Sep 22, 2021 Metropolitan Council

WE GOT A DEFERMENT.

WE NEED A TIME TO GET THE GAS METER REMOVED AND THE GAS RISER WHERE THERE WOULDN'T BE AN ACTIVE GAS LINE RIGHT BY THE HOUSE.

UH, AND SO THAT'S BEEN DONE, BUT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A VERY WET YEAR PROPERTY AROUND THE HOUSE.

WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE TIME FOR IT TO DRY.

AND THE FAMILY IS, UH, THINKING OF, UH, BIDDING OUT THE DEMOLISHING OF THE HOUSE, INCLUDED IN A PROJECT TO CLEAR, UH, JOINING LAND, TO HELP WITH A HOMELESS, UH, PROBLEM OF HOMELESS PEOPLE, CAMPING ON THE ADJOINING PROPERTY.

GOTCHA.

COUNSEL, IF WE CAN HAVE TIME, THE FALL IS USUALLY ONE OF THE DRIEST TIMES OF THE YEAR AROUND HERE FOR THINGS TO DRIVE.

GOOD.

GET HEAVY EQUIPMENT IN THERE.

COUNCILMAN ADAMS. WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE, MR. MOZZARELLA.

I REACHED OUT MAYBE ISN'T YOUR BROTHER WHO I WOULD'VE REACHED OUT TO ARTHUR, UM, TO, TO LET UP TO CHECK IN WITH HIM AND I, I DIDN'T HEAR BACK.

UM, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU TO, TO GET THIS PROPERTY, TO GET THIS HOUSE DOWN? IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG ONCE WE GET THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT IN THERE.

SO CAUSE IT'S ALREADY, IT'S ALREADY BEEN 90.

IT'S NOT EVEN 90 DAYS.

WELL, AS YOU KNOW THE WEATHER, WE CONTINUED TO GET RAIN AFTER RAIN, THEN THE TROPICAL WEATHER, HOW MANY HANDS? SO DON'T TAKE TIME FOR THAT LAND TO DRAIN BECAUSE THE LAND AROUND IT IS NOT CLEARED.

UM, IS THAT, THAT PROPERTY IS SECURED.

IT'S ARE PEOPLE ABLE TO ASK IT INTO THAT HOUSE AT THIS TIME? BECAUSE WE'D GOTTEN REPORTS THAT THERE WERE, THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE KIND OF SQUATTING IN THERE AND THAT WAS A CONCERN FOR THE RESIDENTS, GET SOME PLYWOOD AND GREW SOME PLYWOOD UP OVER A DOORWAY.

UM, HAVE YOU FOUND A CONTRACTOR TO DO THAT WORK YET? WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY LINED UP YET, BUT THE PLAN IS TO GET SOMEBODY, UH, POSSIBLY DO THE PROJECTS TOGETHER LET'S UM, BUT, UH, TWO WEEKS, TWO WEEKS AND THEN UN OR WHATEVER OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS, AND PLEASE Y'ALL CONTACT ME CAUSE I NEED, I NEED A VERY SPECIFIC TIMELINE AND PLAN.

UM, FOR THIS WHAT'S YOUR NAME? LAURIE ADAMS. YEAH.

ARTHUR HAS MUCH MY INFORMATION.

COUNCIL MEMBERS? ANY OTHER CHANGES FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS SEE A NUN? UH, THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES FROM, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FROM DPW ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 65 66, 67 AND 68.

ANYBODY ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON A CONDEMNATION

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UH, WE WILL DEFER ITEM 64 FOR 30 DAYS AND ITEM 63 FOR TWO WEEKS.

SO MOVED BY THE CHAIR.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN? NO.

ANY OPPOSITION SEEING NO OPPOSITION ITEM PASSES? WE'LL MOVE NOW TO THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM 69 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL SITTING AS THE BOARD OF REVIEW ON PARISH ASSESSMENTS BY COUNCIL, ADMINISTRATOR TREASURER.

UM, MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR GO AHEAD.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE INITIALLY HAD TWO APPEALS FILED, BUT THE, UM, BOTH PROPERTY OWNERS IN THOSE CASES HAVE, UM, BEEN ABLE TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE ASSESSOR.

SO Y'ALL DO NOT NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT.

SO WE WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 69, SEEING

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NON NO ACTION.

WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 70 AMENDING CITY PARISH ORDINANCE 7 1 7 1 9 4 ADOPTED NOVEMBER 26TH, 2019, PARTICULARLY THE LIST OF EXCEPTIONS TO THE REQUIRED PARKING FEE, INCLUDING STUDENT WORKERS AND STUDENT INTERNS, JURORS SUMMIT, THE DISTRICT COURT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL SUBPOENAED FOR COURT APPEARANCES TO ADD AN EXEMPTION FOR METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEMBERS AND LEGISLATIVE AIDES FROM THE REQUIRED MONTHLY PARKING FEE BY COUNSELING, CLEVE DUNN, JR.

PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 70, UH, MR. ANDREW MORRELL, UH, NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT AN OPPOSITION.

ANYONE ELSE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK COUNCIL MEMBERS, HE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL COMMENT, UM, IN OPPOSITION TO THE ITEM COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EMOTIONS.

I LIKE, UH, IF I CAN GET ANDY OR SOMEONE FROM THE PAST ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, JUST TO, UH, GIVE A, UH, TEA LEAVES OF, OF THE OPINION FROM THE AGS DEPARTMENT, WE JUST GOT IT JUST BEFORE THE MEETING.

SO I JUST WANT TO GET AN INTERPRETATION SO IT CAN BE CLEAR WHAT THE AGS, UH, POINT OF VIEW WAS ON THAT.

LET ME JUST GIVE YOU A CLEAR, I DON'T INTERPRET AGE.

HE, WHEN HE MAKES A DECISION TO SEASON, WHAT WOULD BE AN INTERPRETATION? UH, ALL OF YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED IT BY EMAIL.

I KNOW IT WAS ONLY ABOUT 15 MINUTES AGO.

SO MANY OF YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT, BUT I, UH, ASKED HELL NO ANSWER, GOT MY EMAIL.

WE ABLE TO, OKAY.

BUT I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE, IF Y'ALL COULD SEE THIS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, BASICALLY THE AGEE TOOK A LOOK AT IT.

I'M GONNA GO OVER THIS VERY QUICKLY.

THEY JUST LOOKED AT IT FROM THE STAND SAID, THIS, THIS IS A TRANSACTION INVOLVES EXPENDITURE DONATIONS, PUBLIC FUNDS AS SUCH, AND TO GO THROUGH AN ANALYSIS, UH, IN LOOKING AT LOUISIANA COSTS WHOSE ARTICLE SEVEN, SECTION 14, AND PARTICULARLY IT LOOKED AT THE RECENT DECISION WHERE THE L SIX DECISION CALLED THE CABELLA'S CASE AND HOW THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD OF THE CITY OF GONZALES VERSUS ALL TAXPAYERS AT OWL.

AND IN THAT CASE, THE LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT SET FORTH A BALANCING TEST OF THREE FACTORS THAT MUST BE CONSIDERED IN DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT THE PUBLIC ENTITY HAS THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO MAKE THE EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS.

THE FIRST IS A PUBLIC PURPOSE OF THE EXPENDITURE OF TRANSFER THAT COMPORTS WITH THE GOVERNMENT PURPOSE, FOR WHICH THE PUBLIC ENTITY HAS THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO PURSUE.

DAG FELT LIKE THE METRO COUNCIL HAD THE REQUISITE AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE PARKING, HIS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COUNCIL AIDES.

IT FURTHER, WENT ON TO SAY, THE CITY OF PARIS HAS THE EXPLICIT AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE EACH MEMBER OF HIS GOVERNING AUTHORITY WITH A TRAVEL ALLOWANCE FOR AN PARIS TRAVEL UPON APPROVAL BY MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING, PROVIDING FREE PARKING FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COUNCIL AIDS AND THE CITY OWNED PARKING GARAGE COMPORTS WITH THE GOVERNMENTAL PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE PUBLIC ENTITY HAS A RIGHT AS A LEGAL AUTHORITY TO PURSUE TURNING TO THE SECOND PROBLEM, WHICH IS AT THE EXPENDITURE OR TRANSFER TAKEN AS A WHOLE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE GRATUITOUS.

AND LOOKING AT THAT PRONG, THEY G'S OFFICE FOUND THAT THE EXPENDITURE, UH, TRANSFER DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE INTUITIVE SINCE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COUNCILS AGE USAGE OF THE PARKING GARAGE IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE DISCHARGE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES.

HIS OFFICE HAS CONSISTENTLY OPINE THAT WE'RE BOTH PARTIES TO THE ARRANGEMENT, THE RIDE, SOME ADVANTAGE OR BENEFIT OF RETURN FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE.

IT IS ONE OF A NON GRATUITOUS NATURE.

THIRD PRONG IS THAT THE PUBLIC ENTITY HAS A DEMONSTRABLE OBJECTIVE AND REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF RECEIVING SOMETHING REAL AND SUBSTANTIAL AND THE SAME FOR THE EXPENDITURE OR TRANSFER OF PUBLIC FUNDS.

AND THIS PRONG THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SALT FELT THAT IT WAS A FACT INTENSIVE WAY OF TRYING TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE MEET THAT CRITERIA.

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HOWEVER, THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DID STATE THAT, NONETHELESS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A FACT AND TITS ANALYSIS THAT SHOULD BE LEFT UP TO THE ENTITY TO DECIDE, NONETHELESS, IT APPEARS THAT BOTH PARTIES TO THIS TRANSACTION, MEANING OUR SITUATION WHERE RECEIVED SOMETHING REAL AND SUBSTANTIAL IN EXCHANGE FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE IS THEREFORE THE THIRD PRONG IS LIGHTLY LIKELY SATISFIED.

SO BASED UPON THAT, THAT FINAL DECISION, WAS IT A FINAL RULING WAS CONSIDERING THE FOREGOING.

IT IS THE OPINION OF THIS OFFICE.

THIS OFFICE BEING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DID THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.

UH, EAST BATON ROUGE MAY PROVIDE PARKING VENUE BENEFITS TO THE CITY PARENTS, METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEIR COUNCIL AIDES THAT THEY HAVE AT THE MASTER SCHOOL OBJECTIVE AND REASONABLE EXPECTATION THAT DOING SO WILL PROVIDE A REAL AND SUBSTANTIAL BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARIS OF EAST BEDROOM.

TO ITEM 71, GRANTED A RENEWAL OF A FIVE-YEAR PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT ESTIMATED THAT $46,694 PER YEAR FOR 500 LAUREL DEVELOPMENT, LLC LOCATED AT 500 LAUREL STREET FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENCOURAGING PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND RESTORATION OF PROPERTY BY PLANNING DIRECTOR WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC, HEARING ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 71, SEEING NONE WE'LL MOVE TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, ITEM 71, UH, OPPOSED, BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK MR. ANDREW MORRELL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTIONS MOTION BY COUNCILMAN ROCCO.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, IF ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FEEL FREE, BUT IF NOT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DUNN.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BANKS? UH, WE HAVE AN OBJECTION FROM COUNCILMAN ADAMS AND, UH, AN OBJECTION FROM THE CHAIR.

UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST MAKE SOME BRIEF COMMENTS.

UM, YOU KNOW, I, MY ISSUE WITH THIS, IT WAS NEVER THE, THE LEGAL PART OF IT.

ALTHOUGH I DO SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO, TO GO AND, AND GO THROUGH THE TROUBLE OF DOING AN AG AG OPINION.

UM, MY PROBLEM WITH THIS IS THAT WE, WE SEND THE WRONG MESSAGE TO OUR STAFF, RIGHT? UM, UH, IT COSTS MONEY TO RUN THE GARAGE.

UM, AND SO I THINK WE HAD OUGHT TO BE WILLING TO PAY FOR THAT.

UM, THAT'S JUST MY OPINION ON IT.

UM, I GUESS WE'LL VOTE ON THE MACHINES.

UH, COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR, PLEASE OPEN THE MACHINES.

MACHINES ARE OPEN ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE MY MACHINE'S NOT OPEN IT FAILS.

MOTION FAILS.

WE'LL MOVE

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SECOND BY THE CHAIR.

ANY OPPOSITION SEEING NONE, THE ITEM PASSES

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ITEM 72 PROVIDING FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND INCLUSION OF THE AREA DESCRIBED IN THE PETITION FOR ANNEXATION BY WOMAN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION, MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT, LLC LEVEL CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT, LLC, AP DAWSON, LLC.

I B J J F INVESTMENTS, LLC MANCHAC HOMES, LLC, AND H AND D EQUIPMENT SERVICES, INC, WHICH CONSTITUTES THE MAJORITY AND NUMBER AND AMOUNT OF PROPERTY OWNERS AS CERTIFIED BY THE PARISH ASSESSOR IN WHICH CONTAINS NO REGISTERED VOTERS AS CERTIFIED BY THE REGISTRAR VOTERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH L A R S 33, COLON 1 72 AND SECTION 1 0 9 OF THE PLANET, GOVERNMENT BY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR TREASURY.

WE'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR THE PUBLIC, HEARING ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 72, WE'LL START WITH PROPONENTS.

UH, AND THEN WE'LL DO OPPONENTS AFTER THAT.

SO FIRST TO SPEAK IN FAVOR, NOT LIKE THIS WILL ALLOW ME TO BROOM TO GO FIRST.

ABSOLUTELY.

DIDN'T THEY SIT HERE ARE WELCOME.

THANK YOU, MR. ACTING PROTIUM AND TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, UNDER OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN OF GOVERNMENT, ALL VOTERS WITHIN EASTBOUND, WHICH PARISH CAST THEIR BALLOT FOR THE MAYOR PRECEDENT, BUT THIS OFFICE DOES NOT HAVE ANY AUTHORITY WITHIN THE CITIES OF BAKER CENTRAL.

EXACTLY.

AS A RESULT, MY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES SPECIFICALLY EXTEND TO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND THE UNINCORPORATED LIMITS OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

UH, YOU'LL FIND THREE SEPARATE PETITIONS FROM PROPERTY OWNERS, FROM THE UNINCORPORATED REGIONS OF THE PARISH WHO ARE REQUESTING ANNEXATION INTO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.

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I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS REGARDING ANNEXATION AND THE EFFECTS THIS PROCESS WILL HAVE ON OUR PARISH.

I HAVE MET WITH THE LEADERS FROM OUR CITY PARISH DEPARTMENTS TO EVALUATE EACH POTENTIAL ANNEXATION.

I WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO ENSURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF BOTH THE PARTIES REQUESTING ANNEXATION AND THE OPPONENTS OF THIS MEASURE IN ORDER TO EVALUATE AND ADDRESS THESE REQUESTS.

BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THE SPECIFICS OF SERVICES, LET'S START WITH THE QUESTION OF THE ABILITY TO ANNEX PROPERTY INTO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.

AT THIS TIME, THE PARISH ATTORNEY HAS PREVIOUSLY ANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT ANNEXATION ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS AND HAS ACKNOWLEDGED AND EXPLAIN THE LEGALITY OF THESE REQUESTS.

I'VE BEEN ADVISED THAT THESE THREE REQUESTS FOR ANNEXATION HAVE BEEN LEGALLY FILED WITH ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, NEEDED TO REQUEST AN EXTENSION FROM THE UNINCORPORATED REGIONS OF THE PARISH, INTO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.

THE PARISH ATTORNEY OF COURSE, IS HERE WITH US TODAY.

AND HE CERTAINLY CAN REITERATE THIS INFORMATION IF NEEDED OUR CONSOLIDATED CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT PROVIDES PARISH WIDE EMS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, 9 1, 1 AND SOAR SERVICES.

I HAVE TO START OFF BY GIVING RECOGNITION TO OUR INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE WORK THAT THEY DO SERVES AS THE FOUNDATION FOR SERVICE DELIVERY, OUR TEAM HAS DEVELOPED A COMPLEX GI FOR OUR ENTIRE PARISH.

WE USE THIS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT FROM DPW TO BRP D AND EVERY DEPARTMENT IN BETWEEN DPW USES THIS DATABASE TO DEFINE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES WITHIN OUR PARISH.

THERE ARE COUNTLESS AREAS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE ROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC STRUCTURES ARE OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY THE CITY PARISH THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS AND AREAS OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY THE CITIES OF CENTRAL BAKER.

AND SACARY, THESE SEGMENTATIONS ARE NOT NEW AND THEY HAVE EXISTED FOR DECADES.

OUR GIS DATA ELIMINATES CONFUSION IN TERMS OF THE BOUNDARIES OF SERVICE.

THERE ARE 10 FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND FOUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF OUR PARISH.

OUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS OPERATE WITH A JOINT RESPONSE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT, ENSURING THEY DELIVER THE FASTEST RESPONSE.

OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN INCORPORATED CITIES RESPOND TO CALLS AND THEIR JURISDICTIONS AND THE SHERIFF HANDLES CALLS AND THE UNINCORPORATED REGIONS OF THE PARISH.

AND OF COURSE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS COLLABORATE ACROSS JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES TO ENSURE A PUBLIC SAFETY.

THIS COORDINATED RESPONSE EFFORT IS BACKBAR GIS SYSTEM.

WHEN AN EMERGENCY CALL COMES IN, OUR DATABASE DIRECTS THE CALL TO THE APPROPRIATE AGENCY FOR RESPONSE, ENSURING THAT ALL CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE HANDLED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

FINALLY, THE CALLS ARE RECEIVED THROUGH ONE JOINT SYSTEM AND DELEGATED TO THE APPROPRIATE AGENCY, THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE CENTRAL AND THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE PARISH FUNDS SANITATION SERVICES THROUGH A USER FEE BAKER AND ZACHARY HANDLED THEIR SANITATION SERVICES INDEPENDENTLY.

BOTH OF THESE SERVICES USE THE DATA WITHIN OUR GIS SYSTEM TO NAVIGATE ANY JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES FOR THESE SERVICES.

I HOPE THIS PROVIDES CLARITY AS IT RELATES TO THE SERVICES THAT THE CITY AND PARISH PROVIDE.

UH, IN ADDITION, OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE PROVIDED DOCUMENTATION SHOWING THAT THERE WILL BE NO ADDITIONAL COSTS WITH THE ANNEXATION OF THESE PROPERTIES, AND THEY HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THESE ANNEXATIONS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS REGARDING SERVICE DELIVERY, OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE HERE TODAY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS.

OUR CONSOLIDATED FORM OF GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE BEGAN IN 1947 AND IN THE 74 YEARS, SINCE THEN, THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL HAS NEVER DENIED AN ANNEXATION.

I'M CONFIDENT THAT EACH OF YOU WILL USE THIS INFORMATION AS YOU CAST YOUR VOTES TODAY.

THANK YOU IN FAVOR AND WISHING TO SPEAK, MR. CHARLES LANDRY ELSMAN HUDSON, WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO LET MS. PEARSON SPEAK AHEAD OF ME? CAUSE THEN I CAN GET INTO THE MEAT.

SHE WOULD.

WOULD THAT BE OKAY? ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU SIR.

AGE BEFORE BEAUTY, I

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CAME HERE TODAY AND I SEE A LOT OF NEW FACES HERE AND MAYBE I'M A NEW FACE TO YOU AND YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE ME BECAUSE I'M BEHIND THIS MASK.

I'LL TAKE IT OFF FOR A MINUTE.

UM, I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT TWO THINGS FIRST.

UH, I, I WANT TO PUT TO BED ONCE AND FOR ALL THE RUMOR, UH, MYTHS, WHATEVER THAT SOMEHOW THE TIMING OF THESE ANNEXATIONS OR ANY ANNEXATIONS AT THIS TIME ARE INAPPROPRIATE.

THE STATUTE SPECIFICALLY PROVIDES FOR THE TIME IN WHICH ANNEXATIONS CAN AND CANNOT BE MADE.

AND IT'S IN SECTION G OF TITLE 33 COLON ONE.

AND IT SAYS THAT DURING THE TIME PERIOD, GRANTED TO A CHAIRPERSON TO SUBMIT THE PETITION FOR CERTIFICATION, WHICH I REFER TO AS THE GATHERING OF SIGNATURES PERIOD, WE COULDN'T ANNEX.

THEN ONCE THAT'S DONE AND IT'S SUBMITTED, WHICH IT WAS, IT HAD TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR AND CALL THE ELECTION.

THEN YOU CAN BEGIN ANNEXATIONS AGAIN, THAT AMENDMENT WAS MADE IN 2016 AND I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WORDS OF IT, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT SAID.

THE SECOND THING IS WITH REGARD TO THAT, SOMEONE ASKED, WELL, SHOULDN'T THERE BE AN INJUNCTION AGAINST THAT AT THIS TIME? WELL, NO ONE HAS ASKED FOR ONE, THE LAW DOESN'T PROVIDE FOR ONE AND THE COURT HAS NOT GRANTED ONE.

THERE WAS A MATTER PENDING IN COURT AND THEY ARE THE ONES THAT CAN GRANT INJUNCTIONS OR STAYS.

NOBODY'S ASKED THEM FOR IT.

MY SECOND POINT IS THIS.

I HAVE BEEN DRAWN INTO ST.

GEORGE, MY RESIDENCE.

WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT INFORMATION.

NO ONE ASKED ME, DID I WANT TO CHANGE MY TOWN? DID I WANT TO MOVE TO ANOTHER TOWN AND LEAVE MY OFFICE IN BATON ROUGE, A SEPARATE TOWN? DO I WANT TO ADDRESSES? DO I WANT MY CLIENTS TO THINK I COMMUTE TO WORK FROM ONE CITY TO ANOTHER? THE ANSWER IS NO.

AND I'LL READ THESE ARTICLES BY PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO ANNEX OR MAD AT ST.

GEORGE AND THEY'RE OPPOSED TO IT, AND THEY'RE BITING ST.

GEORGE FOR PERSONAL REASONS.

WAIT A MINUTE.

WE WERE NEVER ASKED IF WE WANTED TO BE IN ST.

GEORGE, THE HOSPITAL WAS NEVER ASKED.

MATERIAL WAS NOT ASKED, BUT YOU KNOW, WHO WAS ASKED.

SO SAY FOR THE SECOND PETITION, THEY DID ASK SOME RESIDENTS, MOSTLY AFRICAN-AMERICANS ON GUARD HERE LANE, WHETHER THEY WANT IT TO BE IN ST.

GEORGE AND THEY GOT, SO SAY A FEW ANSWERS.

NO.

SO WHAT DID THEY DO? CUT THEM OUT, BUT THEY DIDN'T ASK ANYONE ELSE.

THEY DIDN'T ASK ME.

AND I AM IN MY RESIDENCE IS PROPOSED TO BE IN THE CITY OF ST.

GEORGE THAT'S POINT.

NUMBER ONE POINT NUMBER TWO IS IN THIS CURRENT AGE WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE RISING UP, THEY DON'T WANT TO BE MANDATED TO EVEN PROTECT THEIR OWN HEALTH BY THE GOVERNMENT.

IF YOU CHOOSE TO DENY THIS ANNEXATION, YOU ARE MANDATING THESE PEOPLE NOT TO DO SOMETHING WITH THEIR PROPERTY, AND YOU ARE NOT ST.

GEORGE IS NOT EVEN A GOVERNMENT YET.

MS. PEARSON, THAT'S YOUR TIME.

I HOPE I MADE AN IMPRESSION MR. LADDER.

SO I'VE NEVER BEEN CALLED BEAUTIFUL, BUT I'LL ACCEPT THAT.

UH, GOOD EVENING, CHARLES LANDRY, A HUNDRED NORTH, UH, STRAIGHT BAD RACIAL LOUISIANA.

I REPRESENT, UH, ALL OF THE PETITIONERS IN THIS FIRST MATTER.

UM, THE PRINCIPAL ONE'S PAYING WOMAN'S HOSPITAL, WE HAVE MRS. SKIRT, UH, KURT SCOTT HERE AS REPRESENTATIVE JOHN EQUIS, UH, FOUR H AND A, AND MY TARA.

HE ALSO WITH LEVEL AND THE LIGHT, JUST FOR CLARITY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO HAND IT OUT RIGHT NOW, UH, IS A SUMMARY OF THE MATTERS DEALING WITH, UH, THESE ANNEXATIONS.

I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION.

AND WE HAVE CONFIRMED THIS TO THE PARISH ATTORNEY, AS WELL AS, UH, THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR THAT BECAUSE WE HAD THE INCORRECT OWNERSHIP NAME OF, UM, THREE SMALL TRACKS THAT ARE INDIRECTLY OWNED BY WOMEN'S HOSPITAL HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED TO A SUBSIDIARY.

UM, WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING IN THIS PETITION THAT WASN'T ENTIRELY CORRECT.

SO WE'VE WITHDRAWN THOSE THREE BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL PETITION WAS IN THE NAME OF WOMAN'S HOSPITAL AND THEY HAD SUBSEQUENTLY TRANSFERRED IT TO A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY.

WE'LL COME BACK WITH THOSE PROPERTIES LATER.

UM, WHAT'S BEING HANDED OUT TO YOU, UM, WHICH IS, UH, VERY, VERY, UH, IMPORTANT IS A SUMMARY OF ALL THE RECENT ANNEXATIONS, UM, INTO, UH, THE CITY SINCE, SINCE THE ELECTION OF ST.

GEORGE, UH, AND THERE ARE 10 OF THEM.

AND SO WE

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WE ARE ALSO PROVIDING YOU, ALTHOUGH IT'S NEVER BEEN REQUIRED IN ANY OTHER CONTEXT, EVERY ONE OF THESE ENTITIES THAT ARE, UH, PETITIONERS, UH, YOUR, YOU HAVE EACH BEEN PROVIDED AS HAS THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR WITH RESOLUTIONS, UH, FROM THEIR BOARDS AUTHORIZING, UM, THEIR, UM, UH, PARTICIPATION IN THIS, UH, UH, ANNEXATION, UH, PETITION.

AND FINALLY, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF, UM, OF MATTERS DEALING WITH, UH, THE LEGAL ABILITY OF THESE PETITIONERS IN THE NEXT TWO GROUPS.

UM, I WANT TO PUT IT INTO THE RECORD AS WELL AS THE RECORD THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS ALREADY APPROVED 10 OTHER ANNEXATIONS, VERY SIMILAR TO THIS SINCE THE ST.

GEORGE ELECTION, WHICH HONESTLY SHOULD NOT EVEN BE RELEVANT, UM, BECAUSE ST.

GEORGE IS NOT A CITY AND THERE IS NO PROHIBITION.

THE PARISH ATTORNEY HAS SAID.

SO, SO WITH THAT, I'M WILL GIVE ANOTHER SET OF THESE DOCUMENTS TO THE PARISH, UH, UH, COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR TO HAVE INTO THE RECORD.

I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY MR. JOHN, PRESENT AND WISHING TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

BYE JOHN, JOHN ENQUIST.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF H AND D EQUIPMENT SERVICES.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY.

I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON H AND D EQUIPMENT.

WE WERE ESTABLISHED IN 1961 IN BATON ROUGE.

WHEN WE OPENED, WE HAD ONE STORE ON AIRLINE HIGHWAY AROUND EVANGELINE STREET.

TODAY WE HAVE 105 LOCATIONS IN 24 STATES.

WE'RE A BILLION DOLLAR PUBLICLY TRADED ENTERPRISE, AND YOU KNOW, A LONG, LONG OPERATING HISTORY IN BATON ROUGE IS 60 YEARS OF OPERATING IN BATON ROUGE.

WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT.

OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS, I'VE BEEN APPROACHED BY MY BOARD THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES AGGRESSIVELY APPROACHED ABOUT MOVING MY HEADQUARTERS TO A LARGER CITY WITH A LARGER BASE, A DALLAS ATLANTA, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

AND I'VE ALWAYS SAID NO TO THAT.

IF H AND D IS FORCED TO BE PART OF A NEWLY INCORPORATED AREA, THAT MY BOARD, MY INVESTORS, MY ANALYST, BANKERS KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THAT'S GOING TO BE A REAL PROBLEM FOR ME, AND IT'S GOING TO MAKE MY ARGUMENT, KEEP MY HEADQUARTERS HERE, MUCH MORE DIFFICULT.

MY BIGGEST REASON FOR WANTING TO BE A PART OF BATON ROUGE IS I WANT CERTAINTY.

I KNOW THE MAYOR.

I KNOW THE ADMINISTRATION.

I KNOW MOST OF YOU ON THIS COUNCIL.

I KNOW PLANNING AND ZONING.

I KNOW PETE DPW.

I KNOW WHAT I'VE GOT HERE.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ST.

GEORGE WOULD BE LIKE.

I DON'T KNOW WHO THE MAYOR BE.

I DON'T KNOW WHO THE COUNCIL WOULD BE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL HAVE A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.

THERE'S SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY.

IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.

SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.

IT WAS BIGGEST REASON.

I WANT THIS ANNEXATION.

I'M ALSO SPEAKING FOR WOMAN'S HOSPITAL HERE.

THERE'S NO ONE IN THIS ROOM AND PROBABLY NO ONE IN THIS CITY THAT DOESN'T RECOGNIZE THAT NAME.

