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COUNCIL MEMBERS OF LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THE PRESENTATION PORTION MEETING.
THEY JUST GOT LIVE UPSTAIRS AND YOU'RE 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
AND YOUR GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE PRESENTATION PORTION OF OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING ON APRIL 27TH, 2022 AT 3:30 PM.
FIRST UP WE'LL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER LORI ADAMS TO RECOGNIZE THE STUDENT LEADERS, EXCUSE ME, STUDENTS AND LEADERS OF THE H TECH CLUB COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.
UM, I'D LIKE TO CALL FRAN FETZER.
DO YOU WANT TO GO WITH THE NEXT PRESENTATION AND SEE IF THE KIDS THERE? I THINK SOME OF THE KIDS ARE COMING FROM SCHOOL AND RUNNING LATE.
UH, WE WILL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, SHAUNA BANKS, TO RECOGNIZE THE SECOND CHANCE TO PROVIDE US.
ALL YOUR PEOPLE SAY THEY ARE HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DOWEL OR HERTZ TO RECOGNIZE MEMBERS OF THE GLEN OAKS SECURITY DAS COUNCIL MEMBER HERTZ.
WE HAVE TO SHOW UP AT SCHOOL AT SIX 50 IN THE MORNING.
UH, HELLO, MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT THESE AMAZING MEN THAT WE'RE GOING TO HONOR.
AND SO THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN A STAPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
I WAS A MEMBER OF SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LABORATORY SCHOOL AND WOULD OFTEN FREQUENT GLENOAKS HIGH SCHOOL GAMES.
AND THESE GENTLEMEN, I'M 38 YEARS OLD.
THEY HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE LONGER THAN I'VE BEEN ALIVE OR CLOSE TO IT, BUT THEY WERE DEFINITELY PRESENT IN THE GAMES, ENSURING THAT NORTH BATON ROUGE, THE GLENOAKS POPULATION WAS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, PLAY, AND DEFINITELY GET AN EDUCATION.
YOU SEE THEM AT FOOTBALL GAMES, THEY HOST A FATHER AND DAUGHTER DANCE TO ENSURE THAT THE BONDS BETWEEN FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS ARE JUST FAMILY BONDS IN GENERAL OR AN EXISTENCE IN THAT COMMUNITY.
AND THEY REALLY SET THE TONE FOR WHAT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT SHOULD BE IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND SO WHEN I MOVED INTO DISTRICT FIVE, EVEN PRIOR TO, THEY WERE ACTIVE, NOW THAT I AM THE COUNCIL PERSON, THEY HAVE REMAINED ACTIVE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING A PARTNERSHIP THAT ALLOWS THE GLENOAKS DADS TO THRIVE AND GROW IN DISTRICT FIVE.
AND SO THIS, THIS CERTIFICATE SAYS, UH, GLEN OAKS, HIGH SCHOOL SECURITY DADS PROVIDING 29 YEARS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE HAS A SECURITY DAD, MENTORING STUDENTS AT GLEN OAKS HIGH SCHOOL, SERVING AS A ROLE MODEL TO SCHOOL AGED KIDS AND TESTIMONY WHERE WE HAVE HERE IN TO SET OUR HAND AS THE OFFICIAL SIGNATURE AND COST TO BE A FIXED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE.
BUT WE, THE ANA AND IT IS SIGNED BY ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO IF Y'ALL COULD STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, UH, MR. TOMMY STOUT IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE GLOBE'S DANCE.
SO I WILL GIVE HIM THE, UH, CERTIFICATE WITH ALL THE SIGNATURES.
AND THEN WE WILL CALL THESE GENTLEMEN UP ONE BY ONE.
IF YOU'RE NOT HERE, WE'LL GIVE IT TO MR. STYLE.
THE FIRST ONE IS MR. TOMMY STOUT.
THE, UH, SECOND IS MR. HERBERT PAINT.
ALL RIGHT, MR. BERTRAND BAILEY.
ALL RIGHT, MR. EDDIE COATS, RIGHT? THERE YOU GO, SIR.
MR. OLIVER EDWARDS, SIDNEY ENNIS, RAY HARBOR.
OH, I'M GONNA LEAVE MY HAND OUT THERE.
WE GONNA WORK ON THAT HELPS ME, UH, JOHN, HER JOHN T HEY BEAR.
IT'S ERIC LEWIS, THE ERIC LEWIS,
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SAM LANDON.YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT CORRECTED FOR YOU.
ALL RIGHT, MR. LARRY, LARRY MAGEE GUY HELPED RAISE ME, MAN.
SO EVEN BEYOND GIVE YOU A LITTLE TESTIMONY FOR HIM, UH, GIVE HIM MR. COLON.
I HAPPENED TO BE A PART OF THE GREATEST FRATERNITY ON EARTH, UH, OMEGA PSI PHI.
BUT PRIOR TO THAT, MR. MCGEE HAD ME IN CAPITOLA.
HE ALMOST HAD ME ON THE HOOK THOUGH.
THAT WAS THE ONLY THING WHERE YOU COERCED ME IN THE WRONG, WRONG AREA.
WELL, LOOK, LOOK, LOOK, I'M DOING BAD TODAY.
AND THE FINAL ONE IS MR. BIRD WIRE.
DID I MISS ANYONE? THAT'S HERE TODAY? EVERYBODY GOT THERE.
I WANT TO LEAVE THESE AND I'M GOING TO ASK ALL OF Y'ALL TO COME UP HERE AND STAND IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM SO WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE.
AND AT SOME POINT I'M GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO GATHER AROUND ONE OF THE OTHER PRESENTATIONS.
UM, YOU ON THE PHONE IS BETTER OUT.
A AND EVERY SCHOOL NEEDS A GROUP OF SECURITY DAYS.
EVERY SCHOOL NEXT WE'LL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER, LORI ADAMS TO RECOGNIZE STUDENTS AND LEADERS OF THE FOUR H CHECK CLUB, COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ALRIGHT, GREAT.
SO I'D LIKE TO CALL, UM, THE FOUR H TECH CLUB AND FRAN PETS OR HARVEY AND, UH, FIB, UH, QUARRY UP HERE.
UM, I'M GOING TO BEGIN WITH FRAN FETZER HARVEY, UM, TODAY.
UM, UH, I JUST RECENTLY MET FRAN AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, SHE IS A VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE PERSON.
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UM, GOOGLE, FRAN, FETZER, HARVEY, AND, AND READ EVERYTHING.THIS LADY, UM, HAS DONE AND ACCOMPLISHED IN HER LIFE.
BUT TODAY I WANT TO RECOGNIZE HER FOR HER COMMITMENT TO GIS TECHNOLOGY TRAINING AND SUPPORTING BOTH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN PROJECT BASED LEARNING AND SERVICE TO THE FOUR H TECH CLUB.
ALONG WITH HER ROLE IN FOUNDING THE GLOBAL SPATIAL INSTITUTE, A LOUISIANA NONPROFIT THAT OFFERS THE ONLY ACCREDITED INDUSTRY BASED GIS CERTIFICATION IN LOUISIANA THAT PREPARES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO COMPETE IN A GLOBAL JOB MARKET.
HER TIRELESS WORK IN THIS FIELD HAS EQUIPPED MANY LOUISIANA STUDENTS TO BE JOB READY IN GIS.
SO FRAN, AND WE'LL TAKE A LOOK PICTURE RIGHT HERE.
YOU DO NOT FOR STUDENTS IN OUR PARISH, ONE AROUND AROUND LOUISIANA.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO INTRODUCE AND RECOGNIZE, UM, MR.
