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AND WELCOME TO THE PRESENTATION PORTION ABOUT THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING ON MARCH 23RD, 2022 AT 3:30 PM.
FIRST UP IS MAYOR PRESIDENT HERE.
FIRST UP IS METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEMBER, LORI ADAMS, RECOGNIZING MIKE RUSSELL WITH ABC BOARD CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION, COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'D LIKE TO ASK, UH, CHAIR OF THE ABC BOARD SCOTT.
UM, WE, UH, AS A BOARD HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING MIKE RUSSELL SERVE WITH US FOR ALMOST 12 YEARS NOW.
UH, MIKE, UH, WAS A FORMER COMMISSIONER OF THE STATE ATC, UH, AND HAS SERVED ON THE PARISH ABC BOARD FOR, UM, LIKE I SAID, ALMOST 12 YEARS.
UH, HE'S GOING TO BE LEAVING US.
AND SO WE ADOPTED A RESOLUTION, UH, AT OUR LAST REGULAR MEETING TO PRESENT TO HIM.
AND I ASKED COUNCILMAN ADAMS, UH, TO DO THE SAME, UH, MIKE ACTUALLY LIVES IN HER DISTRICT.
SO WE HAVE A JOINT RESOLUTIONS AND, UH, I'M NOT GOING TO READ IT.
I WILL JUST READ THE LAST COUPLE OF THINGS WHERE WE SAY, UH, GIVE OUR APPRECIATION.
THE ABC BOARD DOES EXTEND ITS SINCERE APPRECIATION TO MICROSOFT FOR AS MANY YEARS OF SERVICE AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE ABC BOARD HEREBY EXPRESS THEIR DEEPEST THANKS TO MIKE FOR BEING A TREASURED FRIEND, FAITHFUL FELLOW SERVANT, AND DEVOTED CITIZEN OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE HAVE FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE ABC BOARD WISHES MIKE RUSSELL AND HIS FAMILY, EVERY KINDNESS, LOVE AND HAPPINESS IN THE FUTURE AND PRAISE FOR THEIR CONTINUED WELLBEING, WELLBEING, AND BLESSINGS.
AND SO WE JUST WANT TO SAY PUBLICLY, THEN WE THANK MIKE FOR HIS SERVICE AND ASK THAT THE COUNCIL IN THEIR OWN WAY, UH, RESPOND.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY MR. RUSSEL, NOR HIS FAMILY IS ABLE TO BE HERE WITH US TONIGHT, BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY A FEW THINGS, CAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO SHARE THIS SENTIMENT.
UM, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THIS PARISH WHO SERVE ON, ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UM, AND THEY PUT A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF EFFORTS, UM, AND THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES GIVING THIS SERVICE, UM, TO OUR PARISH.
AND CERTAINLY THAT'S THE CASE WITH MIKE RUSSELL BEING ON THE ABC BOARD FOR ALMOST 12 YEARS.
HE HAS CERTAINLY, UM, YOU KNOW, INVESTED THE, THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS THAT WE INVEST, UM, OVER THAT SAME COURSE OF TIME.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE THIS CERTIFICATE THAT WE WILL, WE WILL GET TO HIM, RECOGNIZE HIS SERVICE FOR 12 YEARS, UM, AND JUST DOING HIS BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT, THAT ALCOHOL IS USED SAFELY IN OUR CITY PARISH.
YOU'RE FAMOUS OR INFAMOUS SCOTT.
YOU READY? DO YOU WANT ME TO GO TO THE NEXT ONE? OKAY.
NEXT UP WE'RE HAVING MARIN PRESIDENT OF SHARON WESTERN BROOM AND METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEMBER ROWDY GO TO YOU RECOGNIZE PAULA RIGO, I'M PRESIDENT AND CEO OF VISIT BATON ROUGE.
THE CELEBRATION OF VISIT BATON ROUGE, 50TH ANNIVERSARY, COME ON UP AND GET PAUL THERE'S A BATON ROUGE.
I SEE THEY HAVE YOUR BOARD MEMBERS AND EVERYBODY IS HERE TODAY.
I HOPE SO GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE TODAY.
SO TODAY I AM JOINING COUNCILMAN GO DAY TO RECOGNIZE VISIT BATON ROUGE FOR ITS 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
OF COURSE YOU CAN'T RECOGNIZE THE ORGANIZATION WITHOUT MENTIONING PAULA RIGO, THE PRESIDENT AND C E O AS YOU WILL KNOW, PAUL PLANS TO RETIRE LATER THIS YEAR AND HE WILL BE SORELY MISSED.
ONE HIGHLIGHT OF HIS CAREER WAS RECENTLY, UM, RECENTLY TOOK PLACE WHEN THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR NAMED A CRAWFISH AFTER HIM, THAT WAS, THAT WAS HUGE.
AND I CAN TELL YOU, I'VE NEVER HAD A CRAWFISH NAMED AFTER ME, BUT YOU KNOW, JUST SAYING, UM, VISIT BATON ROUGE IS A MAJOR PART OF WHAT MAKES BATON ROUGE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND VISIT.
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VISIT BATON ROUGE HAS HELPED BRING IN CONVENTIONS MEETINGS, EVENTS, AND HELPED MARKET SEVERAL LOCAL BUSINESSES IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.SHE HELPED BRING IN OVER $300 MILLION TO BATON ROUGE.
OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THE ORGANIZATION HAS HOSTED OVER 1700 MEETINGS AND CONVENTIONS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, BRINGING IN NEARLY 600,000 ATTENDEES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND INTERNATIONALLY, THEY SPONSOR MANY COMMUNITY EVENTS, INCLUDING, UH, THE BATON ROUGE BLUES FESTIVAL RESTAURANT.
WE LIVE AFTER FIVE AND THE FIREWALK WORKS ON THE MISSISSIPPI SHOW WITH ALL THAT I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE VISIT BATON ROUGE WITH A PROCLAMATION TODAY.
AND THIS PROCLAMATION CELEBRATES THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF VISIT BATON ROUGE.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, THAT WAS ALL THE COUNCILMAN WANTS TO ADD A FEW WORDS AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE.
I'M USED TO PEOPLE TELLING ME, WELL, I THINK I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE LEADERSHIP LESSONS THAT PAUL KNOWS VERY WELL IS YOU SURROUND YOURSELF WITH QUALITY PEOPLE IN AN ORGANIZATION.
THESE FOLKS DO A TREMENDOUS JOB AS THE COUNCIL APPOINTEE TO THE VISIT BATON ROUGE BOARD.
I CAN ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT THIS TEAM WORKS DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO, UH, MARKET BATON ROUGE, REGIONALLY, NATIONALLY, AND BEYOND, UH, TO ATTRACT VISITORS HERE.
AND AS WE ALL KNOW, THAT EQUALS ECONOMIC IMPACT.
SO WE, THE COUNCIL ALSO HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION HERE TO VISIT BATON ROUGE AND I'LL READ IT VI, UH, PRESENTED TO VISIT BATON ROUGE IN RECOGNITION OF ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY, CELEBRATING A HALF CENTURY OF THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TO INCREASE VISITATION TO AN AWARENESS OF THE BATON ROUGE AREA, MAKING OUR REGION A CHOICE DESTINATION FOR BUSINESS CULTURAL AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES RESULTING IN COUNTLESS VISITORS AND HAVING A SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC IMPACT ON OUR REGION.
THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL EXTENDS ITS CONGRATULATIONS TO THE STAFF, TO THE BOARD, TO ALL OF THE PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS OF THIS ON THIS MOMENTOUS OCCASION AND OFFERS OUR BEST WISHES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS.
NOW, PAUL, THIS IS BEING RECORDED.
REMEMBER THAT WHEN YOU COME TO THIS MICROPHONE AND SPEAK, SO YOU ARE ALL IN NOW, UH, COUNCILMAN I'M SICILIAN SUZIE'S KNOW HOW TO HANDLE RECORDINGS.
UM, YOU SAID IT RIGHT ON THE MAYOR.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF BOARD MEMBERS HERE, MY CHAIR CLAWED RIGHT OUT A REPRESENTATIVE, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, GARY
AND YOU AND YOU, UH, 50 YEARS FOR AN ORGANIZATION AND HAVING THE SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE FROM THIS BODY, UH, WE'VE SHOWN SOME SUCCESS.
I HAVE SURROUNDED OURSELVES, BUT OVER THE 50 YEARS, THEY HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL AND VERY TALENTED AND PASSIONATE INDIVIDUALS, UH, PROMOTING THIS AREA.
AND I DON'T THINK ANY OR MORE SO A PASSIONATE OR, UM, OR A TALENTED AS THOSE, UH, YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN BEHIND ME AND THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE WITH US, UH, AND CAUGHT RIGHT NOW OUR, UH, OUR CHAIR.
SO WITH THAT, YOU SO MUCH ON WITH TWO, ANOTHER 50, LET'S MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, WHATEVER YOU WANT.
WE CAN DO IT RIGHT HERE WE GO RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM.
OH, DO YOU WANT TO STAND UP WHAT? YOU WANT US TO COME DOWN TO SOMETHING?
LOOK BROWN IN THERE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
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OKAY GUYS.1, 2, 3 MILES, ONE MORE, BUT UH, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1 MORE RIGHT HERE.
MILD AT THIS TIME, I AM SUPER EXCITED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS NEXT GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS.
NEXT UP COUNCIL MEMBER, CAROLYN COLEMAN, TO RECOGNIZE THE EIGHT TIME STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING MADISON PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER PURPOSE.
LIKE I USED TO BE YOUR PRINCIPAL COMING HERE.
AND SO IT HAS BEEN WELL SAD BY OUR MAYOR PRO TEM COLE.
AND SO AT THIS TIME, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A GROUP OF YOUNG MAN, YOUNG MAN AND LED BY SOME YOUNGER MAN THAT HAVE REALLY SHOWN WHAT THE PIT DUMMY OF YOUNG PEOPLE IS ALL ABOUT.
AND SO MAYOR COME ON UP HERE, DON'T STAND TO THE SIDE, COME RIGHT ON UP HERE WITH ME.
AND SO YOU ALL, THESE ARE YOUNG MAN THAT UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
I ALWAYS TELL YOUNG PEOPLE, IF A DOESN'T WORK, GO TO B, IF B DOESN'T WORK, GO TO C, YOU CAN GO ALL THE WAY TO Z.
THEN IF Z DOESN'T WORK, START ALL OVER AGAIN WITH AA.
SO NEVER GAVE UP AND YOU ALL HAVE SHOWN THAT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU ALL ARE HERE.
MANY, MANY WOULD HAVE LOVED TO BEEN IN YOUR SHOES.
SO DO NOT TAKE THIS LIGHTLY AT ALL.
AND SO WE KNOW THAT IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE BRING YOU BEFORE THIS GROUP AND BRING YOU BEFORE EVERYBODY THAT'S WATCHING TO LET THEM JUST SEE YOU AGAIN.
AND I'D BE REMISS IF I DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE JEFF CORBETT, I COULDN'T DO ANY AT ALL OF THIS WITHOUT JEFF.
AND SO AT THIS TIME LEADER, THE LEADER, THE LEADER OF THIS, MR. JEFFREY JONES, SENIOR, THIS IS THE HEAD COACH AT YOU.
ALSO GIVE IT UP AND BEHIND HIM IS MR. TORI BALLOU.
AND I'M GOING TO GET THAT TO HIM TOWARD THE BOAT BOWL.
UM, MR. JAMES ROSS, COME ON UP HERE.
MR. JAMES ROSS, MR. JEFFREY JONES, JR.
I'M GOING TO COME FOR THE PHOTO.
TYRON BROWN G CHAVON ANDERSON, KRISTIN TECHNO AND CHRISTIAN COLBURN.
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AND SO YOU ALL SEE WHY, WHY THESE GENTLEMEN ARE SO GREAT BECAUSE YOU GOT A STACK OF COACHES THAT ARE GREAT THAT MAKE THEM GREAT.IF WE DID NOT SAY A LOT OF TIMES THE COACHES GET THESE, BUT WHO DO THE WORK? THERE YOU GO.
DANIEL'S THE TALLEST MAN IN THE HOUSE.
AND WHERE IS DYLAN DOMINICK? THERE YOU GO.
THE BIGGEST SMILE IN THE HOUSE.
JAYLEN WILLIAMS. COME ON, JALEN WITH THOSE GREEN GRAY EYES.
WHERE'S CHRIS, CHRIS, THE NEXT TALLEST MAN IN THE HOUSE.
THE QUIET FELLOW BACK FE DONNY HANDLEY, DONNY.
MAKE SURE Y'ALL GIVE THAT TO DONNIE HAS A KATYA.
TILLMAN SAID THANK YOU, JOSH SMITH.
MAKE SURE JOSH GET HIS GOOD MASON WHALES.
AND THEN THESE GENTLEMEN HAVE GRIT.
LET IT BE KNOWN WHEN THEY SHAKE YOUR HAND.
MAY I APPROACH HIM? I BET YOU DID.
AND SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND COME RIGHT ON.
MAY I APPROACH HIM? I MESSED UP THAT'S OKAY.
WE GOT, SO THERE'S A CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION PRESENTED HERE TO MADISON PREP ACADEMY, HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM, UH, FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IN THE COMMEMORATION OF YOUR VICTORY AS THE 2022, ALL STATE SUGAR BOWL CHAMPIONS.
SO JEFF, YOU COME RIGHT ON AND YEAH.
UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US, UM, OUTSTANDING GROUP OF YOUNG MEN.
UH, WHAT'S MOST IMPRESSIVE ABOUT THE 10 THAT WE HAVE HERE.
SEVEN OF THEM HAVE A GRADE POINT AVERAGE, THREE, FIVE IRON AND FIVE, A MALE GP OR 4.0 UM, WE WANT TO REMIND OUR THREE SENIORS THAT ARE HERE.
JADEN WILLIAMS, THE 4.5 DESMOND PERKINS AND, UH, PERCY DANIELS.
AND ALL THREE OF THEM WILL BE SIGNING COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP PERSON GOING TO SEE NALL.
DEZ IS UNDECIDED AND JAYLEN'S PROBABLY GONNA GO TO SPRING HILL, BUT ONE PERSON SAY SOMETHING AND THEY'LL SAY SOMETHING.
SO LET ME UP BEFORE A PERSON SPEAKS.
FOR THOSE OF YOU DON'T KNOW, I GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THESE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THESE CULTURES.
EVERY SINGLE DAY, I'M PARTICULARLY PROUD OF GEMARA DID PAN.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, HE SUFFERED SOME SEVERE HEALTH ISSUES AND ALMOST LOST HIS LIFE.
AND SO THE TEAM, UH, HE CAME RIGHT BACK BEFORE THE SEASON, BEFORE THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE TEAM DEDICATED THIS, THIS YEAR TO HIM, IT WASN'T EASY, BUT THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB.
AND JEFF STARTED THE PROGRAM AND HE'S BEEN TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP 10 TIMES AND ONE EIGHT.
SO YOU ALREADY APITOMY EXCELLENT.
YOU GOT A PERCENTAGE THAT WHEN I'M SO PROUD OF ALL OF YOU, MANY OF THESE YOUNG MEN, I WAS PRINCIPAL IN SIXTH GRADE ON THEIR SENIORS.
NOW SOME OF THEM ARE TILLMAN IS A 4.0 STUDENT.
SO I WAS JUST EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE WORK YOU ALL DO, DEFINITELY ON THE BASKETBALL COURT, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IN THE CLASSROOM.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE IMPRESS UPON ALL OF YOU TO BE STUDENT ATHLETES, ACADEMIC SCHOLARS.
AND SO I'M PROUD OF YOUR PERSON, GO AHEAD AND SAY A FEW WORDS.
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WE KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AND ALL WE WISH YOU WELL, UH, WHEN PERCY CAME, UH, TO SEE SAL AS A SEVENTH GRADE STUDENT, SOMEONE AS MAYOR, HE WOULD CALL AND ASK ME TO COME PICK HIM UP FOR SCHOOL BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE A RIDE.I CALLED JEFF I'LL CALL ONE OF THE COACHES.
IT WASN'T ALWAYS THE EASIEST SITUATION, BUT HE PERSEVERED AND MADE THEM WHAT YOU GOT A 4.20 POINT OR OUTSTANDING PERSON.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING US.
AND THIS IS A MOMENT THAT I REMEMBER FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING YOUR TIME OUT TO GIVE ME A CERTIFICATE FOR US.
LET IT BE, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THIS IS DISTRICT 10.
SO YEAH, I'M GOING TO ASK ALL OF YOU TO COME ON DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE, PLEASE.
OH, WE GOT ONE MILES, SIX MILES ONE GOT ONE MORE RIGHT HERE.
THEN WE GOT TO GO BEHIND BIG SMILES RIGHT HERE.
THIS GENTLEMAN HERE, THIS GENTLEMAN, HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHEN YOUR WATER DON'T RUN LIKE OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER, CLEVE DUNN, JR.
TO RECOGNIZE MY POCKET DIGITAL OFF AS NMT YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR, BATON ROUGE, COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.
GOOD EVENING TO THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING US ON TELEVISION AND FACEBOOK TODAY, I HAVE THE HONOR TO RECOGNIZE CANDACE PARKER.
WHO'S THE MOTHER OF MY YEAR PARKER, AS WELL AS MY, YOUR POCKET.
COULD YOU GUYS COME, COME FORWARD.
AS WE KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, WE'VE SEEN THE ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY BE UTILIZED WITH THOSE YOUNG AND OLD.
UH, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE AND AN EXTRAORDINARY EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, USING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND TECHNOLOGY COMBINED TO MAKE SOME SIGNIFICANT THINGS HAPPEN FOR HER PERSONALLY AND HER FAMILY.
IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH NFTS, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A BRIEF HISTORY.
I'M NO EXPERT IN IT, BUT NFTS HAVE GIVEN ARTISTS THE ABILITY TO, UH, LICENSE AND TO CERTIFY THEIR WORK, UH, ONLINE, OFTENTIMES INDIVIDUALS UPLOAD ARTWORK AND DESIGN, AND THEY DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MONETIZE THAT.
