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HELLO, EVERYBODY.

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.

THANK YOU, DENNIS.

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 4:00 PM.

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.

GOD, WE THANK YOU THIS DAY.

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.

WE PRAY.

AMEN.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU, MS. BECK TCP.

SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU.

ASHLEY.

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 MUST SEEK JUSTICE.

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.

IT'S IT'S TIME TO STOP.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR INDULGING ME AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM ROLLING.

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.

PARISH SHOULD BE STATIC.

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.

SO AS TO APPROPRIATE $35,600,

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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.

NUMBER 14, GOOD DEEDS LLC.

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.

I'M SORRY.

COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 23, PAMELA WOODS, GAIL WOODS, JEFFREY WOODS 1-880-ALABAMA STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICTS IN 10 COLEMAN.

ALL I'M SORRY.

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.

I LIKE TO SPEAK ON NUMBER 70.

GO AHEAD, SIR.

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.

WHAT SIDE? WE'RE 71 70.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

9 0 3 NORTH 17TH STREET.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

I'M DALE BERENGER.

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.

WE HAVE ANOTHER PHASE.

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.

OKAY.

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.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT.

90 DAYS ON 70.

ALL RIGHT.

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.

DID ANYONE ELSE? UH, YES SIR.

IF I'M 56, IF I CAN DEFER IT FOR 30 DAYS.

OKAY.

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.

ALL RIGHT.

GOT IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER BODA.

THANK YOU, SIR.

EXCUSE ME.

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.

YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

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.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS OUT OF ABOUT 62 TO FIVE 60 DAYS, PLEASE? 60 TO 60 DAYS.

ANYONE ELSE? SURE.

THROUGH SOMEBODY FROM THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HERE, THAT CAN ANSWER A QUESTION FOR ME, BUT IT DEALS WITH CONDEMNATIONS, RIGHT? OKAY.

THANK YOU.

MORE THAN THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS, WHAT DID YOU SAY? I SAID MAMON IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS.

ABSOLUTELY.

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 GET NOTICED.

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.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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.

[101. 22-00404]

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.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

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.

YES, MA'AM.

THAT'S

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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.

THIS OUGHT BE.

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.

GO AHEAD.

YES, SIR.

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.

HE'S LIKE A SOLDIER.

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.

SO IT HAS PAID OFF.

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.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.

YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK.

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.

SO THANK YOU.

I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

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.

THEY JUST NEED TO BAG IT.

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.

THAT'S NOT THEIR ROLE.

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.

SO THANK YOU.

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.

THE KIDS ARE AWESOME.

SO STARTING NEXT MONTH WE WIDE OPEN.

SO WHOEVER WANTS TO COME KIDS, SCHOOLS, WHATEVER, IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

THEY REALLY DO LIKE IT.

Y'ALL AND Y'ALL, AND Y'ALL THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.

LET'S SEE.

OKAY.

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 I APPRECIATE 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.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

THANK Y'ALL.

I APPRECIATE IT.

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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I GOT ONE QUICK COMMENT.

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.

I MEAN THE TOP 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.

YEAH.

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.

IT IS.

IT'S ALL ABOUT EDUCATION.

WE'RE REALLY SAYING THAT.

THANK YOU, DARYL.

I MEAN, WHAT ELSE WISHING TO ASK QUESTIONS TO SPEAK ON HIM.

COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE NOT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

WE APPRECIATE YOU.

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.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

[100. 22-00363 ]

THANK YOU, SIR.

WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM 100 NAVIGATE.

WELL, FIRST OFF, I'M GOING TO LET ME READ IT.

LET ME READ.

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.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

AND CERTAINLY, UH, WE WILL BE BRIEF.

WHAT I'VE DONE.

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.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO COME TODAY.

DO YOU HAVE MY POWERPOINT? GOOD.

OKAY.

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.

DO YOU SEE THE SLIDE? GOOD.

I CAN'T SEE THE SLIDE.

