUE FROM THAT IS NOT EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING AND, YOU KNOW, AND I, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ALL GETTING, UM, CONVERSATIONS FROM, UM, PEOPLE, AND, AND I KNOW YOU CALL IT, UM, LOW-HANGING FRUIT, BUT CHANGING THE MAYOR'S TERM FROM TWO TO THREE IS NOT LONELY.

SO I THINK ME AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GREEN, CONSTANTLY COLD, WE ACTUALLY ATTENDED THOSE MEETINGS.

AND A LOT OF THIS IS NEW INFORMATION, EVEN TO US.

SO TO SAY THIS AS A SEGUE FROM THOSE MEETINGS IS NOT 100% ACCURATE.

UM, AND THAT, SO FOR ALL OF US AND, AND IT'S, IT'S NOT THE SAME.

AND SO IT'S KIND OF, AND I'M NOT EVEN SURE HOW YOU, UM, END UP CARRYING, UM, THE WATER FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, BUT NOT TO BE DISRESPECTFUL FROM THAT GROUP.

UM, AS A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER WHO HAD NOT BEEN IN THOSE MEETINGS TO TODAY, BECAUSE YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION BASED ON, ON, ON A LOT OF THE BACKGROUND AS TO HOW THE COMMITTEE BEGAN, WHAT THE MOTIVATION WAS.

UM, THE, THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE ADD DURING THAT TIME, I ALMOST THINK, AND I KNOW I'M NOT THAT WE START FROM SCRATCH, BUT

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NO, NOPE.

NOT INCLUDED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT.

YEAH, THAT'S NOT, BUT IT STILL IS BEING PRESENTED TODAY.

AND BECAUSE OUT OF THE MEETING, AND I HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN TO THE MEETING, YOU MAY, YOU MAY HAVE STEPPED OUT, BUT I SAID, THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN THAT, THAT ONE'S NOT READY TO MOVE.

AND, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS BY PUTTING IT ALL OUT TODAY IS CONFUSING.

AND SO IF THAT WAS SOME THINGS YOU WERE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT ON AUGUST 11TH, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO INTRODUCE IT.

THINGS THAT YOU FEEL ARE READY, RIGHT.

NOT MINGLE, ADDING THOSE THAT ARE WITH ARE THEY'RE NOT.

AND SO THEN WE COULD, UM, THINK WE COULD READ, I MEAN, IF THERE'S A CHANCE TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT I THINK NO TIME DOES YEAR ARE PEOPLE READY, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO, WHO DO QUESTION YOUR MOTIVES AND ALL OF THAT BECOMES A DISTRACTION FOR US.

AND SO, UH, WE DO NEED TO GO SLOW AND EASY.

WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT CONNECTING IT TO THE MEETINGS THAT HAPPENED BEFORE, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE SAME.

WE WERE EAR TO THE, ONE OF THE, THE, THE ONES OF US THAT ARE IN TWO AND THREE TERM.

THIS IS NOT BAD.

AND SO, UM, I'M JUST SAYING FROM, UH, A SHEER PLACE OF HONESTY THAT IN OUR, WHEN WE HAVE OUR MEETING, I WOULD PREFER OUR MEETINGS THAT, UM, COUNCILMAN, UM, NOLA AND I HAVE, FIRST OF ALL DAY, WE NOT BE TIMED TO MEET THESE DEADLINES, BUT MORE, EVEN THOUGH I'M READY TO DO IT, BUT THAT WE JUST DEAL WITH THOSE THINGS THAT YOU FEEL ALREADY.

AND BECAUSE WE'RE NOT WHERE WE ARE WORKING, THIS IS OUR COLLABORATIVE WAY TO WORK WITH YOU.

UM, BUT WE STILL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PUT THINGS BEFORE OUR PEOPLE, AS A COUNCIL WOMAN, UH, COLEMAN SAID THAT WE TO FEEL SOMEWHAT COMFORTABLE WITH AND THAT WE COULD COMPROMISE.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION.

UM, WE JUST NEED TO DIAL IT BACK A LOT.

I HEAR YOU.

I CLARIFY, ONE THING YOU ASKED IF I WAS A MEMBER OF THAT COMMITTEE, I WAS NOT, BUT CERTAINLY TRACKED, UH, WHAT THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE DID EACH OF THEIR MEETINGS.

AND THEN THE VIDEOS ARE ABSOLUTELY AVAILABLE IN LINE HAVE GONE BACK TO A WATCH.

A LOT OF THOSE, UH, HAVE BEEN HOLDING THESE PUBLIC MEETINGS UP TO SEVEN NOW SINCE, UH, APRIL.

SO I DO FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN A GOOD DIALOGUE.

UH, THERE'S A PUBLIC COMMENT FORUM AVAILABLE NOW ONLINE.

UM, YOU KNOW, AS YOU RECALL, UH, THE, THE ABILITY TO PRESENT THESE TO THE PUBLIC FROM THE OF GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE WAS SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF COVID.

