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WELCOME TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
IT'S APRIL 22ND OR APRIL 13TH, I SHOULD SAY, 20, 22.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU ALL TUNED IN AT HOME.
AND WE INVITE YOU TO DOWNLOAD AN AGENDA THAT YOU CAN FIND@WWW.BR LA.GOV.
AND WE ALSO, UM, INVITE YOU TO TUNE IN TO OUR STREAMING VIDEO AT THAT WEBSITE.
WE ALSO WE'RE ON FACEBOOK LIVE AND WE ARE ON METRO 21 ON COX AND 99 ON A T AND T.
WE HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL EASTER SUNDAY.
AND AT THIS TIME HERE IS THE MAYOR PRESIDENT PROTIUM OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH COUNCIL IN THE MIND CODE.
LET'S GIVE DENNIS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[CALL TO ORDER]
I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING TODAY ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12TH AT 4:00 PM AT APRIL 13, EXCUSE ME.AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO BE LED IN PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY YOLANDA BETTY'S WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? BRYCE HAS FILED THE LORD.
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY THAT YOU HAVE MADE AND WE SHALL REJOICE AND BE GLAD THEY'RE IN THE GUY WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD ALLOW YOUR HOLY SPIRIT TO WRITE IN THIS MEETING TODAY.
LORD GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE PRODUCTIVITY THAT SHALL TAKE PLACE FOR YOUR GLORY.
I SAID, YOU LOOKED DOWN ON OUR GOVERNOR, OUR MAYOR, OUR MAYOR PRO TEM, AND ALL THE DISTRICTS REPRESENTED HERE TODAY.
DEAR GOD, WE THANK YOU IN JESUS CHRIST NAME.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? WE HAVE A QUORUM
[ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
ITEM, ONE APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING ON MARCH 23RD, 2022 IN GREATER BATON ROUGE, AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING OF APRIL 5TH, 2022 BY COUNCIL, ADMINISTRATOR AND TREASURY.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE COUNCIL MEMBERS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES SO WILL BY ADAM'S SECOND IT BY HERS ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED AT THIS TIME.
OUR MAYOR PRESIDENT HAS ASKED FOR A POINT OF PRIVILEGE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, MET PRESIDENT SHANNON WESTERN ROOM.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TIM FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THANK YOU TO THE METRO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND TO PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING ONLINE.
UH, JOINING ME TODAY ARE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND FAITH LEADERS, INCLUDING CHANGE A HUNDRED BLACK MEN BATTEN'S COMMUNITY STREET, TEAM, ORANGE CLOUD NETWORK, AND DESTINED FOR SUCCESS WORLDWIDE OVERNIGHT AROUND 11 O'CLOCK A LITTLE BIT.
AFTER 11, I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL THAT THERE WAS A TRAGIC KILLING OF A YOUNG CHILD ON FAIRFIELD AVENUE.
SADLY, IT IS A REMINDER THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS A LONG WAY TO GO AND ADDRESSING GUN VIOLENCE.
I HAVE TO SAY VERY DIRECTLY THAT THIS LEVEL OF VIOLENCE IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE.
THERE'S SOMEONE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED AND THEY MUST COME FORWARD.
WHEN LIVES ARE TAKEN AND PEACE IS DISRUPTED.
WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO DO SO.
WE KNOW THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT MANY OF THE SHOOTINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING ARE RETALIATION FOR PREVIOUS ACTS OF VIOLENCE AT THIS COMMUNITY.
AT THIS MOMENT, OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND IT IS VITAL THAT WE ARE PROACTIVE IN STOPPING RETALIATIONS.
I BELIEVE THAT THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER OUTCOME FOR YOUNG MEN AND BOYS WHO ARE THE SAME COLOR THAT I AM BLACK MEN AND BOYS.
I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A BETTER OUTCOME BEYOND THE GRAVE OR PRISON.
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I WAS THINKING THIS MORNING THAT GOD HAS DESIGNED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US FOR GREATNESS, NOT TRAGEDY AND NOT DESTRUCTION.PERILOUS TIMES ONLY CHANGE WHEN THERE IS A CHANGE OF HEART OR CHOICE TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE BEGINNING THIS FRIDAY, GOOD FRIDAY, I AM CALLING FOR A WEEK OF PEACE.
PEACE MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE NO SHOOTINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'VE SEEN HOW THIS STORY PLAYS OUT FOR THE VICTIM AND FOR THE ACCUSED LIVES ARE LOST AND POTENTIAL IS ENDED.
THERE ARE MANY WHO OWN THAT CHANGE, BUT TODAY I WANT TO EMPLOY INDIVIDUALS TO SETTLE THEIR DISPUTES WITH WORDS, RATHER THAN WITH VIOLENCE, GUNS, GIVE A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY THAT HAS BEEN PERPETRATED FOR FAR TOO LONG AND RETALIATION TO KEEP OR RESTORE PRIDE IS NOT THE ANSWER.
YOUR PRIDE DOES NOT STAND ON TAKING A LIFE.
THE OUTCOMES FROM CHOOSING VIOLENCE ARE NEVER HOPEFUL.
PLEASE CHOOSE HOPE AND CHOOSE PEACE.
I AM POOR MOTHERS AND FATHERS, SISTERS, AND BROTHERS TO INTERVENE IN THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE BEFORE THEY BECOME THE NEXT VICTIM OR PERPETRATOR.
WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP LIVING THE SAME NARRATIVE GENERATION AFTER GENERATION.
WE DON'T HAVE TO LIVE IN FEAR OF JAIL OR DEATH.
AS I SAID, JOINING ME ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE STEPPED UP.
THEY'RE OFFERING SOLUTIONS TO PREVENT THE NEXT DEATH, TO SUPPORT VICTIMS, FAMILIES, AND FRIENDS AND RESTRAINING AND ENDING THE SPIRIT OF RETALIATION.
THEY ARE ALSO IN THE COMMUNITY ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS THAT ARE NOT HERE TODAY, OFFERING COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS FOR ANYONE NEEDING TO REACH OUT ANONYMOUSLY, TO HELP STOP THE NEXT ACT OF VIOLENCE.
YOU CAN CALL ANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, THE BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY STREET TEAM CHANGE A HUNDRED BLACK MEN DESTINED FOR SUCCESS, WORLDWIDE ORANGE CLOUD NETWORK, TYRUS THOMAS.
AND AS I SAID, THERE ARE MANY HERE WHO ARE NOT HERE TODAY.
AS MAYOR, I CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE SILENT ABOUT WHAT I SEE HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'VE SAID IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
A THREE YEAR OLD INNOCENT CHILD IN BED ASLEEP DOES NOT GET TO SEE THE LIGHT OF THE NEXT DAY, THE GIFT OF A NEXT DAY, THAT OUT OF TOUCH SOMEBODY, SORRY, IT'S TOO MUCH.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK THAT WE DO LOOKING AT GOING GUN VIOLENCE THROUGH THE LENS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ROOT CAUSES THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS TO FIND SOLUTIONS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS CONNECTING AT RISK INDIVIDUALS, RESOURCES, BUT WE CAN ALL PLAY A PART IN SUPPORTING INVESTMENT.
OF COURSE, IN OUR DISINVESTED COMMUNITIES AND LIMITING ACCESS TO FIRE ARMS, WE WILL CONTINUE OUR WORK WITH A COMMUNITY OF PARTNERS TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS PIECE.
LET'S START WITH A WEEK OF PEACE.
LET'S START WITH A WEEK OF PEACE AND HONOR OF THIS YOUNG CHILD THAT WAS HORRIFICALLY KILLED LAST NIGHT.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR INDULGING ME AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU
[INTRODUCTIONS]
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AT THIS TIME.ASHLEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE INTRODUCTIONS SECTION 2.12 INTRODUCTIONS.
NUMBER TWO, ALL THE REST OF THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO AMEND THE 2021 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BRAZIL, SEXY AND WILSON LLP FOR LEGAL SERVICES.