WOMAN'S HOSPITAL INTEGRAL PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

THEY'RE SO IMPORTANT TO BATON ROUGE, A LONG, LONG OPERATING HISTORY HERE, AND THEY WANT TO REMAIN A PART OF BATON ROUGE AND THEY WANT THIS SAME CERTAINTY THAT I JUST SPOKE OF.

THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM, BUT TARA, IT'S A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.

IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN MYSELF AND WOMAN'S HOSPITAL.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FROM THE DAY THE FOUGHT WAS CONCEDE.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THOUGHT OF PRESENTED, MARKETED AND SOLD AS A BATON ROUGE DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THIS COUNCIL IS NEVER DECLINED AN APPLICATION FOR AN ANNEXATION.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S EVER HAPPENED.

AND THIS HAS BECOME ALL ABOUT ST.

TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CAMPUS, WHICH HAS BEEN EXTENSIVE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

FOR SOME REASON, I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE IF MR. LANDRY SAID ST GEORGE DOESN'T EXIST, IT MAY NEVER EXIST.

AND IF IT DOES EXIST, IT MAY BE YEARS BEFORE THAT HAPPENS.

SO I WANT TO BE A PART OF BATON ROUGE.

WOMAN'S HOSPITAL WANTS TO BE A PART OF BATON ROUGE, AND CERTAINLY MATERRA DOES.

SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO ALLOW US TO, TO REMAIN A PART OF BATON ROUGE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

ANY OTHER PROPONENTS WISHING TO SPEAK? YES, SIR.

PLEASE.

UH, PERSE THE PARTY AND THEN STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

I'M THE COO AT WOMAN'S HOSPITAL.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ECHO SOME OF THE COMMENTS MR. ANKE WAS DISMAYED.

UH, WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION OF OUR APPLICATION.

UM, WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE WOMEN AND THE CHILDREN OF WOMAN AND INFANTS IN THIS AREA IN BATON ROUGE.

AND THIS ACTION WILL NOT CHANGE ANY OF THAT.

UH, WE, WE SERVE FOLKS THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE, AND WE'VE COMMITTED TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

UH, THERE ARE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE WITH THE CITY, WITH THE PARISH, A NUMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS, WE OPERATE UNDER A NUMBER OF COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENTS THAT PERTAIN

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AND WE WOULDN'T CONTINUE TO DO THAT, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO DRAINAGE AND TRAFFIC AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE ITEMS. AND WE, WE WERE CONCERNED THAT SOME OF THE UNCERTAINTY THAT THIS MIGHT, IF THIS DOESN'T PASS MIGHT OCCUR, WOULD INTERRUPT SOME OF THOSE.

UM, SOME OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, UH, WE ALSO ARE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE BATON ROUGE HEALTH DISTRICT BEING PART OF THAT BATON ROUGE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.

IT ALLOWS US TO DO THAT.

WE WORK COOPERATIVELY WITH OTHER HOSPITALS IN THE CITY, UH, ON TRYING TO ENHANCE THE, THE HAIR, THE HEALTH CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT COLLABORATION.

SO APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION OF OUR REQUEST AND, UM, UH, JUST WANT, WANT TO BE PRETTY CERTAIN THAT NONE OF THIS UNDERMINES OR CHANGES OUR COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING THE BEST HEALTHCARE POSSIBLE TO PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN OUR REGION.

ANY OTHER PROPONENTS, SEEING NONE WE'LL MOVE TO THE OPPOSITION.

MR. ANDREW MORRELL, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

UH, ANDREW MORRELL 4 7 7 5 FLEET DRIVE ST.

GEORGE LOUISIANA, 7 0 8 0 9.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY IN OPPOSITION TO THE ANNEXATIONS.

I ASSUME THAT WE'LL JUST TAKE THE CORPORATE ANNEXATIONS SINCE THERE'S NOT BEEN ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RESIDENTIAL ANNEXATIONS AS OF YET.

AND I'LL, UH, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH COUNCIL, I'LL RESERVE THE RIGHT TO, TO RETURN THIS ITEM 72.

THE APPEALS ARE EXHAUSTED OCTOBER 23RD, 2019.

IN REGARDS TO CORPORATE ANNEXATIONS, WHAT'S THE BIG HURRY THERE.

A TRIAL DATE SET FOR THE CITY OF ST.

GEORGE ON JANUARY 10TH, 2022, THAT TRIAL DATE WILL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY OF SAINT GEORGE HAS ALLOWED TO INCORPORATE WHAT IS NOT BEING CHALLENGED IN THAT LAWSUIT IS THE ELECTION RESULTS FROM OCTOBER 12TH, 2019, THE ELECTION RESULTS ARE VALID AND STAND THERE'S OTHER CRITERIA, WHICH ARE BEING CHALLENGED.

AND IF, AND WHEN ST.

GEORGE IS SUCCESSFUL, OUR INCORPORATION DATE WILL RELATE BACK TO THE DATE.

THE ELECTION RESULTS WERE CERTIFIED, WHICH IS NOVEMBER 23RD, 2019.

I DON'T HAVE TO LOOK VERY FAR IN CASE LAW TO SEE AN EXAMPLE.

IT'S WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE CITY OF CENTRAL, IF THAT IS THE CASE, AND IT WILL BE THE CASE, THE ANNEXATIONS WILL HAVE TO UNDERGO A DIFFERENT ANNEXATION PROCESS AS REQUIRED UNDER TITLE 33.

OUR ANNEXATION, OUR INCORPORATION WILL BE 2019, NOT THE DAY OF THE JUDGMENT, NOT THE DAY.

SO EVERY ANNEXATION FILED AFTER THAT DATE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION WILL BE NULL AND VOID.

DON'T BE LED DOWN THIS PATH OF, UH, IT'S NOT THE CASE WE DON'T KNOW, AND WE'RE NOT SURE.

AND THE PARISH ATTORNEY TOLD US THAT IS ACTUALLY NOT WHAT WAS SAID AT THE TIME THE PARISH ATTORNEY WAS ASKED ABOUT IT.

HE SAID, I HAD NOT RESEARCHED IT AT THE TIME.

THAT WAS THE ANSWER GIVEN.

SO AT THIS POINT, ANY ANNEXATIONS YOU GRANT, FRANKLY, IS A WASTE OF YOUR TIME AS A COUNCIL, AND YOU HAVE MORE IMPORTANT BUSINESS TO CONSIDER BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE ADDED TO AN ANNEXATION LAWSUIT, WHICH IS CURRENTLY PENDING AND WILL BE LITIGATED AFTER THE INCORPORATION OF ST.

CAUSE OF THE REAL RIDGE IS IN, IN MY DISTRICT, UM, UH, HAVE, HAVE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, UM, AND, AND HAVE DONE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF RESEARCH OF MY OWN, UM, WITH REGARD TO ANNEXATIONS AND INCORPORATIONS.

AND AT THAT TIME WHEN ST GEORGE IS SUCCESSFUL, ALL THOSE ANNEXATIONS WILL BE NULL AND VOID AND ALL WE'LL HAVE TO SHOW FOR IT AS A WASTED TIME WASTED RESOURCES.

AND FRANKLY, PHIL WILL FOR HAVING AN ANNEXATION GRANTED THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO GRANT AT THIS TIME.

YOU COULD JUST TABLE IT AND WAIT UNTIL JANUARY AND DO IT THEN.

AND TO SAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO ACQUIRE AN ANNEX PROPERTY OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.

LAST TIME I CHECKED THE BATON ROUGE, METRO AREA ENCOMPASSES THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, AS WELL AS THE OUTLYING AREA AS WELL.

WE WOULD BE BETTER SERVED IF WE FOLLOWED THE EXAMPLES OF ALL THE CITIES THAT BRACK HAS SURVEYED IN THE LAST DECADE, BY REALIZING THAT YOUR SUBURBS CAN DRIVE YOUR GROWTH, AS WELL AS YOUR MAIN INDUSTRIAL HUB.

AND IF YOU CONTINUE TO THINK OF BATON ROUGE IS ONLY THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE WILL CONTINUE THE SAME PATH OF FAILURE THAT'S BEEN GOING ON NOW FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS, HIGH CRIME, HIGH TAXES, LOW EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY.

AND TO THOSE BUSINESSES THAT NOW ARE REQUESTING TO ANNEX INTO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE THERE IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA, THE HISTORIC BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND HERE FOR SO LONG, DIDN'T ALL OF Y'ALL MOVE OUT OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE TO LIVE IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA.

MR. NOW YOU WENT BACK, THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION, WISHING TO SPEAK CNN.

WE HAVE ONE MACHINE NORMAN BROWNING AND OPPOSITION, BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.

WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, WE HAVE EMAIL PUBLIC COMMENTS, WHEREAS YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED TWO EMAIL COMMENTS TO ITEM 72, 1 IN FAVOR, AND ONE A POST THAT ALL LEADS OWNING WILL.

NOW WE'LL NOW MOVE TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCILMAN ADAMS. SO I'M THE

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AND SO I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL WHERE I HAVE COME TO ON, ON ANNEXATION ANNEXATIONS RIGHT NOW, UM, IN, IN LOOKING AT THE PROCESS THAT THAT, UH, AREA GOES THROUGH TO BECOME A MUNICIPALITY.

UM, THERE'S A PETITION.

AND ONCE THAT PETITION RECEIVES THE CORRECT NUMBER OF SIGNATURES OR THE, THE NEEDED NUMBER OF SIGNATURES, IT'S FILED WITH THE REGISTRAR VOTERS WHO CERTIFIES IT, AND THEN IT GOES TO THE GOVERNMENT, THE GOVERNOR AND THE GOVERNOR MAKES SURE THAT EVERYTHING HAS BEEN DONE LEGAL IT'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATUTES.

AND THEN IT GOES, UM, TO THE, UM, TO THE VOTE.

SO MY ISSUE IS REALLY WITH THAT PETITION, I THINK FROM THE MOMENT THAT PETITION IS CERTIFIED AND IS THEN, UM, ALSO CERTIFIED BY THE GOVERNOR IS IN COMPLIANCE.

THAT PETITION IS A LEGAL DOCUMENT THAT IS HOLDING THE BOUNDARIES OF THAT PROPOSED AREA.

UM, AND THE WAY I SEE IT, THERE ARE ONLY SEVERAL WAYS THAT THAT, THAT PETITION CAN, CAN CEASE TO EXIST.

UM, THE VOTE CAN FAIL THE PETITION DISSOLVES.

UM, THE JUDGE, UM, CANNED THAT WHERE IT'S IN LAWSUIT RIGHT NOW, THE JUDGE CAN, CAN DISSOLVE THAT PETITION.

HE CAN REFUSE TO AWARD, UM, THE, THE MUNICIPALITY IT'S INCORPORATION OR, UM, THERE, THERE ARE TWO WAYS WHERE IT CAN BECOME THAT PETITION WILL BE FILED AND WILL BECOME, UM, A NEW INCORPORATED AREA.

SO MY CONCERN IS THAT RIGHT NOW, UM, THERE IS A STATE PROCESS ANNUNCIATED IN THE STATUTES THAT WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF, UM, THAT, THAT THE ST GEORGE PETITIONERS ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF, BUT WE, AS AN AREA ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF, AND I DON'T SEE ANY WAY, ANY AUTHORITY, ANY STANDING FOR US TO ALTER IN ANY WAY THAT PETITION THAT PETITION IS STILL ENFORCED.

IT HASN'T BEEN DISSOLVED.

IT IS LITERALLY A PARTY TO A LAWSUIT, UM, IN A PROCESS ENUNCIATED IN THE STATUTES.

AND SO I THINK FOR US TO INCORPORATE ANYTHING AT THIS TIME IS TO INTERFERE WITH THAT STATE PROCESS AND TO SEEK, TO ALTER A PETITION THAT WE DO NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER, UM, AT THIS TIME.

COUNSEL ON THE BANKS MICROPHONE, PLEASE.

I MEAN, GIVEN MR. LANDRY MY TIME.

UM, ALL, ALL I WANTED TO SAY, AND I, I REALLY DON'T EVEN WANT TO BE HYPOCRITICAL OR CYNICAL OR SARCASTIC, BUT WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, UM, I FEEL A LITTLE BIT LIKE THE MOVIE, MY COUSIN VINNY, UM, WHEN, UM, VINNY TURNS AND SAYS EVERYTHING HE JUST SAID IS WRONG.

SO, UM, I, I REALLY WISH THAT YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LISTEN TO YOUR CONSULTANTS, TO YOUR LAWYERS WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, MS. ADAMS, I THINK WE HAVE HEARD SO MANY TIMES THAT THAT INTERPRETATION IS WRONG.

IT'S A LEGAL WRONG, AND YOU'RE NOT A LAWYER.

UM, I, I'M NOT GIVING YOU LEGAL ADVICE, BUT YOUR LAWYER HAS SAID TO YOU THAT THAT INTERPRETATION IS WRONG, THAT THERE IS A PERIOD OF TIME THAT WAS CHANGED IN THE LEGISLATION OF 2016, THAT WHILE THE PETITION IS BEING CIRCULATED, THERE CANNOT BE ANY, ANY SECTIONS, BUT ONCE IT'S CERTIFIED ANNEXATIONS, WELL, I, YOU, YOU, MAYBE YOU SHOULD CALL YOUR, YOUR OWN LAWYER UP AND ASK.

UM, BUT ONCE THE PETITION HAS BEEN CERTIFIED, THERE IS NO RESTRICTION ON ANNEXATION.

AND THE REASON THAT'S RELEVANT HERE IS TWO THINGS.

NUMBER ONE IS WE DID, UH, PROBABLY 15 ANNEXATIONS IN 2015 WHEN THE PETITION WAS BEING CIRCULATED.

BUT BEFORE THE CHANGE IN 2016, WHICH PROHIBITED IT.

SO THEY WANTED TO PROHIBIT THE LEGISLATURE, WANTED TO PROHIBIT THE ANNEXATIONS, UM, DURING THE PERIOD OF THE SIGNING OF THE PETITION.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOUR PRE-SESSION WOULD IN EFFECT BE ADVERSE TO 10 ANNEXATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED BY THIS COUNCIL.

YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT ANNEXATIONS ARE AVAILABLE AND THAT THIS BODY, SINCE OCTOBER 12TH, 2019, THE DATE OF THE ELECTION THAT A VOTE OR THE VOTE FOR ST.

WITH THE SAME ARGUMENT COMING FORWARD ON THE ADVICE OF COUNSEL, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE SEPARATE COUNSEL WHO WANTED TO DISPUTE SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS STATED BY MR. MURAL, WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY WE'LL LET IT GO.

BUT, UM, I JUST WANT THE REST OF

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GEORGE OCCURRED, YOU ALL HAVE APPROVED 10 ANNEXATIONS.

THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

IF YOU WOULD COME UP AND, UM, CLARIFY, UH, THE STATEMENT BY MR. LANDRIEU REGARDING THIS GOVERN, UH, GOVERNING BODIES ABILITY TO, UH, GO FORTH WITH AN ANNEXATION AND WHETHER OR NOT IT EVEN FEARS IN THE LAWSUIT AT ALL.

I DON'T THINK IT, WELL, LET ME SAY THIS FIRST COUNCIL WOMAN, MY OFFICE DOESN'T HAVE A DOG IN THIS HUNT, RIGHT? SO LET ME JUST BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.

MY JOB IS TO VIDE THE LAW TO YOU AS I SEE IT.

AND AS I INTERPRETED FOR YOU TO MAKE A DECISION, WHATEVER THAT DECISION HERE AND FOR ME TO COUNSEL YOU, BUT THAT'S, LET'S BE CLEAR FROM THE BEGINNING.

BOTH SIDES ARE GOING BACK AND FORTH.

AND MY NAME IS BEING BROUGHT OVER MY OFFICE BEING BROUGHT UP WHAT TIME I HAVE A PROBLEM THE WAY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A DOG IN THE HUNT.

I DON'T THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE ANY CLARIFICATION ON WHAT MR. LANDRY STAYED.

I THINK THIS IS WHAT I SAID IN FEBRUARY 2ND, 2020 IN SEPTEMBER, 2020, BOB ABBOTT, I THINK SAID THE SAME THING.

AND I'M SAYING IT NOW, AS LONG AS THESE INDIVIDUALS MEET ALL THE RECORDS OR CRITERIA UNDER THE LAW AND ESTABLISHING THAT THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO ANNEXATION, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY PERIOD.

THE LOSS DID LAWSUIT THAT IS PENDING, HAS NO EFFECT ON THIS.

UNLESS THOSE INDIVIDUALS TAKE STEPS SEPARATELY TO ENJOY THIS PROCEDURE.

AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AS OF THE TIME THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY, NO ONE HAS TAKEN ANY STEPS TO ENJOY THIS PROCEDURE.

IF THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN THOSE STEPS, THEN YOU AS A COUNCIL HAD THE ABILITY TO WEIGH THE APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT FORTH TO THE PETITION, ALL THE INFORMATION AND SUPPORT THERE TOO.

AND DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE MET THE CRITERIA TO BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY.

AND YOU VOTE ON IT.

I'M TELLING YOU STANDING HERE, AS I'VE TOLD YOU ALL THOSE OF YOU CALLED ME, AND I TOLD YOU BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 2020, THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE MET THAT CRITERIA.

SO NOW YOU HAVE TO DECIDE YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR IT, A VOTE AGAINST IT, THAT'S YOUR DECISION, BUT PLEASE KNOW IF YOU VOTE AGAINST IT.

AND THESE PEOPLE HAVE MET THE REQUISITE CRITERIA TO BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY.

THERE'S A POTENTIAL THAT THEY COULD BRING SUIT AGAINST THE CITY FOR FAILING TO PROVIDE THEM THE AVENUE TO WHICH THEY REQUESTED.

AND WHAT'S THE LAW PROVIDED.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT.

COUNSEL, I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION LIKE YOUR ADDITIONAL TIME.

OH YES, PLEASE.

YES, IT DID ANSWER MY QUESTION.

UM, I MEAN, JUST THE FACT THAT I KNOW YOU SAID YOU DON'T HAVE A DOG IN THE HUNT, BUT YOU KIND OF DO BECAUSE YOU WERE OUR ATTORNEY ONLY BECAUSE YOU ARE OUR ATTORNEY.

I CAN'T AGREE WITH YOU.

BUT, UM, I THINK MORE THAN ANYTHING, UM, WHEN YOU BROUGHT UP THE, UM, THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS, THE FACT THAT YOU STAND HERE AS OUR ATTORNEY ADVISING US, UH, REGARDING, UM, THESE 10, UH, ENTITIES HAVING MET THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT ALONE ALLOWED COQ COULD CAUSE US TO BE, UM, INJUROUS IF THAT WORD CAUSE YOU TO HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF BEING SUED YES.

MA'AM TO BE SUED AND THEM USING YOU AS A STAR WITNESS.

SO WHAT THE LAW, YOU KNOW? YES.

MA'AM YOU'RE RIGHT.

AND YEAH, AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT AND IT KINDA, IT KINDA REMINDS ME OF, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME WE GET, UM, ADJUDICATED NOW THAT INDICATED, BUT WE, WE HAVE PROPERTIES THAT GO FOR NOTHING THAT'S ADJUDICATED, AND WE DON'T AGREE WITH IT, BUT THEY MET THE GUIDELINES OF MAKING THE BED, PUTTING IN A PETITION.

AND IF, IF IT'S A WORTH A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THEY GET IT FOR FIVE, NO MATTER HOW UNFAIR THAT SEEMS, THEY MET THE CRITERIA.

AND SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHO PUT THIS ON.

UH, OKAY.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE AND MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN BANKS.

IS THERE A SECOND MOTION? SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CAROLYN, CAROLYN COLE, CAROLYN COLEMAN, UH, ROBINSON CO-DEFENSE COUNSEL AND THE BANKS.

ARE YOU FINISHED WITH YOUR TIME? YES, SIR.

INCORPORATING A MUNICIPALITY, THE PROCESS FOR PETITIONING AND INCORPORATING PALLET IS IN THE STATE STATUTES.

COUNCILMAN ADAMS, MR. DODSON.

UM, SO THE PROCESS FOR PROPOSING A, UM, A MUNICIPALITY FOR INCORPORATION IS A STATE PROCESS, CORRECT? THE STATE STATUTES, THE PROCESS FOR

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AND SO TECHNICALLY WE'RE THE PROCESS IS OUTLINED IN THE STATUTES AND WE'RE REALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PROCESS, CORRECT? NO, I DON'T AGREE WITH YOU.

YOU'RE NOT HAD A CONVERSATION EARLIER.

YES AND NO.

SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR.

THE PROCESS WAS INITIATED THE, IT WENT THROUGH, IT WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS.

UH, IT MET CERTAIN CRITERIA, CERTAIN THRESHOLDS, A SUIT WAS FILED.

AND WHEN THAT SUIT WAS FILED, IT EFFECTIVELY SUSPENDED THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, PROCESS GOING THROUGH AND COMPLETING WHAT THEY NEEDED TO COMPLETE TO BECOME IT'S SUSPENDED ONE PROCESS, BUT IT WENT INTO A DIFFERENT PROCESS THAT IS ENUNCIATED IN THE STATUTES.

THE STATUTES HAS RIGHT HERE AND IN SECTION 4 33, I CAN'T, I'M NOT GOOD WITH THIS LEGAL ACTION CONTESTING, AN INCORPORATION.

SO WE'VE JUST ENTERED A DIFFERENT, A DIFFERENT BRANCH ON THE TREE OF THIS PROCESS.

RIGHT.

SO WHAT DOES, DOES THIS, LET ME ASK YOU THIS.

SO DOES THIS, DO YOU, DO YOU SAY THAT THIS LAWSUIT CHANGES THE STATUS OF THE PETITION OR IS THE PETITION STATUS THE SAME AS IT WAS WHEN IT WAS REGISTERED, WHEN IT WAS CERTIFIED BY THE REGISTRAR VOTERS AND DEEMED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE GOVERNOR? DOES, DOES THIS LAWSUIT CHANGE IN ANY WAY, THE STATUS OF THAT PETITION OR DOES IT SUSPEND THE 30 DAYS TO THE CERTIFICATION? AND, AND THEN IT, LITERALLY, THE PETITION IS STILL THE SAME BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY A PARTY.

IT'S A PIECE OF A LAWSUIT.

SO YOU, DO YOU THINK THAT THE LAWSUIT CHANGED THE STATUS OF THE PETITION? NO, MA'AM WITH ALL DUE RESPECT AND AGAIN, YOU, AND I'VE HAD A LONG CONVERSATION ON THIS EARLIER.

UM, LET ME JUST BE CLEAR.

I'M NOT GOING TO TRY AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

I'M JUST GOING TO BE CLEAR WHAT I SAID, A LAWSUIT WAS FILED, HOW CHALLENGING THE CERTIFICATION AND THE PROCESS CITY PARENTS DIDN'T DO WERE NOT PART OF IT.

I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE LITIGATION.

I JUST KNOW THAT LITTLE CASE THAT LITIGATION WAS INITIATED THAT HALTED THE PROCEEDINGS AND SUSPENDED THE PROCEEDING ONCE THEY DID THAT.

AND THAT, AND THAT SAID, THE CITY OF ST.

GEORGE IS NOT INCORPORATED.

THERE'S NO NEED FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT IS SET FORTH AS IF IT WAS INCORPORATED.

SO WITH NOTHING BEING INCORPORATED, THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO SEE ANNEXATION INTO THE CITY, AS LONG AS THEY MEET THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS.

SO WE, SO WE'RE LITERALLY THIS TO PAINT US PAST THIS ANNEXATION.

WE ARE LITERALLY INTERFERING WITH THE PETITION.

SO IN MY MIND, THIS PETITION HOLDS THESE PROPERTIES WITHIN A SET OF BOUNDARIES, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S OUTLINED IN THE PETITION.

SO THEY THEY'VE LITERALLY BEEN PLACED INTO A PROPOSED MUNICIPALITY, WHICH IS AN ENTITY, A LEGAL ENTITY THAT IS TEMPORARY, BUT HAS NOT BEEN DISSOLVED NOR NOR TRANSFERRED CREATED, INCORPORATED INTO MUNICIPALITY.

SO WE'RE IN A LIMBO SITUATION HERE, COUNCILWOMAN, ALL DUE RESPECT.

AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THAT.

I THINK I'VE SET FORTH WHAT I THINK MY COUNSEL IS TO Y'ALL WHAT THE SITUATION AND WHAT THE STATUS QUO IS.

AND I DON'T AGREE WITH ANYTHING YOU JUST SAID NOTHING.

SO NOTHING.

WHAT I STATED BEFORE IS EXACTLY WHAT THE STATUS IS.

THAT'S WHAT I SAID TWO YEARS AGO, WHEN ALL THE OTHER APPLICATIONS CAME UP IS WHAT WAS SAID WHEN THE OTHER 10 APPLICATIONS CAME IN AND WERE PASSED.

AND AGAIN, AND LET ME BE CLEAR ABOUT SOMETHING.

I SAID, THE COUNCIL ON BANK SHE'S RIGHT, BUT ME COMING UP HERE SAYING CERTAIN THINGS, IT MADE IT APPEAR AS IF WE DID CITY AFFAIRS.

SO THE PARENT'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS MOVING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER UNDERNEATH THEM.

I'M MOVING WITH THE LAW.

AND MY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO CORRECTLY INTERPRET THE LAW PROVIDED TO YOU EACH OF YOU AS A COUNCIL, AND THEN FOR Y'ALL TO MAKE A DECISION.

AND AS YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT IN THE MEETING WE HAD TODAY, I RESPECT THE FACT THAT THAT'S YOUR POSITION.

I RESPECT THAT.

THAT'S YOUR ANALYSIS.

I JUST DISAGREE WITH.

SURE.

SO, UM, SO, BUT THE, THE LAW VERY SPECIFICALLY DEALS WITH THAT, THE WAY YOU HANDLE AN INCORPORATION OF PROPOSED INCORPORATION, UM, AND, AND THE LAW, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, PROVIDES FOR THIS PETITION FOR THIS, THIS TEMPORARY STATUS FOR THIS AREA, UM, AS WE WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS.

SO, UM, D DO YOU THINK THAT, THAT YOU THINK THAT THIS, THE STATE, DO YOU THINK THE LEGISLATURE, UM, FORESAW THAT, OR WOULD YOU KNOW, I WONDER WHAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WOULD SAY ABOUT THE ABILITY OF A, OF A MUNICIPALITY TO INTERFERE IN, IN A STATE PROCESS.

I'M GONNA TELL YOU, AND YOU'RE KINDA NEW TO THE COUNCIL.

SO I TELL YOU WHAT I TOLD HER, THE PEOPLE LAST COUNCIL, I DON'T MAKE THOSE KINDS OF PROCLAMATIONS.

I CAN TELL YOU WHAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DO OR WHAT THE LEGISLATURE WOULD DO.

I CAN ONLY TELL YOU WHAT'S IN FRONT OF ME TODAY.

THAT WHAT THE FACTS I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME TODAY, WHAT THE LAW STATES AND WHAT I COUNSEL YOU ON, AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE.

AND THAT'S ALL I CAN DO.

AGAIN, I RE I RESPECT THE FACT THAT YOU DISAGREED IN THAT YOU HAVE ANOTHER POSITION, BUT I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT POSITION, MAN.

UH, LAURA IS, IT'S KIND OF IRONIC THAT YOU ASKED ABOUT THE AGS PIGGY, AND WE JUST HAD AN ITEM WHERE THE ED TO GO TO THE AG GAVE US AN OPINION, AND WE WENT AGAINST THAT, THAT, THAT ADVICE WAS ALL RONNIE.

COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU, SIR.

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AND WE ALSO GO ON AGAINST THE ADVICE OF OUR ATTORNEY.

SO I WOULD JUST IMPRESS UPON US TO CONSIDER THAT, UH, MS. PEARSON ATTORNEY PERIODS, I HEARD, I UNDERSTAND YOU HAD SOME COMMENTS YOU WANTED TO MAKE.

YOU CAN HAVE SOME OF MY TIME.

I THINK THAT THIS MAY HELP YOU.

UM, LAURIE, ADAM, RIGHT? THAT WAS 33, SECTION FOUR, CONTRADICTS EVERYTHING THAT MR. MORRELL SAID ABOUT RETROACTIVITY AND WASTING YOUR TIME.

AND THAT THIS IS THIS BLOCK THAT WE'RE ON HERE.

I'M JUST GOING TO READ IT TO YOU.

THIS IS WHAT THE JUDGE HAS TO DECIDE.

OH, EXCUSE ME.

THE DISTRICT COURT DETERMINES IF THE DISTRICT COURT DETERMINES THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBPART AND THAT'S TITLE 33 HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH THAT.

THE MUNICIPALITY HAS THE CAPACITY TO PROVIDE THE PROPOSED PUBLIC SERVICES WITHIN A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME.

AND THAT THE INCORPORATION IS REASONABLE.

THE DISTRICT COURT SHALL ENTER AN ORDER DECLARING THE DATE.

MUNICIPALITY SHALL BE INCORPORATED.

NOTICE THAT DOESN'T SAY RETROACTIVE TO THE DAVID ELECTION.

WHAT MR. MORRELL TOLD YOU IS INCORRECT.