WELL, THIS GIVES THEM A PLATFORM AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO MONETIZE THAT.
AND NOT ONLY IS, UH, MY ARTISTS, BUT SHE ALSO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF NFT AND SOLD SOME OF HER ARTWORK TO THE TUNE OF $10,000.
SO LET'S GIVE HER HER SO WE LOVE THAT ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT.
SO I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE MY AUNT, HER MOM, CANDACE, FOR SUPPORTING HER IN THIS ENDEAVOR AND A CERTIFICATE OF CONGRATULATION READS ON YOUR INITIATIVE AND DRIVE TO LEAD YOU, TO CREATE AND SELL DIGITAL ARTISTS, NFT YOUR ABILITY TO COMBINE YOUR ARTISTIC TALENT AND INVESTMENT SKILLS HAS INSPIRED THIS COMMUNITY.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PHENOMENAL ACHIEVEMENT.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ALSO, UH, CONGRATULATE MY, I I'VE KNOWN THIS FAMILY FOR DECADES AND REMEMBER WHEN MAYA AND HER SISTER WERE BORN.
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SO I AM SO PROUD TO SEE HER BEING RECOGNIZED WITH HER ACHIEVEMENTS AND WE WANT TO CREATE A PATH FORWARD FOR ENTREPRENEURS.SO OBVIOUSLY SHE HAS AN ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT, BUT THIS ENTIRE FAMILY HAS AN ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT.
SO I'M NOT SURPRISED, BUT CONGRATULATIONS.
UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR LIKE ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING ME AND THEN, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING MY ACHIEVEMENTS, BUT ALSO WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY AND EVERYONE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST LIKE ME AND MY SKILLS IS ALSO LIKE MY ENVIRONMENT.
AND SO THEM SUPPORTING ME AND LIKE ENCOURAGING ME AND GIVING ME THE CONFIDENCE TO LIKE PURSUE IN A TEAS FURTHER THAN JUST LIKE FOR FUN, UM, IS VERY HELPFUL AND VALUABLE.
AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE PEOPLE IN MY ENVIRONMENT.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.
UM, IT MEANS A LOT TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTING HER BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO ENCOURAGE THE KIDS TO STEP OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE AND ACHIEVE MORE.
SO I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR YOU ALL ENCOURAGING HER, SUPPORTING HER.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS OVER HER, BUT I GAVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION.
I'M A REPEAT THAT, BUT MY, IF I LEFT SOMETHING, I'LL FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME.
UH, THE NFT GIVE AUDITS THE ABILITY TO LICENSE CERTIFYING, COPYRIGHT THEY'LL WORK.
SO INSTEAD OF YOU JUST UPLOADING IT ONLINE AND SOMEONE GRABBING IT AND NOT, YOU NOT MONETIZING HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EARN RESOURCES OF MONEY FROM THE WORK YOU'VE DONE.
THIS, THIS CERTIFIES, IT, IT LICENSE IT.
AND IT GIVES YOU, UH, GIVE THE VIEWER OR THE WATCHER AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTACT YOU TO PURCHASE THAT.
BUT, BUT MY FEEL FREE TO, YEAH.
AND THEN THE T STANDS FOR A NON FUNGIBLE TOKEN AND IT'S BASICALLY BASICALLY LIKE A DIGITAL ITEM, ANY DIGITAL ITEM, A VIDEO, PHOTO MUSIC, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, AND YOU CAN UPLOAD IT AND THEN SELL IT, BUY IT ARE TRADED ON PLATFORMS LIKE OPEN, SEE, LOOKS RARE.
SO ALL THESE DIFFERENT PLATFORMS, YOU CAN TRADE IT AND DO DIFFERENT THINGS WITH THE DIGITAL ITEM.
TALK TO MONETIZE MY STUFF FOR ME.
JUMP ON COUNCIL MEMBERS COME UP.
WELL, MR. HUDSON, WOULD YOU ON THAT? SO THERE WE GO.
UH, NEXT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL NUMBERS SHOWING THE BANKS TO RECOGNIZE ROGER TAITO TO STUDY UNIVERSITY BASEBALL PROGRAM COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, I GUESS ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AREN'T GOING BACK TO YOUR SEAT FOR THIS NEXT PICTURE.
SO WE HAVE, UM, SOMEONE AND I MISSED THAT AS ABSOLUTELY A LEGEND ROGER KATE, OR IS THE FORMER HEAD
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COACH OF THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY BASEBALL TEAM, WHICH HE HELD FOR 34 YEARS, THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY SYSTEM BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NAMED KATE OR COACHED EMERITUS FOR HIS WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE UNIVERSITY AND THE BASEBALL PROGRAM KTR IS ALSO ON THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL DIVERSITY COMMITTEE.ROGER CATER HOLDS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE FIRST COACH OF A HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY TO WIN A GAME IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT.
IN ADDITION, HIS JAGUARS BECAME THE FIRST HBC U TO WIN AN IN C AA PLAY IN GAME CATER.
A SON OF A SHARECROPPER WAS BORN AND RAISED IN VENTUROUS, LOUISIANA.
HE STILL HAS THE ACCENT, AN ALUM OF ROSENWALD HIGH SCHOOL IN NEW ROADS.
CATER WENT ON TO BE A STUDENT ATHLETE AT SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND A AND M COLLEGE WHERE HE RECEIVED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION.
HE LATER EARNED A MASTER'S DEGREE IN GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING IN 1979 IN 1973, KATE OR JOHN, THE ATLANTA BRAVES ORGANIZATION, AND PLAYED INTO 1977 DURING HIS SPAN AS A HEAD BASEBALL COACH, KTR TRANSFORMED THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY BASEBALL PROGRAM INTO A PREMIER PROGRAM.
ALSO KNOWN IN SOME CIRCLE AS THE COACH THAT WOULD GET HIS PLAYERS PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL DRAFT COACH.
ROGER CATO IS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME.
AND IN 2014 PUBLISHED HIS FIRST AUTO-BIOGRAPHY AGAINST ALL ODDS ON JUNE 2ND, 2017.
KATE, OUR RETIRED AS HEAD COACH OF THE SOUTHERN BASEBALL PROGRAM AND STEPPED INTO A FUNDRAISING ROLE FOR THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT THROUGHOUT HIS YEARS WITH SOUTHERN CATO HAS SECURED SEVERAL COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS IN THE BATHROOM ROUGE AREA BY ENSURING SPONSORSHIPS AND SUPPORT FOR THE PROGRAM.
WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS, CATO WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE THE BASEBALL FIELD HOUSE FOR THE PROGRAM.
COACH HADAR IS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME THERE BASEBALL COACHES HALL OF FAME, THE SWHACK HALL OF FAME AND THE LOUISIANA SPORTS HALL OF FAME.
AREN'T TODAY WE, THE METRO COUNCIL RECOGNIZED COACH K DAR ON THE ROGER CATO OPERATION CENTER.
AND AREN'T ABOUT WHICH SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY WILL DEDICATE A BASEBALL IT'S BASEBALL FIELD HOUSE IN HIS LEGENDARY NAME, THIS COMING SATURDAY, MARCH 26TH AT 3:00 PM, 1:00 PM 1:00 PM, 1, 1, 1 AFTER.
UM, WHEREAS FROM THE MAYOR, WE WERE HERE FROM COACH K DAR DO HAVE A NEW COACH.
THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN BANKS.
I AM CERTAINLY GLAD TO ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR COACH FOR THIS, UH, RECOGNITION.
UH, CERTAINLY YOUR CAREER, UH, AS A BASEBALL COACH AT SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, BUT NOT ONLY THAT YOUR, UH, OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE, YOU HAVE BEEN A SERVANT TO THIS COMMUNITY IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED.
AND SO THIS RECOGNITION OF NAMING, UH, THE FACILITY, UH, IN YOUR HONOR, CERTAINLY IS ONE, UH, THAT I BELIEVE IS A PASSED AND WE ARE HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THAT AND HAPPY TO HAVE YOU AS A PART OF THE FABRIC OF BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY.
WHEN I GOT A CALL FROM SHAUNA TODAY, I THOUGHT SHE WAS CALLING ME ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.
YOU KNOW, I ALMOST HUNG UP, BUT I DIDN'T.
UH, NO, WE ONLY JOKING, UH, LISTEN, EVERYTHING HAPPENED SO FAST.
I FEEL IN MY LIFE, UH, ALL OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH, I DIDN'T SET OUT TO ACCOMPLISH.
I JUST TRIED TO DO A GOOD JOB WORK, BE YOUNG KIDS, GIVE BACK, UH, TO WHAT SOMEONE GAVE TO ME WHEN I WAS A YOUNGSTER AND ALL OF THESE THINGS PARLAY INTO A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.
SO I GOT MORE INVADED BY THE FACT THAT, UH, AT SUDDEN THE KIDS WERE DENIED FACILITIES
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AND, UH, THINGS THAT EVERYBODY WAS HAD.AND, UH, I MADE IT MY AMBITION, MY GOAL TO TRY FIX THAT, FIX A BROKEN THING BACK IN 1,971, WE WERE PROMISED A BASEBALL FIELD AT SOUTHERN AND THAT NEVER HAPPENED.
AND I SAID, I'M GOING TO CHANGE THAT.
THEN I WENT OUT AND CHANGED IT.
THEN I SAID, I'M TIRED OF MY KIDS DRESSING OUT OF THERE, THE CARS IN THE PARKING LOT.
I'M GOING TO GET THEM A FACILITY.
UH, AND I GOT IT THE FIRST TIME I GOT IT, THE MONEY WENT AWAY SOME KIND OF WAY, BUT THEN I RAN OUT AGAIN AND RAISED IT AGAIN IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PLAYED A KEY ROLE BECAUSE THIS TIME WHEN WE RAISED THE MONEY, WE PUT IT IN MERE HOLDEN'S BUDGET WITH HIS AGREEMENT, THAT WAY THE MONEY WOULDN'T DISAPPEAR.
SO, UH, WE, THE, SO THE CITY PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN, IN HELPING THIS BUILDING, UH, COME TO PASS.
AND, UH, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST HAPPY ABOUT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WAS DONE.
I MEAN, I DON'T CONSIDER MYSELF ANY MORE THAN A PERSON WHO WAS TRYING TO CORRECT HER, RIGHT.
TRYING TO DO SOMETHING GOOD THAT NOBODY ELSE WAS WILLING TO STEP UP AND DO AND DO.
AND I LOOKED AT MY PLAYERS AND THE ONE THING I NEVER WANTED TO DO TO HIM, MISS LIE TO HIM, EVEN THOUGH WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET HIM DONE, I TOLD HIM, I SAID, IT WASN'T THAT I LIE.
I JUST HAD OBSTACLES IN A WAY THAT KEPT ME FROM DOING IT.
THEY CALL ME AND SAY, COACH, EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T GET TO PLAY, USE THAT FACILITY, YOU DID STILL KEEP YOUR WORD.
I KNOW THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE GOING, BUT WE'VE ONLY THING WE HAVE IS OUR WORD.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M MOST PROUD OF THAT.
SO MAYOR, COUNCILMAN BANKS, THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING THIS, UH, UH, OCCASION FOR ME.
JOSH IS GOING TO BE STARTING IN FOUR MINUTES.
KNOW, JUST STARTED IN FOUR MINUTES.
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PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS.GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD.
AND THIS DOTTED, YOU DON'T GO IN TO STOCK.
AND FOR ALL OF YOU WATCHING FROM OUT OF TOWN, WE ARE ON THE BANKS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
WE ARE THE, THE CAPITAL OF LOUISIANA, THE PARISH SEAT OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WATCHING TODAY, WE REMIND YOU THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD OUR AGENDA AND YOU CAN DO THAT@OURWEBSITEATVRLA.GOV.
WE'RE ALSO STREAMING RIGHT THERE AND ON FACEBOOK LIVE 21 ON COX AND 99 ON A T AND T AND OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALL 12 OF THEM ARE DELIGHTED THAT YOU HAVE JOINED OUR BROADCAST AND WANT YOU TO BE A PART OF OUR GOVERNMENT.
AND AT THIS TIME HERE AS THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT ROTEL OF EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH, COUNCILMAN LAMONT, COLE, COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR TUNING IN THIS WEEK.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE.
WELCOME TO THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING ON THIS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23RD, 2022.
I LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER ACTUALLY, DO WE HAVE A FORUM? WE HAVE A QUORUM LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE GOING TO BE LED BY IN THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY REVEREND LSR RODRIGUEZ EL UP IN ST.
UH, AS WE, UH, PRAYING TODAY, I'D LIKE YOU TO KINDLY REMEMBER FORM OF METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEMBER GORDON W CURRY, WHO PASSED AWAY ON MONDAY, MARCH 14TH, 2022.
HE REPRESENTED THE DISTRICT 10 AND WAS ALSO A PAST VICE PRESIDENT PRO TEM.
HE SERVED ON A METROPOLITAN COUNCIL FROM 1981 TO 1988.
HE IS A NATIVE OF BATON ROUGE AND SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND THE CURRY, TWO CHILDREN, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, AND A HOST OF RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
SO AS WE, UH, AND I WOULD MOMENT OF PRAYER, WOULD YOU PLEASE REMEMBER HIM AND HIS FAMILY? UH, REVEREND ALTO, MR. MAYOR
HE ATTENDED THE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY AND BIBLE IN MATAMOROS, MEXICO.
AND HE'S BEEN WORKING IN MINISTRY FOR OVER 60 YEARS.
CURRENTLY, PASTOR RODRIGUEZ AND HIS WIFE, LYDIA ARE SENIOR PASTORS OF EL EPICENTER ALTO HERE IN BATON ROUGE IN THE GARDERE AREA.
AND THIS HAS BEEN THEIR HOME CHURCH FOR THE 15 YEARS.
PASTOR RODRIGUEZ IS BLESSED WITH FOUR CHILDREN AND THE GRANDFATHER OF 10 WONDERFUL GRANDCHILDREN AND A GREAT GRANDFATHER OF TWO AMAZING LITTLE BOYS.
WE THANK YOU, SIR, FOR COMING TONIGHT FOR THE PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE, PLEASE STAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT ARE HERE.
SPECTRAL, GET TO THE ONE THAT HE INVITED ME.
UH, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HEARING, BUT THE RUSH THAT
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I KEPT SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED COURSE MY ENGLISH.I WAS BORN IN MEXICO AND MY ENGLISH.
IT'S A MEXICAN ENGLISH, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
APPRECIATE IT TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
SO LET'S GO WITH A SALUTE TO THE FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE PLAYER 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.
BEFORE I START PRAYING, I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE WITH ALL OF YOU, A SCRIPTURE FROM THE BIBLE.
THAT REALLY MEANS A LOT THAT TO ME, AND IT'S IN THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH CHAPTER 29, VERSE SEVEN, SEEK THE PEACE OF THE CITY, WHICH I KEPT TRANSPORTED YOU AND PRAYED TO THE LORD FOR, FOR EACH SPACE, YOU WORK HAVE PEACE.
SO ALL THE WASTE PRAY FOR YOUR CITY, YOUR COUNTRY, AND THE LEADERS WHO HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO GOVERN, TO PRAY FOR THEM IS TOO BRAVE FOR YOUR OWN WELL BEING.
SO NOW, UH, THEN ANSWER ABOUT AND PRAY.
UM, THIS EVENING, OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOW BY THE NAME THEY KINGDOM COME, THAT WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS HE IS IN HEAVEN.
GIVE US THIS DAY, OUR DAILY BREAD AND FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRANSPARENCIES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US AND LEAD US, NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
THAT BEING YOUR WISDOM, YOU CAN PUT ORDER IN OUR LANE IN THE FORM OF NATIONS.
THANK YOU, LORD, BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE A PURPOSE WITH ME AND MY FAMILY HERE IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND IN THESE COUNTRY.
ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES I FORGET THAT THIS IS THE CASE GOD, ON THESE DAY, THANK YOU FOR MY PANTRY AND CD.
AND I ASKED TO BE ON EAT AS A PEOPLE.
WE ARE IN A GREAT NEED THAT WE NEED CALIPER FOR THE POOR, THAT OUR STREETS OR CLEAN UP CRIME AND DROVE THAT OUR FAMILIES OUT SAFE AND THAT NO ONE IN OUR COUNTRY FOR YOU REJECT REJECTED, USE THE LEADERS OF OUR CD, OUR PRECEDENT TO BE YOUR INSTRUMENT OF GOOD.
DON'T LET PRIDE BE AN OBSTACLE OBSTACLE FOR THEM.
MAY OUR LEADERS WILL BE SENSITIVE TO THE PEOPLE, FEEL THEM WITH COMPASSION FOR YOUR THEM WITH WISDOM.
THE WORD IS NOT EASY, BUT WE TRUST THAT YOU WILL THE BE THE GUIDE TO ABUSE COUNTRY.
WE KNOW FATHER THAT YOU POINT THE DS TO LEADERS IN DCD, THAT THEY ARE UNDER.
YOU WERE SO BURDENED AT THE LAST DAM AND THEIR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIVES.
YOU USE THEM FOR OUR GOOD AND FOR YOUR GLORY.
SOME OF THEM CAN BE CALL TO ANSWER, BUT WE LEAVE THEM IN YOUR HANDS KNOWING THAT YOU ARE A RIGHTEOUS AND GOD MAY GOD BLESS EACH.
AND EVERY ONE, THE BEAST THAT EVENING IN THE NAME OF JESUS, ALL THESE THINGS.
THANK YOU, REVEREND RODRIGUEZ.
YEAH, YOU SPEAK BETTER ENGLISH THAN A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE.
[ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE APPROVAL OF ITEM ONE TO AND ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING ON MARCH 9TH, 2022, THE SPECIAL METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEGA MARCH 16TH, 2022, AND THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ZONING MEETING OF MARCH 16TH, 2022, AND THE GREATER BANNERS AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING MARCH 8TH, 2022 BY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURER.IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEIR MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HER SECOND AND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOKE.
