[CALL TO ORDER]
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THOSE OF YOU ARE HERE FOR THE MEETING.
WELCOME TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
AND ON BEHALF OF OUR MAYOR, PRESIDENT SHARON, WESTERN BROOM, AND OUR 12 COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE WELCOME YOU INTO OUR BROADCAST.
WE ARE STREAMING ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE'RE ON FACEBOOK, LIVE ON COX AND ON A T AND T UBERS.
AND WE HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.
BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, OUR MAYOR PRESIDENT OF
COUNCILMAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING OUR MEETING.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING AT HOME, UH, GUN VIOLENCE IS AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS ISSUE.
NOT ONLY HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALL ACROSS THE NATION.
AND AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO THINK VERY CLEARLY ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE, PARTICULARLY, UH, THE EASY ACCESS TO GUNS AS A RESULT OF SUCH EASY ACCESS.
WE SAW OVER 19 CHILDREN, LET'S JUST CALL IT WHAT IT IS TO BE MURDERED ON YESTERDAY, TO NEVER GO HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES.
UH, AND SO IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME IT'S HAPPENED IN OUR COUNTRY AND SAD TO SAY, PERHAPS WOULD NOT BE THE LAST, BUT AS A RESULT OF THOSE FAMILIES WHO LOST THEIR LIVES ON YESTERDAY AND THE OTHER FAMILIES IN BUFFALO AND AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THEIR PLACES OF WORSHIP, I WOULD ASK THAT WE HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH BACK TO DENNIS.
AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED TODAY, WE WANT TO FEATURE ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HAS VERY OFTEN DO.
AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR COUNCIL MEMBER WHO REPRESENTS DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF DISTRICT FIVE PLACES LIKE MONTICELLO PARK, FOREST FOREST HEIGHTS, KOMITA STATES LANIER, GLEN GLENOAKS, AS WE MOVED TO THE WEST AND MARY DALE BROOKS DOWN MONTECITO.
AND LET ME SAY THIS ABOUT DISTRICT FIVE.
I DON'T THINK ANY OF US COULD GET ALONG WITHOUT DISTRICT FIVE BECAUSE LOCATED IN DISTRICT FIVE IS TONY SEAFOOD AND KRISPY KREME DONUTS ON BLANK ROW.
SO WE'RE REAL HAPPY FOR THOSE TWO ESTABLISHMENTS TALKING ABOUT COUNCILMAN ARISTO.
HE REPRESENTS DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE, COUNCILMAN HER'S ASSUMED OFFICE ON JANUARY 12TH, 2022 AS AN APPOINTEE, AND THEN WAS INSTALLED PERMANENTLY ON MARCH THE 26.
THAT WAS THROUGH A SPECIAL ELECTION.
HE WAS INSTALLED BY THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT FIVE IN A LANDSLIDE ELECTION.
HE IS A SERVANT LEADER WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY SINCE HIS CHILDHOOD.
HE WAS RAISED BY AN EDUCATOR, DARRELL EXCELLED IN SCHOOL AND IN SPORTS, HE WAS A PROUD GRADUATE OF SOUTHERN LAB, HIGH SCHOOL.
HE WAS A KITTEN THERE, AND THEN HE ACCEPTED A FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP TO PLAY FOR THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY JAGUARS, WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN MARKETING.
AND THEN UPON GRADUATION, COUNCILMAN HERTZ MARRIED HIS WIFE, SHAN TRACE HERS AND HAS TWO CHILDREN, HALEY, AND ALSO DARYL.
THE SECOND YOU SEE THEM ON THE SCREEN AND THEY CURRENTLY ATTEND UNION CITY, CHAPEL COUNCILMAN.
HER STARTED HIS CAREER IN MARKETING AT, AT AND T UTILIZE THE SKILLS THAT HE LEARNED AS A STUDENT ATHLETE TO ADVANCE IN THAT COMPANY.
AND EVENTUALLY OPENING A FRANCHISE OF HIS OWN WITH HIS WIFE, HD COMMUNICATIONS OF LOUISIANA INCORPORATED.
ATHLETICS PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN SHAPING HIS MINDSET, BIRTHING HIS SPIRIT OF COMMITMENT, FOCUS AND TENACITY.
DARRELL HURST WAS INSPIRED TO CREATE A NON-PROFIT TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF INNER CITY, YOUNG PEOPLE, UTILIZING SPORTS AS A PERFECT BRIDGE TO DO THAT.
AND SINCE ITS FOUNDING ELITE SPORTS HAS SERVED OVER 1500 YOUTHS, COUNCILMAN HEARST IS COMMITTED TO SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT FIVE.
HIS FOCUS IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BLIGHT, REMOVAL OVERSIGHT, AND CONNECTING FAMILIES AND RESOURCES AND COUNCILMAN.
ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU ON OUR COUNCIL.
WELCOME TO DELIGHTED UH, DENNIS, I KNOW THIS MAN HAD A FABULOUS INTRODUCTION.
SO I KNOW I MISSED A PORTION OF IT, BUT, UM, IT HAS BEEN A JOY TO BE ON THIS COUNCIL AND JUST TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, DISTRICT FIVE, AND TO START MAKING
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THE CHANGE THAT WE NEED TO NORTH BATON ROUGE.SO THAT ONE BEDROOM, WHICH LOOKS THE SAME ON BOTH SIDES BEFORE THE BOULEVARD, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS.
AND I WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW, I CHOSE MY FAMILY PICTURE TODAY VERSUS AN INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM THERE WOULD BE NO MEAT.
SO I AM GOING TO ASK MY FAMILY WHO WAS HIDING BEHIND THIS PODIUM THAT I CANNOT SEE TO, UH, STAND UP.
AND I HAVE AN AMAZING WIFE WHO BY BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN IS AN EVEN BETTER WOMAN.
AND SO MY WIFE SHAN TREATS HILTON.
WHEN I WAS AT SOUTHERN LABS, SHE IS A COUGAR.
THE SECOND I'M TO TELL Y'ALL A QUICK STORY.
THEY TOLD ME TO NOT NAME MY SON, DARRYL, HERS, THE SECOND, BECAUSE THEN THEY'RE STAYING ON MY, AND WE'LL BE A STAIN ON HIM.
Y'ALL KNOW I'M KIND OF A REBEL.
I IMMEDIATELY NAMED HIM DARYL HERTZ A SECOND, AND I'VE WORKED 15 YEARS.
IT'S EVEN MORE TO MAKE SURE HIS NAME MEANT SOMETHING.
UM, MY DAUGHTER, HALEY HARRIS, WHO'S REALLY THE BOSS OF THE HOUSE.
SHE MIGHT BE TALL, BUT SHE'S ONLY 11 YEARS OLD AND A SIXTH GRADER.
SHE IS MY MOM, BOTH GREAT ATHLETES, GREAT STUDENTS.
AND UM, THEY ARE THE REASON WHY I DO WHAT I DO.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR BEING HERE.
AND UH, WHEN, WHEN YOU OFFER YOURSELF A PUBLIC SERVICE, IT'S A FAMILY SACRIFICE.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR SACRIFICING WITH ME.
AND IT'S MY PLEASURE AND PRIVILEGE.
AT THIS TIME TO HAND IT OVER TO THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT PROTIUM OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, HE REPRESENTS DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN, COUNCILMAN LAMONT, GOLD COUNCILMAN.
AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO BE LED IN THE INVOCATION BY PASTOR KENO, SPURLOCK AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY JACKSON HARRIS, PASTOR SPURLOCK.
AND THESE ARE FROM DISTRICT FIVE.
IF WE WERE PLEASED, GOD WOULD COME NOW WITH KEVIN.
IN OUR MIND HEARTS AND SOUL, THAT WHICH HAS TAKEN PLACE WITHIN THE UNITED STATE OF AMERICA.
GOD, WE ASK NOW THAT IF THERE IS A TIME THAT WE NEED YOUR POWER, THAT TIME IS NOW WE NEED YOUR POWER TO GUIDE US.
WE NEED YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO TEACH US GOD, WE NEED YOUR EYES TO BE UP ON UNITED STATE UP A MIRACLE.
WE PRAY NOW GOD THAT YOU WERE BLESSED.