THE JUDGE CAN SAY IN COOPERATION WITH THE PARTIES TO THE LAWSUIT, WHEN DO YOU WANT TO BE INCORPORATED? WHAT IS A REASONABLE TIME? AND IF THEY AGREE, HE CAN SAY, OKAY, 180 DAYS FROM NOW 280 DAYS FROM NOW, WHATEVER HE WANTS TO SAY, THE ORDER SHALL SET FORTH THE NAME AND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MUNICIPALITY.

THEY'RE NOT SET IN STONE IN THAT PETITION.

THE JUDGE WILL SET THE BOUNDARIES.

AND IF SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN PROPERLY, AN EX, WHICH THEY WILL BE, IF YOU VOTE TO ANNEX THEM LIKE YOU HAVE IN THE PAST, THEN THE BOUNDARIES WILL NOT INCLUDE THESE PIECES OF PROPERTY, THE HOSPITAL MATERA, AND A BANK.

I THINK THE ORDER, UNLESS THIS ORDER IS VACATED BY TIMELESS EXPENSIVE APPEAL, A COPY OF THE ORDER SHALL BE FILED WITH THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

THAT IS THE FIRST TIME THAT ANY KIND OF A STATE IS MENTIONED.

THIS IS NOT A SUSPENSION.

THIS IS NOT SOME PETITION THAT'S IN LIMBO.

THAT'S AN ENTITY ON A TEMPORARY BASIS.

THE PETITION WAS TO HAVE AN ELECTION TO SAY, I WANT TO FARM A CITY, OR I DON'T WANT TO FARM A CITY.

THAT WAS IT.

THAT WAS THE EXTENT OF IT.

IT DIDN'T SAY WE WANT TO FORM A CITY AND THIS IS IT.

AND WHATEVER, THAT'S GOING TO BE DETERMINED BY THE JUDGE IN THE LAWSUIT THAT MR. DOTSON IS TOTALLY CORRECT.

THERE'S NO PROVISION TO ENJOIN THAT PROCESS.

AND EVEN IF THERE WERE A, NOBODY HAS ASKED FOR THAT.

SO I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS COUNCIL COULD LEGITIMATELY SAY, WELL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET THESE PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, BECAUSE THERE'S SOME HYPOTHETICAL CHANCE OUT THERE THAT ST.

GEORGE MIGHT BECOME A CITY.

NOTICE THAT MR. MORRELL SAID HE LIVED IN ST.

WELL, THAT MEANS YOU DON'T LIVE ANYWHERE.

THERE IS NO SAINT GEORGE YET, BECAUSE WHAT I JUST READ TO YOU IS WHEN IT WILL BE ST.

AND WHEN IT IS ST.

GEORGE, THEN SOMEBODY THAT DOESN'T WANT TO BE IN THERE WILL HAVE TO FILE A PETITION TO DNX FROM THE CITY OF ST.

GEORGE, BECAUSE IT WILL BE AN ENTITY RIGHT NOW.

IT IS SIMPLY AN UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE CITY.

SELF-PROCLAIMED BY A FEW PEOPLE THAT LIVE OUT THERE TO BE THE AREA THAT THEY WANT TO CALL ST.

GEORGE, INCLUDING ME.

AND I DON'T WANT TO BE IN IT, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

I VOTED.

NO, BUT YOU COULD TELL, UH, ANYWAY, THAT'S I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, WHICH I THINK MS. ADAMS, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

A LEGAL ISSUE HERE.

THERE ISN'T ANY, THERE IS NO PROHIBITION FOR THESE PEOPLE NOT TO DECIDE WHERE THEY, WHAT TOWN THEY WANT TO LIVE IN AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

NOW, IF THE, IF THE PEOPLE THAT PROPOSE ST.

GEORGE, BY THE WAY, THE TRIAL DATE IS A TENTATIVE TRIAL DATE.

IT'S NOT REALLY THERE, BUT IT COULD BE IN JANUARY.

IF THE CITY OF ST.

GEORGE IS DETERMINED BY THE JUDGE TO MEET ALL THESE QUALIFICATIONS, THEN IF YOU DON'T LET THEM ANNEX TO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, NOW, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THE CITY OF ST.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? THANK YOU.

THEN THEY CAN FILE A PETITION TO DNX BECAUSE THEN ST.

GEORGE WILL BE AN ENTITY, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, TONIGHT, THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY, MR. DUNN.

UM,

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THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DON, WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR ADDITIONAL TIME? YOU THIRD COUNCILMAN, GOOD DAY, UH, PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, PLEASE.

MR. DODSON.

UM, YES.

MR. DODSON THAN WE ARE ON PRESENTLY ITEM 72.

WELL, DO THE PROPERTIES IN THIS PETITION FOR ANNEXATION MEET THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT FOR ANNEXATION? YES.

AS I STATED BEFORE, THEY DO IT MET ALL THE REQUISITE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS AS THEY HAD PUT FORTH IN THE PETITION TO THE JUDICIAL, I MEAN, THE, UH, UH, COUNSELING ADMINISTRATOR.

AND IF WOULD EACH OF YOU HAVE A COPY? CORRECT.

THANK YOU, MR. DODSON.

I'M DENNIS CHAIRMAN COUNCIL, MOROCCO.

THANKS EVERYBODY FOR YOUR OPINIONS TONIGHT.

UM, ESPECIALLY THE LEGAL ONES.

UM, NO, SIR.

I I'VE HEARD ENOUGH.

UM, AS IT STANDS TONIGHT, I THINK I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GO ON RECORD, JUST DUMBING THIS DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

I AM A LAWYER, BUT I'M PAID LESS BY THE HOUR THAN MOST OF Y'ALL THAT HAVE COME UP AND SPOKE.

UM, ESSENTIALLY WHAT I HAVE HEARD IS THIS LEGAL PROCESS IS LEGAL.

I'VE ALSO HEARD THAT THERE WERE 10 OTHER ANNEXATIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST, AND NONE OF THEM HAVE COME BACK BEFORE US.

NONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST ARE CAUSING ANY BREAKFASTS.

IT ALL WORKED OUT.

SO IT'S LEGAL, IT WORKED OUT, WE HAVEN'T BEEN SUED OVER PASSING THESE ANNEXATIONS.

SO WHAT IS THE REAL QUESTION HERE TONIGHT? IS IT LEGAL? YES.

IT'S LEGAL.

WHAT ARE WE DEBATING? NOT QUITE SURE.

SO THAT'S YOUR DUMB VERSION OF IT? YOU'RE WELCOME.

ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS I'M GOING TO GIVE SOME OF UP COUNCILMAN MOKE IT RIGHT.

THEREBY BRINGS UP THE LEGALITY OF THIS AND SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN SAID FOR THE PAST SEVERAL TIMES IN 74 YEARS OF HISTORY, AS FAR AS MUNICIPALITIES OR, UH, IN ANNEXATIONS NOT BEING DENIED.

MY QUESTION WOULD BE IN 74 YEARS OF ANNEXATION IS NOT BEING TONIGHT.

HAVE WE BEEN IN A SITUATION WHERE A VOTE HAS BEEN HELD BY AN UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE MUNICIPALITY AND UNDER OUR CURRENT LAWSUIT NOT BEEN DENIED.

SO IF I CAN HAVE LEGAL COME UP AND SEE, I'D LIKE TO KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE'RE IN ANY PRECEDENTED WATERS HERE.

WE'RE UNDER A WHOLE NEW SITUATION WITH THIS.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW IN THIS 74 YEARS OF HISTORY THAT EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT.

HAVE WE BEEN UNDER THIS SITUATION BEFORE IN AN ANNEXATION CASE? I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

I WENT HERE 74 YEARS AGO.

I CAN JUST TELL YOU IN THE LEFT, IN THE HISTORY OF THE MUNICIPALITY OR THE CONSOLIDATED FORM OF GOVERNMENT, DO YOU KNOW OF ANY CASE TO WHERE WE HAVE BEEN UNDER THIS SITUATION IN AN ANNEXATION CASE AS I STAND BEFORE YOU GET IN COUNSELING? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

I'LL BE GLAD TO FIND THAT WOULD BE, HAD TO BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE RESEARCHED.

CORRECT.

I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE LEGALITIES OF THIS ARE COMING UP AND THE LEGALITIES AREN'T GOING TO COME UP IN ALL THE OTHER SITUATIONS, AS FAR AS BEING ANNEXED.

UM OKAY, THIS IS WHAT WE BE.

SO IT'S BEEN STATED THAT ALL THE CASES WILL BE NULL AND VOID.

IF ST.

GEORGE GOES THROUGH, IT WAS JUST A STATEMENT.

I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT STATEMENT IS INCORRECT.

IT'S BY AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES.

SO, SO COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS BROUGHT IT UP A WHILE AGO.

AND AGAIN, I THINK WE'RE IN A CERTAIN SITUATION.

IT'S A, IT'S UP TO EVERYONE, UM, TO THINK ABOUT THIS, BUT WOULD IT POSSIBLY BE COUNSELING DONE? UH, BROUGHT IT UP ABOUT THE VOTE A LITTLE BIT, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE NEED SOME MORE RESEARCH INTO THIS TO FIND OUT WHAT OUR LEGALITIES IS OF SEPARATING THIS.

THIS WAS A DULY VOTED ON THING.

I, I LOOK AT IT COMING FROM THE CITY OF CENTRAL ALSO IS WE DIDN'T GET ANY KIND OF CHALLENGE.

LIKE WE HAD A CHALLENGE, BUT THEN YOU, ONE OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS IS IT SHALL BE WHAT WAS THE PERFECT DETERMINATION THAT THE JUDGE WILL SET THE DATE OF INCORPORATION.

AND WE TALK ABOUT HOW IT'S NOT GOING TO BE.

RETROACTIVE IS NOT GOING TO BE RETROACTIVE.

OURS WAS RETROACTIVE.

YOURS IS EXTRA RETROACTIVE CIRCLE WAS BY AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES LIKE, UH, UH, MS. PEARSON STATED.

THAT'S WHY YOURS WAS BACK TO THE DATE THAT THE PETITION ON THE AGREEMENT CAME THROUGH IS BECAUSE

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THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN HERE.

SO RETROACTIVE COULD NOT HAPPEN.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING, BUT MR. MERRILL CAME UP AND SAID IT WILL HAPPEN.

AND IF HE COULD, IF HE COULD SAY THAT, THEN I NEED TO HIRE HIM TO COME WITH ME TO EVERY I HAVE.

IF HE COULD TELL ME WHAT THE JUDGE IS GOING TO SAY IN EVERY CAKE, BECAUSE IT'S UP TO JUDGE TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION AS MS. PEARSON.

IT'S NOT, WE DON'T KNOW THAT FOR SURE.

NOW HE MAY, YOU NEVER KNOW.

JUDGE MAY SAY, IS RETROACTIVE RETROACTIVE BACK TO THAT DATE.

I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S LIKELY, BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW THAT EITHER.

NONE OF US KNOW THAT THAT'S UP TO JUST MOVE ON.

I JUST SAY TO MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, IT MAY BE, IT'S A THOUGHT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS BROUGHT IT UP ABOUT SOME OPINIONS.

UM, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER AS FAR AS THIS PRECEDENT BEING SET UNDER THESE CONDITIONS.

SO IT'S JUST A THOUGHT TO POSSIBLY, UH, ASK A QUESTION.

UH, IF WE WANTED TO, UH, IF, IF ASHLEY COULD GET WITH AIG FOR THE EXPEDITED OPINION, WE CAN GET THIS DONE BEFORE A POSSIBLE JANUARY DATE.

I'D BE HAPPY WITH THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT DELAY WOULD CAUSE ANY OTHER PROBLEMS. UM, BUT IT'S JUST A THOUGHT TO MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THAT.

AND I ADD SOMETHING TO THAT.

WOULD THAT BE OKAY, COUNCILMAN 54 SECONDS LEFT.

WOULD THAT BE OKAY? CAN I SAY SOMETHING? YES, SIR.

UH, AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION AND I RESPECT THAT.

THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, BUT I MUST SAY AS YOUR LAWYER, I HAVE TO COUNSEL YOU THAT WE DON'T NEED AN ATTORNEY JONES' OPINION, SIR.

AND I TURNED TO JUMP TO THE PAIN IS WHERE YOU HAVE A TRUE CONFLICT OF LAWS WHEN NOBODY TRULY UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S GOING ON.

THAT'S NOT THE SITUATION HERE, SIR.

THE LAW IS CLEAR.

THE LAW IS CLEAR AS TO WHAT HAPPENS AND WHAT NEEDS AND WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

AND SO IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, I COUNSEL YOU, I WORK FOR YOU.

WE'LL DO IT.

BUT MY ADVICE TO YOU IS THAT WE DON'T NEED AN ATTORNEY GENERAL FENIAN IN THIS SITUATION, SIR, WE DON'T, I, YOU KNOW, IF I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT OR IF I DID NOT HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON, I WOULD AGREE WITH HIM AS I DID IN THIS OTHER CASE.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT.

WHEN SHE BROUGHT THAT UP.

I GOT ONE SECOND.

IT WAS THE UNDERSTANDING.

NO I'M DONE.

COUNCILMAN ADAMS, YOU'VE SPOKE TWICE, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU A FEW MOMENTS AFTER I'M DONE WITH MY REMARKS.

UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT ON ANNEXATIONS.

UM, I'VE VOTED ON, UH, IN FAVOR OF ONE, UH, THAT WOULD HAVE FALLEN WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME WITHIN THE, AND ACT, UH, AFTER THE, AFTER THE VOTE HAD HAPPENED.

UH, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO ANNEXATIONS, UM, WHEN THE VOTERS IN THE PROPOSED AREA FOR ST GEORGE WENT TO THE POLLS, UH, THEY WENT TO THE POLLS, KNOWING THE BOUNDARIES.

UH, THEY KNEW THE GROWTH POTENTIAL FOR THE AREA.

THEY KNEW THE POSSIBILITY OF FUTURE SALES TAX, UH, FOR THE AREAS THAT WERE GOING IN.

UH, AND SO, UH, I, I UNDERSTAND THE ARGUMENTS THAT IT'S LEGAL.

I UNDERSTAND THE ARGUMENTS THAT IT'S NOT.

I THINK THAT IS IN FACT BEING LITIGATED IN COURT, WE HAVE BEEN SUED ON THAT AND WE ARE A PARTY TO, TO THAT LAWSUIT.

UM, UH, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT COMES TO AN ISSUE OF A FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE OF FAIRNESS.

UH, WHEN YOU GO TO THE POLLS, UH, YOU SHOULD BE CONFIDENT AND KNOWING WHAT YOU'RE VOTING ON, AND IF WE'RE GOING AND CHANGING THIS AFTER THE FACT, UH, CHANGING THE FUTURE SALES TAX COLLECTION POTENTIAL FOR THE AREA, I JUST THINK THAT'S FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG.

UM, THE OTHER THING I'LL SAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ANNEXATIONS ARE A TWO-WAY STREET.

UM, I KNOW THAT IF WE CALLED UP THE DEPARTMENT HEADS HERE TONIGHT, WE WOULD HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS SAYING THERE'S NO IMPACT.

WE'LL BE FINE.

UH, THE FACT IS THAT THIS DOES COST US SOME DOLLARS, UH, WHEN WE DO THESE ANNEXATIONS.

UM, AND IT DOES, IT DOES CAUSE ISSUES.

AND SO I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY WE HAVE A, UH, AN OBLIGATION TO ANNEX PROPERTY, UM, JUST BECAUSE PETITIONERS ASK FOR IT.

UM, I, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE OTHER ARGUMENTS.

UM, LOOK, I THINK IF, IF THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION PRIOR TO THE ST GEORGE VOTE, I WOULD HAVE APPROVED THOSE.

THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM FOR ME.

UM, I, I JUST DON'T THINK THIS IS A FUND.

I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS A FUNDAMENTALLY UNFAIR WAY TO GO ABOUT IT, UH, FOR THE SAKE OF THE VOTERS IN THE AREA.

UM, SO FOR THAT REASON, I'M OPPOSED I'M GOING TO GIVE MY REMAINING TIME TO COUNCILMAN ADAMS, UM, MR. DODSON.

SO I'M GOING TO START TALKING TO SOME LIMITED TIME.

SO, SO MY, MY CONCERN, UM, IS THAT THIS, THIS THE PETITION IS, IS FROM THE PEOPLE IT'S CERTIFIED.

IT IS FILED.

IT GOES BEFORE THE VOTE.

THE PETITION IS THE VEHICLE BY WHICH, UM, THE PROPOSED MUNICIPALITY WILL BE CREATED.

AND IN MY MIND THAT THAT PETITION HOLDS THE PROPOSED, UM,

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UM, SPACE, LEGALLY, THE PROPOSED BOUNDARIES LEGALLY, UM, THE PETITION WAS APPROVED BY THE, THE, THE PEOPLE AND, BUT FOR THE LAWSUIT, RIGHT, THE PETITION WOULD HAVE BEEN FILED ALONG WITH THE RESULTS FROM THE, UM, ELECTION IN THE INCORPORATION WOULD HAVE, HAVE TAKEN PLACE.

CORRECT.

BUT FOR THE LAWSUIT, ARGUABLY YES, SURE.

I MEAN, IT'S A PROCESS IT'S JUST OUTLAWED IT'S OUTLINED IN ST.

LAW.

SO THE 30 DAYS WOULD, IT WOULD, IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THAT'S WHAT THE LAW SAYS.

THE CHAIRPERSON FOR THE PETITION, THE CHAIRPERSON FOR THE PETITION WOULD FILE THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS IN THE OPPOSITE.

SECRETARY OF STATE, COPY OF THE PETITION, A COPY, A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE ROOSEVELT, THE ELECTION, A COPY OF THE NOTICE, OR NOTICES ANNOUNCING THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION.

SO THE PETITION IS, IS THAT VEHICLE THAT IS HOLDING THOSE, THOSE BOUNDARIES, THAT, THAT AREA, THAT PROPOSED MUNICIPALITY THAT IS THEN THAT IS THEN FILED ALONG WITH THE VOTE.

THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS IN STATUTE, BUT FOR THE LAWSUIT, THIS WOULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE.

SO THE PETITION, THE PETITION STAINING, THE PATIENT'S LEGAL LEGALITY HASN'T CHANGED.

UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THERE, IT'S JUST THE WEATHER.

WHETHER THE MUNICIPALITY CAN PROVIDE THE NECESSARY SERVICES IS BEING QUESTIONED BY THE LAWSUIT.

BUT THE PETITION IS, IS, HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE VOTERS AND LITERALLY HOLDS THESE BOUNDARIES, UM, OF THE PROPOSED MUNICIPALITY IN IT.

SO I DON'T SEE A WAY FOR US, UM, AS, AS A MUNICIPALITY TO, TO INTERFERE WITH THIS, WITH THIS PROCESS.

UM, DO YOU THINK, DO YOU SEE ANYWHERE THAT THE LAW ANTICIPATES THIS CIRCUMSTANCE THAT WE ARE IN CURRENTLY, COUNCILMAN, YOU JUST GAVE ME LIKE A 55 MINUTE QUESTIONS, AND SO IT JUST LOOKED AROUND INTO SOMETHING THAT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU STARTED OUT WITH.

SO LET ME JUST SAY THIS TO YOU AGAIN, AND I DON'T MEAN TO BE REPETITIVE, BUT, YOU KNOW, I RESPECT YOUR POSITION, BUT I DISAGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU JUST SAID.

AND MS. PEARSON GOT UP AND CLEARLY EXPLAINED TO YOU THAT THE BOUNDARIES WILL BE SET BY THE JUDGE.

SO THE WHOLE THING ABOUT THE PETITION HOLDING THE BOUNDARIES, I THINK IS INACCURATE.

I THINK ANYTIME THAT THERE'S A LAW, THERE'S AN ANTICIPATION THAT THERE WILL BE A CHALLENGE.

DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT THE JUDGE COULD SET DIFFERENT BOUNDARIES THAN WHAT IS IN THE POSITION? YEAH.

I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAW SAYS.

IT SAYS, THE STATUTE SAYS THAT THE JUDGE SHALL SET ABOUT SET THE BOUNDARIES ALONG WITH SETTING THE DATE OF INCORPORATION.

THAT'S WHAT THE LAW SAY.

YOU COULD YOU SAY YOU CAN FORESEE AN INSTANCE WHERE THE JUDGE WOULD LITERALLY THAT'S THE END OF THE TIME.

COUNCILWOMAN MROC.

UM, IN RESPONSE TO WHAT COUNCILMAN HUDSON SAID, UM, VOTERS WENT TO THE, TO THE POLLS AND ALL, I WOULD HAVE TO THINK THAT SOME OF THESE, UM, BUSINESS OWNERS DON'T LIVE IN THE PROPOSED ST GEORGE AREA.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M RIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M WRONG.

SO WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS THEY ARE HAVING TO MAKE BUSINESS DECISIONS FOR THEIR BUSINESSES.

I SAID, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO DO THAT.

JUST LIKE PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE IN ST.

THE PROPOSED ST.

GEORGE, THESE, UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THAT OWNED BUSINESS WITH BUSINESSES WITHIN THAT CORPORATION, OR THE PROPOSED CORPORATION HAVE A RIGHT TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS FOR THEIR BUSINESSES.

SEE ANOTHER OTHER SPEAKERS.

THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOTIONED AND PROPERLY.

SECOND WE'LL VOTE ON THE MACHINES.

ASHLEY, PLEASE OPEN THE MACHINES.

MACHINES ARE OPEN ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE COUNCILMAN HAS A QUESTION ALL THE MOTION.

COUNCILMAN, YOU WOULD JUST SIMPLY OUTLINE, UH, WHAT A YES VOTE ARE.

I'M SORRY.

WHAT A YANKEE VOTE ACKNOWLEDGES WHAT A NAVY ACKNOWLEDGES YES.

VOTE IS VOTING TO APPROVE AND EXITING THE PROPERTY, UH, DESCRIBED AN ITEM 72 INTO THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.

73, PROVIDING FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND INCLUSION OF THE AREA.

PLEASE OPEN THE MACHINES.

MACHINES ARE OPEN ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

PLEASE.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM

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DESCRIBING THE PETITION FOR ANNEXATION SUBMITTED BY RESOURCE BANK, A STATE CHARTERED BANKING ENTITY, WHICH CAN CON CONSTITUTES THE MAJORITY AND NUMBER AND AMOUNT OF PROPERTY OWNERS AS CERTIFIED BY THE PARISH ASSESSOR, AND WHICH CONTAINS NO REGISTERED VOTER VOTERS AS CERTIFIED BY THE REGISTERED VOTERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH L A R S 33 1 72 AND SECTION 1 0 9 OF THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF

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EAST BATON ROUGE BY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR TREASURER.

WE'LL START AGAIN WITH OPPOSITION, UH, WISH TO SPEAK.

I'M SORRY, WE'LL START AGAIN WITH PROPONENTS, WISHING TO SPEAK.

AND IN FAVOR IS MR. CHARLES LANDRY, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU PRIOR VOTE, CHARLES LANDRY, 100 NORTH BOULEVARD, NORTH STREET.

SO I'M CONFUSED.

A LOT OF PEOPLE CONFUSE THE LOFT CAN CONFUSE THE STREET HERE.

UH, BATON ROUGE, UM, I REPRESENT RESOURCE BANK, NEW BOARD TO BANK TO BATON ROUGE.

UM, THEY'RE ASKING TO BE ANNEXED AND, UH, THE INFORMATION THAT I PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED TO YOU, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR TO PUT THAT IN THE SAME RECORD.

UM, AS BEFORE WE HAVE THE, UM, RESOLUTION OF THE BANK AUTHORIZING ITS REQUEST TO, UH, BE AN AX.

AND THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE THE EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE BANK WHO WILL ADDRESS YOU.

ANY OTHER PROPONENTS, WISHING TO SPEAK GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS JAMIE GABRIEL, AND I'M THE CA WITH RESOURCE BANK BACK IN 2015, WE STARTED DISCUSSING, UM, OUR INTENT TO MOVE INTO THE BATON ROUGE MARKET.

AS YOU SEE, WE ARE A ST TAMMANY BASED INSTITUTION STARTED IN COVINGTON, LOUISIANA BACK IN 1998.

SO RELATIVE TO BANK TERMS, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH A NEWCOMER.

I'M 23 YEARS OLD AND MADE THE DECISION BACK IN 15 TO MOVE INTO THE BATON ROUGE MARKETPLACE.

WE STARTED AS A LOAN PRODUCTION OFFICE WHILE WE ARE AWAITING THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR RESIDENCE, WHICH IS ON THE CORNER OF BLUEBONNET AND JEFFERSON, AS STATED PREVIOUSLY BY THIS COUNCIL, YOU SEE, WE DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO VOTE ON WHETHER WE WANTED TO BE PART OF ST.

GEORGE, BUT WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THAT AS A BANK, WE MADE THE DECISION TO MOVE INTO BATON ROUGE AS A BANK.

WE MADE THE DECISION TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY OF BATON ROUGE, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE ARE A COMMERCIAL BANK, WHICH MEANS THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ON EVERY STREET CORNER, WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY ISOLATED IN OUR BRICK AND MORTAR BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF LENDING THAT WE DO.

WE DO NOT HAVE LOCATIONS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

WE MAY HAVE ONE LOCATION IN YOUR MARKET.

SO FOR US, WE MADE THE DECISION TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY OF BATON ROUGE, THE BROADER BASE.

AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE DECIDED TO BUILD OUR LOCATION AND, AND JOIN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.

SO FOR US, AS YOU STATED BEFORE, WE DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND VOTE.

SO I AM HERE TONIGHT TO STATE TO YOU THAT OUR INTENT WAS TO MOVE INTO BATON ROUGE, SERVE THAT COMMUNITY, BE PART OF BATON ROUGE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING.

DID ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? ANYONE ELSE IN FACT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? YES, MA'AM WELL, ACTUALLY I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST MY COMMENTS ON NUMBER 72 WOULD BE THE SAME COMMENTS I WOULD MAKE ON 73.

IS THAT OKAY? THANK YOU.

YES, MA'AM.

GEORGE LOUISIANA, 7 0 8 0 9.

UH, AN OPPOSITION WISHING TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

ANDREW MRL, 47 75 FLEET ST.

I WOULD HAVE TO DO THE SAME AS MS. PEARSON, WHICH IS A RARITY.

I'M GOING TO REITERATE MY PREVIOUS COMMENTS.

UH, BUT ALSO I WANT TO POINT OUT SOME MISSTATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE BEFORE.

NUMBER ONE, I AM A LAWYER SO I CAN MAKE DETERMINATIONS ON THE WALL AND I'M NOT MISSPEAKING.

I AM NOT MISSTATING.

I'M NOT INCORRECT.

THE PROCESS FOR ANNEXATION IS DIFFERENT IF ST.

GEORGE'S INCORPORATED RETROACTIVE BACK TO NOVEMBER 23RD, 2019, IF WE'RE INCORPORATED RETROACTIVELY, WHICH PART OF ART? YES.

MA'AM WHICH 72.

THESE I, THESE, THIS COMMENT IS RELEVANT TO ITEM 73 AS WELL, BUT HIS STATEMENT IS I LIKE TO SPEAK ON WHAT WAS SAID, AND I'M SORRY, LET ME REPHRASE.

I'LL REITERATE, UH, UM, I'M REITERATING MY COMMENTS FOR 72 AND ADDING THE FOLLOWING.

THE PROCESS IS DIFFERENT.

IF WE'RE INCORPORATED RETROACTIVELY, THE PROCESS REQUIRES THAT AN ANNEXATION MUST FIRST DNX FROM THE CITY OF ST.

GEORGE, BEFORE APPLYING FOR ANNEXATION INTO BATON ROUGE.

AND BECAUSE NO ONE CAN TELL YOU THE DATE OF INCORPORATION, I COULD BE EXACTLY RIGHT.

NOVEMBER 23RD, 2019, THE DATE THE ELECTION RESULTS WERE CERTIFIED COULD BE AND SHOULD BE THE DATE THAT ST GEORGE'S INCORPORATED BECAUSE THE IS NOT IN QUESTION.

SO THE LIKELIHOOD IS, AND GUESS WHAT IT HAPPENED IN CENTRAL, YOU CAN SAY AGREEMENT OR NOT, BUT THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS.

IF THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS, ALL THESE ANNEXATIONS HAVE TAKEN THE INCORRECT PROCESS

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TO GET THERE.

NUMBER TWO, THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DOES HAVE A DOG IN THIS FIGHT SINCE HE DECIDED NOT TO LET YOU KNOW EASTBOUND RIDGE PARISHES, THE DEFENDANT IN THE ANNEXATION LAWSUIT, ALL THE ANNEXATION SINCE LATE GEORGIA'S DATE OF INCORPORATION ARE INCLUDED IN A LAWSUIT THAT THE PERSON IS DEFENDING POINT OF ORDER.

HANG ON MR. MORRELL.

MA'AM 73 WITH THE NUMBER 73, THE PARISH ATTORNEY HAS NOT MADE ANY COMMENTS THAT WOULD BE RELEVANT TO 73.

WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH NOW, AND WE'RE D AND W REGARDLESS AS TO THE RELEVANCE, WE ARE ON 73, OTHERWISE WE SHOULD HAVE PUT IT ALL TO GATHER.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RESOURCE BANK.

