Jan 18, 2023 Metropolitan Council

CONDEMNATIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

YEAH, WE'LL COME BACK TO IT.

SO THEY OUGHT TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 48 AND DEFER ITEM 49 FOR 60 DAYS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONDEMNATIONS TO APPROVE? 48 AND 49.

MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN COEN.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU WOULD GOD, TURN YOUR ATTENTION

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TO ITEM 50, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ATTENTION TO A SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATOR, COUNCIL OF EBR R AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $200,000 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR A JOINT PILOT ELECTRONIC MONITORING PROGRAM TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ALLOCATION OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT BY POLICE CHIEF.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 50? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 50? WHEN NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUN.

I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SEE YOU, REVEREND ANDERSON.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

IT'S, UH, IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY.

UM, AT THE LAST MEETING, UH, WE CAME BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND SAID WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION ON THIS PARTICULAR, UH, AGENDA ITEM.

AND SO, UH, WE HAD TO THANK, UH, ATTORNEY, UH, NILES HAMER, WHO WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO COME TO THE EAST BATON ROUGE, UH, PRISON REFORM COALITION'S, UH, MONTHLY MEETING AND, UM, EXPLAIN WHAT THEIR POSITION WAS AND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.

AND WE WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.

HAVING SAID THAT, WE HAVE DONE, UH, QUITE A BIT OF RESEARCH AND OVER THE OVERALL ISSUES, PARTICULARLY AROUND ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM, INCLUDING LOCATING AND IDENTIFYING THAT IN FACT, THERE IS A REGULATION BY THE LEGISLATURE THAT REQUIRES THAT ALL PROVIDERS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE, UH, AN ANNUAL REPORT.

AND SO OUR CONCERNS ARE STILL EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE BEFORE, WHICH IS THAT THE IDEAL OF CREATING A PILOT WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT WE ARE ALREADY DOING AND HAVING NO ACCOUNTABILITY AND METRICS TO MAKE A DECISION AND THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, WE STILL, QUITE FRANKLY, HAVE WAY MORE QUESTIONS THAT WE DID NOT GET ANSWERS TO, AND WE HAVE HONESTLY NOTHING BUT OVERWHELMING CONCERNS ON THIS ITEM.

REVEREND ANDERSON.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 50? ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 50? WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNSEL.

THERE'S A MOTION.

OH, YOU OKAY? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE GO AHEAD, MS. CHAMBERS.

UH, COUNSEL MC COLE.

WE ARE DEFERRING THE ITEM FOR 60 DAYS.

THAT'S OUR REQUEST.

THERE IS A REQUEST TO DEFER

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THE ITEM FOR 60 DAYS.

THERE IS A MOTION OBJECTION.

THERE IS A MOTION YOU WANNA REMOVE THE MOTION TO NO, I, I WANT TO KNOW WHY WE'RE DEFERRING FOR 60 DAYS.

WELCOME TO GOOD AFTERNOON, MYRON DANIELS ON BEHALF OF THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, THIS WAS BROUGHT FORTH ON, UH, OUR BEHALF, UH, AS WE WERE TRYING TO DO THE PILOT PROGRAM.

UH, THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, THERE WAS SOME GREAT CONCERNS THAT THE COUNCIL MENTIONED, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, SOME AUDIENCE MEMBERS.

UH, WE ARE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THOSE THINGS AND BASED ON THAT, THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THE, UH, DEFERMENT.

CHIEF DANIELS.

AM I GONNA NO, NO, NO.

UH, ACTUALLY JEN IS IN ORDER, BUT I, MIKE'S NOT WORKING.

ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, THE FUTURE, UM, THAT IS LESS CUMBERSOME, THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE AS MUCH MANPOWER.

I'LL WAIT.

GO.

SO, UM, FOR THE RECORD AND FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSES, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ABSTAIN FROM THIS ITEM.

I AM A CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY, AND I REGULARLY HAVE CLIENTS TO GO IN FRONT OF JUDGE JORDAN, AND MY CLIENTS WOULD DIRECTLY BENEFIT FROM HIM BEING A PART OF THIS PROGRAM AND WOULD SAVE PROBABLY APPROXIMATELY 450 TO $500 A MONTH IF THEY WERE IN ADMITTED IN THIS PROGRAM.

SO, UM, I, I, I CAN'T VOTE ON THIS ITEM, HOWEVER, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, AND IT'S WITH REGARD TO LIABILITY, AND MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION OR A PARISH ATTORNEY.

UM, AS FAR AS THE MONITORING GOES, OFTENTIMES WE'LL SEE, WE, WE DISCOVERED LAST TIME THROUGH THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD, UM, THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE A PART WOULD BE PART OF THIS PROGRAM ARE USUALLY VIOLENT OFFENDERS.

UM, THE LIABILITY, WHO, WHO WOULD BE LIABLE IF THIS VIOLENT OFFENDER ABSCONDED, UM, WHILE THEY'RE ON THIS MONITORING SYSTEM AND INJURED SOMEONE? WOULD IT BE THE CITY? WOULD WE HOLD LIABILITY THERE? I WOULD REFER THAT TO OUR PARISH ATTORNEY.

I'D HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGREEMENT AND SEE WHAT IT SAYS FIRST IN ORDER TO, TO, TO FULLY GIVE YOU AN ANSWER.

SO DURING THE 60 DAY PERIOD, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AGREEMENT AND BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND GIVE YOU A FULL ANSWER WHEN WE COME BACK, IF IT'S, IF IT'S ALLOWED TO BE DEFERRED.

I'M JUST OB OBJECTING TO THE DEFERRAL.

I WANNA VOTE ON THE MACHINES.

COUNCIL MEMBER, BANKS COUNCIL MEMBER.

WHAT IT WILL BE.

UM, I, UH, MYRON, UH, WHERE TWO THINGS, NUMBER, NUMBER ONE IS, UM, JUST SO HAPPENED TODAY.

I WAS ON A PHONE CALL WHERE, UM, THERE'S SOME TECHNOLOGY WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY WEAR A, UM, WATCH YOU, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT VERSUS THE ANCHOR MONITORING.

AND SO FOR ME, UM, IT, IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO ENTER INTO A, UM, A JOINT POLY FOR, FOR ANKLE MONITORING WHEN THIS IS ABOUT, ABOUT TO BE A THING OF THE PAST.

AND, UH, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE THE OPTION AS IT RELATES TO THIS 200,000.

THE OTHER THING IS THE FACT THAT THE PILOT PROGRAM IS GEARED TOWARDS VIOLENT OFFENDERS.

UM, FOR ME, IF THEY'RE A VIOLENT OFFENDER, THEY SHOULD NOT EVEN BE OUT.

UM, I THINK THAT IF YOU'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE, UM, THE DEMOGRAPHICS AS TO WHO WOULD QUALIFY FOR THIS PROGRAM, IT WOULD BE PERSONS THAT ARE LESS VIOLENT.

AND THAT GOES TO WHEN MY, UM, WHEN COUNCILWOMAN, UM, UH, JEN ROCKER MENTIONED ABOUT LIABILITY.

UM, SO I MEAN, THE MORE VIOLENT, THE HIGHER THE RISK, WHEREAS IF THERE THERE'S NOT AS MUCH RISK, THERE'S ALSO NOT AS MUCH LIABILITY.

THE OTHER PART OF, UM, THIS PROJECT IS THAT WE ARE ALL THAT WILL ALSO COME IS THAT, UM, I HEARD, I'VE HEARD NUMBERS ABOUT FOUR OR $500 WHERE THIS PROJECT, THIS WOULD COST ABOUT ONE 50.

AND, UM, SO FOR ME, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY OF AMERICA RESCUE MONEY, THAT IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO INVEST IN A PROGRAM WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH ANTIQUATED, UM, TECHNOLOGY.

SO FOR ME, I WOULD LIKE, UM, THIS ITEM TO REALLY, UM, NOT BE DEFERRED, BUT ACTUALLY, UM, DELETED.

UM, BECAUSE IN THIS 60 DAYS THAT WE WOULD BE DEALING WITH THAT, I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK

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BECAUSE EVEN WITH THIS, THE PHONE CALLS, THE CALLING IN, UM, WITH THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S COMING DOWN, THERE ARE ELECTRONIC BARRIERS AND THERE'S DATA THAT IS COLLECTED SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE PERSON GOING OUT ALL THE TIME.

BASICALLY, THOSE SERVICES CAN BE DIRECTED TO JUST CASE MANAGEMENT.

SO I WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE DEFERRED AND LET'S, UH, LET US TALK ABOUT, UM, UH, SOMETHING THAT IS MORE FUTURISTIC AND ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE, THE DEMOGRAPHICS SO WE CAN LEAVE ROOM FOR VIOLENT OFFENDERS AND WE CAN, AND I ALSO DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF POLICE MONITORING.

TO ME IT'S LIKE DOUBLE DIPPING.

I DON'T THINK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE INVOLVED, UH, WITH ELECTRONIC MONITOR.

AN ELECTRONIC MONITORING, MONITORING, MONITORING.

UM, BECAUSE THEY SH IT'S, THEY, THEY, THEY, THAT'S JUST OUT OF, THAT'S LIKE NOT DEALING WITH THE DIFFERENT, UM, UH, EXECUTIVE LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL.

Y'ALL GOT ME? YEAH.

SO I DON'T, I, I JUST, I DON'T LIKE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.

AND I DO THINK WE HAVE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, THAT IS BETTER.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN MAKE A MOTION TO DELETE.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DELETE.

WE, WHERE ARE YOU SPEAKING WITH YOUR MOTION? NO.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON HAS MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

IS THERE A SECOND FOR THE MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MA MOROSA.

AND YOU'RE MAKING A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO DELETE THE ITEM.

SO I'LL, UM, I'LL, I'LL GO WITH THE, I HEARD ABOUT A 60 DAY DEFERRAL.

YOU DID, BUT NO, BUT NOBODY MADE A MOTION TO SHUT YOU, YOU'RE MAKING A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

I'M SORRY.

YOU DID MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

SO THERE'S A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

HOLD UP SHAUNA TO DEFER FOR 60 DAYS.

IS THERE A SECOND? SO WE HAD A CONVERSATION.

LET ME LET, LET'S GET THE ORDER, RIGHT.

THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.

SECOND OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBER.

NO, COUNCIL MEMBER.

GOE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO DEFER? SURE.

THERE'S A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO DEFER.

SECOND, I OBJECTION VOTING.

THE MACHINE IS THERE A SECOND TO THE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.

WE NOW GO BACK TO THE LIST OF PEOPLE WAITING TO SPEAK.

COUNCIL MEMBER MO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, SO, UH, ONE I AM WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN DUNN.

OBJECTION.

I THINK WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS AND, AND MOVE ON WITH IT.

UH, TWO, AS FAR AS THE TECHNOLOGY AND EVERYTHING, AND, AND THIS MAY BE A PARISH ATTORNEY THING.

I KNOW IT SAYS ANKLE MONITORING OR WHATEVER ELSE, BUT WOULD IT BE BETTER TO REWRITE IT AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, MONITORING IN, IN WHATEVER CAPACITY THAT THAT MIGHT BE, WHETHER IT'S WATCH OR BY PHONE OR, OR ANY KIND OF OTHER, UH, MONITORING THAT COMES DOWN THE PACKET.

IF WE APPROVED THIS AS IS, IS IT STRICTLY ANKLE MONITORING OR WHATEVER? UM, THE SECOND WHAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ROCKA SAID THE LIABILITY, I MEAN, LITERALLY JUST CAME ACROSS THE WIRE AS FAR AS MM-HMM.

, UH, WHAT WE SAW IN TEXAS WHERE SOMEBODY THAT WAS BEING MONITORED WENT OUT AND DID SOME PRETTY BAD STUFF, AND ALL.

WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? ARE THERE OTHER LOCATIONS THAT THIRD PARTIES DO THESE MONITORING OR IS IT ALWAYS HANDLED STRICTLY BY THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT HANDLES THE MONITORING? THAT'S ONE QUESTION I HAVE RIGHT NOW.

TO PROTECT THEM BY KNOWING WHERE THEY'RE AT, AT ALL TIMES.

UH, NO.

SO THERE ARE POLICE DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE, WHO ACTUALLY PLAY A PART IN THE MONITORING PROCESS.

UM, THERE ARE THIRD PARTY VENDORS WHO PLAY A PART IN THE PROCESS.

AND, UM, JUST TO ANSWER, UH, SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST STATED AS WELL AS, UH, COUNCILWOMAN BANKS, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE LIABILITY, I GUESS I'M CONFUSED AND I'M, I'M NOT THE LEGAL PERSON, BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE LIABILITY, THESE ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICES WILL NOT BE ISSUED IN LIEU OF ARRESTS OR, OR, OR JAIL STAYS.

IT'S ONLY AS A CONDITION IF THEY ARE ABLE TO MAKE BOND.

SO THEY WILL BE GETTING OUT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY HAVE THIS ANKLE MONITOR OR NOT.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANTED TO ADD, I I WILL CON CONCUR.

I WILL CONCUR WITH YOU ON, THEY CAN MAKE BOND AND THEY CAN GET OUT, AND THEY'RE ON THEIR OWN.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE OUT THERE, THEY'RE ON THEIR OWN.

WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEM ON THEIR BOND.

THEY MADE BOND, THEY GOT OUT, THEY MAKE BOND, THEY GET OUT.

YOU SLAP A ANKLE BRACELET ON THE PUBLIC IS EXPECTING YOU

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AND I THINK THAT'S A HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY FOR US TO TAKE ON OURSELF.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S THIRD PARTY CONTRACTORS THAT DO IT OR WHAT.

SO IF THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE BEHOOVE US TO LET THEM HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY AND LET THEM BOND OUT.

AND AGAIN, THEY'RE ON THEIR OWN.

THEY'RE NOT UNDER THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PARISH OR POLICE DEPARTMENT OR WHATEVER ELSE.

UM, I, I JUST, THAT'S A, A BIG OCCURRENCE.

AND ESPECIALLY, AND IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S SOMEBODY IN FOR, FOR CARJACKING OR, OR, OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, HEAVY CRIMINAL OR SO ON.

SO I, UH, I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO, TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO DENY ONLY GOT TWO MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR ALREADY.

SO WE GOTTA GO THROUGH THOSE TWO MOTIONS TO COUNCIL MEMBER HIE.

HEY, I, I SAID THIS BEFORE AND I SAY IT AGAIN.

WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE, SIX, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY COMPANIES ALREADY DOING THIS.

AND THE REASON THAT THIS SOUNDS SO AMAZING IS BECAUSE OF THE WORD AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, WHICH MEANS YOU ARE GIVING A COMPANY $200,000 TO DO SOMETHING AT ANY ONE OF THESE LOCAL COMPANIES.

IF THEY HAD THE SAME $200,000, THEY CAN DO IT FOR FREE TOO.

THEY DON'T NEED TO MAKE MONEY CAUSE YOU ALREADY GAVE IT TO 'EM.

SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO PARTNER, IF WE GOING TO DO THIS THING WITH ANYBODY, WE'RE ONE OF THE LOCAL COMPANIES AND SAY, HEY, THESE MIGHT BE OUR RULES, BUT IF YOU WANNA PLAY BY OUR RULES, WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME MONEY TO GET IT DONE.

YOU GONNA KILL SMALL BUSINESS BY DOING THIS.

AND FOR THAT REASON, I DON'T SUPPORT IT.

KNOW IF THAT'S THE RIGHT APPROACH.

COUNCILMAN HURST.

UH, PART OF THAT DEFERMENT AND THAT PROCESS OF WHAT I SPOKE OF, OF GOING BACK IN TRYING TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS, THAT WAS AL THAT'S ALREADY BEEN STARTED.

I I'S MY UNDERSTANDING THERE WAS A MEETING ALREADY AMONG THOSE WHO CURRENTLY, UH, PROVIDE THAT SERVICE FOR THE 19TH J D C COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON, CAN YOU OUTLINE FOR ME WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE GONNA DO DURING THIS DEFERRAL PERIOD? WHAT, WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC BULLET POINTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS TO MAKE THE PROPOSAL BETTER OR MORE ACCEPTABLE? UH, ONE, UH, LIKE I SAID, THE COUNCIL WAS VERY, UH, THEIR CONCERN WAS HEARD, AND WE WANTED TO ENSURE.

AND AS I STOOD UP HERE THE LAST TIME, I SAID, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO PROVIDES THE SERVICE, WE JUST WANT THE SERVICE.

UM, AND SO WE ARE, UH, ENGAGING THOSE WHO WILL CURRENTLY PROVIDE THE SERVICE IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THAT CONCERN, UH, ANSWERED.

UM, AS FAR AS THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S OUR MAJOR, UH, THING RIGHT NOW, AS WELL AS PROVIDING AND GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT JUST AS, UH, REVEREND ANDERSON, UH, STATED TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA AND WHAT EX EXACTLY THAT PILOT PROGRAM WILL CONSIST.

GOTCHA.

THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD.

I JUST BRIEF STATEMENT.

UM, I'M GONNA SUPPORT THE EFFORT TO, FOR THE DEFERRAL TONIGHT, BUT I'LL TELL YOU, I I'M READY TO APPROVE IT TONIGHT.

I, YOU KNOW, OUR CONSTITUENTS COME TO US WITH SOME MAJOR ISSUES IN THIS PARISH CRIME RIGHT NOW IS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.

WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ELECTRONIC MONITORING IN THIS PARISH.

YOU CAN LOOK AT THE, THE NEWS JUST THIS WEEK WHERE WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH, UH, ELECTRONIC MONITORING AND SOMEONE, UM, AND, AND WE KNOW THAT CRIME IS AN ISSUE.

THIS IS A CHANCE FOR THIS COUNCIL TONIGHT TO MOVE THE NEEDLE.

IT, IT BLOWS ME AWAY THAT THERE'S NOT UNANIMOUS, UH, SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM.

UM, LOOK, IT'S, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION OR, OR WHAT, I MEAN, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THESE ISSUES, LET'S GET IT DONE.

UM, SO THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER.

NO, THANK YOU.

UH, SO DWIGHT, I AGREE.

I THINK, UH, CRIME IS ON THE MINDS OF A LOT OF PEOPLE.

UM, BUT I FEAR THIS MAY BE APPROACHING THAT, UH, WITH A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY.

UM, IN MANY WAYS, AND I THINK, AND I DIDN'T GRAPH THIS WHEN WE FIRST TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING WHAT WOULD BE, UH, MAYBE NOT INTENDED TO BE A PUNITIVE PENALTY, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VIOLENT CRIMINALS PAYING FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE TO PAY FOR THROUGH THESE DOLLARS.

AND SO PART OF, UM, MAYBE TRYING TO PROHIBIT, I'M SORRY, TRYING TO REDUCE THE RECIDIVISM.

MAYBE JUST THE MONETARY PORTION OF HAVING TO CARRY THIS BURDEN OF HAVING THE ELECTRONIC MONITORING, WHICH I THINK COUNCILWOMAN ROCKER SAID IS ABOUT $450 A MONTH.

I'M, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY BE A DETERRENT IN AND OF ITSELF.

AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FUNDING SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA PAY FOR IT FOR THEM.

UM, I, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T

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UM, I DO THINK THERE ARE ISSUES WITH, WITH THE MONITORING.

I, I, I DON'T DISAGREE.

UM, I MEAN, WE SEE IT, THEY, THEY HAD, UH, A HEADLINE TODAY ABOUT IT ACTUALLY WHERE A GUY HAD A HOUSE ON FIRE WHO WAS, WHO HAD A, HAD A ANKLE MONITORING.

UM, SO, UH, YEAH, THERE'S ISSUES.

I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO TACKLE AN ISSUE OF CRIME THROUGH THIS.

MAYBE, I, I JUST NOT, I'M NOT SURE.

UM, I THINK PROBABLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS WITH THIS IS BETTER ADDRESSED BY THE COURT SYSTEM.

IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO USE WHAT WE CAN, AND I, AND I DON'T, AND I AGREE THAT'S IMPORTANT.

I'M JUST NOT SURE THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT AVENUE FOR US TO TRY TO ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT IS MAYBE SOME OF THESE VIOLENT CRIMINALS SHOULDN'T EVEN BE LET OUT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE WAY, THE WAY THE PUBLIC ADDRESSES THAT IS IN THE VOTING BOOTH WHEN THEY ELECT JUDGES, UH, THAT, THAT'S HOW I SEE THAT BEING HANDLED.

AND WE CAN'T DO THAT TODAY.

AND I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT APPROACH FOR THAT.

UM, BEYOND THAT, AS FAR AS THE LIABILITY, I, I'M CERTAINLY NOT AN ATTORNEY, BUT, UM, WE, WE MAY BE BRINGING SOME LIABILITY ON OURSELF IF WE ARE DOING MONITORING, OUR FUNDING MONITORING, I WOULD IMAGINE WE ABSOLUTELY DO NOT HAVE LIABILITY IF WE AREN'T A PART OF IT AT ALL.

SO, UM, I, I, I AGREE.

YOU KNOW, ANDY, I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING YOU LOOK INTO IT AND I LOVE ALL OF MY GOOD ATTORNEY FRIENDS WHO NEVER GIVE A DIRECT ANSWER.

BUT, UH, AS A NON-ATTORNEY, I CAN TELL YOU I THINK WE HAVE, WE DO NOT HAVE, UH, LIABILITY IF WE DON'T GET INVOLVED WITH IT.

SO, UM, I, I'M, I'M NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS AS IT STANDS TODAY.

I THINK THE MONEY WOULD MAYBE BE BETTER SPENT ON LOOKING AT POTENTIAL REGULATORY OVERSIGHT OVER THE COMPANIES THAT DO DO THIS JUST TO MAKE SURE, UH, SOME KIND OF AN AUDIT OR, UM, JUST THE SAME WAY WE WE AUDIT ANYTHING.

I MEAN THAT I THINK THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD BE STRUCTURED, BUT THAT MAY BE A BETTER USE OF THESE FUNDS IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS. SPECIFICALLY.

CAN MEMBER DUNN, I WON'T REHASH EVERYTHING I SAID AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT I'M AGAINST THE ITEM AS WRITTEN, UH, FOR MULTIPLE REASONS.

ONE, THERE'S A FREE MARKET THAT ALREADY EXISTS.

PRIVATE SMALL BUSINESSES ALREADY DO THIS, OFFER THIS SERVICE.

IN MY OPINION, THIS IS GOVERNMENT REPLACING THE PRIVATE INDUSTRY, AND I'M NOT IN SUPPORT OF THAT.

UH, MR. DANIEL SPOKE ABOUT THE DEFERRAL REQUEST IS TO HAVE CONVERSATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND THOSE VENDORS TO TALK ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER TO COLLABORATE BECAUSE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE BROUGHT AT THE LAST MEETING WHERE NOTHING HAS CHANGED.

WE DEFERRED IT FOR 45 DAYS.

NOTHING HAS CHANGED TO THE ITEM.

WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO US HAS NOT CHANGED, AS I UNDERSTAND IT.

IN THOSE MEETINGS, IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS, THERE WAS NO COLLABORATION.

THERE WAS NO AWAKENING AND NO NEW DIRECTION ON THIS.

THIS IS SIMPLY GOVERNMENT TRYING TO REPLACE THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

AND FOR THOSE REASONS, I'M AGAINST THIS ITEM.

LET ME FRAME OUR CONVERSATION FOR EVERYONE AT HOME.

THERE WAS A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER AMAROSA.

THERE IS A SECOND MOTION TO DEFER FOR 60 DAYS BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOK, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.

DURING YOUR COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON, YOU SAID YOU WANNA SUPPORT THE DEFER.

SO DOES THAT MEAN YOU'RE GONNA WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION? NO, CUZ I DON'T WANT TO GIVE A CHANCE FOR A MOTION TO DELETE.

ON TO ITEM 51, ESTABLISHING A METROPOLITAN COUNCIL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION ON ISSUES INVOLVING CRIME PREVENTION, CORRECTIONS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, COURT SYSTEM, RECIDIVISM, AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS BY COUNCIL MEMBER JEN ROCKER COUNCIL, UH, I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDERSON, REVEREND ANDERSON .

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

WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE MACHINES.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE VOTING ON THE MOTION TO DEFER THE ITEM FOR 60 DAYS.

MACHINES ARE OPEN.

MOTION FAILS.

WE NOW GO TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION, WHICH IS TO VOTE ON ITEM TO APPROVE.

WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON A MACHINE WE'RE VOTING TO, MACHINES ARE OPEN.

ITEM MOTION FAILS.

WE NOW MOVE

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OH, NO.

I LIKE TO THINK I THE HIGHEST FORM OF LIFE AN ENGAGED, INVOLVED CITIZEN.

AMEN.

Y Y'ALL HAD HIS JOB, , AND YET HAVING SAID THAT, INSTEAD OF, UH, SPENDING MY EVENING DOING ALL THE OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS I NEED TO DO, I HAVE GATHERED WITH YOU AND I, I

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COUCHED MY, MY COMMENTS IN THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

I WAS ONE OF THE CO-CONVENERS FOR THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SPECIALTY, UH, COURT TASK FORCE FOR THE 19TH J D C, AND SPENT OVER TWO YEARS WORKING WITH THE COURT AND STAKEHOLDERS ON THE VIABILITY.

I AM THE CHAIR OF THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH COMMITTEE FOR THE LOUISIANA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, WORKING STATEWIDE WITH MAJOR PROVIDERS.

STAKEHOLDERS.

AND I SAY ALL OF THAT TO SAY THIS, I DO NOT COME TO THIS WORK A AS A CONFUSED CITIZEN WHO NEEDS TO BE TOLD WHAT THE ISSUES ARE.

