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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.
AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO IS PRESERVE STREAMS, THE REPAIRING QUARTER DOOR.
IT HELPS WITH EROSION CONTROL, THE MORE EROSION, THE MORE SEDIMENT YOU HAVE GOING IN.
AND THEN WE GET CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO DREDGE.
UM, IT'S ALSO FOR WATER QUALITY, POTENTIAL RECREATION USES ARE, WILL BE PERMISSIBLE IN THERE AND ALSO ALLOWS SPACE IF IT'S NEEDED FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THOSE ARE THE MAIN POLICIES THAT I REALLY, REALLY WANTED TO GO OVER.
UM, AGAIN, WERE WE PROVIDED THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE FOR ALL OF THOSE TO OUR STEERING COMMITTEE.
UM, ONCE WE GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM, IT WILL GO TO THE POLICY GROUP AND I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL WORK TOGETHER AND THEN EVENTUALLY IT WILL GO TO YOU FOR, UH, APPROVAL.
SO NEXT IN THE LAST AGAIN, UH, THE 20 YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WE'RE EVALUATING VARIOUS FUNDING NEED AND OPTIONS.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT AGAIN, UH, FEDERAL STATE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A LOCAL REVENUE STREAM, UH, GRANTS, UH, CAN ONLY GO SO FAR AND LIKE THIS, I, I J BILL, IT'S ONLY GONNA BE AROUND FOR AWHILE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO LAST FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
SO WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE FUNDING THIS PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT VARIOUS OPTIONS AND THEN THAT LIST OF PROJECTS, WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE THEM.
WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE THEM BASED ON VARIOUS FACTORS.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT WILL BE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME.
IT'LL BE WHAT, WHAT PROJECTS ARE READILY SUITABLE FOR GRANTS CURRENTLY.
UM, SO DIFFERENT THINGS WE'LL BE LOOKING AT TO PRIORITIZE THAT LIST OF PROJECTS AND THEN APPLY DIFFERENT PROJECTS, DIFFERENT FUNDING OVER TIME.
AND AGAIN, UM, THERE IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED SOME LOCAL REVENUE STREAM TO KEEP THIS GOING.
UH, SO THAT'S WHY I SAID WE ALL ARE GOING TO NEED TO DO OUR PART.
AND LAST IS JUST, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, UH, OH, SCHEDULE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE WINDING DOWN HERE.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE AT THE GETTING CLOSE TO THE FINISH LINE HERE.
UM, WHAT WE HAVE LEFT TO DO IS TO PUT EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE IN OUR REPORT, WHAT THE PARISH IS GOING TO GET.
THEY'RE GOING TO GET ALL OF THESE MODELS THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED.
THEY'RE GOING TO GET FLOOD INUNDATION MAPS FOR ALL THESE DIFFERENT MODELS, FOR ALL THESE DIFFERENT STORM EVENTS.
THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE REPORT.
THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE PRIORITIZED LIST OF PROJECTS AND HOW MUCH IT COSTS, AND WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO GET THIS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO COMPLETE ALL OF THIS WITHIN THE NEXT THREE, FOUR MONTHS.
SO ANY QUESTIONS, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS EITHER NOW, OR WE HAVE OUR WEBSITE BEFORE WE GO TO QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL, IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.
NOW WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER, HUDSON.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE POLICIES PROPOSED SLIDE REAL QUICK, IF WE CAN.
UM, SO ONE THING I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, AND I DIDN'T SEE IT ON THE LIST, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING IT IN OUR, UH, UH, MORATORIUM OR INTERIM BUILDING STANDARDS THAT WE'VE CREATED.
WE INCREASED STORMWATER REQUIREMENTS WHEN YOU'RE DEVELOPING IN THE FLOOD PLAIN.
I DON'T SEE THAT SPECIFICALLY LISTED ON, ON THAT UNLESS I JUST MISSED IT.
SO, SO THERE'S VARIOUS THINGS ON THERE THAT WILL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
IT'S THE OVERLAND FLOW CHECK THE THROUGH SITE FLOW CHECK, UH, THE MULTI-STAGE DETENTION AND THE UPDATE TO THE RAINFALL DEPTHS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE UTILIZED.
SO, SO FOR EXAMPLE, MIGHT WE SEE ADDITIONAL REGULATION FOR LIKE MOVING? UH, NOT JUST THE FLOOD PLAIN, BUT EVERYONE TO THE 100 YEAR STORM STANDARD.
I KNOW THAT'S AN OVER-SIMPLISTIC WAY OF SAYING IT, BUT YEAH, I'M TRYING TO, I DON'T KNOW IF I UNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY, SO THE REASON WE REALLY FOCUS ON THIS HUNDRED YEAR EVENT IS BECAUSE THAT IS THE STANDARD TO WHICH ALL HOMES SHOULD BE ABOVE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE USING AS OUR FACE EVALUATION, BUT I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND.
SO I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT I'M NOT REFERRING TO THE 100 YEAR FLOOD EVENT I'M REFERRING TO THE 100 YEAR RAINFALL, UM, FOR STORM WATER REQUIREMENTS.
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WE WILL BE USING IT.IT W IT IS INCLUDED IN THIS FOR THE RAINFALL DEPTHS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT FUTURE HUNDRED YEAR.
AND THEN ALSO THIS, WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE MULTI-STAGE DETENTION, WE DO WANT TO INCLUDE THE HUNDRED YEAR.
UM, AND THEN, SO NOW MOVING TO FLOOD PLAIN REQUIREMENTS, I DID SEE THAT IN YOUR LIST.
I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT CONCEPTUALLY IS, UH, UPDATING OUR ONE FOR ONE MITIGATION STANDARD, WHICH IS CURRENTLY TO THE 100 YEAR.
BUT MOVING THAT STANDARD UP TO SAY 500 YEAR, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT HOUSTON DID THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS STILL ON THE TABLE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT TO RECOMMEND? UM, IT COULD STILL BE ON THE TABLE.
I MEAN, IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WANTS TO, YOU WANT DON, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER, WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION RECENTLY AND I DON'T HAVE THE LANGUAGE IN FRONT OF ME.
UH, BUT I'M TRYING TO THINK WE MIGHT'VE LOOKED AT IT AS THE FUTURE A HUNDRED YEAR EVENT FOR THAT MITIGATION REQUIREMENT, BUT DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT.
SO MY, MY, MY, UH, THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING IS I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE YOUR RECOMMENDATION IN ANY SORT OF WAY, BUT I DO WANT YOU, IF, IF, IF THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION, THAT, THAT THE DATA SHOWS THAT WE SHOULD BE USING THAT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS COUNCIL PASSES IT.
SO, UM, THAT THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR COUNTERPOINT, I WOULD JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN GENERAL, LOOKING AT, UM, A LOT OF THE STORM EVENTS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, AND THEN 500 IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL LOOK AT AND HOW, AND WHAT DINE IMPACT WOULD BE AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST.
BUT EVERYTHING WE DO, THERE'S A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
SO WHEN WE COME AND SAY, HERE'S THIS A HUNDRED, HERE'S THE 200, HERE'S THE 500 THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU WHAT THAT IMPACT IS, AND THEN WHAT THAT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY, AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S, IT'S ABOUT TIME COSTS FOR EVERYBODY.
THAT'S GOING TO BE LIVING IN THIS PARISH.
I WAS GOING TO CLARIFY THAT TOO.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SAY DEVELOPMENT, PEOPLE AUTOMATICALLY THINK, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPERS, RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, IT'S PARISH PROJECTS, TOO.
THAT STANDARDS SHOULD BE APPLIED TO ANY DEVELOPMENT IN THE PARISH COUNCIL TO KNOW.
SO I'M PIGGYBACK A LITTLE BIT ON COUNCILMAN HUDSON.
UM, W EARLIER IN THE PROPOSED POLICIES YOU HAD MENTIONED, UM, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, UH, THE FUTURE HUNDRED YEAR, UM, AND HOW IT'S NOT ACROSS THE BOARD.
IT'S, IT'S DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
UM, I WOULD IMAGINE BASED ON INUNDATION OF PAST EVENTS AND A MYRIAD OF OTHER, UH, DATA, SHOULD THE PROPOSAL, UM, INDICATE USING THE FEMA 100 YEAR FLOOD OR THE FUTURE A HUNDRED YEAR, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU SAID ALL OR YOU MEAN A GREATER OF YES.
UH, MELISSA, THANK YOU FOR, UM, YOUR COMMAND OF THIS INFORMATION AND FOR THE PRESENTATIONS AND FOR THE PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT ARE BEING HELD.
UM, WALK ME THROUGH THE POLICIES, PLEASE.
I THINK THE LAST SLIDE WAS A TIMELINE, LOOKED LIKE IT.
THE YELLOW BAR ENDED IN JUNE, WALK ME THROUGH, YOU'VE GOT A POLICY COMMITTEE.
I'M ASSUMING THEY'RE EVALUATING THESE POLICIES NOW.
AND THEN I'LL, I'LL TIE IT TO, AS YOU, AS YOU GIVE YOUR ANSWER, I'LL TIE IT TO LAST SEPTEMBER.
WE DID A PASS A MORATORIUM IN THIS PARISH FOR A ONE-YEAR TERM.
AND SO WE ARE APPROACHING FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS OUT FROM APPROACHING THE END OF THAT CURRENT MORATORIUM, I WILL SAY PUBLICLY, I'VE NOT HEARD A LOT OF PUSHBACK OR, OR, UM, CONCERN WITH WHAT THAT CURRENT MORATORIUM REQUIRES.
UM, BUT I WANT TO COMPARE THAT AGAINST WHAT THESE POLICIES THAT MAY BE COMING FORWARD AND WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO LOOK TO EXTEND THAT MORATORIUM.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN ANSWER ABOUT EXTENDING.
SO WE MET, WE HAVE WHAT I CALL THE POLICY GROUP.
IT'S MADE UP OF VARIOUS ENTITIES.
IT'S GOT, UH, THE BATON ROUGE DEVELOPMENT GROUP, UH, BRAC, UH, FEDERATION OF CIVIC FEDERATION, BATON ROUGE, AREA CHAMBER GROWTH COALITION, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, UH, SCOTT ALSO SOME PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES, A S C E UH, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS ASSOCIATION OF FLOODPLAIN MANAGERS.
SO WE PRESENTED TO THEM, UM, AT THE END OF MARCH, OUR IDEAS AND WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON PRESENTING, AND WE REQUESTED FEEDBACK FROM THEM.
SO WE'VE GOTTEN THAT FEEDBACK AND WE'VE TAKEN THAT FEEDBACK AND ACTUALLY NOW GONE THROUGH AND EDITED THE CODE LANGUAGE.
AND THAT NOW HAS GONE TO THE, OUR STEERING COMMITTEE FOR
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THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES FRIENDS, GROUP DRAINAGE, UM, PLANNING, ENVIRONMENTAL, OR STATE CLIMATOLOGISTS MAINTENANCE, UM, ET CETERA, TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM.AND THEN THOSE, THAT LANGUAGE THEN EDITS WILL THEN GO TO THE POLICY GROUP AGAIN SO THAT THEY CAN SEE THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE.
WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE A TIMELINE THAT THE, THOSE POLICIES, WHAT WOULD THEY COME IN IN BULK AND MASS? OR ARE WE, WILL WE RECEIVE THEM AS YOU ALL BULK? I'M HOPING.
DO YOU, WOULD YOU ALL ANTICIPATE THAT'S PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR? OH, OKAY.
AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU TOMORROW NIGHT.
AND SOME OF MINE ARE GOING TO OVERLAP BECAUSE OF THE GOOD QUESTIONS FROM THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
HOWEVER, UM, I MUST SAY THAT LAST SEPTEMBER WE DID DO THE MORATORIUM AND DEVELOPERS HAVE COME IN REGULARLY AND EXCEEDED SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS THAT WERE GIVEN TO THEM AND HAVE, HAVE MADE IT A POINT TO NOT ONLY MEET BUT EXCEED SO THEY CAN CONTINUE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREAS.
UM, IN DISTRICT 12, WE'RE CURRENTLY BUILDING ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.
WE HAVE NO MORE LAND AND I FEEL LIKE OUR WATER FLOWS EVERY WHICH WAY, UM, ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SEWAGE AND BACK THROUGH THEIR BATHTUBS AND TOILETS AND SOME HOMES.
SO, UM, IT'S AN INTERESTING ISSUE THAT WE'VE HAD.
UH, BUT SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THESE PROPOSED POLICIES, THESE GUIDELINES THAT ARE COMING AND THAT ARE SET FORTH, I JUST WOULD LIKE SOME CLARIFICATION, IF YOU COULD GIVE IT TO US.
UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU SAID, THE BASE FLOOR, ONE FOOT ABOVE, UM, WHENEVER WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT BASE FLOOR, CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA OR A PICTURE? WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS THAT A SHOTGUN HOUSE IS THAT PIER AND BEAM HOUSE.
SO THIS FLOOR NEEDS TO BE ONE FOOT ABOVE EITHER.
RIGHT NOW IT'S ONE FOOT ABOVE FEMA BASE, FLOOD ELEVATION.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.
NOW, GRANTED WE'RE TALKING STRUCTURES THAT HAVE BEEN OUT THERE FOR MANY YEARS BASE FLOOD ELEVATION MAY HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT AT THAT TIME CODES AND ORDINANCES WERE DIFFERENT AT THAT TIME.
RIGHT? SO WE'VE GOT A MISHMASH OF STUFF.
SO WHENEVER YOU SAY THAT, ARE WE IMAGINING, UM, A FOUNDATION, A CONCRETE FOUNDATION, ONE FOOT ABOVE? LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AS FAR AS THE IMAGERY IS CONCERNED FOR THE PUBLIC, WHAT IS, WHAT ARE WE MOVING TOWARDS AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WELL, I'M, I'M HOPING WE MOVE TOWARDS MORE ELEVATED AND NOT FEEL WITH SLAB RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S MOSTLY WHAT'S BEING DONE IS FILL MATERIAL AND THEN SLAB ON GRADE.
UM, AGAIN, ALL OF THAT IMPACTS OUR FLOODPLAIN STORAGE.
IT'S, IT'S ALLOWED, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO MITIGATE THAT.
PHIL THOUGH, I STILL HAVE ISSUES ON HOW THAT'S DONE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S ALWAYS DONE CORRECTLY.
NOT THERE ARE SOME TIMES IT HAS DONE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THE WHOLE POINT OF THESE CODES AND ORDINANCES IS TO PREVENT ANY MORE FLOODING FROM OCCURRING THAN WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE, WHERE THE PROJECTS ARE TRYING TO HELP MITIGATE THE FLOODING PROBLEMS WE ALREADY HAVE.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT NOW MY NEXT QUESTION IS BASED UPON THOSE PROPOSED POLICIES AND GUIDELINES, UM, AND MAY OF LAST YEAR, WE HAD A 500 YEAR STORM AND I DON'T, I KNOW THAT, UM, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T PLAN, UH, OR PREDICT EXACTLY WHAT ANOTHER 500 YEAR STORM IS GOING TO HIT US.
BUT BASED UPON THAT, UM, I KNOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A HUNDRED YEAR GUIDELINES.
SO IF WE SAW AN INFLUX AND WE FOLLOWED THESE POLICIES AND DEVELOPMENTS MOVING FORWARD, WOULD THIS, WOULD THIS PLAN DESIGN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND PROPOSE POLICIES BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND THAT 500 YEAR STORM? OR WOULD WE BE LOOKING AT FLOODED PROPERTIES IF IT, IF IT WAS A PERFECT WORLD AND WE HAD ALL NEW, RIGHT.
I HAVE TO, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT THE DIFFERENCES AND THE ELEVATION BETWEEN OUR, OUR FUTURE HUNDRED YEAR, OUR CURRENT 500 YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
SO, UH, I CAN LOOK AT THAT AND WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
I SEE SOMEBODY RUNNING UP TO TALK TO ME.
I'M SO EXCITED TO HEAR FROM YOU.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT IN THE MAY FLOOD OF LAST YEAR, THAT MOST OF THE STRUCTURES THAT RECEIVED INUNDATION WERE NOT NEW STRUCTURES.
THEY DID NOT, THEY WERE NOT OUR NEW STRUCTURES THAT ARE MEETING OUR ONE FOOT PLUS BASE FLOOD RATHER THAN IN DATION STRAIGHT CENTER LINE AND MANHOLE, WHICH IS WHAT OUR CURRENT STANDARDS ARE.
AND THEN ADDING IN, THEY'RE GOING TO BASICALLY THEIR ORDINANCE IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO SET OUR OWN BASE FLOOD ELEVATION IN CERTAIN AREAS WHERE WE BELIEVE THAT THE FEMA FLOOD MAPS ARE NOT AS ACCURATE AT THE DATA THAT WEEK.
UM, SO ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, SO AS A COUNCIL, AS A WHOLE, WE'VE RECEIVED SO MUCH INFORMATION FROM YOU AND IT'S BEEN TRULY
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INFORMATIVE AND IT HELPED US MAP OUT SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE MOVING FORWARD.IS THERE, IS THERE, UM, AN EDUCATION PIECE FOR OUR PLANNING TEAM, FOR OUR BOARD, FOR OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, WILL THAT GO INTO PLACE? WILL WE HAVE MEETINGS WHERE THEY WILL BE EDUCATED ON THESE NEW STANDARDS SO THAT MOVING FORWARD, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IMPLEMENTED AND VOTED ON PROPERLY.
I WAS GOING TO SAY, THANK YOU COUNCIL.
AND NOW I WILL DECIDE THAT ONE OF THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVE IS TO LOOK AT
THOSE ARE BE THE FIRST STEPS THAT WE WOULD TAKE TO TRY TO GET THE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED AND STARTED LOOKING AT THE PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE DETERMINED AND GET THEM UNDER CONSTRUCTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, WHATEVER WE CAN DO FROM ANY FEDERAL GRANTS CURRENTLY DO OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, AND WE'VE BEEN MEETING ON THAT, TRYING TO APPLY TO DOTD TO GET SOME OF THESE THINGS FUNDED THROUGH A WANT FLOOD CONTROL PROGRAM.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, ARGO WOULD BE LOOK AT THE
SO WITH THAT, AND AGAIN, THIS WE'RE EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, WE'RE EDUCATING EVERYONE AROUND US.
UM, AND YOU MAY HAVE STATED THIS ALREADY.
SO FORGIVE ME IF IT'S ALREADY BEEN STATED, AS FAR AS THE TIMELINE FOR THE STANDARDS OF DEVELOPMENT, THE NEW POLICIES AND PROCEDURE, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT AS FAR AS GETTING THOSE INTRODUCED TO US, BUT THEN HOLDING THE DEVELOPERS TO THOSE STANDARDS? WHAT DOES OUR TIMELINE LOOK LIKE? SO, UM, I JUST WANT HIM TO GO BACK TO THAT OTHER QUESTION, TOO, IN TERMS OF EDUCATING YOU, WE ARE TRYING TO DEVELOP WHAT I CALL LIKE A BRIEFING BOOK TO EXPLAIN WHAT EACH OF THESE ITEMS ARE THAT WE WANT TO DO, WHY WE WANT TO DO THEM AND MAKE IT SO THAT YOU DO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS WE'RE DOING AND THE IMPORTANCE, THE TIMELINE.
AGAIN, WE JUST SUBMITTED TODAY, THE ORDINANCE REVISIONS, UH, I'VE ASKED FOR THE STEERING COMMUNITY COMMITTEE TO GET BACK TO ME NEXT WEEK, AND THEN WE NEED TO SEE WHAT COMMENTS ISSUES THEY HAVE.
AND WE'RE ALSO HAVE A WORKING GROUP COMING UP, BUT NEXT WEEK, OR THE WEEK AFTER WITH THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT TO TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS.
AND THEN ONCE WE DO THAT, THEN IT GOES TO THE POLICY GROUP.
AND LAST TIME WE GAVE THEM ABOUT A MONTH TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE COMMENTS BACK, THOUGH, I'M GOING TO GUESS JUNE TIMEFRAME IS WHEN WE WOULD BE READY TO SAY, WE'VE GOT OUR RECOMMENDED.
LET ME JUST MAKE ONE ADDITION TO THAT.
ONE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE STILL, WHILE WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED AREAS TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND THE BUILDERS AND STUFF, THEY HAVE NOT SEEN ALL THE DETAILS.
SO BY ALL THE INFORMATION, WHICH WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE, WE HAVE ALL US INFORMATION, THAT IS CORRECT, BUT THEY'VE ALSO INDICATED THAT, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'VE TALKED TO THEM AND MET, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO SET UP MEETINGS WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR GOAL AND OBJECTIVE IS AND HEAR THEIR FEEDBACK, THE PURPOSE OF SOME OF THESE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PUBLIC.
AND YES, LAST NIGHT I PROBABLY HAD 20 QUESTIONS ASKED IN GENERAL ABOUT JUST THE QUESTIONS YOU'RE ASKING.
AND I SAID, WELL, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE AT THE MEETING TO TRY TO GO OVER THOSE THINGS FOR PEOPLE.
AND IT'S AN EDUCATION PROCESS BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE KNOW, ALL I KNOW IS RIGHT IN, WATER'S GETTING BY MY HOUSE, RIGHT.
THAT'S THEIR, I MEAN, THEY SAY, THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE TRYING TO TRY TO GET SOME DATA THAT WE CAN LEAST GET DOWN TO THE L I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
BUT REALISTICALLY, I MEAN, WE HAVE A BUNCH OF FACTORS.
WE'VE GOT DEVELOPMENT GROUP, YOU'VE GOT THE BUSINESS GROUP, YOU'VE GOT HOMEOWNERS.
AND WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WHAT THAT MAGICAL LINE IS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A REASON WHY WE DID THE STUDY.
I MEAN, WE, WE WANT TO FIND WAYS TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE RIGHT NOW, NO FAULT TO ANYBODY ELSE, BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT WAS BUILT WAS BUILT UNDER THE ORDINANCES THAT, THAT WERE GOVERNED BY.