NXE ANY COMMENTS ARE OF OPPOSITION FINE, BUT IN REF, WHEN YOU REFERENCED THE COMMENTS MADE FROM ANOTHER ITEM, THEN THAT'S THE POINT OF ORDER.

THE BACKS.

THANKS FOR THAT CLARITY.

UM, SO AS IT PERTAINS TO ITEM NUMBER 73, IF APPROVED FOR ANNEXATION, IT WILL BE ADDED TO AN ANNEXATION LAWSUIT THAT'S CURRENTLY PENDING IN THE 19TH JDC.

THEREFORE THE ANNEX WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD.

ANYWAY, AS STATED PREVIOUSLY, ANNEXATIONS GRANTED NOW ARE PREMATURE WITH A TRIAL DATE PENDING CURRENTLY TENTATIVELY SET FOR JANUARY 10TH, 2022.

THERE'S JUST NO POINT IN MOVING FORWARD AT THIS TIME, BECAUSE THE ANNEXATION WILL GO INTO LAWSUIT.

SO THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AGAIN, IS INVOLVED IN LITIGATION.

YOU CAN TAKE THAT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT OR FOR WHATEVER IT'S WORTH, BUT THE ANNEXATIONS ARE PREMATURE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PREMATURE.

AND I WOULD REQUEST AGAIN, IF THIS COUNCIL CONTINUES TO THINK OF BATON ROUGE IS ONLY THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.

WE WILL CONTINUE DOWN THE SAME PATH WE'RE ALREADY ON.

COULD STILL BE, YOU KNOW, IN A POSITIVE, YOU ALREADY HAD THE LAWSUIT GOING FORWARD IN, IN CHALLENGING THE ANNEXATIONS OF THE PREVIOUS ONES.

YOU MR. MORROW, ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION THAT WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION, BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK NOW, FORGIVE ME.

UH, WE'LL MOVE TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I REMEMBER WE HAD ONE EMAIL COMMENT, UH, THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM IN FAVOR.

MY APOLOGIES COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I MISSED ONE IN FAVOR THAT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK.

THAT IS MS. MARY THOMAS.

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR MOTIONS.

COUNCILMEN GOT A MR. DOTSON, MR. DAWSON.

WE'RE ON ITEM 73.

IS THE PROPERTY IN THIS PETITION FOR ANNEXATION MEET THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT FOR ANNEXATION? YES, SIR.

THANK YOU, MR. DODSON.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, ANY MOTIONS MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DONE.

SECOND BY GREEN JACKSON.

OBJECTION BY COUNSEL AND ADAMS. THAT OBJECTION BY THE CHAIR WHERE WE WILL VOTE ON THE MACHINES COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR, PLEASE OPEN THE MACHINES.

YOU HAVE TWO SPEAKERS, COUNCILMAN BLOKE.

NOW SNUCK IN THERE.

I WAS, I WAS TRYING TO GET MY NOTES TOGETHER BEFORE I PUSHED THE BUTTON.

SO I COULD BE MR. MERRILL.

I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR COMMENTS AND THOUGHTS ON THIS.

UM, YOU BROUGHT IT UP TWICE NOW, UH, ABOUT THE, WE KNOW THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE INCORPORATION DATE BEING RETROACTIVE.

WE, UH, I RESPECT THAT.

I THINK Y'ALL DO TOO.

YOU BASING IT ON, UM, BASICALLY WHAT'S HAPPENED ALREADY BEFORE AND HE'S FED TO REACH PARISH.

THE POINT I WANT TO GET ACROSS, I GUESS WHAT MY COUNSEL IN STATING TO THE PUBLIC AND STATE, HE DID THE THING YOU BROUGHT IT UP TWICE AT, IF IT IS SET RETROACTIVE, THEN THE MOTIONS THAT WE ARE MAKING TONIGHT WILL BASICALLY NOT STAND.

SO ALL THE ANNEXATIONS WILL BASICALLY BE WIPED POSSIBLY THROUGH COURT, TRIAL DATES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

THAT IS CORRECT.

IT WILL BE, IT WOULD NOT HAVE FOLLOWED THE CORRECT INCORPORATION PROCESS BECAUSE OUR MUNICIPALITY WOULD EXIST FROM 2019 FORD, NOVEMBER 20TH.

AND I, AND I TOTALLY RESPECT THAT, BUT I GUESS MY POINT I'M GETTING ACROSS IS WHEN WE DO THIS AND WHETHER WE, WHETHER WE PASS OR FAIL IT OR NOT, IT COULD ALL REVERT BACK ANYWAY.

SO THIS MOTION THAT WE'RE DOING AS FAR AS POSSIBLY PASSING, HOWEVER, EVERYBODY VOTES, UM,

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THAT'S CORRECT.

THESE WOULD JUST FALL IN LINE WITH THOSE.

SO IT'S NOT AN EXTRA STEP YOU HAVING TO BRING ON WITH THE ANNEXATIONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE, BECAUSE I DOUBT THIS WILL PROBABLY BE THE LAST ONE.

I MEAN, TO, TO CLARIFY, YOU WOULD ADD, UH, ADDITIONAL FACTS AND FACTORS BASED ON EACH INDIVIDUAL.

ANNEXATION SAYS NOT ALL ANNEXATIONS ARE CREATED EQUALLY.

THEY HAVE DIFFERENT METHODS FOR, FOR THEIR REQUESTS FOR ANNEXATION, THERE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL PARAGRAPHS, BUT YES, THE MEANING OF PETITION WOULD BE AMENDING A PETITION, CORRECT.

I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS, AND I RESPECT YOUR OPINION ON WHETHER WE'RE MAKING A FEW TOTAL EXTENT, AS FAR AS DO FUTILE, I DON'T KNOW IS THE RIGHT WORD, BUT THE ATTEMPT TO DO THIS IS AS FAR AS TIME AND WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

I AGREE WITH YOU, THE COURTS ARE PLAY THIS OUT.

YOU KNOW, WHETHER, WHETHER THESE ANNEXATIONS GO THROUGH THE CITY OF ST.

GEORGE GOES THROUGH, W WHICH I TOTALLY THINK IT ALL WILL, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS MOVE ON WITH THESE AND, AND THEN ADD THEM TO THE LIST.

74, PROVIDING FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND INCLUSION OF THE AREA DESCRIBED IN THE PETITIONS FOR ANNEXATION SUBMITTED BY PROPERTY OWNERS IN WILLOW RIDGE SUBDIVISION, WHICH CONSTITUTES THE MAJORITY AND NUMBER AND AMOUNT OF PROPERTY OWNERS AS CERTIFIED BY THE PARISH ASSESSOR AND A MAJORITY OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS AS CERTIFIED BY THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1 0 9 OF THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT, OF THE CITY OF BATON

UH, YES.

UM, JUST COME IN, UM, THE FIRST PRIOR TOUR, ZACHARY CENTRAL, OUR BAKER ANNEXATION, UM, BACK IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES, THERE WAS A GROUP THAT WANTED TO SCOTLANDVILLE TO BE A CITY.

AND WHEN WE IN, IN DOING THAT PLAN SIMILAR, IT'S LIKE THE REVERSAL OF WHAT IS HAPPENING.

UM, TODAY WITH THE ANNEXATION, THERE WERE, IT WOULD HAVE BROUGHT THAT THE PLAN WAS TO LOOK AT ALL THE REVENUES THAT WOULD MADE A SYSTEM.

THE CITY COULD SUSTAIN.

FOR INSTANCE, THERE WERE, UM, FOUR EXXONMOBIL'S, UM, PARISH, PRISON, JUST A DIFFERENT TAX BASE THAT WOULD HAVE SUSTAIN, SUSTAIN THE CITY WHERE THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT HAPPENED TODAY.

UM, MANY OF THOSE BUSINESSES THAT WOULD HAVE SUSTAINED SKYLAND BILL WANTED TO, UM, WANTED TO WANT IT NOT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CITY.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S CALLED DE ANNEXED OR ANNEXED OR WHATEVER, BUT IT'S, IT REMINDS ME OF THE SAME THING.

AND WHEN, UM, I THINK IT MAY HAVE BEEN, UM, COUNCILMAN HUDSON, WHO TALKED ABOUT WHEN THE PERSON'S, WHEN, BEFORE THE COURTS AND, UH, THEY HAD IN MIND, WHAT, WHAT INCOME IS ALMOST LIKE YOU, YOU COUNTING ON THESE BEING PART OF THE INCOME TO BUILD IT, AND THEN IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

THAT IS NOT FAIR, BUT ACTUALLY THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED WITH SCOTLAND BILL AND IT'S, IT'S PART OF WHAT BUSINESSES HAVE A RIGHT TO DO.

AND SO, UM, SOMETIME IT DOES WORK IN THE FAVOR OF, UM, THE AREAS THAT WANT TO, UM, BE INCORPORATED.

BUT SOMETIME IT DOES, IT IS JUST A ROLL OF THE DICE, IF YOU WILL.

BUT WHEN, BUT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME MAYBE IT GONE BEFORE THE COURTS, BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS 30, 40 YEARS AGO WHERE A SMALL MEMBERS OF SCHOLAR BILL PRODUCT WOULD NOT HAVE THE REVENUE OR THE INSIGHT TO SUE FOR SUCH, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS ISN'T NEW.

AND, UM, IT'S JUST PART OF WHAT BUSINESSES SEE AS BEING IN THEIR BEST INTERESTS.

AND WE DO HAVE TO HONOR THAT, AND WE CANNOT GO INTO DETERMINING WHAT THE MOTIVES ARE, ARE NOT, THEY MET THE PRECEDENT, THEY'VE MET EVERYTHING ON THE CHECKOFF LIST.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO IT.

HAS THERE BEEN A SECOND? YES, YES.

IT HAS BEEN MOTION AND PROPERLY.

SECOND IT, UH, WITH NO OTHER SPEAKERS, WE WILL OPEN THE MACHINE EITHER.

I'VE BEEN ON THE BRUCE MOTION, CARRIES ITEM

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ROUGE AND THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND THE LOUISIANA RS 33, 1 72 BY COUNCIL, ADMINISTRATOR TREASURER.

WE'LL OPEN THE FLOOR, MAYOR BROOME.

DID YOU WANT TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS? YES.

MA'AM.

WE'LL TAKE MAY OF ROOM FIRST.

ACTING MAYOR PRO TEM.

YOU'VE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB TONIGHT.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US FOR THIS LONG.

I'M ABOUT TO LEAVE.

SO IT ALL SERIOUSNESS.

I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE AS WE DEAL WITH, WE'VE MOVED FROM COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES NOW TO RESIDENTS, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF WILLOW RIDGE HAVE ALL LEGALLY FILED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS NEEDED TO REQUEST ANNEXATION.

AND LASTLY, I FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALLY REITERATE THAT OUR CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE BEGAN AT 1947 AND IN THE 74 YEARS, THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL HAS NEVER DENIED AN ANNEXATION.

SO PLEASE, UM, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD, UH, SUPPORT THE CITIZENS OF WILLOW RIDGE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF MR. DAVID FELD.

THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

MY NAME IS DAVID LINDENFELD.

I LIVE AT 47 59 NEWCOMB DRIVE.

I'M A MEMBER OF TOGETHER BATON ROUGE, UH, AND I'M HERE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO A MAP THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE ADVOCATE ABOUT TWO DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION.

AND WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS MAP IS THAT IT SHOWS THE PRECINCTS THAT VOTED FOR, UH, WERE A MAJORITY VOTED FOR OR AGAINST, UH, THE ST.

GEORGE, I COUNTED 27 PRECINCTS VOTING FOR WE'RE A MAJORITY VOTED FOR AN 18 OR A MAJORITY VOTED AGAINST IT.

AND THE THING THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS, IF YOU CAN SEE IT, IS THAT THE, THOSE THAT VOTED AGAINST IT WERE IN THE AREAS CLOSEST TO BATON ROUGE.

WHEREAS THOSE WHO VOTED FOR IT WERE FURTHER AWAY.

NOW, I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR, I DON'T LIVE IN ANY OF THESE DISTRICTS.

UM, AND I DON'T REPRESENT ANYONE WHO DOES, I'M NOT A LAWYER, UH, BUT I'M JUST OFFERING AN OPINION.

AND THAT IS THAT IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FAIRNESS, WHICH PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE, UH, THE AREAS IN WHICH THEY WANT TO LIVE, THEN IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT THOSE AREAS AND WHERE THERE WAS A MAJORITY AGAINST SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO INCORPORATE INTO BATON ROUGE IF THEY SO CHOOSE.

AND THAT WOULD APPLY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNDER CONSIDERATION.

WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN IN THIS PRECINCT OF 2,239, PEOPLE WERE EXCLUDED AND WHAT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING TO ME.

THANK YOU, MR. CHARLES LANDRY, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

THANK YOU, CHARLES LANDRY, 100 NORTH STREET, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA REPRESENTING THE 12 PROPERTY OWNERS, PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE 12 LOTS.

I PLACED INTO THE RECORD, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT WILLOW RIDGE ITSELF.

WE, UH, HANDING OUT ALL THE RESOLUTIONS, DEALING WITH THE LAKE AND THE LIKE, AND IT'S INTERESTING, AND I APPRECIATE THE SEGUE.

I WOULD NOT NORMALLY DO THIS FOR AN ANNEXATION.

YOU HAVE HEARD, UH, FROM THE MAYOR THAT ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ANNEXATION HAVE BEEN SATISFIED AS IT RELATES TO THESE 12 LOTS, A LITTLE UNUSUAL ON THE FACE, BUT NOT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE IS THAT OF THE 40 LOTS.

THIS IS ONLY 12 AND YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF CONFUSION COULD BE DERIVED BECAUSE IT'S 12 LOTS OUT OF 40 AND THE ANSWER IS NONE.

UM, THAT'S WHAT YOU HEARD FROM THE MAYOR.

THAT'S WHAT SHE, UH, SPOKE TO HER DEPARTMENT HEADS ABOUT.

AND THAT'S WHERE I WOULD'VE NORMALLY STOPPED THIS, UH, COMMENT IS THAT THERE'S NO REASON THERE'S NO IMPEDIMENT, UM, FOR YOU TO DENY THIS BASED ON THE EXPERTISE PROVIDED YOU BY YOUR LAWYERS AND BY THE DEPARTMENT HEADS.

BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO PULL THE THREAD THAT YOU JUST HEARD IS THAT THIS AREA OF WILLOW RIDGE WAS IN IS, IS IN, UH, PRECINCT ONE DASH 80, WHICH NORMALLY HAS TWENTY THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE VOTERS.

ALL RIGHT, AS A RESULT OF HOW ST.

GEORGE WAS CONFIGURED TO GET THIS ONE NEIGHBORHOOD IN, WHICH IS THE ONLY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH OF JEFFERSON HIGHWAY, WELL, ONE OF THE LEADERS OF ST GEORGE LEE LIVES, WHAT YOU SEE IN WHITE, THIS AREA AND WHITE,

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AND IT TRULY IS AMAZING TO ME THAT THIS WHOLE PRECINCT, THE WHOLE PRECINCT WAS FILTERED DOWN TO 69 VOTERS.

AND THOSE 69 VOTERS WERE ONLY IN THIS ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT A COINCIDENCE, RIGHT? THAT ONLY THIS NEIGHBORHOOD VOTED IN THIS PRECINCT.

NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SANCTITY OF THE VOTE AND ALL THESE PEOPLE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE LEADERS NEIGHBORHOODS, AND HE LOST THE VOTE.

ALL RIGHT, 13 PEOPLE VOTED TO SUPPORT ST.

GEORGE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND 17 PEOPLE VOTED TO REJECT IT.

SO UNLIKE WHAT YOU NORMALLY HAVE IN THE SITUATION WHERE YOU SAY THE VOTE OF THE PEOPLE AND ALL THAT, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD UNIQUELY THERE, ISN'T ANOTHER PRECINCT THAT THIS HAPPENED.

WHAT DID, WHAT A AMAZING COINCIDENCE THAT A LEADER OF ST GEORGE HAPPENED TO LIVE HERE, AND THE ONLY VOTERS IN THIS ENTIRE PRESETS, YOUR THOMAS LANDRY WAS HERE AND THEY VOTED AGAINST IT WITH ALL DUE CONSIDERATION.

I REQUEST THAT YOU APPROVE, THANK YOU, MR. BELL, BUT THEN, BUT, BUT THEN AT THAT, I STUMBLE OVER MY NAMES, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

I APPRECIATE BEING HERE WITH YOU.

UH, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE APPEARED BEFORE THIS BODY.

UH, BUT YOU SAID YOU PRETTY REGULAR BACK WHEN I WAS IN MY CAREER, BUT IT'S GOOD TO BEING BACK AND WATCHING IT IN PROGRESS AGAIN.

UH, LET ME JUST SAY THAT, UH, I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR IF THEY HADN'T TAXATION IN BATON ROUGE.

AND ONE REASON IS THAT BATON ROUGE IS WHERE I WAS BORN AND MY WIFE WAS ALSO BORN THERE.

THAT'S WHERE WE GREW UP.

THAT'S WHERE WE WENT TO SCHOOL.

UM, AND MY KIDS WERE RAISED THERE.

AND, UH, WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY, VERY HAPPY TO BE A PART OF BATON ROUGE.

I, MYSELF HAS BEEN, UH, SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BATTERY'S CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UH, AND ALSO, UH, BRAC AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT MY CAREER IN HOPES OF MAKING BATON ROUGE A GOOD, BETTER PLACE TO LIVE FOR NOT ONLY US, BUT ALSO OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.

UH, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT, UH, SOME PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE, BUT BATON ROUGE STILL HAS PROBLEMS THAT NEED TO BE WORKED ON AS MOST CITIES HAVE.

AND I'M SURE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER.

WE, UH, THE 12 PROPERTY OWNERS IN WILLOW RIDGE FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF BATON ROUGE AGAIN AND AT THE TELL THE TRUTH.

UH, WHEN I BOUGHT THIS HOUSE, I THOUGHT IT WAS IN THIS CITY.

IT'S A BATTERY.

I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE BATON ROUGE CITY LIMITS STOPPED RIGHT AT OUR STREET.

UM, SO THAT WAS A SHOCK TO BE, I'D BEEN IN THE HOUSE A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE SOMEBODY TOLD ME THAT I WAS NOT, I WAS IN AN UNINCORPORATED AREA, BUT STILL, WE ALWAYS FELT LIKE WE WERE WHERE WE WANTED TO BE IN BATON ROUGE.

AND WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY AND STRONGLY ABOUT THAT.

AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL GIVE US YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR VOTE.

THE LAST THING I'D LIKE TO SAY, AND THE LAST REASON THAT WE WANT TO BE IN, AS WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE IN THE HOME OF THE LSU FIGHTING TIGERS, THEN ALSO, AND ALSO THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY JAGUARS, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GO ON A ROAD TRIP EVERY TIME YOU HAVE A SHOOTER OR SO THAT IT HAS A GAME.

I'VE GOT TO GO OUT OF TOWN.

I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

SO ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

YOUR SUPPORT.

TO SPEAK FOR MY FRIEND JANE CHANDLER THAT DOES LIVE IN WILLOW RIDGE.

ANYONE ELSE IN FAVOR AND WISHING TO SPEAK ANYONE ELSE IN FAVOR AND WISHING TO SPEAK? YES.

MA'AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

UH, JENNY HASTINGS SEVEN 15 HIGH PLAINS.

UM, I FOUND OUT TONIGHT THAT, UH, BATON ROUGE AND I ARE THE SAME AGE, BUT I THINK THOSE 74 YEARS ARE LOOKING BETTER ON THE CITY MAYOR BROOME THAN THEY ARE ON ME.

UM, IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THIS WHOLE QUESTION, UM, IS GOING TO BE SETTLED IN THE COURTS AND IN THE COURT AND IN THE COURTS.

AGAIN, I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY.

I WISH WE COULD LISTEN TO THE ATTORNEYS HERE TONIGHT, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THEY ARE AHEAD OF US ON THE WISDOM WITH THIS.

I'M HERE

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SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE SHE BROKE HER FOOT.

SHE'S IN A BOOT AND SHE'S NOT GETTING AROUND SO WELL, I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR HER, THAT SHE AND HER NEIGHBORS HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY.

AS ALL OF THOSE OTHER ANNEXATION REQUESTS HAVE BEEN SAID YES, TO OVER THE PAST 70 SOME ODD YEARS.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

ANYONE ELSE IN FAVOR AND WISHING TO SPEAK? YES, MA'AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

GOOD EVENING, JENNIFER CARR, WHILE 1855 OLD CARRIAGE LANE.

UM, I'M ALSO SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY FRIEND, JANE CHANDLER.

SHE ADVERSELY IS GOOD WITH, UH, CALLING OUT HER PHONE TREE.

UM, UH, YOU KNOW, HER NEIGHBORHOOD VOTED TO ANNEX INTO BATON ROUGE AND WE HOPE THAT, UH, THAT WISH WILL BE HONORED.

ONE THING THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS IT WASN'T UNTIL THE WHOLE ST GEORGE THING CAME UP, BUT ANYONE UNDERSTOOD WHY THEY WERE OR WERE NOT IN BATON ROUGE.

UH, WHEN THIS CAME UP, I, I WAS AT THE, UH, LEGISLATURE WHEN THEY WERE DISCUSSING THIS AND SOMEBODY WAS UP THERE SAYING, WELL, NOBODY WANTS US.

NOBODY UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU HAD TO ASK TO BE PART OF BATON ROUGE UNTIL THIS CAME UP.

UH, MR. DIBENEDETTO SAID, HE DIDN'T KNOW HE DIDN'T LIVE IN BATON ROUGE.

UH, THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT, UM, IF IT'S RESIDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO REQUEST, TO BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY, THESE RESIDENTS HAVE REQUESTED TO BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY.

SO I HOPE THAT THAT WILL, UH, BE HONORED.

ANYONE ELSE IN FAVOR AND WISHING TO SPEAK, SEEING NON WE'LL NOTE THAT MS. MARY THOMAS IS IN FAVOR, BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK.

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO THE OPPOSITION.

UH, MR. ANDREW MYRTLE, ANDREW MORRELL, 47 75 FLEET SAY AT GEORGIA LOUISIANA, 7 0 8 0 9.

THIS IS THE ANNEXATION OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, WHAT HAS BEEN, I DON'T HAVE THE VOTER TOTALS BY PRECINCT IN FRONT OF ME.

ALL I KNOW IS THAT 54% VOTED IN FAVOR OF INCORPORATION, OCTOBER 12TH, 2019.

WHAT I DO KNOW IS THERE'S ALLEGEDLY 40 HOUSES IN THE WILLOW RIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD.

12 HAVE APPLIED FOR ANNEXATION 12 OUT OF 40 NOW, SIMPLE MATH, AND I'M NOT A MATHEMATICIAN.

I'M A LAWYER.

SO 12 OUT OF 40 IS NOT 50%.

UH, THEY DO NOT FULFILL THE CRITERIA FOR A NUMBER OF OWNERS APPLYING FOR ANNEXATION FOR THIS HOA, NOR THEY FULFILL THE PROPERTY VALUE REQUIRED FOR THIS HOA TO BE ANNEXED FURTHER, THE HOA HAS VOTED AND VOTED AGAINST ANNEXATION.

WE LITERALLY TALKING ABOUT 12 HOMEOWNERS.

YOU'RE GOING TO PIECE MEAL ANNEXATIONS, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A NIGHTMARE FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS ALREADY UNDERSTAFFED AND UNDER FUNDED TO FIGURE OUT, OH, HOUSE NUMBER THREE, I GOT TO GO TO THAT HOUSE.

YOU'RE GOING TO STRETCH FOR STRETCH SERVICES THAT ARE ALREADY STRETCHED TO THEIR BREAKING POINT AND CONTINUE TO STRETCH THEM FURTHER TO PIECEMEAL A FEW HOUSES, WHICH HAVE NO FINANCIAL BEARING ON EITHER MUNICIPALITY ST GEORGE OR BATON ROUGE.

IT DOESN'T AFFECT EITHER ONE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF REVENUE, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT WITH THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE HURTING ST GEORGE.

BUT IN REALITY, YOU'RE HURTING THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.

THESE AREN'T BEING ANNEXED INTO THE PARISH.

THEY'RE BEING ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.

ARE WE GOING TO EXTEND BUS SERVICES TO THESE HOMES? ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME THINGS THAT THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE HAS? THEY GET TO ENJOY THE HIGHER PROPERTY TAXES THAT THE CITY OF BATTERIES CURRENTLY ENJOYS, WHICH IS SEVERAL MEALS HIGHER THAN THE CITY OF BATTERY'S NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT BEHIND IT.

BUT I ASKED YOU TO CONSIDER WHAT'S YOU'RE AT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE ON TONIGHT, WHICH IS ANNEX AND PIECEMEAL HOUSES IN A NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOU THINK HE WAS CONFUSING, WHICH CITY YOU LIVED IN BEFORE.

IMAGINE LOOKING TO YOUR LEFT AND NOT KNOWING IF THAT'S BATTERIES.

YOU'RE ST.

GEORGE, IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE PROPERTY VALUES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

ONE GROUP HAS HIGHER TAXES THAN THE OTHER GROUP.

IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE SERVICES RENDERED THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT'S GOING AFFECT VOTING AND STATE SERVICES DOWN THE ROAD, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GO PRECINCT BY PRECINCT.

YOU CAN'T GO NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOU LITERALLY WOULD HAVE TO GO HOUSE BY HOUSE TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S BATON ROUGE.

AND WHO'S ST.

THE MAP DOESN'T TOTALLY CONVEY, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WE READ A BUNCH OF LEGAL TERMS AND DEFINITIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND AGAIN, IT IS PREMATURE.

THERE IS PENDING LITIGATION.

THERE IS A TRIAL DATE.

IF THE OPPONENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL, THERE IS NO NEED FOR THIS WHATSOEVER.

THEY CAN REMAIN UNINCORPORATED OR ANNEX AT THAT TIME.

OTHERWISE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ADDED TO THE LAWSUIT.

THANK YOU, MR. GREG BOYD, UH, CRAIG BOYD, 37, 27 WILLOW BAY DRIVE.

I'M A RESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO, UM,

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WELL, SO, SO 12 OUT OF 40 HOMEOWNERS WANT BACK IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.

SO THAT'S A, THERE'S ONE WAY INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SINGLE ENTRANCE.

GEORGE HOUSE, UH, ALREADY.

THIS ISN'T SOME YOU CAN GET IN A BACK WAY.

THERE'S JUST ONE WAY IN.

SO PART OF THAT ANNEXATION IS THE ENTRANCE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THERE'S THREE HOUSES ON A STREET TO GET OUR NEIGHBORS.

SO WE, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PARTIALLY ANNEX THING.

THEN IT GOES A FEW HOUSES.

THEN YOU PICK UP A BATON ROUGE HOUSE, AND THEN IT'S A ST.

IT IS A BIT COMPLICATED IF I HAVE, UH, BEEN UNFORTUNATE TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT.

UH, JEFFERSON BLUEBONNET, YOU WILL GET PASSED BACK AND FORTH FROM SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO CITY ALL DAY.

AND NO ONE I'M TALKING DISPATCHERS AT THE NINE ONE ONE CALL CENTER, IT'S ALREADY CONFUSING.

AND IT'S A PRETTY CLEAR LINE.

NOW I CAN ONLY IMAGINE ONCE WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE ONE HOUSE IS IN, ONE IS OUT, IT HAS TO NEGATIVELY AFFECT PROPERTY VALUE MOVING FORWARD.

UH, BUT, BUT YEAH, I COME TO SOMEONE LIKE I GREW UP IN BATON ROUGE, UM, AND W YOU KNOW, WE, WE VOTED HOPING FOR BETTER SCHOOLS BECAUSE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COULDN'T BE ALLOWED WITHOUT A CITY.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

WE DID IT, IT PASSED, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF LINES DRAWN HERE AND THERE THAT CHANGED.

BUT SO TODAY, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE CONCERNED HOMEOWNER, AND THERE'S HOPEFULLY A FEW MORE FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THAT'LL SPEAK, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING UP AGAINST FORTUNE 500 BIG LAWYERS, THE MAYOR, EVERYBODY ELSE, YOU KNOW, I'M HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD OF WHICH THE MAJORITY DO NOT WANT TO ANNEX BACK IN BATON ROUGE AND ALSO OUR HOA VOTED ON THIS.

AND ALSO THAT ONE AS FAR AS STAYING IN ST.

GEORGE, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

I APPRECIATE YOU ALL THIS, ALL THIS TODAY.

ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION AND WISHING TO SPEAK? YES.

MA'AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND ROCHELLE.

UM, I AM A RESIDENT OF WHERE I READ SUBDIVISION AND ONE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS, AND ALSO ONE OF THE OWNERS OF THE TRACT.

UM, LIKE MR. BOYD STATED THERE ARE 40 LOTS AND WE'LL ARRANGE SUBDIVISIONS.

UH, 12 OF THOSE HAVE REQUESTED.

ANNEXATION IS CLEARLY NOT A MAJORITY.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY ARE NOT ONLY REQUESTING ANNEXATION OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL HOMES.