SO AS TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM COMPENSATION FROM 150,000 TO $230,000 BY THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT NUMBER THREE, A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF TACTICAL AND OR TAX EXEMPT, HOSPITAL REVENUE, BONDS, LAYNE, REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER PROJECT, AND ONE OR MORE SERIES OF HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT.
NUMBER ONE OF EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH, LOUISIANA IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $92 MILLION AND FOR CONSENT AND AUTHORITY PROVIDED FOR THE ISSUANCE SALE AND DELIVERY OF THE BONDS BY COUNCILMAN BRANDON KNOLL, NUMBER FOUR, ADOPTING THE FOLLOWING AD VALOREM TAX MILLAGE RATE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FOLLOWING TAXING JURISDICTION ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY TO BE LEVIED IN THE YEAR 2022, CHANEY VILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN, 10 MILLS BY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR, TREASURE, NUMBER FIVE, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR RMS AND SCHEDULING SERVICES WITH FIRST DO FOR THE BATON ROUGE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $120,000 TO BE PAID OUT OF THE BATON ROUGE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET BY FIRE CHIEF NUMBER SIX, AMENDING THE 2022 PAY PLAN FOR CLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED NON-CLASSIFIED CONTRACT FIRE AND POLICE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE.
SO I HAVE TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES EFFECTIVE MAY 7TH, 2020 TO CHANGE TEACHER FROM PAY GRADE 1100 TO PAY GRADE 11, 10 TEACHER 9.5 MONTHS FROM PAY GRADE 1106 TO PAY GRADE 1116 TEACHER ADVANCE FROM PAY GRADE 11, 10 TO PAY GRADE 1130 TEACHER ADVANCED NON 0.5 MONTH FROM PAY GRADE 1116 TO PAY GRADE 1136 TEACHER AID FROM PAY GRADE 10 70 TO PAY GRADE 10 80 TEACHER AID NINE MONTHS FROM PAY GRADE 10 76 TO PAY GRADE 10 86 BY THE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES AND HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR NUMBER SEVEN, AMEND THE 2022 PAY PLAN FOR CLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED FIREARM POLICE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH SHOULD BE SPAT NURSES.
THOSE TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES EFFECTIVE MAY 7TH, 2022 AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT PREMIUM PAY ALLOWANCE, A ONE-TIME NON PENSIONABLE PREMIUM PAY ALLOWANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,600 WILL BE PAID TO ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES ON THEIR PAYCHECKS DATED MAY 27TH, 2022 ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES MUST BE DEEMED ESSENTIAL TO THEIR SUPERVISORS AND OR DEPARTMENT LEADERS AND MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA MUST BE EMPLOYED AND CURRENTLY WORKING FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
VERSION MUST HAVE PHYSICALLY REPORTED TO WORK DURING THE PERIOD OF MARCH 23RD, 2020 THROUGH MAY 16TH, 2020, WHEN NON-ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES WERE UNDER A STAY AT HOME ORDER DOES NOT INCLUDE EMPLOYEES WHO TELL A WORK FROM A RESIDENT AND MUST OCCUPY POSITION IN THE CLASSIFIED AND UNCLASSIFIED OR MUNICIPAL FIRE AND POLICE SYSTEMS DOES NOT INCLUDE EMPLOYEES CONSIDERED TO BE CONTRACT TEMPORARY ELECTED SEASONAL RELIEF, SUBSTITUTE LONG-TERM WORKERS' COMPENSATION OR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES A LOT OF LESS THAN 20 HOURS PER WEEK OR 124 SCHEDULED OUT HOURS DURING THIS PERIOD.
AND MUST BE NON-EXEMPT FROM THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OVERTIME PROVISIONS, OR HAVE EARNED GROSS COMPENSATION OF $72,290 OR LESS DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 2020, INCLUDING ALL TYPES OF PAY IN SPITE THEM, BUT INCLUSIVE OF OVERTIME BY MERE PRESIDENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES, DIRECTOR NUMBER EIGHT, ODD RESIDENCE SETTLEMENT OF THE MATTER ENTITLED CHRISTOPHER GRESHAM VERSUS DONNA DO FOUR.
AND THE AMOUNT OF $750,000 PLUS COURT COSTS AND THE AMOUNT $4,344 AND 24 CENTS BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY AND APPROPRIATING THAT SUM FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY NUMBER NINE, AMEND THE 2021 ALLOTMENT OF POSITIONS FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH SHOULD BE SPAT MERGED.
SO IS TO MAKE THE ALLOTMENT CHANGE OF THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS FOLLOWS EFFECTIVE APRIL 28TH, 2022 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DELETE 25 EMT BASIC ADD 25 ADVANCED EMT, MY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR.
NUMBER 10, AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE MODEL MATTER ENTITLED LISA JONES V CITY OF BATON ROUGE, GHETTO, AND THE AMOUNT OF $60,000 PLUS COURT COSTS THE AMOUNT OF $264 INAPPROPRIATE IN THAT SUM FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY NUMBER 11, AMENDING THE 2021 TO I'M SORRY, 2022 CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET.
SO AS TO APPROPRIATE $1,576,580 TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING NECESSARY TO ACCEPT THE CONSTRUCTION BID, BUT EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SAFE ROOM TRAINING CENTER OF WHICH $1,273,780 WILL BE TEMPORARILY FUNDED FROM THE GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE ON A SON UNTIL FUNDING HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
AND THE REMAINING 300, $2,800 WILL BE FUNDED FROM EMS FUND BALANCE ON A SIGNED BY MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
NUMBER 12, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS TO PROVIDE FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $250,000 FOR THE EXPUNGEMENT PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR SAID PURPOSE AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH, BY THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT NUMBER 13, AMENDING THE 2022 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET.
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BUT THEY MANAGEABLE FOREIGN POLICE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD FOR GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE IN A SENSE PROVIDE FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL LEGAL SERVICES FOR THE BOARD THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2022, BY THEN MISERABLE FIRE AND POLICE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD CONDEMNATION INTRODUCTIONS.LOT NEXT TO 52 43 PACKARD STREET COUNCIL, DIFFERENT BATHHURST NUMBER 15, CATHERINE STEWART HARRISON 52 43 PACKARD STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE, HEARST NUMBER 16, AMY MARGARET ACTUALLY FIVE 80 FRANCIS HARRIET DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX DUNN JR.
NUMBER 17, TONY WALLACE WARNER WALLACE, AND THE ESTATE OF MARGARET JORY WALLACE EIGHT 15 NORTH 37TH STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 18.
ZILRETTA MARIE PULL UP TO PASS 1, 2, 1, 2 NORTH 28TH STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 19 BERNARD ALLEN AND COURTESY JOHNSON ALLEN 28 42 FAIRFIELDS AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 20 DENNIS WAYNE TAYLOR, SENIOR, AND THE ESTATE OF JULIE AND TAYLOR BANKS.
27 93 MICHELLI LANE MICHELLI DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 21 JAMES PASCOE COUNTRY OR JR 35 75 GOVERNMENT STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 22 BERNARD RIGHT 35 77.
CARRY YOU CHRIS STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN.
COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 23, PAMELA WOODS, GAIL WOODS, JEFFREY WOODS 1-880-ALABAMA STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICTS IN 10 COLEMAN.
I'LL LET YOU START GRADUATING READ.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL INTRODUCTIONS, MOTION TO APPROVE ALL INTRODUCTIONS AND DELETE TWO 13 AND 35.
IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE BY ADAM SECONDED BY COLEMAN? ALL ITEMS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED IN ITEMS TWO, 13 AND 35 HAVE BEEN
[CONDEMNATIONS]
DELETED.NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT COUNCIL MEMBERS, GO TO YOUR SEPARATE SHEET FOR CONDEMNATIONS.
