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IT TO YOU.YOU GONNA BE LIVE READY TO GOOD AFTERNOON
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EVERYONE.AND WELCOME TO OUR PRESENTATION PORTION OF OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING ON THIS JUNE 8TH, 2022 AT 3:30 PM.
FIRST STUFF WE WILL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER CLEVE JONES JR.
TO RECOGNIZE LEADERS OF THE NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS CONFERENCE, THE 11TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS COUNCIL CONFERENCE OF 2022 COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN, JANEY.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE IN THE CHAMBER.
GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE WATCHING US ON FACEBOOK AND ON THE WEBSITE.
I WANT TO ASK, UH, MS. GOODLEY, WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF, UH, WHAT'S THE DEPARTMENT OF THAT.
I SHOULD NOTE IT, DIRECTOR OF THE LOUIS, A BERRY INSTITUTE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND JUSTICE, WHICH IS AT THE LAW CENTER, THE UNIVERSITY, AND SHE IS MUCH MORE WELL VERSED ON EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CONFERENCE.
I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT BATON ROUGE PASSED THE CONFERENCE AND IS PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THESE ISSUES THAT WE FACE NOT ONLY LOCALLY, BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
AND WE HAVE SEVERAL PROCLAMATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO HER OR HER STAFF AND THOSE THAT HELPED PUT THE CONFERENCE ON, BUT I WANT TO BRING A DIET UP AND LET US SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY THEY'RE DOING WHEN, WHERE, AND HOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL MEMBER, AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR HAVING US.
UH, THIS AFTERNOON, WE'VE BEEN PLANNING THE NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS CONFERENCE FOR OVER A YEAR NOW, AND WE ARE FINALLY AT THE POINT WHERE WE CAN SAY, WE'RE GOOD, GO, GO, GO TO THE WEBSITE AND REGISTER.
WE HAVE PRE-CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES STARTING ON JUNE 18TH AND 19TH IN NEW ORLEANS.
AND THEN WE COME TO BATON ROUGE AT THE HILTON DOWNTOWN TO START WITH OUR CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES ON JUNE 20TH AND 21ST ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS THE BATON ROUGE BUS BOYCOTT.
IT WILL BE ON A HIGHLIGHT WITH THE LUNCH PRESENTATION AT THE HILTON, AS WELL AS, UH, A TOUR OF SELECTED SITES THAT COMMEMORATE, UH, THE BATON ROUGE BUS BOYCOTTS AND THOSE EFFORTS.
WE ALSO HAVE A CONFERENCE CLOSER THAT IS GOING TO UNVEIL THE DISPLAY CASES FOR THE CLARK V EDWARDS PAPERS.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, I URGE YOU TO, TO DEFINITELY LOOK INTO IT.
BUT CLARK B EDWARDS ABSOLUTELY OPEN DOORS TO BLACK JUDGES IN LOUISIANA.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE CONFERENCE WITH CLARK V EDWARDS UNVEILING OF THE DISPLAY CASE THAT WE HAVE FOR THOSE PAPERS.
AND WE INVITE YOU ALL TO JOIN US.
THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME GOOD FOOD AND DRINKS AND CONVERSATIONS AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS.
THANK YOU AT DI WE HAVE SEVERAL CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION THAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT.
UM, YOU WANT TO GET YOU MORE? YEAH.
UM, AND BEFORE I SIT DOWN AND IN THIS PRESENTATION, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE A SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER ALUM THAT SITS AMONGST US AND COUNCILWOMAN JIM ROCCO.
NEXT WE WILL HAVE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEMBER, AARON MOLT TO RECOGNIZE MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF APOLLO EIGHT CRISIS FUND SERVICES TO THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY COUNCIL.
FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO START, UM, JUST IN CASE Y'ALL DON'T KNOW WHAT MONTH THIS IS.
I'LL GIVE YOU THREE GUESSES AND TWO OF THEM DOESN'T COUNT.
SO, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, I WANT TO TELL Y'ALL A, ABOUT AN EVENT COMING UP.
LET'S SEE A BATTERY'S PRIDE FEST.
UH, IT'LL BE, WE'LL BE RETURNING THIS YEAR 2022 INTO THE RIVER CENTER AFTER BEING OFF OF A COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE GLAD TO BE BACK IN THERE AND HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO, TO HOST THIS EVENT EVERY YEAR THAT WE CAN, WE'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE OUT IN THE PUBLIC, UH, TO COME OUT AND IT'D BE PLENTY OF FOOD, UH, EXPO WE'LL HAVE VENDORS OUT THERE AND PLENTY OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, PRESENTATIONS AND SHOWS.
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A JUNE 25TH, 2022 AT THE RAISING CANES RIVER CENTER.IF YOU WANT SOME MORE INFO, IT WILL BE A BR PRIDE.ORG.
AND WITH THAT COMING UP ALSO, WE HAVE EVERY YEAR, IT IS A, AS WE KNOW NATIONALLY, IT IS, UH, JUNE IS PRIDE MONTH, WHICH, UM, BASICALLY REPRESENTS, UH, THE MONTH IN, UH, IF YOU REMEMBER NEW YORK, THE STONEWALL RIOTS THAT, UM, SET OFF THE WHOLE PRIDE EVENT IN THE MOVING FORWARD.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO READ THIS OUT.
THIS PROCLAMATION, THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARIS OF EAST BATON ROUGE.
WHEREAS BATON ROUGE IS A CITY COMPOSER, THE GREAT VARIETY OF DIVERSE PEOPLE WHO MAKE UP THE FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE RECOGNIZES THE INHERENT WORTH AND DIGNITY OF EVERY PERSON, INCLUDING THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS BATON ROUGE IS A CITY OF INCLUSION, WHICH RECOGNIZES THE VALUE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY.
NOW, THEREFORE I SHARED WESTERN BROOM MAYOR, PRESIDENT OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE DO HEREBY HONOR AND RECOGNIZE JUNE 20, 22 AS BATON ROUGE PRIDE MONTH.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR THIS.
SO, UH, CRENELATIONS ON THE OPENING OF PRIDE MONTH AND I'D LIKE TO CALL UP, UM, APOLLO PRESIDENT, UH, KATIE TO ACCEPT THIS OVER HERE.
ALL RIGHT, THIS, UH, NEXT PRESENTATION.
UM, I HAVE FOR THE APOLLO MEMBERS, UH, AND, UH, ANOTHER ORGANIZATION FIRST, I'D LIKE TO START WITH A LITTLE SHORT VIDEO, IF WE COULD START THAT THERE IS A HUMAN BEING BEHIND ALL OF THOSE TUBES AND, YOU KNOW, GADGETS, THERE'S HUMAN BEING, AND THAT IS IMPORTANT.
THE AIDS EPIDEMICS OF THE HEADLINES.
SOME DOCTORS BELIEVE THAT 50% OF THE GAY POPULATION IS WALKING AROUND WITH THE AIDS VIRUS.
NOWHERE IS A PROBLEM MORE SEVERE THAN A 10 FRANCISCO GENERAL, AT LEAST 15,000 MEN ARE EXPECTED TO DIE IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
PEOPLE WERE BAFFLED AND IT WASN'T MYSTERY WHAT THIS LETHAL THING WAS.
AND SO RESPONSES AND PROTOCOLS VARY VERY MUCH ACROSS HOSPITALS.
BY BEING WAS THE FIRST PLACE IN THE WORLD.
AS FAR AS WE KNOW THAT, UM, THAT FOCUSED ON PEOPLE WITH AIDS.
WE COMBINED THAT WITH THE, WITH THE APPROACH WE HAD AT HOSPICE OF HUMAN TOUCH AND, AND RECOGNIZING THAT THERE IS A HUMAN BEING BEHIND ALL OF THOSE TUBES AND, YOU KNOW, GADGETS, THERE'S HUMAN BEINGS, THERE'S HORROR STORIES THAT I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT, ABOUT PEOPLE NOT GETTING THEIR ROOMS CLEANED.
UM, PEOPLE NOT HAVING NURSING COMING INTO THEIR ROOM AND PEOPLE STANDING AGAINST THE WALL, NOT WANTING TO TALK TO THEM.
THE SPACE SUITS ACTUALLY ORIGINALLY CAME INTO EXISTENCE TO PROTECT PATIENTS WHO WERE VERY SEVERELY IMMUNOCOMPROMISED.
AND THEN IN SOME HOSPITALS, IT GOT TURNED AROUND BECAUSE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WERE SO SCARED THAT THEY WANTED TO WEAR THEM FOR THEIR PROTECTION.
IT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WORD IN THE NATION.
UH, LIKE I SAID, THAT THE NURSES ARE ALL VOLUNTEER ASSIGNMENTS AND YOU GET THAT FEELING.
YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO BE HERE TO HELP PEOPLE AND PARTICULARLY AIDS PATIENTS, PEOPLE NEED HUMAN CONTACT.
AND IF THEY, IF THEY'RE NOT ACCEPTED IN SOCIETY, IF THEY'RE NOT ACCEPTED THEIR FAMILY, UM, AND THEY'RE SICK, THEN THERE'S NURSES, THERE'S VOLUNTEERS.
IT'S NOT THE BIOLOGICAL FAMILY.
IT'S THE LOGICAL FAMILY THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE SAW HAPPEN.
AND, UH, SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN HERE TODAY ARE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF DOMESTIC CREW OF APOLLO, AN ORGANIZATION, AN ORGANIZATION THAT YOU PROBABLY KNOW OR POSSIBLY KNOW AS ONE THAT PRODUCES ONE OF THE LARGEST ANNUAL BALL MASS DURING THE MARDI GRAS SEASON.
BUT THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO THE MYSTIC CREW OF APOLLO CREATED IN 1980 BY ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS.
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APOLLO HAS WORKED AT THE LGBT COMMUNITY, LGBT COMMUNITY FOR 41 YEARS.BUT WHAT I'M HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU ABOUT IS AN ORGANIZATION WITHIN APOLLO CALLED THE APOLLO HIV AIDS CRISIS FUND AS COUNCIL MEMBERS.
YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN APPROVED FUNDING FOR MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH THROUGH THE RYAN WHITE FOUNDATION.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DO NOT KNOW IN 1985, RYAN WHITE WAS IN INDIANA TEENAGER WHO CONTRACTED AIDS THROUGH CONTAMINATED BLOOD PRODUCTS USED TO TREAT HIS HAEMOPHILIAC UPON CONTRACTION.
HE WAS REFUSED ENTRY TO HIS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
BRIAN'S LEGAL BATTLES TO PROTECT HIS RIGHTS, TO ATTEND SCHOOL CALLED NATIONAL ATTENTION TO THE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST HIV AND THOSE LIVING WITH HIV AND AIDS LONG BEFORE FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES BECAME AVAILABLE.
PEOPLE WITH HIV AND AIDS WERE SHUNNED.
REJECTED HAD NOWHERE TO TURN FOR COMMUNITY OR ASSISTANCE.
EVEN FAMILIES TURNED AWAY FROM HELPING THEIR LOVED ONES IN THE HOUR OF THEIR NEED.
THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY.
THEY WERE FIRED FROM THEIR JOBS.
THEY WERE TAKEN AWAY BY THEIR FAMILIES TO PASS AWAY ALONE.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC WAS SCARED TO DEATH, TO INTERACT WITH ANYONE, WITH HIV AND AIDS, DOMESTIC CREW OF APOLLO, HIV AIDS CRISIS FOUNDATION.
ALONG WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS, I AM GOING TO RECOGNIZE TODAY, STEPPED UP TO SURROUND AND SUPPORT THOSE IN THE BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
LIVING IN FIGHTING HIV AND AIDS, THEY HELD FUNDRAISERS, GARAGE SALES SOLD THEIR PERSONAL BELONGINGS AND SOLICITED DONATIONS TO ASSIST INDIVIDUAL WITH THEIR PERSONAL CARE.
THEIR MEDICAL CARE HOUSING CLEANING AND COOKING WOULD BE WHEN THEY BECAME BEDRIDDEN.
WHEN OTHERS REFUSE TO TOUCH THE VERY SICK AND ALONE AIDS VICTIMS, THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE SITTING NEXT TO THEIR BEDS IN THE HOSPITAL, OFFERING SUPPORT AND COMFORT.
OUR EARLIEST BATON ROUGE AIDS PATIENTS DID NOT DIE ALONE BECAUSE THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE THERE TO HOLD THEIR HANDS.
AS THEY LOST THEIR BATTLE AND SLIPPED AWAY.
IT IS AN HONOR TO RECOGNIZE THESE UNSUNG HEROES FOR THEIR BRAVERY AND SELFISHNESS AT A TIME WHEN OTHERS WERE RUNNING AWAY, THEY RUSHED TO HELP AS I CALL YOUR NAME.
