[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.
AND I'M GOING TO ASK OUR DEPUTY CHIEF, WHO'S LEADING THAT OPERATION TO BRIEF THIS BODY ON OUR EFFORTS AND WHAT WE'VE DONE AS IT RELATES TO OPERATION RED STICKER.
UH, DEPUTY CHIEF, TROY LAWRENCE.
LET ME SAY, UM, FIRST OF ALL, WE DO REALIZE AS A POLICE AGENCY THAT WE ABSOLUTELY CANNOT ARREST OUR WAY OUT OF THIS VIOLENT CRIME THAT WE SEE ACROSS THE NATION.
AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, OUR CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
UM, LAST YEAR WE HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF HOMICIDES.
WE ALSO LOST A FEW OFFICERS AS IT RELATES TO COVID.
UM, LAST YEAR WAS TRYING TIMES FOR,
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FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.I CAN SAY AS A DEPUTY CHIEF, MY PHONE RINGS A LOT QUITE OFTEN FROM VERY, VERY GOOD PEOPLE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE DISINVESTED COMMUNITIES, SUCH AS GUS YOUNG BANKS, ZINE CITY, GLEN OAKS, BEL AIR, THE BOTTOMS, THE TOPS, THE DATA AND INTELLIGENCE KEEPS BRINGING US BACK TO THOSE COMMUNITIES.
SO IF YOU TALK TO THE ELDERLY IN THOSE AREAS, THEY'LL TELL YOU, I CAN'T EVEN SIT ON MY PORCH.
I CAN'T WATCH TV WITHOUT HEARING GUNSHOTS.
SO ALL OF THOSE AREAS THAT I JUST MENTIONED HAS GREAT PEOPLE STILL LIVE IN THOSE AREAS, GREAT PEOPLE CRYING FOR HELP, CRYING FOR HELP.
SO THE CHIEF TAPPED ME ON MY BACK IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, SAID, LAWRENCE, WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.
WHAT CAN WE DO? SO WE DECIDED TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS, ATF, FBI, U S MARSHALL WAS DEA, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, LOUISIANA STATE POLICE PROBATION, PAROLE, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
AND I'M SURE YOU GUYS ALWAYS HEAR IT.
IT'S ONLY 6% OF THE PEOPLE IN BATON ROUGE.
THAT'S CAUSING A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE PROBLEM.
THOSE ARE FACTS BECAUSE WE KEEP ARRESTING THE SAME PEOPLE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THIS MAY BE GOING ON SINCE I'VE BEEN A POLICE OFFICER 26 YEARS AGO HERE IN BATON ROUGE.
SO WHAT CAN WE DO? UM, I'LL GIVE YOU ALL SOME NUMBERS.
WE STARTED OPERATION REALISTIC JANUARY 27TH OF THIS YEAR WITH INTENTIONS ON RUNNING IT FOR SIX MONTHS UP UNTIL AUGUST THE FIRST.
SO OUT OF THOSE DISINVESTED COMMUNITIES THAT I NAMED AND AFTER TALKING IN 6% OF THE POPULATION, WE'VE SEIZED 277 GUNS OF THOSE 277 GUNS, 52 WERE STOLEN.
WE'VE MADE 771 ARREST, 475 WERE FELONY ARRESTS.
AND 22 OF THOSE ARRESTS WERE ACTUALLY JUVENILES.
WE'VE COMPLETED 226 ARREST WARRANTS EXECUTED 53 SEARCH WARRANT AND SEIZED $356,000 WORTH OF US CURRENCY DUE TO DRUGS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE AVERAGE BOND AMOUNT ON THESE SUSPECTS IS AROUND $31,000.
SO TYPICALLY YOU WOULD PAY 12% OF THAT AND YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO BOND OUT, WOW, NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE AN ARREST OR IN ENFORCEMENT PIECE WITH OPERATION RISTICK WE ALSO HAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PIECE AND THAT'S THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE DIVISION.
SINCE WE STARTED OPERATION STICK, WE HAVE ACTUALLY PERFORMED 11 COMMUNITY WALKS.
UH, YOU GUYS ARE INVITED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IS ALSO INVITED.
UH, OUR NEXT AREA WILL BE IN, UH, BELFAIR THAT'S FAIRFIELD.
THAT'S OFF OF GUS YOUNG AND FOSTER AS WELL.
UH, AND THE REASON WHY WE PICKED THAT AREA OF FAIRFIELD IS BECAUSE WITHIN THE PAST TWO MONTHS, WE HAD FOUR SHOOTINGS IN FAIRFIELDS ALONE FOR WITHIN TWO MONTHS.
SO, UM, I'M GOING TO ASK AND CHALLENGE EVERYBODY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, WE'VE GOTTEN PHONE CALLS FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO WANTS TO ACTUALLY ENGAGE WITH US AND, AND, YOU KNOW, PERFORMANCE WALKS WITH US DURING THIS WALKS.
WE ALSO PROMOTE THE MAYORS INITIATIVE, WHICH IS THE SAFE, HOPEFUL, AND HEALTHY INITIATIVE.
WE ALSO PROMOTE THE DA'S OFFICE INITIATIVE, WHICH IS THROUGH TRUTHS.
UH, BOTH INITIATIVES INVOLVE OFFERING OUR JUVENILES AND OUR VIOLENT YOUTH, A WAY OUT OF VIOLENT CRIME, VOCATIONAL TRAINING.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A GED OR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, THEY ACTUALLY ASSIST YOU WITH THAT.
UH, IF IT'S DIFFERENT RESOURCES WITHIN YOUR HOME, THEY ALSO ASSIST YOU WITH THAT AS WELL.
SO WE TRY AND OUT BEST, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE YOU ALL HEARD IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE CHILDREN THESE DAYS.
WE EXPECT THOSE EFFORTS WITH OPERATION RED STICK OR BY JULY.
OH, WE'RE SEEING SOME SUCCESS.
THERE ARE SOME LONG-TERM OPERATIONS THAT ARE GOING ON AS WE SPEAK, UH, THAT WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT, BUT I HOPE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DISRUPT AND DISMANTLE.
SOME OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE THAT INVOLVED IN NOT ONLY DRUG DISTRIBUTION, BUT GANG ACTIVITY AS WELL.
THERE ARE ACTIVE INVESTIGATIONS, UH, THAT ARE GOING ON.
UH, SO FAR THIS YEAR WE'VE SEEN
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678 FIREARMS. THAT'S HOW MANY FIREARMS WE'VE TAKEN OFF THE STREETS THIS YEAR, 1500 LAST YEAR ABOUT WE'VE MADE 1,642 ARRESTS THIS YEAR AND RESPONDED TO 79,821 CALLS FOR SERVICE.I STAYED IN HERE AS YOU CHIEF TO TELL YOU THAT OUR MEN AND WOMEN WHO WEAR THIS UNIFORM ARE WORKING HARD EVERY DAY.
UH, WHERE ARE WE AT TODAY? UH, WHEN IT COMES TO CRIME, UM, LITTLE LITTLE TO, TO LESS HOMICIDES, UH, THAN WE'VE HAD ON PREVIOUS, UH, UH, YEARS.
UM, UH, WE BELIEVE THAT, UH, BY AUGUST WITH THESE OPERATIONS, UH, WHERE WE'RE TARGETING SOME OF THESE REPEAT, UH, ACTORS, BAD ACTORS, THAT OUR COMMUNITY, THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE SOME SUCCESS.
THERE ARE SOME TRENDS THAT WE'RE SEEING, UM, UM, A COUPLE OF CHASES JUST TODAY, UH, BELIEVE THERE WAS SOME BREAKING NEWS ON, UM, UM, SOME, UM, ROBBERIES THAT WERE TAKING PLACE.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UH, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF TOMORROW, YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT SOME ARRESTS BECAUSE THERE WERE OPERATIONS THAT WERE GOING ON.
YOU PROBABLY SEEN THE HEADLINES TODAY AND WONDER WHY WERE JUST NOTIFIED BEING NOTIFIED ABOUT IT.
WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CHASES LATELY.
UH, THOSE CHASES WERE A DIRECT RESULT OF SOME OF OUR SURVEILLANCE EFFORTS AND PROACTIVE EFFORTS OUT THERE LOOKING FOR SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE GOING AROUND, UH, COMMITTING VIOLENT CRIME IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UNFORTUNATELY, ONE OF THOSE ENDED, UH, IN SOMEONE BEING HURT, A CARJACKING THAT HAPPENED IN OUR COMMUNITY, ENDED IN THE CHASE.
AND ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THAT CAR, UH, IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
AND ANOTHER ONE IS, UH, IN THE HOSPITAL AS WELL.
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF COVERT, OVERT, PROACTIVE INVESTIGATIONS THAT ARE GOING ON, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP, UH, WITH VERY AGGRESSIVE, UH, WITH EFFORTS ON THAT SMALL GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS.
UM, BUT THIS IS A HOLISTIC APPROACH AND I'M GOING TO BE ASKING, UH, COURTNEY TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP, UH, WITH THAT OTHER SIDE, THE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION.
BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
I KNOW SOME OF THE BODIES HERE HAD SOME QUESTIONS.
WE PROVIDED THAT, THAT INFORMATION, AS IT RELATES TO NARCOTICS, I'D BE WILLING TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AS IT RELATES TO, UH, THE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE CITY.
WELL, LET'S FINISH WHAT WE HAD TO DO EVERYTHING IN ORDER.
SO LET'S FINISH THE REPORT, GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS FROM MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS IN MY APP.
SO YOU HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE COMING UP TO YOU? WELL, NO, I'LL DEFER RIGHT DOWN TO COURTNEY AND TALK ABOUT THAT OTHER PIECE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, AS CHIEF PAUL MENTIONED, THE APPROACH THAT MAYOR BROOME IS TAKING WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY IS THREE TIERS LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHICH THEY JUST REPORTED ON.
AND THEN ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE COMMUNITY-BASED PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAMS THAT MITIGATE AND INTERVENE IN INCIDENTS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN, MEANING THAT THE PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURES AND MITIGATE, AND I'LL SHARE SOME OF THOSE TACTICS BEFORE LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS TO INTERVENE.
AND THEN ALSO WE KNOW THAT THERE HAS TO BE A HANDLING CENTERED AND TRAUMA, A FORM INFORMED APPROACH TO CREATING A HEALTHIER BATON ROUGE.
SO WE WANT TO UTILIZE MENTAL HEALTH APPROACHES TO ADDRESS UNRESOLVED TRAUMA AND ONGOING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT LEAD TO THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, OUR MISSION FOR SAFE HOPE FOR HEALTHY, AND YOU ALL HAVE HEARD THIS NAME FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.
I'M GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT THE OUTCOMES AND WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE.
IF YOU REMEMBER YOU ALL GRANTED APPROVAL FOR MAYOR BROOM IN 2022, UH, APPROPRIATE $2.2 MILLION IN CARES AT FUNDING FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION DUE TO COVID-19.
THE SPIKES THAT WE SAW IN THAT YEAR, OUR MISSION IN THAT WORK HAS BEEN TO CREATE A SUSTAINABLE WELLNESS PLAN WITH STRATEGIES AND TACTICS THAT ARE ROOTED IN PREVENTION.
IT WILL ALIGN RESOURCES AND FRUITFUL PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN DIVERSE STAKEHOLDERS TO ACCELERATE PROGRAMS ON COMPLEX SOCIAL CONDITIONS, POLICIES, AND PRACTICES THAT WILL ADVANCE PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLNESS IN BATON ROUGE.
THE KEY WORDS HERE IS ALIGNING RESOURCES THAT ARE ALREADY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS, BUT THEY WERE SILOED.
SO WE'VE BEEN SPENDING THIS TIME COLLABORATING AND BUILDING A COLLECTIVE IMPACT.
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH YOUTH PROGRAMS. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH.
THIS THERE'S NOT ENOUGH THAT WHEN WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BETWEEN CITY PARISH AND EDUCATION PARTNERS AND PROGRAMS AT STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE LEVERAGING THOSE IN THIS
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WORK.AND THEN AGAIN, DIVERSE STAKEHOLDERS MAKING SURE THAT THE SAME PLAYERS ARE NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO WERE SUPPORTING THIS WORK.
WE WANTED TO MAKE A TABLE THAT ALL COMMUNITY OUTLETS WERE ABLE TO JOIN AND SUPPORT THAT WORK.
SO IF YOU LOOK IN THE PACKETS GIVEN TO YOU, THERE'S A TIMELINE SLIDE IN THAT TIMELINE SLIDE.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT THIS WORK TRULY STARTED IN 2017 WITH THE RECAST GRANT AND COLLECTIVE HEALING PARTNERS FROM THAT WORK TRAVELED TO NEWARK NEW JERSEY, WHICH WAS ONE OF OUR FIRST PEER CITIES THAT WE MODELED MUCH OF THEIR WORK AFTER.
THAT'S HOW WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD THE BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY STREET TEAM.
AND WITH THE WORK THAT DR PLUMMER DID AND HER TIME WITH US, FOR RECAST TO BUILD THOSE TRAUMA INFORMED PRACTICES, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE HONORING THE LEGACY OF NOT ONLY HER, BUT THAT WORK.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE FOLKS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AT THE TABLE TIME AND TIME AGAIN, I'VE HEARD YOU ALL AS COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY WE START PROGRAMS, AND THEN WE STOP.
THAT IS NOT WHAT IS HAPPENING ANY LONGER.
WE'RE TAKING GRANT FUNDS THAT WERE LEVERAGED IN THE PAST AND CONTINUING TO BRING THOSE PARTNERS TO THE TABLE.
NOW, ADDITIONALLY, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THAT AFTER WE APPROPRIATED THOSE DOLLARS TO SAFE, HOPEFUL, HEALTHY, WE STARTED THE WORK IN EBR SCHOOLS.
GLENOAKS HIGH SCHOOL WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SCHOOLS THAT WE WORKED IN AND WE HAD A SAFE HOPEFUL CLASSROOM.
SO THEIR NINTH GRADE ACADEMY RECEIVED PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TWO TIMES PER WEEK, AND A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ORANGE CLOUD NETWORK AND BIG BUDDY.
SO EACH HOUR IN THOSE TWO DAYS, THOSE STUDENTS NOT ONLY RECEIVE TUTORING, CAREER ADVANCEMENT AND PLACEMENT, BUT THEY ALSO RECEIVE PERSONAL PEER SUPPORT WITH OUR PARTNERS TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAD GOOD DECISION-MAKING.
THEY KNOW HOW TO HANDLE CONFLICT RESOLUTION.
AND A LOT OF THOSE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT ADDED SUPPORT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT GLENOAKS UNFORTUNATELY DID HAVE ONE INCIDENT OF VIOLENCE, UH, OUTSIDE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AREA WHERE THEY LOST ONE OF THEIR STUDENTS, BUT WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WERE NO CONTINUING RETALIATIONS OR CONFLICTS IN THAT ENVIRONMENT.
THIS ADMINISTRATION, THEIR COMMUNITY AND FAMILY HAVE ALL CONTRIBUTED THESE TWO TIME PER WEEK RESOURCES TO MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE BUILDING HEALING CENTERS AND TRAUMA INFORMED SPACES WITHIN THEIR SCHOOL, GOING INTO THE 2022 AND 2023 SCHOOL YEAR, WE ARE INCREASING OUR PARTICIPATION TO BE AT GLEN OAKS, HIGH CAPITAL HIGH MCKINLEY ISTROUMA AND SCOTLANDVILLE.
THOSE PARTNERSHIPS ARE ALREADY IN PLACE WITH EBR SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND WE'LL HAVE THAT SAME TWO TIME PER WEEK TOUCHPOINTS WHERE WE'RE MAKING SURE, SURE THAT THOSE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS ARE SAFE AND THAT IT ALSO RESONATES INTO THE COMMUNITY AND INTO THE HOMES WITH THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE PROGRAMS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OTHER WORK THAT WE'VE DONE, WE ALSO HAVE THE BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY STREET TEAM THEY'VE HIRED HIGH RISK INTERVENTIONISTS AND COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS THAT DO WORK TO DEESCALATE, MITIGATE, AND ERADICATE GUN VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY, SPECIFICALLY 7 0 8 0 2 AND 7 0 5.
THOSE ZIP CODES WERE CHOSEN OF COURSE, BASED ON BRP D DATA.
BUT THOSE WERE THE TWO MOST VIOLENT ZIP CODES THAT WE HAD SEEN IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
SO WE WERE PILOTING THAT WORK WITHIN THAT SPACE.
WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT FROM JUNE, 2021, FROM DECEMBER, 2021, THE STREET TEAM HAS ONBOARDED 79 MINTIES, WHICH MEANS THESE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE RECEIVING 120 DAYS OF PEER SUPPORT COUNSELING SERVICES AND CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORTS TO CONNECT THEM TO JOBS, MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, OR CONTINUING EDUCATION.
IF NECESSARY, THEY'VE RESPONDED TO 87 DISPATCH SCENES THAT DISPATCH HAS COMING THROUGH BRP PD THAT IS HAPPENING IN THAT SPACE.
NOW, WHEN THEY RESPOND, IT'S VERY KEY TO NOTE THAT THE STREET TEAM IS WORKING INDEPENDENTLY OF THE OTHER BRP D TEAM ON SITE.
THESE TEAMS ARE, ARE MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE NO RETALIATIONS IN ANY CONFLICTS THAT MAY HAPPEN ON THESE SCENES ARE MANAGED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO PREVENT VIOLENCE.
WE HAVE DONE 26 INTERVENTIONS IN THOSE LAST SIX MONTHS FROM JUNE, 2021 TO DECEMBER, 2021.
AND I FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WE DEFINE AS AN INTERVENTION, BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROGRAMS LIKE THIS, SOMETIMES WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THAT WE MAY BE SEEING AND SAYING, HOW IS THIS WORKING? AND YOU'RE SEEING AN INCREASE.
SO WE ALL ASK OURSELVES THAT EVERY DAY, INCLUDING THE WORKERS THERE, BUT HERE'S THE REALITY.
INTERVENING IS MAKING A DEESCALATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION FROM SITUATIONS THAT MAY HAVE OCCURRED.
WE KNOW THAT WE'RE SEEING THESE SPIKES TRADITIONALLY ACROSS THE NATION, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE'RE SEEING REDUCTIONS IN SOME OF THIS WORK AND WITHOUT THIS IMPORTANT WORK, THE NUMBERS MAY ACTUALLY BE HIGHER.
AND HERE'S WHY IN THESE 26 DOCUMENTED INTERVENTIONS, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE SEE THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN THAT SPACE TO COUNT AS AN INTERVENTION.
IT HAS TO BE THAT A PERSON IS CONNECTED
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TO REHABILITATION SERVICES AND SUPPORT THERE'S A DEESCALATION OR CONFLICT RESOLUTION.SO FROM THOSE 87 SCENES THAT THEY RESPONDED TO 26 OF THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO WERE ON THE ROSTER TO HELP THEM MAKE SURE THAT THEY MAKE GREAT DECISIONS EVERY DAY TO NOT CHOOSE VIOLENCE.
THEY HAVE ANOTHER WAY TO, TO, UM, MEDIATE CONFLICT RESOLUTION BETWEEN TWO PARTIES, WHETHER IT BE FAMILY MEMBERS, BEEF, BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOODS, WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT THE STREET TEAMS ARE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS NECESSARY TO CONVINCE A POTENTIAL SHOOTER THAT THE RISK IS NOT WORTH VIOLENTLY ADDRESSING.
AND WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THINGS TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF ANY OF THOSE SITUATIONS.
WE'VE ALSO HAD 14 DOCUMENTED MEDIATIONS, WHICH MEANS CONFLICT MANAGED CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN TWO PARTIES THAT MAY HAVE HAD VIOLENT PAST AS WE GO INTO THIS SUMMER.
IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE WERE BEING PROACTIVE.
WHEN WE KNOW THAT TRADITIONALLY SUMMERS BRINGS EVEN MORE INCREASES IN VIOLENCE THAT WE HAVE.
SO WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A COMMUNITY-BASED IMPACT STRATEGY THAT WILL LAST FOR EIGHT WEEKS IN THAT WORK, WE WILL BE PUTTING 100 CANVASSERS ON THE GROUND THAT WILL BE CANVASSING VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY WILL GO TO WILL BE EDUCATED BY BRP D DATA, WHERE WE'VE SEEN ANY SPIKES IN AREAS.
THESE STREET TEAMS WILL GO OUT AND TALK TO NEIGHBORS, MAKING SURE THEY HAVE RESOURCES AND SUPPORTS THAT THEY NEED.
AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO BUILD SAFER HOUSEHOLDS, MEANING THAT IF WE TALK TO A MOTHER THAT MAY BE HAVING A SON THAT MAY BE IN QUESTIONABLE ACTIVITY, THEY DON'T KNOW THE FRIENDS THAT THEY HAVE.
IF THEY FOUND A GUN IN THEIR HOME, WE WANT TO CREATE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT MOTHER KNOWS THAT SHE HAS SOMEONE TO WORK WITH TO REMOVE A GUN FROM THE HOUSEHOLD, TO PROVIDE OTHER ASSETS AND RESOURCES.
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SOMETIMES SOME OF THE YOUNGER PEOPLE IN THE HOME MAY CHOOSE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY BECAUSE THEY DON'T THINK THEY CAN FIND A JOB.
THEY DON'T THINK THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH FINANCING TO SUPPORT THEIR HOUSEHOLDS.
THERE ARE GAPS THAT EXIST THAT NEED TO HAVE A COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
SO WE'LL MAKE SURE WE'RE CONNECTING THEM TO THOSE RESOURCES.
OF COURSE, WE ALSO HAVE THE MAYOR'S YOUTH WORKFORCE EXPERIENCE WHERE WE'RE PUTTING 500 YOUNG PEOPLE TO WORK.
BUDDY IS SUCCESSFULLY ACTUALLY DOING ORIENTATIONS THIS EVENING WITH WORK SITES TO HOST THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE.
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IDLE TIME IS SOMETHING THAT ALWAYS HAS OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE NEGATIVE OUTCOMES.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CONNECTING THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE TO GREAT FUTURES.
AND THEN LASTLY PANELS AND CONVERSATIONS THROUGHOUT OUR, UH, COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS, NOT ASKING THEM TO COME TO US, BUT WE WILL DO THESE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE SET UP.
FOR EXAMPLE, COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN, I WAS JUST TOLD BY OUR STREET TEAM TODAY THAT YOU ARE THE FIRST HEALING ON THE BLOCK ACTIVITY, LLS BUTLER CENTER IN THE SECOND WEEK IN JUNE.
SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING YOUR CENTER OPEN FOR US FOR THAT SPACE.
AND WE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO MANY OF YOU AS WELL TO DO ACTIVITIES WEEKLY IN YOUR COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE OUR BEST PRACTICES FROM THIS DATA HAS SHOWN US THAT WHEN THERE'S THREE TO FIVE ACTIVITIES PER WEEK IN ANY GIVEN COMMUNITY, WE ARE LIKELY GOING TO SEE REDUCTIONS IN VIOLENT ACTIVITIES HAPPENING IN THAT SPACE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK FROM THAT BASELINE TO INCREASE THE WORK.
IT'D BE BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN THIS SUMMER.
ALL OF THESE EVENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT SUMMER OF HOPE, BR.COM, SUMMER OF HOPE, BR.COM.
AND ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL MAKE THESE AVAILABLE AT SAFE, HOPEFUL NEIGHBORHOODS.COM AND HEALTHY BE OUR.COM.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND EACH OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO SHARE, BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE ARE WATCHING.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR ANY POSITIVE ACTIVITIES AND POSITIVE EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WE INVITE YOU TO PLEASE EMAIL US@SHHBRATBRLA.GOV, S H H B R@BRLA.GOV.
AND WE'LL BE RELEASING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SUMMER OF HOPE AND HOW ALL COMMUNITY PARTNERS, INDIVIDUALS FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS CAN JOIN THIS WORK BECAUSE I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH.
WE NEED TO PUT THE PUBLIC BACK IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND WE NEED ALL THE HELP THAT WE CAN GET IN THERE.
COMPLETE THE REPORT, COMPLETE THE REPORT THAT DOES COMPLETE THE REPORT.