I'M GOING TO READ THE RECOMMENDATION FROM DPW, WHICH ARE TO PROCEED.
WHAT ITEMS? 49, 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59, 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67, 68, 69, 70 AND 71.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON CONDEMNATIONS? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ALL CONDEMNATIONS.
HONESTLY, THIS WAS GOING TO BE HER.
I THOUGHT I WAS TOLD THIS WAS GOING TO BE A MEETING ON THIS 27TH, BUT YOU'RE TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT ON IT NOW.
I REPRESENT MR. EDWARD KNOX, MR. KNOX, HIS FAMILY HAS OWNED THIS PROPERTY FOR SINCE 1973.
THE CASE THE MATTER HAS BEEN TIED UP IN LITIGATION SINCE 2012.
UM, THE MATTER IS PENDING IN JUDGE MOORE'S COURT AT THIS TIME IS A DISPUTE BETWEEN RIDDICK INVESTMENTS, WHICH YOUR RECORDS APPARENTLY SHOW THEM AS RECORD OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
BUT IN FACT, MR NOT MY CLIENT, MR. KNOX IS THE REAL OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
WE HAVE A JUDGMENT THAT WAS STANDARD, UM, BY JUDGE, UH, NAVY AND RAMSEY, UH, WHO HEARD THE CASE PRO TEMPORE A AND JUDGMENT WAS SIGNED ON MARCH 7TH, DECLARING THAT RIDDICK INVESTMENTS DOES NOT OWN THE PROPERTY.
UM, THE LITIGATION IS NOT OVER, BUT I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE MATTER BE DEFERRED UNTIL THIS LITIGATION HAS CONCLUDED, MR. KNOX HAS BEEN ON AS BEEN UNABLE TO, TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROPERTY BECAUSE OF THIS DISPUTE, BUT HE IS PREPARED AND ANXIOUS TO GET IN AND CLEAN THE PROPERTY UP TO REHABILITATE IT.
AND WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE MATTER BE DEFERRED UNTIL WE CAN CONCLUDE, CONCLUDE THE LITIGATION AND MR. KNOX CAN GET CONTROL OF THE PROPERTY.
AGAIN, TELL US A LITTLE COLON AND WHAT'S THIS TIMEFRAME.
WHAT ARE YOU ASKING FOR? WELL, THE, THE LITIGATION IS NOT COMPLETE.
WE HAD, UH, TWO PHASES OF THE TRIAL.
WE COMPLETED ONE THAT RESULTED IN THE PARTIAL JUDGMENT, DECLARING RIDDICK, NOT THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
THAT'S GOING TO BE HEARD THIS SUMMER, WHICH WILL RESOLVE MR. MY CLIENT, MR. KNOX, HAVING VALID TITLE TO THE PROPERTY.
IT WAS BIFURCATED BY JUDGE MOORE.
UM, WE'RE REALLY NOT ABLE TO DO, I MEAN, IF YOU WILL DEFER THE MATTER MR. KNOX, AND I WILL GO OUT THERE PERSONALLY AND CLEAN THE PLACE UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
I MEAN, TH TH THIS IS A MATTER THAT I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS TO THIS POINT.
MR. RIDDICK IS, UM, IS INVOLVED IN DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.
I DON'T THINK HE CARES TO SEE THIS MATTER, TAKEN OFF THE DOCKET OR DEFERRED, UM, IT'S HIS PROPERTY, BUT HE'D BEEN TRYING TO GET RID OF IT FOR A LONG TIME.
SO YOU SAY THE SUMMER, SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO FOR YOU, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU 90
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DAYS TO TAKE CARE OF THIS.AND BY THAT TIME, THAT CONTENTION BY OWNERSHIP OUGHT TO BE SETTLED.
AM I CORRECT? WE WOULD HOPE THAT IT WOULD BE, WELL, I DON'T THINK THE LITIGATION WILL BE CONCLUDED, BUT WE CAN GET THE PROPERTY CLEANED UP AND SECURED AT TOWN HALL.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A CONDEMNATION? ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A CONDEMNATION? ALL RIGHT.
WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER MOKE DEFER 58 FOR 30 DAYS.
IF I'M 56, IF I CAN DEFER IT FOR 30 DAYS.
57, 30 DAYS AND SEVEN TO ONE, THERE HAS BEEN A PERMIT TO, UH, DEMOLISH APPLIED FOR.
SO I'D ASK THAT, THAT WOULDN'T BE DELETED, PLEASE DELETE 71.
ITEM 55 OF THE PROPERTY ON BURBANK DRIVE.
UH, I WAS PREPARED TO PROCEED WITH IT TONIGHT, BUT UNDER ADVISEMENT OF THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DUE TO SOME LEGAL ISSUES SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY, I'M GOING TO REQUEST 60 DAYS, UH, DEFERRAL, PLEASE DO 55 60 DAYS.
THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE WISHING TO SPEAK.
I'VE NEGLECTED TO MENTION THEM BRICK.
I MEAN, NOT WISHING TO SPEAK, BUT HERE ON ITEM 55, BRENT HONORING DWAYNE MARIE, BUT THAT ITEM IS GOING TO BE DEFERRED FOR 60 DAYS.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS OUT OF ABOUT 62 TO FIVE 60 DAYS, PLEASE? 60 TO 60 DAYS.
THROUGH SOMEBODY FROM THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HERE, THAT CAN ANSWER A QUESTION FOR ME, BUT IT DEALS WITH CONDEMNATIONS, RIGHT? OKAY.
MORE THAN THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS, WHAT DID YOU SAY? I SAID MAMON IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS.
IF THERE IS A PROPERTY UP FOR CONDEMNATION AND IT'S, UM, IT'S CAUGHT UP IN SUCCESSION.
UM, ONE MY PARTICULAR SITUATION HERE, THE PROPERTY IS IN STILL IN THE NAME OF THE ORIGINAL OWNER WHO HAS PASSED AWAY.
UM, BUT IT DID MAKE IT TO THE CONDEMNATION LIST.
SO AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT THE TWO THAT, UH, THAT THE PROPERTY WAS WILLED TO HAVE BEEN CONTACTED? WHAT, YEAH.
WE SEND IT TO THIS STATE OF, IF, IF THE, IF THE, UM, SUCCESSION HASN'T BEEN COMPLETED, UH, WE'VE SENT IT TO THE STATE OF, BUT WE KNOW WHO THE HEIRS WOULD BE.
SO THEY ALL SHOULD BE NOTIFIED, BUT IT'S TITLED THAT STATE OF WHOEVER THE DECEASED PERSON IS.
SO WE CAN STILL MOVE THE PROPERTY'S CAUGHT IN SUCCESSIONS AND STUFF.
DOES IT CAUSE MORE PROBLEM FOR CONDEMNATION? NO, WE CAN STILL PROCEED UNLESS THE COURT HAS ORDERED SOME KIND OF STAY OR SOMETHING THAT PREVENTS US.
BUT IN THIS CASE, THERE WASN'T ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS I'M GOING TO READ THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND STATED CHANGES, REQUESTED CHANGES.
RATHER THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 51 52 54, 60 61 63, 64, 67, 68 AND 69.
THEY OUGHT TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS, 50 59, 58, 56 AND 57 DEFER FOR 60 DAYS, 49, 53, 55 AND 60 TO DEFER TO THE JULY 27TH OR ITEM 65, 66 AND 70.
AND TO DELETE ITEM 71, BUT ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE REQUESTS AND CHANGES? I MEAN, REQUESTING RECOMMENDATION, SOMEONE WILL BUY DONE.
SECOND IN MY COLEMAN, ALL CONDEMNATIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IF YOU WOULD REFER TO PAGE 15 FOR A BRIEF MOMENT, WELL GO OUT OF ORDER FOR A SECOND.
AND I'M GOING TO ASK THOSE WHO COME UP TO GIVE A REPORT TO BE SUCCINCT AND TO BE BRIEF RECEIVING A STATUS REPORT FROM THE CITY PARISH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DREAMED ON THE IMPLEMENTATION.