OKAY.

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.

OKAY.

AND THEN I'M GONNA LET WHITNEY TALK ABOUT BRAY.

UM, OKAY.

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.

SO JUST A LITTLE UPDATE.

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.

THANK YOU, CINDY WHITNEY.

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.

YES, SIR.

THANK

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YOU, FRED.

THANK YOU LADIES.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

THE REPORT.

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.

IT WAS LOOKED AT.

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.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT.

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.

CINDY WILL BE ONE OF THEM.

NO QUESTION ABOUT 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.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION ON THIS I'M GRATEFUL COUNCIL MEMBER MOKE.

UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT COULD BE

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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 SO ON.

I RIDE IT MYSELF.

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.

CORRECT.

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.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

YES, SIR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

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.

YES.

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.

RIGHT.

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.

AND WE WANT TO EXPAND THAT.

YES, CORRECT.

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.

YES, SIR.

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.

CORRECT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

LARGER CULVERTS.

THAT'S CORRECT.

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.

YES, SIR.

NO PROBLEM.

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.

IF YOU WOULD GO BACK TO PAGE

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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,

[73. 22-00392]

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?

[74. 22-00385]

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.

YEAH.

OH, SECONDED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. I AM 74

[75. 22-00387]

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,

[76. 22-00430 ]

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.

ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 76.

WHEN I WENT BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HER SECOND AND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. SO COUNCIL MEMBER MOROSE OPPOSING ITEM 76,

[77. 22-00386]

AND I'LL GO TO ITEM 77, GRANTING THE DISTANCE, WAVE UP FOR WAGS ONE, STOP LLC, DOING BUSINESS AS WELL AS ONE-STOP TO ALLOW FOR THE SELLING OF ALCOHOL BY THE ESTABLISHMENT UPON FINAL APPROVAL OF THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLIC, BEVERAGE AND CONTROL BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 77? WHEN I GO BACK TO COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN MOTION TO APPROVAL BY COUNCIL AND MCCOMB WAS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER

[78. 22-00388]

DONE NO OPPOSITION.

WE GO TO ITEM 78 AMENDING THE 2022 CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET.

SO AS TO APPROPRIATE 30,000 IN THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL DISTRICT BUTTERS FROM THE FUND BALANCE ON THE SIGNED BY MAYOR, PRESIDENT SHARON WESTERN BROOM IS ANYONE HERE WISH TO SPEAK ITEM 78.

WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE CHAIRS.

A SECOND FOR ITEM 78 MOST SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.

[79. 22-00402 ]

NOW, ANY OPPOSITION, WE GO TO 7 79 THAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK ITEM 78.

OKAY.

WE NOW GO TO ITEM 79 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR.

PRESIDENT'S EXECUTED ENTITY STATE AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT FUNDING OF THIS PROJECT.

AND THE HOOPER ROAD JUROR ROAD SULLIVAN ROAD WILL BE DO CAPITAL OUTLAY UP TO 12, 12 MILLION, 265,000 BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 79? WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO PROVIDE THEM 79, SOME MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, ADAM SECOND, AND BY THE CHAIR, WE NOW GO TO

[80. 22-00403]

NO OPPOSITION.

WE GO TO ITEM 80, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT THAT YOU'D ENTERED THE STATE AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT FUNDING OF THIS PROJECT.

AND THE HOOPER ROAD BLACKWATER ROAD TO JURO WILL BE THROUGH CAPITAL OUTLAY UP TO 12 MILLION, 265,000 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 80? WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE SOME MORE BY MOKE SECONDED BY ADAMS? NO OPPOSITION

[81. 22-00406]

WE GO TO ITEM 81, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR.

PRESIDENT EXECUTED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

THE CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH STANTEC CONSULTING GROUP FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVING OUR CAPACITY PROJECT PERKIN PRO SEEKING LAND, THE PICU LANE AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $43,323 BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND JOINING US DIRECTORS.