I WAS LOOKED DOWN UPON WHEN I WAS GOVERNOR OUT OF PRESIDENT MAIL AND ALL ABOUT OTHER MALES.
WE ASKED NOW THAT YOU WOULD LOOK DOWN ON THIS COUNCIL CRACKS THAT YOU WERE BUYING THEM SO CLOSE TOGETHER THAT ONE CANNOT FALL FOR THE OTHER.
BUT WE ASKED YOU NOW GOD, FOR YOUR SAVING GRACE, THAT YOU WERE LOOKING THE HEARTS AND THE MINDS OF ALL OUR PEOPLE.
WE BLEACHED YOUR BLOOD NOW ON EVERY INDIVIDUAL, EVERY COUPLE, EVERY FAMILY, EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, EVERY COMMUNITY, EVERY CITY, EVERY STATE, AND EVERY NATION YOU SAY NOW GOD IS MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY.
MY NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY AND SEEK YOUR FAITH.
IF THERE IS A TIME THAT WE NEED TO THAT TIME IT'S NOW, NOW GOD, WE ASK NOW BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO LEAD US AND GUIDE US IN ALL TRUTH.
AND IN YOUR WORDS, GOD, WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE WITH US.
NOT PART OF THE WAY, BUT ALL THE WAY AND GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE ARE DONE.
AND SHALL DO YOU SAY, GOD, WE LOVE YOU WITH ALL OUR HEARTS.
I WAS SOLD AND I GOT MINE AND WE, THE PEOPLE OF GOD SAY, AMEN GUY.
HEY, I WANT TO GIVE A QUICK PROCLAMATION
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TO, UH, MR. JACKSON HARRIS.I LITERALLY MET HIM IN A RESTAURANT.
HE ENTERTAINED ME THE ENTIRE TIME AND I SAID, YOU HAVE TO COME SHOW OFF FOR THE COUNCIL.
Y'ALL Y'ALL GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER ASHLEY, DO WE HAVE A FORM? WE HAVE A QUORUM.
CAN I POINT A PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, SIR? OKAY.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO BRING EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION TO THE FACT, UM, IN 1999, CONGRESS DESIGNATED MAY AS MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS IS BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT MEMORIAL DAY, COMING UP IN ON MONDAY, PEOPLE GET MEMORIAL DAY CONFUSED THAT YOU CELEBRATE.
YOU SAY HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY, MEMORIAL DAY IS NOT A DAY OF CELEBRATION, BUT ACTUALLY A DAY OF REMEMBERING THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES, SERVING OUR COUNTRY.
UM, BUT, BUT MAY IS NOT ONLY MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH FOR THOSE THAT ARE SERVING AND HAVE SERVED, BUT IT'S ALSO MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH FOR THOSE FAMILIES.
UM, DARRYL MADE THE POINT THAT WHEN SOMEONE RUNS FOR OFFICE, IT'S JUST NOT, YOU IT'S THE WHOLE ENTIRE FAMILY.
I KNOW THIS FROM EXPERIENCE THAT WHEN MY SON SIGNED UP FOR THE MILITARY, IT WASN'T JUST HIM.
IT WAS THE WHOLE ENTIRE FAMILY AND THE WHOLE ENTIRE FAMILY, UH, GRIEVES OVER HIM LEAVING.
AND THEN THERE ARE THOSE OF OUR GOLD STAR FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LOVED ONES, UH, INACTIVE SERVICE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH, BRING EVERYONE'S IF WE HAVE ANYONE THAT IS PAST MILITARY IN OUR, I WAS GOING TO SAY CONGREGATION IN OUR, UH, IN OUR MEETING TODAY, FAMILIES, I KNOW WE HAVE A NEW, UH, MILITARY BOMB OVER THERE THAT SITTING BY THE DOOR IN THE MOONAH, UM, MYSELF, WE JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE, BOTH THOSE THAT HAVE SERVED AND THAT ARE SERVING AT, ALONG WITH THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL.
ALSO, I JUST WANTED TO REAL QUICK, UM, THIS SATURDAY MORNING AT THE STATE CAPITOL, OUR BLUE STAR MOTHERS GROUP IS PLANNING 11,000 AMERICAN FLAGS ON THEIR LAWN.
THAT'S EACH ONE OF THOSE FLAGS REPRESENTS A CITIZEN OF LOUISIANA THAT LOST THEIR LIFE IN COMBAT.
SINCE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, IT IS AN AMAZING SIGHT.
IF YOU CAN'T BE THERE SATURDAY MORNING, DURING THE SELL DURING THE CEREMONY, PLEASE GO OUT AND LOOK AT THEM.
THEY'LL BE THERE FOR A WHOLE ENTIRE WEEK.
SO ANYWAY, I DO THANK YOU FOR THAT TIME AND MILITARY PEOPLE.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR, UH, SERVICE THANK YOU.
[ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
AND ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING OF MAY 11TH, 2022, AND THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ONLY MEETING OF MAY, 1822 BY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURE.IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE COUNCIL MEMBERS? WE DO A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE.
SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN NEIL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, GO DATE, ASK HIM, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE INTRODUCTIONS
[INTRODUCTIONS]
SECTION 2.12 INTRODUCTIONS.NUMBER TWO, AMENDING THE 2022 CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET FOR MOSQUITO ABATEMENT AND RIDDEN CONTROL DISTRICT.
SO IT WAS TO APPROVE $4,549,533 FROM FUND BALANCE ON ASSIGNED FOR THE PURCHASE OF A HELICOPTER BY THE MOSQUITO ABATEMENT AND RENT CONTROL DISTRICT.
NUMBER THREE, AUTHORIZED AND SETTLEMENT OF THE MATTER ENTITLED LISA BAPTIST SWILLEY VERSUS THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 AND APPROPRIATING $50,000 FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY NUMBER FOR AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE MATTER ENTITLED ALEX OSBORNE VS CITY OF BATON ROUGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $869 AND 46 CENTS BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY NUMBER FIVE, AMENDING THE 2022 CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET AND CAPITAL BUDGET.
SO AS TO APPROPRIATE 1,000,030, $1,000 FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE TERRORIST STREET PUMP STATION FROM THE GENERAL FUND TRANSPORTATION BY THE TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR, NUMBER SIX, A MEETING THE 2022 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET.
SO AS TO APPROPRIATE $127,000 FOR OPERATIONAL EXPENSES OF A CORONER'S OFFICE BY THE CORONER'S OFFICE AND THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, NUMBER SEVEN CONCURRING IN THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMISSION TO APPOINT WHITNEY HOFFMAN, HOFFMAN
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ASSOCIATED WITH MOOD BR CAPACITY PROJECT OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY SEGMENT ONE BY THE TRANSPORTATION OF DRAINAGE DIRECTOR, NUMBER NINE, AMENDING THE 2022 CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET FOR THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.SO AS TO APPROPRIATE $88,129 AND 64 CENTS FROM THE DISTRICT'S FUND BALANCE ON A SIGN FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING, THE REQUIRED PAYMENT TO THE CITY OF ZACHARY FOR FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY SERVICES DURING 2021 BY THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, NUMBER ONE, NUMBER 10 I'M TITLE 12 CHAPTER SIX.
SO IT WAS TO ADD 12 COLON 4, 0 9 EMISSION OF ODOR NUISANCES AND ODOROUS AIR CONTAMINANTS BY COUNCILMAN DARREL, HEARST, CONDEMNATION INTRODUCTIONS.
NUMBER 11, BRUCE FELON WATLEY 9 4 2 4 SOUTH DEER CREEK COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE, KNOLL NUMBER 12, SANDRA MILLER AT HOUR 1, 1 5 9 PLANK ROAD, COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS.
NUMBER 13, GARY MCGUINNESS AND CAROL MCGUINNESS.
1 3 4 5 1 5 4 5 DUCHESS DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX DUNN JR.
NUMBER 14, EMMY GELLARD 6 1 4 2 CYRUS AVENUE, CAPITOL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 15, ANTHONY HALL, 2, 2 41 GAYOSO STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 16, ALEX BELL TREE AND FEDERICK THOMPSON, 2 1 3 2 GEORGIA STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 17, HARRISON CALLAHAN 4 0 4 6 TUSCARORA STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, COLEMAN NUMBER 18 NT ENTERPRISES, LLC, 2 0 1 5 NORTH BOULEVARD, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 19, RONALD J MATTHEW MATTHEW'S COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, UH, I'M SORRY.