BUT ALL I WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND WHERE WE NEED TO BE IN THE FUTURE AND FIND OUT HOW WE CAN REDUCE THE FLOOD RISK FOR PEOPLE IN THIS PARISH.
SO YOU SAY JUNE AND I HEAR HURRICANE SEASON.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M EXCITED THAT THIS IS MOVING FORWARD AS MOVING FORWARD QUICKLY.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE POLICIES PROPOSED BECAUSE I THINK THAT ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE VETTED OUT AND THAT YOU'VE RESEARCHED AND THAT YOU HAVE PRESENTED TO US, THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY VITAL TO MOVING FORWARD.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS LOOKING INTO THAT AND GETTING THAT INFORMATION, DO IT.
AND I WANT ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO KNOW ONE THING, FOR SURE, NO MATTER WHAT WE RECOMMEND, THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME UNHAPPY PEOPLE.
THAT'S A FACT THERE WILL BE SOME THAT SAID, WE SHOULD DO THIS.
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TO DO THAT.BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT IT, WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN MAKE IT WORK AND PROTECT PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO NOT NECESSARILY RUN EVERYBODY OUT OF OUR PARISH EITHER.
SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS.
AND, AND CERTAINLY YOU WILL BE THAT PERSON THAT YOU ARE, THIS GROUP WILL BE THAT PERSONS, A GROUP, TO MAKE THAT DECISION ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
AND WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THE OPTIONS FOR YOU TO HAVE, AND THE COST BENEFIT, THE COST FACTORS AND THE BENEFITS.
SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THOSE ISSUES TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
MY MAIN QUESTIONS AND EVERYTHING WERE BASED ON THE TIMELINE.
UM, AGAIN, FOLLOWING UP ON WOMAN, ROCK IS A SITUATION.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR HAIR STANDARDS IN PLACE.
UM, DON'T WANT TO CALL IT A MORATORIUM, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN GOALS THAT THEY HAVE TO REACH TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP AND EVERYTHING.
UM, IS IT REALISTIC TO SAY THAT WE WILL NEED TO EXTEND THAT? UH, I THINK NUMBER ONE, WE CAN ANSWER THAT A LITTLE, A LITTLE CLEARER IF, ONCE WE MEET WITH SOME OF THE GROUPS THAT ARE SITTING OUT THERE AND ARE ASKING THAT QUESTION, BECAUSE THAT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT TYPE OF FEEDBACK WE GET FROM THEM.
AND THEN SOME OF THE THINGS WE MAY NEED TO GO BACK AND RE-LOOK AT AND SAY, HEY, WE MAY HAVE MISSED THAT LESS, A GOOD POINT.
OUR GOAL IS TO GET IT DONE AS QUICKLY, BOB, BECAUSE I HEAR IT EVERY DAY.
YOU KNOW, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO, WHEN ARE THESE CHANGES GOING TO TAKE PLACE? AND I HEAR IT FROM A LOT OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO'VE ASKED ME, AND WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT STAGNATED IN ANY POINT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE FAIR TO EVERYBODY IN OUR PARISH.
THEY HAVE AS MUCH INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE DECISIONS.
THAT IS ONE OF THE REAL PURPOSES OF OUR MEETING WITH THE PUBLIC.
IT'S BEEN A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT.
I'LL SAY THAT IT WAS, IT'S BEEN PRETTY GOOD.
AND THEY'VE ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND SOME OF THEM, WE COULDN'T ANSWER AT THAT POINT, BUT ALSO THEY'VE LOOKED AT THE MODELS AND THEY LOOKED AT THEIR HOUSE.
THEY SAY, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THIS ISSUE HERE THAT THIS IS WHAT WE SEE? AND I SAID, AND MELISSA HAD MADE THAT COMMENT TO ME THE OTHER DAY.
SHE SAYS, WE DIDN'T REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT.
WE CAN NOW LOOK AT IT AND MAKE THOSE DETERMINATIONS.
AND I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, YOU NEED THAT PUBLIC INPUT ALSO.
BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, OUR GOAL IS TO TRY TO HAVE A BUFFER SOMETIME IN JUNE OR JULY, FOR SURE, TO BAIL.
SO WE CAN HAVE MORE MEETINGS BECAUSE THERE WILL BE MORE MEETINGS.
BUT WHEN WE COME TO THIS FINAL DECISION, I'M SURE TO POLYP WILL COME IN AND VOICED HER TO BUSES AND MONITORS IN REGARDS TO WHAT WE'RE DOING TO.
I'M JUST, I'M JUST, I THINK Y'ALL HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB.
I THINK Y'ALL KEPT US VERY INFORMED AS FAR AS INFORMATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
I, LIKE I SAID, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT WE, THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT OF PROCESS IN THIS.
IT HAS TO GO THROUGH, UH, LEGAL AND CHANGING ORDINANCES, CHANGING, UH, ZONING CODES, ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LITTLE BREAK HERE IN THE SUMMER AND SO ON AS FAR AS COUNCIL AND STUFF.
SO AS FAR AS INTRODUCTIONS AND STUDY AND EVERYTHING ELSE, I JUST WANT TO BE REALISTIC.
AND I WANT THE PUBLIC TO BE REALISTIC ABOUT WHEN THESE THINGS WOULD POSSIBLY KICK IN.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT Y'ALL ARE YOU, YOU'RE WORKING AS HARD AS YOU CAN TO GET IT DONE.
UM, WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO SEE A RUSH PROCESS AS FAR AS THROWING THESE CODES OUT THERE AND EVERYTHING THEY DEFINITELY NEED TO BE VETTED.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, I KNOW IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OUT THERE ON THE RADAR AS FAR AS THE DEADLINE AND STUFF, BUT I JUST WANT TO KEEP THAT ON THE FOREFRONT THAT WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING WE GOT TO EXTEND OUT BY A MONTH.
I DON'T WANT TO SIT HERE AND SAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT BY ANOTHER SIX MONTHS.
CAUSE I JUST THINK THAT LEAVES KIND OF AN OPEN WINDOW, BUT IF WE HAVE TO EXTEND IT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE END OF THE MONTH OR THE NEXT MONTH OR WHATEVER, LET'S JUST BE PREPARED FOR THAT.
WELL, I GUESS I WOULD SAY, IF YOU WANT TO EXTEND IT, YOU COULD EXTEND IT.
AND IF THESE GO INTO EFFECT BEFORE, THEN, THEN THESE WOULD TAKE THE PLACE OF THAT.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS I WANT THE PUBLIC PREPARED AND TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, OH, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS DONE.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS DONE.
HERE'S OUR DEADLINE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, BUT I'M JUST SEEING, AND YOU KNOW, WE SEE A LOT OF OTHER, THESE, THESE DEADLINES GET PUSHED AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
AND I GUESS I'M ASKING IN, YOU ANSWERED IT FOR A REALISTIC EXPECTATION THAT THESE WILL BE DONE AND COMPLETED AND READY TO GO FOR US TO VOTE, TO, TO END THIS MORATORIUM OR WHATEVER WE WANT TO CALL IT AND HAVE THESE IN PLACE.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S AN UNREASONABLE REQUEST AND OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.
AND THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE RIGHT YET, RIGHT AT THIS POINT IS TO STEER IT BACK OUT TO THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT GROUP AND BE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE.
AND SOME OF THEM HAVE ALSO INDICATED WE WANT IT IN WRITING.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT ON A MAP.
WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO COME IN, DO A LOOK.
THAT'S WHY WE PUT IN A LANGUAGE TOGETHER.
AND THAT GIVES US ANOTHER STEP AHEAD OF THE TIMEFRAME THAT WE MAY NEED TO DO TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER, LEGALLY INCORRECT.
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ANYWAY.SO IF WE HAVE TO PUSH IT, IT WOULDN'T BE BACK MUCH THAT'S FOR SURE.
AND THEN ON A FINAL NOTE, UH, AGAIN, LIKE I THINK ALL THE REST OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THE HARD WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING THE EFFICIENT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND THE PLANNING THAT YOU'RE DOING.
UM, WE'VE ALWAYS SAID, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE'VE GOT TO TAKE INTO.
UH, I DON'T EVEN THINK, YOU KNOW, 20, 30, 40 YEARS OR WHATEVER, WE HAVE A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE'RE FIXING TO TAKE OVER MAINTENANCE WISE.
UM, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.
UM, EARLIER YOU HAD TOUCHED ON, ON ONE OF THOSE SLIDES ABOUT, UH, HOW OUR DEVELOPMENT IS IMPACTING THIS, RIGHT? AND I THINK THAT'S, UH, EVERYBODY REALIZES THAT TO AN EXTENT.
AND WE KNOW OFTEN WHEN WE SAY, AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT'S, THAT'S ALL DEVELOPMENTS, EVEN PARISH WORK PARISH PROJECTS, RIGHT? UM, WHEN WE OFTEN HEAR OR SEE THESE, THESE LARGE DEVELOPMENTS, WHETHER IT BE RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND, UH, UH, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT WE SEE HERE WITH OPPOSITION, YOU HEAR, UH, THE ENGINEERS COME UP, WE DO THE TRAIN OF JIM PACK STUDY.
IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT ANYBODY, BUT, BUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS THAT IN THE DATA IS OVER TIME.
IT ABSOLUTELY IS AFFECTING, THAT'S NOT ACCURATE NECESSARILY ACROSS THE BOARD AND WHAT I WOULD, AND THIS IS WHAT THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE USUALLY AN OPPOSITION, THEY DON'T, THEY HAVEN'T FUNDED A STUDY TO REFUTE THAT.
SO WE GO ON THE DATA THAT WE HAVE IN A STAMPED ENGINEERING STUDY.
UM, BUT YOU HAVE PEOPLE STANDING THERE SAYING, I DON'T SEE HOW THAT'S POSSIBLE.
I KNOW WHAT MY BACKYARD LOOKS LIKE.
I'VE LIVED THERE 30 YEARS AND THERE'S NO WAY, YOU KNOW, THESE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE, UM, IN THOSE SCENARIOS WITH THOSE STUDIES AND YOUR OPINION ON STUDYING THIS, IF YOU, IF YOU CAN ANSWER IT, I'M CURIOUS, WOULD YOU SAY IT IS A FLAW IN THE, UH, THE ENGINEERING ON THE STUDY, A FLAW IN THE DATA INPUT INTO THOSE STUDIES ARE A FLAW IN OUR STANDARDS THAT THOSE STUDIES ARE CREATED TO MEET THAT IS CAUSING THE, THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE PARIS, WHERE OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT WORKING.
AND EVEN THOUGH YOU MEET IN IT, IT'S NOT WORKING.
UM, I THINK RACHEL MIGHT WANT TO ANSWER THAT, BUT IT'S PROBABLY A COMBINATION OF THINGS.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, OUR TECHNOLOGY IS MUCH BETTER TODAY THAN IT WAS EVEN 10 YEARS AGO.
SO WE NOW HAVE MUCH BETTER TOOLS TO EVALUATE WHAT'S GOING ON AND TO BE ABLE TO STUDY IT MORE ACCURATELY AND TO LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE, NOT JUST WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THAT SITE, TO BE ABLE TO STUDY THE IMPACTS OF WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND THE SITE.
SO LIKE A MORE, IT'S JUST, IT'S A MORE BY HAVING EVERYBODY UTILIZE THAT AND HAVING IT'S A MORE DYNAMIC APPROACH RATHER THAN A STATIC.
BUT, BUT WHEN WE REALLY KNOW, WELL, NO, THESE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY HAVING A PROBLEM AND YOU'RE GOING TO EXACERBATE IT.
BUT THE STUDY, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AND THEY MEET IT, RIGHT.
THAT'S AND THERE ARE SOME SITUATIONS WHICH WE WILL REQUIRE MORE INTENSIVE STUDY OR ANALYSIS THAN IN OTHERS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING THE MODELS TO THE PARISH AND MORE RECOMMENDING THAT FOR SOME OF THOSE MORE DETAILED ANALYSIS THAT THE MODEL WOULD BE UTILIZED TO DO THAT.
I MEAN, THERE, THERE ARE CURRENT LIMITATIONS WITH THE WAY THAT WE ARE REQUIRING DRAINAGE IMPACT STUDIES TO BE SUBMITTED, JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SUBMITTING THIS FIXED DOCUMENT THAT IS ANALYZING ONE SPECIFIC EVENT.
UM, WE'RE STIPULATING WHAT EVENT IT IS AND HOW MUCH RAIN IS FALLING AND HOW LONG IT'S LASTING.
AND THAT'S BASED ON ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE AND BEST PRACTICES, BUT IT'S STILL NOT NEARLY AS DYNAMIC AS SOMETHING LIKE WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, THAT'S HAVING THIS MODEL.
AND PART OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THEM PROVIDING ALL OF THEIR CHANGES IN GRADES AND ELEVATIONS AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND WHATNOT INTO THAT AND TO BE PUT INTO THE MODEL SO THAT WE CAN SEE THE EFFECTS THAT IT'S GOING TO HAVE ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE.
AND NOT JUST THIS ONE TIME, YOU KNOW, THING, IT'S A MUCH BETTER, LIKE SHE SAID, THINGS FROM, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS AGO, THINGS ARE SO MUCH DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT.
AND, AND LIKE, WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF OUR HOUSES THAT ARE FLOODING.
THEY'RE NOT THE NEW HOUSES, THERE ARE HOLD HOUSES, THERE THEY'RE PRE FIRMS. SO THAT MEANS THEY'RE FROM THE SEVENTIES OR EARLIER.
AND, AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT THE DRAINAGE PROJECTS ARE TRYING TO PROTECT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THIS AS A TWOFOLD, YOU KNOW, LET'S GO FORWARD AND BE RESPONSIBLE, BUT LET'S ALSO PROTECT WHAT WE'VE THOUGHT AS WELL.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I EXPECT, WHAT I EXPECTED.
UM, SO I, I GUESS ONE OF THE OTHER APPROACHES WOULD BE, UM, WHEN WE HAVE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS,
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UM, OR WE LET'S SAY WE HAVE A SCENARIO WHERE WE PUT IN PLACE THE RIGHT, THE RIGHT POLICIES TO UTILIZE THIS DATA IN THIS PROGRAMMING.WHAT ABOUT A SCENARIO WHERE YOU HAVE MULTIPLE DEVELOPMENTS COMING IN AN AREA AT THE SAME TIME? ARE THEY, IS IT FIRST ONE FILED, GOES JUST ON THEIRS, BUT SECOND ONE FILED AFTER I THINK PART OF SOME OF WHAT WOULD BE UNKNOWN IS THE PLANNING PROCESS, RIGHT? BECAUSE, AND THAT'S, IT, IT'S HARD FOR SOME OF OUR CONSTITUENTS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE PROCESS WORKS, BECAUSE THERE'S A DRAINAGE STUDY THAT I REVIEW DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT REVIEWS AS PART OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION PROCESS FOR DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN I REVIEW IT AGAIN WHEN THEY SUBMIT CONSTRUCTION PLANS, BECAUSE WE'RE NOWHERE NEAR THE FINAL DESIGN STAGE OF A CON OF, UH, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT WHEN WE'RE AT COMMISSION.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE MULTIPLE REVIEWS OF THIS DRAINAGE STUDY.
AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND SUBMITTAL DEADLINES MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED BECAUSE OF THE DEPTH AND THE INTENSITY OF SOME OF THESE REVIEWS OF SOME OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE MORE MEETINGS AHEAD OF TIME, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE MORE LEAD TIME ON CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ENCOMPASS MORE AREA IN THESE CONVEYANCES ZONES AND IN THE SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE THINGS ARE REVIEWED.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU AT THIS TIME COUNSELING.
I'M JUST GOING TO GO TO ITEM NUMBER 1 38.
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WE HAVE SOME YOUNG PEOPLE HERE TO GIVE US A REPORT, RECEIVING A REPORT FROM THE POLICE CHECK CLUBS, STUDENTS, AND CLEAN PELICAN ON THE BUS STOP DETER AND BENCH GIS SURVEY BY COUNCIL MEMBER, LORI ADAMS. HI, I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, FRAN, UH, HARVEY AND JOSEPH HARDEN TO COME, UM, TO THE, TO THE FRONT.UM, I WAS VERY EXCITED WHEN, UH, WHEN THE FOUR H UH, TECH CLUB AND CLEAN PALIN PELICAN REACHED OUT.
ONE OF MY PERSONAL GOALS HAS BEEN TO GET YOUNG PEOPLE AND PEOPLE IN GENERAL, MORE INVOLVED IN CITY GOVERNMENT.
SO REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE STUDENTS GET INVOLVED, UM, AND DIG INTO, YOU KNOW, QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, UM, THE GATHERING OF DATA, AND OF COURSE, UM, IGNITING INTEREST IN GIS.
SO WITHOUT, UH, FOR THEIR TO Y'ALL HI, I'M PAUL CONLEY AND I'M, UH, REPRESENTING CLEAN PELICAN.
UM, WE WANT TO THANK THE METRO COUNCIL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH Y'ALL AND MAKE A PRESENTATION.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
97, UH, CLEAN PELICAN IS A NONPROFIT WITH A MISSION OF WORKING TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN A CLEAN, BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY WHERE BUSINESSES AND FAMILIES WANT TO STAY WORK AND PLAY CLEAN.
PELICAN WAS FORMED AS A GRASSROOTS NONPROFIT BECAUSE THE LITTER PROBLEM IN BATON ROUGE WAS CAUSING, UM, ECONOMIC LOSS, DID A FLOODING LOSS IN PROPERTY VALUE AND LOW MORALE IN OUR CITY.
WE KNOW THAT BATON ROUGE COULD BE A MUCH BETTER PLACE AND CLEAN PELICAN IS HERE TO BE PART OF CLEANING UP THE CITY AND MAKING IT A PLACE WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF.
WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE ADVERTISING BUS BENCHES AROUND THE CITY, SPECIFICALLY THE WOOD C AND CONCRETE MUNCH BUS BENCHES THAT CONTAIN ADVERTISING ON THE SEAT BACKS.
UM, WE HAVE HAD QUESTIONS ASKED OF CLEAN PELICAN WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UPKEEP AND MAINTENANCE OF THESE BENCHES.
WHY ARE SO MANY OF THEM NOT BEING MAINTAINED AND BECOMING BLIGHT IN OUR CITY? WHY AREN'T THERE A TRASH CANS LOCATED AT THE BUS BENCHES? WHY ARE SOME OF THE BENCHES SO CLOSE TO THE STREET, ENDANGERING PEOPLE WAITING FOR THE BUS AND ALSO THE VEHICLES ON THE STREET.
AND CAN THE CITY PROVIDE, CREATE A SAFER, CLEANER, MORE BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT RIDE THE SO, UH, SO WHAT IS NOW KIND OF BECOME BUS BENCH BLIND? HOW CAN THIS BE ELIMINATED? SO AS WE LOOKED FOR ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS, WE LEARNED THERE WASN'T A CENTRAL, UH, PUBLIC DATABASE THAT HAS INFORMATION ABOUT THE BUS STOPS ABOUT THE BUS BENCHES, UH, WHETHER THEY'RE NEEDED REPAIR, WHETHER THERE'S LITTER AROUND THEM OR WHAT.
AND SO CLEAN PELICAN PARTNERED WITH THE FOUR EIGHTHS TECH TECH CLUB, GLOBAL GEOSPATIAL INSTITUTE, OR JGI AND DISTRICT 11, COUNCILMAN LORI ADAMS TO, UH, GATHER THE DATA AND CREATED DATABASE.
UM, THE FOUR H CLUB GROUP CREATED A DIGITAL TOOL TO GATHER THE INFORMATION ON THE BUS BENCHES AND TO, UH, HELP GUIDE THE METRO COUNCIL ON HOW TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
UM, CLEAN PELICAN GI GI THE FOUR H TECH CLUB AND LORI ADAMS JOINED TOGETHER IN A WEEKEND,
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UH, DROVE AROUND THE CITY AND METRO DISTRICT COUNCIL 11, AND, UH, TO MAKE THAT THE PROTOTYPE FOR DEVELOPING THIS DATABASE AND THEY ASSESSED EVERY BUCH BUS BENCH IN THE DISTRICT.UM, SO NOW THERE IS THIS TEMPLATE FOR COLLECTING DATA ON THE BUS BENCHES.
UM, AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. JOSEPH HARDEN.
HE IS HERE TO PRESENT THE DIGITAL STORY MAP OF THE DATA THAT WE COLLECTED IN DISTRICT 11.
JOSEPH IS A JUNIOR AT LIBERTY MAGNET.
HIGH SCHOOL IS EARNED A GS INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATION AND IS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL FOUR H GIS GPS LEADERSHIP TEAM.
UM, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT YOU TODAY.
UM, MY NAME IS JOSEPH HARDEN AND I AM PART OF A FOUR H TECH CLUB, AND I ARE CURRENTLY A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AT LIBERTY HIGH, UM, INTRODUCTION TO OUR, UH, PRESENTATION.
BASICALLY, WE'RE HERE TO MAKE THEM CONCISE PRESENTATION ABOUT THE FACTS AND RESULTS OF OUR BUS BENCH PROGRAM, UH, SURVEY OF EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH COUNCIL DISTRICT 11, BATON ROUGE HAS A BUS SYSTEM, BUT NOT A MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM.
THIS MEANS THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE RIDING THE BUS ARE UNDERSERVED AND DEPENDENT ON THE SYSTEM TO GET AROUND THE CITY.
WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S GREAT CITY ORDINANCES FOR THE BUS BENCHES AS WELL AS CREATE AND MANAGE A MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE FOR THE BUS BENCHES.
OH, AND THE OWNERS OF THE BUS.
MITCH'S ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE SAFETY, BEAUTY AND CLEANLINESS OF THE BUS BENCHES.
OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO HAVE A BETTER BUS SYSTEM, THE BUS SYSTEM NETWORK, AND OVERALL BETTER BUS SYSTEM FOR RIDERS.