BUT ONE OF MY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS TOPIC, AND I SAID IT LAST WEEK, WAS THAT WE DID NOT HAVE A, A FRAMEWORK OF WHAT THIS COMMITTEE WOULD BE.

AND THAT CONTINUES TO BE A CONCERN THAT I'VE MADE, UH, CLEAR TO, TO THE, UH, THE COUNCIL THAT I FEEL LIKE WHEN THESE PROPOSALS ARE PUT FORTH, THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE DOCUMENTATION WHEN YOU CLICK ON THE BUTTON THAT SAYS DOCUMENTATION OR LEGISLATION AND SOME IDEAL OF WHAT IT IS WE ARE EVEN DECIDING ON.

AND SO I HAVE SPOKEN TO, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ROCKA.

I'VE MADE MY CONCERNS NOW, AND I HAVE SUBSTANTIAL CONCERNS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST IMPACTED, AND I DO MEAN THAT IN TERMS OF COMMUNITIES, THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN ZIP CODES THAT ARE FAR MORE IMPACTED BY CHOICES ON PUBLIC SAFETY THAN OTHERS.

THERE ARE CERTAIN POPULATIONS THAT ARE MORE IMPACTED BY PUBLIC SAFETY POLICIES THAN OTHERS.

THERE ARE SOME FAMILIES THAT ARE MORE IMPACTED BY PUBLIC SAFETY POLICY.

I HAVE SPENT A GOOD DEAL OF MY LIFE WORKING ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

I JUST SAT IN A COURTROOM WHERE ONE OF THE MOST HIDEOUS SITUATIONS I'VE EVER SEEN, I HAVE BROUGHT FORTH FOR MONTHS SOME ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ARE DOING.

AND SO I SAY, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE COUNCIL, WE MUST START ASKING THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO THESE ISSUES WHAT IT IS THAT THEY ARE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT.

BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE ARE LOTS OF STAKEHOLDERS, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY SHOULD HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE PRIOR TO THE CITIZENS IN EACH OF YOUR DISTRICTS.

AND SO WHATEVER YOU DO WITH THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE, I WILL BE VERY HONEST.

I HAVE NEVER STEPPED AWAY FROM THE TABLE BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND I BELIEVE THE CITIZENS GET TO BE HEARD, WHETHER IT IS THROUGH THIS MODEL OR THROUGH A DIFFERENT MODEL.

BUT I DO HAVE CONCERNS THAT THE STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE WORK, WHO ARE IN THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WORK, WHO ARE IN THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ARENA, THE FAMILIES THAT ARE REPRESENTING GRANDPARENTS, RAISING GRANDCHILDREN AND OTHER GROUPS NEED TO BE AT THE TABLE OF PREPARATION, IMPLEMENTATION.

NOT AFTER SOMETHING IS DONE AND NOT AFTER THE AGENDA IS SET.

THANK YOU REVEREND ANDERSON.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 51? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 51 WHEN WE GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKA? ALL RIGHT.

WE SAW WITH ITEM 50, UM, THAT WE COULD USE A COUPLE MORE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIME, AND WE ALSO SAW HOW MUCH TIME THAT TOOK UP.

UM, AND THAT WAS JUST ONE ITEM.

SO I FORMED THIS COMMITTEE BECAUSE LOTS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE COMMITTEE, THE COMMUNITY, HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND IN PARTICULAR, VIOLENT CRIME BUSINESSES, NONPROFITS, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS, AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN GATHERING TO DISCUSS WHAT COULD BE DONE.

THIS COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS CHOSEN TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

WE'LL HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE ALONG WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS.

WE WANT TO OFFER OUR SUPPORT AND HELP AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY OF CITY PARISH.

WE CAN ASSIST WITH GETTING DATA, RESEARCHING DIFFERENT ORDINANCES THAT MAY NEED TO BE TWEAKED, DELETED ARE SOME THAT NEED TO BE WRITTEN.

WE GET TO UNPACK IDEAS FOR FUNDING NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR ALL OF OUR AGENCIES.

SIMPLY PUT, I'M REQUESTING THIS COMMITTEE BE CREATED SO WE CAN USE THE RESOURCES AT OUR DISPOSAL TO SUPPORT ANY COMPREHENSION COMPREHENSIVE COALITION THAT SEEMS TO BE BEGINNING TO BE FORMED.

WE WANT TO STAND UNITED WITH BUSINESS, NONPROFIT, OUR COMMUNITY, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

THIS MORNING, CONGRESSMAN GRAVES AND BRAF PRESIDENT CHRIS MYERS SPOKE AT BUSINESS REPORT LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST.

THEY REITERATED THAT ONE PERSON OR ONE ENTITY CANNOT SOLVE THESE COMPLEX ISSUES.

THIS COMMITTEE WILL NOT STOP VIOLENT CRIME, BUT WE WILL NOT SIT BY AND WE SHOULD BE A PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH ACROSS ALL SECTORS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS COMMITTEE IS SO

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THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL HAVE A SEAT AT THESE TABLES, AND THEN WE CAN HAVE, AFTER WE SIT AT THESE TABLES, WE CAN HAVE OPEN MEETINGS, WE CAN HAVE MEETINGS WITH THE PUBLIC WHERE WE CAN HAVE EXTENSIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH WHAT OUR PLANS ARE.

WE CAN CREATE, THINK TAKES PEOPLE THAT ARE PART OF PROGRAMS, PEOPLE THAT ARE PART OF, UM, BOTH NONPROFITS AND FOR-PROFITS CAN COME TO THESE MEETINGS AND WE CAN HAVE THESE OPEN CONVERSATIONS AND OPEN DIALOGUES.

WE CAN'T DO THAT TONIGHT.

WE CAN'T DO THAT AND HAVE THIS MEETING THAT GOES ON FOR HOURS ON END BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER CITY BUSINESS THAT HAS TO TAKE PLACE, BUT WE CAN DO IT BY CREATING THIS COMMITTEE.

UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ANY CHANGE THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO MAKE IF WE CAN MAKE ONE SIMPLE CHANGE.

I THINK THIS COMMITTEE HAS REACHED THEIR GOAL.

UM, SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

AND ASHLEY, HOW DO WE CREATE, IF YOU ARE READY TO, UM, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND, UM, APPOINT THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE? YOU CAN.

OR IF YOU MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE TONIGHT AND NEED TO COME BACK, YOU CAN HAVE, UH, ANOTHER ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

I'M OKAY TO APPOINT THE MEMBERS.

I'M OKAY WITH APPOINTING THE MEMBERS TONIGHT.

UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE DISCUSSIONS AND THEN OTHERS THAT WANT TO SIT ON THE COMMITTEE.

UM, AND IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT I MISSED, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW.

BUT TO START THE COMMITTEE, UM, LAMONT COLE, ME, JEN ROCKA, CAROLYN COLEMAN, DARRELL HURST, LORI ADAMS, ERIN MOTE, AND ROWDY GOK.

BUT I MUST SAY EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER IS INTERESTED.

WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE A COMMITTEE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR QUORUM WHENEVER WE DO MEET IN PUBLIC, IN PUBLIC FORUMS THOUGH, CAN YOU REPEAT THE MEMBERS? MAKE SURE I'VE GOT IT.

ABSOLUTELY.

LAMONT COLE, MYSELF, JEN ROCKA, CAROLYN COLEMAN, DARYL HURST.

LORI ADAMS, AARON MOOCH, AND ROWDY GO DAY.

GOT IT.

MOTION TO FORM THE COMMITTEE.

IS THERE A SECOND? SO MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOK.

WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.

UM, I WAS JUST, JUST LOOKING AT THE, UM, THE, THE VARIED SUBJECT AREAS, I GUESS YOU, FOR LACK.

AND I'M THINKING ABOUT WHAT, WHAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS.

AND USUALLY, UH, WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, IT'S BASICALLY ALL THE WORK THAT GOES INTO FIRST RESPONDING.

UM, WHETHER IT'S THE, YOU KNOW, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, EMS, UM, FIRE, FIRE.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO, I I DO AGREE WITH, UM, REVEREND ANDERSON BECAUSE WHAT THE, WHAT IS DEFINED AS PUBLIC SAFETY AND WHAT THE ISSUES THAT ARE BEING LISTED DON'T REALLY GO TOGETHER.

AND THEN ALSO, UM, I, IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A GUMBO BECAUSE I MEAN, CRIME, CRIME PREVENTION, CRIME CRIME PREVENTION ITSELF IS, UH, IS VARIED.

THEN CORRECTIONS, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE JAIL SYSTEM? UM, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, MENTAL HEALTH.

I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S SUCH A GUMBO.

I DON'T SEE HOW IT'S GONNA BE EFFECTIVE.

UM, THE COURT SYSTEM, WE DEFINITELY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFLUENCE WITH THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT AGAINST IT.

I JUST DON'T, BECAUSE THERE IS NO INDICATED FRAMEWORK.

AND THIS IS SO VARIED AND IN SOME WAYS DON'T REALLY CONNECT.

UM, I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF IT.

THAT'S ALL.

COUNCIL MO.

DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S BEING LEFT OUT FROM A COMMUNITY STAKE INPUT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I, I ASKED TO BE PUT ON IT, AND I'LL GIVE YOU A, MY REASONS THAT I ASKED TO BE PUT ON THIS, AND WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT IS YOU TAKE ANY ORDINANCES AND LAWS ON THE BOOKS, AND YOU GO THROUGH TIME AND YOU, AND, AND WHENEVER THE LAWS WERE WRITTEN AND SO ON, THINGS CHANGE, TIMES CHANGE.

I THINK WHAT THIS COMMITTEE CAN BRING TO THE TABLE AND WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC OR ANY OTHER AGENCIES OR WHATEVER ELSE.

WHEN WE HAVE OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER COMMITTEE MEETINGS, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ROCCA SAID, IF WE NEED TO CHANGE ORDINANCES, IF WE NEED TO SET OTHER GUIDELINES, IF WE NEED TO BRING, TAKE STUFF OFF THE BOOKS, PUT STUFF ON THE BOOKS, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE THE POWER TO DO AS A COUNCIL.

UM, AS FAR AS THE JUDGES GOES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHAT WE SET IN, IN ORDINANCE AND IN PENALTIES AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I GUESS A JUDGE CAN JUST SAY, WELL, I'M JUST GONNA DO THIS ANYWAY.

OR THEY CAN FOLLOW THE ORDINANCES AND RULES AND GUIDELINES.

AND IF THOSE NEED CHANGING, IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN DO AT EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL MEETING.

WE CAN'T GO, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE PEOPLE GET TOGETHER AND SAY, OKAY, I WANNA CHANGE THIS LAW.

LET'S GET, BRING EVERYBODY TO THE TABLE.

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WHEN WE HAVE THESE MEETINGS, THEY'LL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

ANY INPUT WOULD BE MORE THAN WELCOME, I THINK.

I THINK YOU WOULD BE GREAT FOR EVERY ORGANIZATION TO SHOW UP.

AND WE HAVE JUST AS MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE SITTING OUT HERE RIGHT NOW AT THESE COMMITTEE, COME TO THESE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND BRING IN INPUT ON THE TOPICS THAT WE NEEDED TO, TO, TO NAIL DOWN TO HELP BRING THIS CRIME RATE IN.

YOU'VE SEEN MANY MEETINGS OVER PROBABLY THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, ALMOST SOME OF THEM REPEATING THEMSELVES OF CERTAIN GROUPS, GETTING TOGETHER AND SAYING, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA, SO ON AND SO FORTH.

AND I APPRECIATE THE INVITE TO THOSE MEDIA GATHERINGS AND EVERYTHING, UH, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.

BUT, BUT WE HAVE NO TECHNICAL INPUT FROM A COUNCIL STANDPOINT.

NOW WE'RE GIVEN TO COUNCIL.

WE'RE GIVEN TO COUNCIL MORE INPUT INTO THE CRIME AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

IT GOES BACK TO WHAT, UM, COUNCILMAN HUDSON SAID EARLIER.

YOU KNOW, ARE WE, ARE WE FOCUSING OUR INPUT ON CRIME? AND, AND REALLY SURPRISED THAT, UM, WE DIDN'T PASS THE OTHER ORDINANCE OR SO ON.

I THINK THIS IS A STEP AND EVEN WORKING WITH THAT AND NAILING SOME OF THOSE THINGS DOWN TO SHOW AND DO WHAT THE COUNCIL CAN TO HELP REDUCE THE CRIME AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S HAPPENING IN EAST BAT ROUGE PARISH.

SO I WOULD ASK EACH COUNCIL MEMBER TO HELP SUPPORT THIS AND WE MOVE FORWARD WITH WORKING WITH EVERYONE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROBIN, I'M SORRY THAT IT SEEMS OVERLY VAGUE, BUT I CAN TRY TO CLEAR SOME OF THAT UP.

I THINK WHENEVER YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, YOU CAN'T LOOK AT IT IN A VACUUM, AND YOU CAN'T LOOK AT IT AS AN INDI INDIVIDUAL ITEM, SIMPLY BECAUSE WHENEVER YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, ALL OF THESE THINGS WORK AS COGS IN A LARGE WILL, AND THEY HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WHENEVER WE SEE CORRECTIONS, WE HAD JUVENILE JUSTICE SERVICES PROVIDE US INFORMATION WITH REGARD TO THEIR BUDGET LATE LAST YEAR, UM, WE LEARNED OF SOME DEFICIENCIES THAT THEY HAD AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON.

WELL, WE CAN'T LOOK AT JUVENILE COURT SYSTEMS WITHOUT LOOKING AT OUR ADULT COURT SYSTEMS WITHOUT SEEING THE RELATION THERE AND TALKING ABOUT RECIDIVISM.

IT IS OUR JUVENILE COURT SYSTEM AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING THERE, KEEPING YOUNG OFFENDERS FROM BECOMING OLDER OFFENDERS, REPEAT OFFENDERS.

THEN LET'S LOOK AT OUR COURT SYSTEMS. SO WE DO CONTROL THE BUDGET, AND I THINK THAT WE VOTED ON PAY RAISES FOR JUDGES BEFORE.

SO IF WE TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AND SEE, HEY, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT BONDING ISSUES AND WE TALKED ABOUT PEOPLE WITH ANKLE MONITORS.

LET'S THINK ABOUT THIS.

WHAT IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MAGISTRATE JUDGES OR ENOUGH POSITIONS IN THE 19 J D C TO BE ABLE TO SET THE ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF BONDS TO LOOK AT EVERY BOND FILE THOROUGHLY? AND MAYBE WE NEED TO CREATE A NEW POSITION.

SO THAT'S A QUESTION THAT WE COULD ASK OURSELVES JUST SIMPLY BY LOOKING AT IT HERE TONIGHT.

SO WE'VE CUT UP COVERED COURT SYSTEMS, RECIDIVISM.

UM, LET'S TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SITTING HERE TONIGHT, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH ENERGY.

HOW MANY LIGHTS DO YOU REGULARLY SEE OUT, OUT THAT HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED? HOW MANY LIGHTS OR AREAS DO WE SEE THAT POTENTIALLY NEED LIGHTS? YOU'RE GONNA SEE INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGES THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE WORKED ON, UM, AND THAT WE HAVE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS GOING UP IN EVERYBODY'S DISTRICT LATER TONIGHT.

SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON BY EDUCATING OURSELVES THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE, SEEING WHERE WE NEED ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR LIGHTING FOR, UH, SIDEWALK CROSSING FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PERSPECTIVE.

SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS FOR US TO LOOK AT THIS.

UM, SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES, WE TALKED ABOUT IN DEPTH, THE HOMELESS SITUATION THAT WE HAD AND MANY PROGRAMS, WE HAD MANY FOLKS COME IN AND TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OUT.

UM, AND THE, THE WORK THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS DOING TO HELP COMBAT PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING HOMELESSNESS ISSUES WILL OFTENTIMES WE'LL SEE THAT THE SU SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE HAVE ARE A DIRECT CORRELATION TO THEIR HOMELESS ISSUE.

SO THAT'S WHERE SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES COME IN.

UM, SO IT, IT ALL WORKS TOGETHER.

UM, YOU CAN'T PIECEMEAL IT AND YOU CAN'T TAKE IT OUT, UM, AND TAKE ONE, ONE ITEM OUT WITHOUT HAVING AN IMPACT, AN IMPACT ON THE OTHER.

SO MY HOPE IS THAT THIS COMMITTEE CAN LOOK AT ALL OF THESE ISSUES AND AS THEY COME UP AND AS WE HAVE CONSTITUENTS, EACH OF US REPRESENT ABOUT 38,000 FOLKS.

AS WE, AS WE HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE IDEAS THAT HAVE, THAT WILL ADVOCATE FOR CHANGE, MUCH LIKE REVEREND ANDERSON.

UM, THEY CAN COME AND TALK TO US AND SAY,

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THESE ARE THE ISSUES THAT WE SEE IN THIS DISTRICT.

HOW CAN WE COMBAT THAT? THESE ARE THE PROBLEMS THAT WE SEE.

THIS, THIS COMMITTEE WILL WORK ON THOSE ITEMS COUPLED WITH OUR PARTNERS THAT HAVE INVITED US TO THE TABLE TO LOOK AT, UM, SOME OTHER ISSUES.

SO I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE WITH THIS COMMITTEE.

AND I, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE POSITIVE CHANGES THAT WE MAKE.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 51.

THERE'S A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO APPROVE ITEM 51? THE ITEM CARRIES.

WE NOW GO TO ITEM 52,

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AMENDING AND READOPTING ORDINANCE 1 16 6 78, KNOWN AS A SOLID WASTE USER FEE ORDINANCE TO SOLE AMEND SECTION TWO DEFINITION, SECTION TWO, USER FEES AND COLLECTION DISPOSALS ESTABLISHED OTHER SECTIONS TO BE EFFECTIVE MARCH 1ST, 2023.

AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT WITH HERE WITH AND TO PROVIDE AN EFFECT THEREOF, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 52? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL, COMMENT AND OPPOSITION TO ITEM 52.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE OR THE LINE P COUNCIL MEMBER HU.

MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER MO SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.

COUNCIL HUDSON? YEAH, I, I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY, YOU KNOW, PUT OUT THERE, UM, I WANNA THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR LOOKING INTO THE ONCE A WEEK SERVICE OPTION.

UM, I KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ENDED UP APPROVING IN THE CONTRACT, BUT, UH, I DO THINK THAT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA.

I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY SHOULD HAVE LOOKED INTO THOROUGHLY.

I, I HAVE A LOT OF HEARTBURN, UH, ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE FEE FOR A SERVICE THAT, UH, FOR THE SECOND SERVICE DAY THAT 60% OF THE RESIDENTS DON'T USE.

UM, SO I UNDERSTAND WE'VE ALREADY GONE WITH THE CONTRACT THE WAY IT IS.

I, I, I DON'T WANT TO MESS THAT UP OR ANYTHING, BUT, UM, I, I JUST WANTED TO LEND SOME KIND OF VOICE TO THE RESIDENTS OUT THERE THAT ARE SAYING THIS INCREASE, UH, IS, IS VERY HARD TO SWALLOW.

COUNCILMAN ADAMS? UM, I JUST WANNA ECHO, UM, COUNCILMAN HUDSON'S, UH, COMMENTS.

UM, I'M, I'M NORMALLY, UM, IN ALIGNMENT WITH MY DISTRICT, UM, AND, AND I'M REALLY STRUGGLING AT THIS TIME.

UM, I'VE HEARD FROM A, A NUMBER OF, UM, SENIOR CITIZENS, UM, PEOPLE WHO LIVE ALONE, UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, SINGLE PARENTS, UM, THAT THEY, THEY WOULD PREFER ONCE A WEEK, UM, THAT THAT IS MORE AFFORDABLE FOR THEIR BUDGET.

UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, COSTS ARE RISING, UM, ENERGY COSTS ARE RISING.

UM, THEIR, THEIR GROCERY COSTS ARE RISING.

YOU KNOW, RENTS ARE RISING.

EVERYTHING IS, IS RISING.

AND, UM, AND THEY CAN, THEY CAN MANAGE THEIR HOUSEHOLD, UM, WITH, WITH ONCE A WEEK GARBAGE SERVICE.

AND, UM, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE BEING ASKED, UM, TO PAY FOR TWICE A WEEK SERVICE, UM, BY THE, THE LESSER NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE PARISH THAT, THAT, UM, BELIEVE THEY NEED OR REQUIRE, UM, A, YOU KNOW, GREATER GARBAGE SERVICE.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I, WHEN I LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF COMMENTS AND EMAILS I'VE GOTTEN, UM, YOU KNOW, MY DISTRICT HAS CERTAINLY ADVOCATED FOR TWICE A WEEK.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THIS TOO IS, IS DIFFICULT FOR ME BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS, UM, INCREASE, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF US THAT, YOU KNOW, EXTRA EIGHT OR $10 A MONTH IN THE BIG DEAL.

BUT FOR THE PEOPLE, UM, THAT IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR, IT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL.

COUNCIL MEMBER A I HAVE TO, UH, AGREE WITH BOTH OF THESE.

UM, I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT AS WELL.

THEY ARE, THEY'RE ON LIMITED BUDGETS.

THEY'RE STRUGGLING AS IT IS, AND FOR THEM TO PAY THIS INCREASE IS GONNA BE A WHOLE LOT, UM, FOR THEM TO HANDLE.

AND AS, UH, COUNCILMAN DWIGHT, I BELIEVE HUDSON SAID THAT YOU'VE GOT, UH, PEOPLE PAYING FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T NEED OR THAT THEY DON'T WANT.

AND I HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME WITH THAT.

UM, THE DAY AFTER WE, UM, WE APPROVED THE, THE CONTRACT, I WALKED MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND MY SERVICE IS ON MONDAY AND THURSDAY.

SO I'LL WALK MY NEIGHBORHOOD THURSDAY.

I BET YOU THERE WERE FOUR GARBAGE CANS SITTING OUT THAT NEXT DAY WAITING TO BE PICKED UP.

IT'S, IT'S CRAZY.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ASKING FOR 60% OF THE PEOPLE IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH TO PAY FOR 40% OF THE PEOPLE TO GET THEIR CAR GARBAGE PICKED UP TWICE A WEEK.

SO ANYWAY, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME WITH IT AS WELL.

UM, I KNOW IT'S WHERE WE'RE AT, BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK FOR THOSE THAT ARE ON LIMITED BUDGETS.

COUNCIL OF REMOTE.

YEAH, LOOK, WHEN I THINK WHEN WE ALL GOT THE PAPER, ALL, ALL GOT THE PAPERWORK AND WE SAW THE $5 A MONTH INCREASE

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AFTER 10 YEARS OF, OF SERVICE AND, AND WE, WE MADE THE JUMP TO THE ONE DAY A WEEK AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS, I WAS ALL ON BOARD FOR THE ONE DAY A WEEK AND THE CALLS THAT I GOT AND EVERYTHING, AND THIS IS ONE THING I'VE SAID IN PUBLIC MEETINGS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, YOU, YOU WOULD'VE TH THOUGHT THAT THE EAST BAPTIST PARISH IS GONNA HAVE TO CANCEL CRAWFISH SEASON BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO PUT THEIR STUFF FOR ONE DAY A WEEK.

AND GOD FORBID THAT IT, IT SITS OUT THERE AND THE PHONE CALLS THE EMAILS, OH, I NEED MY TWO DAYS A WEEK.

I NEED MY TWO DAYS A WEEK.

BECAUSE EVEN WITH THE FIVE DAYS A WEEK, AND THEY, THEY WANT THAT EXTRA PICKUP, THEN THEY GOT $7 ON TOP OF THAT PER MONTH TO GET AN EXTRA GARBAGE CAN, WHICH THE CRAWFISH STILL HAS TO SIT OUT THERE FOR A WEEK.

SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE UPSET ABOUT THAT ALREADY.

I, THE, THE, THE BIG BENEFIT THAT HIT ME WAS, IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, THE ORIGINAL PRICE I THINK WAS 20 ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE.

CAN YOU CORRECT ME ON THIS? WAS $28 FOR THE, FOR THE ONE DAY A WEEK, 28, 28, 50 AND 28.

SOME CHANGE FOR THE ONE DAY A WEEK.

WE SAW THE TWO DAY A WEEK TO CONTINUE THE SAME SERVICES AND EVERYTHING FOR, UM, 35.

39 IS WHERE IT STARTED.

I BELIEVE IT WAS RIGHT AT 39, HUH? $38 AND SOME CHANGE, RIGHT AT ALMOST $39.

WE GOT TO THAT COUNCIL MEETING AND IT CAME DOWN TO $35 AND 26 CENTS.

NOW WHERE THAT NUMBER GOT OUT THERE, IT WAS, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT GOT OUT THERE.

I DIDN'T ASK TO HAVE IT REDUCED.

I WAS GOING BY THE NUMBERS THAT WE WERE GIVEN, BUT THEY, BUT THEY AGREED TO DO THE 35 26.

SO NOW YOU'RE AT $28 AND SOME CHA 28 AND SOME CHANGE PLUS $7 FOR AN EXTRA CAN.

WE CAN CONTINUE TO TWO DAY SERVICE FOR LESS THAN GETTING AN EXTRA CAN PEOPLE HAVING TO GET THE EXTRA CAN.

SO YOU, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME CITY PARISH RENEGOTIATES ANY CONTRACT AND THERE'S ANY KIND OF INCREASE, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SERVICE IT IS THERE, THERE'S GOING TO ALWAYS BE THAT MOMENT WHERE YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

DO WE CONTINUE SERVICES? I LOOKED AT PLENTY OF THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO ENHANCE WITH THE 35 26 2 DAY A WEEK SERVICE.

I LIKE THE, THE, THE PENALTY PHASE.