HE IS COMMITTED TO WHAT HE STARTED FIVE YEARS AGO.
AND CURRENTLY, AS YOU CAN TELL BY HIS RECENT AWARD, UM, SO THERE WAS AN ADULT VOLUNTEER AND MENTOR FOR THIS CLUB CURRENTLY.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A LITTLE BREAKING NEWS THEN I THINK, ROCHELLE, DO YOU WANT TO COME GIVE THAT LITTLE PIECE OF BREAKING NEWS THAT WE HAVE? SO VIBRAM WAS NOT ONLY AWARDED THE SOUTH BEFORE EACH SOUTHEAST VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR.
HE GOT AWARDED THE 20, 22 NATIONAL FORAGE SALUTE TO EXCELLENCE VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR FROM NATIONAL FOREST SO WE WANT TO SAY, WE, WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR PROGRAM, MENTORING THE YOUTH, ENCOURAGING THEM TO GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY, SUPPORTING AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO REACH THEIR GOALS AND THEIR PROJECTS AND HELPING THEM TO FIND THEIR SPARK AND GETTING THEM READY FOR CAREER PATHS.
WE REALLY VALUE ALL YOUR EXPERTISE TIMES AND INBEV INVESTMENTS THAT YOU'VE CONTRIBUTED TO THE FORAGE PROGRAM.
UM, AND JUST A LITTLE BIT, LITTLE WHILE WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE STUDENTS OF THE FOUR H TECH CLUB, BUT I'D LIKE TO CALL THEM UP RIGHT NOW TO PRESENT THEM WITH CERTIFICATE, TO, UM, CONGRATULATE THEM FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROJECT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY.
SO LET'S CALL UP, UM, JOSEPH HARDEN, BRENNAN BEG BRENDAN BEGLEY.
ISABEL GRUNER CATHERINE WINCHESTER, CAROLINE WATERS, UH, SUSANNA SHIELDS AND TAYVON RIVERS.
I'LL GET YOUR, I'LL GET YOUR LET'S.
WHY DON'T WE FAKE IT AND WE'LL FIX IT LATER.
SO HOW DO WE NEED TO DO THIS? CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS ON A NATIONAL AWARD.
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THAT'S WHY I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS, SEAN BANKS, TO RECOGNIZE SECOND CHANCE PROVIDERS, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE WHITE HUSBAND TO RECOGNIZE OFFICER'S SORREL COLINA, OFFICER CHOY, MICHAEL MURRAY FOR PROTECTING A NEWBORN UNDER THE SAFE HAVEN LAW COUNCIL MEMBER.
ARE YOU SO MEMBERS, THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US DOWN TONIGHT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID, WE USED TO WATCH A SHOW CALLED RESCUE 9 1 1 WITH WILLIAM SHATNER AS THE, AS THE PERSON THAT WAS, UH, BEING THE EMCEE THERE AND, AND, AND WE'D WATCH IT.
AND MY DAD WOULD ALWAYS WATCH IT AND HE'D GET REALLY UPSET, WHATEVER A KID WOULD GET HURT.
UM, HE'D ALWAYS SLAP HIS SIDE AND SAY, OH, YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE LITTLE PEOPLE.
YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE LITTLE PEOPLE.
UH, AND HE'D ALWAYS BE REALLY PROUD OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT WOULD COME ALONG AND MAKE SURE THAT THE KIDS PARTICULARLY, UH, THAT WERE ON THE SHOW WERE, WERE BEING TAKEN CARE OF.
UM, SO TODAY I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT AN EVENT THAT HAS HAPPENED, UH, IN THE ST GEORGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT AND HOW SOME OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB OF TAKING CARE OF THE LITTLE PEOPLE ON MAY 2ND, 2021 ST.
GEORGE FIRE DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED A PHONE CALL AND THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT THAT SOMEONE WAS ON THE WAY TO HQ TO DROP OFF A NEWBORN BABY.
THEY WERE GOING TO BE UTILIZING THE SAFE HAVEN CAPABILITIES OF ST.
THE CALLER STATED THAT THEY WERE A FEW MINUTES AWAY AND REQUESTED TO GIVE TO THE BABY TO A WOMAN FIRE COMMUNICATIONS OFFER OFFICER SURREAL GALENA WAITED INSIDE THE CLASSROOM DOWNSTAIRS UNTIL THE VEHICLE PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT.
SHE WENT OUTSIDE AND APPROACHED THE VEHICLE.
THE OCCUPANT HANDED A NEWBORN, APPROXIMATELY ONE TO THREE HOURS OLD TO FIRE COMMUNICATIONS, OFFICER KALEENA, BUT IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO THE CLASSROOM FIRE COMMUNICATIONS, OFFICER CHOY, MICHAEL MURRAY BEGAN AN ASSESSMENT OF THE INFANT WITH THE HELP OF CHIEF JONES WHILE WAITING FOR A MEDIC UNIT TO ARRIVE AND TAKE OVER PATIENT CARE.
THEN BILL CHORD WAS CLAMPED AND THE INFANT WAS OTHERWISE IN GOOD CONDITION.
EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ARRIVED AND TRANSPORTED THE INFANT TO WA WOMAN'S HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF THEIR ACTIONS EXHIBITED ON THIS DAY, COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS, KALEENA, AND MARIE RECEIVED THE MERITUS SERVICE AWARD, UH, AND THE ST.
GEORGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT AND ITS CITIZENS ARE GRATEFUL TO THESE TWO.
SO WITH THAT, WE'LL RECOGNIZE OFFICER'S CLEANING AND MR. MICHAEL MURRAY, UH, AND PLEASE JOIN ME IN THANKING THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE JUST AT THE RIGHT TIME, RIGHT SPOT AT THE RIGHT TIME.
SO, ONE OF THE OTHER REASONS WHY I WANTED TO DO THIS PRESENTATION IS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO BRING SOME AWARENESS ABOUT SAFE HAVEN.
SO I HAVE ARRANGED FOR JUSTIN TO PLAY US JUST A SHORT LITTLE MINUTE AND A HALF VIDEO KIND OF EXPLAINS THE LAW KIND OF EXPLAINS THE PROCEDURE.
AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS LAW IS THAT THERE ARE OPTIONS.
IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU CAN'T TAKE CARE OF A CHILD, PLEASE KNOW THERE ARE OPTIONS THAT YOU CAN EMPLOY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CHILD IS WELL TAKEN CARE OF.
SO WE'LL WATCH THAT VIDEO AND THEN WE'LL GRAB A COUPLE OF PICTURES.
YOU WANT THE BEST FOR YOUR BABY.
THIS IS NOT HOW YOU PLANNED IT FOR YOUR LIFE AND WHAT YOUR CHILD'S LIFE MAY BE LIKE.
THERE'S NOWHERE LEFT TO TURN NO THAT YOU HAVE OPTIONS FOR YOUR BABY'S FUTURE.
LOUISIANA SAFE HAVEN LAW PROTECTS VULNERABLE NEWBORNS AND MOTHERS IN CRISIS.
THE NATIONAL SAFE HAVEN ALLIANCE CRISIS HOTLINE CAN PROVIDE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO HELP YOU EXPLORE YOUR OPTIONS, INCLUDING ADOPTION AND THE SAFE HAVEN PROCESS.
PARENTS MAY DIAL NINE ONE, ONE OR CONFIDENTIALLY SURRENDER THEIR NEWBORN UP TO 60 DAYS OLD TO A SAFE HAVEN SITE EMPLOYEE.
AND IT'S ILLEGAL, SAFE, ALTERNATIVE.