THEY ARE REQUESTING ANNEXATION OF THE PUBLIC ROAD, UH, AND ANNEXATION OF THE LIGHT TRACK.

NONE OF THIS HAS EVER BEEN VOTED ON OR EVEN DISCUSSED BY THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OR THE LAKE TRACT.

UM, THE ISSUE HAS GONE ON SINCE JULY OF 2020, IT HAS CAUSED A GREAT DEAL OF DISSENSION AND CONTENTIOUSNESS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND WE JUST ASKED YOU TO PLEASE SPELL NO ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION AND WISHING TO SPEAK.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

MY NAME IS KEITH RICHARDSON, 36 46 BULLET BAY DRIVE.

AND I AM A RESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS STATED WE'VE HAD 40 HOMESITES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

ONLY 12 HAVE ASKED TO ANNEX, AND WE ARE OPPOSED TO THIS BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BECOME A CHECKERBOARD.

AS MS. DIANE JUST SAID, IT HAS CAUSED SOME STRIFE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THAT BRINGS EVEN MORE CONCERN.

WE ALSO, IT HAS BEEN STATED BY THE PROPONENTS FOR BATON ROUGE, THAT THROUGHOUT THE VOTE AND AFTER THE VOTE, THERE WAS GOING TO BE CLEAR, PAT, THEY HAD SOME VERY STRATEGIC MANEUVERS TO ANNEX THEMSELVES INTO BATON ROUGE.

SO OUR QUESTION IS WHAT WASN'T CLEAR ABOUT THE VOTE AND WHY DO YOU NEED CREATIVE MANEUVERS TO GET INTO BATON ROUGE? IF IT WAS CLEAR, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO RIGHT IN THE ORGANIZER OF THIS BILL, PASSIONATELY TALKS ABOUT SHARED SERVICE AGREEMENTS AND HOW NOTHING WILL CHANGE.

YOU HAVE THE ORGANIZERS OF ST.

GEORGE HAD THE SAME PASSION SAY, AND THIS ISN'T.

SO, AND I DISCUSSED WITH A FEW PEOPLE NOT LONG AGO, AND THEY SAID, IT'S NOT A CLEAR THING.

SO WE AS HOMEOWNERS WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT THIS.

IF YOU LOOK ON YOUR SERVICES ON 3, 1, 1, THEY'VE HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF GARBAGE AND WASTE COMPLAINTS THIS YEAR.

QUITE FRANKLY, I'M TIRED OF IT.

OUR TRASH FROM THE HURRICANE IS STILL SITTING ON THE STREET.

I DON'T KNOW WHY IT CAN'T BE PICKED UP.

THEY'VE NOT EVEN MADE AN ATTEMPT.

IF A PARTIAL ANNEXATION IS GRANTED, THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ANSWERED IS A HOME THAT'S IN BATON ROUGE FOREVER IN BATON ROUGE, OR DOES A HOME OR A PURCHASER.

WHEN THAT HOUSE GOES UP FOR SALE, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO ST.

GEORGE

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AND VICE VERSA.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD NOW HAS NINE CHILDREN IN IT.

WHEN I MOVED IN JUST SEVEN YEARS AGO, IT HAD NONE.

SO YOUNG PEOPLE ARE MOVING INTO THAT DISTRICT.

AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION IS WHY ANNEX NOW AS MR. BILL STATED, IT'S BEEN UNINCORPORATED SINCE HE'S LIVED THERE, HE FOUND OUT TWO YEARS AFTER HE LIVED THERE, THAT HE WAS IN AN UNINCORPORATED AREA.

WHY DIDN'T THE ANNEXATION TRY TO TAKE PLACE THEN? IS IT A DISLIKE FOR ST.

GEORGE? OR IS IT SOMETHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED HERE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TOWN.

ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION AND WISHING TO SPEAK, SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WE'LL ACKNOWLEDGE THE EMAIL COMMENTS IT'S MEMBERS.

YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED 32 EMAIL COMMENTS IN FAVOR OF ITEMS, 74 AND 13 EMAIL COMMENTS AND OPPOSITION.

HI, THANKS.

UM, IS THERE SOMEONE HERE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? THINK THERE'S SOME FIREMEN BACK THERE? YES.

MA'AM CHAD MAJOR, UH, INTERIM FIRE CHIEF.

I'M GOING TO CHARGE AND I'M FULLY VACCINATED.

SO IT'S ALL WELL, AND I'M NOT A LAWYER.

MOST IMPORTANTLY.

THAT'S WHY I NEEDED YOU SATURDAY.

EVERYONE'S READY FOR THAT.

SO, UM, CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT YOU, WILL YOU TELL ME HOW IT WORKS WHEN YOU GET A NINE 11 CALL? HOW THAT WE'VE HEARD, UM, THE LANGUAGE TONIGHT FROM THE MAYOR, WE'VE HEARD IT FROM SOME OF OUR LAWYERS.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, YOUR POINT OF VIEW, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, PLEASE? ABSOLUTELY.

OH, THE ADDRESSES PER SE MAKE SOMETHING CALLED PARCELS.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT IT COMES DOWN TO ADDRESSES.

THEY'RE ALL BUILT WITHIN THE CAB, WHICH IS COMPUTER-AIDED DISPATCH FOR BASICALLY AN ENTIRE PATCH.

UM, AND THEN AMONGST OUR AGENCIES AND I CAN'T SPEAK FOR POLICE, BUT FOR FIRE SERVICE AGENCIES, WE HAVE EITHER AUTOMATIC AID ON MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS.

SO IN THE ABSENCE OF ONE, THE OTHER COVERS THAT IS BUILT INTO THE CAD, THE CAD DISPATCH DISPATCHES THE APPROPRIATE UNIT.

IF THAT UNIT IS NOT AVAILABLE, IT DISPATCHES THE NEXT APPROPRIATE AND THAT'S WHO GETS DISPATCH.

AND THAT, THAT HAPPENS CURRENTLY THROUGHOUT THE CITY EVERYWHERE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE'RE INCORPORATED UNINCORPORATED, THAT HAPPENS DAILY.

AND I SEE THIS GENTLEMAN, CAN YOU PLEASE COME UP? I SEE YOU NODDING, BUT I JUST WANT ALL OF OUR BADGES TO BE RECOGNIZED TONIGHT THAT YOU'RE FROM A DIFFERENT AGENCY.

CAN YOU PLEASE STAY WHERE YOU'RE FROM? NEIL NOEL POLICE.

THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH.

AND YOU ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH WHAT THIS, OUR CHIEF HAS SAID.

I AM, UH, OUR COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH IS COMPLETELY AUTOMATED BASED ON THE LOT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE PROBABLY SOME ISSUES WITH THAT, LIKE ALL THINGS, UM, BUT I APPRECIATE THE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THAT ALL WORKS.

UM, MR. LANDRY, IF YOU DON'T MIND COMING FORWARD, I DO HAVE A QUESTION WITH REGARD TO HOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS.

AND I THINK, UM, BASED UPON SOME EMAILS THAT WE RECEIVED, THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION WITH REGARD TO SOME OF THE CONSTITUENTS.

UM, AND THAT IS BY ASKING FOR THIS ANNEXATION, THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT FORCING THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD TO MOVE CORRECT.

OR AM I INCORRECT? CAN YOU PLEASE ELABORATE ON THAT? THANK YOU SO MUCH BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME INACCURATE INFORMATION STATED EARLIER ABOUT THE HOA AND THAT THIS WAS SOMEHOW GOING TO ANNEX THE WHOLE AREA.

UM, THERE IS A MECHANISM FOR 50% PLUS ONE LOT TO SEEK ANNEXATION WHERE THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD, WOULD INVOLVE, YOU KNOW, WOULD GO INTO THE CITY.

AND THE OTHER NEIGHBORS WHO AREN'T THE 50 PLUS ONE WOULD BE PULLED INTO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE BY ANNEXATION, UH, BILL, BILL BILL'S OPPOSED TO BEING PULLED INTO THE CITY OF ST.

GEORGE BECAUSE OF A VOTE THAT HE VOTED AGAINST.

SO THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE REST OF THE LOTS, WHICH IS MOST CONFUSING TO ME BECAUSE THERE, THERE ISN'T ANY CHANGE AT ALL.

ZERO CHANGE IN THE 28 LOTS WHO ARE NOT GOING TO BE PART OF THE CITY.

AND THE GENTLEMEN WHO ASKED A REALLY FINE QUESTION, IF, IF BILL WOULD SELL HIS HOUSE, WHICH YOU HEARD, HE'S NOT GOING TO, UM, BUT BILL WOULD SELL HIS HOUSE.

AND HE, HE, THE PURCHASER WANTED TO BE IN ST.

GEORGE JUST HAS BEEN SAID REPEATEDLY, THAT PERSON WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.

AND HE, OR SHE COULD ASK TO BE AN X

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IN THE ST.

SO THIS IS BEING RESPONSIBLE THAT 12 PEOPLE ARE JUST WORRYING ABOUT THEMSELVES.

THERE WAS A, AND I'LL GET THE MATH FOR YOU IN THIS ONE, PRECINCT THAT ONLY HAD THIS NEIGHBORHOOD 56.6, 7% VOTED AGAINST, AGAINST ST.

GEORGE, ALL RIGHT, 43% VOTED FOR IT.

I THINK THAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW.

AND I THINK THE OTHER THING ABOUT SOME CONFUSION ABOUT VOTING AND WHO'S GOING TO VOTE, WHAT REALLY LOOK HOW THIS WAS ALL DONE.

SO ONLY THIS NEIGHBORHOOD VOTED, WHAT WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE HAVE HAPPENED? OTHERWISE HAVE HAPPENED WOULD BE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS IN 180, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD HAVE VOTED.

SO OUR SYSTEM IS SUCH THAT WE'RE SOPHISTICATED ENOUGH TO DEAL WITH IT.

I JUST WANT TO END WITH SAYING, I JUST, I WANTED TO BE RESPECTFUL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT TO BE PULLED OUT OF ST.

GEORGE AND IN THE BATON ROUGE AND VICE VERSA.

SO I GUESS WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, THE WAY THAT IT'S BEEN EXPLAINED, THE WAY THEY UNDERSTAND IT IS EVERYBODY GETS TO STAY.

IF YOU WANT TO BE IN ST.

GEORGE, YOU GET TO BE IN ST.

GEORGE, IF YOU WANT TO BE IN BATON ROUGE, YOU GET TO BE IN BATON ROUGE, AND THAT'S ALL WE'RE LOOKING AT.

WE'RE NOT FORCING ANYBODY TO MOVE LIKE THE VOTE DID.

SO, UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO A BURDEN MOTION BY COUNCILMAN ROCCA.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN COLEMAN, COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN.

ABSOLUTELY.

COUNCILMAN GREEN.

CAN I INTERRUPT REAL QUICK, MR. ARTHUR? UM, WE NEED THE MOTION TO BE SPECIFIC TO GROUPS.

ONE, TWO, AND THREE, A MOTION TO APPROVE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER IN GROUP FOUR, UH, WITHDREW THEIR, UH, PETITION, WHAT BACKS UP IT'S BEEN MOTIONED THAT WAY AND SECOND, AND THAT WAY AS WELL BY COUNCIL, WOMAN, COLEMAN COUNCIL, WOMAN GREEN.

UM, AND I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT, UM, COUNCILMAN ROCCA WAS SAYING.

UM, BUT I NEED TO UNDERSTAND THERE WAS SOME TERMS THAT WERE THROWN OUT, UM, BRIAN HOLCOMBE, IF YOU CAN COME FORWARD AND MR. LANDRY, THE TERMS THAT I'M A BIT CONFUSED ABOUT, UM, OR THE LANE LAKE TROUT.

MA'AM, THAT'S GOOD.

UM, LET ME SHOW YOU HERE BECAUSE THE LAKE TRACK, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE IS NOT, THEY PURPOSELY EXCLUDED THE LIGHT TRACK AND ALL OF THESE DRESSINGS.

SO HOLD ON.

SO IF THE LAKE TRACK IS ALREADY EXCLUDED, THEN IT, BECAUSE, UM, I THINK THE CONSTITUENT THAT CAME UP, SHE STATED THAT SHE'S PART OWNER OF THE LAKE TRACK.

SO IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER ABOUT THE LAKE MR. LANDRY, YOU NEED TO BE AT THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE SAY, I APOLOGIZE.

UH, THE LAKE IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT, THERE ARE NO OWNERS, THERE'S A BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS VOTED TO INCLUDE WHAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE AS THESE LOTS ARE TODAY IN THE UNINCORPORATED PARISH TO BE INCLUDED INTO THE CITY.

AND THERE THERE'S NO CONFLICT HERE BECAUSE NO, ONE'S ASKED TO PUT THAT IN ST.

THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

SO THESE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS SEPARATE FROM THE HLA.

OH, ABSOLUTELY.

TWO SEPARATE OWNERSHIPS.

IN THAT APPLICATION TO THE CITY 300 FEET OF IT, THE WAY, THE WAY WE'VE DONE THIS, AND I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND SAY, WE HAVE, UH, INCLUDED THE INTERSTATE IN CERTAIN ANNEXATIONS.

AND THEN, UM, THE ROAD, YEAH, PLEASE, PLEASE PLANNING AND ZONING, HELP ME OUT FOR RYAN TO RACHEL LAMBERT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT.

UM, THE LAKE WAS NOT PLANTED WITH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IN ITSELF, SO IT IS NOT DEEDED TO AN HOA ON THE PLATTE OR ANYTHING OF THAT.

IT IS A SEPARATE TRACK THAT IS OWNED BY THE LAKE, SAID WILLOW RIDGE INCORPORATED NON-PROFIT AS MR. LANDRY HAS STATED.

UM, AND IT DOES HAVE A BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

I WAS JUST LOOKING UP ON MY LAPTOP OVER THERE.

IT DOES INCLUDE THAT IT APPEARS TO HAVE SOME OF THE RESIDENTS OF WILLOW RIDGE IN IT, UM, ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BUT THAT, THAT IT'S NOT DEEDED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN IT.

I MEAN, AND KUDOS TO YOU FOR ANTICIPATING MY QUESTION.

ALMOST LIKE A LAWYER ANTICIPATING WHAT A JUDGE WILL, BUT NO WORRY ABOUT IT.

SO THE ROAD, THE ROAD PART, YES MA'AM IS THAT, IS THE ROAD A PART OF, UM, IS THAT, UH, WAS THAT OWN IS OWNED BY THE CITY.

THE ROAD IS OWNED BY THE CITY.

SO EVEN IF SOMEONE SAYS THEY HAD SOLIDATED GOVERNMENT, OKAY.

SO IF THEY SAID THEY INCLUDED THE ROAD IN THE APPLICATION, MAYBE THAT'S WHEN YOU COME IN OR SOMETHING, BUT ARE THEY SAYING THAT THE CITY IS NOW INCLUDED

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WHEN YOU DO THAT, UH, YOU HAVE TO GET THE AUTHORITY OF DOTD WE'VE INCLUDED STATE HIGHWAYS, WHICH YOU JUST DID SO THAT YOU HAVE TO GET THE AUTHORITY, WHICH IS YOU.

AND SO WE, WE WANT 300 FEET OF THE ROAD TO BE PART OF THE CITY LIMITS.

NOTHING WILL CHANGE CONSOLIDATE.

YUP.

THE GOVERNMENT, THE EASTBOUND THERE'S PEARS CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT WILL MAINTAIN THE ROAD, WHETHER IT IS IN THE CITY, YOUR CITY LIMITS OR OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS, THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT WILL NOT CHANGE MR. RAYFORD, BUT THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

HOW DOES IT AFFECT IT, UM, CURRENTLY OF THE ROAD ITSELF OR THE DRAINAGE OR THE SEWER OR ANY OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

COUNCILMAN ADAMS. UM, BUT I'D LIKE THE LADY I'M SO SORRY.

I DIDN'T WRITE YOUR NAME DOWN.

WHO OWNS A HOME ON THE LAKE AND AS PART OF THE LIGHT CORPORATION COME UP, UM, WAS ANNE ROCHELLE, I'M SORRY.

AND ROCHELLE.

HI, MISS ROCHELLE.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

UM, WAIT, WAS THERE A MEETING OF THE, THE ASSOCIATION OF THE OWNERS OF THE LAKE, UM, TO, CAUSE I SEE A PETITION HERE, I SEE WHERE THE LAKE OWNERS HAVE PETITIONED, UM, FOR THE LEG TO BE INCORPORATED INTO BATON ROUGE.

SO DID Y'ALL HAVE A MEETING AND VOTE ON THAT? THE LAKE AT RIDGE INC IS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION, WHICH IS OWNED BY THE 15 PEOPLE WHOSE HOMES HAVE FRONTAGE ON THE LIKE, RIGHT.

UM, THE, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A MEETING ON THIS SUBJECT, UH, AT ALL.

THERE HAS BEEN NO COMMUNICATION TO ALL OF THE 15 PROPERTY OWNERS.

THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING, UH, TO LET US KNOW THAT THE LIGHT THAT WE JOINTLY OWN IS BEING AN EX IN TO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.

UH, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHICH HE REFERENCED, WE MADE THE PETITION.

UH, ACTUALLY THE RATE MOST RECENT PETITION IS SIGNED BY BILL BENEDETTI, WHO IS PRESIDENT OF THE, LIKE, IT WILL ARRANGE INC UM, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHICH YOU REFERENCED WAS CREATED AFTER THIS ANNEXATION OF THE LIGHT TRACK WAS IN ISSUE.

AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UH, CONSIST OF BELBIN ODETTA AND CGI BROUSSARD, NEVER HAS THAT BEEN.

THE ONLY WAY WE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT WAS WHEN WE READ THE ACTUAL PETITION, UM, IT HAS NEVER BEEN VOTED ON NEVER BEEN COMMUNICATED TO ANY OF THE, THE ALL 15 OWNERS NEVER BEEN DISCUSSED.

I APPRECIATE IT.

UM, UM, MR. DODSON, MR. DOTSON, DID SHE REALIZE THAT MY HUSBAND IS AN ATTORNEY? SO I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT THE FIRST ATTORNEY TO TELL ME I'M COMPLETELY WRONG, MR. DODSON, IS IT, UM, AND I'M SURE MY HUSBAND WATCHING, HEY BABY, UM, MR. DAWSON, IS IT YOUR, IS IT YOUR POSITION OR DO YOU, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT ALL THREE OF THESE ANNEXATIONS, UM, COULD HAVE BEEN FILED, UM, IMMEDIATELY PROCEEDING THE CERTIFICATION, UH, BY THE REGISTRAR VOTERS AND, AND THE GOVERNOR, THE GOVERNOR, THE GOVERNOR, OR NURSE, UM, UH, CERTIFICATION THAT THE, THE PETITION COMPLIED.

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THESE ANNEXATIONS COULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE BETWEEN THAT TIME AND THE VOTE BEFORE THE PEOPLE? RIGHT.

LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THIS ONE ITEM 704, COUNCILMAN BANKS HAS ASKED FOR A POINT OF ORDER.

MA'AM.

WHAT IS YOUR POINT OF ORDER? OH, IN NEVADA WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, THANK YOU.

GOT IT.

MA'AM THIS COULD, THIS ANNEXATION HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THAT TIME PERIOD.

UM, BUT, UH, BETWEEN THE, THE CERTIFICATION BY THE REGISTRAR BETTERS, THEY'RE COMPATIBLE WITH THE GOVERNOR AND THEN THE VOTE, COULD THESE ANNEXATIONS HAVE TAKEN PLACE? I DON'T LIKE TO SPECULATE.

I DON'T LIKE TO GO INTO, CAUSE THAT'S NOT THE SITUATION THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE DIFFICULT.

I JUST DON'T, I I'M CONSISTENT THE WAY.

SURE, MR. LANDRY, I'M GOING TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION OF YOU EXCEPT I'M 74, NOT THE THREE, BUT JUST

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THE ONE.

COULD THIS ITEM, IT COULD, THESE, COULD THIS ANNEXATION HAVE TAKEN PLACE BETWEEN THE CERTIFICATION OF THE PETITION AND THE VOTE? YES, IT COULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE.

RIGHT.

UH, CAN I GIVE YOU A FULL ANSWER? I'M SURE THEY COULD HAVE DONE THAT, BUT ANY REASONABLE PERSON WOULD HAVE WAITED TO SEE WHAT THE VOTE WAS AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.

THEY WAITED TO SEE WHAT THE VOTE WAS.

AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THE POSITIVE VOTE, AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM EVERY LAWYER HERE, EXCEPT FOR ONE HERE AND THE SUIT, THE LAWYER'S SITTING HERE.

UH, BUT, UM, IT, IT WAS A VERY REASONABLE PROCESS.

THEY WAITED TO SEE AFTER THE PETITION WAS CERTIFIED, HOW THE VOTE WENT AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THE VOTE, UM, THEY FILED FOR ANNEXATION AS YOU KNOW, IN THE, AND I HATE FROM MS. BANKS TO CALL ME OUT OF ORDER, BUT THE FIRST ANNEXATION THAT OCCURRED WITH ME, UM, I, AND I MOVED FOR MINE, UH, WITHIN 20 DAYS OF THE, UM, UH, THE VOTE, BECAUSE I WANTED TO WAIT TO SEE IF IT WAS, IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND I'M PLEASED IT WAS HAPPENED.

AND AFTER THAT, THEY CAME AND SAID THEY WANTED TO GET OUT.

SO YOUR, YOUR OPINION IS THAT THE ANNEXATION IS, UH, IS, IS BLANKET, UH, AVAILABLE LESS SPECIFICALLY PROCLUDED UM, BY THE LAW OR SPECIFICALLY SEPARATE? NO.

WHERE THERE IS, THERE IS FOR THE 270 DAYS.

RIGHT? RIGHT.

BUT THAT, WASN'T THE QUESTION YOU ASKED ME AFTER, AFTER THEY GOT, AFTER THEY FILED, IT'S THE FILE FOR THE CERTIFICATION.

THAT WAS THE END OF THE BLACKOUT PERIODS.

SO, UM, AND SO INTERESTING.

CAUSE I, I INTERPRET THIS DIFFERENTLY IN THAT THE LEGISLATURE, UM, IN THEIR INFINITE WISDOM, THEY CREATED A BLACKOUT PERIOD TO ALLOW FOR, UM, THE, THE BOUNDARIES TO BE ESTABLISHED.

THE PETITION WOULD ARGUE THAT IT'S ASSUMED THAT THOSE ARE BOUND TOGETHER BY THE PETITION.

THAT'S OKAY.

WHAT PREVIOUSLY I'VE LET PEOPLE USE UP MY TIME AND THEN I DON'T HAVE ANY TIME.

SO, UM, ANYWAY, BUT I, I WOULD, I WOULD ARGUE THAT, THAT THE LEGISLATURE DIDN'T ENUNCIATE BEYOND THAT BECAUSE IT'S ASSUMED THAT AFTER THAT PERIOD OF TIME, AND ONCE THE PETITION IS CERTIFIED, THAT THOSE PROPERTIES ARE TEMPORARILY BOUND TOGETHER WITH, BY THAT, BY THAT PETITION ANSWER THE QUESTION.

AND I DO APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING HER.

THAT WAS INAPPROPRIATE.

UM, WHEN THE, THE WAY THE PROCESS WORKS, UH, AND THIS WAS NOT THE CASE.

THE FIRST TIME IT WENT THROUGH IN 2015, BUT IN 2016 IS A CHANGE IN THE LAW THAT THE ORGANIZERS SUBMITTED THEIR PETITION AND THEIR PROPOSED BOUNDARY TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

SO THE BOUNDARIES WERE SET THE PROPOSED BOUNDARIES FOR THE DURATION OF THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT THE PETITION WAS CIRCULATED.

THEY COULD NOT CHANGE THE BOUNDARIES.

ALL RIGHT, THEY'D HAVE TO START OVER AGAIN.

WHAT THE LEGISLATURE SAID IS DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, FROM WHEN IT WAS FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE, UNTIL IT WAS CERTIFIED ALRIGHT, CERTIFIED BY THE VOTER, UH, VOTERS, THAT REGISTRATION, OR 270 DAYS, THAT'S THE TOTAL BLACKOUT PERIOD.

THAT'S IT? COUNSELING.

UM, SO, SO JUST TO, CAN YOU CONTINUE ON, UM, I MEAN, WHAT KIND OF, I MEAN, THINK ABOUT THE CHAOS THAT, THAT, SO IF INDEED THE PETITION DOES NOT ONCE CERTIFIED AND, AND FILED AND HEADING FOR A BOAT, IF IT DOESN'T BIND THOSE AREAS, UM, AND TO THAT PETITION, WHAT KIND OF CHAOS WOULD ENSUE IF YOU WERE ABLE TO LITERALLY ANNEX, UM, A PROPERTY IN BETWEEN THAT CERTIFICATION AND THE VOTE.

SO I WOULD ARGUE THAT IT'S, IT'S ASSUMED, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, WELL UNDER, UNDER LAW AND YOU COULD CALL YOUR HUSBAND AND WHAT YOUR HUSBAND WILL TELL YOU IS THAT YOU DON'T ASSUME LAW EITHER THE LAW SAYS IT OR DOESN'T.

SO WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR YOU? AND I KNOW MS. ADAMS IS HARD FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND, IS THAT IN 2016? NO, NO, NO.

I UNDERSTAND MY POINT HERE IN 2016, THE LEGISLATURE, VERY, VERY SPECIFICALLY FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN ALL INCORPORATIONS THAT HAD BEEN GOING ON THROUGHOUT ALL OF LOUISIANA FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, THE WORD ANNEXATION APPEARED IN INCORPORATION, RIGHT? NEVER APPEAR.

THERE WAS NEVER RESTRICTION.

THE LEGISLATURE INTENDED SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY AT THE TIME IN 2016, IT WOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY.

IN 2016, THERE WAS A SPECIFIC AMENDMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THE WORD ANNEXATION CAME IN AND WHERE YOU AND I WILL NEVER AGREE, BUT IT'S VERY, VERY CLEAR IS THAT IT SAID FOR THE FIRST TIME, DURING THIS LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME, YOU CANNOT ANNEX.

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IT SAID ONE THING.

AND WHAT MAKES IT SO PERFECTLY CLEAR THAT ANDY IS STRUGGLING? IT COULD NOT BE CLEARER THAT THERE IS ONLY A VERY SPECIFIC TIME THAT ANNEXATION IS PROHIBITED.

IT'S ALSO PERFECTLY CLEAR, AND I'M SORRY THAT I'M TAKING SOME TIME, BUT IT'S ALSO PERFECTLY CLEAR THAT THE JUDGE IS GOING TO SET THE FINAL BOUNDARY.

WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? BECAUSE THE JUDGE HAS TO DETERMINE WHETHER ITS SERVICES CAN BE PROVIDED TO THE BOUNDARIES PROPOSED, AND THE JUDGE COULD DETERMINE THAT 80% THEY CAN PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES, BUT THEY REALISTICALLY CAN'T IN 20, THE JUDGE CAN CHANGE THE BOUNDARIES IN THE JUDGE'S DISCRETION TO BE APPEALED TO THE FIRST CIRCUIT AND THEN TO THE SUPREME COURT.

AND I WOULD, I WOULD ARGUE THE OPPOSITE THAT, THAT THE STATUTES ARE SILENT BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE COULD NOT HAVE IMAGINED THAT, THAT THE PETITION WOULD NOT BE RESPECTED BETWEEN THE, THE CERTIFICATION AND THE, THE ELECTION, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT WILL GREATLY DISAGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE IN 2016, THERE WAS A PURPOSE TO DO SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC.

AND IF THEY INTENDED TO DO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THEY WOULD HAVE SAID IT.

AND I THINK THIS HAS BEEN SO REPETITIVE.

I'LL I'LL WITHDRAW.

HAS THE FOUR CASTLEMAN ADAMS HAS THE FLOOR COUNSEL, AND THEN ARE YOU FINISHED? COUNCILMAN MOKE? CAN WE PULL UP THE MAP THAT WE'VE REFERENCED TO SEVERAL TIMES TONIGHT? I THINK THE ANNEXATION MET WITH THE INDIVIDUAL LIVES.

SO IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO HIS, THE CURRENT MAP IS MINUS TWO LIGHTS.

THERE'S 12 LOTS INSTEAD OF 14 LINES.

SO I JUST HAD THIS ONE HERE.

I CANNOT, EXCUSE ME.

ONE SECOND.

I CANNOT IS THAT LOT 30.

SOMEONE FROM OUR ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, MR. DAWSON, PLEASE.

AND I APPRECIATE THE WEALTH OF INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US HERE TODAY.

UM, YOU HAVE SAID THAT ALL OF THESE MEET REQUIREMENTS AND SO ON, AS FAR AS ANNEXATION AND SUCH LIGHT, NUMBER 32, SPECIFICALLY AS WHAT I'M FIXING TO ASK ABOUT, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THAT IS CONTIGUOUS WITH THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE? BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE YELLOW PART, SIR, THE YELLOW PART IS THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PROPERTY NUMBER 32, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MAP IS CONTIGUOUS ADJACENT TO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.

THE YELLOW PART IS THE CITY.

SO EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO ACCESS TO THAT FROM THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, THAT'S NOT WHAT THE STATUTE REQUIRES.

