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I WANT TO CERTAINLY CONGRATULATE THEM, BUT I WANT TO SAY THIS IT'S, UM, NOT OFTEN THAT YOU GET PHONE CALLS FROM CITIZENS, UH, IN THE CITY AND OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, UH, LIKE THE AREA OF ZACHARY, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM A CITIZEN OF ZACHARY AND SOMEONE HERE WITHIN THE CITY.
AND I KNOW THE CHIEF HAS AS WELL ABOUT SOME OF THESE, UH, GENTLEMEN TODAY AND HOW THEY, UH, HELPED MITIGATE WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A POTENTIALLY VIOLENT SITUATION.
I WAS SPECIFICALLY CALLED ABOUT THEIR WORK.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT.
AND I CERTAINLY WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE AND CHIEF, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO ADD.
AND THEN I'LL GIVE THEM THEIR CERTIFICATES.
WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE GREAT WORK, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT THE MAYOR HAS SAID, AND THERE'S GREAT WORK GOING ON.
AND I JUST WANT TO READ A COUPLE OF CITATIONS TO GIVE YOU SOME SPECIFICS ON WHY THE MIRRORS ARE RECOGNIZING THEM TODAY.
ON OCTOBER 23RD, UH, WE RECEIVED THEM ANONYMOUS, CONCERNED CITIZEN CALL ONE OF OUR OFFICERS BECAUSE OF HIS RELATIONSHIP.
UH, SOMEONE FROM OUR COMMUNITY FELT COMFORTABLE AND FEEL SAFE TO CALL HIM DIRECTLY AND WHILE ON SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY'S CAMPUS.
AND I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS WAS HOMECOMING WEEKEND.
SO WE HAD THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CELEBRATING AND HE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT ABOUT MULTIPLE GUNS OF POTENTIAL.
SOMEONE WHO MAY BE ARMED, THEN AUTONOMOUS CONCERNED CITIZEN CITIZEN ADVISED THAT THE SUBJECTS WERE LOADING THEIR GUNS WITH BULLETS AND PLACING THEM IN A RED BACKPACK.
TWO UNIFORM OFFICERS PROCEEDED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE SUBJECTS AS THEY WALKED DOWN SWAN AVENUE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY'S LAB SCHOOL.
THE SUBJECTS WERE IMMEDIATELY DETAINED BY THE BUREAU PD OFFICERS AND SCOTT CONFISCATED A BULLETPROOF VEST TO ASSAULT STYLE RIFLES, ONE HANDGUN, AND ONE OF THE SUBJECTS HAD A MASK IN HIS POSSESSION.
BOTH SUBJECTS WERE ARRESTED IN PLACE IN THE EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH PRISON.
THEIR MOTIVE FOR THIS ACTIVITY IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN, BUT BASED ON OUR INTELLIGENCE AND WHAT WE RECEIVE, WE BELIEVE THAT THESE OFFICERS, BECAUSE OF THEM BEING ATTENTIVE AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SAFELY APPREHEND THEM SUBJECTS THAT WE, UM, UH, PREVENTED A POTENTIAL VIOLENT ENCOUNTER ON THAT DATE.
I WAS SECOND PRESENTATION ON NOVEMBER 30TH, 2021, AROUND FIVE O'CLOCK BRP.
THE OFFICERS WERE INVOLVED IN A PURSUIT OF A STOLEN VEHICLE.
THE STOLEN VEHICLE WAS TAKEN DURING AN ARMED ROBBERY ON NOVEMBER 2ND, BY THREE ARMED JUVENILES AFTER RECEIVING INFORMATION INVESTIGATIVE MEASURES AND GETTING MULTIPLE NOTIFICATIONS VIA LICENSE PLATE READERS.
AT OUR REAL TIME CRIME CENTER, OUR BRP D OFFICERS CORPORATE, ROBIN DAKOTA, CORPORATE, ROBERT LANGSTON, CORPORATE KURT ALLEN AND BUREAU PD HELICOPTER PILOT CORPORATE DAVID PORIA PURSUED THE VEHICLE AND APPREHENDED THE SUBJECTS WITHOUT INCIDENT THREE JUVENILES WERE ARRESTED.
ONE MALE ADULT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND TWO GUNS WERE SEIZED DURING THE ARREST AND THEIR PREVIOUS ARREST, UH, OF THE INDIVIDUALS ON THE CAMPUS WERE CORPORATE RONALD NORMAN AND OFFICER KOWALSKI LEAK.
AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, UH, THE GREAT WORK THAT THESE MEN AND WOMEN, THESE MEN, BUT ALSO THE WOMEN IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE DOING AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND, ALTHOUGH WE ARE RECOGNIZING AND ACKNOWLEDGING THEM TODAY, UM, WE HAVE GREAT WORK GOING ON EVERY DAY, UH, BY THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WEAR THIS UNIFORM MAYOR CORPORAL RONALD NORMAN.
WE'LL TAKE UP OFFICER KOWALSKI, LI CORPORAL ROBERT LANGSTON, CORPORAL ROBIN TACONY, NOT HERE.
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OKAY.UH, MAYOR BROWN COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
AND I SAY THANKS TO YOU GENTLEMEN.
AND OF COURSE, CHIEF UNDER YOUR DIRECTION, THAT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, MANY MAY SAY THAT I WAS IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME.
I SAY I WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME BECAUSE I WITNESSED TWO OF THESE INCIDENTS AND THEY ALL REAL.
AND SO, UH, I SAY TO THE PUBLIC OUT THERE, YOU ALL, WE NEED TO CONCENTRATE ON WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT JUST PUTTING A STAMP ON THINGS THAT THEY ARE DOING THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE MAN AND THE LATEST THAT ARE NOT HERE ARE DEFINITELY PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE.
AND JUST AS ALL OF US WANT TO GO HOME TO OUR FAMILIES.
SO DO THESE GENTLEMEN AND THOSE LADIES.
AND IT IS SO GOOD TO BE ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU ALL AND YOU ALL YET LIVING.
YES, MA'AM UH, NEXT AGAIN, MAYOR PRESIDENT WILL RECOGNIZE THE GRADUATES OF SAFE, HOPEFUL NEIGHBORHOOD RESONANT LEADER PROGRAM.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TIM AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
AS WE RECOGNIZE OUR OFFICERS THIS AFTERNOON, IT'S ALSO FITTING FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THE GRADUATES OF OUR RESIDENT LEADER ACADEMY.
LAST YEAR, WHEN I LAUNCHED MY SAFE, HOPEFUL AND HEALTHY INITIATIVE, I REALLY ENVISIONED A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM TO ADDRESS THE FACTORS INFLUENCING PUBLIC SAFETY WITHIN BATON ROUGE.
AND THIS INCLUDES INTERRUPTING THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE, STRENGTHENING FAMILY SUPPORT, PROMOTING ACADEMIC EDUCATION, PRIORITIZING ACCESS TO CARE AND REVITALIZING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND OF COURSE, I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS WORK COULD NOT BE DONE BY OUR CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT ALONE, IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WE MUST ENGAGE OUR RESIDENTS.
AND WITH THIS IN MIND, WE LAUNCHED OUR FIRST RESIDENT LEADER ACADEMY, WHERE COMMUNITY LEADERS FROM KEY NEIGHBORHOODS COULD ENGAGE IN NATIONAL RECOGNIZED CURRICULUM TO FOCUS ON VALUABLE LESSONS FOR LEADING NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION EFFORTS.
OUR RESIDENT LEADERS HAVE DEDICATED COUNTLESS HOURS TO IMPROVING THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, EMPOWERING THEIR COMMUNITIES AND UPLIFTING OUR ENTIRE PARISH.
SO TODAY I ASKED YOU TO JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING AND HONORING THEIR COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY AND PARISH.
THIS YEAR'S RESIDENT LEADER ACADEMY WORKED WITH LEADERS FROM EATON PARK, GREENVILLE, EXTENSION GARDERE, SCOTLANDVILLE BANKS, AND THE 7 0 8 0 5 COMMUNITIES.
I'M GOING TO ASK THEM TO STAND UP AND BE RECOGNIZED.
HANNAH WEB DERRIUS, LANTUS DEVONNE WINBUSH TYRANNY MCCRAE, THOMAS SIENA, JOSEPH STACY BALE, DEBORAH BUTLER, SHEILA COLEMAN, JACQUELYN JONES, ELLA MORGAN, LORETTA ROBERTSON, TERRAN THORNTON RASHARD DYSON, DENISE DYSON, HANNAH RODNICK, CAITLYN MADDIX, REVEREND JAMES RILEY.
ZILINA WILLIAMS. WOULD YOU CELEBRATE THESE RESIDENT LEADERS FROM OUR COMMUNITY THIS AFTERNOON? I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HOURS A MEMBERS THEY DEDICATED, BUT IT WAS A SACRIFICE.
I KNOW THEY CAME ON SATURDAYS AND OTHER TIMES AS WELL.
SO IT WAS TRULY A, UH, AN ACADEMY.
AND SO WE THANK THEM FOR COLLABORATING, UH, AND HELPING TO LAY A FOUNDATION WITHIN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS FOR CHANGE, WHICH WILL CERTAINLY IMPACT AND UPLIFT OUR ENTIRE PARISH AND UPLIFTING.
THESE NEIGHBORHOODS IS CERTAINLY KEY TO US HAVING A SAFE, HOPEFUL,
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AND HEALTHY BATON ROUGE.ONCE AGAIN, WE CONGRATULATE OUR GRADUATES AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ALONGSIDE THEM AS WE MOVE OUR COMMUNITY FORWARD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH BEFORE I LEAVE.
IF I COULD TAKE ONE LAST PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE TODAY.
UM, MR. MIKE, DENNIS COLA, MR. DENNIS COLA IS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF, UH, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF EMS. WOULD YOU COME ON UP MR. DENNIS COLA? UM, MR. DENNIS COLA HAS, UH, SERVED IN EMS AS A SHIFT COMMANDER FROM 2013 TO 2018.
UH, HE HAS SERVED AS THE DEPUTY SHERIFF, UH, SHIFT COMMANDER, A UNIT COMMANDER, AND HE'S ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE EMS HONOR GUARD.
SO WE HAVE ASKED HIM TO STEP IN AS THE INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR EMS, AS WE CONTINUE OUR SEARCH.
I JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO PUT A FACE WITH HIS NAME AND WELCOME HIM A BOARD DURING THIS SEASON.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN UNTIL FOUR O'CLOCK WHEN WE BEGIN OUR REGULAR MEETING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU THIS AFTERNOON.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
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[CALL TO ORDER]
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COUNCIL MEMBERS.IF YOU WOULD PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IN THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS THIS TIME TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
HELLO EVERYBODY, YOU ARE LOOKING AT A LIVE PICTURE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
IT'S NOVEMBER THE 23RD, 2021, OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEMBER MEETING, AND WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE ALL OF YOU VIEWING WHEREVER YOU'RE WATCHING TODAY ON COX CHANNEL 21 ON AT AND T U-VERSE ON OUR STREAMING WEBSITE.
THAT'S AT WWW.BR.GOV AND ALSO ON FACEBOOK LIVE.
AND WE'RE ON HIGH DEFINITION THERE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU 23 DIFFERENT CAMERA SHOTS TODAY ON BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, HAPPY THANKSGIVING, EVERYBODY.
AND WE HOPE THAT YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL THURSDAY WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
AND OF COURSE WE GIVE THANKS FOR ALL OF THE BLESSINGS FROM GOD AT THIS TIME HERE AS THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT PRO TEM BY EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BRING IN COUNCILMAN LEMONT, COLE COUNCILMAN.
LET'S GIVE DENNIS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THE OUTSTANDING INTRODUCTION.
WELCOME TO OUR COUNCIL MEETING ON THIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD, 2021 MEETING AT 4:00 PM.
AGAIN, WE'RE MEETING ON TUESDAY AS A RESULT OF THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY TODAY.
WE'RE GOING TO BE LED IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COMMANDER MELVIN BEVERLEY, VIETNAM ARMY VETERAN.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
HE IS A MEMBER OF AMERICAN LEGION POST 5 0 2, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LETTING THE INVOCATION BY KENNY G MCKNIGHT PASSED UP.
THE GORDON FELT HIS BIZARRE CATHEDRAL, UH, PASTOR MCKNIGHT, IF YOU WOULD.
DID YOU REMAIN STANDING AS WE DO THAT? I PLEDGE, UH, JOHN AND ME IS MY FIRST COMMANDER, UH, OLIVER, MY MOORE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ASHLEY, DO WE HAVE A FORUM? WE HAVE A FORUM FIRST UP APPROVAL
[ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
OF THE MINUTES, ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING OF NOVEMBER 4TH, 2021, THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING FOR NOVEMBER 10TH, 2021 AND THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ZONING MEETING OF NOVEMBER 17TH, 2021 BY COUNCIL, ADMINISTRATOR, AND TREASURES THERE.SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, DON SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
HUDSON ASKED ME, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE INTRODUCTIONS
[INTRODUCTIONS]
SECTION 2.12 INTRODUCTIONS.NUMBER TWO, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT A SHUTTERED VENUE OPERATORS GRANT FROM THE U S SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND ESTABLISHING A BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF 4 MILLION, $394,913
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AND 18 CENTS FOR OPERATING EXPENSES AND IMPROVEMENTS AT THE RAISING CANE RIVER CENTER BY THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT NUMBER THREE, EMANATING THE 2021 CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET.SO IT WAS TO ADJUST THE ESTIMATED REVENUES AND APPROPRIATIONS AND TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO MAKE CERTAIN INTERDEPARTMENTAL INTERFUND TRANSFERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE BUDGET ACT AND THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT BY THE MAYOR PRESIDENT AND THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.
NUMBER FOUR, AUTHORIZING I'M SORRY, ADOPTING THE REVISED 2021 PAY PLAN FOR THE CLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED NON-CLASSIFIED CONTRACT FIRE AND POLICE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF BATON ROUGE ESTABLISHING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SAID, PLAN IS JANUARY 1ST, 2022, AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERE WITH, BY THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, NUMBER FIVE, FIXING THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES OF THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND ALL AGENCIES TO WHICH APPROPRIATIONS ARE MADE AND ESTABLISHING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF JANUARY 1ST, 2022, AND A REPEALING ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERE WITH BODY HUMAN RESOURCES, DIRECTOR NUMBER SIX, AMENDING AND REENACTING TITLE EIGHT CHAPTER ONE PART ONE, SECTION EIGHT, COLON TWO OF THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE AND INTERNATIONAL EXISTING BUILDING CODE.
SO AS TO INCREASE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PLAN REVIEW AND PERMIT FEES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2022 BROUGHT THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT.
NUMBER SEVEN, AMENDING TITLE SIX, CHAPTER FOUR, PART THREE ANTI-LITTER REGULATION, SECTION SIX, COLON 4 32 LETTER FROM VEHICLES AND SECTION SIX, COLON FOR 49 PENALTY.
SO AS TO AMEND THE PENALTY PROVISIONS BY COUNCILMAN LEMONT, COLE, NUMBER EIGHT, AMENDING RESOLUTION 5, 6 0 7, TO UPDATE THE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATE AND ALLOCATE GRANT FUNDS AND WARDEN AWARDED UNDER THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 ACTION PLAN TO THE U S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF 3 MILLION, $258,983.
THEM IMPROVEMENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS IN THE AMOUNT OF 1,000,400, $8,393 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH AIDS AND THE AMOUNT OF 2,533,000 FOR $548 AND EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $280,083 AND THE HOME AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN IN THE AMOUNT OF 5 MILLION, 100, $4,454 PROGRAM TOTALING APPROXIMATELY $12,585,471 PLUS $800,000 IN ESTIMATED PROGRAM INCOME BY THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
CONDEMNATION INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER NINE, EXCUSE ME, RONALD WAYNE DREAR 1 5, 4 7 7, TOM GREER DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE, KNOLL NUMBER 10, RHONDA SWAYZER AND THE ESTATE OF ANN BELL CARTER SWAYZER 1 0 0 5 0.