NOW WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 28, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 28 AS YOU COME, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UH, REVEREND ALEXIS ANDERSON 2, 4 8 STEEL BOULEVARD.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
ONE IS THAT AS A CITIZEN, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE WRITTEN REPORTS THAT WHEN THE DOCUMENTS AND AGENDAS COME OUT, THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THEM WOULD BE
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AVAILABLE.WE HAVE 14 LIBRARIES THAT I AM ABSOLUTELY SURE.
WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PUT THOSE REPORTS OUT.
SO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY COULD SEE THEM.
SECONDLY, I WOULD LIKE CONTEXT ABOUT GUNS.
AS WE KNOW, THERE ARE ILLEGAL GUNS, BEARER, ILLEGAL GUNS, AND THERE ARE HOMEMADE GUNS.
AND SO SAYING A NUMBER OF GUNS WERE CONFISCATED, DOES NOT TELL US HOW MANY GUNS ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
DOES NOT TELL US HOW MANY OF THOSE GUNS WERE.
GUNS DOES NOT TELL US HOW MANY OF THOSE GUNS WERE ILLEGAL.
DOES NOT TELL US WHETHER THOSE GUNS WERE CONFISCATED IN A TRAFFIC STOP.
WE ARE GETTING READY TO GO TO CLICK IT AND TICK IT, OR WHATEVER THAT NOW SAYS IS IT DOES MATTER HOW WE ACQUIRE THINGS.
THE THIRD MATTER I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS EVERY TIME A YOUNG PERSON TOUCHES THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, THEY BECOME UNEMPLOYABLE.
THEY OFTEN BECOME ON A HAUSEL.
THEY OFTEN BECOME INELIGIBLE FOR THE VERY SAME PROGRAMS THAT ARE SUPPOSEDLY PUT IN PLACE TO STEER THEM AWAY FROM THINGS.
AND SO I WOULD BE VERY CURIOUS TO KNOW NOT WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS DOING, BUT WHAT OUR DIVERSION PROGRAMS ARE DOING.
WHAT ARE THE PROGRAMS TO WORK WITH OUT OF SCHOOL YOUTH? BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY WHO SITS IN THE 19TH JDC MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ASSAY, WHICH ARE NOT UNDER 18, THEY ARE COMING IN, THEY HAVE NINTH GRADE, 10TH GRADE EDUCATION.
THEY ARE NOT PARTNERED WITH OUR SCHOOLS.
THEY ARE OFTEN QUITE FRANKLY, DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED AND HAVE OTHER CHALLENGES.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN A COMPREHENSIVE WRITTEN REPORT PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITY IN ADVANCE THAT INFORMATION SO THAT WE KNOW.
AND THEN THE LAST POINT I WILL MAKE IS THAT I WATCHED THE NEWS LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
AND IT APPEARS TO ME, IT IS NOT 7 0 8 0 2.
IT IS INCREASINGLY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
IT IS INCREASINGLY 700 806, 7 0 8 0 7 7 0 8 0 1.
AND SO I WOULD BE CURIOUS AND I WOULD HOPE THIS COUNCIL WOULD BE CURIOUS, WHAT IS HAPPENING IN YOUR OWN COMMUNITIES WHEN I'M IN COURT? AND I SENT IT TO THIS COUNCIL, MULTIPLE CASES, ONE THIRD TO ONE HALF OF THE DOCKET AND THE 19TH IS DOMESTIC BAR MINT.
AND SO WE HAD SOME EXCELLENT PARTNERS IN THAT WORK THAT NEED TO BE PART OF THIS.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY COMMENTS AND ALSO WANT TO GIVE MY PRAYERS AND MY THANKS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT DR.
PLUMMER DID AND GRATEFUL TO HAVE KNOWN HER AND WORKED WITH HER.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 28? HI, ASHLEY WHITE 800 SOUTH 16TH STREET, BATON ROUGE, 7 0 2.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO ECHO REVEREND ANDERSON'S POINT.
YOU ALL PROBABLY SEE ME MANY TIMES BEFORE.
UM, AND MANY OF THE CLIENTS THAT I COME ACROSS DON'T HAVE CELL PHONES, DON'T HAVE STABLE ADDRESSES.
AREN'T REALLY ACCESSIBLE TO A LOT OF THESE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE CREATING.
SO, UM, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN MAKE THESE, AND I GUESS THROUGH CANVASSING, THAT MAY BE A WAY, BUT IF YOU'RE UNABLE TO REACH SOMEONE CONTINUOUSLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A PHONE OR THEY DON'T HAVE A STABLE ADDRESS, UM, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE NEED TO MOST CLOSELY ALIGN WITH AND OFFER THOSE RESOURCES TO.
SO THE APPROACH AND THE OUTREACH AND FOLLOW UP NEEDS TO BE DIFFERENT.
AND I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE OUR CITY TO FOCUS ON THOSE THAT ARE FALLING THROUGH THOSE CRACKS.
ANYONE ELSE HERE, WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 28, GOOD AFTERNOON, JENNIFER CAR WHILE 1855 OLD CARRIAGE LANE, UH, WITH TOGETHER BATON ROUGE.
UM, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE MAYOR'S PLAN INCLUDES, UH, PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, AND ENFORCEMENT.
UM, AND I'M GLAD THAT BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AS PART OF THE PLAN, UH, TOGETHER BATON ROUGE HAS HAD PLANNED OUT A LISTENING SESSION.
OUR, UH, OUR NEXT, UH, IN-PERSON MEETING IS THURSDAY.
WE'RE STILL PLANNING, UH, UH, GLEN OAKS AREA AND, UH, EDEN PARK AREA, UH, FOR JUNE.
AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE Y'ALL COME TO THAT.
UH, WE'VE HAD FOUR LISTENING SESSIONS SO FAR, AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE HEARD
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ARE, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE.THERE'S NOTHING FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND YET I GO TO THE MEETINGS AND I SEE 52 ORGANIZATIONS WHO PROVIDE THESE.
SO THERE'S A VERY CLEAR, UM, DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE AND GETTING THEM TO THE PEOPLE IN NEED.
AND SO I HOPE THAT'S SOMETHING COURTNEY THAT WE'RE REALLY WORKING ON BECAUSE, UH, IT'S A PROBLEM.
UH, ANOTHER THING THAT WE KEEP HEARING IS THAT, AND I KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM, NOT A PROBLEM, BUT THIS IS IRONIC.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT FOR YEARS NOW TOGETHER, BATON ROUGE HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UH, OVER POLICING IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
AND YET IN OUR HOUSE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD SO FAR, WE'LL HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HOW THEY HEAR GUNSHOTS AND THEY CALLED THE POLICE AND NOBODY COMES.
SO THAT'S A DISCUSSION CHIEF PAUL THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING WITH Y'ALL TOO.
SO IT'S AMUSING THAT FOR YEARS, I'VE BEEN SAYING, YOU KNOW, HERE'S A PROBLEM, AND NOW HERE'S THE EXACT OPPOSITE PROBLEM.
UH, WE NEED TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
SO, UM, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE MAYOR'S GOING TO HAVE CANVASSING PEOPLE, BUT FOR THE ENTIRETY OF, UM, COVID, THE POWER COALITION HAS DONE HOUSE MEETINGS TO DO THAT EXACT THING TOGETHER.
BATON ROUGE HAS PLANNED THIS FOR SIX MONTHS NOW TO BE DOING THIS.
SO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING AROUND GOING HOUSE TO HOUSE AND LEARNING STUFF, WE ALL NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND WE DON'T NEED FIVE DIFFERENT SETS OF SOLUTIONS.
WE NEED TO ALL GET TOGETHER BECAUSE THANK YOU.
BUT, BUT BEING AT A MEETING AND US ACTUALLY TALKING TOGETHER, LIKE BEING TALKED AT AND TALKING TOGETHER TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, WE NEED TO COLLABORATE.
ANYONE ELSE WHO IS WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 28 WITHOUT GOING TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
SO I DID HEAR ALL THE, UM, THINGS THAT, UM, THE ADMINISTRATION IS DOING, UM, AS A MEANS TO PREVENT CRIME.
WHAT SET OF DATA THAT YOU USE TO DETERMINE WHAT, HOW, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS NEEDED? YES.
SO THERE ARE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF DATA THAT WE USE, UM, IN STARTING IN THE DATA RESULTS THAT I, THAT I GAVE.
THOSE CAME FROM RECOMMENDATIONS AND ASSESSMENTS FROM RECAST AND BR COLLECTIVE HEALING FROM THEIR WORK ON THE FIRST SET, THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUMMER OF HOPE ACTIVITIES.
WE HAVE BEEN HAVING MONTHLY COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC EVERY THIRD, WEDNESDAY AT 6:00 PM FOR THE LAST FOUR MONTHS.
AND IN THOSE MEETINGS, THESE ARE WORK GROUP SESSIONS WHERE MANY OF THE PARTNERS THAT HAVE BEEN NAMED OR HAVE BEEN AT THESE CONVERSATIONS AND COMING FROM THOSE ASSESSMENTS, WE LANDED ON, THESE WERE THE MOST EFFICIENT, TIMELY, AND BEST USE OF DOLLARS WITHIN THAT TIME.
SO WHO ARE WE TRYING TO DEFER? I MEAN, 12 WEEKS.
IS THAT RIGHT? DETER CRIME, UH, THE PRACTICE OF CRIME, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS THE AUDIENCE.
SO OUR PRIMARY FOCUS, OUR PRIMARY FOCUS ARE, IS GOING TO BE SET ON, UH, GUN VIOLENCE.
SO WHO'S THE AUDIENCE I'M SHARING THAT.
SO IT DOES START WITH GUN VIOLENCE.
AND THE REASON WHY I'M SAYING THAT IS BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING TO, OKAY, WE'RE WORKING TO PULL TOGETHER FOLKS THAT FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY VIOLENCE, PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE MAY BE A POTENTIAL TO RETALIATE AND ALSO REFERRALS FROM SOME DIVERSION PROGRAMS, REVENUE, AVENUES.
AND I DO WANT TO TALK TO YOU MORE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT IS MINIMAL BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING TO GET MORE OF THAT COURTNEY.
SO LET'S, LET'S TAKE THAT FIRST SET.
SO YOU ARE TRYING TO HELP THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF CRIME VICTIMS AND POTENTIAL SHOOTERS SHOOTERS.
SO DO YOU HAVE A SURVEY FROM THOSE FAMILIES OR THE POTENTIAL? I WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW UP LATER WITH THE WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS.
I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PARTNERS AND THEIR WORK.
I JUST PULL UP THE TOP LINE DATA.
I COULDN'T ANSWER IN THE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU HAVE.
THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THE ISSUE IS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO, I CAN'T, I'M TALKING FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF SOMEONE DEALING WITH THESE KIDS EVERY DAY.
THEY'RE NOT COMING TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
THEY'RE NOT GOING ON IN ONLINE.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO APPLY FOR YOUR SUMMER JOBS.
YOU, IT HAS TO BE WHERE YOU GET.
FIRST OF ALL, FROM THE POINT OF WHY, AND FOR WHEREVER THERE'S CRIME, THERE'S A MAMA OR DADDY OR AUNT, UNCLE, SOMEBODY.
THAT'S ALSO PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT
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WHERE THEY ARE INVOLVED.SO WE CAN'T PULL ONE PERSON OUT OR ONE JUVENILE OUT AND FIX THEM.
THOSE, NONE OF THAT, NONE OF THAT WORKS.
AND IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO, THE KID ARE TO THE MAMA ARE TO THE THING.
AND YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO TALK STRAIGHT UP ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON.
LIKE WHEN THE PROBATION OFFICERS COME TO MY SCHOOL AND THEY WANT THE ATTENDANCE BEHAVIOR, WHATEVER, LIKE THAT IS GOING TO HELP DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE CHILD.
AND THEN I'VE HAD THE CHILD IN THERE.
WHO'S SAYING MY MOTHER'S BOYFRIEND RAPED ME WHEN I WAS 10.
AND NOW MY MOM PUT ME OUT ON PLANK ROAD AND WE'RE CALLING DCFS AND THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING.
AND SO THEN YOU, YOU HAVE THIS BEHAVIOR, BUT NOBODY CAME AND X, THAT CHILD ARE, WE'RE NOT WHEN I ASKED, UM, HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE MOM OR DAD? DO YOU REALIZE THIS? THE MAMA FOUND, WELL, WE CAN SAVE IT.
I SAID, WHY NOT? BECAUSE WE'LL GET IN TROUBLE.
AND THE BOLT IN THE ISSUES ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH KIDS DADDIES ARE GIVING THEM $500 TO WALK AROUND THE SCHOOLS.
AND YOU SAID, AND THERE'S LIKE, OH, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT MY DAD HAD DO.
IF YOU'RE NOT TALKING TO THOSE KIDS.
THEY'RE NOT THAT THOSE ARE NOT THE KIDS GOING TO APPLY FOR A JOB OR GO TO YOUR RESOURCE CENTER.
ARE THEY NOT AT THE RECAST? ME, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANY OF THAT.
WE WASTED MONEY OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN BECAUSE WE'RE RELYING ON THINGS THAT DON'T EXIST.
I UNDERSTAND THERE'S ONLY 12 SECONDS LEFT.
I'M NOT SURE IF I CAN GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DEEP DIVE, NOT DEBATING.
I'M NOT SURE IF SHE'S UP IF I CAN GO, BUT SEAN, ARE YOU DONE? YOU GOT ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES.
SO YOU DONE, LET HER GO AHEAD.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE GOING TO DO.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IF YOU, IF YOU WANT.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL.
WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, AND THEN YOU CAN COME BACK UP.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT, UM, CHIEF, UH, I I'D SENT YOU AN EMAIL ABOUT THE NARCOTIC DIVISION.
I SEE SOME DATA ABOUT NARCOTICS IN THE REPORT.
UM, BUT, BUT TELL ME ABOUT THE STATE OF THE DIVISION CURRENTLY, OR ARE WE BACK UP AND OPERATING? HOW ARE THINGS GOING? AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M REALLY LOOKING FOR IS I KNOW IT'S TOUGH BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE DATA FROM THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OR LAST YEAR AND A HALF OR SO, BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO BENCHMARK THAT DEPARTMENT TO MEASURE THEIR MEASURE, THEIR PERFORMANCE? YOU SPEAKING OF NARCOTICS NARCOTICS, IF I MAY, I BELIEVE SLOT PAGE NUMBER 10, PLEASE DELETE THAT ONE.
UH, SO IF YOU COUNT CALLING YOUR FRONT PAGES PAGE NUMBER ONE IN THE BACK PAGE D BEING NUMBER TWO, UH, PAGE NUMBER 10 SHOULD BE DELETED.
THE DATA THAT I PRESENTED TO YOU GOES BACK TO 20 20, 20, 20, 20, 21, 20 22.
UM, AS YOU WELL KNOW, WE SUSPENDED OPERATIONS IN THE NARCOTICS DIVISION BASED ON A COMPLAINT, UH, THAT WAS, UH, PRESENTED FROM A POLICE OFFICER AT THE TIME THAT MADE ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION WITHIN THE RANK AND FILE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, UH, AS WELL AS PRACTICES TARGETING, UM, MINORITY COMMUNITIES.
UM, THAT COMPLAINT ACTUALLY CAME IN BY WAY OF, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE NAACP THAT, UH, FILED THAT ORIGINAL COMPLAINT ON BEHALF OF THE BATON ROUGE POLICE OFFICER.
UM, WE INITIATED A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO ALL OF THE ALLEGATIONS THAT WERE MADE IN THERE, UH, IN THAT COMPLAINT BASED ON, UH, OUR INVESTIGATIVE EFFORTS, UH, TWO NARCOTICS AGENTS WERE ARRESTED, UH, FOR CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.
UM, ONE NARCOTICS OFFICER WAS TERMINATED.
UH, ONE, UH, SUPERVISOR, I'M SORRY, I DON'T, I DON'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF.
I JUST, I HAVE A LIMITED TIME.
SO I, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT WAS DONE TO GET THE DEPARTMENT BACK TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
I GUESS I'M LOOKING FOR US, YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT STATE AND US MOVING FORWARD.
AND I DON'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS TO ASK AND I WANT TO BE SURE I HAVE FABULOUS.
THE AUDIT OF THAT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION ABOUT THOSE OFFICERS WHO WERE IN THE SECTION WERE REASSIGNED THE FEDERAL INITIATIVES, DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION.
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SUPERVISOR OVER THE NARCOTICS DIVISION, UH, THAT A SUPERVISOR OVER THE NARCOTICS DIVISION, A STREET CRIMES ARE NOW ACTUALLY DOING A LOT OF THE WORK THAT THE OLD NARCOTICS DIVISION DID.AND ONE OF THE THINGS THE AUDIT SHOWED US IS THAT WE WERE NOT REALLY INVESTIGATING CRIMES.
THEY WERE DOING A LOT OF LOW LEVEL STREET LEVEL NARCOTICS ACTIVITY.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE NARCOTICS DIVISION SHOULD HAVE FOCUSED ON MORE MID-LEVEL UPPER LEVEL DRUG DEALERS OF VIOLENT CRIME, THOSE DRUG DEALERS WHO INVOLVED IN VIOLENT CRIME.
I GAVE YOU THE DATA THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU.
UH, YOU'LL SEE, UH, THE TYPE OF CASES THAT WE'RE WORKING NOW WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS.
SO WE NEVER STOP INVESTIGATING, UH, NARCOTICS ACTIVITY.
WE STOP INVESTIGATING NARCOTICS USERS, AND WE STARTED FOCUSING THOSE EFFORTS ON GANGS ON GROUPS AND THOSE WHO ARE DISTRIBUTING, UH, EVOLVED IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF NARCOTICS AND GANG ACTIVITY AND VIOLENT CRIME.
UM, COURTNEY, UM, IN YOUR, IN YOUR OUTREACH, UM, ARE THERE SPECIFIC OUTREACH GROUPS THAT ARE GOING TO THESE DIFFERENT RAP GROUPS, GANGS CALL THEM WHATEVER YOU WANT.
UM, AS I LOOK AT SOME OF THESE CRIMES, OCCASIONALLY IN THE PAPER, YOU'LL LOOK AT IT AND THEY'LL GET, IT'LL GET LABELED AS A DRUG ISSUE OR, UM, JUST A NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUE, BUT YOU, YOU GO BACK AND DIG A LITTLE BIT AND, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE CONNECTED TO THESE DIFFERENT RAP GROUPS OR GANGS.
SO IS YOUR PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY TARGETING THESE GROUPS? THERE'S A TWO LAYER ANSWER TO THAT QUICKLY.
UM, NOT SPECIFICALLY THE WORK THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS DOING, BUT WE DID FUND TRUCE THAT THAT USES A GANG VIOLENCE INTERVENTION MODEL.
SO THERE'S A SPECIFIC LIST OF FOLKS THAT THEY CONTINUE TO WORK WITH.
I DO THINK SOME OF THEM MAY BE ENGAGED IN MUSIC, UH, AND FOR TRUCES EFFORTS, OUR COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACH TO DO CALL-INS, WHERE THEY WOULD APPROACH AND WORK WITH, UH, DIFFERENT FOLKS TO COME IN, TO POTENTIALLY MITIGATE AND SUPPORT.
THAT IS A DIFFERENT MODEL THAT I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE TROOPS GIVE MORE EXPLANATION TO.
I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF.
UM, BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE PROPONENTS.
AND FOR THE SECOND ONE, OUR STREET TEAM WORKS WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS AS WELL.
I WOULD NOT KNOW IF THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY ENGAGED IN MUSIC, BUT THEY HAVE SHARED DIFFERENT ELEMENTS.
AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE, EVEN AS A PART OF COUNCIL, WOMAN BANKS, HIS ANSWER IS WE WERE GIVEN A VERY SHORT TIME TO GIVE YOU A LOT OF INFORMATION.
I REALLY WOULD INVITE ALL OF YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO COME TO KNOW THE, TO KNOW THE WORK A LITTLE MORE INTIMATELY, BECAUSE THEN WE CAN ALSO LET YOU SEE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, TACTICS, AND MEASURES THAT WOULD TAKE A LITTLE MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES TO EXPLAIN.
THE ONLY OTHER THING I'LL ADD IS, YOU KNOW, AS WE DO THESE REPORTS IN THE FUTURE, UM, I, I WOULD LOVE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO PRESENT TO US ANY WORK THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING DONE OR ANY PROGRESS BEING MADE ON PAY RAISES FOR BRP D I THINK WE OWE IT TO OUR OFFICERS TO KEEP THEM UPDATED ON THAT FRONT, UH, TO LET THEM KNOW WHERE THEY STAND AND, AND IF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, GOING TO BE A POSSIBILITY WHAT WORK IS BEING DONE THERE.
A LOT OF WORK IS BEING DONE ON THAT FRONT, AS YOU WELL KNOW.
UM, I MET PRESIDENT IN THIS CONSOLE, UH, AGREED TO, UH, UM, UH, GIVE TWO PAY RAISES TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE ALL AGREE THAT THAT'S NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
I HAVE SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL TO THE ADMINISTRATION, UH, TO, TO CONTINUE THOSE EFFORTS IN THE PAY RAISE AND, UH, ONCE THOSE NUMBERS OR WORK OUT, UM, UH, WE WILL BE COMING BEFORE YOU AND ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS.
WE SAID FROM DAY ONE THAT, UH, OUR POLICE ARE UNDERPAID.
WE SET OUT THIS ADMINISTRATION TO DO A PAY STUDY, AND WE DID THAT AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO THAT.
AND WE'VE CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED THAT SINCE THE MIRROR'S BEEN HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THOSE EFFORTS, I JUST ASK THAT EVERYBODY HERE, WHEN I MERE PRESIDENT COMES UP HERE AND PRESENTS THAT, THAT WE SUPPORTED OR HEARTEDLY, CAUSE I CAN TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THE TRAUMA IS BEING EXPERIENCED.
IT'S NOT JUST BATON ROUGE IS ALL OVER.
WE TALK ABOUT BATON ROUGE, GO DO YOUR NUMBERS AROUND BATON ROUGE AND EVERYWHERE ELSE AND SEE WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE AT.
WE'RE STILL TRENDING BELOW A LOT OF THE NATIONAL NUMBERS.
THIS IS NOT A BATON ROUGE ISSUE.
THE GUN VIOLENCE THAT, UH, MAYOR PRO TEMP TALKED ABOUT THIS MORNING AND WE NEED BOOTS ON THE GROUND POLICE OFFICERS TO BE OUT THERE, TO DO THE WORK AND WE NEED TO PAY THEM THE MONEY THAT THEY DESERVE.
THANK YOU, CHIEF COUNCIL MEMBER, MROS DEPUTY CHIEF
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OR CHIEF, EITHER ONE DOESN'T MATTER.DEPUTY CHIEF I'LL TAKE EITHER ONE OUT YET CHIEF LAWRENCE, WHICH IS HE'S.
HE HAS BEEN A REALLY, REALLY GREAT, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK.
COULD YOU HELP ME WITH, I, I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS.
I THINK THE FIRST QUESTION I HAVE IS WHY ARE WE CONTINUING TO SEE REPEAT OFFENDERS? DO IS THAT OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM THAT'S DOING THIS OR THAT THROWING THEM BACK OUT ON THE STREETS? UM, HONESTLY SPEAKING, YES, THE REMAINDER.
SO AS I, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, OVER THE YEARS, WE FIND OURSELVES ARRESTING THE SAME PEOPLE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
AND IT'S TO BE HONEST, THE BOND AMOUNT IS NOT SIGNIFICANT IF YOU, AND I'M GONNA TAKE Y'ALL BACK.
IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO, SOMEONE LOST THEIR LIFE IN A CAR ACCIDENT, THE BOND WAS SET AT $67,000.
SO YOU PAY 12% OF $67,000, WHICH IS ABOUT MAYBE SEVEN, $800, $7,800 MAYBE.
SO THAT'S TELLING ME THAT SOMEONE'S LIFE IS WORTH $7,800.
WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE BOND PROCESS.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR THE CITIZENS OF BATON ROUGE.
AND WE KEEP LETTING THESE VIOLENT OFFENDERS BACK ON THE STREET BECAUSE OF THAT.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL.
MY OTHER QUESTION WAS, WAS IT A LOT OF CONCERN THAT PEOPLE HAVE ARE THE DRAG RACERS THAT ARE AROUND TOWN? I KNOW THAT YOU HAD A TEAM OF FOLKS.