ANYONE HERE? WE SHOULD JUST SPEAK ON ITEM 81.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, ADAM, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

GO DAY.

YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON IT? OH, GO AHEAD, COUNSEL.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS AND HERE WE GO.

ANY OPPOSITION?

[82. 22-00409]

[01:00:02]

WE NOW MOVE TO ITEM 82, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT EXECUTED CONTRACT OR PHASE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT WITH TERRA CON CONSULTANTS.

THE SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH WILL BE OUR CAPACITY PROJECT.

OH, HIM AND HIGHWAY, AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 200, $6,308 BY THE TRANSPORTATION JOINING US DIRECTOR.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? WE GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO MOVED BY MARK SECONDED BY ADAMS,

[83. 22-00411]

NO OPPOSITION.

WE GO TO ITEM 83, AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT SQ TO SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH STANTEC CONSULTING GROUP, INC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVE BEYOND CAPACITY PROJECT.

I MET WITH BACARDI TO DIJON AND AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $47,799 BY THE TRANSPORTATION DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 83? WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOLT, NO OPPOSITION.

WE GO TO ITEM 84 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR.

PRESIDENT EXECUTE A UTILITY RELOCATION AGREEMENT WITH AT AND T LOUISIANA FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVIE PASS.

THE PROJECT MODEL.

LOUISIANA ARE CAUGHT AT A PERKINS AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $96,037 AND 51 CENTS BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 84? WE NOW GO BACK TO THE COUNCIL.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM SECOND, AND BY GOLDIE NEW OPPOSITION TO GO TO 85 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENCE.

FQ UTILITY RELOCATION AGREEMENT WITH BELL, SOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, LLC, DOING BUSINESS AS AT AND T LOUISIANA FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVIE, YOUR CAPACITY PROJECT OVER HIM.

I WOULD SEGMENT TWO AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $255,873 AND 81 CENTS BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTORS.

ANYONE HERE WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 85 WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN NEIL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS,

[86. 22-00413]

NO OPPOSITION.

WE GO TO ITEM SIX, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR.

PRESIDENT'S EXECUTED UTILITY RELOCATION AGREEMENT WITH AT AND T LOUISIANA FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVE CAPACITY, PROJECT CONSTANTINE DRIVE PHASE TWO, AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $71,634 AND 69 CENTS BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM MAYBE SIX.

I GOT TO GO BACK AND SAY, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 86, SHOWING NON WOULD GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO PROVIDE THEM 86? SO MOBILE SET AND IT BY ADAM'S ITEM 86 HAS PASSED.

SO I HAVE TO HAVE STAIN.

YOU WANT TO STAY? AND 84, I NEED TO GO BACK TO THE STANDARD.

I'M SORRY.

HOLD ON.

HOLD ON, HOLD UP.

YOU WANT TO ABSTAIN FROM 86? ALL RIGHT.

SO-SO COUNCIL MEMBER PERSE ABSTAINING FROM 86.

DO WE NEED TO RECONSIDER? CAN WE NEED TO RECONSIDER 84? SO MOTION TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

DUNN IS THEN

[84. 22-00410]

ANY OPPOSITION.

WE NOW GO BACK TO ITEM 84 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I NEED TO HAVE STATE.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, MOTION.

WELL, WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE NOW.

MOST TO APPROVED BY DOUG SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

COUNCIL MEMBER HERDER SUSTAINING.

ALRIGHT, WE NOW

[87. 22-00415]

GO TO, WE NOW GO TO ITEM 87, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES APPROVAL WITH THE CITY OF ZACHARY FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVIE OFF CAPACITY PROJECT MAKES YOU ROLL IN THE AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $438,500 BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR IS ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 87.

WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER KNOLL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

I GOT A QUESTION FOR A SECOND ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER MOBILE.

WE DO HAVE A QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.

SO, SO YEAH, IF I'M READING THIS WRONG, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE CONTRACTING WITH THE CITY OF ZACHARY.