MY UNCLE ELM GROVE AT GARDEN DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS, NUMBER 11, ALBERTA, WASHINGTON ABRAMS SIMS AND MATTHEW ABRAMS JR.
9 9 1 0 AVENUE B COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS, NUMBER 12, GERALD CHARLOTTE, JUNIOR AND SUSAN CHARLOTTE, UH, 9 2 4 2 GASSY STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS NUMBER 13, B R H CONSULTANTS INCORPORATED.
7 2 7 2 BURBANK DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE GRIT GO DAY NUMBER 14, THE ESTATE OF CURRY RISING TO 1 5 0 NORTH SHERWOOD FOREST DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX, DON JR.
NUMBER 15, JEANNIE M GRANT 3 6 6 8, WAYNE DRIVE COUNCILS DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 16, CONNIE VAN BOWIE BORE 1 3 4 JOSEPH STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 17 PREMIE MAR AND FREDERICO MARQUEZ, KIRA BIAS 4 1 6 2 ODELL STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE, NUMBER 18, YOU STATE OF VICTORIA MILLS.
1, 2, 4 8 COLUMBUS DUNN DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN POLE NUMBER 19 RENTAL PROPERTY SERVICES, LLC.
GERARD AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 20, LESLIE BAROMETER, 1 5 3 5 NORTH 46TH STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 21, THE ESTATE OF ORALEE YOUNG 2 0 5 0 NORTH 30TH STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 22, WALTER WILLIAMS AND MARY WILLIAMS, 5 5 2 5 5 4 5 5 6 AND 5 5 8 COTTON STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 23, ESTHER THOMAS AT AL 1 5 5 FIG STREET COUNCIL TETRICK TIN COLEMAN NUMBER 24, ANNA F. TURNER JAMES FREEMAN.
THE SECOND AT L 1 5 2 6 MYRTLE WALK DRIVE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 25, CHRISTOPHER ODOM, 2, 2 6 7 PERKINS LANE COUNCIL, DISTRICT 12 ROCCA, ALL ITEMS OR CAR READING HAVE BEEN READ AND A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS IS AN ORDER.
ITEMS REQUIRE AN INTRODUCTION THAT I'VE BEEN READ.
I DO WANT TO HEAR FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MOKE.
UH, I HAVE A QUESTION ON, UH, ITEM NUMBER 54, UH, TO ASHLEY.
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CONTRACT, UH, ABOUT THE BENCHES AND EVERYTHING CAN THIS, AS FAR AS WHAT'S BEEN WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED, CAN THIS NUMBER 54? CAN WE INTRODUCE THIS NOW? CAN THIS CONTRACT BE AMENDED AND CHANGED BETWEEN NOW AND THE TIME OF, UM, VOTING? UM, THE CONTRACT CAN BE, UH, CAN NOT BE SUBSTANTIVELY CHANGED IF THERE ARE MINOR, UM, CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE.YOU CAN MAKE THOSE, BUT, UH, THE SUBSTANCE OF THE CONTRACT CANNOT CHANGE.
SO TIMEFRAME, TIMEFRAME, AND LENGTH OF CONTRACT IS THAT SUBSTANCE INTERCHANGE.
UM, I WOULD DEFER TO THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON THAT.
I KNOW WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DISCUSS THE INTRODUCTION ITEMS. SO WHILE WE DISCUSSING THE INTRODUCTION, EITHER TH THAT I'M JUST CLARIFYING THE POINT LEGAL POINT, THAT WOULD BE A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE.
UH, WHEN THE MATTER COMES UP, IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT YOU'D WANT TO DEFER.
SO ULTIMATELY YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THAT ITEM, CORRECT? WITH THAT BEING SAID, AND, AND WHAT'S HERE.
I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS EXCEPT ITEM NUMBER 54, PLEASE.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUSSON IS A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
IS THERE ANY, ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT MOTION? ANY OBJECTIONS? MOTION IS APPROVAL.
ALL ITEMS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM 54, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
[CONDEMNATIONS]
WOULD YOU NOW GO TO YOUR SECOND SHEET FOR CONDEMNATIONS? I'M GOING TO READ ALL CONDEMNATIONS AS RECOMMENDATIONS AS STATED BY, UH, DPW.WHAT I HAVE WAS 57 58, 60 61 62 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70 71 72 TO LEAD ITEMS, 59 AND 73.
IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ALL KINDS OF NATIONS? IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON CONDEMNATIONS? WE HAVE, UH, SOMEONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 6 65, CAROLYN HIGGINBOTTOM.
90 DAYS ON, WELL LET'S WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, CAMMIE MCGEE, WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 74 IS CAMERON MCGEE HERE? WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 74.
I WAS JUST ALAN I AND ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON CONDEMNATIONS? HI, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
YOU SAID HOW MANY DAYS ON OH, SHIT.
ANYONE ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER? NO, LIKE TO DELETE NUMBER 60, DELETE ITEM, NUMBER 60.
ANYONE ELSE? I LIKE A 60 DAY EXTENSION ON 66, 60 DAYS ON 66.
ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ELSE? I'M GOING TO READ THE CHANGES AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 57 58 61 62 63 64, 68, 69, 70 71 72.
THEY ARE TO, UH, 30 DAYS ON ITEM, 67, 60 DAYS ON ITEM 66, 90 DAYS ON ITEM 65.
AND THEY ARE TO DELETE ITEMS 59, 73 AND 60 AND 30 DAYS ON ITEM 60.
SO ALL OF THE 30 DAYS THEY'RE GOING TO BE EXTENDED TO 45 DAYS.
SO 45 DAYS ON ITEM 67 AND 63 60 DAYS ON ITEM 66, 90 DAYS ON ITEM 65, DELETE ITEMS, 59, 73 AND 64.
SEE WHAT ITEMS? 57 58 61 62 64 68 69, 70 71 AND 72.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL INTRODUCTIONS? SO BUCK COUNCIL MEMBER NOLS SECONDED BY THE CHAIRS.
ANY OPPOSITION, ALL INTRODUCTION ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
WE WILL NOW GO TO IDLE FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
[74. 21-01440]
ITEM 74, A RESOLUTION PROVIDING A WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OUTLINE AND METROPOLITAN RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD REGARDING TIMBER COMPANIES, NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE INDUSTRIAL TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM CONTRACT FOR YOU IS 2018, 2019 AND 2020 BY THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURER.WE DO HAVE SOMEONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 74, MS. CAMERON MCGEE, MS. MCGEE, ARE YOU GOING TO BRING SOMEBODY WITH YOU?
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ARE YOU GOING TO, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A STAB AT IT? YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB LAST TIME.UM, MY NAME IS CAMY MUGGY, WHICH HAND ROOF BREWING COMPANY ADDRESS UNTIL I GIVE YOU MY ADDRESS.
I LIVE AT 7 41 0 RE-INSTATE BOULEVARD.
UM, I AM HERE TO FOLLOW UP ON SOME THINGS I PROMISED YOU ALL LAST.
UM, SOME OF THEM I FOLLOWED UP WITH AS PROMISED SOME OF THEM WERE A LITTLE LATE, AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME REASONS WHY, UM, WE DID, UM, HIRE A NEW CONSULTING FIRM TO HELP ME WITH THIS PROJECT, UM, COUNCILWOMAN BANKS SUGGESTION, UM, AND TO GO THROUGH THE NUMBERS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO ME BY THE PREVIOUS CONSULTANT, WE HAD TO KIND OF DIG BACK A LITTLE BIT DEEPER TO MAKE SENSE OF WHAT WAS PRESENTED.
UM, AND I DID HAVE INTENTIONS OF FILING THOSE LAST WEDNESDAY, BUT UNDER THE ADVISEMENT OF THE NEW FARM, THEY SAID DON'T DON'T FILE.
LET'S REALLY LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS AND LET'S DIG BACK BECAUSE THE WORST THING YOU CAN DO IS FILE MORE BAD INFORMATION.
UM, SO SINCE THEN WE HAVE FILED THE CORRECT INFORMATION FOR ALL THREE YEARS.
UM, WE HAVE UPLOADED THEM ONTO THE FAST LANE.
WE HAVE MAILED IN THE APPROPRIATE FILING FEES AND THE HARD COPIES.
UM, I DID EMAIL THEM TO THE ATTORNEY, ASHLEY BECK THAT I THINK THAT YOU GUYS REQUESTED ME TO REACH OUT TO.
UM, WE MET WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD LAST WEEK.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TOMORROW MORNING.
SO I DO FEEL CONFIDENT NOW THAT THE INFORMATION I'M GIVING YOU IS COMPLETELY ACCURATE.
HOWEVER, IT IS NOT WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS AT OUR LAST MEETING.
UM, DIGGING BACK TO 2016, UM, THE ORIGINAL NUMBERS THAT WERE PREPARED WERE JUST NOT RIGHT ON MULTIPLE LEVELS.
UM, THEY WEREN'T RIGHT IN MATHEMATICAL CALCULATIONS AND THEY WEREN'T CORRECT IN WHAT WAS BEING REPORTED AND BEING THAT I WAS NOT HERE IN 2016.
I HONESTLY CANNOT GIVE YOU A REASON WHY THEY WERE INCORRECT.
OTHER THAN I, I LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ON THE, ON THE RULES OF THE PROGRAM AND MOVING FORWARD, WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS TO BE EXCUSED FROM THE ITEP PROGRAM.
I DON'T THINK I CAN TELL YOU I CAN BE IN COMPLIANCE GOING FORWARD.
I DON'T FEEL CONFIDENT IN THE NUMBERS FOR OUR GROWTH.
NOT THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GROW.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN GROW TO WHAT WE NEED TO BE GROWING TO IN 2022.
I THINK THAT IF THE NUMBERS WERE CORRECT, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN COMPLIANCE OR VERY CLOSE TO WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 2020.
UM, BUT THOSE WERE THE PREVIOUS INCORRECT NUMBERS.
SO, UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
I DID BRING SOMEONE WITH THE CURRENT ACCOUNTING FIRM.
IF YOU HAVE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ON NUMBERS, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE ANSWERING THOSE, THE CALCULATIONS OR WHATNOT.
UM, BUT I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YEAH.
COME ON NOW, CAM YOU CAN STEP TO THE SIDE.
WE'LL CALL YOU BACK MOMENTARILY.
HELLO, I'M RICK MORELAND, UH, WITH TOGETHER BATON ROUGE.
UM, I SPOKE LAST TIME ABOUT THIS, UH, THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE OF NON-COMPLIANCE AND I APPRECIATED, WE APPRECIATED YOUR TAKING THE TIME TO, UH, TAKE MORE TIME TO CONSIDER THE KIND OF PRECEDENTS THAT WE MAY BE SETTING OR THIS AND OTHER COMPANIES THAT ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR ITEP OBLIGATIONS.
UM, MOST OF MY COMMENTS HAVE TO DO WITH THE, THE PRECEDENT GOING FORWARD, UH, AND LESS WITH THIS CASE.
BUT, BUT THIS CASE IS, UH, MAYBE ILLUSTRATIVE OF, OF A LARGER PROBLEM.
WE ALREADY HAVE SOME PRECEDENTS THAT AREN'T WORKING.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE SOME NEW ONES THAT WILL WORK LED.
APPARENTLY HASN'T BEEN FOLLOWING UP WITH COMPANIES THAT ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE
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AND THAT CAN GIVE COMPANIES THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE.IN THIS CASE, FOR EXAMPLE, TWO WEEKS AGO, ONE OF YOU ASKED THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHAMBER WHEN TIN ROOF WAS NOTIFIED OF THEIR NONCOMPLIANCE.
AND HE LOOKED AT THE DATA, THE NONCOMPLIANCE LETTERS AND SAID OCTOBER, OCTOBER, FIRST OF THIS YEAR, WHICH MAY HAVE GIVEN THE IMPRESSION THAT THE COMPANY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE REQUIREMENT UNTIL LAST MONTH, THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE FIRST TIME LED NOTIFIED THE COUNCIL.
BUT THE NON-COMPLIANCE LETTER IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET FOR 2018 SAYS THAT THE COMPANY DID SUBMIT IT TO REPORT FOR 2018.
I THINK YOU JUST, YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT THAT ON TIME, WHICH IS FOUR MONTHS INTO 2019.
AND THAT LED THEN INFORMED BOTH THE COMPANY AND THEIR CONSULTANT THAT THE REPORT NEEDED CORRECTIONS IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE REVIEW AND LED LEFT A VOICEMAIL WITH THE COMPANY, BUT NO RESPONSE, BESIDES AN EMAIL READ RECEIPT, AN EMAIL READ RECEIPT HAS EVER BEEN RECEIVED REGARDING THESE DOCUMENTS OR THE NECESSARY CORRECTIONS AND THAT THE COMPANY IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE FOR THAT PROJECT YEAR.
ALL OF THAT IS IN THE LETTER IN YOUR PACKET THAT LED, UM, THAT LED SENT TO YOU AND TO THE COMPANY IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR.
BUT IT'S ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN 2019 WHEN THEY WERE, UM, WHEN THEIR REPORT FROM 2018 HAD BEEN SUBMITTED, WAS FOUND TO BE INCOMPLETE OR NEEDING CORRECTIONS AND WAS RETURNED TO THEM FOR THOSE CORRECTIONS.
WE HEARD LAST TIME THAT THERE WERE SOME STAFFING CHANGES AT TIN ROOF.
APPARENTLY MS. MCGEE ONLY STARTED IN 2018, BUT THE COMPANY'S WEBSITE, I TRIED TO LOOK THIS UP ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S, UH, INDEX OF COMPANIES REGISTERED IN LOUISIANA AND TIN ROOF.
HASN'T UPDATED ANYTHING SINCE THEY STARTED IN 2010.
SO THEY'RE OUT OF THE CLIENTS THERE TOO, BUT THE COMPANY'S WEBSITE STILL PICTURES, THE SAME TWO OWNERS THAT REGISTERED THE COMPANY IN 2010 WHEN CHARLES CALDWELL WAS A BANKER AND WILLIAM MCGEE WAS FINISHING LAW SCHOOL.
CAMMIE MCGEE IS NOW ALSO PICTURED AS AN OWNER OPERATOR, BUT IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, SHE IS WILLIAM MCGEE'S SPOUSE LED LEFT MESSAGES, BUT NOTHING ELSE APPARENTLY HAPPENED UNTIL LAST MONTH WHEN THEIR BOARD.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 74? ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ITEM 74.
WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? OH, LOTS OF QUESTIONS IN THE WHITE.
UH, I WANT TO THANK MS. MCGEE FOR COMING BACK AND PROVIDING THE INFORMATION FOR US.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT SPEAKS TO, UH, THE COMPLICATED NATURE OF THE PROGRAM, UM, AND, AND THE TROUBLE THAT SOME OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO HAVE NATURALLY WITH, WITH SOME OF THE LACK OF THE GUIDANCE THAT HAS COME FROM LED ON IT.
UM, SO I HOPE MOVING FORWARD THAT WE, WE SEE SOME, SOME MORE WORK ON THE FRONT END TO MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THESE COMPLIANCE ISSUES CAN BE ADDRESSED ON THE FRONT END.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK THAT, UH, TIN ROOF, ONCE THEY WERE NOTIFIED OF THIS ISSUE, I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED REALLY QUICKLY TO ADDRESS IT.
UH, I THINK YOU'VE BEEN AS TRANSPARENT AND AS OPEN ABOUT THE PROCESS AS YOU POSSIBLY COULD.
SO I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR THAT.
THINK YOU'VE DONE, DONE A GREAT JOB THERE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE GONE INTO THE EXPENSE, THE EXPENSE OF GETTING A NEW, UH, CONTRACTOR AND, AND, AND MAKING SURE YOU DO EVERYTHING TO GET IN COMPLIANCE.