DO YOU STILL HAVE THOSE FOLKS TOGETHER? YES.
SO LAST YEAR, UH, THAT WAS AN ISSUE BECAUSE OF COVID.
UM, OF COURSE THE CLUBS WERE CLOSED.
EVERYBODY WAS, I GUESS, SANCTIONED TO STAY INSIDE WHAT THE YOUNG, THE YOUNG ADULTS, YOUNG MALE ADULTS WANTED SOMETHING TO DO.
SO AS A RESULT, THEY DECIDED TO COME TO BATON ROUGE.
THEY CAME FROM FLORIDA, MISSISSIPPI ASCENSION PARISH, LIVINGSTON PARISH HERE TO OUR CITY TO DRAG RACE ON FLORIDA BOULEVARD ON CHOCTAW, ON, ON TEAGAN LANE.
SO WE HAD TO BE CREATIVE AND WE CREATED A, AN AUXILIARY UNIT.
UM, NOW THEY'RE CALLED THE STREET CRIMES, AUXILIARY UNIT AND THEIR PRIMARY FOCUS LAST YEAR WAS TO ADDRESS THE STREET RACES.
I BELIEVE ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE HELP US OUT TREMENDOUSLY WITH ACTUALLY, UH, AMENDING THE DRAG RACE AND STATUTE.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND HE WAS ABLE TO INCREASE THE, THE FINE TO $500.
AND I THINK THE SECOND OFFENSE WAS A THOUSAND DOLLARS WITH A MANDATORY IMPOUNDING, UH, ASSESSMENT.
SO IF YOU GOT CAUGHT DRAG RACING, IF YOU WAS A PARTICIPANT, WE HAD TO IMPOUND YOUR CAR AND IT REMAINED LOCKED UP 15 DAYS WHERE WE FOUND OUT THOSE GUYS GOT CREATIVE.
SO WITH THE STREET RACING TEAMS, THEY POOL THEIR RESOURCES AND THEIR MONEY.
SO MAYBE 500 OR SO DRAG RACES IN ONE GROUP, ONE SOCIAL MEDIA GROUP.
SO IF EACH MEMBER POOL THEIR RESOURCES, $1 THAT'S $500, THAT'S ENOUGH TO PAY THE FIRST FINE.
AND, UH, I THINK THE 15 DAYS THERE WASN'T ENOUGH.
SO, UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY IN TALKS NOW TO HAVE THAT INCREASED IN THE AMENDED AGAIN, TO, UH, PREVENT THOSE GUYS FROM COMING BACK TO OUR CITY, THE DRAG RACE, UM, WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU ALL SAW LAST MONTH DURING THE, UM, CONCERT ON LSU CAMPUS, THEY KNEW THAT MOST OF OUR RESOURCES WERE GOING TO BE ON LSU CAMPUS.
SO THEY SURPRISED US AND THEY ACTUALLY WENT TO COLLEGE DRIVE AND BLOCKED THE STREET OFF.
WE HAVE AN INTELLIGENCE PIECE FAST UP THAT'S UP ON THAT.
AND, UM, I THINK WE'LL BE PREPARED ONCE WE GET THAT STATUE AMENDED GOING FORWARD.
ONE OTHER QUESTION, WHICH IS PROBABLY GONNA MAKE, MAKES KIND OF MAKES ME LAUGH.
WHAT ABOUT THESE GUYS THAT ARE GOING AROUND TOWN ON THESE LITTLE, UH, UH, FOUR, ARE THEY FOUR WHEELERS, NO HELMETS GOING OVER HIM.
THEY CAN YOU FIND HIM? WE DO MAKE AN ARREST ON IT.
UM, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T STOP WHENEVER WE GET BEHIND THEM, THEY DON'T STOP.
UM, I KNOW LAST YEAR WE SAW THAT SOMETIMES THEY WOULD DO IT DURING SCHOOL HOURS.
SO YOU DON'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN A PURSUIT WHEN YOU HAVE KIDS OUT, YOU KNOW, GETTING OFF THE BUS.
SO WE GOTTA BE MINDFUL AND CAREFUL WITH THAT, BUT WE DO TRY TO STOP HIM WHEN WE CAN, UH, IN A SAFE MANNER.
HOW MANY OF THEM ARE THERE? UH, I BELIEVE YOU ALL SAW IF YOU WERE, IF
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YOU CAN RECALL A FEW YEARS AGO ON FIRST RESPONDERS LIVE, WHERE FOX CAME IN AND, UM, ACTUALLY HAD US ON TV, WE ACTUALLY PURSUED ONE, IT CRASHED, THE GUY BROKE HIS LEG.SO AGAIN, WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL AND CAREFUL OF IT, BUT WE DO TRY TO TRY OUR BEST TO STOP THEM.
IF I COULD JUST FOLLOW, BECAUSE I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME STATS.
WHEN WE STARTED THAT OPERATION TARGETING THE STREET RACES, 400 CITATIONS, 89 VEHICLES SEIZED 27 GUNS SEAS, SEVEN OF THOSE WAR ASSAULT RIFLES.
SO TO SAY THAT WE DON'T ADDRESS THIS ISSUES JUST SIMPLY IS NOT THE TRUTH.
IT'S NOT A FACT JUST LAST WEEK, WE'RE INVOLVED IN THE CHASE AND, UH, ONE OF THOSE, UH, UM, UM, ATV, UH, TYPE VEHICLE.
UM, AND, UH, WE, WE ALSO HAD TO CUT JUST LIKE HE SAID EARLIER, PUBLIC SAFETY IS ALWAYS FIRST.
THERE WAS A, UH, UH, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS ON A BRIDGE THAT WAS TRENDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA IS IMPLYING THAT WE BE RPD DOES NOTHING ABOUT THAT.
THAT IS JUST SIMPLY NOT THE CASE.
WE HAVE THE DATA TO SUPPORT IT.
WE HAVE ARRESTS JUST LAST WEEK, A CONCERNED CITIZEN CALLED US.
IN FACT, WE WENT TO A MEETING AND, UH, WE SENT OUR TEAM OUT.
UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS A DIRT BIKE.
UH, AND WE SEE SEVERAL, UM, UH, WEAPONS.
SO WHEN W WHEN PEOPLE SEE THIS AND CALL US, WE RESPOND, THERE WAS NO ONE WHO CALLED US ON THAT INCIDENT THAT WAS TRENDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
I BELIEVE THEY WERE HEADED TO WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH, BUT I JUST WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT WE ARE RESPONDING TO THESE TYPE OF INCIDENTS AND THAT WE'RE NOT IGNORING IT.
UH, MY COMMENT GOES BACK TO, UH, MS. SCOTT EARLIER WHEN SHE WAS SPEAKING ON, UM, JUST THE EFFORTS THAT THEY HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SOMETIMES, AND THIS MAY BE A LITTLE BIT, UH, JUMPING THE GUN, BUT WE ALL WORKING COLLECTIVELY ON A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN MY OFFICE AND THEIR OFFICE TO BE ABLE TO HOW'S YOU THE AFTER SCHOOL, SHE IS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCE TO DO SO.
WE, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT ECONOMIC GROWTH IS A WAY TO, TO LONGTERM FIX OUR COMMUNITIES, BUT THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T SEE AS MANY, UH, CRIMES COMMITTED ON HOLLAND ROAD BY THE COUNTRY CLUB, AS YOU DO, AND DISTRICT FIVE IN CERTAIN AREAS, RIGHT? SO WHEN WE GET RID OF POVERTY, WHICH IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE STRIVING FOR AS A COMMUNITY, WE'LL START TO SEE CERTAIN THINGS GO IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION, BUT UNTIL THEN WE HAVE TO GIVE THE KIDS SOMETHING TO DO.
AND WHAT I WILL SAY IS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE LITERALLY HAS GIVEN ME EVERYTHING THAT I'VE ASKED FOR, AS WELL AS ADDED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO OUR COMMUNITY, TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE UP TO A SAFE PLACE FOR KIDS.
SO I WILL TELL YOU, WE PULLED THE PARTNERSHIP WITH EBR FOR A FEEDING PROGRAM, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BRING THE HUNGRY KIDS TO, UH, TO, TO ANYTHING AFTER SCHOOL.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH JACOBS AND, UH, EXXON MOBILE EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR DOING OTHER STEM IN A VIRTUAL REALITY GAMING PROGRAM.
YOU SEE IT AS A VIDEO GAME, THEY DO AS WELL, BUT LONG-TERM, THEY SEE VIRTUAL REALITY AS A WAY TO DESIGN HOMES.
YOU CAN WALK THROUGH THE HOUSE THAT YOU PLAN ON BUILDING.
SO THESE KIDS CAN CREATE JOBS.
SO I KNOW THEY GET PUNCHED IN THE FACE A LOT BY THE PUBLIC, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH US TO DO THINGS, TO MITIGATE CRIME, UM, IN A, IN A, IN A, IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I WILL TELL YOU THE STREET TEAM, AND I DON'T AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THEY DO.
I MEAN, CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY DO I THINK ARE EFFECTIVE.
CERTAIN THINGS I THINK ARE INEFFECTIVE, BUT THE ONE THING THAT I WILL TELL YOU IS WHEN I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH MS. SCOTT ABOUT THE STREET TEAM, AND SHE'S BEEN THE FIRST ONE TO ADMIT IT TOO, THAT SOMETIMES WE TAKE A NATIONAL MODEL AND TRY TO BRING IT TO A LOCAL LEVEL, AND THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK.
AND SO WE HAVE TO DO CERTAIN THINGS THROUGH TRIAL AND ERROR, TO FEAR, TO TRIAL AND ERROR, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE, WHAT DOES WORK IN OUR ENVIRONMENT.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE EFFORTS OF THERE, SO, UH, THEY OWN THE MISTAKES.
UM, BUT THEY HAVE WORTH, THEY ARE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH ME RIGHT NOW.
WHAT Y'ALL CALL GANGSTERS AND RAP STARS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, BUT, UM, I LAUGH EVERY TIME I HEAR THAT AND I ASKED Y'ALL TO STOP USING IT.
CAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY OFFENSIVE TO THE COMMUNITIES AND THE GREAT PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE.
UM, BUT THEY ARE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH ME TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COMMITTED SOME OF THESE KILLINGS OVER TIME AND SOME OF THE CRIMES, BECAUSE THE KIDS DON'T WANT TO HEAR FROM ME OR YOU, THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM THE ROLE MODELS THAT PROBABLY PROBABLY PUSHED THEM IN THIS DIRECTION AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIFE.
AND SO IN THE ZINE CITY AREA RIGHT NOW, Y'ALL SEE SOMETHING COME OUT TODAY.
WE HAVE A CEASE FIRE CAMPAIGN GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SOME OF THE
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STREET TEAM AND COORDINATING.UH, SO I WANT YOU TO JUST KNOW THAT WHILE AT WORK, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS THE DAMN SHOW, GOOD EFFORT.
I WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT IT'S TAKEN A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MAKE BATON ROUGE A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE WORK.
AND BLAKE, I'M GOING TO STEAL SOME CLEAVES DOWN THAT HE CALLED ME THE OTHER DAY AND ASKED ME TO FLY OUT OF TOWN WITH HIM TO GO MEET SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT WE CONSIDER TO BE INFLUENCES ON OUR CITY TO DO THE SAME.
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE THE EFFORTS DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S NOT HAPPENING.
WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN WE PUT IT ON PUBLIC DISPLAY, WE START TO GET PERSECUTED AND PUT ON TRIAL FOR THE EFFORTS THAT WE MAKE WHEN THEY DON'T WORK OUT THE WAY THAT WE WANT THEM TO.
BUT WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ALONG WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WITH, UH, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF POSITIVE EFFORTS GOING ON IN THIS CITY.
WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT CRIME IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH.
UM, BUT THE EFFORTS ARE THERE AND WE BELIEVE THAT THIS NONTRADITIONAL APPROACH WILL WORK.
SO, UM, THAT'S, I'M GONNA GIVE MY TIME, MY 50 CENTS TO MY 50 SECONDS BACK, BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT POSITIVE THINGS ARE HAPPENING AND WE ARE EXPECTING CHANGE.
COURTNEY, COULD YOU COME UP PLEASE? WHAT IS IT? THE LAST TIME WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION AND ACTIONS THAT WERE BEING TAKEN? ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I ASKED WAS, UM, DO WE FEEL WE HAVE THE PROGRAMS IN PLACE ALL THAT ARE NEEDED AND THAT I KNOW THAT THINGS COME UP AND YOU MIGHT HAVE TO ADD THINGS TO CERTAIN PROGRAMS OR WHATEVER ELSE, BUT DO WE FEEL AS A CITY, AS A PARISH OR WHATEVER THAT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE NEED ARE IN PLACE READY TO GO ACTIVE AND FUNCTIONING, WE WOULD NEED A LOT MORE DOLLARS TO GET TO FOR ME TO FULLY SAY YES, BUT WITH THE DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE, I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE THE BEST COMMUNITY PARTNERS COMING TO THE TABLE AND IN OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN WITH THE COLLECTIVE IMPACT.
AND THE REASON I'M GOING BACK ON THIS IS IT'S KIND OF SOME, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, COUNCIL, WOMAN BANKS BROUGHT UP IS, UM, ACTIVE USE OF THESE PROGRAMS. BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I TH THEY'RE IN PLACE.
I DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF ANYTHING.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW EITHER IN REPORTING IS WHAT, WHAT ARE, IF IT CAN BE DONE, WHAT OUR OUTREACH WAS, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT HANDS, IF WE PUT ON, OR WHAT HAVE WE ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY TOUCHED AND SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU GO INTO THIS OR WHATEVER.
AND HOW MANY HAVE ACTIVELY USE THESE PROGRAMS OR EVEN NOT GETTING THE NUMBERS AS FAR AS WHO YOU POTENTIALLY DID, YOU REACH.
CAUSE YOU MIGHT GO TO A CLASSROOM AND BE 40 KIDS IN THERE, OR A 40 TEENAGERS OR 40 ADULTS IN SOME, IN A, IN A THING.
AND YOU'RE TRYING TO GET THEM TO THE PROGRAM.
BUT I THINK ONE OF THE, HOPEFULLY WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS SOME NUMBERS AND SOME OF THE, SOME, OR ALL.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE ADDRESS OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO SEE IT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHO ARE ACTIVELY USING THESE PROGRAMS. UM, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT GIVES US A NUMBER AND Y'ALL DO A GREAT JOB OF, OF GETTING DATA TO US AND EVERYTHING.
THE WHOLE CITY PARISH DOES ON EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE.
AND I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW MANY OF THESE ARE USING.
AND IF WE HAVE TO GO BACK, ADJUST THE RESOURCES, NOT PULL ANY MONEY, NOT GOOD, NOT GOOD FOR ANY OTHER GRANT STUFF, BUT WE MIGHT HAVE TO SHIFT FROM ONE TO THE OTHER PROGRAM, THIS ONE'S WORKING AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU ALL MIGHT BE DOING SOME OF THAT.
BUT I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GO TO MY CONSTITUENTS OR ANYONE IN THE PARISH BECAUSE WE ALWAYS GET IT ALL THE TIME.
WE'RE THROWING MORE TAX DOLLARS OFF OF THIS.
AND WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO WORK OR SOMEONE I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE INFORMATION TO GO.
NO, JUST LIKE THE DRAINAGE AND STUFF THAT WE'RE DOING.
THIS IS WHAT WE'VE SEEN, THAT HAS HAPPENED.
AND THEN I THINK THOSE METRICS, WE CAN SHOW ON THE OTHER SIDE SAYING, OKAY, THIS IS OUR METRICS AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
AND LOOK AT WHAT THE CRIME RATE HAS DONE.
YOU KNOW, IF THE CRIME RATE DOESN'T GO DOWN AND THESE THINGS ARE WORKING, THEN HERE WE ARE ADJUSTING AGAIN.
SO THAT'S JUST, JUST SOME THINGS FROM OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE SAID STUFF.
I'M NOT SOME ANTI PROGRAM PERSON.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT I THINK WE NEED THE AMMO TO TAKE TO THE PUBLIC TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS WORKING OR THIS ISN'T WORKING AND MAYBE WE NEED TO ADJUST.
AND, UH, WITHIN YOUR PACKET, IF YOU TURN ABOUT 20 PAGES IN, THERE'S A SLIDE TITLED SAFE HOPE FOR HEALTHY BR PROGRAMS. AGAIN, I HAD A VERY SHORT TIMELINE BECAUSE IN THE CHIEF'S PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT, HE JUST INVITED US TO HAVE A LITTLE TIME TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION.
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HAVE MUCH LUXURY IN TIME.SO THERE'S WAY MORE INFORMATION IN YOUR PACKETS THAN I SPOKE ON, BUT I'LL SHARE IT.
SOME OF THE DATA THAT YOU CAN SHARE NOW FROM JUNE, 2021 TO DECEMBER, 2020, 1 35 COMMUNITY EVENTS WERE HELD BY FIVE PARTNERS THAT ARE CONTRACTED WITHIN SAFE HOPE FOR HEALTHY 9,132 PARTICIPANTS ENGAGED IN THOSE PARTNERED EVENTS.
ALL OF THESE ARE AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL IN 7 0 5 AND 7 0 8 0 2.
WE HAD 25,101 DIGITAL MEDIA INTERACTIONS WITH RESOURCES THAT WERE SHARED.
AND THEN ALSO WE DISTRIBUTED 11,470 RESOURCE TOOLKITS OR DIRECT ACCESS TO RESOURCES WITHIN THOSE SIX MONTHS BY FIVE PARTNERS.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, 79 MINTIES WERE CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO 120 DAYS OF CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
I'M JUST SHARING SOME OF THE INFORMATION AND I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT YOU, YOU BROUGHT BACK HOW MUCH WAS GIVEN OUT AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
DO WE HAVE AN ACTUAL USAGE OF IT? THERE MAY BE MORE DEEP DIVE DATA.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS A HIGH LEVEL.
WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO INVITE YOU ALL TO IS OUR THIRD, A THIRD WEDNESDAY MEETING EVERY THIRD, WEDNESDAY, RIGHT NEXT DOOR AT THE RIVER CENTER LIBRARY, WE HAVE A, PROBABLY ABOUT A THREE AND A HALF HOUR MEETING ACTUALLY WITH ANY COMMUNITY PARTNER, INDIVIDUAL ALEXA OFFICIAL, UH, STAKEHOLDER THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME TO DIVE DEEP INTO THE WORK.
IT'S SO MUCH TO EXPLAIN IN FIVE MINUTES.
AND I DON'T, I KNOW THAT THINK TIME MAY BE UP, BUT THOSE MEETINGS ARE WHERE YOU WANT TO COME TO GET THE RESOURCES.
AND CERTAINLY EVERY QUARTER WE WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE HIM REPORTS BECAUSE A PART OF THIS IS ALSO A CONTRACT WITH INFORMATICS THAT ANALYZES THE SIGN IN SHEETS, DATA AND METRICS TO MAKE SURE WE CAN QUANTIFY THE WORK WE KNOW THAT'S IMPORTANT TO HIM.
THE REST OF THE TIME HE WANTS YOU TO UP AT COUNCIL MEMO COLEMAN.
UM, I'D LIKE TO JUST, UH, SAY THAT YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE 2% AND THAT'S THE 2% I THINK YOU, AGAIN, ARE YOU GOOD? WE TALKED ABOUT THE 2% AND THAT'S THE 2% Y'ALL WERE TALKING ABOUT A HUNDRED PERCENT AND 2% THAT'S NOT DOING RIGHT, BUT WE NEVER ACKNOWLEDGE THE 98 THAT'S DOING RIGHT.
WE NEVER TALK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IN ORDER TO MAKE IT RIGHT.
WE, YOU, EVERYBODY IN HERE KNOWS THAT THIS IS NOT JUST THE POLICE AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE FIREMAN AND THE WHATEVER, WHATEVER RESPONSIBILITY.
AND AS WAS SAID EARLIER, CRIME, THIS IS NOT JUST A BATON ROUGE THING, BUT IT APPEARS TO BE THE ONLY THING WE CAN TALK ABOUT.
AND WE JUST FINISHED GRADUATIONS.
WE JUST SPANISH, OH, YOU'VE PASSING ON TO THE NEXT GRADE.
WE JUST FINISHED YOU GOING TO COLLEGE, BUT THERE WAS NO TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND I WANT YOU TO KEEP IN MIND THAT FOLK ARE LOOKING AND LISTENING TO ALL OF THIS.
THE OTHER THING IS WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE SUMMER JOBS OVER THERE IN 10, AND WE'RE STILL WORKING AT IT, WE'VE RECOMMENDED AT LEAST ABOUT 10 OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET JOBS THAT IS ALL ABOUT OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
WE CAN SIT HERE AND TALK ABOUT WHAT IS NOT HAPPENING, BUT WHAT ARE WE MAKING HAPPEN? WE, IN OUT DISTRICTS, WE HAVE SCHOOLS, WE HAVE CHURCHES.
NOW, IF YOU'RE SCARED OF THE STREETS, OH WHALE.
WE HAVE CHURCHES, WE HAVE THE STREETS.
WE OUGHT TO BE OUT THERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND HOW WE ARE, CAN BE ACTIVE IN THOSE STREETS AND CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS, AND HOW TO BRING SOME OF THIS STUFF TOGETHER.
ALSO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MORE PROGRAMS, MORE PROGRAMS, MORE PROGRAMS, IF IT'S NOT EFFECTIVE, KEEP IT.
YOU NEED SOMETHING THAT'S THAT, THAT NEEDS TO VETS EFFECTIVE.
AND MAYBE I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT THINKS THIS, BUT OUR PEOPLE GOT MUST.
DISCIPLINE HAS TO BE A PART OF LIFE.
AND, UH, AND THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE TO THIS RESPONSIBILITY AND DISCIPLINE.
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ALL OF THAT, ALL OF THAT, THE FIRST CHANCES YOU'VE BEEN BORN.SO WE'VE GOT TO BE MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT WE MUST NOT KEEP PUTTING A STAMP ON THE WRONG, AND THEN THOSE THAT DO RIGHT.
WE'RE DOING NOTHING WITH AND FOR THAT POPULATION.
AND SO I SAY OVER THEM, WHEN YOU ALL COME AND WALK AGAIN, POLICE OFFICERS, I'M GOING TO BE OUT THERE AGAIN.
THAT'S HOW YOU GET TO KNOW YOUR PEOPLE IN YOUR DISTRICT.
AND SO WE, WE, AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET SOME MORE FOLKS SIGNED UP FOR THESE SUMMER JOBS.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO TELL YOU ANOTHER THING, GROWN FOLK, WALKING AROUND, NOT WORKING.
WE'VE GOT TO STOP PUTTING A STAMP ON FOR NOT DOING ANYTHING AND THINKING IT'S OKAY.
AND THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE TO IT FOR ALL OF THE FOLKS THAT THEY WORK IN.
AND THAT'S MY STORY, AND I'M STICKING TO IT AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE DOING IT.
AND THE DISTRICT TEAM COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.
UH, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THE CHIEF, UH, FOR ALL THE PROGRAMS, ALL THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING GREAT WORK AROUND, UM, THE VIOLENCE THAT IS IN OUR COMMUNITY, THE CRIMES THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I ALSO WANT TO TEMP OUR EXPECTATION OF THESE PROGRAMS BECAUSE THESE PROGRAMS ARE EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS TO THE INDIVIDUALS, THE COMMUNITIES, THE YOUNG FOLKS THAT THEY'RE TARGETING.
AND ALTHOUGH WE WANT TO MEASURE THEM, WE WANT TO GET REPORTS AND WE WANT TO GET USAGE.
I THINK ALL OF THAT IS GREAT, BUT WE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT THE INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS, THE PEOPLE IN THE HOME, THE MOTHERS, FATHERS, UNCLES, COUSINS, THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT LADY DOWN THE STREET THAT SELL, UH, DECENT CUPS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
YOU KNOW, THE MAN WHO CUTS THE GRASS, YOU KNOW, THE TEACHER, YOU KNOW, THE PREACHER, THE DEACON IN THE CHURCH, THE INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS HAVE MUCH MORE OF AN IMPACT ON THAT INDIVIDUAL'S LIFE.
