Nov 04, 2021 Special Metropolitan Council

IT'S DELETED.

OH, UM, I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHERE, BECAUSE I'M ACTUALLY ON OCTOBER 26TH, I ACTUALLY GOT EMAILS.

THEY HAVE NO WATER, NO ELECTRICITY, BUT THERE, IT SAYS CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RESTART THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS, THE OWNER BECAUSE THE, THEY HAVE LIGHTS ON, BUT NO METER THERE'S DRUG DEALERS, THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE TOMORROW.

THEN I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT GOES OUT AND GETS INVESTIGATED.

I SAID, THERE ARE NO ACTIVE LIFE.

IT RICKY IF THEY DON'T HAVE A METERS IN THEY'RE STEALING POWER, PLEASE MAKE SURE 12, 15 GET ON DEMOLITION LIST.

THESE ARE ALL THE NEIGHBORS YESTERDAY.

YOU WANT TO TEXT THAT TO ME? AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS INVESTIGATED TOMORROW.

SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THOUGH.

I DON'T WANT TO BE BECAUSE THE OWNERSHIP HAS CHANGED.

WE HAVE TO START LEGALLY THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS OVER AGAIN, THE OWNERSHIP HAS CHANGED.

I MEAN, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE EMAIL IT TO YOU BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF OUR RESEARCH IN THE CLINICAL COURTS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT IF YOU'RE, IF THE REQUEST FOR DELETING IS NOW AND YOU SAID IS DELETED, THAT MEANS THAT SHOULDN'T BE SOMEONE IN THIS CHAMBER THAT CAN SHOW ME THAT EVIDENCE, THE COUNCIL WOMAN MAKES YOU CAN DEFER IT TO NEXT WEEK.

YOU COULD DEFER IT TO NOVEMBER 10TH.

THAT'S FINE.

I WANT TO LOOK IT OVER.

WELL I'M OKAY WITH THESE 10, DECEMBER 10, BUT NOT NOVEMBER 10TH.

THAT'S JUST NEXT WEEK.

YEAH, THAT'S FINE.

UM, SO, SO TO RECAP, WE'RE GOING TO DEFER ITEM 66 TO THE NOVEMBER 10TH MEETING.

UH, ANYONE ELSE? YEAH.

MAY HAVE PROVEN, AGAIN, A QUESTION OF 68, 69 AND 76.

THAT WAS THE AUTOMATIC DEFERRAL ALSO BECAUSE OF THE NOTICE.

YEAH, BECAUSE OF THE NOTIFICATIONS THAT OCCURRED AFTER THE CANCEL, THE CANCELED MEETING.

SO EVERYTHING THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO COME UP LAST WEDNESDAY, JUST TALKED TO MAGICALLY, GOT PUSHED TO THE 23RD.

IT WAS, IT WAS, UM, THE PARIS ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

COURTNEY, I CAN EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED.

UM, REAL QUICK.

THE, UM, INITIALLY WE THOUGHT THIS MEETING WAS GOING TO BE HELD AT FOUR O'CLOCK AND SO THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS TO GET OUT NOTICE FAIRLY QUICKLY.

UM, AND SO THEY SENT OUT LETTERS TO ALL OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THERE WAS A SPECIAL MEETING TODAY AT FOUR O'CLOCK AND THAT THOSE PROPERTIES WOULD APPEAR AS CONDEMNATIONS ON THAT MEETING.

SO OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, JUST IN CASE ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE ACTUALLY SHOW UP THAT I HAD FOR, UM, AND THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY WILL NOT BE MEETING ABOUT CONDEMNATIONS AT THAT TIME.

UM, THEY'VE ASKED THAT WE DEFER EVERYTHING TO NOVEMBER 23RD SO THAT THEY HAVE TIME TO SEND LETTERS TO ALL OF THESE PROPERTY OWNERS FOR NUMBER 74 HOURS.

SO IT NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP.

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD, I MEAN, IF SOMETHING IS ON CONDEMNATION AND IT SAYS, CHANGE OF OWNERS SHIP, DO WE GET NOTIFICATION OF THAT SO WE CAN KNOW HOW TO PROCEED? WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO GET NOTIFICATION.

WHEN WE, WE WERE CONSTANTLY CHECKING THE CRIMINAL COURTS AND THE RECORDS TO MAKE SURE THAT OWNERSHIP HASN'T CHANGED IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE MADE PROPER NOTICE SO THAT WE CAN LEGALLY CONDEMN IT AND TEAR IT DOWN.

BECAUSE ONCE OWNERSHIP CHANGES DURING THE CONDEMNATION PROCESS, WE BASICALLY HAVE TO START OVER AND RE NOTIFY.

I WAS JUST CONCERNED BECAUSE I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY SOMEONE DID THAT DID THE RESEARCH BECAUSE THEY PUT IT AS THE REASON.

WE ARE CONSTANTLY BEFORE EVERY INTRODUCTION.

AND THEN BEFORE THE MEETING, YOU KNOW, ARE SITTING IN THOSE OFFICES, THEY THEY'RE ALWAYS CHECKING TO MAKE SURE.

ITEM 67 68 69, 70 71 73, 75, 76, 78, 79, 81 82, 83, 84, 85 AND 86 TO, FOR 45 DAYS, ITEM 80 DEFER FOR 60 DAYS, ITEM 78, DIFFER FOR 90 DAYS, ITEM 77, DELETE ITEM 72.

YES, MA'AM ANYONE ELSE? SO THAT'S 66 AND 74.

I YOU, ANYONE ELSE? SO LET ME READ.

MARIE DID RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THIS CHANGES.

THEY ARE TO DEFER TO THE NOVEMBER 10TH MEETING ITEM 66 AND 74, UH, DIVERTED AND NOVEMBER 23RD MEETING

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AND TO PROCEED WITH ITEM 1 48, WHICH WE WILL AGAIN, ADDRESS LATER IN THE MEETING.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER REQUESTS OR RECOMMENDATIONS? IF NOT, I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL, UH, CONDEMNATIONS MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNSEL NUMBER NOLS, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.

NOW TURN TO PUBLIC HEARING ITEM 87 AMENDING THE 2021 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET.

IF YOU WOULD

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SO AS TO APPROPRIATE 73 MILLION, $110,127 OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT TO PROVIDE FUNDING AS DESCRIBED IN THE REQUEST FOR BUDGET SUPPLEMENT 8, 8, 6, 6 BY MAYOR PRESIDENT.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM 87, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 87.

IF YOU WERE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 87, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW MAYOR PRESIDENT TO SPEAK FIRST.

BEFORE WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING MAYOR PRESIDENT BROOM, LET'S GIVE A ROUND APPLAUD.

I MET PRESIDENT SO GOOD TO SEE YOUR MAYOR PRO TEM, LIKEWISE, AND GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE ELSE HERE TODAY.

I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME TO, UH, DISCUSS THE SECOND ROUND OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, UH, FUNDING, THE PROPOSED ALLOCATIONS AND WHAT THEY MEAN FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT BE SPENT IN ROUGE PARISH.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, EARLIER THIS YEAR, THIS COUNCIL APPROVED AN INITIAL ALLOCATION OF $22 MILLION IN AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING, WHICH WAS FOCUSED ON CRITICAL DRAINAGE ISSUES.

THIS FUNDING HAS ALLOWED US TO REMOVE 4 MILLION POUNDS OF SEDIMENT FROM 3,700 STORM DRAIN STRUCTURES AND CLEAN OVER 70,000 LINEAR FEET OF PIPES.

ADDITIONAL PROJECTS ARE STILL UNDERWAY FOR THIS INITIAL ALLOCATION, AND WE CAN CLEARLY SEE THE IMPACT THESE DOLLARS ARE HAVING ON OUR COMMUNITY.

SO TODAY I'M HERE TO DISCUSS MY PROPOSED APPROPRIATION OF AN ADDITIONAL $73 MILLION IN AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING, WHICH WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR EVERY RESIDENT WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

THIS ONCE IN A LIFETIME FUNDING WILL HELP OUR CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT COVER THE COST OF MUCH NEEDED WORK THAT IS OFTEN LEFT UNATTENDED DUE TO THE CHALLENGES WE ALL TOO OFTEN FACE AS A MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND PUBLIC SERVANTS.

WE ALL KNOW THAT OUR PARISH HAS ENDLESS NEEDS MANY CONCERNS AND VARYING PRIORITIES.

AND MY ADMINISTRATION AND OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE IDENTIFIED THE KEY NEEDS OF OUR PARISH AND IDENTIFIED HOW WE CAN GENERATE A MAXIMUM IMPACT FOR EVERY PERSON WITHIN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH ALL WHILE REMAINING WITHIN THE GUIDELINES BY THE US TREASURY AND REGULATIONS IDENTIFIED WITH LOUISIANA LAW.

OUR ALLOCATIONS FALL WITHIN EIGHT MAIN CATEGORIES.

IN ORDER FOR US TO ENSURE WE ARE MEETING A WIDE RANGE OF PARISH NEEDS, THE CATEGORIES INCLUDE DRAINAGE AND STORM WATER INVESTMENTS, COMMUNITY VIOLENCE, INTERVENTION, PREMIUM PAY FOR ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND CYBER SECURITY BEFORE OUR DISCUSSION AND YOUR VOTES IN SUE, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE ALL OF YOU SOME INSIGHT ON THE REASON FOR THE PROPOSED ALLOCATION, THE NEED WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE IMPACT ON OUR CONSTITUENTS DRAINAGE.

LET'S START THERE.

DRAINAGE IS ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS WITHIN OUR PARISH.

IT AFFECTS EVERY RESIDENT, EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, EVERY FACET OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE ALLOCATION FROM THIS SUMMER HAS ALLOWED US TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN OUR DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE WORK BY ALLOCATING THE FUNDS NEEDED TO CARRY OUT MUCH NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS.

THIS PROPOSAL INCLUDES ANOTHER $20 MILLION FOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.

OUR $20 MILLION ALLOCATION WOULD PROVIDE FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE BOX AND PIPE CLEANING, ROADSIDE DITCH CLEANING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DRUNK JONES CREEK WATERSHED AND CHANNEL CLEARING FOR NINE MAJOR CANALS.

THESE EFFORTS ARE COMPLIMENTARY TO THE WORK WE ARE CURRENTLY CARRYING OUT.

IT WILL GIVE OUR CURRENT EFFORTS A SHOT IN THE ARM, REDUCING FLOOD POTENTIAL FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

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NEXT LET'S TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY VIOLENCE.

I'M SURE I SPEAK FOR EVERYONE.

WHEN I SAY THAT ALONG WITH DRAINAGE, PUBLIC SAFETY IS ONE OF MY, AND YOUR TOP PRIORITIES.

MY PROPOSAL DEDICATES $14.2 MILLION FOR COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INITIATIVES WITHIN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, WHICH WILL BOLSTER THE WORK BEING DONE BY OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY LED INITIATIVES.

THE LARGEST SUB ALLOCATION WITHIN THIS CATEGORY IS $8 MILLION FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF FLEET.

WITHIN OUR BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR AGING FLEET PRESENTS THE HEIGHTENED RISK OF MECHANICAL ISSUES AND ENDLESSLY INCREASING MAINTENANCE COSTS.

WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THIS WORK AND HAVE PROVIDED FUNDING FOR A HUNDRED NEW UNITS, BUT OUR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT APPROXIMATELY 150 UNITS ARE NEEDED TO KEEP OUR DEPARTMENT ON AN APPROPRIATE REPLACEMENT CYCLE FOR THE REDUCTION OF MAINTENANCE COSTS.

ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE PROPOSING $1.8 MILLION ALLOCATION FOR TECHNOLOGY FOR OUR OFFICERS, WHICH WILL ONLY SERVE TO INTENSIFY OUR FOCUS ON DATA-DRIVEN PUBLIC SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT.

OUR GOAL IS TO FUND AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS, COMMUNITY CRIME CAMERAS, TECHNOLOGY, AND EXPAND THE CAPACITY OF OUR REAL TIME CRIME CENTER.

THE REST OF THIS ALLOCATION APPROPRIATELY, UH, WILL BE $4.4 MILLION WILL BE ALLOCATED TO COMMUNITY-BASED PUBLIC SAFETY STRATEGIES.

WE'RE DEDICATING 3.3 MILLION FOR GUN VIOLENCE REDUCTION STRATEGIES, EMPOWERING BRP D TO FOCUS ON A PERSISTENT HOTSPOTS FOR GUN VIOLENCE AND COLLABORATE WITH LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS TO ADDRESS CRIME NETWORKS, REPEAT OFFENDERS AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF VIOLENCE.

THESE BATON ROUGE PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS A TOTAL PROPOSED ALLOCATION OF $350,000 TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THREE KEY PROGRAMS, THE CHANCES INNOVATIVE GUN VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM, THE HOSPITAL VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM, AND THE INNOVATIVE OPIOID PROJECT.

THESE PROGRAMS FACILITATE GUN VIOLENCE, INTERVENTION SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE AND WORK WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ADDRESS THE OPIOID CRISIS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND IN THAT SAME VEIN, WE ARE PROPOSING $500,000 FOR ADDITIONAL PROSECUTORS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS.

THIS WILL ALLOW OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM TO ADEQUATELY ADDRESS THE BACKLOG OF CASES THAT RESULT FROM THE COURTS BEING CLOSED DURING THE INITIAL SHUTDOWN, AND ULTIMATELY HELP US REMOVE BAD ACTORS FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND LAST, BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST THERE IS A $250,000 ALLOTMENT FOR YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT CRIME IS A COMPLEX ISSUE AND STEMS FROM A MULTITUDE OF FACTORS.

MANY OF WHICH ARE A RESULT OF A LACK OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.

AND THIS INVESTMENT WILL NOT ONLY ALLOW OUR YOUTH TO EARN A WAGE, BUT ALSO VALUABLE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE THIS INVESTMENT WILL HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR YOUTH, THEIR FAMILIES, OUR ECONOMY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR ENTIRE PARISH THAT BRINGS ME TO PREMIUM PAY FOR ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES.

LAST YEAR, ALL NONESSENTIAL BUSINESSES CLOSED THEIR DOORS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY.

DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, WE CLOSED OUR CITY PARISH DOORS FOR A TOTAL OF SIX WEEKS TO LIMIT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONA VIRUS BETWEEN RESIDENTS ENTERING OUR FACILITIES AND OUR VALUED CITY PARISH EMPLOYEES.

HOWEVER, IT WAS IMPERATIVE FOR US TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR ESSENTIAL WORKERS CONTINUED TO REPORT TO WORK FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

I JUST WANT TO PAUSE RIGHT THERE AND ASK THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND SO PREMIUM PAY FOR ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES IS A PRIORITY FOR ME.

WE HAVE PROPOSED AN ALLOCATION OF $4 MILLION FOR PREMIUM PAY.

NOW PREMIUM PAY LIES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN AND THE GUIDELINES SET BY THE US TREASURY.

THE PARISH ATTORNEY IS CURRENTLY SEEKING AN OPINION FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ENSURE THAT THIS ALLOCATION IS ALLOWABLE UNDER LOUISIANA LAW.

THIS ADMINISTRATION, UH, IS PENDING.

UH, I SHOULD SAY THIS ALLOCATION OF PAY IS PENDING THE OPINION OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, BUT THROUGH ITS INCLUSION IN TODAY'S PROPOSAL,

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WE WILL BE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE THIS ONE-TIME PAYMENT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

COVID-19 NOT ONLY AFFECTED OUR HEALTH, BUT IT SHAPED OUR ECONOMY.

AND IT IS IMPERATIVE FOR US TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF BOTH OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR ECONOMY.

AS WE CONTINUE TO RECOVER, WE INTEND TO ALLOCATE $2 MILLION TO SUPPORT INDUSTRIES AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC, ESPECIALLY OUR HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY AND OUR TOURISM INDUSTRY.

THE INVESTMENT OF THESE DOLLARS WILL HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT THROUGHOUT OUR PARISH.

AND I'M CONFIDENT THIS WILL GIVE OUR ECONOMY A SIGNIFICANT BOOST.

AND THIS PANDEMIC HAS MADE US KEENLY AWARE OF THE ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FACING OUR RESIDENTS.

AND AS A RESULT, IT IS EXASPERATED THE NEED FOR QUALITY SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR PARISH.

THIS INCLUDES A $1.5 MILLION INVESTMENT IN THE PLANK ROW CALUMET DEVELOPMENT, WHICH INCLUDES OFFICE SPACE, 15 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, AND A HEAD START FACILITY RUN BY THE WIDE WCA.

THE HEADSTART FACILITY WILL PROVIDE FREE CHILDCARE TO 60 CHILDREN RANGING FROM NEWBORNS TO THREE YEARS OLD AND PROVIDE SERVICES TO LOW INCOME PARENTS LOOKING FOR WORK OR FINISHING SCHOOL.

AND IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT THIS INVESTMENT WILL NOT ONLY PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OUR FAMILIES, BUT ALSO PROVIDE SPACE FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND EMPOWER OUR PARENTS TO SEE GREATER OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND AS I DISCUSSED THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TODAY, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT INCLUDE THE $6 MILLION ALLOCATION FOR THE HOUSING FOR HEROES DEVELOPMENT IN SCOTLANDVILLE, THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD CREATE NEW JOBS IN NORTH BATON ROUGE DIRECTLY INJECT DOLLARS AND TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, THROUGH THE UTILIZATION OF A LOCAL DEVELOPER AND CREATE 36 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS WITHIN OUR CITY AND PARISH.

IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT THE IMPACT OF THIS $6 MILLION ALLOCATION GOES FAR BEYOND THE AREA OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

THIS PANDEMIC HAS SHOWN US HOW PUBLIC HEALTH ACTS AS A KEY COMPONENT FOR THE WELFARE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

IT HAS CERTAINLY SHAPED OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, OUR ECONOMY, AND EVEN PUBLIC SAFETY, OUR PROPOSED SO DEDICATED $2.2 MILLION FOR BLIGHT ELIMINATION EFFORTS, WHICH CAN BE USED FOR THE REMOVAL AND OR DESTRUCTION OF DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS, AS WELL AS CLEARING VEGETATION AND DEBRIS FROM VACANT.

LOTS, INVESTING IN BLIGHT REMOVAL IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR QUALITY OF PLACE, PUBLIC SAFETY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

A TOTAL OF $8.6 MILLION IS ALLOCATED FOR REPLACING AND IMPROVING EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES MAINTAINED BY THE CITY PARISH.

THIS INCLUDES FREE SECURITY MEASURES AT CITY HALL, WHICH WILL IMPROVE SAFETY CONDITIONS, UH, FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS LIMIT THE TRANSMISSION OF COVID-19 THROUGH THE REDUCTION OF HIGH CONTACT SERVICES.

NOW I COULD SPEND A LOT OF TIME DISCUSSING EVERY DETAIL OF THE PROPOSED ALLOCATION.

AND SOME OF YOU MAY SAY, YOU'VE ALREADY SPENT A LOT OF TIME DISCUSSING, UH, THE DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED ALLOCATION, BUT THERE INDEED IS MUCH, MUCH MORE, UM, THE DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING ALLOCATED TOWARDS OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT.

OUR CYBER SECURITY, OUR GRANT ADMINISTRATION, SOME OF OUR UPGRADES AND OUR KEY CITY PARISH BUILDINGS TO IMPROVE AIR QUALITY, AIR QUALITY AND VENTILATION.

BUT MY ATTENTION OVERALL WAS TO JOIN YOU ALL TODAY TO REITERATE NOT ONLY THE MAGNITUDE, BUT THE IMPORTANCE OF INVESTING THESE DOLLARS, NOT ONLY IN OUR PARISH, BUT INVESTING THESE DOLLARS IN OUR PEOPLE, OUR GREATEST RESOURCE, THESE PROPOSED ALLOTMENTS WILL HELP US CREATE A STRONGER FUTURE FOR EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, A FUTURE WHERE OUR RESIDENTS CAN REST ASSURE THAT THEIR DRAINAGE WAYS ARE FLOWING AS THEY SHOULD BE AND MOVING WATER AWAY FROM THEIR HOMES EACH AND EVERY TIME IT RAINS A FUTURE WHERE WE KNOW THAT OUR YOUTH, OUR FAMILIES AND OUR VISITORS CAN LIVE WITHOUT FEAR OF LOSING A LOVED ONE TO GUN VIOLENCE OR OPIOID OVERDOSES.

AND THEY CAN REST ASSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO LEAD SAFE, HOPEFUL, AND HELP.

YOU LIES A FUTURE OF ECONOMIC STABILITY.

ONE WHERE OUR BRIGHTEST MINDS STAY HERE TO START THEIR FAMILIES.

ONE WHERE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE AND SAFE HOUSING.

THIS ONCE IN A LIFETIME FUNDING HELPS US TO BRIDGE

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THE GAP IN PLACES WHERE OUR MUNICIPAL BUDGET OFTEN FALLS SHORT AND THEY WILL HELP US PAVE THE WAY TO PEACE, PROSPERITY, AND PROGRESS FOR EVERYONE.

I WILL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THESE ALLOCATIONS.

AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR DEPARTMENT LEADERS WHO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS PROCESS AND WHO WILL ALSO BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

BUT THAT BEING SAID, I LOOK FORWARD TO PAVING THE WAY WITH ALL OF YOU WITH THESE RESOURCES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, BUT GIVE ME A BURN.

WE'LL NOW HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON? I AM 87.

ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 87? DO WE HAVE ANY EMAIL COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL COMMENT IN FAVOR.