IT'S A TRUSTED PLACE WITH A BETTER FUTURE FOR YOUR BABY.
WE OPEN ARMS TO SURRENDERED BABIES, GIVE THEM THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE AND SECURE, NURTURING, ADOPTIVE HOMES.
AND IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT ANONYMOUS FOR CRISIS
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SUPPORT RESOURCES AND PARENTING OPTION INFORMATION, CALL 1 8 8, 8, 5 10 BABY, OR VISIT THE LOUISIANA SAFE HAVEN.COM.THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING RECOGNIZED LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST.
WE'LL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOWING THE BANKS TO RECOGNIZE THE SECOND CHANCE PROVIDERS SPEAK INTO THE MIC, SPEAK INTO THE MIC PROTECTION WORKER.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I D I FORGOT IT WAS 60 DAYS, BUT I THINK THEY NEED TO EXPAND OUT BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT, UM, CHILDREN THAT ARE BEING ABUSED AND MISUSED.
I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE IF YOU DON'T WANT THEM, GIVE THEM TO ME.
SO, UM, TODAY WE RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE IMPORTANT SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT WORK WITH OUR RE-ENTRY COMMUNITY AS PART OF THE SECOND CHANCE.
SECOND CHANCE MONTH, WHICH IS A MONTH OF APRIL, IS A NATIONWIDE EFFORT TO RAISE AWARENESS OF SOME OF THE BARRIERS FACED BY INDIVIDUALS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS AND UNLOCK BRIGHTER FUTURES FOR RETURNING CITIZENS ON MARCH 31ST, 2022 PRESIDENT BIDEN PROCLAIM TO APRIL 20, 20 AS SECOND CHANCE A MONTH, AND CALLED UPON ALL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, EDUCATORS, VOLUNTEERS, AND ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES TO OBSERVE THE MONTH WITH APPROPRIATE PROGRAMS, CEREMONIES, AND ACTIVITIES.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE, UM, MEETING ONE OF THOSE CHALLENGES, MANY OF THE NAMES THAT WE'LL CALL TODAY, THEY ACTUALLY WORK IN ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS. WE SEE THEM HERE AT THE COUNCIL FOR NUMEROUS PROJECTS THAT THEY ADVOCATE.
SO YOU PROBABLY GONNA SEE THEM MORE THAN ONCE.
UM, BUT I WILL BEGIN AND BECAUSE IT'S LONG AND I HAVE A LOT, AND WE DON'T HAVE, BUT A FEW MINUTES, I'M GOING TO READ ONE PROCLAMATION AND THEN JUST CALL UP EACH GROUP PROCLAMATION.
SECOND CHANCE RECOGNITION DAY, APRIL 27TH, 2020, WHEREAS EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, AND THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM MUST OFFER MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADEMPTION AND REHABILITATION.
AFTER INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS SERVED THEIR TIME.
THEY SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FULLY INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.
AND WHEREAS IT BENEFITS NOT JUST THOSE INDIVIDUALS, BUT ALL OF SOCIETY.
AND IT IS THE BEST STRATEGY TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM.
DURING SECOND CHANCE MONTH, WE LIFT UP ALL THOSE WHO HAVEN'T MADE MISTAKES ARE COMMITTED TO REJOINING SOCIETY AND MAKING MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTIONS.
AND WHEREAS WE MUST ALL BE COMMITTED TO A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO BUILDING SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES.
THIS INCLUDES PREVENTING CRIME AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL AMERICANS.
IT ALSO REQUIRES RETHINKING THE EXISTING CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, BOOM.
WE SENT TO PRISON AND FOR HOW LONG, HOW PEOPLE ARE TREATED WHILE INCARCERATED, HOW PREPARED THEY ARE TO REENTER SOCIETY.
ONCE THEY HAVE SERVED THEIR TIME AND THE RACIAL INEQUITIES THAT LEAD TO THE DISCIPLINE DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF INCARCERATED BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE.
AND WHEREAS SECOND CHANCES FROM THE EARLIEST STAGES OF OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, DIVERTING INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE USED ILLEGAL DRUGS TO DRUG COURT PROGRAMS AND TREATMENT INSTEAD OF PRISON, IT REQUIRES ELIMINATING EXCEEDINGLY LONG SENTENCES AND MANDATORY MINIMUMS THAT KEEP PEOPLE INCARCERATED LONGER THAN THEY SHOULD BE.
IT MEANS PROVIDING QUALITY JOB TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES DURING INCARCERATION TO PREPARE INDIVIDUALS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY ECONOMY.
AND IT MEANS REINVESTING THE SAVINGS FROM REDUCED INCARCERATION INTO REENTRY PROGRAMS AND SOCIAL SERVICES THAT PREVENT RECIDIVISM AND LEAVE US ALL BETTER OFF.
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AND WHEREAS TRANSITIONING BACK INTO SOCIETY CAN BE OVERWHELMING FOR THOSE WHO HAVE, WHO ARE FORMERLY INCARCERATED, AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, TOO MANY INDIVIDUALS FACE ON UNFAIR LEGAL AND PRACTICAL BARRIERS TO RE-ENTRY.THE RE-ENTRY PROCESS IS COMPLICATED IN THE BEST OF TIMES AND EVEN MORE SO WITH THE ADDITIONAL DIFFICULTIES PRESENTED BY THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.
AND WHEREAS EVERY PERSON LEAVING INCARCERATION SHOULD HAVE HOUSING, THE OPPORTUNITY OF A DECENT JOB AND HEALTHCARE, A PERSON'S CONVICTION HISTORY SHOULD NOT UNFAIRLY EXCLUDE THEM FROM EMPLOYMENT, OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES, ACCESS TO CREDIT, PUBLIC BENEFITS, ALL THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
CERTAIN CRIMINAL RECORDS SHOULD BE EXPUNGED AND SEALED SO PEOPLE CAN OVERCOME THEIR PAST.
AND WHEREAS BY FOCUSING ON PREVENTION RE-ENTRY AND SOCIAL SUPPORT, RATHER THAN INCARCERATION, WE CAN ENSURE THAT AMERICA IS A LAND OF SECOND CHANCES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL PEOPLE.
NOW, THEREFORE I CHARTERED BANKS, EASTBOUND BRIDGE PARISH, METROPOLITAN COUNCIL DO HERE BY RECOGNIZE APRIL 20, 22 AS SECOND CHANCE MONTH AND CALL UPON ALL GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIALS, EDUCATORS, VOLUNTEERS, AND ALL THE PEOPLE OF EAST BATON ROUGE, CITY OF BATON ROUGE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE WITH THANKSGIVING, THE SACRIFICIAL WORK OF DECARCERATE LOUISIANA.
WE'RE GOING TO DO A BETTER SHOW.
YOU GOD, ONE TOUCH MINISTRY, WHOEVER, IF IT'S A GROUP SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER, VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE'S INITIATIVE.
IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, THIS IS ONE OF THAT RECEIVED PART OF THE FUNDING LITERACY PROGRAM.
UM, MR. COLE, THIS IS MY PRINCIPAL'S WIFE FREEDOM.
I WANT YOU TO STAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE.
DO YOU WANT ME TO STAY IN? I HAVE NOT HAD THE PLEASURE, BUT YOU ARE MY NEW COUNCIL PERSON, SO
ALL THE CAREER CENTER OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE LIBRARY.
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA LEGAL SERVICES.
THESE PEOPLE DO SOME GREAT WORK.
VICTORY OVER LOUISIANA VIOLENCE EVOLVED
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THANK YOU.JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER OF LOUISIANA.