AND THESE EXTERNAL PROGRAMS WILL NOT REPLACE THAT BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THEY DO GOOD WORK, THEY HAVE THEM FOR A TIME, TWO HOURS, FIVE HOURS, SIX HOURS, AND GUESS WHAT? IT'S 24 HOURS IN A DAY AFTER THEY RELEASED THEM, THEY HAD TO GO BACK INTO THAT HOME, BACK INTO THAT COMMUNITY.
AND ALL OF THOSE NEGATIVE INFLUENCES ARE AWAITING THEM.
SO I APPLAUD ALL THE PROGRAMS, BUT WE HAVE TO KNOW THAT THE INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS HAVE TO HOLD US AND EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE FOR SOME OF THESE OUTCOMES, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THE CHIEF OF POLICE, PRISONS, POLICE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THIS.
THIS IS IT'S AN INTERNAL STAKEHOLDER DEAL.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT POINT CHIEF, BUT I GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU, CHIEF, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR 30 YEARS, SIR.
WOULD YOU SAY YOU HAVE A GOOD GRASP ON, YOU KNOW, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT, CRIME, THOSE WHO COMMITTED CRIMES? I IN PARTICULAR GANGS? WELL, I THINK, I THINK MY EXPERIENCE AND I'VE SEEN THE CHANGES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I, I THINK I HAVE A PRETTY MUCH UNDERSTANDING ON WHERE WE ARE NOW THAT THIS ISN'T JUST A LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUE.
I WOULD AGREE WHO, WHO ARE HISTORICALLY SOME OF THE GAMES AROUND THE COUNTRY TO ESTABLISH, HAVE HIERARCHY, INITIATIONS, ALL THESE THINGS, BUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE WELL YOU HAVE, UM, SO, SO TRADITIONALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT TRADITIONAL GANGS AND HOW THEY WERE FORMED, THERE WAS A HIERARCHY.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE.
WE HAVE MORE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, UH, ORGANIZATIONS, UH, SOME WHO SELF IDENTIFY WITH, UH, RAP, UH, GROUPS, UH, OR NAMES, THEY IDENTIFY THEMSELVES.
SO, SO YOU KIND OF SEE WHERE I'M GOING, BUT WITHOUT THE CURRENT IS NOT NECESSARILY A HIERARCHY, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU, AS IN TRADITIONAL TERMS, WHEN YOU LOOKED AT A LOT OF THE GANGS, CRIPS, GANGSTER DISCIPLES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, DO WE HAVE ANY OF THAT? HERE? WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, UH, ORGANIZATIONS, UH, SELF IDENTIFIED AS GAMES, WHATEVER NAME YOU WANT TO USE.
BUT YES, WE DO HAVE GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS THAT OPERATE IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND AREAS IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, UH, THAT ARE, UH, INVOLVED IN VIOLENCE THAT, UH, HAVE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THEIR GROUP THAT, UM, ARE SHOOTERS.
UH, I REFER TO THEM SOMETIMES AS SERIAL KILLERS AND SERIAL SHOOTERS.
UH, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY HAVE DIFFERENCES,
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IT BEEF, WHATEVER WORD YOU WANT TO USE WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, THEY SHOOT AT EACH OTHER.UH, TODAY'S VICTIM IS TOMORROW SUSPECT THAT THEY SUSPECT IS TOMORROW'S VICTIM.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT SOCIAL MEDIA IS A CATALYST OF SOME OF THE VIOLENCE THAT WE'RE SEEING IS BEING INSTIGATED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
UH, AND THAT'S NOT UNIQUE IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
WE'RE SEEING THAT IN COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS AMERICA, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING YOU SAID, BUT MY POINT IS WHEN PEOPLE HEAR THE WORD GAIN, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THOSE HISTORIC GROUPS.
AND I JUST WANT TO REINFORCE THAT TO MY KNOWLEDGE AND BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, NOT IN TRADITIONAL, WE DON'T HAVE THAT.
IF YOU'RE SAYING IN TRADITIONAL TERMS, NO BIG SELF IDENTIFY.
YOU WANT TO USE GROUP GANGS, WHATEVER YOU WANT.
WE GOT GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS AROUND HERE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN VIOLENT CRIME THAT HANG WITH EACH OTHER ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OTHER.
UH, LOOK, WHEN I GO IN THESE SCENES AND I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, AND I'LL TELL YOU THIS.
I, UH, IF YOU'RE A PARENT IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, CAUSE THE FACT IS WE'RE DEALING WITH YOUNG BLACK MEN.
LET'S JUST CALL IT WHAT IT IS.
90% OF MY VICTIMS OF BLACK MALES AND THE SUSPECTS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, A BLACK MALES HERE IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND THE PICTURES COMING MORE AND MORE CLEAR WITH ME RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU'RE A MOTHER AND YOU'RE LISTENING TO ME RIGHT NOW AND YOU HAVE A SON AND YOU GO AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT HIS OPS AND HE TALKS ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE HE DIDN'T SHOT.
HE MAY NOT USE THOSE EXACT WORDS, BUT YOU CAN FIGURE IT OUT.
WHEN YOU HEAR THAT SONG, I AM TELLING YOU, HE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE MY NEXT SUSPECT IN MY NEXT VICTIM FACTS.
AND I'M TELLING YOU WHEN WE INVESTIGATE THESE CRIMES AND WE START PEELING BACK THE ONIONS, THERE'S SOMEBODY IN HIS INNER CIRCLE IS A MOM, A FRIEND, A SISTER, COUSIN, OR BROTHER, SOMEBODY FROM DO.
HE WAS GOING TO DO IT BEFORE HE DID IT FAX.
THAT'S WHAT WE DEALING WITH HERE IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, AS I'M TALKING RIGHT NOW, THERE'S SOMEBODY ASSOCIATED WITH SOMEONE WHO'S ALREADY COMMUNICATED HIS INTENT TO HURT SOMEBODY ELSE.
AND SOMEONE IS IN A CIRCLE CAN CALL RIGHT NOW AND HELP US STOP IT.
WHAT DOES LOVE LOOK LIKE TODAY? IF MY BROTHER COMES THROUGH THE DOOR AND TELL ME HE WANTS TO COMMIT A CRIME ON ANOTHER PERSON, CAUSE HE MAD, MAYBE HE ROBBED HIM.
MAYBE HE TALKED ABOUT HIM ON SOCIAL MEDIA, OR MAYBE HE SHOT AT A FRIEND.
I'M TELLING YOU, I'M GOING TO DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO STOP HIM FROM GETTING OUT OF THAT HOUSE.
I'M GOING TO CALL MAMA, DADDY, SISTER, BROTHER, UNCLE, EVERYBODY TO PASS THE AND 9 1 1 AND SAY, CAUSE I LOVE YOU THAT MUCH.
I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU RUIN YOUR LIFE.
I'M NOT GONNA LET YOU HURT MAMA LIKE THAT.
I'M NOT GONNA LET YOU HURT YOUR BABY LIKE THAT.
WE NEED TO STOP THESE CRIMES BEFORE THEY COMMITTED.
I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE INNER CIRCLE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN VIOLENT CRIME RIGHT NOW WHO HAVE INFORMATION WHO CAN STOP IT FACTS.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ASK ME GOING TO THESE COMMUNITY WALKS.
THEY TELL US WHO THE SHOOTERS UP.
DO THEY NOT TELL US WHO THE SHOOTERS THAT YOU WANT TO PULL UP MY PHONE RIGHT BY SHOOTING AT HOW MANY PICTURES I GOT? HOW MANY PEOPLE TELLING ME WHO THE BAD ACTORS ARE? THE COMMUNITY KNOW THEY MAY NOT GO AND TESTIFY BECAUSE THEY'RE SCARED.
THEY MAY NOT BE A WITNESS, BUT YES, THEY HELPING US AND THEY HELPING US MORE AND MORE TO IDENTIFY.
BUT THE CHALLENGES IS WHEN YOU SHUT DOWN THE COUNTRY BECAUSE OF COVID AND YOU MAY HAVE 200 PLUS CASES THAT WERE IMPACTED ACCOUNTABILITY IS WHEN WE ARREST SOMEBODY AND THEY GO TO JAIL AND THEY DO TIME AND YOU'RE CONFLICTED, BUT THEY PLEA WELL THAT HASN'T BEEN HAPPENING.
ALL THESE OPEN CASES OUT THERE.
AND WE GOT TO DEAL WITH THESE GUYS AND THEY GO BACK TO THE SAME 10 SQUARE MILES.
AND WHAT HAPPENED IN THOSE 10 SQUARE MILES, COUNCILMAN, THEY RUN ACROSS WITNESSES.
THEY BEEFING WITH THEY'RE RUNNING ACROSS THEIR OPS.
AND WHAT YOU THINK HAPPENS WHEN THEY SEE SOMEONE WHO JUST SHOT AT DIFFERENT.
WHEN THEY SEE SOMEBODY WHO THINK THERE'S A WITNESS, WE GOT A CASE RIGHT NOW WHERE WE KNEW IT WAS WITNESSES.
BUT WHEN I GO ON A SCENE OF A SHOOTING AND I, THE CHIEF OF POLICE RECOGNIZE THE NAMES OF THE VICTIMS. WHY? BECAUSE I HEARD THE NAME IN THE BRIEFING.
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SUSPECT.AND AGAIN, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING YOU SAID, BUT MY POINT AGAIN IS BECAUSE SOMEONE, A GROUP OF PEOPLE ARE ASSOCIATING WITH EACH OTHER THAT DON'T MAKE THEM THE BLOODS OR THE CRIPS THAT DON'T MAKE THEM AGAINST THE DISCIPLES.
AND WE THROW IN THIS TERM GANG AROUND LOOSELY BLACK, WE HAVE THAT.
AND YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THAT HERE.
WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS AND NEIGHBORHOOD CONFLICTS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME, THAT'S HERE IN BATON ROUGE, THAT'S IN NEW ORLEANS WHERE YOU, BUT THAT DON'T MAKE A GROUP OF PEOPLE A GAIN BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN A, IN A NEIGHBORHOOD I MADE, THEY MAY ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OTHER.
AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE REALISTIC CONSEQUENCES TO USING THAT TYPE OF LANGUAGE, CONSPIRACY CHARGES, RACKETEERING CHARGES, ALL OF THOSE ARE ELEVATED CHARGES BASED ON ORGANIZED CRIME APPROACH.
THEY DON'T KNOW JOHN GOT, IS HE CONSTANTLY, I'M GOING TO BE 100% CORRECT WITH YOU ON THIS.
I JUST, RIGHT NOW, AS I STAND HERE TODAY, I WAS AT MY LEADERSHIP RETREAT WITH MY TEAM AND I LEFT THEM OUT THERE.
THEY WERE AT A CAMP AND WE CAME HERE TO GIVE THIS PRESENTATION.
AND OUR FOCUS OF CONVERSATION TODAY WAS ON TRUANCY TO WORK ON HOW CAN WE, UH, UH, UH, COORDINATE, UH, WITH OUR PARTNERS THIS SUMMER.
BUT I'M ALSO TELLING YOU THROUGH MY EXPERIENCE, UH, IN, UH, T3 INVESTIGATIONS OR RICO.
I AM TELLING YOU, I'M EXPLORING THAT VERY HEAVILY, SIR, BECAUSE IF YOU GOT TWO OR THREE MORE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN GROUP VIOLENCE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? BATON ROUGE.
THAT MEANS IF I'M THAT GUY OUT THERE, WHO'S PAYING YOUNG MEN TO DO MY DIRTY WORK AND SHOOT PEOPLE.
I WANT TO BUILD A CONSPIRACY ON YOU.
YOU COULD CALL YOURSELF A GAME GROUP OR WHATEVER.
I DON'T CARE, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? YES, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO BUILD THOSE CASES ON THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
BECAUSE THE FACT IS WE GOT ADULTS IN THIS COMMUNITY WHO ARE PAYING YOUNG FOLKS BECAUSE THEY THINK THE YOUNG FOLKS ARE NOT GOING TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
I AM SEEKING HELP FROM SOME PARTNERS WHO I WORKED WITH FOR MANY YEARS.
AND WHEN I DID WIRE TAPS TO HELP ME BUILD THOSE CASES AGAINST THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND THOSE GROUPS, THAT 6% YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, COUNCILMAN, YES, THEY NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND I'M GOING TO DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER.
AND MY BROTHERS WHO WERE COMING FROM STATE POLICE WHO WERE GOING TO HELP ME BUILD THIS CASE ON THEM.
AND I HOPE I CAN BUILD A CASE TO PUT THEM AWAY FOR THE REST OF THE GOD DOG OR LODGE.
CAUSE I'M TIRED OF THE BODIES.
EVERY CAKE I GET THAT CALL THE MAYOR, GET THAT CALL.
AND WE GOT PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY WHO SITTING BACK, LETTING THESE YOUNG BOYS DO THEIR DIRTY WORK.
WE COULD CALL THEM GROUP GAMES, WHATEVER I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO BUILD THE CONSPIRACY CASE AGAINST SUMMER FACTS.
THANK YOU, CHIEF COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
I'M GOING TO, UM, TALK TO THE MAYOR.
I MEAN, UM, CHIEF AND COURTNEY.
UH, SO, SO, UM, THE, UM, THE CHIEF SEES THE CRIME THAT IS TAKING PLACE AND THEY ARE GETTING YOUNGER AND YOUNGER.
WHAT HA AND YOU GAVE THE DATA LIKE, UM, WHAT WAS THE FIRST LIKE YOU GAVE ABOUT A MEETING I THINK.
SO YOU WERE GIVEN THE MS. COUNCILMAN MODE.
WHAT WAS THAT FIRST EVENT? THAT WAS THE FIRST DATA POINT.
NO, THE VENUE YOU WERE GIVING YOU THE, EVERYBODY EVERY THIRD, WEDNESDAY.
YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT, UH, W WE HAD A SOCIAL MEDIA.
WHAT WAS THAT? 35 EVENTS THAT WERE MANAGED BY FIVE PARTNERS.
DO YOU HAVE A, AND I KNOW YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK, BUT CAN YOU PRESENT US BASED ON WHAT THE, WHAT THE, UM, CHIEF IS SAYING? SO SOME PEOPLE ARE GONE TO DEAD, GONE TO JAIL.
WE TALKED WITH YOUR PROGRAMS. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT YOUTH OR DOUBTS? ARE EVERYBODY THERE MAY BE A MIX OF BOTH, DEPENDING UPON THE SPECIFIC GOAL, WE HAVE A LIST OF, OF EITHER ADULT OFFENDERS OR YOUTH OFFENDERS.
YOU HAVE THESE EVENTS, HOW ARE YOU TRACKING THOSE PERSONS TO YOUR EVENT IS WHAT I SUSPECT, UM, COSMIC SMOKING.
DEFINITELY WHAT MY POINT IS, NOT THAT YOU'RE NOT DOING THE WORK, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU'RE NOT HITTING THE TARGET.
SO DO YOU DO, AND YOU MAY NOT HAVE IT NOW FOR EVERY EVENT FOR THE, WHAT DOES SHE SAY IS 600 JOBS, 500 JOBS.
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JOBS, HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE TARGETED? PERSONS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN IN JUVENILE COURT MAY HAVE SPENT TIME IN DETENTION? IS THAT PART OF THEIR PAROLE, UM, THAT FADE, UM, APPLY AND GO TO WORK? WHAT, HOW ARE YOU CONNECTING IT? THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.MA'AM BECAUSE OTHERWISE AT MY SCHOOL, HARDLY ANY OF THE KIDS EVEN KNEW ABOUT THE MAYOR'S JOB.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I PAID SIGN, WE PUT SIGNS UP, THEY DON'T READ THE BULLETIN.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS YOU'RE WHERE PARENTS COMING IN RIGHT NOW, I'M DOING SUMMER SCHOOL.
I'M ASKING, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS SUMMER? NOTHING, YOU KNOW? YES, MA'AM GET INTO IT WITH THEM.
AND BY NO MEANS, DO I THINK THAT THESE RESULTS ARE ALL INCLUSIVE OF THE WORK? WE ARE JUST STARTING ABOUT THE THOUSAND THINGS YOU SAID, WE ARE READ THEM QUICKLY AGAIN, 35 EVENTS HELD BETWEEN FIVE PARTNERS IN THE SEVEN OR EIGHT OR FIVE
SO DO Y'ALL DO A SIGN, DO THEY SAY YES.
MA'AM YOU'RE ABLE TO ASSIGN AND KNOW WHAT THEIR ISSUES ARE, LIKE WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE, UM, EXTENSIVE TRUANCY.
HAVE THEY BEEN IN DETENTION? WHAT, WHAT, HOW ARE YOU TALKING? NOT EVERYBODY ATTENDS, BUT THAT SHOULD BE INTENTIONAL.
WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION OR GIVE YOU DATA? TELL ME WHICH ONE MORE DATA.
9,132 PARTICIPANTS ENGAGED AT EVENTS.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE SAME FIVE EVENTS? YES MA'AM.
SO YOU SAY IT MAKES SANDY? YES.
SO HOW ARE YOU TRACKING THEM? HOW DOES THAT PREVENT? WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO ANSWER? YES.
DO WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO? YES, BUT HERE'S HOW WE ARE TRACKING IT.
I FIRST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT THESE COMMUNITY-BASED STRATEGIES ARE INFORMED ONE BY VIOLENT CRIME AREAS, STREETS THAT HAVE HIGH SHOT HAS SHOTSPOTTER REFERRALS FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, THEIR TRUANCY OFFICE, AND A FEW OTHER REFERRAL SOURCES.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE RESULTS OF IT.
SO WHAT'S SOME OF THE RESULTS OF, LET'S SAY SEVEN OR 8 0 5, A STROMA.
IF WHEN YOU, WHEN WE GET, IF WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A LIST OF 100 CHILDREN THAT WERE, LET'S SAY EXPELLED, HOW ARE YOU TRACKING THOSE CHILDREN TRACKING THEIR SUPPORTS BASED ON NOSY BEDS? HOW MANY, IF JOHN DOE IS ON THAT LIST, DID JOHN DOE APPLY FOR STUDENT JOB? DID JOHN DOE GO TO YOUR EVENT? WHAT WAS THE THIRD? EVEN SOMETHING RESOURCES DISTRIBUTED OR CONNECTED? JOHN DOE USE THOSE RESOURCES.
IF SO, WHICH ONE? HOW DID HE ASK? YOU KNOW, DID HE EVER CHECK? THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED.
I NEED TO BRING IT TOGETHER IF EVERYBODY COULD GET TOGETHER.
I MEAN, I THAT'S FINE, BUT I MEAN, IF WE WANT TO JUST GO AROUND IS SNOTTY.
WE STILL HAVE ABOUT 70 ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
SO AT THIS MOMENT, IS THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 28, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF A LITTLE BUSINESS, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO SOME REPORTS THAT WERE REQUESTED TO BE HEARD EARLY.
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HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO BE DEFERRED AMENDING TITLE NINE CHAPTER 18, SECTION 9 1 0 1 3, ASKED FOR EVIDENCE.SO AS TO ADD NOISE AS A PROHIBITED ACT BY COUNCIL MEMBER, THE NISSAN ROSSO, AGAIN, THIS ITEM HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO BE DEFERRED.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 79 COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 79? JUST WANT TO REMIND US ITEMS ARE GOING TO BE DEFERRED, SIR.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO HEAR IT TONIGHT, BUT GO THERE.
AND WE DO HAVE TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON IT.
UM, MY NAME IS DANIEL MARKETS AND OWNER OF THREE 10 CONVENTION STREET.
I SPOKE TO, UM, COUNCILWOMAN MROC YESTERDAY ABOUT THIS, AND SHE HAD SPOKE TO ME WITH REGARD TO THE NOISE, UH, FROM THE BUSINESSES.
AND, UM, MR. CHAD HUGHES OWNS A COUPLE OF FOUR OR FIVE OF THE BUSINESSES HAPPY'S IN PARTICULAR AND, UH, BOUDREAUX INHIBITORS.
AND THE SOUNDS THAT ARE GOING FROM ABOUT 10 30 TO ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, UH, BEING AN EXCESS OF THE 85 DECIBELS.
AND SO WE WENT AROUND AND AROUND IN A CIRCLE FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS.
THIS COUNCIL DID, UH, AN APPROVAL AND I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT JOHN.
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SO WE SPENT A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS AND WE GOT THE TAX BENEFITS BACK.I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE HERE TODAY ON THIS.
AND I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO GIVE, UH, CONSEQUENCES BACK TO THESE, UH, VARIOUS OWNERS OF BUSINESSES THAT WILL NOT, UH, LOWER THEIR, UM, NOISE.
AND, UM, ONE IS THE ONE THAT YOU ARE WORKING HARD FOR TO GET, UH, THE NOISE OFF OF USHER, WOODFOREST, AND CORSI.
AND, BUT THE DOWNTOWN AREA IS IMPORTANT AND I'VE GOT SEVEN TENANTS IN MY BUILDING AND, UH, I'VE CALLED THE POLICE AND I'VE ASKED THEM, UH, OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS THAT COME OUT, OFFICES ARE FANTASTIC.
UH, I'M A CHAPLAIN FOR THE JEFFERSON PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
I UNDERSTAND MY PLATES WITH HIM.
IT SAYS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
THIS HAS TO DO WITH, IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO ENFORCE.
WHEN THEY COME OUT AT 11, 12, THEY ASKED HIM TO SHUT THE THING DOWN.
THEY GOT ORDINANCES AND WE'RE NOT ENFORCING IT.
MY POINT IS, THIS IS ABOUT NOISE.
AND I THINK THAT MISS AMA ROSA IS HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH THE ALCOHOL AND BEVERAGE, BECAUSE IT'S GOT PEOPLE, MANY, MANY PEOPLE HERE I'VE LISTENED TO ALL Y'ALL.
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A HAMMER.
YOU GOT TO COME DOWN ON PEOPLE WHEN THEY WILL NOT LISTEN IN THE COMMUNITY BUSINESS OWNERS.
YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU SAY I'M GOING TO HURT YOUR REVENUE.
I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT AWAY.
I'VE SAT AND SPOKE TO ALL THE OWNERS AND IT WORKS FOR A WHILE AND THEN A LOADED UP AGAIN.
AND THEY PUT SPEAKERS OUT ON THEIR BALCONIES ON THIRD STREET.
THE SECOND PART OF THIS WHOLE THING IS IN, I HAVE THIS OLD VICTORIAN HOUSE THAT WE'VE RENOVATED AT ABOUT 12 AND ONE O'CLOCK.
YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE GOING THE WRONG WAY ON THE ROADS.
YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE ARGUING AND DRINKING.
SO YOU'VE GOT A REALLY BAD SITUATION GOING ON.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S, THAT'S MY POINT.
I THINK YOU'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UH, I WISHED THAT I HAD KNOWN ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BECAUSE I WENT THROUGH SO MUCH.
YES, IT'S CORRECTION, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THIS ITEM IS NOT BEING DEFERRED.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 79? COME ON.
I'M DAVID JOHNSON AND REPRESENT THE WATERMARK HOTEL AT ONE 53RD STREET.
AND THE SECOND ONE MR. HUDSON WAS SAYING IT HAS BEEN A BATTLE WITH THE LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE CLUBS.
AND YOU KNOW, THE MUSIC IS WELL ABOVE THE 85 DECIBELS AND IT'S DISRUPTIVE TO TENANTS THAT LIVE DOWNTOWN.
AND ALSO MY HOTEL GUESTS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT STAY WITH US EVERY WEEKEND.
AND IT'S A FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT PROBLEM.
AND WE NEED SOME HELP WITH ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE IT, IT DISRUPTS OUR BUSINESS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST PRINTED OUT A COUPLE OF REPORTS TODAY.
I'VE GOT ALMOST A HUNDRED DOCUMENTED COMPLAINTS FROM CUSTOMERS, EITHER VERIFIED CUSTOMERS TOO, THAT ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE NOISE AND THEY CAN'T GO TO SLEEP AND THEY STAY AT A HOTEL SO THAT THEY CAN SLEEP SOMEWHERE WHILE THEY'RE PARTICIPATING IN WHATEVER ACTIVITIES THAT BRINGS THEM TO BATON ROUGE.
SO, UM, AGAIN, JUST IN SUPPORT, UH, WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN AMAUROSIS, UM, PEACE HERE TONIGHT.
AND, UH, WE JUST, WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME ASSISTANCE WITH ENFORCEMENT.
THAT'S ALL HAVE, THANK YOU, SIR.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ITEM 79, WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER ROSSO.