CAN WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, OR ANYONE WANTING TO, OR NEEDING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 87? OH, WELL I REOPENED, MAYBE SHE DIDN'T KNOW.

MAYBE SHE DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR IT.

I WILL TRY TO TREAT THAT CORRECT? YES.

MA'AM ONE SECOND.

HELLO, EVERYONE.

I'M KATURAH BUTLER REED.

AND I'M SPEAKING FOR, AND WITH THE COMMUNITY GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION STEERING COMMITTEE, VOLUNTEERING FOR THIS WORK ON BEHALF OF THE BLACK VOTERS MATTER FUND AND WITH OUR PARTNERS FROM THE POWER COALITION, THERE ARE MANY APPROACHES AND SOLUTIONS TO REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE AND INTERRUPTING VIOLENCE.

THE PRICE TAGS OF EACH OF THE ITEMS OUTLINED IN THE BUDGET, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE HRPA FUNDING APPEAR ARBITRARY.

WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THE LACK OF INPUT AND TRANSPARENCY AROUND NOT JUST WHAT BUT HOW THE FUNDS WILL BE USED.

THERE ARE CLEAR METRICS THAT OTHER SOCIETIES, CITIES AND COUNTRIES MEET FOR A FULLY FUNCTIONING, HEALTHY SOCIETY.

AND WE ASKED FOR ANY ARP FUNDING, INCLUDING TODAY'S PROPOSED FUNDING ALLOCATIONS TO INCLUDE THE PROGRAMMING.

WE BELIEVE TO GET US TO CLOSER TO ACHIEVING JUST IN WHOLE COMMUNITIES.

ARABIC FUNDING WAS INTENDED TO MEET IMMEDIATE NEEDS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THIS PROPOSED BUDGET, LACKS IMAGINATION, AND COMMITMENT TO THAT PRINCIPAL MEETING BASIC NEEDS.

WE NEED A COMMUNITY CENTERED PLAN.

WE ASKED FOR MORE TIME AND A ON THIS BOAT AND A COMMUNITY TOWN HALL OR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT APPROVAL FROM THE PUBLIC ON HOW THE FUNDING IS BEING USED.

ALSO THE TIMING OF THIS MEETING, 1:00 PM ON A ONE ON A WEEKDAY IS ALSO UNFAIR TO THE PUBLIC.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 87? SO LET ME EXPLAIN NOW IS THE TIME FOR ANYONE WHO LIVES IN OUR CITY AND WANTING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 87 TO COME FORWARD AFTER THIS MOMENT, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AND IF NO ONE IS HERE, WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 87, THEN WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THEIR PORTION OF MUNI.

ASHLEY, ARE THERE ANY EMAILED COMMENTS? APOLOGIES.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THERE'S FIVE COMMENTS OPPOSED ITEM 87.

ANYWHERE ELSE HERE.

WILL ULTIMATELY REDUCE LONG-TERM COSTS FOR THE CITY PARISH.

WE'RE GOING BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.

I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DID, ESPECIALLY TO THE FINANCE OFFICE.

UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THE ADMINISTRATION DID A GREAT JOB OF GETTING FEEDBACK TO US AND FROM US, UM, MANY OF THE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES THAT I BROUGHT UP IN MY AREA, AND I KNOW FROM SPEAKING TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT THEY'D BROUGHT UP IN THEIR AREAS, UH, ARE BEING ADDRESSED TO THIS.

UM, AND I KNOW THERE WAS QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND THAT KIND OF THING.

UM, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW WHO WROTE THE EMAIL BACK TO ME ON, UH, ON, ON THE QUESTIONS THAT I ASKED, BUT GOD BLESS HIM.

THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THERE.

UM, SO I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE THAT IT SAID THAT I APPRECIATE THE DIALOGUE THAT WE'VE GOTTEN.

UM, I THINK OVERALL, THIS IS, THIS IS A GOOD PLAN.

UH, THERE'S SOME ISSUES THAT WE CAN WORK THROUGH, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS AND THAT KIND OF THING.

UH, BUT, BUT KUDOS TO THE ADMINISTRATION.

UH, THIS IS A GOOD ONE.

SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, GO THERE.

UH, THANK YOU.

I'LL, UH, I'LL ECHO THAT APPRECIATE, UH, THE MAYOR PRESIDENT.

SHE USED THE TERMS ONCE IN A LIFETIME.

SHE USED THE TERM, UH, OPPORTUNITY WITH RESPECT TO THESE FUNDS.

UH, I GIVE, UH, CREDIT AND PRAISE ALSO TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.

UH, THESE, THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS WILL CREATE POST PANDEMIC OPPORTUNITIES, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I, AND, UH, TO, TO CREDIT THE ADMINISTRATION.

I THINK THAT THEY'RE MAKING SMART CAPITAL INVESTMENTS THAT

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AND SO, UH, I, UH, AM VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THAT AND, AND LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING IT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUNCIL MEMBER MOPE.

UM, UH, YEAH.

COULD I HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE COME POSSIBLY AND SPEAK, UH, THIS, THIS LADY'S QUESTION THAT SHE HAD ON THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, AS FAR AS SOME OF THE SPECIFICS OR WHAT HER CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED? IS THERE ANYONE THAT COULD SPEAK POSSIBLY ON THAT? I JUST WANT TO POSSIBLY MAYBE ANSWER HER QUESTIONS WHILE WE'RE IN HERE.

MA'AM THAT WOULD BE PERFECT COMING FROM THE TOP.

WELL, UM, I HEARD THE, UM, YOUNG LADIES QUESTION AND, UH, COMMENTS, AND I WILL SAY THAT OUR VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS, LET ME START, FIRST OF ALL, BY SAYING WE ARE RECEIVING NATIONAL ATTENTION FOR OUR VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS, SUCH AS SAFE, HOPEFUL, AND HEALTHY.

I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THE, UH, VIOLENCE INTERVENTION THAT WE HAVE NOW ESTABLISHED, UH, BEYOND SAFE, HOPEFUL AND HEALTHY HAS CERTAINLY MAKE AN, MADE AN IMPACT.

I WOULD CONTINUE BY SAYING THAT IT CERTAINLY IS A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH.

NOW, WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF THERE'S ANY ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED, AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THIS, WE ALWAYS HAVE AN OPEN DOOR POLICY AND WELCOME PEOPLE TO COME TO THE TABLE.

AND I EXTEND THAT TO THIS YOUNG LADY AS WELL, UH, MAY ROOM.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I THINK THAT, UH, SUMS UP A LOT OF STUFF AND IT GOES BACK TO REITERATING WHAT MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SAID.

ALSO, UH, YOUR ADMINISTRATION HAS WORKED WITH US BACK AND FORTH, COMMUNICATING WITH US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY EACH PART OF THE PLAN, UH, SET UP MEETINGS WITH US AND EVERYTHING.

AND, UM, AS FAR AS THE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION, I DID, I GOT A COUPLE OF EMAILS TODAY.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME I HAD RECEIVED ANYTHING ON IT.

AND I'M GLAD Y'ALL WERE HERE TO ANSWER A QUESTIONS.

AND AGAIN, REITERATE THE FACT THAT YOU ANSWERED ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS.

I THINK YOU PUT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TOGETHER.

UH, THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT YOU'LL PROBABLY GET WORKED OUT INTO DETAILS AS WE GO FORWARD, BUT THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.

AND, UH, I THINK WE GOT A GREAT PLAN GOING FORWARD TO USE THESE RESOURCES.

THANK YOU, COUNSELOR.

AND I'LL BE IN THE WINGS IF ANYBODY ELSE NEEDS COUNCIL MEMBER ROCCO.

YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO HAVE EVERY PROJECT FUNDED AND EVERY ALLOCATION OF MONEY THAT EVERYBODY WANTS.

SO, UM, I, NOT, ALL OF US WERE ABLE TO ATTEND A RECENT LUNCHEON THAT WAS HOSTED BY THE BUSINESS REPORT, BUT I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE THERE.

AND DR.

LAUREN SCOTT DID A PRESENTATION WHERE HE SPOKE ON A LOT OF THE FLOOD MITIGATION, UH, THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND TEAM WAS DOING, AND THAT WE'D BEEN WORKING TOWARDS AND HIS PRESENTATION REFLECTED THE EFFECTS OF ALL OF THESE MONIES THAT ARE GOING TOWARDS FLOOD MITIGATION.

AND HE STATED THAT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, BATON ROUGE WAS GOING TO SEE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN THE WORK THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION IS DOING IN THAT AREA AND ARENA.

WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF TALK FROM CITIZENS THIS PAST YEAR WITH RECORD RAINS AND FLOODING.

UM, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS BASED UPON THE MONEY THAT WE'RE RECEIVING AND THE WORK THAT OUR MAYOR'S OFFICE IS DOING MR. FRED RAFER SITTING THERE ON THE FRONT ROW AND ALL THE HOURS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN IS WE WILL SEE ACCORDING TO DR.

SCOTT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, THAT OUR RATES FOR OUR HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE WILL PLATEAU AND POTENTIALLY DECREASE.

WE WILL SEE THE CAUSE AND EFFECT OF THIS GOING ON MOVING FORWARD.

SO WE MAY NOT ALL SEE IT HERE NOW, SITTING, LISTENING TO NUMBERS AND READING WORDS ON DOCUMENTS, BUT WE HAVE DOCTORS AND PEOPLE FORECASTING THE IMPACT OF THIS GOING FORWARD.

SO I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU AND KEEP THAT IN MIND WHENEVER WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE THINGS, COUNCIL MEMBER.

NO, THANK YOU.

I'M GOING TO ECHO SOME OF THESE SAME SENTIMENTS.

UM, SO, UH, WELL DOWN TO THE ADMINISTRATION, UH, FINANCE, THANK YOU ALL FOR REACHING OUT TO US AND HAVING DISCUSSION.

UM, THIS IS A WELL THOUGHT OUT PLAN.

AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE BUCKETS THAT WE'RE TOUCHING WITH THIS MONEY, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UH, FROM A STRATEGIC PLANNING STANDPOINT, BOTH IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUDGETARY, THIS IS GOING TO PUSH US FORWARD TREMENDOUSLY.

YOU TALKED ABOUT A SHOT IN THE ARM.

THIS WILL BE INCREDIBLE AS FAR AS STRATEGIC PLANNING ON, ON DRAINAGE, WHICH YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND BUDGETARY TO PUT US IN A BETTER POSITION GOING FORWARD FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE FRUITS OF THAT KIND OF INVESTMENT.

UM, THIS HAS BEEN, THIS IS GOING TO BE HUGELY IMPACTFUL.

UM, AND I THINK IT'S A WELL THOUGHT OUT PLAN AND YOU CAN ALWAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, I THINK IT'S ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE AT THE TABLE DISCUSSING HOW TO SPEND DOLLARS WHEN THEY'RE COMING THROUGH.

THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT THING.

AND, AND I THINK, UH, INPUT FROM THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN GREAT, UM, WHICH IS THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY.

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UH, EVERYBODY UP HERE WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.

AND EVERYBODY SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE OR WATCHING AT HOME WOULD AGREE WITH THAT, BUT THIS IS A FANTASTIC, UH, APPROACH AT, UH, UTILIZING THESE FUNDS IN A BROAD SCOPE FOR THE ISSUES THAT EXIST TODAY, AS WELL AS MOVING FORWARD FROM A STRATEGIC STAND, UH, PLANNING STANDPOINT, UM, IN A, IN A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT AREAS THAT AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

SO KUDOS TO YOU ALL WHO PUT IN THE WORK ON THIS FROM A FINANCE AND BUDGETARY STANDPOINT AND THAT ADMINISTRATION MAKING SURE WE TOUCHED ALL OF THE COMMUNITY AND DIFFERENT AREAS, UH, FOR PUBLIC SAFETY TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND BEYOND.

SO THANK YOU KIND OF PHONE NUMBER, CALL ME.

THANK YOU, SIR.

MAY I APPROACH HIM? I WOULD THERE NOT SIT HERE AND SAY THE SAME THING THAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SAID, BECAUSE IT'S ALL WELL SAID.

THAT MAKES SENSE ON Y'ALL.

AND SO WE'D SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU THAT PUT TIME AND EFFORT IN TO MAKING THIS, THE PLAN THAT IT IS.

I'D LIKE TO SAY TO THE YOUNG LADY, AS YOU LOOK AROUND HERE, EACH ONE OF THESE DISTRICTS, EACH ONE OF US REPRESENT A DISTRICT THAT'S IN THAT PLAN THAT THE MAYOR HAS PRESENTED.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, IF YOU ARE IN 10, IF YOU ARE IN 10, THEN IT WOULD BE MY FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT I INCLUDE THE CONCERNS OF 10 HERE AND THAT I GET IN THIS BUCKET HERE AND GET SOME OF THIS IN ORDER TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT CRIME OVER THERE.

AND WITH ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THAT, WHICH HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO US THIS AFTERNOON, RIGHT? MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN TO APPROVE ITEM 87, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS THAT SOMEONE ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF EVERYONE ELSE HERE? GREAT JOB, MAYOR BROOME, LET'S BE CLEAR.

THIS IS A PORTION OF MONEY.

WE DO HAVE A LARGER BUDGET THAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IN THE COMING WEEKS.

AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO TALK ABOUT HOW MONEY IS GOING TO BE SPENDING OUR CITY PARIS.

SECONDLY, I DO WANT TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY.

THIS IS A RESCHEDULED MEETING.

UH, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THIS MEETING LAST WEEK AT 4:00 PM AND OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED TIME.

WE HAD TO RESCHEDULE AS A RESULT OF THE WEATHER AND BASED ON MANY, MANY DIFFERENT SCHEDULES.

WE CAME UP WITH THIS TIME FOR US ALL TO BE HERE.

WE PUT IT LATER IN THE WEEK, HOPING TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE ALL ABLE TO ATTEND.

SO HAVING SAID THAT IF THERE IS NO OPPOSITION TO ITEM 87 AND IT HAS BEEN APPROVED, AND WE

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NOW MOVE TO ITEM 88, UH, CONSIDERATION OF THE ITEP APPLICATION FROM THE INTERNATIONAL MESO TECHNOLOGY THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2021 BY THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURER.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ADA, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 88, DANI, GOOD AFTERNOON, DONNIE MILLER WITH THE BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER.

UH, WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME NOTES ON THIS PROJECT THAT INTERNATIONAL MEZZO TECHNOLOGIES HAS BEEN WORKING ON, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.

THEY DESIGNED ENGINEERED MANUFACTURED HEAT EXCHANGERS FROM CONCEPT DRAWINGS TO ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING LOCATED IN NORTH BATON ROUGE AND DISTRICT FIVE.

UM, THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT NEW MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT, UM, AND TO INCREASE MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES, EFFICIENCIES, AND IMPROVE QUALITY INCREASE AND RETAIN CUSTOMERS.

THIS ALSO INCLUDES SOME NEW SOFTWARE AS PART OF THE INTEGRATION.

THE INVESTMENT IS $387,654.

IT'S GOING TO BE A CREATION OF TWO ADDITIONAL JOBS WITH AN ADDITIONAL PAYROLL OF $100,000, TAKING THEIR EXISTING PAYROLL FROM 3.3 MILLION TO 3.4 MILLION.

THE 10 YEAR LOCAL TAX REVENUE IS ESTIMATED TO BE $77,727.

AND THE GENERAL FUND ABATEMENT FOR 10 YEARS IS $3,544.

THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT.

THIS IS A NORTH BATON ROUGE COMPANY THAT CONTINUES TO GROW.

UM, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE TREMENDOUS GROWTH OVER THEM OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS AS THEY CAPTURE NEW CONTRACTS.

BUT, UH, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT.

BEFORE APPROVING THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

THANK YOU, DON.

ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND ALL YOUR EFFORTS AROUND THESE PROJECTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 88, ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 88 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER THIS ITEM TO NEXT WEEK.

WE HAVE A, ANOTHER ITEM CONCERNING THIS EXACT COMPANY NEXT WEEK TO TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION NEXT WEEK, RELATIVE TO THIS COMPANY

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I THINK IT'S JUST SMART BUSINESS PRACTICE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION FIRST AND THEN TALK ABOUT HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.

THERE'VE BEEN A NUMBER OF SECONDS GO HERE.

I WAS WONDERING IF, UM, THIS IS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE, I THINK, BUT IF, UNLESS THERE'S AN OBJECTION FROM THE REPRESENTING COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, THAT WE DELAYED THIS ITEM FOR 30 DAYS, BECAUSE BASED ON WHAT THE ISSUES ARE AND US NOT BEING FAMILIAR WITH THAT PROCESS, IT'S JUST THE FIRST TIME.

UM, THERE'S BEEN SOME, UM, SOME INDICATION THAT REQUIREMENTS FOR A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY TAB WERE NOT MET.

AND FOR ME, IT'S ALSO A LEARNING EXPERIENCE.

SO I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD FIT COMPLETE THAT CONVERSATION AND THEN COME BACK AND APPROVE THIS, UM, IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE ITEP RULES, WE WOULD NEED, Y'ALL NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS, UM, AT YOUR NOVEMBER 23RD MEETING AT THE ABSOLUTE LATEST.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE 23RD, 30 DAYS WOULD BE MORE THAN, OH, OKAY.

23RD.

THAT WOULD BE THE ABSOLUTE LATEST YOU COULD TAKE IT.

THE 1ST OF NOVEMBER 23RD MEETING IS THE BEST, THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

IF THERE'S A SECOND FOR THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION, I'LL WITHDRAW MY INITIAL MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THE SUBSTITUTE THERE A SECOND TO THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION, I'LL WITHDRAW MY ORIGINAL MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER, HUDSON DONNY.

UM, CAN YOU SHARE WITH US, UM, THIS IS NEW INVESTMENT, RIGHT? THERE'S THERE'S NO BEARING OF ANY PREVIOUS ITEP APPROVAL OR DEFICIENCY ON THIS APPLICATION.

THIS, THIS DOES MEET OUR CURRENT ITEP REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'VE OUTLINED FOR COMPANIES.

TO ME, IT DOES.

THIS IS A SEPARATE APPLICATION FROM THE NONCOMPLIANCE THAT YOU'VE BEEN MADE AWARE OF, WHICH THE NONCOMPLIANCE WAS FROM 2019, VERY SEPARATE INVESTMENT, VERY SEPARATE JOB CREATION, COMPLETELY SEPARATE ISSUES.

I'M HAPPY TO GO INTO SOME MORE DETAILS, BUT I THINK DEFERRING THIS ITEM HAS NO RELEVANCE TO THE CONVERSATION AT HAND FOR THEIR NON-COMPLIANCE.

THIS IS A STANDALONE ITEM WITH, WITH THIS COMPANY WHO IS IN FACT IN COMPLIANCE TODAY, I LEAN A LITTLE BIT TO DEFER TO THE PROTESTS, WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS RELEVANT TO THE CONVERSATION, BUT, UM, IF WE'RE GOING TO DEFER, IF THE MOTION IS TO DIFFER BASED ON THE NONCOMPLIANCE ISSUE, IS IT OKAY FOR US TO GET AN EXPLANATION OF THE NONCOMPLIANCE AND THE NATURE OF IT? UH, AND THAT SORT OF THING HERE AT THE SITE? PROBABLY NOT.

IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO HAVE THE BEST PLACE TONIGHT ONLY BECAUSE IT'S AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TO DISCUSS AT THE NEXT MEETING.

UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST, I WOULD JUST ARGUE THAT THIS COMPANY IS IN COMPLIANCE.

WE'VE, WE'VE OUTLINED VERY CLEARLY AND SUCCINCTLY OUR RULES AND THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE.

I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE TONIGHT.

IS THAT A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO SHAWNA'S ORIGINAL MOTION? YES, SIR.

AFTER MY SECOND CANDIDA SECOND BY COUNCIL NUMBER LOCKER, HE'S MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE TONIGHT.

SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO APPROVE TONIGHT, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

ROBERT, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MACHINES.

WE WANT TO VOTE ON THE MACHINES.

IT'S NOT YOUR TURN JUST YET.

COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, WHO DON'T GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER, GO THERE.

NUMBER 23RD, 23RD? NO, NO, I'M SORRY.

UH, I ACTUALLY HAD SOME OF THE SAME QUESTIONS.

I VIEW THIS AS A STANDALONE AND NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE CONVERSATION OF NEXT WEEK.

UH, ALTHOUGH I UNDERSTAND THE COMPANY'S NAME IS THE SAME.

MY APPRECIATION ALSO IS THAT THERE'S A STATE BOARD THAT HAS ALSO TAKEN SOME FORM OF ACTION.

MAYBE I'LL FORM THIS AS A QUESTION.

DONNA, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE ACTION THAT THE STATE BOARD TOOK WITH RESPECT TO, UM, UH, THESE, THE COMPANY HERE THAT WAS IN NONCOMPLIANCE ON THE 2019 APPLICATION, I'M NOT REFERENCING THE ITEM THAT'S BEING INTRODUCED WITH RESPECT TO WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.

NOW, THERE WAS A MEETING OF THE STATE BOARD WHERE THEY DISCUSSED THIS FROM TALKING ABOUT THE CURRENT ITEM, CORRECT? YES, SIR.

PLACE THIS ON THE AGENDA.