[INTRODUCTIONS]
READ THE INTRODUCTIONS SECTION 2.12 INTRODUCTIONS.NUMBER TWO, AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE MATTER ENTITLED
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A R VERSUS CITY OFSO AS TO APPROPRIATE $30,000 TO THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL DISTRICT BUDGETS FROM THE FUND BALANCE UNASSIGNED BY THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT SHARON WESTERN BROOM, CONDEMNATION INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER FIVE, CHARLES POINT JUNIOR AND PATRICIA JONES 0.6179 EAST GLEN COURT COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE, HEARST NUMBER SIX, MARQUEES ZURICH WILLIAMS, TYLER DHAWAN WILLIAMS AND HARRISON MORRIS CALLAHAN FOR 6 41 CLAYTON STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE, HEARST NUMBER SEVEN, DIANE M. BALLARD BAGWELL AT AL 4 7 0 7 MADISON AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER EIGHT, HARRIET SENSELY 1 6 7 4 NORTH 44TH STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER NINE, LARGE DAVID SHARMAN, 3 1 6 6 ERIE STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE, NUMBER 10 UNITED COMPANIES, FINANCIAL CORPORATION POLY-COM AND TAMARA MASON, 5 1 1 0 WILLMOTT STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLD NUMBER 11, CHERYL TESKEY 4 0 5 4 WASHINGTON AVENUE IN COUNCIL, DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 12, THE ESTATE OF LABELLA B
SO NUMBER 13, RIDDICK INVESTMENTS, LLC SEATS, EXCUSE ME.
9 0 3 NORTH 17TH STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 14, KALA SPEED TEMPLE 1, 2, 5, 5 CONVENTION STRAIGHT COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 15, JOSEPHINE AND WHITE 2 5, 2, 2 MAIN STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN ADJUDICATED PROPERTY INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER 16, LOT 20 SQUARE FOUR SUBDIVISION NORTH HIGHLANDS ADDITION, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, COLEMAN NUMBER 17, LOT SEVEN EIGHT SUBDIVISION UNIVERSITY PLATES, COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS NUMBER 18 LOT FOUR SQUARE 29 GREENVILLE EXTENSION COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 18, LOT 48, A SQUARE FOUR WELLS PLACE.
COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 20 LOT 26 SQUARE THREE LOFASO TOWN COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 21 LOT NINE 10 SQUARE EIGHT UNIVERSITY CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS NUMBER 22 LOT 19 SQUARE 12 SUBDIVISION FAIRFIELD'S COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 23 LOT THREE SQUARE, 2 94 LAKE PARK COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 24 LOT 20 PLUS SQUARE 18 SUBDIVISION FORTUNE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE HEARST NUMBER 25, LOT 68, A SUBDIVISION GIBBONS PLACE.
COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS NUMBER 26, LOT FOUR SQUARE 2 0 9 SUBDIVISION ISTROUMA COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 27 LOT THREE SQUARE F CRAWFORD ADDITION COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 28, LOT 28 SQUARE ONE SUBDIVISION CLARKSDALE COUNCILS, WHICH ARE TWO BANKS.
NUMBER 29, LOT SIX AND SEVEN SQUARE 12 SUBDIVISION PROGRESS PARK COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLD NUMBER 30 LOT THREE SQUARE 12 SUBDIVISION PROGRESS PARK COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE, NUMBER 31 LOT FIVE SQUARE SEVEN ROOSEVELT PLACE COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS, NUMBER 32 LOT 15 SQUARE 39 SUBDIVISION SPORT COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 33, LOT 34 PARTS SQUARE J BOOKER TOWN COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 34 LOT EIGHT SQUARE, TWO 70 SUBDIVISION SWORE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN, ALL ITEMS THAT REQUIRE RATING THEM IN RED AND EMOTION TO DELETE ITEM 37, WHICH IS A DUPLICATE AND ITEM 14 AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN HAVE, UH, AND INTRODUCE ALL OTHER ITEMS IS AN ORDER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL INTRODUCTIONS AND DELETE 37 37 TO 14.
MOROSA SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ALL ITEMS ARE THEN BEEN INTRODUCED AND 37 AND 14 HAVE BEEN DELETED.
[CONDEMNATIONS (Part 1 of 2)]
MEMBERS.IF YOU WOULD GO TO YOUR SEPARATE SHEET FOR CONDEMNATIONS, I'M GOING TO READ THE DPD DPW RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH.
57 58 60 61 62 63 64 66 67 68, 70 71 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79 AND 80.
THEY ARE TO, UH, DEFER FOR 30 DAYS ITEMS 59 AND 75.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A CONDEMNATION? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A CONDEMNATION? WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, I HAVE YOURS COUNCIL NUMBER, ROCKER COUNCIL OR HERS.
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COUNCIL MEMBER COLON.AND WHAT ARE THE 1 57 57 AND 59 59 30.
ANYONE ELSE? 70 AND 71 90 DAYS.
I'M GOING TO READ, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION AND CHANGES.
THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 58 62 63 66 67, 68, 72, 74, 76, 78, 79 AND 80, OR TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS, ITEM 60 AND 61 DEFERRED FOR 30 DAYS ITEMS, 57 59 64 AND 75.
THEY ARE TO DEFER FOR 90 DAYS, ITEM 73, 77, 70 AND 71.
AND TO DELETE ITEM 65 CORRECTION, WE ARE GOING TO DEFER ITEM 75 FOR 60 DAYS.
ANYONE ELSE? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL CONDEMNATIONS MOTION TO APPROVE
DO I NEED TO READ THEM AGAIN? OR YOU GOT THEM ALL AT 80 90 DAYS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONDEMNATION? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL NUMBER DONE SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, HERS, ALL KINDS OF MISSIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THOSE OF YOU IN THE CHAMBER, PLEASE SILENCE YOUR PHONES.
WOULD YOU PLEASE SILENCE YOUR PHONES? COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM 57, UH, BEFORE WE DO.
SO I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO STUDY UNIVERSITY.
I WANT TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC THAT WE HAVE, UH, SOME EBR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO WERE PART OF YOU SAW A TASK FORCE TO, FOR DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS, HELPING OUT IN NEW ORLEANS AFTER THE TORNADO.
AND I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE COUNCIL MEMBERS, SHONA BANKS ON LAST WEEK AT THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES IN WASHINGTON, DC, SHE WAS AWARDED A WOMAN OF THE YEAR.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO GAVE AN OUTSTANDING SPEECH AND SHE SANG THREE SOLOS.
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MEMBERS WE'LL GO TO ITEM 81.A FOR PUBLIC HEARING ITEM MADE HIM ONE, AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WITH ITG STRATEGIES, LLC, TO ASSIST IN CREATION, DEVELOPMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION AND THE MANAGEMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR AN ANNUAL FEE BASED ON PROGRAM REVENUES AS DEFINED IN THE AGREEMENT FOR AN INITIAL TERM OF 10 YEARS AND THE ABILITY TO EXTEND FOR THE ADDITION FIVE UPON MUTUAL AGREEMENT BY BOTH PARTIES BY THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.
IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON AUTOMATED ONE, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ALL ITEM, ANY ONE.
NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER KNOLL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCCA.
WE GO TO, YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING WRONG? NO OPPOSITION ITEM 81 PASSES.
WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER KNOLL TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, SIR.
TODAY IS COUNCIL MEMBER NOAH'S BIRTHDAY.
NOW THAT ITEM HE'S THIRTY NINE THIRTY NINE.
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MADE IT TO SENDING IN DIRECT AND THE CLERK OF COURT THAT COUNCIL THE DECISION IN ORDER TO RECORD IT ON FEBRUARY 11TH, 2022, IN A MATTER OF CITY, BANNER, RUTH VERSUS MAN TO LEAD SOLID TRUST.CLAIRE REASON FOR RESCISSION, THE PROPERTY OWNER INTENDS TO SELL THE HOUSE AND AN INVESTOR WHO IS LOOKING TO REHAB THE PROPERTY BY THE CHAIRS.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM, MAYBE TWO WITHOUT, OR THE COUNCILS, A MOTION BY THE CHAIR SECONDED BY DONE.
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WAS SENDING IN DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT.THE COUNCIL DECISION TO ORDER RECORDING ON AUGUST 10TH, 2018 IN THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS LACAN PROPERTIES, LLC, 25 34 OLEANDER STREET.
AND HE'S SUPPOSED TO SIT IN THE PROPERTY IS BEING SOLD BY THE CHAIR.
ANYONE NEED TO SPEAK TO ITEM 83 WHEN I'LL GO TO THE COUNCIL.
SO MOVED BY THE CHAIR SECRETARY, BY THE TIME YOU'RE NOT GO TO ITEM 80
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WAS SITTING IN THE WRECK AND THE CLERK OF COURT TO COUNCIL DECISION ORDER RECORD ON JANUARY 14TH, 2022.IN THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, SUPPOSED TO JOHNNY TURNING IRMA, GREEN TURNER NINE THREE TO PROGRESS TO YOUR REASON FOR VISITING THE PROPERTY ON INTENDS TO RENOVATE THE PROPERTY AND USE IT AS OFFICE SPACE BY THE CHAIR.
I DIDN'T WANT TO SPEAK ON AUTOMATED FULL COUNCIL.
SO MOVED BY THE CHAIR, SECONDED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.
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ITEM 85 WAS SENDING IN THE RECORD.THE CLERK RECORD THE COUNCIL DECISION ORDER RECORD ON FEBRUARY 11TH, 2022 IN A MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATTERIES VERSUS DAVID
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 85.
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NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOWING A MOTION TO APPROVE SECONDED BY COUNCIL NUMBER DONE.[86. 22-00283]
TO ITEM 86 RESENDING AND DIRECTING THE FEDERAL COURT.THE COUNCIL DECISION ORDER RECORD ON NOVEMBER 16TH, 2021 AND A MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS DARYL D BROWN 6 0 8 0 CONFIDENCE STREET.
THE PROPERTY WOULD BE RENOVATED AND PLACE IN THE MARKET AS A RENTAL PROPERTY ANYWAY, BY THE CHAIRS THERE, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 86 WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL.
SO MOVED BY THE CHAIR, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.
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ITEM 87 AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT IN THE CLAIM OF MELISSA SCOTT FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM A SEWER BACKUP IN THE HOME FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $17,200 AND 88 CENTS CENTS A MILE SHOULD BE PAID FROM AN ACCOUNT DESIGNATED INSURANCE GENERAL LIABILITY BY THE PARENTS' ATTORNEYS.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON HOW TO MAYBE SEVEN.
WHAT IS THE PEASANT OF THE COUNCIL? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MOROCCO SECONDED BY ADAMS. WE NOW GO TO ITEM 88
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AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE CLAIM OR BRIANNA REMO FOR DAMAGES WAS ONLY FROM A SEWER BACKUP IN THE HOME FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $34,530 AND 14 CENTS, WHICH YOUR AMOUNT SHOULD BE FREE FROM THE ACCOUNT DESIGNATED INSURANCE GENERAL LIABILITY BY PARENTS.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 88? WE NOW GO TO THE COUNCIL.
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AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE CLAIM OF JR.RUTGERS FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM A SEWER BACKUP IN A FOURPLEX FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $90,733 AND 41 CENTS AND APPROPRIATING $90,733 AND 41 CENTS FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARENTS' ATTORNEY.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 89? WE BACK TO COUNCIL, SO MOVED BY IT.
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WE NOW GO TO ITEM 90 AMENDED TITLE NINE CHAPTER 18, SECTION NINE, COLON 1 0 1 3 ACTS PROHIBITED.SO AS TO ADD NOISE AS A PROHIBITED ACT BY COUNCIL MEMBER, THE NISSAN MOROSA WE NOW GO TO, UH, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 90.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE 90? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL.
WE DO HAVE SOME, UH, EMAIL COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBER.
SHE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THREE EMAIL COMMENTS ON ITEM 92 WERE IN FAVOR OF ONE WAS OPPOSED COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE ABC BOARD, THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALL THESE FOLKS THAT HAVE HELPED ME, UH, PUT THIS, UH, UH, AN AMENDMENT TOGETHER FOR A NOISE ORDINANCE.
UM, IS PAULO HERE? WOULD YOU COME? I THINK THERE'S SOME CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN? THANK YOU.
UH, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX THAT IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP THE ABC AGENTS AND REALLY HELP THE NEIGHBORS, UH, AND THE CUSTOMERS.
UM, AND FOR SOME NOISE, UH, COMPLAINTS THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING THROUGHOUT THE PARISH.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER TOOL IN A TOOLBOX THAT'S ALSO ALLOWS FOR, TO NOT GO DOWN A CRIMINAL, UM, AVENUE, WHICH IS AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE BRP D HOWEVER, THIS ALLOWS IT TO, TO NOT PROCEED IN A CRIMINAL MATTER.
THIS ALLOWS US TO PROCEED IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER, WHICH IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING BENEFICIAL TO, I BELIEVE ALL PARTIES IS TO STAY AT, TO GET IT OUT OF THE CRIMINAL ARENA.
SO WHAT IT'S GOING TO, SO, UM, EXPLAIN PAULO, IF YOU WILL, HOW THIS WILL WORK, BECAUSE WHAT IT'S DOING IS IT'S TAKING IT OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE POLICE AND PUTTING IT INTO THE HANDS OF THE ABC.
YEAH, SO LIKE RIGHT NOW, IF THERE'S A, A NOISE COMPLAINT, BE RPD WOULD BE CALLED OUT AND BE RPD WOULD ISSUE A CITATION OR A CRIMINAL CITATION THAT WOULD BE HANDLED.
AND IN BATTERY CITY LIMITS, IT WOULD BE HANDLED IN BATTERY CITY COURT, ABR SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT WOULD BE HANDLED OVER IT IN THE 19TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
IT MAY TAKE MONTHS IF NOT YEARS FOR IT TO BE RESOLVED.
AND THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IF THERE IS A NOISE COMPLAINT AND THERE IS A LICENSE, AN ALCOHOLIC STABLISH LICENSED PLACE, ABC CAN BE CALLED OUT THERE, COULD INVESTIGATE, AND THEN CAN ISSUE A ABC SUMMONS, WHICH WILL THEN BE HANDLED TO THE ABOUT ADMINISTRATIVELY, WHICH COULD BE A FINE, IT COULD BE, IT COULD RANGE FROM ANYWHERE FROM A FINE TO ACTUAL REVOCATION OF THE LIQUOR LICENSE, IF IT'S A REPEAT OFFENDER.
SO WE FEEL THAT THAT WOULD GET THE ATTENTION OF THE OWNERS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT.
UM, SO THEY WOULD TURN THE MUSIC DOWN.
UM, I KNOW SOME OF US, SEVERAL OF US HAVE HAD ISSUES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH LOUD BARS.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IN LOUD INSIDE BUILDINGS HAS BEEN LIMITED.
SO A LOT OF THE BARS AND RESTAURANTS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO MOVE OUTSIDE ONTO THEIR PATIOS, INTO THEIR PARKING LOTS.
AND, UM, SO SOME OF US HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH
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MUSIC, NOISE, DJS, ALL KINDS OF THINGS, DISTURBING THE NEIGHBORS AROUND.I MEAN, I'VE CALLED OUT THE POLICE SEVERAL TIMES HAVE HAD TO CALL THE POLICE OUT SEVERAL TIMES.
AND YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TOLD BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GO OUT THERE.
THIS IS, I MEAN, THEY WILL GO OUT THERE, BUT THEY'VE GOT TOO MANY OTHER THINGS TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH RATHER THAN HAVING TO DEAL WITH NOISE AND DISTURBING NEIGHBORS AND ALL.
SO THIS IS GOING TO PUT IT IN THE HANDS OF THE ABC BOARD.
THE NOISE ORDINANCE DOES NOT CHANGE AT ALL.
IT'S NOT CHANGING NOISE ORDINANCE, ALL IT'S REMAINS THE SAME, UM, THAT IT'S ONLY GOING TO GIVE THE ABC BOARD THE RIGHT TO, UH, GIVE A VIOLATION TO THE OFFENDER.
AND THEN THE OFFENDERS WILL GO BEFORE THE ABC BOARD, INSTEAD OF STOPPING UP OUR COURT SYSTEM, WE DON'T NEED W NOISE ORDINANCES TOPPING UP OUR COURT SYSTEM.
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT TOO, IS THAT IT STREAMLINES IT, AS PAULA SAID, THIS COULD TAKE MONTHS, YEARS TO GET BEFORE THE, YOU KNOW, THE JUDICIAL COURT.
IT'LL TAKE IT BEFORE THE ABC BOARD, MAYBE TWO TO FOUR WEEKS INSTEAD OF US WAITING MONTHS.
SO IT FREES UP THE POLICE, IT, UH, FREES UP OUR COURT SYSTEM AND IT STREAMLINES IT.
SO IT CAN BE TAKEN CARE OF RIGHT AWAY INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR MONTHS TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
SO WE'VE BEEN AROUND IN ROUNDABOUT THINGS WITH, LIKE I SAID, THE ABC BOARD, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH PERMIT OFFICE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
AND I THINK SO FAR, THIS IS THE BEST, UH, UH, UM, ANSWER TO SOME OF OUR NOISE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE HAD IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.
I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN AMARILLO ALSO HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND HAVE HAD SOME COMPLAINTS AND ISSUES FROM NEIGHBORS.
I UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT THE WIFE.
THE REASON WHY YOU TAKEN UP THE ISSUE.
I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN UP PANDORA'S BOX TO CLOSE BARS AND RESTAURANTS DOWN.
MANY OF THESE ESTABLISHMENT HAVE DJS LIVE MUSIC, AND IT'S A PART OF THE AMBIANCE.
IT'S A PART OF THE EXPERIENCE.
AND YET SOMETIMES YOU CAN HEAR THAT FROM THE ROAD AND SOMETIMES ON THE NEXT STREET.