THAT'S WHAT I WANTED CLARIFICATION.

RIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT I WANTED CLARIFICATION ON.

COUNCILMAN GODA WAS SHORT.

MS. DODSON, ANDY.

YEAH, LAST TIME ANDY, BUT UH, UH, MR. DOTSON, I NEED EXERCISE ANYWAY, SO FINE.

MR. DOTSON.

WE'RE ON ITEM 74.

I'LL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION AFTER THIS.

SO DON'T THINK, DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO DROP THE MIC AND WALK AWAY.

DO THE PROPERTIES MR. DOTSON IN THIS PETITION FOR ANNEXATION, UH, MEET THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT FOR ANNEXATION.

I BELIEVE THAT.

AND AGAIN, YOU GOT TO REMEMBER AND LET ME BE THIS CLEAR, CAUSE I'VE BEEN ANSWERING THIS QUESTION.

THAT'S NOT REALLY MY OFFICE THAT MAKES THE DETERMINATION THAT'S MS. SPECTRUM MAKES THE DETERMINATION, BUT I HAVE TALKED ON HIS BACK AND I DO AGREE WITH HER THAT THEY DO NEED TO QUALIFY.

GEORGE NEIGHBORS DOWNSTREAM.

IS THERE ANY REASON WE SHOULD EVALUATE THESE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, RESIDENTIAL PETITIONS, RATHER FOR ANNEXATION, ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN THE PREVIOUS COMMERCIAL PETITIONS FOR ANNEXATION, THERE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU LOOK AT DEPENDING ON DIFFERENT SITUATION.

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT EACH ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUAL LIVES IN WHAT I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ALL INDIVIDUAL OWNERS AND THEY ALL HAVE A RIGHT TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IN THEIR ESTIMATION.

THEY WANT TO BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY.

EACH ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL, UH, HOMEOWNERS HAD MADE THAT DECISION AND THEY HAVE PROVEN THAT THEY MET ALL THE DRUG CAUSE THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED FOR THEM TO ENTER TO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UM, VERY, VERY BRIEF EDITORIAL

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COMMENT.

UH, IF YOU LISTEN TO THE YOUNG MAN WHO CAME AND GAVE THE OPENING PRAYER FOR THIS MEETING, VERY SPECIFICALLY, HE PRAYED FOR UNITY AND HE PRAYED TO UNIFY OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PEOPLE.

AND I HOPE WE HEAR THAT AND I HOPE WE CARRY THAT SPIRIT.

IT, IT PAINS ME TO HEAR NEIGHBORS TALK ABOUT HOW THIS ISSUE HAS DIVIDED PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I HOPE WHATEVER HAPPENS TONIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS VOTE IS GOING TO GO.

ONE PARTY WILL WALK OUT UNSATISFIED.

THE OTHER WILL WALK OUT, POTENTIALLY SATISFIED.

I HOPE YOU WAKE UP TOMORROW, LOOK OUT ACROSS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND REALIZE YOU HAVE MORE IN COMMON WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS.

THEN YOU DO DIFFERENT.

I HOPE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SERVES AS AN EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF THIS PARISH, BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF UNIT UNIFIED APPROACH OVER THIS ENTIRE ISSUE.

SO I IMPLORE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, PLEASE BE A LEADER IN THIS CONVERSATION.

I IMPLORE THIS COUNCIL.

WE SHOULD BE A LEADER IN THE UNITY AROUND THIS VERY DISCUSSION.

I APOLOGIZE TO DO AN EDITORIAL.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL ADD SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.

UH, I'LL STAY BY OPPOSITION SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED.

UH, I, I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS ONE, HOWEVER, DOES BRING UP SOME ADDITIONAL LOGISTICAL CONCERNS.

UM, FIRST I WANT TO START AND SAY THAT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO EMERGENCY SERVICES, THERE IS AN ISSUE, UH, WITH THE PREVIOUS ANNEXATIONS, WE HAVE WORKED OUT HOW THE FIRE DISTRICTS WORK.

THERE IS ONE PROPERTY OUT THERE THAT HAS A TAX ISSUE WITH PAYING BOTH BATTERIES, FIRE, AND A ST.

GEORGE FIRE TAX.

SO IF THIS PASSES, CHECK IT PROPERTY TAX BILLS AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT GETTING TAXED TWICE.

UM, BUT BY AND LARGE, THE FIRST RESPONDER ISSUE I DO BELIEVE IS ADDRESSED.

UM, UH, THAT HOWEVER DOES NOT EXTEND TO ALL OF THE SERVICES THAT THE CITY PARISH OFFICE OFFERS OR EVEN, UH, ALL OF THE POLICE SERVICES.

UM, BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, UH, IF YOU'RE IN THIS AREA AND YOU MAKE A CALL FOR, UH, AN ACCIDENT REPORT, UH, OR A NON-EMERGENCY BURGLARY PROPERTY CRIME, THERE ARE LOGISTICAL ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, ROUTING THOSE THROUGH OUR SYSTEM.

UH, AND SO THAT IS A CONCERN MOVING FORWARD.

UM, ALSO WHEN WE LOOK TO THINGS LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, I'M LOOKING RIGHT AT THE INFORMATION THAT WAS GIVEN US GIVEN TO US BY THE PROPONENTS, UH, THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT HIGHLIGHTED HERE, THAT, THAT, THAT COULD BE IN QUESTION ARE THINGS LIKE ANIMAL CONTROL.

UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, UH, UH, DRAINAGE IN THIS PARISH.

UM, WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE'S A BLOCKED DRAIN AND THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR, UH, BATON ROUGE, THAT'S IMPACTING ST.

UH, WE HAVE A BACKLOG THREE YEARS IN THIS PARISH OF DPW DRAIN IS MAINTENANCE TICKETS, THE ST.

GEORGE FOLKS, UH, ST.

GEORGE, MS. PALITY IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND CLEAR THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T OWN THAT RIGHT AWAY.

UH, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES ARE GOING TO EXIST.

THEY ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK THROUGH.

IT'S POSSIBLE.

WE COULD ADDRESS THEM THROUGH COOPERATIVE DEBRA AGREEMENTS IN THAT AREA OR SOMETHING THAT, THAT EFFECT, UH, BUT, BUT THE ARGUMENT THAT THIS IS SETTLED AND THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY LOGISTICAL, UH, RAMIFICATIONS TO THIS IS FALSE, THERE'S GOING TO BE ISSUES.

UH, AND, UH, THERE'S THERE'S ISSUES.

UH, AS WE HEARD FROM PREVIOUS COUNCILMAN TREY WELLS UP IN DISTRICT ONE, THEY RUN INTO THIS WITH ZACHARY AND SEVERAL INSTANCES.

UM, THOSE HAVE NEVER BEEN ADDRESSED.

THOSE, THOSE ISSUES STILL EXIST TODAY.

SO IF YOU'RE ONE OF THESE NEIGHBORS IMPACTED BY THIS, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UM, REACH OUT AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE AGREEMENTS GET PUT INTO PLACE, UH, BECAUSE OUR TRACK RECORD ON THAT IS NOT GOOD.

UM, SO I WILL, UH, WE WILL OPEN THE MACHINES.

THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND AND TWO OPPOSITION.

SO WE'LL OPEN THE MACHINES, UH, COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR, PLEASE OPEN THE MACHINES.

I'VE PROVED GROUPS.

ONE, TWO, AND THREE MOTION CARRIES ITEM

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75 RESCINDING AND DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO CANCEL THE DECISION IN ORDER RECORDED ON AUGUST 2ND, 2021.

AND THE MATTER OF CITY OF BATON ROUGE VS CHARLES MITCHELL JR.

1, 1, 1 0 ST.

JOSEPH STREET.

REASON FOR DECISION THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS AN AGREEMENT TO SELL THE HOME.

AND THE NEW HOMEOWNER HAS THE CONTRACTOR IN PLACE TO REPAIR THE HOME FOR RENTAL BY COUNCILMAN CAROLYN COLEMAN.

WE'RE OVER THE PUBLIC HEARING SAYING THAT WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNSEL AND THE COLEMAN MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND BY COUNCILMAN

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KNOLL AND THE OPPOSITION SAYING NONE.

THE ITEM CARRIES ITEM

[76. 21-01231]

76, AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT AN ADDITIONAL GRANT AWARD FOR THE STATE HOMELAND SECURITY PROGRAM TO ADMINISTER THE REGION TO UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM DETECTION PROGRAM TO EVENT, PREPARE FOR PROTECT AGAINST AND RESPOND TO ACTS OF TERRORISM AND THE AREA BY HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS DIRECTOR WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THEY WANT WISHING TO SPEAK SAYING NON WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MOPE.

ANY OPPOSITION SEEING NONE ITEM CARRIES ITEM 77,

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AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE LIBRARY BOARD OF CONTROL TO EXECUTE A GRANT WITH THE STATE LIBRARY OF LOUISIANA TO RECEIVE A PORTION OF THE 2021 AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $47,064 BY EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH LIBRARY, WE'RE UP AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND HE WENT FROM THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK, SEEING NONE WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN NEIL SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MOPE AND THE OPPOSITION SAYING NON ITEM, 77 CARRIES ITEM 78

[78. 21-01236]

AUTHORIZED AUTHORIZATION AT THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX TO THE AIRPORT HANGAR LLC, LEASE AGREEMENT TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL 0.2, 100 ACRE TRACT OF LAND FOR FUTURE HANGAR CONSTRUCTION AT A RENTAL RATE OF $2,197 AND 68 CENTS PER YEAR WITH THE TERM TO RUN CONCURRENT WITH THEIR EXISTING LEASE, IT SET TO EXPIRE MARCH 22ND, 2039 BY AVIATION DIRECTOR WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC, HEARING ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK.

SAY, NOW WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION BY COUNCILMAN COUNCIL, WOMAN, CAROLYN COLEMAN.

SECOND BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY THE CHARITY OPPOSITION, SEEING NONE ITEM CARRIES ITEM 79

[79. 21-01237]

AUTHORIZATION OF THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION TO EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH GAT AIRLINE GROUND SUPPORT FOR 100 SQUARE FEET OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE SPACE LOCATED WITHIN THE TERMINAL BUILDING FOR RENTAL RATE OF $666 AND 67 CENTS PER MONTH FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR WITH ONE MUTUAL OPTION TO RENEW BY AVIATION DIRECTOR WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC, HEARING ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK SAYING, NOW WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN IT TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

COUNCILMAN DUNN MAKES THE MOTION.

COUNCILMAN MOAT.

MR. MOKE, MY QUESTION IS WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A HUNDRED SQUARE FEET OF SPACE? THE AIRPORT DIRECTOR WILL COME.

THIS IS A HUNDRED SQUARE FEET OF ADDITIONAL SPACE.

YEAH, TOTALLY READ THAT WRONG.

THEY GET WHO'S RENTING OUT A HUNDRED SQUARE FEET.

I MISSED MISSED THAT IN THE WHOLE THING.

SO YEAH, I DON'T MIND ANSWERING, BUT IT'S IT'S OFFICE SPACE.

SO DID YOU SAY SAID MORE SPACE? THAT'S CORRECT.

HEALTH INSURANCE RATES AND PLAN DESIGNED FOR EMPLOYEES AND RETIREES EFFECTIVE.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN DUNN AND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MOKE.

AND HE HAD OPPOSITION SAYING NONE ITEM 79 CARRIES ITEM 80, ESTABLISHING

[80. 21-01238]

JANUARY 1ST, 2022 PREMIUM HOLIDAY MAY BE IMPLEMENTED IF A SURPLUS OF MEDICAL FUNDS IS PROJECTED IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THE PLAN YEAR BY HUMAN RESOURCES, DIRECTOR WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC, HEARING ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK, SEEING NONE WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCILMAN GO DAY, GOD I'D LIKE FOR BRIAN JUST TO COME AND SPEAK ON THE ITEM.

IF, IF HE COULD GIVE US A GOOD SUMMATION OF IT.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

UM, FOR THE FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW, WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THERE WILL NOT BE A RATE INCREASE OF HEALTH INSURANCE.

THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE, AND THAT IS THE BRIEF SUMMATION.

UH, MR. BERNARD, I KNOW YOU AND YOUR STAFF WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS MATTER, AND IT IS VERY PLEASING TO HEAR IT FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE EFFORTS YOU PUT FORWARD AND THANK FOR THE EFFORTS OF YOUR TEAM AROUND YOU, UH, FOR WHAT Y'ALL DO.

THANK YOU, COUNSEL.

ALL MY COLEMAN.

THE QUESTION REGARDING THAT PREMIUM HOLIDAY, IS THAT A BIRTH TODAY THAT YOU ALL GIVEN THE FOLK OR WHAT IS THAT? WELL, WHAT HAPPENS IS IF, UH, WE MAINTAIN THE SAVINGS THAT WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO GENERATE NEXT YEAR, THAT MAY BE A TIME AT THE END OF THE YEAR THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO CHARGE EMPLOYEES AND RETIREES, UM, FOR A PORTION OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE.

SO WE MAY GIVE THEM A PREMIUM HOLIDAY FOR MAYBE THE SECOND WEEK IN DECEMBER, WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR PREMIUMS, BUT IT WOULD NOT COME OUT OF THEIR CHECKS.

THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT SUPPLEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES DESIGN STUDY WITH A E-COM INC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOOD BR ENHANCEMENT PROJECT COLLEGE DRIVE PERKINS ROAD TO THE LUMP SUM AMOUNT OF $52,456 AND 65 CENTS BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT HERE.

BUT ONE DAY I'M GOING TO MAKE MYSELF THE MOST UNPOPULAR GUY IN CITY PARISH.

AND JUST ONLY ADD THE COMMENTS THAT I AM IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM TONIGHT.

I JUST WANT THE COUNCIL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE DO STILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT UNFUNDED RETIREE, HEALTHCARE LIABILITY.

UH, AND SO AT SOME POINT WE WILL HAVE TO RAISE

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RATES MOVING FORWARD.

OH, THAT'S CORRECT.

YOU WANT TO MAKE COMMENT TO THAT COMMENT OR THAT'S CORRECT.

AND, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TAKING PROACTIVE STEPS, SUCH AS THIS YEAR, WE ARE MAKING A CHANGE.

SO THAT RETIREES WHO HAVE EITHER, UM, KIDS OR SPOUSES WHO ARE NOT MEDICARE ELIGIBLE, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLAN THAT WE OFFER, OR THAT PLAN IS FREE OF CHARGE TO THOSE RETIREES.

UM, THE CITY PICKS UP THE TOTAL COST FOR THAT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLAN.

AND WE ONLY PAY THAT $304 PREMIUM.

AND THE S AND MEDICARE PICKS UP ALL THE OTHER MEDICAL COSTS.

BUT AS WE MOVE MORE RETIREES TO THAT PLAN, IT CONTINUES TO SAVE THE CITY MONEY.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A VERY, UM, CONCERTED EFFORT THIS YEAR TO MAKE A PUSH, TO GET MORE RETIREES ON AND ALLOWING RETIREES WHO HAVE DEPENDENTS, WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE, WILL FURTHER ALLOW FOR THEM TO GET ON THE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLAN.

IT'S BEEN MOVED.

HAS IT THE COUNCIL WOMAN GREEN COUNCIL MOTION BY COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN GREEN TO APPROVE SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DONE ANY OPPOSITION SAYING NONE ITEM 80 CARRIES ITEM 81, AUTHORIZING

[81. 21-01239]

A PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM 81, SEEING NONE WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION BY COUNCILMAN ROCCA, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN MRO.

SO ANY OPPOSITION SEEING NONE, THE ITEM CARRIES ITEM 82,

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AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT THE GRANT AWARD OF THE BUILD TRANSPORTATION DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $15 MILLION FOR FUNDING TO THE BATON ROUGE PLANK NICHOLSON PROJECT BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR ITEM 82, SEEING NONE WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL WOMAN, CAROLYN COLEMAN COUNCIL, WOMAN, ADAM, SECOND COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT MAKE CLEAR THAT THIS IS A MOTION TO APPROVE CONTENTION ON GRANTS AND CONTRACTS REVIEW COMMITTEE APPROVAL.

SO MOVED, UH, NO OPPOSITION ITEM CARRIES ITEM 83

[83. 21-01244]

AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT, AND OR IT ROSCOE TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE WITH MCLEOD ELECTRIC LLC FOR PUMP STATION MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND INSTRUMENTATION SERVICES RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION OF $450,000 AND EXTENDING THE CONTRACT TIME THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2021 BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR AUTOMATED THREE, SEEING NONE MOTION BY OPEN TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION BY COUNCILMAN ROCCA.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN KNOLL AND THE OPPOSITION SAYING NONE ITEM 83 CARRIES ITEM 84

[84. 21-01245]

AMENDING THE CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET.

SO AS TO APPROPRIATE $9 MILLION FOR DEBRIS COLLECTION AND MONITORING SERVICES IN RESPONSE TO HURRICANE IDA BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, WELL, THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR ITEM 84, ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 84, SEEING NON WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCILMAN CLEVE DONE.

CAN I GET SOME FROM A ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES TO COME UP TO SPEAK ON THIS? OKAY, GOOD EVENING.

IS THIS A $9 MILLION FOR WORK THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE OR WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE IN THE FUTURE? AND SECONDLY, WILL THESE, UH, EXPENSES BE REIMBURSED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? UH IT'S FOR BOTH.

AND YES, AT THIS POINT UP TO SEPTEMBER 25TH, THERE'S A HUNDRED PERCENT REIMBURSEMENT FOR THIS WORK.

AND AFTER THAT, IT'S PROJECTED TO GO TO 75%, 25% SHARE, BUT THE STATE HAS PETITION THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO EXTEND THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR ANOTHER 60 DAYS.

SO, OKAY.

SO THESE FUNDS NOW JUST COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND, OR WE HAVE A SURPLUS BOND, UH, SET ASIDE FOR THINGS LIKE THIS, I'M GOING TO LET THE FINANCE DIRECTOR ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

IS THE FEDERAL, THE MONEY COMING FROM THE FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT.

COUNCILMAN, WE HAVE, UM, WHENEVER WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION, IT'S LIKE A FEDERAL GRANT AND WE CAN USE THAT GRANT APPROVAL IN THAT DECLARATION AS THE BASIS TO ESTABLISH THE BUDGET.

SO THE SOURCE OF FUNDING

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AND SO, UM, IF AT SOME POINT IT'S NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT COVERED, WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK WITH YOU TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE 25% PORTION.

AND AT THAT POINT IT WILL BE GENERAL FUND.

WELL, HAPPY TO SEE, UM, THIS IS TAKING PLACE.

YOU'VE HEARD SOME OUT OF REFERENCE THAT TODAY WE ARE GETTING EMAILS AND CALLS.

UH, THERE'S A LOT OF DEBRIS OUT THERE.

WE UNDERSTAND IT.

TAKE TIME.

SO I HAVE TO SEE MORE RESOURCES PUT INTO THIS TO GET SOME OF THOSE TRASH PILES AND DEBRIS PICKED UP THROUGHOUT THE PARIS.

SO IF NOBODY ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

IT'S BEEN MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DONE.

SECOND BY COUNCIL COLEMAN SAID IT NICE AND EASY THAT TIME.

UH, I DO WANT TO, UH, COMPLIMENT.

UH, COUNCILMAN DONE.

IT BROUGHT UP A POINT AS FAR AS RE BRINGING IS YOU TALKED ABOUT THE RESOURCES.

IS THIS BRINGING ON MORE RESOURCES TO DO IT QUICKER? OR IS THIS JUST TO PAY THE BILLS OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE TO FINISH OUT THE CLEANUP? SO THIS AS ACTIVATED OUR EMERGENCY CONTRACTS, DEBRIS CONTRACTS, WHICH WERE APPROVED IN AUGUST, WE HAVE TWO CONTRACTORS PICKING UP DEBRIS THAT'S DRC, AND ASHPRIT, THAT'S THE TWO THAT WE'VE ACTIVATED ASHFORD HAS 36 UNITS WORKING UP IN NORTH PART OF THE PARISH FROM BILL ON FLORIDA BOULEVARD, GOING NORTH AND DRC HAS 58 UNITS SOUTH OF FLORIDA BOULEVARD PICKING UP.

SO WE'RE PICKING UP OVER 25,000 CUBIC YARDS EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK RIGHT NOW.

AND THE QUESTION WAS ALL WE BRING IN ON ANY MORE RESOURCES OR ARE WE S THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE, AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA ROLL WITH FOR THE NEXT FORESEEABLE FUTURE TO GET EVERYTHING PICKED UP.

ARE WE BRINGING ON ANY EXTRA RESOURCES WITH THIS $9 MILLION? NO.

UH, BUT DRC DID BRING ON TWO ADDITIONAL UNITS TODAY.

SO THEY'RE BRINGING YOU ON UNITS AS THEY NEED AND TRYING TO GET MORE DEBRIS PICKED UP EVERY DAY.

THANK YOU, RICK.

REAL QUICK IS 9 MILLION GOING TO BE ENOUGH? ARE WE, DO WE HAVE A PROJECTION ON WHAT THE REQUEST WILL BE WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU GUYS RUN OUT? THE 9 MILLION WAS PROJECTED FOR, UH, A HALF A MILLION CUBIC YARDS, AND NOW WE COULD BE UPWARDS TO 750,000 CUBIC YARDS.

SO IT COULD BE MORE SO AGAIN, IT'S, WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL THE END.

AND JUST FOR THE SAKE OF THE PUBLIC WATCHING, CAN YOU COMPARE THIS EVENT IN VOLUME VERSUS THE ICE STORM OR THE TYPICAL HURRICANE THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST? HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL VOLUME ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE? I'D LIKE TO COMPARE IT TO GUSTAF, WHICH WAS OUR LAST MAJOR DEBRIS MAKER BESIDES THE FLOOD.

THAT WAS A LITTLE OVER A MILLION YARDS OF DEBRIS THAT THEY PICKED UP UNDER THAT, AND IT TOOK THEM A YEAR TO FINISH PICKING UP EVERYTHING.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING A GOAL TO HAVE THINGS PICKED UP BY THANKSGIVING.

YOU KNOW, I'M PUSHING ALL OUR CONTRACTORS TO GET THAT COMPLETED.

GOTCHA.

AND I DO JUST WANT TO ADD THAT.

I THINK IT WAS GREAT FORETHOUGHT ON PART OF YOUR OFFICE TO BRING ON OR TO NEGOTIATE YOUR CONTRACT IN SUCH A WAY TO BE ABLE TO BRING ON THE TWO ADDITIONAL CONTRACTORS.

I HEARD YOU SAY JUST NOW YOU HAVE THE ADDITIONAL ONE.

I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT OTHER ONE COME ON AS WELL, IF WE CAN GET THEM TO COME.

UM, BUT I JUST THINK THAT WAS, UH, I BELIEVE WE PASSED THAT MAYBE A WEEK OR TWO BEFORE THE STORM.

UH, AND SO THAT WAS GREAT FORETHOUGHT FROM YOUR OFFICE TO NEGOTIATE YOUR CONTRACT THAT WAY.

SO JUST GREAT JOB ON THAT.

THE MAYOR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF BATON ROUGE CITY COURT TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH TYLER TECHNOLOGIES AND AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $2 MILLION ALONG WITH ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF BATON OR CITY COURT, NOT TO EXCEED 500,000 PER ANNUM AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE AND OR CLERK OF COURT, JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE BATON ROUGE CITY COURT TO EXECUTE ALL RELATED AND OR NECESSARY DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH, BY CLERK OF COURT, JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATOR OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR ITEM 85, SEEING NONE WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS MOVED BY COUNCILMAN,

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL, WOMAN COUNCIL, AND THEN DONE.

AND SECOND, AND BY COUNCIL WOMAN COLEMAN, I BELIEVE ANY OPPOSITION AND SEEING NONE.

THE ITEM CARRIES, UH, ITEM 85, AUTHORIZING

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[02:35:01]

GO SECOND BY THE CHAIR.

ANY OPPOSITION SAYING NONE ITEM CARRIES A ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES.

WE'LL

[ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES]

TAKE ITEMS 86 THROUGH 1 0 4 TOGETHER.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE ITEMS WILL BE DEFERRED, UH, DUE TO HURRICANE IDA.

UH, SO WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR ITEMS 86 TO 1 0 4.

ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK.

UH, WE'LL READ THEM INTO THE RECORD.

FIRST ITEM, 86, LOT 6 82 B SUBDIVISION DIRE PROPERTY.

METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE, KNOLL ITEM, 87, LOT EIGHT SQUARE 28 SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE EXTENSION METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE ITEM, 88, LOT 31 SQUARE 29 SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE EXTENSION METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLD, 89, LOT 32 SQUARE 29 SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE EXTENSION METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE ITEM, 90 LOT ONE SQUARE, 15 SUBDIVISION STANDARD HEIGHTS.

METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN ITEM 91 LOT M SQUARE ONE SQUARE FOR SUBDIVISION BABIN.

METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE.

I HAVE 92 LOT 22 SQUARE, 10 SUBDIVISION, SCOTLAND HEIGHTS, METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS ITEM 93, LOT NINE SQUARE EIGHT SUBDIVISION, SCOTLAND HEIGHTS, METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS ITEM 94, LOT ONE SQUARE 15 SOUTHERN VISION NORTH BATON ROUGE.

METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS, RIGHT 95.

I'M SORRY.

ITEM NUMBER 95 LOT ONE SQUARE ONE.

SO THE VISION SWORE IN ADDITION, METRO COUNCIL, DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN, I HAVE 96, LOT 25 SUBDIVISION BEACHWOOD METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS, RIGHT? S NUMBER 97 LOT, NO LOT NUMBER GRANT SUBDIVISION, GRAND TRACT ADDRESS FALSE STREET.

THAT'S PROBABLY METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 98, LOT ONE SQUARE, ONE SUBDIVISION ELDERSLIE METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN ITEM 99, LOT TWO SQUARE, ONE SUBDIVISION STANDARD HEIGHTS.

METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN ITEM, 100, LOT 11 AND 12 SQUARE.

28 SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE EXTENSION METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLEMAN NUMBER COLE ITEM 1 0 1 LOT.

10 SQUARE, 28 SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE EXTENSION.

THAT'S YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT.

SEVEN COLD ITEM 1 0 2 LOT SEVEN AND EIGHT SQUARE SEVEN.

SO THE VISION UNIVERSITY CITY METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS ITEM, ONE OF THE THREE LAW 11 PLUS SUBDIVISION LANG LAWS, LANG WATERVILLE, METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLD ITEM 1 0 4 LOT.

SUBDIVISION, DW BERENGER TRACT.

THAT'S OUR COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE HUDSON AGAIN, WE'LL DEFER THESE ITEMS. 86 TO 1 0 4 TO OCTOBER 13TH.

PUBLIC HEARING WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC, HEARING ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 8 86 TO 104 SAYING NON WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO DEFER TO OCTOBER 13TH BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN.

NO, ANY OPPOSITION SAYING NONE.

WE'LL MOVE TO ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.

THERE ARE NONE.

WE'LL MOVE TO APPOINTMENTS.

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WE'LL TAKE ITEMS. ONE OF WHAT'D YOU GET MOVED TO ITEM 1 0 5 BOARD OF A FIELD CONCURRING IN THE MAYOR, PRECEDENTS TO REPLACE RUSTY GOLDEN, WHO HAS DECLINED REAPPOINTMENT.

THIS IS A FOUR YEAR TERM EFFECTIVE JULY, JULY 1ST, 2021 CURRENT BALLOT.

THERE IS NONE.

THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED FROM JUNE 23RD, JUNE 28TH AND AUGUST 25TH.

WE DON'T HAVE AN, A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER.

WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 5 SAYING NON WE'LL, CLOSE THE PUBLIC, HEARING A MOTION MOTION BY COUNCILMAN COLEMAN TO DEFER TO OCTOBER 27TH.

SECOND BY THE CHAIR AND THE OPPOSITION SAYING NONE ITEM ONE OF FIVE CARRIES.

I DON'T WANT TO SIX BOARD OF APPEAL

[106. 21-00911]

CONCURRING IN THE MAYOR.

PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENT OR REPLACEMENT OF KEITH TILLAGE IS A FOUR YEAR TERM EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2021 MEMBER AT LARGE CURRENT BALLOT.

THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED 20 JUNE 23RD, JUNE 28TH AND AUGUST 5TH, 2021.

WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE OF SIX SAYING NOW I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION BY THE CHAIR TO DEFER TO OCTOBER 27TH, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN.

ANY OPPOSITION SAYING NONE ITEM IS DEFERRED ITEM ONE TO SEVEN BOARD

[107. 21-01318]

OF ADJUSTMENT, METROPOLITAN CONSIDER CONSIDERATION OF REPLACING CHRIS PIKE WHO RESIGNED THIS TERM WILL EXPIRE ON JANUARY 1ST, 2023 CURRENT BALLOT.

THERE IS NONE, ANY, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COUNCIL.

UH, ONLY A QUOTE.

I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T PRESS MY BUTTON.

WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IT ACTUALLY.