UH, AND SO THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU'RE SEEING TODAY ARE IN FACT, ONE IN THE SAME, UH, THAT THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE THAT WORKED FROM 2017 TO 2019 PUT TOGETHER.

DO YOU SEE, YOU'RE TRYING TO JUSTIFY YOU GOING FORWARD.

YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO WHAT WE SAYING.

YOU STILL TRYING TO JUSTIFY THERE UP THERE.

I'VE BEEN HAVING THESE MEETINGS SINCE APRIL OR IT'S.

WE HAVE VIDEOS OF COVID SHUT IT DOWN.

YOU'RE NOT LISTENING THE TIME FOR THE MAJORITY OF US IS NOT RIGHT.

YOU'RE NOT LISTENING.

YOU'RE I DON'T KNOW.

W ONE OF THE THINGS I DID MEAN TO ASK YOU, CAUSE WE HAVE 300,000 PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT, IN THIS PARISH, HOW MANY WERE AT EACH ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID IN THE MIDDLE OF A UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF ILLNESS, IN THE MIDDLE OF FUNERALS, HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE OF A FLOOD, HOW MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE REALLY CARE ABOUT THESE CHANGES THAT ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIVES? AND THAT'S WHAT YOU NOT GETTING PEOPLE RIGHT NOW ARE IN SURVIVAL MODE.

AND THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT US TO BE FOCUSED ON ARE THINGS THAT CHANGE THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIVES AND GOVERNANCE, AS IMPORTANT AS IT IS, IS NOT A PRIORITY FOR 2021.

AND I JUST WANT YOU TO HEAR THAT AND UNDERSTAND DON'T TRY TO MAKE IT WHAT IT'S NOT.

AND JUST LISTEN TO SAY, OKAY, I GOT YOU, BUT THAT'S THE WHERE WE ARE.

NO, I'LL DISTANCE

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MYSELF FROM THAT.

I THINK I JUST HEARD YOU SAY GOVERNANCE IS NOT A PRIORITY FOR OUR CITIZENS.

AND THEN IN 2021, WE HAVE, IT'S NOT LIKE WE DON'T HAVE ANY, IT'S NOT LIKE WE WALKING AROUND WITHOUT ANY, WE DO HAVE A PLAN OF GOVERNMENT.

THIS IS A, THIS IS A CITY OF PARIS THAT HAS RUN 200 YEARS.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, DON'T TRY TO MINIMIZE WHAT I'M SAYING AND PICK OUT ALL THAT I HAVE SAID TO SAY THAT I'M SAYING THAT GOVERNANCE IS AN IMPORTANT, I WOULDN'T BE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL IF I DIDN'T THINK GOVERNANCE WAS, BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU IS PEOPLE ARE IN SURVIVAL MODE.

AND RIGHT NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO GET A FARM FOOTING ON LIFE AND FOR NOW TO BE TRYING TO MAKE THEM AND MAKE ALL OF US CHANGE ALL KIND OF STUFF FOR THIS.

AND YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M TRYING NOT TO SAY SOME OF THE REASONS PEOPLE COUNSELING JUST WANTS YOU TO KNOW YOU'RE INTO YOUR SECOND FIVE MINUTES.

WE ONLY HAVE TWO MINUTES LEFT IN THIS MEETING AND WE HAVE TO SHUT IT DOWN.

I'M GOING TO GIVE SOMEBODY, I SENT YOU.

I THINK I MADE MYSELF CLEAR COUNCIL MEMBER ROWDY.

WHEN'S YOUR NEXT MEETING SCHEDULED? DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER, YEAH, HAS NOT BEEN SCHEDULED YET.

I'M WORKING WITH SOME OF THE MEMBERS TO DO THAT.

LET US KNOW, BECAUSE I DO HAVE PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT THAT ENDED UP GOING TO ANOTHER ONE THAT DID MAKE IT TO OUR, SO I KNOW Y'ALL LOVE MY SATURDAY MORNING.

WITH TWO MINUTES LEFT TO GO COUNSEL NUMBER GREEN.

NO, NO.

WE, WE, WE TO MAKE SURE WE IN, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GO THERE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PROBABLY CLOSE OUT THIS AGENDA ITEM BECAUSE IF WE DO NOT BY LAW, WE HAVE TO START WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM AT THE NEXT MEETING.

SO DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? DOES THAT END YOUR COMMENTS ON THIS? TAKE YOUR TIME, BECAUSE IF WE HAVE TO OPEN UP WITH THIS ITEM, WE CAN.

NO, SIR.

THANK YOU MEMBERS FOR YOUR INPUT AND FEEDBACK.

APPRECIATE IT.

UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT, MOTION, MOTION BY GREEN SECOND BY A MOROSA WHEN I'LL GO TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.

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COUNCIL MEMBER MODE.