I THINK IT'S A LOT EASIER.

I HOPE THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY A BUNCH IN PENALTIES, .

UM, I LIKE THE NEW TRUCK THING.

I'M NOT NECESSARILY AIRE AGREEING WITH BUYING 'EM AFTER SEVEN YEARS.

I THINK THAT'S A COST THAT MAY HAVE, COULD HAVE BEEN, COULD HAVE BEEN REDUCED.

THEY COULD HAVE MADE THE WHOLE IF THEY DID THE PLUS ONE, PLUS ONE PLUS ONE TO THREE EXTRA YEARS AND THEN BOUGHT NEW TRUCKS, BUT THAT WAS IN THE CONTRACT.

SO I THINK FOR WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WHAT THE CITIZENS ARE WANTING, UM, I THINK WE'VE GOT A, A GOOD DEAL ON THE TABLE NOW.

I THINK WHAT THE CITIZENS WANT US TO DO THAT IF WE GO WITH THIS INCREASE, WHETHER IT'S $5 OR OR THE OTHER, WHATEVER WE INCREASE, I THINK THEY WANT ACCOUNTABILITY FROM US.

I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE THE MAIN THING IN THIS PRICE INCREASE IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE COUNCIL, FROM EAST PAT ROUGE PARISH FROM REPUBLIC, THAT THEY DO THE SERVICES.

WE KNOW WE'VE HAD OUR HIGHS AND LOWS WITH, WITH COMPLAINTS.

YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID LAST TIME, I'VE HAD TIMES WHERE WE'VE GOTTEN NO COMPLAINTS AND I'VE GOTTEN NERVOUS ABOUT IT.

I'M LIKE, OKAY, DO THEY JUST NOT WANT TO CALL ANYMORE OR SOMETHING? THEN WE GOT TIMES WHERE AFTER THANKSGIVING THEY'RE CALLING ME TO COME PICK UP THEIR GARBAGE THEMSELVES AND HAUL IT OFF.

SO I'M HOPING WITH THE NEW CONTRACT ACCOUNTABILITY AND EVERYTHING, AND WITH THE PRICE INCREASE, WE CAN SHOW WHERE WE'RE GOING AND IMPROVE A QUALITY SERVICE.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER NOEL.

HUNDRED PERCENT PAYING FOR SOMETHING THAT ONLY 40% USE.

UM, SO, UH, I TEND TO AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN MOK AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE WHO'S SPOKEN.

UM, BUT FOR ME A BIG PART WAS ORIGINALLY THINKING THAT 38, UH, SOME ODD NUMBER AND REALIZING WHEN, WHEN WE SAT DOWN AND SAW 35, 23, REALIZING THAT THE PRICE OF ONCE A WEEK PLUS A SECOND CARD WAS ACTUALLY MORE EXPENSIVE THAN JUST STAYING TWICE A WEEK.

THAT THAT WAS HUGE FOR ME.

UM, AND, AND, AND LIKE COUNCILMAN MOG SAID, WE WERE RECEIVING JUST TONS AND TONS OF EMAILS OF PEOPLE SAYING, WE CAN'T DO ONCE A WEEK, WE NEED TWICE A WEEK.

IT WAS THE CRAWFISH STUFF.

AND JUST IN GENERAL, I'VE GOT A, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT THREE KIDS, I'VE GOT FIVE KIDS AND, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, SO I, AND I'M THAT WAY NOW.

I DON'T ALWAYS USE TWICE A WEEK, BUT I KIND OF STARTED REALLY REFLECTING ON WHAT I DO.

AND THEN I DO USE TWICE A WEEK SOMETIMES.

SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I COULD USE A THIRD WEEK, I'M TOO TWICE A WEEK AND OUT OF CARD.

SO IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON WHAT'S GOING ON.

IT DEPENDS ON IF KIDS ARE HOME, IF THEY'RE OFF OF SCHOOL, I MEAN, THAT KIND OF THING.

SO, UM, POINT BEING, WE, WE KNOW WE CANNOT SOLVE, UH, IT CAN'T BE PERFECT FOR EVERYONE.

AND SO I AGREE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN AMAROSA MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A

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WELL, UH, I THINK I'VE MENTIONED TO THIS Y'ALL PLENTY OF TIME.

WE HAVE THAT EXACT SAME, WE HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT PAYING FOR 40% WHO RECYCLE TOO.

SO IF Y'ALL WANT TO VISIT, UH, JUST REMOVING RECYCLING, WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION ANY TIME.

BUT I THINK I'VE BROUGHT THAT UP TO Y'ALL AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WELCOME IT, IT IS, BUT I HAVE NO PROBLEM UNDOING THAT COMPLETELY.

WE HAVE A LOT OF SAVINGS FOR EVERYBODY, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER SCENARIO WHERE WE HAVE JUST 40% OF PEOPLE RECYCLING, BUT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF US PAY FOR IT.

SO, UM, I DON'T REMEMBER THAT BEING ON THE TABLE, BUT IF Y'ALL WANT TO, WE CAN BRING IT UP AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO LEAVE THAT DISCUSSION AT ANY TIME.

SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

DONE? YES.

UH, SHOW ME AS I'VE STAINING ON 52 AND 53, WE'VE DONE BUSINESS WITH PUBLICAN IN THE PAST.

UH, WHEN THESE, UH, OPTIONS WAS PRESENTED TO US IN THE VERY BEGINNING, I WAS AGAINST ONE DAY A WEEK, UH, WHEN THEY PRESENTED IT TO US.

GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM MY DISTRICT AND PEOPLE AROUND THE CITY THAT WANTED TO HOLD ON TO THE DU TWO DAYS A WEEK FOR MANY OF THE REASONS THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN MO MENTIONED MANY OF THE REASONS THAT COUNCIL MANNO MENTIONED.

AND I THINK, UH, THIS IS THE BEST, BEST PATH FORWARD WITH THE TWO DAYS A WEEK.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR TAXPAYERS PAY FOR ALL OF OUR SERVICES.

AND WHETHER IT'S FIRE, WHETHER IT'S POLICE, WHETHER IT'S, UH, WASTE MANAGEMENT, WHETHER IT IS GRASS CUTTING, WHETHER IT IS EMS SERVICE, ACADIAN AMBULANCES, AND NOT EVERY CITIZEN UTILIZES THOSE SERVICES, THAT'S THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S NOTHING UNIQUE TO THIS SITUATION.

COUNCIL NUMBER HEARS.

HEY, SO, UH, BRANDON, I LIKE HOW YOU FLIPPED THOSE NUMBERS, MAN.

THAT, THAT, THAT WAS GOOD.

UM, BUT I, I, FROM MY DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE A SOMEWHAT UNDERSERVED, HEAVILY UNDERSERVED POPULATION.

AND SO AGAIN, I GOT A TEXT MESSAGE TODAY ABOUT HEADING BACK TO ZION CITY AND DOING A CLEANUP.

AND I CAN'T DO A CLEANUP THERE BEFORE I GO DO THE ONE IN BROOKSTOWN THAT WE COMMITTED AND CAN'T GO TO ZION CITY BEFORE I GO DO THE ONE IN THE MONTE SANAL AREA THAT WE COMMITTED TO.

SO FOR A LOT OF YOU GUYS THAT HAVE, UH, HEAVILY SERVED THE DISTRICTS, I THINK THAT'S WHERE I PUT IT.

UM, MY DISTRICT WILL END UP WITH TRASH ON THE GROUND, UM, BECAUSE IF THOSE TRASH CANS OVERFLOWING AND THERE'S NOT A SECOND BIN, OR IF IT'S CRAWFISH SEASON, AND I'LL PICK IT UP, CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TO EDUCATE ON THE PROPER WAY TO, TO UH, DISPOSE OF THOSE ITEMS, THEY END UP IN VACANT LOTS.

AND THAT WAS MY LARGEST CONCERN OF HOW MUCH TAXPAYER DOLLARS DO WE END UP PUTTING INTO A CLEAN UP.

THE ONE INITIAL, THE ONE WE DID IN ZION CITY WAS ABOUT 11, $12,000 FOR ONE CLEANUP.

AND WE HAVE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR PLANS.

SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TAXPAYER DOLLARS GOING TO, TO, UH, NOT NECESSARILY A WASTE, BUT UM, THAT THROUGH THROUGHOUT THEIR PROCESS, WE'RE ABLE TO EDUCATE THEM ON WHAT TO DO, HOW TO DO IT, AND HOW TO MAKE THE BEST IMPACT, KEEP THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEAN.

AND THAT GOES WITH ME SAYING SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT REPUBLIC WASTE.

THEY WERE THERE, UH, BOOTS ON THE GROUND, DPW WAS THERE, BOOTS ON THE GROUND, AND I DIDN'T INCLUDE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT REPUBLIC WASTE PUT IN THERE THAT WEREN'T TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAT THEY VOLUNTEERED.

THAT WAS PROBABLY ANOTHER THREE TO $5,000 IN THAT PERSONNEL.

AND IN TURN, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANNA MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE OF IS THESE NEW TRUCKS, YOU'LL NOT BE ABLE TO DUP THE SYSTEM.

THE NEW TRUCKS HAVE CAMERAS ON.

SO IF YOU CALL IN AND YOU SAY, HEY, YOU DIDN'T PICK MY TRASH UP, THEY'RE GONNA GO BACK TO THE CAMERA, THEY'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE GPS AND LOOK AT THE CAMERA DATA AND YOU'LL HAVE, WHETHER IT WAS IN YOUR DRIVEWAY OR NOT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU.

AND, UM, I, I WON'T ALMOST PUT A PENALTY IN PLACE FOR PEOPLE WHO CALL AND, AND, AND, AND WASTE TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR TIME AT THREE 11 OTHER THINGS INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING, HEY MAN, I DIDN'T PUT MY TRASH OUT.

CAN YOU COME PICK IT UP FOR ME, PLEASE? I GOT CRAWFISH IN IT.

RIGHT? SO, UM, I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ACCOUNTABILITY THERE AS WELL, BUT FOR THE RECORD, THERE WILL BE CAMERAS FOR ALL THE TAXPAYERS.

DO NOT CALL 3 1 1 AND TRY TO, UH, HOAX FOR US AND SAY THAT WE DIDN'T COME TO MAKE US COME BACK.

BECAUSE IF THAT HAPPENS, UH, I WOULD IMAGINE AT LEAST 30% OF THOSE CALLS ARE NOT CORRECT.

THEY DIDN'T PUT THE TRASH ON ON TIME.

THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOT PICKED UP, THAT ONE HOUSE DID NOT GET SKIPPED.

SO I'VE BEEN VICTIM OF IT AND I WAITED THE NEXT DAY.

UM, BUT I DO SUPPORT IT.

AND I'M JUST LIKE, BRANDON, I HAVE TWO KIDS HEAVILY ACTIVE IN SPORTS.

WE PROBABLY WASH THREE LOADS OF CLOTHES POTENTIALLY A DAY.

WITH THE SPORTS WE PLAY AND THE CLOTHES WE DO, WE PROBABLY HAVE SO MUCH FAST FOOD, WHICH IS NOT HEALTHY, BY THE WAY, BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS ON THE GO.

WE'LL END UP FILLING THE TRASH UP FASTER THAN MOST PEOPLE.

SO DEPENDING ON YOUR WIFE, WALK OF LIFE WILL DETERMINE HOW MUCH YOU UTILIZE A TRASH CAN.

AND I DO HAVE TWO TRASH CANS, UH,

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AND A RECYCLE BIN.

AND MINE GO OUT TWICE A WEEK.

AND SOMETIMES I DO NEED A THIRD CAN ON THOSE DAYS.

SO BRANDON, I SUPPORT YOU ON THAT.

PAYING THE 40% RECYCLER.

COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, I'D LIKE, UM, THE RECORD TO SHOW ME ABSTAINING BECAUSE REPUBLIC SERVICES IS LOCATED IN MY DISTRICT, UH, COUNCILMAN MOORE.

AND THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE FEES.

SO RICK, CAN I, YOU COME UP FOR A MOMENT, PLEASE.

I GOT SOME DIRECT QUESTIONS AS FAR AS THE PENALTIES AND ASSESSMENT ALSO.

YEAH, I'LL, YOU CAN ASK YOU THESE AND I ALL MAKES SENSE.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS I BROUGHT UP IN, IN MY LAST SHORT LITTLE SPEECH WAS, UM, THE, UH, RESPONSIBLY, UM, ACCOUNTABILITY AND EVERYTHING.

COULD YOU PLEASE FOR PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, PLEASE GO OVER THE ACCOUNTABILITY PART.

WHAT HAPPENS, MS. CARTS AND, AND MS. PICKUPS, PEOPLE CALL THREE ONE WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENS? SO ALL OF THAT IS STIPULATED DIRECTLY IN THEIR, EACH OF THE TWO CONTRACTS CORRECT.

AND NOT, WHICH IS OKAY, NOT PENALTIES OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.

SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES CAN ASSESS BASED ON THE MISSED GARBAGE AND MISRE RECYCLING AND MISS OUTCART, IF NOT CORRECTED WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME.

STIPULATED IN IN THE, OKAY.

SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO CONTRACT.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DIRECTLY GO OVER.

IT'S THE TIMEFRAME STIPULATED IN THE CONTRACT IS 24 HOURS FROM THE TIME OF THE 3 1 11 CALL, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

SO I CALL 3 1 1.

IT DIDN'T PICK UP THE CAMERA.

SHOWS MY CARD OUT THERE.

IT SHOWS THE TRUCK DRIVING RIGHT BY IT, WHETHER IT'S OUT CAR OR WHATEVER, RECYCLE BIN.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

IT DIDN'T GET PICKED UP.

WE'VE SHOWN THAT NOW WE HAVE TO PROVE THAT FACT WITHIN X AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT WASN'T PICKED UP.

THAT'S CORRECT.

THE, THE CONTRACTORS, I HAVE 24 HOURS TO GET IT CORRECTED.

AGAIN, IF IT'S GARBAGE, IT'S, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CAMERA PICKING IT UP OKAY.

AND GETTING IT SERVICE.

BUT, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS I CALL THREE 11 THAT START THE CLOCK YES.

FOR EAST BAT ROUGE PARISH AND REPUBLIC.

THAT'S CORRECT.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO CALL THEM AND, AND THREE 11 HAS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT IT WASN'T DONE OR WHATEVER.

THEY HAVE TO SHOW THAT IT WASN'T DONE OR WHATEVER.

SO THEY DON'T GET BACK AFTER 24 HOURS FOR DEFINING A MISS IS AFTER THE SERVICE DAY.

SO IT'S LIKE EIGHT O'CLOCK AT NIGHT ON YOUR SERVICE DAY.

IT'S NOT PICKED UP.

IT'S IT'S MISSED.

CUZ THEY HAVE THAT WHOLE DATE AGAIN.

THAT'S RIGHT.

UM, THEY GO BACK OUT THERE, THEY DON'T GET OUT THERE IN 24 HOURS.

WHAT'S THE ASSESSMENT? UH, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T BRING THE CONTRACT WITH ME.

IT'S LIKE $50 PER CAR, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, PER MISS IS, IS $50.

I WAS, I WAS, I DON'T HAVE THE CONTRACT WITH ME EITHER AND I WON'T NAIL DOWN ANYTHING WITH THIS.

I THOUGHT IT WAS A HUNDRED DOLLARS, BUT THAT'S, WELL, IT MAY BE A HUNDRED DOLLARS.

AGAIN, I, I DON'T HAVE THE CONTRACT AND THEY HAVE TO MISS, THEY HAVE TO MISS TWO IN THAT WHOLE ROUTE BEFORE THEY'RE ASSESSED OR IF THEY JUST MISS ONE.

NO, THAT THAT SOUNDS CORRECT.

TWO MISSES ON A ROUTE.

YES SIR.

THAT, LET'S SAY IT'S 50 BUCKS.

50 TO A HUNDRED DOLLARS, RIGHT? WHERE DOES THAT MONEY GO? SO THE, THE, UH, THE ASSESSMENTS DONE AT, AT THE END OF EACH MONTH AND THEY REIMBURSE THE, THE CITY PARISH THAT FUND THAT MONEY'S GOES INTO THE SOLID WASTE, UH, COLLECTION FEE.

SO THEY, THEY'RE ASSESSED EACH MONTH.

THIS ISN'T AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THEY ARE ACCESSED, ASSESSED EACH MONTH ON THEIR MISSES.

WHETHER IT'S IN-CAR OUTTA CAR RECYCLE.

COULD, I MEAN, IF WE GET TO THE, IS THAT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO APPROVE LATER ON OR IS IT IN THE CONTRACT? NO, IT HAS TO BE APPROVED EACH YEAR.

THAT MONEY GOES INTO THAT ENVIRONMENTAL FUND OR, OR WHATEVER THAT WE HAVE.

WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT FUNDING? SO HOPEFULLY IT STAYS ZERO.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT FUNDING? SO THAT FUNDING BECOMES PART OF THE ASSESSMENT OF, OF COST OF SERVICE EACH YEAR, WHICH IN THIS ORDINANCE WE STATE THAT WE'LL DO A COST OF SERVICE LOOKING AT THE MODEL, HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE COLLECTING, HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE PAYING OUT.

AND THAT IS ALL PART OF THE BALANCING OF THAT FUND.

WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO INCREASE OR DECREASE FEES IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS.

SO IF WE'RE COLLECTING ASSESSED FEES AS FAR AS NON PICKUPS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT'S MONEY THAT, THAT THESE CONTRACTORS ARE PAYING TO THIS FUND AS A ASSESSMENT OR PENALTY OR WHATEVER WE WANT TO CALL IT FOR MISSING THEIR ROUTE.

DOES THAT GO BACK TO THE PUBLIC AFTER A CERTAIN POINT? POSSIBLY TO REDUCE THEIR, THEIR OVERALL FEES? UH, THE, IT

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YOU KNOW, SO WE WOULD DECIDE AT THAT POINT IF IT'S A DOLLAR, THE ORDINANCE YOU'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT.

SO IF IT'S A HUNDRED BUCKS IN THE ACCOUNT OR IF IT'S A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN THE ACCOUNT, RIGHT.

WE THEN WOULD DECIDE WHETHER IT GETS REDISTRIBUTED BACK INTO THE THING.

IT POSSIBLY REDUCE PEOPLE'S FEES FOR A YEAR.

ONLY THE, ON THE ASSESSMENT OF THE EACH YEAR OF THE FEE ITSELF.

NOT WHETHER OR NOT IT GOES BACK TO A SINGLE PERSON.

I UNDERSTOOD.

WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM MONEY, WRITING THEM A CHECK OR WHATEVER.

BUT, OKAY, GREAT.

I JUST WANTED THAT UNDERSTOOD FOR THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT.

UM, AS FAR AS A LOT OF PEOPLE QUESTIONED WHERE THESE FEES WERE GOING AND WHO, TO ME, IT NEEDS TO BENEFIT THE PUBLIC IN POSSIBLY REDUCING, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A PENNY OR 50 CENTS OR WHATEVER IT COULD BE.

MY, MY GOAL IS TO HAVE ZERO, YOU KNOW, SO, BUT, UH, WE'LL SEE AT THIS TIME IN THE FALL.

COUNCIL MEMBER ALSO.

UM, RICK, MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION FOR ME.

WHAT IS THE TIMELINE? I KNOW THAT, THAT THIS IS NOT ALL GONNA HAPPEN TOMORROW OR NEXT WEEK.

SO WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR, UM, WHEN THE FEES WILL CHANGE FOR WHEN THE, UM, THE OUTER CART WILL START? UM, WHAT ELSE WAS THERE? THERE WERE SEVERAL.

THERE WERE SEVERAL DIFFERENT CHANGES THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE MADE.

SO WHAT'S THE TIMELINE? SO THE, THE FEES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ON MARCH 1ST AS PER THE ORDINANCE.

AND THERE, THAT'S WHEN THE CONTRACTS START.

DATES FOR BOTH CONTRACTS.

BUT THERE'S A TRANSITION PERIOD, YOU KNOW, AS WE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, CUZ WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING SOME CHANGES FOR THE COLLECTION DAYS FOR RECYCLING TO GO FROM SIX TO FIVE DAYS PLUS THE OUTER CART FROM GOING FROM SIX TO FIVE DAYS ALSO.

SO WE'RE U UTILIZING A SIX MONTH PERIOD TRANSITION PERIOD OF THE CONTRACT WHERE THE SERVICES WILL REMAIN THE SAME FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS AND THEN TRANSITION TO A FIVE DAY FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.

AND THEN AT THAT POINT, RICHARD'S CONTRACT WERE ACTUALLY START, THEY WOULD BE COLLECTING, BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR COLLECTING THE OUT CARTE AND REPUBLIC WOULD BE OUT OF THE OUTCART BUSINESS AT THAT POINT.

AND WHEN IS THAT GONNA, WHEN IS THAT GONNA, WHEN IS IT GONNA CHANGE TO RICHARDS? IT, IT, IT'LL BE TRANSITIONED TO RICHARDS ON SEPTEMBER 1ST.

AMENDING THE 2023 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION FUND TO ADJUST ESTIMATED REVENUES AND APPROPRIATIONS TO REFLECT, ANTICIPATE THE USER FEES IN PROVIDING FUNDING FOR THE SOLID WASTE APPROPRIATION.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 52? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM? OH, I'M SORRY.

WE HAD A MOTION BY MO, SECONDED BY COLEMAN.

BY COLEMAN.

IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO OUR APPROVING ITEM? UH, 52.

AND PLEASE SHOW COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS AND DUN ABSTAINING MOTION HAS PASSED FOR NO OBJECTIONS.

AND TWO ABSTAINING.

WE GO NOW TO ITEM 53,

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THEN TO REFLECT, ANTICIPATE THE USER FEES AND PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES BEGINNING ON MARCH 1ST, 2023 AS APPROVED BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ON DECEMBER 14TH, 2022.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 53? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MO SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 53 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM

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54 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT, TO ACCEPT AND EXECUTE A MICRO GRANT AWARD IN AMOUNT OF $2,500 FROM NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES FOR THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND ITS PARTNER GROWTH SERVICES TO L OF LOUISIANA, TO TRAVEL TO SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI TO STUDY THE EDEN VILLAGE HOMELESS PROGRAM FOR POSSIBLE REPLICATION OF THE TINY HOMES MODEL TO BENEFIT THE BATON ROUGE VETERANS FUNDED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 54? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 54? WILL NOW GO TO COUNCIL.

MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE CHAIRS THAT SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.

ITEM 54 HAS BEEN APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTIONS.

WE GO TO ITEM 55.

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AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE BATON ROUGES POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT THE GRANT AWARD FROM LOUISIANA COMMISSIONER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $24,164 TO PURCHASE LAW ENFORCEMENT TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT BY POLICE CHIEF.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 55? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL.

MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILWOMAN? NO, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOKE.

ITEM 55.

ANY OBJECTIONS HAS BEEN APPROVED? ITEM

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56 70 FOR RECORD TO COUNSEL.

DECISION TO ORDER RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 11TH, 2022 IN THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROSEBURG, LESLIE ENNIS, BURMA, 1535 NORTH 46TH STREET.

REASON FOR RESCISSION, THE PROPERTY OWNER INTENDS TO RENOVATE THE PROPERTY BY THE CHAIR.

IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 56? MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE CHAIR.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.

ITEM 56 HAS BEEN APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION.

WE GO TO

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57.

WE'RE

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SENDING AND DIRECTING THE CLERK COURT TO COUNSEL.

DECISION TO ORDER RECORD ON OCTOBER 31ST, 2022 IN THE MATTER, THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS RAYMOND BENNY AND JUSTIN H BENNY.

REASON FOR PRECISION THE PROPERTY OWNER IS GOING TO RENOVATE THE PROPERTY.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 57? MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE CHAIR THE SECOND.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS ITEM.

ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 57 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM

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58 WE'RE SENDING AND DIRECTING THE CLERK COURT TO COUNSEL.

DECISION ORDER RECORDED ON OCTOBER 31ST, 2022 IN THE MATTER OF CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS DR.

JEAN JOHNSON RICHARDSON, 4 41 LOUISE STREET, REASON FOR PRECISION OWNER AND CHANCE TO SELL THE PROPERTY BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON 58? MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN SECONDED BY ADAMS. ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 58 HAS BEEN APPROVED 59 AUTHORIZED

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IN THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO INSTITUTE THE APPROPRIATION PROCEEDINGS AND OR TO TAKE SUCH OTHER ACTIONS AS MAY BE REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACQUISITION OF LAND NECESSARY FOR THE MOVE BUREAU CAPACITY PROJECT JEFFERSON AT CORPORATE INTERSECTION BY PARISH ATTORNEY.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON 59.

WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER'S.

MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER AND THE OBJECTIONS ITEM 59 PASSES ITEM 60 AUTHORIZED

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IN THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO INSTITUTE EX APPROPRIATION PROCEEDINGS AND OR TAKE SUCH OTHER ACTIONS AS MAY BE REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACQUISITION OF LAND NECESSARY FOR THE MOVE CAPACITY PROJECT SHALL WITH FOREST EXTENSION WEST SPRING ROAD TO JUROR ROAD BY PARISH ATTORNEYS.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 60? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER'S.

MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER NOEL.

ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 60 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WE NOW GO

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TO 61 AUTHORIZED IN THE SETTLEMENT AND THE CLAIM WILL FALL.

WIND FOR DAMAGE IS RESULTING FROM A SEWER BACKUP AND THE CLAIMANT'S HOME FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND SIXTY FOUR CENTS BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 61? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN ADAM, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN ROCK.