RE-ENTRY COALITION THERE WERE TWO OR THREE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
THANK YOU, LOUISIANA ORGANIZATION FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS.
YOU GOT TO MAKE SURE YOU ABSOLUTELY.
SO IF Y'ALL RECOMMEND, Y'ALL NEED TO GO OUT THERE AND TAKE PICTURES FOR THE WORK.
THEY ARE DOING VOICE OF THE EXPERIENCED VARS FOR THE EXPERIENCE.
19TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, TRAFFIC DIVISION.
RE-ENTRY ALLIANCE OF LOUISIANA.
IS JOSEPH HOLMES? MS. ALEXANDER.
JOSEPH HOLMES, CATHOLIC CHARITIES.
MAYBE I SHOULD NAME THEM ALL FOR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOOD FOR LIFE.
HELP ME WITH THIS FRENCH ABELLA LEFT FEMALE SOCIETY, MS. UM, TO HELP ISABELLA FEM SOCIETY.
TELL ME ABOUT, YOU CAN JUST COME REVEREND DOWN THE SANDALWOOD, AND IF ALL OF YOU ALL WOULD JUST STAY HERE FOR ONE GROUP, IF Y'ALL WOULD JUST STAND THERE, UH, REVEREND ALEXANDER, ACCEPT YOUR AWARDS AND BRING YOUR WARTS AND JUST HOLD THEM IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY.
WHILE YOU SAY A FEW WORDS, A FEW MONTHS
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GOT TO SAY, LET THE CHURCH SAY, MAN.NOW, DO WE HAVE EVERYBODY UP HERE YET? WHERE'D YOU GO WHEREVER? OH,
UH, WE WANT TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN BANKS AND THE METRO COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF SECOND CHANCE MONTH.
AND RECOGNIZING THAT THE WORK THAT ALL OF THESE FINE ORGANIZATIONS AND SO MANY MORE DO OR WHAT IS REQUIRED TO MAKE OUR CITIZENS WHOLE.
AND I WOULD ASK EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL PERSON TO UTILIZE ALL OF THEIR SERVICES, INVITE THEM INTO YOUR COUNCIL, INTO YOUR DISTRICT, INTO YOUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE YOU HAVE REENTERING CITIZENS.
SO VERY, VERY MUCH FOR HONORING THE FINE WORK OF THESE OUTSTANDING ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR SERVICE.
IF ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE READY, WE GOING TO ROLL RIGHT INTO IT.
IF EVERYBODY'S READY, GIVE EVERYBODY A FEW SECONDS TO EXIT CLEAVE.
I'M GONNA LET EVERYBODY LEAVE OUT RIGHT THERE.
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WHILE YOU DENNIS, YOU INTRODUCED BEFORE WE NEED THE BLADE GOING NOW.SO WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU IN.
FIRST OF ALL, BEFORE YOUR FIRM COUNTS MEDAN, WE'RE GETTING A LOT ABOUT COUNCILMAN DOWN IN JUST A MINUTE.
WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH FOR OUR REGULAR ACCOUNT, SOMEBODY AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS ALWAYS DELIGHTED THAT YOU HAVE TUNED IN ON METRO 21 ON COX ON AT AND T FACEBOOK LIVE AND ALSO STREAMING ON OUR WEBSITE.
GOOD TO HAVE ALL OF YOU WITH YOU WITH US.
AND LIKE A SAID BEFORE, WE WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT TODAY ABOUT ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM DISTRICT SIX, COUNCILMAN CLEVE DUNN.
WHO'S GETTING READY TO JOIN US, UH, AT THE MICROPHONE, BUT I WANT TO SHOW YOU HIS DISTRICT.
HE REPRESENTS RIGHT THROUGH THE HEART OF ROUGE DISTRICT SIX, AND YOU'LL RECOGNIZE AREAS.
THEY ARE LIKE MEL ROSE, BIRD STATION PARK, FOREST VILLA DEL REY, SHERWOOD, FOREST BELAIR, BROADMORE IN RED OAKS, A VERY DIVERSIFIED DISTRICT.
HE DOESN'T REPRESENT ALL OF SOME OF THOSE AREAS, BUT THOSE RIGHT THROUGH THE CENTER OF BATON ROUGE AND COUNCILMAN AND WHAT A DISTRICT YOU HAVE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF BATON ROUGE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE OF A COUNCILMAN DON AND SHOW YOU NOW.
AND I'D LIKE, IF I MAY COUNCILMAN TO SAY JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT YOU.
HE WAS RAISED IN NORTH BATON ROUGE, COMMUNITY OF SCOTLANDVILLE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF BANKS AND A COUNCILMAN DON GRADUATED FROM CAPITAL HIGH SCHOOL.
HE ATTENDED SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY A AND M COLLEGE AND RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY.
AS WE ALL KNOW, AN ENTREPRENEUR COALITION BUILDERS, STRATEGIC THINKER AND COMMUNITY LEADER IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
HE HAS BEEN MARRIED TO HIS HIGH SCHOOL, SWEETHEART, STACY POSEY DONE FOR THE PAST 24 YEARS.
THEY HAVE $2 MALAYSIA AND ANYA AND CLEVE DUNN JR.
AS WE ALL KNOW IN THE EARS OF POLICY MAKERS AND BUSINESS LEADERS WHO HAVE COME TO RESPECT HIM AS A STRATEGIC MANAGER AND ACUTE NEGOTIATOR
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DUE TO HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND EMPOWERMENT THROUGHOUT BATON ROUGE AND LOUISIANA CLEAVE DONE NOW, OF COURSE ADDED A NEW TITLE COUNCILMAN FROM DISTRICT SIX HERE IN BATON ROUGE, AS HE WAS ELECTED AND AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY IN JANUARY, 2021, CLEVE WAS RECOGNIZED FOR MAKING HISTORY BY THE WEEKLY PRESS, THE ROUGE COLLECTION AND THE DRUM NEWSPAPER FOR BEING THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE ELECTED TO REPRESENT COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER SIX.AND COUNCILMAN, JUST ONE MORE THING.
UH, CLEVE SERVED AS CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT, AND BOARD MEMBER FOR A VAST NUMBER OF BOARDS THAT I COULD GO ON FOR THE NEXT 20 MINUTES TELLING YOU ABOUT, BUT ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMITTEES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, HE HAS ALSO RECEIVED A NUMEROUS AMOUNT OF REWARDS AND AWARDS THROUGHOUT THE, HIS CAREER AND COMMUNITY ENDEAVORS FROM TOP DISTRIBUTOR EAGLE AWARD STAR POWER, TOP FIVE UNDER 35 LEADERSHIP IN BUSINESS ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR, HUMANITARIAN OF THE YEAR RECOGNITION FOR BEING A LEADER FOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AND MANY, MANY OTHERS.
COUNCILMAN, IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU ON OUR COUNCIL FROM DISTRICT SIX, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, COUNCILMAN
AND YOU KNOW, I FEEL ABOUT YOUR DAD AND EVERYBODY IN YOUR FAMILY.
AND MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER ARE HERE TODAY.
THEY SURPRISE ME, MY WIFE, STACY, AND MY OLDEST DAUGHTER MALAYSIA, SO THAT I CAN GIVE THEM A HAND WITHOUT FURTHER ADO.
I LIKE TO PRESENT THE SUMMIT INTRODUCED TO OTHERS.
UH, THE RENOWNED PASTOR RINALDO HARDY FROM ALL NATIONS CHURCH HERE IN BATON ROUGE.
HE IS A FIXTURE IN OUR NORTH BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY AND A FIXTURE IN OUR FAITH BASED COMMUNITY.