SO I'LL COMMEND YOU FOR THAT AS WELL.
UM, I DEFINITELY SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO CONTINUE IN THE PROGRAM.
UM, I THINK THAT ONLY LEAVES THE ISSUE OF THE PREVIOUS YEARS THAT WERE ABATED, UH, WHEN IN FACT, UH, AN ABATEMENT REALLY WASN'T DUE.
UM, SO I AM NOT SURE UNDER, UM, UNDER OUR LOCAL RULES OR UNDER LED RULES, WHETHER OR NOT IT IS POSSIBLE TO REQUIRE, UM, PAYMENT FOR THOSE YEARS.
BUT I'M CURIOUS, IS THERE ANYBODY FROM LED HERE THAT, THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION OR DONNIE, DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW THE ANSWER, HEY, DONNIE, WITH THE VENDOR GERI CHAMBER, I TH THIS BOARD CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION BACK TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE INDUSTRY AND THAT RECOMMENDATION CAN BE ANYTHING UNDER THE SUN, WHETHER THEY BORDER COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY CAN, UH, CAN FOLLOW THAT RECOMMENDATION ON BACK PAYMENT THAT'S YET TO BE SEEN.
BUT YEAH, THIS TIME YOU GUYS CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE, OKAY.
UM, SO, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION AND THE MOTION, I'LL JUST CLARIFY THAT.
UM, AS I UNDERSTAND, IT'S THREE YEARS WORTH OF WORTH OF PAYMENTS.
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AND IT'S, IT'S SORT OF, UH, OUR FAULT AND THE FAULT OF LED THAT WHEN THE NOTICE OCCURRED, THAT WE GOT TO THREE YEARS, UH, NEEDING TO BE PAID BACK.SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE THE COMPANY FROM THE PROGRAM, UH, AND NEGOTIATE FOR BACK PAYMENT OF PREVIOUSLY ABATED TAXES OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD.
UM, AND I DO WANT TO STRESS THAT, THAT THE IDEA OF THE PAYMENT BACK OF THE BACK OF THE PREVIOUSLY ABATED TAXES, IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE PUNITIVE.
UH, IT'S SIMPLY AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THIS ISN'T OUR MONEY.
THIS IS, UH, I LIKE TO SAY IT'S OPM, IT'S, IT'S OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY, IT'S TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
UH, AND IF IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABATED THAT IT NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE TAXPAYER, UM, IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE PUNITIVE.
WE DON'T WANT TO MESS UP THE OPERATIONS OF A AWESOME COMPANY.
UM, BUT IT IS TAXPAYER MONEY AND IT, IT, IT DOES NEED TO BE NEGOTIATED TO GO BACK TO THEM.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE BOARDS ARE MOVED FROM PROGRAM AND REQUEST TO CLARITY.
WE SHOULD BE MAKING A MOTION TO SEND A RECOMMENDATION BACK TO THE MOTION AND THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION.
SO THE MOTION IS TO REMOVE FROM THE PROGRAM AND RECOMMENDATION IS TO HAVE BACK PAYMENT OF OVER THREE-YEAR PERIOD.
THAT'S THE MOTION ON THE FLORIDA? SECOND OBJECTION.
THERE WAS AN OBJECTION, BUT WE'LL SHARE FROM THE OTHER COUNCIL MEETING.
IS THERE A SECOND? ANY, THERE'S A SECOND.
THERE'S A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.
WE DON'T HEAR FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MOCHA AT THIS TIME.
UH, THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON FOR THE, FOR THE RECOMMENDATION, BUT I, I JUST WANTED ONE.
I HAVE A QUESTION TOO, AND THEN YOU PAPERWORK AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
ARE WE STILL UNDER THE, THE FACT THAT THE PAPERWORK IS THE ONLY THING THAT WAS NOT IN COMPLIANCE, BUT NO SHE'S TALKING ABOUT, THEY FOUND OTHER THINGS WITH THEIR NUMBERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO WHAT'S, I WAS QUESTIONED IS COME ON DOWN ON CAMERA, WE GO DIRECT TO QUESTIONS BECAUSE IN THE LAST MEETING WE WAS ADVISED THE EMPLOYMENT WAS MET.
WE HAD SCREW UP ON THE PAPERWORK.
YES, THAT IS LAST TIME BASED ON THE INCORRECT NUMBERS THAT WERE SUBMITTED IN 2016 BY THE PREVIOUS CONSULTANT.
AND THAT WAS WHAT I WAS ADVISED BY HIM BASED ON THOSE NUMBERS.
I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ALL OF A SUDDEN THEN ALL OF THIS NEW REVIEW WITH THE NEW COMPANY OR ANYBODY LIKE THAT, THE WHOLE THING WAS OUT OF COMPLIANCE, AS FAR AS THE GOALS AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU WAS SUPPOSED TO REACH, WE'RE STILL DOWN TO PAPERWORK THAT WASN'T FILED IN A TIMELY MANNER.
SO IT HAS BEEN FOUND IN 2016, THE BASELINE EMPLOYEES THAT WERE REPORTED WERE REPORTED AT 5.5.
UM, AND THAT IS, ARE SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE FULL TIME NUMBERS.
IT'S A CALCULATION THAT IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON, I CAN BRING UP RUBEN TO ANSWER THAT, BUT BASED ON THOSE NUMBERS AND THE 2018, 19 AND 20 NUMBERS THAT WERE PULLED FROM OUR PREVIOUS CONSULTANT, YES, WE WERE IN COMPLIANT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 2020.
HE SAID, WE GOT VERY CLOSE SALARY WISE.
WE WERE OUT OF COMPLIANCE BY $20,000.
UM, HIS ADVICE WAS WE WERE IN COMPLIANCE AND TO COME TO THAT MEETING AND SAY, YES, WE DIDN'T FILE A PERP OF WORK, BUT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE BASED ON MY NUMBERS.
UM, WHENEVER I HIRED THE NEW FIRM AND THEY DUG BACK TO ORIGINAL FILINGS OF THAT BASELINE CALCULATION, THEY THINK, THEY THINK THAT, UM, HE GOT THOSE CALCULATIONS WITH THE COMBINATION OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AND A PART-TIME EMPLOYEE.
UM, SO WE HAD QUITE A FEW PART-TIME EMPLOYEES THAT WORKED LESS THAN 30 HOURS A WEEK PLUS THE FULL TIME.
AND I THINK W I THINK WHAT HE DID, AND AGAIN, THIS IS AN ASSUMPTION THAT HE USED THOSE NUMBERS TO EQUATE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AND REPORT THE BASELINE NUMBERS INCORRECTLY.
UM, AGAIN, I COMMEND YOU FOR, UH, COMING BACK BEFORE US AND ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN TOGETHER AND BEING STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH THIS COUNCIL AND WITH THE PUBLIC ON EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL TRIED TO DO.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN HUDSON, I'M ALL FOR MAKING, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MOTION TO SUBMIT TO THEM THAT THEY'D BE REMOVED FROM THE ITEP PROGRAM, BUT, UH, AS FAR AS PUNITIVE OR WHATEVER, AGAIN, I STATED IT BEFORE EVERYTHING THAT WE DEAL WITH IN GOVERNMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THERE'S SET STANDARDS THAT ARE FOLLOWED IN PENALTIES AND INTEREST AND PERCENTAGES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
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AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE AS A COUNCIL, BECAUSE I GOT A FEELING WITH ALL THE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT I'M BEING ADVISED ABOUT.AND THE GENTLEMAN SAID BEFORE THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE THE LAST ONE, WHETHER IT'S A SMALL BUSINESS OR A LARGE BUSINESS OR A MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS OR ANYTHING ELSE, WE NEED TO SET OUR PUNITIVE OR PENALTY RATE IN ORDINANCE BEFORE WE START MOVING FORWARD.
I AGREE THAT WE CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THEM TO JUST PAY EVERYTHING OR WHATEVER.
I DON'T THINK THAT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S COMPLETELY FAIR.
I THINK THERE ARE SOME SITUATIONS.
YEAH, I UNDERSTAND YOU, YOU CAN ARGUE IT ALL YOU WANT.
I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SITUATIONS TO WHERE WE NEED A GUIDANCE TO FOLLOW YOU'RE X AMOUNT OF DAYS LATE.
YOU DON'T REACH THIS GOAL, YOU DON'T DO THIS, BUT YET THEY COME INTO COMPLIANCE, THEN HERE'S YOUR FINE.
AND HERE'S YOUR DIRECT PENALTY.
NOT JUST GO BACK AND PAY EVERYTHING BACK AT ONE TIME.
WITH RECOMMENDING TO THE, UM, UH, LED OR WHATEVER TO REMOVE THEM FROM THE ITEP PROGRAM AND MOVE FORWARD.
COUNCIL MEMBER MO YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION TO REMOVE FROM SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, BUT NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER BIKES, TAMMY, AND I BELIEVE IT'S CAMMIE WITH, WITH A K OR A C, BUT I'M USED TO IT.
SO, UM, CAME IN, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR HONESTY, FOR YOUR INTEGRITY, UM, FOR YOUR DETERMINATION TO GET IT RIGHT.
NOT JUST GOING FORWARD, BUT IN THE BACK, UH, THE BACK END.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, UM, I DO AGREE WITH, UM, MY COLLEAGUE, UM, CO UM, COUNCILMAN HUDSON THAT THIS ISN'T OUR MONEY.
I KNOW THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE RARE MOMENTS.
UM, BUT I DO AGREE, AND BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A PRECEDENT REGARDING PAIN BACK THEN, THE ONLY STANDARD IS THAT IF YOU, IF YOU RECEIVED MONEY THAT YOU DON'T ALL THAT YOU DON'T, UM, DON'T, UH, THAT YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN IS TO GIVE IT BACK, UM, WHERE WE DEALING WITH PENALTIES AND ALL THAT, THEN YES, WE SHOULD HAVE AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE, UM, BASED ON PERCENTAGE OR WHATEVER, BUT BECAUSE THIS IS FRESH AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
I, IF, IF, UH, BASED ON YOUR NUMBERS, I WOULD LIKE YOU NOT TO HAVE TO PAY IT ALL AT ONCE, BUT THIS IS LIKE A STARTUP, BUT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO PAY, UM, YOU TAP TO PAY BACK ANY, UH, CREDITS, BUT OVER THREE YEAR PERIOD, WHICH IS EQUAL TO WHAT THE YEARS ARE.
UM, AND THEN WHEN, AND HOPEFULLY WE SEE YOU AGAIN, THEN YOU'RE ABLE TO, UM, COME WITH A CLEAN SLATE AND NOT OWE MONEY VERSUS COMING BEFORE US WITH THE EYE TAB.
AND THERE BEING A DISCUSSION WHERE LAST TIME YOU HAD AN EYE TAB, UM, WE FORGAVE YOU THREE YEARS.
WHAT, YOU KNOW, SO I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE AWAY ANY ARGUMENT OF SEEING YOU UP HERE AGAIN, UM, THAT, THAT, AND THAT'S, WHAT'S THE ONLY, THAT'S THE ONLY FAIR, UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE TO SET A PRECEDENT.
I WOULD LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DOGGONE MOTIONS WE CAN MAKE ARE TWO ON THE FLOOR.
SO I WOULD LIKE, UM, MY COLLEAGUE, UH, COUNCILMAN HUDSON, BECAUSE WE WERE GETTING ALONG REALLY WELL AT THIS MOMENT TO, UH, MAKE HIS MOTION THAT WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO, WHAT DID YOU SAY? THE FIRST PART REMOVED FROM THE PROGRAM AND PAYMENT FROM THE PROGRAM, AS YOU WISH, BUT THAT THEY PAY BACK OVER TO ME, PERIOD.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ASK ME, BUT ONE TIME COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER.
SO I'VE HEARD THE WORD PRECEDENT ONE TOO MANY TIMES ALREADY TODAY.
UM, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART THAT WE'RE, WE SEEM TO BE MISSING HERE IS THAT THIS IS OUR FIRST CASE AND THAT THE OTHER PIECE, WHICH I SAID LAST TIME IS THAT WE GET TO LOOK TO THE MERITS OF EACH CASE THAT COMES BEFORE US AND DECIDED BASED ON THE MERIT AND THE MERIT OF THIS CASE IS 10 ROOF HAS OPERATED AND HAS MET THE STANDARDS NECESSARY IN THE DISTRICT DISTRICT IN, UM, FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
AND THEY'VE ALSO BEEN OPERATING IN ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO PASS BY ON A FRIDAY AND SEE THE FAMILIES OUTSIDE, ENJOYING
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THE FAMILY FUN.AND THE ATMOSPHERE THAT THEY PROVIDE WILL KNOW THAT THIS BUSINESS HAS BEEN PROVIDING A SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, HAS BEEN CONTRIBUTING AND HAVE BEEN TAXPAYERS.
SO BASED UPON THE MERIT, RATHER THAN THE PRECEDENT, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ONE YET, WE NEED TO EVALUATE IT BASED ON THE FACT THAT IT HAS BEEN OPERATING.
THEY'VE COME TO US IN GOOD FAITH SAYING, HEY, WE MADE A MISTAKE.
NOT TO MENTION WE WERE IN A PANDEMIC AND ANY OTHER BUSINESS THAT COMES IN FRONT OF US AND SAYS, HEY, GIVE US A BREAK.
NOW WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE THAT THINGS WEREN'T OPERATING PROPERLY.
PEOPLE WERE WORKING TO TRY TO BRING THEIR BUSINESSES TOGETHER AND STAY IN BUSINESS, FIGHTING TO REMAIN, UM, A VITAL PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I MAKE A MOTION TO OBJECT, TO ALL OF THEM.
SO WE STILL HAVE TO, THEY BOTH FAIL.
YOU CAN COME BACK TO YOUR EMOTIONS.
I'M GOING TO MAKE ANOTHER MOTION.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I WOULD LIKE FOR Y'ALL TO WAIT FOR MINE.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, NO, YOU WANT TO SIT WITH YOUR MOTION IS GOING TO BE COUNCIL MEMBER ROCCA.
I MAKE A MOTION TO TERMINATE THEIR AND FORGIVE THEIR THREE YEARS.
THEY CONTRIBUTED THEY HAD, THEY PAID THEIR TAXES, THE TAX, THE PAYROLL TAXES, ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS.
WELL, THEN I SUPPORT AARON MODE.
I'M GOING TO NEED EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER UP HERE TO PAY ATTENTION COUNCIL NUMBER.
NO, I WAS ABOUT TO SAY NOBODY LISTENING.
ALRIGHT, CAMMIE, THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK.
AND FOR BEING HONEST AND FORTHRIGHT WITH US, UM, I AGREE WITH A LOT OF, WHAT'S BEEN SAID, I THINK, UM, MS. ROCCA, WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT PRECEDENT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE ARE SETTING A PRECEDENT.
UH, TONIGHT WITH THIS FIRST HEARING, I THINK WE WILL SEE MANY MORE.
UM, I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN HUDSON ON, UM, THIS IS TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND, UM, THEY WERE SPENT IN GOOD FAITH, UM, TO HELP ALONG WITH THIS PROJECT.
HOWEVER, WE DIDN'T SET THE CONTRACT THAT I TIP PUT FORTH, UH, WHEN YOU JOINED.
SO IT WAS UNDER UNDERSTAND THE, THE, UM, THE PREVIOUS, UM, FROM MR. JASON, I THINK WHO WAS REFERENCED, UH, FLAWED MATH, BLOT APPROACH, WHATEVER THE REASONING WAS.
UH, I, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THAT WAS LOOKED AT CLOSELY, HOWEVER, IT WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE PROGRAM.
UH, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING, UH, AND IT WAS TOUCHED ON EARLIER, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SMALL COMPANIES, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE SOMETIMES.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OPPONENTS OF OD TEMP.