THE BORDER COMMERCE INDUSTRY HAD TO HAVE APPROVED IT TO KICK IT DOWN TO THE LOCALS, METRO COUNCIL, SCHOOL BOARD, AND SHERIFF, WHICH THE SCHOOL BOARD, IF I GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INTO YOUR QUESTION AS ALREADY APPROVED THIS AND APPROVE THIS UNANIMOUSLY, SHERIFF WILL DETERMINE THAT AT A LATER TIME, BUT STILL UNDER THE SAME TIME CONSTRAINTS THAT WE'VE ALL DISCUSSED HERE WITH A 30 DAY NOTIFICATION TO MAKE A 30 DAY TERM TERMINATION ON THIS ITEM.

BUT YES, BOTH THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY AND THE SCHOOL BOARD HAVE APPROVED THE SITE.

AND WHAT IS THE DATE BY WHICH WE, THIS COUNCIL WOULD NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS ITEM

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NOT WHAT WE WOULD PROPOSE TO DEFER IT TO WHAT'S THE DATE IS THAT NOVEMBER 28TH IS THE DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO THEM.

BUT THE LAST WEEK THAT Y'ALL HAVE IS NOVEMBER 23RD.

I HAVE A SECONDARY CONCERN THAT WE PUSH IT THAT CLOSE TO THE DEADLINE.

AND I WOULD ANTICIPATE IF WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION ON ITEM 88 RELATED TO MEZZO, WE WOULD HAVE A SIMILAR CONVERSATION AROUND THE NEXT ITEM, ALTHOUGH I'M NOT DISCUSSING THAT ONE.

UH, BUT THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS ALSO AN ITEP APPLICATION.

SO, UM, FOR THAT REASON, I WOULD SAY I SUPPORT TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TONIGHT.

SO THE PRECEDENT THAT WE WERE SETTING IS THAT IF WE HAVE A CANDIDATE THAT HAS FOUR, THAT HAS NOT.

SO IN GOOD FAITH, WE ARE APPROVING THESE ITEMS BASED ON A SET OF STANDARDS.

SO WE'RE SAYING THAT IF THEY WERE NIG OR THEY DEFAULT ON A PREVIOUS APPLICATION AND THEY COME UP WITH A NEW ONE IT'S OKAY.

SO, AND I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.

SO IF I BUY A CAR AND IT GETS REPOSSESSED, THEN WHEN I FILL OUT ANOTHER APPLICATION FOR A CAR, THEN I SAY THAT HAD NO BEARING IF I'M A LESTER CHILD.

AND THEN I GO APPLY FOR ANOTHER JOB IN A CHILDCARE.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, WELL, THAT WAS AT THE OTHER DAYCARE.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO MOLEST THE CHILD HERE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT RATIONALE AT ALL.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE MORAL INTEGRITY OF THAT AT ALL.

THEN IF THIS PART, IF THIS COMPANY, THE SAME COMPANY, I DON'T CARE HOW MANY DIFFERENT PROJECTS IT'S THE SAME LEADERSHIP, IS IT THE SAME, UH, UM, UH, MEMBERSHIP? IT'S THE SAME BOARD.

IF THEY NEGLECTED TO FOLLOW OUR GOOD FAITH EFFORT, WHERE THE, I TELL WHAT IS THE SENSE OF APPROVING THEM TO DO IT ON ANOTHER PROJECT? I NEED SOMEBODY TO EXPLAIN IT TO ME.

WHAT'S THE POINT OF HAVING TO HISTORY? WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, I TAKE THE EXPLANATION THAT ONE MIGHT OFFER SHOULD BE DONE AT A LATER TIME.

WE GOING TO VOTE ON THESE ITEMS RIGHT NOW.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST.

AND THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS TO APPROVE AS IS.

WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MACHINES.

THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL NUMBER HUDSON AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL NUMBER ROCKER TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS IS, AND IT'S NOT TO BELABOR THE CONVERSATION, BUT IT IS TO MOVE FORWARD.

COUNCIL NUMBER DONE.

I COULDN'T AGREE WITH THE PRO AND COUNCIL WOMAN, SENIOR COUNCIL, WOMAN BANKS, THE MORE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM GENERAL PUBLIC PEOPLE WHO VALUE THE TAX DOLLARS AND WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THEM, HOW WE, UH, UTILIZING THEM TO INCENTIVIZE BUSINESS AND GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.

AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST POINTS THAT I GET FROM THOSE FOLKS IS THE STANDARDS THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE BY THIS BODY, THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL, THEY LIKE TO SEE THOSE STANDARDS BE MET.

I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT.

UH, WE HAVE A SECOND APPLICATION BY SOMEBODY WHO PROBABLY HAVE NOT, UH, ARE THERE SOME INFORMATION THAT SUGGESTS THEY HAVE NOT MET THOSE STANDARDS? SO I DON'T SEE THE PROBLEM IN DELAY IN HIS EYES, THIS ITEM TO INVESTIGATE THE PREVIOUS APPLICATION TO MAKE SURE THEY MET THE STANDARDS.

I TOTALLY DISAGREED AT 89 AND 88 ARE THE SAME.

IT'S A DIFFERENT COMPANY.

COCA COLA HAS NOT HAD ANY IMPLEMENT THAT I'M, THAT I'M AWARE OF, NOT MEETING STANDARDS IN THE PAST.

SO, NO, I DON'T THINK YOU LOOK AT THEM THE SAME.

SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THAT, AND THIS IS NOT A DENIAL.

IT'S A DELIGHT TO TOTALLY INVESTIGATE THE SITUATION, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD PARTNER WHO'S GOING TO ACT AND PERFORM IN THE SPIRIT OF THE RULES OF THE PARAMETERS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE BY THIS BODY.

IRIS COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.

SECOND TIME.

NO, I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T COUNCIL MEMBER, NO DONNY.

SO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, THE ITEL RULES, WHICH COME FROM THE STATE, IS THAT ACCURATE? DO THEY HAVE ANYTHING THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS FROM COMING? IF THERE WERE A PROBLEM WITH THE PREVIOUS ONE? NO, BECAUSE THIS IS A SEPARATE APPLICATION IT'S GRADED AND JUDGED ON ITS OWN PROJECT.

MERIT.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT WOULD HAVE STOPPED IT FROM COMING.

SO IT WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE RULES AS LAID OUT BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND IT MEETS IT ALL.

IT MEETS IT ALL.

A PREVIOUS APPLICATION, UM, COMPLIANCE AFFECTS A NEW APPLICATION.

SO THERE'S NOTHING, THERE'S NO RULE IN PLACE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT, UH,

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DOES THAT EXIST? IT DOESN'T TODAY.

THIS IS THE FIRST NONCOMPLIANCE THAT EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH HAS EVER SEEN, WHICH IS PROBABLY TO THE GOOD POINT OF, UH, COUNCILWOMAN BANKS AND, AND, UH, COUNSELING DONE THAT.

THIS IS, THIS IS NEW.

THIS IS UNCHARTED TERRITORY.

WE DID SEE THREE EXAMPLES COME TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE INDUSTRY.

AND AGAIN, I'LL SPEAK VERY BAILEY TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT AT ALL, TO GIVE GUIDANCE FOR HOW PARISHES AND LOCAL BODIES, UH, LOOK AT THESE AND THEIR GUIDANCE WAS TO TAKE EVERYTHING ON AN INDIVIDUAL MERIT, BUT THEN HAVE A VOTE FROM THE LOCALS TO COME BACK, UH, FOR A DECISION AT THE BOARD OF COMMERCE DINNER, TRACY.

SO THEY WILL HEAR YOU, THEY WILL TAKE YOUR ADVICE ON HOW TO HANDLE THIS, BUT THAT NONCOMPLIANCE ISSUE IS VERY SEPARATE FROM THIS APPLICATION.

BASED ON THE RULES THAT WERE BASED ON THAT FOR US AT THE BOARD COMMERCE.

AND I APPRECIATE AND VALUE THE INPUT OF MY COLLEAGUES.

I TRULY AM GRATEFUL FOR THE DISCUSSION.

I WOULD OFFER UP AN ANALOGY FOR THIS WOULD BE THAT THE CITY PARISH HAS BEEN A RECIPIENT OF FEDERAL FUNDS.

AND IN THE PAST, THE CITY PARISH HAS MISSPENT.

THOSE DOLLARS.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COULD HAVE AT THAT POINT SAID, YOU WERE NON-COMPLIANT.

WE ARE CLOSING OFF THESE FUNDS, BUT THE CITY PARISH SAID, NO, WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT A NEW APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL FUNDS AND WE'LL GO BACK AND RECTIFY HOW WE MISSPENT THOSE FUNDS.

SO I THINK A BETTER ANALOGY IS CLAIRE, UH, CORRECTING THE ERROR THAT WAS MADE, BUT NOT GETTING CUT OFF FROM THE FUNDS AS HAS HAPPENED WITH THE CITY PAIR FROM SOME FEDERAL STREAMS OF FUNDING, SOME REMOTE.

I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.

AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN BANKS WAS ASKING, YOU KNOW, REFERENCES, WHY, WHY SHOULD WE DO THIS? AND SO ON.

AND YOU KNOW, THE ONLY ANALYSIS I CAN COME UP WITH IS, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS OWNERS DO YOU KNOW THAT HAVE FAILED IN BUSINESS BEFORE DENYING? BUT WE HAD CONTINUED FORWARD WITH ANOTHER BUSINESS.

THAT'S THE WAY THAT I'M TAKING A LOOK AT THIS IS, YEAH, WE HAVE CERTAIN SITUATIONS.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SITUATION WAS WHILE THEY WERE DOING THAT.

LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S UNCHARTED TERRITORY AND SO ON.

SO I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY WE COULDN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THE UP OR DOWN VOTE ON THIS SEPARATE APPLICATION.

I WOULD HOPE AS A BUSINESS OWNER, MYSELF, THAT SOMEONE WOULDN'T JUDGE ME IF I HAD FAILED IN BUSINESS PREVIOUSLY BEFORE, BUT YET I CAME UP WITH ANOTHER IDEA AND I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS OTHER BUSINESS ON AND MOVE FORWARD THAT THEY WOULDN'T JUDGE ME BASED ON STRICTLY THE PREVIOUS SET OF GOALS OR WHAT MIGHT'VE HAPPENED IN THAT SITUATION.

SO WE, WE LEARN FROM IT AND I WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD MOVE FORWARD AND GO AHEAD AND TAKE THIS ONE FORWARD WITH OUR FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING, YOU KNOW, YOUR TIME.

THIS WAS COUNCIL MEMBER, MILKS TIME, COUNCIL MEMBER, PLEASE, PLEASE LET HIM TO SPEAK.

ARE YOU DONE? COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.

UH, I LIKE TO HAVE A COLLEAGUE COME AND EXPLAIN TO THE COUNCIL.

HI, IS IT THAT THE INFORMATION REGARDING, UM, THE ICAP, THERE WAS ANYBODY PAYING ATTENTION IN THAT THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME JUST GIVE THE COUNCIL MO UH, A HISTORY ON, UH, THE FACT WHY THIS IS SOMETHING NEW THAT WE ARE FACING.

AND THAT IS JUST SO HAPPENED BEFORE YOU SPEAK COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.

WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT THE NON-COMPLIANCE HOW, OKAY.

THE QUESTION IS NOT ABOUT THE COMPANY, BUT HOW IS IT THAT IT CAME TO PUBLIC NOTICE THAT THERE WAS SOME THAT MAY HAVE BEEN OUT OF COMPLIANCE? IT'S NOT THE ONLY ONE.

I WILL SAY THIS AS A PERSON THAT WAS AT THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY LAST WEEK, UM, RIGHT BEFORE THIS COUNCIL WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE BOARD CHAIR HAD STATED BECAUSE IN, UH, EAST CARROLL PARISH AND ALSO IN, UH, BOTH YOUR PARISH, THOSE BODIES HAD ELECTED TO DEFER TO THE COUNCIL.

SO MY NAME IS CARLA HUDSON.

I'M THE LEAD ORGANIZER FOR TOGETHER.

BATON ROUGE.

I LIVE IN 3, 1 6, HER STONE DRIVE.

I JUST MOVED THERE THIS WEEKEND.

SO, SO PRONOUNCIATION RIGHT.

UM, SO TODAY, UM, THERE HADN'T BEEN, I WOULD SAY LED HAD NOT BEEN CHECKING FOR COMPLIANCE OR WHETHER COMPANIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE WERE FOLLOWING WITH THE CONTRACT OF ITEP.

AND SO THERE WAS A REQUEST BY A BOARD MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY TO DO A STUDY, TO INVESTIGATE COMPLIANCE.

SO THEN THERE WAS THIS KIND OF RUSH OF, UH, COMPLIANCE ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT CAME BEFORE THE BOARD BEFORE THEY HAD AN INVESTIGATOR.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S BRAND NEW.

UM, BUT NOW THERE'S THESE ISSUES AROUND COMPLIANCE, PARTICULARLY AROUND, UH, JOB CREATION AND OTHERS.

AND SO

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AND WHAT THE COMMENT WAS MADE AT THIS MEETING WAS THAT THIS IS BIG, UH, BIG BOY, UH, OR WHAT'D HE SAY, ECONOMIC, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? AND THAT IF THE LOCALS ARE ONE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS, THEN THE LOCAL SHOULD TAKE SERIOUSLY THEIR ROLE TO MAKE A DECISION ON THESE NON-COMPLIANCE ISSUES.

UM, NOW I WOULD SAY THAT IN READING THE LETTERS THAT WERE SENT TO Y'ALL ON THE FIRST THING THAT WAS MENTIONED, THAT YOU COULD DEFER TO THE BOARD.

SO THAT, TO ME, THAT'S A LITTLE MISLEADING, UM, AND MAYBE EAST CARROLL PARISH AND BOLGER TOOK THEM UP ON THE FIRST OFFER THAT WAS PUT ON THE TABLE.

SO I WOULD SAY THE REASON WHY THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS COME BEFORE THIS BODY HERE IS BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT BEEN DOING THE DUE DILIGENCE TO CHECK FOR COMPLIANCE.

AND NO ONE ON THE LOCAL LEVEL WAS ALSO CHECKING FOR COMPLIANCE.

AND SO THIS IS NEW FOR THE WHOLE, UM, UH, THE WHOLE, UH, UM, PROGRAM.

AND SO I WILL SAY, TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.

UM, AND, AND THAT'S HOW WE GOT HERE.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER, AND YOU HAD A CONFERENCE WITH TWO MINUTES LEFT FINISHING THE SECOND TIME THIS WEEK, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE.

ON ITS MERITS, PREVENT US FROM STILL HEARING EVERYTHING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AT THE NEXT MEETING AND HAVING THAT DISCUSSION AND FINDING OUT HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

THANK YOU, COUNSELOR MATSON, DON, WHAT'D YOU COME BACK UP REAL QUICK TO DANI AS A PART OF OUR COUNCIL ITEP RULES.

WE ESSENTIALLY ADOPTED THE STATE RULES.

MY QUESTION IS IF WE WEIGH THIS APPLICATION ON ANYTHING OTHER THAN THOSE RULES, DOES THAT PUT US OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH ALL RULES AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE STATE RULES? NO, NO, IT DOESN'T.

IT WOULD NOT.

IT WOULD NOT PUT US OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE.

ASK YOUR QUESTION ONE MORE TIME.

IF WE WAIVE THIS APPLICATION, UH, ON ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE RULES THAT WE'VE ADOPTED, WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY THE STATE RULES, DOES THAT THEN PUT, PUT US OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH OUR OWN RULES AND THERE, AND THEN ALSO THE RULES OF THE STATE.

I DON'T SEE HOW IT COULD PUT US OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH OUR OWN RULES.

SO NOW, OKAY.

UM, THAT'S IT, THAT'S FINE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE REASON WHY I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD TONIGHT IS BECAUSE, UH, WHEN MANUFACTURERS ARE LOOKING AT THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY RECOGNIZE ITEP AS ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICIES.

UH, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY GOT TO GIVE MANUFACTURERS THE UTMOST FAITH IN THIS PROGRAM AND THAT WHEN YOU MEET THE CRITERIA OUTLINED BY THE COUNCIL AND BY THE STATE, UH, YOU ARE DUE.

SO IF WE NEED TO GO BACK AND REVIEW THOSE, THAT'S AN ARGUMENT TO BE MADE.

I'M NOT SURE I WANT TO OPEN THAT CAN OF WORMS, BUT IN THIS INSTANCE, THIS COMPANY HAS MET THE, THAT WHAT WE OUTLINED FOR THEM TO ACCOMPLISH.

UH, THE OTHER THING I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS, THAT WE ACTUALLY DID JUST RECEIVE A LETTER FROM MS. APRIL HAWTHORNE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BATON ROUGE, NORTH ECONOMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

UH, IT SAYS ON BEHALF OF THE BATON ROUGE, NORTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, WE ACKNOWLEDGED COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY UNITED AND INTERNATIONAL MEZZO TECHNOLOGIES PROPOSALS TO EXPAND THEIR FACILITY IN NORTH BATON ROUGE BUSINESS EXPANSION OF ANY SIZE WILL ATTRACT NEW CUSTOMERS, IMPROVE EMPLOYEE MORALE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, CREATE MORE JOBS.

WE SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL POSITIVE BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES IN NORTH BATON ROUGE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS A PART OF THE RECORD.

AND, UM, THANK YOU.

WELL, LET ME SAY THIS QUICKLY, UH, WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT.

UH, WE HAVE AN ART TIP, UH, THAT HAS MET ALL OF THE STANDARDS AT THE STATE.

WE REQUESTED AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ITEP PROCESS AS A LOCAL BODY.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE SURE WE'RE VERY TRANSPARENT IN HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING THINGS.

WE SIMPLY SAYING THERE IS AN AGENDA, AN ITEM ON AN AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING TO DISCUSS NON-COMPLIANCE OF A COMPANY WHO IS REQUESTING AN ITIP AT THIS MEETING.

SO WE'RE SAYING THEY'VE MET THE REQUIREMENTS TO BE APPROVED, RIGHT? THEY DID IT ONCE BEFORE, AND WE WANT TO DISCUSS WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE TO UNDERSTAND THE CHECKPOINTS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, UH, TO MAKE SURE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

AND SO MY REQUEST IS NOT TO DENY THE, I TIP IT'S SIMPLY TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION TO ENSURE THAT WE'VE DONE OUR PART TO BE TRANSPARENT, UH, WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IN TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN COMPANIES DON'T MAKE THE STANDARD.

AND THEN HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT AS AN ORGANIZATION, PRIOR TO ALLOWING THE EXACT SAME COMPANY TO HAVE THE SAME PRIVILEGES AGAIN, AS IT RELATES TO THEIR TAX DOLLARS.

THAT'S ALWAYS SAID, I DON'T SEE ANY CHALLENGES GOING FORWARD ONCE WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION.

HOWEVER, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION BEFORE WE GO FORWARD COUNCIL MEMBER.

NO.

SO WHAT I WOULD ASK IS WOULD APPROVING THIS REQUEST TONIGHT

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IF THERE IS ONE ON HOW WE APPROACH IT, NONE OF THAT WOULD CHANGE.

WE WOULD STILL THAT OPPORTUNITY APPROVING THIS BASED ON ITS MERIT.

DOESN'T TAKE THAT AWAY.

HOWEVER, IF WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION TO DECIDE, WE DON'T WANT TO APPROVE, THEN WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED WHEN THEY HAVE THE CONVERSATION THEY SAY, NOW WE DON'T WANT TO APPROVE NOW BASED ON WHAT YOU HAVEN'T DONE GOING FORWARD.

AND SO WE MAY, SO WE'RE APPROVED TONIGHT, HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND THEN SAY WE SHOULDN'T HAVE APPROVED.

I JUST THINK IT PUTS US IN A POSITION WHERE WE THINK WE'RE YOU TO CHANGE OUR APPROACH.

AND IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT COMES OUT OF THAT DISCUSSION NEXT WEEK, BUT UNDERSTANDING THE TIMELINE ON THIS ONE, I THINK WE WON'T HAVE TIME TO EVEN CHANGE OUR APPROACH AND RULES MAY BE ON HOW WE APPROACH IT FOR THIS ONE.

WHAT COMES OUT OF THAT DISCUSSION? I MEAN, THE RULE CHANGE ARE THE APPROVAL.

CAUSE AFTER THE DISCUSSION, WE'LL STILL HAVE TIME TO APPROVE OR DENY THE CHANGE TO CHANGE HOW WE APPROACH A COMPLETELY THAT MAY COME OUT OF THAT.

I'M SAYING NONE, NONE OF THAT GOES AWAY BY APPROVING THIS TONIGHT THOUGH, THAT THAT DISCUSSION IS STILL GOING TO OCCUR.

DEFINITELY A COUNCIL MEMBER.

NO, I UNDERSTAND, BUT I DON'T THINK HE'S JUST STUCK ON THAT PARTICULAR POINT.

I THINK WE JUST GO TO THE MACHINE AND IF WE APPROVE IT TONIGHT, WE MOVE FORWARD.

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA LOSE SLEEP OVER IT.

UH, SO WE'RE GOING TO, UH, VOTE ON IT.

OH, COUNCIL NUMBER DONE.

TO ITEM 88, 89, CONSIDER AN ITEP APPLICATION FROM COCA COLA BOTTLING COMPANY, UNITED GULF COAST, LLC.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE THIS POINT.

I WANT TO IMPRESS UPON MY COLLEAGUES THAT THIS ITEM IS LESS ABOUT MEASLES, COCA COLA AD TIP IS MORE ABOUT THIS BIDEN AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS? WE'VE BEEN GIVEN AUTONOMY ON THE LOCAL LEVEL TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS.

SO I THINK WE SEND A MESSAGE IN WHATEVER WE DO FOR FUTURE APPLICANTS.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO HANDLE THE COMPLIANCE OR NONCOMPLIANCE? I DIDN'T HEAR ANYBODY HERE TODAY.

HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH THE CURRENT ITEM OR APPLICATION ON HIS MIRRORS IS ALL ABOUT THE SAME COMPANY.

HAVING QUESTION MARKS ABOUT COMPLIANCE IN THE PAST.

AND I THINK SHOT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN BANKS.

HIS QUESTIONS WERE APPROPRIATE TO HER SEATMATE, BRANDON WHO'S A BANKER.

AND IF YOU WENT INTO BRANDON'S OFFICE AND HE PULLED THEIR CREDIT SCORE, AND THERE WAS SOME ISSUES ON THAT CREDIT SCHOOL THAT SURE WOULD HAVE IMPLICATIONS ON YOU GETTING A LOAN FROM HIS INSTITUTION OR NOT.

AND SO FOR ME, WHEN I EVALUATE THESE APPLICATIONS, IF THERE'S A QUESTION MARK BY APPLICANT, NOT MEETING THE METRICS OR HITTING THEM FOR REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SET BY THIS BODY, THAT GIVES ME REASON TO PAUSE.

BUT AGAIN, THAT'S AS COUNCILMAN PAUL SAID, LET'S VOTE ON THE MACHINES AND LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY AND A BOAT ON A SUBSTITUTE ITEM FIRST AND SUBSTITUTE ITEMS TO APPROVE ITEM 88 AS IS ASHLEY.

PLEASE OPEN THE MACHINES.

ERIC, ARE YOU GOOD ON YOURS? NO MISSION TO PROVE IS APPROVED.

WE NOW MOVE

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THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2021 BY COUNCIL AND TREASURER.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ITEM 89, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM, MADE IT NINE.

WELCOME BACK, DONNIE.

AND WELCOME BACK I TO SAY, I REALLY LIKED THESE 1:00 PM MEETINGS AND CHANCE TO GET, TO SEE SOME FAMILY COCA-COLA.

THIS IS A, THIS IS A BRAND THAT EVERYBODY I'M SURE IS VERY WELL AWARE OF WHERE THEY'RE DOING SOME PLANNING, SOME, SOME FANTASTIC INVESTMENTS, THE PROPOSED INVESTMENTS, 42 MILLION TO GIVE YOU A CLIP NOW AS A PART OF THE COMPANY'S LONG-TERM INVESTMENT STRATEGY AND TO MEET GROWING DEMANDS OF ITS CUSTOMERS ALONG THE GULF COAST, COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY UNITED AS EVALUATING EXPANSION OF ITS DISTRIBUTION CAPABILITIES AND LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI COCA-COLA UNITED IS CONSIDERING AN INVESTMENT AT THREE OF ITS LOUISIANA FACILITIES, BATON ROUGE, LAFAYETTE AND LAKE CHARLES, THE COMPANY PROPOSES AGAIN, 42 MILLION IN THE BATON ROUGE CAMPUS TO EXPAND THE EXISTING WAREHOUSE BY 120,000 SQUARE FEET.

THE WAREHOUSE EXPANSION IS ESTIMATED TO COST 21 MILLION.

THE CURRENT FACILITY IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 780,000 SQUARE FEET.

AND THIS EXPANSION WOULD INCREASE THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE TO ABOUT 900,000 SQUARE FEET.

UM, IN ADDITION, THIS INVESTMENT INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART VERDICT, ACUTE CASE PICKING SYSTEMS, WHICH WILL MORE EFFICIENTLY SERVE OUR CUSTOMERS, UH, PROVIDE GREATER SAFETY.

UH, THEIR CUSTOMERS PROVIDE GREATER SAFETY TO THEIR EMPLOYEES AND THE VERDICT QUEUE INSTALLATION IS VALUED AT ABOUT ANOTHER 21 MILLION AND WE'LL HELP AUTOMATE THE MATERIAL HANDLING AND PACKING OF THE PROCESS,

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UM, TO MAKE SURE TO, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT COUNCIL AND BANKS DISTRICT.

WE WANTED TO UNDERSTAND, UH, THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYEES AT COCA-COLA COMING OUT OF HER DISTRICT.

UH, AND IT WAS A LITTLE OVER 15%.

SO IT WAS PRETTY FANTASTIC THAT THE FOLKS LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY ARE WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY.

THIS ALSO HAD THE SUPPORT AS COUNCILMAN HUDSON MENTIONED OF NORTH BATON ROUGE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, ALONG WITH THE AIRPORT, BECAUSE THIS IS THE LARGEST AND STRONGEST TENANT AT THE BATON ROUGE AIRPORT.

THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS GOING TO BE NORTH OF 164 MILLION.

THE 10 YEAR REVENUE ON THIS PROJECT IS JUST CLOSE TO 3 MILLION.

IT'S A $2.9 MILLION.

AND THE ITEP, UH, 20 YEAR ABATEMENT IS $5.2 MILLION.

THEY'RE A HUGE COMMUNITY PARTNER PARTNERING WITH SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND URBAN LEAGUE OF LOUISIANA SOUTHERN, UH, LSU, A HUNDRED BLACK MEN, CRISTO REY, BOY, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

THEY'RE A PILLAR OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND THIS IS A, THIS IS A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY FOR BATON ROUGE.

SO I, UH, I HOPE THAT THIS FIND SUCCESS IN THIS ROOM.

IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AT THE SCHOOL BOARD AND SUPPORTED BY THE SHERIFF.

GO TO ITEM 90 ADOPTING THE FOLLOWING VALERA TAX MILLER'S RAISED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FOLLOWING WITH TAX JURISDICTIONS ON THE TAXABLE PROPERTY, EXCEPT A MILLAGE RATE FOR THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SHALL BE 11 ON ALL REAL PROPERTY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 89? ANYONE ELSE HE TO SPEAK ITEM? MAYBE NOW WE NOW TURN TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER, BANK SEVEN.

ANYBODY CHAIR THERE'S ANY OPPOSITION? I, I HAD A MADE A NINE HAS BEEN APPROVED.

NOW

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ONLY TO BE LEVIED DURING THE YEAR 2022 EASTBOUND WITH PARISH OPERATING TAX 3.15 CITY OF BATON ROUGE OPERATING TAX 5.75 EAST BANDWIDTHS PARIS MOSQUITO ABATEMENT, THE RHODA CONTROL DISTRICT.

1.06 EXPERIMENTS, PARIS MOSQUITO ABATEMENT VOTING CONTROL DISTRICT, ADDITIONAL POINTS, 65 EACH BANDWIDTH PARIS LIBRARY, 10.52 BEN RIDGE COUNCIL AND 82.13 MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES.

1.4, TWO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, 3.13 BEDROOM MUNICIPAL FIRE SALARIES AND BENEFITS.

6, 4 0 CONSOLIDATED ROLL LIGHTING DISTRICT.

NUMBER ONE, 1.85, ALISON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER NINE, 10.00, ALISON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER NINE, ADDITIONAL 5.00 BROWNSVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER THREE, 10.00 BROWNSVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER THREE, ADDITIONAL 5.00 BROWNSVILLE FIRE PEDESTRIAN DISTRICT NUMBER THREE, ADDITIONAL 10.00 MILES FIELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER THREE, ADDITIONAL 10.00 DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 10.00.

THESE BANDWIDTHS PARIS FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.

NUMBER ONE 9.00 PRIOR FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER EIGHT, 10.00 SHANI PRIOR FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER EIGHT, ADDITIONAL 15.00 CHANEY VILLE FIVE PETITION ADDITION NUMBER SEVEN, 10.00 CHENEY FIELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN, ADDITIONAL 10.00 BY THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.

IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 90? EXCUSE ME, CITY OF BATON ROUGE.

PLATOON WAS NOT ALL POLICE TASK 0.87.

I MISSED DOWN.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 90, ANYONE HERE? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOST TO APPROVED BY GREEN? SECOND OF OUR DAY ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED COUNCIL NUMBERS.

IF YOU WOULD, WE ARE GOING TO ALLOW

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OUR DEAR FRIEND SHARON MAN TO COME FORWARD.

WE'RE GOING TO SKIP DOWN TO ITEM, UH, AT THE REQUEST OF THE GENTLE LADY FROM DISTRICT EIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO SKIP DOWN TO ITEM 1 44 RECEIVING THE THIRD QUARTER 2021 REPORTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR PERFORMANCE OF GARBAGE TRASH, BULKY ITEM, WOODY WASTE.

IS THAT THE REPUBLIC ITEM BY THE COUNCIL MEMBER, DWIGHT HUSSON CONVERSATION.

EVERYONE IS EXCITED ABOUT IT'S MAN.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR IT.

OUR CONTRACTORS TO GET OUR STREETS CLEARED BACK INTO NORMAL.

SHE WORKED IN A CHALLENGING INDUSTRY AND AS MUCH AS WE ARE ALL ARE INCLUDING MYSELF COMPLAINING ABOUT OUR TRASH.

WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, YOU ANSWER THE CALLS AND YOU DO YOUR VERY BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT TRASH IS PICKED UP IN A TIMELY FASHION, EVEN WHEN THERE'VE BEEN CHALLENGES.

SO WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR EFFORTS.

HAVE THE PRESENTATION

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COMING.

SO, UH, I JUST HANDED OUT A REVISED PRESENTATION FROM THE ONE I DISTRIBUTED, UH, LAST WEEK, I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES WE'VE HAD SOME STATS LIKE I DID LAST TIME, PERFORMANCE RATINGS, SOME OF THE LANDFILL DATA.

I'VE ADDED SOME INFORMATION ON OUR DEBRIS COLLECTION FROM HURRICANE IDA, AND THEN I'LL HAND IT OVER TO KAREN BECAUSE THAT'S WHO HE WANTS TO TALK TO.

SO SOME OF THE ISSUES WE'VE HAD, UH, YOU THREE HAS BEEN PRETTY CHALLENGING FOR US.

UH, I WORKED FOR REPUBLIC IS BECAUSE INITIALLY IN AUGUST, LATE JULY, AUGUST, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE DELTA AREA CAME INTO OUR COMMUNITY, PRETTY DEVASTATING FOR EVERYBODY.

UH, BUT PROBLEM, WE FACED IN COLLECTION THAT THERE WAS MORE DRIVERS GETTING SICK OR THEIR KIDS ARE BRINGING IT HOME.

LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE WAS THE ISSUE THAT CHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS TIME IS THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO BACKFILL USING COMMERCIAL DRIVERS LAST TIME, THIS TIME THOSE DRIVERS WERE DOING THEIR JOB.

SO IT PUT A PRESSURE ON GETTING THE COLLECTIONS DONE CORRECTLY COMPLETELY AND ON TIME.

SO THAT, THAT WAS AN ISSUE.

SO, AND WE CONTINUED WITH THE FORCE MEASURE FOR THE COVID-19 VARIANT, THEN AUGUST 29TH, EVERYBODY REMEMBERS HURRICANE IDA.

YOU KNOW, WE SUSPENDED COLLECTION FOR ONE DAY, BUT, UH, WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD OVER 300 TREES, NUMEROUS POWER LINES IN THE STREETS THAT AFFECTED COLLECTIONS DURING THE FOLLOWING DAYS.

AND SO COMPLAINTS WENT UP IN THE MURPH WAS DOWN FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS BECAUSE THEY LOST POWER.

AND WHEN THEY RESTORED IT, IT AFFECTED ALL THEIR SAFETY ISSUES.

SO, AND SO THEY GOT THAT CORRECTED WE'RE WE'RE BACK TO NORMAL ON THAT ONE.

SO GO TO THE COLLECTION DATA AGAIN, THAT'S NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

PROBABLY GOING TO BE PRETTY DIFFICULT, BUT THIS, THIS, THIS IS NOT SHOWING AN IMPROVEMENT FROM THE SECOND QUARTER.

OUR CALLS ARE STILL GOING UP FOR THE THIRD QUARTER, BUT I THINK WE, WE, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE IT TURN AROUND AND SHARON'S GOING TO EXPLAIN WHAT SHE'S DONE TO HELP THAT TURNAROUND.

AND, UH, KNOW WE'D LIKE TO SEE A MUCH BETTER IMPROVEMENT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT.

SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, WHICH IS THE YEAR OVER YEAR PERFORMANCE INDEX, WHERE IT'S STILL UP, BUT AS YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE WHERE WE'RE SEEING A MARKET IMPROVEMENT, AS COMPLAINTS HAVE DRAMATICALLY DROPPED, AND THIS HAS BE FROM THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT REPUBLIC HAS DONE AND I'M TRYING TO CATCH UP.

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, AS YOU'RE SAYING, THIS IS THROUGH TODAY OR THAT YOU'RE SEEING A MARKET IMPROVEMENT IN, IN THE, UH, COMPLAINTS, THAT MEANS THE SERVICES IMPROVED COLLECTIONS IMPROVE, AND, AND SHARON'S GONNA BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT.

AND THEN AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE LANDFILL DATA, WHICH IS THE NEXT ONE, WE'RE STILL SEEING A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN OUR, IN OUR GARBAGE BEING COLLECTED AT THE LANDFILL.

WE'RE STILL ABOUT 15 TO 20% HIGHER THAN PREVIOUS YEARS.

SO LET ME DO A LITTLE BIT OF THE HURRICANE DEBRIS AS YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING, THIS IS THROUGH YESTERDAY 56 DAYS COLLECTING DEBRIS.

SO WE FINISHED UP THE NORTH.

SO WE COLLECTED 274,000 YARDS OF VEGETATIVE AND C AND D DEBRIS.

AND I HAVEN'T BREAKDOWN FOR IT HERE ON THAT ONE.

UH, WE'RE STILL COLLECTING IN THE SOUTH ZONE.

THAT'S THE SOUTH ZONE IS BELOW SOUTH OF FLORIDA BOULEVARD.

SO, SO FAR WE COLLECTED, UH, 12,342 LOADS WERE OVER 600,000 CUBIC YARDS OF DEBRIS.

WE'RE GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO BEING FINISHED WITH OUR SECOND PASS IN SOME AREAS.

AND WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, UH, PUNCH LIST ITEMS. WE'RE GOING TO START HANDING OVER AREAS, NEIGHBORHOODS BACK TO REPUBLIC THAT WE GOT THIS, WE'RE STILL THINKING THERE'S ABOUT 75,000 OR SO.

YARDS OF DEBRIS IS STILL TO BE COLLECTED.

SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, MARCHING RIGHT UP TOWARDS HUGO ON THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS, BUT IT'S LESS THAN 60 DAYS, I THINK HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT BY

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I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO REPUBLIC AND SHARON.

AND SO SHE CAN TELL YOU ABOUT HER IMPROVEMENTS.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE DRIVERS BEING AFFECTED BY COVID, BUT WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO.

AND IN THE PROCESS OF DOING, WHICH WAS HIRING ADDITIONAL DRIVERS AND BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT.

LUCKILY LAST WEEK WE GOT ALL THE EQUIPMENT IN ABOUT MID WEEK AND THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED SEEING THE CALLS DROP BECAUSE IT IS JUST LIKE I WAS EXPLAINING TO SOMEBODY EARLIER, IF YOU TRY TO PUT IT 25% MORE IN A BOX AND IT DOESN'T FIT, YOU GOT TO GET A SECOND BOX AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT A 15% OR A 25% INCREASE IN VOLUME, DID THE TRUCKS THAT YOU HAVE AND THE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU HAVE, YOU REACHED YOUR CAPACITY, FOUR TONS PER DRIVER PER DAY, JUST ON THE GARBAGE SIZE BESIDE WAS WHAT WE WERE SEEING.

AND WE NEEDED TO, TO COMPENSATE BY ADDING ADDITIONAL TRUCKS.

SO WE HIRED 15 ADDITIONAL DRIVERS, WE'VE GOT 15 MORE PROCESSING.

SO, UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE NOT HAVING A PROBLEM.

WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF PEOPLE COME IN TO APPLY, WHICH IS A GREAT THING.

UM, AND, AND WE'RE HIRING THEM.

SO ADDING THAT ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT WILL NOT JUST TAKE CARE OF THE GARBAGE VOLUME, BUT WE'LL ALSO TAKE CARE OF THE OUT OF CART RECYCLING WHATEVER'S NEEDED.

SO WHERE, WHERE SOME CONFUSION WAS COMING IN.

AND I THINK, UM, WE WERE HAVING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, DEBRIS CONTRACTOR US, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT GARBAGE, YOU TALK ABOUT OUT A CARD.

IT'S JUST THE BLUE TRUCK.

DOESN'T MATTER WHO IT IS.

THAT'S WHO PICKS IT UP.

THEY KEEP PASSING US UP.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, I HIRED A PERSON JUST TO COME IN AND MAKE A PHONE CALL TO EVERY PERSON THAT CALLS 3, 1, 1, AND THEY ANSWERED, THEY CALL THEM HER NAME IS CATHY.

SOME OF YOU HAVE TALKED TO HER, I'VE GOT A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS FROM SOME OF Y'ALL ON HOW SHE'S HANDLING THE RESIDENTS.

AND IT'S BEEN A BIG DEAL.

WHAT SHE'S DOING IS SHE'S TALKING TO THEM.

AND ONCE SHE FIGURES OUT, WHETHER IT'S FOR US OR FOR THE DEBRIS CONTRACTOR, SHE'S ACTUALLY WALKING THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS TO GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE WHILE SHE'S ON THE PHONE AND LETTING THEM SEE THE LIVE MAP AND SHOWING WHERE THEY ARE ON THE MAP.

SO THEY UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE COLLECTED BY THE STORM CONTRACTOR.

UH, I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR SOME PEOPLE, THEY BROUGHT HER TO ME CAUSE SHE HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL.

UM, I THINK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE PLEASED WITH THAT.

I THINK TRUE CUSTOMER SERVICE IS TOUCHING PEOPLE AND WITH US, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD SOME HICCUPS WITH SOME PEOPLE IN THAT POSITION BEFORE, BUT THIS PERSON WAS DEFINITELY A GODSEND TO ME AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

AND, UM, I'VE GOTTEN, LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS, NOT JUST FROM Y'ALL, BUT I HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS FROM RESIDENTS ON HOW SHE'S HANDLING THEM.

SO IF WE CONTINUE ON THE PATH THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, WE ARE GOING TO MORE THAN MEET THE INDEX THAT HAS BEEN SET FOR US BY THE CITY PARISH.

UM, WE HAVE SEEN WITH NEW DRIVERS COMES NEW CHALLENGES.

UH, SO THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF THE NEW DRIVERS THAT WE HAVE TO KIND OF LEAD BY THE WAY, BY THE HAND, BECAUSE THEY PASS UP THE GATED COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SEE IT, OR THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE CODE BECAUSE IT WAS UNDER GARBAGE INSTEAD OF REPUBLIC WHEN WE GOT TO PUNCH IT IN AND THEY COULDN'T FIND IT.

SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH THOSE CHALLENGES.

BUT WE ARE SEEING A DECLINE IN CALLS SINCE LAST THURSDAY, WHEN WE PUT ADDITIONAL FOR GARBAGE TRUCKS ON THE ROAD, EVERY FIVE ADDITIONAL REAR LOADERS ON THE ROAD, AND WE'RE ALREADY, WE ALREADY HAD THE ADDITIONAL, UH, BOOM TRUCKS.

AND WE HAD PUT OUR BOOM TRUCKS ON ALL OF THE OUT OF CART AND THE JUNK DEBRIS AND BAGS.

WE DID HAVE SOME COMPLAINTS FROM SOME RESIDENTS WHEN A BOOM TRUCK PICKS UP A BAG.

SOMETIMES IT WORKS FINE AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T.

SO WE'VE GOT TO GO BACK AND GET THAT CLEANED UP.

BUT WITH THE REAR LOADERS IN THE OUT OF THE BOOM TRUCKS, PICKING UP THE OUTER COURT MATERIAL IN THE BAGS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF THIS STORM DEBRIS OBVIOUSLY BE PUT IN BAGS.

SO WHEN YOU DRIVE UP TO SOMEONE'S HOUSE AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, 47 BAGS IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT IT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING'S GOING ON.

SO PICKING UP ALL OF THAT AND, UM, I DO FEEL THAT WE ARE SEEING THINGS GET BETTER.

I THINK YOU WILL BE PLEASED WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS OF SAYING THAT AGAIN, ADDITIONAL VOLUME, YOU GOT TO HAVE MORE CAPACITY.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

AND LOOK WITH THE PANDEMIC.

IT WAS NOT EASY GETTING THESE TRUCKS IN, I HAD FIVE DIFFERENT, UH, TRANSPORTERS THAT WERE TRYING TO BRING THEM TO US AND THEY HAD COVID ISSUES AND COULDN'T GET THEM HERE.

OUR DRIVERS ARE INTEREST DRIVERS, SO THEY CAN'T DRIVE ACROSS STATES.

SO WE HAD TO GET THEM SHIPPED IN TO US.

AND THAT WAS JUST ANOTHER CHALLENGE.

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I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST HIS KIDS JUST KEEP ON COMING, BUT WE FINALLY GOT THOSE IN AND WE'RE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT IT.

AND UM, I REALLY FEEL JUST LOOKING AT THE CALL VOLUME.

WHEN I GOT TO WORK THIS MORNING, THERE WERE EIGHT CALLS ON THE GARBAGE AND THAT WAS IT.

AND KATHY WAS ON TOP OF IT AND MOVING THROUGH THEM AND HAD TOUCHED EVERY PERSON.