ANY OBJECTIONS? WE NOW GO TO

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ITEM 62, AUTHORIZED A SETTLEMENT TO CLAIM OF DARIEN RIVERS FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM AN AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSED BY A BATTERIES POLICE OFFICER IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,000 BY PARISH ATTORNEY.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON 62? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MOROCCO SECONDED BY ADAMS. ANY OBJECTIONS? WE GO

[63. 23-00044]

TO ITEM 63 AUTHORIZING A SETTLEMENT IN THE MATTER ENTITLED RIOT DEE BENEDETTO AND ROSA CARI AT ALL, ANY AMOUNT OF $15,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $90 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $15,090 BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 63? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS'S.

MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MOROCCO.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ANY OBJECTIONS?

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WE GO TO ITEM 64 AUTHORIZING A SETTLEMENT IN THE MATTER ENTITLED PAUL CLEVELAND VERSUS CHARLES BRIDGE'S MD IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 PLUS COURT COST IN THE AMOUNT OF 6 MILLION, EXCUSE ME, $6,449 98 CENT FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $106,449 AND 98 CENT.

AN APPROPRIATING SAID AMOUNT BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 64? REVEREND ANDERSON.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

UH, THIS IS VERY PERSONAL ITEM FOR ME.

MR. UH PAUL CLEVELAND'S FAMILY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST FAMILIES THAT ORGANIZED EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH PRISON REFORM COALITION.

MR. PAUL CLEVELAND WAS A 72 YEAR OLD NAVY VETERAN WHO WAS A DIAGNOSED BIPOLAR AND WAS ON ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATIONS.

HE WAS THE 14TH DEATH IN THE JAIL SINCE 2012 AND THE THIRD DEATH IN 2014.

TOMORROW NIGHT, THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH PRISON REFORM COALITION WILL HOLD A DEATH IN CUSTODY ROSE CEREMONY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EIGHT CONFIRMED DEATH THAT OCCURRED IN 2022.

BRINGING THIS PARISH TO A TOTAL OF 61 CONFIRMED DEATH SINCE 2012.

WE MADE NATIONAL NEWS IN 2022 AT A FEDERAL HEARING FOR OUR DEATHS IN CUSTODY.

MR. PAUL CLEVELAND WAS A 72 YEAR OLD NAVY VETERAN.

WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THE COST OF NO MONITORING, NO ACCOUNTABILITY IN OUR JAIL.

TO 65 AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT IN THE CLAIM OF THE STANDARD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY AS SUBY FOR WALTER MOORE TORRES FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM AN AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE IN THE AMOUNT OF SIXTEEN THOUSAND SEVENTEEN THOUSAND EIGHTY THREE CENTS BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 64? YOU MAY NOT GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER'S.

MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST IN THE OBJECTION.

ITEM 64 IS BEEN APPROVED.

WE NOW GO

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IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 65? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER, SECONDED

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BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 65 PASSES.

WE NOW GO TO ITEM 66,

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AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCE IN THE CITY OF BATTERIES, THE PARISH OF EAST BATTERIES, TITLE IX ING AND REGULATION OF TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS AS SO TO AMEND 9 1 2 50 HOTEL AND MOTEL REGISTRATION RELATIVE TO THE INCREASE IN APPLICATION FEE TO ESTABLISH AN ANNUAL RENEWAL PERIOD TO ESTABLISH CALLS FOR SERVICE PER ROOM RATIO FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUSPENDING AND OR REVOKING A HOTEL MOTEL PERMIT TO MANDATE A HOTEL MOTEL CEASE OPERATION WITHIN 17 HOURS.

72 HOURS OF AN ISSUANCE OF NOTICE AND A REVOCATION TO MANDATE AN INSPECTION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT PRIOR TO REISSUANCE OF A HOTEL MOTEL PERMIT TO ENSURE THE HEALTH, SELF SAFETY AND WELFARE OF RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE BY COUNCIL MEMBERS ROCKER, EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ADAM HUDSON, AMAROSA AND DUNN.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAKING ON ITEM 66? JOHN GRUB? GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.

THANK YOU FOR SEEING US.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE BATON ROUGE LODGING ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS A TRADE ASSOCIATION THAT REPRESENTS ABOUT ONE THIRD OR MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE HOTELS IN THE BATON ROUGE PARISH.

I WAS AN ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTOR TO THE ORDINANCE THAT IT CURRENTLY STANDS, AND IT WAS PASSED IN 2018 UNANIMOUSLY BY THIS BODY.

UH, MAJOR PRIME AUTHOR WAS MATT, OH, MATT WATSON.

THIS WORKING WITH COUNCILMAN ADAMS AND COUNCIL PERSON ADAMS AND, UH, OTHER WRITERS IS GOING TO FIX THE ENFORCEMENT, THE ENFORCEABILITY AND THE METRICS BY WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS CREATED.

WE ARE HERE IN COLLABORATION WITH HER BECAUSE OUR INTENT REMAINS THE SAME.

THERE ARE TWEAKS TO ADJUST THE ITEMS WITHIN THE ORDINANCE THAT WILL CORRECT ENFORCEMENT PROPERLY UTILIZE THE PARISH RESOURCES.

AND FOR THAT, I URGE YOU TO APPROVE THIS MEASURE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GARY? JUPITER.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.

AND MY NAME IS GARY JUPITER AND I SERVE AS THE BOARD PRESIDENT FOR THE BATON ROUGE LODGING ASSOCIATION.

UH, CRIME HAS COME UP SEVERAL TIMES THIS EVENING AND, AND KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF FACING, UM, YOU KNOW, RESPONDING TO THOSE, THOSE CALLS AND THE, AND CAUSE OF CRIME.

UM, OUR BOARD UNDERSTANDS THAT IN ORDER TO BETTER OUR CITY AND TOURISM INDUSTRY, AN EFFECTIVE ORDINANCE MUST BE IN PLACE.

UH, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN ADAMS FOR ALWAYS BEING, YOU KNOW, ATTENTIVE TO OUR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERING THOSE.

UM, OUR GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE AND GROW BATON ROUGE AS A IN, AS A DESTINATION.

HAVE GOOD EVENING.

HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE FACING.

UH, WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION, DEAN HALE.

GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL.

MY NAME IS DEAN HELE AND I SERVE AS THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL FOR THE ASIAN AMERICAN HOTEL OWNERS ASSOCIATION, ALSO KNOWN AS A HOA.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH A HOA, WE HAVE NEARLY 20,000 MEMBERS WHO OWN MORE THAN 60% OF ALL THE HOTELS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

IN LOUISIANA, A HOA MEMBERS OWN 88.7% OF THE HOTELS AND PAY ALMOST 2 BILLION IN FEDERAL AND STATE AND LOCAL TAXES.

OUR MEMBERS STRONGLY CARE ABOUT THEIR HOTEL GUESTS, THEIR EMPLOYEES IN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

WITH THAT BACKGROUND, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS OUR RESPECTFUL CONCERNS AND OPPOSITION TO THE ORDINANCE AS CURRENTLY RIDDEN.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS FOR MEETING WITH US YESTERDAY.

MUCH APPRECIATED.

OUR GUEST SAFETY IS OUR TOP PRIORITY.

AND WITH THAT SAID, WE QUESTION WHETHER SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES FACED BY HOTEL OWNERS HAVE BEEN ADEQUATELY CONSIDERED.

THEY HAVE ALREADY TAKEN STRONG ACTIONS ON THEIR OWN TO ADDRESS THE HIGH RATES OF CRIME THAT ARE INCREASING IN SOME OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, SUCH AS ACCEPTING ONLY CREDIT CARDS, RAISING GUEST RATES, INSTALLING MORE SECURITY CAMERAS, AND ALSO HIRING EXTRA SECURITY GUARDS.

IT'S BEEN TOO EARLY TO TELL FOR SOME OF THESE FOLKS WHETHER OR NOT THIS HAS MADE A DENT.

BUT EVEN WITH THESE ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONS, HOTEL OWNERS CANNOT DO IT ALONE.

WE REALIZE GOVERNMENTAL RESOURCES ARE LIMITED, BUT HOTEL OWNERS ARE DESPERATELY REQUESTING MORE ASSISTANCE.

THIS IS INCLUDING INCREASED LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE IN SOME OF THE HIGH CRIME AREAS, ALONG WITH THE POSTING OF SECURITY CAMERAS FOR ADDITIONAL MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF IN QUALITY OF SECURITY CAMERAS AND LAFAYETTE HAS HAD A POSITIVE EFFECT.

IT'LL BE WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION HERE.

A HOA IS ALSO NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITY ADOPTING A SERVICE CALL PER ROOM RATIO AS A BASIS FOR CITATION.

SOME OF THE OTHER PROBLEMS THAT WE ARE FACING ARE THE HOMELESS CRISIS THAT HAS ARISEN AFTER THE PANDEMIC AND THE DESPERATE MEASURES OF SOME OF THE UN HOMES UNHOUSED RESIDENTS DEFINED SHELTERS.

WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT EFFORTS TO REDUCE JAIL HOUSING BOOKINGS IN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH MAY

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NOW, BACK TO THE RATIO.

ACCORDING TO RECENTLY THAT I, SOME INFORMATION I RECEIVED FROM THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THERE WILL BE NO RESET ON THAT RATIO FOR NEW OWNERS.

SO TAKE THIS EXAMPLE OF A HOTEL THAT HAS BEEN CLOSED AFTER HITTING THAT RATIO, A NEW OWNER WILL HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR BEFORE THEY WOULD WANT TO PURCHASE THAT PROPERTY BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEY WOULD INHERIT THE PROBLEMS THAT FROM THE OTHER NEGLIGENT OWNER.

SIMILARLY, 20 SECONDS.

SO IF YOU'LL HAVE ONE MORE VIOLATION, YOU WILL, YOU'LL BE BACK TO THE SQUARE ONE AGAIN.

THANK YOU, SIR.

NEXT, RAJ PATEL, BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK KEN PATEL, BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 66.

WILL NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION COUNCIL MEMBERS? YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED 37 COMMENTS AND OPPOSITION TO ITEM 66.

IS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE A MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS? UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE, BUT I, I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS.

SURE.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.

AND, UM, COUNCILMAN EMMA ROSA.

UM, FIRST OFF, THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT I NEED TO, UM, TO THANK FOR TAKING THIS, UM, THIS SIX TO NINE MONTH JOURNEY, UM, WITH ME AND COUNCILMAN HUDSON AND, AND DUNN.

UM, THIS HAS BEEN, UH, A LEARNING PROCESS.

UM, WARREN CRO HAS BEEN GREAT.

COURTNEY HUMPHREY, UM, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE, THE, THE, UM, B P'S OFFICE, UM, HAS BEEN TERRIFIC AND, AND I OWE THEM ALL A HUGE THANK YOU.

UM, THE ORIGINAL, UH, ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED, UM, TO MAKE IT WORK, YOU HAD TO TAKE A TREMENDOUS DATA POLL.

YOU LITERALLY HAD TO PULL ALL OF THE DATA ON ALL OF THE HOTELS, UM, IN THE CITY PARISH, AND THEN DIG IN VERY DEEPLY TO, TO FIGURE OUT IF IT WAS GONNA, IF IF ANY HOTEL MET THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE, IN THE ORDINANCE, THE, THE RATIO TAKES A DIFFERENT APPROACH.

UM, YOU ARE LOOKING AT CALLS FOR SERVICE, UM, THAT ARE NOT PLACED BY THE HOTEL, UM, OWNERS OR MANAGEMENT THEMSELVES.

AND THEN WHEN YOU, WHEN THERE'S A CERTAIN THRESHOLD IS REACHED, UM, ONE CALL PER TWO ROOMS OVER A YEAR.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, 75 CALLS NOT MADE BY THE ESTABLISHMENT, UM, UH, TO A 150 ROOM HOTEL WOULD, WOULD MEET THAT THRESHOLD.

UM, THEN THE ANALYSTS, UM, THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE DEPARTMENT DEVELOPMENT WOULD, UM, BE ABLE TO PULL THAT CALL SERVICE DATA, UM, DIG IN, TAKE A LOOK AND, AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

UM, DURING THIS PROCESS, WE, WE LEARNED THAT ONE, UM, ONE, ONE, UH, PERSON WHO HELD A LODGING PERMIT, UM, MADE FREQUENT CALLS, BUT THEY WERE NOT ABOUT HIS PROPERTY.

THEY WERE ABOUT THINGS, THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING AROUND THEM.

SO WHEN WE DUG IN, WE REALIZED THIS DOESN'T, THIS DOESN'T, THIS DOESN'T MEET WHAT, UM, WHAT, WHAT THE, THE, THE GOALS OF THE ORDINANCE OR WHAT THE GOALS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT OR THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ARE.

AND SO THEN YOU'RE ABLE TO, TO SET THAT ASIDE.

UM, THERE ARE, UM, I THINK THE, I THINK THE ORDINANCE IS WELL WRITTEN.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT APPROACH THAT, UM, USES, UM, OUR RESOURCES EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVE.

UM, I THINK IT'LL BE A GOOD TOOL FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT, FOR THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, TO USE.

UM, BUT THERE ARE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF, UM, WAYS ALONG THE PATH THAT IF, UH, IF IF SOMEONE HAS MET THIS THRESHOLD AND IT IT DOESN'T APPLY, UM, OR THERE'S AN EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES, UM, CERTAINLY YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE PARISH ATTORNEY DEPARTMENT DEVELOPMENT OR AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE, UM, COURT HEARING, BE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH, UM, THE JUDGE AND PRESENT EVIDENCE FOR WHAT IS GOING ON.

UM, UM, HAVE BEEN, UM, I'M SO GRATEFUL TO GARY, UM, JUPITER AND, AND MR. GRUB.

THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND FOR, UM, FOR LETTING ME ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND, UM, AND FOR HELPING ME, YOU KNOW, TALK THROUGH AND WORK THROUGH THINGS.

UM, I LOVE THIS CITY.

I LOVE BATON ROUGE.

UH, THE, THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, GOSH, FOUR OR FIVE YEARS THAT I CAME TO BATON ROUGE, UM, I WAS, I WAS STAYING IN HOTELS AND THEN ONCE I MOVED HERE, MY PARENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS STAYED IN HOTELS.

SO I HAVE A FUN PLACE IN MY, MY HEART FOR, UM, FOR THE TOURISM INDUSTRY AND OUR HOTELS IN OUR CITY PARISH.

AND I JUST, UM, I WANT EVERYBODY WHEN THEY COME TO OUR CITY PARISH, UM, TO EXPERIENCE, UM, WHAT I'VE EXPERIENCED AS A GUEST WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG.

AND, UM, I JUST WANT IT TO BE A TERRIFIC EXPERIENCE.

SO THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP.

AND, UM, I'VE ASKED FOR Y'ALL SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER HEARST.

HEY, SO I LOOK AT THIS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.

UM, NUMBER ONE, THANK YOU MY COLLEAGUES, AGAIN FOR HAVING THE

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COURAGE TO, UM, TO, TO WRITE THIS ORDINANCE.

I HAVE ONE OF THE MOST UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCES, UH, NEAR SHERWOOD I 12 RECENTLY.

AND, UM, JUST KIND OF FACING THAT, UH, IT ENCOURAGED ME TO SUPPORT THIS, NUMBER ONE.

SO PUBLICLY, WE HAVE MY SUPPORT.

NUMBER TWO, I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THE COURAGE TO UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IS NOT GOING TO SUCCEED.

BUT NOTHING BEATS A FAIL, BUT A TRY.

AND SO THEY'VE EVALUATED THIS OVER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME AND COME BACK AND SAID, THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO DO IT.

AND THEY'VE ADJUSTED IT.

THEY, THEY, THEY'VE ADJUSTED THE METRICS AND IT'S OKAY TO SAY, MAYBE IT DIDN'T WORK THE FIRST TIME.

WE COULD HAVE BEEN WRONG.

THE ORDERS IS GOOD, BUT IT WAS WRITTEN WRONG.

SO THEY MADE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS AND TO THE GUY I WANNA SAY RIGHT FROM OA, IS THAT CORRECT? YOU SAID THAT , SORRY.

YOU SAID THAT AT, UM, BATON ROUGE WAS THE FIRST PLACE TO DO IT.

AND THAT MADE ME SMILE BECAUSE WE ARE TYPICALLY BEHIND THE MARKET, NOT THE CATALYST.

SO THAT WAS EVEN THE LARGEST ROUND OF APPLAUSE THAT YOU GAVE US ALL DAY LONG FOR US BEING THE FIRST ONES TO SET THE BAR AND TO BE A MODEL FOR OTHER CITIES.

SO AGAIN, I WANNA THANK MY COLLEAGUES AND GIVE MY FULL SUPPORT.

THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? ITEM 66 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WE GO

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NOW TO ITEM 67, AMENDING TITLE VI SEVEN UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE CHAPTER 15, FLOODWAYS AND FLOOD FLOOD PLANS, DRAINAGE AND WATER QUALITY TO ENACT REVIS STORM WATER DESIGN REQUIREMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, AS RECOMMENDED BY STORMWATER MASTER PLAN BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 67? LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE PRESENTATION FIRST BEFORE, UH, ANYONE SPEAKS ON THE ITEM, AND THEN WE WILL, WE'LL HEAR FROM, WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, FRED, GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE, UH, COUNCIL.

UH, CERTAINLY I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM TO GET TO THIS POINT, UH, FOR, FOR A DIRECTOR WHO'S BEEN HERE FOR MANY YEARS THAT I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUES WITH DRAINAGE, BUT EVEN YEARS BEFORE THAT, IT IS, I THINK WE ACTUALLY ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTIONS TO, TO ADDRESS THE, THE CONCERNS THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE LIVING HERE AND WHERE PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE BUILDING IN THE FUTURE.

I, I WILL JUST SAY THAT, UH, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS, UH, A LOT OF DISCUSSION WITH THE VARIOUS GROUPS AND, UH, STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE FELT LIKE WERE IMPORTANT.

NOT ONLY DID WE NOT HAVE MEETINGS WITH THAT, WITH JUST IN GENERAL, UH, DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PUBLIC, UH, H AND T B, WE PROVIDED A LOT OF THAT DATA OUT TO THE MEETINGS SO PEOPLE KNEW WHAT WE WERE DOING, HOW WE WERE ADDRESSING.

I, I, I'M, LIKE I SAID, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO WILL SPEAK, UH, IN FAVOR OF WHERE WE ARE IN THIS ORDINANCE.

UH, NOBODY GOT EVERYTHING THEY WANTED.

AND TO ME, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, UH, BECAUSE TO ME THAT MEANS WE GOT A GOOD DEAL, AT LEAST AT THIS POINT.

AND, AND, UH, I, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE GROW COALITION, THE ENGINEERING COMMUNITY, HOME BUILDERS, AND THE FEDERATION, CUZ THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF EFFORT WITH US TO LOOK AT THESE ISSUES THAT WHAT WE BELIEVE ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, UH, TO ADDRESS FUTURE, UH, FLOOD RISK.

UM, THE DATA THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, THE, UH, OVERALL MAPPING AND SOME OF THE, THE MODELING THAT WE HAVE, IT'S VERY SOPHISTICATED.

AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IT MAKES US LEAD OUR PARISH AND OTHER PARISH AROUND US TENFOLD.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT, BUT I THINK WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AND TONIGHT I'M GONNA ASK, UH, MELISSA KENNEDY FROM H AND T B TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF THE PRESENTATION.

THEN AFTER THAT, UH, WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

UH, I KNOW RACHEL LAMBERT, WHO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO BE INVOLVED.

SHE'S GOING TO SEEING, PARTICULARLY DEALING WITH THE FLOOD ORDINANCE ISSUES.

SO I'M GONNA MAKE SURE SHE ALSO GETS HER COMMENTS IN REFERENCE TO WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT.

THANK YOU, MELISSA.

THANK YOU, FRED.

UM, AS YOU SAID, I'M MELISSA KENNEDY WITH H N T V.

I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN I HAVE WITH ME TONIGHT.

UM, MARK GOODSON FROM C S R S, HE'S ACTUALLY GOING TO GO OVER THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE THEY WERE A MAJOR LEAD IN DEVELOPING THE CODES ORDINANCE RECOMMENDATIONS.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW THINGS.

FIRST.

UM, THE PARISH PUT UP ABOUT 1.3 MILLION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN IS INITIATION MONEY.

WE HAVE RECEIVED A HUNDRED MILLION, CLOSE TO A HUNDRED MILLION SINCE THEN IN FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE ON THIS SEED MONEY.

SO I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY AND YOU'VE GOT A BIG RETURN.

UM, THE OTHER THING

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IS A LOT OF THAT MONEY HAS GONE TO SUPPORT THAT WE'VE GOTTEN MONEY FOR, FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS.

UM, THERE'S A NUMBER OF THEM THAT ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.

WE'VE ALREADY BEEN A APPLYING FOR ADDITIONAL GRANTS, BOTH H MGP, STATE, STATE FLOOD CONTROL AND BRICK APPLICATIONS.

SO THERE'S ADDITIONAL GRANTS OUT THERE THAT WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR BACK ON, AND AS DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES PRESENT HIMSELF WILL BE APPLYING FOR THOSE GRANTS AS WELL.

UM, THE ONE THING I WANNA SAY ABOUT THE CODES AND ORDINANCE IS TO HELP MITIGATE FUTURE FLOODING.

WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT FLOODING FROM GETTING WORSE WITH THESE CODES AND ORDINANCES.

AND AGAIN, IT'S ALL BASED ON DATA AND SCIENCE.

SO IT'S VERY TECHNICAL AND, UM, AGAIN, AS FRED SAID, THERE WAS EXTENSIVE COORDINATION COMPLETED.

SO WE WORKED HEAVILY AND A LOT WITH, UH, ALL THESE AGENCIES THAT FRED ALREADY MENTIONED.

AND THE ONE THING THAT WE DIDN'T MENTION, I DO WANNA MENTION IS THAT, UM, ALL THIS WORK CAN BE APPLIED FOR POINTS FOR THE COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM SO THAT THE PARISH CAN GET A BETTER RATING THAT CAN HELP REDUCE FLOOD INSURANCE RATES PERISH WIDE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THOSE FEW COMMENTS GONNA BRING UP MARK TO GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION ON THE CODES AND ORDINANCE.

THANKS MELISSA.

AND GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.

I'M MARK GOODSON WITH C S R S.

THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME, CUMMINS.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE AND DO IT JUSTICE BY EXPLAINING THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE IN THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, Y'ALL HAVE BEEN BUSY AND THERE'S MORE WORK TO GO.

SO I THINK WE'VE PACKAGED IT INTO A CONCISE PRESENTATION.

BUT PLEASE STOP ME IF YOU, UH, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

SHOULD I JUST PROMPT YOU, ASHLEY, TO ADVANCE THE SLIDE OR WHOMEVER? OKAY.

NEXT, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO QUICKLY, WE'RE GONNA GO OVER THE GOALS OF THE CORD CODES, CODES, EXCUSE ME, CODES AND ORDINANCE RECOMMENDATIONS, THE METHODOLOGY FOR HOW WE DEVELOP THE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN GO THROUGH EACH OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, IN A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL.

AS MELISSA STATED, THE GOAL FOR THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THE CODES AND ORDINANCE RECOMMENDATIONS WHERE THAT ALL DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, UH, WOULD CAUSE NO ADVERSE FLOODING IMPACT EITHER WITHIN THE DEVELOPED PROPERTY ITSELF OR TO SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.

AND FURTHER THAT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD ENCOURAGE MORE FLOOD RESILIENT, UH, DEVELOPMENT THAT INCLUDES WHERE AND HOW DEVELOPMENT OCCURS, UTILIZING THE LATEST SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS, AND USING THAT TO INFORM THE DECISIONS RELATED TO THOSE DEVELOPMENTS.

AND THEN ADJUSTING OUR REGULATIONS TO BETTER ALIGN WITH CURRENT AND FUTURE FLOOD RISK.

AND ON THAT LAST POINT, I WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENTS IN CERTAIN AREAS HAVE BEEN CONTROVERSIAL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

UH, NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE DEVELOPERS ARE TRYING TO BREAK THE RULES OR BECAUSE THE CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT WASN'T ENFORCING THE RULES ADEQUATELY OR CORRECTLY.

UM, THE CONDITIONS IN EAST BATON ROUGE CHA, UH, EAST BATON ROUGE HAVE CHANGED OVER, UH, THE YEARS, AND THEREFORE THE REGULATIONS JUST NEED TO BE CHANGED AND ADAPTED TO KEEP UP.

AND SO THIS IS ABOUT CHANGING THE RULES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A SAFER AND MORE RESILIENT, UM, BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

THE, UH, AS WAS MENTIONED, THE H AND H MODEL THAT WAS CREATED THROUGH THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN PROCESS IS A TREMENDOUS ASSET, UH, FOR THE PARISH.

AND THAT MODEL WAS USED TO FIRST ANALYZE FLOOD HAZARD RISK ACROSS THE PARIS PARISH AND DRILL DOWN INTO, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE PRIMARY CAUSES FOR FLOOD RISK ARE.

UH, AND THEN WE COULD USE IT TO ACTUALLY TEST AND EVALUATE DIFFERENT POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO SEE HOW EFFECTIVE THEY WOULD OR WOULDN'T BE.

AND OF THE FOUR, YOU KNOW, ROOT CAUSES OR PRIMARY CAUSES OF FLOOD RISK THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THAT PROCESS FOR THE PARISH, WE THINK WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS THREE OF THEM THROUGH, UH, THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND THOSE THREE INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT IN THE FLOODPLAIN, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND, UM, URBANIZATION.

THE FOURTH IN CASE YOU'RE CURIOUS IS, IS MAINTENANCE OR LACK OF MAINTENANCE.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED THROUGH THE, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

THAT WILL ALSO BE PART OF THE THE PLANNING PROCESS.