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EXCUSE ME, ITEM ONE, ONE, EXCUSE ME, RECEIVING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2022 REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND SERVICE FOR PERFORMANCE FOR GARBAGE TRASH, BULKY ITEMS, WOODY WASTE, AND RECYCLE PICKUP BY COUNCIL MEMBER, THE WHITE HUSTLE.IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM? WE'RE GOING TO ASK THAT YOU SPEAK AFTER THE REPORT IS ALREADY HEARD.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US UP HERE TO HAVE THE FIRST QUARTER REPORT.
I THINK A JUSTIN'S GOING TO HAVE THE PRESENTATION PULLED UP.
I DID GIVE EVERYONE A COPY OF THE REPORT.
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MY PLEASURE.SO, UH, AS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO FOLLOW THE SAME OUTLINE THAT WE HAVE IN THE, WE DID LAST YEAR.
UH, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ISSUES COLLECTION STATS AND PERFORMANCE RATINGS, AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LANDFILL DATA.
AND THEN, UH, SHARON WILL COME UP AND, AND GIVE HER HER MUCH LONGER SPEECH.
SO ISSUES HAVEN'T HAD ANY MAJOR ISSUES THIS YEAR THOUGH, WHICH IS A FANTASTIC IMPROVEMENT OVER LAST YEAR.
AGAIN, WE HAVE NO MAJOR ISSUE UNLESS YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO TELL ME SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
I JUST WANT TO STATE IT FOR THE RECORD.
NO MAJOR ISSUES WITH GARBAGE AND TRASH.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE ON COLLECTION, THIS IS SOME DATA ABOUT OUR 3, 1, 1 CALLS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE SOME 20, 22 METRICS AT THE BOTTOM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE, THE TARGETS IN, IN WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY RECEIVING.
SO FOR THE MONTHLY, UH, NUMBER PER MONTH, WE'RE EXPECTING ABOUT 1400 CALLS WHERE ONE BATTLE, A THIRD OF THAT AT 557, TOTAL 3, 1, 1 CALLS FOR GARBAGE, TRASH, AND RECYCLING RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS A HUGE IMPROVEMENT.
AND THEN YOU CAN LOOK AT THE COLLECTION DATA.
THESE ARE THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT WE RECEIVED EACH MONTH.
WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A SPIKE IN, IN JANUARY, YOU KNOW, CAUSE OF SOME WEATHER.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE RECEIVING VERY FEW CALLS PER DAY.
MY INSPECTORS ARE ABLE TO GO OUT AND DO THE INSPECTIONS OF THE NON-COMPLIANT ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING LIKE TREES BEING PUT OUT ON THE CURB.
SO WE CAN NOTIFY THE RESIDENTS IN A TIMELY MANNER THAT THEY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.
UH, IF WE GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, WHICH IS OUR YEAR OVER YEAR PERFORMANCE, WE HAVE LAST YEAR'S PERFORMANCE INDEX, WHICH WE ALL KNOW WE HAD A LOT OF STRUGGLES, BUT THE BOTTOM YOU'LL SEE THE 2022 METRICS, WHICH IS WELL BELOW OUR PERFORMANCE INDEX OF FIVE, WHICH IS A GREAT PERFORMANCE INDEX FOR YOU.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS JUST SOME LANDFILL DATA.
HOW MUCH, HOW MANY TONS WE'RE RECEIVING AT, AT THE LANDFILL NOW, UH, WE'VE HAD SOME, UH, COMPETITION MOVE IN, WHICH IS GOOD FOR US, YOU KNOW, IN ONE WAY IS THAT KIND OF EXTENDS OUR LANDFILL LIFE.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE PRETTY MUCH ON PAR WHAT WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, BARS TONNAGE.
AND I'M GOING TO LET SHARON, HEY EVERYBODY.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, WHEN DID SHE REACH OUT TO WILLIE PRATER? HE'S MY NEW OPERATIONS MANAGER, CARLOS GUERRERO GOT PROMOTED AND HE'S MOVING TO AN, HE MOVED TO ANOTHER STATE.
SO WE'RE SORRY TO SEE CARLOS GO, BUT I'VE GOT TO REALLY ATTRIBUTE A LOT OF THESE NUMBERS TO WILLIE.
AND, UM, HE BROUGHT IN TWO NEW SUPERVISORS TOO, BUT WE WERE COMMITTED TO, LIKE I TOLD YOU LAST YEAR, HIRING ADDITIONAL DRIVERS AND BRINGING IN THOSE TRUCKS.
IT'S AMAZING WHAT TRUCKS AND PEOPLE DO WHEN YOU DO THAT.
SO BRINGING IN ALL THOSE TRUCKS AND HIRING, I MEAN, I GOT DRIVERS WALKING AROUND DURING THE DAY NOW AND I'M GOOD WITH IT BECAUSE IF WE NEED THEM, THEY'RE THERE.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY ALLOWED US TO HELP RETRAIN THE PUBLIC WILLIE AND HIS SUPERVISORS ARE ACTUALLY GOING OUT ON THE STREET, INVESTIGATING EVERY CALL THAT COMES IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM AND THEN TOUCHING THE CUSTOMER, LETTING THEM KNOW, LISTEN, YOU'RE THE ONLY CARD OUT.
WE NEED YOU TO PUT YOUR CARD OUT THE NIGHT BEFORE SO THAT WE CAN SERVICE IT AND THEN THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
BUT GOING FORWARD, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE PICTURES AND DO THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO WITH THE OUTER COURT, WE'VE BEEN DOING THE SAME EXACT THING.
SO FOR GARBAGE, IT TOOK US ABOUT TWO MONTHS TO GET THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
I MEAN, Y'ALL DO REALIZE IT'S EASTER WEEK, RIGHT? I DON'T REALLY, I MEAN, I DIDN'T REALIZE IT BECAUSE NORMALLY THAT'S WHEN IT'S ON FIRE, RIGHT.
EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR CLEANED BECAUSE OF, AND EVERYBODY'S CALLING SAYING MY, MY BAGS HADN'T BEEN PICKED UP FOR SEVEN MONTHS, SO WE'RE NOT GETTING THAT.
UM, AND SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT IT.
IT'S, I MEAN, WE'RE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF MORE CALLS, BUT WE ARE ACTUALLY HAVE TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO REEDUCATE PEOPLE AND LET THEM KNOW THAT, LISTEN,
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WE WERE ON YOUR STREET AT THIS TIME AND THEY'RE PHYSICALLY GOING OUT THERE AND DOING THIS.AND I HAVE A LIAISON THAT IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.
MS. KATHY LOVES TO TALK AND I DON'T, IF SHE TALKS THEM OFF THE PHONE BECAUSE SHE TALKS TOO MUCH, BUT I'LL TELL YOU, SHE DEFINITELY, THEY LOVE HER.
AND, UM, SHE TALKS THEM THROUGH IT.
SHE HELPS THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS AND IT'S BEEN A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE.
AND I THINK THE EDUCATION PIECE HAS PLAYED A BIG PART ALONG WITH THE CONTAMINATION ON RECYCLING.
SO, UM, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? WE NEED TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING FIRST.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THEIR ITEMS? SORRY.
ANYONE HERE? WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM.
NOW BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
I WANTED TO SAY THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING AND PRESENTING THIS AGAIN.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE PUT THESE ON LAST YEAR, UH, MY, MY HOPE WAS THAT EVENTUALLY WE'D GET TO THIS POINT, RIGHT? CERTAINLY ANECDOTALLY I'VE SEEN IN MY DISTRICT THAT THE SERVICE IS DRASTICALLY IMPROVED.
UH, AND IT'S SO REFRESHING TO SEE THAT THE DATA PANS THAT OUT AS WELL.
I THINK Y'ALL SERVICES IS BACK ON TRACK AND THANK YOU.
UM, JUST SOME FEEDBACK FROM CONSTITUENTS.