UM, THE WHOLE PROBLEM, I THINK STARTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN, UH, DURING THE COVID THAT WE COULDN'T HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
SO, UH, WE, YOU KNOW, WE KINDA GOT LOOSE WITH OUR LAWS.
WE DON'T WANT BUSINESSES TO, UH, WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE BUSINESSES.
SO BARS AND RESTAURANTS THAT SERVE ALCOHOL WERE ALLOWED TO GO OUT ONTO THE PORCHES AND TAKE ALL THEIR MUSIC.
WELL, UM, THERE WAS NEVER REALLY A, UH, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS EVER A, A, AN ACCOMMODATION TO ALLOW YOU TO DO THAT, BUT WE JUST KIND OF TURNED OUR EYES AND CLOSED OUR EYES TO THE WHOLE SITUATION.
WELL, THEY STAYED AND, UM, AS THESE GENTLEMEN HAVE SAID, IT IS CAUSED PROBLEMS IN HIS CAUSE PROBLEMS IN OTHER DISTRICTS AND IT'S CAUSED PROBLEMS IN MY DISTRICT.
SO, UM, I WAS LOOKING TO BE ABLE TO ADD A LITTLE, UH, ANOTHER TOOL FOR OUR ABC BOARD TO BE ABLE TO
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ENFORCE THE NOISE ORDINANCE.NOW, SOMEBODY ASKED ME LAST TIME, WHAT IS NOISE? WELL, IT SAYS RIGHT HERE IN THE, IN THE ORDINANCE, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, IN THE, UM, YEAH, IN THE ORDINANCE THAT DISRUPTS PEEVES PEOPLE'S PEACE AND ET CETERA, I'M NOT GOING TO READ IT.
SO ANYWAY, WE DID COME TO A CONCLUSION AND IF PAULO COME AND EXPLAIN FOR US, PLEASE DID, DID, UM, CHRIS SHOW UP FROM ABC.
SO EXPLAIN PLACE OR WHERE WE ARE.
SO SOMETIMES, UM, YOU CAN'T ALWAYS SEE THE FOREST THROUGH THE TREES AND, UH, THAT'S EXACTLY KIND OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH US ON THIS SITUATION AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS AND TRY TO, UM, TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU WERE SEEING IN YOUR DISTRICT.
AND SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, COUNCIL PEOPLE WERE SEEING IN THEIR DISTRICTS, UH, WE DECIDED TO CRAFT THIS LANGUAGE, BUT WHEN WE WENT BACK AND TOOK A LOOK AT IT, WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME, SOME MECHANISMS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW WHERE ABC DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO OUT AND DO SOME ENFORCEMENT ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL WITHOUT CREATING SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, LANGUAGE THAT ISN'T, IT'S FRANKLY NOT NECESSARY.
UM, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE EMPOWERED THEM TO DO IT PREVIOUSLY.
IT'S JUST THAT THEY HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO IT.
THEY'VE KIND OF DEFERRED BACK TO, UH, BR PD, UH, WHICH WE STILL WANT THE RPD AND THE SHERIFFS TO TAKE THE PRIMARY LEAD ON IT.
BUT FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE STANDPOINT, THEY DO HAVE THE TOOLS TO, TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES WHEN IT BECOMES A, WHEN IT BECOMES A PROBLEM.
SO WHEN IT DOES BECOME A PROBLEM.
SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS, UM, ABC ALREADY HAS, BECAUSE THEY ARE LAW ENFORCERS, THEY ALREADY HAVE THE TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO GO IN AND CITE THESE BUSINESSES THAT IT'S NOW IT'S ONLY BARS AND RESTAURANTS THAT SERVE ALCOHOL.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, SO WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS FOR A BUSINESS? THESE GENTLEMEN OVER HERE? WHAT IS THE PROCESS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH IN ORDER TO GET ABC, TO HELP THEM OUT? SO IF THEY WERE JUST CALLED THE COMPLAINT LINE THAT ABC HAS, IT'S A 24 HOURS A DAY, THEY WOULD CALL AND HAVE A COMPLAINT, A LODGE ON THE COMPLAINT LINE, WE'LL BEGIN AN INVESTIGATION AS TO, UM, AS TO WHAT OCCURRED.
NOW, WHAT I'M ALSO UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IF ABC DOES HANDLE IT, THAT IT GOES FROM CRIMINAL COURT.
SO WE'RE NOT STOPPING UP OUR COURT SYSTEM, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
CAUSE WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT TO CIVIL COURT, WHICH WOULD BE THE ABC, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM, THAT'S IT, IT'S MORE OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE COURT WHERE THEY WOULD, UH, DETERMINE WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED.
AND IF IT COULD BE, UH, A WARNING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO REVOCATION OF SOMEBODY IS A LIQUOR LICENSE.
IT DOESN'T CLOSE THE BUSINESS DOWN.
THE INTENT IS FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF IMPACT THEY'RE HAVING ON THEIR NEIGHBORS AND TO BE A GOOD PARTNER.
AND ALSO ABC'S NOT GOING TO GO IN THERE AND START SHUTTING BUSINESSES DOWN THERE.
SO SINCE WE'VE GOT THIS TAKEN CARE OF, AND WE DON'T NEED THIS HERE, SO I WANT YOU TO SAY, BUT THE MAIN MOTION TO, TO LEAVE, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO DELETE.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME AGAIN? YOUNG LADY COUNCIL MEMBER, CHARLOTTE MOTION TO, UH, BY COUNCIL MEMBER TRAINER SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? I AM 79 HAS BEEN DELETED WHEN I GO TO AN IMMEDIATE RESOLUTION
[80. 22-00595]
ORDER.WHEN THEY'RE CALLING EXPRESS AND LIFTING, BE ON THE BROWN FIELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, NUMBER THREE, WITH THE PARENTS OF THESE BANNERS, STATE OF LOUISIANA ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022, FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZING RENEWAL, THE LEVEL OF COLLECTION OF THE 10 MEALS AT VALERO FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS FOR THE FIRE PROTECTION PURPOSES OF BROWN BUREAU, FIRE PROTECTION, NUMBER THREE IN THE PARISH OF BEEF BIN ROUGE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, PROVIDING THOSE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION, BUT A BREATH PROBLEM, THE COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF THE DISTRICT BY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURY.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM, MAYBE NOW NOT GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS MOSTLY TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER GO.
THEY SECOND BY CHAIR ITEM 80 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO 81 MOMENTARILY.
[82. 22-00596]
IN A SALES TAX REBATE, ESTIMATED ADD, BUT NO MORE THAN 8,900 TO AUSTIN.THE 20 FOUNDATION LOCATED AT 7 8 5 5 HOWARD BOULEVARD BY PLANNING DIRECT ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM, MAYBE TO NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM, MAYBE TWO.
SO MOVED BY THE CHAIR SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAS THE 92 82 HAS BEEN APPROVED AUTOMATED
[83. 22-00615]
THREE OR MANY OF THE 2022 COUNT EXPENSIVE BUDGET FOR FAMILY COURT TO REALLOCATE FUNDING FROM COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT OR FULL-TIME COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY POSITION TO BE FUNDED TO EXISTING APPROPRIATION BY FAMILY COURT.IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM? MAYBE THREE.
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MOVED BY COUNCIL NUMBER, GO THERE SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. I HAD TO MAKE THREE HAS BEEN APPROVED BY TO[84. 22-00616]
MAYBE FOR AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT.THE MATTER OF DENITA MILLER VS CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND AMOUNT OF $13,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $40 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $13,004, WHICH AMOUNTS SHOULD BE PAID FOR THE ACCOUNT DESIGNATED INSURANCE OR LIABILITY BY PARENTS.
ATTORNEY ANYONE HERE, WE SHOULD JUST SPEAK ON ITEM 84.
WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE SOME MORE BY ADAMS SECOND BY THE CHAIR? ANY OPPOSITION ITEM MADE BEFORE HAS BEEN APPROVED ITEM 85
[85. 22-00618]
AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT THE MATTER ENTITLED ROBERT CREIGHTON VERSUS PATTY CREIGHTON VERSUS EVER CARLA AT ALL IN THE AMOUNT OF 75,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $220 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $75,220 AND APPROPRIATE AND $75,228.SO PURPOSES BY THE PARISH ATTORNEYS, ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ANIMATED FIVE, WE NOW HAVE GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 85? SO WE'LL BUY THE CHAIRS.
[86. 22-00622]
WE'RE SITTING AT A RECORD IN THE QUARTER COURT.THE COUNCIL DECISION ORDER RECORD ON MARCH 3RD, 2022 IN THE MATTER OF CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS THE STATE OF ANNIE MAE WILKINSON 8 7, 8, 6, 7 ST.
EARLY WAIT REASON FOR RESCISSION, THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS DEMOLISH THE BUILDING BY COUNCILWOMAN CHARLOTTE BANKS.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON? I DID EVEN SIX WHEN I WOULD HAVE COUNCIL MOVED BY, BY SHOWING BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. I HAVE MADE A SIX HAS BEEN APPROVED ITEM, MAYBE SEVEN, A MINI
[87. 22-00623]
RESOLUTION, 5 6, 2 6 8, ADOPT APRIL 13 TO 2022.SO AS TO CHANGE, THE ADDRESS SAID WAIVER TO 1300 EAST WASHINGTON STREET BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
CAROLYN COLEMAN IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 87 WHEN I WOULD HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN MACOLA, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, HERS ITEM 87 HAS BEEN APPROVED TO GO TO ITEM 88
[88. 22-00626]
AUTHORIZED WE'D HAD ASSOCIATED SOME EDUCATION TO HOMELESS CHILDREN, AND THEN YOU TO SUBSTITUTE A PLACE OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH ACADEMY AND A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BY HIM BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON REPAIRS OF EAST BATON ROUGE, COMMUNITY OUTREACH ACADEMY RELATED TO THE USE OF OCCUPANCY OF OLD FIRE STATION.NUMBER 2, 2, 1 8 3 OSAGE STREET, WHICH HAS PREVIOUS DECLARED AS SURPLUS PROPERTY BY COUNCIL AND COLEMAN IS ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 88.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN IS SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HERS.
ITEM EIGHT HAS BEEN APPROVED WITHOUT WHAT ITEM
[89. 22-00619]
89 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT THE GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF 1 MILLION, ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS ON THE HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM FOR 2 7 7 DASH SEVEN ZERO GREEN ROAD STONE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS PHASE ONE BY HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS DIRECTOR.ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 89, WE NOW GO TO THE COUNCIL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 89? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO GO TO THE SECOND OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
[90. 22-00624]
NINE.HE AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENTS OF COOPERATIVE, A DEVIN REMOVED THE MAYOR TO CITY INITIATIVE AND AMOUNT OF 500,000 FOR EDUCATION TUTORING, OUTREACH FUNCTION AND FOOD ACCESS AND LOW SOCIOECONOMIC AREAS IN EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH FUNDED BY MERE PRESENCE THERE.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 90, WE NOW GO TO THE COUNCIL.
I'M SENDING IT BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
GO DATE ITEM 90 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[91. 22-00627]
91, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO AMEND THE BUS 10 FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON OR THE PARIS OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND VIVID OUTDOOR ADVERTISING INCORPORATED DOING BUSINESS AS THE RAF ADVERTISE AND GO BEND TO THE NATIONAL CONCRETE TO EXTEND THE CURRENT FRANCHISE AGREEMENT FOR SIX MONTHS FROM JULY 1ST, 2022 TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2022, TO ASSIGN ALL OF THE DOCUMENT THAT MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH THE SAME BY MAYOR'S OFFICE.ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 91, WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE SOME RULE BY COLEMAN SAID ANYBODY CHAIRS, ANY OPPOSITION TO 91 ITEM 91 HAS BEEN APPROVED WHEN I GOT OUT OF
[92. 22-00628]
92, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR, REMOTE THE STATE OF LOUISIANA FOR STATE TO PROVIDE FUNDING AND AMOUNT OF 500,000 FOR EDUCATIONAL TUTORING, OUTREACH FUNCTION AND FOOD ACCESS AND THOSE SOCA NUMBER AREAS IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH BY MAYOR.PRESIDENT IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON 92 WHEN I GO TO COUNSELORS DOWN MOST IMPROVED, SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN COLE AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN ADAMS. WE NOT WHAT ITEM 93, AUTHORIZING
[93. 22-00629]
THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO AMEND A CONTRACT WITH RUDD AND WISDOM INCORPORATED FOR ACTUARIAL SERVICES RELATING TO THE CALCULATION OF THE CITY, PARIS, OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, LIABILITY AND ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT BY FINANCE DIRECTORS.ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 93? WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 93? SO MOVED BY THE CHAIR, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LESSEN NO OPPOSITION.
[94. 22-00630]
94, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THESE BANDWIDTHS PARIS CITY OF BATON ROUGE TO EXECUTE A GRANT AND PRE PRE DOUBT SERVITUDE AGREEMENT WITH 1100 FOSTER LLC.THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING USED AND MAINTAINING THE PROTECTIVE NET WITH THE PURPOSE OF DEFLECTING.
I WAS STOPPING GOLF BALLS TO MENTORING THE PROPERTY OWNED BY 1100 FOSTER LLC, ADJACENT TO WHERE PAUL GOLF COURSE BY PARENTS, ATTORNEYS, ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 94, WHEN I'LL GO BACK TO THIS COUNCIL MEMBER WITH THEIR MOTION TO APPROVE.
SO MOVED BY ADAMS SECONDED BY THE CHAIR ITEM 94 HAS BEEN APPROVED 95
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AUTHORIZING MERIT PRESIDENTS EXCEPT THE GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $6 MILLION UNDER THE LOUISIANA WATERSHED INITIATIVE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE[02:35:01]
FLOOD WAS LITIGATION AND JONES CREEK WATERSHED PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING THE USE OF LOCAL FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF 3 MILLION, $266,220.THE SAID PROJECT BY DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINS.
ANYONE HERE, WE SHOULD JUST BE ITEM 95.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, DUN JANIE IS SENDING ABOUT COUNSELING ITEMS. NO OPPOSITION GO TO ITEM NINE AND SIX AUTHORIZED
[96. 22-00632]
THE MAYOR PRESENT EXECUTED A CONTRACT FOR LIGHTING DESIGN SERVICES WITH MOREL COOVIAN AND ASSOCIATES, LLC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED MOVIE, OR HAVE SOME PROJECT CHAIRS AVENUE HOLLAND ROAD, THE PERKINS ROAD AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $109,700 BY TRANSPORTATION DRAINS.I REPRESENTED WHEN HE WISHED TO SPEAK ON OF 96, BUT WE GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SOMEONE WILL BY ADAM SECOND BY THE CHAIR ITEM 96 HAS BEEN APPROVED WHEN NOT WHAT ITEM 97
[97. 22-00633]
AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT THAT SHE WAS.NUMBER ONE TO THE CONTRACT FOR ABSTRACTING SERVICES, WITH GOLF, SOUTH TITLE, LAND SERVICES, LLC, FOR FULL ABSTRACTS ASSOCIATED MOVIE, ALL CAPACITY PROJECT LEAD DRIVE TO HOLLAND ROAD AND PERKINS ROAD ONE EDITION OF $16,764 TO THE EXISTING CONTRACT BY TRANSPORTATION AND DIRECTOR DIRECTORS.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 97, NOT WITH THE COUNCIL.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GO THERE SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, HERS ITEM 97 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[98. 22-00634]
THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR LIFE AND DESIGN SERVICES WITH PIVOTAL ENGINEERING, LLC, TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROADWAY, LIGHTING OF THE 72ND AVENUE, PIT IMPROVEMENTS ONE 10 INTERSTATE ONE 10 POINT ROAD BY THE PRESENTATION OF DIRECTORS.ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON LINE OF 98.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON 98, WE GO TO COUNCIL NOW.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, SECONDED BY THE CHAIRS AND THEIR OPPOSITION ITEM.
[99. 22-00636]
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT'S EXECUTED CONTRACT ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH RICHES C LAMBERT CONSULTANTS, LLC, TO PROVIDE INTERNET SERVICES, TO PREPARE CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND REPORTS FOR THE PORT HOUSE IN PRIOR ROLES, STEAMBOAT STABILIZATION PROJECT, AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $661,652 AND 76 CENTS BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 99? NOT I, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS GOING TO BE APPROVED, CONTINUED ON GRANTS AND CONTRACTS, CONTRACTS REVIEW.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE 99? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE JUNIOR SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS ITEM 99 HAS BEEN APPROVED ITEM 100
[100. 22-00639]
AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ASK YOU TO CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES.THAT SHOULD BE GROUP LLC TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING SERVICES, TO PREPARE CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND REPORTS FOR THE HARRISON LATERAL COVID UPGRADES PROJECT AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $180,801 AND 20 CENTS BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTORS.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 100.
WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE MOST APPROVED, SO MOVED BY ADAMS SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.
AGAIN, THIS IS APPROVAL CONTINGENT UPON GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.
REVIEW ITEM 100 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[Items 101 - 119]
TO TAKE ITEMS 1 0 1 THROUGH ONE 19 TOGETHER.COUNCIL MEMBERS ITEM 1 0 1 ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES LIKE 90 SUBDIVISION.
VICTORIA GARDENS, DISTRICT SEVEN.
I BID AT JANICE CLARK $1,300 ITEM 1 0 2 LOT 18 SQUARE, SIX SUBDIVISION, NOT THE OTHER ADDITION.
$20,000 ITEM 1 0 3 LAST SIX SQUARE 29.
SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE, EXTENSION DISTRICT SEVEN HIGH BIDDER.
WHAT'S THE LAST NAME? CUSSING DONNA.
SO WHAT I DIDN'T WANT ON FOUR BY SEVEN SQUARE 29 SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE EXTENSION DISTRICT SEVEN
$4,200 ITEM 1 0 6, LOT 30 SQUARE 45 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE, METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 HIGH BID IN MY ISHA, JOSEPH $5,500.
I HAVE 1 0 7, 1 PLUS SQUARE, 13 SUBDIVISION, MONSANTO HIGHLAND FARMS, DISTRICT 10 HIGH BID SOUTHERN UNITED INCORPORATED.
I HAD A 1 0 8 ABOUT 60 SQUARE ONE SUBDIVISION PROGRESS PARK, DISTRICT SEVEN.
I BET A WT WINFIELD, $500 ITEM 1 0 9 LOT SIX POINT SQUARE, TWO 70 SUBDIVISION SCHWART DISTRICT 10 HIGH BID, A MAMIE LOUISE FRAZIER, $2,500.
ITEM ONE 10 LOCK, 12 SUBDIVISION EPPERSON DISTRICT TWO HIGH BIDDER MH EMPRESS, LLC.
$6,200 ITEM ONE 11 LOT D SQUARE ONE SUBDIVISION GEORGETOWN DISTRICT SEVEN HIGH BIDDER, CRONY OR ROBINSON, $7,100.
I HAD ONE 12 LOT, ONE 18 DASH EIGHT SUBDIVISION, SHADY ACRES DISTRICT TWO HIGH BIDDER, JOHNNY MORGAN, $4,500 ITEM ONE 13, LOT 23 SQUARE 10 METRO DISTRICT, 10 HIGH BIDDER ROSEMARY CAMINA $69,000 ITEM ONE 14 LOT FIVE SQUARE FIVE SUBDIVISION.
DAYTON DISTRICT TEND TO CALL THEM A HIGH BIDDER AND COMA HARDY $100
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ITEM ONE 15 LOT 13 SUBDIVISION MILNER DISTRICT SIX DONE JUNIOR HIGH BIDDER.ACOMA HARDY $100 ITEM ONE 16, LOT 13 SUBDIVISION.
WESTWINDS THE PLACE DISTRICT SIX HIGH BIDDER ON NET CARGO, $32,000 ITEM ONE 17 LOT 11 SUBDIVISION WEST WINDS PLACE DISTRICT SIX HIGH BIDDER ON THAT CARGO $3,500 ITEM ONE 18 LOT EIGHT SQUARE, 30 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE, DISTRICT 10 HIGH BIDDER MONETTE CARGO $200 ITEM ONE 19 LOT, 18 SQUARE, 38 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BEND RUSE.
MR. 10 HIGH BID, A MONETTE CARGO $200 KNOW.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHING TO SPEAK ON ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES? ONE-ON-ONE THROUGH ONE 19.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES? SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN
I HAVE ONE 19 MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER INTRODUCTIONS,
[ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS]
A ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS REDUCTION, A 22 DASH 0 0 6 5 6 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT EXCUSE TO SUPPLEMENT.DID THE CONTRACT WITH BRADLEY BLUES TO AN ASSOCIATES, APAC FOR ADDITIONAL DESIGN SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR CONTRACT, FOR THE RENOVATION OF SCOTLAND VIA BRANCH LIBRARY, BEING THE CITY PASS NUMBER 20 ASD CP 1, 2, 3 8, AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $37,000 BY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DIRECTOR INTRODUCED AND WERE INTRODUCED THE PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 8TH, 2022.
THE REASON THIS ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER IS A TECHNICAL ERROR IN INPUTTING THE ITEM BEFORE THE DEADLINE, WE HAD A MOTION TO READ THE RULES, SO THE ITEMS CAN BE INTRODUCED THAT MOTION TO WRITE A RULE BY COUNCIL MEMBER, BANK SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. WHEN I HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM? NO, THE MOTION, THE WAY THE RULES.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE ON AN I.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION ON THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES WITHOUT IN A MOTION TO INTRODUCE THE ITEMS. SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANK SECOND AND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, THAT ITEM HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY INTRODUCED.
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ITEM ONE 20 CONSIDERATION OF REPLACING ADRIAN MOORE WHO DESIGNED THIS TERM EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2022 MUST BEEN NOMINEE FROM THE ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER BATON ROUGE.THIS IS THE VISIT BATON ROUGE BOARD.
CURRENT BALLOT IS ROBIN MERRICK.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 20? ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON
THERE'S A MOTION TO APPOINT ROBYN MERIT BY COUNCIL MEMBER GO.
THEY SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
ROBIN MERRICK HAS BEEN APPROVED, HAS BEEN APPOINTED CONGRATULATION.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE ALL THE SALES
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TAX STREET AND ROLL IT WITH A REHABILITATION PROGRAM PRODUCT AT 17 DASH FIVE STREETS IN NEW DAYTON.FAIRWOOD BABIN THAT LED TO STONE GATE SHERWIN MAYNARD BOCARD'S FOXCROFT SUBDIVISION, ADAM SAINT JOSEPH PONDEROSA CONTRACTOR, RJ DEG AND SONS CONTRACTORS CHANGED HER MIND IS A CREDIT OF $43,508 AND 13 CENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 21? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 1 21.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, ADAM, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
WHEN I GOT TO FINAL ACCEPTANCES, I HAD 1 22 SALES
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TAX STREET AND ROVER LIMITATION PROGRAM.IT'S A NEW DATE AND FAIR WITH BABIN AND LAKES THAT STONE GATE SHARE WITH MAINA CARS, FOX CALL SUBDIVISIONS ADAMS ST.
JOSEPH PONDEROSA CONTRACT, RJ DAGON SONS CONTRACT INC.
FINAL COST $4,136,250 AND 43 CENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK A 1 22? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOST APPROVED? SO THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN MADAMS, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOROSA ITEM 1 22 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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ACCEPTANCE OF LOW MINUTES, CAL ROAD AND MOSS SIDE LANE B REPLACEMENTS, SHAVERS WIDOW CONSTRUCTION, LLC.EXCUSE ME, 2,000,800 $5,464 AND 68 CENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 23? WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE BY ITEM 70 BY DUNN JR.
ITEM 1 23 HAS BEEN APPROVED SALES
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ITEM 1 24 SALES TAX STREET AND ROAD REAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM, GUARDIAN CATANA AREAS, OAK VILLA, CEDAR CREST, WOODCREST AUDIT MATERIALS AND CAPITAL ABUSE.SUBDIVISIONS ARE THEY DIG AND SUN'S CONTRACT IS $4,743,089 AND 80 CENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 24.
WE NOW GO TO COUNSELORS AND MOST SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, SETTING UP BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
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1 25 PARISH WIDE PAVEMENT REMARKING PAVEMENT MARKINGS, LLC $445,700.IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 25 IS ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK LINE 1 25? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, ADAM.