SO AS WE GET INTO THE SPECIFIC, UM, PROPOSED CHANGES THEMSELVES, WE'LL JUST TAKE THESE ONE AT A TIME.

UH, AS WAS ALSO MENTIONED, THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WEREN'T, UH, DEVELOPED IN A VACUUM.

THERE WAS A LOT OF COLLABORATION.

THERE WAS PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION AT A NUMBER OF, UH, PUBLIC MEETINGS.

THERE WAS A PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE REPRESENTED BY A NUMBER OF CITY AGENCIES, C PARISH AGENCIES THAT, UH, EVALUATED AND TOOK PART AND PROVIDED INPUT ON THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND THEN, UH, THE STAKEHOLDER POLICY GROUP THAT INCLUDED THE FEDERATION, UH, THE GROWTH COALITION, BRAC AND BRECK, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, UH, AND MORE WERE ALL PART OF THIS AND DEDICATED A LOT OF TIME TO THOSE DISCUSSIONS, UH, AND, AND WE THINK MADE THIS A, YOU KNOW, A BETTER RECOMMENDATION.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

NEXT PLEASE.

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THE FIRST IS TO UPDATE THE RAINFALL DEPTHS IN THE H AND H DESIGN CRITERIA.

THIS IS A, A GUIDANCE DOCUMENT THAT SETS FORTH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR DRAINAGE DESIGN FOR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY PARISH.

UH, IN SHORT, WE GET MORE RAINFALL AND MORE FREQUENT RAINFALL AND MORE RAINFALL THAN WE DID WHEN THESE, UH, CRITERIA WERE ESTABLISHED.

SO THE IDEA WAS TO, UH, ESTABLISH NEW CRITERIA BASED ON NEW AND AVAILABLE DATA, BUT NOT ONLY ACCOUNTS FOR, YOU KNOW, THE RAINFALL FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY THAT WE'RE GETTING TODAY, BUT ALSO WHAT WE'LL GET, YOU KNOW, 50 YEARS, UM, INTO THE FUTURE SO THAT OUR DEVELOPMENTS AND THE DRAINAGE WITHIN THOSE DEVELOPMENTS IS DESIGNED ADEQUATELY TO HANDLE THE KIND OF RAINFALL EVENTS, UH, THAT WE'RE GETTING.

SO THIS IS A, THIS IS A POLICY DOCUMENT THAT WOULD BE REVISED TO REFLECT THESE NEW, UM, RAINFALL CRITERIA.

AND THIS IS BASED ON, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE LATEST AND GREATEST SCIENCE AND DATA THAT'S AVAILABLE.

UH, ONE NEW FEATURE, UM, THAT'S BEING PROPOSED AS PART OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND THIS IS NOW GOING INTO CHAPTER 15 OF THE UDC, WHAT WE'RE CALLING FLOODPLAIN CONVEYANCE ZONES.

THESE ARE SENSITIVE AREAS THROUGHOUT THE PARISH THAT LARGELY TRACK WITH, YOU KNOW, EXISTING STREAMS AND WATER BODIES THAT, UH, HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE, ROLE IN THE CONVEYANCE OR THE FLOW OF WATER AND STORMWATER IN OUR PARISH.

BUT THEY MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE IDENTIFIED OR DOCUMENTED AS FEMA FLOODWAYS.

UM, BUT THEY ARE SENSITIVE.

AND SO, SO IT SHOULD BE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THESE ZONES SHOULD BE TREATED CAREFULLY AND WITH A, WITH A HIGHER DEGREE, UH, OF REVIEW AND AND REGULATION.

AND SO THESE HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED AGAIN USING, UM, THE NEW MODEL THAT WAS CREATED THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING PROCESS.

AND THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD, WOULD LIMIT THE IMPACT TO PROPOSE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THESE CONVEYANCE ZONES.

THESE, THIS CONVEYANCE ZONE MAP IS AVAILABLE, I BELIEVE LINKS WERE SENT TO YOU PREVIOUSLY.

IT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE EBR R G I S, UM, OPEN DATA WEBSITE.

UH, AND IT CALLS FOR A NEW PROCESS FOR AN OFFSITE DRAINAGE ASSESSMENT TO OCCUR FOR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THESE AREAS.

IT'S IN SHORT, USING THE NEW MODELS TO ASSESS HOW THESE NEW IMPACT, THESE NEW PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS WILL IMPACT THE FLOW OR CONVEYANCE OF WATER WITHIN THESE NEW CONVEYANCE ZONES.

UH, THE PROCESS, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S CURRENTLY USED, UH, WITHIN THE CITY OF CENTRAL.

THE PROCESS IS DESIGNED TO ALLOW FOR MORE DISCUSSION BETWEEN DEVELOPERS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT TO FIX THOSE AND CATCH THOSE ISSUES AND ALLOW FOR CHANGES TO BE MADE WITHIN THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND ULTIMATELY GET A MORE RESILIENT, UH, DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THROUGH THE PROCESS AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE IT COME BACK AND HAVE ADVERSE IMPACTS OR OTHERWISE GET REJECTED AND PUSHED BACK AND FORTH.

THIS ALLOWS FOR A MORE COLLABORATIVE PROCESS, AGAIN, USING THE MOST ADVANCED, UH, TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, WITHIN THE UDC CHAPTER 15.

I KNOW YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE FEMA SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREAS.

UM, AND WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IS THAT IN SOME CASES, YOU KNOW, THOSE FEMA MAPS AND THAT FEMA DATA IS INACCURATE, UH, OR OUT OF DATE.

AND AS A RESULT, SOME DEVELOPMENTS AND STRUCTURES ARE BEING BUILT TOO LOW, UH, AND THEREFORE SUBJECTING THEMSELVES TO GREATER FLOOD RISK.

SO AGAIN, USING THE, THE, THE NEW MODEL THAT WAS AVAILABLE, WE WERE ABLE TO ESTABLISH NEW COMMUNITY DEFINED SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREAS THAT MAY ONE DAY, UH, GET INCLUDED IN THE FEMA MAPS.

BUT, BUT NO DOUBT THEY, THEY FUNCTION IN MUCH THE SAME WAY AS THE FEMA SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREAS DO NOW, AND THAT OUR REGULATIONS COULD USE THAT DATA TO HELP MAKE DECISIONS JUST AS THEY DO WITH THE SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREAS.

O ONE THING I SHOULD MENTION, MELISSA MENTIONED, UH, C R S RATING, AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

THERE ARE SOME CASES, FEW, BUT SOME CASES WHERE ACTUALLY THE COMMUNITY DEFINES SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA THAT WAS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THIS PROCESS ARE LOWER THAN THE FEMA UH, ELEVATIONS, UH, FOR THE SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREAS.

AND THOSE INSTANCES, THE CITY PARISH WILL STILL HAVE TO GO WITH THE FEMA ELEVATION IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN C R S CREDIT.

SO THERE ARE, THERE ARE A FEW DISCREPANCIES LIKE THAT, BUT, BUT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT MAY BE SOMETHING YOU ENCOUNTER, UH, IN THE FUTURE.

THIS ALSO WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH EBR R G I S OPEN DATA.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

FILM MITIGATION.

UM, I'LL, I'LL SORT OF ZERO IN ON THE, THE MAIN ISSUE HERE, AND THAT'S THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN PHIL IS BROUGHT INTO THE FLOODPLAIN, UH, IT REDUCES THE FLOOD STORAGE CAPACITY WITHIN THAT FLOODPLAIN.

AND UNDER THE CURRENT REGULATIONS, IT'S DIFFICULT TO ANALYZE EVEN WHEN SOMEONE DIGS A DETENTION POND, LET'S SAY, AS PART OF A DEVELOPMENT TO, TO COUNTERBALANCE OR TO BALANCE OUT RATHER, UM, THAT IMPACT.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO EVALUATE HOW EFFECTIVE THOSE DETENTION PONDS

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ARE.

WHAT THIS NEW, UH, RECOMMENDATION SAYS IS THAT MITIGATION CREDIT, UH, WON'T ACCOUNT FOR THE, UH, AMOUNT OF VOLUME WITHIN THAT DETENTION POND THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO STORE THE RUNOFF FROM THE NEW DEVELOPMENT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO THE DETENTION PONDS HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE NEW RUNOFF THAT WILL BE GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT AND CAN'T TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT IN THEIR MITIGATION.

THEY'LL HAVE TO MITIGATE BEYOND THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT DETENTION PONDS ARE SIZED, UH, ARE RIGHT SIZED FOR, UH, DEVELOPMENT AND PROPERLY, UH, SORT OF RESTORING THE AMOUNT OF FLOOD STORAGE THAT'S AVAILABLE IN THE FLOODPLAIN.

UH, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF, UH, SORT OF CONNECTED RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN, UH, THE, THE PROPOSED REVISIONS TO CHAPTER 15, A THROUGH SITE OVERLAND FLOW CHECK.

BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, REQUIRING THAT DEVELOPERS SHOW HOW WATER WILL RUN THROUGH THEIR SITE AND THAT IT WILL, IT CAN EFFECTIVELY GET TO THE OUTFALLS AND GET OUT OF THE SITE.

IT WON'T BACK UP AND CAUSE FLOODING, UH, WITHIN THE SITE OR THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STORM INTERVALS.

THERE'S ALSO A PROPOSED REQUIREMENT FOR MULTI-STAGE DETENTION.

THIS IS ALL INTENDED TO, TO HELP SLOW DOWN THE FLOW FLOW OF STORM WATER AT MULTIPLE STORM EVENTS WITHOUT REQUIRING ANY CHANGES DOWNSTREAM.

SO AT A, AT A TWO YEAR, A 10 YEAR, 25 YEAR, AND A HUNDRED YEAR, 50 YEAR AND A HUNDRED YEAR INTERVALS, DEVELOPMENTS WILL HAVE TO SHOW THE PRE AND POST-CONSTRUCTION, UH, IMPACTS OR PEAK SURFACE, UH, WATER SURFACE ELEVATIONS, UH, AT THESE DIFFERENT STORM IN INTERVALS, AND THAT THEY CAN HOLD THAT WATER BACK FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, UH, BEFORE SENDING IT DOWNSTREAM.

AND I THINK THIS IS, IS THE LAST RECOMMENDATION TO COVER ITS STREAM SETBACKS.

UM, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN IT AROUND THE PARISH.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE WE'RE BUILDING RIGHT UP TO THE CHANNEL BANKS OF A NUMBER OF OUR, OUR STREAMS CAN LEAD TO COMPLICATIONS THAT ARE HARD TO CORRECT EROSION RUNOFF.

YOU'VE GOT SOFTER BENEFITS LIKE HABITAT LOSS.

IT ALSO MAKES IT REALLY DIFFICULT TO ACCESS THOSE CHANNELS FOR IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THAT NEED TO HAPPEN DOWN THE ROAD.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, BASED ON, UH, SOME NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES, THE RECOMMENDATION HERE IS TO ESTABLISH STREAM SETBACKS.

THE WIDTH OF THOSE SETBACKS IS BASICALLY GENERATOR, NOT BASICALLY, IT WOULD BE DETERMINED BY TAKING THE WIDTH OF THE CHANNEL ITSELF AND TAKING HALF OF THAT WIDTH ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STREAM TO ESTABLISH THE SETBACK.

THAT WOULD LIMIT THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY THAT COULD HAPPEN WITHIN THAT SETBACK, BUT WOULD ALSO COUNT TOWARDS, UH, OPEN SPACE AND YARD REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPERS WHO WANT TO IMPROVE THOSE PROPERTIES.

THERE IS A LIMITED VARIANCE PROCESS FOR THOSE, UH, FEW INSTANCES WHERE A STREAM SETBACK MIGHT OTHERWISE COMPLETELY PROHIBIT A PROPERTY OWNER FROM LAWFULLY DEVELOPING THEIR PROPERTY OR USING THEIR PROPERTY.

AND SO THERE IS A VARIANCE OF PROCESS, UM, THAT'S PROPOSED AS, AS PART OF THAT.

THIS IS ALL, UH, AGAIN, INTENDED TO REALLY SORT OF MAINTAIN, UM, AND PRESERVE THE ECOSYSTEM THAT EXISTS WITHIN THESE CHANNELS THAT, THAT AND STREAMS. UH, THIS WILL ALSO BE, UH, PART OF THE, THE OPEN DATA, UH, GIS, UH, WEBSITE AS WELL.

ARE THERE ANY MORE? I THINK THAT'S IT.

NEXT SLIDE.

HAPPY TO TAKE, UH, ANY QUESTIONS.

UM, AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF RACHEL, IF YOU HAVE MORE TO, TO OFFER UP.

AND THEN NOT JUST LIMITED TO THE FLOODPLAIN, BUT TO EVERYTHING, I THINK IS A KEY STEP FOR PROTECTION, UH, EXISTING HOMEOWNERS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 67? ALL RIGHT, NOW WE GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.

I JUST WANTED TO SINCERELY THANK THE ADMINISTRATION, H AND T B C S R S, AND, AND EVERYONE FOR THEIR HARD WORK.

THIS IS THE CULMINATION OF, YOU KNOW, FIVE, SIX YEARS WORTH OF WORK, UH, THAT THIS COUNCIL STARTED WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

UM, ORIGINALLY WE CAUGHT SOME, SOME FLACK FOR THE INVESTMENT THAT WE MADE IN THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN.

UH, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE STUDIES THAT'S JUST GONNA SIT ON THE SHELF.

UH, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

UH, I'M PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT MOVING TO THE 100 YEAR DETENTION REQUIREMENT.

UM, THAT IS A, A, A PROVISION THAT WE PUT IN PLACE THROUGH, UM, A SO-CALLED MORATORIUM.

BUT TO SEE THAT ENSHRINED, UH, INTO THE ORDINANCE, UH,

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UH, BUT THEN AGAIN, IN AN AREA THAT IS CHARACTERIZED GREATLY BY FLOODPLAIN, UH, TO SEE INCREASE THE MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS IS EXTREMELY ENCOURAGING.

SO KUDOS.

GOOD WORK.

KEEP UP A GOOD JOB.

WE, WE APPRECIATE THIS.

YEAH, I'LL ECHO THE, UH, THE PRAISE, UH, FRED, RACHEL, UH, YOUR, YOUR TEAM, YOUR DEPARTMENTS, OUR PLANNING STAFF, UH, AS WELL.

UM, A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO IT.

UM, AND, AND CERTAINLY MELISSA KENNEDY, YOU, YOU NAVIGATED SOME, SOME CHALLENGING WATERS.

YOU'VE, YOU'VE LIVED AND BREATHED THIS FOR A FEW YEARS, AND SO I VERY MUCH VALUE AND APPRECIATE, UH, THE DATA, THE INPUT THAT WE NOW HAVE ACCESS TO, UH, AND WHAT IT'S, WHAT IT'S GUIDANCE TO.

I'LL TELL, UH, MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL, I'M PROUD TO BE PART OF A COUNCIL THAT I THINK HONORED THE DESIRES OF OUR RESIDENTS WHEN WE, UH, TOOK A HARD LOOK AT IMPLEMENTING A MORATORIUM, WHICH HAD ITS OWN CHALLENGES, UH, IN GETTING ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

UH, AND I'M VERY PROUD TO BE PART OF A COUNCIL THAT I THINK CAN NOW SAY TO OUR CITIZENS, UH, WE LET THE DATA DRIVE US TO POLICY CHANGES, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SIMULTANEOUSLY WE CAN SAY TO OUR DEVELOPERS AND HOME BUILDERS, HERE'S THE CERTAINTY YOU'VE BEEN SEEKING.

AND, AND IT IS BASED ON GOOD SCIENCE AND GOOD DATA.

SO, SO KUDOS TO EVERYBODY ON THIS COUNCIL FOR, UH, HEATING THE CRIES OF, UH, OF OUR RESIDENTS.

UM, YOU KNOW, I I THINK WE ALL KNOW OUR FIGHT HERE IS TWOFOLD.

THESE ARE VERY POSITIVE IN MY OPINION, POLICY CHANGES.

UH, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO KEEP UP THE WORK OF, UH, MITIGATING THOSE, UM, MITIGATING THE, THE FLOOD WATERS FROM THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING THROUGH OUR MAJOR CHANNELS, UH, AND ACROSS OUR PARISH.

SO LET'S KEEP UP, UH, THAT, THAT WORK AND, AND WITH THESE POLICY CHANGES, UH, KEEP THEM IMPLEMENTING, UH, GOOD DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE PARISH.

SO, THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.

COUNCIL MEMBER MOK.

YEAH, CONTINUING WITH THE PRAISES AND, AND KUDOS TO THE, THE GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT, THAT PUT THIS TOGETHER.

I THINK Y'ALL HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB IN WORKING WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND BRINGING EVERYBODY ON BOARD, AND JUST THE FACT THAT WE ARE SITTING HERE FIXING TO PASS THIS CODE AND WE ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THERE IS NO ONE HERE TO ARGUE AGAINST IT.

I MEAN, USUALLY WE'RE, WE'RE OUT HERE QUITE A BIT FOR SOMEBODY TO ARGUE AGAINST IT OR BRING SOMETHING UP.

AND I KNOW NOT EVERYBODY WON IN THIS, BUT I THINK OVERALL, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH HAS WON.

DWIGHT, YOU BROUGHT IT UP A WHILE AGO.

I KNOW WHEN YOU GO TO ENACT THINGS LIKE THIS AND Y'ALL AS THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATION, I THINK Y'ALL DID A GREAT THING STARTING THE PROCESS AND, AND TAKING US TO, AND BRINGING, STARTING THE PROCESS TO BRING US TO WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT.

SO KUDOS TO THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL, UH, IN GETTING THAT ROLE IN EVERYTHING.

UM, I, I DON'T KNOW.

I I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS WHILE WE WERE, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT PASSING THIS AND SO ON, AND THE FACT THAT NOBODY'S HERE TO COMPLAIN OR ANYTHING, AND YOU LOOK AT BACK AT A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE PASSED TONIGHT.

I I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE PROUDEST NIGHTS, UM, AS FAR AS BEING ON THIS COUNCIL AND EVERYTHING AND THE STUFF THAT WE'VE DONE FOR CRIME AND NOW DRAINAGE, WHICH IF YOU TALK TO ANYTHING WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS AND, AND MONTH, UH, WE'RE GOING INTO OUR THIRD YEAR CRIME AND DRAINAGE.

CRIME AND DRAINAGE, AND WE'VE, WE'VE DONE SO MUCH TONIGHT TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.

SO, UM, THE MODELING, I THINK IS GOING TO BE A TREMENDOUS ASSET IF Y'ALL HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THAT MODELING.

I'VE NOT ONLY SEEN IT WHEN THEY WERE DEVELOPING, WHEN, WHEN WE STARTED IT WITH THE CITY OF CENTRAL, BUT WE'VE, THE ACTUAL PROCESS OF USING IT.

WHEN YOU HAVE A DEVELOPER COME TO YOU AND YOU SEE, HEY, LET'S DUMP THIS HERE, LET'S DUMP THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL THAT IS GONNA BE ONE OF THE MOST TREMENDOUS TOOLS AND, AND ASSET TO ANYONE THAT WANTS TO DEVELOP.

NOT ONLY DOES IT, IT SHOW AS FAR AS THE FLOOD PLANT AND EVERYTHING, BUT I THINK EVEN FROM A DEVELOPER'S STANDPOINT, IT SHOWS THAT HOW, OKAY, I DO WANNA DO SOMETHING IN THIS AREA.

HOW DO I MAKE IT WORK? WORKING WITH THE CITY PARISH AND THROUGH THIS MODELING AND EVERYTHING.

SO ALSO WITH FEMA, UM, YOU BROUGHT UP THE FACT A WHILE AGO.

UH, WHERE'D YOU GO WITH FEMA THAT SOME OF OUR MODELS MIGHT SHOW A DIFFERENT ASPECT OF FEMA? ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID, UM, WE ASKED FOR A FEMA REASSESSMENT.

UM, ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN CLEANING OUT OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, CANALS, TRIBUTARIES, ALL THAT HAS AFFECTED THE, THE FEMA MODELING.

NOW, FEMA ONLY GOES IN AND MODELS EVERY SO OFTEN, BUT YOU CAN REQUEST A FEMA ENHANCEMENT, WHICH WILL MORE LEVELIZE WHERE WE'RE AT AT THIS MOMENT, TO EVEN HELP BRING MORE DATA INTO THE POOL IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE SO CHOOSE TO DO LATER ON.

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UH, WE DID THAT IN CENTRAL AND IT, IT REDUCED OUR NUMBERS AND SAVED, I, I THINK WE FIGURED IT ABOUT BETWEEN ALL THE HOMEOWNERS WITH INSURANCE RATES BY HAVING THAT FEMA AREA MATCH, PROBABLY TWO OR 3 MILLION PER YEAR.

SO, SO THE INTENT IS TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE THIS DATA TO FEMA IN ORDER TO PRODUCE NEW FLOOD MAPS.

WE'VE BEEN, UM, IN CONTACT WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE COMPANY DIVERSION CANAL, AND THEN SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE PART OF THE FIVE TRIBUTARIES PROJECT AS WELL TO HELP, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY HAVE THOSE INCORPORATED INTO OUR NEW FLOOD MAPS AS WELL.

I KNOW THAT THE CORE HAS ALREADY INDICATED THAT THEY PLAN ON MAKING, UM, UM, DON'T KNOW THE TECHNICAL TERM, BUT, UM, A TEMPORARY OR, UM, YOU KNOW, CHANGES TO SOME OF THE AREAS AND, YOU KNOW, AFTER THEY FINISHED THE COME DIVERSION AND WHATNOT.

BUT THAT IS OUR GOAL, IS TO IMPLEMENT THESE SO THAT THEY CAN BASICALLY REPLACE, UM, OR AT LEAST HAVE UPDATED FLOOD MAPS WITH SOME OF THE, THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION WE HAD, RIGHT? YEAH, I MEAN, WE TOOK ALL THAT INTO ACCOUNT WHEN WE HAD OURS, UH, DONE, I THINK WE WAS PROBABLY ABOUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS IN.

UM, BUT I TELL YOU, WELL, SAVING TWO OR 3 MILLION IS JUST OUT THERE OVER THE AREA OF HOMEOWNERS.

IMAGINE THE SAVINGS THAT WE CAN, WE CAN BRING BACK TO THE CITIZENS.

IT'S GONNA BE MORE, WAY MORE WORK, THE COST BENEFIT OF WHAT WE'RE PAYING TO HAVE THESE THINGS DONE.

SO ANYWAY, AGAIN, KUDOS EVERYONE.

I'M, I'M, I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS AND THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR GETTING IT TO US.

COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, UM, I JUST, OF COURSE WANNA ECHO WHAT THE OTHER SPEAKERS HAVE SAID.

AND, UM, JUST NOTE THAT I THINK MOST OF US IN, UM, IN OUR PROFESSIONS AND IN PUBLIC SERVICE, WE HOPE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING OR BE A PART OF SOMETHING THAT WILL, UM, CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF THE FUTURE, AND THAT WILL, UM, IMPACT GENERATIONS TO COME.

AND I, I THINK, UM, THIS DOES THAT.

AND SO CONGRATULATIONS AND, AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PUT SO MUCH TIME AND CARE, UM, INTO THIS COUNCIL MEMBER DONE MOTION TO APPROVE .

MOTION TO APPROVE.

AND SECOND, I TOO WANT TO ECHO, UH, THE SENTIMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU WHO WORKED ON THIS FOR SO LONG.

ASHLEY SHAWN, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE STARTED THIS CONVERSATION IN 2016, RIGHT AFTER THE GREAT FLOOD WHEN WE WERE HAVING A SERIES OF SPECIAL MEETINGS AND WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO, UH, AS A RESULT OF A FLOOD, THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD WE DIDN'T EXPECT.

AND THEN, UH, SOME OF THE AREAS OF TOWN HAD NEVER FLOODED BEFORE, UH, FLOODED.

SO, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

SO THANK YOU, UH, FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR DEDICATION.

THERE HAS BEEN A, A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN, SECONDED BY THE THE COUNCIL, UH, .

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? SECOND, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOK.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

YOU SECONDED.

COUNCIL MEMBER KOMAN? YES, SIR.

WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THAT DATA, I THINK IT'S TIME TO HEAR A REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SERVICES ON THE PROGRESS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY PARISH OPEN DATA POLICY.

YES, MA'AM.

UH, ANY OBJECTION? UH, SO MORE APPROVED.

GIVE YOURSELVES ROUND UP APPLAUSE.

AFTER

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ERIC, I KNOW YOU DIDN'T THINK I WAS GONNA TAKE YOU NOW, BUT WE MIGHT WELL HEAR FROM YOU SINCE WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THAT DATA.

94 ITEM 94.

I APPRECIATE THAT, UH, MR. PRO, TIM AND I LOVE HEARING ABOUT ALL THE, THE REALLY DATA DRIVEN GOVERNMENT THAT'S GOING ON HERE TONIGHT.

SO, ERIC ROMERO, DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, I WANT TO THANK, UM, THE MAYOR AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL FOR Y'ALL'S CONTINUED SUPPORT IN OUR OPEN DATA PROGRAM.

YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR SUPPORT EMPOWERS OUR TEAM TO DO THE WORK THAT WE'RE GONNA HIGHLIGHT HERE TONIGHT.

SO I'M GONNA GIVE A QUICK, UH, UPDATE.

I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER BUSINESS TO DO COUNCIL BUSINESS.

UM, SO JUST A QUICK REFRESH ON THE POLICY.

IN 2017, UM, THE COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION TO DEFINE THE CITY PARISH'S FIRST OPEN DATA POLICY THAT DEFINES AN OPEN BY DEFAULT MANDATE.