IS THAT THE CASE LAW? IS IT ANOTHER CONTRACT WE'RE CONTRACTED WHERE THEY'RE GOOD.

THEY'RE MOVING ANY OWN UTILITIES.

OKAY.

SO THANK YOU.

YEAH.

MY MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION FIGHTING MAYBE SEVEN WITH NO OPPOSITION

[88. 22-00416 ]

TO BE MOVED NOW TO ITEM 88, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT'S EXECUTED CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES APPROVAL WITH MCD LOUISIANA, LLC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVIE OFF CAPACITY PROJECT, OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $825,449 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 88, BUT NOW I'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER, MARK SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. WHEN

[89. 22-00418]

I'LL GO TO ITEM 80 NOW AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR.

PRESIDENT'S EXECUTED CONTRACT FOR LIGHTNING DESIGN SERVICES WITH APEX ENGINEERING CORPORATION, BUT SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVIE OFF CAPACITY, PROJECT NICHOLSON DRIVE, BRIGHTSIDE DEGREE AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $58,482 AND 76 CENTS BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRYNESS DIRECTOR.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 89? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

GO DATE.

SECOND OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBER KNOW ITEM 89 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

NO ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES TO NO ADMINISTRATOR, NO ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.

WE

[90. 22-00494]

NOW GO TO APPOINTMENTS.

ITEM NINE, HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NUMBER ONE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS LAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTMENT.

REPLACING THE KESHA CLEVELAND ON THE CURRENT BALLOT IS NIKISHA CLEVELAND WHOSE REQUEST THE REAPPOINTMENT

[01:05:02]

AND DR.

REGAN ELKINS MD, WHOSE REQUEST TO REAPPOINTMENT.

WE COULD TAKE HIM UP ON THE NEXT ONE.

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

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPOINT DR.

NICK? EXCUSE ME.

THE KESHA CLEVELAND.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL NOLS, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOLT.

CONGRATULATIONS MS. CLEVELAND, YOU'VE BEEN REAPPOINTED.

[91. 22-00495]

WE GO TO ITEM 91 HOSPITAL SERVICE DIRECTION.

NUMBER ONE, BORDER COMMISSIONER LAND READING THE MEDICAL CENTER CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING DR.

REGAN ELKINS MD COMING BALLAD IS DR.

REGAN ELKINS MD WHOSE REQUEST TO REAPPOINTMENT IS ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM.

WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER, NO MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

NO SECOND OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

CONGRATULATIONS DR.

ELKINS, YOU'VE BEEN REAPPOINTED

[92. 22-00497 ]

92 LIBRARY, BOARD OF CONTROL CONSIDERATION FOR REAPPOINTING AND REPLACING DOLORES WATTS.

CURRENT VALID IS THE LAWYER'S WATSON WHOSE REQUEST TO REAPPOINTMENT IS ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON 92.

WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.

CONGRATULATIONS, MS. WATCH YOU'VE BEEN REAPPOINTED TO THE LIBRARY BOARD

[93. 22-00498]

ITEM 93, VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, ALISON STREET TO EARLY CONSIDERATION OF RE REAPPOINTING AND REPLACING CLAUDE DOUGLAS.

CURRENT BALLOT IS CLAUDE DOUGLAS WHO'S REQUEST TO REAPPOINTMENT.

IS ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 93? WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, SECONDED BY COUNCIL

[94. 22-00505]

MEMBER MOPE.

WE NOW GO TO CHANGE YOUR ORDERS.

ITEM 94, APPLE MODIX AVENUE, SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, CONTRACT TO GRADY CRAWFORD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INCORPORATED CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT, $3,735 AND 10 CENTS, WHICH IS A CREDIT.

ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 94, WE'LL GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS ON MOTION TO APPROVE.

SO MOVED BY NO SECOND.