WE NEEDED A SAFE AND DIGNIFIED PLACE, THE WAY FOR THE BUSES BOUNDARY, WHICH THE CAPITAL CITY, LOUISIANA.
SUCH SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
WE STARTED THIS PROJECT BECAUSE WE NOTICED THAT SOME BUS BENCHES AROUND A CITY OR SUBSTANDARD NOT BEING MAINTAINED.
THERE IS NOT A BUS BENCH INVENTORY.
THERE WAS NO DATA LAYER FOR BUS STOPS, PUBLICLY SHARED AND READILY ACCESSIBLE.
THERE ARE NO DATA LAYERS FOR BUS TOURS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
THERE ARE NO BUS, BUT THERE IS NO BUS BENCH ORDINANCE FORCING FOR THE CITY TO ENFORCE BATON ROUGE.
WRITERS OUGHT TO HAVE A BETTER BUS SYSTEM THAT WORKED FOR NATIVE WITH BUS STOP SIGNS AND ROUTES AREAS OF INTEREST GIS AND GOPD OF TECHNOLOGY WERE USED TO THE VIA THE STUDY AREA BY CREATING RED CELLS.
THIS GIVES A UNIFORMED APPROACH TO WHAT IS OTHERWISE AN IRREGULAR SHAPE BOUNDARY OR GEOGRAPHIC AREA ALSO BY USING GRID CELLS AND MIXED THE METHOD, SCALABLE PARISH WATER USING THE MAPS BELOW MADE THE JOB MORE EFFICIENT.
WE RIGHT, ONE OR THE 18 DISTRICTS WITHIN EBR PARISH, A TOTAL OF 16 PEOPLE, FOUR TO FIVE TEAMS USED CONSISTENT OF A ADULT DRIVER AND ADULT SUPPORT MEMBER.
AND ONE YOUTH WHO COLLECTED THE DATA USING SURVEY 1, 2, 3, WE COLLECTED, WE COLLECTED THIS DATA OVER TWO DAYS.
THE IMAGES THAT ARE BEING SHOWN RIGHT NOW, UM, ARE ALSO ARE BASICALLY MAPS THAT WE USED.
THE ONE ON THE LEFT SHOWS A ONE GRID CELL AND THE BUS STOPS LOCATED ALONG THE STREETS AND THE RIGHT GRID CELL SHOWS HOW WE DIVVIED UP COUNCILOR DISTRICT 11 TO SEVEN DIFFERENT, UH, THE SEVEN DIFFERENT SELVES DATA.
DID YOU, DID YOU ASK THIS, UH, INSTRUMENT THAT WAS USED TO COMPLETE THE CITIZEN SCIENTIST PROJECT IS AS WE SURVEY 1, 2, 3 OUT IT'S SIMPLE AND THE TOOL CENTRIC, WARM CENTRIC, IT HAD GOT HER A SOLUTION.
THESE, UM, THESE SCREENSHOTS SHOW PARTS, DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SURVEY.
THE ONE CLOSEST TO THE, UH, RIGHT, THE LEFT SHOWS, UM, BASICALLY SHOWS YOU TAKING, TAKING THE LOCATION OF THE BUS AND MARKING IT DOWN.
THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE SHOWS HOW YOU CLASSIFIED A BUS MATCH.
AND THE ONE ON THE FAR RIGHT SHOWS, YOU'VE TAKEN A PICTURE OF THE BUS BENCH AND SUBMITTING YOUR NAME.
UH, I GOT HER, THERE WAS ALSO ABOUT BUSMAN SURVEY.
WE'LL CATEGORIZE INTO THE FOLLOWING CLASSIFICATIONS.
GREEN MEANS IN COMPLIANCE THIS LEVEL LESS THAN 10 DEGREES, NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE, IT'S A GOOD VISUAL REPAIR AND A BUS STOP SIGN IS FULFILLING SITE.
YELLOW MEANS IT'S NOT A COMPLIANCE, WHICH MEANS A CONTAGIOUS GRAFFITI IS LOCATED TOO CLOSE TO THE ROAD.
AND THE BENCH IT CRUTCHES ONTO THE SIDEWALK.
RED MEANS THAT THE SEAT IS BROKEN, CONCRETE NEEDS, REPAIR, OTHER REPAIRS NEEDED, AND IS BASICALLY ON USABLE.
THIS MAP SHOWS, THIS IS A MAP OF THE DATA WE COLLECTED AND CAROLINA WATERS WILL WALK US THROUGH A FEW SPOTS.
UM, SO WE HAVE, AS HE WAS SAYING, GREEN, RED, AND YELLOW.
AND IF YOU COULD CLICK ON YES, THE GREEN ONE, UM, IF YOU CLICK NEXT, IT SHOULD SHOW YOU YES.
SO SOME PICTURES OF THE BENCHES.
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AN EXAMPLE OF A GREEN BENCH.UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT LOOKS GOOD.
UM, THE, WHAT IS GOOD, IT'S BEHIND THE SIDEWALK.
IT'S FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM THE STREET AND THAT'S JUST, IT'S A GOOD BENCH SO THAT IT MEETS ALL OF ITS REQUIREMENTS.
UM, IT HAS SOME REQUIREMENTS, BUT NOT QUITE ALL OF THEM.
I MEAN, IT'S BEHIND THE SIDEWALK AND, BUT THE WOOD IS MISSING.
SO YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO SIT THERE.
IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S NOT HORRIBLE, BUT IT'S NOT GREAT.
IT'S JUST, IT'S KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE WE HAVE IS A RED ONE.
IT'S LIKE SO CLOSE TO THE STREET.
IT'S ACTUALLY LIKE BIAS STORE, BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO WALK BY A DITCH TO GET THERE.
AND THERE'S LIKE MAYBE TWO FEET BETWEEN THE STREET AND THE DITCH.
AND IF YOU CAN SEE THAT SPEED LIMIT SIGN, IT SAYS 45 MILES PER HOURS, THE SPEED LIMIT, WHICH IS REALLY FAST AND THE WOOD IS BROKEN.
YOU JUST, YOU COULDN'T SIT THERE AND THAT'S JUST, THAT'S REALLY, IT SHOULDN'T BE LIKE THAT.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TO TRY TO FIX THIS.
I ASKED FOR A RESULTS, UH, THE PARTNERS FOR THE FOREST TECH CLUB MEMBERS AND CLEANING AND VOLUNTEERS TO FIND A FOLLOWING CLASSIFICATION FOR THE SURVEY.
OUR OBJECTIVE FOR THIS CITIZEN SCIENTIST PROJECT IS TO COLLECT DATA AND TO PRESENT THE FACTS, THE DVR PARISH COUNCIL MEMBERS.
HERE'S A GRAPH OF THE FIRST QUESTION OF THE SURVEY, WHICH READS AS BASED ON YOUR VISUAL OBSERVATION, WHAT IS THE CONDITION OF THE BUS BENCH? AS YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE GRAPH, UM, MAJORITY OF THE GRAPH IS STRUCTURED IN GREEN, OVER YELLOW AND RED ALSO MAKE UP HALF OF THEM MAJORITY, WHICH MEANS THAT REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU SEE IT, UH, THE COMBINATION OF RED AND YELLOW IS STILL SOMETHING YOU SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT.
THE NEXT FEW SLIDES HAVE IMAGES OF BUS BENCHES.
WE SURVEY AND CAROLINA WATERS WILL WALK HER THROUGH THESE.
SO YES, THOSE ARE THE GREEN BENCHES.
AND THEN THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF YELLOW BENCHES.
UM, YEAH, WE JUST FOUND MORE EXAMPLES OF ALL OF THEM AROUND THE DISTRICT.
AND THEN THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF THE RED ONES THAT WE FOUND LIKE THAT IF YOU CAN SEE THE SIGN HAS BEEN TAKEN DOWN, BUT IT'S STILL THERE.
AND SO IF SOMEONE WERE TO LIKE RIDE A BIKE BY THAT, OR LIKE WALK BY, THEY COULD FALL AND REALLY HURT THEMSELVES ON THAT POST BECAUSE IT'S JUST STICKING OUT, WHICH IS REALLY DANGEROUS.
AND THEN HERE'S ANOTHER BINGE SHELL DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.
IT'S JUST NOT WELL MAINTAINED.
UM, IF YOU SEPARATE THE CASPER BUS, MITCH'S OUT OF OUR RESULTS IN WHICH THERE WERE 23 OF THEM.
IT WAS A TOTAL OF 151 SURVEYED BENCHES.
SO WE SUBTRACTED THE 23 CASSIE BUS BITCHES, WHICH LEFT US WITH 128 TOTAL SURVEYED BENCHES, OH, WHICH 60 OR FOUR TO 7% FALL INTO THE YELLOW OR RED CATEGORY.
IS THIS SHOWING DIGNITY TO OUR BUS RIDERS? NO, THESE NUMBERS MAY FAVOR GREEN BUS BENCHES.
HOWEVER, THE TWO POOR CATEGORIES OR ONLY HAVE A SLIGHTLY LOWER PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL, ALL NOTICES OF ALL 128 BUS METRO SURVEY RESULTED IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES, SIX TO EIGHT BEING GREEN THREE TO FOUR, BEING YELLOW AND 26 BEING RED.
THIS ROUNDS OUT TO 60 OR 47% OF THE 128 BUS OF SURVEY ARE DEEMED SUBSTANDARD.
ACCORDING TO OUR CLASSIFICATIONS, BEFORE A 7% ON, ON A SCHOOL TEST, THERE'S A FELLOW GRADE, THERE ARE SOLUTIONS TO THIS PROBLEM.
THIS IS NOT A NEW PROBLEM FOR ANY CITY.
WE SHOULD TAKE THE TIME TO LEARN FROM THEM AND MAYBE IMPLEMENT THEIR FIXINGS UNTIL ALL OF US WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS AND APPROVE IT OF THE QUALITY OF MATERIALS USED FOR A BUNCH OF ISSUES.
UM, TRASH CAN, IT SHOULD BE MANDATORY AND SUGGESTIONS FOR THE CITY ORDINANCE ENFORCEMENT, MAINTENANCE AND QUALITY OF BUS BITCHES WILL FINES FOR NOT MEETING, UH, DANGEROUS.
THIS BUS BENCH PROJECT SHOWS THAT THERE IS A SEVERE LACK OF IMPORTANCE WHEN IT COMES TO THESE BUS BENCHES, SAFETY MAINTENANCE, AND THE, THIS I WOULD SEE AS THE BUS BITCHES OR LACK OF THEM, WE REALIZED THAT THE BUS BENCHES ARE PART OF A LARGER TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM.
YOU CAN JOIN US IN MAKING OUR BUS BENCH NETWORK BETTER.
THESE ARE THE, UH, THIS IS A WORD CLOUD OF THE NAMES OF ALL THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN COLLECTING THE DATA FOR YOUR SURVEY, PUT A SURVEY THAT'S BEING PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY,
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AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO COUNCIL MEMBER, LORI ADAMS. SO DISTRICT 11 WE'LL FOLLOW HER SUPPORT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS PROJECT.YOU ALL ARE ALL HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE EBR PARISH COUNCIL WENT OUT OF HAPPENED.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TO THE SUPPORTIVE MANNER.
WELL, OUTSTANDING JOB, YOUNG PEOPLE.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEM MA'AM UM, DOES ANYONE WANT, WE HAVE COPIES OF THE CAR THING? WE ALL WANT A COPY OF TO MR.
WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET THE COPIES.
I JUST WANT TO SAY I AM SO PROUD OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND I WONDER WHAT ELSE THEY COULD SOLVE WHILE THEY AT
ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ELSE COME ON DOWN.
MA'AM STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I'M KRISTI SMITH PARALLEL ONE OF THE BUS BENCH OWNERS.
AND I WANT TO SAY THAT ALL THE STUDENTS DID A GREAT JOB.
THE SURVEY THAT THEY CAME UP WITH IS AMAZING.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO ALL OF THAT.
UM, AND I LOVE WHEN STUDENTS GET INVOLVED IN REAL LIFE ISSUES.
SO EIGHT YEARS AGO, WE DID THE SAME THING.
WE EIGHT YEARS SUPPOSE FIVE YEARS AGO.
SO 14 YEARS AGO, WE DECIDED TO DRIVE AROUND AND SEE ALL THE PROBLEMS WITH THE BUS BENCHES AND COME UP WITH A SOLUTION, MY MOM AND MYSELF, TO FIX THE PROBLEMS WITH THE BENCHES.
SO WE HAVE A SIMILAR STORY TO THEM.
IF THEY WANT TO MEET WITH US, WE CAN COME UP WITH SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY ASK, GIVE THEM THE ANSWERS TO IT.
BUT, UM, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, NO INVENTORY OF THE BENCHES, WE DO HAVE INVENTORY OF THE BENCHES.
ALL THREE COMPANIES HAVE INVENTORY OF THEIR SPOTS.
UH, WE FOLLOW CODES AND THE SAFETY MEASURES AS STATED IN OUR CONTRACT.
SO SOME SPOTS ARE TRICKY DEPENDING ON HIM, WHERE, UM, DEPENDING ON IF A HOUSE IS THERE, IF A DITCHES THERE, THESE THINGS ALL HAVE TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND I DO AGREE THAT SOME OF THEM NEEDS TO BE MOVED FURTHER FROM THE STREET, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THEM ON.
AND, UM, ANOTHER THING IS THAT THERE ARE BUS, LET'S SEE, THERE ARE TRASH CANS AT SOME OF THE STOPS THAT WE STILL SEE LITTER NEXT TO THE TRASH CANS.
THIS IS NOT A BUS BENCH ISSUE ALL THE TIME.
SO WE GO OUT, CONSTANTLY PICK UP THE LITTER.
WE MOW THE GRASS, WE MAKE SURE A BUSINESS DIDN'T TURN OUR VENTURE, MOVE IT.
UM, WE'VE HAD BUSINESSES TOPPLE THEM OVER BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT THEM IN FRONT OF THEIR BUSINESS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE DO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE NEAR OR RIGHT IN FRONT OF WHERE THE BENCHES.
UM, SO A LOT OF TIMES WE WILL MOVE THEM TO WHERE THE BUS STOP IS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE A CERTAIN AMOUNT AWAY FROM THE STREET AND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WAY FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN THE CITY RIGHT OF WAY.
BUT A NEARBY BUSINESS MIGHT COME AND MOVE IT.
SO I HAVE A SPECIFIC LAWYER ON, UM, THAT WE HAVE ADVERTISED FOR AND HE KEPT GOING OUT AND MOVE IN THE BENCH BECAUSE HE WANTED IT TO FACE A CERTAIN WAY.
SO WE TOLD HIM HE COULDN'T ON IT ANYMORE BECAUSE YOU'RE ENDANGERING WHERE THE CARS LOOK, YOU'RE ENDANGERING WHERE THE BUS RIDERS SIT.
SO WE DO TAKE EVERYTHING VERY SERIOUSLY, A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.
AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THEY'VE PUT IN AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM AND WITH Y'ALL COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, EXCUSE ME.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? ANYONE ELSE HERE, WISHING TO SPEAK ON THAT COUNCIL MEMBER? OH, LOOK WHO IT IS.
COUNCIL MEMBER TRAY, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER REPRESENTING DISTRICT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER KNOLL COUNCIL MEMBER WAS HI, I'M I'M HERE.
SO I, AND I'M ON THIS SIDE AND I'M NOT GIVING OUT AN AWARD AT THIS TIME, SO, BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE ALL OF Y'ALL.
UM, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON DOING A GREAT JOB.
I KNOW THAT ONE HAS, UH, BUT ANYWAY, WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, AND I KNOW MY TIME AND I'M GOING TO BE REAL QUICK.
UH, BURT BARNETT IS ALSO HERE.
HE'S ONE OF THE OWNERS OF THE COMPANY AS WELL.
UM, WE WANT TO ECHO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, THE GO GIRLS,
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UH, ADVERTISING SAID AS WELL.BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO WANT TO SAY IS, IS THAT WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND INCLUSIONS, WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND COME UP WITH THOSE, UM, SPECIFICATIONS AND COME UP WITH THE THINGS WHERE WE CAN AGREE AND GET THINGS DONE, BECAUSE THESE ARE THREE SMALL BUSINESSES AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING THE HARD WORK THAT Y'ALL DID AND THEN GOING FORWARD AND ADDING TO IT.
SO WE WANT TO BE GOOD PARTNERS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH.
AND YEAH, I KIND OF LIKE BEING A ONE WHO ISSUE KIND OF GOT, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE MEETING.
UH, NEXT, ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM AND YOU WANT TO COME ON DOWN, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
THANK YOU, FRAN HARVEY WITH GGA.
AND I JUST WANT TO, UH, RECOGNIZE SEVERAL, UH, CLEAN PELICAN MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY.
UH, JEFF OF SEVERAL HAVE ALREADY LEFT, BUT, UM, YEAH, JEFF AND GLENDA ARE BOTH FOUNDING MEMBERS OF CLEAN PELICAN AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO TO HELP MAKE OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE.
WE APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU ALL DO.
MA'AM IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, COUNCIL MEMBER, ALMOST COMING COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS? UH, YES.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, LAURA.
AND THANK YOU, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOU DID A FANTASY.
UM, THE CONSERVE FOR BENCHES IS ONE THAT IS LONG AND, UM, HASN'T REALLY BEEN IN MY OPINION, ADDRESSED HOLISTICALLY AND WITH FIDELITY, UM, LATS, I DON'T KNOW.
BEFORE DECEMBER WE APPROVED TO ALL FOUR OR FIVE OF THE DIFFERENT, UM, BENCH VENDORS.
AND IT WAS ALSO PRIOR TO THE KATZ, UM, TAX RENEWAL, WHERE I HAD A CONVERSATION, UM, WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, BECAUSE I FELT THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE, UM, SOME COMRADERY BETWEEN THE BITCH COMPANIES AND THE, UM, THE CATS, OUR PUBLIC BUS SYSTEM.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AROUND IN MAY, ANY OTHER MAJOR CITY, YOU DON'T HAVE, YOU DON'T HAVE INDEPENDENT BENCH, UM, VENDORS AS THE WAY WE HAVE NOW, ALL THE BENCH, UM, ARE PART OF THE BUS SYSTEM, UH, LOGISTICS, IF YOU WILL.
SO, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT EVERY AREA, BUT IN MY DISTRICT, THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.
UM, I JUST BELIEVE IT'S A WAY TO, THERE HAS TO BE A WAY WHERE THE, THE, THE BUS VENDORS, UM, BUS STOP VENDORS CAN STILL MAKE MONEY AND, AND THE BUS COMPANY CAN COME TOGETHER LOGISTICALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ALL, THEY WORK TOGETHER TO HAVE THE SHADES.
THAT'S IDEALLY WHAT I WOULD THINK, BECAUSE, UM, WE'LL HAVE A BUS STOP ON ONE CORNER AND THEN RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, I MEAN, WE HAVE A PRIVATE BUS BENCH AND RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IS A BUS SHELTER.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING SHOWS THAT IT, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT LOOK BLIGHT AND THAT WOULD MAKE IT, MAKES IT LOOK LIKE WE GOT TOO MUCH GOING ON.
SO I'M GOING TO RENEW THAT AGAIN, UM, THAT REQUEST BETWEEN ADMINISTRATION AND CATS, THAT THEY WORK TOGETHER WITH THE BENDERS.
AND, UM, SOME KIND OF A RELATIONSHIP IS BUILT WHERE EVEN IF IT MEANS THAT, UH, WHEREVER THERE IS A BUS SHELTER THERE, AND THERE'S A, SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO DO ADVERTISING THE MONEY MAY STILL GO TO THE BITCH BENDER, OR THERE COULD BE A SHARED REVENUE, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED BOTH BUS SHELTERS AND BUS BENCHES.
I DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE, AS, AS THE OPENING STATEMENT, WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF, UM, OF PUBLIC TRANSIT DEPENDABILITY THAT WE CAN DO BOTH.
THERE'S A SECTION OF PEOPLE WHO CERTAINLY DEPEND ON OUR PUBLIC, UM, UH, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, BUT THEN THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE CARS.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO ADVERTISE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE MONEY AWAY FROM, UM, THE BENCH VENDORS, BUT I DO THINK IT'S A WAY WHERE THERE'S A CERTAIN TERRITORY OR WHATEVER, WHERE THEY HAVE, WHERE THEY ADD THAT THEY CAN HAVE, THEY CAN SELL THE ADVERTISEMENT THAT YOU SEE IN LARGE CITIES ON THE BUS SHELTERS.
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SO I JUST REALLY WANT US TO LOOK INTO THAT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE NEED BOTH, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.UM, AND YOU CAN COME AND DO THAT AND DISTRICT TO DO THIS SAME REPORT.
OH, DISTRICT'S, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, HUSBAND.
I JUST WANT TO FIRST ECHO HOW COOL IT WAS THAT YOU GUYS DID THIS PROJECT KUDOS TO COUNCILMAN ADAMS FOR HELPING SPEARHEADED.
I SEE MY FRIENDS, THE POLLARD'S OVER HERE AS WELL.
THEY'VE BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT ISSUES SURROUNDING CATS FOR SO LONG.
UM, IT'S JUST REALLY COOL TO SEE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS UNDERSTANDING THE VALUE OF GIS, UM, WHERE YOU CAN TAKE IT AS A CAREER.
UH, AND THEN JUST THE REALLY, REALLY COOL THINGS THAT WE CAN DO WITH IT AS POLICYMAKERS TOO.
UH, I'M GOING TO THROW OUT A COUPLE OF IDEAS HERE.
UM, I KNOW FROM SPEAKING WITH FORMER COUNCILMAN MRO, SO, UH, BUDDY AMORUSO ABOUT THIS ISSUE BEFORE, UM, THIS WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT HE FELT LIKE WE HAD REALLY GOTTEN WRONG AT ONE POINT.
UM, AND SO I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S A COUPLE OF ISSUES THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US WORK ON AS WE DEAL WITH THESE CONTRACTS, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
BUT ONE IS CONTINUITY OF THE MATERIALS THAT WE USE.