UH, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, BRP RPD IS ALREADY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO GOVERN AND, AND DISCIPLINE ESTABLISHED HIS OWN THIS.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE NEED TO GIVE ABC THE AUTHORITY TO, UH, FIND, UH, DISCIPLINE THEM MULTIPLE TIMES AND EVENTUALLY TAKE THEIR LICENSE BECAUSE OF LOUD MUSIC, WHICH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION OR SALES.
SO I THINK ONE IS A DUPLICATION AND TWO, WE HAVE AN EXIT IT'S ALREADY ENFORCED IN IT'S.
UH, AND I DON'T WANT TO STEAL SOMEONE ELSE'S THUNDER, BUT WE HAVE WHOLE DISTRICTS, THIRD STREET, GOVERNMENT STREET, WHERE WE HAVE BARS AND RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC AND DJS.
SO ALL OF THOSE BUSINESSES WILL BE SUBJECT TO FINES AND PENALTIES BECAUSE YOU CAN HEAR THE MUSIC AND THE DJ OUTSIDE OF THE PARKING LOT.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY CONSIDER WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TO IMPASSE IN THIS, THIS ITEM.
I HAVE TO CLEAVE STOLE MY THUNDER ALREADY.
SO I AM FOR HAVING A SAFE SOUND CITY WHERE HIGH RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED, THAT WE CAN ENJOY OUR HOMES THAT WE, UH, INVEST IN WHICH FOR MOST PEOPLE IS THE LARGEST INVESTMENT OF THEIR LIFE.
AND THEY WANT TO PROTECT THAT.
BUT WE HAD PAULA RIGO HERE EARLIER BECAUSE HE IS FROM VISIT BATON ROUGE AND THE CULTURE OF SOUTH LOUISIANA IS THE MUSIC.
IT IS THE OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT.
IF YOU GO DOWN INTO THE FRENCH QUARTER OF NEW ORLEANS, THERE'S A REASON WHY PEOPLE BUY HOMES ON THIRD STREET BECAUSE WE'RE REPLICATING THE SAME TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DISTRICT, WHAT, WHAT'S THE BEST DISTRICT COUNCILMAN.
I KNEW SHE WAS GOING TO SAY IT, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT DISTRICT 10 AND YOU LOOK AT THE BARS AND LOOK AT THE EATERY SURROUNDING LSU, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TRANSFORMATION THAT'S HAPPENING IN NORTH BATON ROUGE SURROUNDING SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AS BEING MASTER PLAN.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIRD STREET, MID CITY, WE ARE EVOLVING INTO AN OUTDOOR CULTURE.
BEER GARDEN IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES BECAUSE OF THE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AT THE SAME TIME.
RIGHT? SO I BELIEVE THAT IT WILL HAVE AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON BUSINESSES THAT ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING, TRYING TO PROVIDE A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE IN THE CITY AND WAS
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SHUT THEM DOWN.UM, BUT YOU WOULD ALSO SHUT SOMEONE DOWN FOR, FOR NOISE BY BOARD THAT GOVERNS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE NOT THE RIGHT AGENCY TO GOVERN THOSE RESOURCES.
SO, UH, I WANT TO PUBLICLY SAY THAT I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST IT.
UM, SO FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S THE EXACT SAME ORDINANCE, NO WORDING CHANGED, NOTHING HAS BEEN ADDED OR TAKEN AWAY.
UM, SCOTT, DO YOU MIND ANSWERING A FEW QUESTIONS? SO EVERYONE KNOWS SCOTT IS WITH ABC BOARD.
I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ALCOHOL BOARD.
SO RIGHT NOW THEY CALLED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THE NOISE SITUATION.
THE POLICE HAS UNITS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THEY RESPONDED OUT THERE AND IMMEDIATELY WHAT TYPE OF RESPONSE OR WHAT, WHAT DIFFERENT RESPONSE WOULD ABC BOARD AND, AND Y'ALL ARE OUT THERE SOMETIMES AS FAR AS, UH, REGULATING BARS AND EVERYTHING, OR YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WORKING IN A CERTAIN AREA, HOW DOES IT WORK WITH Y'ALL AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT OR GOING OUT OR GETTING A CALL.
SO EVERY TIME SOMEBODY MAKES A NOISE COMPLAINT NOW AT A LICENSED ESTABLISHMENT, Y'ALL ARE GONNA HAVE TO RUN SOMEBODY OUT THERE.
WELL, UH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION, MORE DIRECTED FOR OUR DIRECTOR.
UH, CHRIS CRANFORD, AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL METHOD OF ENFORCEMENT, I CAN SPEAK TO THE WAY THE BOARD VIEWS OVERALL ENFORCEMENT OF ALCOHOL LAWS.
AND I'M NOT HERE AS THE CHAIRMAN OR AS A MEMBER TAKING A SPECIFIC POSITION ON THIS ISSUE.
UM, BUT I WILL JUST SIMPLY SAY THAT THERE ARE MORE THINGS THAT GO INTO ENFORCING THE ALCOHOL LAWS.
THEN SIMPLY WHAT I WOULD CALL THE HOT BUTTON VIOLATIONS LIKE UNDERAGE DRINKING, UM, SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT IS NOT HAVE A PROLIFERATION OF UNDERAGE DRINKING.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE A CONCERN FOR OUR OFFICE? UM, NOISE VIOLATIONS ARE AN ISSUE.
UM, THE LAST REVOCATION I CAN ACTUALLY REMEMBER, UH, ON THE BOARD HAPPENED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY DUE TO WHAT WE SAW AS A PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD.
UH, THE ESTABLISHMENT HAD A, UM, HAD LIKE A HOT PLATE WHERE THEY WERE COOKING MEALS AND THERE WAS ACTUALLY A DEAD RODENT IN THE GREASE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE BOARD DOES HAVE, HAVE AUTHORITY OVER OVER THAT BECAUSE THE COUNCIL'S GRANTED IT.
SO, UM, AS PAULA SAID, AND COUNCILWOMAN MRSS SAID, YEAH, THIS IS SIMPLY ADDING THIS TO OUR AGENT'S ABILITY TO TICKET.
IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT, THAT THEY WOULD BE CALLED OUT SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS.
UM, ENFORCEMENT WOULD BE A QUESTION, LIKE I SAID, FOR THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE DIRECTOR HIMSELF, UH, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR BOARD, UM, WE LOOK AT THE, WE LOOK AT THE ENTIRE PICTURE.
SO THE NUMBER OF CITATIONS, UH, THE FREQUENCY OF THE CITATIONS, UM, WE HAVE A RULE THAT IF YOU ARE CITED TWICE IN A YEAR FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS, IT'S AN AUTOMATIC BOARD APPEARANCE.
YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T JUST PAY THE FINE, YOU HAVE TO COME.
AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S ONE REASON THE BOARD WORKS WELL IS THAT IT'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT CAN SIT AROUND AND CONSIDER ALL THE EVIDENCE AND, AND MAKE DETERMINATIONS BASED ON THAT.
SO IT'S IT, THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO IT, I GUESS, IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO.
DIDN'T MEAN TO THROW YOU UP THERE ON THE SPOT DIRECTLY.
I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU COULD ANSWER SOMETHING SO THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICES COULD STEP UP, PLEASE.
I HAVE A BIG CONCERN AS FAR AS THE ENFORCEMENT OF IT AND THE CAPACITY, LIKE I SAID, WITH ALL WE KEEP IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE LOOP, ALSO LEAVING IT UNDER THEIR, UM, THEIR SECTION ALSO, OR ARE WE JUST STRICTLY MOVING EVERYTHING UNDER ABC, IT'S GOING TO STAY IN AND IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
SO BE RPD, WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO ENFORCE IT.
THE IDEA BEHIND THIS IS THAT THIS IS FOR THE REPEAT OFFENDERS, AS, AS SCOTT HAD JUST SAID, IF YOU'VE COME TO THE BOARD MULTIPLE TIMES, THEN THERE'S A PROBLEM.
IF YOU JUST COME, ONCE YOU PAY A FINE, YOU GO ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS.
99% OF THE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE AN ALCOHOL LICENSE, WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, OKAY.
IT IS THAT 1% AND IT IS PARISH WIDE.
IT GOES FROM THE SOUTHERN PART TO THE NORTHERN PART, THE EAST PART, THE WEST PART DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
THERE'S THERE PROBLEM ESTABLISHMENT THAT WE HAVE.
AND IT, UH, SO THIS IS FOR THE REPEAT OFFENDERS TO GIVE THE ABC AGENTS, UH, JUST ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT THAT BEHAVIOR OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENTS.
AND HERE'S ANOTHER KIND OF, UH, UH, BRP D CAN ONLY SITE AN INDIVIDUAL.
SO IF THEY GO INTO A BAR, LET'S SAY, AND THERE'S A DJ THAT'S PLAYING MUSIC, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO CITE THE DJ WHO IS A PAID, WHO'S BEEN PAID BY THE ESTABLISHMENT.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SITE AND GET A CRIMINAL CHARGE TO THE OWNER OF THAT ESTABLISHMENT.
SO IF THEY GO OUT THERE AND THEY THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CITE THAT INDIVIDUAL OWNER, THEY'RE GOING TO SITE, OR THAT BAR MANAGER, THAT OWNER
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MAY NOT EVEN BE THERE.OKAY, WELL, THERE'S NO REPERCUSSIONS FOR THAT BAR OWNER.
HE'S MAYBE AT HOME OR A WAY THIS IS TO SAY, MR. ABAR OWNER, OR A RESTAURANT OWNER OR WHOEVER, HEY, THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR THAT YOU'VE GOT GOING ON AT YOUR PLACE, WE NEED TO TAKE SOME CORRECTIVE ACTION WITH IT.
THE ABC AGENTS, JUST LIKE THE RPD, THEY'RE GOING TO GO OUT THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM A WARNING.
PROBABLY GIVE THEM A COUPLE OF THEM.
AND THEN IF THEY HAVE TO GO OUT REPEATEDLY, THEN THEY'LL CITE THEM.
SO THIS IS NOT DESIGNED OR INTENDED TO BE A ONE-TIME GO OUT THERE, SHUT THEM DOWN.
THAT'S NOT WHAT IT'S DESIGNED FOR MORE.
DO THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT? THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME TO THE BOARD, IT'D BE A MULTIPLE OFFENSE TYPE THING.
AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME TO THE BOARD FOR THAT.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE INTENTION OF IT IS.
SO RIGHT NOW, UH, YOU JUST SAID THAT WHEN THEY GET A CALL OUT FOR LAWYERS TO BE RPD, THEY'RE GIVING THE DJ OR THE BAND OR WHATEVER, THE FINE OR THE TICKET POTENTIALLY.
SO NOTHING HAPPENS TO THE BAR OWNER OR ANYTHING THAT KEEPS HIRING DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
AND THE SAME THING KEEPS HAPPENING.
IT COULD BE THE, IT COULD BE THE BAR.
IT COULD BE THE MANAGER THAT GETS THE CITATION.
IT COULD BE THE OWNER THAT GETS THE CITATION.
IT COULD BE THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE PARKING LOT THAT IS PLAYING HIS MUSIC THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT WHATSOEVER.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE CIRCUMSTANCE.
SO UNDER THIS ORDINANCE OR MOVING IT BY HERE, THE, THE, THE BAR ITSELF, OR THE OWNERS AS LISTED AS THE BAR OWNERS GET THE CITATION, THEY WOULD GET THE, THEY WOULD GET THE CITATION AND THEY WOULD COME IN TO THE ABC OFFICE, POTENTIALLY PAY IT IF THERE IS A THAT, OR THEY CAN CHALLENGE IT IF THEY WANT TO DISCRIMINATE, IF THEY'RE OKAY PRESENT, IS THERE ANYTHING IN HERE THAT WOULD PREVENT THEM FROM LOSING THEIR LIQUOR LICENSE VERSUS JUST LOSING THE, UH, PERMITTED OR ANYTHING TO HAVE LIVE MUSIC OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? AGAIN, ONE OF THE CONCERNS OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS IS YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA TAKE A NOISE ORDINANCE AND SHUT A BAR DOWN OR LOSE THEIR LIQUOR LICENSE.
WOULD THERE BE ANY WAY TO EITHER AMEND OR WHATEVER TO WHERE THEY WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAVE LIVE MUSIC? AND IF THEY DID UNDER A CERTAIN TIME OR GUYS OR WHATEVER, THEN IT WOULD PROCEED TO A FURTHER JURISDICTION.
AND AGAIN, I'VE READ THAT THE RED LETTERING AND EVERYTHING.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS A POSSIBILITY ALSO THE NOISE ORDINANCE.
IF YOU ACTUALLY READ THE NOISE ORDINANCE AS IT IS, THE, THE OUTDOOR MUSIC IS ACTUALLY AT SUNSET.
SO, BUT BY THE LETTER OF THE LAW BANDS THAT ARE OUTSIDE AT NIGHT ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE, OF THE NOISE ORDINANCE AS IT IS WRITTEN NOW, IS THAT ENFORCED? I DON'T THINK SO, BUT AS IT'S WRITTEN, AS THE SUNSET, AS PUBLISHED IN THE ADVOCATE, THAT'S WHEN THE MUSIC MUST STOP OUTSIDE.
AGAIN, IT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS IS, IS SHUTTING DOWN IN ESTABLISHMENT OR LOSING THEIR LIQUOR LICENSE OVER A BAND OR A EVENT PLAYING TOO LOUD THAT ANY GENERAL, UH, PUBLIC COULD JUST CALL AND COMPLAIN ABOUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY, YOU KNOW, CITATION, THEY MOVE IT INSIDE.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO OR NEED TO LOOK INTO AS FAR AS MAYBE EQUALIZING THIS OUT? SO WE, WE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR, OUR, OF OUR ESTABLISHMENT ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING, BUT THESE FEW, YOU KNOW, THAT MAYBE WE JUST NEED TO NAIL DOWN AND SAY, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE LIVE MUSIC.
IF YOU DO, THIS IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
I, THE ABC WILL NOT CONTROL LIVE MUSIC.
YOU KNOW,
WHETHER IT'S LIVE A DJ, I GET THAT, BUT WE'RE FIXING TO CONTROL THEIR ESTABLISHMENT THROUGH NOISE.
AND I, I GUESS IT'S JUST A CONCERN.
SO I THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I STAND RIGHT NOW.
I HAVE A CONCERN OVER THAT ALSO.
I DO KNOW, I THINK THERE'S SOME MORE BALANCE THAT WE CAN MAKE IN THIS, IF EVERYBODY SO CHOOSES.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, ROCCO, ROCCO, PLEASE DON'T GO ANYWHERE, SIR.
I'M BEST FRIEND PAULA MESSINA.
SO, UM, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THE BAR WARS THAT GO ON IN MY DISTRICT AND, UM, THOSE GUYS BATTLING BACK AND FORTH.
SO MY, MY QUESTION TO YOU IS HOW HAS THE COMPLAINT MADE? SO RIGHT NOW YOU WOULD CALL THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER AND I CANNOT STRESS THAT ENOUGH.
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IF THE CITIZENS HAVE A COMPLAINT, THEY NEED TO CALL THEIR PRECINCT NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER, DO NOT CALL 9 1 1.UM, ONCE THAT NUMBER IS CALLED, UM, THERE'S SOMEONE THAT GOES OUT IT'D BE RPD IS DISPATCHED OUT TO THAT DEPENDING UPON THEIR ABILITY TO GET OUT THERE, THEY WOULD GO OUT THERE AND DO AN INVESTIGATION OF THAT.
SO, BUT WITH THIS ORDINANCE, WHEN THAT NUMBER IS CALLED, WHO GOES OUT WE'LL THEN BE RPD WOULD THEN CONTACT ABC.
THERE HAS AN ON-CALL, UM, AGENT THAT AGENT WOULD THEN GO OUT AND DO THE INVESTIGATION AND THE INVESTIGATION.
WHENEVER THAT PERSON GOES OUT, UM, HOW HAS THE VIOLATION PROVEN? SO THERE WILL HAVE A DECIBEL METER IN SOME PARTICULAR INSTANCES, UH, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR THIS FROM MILES OF WAY.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS A BEE RPD OFFICER, LIKE TWO WEEKS AGO THAT RECORDED HIS CELL PHONE WITH HIS, UM, WITH HIS BODY CAM FROM, I THINK, TWO MILES AWAY, MUSIC COMING FROM AN ESTABLISHMENT IN YOUR DISTRICT, UH, AND WAS ABLE TO COME UP THERE AND HE POLITELY TOLD HIM TO TURN IT DOWN.
SO, UH, THERE'S, UH, AVENUES FOR WHICH THEY CAN BE ABLE TO PROVE THIS.
AND IN SOME, IN MOST CASES, THEY'RE GOING TO GO OUT THERE.
THEY'RE GOING TO TELL THEM TO TURN THE MUSIC DOWN AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.
SO, UM, ONCE IT'S MEASURED, UM, I GUESS THAT THEY HAVE A SYSTEM TO RECORD THAT MEASUREMENT, IF IT'S OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DECIBELS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, UM, THEN WHAT IS THE BURDEN OF PROOF AND WHO HEARS? SO THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER.
AND THIS MATTER WOULD GO DIRECTLY TO THE, UH, ABC AGENTS.
LIKE I SAID, IT'S GOING TO DIFFER THAN FROM A NOISE ORDINANCE VIOLATION FROM THAT WOULD GO TO BATON ROUGE, CITY CORP, WHERE THE BURDEN OF PROOF IS, UH, YOU KNOW, BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.
THIS IS GOING TO GO ON ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER.
AND IT'S JUST LIKE A CIVIL MATTER.
IT'S JUST A PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE OF THAT.
AND THERE THE AVENUE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS SIDED WITH THEM BE TO, UH, APPEAL THAT UP TO THE 19TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT.
SO IS THERE A SYSTEM FOR, AS FAR AS THE, THE PERSON THAT IS CALLING THE COMPLAINANT, IS THERE A SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING THAT PERSON? ARE THEY HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR MAKING THIS COMPLAINT? LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S JUST SOMEBODY WHO'S JUST TIRED OF THE ESTABLISHMENT AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY MAKING NOISE, BUT THERE THEY'RE CONTINUALLY REPORTING THEM, WHETHER IT BE, UH, BARBARA AND BARBIE, AND THEY WERE CONSTANTLY FIGHTING WITH ONE ANOTHER, WHICH IS WHAT I REFERENCED EARLIER.