I DO STILL GET THE OCCASIONAL CALL ABOUT TRASH, UM, COMING OUT OF THE BACK OF THE TRUCK, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COVERS OFF.
SO IF WE CAN DO SOME EDUCATION, UH, ON MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS BAG UP THEIR TRASH AND THEN OF COURSE THE DRIVERS MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THOSE COVERS IN PLACE.
UM, AND THEN, UM, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, UM, THE OCCASIONAL CAN BEING BLOWN INTO THE STREET IS STILL AN ISSUE, BUT, UM, NO MAJOR COMPLAINTS FROM ME.
AND THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR MAKING A DRASTIC IMPROVEMENT, APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF WIND LATELY, SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF BLOWN CORDS EVERYWHERE.
SO WE'VE TRIED OUR BEST TO ACCOMMODATE THAT, BUT I'M ON THE GOVERNOR'S TASK LIST FOR LITTER ABATEMENT.
AND, UM, I BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF THAT IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSED AND IT'S NOT JUST FROM, AND ITS PEOPLE, THEY NEED TO BAG THEIR TRASH IT BY DESIGN.
AND, UM, IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE, BUT IT IS PUBLIC EDUCATION.
I HAD A QUESTION YESTERDAY SAYING, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE RECYCLED GLASS IN BATON ROUGE.
AND THIS WAS SOMEBODY THAT IS HIGH UP, YOU KNOW, IN THE STATE.
AND I'M LIKE, WAIT, WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR HOW LONG.
SO I MEAN, PEOPLE STILL DON'T KNOW IS MY POINT.
SO WE'VE JUST GOT TO KEEP PUTTING IT OUT THERE, KEEP PUTTING IT OUT THERE.
SO THANK YOU ALL COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.
HEY, I JUST WANT TO, UH, LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT I THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR DISTRICT FIVE, FROM MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO, UH, MY STAFF, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE AND UH, I WILL TELL YOU 90% OF THE CALLS THAT WE GET SOME SOMEWHAT RELATED TO YOU ALL.
AND YOU'VE BEEN, UH, EXPEDITIOUSLY RESPONSIVE, BUT NOT ONLY THAT, BUT YOU HAVE EDUCATED.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS Y'ALL ARE HOLDING, BUT THEY'VE EDUCATED OUR CONSTITUENTS ON WHAT THEY PICK UP VERSUS WHAT THEY DON'T BECAUSE THEY GET A BAD RAP.
CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES, FOR NO REASON, THEY DON'T PICK UP STOLEN DEBRIS.
THEY DON'T PICK UP INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.
SO IF SOMEBODY GOES INTO A HOME, DOES A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND LEAVES IT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, IT IS THE CONTRACTOR'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PUT OUT THEIR ROLL-OFF OR WHICH THEY'LL PROVIDE IF YOU PAY FOR IT.
RIGHT? BUT SO I'VE BEEN EDUCATED.
MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN EDUCATED AND THE WORD HAS SPREAD FOR THAT REASON AND WE GET LESS CAUSE SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND ALSO FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO, UH, HELP AND BE INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY EVENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT NEWS IS A GREAT PLACE, NOT JUST TO LIVE AND WORK, BUT ALSO TO PLACE.
I DO WANT TO MENTION ONE THING BECAUSE OF COVID FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE HAD PUT A HALT ON OUR TOURS AT THE RECYCLERS AND WE REALLY DO ENJOY THE FIELD TRIPS.
SO STARTING NEXT MONTH WE WIDE OPEN.
SO WHOEVER WANTS TO COME KIDS, SCHOOLS, WHATEVER, IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
Y'ALL AND Y'ALL, AND Y'ALL THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
FOR DISTRICT 10, APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL ARE TO WIN.
AND I WANT YOU TO KEEP IT ROLLING.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIME WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE DOING REAL WELL AND THEN WE BACK UP, BUT I SAY, KEEP PUSHING AND KEEP IT ROLLING.
AND YOU ALL KNOW, AND TAN, WE HAVE PLENTY OF STUFF TO BE PICKED UP WHEN I'M MUST SAYING NO LATER THAN I THINK IT WAS SATURDAY, THERE WERE 50 BAGS AT THE CEMETERY OVER THERE TO BE PICKED UP.
AND MRS. SPEARS WAS EXPEDITIOUS ABOUT THAT.
AND OF COURSE ALL THE TIME WITH YOU.
SO I SAY TO YOU ALL, I THANK YOU.
AND THEN THE NEW GENTLEMEN THERE, JUST LOOK FOR MY NUMBER, CAUSE I WILL BE CALLING.
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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.SO I WORK WITH, UH, THE SPANISH TOWN FOLKS WHO ARE HUGE ON LETTER, CAUSE THEY WANT TO EDUCATE ME ON WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REPUBLIC WASTE IS DOING, CAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRUCKS IS THE SIDE LOADERS, WHICH IS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO IT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE CAN IS UP OR DOWN.
YOU DON'T GET THE LITTER DEBRIS THAT YOU DO WITH THE ONES THAT GO OVERHEAD.
AND SO THEY'RE MIGRATING TO THE SIDE LOADERS, WHICH REMEDIES THAT JUST BY CHANGING THE TRUCKS OUT.
SO I JUST WANT TO, I HEARD THE WHITE SAY THAT EARLIER.
I DON'T WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS THAT.
AND SOME OF SPANISH TOWN AND IN THE GARDEN DISTRICT, UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE NOT ABLE TO BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SERVICE IN THE ALLEYS.
SO I HAVE THIS LITTLE MINIATURE REAR LOAD TRUCK AND IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT FITS LITERALLY LIKE SIDE TO SIDE.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT IN AN AUTOMATED SIDE, LOADER, SOMEBODY MADE THE COMMENT THE OTHER DAY.
WELL, YOU SHOULDN'T DUMP AN OVERLOADED CART THAT THE LID STICKING OUT THIS HIGH.
AND I SAID, IF I DID THAT, A THIRD OF THE CITY WOULDN'T GET SERVICE.
SO CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT THAT WOULD BE LIKE? SO, BUT GETS BACK TO WILLIE AND HIS TEAM WHEN THEY GO OUT THERE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND LETTING THEM KNOW IF YOU CLOSE YOUR LID, NOTHING'S GOING TO FALL OUT.
BUT IF YOUR LIDS OPEN, WHEN WE'RE PULLING UP IN THE AIR, STUFF IS GOING TO START FALLING DOWN BECAUSE IT'S JUST OVERLOADED.
SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, WHAT ELSE WISHING TO ASK QUESTIONS TO SPEAK ON HIM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, FRED, YOU READY WITH YOUR REPORT? EXCUSE ME.
ARE YOU READY TO BE BRIEF WITH YOUR REPORT? NOW THIS IS ABOUT BICYCLES AND BICYCLE PATHS.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO TALK ABOUT SCHOOL.
DOES WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT TONIGHT? BICYCLES AND BICYCLE PATHS.
WE'LL PUT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR SCHOOL IS IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT AT ANOTHER TIME, SIR? YES, SIR.
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THANK YOU, SIR.WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM 100 NAVIGATE.
WELL, FIRST OFF, I'M GOING TO LET ME READ IT.
IT IT'S EVEN THE STAFF'S REPORT FROM THE CITY PAIR OF DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DRAINS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EASTBOUND WITH PARIS, PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE MASTER PLAN CENSUS ADOPTION IN JUNE, 2020 INCLUDES AN EXIT PASS PROPOSED PASS AND PASS ON DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS PARTNERS IN IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROWDY GO THERE.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEMS? SO I ASK THAT YOU WAIT UNTIL THE REPORT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
AND CERTAINLY, UH, WE WILL BE BRIEF.
WHAT I'VE DONE IS I'VE ASKED A COUPLE OF MEMBERS WHO ARE VERY INVOLVED IN THE BYPASS PLAN FOR US, BUT HE SPENT ON HIS PARENTS AS PARTNERS.