UM, SO THAT MAY INCLUDE, UH, YOU KNOW, CITY SETTING A STANDARD OR A VERY SPECIFIC STANDARD ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF MATERIALS CAN BE USED.
UM, THE TYPE OF ADVERTISING THAT IS BEING DONE ON THE SIGN ITSELF.
UH, BUT THEN ALSO ON THE ISSUE OF TRASH.
UM, I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY SAY, I HONESTLY DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THE RESPONSIBILITY.
I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO GIVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TRASH ISSUE TO THE ADVERTISING COMPANIES.
THOSE GUYS WERE THERE TO SELL ADS, NOT TO PICK UP TRASH.
UM, BUT WE'RE IN A UNIQUE SITUATION RIGHT NOW WITH OUR PARISH WIDE GARBAGE CONTRACT BEING OUT FOR RFP, UH, THAT WE CAN LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE ADDING THESE STOPS TO THE GARBAGE ROUTES, UH, AND THAT TYPE OF THING, UM, TO, TO HANDLE THAT ISSUE.
SO I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING FOR US TO EXPLORE EXPORT WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, UM, AND DO IT THAT WAY.
THE OTHER THING I'LL ADD IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE GENERAL FUND IMPACT FOR THIS IS ABOUT $40,000.
UH, I THINK COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS, AREN'T ALL THAT TONIGHT.
SO GOOD JOB ON THIS THANK YOU.
I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE QUICK BACKGROUND AND TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, BECAUSE ALL Y'ALL KNOW THAT THE ORDINANCE CAME UP, THE NEW CONTRACT CAME UP FOR US TO RENEW, AND I ASKED FOR IT TO BE WITHDRAWN, DELETED, REMOVED, BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO TALK ABOUT CONTRACTS.
UH, COUNCILMAN WELLS JUST CAME UP AND SPOKE ABOUT THE THREE SMALL BUSINESSES AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES THAT DO OUR BUS CONTRACT RIGHT NOW.
I DO AGREE, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF Y'ALL REMEMBER THE CONTRACT, BUT IT HAD THE PICTURES AND EVERYTHING.
AND THERE WERE THE STANDARDS THAT Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT.
METAL BENCHES, SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE NEEDED TO RUN OR GET OUT, OR, UM, THERE WERE METAL BENCHES IN THERE.
THERE WERE ALSO METAL BENCHES WITH CONCRETE BASES UNDERNEATH THEM.
THERE WERE, UH, TRASH CANS THAT WERE TO BE PURCHASED AND PLACED NEAR THE, UM, EVENT.
AND THEY HAD THE TYPES AND EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY PARISH WANTED WHILE I SAW THIS.
AND I AGREE THAT THE BUS BENCHES THAT WE HAVE NOW NEED TO BE UPDATED, UM, BY WHATEVER MEANS SO ON AND SO FORTH.
BUT WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO, I HAD A MEETING WITH THE BUS BENCH CONTRACTORS, AND I'LL JUST TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I TOLD THEM I DON'T DISAGREE WITH WHAT THE CITY PARISH CAME UP WITH, WHAT THE DESIGN AND THE QUALITY OF THE NEW BUS BENCHES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
WHAT I HAD AN ISSUE WAS WAS THE COST AND THE QUICKNESS OF THE CONTRACT THAT THESE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WOULD HAVE TO INITIATE THESE NEW SYSTEMS AND PUT THEM IN PLACE.
AND AGAIN, LIKE COUNCILMAN HUDSON SAID, YOU KNOW, RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TRASH AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE ALL MET, WE TALKED AND THE FOUND OUT THE COVERED BENCHES WERE A SYSTEM THAT LAMAR, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND LAMAR HAD PUT IN PLACE IN WORKING WITH CATS BACK THEN, AND THEN LAMAR DECIDED TO, WE DON'T WANT TO DO THIS ANYMORE.
AND THEY TURNED THEM OVER TO CATS.
AND OF COURSE WE SEE SOME OF THE CONDITION THAT THEY'RE IN CATS.
I THINK IF I'M CORRECT HANDLES THE COVERED BENCHES NOW, AND THE THREE, UH, COMPANIES HANDLED THE UNCOVERED BENCHES, BUT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THESE, THESE
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NEW GUIDELINES THAT THE CITY PARISH WANTS.AND OF COURSE, LIKE THEY SAID, IN THEIR REPORT, DO THEY HAVE ROOM TO EVEN PUT IN CONCRETE BASIS WHERE THESE THINGS ARE ALLOWED? YOU KNOW, CAN THEY WORK WITH THE LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER? AND, YOU KNOW, ONCE THEY PUT THEM IN AND THEY BOLT THEM DOWN TO BUSINESS OWNER, CAN'T MOVE THEM.
AND, BUT IT'S THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY.
THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE.
SO WE, WE ARE, I BELIEVE AS A CITY PARISH MOVING FORWARD WITH THE, A LOT OF THE GUIDELINES THAT Y'ALL CAME UP WITH AND THAT Y'ALL ARE REQUESTING, AND I THINK THIS JUST ENHANCES THE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
YOU KNOW, EVEN, EVEN QUICKER, AS FAR AS GETTING A CONTRACT IN PLACE THAT ACCOMMODATES BOTH THE CITY PARISH Y'ALL'S RECOMMENDATION AND HELP SUPPORT OUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE THAT, THAT THE CITY PARISH WANTS AND THE QUALITY OF SERVICE THAT THE CITY PARISH WANTS IN OUR BUS RIDERS WANT AND NEED.
THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR ENHANCING THE REPORT AND, AND GIVING US SOMETHING TO LOOK AT INTO THE CONTRACT AND MOVING FORWARD.
THANK YOU ALL, UH, TO THE CITY PARISH FOR ALLOWING THIS UPDATE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
WHAT I WANT TO DO IS GET THE, THE ORIGINAL COMMITTEE TOGETHER THAT CAME UP WITH THESE GUIDELINES THAT CAME UP WITH THIS KIND OF STUFF, WORK WITH CITY PARISH ADMINISTRATION AND EVERYTHING.
AND LET'S GET THIS DONE AND RAPID AND MOVE FORWARD IN A BEST WAY POSSIBLE TO WORK WITH EVERYONE.
SO THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL PUT TOGETHER.
I CAME DOWN HERE CAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE AN EDUCATOR AND YOUR KIDS DO GREAT, YOU JUST WANT TO COME, I'LL GO.
SO I'M GOING TO HUG YOU ON JUST A MINUTE, BUT, UM, I WANT HIM TO FIGHT DARRYL UP REAL QUICKLY TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE CONTRACT.
YOU WANT TO DO THAT BEFORE CAROLYN COLEMAN'S QUESTION OR AFTER, OH, NO PROBLEM.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE AT THIS POINT IS YOUNG PEOPLE.
UH, LAURA LEAVE THEM LONG, LET THEM HEAR ME, YOUNG PEOPLE.
THIS HAS BEEN IN MY OPINION, AND IT, MY OPINION DOES MATTER.
THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BEST PRESENTATIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED HERE IN THIS CHAMBER, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE AND YOU ARE TO BE COMMENDED FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, US SOME INFORMATION, YOU SAID 151 BENCHES, BUT 23 WERE CATS.
AND IT IS MY DESIRE AND HOPE THAT CATS IS LISTENING TO THIS.
ANOTHER THING IS IN DISTRICT 10, THERE ARE A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS OVER THERE THAT MAKE USE OF WHAT YOU'VE BROUGHT FORTH HERE TODAY.
AND THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE TRASH CANS, SEE WHEN FOLK TALK ABOUT TRASH CANS IN THE WAY, AND YOU SEE THERE BECAUSE OF YOU ALL CREATIVITY, YOU ALL COULD FIND A WAY WHERE YOU CAN PUT THEM TRASH CANS ON THE BACK OF THOSE SEATS.
THAT'S THE CREATIVITY THAT RESIDES IN YOUNG PEOPLE, AS OPPOSED TO THE NOT SO YOUNG.
AND SO WE IN EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH IS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THIS LETTER KICK.
AND SO THIS DEFINITELY EVERYTHING OUGHT TO CONNECT.
I TELL FOLK THAT ALL THE TIME.
AND SO IF LITTER IS REAL AND I KNOW IT IS IN TAN, THEN YES, TRASH CANS NEED TO BE THERE.
AND THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE THE TRADITIONAL TRASH CANS THAT ARE SITTING OUT THERE.
NOW, ANOTHER THING IS WHEN DWIGHT MENTION ABOUT THE, UM, SPECIFIC MATERIALS THAT OUGHT TO BE USED ON THOSE BENCHES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
I AGREE WITH HIM, THE STATE PARKS, THEY HAVE SPECIFIC MATERIALS THAT THEY USE TO BUILD THEIR CABINS AND ALL OF THEIR STUFF.
SO SEE, GETTING SOMETHING IS ONE THING, MAINTENANCE.
SO I WANT TO SAY TO YOU ALL IN VAN, THEY TALKED ABOUT GETTING A COUNCILMAN MOPED SAID SOMETHING ABOUT GETTING THAT COMMITTEE BACK TOGETHER.
YOU ALL NEED TO BE A PART OF THAT COMMITTEE.
YOU ALL NEED TO HOLD ON TO THIS
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AND DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED BY SOME OF THE STUFF THAT YOU ALL HAVE HEARD HERE TONIGHT.SO YOU GOT TO FINISH YOUR RACE.
AND SO I AM SAYING THAT, THEN YOU SAY IT THAT THERE IS NO BUS BENCH ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY TO ENFORCE.
WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
WE OUGHT TO HAVE AN ORDINANCE, UH, FOR THE CITY TO ENFORCE.
AND THEN YOU, YOUNG PEOPLE DID BETTER THAN THAT ATTORNEY.
THEY, UH, WHO WENT THERE AND PUT HIS HANDS ON SOMETHING AND MOVED IT THERE.
SO Y'ALL KEEP ALL OF THIS IN MIND, AS YOU FORGE YOUR HEAD, WHAT, WHAT YOU'VE BEGUN, WHAT YOU'VE STARTED AND DO NOT TAKE Y'ALL'S HANDS OFF OF THIS AND COUNCIL, WOMAN, LAURA YOU'RE TO BE COMMENDED FOR BRINGING THESE YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND I WANT TO SAY DITTO TO HUGEL SOEVER SAY IT.
I THINK OUR, UH, MAY APPROACH HIM SAY IT ABOUT IN EVERY DISTRICT, EVERY DISTRICT I KNOW IN 10, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE.
AND SO I THANK YOU ALL UH, YEAH.
IT'S UM, WITH THE NONPROFIT LEADERS, PLEASE COME UP THE PERSON'S OKAY.
SO, UM, I KNOW THIS TOOK A LOT OF TIME.
IT TOOK A LOT OF GAS, YOU KNOW, BUT, AND WE'RE SAYING WE DO WANT YOU TO COME IN ALL OUT DISTRICTS AND, UM, AND DO A PROJECT LIKE THIS SINCE DARYL IS IN THE ROOM AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF FUNDING AND YOUR NONPROFIT AGENCY BETWEEN CATS, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, GIVE Y'ALL A LITTLE CHANGE TO DO THIS WORK, YOU KNOW? UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN WRITE A CHECK, BUT I CAN ASK FOR ONE BECAUSE YEAH.
SO, UM, SO YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, UH, IN, IN OUR, YOU KNOW, OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WE DEAL WITH ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
LIKE, I MEAN, WE DEAL WITH, WE HAVE A BIG WASTE MANAGEMENT CONTRACT, WE HAVE CATS, WE HAVE A PUBLIC, AND ALL OF THESE ARE THE ENTITIES THAT PROBABLY COULD BENEFIT FROM YOUR RESEARCH.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NO TELLING WHERE AND HOW THIS LITTLE THING COULD MOVE FORTH.
SO JUST AS A COUNCILMAN, CALL HIM AND SAY, DON'T LET IT GO.
AND WE JUST, WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UM, A BIG CONTRACT WITH, I THINK IT'S EMERGING METHODS, UH, WHERE THEY IS THAT RIGHT? RICHARD, WERE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO INTO SCHOOLS AND TALK ABOUT, UH, WHERE'S RICHARD SPEAR? IS THAT WHAT IT'S CALLED? IS IT CORRECT? SO, YEAH, SO THESE YOUNG PEOPLE NEED TO BE A PART OF THAT AND THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO, UM, GO INTO THE SCHOOLS AND TALK TO OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND WE NEED A CHAPTER AT SCOTLANDVILLE.
WE NEED, WE NEED SCHOOL CHAPTERS.
I COULD JUST THINK OF ALL KINDS OF WAYS WHERE, UM, YOU ALL CAN REALLY GROW THIS.
AND I TOO WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT DONE AND MY COMMUNITY, AND I WOULD LOVE THE CITY TO PAY FOR, BUT WE WANT TO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH BECAUSE, UM, IT HAS BEEN A TRUE BLESSING, FRAN AND I, I MEAN, BECAME RE RECONNECTED WITH SOCIAL MEDIA WHEN WE STARTED THIS ABOUT LITTER.
AND, UM, THAT'S HOW EVERYTHING JUST KIND OF STARTED MOVING.
AND, BUT TO, TO BE CONNECTED WITH HER ORGANIZATION AND THESE YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH FOUR H IT IS OUTSTANDING.
AND I HAD NO IDEA, FOUR H HAD A TECH CLUB.
WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS AND THE OTHER SCHOOLS AND CLAIM PELICAN.
THAT IS ONE OF OUR KEY THINGS YOU CAN PICK UP LITTER ALL DAY LONG, AND WE DO IT THE FOURTH SATURDAY OF THE MONTH, BUT YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR MINDS.
WE HAVE TO CHANGE EVERYBODY'S MINDS AND THIS COMMUNITY, THE MAYOR WANTS IT.
THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WANTS IT.
WE HAVE TO MAKE IT SO UNCOOLED TO LITTER OUR STREETS AND OUR BEST BENCHES.
AND YOU LEARN SO MUCH WHEN YOU GO OUT IN THE ROAD AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS AND YOU'RE TAKING PICTURES.
THE G S I G I S IS JUST A FASCINATING TOOL THAT GIVES US THE SCIENCE TO MAKE THE POLICY CHANGES.
AND THESE YOUNG PEOPLE Y'ALL HAVE GIVEN THEM A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, LORI, TO COME AND SPEAK IN FRONT OF Y'ALL AND TO UNDERSTAND HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS AND HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
SO IT'S BEEN EXCITING, ALL, OKAY, ESPECIAL WORKING, LISTEN TO JOHANNAH, UH, LAND RENO'S, UH, ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF CLEAN PELICAN TOO.
AND SHE REALLY REGRETS NOT BEING ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
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THIS WHOLE THING AND, AND KEPT US ALL GOING AND MOVING FORWARD.SO JUST A SHOUT OUT TO HER AND THANK YOU ALL.
AND, UH, ROCHELLE WILKINS WITH FOUR H WAS HERE, AND WE'D LIKE TO REALLY COME BACK AND VISIT WITH YOU.
ALL THEY ARE IN ABOUT 30 SCHOOLS ARE READY IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
AND SO WHAT WAS UNIQUE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS JUST BRINGING THE TECHNOLOGY TO TRADITIONAL FOUR H GOVERNANCE AND NUTRITIONAL PROGRAMS. SO, UM, WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSE TO WITH ROCHELLE.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE STUDENTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE REPORT.
WE HAVE ONE MORE REPORT RECEIVING A QUARTERLY REPORT FROM THE BRIDGE CENTER OF HOPE FOR QUARTER FOUR OF 2021 AT 4120 22 BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
NOW, ARE YOU WANTING TO COME UP AND SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT AFTER ALL DESPERATE? MY FIRST AD THAT WE DO SUPPORT THE FOUR H WITH CITY PARISH FUNDING, WE PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE, WHICH IS KIND OF THE OVERALL UMBRELLA THAT ACTUALLY, UM, WE'VE MOVED THEIR HEADQUARTERS INTO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX, WHERE BRP D IS.
UM, THAT WAS A RECENT CHANGE WE DO IN TERMS OF THE BUS BENCH CONTRACT.
WE DID ISSUE GUIDELINES THAT WE WANTED TO CHANGE UNDER THE NEW CONTRACTS WITH THE VENDORS THAT HAVE BEEN SOME PUSHBACK IN TERMS OF WE'VE ASKED FOR METAL BENCHES AND TRASH CANS.
UM, WE DID AGREE THAT WE WOULD EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CONTRACTS TO TRY AND HELP THEM RECOVER MONEY.
CATS HAS ACTUALLY EXPRESSED INTEREST.
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
KATZ HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN BASICALLY TAKING OVER THE BUNCH OF PR BUS PROGRAM.
THEY WOULD EITHER DO IT IN-HOUSE, OR THEY COULD POTENTIALLY USE THE EXISTING VENDORS TO MEET THEIR GUIDELINES.
THEY ARE DOING A NEW ROUTE STUDY IN THE MIDDLE OF MAY.
THEY WILL HAVE A NEW LAYOUT FOR THEIR BUS ROUTES, WHICH WILL CHANGE THE BUS LOCATIONS IN SOME CASES.
SO WE SHOULD BE BACK TO YOU GUYS VERY SHORTLY IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE CONTRACT AND PULL THE COMMITTEE TOGETHER.
I SUGGEST WE PUT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, STRICTLY ADDRESSING THIS, AND DIDN'T GET A DETAILED REPORT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION.
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UH, W 1 36 RECEIVING A QUARTERLY REPORT FROM THE BIRTH CENTER FOR A WHOLE QUARTER FOR 2021 QUARTER 1 20 22 BY COUNSELOR, MATT MOROSA.IS THAT CHARLOTTE HERE? CHARLOTTE, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SHOW REPORT AT THE END OF THE MEETING, AND WE'RE GOING TO KNOCK JUST JOKING.
COME ON, COME ON, COME ON DOWN YOUR MODEL AROUND TO GIVE THEM ALL A ROWDY.
NO, LET ME TELL YOU THE GUY WHO DID MY FATHER'S FUNERAL PROGRAMS DID THIS FOR ME BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY.
HOW ARE YOU GUYS? EVERYBODY'S GONE.
SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE QUARTERLY PORT FOR, UM, THE FOURTH QUARTER OR THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2021.
AND THEN ALSO THE QUARTER FIRST QUARTER REPORT FOR 2022.
UM, I GAVE YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE THIS ALREADY IN YOUR EMAILS THAT I SENT OUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS, BECAUSE I DO SEND YOU QUARTERLY REPORTS AND ANNUAL REPORTS, BUT THIS IS ALSO ON OUR WEBPAGE.
UM, SO FOR 2021, AS YOU KNOW, THAT WE OPENED ON FEBRUARY THE 11TH OF 2021 FROM FEBRUARY 11TH TO DECEMBER 31ST, WE SERVED OVER 2,286 INDIVIDUALS IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, UM, OF THAT 2,286, 2,141 WERE ADMITTED FOR SERVICES, WHETHER IT BE MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE USE OF COWORKERS OR 14% OF THAT POPULATION, UM, WERE RE OR CONSIDERED READMISSION.
AND WHAT READMISSION MEANS IS THAT THEY HAVE COME BACK TO THE FACILITY WITHIN THE FIRST 30 DAYS OF THEM BEING DISCHARGED OF THAT POPULATION FOR 20 21, 70 6% WERE MALE, 24% WERE FEMALE 41%, WHICH IS 888 WERE ESCORTED BY FIRST RESPONDERS.
UM, WHEN WE SAY FIRST RESPONDERS, WE DO MEET ALL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
AND WE ALSO MEET EMS 59%, WHICH IS 1,255 WE'RE DIRECT ENTRY.
THEY USE, THEY UTILIZE THE FRONT DOOR, THEY CAME IN ON THEIR OWN OR WITH A LOVED ONE, UM, BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTS FOR 48% OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHICH IS 425, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ACCOUNTS FOR 26% OF THE POPULATION, WHICH WAS 235 EMS ACCOUNTS FOR 24% OF THE POPULATION, WHICH WAS 210.
AND THEN THE OTHER 2%, WHICH WERE ABOUT 18 OR OTHER AGENCIES.
AND THAT INCLUDES, THAT INCLUDES OUR PROBATION, PAROLE, YOUR ZACHARY CENTRAL BAKER POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
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CONSTABLE'S OFFICE AND AIRPORT POLICE BY NOT SAY THEM THEN GONNA BE UPSET, UM, OF THAT POPULATION FOR 2021, 1,947, WHERE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH FOR RESIDENTS 194 WE'RE OUT OF PARISH RESIDENTS.WE SERVED, UH, 30 OF THE 64 PARISHES HERE IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, UM, AT THE FACILITY.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE THE BRIDGE CENTER AT THE TIME WAS N IS THE ONLY CRISIS RECEIVING CENTER IN THE STATE.
THE DIAGNOSIS IS 51% CAME FOR SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES AND THE 49% FOR MENTAL HEALTH.
I ALWAYS TRIGGER DOWN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SUBSTANCE USE, ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE OPIOID, BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN REALLY FOCUSING ON HERE, NOT AT THE, NOT ONLY US EAST VENDOR'S PARISH, BUT, UM, THE PERSON, BUT AS A SPANISH PARISH IN THE STATE, AND ABOUT 24% OF OUR SUBSTANCE USE POPULATION IS TREATED FOR OPIOID AND SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DECIDED TO DO THIS YEAR EFFECTIVE MARCH VERSUS THE, WE DO MAT SERVICES, WHICH IS MEDIC MEDICATED ASSISTED TREATMENT SERVICES AT THE FACILITY AS WELL.
SO IF WE MOVE ON TO 2022, OH, WAIT, LOOK BEFORE, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT LAST YEAR? OKAY.
SO FOR 2022, WE'VE HAD FROM JANUARY 1ST TO MARCH 30TH OF THIS YEAR, WE HAVE 645 PRESENTATIONS, 630 OF THOSE WERE EMISSIONS.