FIRST FRIDAY, I'M GOING TO SETTINGS SAYING NON WE'LL, CLOSE

[02:40:01]

WHEN DO WE NEED A NOMINATION? DO WE NEED TO THINK OF SOME NAMES? WHAT'S THE, I CAN NOMINATE SOMEONE FROM THE FLOOR TONIGHT OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UM, SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED, THEY COULD, UM, APPLY SOME TIME BEFORE, UH, OCTOBER 27TH AND, UM, THEY COULD BE ADDED TO THE BALLOT.

COUNCILMAN, ARE YOU DONE? OH, AND I'M SORRY.

TO CHANGE ORDERS ITEM, WANT TO RATE SALES TAX STREET ROAD REHABILITATION PROGRAM PROJECT 16, 11 PARISH WIDE ASPHALTIC SURFACE TREATMENT AND CRACK SEAL CONTRACTOR, MATERIAL RESOURCES, INC CHANGE ORDER A CREDIT OF $412 AND 94 CENTS WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR ITEM 1 0 8, SEEING NONE WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND MOVED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

YES, I'M DONE.

UH, COUNCILMAN BLOKE, UM, TWO OF THESE, UH, OR FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AS FAR AS APPOINTEES AND THIS LAST ONE IS NOMINATIONS FROM US, CORRECT? SO GENERALLY THE BOARDING PERMISSIONS ARE, UM, SELF NOMINATED, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE THE OPTION TO APPLY FOR ANY OPEN POSITIONS.

WE ADVERTISE THEM IN THE NEWSPAPER AND WE ALSO ADVERTISE THEM ON OUR WEBSITE.

SO, UM, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE FREE TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION ONLINE.

ALSO, IF THERE ARE NOT MORE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE THE OPTION TO NOMINATE, UH, PEOPLE FROM THE FLOOR FOR THESE POSITIONS.

SO YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO NOMINATE SOMEBODY TONIGHT.

YOU CAN FIND OUT IF YOU HAVE CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED, THEY CAN APPLY.

YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOMINATE SOMEBODY FROM THE FLOOR AGAIN ON OCTOBER 27TH, I'VE JUST W WE KEEP DEFERRING THIS.

AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF PEOPLE ARE JUST AREN'T APPLYING PEOPLE ARE, PEOPLE ARE NOT WANTING TO POSITION.

I MEAN, TO KEEP FROM DIFFERENT IT OR WHATEVER.

I'M THINKING ABOUT THROW CARSON OUT THERE.

AND HE WANTS TO TAKE OVER ONE OF THE BOARDS, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST TO KEEP US FROM HAVING TO DEFER OVER AND OVER.

SO I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO GET SOME OF THESE APPOINTMENTS FILLED.

I GOT A FEELING THEY WOULD JUST GO KEEP ROLLING OVER AND OVER.

AND IN THIS CASE, THE FIRST TWO ARE, UM, UH, APPOINTMENTS FROM THE MAYOR PRESIDENT.

AND SO, UH, THERE'S A PROCESS THAT, THAT OFFICE GOES THROUGH AND, UM, AND DETERMINING WHO THEY ARE GOING TO NOMINATE AND ASK FOR YOUR CONCURRENCE, THE, UM, ITEM ONE OF SEVEN, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS ONE'S APPEARING, BUT NOBODY APPLIED.

WE DID ADVERTISE IT IN THE PAPER AND WE DID ADVERTISE IT ON THE WEBSITE, BUT NO ONE APPLIED SUDDEN BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS WHERE I STARTED JUST LETTING YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN, ARE YOU FINISHED COUNSEL? AND THE GREEN? I THINK WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT IS INTERESTED IN BEING NO, NO, NO.

THE DEPARTMENT, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT DOES, UM, ASSIST IN THE, YOU KNOW, UM, PLANNING OF THE MEETINGS AND SETTING OF THE AGENDA FOR BOTH THE BOARD OF APPEALS AND THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.

UM, JUST AS A CLARIFICATION, THE BOARD OF APPEALS IS A HIGHLY TECHNICAL BOARD MADE UP OF CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS THAT WILL HEAR APPEALS, UM, OF THE BUILDING OFFICIALS INTERPRETATION OF THE BUILDING CODE ITSELF.

AND THEN ALSO SEVERAL APPEALS THAT ARE SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 15, AS FAR AS IT GOES FOR A FLOOD VARIANCES AND, AND SUCH SO TO SO TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF THE BUILDING AND HOW THEY ARE RACHEL, JUST TO CLARIFY THAT WE'RE ON ITEM ONE OF SEVEN, WHICH WOULD BE THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.

SURE OF ADJUSTMENTS HAS LIMITED POWERS TO VARY THE YARD SETBACK REQUIREMENTS AS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER TWO OF THE UDC.

SO I'LL JUST MAKE A BRIEF COMMENT.

I DO HAVE SOME, SOME FOLKS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THE POSITION, UH, WE GOT KINDA TIED UP WITH HURRICANE IDA STUFF AND I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO, UH, HAVE THAT CONVERSATION LIKE I SHOULD HAVE.

UM, BUT I, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DEFER TO OCTOBER 27TH TO GIVE THOSE FOLKS TIME TO APPLY.

AND I AM WORRIED THAT FOLKS MAY HAVE BEEN DISTRACTED BY THE HURRICANE DURING THE ADVERTISEMENT PERIOD.

SO MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN, ANY OPPOSITION SEEING NONE, THE ITEM CARRIES WE'LL MOVE NOW

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MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN ROCCA.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MOKE.

UH, ITEM ONE SAYING NO OPPOSITION ITEM CARRIES.

NORTH BOULEVARD, PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, CONTRACTOR, GULF STATES, CONTRACTORS, LLC.

I DON'T WANT TO NINE

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WE'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM 1 0 9, SEEING NONE WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

MOVE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS

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MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN ADAMS. THANKS FOR HAVING MY BACK.

ANY THE OPPOSITION SAYING NONE? UH, ITEM CARRIES FILE.

WE'LL TAKE ITEMS ONE

[Items 110. 21-01337 & 111. 21-01339]

10 AND ONE 11 TOGETHER.

FINAL ACCEPTANCES ITEM ONE, 10 SALES TAX STREET ROAD REHABILITATION PROGRAM PADRO PROJECT 16, 11 PARISH WIDE ASPHALTIC SURFACE TREATMENT AND CRACK SEAL CONTRACTOR MATERIAL RESOURCES, FINAL COST 2 MILLION, $250,000, 2 MILLION, $250,892 AND 33 CENTS.

ITEM ONE 11 NORTH BOULEVARD, PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, CONTRACTOR, GULF STATES, CONTRACTORS, LLC, CONTRACT AMOUNT, $2,466,401 AND 59 CENTS.

I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THESE TWO ITEMS. SEEING NONE WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND MOVE TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MOKE, ANY OPPOSITION SAYING NONE, THOSE ITEMS CARRY ACCEPTANCE OF LOW BIDS.

ITEM ONE

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12 JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR EBR CITY COURTHOUSE, BUILDING BELLS, JANITORIAL SERVICE, $90,396.

WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR ITEM ONE 12, SEEING NON WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND MOVE TO COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS. SECOND BY COUNCIL, WOMAN ROCCA AND THE OPPOSITION SAYING NONE.

ITEM CARRIES, UH, ITEM ONE 13,

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THE DISCUSSION OF THE CASE OF A LE ELITE, ALICIA ROBINSON AT ALL VERSUS OFFICER'S ABC X, Y, AND Z SUIT ON THE DOCKET OF THE 19TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT.

THIS ITEM MAY BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

ATTORNEY OF RECORD IS ALBERT LEE GALLERY BY COUNCILMAN CLEVE DUNN JR.

WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR, IS IT APPROPRIATE IF WE DO THIS ITEM LAST, WE HAD A FEW OTHER ITEMS THAT WOULD HAVE TO WAIT FOR THIS ONE.

COUNCILMAN GOOD AIS, DISCUSS THE AGENDA WITH THE AUTHOR AND ADVISED HIM THAT I WAS GOING TO TAKE THE AGENDA IN ORDER TONIGHT.

AND I WANT TO KEEP THAT COMMITMENT.

SO, UM, I WOULD ASK THAT WE MOVE FORWARD AS WE ARE, UM, AS FOLKS HAVE BEEN WAITING.

UH, WE'LL OPEN THE FLOOR TO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM ONE 13.

ANY FOLKS FROM THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK, SEEING NONE? YES.

MA'AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

I'M DAN TRYING TO ROBINSON MOTHER.

AND SO I WAS HERE THE LAST MEANING, UH, I REALLY NEED TO KNOW WHERE WE AT WITH THIS DECISION THAT WE COME UP OFF.

UM, WHEN WE DEFERRED IT, MAN, FOR CLARIFICATION, SAY THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

TRADITIONALLY YOU'LL MAKE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

THIS IS USUALLY NOT A PERIOD FOR THE COUNCIL TO HAVE A DIALOGUE WITH YOU.

UM, IF ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AFTER, WHEN IT'S THEIR TIME, IF THEY WANT TO CALL YOU UP, THEN THAT MAY BE THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO DO IT.

ANY OTHER MEMBERS FROM THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK? YES, SIR.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

HI, PATRICK AND YELLOWNESS.

UH, I KIND OF GREW UP ALL WITH DONALD TRON AND AREAS.

PLEASE PULL THAT MICROPHONE TO YOUR FACE.

I'LL TAKE THIS OFF.

SOMEONE DYING BECAUSE THEY CAN'T BREATHE.

YES, THAT'S FINE.

MY NAME IS PATRICK CAN YELLOWNESS.

I KIND OF GROW WITH TRON ROBINSON OVER THERE ABOUT A BELAY AREA FOR A TIME.

I KNOW.

SO I GUESS Y'ALL FORMULA KNOW ABOUT THE CRIME AREA, DRUGS AND DRUG ABUSE AND DRUG USE AND EVERYTHING CONFLICTED IN THE BLACK COMMUNITIES OR BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS.

BUT ANYWAY, I HAVE A GREATER, BIGGER PICTURE FOR YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT, TO SEE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUFFOCATING CHOKING AND BEING BEATEN TO DEATH, TELLING ME YOU MAY NOT LOOK IT, BUT YOU WON'T SCARE HIM OVER.

SO DON'T BE THAT MUSTER.

THAT'S NOT A SUFFOCATING.

THIS IS NOT A SUFFOCATION AT ALL, SIR, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND BY THE MICROPHONE.

OH WELL, BUT WHEN YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO LOOK AT IT, BUT SOME OF YOU BEEN LOOK AT IT.

THAT'S NOT A SUFFOCATION.

THAT'S NOT

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NO, I KNOW I'VE BEEN ARRESTED EIGHT TIMES, UH, DISMISSED AND THROWN OUT A QUARTER.

THEY KNOW BECAUSE I LOOK LIKE SOME, SOMEONE ELSE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT I GOT ON WITH MY LIFE.

BUT THIS YOUNG MAN CAN GET ON WITH HIS LIFE BECAUSE HE WAS, HIS LIFE WAS TAKEN FROM HIM.

HIS CHILDREN CAN THIS MOTHER CAN'T AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT IT.

IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S.

IT MAY HAPPEN AGAIN, OR IT MAY HAPPEN AGAIN.

AND IT MAY HAPPEN AGAIN AND SOONER OR LATER, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET TIRED.

AND UH, I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO SAY, THAT'S NOT SUFFOCATION.

THIS IS NOT CHOKING.

THE YOUNG MAN WAS BEATEN TO DEATH.

AND I ASKED YOU GUYS TO MAKE A REAL DECISION ON THIS BECAUSE, UH, NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE LIKE THE THINGS THAT'S GOING ON IN BATON ROUGE AND OTHER SIDE HAD BEEN THROWN ON THE GROUND, DRAGGED FROM UNDER THE CAR, ALL THAT STUFF.

AND I'LL ASK FOR NOBODY TO PIT IT.

NO, MY FATHER DID 34 YEARS RIGHT HERE IN THIS BUILDING.

BUT THE POINT IS, I KNOW WHAT PRIVILEGE IS AND I KNOW WHAT PRIVILEGE IS IT.

BUT MY DAD, MY FATHER DID 30 TO FOUR YEARS HERE AND I'VE BEEN ARRESTED EIGHT TIMES DISMISSED, THROWN OUT OF COURT, LOOK ALIKE.

BUT THIS AGAIN, PEOPLE GETTING TIRED OF THIS ALL OF A SUDDEN, AND IT'S HAPPENING EVERY DAY.

AND NONE OF YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING EVERYDAY.

PEOPLE ARE GETTING BEAT UP, PULLED OUT OF THEIR CAR, DRUGS, THROWN INTO THAT CAR ARRESTED.

SO, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL SEE, THAT'S NOT A CHOKING ON A PIECE OF 4.5 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA.

ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK? YES, SIR.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

I'M LIKE LIABLE MONTGOMERY, COUNSELOR LION.

WHAT GUN WAS FROM ZACHARY? UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF, UH, DONALD TRUMP, UH, FAMILY.

AND I'M ASKING Y'ALL AS A COUNSELOR TO PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING.

UM, ON THAT DAY IT WAS A MURDER THAT TOOK PLACE.

UM, THEY SAID HE CHOKED 'EM WHATEVER IT WAS IN HIS MOUTH.

BUT WE ALL KNOW FROM THAT PICTURE I'M FROM WHAT REALLY TRANSPIRED THAT THE GUY DID NOT SHOW HE WAS, HE WAS, HE WAS MURDERED BY THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPOSED TO PROTECT US.

SO I'M ASKING ALL Y'ALL TO CONSIDER WHAT YOU CAN DO TO STAND UP FOR THIS AND BRING JUSTICE FOR THIS FAMILY.

CAUSE THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS AT THE END OF THE DAY.

IT'S JUSTICE FOR THIS FAMILY BACK HERE.

AND I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT IT.

IF THAT WAS YOUR FAMILY, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL? AND WOULD YOU WANT JUSTICE FOR IT? WOULD YOU WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE FOR EIGHT YEARS WITH NOBODY? NO.

AND THAT, THAT YOU, WHAT YOU FEEL, EVERYBODY THINKS YOU'RE IN DENIAL THINKS YOU HAVE ISSUES THINKS YOU'RE PSYCHOLOGICALLY, UH, DISABLED WHEN YOU'RE REALLY GOING THROUGH SOMETHING THAT THE BATON ROUGE POLICE BOUGHT UP ON.

SO WE ALL KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW, BATON ROUGE POLICE DON'T HAVE A GOOD TRACK RECORD AND IT STARTS WITH, WELL YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN Y'ALL CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.

Y'ALL CAN MAKE THE CITY SAFER OR Y'ALL CAN LET THIS CITY, UH, CORRUPT.

SO I'M ASKING Y'ALL PLEASE TAKE ANY INITIATIVE.

I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT IF THIS WAS YOUR CHILD, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? WOULD YOU WANT SOMEBODY TO GO EIGHT YEARS AFTER THEY MURDERED YOUR CHILD? YOU CRY LOUD AND NOBODY HEARS YOUR VOICE.

YOU SEE MS. .

NOPE.

NOBODY HAS HEARD HER VOICE.

SHE'S BEEN CRYING FOR EIGHT YEARS AND NOBODY HAS HEARD A VOICE.

SO I'M ASKING Y'ALL PLEASE P HER VOICE AND LET JUSTICE BE SERVED.

IF YOU GOT A HEART, IF YOU GOT ANY KIND OF GOD AND YOU, I SUGGEST THAT YOU HEAR A VOICE AND LET JUSTICE BE SERVED.

THANK Y'ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.

ANYONE ELSE? WISHING TO SPEAK, SEEING NONE WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE TO COUNSEL AND DONE.

I DID WANT TO FIRST AGAIN SAY CONDOLENCES TO THE ROBINSON FAMILY, MS. ROBINSON.

ALSO, I WANT TO, UH, MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF WHAT'S GETTING READY TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW.

UH, AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE LAST MEETING WE EVOLVED TO GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

ONCE YOU GUYS HAD A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WOULD TAKE PLACE THERE, YOUR ATTORNEY WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN US IN EXECUTIVE TURNY AND EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I WILL TURN IT TO PASS THE TIME WE'RE BARE TO JOHN AS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AND THEN THIS BODY WILL BE ABLE TO DIG INTO THE ISSUE, GET MORE INFORMATION.

AND THAT MAY BE MORE THAN JUST TONIGHT.

IT MAY LAST EXECUTIVE SESSION.

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WENT OFF ABOUT A MONTH.

SO YOU GOT TO GET A DEEP DIVE INTO THE ISSUE INTO THE CASE, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND GIVE YOU SOME FEEDBACK.

WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK TONIGHT, BUT THIS STARTS THE PROCESS OF GIVING YOU A MORE OF A IN-DEPTH REVIEW OF THE CASE AND THE SITUATION THEN YOU'VE HAD BEFORE IN THE PAST WITH, WITH THE COUNCIL, COUNCILMAN BANKS TOURNEY, PLEASE.

AND I GUESS IT'S KIND OF A COUNCILMAN DONE AS WELL.

THE, UM, WHO IS ALAYSIA? THE DAUGHTER, THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.

MY DAD WAS HIS WIFE, HIS WIFE AT THE TIME.

UM, AND SO THIS IS HER LAWSUIT.

NOW.

I ONLY HAD ONE REAL SIMILAR ISSUE OF COURSE.

AND THAT WAS WITH AND STERLING.

AND WHEN IT BECAME THE DISCUSSION, IT WAS BECAUSE THAT WAS AN OFFER OF SETTLEMENT, UM, ON THE TABLE, IF YOU WILL, ALL WE WERE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE LEADING.

AND SO I'M JUST TRYING TO CONNECT THE DOTS, UM, AS IT RELATES TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE HAVE THAT, BUT LIKE A LOT OF THE COMMENTS IT'S LIKE, IT'S ASKING US TO DO SOMETHING, BUT NOBODY HAS ASKED THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, FAR MORE REQUESTS BEING MADE.

SO I'M JUST CONFUSED ON WHAT I THINK IT'S MORE SO WHAT COUNCILMAN DUNN WAS DOING THE MORE SO, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR SOME OF THE FACTS AND OUR OPINIONS OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE CASE, AND THEN BE FULLY INFORMED ABOUT WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.

AND THEN FROM THERE, YOU KNOW, TAKE WHATEVER STEPS DID YOU, AS A COUNCIL DEEMED NECESSARY TO GO FROM THERE? I THINK IT WAS HIS INTENT.

SO, OKAY.

UM, ANOTHER QUESTION, UM, AS IT RELATES TO IT'S THE ATTORNEY HERE, MR. HALEY IS HERE.

HE'S NOT THE, AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE THIS WEEKEND YOU WENT THROUGH, SO MR. HALEY IS WORKING WITH MR. GALLERY, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

THE IMAGES WHAT'S, HIS NAME IS GREG.

HE SAID, THEY SAID HE FOUND IT, BUT YES, UH, MR. HALLEY, WE'RE LOOKING AT HIS EFFORTS TOGETHER.

IT'S THE GILLER WAS THE ATTORNEY OF RECORD.

MR. HALEY HAS FILED, FILED THE MOTION TO ENROLL AS COUNSEL, BUT IT WAS DENIED FOR SOME, UH, UH, UH, TECHNICAL PURPOSES.

AND MR. HALEY HAD TO REFILE HIS MOTION TO BE ENROLLED.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING NOW.

BUT IN ANY EVENT, Y'ALL STILL HAD THE ABILITY, IF YOU SEE FIT TO ALLOW MR. HALEY COME IN THERE, IF HE'S REPRESENTING THE FAMILY, MY JOB WAS TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT HE IS NOT THE FORMER ATTORNEY OF RECORD AT THIS POINT.

THAT'S THAT WAS IT.

I REMEMBER NOW IN THE PRE, THE PREVIOUS MEETING WHERE THIS WAS BROUGHT UP, I THINK, UH, I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK THAT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WHERE EITHER THE COUNCIL MEMBERS GET WITH YOU OR YOU SCHEDULE WITH THE COSMETIC, ANY OF THAT HAPPENED.

I PERSONALLY DIDN'T TALK TO ANYONE.

I DON'T THINK GREG DID RICK.

SO WHAT WAS THAT PLAN? CAUSE THAT I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER GETTING THE CORONER'S REPORT.

UM, I KNOW THAT THE COUNCILMAN DOES SIT AROUND A PACKET OF INFORMATION.

EMAIL.

WE DID BOTH.

WE, WE GAVE THEM OUT THAT NIGHT AS WELL AS EVERY CONCERT PERSON TO EMAIL.

AS I ASKED OF HIM AND I ASKED HER THIS BODY, WE'RE JUST GOING TO GET THE FACTS RIGHT NOW, ONCE THEY PRESENT SOME FACTS, THEY ATTORNEY PRESENT SOME FACTS.

UM, SO BEHIND, OKAY.

UM, SO IS THE GOAL TONIGHT TO GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? I CAN ONLY SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE TO EIGHT O'CLOCK BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HELPED US BEFORE AND, YOU KNOW, I WASN'T EVEN A FAN OF THIS, BUT I THINK IT DID HELP.

AND THAT WAS WHEN YOU MET WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS FIRST, INDIVIDUALLY, BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AND I KNOW EVERYBODY, A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT A LOT ON THEIR PLATES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BUT I REALLY, AND IT HELPED THAT YOU SCHEDULED US.

CAUSE I GUESS WE ALL GOT A LOT, BUT I WOULD PREFER IF, UM, COUNCILMAN DOME WOULD AGREE SEVEN O'CLOCK THAT THE ATTORNEY ON THE PARISH ATTORNEY WOULD MEET WITH THREE OR FOUR OF US AT A TIME FIRST.

AND THEN WE'D GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

CAN I RESPOND? SO THERE'S NOTHING STOPPING THE PARISH ATTORNEY OR ANY OF HIS ASSISTANCE TO MEET WITH US AFTER THIS MEETING AGAIN, AS HE STATED, AND

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WE'LL BE EQUIPPED WITH MORE QUESTIONS.

WHEN I TALK TO COLLEAGUES AFTER THE MEETING LAST TIME, MANY OF THEM SAID THEY HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THE CASE.

SO I DON'T THINK WITHOUT THIS INITIAL MEETING, THAT COLLEAGUES WILL BE EQUIPPED TO GO INTO A MEETING WITH THE PARENTS' ATTORNEY, WITH KNOWING WHAT QUESTIONS THEY MAY WANT TO ASK.

IS THIS JUST US, HIM GIVING US A SUMMARY? YES.

CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

OTHERWISE, PLEASE, THE QUESTION IS NEVER GOING TO END YOU SAY WHAT I'M ASKING.

UM, I'M JUST SAYING, UM, I LITERALLY, AND I DON'T MIND, UM, SPEAKING ABOUT ANAL, BUT I DON'T KNOW ANY MORE THAN WHAT I LEARNED, WHICH WAS REALLY, REALLY HORRIBLE LAST WHEN THE FAMILY AND ALL CAME BEFORE, BUT IN THE INTERIM, I STILL DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS.

AND YOU GOT TO ALSO REALIZE THE PARENT'S ATTORNEY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS RELUCTANT TO GO INTO DETAILS IN A SETTING LIKE THIS.

SO YOU TO GET MORE INFORMATION IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM GOING TO EXACT SAY, I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THIS FINISHED IN OUR, THAT'S WHY I STATED THAT TO THE FAMILY AND MY STATEMENTS.

AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO WHY ARE WE GOING IN TO EVEN START WHEN WE CAN'T FINISH TODAY? I MEAN, TODAY IT, TO ME, IT WOULD BE BETTER KIND OF LIKE WHERE WE DID BEFORE, WHERE WE, IF WE DEFER IT, WE START THE MEETING WITH THIS.

WELL, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE HAD SEVERAL EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE.

WE HAD MULTIPLE, WE HAD MEETINGS WITH THE PARENTS' ATTORNEY SCHEDULED TO GET MORE INPUT AND INSIGHT.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE START OF THE PROCESS.

IT'S NOT THE END.

I'M JUST SAYING, I'LL SEE FRUIT BUDGET, THE DIFFERENT BETWEEN NOW AND THEN IS THAT, THAT THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS WENT THROUGH IT FROM 2016 ONWARD.

BUT I MEAN, I'M, I'M AWARE TO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO.

I JUST, I JUST CAN'T SEE US BEING ABLE TO GET THROUGH IT.

I AGREE WITH YOU SEEING YOUR COUNSELOR WOMAN, I'M GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION.

MR. CHAIR, CAN YOU ENTERTAIN A MOTION NOW? YEAH, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION NOW.

I'M A MOTION TO GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT LET ME ASK YOU THAT PREMATURE TO DO.

WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND AUTOMATICALLY MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND THEM.

YOU CAN, YOU CAN STILL MAKE YOUR MOTIONS GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION.

MAKE THE MOTION TO GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

IS THERE A, UH, COUNCILMAN DONE? YOUR MOTION WOULD NEED TO BE MOTION TO ENTER EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE DISCUSSION IN A PUBLIC MEETING COULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE CITY'S POSITION IN LITIGATION.

IS THAT YOUR MOTION? SO MOVED SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BANKS.

UM, I WILL ALSO, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR MOTION.

WE'LL GET OTHER SPEAKERS.

UM, I WILL ALSO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE EXTEND THE MEETINGS EIGHT 32ND BY COUNCILWOMAN GREEN.

UM, AND SO WE'LL MOVE ON WITH THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS AND I'LL JUST ACKNOWLEDGE FOLKS.

WE DO NEED TO GET A MOVE ON.

WE HAVE SOME EMERGENCY ITEMS THAT ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE FOLK THAT WE, THAT WE DO TONIGHT.

SO, UM, WE CAN NOT SPEND THIS ENTIRE TIME IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UH, SO IF YOUR QUESTION COULD BE ANSWERED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, THEN I, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT.

UM, BUT COUNCILMAN MOKE.

SO, UH, WE'LL VOTE FIRST ON THE MOTION TO EXTEND THE MEETING, BUT THE MOTION TO ENTER EXECUTIVE SESSION WAS MADE FIRST.

THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS.

I WOULD GO AHEAD AND IT'S NOT A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

IT'S JUST A SEPARATE MOTION.

SO, YES.

THAT WILL BE FOR COUNCILMAN COLE TO DECIDE IT WOULD BE THE CHAIR OF THE MEETING GETS TO DECIDE BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF ITEM IT IS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE MOTION TO ENTER EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE DISCUSSION OF THE ITEM IN PUBLIC COULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE CITY'S POSITION AND LITIGATION.

IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION SEEING NONE? THE ITEM CARRIES, WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE'LL VOTE NOW ON THE MOTION TO EXTEND THE MEETING.

IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? THERE IS NONE THAT ITEM CARRIES AS WELL.

WE'LL MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

ANDY, WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE FOR US TO HANDLE OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION? UH, COUNCILMAN BANKS HAS A POINT OF ORDER.

UM, OUR LOWER, WE DON'T GET TO HIM.

YOU WANT ME TO, I'M HAPPY TO SAY COUNCIL ON

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IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO APPEAR UNDER OTHER ITEMS. SO, BUT, BUT IT WOULD BE IN THE CHAIR'S DISCRETION TO CALL IT OUT OF ORDER.

I AM NOT IN ORDER, BUT I'M JUST SAYING MY MICROPHONE.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE FINISHED BY EIGHT 30 TO GET TO THESE OTHER ITEMS, INCLUDING THE EMERGENCY ITEMS. SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO, BUT I MEAN, IF WE MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WAS.

ALL RIGHT, FOLKS, FOLKS, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT ON THAT ITEM YET.

SO WE'RE OUT OF ORDER.

UH, SO THE

[Additional Item 1]

MOTION HAS CARRIED FOR US TO ENTER TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, PARISH ATTORNEY.

WHERE, WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE FOR US TO GO FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION? WE HAVE OUR CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE NINTH FLOOR PREPARED TO GO FORWARD.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.

IF THE CHAIR WOULD ALLOW ME TO SAY WE ONLY HAVE ONE CONCERN, I KNOW THE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TO EIGHT 30.

WE, MY OFFICE HAS AN EMERGENCY I HAD, AND IT NEEDS TO GET PAST, UH, PRIOR TO, UM, THE CLOSE OF THE DAY.

SO I WOULD JUST BE MINDFUL OF THE CLOCK WHILE WE'RE IN THERE, BUT WE NEED TO GET OUT IN TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT NINTH FLOOR.

I PROMISE FOR THE SAKE OF THE PUBLIC.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO REMAIN.

AND THE CHAMBERS, THE COUNCIL WILL GO UP TO THE NINTH FLOOR FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE'LL COME BACK.

[Additional Item 2]

WE'LL CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER WE'RE ON ITEM ONE 13.

WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.

NO ACTION IS NECESSARY.

SO WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM ONE 14, ITEM ONE 14 RECEIVING THE SECOND COURT.

UM, I APOLOGIZE.

I'M GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM WITH W I'M GOING TO MOVE TOO QUICKLY TO ITEM ONE 15 AND ONE 16, JUST SO THAT WE GET THOSE OUT OF THE WAY AND DON'T RUN INTO PROBLEMS WITH YEAH.

IT'S THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR AND COUNCILMAN BANKS.

I DO APOLOGIZE.