SECOND ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER ITEM 1 25 HAS BEEN APPROVED ITEM 1 29
[Items 129 & 81]
AND RECEIVING A REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR COUNSELOR.I'M ABLE TO TAKE THESE TWO ITEMS TOGETHER.
1 21 29 AND 81 RECEIVE A REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR OF MOSQUITO ABATEMENT.
I WROTE A CONTROLLED DISTRICT ON THE DISTRICT PLAN TO PURCHASE THE, MAINTAIN THE HELICOPTER IN THE AMOUNT OF $5 MILLION BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO WHITE HUSTON, UH, WHO WAS HERE TO GIVE THE REPORT
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DR.BECKER, UH, DO WE HAVE THE POWERPOINT CHECK MANAGE? WELL, TAKE ALL OF OUR CITY PARENTS.
IS THERE A WAY FOR ME TO ADVANCE THE SLIDES? JUST TELL THEM GO HERE WHEN YOU'RE READY.
THAT'S THE PURPOSE, THE SMALL WOOD APARTMENTS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TODAY.
SO BASICALLY OUR MISSION AT, UH, MOSQUITO ABATEMENT IS TO REDUCE THE POPULATIONS OF ANNOYING PEST, UM, AND ALSO POTENTIAL DISEASE BEARING PESTS.
SO BASICALLY OUR JOB IS TO REDUCE MOSQUITO POPULATIONS ALSO TO PROVIDE A PROMPT AND EFFICIENT SERVICES TO THE CITIZENS OF OUR PARISH, UH, TO PROVIDE, UM, THE PUBLIC WITH COST-EFFECTIVE METHODS, FOR TREATING MOSQUITOES AND RODENTS, AND ALSO TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF OUR CITIZENS BY REDUCING THE MITIGATING, THE TRANSMISSION OF MOSQUITO MOSQUITO BORNE PATHOGENS, AND ALSO TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON MOSQUITO AWARENESS.
SO BASICALLY WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, DELETE THESE GUYS YEAH.
FROM A, THE FIELD ANYWAY, SO OUR AID, OUR AVIATION PROGRAM, UM, CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO AIRCRAFT ARE OLD, UH, BRITAIN ISLAND, NORMANDY, AND THE LIMITATION WITH THEM IS THEY, UH, THEY CAN ONLY FLY THE LOWEST.
THEY CAN FLY AS 300 FEET AND, UM, AT A SPEED OF 120 MILES AN HOUR, I SAY THAT WE HAVE TWO OF THEM, BUT ACTUALLY WE, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO USE PARTS FROM ONE, UM, TO USE FOR THE OTHER.
UM, AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET PARTS.
SO WE, WE REALLY ONLY HAVE ONE THAT'S WORKING BECAUSE WE HAVE TO TAKE PARTS OFF THE OTHER ONE TO GET ONE THE OTHER ONE WORKING.
UM, SO BASICALLY, UM, MOSQUITO CONTROL IS EVOLVING.
WELL, THE TREND IS WE'RE SPRAYING NEW CHEMICALS THAT ARE LIGHTER.
SO IF WE WERE TO USE THESE ALL THE OLDER AIRCRAFT, UM, AND FLY 300 FEET, THE LIGHTER CHEMICALS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO DOWN AND DO THEIR JOB.
UM, THE LIGHTER, THE NEW CHEMICALS THAT ARE LIGHTER OR BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, UM, THEY'RE LESS TOXIC, ESPECIALLY ON POLLINATORS, SUCH AS BEES.
AND THEN, UM, OVERALL THEY'RE SAFER.
SO WHAT CAN WE USE TO GET THOSE, UH, LIGHTER CHEMICALS DOWN TO THE GROUND? UH, A HELICOPTER.
UM, SO IT'S NEWER AND A SAFE, SAFER AIRCRAFT.
UM, WE CAN FLY A LOT LOWER AND A LOT SLOWER SO WE CAN GET MORE ACCURATE AND PRECISE US CONTROL.
THE ROTOR WASH WILL BE ABLE TO, WHEN THE PROP SPANS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUSH THAT CHEMICAL DOWN, UM, ESPECIALLY THE LIGHTER MATERIAL AND GET DOWN TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO.
UM, IT'S A LOT MORE VERSATILE AND LOW MAINTENANCE COSTS WITH THE HELICOPTER.
SO OUR PARISH HAS ONE OF THE, UM, HIGHEST CANOPY COVERS.
UM, BASICALLY WE HAVE A LOT OF TREES, SO THE HELICOPTER WILL HELP THAT, THAT MATERIAL GET THROUGH THE CANOPY, THROUGH THOSE TREES DOWN TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO TO DO ITS JOB.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PARISH, ALONG IN A SENSE, A ASCENSION PARISH LINE, WE HAVE 4,500 ACRES OF PALMETTO SWAMP.
WE'VE NEVER REALLY BEEN ABLE TO GET GOOD CONTROL DOWN THERE.
SO THAT WOULD BE A GOOD, UM, AREA WHERE WE COULD GO IN WITH THE HELICOPTER AND TREAT THAT AREA, UM, WITH LARVICIDE.
SO WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO TREAT WITH LARVICIDES, UM, ON BIG MISH, UH, AERIAL MISSIONS LIKE THIS WE'VE ALWAYS SPRAYED ADULTICIDES.
SO THAT'S THE, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS GET TO THOSE MOSQUITOES BEFORE THEY EVEN BECOME ADULTS.
WE'RE NOT THE FIRST DISTRICT TO COME UP WITH THIS, UH, ST.
UM, NEW ORLEANS MOSQUITO CONTROL IS, IS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING A HELICOPTER OR THEY WANT TO BUY ONE.
AND THEN OTHER STATES, UM, FLORIDA HAS SOME VERY ADVANCED, UM, PROGRAMS AND SOME OF THEM HAVE MULTIPLE HELICOPTERS.
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SO IT WOULD, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO DEFINITELY BE A GAME CHANGER FOR US.SO JUST TO REITERATE SOME OF THOSE POINTS, WE WANT TO MOVE INTO MASS.
LARVACIDING WHERE WE CAN GET TO THOSE MOSQUITOES BEFORE THEY EVEN BECOME ADULTS.
UM, AND THOSE CHEMICALS ARE A LOT SAFER.
UM, WE CAN FLY LOWER AND, UM, WE COULD TARGET SMALLER AREAS.
SO IF WE HAVE AN AREA WITH AN OUTBREAK, WE CAN GO TO THAT AREA AND SPRAY AROUND IT A LOT EASIER THAN WE COULD WITH FIXED WING AIRCRAFT.
UM, AND OF COURSE THE ROTOR WASH CAN PUSH THE MATERIAL DOWN AND, AND REACH THROUGH THE CANOPY WHERE IT NEEDS TO GET.
UM, AND WE CAN FOCUS ON THE BREEDING HABITAT, ESPECIALLY FOR FLOODWATER MOSQUITOES, WHICH IS A LOT OF, UH, WHERE OUR PHONE CALLS COME FROM AFTER RAINS.
UM, WE CAN GET TO THOSE MOSQUITOES AT A TIMELY, UM, IN A TIMELY FASHION.
AND THEN THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO GET TO THEM WHEN THEY'RE LARVAE ALSO LOW MAINTENANCE COSTS AND IT'S A NEWER, SAFER TECHNOLOGY.
SO BASICALLY IT IT'S THE BEST TOOL WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO DO OUR JOB, UH, MOST EFFICIENTLY GOING BACK TO UPHOLDING OUR MISSION.
AND I WANTED TO JUST INCLUDE KIND OF A FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN ON WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING IN THE FUTURE.
UM, WE WANT TO TRANSITION INTO USING LARVICIDES, LIKE I SAID, TO STOP THE MOSQUITOES BEFORE THEY BECOME ADULTS, WHICH IS WHEN THEY BECOME A PROBLEM, WE CAN SPRAY LESS OFTEN, BUT WE HAVE BETTER CONTROL.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, HAVING A SATELLITE LOCATION IN THE SOUTH EASTERN PART OF THE PARISH, UM, WITH A SMALL OPERATING BUDGET WITH STAFF AND EQUIPMENT, AND THAT WOULD HELP OUT WITH THE EFFICIENCY ACROSS THE PARISH.
UH, WE'LL HAVE MORE MANPOWER IN THAT AREA AND LESS TRAVELING, SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE PARISH TO GET BACK.
AND IT WOULD ALSO SAVE ON FUEL AND MAINTENANCE FOR VEHICLES, ET CETERA.
AND ALSO WITH SERVICE REQUESTS.
UM, LAST YEAR WE HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF 23,000 SERVICE REQUESTS.
SO TO KEEP UP WITH THAT DEMAND, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO ADD PERSONNEL AND, AND CHEMICALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING YOU FOR THE REPORT? IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE REPORT? ITEM 1 29, ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A REPORT WHEN I WOULD HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER BUTSON I CAN RECORD THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT.
UM, I JUST WANT TO FIRST, I GUESS, MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL KNOWS THE REASON WHY I PUT THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE WE ARE THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IS, UM, THE, THE 10 YEAR MILLAGE.
AND I JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO TALK ABOUT A VERY LARGE CAPITAL EXPENSE THAT YOU GUYS WILL BE DOING BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE MILLAGE RENEWAL.
BECKER, YOU AND I HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT, SO I WANT TO GO OVER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, JUST SO THAT WE, AS A COUNCIL HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF IT.
UM, HAVE YOU GUYS EXPLORED THE OPTION OF PARTNERING WITH ST.
TAMMANY OR NEW ORLEANS OR LOOKING OUT TO A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR FOR THIS SERVICE? YEAH, SO, UM, I, I TALKED TO, UM, THE DIRECTOR AT MISS ST.
TAMMANY AND HE GAVE ME SOME INFORMATION ABOUT CONTRACTING AND HE SAID SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU GET TO RUN INTO, IT'S GONNA CAUSE A HEADACHE, UM, TO TRY TO CONTRACT IT OUT.
THERE'S ONLY ONE COMPANY THEY'RE NOT RARELY, UM, SPECIALIZED IN MOSQUITO CONTROL.
THEY'RE NOT, THEY DON'T HAVE HELICOPTERS WAITING TO COME SPRAY AND THEY'RE NOT SITTING BY THE PHONE.
SO THEY'RE JUST A HELICOPTER COMPANY.
AND THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT, UM, THAT WERE ABLE TO DO IT, BUT THEY HAVE TO FIND A PILOT THAT'S CERTIFIED AS CERTIFIED TO SPRAY IN LOUISIANA.
AND THEN THEY ONLY PROVIDE THE HELICOPTER.
SO YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE THE EQUIPMENT AND THE CHEMICAL, AND BASICALLY YOU, YOU YOU'RE AT THEIR EXPENSE.
SO YOU HAVE TO WAIT ON THEM SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, UP TO A WEEK, UM, AND YOU HAVE TO SPRAY ON THEIR SCHEDULE.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO.
UM, THE QUOTE I WAS GIVEN WAS, UH, $4,685 PER HOUR TO CONTRACT.
BUT IF YOU TAKE THE NUMBERS AND, UM, ADD UP HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA COST, UM, AND DIVIDE THAT UP, UH, OVER 20 YEARS, UM, TO OWN AND OPERATE, IT WOULD BE, UM, ABOUT 2,400.
SO LET'S SAY ALMOST A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN HALF OF THAT.
SO YOU'D BE SAVING IN THE LONG RUN.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST NOT AN OPTION FOR US RIGHT NOW.
AND WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TREAT, UM, AS SOON AS, AS SOON AS WE SEE A PROBLEM AND OWNING AND OPERATING WOULD BE MUCH BETTER FOR US.
SO THAT'S DEALING WITH THE PRIVATE COMPANY, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE IDEA OF CONTRACTING WITH ST TAMMANY, THE MUNICIPALITY, SINCE THEY ALREADY HAVE ONE OR NEW ORLEANS, AND SINCE THEY'RE CONSIDERING GETTING ONE, SO THAT'S SOMETHING
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WE COULD LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM THERE IS GOING TO BE, UM, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PROBLEMS, THEIR OWN MOSQUITOES.SO WE'D HAVE TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, WAITING FOR THEM TO SPRAY FIRST AND THEN COMING, UM, THE SPRAY US.
SO IT'D BE A SCHEDULING THING WOULD BE SECONDARY ON THAT.
UH, HOW MANY FLIGHT MISSIONS PER YEAR DO YOU GUYS PLAN TO RUN? SO WHEN ALL THE PINS, UM, TYPICALLY I WOULD SAY 20 TO 30, BUT, UM, I WOULD SAY IF WE GET THE HELICOPTER, WE'D PROBABLY BE DOING MORE THAN THAT.
I'D SAY CLOSER TO 40, AND IT DEPENDS ON, UM, YEAR TO YEAR, HOW BAD THE MOSQUITOES ARE.
SO, BUT IF WE GET THE HELICOPTER AND WE CAN START LARVA SIGN AND WE COULD DO A LOT MORE MISSIONS RIGHT NOW, LIKE I SAY, WE DO ADULT SIDING, SO WE CAN ONLY SPRAY AT NIGHT, BUT IF WE GET THE HELICOPTER, WE CAN SPRAY LARVICIDES AND SPRAY A LOT MORE OFTEN AND DO THAT DURING THE DAY.
UM, W WHAT ARE YOUR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE COSTS THAT YOU'RE PROJECTING FOR THE HELICOPTER, UM, ANNUAL MAINTENANCE.
WE HAVE THAT NUMBER TO COME TO THE MIC, SIR.
UH, THE MANUFACTURERS OF THE HELICOPTERS, THEY OFFER POWER BY THE HOUR, UM, OR ANY MAJOR INSPECTIONS, BUT WHEN YOU BUY A ZERO TIME, NEW HELICOPTER TYPICALLY, UH, THEY HAVE 3000 HOURS WORTH OF USE BEFORE ANYTIME LIFE MOMENTS COME UP THAT EVEN NEED TO BE CHANGED.
YOU'LL JUST HAVE TYPICAL INSPECTIONS.
AND IF YOU DO THE POWER BY THE HOUR, IT'S A FIXED RATE B UM, THAT HASN'T BEEN NEGOTIATED YET.
LET ME ASK THE QUESTION THIS WAY.
I PROBABLY FRAMED THE QUESTION WRONG.
WHAT ARE YOUR OPERATIONAL COSTS FOR, FOR OPERATING THE HELICOPTER? SO PILOTS FUEL.
SO WE USE CONTRACT PILOT, AND THEY WOULD ONLY BE PAID BY THEIR HOURS FOR FLYING, UH, THERE.
SO THE FUEL, ALL THAT WE HAVE A SEPARATE HOURLY COST FOR THAT PILOTS, YOU KNOW, IS ADDED ON TO THAT.
UM, DEPENDING ON THE COMPOUND WE'RE USING WHAT WE'RE SPRAYING.
YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE TOTAL COSTS FOR THE BARBICIDE EVERYTHING.
LIKE WHAT, WHAT'S THE IMPACT TO YOUR ANNUAL BUDGET GOING TO BE FOR THIS PROGRAM AT THIS POINT? RIGHT NOW, I WOULD SAY THAT YOU HAVE THE ADDITIONAL, YET YOU'RE BUYING, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BUY AND COSTS, BUT IN 20 YEARS, THE HELICOPTER IS CERTAINLY WORTH THE SAME THING AS WORK TODAY.
SO, BUT CERTAINLY IT'S GOING TO, IT'S GOING TO IMPACT YOUR ANNUAL BUDGET TO SOME DEGREE.
SO I'M LOOKING FOR THAT NUMBER.
SO W W I HAD PREPARED SOME NUMBERS, UH, AND THAT WAS ABOUT A HALF A MILLION A YEAR HARBORSIDE.
AND FOR WHAT WAS THAT? THAT WAS FOR THE LARVACIDE FOR THE, SO JUST FOR THE INSECTICIDE THAT YOU'LL BE SPRAYING, YOU EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL HALF MILLION.
BECAUSE I'M ALREADY BUYING A FEW ALREADY PAID PILOTS AND OUT OF OUR BUDGET NOW.
SO IT'S, UH, I TOLD THEM ADDITIONAL APP AND THAT'S JUST GETTING STARTED.
IF WE SEE, WE WOULD USE IT MORE.
IT MAY BE A LITTLE MORE, BUT YEAH.
W WHAT, WHAT IS THE SERVICE LIFE, LIFE OF A HELICOPTER? UH, WELL, IT'S ALL IN HOW YOU MAINTAIN IT FITS MAINTAINED.
I'M AN ASSET MANAGER, YOU KNOW, THE SERVICE LIFE DEPENDS ON WHICH AIR FRAME YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UH, I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S HELICOPTERS ON THE GRAND CANYON THAT HAVE 30,000 HOURS ON, THEY'RE STILL FLYING.
I MEAN, THERE'S JUST HAULING HOW THEY'RE MAINTAINING OKAY.
IN THE FASHION THAT YOU'LL MAINTAIN IT.
HOW LONG DO YOU EXPECT THIS HELICOPTER TO LAST? I WOULD SAY IT WOULD LAST DEFINITELY UNTIL WE EITHER SELL IT OR UPGRADE OR UPDATE, WE STILL HAVE, WE HAVE AN ORIGINAL PURCHASED ISLANDER THAT WAS BOUGHT IN 1986 AND WHAT IT WAS, I THINK IT WAS AROUND 600,000 IS WHAT IT COST TURNKEY SPRAY EQUIPMENT.
AND THEY STILL WORK THAT TODAY, AND IT'S A 40 YEARS OLD.
AND THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS.
UH, THE REASON WHY I BRING THIS UP IS I LIKE FOR US TO ALWAYS BE CONSCIOUS OF THE FACT THAT, UH, YES, THESE ARE DEDICATED TAXES.
IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN USE THEM FOR.
UH, BUT WE SHOULD TREAT EVERY DOLLAR THE SAME WAY THE TAXPAYER LOOKS AT IT.
UH, AND IS THIS AN EXPENSE THAT WE WOULD BE DOING, UM, IF IT WERE OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, UH, RIGHT, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S HOW THE TAXPAYER EXPECTS US TO BUDGET OUR DOLLARS IS THEY EXPECT US TO PRIORITIZE.
UM, SO I, I'M STILL LOOKING FOR A LITTLE CLARITY ON SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN, WE CAN GET WITH EACH OTHER IN BETWEEN
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NOW AND THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WHERE WE'LL HEAR THE ACTUAL APPROVAL OF THE ITEM.UH, BUT I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES AS WE LOOK AT THIS ITEM IN A FUTURE DATE.
AND AS WE LOOK TO THE NEXT ITEM FOR THE MILLAGE APPROVAL, UM, I HOPE WE'LL KEEP THAT MINDSET OF, YOU KNOW, THE TAXPAYERS ULTIMATELY CARE ABOUT THE TOTAL DOLLAR THAT'S COMING OUT OF THEIR TAX BILL.
UM, IF YOU DID GET THE HELICOPTER WOULD Y'ALL CONSIDER, UM, RENTING IT OUT, CONTRACTING OUT TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TO ACTUALLY TURN IT INTO, TO A PROFIT CENTER FOR MOSQUITO ABATEMENT.
UM, WHAT WOULD IT BE, UM, WHAT WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT? YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST STAY UP HERE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, BUT I GUESS, SO THIS, UH, EQUIPMENT IS WITH THE MONEY THAT ACQUIRED BY PROPERTY TAX IN HIS PARISH.
AND IN THE PAST, WE HAVE HAD CORPORATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENTS FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES FOR HURRICANE COMES IN AND WASHES OUT IN NEW ORLEANS.
WE'LL GO DOWN AND GIVE HIM A HAND, BUT IT'S FORMER.
SO, SO YOU WOULDN'T ANTICIPATE, YOU THINK WE WOULD JUST USE IT FOR OUR 30 OR 40 MISSIONS A YEAR AND IT WOULD, IT WOULD SIT THE REST OF THE TIME.
I MEAN, NO ONE EXPECTED, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME YOU FLY, YOU GOT A POLISH, YOU INSPECTED, THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO GOT IT.
IT IS THAT TWO HOURS, THREE HOURS, FOUR HOURS.
UH, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT WE'RE TREATING.
IF WE'VE GOT, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE GO OVER TO SOUTH BATON ROUGE AND BRAVE AROUND FAR APART WHERE THE LEVEE ALWAYS BET STUPID WATER, UH, THEN WE MIGHT JUMP TO ANOTHER PLACE, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD BE OUT FOR TWO TO THREE HOURS, YOU KNOW, JUST DEPENDING ON WHEN WE RIDE A PRODUCT, WE GOT OUR LAND RELOAD.
AND SO, UM, SO, AND, BUT THAT'S THE TOTAL, LIKE I SAID, YOU SAID 20 TO 30 MISSIONS.
SO THOSE WOULD BE HOW MANY HOURS DO YOU THINK YOU'D BE IN THE AIR A YEAR? SO THIS IS BASICALLY WE'RE BASING THAT ON WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE AIRPLANE AND WE'RE FLYING THEM AT NIGHT, BEGIN TO MICK FROM THE SYSTEM.
WE'RE FLYING THEM AT NIGHT BECAUSE OF THE POLLINATORS.
UH, IF WE'RE SPRAYING LARVACIDE, WE CAN CERTAINLY INCREASE THE USAGE OF IT AND SPRAY DURING THAT DAY.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE FLIGHT HOURS MAY GO UP DO WELL.
I, I DON'T ANTICIPATE FLYING MORE THAN A HUNDRED HOURS A YEAR WITH, OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER GO.
UH, CAN I GET FINANCED TO COME UP SOMEONE THAT'S EVALUATED THIS, COME ON DOWN DR.
THANK YOU, LINDA, HAVE YOU ALL SAT WITH THESE GUYS AND LOOKED AT A BUDGET AND PERFORMANCE, AND CAN YOU ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED ABOUT COSTS AND BUDGET IMPACT WE HAVE, AND WE'VE DONE A LONG RANGE IMPACT? UM, I THINK THAT THE $500,000 A YEAR THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS FOR CHEMICAL, CORRECT.
AND THEN WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL HUNDRED AND 44,000 FOR INCREASED OPERATING COSTS AND INSURANCE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
AND SO WE, WE HAVE BUILT THOSE COSTS INTO A LONG RANGE PLAN THAT WE'VE KIND OF LOOKED AT FOR YEAR, YEAR BY YEAR.
UM, AND WE PROJECTED OUT THROUGH THE END OF THE TAX, UM, BASED ON, UM, THE ADDITIONAL, THE ADDITIONAL, HAVING THE HELICOPTER INCLUDED IN, UM, IN THE EXPENSE COMPONENT OF THE LONG RANGE PLAN.
UM, I'D LIKE THAT INFORMATION SHARED IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT MEETING.
I THINK Y'ALL SHOULD BE WELL-VERSED IN THOSE NUMBERS.
UM, ARE Y'ALL PLANNING TO SELL THE TWO AIRPLANES.
AT THIS TIME, WE'RE USING TWO AIRPLANES TO FLY ONE, CORRECT.
THEY'RE BUILT IN THE UK AND THEY DON'T EVEN ANSWER THE PHONE.
I'M TAKING PARTS OFF OF ONE TO KEEP ONE GOING UNDERSTOOD.
ARE YOU ALL PLANNING TO SELL THE TWO AIRPLANES ONCE WE GET THE HELICOPTER IN AND WE'VE EMPLOYED IT AND WE SEE WHAT IT'S DOING.
WE'LL CERTAINLY GET RID OF THE TWO AIRPLANES.
SO HAVE WE LOOKED AT THAT IMPACT ON THE BUDGET, SELLING THOSE AIRPLANES AND NOT HAVING THOSE COSTS? UM, THE COST OF THOSE TWO AIRPLANES ANNUALLY, MOST ALL THE MAINTENANCE IS DONE IN-HOUSE AND LIKE I SAID, I'M SWAPPING PARTS.
UM, I HAVEN'T DONE A PROJECTION ON THE ACTUAL COST OF THE PARTS THAT I'M GETTING IN DURING THE YEAR, BUT IT'S NOT MORE THAN $50,000 A YEAR IN PARTS.
AND, UH, IT'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.
AND YOU, YOU, UM, CONTRACT OUT FOR
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THE PILOTS FOR THOSE PLANES AS WELL.SO THERE'S SOME EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH HIM.
WE CONTRACT THAT WITH ALL OF OUR PALLETS.