ONE OF THEM AS MY PARTNER, FOR SURE.
UH, MY CHIEF ENGINEER, UH, TRAFFIC ENGINEER, UH, CINDY PENNINGTON, AND THE OTHER WAS FROM BRECK, WHICH HAS SEND NEW SALE.
MATT, CINDY, EXCUSE ME, UH, WHITNEY.
I WENT BLANK, WHITNEY, UH, SALE.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER ON THIS AND I'D LIKE FOR THEM TO DO A VERY SHORT PRESENTATION, UH, WHERE WE ARE COULD, I WAS REQUESTED BY COUNCILMAN GO DAY.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE AT LEAST GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.
AND WHAT I DID DO WAS PROVIDE EVERYBODY A COPY OF THE POWERPOINT AND ALSO ALL THE MAPS AND THE DRAWINGS THAT WE HAVE IN REFERENCE TO THE PLAN AND WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT.
SO THEY'LL GO THROUGH IT VERY QUICKLY AND, AND WE'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF NECESSARY.
I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO COME TODAY.
DO YOU HAVE MY POWERPOINT? GOOD.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE REALLY QUICK, BUT I WANT TO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THE FIRST SLIDE.
THAT JUST SHOWS THE PARTNERS THAT WORKED ON THE ORIGINAL PLAN AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS.
HERE'S THE WHAT'S IN THE MASTER PLAN.
AND IF YOU SEE DOWN TO CHAPTER SIX, THAT'S IMPLEMENTATION AND WHAT WE REALLY WANTED TO GET OUT OF IT.
AND THAT IS 150 MILES OF OWN ROAD, BIKE IMPAIRED, AND THEN 307 MILES OF OFF-ROAD.
SO I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT ON ROAD WHITNEY, WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE OFF-ROAD WHITNEY AND I'VE ALSO WORKED WITH ISS TO GET THIS INTO THE GIS SO Y'ALL CAN SEE IT.
YOU CAN GET IN THERE, YOU CAN LOOK AROUND AND SEE WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON WITH THE PROJECTS.
UM, LAST YEAR WE DID AN ANNUAL REVIEW WHITNEY AND I, MARTIN MARTIN LAWRENCE LAMBERT AND DENNIS MITCHELL.
AND WE WENT THROUGH EACH PROJECT TO SEE WHERE IT WAS AND WHAT WE COULD DO TO GET THOSE PROJECTS MOVING.
THESE ARE THE TOP 10 ON ROAD PROJECTS.
TWO OF THOSE ARE COMPLETE FOR UNDERWAY AND FOR WAITING AND NOT INITIATED AT THIS POINT.
SO THIS IS WHAT I REALLY WANT YOU TO LOOK AT IS WHERE, WHERE YOU ARE WITH THE PROJECTS.
THERE WERE 130 MILES OF EXISTING BIKE PAD BEFORE WE STARTED 562 IN
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THE PLAN, 562 MILES, 113 OF THAT IS ON ROAD.SO THAT'S OUR STUFF, NOT WHITNEY'S RIGHT.
UM, MOVIE BR IS DOING 110 MILES.
NOW THOSE 110 MILES ARE NOT ALL PART OF THE PLAN.
25 OF THOSE ARE PART OF THE PLAN IN 84 OR OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
AND SO THERE'S ALSO SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE CROSSINGS AND THERE ARE 21 IN THE PLAN AND SIX ARE IN PLANNING AND DESIGN AND LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE.
AND THEN I'M GONNA LET WHITNEY TALK ABOUT BRAY.
SO CINDY TALKED ABOUT THE ON-ROAD PROJECTS.
THESE ARE THE TOP 10 OFF-ROAD PROJECTS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, SIX ARE UNDERWAY, TWO PROJECTS REQUIRE SOME FURTHER STUDY.
THE ANALYSIS AND TWO PROJECTS HAVE NOT BEEN INITIATED YET, BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT ALREADY IN THE WORKS.
UM, THE PLAN ALSO GOES INTO BREAKFAST PRIORITY GREENWAYS PROJECTS.
UM, THESE ARE LISTED HERE, THE HEALTH LOOP.
UM, WE ARE WELL UNDERWAY WITH THAT, UM, AND CONTINUE TO GET SERVITUDE AGREEMENTS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON THAT LOOP.
AND THEN THE NORTH SOUTH CONNECTOR, UM, IT'S IT'S 16.5 MILES.
IT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND YOU CAN SEE THEM THERE.
WE DO HOPE TO, UM, LET OUR SCOTLANDVILLE PARKWAY TO DOWNTOWN PROJECT IN DECEMBER GREENWOOD TRAIL PHASE TWO IS 1.65 MILES, AND WE DID GET THE BIDS BACK FROM DOTD AND EXPECT TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION ON THAT THIS SUMMER.
UM, THE SCOTLAND THEY'LL PARKWAY, WEST DURATION, WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD IN THAT COMMUNITY TO GET, UM, FEED BOOK FEEDBACK ON WHAT WE WANT TO SEE THERE.
WE'VE BEEN REALLY PLEASED WITH THE AMOUNT OF INPUT WE'VE GOTTEN AND WE ARE FINALIZING THAT MASTER PLAN PROCESS AT THIS POINT, UH, THE THOMAS ROAD TO HOOPER ROAD PARK SECTION, WE ARE RESEARCHING THE SERVITUDES AND THE PROPERTIES THAT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED.
THE NEXT SLIDE JUST SHOWS YOU SOME OF THE PICTURES, UM, OR THE PLANS OF THOSE PATHWAYS.
AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, IS JUST TO NOTE THAT THIS, THAT CRPC IS WORKING ON THEIR REGIONAL BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PLAN.
UM, AND THE CITY, AS WELL AS BRECK ARE WORKING REALLY CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TWO PLANS OR THAT PLAN COMPLIMENTS WITH OUR PLAN.
AND, UM, THE NEXT SLIDE JUST KIND OF GOES INTO SOME DETAIL ABOUT THE COORDINATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND BRECK.
WE WORK REALLY CLOSELY TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE PROJECTS HAPPEN CAUSE WE HAVE TO, UM, AND THAT GOES INTO SOME DETAIL ABOUT THE HEALTH LOOP, THE SCOTLANDVILLE PARKWAY TO DOWNTOWN ROAD, TO TRAIL CONVERSIONS, AS WELL AS THE SCOTLANDVILLE PARKWAY, UH, RESTORATION AND COORDINATING WITH THE MOVIE BR PROJECTS IN THAT AREA.
WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS AGAIN IN JUNE, JULY THIS YEAR, GOING THROUGH IT AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S IN THE PRIORITY, THAT IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING SO HAVE TO BE TWEAKED AND WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE COMMITTEES TO GET THAT DONE.
UM, I GAVE YOU A LOT OF INFORMATION IN YOUR EMAIL, A LOT OF DATA.
I DON'T MIND Y'ALL CALL ME, I'LL COME SIT DOWN WITH YOU.
WE'LL GO THROUGH IT, LOOK AND SEE WHAT'S IMPORTANT IN YOUR PRO IN YOUR AREA TO YOU AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT.
I'M COMMITTED TO, UH, PRODUCING FATALITIES FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES.
CAUSE WE DEFINITELY HAVE A PROBLEM.
BREAD'S GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT FUNDING IF Y'ALL WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
I APPRECIATE, I THINK THE KEY PART IS, IS THAT WE DO HAVE A PLAN, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT AND IT TOOK A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT TO TRY TO PUT THAT TOGETHER.
AND NOT EVERYBODY ALWAYS AGREED, BUT I THINK WE DID A VERY GOOD JOB AT LEAST FINDING TO CONNECT THE DOTS.
AND I THINK MORE IMPORTANTLY IS THAT, WELL, PEOPLE WERE AWARE WHERE WE ARE ON THE PROJECTS, HOW COME WE'RE NOT MOVING WELL, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON A MOVIE, ALL PROGRAM WITH BICYCLES, DEALING WITH BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS.
THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST GOALS THAT WE TRY TO ADDRESS AN OVERALL PLAN FROM, EVEN FROM CAPACITY PROJECTS AND ALSO ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS.
AND I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO THINK THAT WE'RE STANDING STILL, BUT WE ARE MOVING.
AND THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS THAT WILL BECOME AVAILABLE, THAT WE WILL ALSO LOOK AT APPLYING TO HELP SUPPLEMENT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS SO WE CAN EXPAND EXISTING DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
I THINK THAT IT'S A COMMENT ON US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND WANTING TO GO AS AN OBJECTIVES IS TO TRY TO ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT PLAN AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET AS MUCH DONE AS, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT WHERE IT MAKES SENSE MAKING CONNECTIONS SO PEOPLE CAN MOVE SAFELY AND AROUND OUR COMMUNITY.
WE THINK THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE GOAL.
WE WANT TO TRY TO ADDRESS OUR ANSWER.
ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, IF NOT, UH, CERTAINLY, UH, HAVE THE LADIES, UH, CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ALSO.
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YOU, FRED.IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? ANYONE HERE WAS GOING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL NUMBER DONE FOR A QUICK QUESTION.
WHEN I LOOKED AT THE, UH, PRESENTATION THAT YOU EMAILED IS, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THE OWN ROAD PROJECTS, IT LOOKS LIKE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THEM ARE SOUTH OF FLORIDA.
AND THEN ON AN OFF ROAD PROJECTS IS TO THAT, UH, UH, THAT AN AWFUL FLORIDA ONLY TWO.
AND THEN THERE, THOSE ARE BIG PROJECTS, SCOTLAND IN BAKER THAT ARE OFF-ROAD, BUT WHY THE DISPARITY OF, OF PROJECTS, UH, NORTH AND SOUTH OF FLORIDA, I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY SAY IT'S A SPARITY COUNCILMAN.
AND I THINK WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS, I MEAN, WE LOOKED AT THE LIST AND MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE ALSO HAD PUBLIC, A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT IN THERE.
SO IT WASN'T MADE BY JUST OUR STAFF OR OUR GROUP.
CERTAINLY I WILL TELL YOU PART OF THE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM, THE FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE WILL GIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR CERTAIN AREAS TOO, TO INCLUDE LIKE SIDEWALKS OR BIKE PATHS OR TIME INTENDED.
WE CAN LOOK AT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN THE PLAN IN THE FUTURE.
AND LIKE I SAID, THERE'S NOTHING THAT STOPS THIS PLAN THAT WE HAVE EXISTING TO BE MODIFIED.
YOU KNOW, AT THAT POINT WE REALLY LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC WHO COME IN AT THESE MEETINGS AND THEY WILL VERY WELL BROADCAST AND LET THEM SAY, HEY, HERE'S THE TYPE OF SITUATION WE'RE LOOKING AT.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE IN, IN YOUR AREA? AND I THINK IT WAS WELL ATTENDED THE ONES THAT I WENT TO AND, UH, BASICALLY WE TRIED TO CONFORM TO WHAT THE PEOPLE ASKED FOR, BUT CERTAINLY IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE OR, AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET AN OPPORTUNITY CAUSE, UH, AND PROBABLY THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING YOU SOME, UH, GUIDELINES THAT WE WANT YOU ALL TO LOOK AT TO CONSIDER ON A FUTURE ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS, THAT THERE ARE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO DO THAT, TO BE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, GET MORE INVOLVEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND GET Y'ALL INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.
WELL, I JUST WANT TO URGE THE PUBLIC TO GET INVOLVED SPECIFICALLY THOSE NORTH OF FLORIDA.
I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT MY AREA OR ELEMENT, SO I WOULDN'T KNOW WHERE THE RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD BE OR WHAT THE DESIRES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO RIDE BIKES AND WALK THROUGHOUT ENOUGH BAND RULES.
BUT I JUST NOTICED THAT IT'S A DISPARITY OF, OF PROJECTS NORTH AND SOUTH OF FLORIDA.
AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT INTENDED TO BE THAT WHITE SIR.
COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER GO TO ISSUE ITEM.
DO YOU WANT TO GO LAST COUNT? GO AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBER, GO DAY.
UH, THANK YOU, FRED AND CINDY AND WHITNEY FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I MEAN THIS, THIS TO ME IS, UH, A REALLY IMPORTANT, VERY CRITICAL ISSUE.
THIS IS A, AN AREA WHERE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE BEHIND AS A COMMUNITY AND I'M GLAD TO SEE US MAKING HEADWAY.
UM, THE MAIN QUESTION FOR ME IS WHO'S WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS IT TO MANAGE THE PET BIKE PLAN, HOLD REGULARLY OCCURRING MEETINGS AND, AND KEEP PROGRESS ON THE PROJECTS BEING IMPLEMENTED AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, SIR, IT IS THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR, AND I WILL HAVE STAFFING PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO HELP FACILITATE THAT.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A COUPLE OTHERS AND I KNOW WHITNEY HAS WORKED VERY WELL WITH US BECAUSE IN REALITY, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO HAVE THOSE PARTNERS, PARTICULARLY IN BRECK WHERE YOU CAN PICK UP SOME AREAS THAT NEED TO BE GET KIDS IN TO AND FROM PARKS.
SO THERE'LL BE SOME KEY PLAYERS AND THAT WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE.
SEE, BY MAKING SURE THE STATUS AND WHILE WE MEET ONCE A YEAR, WE MAY BE LOOKING AT CHANGING THAT TO TRY TO UPDATE MORE OFTEN AND BEAR THE SMI.
WE DON'T MISS OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING.
UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION ON THIS I'M GRATEFUL COUNCIL MEMBER MOKE.
SO, UH, KIND OF CONTINUING, UM, UH, W SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL HAD DONE WAS SAYING, LOOKING AT THE, THAT PART OF THE PARISH AND EVERYTHING, WHAT W WHEN IS, UH, I GUESS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND STUFF ASKING THIS, WHEN WOULD YOU BE LOOKING TO, OR HOW WOULD YOU LOOK AT TO ADD PROJECTS TO THIS AND WHAT KIND OF TIMEFRAME WOULD WE BE LOOKING AT TO ADD PROJECTS TO THESE THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN STARTED? I E ONE EXAMPLE I WOULD HAVE RIGHT NOW IS I'VE, IT'S, IT'S CONSIDERATION HAS COME UP AND I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
IT'S A, SOME OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, UH, TO SOME OTHER PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT IS, YOU KNOW, UH, THE CENTRAL THREE-WAY, I'LL JUST GIVE ONE EXAMPLE FROM OUR AREA THAT RUNS ALL THE WAY FROM, UH, OLD HAMMOND, ALL THE WAY, BASICALLY CENTRAL THRUWAY DOWN SIDE OF THE ROAD.
AND THEY HAVE TWO NICE WIDE SHOULDERS.
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ADDED ON THERE'S PEOPLE THAT'S ALREADY QUITE RIDING THOSE, BECAUSE THEY ARE ALMOST LIKE A, A LANE AND A HALF ON EACH SHOULDER SIDE, BUT I FEEL LIKE THE STRIPING WOULD JUST GIVE SOME MENTAL ATTENTION TO THE DRIVERS THAT THAT COULD BE BIKING PEOPLE.AND I GUESS, WHAT KIND OF PROCESS WOULD YOU BE LOOKING AT TO ADD SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO THESE LISTS? WELL, FIRST OFF, YOU COULD PROBABLY LOOK AT IT FOR IF THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT, AND YOU HAVE PUBLIC SUPPORT.
IT, IT COULD BE INCLUDED AS ONE OF THE PROJECTS ON ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE FUNDS FOR ABOUT $45 MILLION.
THEY'RE STILL OUT THERE TO BE ALLOCATED, TO DO THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS.