4 1 0 8 TUSCARORA STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 20 EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION.
VINCENT DEPAUL PLAYS SOUTH COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 21, SHEILA ROBINSON, 1, 2, 3, 3 SOUTH 16TH STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN GNK PROPERTY INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER 22 LOT 14 PART AND 15 SQUARE, TWO SUBDIVISION EDWARD LAWN COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 23 LOT 19 SQUARE 36 SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE EXTENSION COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLD NUMBER 24, LOT 81 SUBDIVISION ROLLING ACRES COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE, NO NUMBER 25 LOT 10 SQUARE, THREE SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 26, LOT 12 PARTS SQUARE 3 48.
SUBDIVISION POWERS COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 27, LOT 37 SQUARE, 30 SUBDIVISION UNIVERSITY PLACE COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS NUMBER 28, LOT 53 SUBDIVISION CLINICS COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE HURST NUMBER 29, LOT 42 SQUARE NINE SUBDIVISION EDEN PARK COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 30 LOT 41 SQUARE, THREE SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE, EXTENSION COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 31 LOT 30 SUBDIVISION DAVIS LOTS COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS.
NUMBER 32 LOT 13 SUBDIVISION MADDEN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS.
SUBDIVISION HOLIDAY ACRES COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS.
NUMBER 34, LOTS 17 SQUARE 15 COUNCIL, UH, SUBDIVISION EAST FAIRFIELD COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 35 LOT NINE SQUARE, TWO SUBDIVISION GLORIA TERRORISTS COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS, NUMBER 36, LOT FIVE SQUARE, ONE SUBDIVISION PARK VIEW COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 37 LOT TWO SQUARE 35 SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE EXTENSION COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 38, LOT 23 SQUARE 18 SUBDIVISION EAST FAIRFIELD COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 39, LOT 11 SUBDIVISION.
FAIR FAIR LAND COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE PURSED NUMBER 40 LOT 51 SUBDIVISION GREENDALE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE HEARST.
ALL ITEMS REQUIRE READING HAVE BEEN READ AND A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS IN AN ORDER, BUT IS THERE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MODE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN AND THEN OBJECTIONS.
ALL ITEMS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED.
[CONDEMNATIONS]
SEPARATE SHEET FOR CONDEMNATIONS ARE READ THE RECOMMENDATION THAT STATED THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 59 60 61 64 65 66 67 68 69, 70 71 72 73, 74, 75, 76, 77 AND 78.AND TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS ITEMS 62 AND 63.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A CONDEMNATION? WE DO HAVE SOMEONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS. 68.
QUENTIN WILLIAMS, COME ON DOWN QUINN THAT'S COUNCIL MEMBER GO THERE.
HE'S DISTRICT THE GENTLEMEN ON THE RIGHT THERE.
UM, SPEAKING ABOUT, UM, 1790 PEG DRIVE, UM, I'M HERE BECAUSE TIMED THEM NATION SAYING NO WORK IS BEING DONE.
UH, I HAVE PICTURES RIGHT HERE WHEN, UH, THE FIRE
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FIRST HAPPENED ON, UH, PECK DRIVE AND THE NEXT PICTURE AND WHERE IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, NO GARAGE, UM, NO BURN CARD FLAB READY TO REVEAL.UM, I ALSO HAVE, UM, SOME UPDATED PICTURES FROM START TO BEGINNING WHERE THIS HOUSE WAS BURNED.
BOBBY STARTED MAKING THE VISUAL FOR THE CUTTING THE TREES DOWN THIS MATTER TO BURT ROOF.
UM, WE ALSO STARTED, UM, THIS MAN AND THE SIDE PIECE FOR A 14 FOOT WINDOW.
WE'RE INSTALLING AND CAUGHT INTO BLUEPRINTS.
UH, THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE IS THE BRICKS BEING DISMANTLED ALREADY.
UH, THIS IS THE BACK GARAGE AND I'LL SPEAK FURTHER ABOUT THAT.
THIS IS THE BLUEPRINT WHERE IT SHOWS THE 14 FOOT WINDOW RIGHT HERE WHERE WE'RE INSTALLING AND THIS BACK THE RODS.
AND I SAID, I'LL SPEAK MORE ABOUT THE BACK GARAGE.
HAD SOME THINGS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.
UH, THE PERMIT OFFICE SAID THE PERMIT, UH, WAS PULLED, UH, NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
THE PERMIT WAS NOT PULLED, UH, JUST LAST WEEK.
WE, UH, DID A REVISION TO, UH, ABOVE THE GARAGE.
AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS FOR MY SON SAY, AND MY SAY, MY ROOM IS GONNA BE UPSTAIRS ABOVE THE GARAGE.
SO THAT BLUEPRINT WAS JUST RECENTLY SENT BACK TO US STATING WE NEED TO, UM, HAVE SOUTHEAST ENGINEERS, UM, INSPECT THE CONCRETE SLAB, UH, TO, UM, SAY IT'S OKAY TO BUILD ON THIS SECOND FLOOR.
SO I HAVE THE PERMIT RIGHT HERE AND I ALSO HAVE THE STAFF LETTER FROM SOUTHEAST ENGINEER FOR THE FIRST PROJECT WE HAD BEFORE THE RE RENOVATIONS.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE ARE WAITING ON SOUTH EAST ENGINEER.
THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO COME OUT AND INSPECT THE SLAB FOR THE SECOND STORY.
WHAT THE CITY PERMITTING OFFICE ASKED FOR.
AS SOON AS WE GET THAT APPROVAL, WE WILL SUBMIT IT BACK TO THE CITY PLANNING IN ORDER TO START BACK CONSTRUCTION, WHICH CONSTRUCTION HAVE NEVER STOPPED, BUT IN ORDER TO ORDER IT TO TRUST, WHAT TIME IS UP, COUNCIL MEMBER HER, I MEAN, COUNCIL MEMBER GOING, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START YOUR TIME AND LET HIM FINISH? UH, WHAT, UH, DO YOU GO AHEAD AND FINISH TOO MUCH LONGER? YES, SIR.
UH, SO, UM, I DON'T WANT TO SHOW ANY MORE PICTURES, BUT WHAT I WANT TO DO IS, WELL, ONE LAST PICTURE IS THE INSIDE OF THE PROPERTY TO A BRICK WALL, UH, WHERE WE DISMANTLE AND THAT'S ALL THE BRICKS GONE.
AND FOR THE SAKE OF PUTTING GLASS DOORS ON THE INSIDE OF THAT PROPERTY TO ACCESS THE POOL AREA STRAIGHT FROM THE BEDROOMS. WELL, THIS IS MY LAST THING.
I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TIME, BUT THIS IS MY LAST THING I WANT TO READ.
UH, JUST A RECOMMENDATION, UH, FROM, UH, A NEIGHBOR TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
THIS LETTER IS IN SUPPORT OF ALLYING, QUENTIN WILLIAMS, TO CONTINUE TO RENOVATION ON HIS HOUSE, ON HIS PROPERTY AT 1790 PENT DRIVE, BATON ROUGE, MY WIFE AND I LIVED AT 1820 PACK DRIVE AND HAVE THE OVER 15 YEARS.
OUR HOUSE IS JUST ACROSS KATHLEEN STREET FROM WHAT WAS PHIL'S HOUSE.
AND BECAUSE THERE IS A DOUBLE LOT ON THE OTHER SIDE WHERE THERE'S THE HOUSE CLOSEST NEIGHBOR.
WE ARE THE NEIGHBORS TO THE HOUSE, BUT NOT NEIGHBORS OF FIELD WHO MOVED AWAY A SERIES OF RENTERS.
THE LAST OF WHICH SET THE HOUSE ON FIRE AND A LOVE CHOIR, BUT THE HUMAN INHABITANTS OF THE HOUSE, WE MET QUENTIN SHORTLY AFTER HE PURCHASED THE HOME AND PROPERTY.
AND I THINK I LAUGHED WHEN HE TOLD ME HIS PLAN.