WE HAVE ABOUT A 18% READMISSION RATE.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS.
75% OF THAT POPULATION IS MALE AND 25% OF THAT POPULATION IS FEMALE AND 2% OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, 185, OR BROUGHT IN OR ESCORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OR FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, 445 OR DIRECT INTEREST, WHICH WE CALL WALK-INS.
AND THE AVERAGE HANDLE TIME FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT IS 3.5, FIVE MINUTES.
I BELIEVE THE LAST TIME WE MET SOMEBODY ASKED KIND OF WANTING TO KNOW SOME STATISTICS IN TERMS OF HOSPITALS.
SO I HAD BR PD RUN A REPORT, AND THE AVERAGE HANDLE TIME FOR THEM TO BRING SOMEONE INTO THE HOSPITAL IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 40 MINUTES.
AND FOR THE BIRTH CENTER, 3.4 MINUTES.
SO THEY'RE THAT, THAT'S YOUR DIFFERENCE ABOUT THERE'S A 34 MINUTE DIFFERENCE THERE, AND THAT'S STRICTLY JUST COMING INTO THE FACILITY AND, OR COMING INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND HAVING TO WAIT FOR THEM TO TAKE THAT PERSON BEFORE THEY CAN LEAVE.
THAT'S NOT INCLUDING THE TIME, THE TRAVEL TIME OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, BATTERIES POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THIS YEAR HAVE EXTORTED 85.
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS A SCORE TO 58 EMS 37 BATON ROUGE, AIRPORT POLICE, ONE ZACHARY, ONE CENTRAL ONE.
AND THEN OF THAT, WE HAVE ABOUT 15 OPCS AND THOSE ARE SCORED.
THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR SHERIFF OFFICE NUMBERS.
WE'VE TREATED 529 EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH RESIDENTS, AND 103 OUT OF PARISH RESIDENTS.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO UPDATE YOU GUYS ON IS FROM THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE, THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WAS IMPLEMENTING A NEW CRISIS PLAN, COORDINATED CRISIS CARE HERE IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
SO IT'S NOT AFFECTING JUST EASTBOUND RIDGE PARISH, BUT THE STATE AS A WHOLE.
AND SO THE WAY THEY'VE IMPLEMENTED THEIR SERVICES IS IN STAGES.
UM, THOSE STAGES ARE MOBILE CRISIS COMMUNITY BRIEF PRICES, SUPPORT, WHICH THEY IMPLEMENTED ROUGHLY ON MARCH THE FIRST AND THEN ON APRIL 1ST, THEY IMPLEMENTED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS SERVICES, AND THEN THEY'RE SCHEDULED TO IMPLEMENT THE CRISIS STABILIZATION SERVICES IN AUGUST.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THE BRIDGE CENTER IS ALREADY PROVIDING ALL FOUR OF THOSE ARRAY OF SERVICES.
WE'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE LICENSED TO DO THAT.
SO WE'RE STILL SEEING PEOPLE FROM OUT OF THE STATE OR OUT OF THE PARISH TO COME TO THE FACILITY.
UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT IT BECAUSE OF THE NEW STATE'S MANDATE, WE HAVE TO SERVE SEVEN PARISHES.
IT'S NOT JUST EASTBOUND RICH PAYERS, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF REGION TWO.
NOW, HOW DOES THAT AFFECT EASTBOUND REPAIRS? WE STILL ONLY COVER THE INDIGENT POPULATION FOR EASTBOUND REPAIRS TO BRUCE JENNER.
ALL THE OTHER PARISHES JUST HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN OR OUR EYE TAKES CARE OF IT.
SO WHEN WE LOOK IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET FROM LAST YEAR 2021, IT WAS ABOUT 8.1 $8.4 MILLION TO OPERATE THE BRUCE CENTER FOR HOPE.
SO OUR I, OUR SERVICE PROVIDER TOOK ON THAT $3.1 MILLION SHORTFALL TO COVER THAT THE OTHER HALF.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE TAKE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? IS ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM? ANYONE COME ON DOWN, REVEREND IT GOOD EVENING AGAIN, I'M HOPING BY THE TIME WE GET TO REPORT NUMBER FOUR, WE'LL KIND OF HAVE A STANDARDIZED METHOD OF DOING THIS BECAUSE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I'VE CONTINUED
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TO HAVE IS THE CITIZENS OF THIS PARISH.IN FACT, FUNDED A MENTAL HEALTH TAX TO PROVIDE SERVICES.
AND IT WAS PRIMARILY MEANT TO BE A JAIL PRISON DIVERSION PROGRAM.
AND AS SOMEBODY WHO SERVES ON THE LOUISIANA BEHAVIORAL ADVISORY COUNCIL, ONE OF THE AREAS AT THE TIME OF THAT DISCUSSION THAT I HAD GREAT CONCERN ABOUT THEN, AND IT'S ONLY EXPANDED HAS BEEN THE LACK OF SERVICES THAT THIS PARTICULAR MODEL CREATED, BECAUSE IT DOES NOT SERVE YOU.
AND SO PARTICULARLY POST PANDEMIC, ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS I HAVE BECAUSE THE INITIAL NUMBERS THAT WE WERE ALL GIVEN, AND SO WAS IN 5,000 PLUS NUMBERS, ANNUALLY BEING SERVICED.
WE WERE ALSO GIVEN INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THERE WOULD BE A RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
AND SO I HAVE VERY SPECIFIC CONCERNS ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE IS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE REPORTING ON THESE QUARTERLY REPORTS.
AND I MUST THANK THE COUNCIL FOR REQUIRING THESE, THESE REPORTS.
I REALLY DO THINK THEY'RE VERY HELPFUL IS OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SERVED.
WHAT IS THE REFERRAL NUMBERS? HOW MANY OF THEM ARE IN FACT BEING REFERRED TO EMERGENCY ROOMS, WHICH AGAIN WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS PARTICULAR MODEL WOULD START DOING DIVERSION WORK ON HOW MANY OF THEM ARE IN FACT, STILL ENDING UP IN CAPITAL AREA, HUMAN SERVICES, OPERATIONS.
HOW MANY OF THEM ARE GOING TO LONG-TERM FACILITIES? WE REALLY DO NEED TO KNOW WHERE THESE PEOPLE ARE ENDING UP A CRISIS CENTERS, JUST SAD.
AND IF IN FACT WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY CHANGED THE FLOW, WE'RE JUST DELAYING IT AND ADDING A NEW BILLING SYSTEM.
I THINK WE REALLY HAVE TO REVISIT THIS.
AND I'VE SAID AT THE TIME, I HOPE THAT WE WOULD, AS A PARISH, BE OPEN TO LOOKING AT THIS THING ON A MONTH TO MONTH, YEAR TO YEAR BASIS.
AND IF IT SIMPLY WAS NOT DOING WHAT IT WAS SOLD TO DO, BE WILLING TO CHANGE THE MODEL SO THAT WE GET THE KIND OF SERVICES THAT WE NEED.
THE OTHER ISSUE I HAVE IS AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN TOLD SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT HIPAA HIPAA DOESN'T COVER ANYTHING ABOUT STATISTICS.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE DIAGNOSTIC CODES ARE THAT ARE BEING BILLED THROUGH THIS CENTER.
THAT IS A NUMBER, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH INDIVIDUALS, BUT WE DO NEED TO KNOW, ARE WE FUNDING $6 MILLION IN REPETITION VERSUS SOMETHING THAT IS UNIQUE AND ACTUALLY, UH, PREVENTATIVE AND TRULY DIVERSIONARY.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT, UM, THE CENTER IS NOW PROVIDING ANY SERVICES TO THE JAIL.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? ANYONE ELSE HERE, WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS. WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANYONE COUNCIL MEMBER DONE REVENANT IS, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER PORT YOU WANT TO MAKE? THANK YOU.
UH, WE ALSO HAD A ISSUE FROM LAST TIME ON, UH, THE SHEER FACT OF HOW THE BILLING WAS GOING, WHETHER WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD NOW TO MEDICAID AND MEDICARE.
AND MY LAST QUESTION WAS I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF, UH, A CENTER THAT WE SAID WE WERE FUNDING FOR DIVERSION IS IN FACT NOW A SERVICE PROVIDER TO THE JAIL.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
I HEARD, UM, REVEREND ALEXANDER SAID THAT THESE ARE QUESTIONS THEY ASKED.
SO ARE THESE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU PREVIOUSLY? THE LAST TIME THOSE QUESTIONS WERE ASKED, WE'RE DOING THE METRO COUNCIL MEETING AND THEN SHE AND I MET.
SO SOME OF THOSE HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.
UM, THOSE REPORTS ARE ON OUR WEB PAGE.
SO I'M SAYING WHAT I'M SAYING IS LIKE SHE SPECIFICALLY LISTED.
SO WHAT REVEREND ANDERSON, WHAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO DO, UM, DOES SHE HAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS? SHE SHOULD.
SO IF YOU WOULD EMAIL THOSE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, UM, TO MS. CHARLOTTE, AND YOU COULD CC ME OR JUST THE METRO COUNCIL, UM, AND IN ABOUT A WEEK, I GUESS FROM NOW WEDNESDAY TO NEXT WEDNESDAY, IF WE CAN EXPECT AN ANSWER AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB.
BUT, UM, IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
UH, WHAT I HAVE FOUND FROM OUR
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OPTICS, CAUSE WE'RE NOT IN THAT AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DO ADVOCATE, UM, FOR THOSE.AND THEY LOOK AT DATA AND THEY LOOK, THEY KNOW THE ISSUES.
UM, I DON'T TAKE ANYTHING THAT THEY SAY FOR GRANTED AND I'M NOT PASSIVE ABOUT IT.
AND, UM, BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT THEY VOLUNTEER AND TO DO ALL THIS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE PLAN AND I HOPE IT'LL WORK OUT COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
SO I CAN'T RECALL THIS IS THE FIRST PRESENTATION YOU'VE MADE TO US SINCE Y'ALL ADDRESS THE MEDICAID ISSUE, BUT I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING AGGRESSIVE, UH, AND PURSUING THAT AND RESOLVING THAT ISSUE.
THAT WAS A HUGE ISSUE FOR A LOT OF US.
AND Y'ALL DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF BEING A LEADER FOR THE STATE AND ADDRESSING THAT ISSUE.
AND, AND HOPEFULLY AS, AS OTHER PARISHES TAKE ON THIS MODEL, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN, THEY CAN USE IT.
UM, SO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UM, ARE, DO WE HAVE ANY OUT OF PARISH POLICE PRESENTATIONS? NO, NO.
DO WE, DO WE ALLOW IT OR OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS JUST NOT UTILIZING IT? HOW DOES THAT NOT ALLOW WITH THE WAY THAT THE MEDICAID BONDING IS WORKING WITH THE STATE IS THAT YOU HAVE TO WEIGH, THE STATE HAS MANDATED THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE MEDICAID AND THEY DO NOT TAKE IN VOLUNTARY.
SO BECAUSE OF THAT EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE BRIDGE CENTERS, WE'VE KIND OF, WE DO WHAT IS MANDATED WITH MEDICAID, BUT WE ALSO TAKE ON WHAT WE HAVE WITH THE CA AGREEMENT.
SO WE DO TAKE THE INVOLUNTARY.
WE DO TAKE 18 AND 2018 AND UP, WHEREAS MEDICAID ONLY ALLOWS 21 ABOVE WITH THEIR NEW STATEMENT WITH THEIR NEW STATE PLAN.
SO WE'RE KIND OF OUT OF THE BOX OF WHAT THE, OF WHAT THE STATE IS REQUIRING.
UM, AND IS THAT WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THAT $3 MILLION GAP THAT YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT CAME FROM OR NO? SO THE ISSUE IS THE STATE DID NOT IMPLEMENT MEDICAID RATES UNTIL MARCH 1ST, APRIL, APRIL 1ST.
AND THEN THEY STILL HAVE NOT IMPLEMENTED CRISIS RATES UNTIL IT PASSES THROUGH LEGISLATION, WHICH MAY IS PUSHED OUT TO AUGUST 1ST.
SO WHAT THE, WHAT OUR PROVIDER HAS DONE IS THEY HAVE WORKED WITH OUR MTOS AND WE HAVE DONE IN LIEU OF SERVICE TO BE ABLE TO BILL MEDICAID, BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONLY CRISIS FACILITY THAT'S WORKING.
SO RIGHT NOW, FOR ANY OTHER PROVIDER, THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BUILD UNLESS IT'S FOR THOSE SERVICES THAT ARE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED.
SO AFTER THOSE RATES ARE ESTABLISHED, DO Y'ALL EXPECT THAT Y'ALL MAY BE ABLE TO RECRUIT THOSE COSTS ON THE BACKEND, THE WAY THAT THE RATES ARE? NO.
AND I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SUSTAINABLE FOR AMY PROVIDER, WHICH IS WHY THE STATE IS HAVING TROUBLE WITH GETTING PROVIDERS TO, UM, TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES THROUGHOUT.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR COVERING THE BILL FOR US.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY OTHER COUNSELOR WAS THANK YOU.
BEAR MY SOLID WHATEVER REPORT WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU.
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ITEM 1 35 WOULD SEE NO QUARTERLY REPORT FROM LAND BANK AND REDEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES FROM BILL BATON ROUGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR, RAYMOND ACCORD, 1 20 22 BY BILL BATON ROUGE.I'M GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DEFER THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM? DID YOU HAVE MOTION TO DEFER SOME ALL BY COUNCIL NUMBER DONE SECOND TO MAY 25TH? THAT IS SECONDARY BY THE CHAIR.
THAT ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED TO ONE TO MAY 25TH WITHOUT ANY OBJECTION, COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU WOULD NOW GO TO PAGE 16, WE'LL GO WOULD ITEM 78,
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A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF A TAXABLE AND TAX IS IMPOSSIBLE TO REVENUE BONDS.THE MAIN REASON THE MEDICAL CENTER PROJECT, AND ONE OR MORE SERIES OF HOSPITAL SERVICES ISSUE.
NUMBER ONE OF EASTBOUND WITH PARENTS THAT WE THEN ANA AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 92, THAT $90 92 MILLION AND THE CONSENT OF THE AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FOR AN ISSUE AND SALE AND DELIVERY OF THOSE BONDS BY COUNCIL MEMBER, BRANDON.
NO IS ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK ITEM 78 NOW NOT GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, NO SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE WITH NO OPPOSITION.
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THE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT MS. PAUL AND THE COUNCIL OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND A CITY OF BATTERIES.THE MAYOR PRESIDENT, HE SPENT ROOTS IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE FOR THE INCLUSION OF FIRE AND A MILLION AND THE 20 22, 20 23 FISCAL YEAR, THE LOUISIANA BUDGET FOR PURPOSE OF PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTING A NEW MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE AND URGING AND REQUESTING THE CAPITOL REGION.
AND THAT IS LATER DELEGATION DISAPPOINT AND WORK TO SECURE SUPPORT FROM MEMBERS OF LOUISIANA LEGISLATIVE FALL, JUST INCLUSION FOR FULL INCLUSION IN THE BUDGET BY COUNCILMAN WAS ROWDY GOLDIE, CAROLYN AND COLEMAN, AND LORI ADAMS AND MAYOR, PRESIDENT SHARON WITH SOME BROMINE.
AND WHEN HE DOES SPEAK ITEM 79, WHEN I'LL GO DO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL COMMENT FROM OUR ONLINE SUBMISSION SYSTEM, OPPOSED TO THE ITEM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, I KNEW MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGES.
UM, WHAT I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT
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INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT.AND I THINK THAT MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR CO-AUTHORING.
I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE BE THE RECORD ENDORSING, UM, THE SET ASIDE OF THE FULL $500 MILLION IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS PURPOSE.
UM, I HAVE AN APPRECIATION FOR PEOPLE'S FRUSTRATION OVER THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT IT'S TAKEN.
UM, THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT IS THERE IS AN ESTABLISHED PROCESS, UH, MUCH OF WHICH REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE INCLUSION OF FEDERAL FUNDS IN ANY BREAK FROM THAT PROCESS WITHIN THIS QUALIFY, ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDS.
UH, I THINK THE SET ASIDE OF $500 MILLION IN OUR BUDGET IS A SIGNIFICANT, UM, DEMONSTRATION OF OUR COMMITMENT TO THIS PROJECT.
LIKE, UH, AND I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE AS A BODY OR ON THE RECORD COME OUT SHOWING OUR SUPPORT OF THIS.
AND MY HOPE IS THAT THIS RESOLUTION FIRST, UH, MY HOPE IS THAT IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE SECOND HOPE IS THAT OTHER PARISHES, UH, WILL DO THE SAME, UH, SURROUNDING PARISHES.
UH, AND THIS IS NOT JUST A CAPITAL REGION ISSUE.
UH, IT'S A STATEWIDE ISSUE AND FRANKLY NATIONAL ISSUE.
UM, BUT MY HOPE IS THAT OTHER PARISHES WILL, WILL ADOPT THIS AND, AND SHOW THEIR OWN LEVEL OF SUPPORT TO OUR LEGISLATURE FOR THIS.
SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL, UM, REVIEWING IT AND ENTERTAINING IT.
AND, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNSEL, REMEMBER DONE.
I THINK MOST, UH, RESIDENTS OF THE GREATER BATON ROUGE AREA, WHETHER IT'S THESE SPAMMERS BEARS AND SOME OF THE SURROUNDING PARISHES SUPPORT, UM, AN ADDITIONAL BRIDGE THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC OFF OF ITN AND DIVERT SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC TO EASE THE FLOW.
BUT THE THING THAT HAS BEEN MISSING IN THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS BRIDGE SPECIFICALLY, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH IS ACTUALLY WHERE THE BRIDGE WILL, WILL BE IN ALIGNMENT AT WHAT AREA OF TOWN, UH, IF YOU'VE PAID ATTENTION TO COUNCILWOMAN BANKS, NOT JUST THIS TERM, BUT PREVIOUS TERM, SHE ALWAYS REFERENCES THE ANA STATE AND THE SACRIFICE THAT SCOTLAND COMMUNITY I CAME FROM MADE BY, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING THE GREATER GOOD OF THE AREA.
WE'RE BUILDING IT IN THE STATE, BUT IT DISPLACED SO MANY FAMILIES AND CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY OF THE COMMUNITY AFFECT THE BUSINESSES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THAT SAME THING ALSO HAPPENED WITH THE BATON ROUGE, METRO AIRPORT, SAME THING, THIS PLACE, A LOT OF RESIDENTS AFFECTED A LOT OF BUSINESSES.
SO ALTHOUGH I SUPPORT AND MOST PEOPLE SUPPORT THE BRIDGE, WE NEED TO HAVE A ROBUST CONVERSATION.
I BROUGHT A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHERE THAT BRIDGE IS GOING TO COME OUT AT EAST BEVERAGE PEARS AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE AREA WHERE THAT BRIDGE IS, IS EXTENDED TO, AND I HADN'T SEEN MUCH CONVERSATION, A MUCH DEFINITIVE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHERE THAT WOULD BE.
SO I JUST WANT TO OFFER THAT UP.
OH, SO MEMBER COLEMAN, AND JUST WANT TO CONCUR WITH WHAT A COUNCILMAN DON IS, JUST SAY IT.
AND SO WE JUST WANT TO BE OF THAT.
WE ALL NEEDED THAT BRIDGE TO HELP DO SOMETHING WITH THIS TRAFFIC, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO RUN THROUGH YOUR COMMUNITIES TO COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
UH, SO YES, TODAY I WAS ACTUALLY AT THE LEGISLATURE AND, UM, I HEARD, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SENATOR OR REPRESENTATIVE SHAKESNYDER.
YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF HE DOES.
BUT ANYWAY, HE, I THINK HE'S ONE OF, UM, THE PERSONS WHO OPPOSE PUTTING THE $500 MILLION, UM, IN A SET ASIDE FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WHAT COUNCILMAN DONE IT, I'M NOT SO SURE THAT EVERYBODY AGREES, UH, WITH THE FACT THAT WE NEED A NEW, UM, A NEW BRIDGE.
I'VE HEARD PERSONS WHO ACTUALLY HAVE SAY THAT THEY PREFER THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE ON THE GROUND AND WITHOUT STATE ROADS TO BE ADDRESSED, OR AT LEAST HAVE A PLAN BECAUSE MANY OF THOSE THINGS ARE ON A PROJECT, UH, ARE ON A PROJECTED REPORT.
UM, BUT NO PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN THE LAST FIVE OR 10 YEARS.
UM, I'VE HEARD PERSONS FROM OTHER PARISHES THAT HAVE EXPRESSED THE SAME CONCERN THAT COUNCILMAN DUN JUST MENTIONED.
THEY'RE AFRAID FOR INSTANCE, THOSE THAT ARE IN, UM, UH, I THINK IT'S, UH, IN EDWARDSVILLE, UH, ABOUT IT GOING OVER THEIR COMMUNITY, WHICH THEY ALREADY, THEY OWN HALF COMMERCE.
SO I THINK THE, THE, THE MAJORITY OF IT, AND ALSO I BELIEVE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, AND I TRAVEL, I GO TO CHURCH IN PORT ALLEN,
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SO I TRAVEL, UM, THE OLD AND THE NEW BRIDGE.AND WHAT I FOUND AS IT RELATES TO THE NEW BRIDGE IS A LOT OF THE TRAFFIC IS BECAUSE OF 18 WHEELERS FROM A LOT OF THE PLANTS.
AND FOR ME, I DON'T THINK THAT THE CITIZENS, WHETHER IT'S AT FEDERAL STATE OR LOCAL AREA SHOULD BE UNNECESSARILY PAYING FOR SOMETHING THAT REALLY IT IS PRIVATE INDUSTRY THAT IS CAUSING A BOTTLENECK.
UM, SO I JUST FEEL THAT ENOUGH INFORMATION IS NOT THERE.
AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT PART OF THE ISSUE IS AT THE, UM, AT THE, AT THE STATE CAPITOL IS THAT THERE IS NOT AN ASSURED PLAN ON MOVING FORWARD.
