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TO TWO, ONE, AND YOU'VE GOT IT.[CALL TO ORDER]
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.WELCOME TO OUR PRESENTATION PORTION OF OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING ON MARCH 8TH AT 3:30 PM FIRST UP, WE'LL HAVE MAYOR.
PRESENT IS SHARON WESTERN BROOM TO RECOGNIZE SUPERINTENDENT OF EAST BARRON PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM SEAT NA SEAT, DR.
NA MANN, CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM, CHIEF FINANCIAL DIRECTOR NICOLA HALL AND EXPERIENCE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR.
OH, THAT IS THE EXPERIENCE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR, A PROCLAMATION NATIONAL SCHOOL, BREAKFAST WEEK, MARCH 6TH TO 10TH.
UH, THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TIM, AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL NATIONAL SCHOOL BREAKFAST WEEK IS AN ANNUAL EVENT RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF A NUTRITIOUS BREAKFAST FOR CHILDREN AND TO PROMOTE THE SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES FREE OR REDUCED PRICE BREAKFAST TO MILLIONS OF STUDENTS.
I BELIEVE MOST OF OUR STUDENTS GET FREE.
UM, BREAKFAST DURING NATIONAL SCHOOL.
BREAKFAST WEEK SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING SCHOOLS IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO EAT A HEALTHY BREAKFAST EVERY DAY.
THE SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM HAS BEEN SHOWN TO HAVE MANY BENEFITS FOR STUDENTS, INCLUDING IMPROVED ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, BETTER ATTENDANCE RATES, AND IMPROVED OVERALL HEALTH AND NUTRITION BY PROMOTING THE PROGRAM AND ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE.
NATIONAL SCHOOL BREAKFAST WEEK AIMS TO HELP CHILDREN START THEIR DAY OFF RIGHT WITH THE HEALTHY AND NUTRITIOUS MEAL.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART BECAUSE I HAVE NOW ASSUMED THE ROLE AS THE, UH, VICE CHAIR OF THE MAYOR'S ALLIANCE TO END CHILDHOOD HUNGER NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.
UH, YESTERDAY WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO BE WITH, UH, ONE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS FOR U S D A, WHO WAS HERE AS WE VISITED, UH, JEFFERSON TERRACE SCHOOL, AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE, UH, BREAKFAST A VERY HEARTY BREAKFAST TO, UH, THE STUDENTS.
SO I WANNA, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ALL HAD A LITTLE REFRESHMENT TODAY TOO.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THEN.
SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO SUPERINTENDENT DR.
NADINE MANN, UH, FROM THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM, THE CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM, ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, DIRECTOR, UH, NICOLE HALL, AND THE STAFF AT EBR R UH, PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR YOUR WORK TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS RECEIVE NUTRITIOUS MEALS.
AND I'M GOING TO PRESENT THEM, UH, WITH THE PROCLAMATION THAT I HAVE MADE, UH, DECLARING, UH, THIS WEEK SCHOOL, BREAKFAST WEEK IN THE CITY, IN PARISH.
HOW YOU DOING? GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
WE SERVE 18,000 BREAKFAST A DAY IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES ACROSS THE DISTRICT IN 75 SCHOOLS.
AND WE'RE THE FASTEST FAST FOOD RESTAURANT THAT THERE IS.
WE MAKE IT HAPPEN, AND WE'VE HIRED, RECENTLY HIRED SOME CHEFS.
SO WE HAVE, UH, THEM WITH US TODAY AND WE'RE EXCITED, UH, TO HAVE THEM.
AND THEY BROUGHT WITH THEM SOME SAMPLING OF LUNCH ITEMS, SOME NEW LUNCH ITEMS. THANK YOU, DITO.
NEXT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER CLE DUNN, JR.
HERE TO RECOGNIZE MYRA RICHARDS FOUNDER OF 2 25 FEST AND THEIR SPONSORS.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE HERE IN THE CHAMBERS AND EVERYONE WATCHING US AT HOME.