SO I WANT TO BRING HIM UP AND DIRECTLY FOLLOWING HIM.
WE'RE GOING TO GET THE PLEDGE BY, UH, PATIENT'S THOMAS PATIENTS AS A 14 YEAR OLD EIGHTH GRADER AT CAPITOL MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH I ATTENDED AS WELL.
PATIENTS IS THE STUDENT OF THE YEAR.
THEIR PATIENTS IS ALSO ON THE PRINCIPLES OF WIRELESS ROBOTICS TEAM AND NATIONAL BETA CLUB.
PATIENTS IS A COMFORTABLE FAMILY WHERE SHE'S A CHILD AND IN THE FILE, SHE PLANS TO ATTEND LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL AND GRADUATE AND THEN GO ON TO THE IVY LEAGUES, THE FOCUS ON THE MEDICAL, UH, HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, PASTOR RINALDO, HAUGHTY, AND FOLLOWED BY PATIENTS, THANK YOU, GREETS TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALL WHO ARE IN THE ROOM.
AND, UH, I WILL PROMISE NOT TO TAKE PREACHERS MINUTES AS WE DO THIS.
LET'S PRAY, FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER ON TODAY, FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE NOBLE REASON THAT WE ARE HERE TO MOVE THIS CITY FORWARD FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY.
AND SO I PRAY THAT YOUR HOLY SPIRIT WILL BE PRESENT AND HELPING TO LEAD AND GUIDE ALL OF THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE TODAY.
IF THERE ARE BLOCKAGES OR PATHWAYS THAT NEED TO BE CLEAR, WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNITY FATHER, THAT WE WILL CAUSE THIS COMMUNITY TO GROW.
WE THANK YOU FOR ENTRUSTING IN OUR CARE THIS CITY AND BEYOND THIS PARISH FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE GOING TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE GROWING IN PEACE AND PROSPERITY FOR ALL PEOPLE IN JESUS NAME.
I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT WHERE I CAME FROM DISTRICT FIVE, UM, MAY YOU PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE MOMENT OF SILENT? OKAY.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA UNTIL IT PROBABLY FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL CAN I GET CRASS? THE AUDIT? THANK YOU PATIENTS AT THIS TIME, ASHLEY, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? WE HAVE A QUORUM.
[ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
A WANT A PROVEN IT OPPOSITE.THE MINUTES OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING OF APRIL 13TH, 2022 IN THE METROPOLITAN COUNCILS, ME OF APRIL 20TH, 2022 BY THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURES.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WHAT IS THE PLEASURE? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE? SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN.
AND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS ITEM ONE HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[INTRODUCTIONS]
WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE INTRODUCTIONS? SECTION 2.12 INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER TWO, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 7, 8 5 3 ADOPTED MAY 15TH, 1995.SO IT WAS TO A MEN FROM TIME TO TIME.
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DEFINITIONS WITHIN THE ORDINANCE AND TO REVISE THE BASE RATE AND VOLUME CHANGE CALCULATION FOR THE SEWER USER FEE AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERE TO BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, DIRECTOR AND FINANCE DIRECTOR, NUMBER THREE, AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE MATTER ENTITLED ELLISON BRO VERSUS DEVIN PARKER AND CITY OF BATON ROUGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $150,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $226 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $150,226 AND APPROPRIATING $150,226 FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY NUMBER FOR AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE CLAIM OF ELIZABETH REBEL FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM A SEWER BACKUP AND TWO SEPARATE FOURPLEXES FOR A TOTAL OF $85,451 AND 64 CENTS, WHICH SHALL BE ALLOCATED AS $47,846 AND 58 CENTS FOR 2224 GUARDIAN LANE, 37,600, $5 AND 6 CENTS FOR 2326 GUARDIAN LANE AND APPROPRIATING $85,451 AND 64 CENTS FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY NUMBER FIVE, AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE MATTER ENTITLED MARIA'S EVOLLA VS CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH SHOULD BE SPENT IN ROUGE ON THE DOCKET OF THE US DISTRICT COURT, MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA AND THE AMOUNT OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND APPROPRIATING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY, NUMBER SIX, A RESOLUTION ORDERING A CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE BROWNSFIELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.NUMBER THREE OF THE PARISH SHOULD BE SPENT IN ROUGE, LOUISIANA ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022 FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZING THE RENEWAL OF THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF A 10 MILS AD VALOREM TAX FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS FOR FIRE PROTECTION PURPOSES OF THE BROWNFIELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.
NUMBER THREE OF THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA PROVIDING NOTICE THAT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ACTING AS THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF THE DISTRICT SHALL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 25TH, 2022 AT 4:00 PM AT THE REGULAR MEETING PLACE IN THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.
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READ THE MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS AS AN ORDER.
IS THERE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE COUNCIL LOMA DONE TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTIONAL ITEM IN 19?
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WAS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE MOTION? ALL ITEMS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM 19.
[CONDEMNATIONS]
WILL GO VERY QUICKLY TO CONDEMNATIONS.I'LL READ THE DPW RECOMMENDATIONS AS THEY ARE STATED.
THERE ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEM 65 67 68 69, 70 71 72 73, 74, 76 AND 77.
DELETE ITEM 66 AND DEFER ITEM 75 FOR TWO WEEKS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ANY CONDEMNATION, ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A CONDEMNATION.
WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? AND WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? IF SOMEONE YOU COME IN WITH A CONDEMNATION? ANYBODY OKAY.
SO A REQUEST 30 DAYS TO GET AN, A PERMIT 66.
UM, THE REMODELING PERMIT IS APPLIED FOR, SO I DIDN'T LIKE TO DELETE THAT ONE AND 77.
I'M GOING TO, UM, GIVE THEM 30 DAYS, 77, 30 DAYS.
ALRIGHT, I'M GOING TO READ THE CHANGES AND RECOMMENDATIONS THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 67 68 69, 70 76, DELETE ITEM 66 DEFER FOR 30 DAYS ITEMS 65 71 AND 77 DIFFER FOR 90 DAYS ITEMS 72 73, 74 75.
AND DELETE AGAIN, ITEM 66, 30 DAYS ON 70, 30 DAYS ON 70 ANYONE ELSE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONDEMNATION MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.
SECOND ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER KNOLL CONDEMNATIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THERE IS A COMMUNITY MEETING GOING ON TODAY AT FIVE O'CLOCK AND ONE OF OUR, UH, EMPLOYEES IS RUNNING THAT MEETING.
SO I'M GOING TO TAKE CARE OF REPORT FIRST,
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UH, RECEIVING THE 20, 21 QUARTER FOR STORMWATER MASTER PLAN UPDATE BY COUNCIL MEMBER, DENISE SAN MOROSA BY FRED RAYFORD.THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF CERTAINLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS PROVIDE A LITTLE UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR STORM WATER MASTER PLAN.
UH, I KNOW WE ARE CURRENTLY HAVING A BUNCH OF MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE ONE LAST NIGHT AND WE ALSO HAVE ONE TONIGHT AT, AT, AT JONES CREEK, WHICH IS FOR THE, UM, UH, CLAY CUT BY YOU AREA.
AND WE ALSO WILL BE WORKING ON, UH, THURSDAY FOR THE BLUEBONNET SWAMP, I MEAN, BLUE BONDED AREA, WHICH IS FOR BY YOU FOUNTAIN.
BUT, UM, I'VE ASKED MELISSA KENNEDY WHO IS OUR LEAD, UH, HEAD IN REGARDS TO THIS PROJECT, UH, TO COME IN AND GIVE UP THE PRESENTATION AND KIND OF GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AND WE'LL TRY TO ANSWER ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS POINT.