WE HAVE TO COME ON, WE HAVE TWO PALLETS FOR EACH MISSION, ONE FLIGHT OF SAFETY, THE OTHER ONE'S FLYING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE GRID AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT IN A HELICOPTER.
TH THE NUMBERS ARE, ARE PRETTY IMPORTANT.
I MEAN, I THINK IF YOU CAN SHOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SELL OFF TWO AIRPLANES SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD, ONCE THE HELICOPTER IS UP AND GOING.
I JUST THINK THAT THAT SPEAKS TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, CERTAINLY WHEN I SEE A NEARLY $5 MILLION EXPENSE, I THINK THE DETAILS ARE IMPORTANT AND THE IMPACT OF YOUR BUDGET IS IMPORTANT.
SO I CERTAINLY AM INTERESTED IN SEEING THOSE NUMBERS AND ANTICIPATE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, YOU OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO IT.
WE NOW GO TO ITEM 81 AND RESOLUTION ORDERING AND CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN PARIS OF EAST BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022, FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZED RENEWAL OF DELIVERY AND COLLECTION OF 1.2, THREE MEALS AT VALERO TAXING PROPERTY, SUBJECT TO TAXATION WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PARENTS OF THESE BARRIERS, STATE OF LOUISIANA FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS, COMMENCING ON A TASK COLLECTION FOR THE YEAR 20, 24 AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, AND INCLUDING THE YEAR 2033 TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING AND MAINTAINING, OPERATING MACHINERY AND FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT NECESSARY FOR THE ERADICATION OF MEN CONTROL THE MOSQUITOES, OTHER ORTHOPODS OF PUBLIC HEALTH IMPORTANCE AND RODENTS, AND MAINTAINING ADEQUATE ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT STAFF AND CONNECTION THERE WITH MAKING AN APPLICATION TO THE LOUISIANA STATE BOND COMMISSION, PROVIDING NOTICE THAT THE PUBLIC HERE REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ACTING AS A GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF THE DISTRICT BY MOSQUITO ABATEMENT, I WROTE A CONTROL BOARD.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 81? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER, HUDSON, UH, LINDA, IF YOU WOULD COME UP PLEASE, UH, AND DR.
BECK BETTER, YOU MAY WANT TO JUST BE CLOSE IN CASE YOU WANT TO PROVIDE COMMENTS TO, UH, LINDA, THE CURRENT FUND BALANCE FOR MOSQUITO ABATEMENT ROAD, A CONTROL.
UM, WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING THE AUDIT, BUT I THINK THAT THE CURRENT FUND BANK WILL THE FUND BALANCE AT 12 30, 1 OF 21 IS GOING TO BE 20 MILLION, $936,760.
AND THAT'S IT THAT WORKS OUT TO BE ROUGHLY 2.4 OR SO YEARS OF FUND BALANCE.
AFTER YOU, I THINK THAT AF IF WE, IF WE GO FORWARD WITH THE HELICOPTER, RIGHT, AND YOU WOULD TAKE THAT OFF OF THAT NUMBER, YOU'D BE LEFT WITH ABOUT 16.4 MILLION.
SO THEN THAT WOULD PUT YOU AT ROUGHLY TWO, TWO YEARS OF FUND BALANCE.
UM, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THIS DR.
BECK BETCHA, THIS IS WHERE YOU MAY WANT TO COME IN HERE.
UH, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A GOAL OF MOSQUITO ABATEMENT TO HAVE A VERY HEALTHY FUND BALANCE OF WHICH I WOULD CHARACTERIZE TWO YEARS OF FUND BALANCE TO BE THE HEALTHIEST FUND BALANCE AND ALL THE CITY PARISH, UH, AND IN CASE THERE'S EVER AN OUTBREAK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IS THAT, IS THAT AN ACCURATE STATEMENT? OKAY.
AND YOU GUYS FEEL COMFORTABLE FINANCIALLY EVEN AFTER, OF, OF HELICOPTER PURCHASE WITH THAT FUND BALANCE.
IS THAT SAFE TO CHARACTERIZE IT THAT WAY? YEAH, I'D SAY, OKAY.
UM, SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS GOING TO BE, AND THIS WILL BE A MOTION, A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM, BUT SET THE MILL AT 1.06, WHICH IS THE CURRENT MILLAGE THAT YOU, THAT WE'VE ROLLED BACK TO FOR THIS ENTITY.
UM, AT THAT LEVEL, UH, MOSQUITO ABATEMENT WILL STILL MAINTAIN A $1.2 MILLION ANNUAL SURPLUS.
AND I THINK LINDA CAN SPEAK TO THAT, UH, TO VERIFY THAT NUMBER.
UM, THE REASON WHY I WANT TO DO THAT IS BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO THE TAXPAYER, UH, THAT IF, IF WE SEE THAT WE'RE COLLECTING TOO MUCH, IF WE'RE SIMPLY JUST PUTTING MORE CASH IN THE BANK, UH, WE, WE'VE GOT TO PUT THOSE LIMITATIONS IN PLACE ON OURSELVES, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING BY THE TAXPAYER.
SO, UM, I CERTAINLY WANT TO YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.
IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS YOU WANT TO SHARE ON THAT, BUT THAT IS THE, MY MOTION.
WELL, IT WAS RECOMMENDED TO US TO KEEP IT AT 1.23, AND THAT'S WHY WE WENT WITH THAT.
UM, BUT WE, IT IS ROLLED BACK THE 1.06.
SO, SO WHEN WE, WHEN, WHEN OUR OFFICE, WHEN OUR DEPARTMENT WORKED WITH THEM ON THE LONG RANGE PLAN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE PROJECTED THINGS OUT.
SO CURRENTLY WHAT THEY HAVE IS THEY HAVE TWO MILLAGES.
THEY HAD ONE, THAT WAS THE ONE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY THIS 1.2, THREE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND IT WAS FOR A 10 YEAR PERIOD GOING FROM 2014 TO 2023, 2023.
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YOU KNOW, WITH THE ROLLBACKS THAT HAVE OCCURRED, THAT MILLAGE HAS NOW BEEN ROLLED BACK TO 1.06, WE HAVE THE SECOND MILLAGE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED AT ONE MILL.THAT WAS FOR 2017 THROUGH 2026, THAT MILLAGE HAS NOW BEEN ROLLED BACK TO 0.95.
AND OF THAT MILLAGE, WE'RE ONLY ASSESSING 0.6, FIVE OF THE 0.95.
SO I THINK THAT THE THINKING, AND IT WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM MY DEPARTMENT THAT THINKING THERE WAS THAT, WELL, WE'LL JUST ASSESS IT AT THE SAME MILLAGE.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THE RENEWAL AT THE 1.2, THREE THAT WAS ADOPTED MANY YEARS AGO.
AND THEN IF WE HAVE THE FUNDING, WE WILL ASSESS A LOWER MILLAGE.
I THINK THAT WE ALWAYS INTENDED TO ASSESS IT AT THE 1.06, BUT IT WOULD HAVE GIVEN US, UM, SOME CUSHION IN CASE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED.
BUT AFTER HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND LOOKING AT THE LONG RANGE PLAN, I CERTAINLY THINK THAT WITH THE HEALTHY RESERVE THAT HAS BEEN BUILT UP THAT THE 1.6 IS DEFINITELY DOABLE AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE, UM, WE, FINANCE IS FINE.
IF THAT'S WHAT THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL WISHES TO DO.
FINANCE HAS NO OBJECTION AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE MANAGEMENT AT MOSQUITO CONTROL, THEY DON'T HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THAT.
I THINK THAT, THAT WAS HONESTLY, I THINK THAT THAT WAS WHAT THEIR ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO DO WAS TO GO WITH THE, WITH, WITH THE MILLAGE AT THE ROLLBACK AMOUNT.
AND THEN OUR, OUR BOARD, OUR BOARD APPROVED IT AT 1.23.
SO NOT SURE IF THAT, YEAH, NO, I CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE YOUR LIMITATIONS.
YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU SERVE THROUGH A BOARD AND, AND CERTAINLY YOU HAVE TO RESPECT EVERYTHING THAT, THAT THEY GIVE YOU.
UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST DO WANT TO REITERATE THE FACT THAT AT 1.06, UH, THE MOSQUITO ABATEMENT ROTA CONTROL WILL CONTINUE TO GROW THEIR FUND BALANCE AT 1.2 MILLION MINIMUM, UH, ANNUALLY.
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THE WAY PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENTS ARE GOING TO GO IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU'LL PROBABLY BE MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT.
UM, AND SO NOT A SINGLE PENNY WILL BE CUT FROM THE PROGRAM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO SET THE MEAL AT 1.06.
IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND? THERE'S A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GO DAY TO SET THE MEAL AT 1.06.
WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE COUNCIL NUMBER DONE.
WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE MACHINE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER MOTIONS ON POINT THAT'S THE ONLY MOTION? SO WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THAT MOTION.
THE REQUEST FROM MOSQUITO ABATEMENT AND RODENT CONTROL WAS TO SET, UH, ASK THE TAXPAYERS TO RENEW THE MILLAGE AT 1.23.
AND MR. HUDSON'S EMOTION IS TO ASK THE TAXPAYERS TO RENEW THE MILLAGE AT 1.06.
THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TOO, UM, SINCE THE, UH, MILLAGE TO THE VOTERS AT 1.06, I DO.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, CAN I ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS? YEAH, SURE.
SO, SO WHEN, WHEN YOUR BOARD, UM, CAME WITH THE 1.2, THREE, IS THAT BASED ON A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT YOU HAVE, OR ARE YOU ALSO SAYING YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE 1.06? SO WE, WHEN WE CAME TO THE BOARD MEETING, WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE 1.06.
UM, FINANCE DEPARTMENT CAME AND RECOMMENDED.
WE KEEP IT AT 1.23, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO WHEN THE VOTERS VOTED ON IT AND THEY EXPLAINED WHY, AND WE AGREED.
SO WE VOTED ON IT AT 1.2, THREE.
AND WE CAN ALL, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS EASIER TO ROLL BACK THE TAX AND THE ROLL FORWARD.
AND THE WAY IT WAS EXPLAINED WAS KEEP IT AT 1.2, THREE, ROLL IT BACK.
AND ONCE IT'S AT 1.23, YOU CAN'T GO ANY, ANY HIGHER THAN THAT.
SO WE CAN ALWAYS GO UP IF WE HAVE AN OUTBREAK OR WE HAVE A YEAR WHERE THERE'S A FLOOD, OR THERE'S A REASON THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, UH, USE OUR BUDGET SURPLUS FUND BALANCE, AND THEN WE COULD ROLL IT BACK FORWARD.
SO WE WERE GOING WITH THE RECOMMENDATION ON THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
UM, I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T, YOU'VE ONLY BEEN THERE A LITTLE WHILE, BUT, UM, I WAS JUST WONDERING, WERE THERE, UM, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CURRENT SITUATION, BUT WHEN YOU JUST GETTING HERE, UM, I, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE, UM, REDUCING THE PERCENTAGE WITHOUT GIVING YOU AN ADEQUATE TIME TO,
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TO LOOK AT WHAT YOUR LONG RANGE GOALS ARE.IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A THREE TO FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN, I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS, THIS IS LOCATED IN MY DISTRICT TOO, BUT YOU KNOW, THE SAME THING AS WITH EMS AND WITH, UM, WITH, UM, THE, THE, UM, THE PEOPLE WITH THE GARBAGE REPUBLIC BEING LOCATED IN NORTH BATON ROUGE AND HAVING TO SERVICE THE ENTIRE PARISH, WHICH HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE SOUTH.
MOST OF, UH, I KNOW THE NEED FOR A SATELLITE HAS ALWAYS BEEN PART OF THE DISCUSSION MORE SO NOW.
AND MORE SO AFTER THE 2016 FLOOD, WHEN AFTER THAT, WE HAD, UM, SO MUCH, UM, SO MANY PROBLEMS AS IT RELATES TO MOSQUITO MOSQUITOES, AND ALSO, UM, THE FACT THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET A PLANE AND THE WEAR AND TEAR I'M, I'M, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE AT THIS JUNCTION IN REDUCING IT BECAUSE IT'S, TO ME IT'S NOT FAIR THAT YOU ARE BEING, UM, YOU'RE, YOU'RE JUST COMING IN WITHOUT HAVING A CHANCE TO ASSESS WHAT IS, AND WHAT IS IT.
AND IF IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THERE'S A SURPLUS, BECAUSE THE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS TO SERVICE, AND I KNOW YOU ALL, HAVEN'T HAD A DIFFICULT TIME IN SOMETIME EVEN RECRUITING PEOPLE WITH THE SKILLSET.
SO FOR ME, I JUST DON'T WANT, IF YOU WERE IN FOR A WHILE AND YOU HAD PRESENTED ALL THIS AND YOU HAD A TIME, I HAD TIME TO ENGAGE.
I WOULD BE COOL WITH IT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO A ROLL BACK.
UM, CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT WE DON'T KNOW, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO COME BACK TO US AND ASK FOR EITHER, UM, A BUDGET SUPPLEMENT, OR YOU WANT US TO GO BACK TO THE BOATERS AGAIN, WHICH IS REALLY DIFFICULT.
LINDA, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS IN REGARDS TO THE FACT THAT HE SAID YOU WENT INTO THEIR BOARD MEETING SAYING 1.2, THREE, WELL, WOMAN, IF YOU NAME ME AND YOU KNOW, MY GROUP, YOU KNOW, I, I'M A CONSERVATIVE PERSON.
AND I LIKED TO, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME, SOME LEEWAY TO HAVE, UM, SOME CONTINGENCY MIND.
AND I GUESS WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT, WE LOOK AT THIS AS EVERY YEAR WE COME TO THE COUNCIL AND WE ESTABLISH THE MILLAGE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO ASSESS.
UM, AND WE DO THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
AND I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN HUDSON THAT, THAT WE SHOULDN'T, WE SHOULDN'T, WE SHOULDN'T DO MORE.
THIS ONE IS REALLY A HARD ONE FOR US BECAUSE THIS, THIS SERVICE RIGHT HERE IS, YOU KNOW, WHY IS IT IMPORTANT PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE? AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN MAKE THIS BUDGET SWING, UM, WITH BLOODS AND, AND PANT AND, AND VIRUSES AND THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN THAT CAN MAKE IT SWING.
SO IT IT'S, IT'S, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SOME ASSUMPTIONS WHEN YOU'RE DOING THIS LONG RANGE, LONG RANGE PLANNING, AND YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS THAT ARE, THAT ARE GOING TO HURT THE PUBLIC, OR ARE HURT OUR ABILITY TO FIGHT THE MOSQUITOES.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE DO OUR BEST WHEN WE DO THAT.
AND SO BY SETTING IT AT THE HIGHER AMOUNT THAT DOES GIVE US THE LEEWAY TO, UM, TO HAVE SOME CUSHION THERE IN CASE SOMETHING BAD DOES HAPPEN.
BUT I, YOU KNOW, I ALSO UNDERSTAND COUNCILMAN HUDSON'S POINT TO, I, I I'M.
I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF A, SO IT DOES MAKE SENSE.
UM, AND IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE OUR COUNCIL MEETING, UM, HUDSON, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
I JUST THINK THE TIMING IS WRONG BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW, UM, DIRECTOR.
HE HASN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASSESS SERVICES.
YOU WANT, IF YOU WANT, YOU KNOW, AND NO MATTER WHAT WE, WHERE WE ARE NOW AND WHERE WE'VE BEEN 10 YEARS AGO, I JUST, I, UM, WOULD LIKE HIM TO BE ABLE TO, AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IMPROVEMENTS, YOU KNOW, ARE POSSIBLE THAT HAD NOT AS NOT BEING UTILIZED AND THAT, THAT ALSO IMPACTED HAVING HER SURPLUS.
SO I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD, YOU SHOULD GO IN AND I DON'T WANT TO BE REDUNDANT, BUT, UM, I DO UNDERSTAND, BUT I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR FOR A NEW ADMINISTRATION TO COME IN WITH A CUT.
AND IN A WAY IT'S A LITTLE, I'M NOT SAYING THE COW'S MONEY, BUT IT'S, IT'S LIKE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION BECAUSE YOU A NEWBIE NEWBIE ON THE JOB.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I LIKE TO DO THAT, OR ARE WE GOING TO WHERE YOU ARE? CAUSE I'M LOST.
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YOU CAN MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION SHOWING, OH, I LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE AT 1.2, 3%.THERE'S A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO APPROVE AT 1.2, THREE MEALS.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND SUPPORT.
Y'ALL UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MOLE.
UH, WELL THAT JUST OPENED UP SEVERAL THINGS FOR ME.
SO YOU HAVE A TAX RENEWAL GOING BEFORE THE PUBLIC.
AND USUALLY WHEN A TAX RENEWAL GOES BEFORE THE PUBLIC, THEY GIVE A LONG RANGE PLAN OF WHAT THIS FUTURE TAX RATES ARE.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WITH ALL THE TAX RENEWALS THAT COME UP IS WE CAN'T DO THIS.
THIS IS OUR LONG RANGE PLAN, AND THIS WAS GOING TO FUND IT FOR THE NEXT SO MANY YEARS.
COUNCILWOMAN BANKS JUST SAID, SHE'S CONCERNED ABOUT YOU JUST COMING IN AND WE'RE NOT HAVING A PLAN.
DO WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE FOR THIS TAX RENEWAL THAT'S COMING UP? AND THE FUNDING THAT THIS TAX RENEWAL IS GOING TO DO, IS THERE A LONG RANGE PLAN FOR THIS TAX RENEWAL? THIS IS WHAT A 10 YEAR IS THERE A 10 YEAR PLAN THAT THIS FUNDING IS GOING TO BE USED FOR FOR 10 YEARS.
EVERY OTHER ORGANIZATION COMES BEFORE US AND THEY GIVE US A LONG RANGE PLAN AND SAY, THIS IS WHY WE NEED THIS.
AND THIS IS WHY WE NEED THIS TAX BASE FOR THIS PLAN.
I'M ASKING THE ABATEMENT MOSQUITO PATROL.
DO YOU HAVE THAT PLAN? YEAH, SO OUR, UM, NORMAL, YOU KNOW, NORMAL OPERATIONS AND IN ADDITION TO NORMAL, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT IT WOULD BE, AS WE TRANSITIONED INTO USING LARVICIDES WOULD THE HELICOPTER, OBVIOUSLY THE HELICOPTER WOULD BE A BIG PURCHASE.
AND THEN HAVING LARVICIDES TO SPRAY FROM THE HELICOPTER IS ONE THING.
AND THEN I MENTIONED, UM, INCREASING PERSONNEL TO KEEP UP WITH THE SERVICE REQUEST.
ALSO, I MENTIONED, UM, A SATELLITE LOCATION IN THE SOUTHERN PART, UM, OF THE PARISH.
UM, SO JACKSON, FOR AN EXACT PLAN WITH EXACT NUMBERS, I THINK, UM, EXACTLY.
THAT'S THAT'S AND I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING YOU BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT A TIME BASIS HERE.
DO YOU HAVE A WRITTEN PLAN OUT TO PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT BEFORE WITH THIS TAX BASE? BECAUSE HERE'S WHAT I'M SEEING RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NORMAL OPERATIONS OR BY THE THING, BUT YOU'RE GETTING RID OF THE, THE PLANES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
YOU ARE BANKING MONEY EACH YEAR, AND YOU'RE BANKING, NOT ONLY BANKING MONEY EACH YEAR.
YOU HAVE A SURPLUS OF SO MANY YEARS, BUT YOU'RE DOING IT TO 1.06 ALREADY.
SO THE THEORY TO ME, THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THE, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GETTING.
THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE GOING IS ONE WE WERE FIXING UP BEFORE THE PUBLIC WITH WHAT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A WRITTEN PLAN OUT, UM, TO WE'RE ALREADY PUTTING MONEY IN THE BANK AT 1.06, TO LEAVE IT AT 1.23 JUST SAYS, IF WE NEED TO AUTOMATICALLY INCREASE A ROLL THIS UP OR GET NEEDING MORE MONEY OR WHATEVER, WE JUST GO AHEAD AND DO IT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK BEFORE THE PUBLIC.
I DON'T AGREE WITH DOING TAXES LIKE THAT.
UM, SO AS FAR AS EMERGENCY FLOODS, HURRICANES, AND THINGS THAT MIGHT COME ALONG, I'M WILLING TO BET THAT IF WE DID GET ANOTHER FLOOD, A HURRICANE COMES THROUGH OR WHATEVER ELSE, A HEAT WAVE THAT, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, STUFF ON TOP OF IT THAT WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND DO EXTRA SPRAIN OR ANY KIND OF BEDWELL EMERGENCY WE'RE GOING TO GET REIMBURSED.
ANYWAY, HURRICANES ESPECIALLY ARE SO ON, DEPENDING ON WHAT PERCENTAGE IT IS, COULD BE A DIFFERENT STORY.
SO I THINK THAT PART'S COVERED AS FAR AS INCREASING EXPENSES AND ALL THAT KIND OF EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO I WOULD BE BETTER STEWARDS WITH THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS IS GOING BEFORE THEM AT THE 1.06.
AND EVEN IF YOU ROLL IT BACK AGAIN, GREAT.
BUT TO SAY, WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE AT 1.23, JUST BECAUSE THAT'S, WHAT'S OUT THERE.
I JUST, I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT.
AND I, I APPRECIATE YOUR, AND THE FINANCES OFFICE AND EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY SAYING, HEY, YEAH, WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK AND Y'ALL DID THE BUDGET WORK AND ALL THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTOOD AND Y'ALL UNDERSTOOD THAT OPERATIONS AND PLANS IN PLACE, I MIGHT, COULD GO WITH ONE BUTTON TO DO, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT READY YET.
SO I'M GOING TO GO WITH THE 1.06.
I LIKE THE RECALL AND WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION.
I WOULD DRAW MY SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER, DARRYL,
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HERS.UM, SO I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
I SELL TECHNOLOGY TO COMPANIES THAT ARE DEALING WITH MULTIPLE INDUSTRIES FROM BOATING TO, UH, CONSTRUCTION, WHATEVER THEY BE THE NOW IN THE EDUCATION AND HAVE Y'ALL TAKEN TO ACCOUNT HOW THE CURRENT FUEL COSTS WOULD AFFECT YOUR BUDGET, NOT JUST FOR THAT, BUT THE PLANES, THE HELICOPTERS, EVERYTHING ELSE, BECAUSE I KNOW GAS JUMPED FROM A DOLLAR $10.
SO HAVE YOU ALL TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT HOW THE INCREASE IN FUEL PRICES DIRECTLY AFFECTS YOUR BUDGET? UH, WELL, SO WE, WE NORMALLY, WE TYPICALLY BUDGET OUT PER MONTH, HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO SPEND ON FUEL.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT, FROM MARCH TO APRIL, IT ALMOST DOUBLED AND, UM, WE USE MORE FUEL, UH, THEN WE ACTUALLY BUDGETED FOR, SO THE NUMBERS, LIKE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE VERSUS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, WHERE, WHERE, WHERE DOUBLE, BECAUSE I KNOW GAS WENT FROM A DOLLAR AND SOMETHING CENTS OR $2 TO $5 IN LESS THAN 30, 45 DAYS.
SO YEAH, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT I KNOW FOR MARCH WAS THERE AROUND EIGHT OR 9,000 AND THEN IN APRIL THAT JUMPED TO OVER 12, 12 AND A HALF.
UM, THE OTHER PIECE OF IT IS JUST MATERIAL COST BEING INCREASED, WHETHER IT BE THE, I DON'T WANT TO SAY THE, THE DIFFERENT THINGS OR WHATEVER HER, WHATEVER YOU USE.
I DON'T WANT US TO MESS THE WORDS UP AND PROSE A LARVICIDE RIGHT.
AND AN ADULT ASSAD OR SOMETHING.
THOSE ARE ALSO GOING UP IN PRICES.
A QUESTION WE'LL LOOK AT FACTORY SHORTAGES AROUND THE WORLD AND IT'S COVID HAS UPS AND DOWNS ON WHAT COUNTRY THEY HAVE COMPLETE SHUTDOWNS, WHICH IMPACTS OUR ABILITY TO GET SUPPLIES HERE IN THE US.