SO I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

ANY QUESTIONS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON YOUR REPORT BEFORE WE GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO IF YOU'RE COM COMPLETED THE REPORT WITH AN ALTERNATE OUT OF PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME, IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 44, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 44.

NOW WE GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER, GO THERE.

HEY, THANK YOU, SIR.

RICK, YOU, YOU USED THE TERM, THE MURPH, UH, WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING, I WISH I WONDER IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN TO SOME FOLKS WHAT THAT IS.

I CAN'T LET THE, UH, UH, EXPERT TELL YOU WHERE YOU CAN LET WHOEVER WE CALL IT OUR MURPH, BUT IT'S A MATERIAL RECYCLING FACILITY.

THAT'S WHERE WE BRING ALL THE RECYCLING MATERIAL TO.

AND IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE HEART OF BATON ROUGE RIGHT THERE ON TOP.

UH, OKAY, RICK, I'M GOING BACK TO, YOU'RE THE EXPERT ON THIS ONE, WALK ME THROUGH THE PROCESS.

UH, THANKSGIVING COMES, ARE YOU DEACTIVATING THE CONTRACT WITH THE DEBRIS CONTRACTOR AND THEN DISCUSSING WITH REPUBLIC THAT HERE GOING FORWARD, ANY, ANY DEBRIS IS THERE.

SO, UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE TRANSITIONING NEIGHBORHOODS BACK TO REPUBLIC, BUT, UH, STARTING MONDAY THROUGH THANKSGIVING.

SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE BOOM, ONE TIME SHE'S GOT TO DO EVERYTHING.

IT'S GOING TO BE A TRANSITION AS THEY FINISHED THE THIRD PASS AND DO THE PUNCH LIST AND MAKE SURE AND THE INSPECTORS GO OUT AND MAKE SURE THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO OUT.

THEN WE'LL TRANSITION THAT TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA BACK TO REPUBLIC FOR FULL SERVICE.

I WILL ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL HEAR, UH, RESIDENTS WHO SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY, THEY BELIEVE THEY DIDN'T GET THREE PASSES, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, BUT THEY MAY SAY WE STILL HAVE DEBRIS THAT'S LEFT.

WILL REPUBLIC.

THEN PICK THAT UP.

IF, UH, WE GO BEYOND THE THIRD PASS FOR DRC.

WELL, WE'LL STILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF PIECES OF EQUIPMENT STILL AROUND, YOU KNOW, CAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET THEIR DEBRIS OUT.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO GO HAVE IT INSPECTED BY OUR, BY THOMPSON THOMPSON.

AND IF IT'S DEEMED THE STORM DEBRIS, THEN WE'LL COLLECT THE DESERT STORM DEBRIS.

SO WE CAN GET RID OF, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE PEOPLE RETURNING BACK TO NORMAL, YOU KNOW, PUTTING OUT SOME DEBRIS THAT'S, YOU KNOW, GREEN.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT BACK TO NORMAL PROCESS.

UM, TREES ARE LIKELY TO BE A POTENTIAL ISSUE.

AS I DRIVE AROUND, I DO SEE SOME LARGE SIZED TRUNKS AT THE ROAD, UM, IS DRC MANAGING THAT SITUATION.

IF A, IF SOME TRUNKS ARE AT THE ROAD, THAT IT IS EVIDENT THAT IT WAS NOT DONE BY AN AVERAGE CITIZEN IS DRC RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.

SO THE INITIAL DETERMINATION IS MADE BY THOMPSON CONSULTANT.

WHO'S OUR OR HIRED CONSULTANT THAT MONITORS THAT IF THEY CERTIFY IT AND THEY CAN SEE THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY THE STORM, THEN DRC WILL PICK IT UP.

IF NOT, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE RESIDENT REMOVE IT.

IT WON'T BE DONE BY REPUBLIC.

WHERE W WE GOT TO QUIT SAYING WE'RE PICKING UP TREES.

ANY OTHER COUNSELOR DOLL COUNSELOR? MY MELISSA SHARON.

THEY CAN'T, THEY CAN ONLY PICK UP WHAT'S DESIGNATED AS STORM DEBRIS OR FENCING OR RECONSTRUCTION AS A RESULT OF THE STORM FOR US, THEY CAN'T PICK UP BAGS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

UM, GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

JUST ABOUT 3, 1, 1.

WHEN DOES KATHY GET THE CALLS? DID THE 3, 1, 1 CALLS GO STRAIGHT TO HER OR ARE THEY REFERRED TO HER? OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE GARBAGE CALLS IN THE 3 1, 1 SYSTEM.

SO WHEN THE RESIDENT CALLS INTO 3, 1, 1, IT AUTOMATICALLY POPULATES TO MISS GARBAGE OUT OF COURT, WOODY WASTE, AND WE CAN SEE IT.

SO THAT IS ALL SHE DOES ALL DAY IS DEAL WITH 3, 1, 1.

THAT IS WHAT SHE'S HIRED TO DO.

AND SO, AND I WANT, AND WE'VE STARTED AND WE'VE TOLD HER WE WANT HER TO TOUCH EVERY RESIDENT, THEY CALL IT, SHE'S DOING A GREAT JOB CAUSE I'VE HEARD COMPLIMENTS ABOUT HER.

UM, SO OTHER QUESTION, WHAT, WHAT EXACTLY EVERYTHING IS, UH, DRC PICKING UP THAT Y'ALL ARE NOT PICKING UP AND WHAT ORDER ARE THEY PICKING IT UP IN? SO I CAN ANSWER WHAT WE'RE PICKING UP.

RIGHT? AND SO IT'S, UM,

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SO WE'RE PICKING UP BAGS AND EVERYTHING ELSE OUT OF CART, BUT THE WOODY WASTE AND THE GREEN OR THE GREEN WASTE WHERE WE CALL IT, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE PICKING UP.

AND, AND RICK CAN ELABORATE MORE ON THE PASSES.

THE FIRST ONE HAS TO BE JUST THE TREE DEBRIS.

THE SECOND ONE CAN BE THE FENCING.

THE THIRD ONE CAN BE THE RECONSTRUCTION MATERIAL.

BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE COMPLAINING.

THEY HAVEN'T PICKED MY FENCE UP.

THEY HAVEN'T DONE THIS.

HAVEN'T DONE THAT.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW FOR THEM TO KNOW THAT THAT ORDER, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY'RE GETTING MISSED.

AND THEN THE FRUSTRATION IS YOU SEE THE DRC TRUCK PASS BECAUSE THEY WERE ON THEIR FIRST PASS AND THE SECOND PASS IS FENCING.

AND THEN WE GOT FIVE TRUCKS PASSING BY THE SAME DAY AND WE'RE ALL PASSING IT UP.

AND IT'S BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE TIME TO PICK IT UP, BUT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.

I THINK COMMUNICATION IS VERY IMPORTANT IF WE COULD GET THAT OUT TO PEOPLE, THEY WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

THROUGH THE INSPECTORS ARE TAGGING THEM.

I THINK Y'ALL DO A GREAT JOB.

I, WE DO WELL, FIRST CHAIR NOW I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD TO HAVE THESE REPORTS, UH, AND ALLOW US TO KIND OF GET OUR HEADS OUT OF, UH, OUT OF OUR COMPUTERS AND JUST SEEING THE DAY-TO-DAY CALLS THAT WE GET AND KIND OF LOOK AT THIS AS A HOLISTIC PROGRAM.

SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.

I MEAN, VERY QUICKLY YOU GUYS, UM, SAID, YES, WE DO HAVE SOME ISSUES AND YOU'VE BEEN WORKING TO ADDRESS IT.

UH, I'M VERY, VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT.

UH, SO I WANT TO BE SURE AND SAY THAT ON THE RECORD.

UM, MY QUESTION OR MY CONCERN REALLY IS STILL THAT IN DISTRICT NINE OR PARTICULARLY THE MONDAY ROUTE, WE'RE SEEING OFTEN THAT THE ROUTE IS NOT COMPLETED ON A FAIRLY CONSISTENT BASIS.

UM, DO YOU THINK THAT THESE ADDITIONAL TRUCKS WILL ADDRESS THAT ISSUE? UM, AND, AND WHEN, WHEN DO WE EXPECT THAT WE CAN SEE THE MONDAY ROUTE BEING COMPLETED ON A, ON A REGULAR BASIS? WELL, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS, I WOULD TELL YOU BECAUSE MONDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, OR EXTREMELY HEAVY DAYS IN THOSE AREAS, I TELL PEOPLE THEY LIKE TO SHOP.

THERE'S A LOT OF DEBRIS, A LOT OF GARBAGE.

SO IT'S EXTREMELY HEAVY, OUR HEAVIEST DAY AND THE MOST NUMBER OF ROUTES WE RAN BEFORE THE ADDITIONAL TRUCKS WAS ON MONDAY.

NOT NECESSARILY THAT MONDAY IS GROWING, IT'S JUST THE VOLUMES GROWING.

SO I TELL PEOPLE IT, WE ARE GROWING IN BATON ROUGE, BUT THE NUMBER OF HOMES ARE KIND OF STAYING THE SAME.

SO IF YOU GOT SUBDIVISIONS POPPING UP OVER HERE, YOU'VE GOT PLACES THAT ARE COMING OFFLINE AS WELL.

SO WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE GROWTH AND THE NEW SUBDIVISIONS POPPING UP AND EVEN IN, YOU KNOW, THE SHENANDOAH AREA OR WHEREVER THE VOLUME WE'VE SEEN INCREASED IS AS MUCH IN THOSE AREAS ON OUR IT'S MAINLY OUR MONDAY, THURSDAY ROUTE, REALLY.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SAYING IT.

SO ADDING THIS FOR ADDITIONAL GARBAGE TRUCKS IS ABSOLUTELY GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

THE CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW WITH THE TRUCKS ON THE STREET, ANYTIME YOU PUT THE TRUCKS ON THERE, THEY'RE GOING TO, THEY'RE GOING TO PICK IT UP.

SO THE ADDITIONAL TONNAGE THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT PER ROUTE IS BEING TAKEN CARE OF THE CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW IS THE NEWER DRIVERS.

AND WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THEM THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THAT THEY, AGAIN, LIKE I TOLD Y'ALL LAST TIME, THE ARMS ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

SO THEY GOT A LOOP.

THESE STREETS OUTRIGHT.

IF YOU'VE LOOKED IN 3, 1, 1, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF STREETS, THEY'LL GO, THEY PICKED UP ONE SIDE, BUT THEY DIDN'T GET THE OTHER BECAUSE A BRAND NEW DRIVER DIDN'T LOOP IT AROUND.

SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'VE GOT, UH, WE'VE GOT ALL THESE SUPERVISORS OUT THERE THAT ARE TRYING TO GET BEHIND ALL OF THEM.

IT'S JUST SO HARD TO GET BEHIND 40 SOMETHING PEOPLE, BUT THEY'RE TAKING THOSE PEOPLE BACK GOING, HERE YOU GO, YOU GOTTA COME OVER HERE.

YOU GOTTA MAKE SURE YOU LOOP IN, AND THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT.

SO THAT'S THE LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY WORKING ON WORKING THROUGH THAT.

AND WE'RE SEEING IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT EVERY DAY.

AWESOME.

SO RICK, UM, ON DEBRIS PICKUP, UH, IN DISTRICT NINE, WE HAVE A FEW INSTANCES WHERE, UM, LIKE A PORTION OF A STREET, UH, STILL HASN'T RECEIVED THE FIRST PASS, UH, LIKE MAYBE HALF A STREET OR, YOU KNOW, JUST A NUMBER OF ADDRESSES.

UM, ALTHOUGH BY AND LARGE, THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN PICKED UP, UM, KIND OF WHY DID THAT HAPPEN AND WHAT ARE WE DOING TO GO BACK AND ADDRESS THOSE PORTIONS OF STREETS THAT HAVEN'T EVEN RECEIVED THE FIRST PASS YET? WELL, SOME OF THOSE STREETS AND I'VE LOOKED AT THEM ARE CUL-DE-SACS IN THOSE BIG TRUCKS, JUST CAN'T GET AROUND THOSE CALLED THE SAC.

SO THEY'RE BRINGING IN SOME SMALLER TRAILERS WITH SOME, UH, BOBCAT SKID STEERS TO TRY TO GET THOSE COLLECTED OUT IN THE SECOND PASS.

SO THEY'RE ALL GONNA GET COLLECTED.

WE'RE NOT SKIPPING ANYBODY EVERYBODY'S GOING TO GET COLLECTED.

OUR FIRST PASS AT A NEIGHBORHOOD MEANS THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF DEBRIS HAS ALREADY BEEN PICKED UP MAY NOT BE EVERY SINGLE PILE, BUT WE NEED TO KEEP MOVING

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THEY'RE GETTING PINNED ON THE MAP AND THEY WILL GET COLLECTED THE C AND D, WHICH IS FENCING MAINLY IS BEING DONE ON THE SECOND PASS.

SO, AND YOU CAN SEE, I CAN SEE IT ON THE DAILY INCREASE SO THAT, THAT DEBRIS AMOUNT, UH, EVERY DAY, UM, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD.

THE LAST THING THAT I'LL JUST PUT OUT THERE.

UM, ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY I WANTED TO HAVE THESE QUARTERLY REPORTS IS BECAUSE I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT THE SERVICE THAT WE OFFER, UH, AND STREAMLINING THAT.

SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT ON, ON EVERYBODY ON THE COUNCIL'S RADAR, THE ADMINISTRATION'S RADAR IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE REALLY GOT TO START THINKING ABOUT, UH, THE GOLD STANDARD SERVICE THAT WE OFFER IS GREAT.

UH, BUT ARE WE SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR TROUBLE, UH, WITH, WITH OUR OFFERINGS? SO, UM, JUST SOMETHING TO PUT OUT THERE FOR WHAT, YEAH, I'LL, UH, I'LL START WITH THE DEBRIS PICKUP.

IF YOU DON'T MIND.

I REQUESTED A, A MAP OF DEBRIS PICKUP.

UH, I GUESS IT WAS THE LAST NIGHT, TUESDAY WHEN WE WERE HERE, BUT THE LAST ACTUAL COUNCIL MEETING THAT WAS HERE AND THE MAP THAT I GOT WAS SHOWING AREAS THAT WERE ON THEIR THIRD PICKUP, UH, AND SOME, UH, IN MY AREA.

AND I KNOW THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH OUTSIDE THAT'S HANDLED BY THE PARISH IN, IN MY DISTRICT, BUT I MEAN, SOME OF THEM WERE SHOWING A THIRD PICKUP AND SOME OF THE AREA THAT LITTLE SMALL AREA WILL SHOW IT HADN'T BEEN EVEN BEEN PICKED UP AT ALL.

THE QUESTION I'M TRYING TO GET TO IS HOW STATISTICALLY UP TO DATE IS THE WEBSITE.

AND WHEN IS IT UPDATED, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS LOOKING UP THAT INFORMATION OR HOW FAR BEHIND IS IT? THE PROCESS IS THE DEBRIS CONTRACTOR TELLS THE INSPECTOR SUPERVISOR, HEY, WE FINISHED THESE AREAS AND THEY SEND IN THE NEXT DAY, UH, SOME SUPERVISORS ENDED UP GO CONFIRM THAT INFORMATION IN THERE.

AND THEN THEY DESIGNATE, YES, IT WAS DONE ON THE FIRST PASS OR SECOND PASS.

UH, THEY MARKED SOME PUNCHY ITEM LISTS THAT THEY FINISHED.

THEY FEEL LIKE THEY FINISHED A SECOND PASS.

THEN ONCE THAT INSPECTION IS DONE, THAT INFORMATION IS UPLOADED, UH, INTO THE THOMPSON GIS, WHICH IS AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFERRED INTO THE MAP.

SO IT'S, IT'S ABOUT A TWO TO THREE DAY DELAY BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE STREETS AND WHAT'S SHOWING UP ON THE MAP.

SO IT SHOULD ONLY BE A TWO OR THREE-DAY DELAY.

YES, SIR.

I, IT WAS JUST VERY CONCERNING THAT IT, UH, SHOWING THAT SOME OF THEM ARE ON THE THIRD PASS AND SOME OF THEM JUST HADN'T EVEN BEEN PASSED AT ALL OR PICKED UP.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SOMETHING I NEED TO ANSWER WHENEVER THEY CALL IN.

WHEN I GET NOTICE THINGS OF THAT NATURE, I'M AUTOMATICALLY PUSHING THOSE UP TO THE CONTRACTOR AND THE INSPECTOR, YOU KNOW, WHEN I READ THEM, I AUTOMATICALLY PUSH THEM, SO THEY'LL GET THEM AND THEY SEND PEOPLE OUT TO GO TO CHECK IT OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT THEIR SUBCONTRACTORS GET BACK IN THERE AND GET THAT STUFF COLLECTED.

NOW I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO THE LITTLE TRASH TALK HERE.

SO SHARON, IF YOU CAN COME UP, WORK IN THIS ROOM, I'M WANTING TO CRY.

I'M THE GARBAGE LADY.

SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TRUCKS THAT YOU BROUGHT IN AND THE HIRING THAT YOU BROUGHT IN, WHERE DOES THAT PUT YOU COMPANY-WISE OR I GUESS CONTRACT WAS WITH THESE FACTORIES PERISH AS FAR AS THE LEVEL OF SERVICE, OR DOES THAT PUT YOU AT LIKE AN 80% CAPACITY AS FAR AS WORKING AND, AND, AND UNITS ON THE ROAD? DO YOU, THE TRUCKS THAT YOU GOT IN? I THINK HOW MANY WAS IT A TOTAL OF 11, 11? ALL OF THOSE ARE IN SERVICE ON THE ROAD.

EMPLOYEES, YOU SAID YOU HIRED 15, 15 MORE COMING IN.

CORRECT.

SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO DIRECT A QUESTION THAT IS WHY WOULD THESE 15 THAT ARE COMING UP, WHEN WILL, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE APPLIED TO DO ALL THE CATCH-UP AND MAKEUP, UM, WITH THE INCREASE CAPACITY AND EVERYTHING, WHEN WILL ALL THAT BE COMPLETED OR YOUR ESTIMATED THAT YOU'LL BE FULLY UP TO WHAT YOU NEED TO KEEP UP WITH THE CONTRACT? THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING 30 DAYS.

SO WITHIN 30 DAYS FEELING REALLY GOOD ABOUT IT AS WE SPEAK WITH THE 15 ADDITIONAL AND THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S COME IN, BECAUSE I MEAN, OUR PHONES AREN'T RINGING AS MUCH, WHICH IS A GREAT THING.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABLE, THE CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW IS NOT THE EQUIPMENT AND NOT NECESSARILY THE F IT'S THE NEW DRIVERS AND GETTING THEM USED TO WHAT.

THEM SOMETHING OR EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND, AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST ABOUT RESPONSIVENESS TO, TO THE PUBLIC, WHENEVER THEY CALL IN.

UM, I TRY AND GIVE MOST AMOUNT OF CALLS JUST TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE

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BUT IN RETROSPECT TO THAT, IN THE QUESTIONS THAT I JUST ASKED, I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I PULLED A REPORT, UM, LAST MONTH AND I THINK IT CAME IN AT ABOUT 60 PAGES.

AND I, I PHYSICALLY LITERALLY NAILED THIS DOWN TO GARBAGE, MISSED PICKUP, ONLY, YOU KNOW, THE FENCING AND DEBRIS, ALL THAT GETS MIXED IN AND SO ON.

THERE WAS 60 PAGES AND I WAS GETTING TWO OR THREE EMAILS A DAY.

UM, MS. CATHY WAS RESPONDING TO SENDING THEM OFF AND EVERYTHING I NOTICED OVER THE LAST, PROBABLY TWO WEEKS.

I MEAN, I CAN GO BACK THROUGH MY, MY BR GOV EMAIL RIGHT NOW, AND I PROBABLY HADN'T GOTTEN ANYTHING IN THE LAST THREE OR FOUR DAYS.

I'M NOT SAYING THERE'S SOMETHING MISSED OUT THERE, BUT I DO SEE US HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAINTAIN THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY, YOU KNOW, HICCUPS OR WHATEVER.

SO I APPLAUD Y'ALL FOR PUSHING THAT ENVELOPE AND TRYING TO, UH, REALLY GET, GET ALL OF US REPRESENTED AND BACK ON PAR YOU'RE WELCOME, MAN.

THEY, ONE MORE TIME, I TALKED WITH, UH, THE MAYOR OF CENTRAL EARLIER THIS WEEK AND HE TOLD ME THAT THEY'RE JUST ABOUT TO COMPLETE THEIR FIRST PASS FOR DEBRIS COLLECTION IN CITY OF CENTRAL, THAT WHEN HE TELLS US THAT THEY'VE COMPLETED ALL THEIR PASSES, THEN WE'LL RETURN RE REPUBLIC OVER TO START COLLECTING THAT OUT OF CART STUFF AGAIN ON A NORMAL BASIS AT THAT TIME.

UM, RICHARD? YEAH.

RICK GAVE YOU AN EXTRA NAME.

UM, QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE DEPLOYMENT OF YOUR, YOUR TRUCKS AND WHAT'S YOUR CONTRACTORS FOR DEBRIS REMOVAL.

MA'AM UM, SOME AREAS I'M KIND OF PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT DO I SAID, SOME AREAS WERE PICKED UP FAIRLY QUICKLY AND THEN SOME WEREN'T AND, UM, AND THEN SOME, IT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER.