WE ARE CERTAINLY MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I THINK WHEN A COMBINATION OF THE STUDY AND THE FUNDING THAT WE ARE GETTING FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE ACT HAS CERTAINLY HELPED US, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH, PARTICULARLY WITH SOME OF THE DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT WE FIGHT WHERE THE DAY OR DAY TO DAY.
BUT I ALSO WILL TELL YOU THAT I THINK WITH THAT DATA THAT WE'RE COLLECTING IS CERTAINLY GOING TO BE AN ASSET US IN THE FUTURE.
NOW WHAT WE CAN DO TODAY, BUT WE ALSO GOT TO LOOK, AS SOMEBODY TOLD ME LAST NIGHT AT THE MEETING AND SAID, ARE WE LOOKING PAST OUR NOSE? I SAID, YEAH, MY NOSE WAS LIKE PINOCCHIO.
I THINK WHERE WE'RE THAT FAR AHEAD AT THIS POINT, UH, FROM OUR PROGRAM.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK MELISSA KENNEDY TO COME UP.
UM, I JUST WANT TO GIVE, UM, TRY TO GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT, A LOT OF WORK GOING ON IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.
SO, UH, THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF MATERIAL TO COVER, BUT I'M GOING TO BE AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE.
SO W WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE IS A OVERVIEW OF THE PARISH.
AND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS WHAT IS CALLED A LIDAR MAP.
IT BASICALLY PROVIDES THE ELEVATION THROUGHOUT THE PARISH.
UM, AND WHAT IT'S SHOWING IS, UH, THE ELEVATION THROUGHOUT THE PARISH, THE NORTHERN AREA OF THE PARISH IS HIGHER ELEVATION, DARK BROWN.
AND AS YOU GET INTO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE PARISH, YOU SEE THESE DARKER BLUES AND GREENS.
UM, WHAT I'M SHOWING HERE ON THE RED ARROWS, THOSE ARE THE DIRECTION OF FLOW THROUGHOUT THE PARISH.
MOST OF THE WATER IN THE PARISH GOES TO AMY RIVER, BUT THE NORTHWESTERN AREA GOES TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
AND JUST A FEW FACTS THAT I PUT UP HERE, UM, UH, THAT I WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE OF.
LOUISIANA IS THE WETTEST STATE IN THE LOWEST 48.
ONE INCH OF RAINFALL CAN CAUSE $25,000
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WORTH OF DAMAGE IN A HOME.THERE'S BEEN OVER $6 BILLION ANNUALLY OF FLOOD DAMAGES THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
AND THAT'S BEEN AN INCREASING EVERY YEAR.
AND THE REASON I TELL YOU THESE THINGS, IT'S NOT TO SCARE YOU, BUT YOU PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, AND WE ARE TRYING VERY HARD TO ADDRESS IT AND REDUCE THE RISK OF FLOODING AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
SO THAT IS KIND OF WHY I'M SHOWING THE SLIDE NEXT, PLEASE.
SO THE STORM WATER MASTER PLAN WE'RE IN PHASE TWO AND THREE PHASE ONE WAS THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR DEVELOPING THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN, WHICH BASICALLY OUTLINED WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO.
AND THAT WAS PHASE TWO AND THREE, UH, PHASE TWO CONSISTS OF TWO PARTS, IDENTIFYING AND UNDERSTANDING THE CURRENT FLOOD RISK.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS BEING ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT FLOODS, WHERE, HOW MUCH, HOW LONG, AND WHAT ARE THE RESULTING DAMAGES FROM THOSE FLOODING EVENTS ALSO INCLUDES AN US DEVELOPING PROJECTS IN POLICIES TO MITIGATE THOSE FLOOD RISK.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE EVALUATING A NUMBER OF PROJECTS.
WE'VE GOT A WELL OVER 120 PROJECTS THAT ARE ON OUR LIST RIGHT NOW, AND ALSO LOOKING AT POLICIES TO REDUCE FUTURE FLOOD RISK.
AND THEN PHASE THREE IS FIGURING OUT THE FUNDING, HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS AND DEVELOPING A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN OVER 20 YEARS FOR DEVELOPING A 20 YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT IDENTIFIES VARIOUS FUNDING SOURCES AND APPLIES TO DIFFERENT PROJECTS TO THOSE FUNDING SOURCES, AS WELL AS WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO IMPLEMENT THE POLICIES.
BUT I DO WANT TO, UM, I DO WANT TO INDICATE HERE STRONGLY THAT, UM, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE UTILIZING AS MUCH GRANT MONEY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN WITH THE NEW BUILD, THE NEW GRANT INFRASTRUCTURE BILL COMING OUT, WE'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH AND TRIED TO IDENTIFY AS MANY GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AS WE CAN, SO WE CAN APPLY THOSE TO THE PROJECTS GOING FORWARD THE NEXT SIDE.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE, THIS IS, IT'S JUST A TECHNICAL SUMMARY.
SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE RIGHT IS A, THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PARISH, AND WE'VE DIVIDED THOSE INTO 11 SEPARATE WATERSHEDS, AND EACH OF THOSE WATERSHEDS WE'RE EVALUATING KIND OF INDIVIDUALLY.
AND THEN WE EVALUATE THE PARISH AS A WHOLE.
SO OVER THE COURSE OF THE FIRST YEAR, WE COLLECTED DATA OVER 67,000 POINTS, STRUCTURES AND PIPES TO IDENTIFY THE SUBSURFACE SYSTEM.
WE DEVELOPED A GIS DATABASE OF THAT SYSTEM.
WE ALSO, UM, IDENTIFIED WHERE THERE WERE ISSUES WITH THE SYSTEM IN TERMS OF STRUCTURAL DEFECTS, AS WELL AS SEDIMENT BUILDUP PARISHES CURRENTLY UTILIZING THAT INFORMATION TO ADDRESS MAINTENANCE ISSUES ON THAT SYSTEM.
WE ALSO, UH, TOOK SURVEY OF OVER 300 MILES OF CHANNEL.
AND FROM THAT DATA WE DEVELOPED, UM, COMPUTERIZED MODELS TO EVALUATE THE SYSTEM.
WE DEVELOPED OVER A HUNDRED AND OR IF WE DEVELOPED 138 MODELS, UH, ONE MODEL COVERS THE ENTIRE PARISH.
WE USE THAT MODEL TO EVALUATE LONGER DURATION, UM, STORM EVENTS, SUCH AS AUGUST, 2016, MAY, 2021, BECAUSE THAT MODEL IS ABLE TO SIMULATE THE BACKWATER EFFECTS.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER MODEL FOR EACH OF THE WATERSHEDS AND WE'RE EVALUATING, UM, 24 HOURS STORMS, VARIOUS RAIN EVENTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE 127, WHAT WE CALL NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL MODELS THAT EVALUATE THE SUBSURFACE SYSTEM.
AND THOSE, WE EVALUATE VERY SHORT DURATION, HIGH INTENSITY STORM EVENTS.
SO, UM, UTILIZING THOSE MODELS WE'VE HAVE EVALUATED.
I CAN'T QUITE SAY HOW MANY, BUT WELL, OVER A THOUSAND DIFFERENT STORM EVENTS FOR THROUGHOUT THE PARISH.