AS YOU CAN SEE, I HAVE A DOWER HURST STACK OF CERTIFICATES OF RE RECOGNITION FORT WORTHY CALLS.
I'M GONNA ASK MARA AND ALL THE SPONSORS OF 2 25 FESTS TO COME JOIN MYSELF AND THE MAYOR UP HERE.
I'M GOING TO READ ONE OF THE, UH, CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION FOR MEYER AND THEN ONE FOR THE
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SPONSORS.I'LL LET MAYER RECOGNIZE ALL THE SPONSORS.
SO FOR RICHARDSON, YOUR HARD WORK, DEDICATION, AND LEADERSHIP, AS FOUNDER OF THE 2 25 FEST, WE RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING JOB OF BRINGING THE CITY TOGETHER TO ENJOY THE RICH CULTURE BATON ROUGE HAS TO OFFER THROUGH ARTS, MUSIC, FOOD RESOURCE, PERFORMANCES, AND KIDS ACTIVITIES.
AND GIVEN THIS DAY, MARCH 8TH, 2023, WE SINCERELY CONGRATULATE AND RECOGNIZE YOU.
I'M GONNA LET MARA SPEAK, BUT I WANNA READ THE, UH, CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR ALL OF THESE SPONSORS WHO HELPED TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE.
YOUR SPONSORSHIP SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE YOU HAVE PROVIDED FOR BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AS WE ENJOY THE RICH CULTURE OF BATON ROUGE HAS TO OFFER THROUGH ITS INAUGURAL 2 25 FEST.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
UH, MANY OF US, UH, IN THE CITY, MANY OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ATTENDED 2 25 FEST.
IT WAS A GREAT DISPLAY OF OUR CITIZENS, OF OUR CULTURE, OF OUR MUSIC.
UH, JUST A FESTIVE ATMOSPHERE WITH OVER 14,000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.
SO WANNA TAKE MY HAT OFF TO MA IN PARTICULAR, PER TEAM AND ALL OF THESE SPONSORS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO MADE 2 25 POSSIBLE.
AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MAYER.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR BEING, UM, AGAIN, PARTNERS.
UM, AND WE WANNA JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE SPONSORS AND PARTNERS WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE.
AND MANY OF THEM ARE STANDING BEHIND ME, BUT MIND YOU, WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE IN ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.
SO IT WASN'T JUST ME AND MY SMALL BUT MIGHTY TEAM OF 22 PEOPLE.
BUT, UM, WE WANNA THANK LOUISIANA HEALTHCARE CONNECTIONS, THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, MAYOR, PRESIDENT SHARON.
WE BROOM VISIT BATON ROUGE, THE AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION, EMERGING METHOD, BATON ROUGE, COCA-COLA CARE, SOUTH MEDICAL AND DENTAL, EXXON MOBIL, BATON ROUGE METROPOLITAN AIRPORT, THE ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER BATON ROUGE, FRIENDS OF THE CAPITOL PARK MUSEUM, DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, PLANET FITNESS, BRICK POWER COALITION, BULL FISH BAR AND KITCHEN BOILING RU TURNER AVENUE, L L C MATADOR COMPANY, CHICKEN SHACK IMEDIA GC, DJ A TWICE GOOD LIFE PRODUCTIONS, BRANDON O. WILLIAMS, THE SELFIE STATION, FRESH AND FANCY FLORAL DESIGNS, LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ATTORNEY TEDRICK NACHE ATTORNEY.
CLAYTON ATTORNEY CHAZ COLEMAN, LIBERTY HIGH BASKETBALL TEAM, AND THE CAPITOL CITY CUES.
AND IF ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS COULD STAND UP HERE, WE'LL GET A PICTURE WITH Y'ALL AS WELL IN THE PHOTO.
AND THEN ALL OF OUR SPONSORS, Y'ALL CAN FLOOD IN RIGHT HERE.
AND THEN I'LL GET Y'ALL Y'ALL CERTIFICATES AFTERWARDS.