I BROUGHT UP MANY TIMES THAT IT'S FAVORING THE BIG COMPANIES THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE A CONTROLLER OR CFO OR A DEPARTMENT THAT CAN MONITOR THIS, BUT THE SMALL COMPANIES, DON'T, YOU'RE EITHER TRUSTING IN A CONSULTANT WHO MAY GET IT WRONG.
AND, AND, AND, AND Y'ALL, DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY ON STAFF TO CHECK WHAT THEY'RE DOING, UM, OR YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IT YOURSELF AND, AND MISTAKES CAN BE MADE THAT WAY TOO, UH, FOR A SMALLER COMPANY.
BECAUSE I THINK AS YOU SAID, EVEN YOU AS THE COO, IF THEY'RE MISSING SOMEBODY ON THE CANNING LINE, YOU'RE ON IT.
SO, WHICH IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
SO WE WANT TO GIVE A FAIR ADVANTAGE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO THESE SMALLER BUSINESSES AND NOT BURDEN THEM.
UM, SO I KIND OF SEE BOTH WAYS.
I THINK CVS IS THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY, UH, IN GOOD FAITH WERE USED FOR THIS PROGRAM.
AND YOU HAD METRICS THAT YOU HAD TO MEET, AND YOU'RE NOW DISCOVERING THIS FAR BACK THAT THEY WERE NOT MET.
THEREFORE PAYING THEM BACK OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD WOULD SEEM APPROPRIATE ON TOP OF, HOWEVER, I THINK YOU DID MEET SOME REQUIREMENTS.
YOU OBVIOUSLY STAYED IN BUSINESS.
YOU'RE PROVIDING TO THE COMMUNITY AS MS. ROCCA, UH, ALLUDED TO YOUR, UM, Y'ALL ARE A, UH, A GOOD BUSINESS THAT ARE DOING THINGS AND Y'ALL ARE INCREASING BECAUSE YOUR NUMBERS WERE SHOWING.
IT'S JUST, YOUR BASELINE WAS WRONG, BUT YOU ARE INCREASING STAFFING.
SO, UM, I UNDERSTAND WE CAN'T HAVE ANY MORE MOTIONS, BUT IF SOMEONE WOULD AMEND THEIR MOTION, MY APPROACH, MY RECOMMENDATION FOR EMOTION WOULD BE TO, UH, ACCEPT REMOVAL TO, UH, THE PROGRAM.
AND, UM, MAYBE LOOK AT, AS WE DO ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS A, UH, A PRORATION THAT, UH, MAKES SENSE FOR A, UH, I GUESS A, UM, A QUALITATIVE OR A,
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I THINK I, RIGHT.WORDS, I APOLOGIZE, BUT MAYBE TO LOOK AT THE, UM, UH, PRORATION TO, UH, CONSIDER THE GROWTH YOU HAVE HAD AND, UM, AND USE THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE A PART OF THE PROGRAM AND, AND ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION I WOULD FURTHER TO, UH, INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE, UM, WOULD BE THAT THEY PUT SOMETHING SPECIFIC IN THEIR CONTRACT THAT HAS TEETH IN IT THAT OUTLINES PENALTIES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE.
AND, UM, OF COURSE, WITH DISCRETION FOR OUR CASE BY CASE, OBVIOUSLY I THINK EVERYBODY WOULD LOOK AT 2020 IS I WOULDN'T PENALIZE ANYBODY WHO DIDN'T MEET REQUIREMENTS IN 2020, SO THAT THERE SHOULD ALWAYS BE SOME DISCRETION LEFT IN IT.
BUT, UH, I KNOW THAT'S A PRETTY LONG RECOMMENDATION THERE, BUT ALONG THOSE LINES, REMOVAL AND A PRORATION, SO, ALL RIGHT.
UH, I THINK IT'S BEEN WELL STATED THAT THE PROGRAM HAS SOME ISSUES AND HAS NOT REACHED ITS FULL POTENTIAL, UM, ARE SOME THINGS ON THE LED SIDE AND THE CITY PAIR SIDE, THEY NEED TO BE WORKED OUT.
THERE'S SOME, UM, SOME STRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT IN PLACE THAT SAYS WHAT THE PENALTY WILL BE IF THIS AND THAT HAPPENS.
I DO AGREE THAT ALL OF THAT HAS TO HAPPEN.
I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS BEING IN BUSINESS, PROVIDING A SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF BUSINESSES IN THESE BANNERS, PARISH, THAT'S IN BUSINESS PROVIDING A SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE TAX ABATEMENTS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO APPLY FOR THE, UH, ENVIRONMENT AND TWO, THEY DIDN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, AND AS WE CAN SEE HERE, 10 ROOF DIDN'T RE MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.
AND I ALSO AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN HUDSON, THAT THERE SHOULD BE A MOTION TO REMOVE THEM FROM THE PROGRAM, BUT, UH, SEND THE RECOMMENDATION TO NEGOTIATE SOME TYPE OF SETTLEMENT.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SO LONG WHAT IT SHOULD BE, BUT THERE SHOULD BE SOME, SOME REPAYMENT, UM, COULD BE ALL, COULD BE SOME OF IT.
BUT I DO THINK A CONVERSATION NEEDS TO BE HAD TO DETERMINE THAT SOMETHING IS PAID BACK.
I WAS JUST ADDRESS A COUPLE OF QUICK ISSUES.
UM, ONE, UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE, THE MERITS, UH, AND IT, AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, AS IT WAS DESCRIBED IT, YEAH.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW AS IT, UH, AS IT WAS DESCRIBED TO ME.
AND I THINK AS IT'S BEEN DESCRIBED TO ALL OF US HERE TONIGHT, WHEN IT COMES TO THE, THIS APPLICANT AND THEIR MERITS FOR THE PROGRAM, THEY DIDN'T QUALIFY FROM THE START.
UM, AND THAT'S BASED ON SOME BAD INFORMATION THAT THEY GOT NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN.
IT'S NOT A DING AGAINST THE COMPANY.
UH, IT'S JUST, UH, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THE FACTS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
UM, SO ABSOLUTELY GREAT COMPANY PROVIDE A LOT OF BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR APPLICATION FOR THIS PROGRAM, THEY DID NOT MEET THE MERITS OF THE PROGRAM FROM THE START.
UM, SO ALSO I WANT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF PRECEDENT AND I, AND I SHOULD HAVE ADDRESSED THIS IN MY START.
UM, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE IDEA THAT, UM, THERE CAN SOMETIMES BE MITIGATING ISSUES, RIGHT? PARTICULARLY AROUND JOB CREATION BECAUSE IN 20 20, 20, 21, UH, WE ALL KNOW THAT COMPANIES ARE GOING TO BE STRUGGLING TO MEET THAT JOBS REQUIREMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, I WILL TELL YOU GUYS, UH, WHEN WE ORIGINALLY DEBATED THE ITEP RULES, I FOUGHT REALLY HARD TO NOT HAVE A JOBS REQUIREMENT, UH, BECAUSE REALLY THE IDEA OF ITECH FROM, FROM THE GET GO WAS TO ENCOURAGE CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN MANUFACTURING.
UM, LOOK, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY SIMPLE MEASURE FOR US TO LOOK AT AND FOR US TO ENCOURAGE.
AND MY, MY BELIEF IS THAT SORT OF A RISING TIDE IS GOING TO FLOAT ALL BOATS IN THAT REGARD.
WE'RE IN THE AGE OF AUTOMATION, WE'RE IN THE AGE OF COVID AND, AND STRUGGLING TO MAKE THOSE, UH, THOSE JOBS.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING WITH THE PROGRAM.
THAT'S, THAT'S LED TO DECIDE NOT US.
UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO START TAKING THESE CASE BY CASE THAT'S, THE PRECEDENT IS TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE SOME LEEWAY WHEN IT COMES TO THE JOBS REQUIREMENT PART, UM, TO ADDRESS ONE OF THE OTHER POINTS, UH, ABOUT THE PENALTY.
AGAIN, I WANT TO STRESS, THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE A PENALTY, UH, YOU KNOW, AND WE DO HAVE A SET STANDARD FOR THIS IN THAT THIS BODY IS THE ONE THAT SETS THE PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENTS, THAT'S OUR SET STANDARD.
UH, AND SO ALL THAT WE'RE ASKING TO DO HERE IS TO PAY TAXES THAT WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN DUE.
UM, THE LAST THING I'LL TALK ABOUT, AND THIS IS, UH, TO, UM, TO BRANDON'S POINT, UH, I INCLUDED A WORD
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IN MY MOTION, UH, VERY CAREFULLY AND THAT WAS NEGOTIATE.UM, SO I THINK ULTIMATELY LED HE HAS THE ABILITY, UH, THROUGH THAT WORD, NEGOTIATE TO WORK OUT AN AMICABLE SITUATION WITH THE, WITH THE COMPANY, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOK LED NORMALLY DOES A FANTASTIC JOB OF ENCOURAGING INVESTMENT, ENCOURAGING, UH, ENCOURAGING, ENCOURAGING ECONOMIC GROWTH IN OUR AREA.
AND SO I THINK IF WE TURN IT OVER TO THOSE PROFESSIONALS TO, TO WORK OUT AN AMICABLE SOLUTION WITH THIS COMPANY, UH, I THINK WE'LL ALL BE A BENEFIT FOR IT.
SO, UM, HOPE YOU SUPPORT THE MOTION.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT DID WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT PERCENTAGES AND, AND HOW MUCH AND WHAT PART OF, UM, IS COMPLIANCE AND NON COMPLIANCE AND EVERYTHING ELSE? UH, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T CONTINUE TO STRESS ENOUGH, COUNCILMAN.
IT NEEDS TO BE SOME KIND OF FORMULA IN PLACE.
UM, SOME KIND OF, UH, SOMETHING SET THAT WE CAN GO BY, WE, WE, AS A COUNCIL SET THIS UP TO DO THIS.
UM, BUT I THINK WITH THIS THING HERE WITH, WITH NOTHING IN PLACE AND WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE IS, AND TAKING THESE ON INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND SO ON, I, I JUST FEEL THIS ONE HERE THEY'RE REQUESTING OUT OF THE ITEP PROGRAM.
THEY PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN IN IT.
WE TALK ABOUT TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN OUT.
I MEAN, I GOT TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR MY BUSINESS TO KEEP MYSELF RUNNING DURING THE PANDEMIC.
I HAD TO KEEP MY GUYS WORKING.
UH, WE WAS A NECESSARY ENTITY IN IT AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT TAXPAYER DOLLARS OVER THIS POINT.
THEY HAPPENED TO APPLY FOR THIS ITEP AND THEN A PANDEMIC HIT LIKE COUNCILWOMAN ROCCA SAID, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG Y'ALL WERE SHUT DOWN.
UH, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, FOR AWHILE, EVERYONE WAS SHUT DOWN, UH, IN EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH AND SUCH.
SO THE FACT THAT THEY SURVIVED ALL THIS, THEY DID GET SOME TAX DOLLARS OVER THREE YEARS AND SUCH.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE JUST GIVING AWAY THE MONEY.
WE HAVE A THRIVE, UH, BUSINESS THAT HOPEFULLY WILL GROW AND THRIVE AND CONTINUE TO GROW THAT THEY, THEY USED WHAT THEY COULD, THEY DID, WHAT THEY, THEY, THEY FELT THEY SHOULD DO FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GROW THEIR BUSINESS, TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS WITH THE TAX DOLLARS.
THERE WAS NOTHING MALICIOUS IN THIS.
THEY GOT CAUGHT WITH A, I GUESS, A BAD CONSULTED AND BAD TIMING IN HISTORY, AS FAR AS PANDEMIC AND EVERYTHING.
AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT.
I, I KNOW WE TALK ABOUT PRECEDENT AND WHAT THIS MIGHT SET.
I DON'T THINK IF WE DO WHAT MY MOTION RECOMMENDS, I DON'T THINK WE'RE SETTING A PRECEDENT GOING FORWARD, THAT WE'RE GOING TO LET EVERYBODY OFF.
I'M NOT GOING TO LOOK AT, AND WE TALK ABOUT BIG BUSINESSES AND EVERYTHING YOU DON'T HAVE.
I'LL LOOK AT A LARGE CORPORATION THAT HAS FOUR STORIES OF ATTORNEYS SITTING THERE, AND THEY DON'T FILE THEIR PAPERWORK ON TIME.
I'LL LOOK AT THEM DIFFERENTLY THAN A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING THEMSELVES.
AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM STATING THAT PUBLICLY, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE LOOK AT EACH INDIVIDUAL LINE INDEPENDENTLY.
AND IF WE HAVE SET GUIDELINES IN PLACE, THEN I THINK WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB.
WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE GI TESTS COME BEFORE US AND LESS BE PREPARED FOR WHEN THEY DO COME BEFORE US.
SO, UH, AS COUNCILMAN HUDSON SAID AT THE END OF HIS, I WOULD HOPE Y'ALL SUPPORT MY MOTION, PLEASE.
WHAT I LIKE ON SO MUCH ABOUT CAMMIE, IS THAT NOT ONE TIME, DID SHE BLAME THIS INCIDENT ON A BAD PANDEMIC? SO I'M NOT SURE WHY WE ARE, UM, INFERRING PANDEMIC AS BEING THE PROBLEM, NOT ONCE, IS SHE SAYING I'M NOT WILLING, WANT WARNING ARE ABLE TO PAY, SO I'M NOT SURE WHY WE'RE INTERJECTING THAT ASPECT.
WHAT SHE HAS DONE IS COME IN AND SAID THAT BECAUSE OF WHO THEY HIRED AS A CONSULTANT, THEY NEVER SHOULD HAVE APPLIED, SHOULD HAVE A QUALIFIED, UM, THAT THE NUMBERS WERE WRONG, THAT THEY ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND THAT SHE DOES NOT SEE THEM GOING FORTH.
UM, BEING ABLE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE ON THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT, SHE HAS NOT INDICATED ANY OF THOSE OTHER ISSUES, UM, THAT THIS COUNCIL IS COMING UP WITH.
UM, I DO AGREE WITH, UM, COUNCILMAN HUDSON'S, UH, MOTION.
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I, UH, HOPE THAT WE WOULD GO FORTH WITH THIS, UH, TO GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE.I HAVEN'T, I'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL A LONG TIME, AND I HAVEN'T SEEN NOT ONE PERSON WHO DIDN'T SAY, UH, BUT YOU DID IT FOR THIS PERSON OR THAT PERSON OR THIS COMPANY.
SO IT IS UNREALISTIC FOR ANYBODY TO THINK THAT TODAY ISN'T HOW TO DEAL DEATH PRECEDENT.
SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE US TO, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO VOTE, UM, ON THESE TWO MOTIONS NOW, BUT, UM, WE DO NEED TO DO THAT IF, IF I HIRE A BAD LAWYER AND I GO INTO COURT AND HE DOES NOT REPRESENT ME WELL, AND I GET, UH, CONVICTED, I CANNOT GO TO THE JUDGE AND SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, HE WAS A BAD LAWYER.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU GIVE ME HELP.
SO HOW DOES THAT SOUND? THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
UM, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS BEING SAID HERE? UM, AGAIN, IT DOES APPEAR TO ME THAT CAM IS SHOWING MORE RESPONSIBILITY, UH, AND MORE INTEGRITY AND MORE OF A COMMITMENT TO REFUND SOMETHING THAT SHE DID NOT GET.
THEN THIS COUNCIL IS DEMONSTRATING AND I HOPE THAT WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD AND, UM, APPROVE COUNCILMAN, UH HUDSON'S MOTION, MOROCCO.
SO WHEN CAN WE FIRST CAME TO THE MICROPHONE? UM, THREE WEEKS AGO ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, SHE HAD MENTIONED THAT HOW, DURING THE PANDEMIC SHE WORKED THE LINE, SHE, UM, TOOK OVER THE ROLES THAT SHE HAD TO TAKE.
AND THAT WAS REALLY MOVING TO ME BECAUSE I THINK THAT TRA THAT SPOKE TO EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF BUSINESSES WAS, WHICH IS A BATON ROUGE ON BORN HERE IN BATON ROUGE BUSINESS.