AND BY DONE,

[95. 22-00509]

WE GO TO ITEM 95 SALES TAX STREET AND ROAD REHABILITATION PROGRAM PROJECT 17 DASH 2 0 2 PARIS SQUAT ASPHALTIC SURFACE TREATMENT, CRACK SEAL CON CONTRACT AND MATERIAL RESOURCES INCORPORATED CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT, $221 SEVEN ON SIX, $221,760.

ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ITEM MANNY FIVE WOULD HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 95? SO WE'LL BUY DONE.

SECOND BOX ADAMS.

[96. 22-00507]

NO OBJECTION.

WE GO TO FINAL SENTENCES.

APPLE MODERATES AVENUE, SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT, CONTRACT TO GRADY CRAWFORD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INCORPORATED.

FINAL COST $77,033 AND 90 CENTS.

IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 96? WE'LL GO TO COUNSELOR.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE SOME RULE BY HUDSON SECOND? AND BY THE CHAIR,

[97. 22-00480 ]

WE NOW GO TO ACCEPTANCE OF LOW BEDS ITEM, 97 MINUTES IN THE SENATE INSPECTION OF PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGES AT BRI AMA AIRPORT BRIDGE COMPANY, $59,482 A DAY.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 97.

WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS MOST TO APPROVED BY DON SECONDED BY ADAMS, NO OPPOSITION

[98. 22-00488]

TO GO TO 98 SECURITY GUARD SERVICES, FACE BARRIERS, PARIS LIBRARY SYSTEM, AND THE PARIS SECURITY CORPORATION.

LET ME SEE WHAT THIS SAYS.

$3,356 AND 20 CENTS WATER AND $74,522 AND 40 CENTS ANNUALLY.

CAUSE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 98, WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECURITY SERVICES? SO WE'LL BUY THE CHAIR SECOND AND BUYER DONE.

IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON

[99. 22-00517]

ITEM AND NOT GO TO ITEM 99 DURING THE RESTORATION PLAN FOR PORTIONS OF OAKBROOK SUBDIVISION RIVER, GULF MARINE, LLC, $63,000 A DAY.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 99 SHOWING NONE.

LET ME GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO MOVED BY ADAMS SECOND BY THE CHAIRS, ANY OPPOSITION SHOWING NONE ITEM 99 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN ITEMS 100

[102. 22-00510]

AND ONE-ON-ONE OTHER ITEMS TO BE ADOPTED AS EMERGENCY AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO AMEND A CA WITH ASCENSION PARISH.

TRUTH IS CONTRACTED DRC EMERGENCY SERVICES TO ADD ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF $420,000.

BRINGING THE TOTAL AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $1,920,000 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR REASON FOR EMERGENCY TO REMOVE ADDITIONAL DEBRIS FOUND IN DRAINAGE CHANNEL AND TO PREVENT A BREAK AND WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE 1 6, 4 42.

THIS ITEM MUST BE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY ABOUT TWO THIRDS VOTE OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.

IS THERE A MOTION TO DECLARE THE SITE OF AN EMERGENCY? SO HOLD BY ADAMS, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON A MOTION DECLARED ITEM MERCY.

IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO DECLARING THE EYE OF MERCY COUNCILMAN MEMBERS? YES.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM.

AND WHEN YOU'RE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM, NO.

ANY WISHING TO SPEAK ON IRON.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM? SAY AGAIN, ALL COUNCIL AND BOSTON.

I JUST WANTED TO FIRST THANK FRED FOR, FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM TO US.

UM, AND FOR MAKING IT AN EMERGENCY ITEM BECAUSE THE SITUATION AND BY YOUR MANSHACK REALLY IS AN EMERGENCY.

UM,

[01:10:01]

FRED IT'S AN ADDITIONAL 420,000 OVER WHAT WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED.

GIVE ME THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THAT.

JUST, JUST HOW BAD IS BY YOUR MANSHACK.

UH, IT'S PRETTY SEVERE.