BUT EVERYONE COMING IN THIS WAY? ALL RIGHT, WE GOT ONE UP HERE.
ALL RIGHT, WE GOT SOME MORE RIGHT HERE.
NEXT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER DARYL HURST TO RECOGNIZE MEMBERS OF THE BATON ROUGE SENIOR CHOIR FROM THE CHARLES R. KELLY COMMUNITY CENTER.
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EMAILED? HEY, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.UM, I DO HAVE A STACK OF DOWN HIRST TYPE PRESENTATIONS UP HERE, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME AMAZING PEOPLE THAT ARE STANDING BEFORE YOU TODAY.
UM, WHEN I FIRST WENT TO THE CHARLES R. KELLER COMMUNITY CENTER, I WAS EMBRACED LIKE NO OTHER.
AND I THINK THE BIGGEST EMBRACE WAS SEEING THEM FELLOWSHIP, UH, NOT JUST TOGETHER, BUT IN CHRIST.
AND THEY WERE SEEING JOYFUL NOISES EVERY DAY AND SPREAD THE WORD OF GOD THROUGHOUT THAT BUILDING LIKE NO OTHER.
AND SO I SAID, MAN, Y'ALL SOUND SO GOOD.
AND ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS LATER, THE CHOIR CAME TO FRUITION.
WE HAVE ABOUT 12 MEMBERS HERE TODAY, BUT WE HAVE ABOUT 40 OR 50 MORE MEMBERS SIGNED UP READY TO JOIN.
UH, AND LOOK, CHARLES KELLY FAMILY AT THE, IN THE CROWD, IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND STANDING UP.
CAUSE I THINK Y'ALL ARE SO IMPORTANT TO THIS CITY.
AND SO THIS AMAZING CHOIR'S GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME OF THAT GOOD NEWS THAT THEY SPREAD TO THE CHARLES R. KELLY CENTER.
I LOVE TO PRAISE HIM, LOVE PRAY.
I LOVE TO PUT MY HANDS TOGETHER AND PRAISE HIM.
I KNOW HE'LL NEVER, NEVER, NEVER.
HE'S MY OH LORD, I KNOW HE'LL NEVER, NEVER LET, HE'S JUST A OH LORD.
PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER TO THE HALLELUJAH.
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IN THE MORNING, IS JESUS IN THEON, MY HEALER, MY COUNSELOR, MIGHTY GOD IS JESUS.DO YOU LOVE HIM? DO YOU LOVE HIM? JESUS, LORD JESUS IN THE MORNING, I CAN CALL HIM.
WHEN I CALL HIM, HE'LL ANSWER.
WHEN I CALL HIM, HE COME SEE YOU ABOUT HIM.
DO YOU LOVE HIM? DO YOU LOVE HIM HIS NAME? HALLELUJAH.
WE PLEASE, HUMBLY TEACH ME YOU WORKING.
HELP ME PLEASE, THOUGH SATAN IS, GOD IS REAL.
PLEASE LORD, PRAY YOUR YOU HOLY,
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MY YOUR IN YOUR ORDER, MY TONGUE IN YOUR, IN YOUR, IN YOUR, IN YOUR.SHOW ME HOW TO WALK IN YOUR, IN YOUR, SHOW ME HOW TO LOOK IN YOUR, IN YOUR, FIND ME A BRAND NEW SOUL.
I KNOW, UH, Y'ALL LIKE ONE SONG GOT ANOTHER ONE COMING.
BUT LEMME TELL YOU, UH, I NEVER RUSHED THE WORD OF GOD.
I NEVER RUSHED THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
AND WHEN IT'S MOVING, YOU GOTTA LET IT MOVE.
AND SOMETIMES WE NEED THE LORD IN THIS CHAMBERS AS ESPECIALLY THE PAST TWO SESSIONS WE NEEDED IN MORE THAN EVER.
SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL ALLOWING LONG, THESE AMAZING SENIORS TO BLESS YOU TODAY FOR THE CHARLES R. KELLY COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND LOOK, I'M GOING TO, UH, READ, WELL, THIS IS NOT IT, BUT THIS IS, UM, CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO DARYL JOHNSON, CHOIR DIRECTOR LEADING THE BATON ROUGE SENIOR COURSE AS THE CHARLES A. KELLY CENTER AT THE CHARLES R. KELLY COMMUNITY CENTER.
I'M GONNA DO ONE MORE, UH, DIRECTLY FOR MR. GEORGE CHESTERFIELD, ADDITIONAL CHOIR DIRECTOR.
Y'ALL HEAR HIM ON THE KEYS FOR LEADING THE BATON ROUGE SENIOR CHOIR TO CHARLES OMMUNITY CENTER.
NOW I'M GONNA DO ONE OF THESE PROCLAMATIONS, BUT I'M GONNA CALL OUT EVERYBODY'S NAME, UH, PRESENTED TO MS. ALICE BLACKBURN.
STAY WHERE YOU ARE FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE CHARLES R. KELLY SENIOR CHOIR, AND FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY, UH, MS. ETHEL UNDERWOOD.
WAIT, RAISE YOUR HAND WHEN THEY CALL YOUR NAME.
THAT'S, UH, MS. BUELLER AGREES.
MS. AUDREY SCOTT, WHAT ELSE? WE GONNA TAKE A PICTURE.
AND MS. LORETTA MOORE, MS. DOROTHY FRANKLIN, UH, MR. ENOCH LEE AND MS. RITA SCOTT, LOOK, WE'RE GONNA HOLD ON 'EM, BUT LEMME TELL Y'ALL AGAIN.
WE TALKED ABOUT NOW RUSHING THE SPIRIT AND I INTERRUPT EM.
THEY HAVE ONE MORE SELECTION FOR Y'ALL.
WE'RE GONNA ALLOW 'EM TO DO THAT TODAY.
AND I'M GONNA ASK EVERYBODY TO BE CALM IN THE SPIRIT.
THAT'S ALL THINGS SONG THAT WE DO EVERY TIME WE GET TOGETHER.
EVERY PRAISE BELONGS TO OUR GOD.
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PRAISES IN THE HOUSE.EVERY, EVERY PRAISE, EVERY, EVERY COME ON ONE TIME, EVERY NOW COME.
EVERYBODY, EVERY, EVERY PRAISE, EVERY QUICK PICTURE.
QUICK TO COUNCILMAN, STAND BEHIND HIM, PLEASE.
MAKE SURE WE, WE HAVE AND OFFERING NEXT.
EVERYBODY ALL LOOK STRAIGHT HERE.
SOMEBODY SAID WHEN WE PASSED IN THE COLLECTION PLATE, I SAID, NO, WE HAVE PROPERTY AND SALES TAX.
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WHO? YEAH.THAT'S MY BOY WHO DID DIRECTOR.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT YOU WHEN YOU WALK.
NEXT, WE'LL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER SHAWNA BANKS, TO RECOGNIZE, TO RECOGNIZE QUEEN MUHAMMAD ALI, HAKEEM KALI, AND BRADLEY BROWN.
FUN SIGNING INTO LAW HOUSING FOR HEROES.
COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS THIS FRIDAY.
TURN THE MIC ON SEAN AT THE BOTTOM.
THIS FRIDAY MARKS THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE, UM, NO.
THIS SATURDAY ON 11TH MARKS THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE, UH, AMERICA RESCUE PLAN FUNDING SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT, UH, JOE BIDEN AND LIKE COUNTRIES AND CITY LIKE CITIES, AND SAY TO ALL OF AMERICA'S 65 BILLION WAS ALLOCATED TO HELP AFTER THE CORONAVIRUS IN BATON ROUGE, LIKE ALL THE OTHER, THERE WERE ALL KINDS OF PROJECTS TO AID IN MOVING AMERICA FORWARD.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT JUST ONE PROGRAM AND THREE DEVELOPERS HERE IN BATON ROUGE THAT TOOK A SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY.