NO, HE, THE CHAIR CAN, UM, PULL ITEMS OUT OF BORDER.

THERE'S THIS, THIS CHALLENGE DISCRETION, AND I RECOGNIZE YOUR OPPOSITION.

I, I DO SINCERE.

I UNDERSTAND IT.

I DO, UH, ITEM

[115. 21-01325]

ONE 15, AMENDING TITLE 13, UH, CRIMINAL LAW, SECTION 13, A 1 0 1 8 PUBLIC DRINKING PROHIBITED.

SO AS TO ADD AN EXEMPTION FOR PATRONS OF COMMERCIAL PEDAL PEDAL CARRIAGES BY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.

MOVE NOW TO ITEM ONE 16, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND AXON ENTERPRISES THAT WILL ADD THE EVIDENCE.COM TERMS OF USE APPENDIX THE AXON RESPOND APPENDIX AND THE QUOTE APPENDIX BY CHIEF OF POLICE REASON FOR EMERGENCY IN ORDER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A CREDIT OFFERED BY THE VENDOR BEFORE THE END OF SEPTEMBER AMENDMENT.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE 6 1 6 4 4 2, THIS ITEM MUST BE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY BY TWO THIRDS, VOTE OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MOTION TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY, UH, BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY COUNCIL, WOMAN GREEN, ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE, UH, WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ITEM.

ITEM ONE 15, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK, SEEING NONE.

WE'LL MOVE TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN ROCCA SECOND, AND BY COUNCIL, WOMAN GREEN, ANY OPPOSITION SAYING NONE ITEM CARRIES.

WE'LL

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NUMBER ONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE 1 6, 4 42, THIS ITEM MUST BE DECLARED EMERGENCY BY TWO THIRDS, VOTE OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN ADAMS. UH, ANY OPPOSITION SAYING NONE OF THE ITEM CARRIES THAT HAS BEEN QUITE AN EMERGENCY.

I HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM ONE 16, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK, SEEING NONE MOTION BY COUNCILMAN ROCCO.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN .

ANY OPPOSITION SEEING NONE.

THE ITEM CARRIES WE'LL NOW

[114. 21-01148]

VERY QUICKLY MOVE TO ITEM ONE 14, RECEIVING THE SECOND QUARTER LAND BANK UPDATE FROM BILL BATON ROUGE BY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR.

TREASURER WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE 14, ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK, SEEING NOT WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND WE'LL LET YOU GIVE YOU

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A REPORT.

WE CAN DO IT THAT WAY.

THAT'S FINE.

I'LL REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING WHEN HE'S DONE.

UM, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, AS WAS REQUESTED LAST MEETING, UM, UH, UM, COME WITH A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, UH, THAT WAS DELIVERED TO YOU ALONG WITH A COPY OF THE LAND BANK INVENTORY, UH, WITH THE REQUESTED UPDATES, INCLUDING COUNCIL, DISTRICT, UH, UM, UH, ASSIGNMENT FOR ALL OF THE PROPERTIES IN THE LAND BANK.

UM, UH, MS. BECK, IS, IS IT POSSIBLE TO PULL UP THERE? THERE IT IS.

NEVERMIND.

UM, I KNOW IT'S LATE, SO I W W WE'LL TRY TO RUN THROUGH THIS FAST, BUT, UH, HAPPY TO DELIVER THIS REPORT ONE OR TWO.

UH, WE HAD A GREAT DISCUSSION LAST TIME.

I APPRECIATED YOUR QUESTIONS AND, UH, TRY TO, UH, ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS IN THIS RELATIVELY BRIEF PRESENTATION.

SO, UH, I'LL JUST ROLL THROUGH IT, UH, IS YOU'LL SCROLL, RIGHT.

OKAY, GREAT.

UM, AGAIN, JUST BASIC INFORMATION HERE ON THE, WHO WE ARE.

THIS IS IMPORTANT.

MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT BUILT BATON ROUGE IS A NONPROFIT.

WE ARE NOT A NONPROFIT WHERE IT'S A SEPARATE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, WHICH MEANS THAT WE ARE, UH, ALL OF THE PUBLIC, UH, REQUIREMENTS THAT APPLY TO GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES APPLY TO US PROPERTY THAT IS HELD BY US IS GOVERNMENTAL PROPERTY.

AND SO IT MUST BE DISPOSED OF AS ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL PROPERTY MUST BE DISPOSED OF YOU HAVE OUR MISSION, VISION, AND VALUES THERE.

UH, I HAVE A SLIDE HERE ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ECOSYSTEM, ALWAYS HAPPY TO SHARE ABOUT THE MYRIAD OF THINGS GOING ON IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

WE ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY DOING REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT.

WE ARE DOING PLANNING, DESIGN AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

WE ARE CONCERNED WITH PUBLIC FINANCE, WITH TAX CREDITS AND HEART DOLLARS AND THE LEVERAGE OF PUBLIC MONIES TO ACCOMPLISH DEVELOPMENT, UH, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, DRIVE EVERYTHING WE DO.

UH, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LAND BANK AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF, OF, UH, LAND REGULATION IS IMPORTANT TO US POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY.

UH, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT TITLE CLEARING AND, UH, THE LAWS AROUND THAT, WE'VE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THAT AND OBVIOUSLY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE ISSUES OF SOCIAL AND SPATIAL EQUITY ARE ALL, UH, HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME.

IT BUILD BATON ROUGE AND WE CAN'T DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THAT, UH, WHAT WE'VE DONE.

UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE RELY EVERY YEAR ON, UH, A CONTRIBUTION FROM THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND, AND WE'RE EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR SUPPORTING THE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IN THAT MANNER TO DATE 22.6 MILLION HAS BEEN PUT INTO BILL BATON ROUGE.

AND IT WAS THE MAYOR'S GOAL.

UH, WHEN SHE CAME IN OFFICE TO STAND BACK UP AN AGENCY THAT WAS DEFUNCT AMIDST CALLS FOR AN ORGANIZED WELL-RESOURCED RESPONSE TO THE BLIGHT AND DISINVESTMENT.

WE SEE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, MOST IMPORTANTLY, IN NORTH BATON ROUGE.

AND SO HERE'S JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE'VE ACHIEVED.

WE'RE PROUD OF OUR ACHIEVEMENTS, OUR STAFF GETS UP EVERY DAY AND WORKS HARD ON BEHALF OF THIS CITY.

UH, THE OVER $50 MILLION THAT WE'VE BEEN A KEY PART IN RAISING FOR NORTH BATON ROUGE DEVELOPMENT, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PROUD OF.

AND WE APPRECIATE ALL OF OUR PARTNERS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN THE MAYOR SUPPORT AND YOUR SUPPORT AS A COUNCIL, AS YOU HAVE BEEN WITH US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

AND WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.

AND IN TERMS OF A RETURN ON AN INVESTMENT, WE THINK THIS HAS BEEN A GOOD EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC DOLLARS AND THAT IS DEMONSTRABLE AND EVIDENT.

WE'RE PROUD OF IT.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT, UH, ANYTIME, UH, AND APPRECIATE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO SO.

THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, REALLY KIND OF GIVES YOU OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

I KNOW IT'S A REALLY BUSY, UH, SLIDE, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE TIME TO DIG INTO IT, IT KIND OF COVERS OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, OUR MAJOR INITIATIVES, UH, OUR LAND BANK ACTIVITIES, UH, OUR VALUES AND HOW WE WORK.

UM, AND SO HAPPY TO, TO, TO SHARE MORE ABOUT THIS, BUT, UH, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A TOTAL PICTURE OF ALL OF THE WORK GOING ON AT BILL BATON ROUGE AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

UH, AND MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THESE PROJECTS.

I WON'T TAKE MUCH TIME TO GO THROUGH THEM HERE, FEDERAL GRANTS.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S ALSO THE SUBJECT OF, UH, I WOULD SAY A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT OUR WORK, UH, TO BE CLEAR WHEN MAYOR BROOME TOOK OVER AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS ONE OF HER TRANSITION DIRECTORS, UH, THERE WAS OVER $17 MILLION UNSPENT AT RISK OF RECAPTURE IN HUD ENTITLEMENT DOLLARS.

UH, THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FRANKLY, WAS ONE OF THE WORST NON-COMPLIANT ENTITIES IN ALL OF HOOD NATIONALLY.

UM, AND SO WE WERE IN A VERY DIRE CIRCUMSTANCE AND THE MAYOR TOOK DECISIVE ACTION WITH THE SUPPORT OF THIS COUNCIL, UH, TO INVOLVE BUILT BATON ROUGE AND REBUILDING

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OUR FEDERAL GRANTS DEPLOYMENT AS AN EFFORT TO MARRY HOW WE DEPLOY FEDERAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DOLLARS AND HOW WE, UM, DO REDEVELOPMENT PLANNING.

THAT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WASN'T AN ORIGINAL IDEA.

CITIES ARE DOING THAT ALL OVER, RIGHT.

WE WERE CATCHING UP AS BATON ROUGE.

SO THAT WAS THE GOAL.

AND WE WERE PROUD TO LEAD THAT EFFORT, UM, AND, AND BE INVOLVED IN THE SPEND DOWN TO DATE OF OVER $10 MILLION THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN BACK, UH, FROM HUD.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR ROOF RESET PROGRAM, THAT IS, UH, AN ATTEMPT TO SPEND DOWN MONEY MORE QUICKLY BECAUSE WE DETERMINED THAT DOING HOME REHABILITATION WAS TOO SLOW.

HUD HAD MORE STREAMLINED MEASURES FOR SPENDING DOWN TO DO ROOFS, AND WE NEEDED TO SPEND THE DOLLARS, RIGHT.

AND HUD WAS MEETING WITH US EVERY MONTH TO MAKE SURE WE WERE DOING THAT.

SO I DON'T WANT TO UNDERSTATE THAT VERY FRAGILE SITUATION.

THE CITY HAS BEEN IN, IN THE MAYOR'S LEADERSHIP, UH, IN THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH OCD, WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, WITH US AND OTHERS TO, TO ADVANCE THAT WORK IN SERVICE OF MAKING SURE THAT BATON ROUGE IS AS COMPETITIVE AS POSSIBLE WHEN WE NEED THOSE DOLLARS.

IT HUD TO, TO DO PROJECTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, THE METRO COUNCIL APPROVED THAT, UH, IN 2017, UH, WE'RE PROUD OF THE CLEAN AUDITS.

WE'RE PROUD OF THE PROGRESS.

WE'RE PROUD OF THE SPIN DOWN AND, AND, AND, AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THAT.

UH, AND, AND THE NEXT SLIDE KIND OF GIVES YOU A SNAPSHOT OF OUR ACHIEVEMENTS.

UH, THERE'S ALWAYS INTEREST IN OUR ROOF RESET PROGRAM.

I'VE, UH, PROVIDED YOU A, UH, A GRAPH THERE AND IT'S EVEN BROKEN OUT BY, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT.

UH, THERE ARE A ROOF RESET PROJECTS IN ALL OF YOUR DISTRICTS.

UH, AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE MORE WITH YOU ABOUT THOSE.

UH, WE'VE CLEARED ABOUT 160 ROOFS.

THERE ARE MANY MORE, WE HAVE OVER 600 APPLICATIONS.

UH, AND SO THIS WILL BE AN ONGOING PROJECT.

UH, THE NEXT SLIDE GETS TO OUR LAND BANK.

UM, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST THERE.

UH, THIS GIVES YOU THE SAME OR THE SAME NUMBERS I SHARE WITH YOU THAT YOU HAVE ON THE GRAPH.

UH, THERE WAS A QUESTIONS LAST TIME ABOUT WHAT HAVE WE DONE IN SERVICE OF THE LAND BANK AND THAT LAST BULLET, UH, TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER, UH, OUR WORK WITH A SMALL AND EMERGING DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE, UH, OUR WORK WITH BRAC TO PASS HB 4 66, WHICH CLARIFIES NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR TAX SALES, UH, OUR HOSTING OF THE STATEWIDE TITLE CLEARANCE SYMPOSIUM IN 2019, VERY PROUD TO HOST THAT ALONG WITH THE MAYOR, PRESENTING AT THE MIRRORS WHITE WORKSHOP AND BEING INVOLVED IN THAT, UM, THE WORK OF THE LAND BANK IS ONGOING.

UNLIKE YOU MAY VISIT ANOTHER CITY THAT HAS A LAND BANK, THEY DON'T HAVE LOUISIANA LAW.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE VERY PARTICULAR AND UNIQUE PROPERTY LAWS THAT WE HAVE, WHICH MAKE CLEARING TITLE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT.

YOU KNOW, WE WENT TO OHIO YEARS AGO AND EVERYONE SAID, OH, WOW, WE NEED TO DO WITH CINCINNATI IS DOING MY COLLEAGUE, LAURA BRUNER AT THE HEAD OF THE CINCINNATI PORT IS DOING AMAZING WORK.

I WISH I HAD HER PROPERTY REGIME.

SHE HAS THOUSANDS OF PROPERTIES THAT SHE'S ABLE TO PUT BACK INTO COMMERCE.

WE'RE WORKING ON THAT WITH A STATEWIDE COALITION THAT WE'RE CONTINUES.

UH, I'VE INCLUDED A GRAPH WITH BBR LAND BANK PROPERTIES BY COUNCIL DISTRICT.

YOU WILL SEE THAT OUR PROPERTIES ARE CLUSTERED IN THREE COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND PRIMARILY IN TWO, UH, I'M HAPPY TO GIVE MORE INFORMATION, THE GRAPH THAT YOU HAVE, UH, IT BREAKS THAT OUT BY COUNCIL DISTRICT.

IT ALSO TIES THE SPECIFIC PRO INITIATIVE OR PROJECT THAT WE HAVE TO EACH OF THOSE PROPERTIES.

SOME OF THOSE FALL INTO A GENERAL PLANK ROAD REVITALIZATION CATEGORY.

AND I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT, CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME CONFUSION ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

IN 2018, WHEN WE STARTED THE PLANK ROAD MASTER PLAN, WE SPECIFICALLY SOUGHT TO LAND BANK PROPERTIES, A BLOCK OR TWO OFF OF PLANK ROAD AS A WAY OF CREATING A CRITICAL MASS OF PROPERTIES THAT THE COMMUNITY COULD THEN IDENTIFY FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT PLANS THAT THEY WOULD LEAD US TO.

UH, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENED.

MANY OF THOSE PROPERTIES ARE VACANT LOTS.

WE DID NOT TAKE ANYTHING THAT WAS INHABITED.

WE ACTUALLY DROVE AROUND.

UH, THERE WERE ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES WHERE THAT HAVE HOMES AND PEOPLE LIVING IN THEM.

WE DID NOT ASK FOR TRANSFER OF THOSE.

WE ONLY ASKED FOR VACANT, UH, ADJUDICATED LOTS, UH, AS YOU KNOW, WITH OUR, OUR CA WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO REQUEST A TRANSFER OF THOSE AT NO COSTS.

UH, I HAVE FOUR OF THOSE RIGHT NOW, UH, TWO THAT ARE IN OUR LOT NEXT DOOR PROGRAM, WHICH MEANS THAT SOMEBODY WHO LIVES NEXT DOOR TO THAT LOT CAN REQUEST TRANSFER.

WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE WITH BILLY, UH, RIGHT NOW, UH, WE HAVE OTHER, I JUST, THE OTHER DAY HAD A DEVELOPER, UH, ASK ABOUT TWO LOTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO TRANSFERRING, UH, TO HIM.

AND SO, UM, THESE ARE OUR PROPERTIES THAT WERE SITTING IN THE ADJUDICATED ROLES AND UNDERSTAND WE HAVE 110 PROPERTIES IN OUR LAND BANK.

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HAVE 3000 PLUS PROPERTIES SITTING IN ADJUDICATED LIMBO IN THE CITY PARISH.

NO ONE IS MAINTAINING THEM ANY DEVELOPER WHO WANTS TO GET THEM, KNOWS HOW TO GET THEM.

WHEN THAT PROPERTY MOVES TO ME, WHEN THEY LOOK UP A PROPERTY, THEY'LL EITHER SEE THAT IT'S AN ADJUDICATED STATUS OR IT'S WITH BUILT BATON ROUGE.

THEY CAN APPROACH US.

WE DEAL WITH EVERYBODY THAT COMES TO US.

UH, HAPPY IF YOU HAVE, UH, DEVELOPERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH US ABOUT THOSE LAND BANK, LOTS.

I SIT DOWN WITH THEM FREQUENTLY.

MOST OF THE TIME IT ENDS IN, UH, THE TITLE STATUS BEING A PROBLEM.

UH, BUT I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO SPEAK TO THEM.

MANY OF YOU HAVE MY CELL PHONE NUMBER, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

WE WILL.

THERE'S NO INTEREST IN US JUST SITTING ON PROPERTY.

THERE'S, THERE'S NO GRATIFICATION FOR THAT, RIGHT? UH, WE HAVE NO VESTED INTEREST IN DOING SO.

IT IS TO PUT IT BACK INTO COMMERCE.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK TO DEVELOPERS.

I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT WHEN PROPERTY IS WITH US, WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN THAT PROPERTY AND TO ENSURE THAT PROPERTY.

SO I ONLY TAKE WHAT I THINK I CAN AFFORD TO MAINTAIN, UH, THE 3000 PLUS LOTS THAT ARE IN ADJUDICATED STATUS.

NO ONE IS MAINTAINING THEM.

WE KNOW THAT THE CITY PARISH DOES NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO CALL THE GRASS AND CLEAR.

ALL OF THOSE.

I HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY, UH, COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN HAS JUST CALLED ME ABOUT A PROPERTY.

THAT IS A PROBLEM FOR US.

IT'S A BLIGHTED PROPERTY AND WE STRUGGLED TO KEEP IT SECURE, BUT THAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

SO THERE IS A BENEFIT TO THE LAND BANK.

OUR CHALLENGE IS RESOURCES, RIGHT? I CAN ONLY TAKE WHAT I CAN MAINTAIN AND ENSURE.

UH, I'D LIKE TO BE COMING TO YOU, ASKING FOR MORE PROPERTIES TO DO, TO TRANSFER BECAUSE THE BEST PRACTICE IN THOSE PLACES, AROUND THE COUNTRY, THAT I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE TRAVELED TO AND TALK TO, UM, IS TO HAVE A MUCH BARTER LAND BANK SO THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO PUT THOSE PROPERTIES IN A COORDINATED FASHION BACK INTO COMMERCE.

SO THAT'S OUR LAND BANK PROPERTIES BY COUNCIL DISTRICT.

UH, THIS IS ON OUR WEBSITE.

THE NEXT SLIDE KIND OF GIVES YOU WHERE THAT IS UNDER LAND BANK.

AND WE ARE INCREASING THOSE RESOURCES.

YOU MAY RECALL IN 2018, UH, WITH YOUR SUPPORT, WE PARTNERED WITH A, A THIRD PARTY, UH, CLOUD-BASED PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TOOL, UH, CALLED PTOLEMY.

AND THE APPLICATION IS BUILDING BLOCKS.

WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THEM.

THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS NOW WORKING WITH THEM AS WELL.

UH, THEY DEAL WITH A NUMBER OF CITIES AND ARE ABLE TO GIVE US THE BEST PRACTICE INFORMATION.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO GROWING THAT PARTNERSHIP.

LASTLY, AND MY UPCOMING SLIDE, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS UNDERWAY, AND I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS, UH, COUNCIL, WOMAN, UH, BANKS, AND COUNCILWOMAN GREEN.

UH, THEY GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MORE WITH YOU VIA EMAIL ABOUT ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS, HAPPY TO SHARE EVEN MORE.

THERE'S A LOT.

I KNOW, UH, SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE'S EYES GLAZE OVER.

WE'RE ALWAYS EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THIS STUFF.

IT'S VERY EXCITING STUFF.

TWO OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE FEATURED HERE, THE PLANK, HOW YOU MET MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH FEATURES, UH, 15 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING OF A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT DAYCARE CENTER, MAN, BY THE Y WCA AND, AND THE NEW OFFICES HAVE BUILT BATON ROUGE.

WE INTEND TO GO INTO THE AREAS THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN TO BE A PART OF THE TURNAROUND, UH, UH, THAT IS ON THE BRT LINE THAT'S PROPERTY.

WE ACTUALLY ACQUIRED THIS PROPERTY, UH, WITH THE SUPPORT OF KAPHA WHO GAVE US A LOAN TO PURCHASE THESE PROPERTIES SO THAT WE COULD BEGIN THE PROCESS.

AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR TWO YEARS.

THIS IS A NEW MARKET TAX CREDITS DEAL.

UH, AND SO I'D LOVE TO SHARE MORE WITH YOU ABOUT, UH, JUST THE COMPLEXITIES OF THAT PUBLIC FINANCE OPPORTUNITY, BUT IT'S SOMETHING, UH, WE HAVE NOT SEEN NEW MARKET TAX CREDITS OPPORTUNITIES IN BATON ROUGE, DISINVESTED AREAS LIKE YOU SEE IN CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY, WHICH MAKE GREAT USE OF THAT PROGRAM TO REVITALIZE THEIR, THEIR AREAS.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT FOR US.

AND THEN THE POCKET PARK, UH, AGAIN, THANKS TO COUNCILMAN COLEMAN, UH, FOR, UH, UH, SPONSORING THE TRANSFER OF THE LOTS ON ERIE STREET THAT WILL SUPPORT OUR POCKET PARK.

WE ARE WORKING WITH BRETT ON THAT.

AND LSU WE'VE HAD STUDENTS ACTUALLY DO THE DESIGN.

YOU SEE WAS LSU LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS.

UH, AND WE WE'VE BEEN THRILLED TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH STUDENTS AND INVOLVE THEM IN THAT WORK.

SO HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND, UH, AND HAPPY TO IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THESE QUARTERLY REPORTS, UH, AND THEY WILL BE, UH, UH, BY POWERPOINT GOING FORWARD.

UH, AND MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT HONORING THAT PREVIOUS REQUEST IN MY LAST MEETING, BUT I'M HAPPY TO INCLUDE AS MUCH INFORMATION IN THIS POWERPOINT AS YOU THINK IS USEFUL AND APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, MR. TYSON, WILL WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1, 1 14, SIG NONE.

SHE WANTS TO REVISIT, SO PLEASE, PLEASE MAKE IT BRIEF.

WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL, WOMAN ADAMS. I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, WE HAVE SIX MINUTES UNTIL BY STATUTE.

WE NEED TO IN THE MEETING AND COUNCILMAN COLEMAN DOES HAVE AN ITEM IN CONDEMNATION.

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UH, I CAN, I CAN WAIT.

I, I CAN WAVE IT.

NO, NO, NO.

YOU'RE GOOD.

COUNCILWOMAN BANKS MICROPHONE, PLEASE.

LET'S GET TO HER ITEM.

THERE'S NO ACTION REQUIRED ACTUALLY.

SO NO OTHER QUESTIONS WE'LL MOVE.

UH, COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN HAS MADE A MOTION.

SHE GOT IT.

THERE GOT CHRIS COME BACK.

I WAS TRYING TO WAIT AND MAKE SURE YOU DIDN'T HAVE SOMETHING.

I WAS LOOKING OVER THERE.

MA'AM SO THAT IT ACTUALLY ASKS FOR AN UPDATE ON LAND BANK.

SO, AND WHEN, WHEN THE REQUEST FOR AN UPDATE ON THE LAND BANK IS SPECIFIC TO THAT.

SO FOR INSTANCE, YOU HAVE, UM, 110 PROPERTIES, UM, AND GOING THROUGH YOUR PAGE AND ALSO ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH YOUR 2015 BUSINESS PLAN? OKAY.

SO THE MAJORITY OF THAT PLAN IS BASED ON, UM, THE LAND BANK, A LOT OF IT, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE MADE TO MAKE, WHEREAS THE LAND BANK BECOMES A WAY OF GENERATING INCOME, MULTIPLE WAYS, NOT ONLY WITH SALES TAX, BUT, UM, TAX CREDITS, ALL OF THAT.

UM, AND I WAS LOOKING ON YOUR WEBSITE BECAUSE I THINK THAT IF SO MUCH OF THE REVENUE IS TO COME FROM TAX SALES, THEN THERE WOULD BE A VERY DEDICATED AND A ROBUST WAY OF COMMERCIALIZING THOSE PROPERTIES.

SO I WAS LOOKING, AND I WANTED TO KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, DO YOU HA I SAW A REAL ESTATE APPLICATION THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, NOT MUCH, BUT IS THERE AN ACTUAL APPLICATION TO PURCHASE LAND BANK, PROPERTY, OR RENOVATION OR NEW CONSTRUCTION MA'AM.

AND IF I MAY, JUST TO CLARIFY, I AM FAMILIAR WITH THE 2015 REPORT AND AT SIX YEARS OLD NOW, AND WHEN I CAME IN 2018, WE MADE A CONSCIOUS STRATEGIC DECISION TO DEPART FROM A LOT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THAT REPORT.

WE'VE UPDATED THAT WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WITH OUR STRATEGIC VISIONING DOCUMENTS AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'VE COMMUNICATED, AND I CAN SHARE WITH THAT.

SO SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOT STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR THE AGENCIES.

I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.

MA'AM SO I'D HAVE TO, UM, WELL, THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO, UH, FOCUS ON TAX SALES, UH, REVENUE GENERATION FOR AS A, AS A SUSTAINABLE REVENUE MODEL FOR THE AGENCY.

AND WE DON'T FIND THAT TO BE VIABLE.

IT REQUIRES A LOT OF UPFRONT INVESTMENT THAT WE SIMPLY DON'T HAVE.

UH, THE INITIAL REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY RELIED ON A GRANT FROM KAPHA, WHICH IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE, UH, TO DO SOME OF THE TAX SALE WORK THAT IT DID.

IT'S ALSO LONG CYCLE WORK.

SO IT TAKES SEVERAL YEARS TO RECEIVE A RETURN.

WE DIDN'T FIND THAT TO BE A VIABLE SHORT-TERM STRATEGY AS WE KIND OF REBUILT THE AGENCY, BUT THERE IS AN APPLICATION UNDER THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS PROGRAM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

AND THAT ALLOWS AGAIN, WE TRANSFER PROPERTY IN A CHORD OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH REDEVELOPMENT PLANS AND COMMUNITY NEEDS.

SO IF A PERSON WANTS TO JUST BUY A PROPERTY FOR SPECULATION, WE DON'T HAVE INTEREST IN THAT.

YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY IDENTIFY A NEED THAT IS BENEFITING THE COMMUNITY LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR LIKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

UH, THE, THE, THE, THE ENTITY THAT I JUST REFERENCED IS INTERESTED IN EXPANDING A BUSINESS IN NORTH BATON ROUGE AND HAS PROPERTY ADJACENT.

WELL, I THINK PART OF THE PROBLEM IS YOU GO KIND OF OFF THE TOPIC A LOT, SO THAT, SO IN LOOKING AT THE APPLICATION, YOUR TURN, FIRST OF ALL, ONE OF THE, UM, ONE OF THE APP, ONE OF THE THINGS, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS ABOUT SALES TAX.

AND IT DOES INDICATE THAT IT WAS ONE.

SO WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY, YOU USE SEVERAL POSSIBILITIES TO BILL.

SO IN THAT RECOMMENDATION, YES, IT DID TALK ABOUT TAX SALES, BUT IT ONLY WON IT.

WHAT IT WAS SAYING IS WHATEVER TAX SALES COME FROM, THE PROPERTY, 50% OF IT WOULD BE DEDICATED TO BUILD BATON ROUGE.

IT INDICATES THAT YES, IT BUILDS UP, BUT IT DOES BUILD UP.

AND THAT IS FOR A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.

SO WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY, YOU'RE CONSTANTLY COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL.

THAT COULD BE A LINE ITEM OF REVENUE.

SO WAS IT YOUR BOARD THAT RECOMMENDED THAT YOU ALL NOT EVEN PURSUE THAT AND THE POINT OF ORDER POINT OF WHAT? I'M SORRY, COUNSEL IN THE BANKS, WE'VE GOT ABOUT

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60 SECONDS BEFORE WE'RE AT OUR HARD STOP.

WOULD YOU ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DEFER TO IT? OKAY.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS SECOND.

AND BY COUNCIL, WOMAN BANKS, YOU HEARD ASHLEY SECOND.

SO ANY OPPOSITION, THERE'S NO OPPOSITION.

THE ITEM TO THE MOTION TO DEFER CARRIES.

THERE'S A MOTION BY COUNCIL IN THE COLON TO RESCIND RECONSIDER ITEM 66.

IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HUDSON.

ONE OBJECTION.

ANY OTHER OBJECTIONS? LET ME DO IT, BUT THERE IS NONE SEVEN NOTED.

UH, COUNCILMAN GO TO HIS OBJECTION.

I HAVE 66, UH, MOTION TO CONSIDER RECONSIDER BY COUNCIL, WOMAN COLEMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HUDSON, ANY OPPOSITION TO RECONSIDERING.

ARE YOU OKAY? UH, COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN HAS ASKED US TO DEFER ITEM 66 FOR 30 DAYS.

SO MOVE SECOND BY HUDSON.

UH, DO I NEED TO REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? YES.

WE OPENED THE RE WE'LL REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING SAYING NON WE'LL, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.