SO IF WE'RE SEEING THAT THERE'S A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS, IS THERE ANY WAY TO IDENTIFY THE PERSON I KNOW IN CRIMINAL COURT, YOU HAVE TO COME AND TESTIFY AS A WITNESS.
SO HOW DO WE DO THAT HERE TO KEEP THE PROCESS FROM BEING ABUSED? RIGHT? THAT'S ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE GOING TO FORESEE THAT WE HAVE IN TALKING TO BE RPD.
THE PROBLEM THEY HAVE IS THE ANONYMOUS COMPLAINT WHERE THEY CAN'T FOLLOW UP AND SAY, HEY, WE'VE OUT AND INVESTIGATED AND THEY'RE NOT PLAYING THE MUSIC LOUD, OR THEY HAVE NO WAY TO FOLLOW UP.
SO IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THE INDIVIDUALS.
THEY MUST LEAVE THEIR NAME, THEIR NUMBER AWAY FOR BR PD OR AGENTS TO CONTACT THEM SO WE COULD FOLLOW UP AND THEY CAN BE INCLUDED IN THAT.
THEY'RE GOING TO RUN A RECORD TO SEE IF THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS CALLED NUMEROUS TIMES, OKAY.
THEN THERE IS AN AVENUE TO HAVE CHARGES FILED AGAINST THAT INDIVIDUAL FOR FILING A FALSE POLICE REPORT, ET CETERA.
SO THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME RAMIFICATIONS TO SAY, THIS IS JUST A RETALIATORY ACT.
SO IF, IF WE SEE THE CITIZENS, OUR OWNERS, UM, ARE ACTING, UH, IN A MANNER TO THAT EVENTUALLY WILL BECOME, UM, HARASSING ABC ON A REGULAR BASIS.
UM, SO THERE IS A SYSTEM IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOESN'T OCCUR REGULARLY.
HEY, SCOTT, WOULD YOU COME UP, PLEASE? HAVE YOU ALL WORKED THROUGH WHAT THIS PROCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE? SO IF THIS WERE TO GO THROUGH, WHAT, WHO, WHO WOULD SOMEONE CALL AT THAT POINT IF THEY WANT TO LOG A COMPLAINT? UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT THE ENFORCEMENT OF ABC WORKS A LITTLE SLOWER.
THEY'RE NOT AS, UH, THAT'S NOT A CRITIQUE.
THAT'S JUST THE REALITY THAT THEY KIND OF WORK MORE INVESTIGATION TYPE THINGS.
SO, UH, I BELIEVE IF THEY HAD REPEATED COMPLAINTS, THEY WOULD, THEY DO.
WHAT'S CALLED COMPLIANCE CHECKS, RANDOM COMPLIANCE CHECKS.
UH, I CAN FORESEE THAT BEING DONE AT A, A LATER HOUR TO SEE IF, IF AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT'S, THAT'S REPORTEDLY HAVING ISSUES.
UH, THEY'D GO OUT AND CHECK ON THEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT THE CITY POLICE AND ABC DO WORK CLOSE TOGETHER.
UM, THE AGENTS ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH ONE ANOTHER.
UM, THE BIG ISSUE I THINK, WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, ONE, WE,
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THE BOARD HAS NOT EVEN SET A FINE FOR THIS.SO I WAS ASKED EARLIER, UH, WHAT WOULD BE THE FINE FOR THIS? UM, I KNOW THERE, THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR THE PARISH ATTORNEY, BUT I KNOW WE, WE CAN'T GO HIGHER THAN $500, I BELIEVE.
UH, BUT DEPENDING ON WHERE THAT FI WHERE THAT VIOLATION FITS IN OUR ORDINANCE, UH, WE COULD GO ANYWHERE FROM A HUNDRED DOLLARS TO UP TO $500.
AND MY FEELING IS THE BOARD WOULD PROBABLY COME, COME SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN AND THE 2 5300 RANGE.
UH, AND THEN WITH MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS, THEY DOUBLED.
SO IF IT'S A $500 FINE, IT COULD BE A THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE ON A SECOND VIOLATION.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD WORK WITH THE PAIR OF ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON TO SET WHAT WE FEEL WOULD BE REASONABLE.
SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
I WANT TO COME IN MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER AMORUSO I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY, UM, MANY, A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO HAVE SAT IN THESE SEATS HAVE AT SOME POINT, GOTTEN THAT PHONE CALL ABOUT NOISE, BEING AN ISSUE, AND HAVE, UH, DIVED INTO WHAT IS OUR NOISE ORDINANCE.
AND IS THERE A WAY WE CAN IMPROVE IT, UH, OF WHICH I'VE DONE THAT.
AND GLAD TO SEE THAT THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL TOOL, AND THIS IS THE FORM OF THAT.
I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A BALANCE WE HAVE TO ACHIEVE, UM, BETWEEN RESIDENTS WHO DESERVE, UH, THE RIGHT TO, UH, A PEACEFUL PLACE TO LIVE, AS WELL AS THE BUSINESSES THAT, UH, LEGALLY OPERATE IN OUR, IN OUR PARISH.
UH, AND I THINK IF WE START TO ENCOUNTER THAT THERE ARE SOME ISSUES ABUSES THINGS THAT NEED TO BE IRONED OUT.
I THINK WE COULD COME BACK AND REVISIT IT.
SO KUDOS TO MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER AMORUSO AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK AND RESEARCH THAT YOU AND THE OTHERS DID.
AND I GUESS A LOT HAS BEEN ALLUDED TO THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE, UH, POLLOCK, WHAT IS NOISE? UH, THAT'S AS THE SUPREME COURT WAS SAID ABOUT PORNOGRAPHY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS UNTIL I SEE IT, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS UNTIL I HEAR IT.
BUT THAT'S JUST THE ANSWER THAT IT IS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M CONTEMPLATING ON.
THEY SAY IS NOISE, BUT WHAT IS NOISE? AND THEN, AND DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME A PEACEFUL NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT I'M LOOKING AT DISTRICT 10, GROWING LITTLE NOISE.
IF I DECIDE TO HAVE A PARTY AT MY PLACE, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT NOISE IS.
IF I DECIDE TO HAVE MY MUSIC ON OUTSIDE MY HOUSE, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT NOISE IS.
I JUST, AND ONE THING IS THEY BE SIEBEL WHERE IT'S, THAT WHO GETS THIS AUTONOMY TO DECIDE SUCH A THING AS THIS ABC.
AND WE, WE HAD THE POLICE IN THIS DOING THIS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE JUST THROW THEM AROUND.
SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE THEM AND THEN PUT ABC BOARD IN HERE WITH THIS.
AND SO IF IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME THING, WHILE WE BOTHERING IT, WHY ADD ANYTHING? WHY BOTHER IT? YOU KNOW, YOU ALLUDED TO THE FACT THAT IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS BEFORE.
AND THEN, AND SOMEONE MENTIONED ABOUT DEAD RATS.
THOSE ARE THE INSTANCES WHERE ABC OUGHT TO BE DOING THEIR JOB.
AND SO 1% OF AN ISSUE, IF I'M SPEEDING, I HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH NOT EVERYBODY ELSE.
AND THEN THE DJ, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.
IF A DJ IS IN AN ESTABLISHMENT AND THAT DJ IS THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO RECEIVE THE FINE, INSTEAD OF THE YOUNGER, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE IF I OWN MY HOME AND SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING IN MY HOME THAT IS NOT UP TO PAR, I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
AND TO TAKE MY LICK ON THAT, THE OTHER THING IS CONVERSATIONS, CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESSES, BUT TO DO JUST AN OUT, RIGHT, AN OUTRIGHT, SOMETHING ABOUT
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NO NOISE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO SHUT DOWN PLENTY OF BUSINESSES.AND THEN I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE THE DISTRICT 10 FOR SHOE OFF.
AND SO THIS, THAT, THAT'S A CONCERN OF MINE.
AND IF YOU ARE OPERATING A ESTABLISHMENT OR WHATEVER, THEN YOU HAVE MUSIC, YOU HAVE FOOD, YOU HAVE ALCOHOL, YOU HAVE ALL OF THIS.
IF THAT'S NOT THERE, I THINK WE MIGHT BE GETTING IT CONFUSED WITH CHURCH.
AND SO I, I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T, I REALLY DON'T.
BUT WHY WOULD WE GIVE ABC BOARD THIS AUTONOMY TO DECIDE WHAT ORGANIZATIONS OUGHT TO BE FINE? WHAT ORGANIZATIONS, OR IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT NOISE IS, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT NOISE IS.
AND WHEN I SAY, WHAT NOISE IS, YOU ALL KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU CALL NOISE.
AND SO I JUST THINK WE'VE GOT BIGGER FISH TO FRY THAN THIS.
AND THIS MAY NEED TO BE A ONE-OFF WITH A PARTICULAR ESTABLISHMENT.
IF I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH AN ESTABLISHMENT AND 10, I'M GOING STRAIGHT TO THEM.
IF I GO TO THEM AND GO TO THEM AND STILL DON'T GET WHAT I NEED, THEN THAT'S WHEN I'M COMING TO SOMEONE ELSE.
UM, I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MY COLLEAGUE JUST SAID, NOISES SELECTIVE I'M NOISE SENSITIVE.
SO WHEN I GO TO CONCERTS, I HAVE PROBABLY HAVE MY COTTON BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS LOUD TO ME.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEAREST METHODIST CHURCH, IF THEY COME TO MY CHURCH, WHICH IS A FULL GOSPEL CHURCH, SOME MAY SEE IT AS NOISE.
UM, A LOT OF FUDDY, DUDDY, PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIVE, YOU KNOW, A CALM LIFE, THEY WILL CONSIDER NOISE.
SO NOISE IS SOMETHING THAT IS SELECTIVE AND IT CANNOT BE MONITORED.
AND I REFUSE UNLESS THERE'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING IN THIS ORDINANCE THAT SAYS LIKE, WHEN YOU, UH, WHEN SOMEBODY GET ALCOHOL, IF YOU REGISTERED THIS AMOUNT, BUT THERE'S NO WAY FOR US TO ACTUALLY, UM, BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT EXACTLY IS NOISE, UM, ESPECIALLY IN A BUSINESS.
AND I'M ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT IN BLACK COMMUNITIES VERSUS MANY, UH, WHITE COMMUNITIES IS THAT OUR BUSINESSES, OUR CHURCHES, OUR BARS, EVERYTHING IS IN THE SAME AREA.
SO I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, MANY OF, IF THAT MY PARENTS WOULD TALK ABOUT IS THE JOKE HOUSE THAT WAS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S HOUSE.
SO WE WOULD BE DISCRIMINATING AGAINST WHAT IS BECOME A NORMAL CULTURE IN SOME COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE THE BENEFIT OF A CITY PLANNER TO SAY WHERE CERTAIN THINGS, WHEN, UM, I WAS JUST THINKING THAT WE JUST SPENT LED BUSINESSES, SPEND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO, UH, TRANSFORM THEIR RESTAURANTS, THEIR, UM, CLUBS OR WHATEVER, WHERE FOR OUTSIDE VENUES.
SO THERE WE'VE SPENT ALL THIS MONEY FOR THE SAKE OF RESTAURANTS AND, AND, AND OTHER, UM, THAT SERVE ALCOHOL TO TRANSITION FOR A TAB WHERE WE HAD COVID PEOPLE BEGUN TO LIKE BEING OUTSIDE.
AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO FIND THEM THAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE.
UM, OUR, IN OUR, IN MY COMMUNITY, WHICH WE JUST GETTING LIKE, UH, LIKE COUNCILMAN HER SAID, SCOTLANDVILLE IS JUST GETTING WHERE IT BECOME.
IT IS BECOMING A PLACE THAT IS BLENDED BETWEEN SOUTHERN AND SCOTTSVILLE SO THAT WHEN STUDENTS AND FANS COME TO OUR COMMUNITY, THEY HAVE SOMEWHERE TO EAT, TO DRINK, TO ENTERTAIN.
UM, BYRON, UM, WASHINGTON STARTED SCOUTING THERE SATURDAY, THE LAST DAY OF THE, UM, EVERY MONTH WE HAVE A DJ.
NOW BUSINESSES ARE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE THEY ACTUALLY CONTRACT A PARTICULAR DJ EVERY WEEK FOR THEIR EVENTS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE POLICING THESE THINGS, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK IN MY SUBDIVISION.
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MOVED IN, THEY HAVE A POOL, THE MUSIC IS SO LOUD.I LIVE NEAR SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY.
ARE WE GOING TO POLICE THE BAND THAT IS PRACTICING AT SOUTHERN BECAUSE IT'S QUITE A DISTANCE AWAY.
UM, AND WHEN WE HAVE SCOTLAND VIA SATURDAY AND THEY'RE PLAYING THE MUSIC, THE MAYOR HAS HELPED TO BR SHE PAYS FOR THE MUSIC, THE DJ.
SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS ACROSS THE STREET? WE'RE GOING TO ADD SERVING PIZZA, WHICH IS ALSO A BAR.
ALL OF THIS IS NOT MAKING A LOT OF SENSE, BUT IT IS A TOOL.
IT'S A TOOL TO PICK BULLY AND TO CLOSE DOWN BUSINESSES.
IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T LIKE, IT'S A TOOL WHERE IF A FUDDY-DUDDY, UM, DOES NOT LIKE WANT A BLACK BUSINESS IN THEIR WHITE COMMUNITY TO CUT TO SH UM, CLOSE THEM DOWN.
OR IF THEY DON'T LIKE A CERTAIN KIND OF MUSIC RAP BAR, UM, UH HONKY-TONK THEN THEY CLOSED THEM DOWN BECAUSE IT GETS ON THEIR NERVES.
AND NOW THIS GENTLEMAN MAY HAVE BEEN THERE WHERE I, UH, SPOKE AGAINST AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT IS OPENING, WANTS TO OPEN UP A STORE, UH, A GROCERY STORE WHERE YOU PROBABLY VOTED FOR IT, WHERE IT IS HORRIBLE.
NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO IMPROVE.
I HAD PICTURES OF THE ESTABLISHMENT.
I HAD PICTURES OF EVERYTHING TO SHOW, AND THEY VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO VOTED, TO APPROVE IT IN MY COMMUNITY.
SO IMAGINE US PUDDING, ABC, WHO'S NOT DOING A VERY GOOD JOB OF PROTECTING PLEASE OF OUR COMMUNITY OVER SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
THE ABC BOARD ARE PEOPLE THAT WE SELECT.
IF THEY ARE POLITICALLY APPOINTED TO THESE POSITIONS IN A CERTAIN COUNCIL MEMBER, OUR AREA THAT THEY REPRESENT ARE COMPLAINING WHOA, INTO THAT, UH, BUSINESSMEN.
THE LAST THING IS ALSO THE, UM, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS OVERREACH FOR ABC TO GO IN WHERE THEY HAD A RED, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE, UM, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THAT EITHER.
SO WE JUST NEED TO STOP TRYING TO MICROMANAGE BUSINESSES AND NOISE BECAUSE OF OUR OWN PERSONAL LIKES AND DISLIKES, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT AMOUNTS TO.
AND, UM, WE ARE, WHEN WE HAVE PARTIES, I HAVE CALLED THE POLICE AND MY NEIGHBOR ABOUT CARS PARKED.
GUESS WHAT? WHEN THE POLICE COME, THEY SAID THEY HAVE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR ARTISTS, AND I'M GOING TO COME OUT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE PARKING, UM, ON OUR, ON, ON THE STREET.
SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COME FOR THIS.
WHY WE IT, BUT AFTER IT FOR THE RIGHT PERSON IS SO, SO DETERMINED TO GET THAT BUSINESS, THEN THAT'S THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES.
SO THIS, UH, I VOTE THAT WE ACTUALLY, UM, REMOVE THIS, UM, FROM OUR AGENDA BECAUSE IT IS A FORM OF DISCRIMINATION AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT ALL PEOPLE WOULD NOT BE.
OUR BUSINESSES WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE TREATED.
UM, FAIRLY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT ALREADY HAS A ISSUE WITH CRIME.
THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO BE DEALING WITH HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THE CRIME? THE ABC HAD VINCE LIQUOR STORE IN MY DISTRICT, 8,500 SCOTLAND AVENUE.
GUESS WHAT? THEY WILL NOT CLOSE IT DOWN.
8,500 SCOUTING AVENUE, VINCE LIQUOR STORE, EX EX COUNCILMAN, HERS, EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY BLACK KNEW ABOUT VINCE LIQUOR STORE DOWNTOWN.
THEY HAVE BEEN APART HORRIBLE, HAVE NOT ADDED TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I JUST HAD TO REMOVE THE CATS, UM, SHELTER.
THIS LIPOSOME SCOTLAND AVENUE, 8,500 GOOGLE, 85 COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK LAST COUNCIL MEMBER MOROSE? WE'RE GOING TO GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER HEARST.
SO, AS, AS I'M HEARING THESE COMMENTS, I STARTED THINKING ABOUT A FEW THINGS AND I WANT TO HAVE THE ABC BOARD STEP UP ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE.
GOT TO DO IT TOO, BUT HE DOES RIGHT NOW.
SO LET'S JUST SAY A NEW BUSINESS IS STARTING UP AND IT'S NOT REALLY THE TYPE OF BUSINESS THAT A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD.
ONCE THEY GET MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS, I WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAVE TO COME SEE YOU BASED ON WHAT YOU SAID, NOT ACTUALLY GET A SUMMONS AND PAY IT.
IS THAT CORRECT? LIKE THE SECOND VIOLATION, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? I THINK YOU'RE TOUCHING ON MULTIPLE ISSUES THERE.