SO ANY DATA THAT WE'RE COLLECTING IN CITY PARISH IS GOING TO BE CONSIDERED AND WE'RE APPLICABLE, SHARED OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND THINK ABOUT ALL THE DATA THAT WE COLLECT AND WE COLLECT IT USING TAXPAYER MONEY.

SO IT'S ONLY RIGHT THAT WE'RE MAKING THIS, THIS DATA AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION AS WELL.

UM, THE POLICY ESTABLISHED A DATA GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE TO HELP PRIORITIZE DATA.

UM, WE'RE WORKING ON INCLUDING, UM, OPEN DATA REQUIREMENTS IN CITY PARISH PROCUREMENTS AND CONTRACTS.

AND IT REQUIRES THE ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH I'M GIVING, UM, TONIGHT.

UH, SO JUST A BRIEF HISTORY.

IN 2015, WE LAUNCHED THE OPEN DATA, UH, PLATFORM, OPEN DATA BR PLATFORM.

IN 2017, WE, UH, APPROVED THE POLICY, UM, OPEN NEIGHBORHOOD BR

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WAS LAUNCHED IN 2018.

WE EXPANDED DATA SETS, OPEN CHECKBOOK.

BR WAS LAUNCHED IN 2021, OPEN BUDGET, BR, AND THE CITIZEN DATA ACADEMY WAS LAUNCHED.

AND, UM, SO NOW LET'S DIVE INTO THE 2022 ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

SO WE HAD 13 NEW DATA SETS ADDED THIS YEAR.

UM, 169 GIS DATA SETS HAVE BEEN FEDERATED INTO THE OPEN DATA BR PORTAL.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT NOW YOU CAN GO TO OPEN DATA BR AND SEARCH FOR ALL OF THE DATA SETS THAT WE HAVE, WHETHER IT'S IN OPEN DATA OR IN GIS.

SO THAT'S A TOTAL OF 234 DATA SETS.

9.2 MILLION ROWS OF DATA ARE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE CURRENTLY.

A FEW DASHBOARDS THAT, UH, WE CREATED THIS YEAR, THE ARP, UH, DRAINAGE DASHBOARD.

SO WE'RE TAKING, UH, THE DATA FROM THE DRAINAGE PROJECTS FUNDED BY ARP, MAKING IT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SO THE CITIZENS CAN CHECK THE LOCATION AND STATUS AND THE PROGRESS OF, OF THOSE PROJECTS.

WE ALSO HAVE A CITIZEN DATA ACADEMY VIDEO, WHICH SHOWS THE RESIDENTS HOW TO USE THAT DASHBOARD EFFECTIVELY, THE B R P D CRIME TRENDS, WE BUILT THAT IN COLLABORATION WITH CHIEF PAUL AND HIS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, PROVIDES A SUMMARY STATISTICS OF CALLS FOR SERVICE ACROSS 14 CRIME CATEGORIES.

IT'S ALSO SUPPORTED BY A TUTORIAL, A VIDEO TUTORIAL FROM THE CITIZEN DATA ACADEMY.

AND WE HAVE OUR TRANSPARENCY METRICS, WHICH ARE LOOKING AT ALL THE, THE DATA AND METRICS AROUND ALL THE TRANSPARENCY TOOLS.

AND IT HELPS US DEVELOP FUTURE APPLICATIONS.

SO WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK, UM, AROUND BLIGHT.

UM, WE'RE USING, WE'RE STARTING TO MOVE AWAY FROM JUST THE TRANSPARENCY, A ASPECT, BUT ALSO USING THE DATA ANALYTICS, UM, TO LOOK AT ALL THE DATA THAT WE HAVE.

SO, COUPLE BLIGHT PROJECTS IN, UH, TIED TO THAT, THE BLIGHT OF BLIGHT REMEDIATION PROJECT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT.

THEY'RE USING LOCATION DATA TO STRATEGIZE THE ALLOCATION OF 4.5 MILLION OF ARPA FUNDS.

THEY'RE WORKING ON A BLIGHT SURVEY WHERE THEY'RE SURVEYING ALL THE PARCELS IN THE PARISH AND RATING THEM WITH A BLIGHT SCORE.

THIS IS GOING TO HELP THEM GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF BLIGHT ACROSS THE PARISH AND CREATE FUTURE EFFORTS, UM, JUNK TRASH AND DEBRIS VENDOR TOOLS.

SO WE HAVE ALL OF THESE PROJECTS, ARPA PROJECTS THAT VENDORS CAN APPLY FOR.

UM, THINK ABOUT OUR USUAL RFPS THAT GO OUT.

THERE'RE LARGE AND CANDIDLY NOT VERY FRIENDLY TO SMALL BUSINESS.

UM, THE TOOL ALLOWS POTENTIAL BIDDERS TO HAVE A VISUAL REPRE REPRESENTATION OF THE PROPERTY AND THE PROJECTS SO THAT THEY CAN ADEQUATELY BUILD SCOPE AND DETERMINE IF THEY THEY'RE CAPABLE OF BIDDING ON THAT, THAT, UM, PROJECT.

WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO LOOK AT WAYS HOW WE USE DATA TO EMPOWER THE SMALL BUSINESS, UM, COMMUNITY AS WELL.

WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE CITY DATA ALLIANCE.

THAT'S A BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES PROJECT.

CONNECTS US WITH COACHING AND CONSULTATIONS TO ADVANCE OUR DATA AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT PROCESS.

AND AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO RACHEL LAMBERT WITH DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT.

THEIR CREATIVE THINKING AND HOW TO USE DATA WITHIN THEIR OPERATIONS HAS REALLY HELPED US MOVE THE PRO, UH, THE PROGRAM FORWARD AS WELL.

SO KUDOS TO RACHEL AND HER TEAM ON THAT.

WE'RE USING DATA, UM, TO IMPROVE GOVERNMENT EF EFFICIENCIES AS WELL AS WELL.

SO WE'RE, UH, TRAINING THE PUBLIC WORKS CREWS AS WELL AS B R P D ON HOW TO USE, UM, THE DATA AND THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

UM, UH, IN STREET SWEEPING, I KNOW THIS IS IMPORTANT TO COUNCILMAN HURST.

WE'RE TRACKING USAGE AND ROUTES AND IDENTIFYING WAYS TO BE EFFICIENT WITH HOW WE ROUTE THOSE STREET SWEEPERS.

UM, THE MUNIS FINANCIAL SYSTEM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IMPROVING WORKFLOWS AND THAT WE, WE HEAR A LOT OF TALK ABOUT.

IT TAKES TOO LONG TO GET VENDORS PAID.

IT TAKES TOO LONG TO GET A REQUISITION THROUGH THE PROCESS.

UM, WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS WHERE USING DATA, WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY IMPROVEMENTS TO CUT DOWN FIVE DAYS OF TOTAL TIME FROM A REQUISITION TO A PURCHASE ORDER.

UM, BRING IT DOWN FROM 15 DAYS TO 10 DAYS.

SO THAT'S BIG FOR INTERNAL PROCESSES.

WE'RE NOT DONE.

THERE'S SOME OTHER EFFICIENCIES WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT.

TALKED ABOUT THE HOTEL MOTEL ANALYSIS EARLIER.

UM, THAT'S PART OF OUR, UH, DATA ANALYTICS.

UM, DATA'S BIG IN PUBLIC SAFETY, SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO USE DATA.

UM, AN ANALYSIS TO ASSIST PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES.

UM, TALKED ABOUT B R P D TRAINING.

THERE'S ALL SORTS OF DATA BEING USED IN THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER.

UM, SAFE, HOPEFUL, HEALTHY BR HAS BEEN USED IN THE DATA TO TARGET AR BETTER TARGET

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AREAS TO, UM, FOR THEIR PROGRAM.

A LOT OF DRAINAGE, UH, PROJECTS AS WELL.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE ARPA DRAINAGE TOOL.

WE DID SOME IMPERVIOUS SURFACE, UH, CREATED AN IM IMPERVIOUS SURFACE TOOL, UM, TO HELP WITH IDENTIFYING SOME, SOME PROBLEM AREAS WITH DRAINAGE.

UM, IN THREE WEEKS AFTER THAT TOOL WAS LAUNCHED, NEARLY 15,000 USERS, UH, WERE USING IT TO, TO GAIN THE INFORMATION FROM THAT TOOL.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST, UM, ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS YEAR HAS BEEN THE CITIZEN DATA ACADEMY.

WE REAL, WE, WE REALIZED THAT IT'S NOT JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE THESE TOOLS AND DATA AVAILABLE TO THE, TO THE PUBLIC.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE 'EM, HOW TO USE 'EM PROPERLY, AND HOW TO USE THEM TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES.

SO THE CITIZEN DATA ACADEMY IS A SERIES OF VERY TARGETED SHORT, BRIEF VIDEOS THAT ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO HONE IN ON EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT TO LEARN ABOUT.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO, TO WATCH A TWO HOUR LONG PRESENTATION ANYMORE, SIT THROUGH A TWO HOUR LONG PRESENTATION, THEY CAN GO TO THESE VIDEOS AND GET EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT THERE.

IT'S 24 SHORT VIDEOS SO FAR.

UM, HAD SOME HUGE SUCCESS WITH, UH, NATIONAL RECOGNITION, THE CHARMIN STEIN AWARD FOR STORYTELLING CHANGE MAKERS AND THE CENTERS FOR DIGITAL GOVERNMENTS, UH, GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE AWARD WERE BOTH GIVEN TO US FOR THE CDA.

UM, SO BY THE NUMBERS, UM, OUTREACH IS A BIG, UH, PROPONENT.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF THE DATA THAT AND TOOLS THAT WE HAVE.

OUR HASHTAG TECH TUESDAY INITIATIVE, WE HAVE WEEKLY POSTS ON THREE PLATFORMS HAVE REACHED OVER 300,000 IMPRESSIONS.

IN 2022.

WE HELD AN ATTENDED EVENTS WITH NEARLY A THOUSAND ATTENDEES.

UM, WE HAVE THE TW 24 CDA VI VIDEOS.

THAT'S THE DATA ACADEMY HAVE HAD 26, UH, ALMOST 27,000 VIEWS REGARDING DATA.

MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE THE, UH, 234 DATA SETS, 9.2 MILLION ROWS OF DATA AND E B R G I S.

WE'VE HAD 80.3 MILLION LIFETIME VIEWS.

THAT'S A LOT OF USE IN THAT SYSTEM.

MENTIONED THE, THE FEW AWARDS THAT WE RECEIVED.

ALSO LAST YEAR, UM, WE WERE FOR THE EIGHTH YEAR IN A ROW NAMED A TOP 10 DIGITAL CITY FOR OUR, UM, POPULATION CLASS.

THIS YEAR WE WERE NAMED THE THIRD MOST DIGITAL CITY.

SO THAT IS BIG.

UM, IT IS NOT ABOUT THE ACCOLADES OF COURSE, UM, BUT IT DOES SHOW THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

2023 PRIORITIES AS OUR WRAP UP, UM, WE'RE, WE FORMALLY ESTABLISH A DATA ANALYTICS AND PERFORMANCE SECTION WITHIN IS, I MENTIONED THIS AT THE BUDGET HEARINGS.

RESTRUCTURING IS BUDGET NEUTRAL.

UH, RESTRUCTURING SOME POSITIONS IN IS BUDGET NEUTRAL, BUT THAT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO FOCUS MORE ON THE ANALYTICS SIDE, UM, AND HELP OUT THE DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC.

UM, WE'RE GONNA INCORPORATE MORE QUASI-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES INTO THE OPEN DATA PROGRAM.

WE'RE REACHING OUT TO BRETT, THE COUNCIL ON AGE AND KATZ.

UM, WE HAVE APPROVAL FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO INCLUDE THEIR CRIME INCIDENTS INTO THE OPEN DATA BR PORTAL.

SO WE'LL HAVE B R P D AND E B R S O.

ONCE I GET E B R S O, I WILL BE REACHING OUT TO BAKER'S, ZACHARY, AND CENTRAL.

IF WE CAN, UH, GET ALL OF THOSE GROUPS TO COMMIT TO, UM, PROVIDING THEIR DATA INTO OPEN DATA VR, WE WILL HAVE A, A UNPRECEDENTED PICTURE OF CRIME WITHIN THE PARISH.

WE'RE GONNA IMPLEMENT THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE DATA ALLIANCE PROJECT, UM, IMPLEMENT A DATA STRATEGY PLAN.

UM, AT SOME POINT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GONNA LAUNCH THE, THE DETAILED DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, UH, CENSUS DATA.

AND ONCE WE HAVE THAT, WE'LL BE PULLING THAT DATA INTO OPEN DATA BR AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO FOCUS OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS.

THE FULL REPORT CAN BE FOUND ON BR RLA.GOV/REPORT.

WE CREATED A WEBSITE THIS YEAR.

ALL THE INFORMATION I COVERED HERE, PLUS MORE.

AND LASTLY, UM, HOW TO CONNECT WITH US IF THE COUNCIL IS INTERESTED IN US GIVING A PRESENTATION OR IF THE PUBLIC'S INTERESTED IN US GIVING A PRESENTATION.

WE'VE PRESENTED TO HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, UM, CHURCH GROUPS, OTHER OTHER GROUPS, PLEASE REACH OUT IS OUTREACH ATLA.GOV AND WE'LL GET SOMETHING, UM, SCHEDULED.

AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU COUNSEL.

THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS,

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ERIC, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.

I AM ON, UM, THE WEBSITE ALL THE TIME LOOKING AT DATA AND IT'S INCREDIBLE THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT'S ON THERE AND HOW EASY IT'S TO GET TO.

AND I, I USE IT TO ANSWER CONSTITUENT QUESTIONS ALL THE TIME AND TO EMPOWER CONSTITUENTS, UM, TO FIND THEIR OWN INFORMATION, DO THEIR OWN RESEARCH, AND, UM, AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE TRANSPARENCY THAT WE ARE, WE ARE OFFERING, UM, TO RESIDENTS.

COUNCIL MEMBER HEARST.

HEY, I JUST WANT TO, UH, ECHO LAUREN.

UM, BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT ERIC IS THE KING OF DOING MORE WITH LESS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GET ALL THIS STUFF DONE WITH THE LIMITED STAFF AND, UH, GREAT EXPERTISE BUT LIMITED STAFF.

AND YOU GUYS ARE ON TOP OF EVERYTHING IN EVERY DEPARTMENT AND KNOW HOW TO PRIORITIZE AND GET IT DONE.

SO I JUST WANNA TELL YOU, THANK YOU.

AS, AS IT RELATES TO ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES, I THINK THAT YOU ARE DOING FROM A TRANSPARENCY STANDPOINT, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE LARGEST QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT.

HOW TO CLOSE THE, THE BLIGHT GAP.

AND THAT HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS RESOURCE.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

THANKS COUNCIL MEMBER.

ASO, YOU ARE A BUSY MAN, BUT I WANTED TO, UH, ALSO THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THE SHERIFF'S, UH, DATA BECAUSE I DID HAVE A CONSTITUENT ASK ME ABOUT IT.

THEY WERE LOOKING FOR IT THE OTHER DAY, SO NOW I CAN TELL HER THAT WE INCLUDED.

YES, MA'AM.

SHOULD, SHOULD BE SOON.

VERY GOOD.

WE'RE NOW GONNA GO TO ITEM 68, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENCE TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION EXCEPT THE GRANT AWARD ISSUED BY THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR FLOOD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FISCAL YEAR 2022 IN THE AMOUNT, NOT AN AMOUNT UP TO $17,703,094 AND 7 CENTS BY HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS DIRECTOR.

ANYONE ELSE? ERIC? GREAT JOB.

KEEP UP THE EXCELLENT WORK.

YES, INDEED.

COUNCIL MEMBERS,

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IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM WE NOW WROTE TO COUNCIL MEMBER? DONE.

I NEED TO RECONSIDER 66 WHEN THAT'S IN ORDER.

MEMBER DUNN WOULD LIKE TO RECONSIDER.

OH, ABSOLUTELY.

UH, ANYONE ELSE? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 68.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MCMAN, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOK.

ANY OBJECTION? ITEM 68 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

UH, COUNCIL

[66. 23-00046 (Part 2 of 2)]

ITEM 66.

IS THERE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEM 66? SO MOVED.

IS THERE A SECOND? ANY OBJECTIONS? WE GO BACK TO ITEM 66.

COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. UM, I FORGOT TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO 66.

SO, UM, I, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE AMEND ITEM 66, UM, IN SECTION D TWO, UM, TO TAKE OUT THE, UH, TIERED APPROACH TO AN ANNUAL FEE.

AND IT IT'LL BE A FLAT RATE FOR $500 FOR ALL HOTEL MOTEL, UM, LODGING PERMITS EACH YEAR.

NOW YOU'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT WITH AMENDMENT AS AMENDED.

MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.

69 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT TO THE CONTRACT FOR SUBSURFACE UTILITY SERVICES WITH SJB GROUP LLC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH EASTBOUND PARIS FLORIDA BRIDGE REDUCTION PROJECT ON JONES CREEK CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT FROM O'NEAL LANE AND SHERWOOD FOREST BOULEVARD IN THE MOUNT NA TO EXCEED $69,911 BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTORS.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 66 HAS BEEN AMENDED AND APPROVED.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE NOW GO TO ITEM 60 MAYOR PRO IN, IF I COULD STATE FOR THE RECORD, THOSE, UH, ADJUSTMENTS WERE AGREED UPON BETWEEN ALL STAKEHOLDERS.

IT WAS JUST AN OVERSIGHT THAT, UH, LORD FORGOT TO MAKE THE AMENDMENT, UH, IN AN EARLIER PRESENTATION.

[69. 23-00034]

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 69? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL.

SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN MO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MAYOR MOROSA.

ANY OBJECTIONS? WE GO TO ITEM

[70. 23-00036]

70, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT TO EXECUTED CONTRACT FOR TITLE AND ABSTRACT AND SERVICES WITH GULF SOUTH LAND TITLE RESOURCES LLC AND SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH EAST PARISH PARISH FLOOD RISK REDUCTION PROJECT ON JONES CREEK CHANNEL.

IMPROVEMENT FROM MON LANE, THE SHER FOREST BOULEVARD IN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $41,415 BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON 70 WE GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO MOVED BY DUN, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOK.

ITEM 70 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WE'RE GONNA TAKE ITEM

[Items 71 - 75]

71 THROUGH 75 TOGETHER, 71 AUTHORIZED AND MAYOR PRESENT.

EXECUTE THE CONTRACT FOR TITLE ON ABSTRACT AND SERVICES WITH GUIDELINES.

TITLE, LLC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH EASTBOUND PARISH FLOOD RISK REDUCTION PROJECT FOR BEAVER AND BLACKWATER CHANNEL.

IMPROVEMENTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $98,000 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE.

DIRECTOR 72 AUTHORIZED AND MAYOR PRESENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR TITLE AND ABSTRACT AND SERVICES WITH SAS LAND SERVICE INCORPORATED FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH EASTBOUND PARISH FLOOD RISK REDUCTION PROJECT FOR BVA AND BLACKWATER CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $98,000.

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ITEM 73, AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR TITLE AND ABSTRACT SERVICES WITH RICK BEON AND ASSOCIATES LLC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH FLOOD WITH RISK REDUCTION PROJECT FOR BVA AND BLACKWATER CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $98,000.

ITEM 74 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR LANDING SURVEYING SERVICES WITH S JB GROUP LLC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE EAST PARIS FLOOD RISK REDUCTION PROJECT FOR BEAVER AND BLACKWATER CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $896,595 AND 16 CENTS BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECT.

ITEM 75 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR SUB-SERVICE UTILITY ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH S J B GROUP L L C FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH EAST BARR PARISH FLOOD RISK REDUCTION PROJECT FOR BEAVER AND BLACKWATER CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY TWO THOUSAND FORTY NINE CENTS BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 71 THROUGH 75? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.

ITEM 71 THROUGH 75 HAVE BEEN APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTION.

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NOW GO TO ITEM 76 AUTHORIZING THE APPROVAL OF THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DEPARTMENT MOVING FORWARD WITH COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS UNDER THE MOVE PROGRAM BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 76? WILL WE NOW GO TO FRED? THANK YOU COUNCIL.

I JUST WANTED TO, UH, MAKE SURE WE HAD ALL THE PACKETS OF INFORMATION THAT WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, A TEAM TO, TO MEET WITH EACH COUNCIL MEMBER AND WORK UP SOME OF THE ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS.

AND UH, I WILL ALSO TELL YOU THAT THERE WILL BE AROUND 15 OR 16 MILLION STILL LEFT.

SO IF SOMEBODY FEELS LIKE THEY NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING AT A LATER DATE, WE WILL CERTAINLY LOOK AT INCLUDING THAT IN THE FUTURE.

BUT I WILL JUST TELL YOU, UM, WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD.

I DIDN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING UNTIL THE COUNCIL GAVE ME AN AUTHORIZATION.

BASED ON OUR MEETINGS AND Y'ALL'S APPROVAL, I CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED, UH, ONE ITEM, ONE EMAIL IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 76.

SO MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

NO, COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.

HEY, I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION ABOUT THAT BLUEGRASS DEAL.

IS THAT, IS THAT THE BRIDGE AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY PIECE OR IS THAT NO, SIR.

THE, THE BLUEGRASS IS JUST THE H THE AREA WHERE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BRIDGE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IS, I'M, I'M BATTLING WITH UH, UH, A BID ISSUE RIGHT NOW, AGAIN ON THE, UH, OVERLAY WORK FOR THE BLUEGRASS BY THE BRIDGE.

I I'M HOP TO GET AN ANSWER ON THAT BY TOMORROW.

SO IT'S ALREADY BEEN BIDED OUT, BUT THERE'S SOME ISSUE YES, SIR.

FOR THE BRIDGE ITSELF.

OH, EXCUSE ME.

BOX COVERTS WITH, UH, THAT CONSTITUENT OR WITH THE BIDDER JUST ASKING, UH, UH, RATHER NOT SAY ANYMORE CUZ WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY BE UNDER ANOTHER LEGAL ISSUE IN REGARDS TO, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE BATTLING THAT ISSUE OUT RIGHT NOW.

THAT MAKE SURE I COULD GET BACK WITH THE PASTOR.

I'LL GIVE YOU A REPORT BACK ON IT FOR YOU.

COUNCIL DON'T GO TO WORK.

FRED.

COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, JUST BRIEFLY.

FRED? YES MA'AM.

BY COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK.

UH, TWO THINGS.

WELL ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, CAME TO MY ATTENTION WHEN, UM, COUNCILMAN HEARST, UH, MENTIONED BLUEGRASS.

SO THE BLUEGRASS BRIDGE IS ACTUALLY THE, UH, AREA, THE, THE PROJECT OF CONTENTION THAT STARTED TOGETHER BATON ROUGE BACK IN, UM, 20 11, 20 10, 20 11.

AND I DON'T, I WAS JUST WONDERING, AND YOU, I KNOW YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE THIS NOW, BUT WHETHER OR NOT THE SAME ISSUES THAT THEY HAD THERE, I KNOW THEY COULDN'T USE THE BRIDGE FOR LIKE OVER A YEAR.

YES MA'AM.

AND THAT'S HOW TOGETHER BATON ROUGE ACTUALLY STARTED.

UM, BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING IF IT'S THE SAME.

SO WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GONNA BE PREVENTIVE METHODS IN PLACE, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, NOW WE ARE 10 YEARS LATER, THAT WILL AID IN NOT HAVING A DUPLICATE PROBLEM OR IS IT JUST WEAR AND TEAR THAT WILL ALWAYS OCCUR WITH DIFFERENT BRIDGES OR WHAT THE, WITH THE BRIDGE, IT'S NOT, I WANT TO RECTIFY.

IT'S NOT A BRIDGE BOX COVERT SOMETHING.

IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE.

BUT I WILL JUST SAY THAT THERE IS A ISSUE WITH WATER PONDING ON THE BRIDGES.

I MEAN ON THE BOX COVERS ITSELF ON THE ROADWAY.

MM-HMM.

, THAT'S WHAT WE INTEND TO DO.

BUT WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, WE WANT TO ADDRESS THE ENTIRE AREA TO MAKE SURE IT GETS TO THE DRAINAGE BOXES LIKE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.

AND AND QUITE FRANKLY, THAT WAS DONE YEARS AGO.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME WEAR AND TEAR AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOME SETTLEMENT.

BUT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT CAUSE WE BROUGHT THE PEOPLE IN TO LOOK AT WHAT WE NEED TO DO, IF EVEN TO ELEVATE PART OF THE, THE STRUCTURE ITSELF TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.

AND MY LAST QUESTION, HAVE YOU WORKED ON THOMAS ROAD? UH, IT IS ONE OF OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITIES.

UH, WE ARE YOU, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE DRAINAGE WORK? UH, YEAH.

OR THE, THE TIRE RAILWAY ITSELF? NO, I'M, I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT DRAINAGE WORK BETWEEN THOSE SIDES.

NO MA'AM, I HAVE NOT.

CUZ I, I I WANTED TO WAIT AND MAKE SURE THAT I HEARD BACK FROM YOU

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IT'S DONE, SIGNED AND EVERYTHING.

I KNOW I HAVE IT.

I I HAVE HIS AGREEMENT, SO OKAY.

I I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GET WITH HIM AND GET IT SET UP AND RESCHEDULED.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

YES MA'AM.

COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.

HEY JOHN.

I, I, YOU BRINGING THAT UP MAKES ME WANT TO GIVE HIM A AND AND MAYOR ROOM ON THIS PIECE OF PAT ON THE BACK.

UM, THE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING ON BLUEGRASS MAN, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS YEAR AND A HALF.