WHEN HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO REBUILD IT RIGHT AWAY IN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS, WE STARTED SEEING A LOT OF QUENTIN FREQUENTLY.
HE WAS NOT ALONE AS I HAD FEAR, BUT HE HAD WORKERS WITH HIM.
I DO NOT KNOW QUINTON'S WORK SCHEDULE AND MY HOME SCHEDULE, BUT DURING DAYLIGHT MUCH, I WOULD SEEM TO ME, I'M SORRY.
SEEM TO ME THAT ANYTIME THERE IS A FEW HOURS AVAILABLE, QUINTIN IS WORKING, ALTHOUGH THERE IS NOT YET A ROOF AND OVERBLOWN LANDSCAPING IS GONE.
HE HAS WORKED VERY HARD CONTINUOUSLY AND PURPOSELY TO MAKE GOOD ON HIS PROMISE TO REBUILD A HOUSE.
THAT POINT IS RAPIDLY APPROACHING AND IT'S NOT TIME TO
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STOP WORK.IT'S TIME TO CHEER THE HARD WORK OF THE FINISH.
AS A NEIGHBOR, QUINN HAS BEEN A BETTER CUSTODIAN THAN THE LAST THREE OCCUPANCIES AT THE FOOT FIELD MOVED AWAY.
AND EVEN WITH THE YARD CONTRACT, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO KEEP BUSHES IN THE FRONT SIDE AND THE BACK OF THE HOUSE FROM BEING WILD.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THERE WAS A SIDEWALK PAST THE HOUSE UNTIL ALL THAT OLD GIRL WAS REMOVED.
QUINN HAS KEPT THE PROPERTY CLEAN AND NEAT WALKING BY.
YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THERE WAS ANYTHING WRONG UNLESS YOU LOOKED AT THE ROOF.
ALRIGHT, QUENTIN, PLEASE TELL ME YOUR LAST NAME.
I'M GOING TO CALL YOU MR. WILLIAMS. THANK YOU.
UM, I NEED SOME HELP PERHAPS FROM THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BECAUSE THIS PROPERTY IS LISTED UNDER A PHILLIP ROGERS.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I CAN ADDRESS EVERYTHING TO MR. WILLIAMS. I ASSUME THE PROPERTY OWNER IS THE ONE LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
MA'AM IF YOU ALLOW HER TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THE QUESTION.
PHILLIP ROGERS IS THE OWNER AND THAT'S WHO THE CAREER CURATORS SERVED.
I AM QUENTIN WILLIAMS MEAN PHILLIP ROGERS IS IN THE CONTRACT OFFICE, SPEAKING TO MIKE FROM THE POLICE.
UH, I'M QUENTIN WILLIAMS, MAN.
MR. PHIL ROGERS IS IN THE CONTRACT, UH, BIND FOR D UH, CURRENTLY OWE MR. PHILLIP ROGERS, UH, APPROXIMATELY $5,000.
UH, HE GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO CONTINUE ON WITH MY PROJECT, UH, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HAVING A SERIES OF PROBLEMS FROM THE NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE STREET.
I'M CALLING, MAKING, FORBIDS HIS CLAIMS ABOUT THIS PROPERTY.
UM, I JUST WAS TOLD TO LET THIS BE KNOWN.
SO HE'S NOT THE OWNER, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IS MR. ROGERS, PHILLIP ROGERS.
UM, AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THE INSPECTOR NOTED THAT THE, THEY HADN'T SEEN ANY IMPROVEMENT MADE ANY IMPROVEMENTS MAY SINCE OCTOBER OF 2021.
SO IF THIS MOUNTS ARE MADE BEFORE YOU GO APOLOGIZE, IF THIS PROCEEDS TODAY, THE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDS TODAY, HE STILL HAS AN AVENUE TO PURSUE, RIGHT? TO SORT OF RECTIFY ALL THESE ISSUES.
HE'S SAYING THAT SOME WORK HAS BEEN DONE TRYING TO GET THE PERMIT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
THERE WERE SOME, UH, THE PLANS WERE LACKING SOME DETAILS ON THE BALCONY, THE ENGINEER'S LETTER ON THE FOUNDATION, SECOND FLOOR, FRAMING DETAILS, ALL OF THAT CAN STILL BE WORKED OUT.
AND THEN THIS, WHILE THIS IS IN COMBINATION.
AND AT ONCE, IF YOU CONDEMN IT TODAY, YOU CAN'T GET A PERMIT UNTIL IT'S RESCINDED.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PERMIT, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE FROM PERMITS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A PERMIT OR NOT ON THIS PROPERTY.
IT LOOKS LIKE A PERMIT, UH, FROM DECEMBER OF 21 AND THEN A REMODEL PERMIT WAS APPLIED FOR ON MAY 16TH.
UM, BUT THERE WERE, THOSE PLANS WERE REVIEWED AND YOU GOT SOME QUESTIONS ON MAY 18TH, AND THAT HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED.
UH, AS I JUST EXPRESSED, UH, WE HAD PERMITS BEFORE MAY 16TH WEEDS AND THEY WERE VALID AND WE WERE CONTINUOUSLY WORKING THESE PICTURES THAT I'M JUST SHOWING YOU.
I MEAN, I'M NOT RE I UNDERSTAND, UH, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO FIND A MINUTE WITH HE, HE HE'S IN HIS SECOND FIVE.
YOU TALKING TO JUSTIN, I GOT IT.
UM, TO GET TO YOUR QUESTION, UM, WE HAD PERMITS WORKING CONTINUOUSLY AND WE SENT IN FOR A REVISION, NOT NEW PERMITS OR ANYTHING, JUST A REVISION TO WHAT WE WERE ADDING.
SO ALL THIS TIME WE'VE BEEN WORKING AND I JUST SHOW PICTURES AS WORK IS BEING COMPLETED.
I'M GOING TO ASK MAYBE ONE MORE QUESTION OR MAYBE A SERIES OF QUESTIONS.
MAY I'M A LITTLE STUCK ON WHAT TO DO HERE, MR. ROGERS, WHO WAS THE PROPERTY OWNER LISTED ON THE AGENDA IS NOT HERE TO REPRESENT THIS OPINION.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE PROCEED WITH THE CONDEMNATION, I WANT TO MAKE SURE MR. WILLIAMS STILL HAS AN AVENUE TO TRY TO PURSUE AND RECTIFY THIS.
THE INTENT WOULD BE TO GET THE PROPERTY WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE.
HE WOULD HAVE TO RESCIND THE CONDEMNATION TO GET A PERMIT PROCESS TO DO THAT.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO, YOU WOULD, HE WOULD HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO SAY YOU WANTED TO RESEND IT, BUT IF YOU DEFER IT, THEN YOU CAN, HE HAS TIME TO WORK ON IT THEN TOO.
SO THOSE ARE YOUR TWO OPTIONS.
UH, MR. UM, I'M STILL CONFUSED BACK IN GRANT 30 DAYS TO SOMEONE WHO'S NOT THE PROPERTY OWNER.
IF I'M GOING HAVE A DATE, I WAS ON MAY.
YOU CAN GRANT THE, THE, THE, UH,
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DEFERRAL THAT YOU WOULDN'T BE GRANTED TO HIM.YOU'D JUST BE GRANTED THE DEFER ON THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT, HE AND MR. J UH, THE OWNER HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK THROUGH THE ISSUES.
IF YOU GO AHEAD WITH THE CONDEMNATION, THEY WORK IT OUT.
IT'S GOING TO CAUSE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO COME BACK AND ADDRESS IT.
SO IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, YOU CAN GRANT A DEFERRAL FOR 30 TO 60 TO 90 DAYS IS THE MAXIMUM.
THEY CAN WORK OUT THEIR SHOES.
AND THEN IF THEY DON'T, YOU CAN PROCEED MR. WILLIAMS. I'M GOING TO GRANT 30 DAYS, ONE MONTH PERIOD.
AND SO IN THAT 30 DAYS, YOU NEED TO KEEP MY OFFICE APPRISED OF MARKED PROGRESS.
THERE, WE RECEIVED COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM, UM, BECAUSE OF THE STATE OF THE HOUSE AND THE, AND WHAT THE NEIGHBORS FEELS A LACK OF PROGRESS.