IF THERE'S A NEW BUSINESS STARTING
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UP, THERE'S A POSTING PERIOD WHERE, UH, POSTERS ARE PUT IN THE WINDOWS AND ANY MEMBER, INTERESTINGLY, IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE A LOUISIANA RESIDENT CAN BE ANY PERSON CAN OBJECT TO THAT PLACE.HAVING A LICENSE THAT AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGERS A HEARING BEFORE THE BOARD AND THE BURDEN OF PROOF LIES WITH THE OPPOSITION.
NOW, IF AN EXISTING BUSINESS IS HAVING THOSE PROBLEMS, WHICH IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT YOU SAY YOU STARTED? THAT'S FINE.
YOU GUYS HAVE THE ABILITY TO REVOKE THEIR LICENSE OR TEMPORARILY SHUTTING THEM DOWN UNTIL THE HEARING, BECAUSE OF A NOISE ORDINANCE.
IF THERE, IF THERE'S OPPOSITION TO THE LICENSE, THE BOARD DOES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO STOP THE LICENSE FROM MOVING FORWARD.
AT A POINT BEFORE IT'S EVER ISSUED, ONCE THE LICENSE IS ISSUED, IT'S CONSIDERED A PROPERTY, RIGHT? AND DUE PROCESS HAS TO BE FOLLOWED IN ORDER FOR THAT TO BE TAKEN AWAY.
IF THERE IS ONE VIOLATION, THE BOARD CAN AT ITS DISCRETION, GO ALL THE WAY UP TO REVOCATION FOR ONE VIOLATION.
HOWEVER, THAT'S NOT THE PROCESS, THE, THE PRACTICE OF THE BOARD.
USUALLY IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT LEADS TO EXTREME SUSPENSIONS OR REVOCATION IS, IS LONG-TERM A PATTERN OF, OF BEHAVIOR.
LIKE WE SAID, SO LET'S SAY THAT ONE OFF.
SO BECAUSE IT IS A NOISE ORDINANCE, IT COULD LEAD TO REPLICATION.
NUMBER TWO IS WHO'S GOING TO FIND THE LSU IN TIGER STADIUM EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT.
WHO'S GOING TO REVOKE THE OTHER SHOES LICENSED.
CAUSE I CAN TELL YOU, YOU CAN HEAR FROM PORT ALLEN, YOU CAN HEAR IT ALMOST A SCOTLAND VIEW THE BAND, THE LOUD MUSIC, AND I'M, I'M A FOOTBALL.
I PLAYED FOOTBALL AT SOUTHERN.
I BELIEVE IN OUTDOORS, THAT'S PROBABLY THE LOUDEST NOISE ORDINANCE IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
SO IF ANYBODY IN HERE IS WILLING TO GO TO, UH, THE CHANCELLOR AND FIND LSU THAT I WANT THIS TO MOVE FORWARD.
UH, WHAT ABOUT THE FESTIVALS DOWNTOWN? WHO'S GOING TO FIND THE FESTIVAL OWNERS AND BRING THEM BEFORE.
WHEN PEOPLE HAVE PURCHASED HOMES ON THIRD STREET AND MID CITY AND OTHER PARTS OF THEIR COMMUNITY.
WHAT ABOUT SOUTHERN OAKS? REMEMBER I GET THESE, THESE, THESE LETTERS SAYING, HEY, WE HAVE OUTDOOR MUSIC ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
WHO'S GOING TO FIND SOUTHERN NOTES.
WHAT ABOUT THE BULLDOG GOING ON PERKINS ROAD? SO YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE, UM, UH, DOGS BARKING SO LOUD WHILE THEY'RE DRINKING BEER.
AND SOMEBODY CALLS YOU ALL AND SAY, HEY, I HEAR DOGS BARKING.
WHAT HAPPENED TO NEIGHBORHOOD? CORRECT.
SO NOISE ORDINANCE, WE'RE TALKING NOISE.
WE SAID, WHAT DEFINES NOISE? SO A DOG, I BREAK MY DOBERMAN, WHICH I DO TO GET THE BEER GARDEN OR TO THE BULL DOG.
AND MY DOG'S BARKING REALLY LOUD IN THERE.
SO NOW YOU CAN REVOKE A LICENSE OF A BAR BECAUSE MY DOG IS BARKING REAL LOUD, NOT A BAND WHILE I'M THERE, GO BACK TO THIRD STREET.
THESE PEOPLE WHO INTENTIONALLY PURCHASED HOMES FOR THE ABILITY TO HAVE A WALKING COMMUNITY, TO THE GROCERY STORE AND ALSO ENTERTAINMENT.
THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE GETTING INTO BEFORE THEY BOUGHT THE HOME.
SO THEY CALL BECAUSE IT'S A BAD DAY AND THEY DON'T FEEL WELL, BUT THE MUSIC IS LOUD.
THEY KNEW THAT THAT WAS HAPPENING BEFORE THEY PURCHASED IT.
SO I'M JUST GIVING YOU ALL A NUMBER OF EXAMPLES OF HOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE HAS TO BE GOOD FOR THE GANDER.
AND IN THESE INSTANCES, I WANT TO KNOW WHO'S GOING TO CALL ABC BOARD ON THESE BUSINESSES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME COUNCIL MEMBER ROCCA.
SO BASED UPON THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD, I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT WE ARE NOT ALL CLEAR ON EXACTLY WHAT THIS ENCOMPASSES.
AND I THINK THAT WE'RE ALSO WORRIED ABOUT SOME POTENTIAL UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES PERSONALLY, AS SOMEONE THAT HA, UM, A DISTRICT THAT HOUSES SEVERAL BARS WITH LOTS OF, UM, PANDEMIC RELATED OUTSIDE PARTIES.
I DO KNOW THAT SOME HAVE INFRINGED ON CITIZENS RIGHTS WITH REGARDS TO NOISE.
NOW, WITH THAT BEING SAID, OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE OVERWORKED AND OFTENTIMES ARE DEALING WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OTHER COUNCIL PEOPLE HAVE REFERENCED.
SO THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GO OUT AND SHOW UP AT THESE PLACES FOR THE ENFORCEMENT ARM AND PURPOSE OF, OF THE NOISE.
UM, SO WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE UP AT ALL HOURS OF NIGHT, HOWEVER, THE RETALIATORY AND THE, THE ANTAGONIST CALLS THAT I DISCUSSED WITH PAULA MESSINA EARLIER ARE SOME OF THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT WE SHOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHILE I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS IS ALL BAD OR ALL GOOD.
I DO BELIEVE AS A COUNCIL, WE CAN SIT DOWN AND WE CAN LOOK AT IT AND EVALUATE IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER BEFORE MAKING THIS DECISION.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK TO DEFER THIS FOR 30 DAYS AND I WOULD LOVE FOR SOMEBODY TO SUPPORT MY MOTION ON THAT.
THERE IS A MOTION TO DEFER SECONDED BY HURST AND COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. WE STILL HAVE SOME SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE.
WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL NUMBER DONE.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT AND APOLLO COME UP, PLEASE.
AND I DON'T WANT US TO OVERLOOK
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THIS.REMEMBER HERS TALKED ABOUT NOAH'S COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS AND COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN TALKED ABOUT NOISE.
AND PLUS NOT TRULY KNOWING WHAT NOISE IS.
THIS COULD BE A CAR BACKFIRE AND THIS COULD BE LOUD CONVERSATION.
ANYTHING COULD FALL UNDERNEATH THIS.
UM, HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE PLACES THAT CREATE NOISE, WHETHER IT'S A FOOTBALL GAME AT SOUTHERN LSU AND HE REFERENCED FESTIVALS, WE'LL SEE THE PATCH PUT ON LIVE AT THE FIVE PRETTY OFTEN IN THE MUSIC AND ACTIVITIES IS PRETTY LOUD AND NOISY.
SO WE'RE GONNA, UH, SUBJECT TO CITY PAIRS TO, TO THIS AS WELL.
I THINK THERE'S A CONTRADICTION AND IT'S A, IT'S A HYPOCRITICAL APPROACH.
IF CITY PARISH IS NOT GOING TO BE ADDRESSED WITH IT, BUT WE'RE SAYING ALL OF THAT.
I WANT YOU TO TALK ABOUT SWITCHING THIS FROM A CRIMINAL MATTER TO A SILVER MOUNTAIN AND TELL THE PUBLIC AND THE MEMBERS OF THIS BODY OF WHAT THE BURDEN OF PROOF IS IN A CRIMINAL MATTER, WHERE THIS ITEM STANDS NOW.
SO CURRENTLY, IF A INDIVIDUAL BRP D LET'S CALL IT, AND THIS IS ALL COMPLAINT-DRIVEN, LET ME JUST SAY THIS.
THIS IS ALL COMPLAINT-DRIVEN THE B RPD OR ABC IS NOT ACTIVELY GOING OUT THERE, PORTRAYING THEM.
SO TO GET BACK TO YOUR, YOUR BURDEN OF PROOF IN A CRIMINAL MATTER, IT IS BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.
SO IF THERE'S ONE SCINTILLA OF EVIDENCE AGAINST IT, THE JUDGE WOULD FIND THAT PERSON NOT GUILTY AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER.
IF THIS GOES TO A BOARD IS, UH, CLASSIFIED AS MORE OF LIKE A CIVIL PROCESS.
WHAT'S THE BURDEN OF PROOF, 51%.
SO IT'S A LESSER STANDARD TO PROVE THAT, UH, INFRACTION TOOK PLACE.
IF YOU MOVE IT FROM WHERE IT IS TO WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO MOVE IT TO, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
BUT I WOULD SAY ONE CAVEAT, THE CRIMINAL MATTER DOES COME WITH THE POTENTIAL OF JAIL TIME AND SOME OTHER CONSEQUENCES THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY DESIGNED FOR AN ESTABLISHMENT, UM, SUCH AS LIKE JAIL TIME AND FINES, THAT WOULD BE PRETTY EXCESSIVE.
SO WITH ALL OF THIS SAID, ALL THIS CONFUSION ON WHAT NOISE IS, WHO'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS, WHETHER IT'S BARS, RESTAURANTS, CITY, PAIRS, UNIVERSITIES, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
YOU ALSO HAVE AN ISSUE OF YOUR LESSON IN THE BURDEN OF PROOF.
SO WITH ALL THIS CONFUSION OF KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS, YOU'RE MAKING IT EASIER FOR A BUSINESS TO BE, UH, FOUND GUILTY OF, OF THIS INFRACTION.
AND SCOTT, LET ME ASK YOU THAT YOU, ONE MORE QUESTION, JUST TO BRING A LITTLE BIT CLARITY TO YOU GUYS AS WRONG.
CURRENTLY YOUR BOARD HAS THE AUTHORITY, IS THIS YES OR NO? HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CLOSE A BUSINESS FOR REPEAT INFRACTIONS, WHATEVER THAT INFRACTION IS, OR ANY INFRACTION FOR ANY INFRACTION.
SO IF THIS IS PASSED AND MOVED ON TO YOUR AUTHORITY, IF THEY HAVE A REPEAT INFRACTION OF NOISE, YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CLOSE THAT BUSINESS.
WE ARE THE AUTHORITY TO TAKE THE LIQUOR LICENSE.
IT LOOKS WHICH CLOSED THE BINS.
SO LET ME SAY THIS BARS, RESTAURANTS, SOME OF THESE ESTABLISHMENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE LOUD MUSIC ON AND HAVE A LIVE BANDS.
SO THERE WILL BE REPEAT INFRACTIONS IF PEOPLE CALL AND COMPLAIN.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE LITERALLY GIVEN ABC AND THIS BODY, THE AUTHORITY TO SHUT THE CULTURE DOWN, TO SHUT THE MUSIC DOWN.
SO WE NEED TO REALLY CONSIDER THAT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL NUMBER, NO FOLLOW, PLEASE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE GET SOME CLARITY.
UM, AND I THINK WE KINDA TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE BIT.
THE, AS IT EXISTS TODAY, IT'S POLICE ENFORCEMENT ONLY AS IT'S WRITTEN HERE, IT WOULD ALLOW ABC TO APPROACH IT, BUT AS IT EXISTS TODAY, IT ALSO, YOU MENTIONED IT COULD BE, UH, WHETHER IT'S THE BAND OR A DJ THAT'S WHO THE ENFORCEMENT, IF THE POLICE SHOWED UP TODAY ON A COMPLAINT, THAT'S WHO THEY ENFORCED WITH, RIGHT.
ONE ACTUALLY NOT NECESSARILY THE OWNER, WHICH I AGREE WITH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN AND SOME OTHERS WHO MENTIONED, I THINK WE WOULD PROBABLY ALL AGREE THAT THE OWNER OF THE ESTABLISHMENT SHOULD BE THE ONE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR HOUSE, SO TO SPEAK.
SO IN THIS SCENARIO THAT THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR THAT WHERE CURRENTLY IT MAY BE ALLOWED, BUT MAY NOT.
IS THAT SO YEAH, CURRENTLY AGAIN, THIS IS NOT CHANGING ANYTHING IN THE CRIMINAL STATUTE THAT IS REMAINING NOISE IS GOING TO REMAIN AND CAN STILL BE ENFORCED BY VR, VR PD.
BUT CURRENTLY AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, IF BR
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IS CALLED OUT, IF THEY CANNOT FIND THE OWNER OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OR THE MANAGER, YES.THEY COULD POTENTIALLY SITE THE DJ OR THE PERSON OR THE THAT'S CAUSING THE NOISE AS WELL AS THE OWNER OF THAT PLACE.
UM, SO BY PUTTING IT UNDER ABC, IT WOULD GIVE THE ABILITY TO, UH, TO GO AFTER THE OWNER AND A MANNER, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONE THAT'S FACILITATING THE, THE SCENARIO.
UM, SO THE WAY I ALWAYS SAY THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO SERVE ALCOHOL IS NOT A RIGHT.
AND SO WITH THAT PRIVILEGE COMES SOME RESPONSIBILITY.
AND SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER TOOL THAT ABC WOULD HAVE TO ENFORCE THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND GOOD CITIZEN.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS, I WOULD THINK ABOUT IT AS A DUAL TRACK.
THE CRIMINAL MATTER COULD STILL GO ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER, COULD STILL PROCEED.
AND SO ONE OTHER, UH, QUESTION OR CONSIDERATION COUNCILMAN HERTZ GAVE A BUNCH OF SCENARIOS WHERE, UH, FROM TIGER STADIUM TO, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE SCENARIOS THAT OCCUR TODAY, WOULD IT BE ACCURATE THAT COMPLAINTS COULD BE CALLED IN AND ENFORCED TODAY? THE WAY THE LAW STANDS ON ALL OF THOSE SCENARIOS? YES.
SO THIS DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT ALL OF THOSE COULD BE NO, SIR.
THERE COULD BE PROBLEMATIC RIGHT NOW.
IT COULD BE CALLED IN AND HAVE COMPLAINTS AT TIGER STADIUM, SOUTHERN BLEIVE AFTER FIVE, THEY COULD ALL HAVE AND VIOLATION TODAY OR EVERYDAY IT OCCURS.
THIS JUST CHANGES WHO CAN ENFORCE AND THEN BY WHAT MANNER YOU JUST, YEAH, LIKE I SAID, ANOTHER TOOL.
THE WAY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW, UM, UNDER THE ABC BOARD, DOES THAT IS NOT ABC BOARDS DURING THE, THE FOOTBALL GAMES AND LIVE AFTER FIVE, THAT DOESN'T COME IN ON YOUR ABC BOARD.
AM I CORRECT? ALL THIS WOULD BE, WOULD BE BARS AND RESTAURANTS.
SO I THINK THE QUESTION WAS BECAUSE THEY ALCOHOL AT THOSE EVENTS AND FOR, FOR CLARITY SAKE, ABC DOES LICENSE.
THE ARAMARK ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT SERVE ALCOHOL AT TIGER STADIUM.
NOW WE SERVE THE, WE LICENSED THE INDIVIDUALS, NOT TIGER STADIUM PER SE, BECAUSE THAT IS A STATE ENTITY.
WE HAVE NO JURISDICTION OVER THAT, BUT THE INDIVIDUALS THEMSELVES, UM, JUST AS IF LIVE AFTER FIVE, THEY HAVE THE CONCESSIONAIRES OUT THERE.
THEY MUST ALL HAVE AN ABC LICENSE FOR THEMSELVES.
BUT THE, IF A PERSON IS PLAYING WITH NO ALCOHOL, IF THERE'S A RESTAURANT THAT IS PLAYING MUSIC WITH NO ALCOHOL, ABC WOULD NOT HAVE ANY JURISDICTION OVER THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CLEARED IT UP OR NOT.
UM, SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT NOISE IS AND THAT'S WRITTEN UP IN THE ORDINANCE.
SO THAT IT'S BASICALLY ANY LOUD AND RUCKUS NOISE IN ANY LICENSED PREMISES, WHICH IS OFFENSIVE TO PERSONS OF ORDINARY SENSIBILITIES IN WHICH RENDERS THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE, PROPERTY, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
UM, I LOOK, I AM ALL FOR PRIVATE BUSINESSES.
I'VE BEEN A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER FOR PAST 40 YEARS AND I TOTALLY SUPPORT THEM 100%.
I DON'T WHAT BUSINESSES TO CLOSE DOWN.
UM, WE DON'T WANT IT D BUILDINGS CAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT EMPTY BUILDINGS DO.
THEY, THEY BRING PROBLEMS. I DON'T WANT EMPTY BUILDINGS CLOSED DOWN.
WHAT I WANT IS OUR BARS AND RESTAURANTS TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS, TO THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE 150 FEET BEHIND THEM.
THE MUSIC THAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ESTABLISHMENTS ARE NOT DOWN ON GOVERNMENT OR THIRD STREET.
THEY'RE BACK TO BACK TO MY PEOPLE.
WHEN YOU HAVE AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT IS PLAYING MUSIC TILL 12 MIDNIGHT AND THEIR PICTURES ARE FALLING
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OFF THE WALL.AND I'VE CALLED THE POLICE AND THEY'VE CALLED THE POLICE AND THE POLICE GO OUT THERE.
AND SOMETIMES THERE'S SOME CONFUSION ABOUT, WELL, IF IT COMES FROM A BUILDING, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DECIBEL READER.