AND REALLY UNTIL THE WATER LEVEL ARE ACTUALLY DROPPED AS LOW AS DID, WHICH WAS RECORD LEVEL, YOU DIDN'T KNOW A LOT OF THE MATERIAL THAT WAS ON AN UNDERNEATH THE WATER ITSELF, AND IT WAS BLOCKING A LOT OF THE FLOW, BUT IT ALSO CAUGHT MORE DEBRIS WHICH CREATES MORE OF A DAM TYPE SITUATION.

BUT, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS WHY THE COST OVERRUN THAT WE HAD IN REGARDS TO OUR SIDE.

SO THE CITY OF, UH, I MEAN THE PARISH OF ASCENSION IT'S AROUND $2.3 MILLION ON THEIR SIDE, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING ABOUT 1.7, BUT IT, WHAT IS IMPORTANT AS YOU JUST MENTIONED, UH, BODY FOUNTAIN, WHICH STRAINS A GOOD PORTION OF OUR PARISH WARTS CREEK, WHICH STRAINS WAY UP TO NOT PART OF THE PARISH, THESE ALL DUMP INTO BY YOUR FOUNTAIN AND WITHOUT IMPROVING THAT SITUATION, THE HYDRAULIC SITUATION WE'D PROBABLY EVEN GET WORSE.

AND I BELIEVE THAT WHAT, FROM THE INSPECTION THAT HAS BEEN MADE, I WROTE FOUR OR FIVE TIMES DOWN.

AND BY THE WAY, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO RIDE THROUGH THAT AREA.

BUT THE AMOUNT OF TREES THAT WERE FOUGHT HAD FALLEN ON THE EAST BATTERY'S PARASITE, WHICH IS PRETTY PHENOMENAL.

AND IT, TO ME, I JUST BELIEVE WE MAKE THE RIGHT STEP.

WE'VE GOT IT OPENED UP ALL THE WAY TO OUR PARISH LINE.

THERE WILL BE SOME OF THESE FUNDS LEFT TO BE ABLE TO KEEP MOVING NORTH.

I MEAN, MOVING WEST TO WORKING WITH EVER BILL PARISH.

AND THAT IS MY NEXT STEP AND GOAL AND OBJECTIVE WITH THAT.

SO I KNOW YOU'VE, YOU'VE TOURED THE BAYOU MANSHACK AND, AND I'VE BEEN OUT THERE AS WELL.

UM, WE HAVE A SEDIMENTATION ISSUE AT THE MOUTH, UM, IS THIS, IS THIS NECESSARILY GONNA RESOLVE THAT? ARE WE GOING TO DO ANY KIND OF DREDGING IN THE AREA? THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION WITH THAT RIGHT NOW, COUNTS MOMENT.

AND, UH, WITH BOTH PARISHES, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T TAKE CARE OF THE OUTFALL, YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THE REST OF THE DRAINAGE ANYWAY.

AND SO TAISHAN IS AN ISSUE AND PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

WE'VE ALREADY NOT.

WE KNOW WHERE THOSE ARE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO SECURE WATERSHED INITIATIVE FUNDS.

THERE'S A BUNCH OF FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THAT, UH, OR THERE'S A POSSIBILITY UNDER THE INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT.

WELL UNDER RESILIENCY THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO, TO APPLY FOR FUNDS TO DO THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE CONGRESSMAN GRAVES.

WHO'S LOOKING AT TRYING TO LOOK AT SECURE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS JUST TO DO SOME OF THE DREDGING.

AND WHEN I SAY DREDGING, THAT'S NOT THE DREAD SHAN TIRE AREA WOULD BE DOSE AREAS THAT ARE IMPEDING WATERFLOW.

SO, BUT JUST SO I'M CLEAR CURRENTLY WE HAVE NO PLAN TO DREDGE BY HUMANA SHACK.