AND FRANKLY, FROM THE INSPECTIONS, THERE IS A LACK OF PROGRESS.
SO I'LL, I'LL GRANT SOME GRACE FOR 30 DAYS.
I NEED YOU TO KEEP ME UPDATED ON EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING AND GET IT TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED SIX EMAIL COMMENTS IN FAVOR OF CONDEMNATION ON ITEM 68.
ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS HERE ON CONDEMNATIONS? ANYONE ELSE HERE ON CONDEMNATIONS COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS? I'M SORRY.
UM, MR. WILLIAMS, YOU MAY BE COMING RIGHT BACK.
WHAT, WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS, UM, WHAT YOU GAVE HIM ROTTEN? OH, NO.
CAN YOU CALL ME BACK IN ABOUT, UM, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THAT ITEM.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON ANY OTHER CONDEMNATIONS, ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON ANY OTHER CONDEMNATIONS WITHOUT LET'S GO TO ITEM 76 A DAY.
WHEN HE SPEAK ON ITEM 76, STEPPED TO THE SIDE FOR A SECOND.
MR. WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU.
UH, MR. WOODS IS HERE WISHING TO SPEAK, BUT HIS NUTRIENT, MR. WOLF IS HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 76, 76.
I'M GOING TO ASK THAT 75 GET 30 DAYS AND 76 GET 90 DAYS.
AND WHAT ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.
WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO 68 VERY QUICKLY.
MA'AM THE, THE, UM, SO YOU SAID AT FIRST YOU SAID YOU HAD BOUGHT THE PROPERTY AND SO DID YOU BUY IT OR DIDN'T YOU NOT BUY IT? YES.
I HAVE A CONTRACT FOR DEED THROUGH MR. PHILLIP ROGERS.
UH, SOON AS I FINISHED PAYING HIM THE REST OF HIS MONEY, UH, I GET THE TITLE IN MY NAME.
EVERYTHING WAS DONE AT THE TITLE COMPANY.
I PAID THE TAXES ON THE PROPERTY, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY ALL IT DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN VERSUS YOU ADDING AND DOING WORK ON A PROPERTY YOU DON'T FULLY ON BECAUSE IT WAS A CONTRACT FOR D AND THE ISSUE WAS I WAS TRYING TO HURRY UP AND GET THIS PROPERTY BACK IN GOOD STANDINGS, BECAUSE LIKE THIS GUY SAID, UH, IT WAS ABOUT, UM, A NEIGHBOR.
SO FIRST OF ALL, WE SHOULD NOT BE MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON A NEIGHBOR.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHY AN INSPECTOR WOULD SAY THAT SECOND ABOUT WHAT IT HAS.
WHAT HAS, WHAT NORMALLY HAPPENS IS THAT WHEN WE HAVE A CONDEMNATION AND THE OWNER TRANSFER SALES, WHATEVER, TO SOMEONE ELSE TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY, IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE CLOCK STARTS OVER.
AND USUALLY WHAT COUNSEL, WHAT THIS, WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS COUNCIL IS WE DELETE THE ITEM AND WE, AND, BUT YOU ALREADY KNOW, WE KNOW THE CONDITION.
YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A HEADS-UP BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO REPORT ON WHAT IS TO BE DONE.
BUT IF YOU JUST, WHEN DID YOU BRING THE CONTRACT? WHEN DID YOU GET IT? UH, FROM DELTA TITLE COMPANY.
WHEN DID ALL THIS HAPPEN? UM, IT WAS IN NOVEMBER OF 21.
AND SO YOU'VE BEEN WORKING SINCE NOVEMBER OF 21.
SO WHY, WHY DID YOU BRING THIS? WHEN DID YOU GET THE NOTICE? WELL, THIS NOTICE FOR COME HERE ROUGHLY LAST WEEK.
SO WHY ARE WE, WHY DIDN'T WE JUST DELETE THIS, UM, PARISH ATTORNEY OR ROWDY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? AND THAT'S THE NUT? OH, I'M SORRY.
QUENTIN WILLIAMS. WILLIAMS IS NOT THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY.
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HE GOT NOTICE.WE KEEP FIRST ABOUT TIME AND THEN I'LL COME TO YOU.
HE PRESENTED A I D DO YOU HAVE IT WITH YOU? SO YEAH.
IF THERE'S A CHANGE OF, THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS.
YOU SAYING HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY, THE BOND FOR D DOESN'T TRANSFER OWNERSHIP UNTIL IT'S COMPLETED.
AND A CASH SALE IS COMPLETED IN FRONT OF A NOTARY AND RECORDED.
SO HE'S NOT THE, HE SHOULDN'T HAVE EVER DONE.
IT'S ALMOST AS IF HE'S RENTING THE PROPERTY TO, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, MANURE, I MEAN, MISS MYRNA, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WEST POINT, GRADUATE, COMING UP.
BUT ANYWAY, WHAT I'M SAYING IS HE IS IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO OBTAIN THE PROPERTY.
IT'S GOING TO COST THE CITY $20,000 OR WHATEVER TO DEMOLISH IT.
DON'T YOU THINK THAT'S LIKE A WASTE OF FUNDS, PUBLIC FUNDS, AND WHY ISN'T HE ALLOWED? ESPECIALLY IN THE FACT THAT WHAT WE ALL KNOW IS HOW DIFFICULT OR DIFFICULT IT IS FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO GET A TRADITIONAL LOAN.
SO THANK GOD WE HAVE SOMEBODY WILLING TO WORK WITH HIM THROUGH NON-TRADITIONAL MEANS.
AND IF THIS WOULD BE A, WHY WOULD WE WANT A VACANT LOT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CUTTING FOR THE LAST A HUNDRED YEARS VERSUS A LOCK HIM IN TO BE ABLE TO PUT IT IN THE, UM, COMMERCE, IT CAN BE DELETED DEFERRED.
SO I DON'T MAKE THAT DECISION GO TODAY.
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO DO TWO, TO CONSIDER JUST DELETING THIS ITEM, LET THIS MAN BE ABLE TO PROCEED.
I THINK YOU NEED TO GET A LAWYER BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW.
I'VE SEEN TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO DO ALL THIS AND THEY ADVANCED AND THEY GET, AND THIS MAN WHERE IN PORTLAND? YES MA'AM.
SO FOR ONE THING, YOU NEED TO GO FIND YOU SOME KIND OF LAWYER TO GET THIS STRAIGHT, OKAY.
BUT SINCE YOU HAVE, I HAVE 30 SECONDS, I DON'T NEED TO HEAR THE VOTE, BUT I AM MAKING, I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION COULD THAT I DON'T WANT TO BE DISRESPECTFUL, BUT THAT IS NORMALLY WHEN PEOPLE CALL MY OFFICE IN THIS SITUATION I PUT IN, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO NOT ONLY HAVE WHERE YOU HAVE TO RESEND AND PAY $300 TO RESEND.
AND THEN THAT'S THE SAME MONEY YOU USING TO TRY TO GET THE PROFIT.
AND YOU'RE TRYING TO WORK THAT'S WRONG.
AND WE NEED, IF THE, IF HE DOES NOT MAKE CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT TIME NEEDS TO BE, BUT THEN LET THEM CALL AND PUT IT BACK ON THEIR AGENDA.
I DON'T SEE HOW THAT'S HURTING ANYONE.
MY COMMENTS OVER COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.
LET ME SPEAK TO THE BOND FOR DEED AND OWNERSHIP ISSUE.
FIRST, FIRST OF ALL, BOND FOR DS ARE DONE ALL THE TIME IN A REAL ESTATE WORLD.
SO IT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID.
IT'S A WAY FOR ALTERNATIVE FINANCING.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING NOW, LAND OWNERS, INVESTORS, UH, RESIDENTS ENTER INTO A BOND FOR THESE ALL THE TIME.
THAT IS AN AGREEMENT THAT HE WILL OWN THE PROPERTY.
SECOND ON THE OWNERSHIP PIECE, WE'VE HAD ATTORNEYS, WE'VE HAD REPRESENTATIVES.
WE HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS COME SPEAK IN SUPPORT OR AGAINST THE CONDEMNATION.