UM, WE HAVE IN A LOT OF MEETINGS ABOUT THE BRIDGE, BUT WITH NO, NO SPECIFICS.
SO I CAN'T SAY TODAY THAT THIS IS NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT I SUPPORT, NOT BECAUSE I'M TIRED OF BEING IN A PARKING LOT AT THREE O'CLOCK ON A NEW BRIDGE, BUT BECAUSE I JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION, BUT WILL THE INFORMATION I DO KNOW IS THAT THOMAS ROAD IN DISTRICT TWO NEEDS TO BE STRAIGHTENED OUT THAT THERE ARE ISSUES WITH SCENIC HIGHWAY AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THE AREAS THAT IN MY COMMUNITY THAT ARE IMPACTING MY PEOPLE EVERY DAY THAT A NEW BRIDGE WOULD NOT SOLVE.
AND THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR FOR 10 YEARS OR MORE, THE COUNCIL NUMBERS, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL AND WE'LL GO THERE.
IS THERE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN? IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? THE ITEM CARRIES, WE'LL GO NOW
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TO ITEM 80, ADOPTING THE FOLLOWING AD VALOREM TAX MILLER'S RATES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FOLLOWING TAX AND YOUR ADDITION ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY TO BE LEVIED DURING THE YEAR 2022 CHENEY BILL FIRE PROTECTION, DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN, 10 MEALS BY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURER.ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 80 WHEN I WOULD HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, NO.
IS THERE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER? UH, I FORGOT YOUR NAME.
NFS MOPE COUNCIL MEMBER MOKE HAVE JUST MESSAGED DISMISS.
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AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT EXECUTED CONTRACT FOR RMS AND SCHEDULING SERVICES.FIRST TWO FOR THE BANDWIDTH FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 120,000.
THIS IS TO BE PAID OUT TO VETERAN FIRE DEPARTMENT, EXISTING BUDGET BY THE FIRE.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 81 GO BY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THERE ARE MOST MOTION APPROVED BY ALREADY SECONDED BY ADAMS ITEM CARE.
THE CHIEF HERE, I SAW HIM EARLIER.
NOW YOU SHOULD'VE SAID IT'S JUST SEND ME A TEXT.
I WOULD HAVE, I WOULD HAVE MADE YOU WAIT THAT LONG, BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.
WE APPRECIATE YOU DOING A GOOD JOB, CHIEF.
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IT TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR.PRESIDENT'S ANSWER TO THE MINUTE LEASE AGREEMENT FOR DR.
I CARE IN OPTICAL LTD, CURRENT TENANT OF CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN LEILA'S BULLET COMMUNITY CENTER USED TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR THE BENEFIT OF AREA RESIDENTS AND THE CONDITION OF THE LEASEE IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE HEALTH OR SOCIAL SERVICES TO THE AREA RESIDENTS AT A REDUCED RATE OR FREE OF CHARGE BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
COLEMAN HAS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM MAYBE TO NOT GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL AND MCCOMAS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE, ITEM PASSES.
WE GOT, EXCUSE ME, COUNSELOR MOLD.
THOSE OF Y'ALL THAT HAVE THE, UH, COMMUNITY CENTERS.
THIS, I, I THINK THIS IS GREAT.
AS FAR AS SERVICES BEING PROVIDED.
IS IT, IS IT ANY, IS IT HOW, I GUESS, HOW DOES THIS, WHERE DOES IT ANY SERVICE COULD A, A DOCTOR DENTIST OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT REQUEST TO BE OF USING YOUR THING? AND WE WOULD WORK OUT A CONTRACT WITH THEM AND ARE THOSE SERVICES ALREADY PROVIDED IN Y'ALL'S CENTERS, MEDICAL OR DENTAL? OKAY, THAT'S FINE.
NOW I THINK THIS IS A GREAT THING.
I, I DIDN'T KNOW WE COULD DO THOSE SIDE BUSINESSES, BUT APPRECIATE IT.
SO THE COMMUNITY CENTERS, UM, MOST OF THESE COMMUNITY CENTERS PROVIDE SERVICES THAT ARE, ARE NOT IN THESE AREAS.
SO ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE IN THIS CASE, UH, I, I CARE, UM, SOCIAL SERVICES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO YOU WANT TO RECRUIT THESE TYPES OF BUSINESSES BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT AROUND THE AREA OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND MANY PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION, SO THEY CAN WALK TO THEM.
BUT JUST A POINT OF CLARITY, THIS IS A LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THEM, AT LEAST THE SPACE.
AND THE REASON I'M ASKING IS, IS I'VE HAD, I DO A LOT OF, UM, IT WORK FOR DENTAL AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND THEY'VE REQUESTED, LIKE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NURSING HOMES THAT ARE BEING OPENED IN CENTRAL AND THEY'VE OFFERED TO PUT A SERVICE IN IT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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SOME DOCTORS OUT THERE, OUT IN MY AREA THAT HAVE ASKED ME IF THERE'S ANY SERVICES OR IF THEY COULD PROVIDE SOMETHING.AND I JUST, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS A GREAT THING, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.
AND I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PUT THEM IN TOUCH WITH Y'ALL TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO I'LL JUST TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.
THIS IS SOMETHING I, UH, I HEARD A LOT ABOUT AND, AND, UM, WAS ABLE TO ASSIST WITH, AT MY COMMUNITY CENTER IN JANESVILLE.
UM, RIGHT WHEN I CAME ON BOARD, ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD TO HIRE A NEW DIRECTOR, AND THEN ALSO, UM, THE COMMUNITY WAS SAYING THAT THEY WANTED THOSE SERVICES.
THE SIGN WAS STILL UP SAYING MEDICAL, BUT IT HADN'T BEEN THERE FOR YEARS.
AND, UH, THEY SAID PEOPLE WERE STILL CALLING AND TRYING TO SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS, UH, BECAUSE IT'S SO FAR OUT THERE THERE'S A LOT OF THAT COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T DRIVE.
THEY HAVE TO PAY SOMEBODY TO TAKE THEM INTO TOWN AND, AND BACK.
AND SO IT WAS A NEED THAT THEY, UM, WANTED FILLED.
I WAS ABLE TO, UM, MAKE CONTACT WITH A NURSE PRACTITIONER IN THE BAKER AREA WHO IS NOW LEASING THAT SPACE.
AND SO IT'S FILLING A NEED FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I I'VE MADE IT VERY CLEAR FROM THE BEGINNING THAT, UH, YES, IT IS A REVENUE GENERATOR.
I JUST REALLY WANTED TO OFFSET THE COST.
I DIDN'T, I WASN'T TRYING TO, UM, GOUGE SOMEBODY TO COME IN THERE.
I WANTED THE, UH, NEED FILLED FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO, UH, WE FOUND SOMEBODY THAT'S A GOOD FIT AND THEY'RE DOING WELL.
IN FACT, THEY TOOK OVER TWO AREAS.
THE OTHER STEP WAS TRYING TO FIND A DENTIST, WHICH THEY USED TO HAVE ONE TOO.
UM, IT WAS HARD TO FIND A DENTIST.
UH, I THINK THE, UH, A LOT OF THE, UH, FUNDS OR IT'S IT'S MEDICAID AND MEDICARE AND THE ONES I'D REACHED OUT TO SAID, IT JUST, THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A NEED FOR IT.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S WELCOMED IN OUR AREA.
WE WOULD HAVE TO EXPAND CAPACITY FOR IT.
BUT, UM, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SEEING WITH THIS IS, UH, TWOFOLD ONE, IT SHOULD OFFSET AND IT CAN BE A REVENUE GENERATOR FOR, UH, AND IN OUR CASE, IT IS BECAUSE IT WAS SPACE THAT WASN'T BEING UTILIZED.
SO YES, IT'S, IT'S CERTAINLY BOOST IN REVENUE FOR THE CENTER, BUT IT'S PROVIDING A NEED FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY CENTERS ARE FOR.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNSEL MEMBER COLEMAN, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE THE ITEM.
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ITEM, MAYBE THREE, APPROVING THE RESPONSE TO PROVIDE TO THE ANNUAL IN LOUISIANA COMPLIANCE QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE YEAR 2021 AS REQUIRED BY THE LEGISLATIVE AUDIT IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, BY FINANCE DIRECTOR.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 83 NOW WITH A COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE CHAIRS.
THE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GO TO ITEM EIGHT, THREE IS PASSED.
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WAS SENDING THE DECISION TO ORDER FROM THE MARCH 23RD, 2022 METRO COUNCIL MEETING AND THE MATTER OF CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS A AND T ACQUISITION OF LC REASON FOR VISITING THE PROPERTY ON IS TRYING TO GET A PERMIT FOR RENOVATIONS BY THE CHAIR ANYWAY, TO SPEAK ITEM 84.WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER MOTION TO MOVE BY MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE CHAIR.
SECOND OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBER DONE WHEN NOW GO TO ITEM
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85% OF THE DECISION AND ORDER FROM THE MARCH 23RD, 2020 TO THE METRO COUNCIL MEETING IN THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS PDL, PIERRE AND ZELDA, A HENRY OR 7 1 3, 5 CALUMET REASON FOR VISITING THE PROPERTY OWNER IS TRYING TO GET A PERMIT FOR THE RENOVATIONS.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 85? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH, SO MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE CHAIR.
ADAM'S ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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ITEM 86 FOR SENDING A DIRECT MCCLURG RECORD.THE COUNCIL DECISION ORDER RECORD ON JANUARY 28TH, 2022 IN THE MEADOW, THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS EDWARD R BEAUCHAMP 1 7 4 0 WAS STEREO STREET.
THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS TRYING TO GET A PERMIT TO MAKE NECESSARY REPAIRS.
THE COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN HAS ANYONE HERE.
WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL, A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
SECOND ABOUT A CHAIR AND THE OPPOSITION.
[87. 22-00486]
TO ITEM 87 TO SENDING A DIRECT MCCLURG RECORD, THE COUNCIL DECISION TO ORDER RECORDING ON FEBRUARY 26TH, 2021.THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS KATRI SCOTT, 2 6, 8, 1 GREEN TREE DRIVE REASON FOR POSITION THE PROPERTY HAS NEW ROOFING, EXTERIOR UPDATES, NEW WINDOWS AND DEBRIS CLEARING BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 87 WHEN I WOULD HAVE COUNCIL MOVED BY THE SHERIFF SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM'S ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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88 WAS SENDING INTO RECORD IN THE CURRENT COURT.THE COUNCIL DECISION ORDER RECORD ON MARCH 24TH, 2022 IN A MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS BRANDON, DWAYNE JOHNSON, 1 0 6 0 4, CAPTAIN HISTORY REASON FOR RESCISSION PROPERTY ON A DEMOLISHED STRUCTURE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS ANYWAY, TO SPEAK ITEM 88 COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANK SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE IN THE OPPOSITION.
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GO TO 89 AUTHORIZING SEDIMENT, THE MATTER OF CHRISTOPHER GRISSOM VERSUS DONALD A FOUR AND THE AMOUNT OF 70 $750,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,344 AND 24 CENTS[02:55:01]
FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $754,344 AND 24 CENTS AND APPROPRIATE AND $750,344 AND 24 SYNTHESIZE PURPOSE.THIS MATTER MAY DISCUSS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION BY THE PARISH ATTORNEYS, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 89.
NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE CHAIRS.
THE SECOND SECOND OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN WAS AN OPPOSITION ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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GO TO ITEM 90 AUTHORIZED SETTLEMENT OF MATTER ENTITLED LISA JONES VS CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND THE AMOUNT OF $60,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $264 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $6,264 AND APPROPRIATE SET OF FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARIS ATTORNEY ATTORNEYS.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 90.
WHEN I GO BACK TO THE COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 90 MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN COLEMAN? NO OPPOSITION GO TO 91,
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AUTHORIZING THE SEDIMENT OF CLAIM OF CURTIS SHEPARD FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM A SEWER BACKUP.AND IT'S ONLY FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $17,492 AND 75 CENTS BY PARISH ATTORNEY.
AND THEN WE'LL HIT A SCRIPT ON ITEM 91.
WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOST TWO APPROVED BY ADAMS, SECOND BUYER COLEMAN, NO OPPOSITION.
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A SETTLEMENT OF CLAIM WITH JOSHUA SANFORD AND PERSONAL INJURY SUSTAINED ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2021 AS A RESULT OF CLAIMANT FALLING INTO A SEWER MANHOLE, BUT TOTAL AMOUNT OF $22,500 BY PARIS ATTORNEYS.ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ITEM 92, WE GO BACK TO COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 92, BUCK COUNCILOR, MADAM SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
NO OPPOSITION WOULD GO TO ITEM 93.
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AMENDA 2020 TO PAY PLAN FOR CLASSIFYING AND CLASSIFIED NON-CLASSIFIED CONTRACT FIRE AND POLICE EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.PARIS EAST BATHROOM IS ADOPTED BOWEL IN THIS NUMBER 1 8 3 7 3 DATED 12 DECEMBER 12TH, 2021.
SO AS TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES EFFECTIVE MAY 7TH, 2020 TO CHANGE TEACHER FROM PAY CODE 1100 TO PAY GRADE 1, 1 10 CHANGE 9.5 MONTH FROM PAY GRADE 1, 1 0 6 TO PAY GRADE 1, 1, 1 6 TEACHER ADVANCE FROM PAY GRADE 1, 1, 1 0 TO PAY GRADE 1, 1, 3, 0 TEACHER ED MATH, 9.5 MONTHS FROM PAY GRADE 1, 1, 1 6 TO PAY GRADE 1, 1, 3, 6 TEACHER AID FROM PAY GRADE 1 0 7 0 TO PAY GRADE 1 0 8 0 TJ 9.5 MONTHS FROM PAY GRADE 1 0 7 6 TO PAY GRADE 1 0 8, 6 BY DIRECTOR OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES AND HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTORS.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 93? NO, THE COUNCIL IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN TACOMA, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN BOTTOMS. WHEN I GO TO ITEM 94,
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AUTHORIZED BRAS, GO TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION, TO ACCEPT 5 MILLION WATER SECTOR GRANT TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT THE SOUTHEAST REGIONAL WASTEWATER CONSOLIDATION PROJECT BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.DIRECTOR IS ANYONE WHO COULD SPEAK ON ITEM 94.
WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? EXCUSE ME, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL COMMENT SUBMITTED ONLINE, OPPOSED TO THE ITEM.
WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE, A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 94.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, HUDSON SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN COLEMAN, NO OPPOSITION.
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TO 95 AWARDING THE CONTRACTS OF ANNUAL STORM WATER INSPECTION SERVICES TO SELECT THE VENDORS, GO CHECK INCORPORATED SUSTAINABLE DESIGN SOLUTIONS, LLC, AND PIVOTAL ENGINEERING LLC.AND I RECOMMEND THE EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACT AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $965,000 ANNUALLY COVERING SUCH WORK BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.
DIRECTOR IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 95 WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS? SO WE'LL HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER, ADAM SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, NO OPPOSITION.
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AUTHORIZING A DECLARATION BY THE CITY OF BATON AND THE PARIS OF EAST BATON ROUGE THAT LAST SIX SQUARE SEVEN NORTH BATON OR SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS AN ADJUDICATED PROPERTY IS NEEDED FOR A VALID PUBLIC PURPOSE IN FRONT OF US.RIDING AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENCE EXECUTED INSTRUMENT, DECLARING THE OWNERSHIP OF SET PROPERTY BY THE PARISH BACK EAST BATON ROUGE SET PROPERTY.
HAVING PREVIOUSLY BEEN ADJUDICATED TO THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE FOR UNPAID AD VALOREM TAXES FOR THE TAX YEAR 2017 IN THE NAME OF JESSE WHITE AT ALL BY COUNCIL WOMAN SHOWING THE BANKS AND PARIS ATTORNEYS, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 96.
SO WE KNOW WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO MOVED BY COUNCIL OF THE BANKS SECOND, AND BY ADAM, WE
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NOW GO TO ITEM 97, AMEND THE 2022 PAY PLAN FOR CLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED FIRE POLICE EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY OF BATHROOMS, PARIS OF EAST BARON WAS ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE 1 8 3 7 3.SO AS TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES EFFECTIVE MAY 7TH, 2020 TO AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT PREMIUM PAY ALLOWANCE.
AND ONE TIME NOW ONE TIME NINE PENSIONABLE PREMIUM PAY ALLOWANCE OF 1600 WILL BE PAID TO ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES ON THEIR PAYCHECK.
DATED MAY 27TH, 2022 ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES MUST BE DEEMED ESSENTIAL BY THEIR SUPERVISORS AND OR DEPARTMENT LEADERS AND MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA MUST BE EMPLOYED AND CURRENTLY WORKING FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
PARIS OF EAST BATON WAS MUST HAVE PHYSICALLY REPORTED TO WORK DURING THE PERIOD OF MAY 23RD, 2020
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THROUGH MAY 16TH, 2020, WHEN NON-ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES WERE UNDER A STAY AT HOME ORDER DOES NOT INCLUDE EMPLOYEES AND TELEWORK FROM A RESIDENCE AND MUST OCCUPY A POSITION IN THE CLASSIFIED AND UNCLASSIFIED OR MUNICIPAL FIRE POLICE SYSTEM DOES NOT INCLUDE EMPLOYEES CONSIDERED TO BE CONTRACT TEMPORARY ELECTRIC SEASONAL RELIEF, SUBSTITUTE LONG-TERM WORKERS' COMPENSATION OR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.A LOT OF LESS THAN 20 HOURS PER WEEK, FULL 124 SCHEDULED.
I WAS DOING A PERIOD AND MUST BE NON-EXEMPT FROM THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OVERTIME PROVISION, OR HAVE EARNED A GROSS COMPENSATION OF $72,290 OR LESS.
AND THE CALENDAR YEAR 2020, INCLUDING ALL TYPES OF PAYING STIPENDS, BUT EXCLUSIVE OF OVERTIME BY MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 97? I SEE DUSTIN GATES IS HERE, PLEASE.
GEORGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.
I'M ALSO A RESIDENT OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE ST GEORGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE MY SUPPORT AS WELL AS OUR DISTRICT SUPPORT FOR THE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UH, SPECIFICALLY IN REGARDS TO THE BATON ROUGE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, AS YOU WELL KNOW OUR, UH, FIRE JURISDICTIONS BORDER ONE ANOTHER, AND WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH HIM ON A DAILY BASIS.
UH, THIS IS A VERY MUCH WELL-DESERVED, UM, UH, PIECE OF PREMIUM PAY AND WE, WE CERTAINLY SUPPORT IT.
UH, WE WOULD ALSO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT ON THE SECOND ROUND OF AMERICAN RESCUE BACK FUNDING THAT OTHER FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS WITHIN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH ALSO, UM, ALSO BE CONSIDERED FOR SUCH PREMIUM PEG DURING THIS PANDEMIC.
UH, EVERY FIRE DISTRICT WITHIN THIS PARISH, UH, UM, PROVIDED A SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THIS PARISH WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE WAS TOLD TO STAY HOME, THEY WENT TO WORK.
UM, SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND, UH, UH, APPRECIATE IT.
ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON? I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY ECHO THOSE SENTIMENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT, IT WORRIED ME A LITTLE BIT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT ARP DOLLARS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE FIRST ROUND AND THE UNINCORPORATED PARTS OF THE PARISH WERE NOT INCLUDED.
UM, IT, IT WORRIES ME THIS TIME, AGAIN, THAT THAT CONVERSATION HASN'T REALLY ALREADY STARTED.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING IT IN THE SECOND ROUND IS FINE.
UH, BUT YOU KNOW, THESE FOLKS WORK JUST AS HARD.
THEY WERE OUT THERE WORKING FOR US, UM, DURING THE CORONA VIRUS.
UH, AND SO I THINK IT'S DOUBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE, THAT WE MAKE SURE TO ADDRESS THAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
SO, UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
UH, I DO THINK WE NEED TO APPROVE THIS TONIGHT.
UM, BUT PLEASE TO THE ADMINISTRATION, LET'S BE PROACTIVE ABOUT, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE ADDRESS NOT JUST THE CITY, NOT JUST THE FOLKS THAT WE TOUCH ALL THE TIME, BUT ALL THE DISTRICTS THAT, UM, THAT, THAT SERVE OUR CONSTITUENTS THROUGHOUT THE PARISH.
THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMEMBER HUDSON SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER AMARILLO.
SO WE NOW GO TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER MOPE.
UM, I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANT TO SAY I CONCUR WITH THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD, WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, UH, TODAY AND, AND DISCUSSION OF, OF THIS, ABOUT THE FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, SPECIFICALLY A LOT OF IT ABOUT THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND EVERYTHING.
SO I HOPEFULLY THAT WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD AND WE WILL BE, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S, THERE'S SOME WAY THAT WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE AND TAKE CARE OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
BUT I DID THINK IT WAS A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH ADMINISTRATION TODAY IN WORKING WITH THEM.
SO THANK Y'ALL COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. UM, I'D LIKE TO ALSO SPEAK TO ANY, UM, RETIRED CITY EMPLOYEES OR PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEFT THE CITY, UM, SINCE, UM, COVID AND WHO WON'T BE RECEIVING THIS PAYMENT AS WELL.
WE DID HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TODAY AND ASK THEM TO, UM, WE UNDERSTAND IT'S VERY, IT'S VERY COMPLEX.
THERE'S SOME, SOME REAL DIFFICULTIES AND PROBLEMS, UM, WITH PROVIDING THIS PAYMENT TO TWO RETIRED AND NO LONGER EMPLOYED BY THE CITY EMPLOYEES.
UM, BUT WE DID ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO, TO LOOK AT EVERY POSSIBLE AVENUE, UM, TO, TO, UM, GET THIS PAYMENT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEY, THEY WERE THERE, THEY DID, THEY, THEY DID THE TIME THEY MADE THE SERVICE.