SO AS PART OF THAT, WE'VE DONE THIS LIKE FLOOD HAZARD ASSESSMENT, AS I, AS I MENTIONED, AND THE RESULT OF THAT, OR WHAT WE HAVE DETERMINED ARE THE MAIN CAUSES OF FLOODING AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO FLOOD RISK ARE CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE RIGHT IS A GRAPH THAT SHOWS, UH, THE CURRENT RAINFALL OR DAMAGES ON THE LEFT AND THE VERY STORM EVENTS ACROSS THE BOTTOM.
THE BLUE INDICATES THOSE DAMAGES FOR VARIOUS STORM EVENTS AS THEY ARE.
NOW THE RED LINE INDICATES THOSE PROJECTED DAMAGES.
EVERYTHING STAYS THE SAME AND CLIMATE CHANGE COUNTY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE, WHAT THOSE DAMAGES WILL BE IN THE FUTURE.
SO AGAIN, IF WE DO NOTHING, THINGS WILL JUST GET WORK JUST BY CLIMATE CHANGE.
THE OTHER THING IS DEVELOPMENT IN THE FLOOD, PLAIN, AND BASICALLY WHAT THAT MEANS FLOODPLAIN IS THE AREA IN WHICH THE WATER DID YOUR GRAPHIC AREA, WHICH THE WATER SPREADS WHEN THERE'S A STORM EVENT AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE LOSING THAT FLOOD PLANE STORAGE.
WE LOSE THAT FLOOD PLANE STORAGE IN ONE AREA THAT WATER HAS TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND OFTEN IT GOES ONTO A NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND THEN WE HAVE URBANIZATION, UM, WHAT
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THAT MEANS AS YOU HAVE DEVELOPMENT, YOU'RE LOSING YOUR IMPERVIOUS AREA.SO YOU GET MORE RUNOFF, MORE WATER GOING INTO THE SYSTEM.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE LAST, WHICH IS THE LACK OF MAINTENANCE.
I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW THAT THERE'VE BEEN CONCERNS, UH, MANY CONSTITUENTS, 3, 1, 1 CALLS OF THE LACK OF MAINTENANCE THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM THAT THAT CAN IMPACT FLOODING.
UM, IN GENERAL, IT OFTEN DOESN'T IMPACT ON THE LARGER EVENTS, BUT IT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE SMALLER EVENTS.
AND I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT, THE PARISH, HOW THEY'RE ADDRESSING THAT CURRENTLY, NEXT SLIDE.
SO AGAIN, UH, JUST THE OVERVIEW OF THE FLOOD HAZARD ASSESSMENT FINDINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN, THE, THE, THE LAY OF THE LAND, THE TOPOGRAPHY DICTATES THE FLOODING.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE.
AGAIN, MAINTENANCE IS AN ISSUE.
UM, WE'RE SEEING THESE MIXED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS HAVE MORE OF AN ISSUE.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY A MIXED DRAINAGE SYSTEM IS THESE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY JUST DRIVEWAY, CULVERTS, AND DITCHES THAT HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY CONVERTED TO UNDERGROUND SYSTEM.
STILL SOME DITCHING DITCHES HAVE BEEN FILLED IN, ET CETERA.
SO WE GOT THIS MISHMASH OF THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM THAT ISN'T FUNCTIONING AS WELL AS IT SHOULD BE.
UM, AGAIN, WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME CRITICAL DRAINAGE STRUCTURES.
SO LET'S SAY THERE'S A SUBDIVISION THAT HAS ONE OUTLET INTO THE CREEK.
IF THAT'S THE ONLY OUTLET FOR THAT SUBDIVISION, THAT DRAINAGE STRUCTURE IS VERY CRITICAL TO BE MAINTAINED SO THAT IT DOESN'T GET BLOCKED UP AND CAUSED FLOODING INTO THAT SUBDIVISION.
SO IT'S THAT ONLY COURSE FOR THAT AREA TO DRAIN.
UM, AND THEN A GOOD THING ON HERE IS THE COLUMBIA RIVER DIVERSION, WHEN, AND IF IT EVER GETS DONE, UM, WE HAVE ACTUALLY MODELED THAT, PUT THAT IN OUR MODEL.
AND WE, WE DO ARE ABLE TO SEE THE BENEFITS THAT THAT WILL PROVIDE.
UM, IF YOU CAN HIT IT AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A, UH, EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE MODELED.
THIS IS THE GLEN OAKS SUBDIVISION IN, UM, HURRICANE CREEK.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE, THERE IS A CHANNEL THAT HAS BEEN, UM, CHANNEL DEFINED OR RE DIVERTED, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT GOES ON THE LEFT SIDE AND THEN DOWN ALONG THE BOTTOM.
BUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THIS EVENT, WHICH IS 13 INCHES IN 24 HOURS, ROUGHLY CORRELATES TO A HUNDRED YEARS STORE WHERE YOU'RE SEEING AS THE WATER DOESN'T WANT TO GO IN THAT CHANNEL AND WANTS TO FOLLOW THE ORIGINAL, LOW PART OF THE LAND AND GOES ACROSS THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN EVENTUALLY GETS BACK INTO WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO.
SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS TO MITIGATE THAT FLOOD RISK NEXT.
SO THIS ONE, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS WHEN WE ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED THE MODELS, WE USED THIS, I TALKED ABOUT THE LIDAR.
WE GOT THE LIDAR FROM DOTD AIDS TWO FROM 2018.
SO WHEN WE WERE DEVELOPING THE MODELS AS TIME WENT ON, WE WERE TO SEEING THAT WELL, THERE'S CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE PARISH THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR IN THAT LIDAR DATA.
SO WHAT WE DID IS WE, WE WENT BACK ON SOME OF THESE WATERSHEDS AND WE SAID, WE NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS THAT IS OCCURRING.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS WARD CREEK WATERSHED.
THIS AGAIN IS THE 13 INCH RAINFALL AT 24 HOURS.
AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THAT ELEVATION DIFFERENCE OF THE WATER AND THAT EVENT BETWEEN 2018 AND TODAY.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE THERE'S UP TO A FOOT OF RISE FROM WATER SURFACE ELEVATION IN SOME AREAS THAT'S, THE RED, RED IS NOT GOOD.
SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT OUR DEVELOPMENT AND PROJECTS ARE CAUSING AN IMPACT.
AND SO I JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS STILL CAUSING AN IMPACT THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS NEXT.
THIS IS A HOMELAND SUBDIVISION, IT'S A LONG PERKINS ROAD.
AND WHAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT IS AT ONE TIME, WE'D ASK PEOPLE TO PROVIDE INPUT.
AND WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE SEEING, WHERE THERE'S FLOODING AND HELP US IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS SO WE CAN ADDRESS THEM.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE LEFT, THIS IS A MAP THAT POMONA IN THAT SUBDIVISION PROVIDED US IN PURPLE OUTLINES.
THE FLOODING THAT HAPPENED TO THAT AREA IN 2021, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE RIGHT IS OUR MODEL SIMULATING THAT FLOODING EVENT.
SO WE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF SIMULATING THE HEAD OF THAT.
UM, WE'RE FINDING THAT THIS AREA IS VERY CHALLENGING TO ADDRESS THE FLOODING ISSUE, BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT NEXT.
SO, AS I SAID, WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH A BUNCH OF PROJECTS IN POLICIES TO MITIGATE THE OVERALL FLOOD RISK PROJECTS CONSISTS OF ANYTHING FROM CULVERT BRIDGE, REPLACEMENTS, DETENTION, UH, RETENTION, LEVEES, CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, WE'RE ALSO COMING UP WITH, UM, FLOODPLAIN FOR PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION PROJECTS, AND WE'RE PUTTING IN POLICIES TO HELP ADDRESS FLOOD PLAIN PRESERVATION AS WELL.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE POLICIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR RESILIENT DEVELOPMENT.