THE FACT THAT HE'S NOT FULLY THE OWNER NOW SHOULD NOT EVEN BE AN ISSUE OF CONSIDERATION.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PROGRESS THAT THE MAN HAS MADE ON THE PROPERTY, UM, WAY MORE PROGRESS THAN WE'VE HAD ON MANY ITEMS, I'M A HUGE PROPONENT OF PUTTING PROPERTIES BACK IN THE COMMERCE.
IT DOES US NO GOOD TO TEAR DOWN ALL THESE PROPERTIES IN THE SENATE.
PARENTS HAVE THE LIABILITY OF MAINTAINING THESE PROPERTIES.
IT SERVED THAT COMMUNITY BETTER.
IF HE FINISHED HIS PROJECT AND PUT THAT PROPERTY BACK INTO COMMERCE, THIS PARISH GOVERNMENT, I JOINED COUNCILWOMAN BANKS TO ENCOURAGE COUNCIL WOULD GO DATE TO DELETE THIS ITEM.
THIS GENTLEMEN HAS DONE SIGNIFICANT WORK ON THIS PROPERTY.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR REFERENCE IN THE INSPECTOR'S REPORT, BUT THE INSPECTOR'S REPORT IS REPORTED BASED ON WHEN THEY GO OUT THERE.
WHEN HE'S BROUGHT PROOF, PICTURES, AND BLUEPRINTS AND PLANS OF PROGRESS THAT HE HAS MADE SINCE THEN, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT WOULD BE IGNORED.
YES, MA'AM THEY DO A COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
UH, I KNEW THAT AND MAYBE BILLY AARON AS WELL, UM, AND SPEAK TO THIS.
SO I LOOKED AT THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT INSPECTION REPORT, AND I SEE MR. WILLIAMS' NAME ON IT AND A DIFFERENT ADDRESS ON BROAD COURT, WHICH I ASSUME IS YOUR CURRENT RESIDENCE.
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LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY TAX RECORD, WHICH ALSO REFERENCES MR. WILLIAMS AS THE MAILING ADDRESS.UM, SO WAS ANYTHING RECORDED FOR THIS PROPERTY AND Y'ALL MAY NOT KNOW THIS SHOOTING FROM THE HIP WAS ANYTHING RECORDED IN THE BOND FOR D D TO, TO SHOW THAT THIS TRANSACTION HAS TAKEN PLACE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
STEPDAD STEPPED INTO MY PHONE.
MY MOM STEPPED TO THE SIDE ONCE A WEEK.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS EXACTLY RECORDED.
IF HE HAS A COPY OF A RECORDED BOND FOR DEED.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN, I JUST DON'T HAVE THE FOLDER IN FRONT OF ME.
UM, MR. WILLIAMS, THIS IS THE REAL ESTATE AGENT.
AND ME ASKING THIS QUESTION IS NOT NECESSARILY PERTAINING TO YOUR, UH, CONDEMNATION, BUT THE PREVIOUS OWNER, AND MAY KNOW THAT YOU MAY NEED THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION AS WELL.
I'M ASSUMING THE PREVIOUS OWNER AT SOME POINT WAS NOTIFIED THAT THERE WAS INSPECTIONS GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY, BUT THEY EVER NOTIFIED PREVIOUS TO THIS HEARING THAT THERE WAS ANY SORT OF, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT WORD WOULD BE JURISPRUDENCE ON THIS PROPERTY.
THAT'S WHO THE CORRESPONDENCE WENT TO.
AND WOULD THAT HAVE HAPPENED BEFORE THE BOND FOR DEED HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER OF 21? UH, I THINK OUR RECORDS GO BACK TO LAST YEAR, APRIL OF LAST YEAR.
WELL, MR. WILLIAMS, UM, YOU REALLY MIGHT NEED TO TALK TO AN ATTORNEY BECAUSE THAT PREVIOUS OWNER, MR. ROGERS HAS AN OBLIGATION TO LET YOU KNOW OF ANY KIND OF, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, ISSUE OR, OR INFRACTION CITED BY THIS MUNICIPALITY AGAINST THE PROPERTY.
SO, UM, DID THE PREVIOUS OWNER EVER NOTIFY YOU THAT THIS, THESE PROCEEDINGS WERE TAKING PLACE? UH, YES SIR.
BEFORE WE GOT THE PERMITS BEFORE WE, WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE HOUSE, SIGNED THE PAPERS, UM, THIS GUY ACROSS THE STREET, JUST, YEAH, WHEN I FIRST GOT THE PAPERS.
AS SOON AS I GOT THE PAPERS, I RECEIVED THE, UH, THE LETTERS FROM THE PERMANENT OFFICE, UH, FROM THE INSPECTOR.
AS SOON AS I GOT IT, I GOT WITH SOUTHEAST ENGINEERED, THEY STABBED TO SAY IT WAS OKAY TO BILL AND THEY ISSUED THE PERMITS.
GOT YOU NEVER RECEIVED ANYTHING ELSE FROM, UH, UH, THE PERMIT OFFICE EXCEPT FOR MY VALID PERMITS.
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD FOR YOU.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST SAY FROM, AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TAKE FOR ME FOR BOND, FOR DEED.
I, I WOULD NEVER ADVISE A CLIENT TO DO IT'S.
I WAS JUST ENCOURAGED THE PUBLIC.
IF YOU'RE WATCHING THIS, PLEASE BE CAREFUL WITH BOND FOR DEED.
UM, AND THAT NOW, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S, THAT'S TOUGH, MAN.
UM, I DO THINK IT'S A UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE HERE.
UH, AND, AND IT'S SOMETHING FOR OUR PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO CERTAINLY TAKE NOTE OF, BECAUSE IT CAN CERTAINLY COME UP AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.
SO, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, LOOK, I KNOW COUNCILMAN GODADDY WANTS TO PROMOTE HOME OWNERSHIP IN HIS DISTRICT, AND I CERTAINLY TRUST, UH, HE'LL DO WHAT'S BEST.
UM, SO WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOUR PLEASURE IS, UM, I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT.
Y'ALL SAW ME LEAVING, LOOKING AT ANOTHER PROPERTY, UM, THAT HAD SIMILAR DAMAGE FIRE DAMAGE.
AND, UM, I DON'T WANT TO CALL THEM OUT, BUT I MEAN, THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN SITTING THERE FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS UNTOUCHED AND A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, UM, THAT HAS BECOME A STAIN IN OUR DISTRICT.
THIS GUY HAS A PROPERTY THAT I WISH WAS IN MY DISTRICT IN COMPARISON TO WHAT I'M SEEING ACROSS THE CITY.
AND IT DEFINITELY ACROSS DISTRICT FIVE.
SO I WANT TO APPLAUD YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.
UM, MY DAD OWNS A LOT OF REAL ESTATE AND HE DOES A STEPDAD, DOES A LOT OF BOND FOR DEEDS AND AWAIT.
THE REASON WHY SOME PEOPLE DO THIS IS JUST BECAUSE IT'S AN EASIER WAY TO PAY A NOTE WITHOUT INTEREST.
SO IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY.
IT'S NOT THAT I CAN'T GET THE LOAN, BUT I'D RATHER BE THIS IN A SIX TO 12 MONTH PERIOD VERSUS PAYING THE SAME NOTE OVER 20 YEARS WITH INTEREST AT 30 YEARS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
SO I EVEN APPLAUD YOU FOR TAKING THAT RIDE, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU HAD THE CASH TO GET IT DONE, AND YOU HAVE A PLAN TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
SO, IN THE MEANTIME, IF YOU PAYING THIS OFF, YOU'VE INVESTED CAPITAL IN BOTH WAYS, ONE AND INVESTED IN THE PROPERTY AND TWO INVESTED IN HOME OWNERSHIP, WHICH I THINK, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG MEN LIKE YOURSELF TO BECOME HOMEOWNERS AND STOP BEING RENTERS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE NOW.
SO, UH, WITH THE PROGRESS WITH THE STATE OF THE YARD, CAUSE EVEN IN THE PICTURES THAT THEY PROVIDE, THE YARD IS WELL MAINTAINED, RIGHT? WHICH MEANS YOUR GRASS IS NOT A NUISANCE TO THE NEIGHBOR AND TYPICALLY HOMES THAT ARE BEING ABANDONED AND NOT BEING TAKEN CARE OF.