WE HAVE NO PLAN OR NO FUNDING IN PLACE TO DREAD NO FUNDING IN PLACE THE PLANTS AWARE OF WORKING ON HOW TO SECURE THE FUNDS TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN BEYOND THAT, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S BEEN ABOUT 60 YEARS OR SO SINCE THE LAST TIME WE DID CLEARING HIS NAGGING OR A SIGNIFICANT MAINTENANCE PROJECT ON BY HUMAN CHECK, MOVING FORWARD, DO WE HAVE ANY SORT OF FUNDING MECHANISM IN PLACE, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, 10, 15 YEARS FROM NOW TO DO ADDITIONAL SNAGGY CLEARING AND SNAGGING ON, ON, BY YOUR MAN CHECK AFTER THESE ONE-TIME DOLLARS ARE EXPENDED.

NOT CURRENTLY, WE ARE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER WITH ASCENSION BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ONE SIDE, IT'S GOTTA BE BOTH SIDES WORKING TOGETHER TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.

AND THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE WILL ALSO LOOK AT, UH, PROGRAMMING AND FUNDING TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT ON A YEAR TO YEAR BASIS.

AWESOME.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

APPRECIATE THAT.

YES, COUNCIL MEMBER MO.

THANK YOU MAYOR FOR TIM.

UH, AND PLEASE, UH, STOP THIS DISCUSSION IF IT DOESN'T FALL IN HAR, BUT I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION IN CORRELATION TO THE BUY YOU MAN CHECK.

THIS IS THE SAME THING THAT WE HAVE A CREW ON THE RIVER TO COME MEET RIVER RIGHT NOW, LOOKING AT THIS SAME SCENARIO AND EVENTUALLY HOPEFULLY DOING THE SAME THING ON THE COMI RIVER.

ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE, TWO, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY ADAM'S SECOND AND BY HERS,

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WE NOW GO TO ITEM 1, 0 3, ITEM 1 0 3.

THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST TO LEAVE.

LET ME READ IT.

RECEIVING A REPORT REGARDING THE DRUG AND ALCOHOL POLICY AT KATZ AND ANCILLARY ACTION BY THE CAS BOARD OF DIRECTOR FROM THE LAW FIRM TO QUEER CLOCKING OUT THEM BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, READING FOR EMERGENT BECAUSE OF TIME SENSITIVE NATURE OF THE REPORT.

IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 3? WE GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO THE LEAD BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN SECONDED BY THE CHAIR AND THE OPPOSITION.

THAT ITEM HAS BEEN DELETED.

[85. 22-00412]

COUNCIL MEMBER HERTZ WOULD LIKE GO AHEAD.

YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MAKE ANOTHER MOTION TO RECONSIDER 85 MOTION TO RECONSIDER 85.

THE SECOND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE WITH NO OPPOSITION ITEMS. 85 WAS RECONSIDERED COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I NEED TO HAVE STAIN AS WELL.

THANK YOU,

[01:15:01]

COUNCIL MEMBER.

HERSEL LIKE THIS THING FROM ITEM.

ANY FIRE THERE, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM MADE A POSSIBLE DONE.

AND ADAMS ITEM 85 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER AMAUROSIS MOTION TO ADJOURN BY COUNCILMAN SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MONK AS ALWAYS.

I WANT TO PICK ON, I SIT AT PARIS EMPLOYEES WHO CAME AND STAYED WITH US FOR THE LAST HOUR AND A HALF.

WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE WHEN SERVED, THANKFULLY WE'RE READY.

I SEE YOU OUT THERE, MAN.

THANK YOU.

EVERYTHING YOU DO ALWAYS TAKE YOUR MENTAL HEALTH RETEACH CHILDREN.

AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE READING TO THEM, MAKE SURE THAT YOU PACK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MAY GOD BLESS THEM? TURN IT MORE.

I SEE YOU BACK YOURSELF FOR ME TO SEE HIM.

OH, HAPPY.

EVERYONE'S HAPPY EASTER, EVERYONE PEDDLING FOR PEACE COMING SOON.

I WANT TO SEE EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER TELL IF A PIECE SOLD COUNSELING.