IT JUST HAPPENED, I MEAN, A, A A YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.

BUT IT'S BEEN A 30 YEAR ISSUE THAT, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO RESOLVE, UH, AFTER BEING PROBABLY THE MOST NOTORIOUS POTHOLE IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IT TO, IT TORE UP SEVERAL FRONT ENDS.

UM, AND IT GOT EVEN WORSE BECAUSE WHEN THEY CLOSED THAT BLUEGRASS BRIDGE DOWN, THEY HAD TO OPEN UP ACCESS TO THE, UH, HOUSING AUTHORITIES PARKING LOT.

UM, AND IT TORE IT UP WITH FIRETRUCKS AND HEAVY AND IT'S BEEN A BATTLE FOR A LONG TIME THAT WE'VE NOW BEEN ABLE TO RESOLVE THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

SO THE BRIDGE IS ALSO GETTING REDONE CUZ IT WAS NOT DONE RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.

JUST BE CLEAR.

BUT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY POTHOLE, THAT WHOLE, THAT WHOLE CONNECTED AREA IS GONNA MAKE GLEN OAK A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND DRIVE.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT FOR YOU.

AS YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN, WE, UH, WENT IN AND DID THE TEMPORARY WORK BY THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE THAT.

I'M HAPPY I WENT OVER THERE.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND, UH, WE WILL PROBABLY SCHEDULE THE OVERLAY PART THERE SOMETIME NEXT WEEK, BUT WE'LL LOOK AT, SEE WHAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT.

THAT BEING SAID, WE DO HAVE TO GO THROUGH, UH, DESIGN ON THE STREET ITSELF TO WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS, BUT I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF YOUR NUMBER ONES AS I'VE HEARD FROM MOST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WHICH ONE'S THAT NUMBER ONE.

SO I'LL, I'LL MAKE SURE WE WORK ON THAT.

77 AUTHORIZED MERIT PRESENT, EXECUTED CONTRACT FOR LIGHTING DESIGN SERVICES WITH PIVOTAL ENGINEERING LLC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED REMOVED BEYOND CAPACITY PROJECT LEE DRIVE, HIGHLAND ROAD TO PERKINS ROAD AND IN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED THREE THOUSAND SEVENTY CENTS BY TRANSPORTATION AND A DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

YES, YES MA'AM.

THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER NOEL SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCC COLEMAN.

THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO ITEM 75 THROUGH, EXCUSE ME, ITEM 76.

ITEM 76 HAS BEEN APPROVED INAUGURAL ITEM

[77. 23-00051]

ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 77? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER'S.

MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOK.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUN.

AND ANY OBJECTIONS? WE GO TO

[78. 23-00054]

ITEM 78, AUTHORIZED MAYOR, PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH EVANS AND GRAVES ENGINEERS, INCORPORATED FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOBILE CAPACITY PROJECT MIENS ROAD, HOOPER ROAD TO YOUR ROAD IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 1,000,061 THOUSANDS, $235 AND 21 CENTS BY A TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 78? WHEN HONOR GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE SOME MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOK? SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS? ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 78 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WE'RE GONNA TAKE 79

[Items 79 - 85]

THROUGH 85 TOGETHER, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUB RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH CAPITAL CITY FAMILY HEALTH CLINIC IN THE AMOUNT OF $175,000 UNDER THE RYAN WHITE ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC PROGRAM FOR A GRANT.

OCTOBER 1ST, 2022 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023 BY HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.

ITEM 80 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO AMEND A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH AISHA MACKENZIE IN THE AMOUNT OF $909,500 FOR A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED 58,000 FOR 2022.

2023.

RYAN WHITE ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC GRANT YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.

ITEM 81, AUTHORIZED AMERIC PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUB RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER BATON ROUGE IN AN AMOUNT OF $103,000 UNDER THE RYAN WHITE ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC PROGRAM FOR THE GRANT PERIOD OF DECEMBER 1ST, 2022 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.

I 82 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUB RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH HIV AIDS ALLIANCE FOR REGION TWO HART AND AMOUNT OF $186,417 AND 22 CENTS UNDER THE RYAN WHITE.

ENTER THE HIV EPIDEMIC PROGRAM FOR THE GRANT PERIOD OF DECEMBER 1ST, 2022 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR 80 ITEM 83 AUTHORIZED MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND EXECUTE A SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH NO A TASK FOR IN THE AMOUNT OF $102,812 AND 50 CENTS UNDER RYAN WHITE, THE HIV EPIDEMIC PROGRAM FOR THE GRANT PERIOD DECEMBER 1ST, 2022 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023 BY HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.

ITEM 84 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUB RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH OUR LADY OF THE LAKE AND THE AMOUNT OF $110,000 UNDER THE RYAN WHITE HIV EPIDEMIC PROGRAM FOR THE GRANT PERIOD.

DECEMBER 1ST, 2022 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR IN ITEM 85.

AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUB RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA GREATER BAT ROUGE IN AMOUNT OF $132,770 UNDER THE

[02:20:01]

RYAN WHITE IN THE HIV EPIDEMIC PROGRAM FOR THE GRANT PERIOD.

DECEMBER 1ST, 2022 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 79 THROUGH 85? COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL COMMENT IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 79 THROUGH 87.

WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVE COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN SHALL ME ABSTAINING ON 82.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 79 THROUGH 85? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEARST SHOW COUNCIL MEMBER DONNA UNDERSTANDING ON ITEM 82.

ANY OBJECTIONS? WE NOW GO TO

[86. 23-00065]

ITEM 86, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR OF PRESENT TO ACCEPT FUNDING FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION ON BEHALF OF DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES FOR THE RYAN WHITE HIV AND AIDS PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDES PART A AND THE MINORITY AIDS INITIATIVE IN THE AMOUNT OF $91,287 FOR THE GRANT PERIOD OF MARCH 1ST, 2022 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.

ANYONE HERE SPEAK ON ITEM 86? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 86? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.

SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.

ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 86 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WE NOW GO TO ITEM 87,

[87. 23-00067]

AUTHORIZED AMER PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA GREATER BATON ROUGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $200,000 UNDER THE RYAN WHITE ENDING THE HIV AIDS PROGRAM FOR THE GRANT PERIOD OF DECEMBER 1ST, 2022 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023.

AND AUTHORIZED IN THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS AND CONNECTION THERE WITH BY HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 87.

WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM, SECONDED BY THE CHAIR AND ANY OBJECTIONS? WE

[88. 23-00068]

NOW GOE TO ITEM 88.

AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT INTO TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES, OFFICE OF SOCIAL SERVICES, BUT THE CAPITAL AREA 98 FOR THE VTA, THE VTA PROGRAM IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 10,500 FOR ACCEPTANCE OF INCOME TAX RETURNS PREPARED AND SUBMITTED TO THE IRS DURING THE 2022 TAX SEASON BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 88? COUNCIL MEMBERS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 88? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MO, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. DO NOW ANY OBJECTIONS? WE GO DOWN 89.

[89. 23-00071]

AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT FUNDING FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION ON BEHALF OF A DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES FOR THE RYAN WHITE AND THE HIV EPIDEMIC PROGRAM.

AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,035,754 FOR THE GRANT PERIOD OF MARCH 1ST, 2022 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023.

AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS AND CONNECTION THERE WITH BY HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.

ANYONE HERE AT 89 COUNSEL? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? 89? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HER SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN OBJECTIONS EIGHT.

MAY NOW GO

[90. 23-00069]

TO 90.

AMENDING THE 2023 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE CHARLES R. KELLY COMMUNITY CENTER AS TO APPROPRIATE $80,000 FROM THE FUND BALANCE ASSIGNED FOR COMMUNITY CENTERS AND FOR RENOVATIONS AND FURNISHINGS OF THE CENTER.

THESE FUNDS WERE GENERATED THROUGH A PRIOR YEAR RENTAL REVENUES AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 90? COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.

SO MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOK.

ITEM 90 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GONNA GO TO ADMINISTRATIVE

[ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS]

MATTERS.

ITEM A AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATE TO APPROPRIATE $550,000 FROM THE AIRPORT'S CASH ACCOUNT AND THE CLOSING OUT AVAILABLE BALANCES FROM COMPLETED PROJECTS TO BE PLACED IN THE REPLACEMENT OF PASSENGER LOADING BRIDGES.

PROJECT BY AVIATION DIRECTOR.

INTRODUCE, OKAY.

THE REASON THIS ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE MAN APPROPRIATION, REQUESTING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS CASH ACCOUNT IS DEEMED AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER TO FUND A REPLACEMENT OF PASSENGERS LOADING BRIDGES PROJECT, INCLUDING DESIGN OF THE PROJECT IN ORDER TO MEET CERTAIN FAA DEBT DEADLINES ASSOCIATED WITH GRANT FUNDING.

IN A MOTION WAY, THE RULES FOR ITEM WILL BE INTRODUCED AT THERE.

MOTION SHALL MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, GOK SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.

ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES? IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE MOTION TO WA I MEAN, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION TO WA THE RULES WE NEED TO INTRODUCE? WE NEED A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ITEM.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM.

SECOND IT BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER.

ITEM A HAS BEEN INTRODUCED.

WE GO TO ITEM B AMENDING THE 2023 ANNUAL OPERATING BU BUDGETS FOR THE DR.

LEO S BUTLER COMMUNITY CENTER.

SO AS TO APPROPRIATE 59,000 FROM THE FUND BALANCE ASSIGNED FOR COMMUNITY CENTERS TO PURCHASE KITCHEN EQUIPMENT FOR THE CENTER SERVICE, SHORT TERM EMERGENCY SHELTER, AND TO FUND THE 2023 SUMMER CAMP AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

THESE FUNDS WERE GENERATED THROUGH PRIOR YEAR RENTAL REVENUES AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER BY COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN COLEMAN.

THE REASON THIS ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER, WE REQUESTING THIS ITEM TO BE PLACED AS INSTRUCTION ON THE ADMINISTRATOR DUE TO THE RESCHEDULING OF THE JANUARY 25TH COUNCIL MEETING.

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NEED A MOTION AWAY THE RULES.

SO MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM.

ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION, AWAY THE RULES.

ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE MOTION? AWAY THE RULES? WE NEED A MOTION TO INTRODUCE SOME MOVE BY CO SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MOROCCO.

ITEM B HAS BEEN INTRODUCED.

ITEM C AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION EXECUTE AN AIR SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES, INCORPORATED IN AN AMOUNT OF $1,200,000 BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR.

THE REASON THIS ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER EMERGENCY ITEM, THE METROPOLITAN AIRPORT SEEKS TO EXECUTE THIS AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES.

THE AGREEMENT WILL BE PAID FROM THE FEDERAL FUNDING ANY EMOTIONAL WAY THE RULES.

SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANK, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN, UH, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON EMOTIONAL WAY THE RULES? ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTIONAL WAY? THE RULES.

WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ITEM.

ANYONE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER.

ITEM C HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM D, CONDEMNATION LAED, LLC.

38 37 PLAZA TOWER.

DOC PLAZA.

TOWER DRIVE.

EXCUSE ME, I'M STILL EXCITED ABOUT B UNITS, A, B, C, AND D COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT AMMAR BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT.

REASON ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER EMERGENCY ITEM.

WE'RE REQUESTING THAT THIS ITEM BE PLACED AS AN EMERGENCY ITEM DUE TO THE RECORDING OF JANUARY 5TH.

COUNCIL MAY NEED A MOTIONAL WAIVE THE RULES TO MOVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER A.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN AND PUBLIC HEARING ON A MOTIONAL.

WAIVE THE RULES.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION TO WA THE RULES? WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM MOTION? GO BACK TO COUNCIL.

THERE'S A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER AM ROSA.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAA.

ITEM D.

HMM.

MOTION TO DELETE.

OH, YOU WANNA DELETE THE ITEM? YES, SIR.

THERE'S, THEY'VE GOT A CLOSING ON THAT PROPERTY.

THERE'S A MOTION TO DELETE THE ITEM BY COUNCIL MEMBER AM SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORAK.

ANY OBJECTION TO THE ITEM BEING DELETED? ITEM HAS BEEN DELETED.

WE NOW GO TO APPOINTMENTS.

91 91

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CAPITAL TRANSIT SYSTEM BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

CONSIDERATION OF REPLACING TIMER WHO'S RESIGNED? THE TERM EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.

CURRENT BALLOT.

FRANK LEASA, ANDREW SIMMONS, PARENTS TELLER, FRANK THOMAS AND JOHN BUK.

THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED FROM THE SEP SEPTEMBER 21ST MEETING.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM WE REGARD TO COUNCIL MEMBER HEAR NO.

I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT BOTH OF THESE ITEMS, 91 AND 92 BE DEFERRED.

UH OH.

WELL, LET'S TAKE 'EM ONE BY ONE.

TO ITEM 92, CAPITAL ATTORNEY, ASSISTANT BOARD OF COMMISSIONS.

91 1 TO BE DEFERRED.

THERE'S A MOTION UNTIL WHEN? UNTIL OUR NEXT FEBRUARY, EIGHTH FEBRUARY, THIS MOTION TO DEFER.

ITEM 91 TILL FEBRUARY 8TH.

IS THERE A SECOND? SO MOVED BY COUN, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER.

ITEM 91 HAS BEEN DEFERRED.

WE GO

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CONSIDERATION OF REPLACING COLLEAGUE COCKRAN, WHO HAS NOT SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO BE REPORTED.

THIS TERM EXPIRED ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2022.

THIS IS A THREE-YEAR TERM CURRENT BALLOT.

FRANKLIN ANDREW, ASSISTANT PARIS, TAYLOR, FREDERICK THOMAS, JOHN BUKS.

IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 92? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL.

COUNCIL MEMBER COM HAS MADE A MOTION TO DEFER, DEFER FOR TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCK.

ANY OBJECTIONS? COUNCIL ITEM 92 HAS BEEN DEFERRED.

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EAST BARRON PARISH COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT BOARD OF PERMISSION IS ONE APPOINTMENT TO REPLACE DAVID ARMEN CURRENT BALLOT.

MAYOR DAVID MCDAVID OF ZACHARY.

IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER NOLES.

SECONDED BY CHAIR.

ANY OBJECTIONS? SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOE? ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 93 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WE DID ITEM 94.

WE NOW

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GO TO ITEM 95, RECEIVING A REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT REGARDING AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.

FUNDS DEDICATED TO BLIGHT, HIGHLIGHTING THE EXPENDITURES THUS FAR IN EACH DISTRICT FOR DEMOLITION, GRASS CUTTING AND PICKUP OF JUNK, TRASH AND DEBRIS, AS WELL AS FUND BALANCES REMAINING PER DISTRICT BY COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN COLEMAN.

AND WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM RACHEL ON YOU.

RACHEL, HI ON YOU.

I'M WAITING ON, UH, SOMEBODY TO PUT MY SLIDES UP.

OH, OKAY.

WORK ON EVERY ASPECT OF MAINTENANCE IN THE CITY ALL OVER.

GET THE SLIDES UP.

I WANT TO THANK THE, UH, TWO GENTLEMEN FROM MAINTENANCE WHO CAME TO MY OFFICE TODAY.

I FORGOT THEIR NAMES.

ONE OF 'EM TOLD ME THEY CALL HIM JUNIOR, BUT THEY CAME IN AND FIXED THE, THE AIR AND THEY SAID THEY

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SO BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT.

LET'S GET A MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT AROUND APPLAUSE.

THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB, RACHEL.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL KEEP IT SHORT.

UM, I'VE GIVEN YOU A PACKET.

IT HAS A COPY OF THIS, MY FOUR SLIDES, AND THEN ALSO SIMILAR TO WHAT I GAVE TO EACH OF YOU AT, UH, THE BUDGET HEARING, UH, RECAP OF EVERY SINGLE WORK ORDER THAT WE HAVE ISSUED IN EACH OF YOUR DISTRICTS.

SO YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY HOW, WHERE WE HAVE SPENT THE MONEY, UM, AND THE AMOUNT AT EACH LOCATION.

SO HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE ENTIRE FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

UM, WE'VE, AND I CAN'T BARELY READ, SO WE'VE PAID ROUGHLY, I THINK THAT'S HIS, RACHEL, RACHEL, YOU HAVE AN EXTRA.

IT'S HIS TINY, TINY SCREEN.

FIVE ARE GOOD, BUT NOT THAT GOOD.

WE'VE PAID ROUGHLY, UM, OVER A LITTLE OVER EIGHT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OUT.

UH, WHICH MEANS THAT PAID FUNDS ARE WORK ORDERS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND INVOICES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND APPROVED AND SENT ON TO BE PAID.

UH, COMMITTED.

WE'VE COMMITTED ALMOST $600,000 IN ADDITION TO THE PAID FUNDS.

SO COMMITTED FUNDS MEAN THAT WE'VE ISSUED A WORK ORDER TO A CONTRACTOR TO ABATE THE NUISANCE OR THE, THE VIOLATION, OR WE'RE IN THE PREPARATION OF GETTING ALL THE PAPERWORK TOGETHER.

THE DEMOLITION, YOU KNOW, A WORK ORDERS TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, DUE DILIGENCE AND COORDINATION TO BE ABLE TO BE ISSUED.

UM, WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME OF THE JUNK, TRASH AND DEBRIS STUFF THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER, SOME NEW PACKAGES.

SO ALL THOSE WOULD BE IN THE WORK ORDERS THAT WE ARE PREPARING TO, TO, UM, TO ISSUE.

SO BASICALLY COMMITTED FUNDS ARE FUNDS THAT WE WILL SOON HOPEFULLY MOVE TO THE PAID CATEGORY AND MEANS MORE, UM, OF THOSE, OF THOSE VIOLATIONS WILL BE ABATED AT THAT POINT.

UM, I BROKE DOWN.

HERE'S A LITTLE DEPICTION OF SPENDING BY DISTRICT.

OBVIOUSLY THE, THE, THE LIGHT PURPLE IS PAID, THE DARK PURPLE IS COMMITTED.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE GRAY AT THE TOP IS REMAINING.

AND EACH OF THOSE NUMBERS AT THE TOP OF ALL OF THOSE BARS ARE THE REMAINING AMOUNTS IN EACH DISTRICT.

AND THEN I PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, DEPICTION OF WHICH DISTRICTS WE'VE SPENT, YOU KNOW, SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THE, THE MONEY HAS KIND OF FALLEN OUT BASED ON THE VIOLATIONS THAT WE HAVE BY THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UH, VIOLATIONS THAT WE HAVE.

CONDEMNATIONS VERSUS TALL GRASS VERSUS JUNK, TRASH AND DEBRIS.

AND THIS IS A, UH, ALL THESE NUMBERS REPRESENT BOAT, UM, COMMITTED AND PAID FUNDS FOR EACH DISTRICT.

SO THAT MEANS BASICALLY THAT'S THE WORK THAT WE HAVE EITHER COMPLETED OR ARE LOOKING TO COMPLETE.

AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

UM, ANY , I MEAN NUMBERS.

THAT'S IT.

YOU BLEW IT.

AKA POCO QUESTIONS, I GUESS.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK? THERE'S ONLY SO MANY PICTURES I COULD MAKE OF A WHOLE BUNCH OF NUMBERS.

SO, , IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE REPORT? COUNCIL MEMBERS? YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL, COMMENT AND SUPPORT OF THE REPORT.

OOH, YAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER HEARST.

I JUST WANT TO ASK DENISE.

EMMA, ROSA, CAN I HOLD SOMETHING? ? THAT'S IT.

CAN I BORROW SOMETHING? PLEASE? BECAUSE, UH, YOU HAVE A LOT OF REMAINING, I HAVE A LOT LEFT , UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.

UM, SO WHEN WE MET, I THINK IT'S IN, UH, 2021, UM, THE FIRST ALLOCATION OF OUR PERFU, OUR PER FUNDS, WE WERE TOLD THAT EACH, UM, DISTRICT WOULD GET 185,000, I THINK.

AND I WANT MY, I WAS NOT DIRECTOR WHEN THE FUNDS WERE ALLOCATED, I DON'T BELIEVE.

UM, FOR US TO, UM, HAVE DEDICATED TO OUR, TO OUR DISTRICTS.

AND, UM, THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN, IN, SO, SO, UH, OVER TIME I WAS TALKING TO KELVIN AND HE WOULD SAY, YOU WOULD JUST HAVE TO SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS USED APPROPRIATELY.

AND, BUT MY, AND WHICH IS FINE, BUT WE, WE'VE NEVER GOTTEN THE MONEY.

AND I THINK I MAY HAVE SPOKE WITH YOU AND YOU SAID IT WAS IN HERE, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT WE VOTED ON, AND THAT IS NOT WHAT THE AGREEMENT WAS FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

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UM, SO THE, EACH DISTRICT GOT $375,000 THAT WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY DIVIDED EACH ONE OF YOU GOT THAT AND IT WAS GOING TO BE MANAGED AND, UM, UTILIZING THE DISTRICT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT.

AND THAT'S THE PART THAT WAS NOT THE CASE.

AND SO, I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT MY LOW NUMBERS AND A LOT OF IT IS BECAUSE, UM, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ORCHESTRATE OF THE SPENDING THAT WAS PROMISED.

AND, UH, ALSO I WAS SHARING A WORKER.

UM, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE RECTIFYING THAT THIS WEEK.

BUT I JUST THINK THAT TOO OFTEN WE VOTE ON THINGS, UM, BASED ON OUR COMMUNICATION AND, AND BUDGET MEETINGS.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THIS ADMINISTRATION JUST CHANGES ON YOU BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, YOU WEREN'T, YOU WEREN'T HERE.

UM, BUT THAT IS THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY STATED.

AND HOW CAN YOU, CAN YOU, CAN YOU, AND, AND I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO IS, UM, DO THE NECESSARY RESEARCH, UM, THAT, OF THAT MEETING AND MAYBE GET WITH FINANCE REGARDING, UM, THE ALLOCATION.

THE WAY IT WAS, WAS THE, THE WAY IT WAS, UM, WAS PRESENTED TO US IN A POWERPOINT.

AND WE JUST NEED TO RECTIFY THAT.

AND WE NEED TO HAVE A WORD AND, YOU KNOW, NOT DECEIVE JUST TO GET A VOTE OR NOT TO MISREPRESENT, JUST TO GET A VOTE.

UM, BECAUSE I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT WHATEVER YOU TELL ME, I HOLD IT LIT.

YOU KNOW, I TAKE IT LITERALLY NOT ON, I LEAVE A LOT OF LEEWAY OR CHANGES.

SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT MY AS IS.

I UNDERSTAND THE, UH, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WAS A PART OF, UM, OUR KICKOFF MEETINGS, UM, AS HOW TO HOW THIS MONEY WAS GOING TO BE AND CONTRACTS WERE GONNA BE ESTABLISHED AND MONEY WAS GOING TO BE SPENT.

AND HOW THAT, THAT WAS GONNA BE JUSTIFIED.

I SAID, THIS HAS HAPPENED, THIS HAPPENED BEFORE YOUR KICKOFF MEETING AND THIS IS WHAT WE WERE TOLD.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE WAS VERY INVOLVED IN.

IN THE COORDINATION.

I, I DIDN'T, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY WEREN'T.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS IS WHAT WE WERE TOLD.

THIS IS WHAT FINANCE AND THEN CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR PRESENTED IN THE, UH, INFORMATION FOR US TO APPROVE THE PACKET.

AND WHAT I SAID I'M GONNA SAY AGAIN, IS CAN YOU REVIEW WHAT WAS TOLD TO US IN THE MEETING, THE POWERPOINT SO THAT WE COULD DO WHAT WAS TOLD TO US? I, I WILL REVIEW IT, BUT THE, OKAY.

THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WERE PART OF ALL OF THE KICKOFF MEETINGS FOR HOW THIS IS BEING.

WHAT'S THAT? AND YOUR POINT IS EXACTLY ADAMS. OH, UM, I, I YELL MY, MY MACHINE.

MY MACHINE IS NOT WORKING RIGHT NOW, BUT I WANTED TO, I WANTED TO TOUCH BASE ON WHAT WAS SAID.

UM, PREVIOUSLY JUST NOW WE WERE OFFERED UP TO X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS OKAY.

TO DO BLIGHT.

EACH COUNCIL MEMBER COME TO THEM WITH A BLIGHT PROJECTS OR THINGS THAT THEY COULD DO IN THEIR DISTRICT TO, IF THEY KNOW SOMETHING.

AND ANYBODY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I DO REMEMBER THEIR OFFERING OF THE MONEY.

WE, WE APPROVED IT.

IT WAS NOTHING TO GO INTO OUR BUDGET INDIVIDUALLY, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.

AND FINANCE COULD PROBABLY ANSWER THAT, WHICH SHE'S AGREEING WITH ME OVER THERE THAT SHE WOULD BE UP TO X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT WE COULD USE FOR BLIGHT.

ME AND COUNCILMAN HUDSON HAD DISCUSSION ABOUT COULD WE BUY A STREET SWEEPER AND WE WOULD SHARE IT AMONG OUR DISTRICTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

NO, WE COULDN'T DO THAT.

I DON'T HAVE MUCH BLIGHT.

ME AND, UH, COUNCILMAN NOEL DISCUSSED, I DON'T HAVE HARDLY ANY BLIGHT, SO I COULDN'T, I PROBABLY COULDN'T USE UP TO A X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS, BUT WE TRIED TO FIND WAYS TO, TO USE THAT MONEY.

WE APPRECIATE YOU OFFERING IT TO OUR DISTRICTS AND EVERYTHING.

UM, BUT I JUST COULDN'T FIND A WAY TO USE IT.