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEM.
I DISCUSSED AFFORDABLE HOUSING TODAY, I WOULD REMISS IF I DID NOT INCLUDE THE $6 MILLION ALLOCATION FOR THE HOUSING FOR HEROES DEVELOPMENT IN SCOTLANDVILLE.
AS I DISCUSSED AFFORDABLE HOUSING TODAY.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT INCLUDE THE $6 MILLION ALLOCATION FOR THE HOUSING FOR HEROES DEVELOPMENT IN SCOTLANDVILLE.
THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD CREATE NEW JOBS IN NORTH BATON ROUGE, DIRECTLY INJECT DOLLARS INTO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY THROUGH THE UTILIZATION OF A LOCAL DEVELOPER, AND CREATE 36 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS WITHIN OUR CITY IN PARISH.
IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT THE IMPACT OF THIS $6 MILLION ALLOCATION GOES FAR BEYOND THE AREA OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
I HAVE ALSO WAITING FOR BRADLEY BROWN TO JOIN US, AND IT SAYS, CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION PRESENTED TO QUEEN MUHAMMAD ALI FOR YOUR VISION, DEDICATION, AND PERSEVERANCE TO PROVIDE A QUALITY HOMES IN SCOTLANDVILLE COMMUNITY WITH THE HOUSING FOR HEROES, A MULTI-USE, LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRAM FOR ESSENTIAL HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND PROFESSIONALS.
AND GIVEN THIS DAY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8TH, 2023 WITH SINCERE APPRECIATION,
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT ON, UM, NEXT THURSDAY, MARCH, IS THAT 26TH, I BELIEVE.
MARCH 26TH, WE WILL BE HAVING A COMMUNITY MEETING THAT WILL HIGHLIGHT AND PRESENT ALL THE, UM, EVERYTHING REGARDING THE HOUSING FOR HEROES PROJECT FROM THE UNANIMOUS VOTE BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2021.
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UP UNTIL NOW, WE WILL BE SENDING OUT A PRESS RELEASE AND INVITING ALL THE MEDIA AND ALL THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE STAKEHOLDERS IN SCOTLANDVILLE TO BE PRESENT AT THAT MEETING.AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE.
DID YOU ALL HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? THANK YOU.
UM, I KNOW MY PARTNER BRADLEY IS NOT HERE, BUT, UH, WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR BROOM, CHINA BANKS.
UM, WE JUST WANNA DO SOMETHING GOOD FOR SKYVILLE.
I THINK SKYVILLE HAS BEEN, UM, NEGLECTED AND I THINK WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT MORE PROJECTS LIKE THIS AND MORE DEVELOPERS THAT LOOK LIKE US CAN, UM, ACTUALLY HELP REDEVELOP THAT AREA.
AND WE'LL GET BRADLEY OUTSIDE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, ARE WE READY TO START THE MEETING, PLEASE? YES, WE ARE GOING TO, DENNIS, WE'RE GONNA END ONE, THE BREAKDOWN.
WE'RE GONNA END THE PRESENTATION PORTION AND ROLL RIGHT INTO THE MEETING.
I CAN, I CAN GO HERE IF YOU WANT.
I WANT YOU TO, HE'S BREAKING DOWN.
WELCOME BACK TO THE SPIRITED COUNCIL CHAMBER OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, MARCH THE EIGHTH, 2023.
THIS IS OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING OF THE WINNER, ALTHOUGH IF YOU'RE WATCHING FROM OUT OF TOWN, IT'S 85 IN LOUISIANA'S CAPITOL CITY.
AND SO AT THIS TIME, HERE IS THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT PRO TEM OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
COUNCILMAN LAMONT COLE, COUNCILMAN.
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING ON THIS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8TH, 2023 AT 4:00 PM THE TIME NOW IS FOUR.