IN FACT, THE COUPLE THAT'S SITTING RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF ME ARE THE HUSBAND AND WIFE THAT STARTED AND GREW THIS BUSINESS HERE AND OUT OF RESPECT FOR PEOPLE THAT DECIDE TO DO THAT IN OUR CITY.
I THINK THAT WE CAN SAY THAT THIS IS NOT A PENALTY, BUT I TRULY BELIEVE THAT IT IS.
UM, LIKE I SAID, NOW, REITERATE, UH, CAN WE DID COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
SHE DID TALK TO US ABOUT W WHAT HAPPENED WITH REGARD TO, UM, SOME OF THE SHORTFALLS WITH HER COMPANY DURING THAT PARTICULAR STRENUOUS TIME THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.
SHE MENTIONED THAT SHE WAS ALSO ASKED IF SHE COULD WRITE A $30,000 CHECK AND HER RESPONSE WAS NO.
IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, SHE SHAKING HER HEAD YES.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT MY SLASH AARON MOAKS MOTION.
I DO THINK, REGARDLESS OF HOW WE LABELED THIS, IT IS A PENALTY.
AND I DO WANT TO REITERATE OUR JOB HERE.
AS A COUNCIL OF 12, WE GET TO DECIDE THESE GOING FORWARD ON THE MERIT OF EACH CASE, TO IF WE HAVE A COMPANY THAT HAS 150 PEOPLE WITH A 30 PERSON HR DEPARTMENT, WE CAN DECIDE THIS MUCH DIFFERENTLY.
AND WE HAVE THE MENTAL CAPACITY TO DECIDE THAT BASED ON THE MERITS HERE TODAY, WE'RE LOOKING AT A HUSBAND AND WIFE COMPANY THAT WENT THROUGH A PANDEMIC.
UH, I THINK A COUPLE OF DAYS I WANT TO REMIND HIS COUNCIL HAVE TO BE, I TIP IS GOING TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE SCHOOL BOARD AS WELL AS AT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
AND SO THERE'LL BE PORTIONS OF THOSE DOLLARS DISCUSSED THERE.
THAT'S NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO CAMERA.
I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT YOU SUE WHOEVER THE CONSULTANT WAS NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TONIGHT, AND FOR DAMAGES, MENTAL ANGUISH, WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT BE AND GET ALL YOUR MONEY BACK.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MACHINES ON A SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST.
AND THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION ASHLEY'S INSTITUTE MOTION IS TO RECOMMEND THAT TIN ROOF REMOVED SUB-STATE MOTION IS THAT 10 ROOF, UH, TO RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY THAT 10 WOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE PROGRAM, TERMINATING THE CONTRACT.
WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MACHINES.
MACHINES OPEN THAT'S AARON'S MOTION.
THAT'S MOTION F AARON'S MOTION.
I MENTIONED TO US THAT MOTION FAILS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE ON THIS.
SO THAT ONE YOU WERE IN NOW THAT MOTION WAS THE MOTION THAT RIGHT? YEAH, NO.
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THAT YOU MADE? YES.WE'RE GOING, UH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE ON THE INITIAL MOTION, WHICH WAS A COMMISSION FROM MR. HUDSON.
WE GOT SOME SPEAKERS WHO WANT TO SPEAK NOW, LET ME BE CLEAR.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY CAN SPEAK NOW THAT WE'VE ENTERED INTO VOTING ON THE MOTION.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY CAN SPEAK ONCE WE STARTED VOTING ON THE MOTION.
SO I LOOKED UP THERE AND THERE WAS NO SPEAKERS REQUESTING TO SPEAK WHEN HE, AFTER I SPOKE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN VOTE NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN ENTERTAINING VOTING ON THE MOTION.
SO I'M GONNA LET ROWDY SPEAK HERE.
IT'S A CLARIFICATION ON THE FORTHCOMING MOTION, SO CLARIFICATION.
UM, ASHLEY, IF YOU CAN READ THE FORTHCOMING MOTION, SO WE HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING AND THEN IF IT'S OKAY.
THANK YOU, MR. PRO TIM I'LL MAKE MY REMARKS.
THE MOTION BY MR. HUDSON THAT WAS SECONDED BY MR. DUNN IS TO RECOMMEND THAT TIN ROOF BE REMOVED FROM THE ITEP PROGRAM AND REQUIRED TO REPAY A PROPERTY TAXES FROM 2018, 2019 AND 2020 OVER THREE.
AND MY ONLY RECOMMENDATION OR, OR FRIENDLY REQUESTS WOULD BE, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD TIE OURSELVES TO A THREE YEAR REPAYMENT.
I THINK WE CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT A WORKABLE PAYMENT PLAN BE EXERCISED WITH THE COMPANY.
AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD PRECEDENT GOING FORWARD.
MY REFERENCE FOR THAT IS WHEN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MISS SPINS FEDERAL DOLLARS, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL RECLAIM THOSE DOLLARS, BUT WE'LL WORK WITH THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT ON A REASONABLE PAYMENT PLAN.
THEY DON'T SAY YOU RECEIVED THEM IN ONE YEAR.
THEREFORE PAY HIM BACK IN ONE YEAR.
THEY SAY, WE'LL WORK WITH YOU ON WHAT YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAN STAND AS A REASONABLE PAYMENT PLAN.
SO IF THAT NEEDS TO BE IN THE FORM OF A SUBSTITUTE OR IF I CAN OFFER MAYBE A FRIENDLY YES MA'AM.
THANK YOU, MR. HUDSON, UM, CORRECTED ME, THE, I, THE WORD REQUIRE HIS MOTION WAS, UM, THAT, UM, I'M SORRY, CB AND I NEGOTIATE REPAYMENT OF THE TAXES FROM 2018, 19 AND 20.
AND IF I, IT, IT DOES STATE OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD.
I'M OPEN TO A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE IT OPEN-ENDED AND NOT NECESSARILY THREE YEARS, YOU MEAN REPAYMENT OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD, OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD.
WHAT I, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE IS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM US BE THAT BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY WORK ON A REASONABLE REPAYMENT PLAN WITH THE COMPANY.
I WOULDN'T BE TIED TO THREE YEARS.
IT MAY BE OVER FIVE YEARS FOR A COMPANY GOING THROUGH A PANDEMIC.
IT MAY BE REASONABLE TIME, BUT REPAYMENT, NONETHELESS, I'M OPEN TO LEAVING THAT UP TO THE DISCRETION OF LED YOUR COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
SO IF I MISREAD THE MOTION, MR. DUNN, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? ALL RIGHT.
IS EVERYBODY LIKES? CAMERA ARE TRYING TO HELP THEM.
UH, THE MOTION IS TO RECOMMEND THAT TIN ROOF BE REMOVED FROM THE PROGRAM AND THAT THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY NEGOTIATE REPAYMENT OF THE PROPERTY TAXES FROM 2018, 2019 AND 2020 OVER A REASONABLE REPAYMENT PERIOD.
THAT'S THE SECOND POINT OF CLARITY.
IF THE MOTION FAILS, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR OTHER MISSIONS, RIGHT? NO BOAT ON OUR MACHINES.
WE DON'T VOTE ON THE MACHINES.
UH, IF EVERYBODY'S READY, THE MACHINES ARE NOW OPEN ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION FOR MR. HUDSON SECONDED BY MR. DUNN AND MOTION FAILS.
WE ARE NOW OPEN TO JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE IF WE DON'T MAKE A DECISION TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GET TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION GOING FORWARD.
WHY DON'T WE GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER FIRST, DID YOU WANT TO MAKE ANOTHER MOTION TO COUNCIL? MOROCCO? MY FEAR COUNCIL COUNCIL, COUNSELOR, I LET, LET ME BE CLEAR.
WE STARTED OVER AND A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ON THE BOARD HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN TWICE.
DID THEY GET TO SPEAK AGAIN? NO EMOTION.
WE BOTH ALREADY SPOKE TWICE, TWICE.
I THOUGHT WE COULD MAKE A MOTION TO MAKE A MOTION.
MY MOTION WOULD BE SINCE WE'RE, WE'RE STUCK ON HIS HALFWAY MARK BETWEEN PENALTY AND WHETHER OR NOT TO DO PENALTY OR WHATEVER.
THE FIRST YEAR WE WERE TALKING THREE YEARS, WE GOT 19 AND 20 AND 18, 19 TO 20.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE REMOVE THEM FROM THE TIP AND WE GO 2018 OUTSIDE OF THE PANDEMIC EXCLUDE 19 AND 20, AND THEY CAN NEGOTIATE
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PAYMENT OF THE ONE YEAR OF 2018 AND MOVE FORWARD THERE A SECOND, SECOND BLOCK HOUSE ON MOROCCO.I'LL MAKE A SUBSTITUTE SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
HIS MOTION WAS TO REQUEST NEGOTIATION OF REPAYMENT FOR THE YEAR 2018.
COUNCIL MEMBER, HUDSON AND SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
AND IN THE SPIRIT OF HAVING ONE OF THE MOST, UH, ROBUST CONVERSATIONS ON OUR TAB THAT I THINK THIS COUNCIL HAS EVER HAD.
AND IN THE SPIRIT OF COOPERATION WITH ALL OF YOU FIND FOLKS, UH, I'LL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO SIMPLY REMOVE THEM FROM THE PROGRAM.
UH, THIS HAS BEEN THE GREATEST CONVERSATION I THINK THIS COUNCIL HAS EVER HAD ON I TAB.
AND, UH, LOOK, IF WE CAN ALL COME TOGETHER ON SOMETHING, LET'S DO IT.
SUBSTITUTE YOU KIND OF SUB SUCH A UK.
SECOND, BOTH ROCCO COUNCIL MEMBER.
NO SECOND ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER.
NO, WE'RE GOING TO PUT ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION, KENDALL, ANY OPPOSITION WITH A VOTE ON THE MACHINES? WE HAD A BALL ON THE MACHINES.
THE DUPE MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS TO REMOVE THEM FROM THE PROGRAM WITH NO REPAYMENT TO RECOMMEND REMOVAL FROM THE PROGRAM WITH NO PAYMENT.
NOW IT WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO VOTE.
I CANCELED IT AFTER PEOPLE STARTED TALKING, MACHINES ARE OPEN.
MACHINES ARE OVER JUST TO REMOVE FROM YOUR PROGRAM.
ITEM PARIS THEY'VE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PROGRAM.
I RECOMMEND WE RECOMMEND I WE'RE ONLY ALL ITEM 74 PEOPLE.
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I MOVED ITEM 75 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRINTED THAT IN A MINUTE AND REINSTATED INTO GOVERNMENT OR RENEWED EASTBOUND WAS PARIS COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT.AND OF COURSE WE DETERMINED WITH THE CONDITION THAT RUMEN EFFECTIVE.
JANUARY 1ST, 2022 BY A MAYOR, PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATION, DISTRICT BROAD.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 75, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 75? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 75 COUNCIL MEMBERS MOST, SOME OLD BY ROCCA SECONDED BY COLEMAN.
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THIS MOTION TO APPROVE IS CONTINUED UPON RECEIVING OPINION FROM THE PARENTS' ATTORNEY, ATTORNEY GENERAL, EXCUSE ME, AND RECEIVING A BUDGET SUPPLEMENT AMID A 2021 PAY PLAN FOR THE CLASSIFIED OR UNCLASSIFIED NON-CLASSIFIED CONTRACT, FIRE POLICE, EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF BANDWIDTH.THE PARIS OF EASTBOUND WAS SO AS TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES EFFECTIVE DECEMBER BEFORE 2021, A MINUTE CLASSIFIED AND UNCLASSIFIED APPENDIX ADD ITEM 24 8 1 TIME, WHICH IS TO ALLOW US TO $1,500 WILL BE PAID TO CURRENT ACTIVE ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE.
YOU THINK WE CAN SUBSTITUTE GOLDEN PAYCHECK DATED DECEMBER 23RD, 2021 NEW EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING SUBSTITUTES HIRED BY DECEMBER 30TH, 2022 WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR ONE-TIME WITH TEACHING LAW WAS A $1,500 UNTIL THE FUNDING IS DEPLETED WITH A SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A 90 DAY SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE REVIEW HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAD THOUGHT HEADSTART CLASSIFICATION IDENTIFIED AS FOLLOWS COOK NINE POINT MONTHS, THE FAMILY ADVOCATE, FAMILY ADVOCATE, 9.5 MONTHS HEADSTART CENTER SUPERVISOR 9.5 MONTHS, KITCHEN SUPERVISOR 9.5 MONTHS.
TEACHER'S AID 9.5 MONTHS BY DIRECTOR OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES AND HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 76? WE'LL GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO KEEP IN MIND.
AGAIN IS CONTINUED UPON RECEIVING AN APPOINTMENT, PAYING FROM YOUR ATTORNEY GENERAL AND RECEIVING THE BUDGET SUPPLEMENT.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE WITH NO OBJECTIONS.
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NOW TO ITEM 77, AMENDED 2021 ALLOTMENT OF POSITIONS FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH EAST BATON ROUGE.SO AS TO CHANGE THE ALLOTMENT OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL JEWEL J NEWMAN COMMUNITY CENTER AS FOLLOWS EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 21ST, 2021 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL, JAY NEWMAN, COMMUNITY CENTER, DELETE FAMILY SERVICE WORKER, ADD FAMILY SERVICE WORKER ON CLASSIFIED BY COUNCIL, ADMINISTRATOR, AND HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 77.
THIS ITEM AGAIN IS CONTINUED UPON BLOOD BUDGET SUPPLEMENT COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, BANKS.
MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND SECONDED BY DONE NO OPPOSITION.
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AMENDING TITLE 11 CHAPTER 20.SO AS TO AMEND THE TITLE OF CHAPTER 20 OPERATION OF BICYCLES AND PLAY VEHICLES, TRAFFIC LAWS APPLY TO PERSONS RIDING BICYCLE, SECTION 11, ALL IN TWO TO THREE, RIDING ON BICYCLES, SECTION 11, COLON TWO TO FOUR, RIDING ON ROADWAYS AND BICYCLE PAIRS, SECTION 11, COLON TWO TO SEVEN, CLEANING TO VEHICLE SECTION 11, COLON TWO TO NINE PARKING SECTION 11, CALLING 2, 3, 1 LAMPS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT ON BICYCLES.
SECTION 11.23 TO FREESTYLE SKATEBOARDING, BICYCLE AND ROLLERSKATING PROHIBITED ON PARK STRUCTURES AND ADD PROVISION FOR BREAKS ON BICYCLE BY COUNCILWOMAN CAROLYN COLEMAN.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 78? COME ON DOWN.
SO PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
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OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.UH, I LIVE AT 5 0 5 UNIVERSITY WALK HERE IN BATON ROUGE.
THIS, UM, FIRST CAME TO MY ATTENTION WHEN I WAS WORKING ON THE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE MASTER PLAN STEERING COMMITTEE, SOME THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO THAT THE CITY ORDINANCES WERE, UH, WRITTEN INTO CODE IN 1951 AND HAVE NOT BEEN AMENDED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO SUBSETS.
SINCE THEN, IN THE MEANTIME, THE STATE A REVISED STATUTES HAVE BEGUN TO DIVERGE FROM WHAT THE CITY PARISH HAS ON THE BOOKS.
AND THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO GET THEM TO RECONVERGE AND TO HAVE CONSISTENCY ACROSS BOTH SETS OF LAWS.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE THEM.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 78? ANYONE ELSE HERE? GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS NOW, MOTION TO APPROVE OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COLEMAN SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOLT, ANY HAVING NONE.
WE GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEN, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, ITEM 79
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OF MANY TITLE 15 CHAPTER FOUR.SO AS TO ADD PART FIVE MULTIMODAL ACCESS BY COUNCIL MEMBER, LORI ADAMS, IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON 79, ANYONE COME ON DOWN AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, SIR? UH, YES.