YOU'LL SEE MORE THAN JUST A FRACTURED STRUCTURE.
YOU'LL SEE RODENS COMING OUT OF THE YARD AND SNAKES THAT ARE
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A HINDRANCE TO THE COMMUNITY.SO YOU HAVE DONE BOOKS LIKE THE BEST YOU CAN BASED ON THE STATE OF THE PROPERTY UNTIL YOU GET IT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
I WANT TO APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT.
AND I'M GOING TO JOIN IN WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND ASK COUNCILMAN GOLDADE TO REMOVE IT FROM THE LIST.
AND I LIKE THE USE OF RESOURCES FOR FIRST-TIME HOME COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER GO.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY MORE TIME, BUT YOU CAN HAVE SOME OF MY TIME, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK COUNCIL MEMBER, GO THERE ON ITEM COUNCIL MEMBER, BOTH PUMPS ARE ALWAYS HAMISH.
UH, LOOK, I'M SITTING HERE LISTENING TO THIS GENTLEMEN AND I LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
I APPLAUD YOU, UM, FOR THE WAY THAT HOUSE LOOKED BEFOREHAND FOR EVEN TAKING ON THAT PROJECT WITHOUT JUST BULLDOZING THE WHOLE THING DOWN AND BUILDING ON THE SLAB.
UM, I ALSO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE SAID AS FAR AS THE HOME OWNERSHIP AND I AGREE WITH, UM, PURCHASING DIRECTLY FROM THE OWNER, I I'M, I'M PERFECTLY FINE WITH THAT.
I'VE DONE SOME, UM, UH, DEALINGS WITH, UH, VEHICLES AND I'VE TRADED TO FAMILY MEMBERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I THINK WHAT, WHAT CONCERNS ME IS YOU SPOKE A WHILE AGO AND SAID YOU HAD $5,000 LEFT.
YOU ARE, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE COST IS TOTALLY IS, BUT I, YOU PUT IN A LOT OF MONEY INTO THAT HOUSE.
MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO FINISH OUT THE PAYMENT OF THE HOUSE, GET IT IN YOUR NAME, THAT WAY ALL OF THESE PERMITS PROCESSES, EVERYTHING IS AGAIN, A CONCERN OF COUNCILMAN GOATEES HERE WAS YOU'RE HERE SPEAKING FOR IT.
YOU'RE DOING THE WORK AND ALL, BUT EVERYTHING IS THROUGH THIS OTHER PERSON.
AND WE JUST KNOW WHAT THE PROPERTY IS STILL IN HIS NAME.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS I'M GOING HERE WITH THIS HERE.
I DON'T THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH DELETING.
IT IS IT'S, IT'S A WHOLE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH, UM, THAT WE HAD BEEN THROUGH TO GET IT TO THIS POINT, TO, TO BE AN OUT THERE AND EVERYTHING.
I DON'T THINK ALSO DON'T THINK 30 DAYS IS LONG ENOUGH FOR THIS GENTLEMAN TO GET THE PAPERWORK AND EVERYTHING THAT HE NEEDS IN ORDER TO GET IT IN HIS NAME.
AND SOMETHING HAPPENS BETWEEN THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THIS HOME BUILDER IS A CONCERN OF COUNCILMAN HUDSON.
WHO'S SEEN THESE THINGS BEFORE THEN WE'VE DELETED THE THING AND WE GOT TO GO BACK THROUGH THIS WHOLE CONDEMNATION PROCESS POSSIBLY OR WHATEVER.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION IS IF, INSTEAD OF PULLING IT AND HAVING TO START THAT OVER AGAIN OR CONTAMINANT, AND THEN WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE RE RESCINDING PROCESS AND IT COST HIM MORE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A 90 DAY, WHICH I THINK WOULD GET PLENTY OF TIME FOR HIM TO POSSIBLY FINISH HIS TRANSACTION WITH THE PER HOMEOWNER, AND THEN GET TO START THE PAPERWORK ROLLING IN HIS NAME, SHOW THE CITY PARISH THAT THE ACTUAL WORK HE'S DONE.
CAUSE THEY'RE SAYING THE INSPECTORS HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
AND THAT WAY EVERYTHING CAN COME INTO COMPLIANCE.
AND THEN WHEN IT COMES BACK BEFORE IN 90 DAYS, COUNCILMAN GO AND HE CAN HAVE THE OFFICER YANKED THE WHOLE THING OFF.
SO I, LIKE I SAID, THAT'S MY CONCERN WITH PULLING IT.
WE'VE INVESTED A LOT OF CITY PARISH.
I THINK THE MAN IS DOING WORK.
I THINK WE JUST NEED MORE TIME TO GET THESE, THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE WORKER TO TOGETHER TO GET IT IN THE RIGHT PAPERWORK SITUATION.
THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WELL, NO, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY, I'M GOING TO LET ROWDY GO WITH HIS ROUTE.
AND I, AND I, AGAIN, UH, I WANT TO GO BACK TO JUST UNDERSTANDING THIS PROCESS.
UM, AT SOME POINT THERE WAS A REQUIREMENT HE NEEDED TO PUT CAPITAL IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HOUSE WAS NOT GIVEN TO SOMEONE ELSE.
SO HE HAD TO SECURE THAT BECAUSE I'M SURE THE LOCATION I'M LOOKING AT VILLAGE OF ST.
GEORGE IS PROBABLY HIGH DOLLAR PROPERTY.
HE MAY HAVE NOT HAD THE CAPITAL AND YOU DON'T SPEAK ON THIS PLEASE, TO DO BOTH, WHICH WOULD BE TO FIX THE PROPERTY UP, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND TO SECURE THE PROPERTY AT THE SAME TIME.
SO THE MONEY THAT HE WOULD TRADITIONALLY HAVE TO MAKE THE INVESTMENT TO TRANSFER IT OVER TO HIM AND THEN PULL IT BACK.
SO THE REASON WHY I ASKED FOR THE DELETION IS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT HIM TO SPREAD THIS MONEY, THEN BUYING THE PROPERTY, LEAVING IT ON THE CONDEMNATION LIST, THEN HE CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX IT UP.
AND NOW WITH TEARING THE HOUSE DOWN AND AFTER HE OWNS THE PROPERTY, AND NOW HE HAS A LIEN ON HIS NAME VERSUS THE PART CURRENT PERSON THAT OWNS THE HOUSE.
SO WHILE I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT, THAT HE DOES NEED MORE TIME.
I THINK 90 DAYS IS NOT ENOUGH, WHICH IS WHY I ASKED FOR DELETION.
HE MADE, IF YOU DON'T FIX IT LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, YOU DESERVE TO BE ON THE LIST.
SO, UM, I'M ASKED, GO AHEAD AND DELETE DELETED LIKE I DID BEFORE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
AND I CONCURRED THAT'S, UH, WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN HERS.
UM, SO HE HE'S, HE'S FACED WITH A
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SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE A POT OF MONEY.YOU GOTTA DECIDE WHETHER I HURRY UP AND GET IT AND AT LEAST GET IT BEFORE IT IS TORN DOWN OR GO THROUGH THIS NEGOTIATION PROCESS IN WHICH, AND I'VE HAD A LOT OF TIMES WHERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GO, IT'S GOING TO TAKE HIM 90 DAYS TO GET ALL HIS BUSINESS FIXED AND IT'S SO, YES, HE COULDN'T EITHER CONCENTRATE ON GETTING THE BUSINESS FIXED FOR 90 DAYS, BUT HE CAN'T DO THAT AND BE WORKING ON THE HOUSE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I NEED TO, AND EITHER WAY IT STARTS OVER BECAUSE IF WE WERE SAYING THAT IS STILL, AND IT COMES BACK IN 90 DAYS BASED ON, UM, THE RECOMMENDATION, WE STILL START OVER, BUT NOT, BUT NOW WE ARE, BUT BY RESENDING IT, UM, VERSUS DELETING IT, WE ARE COSTING HIM MORE MONEY.
SO IT'S JUST LIKE A VICIOUS CYCLE, WHICH IS HOW POVERTY APP.