HI, UM, CAN OUR LADIES FROM FINANCE PLEASE COME UP? SO I JUST WANT TO, WE HAVE RECEIVED SO MUCH, UH, SO MANY QUESTIONS, SO MUCH INFORMATION IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, AND WE HAD REALLY GREAT CONVERSATIONS AND OUR MEETING WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TODAY.
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UM, BUT I THINK THERE WERE SOME ISSUES AND I WOULD JUST LIKE FOR YOU TO JUST STAND HERE AND SAY, I THINK THERE'S A GROSS MISUNDERSTANDING OF THAT.THESE DOLLARS JUST CAN BE SPENT ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
UM, AND THE REALITY OF IT IS BECAUSE IT'S AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT DOLLARS, AND THEY COME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IF THEY'RE NOT PROPERLY DISPERSED AND WE DON'T FOLLOW A SET OF RULES, THEN THAT THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY THOSE DOLLARS BACK.
AND I THINK THAT IT'S JUST IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE MISSING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE THIS MONEY, WHETHER IT BEING RETIRED OR MOVING ON, OR I'M NO LONGER WITH THE CITY, FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT A PENALTY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IT'S JUST, UM, HOW THIS WORKS.
AND ALSO, UM, THAT IT'S NOT ARBITRARY THAT WE DIDN'T PULL THESE RULES FROM ANYWHERE THAT THEY ARE SET IN.
THEY'RE HANDED DOWN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING WHICH THE MOST RECENT TEXTS THAT I RECEIVED, UH, VERY RECENTLY IS THE $72,290 THRESHOLD.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST SPEAK TO THAT CLEAR SOME OF THE AIR, SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW AND WHY THESE RULES WERE SET, AND THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST ARBITRARY, THAT WE DO HAVE STANDARDS AS TO WHY THEY'RE THAT WAY, PLEASE.
YES, THERE, UM, THE, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS DO COME WITH A WHOLE INTERIM ROLE IN A SET OF GUIDELINES THAT IS VERY VOLUMINOUS ON HOW YOU HAVE TO SPEND THIS MONEY.
AND IF YOU DON'T SPEND IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE GUIDELINES, YOU ARE AT RISK FOR HAVING TO PAY IT BACK.
UM, THE, THE, THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT, THAT THEY WANTED TO DO AS PEOPLE HAD TO PHYSICALLY REPORT TO WORK, THEY DID NOT ALLOW FOR TELEWORKERS.
AND THAT WAS IN THE GUIDELINES.
THE GUIDELINES ALSO ESTABLISHED THE INCOME CRITERIA THAT COUNCILMAN WALKER WAS SPEAKING ABOUT.
AND IT WAS, IT'S 150% OF THE SOUTHERN AVERAGE, AND THAT YOU ACTUALLY GO TO A, UM, AN INDICATOR THAT'S LIKE A CPI INDICATOR, AND IT GIVES YOU THAT NUMBER AND YOU CALCULATE IT 150%.
WE DON'T HAVE, UM, ANY LEEWAY TO CHANGE THAT NUMBER.
THEY'RE ALSO VERY, VERY SPECIFIC THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS CAN'T BE INCLUDED.
UM, AND, AND SO WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO INCLUDE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY'RE VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT IS THAT YOU MUST, YOU MUST SUBTRACT OUT AND PAY THE FEDERAL AND STATE INCOME TAXES AND THE MEDICARE TAXES ON THESE PREMIUM PAYMENTS.
SO THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU CAN DO THAT IS TO PAY THESE PAYMENTS TO PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY ON YOUR PAYROLL.
EVEN IF, IF YOU SEND SOMEONE A VENDOR CHECK AND TREAT THEM AS A 10 99, YOU CAN'T WIN.
YOU CAN'T WITHHOLD STATE AND FEDERAL INCOME TAXES FROM THAT YOU CAN'T.
SO THE ONLY THING THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE WAS TO PUT THESE PEOPLE BACK ON OUR PAYROLL, AND THAT IS VERY PROBLEMATIC IN MANY WAYS.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WOULD IMPACT THEIR RETIREMENT BENEFITS, UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE DECEASED.
DO WE GO BACK AND DO WE LOOK FOR A STATES? THERE'S JUST A LOT OF THINGS INVOLVED IN THAT.
I DON'T EVEN THINK THAT OUR PAYROLL SYSTEM WILL ACCOMMODATE THAT, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, BECAUSE WE HAVE, UM, MEASURES IN PLACE SO THAT WE DON'T EXCEED THE, THE AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ALLOTMENT THAT'S APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL, THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE AN ALLOTMENT FOR EVERYONE VACANT FOR EVERYONE THAT YOU PUT ON THE PAYROLL WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, WE HEARD YOUR CONCERNS THIS MORNING.
WE ARE GOING TO RUN A REPORT TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND WE ARE GOING TO MAYBE SPEAK WITH THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND SEE IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN GET AROUND THOSE THINGS.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO GIVE FALSE HOPE OR, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT WE, WE HAVE COMMITTED TO DOING THAT JUST LIKE WE HAVE ALSO COMMITTED TO REACHING OUT TO SOME OF THE OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE PARISH, UM, TO, TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD TAKE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THEIR EMPLOYEES WITH THE PACK.
AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP THAT WORKED, UM, THAT WERE SERVING THE PUBLIC WHEN ALL OF US WERE SAFELY TUCKED AT HOME, SO TUCKED AWAY AT HOME.
AND THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE.
UM, I GUESS YOU'RE DOING DUE DILIGENCE AS IT RELATES TO THE RETIREMENT.
THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I NECESSARILY, UM, SUPPORT I'VE I HAD TWO FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH ME AND THEY WORKED TO EVERY DAY CAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF EVENTS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SO I, FOR ME, I THINK NOT ONLY IS IT PROBLEMATIC, IT'S COSTLY AND, UH, ONCE YOU SEPARATE EMPLOYMENT, YOU SEPARATE EMPLOYMENT.
AND I'M THINKING THAT THEY'RE USED THE AMERICA RESCUE MONEY.
UM, THE DATES ARE, ARE THE PERIMETERS BY WHICH PEOPLE QUALIFY, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THERE, BUT THE D THAT'S THE AMOUNT IS AFTER THE FACT.
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UM, WITH DBR SCHOOL, I MEAN, THEY HAD GUIDELINES FOR US.IF YOU MISS 20 DAYS, WE DIDN'T GET IT.
I THINK I HAD 19.5, SO I JUST MADE IT.
BUT, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT, JUST, THAT, THAT'S JUST IT, I MEAN, THEY'RE SEPARATED FROM THE EMPLOYMENT AT THE TIME THAT THE MONEY WAS ALLOCATED AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TIME OF THE PANDEMIC, BUT IT HAS TO DO WITH THE MOMENT BY WHICH THIS MONEY IS BEING ALLOCATED.
AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE SEPARATED FROM THEIR EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY AND THAT'S SHOULD BE IT.
LINDA, AS WE'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE WERE TWO GROUPS THAT IN OUR CONVERSATIONS THAT WE EXPRESS CONCERNS ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE NO LONGER EMPLOYED WITH THE CITY, FOR WHATEVER REASON.
AND THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO MAY NOT BE EMPLOYED WITH THE CITY AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
UH, YOU TALKED ABOUT PAYROLL BEING A VEHICLE IN WHICH THESE PAYMENTS WOULD BE MADE.
AND COULD YOU SPEAK TO THE CRITERIA AND YOUR USE OR YOUR USAGE OF THE WORD EMPLOYEE AND, AND SO EVERYBODY CAN HAVE SOME CLARITY ON SOME OF THE PARAMETERS AND SOME OF THE BARRIERS YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE WITH, WITH DOING SOMEBODY WHO'S RECORDED.
I MEAN, OTHER THAN THE WHOLE TAX THING ABOUT HAVING TO WITHHOLD THE TAXES.
I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, EMPLOYEES THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE GUIDANCE, IT TALKS ABOUT EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS IN THE PRESENT.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, BRIAN AND I TALKED ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, AN EMPLOYEE IS SOMEONE WHO IS LEGALLY OCCUPYING A POSITION AS THE DEFINITION OF AN EMPLOYEE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE LOOK AT AT, TOWARDS OUR EMPLOYEES.
UM, SO THOSE WERE, THOSE WERE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAD ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS IS THERE, THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOROSE.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION ITEM 97 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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98, AMENDED 2022 ALLOTMENT OF POSITIONS FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARIS OF EAST BATON ROUGE.SO AS TO CHANGE THE ALLOTMENT OF THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS FOLLOWS EFFECTIVE APRIL 28TH, 2020 TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO LEAD 25 EMT BASIC AND ADD 25 ADVANCED EMT BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR AND HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK LIGHT AT 98.
WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. WE NOW GO TO ITEM 99,
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A RESOLUTION PROVIDING WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OUTLINE THE METRO POLLEN COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD REGARDING STUCK CORPORATION, NOT THE CLIENTS, BUT THE INDUSTRIAL TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM CONTRACT.HAS ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 99, COME ON DOWN JENNIFER CARR WHILE 1855 OLD CARRIAGE LANE.
UM, I WANT TO, UM, UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS ON THE AGENDA.
THIS IS YOUR, UH, YOUR JOB TO LOOK AT
I'M NOT IN ANY WAY SAYING THIS COMPANY SHOULDN'T BE GIVEN COVID HAS BEEN AN ISSUE, WHATEVER I JUST, I WANT YOU TO APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK DECIDE, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT.
AND PART OF THE REASON THAT'S IMPORTANT IS TOMORROW SENATE BILL 1 51 WILL BE HEARD IN THE SENATE.
THAT IS, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT INTO THE CONSTITUTION, YOUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE APPROVING OR NOT APPROVING BY TIPS.
I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE A CITY THAT NEEDS TO DETERMINE WHEN WE NEED OUR MONEY AND WHEN WE'RE OKAY WITH GIVING AWAY OUR MONEY.
SO IF THIS HAS BEEN VALUABLE TO YOU, I HOPE YOU WILL CALL YOUR SENATORS AND RECOMMEND THAT THEY APPROVE, BUT, YOU KNOW, SEND THIS TO THE VOTERS BECAUSE THIS IS MONEY, UH, THAT, UH, TOGETHER BATON ROUGE WORKED HARD ON, YOU KNOW, GETTING INTO, UH, WELL, IT'S NOT IN LAW, IT'S JUST AN EXECUTIVE ORDER.
I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR THIS TO BE IN LAW SO THAT IT DOESN'T GO AWAY, YOU KNOW, AT THE WHIM OF THE NEXT GOVERNOR.
SO, UH, PLEASE, IF THIS IS IMPORTANT TO YOU, WE NEED INCOME, GET TO YOUR SENATORS, LET THEM KNOW WE NEED THIS.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 99 NOW I'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER, HUDSON.
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I WANTED SOME, SOME CLARITY.UM, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN ONE OF THESE WITH THE COUNCIL PERSON AS THE SPONSOR.
SO, UM, I KNOW PREVIOUSLY WE WE'VE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, SO LET ME CALL DONNIE FROM BREAKUP FIRST DONNY.
UH, TELL ME ABOUT THE COMPLIANCE ISSUE HERE.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THE PAYROLL ISSUE.
THEY DID MAKE THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT, WHICH IS THE MAIN POINT OF THE PROGRAM, BUT THEY FELL SHORT ON THEIR, ON THEIR, UM, PAYROLL.
SO THIS IS A COMPLIANCE CONVERSATION.
THAT'S VERY SEPARATE FROM THE OTHER TWO THAT YOU'VE HEARD SO FAR WHEN IT COMES TO 10 ROOF INTERNATIONAL MEZZO TECHNOLOGIES.
UM, THIS IS A COMPANY THAT CAME IN WITH A $22 MILLION INVESTMENT COMMITMENT AND A HIRING GOAL OF A HUNDRED.
I SHOULD HAVE THIS MEMORIZED 28.
UM, AND THIS IS A GROUP THAT EXCEEDED THAT JOB GOAL MARK, UH, BY, INSTEAD OF HITTING 4 66, THEY HIRED 600.
UH, THEY, THEY, UH, EMPLOYED 609 AND THEY MADE THEIR CAPITAL INVESTMENT AT 22 MILLION.
THE CONVERSATION TONIGHT, UH, IS GETTING AHEAD OF, OF THE GREATER CONVERSATION OF BEING A NONCOMPLIANCE.
SO, UH, THIS COUNCIL HAS NOT RECEIVED A LETTER OF NONCOMPLIANCE YET.
UM, IT, AND IT WON'T COME, UH, FOR SOME TIME, BUT WHEN IT DOES COME, IT WOULD GET KICKED TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
THEN BACK TO THIS, THIS BOARD SCHOOL BOARD AND METRO, UH, AND THEN THE SHERIFF, AND THEN IT WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
SO TO SAVE SOME TIME ON AN EFFORT OF EFFICIENCY, WE'RE COMING TO YOU TONIGHT, THE COMPANIES HERE COMING TO YOU TONIGHT, UH, TO OFFER A RECOMMENDATION AND ADVANCE TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
SO THIS IS THE COMPANY WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SPONSOR AND WITH YOU ON BEING PROACTIVE.
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE COMING FROM OUR SENIOR MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? YEAH.
UM, SO THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE AND, UM, STUMP HAS, IS ONE OF THOSE, UM, ECONOMIC ENGINES IN OUR DISTRICT THAT HAS ALWAYS FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
I'M SURE IT'S NOT THAT LONG, BUT THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY MUCH A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF HIRING FROM THE SEVEN OR 807, 7 0 7 1 4 AREA CODE.
UM, A LOT OF FAMILY MEMBERS GET HIRED THERE.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY REALLY ARE A COMPANY THAT EVEN BEFORE I TAPPED HAVE BEEN LIKE PART OF OUR, UM, OUR COMMUNITY, BUT EVERYBODY KNEW EVERY EVERYBODY AT STUMPED KNOWS EVERYBODY, UM, BECAUSE THEY ARE, THEY DO HIRE FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY ARE PART OF THE ORIGINAL BAKER, UM, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UH, YOU WOULDN'T ADD THE I TAP.
UM, ISSUE IS SOMETHING THAT I USUALLY ALIGN MYSELF WITH WITH TOGETHER BATON ROUGE AND THE ISSUES THEY HAVE WITH IT.
UM, BUT I DO KNOW THE PEOPLE AT STUMP AT STUCK REALLY CARE ABOUT THEIR EMPLOYEE, EVERY OPPORTUNITY, THIS ISN'T THE FIRST, AND MAYBE THIS WAS THE WORST MAJOR, LOW LAYOFF, BUT AS SOON AS THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY TO REHIRE, THEY IMMEDIATELY CALLED THEIR PEOPLE BACK.
SO THAT'S WHY I PUT MY NAME ON THIS THAT I MAY NOT DO IN OTHER SITUATION, BUT THEY REALLY DO ARE ENGRAVED IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, BEYOND THE CAPACITY OF A BUSINESS MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION, TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL NUMBER.
YOU WANT TO SPEAK WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER? NO.
DONNA, YOU SAID THERE WERE SOME MEMBERS FROM STUFF HERE.
I I'M JUST, I W I HAVE A QUICK, I THINK YOU TOUCHED ON THIS.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, UH, CAUSE IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY AND PLEASE SOMEONE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT STOP HAD A, UH, THERE WAS A MAJOR LAYOFF AT STUFF PRIOR TO THIS.
AND THEN, AND THEN THIS OCCURRED AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER MAJOR LAYOFF IS THAT ACCURATE ARE MOP YEARS IN BETWEEN.
SO I'M CHAIRMAN CALVIN, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE FOR STUFF CORPORATION.
SO WE'VE HAD, UH, SEVERAL LAYOFFS.
THOSE BEGAN IN, I BELIEVE, MAY OF 20, 20 DIRECTLY AFTER WE SORT OF EXPERIENCED THE COVID PANDEMIC AND THEN THE RESULTANT JUST COLLAPSE IN THE OIL AND GAS BUSINESS.
SO, UM, THE NONCOMPLIANCE THAT YOU'RE SEEING NOW IS THE RESULTS OF THE LAYOFFS THAT STARTED TO TAKE PLACE IN THAT Q 2 20 20 TIMEFRAME PERIOD.
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HOW ABOUT PRE 2019 PRE I TAB? SO WE HAD, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE I REMEMBER A LARGE OFF, SO WE HAD LARGE LAYOFFS IN 2016 TIMEFRAME TO ENDED 1516 WHEN THE OIL AND GAS.SO WE ARE A PROJECT-BASED OIL AND GAS PIPELINE MANUFACTURER.
SO AS OIL AND GAS GOES UP AND DOWN, SO DOES OUR ECONOMIC FORTUNE.
RIGHT? AND SO, UM, WE HAD A BIG LAW IN THE SORT OF, UH, MIDSTREAM COLLAPSE THAT HAPPENED IN THE MID 2000 TEENS AFTER A LARGE, LARGE PERIOD OF ACTIVITY, AND THEN RAMP BACK UP HEAVILY, UM, IN THE, LET'S SAY 2000 LATE, 2000 17, 18, 19 TIMEFRAME PERIOD, AND THE ITEP PROGRAM, UM, THAT'S SUBJECT FOR DISCUSSION TODAY WAS PART OF A LARGE CAPITAL INVESTMENT PERIOD THAT WAS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT RAMP PERIOD.
IT WAS SORT OF GOING UP, UP, UP, UP, UP, AND THEN JUST COLLAPSED WITH THE ADVENT OF COVID AND THEN SOME SUBSEQUENT EVENTS THAT HAVE TRANSPIRED SINCE WHICH I'D BE HAPPY TO COVER.
SO 2010, ARE YOU MICHAEL? SO IN 2010, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WERE IN THAT POSITION, BUT WHEN DAWN OF BOWHEAD.
SO I REMEMBER, AND I W I REMEMBER AT ONE POINT THERE WAS A LAYOFF OF AN, IT HAD TO DO WITH, UM, LIKE THE U S GOVERNMENT.
THEY DIDN'T USE PIPE, THEY USE SOMETHING, I DON'T, I FORGOT WHAT IT WAS, BUT WHAT IT WAS, UH, IT HAD TO DO WITH A CHANGE IN WHETHER BUSINESSES USE PAPER TO MOVE ALL VERSUS SOME OTHER METHOD.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS FROM THE GOVERNMENT ALASKA PIPELINE.
I DON'T KNOW SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO A LOT OF OUR BUSINESS, IT DEPENDS ON THE PERMITTING, UM, FOR NEW PIPELINE DEVELOPMENT AND IN PERIODS WHERE PERMITTING IS VERY TIGHT, LIKE RIGHT NOW, PERMANENT IS, IS ALMOST NOT WELL IT'S NONEXISTENT, ESSENTIALLY NOBODY'S BUILDING LARGE INTERSTATE PIPELINES.
UM, AND SO AS A RESULT, THERE'S ALTERNATE METHODS THAT YOU CAN CONVEY THE OIL, NOT REALLY THE GAS, BUT THE OIL PRODUCTS, UM, AND PARTICULARLY BY RAIL.
SO WHEN YOU SEE ALL THESE RAIL TANKERS COMING BY WITH OIL, UM, THEY'RE SHIPPING THE SAME PRODUCT YOU COULD BE PUTTING IN PIPELINES.
AND FRANKLY, I WOULD SAY MUCH MORE SAFELY IN PIPELINES, BUT, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE MOVING IT VIA RAIL.
AND SO IF THERE'S A PERIOD WHERE LET'S SAY RAIL COMES MORE HEAVILY IN FAVOR, UM, AND PIPELINES FALL OUT OF FAVOR, THEN AS A MANUFACTURER OF PIPE PIPELINES, UM, OUR ECONOMIC PROSPECTS DRY UP, AND WE DON'T HAVE REALLY A RECURRING REVENUE THEME, UM, FOR OUR BUSINESS, IT'S REALLY HEAVILY CAPITAL CAPITAL PROJECT INTENSIVE.
SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE BUILDING NEW PIPELINE PROJECTS, THAT'S WHEN OUR BUSINESS IS VERY GOOD.
AND IN PERIODS LIKE RIGHT NOW WHERE ALMOST NOBODY IS BUILDING ANY PIPELINES, UM, WE, WE SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THE WORK, UM, RIGHT NOW FOR THE, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, TO, TO BE AT THE EMPLOYMENT LEVELS WHERE WE NEED TO BE, OR WOULD LIKE TO BE COUNCIL MEMBER DONE, DANI, OUR COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS CAN HOUSE.
IT IS THE ITEM SAYS RESOLUTION TO GIVE WRITTEN NOTICE, NOTICE THAT THE BOARD OF THE COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATION, WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU GUYS ARE PROPOSING THAT WE GIVE TO THE BOARD IN FRONT OF YOU? UM, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO TAKE ACTION ON BACK TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
AND SO STUFF'S ASKING FOR THE INITIAL FIVE-YEAR TERM OF THEIR ITECH CONTRACT TO REMAIN INTACT AND TO REVISIT THE TERMS THE HIGH-TECH AT A LATER DATE, BUT TO AGREE UPON RENEWAL BEING REQUESTED AT THE END OF THE FIVE-YEAR TERM IS, IS, IS QUESTION.
BUT REALLY RIGHT NOW, IT'S TO TAKE NO ACTION ON THEIR CURRENT FIVE-YEAR TERM AND TAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION BACK TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
LAST THURSDAY, WE, WE TOOK THIS AND HAD THE SAME CONVERSATION WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD, UH, AND IT PASSED THROUGH THERE.
AND WE'LL HAVE A SUBSEQUENT CONVERSATION WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCCO.
UM, CAN I SPEAK TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM STEP, PLEASE? AGAIN, I, SIR, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
SO OFTENTIMES WE LOOK AT THESE ITEP APPLICATIONS IN A VACUUM, AND WE THINK ABOUT ALL THE MONEY FOR THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT ARE BEING, UM, BEING GIVEN AWAY AS SOME PEOPLE HAVE PREVIOUSLY STATED.