SO WHEN PEOPLE STARTED CALLING ME, I'D USED THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU GAVE ME, THAT IT WILL TAKE ALL THE WAY UNTIL NOVEMBER, BUT I WAS HOPING THAT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN AND MY DISTRICT, IT DIDN'T, BUT IT TOOK A MINUTE WHERE YOU, DO YOU FEEL THAT THE, WHEN YOU DEPLOYED YOUR TRUCKS OUT, THAT THEY WERE, UM, EQUALLY DEPLOYED OUT OR DID YOU HAVE ENOUGH EVEN WITH YOUR CONTRACTORS? UM, SO INITIALLY, UH, IN, IN THE SOUTH ZONE, I HAD, UH, 13 DIFFERENT ZONES THAT I DEVELOPED.

YOU KNOW, WHAT I FELT WAS AN EQUALLY DIVIDED AREA IN THAT SOME OF THAT WAS FROM OUR INITIAL ASSESSMENT IS HOW I DID THAT.

AND THEN I ASKED THE CONTRACTOR TO PUT AT LEAST ONE TRUCK, WHICH IS COUNTED AS TWO UNITS INTO EVERY AREA TO START PICKING UP NOW IS THEY FELT LIKE THEY FINISHED THAT FIRST PASSES IN SOME OF THE ZONES, WHICH ARE LIGHTER THAN OTHERS.

THOSE GOT REASSIGNED TO OTHERS.

ZONES THAT'S WAS MUCH HEAVIER.

THE HEAVIEST WAS IN, YOU KNOW, UH, COUNCILMAN DUNN'S AREA, PLUS COUNCILMAN HUDSON'S AREA.

WE ENDED UP FINISHING UP PRETTY, FAIRLY QUICKLY IN ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE WEEKS ON THE FIRST PASS AND ENSURE WE'D BROUGHT MORE AND DEPLOYED A LOT MORE DOWN INTO THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE PARISH, WHICH WAS, WHICH WAS THE CLOSEST PART OF THE PARISH TO THE STORM, AS IT PASSED BY OUR AREA.

AND WE HAD A LOT MORE DEBRIS DOWN THERE.

AND THE REASSIGNMENT PORTION OF DID YOU, DID YOU FEEL THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO DO THAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE? OR DID YOU, WERE YOU WAITING? SO THEY FINISHED UP AT LEAST THE FIRST, FIRST WHAT THEY'RE TELLING ME AS THE FIRST PASS IN EACH SOUND BEFORE THEY MOVE, THEN NOW WE'RE, WE'RE REDEPLOYING BACK INTO THOSE AREAS, THOSE INITIAL ZONES TO FINISH UP THE SECOND PASS FOR EVERY ZONE NOW.

SO I JUST WAS WONDERING IF IT, IF IT COULD HAVE BEEN QUICKER OR IF, LIKE YOU SAID, IF SOMEONE COMPLETED THEIR FIRST PASS, THEY COULD HAVE BEEN SENT SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND WE DID DO THAT, BUT YOU FELT THAT THAT WAS THE TOP, THE QUICKEST WAY YOU CAN DO IT.

LIKE IF WE CONTRACT TO HAVE MORE TRUCKS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

FINISHED UP PRETTY EARLY.

THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LOT OF VEHICLES AT THE BEGINNING.

WE HAD TWO CONTRACTORS, ONE FOR THE NORTH ZONE AND ONE FOR THE SOUTH ZONE, THE CONTRACTOR IN THE SOUTH ZONE HAD ABOUT 25% MORE TRUCKS THAN THEY DID IN THE NORTH ZONE.

AND THE NORTH ZONE

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AND WE'RE STILL GETTING SOME CALLS IN FROM THE NORTH ZONE THAT THERE'S SOME DEBRIS STILL ON THE STREETS.

AND WHEN I GET THOSE, I SEND THEM TO THE INSPECTOR AND HE GOES OUT AND DETERMINES WHETHER OR NOT IT'S STORM DEBRIS.

IF IT'S STRONG DEBRIS, HE PUTS A PIN ON IT.

AND IT'LL BE PICKED UP DURING THE PUNCH-LIST TIME OF, FROM THE SOUTH ZONE.

CAUSE THE NORTH ZONE CONTRACTORS COMPLETELY DEMOBILIZED.

NOW, IF IT'S NOT STORM DEBRIS, YOU KNOW, REPUBLIC'S GOING TO HANDLE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE'RE NOW GOING TO THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR THAT REPORT, WE'RE NOT GOING

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TO GO BACK TO ITEM 91, AMEND THE 2021 PAGE PLAN FOR THE CLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED NON-CLASSIFIED CONTRACT, FIREARM POLICE, EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EASTBOUND ORANGE ADOPTED BOEING IS 1 7 9, 9 4.

SO AS TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER SIX, CHANGE RETIREMENT ADMINISTRATOR FROM PAY GRADE 2320 TO PAY GRADE 2340 BY RETIREMENT ADMINISTRATOR AND HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR.

IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK LIVE IN 91? YES, SIR.

UM, THIS IS I'M DENISE ACRES.

I'M GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE CITY PARISH EMPLOYEES, RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

I ALSO HAVE MY CHAIRMAN HERE AND THE RETIREMENT ADMINISTRATOR HERE.

I SENT A LETTER TO EACH ONE OF Y'ALL EXPLAINING A BACKGROUND ON THIS, BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO, UH, I KNOW Y'ALL, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG DAY, SO I DON'T WANT TO TALK TOO LONG.

HAPPY TO ASK, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL HAVE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 91? WE'LL GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS NOW, MOTION BY ROCCA, SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.

WE NOW GO

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ITEM 92.

THERE NO OPPOSITION FOR MEN 2021 ALLOTMENT POSITIONED FOR THE CITY PARISH IN PARIS OF EASTBOUND ROADS ADOPTED.

SO AS TO CHANGE THE ALLOTMENT OF RETIREMENT EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 6TH, 2021, DECEMBER 31ST, 2021 FULL-TIME AND ADD RETIREMENT ADMINISTRATOR BY RETIREMENT ADMINISTRATIVE HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR.

IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 92? I AM ALSO SERVED, UM, DIGITAL COUNCIL AND WE'RE ALL HERE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I ADDRESS THAT IN MY LETTER IS OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER, COLEMAN SECONDARY, OUR COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER.

WE NOW GO TO ITEM 93, COUNCIL NUMBER, GO AS THE CAR VERY QUICKLY.

I WAS GOING TO RECOGNIZE MISS MARCIA HANLIN WHO SERVED AS THE CITY PARISH FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR MANY YEARS AND DID A GREAT JOB.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

I, WHAT ITEM 93? A RESOLUTION IS 70 PROPOSALS FROM CAPITAL ONE TAG AS A FISCAL AGENT FOR THE CITY OF BEN WAS PARIS OF EASTBOUND ROUTE FOR THE YEARS, 2022 TO 2026.

AND SHE IS YOUR CHAIRMAN.

HELLO, MARK.

HOW ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU? NICE TO SEE YOU WHEN

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AND AUTHORIZING THOSE ACCUSING OF SAY CONTRACT AND OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

THAT CONNECTION THERE WITH AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME BY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATORS, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 93, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON NIGHTBREED WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MOTION BY ROCCA SETTING IT BY NO,

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WE'RE NOT WHAT ITEM 94 AUTHORIZING THE PARIS ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO INSTITUTE ITS APPROPRIATION PROCEEDINGS AND OR IT TAKES SUCH OTHER ACTIONS AS MAY BE REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACQUISITION OF LAND NECESSARY FOR THE SPANISH PARISH FLOODED, WHICH REDUCTION PROJECT CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS, UPPER JONES CREEK WIENER CREEK LIVELY BAY.

YOU BY EXCUSE ME AND UPPER JONES CREEK CLEARING AND SNAGGING BY THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION IN DRAINAGE.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM 94 COUNCIL MEMBERS? SO MOVED BY ROCCA SECONDED BY CODY.

WE NOW GO TO

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ITEM 95 AUTHORIZING THE SETTLEMENT OF THE MEDAL AND TITLED ALEXIS WARREN VS THE CITY OF VAN RUSE AND AMOUNT OF $40,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $779 AND 42 CENTS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $40,779 AND 42 CENTS BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 95? SO MOVE, GO TO COUNCIL.

SOMEONE WILL BUY ROCCA SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.

GO TO ITEM 96, AUTHORIZED A SETTLEMENT OF THE MEDAL ENTITLED CHRISTINA KAUFMAN VERSUS THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE IN AN AMOUNT OF $19,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $107 AND 36 CENTS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $19,107 AND 36 CENTS BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

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IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 96, BARAKA SECONDED BY ADAMS? NO OPPOSITION GO TO ITEM 97

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AUTHORIZED PARISH.

ATTORNEY'S OFFICER ACQUIRE THROUGH PURCHASE EXCHANGE AND OR INSTITUTIONAL EXPROPRIATION PROCEEDINGS.

AND IT TAKES SUCH OTHER ACTIONS AS MAY BE REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACQUISITION OF LAND NECESSARY FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF GRAVITY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTIVE.

ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 97.

SO MOVED BY ROCCA SECONDED BY THERE.

WE NOW GO TO

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ITEM 98.

IF THERE IS NO OPPOSITION AUTHORIZE THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S

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OFFICE TO ACQUIRE THROUGH PURCHASE EXCHANGE AND OR INSTITUTION OF EXPROPRIATION PROCEEDINGS AND TO TAKE SUCH OTHER ACTIONS AS MAY BE REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACQUISITION OF LAND NECESSARY FOR THE SULLIVAN ROAD WIDENING PROJECT BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 98? WE NOW I'VE ORDERED COUNCIL MOVED BY GOLDIE SECONDED BY BARAKA, NO OPPOSITION.

WE GO TO

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ITEM 99 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE CORONER'S OFFICE TO ENTER INTO A GRANT AGREEMENT AND ACCEPT THE GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $75,000 FROM THE IRENE W AND CB PENNINGTON FOUNDATION TO HIRE A NEW INVESTIGATOR, TO REDUCE THE WORKLOAD ON EXISTING INVESTIGATORS, THEREBY PROVIDING QUICKER RESPONSE ITEMS BY THE CORONER'S OFFICE.

ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON, I HAVE 99 AND NOW I'LL GO TO COUNCIL.

SO MOVED BY ROCCA SECONDED BY GODADDY NO OPPOSITION.

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WE GO TO ITEM 100 AUTHORIZING FOR THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT OF DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT DIRECTOR TO ACCEPT AND EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT FROM LOUISIANA OFFICE OF STATE PARKS, ACTING AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY FOR OF THE FH WEA RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $85,000 BY THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT DIRECTOR.

ANYONE WHO TO SPEAK ON ITEM 100, WE GO NOW TO COUNCIL.

SO MOVED BY ROCCO SECONDED BY COLEMAN.

GO TO ITEM 1, 0 1 AUTHORIZATION OF THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT OF DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT DIRECTOR TO ACCEPT AN EXECUTER.

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GRANTED RAYMOND FROM ARP IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,000 TO THE ALP COMMUNITY CHALLENGE GRANT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE COST UP AND WALKING FROM THE DOWNTOWN AREA BY DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT DIRECTOR.

AND THEN WE HAD TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 1.

SO MOBILE BY COMA, SECONDED BY ROCKER.

WE NOW GO TO ITEM

[102. 21-01378]

1, 0 2.

IF THERE'S NO OPPOSITION AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT AN APPROPRIATE AND ALLOCATED SECOND ALLOCATION OF GRANT FUNDING FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO ASSIST HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE UNABLE TO PAY RENT AND UTILITIES DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS THAT CONDITIONED THERE WERE TOLD AN APPROXIMATELY $5,957,775 AND 44 CENTS BY THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 2 WILL NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO MOLD BARAKA SECOND AND BY COLEMAN, WE'RE NOT ANY OPPOSITION WITHOUT ANY OPPOSITION.

[103. 21-01386]

WE GO TO ITEM 1, 0 3 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTED CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITH BLACK AND VEATCH MANAGEMENT CONSULTING, LLC.

IN CONNECTION WITH THE UTILITY DEVELOPMENT STUDY FOR A FEE NOT TO EXCEED ONE OF THE $96,275 BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.

ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 3 1 0 3.

SO MOVED BY ROCCO SECONDED BY COLEMAN.

GO TO ITEM 1, 0 4 WITH NO OPPOSITION AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A UTILITY RELOCATION AGREEMENT WITH MINGLED PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC, FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOVIE, OUR CAPACITY PROJECT.

[104. 21-01399]

OH, HAMMOND HIGHWAY AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $112,500 BY TRANSPORTATION FURNISHED DIRECTOR.

ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 4.

SO MOVED BY ROCCA SECONDED BY COLEMAN.

GO TO ITEM 1 0 5, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT.

[105. 21-01347]

NUMBER TWO TO THE CONTRACT WITH PAUL J. ALLEN ARCHITECT, APAC FOR ADDITIONAL DESIGN SERVICES, A CONNECTION WITH THEIR CONTRACT FOR EMS HEADQUARTERS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $32,433 BY BUILDING AND GROUNDS DIRECTOR, PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON 1 0 5.

WE GO TO COUNCIL.

SOMEONE WILL BUY GO.

THEY SECOND TO MOROCCO,

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MANAGUA ITEM 1 0 6 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR.

PRESIDENT EXECUTED SOMETHING WHEN READ NUMBER ONE FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH FORTE AND TO BLOT INCORPORATED FOR DESIGN STUDY SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH BR ENHANCEMENT PROJECT, FLORIDA BOULEVARD, SEGMENT TWO QUARTER ENHANCEMENT AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $117,337 AND 80 CENTS BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTORS.

ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 6 TO GO TO COUNCIL.

SO MOVED BY COLEMAN SECONDED BY ROCCO, NO OPPOSITION.

WE GO TO

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ITEM 1 0 7, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENCE EXECUTED SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT.

NUMBER ONE TO CONTACT FOR INTERNET SERVICES OF SHRED KURKENDAHL AND ASSOCIATES FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH CAPACITY, PROJECT HENNESSY BOULEVARD, PERKINS CONNECTOR, AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $132,000 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM 1 0 7, WE GO TO COUNCIL.

SO MOVE BARAKA SECONDED BY COLEMAN MANAGO TO ITEM ONE THROUGH EIGHT,

[108. 21-01402]

AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PREGNANCY, THE CONTRACT PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH RUSSIAN SMITH AND SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH BR ATM SYSTEMS ENGINEERING ANALYSIS AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED MORE THAN $20,042 AND 40 CENTS.

IS THERE ANYBODY, TRANSPORTATION AND JOURNEYS DIRECTOR, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 8.

SO MOVED BY ROCCA SECONDED BY COLEMAN.

WE'LL NOW GO TO ITEM

[109. 21-01403]

1 0 9 AUTHORIZATION ACCEPTANCE OF RECAST GRANT CONTINUATION AWARD ARE DERIVED IN THE MAYOR PRESENT TO ACCEPT THE RECAST PROJECT YEAR FIVE CONTINUATION GRANT AWARD FROM THE USD, HHS THAT'S S A M H S A IN THE AMOUNT

[01:55:01]

OF $1 MILLION TO ADDRESS TRAUMA FOR THE TERM COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021 IN TERMINATING UPON COMPLETION ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2022 BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 9.

SO MOVED BY ROCCO, SECONDED BY COLEMAN WITH NO OPPOSITION,

[110. 21-01404]

WE GO TO ONE 10 AUTHORIZING MAYOR, PRESIDENT OF TWO SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT.

NUMBER ONE TO CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH ATLAS TECHNICAL CONSULTANT LOC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOBILE CAPACITY PROJECT SHARE WITH FOREST EXTENSION IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $122,000 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 10.

SO MOVED BY ROCCA SECONDED BY COLEMAN.

GO TO ITEM ONE 11, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH EVERPURE PARIS COUNCIL TO PROVIDE CLEANING AND SNAGGING BY YOUR MAN CHAT CHANNEL FROM THE ALLIGATOR BY YOU FLOOD GATE TO HIGHWAY 30 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECT ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 11.

[111. 21-01405]

NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL.

SO MOVED BY GO THE SECOND.

AND BY DONE, WHEN I GO TO

[112. 21-01414]

ITEM ONE 12 WITH NO OPPOSITION IN THE ORDINANCE, ALLOWING METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEMBER TO UTILIZE HIS OR HER SPECIAL EXPENSE BUDGET TO PAY FOR THE MONTHLY PARKING FEE TO THE PARKING AUTHORITY BY COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOWN A BANKS IS SHOWN A GOLF BALL.

SHE JUST STEPPED OUT.

10 MINUTES, LINDA, IS THERE ANYWHERE ELSE, UH, WHERE WE USE DEPARTMENT FUNDS TO PAY THE PARKING FEE? IS THERE ANY OTHER EXAMPLE WE CAN FIND IN? YES.

UH, IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON WHEN SHE'S HERE ON ITEM 1, 1, 2, UH, WE GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.

IS THERE A SECOND? WE HAVE A, BEFORE WE GO TO MOTION, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER HUSTON, UH, SOMEBODY FROM FINANCE,

[113. 21-01415]

THERE'S A FEW INSTANCES WHERE, UM, WE DID THIS, UM, LIKE, LET'S SAY FOR EXAMPLE, IN MY DEPARTMENT, THE SERVICE FEE BUSINESS OFFICE HAS A VEHICLE AND SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO COME DOWN HERE, UM, FOR BUSINESS.

AND SO THEY HAVE A SPACE DOWN HERE IT'S NOT ASSIGNED TO AN INDIVIDUAL.

SO WE PAY FOR THAT SPACE OUT OF THEIR BUDGET FOR A DEPARTMENT VEHICLE.

YES, IT WILL BE FOR A DEPARTMENTAL OR DEPARTMENT THEN, AND THEN WE CHARGED THEIR BUDGET.

UM, WE JUST, DON'T ONE TIME, A YEAR, $240 FOR THE USE OF THAT SPACE.

IS THERE AN EXAMPLE IS CITY PARISH WHERE WE, WE DO IT FOR PERSONAL VEHICLES.

I AM NOT AWARE OF, UH, BUT ANYWHERE WHERE WE DO IT FOR A PERSONALLY ASSIGNED SPACE, EXCEPT IF YOU FALL UNDER THE, UM, ORDINANCE EXEMPTIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL, BUT THEN THOSE ARE USUALLY POLICE CARS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

GOTCHA.

MY ISSUE IS, IS AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T A BIG DEAL EITHER WAY, IF IT PASSES IT'S OKAY.

IT'S FINE.

BUT I JUST DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE TREATING OURSELVES DIFFERENTLY THAN, THAN WE TREAT THE REST OF OUR EMPLOYEES HERE.

SO THAT'S MY ISSUE WITH THE ITEM.

UM, THAT'S ALL I GOT.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN REMOTE, UH, QUESTION TO THE ORDINANCE, UH, AS FAR AS WHAT IT SAYS IS COMING OUT OF EACH COUNCIL MEMBERS, A YEARLY BUDGET, SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE MULTIPLE BUDGETS.

AM I CORRECT? OR WHAT IT'S COMING IT'S SPECIFICALLY IT'S SPECIFICALLY IS COMING OUT OF THE COUNCIL SPECIAL EXPENSE BUDGET.

SO THAT IS ONE LINE ITEM IN YOUR DISTRICT BUDGET EVERY YEAR.

AND IF YOU ALLOW, IF THIS WERE TO BE APPROVED, IF YOU WERE TO ELECT TO USE THAT BUDGET TO PAY FOR YOUR PARKING, IT WOULD CUT THAT JUST THE BUDGET IT WOULD COME OUT OF.

I JUST, I WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT, AND I KNOW WHAT THAT DOES.

I WAS UP THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE, UM, COMMUNITY CENTER BUDGETS AND THEY HAD THEIR OWN, UH, LINE ITEM BUDGET OR WHATEVER.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHICH ONE, IT WAS SPECIFIC.

THERE'S A SPECIFIC, SPECIAL, THE SPECIAL EXPENSE BUDGET IS A SPECIFIC LINE AND YOUR DISTRICT BUDGET.

MAY PROBABLY MAKE LESS THAN MOST LEGISLATIVE AIDES, BUT I COME UP HERE AND NO LEGISLATIVE AID IS HERE AND THAT'S AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

YOU KNOW, NOTHING ABOUT BEING AN ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBER IS LIKE EVERY OTHER EMPLOYEE.

UM, I WORKED 12 HOURS A DAY, AT LEAST FOUR TO EVERY COUNCIL, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

I'M ALWAYS ON CALL.

IF I WOULD GET A SALARY AND TIME AND A HALF OF THOSE WEEKENDS, I WOULD BE TREATED LIKE EVERY OTHER EMPLOYEE.

UM, MANY TIMES I COME UP HERE AND THEY'RE THERE.

I'M SURE I, I PROBABLY MY, MY COUNCIL, UH, MY LEGISLATORS

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SO IF WE'RE GOING TO TREAT OUR EMPLOYEES LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, THEN THEY WOULD BE DOING A TIME SHEET AND THEN THE SIGNING IN AND SIGNING OUT.

UM, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT COME ALONG WITH BEING AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

AND ONE OF THEM IS THE FLEXIBILITY TO, UH, TRAVEL, UH, IN CERTAIN, UH, CHOOSING WHICH, UH, ERA, WHICH THINGS YOU WANT TO TRAVEL WHEN YOU WANT, WHEN THERE'S A NEED BN OR CONVENTION OR WHATEVER.

UM, THERE ARE, UM, CHECKING MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE TO GO TO, YOU KNOW, THAT OTHER EMPLOYEES WOULD NOT HAVE TO GO TO IT'S IT'S NO COMPARISON.