IF YOU HAD STEPPED FORWARD, MR. MARSHALL VOSS IS NOT HERE TODAY.
MS. JAY JOSE, JOSIE PANOLA GOD, IF I MURDERED THAT, MS. MS. DEBBIE, DANIEL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND LISTENED TO THESE STORIES.
UH, WE, WE, WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE SUPPORT AND FUND AND WHAT WE DO NOW, BUT THESE, THESE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE ON THE FRONT LINES AND THE APOLLO CREW WAS THERE WHEN THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE.
AND, UM, I, I, I KNOW AT MY TIME IN ME COMING OUT AND SO ON AND THINGS CHANGING, I APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DID FOR THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE FOR US.
AND THIS DAY IN TIME, UM, I'M A GIRL FROM ILLINOIS WHEN I MOVED DOWN HERE, UM, I MET SOME WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND THEY'RE PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU OR ANYBODY ELSE, BUT WHEN THEY GOT SICK, THIS IS BEFORE THE CREATE AIDS CRISIS.
THERE WAS NOBODY THERE FOR THEM.
OR THEY NEEDED SOMEONE TO LISTEN TO.
AND I JUST, I GUESS I'VE ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY.
UH, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF ANYBODY, BUT THAT TOUR MY PART ART.
THESE WERE LIKE MY BROTHERS AND THE THOUGHT OF ANYBODY DYING BY THEMSELVES THAT IS NOT HAPPENING.
I CAN REMEMBER GOING TO THE HOSPITAL AND THE NURSE WOULDN'T COME INTO THE ROOM AND IT AMAZED ME IN THIS DAY AND AGE IT STILL ON.
BUT ALL I WANT TO DO IS THIS IS WONDERFUL, BUT THIS REPRESENTS ALMOST 30, SOME MEN
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THAT WERE MY BROTHERS THAT ARE GONE TODAY.AND IT JUST WANTS YOU TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND AS A MEMBER OF APOLLO ALONE WITH MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH APOLLO ITSELF.
UH, MR. KATIE LINCOLN SMITH IS CURRENT PRESIDENT OF APOLLO AND MR. COREY
YOU'RE GENTLEMEN, THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MOCHA.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU AND HAPPY PRIDE MONTH TO ALL OF YOU WHO IS CELEBRATING THIS MONTH.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO RECESS FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AND WE'RE GOING TO START AT 4:00 PM THINKING COUNCIL MEMBER.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE SEATS COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU WERE MISQUOTED, TAKE YOUR SEATS.
THAT'S WHY I SAID THAT COUNCIL NUMBER.
WE'RE WAITING ON A FORUM THAT WAS IN OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS RIGHT THERE.
I SEE WE HAVE, I SEE SOME MORE COLOR INTRODUCING.
WELCOME TO THE CASTLE CHAMBER OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
GOOD TO HAVE ALL OF YOU TUNED IN.
WE WISH YOU WERE HERE WITH US, BUT SINCE YOU'RE NOT, WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE WATCHING ON COX CHANNEL 2199 ON 80 AND T WE'RE STREAMING THE VIDEO AT OUR WEBSITE AT W WW BR MAY OUR GOV BATON ROUGE.
IF THOSE CLUBS B R L A.GOV, SORRY FOR THAT.
AND ALSO WE ARE ON FACEBOOK LIVE NATION GUIDE TODAY.
AND WE'RE GLAD IF ANY OF YOU ARE WATCHING THROUGH THOSE MEANS ONCE AGAIN, WELCOME TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH ON BEHALF OF MAYOR, PRESIDENT SHARON, WESTERN BROOME, AND ALL 12 OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND AT THIS TIME HERE IS THE MAYOR PRESIDENT PRO TEM OF EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH, COUNCILMAN LAMONT.
CO-COUNSELING THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DENNIS.
LET'S GIVE DENNIS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
FALL WAS DOING A GOOD JOB AT THIS TIME.
I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY TURN OUR MEETING OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER, AARON REPRESENTING DISTRICT FOUR, TO INTRODUCE THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WILL LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION AS WELL AS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE COUNSELING, MOTHER MOLE.
THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC THAT'S WATCHING AT THIS TIME.
I'D LIKE TO CALL UP MR. COREY.
HE'S JUST A CURRENT, UH, AS ANNOUNCED A WHILE AGO, CURRENT CAPTAIN OF THE APOLLO BALL MASK, UH, 23, AND I'D LIKE TO CALL HIM UP.
HE'LL BE LEAVING US IN INVOCATION AND PLEDGE.
PLEASE STAY IN AND JOIN ME IN PRAYER.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE TO GATHER HERE THIS AFTERNOON, AS FREE MEN AND WOMEN TO WITNESS DEMOCRACY AT ITS VERY FINEST LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR CITY COUNCIL AND OTHER LEADERS IN OUR CITY.
THANK YOU FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND SACRIFICES.
MAY YOU CONTINUOUSLY BLESS THEM? MAY YOU GENEROUSLY GIVE TO EACH OF THEM, THE WISDOM TO SKILLFULLY GOVERN THE PEOPLE OF BATON ROUGE, GIVE THEM THE GRACE TO BE TRUTHFUL, HAVE JUSTICE AND STABILITY FOR OUR CITY.
GIVE THEM THE POWER TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND FAIR.
GIVE THEM THE HEARTS FILLED WITH UNDERSTANDING, COMPASSION AND LOVE FOR THEIR FELLOW.
WE ASK THESE THINGS IN YOUR SON, JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD'S NAME.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU MR. CAPTAIN TODAY, WE APPRECIATE YOU AFTER DO WE HAVE A FORM? WE HAVE A QUORUM.
[ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
MOVE AHEAD WITH ITEM ONE.DO YOUR AND ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.
MANY ON MAY 25TH, 2022 BY THE COUNCIL, THE ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURER.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK
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ON ITEM ONE.WE GO NOW BACK TO THE COUNCIL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONCE A MOVED BY COUNCILMAN NEIL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.
ITEM ONE HAS BEEN APPROVED WITH NO OPPOSITION.
[INTRODUCTIONS]
PLEASE READ THE INTRODUCTIONS SECTION 2.12 INTRODUCTIONS.NUMBER TWO, TO AMEND THE 2022 CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO APPROPRIATE $5 MILLION FROM FUND BALANCE ON ASSIGNED TO PROVIDE FOR INTER-GOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS TO THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FOR THE UPPER PAYMENT LIMIT MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM BY THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, NUMBER THREE, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITH H N T B CORPORATION FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH OBTAINING FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS FROM BI-PARTISAN LAW IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $910,076 AND APPROPRIATE THAT.
SOME FROM GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE ON A SON FOR SAID PURPOSE BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.
NUMBER FOUR, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, TITLE 13.
SO IS TO ADD SECTION 13, COLUMN ONE TO SEVEN, CAMPING IN A PUBLIC AREA, PROHIBITED BY COUNCILWOMAN, LAURIE ADAMSON, COUNCILMAN DWIGHT, HUDSON CONDEMNATION INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER FIVE, WILLIAM JONES AND BILLY THOMAS JONES.
1 0 4 9 SWAN AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS.
NUMBER SIX, THEODORE MULL LAW SONG 1 6 5 3 3 VERMILION DRIVE COUNCIL, DISTRICT FOREMOST, NUMBER SEVEN, LARRY MOORE AND JOHNSON, SQUATTER AND ASSOCIATES 5 4, 5, 6, OAKLAND DRIVE, COUNSEL, DISTRICT FAB HEARST NUMBER EIGHT, WILLIE MAE DYSON
JEN BENDON 41 31 ODELL STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE, NUMBER 12 WITH TASHA COVINGTON AND JAMIE COVINGTON.
1 0 5 4 PROGRESS STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 13, JOEL PENTON, 2 3 5 EAST ROOSEVELT STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 14, THE ESTATE OF ANNIE ARMSTRONG SMART 2 7 5 JEFFERSON DAVIS STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 15, ALVIN RAY, FLOYD AND ASHLEY, NICOLE WILLIAMS, FLOYD 6 5 2 2 CURVES STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN JUDICATED PROPERTY INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER 16, LOT 22 SQUARE, 15 SUBDIVISION, FORTUNE COUNCIL, DISTRICT FIVE HURST, ALL ITEMS REQUIRE READING, BEEN READ AND EMOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS AS AN ORDER.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL INTRODUCTIONS? SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN SUDLER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN ADAMS, BUT THERE'S NO OPPOSITION INTRODUCTIONS HAVE NOW BEEN APPROVED.
WE NOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU WOULD GO TO
[CONDEMNATIONS]
THE SEPARATE SHEET FOR CONDEMNATIONS, I'M GOING TO READ THE RECOMMENDATION FROM DPW AS THEY ARE.THEY'RE OUT OF PROCEED WITH ITEMS 35 36 37 38 39 41 42 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 OR 48, 49, 50 51 52 AND 53.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A CONDEMNATION? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A CONDEMNATION? I NOW TURN TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO ANY OF THE CONDEMNATION? THE COUNCIL NUMBER DONE? 37 39.
UH, 45 IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE 45 DAYS.
COUNCIL MEMBER THAT HAD COUNSELED THEM DONE 60, 45.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU WATCHING IN YOUR OFFICE, I NEED TO KNOW HOW LONG YOU WANT TO DEFER.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE COUNCIL? WE'LL GO THERE ITEM.
ITEM 38 HAS BEEN ISSUED TO PERMITS.
AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK TO DEFER THAT ONE 90 DAYS TO ALLOW THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME WORK DONE.
ANYONE ELSE I'M GOING TO READ? UH, THEIR STATED CHANGES AND THE RECOMMENDATION.
IF THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 36 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 50 51 AND 52.
THEY OUGHT TO DEFER FOR 60 DAYS.
THEY OUGHT TO DEFER FOR 90 DAYS, ITEM 35 41 49, 53 38.
AND I'M GOING TO DEFER COUNSEL NUMBER HERS, ITEM 40, UH, FOR 90 DAYS.
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IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE COUNCIL MEMBER HERTZ, WHEN YOU COME OUT, WE CAN MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT.ONCE YOU COME OUT, UH, ANY OPPOSITION, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONDEMNATIONS? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN JR.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MCCOLL DAY, CONDEMNATIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
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MEMBERS.WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ITEM 84, FIRST ITEM 84.
IT IS RECEIVING A REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE SERVICES.
WE'VE GONE TO THE IMPACT OF PHASE TWO OF THE RES AIDS LEGISLATION RELATIVE TO THE EASTBOUND FERRET JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER BY MAYOR, PRESIDENT JUVENILE SERVICES, DIRECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE.
THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST TO DELETE THIS ITEM.
THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST TO DELETE THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM? IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM? MOVING BACK TO COUNCIL, THERE HAS BEEN A, UH, COUNCIL, UH, EXCUSE ME, REVEREND ALEXIS ANDERSON, UH, IS AN OPPOSITION AND WISHES TO SPEAK, UH, IS EVA SMITH, UH, BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK REVEREND ANDERSON IS REVEREND ANDERSON YET.
WELL, I'M GOING TO DEFER THIS ITEM TO A LITTLE BIT LATER.
THERE IS A RECORD RECOMMENDATION TO DELETE, UH, REVEREND ADDISON.
WELL, YOU, I, WE OWN, UH, JUVENILE SERVICES WHERE PUBLIC COMMENT AND YOU AS FIRST PERSON UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND I'LL BRING YOU UP TO SPEED.
THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST TO DELETE IT, DELETE THIS ITEM BY THE MAYOR'S.
UH, SO WE DON'T HAVE A REPORT.
UH, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ONE GIVEN TODAY, BUT WE DO NEED TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND GET A FIRST PERSON UP TO SPEAK ON A PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE METRO COUNCIL.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE REPORT HAS BEEN DELETED.
UH, I WILL ADDRESS THREE MAJOR CONCERNS I HAVE.
UM, AS I COME BEFORE YOU ALL MANY TIMES WEARING MANY HATS TODAY, I COME WITH ONE VERY SPECIFIC HAT ON.
I AM A GRANDMOTHER, A MOTHER, AND A GREAT GRANDMOTHER, AND NONE OF OUR CHILDREN ARE DISPOSABLE.
THEY DESERVE NOT TO BE DEMONIZED.
AND JUVENILE JUSTICE IS NOT ABOUT HOW FAR AND HOW WAY WE CAN THROW CHILDREN.
AND SO I ASKED THIS COUNCIL, I HAVE SHARED WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, IMMENSE RESEARCH, IMMENSE INFORMATION ABOUT CHILDREN.
AND I WOULD JUST ASK YOU AS A PARISH, WE ARE LOSING OUR CHILDREN.
MY GRANDCHILDREN DO NOT LIVE HERE.
I HAVE ONE CHILD WHO STILL CALLS THIS HOME.
AND THAT IS TRUE OF A LOT OF YOU.
HOW DO WE TELL OUR CHILDREN THAT THIS IS A WORTHY PLACE WHEN, WHEN THEY MAKE A MISTAKE AND I'M GOING TO BE HONEST, I DON'T CARE WHAT THE MISTAKE IS THAT THEY ARE DISPOSABLE AND LET'S BE MUCH MORE FRANK IN A PARISH WHERE 100% OF OUR CHILDREN IN THE JUVENILE SYSTEM ARE AFRICAN-AMERICAN, WE'RE NOT GIVING THAT MESSAGE TO EVERYBODY'S CHILD.
WE'RE GIVING IT TO MY GRANDCHILDREN.
I ASKED THIS COUNCIL TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE, LET'S MAKE A COMMITMENT THAT WE WILL DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO RESTORE AND TO REDEEM AND TO EDUCATE AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, I'M IN THE COURTS.
EVERY DAY I TALKED TO EDUCATORS AND COACHES AND YOUTH ADVOCATES.
AND THE ONE THING THAT I'VE HEARD FROM ALL OF THEM, WHEN THE CHILD CAN'T READ, THEY WILL FAIL.
THEY DON'T TELL ME WHEN A CHILD GOES TO JUVENILE, THEY WILL SUCCEED.
THEY DON'T TELL ME ANY OF THAT.
THEY TELL ME WHEN A CHILD CAN'T READ AND I HAVE SAT IN COURT AND WATCH GROWN MEN COME, CANNOT READ THE DOCUMENTS THEY ARE SIGNING.
SO I ASKED THIS COUNCIL, DON'T GIVE UP ON OUR CHILDREN, PLEASE.
IS THERE ANYONE HE IS WISHING TO SPEAK ON AUTOMATED FOR ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM? MAYBE FOUR.
OH, WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO DELETE THE ITEM? OH, I'M SORRY.
I LIKE TO CALL THE, UH, ATTORNEY REPRESENTED DEPARTMENT OF JUST TO GIVE JUSTIFICATION ON WHY THIS IS BEING DELETED
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AFTERNOON.JOSEPH SCOTT, BATON ROUGE, PARIS ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PENDING CASES AGAINST JUVENILE SERVICES THAT HAVE COURT DATES IN LATE JUNE, MID JULY, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA.
DIDN'T REACH OUT TO THE LAWYERS.
AND, UH, WHEN THE LAWYERS GOT INVOLVED, I KIND OF HAD TO THROW THE BRAKES ON IT.
THERE MAY BE A REPORT AT SOME POINT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF MONTHS BECAUSE I WANT ALL THE DUST TO SETTLE ON PENDING LITIGATION AND EVALUATING THE CLOSE OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
BEFORE WE MAKE SUCH A REPORT AND ANY REPORT WOULD HAVE TO CONFORM WITH THE CONFIDENTIALITY PROVISIONS OF THE CHILDREN'S CODE, WHICH ARE HIGHLY RESTRICTIVE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO DELETE THE ITEM? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE SECONDARY BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
IRELAND ITEM 84 HAS BEEN DELETED.
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NOW GO TO ITEM 54, AMENDING TO 2022 CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET FOR MOSQUITO ABATEMENT AND VOTING CONTROL.SO AS TO APPROPRIATE 4 MILLION, $549,533 FROM THE POINT BALANCE FOR THE PURCHASE OF A HELICOPTER BY MOSQUITO ABATEMENT AND ROLLING TROLL, THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST FROM MOSQUITO ABATEMENT EROSION CONTROL TO DEFER THIS ITEM FOR TWO WEEKS, THERE HAS BEEN REQUESTED THE FIRST ITEM FOR TWO WEEKS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS SECOND AND BY THE CHAIR, IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION ITEM? 54 HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS.
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55, BUT SENDING THEM TO RECOMMEND FOR RECORDING TO COUNCIL DECISION TO ORDER RECORDED ON APRIL 29TH, 2022.IN THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS ALONDO JOHNSON LATER, LAXMAN JOHNSON.
THE REASON FOR RESCISSION, THE PROPERTY OWNER INTENDS TO REHAB THE PROPERTY BY COUNCIL.
NUMBER HERTZ IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 55? WE'RE NOT GO TO COUNCIL.
THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE CHAIRS.
THE SECOND SECONDED BY COUNCIL NUMBER DONE ITEM 55.
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56 WAS SENDING HIM THE RECORD IN THE CORPORATE COURT.THE COUNCIL DECISION ORDER RECORDED ON MARCH 3RD, 2022.
IN THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, WAS IT THE STATE OF ALBERTA CAUGHT AND THE STATE OF HARRIET CARTER, 2 0, 0 5 FAIRCHILD REASON FOR RESCISSION.
THE OWNER HAS SUBMITTED PLANS TO REMODEL THE STRUCTURE BY COUNSELING.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 56? WE GO TO THE COUNCIL.
SECOND BY THE CHAIR, THE OPPOSITION, WE GO TO 57
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WAS SENDING HIM TO RECOMMEND CLUTTER COURT TO COUNCIL DECISION ORDER RECORD ON APRIL 14TH, 2020, TO SEE YOUR BATON ROUGE VERSUS JOSE DANIEL BARRIOS HERNANDEZ 3, 2, 5 BEACHWOOD DRIVE REASON FOR RESCISSION.THE PROPERTY IS BEING RENOVATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLE.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 57 MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE CHAIR SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE ITEM 57 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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58 OR SEND IT IN THE RECORD IN THE COURT RECORD.THE COUNCIL DECISION ORDER REPORT ON APRIL 14TH, 2022 IN A MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS THE STATE OF EVERLAND BAILEY 5 9 1 8 SOUTH HOLLOW DRIVE REASON FOR A DECISION.
THE PROBLEM IS RENOVATED BY THE CHAIR THAT ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ITEM 58 WILL GO TO COUNCIL.
SO MOVED BY THE CHAIR, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE NO OPPOSITION.
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TO 59 AUTHORIZED SETTLEMENT IN THE MATTER ENTITLED LISA, BETTY SWIRLY VERSUS THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND AN AMOUNT OF $50,000 IN APPROPRIATING $50,000 FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 59 NOW GO TO COUNCIL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 59? SO MOVED BY THE CHAIR, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. WE'RE NOT GO TO ITEMS 60
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AUTHORIZING A SETTLEMENT IN THE MATTER ENTITLED ALEXIS, ALEX WAS VERSUS THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $869 AND 46 CENTS AND APPROPRIATING $25,869 AND 46 CENTS BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 60? YOU WANT TO SPEAK? OH NO, NO ONE IN HERE TO SPEAK ITEM 60 COUNCIL NUMBER.
SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN ROCCO, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS ITEM 60, UH, HAS BEEN APPROVED BEFORE WE GO INTO FURTHER.
I JUST WANT TO ALWAYS, ALWAYS THINK ALL ABOUT MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK FOR THE CITY OF PARIS, WHO ARE JOINING US HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
ALTHOUGH WE KNOW YOU HAVE TO BE HERE.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
WELL, IT SAYS A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO, UH, MOST CEP AND THOSE GENTLEMEN AND THE FIRST RESPONDERS I KNOW HURRICANE SEASON HAS JUST STARTED.
AND WE KNOW YOU GUYS ARE PREPARING AND GETTING READY FOR WHAT WE HOPE TO BE A BEAR VERY MILD SEASON, BUT WE APPRECIATE HOW HARD YOU WORK FROM THIS TIME, ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE END OF HER.
CAN YOU SEE THE SOUL? I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE IS HERE FROM MOST COURTNEY, BUT UH, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT YOU LET THEM KNOW, MAN.
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THIS IS THE GUY THAT MAKES IT HAPPEN.WHEN YOU GO THROUGH A NATURAL DISASTER, WE APPRECIATE SO MUCH.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO TO ITEM NINE.
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61, AMENDING TITLE 12 CHAPTER SIX.SO AS TO ADD SECTION 12, COLON 4, 0 9, EMISSION OF ODOR NUISANCE.
THAT'S NOT A VERY GOOD WORD TO PRONOUNCE NUISANCES AND ODORS AIR CONTAMINANTS BY COUNCIL.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 61? COME ON DOWN.
MA'AM STATE YOUR NAME AND ERIC LET'S PUT A RECORD.
GOOD LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M A NMR. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, MA'AM OKAY.
I LIVE ON HANG STRIVE AND A MEMBER OF GOD, DISTRICT FIVE AS A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE.
FOUL ORDERS COMMISSION FROM KUALA VOICE, A WATER, THE SMELL PERMEATES THROUGH YOUR AIR VANCE.
IT COMES THROUGH YOUR TOILETS INSIDE OF YOUR HOME.
I'VE HAD RESIDENTS TELL ME THAT IT'S THEY SMELL IT IN THEIR SHOWER.
I PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED THE BROWN WATER IN MY TOILET.
SO TO ME THAT MEANS THAT MAYBE IT'S BEING OVERLOADED TO SYSTEMS, NOT ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT'S BEING DISPENSED INTO IT.
UH, IT'S MOST OFFENSIVE WHEN YOU'RE DRIVE TRAVELING DOWN A AIRLINE HIGHWAY.
SO IT'S NOT JUST ME AS PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAVELING IN OUR LEVEL OF CITY.
UH, SO I AND MY FAMILY AND THE RESONANCE IN MY AREA.
DISORDERLINESS I AGAIN, ASKED THAT YOU GUYS, WELL, ONE THING I WANT TO LET YOU TO KNOW THAT THESE ARE MISSIONS ARE BEING DONE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, 2:00 AM IN THE MORNINGS.
AND ON WEEKENDS NOW I REPORTED TO THE, UH, I GUESS IT'S THE EPA.
THEY SENT OUT, UH, THE, UM, UM, THE TRUCK TO MONITOR, TO TELL US EXACTLY WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM.
THAT'S HOW WE IDENTIFIED, UM, UH, KUALA.
AND THEY FOUND NO ISSUES WITH NO, CAUSE I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT CONTAMINANTS SUCH AS CARCINOGENS, BUT THE ORDER IS STILL REALLY OFFENSIVE.
UM, THE, UM, THE MISSION STARTED, I GUESS, UM, WHAT WE'D BEEN TWO YEARS INTO, UH COVID SO OUR FIRST TIME I EXPERIENCED WHAT WAS DURING THAT TIME.
SO YOU CAN'T EVEN SIT ON YOUR BACK PATIOS ON THE WEEKEND OR ENJOY OUTSIDE WITH YOUR FAMILY.
UM, PLEASE, I ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER GIVING SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO THIS ORDINANCE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 61? ANYONE ELSE HERE? WISHING TO SPEAK.
WE NOW GO TO ASHLEY WITH EMAIL.
OH, SOMEONE IN THE BACK COM NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
NOW, COME ON DOWN TO THE MIC AND TELL US ALL THE RECORDS YOU AGREE WITH.
SHE SAID, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THE AREA SINCE 1960 AND I'M 70 YEARS OLD, HAD OPEN HEART SURGERY AND I DO GO OUTSIDE SOMETIMES TO JUST BREATHE.
AND WHEN THIS STUFF IS, YOU CAN'T BREATHE.
AND I SEEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED IN ALISON YEARS AGO, BACK WHEN, BACK IN THE SEVENTIES, WHEN I WAS IN MY HEART AND I'D NOT DOWN SCENIC GUY AWAKE, THE SAME SMELL THAT HAD AN ALISON, ALISON, THEY GOT IT HERE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD NOW.
I WISH THE PEOPLE THAT WORK THERE, BUT TAKE IT TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY WOULDN'T BE WORKING THERE CAUSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULDN'T STAND FOR IT.
AND I WILL STAND FOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 61? IF I'M, IF I CAN'T SEE BEHIND A WALL OR A PERSON WHO'S TALL, PLEASE FORGIVE ME.
ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 61? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS ANYONE HERE? UH, COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL COMMENT, OPPOSED ITEM 61.
IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM COUNCIL MEMBER DONE? ANY COMMENTS? EXCUSE ME, COUNSELING OF A HURT STANDING COMMENTS.
I WANT TO BRING COURTNEY TO THE MIC.
WE ALL GONNA MAKE A SLIGHT AMENDMENT TO IT, WHICH DOESN'T AFFECT, UH, THE OVERALL ORDINANCE, BUT JUST HOW WE WOULD HANDLE THE VIOLATIONS.
THE FLOOR AMENDMENT THAT WILL BE MADE IS GOING TO BE TO SUBSECTION B.
THERE'LL BE A DELICIOUS DELETION, EXCUSE ME, DELETION TO, UM, YOU GO TO THE LAST SENTENCE THERE DELETION OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WITH THE ADDITION OF CITY PARISH STAFF AND START INSERTED THERE,
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SUBSECTION C AGAIN, DELETION OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WITH THE ADDITION, UH, ADDED LANGUAGE, ANY APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY PARISH, A COUPLE OF LINES DOWN A DELETION AGAIN OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE INSERTED.THERE IS GOING TO BE ANY APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY PARISH, A COUPLE OF ITEMS, UH, LINES DOWN AGAIN, DELETION OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WITH THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE CITY PARISH STAFF.
HEY CODY, CAN YOU EXPLAIN JUST WHY? JUST THAT THE DOD ORDINANCE THAT'S OKAY.
UM, AND ALSO THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER, UM, AMENDMENT AS WELL TO CHANGE THE EFFECTIVE DATE FROM 30 DAYS TO, I WOULD SUGGEST 90 DAYS, BUT I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO THE COUNCILMEN BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL GONNA HAVE TO BE SOME TRAINING INVOLVED ON THE INSTRUMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE USED FOR THIS ORDINANCE.
UM, SO 90 DAYS FOR THAT, BUT AS FAR AS THE REASON FOR THE AMENDMENT IS BECAUSE THIS ORDINANCE IS GOING TO BE ENFORCED THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING PROCESS.
AND UNDER OUR LOCAL ORDINANCE, THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING PROCESS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE IS ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT.
IT WON'T BE ISSUED BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT WILL ISSUE THE VIOLATION.
NOW LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, UM, CAN ACTUALLY GO TO THE SCENE OF THE OFFENSIVE ODOR AND USE THE INSTRUMENT TO TAKE THE READING AND THEN, UH, BE ABLE TO REPORT THEIR FINDINGS TO THE, UM, TO THE AGENCY.
THAT'S GOING TO ISSUE A NOTICE OF VIOLATION.
SO THAT'S THE IDEA OF HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK NOW, UM, AT THIS POINT.
SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE, FOR THE AMENDMENT COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE MOST TO PROVE YOUR IO? THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED AS, AS AMENDED, CORRECT.
THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE AMENDED COUNCIL NUMBER, HER SECONDED BY COUNCIL NUMBER ROCKET COUNCIL MONO.
SO, UH, I JUST, I HAVE A COMMENT I GUESS, ON THIS.
UM, AND I TALKED TO COUNCILMAN HERTZ ABOUT THIS.
SO SOME OF MY CONCERN IS, UH, ON UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE DOING IT.
AND I THINK IT WAS LAID OUT WELL.
UM, I FEEL LIKE THERE COULD BE SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
FIRST, A CITY PARISH OBVIOUSLY IS PROBABLY IMPLICIT IN SOME ODORS, UM, WITH THE SEWER SYSTEM, UH, YOU KNOW, WASTEWATER TREATMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT NORTH LANDFILL IN MY DISTRICT.
I KNOW WE'RE NOT, UH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO MOVE THAT, BUT NO QUESTION WHEN THE WIND BLOWS A CERTAIN WAY, UH, IT AFFECTS PEOPLE WHO LIVE CLOSE BY, UM, AND UNDERSTAND THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THAT AS WELL.
IF WE FIND OURSELVES WE PAY OURSELVES.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S NECESSARILY FAIR WHEN WE'RE, UM, WHEN, WHEN WE KNOW WE HAVE CERTAIN ISSUES, UM, INTERNALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THIS, UM, I REALLY THINK, UH, I LIKE THE IDEA BEHIND THIS AND UNDERSTAND QUALITY IS A BIG DRIVING FACTOR BEHIND THIS, UM, AND YOU KNOW, A BAD ACTOR AND A BAD NEIGHBOR.
UM, SOMETIMES THESE KINDS OF THINGS, GOVERNMENT CAN BE, GET PULLED IN TO WHAT, WHAT SHOULD BE SOMETIMES A CIVIL ISSUE.
UH, WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE LOOKING AT THIS DEQ, UM, OUR EPA, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE IS SOME OVERSIGHT THAT'S PROBABLY NEEDED AND PROBABLY NOT DONE PROPERLY WITH THESE, UH, COMPANIES.
UM, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE REAR CAP REAL CAREFUL ABOUT, UH, AND, UH, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO REALLY STUDY THE POTENTIAL UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THIS.
UM, I JUST THINK THERE'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S VERY BROAD AND FAR REACHING.
UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND I, AND I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH ON, UH, THE INSTRUMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE USED AND HOW TO IDENTIFY THE SOURCE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IDENTIFYING THE PROPER SOURCE WHEN THERE IS AN ODOR.
UM, AND, UH, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M CERTAINLY NOT FAMILIAR WITH.
I'VE NEVER, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT NOISE AND THE DECIMAL READER, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FAMILIARITY WITH THAT, BUT A OLFACTORY METER, I BELIEVE IT WAS WITH THE FIRST I HEARD OF IT AND WHEN I STARTED RESEARCHING IT.
UM, SO I, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE PROCEDURE, THE TRAINING OF THE INDIVIDUALS TO BE USING IT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING THE PROPER SOURCE AND THEN REALLY THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OR THE POTENTIAL FOR, FOR SOME OF THE AREAS, UM, AND SCENARIOS THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE THOUGHT OF.
UH, I THINK IT NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO EXPLORE
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IT.UH, I'M, I'M, I'M NOT AGAINST THE REASONING AND AN, AND I'M NOT AGAINST, UH, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, UM, TO HELP THE CONSTITUENTS.
BUT I THINK, UH, FOR ME, I WOULD NEED JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT ALL THE POTENTIAL ADVERSE IMPACTS THAT THIS MIGHT CAUSE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER NOLA AND ANYONE, ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ON THE FLOOR WITH THE AMENDMENTS MADE BY COUNCIL AND BIRD SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER IS, AND IS THAT OKAY? COUNSELING? WE'LL GO THERE.
UM, I'LL SHARE SOME OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AND, AND CONCUR THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, I THINK IS NEEDED TO RESEARCH THE ISSUES OF, UH, WOULD THE CITY PARISH BEAR ANY APPLICATION HERE? UM, WE'VE JUST MADE SOME CHANGES.
I TRIED TO FOLLOW ALONG, BUT, UH, I'M NOT SURE IF WE EXPANDED THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, BEYOND JUST THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE, BUT WE'VE MADE SOME PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
UM, UH, I THINK THERE'S, UH, IT'S WORTHY TO LOOK AT, UH, ALLOWING, UH, AN ENTITY, AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, REMEDIATE, UH, AND THEN IF THERE'S A SECOND OFFENSE WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, PERHAPS YOU CAN MOVE TOWARDS FINDING THEM.
SO I THINK THERE'S MAYBE SOME, A NEED FOR MORE TIME TO GIVE IT A LITTLE MORE, UM, UH, CREATIVITY IN HOW WE WORD THIS.
SO, UH, I WILL MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO DEFER THE ITEM FOUR.
UM, ASHLEY, YOU MAY HAVE TO HELP ME, UM, IF I WANT TO DO IN JULY, IT WOULD BE WHAT, 45 DAYS.
I'LL DO A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO DEFER THE OUT IN 45 DAYS.
SO IT'S BEEN A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO DEFER THE ITEM FOR 45 DAYS, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, NOAH.
WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL NUMBER ROCKTON.
UM, SO WHEN LOOKING AT THIS AND EVALUATING THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, ONE ISSUE THAT I HAVE IS WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY IS GOING TO GET RIGHT AND DOING THE THINGS THAT ARE CORRECT FOR THE CITIZENS IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, WHAT, HOW, HOW ARE WE HELD LIABLE? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO REPAIR THAT? WHAT CHANGES ARE WE MAKING PERSONALLY WHILE THESE PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING THROUGH THE OLFACTORY, TERRIBLE SMELLS, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WOW, IF THIS IS CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD, MY SUGGESTION IS TO MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS IS TO LOOK TO SEE, ALTHOUGH I TRULY BELIEVE, AND I THINK THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WILL SUPPORT ME ON THIS, THAT WE CAN NOT BE FINE.
UM, CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS CAN BE HELD TO A STANDARD AND CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS CAN, UM, POSSIBLY BE PENALIZED OR DISCIPLINED AND A MANNER AWAY.
WE HAVE TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE.
WE HAVE TO MAKE THE THRESHOLD, UM, WITHIN OUR CITY PARISH DEPARTMENTS, UM, TO ONE THAT IS ACCEPTABLE, NOT ONLY TO US, BUT ALSO TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT IF THIS IS DEFERRED, THAT Y'ALL LOOK INTO SEEING EXACTLY WHAT CAN BE DONE WITHIN DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE NOT COMPLYING AND NOT INTERESTED IN COMPLIANCE.
AS THE GENTLEMAN MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, THE COMMUNITY OF ALISON HAS DEALT WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, POLLUTION, UH, AS IT RELATES TO SOME MAIL.
AND THIS PROPERTY THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HERSA IS TARGETING ON AIRLINE HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR QUITE SOME TIME AS WELL.
UM, WE OFTEN SEE A MINORITY OF COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY NOISE, POLLUTION, SMELL POLLUTION, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO STUDY AND, YOU KNOW, UH, RESEARCH AND, AND, AND CONTINUE TO PUSH, KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD BY THE RESIDENTS ARE DEALING WITH THE POLLUTION.
UM, I DON'T THINK THE CITY OF PARIS IS A CULPABILITY AND IT'S A LIABILITY AND IT SHOULD EVEN BE IN THE CONSIDERATION.
UH, HOW CAN WE HOLD PRIVATE SECTOR ACCOUNTABLE IF WE'RE NOT HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE? SO IF, IF CITY OF PARIS IS CULPABLE IN THIS, THEN WE NEED TO GET OUR HOUSE IN ORDER.
UM, IF WE HAVE SOME ISSUES AS IT RELATES TO SMELL, UH, AND THIS ART AND THIS, I WOULD URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM AND, UH, HELP THESE RESIDENTS, UH, IN THIS COMMUNITY AND A FEW OTHER COMMUNITIES DEALING WITH THE SAME THING, GET RID OF THIS MALE POLLUTION IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
SO THERE ARE TWO MOTIONS WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON A SUBSTITUTE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, MR. DUNN, I THANK YOU FOR, FOR SAYING THAT BECAUSE I'M ON AN ECHO.
I'M GONNA TELL YOU A LITTLE STORY
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ABOUT MY SON AND MY WIFE.WE LIVE IN NORTH BATON ROUGE AND THE SMELLS AND THAT AREA WAS SO PUNGENT THAT IT WOULD WAKE MY FAMILY UP OUT OF OUR SLEEP AT 2:00 AM.
AND WE WERE SO SCARED THAT THE TOXINS WERE GOING TO HARM MY UNBORN BABY, THAT WE WOULD WAKE UP AND GO TO MY MOTHER-IN-LAW'S HOUSE OR MY HOUSE OR SOMEBODY'S HOUSE JUST TO GET AWAY FROM THAT AREA.
SO WHEN THESE RESIDENTS COME TO ME AND THEY TALK ABOUT EQUITY AND WOULD THESE BE IN THE BACKYARDS AND PEOPLE SAW THE FLORIDA BOULEVARD.
AND WHEN HE LOOKED AT WATER TREATMENT PLANTS AND GUARD DEER, WHO'S CLEANED UP AND THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OVER THERE, BUT THEY CLEANED IT UP FOR A BOAT AND FOR A BASEBALL FIELD, RIGHT.
HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RESIDENCE.
IF YOU ASKED ME, IT'S MY OPINION, NOT FACTS.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT NORTH BATON ROUGE, THE CHEMICAL PLANTS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, THE KUALA WASHES, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LAND FIELDS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UH, REPUBLIC WASTE, WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED, THEY'RE ALL IN URBAN AREAS, AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN URBAN AREAS BECAUSE THIS WILL NEVER BE NEXT DOOR TO THE COUNTRY CLUB, LOUISIANA.
AND I WAS PUT IN OFFICE BY THE RESIDENTS FROM DISTRICT FIVE TO PROTECT DISTRICT FIVE.
BUT I BELIEVE IN A BETTER BATON ROUGE, NOT JUST A BETTER NORTH BATON ROUGE.
AND FOR THAT REASON, I'VE LIVED IN THE ATLANTA METRO AREA.
I'VE LIVED IN THE HOUSTON METRO AREA.
I MOVED INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT KNOWING THAT I WAS ABOUT HALF A MILE FROM A PRISON, BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE ONE OF THE BEST UNIVERSITIES IN, IN TEXAS, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY A PRISON BECAUSE THEY CARED ABOUT THEIR ROADS, THEIR BRIDGES, THEIR EDUCATION.
AND SO HAVING THAT, THAT, THAT EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND UNDERSTANDING THAT I NEVER SMELLED ANYTHING, I NEVER HEARD A GUNSHOT THE ENTIRE TIME THAT I WAS THERE NOT SAYING THAT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN, BUT WHEN THINGS HAPPENED THAT THEY DEALT WITH THEM IN THE APPROPRIATE FASHION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS AND THE CONSTITUENTS AND THE CONSTITUENTS WERE FIRST OF MINE.
SO WHEN I BRING THIS ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU TODAY, I ASKED YOU TO NOT THINK ABOUT THE SHAWNEE, UM, HOW HOME THAT YOU LIVE IN NEAR SHANNON DOE OR THE COUNTRY CLUB, OR 10 IN POOR GUARD TOWN OR IN THE GARDEN DISTRICT.
AND I CAN KEEP GOING ON AND ON AND ON.
BUT I ASKED YOU FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THESE AREAS THAT HAD EITHER BOUGHT A HOME TO RETIRE AND CHOOSE NOT TO MOVE OR ARE IN AN AREA WHERE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO MOVE, BECAUSE THESE SMELLS HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR TWO YEARS.
WHAT REALLY SPARKED THIS WAS A CONSTITUENT COMPLAINT TO ME TWO YEARS AGO WHEN I INITIALLY RAN FOR OFFICE.
AND THE FACT THAT THE MAYOR HAS STILL GETTING THEM, WHICH I GOT ONE FROM OUR OFFICE TWO WEEKS AGO TO ADD ON TO MY HUNDRED LIST OF COMPLAINTS THAT I'VE HAD IN MY OFFICE.
IT'S NOT ABOUT QUALAWASH, IT'S ABOUT NORTH BATON ROUGE IN GENERAL, BUT QUALAWASH JUST HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THE ONES IN MY DISTRICT THAT HAS THE MOST PUNCH OWNERS.
W LET'S STOP THINKING ABOUT GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT IS WRONG.
I'M NOT HERE TO MAKE ENEMIES, BUT I'M HERE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE CITIZENS OF BATON ROUGE AND IS DOING RIGHT, IS MAKING SURE THAT WE PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS, WHICH WE FIGHT ABOUT SO MUCH.
WE FIGHT ABOUT NOT INCREASING TAXES AND PROTECTING THAT TAX BASE.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE HOMEOWNERS TAXES THAT ARE GOING HERE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A NICE, PRETTY COUNSEL CHAMBER? SO IT'S ONE OF DAYS WHEN YOU DRIVE BY AND HE'S LIKE, OH, WHAT'S THAT ODOR CALLED YOU LIVE BY YOU.
LIKE, HOW DO I LIVE HERE EVERY DAY? HOW DO MY KIDS LIVE HERE EVERY DAY? HOW CAN I HOST A BIRTHDAY PARTY IN THE BACKYARD FOR MY KID WHEN I SMELL CRAP ALL DAY LONG.
AND SO WHILE Y'ALL WANT TO PLAY POLITICS HERE, THERE IN OTHER WORRIED ABOUT GOVERNMENT, I'M NOT CALM HERE.
PEOPLE TALK ABOUT, YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND SAID I WAS ELECTED TO CHANGE THE LAW.
AND SO I'M HERE TODAY TO CHANGE THE LAW, TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE PEOPLE AT DISTRICT FIVE.
AND I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN IN WITH ME.
AND THE FIRST, ANOTHER TWO YEARS WON'T HAPPEN.
I'VE TALKED TO THE HEAD OF DEQ YESTERDAY THAT TOLD ME THAT THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS GOING ON WITH QUALAWASH THAT WOULD, UM, MAKE AN IMPACT AND STOP THE EMISSIONS FROM HAPPENING.
AND MY RESPONSE TO HIM WAS, IT'S NOT ABOUT QUALAWASH.
IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN NORTH BATON ROUGE, THE PEOPLE OF BATON ROUGE IN GENERAL.
SO IF THIS STOPS AND WE KILL THE ORDINANCE, WE PUT A BAND-AID ON IT.
BUT IF WE PUT THE ORDINANCE IN PLACE TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS ALL AROUND BAD RULES, LONG TERM.
SO I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN IN WITH ME AND PROTECTING THE PEOPLE THAT PUT YOU HERE BY NOT THINKING GOVERNMENT FIRST.
I THINK THAT'S FOR THE RESIDENTS.
THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO DEFER THE ITEM FOR 45 DAYS.
WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION OFF OF THESE OPEN THE MACHINE THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA VOTE ON
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THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO APPROVE WITH AMENDMENTS TO YOUR ORIGINAL MISSION, EXCUSE ME, BUT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE.NOW WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED WE'RE VOTING ON THE MACHINES.
WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER, HUDSON MOTION TO DEFER FOR 45 DAYS.
THERE HASN'T BEEN A MOTION MADE TO DEFER THE ITEM FOR 35 DAYS.
THERE'S A SENATE BY THE CHAIR.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO DEFER IT FOR 45 DAYS 61? JUST ANOTHER EMOTION.
WE JUST SAID, NO, WE'LL MOVE TO ANOTHER MOTION, BUT IT HAS A MOTION TO DEFER FOR 45 DAYS SET INTO BY THE CHAIR A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO DEFER AN ITEM FOR 45 DAYS AS OPPOSITION WITH APPLICATIONS? WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MACHINE? IS COUNSELING DONE? JANE, YOU ONLY ONE AN OPPOSITION.
A FOOD ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR FIVE DAYS.
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NUMBER 62 CONCURRENT OR RECOMMENDATION OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TO APPOINT WINNIE HOFFMAN, THE SALE DIRECTOR OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE EFFECTIVE JUNE 18TH, 2022 BY DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND A COUNCIL WOMAN.IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK OF ITEM 62, ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 62.
UH, WE'RE NOW GOING TO GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN? YES, IT IS EMOTION.
AND SO THIS IS A SMELL OF GOOD, EXCUSE ME.
I DIDN'T SIGN AND COME BEHIND THE WALL TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.
COLD AND MEMBERS OF THE METRO COUNCIL.
UH, MY NAME IS ERIC DEXTER, 5 7 4 CIVIL BILL LANE.
I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, AND ALSO SAT ON A SEARCH COMMITTEE ALONG WITH COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO COME AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE AND OF THE COMMISSION TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT, UH, FOR OUR NOMINATION FOR WHITNEY HOFFMAN CYO.
I WANT TO JUST TO PROVIDE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND AND WHAT WE DID THROUGHOUT THE SEARCH PROCESS, WHICH MANY OF YOU WERE WE TALKED TO AT THE VERY, VERY BEGINNING OF THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, DAVIS ROAR, THE GODFATHER OF DOWNTOWN WHO RAN THE DDD FOR OVER 30 YEARS PASSED AWAY.
UNFORTUNATELY LAST YEAR, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS AN UNPRECEDENTED PROCESS FOR US AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION TO UNDERSTAND OF HOW WE GO ABOUT FILLING A NEW ROLE FOR OUR DDD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
AND SO GOING THROUGH THAT, AS YOU KNOW, HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS, WE HAD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION WAS, UH, WHO HAD THE PROPER LINES OF AUTHORITY TO APPROVE OUR NEW DDD DIRECTOR.
WELL, AFTER GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND FINALLY FIGURING OUT WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE A CONSULTING FIRM WITH EMERGENT METHOD, UH, TO BEGIN THE SEARCH PROCESS WITH OUR APPLICANTS.
UH, WE RECEIVED OVER 80 APPLICANTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UH, THAT WERE INTERESTED IN THE DDD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JOB FOLKS FROM NEW YORK, ALL THE WAY TO CALIFORNIA.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHOWED ME ABOUT THIS PROCESS WAS THAT AS MUCH AS WE ARE OUR OWN BEST CRITICS, OUR WORST CRITICS IN THIS CASE, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BATON ROUGE, THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE INTERESTED IN COMING TO BATON ROUGE TO BE THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT DIRECTOR.
I WENT INTO THIS PROCESS THINKING WE WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO END UP WITH SOMEONE WHO WASN'T FROM THE COMMUNITY OR WASN'T FROM THIS STATE, BUT LO AND BEHOLD, WE ENDED UP WITH SOMEONE THAT WAS THE BEST CANDIDATE, UM, THAT WAS RIGHT HERE IN OUR BACKYARD, WHICH ALSO THINKS THAT SHOWS SHOULD SHOW US THAT WE HAVE SOME PRETTY, PRETTY TALENTED FOLKS RIGHT HERE THAT ARE BORN AND BRED RIGHT HERE IN BATON ROUGE.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMISSION, UH, FOR THIS WHITNEY HOFFMAN CYO AS A NEW DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON, UH, ITEM 62, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO RECEIVED A NUMBER OF EMAILS, UH, ABOUT THE APPOINTMENT OF, WITH WHAT IS HER NAME, WHITNEY HOFFMAN SAY OUT I SPOKE TO ON THE PHONE LAST WEEK.
I SHOULD KNOW THAT A COUNCIL NUMBER CALLED THEM.
SO, UH, I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF ERIC THERE.
UH, AND THIS IS A SMELL GOOD THING HERE.
SO YOU ALL OUGHT TO BE ALL RIGHT WITH THIS.
AND SO BEING IN THERE, UH, WITH THAT, IN THAT PROCESS, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY WHITNEY COME FORWARD HERE TO THIS SO THEY CAN SEE YOU.
IT WAS DEFINITELY, UM, A CHOICE THAT, UH, I MEAN, IT JUST WAS A WHITNEY CHOICE.
AND SO I AM GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE
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ACCEPT WHITNEY HOFFMAN SALE AS OUR DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.AND SHE COULDN'T WALK IN THOSE SHOES.
THAT'S BEEN MADE SECOND BUYER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.
NO, I WAS ABOUT TO SPLIT COUNCIL NUMBER ROCKER, BUT I WAS ABOUT TO MISS COUNSELING AMERICA, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MARACA.
UH, IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? I MEAN, I, I, I FIGURED WHITE LADY, WHITE LADY.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE, UH, THEY WERE PLANNING COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER GO DAY.
I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN FROM THIS VOTE.
UH, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCCA.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON? NO, NO OPPOSITION, OF COURSE.
UH, NO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU WERE THE, UH, URBAN TRAILS DIRECTOR FOR BRAC.
AND, UH, I DIDN'T DO THIS ON PURPOSE THIS MORNING, BUT I TOOK MY DAUGHTER, UH, FOR A QUICK, JUST A QUICK NATURE TRAIL THROUGH THE, UH, FOREST CREEK PARK THIS MORNING.
AND I'LL TELL YOU IF YOU DO THIS JOB WITH AS MUCH EXCELLENCE AS YOU GUYS HAVE PLANNED THE TRAILS AND SEVERAL OF OUR PARKS YOU'LL DO, YOU'LL DO EXCEPTIONAL.
ANY OPPOSITION TO WHITNEY SALE.
YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WHERE I SEE YOU GOT TO SPEAK? UM, NO, I'M JUST BEEN INCREDIBLY HUMBLED BY THE SUPPORT OF MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND ALL OF THE DOWNTOWN STAKEHOLDERS THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
AND IT, IT HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL AND RELIEVED AT THIS POINT TO, UM, MEET, MEET HERE AND HAVE Y'ALL'S, UM, APPROVAL OF ME.
IT'S, UM, ALSO BEEN, UM, VERY HONORED BY THE D D DECOMMISSION AND ALL OF COUNCILMAN COLEMAN SUPPORT AS WELL.
UM, IT HAS BEEN BITTERSWEET TO SOME DEGREE.
I'VE ENJOYED MY WORK AT BRAC AND APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY GAVE ME THERE TO HONE IN ON MY LEADERSHIP.
UM, IN ADDITION TO, UM, ALSO STILL PROCESSING AND GRIEVING THE LOSS OF M DAVIS.
SO IT IS BITTERSWEET, BUT I AM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN SO THAT IT COULD BE A PLACE THAT WELCOMES ALL OF THE CITIZENS OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
AND I WELCOME MEETING WITH YOU ALL TO DISCUSS HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT MACEO.
WE UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORT A CANDIDATE FOR A POSITION LIKE THIS.
SO CONGRATULATIONS, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, ITEM
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63, A MINUTE, A 2022 CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET AND CAPITAL BUDGET.SO AS TO APPROPRIATE 1,000,030, $1,000 FOR CONSTRUCTION TO THE TERRORIST, WE PUMP STATION FROM GENERAL FUND MALICE ON ASSIGNED TRANSPORTATION'S READINESS DIRECTOR.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 63 TO ANYONE WHO WISHES TO BE LINE OF 63? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO, SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOPE SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
UH, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT ITEM? UH, ARE YOU ALL A COUNCIL PERSON FOR TODAY? UH, YOU SUPPOSED TO ANNOUNCE THAT SO MORE WHITE THAN 63 HAS BEEN APPROVED, UH, ITEM
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64, AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT.NUMBER TWO FROM THE CONTRACT WITH BRADLEY BLUE STIR AND ASSOCIATES, APAC FOR ADDITIONAL DESIGN SERVICE AND THE CONNECTION WITH THEIR CONTRACT AND THE RENOVATIONS TO THE SCOTLAND BEER BRANCH LIBRARY AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $37,000 BY THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS DIRECTOR.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 64 WITHOUT VOTE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE BY OUR COUNCIL PERSON FOR TODAY.
WHAT IS YOUR NAME AND LADY NOT TO INTRODUCE, INTRODUCE YOURSELF? MY NAME IS HAILEY.
YOU'RE NO STRANGER TO THE COUNCIL COUNCIL.
SO WE'LL BUY COUNCIL FROM HERTZ.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY THE CHAIRS THEN THE OPPOSITION ITEM 64 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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WE NOW GO TO ITEM 65, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT ATTENTION TO THE CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE VISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT OF SERVICES, OFFICE OF SOCIAL SERVICES WITH THE CAPITAL AREA UNITED WAY FOR THE BEATEST SHARE, I WAS SPRINT PROGRAM, THE OFFICE OF SOCIAL SERVICES.WE PAID AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $5,000 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.
HE'S ONLY WANT YOU TO SPEAK TO ITEM 65 WITHOUT GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN ADAMS SAID ANYBODY, THE CHAIR, WE NOW MOVE
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ON TO 66 AWARD AND A CONTRACT FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT BIOSOLIDS HAULING SERVICES TO SELECTED WINDOWS.THE LOUISIANA WASTE THAT CONSULTING BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 66.
WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, HERS ITEM 66 HAS BEEN APPROVED IN 67, AUTHORIZING
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THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO APPLY FOR AND ACCEPT GRANT FRAUD FROM THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES INSTITUTE FOR SOUTHERN CITIES, ECONOMIC INCLUSION INITIATIVE TO PROVIDE FOR PLANNING, RAN IN AN AMOUNT OF $5,000 AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,000 TO HELP CITIES DEEPEN LOCAL AND BUILD LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO SUPPORT STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT IMPLEMENTATION FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC INCLUSION BY MAYOR PRESIDENT.IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 67? ANYONE HERE WE SHOULD SPEAK ITEM 67 WENT.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POHLMAN AND WE NOW GO TO ITEM 68
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APPROVING THE ANNUAL SURVEY CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR THE PARIS TRANSPORTATION FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT TO BOARD A SIGN FOR CERTIFICATION BY FINANCE DIRECTOR.IS THERE ANYONE HERE? WE SHOULD JUST BE ITEM 68, ANYONE HERE AND NOW WE GO TO COUNCIL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER NOLS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS ITEM 68 HAS BEEN APPROVED ITEM 69.
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BEEN A REQUEST TO DELETE, DECIDE A MINUTE AT 2022 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET.SO AS TO APPROPRIATE 127,000 FOR OPERATIONAL EXPENSES OF THE CORONER'S OFFICE, AN AUTHORIZED PAYMENT AND EXCESS LEAD ACCRUED IN 2021 FROM GENERAL FUND BALANCE ON A SIGN BY THE CORONER'S OFFICE, ESTIMATED REVENUES BY CORONER'S OFFICE AND FINANCE DIRECTOR.
AGAIN, THIS ITEM HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO BE DELETED.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 69 WITHOUT GO TO COUNCIL? IS THERE A MOTION TO DELETE THE ITEMS? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, ADAM SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.
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ITEM 70, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT THAT YOU COULD HAVE SUPPLEMENTED REMIT TO CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES BEFORE 10 TO BLOTTER FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH VR CAPACITY, PROJECT OLD HAM AND HIGHWAY SEGMENT ONE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $149,080 AND 58 CENTS BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND RUNNING DIRECTOR.IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 70, ANYONE WANTS YOU TO SPEAK ON ITEM 70.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 70? SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN MADAM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN COLEMAN, NO OPPOSITION.
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TO ITEM 71 AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESENT EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES, A BOOKLET INCORPORATED FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED.PROJECT NIPPLES AND DRIVERS SEGMENT TWO, BEEN HER THRIVE TO BLUE BONNET BOULEVARD IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $300,000.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 71 WERE NOT ABLE TO COUNCIL COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN
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AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PREGNANT.SHE TO SUPPLEMENT A ROOM FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES INCORPORATED FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOVIE YARD CAPACITY PROJECT CONSTANTINE DIJON AVENUE, PHASE TWO.
I MADE WAY TO BLUE BONNET AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $79,698 BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 72? WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN ADAMS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MOORE, COLEMAN ITEM 72 HAS BEEN APPROVED 73
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AMENDING TO 2022 CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET FOR THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.SO AS TO APPROPRIATE $88,129 AND 64 SENT FROM THE DISTRICT'S FUND BALANCE ON A SIGN FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING, THE REQUIREMENT PAYMENT OF THE CITY OF ZACHARY FOR THE FIRE PROTECTION EMERGENCY SERVICES DURING 2021 BY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.
NUMBER ONE IS ANYONE HERE WE CAN SPEAK ITEM 73.
HER SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. WE
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NOW GO TO ITEM 74 AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT EXECUTE A UTILITY RELOCATION AGREEMENT WITH AT AND T LOUISIANA FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVING BEYOND ENHANCEMENT PROJECT MATT COAST ROAD.BUT WE THEN A 64 TO PRADA, PORT HUDSON AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $192,462 AND 4 CENTS BY TRANSPORTATION.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK? I AM 74.
WHEN I GO BACK TO THE COUNCIL, COUNCILMAN BARKS, UH, STATE, UH, THE DEVASTATING FOR THE VOTE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON SETTING THERE BY COUNCIL LITTLE COLEMAN ITEM 74 IS GOING TO PROVE PLEASE SHOW COUNCIL MEMBER HER SUBSTAIN ITEM 75,
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AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR.PRESIDENT'S EXECUTED SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR THE CONCEPT FOR FRESHMAN ENGINEER SERVICES TO FOUR 10, THE BODY CORPORATE AND ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE ALL CAPACITY PROJECT, ALL HAM AND HIGHWAY 71 AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $149,080 AND 50 CENTS BY THE PARIS BY THE TRANSPORTATION.
AND DURING THIS DIRECTED, ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 65, 75, EXCUSE ME.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE SOME MOBILE BY ADAMS? SECOND BY COUNCILMAN COLEMAN ITEM 75 HAS BEEN APPROVED COUNCIL MEMBERS.
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GO TO ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS ITEM, A ANNUAL ROADSIDE DRAINAGE REPAIR PROJECT THESIS IS AN ACCEPTANCE OF LOW GRADY CRAWFORD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, $922,030 BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTLY.THE REASON THIS ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED AS ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER BIDS WERE RECEIVED AFTER THE AGENDA DEADLINE ACCEPTANCE OF LOW BID WILL PROVIDE FOR QUICK EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACT.
ITEM B ACCEPTANCE OF LOCAL AT ANNUAL ROADSIDE DRAINAGE REPAIR PROJECT, NORTH READY CRAWFORD CONSTRUCTION COMING OUT IN $22,030 BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTED.
THE REASON IS BID IS BEING REQUESTED.
AS ADMINISTRATIVE MAT BIDS WERE RECEIVED.
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ACCEPTANCE, BLOVIATE WILL PROVIDE FOR PUT THEIR EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS WILL WORK.ANDY WERE ROADSIDES RANGERS REPAIR PROJECT READY CRAWFORD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, $922,030.
THE REASON TO DECIDE THEM AS BEING REQUESTED AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER MINUTES WILL RECEIVE AFTER THE AGENDA DEADLINE, EXCEPT AS A LOW BILL WILL PROVIDE FOR QUICK EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACT.
WE NEED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES.
SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN MADONNA, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MOTION.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? NOW WE'RE GOING TO CALL IT FULL PUBLIC HERE ON ITEM.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM EIGHT BUC.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE FLOOR TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS LIST? A B AND C SOME MOVED BY COUNCIL AND MY HUSBAND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
CODY, ALL ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
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CAPITA OR HUMAN SERVICES DISTRICT TO REPLACE STEPHANIE WEBER WHO WAS NOT SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT.THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MUST SUBMIT THREE NAMES FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE GOVERNOR.
NOMINEES MUST MEET ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA REPRESENTS THIS YEAR, BUT A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON SPECIALTY COURTS REPRESENTS LAW ENFORCEMENT SCHOOLS BASED HEALTHCARE, PUBLIC HEALTH, THE CORNERS OFFICE, BASED ON THE NEEDS OF RESPECT OF APPOINTING PARISHES.
AS A PARENT CONSUMER, AS AN ADVOCATE IN THE FIELD OF ADDICTIVE DISORDERS TERM BEGINS ON JULY 12TH, 2022.
THE CURRENT BALLOT IS JUANITA BELL.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE JAMES JEFFERSON THE THIRD.
DO WE ALSO HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? YOU SAT IN DENOMINATION.
ANY, ANY OTHER, HUH? WELL, WE HAVE TO ASK.
SO, UM, THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO SUBMIT THREE NAMES FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE GOVERNOR FOR APPOINTMENT.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANYBODY ELSE TO NOMINATE FROM THE FLOOR, UM, IF THERE ARE MORE THAN THREE, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO VOTE ON THREE, BUT IF Y'ALL HAVE THREE, THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE.
SO IF YOU HAVE TO, UM, WE HAVE DONE THIS IN THE PAST.
WE FORWARD THEM TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND LET THEM DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO SEND IT BACK TO US.
AH, LISTEN, I'M I, I MAKE THE MOTION TO FORWARD TO GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND LET'S SEE IF HE WANTS TO SEND IT BACK AND SET HIM BY COUNCIL MEMBER, DUNN, JUNIORS DOWN THE OPPOSITION TO FORWARD IT TO THE GOVERNOR.
WE NEED TO BAIL AND JAMES JEFFERSON, THE THIRD WE'LL GO TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
HOPEFULLY THEY WILL NOT SEND BACK ITEM 77.
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ABC BILL ALCOHOL, BEVERAGE CONTROL CONSIDERATION OF REPLACING MICHAEL RUSSELL, WHO IS DECEASED.THE UNEXPIRED TERM ENDS ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2022 ON THE CURRENT BALLOT.
WE HAVE DAVID FACI MAKE DANIEL J RUST AND AARON SWEDEN SWEENEY.
APPMON IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 77? ARE ANY OF THE CANDIDATES HERE? IF YOU'RE HERE, PLEASE STAND DAVID SWEENEY.
LET ME EXCUSE ME, DAVID IS HERE.
UH, IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR? ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS FROM THE FOREHEAD? YES, SIR.
UM, WE INTERVIEWED, UH, A LOT OF THE CANDIDATES AND I, I REALLY LIKED MR. DAVID FACEY A LOT, BUT THERE'S A CANDIDATE, BRAD KRAMMER AND FOR SOME REASON HE'S NOT ON THE LIST.
HE WORKED FOR THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH ABC FOR SOME TIME.
NOW I'D LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION FOR HIM FROM THE FLOOR, PLEASE.
ALRIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION OF DAVID FACEY.
I'VE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A MEMBER OF THE APC, EXCUSE ME.
SO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPOINT PAVEMENT OR THE MOTION TO APPOINT DAVID FACI.
THERE'S THE SECOND BY THE CHAIR.
IS ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? OKAY.
WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MACHINES.
I WILL GO BACK AND DO, AS WE GOING TO VOTE AN ORDER OF THE NAMES ON THE LIST.
I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS.
THERE'S A MOTION TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS TO DO A SECOND AS A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOLE ON THE MOTION TO DEFER TWO WEEKS.
ALRIGHT, WE GOT A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, CORRECT? UM, NO, THE, THE ORIGINAL MOTION FAILED SO YOU CAN YEAH.
SO THERE'S A MOTION TO DEFER THE ITEM FOR TWO WEEKS.
COUNCIL MEMBER MODE, COUNCIL NUMBER COLEMAN MADE A MOTION TO APPOINT.
THREE PEOPLE RAISED THEIR HAND IN OPPOSITION, WHICH MEANT THAT IT WAS GOING TO FAIL.
SO HE WASN'T GOING TO BE APPOINTED.
NOW WE CAN VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL HER COUNCIL MEMBER.
COLEMAN'S ORIGINAL MOTION, BUT I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO EMBARRASS ANYONE OF THE CANDIDATES, BUT THREE PEOPLE DID RAISE THEIR HAND IN OPPOSITION.
SO THAT MEANT THAT THAT PERSON WOULDN'T BE APPOINTED TONIGHT.
SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON'S MOTION IS TO DEFER THE ITEM, BUT TWO WEEKS.
AND THERE WAS A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOKE TO DEFER THE ITEM FOR TWO WEEKS.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO DEFER THE ITEM FOR TWO WEEKS? THERE'S OPPOSITION BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
WE WANT TO DO IT FOR 30 DAYS, 45.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON HAS ADJUSTED
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TO MOTIONS FOR 45 DAYS TO DEFER.THERE'S A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOCHA.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO DEFER AN ITEM FOR 45 DAYS? THE APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR 45 DAYS AND NOW GO TO ITEM 78,
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WHICH IS CHANGE ALL THIS TRAFFIC SIGNAL, CONNECTION AND COMMUNICATION INSTALLATION CONTRACT TO JB GROUP OF THE LOUISIANA, LLC, DOING BUSINESS AS INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS, LLC CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT, $39,101 AND 10 CENTS IS ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 78.WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, HER SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. WHEN I GO
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TO FINAL ACCEPTANCES SAVANNAH'S CAMERA INSTALLATION, PROJECT CONTRACTOR, ERNEST P BRO ELECTRICAL INCORPORATED.IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 79? WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 79? SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN COLEMAN, SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.
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GO TO ACCEPTANCE OF LOW BIDS RIVER CENTER ARENA, REALLY IMPROVEMENT BY FABRICATED PRODUCTS, LLC, $134,911.IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 80? WE NOW ABLE TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM MADE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH, HERS ITEM 80 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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WE NOW GO TO ITEM 81, ANNUAL PARENTS, WHITE HOMEOWNERS, SEWAGE PUMP INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE.JMW CONTRACTORS INCORPORATED $614,350.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 81 WITHOUT REBECCA COUNCIL MEMBERS? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CALLED HIM COLEMAN ITEM 81 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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GO TO ITEM 82 CHERRY STREET DURING THIS PUMPING STATION RENOVATIONS WARDEN SMITH INCORPORATED 5 MILLION, $296,000.IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 82 WITHOUT GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS ITEM 82.
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83 RECEIVING THE QUARTERLY REPORT ON THE LAND BANK AND REDEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES FROM BILL BATON ROUGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT, QUARTER 1 20 22.SHAWNA IS NOT HERE, BILL BATON ROUGE.
UM, DO WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION UP THIS TIME? THAT'S FINE.
NO, I SENT IT TO ALL OF YOU IN ADVANCE.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HAD QUESTIONS, BUT I'M, I'M TARA,
UM, TO DATE WE HAVE 134 PROPERTIES AND OUR LAND BANK, UM, WHICH HAS APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 2200 ACRES.
68 OF THOSE PARCELS ARE TIED TO, UM, SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PLANS.
UM, THOSE ARE PRIMARILY, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRIC DEPOT PLANK ROAD AND THE ARRENDALE, UM, REDEVELOPMENT.
UH, 66 OF THOSE PROPERTIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, UM, PRO PARTNERS, COMMUNITY, UM, ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES PROGRAM, UH, OR OUR LOT NEXT DOOR PROGRAM.
UM, 16 AT THOSE PROPERTIES ARE EARMARKED FOR THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE WE WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO TRANSFER THE ADJUDICATED PARCELS INTO THEIR HANDS FOR REDEVELOPMENT.
UM, IN ACCORDANCE TO THE, I GUESS THE MASTER OF COUNCIL AND THE CITY PARISHES, UH, PLANS FOR REDEVELOPMENT WITH BILL BATON ROUGE.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PRESENTATION, UH, THE LAND BANK PROPERTIES PER DISTRICT, THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTIES ARE IN DISTRICT 10.
UM, THAT'S 87 PROPERTIES, UH, 40 OF THOSE ARE AVAILABLE, UM, FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
UM, AND I GUESS BETWEEN THE LAST PRESENTATION AND NOW WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN IN DECEMBER WHEN WE GAVE THIS UPDATE, TWO PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED OUT OF OUR LAND BANK, UH, INTO THE HANDS OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WHICH, UM, ONE OF THOSE WAS IN COUNCILWOMAN COLM, ACTUALLY, BOTH OF THOSE WERE IN YOUR DISTRICT COUNCIL AND COLEMAN ONE WAS FOR THE LOT NEXT DOOR PROGRAM.
AND ONE WAS FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF, UM, THE, UH, LINCOLN THEATER TO THE LOUISIANA BLACK HISTORY HALL OF FAME.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PRESENTATION, THERE ARE SEVERAL ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES STILL AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CITY PARISH THOUSANDS.
UM, WE HAD THE ABILITY AND THE FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL TO TRANSFER THOSE PROPERTIES INTO OUR LAND BANK.
UM, BUT AT THIS TIME WE HAVE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, ONLY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ABOUT A HUNDRED.
SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO GRAB THOSE AT ANY TIME IF SOMEBODY IS INTERESTED OR IF THEY'RE IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR REDEVELOPMENT PLANS, BUT AT THIS TIME WE HAVE NO REQUESTS FOR YOU ALL FOR ANY TRANSFERS.
UM, IN TERMS OF REDEVELOPMENT PLANS ON OUR ADJUDICATED PARCELS OR ON THE PARCELS THAT ARE IN OUR LAND BANK.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THE, UH, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JP MORGAN CHASE GRANT ON PLANK ROAD.
UM, WE HAVE FOUR PROPOSED COMMERCIAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS UNDERWAY, UM, ON PLANK ROAD.
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UM, WE ARE IN PRE-DEVELOPMENT PHASE FOR THE MAJORITY OF THOSE PROJECTS.UM, THEY'RE PLAYING HIM EAST AND WEST.
UM, THERE'S ONE AT PLANK CALUMET, PLANK ERIE, AND THEN PLANK CHOCTAW AND SENECA BETWEEN CHOCTAW AND SENECA.
SO, UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL PERSONS OF INTEREST FOR ON THE REDEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THOSE PROPERTIES.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR PLANK ROAD, UM, HAS BEEN CREATED, UM, BUILT BATON ROUGE.
SO BUILD BATON ROUGE WILL NOT BE ADMINISTERING THAT, BUT THAT WILL FUND, THAT WILL BE THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR THE GROCERY ANCHOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT IS PROPOSED FOR, UM, PLAYING BETWEEN SHOP TALL AND SENECA.
UM, FOR ARDEN DALE, UH, WE CONTINUE TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY PARISH AND THE EAST BATON ROUGE HOUSING AUTHORITY, UH, ON THE HUD CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS GRANT, WHICH WAS THE $30 MILLION GRANT THAT WAS AWARDED, UM, TO, TO THE AGENCIES.
UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH HOUSING AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER ABOUT 40 ACRES OF LAND, WHICH IS IMMEDIATELY WEST OF, UM, ARDEN WOULD ARDEN WOULD DRIVE, UM, FOR THE FIRST AND SECOND PHASES OF THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT'S PROPOSED THROUGH THE MIXED INCOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THE MOVE BR CONNECTOR ROADWAY DOES CUT THROUGH, UM, OUR PROPERTY AT GARDENDALE.
SO IT WILL CONNECT LADELL TO ARDEN WOOD, WHICH WILL FURTHER, I THINK, YOU KNOW, ENHANCE ACCESS ACCESSIBILITY TO THAT PROJECT.
UM, SO WE'RE WORKING IN CLOSE CONJUNCTION WITH YOU ALL WITH CITY PARISH ON THAT.
UM, OTHER DEVELOPERS HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN REMAINING PARCELS OF THE ARRENDALE PROPERTY.
UM, ONE OF THE MAIN BARRIERS TO DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY IS THAT IT'S PRIMARILY A WETLAND.
AND, UM, SO IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT, YOU KNOW, TO DEVELOP OVER THE YEARS, BUT WE ARE, WE DO HAVE INTEREST IN OR WORKING, YOU KNOW, EFFECTIVELY TO TRY TO GET SOME OF THAT TRANSFERRED OR TO GAUGE INTEREST IN WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE AT SOME POINT, UM, FLOOD PLANS FOR FLORIDA BOULEVARD.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THERE IS A CORE TANA CORRIDOR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THAT WAS CREATED, UM, WHICH WILL FUND THE, UH, FLORIDA BOULEVARD, COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE CORRIDOR.
UM, I THINK THE SCOPE IS YET TO BE DETERMINED OF THAT PROJECT.
UM, THAT WOULD BE THE TIER ONE PROJECT FOR THE USES OF THE FUNDS.
UH, TIER TWO WOULD BE A COMMUNITY CENTER AND COUNCILMAN DUNN'S DISTRICT, UM, BUILD BATON ROUGE IS ADMINISTERING THE KIT QUARTANA CORRIDOR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
UM, SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT WHEN ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS FOR THAT AT THIS TIME.
SO WE HAVE CONVENED CONVENE THE BOARD TWICE.
THE BOARD IS COMPRISED OF, UM, THE THREE MAYORAL APPOINTEES ON BILL BATON ROUGE'S BOARD AND TWO OF COUNCILMAN DUNN'S APPOINTEES.
SO, UM, WE HAVE THAT UNDERWAY AS WELL.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT TODAY.
I THINK THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS WE COULD DISCUSS, BUT THAT'S, I WANTED TO KEEP IT BRIEF IN CASE YOU ALL HAD QUESTIONS, LET'S HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 82? I THINK IT IS ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ITEM 82 83, EXCUSE ME.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ITEM 83, COME ON DOWN.
LET'S WALKS THROUGH THAT DOOR, JENNIFER CARDWELL, 1855 OLD CARRIAGE LANE.
AND I JUST HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, SO IT'S NOT REALLY SPEAKING, BUT I'M GOING TO PUT THE QUESTIONS OUT THERE AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL GET ANSWERED.
UM, HOW IS IT DECIDED WHAT GOES INTO THE LAND BANK AND WHAT DOES NOT GO INTO THE LAND BANK? UM, AND THEN, UH, I'M ON THE WEBSITE, BUT I'M NOT REAL CLEAR HOW THE PUBLIC CAN SEE THIS REPORT.
SO IF YOU CAN JUST KIND OF EXPLAIN, CAN THE PUBLIC SEE THIS REPORT AND IF NOT, YEAH.
YOU WANT TO TAKE A SHOT AT ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS.
SO HOW, HOW HAS DECIDED WHEN A PROPERTY GOES INTO THE LAND BANK, UM, BUILD BATON ROUGE SUBMITS A REQUEST TO THE CITY PARISH.
UH, WE WORK WITH THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE SHERIFF AND THE ASSESSOR, AND, UM, THOSE PROPERTIES, UM, GO THROUGH A FORMAL FORMAL TRANSFER PROCESS, UM, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF TITLE.
SO THESE ARE ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES ONLY THAT THAT CAN COME INTO THE GO BAD ROUGE LAND BANK.
UM, IN TERMS OF PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY OF THIS PRESENTATION, I'M HAPPY TO SHARE AND EITHER POST TO OUR WEBSITE OR SEND IT DIRECTLY TO MS. CARLYLE.
I THOUGHT I HAD ATTACHED IT TO THE ITEM.
SO I APOLOGIZE IF I HAD NOT BEEN TARA PROVIDED AT WELL, WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING.
I'LL MAKE SURE IT'S ATTACHED TO THE ITEM TONIGHT BEFORE I LEAVE.
GREAT COUNSEL, THEN WE'LL GO TO, OH, THANK YOU.
UM, IN YOUR PRESENTATION, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE PLANK ROAD, THERE'S A MENTION OF A LAND TRUST, UH, THAT JOINTLY WORKS WITH THE LAND BANK.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CREATION OF THAT LAND TRUST IN, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THAT AND USE A LAND TRUST MORE COMPREHENSIVELY FOR YOUR PURPOSES? YES.
SO, UM, AS PART OF THE JP MORGAN CHASE GRANT, WE HAD BEEN RESEARCHING THE VIABILITY OF A LAND TRUST
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IN THE CITY PARISH, UH, THROUGH THE RESEARCH, IT WAS KIND OF, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A HYBRID COMMUNITY LAND BANK AND LAND TRUST WOULD BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE, UM, DUE TO THE REASONS OF, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR LAND BANK HAS A DISPOSITION ISSUE IN TERMS OF THE ABILITY TO INABILITY TO CLEAR TITLE AT THIS TIME.UM, OFTENTIMES LAND TRUSTS HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, ACQUISITION ISSUES IN TERMS OF LIMITED AMOUNT, YOU KNOW, SOURCES OF FUNDING TO, UM, TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY.
SO WITH THE HYBRID COMMUNITY LAND BANK, LAND TRUST, AND THE LAND TRUST WORKING WITH OUR LAND BANK, WE CAN EFFECTIVELY DONATE OUR PROPERTIES INTO THE TRUST.
THE TRUST CAN ALSO ACQUIRE PROPERTIES AS, YOU KNOW, AS THEY WOULD LIKE.
AND WE CAN THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALSO INCUBATING THE LAND TRUST AT THIS TIME, UM, AND ACQUIRE FUNDING ON THEIR BEHALF.
SO IT IS INTENDED TO BE A PROTOTYPE, THE COMMUNITY LAND BANK, AND LAND TRUST FOR PLANK ROAD THAT CAN THEN BE REPLICATED, UH, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE CITY.
UM, SHOULD THIS BE SUCCESSFUL? OKAY.
I HOPE IT'S A, I HOPE IT'S AN EFFECTIVE TOOL IN YOUR TOOLBOX AS, AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WAYS REMEDIATE BLIGHTED PROPERTIES AND CERTAINLY REDEVELOPMENT AREAS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
TELL US THE NUMBER DONE, TARA, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT, UH, FOUR OR FIVE PROJECTS ALONG THE PLANK ROAD CORRIDOR OR THAT IN PRE-DEVELOPMENT.
CAN YOU GO INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT THOSE, WHETHER THE COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, WHAT EXACTLY THEY WILL BE? SURE.
SO, UM, PLAINTIFF, HE CAN, EAST PROJECT IS A PROPOSED FOOD HUB PROJECT, UM, THAT WE ARE PARTNERING WITH METRO MORPHOSIS ON AND TRUE FUND AS PART OF THE JP MORGAN CHASE GRANT.
UM, WE ARE IN PRE-DEVELOPMENT STAGES IN TERMS OF TRYING TO DETERMINE THE VIABILITY OF THAT SITE TO HOST THE FOOD HUB.
UM, THAT'S IF IT IS A, UM, IT IS A COLD STORAGE, UM, A COLD STORAGE FACILITY, A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN FOR LOCAL, UH, RESIDENTS IN THE AREA THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD IN THE PLANK ROAD MASTER PLANNING PROCESS WAS THAT THERE WAS A NEED FOR FOLKS TO COME TO A FACILITY AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TO HAVE THE SPACE AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, THE FACILITY TO CATER TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
INSTEAD OF OUT OF THEIR HOMES, THERE WOULD BE FOOD, FOOD TRAINING THERE AS WELL.
UM, COLD STORAGE, FOOD, FOOD DISTRIBUTION FACILITY, POSSIBILITY OF FOOD TRUCKS, AND A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COULD COME AND CONVENE LIKE A FOOD HALL AND FOOD TRUCKS.
SO IT'S KIND OF A COMPREHENSIVE FACILITY THAT ADDRESSES ALL OF THE NEEDS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAVE SAID THEY WANTED.
SO YOU GUYS WOULD OPERATE THIS UP.
UH, METRO MARCOS WAS, WOULD OPERATE THIS.
THE INTENTION IS THAT METRO MORPHOSIS WOULD OPERATE IT.
AND THEN WE PROVIDE THE BUILDING.
AND SO PLANK MOHICAN WEST IS, UM, A PROPERTY THAT BILL BATON ROUGE PURCHASED, UH, WITH THE INTENTION OF HAVING A CIVIC SENATE CENTER THERE.
THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANK ROAD MASTER PLAN.
UM, AT THIS TIME THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH LIBRARY IS DETERMINING THE FEASIBILITY OF THAT SITE FOR A RELOCATION OF THE DELMONT BRANCH LIBRARY.
IT WAS INTENDED THAT THEY WOULD TAKE ONE PARCEL, BUT IT'S LOOKING LIKE DIRT DUE TO THEIR SPACE NEEDS.
THEY MAY ACTUALLY WANT TO ACQUIRE THE ENTIRE SITE.
UM, PLANK CALUMET WAS A PROPOSED PROJECT UNDER MR. TYSON'S TENURE AT BUILD BATON ROUGE FOR A MIXED INCOME MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WE HAVE RE-EVALUATED THE FEASIBILITY OF THAT DUE TO THE INFLATION OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS OVER THE TERM THAT THAT PROJECT WAS PROPOSED.
UM, IT WAS NOT COST-EFFECTIVE AND FEASIBLE, UM, BASED OFF OF SOME OF THE STUDIES THAT WE HAD DONE.
UM, SO WE ARE RE-EVALUATING THAT TO BE PRIMARILY A MIXED INCOME, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MIXED INCOME AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, UM, HOPEFULLY TO PROVIDE AT LEAST 26 TO 30 UNITS OF HOUSING, UM, PLANK AREA WOULD BE THE SITE OF THE ECO PARK, WHICH IS THE FURTHEST ALONG AT THIS POINT.
UM, THE ECO PARK IS INTENDED TO BE A, A COMMUNITY PARK, UM, ON A LAND BANK PARCEL THAT BUILD BATON ROUGE OWNS, UM, FROM AN ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES TRANSFER.
UM, AND THAT PROPERTY IS, UH, HAS FUNDING SECURED, UM, FOR PHASES ONE AND TWO DUE TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH BREADTH THAT WE HAVE, AND ALSO, UM, A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE WILL HAVE WITH THE COMMUNITY LAND BANK AND LAND TRUST.
THE INTENTION IS THAT THAT PROPERTY WOULD GO INTO THE LAND TRUST AND EVENTUALLY BE A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN THE THREE OF US.
UM, THE LAST DEVELOPMENT IS, UH, THE PLAINT MOHICAN, I'M SORRY, THE PLANK SENECA AND CHALK TALL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS THE INTENDED, UM, GROCERY ANCHORED, UH, YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
AT ONE POINT THERE WAS HOUSING PROPOSED FOR THAT SITE.
UH, WE WERE DETERMINING THE FEASIBILITY OF HOUSING.
WE HAVE KIND OF STEPPED AWAY FROM THAT AND WITH THE PRIMARY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT BEING PROPOSED AT PLANK CALUMET, AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT, UM, THERE WERE SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH A, UH, GROCERY ANCHOR TENANT.
WE WILL BE ENTERING INTO A, UM, A LETTER OF INTENT WITH FAIRLY SOON, UM, AND, UH, CONVERSATIONS WITH THE HEALTH CARE TENANT AND, UM, UH, ANOTHER COMMERCIAL TENANT, UH, QUITE POTENTIALLY A BANK, UM, THAT WOULD GO THERE.
UM, AND SO THAT, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE OUR, UH, OUR SECOND, YOU KNOW, MOST VIABLE PROJECT
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IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE AND, YOU KNOW, WITH PROGRESS.AND FORGIVE ME IF I DON'T, UM, HAVE A GRASP OF HOW YOU GUYS UTILIZE THE LANGUAGE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT WHEN YOU SAY PRE-DEVELOPMENT, UM, I'M HERE AND THERE TO SAY THAT A PLAN HAS BEEN IN PLACE, AND WE'RE WORKING OUT ALL THE DETAILS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PLAN, BUT IT SOUNDED LIKE THREE OTHER PROJECTS THAT YOU CLASSIFY A PRE-DEVELOPMENT REALLY DON'T HAVE A PLAN, A DIRECTION THAT SHIFTED, AND YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND A DIRECTION FOR THIS.
SO PRE-DEVELOPMENT IS WHEN WE GO BACK.
I MEAN, SO, SO FOR SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES, PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEANS WHERE, YOU KNOW, DOING SURVEYS AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, RIGHT? VERY PRE-DEVELOPMENT, SOME OF THEM ARE THAT WE'RE REVISITING THE CONCEPTUAL PLANS FOR THE PROJECT BEFORE WE DETERMINE WHAT THAT DEVELOPMENT PLAN WILL LOOK LIKE.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SECURE WE'RE SECURING TENANTS FOR THESE PROPERTIES, WE DON'T HAVE A CLEAR IDEA OF THE SPACE NEEDS YET UNTIL THEY COME BACK TO US AND TELL US THAT.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEM TO DETERMINE WHAT THE NEEDS ARE.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION.
WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT CLEARING TITLE, DID YOU SAY YOU DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUT YOUR TITLE OR YOU, SO WE DID.
UM, AND WE NOW A CLEAR TITLE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, IT HAS BECOME VERY COSTLY.
UM, AND SO WHAT WE ARE DOING IS, UM, WE HAVE OUR ATTORNEYS DOING TITLE REVIEWS AND, UH, SOME INITIAL DUE DILIGENCE WORK, UH, TO DETERMINE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD GO DOWN THAT PATH FOR CLEARING A TITLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL NUMBER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REPORT.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER MOLT, WHEN THAT FANCY JACKET IT'S ON YOU, THAT WAS THE MOST DIGITAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
SO, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY HAVE SEEN SOME OF MY POSTS, UM, PLAYMAKERS OF BATON ROUGE IS CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTION WITH, UH, ANNIE JR.
AND, UM, IT WENT ON LAST WEEKEND AND THEN IT'S THIS COMING WEEKEND AS WELL, UH, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY.
AND, UH, YOU CAN GO TO PLAYMAKERS OF BATON ROUGE AND GET TICKETS.
MY DAUGHTER GRACE KNOW, IS STARRING AS ANNIE THIS WEEKEND.
AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO COME OUT IF YOU CAN, AND SUPPORT.
I THINK THERE ARE A FEW TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE THEY'RE CLOSE TO SELLING OUT.
SO, UM, IT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION.
WE, WE GOT INVOLVED WITH PLAYMAKERS, UH, JUST FEW YEARS AGO WHEN SHE STARTED DOING SOME THINGS.
AND, UH, I HAD NEVER SEEN ANNIE, UH, AND UNTIL THIS PRODUCTION AND I WAS PRETTY BLOWN AWAY AT THE TALENT OF SOME OF THESE YOUNG KIDS.
SO IF YOU CAN COME OUT AND SUPPORT THE YOUTH IN THE ARTS, UH, THROUGH PLAYMAKERS OF BATON ROUGE THIS WEEKEND, I SAID THE, UH, THE RILEY THEATER AT LSU, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY, IF YOU CAN TRY TO COME OUT AND SEE IT, BECAUSE IT'S AN EXCELLENT PRODUCTION, THEY'VE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB.
AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, UM, I, I PURCHASED EIGHT TICKETS SO FAR.
UH, I THINK I HAVE ABOUT THREE, THREE LEFT OR WHATEVER.
UH, IF Y'ALL WOULD LOVE TO JOIN US AS IF A COUPLE OF US THAT HAVE TALKED ABOUT GOING FRIDAY AT THE SIX O'CLOCK OR SEVEN O'CLOCK SHOW, AND WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU ALL JOIN US COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER.
SO PLEASE JOIN US FOR A BENEFIT HELPING BE RPD HEROES, SERGEANT MARTIN AND OFFICER CARBONI ON JUNE 12TH, 2022 FROM 2:00 PM TO 4:00 PM AT RED STICK SOCIAL ON THE THIRD AND FOURTH FLOORS.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 21ST, 2021, THE LIVES OF SERGEANT MARTIN AND OFFICER CARBONI, WE'RE CHANGED FOREVER.
WHEN A SPEEDING DRUNK DRIVER CRASHED INTO THEIR VEHICLE, INTO THE ACCIDENT SCENE, WHERE THEY WERE ASSISTING, UH, WITH
PLEASE JOIN US IN HELPING TO BATON ROUGE AS COMMUNITY HEROES.
WE WERE APPRECIATE ANY HELP, AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.
UH, I JUST WANT TO ANNOUNCE, I WOULD LOVE TO GO AND SEE ANNIE AND SEE YOUR DAUGHTER, BUT I DO HAVE ANY VET THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON, PEDDLING FOR PEACE.
IT BEGINS AT 6:00 PM, AND I'M ASKING ANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE LIKE TO COME OUT AND RIDE.
AND I KNOW IN THIS COMMUNITY, WE'VE SEEN A SERIES OF, UH, VIOLENT INCIDENTS TAKE PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE FIFTH ANNUAL UPSELLING FOR PCV AS ALWAYS, UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE, PLEASE READ TO YOUR CHILDREN.
AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE READING TO THEM, HAVE THEM READ BACK TO YOU ONE OF THE BEST PASTIMES IN THE WORLD.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, HAVE A GOOD EVENING.