I'M AN EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIAN AND I PRACTICE WITH THE BATON ROUGE GENERAL AND I TEACH EMERGENCY MEDICINE IN THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE AT LSU AT OUR LADY OF THE LAKE.
BUT I'VE WORKED, UH, WITH THE MID CITY EMERGENCY ROOMS SINCE 1986.
AND I'M JUST HERE TO ADVOCATE ON THE PATIENTS THAT USE THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
WE, UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PATIENTS THAT COME THROUGH THE EMERGENCY ROOM, UH, WITH DIABETES, THEIR SUGARS OUT OF CONTROL, SEIZURE PROBLEMS, UH, UH, A HOST OF PROBLEMS THAT WE CAN STABILIZE IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM, THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE.
AND THEN WE PRESCRIBE MEDICATIONS FOR THEM AND THEY HAVE NO PHARMACY TO GO TO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO GET THEIR MEDICATIONS.
THEY COME BACK TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE IN TROUBLE.
SO I JUST WANT TO ADVOCATE THAT WE OUGHT TO FIND A WAY BECAUSE IT'S, TO ME IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO LET PATIENTS ACCESS A PHARMACY AFTER HOURS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO WAY TO GET THEIR MEDICINES.
AND THEN AS YOU KNOW, IN MID-CITY AND, AND MORE AND MORE BECAUSE OF GAS PRICES, THERE'S MORE PEOPLE WITHOUT A CAR.
THERE'S MORE PEOPLE RIDING THE BUS WHEELCHAIRS, MAYBE EVEN ON BICYCLES WALKING.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GET IT DONE, BUT IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM FOR, IT'D BE ALMOST 40 YEARS NOW.
I'VE BEEN WRITING PRESCRIPTIONS AND THIS CITY, AND IT'S JUST NOW COME TO MY ATTENTION TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH THAT THEY, THAT THE PHARMACIES WON'T ALLOW THEM TO USE THE DRIVE-THROUGH WINDOW.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 79, ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM SEVEN AND NOW WE GO BACK NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED 16 COMMENTS IN FAVOR OF ITEM 79.
UM, I TALKED WITH COUNCILMAN ADAMS, UH, ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT.
UM, MY THOUGHTS ARE, I GUESS I WOULD HAVE A QUESTION MAYBE FOR ASHLEY.
IS THERE A, UM, A PENALTY FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH AN ORDINANCE LIKE THIS? UM, IF IT'S WRITTEN INTO THE ORDINANCE, UM, I'LL BE HONEST.
I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THIS CLOSELY WITH THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
AND MY REASONING IS, IS I FEEL LIKE THIS COULD POTENTIALLY PUT AN UNDUE BURDEN ON BUSINESSES.
UM, W WHEN WE'RE SAYING THEY MUST DO IT, I THINK, UM, IT COULD BE POTENTIALLY, UH, HARMFUL TO BUSINESSES TO THEN CREATE A SCENARIO WHERE EVERYBODY, WHETHER WALKING IN WHEELCHAIR ON BICYCLE SO THEY CAN ACCOMMODATE EVERYBODY THROUGH A DRIVE-THROUGH, UM, IN A WAY I FEEL LIKE THE MARKET CAN, UH, CAN ADJUST FOR THAT.
IF, IF, UH, IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT AND YOU DON'T UTILIZE THEM, IF THEY SEE THAT THEY'RE LOSING BUSINESS BECAUSE OF IT, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE IT.
BUT COURTNEY, IF YOU COULD ANSWER, COULD THAT NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE BE A PROBLEM? THERE IS NO PENALTY PROVISION.
SO WHAT A, WHAT A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR BUSINESSES DOING THIS HAVE THE SAME EFFECT.
WHAT A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR BUSINESSES
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TO, UH, ALLOW FOR MULTIMODAL ACCESS HAVE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME EFFECT AS AN ORDINANCE WITH NO REPERCUSSIONS, IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW IT, POSSIBLY.DO WE HAVE A LOT OF ORDINANCES THAT HAVE ZERO REPERCUSSIONS FOR NOT FOLLOWING GENERALLY? NO.
YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF TEETH IN THERE SO THAT THERE'S ENFORCEMENT.
USUALLY WHEN YOU HAVE AN, ANY ORDINANCE, YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE IT IN SOME FASHION, IN SOME FASHION.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE ORDINANCES ON THE BOOK.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW WHY THERE WOULDN'T BE ONE IN THIS CASE? I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.
SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF, OF ALLOWING THIS AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF ENCOURAGING BUSINESSES TO DO IT.
WHAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE IS PUT AN UNDUE BURDEN ON BUSINESSES.
UM, BUT AS IT'S THREATENED, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS WOULD JUST BE AN ORDINANCE THAT REALLY HAS NO EFFECT OTHER THAN MAYBE ENCOURAGEMENT.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS ABOUT.
LET YOU WANT TO GO LAST SINCE IT'S YOUR ITEM BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOAT.
AND, AND AGAIN, WE WE'VE SAT DOWN AND TALKED WITH LORI KIND OF EXPRESS WHEN SHE ASKED ABOUT IT.
UM, I MEAN, THIS IS, UH, I GUESS TO ME, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TOLD WHEN YOU CREATE AN ORDINANCE, YOU CREATE PENALTIES TO GO WITH IT, OR IT JUST, IT HAS NOTHING.
WHY SHOULD I COMPLY AS A PHARMACY OR WHATEVER ELSE ALSO, UM, ALONG THE LINES OF COUNCILMAN KNOLL'S THING IS, YOU KNOW, ARE WE STEPPING INTO CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS? SO WE, WE, WE CREATE THIS ORDINANCE AND WE SAY, YOU MUST ACCOMMODATE WHEELCHAIR DRIVE UP OR SO ON AND SO FORTH.
WELL, WHAT IF THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY'RE REQUIRED TO ACCOMMODATE WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY.
THEY'RE REQUIRED TO TAKE SOMEONE GOING MULTIMODAL THROUGH THE DRIVE-THROUGH, BUT YET WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH AND HOW THEY'RE GOING THROUGH IS TECHNICALLY NOT ACCESSIBLE THROUGH A DRIVE-THROUGH OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S THE CASE WITH EVERYTHING.
I'M NOT JUST NAILING THAT DOWN, BUT IF THERE CAME A SCENARIO LIKE THAT AND THE PERSON SAYS, WELL, I COULDN'T ACCESS IT BECAUSE I WAS IN, UH, YOU KNOW, MY WHEELCHAIR OR SOME OTHER FORM OF TRANSPORTATION OR, UH, WHEELS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THAT'S A CONCERN THERE, OR DO THEY GET HIT WITH A, SOME KIND OF OTHER COMPLIANCY ISSUE? BUT AGAIN, THE MAIN THING IS, IS THIS IS A, I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT RESOLUTION TO SEND OUT TO OUR BUSINESSES THAT TIMES ARE CHANGING.
AND WE, AS A CITY PARISH WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE A, A MULTIMODAL ACCESSIBLE CITY GOVERNMENT STREET.
THE OTHER NIGHT FOR WHITE LIGHT NIGHTS WAS WONDERFUL, UH, WITH THE BIKE TRAFFIC AND THE WALKING TRAFFIC ON THE SIDEWALKS AND, AND, UH, UH, ROAD DIET THAT THEY DID.
AND FINALLY GETTING BACK TO WILDLIFE, IT WAS WONDERFUL.
UH, IT WAS REALLY GOOD AND I AGREE.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY MOVE INTO THAT AREA TO ACCESS THOSE, THOSE ACCESSIBILITY ITEMS AND BIKING AND WALKING AND SO ON, BUT TO PUT AN ORDINANCE AS FAR AS NO TEETH.
AND, UM, WHAT OTHER, WHAT OTHER EXEMPTIONS OR WHAT OTHER PROBLEMS MIGHT FALL IN THE BACKGROUND AND, AND LAURIE, I COUNCIL WOMAN AT ADAMS. I APOLOGIZE.
UM, I RESPECT THIS AND I, AND I AGREE WITH THIS, BUT I THINK IN THE FORMER OF REV RESOLUTION THAT WE'RE REQUESTING, I THINK OVERALL, IT WOULD BE MORE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY AS FAR AS BACK END AND WHAT WE COULD COME AT, PEOPLE COULD COME AT US, DO AN ORDINANCE WISE.
I THINK A RESOLUTION WOULD BE MORE SUCCESSFUL.
SO THAT'S JUST MY OPINION ON THAT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. OKAY.
I, I DON'T TALK VERY FREQUENTLY AND I PREPARED REMARKS TONIGHT.
SO I'M GOING TO TORTURE Y'ALL FOR A FEW MINUTES.
UM, FOR ME, THIS ORDINANCE IS ABOUT A TRIP TO COPENHAGEN, THE PANDEMIC AND INTERNSHIP IN BOSTON AND A 20 YEAR OLD, 21 YEAR OLD.
HE FOUND HIMSELF IN JAIL SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SPENDING SEVERAL DAYS WITH A FRIEND AND COPENHAGEN.
THE 34 SQUARE MILE CITY HAS OVER 600,000 RESIDENTS AND COMPARE IT IN COMPARISON TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH THAT COVERS 470 SQUARE MILES AND HAS 439,000 RESIDENTS IN COPENHAGEN, PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLISTS AND
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CARS SHARE THE CITY STREETS.I FELT LIKE A WHOLE DIFFERENT VERSION.
LIKE I WAS IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT VERSION OF THE VIDEO GAME FROGGER, AS I WATCHED AND WAITED FOR A SPACE TO OPEN UP BETWEEN BIKES AND CARS.
AS I TRAVELED THROUGH THE STREETS, THIS WAS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH A TRULY DEVELOPED HIGH FUNCTIONING MULTIMODAL CITY.
AND IT WAS A VERY EXCITING PLACE TO VISIT.
I READ AN INTERVIEW WITH DOUG MOORE, UM, WHICH I THINK MOST OF YOU ALL KNOW IS WITH BATON ROUGE BIKES DESCRIBING THE CHALLENGES THE PANDEMIC HAD PRESENTED TO THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO DO NOT OWN CARS.
MANY BUSINESSES HAD CLOSED INDOOR SERVICES AND ONLY AT LAYOUT TRANSACTIONS IN THEIR DRIVE-THROUGH LANES, AS SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD ACCESS TO A CAR ALMOST EVERY DAY, SINCE I TURNED 16, I HAD NEVER, FOR EVEN A MOMENT CONTEMPLATED THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES THE PANDEMIC HAD CREATED FOR THOSE USING DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
SEVERAL WEEKS LATER, I WAS CATCHING UP WITH FRIENDS AND ASKED HOW THEIR 20 SOMETHING YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DOING.
THE PARENTS DESCRIBED HER NEW JOB AND HOW IT REQUIRED HER TO LIVE IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT CITIES WHILE RECEIVING TRAINING.
AT THAT TIME, SHE WAS IN BOSTON COVID CASES WERE HIGH, AND THE YOUNG LADY NEEDED A COVID TEST.
SHE CALLED HER PARENTS FOR ADVICE, ALL THE COVID TESTING CENTER FOR FRUITS, AND SHE DID NOT HAVE A CAR.
HER PARENTS TOLD HER THERE HAD TO BE A WAY TO, TO GET, UM, TO GET A TEST WITHOUT DRIVING AND TOLD HER TO CALL THE CENTER.
WHEN SHE CALLED THE TESTING CENTER, THEY TOLD HER, JUST COME GET IN LINE WITH THE CARS.
SO SHE PUT IN HER DOG AND SHOES JOGGED TO THE CENTER, GOT IN LINE BEHIND A CAR, TEXTED A SELFIE TO HER, TO HER PARENTS OVER HER STANDING IN LINE WITH ALL THE CARS RECEIVED HER COVID TEST, AND THEN JOGGED BACK TO HER APARTMENT.
EASY, CHEESY, NO HARM, NO FOUL.
THREE YEARS AGO, A YOUNG MAN WHO GREW UP WITH MY SON WAS SITTING IN JAIL.
THIS YOUNG MAN HAD GROWN UP IN A BROKEN HOME WITH LOTS OF LOVE, BUT ALSO LOTS OF CHALLENGES AND VERY LIMITED RESOURCES.
THE FATHER OF A FRIEND ASSISTED HIM IN GETTING RELEASED FROM JAIL AND GAVE HIM A PLACE TO STAY FOR A WHILE WHILE HE SORTED OUT HIS CIRCUMSTANCES AND TRIED TO GET ON HIS FEET.
BUT THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A QUICK OR EASY PROCESS.
IT'S A STRUGGLE EACH AND EVERY DAY TO PUT THE PIECES IN PLACE FROM INDEPENDENT SUSTAINING AND PRODUCTIVE LIFE.
BY THE TIME I WAS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN THE SUMMER OF 2019, THIS YOUNG MAN WAS ON HIS FEET.
HE FOUND A PLACE TO LIVE, GOTTEN A BIKE AND WAS WORKING A STEADY JOB.
I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES WE WERE KNOCKING ON DOORS.
AND SO ALL THIS YOUNG MAN RIDING HIS BIKE TO, OR FROM WORK TO, OR FROM THE GROCERY STORE OR TO, OR FROM WHATEVER IT WAS, HE NEEDED TO GET ACCOMPLISHED THAT DAY.
OUR HEARTS LEAPT WITH PRIDE WHEN WE SAW HIM AND HE STOPPED TO GIVE US A HUG AND ASK HOW THE CAMPAIGN WAS GOING.
LAST WEEK, I SAW HIM AGAIN, NO LONGER ON A BIKE, BUT DRESSED IN THE SUNDAY PAST WORKING A PROFESSIONAL SALES JOB WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD.
ALL OF THESE EXPERIENCES HAVE LED ME TO UNDERSTAND THAT MODERN CITIES MUST WORK FOR OUR MODERN LIFESTYLES AND, AND WHETHER WE CHOOSE A DIFFERENT MODE OF TRANSPORTATION AND WHETHER IT IS THE ONLY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE TO US FOR OUR SEASON.
I KNOW THAT SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE SAFETY CONCERNS.
I UNDERSTAND, UM, I WOULD ARGUE THAT MOTORCYCLES, CARS, AND 18 WHEELERS TRAVELING ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER AT THE HIGH SPEEDS THAT WE SEE ON I 10 AND I 12% A MUCH GREATER SAFETY ISSUE THAN THIS ORDINANCE.
I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE CONCERNS OVER TELLING A BUSINESS WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO.
WE ARE NOT ASKING A BUSINESS TO CHANGE THEIR MODEL FACILITIES OR PRODUCT.
WE ARE ASKING THEM TO THINK OUTSIDE THE AUTOMOBILE BOX ABOUT HOW THEY CAN ACCOMMODATE RESIDENTS IN A MOTIF MULTIMODAL COMMUNITY IN A CITY THAT RECENTLY RANKED THIRD WORST IN TRAFFIC, AMONG MID-SIZED CITIES IN THE NATION.
IT JUST MAKES SENSE TO ENCOURAGE AND ENABLE THOSE WHO WISH TO USE WAYS OTHER THAN AUTOMOBILES TO TRAVEL FROM THEIR HOMES TO NEARBY BUSINESSES.
AND IF, AND ONLY IF INSIDE SERVICES CLOSED, ALLOW THEM TO USE WHAT MY MAMA CALLED THE PAST BOT WINDOW.
THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING TO THAT.
AND I'M SORRY, I'M THE CRYING COUNCIL WOMAN.
I'M GOING TO CHANGE MY TWITTER HANDLE.
UM, MS. UM, IS MIST IS MR. ROME IS GREG ROMAN IN HERE BY CHANCE OR THE PARISH ATTORNEYS.
IT'S MR. GRAHAM, WHAT IS YOUR POSITION WITH THE CITY? WHAT'S YOUR JOB IN TERMS OF WHAT MY POSITION IS? DIRECTOR OF RISK MANAGEMENT LITIGATION.