ANOTHER THING HAPPENED YOU'RE OVERWHELMED AND YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
SO AGAIN, UM, I BELIEVE THAT IT IS VERY MUCH FAIR.
CAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, HE'S ONLY HAD THE PROPERTY SINCE NOVEMBER, WHICH IS LESS THAN SIX MONTHS.
UM, I THINK WHEN I LOOKED AT THE REPORT, THE CONDEMNATION STUFF STARTED IN DC CAME.
I MEAN, THEY HAD A LOT OF REPORTS BEFORE HE GOT INVOLVED, BUT AS IT RELATES TO THE TIMELINE, HE GOT IT IN NOVEMBER AND IN DECEMBER IS WHEN THEY REFERRED IT TO THE PARISH ATTORNEY.
SO WHEN, UH, WHEN HE'S TALKING TO THE OWNER, THE OWNER HAS A LISTEN, LIKE, OKAY, LET'S HURRY UP AND DO THIS BECAUSE OF THE PARENTS SHOULD TURN.
AND THAT'S WHAT HE TRIED TO DO.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE UNFAIR TO HAVE, LET SOMEBODY ELSE GET AWAY WITH THIS FOR ALMOST A YEAR.
AND THEN HE DOESN'T HAVE A SIX MONTHS.
SO AGAIN, I RECOMMEND DELETING AND WE DO HAVE RESOURCES I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU.
THANK YOU TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES.
I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE INPUT.
I THINK WE'RE ALL TRYING TO ACHIEVE THE SAME THING.
UM, I'M GOING TO PROCEED WITH THE 30 DAYS AND STAY IN GOOD COMMUNICATION WITH MR. WILLIAMS ABOUT THE PROGRESS.
I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S COMMENTS, INPUT AND ADVICE ON THIS ONE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 68, ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 68? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A CONDEMNATION? IF ANYONE ELSE HERE, WISHING TO SPEAK ON A CONDEMNATION.
I'M GOING TO READ THE STATE OF RECOMMENDATION AND CHANGES AS FOLLOWS.
THERE ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 59, 60 61 64 65, EXCUSE ME.
59, 60 61 65, 66, 67, 69, 70 71 72, 73, 76 AND 77.
THEY OUGHT TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS.
THEY ARE TO DEFER FOR 60 DAYS.
THEY OUGHT TO DEFER FOR 90 DAYS, ITEM 76 AND THEY ARE TO DELETE ITEMS 64.
I'M GOING TO DEFER FOR 90 DAYS.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ALL IN CONDEMNATIONS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONDEMNATION? I GOT NO COUNCIL MEMBER.
CAN WE TAKE THE ITEM IN QUESTION ALONE OR DO WE HAVE TO TAKE THEM ALL TOGETHER? YOU CAN TAKE YOUR SEPARATE.
YOU WANT TO TAKE ITEM 68 OR MORE TO TAKE THAT ONE SEPARATELY FROM THE OTHER ONES? WELL, LET'S, WE DON'T HAVE TO MOVE TO TAKE IT SEPARATELY.
WHAT WE CAN DO IS TAKE 68 NOW, BEFORE WE GO TO THE OTHERS.
AND SO WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT ARE YOU REQUESTING? WE'LL SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO, UH, GIVE HIM 90 DAYS PART OF ORDER.
SO USUALLY IF AN ACTUAL TELL ME, YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION AND YOU KEEP UP WITH THIS TOO.
CAUSE YOU KNOW HOW TO DO THIS.
WELL, YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE EVERYTHING, UM, EXCEPT 68 AND MAKE EM AND PUT, EDIT TWO.
NO, YOU DIDN'T YOU SAY TAKE SEPARATE, RIGHT? THIS ONE ACTION VERSUS TWO ACTION.
YEAH, BUT WE NEED TO TAKE A SEPARATE ACTION ON THAT ONE THOUGH.
OH, I THOUGHT IT COULD BE IN ONE MAYOR PRO TEM.
I STILL SUPPORT THE, UH, THE MOVE TO DELETE THE ITEM.
I DO THINK COUNCILMAN MODE BROUGHT UP SOME, SOME, UM, CONCERNS THAT ARE VALID, BUT I THINK 90 DAYS IS ENOUGH TIME FOR HIM TO MAKE PROGRESS, BRING PROOF OF THAT PROGRESS AS HE DID TODAY.
AND YOU CAN, HE CAN GET ANOTHER
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90 DAYS.SO, UM, IN SUPPORT OF DELETING IT, BUT I'M ALSO IN SUPPORTIVE DOING 90 DAYS BECAUSE I THINK IT KIND OF IS IT'S A COMPROMISE THAT EMOTION SUBS TO MOTION FOR 90 DAYS ON ITEM 68.
IS THERE A SECOND ON ITEM 68, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION ON ITEM 68 TO DEFER FOR 90 DAYS? IS THERE A MOTION DOESN'T SHOW COUNCIL MEMBER OBJECTING? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL OTHER CONDEMNATIONS AS READ MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON SECONDED BY OUR RESONANT KID, UH, FOR THE DAY FROM DISTRICT EIGHT, ANY OPPOSITION SHOWING NONE 68 HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR 90 DAYS.
ALL OTHER CONDEMNATIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED COUNCIL MEMBERS.
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GOING TO HAVE A REPORT.IF YOU WILL NOW REFER TO ITEM 1 28, ITEM 1 28 AND UPDATE ON THE EFFORTS OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND ITS PARTNERS TO COMBAT CRIME.
THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE, WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE REPORT FIRST.
AND THEN WE WILL GO TO THE ITEM COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE THAT CONVERSATION BEHIND THE CHAMBER? STEP BACK THAT WAY, FARMER, SIR.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE REPORT BY CHIEF MURPHY, PAUL AND COURTNEY.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.
I WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF FIRST.
I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT OUR MAYOR PRESIDENT'S EFFORT AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR CITY.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, OUR MAYOR HAS LED WITH A THREE-PRONG APPROACH TO CREATING A PUBLIC SAFETY ECOSYSTEM FOR THE PARISH AND THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
THAT FIRST IS A LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, AGENCIES.
AS WE CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO PROTECT AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY IS ONLY ONE PART OF THAT ECOSYSTEM.
THE OTHER IS A COMMUNITY-BASED PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM THAT EMPOWER THE COMMUNITY TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH VIOLENCE REDUCTION STRATEGIES.
AND THAT THIRD IS TO UTILIZE IT MENTAL HEALTH APPROACH TO ADDRESS UNRESOLVED TRAUMA AND ONGOING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT LEAD TO A CYCLE OF VIOLENCE.
SO THIS APPROACH COVERS PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, AND ENFORCEMENT.
AND I LIKE TO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT PIECE, WHICH IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
I WANT TO FIRST START OFF BY THINKING THE BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS OUR RECRUITING DIVISION IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, BECAUSE IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT STRATEGIES WE HAVE IN PLACE.
DOES IT MATTER, UH, WHAT INITIATIVES WE HAVE? WE NEED BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND POLICE OFFICERS ON THE STREETS TO ADDRESS THE CRIME.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE 20, UH, UH, NEW POLICE OFFICERS THAT JUST GRADUATED FROM OUR TRAINING ACADEMY.
AND I WAS JUST TOLD BY MY STAFF THAT WE'VE ALREADY OFFERED 29 YOUNG, UH, PUBLIC SERVANTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE STARTING OUR ACADEMY IN JUNE, AS WELL AS ANOTHER SEVEN FROM OTHER POLICE AGENCIES WHO ARE GOING THROUGH BACKGROUNDS.
SO THAT'S 36 PUBLIC SERVANTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE JOINING THE RANKS AND FILES.
AND BASED ON THOSE NUMBERS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE OF THE LOWEST TURNOVER RATIOS THAT WE'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME.
SO PLEASE THANK THE COMMUNITY AND OUR RECRUITING DIVISION FOR THEIR EFFORTS, ESPECIALLY DURING A CHALLENGING TIME TODAY, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT PIECE.
YOU KNOW, WE ANNOUNCED IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR ON OUR EFFORTS, UH, TO COMBAT CRIME IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND, UH, WE STARTED AN OPERATION WHICH WAS INCLUSIVE OF OUR LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS, UH, OPERATION, UH, RED STATE.