UM, I WAS JUST THINKING WHEN THE MAYOR WAS PRESENTING HER BUDGET AND SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE EAST CENTRAL WORKERS, WELL, MY CENTER WASN'T CLOSED DURING THE PANDEMIC, BUT ABOUT 30 DAYS WE HAD OUR FOOD BANK AND I WAS THERE.

I WAS OFF FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, BUT I WORKED EIGHT HOURS A DAY AT MY COMMUNITY CENTER WHEN I COULD HAVE BEEN AT HOME LIKE THE OTHER EAST BATON ROUGE EMPLOYEES, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I'M TREATED THE SAME.

BUT AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, MY OBLIGATIONS GO BEYOND THE PAYCHECK.

AND THE FACT THAT I'M HERE ONLY TWICE A MONTH, IF I WANT TO USE $20 OUT OF MY BUDGET, UM, SO THAT I COULD PARK AND WON'T BE LATE FOR EVERY MEETING THEN I THINK THAT IS THAT THAT'S A NO BRAINER.

UM, WHENEVER PEOPLE NOT KNOW, NO ONE ON HIS COUNCIL HAS TO GO BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND ASK HOW MUCH THEY COULD.

THEY ARE TO PAY WHO THEY HIRE, WHO THEY DON'T HIRE, UH, WHAT YOUR HOURS ARE.

WE DON'T DO THAT TO, UH, AS, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT A LOT OF ELECTED OFFICIALS, THEY DON'T DO WORK AS HARD AS I DO.

I'M SURE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN, BUT WHEN I COME HERE AND I'M USING MY GAS AND MY TIME AND WEAR AND TEAR ON MY CAR, THEN $20 TO BE ABLE TO PARK TWICE A MONTH.

I DON'T SEE THE BIG DEAL MOTION TO APPROVE.

THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO APPROVE A SECOND GEN.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHO CAN ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS.

PROBABLY FINANCE.

I THINK I HEARD, OH, JESUS CHRIST EARLIER.

SO, ALL RIGHT.

UM, SO IF I ELECT TO JUST PAY MY, MY PARKING FEES, I CAN, YES.

MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS DRAFTED IS THAT IT GIVES YOU THE OPTION OF DOING IT.

IS THAT CORRECT? DASH THAT'S CORRECT.

I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY MONEY LEFT IN MY BUDGET.

UM, BUT OKAY.

SO THAT HAVING THE OPTION THERE, NOW WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, UM, POTENTIALLY PAYING, UH, FOR OUR AIDES TO PARK OR BEING ABLE TO ALLOCATE THAT TO HIM.

THEN THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS ORDINANCE.

I DON'T KNOW.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S NOT OKAY.

THEY HAD AN A, WE NEED TO BE CLEAR WHAT YOU'RE ASKING THAT QUESTION TO SHAUNA BANKS WANTS SAY ANSWER.

SHE DRAFTS.

SO YOU WANT TO ASK HER, I REALLY CAN'T ANSWER.

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THE COORDINATE HAD SOMETHING FROM THE, UH, THE ETHICS, SO PARENTS SHOULD TURN IT OFF.

I'M SORRY FOR BEING SO OUT OF ORDER.

IT'S OKAY.

YOU KNOW, BEYOND JUST THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND WITHOUT GOING TO GET ANOTHER AG OPINION? UM, I THINK THE SAFEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH COUNCILMAN BANK'S REQUESTS IS THAT THE ORDINANCE WAS DRAFTED TO ONLY APPLY TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, DO WE WANT COURTNEY TO COME FORWARD WITH COUNSELING? CAN YOU ANSWER MY QUESTION, PLEASE? I RECALL, I DON'T THINK THAT THE AGS OPINION HAS ANY BEARING ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT.

UM, I THINK THAT, BECAUSE THIS ITEM, THE MONEY THAT'S BEING USED IS COMING FROM Y'ALL'S EXPENSE BUDGET.

UM, UH, IT CAN HAPPEN.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHETHER OR NOT Y'ALL WANT TO VOTE FOR IT.

UM, SO THE LEGISLATIVE AIDS BEING INCLUDED, I THINK, UM, IF I RECALL FROM A CONVERSATION, NO, IS THAT THEY COULD NOT BE INCLUDED WITH IN THE, IN THIS PARTICULAR, UH, IN Y'ALL'S BUDGET THAT THE EXPECTED, BUT YEAH, IT WAS, UM, WE DISCUSSED THAT IT WAS, IT WAS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF WHAT A, WHAT WOULD TRADITIONALLY FIT INTO A SPECIAL EXPENSE BUDGET? WOULD THAT EXPAND TO LEGISLATIVE AIDS OR,

[02:05:01]

SO I REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS NOW.

SO IT SAID THAT OTHER THAN USING IT AS A, AS AN EX COUNCIL MEMBERS IS CONSIDERED SALARIES.

SO ANY OTHER THAN ANY US BEING IN THE CAPACITY OF HAVING TO COME DOWNTOWN TO TAKE CARE OF THIS BUSINESS, IT'S CONSIDERED INCOME FOR ANY OTHER EMPLOYEE.

SO, AND I COULDN'T FIND ANY, BUT, BUT THAT WAS THE LETTER THAT WAS ACTUALLY, YOU SEND IT, BUT I DON'T.

I SEEN IT TOO ROWDY TOO.

I THINK.

WELL, WELL, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.

IS THERE A SECOND? THERE'S A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.

IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MACHINES GOING TO VOTE ON THE MACHINES? OH, GEE, NONE.

THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 12 HAS PASSED.

WE GO NOW TO ITEM ONE 13, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION AND RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, OFFICE OF NUTRITION SERVICES FOR THE CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM.

ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES, HEADSTART PROGRAMMING, AND AMOUNT OF $1,355,545 AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION DEALT WITH BY THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTORS, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 1, 3.

LET ME GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO MOVED BY.

SECONDED BY VERN.

[Items 114 - 130]

WE'LL.

NOW GO TO ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ITEMS ONE 14 THROUGH ONE 30 TOGETHER.

ITEM ONE 14, LOT TO A SUBDIVISION.

EDWARD ALVIN CROSS TRACK OR DISTRICT ONE.

KNOW HOW I BETTER TARONE TENANT $38,700 ITEM ONE 15 LOT WIDE DASH ONE.

PLUS SUBDIVISION, SHADY ACRES COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BLINKS HIGH BIDDER ROBBINS LINTELS LLC.

$23,000 ITEM ONE 16 BROUGHT FOUR SQUARE 28 SUBDIVISION EVEN PARK DISTRICT SEVEN CO-LAB BID DIETRICH.

TURN IT $200.

ITEM ONE 17 LOT TWENTY-FIVE PLUS SQUARE 24 PLUS SUBDIVISION, PICKY TOWN DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN HIGH BIDDER CURTIS BOLTON $100.

I DON'T WANT TO ATTAIN LA 10 SQUARE SEVEN SUBDIVISION, 14 DISTRICT FIVE GREEN HIGH, A BIT OF A NISHA FRANKLIN, $100 ITEM ONE 19 LOT.

13 SQUARE 2 0 5.

SUBDIVISION IS GERMAN WITH DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN HAD BEEN A OF KEMP.

$300 ITEM, ONE 20 LOT 12 SQUARE, 2 0 5, 2 0 5.

SUBDIVISION OF STROMAL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN HOTBED, A CHERYL KEMP, $300.

I DON'T WANT 21 LOT.

ONE SQUARE, TWO SUBDIVISION, NORTHDALE, ADDITION, DISTRICT TWO BANKS, HIGH BITTER CONTAINER.

BEJO $100 ITEM 1 22 LOT, ONE 40 SUBDIVISION, OLD MAINER DISTRICT FOUR MOKE HIGH BITTER REDEEMED ITEM, 1 23, LOT 16 DASH A SUBDIVISION SHERWOOD FOREST TOWN HALL CONDOMINIUM THREE DISTRICT FOUR, A MILK HIGH BITTER REDEEMED, 1 24 LOT, 1 77 SUBDIVISION FOREST OAKS, DISTRICT SIX DONE JUNIOR HIGH BIDDER SOUTHERN UNITED INCORPORATED.

$57,000 ITEM 1 25 LOT 17 SUBDIVISION SUMMER PLACE DISTRICT TWO BANKS HIGH BETTER SOUTHERN UNITED INCORPORATED.

$60,500.

I DON'T 1 26 LOT FIVE SUBDIVISION BROWN TRACK DISTRICT, TWO BANKS, HIGH BIDDER ROBBINS RENTALS, LLC.

$200 ITEM 1 27, LOT FOUR SQUARE, TWO SUBDIVISION GOODWOOD HOMESITES DISTRICT SIX DONE JUNIOR HIGH BIDDERS SOUTHERN UNITED INCORPORATED.

$31,000 ITEM 1 28 LOT 1 0 6 70 VISION PARKWOOD TERRORIST DISTRICT TWO BANKS HAVE BETTER APIFANY REALTY GROUP LLC.

$28,500 ITEM 1 29, LOT 18 SQUARE, 36 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN HAD BITTER CATHY M HOLDEN $3,600 ITEM, ONE 30 LOT 11 AND 12 SQUARE.

TWO SOUTH DIVISION WOULD AGE WOOD LAWN DISTRICT SEVEN COLE PIPE BIDDER.

DEROY JOSEPH $4,500.

I MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS. ONE 14 TO ONE 30.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS ON 14 TO ONE 30? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE VITAMINS? SO MOVED

[02:10:01]

BY COUNCILMAN NEIL SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.

I KNOW OPPOSITION ITEMS ONE 14 TO ONE 30 HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

AND WHEN I GO TO

[131. 21-00909]

APPOINTMENTS, BOARD OF APPEAL, CONCURRENT WITH THE MAYOR PRESENCE TO REPLACE RUSTY GOLDEN, WHO HAS DECLINED REAPPOINTMENT.

THIS IS A FOUR YEAR TERM EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2021.

CURRENT BALLOT IS DOMINANT.

SUPER REYNOSA, PITINO.

AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? IS HE HERE? IT'S FAR SIGNAL.

UH, THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED FROM JUNE 23RD.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON 1 31 MOTION BY GOD, A SECOND.

AND BY MOKE, CONGRATULATIONS, DOMINICK SPIRAL CENTER.

I JUST LIKE THAT NAME

[132. 21-00911]

ITEM 1 32 IN BOARD OF APPEAL, CONCURRENT WITH THE MERE PRESENT REAPPOINTMENT TO REPLACE REPLACEMENT OF KEITH TAYLOR.

THIS IS A FOUR YEAR TERM EFFECT, JULY 1ST, 2021 CURRENT BALANCE.

MARCUS WILLIAMS. ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 32 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO MOVED BY GOLDIE SECOND AND BY DONE, BUT ITEM

[133. 21-01318]

1 33 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, METROPOLITAN CONSIDERATION OF REPLACING CHRIS PIKE WHO RESIGNED HIS TERM WILL EXPIRE ON JANUARY 1ST, 2023.

CURRENT BALLAD IS BLIND.

BRIAN, THE FLOOR AND WALK MILES.

ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 33 BY THE ONE OF THOSE GENTLEMEN HERE, MARK MILES OR BRIAN? THE FLOOR WAS BRIAN ON THE FLOOR HERE, MARK MILES.

1 34 ANIMAL CLASSIFICATION COMMITTEE, ONE APPOINTMENT TO REPLACE LIEUTENANT KEITH KENNEDY, MARTIN WHO RETIRED.

WE GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, FOR BRIAN THE FLOOR, THE MOTION TO APPROVE MARLA FLOOR SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.

IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO BRIAN? THE FLOOR BEING APPOINTED? NO OPPOSITION BURN.

THE FLOOR HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.

[134. 21-01498]

THIS IS A METROPOLITAN COUNCIL APPOINTMENT.

DISAPPOINTMENT IS FOR AN INDEFINITE TERM.

IT MUST BE A MEMBER OF THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THE CURRENT BOWEL.

IT IS LIEUTENANT THOMAS SIBLEY.

ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 34.

WE GO BACK TO COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE THOMAS SIBLINGS.

SO LIEUTENANT THOMAS SIBLINGS, SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS SECOND AND BY THE CHAIR BY COUNCILOR MONTEROSA.

THAT IS CONGRATULATIONS.

LIEUTENANT SIBLEY.

WE'LL NOW GO TO ITEM

[Items 135 - 140]

1 3500 TO TAKE ITEMS ON 35 TO ONE 40 TOGETHER TO ADD THEIR CHANGE ORDERS ON 35 TEMPORARY LABOR SERVICE AND BUILDING MAINTENANCE, CONTRACTED KABIL DOSE STAFFING, LLC CHANGE ORDER $60,000.

I DON'T WANT 36 RIVER SENT A THEATER AND PERFORMING ARTS IMPROVEMENTS RESTART THE CONTRACT OF BULKY TABLEAU INCORPORATED CHANGE ORDER $43,452 ITEMS, 1 37 EMS HEADQUARTERS, PHASE TWO VEHICLES, STORAGE AND MAINTENANCE BUILDING CONTRACTOR, SAN AND CONSTRUCTION LLC CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT.

$62,730.

ITEM 1 38 THAT'S WWTP DIGESTER GAS AND REUSE GREEN PROJECT CONTRACT TO NCMC LLC CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT, $32,852 AND 26 CENTS.

ITEM 1 39 SALES TAX STREET AND ROAD REHABILITATION PROGRAM CONTRACTED KCR CONTRACTORS, LLC CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT, $270,724 AND 42 CENTS.

I DON'T WANT 40 PEACH TREES, STREET DRAINAGE, RENOVATIONS, CONTRACTOR, GRADY COFFERED CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INCORPORATED CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT, $40,883 AND 46 CENTS.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS? 1 35 TO ONE.

WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE SO OLD BY COUNCIL MEMBER? UH, I FORGOT HER NAME.

JUST I QUIT.

I'M SORRY, JIM ROCCA SECONDARY BY I'M JUST MESSING WITH YOU.

SECONDED BY THE CHAIR, UH, ITEMS 1 35 AND ONE 40 AND THEN APPROVAL.

WE GO NOW

[141. 21-01458]

TO FINAL ACCEPTANCES ITEM 1 41 S WWTP DIGESTER GAS REUSE MARINE PROJECT CONTRACT AND CMC LLC.

FINAL COST $969,852 AND 26 CENTS.

ANYWAY, TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 40.

I AM A 41.

SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN BARAKA, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. WE GO NOW TO

[142. 21-01495]

1 42 PEACHTREE STREET DRAINAGE RENOVATIONS, CONTRACT DEGRADED CRAWFORD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INCORPORATED.

FINAL COST $273,276 AND 9 CENTS.

ANYONE WHO COULD SPEAK ON ITEM 1 42 WOULD NOT GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO MORE BARAKA SECONDED BY ADAMS, NO OPPOSITION.

[143. 21-01443]

WE GO NOW TO ACCEPTANCE OF LOW BEHAVES ITEM 1 43 JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES.

THIS AWARD WAS SPLIT BETWEEN VARIOUS MENDEZ MATREE GRANT AND BELL'S EDITORIAL SERVICE, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE WAR AWARD.

TO EXCUSE ME, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 43.

ANYONE HAD TO SPEAK ON LINE 1 43.

WE GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REBRANDING OF THE AWARD TO MATREE SQUINT AND BELL'S

[02:15:01]

JANITORIAL SERVICE.

MOST OF THE PRO BY CALL MS. SECONDED BY MO WE NOW GO TO ITEM 1 44.

WE NOW GO TO ITEM 1 45

[145. 21-01148]

RECEIVING A SECOND QUARTER LAND BANK UPDATE FROM BILL BATTERY BY COUNSELOR ADMINISTRATOR.

UH, HE IS NOT HERE.

I DON'T SEE AS IS CHRISSY.

I DON'T SEE HIM.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? UH, THIS IS ROCK COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE AND TREASURER ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DELETE WHEN WANT TO DO YES AGAIN.

OH, NO, GO TO COUNCIL.

WE NOW GO TO ITEM 1 46, RECEIVING A QUARTERLY REPORT FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE EASTBOUND WITH PARIS COMMUNICATION.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THIS REPORT HAS BEEN GIVEN MULTIPLE TIMES RECEIVED MULTIPLE TIMES ACCEPTED AND MOVED ON AND DEFERRED.

I LIKED IT.

IT HASN'T BEEN HOLD UP ONE SECOND.

WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE, COUNSELOR MOCHA, THAT EMOTION.

THAT IS A MOTION TO DO WHAT EXACTLY THAT THIS REPORT HAS BEEN GIVEN AND RECEIVED AND ACCEPTED.

SO WE'RE MOTION IS TO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO RECEIVE THE REPORT TO REPORT.

OH, YOU WANT TO RECEIVE IT? IS THERE A SECOND SECONDED BY COUNCIL BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.

SO WE NOW GO TO ITEM 1 46, ANY OBJECTIONS? I DON'T THINK SO.

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JUST YOU PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF THE MISSION STRUCTURE AND OPERATION OF THE AGENCY BY COUNCIL MEMBER GO DAY.

HEY MAN, YOU GUYS SAT THROUGH THE WHOLE MEETING AND SHE LET ME KNOW.

I MIGHT'VE TAKEN YOU EARLIER.

COME ON DOWN THOUGH.

MAYBE WE'LL HAVE TO SEE THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH IN ACTION.

YES, SIR.

UH, I DO HAVE A POWERPOINT, UH, IF THEY CAN.

I DID THAT.

I DID NOT.

UH, SO YOU SIR, THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M JIM VERLANDER, THE DIRECTOR FOR THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH COMMUNICATION DISTRICT.

UH, I GET THE QUESTION A LOT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU DO? AND BASICALLY IN SIMPLEST TERMS, I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NINE 11 SYSTEM OF THE PEAR.

OH, WOW.

UH, OKAY.

IT'S IT'S FUN.

SO, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU ALL A BRIEFING ON THE WORKS OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH COMMUNICATION DISTRICT.

SO, UH, IN DOING SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE JUST A REAL QUICK BRIEF HISTORY OF WHAT THE COMMUNICATION DISTRICT IS AND HOW IT CAME ABOUT SO THAT Y'ALL CAN ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND BETTER ON EXACTLY WHAT THE COMMUNICATION DISTRICT DOES AND WHAT IT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR.

SO IF WE CAN GO TO SLIDE THREE, UH, SO BACK IN, UH, IN THE 1960S IS ACTUALLY WHENEVER NINE 11 WAS ACTUALLY CREATED AND IT WAS ACTUALLY CREATED BY THE PHONE COMPANIES TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE A SIMILAR METHOD OF CONTACTING EMERGENCY RESPONSE, UH, AGENCIES BY DIALING JUST A THREE DIGIT NUMBER.

SO NEXT LINE.

SO, UH, IN THE 1980S, THAT SIMPLE CONCEPT WAS ACTUALLY TURNED INTO A STATE LAW UNDERNEATH LRS TITLE 33, SECTION 9,102 UNDERNEATH THE COMM DISTRICT PURPOSES.

AND BASICALLY WHAT IT IS IS THE NUMBER NINE 11 AS THE PRIMARY EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER IT, UH, FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF ALL STREETS, ROADS, HIGHWAYS, AND DWELLING PLACES.

AND IT PROVIDES FOR OTHER COMMUNICATION ENHANCEMENTS, WHICH WILL ENABLE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES TO DECREASE RESPONSE TIME AND IMPROVE, UH, EFFECTIVENESS.

SO, UH, IN 1986, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

UH, THE METRO COUNCIL ACTUALLY ADOPTED ORDINANCE 81 48, CREATING THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH COMMUNICATION DISTRICT AND AUTHORIZING IT TO ESTABLISH THE ENHANCED NINE 11 SYSTEM FOR THE PARISH.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO WHENEVER I SAY ENHANCE EMERGENCY, UH, NOMINAL ONE SYSTEM, THAT'S A PHONE SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES A PHONE NUMBER, UH, THIS CALLING AND THE ADDRESS AND THE LOCATION OF WHERE THAT CALL IS COMING FROM.

SO AS YOU CAN KIND OF SEE LOOKING BACK IN THE EARLY TECHNOLOGY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT PAYPHONES HOME PHONES, BUSINESS PHONES, UH, AND JUST STARTING BASICALLY IN THE NINETIES OF MOVING INTO CELL PHONES, UH, TECHNOLOGY.

SO NEXT SLIDE.

UH, SO WHAT THE ENHANCED

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SYSTEM DID IS ACTUALLY PROVIDED, UH, WHAT'S CALLED ALLIE AND ANNIE, WHICH IS THE AUTOMATIC LOCATION IDENTIFICATION AND AUTOMATIC NUMBER IDENTIFICATION, WHICH LITERALLY PROVIDES THAT INFORMATION TO FIRST RESPONDERS OF THE NAME OF WHO'S CALLING, UH, AN ADDRESS AND A PHONE NUMBER, NEXT SLIDE.

SO, BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LOCATION, IT WAS ONLY GETTING, UH, FOR CELLULAR PHONES.

YOU ONLY GETTING WHAT THEN, ABOUT A THOUSAND FEET OF THAT CELL PHONE, IT'S CALLED A PHASE TWO LOCATION OR TRIANGULATION.

SO, WHICH IS KIND OF FINE IF YOU'RE IN A VERY RURAL AREA, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET BESIDES MAYBE A SPECIFIC, UH, HOUSE OR A STREET OR SOMETHING, BUT WHENEVER YOU GET TO THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE CITY, IT CHANGES A LOT.

AND LITERALLY THAT THOUSAND FEET CAN ACTUALLY COVER ENTIRE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, MAYBE MULTIPLE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, UH, LOTS OF, UH, HOUSES INSIDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO IT STILL BECOMES PROBLEMATIC, BUT THAT INFORMATION IS ACTUALLY PROVIDED, UH, TO FIRST RESPONDERS THROUGH OUR CAD SYSTEM.

COMPUTER-AIDED DISPATCH IS WHAT YOU ACTUALLY SEE UP ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS A SCREENSHOT OF THE COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH, WHICH IS GRABBING THAT, THAT NAME, THAT LOCATION, THE ADDRESS, AND ANY NOTES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE FROM THE CALLER WHENEVER THEY CALLED.

SO NEXT SLIDE.

SO AS THE STATE RECOGNIZED THAT ALL THIS TECHNOLOGY WAS STARTING TO GET REALLY EXPENSIVE REALLY QUICK.

SO THEY ARE ACTUALLY PROVIDED UNDER LRS TITLE 33, 9106 FUNDING FOR EMERGENCY SERVICE CHARGE, WHICH, UH, CLEARLY PROVIDED THAT FUNDING TO COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICTS TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THIS EQUIPMENT.

I KNOW IT'S REALLY SMALL UP ON THESE SCREENS, BUT BASICALLY WHAT IT SHOWS IS IN LOUISIANA EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, WE'RE ACTUALLY, UM, ONE OF THE LOWEST IN THE STATES ON THE AMOUNTS THAT WE ACTUALLY COLLECT.

SO WE COLLECT, UH, 63 CENTS ON RESIDENTIAL PHONES, ACTUAL LANDLINE PHONES, A DOLLAR 50 ON BUSINESS PHONES, WHICH LIKE ON BUSINESSES, THE STATE ALLOWS ALL THE WAY UP TO $6.

AND WE'RE ONLY AT A DOLLAR 50 FOR WIRELESS WE'RE AT 83 CENTS, WHICH IS AGAIN, IT'S ON THE VERY LOW END.

UH, I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS, BUT WE'RE ON THE, ON THE LOWER END OF THAT.

UH, AND THEN ON THE NEWER SERVICES, WHICH IS YOUR VOICE OVER IP SYSTEMS, VOIP SYSTEMS WHERE AGAIN, COLLECTING AT 83 CENTS, WHICH IS AGAIN, STILL ON THE, ON THE LOW SIDE, WE HAVEN'T INCREASED THOSE AMOUNTS, UH, SINCE THE NINETIES.

SO GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO, YOU START HEARING US TALKING ABOUT NEXT GENERATION 9 1 1 NEXT SLIDE.

SO WHEN WE START TALKING NEXT GENERATION NINE 11, WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT, INSTEAD OF THAT TRIANGULATION, THAT THOUSAND FEET RADIUS, WHERE THAT CALL COULD HAVE CAME FROM THE SYSTEMS ACTUALLY TAKE A, WHAT'S CALLED A GPS SCRAPE OFF OF YOUR CELL PHONE.

SO YOU DIAL NINE ONE, ONE, IT GRABS YOUR GPS LOCATION FROM YOUR CELL PHONE AND SENDS IT IN TO THE CENTER, WHICH A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE COMING IN, UH, THROUGH CLOUD SERVICES THAT WE'RE STARTING TO GET INVOLVED IN LIKE RAPID SOS.

UM, AND THEN THAT INFORMATION IS PASSED TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS.

SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS AS WE'RE MOVING INTO NEXT GENERATION IS ACTUALLY VIDEO CALLING OF NINE 11.

SO WHICH CURRENTLY WE DON'T, WE CAN'T DO THAT.

IF YOU TRIED TO FACETIME NINE 11, IT DOESN'T WORK.

WE DO OFFER CURRENTLY IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, UH, TEXT TO NINE 11, BUT IT'S AGAIN, JUST TEXTS WILL.

AND NEXT GENERATION, IT ALLOWS FOR MORE MULTIMEDIA WHERE YOU'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO SEND PICTURES AND VIDEO OF WHAT'S GOING ON TO NINE 11.

IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR TRACKING, UH, OF THE COLOR.

SO IF THE PERSON IS ACTUALLY MOVING WHILE THEY'RE CALLING 9 1 1, CAUSE MAYBE THEY'RE FOLLOWING SOMETHING THAT, THAT THEY, THAT THEY DEEMED AS AN EMERGENCY, IT ALLOWS FOR THE ACTUAL TRACKING OF THAT PERSON, UH, GO INTO THE NEXT ONE.

SO, BUT WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ACTUAL SYSTEM ITSELF, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, UM, WE'RE MOVING, WE'RE GETTING READY TO MOVE TOWARDS A CLOUD NINE 11 SYSTEM CURRENTLY IT'S LAND BASE IT'S COPPER LINES THAT ACTUALLY COME INTO OUR FACILITIES LIKE THE AND FACILITY.

AND WHENEVER IT'S DOING THAT LAND BASE, A LOT OF TIMES IT STRICTLY WIRE BASE IT'S A LOT OF STUFF IS ABOVE GROUND.

SO IT'S SUSCEPTIBLE TO POLES GETTING KNOCKED DOWN IN HURRICANES.

IT'S A SUCCESSFUL TO, UH, LIONS GETTING DUG UP, UH, IF THERE'S A FIRE OR IF THE BUILDING ITSELF IS DESTROYED AND IN SOME MANNER IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, FROM A HURRICANE

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TORNADO, UH, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING.

WELL CURRENTLY WE'RE KIND OF STUCK WITH EXACTLY WHERE THE 9 1, 1 SERVICES ARE.

IT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR, UH, PICKING UP AND JUST MOVING THE NINE 11 TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION.

BUT THE CLOUD SERVICES THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO IMPLEMENT AS WE MOVE INTO 2022, IT ACTUALLY, IT WILL ALLOW US TO MOVE OUR 9 1 1 SYSTEM MOBILY TO NOT ONLY JUST OTHER PLACES AROUND THE PARISH, INSIDE THE PARISH, BUT JUST TO SAY, YOU KNOW, HURRICANE IDA JUST BARELY MISSED US.

IT BARELY JUST KIND OF CLIPPED THE SIDE OF US.

IF WE WOULD HAVE TAKEN A DIRECT HIT, AND A LOT OF BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE WERE DESTROYED, THEN A LOT OF THE, OUR BACKUP LOCATIONS MIGHT'VE ALSO BEEN DESTROYED.

WELL, CLOUD SERVICES WOULD ALLOW US TO ACTUALLY MOVE OUTSIDE OF OUR JURISDICTION.

WE CAN MOVE TO WEST BATON ROUGE, WE CAN MOVE THE LAFAYETTE.

WE CAN MOVE ALL THE WAY TO LAKE CHARLES OR EVEN THE TEXAS INSTILL ANSWER THE NINE 11 CALL NINE 11 CALLS THAT COME IN.

CURRENTLY THE SYSTEM JUST PUSHES IT TO THOSE OTHER AGENCIES, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT THEN YOU HAVE LAFFEYETT AND LAKE CHARLES ACTUALLY ANSWERING OUR NINE 11 CALLS.

AND THE ONLY THING THEY'RE DOING IS TAKING THAT INFORMATION AND TRYING TO FEED IT BACK TO SOME NINE ONE CALL TAKER.

THAT'S HERE IN THE PARISH BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS BY US HAVING OUR ACTUAL NINE 11 CALL TAKERS, ANSWERING THOSE CALLS.

THEY HAVE A FULL SITUATIONAL AWARENESS OF EXACTLY WHERE OUR RESOURCES ARE AND WHO TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO.

SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

SO NEXT SLIDE.

AND AS YOU SEE ON HERE, THAT'S OUR NEW WEBSITE THAT WE JUST PUT UP WERE ABLE TO START PUSHING OUT SOME INFORMATION, UH, TO THAT WEBSITE, UH, OF UPCOMING MEETINGS AND PAST MEETING AGENDAS AND MINUTES AND STUFF.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WELL, LET'S GO TO THE PUBLIC AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WHO WANTS TO COMMENT ON THE REPORT.

AND WE'RE HERE TO COMMENT ON ITEM 1 46.

LET'S GO NOW BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER MOKE.

YEAH, A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.

FIRST OFF.

I THINK THAT WAS WE'RE COMING UP ON A YEAR HERE BEING ON THE COUNCIL.

THAT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST ENTERTAINING POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT I'VE SEEN ALL YEAR.

I JUST, IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS GO GET POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS, THEY NEED TO GET WITH YOU AND, AND FIND OUT WHOEVER DID THAT FOR YOU.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

NEXT FIRST QUESTION IS DURING THE IDA THE STORE, UM, AS A FIRST NET MEMBER MYSELF AND WENT DOWN AND SEVERAL 9 1, 1 SYSTEMS WENT DOWN, DID OUR 9 1, 1 SYSTEM GO DOWN FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME AND HOW LONG DID IT GO DOWN FOR? SO THE ACTUAL NINE 11 SYSTEM DID NOT GO DOWN DURING THE, THE INITIAL PART OF THE STORM IN, UH, INTO MONDAY, WE ACTUALLY LOST WHAT I'VE REFERRED TO AS ANNIE AND ALLIE, THE, THE MAIN AND LOCATION INFORMATION THAT'S COMING IN BECAUSE THAT INFORMATION WAS ACTUALLY COMING TO US THROUGH ROUTING THROUGH NEW ORLEANS, BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE NINE 11 NETWORKS, UH, THEY'RE VERY INTENTIONAL ON THE WIRE BASED HOW THINGS ARE ROUTED AS WE MOVE WITH THE CLOUD BASE.

THEN THOSE THINGS ARE ACTUALLY COMING FROM US FROM OTHER WAYS.

SO LITERALLY WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A STORM HITTING A PART OF LOUISIANA AND US LOSING PART OF THAT.

THE CLOUD-BASED THEY'RE ACTUALLY HAVE A REGIONAL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

LIKE, UH, ONE OF THE COMPANIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, PROVIDES A REGIONAL APPROACH THAT, UH, EVEN IF LIKE THE EAST SIDE OF THE UNITED STATES IS AFFECTED, THEN LITERALLY WE CAN STILL RECEIVE THIS INFORMATION FROM THE WEST SIDE.

AND AGAIN, IT'S COMING THROUGH INTERNET BASE, WHICH IS PROVIDED, UH, AT LEAST WITH, WITH THREE INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS, THEY'RE ALLOWING THOSE PHONE CONVERSATIONS AND THAT INFORMATION COMING IN TO FIBER OPTIONS COMING IN AND STARE AT WIRE BASE, UH, COPPER LINES, IT'S ACTUALLY FIBER THAT'S COMING IN ON, BUT THEN A THIRD IS ACTUALLY LTE SERVICE, WHICH IS WIRELESS.

SO EVEN IF ALL THE LINES ARE CUT TO THE BUILDING, AS LONG AS WE'RE CAN STILL REACH OUT AND HIT A TOWER, THEN WE CAN STILL RECEIVE AND MAKE THOSE PHONE CALLS FROM THAT LOCATION.

YOU'VE GOT A PHONE AT HOME THAT SOMEBODY MIGHT CALL 9 1 1 FROM, BUT IT'S REGISTERED TO THEIR OFFICE ADDRESS.

UM, MOVING OVER TO CLOUD BASED PHONE SYSTEMS, AS, AS AN INSTALLER OF THEM, EVERY TIME WE INSTALL WINE, WE REGISTER A PHONE OR WE REGISTERED THE NUMBER THE DID, AND IT TELLS US WE MUST INPUT THE ADDRESS CHLOE FOR THE 9 1, 1 SYSTEM IT'S REQUIRED FOR THE SPECIFIC ADDRESS OF THAT PHONE FOR I E ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE GOT CALLED IN WAS, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT, EMPLOYEES GRABBED THEIR DESK PHONE, WHICH IS NOW IP BASED CLOUD-BASED AND THEY TAKE THAT PHONE HOME AND THEY PLUG IT INTO THE INTERNET.

AND UNLESS IT'S ON A DIFFERENT, NOW IT WORKS.

SO NOW

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AND SO ON.

IS THAT CHANGING ALSO, AS FAR AS IE 9 1 1 GOES AND UPDATING THAT AS FAR AS IP ADDRESS OF THE, WHERE THE INITIATE FROM VERSUS THE ACTUAL NUMBER AND ADDRESS IT'S REGISTERED.

THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

AND NO, I DO NOT HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ACTUALLY, UH, ANYTHING IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING THE WAY THAT THOSE, UH, VOIP SYSTEM VOICEOVER IP SYSTEMS ARE ACTUALLY CONFIGURED.

UH, I DO KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE JUST RECENTLY HAD AN ISSUE WHERE, UH, IT WASN'T ACTUALLY SET UP CORRECTLY AND, UH, THE PERSON, WHENEVER THEY CALLED IT ACTUALLY GETS ROUTED TO A COMPANY IN THAT COMPANY.

THEN THROUGH COMMUNICATION WITH THE CALLER IS ABLE TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHICH PIECE APP, WHICH IS PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINT THAT YOUR NINE 11 CENTER, WHICH WE ACTUALLY HAVE THREE INSIDE THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE.

SO THEY IDENTIFY WHICH PIECE AT THAT CALL IS SUPPOSED TO GO TO CANNES AND ROUTED TO THAT DIRECTLY, WHICH KIND OF GOES TO WHAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY SAYING WITH THE, UH, WITH THEM BRINGING IT HOME.

IT'S ALSO UP TO THE CALL TAKER TO CONFIRM THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEING PROVIDED UP ON THE SCREEN TO THEM.

SO THEY SHOULD NEVER JUST TAKE IT AS THIS IS ACTUALLY THE LOCATION, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WITH THE CALLS, UH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THROUGH ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT TYPES, THAT YOU GET PEOPLE WHO, WHO ARE CALLING ABOUT AN INCIDENT, BUT THEY'RE NO LONGER AT THE INCIDENT BECAUSE OF CELLULAR BASE TECHNOLOGY, THEY'RE ON THEIR PHONE AND THEY'VE DONE LEFT AND GONE SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND NOW THEY'RE CALLING WELL WITH THAT.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WITH THAT GPS SCRAPE IT, SHOWING THIS COLOR IS IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION THAN WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY CALLING ABOUT.

SO IT'S ALWAYS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO OUR CALL-TAKERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, UH, VERIFY, UH, THE ADDRESS ON WHICH THE CALLER IS CALLING FROM.

UH, MY CONCERN, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU, YOU GET TO 9 1, 1 CALLS AND THERE'S NOTHING ON THE OTHER END.

YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY CALLED THE NINE ONE ONE, THE PHONE DROPS, OR THEY DROP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YOU HAVE TO GO BY WHATEVER.

I JUST DIDN'T KNOW.

YOU KNOW, WE TRY AND ADVISE EVERYONE WHEN THEY MOVED THEIR PHONES, LET US KNOW WE HAVE TO REGISTER IT AND SO ON.

BUT I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS SOMETHING COMING DOWN THE PIPE, AS FAR AS THE AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION, BASED ON, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE DEVICE IS, YOU KNOW, BY ADDRESS AND WHAT SYSTEM IT'S HITTING, UH, HOW A DEADLINE HOPE IN THAT IMAGINE THAT THERE IS WITH THE INCREASE IN VOID SYSTEM.

A LOT OF BUSINESSES ARE, ARE MOVING FROM COPPER BASED SYSTEMS TO THE, THE VOIP SYSTEMS. SO I WOULD IMAGINE THAT, UH, THAT THERE'S PROBABLY SOME REALLY SMART PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING ON THAT CURRENTLY.

BUT YEAH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT WAS GREAT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, SIR.

AND JIM, THANK YOU.

AND THANKS FOR ADJUSTING YOUR SCHEDULE.

YOU WERE, YOU WERE TO PRE PRESENT THIS LAST WEDNESDAY AND OBVIOUSLY THAT MEETING GOT CANCELED.

SO THANK YOU FOR ADJUSTING.

ONCE YOU SHARE JUST YOUR EXPERIENCE IN, IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND YOUR BACKGROUND, IF YOU WOULD, UH, CAUSE YOU'RE THE FULL-TIME DIRECTOR, CORRECT OF THE COMMS DISTRICT.

UH, SO I'M RECENTLY RETIRED FROM THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, I ACTUALLY STARTED WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UH, MANY MOONS AGO BACK IN 1992.

UH, SO, UH, FINISHED UP 28 YEARS OF TOTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICE, UH, RETIRED AND, UH, WAS HIRED AS THE DIRECTOR FOR THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH COMMUNICATION DISTRICT STARTED IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR AND, UH, REALLY, UH, TRY TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WHENEVER YOU DIAL NINE 11, THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY THERE TO, TO ANSWER IT.

AND WE'RE GETTING THESE BEST LOCATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE TO YOU THAT WAY, WHENEVER YOU CALL, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T EVEN SAY ANYTHING LIKE, LIKE WE SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S EMPTY CALL.

WELL, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST ROUTING AND TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE TO GET FIRST RESPONDERS TO YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

AND THANKS FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, MAKEUP OF THE BOARD, UH, THAT WAS JUST THE ONE THING THAT, UH, I WAS LOOKING FOR FROM THE POWERPOINT.

IF YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF YOUR BOARD.

UH, SO THE MAKEUP OF THE BOARD IS ACTUALLY THE, UH, BATON ROUGE FIRE DEPARTMENT, JOEY , UH, HE'S, UH, SITTING IN AS THEY, UH, ARE GETTING READY TO HIRE A NEW, UH, CHIEF OVER THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, MANNERS POLICE DEPARTMENT, HIS DEPUTY CHIEF, AND DANIELS THE FOR EMS IT'S, UH, THE EMS DIRECTOR, CHAD GO DAY.

AND BY THE WAY, SORRY.

UH, AND THEN, UH, SHERIFF SAID GAUTREAUX, UH, ZACHARY MAYOR, DAVID AMRUN, THE BAKER MAYOR, UH, UH, DOORNAIL WAITS AND THE CENTRAL MAYOR, UH, DAVID BARROW.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU, JIM.

I APPRECIATE THAT ARE NO PROBLEM.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REPORT

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WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU.

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WE WILL NOW GO TO ITEM 1 47, RECEIVING A REPORT FROM THE ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE REGARDING THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH FLOOD RISK REDUCTION PROJECT INTENDED TO REDUCE FLOODING ALONG FIVE SUB BASIS THROUGHOUT THE PARISH, INCLUDING JONES CREEK WARD CREEK BY YOU FOUNTAIN BLACKWATER BY YOU AND BEAVER BY YOU.

THE FIRE BY YOUTH PROJECT BY COUNCIL MEMBER, LORI ADAMS DEFER TO NEXT WEEK.

SO WE'RE GOING TO DEFER THIS ITEM TO NEXT WEDNESDAY.

WE NOW GO TO OTHER ITEMS TO BE ADOPTED FOR NEW THE SECOND YEAR ON THE FIRST SECOND BY DONE ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES.

WE DEFERRED NEXT WEDNESDAY, LET'S GO TO

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ITEM 1 48, WHICH IS AN EMERGENCY CONDEMNATION.

I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS IN ALL MY DAY, YOU HERE.

AND IT HAPPENS TO BE IN MY DISTRICT.

UM, AND WE NEED TO DECLARE THIS ITEM AND EMERGENCY FIRST BY VOLTAGES DAY MOTIONS TO DECLARED ITEM AND EMERGENCY.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, DON SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKERS, ANY OPPOSITION IN THE CURRENT ITEM EMERGENCY THERE'S NO OPPOSITION.

THEY ADAM REES OWNER, THE STATE OF LYNITA WILLIAM ADDRESS, 28 35 CHIPPEWAS STREET, LOT 12 A SQUARE ONE SUBDIVISION PLANK ROAD, FAIR ACRE FARMS, RESA 19 DASH 21 DISTRICT SEVEN COLE BY DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT, PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS.

REASON FOR EMERGENCY THE BUILDINGS SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED AND REMOVED BECAUSE CONDITION AND DANGER TO PUBLIC WELFARE, CREATING A CASE OF GRAY PUBLIC EMERGENCY, WHERE THE CONDITION OF THE BUILDING AND SUCH AS TO CAUSE POSSIBLE IMMEDIATE LOSS OF DAMAGE TO A PERSON OR PROPERTY.

HAS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 48.

I'LL GO BACK NOW TO COUNCIL AND LIST MOTION TO PROCEED MOTION BY MOST SETTING IT BY KNOLL, ANY OBJECTIONS THE ITEM CARRIES WHEN WE SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE HAD AN ITEM THIS EVENING THAT MANY OF US HAD SOME STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT, BUT WE HAD A VERY, VERY SIMPLE CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT ITEM.

AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO WERE SUCCESSFUL IN IT WENT THE WAY WE WANT IT SOMEWHERE.

AND FOR THOSE OF US THAT DID NOT, WE STILL, OKAY.

SO AGAIN, LET'S BE HARSH ON ITEMS WHEN WE NEED TO BE, BUT LET'S NOT BE HARSH ON EACH OTHERS.

SO HAVING SAID THAT I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN MOTION BY MOTION, SECONDED BY, UH, I HAVE ALSO A MOTION.

UH, WE HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR HIG.

THE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT YET ONE ANNOUNCEMENT IS AT THE END DISTRICT TAN.

YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT AT THE LEO S BUTLER CENTER.

THE ONLY ONE, THAT'S WHY, UH, WE HAVE A VETERAN'S DAY PROGRAM AND I'D LIKE, AND THAT'S NINE 30 WEDNESDAY MORNING THERE AT THE CENTER AND WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ALL OF YOU THERE.