I'M JUST QUALIFYING YOU AS A, UM, AS A, AS A, THE CORRECT PERSON TO SPEAK TO THIS, UM, QUESTIONS.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW, IF, UM, IF, IF A BUSINESS ALLOWS THIS, UM, THEY, THEY, THEY COULD BE OPEN
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TO LAWSUITS, RIGHT? I MEAN, I GUESS ANYBODY'S OPEN TO ANY LAWSUITS AT ANY TIME.UM, IF WE PASS THIS ORDINANCE AND A BUSINESS, UH, DOES ALLOW PEDESTRIANS BICYCLISTS OR WHEELCHAIR MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR USERS TO GO THROUGH BY THE PAST BY WINDOW.
UM, IS IT YOUR PROFESSIONAL OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE COULD PROVIDE THEM SOME COVERAGE IF A LAWSUIT WERE TO OCCUR? WELL, WHEN WE TALKED, BECAUSE I TALKED TO YOU EARLIER TODAY AND I DID, I SHOULD'VE READ YOU PROPOSE ORDINANCE FIRST, AND I READ IT AND I TALKED TO COURTNEY ABOUT IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT NECESSARILY GIVES THEM COVER.
AND I, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I REALLY WANT TO COMMENT ON THE RISK FOR A PRIVATE BUSINESS.
I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THE WAY YOU ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN, I DON'T THINK THE CITY ACCEPTS ANY RISK.
SO, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT MY JOB IS.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, BUT NO, THAT DOES.
SO, UM, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S COMMENTS AND I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND, UM, YOUR CONCERNS.
I DO THINK I, I D I THINK THE PROBLEM WITH THE RESOLUTION IS A RESOLUTION DOES NOT PERSIST.
IT'S A MOMENT IN TIME AND THE ORDINANCE.
UM, I HAVE CONCERNS TOO ABOUT TELLING BUSINESSES HOW TO HANDLE, UM, THEIR BUSINESS, BUT I ALSO KNOW AS A LEADER IN THIS COMMUNITY, IT'S CRITICAL, UM, THAT, THAT I STAND UP AND I SAY THAT WE'VE GOT TO START THINKING DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THE WAY, UM, THE WAY WE ARE ACCOMMODATING, UM, ALL RESIDENTS IN THIS, IN THE CITY.
SO, UM, I TRIED TO STRUCTURE IT WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T, IT DOESN'T HARM MY BUSINESS, BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY IT PROVIDES THEM, UM, A PATHWAY, UM, TO THE, THE FUTURE AND THE CITY THAT WE ALL WANT WENT TO ME.
SO, UM, IS THAT A MOTION TO APPROVE? YES.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNSEL MEMORANDUM.
IS THERE A SECOND SECONDARY BY ROKITA AND THE WHOLE HOST OF OTHERS? IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? OH, MAN.
WE HAD A LOT OF SPEAKERS COUNSELING.
UH, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT UNDER THE SPIRIT OF, UH, ENCOURAGING AND MAKING OUR COMMUNITY MORE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, I'M INCLINED TO SUPPORT THIS, UM, WITH THE FLEXIBILITY THAT IF WE HEAR FROM BUSINESSES AND THERE ARE LIABILITY CONCERNS THAT WE REVISIT THIS ISSUE IN THE FUTURE.
AND I THINK WE CAN DO THAT SUCCESSFULLY.
UM, UH, IF WE START TO HEAR CONCERNS FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY OF THIS SECOND THING I WOULD SAY IS SECTION TWO, AND I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T CATCH THIS IN ADVANCED SECTION TWO IS THE ORDINANCE BECOMES EFFECTIVE 30 DAYS FROM ADOPTION, WHICH WOULD PUT IT RIGHT IN THE HEIGHT OF CHRISTMAS SEASON.
I WOULD OFFER IF WE CAN PUSH THAT TO 60 DAYS, PERHAPS WE GET INTO JANUARY BUSINESSES HAVE PLANNED BUDGETS, PERHAPS THEY WANT TO MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS THAT ENHANCE DRIVE-THROUGH.
SO I WOULD OFFER THAT UP, UH, BUT, BUT WELCOME MY COLLEAGUE TO SAY, SIT DOWN AND STOP TALKING.
UM, SO COMFORTABLE MAN ADAMS, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
AND I THINK, UH, I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THE MISSION THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.
UM, WHEN YOU ASKED MR. ROME TO COMMENT ON THE LIABILITY, I'M NOT GOING TO CALL HIM UP HERE TO ASK THE REVERSE OF THAT, BUT THAT WOULD BE MY CONCERN.
WHAT IF, UH, WE PASS THIS ORDINANCE, A BUSINESS DOES NOT ACCOMMODATE OR CHANGE THEIR DRIVE THROUGH SITUATION, WHETHER THEY CAN'T OR DON'T KNOW, OR, AND DON'T CHANGE IT TO, TO ACCOMMODATE FOR A WHEELCHAIR, A SCOOTER BICYCLE, WHATEVER SOMEBODY GETS HURT.
AND THEY SAY, WELL, LOOK, YOU GOT AN ORDINANCE IN YOUR CITY THAT SAYS YOU HAD TO DO, YOU MUST DO THIS.
AND ALL MY ATTORNEY, FRIENDS HAVE ALWAYS TOLD ME ALL WORDS HAVE MEANING.
SO WHEN IT SAYS MUST, IF THEY DIDN'T DO IT, THEN ARE THEY LIABLE? SO I WOULD LOOK AT THE REVERSE SITUATION OF THEIR LIABILITY WHEN AN ORDINANCE WAS PASSED AND THEY DID NOT ATTEMPT TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO ACCOMMODATE SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULD.
SO AGAIN, I SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THIS.
UH, I THINK I STILL THINK OUR RESOLUTION WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE OR A CHANGE IN THE BURBAGE TO SAY SHOULD VERSUS MUST.
UM, THAT'S WHERE I WAS STAYING.
ANY PARTICULAR ONE? ONE OF US.
UM, WHO, I MEAN, DID YOU WORK ON THIS?
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YES.I WORKED WITH THE COUNCIL WOMAN, ADAM.
SO, UM, AND I'M NOT, I CAN'T EVEN GET OFF THIS, BUT I'M NOT SURE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
AND I'M NOT ABLE TO, UM, PULL UP THE, THE VERBIAGE, BUT IS THIS MANDATING BUSINESSES TO, TO HAVE A SEPARATE, UM, LIKE A LINE OR WHAT, TELL ME IT DOESN'T SPELL THAT OUT SPECIFICALLY, BUT I CAN SEE HOW IT COULD BE READ EITHER WAY.
SO THE REFERENCE HERE IS THE USE OF THE TERM DRIVE-THROUGH FACILITY.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT IS MEANT TO, IT IS MEANT TO, UM, MANDATE THAT THE DRIVE-THROUGH IS TO BE USED.
I THINK THAT THE LANGUAGE IS JUST SAYS DRIVE THROUGH FACILITY.
SO ANY BUSINESSES THAT ARE OPERATING DRIVE THROUGH FACILITIES WHEN A DRIVE THROUGH FACILITY IS OPEN, UM, AND CUSTOMER ENTRANCES TO THE BUSINESSES ARE UNAVAILABLE OR LOCKED.
THE DRIVE-THROUGH FACILITY MUST SERVE CUSTOMERS WHO ARRIVE.
SO YOU CAN, THE BUSINESS CAN EITHER SAY, OKAY, WE, WE HAVE TO USE THE DRIVE-THRU AS THE POINT OF ACCESS TO SERVE CUSTOMERS, OR WE CAN USE ANOTHER POINT OF ACCESS.
SO, UM, AND THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THE DISCUSSION IS IF IS A MANDATE THAT BUSINESSES HAVE TO BUILD SOME ASSESSABLE STRUCTURE.
I JUST GOT WHERE I KNOW THAT IF YOU, IF THERE USUALLY, IF THERE'S A DRIVE THROUGH AND THERE WERE SOME, UH, CHANGES AS A RESULT OF THE PENDING WHERE PEOPLE WERE NOT AS THEY WERE OPEN TO ALL THINGS, BUT IF I'M GOING THROUGH A MCDONALD'S, UM, AND SOMEBODY, UM, HA IS ON A WHEELCHAIR IN THE PAST, THEY MAY SAY, NO, YOU CANNOT, YOU HAVE TO BE IN A VEHICLE.
UM, BUT I THINK THIS ITEM SHOULD BE, AND I THINK IT READS A COUP THAT WHERE IT'S NOT SAYING THAT A BUSINESS HAS TO, UM, MAKE ANY, ANY KIND OF PHYSICAL ACCOMMODATIONS, IT'S MORE OPEN TO CUSTOMER SERVICE.
AND THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE WORDING SHOULD BE THAT, UM, THERE, THAT THEY MUST, THAT THEY MUST SERVE, BUT ARE, SHOULD IT BE WHERE THEY CANNOT DENY? AND SO I'M THINKING THAT MAYBE YOU SAID THEY CANNOT DENY SERVICE, THEN YOU, THEN IT LIMITS ANY POSSIBILITY OF WHICH IS A CONCERN FOR SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OF PEOPLE FEELING THAT THEY ARE FORCED TO DO THINGS, BUT YOU CANNOT DENY.
IT JUST MEANS THAT YOU CANNOT DISCRIMINATE BECAUSE OF THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION BY WHICH YOU LOOK AT, YOU'RE THINKING HARD ABOUT WHICH, UH, WHERE THE WORD DISCRIMINATE.
BECAUSE BASICALLY, UM, AND I'M THINKING ABOUT IT CAUSE W YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO, AS EVERYBODY, WE HAD TO CHANGE OUR FOOD BANK MOSTLY TO DRIVE, TO MOVE.
AND, UM, WE DO HAVE A GENTLEMAN THAT RIDES THE BIKE ALL THE TIME AND HE WALKS.
AND, UM, I KNOW FOR ONE, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, AND THEN WE HAVE BOXES AND I'M LIKE, ARE YOU GOING, WHERE IS HE? HI, HE WAS GOING TO DROP, RIDE THE BIKE, BUT I, WE CANNOT DENY HIM.
SO WE DID HAVE TO ALLOW HIM TO JUST COME TO THE WINDOW.
WE HAND HIM A BOX AND IT WAS ON HIM, HOW HE GOT AT HOME.
SO I'M WONDERING, SHOULD WE, UM, AND THIS IS FOR THE COUNCIL WOMAN AS WELL, SHOULD WE SAY NO, NOT SURE.
CAUSE I THINK IT SHOULD BE MANDATORY THAT THEY SERVE ALL MO ALL MODEL, BUT WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD SAY MUST SERVE OR SHALL WE SAY CANNOT DENY, WELL, MUST SERVE AS A MANDATE, WHICH AS PEOPLE SAYING IN THE, UM, UH, THE, IN PART OF THE COMMENT, WHEN WE SAY MUSTANG THAT, OR SAY WHERE THE CITY IS MAKING ME, LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY HAVE TO MAKE SOME GO EXTRA, EXTRA MILE, I GUESS, OR WHATEVER.
BUT IF YOU SAYING CANNOT DENY, THEN IT IS UP ON THE, IT IS THE, THE SAFETY AND EVERYTHING IS BASED ON THE, THE PERSON WHO'S WHO DRIVES UP RIDES.
SO I'M TRYING TO BE AWARE, YOU KNOW, TO ELIMINATE THE CITY BEING LIABLE BECAUSE WE MADE A BUSINESS, DO SOMETHING.
VERSE IS US NOT DENYING THE RIGHT.
I ALSO THINK THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE
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SEEN AS SOMETHING THAT LIMITS BUSINESS, BUT INCREASE BUSINESS.IF THERE, IF THERE'S A BUSINESS THAT, UM, HA THAT IS PROMOTING THAT WE TAKE ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO.
SO THIS IS NOT ANYTHING THAT I SEE AS A HINDRANCE TO BUSINESSES, BUT MORE SO A WAY FOR THEM TO ASSESS MORE CUSTOMER OF ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, WE ALL DOING, I WAS AT MCDONALD'S ON GOVERNMENT DURING A PANDEMIC.
I MEAN, WALKED UP FROM THE SIDE AND THEY DID TAKE IT.
AND I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST PART OF THE CHANGE.
I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT WHERE ANOTHER TIME, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESSES MADE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A MOTION.
UM, AND IT IS BASED ON THE, WHAT THE COUNCIL WOMAN LIKE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO POSSIBLY MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT WE, UM, CHANGE MUST SERVE, WHICH IS A MANDATE TO NOT DENY, WHICH ELIMINATES, UM, ANYBODY FEELING THAT THEY ARE BEING, UH, BUSINESSES, FEELING THAT THEY ARE BEING MADE TO DO SOMETHING VERSUS THEM OPENING, BEING MORE OPEN TO OUR, OR NOT, NOT, NOT AGAIN, DISCRIMINATING AGAINST SOMEBODY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A CAR.
IF THEY'VE CLOSED THE BUSINESS.
NOW, IF IT'S OPEN, CERTAINLY THEY GOT THROUGH.
BUT, UM, WE DO NEED TO, WE GOTTA START.
WE GOTTA MAKE SOME MORE AGES AND THE PANDEMIC SHOULD HAVE FORCED US.
I MEAN, WE SAW PEOPLE ONCE THEY COULDN'T OPEN UP, WHAT DID THEY DO? THEY STARTED BUILDING OUTSIDE RESTAURANTS AND NOBODY WASN'T SAYING, OH, THIS IS COSTING ME TOO MUCH.
YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T A BURDEN SUDDENLY IT WAS ABOUT MAKING MONEY, BUT THIS IS ABOUT MAKING MONEY.
THAT'S IT? COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COURTNEY, I THINK IF SHE'S MENTIONED A GREAT DEAL, IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, I WOULD SUGGEST WE TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME.
SO OUR COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, UH, RESPECTFULLY ACCEPT THAT RECOMMENDATION OR CHANGE THAT WE MAY NEED TO DEFER THIS ITEM.
THAT IS GOING TO BE MY MOTION.
IF YOU ACCEPT COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, THAT'S GOING TO BE MY MOTION THAT WE DEFER THIS ITEM, COUNCIL MEMBER, HUSTLER, COUNCIL NUMBER MOPE.
SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT WE DEFER THIS ITEM FOR HOW LONG COUNSELOR ADAMS, JANUARY 12TH, OR, AND IF YOU IT'S UP TO YOU, I CAN REBOOT.
I DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER.
UM, BUT LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE TONIGHT NO MORE.
I WON'T MAKE A MOTION TO MAKE THEM, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE, I'M GOING TO AMEND IT TO SAY MY, MY, MY LAWYER I'M CONSULTING FROM OUR LAWYER OVER HERE, MS. RON, IT LOOKS LIKE SHE HAS SOME CONCERNS BY THAT CLINIC COORDINATOR.
I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE LANGUAGE THAT'S BEING, UM, YEAH.
UH, SINCE I HAVE, UH, Y'ALL WAS ON MY TIME THAT Y'ALL TOOK, I, I, IF I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER, LET ME TELL YOU WHY LORD, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF ADVOCATES THAT DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE THIS, LIKE ADA, UM, YOU KNOW, THE DISABILITY, DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
AND I THINK IT WOULD GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, GET MORE INPUT FROM PERSONS THAT HAVE DISABILITY.
LIKE YOU SAID, THE BICYCLE GUY.
UM, I WOULD LIKE, I MEAN, I'LL SUPPORT YOU TONIGHT OR LATER, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT IT WOULD, UM, UH, BEHOOVE US TO HAVE A LARGER CONVERSATION IN THE COMMUNITY WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE DEALING WITH, UM, THESE ALTERNATIVE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? SO MA I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER TO, FOR, UNTIL NEXT MEETING IS JANUARY, JANUARY 12TH.
WE'LL DO JANUARY SINCE SHE WANTED TO HOLD OFF UNTIL JANUARY ANYWAY.