SO THIS SLIDE, I THINK MANY OF YOU'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE.
WHAT THIS SHOWS IS ALL THE MONEY THAT WE'VE CURRENTLY OBTAINED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH VARIOUS SOURCES, UH, H NGP
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L WWI, A RPA, UH, TO DATE MY 40 MILLION IS ACTUALLY FOR THE AI.SO WE'RE CLOSE TO 150 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY USING TO ADDRESS DRAINAGE PROBLEMS. AND THAT MAP SHOWS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING COMPLETED.
AND I WANT TO DO POINT OUT THAT, THAT 50 MILLION, I SAID THAT THE PARISH IS ADDRESSING TRAINING ISSUES.
UM, THEY'VE DONE OVER 30 MILES OF CLEANING PIPES.
IT'S, UH, I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY TONS OF MATERIAL THAT HAD BEEN REMOVED A LOT.
UM, AND THEY'RE ADDRESSING CLEARING AND SNAGGING THEM CHANNELS.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING ROADSIDE, DITCH CLEANING, UM, FIXING OF SOME STRUCTURES AND SOME OTHER SMALL PROJECTS.
SO, SO THIS IS, THIS IS LONG OVERDUE.
AND I DO WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS AN INTENTION MOVING FORWARD TO THIS IS THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE A ONE-TIME THING.
THERE IS AN INTENTION MOVING FORWARD, OR THE PLAN TO CONTINUE MAINTENANCE.
AND THAT WAS PART OF THE MS. FOUR PERMIT UNDER RICK SPEARS.
SO NEXT, SO AGAIN, I TALKED ABOUT POLICIES.
WE HAD ADOPTED SOME POLICIES, UH, LAST JUNE.
I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO DETAIL ON THESE CAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THESE BEFORE.
UM, SOME OF THEM THERE, THERE WERE A FEW, UM, MINOR ONES, BUT, AND THEN THERE WERE A FEW SIGNIFICANT ONES SUCH AS THE STORMWATER CONVEYANCE CHECK.
AND THOSE WERE ADOPTED LAST JUNE, SINCE THEN, NEXT SLIDE.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD TO COME UP WITH REALLY MEANINGFUL POLICIES AND THERE'S A LOT.
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE LEFT ARE THE POLICIES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT, WHAT THEY ARE AND ON THE RIGHT ARE THE WHY.
SO THE FIRST ONE, AND I WANT TO GO THROUGH THESE BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND THIS IS GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU VERY SOON BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO APPROVE THIS.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON, WE HAVE A POLICY GROUP THAT WE WORK WITH THAT ARE GOING TO BE REVIEWING ALL THE DETAILS ABOUT THIS.
AND HOPEFULLY EVERYONE WILL AGREE, AND THESE WILL BE PASSED EASILY.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS ESTABLISHED FLOOD, PLAIN CONVEYED STONE.
WHAT THAT IS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT FEMA ESTABLISHES AS A FLOODWAY WHEN THEY DO NEW MAPS, BATON ROUGE DOES NOT HAVE FLOOD WAYS EXCEPT FOR ALONG THE AMY RIVER.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING SIMILAR THAT WE'RE DOING THAT WILL WORK SIMILAR TO A FEMA FLOOD WAY IN WHICH YOU CAN DEVELOP IN THERE.
BUT THERE ARE FURTHER RESTRICTIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT IN A FLOODWAY.
COULD YOU WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT WATER FLOW THROUGH THAT AREA? THE SECOND ONE IS FLOOD PLAIN FILL MITIGATION.
WE DO HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW ON THE BOOKS.
WE WANT TO MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT STRONGER.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO LOOK AT IS NOT ALLOWING FILL IN CURRENTLY ACCOUNTED FOR IN DETENTION PONDS, WHICH THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO RIGHT NOW.
AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF FEW OTHER THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT.
THE OTHER ITEM IS, UM, THE ELEVATION TO BUILD YOUR FIRST FLOOR RIGHT NOW, THE REQUIREMENT IS ONE FOOT ABOVE THE FEMA BASED FLOOD ELEVATION.
HOWEVER, WHEN WE DID OUR ANALYSIS, WE FOUND THAT THE FEMA BASE FLOOD ELEVATION IS BASED ON THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD EVENT WHEN WE DID OUR ANALYSIS.
AND REMEMBER, FEMA ANALYSIS IS VERY OLD.
SO WHEN DID THIS UPDATED ANALYSIS, OUR A HUNDRED YEAR ELEVATIONS DID NOT MATCH FEMA.
AND UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS NOT A CLEAR, OURS ARE HIGHER IN SOME LOCATIONS THAT ARE HIGHER, SOME LOCATIONS THEY'RE LOWER.
SO WHAT WE'RE ADVOCATING IS THAT THE FIRST FLOOR BE ONE FOOT ABOVE THE HIGHER OF EITHER THE FEMA BASED FLOOD ELEVATION OR OUR DETERMINED 100 YEAR FUTURE ELEVATION.
AND WHEN I SAY THE FUTURE THAT A HUNDRED YEAR ELEVATION THAT WE DETERMINED THAT WOULD BE IN THE FUTURE, CAUSE WE WANT TO ACCOUNT FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND THEN UPDATED RAINFALL DEPTHS.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO RIGHT NOW, DRAINAGE CRITERIA FOR EACH STORM EVENT, UM, THERE'S A DIFFERENT RAINFALL DEPTH, UM, AND THERE'S, UH, UM, A CERTAIN NUMBER THAT THE DESIGNERS HAVE TO EVALUATE.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE ARE ADVISING THOSE RAINFALL DEPTHS TO BE THE FUTURE RAINFALL DEPTHS FOR THOSE STORM EVENTS.
AND WE'RE ADDING A FEW EVENTS THAT NEED TO BE ANALYZED.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S TO ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE DESIGN STORMS. THEN WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL THROUGH SITE OVERLAND FLOW CHECK.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER PROJECT IS BUILT HERE, IF THERE'S NOT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT IMPEDING THE FLOW THAT NORMALLY WENT THROUGH THAT SITE BEFORE IT WAS BUILT UP SO THAT WE DON'T CAUSE FLOODING ON A NEIGHBOR.
AND THEN WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL AN INTERNAL TREND HINGE, OVERLAND FLOW CHECK.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DRAINAGE DESIGN FOR ON THE SITE, IF IT GETS TO A VERY SIGNIFICANT EVENT, THERE'S SOME WAY THAT THAT WATER HAS TO FLOW OUT SO THAT THE HOMES DON'T GET FLOODED.
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REQUIRING ALSO MULTI-STAGE DETENTION.WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE WANT THE DESIGN TO CONSIDER VARIOUS STORM EVENTS, NOT JUST THE 10 YEAR, NOT JUST THE 25 YEAR, BUT WE NEED TO GO ALL THE WAY UP TO THE A HUNDRED YEAR.
WE NEED TO CONSIDER ALL STORM EVENTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL FIRST FLUSH WITH GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT BASICALLY IS UTILIZING GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE METHODS TO TRY AND KEEP THAT WATER ONSITE AS MUCH AND TO HELP CLEAN IT AND FILTER IT.
SO IT DOESN'T CAUSE POLLUTION, UM, IN OUR SYSTEM.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS TO ESTABLISH A STREAM SETBACK.
THIS IS TAKING OUR EXISTING STREAMS AND DETERMINING A WIDTH BEYOND THE TOP OF THE BANK THAT ARE RESTRICTED FROM BEING DEVELOPED AT ALL.