THAT'S WHY THE MAYOR SUGGESTED TO US, YOU KNOW, GET WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHAT THE STEPS IN THE PROCESS IS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW, THAT WE WANT PEOPLE TO, WHO WOULD SUBMIT, THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COMMITMENT IS GOING TO BE AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE TO IT.
AND IT'S ALL ABOUT CONNECTIVITY AND REAL AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO PUT SOMEBODY ON RAILWAY TO WHERE I FEEL LIKE EVERY TIME, YOU KNOW, I FEEL UNSAFE.
AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU TO COUNCILMAN, YEAH, CENTRAL THRUWAY MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, BUT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE.
I WENT AS INTUITIVE MEETINGS TO ASK ABOUT THAT.
AND THAT'S WHEN I ASKED HIM, I SAID, I DON'T WANT TO RIDE A BIKE OVER ON THAT ROADWAY.
IT'S TOO FAST, BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN GOALS AND THE JET, EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN DIET.
THERE'S BIKERS LIVE FOR THAT TYPE OF SITUATION.
YOU KNOW, AND I GET THAT, AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S VERY COSTLY BECAUSE IT WOULD BE MORE ABOUT JUST ADDING PAINT AND MARKINGS THAT YOU WOULD NEED ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT.
BUT YOU GOT TO HAVE THE CONNECTIVITY.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING ON SOUTH CHOPPED, ALL THE WIDE INNER SOUTH CHOPPED OFF, AND IT TIES INTO THE CENTRAL FREEWAY THAT COULD BE ADDRESSED AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, GREENWELL SPRINGS ROAD IS, IS AN ISSUE, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN AT LEAST LOOK AT.
AND YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT USING SOME OF THE SHOULDERS ON SULLIVAN.
AND WE ALSO INCLUDING, UH, SIDEWALKS AND BIKE LANES ON HIPAA ROW PROJECT.
SO IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF PARTS AND PIECES, BUT IT CAN ALL BE PUT TOGETHER.
HEY, SO I'M PIGGYBACKING ON COUNCIL NUMBER DONE.
SO I SAT DOWN WITH A SIGMA ENGINEERING TO UNDERSTAND THE BREX PLAN FOR BYPASS, NOT THE EBR MOVIE BR PLAN.
AND IT GOES UP SEEING IT THROUGH MY NEIGHBORHOOD ENDS IN DISTRICT TWO AND HOW IT PLACE.
UM, SO I BELIEVE IT'S GREAT THAT THAT'S A PIECE OF IT, BUT THE TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING FOR A MOVE YARD AS WELL.
SO I LOVE TO, TO REVISIT THAT AND MAYBE EVEN TABLE WHERE YOU ARE SO THAT WE CAN INCLUDE THAT.
AND ONE THING I WILL SAY ABOUT MY DISTRICT, THAT'S VERY RARE TO OTHER DISTRICTS.
WHEN YOU COME NORTH OF FLORIDA BOULEVARD AROUND THE GLEN OAKS AREA, THE STREETS ARE SO NARROW AND IT WOULD GET THAT COMPLAINT ALL THE TIME.
THAT, I MEAN, SOMETIMES IF A CARS IN THE STREET, ANOTHER ONE CAN'T PASS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF WHERE THEY ARE.
SO ART CREATES MAJOR CONGESTION.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SIDEWALKS AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS TO LEAVE THAT PART OF THE DISTRICT OUT, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WELL, I DON'T SAY THAT WE LEFT YOU OUT BECAUSE I KNOW TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN YOUR AREA, UH, IN REGARDS TO UNDER THE ENHANCEMENT UNDER THE GREEN LIGHT PLAN.
GLENOAKS, DROUGHT BEING ONE OF THEM AND, AND ALSO, UH, NOT MIC-ING, BUT, UM, WELL, MAKINGS WILL ALSO BE A PROJECT THAT WILL BE IMPROVED TO HELP OFF SO SIDEWALKS TO DO, TO CONNECT WITH ACTIVITY.
UM, I HAD GLEN OAKS, BUT LAND IS LAND.
BECAUSE THAT WAS, UH, WAS PLANNED TO GO FROM GREENVILLE STREET ALL THE WAY TO, TO, UH, MAKE AND DROVE.
AND THAT'S, THEY HAD THAT CONNECTIVITY.
AND I THINK THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE.
SO PEOPLE, NOT EVERY NEST, EVERYTHING IS NECESSARILY FOR RIDING A BIKE, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO WALK AND THEY LIKE TO KNOW THEY'RE SAFE.
AND THAT TYPE OF ROADWAY, WHAT YOU HAVE ON THAT, ON GLENOAKS IT'S WIDE ENOUGH WHERE, AND IT'S FAR ENOUGH BACK THAT PEOPLE CAN WALK THROUGH THERE PRETTY SAFELY.
WELL, WHEN I SAY THE ONLY REASON WHY I BROUGHT THAT UP IS BECAUSE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE FUNDING, THE PROJECT WAS ABOUT 90% FUNDED, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PUT THE CULVER'S DOWN.
THAT MONEY CAME FROM ANOTHER PROJECT.
SO HAD THAT MONEY CAME FROM ANOTHER PROJECT AND MOVE YARD MONEY.
SHE INCREASED THE CAPACITY IN TERMS OF PROJECTS, NOT PIGGY BACK ON WHAT WAS THERE.
SO I WANT TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK OF ITEM 100? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR IT THAT YOU SO MUCH, LADIES, WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS.
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10, ITEM 72 ARE SENDING IN A RECORD IN THE, FOR COURT, THE COUNCIL DECISION ORDER RECORD ON DECEMBER 14TH, 2021.[00:55:03]
AND THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS THE ESTATE OF DELMAR W GOLDEN 17 53, 30 SIXTH STREET.REASON FOR RESCISSION, THE PROPERTY WILL BE RENOVATED INTO A DUPLEX BY THE CHAIR.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 72 COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEIR MO MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE CHAIRS THAT SECOND,
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SECOND ABOUT DONE.WE NOW GO TO ITEM 73 WITH NO OPPOSITION.
WE'RE SITTING IN THE RECTUM, THE CLERK COURT TO COUNCIL DECISION IN ORDER RECORDED IN THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS LAMONT, JAKE TURNER, THREE TO SIX BRYCE STREET, REASON FOCUSES, AND THE PROPERTY OWNER IS TRYING TO GET A PERMIT TO DEMOLISH BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 73 MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, SECONDED BY THE CHAIRS.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK, EXCUSE ME, ANY OPPOSITION?
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WE NOW GO TO ITEM 70 FOR AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT IN THE MATTER OF AOL PERSE, THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AT ALL, AN AMOUNT OF $15,000 AND APPROPRIATING $15,000 FOR SUCH PURPOSE, NOT A PARIS ATTORNEY IS ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 74.WHEN I GO BACK TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 74? SO MOVED BY THE CHAIR, SECONDED BY.
OH, SECONDED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. I AM 74
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HAS BEEN APPROVED.LET'S GO TO ITEM 75, WAKE UP COUNCIL MEMBERS.
YOU WANT TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF 70, 74 SHOW COUNCIL MEMBER.
I'M A ROSSO AND OPPOSITION ITEM 74.
LET'S GO TO ITEM 75 AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT.
AND THE MATTER OF AARON WARD, CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARIS OBESE BATON ROUGE IN DAVID BURKE IN AN AMOUNT OF $90,000 PLUS COURT COSTS AND AN AMOUNT OF $135 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $90,135 AND APPROPRIATELY $90,135 FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY PARISH ATTORNEYS.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 75.
NOW I'LL GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEIR MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 75.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS SECOND, AND BY THE CHAIR,
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WE NOW GO TO ITEM 76, AUTHORIZED A SETTLEMENT IN THE MATTER OF MAX GALA, THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE IN AN AMOUNT OF $20,000 AND APPROPRIATING $20,000 FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEYS.