Nov 22, 2022 Metropolitan Council

THERE'S A MOTION TO DEFER ITEM 91 TO DECEMBER 14.

WE GO TO ITEM 91.

REPEALING THE STORM WATER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT CREATED A RESOLUTION 56 5 60 AT THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 14TH, UH, BY COUNCIL MEMBER LORI A HAS BEEN A REQUEST TO DEFER THIS ITEM.

THAT'S BEEN A REQUEST TO DEFER THIS ITEM.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS DEFER.

FOLLOW.

WE'RE GONNA DEFER.

ITEM 91.

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IS THERE SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.

ANY OPPOSITION? ITEM 91 HAS BEEN DEFERRED TO DECEMBER 14TH.

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NOW GO TO ITEM 92.

AUTHORIZING AM MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO ACCEPT THE BROWNFIELD COMMUNITYWIDE ASSESSMENT GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000 FROM THE ENVIRONMENT AND PROTECTION AGENCY BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 92.

WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THEIR MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 92? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, SECONDED BY THE CHIP BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOAD ANY THE OPPOSITION ITEM 92 HAS BEEN

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BILL ITEM 94, AUTHORIZATION OF THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF AIRPORT COMMISSION EXECUTE OPERATING AGREEMENT WITH CLEAR FLY AEROSPACE LLC FOR THE OPERATION OF AN AIRLINE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT STATION FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS WITH THE ONE YEAR OPTION TO RENEW AT A RUN RATE OF $1,200 PER MONTH OR 5% OF GROSS REVENUES, WHICHEVER IS GREATER BY AVIATION DIRECTORS.

ITEM 93, AUTHOR AUTHORIZATION MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT.

PERMISSION TO EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER ONE WITH FORTE AND TOLA FOR THE NORTH PARK DEVELOPMENT ROAD UTILITY CARD OFF PHASE TWO, PART TWO TO PROVIDE PROJECT MANAGEMENT COORDINATION AND LOCAL UTILITY PROVIDERS, ENGINEERING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $287,692 BY THE AVIATION DIRECTORS.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 93? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL SOME MORE BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

DO SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GORE.

ITEM 93 HAS BEEN APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTIONS.

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ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 94? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL.

SO MORE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.

SECONDLY BY COUNCIL MEMBER ITEM 94 HAS BEEN APPROVED WITH NO

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OBJECTIONS REGARD TO ITEM 95, AUTHORIZATION APPROPRIATE AUTHORIZATION TO APPROPRIATE $100,000 FROM THE AIRPORT'S CASH ACCOUNT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO BE PLACED IN THE TAXI AWAY.

B ONE CONNECTOR PROJECT TO FUND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION BY AVIATION DIRECTORS.

ANYONE HERE WISH YOU TO SPEAK ON ITEM 95 WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE SOME MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN? SECONDLY BY COUNCIL MEMBER, GO.

ANY OBJECTIONS TO ITEM 95 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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ITEM 96 AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH INFRASTRUCTURE CONSULTING AND ENGINEERING PLLC TO PROVIDE PRELIMINARY DESIGN, FINAL DESIGN AND BIDDING FOR TAXIWAY B ONE CONNECTOR PROJECT AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $70,104 BY THE AVIATION DIRECT.

ANYONE HERE IS WISHING TO SPEAK ON 96.

WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.

SECONDLY BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOODDAY.

ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 96 HAS BEEN

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ITEM 97 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT THE GRANT AND ENTER TO A CONTRACT ON BEHALF OF DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT OF SERVICES OF OFFICE OF SOCIAL SERVICES WITH LOUISIANA WORKFORCE COMMISSION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK RENT AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,389,323 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 97? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN SECOND AND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ITEM 97 HAS

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THROUGH 1 0 2 TOGETHER, 100 AUTHORIZED MAYOR, PRESIDENT BRASCO TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE TO THE CONTRACT WITH K THREE B LLC FOR PUMP STATION LAWN MAINTENANCE, EAST SIDE GROUP FOR THE MOUNT, NOT C $175,000 AND EXTENDING THE CONTRACTOR THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2023 BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.

WE GO TO ITEM 98 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENT OF AGREEMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE CONTRACT OF CHE LLC FOR ADDITIONAL DESIGN SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONTRACT OF BAKER ZACHRY VILLE CENTRAL BRANCH LIBRARY WITH CHILLER REPLACEMENT AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $19,871 AND 16 CENTS BY THE BUILDERS AND GROUNDS DIRECTORS.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON 98 WHO NOW GO TO COUNSEL THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 98.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, GO THERE SECOND.

AND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, ADAM, ANY OBJECTION? ITEM 98

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HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM 99 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT IN BROCO TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE CONTRACT WITH NCM C, LLL C FOR S WWTP MECHANICAL ELECTION AND INSTRUMENTATION SERVICES FOR GOING 'EM OUT NOT TO EXCEED $300,000 BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 99? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 99? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

GO THERE.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ITEM 99 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GONNA TAKE ITEMS 100

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I AM 1 0 1 AUTHORIZING MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND OR A BRASCO TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX TO THE CONTRACT WITH WP ENTERPRISE LLC FOR PUMP STATION LAW MAINTENANCE NORTH SITE GROUP FOR THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $100,000 IN EXTENDED CONTRACT DUE DECEMBER 31ST, 2023 BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR AND ITEM 1 0 2 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT ROSCOE TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE TO CONTRACT WITH KARU HOLDINGS, LLC AND PUMP STATION LAW MAINTENANCE SOUTH SITE GROUP GOING OUT NOT TO EXCEED $100,000 IN EXTENDING THE CONTRACT THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2023

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BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 100 THROUGH 1 0 2? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER? NO.

SECONDED BY THE CHAIRS.

ANY OPPOSITIONS? ITEM 100 THROUGH 1 0 2 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

WE GO TO 1 0 3 AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION AND RECEIVE FUNDING FROM FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR THE ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT PROGRAM ON BEHALF OF THE BANNERS FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $434,060 BY THE FIRE CHIEF.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 3? WE NOW WROTE A COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO MORE YOU WANNA SPEAK? GO AHEAD COUNCIL MEMBER.

GO THERE.

YEAH, I THANK YOU, SIR.

I HAD ASKED THE, UM, THE CHIEF IF HE'D COME UP AND AND SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS GRANT.

UM, I'VE NOTICED WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A FEW MORE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES UNDER THE BATON ROUGE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

UH, AND SO I WANTED THE CHIEF TO KIND OF SPEAK TO THOSE EFFORTS IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND.

THANK YOU, COUNSEL.

THANK Y'ALL FOR LETTING US COME HERE TODAY.

UH, WE'VE BEEN ACTIVELY TRYING TO GO OUT AND FIND FUNDING FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT CAN HELP OUR MEN AND WOMEN THAT GO OUT EVERY DAY TO PROVIDE A SERVICE TO BETTER DO THEIR JOB.

RIGHT NOW, OUR MEN AND WOMEN RUNNING THESE BUILDINGS WITHOUT HAVING THE PROPER COMMUNICATIONS, IF THEY GET INTO A BIND, THEY CAN'T CALL BACK OUT FOR HELP.

SO OUR GOAL IS TO TRY TO PUT A RADIO IN EVERY SINGLE FIREFIGHTER'S HANDS ON EVERY EVENT THEY RESPOND TO TO THIS CITY.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING FOR COLLECTIVELY.

UH, WE'VE STEPPED UP THIS YEAR IN OUR ADMINISTRATION AND PUT A GROUP TOGETHER THAT'S COLLECT OUT ACTIVELY TRYING TO GET AS MANY GRANTS AS THEY CAN TO BRING BACK TO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE ON OUR BEHALF.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

APPRECIATE ALL YOU'RE DOING, CHIEF, AND PLEASE EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO THE GREAT MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK IN YOUR DEPARTMENT.

WE NOW GO TO ITEMS 1 0 4 THROUGH 1 0 6.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANKS FOR WINNING YOUR CLASS.

SAY ONE JACKET TODAY TO COUNCIL ME.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

I LIKE THAT.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 1 0 3.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER NO SECONDARY BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

GO.

ITEM 1 0 3 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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WE'RE GONNA TAKE 'EM TOGETHER.

AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH GO TECH CONSULTING ENGINEERS FOR DESIGN STUDY SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVE BEYOND ENHANCEMENT PROJECT, SHARP ROAD, FLORIDA BOULEVARD TO OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $710,569 AND 62 CENTS.

ITEM 1 0 5 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OF PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH CSRS TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM FOR A TWO YEAR EXTENSION OF PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED WITH MOBILE NEW CAPACITY PROJECT AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $11,092,050.

ITEM 1 0 6 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH STANTEC CONSULTED SERVICES INCORPORATED TO PROVIDE A TWO YEAR EXTENSION OF PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED WITH MOVE BR CAPACITY, EXCUSE ME, COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT AND COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT, IMPROVING EXISTING QUARTERS AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROJECT AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10,758,370 BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 1 0 4 THROUGH 1 0 6? COUNCIL MEMBERS? YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL, COMMENT AND OPPOSITION TO ITEM 1 0 5 1 EMAIL COMMENT AND OPPOSITION TO ITEM 1 0 6.

I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.

FRED, IF YOU WOULD JUST COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO PROGRAMS AND WHAT EACH VENDOR IS DOING SPECIFICALLY ON 1 0 5 AND 1 0 6.

THANK YOU COUNCILMAN, AND I DO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS. UH, NUMBER ONE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT CAPACITY, THE ENHANCEMENT, THAT'S WHAT CSRS THAT'S REALLY TO LOOK AT BUILDING OR CONSTRUCTING OR DESIGNING.

ALL THOSE COMPONENTS OF NEW ROADS, UH, WITHIN OUR PARISH.

ALSO WIDEN EXISTING ROADWAYS THAT ALSO ARE TAKING PLACE EVERY DAY.

UM, MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S ALSO TO LOOK AT ENHANCING OUR, OUR PROCESS OF PEDESTRIAN WAYS TO BE SURE PEOPLE ARE HAVING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BIKE LANES AND ALSO FOR SIDEWALKS FOR, FOR WALKING CAPABILITIES.

THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH.

AND IT'S A TWO YEAR PROGRAM, IT'S TWO YEAR CONTRACT.

UH, OUR OUR, OUR PROCESS IS GOING VERY WELL.

SOMETIMES IT IS A LITTLE SLOW, BUT I, I THINK IT'S MOSTLY DUE TO SOME OF THE COVID ISSUES THAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH.

BUT IT'S, IT'S MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND FROM THAT STANDPOINT, AS FOR THE OTHER CONTRACTOR WITH STANTEC, ITS ENHANCEMENT, BUT IT'S ALSO WITH SIGNALIZATION.

AND TO BE HONEST, I'M EXCITED THE FACTOR WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR SIGNAL PROGRAM, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH A LOT OF OUR FIBER CONNECTIONS THAT ARE IN THE SY THE SYSTEM ITSELF THAT'S NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME.

SMART LIGHTS.

UH, AND I THINK WE'RE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION AND HOPEFULLY TO BE READY BY FOR SURE FOR WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION STARTS ON I 10 TO HAVE A LOT OF THOSE MAJOR CORRIDORS AND CONNECTIVITY

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OPERATING WHERE WE CAN HELP, UH, ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE, UH, FRUSTRATION AND THE, UH, PROBABLY DIVERTING OF TRAFFIC.

THEY ALSO INCORPORATED, UH, FUNDING.

THE ENHANCEMENT IS SIDEWALK TYPING PROJECTS AND ALSO LOOKING ENHANCING, UH, SOME ROADWAYS THAT PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR WALKING, BIKING, BUT ALSO FOR TURNING MOVEMENTS ON MANY OF OUR PROJECTS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, THAT'S REALLY WHAT I HAVE, BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

UH, IT IS BOTH OF THESE ARE TWO YEAR CONTRACTS, UH, FOR THAT CUZ IT, IT MADE MORE SENSE TO GET THAT SO WE CAN HAVE SOME CONSISTENCY ABOUT WHERE WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH.

THANK YOU FRED.

AND ON 1 0 4, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DON'T SAY WE HAPPY IN DISTRICT SIX TO SEE THE, UH, SHARP ROAD PROJECT GETTING STARTED.

UM, YOU KNOW, REPAYING FROM FLORIDA TO O AND, AND PUTTING THAT ROUNDABOUT AT MILE LEE.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 1 0 4 THROUGH 1 0 6.

COUNCIL MEMBER AARON MO.

YEAH, I, I JUST WANNA REITERATE FROM LAST NIGHT WHAT A FINE JOB YOU'RE DOING WITH YOUR DEPARTMENT AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF THAT THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.

AND I'LL, UH, SECOND THAT MOTION.

UH, I APPRECIATE IT.

I HAVE A GOOD TEAM.

UH, YOU KNOW, AARON'S TEETH IS UP SO NICE FOR ME TO DO THIS, SO I'M GONNA DO IT AND I CAN'T LET YOU SECOND CUZ COUNCIL MEMBER KNOW, ALREADY REQUESTED TO SECOND HIM.

COUNCIL MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DOES SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KNOW ITEM 1 0 4 TO 1 0 6 HAS BEEN

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1 0 8 AUTHORIZED AM MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A MEMBER SEVEN THROUGH GRANT FUNDING PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HUNT GILEAD AND ASSOCIATES LLC.

ITEM 1 0 7 AUTHORIZED AM MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT.

BUT MARGUERITE MADE SHEETS TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE STATE FEDERATED PROJECTS UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION AND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE DRAINAGE FIELD ENGINEERING DIVISION AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $62,500 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTORS.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 7? COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL COMMENT IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 1 0 7.

AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU FILLED OUT A, A REQUEST TO SPEAK ON THE SCREEN OUTSIDE, IT DIDN'T MAKE IT TO US APPEAR.

SO YOU MAY HAVE TO GET UP IF, IF I ASK FOR ANYONE TO SPEAK, UH, ANYONE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 7.

WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE, UH, MOTION TO THANKS FOR JOINING US.

GENERAL MOTION TO APPROVE MY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER SECONDED.

I MEAN, I'M IN A GOOD MOOD THING.

UH, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ANY OBJECTION? ITEM 1 0 7 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW IT'S NOT YOU.

IT'S ME.

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CHAINING DETERMINATION DATE FROM SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022 TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2022 AND INCREASING THE COMPENSATION BY THE AMOUNT OF $1,344,661 AND 88 CENTS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $6,313,015 92 CENTS BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 8? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL, COMMENT AND OPPOSITION TO ITEM 1 0 8 1 0 8.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, GO SECOND AND BY THE CHAIR.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 1 0 8 HAS

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FACT THAT I'M VERY SKEPTICAL OF THIS PURCHASE AND THIS PROCESS AND THAT, UH, ANY PLANS THAT THEY HAVE REPAIRED THE PROPERTY, THE PARENTS, YET ANOTHER DECEPTION OF BOTH THE HOMEOWNERS OF ANOT AND THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

WE GO TO ITEM 1 0 9.

WE'RE SENDING AND DIRECTING THE CLERK COURT TO COUNCIL DECISION TO ORDER RECORDED ON OCTOBER 13TH, 2022 IN THE MATTER OF THE CITY, CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS KIMBERLY B MAGAZINE, AKA KIMBERLY MAGAZINE BROWN.

THE REASON FOR PRECISION OF PROPERTY HAS TRANSFERRED OWNERSHIP AND THE NEW OWNER IS TRYING TO OBTAIN PERMITS FOR RENOVATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER OMAROSA.

IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 9? MORE DOWN, SIR.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

UH, RON FINNISH, 1 25 15 AVENUE.

I'M HERE TODAY TO GO ON RECORD THAT THE A OAKS HOMEOWNERS, UH, POSE RESENDING THE COMBINATION ORDER ON 35 24 HARRIS DRIVE.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE CHANGE IN PROPERTY OWNERS AND UNDERSTAND THAT A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY SHOULD BE AFFORDED THE NEW OWNERS TO REPAIR THE PROPERTY.

I PERSONALLY WISH TO REMIND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OF MY VISIT HERE LAST MONTH AT THE OCTOBER 12TH MEETING.

AT THE TIME, I RECOUNTED OVER 20 YEARS OF EMPTY PROMISES BY THE FORMER HOMEOWNER AND FOUR YEARS OF CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS ON THAT PROPERTY.

AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT MEETING, COUNCILWOMAN AROSO PROMISED ME PROFUSELY THAT THIS COMBINATION ORDER WILL NEVER BE RESCINDED.

AND I CAN IMAGINE WHY SOMEONE WOULD PURCHASE A CONDEMNED HOUSE THAT HAS BEEN DEEMED BEYOND REPAIR TO PLEASE ACCEPT THE

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SO THAT I JUST WANNA GO ON RECORD TO MAKE THAT NOTE AND THERE'S NOTHING MORE FOR ME TO ADD AT THIS TIME EXCEPT THAT I WILL BE MONITORING THE SITUATION VERY CLOSELY AND TRYING TO VERIFY THAT THIS PROCESS IS FOLLOWED AS IT SHOULD BE.

ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 9? COUNCIL MEMBER AROSE.

OH, COME ON NOW, SIR.

HOW YOU ALL DOING? I'M ERNEST WASHINGTON.

I'M THE NEW HOMEOWNER OF 3 5 2 4 A OAK, UH, HARRIS DRIVE AND A OAKS.

UH, I KNOW THAT MR. RON SAID THAT IT IS BEYOND REPAIR, BUT I'VE BEEN DOING THIS A WHILE.

LIKE THIS IS WHAT I DO FOR A BUSINESS.

UH, I FLIP PROPERTIES AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT I WILL REPAIR THE PROPERTY AND BRING IT IT BACK UP TO ITS NATURAL STATE THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, LIKE I'M JUST WAITING ON PERMITS.

THAT'S IT.

LIKE RIGHT NOW, I HAVE A GARAGE.

IT'S FULL OF MATERIAL, IT'S FULL OF UH, WHAT, SIX DAYS SQUARES FOR THE ROOF, ALL THE MATERIALS FOR THE ROOF.

THAT'S WHAT WE GONNA START FIRST.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE PROBABLY LIKE A MONTH BEHIND ON OUR REHAB PROCESS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR PERMIT.

SO THANK YOU SIR.

COUNSEL? NO MEMBERS.

YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING? COUNCIL MEMBER MEMOS.

COUNCIL MEMBER CALLING, TRYING TO GIVE ME SAMOSA ATTENTION.

SHE'S FUSING AT ME OVER HERE.

DO YOU, UH, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? I DO.

YES, MA'AM.

SO MR. WASHINGTON, YOU HEARD THIS GENTLEMAN RIGHT HERE THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 20 YEARS AND WE HAVE CONDEMNED IT AND RESCINDED IT AND CONDEMNED IT AND THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE'RE GONNA DO THIS.

OKAY? YEAH.

SO, AND HE'S GONNA WATCH YOU AND HE'S GONNA LET US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE.

YES MA'AM.

I ACTUALLY TRIED TO GO AND SPEAK WITH HIM.

HE WASN'T HOME.

I GOT IN CONTACT WITH HIS DAUGHTER.

CAUSE I SENT YOU AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

I'M NOT TRYING TO CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I JUST WANT, WE WOULD, WE WOULD MUCH RATHER A BUILDING REPAIRED THAN HAVE TO TEAR A BUILDING DOWN.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO WE ARE GOING TO, UM, RESEND THIS PROPERTY OKAY.

AND MAKE SURE THAT HE KEEPS AN EYE ON WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE.

ALL RIGHT? OKAY.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, CORRECT? I HAVE PURCHASED IT.

I HAVE MY, ALL MY PAPERWORK RIGHT THERE.

I HAVE MY SCOPE OF WORK AND EVERYTHING.

YOU GUYS WANNA SEE IT? WE JUST WAITING ON PERMITS.

I ACTUALLY TOLD ONE OF THE, UH, LIKE ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS TWO WEEKS BEFORE IT CAME, TWO WEEKS BEFORE OCTOBER 13TH, I ACTUALLY RELAYED THE MESSAGE TO HIM THE DAY THAT WE WERE CLOSING ON IT.

I GUESS HE JUST DIDN'T RELAY THE MESSAGE RIGHT TO EVERYONE, SO, RIGHT.

BECAUSE WE CONDEMNED IT AND THEN YOU WENT THROUGH WITH THE SALE A COUPLE OF DAYS.

I JUST DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT WAS, I GUESS YOU GUYS WERE COMING BACK ON OCTOBER 13TH TO CONDEMNING AGAIN.

SO, OKAY, SO UNDER THE CONDITIONS THAT THIS GENTLEMAN KEEPS AN EYE ON YOU AND YOU START GETTING THIS THING DONE, MOTION TO APPROVE.

YEAH, THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN MASO SECOND AND BY COUNCILMAN DON.

COUNCILMAN MANNO.

MR. WILLIAMS F I MAY, WAS IT WILLIAMS WAS WASHINGTON.

SORRY, SIR.

UM, MR. CHAIR, I MAY, YOU MAY, RIGHT.

WE, WE DISCOVERED THAT LAST MEETING, RIGHT? , UH, YOU, YOU, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PERMITTING? UM, WHAT IS THE HOLD UP BECAUSE OF THE CONDEMNATION? YEAH.

YES, SIR.

IS IS BECAUSE I CAN'T GET THE PERMITS BECAUSE IT, IT WENT BACK ON THE CONDEMNATION LIST.

SO, SO SOON AS I CAN GET THE PERMIT READY TO WORK NOW.

SO THAT'S BEEN ROAD BLOCKED.

SO THIS HAS TO OCCUR FOR YOUR PERMITTED YES, SIR.

IS WHAT YOU'RE BEING TOLD.

BLA YOU WANT SPEAK TO THAT? ABSOLUTELY.

SO, UH, THERE HAS BEEN A PERMIT APPLICATION SUBMITTED ON THIS, UH, THIS ADDRESS.

WE HAVE NOT ACCEPTED THAT APPLICATION YET BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY PLANS OR SCOPE OF WORK.

SO THAT APPLICATION WAS RETURNED TO THE APPLICANT AND WE'RE WAITING ON THOSE PLANS AND SCOPE OF WORK TO BE RESIN, UH, RETURNED TO US AS WELL AS FOR THE CONDEMNATION TO BE RESCINDED BECAUSE I CANNOT ISSUE A BILLING PERMIT IF THERE'S A CONDEMNATION IN PLACE.

SO THERE IS, SO THERE'S NO, AND THAT'S SOMETHING I I WANTED TO SPEAK TO.

SO, UH, MR. WASHINGTON, YOU HEARD THAT HE, HE'S WAITING ON SOMETHING FROM YOU AS WELL, SO LET'S MAKE SURE I WOULD GET WITH HIM BEFORE YOU LEAVE TODAY TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.

ACTUALLY NOT JUST GIVING ME LIP SERVICE, BUT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH TO ACTUALLY DO IT AND PAY FOR IT AND, AND OBTAIN THAT PERMIT, THEN I'D BE WILLING TO RESCIND IT.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO, AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE TALK ABOUT OFTEN IN THIS BODY WITH THESE CONDEMNATIONS, IF THERE'S NO ABILITY TO GET, SOMETIMES THAT'S THE PROOF THAT I NEED TO BEFORE I'M GONNA LOOK AT RESCINDING OR NOT CONDEMNING SOMEBODY WHEN IT'S ON THAT LIST.

AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE PEOPLE SAYING, I'M TRYING TO GET A PERMIT, BUT I CAN'T, BUT I WANT TO SEE THAT THEY ACTUALLY GOT THE PERMIT AND WENT THROUGH, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN KIND OF REMOVE THAT ROADBLOCK FROM THEM TO BE ABLE TO OBTAIN A PERMIT.

SO MM-HMM.

SO THAT I KNOW THAT THEY ARE

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OR SO SOMETIMES IT'S KIND, IT'S KIND OF LIKE, IT IS TOUGH FOR US BECAUSE WE, WE ALWAYS HEAR THE STORY, BUT I KNOW IF SOMEBODY WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH YOU ALL AND WENT THROUGH EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO DO AND PAID FOR AND OBTAINED A PERMIT, THEN I FEEL A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE ABOUT EITHER NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CONDEMNATION OR RESCINDING IT AT THAT POINT.

SO HOW CAN WE ADDRESS THAT WITH YOU ALL? WE'VE HEARD YOU ON THAT.

SO I HAVE DIRECTED BLAKE AND THE BLIGHT OFFICE TO COME AND PUT TOGETHER, UM, LIKE AN SO P FOR CONDEMNATIONS, FOR RESCINDING, FOR DEFERRING, FOR DELETING THINGS SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT PEOPLE DO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THEIR PROMISES.

AND I'LL LET BLAKE KIND OF TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO, YEAH, SO RACHEL'S RIGHT, WE ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING ON THIS LAST WEEK AND TALKED ABOUT THIS IS KIND OF THE ISSUE WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WANNA START THE PROCESS, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THEIR PERMITS CUZ THAT'S HOW THEY CAN GIVE PROOF TO YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT UM, HEY, WE ARE WORKING IN GOOD FAITH AND, AND HAVE STARTED THE PROCESS AND PROVEN THAT WE CAN REHABILITATE THIS STRUCTURE.

SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT PROCESS IS GONNA LOOK LIKE IS, IS WE WILL ALLOW THEM TO APPLY FOR THE PERMIT.

WE WILL PUT A MISCELLANEOUS HOLD IN THE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS SO THEY CAN GO THROUGH PLAN REVIEW, THEY CAN GET PLANS APPROVED.

THE PERMIT JUST WON'T BE ACTUALLY ISSUED UNTIL THE RETENSION IS PLACED.

THAT WILL ALLOW US AS A DEPARTMENT TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR RECESSION SAYING, HEY, THEY'VE DONE EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO OBTAIN PERMITS, THEY'RE READY TO START CONSTRUCTION.

MM-HMM.

PENDING, UH, THE RE RECESSION OF THE COMBINATION OUR, OUR DELETION FROM THE LIST.

IF, IF IT'S STILL OUR DELETION FOR THE LIST CORRECT.

BEING REFERRED OR WHATEVER.

ABSOLUTELY.

CAUSE THAT'S KIND OF THE POINT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE'RE AFRAID OF STARTING IT ALL THE WAY OVER BECAUSE IT'S ON THE LIST AND WE'VE DEFERRED IT AND THEY SAY, WELL IF YOU JUST TAKE IT OFF.

AND I'M LIKE, NO, NO, BECAUSE THEN I GOTTA START MY PROCESS OVER.

SO Y'ALL, Y'ALL SEE WHAT WE'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

SO THAT'S PERFECT.

SO AS LONG AS WE'VE GOT A COMMUNICATION WE KNOW FROM YOU ALL, HEY THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S READY TO GO, ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS DELETE, THEN WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE.

WE'RE WRITING THAT STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE NOW.

AND I, I BELIEVE THAT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, ACTIVE HERE IN A FEW WEEKS ACTUALLY.

AWESOME.

LOVE IT.

THANK Y'ALL.

I THINK WE, WE WROTE ONE RECENTLY FOR, FOR COUNCIL MO, RIGHT? DIDN'T YOU GET SOMETHING FROM MISS ALICIA BLAKE WAS INVOLVED SIGNIFICANTLY IN WRITING THAT LETTER AND, AND THE SCOPE OF WORK OF WHAT WE RECOMMENDED BEFORE WE'RE SENDING THAT, THAT CONDEMNATION FOR YOU.

SO THAT WAS FOLLOWING ALONG WITH THOSE SAME, SOME OF THOSE SAME GUIDELINES THAT BLAKE JUST TALKED ABOUT.

BUT, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO FORMALIZE AND WRITE THAT PROCESS DOWN SO THAT WE CAN DISTRIBUTE ALL THAT TO ALL OF YOU.

NOW, IT'S NOT GONNA BE A MANDATE, BUT IT IS GONNA BE OUR RECOMMENDATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT, UM, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A MUCH CLEARER PATH FORWARD SO THAT ONE, WE CAN PRESERVE STOCK THAT NEEDS TO BE PRESERVED BECAUSE I DO AGREE THAT THAT HOUSE IS SALVAGEABLE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE THAT THE ONE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY TALKING ABOUT, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT OTHERS CAN HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY IF THEY PUT IN THE WORK SO THAT WE DON'T END UP RESCINDING IT AND THEN HAVING TO CONDEMN IT AGAIN.

SO OF POINT OF ORDER OF MAYOR PRO, I JUST ACCIDENTALLY CLICKED THE WRONG THING AND MY NAME WENT FROM NEXT IN LINE TO THE BOTTOM.

SO I JUST WANTED TO, IF YOU WERE TO FOLLOW THE LIST, THAT'S FINE.

IF NOT, I DO HAVE A FOLLOW UP ON BRANDON'S, UH, COMMENT, BUT I ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE WRONG BUTTON.

THREW ME TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST.

YES, SIR.

COUNCILWOMAN, NO, YOU, YOU, YOU FINISHED COUNCIL MEMBER MO.

I I HAVE A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THAT.

I, WHY CAN'T THERE BE A PROCESS? CAUSE LIKE YOU JUST SAID, I HAVE ONE THAT ON VERMILION AVENUE THAT THE GUY IS, IT'S BEEN CONDEMNED.

IT'S ONLY THING I'VE DONE IS CALL AND REQUEST THAT, DON'T SEND THE BULLDOZERS OUT YET.

THE GUY, THE ACTUAL OWNER OF THE PROPERTY HAD BEEN SELLING IT BY OWNER SALE OR WHATEVER PERSONAL SALE.

UM, NOW THAT FELL THROUGH AND NOW HE'S SELLING THE PROPERTY, BUT IT'S ON THE CONDEMNATION LIST AND HE WANTS ME TO RESEND IT.

I CALLED AND ASKED FOR A LIST OF STUFF THAT IT NEEDS TO COME OFF THE LIST.

YOU TALK ABOUT ISSUING THE PERMIT AND THE ISSUANCE OF THE PERMIT BEING THE CATALYST THAT REMOVES IT OFF OF THE CONDEMNATION LIST.

AM AM I WRONG WITH THAT? I WANNA SEE SOME, I WANNA SEE THE ISSUE OF A HOLD OR SOMETHING IF WE HAVE TO BRING IT BEFORE THE COUNCIL AT THIS POINT RIGHT HERE, A HOLD ON SOMETHING OR WHETHER WE HAVE TO GIVE ALLOWANCE TO ISSUE THE PERMIT WHILE IT'S STILL ON THE CONDEMNATION LIST.

LET THEM GET, I WANNA SEE WORK DONE, HAVE THE WORK DONE, WORK DONE.

I CAN'T FLOOR, I RESCIND IT.

SO I CAN'T LEGALLY ISSUE A PERMIT.

IF THERE'S A CONDEMNATION ORDER IN PLACE, HOW DO WE FIX THAT? CHANGE THE LEGISLATION STATE LAW.

IN VIOLATION OF THAT ORDER.

SO STATE LEGISLATION OR YES.

YEAH, BUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ALLOWING THEM TO START WORK WITH AN ISSUED PERMIT, NOT DELETING IT OFF THE CONDEMNATION LIST, BUT RESCINDING THE CONDEMNATION ORDER.

CAUSE THAT CONDEMNATION ORDER IS A LEGAL ORDER TO CONDEMN IT, TO TEAR IT DOWN.

CORRECT.

IT CAN'T ALLOW SOMEBODY TO WORK ON A STRUCTURE IF WE'RE GONNA BE TEARING IT DOWN.

IF THERE'S AN ORDER IN PLACE TO DO THAT, I WOULD BE

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WELL, LET'S, LET'S CLARIFY ONE THING THOUGH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE CONFUSING IS THAT IN THE PAST THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT HAS NOT ALLOWED SOMEONE TO APPLY FOR A PERMIT OR OBTAIN A PERMIT AT ALL IF IT HAD BEEN RECOMMENDED TO THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO BE CONDEMNED.

NOW, UNLESS THE CONDEMNATION HAS ACTUALLY GONE THROUGH, AS IN YOU ALL HAVE VOTED TO CONDEMN THE PROPERTY, THEY ARE ABLE TO OBTAIN A PERMIT UP UNTIL THAT DAY.

SO ONCE AN ORDER IS, ONCE A PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED, ANY PERMIT THAT IS, THAT HAS BEEN ISSUED PRIOR TO THAT DAY IS NULL AND VOID.

SO, BUT ONCE THAT ORDER HAS BEEN ISSUED, PERMITS CAN'T BE ISSUED UNTIL IT'S RESCINDED.

BUT I, I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT FIXES FIXES THE ISSUE, JUST LIKE THIS GENTLEMAN TALKED ABOUT.

I MEAN, WE GO THROUGH A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF TO, TO, TO PUT THIS ON CONDEMNATION AND THEN HAVE TO RESCIND IT.

I MEAN WE'VE BASICALLY JUST THROWN ALL THAT MONEY AWAY, INSPECTIONS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE'VE DONE ONCE WE RESEND THIS BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE TO START TO PROCESS ALL OVER.

BUT YET WE HAVE A, WELL, WE'RE TRYING TO NOT CONDEMN PROPERTIES SUCH AS THE ONE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY SPEAKING ABOUT THAT HAVE GOOD BONES AND GOOD STRUCTURE AND THAT ARE SALVAGEABLE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OTHER AVENUES TO DO CODE ENFORCEMENT TO BRING THIS BACK INTO COMMERCE SO THAT THEY'RE NOT VACANT AND DON'T LEAD TO BLIGHT AND DON'T GET ANY WORSE.

UM, I DON'T HAVE ALL THOSE THINGS, WE DON'T HAVE ALL THOSE THINGS TOGETHER YET, BUT LIKE WE ARE CURRENTLY ONLY TRYING TO, UH, CONDEMN PROPERTIES THAT ARE DERELICT AND, YOU KNOW, A HEALTH TO THE HEALTH, UH, A DANGER TO THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC CURRENTLY.

I I UNDERSTAND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF LIKE SIX ONE WAY HALF A DOZEN THE OTHER, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT FROM BOTH SIDES.

YEAH, I MEAN IT'S, IT'S THAT MIDDLE AREA WHERE WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT JUST LIKE THIS GENTLEMAN HERE WHO'S GONNA BUY THE HOUSE SAYS HE'S GONNA FIX IT.

HE CAN GET ALL THE PERMITS HE WANTS.

HE, HE CAN GO APPLY FOR PERMITS, YOU CAN ISSUE PERMITS ALL DAY LONG AND THEN HE NEVER TOUCHES THE HOUSE IF, AND, AND THAT'S WHY AGREED.

WHICH IS WHY WE WOULD WANT TO PUT THEM ON THE CONDEMNATION LIST TO BE INTRODUCED AT COUNSEL FORCE THEIR HAND, AND THEN MAKE THEM MAKE PROGRESS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY DELETE THEM FROM THE PROCEEDINGS OF BEING ON THE LIST OF BEING INTRODUCED.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THAT'S WHERE WE CAN FORCE SOMEONE TO DO SO SOMETHING DOESN'T FIX THESE TYPE OF, BUT IN THIS, IN THIS CASE, WHERE WE WOULD PROBABLY TAKE THIS ONE WOULD BE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE.

MAKE SURE MAKING THEM BRING THE PROPERTY BACK INTO, YOU KNOW, A HAPPY, HEALTHY STATE INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY CONDEMNING THIS PROPERTY.

SO, BUT THEY CAN'T DO THAT UNLESS WE RESCIND THE CONDEMNATION.

YES, YES SIR.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE WOULD NOT HAVE RECOMMENDED CONDEMNATION OF THIS PROPERTY TODAY IF IT CAME BEFORE OUR COUNCIL RIGHT NOW.

SO IF, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK, WE, TWO WEEKS AGO WE PASSED, UH, THE QUALITY OF LIFE ORDINANCE BY, UH, COUNCIL PER, UM, AND, UH, DARRELL HURST, WHICH ADOPTED INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE AND REVIEWING THIS COMPLAINT, THAT'S PROBABLY THE PROCESS WE WOULD TAKE, UH, FOR BRINGING A STRUCTURE LIKE THIS INTO COMPLIANCE BY COMPELLING PROPERTY MAINTENANCE.

IT'S A TOOL THAT WE CAN USE SHORT OF CONDEMNATION SO THAT I DON'T HAVE TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, HELD BACK BY THAT CONDEMNATION ORDER.

SO WE WOULD GO THROUGH AN ADMINISTRATIVE COURT HEARING PROCESS WHERE WE COULD STILL GO TO COURT ORDER THAT THE PROPERTY, UH, YOU KNOW, GETS, UH, YOU KNOW, MITIGATED THAT THE ISSUE GETS, UH, TAKEN CARE OF OR THERE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, SOME ADMINISTRATIVE COURT FINES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO THERE IS ANOTHER TOOL IN AVENUE THAT WE CAN USE SHORT OF CONDEMNATION NOW TO COMPEL COMPLIANCE WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH CONDEMNATION.

NOTAL ITEM ONE 10 AMENDING AND REENACTING TITLE EIGHT BUILDINGS AND REGULATIONS SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR REGULATIONS TO BE COMPREHENSIVELY ALIGNED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE, INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE INTERNATIONAL EXISTING BUILDING CO, INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE, INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL CODE AND NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE AND RE NUMBER OF ALL CHAPTERS AND SECTIONS FOR NUMERICAL CONSISTENCY BY DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT.

BUT THAT JUST, THAT'S GOING FORWARD, THAT DOESN'T TAKE CARE OF ANY OF THESE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE THAT, THAT COME UP THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONDEMNED.

WELL, IT, IT'S A MATTER OF RESCINDING AND I'M, I'M GONNA HOLD UP THERE AND SAY, JUST IN CASE I HAVE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS, THANK YOU.

SURE.

BUT IF YOU, IF YOU DID RESCIND IT, UH, TODAY, WE COULD START THAT PROCESS AND WE WOULDN'T BE IN THE SITUATION GOING FORWARD.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE GETTING A LITTLE OFF TOPIC, BUT, OKAY.

UH, WELL NO, I THINK THE GENTLEMAN IS LEFT.

WHO, WHO'S PLANNING TO REDO THE HOUSE.

HE'S GONE.

SO WE LIVE OFF TOPIC, BUT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, THEY'RE NOT ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK.

COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU SIR.

BLAKE, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A PLAN, POLICY AND PROCEDURE DRIVES ANY AND EVERYTHING.

WHAT I SEE THE PROCESS IN MY OPINION IS TOO FLUIDY.

THE PROCESS IS CUMBERSOME.

WE UP HERE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT ALL.

SO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE CONSTITUENTS NOT UNDERSTANDING IT AND, AND THEN WHEN YOU ASK THEM TO COME WITH A, A PLAN OF ACTION OR THROUGH ALL OF THIS, AND YOU TALKING ABOUT SOME FOLK THAT REALLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHEN I STARTED ON THIS PARTICULAR YEAH.

YOU KNOW, CAMPAIGN FOR THIS.

THAT'S ALL I HEARD ABOUT THE PROCESS OVER THERE IN THAT PERMIT

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OFFICE.

AND SO WE'VE GOT TO, WE MUST GET A CLEAR PATH FOR THE PEOPLE TO GET PERMITS.

WE NEED TO BE PERMIT FRIENDLY IF WE ARE TELLING FOLK THAT WE WANT THEM TO RESTORE INSTEAD OF TEAR DOWN, VOTERS CAN'T LIVE AND TORN DOWN PLACES, SO LET'S JUST BE REAL.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE IS THAT THIS PROCESS IS NOT SO CUMBERSOME, BUT THAT YOU ALL PUT SOME WORK INTO THIS AND COME BACK TO US WITH THIS PROCESS IN ORDER THAT THE CONSTITUENTS WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND THEN WE CAN HOLD THEM TRULY ACCOUNTABLE.

I THINK WE SHOULD HOLD A JOINT CONDEMNATION WORKSHOP FOR THE CONSTITUENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

COUNCILMAN MARIOSA.

GOOD IDEA.

UM, SO THE GENTLEMAN, THE GENTLEMAN HAD PROBLEMS CONTACTING THE OWNER OF THE HOME.

SHE LIVES SOMEPLACE ELSE AND OLIVER MAIL WAS GOING TO SOMEPLACE.

SO THAT WAS THE PROBLEM, THE ISSUE OF HIM BUYING THE HOME.

SO HE DIDN'T GET, HE DIDN'T GET NOTICE OF THE LAST TIME WE MET AND WE PUT IT UP FOR CONDEMNATION.

HE, HE GOT IT.

HE BOUGHT THE, HE BOUGHT THE HOUSE OUTRIGHT TWO DAYS AFTER WE CONDEMNED IT.

UM, SO HE INVESTED IN IT.

HE HAS PUT HIS MONEY, UM, IN IT.

AND WHAT I UNDERSTAND, HE PAID ALL THE FEES THAT HAD TO HAVE BEEN PAID AND HE HAS APPLIED FOR PERMITS.

SO I THINK THAT, THAT THIS GENTLEMAN IS, UH, COMMITTED TO TAKING CARE OF THIS HOME.

BUT I DO AGREE THAT THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE TWEAKED WITH A WHOLE SITUATION.

SO I CAN SPEAK TO SOME OF THOSE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BLIGHT OFFICE AND THE PERMANENT OFFICE HAVEN'T ALWAYS WORKED HAND IN HAND TOGETHER AND NOT NECESSARILY AT ODDS, BUT JUST AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS WITH DIFFERENT OPERATING PROCEDURES.

BUT SINCE WE'VE BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER, UM, UNDER THE SAME ROOF, THEY, THEY'VE WORKED WAY MORE SEAMLESSLY TOGETHER.

THEY'RE THE ONES WHO HAVE PUT THE ONUS ON THEM TO PUT TOGETHER THIS STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE BECAUSE I TOO THINK THAT IT'S CUMBERSOME.

THE PROCESS IN GENERAL OF GETTING SOMETHING TO BE CONDEMNED HERE IN FRONT OF YOU ALL IS CUMBERSOME BECAUSE IT'S IT'S STATE LAW, RIGHT? ALL THE NOTICE AND, AND EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO GO ALONG WITH THAT, THAT THE REST OF THE PROCESS SHOULD BE SIMPLE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE THAT STREAMLINED.

AND AGAIN, WE KNOW WE, WE NEED MORE PEOPLE TO, TO LIVE IN HOUSES.

WE NEED, WE HAVE HOUSING SHORTAGES AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHORTAGES AND WE WANT TO HELP BE A SOLUTION TO THAT AS WELL AND NOT CONDEMN PROPERTIES THAT HAVE GOOD BONES AND CAN BE REHABILITATED, BUT PUT THOSE PEOPLE IN CONTACT WITH PEOPLE WHO CAN HELP THEM REHABILITATE THOSE HOUSES.

UM, AND, AND NOT JUST TEARING THEM DOWN BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER.

WE SHOULD BE TEARING DOWN THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE REALLY, YOU KNOW, HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES TO OUR PARISH.

SO WE AGREE WITH YOU.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT, I PROMISE.

ALL RIGHT, NOW BACK TO THE ISSUE AT HAND.

WE UH, WE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING SIR, THERE'S A MOTION BY AMAROSA TO APPROVE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO ITEM 1 0 9? ITEM 1 0 9 HAS BEEN APPROVED

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IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 10? FOR NOW THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.

SECONDLY BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM.

ITEM ONE 10 HAS BEEN APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTIONS.

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ITEM ONE 11, REPEALING TITLE EIGHT, A CHAPTER ONE STANDARDS FOR BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES USED AS DWELLING UNIT OR TWO OR MORE DWELLING UNITS OR AS ROOMING OR BOARDING HOUSE.

AND CHAPTER TWO, STANDARDS FOR BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES OTHER THAN DWELLINGS.

CHAPTER THREE, STANDARDS FOR CONVENED STORE ROBBERY DETERRENTS AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCE AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT HERE WITH BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 11? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 11? COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN, RACHEL, UH, BLAKE, CAN YOU GUYS GIVE US SOME CLARITY ON THESE? SURE.

SO THESE FOUR ITEMS, THE PREVIOUS ONE AND THESE, UH, THE NEXT THREE ARE, ARE KIND OF PART OF A PACKAGE.

THIS IS CLEANUP.

UH, WE HAVE AN INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE THAT IS ADOPTED BY STATE LAW.

A LOT OF THESE ORDINANCES THEN CONFLICT WITH THOSE STATE REQUIREMENTS.

UH, WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IS WE'VE CONSOLIDATED ALL OF THESE REQUIREMENTS IN THE TITLE EIGHT.

THAT IS FOR EASE OF THE USER, UM, SO THAT

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THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAVE DONE IS MANY OF THE, UH, THE LANGUAGE THAT'S ADDED WAS ALREADY ADOPTED BY REFERENCE, BUT IN ORDER FOR THE USER TO ACTUALLY READ THAT LANGUAGE, THEY HAD TO OWN A CODE BOOK AS WELL.

WHAT I'VE DONE IS TAKEN THAT LANGUAGE, PUTTING IT SPECIFICALLY IN THE CODE SO THAT THE USER DOESN'T HAVE TO OWN A CODE BOOK TO UNDERSTAND THE REQUIREMENTS.

PLUS 90% OF IT IS CLEAN UP.

THE OTHER PART OF IT IS, IS WE'RE REPEALING, UM, REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSE, LOCAL LICENSURE FOR TRADESMEN, SPECIFICALLY ELECTRICIANS, PLUMBERS, MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS, FENCE BUILDERS, AND SWIMMING POOL BUILDERS.

THE REASON WE'RE DOING THAT IS, IS CUZ IT ALREADY HAVE REQUIREMENTS IN STATE LAW.

NOW WHEN THESE REQUIREMENTS WERE PUT INTO THE ORDINANCE, THEY DIDN'T HAVE STATE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS.

NOW WE'VE KIND OF IN A POSITION WHERE WE'VE GOT, UH, TRADESMEN IN KIND OF DOUBLE JEOPARDY.

UH, WHERE WE AT TIMES ARE EVEN MORE STRICT ON LICENSING REQUIREMENTS THAN THE STATE IS.

WE WANNA GET OUTTA THE LICENSING BUSINESS.

WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW.

UH, AND AS LONG AS WE DO THAT WE CAN TAKE SOME OF THIS RED TAPE.

COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT BURDENSOME PROCESS.

THIS KIND OF STRIPS SOME OF THAT AWAY.

AND SPECIFICALLY ON 11, COULD YOU JUST KIND OF TALK IN LAYMAN'S TERMS ON WHAT, WHAT IS THAT DOING, MAKING SOME CHANGES THERE? WHICH ONE? I'M SORRY.

CAN YOU HELP ME? ONE 11.

A A UM, SO THIS WAS A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS.

UH, NUMBER ONE, THERE WAS SOME SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS DOING WITH PROPERTY MAINTENANCE.

COUNCILMAN DARRELL HEARST'S QUALITY OF LIFE ORDINANCE KIND OF REPLACES A LOT OF THAT NOW.

SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THOSE TWO ORDINANCES CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER, SO IT KIND OF CLEANS UP THAT REQUIREMENT.

THERE WERE ALSO SOME, YOU KNOW, UM, REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS UH, YOU KNOW, BARS ON CONVENIENCE STARS AND YOU KNOW, TO, YOU KNOW, PREVENT BURGLARY.

YOU KNOW, WE TALKED TO POLICE DEPARTMENTS, THEY HAVEN'T ENFORCED THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, IN, IN DECADES.

AND THE REALITY IS, IS NOW SOME OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS NOW CONFLICT WITH SOME OF OUR BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS CUZ NOW YOU'RE RESTRICTING EGRESS AND EMERGENCY SITUATION.

IF SOMEBODY WAS WORKING THERE AFTER HOURS, THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO EXIT THAT VE UH, THAT BUILDING, UH, IF THOSE BARS WERE IN PLACE.

SO, UH, ALL WE'RE DOING IS, IS CLEANING THAT UP, MAKE IT COMPLY WITH THE BUILDING CODE.

GOTCHA.

IT IT DID SOUND A LOT LIKE DARRELL'S STUFF SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO KIND OF GET OUTTA THE CLARITY ON.

OKAY, PERFECT.

AND AND THE OTHER PART IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE QUALITY OF LIFE, DARRELL STUFF THAT WOULD'VE BEEN AN EIGHT A WILL GET MOVED INTO EIGHT WITH ALL THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS.

SO STILL ANYTHING TO DO WITH PERMITS AND, AND INSPECTIONS AND CODES OR IN ONE SECTION SO THAT THE CITIZEN CAN GO TO ONE PLACE AND DOESN'T HAVE TO HUNT ALL OVER MUNI CODE.

GOTCHA.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER.

I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT FOR THE LAST ITEM AND, AND BASICALLY EVERYTHING UP UNTIL OUR, THE END OF THIS SECTION OF OUR AGENDA, COUNCILMAN HURST ISN'T HERE BUT HE FIXED ALL THIS FOR US.

HE DIDN'T EVEN COME TONIGHT.

THANKS DALE.

TRUST ME.

ANYONE ELSE HERE? ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 11.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM SECONDED BY THE CHAIRS.

ANY OBJECTION? ITEM ONE 11 HAS

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ITEM ONE 12 REP APPEALING TITLE NINE, LICENSING AND REGULATION AND TRADES AND OCCUPATION.

CHAPTER 14, REGISTRATION AND TESTING FOR LICENSING AND SWIMMING POOL CONTRACTOR BUILDERS AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCE AND CONFLICT HERE WITH BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 12? WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE SOME RULE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM? SEGMENT BY COUNCILMAN DUN? ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM ONE 12 HAS BEEN

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MEMBERS ARE GONNA TAKE ITEM ONE 14 THROUGH 1 29 TOGETHER ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES LOT 25 SQUARE NINE GREENVILLE EXTENSION DISTRICT SEVEN.

ITEM ONE 13 REPEALING TITLE NINE, LICENSING AND REGULATION OF TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS.

CHAPTER 16, FENCE AND LICENSING AND REPEALING ALL ORS OR PARTS OF ORDINANCE IN CONFLICT HERE WITH BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 13? WE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THEIR MOTION SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS SECOND AND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GO.

ARE THEY GONNA OBJECTIONS SHOWING NONE? ITEM ONE 13 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

COUNCIL

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HI BETA ISIS, RIGHT $500 ITEM ONE 15 LOT 54 AND 55 SQUARE ONE SUBDIVISION RICHMOND PARK DISTRICT SEVEN HIGH BETA CHARMAINE WILKERSON $500.

ITEM ONE 16 LOT 2 0 5 SUBDIVISION WOODA DISTRICT TWO HIGH BID ERIC D. WALKER SENIOR $100 ITEM ONE 17 LOT 25 SQUARE 35 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE DISTRICT 10 HIGH BID KATHY HOLDING $1,000 ITEM ONE 18 LOT 34 SQUARE NINE SUBDIVISION NORTHDALE DISTRICT 10 HIGH BID OF CANDICE SMITH $20,100 ITEM ONE 19 LOT 69 SQUARE 14 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE DISTRICT 10 HIGH BID OF MONICA TURNER.

$100 ITEM ONE 20 LOT NINE AND 10 SQUARE 52 METRO DISTRICT FIVE HIGH BID OF KIMLER HUDSON BROWN, $100 ITEM 1 21 LOT FOUR SQUARE SEVEN SUBDIVISIONS DELMONT PLACE DISTRICT 10 HIGH BID OF CLOUD EDWARDS $100 ITEM 1 22 BLOCK TWO AND THREE SQUARE ONE GREENVILLE ION

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DISTRICT 10 HIGH BID OF AJ ALLEN INVESTMENTS, LLC $1,000.

ITEM 1 23 LOT TWO 13 SUBDIVISION CREST WORD DISTRICT TWO HIGH BID OF MAURICE JOHNSON, HENRY P. ADAMS $56,100.

ITEM 1 24 LOT 1 96 SUBDIVISION WOODA.

DISTRICT TWO HIGH BID SCENE $100.

ITEM 1 25 LOT 13 PLUS SQUARE 52 SUBDIVISION FORTUNE DISTRICT FIVE HIGH BID, BARUCH AND BARUCH $100.

ITEM 1 26 LOT 48 SUBDIVISION RIVER LAND DISTRICT 10, EXCUSE ME.

DISTRICT THREE HIRE BID OF DANIEL WASHINGTON, $200.

ITEM 1 27 LOT 56 8 SUBDIVISION BAKER OWES DISTRICT ONE HIRE BID OF SOUTHERN UNITED INCORPORATED $78,000.

ITEM 1 28 BY ONE SQUARE 16 SUBDIVISION EAST FAIRFIELD DISTRICT SEVEN HIGH BID OF TRULY UNIQUE PROPERTIES.

$800.

ITEM 1 29 BY 12 SQUARE FOUR SUBDIVISION LINCOLN PARK DISTRICT 10.

HI BID OF MICHELLE DELOS.

MELISSA, LIBBY LEVY AND JENNIFER MURRAY.

HI BETA $100.

DOES ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS ONE 14 THROUGH 1 29? IS THERE A MOTION TO PROVE ITEMS ONE 14 TO 1 29 SOME MORE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUN.

SECOND OF OUR COUNCILMAN ARE ADAMS ITEMS ONE 14 TO 1 29 HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

[ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS]

COUNCIL MEMBER, WE'RE NOW GONNA GO TO ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.

WE'RE GONNA TAKE ITEMS A THROUGH H TOGETHER AND THEN WE'LL READ THE PROCEEDINGS.

A TWO TWO, EXCUSE ME, A AUTHORIZATION OF THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT, CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND CONTRACT WITH COLAN LOG TO PROVIDE ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $60,000 REASON FOR THIS ITEM BEING REQUESTED AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER APPROVAL OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT WILL POSITION AIRPORT TO HAVE CONTRACT IN PLACE ON JANUARY 1ST, 2023.

B, AUTHORIZATION OF THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT, CHAIRMAN OF AIRPORT COMMISSION ACTUALLY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH SJB GROUP LLC TO PROVIDE DBE AND A C D B CONSULTANT SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $60,000 VISA.

THIS ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED.

APPROVAL OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WILL POSITION THERE FOR TO HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE FOR JANUARY 1ST, 2023 C.

AUTHORIZATION OF THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT PERMISSION TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT WITH MMR COMMUNICATIONS INC.

TO PROVIDE A CCTV, ACS, PA SYSTEMS IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $165,600.

THE REASON ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED AS ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER APPROVAL OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT POSITION AIRPORT TO HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE ON JANUARY 1ST, 2023.

ITEM D, AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COM COMMISSION TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT WITH VER SYSTEMS AND THE MAL NOT TO EXCEED $60,000.

THE REASON THIS ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER APPROVED FOR THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT WILL POSITION THE AIRPORT TO HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE ON JANUARY 1ST, 2023.

ITEM E AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT PERMISSION EXECUTE THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT WITH RUN SAFE LLC.

PROVIDE EMS REPAIRER E M A S REPAIRS, SUPERVISION, FS T AND INSPECTION IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 75,000.

REASON THIS ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED AS ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER APPROVED FOR THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT WITH POSITION AIRPORT TO HAVE A CONTRACT AND PLACED ON JANUARY 1ST, 2023.

ITEM F, AUTHORIZATION OF THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT, CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION EXECUTED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH STAR SERVICES INCORPORATED TO PROVIDE HVAC SYSTEM AND EMS MAINTENANCE IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $317,000.

THE REASON THIS ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED APPROVED FOR THE THIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WILL POSITION THE AIRPORT TO HAVE THE CONTRACT IN PLACE PLACE ON JANUARY ONE, 20.

23 G AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO A CO COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE OPTIONS FOUNDATION INCORPORATED FOR USE OF THE OCCUPANCY OF 1113 NORTH 22ND STREET AS A PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR HOMELESS AND THE MENTALLY IMPAIRED ADULTS.

THE REASON THIS ITEM IS BEING REQUEST, THE ITEM NEEDS TO BE APPROVED AND EXECUTED FOR JANUARY 1ST, 2023.

ITEM H, AUTHORIZATION OF THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO INTEND TO A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE LOUISIANA PAROLE PROJECT FOR THE USE OF THE OCCUPANCY OF ONE 11 NORTH 22ND STREET AS A TRANSITION TO HOUSING FOR PAROLE PROJECT CLIENTS.

THE ITEM NEEDS TO BE APPROVED IS EXECUTED BY JANUARY 1ST, 2023.

IS THE REASON IS BEING REQUESTED AND MOTION THE RULES FOR THE ITEMS TO BE INTRODUCED.

IS THERE EMOTIONAL WAY THE RULES? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN SECOND BY THE CHAIR.

IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES? WE'RE NOW GONNA VOTE ON A MOTION.

ANY OBJECTIONS? WE NOW NEED A MOTION TO INTRODUCE THE ITEMS. IS THERE MOTION? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS SECOND BY THE CHAIR.

ANY OBJECTIONS? ALL ITEMS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED.

WE NOW GO TO ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.

EMERGENCY.

I AUTHORIZING AM MAYOR, PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH CHABOS AV AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE.

CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASES OF INSULATION AND WARRANTY OF THE LEAD VIDEO DISPLAYS OF TOWN SQUARE, BEACON AND SCREENS AND AMOUNT OF 188,004 $25 AND 34 CENTS.

THE REASON THIS ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED AS ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER, THE CURRENT LED DISPLAYS ON THE BEACON SCREENS WERE INSTALLED IN 2011.

THE PARTS ARE OBSOLETE AND NO LONGER AVAILABLE.

REPLACEMENT IS NEEDED BEFORE DECEMBER 31ST, 2022 FOR THE CITY, PARIS NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION

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BY THE BUILDING GROUND DIRECTOR.

NEED A MOTION TO WAIT.

THE RULES IS THEIR MOTION.

SO THERE EMOTION.

SO MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCK OR SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOAD.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION? WA THE RULES? IS THERE ANY OBJECTION ON THE MOTION TO WAY THE RULES? IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS THEIR MOTION TO APPROVE.

SO MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER, GO SECOND AND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MO, ADMINISTRATIVE EMERGENCY MATTER HAS BEEN APPROVED.

COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL NOW GO TO APPOINTMENTS.

WE NOW GO TO APPOINTMENTS.

COUNCIL

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MEMBERS, I'M GONNA TAKE ITEMS 1 32, 1 33, 1 35, 1 36, 1 37 AND 1 38 TOGETHER AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE TO REAPPOINT, SCOTT WILL FALL.

CHASE TETON.

CHASE SHELTON, PAMELA SANCHEZ, ANTHONY MASCARO, AND GEORGE CROSS BACK TO THE ABC BOARD.

LET ME READ ITEMS 1 32.

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL BOARD.

CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING REPLACING GEORGE CROSS DETERMIN BY ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2022.

SO I NEED TO READ ALL THE NAMES.

UH, CURRENT BALANCE.

DAVID FACEY, ELIZABETH JOHNSON, GEORGE CROSS, ANTHONY LECAR, PAMELA SANDOS, CHASE SHELTON, CHASE TETON AND STEVEN SCOTT.

ITEM 1 33.

CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING REPLACING ANTHONY LERO WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2022.

UH, ON DEC, UH, CURRENT BALLOT IS THE SAME AS BEFORE.

ITEM 1 35.

ALCOHOL BEVERLY.

CONTROL BOARD CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING PAMELA REPLACING PAMELA SANDOS WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 31ST.

2022, SAME BALLOT.

ITEM 1 36, ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL BOARD CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING REPLACING CHASE SHELTON WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 31ST.

2022, SAME BALLOT ITEM 1 37, ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL BOARD, CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING AND REPLACING CHASE TETON WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2022.

AND THEN ITEM 1 38, CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING REPLACING STEVEN SCOTT WIL WHOSE TERM EXPIRED ON DECEMBER 31ST.

2022.

SAME BALLOT.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS? 1 32, 1 33, 1 35, 1 36, 1 37 OR 1 38? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS? IS THERE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT SCOTT WILL PHONE, CHASE TETON, CHASE SHELTON, PAMELA SANCHEZ, ANTHONY AND GEORGE CROSS.

THERE'S A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ROCKER AND SECONDARY BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.

THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN REAPPOINTED.

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WE'RE NOT GONNA GO BACK TO ONE 30 AND WE WILL ACCEPT NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR OF NEED BE ITEM ONE 30, CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING DAVID FACES WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2022.

THIS IS A FOUR YEAR TERM.

MS. DANNY NOMINATIONS MEMBERS, I WANNA, UH, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT MR. XAVIER HOSKINS.

I, UH, DISTRIBUTED HIS, UH, RESUME TO YOU.

HE IS A US ARMY VETERAN BUSINESS OWNER HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

GRANDFATHER AND A FATHER, UM, DISTRICT NINE RESIDENT AND ALL AROUND GOOD GUY.

MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 30? MR. XAVIER HAS BEEN APPOINTED ITEM 1 31.

OH, COUNCIL MEMBER? YEAH, FOR ONE 30 THERE.

UM, MR. FEY.

DAVID FEY? MM-HMM.

I MAKE THE MOTION THAT HE, UH, BE REAPPOINTED ONLY BEEN THERE FOR A FEW DAYS, SO I MAKE THAT MOTION.

OKAY, WELL, WELL WE'RE GONNA GO, THAT'S A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

SO WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST IF THERE'S A SECOND FOR THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOK, WE'RE GONNA VOTE.

SO THE ORIGINAL MOTION IS TO APPOINT XAVIER HOSKINS.

THERE'S A SECOND ON THAT ONE.

AND THEN THERE'S A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO APPOINT REAPPOINT DAVID FACEY.

AND THERE'S A SUBSTITUTE, THERE'S A SECOND ON THAT ONE.

WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE MACHINES.

WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST, WHICH IS TO REAPPOINT.

DAVID FACING MACHINES ARE OPEN ON THE MOTION TO APPOINT DAVID FACING IF YOU VOTE NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO VOTE.

THREE VOTES.

WE GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO APPOINT XAVIER HOSKINS.

GO AHEAD.

IF WE VOTED ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST FOR A CANDIDATE, CAN WE VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE ON THE ORIGINAL? WE CAN BECAUSE WE'RE NOT VOTING DOWN THE BALLOT LIKE WE NORMALLY DO.

THAT'S VOTING ON A MOTION.

SO YOU CAN VOTE YES ON THIS MOTION

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EVEN IF YOU VOTED YES ON THE LAST MOTION.

THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

ALL RIGHT.

WE VOTED ON XAVIER MACHINES ARE OPEN ON THE MOTION TO APPOINT XAVIER HOSKINS.

NINE VOTES.

MR. HOSKINS BEEN APPOINTED.

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NOW GO TO ITEM 1 31, WHICH IS TO, AND WE WILL ACCEPT NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR OF NEED BE ITEM 1 31.

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND CONTROL CONSIDERATION OF REPLACING JOSH HOLLAND'S TERM EXPIRED ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2022.

THIS IS A FOUR YEAR TERM.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 31? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A NOMINATION? IS THERE A NOMINATION? YES, SIR.

I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE BRAD KRAMER, WHO IS AN ATTORNEY AND YEARS AND YEARS AGO WORKED FOR CITY PARISH AND ALSO HELPED WITH ABC MATTERS.

HE'S VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND EASY TO GET ALONG WITH.

I THINK HE'S A GOOD CANDIDATE.

ALL RIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND FOR BRAD? SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER NOLE.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO BRAD KRAMER BEING APPOINTED? BRAD KRAMER HAS BEEN APPOINTED ON ITEM 1 31, WE

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GO TO ITEM 1 34, CONSIDERATION OF REPLACING AUGUSTINE SHAW, WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2022.

IS THERE A NOMINATION FROM THE FLOOR? IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 34? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION FROM THE FLOOR FOR MR. WALTER GINO MCLAUGHLIN.

UH, GINO IS A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER, A FATHER AND A SON, AND HE ALSO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BLACK RESTAURANT WEEK HERE IN THE CITY.

THERE'S A MOTION TO APPOINT GENO MCLAUGHLIN IN A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER.

UH, SHE RAISED HER HAND FIRST.

I APOLOGIZE.

UH, IS THAT OPPOSITION.

GENO MCLOUGHLIN HAS BEEN APPOINTED.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE RETURNING MEMBERS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW MEMBERS.

WE NOW

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GO TO ITEM 1 39, THE BATON ROUGE FILM COMMISSION CONCURRING IN THE MAYOR PRESENCE REPLACEMENT OF CHAD CORNETT WHOSE TERM EXPIRES DECEMBER 31ST, 2020.

THIS IS A FOUR YEAR TERM.

STEVIE RAIN WARREN.

IT'S THE ONLY PERSON ON THE BALLOT.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE LISTENING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 39? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPOINT TO EVEN SO, SO MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. SECONDED BY.

YOU GOT A QUESTION OR QUESTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER? GO THERE.

QUESTION.

UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS A MAYOR.

PRESIDENT APPOINTEE.

DID, UM, THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT ASKED FOR, UH, I'M GONNA SAY MR. WARREN? YES.

RAINY WARREN HAS BEEN APPOINTED.

THIS IS THE MAYOR'S NOMINATION.

WONDERFUL, THANK YOU.

IS THAT A SECOND MR. GOER? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SECOND AND BY COUNCILMAN MCG GO.

ANY OBJECTION, STEAMING

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WE GO TO ITEM ONE 40 CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTED ON REPLACING KENNETH APPOINTER, WHO'S TERM EXPIRES ON JANUARY 1ST, 2023.

UH, KEN APPOINTER HAS RECEIVED A LETTER FOR REAPPOINTMENT.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 40? ALL RIGHT, WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THEIR MOTION TO APPOINT KEN APPOINTER? SO MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUN SECOND BY THE CHAIR IS ANY OPPOSITION KEN APPOINT HAVE BEEN REAPPOINTED.

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GO TO ITEM 1 41, CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTED AND REPLACING WILLIAM SHEEY, WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON JANUARY 1ST, 2023.

ANYONE HERE TO WISH YOU TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 41? WOULD NOT GO TO COUNCIL.

COUNCIL MEMBER HU? EXCUSE ME.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER.

SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY AT THIS TIME, UH, THANK YOU TO WILLIAM SHEEY.

HE IS A DISTRICT 12 RESIDENT AND HE, UH, ABSOLUTELY SERVED THE RECREATION AND BAR COMMISSION VERY, VERY WELL.

WE APPRECIATE HIS SERVICE.

MS. JIM.

A BR COUNCIL MEMBER? NO.

CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT, EIGHTY THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY SIX THOUSAND TEN CENTS.

YOU SHOULD ALL HAVE, UH, BIOGRAPHY OF DWAYNE ROGERS.

I SAY A BIOGRAPHY OF RESUME.

UH, I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND HIM FOR, UH, APPROVAL TO BR DWAYNE ROGERS, CORRECT? YEP.

MOTION TO APPOINT DWAYNE ROGERS.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MO IS ANY OBJECTIONS DWAYNE ROGERS HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO BRETT

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REGARD TO ITEM 1 42.

VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FIRE DISTRICT FOUR, CENTRAL CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING REPLACING SCOTT BROWNING, WHO'S TERM FIRES ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2022.

CURRENT BATTER.

SCOTT BROWNING.

DOES ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM WE GO TO? COUNCIL MEMBER MO POINT.

SCOTT BROWNING.

IS THERE A SECOND? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? SCOTT BROWNING HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BOARD OF COMMISSION OF FIRE DISTRICT FOUR CENTRAL.

[Items 143 - 147]

WE NOW GO TO ITEM 1 43.

CHANGE ORDERS.

WE'RE GONNA TAKE ITEM 1 43 THROUGH 1 47 TO GET A T.

DRAINAGE PARKING STATION RENOVATIONS CONTRACT NUMBER TWO, PART A AND B CONTRACT WARDEN SMITH CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT, $120,000 CREDIT ITEM 1 44 REPLACING THE BOB PITTED BOULEVARD BRIDGE OVER BAYOU FOUNTAIN.

UH,

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LET'S SEE.

CONTRACT AWARDED ON MARCH 21ST, 2021.

ITEM 1 45, REPLACEMENT OF BOB PIT BOULEVARD BRIDGE OVER BAYOU FOUND AND CONTRACT AGAIN, CONSTRUCTION COMPANY CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT, $80,586 AND TENS.

ITEM 1 46 PUMP STATION 1 42 IMPROVEMENTS CONTRACTED GRADY CRAWFORD CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED.

CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT, $25,000.

ITEM 1 47, HIGHWAY 67.

FORCE MAIN RELOCATION CONTRACTOR, SPARTAN DIRECTIONAL LLC.

CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT, $91,550.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 1 43 TO 1 47? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN? I JUST NEED TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION HERE WITH THESE CHANGE ORDERS.

I HAVE A CONCERN.

YEAH, IF IT'S ALL FOR OUR GOOD, YES, BUT THESE ARE NOT COMPANIES THAT JUST STARTED LAST NIGHT.

SO WHEN YOU TALKING ABOUT A CHANGE ORDER IN THE AMOUNT THAT WE SEE HERE, AND IT, I I DON'T GET THIS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS.

SO I NEED AN EXPLANATION FROM, AND I'M SURE THEY GOT TO BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BECAUSE THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

YES, MA'AM.

UH, AND I I ASSUME YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THOSE AND I'LL BE MORE, OR THE ONES YOU PARTICULARLY WANTED? NO ONE WAS FOR OUR GOOD, BUT JUST YEAH, THESE FOLK HAVEN'T JUST GOTTEN IN BUSINESS.

NO, NO MA'AM.

AND CERTAINLY OUR, OUR JOB AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY FROM PUBLIC WORKS IS TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ITEMS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO COMPLETE SOME OF THE JOBS, SOME ITEMS ARE MISSING SOMETIMES THAT WE DIDN'T CATCH ON THE FRONT END.

THAT'S OUR PART.

AND THAT WE ADD, AND MOST OF THE TIME ADDITIONAL ITEMS OR QUANTITIES THAT WE HAD TO ADD IN INTO THE ACTUAL SPECIFICATION THAT CAUSED THE, THE INCREASE IN COST.

AND I'M GONNA JUST SAY LIKE FOR THE TERRA STREET PUMP STATION, THAT WAS STRICTLY DUE TO INCREASED TIME AND STORAGE CAPACITY FOR OUR, OUR, UH, PUMPS FOR THE TERRA STREET PALM STATION.

THEY, THEY'RE HOLDING THOSE ONLINE FOR US.

SO, AND THEY'RE STILL WAITING ON PARTS BECAUSE OF THE CHAIN PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH TODAY.

AND THERE WAS A COST FOR THAT TO BE DONE SO THAT THE ORIGINAL IS $120,000.

AND WHILE WE ARE GOING TO BE CREATING TO GET TO START THIS PROJECT PROBABLY SOMETIME IN DECEMBER, AND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT FROM MY STANDPOINT, THE BOB PETIT IS FOR 80,000.

AND AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, IT'S THE FINAL QUALITIES WHEN YOU USE THESE, YOU'RE USING ESTIMATES.

I MEAN, THEY'RE VERY CLOSE TO BEING REALITY, BUT SOMETIMES YOU MISS IT.

AND THEN SOMETIMES WHEN WE OUT IN THE FIELD AND THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WASN'T, WASN'T LOOKED AT, WE WANT TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL SIDEWALK CAPACITY THAT ON, ON THE BOB BRIDGE, WHICH IS WHAT THE MOST OF THAT INCREASE WAS.

AND ALSO ON BOTH SIDES OF THE, UH, OF THE PROJECT.

THOSE COSTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAME UNIT PRICE THAT WE DEALT WITH FROM THE, FROM THE START.

BUT THE QUANTITIES HAVE CHANGED AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON THAT WE WOULD DEAL WITH THAT.

UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE ON THERE TWICE THAT SHOULD NOT BE THERE.

NUMBER ONE.

UH, THAT'S, YOU CAN, THAT'S MY, MY BOO BOO ON THAT.

AND SO WHEN WE ASKED TO APPROVE, WE ONLY APPROVE ONE TIME FOR THE $80,000.

UM, THE, THE PUMP STATIONS, I CERTAINLY WOULD PROBABLY ALLOW MR. SPEAR TO ADDRESS THOSE.

BUT I WOULD JUST SAY THAT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE IT'S MOSTLY QUANTITIES.

AND, AND YES, YOU'RE RIGHT COUNCILWOMAN, WE WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUST LET THEM GO WHILE WILLIE ON ON THE FEES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

WE HAVE, WE HAVE PROGRAM ENGINEERS ARE WATCHING THE PROJECT LOOKING AT IT AND THEY DON'T MAKE A DECISION WITHOUT US PRE-APPROVING THOSE CONDITIONS BEFORE THEY COME TO THE COUNCIL.

UH, YES MA'AM.

UH, RICK SP, DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, UH, THE TWO CHANGE ORDERS ARE FINAL CHANGE ORDERS AND THEY'RE RECTIFYING THE FINAL QUANTITIES.

BOTH OF THESE ARE CREDITS BACK TO THE CONTRACT PRICE, THAT BEING, UH, NEGATIVE CHANGE ORDERS, BUT THEIR FINAL RECONCILIATION OF QUANTITIES THAT WAS ACTUALLY INSTALLED ON THESE, THESE TWO PROJECTS.

WELL, I'M GONNA ASK THAT WE BE A LITTLE MORE DILIGENT, Y'ALL, BECAUSE SEE WHAT I SEE HERE IS IF I CAN COME AND TELL YOU I CAN DO SOMETHING FOR 10, I'M GONNA GET THE BID.

THEN WHEN I GET IN THERE AND I COME BACK AND I CHANGE THESE ORDERS TO $30, THEN I'M WINNING ALL THE

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WAY AROUND.

SO WE NEED TO BE DILIGENT WITH THIS.

YES MA'AM.

AS OPPOSED TO ALL THESE CHANGE ORDERS.

WELL AGAIN, THAT THE, THE COST PRICE UNIT PRICES ARE NOT CHANGING.

IT'S THE ACTUAL QUANTITIES INSTALLED AT THAT POINT.

BUT MONEY IS MONEY AND I UNDERSTAND AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WITH THESE TWO PROJECTS, THEY ARE CREDITS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE LESS QUANTITIES, UH, WERE REQUIRED THAN WAS ESTIMATED IN THE CONTRACT PRICE.

SO, UH, AND YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR NEW FACILITY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CHANGE ORDER COMING, UH, PROBABLY IN JANUARY BECAUSE WE, THEY START INSTALLING A FIVE FOOT FENCE AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE ARCHITECT HAD, UH, PRESCRIBED FOR OUR SECURITY FENCE.

AND I DON'T THINK A FIVE FOOT FENCE IS A SECURITY FENCE.

SO, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE A NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE ARCHITECT ON THAT.

CHECK YOUR TIME COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO NO, I THINK, I HOPE MY POINT HAS BEEN HEARD.

YES MA'AM.

UH, YEAH, FIVE FOOT FENCE NEED TO BE A WHAT? FOOT FENCE? EIGHT.

EIGHT FOOT.

SO WHO DROPPED THE BALL ON THAT? I GUESS YOU DO WANT IT.

YEAH, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MAKE 'EM EAT IT.

IF IT'S THE CONTRACTOR.

NO, IT'S NOT THE CONTRACTOR.

WHO IS IT? IT WAS, UH, IT WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN, UH, US DS AND ARCHITECT AND IT WASN'T COUNCIL ADAMS, I'M GIVING MY TIME TO COUNCILMAN MO WHOSE COMPUTER'S NOT WORKING.

YOU LOCKED OUT.

COUNCILMAN ADAMS, I MEAN COUNCILMAN MO.

OH, THERE WE GO.

CAME ON.

OKAY, GREAT.

WHO'S, UM, IN, IN THESE CHANGE ORDERS WHO'S MAINLY REQUESTING, I MEAN THIS IS A, A TRADE OFF REALLY.

LIKE A CONTRACTOR WILL GET IN THERE AND THEY'LL FIND SOMETHING, THEY'LL GO TO Y'ALL AND SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO CHANGE THIS, FIX THIS, MAKE IT CORRECT BECAUSE WHAT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE BIDS NOT GONNA WORK.

THAT'S A CHANGE ORDER.

CORRECT.

THAT, THAT WOULD BE A CONTRACTOR INITIATED CON UH, CHANGE ORDER.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE AN ENGINEER'S, UH, INITIATED CHANGE ORDER OR AN OWNER INITIATED CHANGE ORDER, WHICH WOULD BE US.

WHICH WOULD BE US.

OKAY, SO, SO WE'LL GO IN AND GO, YEAH, OKAY, WE, THIS IS NOT WHAT WE WANT.

WE THINK WE SEE SOMETHING BETTER, ALL OF A SUDDEN LET'S GO IN AND READJUST THIS OR WHATEVER.

HOW MUCH CAN YOU DO THIS FOR? YEAH, OR LIKE WHAT I JUST STATED FOR THE FENCE.

OBVIOUSLY I CAN'T HAVE A FIVE FOOT SECURITY FENCE WITH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF EQUIPMENT.

I NEED AN EIGHT FOOT SECURITY FENCE TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT FROM, YOU KNOW, DAMAGING OUR EQUIPMENT.

SO, AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING YOU RECOGNIZE AFTER THE FACT.

I RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN I GOT A PICTURE OF THE FIVE FOOT FENCE AND THE GUY IN THE INSPECTOR STANDING AND THE EQUIPMENT'S EIGHT FOOT .

WELL, I DON'T THINK A FIVE, UH, SOMEONE WHO'S YOUNGER THAN ME CAN JUMP OVER A FIVE FOOT FENCE PRETTY EASILY.

I WANNA MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL UNDERSTAND THAT WE JUST DON'T RUB A STAMP, A CHANGE ORDER.

SO, OKAY.

NO, I, I, I AGREE WITH COUNCIL ONE, WHAT SHE'S SAYING AND EVERYTHING ELSE THERE, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN ON HERE, BUT I RECOGNIZE A FACT.

I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A, A HANDLE ON, UH, I GUESS A LOT OF THESE IS, BUT A LOT OF THESE ARE OWNER REQUESTED CHANGE ORDERS OR CONTRACTOR REQUESTED CHANGE ORDERS.

MOST OF THE TIME FROM OUR, OUR PERSPECTIVE IT'S FOR THE OWNER.

BECAUSE ONCE WE ARE OUT THERE LOOKING AT THE THINGS THAT, WHERE WE HAVE IT ON PLANS, WE KNOW SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL MODIFICATIONS NEED TO BE MADE FOR NOT ONLY FOR FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT, BUT THE OTHER ISSUES THAT WE, WE DEAL WITH QUANTITIES.

THAT'S REALLY WHERE OURS IS, IS ADDITIONAL QUANTITIES, UM, THAT WE, WHEN YOU FILL AN ESTIMATE AND THEN THEY MORE THAN THAT, THAT'S WHAT YOU NORMALLY GO SEE IN YOUR, UH, OVERALL UH, INCREASE IN, UH, CHANGE ORDER.

I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO MENTION TOO, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND REMOVE ONE OF THE, UH, ITEMS FOR THE 80,000 IF YOU PLACE THEM.

WE GOT YOU SIR.

UM, SO, ALRIGHT, SO A LOT, I WAS SCREWED ME UP.

I MESSED UP ON THE, WHERE YOU TOOK THE THING OFF, BUT I HAD A QUESTION.

I WAS GLAD I'LL FIGURE IT OUT LATER.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER.

NO, UH, THANKS GENTLEMEN.

I, I THINK, UH, I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHERE EVERYBODY'S COMING FROM WITH THIS, UM, ON JUST KEEPING AN EYE ON IT, MAKE SURE IT'S NOT BEING ABUSED THROUGH, THROUGH, YOU KNOW, AND BASICALLY CIRCUMVENTING SOME OF THE BID REQUIREMENTS.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA SEE IS Y'ALL JUST STAY DILIGENT WITH THAT.

AND I, AND I KNOW WE ARE, UH, BUT I WILL SAY ANYTIME, LIKE A NIGHT LIKE TONIGHT WHEN WE HAVE WHAT APPEARS TO BE ABOUT A, A NET 150,000 TO US ON CHANGE OWNERS, IT'S WELCOMED.

SO, AND, AND A LOT OF TIMES COUNCIL, Y'ALL DON'T, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE ITEMS, WE DO GET A LOT OF CREDITS BECAUSE THERE ARE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE DONE WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND, AND WE TRY TO ADDRESS IT.

AND

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I MEAN IT GOES TO A LOT OF REVIEW AND A LOT OF DISSERTATION AND WE HAVE A LOT OF MEETINGS BEFORE WE MAKE ANY DECISIONS IN RELATIONSHIP TO THAT.

SO WHILE I KNOW THIS, THIS WEEK MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE OUT OF THE NORM, UH, BUT I THINK THERE WERE GOOD JUSTIFICATION FOR WHAT WE DID AND WHY WE DID IT.

AND I, I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT, THAT WE, Y'ALL KNOW THAT WE ARE JUST NOT GONNA RUBBER STAMP ANY TYPE OF CHANGE ORDER COMING IN.

WELL, AND I IMAGINE WHEN WE SEE THESE, THESE CREDITS BACK, IT'S IT'S BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE ACTUALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO IT AND INITIATING THAT.

ABSOLUTELY.

THAT'S PROOF'S COMING BACK TO YOU AND SAYING, HEY, YES, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU THIS BACK.

SO THANK Y'ALL FOR THAT.

COUNCIL NUMBER MO UM, AND OF COURSE WE, WE GO INTO THE, THE FINAL ACCEPTANCE ALSO.

I MEAN, DO YOU GO, DOES A LOT OF THE TIMES, DO WE EXPECT TO GO INTO THESE BIDS AND CONTRACTS AND EVERYTHING KNOWING THAT WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE SOME CHANGE ORDERS SOMEWHERE IN THERE? THAT IS A QUESTION THAT I WOULD SAY IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO ASK.

I MEAN, BECAUSE IN REALITY NOTHING'S EVER SEEMS TO BE PERFECT.

BUT OUR GOAL IS WHEN WE ASK CONSULTANTS TO DRAW THE PLANS, WE ASK THEM TO PUT WHAT WE NEED AND ESTIMATE THE QUANTITIES AND WE DO OUR REVIEW, OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT NOT GONNA SPEAK FOR RICK.

RICK HAS HIS PEOPLE TO LOOK AT, BUT WE HAVE OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT IT AND BE SURE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND YOU KNOW, UH, I I I FEEL THAT MOST OF THE CASES WE HAVE, WE, WE ARE MORE INCLINED TO HAVE CREDIT THAN MORE THAN, UH, DEALING WITH, UH, PAYING OUT FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS.

WE WILL NOW TAKE ITEMS 1 48 THROUGH ONE 50 TOGETHER.

AND WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH UNDERGROUND WORK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS THAT CHANCE IF, WHEN YOU'RE DIGGING LONG TRENCHES TO FIND SOMETHING UNKNOWN AND WHEN YOU FIND SOMETHING UNKNOWN, YOU GOTTA QUANTIFY IT AND YOU HAVE TO PAY THE CONTRACTOR TAKE CARE OF THAT SO YOU CAN CONTINUE DOING THE WORK.

SO THAT, THAT'S THE ONLY ISSUE WE HAVE WITH SEWER.

WHEN YOU'RE DOING UNDERGROUND WORK, YOU'RE, YOU'RE LIABLE TO FIND SOMETHING THAT YOU WEREN'T EXPECTING.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS 1 43 THROUGH 1 47 AND DELETE ITEM 1 45 SINCE THIS IS A DUPLICATE.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, ALSO SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ITEMS 1 43 THROUGH 1 47 HAVE BEEN APPROVED DELETING 1 45.

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FINAL ACCEPTANCES REPLACING OF THE BOB PETTY BOULEVARD BRIDGE FOR BUYING FOUNTAIN CONTRACT.

AGAIN, CONSTRUCTION LLC, FINAL COST $1,129,413 AND 85 CENTS.

ITEM 1 49 PUMP STATION 1 42 IMPROVEMENTS CONTRACTOR, GRADY CRAWFORD CONSTRUCTION, INCORPORATED FINAL COST $294,312.

ITEM ONE 50 LA HIGHWAY 67 FORCE MAIN RELOCATION CONTRACTOR, SPARTAN DIRECTIONAL LLC, FINAL CALLS $1,584,372.

IS THERE ANYONE HE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 1 48 THROUGH ONE 50? WE WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 1 48 THROUGH ONE 50.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MA SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. AND THE OBJECTIONS ITEM 1 48 THROUGH ONE 50 HAS

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