SO YEAH, BUT THEN I MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER THIS ITEM UNTIL JANUARY 12TH TO DO A SECOND.
SO MOVE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON AND THE OPPOSITION ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED TO JANUARY 12TH.
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TO ITEM 80 CONTINGENT ON[01:55:01]
BUDGET SUPPLEMENT, AUTHORIZING THE SETTLEMENT OF THE CLAIM ABOUT PATINA DEN FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM AN AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSED BY THE BATON ROUGE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE IN THE AMOUNT OF $114,465 AND APPROPRIATING $114,165 FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARIS ATTORNEYS.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 80, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 80, WE COME BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE NO OPPOSITION.
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AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT IN THE MATTER OF TYLER KITA DAVIS VS THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND BLAKE WILBURN TOTAL IN AN AMOUNT OF $40,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE OF $37 AND 50 CENTS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $40,037 AND 50 CENTS, WHICH YOUR MOUTH SHALL BE PAID FROM AN ACCOUNT DESIGNATED INSURANCE AUTO LIABILITY BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 81, LET ME GO TO COUNCIL.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCCA, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
WE NOW GO TO NO OPPOSITION ITEM 82
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AND ON THIS ACCEPTING CERTAIN LIGHTING INFRASTRUCTURE LOCATED ON THE HARVEST AND ROAD LIGHTING DISTRICT DEDICATED TO THE PUBLIC BY BIRDVILLE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PROVIDING FOR AN ASSESSMENT ON IMMOVABLE PROPERTY, LOCATED WITHIN THE HARVEST AND ROLL LIGHTING AND DISTRICT A BUDDING, THE LIGHTING INFRASTRUCTURE AUTHORIZING THE HARVEST AND ROLL LIGHTING DISTRICT TURNS INTO A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH BIRDVILLE DEVELOPMENT, COOPERATION, AND PROVIDING FOR THE MATTER SET FORTH HEREIN BY COUNCIL MEMBER.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 82.
CAN WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS? YOU'LL HAVE ONE EMAIL COMMENT OPPOSED TO AUTOMATED TO A RODNEY STEPDAUGHTER ROOM, BUT I'M THINKING HE WANTS THIS.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOLT SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. WE NOW KNOW OPPOSITION.
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WE GO TO ITEM 83, THAT RESOLUTION CONSENTING TO ZONING OF A PORTION OF TISH 0.205 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND DESIGNATED AS TRACK C DASH TWO, SECTIONS 28 AND 29 2 DASH FIVE DASH S R DASH ONE DASH E.LAND DISTRICT EASTBOUND WAS PARISH LOUISIANA FRONT AND A PLANK ROAD.
SOUTH OF KENT DRIVE OWNED BY EASTBOUND WAS PARISH, EXCUSE ME, EAST BATON ROUGE, COUNCIL AND AIDING INCORPORATED FROM ZONING DISTRICT, A ONE SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL IN THE APPLICABLE PARIS ZONING REGULATIONS TO A LESS RESTRICTIVE ZONING OF ART AS FIVE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNDER THE CITY OF BAKER'S OWNING REGULATION AND CONNECTION WITH ANNEXATION AND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TO THE CITY OF BAKER COUNCIL AND MICHELLE BANKS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 83, JONAH? WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE.
WE GO TO MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE ANY OPPOSITION.
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AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE BANDWIDTHS POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT THE GRANT AWARD FROM LOUISIANA HIGHWAY SAFETY COMMISSION AND AMOUNT OF $657,388 BY THE POLICE CHIEF.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 84, HAVING NUMBER? WE GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBERS ITEM TO APPROVE MORE BY COUNCIL NUMBER DONE SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MOVED BY COUNCIL ON MACOLA, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE NO OPPOSITION GO TO ITEM 85,
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AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF AIRPORT COMMISSION TO APPROPRIATE $800,000 FROM THE AIRPORT'S CASH ACCOUNT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO BE PLACED IN THE TERMINAL UPGRADES PROJECT FUND IMPROVEMENTS AND EFFICIENCIES TO THE PASSENGER EXPERIENCE BY AVIATION DIRECTOR.IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 85, SHOWING THEM WE GO TO COUNCIL.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE BEGGING HIM BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, NO OPPOSITION.
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WE WOULD ITEM MAKE TO SEE OTHERWISE THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT FUNDING FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, HUMAN RESOURCE AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT OF SERVICES FOR THE RYAN WHITE HIV AND AIDS PROGRAM IN AMMAN IN THE AMOUNT OF $737,491 BY HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES DIRECTOR.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 86 ANYWAY, TO SPEAK ON ITEM 86, GO BACK TO COUNCIL MOMENTS.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COLEMAN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN REMOTE, NO OPPOSITION.
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AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT EXCEPT FUNDING.THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES HELD THE RESOURCE AND SERVICE ADMINISTRATION ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT OF SERVICES AND THE RYAN WHITE HIV AND AIDS PROGRAM AND AN AMOUNT OF $71,196 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 87 TO GO BACK TO COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOKE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GOING
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TO TAKE ITEMS 88 THROUGH 95 TOGETHER AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR.PRESIDENT SE TO SERVE RECIPIENT CONTACT WITH OUR LADY OF THE LAKE AND IN THE AMOUNT OF 175,000 ON THE RYAN WHITE IN AN HIV EPIDEMIC PROGRAM BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR, ITEM 89, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT TO EXECUTE A SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA, GREATER BATON ROUGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $120,000 UNDER THE RYAN WHITE ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC PROGRAM BY HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR ITEM 90, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH CAPITOL CITY, FAMILY HEALTH CLINIC AND AMOUNT
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OF 105,000 UNDER RYAN WHITE ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC PROGRAMMED BY HUMAN SERVICES, DIRECTOR 91, AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH HIV AND AIDS ALLIANCE FOR REGION TWO IN THE AMOUNT OF $200,000 UNDER THE ROUND WHITE ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC PROGRAM BY HUMAN SERVICES, DIRECTOR 92, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR.PRESIDENT TEXTED YOU TO SUB RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH NO AIDS TASK FORCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $150,000.
THE RYAN WHITE AND THE HIV EPIDEMIC PROGRAM BY HUMAN SERVICES, DIRECTOR 93, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH FAMILY SERVICE AND GREATER BATON ROUGE IN THE AMOUNT OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS UNDER THE RYAN WHITE IN AN HIV EPIDEMIC PROGRAM BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR 94, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO A MINUTE SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT.
THE FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER BATON ROUGE FOR AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF $47,880 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $922,780 OF WATER BY THE ROUND WAY, HIV AND AIDS PROGRAM BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR, ITEM 95, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT TO HIM IN A SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT OF HIV AND AIDS ALLIANCE FOR REGION TWO FOR AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF $23,316 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $227,303 ON THE RYAN WHITE HIV AND AIDS MINORITY AIDS INITIATIVE PROGRAM BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 88 TO 95, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS? WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ONCE COUNCIL MEMBER DONE? LET THE RECORD REFLECT A STAIN FROM ITEM NUMBER 91 AND 95 91 TO 95 COUNCIL.
REMEMBER MOPE, LET THE RECORD REFLECT I'M EXTENSION FROM 91 AND 95.
ALSO, DO WE HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS LEFT? LET'S SEE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
IF THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE.
SO MOVED BY HUSTON SECONDED BY, DID YOU MOTION THAT? NO, UH, MOTION BY COLEMAN SECOND BY PERSON, ANY OPPOSITION ITEMS? 88 THROUGH 95, HAVING BEEN APPROVED 96
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GRANTING A RENEWAL OF THE FIVE-YEAR PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT ESTIMATED $234,853 AND 97 CENTS PER YEAR.BUT 3, 3, 3 COMMERCE LLC LOCATED AT 3 23 LAUREL STREET.
THIS APPLICATION IS REFERRED BY LOUISIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR RESTORATION TAX ABATEMENT PROGRAM BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 96? COME ON DOWN.
SO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.
UH, MY NAME IS JORDAN MONSOUR WITH BUTLER SNOW BALL FROM A 400 CONVENTION STREET, SUITE 200 I'M HERE.
UH, I REPRESENT THE DEVELOPER REPRESENTATIVE, THE DEVELOPER WHEN THEY FIRST DID THE PROJECT.
UH, JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW REMARKS.
IT'S THE LARGEST COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL HISTORIC RESTORATION PROJECT IN DOWNTOWN TO DATE.
IT WAS AN INVESTMENT OF OVER $37,700,000.
IT PROVIDED MUCH NEEDED RESIDENTIAL BOOST TO DOWNTOWN RESIDENTIAL LIVING WITH OTHER LARGE SCALE PROJECTS THAT HAVE FOLLOWED AND THERE'S MORE TO COME.
UH, IT'S A PIONEERING PROJECT, BUT IT'S LED TO, UH, IT'S PROVED TO BE AN UNPROFITABLE PROJECT TO DATE.
DID IT COST OVERRUNS, UH, UNDERFUNDING OF STATE TAX CREDITS, COSTLY GROUND LEASE UPSTAIRS, UH, THE RETAIL UPSTAIRS SPACE.
THAT'S THE MAIN REASON WHY IT HADN'T BEEN PROFITABLE TODAY.
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE A TSUNAMI LIKE RESTAURANT SPACE, BUT IT HAS REMAINED UNRENTED TO DATE.
UM, SO THIS, UH, RENEWAL, THIS RTA, THIS RESTORATION TAX ABATEMENT WILL GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS THE VIABILITY OF THE PROJECT.
AND WE, UH, ASK THAT YOU PLEASE APPROVE IT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 96? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
POMA SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS ITEM 97 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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A TAX ABATEMENT TRANSFER AT 6 0 1 SPANISH TOWN ROAD, ESTIMATED $7,957 PER YEAR FROM S T R ONE, LLC, TO DO PRE APARTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC, BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR.IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 97 MATCH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
COUNCIL ARE SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GO THERE.
COUNCILMAN HUSTLE IS SOMEBODY FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION HERE, RYAN BRIAN, I JUST WAS CURIOUS OF THE, THE WORD TRANSFER BEING NEW.
SO ARE WE, IS THIS A TRANSFER FROM A DIFFERENT PROPERTY THAT HAD A TAX BASE? AND I HEARD THIS A NEW PROPERTY OWNER, SO IT'S REQUIRED TO GO BACK THROUGH THE PROCESS, BUT TRANSFERRING.
THERE IS A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION KILLING NONE ITEM 97 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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98, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF STANDING AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT BY COUNCIL, BY TRANSPORTATION, DRAINAGE DIRECTORS.[02:05:01]
WHO COULD SPEAK ON ITEM 98, ANYONE WHO TO SPEAK ON ITEM 98, GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON ITEM 98.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DOES SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. NO OPPOSITION WOULD GO DOWN TO 99
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AUTHORIZING THEIR PREGNANCY, THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT, BUT A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICE OF COURSE FROM SMITH AND SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVIO BLUEVINE BOULEVARD, SIDEWALKS PROJECT, NORTH MALL ROAD, THE BLUEBONNET CENTER ROAD BOULEVARD, EXCUSE ME AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $69,267 75 CENTS.TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 99 SHOWING NONE? ALL WE GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE COUNCIL MEMBERS? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GO DATE BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
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100 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT'S EXECUTED CONTRACT FOR SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT TO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICE WITH STANTEC INCORPORATED FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVING BR CAPACITY PROJECT CONSTANTINE DIJON AVENUE, PHASE TWO, MIDWAY TO BLUE BONNET IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $97,318 BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTORS TO ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 100 SHOWING NONE.[101. 21-01538]
TO ITEM 101 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR.PRESIDENT EXECUTED CONTRACT FOR SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT TO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH STANTEC INCORPORATED FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH CAPACITY PROJECT MIDWAY DROP BACARDI AVENUE TO CONSTANTINE BOULEVARD AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $108,164 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTORS.
ANYONE WHO TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 1 BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.
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1, 0 2, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A LOCAL MATCH AGREEMENT WITH EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH AND CAPITOL REGION PLANNING COMMISSION IN CONNECTION WITH THE BATON ROUGE, MPO PAVEMENT AND ASSET DATA COLLECTION, PROJECT, FEDERAL FEDERAL AID PROJECT, AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $108,758 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTLY.IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 2, ANYONE HERE BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO MOVED BY ROCCA SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
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TO ITEM 1 0 3 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT'S EXECUTED CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITH BURNS AND MCDONALD ENGINEERING COMPANY INCORPORATED SUPPORTS SOLID WASTE COLLECTION RFP FOR A FREE 40 FEE NOT TO EXCEED $65,000 BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 3.
WE GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCCA, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN.
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ITEM 1 0 4 AUTHORIZING MERIT PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITH NEWGEN STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS, LLC, TO PREPARE A WTTE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND WATERSHED ANALYSIS FOR A FEE NOT TO EXCEED $140,000 BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 4.
WE GO NOW BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION, ALL COUNCIL MEMO, GOATEE.
IF ADAM COULD COME UP ON THIS ONE, PLEASE.
CAN YOU JUST DO YOUR WONDERFUL ADAM JOB OF EXPLAINING WHAT THIS IS AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR CITY PARISH? I'LL GIVE IT.
SO THIS IS, UH, FOR A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR A WASTE TO ENERGY PROJECT.
SO BASICALLY WHAT IT IS, THEY WOULD, WE WOULD TAKE THE, THE WASTE THAT'S CURRENTLY GOING INTO THE LANDFILL.
IT WOULD BE PROCESSED IN A CLEAN, UH, GREEN WAY AND TURNED INTO ENERGY.
UH, IF IT DOES WORK OUT TO BE COST-EFFECTIVE, THEN WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
BUT THAT'S WHAT THIS STUDY, UH, WILL TELL US THE ALTERNATIVE IS CITING A NEW LANDFILL, BUT, UH, WE, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE CURRENT LANDFILL AND NOT HAVE TO, UH, TO BUILD A NEW ONE.
AND I'M NOT SURE, I DON'T THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE TO THE PASSING OF THIS, BUT I THINK THE W T E FEASIBILITY STUDY AND WASTE SHED ANALYSIS, CORRECT? YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.
MY PHONE DOES THAT TO ME ALL, ALL THE TIME.
GOOD TO GO, MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY ROCKER, SECONDED BY ANYONE.
OUR COUNCIL MEMBER HUSSON ITEM 1 0 4 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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1 0 5 CONTINGENT UPON BUDGET SUPPLEMENT AUTHORIZED THE APPROPRIATION OF $750,000 OF SEWER IMPACT FEES COLLECTED WITHIN THE CITY OF ZACHARY.AND HE BRAS FOR THAT LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 64 REGIONAL POST STATION PROJECT BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.
DIRECTOR IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 5, AND YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 5, GO BACK TO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO MOVED BY ROCCA SECONDED BY NOW.
SOME MEMBER, NO OLD, NO OPPOSITION WOULD GO TO ITEM 1 0 6
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AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND OR A BRASCO TO AMEND AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CAPITAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INCORPORATED FOR AN ADDITIONAL $26,000[02:10:01]
BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 6? WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SOME WILL BUY ROCCA SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, NO OPPOSITION.
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AUTHORIZING THEIR PRESIDENT AND OR BRASCO TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR, THE CONTRACT WITH ANDREW BOLTON FOR INSPECTION OF PRIVATE SEWAGE SYSTEMS RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION OF $26,000 BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 7.WE GO TO COUNCIL TO LITTLE BARAKA SECONDED BY ADAMS, NO OPPOSITION, BUT ITEM ONE
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IS THE RIGHT AUTHORIZATION OR THE MAYOR PRESIDENT XQ PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH EAST BATON ROUGE AND HUMANITIES, AMPED TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT HUMANITIES AMP COMMUNITY LAB SCHOOL, AND TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FARM INFORMED SERVICES TO THE RECAST BATON ROUGE GRANT FUNDED BY USD, A US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE HOSPITALS SAMHSA, AND CMHS BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 8, 1 0 8.