THAT'S NOT TRUE BECAUSE RIGHT HERE IN THESE CHAMBERS, WE SAID, IF IT COMES FROM A VEHICLE, IT HAS TO HAVE A DECIBEL READER.
IF I AM CORRECT, OR AM I CORRECT? THANK YOU.
THEN ONE SAID, WELL, THE ONE PLACEMENT CAME OUT AND SAID, WELL, THE AMPLIFIERS ARE NOT OUTSIDE, THEY'RE INSIDE.
BUT IF NEIGHBORS CAN HEAR THE NOISE ON THE INSIDE OF THEIR HOME AFTER SUNDOWN AND THEY CANNOT REST AT NIGHT, THERE IS A PROBLEM.
I KNOW THIS IS SOUTH LOUISIANA.
I MEAN, I'VE BEEN HERE 40 PLUS YEARS AND I KNOW THAT.
AND I KNOW THEY'RE SPECIALLY BINS THAT GO ON.
YOU'VE GOT, UM, YOU KNOW, ST PATRICK'S DAY.
YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE WONDERFUL CELEBRATIONS AND BELIEVE ME, I AM ALL ABOUT CELEBRATIONS.
BUT WHEN IT STARTS TO OFFEND PEOPLE THAT ARE A HUNDRED FEET AWAY, THAT THEY CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
NOW, WHAT I AM UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS ONLY BARS AND RESTAURANTS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S THE ABC BOARD'S JURISDICTION.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT TIGER STADIUM.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT LIVE AFTER FIVE BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT MOVE IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, AS YOU SAID, COUNCILMAN HEART, PEOPLE MOVED THERE FOR THOSE ACTIVITIES.
BUT WHEN YOU LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU HAVE ISSUES WITH BARS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR BEHIND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT'S A PROBLEM.
UM, NOW I COULD BE WRONG, BUT IS ABC BOARD OF NOT ABC BOARD, BUT ARE THE ABC AGENTS, ARE THEY LAW ENFORCERS? AM I WRONG? OR RIGHT.
SO WE'RE REALLY NOT CHANGING THAT AT ALL, BUT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT, UH, TAKING AN ENTITY AND SAYING, NOW YOU BECOME A LAW ENFORCER.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL NEED A FEW MORE.
UM, SO ANYWAY, I, UH, LIKE I SAID, I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, AND WHY, AGAIN, SOMEBODY SAID, WHY BOTHER ABC BOARD ABOUT THIS? I HAVE BEEN GOING AROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS, TRYING TO FIND AN ANSWER OF WHAT WE CAN DO.
AND LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THE POLICE HAVE SAID, IT'S NOISE.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE, WE, WE, YOU KNOW, JUST, WE GOT TOO MANY OTHER THINGS.
SO THIS IS GONNA TAKE AN AS A COUNCIL, WOMAN ROCK HAS SAID, PLAYS HER OUT THERE DOING THINGS.
WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN BATON ROUGE, BATON ROUGE HAS CRIME ISSUES.
DO WE REALLY WANT TO DISTURB THE POLICE FOR NOISE? AND AGAIN, THE DEFINITION OF NOISE IS IN THE ORDINANCE.
WHAT NOISE IS? UM, SO PLUS IT, WHAT I LIKE TOO, IS IT STREAMLINES, IT TAKES IT OUT OF THE COURT SYSTEM.
THEY WON'T HAVE A CRIMINAL CRIMINAL RECORD, OTHERWISE THEY HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD.
SO IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE SOUGHT ANSWERS AND SOUGHT ANSWERS AND, AND IT IS NOT DISCRIMINATORY.
DON'T CARE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
AND I, AND WE HAVE HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS HERE BEFORE WHEN WE HAVE, UM, WANTED TO ZONE BARS AND THINGS, AND THE QUESTION HAS BEEN, ARE YOU GOING TO DISTURB THE NEIGHBORS? WHAT ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS GOING TO BE DOING? ARE THEY, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE HAD THOSE, SOME OF THOSE ISSUES HERE, PARKING IN THEIR PARKING IN THEIR YARDS, WHICH WE HAVE ISSUES SOMETIMES AND, AND MAKE A NOISE AND ALL THOSE OTHER KINDS OF THINGS.
SO ANYWAY, UM, HOPE THAT CLEARS IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
I NEVER DREAMED AS MUCH DISCUSSION WOULD HAVE COME FROM DAS, BUT ANYWAY, AGAIN, UH, I WOULD ASK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, MAKE MOTION TO, UM, PASS.
THERE IS A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO APPROVE SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, HUDSON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.
MULKEY ONE DECKS COUNSELING ON A ROCCO QUESTION.
I KNOW I USED UP MY TWO AND A HALF MINUTES A WHILE AGO, BUT, UM, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT INSTEAD OF 30 DAYS, IF WE COULD DO IT FOR 60, I THINK WE'RE CLOSE TO SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PINPOINT AND PROBABLY COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON.
AND I JUST DON'T THINK 30 DAYS IS ENOUGH TIME FOR, I DON'T REMEMBER A ROCKER.
WOULD YOU MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TO YOUR MOTION? ABSOLUTELY.
SO THE STATE'S MOTION FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
MA'AM I'D LIKE TO DEFER THIS ITEM FOR 60 DAYS SO WE CAN ALL RECEIVE SOME CLARITY AND BED OUT.
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SOME OF THE ISSUES.I THINK IT'S MOTION TO DEFER FOR 60 DAYS.
IS THERE A SECOND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEARST? WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON YOUR ORIGINAL MOTION FIRST CAUSE YOU TO DEFER THE ITEM.
WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON A SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST, WHICH IS TO APPROVE THE ITEM.
THE, THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE ITEM.
SO SEAN, SEAN WANTS TO SING A SOLO WHILE SHE'S GETTING SOME CLARITY ON THAT.
IT'S JUST, DON'T FAIL YOUR APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCES AND WE'LL DO THE STUFF FIRST.
ALTHOUGH I THOUGHT IF I MADE A MOTION TO DELETE IT, BUT MAYBE SHE DIDN'T MAKE THE MOTION.
SO IF WE MOVE CANDY ORDINANCE BALLYMUN, ASK THE QUESTION
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM IS BEFORE WE VOTE, I JUST WANNA, I WANNA, I WANT TO STAY SOMETHING IN AN EFFORT TO BE TRANSPARENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER I'M DOW SOME MEMBER.
IF WE VOTE ON YOUR SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO APPROVE AND IT FAILS, THERE WILL BE NO NEED FOR US TO DEFER.
SO WE COULD CHOOSE NOT TO DEFER.
SO YOU SHOW, YOU WANT US TO VOTE ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE AT THE RISK OF IT FAILING.
SO YOU WANT TO WITHDRAW, OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL.
WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION, WHICH IS A DEFER FOR 60 DAYS.
WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO DEFER FOR 60 DAYS, MACHINES ARE OPEN THE DEFER FOR 60 DAYS.
I GET, THIS IS A TEACHABLE MOMENT FOR ALL OF YOU.
INDIVIDUALS AT HOME WILL SERVE IN ELECTED BODIES.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO JUST DO THE RIGHT THING, BECAUSE IF I'M A GUEST, THIS ITEM, I COULD HAVE ASKED MYSELF THE ROSE.
SO A LOT ALLOWED US TO VOTE ON IT AND KILL IT TONIGHT.
RIGHT? UH, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
SO ALL YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS PLAYED PLAY FAIR, PLAY FAST.
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GO TO ITEM 91, AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR APPRAISAL SERVICES WITH AGUILAR CONSULTANTS, LLC, FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVIE OFF CAPACITY PROJECT WHO PAROLED BACKWATER ROAD DOES YOUR ROAD BY THE TRANSPORTATION.JANET JUST DIRECTED AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE OR THE $12,320.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 12.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 12.
ANYONE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 91, NOT ONE 12.
THAT'S THE AMOUNT BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.
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I GO TO ITEM 92, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT EXECUTED SOMETHING.WHEN I'VE REMOVED NUMBER FOUR TO CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH SIGMA CONSULTING INCORPORATED FOR SERVICES, ASSOCIATE REMOVE ALL CAPACITY PROJECT JOHNS CREEK ROAD AND EXTENSION SEGMENT AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $88,259 AND 18 CENTS BY OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR IS ANYONE WHO TO SPEAK.
ITEM 92 WITH I'LL GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN MADAM SECOND AND BY
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ROCCO, WE NOW GO TO ITEM 93, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT EXECUTE SUPPLEMENTED REMAN.NUMBER ONE TO ROADWAY UNDER PARIS INSTRUCTION.
THE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVIE OFF CAPACITY, PROJECT MODEL, LOUISIANA BOULEVARD, AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $423,264 BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 93? WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SOME OLD BY ADAM SECOND AND BY ROCKET, WE NOW
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GO TO ITEM 94, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR.PRESIDENTS EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SERVICES WITH W T A ENGINEERS INCORPORATED FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH
PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MOUNT NOTCH EXCEED $212,000.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 94? WE GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO MOVED BY ADAM SECONDED BY ROCCA.
ANY OBJECTIONS WE GOT OUT OF 95,
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AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENTS EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SERVICES WITH EMC CONSULTANTS, THE SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVE YOUR CAPACITY PROJECT MIDWAY AND AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $267,000 BY THE TRANSPORTATION, ENGINEERS, DIRECTORS, ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 95, GO TO COUNCIL.SECOND BY ROCKWELL, WE GO TO ITEM
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96 AUTHORIZED MAYOR.PRESIDENT TOUCHED YOU TO SUPPLEMENT THE AGREEMENT.
NUMBER TWO TO CONTRACT PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES DESIGN STUDY WITH PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS CORPORATION FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED MOVIE OFF CAPACITY PROJECT WHO PAROLED IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $75,256 AND 93 CENTS BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINING DIRECTOR.
IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 96, GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS A LITTLE BY THEM, SENDING THEM BY ROCKET.
[97. 22-00291]
WE NOW GO TO ITEM 97,[02:05:02]
AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT.NUMBER 12, TO CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES, WHATEVER THE GRADE IS INCORPORATED FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVE THROUGH OUR CAPACITY PROJECT MODEL, LOUISIANA BOULEVARD AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $78,237 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM 97, GO TO COUNCIL.
SO MOVED BY ROCCO, SECONDED BY ADAMS FOR NOW GO TO ITEM
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98, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENCE THAT SHE, THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT.NUMBER THREE, TO THE CONCEPT, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOBILE YARD COMMUNITY AND HARRISON IMPROVEMENT, EXISTING CORRIDORS AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROJECTS AND STANTEC CONSULTANTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,693,500 BY TRANSPORTATION AND JOURNEYS DIRECTOR.
ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 98 WERE NOT WITH THE COUNCIL, CIVIL BY ITEM, SECONDED BY
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ROCCO.WHEN I GOT OUT OF 99, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION NEXT TO THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GREATER BATON ROUGE AIRPORT DISTRICT AND REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY FOR THE STORAGE OF BUSES IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY DURING THE THREE RESPECTIVE HURRICANE SEASONS FOUR YEARS FOR COUNTY IS 2022 THROUGH 2024 AT A RENTAL RATE OF $250 PER DAY OR 2,500 PER MONTH BY THE AVIATION DIRECTORS.
ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 99 WOULD NOT GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THEY SECONDED BY ADAMS. WE NOW
[100. 22-00360]
GO TO ITEM 100, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT TO ACCEPT APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE GRANT FUNDING FROM THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AUTHORIZED THROUGH THE US DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO ASSIST HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE UNABLE TO PAY UTILITIES DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, AUTHORIZING ADMINISTERING AGENCIES AS THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS AND CONDITION WITHIN THE CORTEZ TO THE LINE ITEM BUDGET IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $100 MILLION BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 100? COME ON DOWN.
UH, I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS REGARDING ITEMS 100 AND ITEM 1 0 1.
UH, SPECIFICALLY I WANTED TO KNOW SINCE THE, UM, THE WAITING LIST STILL EXISTS, THAT IF THESE PARTICULAR ALLOCATIONS ARE GOING TO BE PRIORITIZE, UH, BASED ON WHEN APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED AND THE EMERGENCY STATUS OF THE APPLICATIONS, AND IF THE COUNCIL ITSELF IS GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN ANY OVERSIGHT OR REVIEWING OF THOSE WHO HAVE APPLIED IN THEIR PARTICULAR DISTRICTS.
SO REALLY THOUGH I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS MORE THAN I HAVE ANY, ANY COMMENTS? THANK YOU.
ROBIN ANDERSON, UH, UH, COUNCIL, EXCUSE ME, MS. SCOTT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS? I THINK THEY'RE ALL WORTHY OF BEING ASKED THAT AND I LIKE TO ASK THEM, I'M NOT GOING TO RESTATE THEM, BUT ASK THEM MS. ANDERSON QUESTIONS PLEASE.
UM, I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, BUT MS. ANDERSON MAY HAVE TO COME BACK UP ONE.
BUT, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, YES.
ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS FROM INCEPTION OF THIS PROGRAM HAVE BEEN PRIORITIZED BY FIRST STATUS OF EVICTION, MEANING THAT WHERE ARE THEY IN THE EVICTION PROCESS? ANYONE THAT IS IN IMMINENT DANGER OF EVICTION HAS ALSO BEEN ASSIGNED A LEGAL COUNSEL THAT WE ARE ALSO PAYING FOR WITH THAT SOUTHEAST LEGAL SERVICES.
SO THEY HAVE A CASE MANAGER AND THEY HAVE A LEGAL COUNSELOR TO SUPPORT THEM AS WELL.
THE SECOND LAYER IS BY THE TIME THAT THEY HAVE APPLIED, BUT BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MANY CASES THAT WERE IN MORE IMMINENT DANGER, THE CALENDAR DATES HAVE NOT PROCESSED.
THESE APPLICATIONS ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED.
WE DID THAT IN JANUARY AND WE WILL NOT BE REOPENING FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE UNLESS WE GET MORE DOLLARS FROM THE TREASURY AND THE DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED.
WE'LL CLOSE OUT THE 14,000 APPLICATIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD, AND WE'VE PROCESSED ABOUT 9,000 OF THEM SO FAR.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, ROBIN ANDERSON? I WOULD ASK YOU TO SPEAK WITH MS. SCOTT, IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, UH, AND MS. SCOTT, UH, WOULD YOU, IF YOU CAN, UH, ASK THOSE AGENCIES WHO ARE MANAGING THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE OF US WHO HAVE, UH, CONSTITUENTS IN OUR DISTRICT WHO ARE USING THESE PHONES GET NOTIFICATION OF SUCH ABSOLUTELY WE'LL ALSO DO, IS MAKE SURE THAT WE SEND YOU ALL A REPORT.
WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST, BUT I TH I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE DONE IT IN THE LAST QUARTER OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN SERVED AS WELL AS THE LANDLORDS.
AND I ALSO WANT TO SHARE THAT WE ARE ALSO MEETING WITH LANDLORDS MONTHLY, UH, THAT ARE IN THIS PROGRAM.
THEY GET INVITED TO A MEETING TO BUILD A HEALTHY HOUSING NETWORK.
DON'T GO ANYWHERE, COORDINATE THE COUNSELOR MOLD.
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REAL QUICK THAT LOOK, I, YOUR OFFICE, THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE SHARED WITH US, THE DETAILS THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH TO THIS WHOLE PROCESS, EVEN WHEN WE WAS INTRODUCING THIS AND THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE GIVEN, I JUST WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO YOUR OFFICE AND THE WAY Y'ALL HANDLED THIS WHOLE PROGRAM, I THINK HAS BEEN SPOT ON SMILE AWAY.I HAVE TO GIVE KUDOS TO OUR DIRECTOR, TASHA SAUNDERS, WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, AND OUR FIVE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT REPRESENT THIS AND OUR TWO PRIVATE ENTITIES, WORKFORCE GROUP, AND HUNT GOUT, AND ASSOCIATES.
I'LL BE REMISSED TO STAND HERE AND TAKE THAT ALONE.
THERE ARE AMAZING PARTNERS THAT HAVE WORKED ENDLESS HOURS TO DO THAT.
EXCUSE ME, WE ALSO HAVE FRANKLIN AND ASSOCIATES AS DOING THE CALL CENTER THAT HAS TAKEN OVER 45,000 CALLS IN THE LAST YEAR.
YEAH, THE NUMBERS ARE ASTRONOMICAL, BUT JUST TO PASS IT ALONG TO WHATEVER ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UH, IT'S JUST, IT'S BEEN SPOT ON.
AND I'D LIKE TO, AND SO REVEREND END THIS AND ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT OUR, UM, THE FOLK THAT'S IN OUR DISTRICT, THAT'S ON OUR LIST.
AND SO WHAT, WHAT, UH, HAS HAPPENED IN THE 10 DISTRICT IS, UH, WE'VE WHEN THEY CALLED OR I FIND OUT, OR I'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH THE PERSONS THAT, UH, GIVE THEM WHAT THEY NEED.
AND THEN I WILL ALWAYS REACH OUT TO TOSH OR TO YOUR OFFICE REGARDING THAT IN ORDER THAT WE CAN GET THEM SATISFIED.
BUT I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT A LIST WILL BE COMING.
AND THEN WE WILL KNOW WHO'S ON THAT LIST.
AND THEN I CAN HAVE SOME OF MY PEOPLE TO REACH OUT TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, SEE WHERE THEY ARE.
AND THEN THE LANDLORD MEETING THAT YOU ALL HAVE.
CAUSE I LIKE TO MEET WITH LANDLORDS TO EVEN SPEAK TO THEM ABOUT, UH, THE TRASH THAT THEY ARE THROWING OUT IN THE DISTRICT.
SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHEN YOUR LANDLORD MEETINGS.
SO YES, MA'AM, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT I INVITE YOU TO THE NEXT ONE.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE BROUGHT UP ABOUT ALLOWING US TO KNOW WHEN PEOPLE MAY HAVE EVICTION.
SO TRASH SERVICES CAN BE COORDINATED AND FOR EVERYONE WATCHING AS WELL.
UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO NOTE THAT $3.1 MILLION WAS PUT IN THE MAIL TODAY.
AND IF YOU ARE ON THAT LIST, YOU RECEIVED AN EMAIL AND WE'LL BE DOING ANOTHER ONE AFTER SUCCESSFUL APPROVAL FROM THE COUNCIL TODAY.
UH, ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 100 ALSO, LANDLORDS NEED TO KNOW YOU DON'T DUMP STUFF OUT ON THE SIDE OF THE STREAM.
THEY NEED A DUMPSTER COUNCIL MEMBER.
WELL, DON'T SCRATCH THAT FROM THE RECORD.
THEN YOU SAID YOU DON'T SEE A WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 100, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY MOST SECONDED BY ADAMS. WHEN I GO
[101. 22-00361]
TO ITEM, ONE-ON-ONE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT APPROPRIATELY ALLOCATE AND INCREASE TO THE SECOND ALLOCATION OF GRANT FUNDING, NOT TO EXCEED $75 MILLION FROM THE U S DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY EMERGENCY WINDOW ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO ASSIST HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE UNABLE TO PAY RENT AND UTILITIES DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, AUTHORIZING, ADMINISTRATING, AUTHORIZING ADMINISTERING AGENCY AS THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS THAT CONNECTION DEALT WITH BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COWS, UH, REVEREND.SO MY SECONDARY SET OF QUESTIONS HAVE TO DO WITH SOME OF OUR MORE MARGINALIZED AND SPECIAL NEED POPULATIONS.
AND I WAS JUST WONDERING, AND I'M PUTTING ALL OF THIS ON THE RECORD.
SO LET ME JUST BE VERY HONEST ABOUT THAT IS FOR OUR NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING POPULATIONS THAT I ALWAYS HAVE GREAT CONCERN.
I PARTNER WITH, UH, BATON ROUGE, IMMIGRANTS, RIGHTS COALITION, UM, CATHOLIC CHARITIES, OTHER GROUPS THAT WORK WITH OUR IMMIGRATION POPULATIONS ARE NOT ANY ENGLISH SPEAKING POPULATIONS, BUT AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, I ALSO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING OUT OF OUR PRE-TRIAL FACILITY, BECAUSE WE ARE STILL HOUSING, AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE THROUGH OUR JAIL.
AND WE ARE STILL HOUSING, AN INAPPROPRIATE AND UNACCEPTABLE AMOUNT OF OUR MENTALLY ILL THROUGH THAT FACILITY.
AND SO THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MORE WORK GOING INTO MAKING SURE THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE AN EXIT PLAN IF THESE NEW DOLLARS FOR WHICH SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE HOMELESS WHEN THEY STARTED.
AND THEY'D BEEN HOMELESS SINCE IF ANY OF THESE DOLLARS ARE GOING TO BE ALLOCATED TO HELP THOSE POPULATIONS IN SOME FORM OR FASHION.
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THANK YOU, REVEREND ANDERSON, COURTNEY, TAKE ANOTHER STAB AT IT.UM, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IS ONE OF OUR CASE MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND THEY DO HAVE SPANISH SPEAKING CASE MANAGERS THAT THEY HIRED.
ADDITIONALLY, UH, ALL OF OUR APPLICATIONS AND FORMS THROUGH GOOGLE HAVE TRANSLATIONS AND WE CAN DO ONSITE SUPPORT WITH SOME OF OUR CASE MANAGERS AS WELL, IF NECESSARY THROUGH THE CALL CENTER.
AND THE CALL CENTER ALSO HAS HISPANIC SPEAKING AGENTS, AS WELL, AS FAR AS PEOPLE WHO MAY BE DEEMED AS HOMELESS OR REENTERING SOCIETY.
ONE OF THE MAJOR FACETS OF THIS PROGRAM IS THE LEGAL SUPPORT AND THE CASE MANAGEMENT PIECE.
WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING TO BUILD, UM, AN ONGOING SUPPORT WITH THESE DOLLARS FOR CASE MANAGEMENT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT FOR SURE IS AROUND, UH, OUR REENTERING CITIZENS, BUT MY FELLOW ACIO LESLIE CHAMBERS AND CAO, DARRYL GESELL ARE ALSO WORKING ON MAKING SURE THAT WE PUT WRAP AROUND SERVICES WITH HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, AND EDUCATION IN PLACE AS WELL.
SO THAT'S AN ONGOING PLAN, BUT REVEREND ANDERSON AND ANY OTHER PARTNERS THAT ARE LISTENING, IF YOU CONNECT TO US AND THEIR SPECIFIC FOLKS, I'LL BE GLAD TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT YOU WITH THAT.
IF WE'RE NOT MEETING THAT NEED ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 1, WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I AM 1 0 1.
SO MOBILE BY MOST SECOND ABOUT DONE.
[Items 102 - 121]
GO NOW TO ITEMS 1 0 2, 3, 1 21.I'M GOING TO TAKE THOSE ITEMS TOGETHER.
THEY ARE ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES, LOT.
180 7 SUBDIVISION O'NEILL PLACE DISTRICT NINE, HUDSON HIGHER, BETTER VERMONT'S TUCKER $500 ITEM 1 0 3 LOT, 1 34 SUBDIVISION COLONIAL HILL DISTRICT SEVEN, HIGH BIDDER, VIP BILLIARDS, ET CETERA, LLC, $1,500 AND 1 0 4 LOT 16 SQUARE 28, SOMETHING IN THE PARK DISTRICT SEVEN, I HAD BEEN AT J ALLEN INVESTMENTS, LLC.
I HAD 1 0 5 LOT 19 SQUARE, 28 SUBDIVISION EATON PARK DISTRICT SEVEN HIGH BETTER A J ALLEN INVESTMENTS, $500 ITEM 1 0 6 LOCK 20 SQUARE, 28 SUBDIVISION EATON PARK DISTRICT SEVEN HIGH BIDDER AIJ ALLAN INVESTMENTS.
$500 ON ITEM 1 0 7, LOT 21 SQUARE 28 DISTRICT SEVEN, A J ALLEN INVESTMENTS, LLC IS THE HIGH BID OF $500 ITEM 1 0 8, LOT 22 SCORE, EIGHT SUBDIVISION EATON PARK, DISTRICT SEVEN HIGH BIDDER AJ ALLEN INVESTMENTS, LLC.
$500 LINE ITEM 1 0 9 LA D SUBDIVISION, HATTIE WOLF TRACK DISTRICT ONE KNOLL HIGH BIDDER, KAYLA AND ANDRE MCCALLA $33,000.
I DIDN'T WANT 10 LOT NINE POINT PLUS SQUARE FOR SUBDIVISION OF FOSSIL TOWN.
DISTRICT SEVEN HIGH BETTER ANDERSON BRYON, $76,600.
I HAD A ONE 11 LOT NINE AND 10 SQUARE, 54 SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE EXTENSION DISTRICT SEVEN HIGH BID, A RUSSELL ROBERTS, $100.
I HAD A ONE 12 LOT 15 SQUARE, 2 0 8 SUBDIVISION, A STROMA DISTRICT, 10 COLEMAN HIGH BETTER GREGORY WILLIAMS, $100 ITEM ONE 13 LOT D SUBDIVISION, TRAVIS DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN.
ITEM ONE 14 BLOCK 12 EIGHT SQUARE 23 SUBDIVISION, FEW CLARK AND LAMONT TOWN.
DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN HIGH BIDDER ROBBINS RENTAL, LLC, $6,000 ITEM ONE 15 LOT C SUBDIVISION SHARED WITH VILLAGE CONDOMINIUMS, DISTRICT SIX, DON JR.
HIGH BITTER TOWANDA, KANSAS $16,000.
I HAD A ONE 16 LOT FOUR SQUARE EIGHT SUBDIVISION VALLEY PARK DISTRICT 12 WRAPPER HIGH BIDDER ROMNEY MANUAL $29,000.
LOT ONE 17, EXCUSE ME, ITEM ONE 17 LOT 31 AND 32 SQUARE FOUR.
SO THE BUSINESS SCOTLAND HEIGHTS DISTRICT TWO BANKS HIGH.
OR DO WE ALLEN? $102,000 ITEM ONE 18, LOT 72 SUBDIVISION NORTH MARYDALE DISTRICT FIVE HERTZ HIGH BIDDER REDEEMED ITEM ONE 19 LOT 26 PLUS SQUARE ONE SUBDIVISION, DAYTON AND DISTRICT 10.
THEY SMITH $47,000 ITEM 1 28 SQUARE 17 SUBDIVISION HOLLYWOOD DISTRICT FIVE CURVES, HIGH BIDDER ROBBINS RENTAL, LLC, $8,000 ITEM 1 21 LOT 5 6, 708 SUBDIVISION LELAND COLLEGE OUT X DISTRICT TWO HIGH BID, A LAWRENCE JONES DUNKIN $26,300.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ADJUDICATED PROPERTY? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS ALL WILL ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS. 1 0 2, 3, 1 21.
IS THERE A MOTION TO DO SO SOME OMAROSA SECONDED BY ADAMS.
[ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS]
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WE NOW GO TO ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.COUNCIL MEMBERS ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER A PA NINE DASH 22 1 5 0 5 0 7 MS ROAD AND 1 5 1 7 5 1 5 1 9 5 1 5 203 1 5 300 OLD SENATE HIGHWAY TWO, A MEN, THE COMPREHENSIVE, THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FROM RESIDENTS OR NEIGHBORHOODS TO COMMERCIAL ON PROPERTY LOCATED NORTH OF BENTON.
SHANE TOLD SENDING HIGHWAY AND SAMUEL'S ROAD COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE NOTE COMMISSION ACTION TO APPROVE A ZERO.
UH, INTRODUCE A PUBLIC HEARING.
THERE IS 22 1 1 6 63 HONORARY LANE TO RESOLVE FROM RURAL OFF-STREET PARKING.
BE TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL C WANTS A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HONOREE LANE.
EAST OF FIELD STONE DRIVE COUNSEL DISTRICT CAN HAVE AN ADAMS COMMISSION ACTION TO IMPROVE EIGHT ZERO BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR ITEM C CASE 15 IS 22, 23, 23 NORTH FLANNERY ROADS TO REZONE FOR COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BAR AND LOUNGE CAB TWO TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL TO ON PROPERTY LOCATED WEST OF INTERSECTION AND NORTH FLATTER AVENUE, SOUTH SHOPTALK COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX, DON JR.
MOTION TO APPROVE A ZERO BY PLANNING DIRECTOR K 16, 22 92 50 WEST, AND HIS ROLE IN HIS WOLD ROAD TO REZONE FROM SINGLE FAMILY.
RESIDENTIAL DIDN'T WANT A SINGLE FAMILY.
A 2.7 ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST END IS WOLD ROAD WEST OF MCKENNA'S DRIVE ON LOT 33 41 DASH A OF INES WOLD THE STATES COUNCIL DISTRICT 11 ADAM'S MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIES SEVEN ZERO BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR ITEM E K 17.
THAT IS 22 1 3 5 SOUTH LEONARD ROAD TO RESOLVE FOR RURAL THE LIGHT COMMERCIAL ONE L C ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH ATLANTA ROAD, SOUTH OF FLANNERY BOULEVARD, COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR, A MOLT COMMISSION ACTION MOTION TO APPROVE A ZERO BY PLANNING DIRECTOR ITEM F CASE 18 DASH 22 9 2 5 5 CAIRO TO REZONE FROM SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO BLUE BOTTLE DESIGN DISTRICT ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CAIRO EAST TO BLUE MOUNTAIN BOULEVARD.
MOST TO APPROVE SEVEN ZERO BY PLANNING DIRECTOR ITEM G CASE 19 DASH 22 5500 MCCLELLAN DRIVE TO REZONE OFF STREET PARKING BE LIGHT COMMERCIAL TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL.
ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF MCLENNAN DRIVE AND HOLLYWOOD GREENWELL CROSSOVER STREET, DISTRICT FIVE PERSE MOTION TO APPROVE SEVEN ZERO BY THE COMMISSION BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, I HAD AMAZE 22 DASH 0 0 4 2 9 1 DASH ZERO FOUR.
THE SETTLEMENT AT WILLOW GROVE CONCEPT PLAN REVISION FOR A PROPOSED CHANGE TO INCLUDE MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND THE COMMERCIAL AREA AND REALLOCATE UNIT COUNTS BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL DENSITY TYPES ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PERKINS ROAD BETWEEN WILMINGTON AVENUE IN OAKDALE DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT 11 ADAMS MOTION TO APPROVE SEVEN ZERO BY PLANNING DIRECTOR OUT THE RISE IN THE SEDIMENT OF THE MATTER AND INSIDE OF MAX GALA VS CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND AN AMOUNT OF $20,000 AND APPROPRIATE AND $20,000 FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARIS ATTORNEY.
I NEED A MOTION TO RAVE THE RULES TO A LOT OF ITEMS TO BE INTRODUCED TO THEIR MOTION.
THE WAY THE RULE WAS SO MOVED BY GO.
THEY SECONDED BY ADAMS. WE NOW HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MOST ABILITY TO RULE WITH ANYONE HERE, WISHING TO SPEAK ON A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE ON THE MOTION TO AGREE THE BOOZE DOWN ANY OBJECTION.
WE NOW NEED A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS. SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN NEIL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE ALL ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS HAVE NOW BEEN INTRODUCED.
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TO APPOINTMENTS FIVE PARDIS ADDITION, NUMBER ONE, ADVISORY BOARD CONSIDERATION OF REPLACING MICHAEL KIMBLE RESIGNED.THE TERM EXPIRES ON AUGUST 23RD, 2022.
THE CURRENT BALLOT IS C JORDAN.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM HAS AN EMOTION TO A POINT C JORDAN AND CHARLOTTE.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER NOLA SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
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WE NOW GO TO ITEM 1 23 VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BY DISTRICT FOUR CENTRAL CONSIDERATION OF REPLACING KEVIN MONTGOMERY, WHO WAS ON THIS TERM EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2022.CURRENT BALLOT IS CHRIS SAID AGAIN, CHRIS SCHULTE IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ITEM 1 23.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPOINT QUIPS CHOKE? SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN NEIL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
MOROSA WE NOW GO TO CHANGE ORDERS
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ITEM 1 24 LA HIGHWAY 9, 6, 4 FORCE MAN REMOVAL, CONTRACT BOONE SERVICES, LLC CHANGE, OR WHAT? OUR MOUTH $7,261 AND 99 CENTS.I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 24.
WE NOW GO TO ITEM ONE 20, ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 1 24.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KNOLL SECONDED BY COUNCILOR MATT MARISSA.
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GOING TO FIND OUR ACCEPTANCES ITEM.1 25 EARLY HIGHWAY 9, 6 4 FORCE MAY REMOVE A CONTRACT TO BULL SERVICES, LLC.
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$3.ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ITEM 1 25.
UH, NOW WE GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER, ADAM, SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.
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OBJECTION.WE GO TO ITEM 1 26, EXCEPT AS A LOW BID AS CLAYTON STREET AREA, ADA TRANSITION PROJECT HONORARY COMPANIES, LLC, $291,029 AND 21 CENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 26, BUT WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL NUMBERS.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KNOLL SECONDED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS ITEM 1 26 HAS BEEN APPROVED AS ALWAYS.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR WHICH WANT TO SPEAK ON TONIGHT.
[CONDEMNATIONS (Part 2 of 2)]
I NEED TO RE-INTRODUCE ITEM NUMBER 66, MOTION TO RECONSIDER.I MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEM 66.
IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? I GOT TO FIND THAT MR. CONDEMNATION YET, I KNOW OBJECTIONS WAS 45 DAYS ON THAT 45 DAYS ON ITEM 66.
YOU WANT 45, 11 TO NINE, BUT 45 DAYS ON ITEM 66.
IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT? SO MOVE BY DONE ANY OBJECTIONS ITEM 66, WHICH IS A CONDEMNATION HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR 45 DAYS AS ALL.
WE DON'T WANT TO THANK ALL OUR CITY OF PARIS EMPLOYEES TO BEING WITH THIS EVENING SPECIAL KUDOS TO RACHEL LAMBERT.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT ON A CALL AND SHE WAS DEALING WITH A VERY DIFFICULT CONSTITUENT AND THE EXTREME AMOUNT OF PATIENTS SHE SHOWED DEALING WITH THAT CONSTITUENT IS COMMENDABLE.
SO THANK YOU, RACHEL, FOR YOUR PATIENCE OR YOUR DEPARTMENT IN GENERAL, Y'ALL DO A FINE JOB OVER THERE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND AS ALWAYS READ TO YOUR CHILDREN AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE READING TO THEM AND MAKE SURE THEY READ BACK TO YOU.
AND HAVING SAID THAT COUNCIL MEMBER AMARILLO SAID, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN BY AMARILLO'S A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, MO MEETING AS A JOURNAL DOWN HERE, ANNOUNCEMENTS, HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN.
SO THIS WEEKEND IS THE, UH, UH, CENTRAL'S OFFICIAL, UH, FESTIVAL THAT WE HAVE IS CALLED COOKING AND CENTRAL.
AND WE DO FUNDRAISER EVERY YEAR TO RAISE MONEY FOR DIFFERENT AREAS.
UH, LIKE ONE YEAR AFTER KATRINA, WE BOUGHT SCHOOL BUSES FOR, UM, CHALMETTE AND THAT AREA SUCH.
SO ANYWAY, THIS, UH, FRIDAY NIGHT WE HAVE A CRAWFISH BOIL WITH THE MOLLY RINGWALD.
THAT'LL BE PLAYING, UH, OUT AT THE, UM, UH, EVENT SPACE.
SO IF Y'ALL COME OUT AND JOIN US IN CENTRAL FOR THIS WEEKEND, I DO HAVE A COMMENT.
IT WOULDN'T BE AT THE SUNSET WITH ALCOHOL BEING SERVED AND WHEN WE WOULD BE PLAYING AND IT WILL BE, IT WILL BE VERY LOUD, BUT WE HAVE OUR OWN ORDINANCES OUT THERE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.