HOWEVER, WHAT I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU IS HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO YOU HAVE? SO CURRENTLY TODAY STUFF CORPORATION HAS I BELIEVE, 87 EMPLOYEES.
AND WHAT'S THE MOST, THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT YOU'VE HAD IN THE LONGTERM THAT COUNCILWOMAN BANKS HAS MENTIONED THAT YOU'VE BEEN HERE BASED IN BATON ROUGE.
SO IN Q1 OF 2020, BEFORE THE COVID ENDEMIC, JUST SORT OF WIPED OUT THE OIL AND GAS BUSINESS, WE WERE AT A HIGH WATERMARK OF 609, 609 EMPLOYEES.
AND WHERE DID THEY LIVE EXACTLY OR AROUND ROUNDABOUT.
DID THEY LIVE IN THIS PARISH? YEAH, WE DRAW FROM EAST
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BATON ROUGE PARISH, UH, THE SURROUNDING PARISHES.UH, WE DRAW FROM SOME IN THE, UH, WILKINSON COUNTY, UH, MISSISSIPPI AREA.
UM, BUT MOST ARE FROM THE EBR AND IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING PARISHES.
SO I WOULD, IT'S A PRESUMPTION, BUT I WOULD PRESUME THAT YOU PAID PAYROLL TAXES ON THOSE EMPLOYEES.
UM, I WOULD ALSO PRESUME THAT THEY LIVED AND WORKED HERE AND ALSO PAY SALES TAX ON THEIR HOMES, ON THE ITEMS THAT THEY PURCHASED, THE CARS THAT THEY BOUGHT, THAT THEY CONTRIBUTED TO OUR ECONOMY WHILE THEY WERE HERE.
THERE THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
THERE WAS A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN COLEMAN, ANY OPPOSITION, THE ITEM CARRIES.
[100. 22-00511]
WE NOW GO TO ITEM 100 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESENT EXECUTING ENTITY STATE AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR.PRESIDENT EXECUTE A SIDEWALK WHERE WE MET WITH THE STATE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT IN CONNECTION WITH STORYLAND EXTENSION BY TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECT ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 100.
WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM? 100 COUNCIL MEMBERS WAKE UP ANYBODY, BUT ONE APPROVE COUNCIL MEMBER MOKE SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COMA.
[101. 22-00512]
AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR.PRESIDENTS COULD HAVE UTILITY RELOCATION AGREEMENT WITH AT AND T LOUISIANA FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVIE, OUR CAPACITY PROJECT, OR HIM AND HIGHWAY AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,833,238 AND 15 CENTS BY TRANSPORTATION AS DIRECTOR.
IF ANYONE HAS SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 1.
WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, SOME MOVE BY MOPE SECONDED BY COLEMAN, NO OPPOSITION WOULD GO TO ONE
[102. 22-00514]
ZERO TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT EXECUTED CONTRACT OR APPRAISAL SERVICES WITH MURPHY OR PRISON SERVICES, LLC, FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVIE, OUR CAPACITY PROJECT WHO PAROLED TO SULLIVAN ROLE AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $61,920 BY TRANSPORTATION.ANYONE WHO SPEAK ON ITEM 1, 0 2.
WHEN I GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, SOME WILL BY MOST SECONDED BY COLEMAN AND NO OPPOSITION.
[103. 22-00515]
AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESENTS THAT SHE WAS SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT.NUMBER ONE TO A CONTRACT WITH MAIL INC FOR AN ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH WILL BE ALL HANDS FROM PROJECT FAFSA CENTER CONNECTION WITH COMMUNICATIONS AND INSTALLATION AND AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $372,000 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECT ANYONE HE HAD TO SPEAK.
I WANT TO SAY, WELL, THREE NOW I'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO MOBILE ADAM'S SECOND TO BUY DONE.
[104. 22-00516]
WITH NO OPPOSITION AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR.PRESIDENT EXECUTED CONTRACT FOR APPRAISAL SERVICES WITH MURPHY OR PRISON SERVICE, LLC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVIE ART CAPACITY, PROJECT HOOPER ROAD, BLACK WATER ROAD, JAIL ROAD AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $112,320 BY TRANSPORTATION.
[105. 22-00518]
1 0 5, AMENDING THE 2022 CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET.SO AS TO APPROPRIATE $1,576,580 TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING NECESSARY TO ACCEPT THE CONSTRUCTION, BE IT, BUT HE'S MARRIAGE SAFE ROOM TRAINING CENTER OF WHICH $1,273,780 WILL BE TEMPORARILY FUNDED FROM THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE ON A SIGN UNTIL THE FEDERAL FUNDING HAS BEEN RECEIVING THE REMAINING $302,800 WILL BE FUNDED FROM THE EMS FUND BALANCE ON THE SIGN BY MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
THERE HAVE REQUESTED THE FURTHEST ITEM TO THE MAY 11TH MEETING.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER A DOW WISEST OR CALVIN OR ANYONE? WHY IS THIS ITEM BEING DEFERRED? I KNOW DARYL REQUESTED IT TO BE DEFERRED AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO COME TELL US, OKAY.
MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS WE WERE UTILIZED IN THIS BUDGET SUPPLEMENTS, TEMPORARY FUNDING SOURCE IS IN THE PROCESS OF AWARDING THE GRANT.
THEREFORE THE BUDGET SUPPLEMENT WOULD NOT BE NEEDED, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO DELETE IT IN CASE WE DO NEED THE FUNDING.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO THROW IT ON AND PASS IT.
WHY DON'T WE VOTE ON IT AND PASS IT TONIGHT? BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO UTILIZE THE FUND AND FUND BALANCE.
IF WE DON'T NEED US $1 MILLION AND YOU COULDN'T REPAY IT, YOU COULDN'T READ IT COULD, IT WOULD JUST BE MORE ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, ENTRIES THAT WE CAN JUST WAIT FOR TWO WEEKS AND SEE IF THAT WILL DELAY THE PROCESS AT ALL.
COUNCIL MEMBER GO TO, HAVE WE SPOKEN WITH THE CONTRACTOR THAT THEY'LL HOLD THEIR PRICES? THE THING HAS SPOKEN WITH THEM AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
THEY'RE GOING TO HOLD IT TO MAY 19TH.
AND ALSO ANOTHER REASON WHY WE DON'T WANT TO DE DELETED IS, UM, WHEN YOU ACCEPT THE AWARD, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE MONEY IN PLACE.
AND SO IF YOU DELETED, BECAUSE IT'S A BUDGET BEING APPROPRIATED, YOU HAVE TO REINTRODUCE IT, BUT THEN THAT WOULD DELAY THE ACCEPTANCE
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OF THE BID.AND IF I COULD JUST ADD WHAT WE ALSO WANT TO BRING, UH, THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE LOW BID TO YOU ON THE MAY 11TH MEETING AS WELL.
SO WE CAN HAVE EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND BE READY TO GO.
UH, WHAT, WHAT IS IT? EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH SAFE ROOM.
I KNOW WHAT TRAINING CENTER IS, BUT WHAT'S THE CLASSIFICATION OF A SAFE ROOM.
DID ANYBODY, CAN ANYBODY ANSWER THAT I'D LIKE TO, I MEAN, I KNOW WHAT A SAFE ROOM IS IN A HOUSE OR A BUSINESS OR WHATEVER, BUT I DON'T THINK IT MEANS THE SAME THING HERE.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU THE EXPERT NOW? OKAY, GO AHEAD.
THAT'S WHY, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW.
SO, SO A SAFE HOUSE IS THE FUNDING THAT FEMA GAIL'S IN CASE THERE'S AN EMERGENCY.
SO LET'S SAY IF THERE'S A HURRICANE, UM, THEN YOU, THEN THESE FACILITIES HAVE TO BE THE FIRST THING.
THEY GO ONLINE TO HELP CITIZENS.
BUT WHEN IT'S NOT, IT COULD BE A TRAINING CENTER OR IT COULD BE LIKE, I TRIED TO GET ONE SO WE COULD HAVE, OKAY.
I'LL SAY GIVE HER THAT CREDIT.
SO COUNCILMAN MODE IS EVERYBODY GETS A WORD, SOMETHING, UH, THIS IS FOR, UH, THE FIREFIGHTERS OR THE, UH, POLICE OFFICERS AND FOR THE PARAMEDICS, CMTS AND DOCTORS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE THAT ARE IN EOC DURING THIS TIME TO BATTLE, HAVE A PLACE TO STAY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GO HOME WITH THOSE TIMES.
YEAH, BECAUSE THAT WAS GOING TO TAKE ME TO MY NEXT THING WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE FIRE UP EOC.
SO THIS IS A SEPARATE FACILITY FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS TO GATHER IN AND STAY AND, AND RESPOND FROM THERE OR, AND, OR, UM, WORKERS THAT NEED TO BE, CAUSE THAT'S OUR 9 1, 1 FACILITY ALSO, UH, NEED TO BE CLOSE BY THERE.
I WAS JUST LIKE, WAS JUST A FUNNY WORD, SAFE HOUSE, BUT SHE WAS CORRECT WITH THE FAMOUS, OH, YOU HAD TO SAY THAT DIDN'T YOU PICKY WITH YOU.
SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN NEIL SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
ROCKER ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED TO ME.
[106. 22-00520]
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR.PRESIDENT ENTERED INTO A COOPERATIVE, A DEVOTEE AGREEMENT WITH THE LEAD HAND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS TO PROVIDE FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $250,000 FULLY SPLIT AND A PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER FROM THE FUNDING PROVIDER ACT 2 61 OF THE 2017 LEGISLATIVE SESSION APPROPRIATED FUNDS TO SET PURPOSE AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENT AND CONNECTION THAT WIT, BUT TO SUPPLEMENT A SEVEN BY MAYOR.
PRESIDENT IS THERE IS, IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK LINE 1 0 6, UH, NON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS HAS, UH, MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND BY COLEMAN.
NO ITEM 1 0 6 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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1 0 7, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER, AN AMOUNT OF 250,000 FOR TO ADMINISTER AN EXPUNGEMENT PROGRAM AND EXPERIMENT.PARENTS FUNDED SAY IT FROM THE ACT 2 61 OF THE 27 LEGISLATIVE 2017 MINUTES LATER.
I SAID, MY MAYOR PRESIDENT CONTINUED ON GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.
REVIEW ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON 1 0 7.
WE WILL GO BACK TO COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE OUR COUNCIL MEMBER BANK SECOND.
AND BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, NO OPPOSITION 9 1 0 7 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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TAKE ITEMS 1 0 8, 2 1 26 TOGETHER ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES, BLOCK 20 SQUARE FOR SUBDIVISION, NORTH HIGHLANDS ADDITION, DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN.$2,000 1 0 9 LOT SEVEN EIGHT SUBDIVISION UNIVERSITY PLACE DISTRICT TWO BANKS, HIGH BIDDER, NICKY HUGGINS, 50,001, 10 LOT FOUR SQUARE 29 SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE EXTENSION DISTRICT SEVEN.
I BETTER REDEEM ITEM ONE 11 LOT 40 48, 8 SQUARE FOR SUBDIVISION.
WELLS PLACED AT YOUR SEVEN COLE VICTORIA MINOR CLARK JOHNSON, $1,200 ITEM ONE 12 LOT 26 SQUARE THREE SUBDIVISION LOVE FOSSIL TOWN DISTRICT SEVEN HIGH BIT OF PRINCETON.
BRENDA ANGELA, $3,300 ITEM ONE 13, LOT NINE AND 10 SQUARE EIGHT SUBDIVISION UNIVERSITY CITY DISTRICT TWO BANKS, HIGH BIT OF DEWEY ALLEY
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$25,000.ITEM ONE 14 LINE 19 SQUARE, 12 SUBDIVISION FAIRFIELD DISTRICT SEVEN TIED BIDDER ROBINS RENTALS, LLC.
$42,100, RIGHT? A ONE 15 LOT THREE SQUARE, 2 94 SUBDIVISION LAKE PARK, DISTRICT 10.
CALL THEM A HIGH BIDDER ROBINSON RENTALS LLC.
$51,000 TIED IN ONE 16 LA 20 PLUS SQUARE 18.
SO DIVISION 14, DISTRICT FIVE HERTZ I'VE BEEN A MARK MCKEE $500 ITEM ONE 17 LOST 68, 8 SUBDIVISION GIBBONS PLACE DISTRICT TWO BANKS, HIGH BIDDER MONETTE CARGO, $24,000 ITEM ONE 18 LOT FOUR SQUARE TOOL, NINE SUBDIVISION.
THE STROMA DISTRICT 10 HIGH BIDDER ROBINS WENT TO LLC $12,000 ITEM ONE 19 LOC THREE SQUARE AF SUBJECT WAS IN CRAWFORD ADDITION, DISTRICT SEVEN.
HI, BEEN AND NICKY HUGGINS, $45,000 ITEM ONE 20 LOT 28 SQUARE ONE SUBDIVISION CLARKSDALE DISTRICT TWO LINKS, HIGH BIDDER THEATER OR BEVERLY JUNIOR $1,000 ITEM 1 21 LAST SIX AND SEVEN SQUARE 12.
SO DIVISION PROGRESS PARK, DISTRICT SEVEN, I HAD A BIT OF CLARITY COLUMN, $100 ITEM 1 22 LOT THREE SQUARE 12 SORT OF IS IN PROGRESS.
PROGRESS PARK DISTRICT SEVEN HIGH BIDDER, ERICA WILLIAMS, $1,000 ITEM 1 23 LOT FIRE SQUARE, SEVEN SUBDIVISION ROOSEVELT PLAYS DISTRICT TWO BANKS, HIGH BIDDER, TEQUILA AND DAVID THOMAS, THE $35,000 ITEM 1 24, A LOT, 15 SQUARE 39 SUBDIVISION SWAT DISTRICT TEND TO CALL THEM THE HIGH BIDDER LOUISIANA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
I HAD A 1 25 LOT 34 POINT SQUARE.
SO THAT VISION BOOKER TOWN DISTRICT 10 CALLED A HOTBED LOUISIANA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, $5,000 ITEM 1 26, LOT EIGHT SQUARE, TWO 70.
SO DIVISION SWAT DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN HIGH BID AT FIVE CENTER FOR ACADEMIC AND ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE INCORPORATED $5,500.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 1 0 8 TO 1 26? IS THERE A COUNCIL MEMBERS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE? SO MOVED BY MOST SECOND AND BY COLEMAN ITEMS, 1 0 8 3, 1 26 HAVE BEEN APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVE
[ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS]
MATTERS.WE DO HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE INTRODUCTION, A 2 2 0 0 5 9 7 AUTHORIZING SUPPLEMENTED CLAIM WITH DAVID GARRY FOR DAMAGES ZONING FROM A SEWER BACKUP AND SIX SEPARATE FOURPLEXES FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $491,977 AND 9 CENTS.
IT SHOULD BE ALLOCATED AS $58,049 61 CENTS FOR 2364 GARDEN LANE, $85,241 FOR A 2362 GARDEN LANE, $88,551 AND 33 CENTS FOR 2360, THE ATLANTA $86,900 AND 4 CENTS FOR 2358 GUARDIAN LANE AND $85,012 AND 30 CENTS FOR 2356 CARD LANE, $88,223 AND 40 CENTS FOR 2346 CALLED ELENA APPROPRIATING $491,977 AND 90 CENTS FOR SUCH PURPOSES MIGHT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY, GO TO ITEM B 2 2 0 0 5 9 8 AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PLAYING WITH JAY MYERS FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM A SEWER BACKUP AND FOURPLEX AND A TOTAL AMOUNT OF EIGHT, 1080 $1,634 AND 72 CENTS INAPPROPRIATE AND $81,634 AND 72 CENTS.
BUT SUCH PURPOSE THIS MATTER, BE ABLE TO DISCUSS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, I AM C 0 0 5 9 9, A RESOLUTION ORDERING AND CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD THE PARIS OF EASTBOUND.
AND WE STAYED IN LOUISIANA ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022 FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZING RENEWAL AND LEVEL OF COLLECTION AT 1.3 MIL AVALON TAX ON PROPERTY, SUBJECT TO TAXATION, BUT THEN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PARIS OF EAST BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS COMMENCING ON THE TAX COLLECTION FOR THE YEAR 2024 AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER TO INCLUDING THE YEAR 2033, TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING, MAINTAINING, AND OPERATING MACHINERY FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT NECESSARY AND THE PURPOSE AND THE ERADICATION OF BATEMAN AND CONTROL THEM, MOSQUITOES, OTHER ORTHOPOD OFFER PLOTS AND PUBLIC HEALTH IMPORTANCE AND RODENTS AND MAINTAINING ADEQUATE ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT STAFF.
THAT CONNECTION THAT WOULD MAKE AN APPLICATION TO THE LOUISIANA STATE BOND COMMISSION, PROVIDING NOTICE AT THE 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 OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.
THIRD FLOOR CITY HALL ROOM 3 48 TO 22 ST.
LOUIS STREET BANNERS, LOUISIANA, AND PROVIDED FOR ALL MY OTHER MATTERS AND CONNECTION THERE WITH THE MOTION TO WEIGH THE ROOMS, TO ALLOW ALL ITEMS TO BE INTRODUCED IS THAT MOST OF THE WAY THROUGH SOME OLD BUCK HOUSE PUT, CAN I MAKE A POINT OF ORDER QUESTION ABOUT THE TIMING OF THIS? IS THAT OKAY? UM, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF WE WERE TO PUT THIS THROUGH INSTEAD OF, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER, BUT JUST MAKE THE INTRODUCTION, OUR NORMAL PROCEDURE, UM, WOULD THAT MESS UP THEIR TIMELINE TO IT WOULD OKAY.
THE DEADLINES FOR THE BOND COMMISSION AND METRO COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR MAY AND JUNE DO NOT MATCH UP VERY WELL.
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THE MOST OF THE WAY, THE RULES THAT I WAS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED, SOME OWNED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.IS THERE A SECOND SECOND BY THE CHAIR AND A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MOST OF THE WAY, THERE WAS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE MOST, THE WAY THE RULES WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MOST, THE WAY THE RULES.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOST OF THE WAY TO RULES NOW IN YOUR MOTION, INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS. SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DOES SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GO.
THEY ALL ITEMS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED.
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ORDERS, PARISH, SQUAT ITEM 1 27 PARIS.WHY PAVEMENT REMARKING FOR EBR PARISH, CONTRACTOR PAVING MARKINGS, LLC CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT, $10 AND 78 CENT, WHICH IS A CREDIT.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ITEM 1 27? WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER, NO SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. WE'LL GO TO ITEM 1 28,
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EMS HEADQUARTER PHASE TWO VEHICLES, STORAGE AND MAINTENANCE BUILDING CONTRACT TO SEE CONSTRUCTION, LLC CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT, $96,571.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 28? WHEN I GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 1 28? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.
WE NOW GO TO FINAL ACCEPTANCES, 1 29
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PARIS WIDE PAVEMENT REMARKING CONTRACTOR PAVEMENT MARKING LLC.FINAL COSTS 280,000 $172 A DAY.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ITEM 1 29.
WE GO TO COUNCIL MOST TO APPROVE BY ADAMS SECOND.
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CARVER BRANCH LIBRARY, ROOF REPAIRS, CONSTRUCTION, RESTART CONTRACT DEPARTMENT ROOFING LLC.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 30? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL.
THERE ARE MOST SIMPLE BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH, ADAM, SECOND ABOUT A CHAIR.
THEN THE OPPOSITION, WE GO TO ITEM 31 31
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J JEWEL, J NEWMAN, COMMUNITY CENTER, ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING, ROOF REPLACEMENT, CONTRACT SUPREME ROOF AND CONSTRUCTION.FINAL COST $131,902 IS ANYONE TO SPEAK.
I HAD AT 1 31 WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANK SECONDED BY COUNCILOR MADAMS, NO OPPOSITION.
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WE'LL GO TO ITEM 1 32 ACCEPTANCE OF LOW BIDS, ANNUAL PARISH WIDE WASTE WATER COLLECTION SYSTEM, EMERGENCY REPAIRS, ALAN LEBLOND LLC, $2,845,014.AND HE WANTS THE LOW BIDS ARE ACCEPTED AS A BASIS OF AWARD OF THE CONTRACT.
HOWEVER, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT AUTHORIZED IS A 2 MILLION ANNUAL BUDGET AMOUNT.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WE GO NOW TO ITEM ONE, WE GO NOW BACK TO COUNCILS THAT MOTION TO APPROVE.
SO MOVED BY ADAM SECONDED BY THE CHAIR AND THE OPPOSITION.
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ANNUAL PARIS, WIDEN MANHOLE AND CMC LLC.THE LOW BIDS ARE ACCEPTED AS THE BASIS OF AWARD OF THE CONTRACT.
HOWEVER, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT AUTHORIZED IS 1,500,000 ANNUAL BUDGET AMOUNT OF ANYONE.
SO MOVED BY ADAMS, SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.
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EASTBOUND RIDGE PARISH, BRANCH LIBRARY, ROOF REPLACEMENT, LAKE SHORE, A ROOFING AND CONSTRUCTION, $1,227,007.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 34? WHEN I WENT BACK TO COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER GO, THEY SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS COUNCIL MEMBER, AMA ROSSA.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, MOTION TO ADJOURN BY COUNCIL OF MEMORIALS.
THE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE AS ALWAYS.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR CITY PARIS EMPLOYEES AND STAY WITH US TONIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THANKS FOR BRINGING YOUR SON TO HANG OUT WITH US.
THANKS SO MUCH, UH, ANNOUNCEMENT POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND I CAN SET UP.
UM, I WAS OUR FIRST, UH, COUNCILMAN FOR DISTRICT TWO, WHICH IS GEORGIA NEWMAN COMMUNITY CENTER WIFE PASSED ON YESTERDAY, SALLY NEWMAN.
SO WE JUST WANT TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY IN PRAYER BECAUSE WHERE HE WAS ELECTED.
SHE ALSO DID A LOT OF THAT WORK.