AND WHAT WE WERE TOLD WAS, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE DONE OR SPECIFIC IN YOUR DISTRICT TO, TO BLIGHT, PLEASE COME SEE THE ADMINISTRATION.

AND WE WOULD HAVE UP TO X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS FOR EACH ONE OF OUR COUNCIL.

NOTHING TO BE PUT IN OUR BUDGET.

NOTHING.

I THINK EVERYTHING WAS DONE CORRECTLY.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO UTILIZE IT SPECIFICALLY ON MYSELF.

IF SOMETHING COMES UP IN MY DISTRICT, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO COME TO YOU.

AND I KNOW THAT THE MONEY IS THERE AND I APPRECIATE IT.

WORK WE HAVE DONE ARE EXISTING COURT ORDERS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, JUDGEMENTS THAT WE HAVE GOT, THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN BASED ON EITHER COMPLAINTS OR OTHER, YOU KNOW, VIOLATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON? I DID COME TO RACHEL.

IF I CAN DIRECT, UH, I, I'LL JUST SAY THAT WHAT THE

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UM, TRYING TO KIND OF HELP CLEAR UP SOME OF OUR BACKLOG.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES WITH TRYING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, GET CAUGHT UP ON THE ABATEMENT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LACK OF, OF STAFF IN SOME OF MY, IN THE, UM, IN THE FIELD CREWS.

I ACTUALLY, MY FIELD CREW IS THREE PEOPLE FOR THE ENTIRE BLIGHT DEPARTMENT TO DO.

YOU KNOW, SO WITHOUT THIS FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, I HAVE THREE PEOPLE TO TEAR DOWN ALL THE HOUSES, CUT ALL THE GRASS, AND PICK UP ALL THE JUNK TRASH AND DEBRIS IN THIS PARISH.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS, TRY TO TRY TO HELP WITH SOME OF THOSE VACANCIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND THEN ALSO TO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO HELP DO SOME OF YOUR, YOU KNOW, VISIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

UM, MY DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT YOU EACH WORK WITH YOUR OUTREACH WORKERS TO TRY TO HELP, YOU KNOW, GET CERTAIN THINGS CLEANED UP.

WE SEE ALL THAT, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS OF OBTAINING THE COURT ORDER OR THE JUDGMENT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO LEGALLY GO AND CLEAN THAT UP.

NOW, LIKE I'LL POINT OUT A SPECIFIC PROJECT THAT COUNCILMAN NOEL HAD COME TO ME WITH, UM, WAS THAT HE FELT THAT SOME OF DOT D'S ROADS WEREN'T BEING CUT VERY WELL, UM, IN HIS DISTRICT AND ITS PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH WOULD NOT MEET, WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT I WOULDN'T NEED A COURT ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO, BUT HE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SUPPLEMENT AND AUGMENT THAT, THAT CUTTING THAT DOTD IS PROVIDING.

AND I TOLD, YOU KNOW, SO I PROVIDED HIM, YOU KNOW, SAID, PROVIDE ME SOME MAPS AND WE CAN TRY TO PUT TOGETHER SOME COST ESTIMATES AND WHATNOT AND, YOU KNOW, MEET WITH THE MAYOR.

AND I WOULD, I MEAN, MEET WITH THE CONTRACTOR, EXCUSE ME, AND, AND TRY TO, YOU KNOW, ACCOMPLISH THAT AND, AND SOME OF HIS GOALS, UM, UTILIZING THE EXISTING CONTRACTS THAT I HAVE SET UP FOR, FOR GRASS, RIGHT.

BECAUSE WE HAVE THE, WE HAVE THE GRASS CONTRACT IS SET UP IN A TIERED APPROACH, WHEREAS WE HAVE PRICES FOR DIFFERENT RANGES OR SIZES OF LOTS, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE A BUY THE ACRE CUT PRICE, RIGHT? AND THAT WAS WHAT WE WERE GOING TO BASICALLY DO IS FIND, LOOK AT THE AREAS WHERE BRANDON HAD SOME, UH, OUR COUNCILMAN NOLE HAD, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERNS SO THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, APPROXIMATE THE, THE ACREAGE AND THEN GET THAT PAID AND AND CUT APPROPRIATELY.

COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.

OH, I WAS, OH, COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, MS. LAMBERT, I WANT TO GET, UH, SOME CLARITY REAL QUICK.

YOU HAVE TWO SHEETS IN HERE, ARPA RECAP BY DISTRICT, AND YOU'VE GOT A PAGE ONE AND TWO.

SO, SO IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, I THINK WHAT MS. BANKS, UH, IS REFERENCING IS THE DISTRICT TOTALS ARE 375,000 FOR EACH DISTRICT.

UH, AND THEN I SEE REMAINING ALLOCATIONS, AND IT GOES DOWN FROM THERE.

IF I'M READING THIS RIGHT, DISTRICT 10 HAS DONE A REAL GOOD JOB.

THE DISTRICT 10 HAS DONE A REAL GOOD JOB AT SPENDING THEIR MONEY.

UM, DISTRICT SEVEN IS SPENT PRETTY FAR DOWN AND THERE'S VARIANCE, UH, SPENDING AMOUNT STILL LEFT IN OTHER DISTRICTS.

UM, ARE THOSE, THOSE ARE REMAINING DOLLARS THAT WE CAN GO OUT AND FIND PROJECTS FOR? UM, YES.

AND SUBMIT THEM TO YOUR OFFICE.

YEAH, FOR SURE.

UM, I THINK, I THINK THAT'S THE QUESTION.

WE JUST NEED TO FOLLOW THE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S GONNA BE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE, THE REQUIREMENTS, UM, TO GET A COURT ORDER OR A JUDGMENT ON THAT.

UM, OR, OR IF IT'S IN PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT, UM, KELVIN AND I HAD BEFORE HE LEFT SPEAKING ABOUT DOING SOME RIGHT OF WAY TYPE WORK ORDER CONTRACTS TO HELP COMBAT SOME OF THIS ILLEGAL DUMPING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON TO KIND OF AUGMENT WHAT KIND OF THIS, THIS, UM, AREA THAT KIND OF EXISTS BETWEEN REPUBLIC AND THE DEPARTMENT OF MAINTENANCE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT TO KIND OF HELP PROVIDE SOME MORE COVERAGE IN THAT AREA.

UM, AND, AND TRY TO CLEAN UP SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THIS BLIGHT AND ILLEGAL DUMPING AND TO MAKE A BIGGER IMPACT.

SO THAT WAS ANOTHER OPTION THAT WE HAD, UH, THAT, THAT KELVIN AND I WERE DISCUSSING.

UM, IF THAT'S AN INTEREST TO YOU, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN TRYING REALLY HARD TO GET ALL THIS TOGETHER AND PUT OUT MORE CONTRACTS AND STUFF.

WE JUST, YOU KNOW, I ONLY HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE IN ORDER TO, TO MOVE THE PAPER AND WHATNOT.

FOLK THAT WERE HERE BEFORE AND DWIGHT COMMITTED TO GIVING ME SOME MONEY.

JUST WANNA SAY RIGHT QUICKLY HERE, UH, THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT AND JUST WANT THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, SEVEN AND 10, BUT I'M GONNA SPEAK FOR THE 10 AS PLENTY, PLENTY VI UH, BLIGHT AND ALL OF THIS OTHER STUFF.

JUNK AND TRASH AND DEBRIS AND JUST A LOT OUT THERE.

AND A LOT HAS BEEN DONE.

AND WHEN THIS FIRST STARTED, WE UH, HAD A CONVERSATION WITH

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AND SO I JUST WANT HIM TO SAY AMEN TO THIS IN ORDER THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO DO THAT, WHICH IS EVIDENT ON THIS REPORT WHERE IT'S SAYING THAT IT IS, UH, PENDING.

SO SOME OF THESE PENDS CAN BECOME, UH, COMPLETED.

AND I WANNA SAY WHILE I'M HERE TO DISTRICT 10, ONCE WE CLEAN THIS UP, I EXPECT YOU ALL TO KEEP IT CLEAN BECAUSE ALL OF THIS BACK AND FORTH PICKING UP IS LUDICROUS.

SO ONCE WE GET OUT HERE AND, AND DO THIS WORK, IT IS, IT IS, I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB WITH KEEPING YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND NOT ALLOWING OTHER FOLK TO COME IN OUR DISTRICTS AND DUMP, BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT IS GOING ON AS WELL.

AND I'LL ADD THAT IN DISTRICT SEVEN AND 10.

I DO HAVE EVEN MORE, UH, WORK ORDERS OR JUDGEMENTS TO BE ABLE TO EXECUTE, THOUGH I DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDING IN HERE, SO THEY'LL HAVE TO FIT INTO OUR IN-HOUSE CREWS, UH, WORK.

YEAH, I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, I GOT $350,000 WORTH OF WORK TOMORROW IN DISTRICT SEVEN THAT CAN BE DONE.

BOTH OF BOTH SEVEN AND 10 DO.

WELL, I'M, I MEAN, SHE SPOKE TO 10.

YEAH, I'M, I'M, I'M GONNA SPEAK FOR SEVEN, UH, DWIGHT, I'M WAITING ON YOU TELLING ME COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, TURN YOUR BACK ON PLEASE.

SO I WANNA JUST CLARIFY AND I HOPE, UM, COUNCILMAN MO IS CORRECT IN WHAT HE'S SAYING BECAUSE HE ACCURATELY, UM, DESCRIBED THE SITUATION.

IT'S NOT THE 325 THAT WE SEE HERE.

IT WAS 185,000 THAT WAS, UM, PROMISED TO EACH DIFF EACH DISTRICT FOR PROJECTS THAT THEY PRIORITIZED.

UM, IT IS NO, AS A, AS A COUNCIL, THERE'S A REASON WE ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR DISTRICTS AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DETERMINE, UM, THE GROWTH AND THE NEEDS IN OUR DISTRICTS.

THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN THROUGH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

SO, UM, BASED ON HIS, UM, HIS UNDERSTANDING IS, AND, AND AGAIN, I DID PRESENT A, A PROJECT TO CALVIN AND UM, HE SAID THAT WE, WE, WE NEVER GOT TO THE END OF IT CUZ ALL KIND OF OTHER STUFF HAPPENED.

SO I DID FOLLOW THE PROCESS THAT HE JUST DESCRIBED, BUT HE WHAT, BASED ON WHAT, UH, COUNCILMAN MOK, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M CORRECT THAT THE $185,000, NOW I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS, WHAT'S ON THIS REPORT IS AVAILABLE TO ME TO WORK, TO STILL, UM, IDENTIFY PROJECTS IN MY DISTRICT THAT ARE IN ALIGN WITH THE GROWTH PROJECTS AND THE, UM, DEVELOPER INTERESTS AND THE RETAIL INTERESTS AND THE HOUSING, ALL OF THAT TRAJECTORY.

I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT HE'S CORRECT IN THAT.

SO WHAT MY MEMORY OF IT IS THAT THE MAYOR DID COMMIT THAT EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT, I THOUGHT IT WAS 180 7 500 TWICE THAT'S, BUT WHAT, WHATEVER.

AND WE DID APPROPRIATE THAT MONEY ON THE BUDGET SUPPLEMENTS AND THAT IS THE MONEY THAT RACHEL IS REPORTING ON.

SO ALTHOUGH IT'S ALL BEING ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND OF DEVELOPMENT, SHE IS TRACKING IT, HER COUNCIL DISTRICT AND WE ARE RESERVING THOSE FUNDS TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THOSE PROJECTS DONE.

SO I WANT YOU TO, YOU MISSED A VERY, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PART AND THAT IS THE COUNCIL MEMBER IDENTIFIES THE, THE PROJECTS MA'AM.

AND I WAS UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER WAS CONTACTING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT TO IDENTIFY THE PROJECTS THAT WERE GONNA BE DONE.

IS THAT NOT THE WAY? UH, IF YOU LOOK AT ME, UM, CAUSE YES MA'AM.

I'M SORRY.

WHAT, WHAT? YOU GOTTA REMEMBER WHAT SHE, SHE WASN'T HERE.

I DON'T WANT US TO BE LEFT AGAIN.

SO THOSE PROJECTS WERE TO BE BROUGHT TO KELVIN AND YES, SHE'S INDICATED MULTIPLE TIMES I WASN'T HERE.

SO I ALWAYS, WHEN I'M NOT THERE, I DON'T TRY TO DEFEND THINGS WHEN I WASN'T THERE.

SO I ALWAYS THINK THAT'S, UM, SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE SHOULD STEER AWAY FROM.

BUT YOU WERE THERE AND AS WELL AS I THINK IT WAS THREE OR FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND YOU KNOW, THAT THAT PART IS CLEAR, BUT BASED ON, UM, UM, COUNCILMAN MOK INDICATING IN THIS MEETING THAT WE, IF HE HAD A PROJECT THAT HIS $185 FOR HIS SPECIAL PROJECT IS THERE, I WANT TO CLARIFY IN THIS MEETING THAT UH, CAUSE

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ME THINKING THAT, UM, BASED ON HIS COMMENT AND EVERYBODY SHAKING THEIR HEAD THAT THAT'S THE CASE AND THEN I COME WITH MY PROJECT AND THEY'RE LIKE BACK TO, NO, IT'S BEING, IT'S, THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORK.

SO I WANT TO KNOW RIGHT NOW, BASED ON THE MEETING, BASED ON MY APPROVAL, BASED ON WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO US.

DO DOES, DO, DOES EACH DISTRICT HAVE 180? WELL, HOW MUCH YOU SAY, I THOUGHT IT WAS 180 7 5, BUT I THOUGHT WE DID 187 5 TO, FOR A SPECIFIC BLIGHT ELIMINATION PROJECT AS WE APPROVED AND AS WAS PRESENTED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

YES MA'AM.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE MAYOR'S INTENTION WAS FOR EACH OF YOU TO HAVE THOSE FUNDINGS, THAT FUNDING WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT IN ORDER FOR YOU TO HAVE ADDRESSED THESE BLIGHT, BLIGHT NEEDS.

NO SPECIFIC PROJECTS WERE DONE AT THAT TIME.

WHAT SHE SAID I KNOW, BUT SHE SAID WE COULDN'T BRING IT CUZ THAT WAS PART OF THE CONVERSATION, I BELIEVE.

AND I, AND THE THING ABOUT IT IS, I HAVE PROJECTS THAT I'VE BEEN WA TRYING TO WORK THROUGH AND HONESTLY I THINK WE JUST NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

AND I THINK THIS THAT'S, I'M TRYING FUNDS STILL THERE FOR YOU.

THERE WAS A DEFINED DEFINITION.

YOU WEREN'T HERE.

HEY RACHEL, YOU WEREN'T THERE.

DON'T, DON'T DO THAT, DON'T DO THAT.

I'M JUST TELLING YOU, THERE WAS A DEFINED DEFINITION OF BLIGHT, UM, PROVIDED TO THE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

UM, AND THAT WOULD GOVERN, UM, OR DICTATE WHAT TYPES OF PROJECTS COULD OR COULDN'T BE APPROVED.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA THAT FITS INSIDE THAT DEFINITION, UM, THEN WE CAN, WE CAN WORK ON THAT TOGETHER.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT EXTRA TIME.

I WANNA MAKE SURE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS IS SO HARD THAT WHEN I COME UP WITH MY HUNDRED AND 85 8 5 81 85 7 50 IN PROJECTS IN 2023 THAT I'M NOT NOT GONNA HAVE ANY PROBLEMS AS LONG AS THEY FIT INSIDE THE DEFINITION OF BLIGHT THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, SUBMITTED TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THESE A R P DOLLARS.

THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO KNOW.

I DON'T WANT ANY, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU'VE ALREADY SPENT TOO MUCH AND ALL OF THAT STUFF.

COUNCIL, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO CHECK.

THANK COUNCIL MEMBER DUN.

THOSE CONVERSATIONS DID HAPPEN.

UH, COUNCILWOMAN BANKS AND COUNCILMAN MO.

UH, CORRECT.

UH, THOSE FUNDS WERE COMMITTED, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH THESE A R P DOLLARS, HOW THEY CAN BE USED.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WAS NAVIGATING THROUGH THIS PROCESS TRYING TO GET SOME UNDERSTANDING.

WE'VE HAD SOME TRANSITION TAKE PLACE AND FRANKLY, WHAT I THINK ON BOTH ENDS, THE COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATION, JUST THE COMMUNICATION HAS BROKEN DOWN.

SO WHAT I'M HEARING, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE FUNDS WERE COMMITTED, THE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, WE JUST NEED TO INCREASE OUR COMMUNICATION AND TALK TO EACH OTHER AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO.

BECAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY KIND OF BACKED AWAY.

I DON'T THINK IT WAS JUST ADMINISTRATION.

I THINK COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS AND WAS AT A PAUSE BECAUSE WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW.

AND Y'ALL KNOW, DAR WANTED TO USE HIS FUNDS TO GIVE OUT MORE CERTIFICATES TO PEOPLE AND , HE WANTED TO DO HIS OWN PROCUREMENT IN ALL OF THAT STUFF.

SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF STUFF HAPPENED AND I THINK PEOPLE JUST KINDA, YOU KNOW, STEP TO THE STEP BACK.

BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD CONVERSATION.

I THINK WE CAN NOW TAKE A STEP FORWARD, HAVE CON CONVERSATION, COMMUNICATE AND THE FUNDS ARE THERE.

COUNCILWOMAN BANKS, GET YOUR LIST TOGETHER.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO DO, RACHEL AND UM, LINDA, I'M SORRY LINDA IS GET A LIST TOGETHER OF THE PROJECTS THAT CAN BE DONE, BECAUSE THAT WAS ANOTHER ISSUE.

WHAT CAN I SPEND THE MONEY ON? WHAT I CAN'T, WHAT CAN I NOT SPEND THE MONEY ON? AND I KNOW THEN WE WAS VERY EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS AND I THINK NOW YOU GUYS MAY HAVE MORE INFORMATION.

WE'VE GOT MORE GUIDANCE FROM C S R S WHO'S OVERSEEING THE, THE ALLOCATION IN SPENDING AND WE'LL CALL IT TRACKING OF THE FED, THE, THE ARPA DOLLARS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND, AND THEY DUG REALLY FAR INTO IT AND PROVIDED US SOME GUIDANCE AS WELL ON HOW TO NAVIGATE THE SPENDING OF, OF THESE DOLLARS.

SO IF YOU DON'T MIND SENDING ALL OF US A EMAIL SAYING, HEY, THIS IS THE GUIDANCE.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A PROJECT YOU CAN DO.

THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS WE'VE BEEN, UH, TOLD WE CAN'T DO.

THAT WAY EVERYBODY CAN HAVE SOME GUIDANCE AND SOME DIRECTION ON, ON KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE.

THE FACT THAT SHE HAD THE MOST BLIGHT IN THE ENTIRE PARISH.

COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON AS A, AS A FOLLOW UP TO COUNCILMAN? YES, I DID TALK TO YOU ABOUT, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WERE AVAILABLE IN DISTRICT NINE.

AND LET ME CLARIFY WHY I DID THAT.

UH, BECAUSE WHEN I SPOKE TO COUNCILMAN COLEMAN, SHE LAID OUT ON A MAP FOR ME, UH, WHERE HER BLIGHTED PROPERTIES WERE,

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UH, AND SHE LAID OUT A CLEAR AND CONCISE PLAN ON HOW TO SPEND HER DOLLARS VERY QUICKLY.

AND THEN IT, IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT PER THIS REPORT, SHE DID EXACTLY WHAT SHE SAID.

SO YES, IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, UH, AVAILABLE FROM DISTRICT NINE, UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE DISTRICT THAT HAS THE MOST IMPACT FROM BLIGHT DISTRICT 10.

UH, RECEIVE THE DOLLARS FIRST.

SEVEN.

YOU JUST NEED TO TELL ME A NUMBER AND THEN I WILL MOVE THE FUNDS.

THE FUNDS NOT, NOT THE COUNCIL DID.

NU THE MONEY NUMBER.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER MO.

THAT'S, I APPRECIATE IT.

I NEED ALL 350.

THAT'S UP TO YOU ALL.

SO I'M TAKING DIRECTION, NOT MOVING MONEY WITHOUT ANYBODY'S AUTHORIZATION, NEEDS TO ANSWER MY CHRISTMAS WORK, UH, REQUEST OVER THERE.

BUT, UM, THIS IS A REAL SORE SPOT FOR ME.

HEY, HEY.

EXCUSE ME.

WHAT, WHAT GENTLEMAN IS TALKING ABSOLUTELY YIELD TO THE GENTLEMAN.

UH OH.

THAT WAS PRINT CERTIFICATES, RIGHT? BUT THIS IS A REAL SORE SPOT FOR ME AND I KNOW THAT THEY, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS A HUNDRED PERCENT TRUE BECAUSE I WASN'T HERE AND I, WHEN I, WHEN I CAME IN HERE, I WAS TOLD THE EXACT SAME THING.

I SAT IN THE OFFICE WITH AL GIK, ANGIE, LINDA, AND I WAS TOLD I HAD $375,000 TO GO IN MY DISTRICT TOWARDS BRIGHT BLIGHT TO CREATE PROGRAMMING.

SO WHAT DID I DO? .

I PUT TOGETHER A BRIGHT BLIGHT PROGRAM.

I WENT TO THE NEWS, I TOLD THE NEWS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO.

UH, DIDN'T CALL THE PRESS CONFERENCE.

BY THE WAY.

I, AT THAT TIME, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT DENNIS SENT OUT THE 5,247 NEWS CHANNELS, BUT THEY SHOWED UP.

I DID EXACTLY WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT DOES, WAS CREATED A SCOPE OF WORK.

I IDENTIFIED THE PROPERTIES THAT WERE ON MY LIST.

I FOLLOWED EVERY RULE IN CITY GOVERNMENT BECAUSE I HAD SOME AMAZING PEOPLE DIRECTING ME BEHIND THE SCENES ON HOW TO DO IT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS LEGAL, MORAL AND ETHICAL.

AND IT WAS THE RIGHT THING ABOUT A TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

I WAS RAKED OVER THE COLE'S.

I WAS BROUGHT INTO MEETINGS AND TOLD PEOPLE THAT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

THAT I WAS DOING THE WRONG THING WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS, THAT I DIDN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO IT.

IT WASN'T UNTIL THE PARISH ATTORNEY PUT EVERYBODY ON THE PHONE PER MY REQUEST, AND THEN EVERYBODY CRAWFISH.

CUZ NOW I DID IT THE RIGHT WAY.

AND THE ONLY THING THAT CAME TO WAS ACTUALLY BECK SAYING I DIDN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO IT AS A DEPARTMENT HEAD.

AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, THE GREAT THING ABOUT THAT, I HAVE TWO DEPARTMENT HEADS NAMED CHRIS GOSEN AND KEL HILL THAT CAN LOOK OVER MY SHOULDER AND MAKE SURE I DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.

AND THEN I SAT IN THE CITY CLUB WITH KELVIN HILL, WHICH ROYALLY ME OFF WHERE HE TOLD ME THE ONLY REASON HE DIDN'T WANT, HE DIDN'T DO MY PLAN IS BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH SMALL BUSINESSES.

SO I'M PUTTING IT ON THE RECORD AND ROYALLY P****D ME OFF.

I'M GETTING, MY BLOOD IS BOILING RIGHT NOW THINKING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WHEN I GO BACK AND THE NEWS MEDIA COMES BACK AND SAYS, I WANT TO DO A FOLLOW UP ON YOUR BLIGHT PROGRAM TO SEE THE EFFECTIVENESS, THE, THE, THE EFFICACY OF IT IN YOUR DISTRICT.

NOW I'M LEFT HOLDING A BAG BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T DO WHAT YOU TOLD ME YOU WERE GOING TO DO WHEN I SAT IN THE OFFICE.

AND THEN LINDA, I'M NOT BLAM, I'M NOT BLAMING, I MEAN LINDA, ANGIE AND DARRELL.

WHAT KELVIN HILL SPECIFICALLY RAILROADED ME ON THAT SAID, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE ARPA REQUIREMENTS, WHICH I DID SAID I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE BLIGHT ROOT REQUIREMENTS, WHICH I 100% DID.

AND WHEN I GOT 'EM ON THE PHONE, EVERYBODY CRAWFISH.

SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW, WHILE I WAS NOT A PART OF IT, I WAS RAPED OVER THE COAL LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE UP HERE.

AND IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, RACHEL I'S NOT YOUR FAULT.

I'M NOT.

LISTEN, YOU WON'T HOLD THE BAG RIGHT NOW CAUSE BUT SHE SHOULD TRY TO DEFEND WHAT SHE, HEY, HEY, HEY, LET HIM FINISH.

BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IS THAT WAS TOLD THERE WAS PROMISED FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, JUST LIKE THEY WAS SAID, I WAS TOLD WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, CUZ THE FIRST THING I ASKED ABOUT WAS TEARING DOWN THESE HOUSES IN THESE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES OF MY DISTRICT.

AND WHAT AUTHORITY DO I HAVE TO DO THAT? YEP.

I WAS TOLD AS A RESPONSE THAT I HAD $375,000 TO DO IT.

THEN I CAME BACK AND WAS TOLD BY KELVIN HILL THAT THREE 11 TICKETS WERE GOING AWAY.

I KNOW THEY ARE.

CAUSE YOU USED MY MONEY TO DO IT.

AND THAT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE FOR.

RIGHT? SO I'M PUTTING IT ON THE RECORD THAT THOSE WERE CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAD AND IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME ON THE MIC AND DEFENDANT, THEY WILL, THEY'RE WELCOME TO DO SO.

BUT I WAS ROLLING PIERCE OFF AND I BELIEVE THE DISTRICTS AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT WE PROMISED THESE THINGS TO, UM, GOT A DISSERVICE THROUGH THAT PROCESS.