SO HOW HAS THAT AFFECTED YOU GUYS? UH, AT THE, UH, MCGEE, UH, MOSQUITO ABATEMENT CONTROL? UH, SO WE USE A SYNERGIST WITH OUR PESTICIDE, UM, AND, UH, PRODUCTION ON THAT IS, IS IT'S REALLY LOW AND IT'S HARD TO GET.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT, UM, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT.
SO HAVING TO, UH, BUY ALTERNATE INSECTICIDES FOR THAT, UM, AFFECTS OUR, OUR BUDGET AS WELL.
BUT EVERYTHING THE PRICE IS INCREASING ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING, BUT DEFINITELY FOR PESTICIDES.
AND THEN HERE'S THE OTHER THING, TOO, WHEN YOU BUYING HELICOPTERS AND I, I'M A TECH I'M GOING TAKE, UH, AARON IS TOO.
SO I ALWAYS BELIEVE IN USING TECHNOLOGY TO INCREASE THE WAY WE A CONSTITUENT WAS NOT NECESSARILY TO TAKE AWAY JOBS, BUT TO BE MORE EFFICIENT THAN WHAT WE DO AND LET THOSE JOBS BETTER SERVERS, LET'S SAY AREAS WHERE WE HAVE GAPS.
AND SO HAVE YOU GUYS THOUGHT ABOUT A LONGTERM TECHNOLOGY PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE MONITORING OF MOSQUITOES ABILITY BACK IN AMBULANCE SERVICE COMMUNITY SPEED THE DEEPER THAN YOU MIGHT TO AS WELL? UM, NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF, AS FAR AS WE HAVE, UH, A NEW HELICOPTER WILL BE RIGGED OUT WITH STAYING IN THE ART EQUIPMENT.
UM, I MEAN, IT'S VERY PRECISE.
IT'S FOR PRESCRIPTION TYPE TREATMENTS.
WE WANT TO GO SOMEWHERE, SO WE DON'T WANT TO JUST BROADCAST OUR BARBICIDE ON TOP OF BUSHES.
WE WANT TO GET IT WHERE WE TO THE TARGET.
SO THAT BEING SAID, UM, AS FAR AS TECHNOLOGY GOES, UH, I S KIND OF HAS THIS THERE BRING, UM, AS FAR AS ANY KIND OF PLANS LIKE THAT.
AND I'M GOING TO ASK IT, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT VARIABLES WOULD POTENTIALLY PROVIDE AN INCREASE TO DETERMINING WHERE YOU ARE NOW, HERE'S WHERE YOU SHOULD BE, OR IS IT INCREASED, JUSTIFIED LAURIE NOW JUST LOOKING AT 2016 FID THE IMPACT THERE, UH, WE DIDN'T SEE MUCH IN THE BUDGET, BUT IF YOU WANT TO HAVE MORE TO THAT, YOU CAME AFTER THE FLOOD.
UH, NO, WE KIND OF ROLLED WITH THAT.
UH, WE HAD SOME ACTUALLY DECREASE IN NUMBERS OF MOSQUITOES.
SO WE ACTUALLY, UH, APPLIED A LITTLE LESS AND 20 18, 20 19, UM, AND MOSQUITO NUMBERS HAVE KIND OF JUST BEEN GOING UP AND DOWN.
UH DIDN'T DO YOU, THEY DIDN'T AFFECT US EXACTLY.
AND THEN THE PANDEMIC HAPPENED AND THAT CHANGED A LOT OF STUFF.
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT WAS UP IS BECAUSE WE SPRAYED LESS DURING THAT TIME WITH THE PLANES.
UM, AND THE CURRENT REASSESSMENT HAPPENED WHEN THE REASSESSMENT HAPPENED, THAT KIND OF BREWED THINGS OUT, HE'S NEW TO THE JOBS.
SO HE'S STILL TRYING TO GET A GRIP ON EVERYTHING.
SO, UH, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, EVERYTHING
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I'M DOING IS QUADRUPED.EVERY, EVERYBODY I CALL FOR ANYTHING, I CAN'T GET TIRES, I CAN'T GET OIL FILTERS.
AND IF YOU CAN'T, YOU'RE PAYING FOUR TIMES A MONTH.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE SHOULD KEEP IT WHERE IT IS, OR WE SHOULD INCREASE IT.
I JUST THINK IT'S AN UNSTABLE TIME TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
AND SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO, UH, DEFER POTENTIALLY A LATER DATE.
UH, I'LL LEAVE MY MOTION, UH, LATE AS WE HAVE MORE DISCUSSION CANNOT DEFER IT, SIR, I'LL WITHDRAW WHATEVER I JUST SAID, COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
UH, SO, SO A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THE ISSUE OF DEFERRAL OR NOT THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO GET IT TO THE BALLOT.
UM, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO STAY THAT, THAT WE ARE A YEAR EARLY ON THIS TAX.
UM, SO IF, IF THE FACT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TO SEE A STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF OUTLINE OF, OF FUTURE CAPITAL EXPENSES.
I THINK THAT WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE APPROPRIATE.
AND WE CAN RE REVISIT THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR, UH, BECAUSE I'M NOT APPROVING THIS TONIGHT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE TAX GOES AWAY.
UH, AGAIN, WE'RE A YEAR EARLY ON THE APPROVAL OF THIS, AND THEY DID THAT STRATEGICALLY.
AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA JUST IN CASE THERE WAS SOME KIND OF ISSUE AT THE BALLOT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT WE'RE NOT IN A BOND HERE TONIGHT.
IF WE, IF WE DON'T COME TO A DECISION ON, ON WHAT THE MILLAGE IS, WE CAN PUT THIS OFF UNTIL NEXT YEAR FUNDING WILL STILL BE IN PLACE.
UM, I DO WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW IF THAT HAPPENS.
UH, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD AT ALL BE FAIR TO SAY, OR TO CHARACTERIZE THIS COUNCIL'S ACTION AND DOING THAT AS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THE FUNCTION OF MOSQUITO ABATEMENT, ROTOR CONTROL.
UH, LOOK, WE ALL LIVED THROUGH THE WEST NILE ISSUES, UM, SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
AND, AND LOOK, IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT, THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO.
UM, SO A COUPLE OF THINGS, ONE, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THIS ATTITUDE OF HAVING TO MAINTAIN, UH, THE EXTRA AMOUNT OVER WHAT WE'RE ALREADY ASSESSING.
UM, I THINK THAT I PERSONALLY, THIS IS A PERSONAL BELIEF.
I BELIEVE THAT THAT ATTITUDE IS WHAT LED TO THE ISSUES THAT HAPPENED WITH THE BUILDING OF THE FACILITY OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD A FACILITY AT MOSQUITO ABATEMENT, RHODA CONTROL, AND THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NO REFLECTION ON DR.
HE WASN'T HERE AT THE TIME, BUT IT WAS PLANNED TO BE 6.5 MILLION.
AND THE COST OF THAT NEARLY DOUBLED, UH, WE HAD CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FEES THAT NEARLY DOUBLED FOR THAT FACILITY TO THE TUNE OF $1.2 MILLION.
UM, SO WHAT HAPPENS IS IF WE DON'T SET THE MILLAGE AMOUNT CORRECTLY, WE GET INTO THIS ATTITUDE OF, OH, IT'S A DEDICATED TAX.
LET'S CONFINE STUFF TO GO SPEND IT ON.
I JUST ABSOLUTELY REJECT THAT PREMISE.
UH, I DON'T THINK IT'S THE WAY WE SHOULD BE WORKING AS A COUNCIL.
UM, SO I WANT TO REITERATE AT 1.06, UH, YOU WILL STILL BE GROWING THE FUND BALANCE, A HEALTHY BUDGET SURPLUS OF A MINIMUM OF 1.2 MILLION ANNUALLY.
UH, I THINK THAT IS ABSOLUTELY FISCALLY PRUDENT, UH, WAY TO GO ABOUT THIS, UM, AND WOULD, WOULD CALL ON FOLKS TO APPROVE IT.
AND IF YOU CAN'T APPROVE IT, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DELETE THE ITEM FOR NOW AND REVISIT IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
CERTAINLY THAT'LL GIVE US TIME TO PUT TOGETHER A CAPITAL PLAN OR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR OPERATION, UM, TO MAKE SURE THE DISTRICT TAKE DIRECTION.
UH, YOU'RE BRINGING A LOT OF LEADERSHIP, A LOT OF, UH, AND THAT YOU'RE DOING, YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
YEAH, BUT I WOULD AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON, THAT NOBODY HERE ON THIS COUNCIL IS TRYING TO TAKE AWAY ANY SERVICES OR REDUCE SERVICES OR ANYTHING ELSE.
THE WHOLE POINT IS, AND ESPECIALLY WITH TAXES INTO THE PUBLIC AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE PUT STUFF TOGETHER AND WE WORK OUT A PLAN OF ACTION AND WHERE THIS IS GOING AND WHY WE'RE DOING THIS AND WHAT'S GOING ON.
I JUST LIKE EVERYBODY, I THINK EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST COMING IN.
UM, I I'M GLAD THIS WAS NOT RUSHED.
I WAS GOING TO BE ONE OF MY QUESTIONS THAT IF WE DIDN'T DO THIS TONIGHT, DOES, DOES IT AFFECT ANYTHING, BUT I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT WE DON'T.
UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND JUST MY RECOMMENDATION IS, UM, AND I THINK EVERYBODY ELSE WOULD WANT TO SEE IT DIFFER THIS IF COUNSELING AND HUDSON WOULD LIKE TO DEFER THIS OR, OR REMOVE IT FROM THE ITEM.
AND WHEN IT, WHEN WE DO WORK TOGETHER TO BRING THIS BACK BEFORE US COME HERE AND SELL US, LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO SELL THE PUBLIC.
AND I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE WE WERE SOLD
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ON THIS, YOU KNOW, AT THE CURRENT RATE OR WHATEVER, AND THAT'S NO DISRESPECT TO ANYBODY, TO YOU OR YOUR OFFICE OR ANYTHING.BUT WHEN WE HAVE TO APPROVE THESE THINGS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SELL IT TO THE PUBLIC.
ALSO, JUST AS MUCH AS Y'ALL ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SELL IT TO THE PUBLIC.
AND I JUST DON'T THINK I COULD SELL THIS TO THE PUBLIC, UM, AT THE RATE THAT IT'S SET AT GOING TO THE PUBLIC AND SAYING, HEY, WE'RE REDUCING IT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, MAINTAIN, THEY'RE STILL GONNA OPERATE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THE NUMBERS AND WHAT I'M SEEING, UM, I WOULD FEEL BETTER THAT WE DEFER THIS.
UM, IF COUNCILMAN HUDSON WOULD LIKE, OR I DON'T MIND MAKING THE MOTION, UH, TO DEFER THIS OR DELETE IT FROM THE THING.
AND WE COME BACK WITH A PLAN THAT YOU ALL SELL TO US THAT WE CAN TAKE TO THE PUBLIC.
SO WE CAN DELETE, WE HAVE TO DELETE THE ITEM, ACTUALLY, WHAT WOULD BE THE RECOMMENDATION? UH, I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE A RECOMMENDATION, BUT MY, UM, I WILL TELL YOU IF YOU, IF YOU DELETE THIS ITEM, THIS, UM, MILLAGE CAN NOT BE VOTED ON UNTIL NEXT FALL.
UM, AND I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS THAT COME FORWARD EARLY TO MAKE SURE THAT IF SOMETHING DOES NOT GO WELL, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO A YEAR WITHOUT A MILLAGE.
IF Y'ALL DO NOT APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, THERE WILL NOT BE AN ELECTION IN NOVEMBER ON THIS MILLAGE.
AND THAT MEANS THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT NOVEMBER.
AND IF IT DOESN'T PASS NEXT NOVEMBER, THEY ARE WITHOUT A MILLAGE FOR A YEAR.
WE HAVE TO GET THIS DONE TODAY AND RESPECT, UH, COUNCILMAN HUDSON'S, UM, CHARACTERIZATION THAT, THAT IF YOU DON'T APPROVE IT TONIGHT, THE MILLAGE DOESN'T GO AWAY.
BUT IF YOU DON'T APPROVE IT TONIGHT, IT WILL NOT BE VOTED ON UNTIL NEXT NOVEMBER.
AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, THEN IT DOES GO AWAY ELECTION.
NO, YOU HAVE TO TAX VOTES, HAVE TO TAKE PLACE IN THE FALL.
THEN I'D LIKE TO GO FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WHERE WE'RE AT THE MOTION, THAT'S ON THE FLOOR, COUNSELING, HERS.
I JUST AM NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE VARIABLES.
UH, WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE QUADRUPLE INCREASE IN, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE $18 MILLION BALANCE, YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND $5 MILLION ON A HELICOPTER, WHICH YOU HAD A LITTLE BIT BELOW THAT.
SO I WANT TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO DO WHATEVER THE BOARD RECOMMENDED, WHICH WAS THE 1.2, THREE.
IS THERE A SECOND WITHDRAW THAT I, YOU HAVE TO PUT YOUR MIC.
SO LET ME, SO YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO, YEAH.
SO I, I'M GOING TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION.
I SEEM TO BE STUMBLED A LITTLE BIT HERE AND I WILL WITHDRAW MY MOTION.
WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MACHINES ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE AT 1.06 MEALS TO SEND TO THE BOLDNESS ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE NO MOTION FAILS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER MOTIONS? OKAY.
NOW MY MOTION IS TO APPROVE IT AT 1.23.
I'M NEW Y'ALL PLEASE BEAR WITH ME.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERTZ HAS MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE AT 1.23, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MACHINES.
IS THERE AN OPPOSITION? THERE'S SOME OPPOSITION WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MACHINES.
MACHINES ARE OPEN ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED MOTION FAILS.
I DON'T THINK WHAT WE DID THERE WAS SMART, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM 1 27,
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RECEIVING A REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE SERVICES REGARDING THE IMPACT OF THE PHASE.TWO OF THE RAISE, THE AGE LEGISLATION RELATIVE TO THE EASTBOUND WITH PARIS.
YOU WILL NOT ATTENTION CENTER BY MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND JUVENILE SERVICES DIRECTOR.
THAT HAS BEEN A REQUEST TO DELETE THIS ITEM, SEAN, IS THAT, IS THAT STILL YOUR WAY TO DEFER THIS ITEM? YES.
WE'RE GOING TO DEFER THIS ITEM FOR TWO WEEKS.
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THIS ITEM FIRST AND THERE HAS
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BEEN A REQUEST FROM THE PUBLIC THAT THIS ITEM, THE REPORT BE MADE PUBLIC.BUT, UH, MY PROMISE TO THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO TAKE THIS ITEM FIRST AND OUR NEXT MEETING.
UH, THE FIRST ITEM FOR PUBLIC HEARING AT THE NEXT MEETING, IS THERE A MOTION TO TELL THE MOST DIFFER BY BANK SETTING OR BY THE CHAIR? THEN THE OPPOSITION BESIDE THEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED TO JUNE 8TH.
WE NOW GO TO THE EMERGENCY ITEM
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TWO, TWO DAYS, 0 0 7 0 1 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO AN EXECUTE, A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN SOUTHERN CITIES, ECONOMIC INCLUSION INITIATIVE, EXPANDING CAPACITY, BUILDING RESILIENCE BY MAYOR, PRESIDENT OF REASON FOR EMERGENCY DECIDED TO BEING REQUESTED AS EMERGENCY.IS IT DUE TO THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES BY MAY 30TH, 2022? IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING, BUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE 1, 6, 4, 4, TO DECIDE IT MUST BE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY ABOUT TWO THIRD BIRD, THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL IS THERE A MOST HAVE DECLARED THIS ITEM IN EMERGENCY MOTION BY ADAMS SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.
WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MOST DECLARED EMERGENCIES AND OPPOSITION TO CRITICIZE THEM IN EMERGENCY.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM SHOWING NONE THAT WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL? IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION BEING APPROVED MOTION TO APPROVE WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.
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YOU SEE ME QUARTERLY REPORT ON ATLANTA BACK AND REDEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES FROM BILL BATON RULES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CO-OPERATIVE ENDEAVOR IN REVIEWING THE PORT AT 1 20 22 5 PO BACK ROUGE.DID YOU RECEIVE MY PRESENTATION? GREAT.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAND IT TO EVERYBODY, TARA.
CAN WE PUT A REPORT WHILE THEY'RE HERE? OKAY.
HOW LONG I CAN BE REALLY QUICK AND YOU ALL HAVE A COPY AND IF I CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AT YOUR REQUEST OR, UM, MOST OF THE TIME, I DON'T THINK IS FAIR THAT WE, THE REASON WE DEFERRED, UM, UH, DR.
WAVE IS BECAUSE WE DID NOT FEEL THAT IT WAS TIME FOR HER PRESENTATION AND PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, BILL BATON ROUGE IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT I DON'T WISH THROUGH, ESPECIALLY, UM, WITH INTERIM LEADERSHIP.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER THIS ITEM AS WELL.
THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT HAVE, UM, THAT I HAVE, AND I DON'T WANT TO RUN OUT OF TIME.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER MOSTLY TO DIFFER BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
SECOND, IF MY COUNCIL MEMBER HAD DONE IT THOUGH, ANY OPPOSITION THERE'S OPPOSITION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOLT, ANYONE ELSE? THE ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED? QUESTION IS 7 45 ALREADY.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ITEM.
SO IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM OR ITEM 1 26.
ALRIGHT, NOW WE GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN IT'S 7 45 ALREADY.
IF WE GO AHEAD AND VOTE TO EXTEND THE MEETING TO EIGHT 30 AND GET THIS PRESENTATION DONE, WOULD THAT BE ENOUGH TIME? I'M NOT DOING OKAY.
I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE TILL EIGHT OR WHATEVER WITH THE PRESENTATION.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S A 30 MINUTE THING.
IT'S NOTHING WE HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE.
I THINK THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE DEFERRING BECAUSE OF TIME.
SO THERE WAS SOMEONE BEFORE HER THAT WE JUST DEFERRED WHERE HER PRESENTATION WAS THERE AND THEY HAD 12 PEOPLE THAT WERE GOING TO SPEAK INCLUDING FROM OUT OF TOWN.
SO WE DEFER TO, BECAUSE WE WERE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM ADEQUATE TIME TO MAKE A REPORT.
AND DAN HAD A PUBLIC AREA IT'S NOT THE 30 MINUTES IS THAT SOMEONE WAS BEFORE HER, THAT WOULD DIFFER.
AND IT WOULDN'T BE FAIR TO GO ON WITH ONE PRESIDENT, BECAUSE ONE ANOTHER PRESENTATION WHILE WE HAD, WE LET OTHER PEOPLE, YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? I, I SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH IT.
BUT AS FAR AS FAIRNESS, UH, W WE'RE ALREADY THAT ONE'S DEFERRED AND THEY'RE GOING TO NEED MORE TIME AND STUFF.
AND I HATE THAT THAT THAT HAPPENED, BUT WHY NOT? GO AHEAD AND GET THIS ONE OVER WITH, HERE'S THE THING, HERE'S THE THING, YOUR ASSESSMENT.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH TIME TO DISCUSS THIS ADEQUATELY.
WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE QUESTIONS WHO WANT TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS? I DON'T, I DON'T THINK YOU'D WANT TO BE RUSHED IN TRYING TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
AND SO WOULD, I THINK YOU'D BE WILLING TO COME BACK AND HAVE THIS CONVERSATION IN TWO WEEKS, IF YOU REALLY WOULD.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO GIVE YOU TIME, TO GET THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THOSE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LAND BANK AND BATON ROUGE, AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN TERMS OF EVERYTHING THERE.
SO, UH, DID WE TEST QUESTION TWO QUESTION COUNSELING? UM, DID WE PUT A STIPULATION OR ANYTHING ON IT? THE FEDERAL, I DON'T, WE'VE DONE DEFERRALS BEFORE,
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LIKE THIS, WHERE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE'VE SAID, WE'VE WE PUT THEM AT THE FRONT OF THE MEETING.AND IF WE GO DO THAT, I'D SAY WE'D HANDLE BOTH OF THEM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WE CAN DO THAT.
UH, I'M NOT GONNA PROMISE TO TAKE BOTH OF THEM AT THE BEGINNING.
I'M GOING TO SAY WHY? BECAUSE THE, THE, UH, THE CRIME REPORT TODAY TOOK TWO HOURS, RIGHT? I HAVE A FEELING OF JUVENILE JUSTICE REPORT.
IT MIGHT TAKE TWO HOURS AND THIS ONE MAY TAKE TWO HOURS.
SO WE TAKE BOTH OF THEM AT THE, THEN WHEN, BEFORE I WAS ON TWO ITEMS. SO I WANT TO SAY, WE'LL TAKE THE JUVENILE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, IF IT IS DONE IN A TIMELY FASHION AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FEEL AS IF THE ALL IN QUESTION AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.
AND WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME, WE'LL TAKE THIS ONE RIGHT AFTER.
YEAH, I WAS JUST LIKE, LIKE COUNCILWOMAN BANK SAID THE PEOPLE WERE FROM OUT OF TOWN.
AND NOW I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GUARANTEE THAT, OKAY.
YES, YOU WILL BE HEARD SO MUCH OTHER AGENDA ITEM.
DOESN'T COME UP AND PUSH THEM AT THE FIRST REPORT.
UH, DOESN'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME.
WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE YOURS AS THE SECOND ITEM AT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THERE'S A MOTION TO DEFER BY COUNCIL MEMBER, BANK SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO DEFER? THE ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED? UH, IF YOU ALL DON'T MIND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I LIKE TO TAKE A TWO MINUTE RECESS REAL QUICK.
I NEED TO DISCUSS SOMETHING, UH, WITH A FEW OF YOU, TAKE A TWO MINUTE RECESS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS WE'RE BACK.
AND WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL? ARE WE GOING TO READ IT?
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IS THERE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER, RIGHT? MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEM 81 MOTION TO RECONSIDER.AND ONCE I MADE IN ONE SECOND ABOUT COUNSELING AND I'M DONE, AND WE ARE NOW BACK TO ITEM 81.
WHAT IS THE PLEASURE COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON LOTION TO APPROVE AT 1.06.
THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE AT 1.06 TO HAVE THE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.
UH, IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO 1.06 ITEM 81 HAS BEEN APPROVED THAT, EXCUSE ME, SOMEBODY WANT TO SPEAK? NO, IT WAS JUST ALL OPPOSITION.
THERE WAS OPPOSITION BY COUNCIL MEMBER, BANKS, OPPOSITION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
ANYONE ELSE HAD THE ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.
THERE WAS A MOTION TO ADJOURN BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
WE DO HAVE A NEW MEMBER OF THE MAYOR'S TEAM.
UH, SHE HIRED A NEW CHIEF OF STAFF.
MR. TAYLOR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF? COME ON DOWN.
WE'LL BE FRIENDLY BEFORE YOU ENTER THE DANGER ZONE.
UH, SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHO YOU ARE, SIR.
WELL, MY NAME IS DANTE BIDWELL AND I'M THE NEW CHIEF OF STAFF FOR MAYOR, PRESIDENT BROOM.
UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF.
I'VE HAD, I HAVEN'T HAD THE PLEASURE TO MEET WITH A FEW OF YOU, UH, THIS WEEK, BUT FOR THOSE WHO I HAVE NOT MET, UM, I HAVE BEEN WORKING.
I HAD PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.
UH, THREE OF THOSE YEARS, I WAS CHIEF OF STAFF FOR SUPERINTENDENT, SEAN FERGUSON, THE NEW ORLEANS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, I, A NEW RESIDENT OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU VERY CLOSELY.
AND HE RESIDES IN DISTRICT ONE.
IT'S STILL, THE PARISH IS STILL THE PARENTS, THE CITY PERSON COMING OUT TO SEE IT, AND THEN I CAN MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
I LIKE TO SEE ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO SEE YOU AND YOUR TEAM ON JUNE 10TH, PROPELLING PEACE, 6:00 PM, SHOPPING BAG ON GOVERNMENT STREET.
I WANT YOU TO COME OUT, RIDE YOUR BIKE.
I WANT EVERYBODY TO RIDE THE BIKES, TELL HIM FOR PEACE AS ALWAYS ME TO YOUR CHILDREN.
AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE READING TO THEM, HAVE THEM READ BACK TO YOU.
HAVE A GOOD EVENING, HAVE A GOOD.