I HAVE OH EIGHT TIME NOW IS FOUR EIGHT.
IT IS THE TIME WE'RE STARTING AT THIS TIME.
I'M GONNA PASS IT TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROWDY GOE, REPRESENTING DISTRICT THREE TO INTRODUCE OUR GUESTS WHO E LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AS WELL AS THE INVOCATION.
UH, I'D LIKE TO INVITE PASTOR RUSS CRIPS UP TO THE, UH, MICROPHONE.
UM, SO THE WAY WE'LL DO THIS IS PASTOR CRIPS IS GONNA BLESS US WITH THE INVOCATION.
UH, WE THEN HAVE THE HONOR OF THE LOUISIANA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE PROGRAM, COLOR GUARD WHO'S HERE.
SO THEY WILL COME AND PRESENT THE COLORS, UH, AND THEN PASTOR WILL, UH, TAKE THE MICROPHONE ONCE AGAIN AND LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
UH, LET ME SAY THOUGH, PASTOR CRIPS AND I GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER, UH, SINCE I'VE COME INTO OFFICE AND TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE.
COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON, UH, A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK INVITED MYSELF AND THE MAYOR, UH, TO A WORSHIP SERVICE, UH, AT, UH, ACACIA CHURCH, WHERE PASTOR CRIPS IS THE LEAD, THE FOUNDER AND LEAD PASTOR.
SO WE WERE BLESSED TO ATTEND, UH, WORSHIP SERVICE THERE.
UH, AND I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW HIM AND, AND HE'S BEEN, UH, KIND ENOUGH TO, UH, ATTEND A COUPLE OF LUNCHES WITH ME.
UH, AND WE'VE STRUCK UP A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP.
AND SO, UH, WHEN I WAS ASKED TO INVITE SOMEONE TO COME AND BLESS US WITH AN INVOCATION, UH, AND LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE, PASTOR, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU, UH, ACCEPTED THAT OFFER AND CAME AND BLESSED US.
SO, UH, PASTOR RUSS CRIPS, IF YOU WOULD LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION, PLEASE BACK YOUR HEAD TO YOU THAT AMEN.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IS HANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INTO THIS LIBERTY JUSTICE.MORNING, THANK, UH, OUR GUEST PASTOR AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE FOR COMING OUT AND BEING WITH US TODAY.
AT THIS TIME, WE'D LIKE TO CALL IN A MEETING TO ORDER.
ASHLEY, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? WE HAVE A QUORUM ITEM ONE
[ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
APPROVAL ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING ON FEBRUARY 22ND, 2023 BY COUNCIL, ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURER.IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCILOR ADAM, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN.
WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE INTRODUCTIONS? EXCUSE ME.
NO, NO OBJECTIONS TO ITEM ONE.
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YOU PLEASE READ THE INTRODUCTION, INTRODUCTIONS SECTION 2.12.INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER TWO, AUTHORIZED IN THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO ACQUIRE THROUGH PURCHASE EXCHANGE AND OR INSTITUTION OF EXPROPRIATION PROCEEDINGS, AND TO TAKE SUCH OTHER ACTIONS AS MAY BE REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACQUISITION OF LAND NECESSARY FOR CENTURION AVENUE OVER DRAINAGE BY YOU.
BRIDGE REPLACEMENT BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.
NUMBER THREE, AMEND THE 2023 ALLOTMENT OF POSITIONS FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE.
SO IS TO CHANGE THE ALLOTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AS FOLLOWS, EFFECTIVE MARCH 23RD, 2023, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, WASTEWATER COLLECTION, DELETE FIVE HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS.
MAINTENANCE WORKER, TWO AND 11 WASTEWATER MECHANIC.
AND SIX PLANT INSTRUMENT TECHNICIANS BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR.
ALL ITEMS THAT REQUIRE READING HAVE BEEN READ IN A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS AS AN ORDER.
IS THERE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS? MOTIONS BY COUNCILMAN ROCKER.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
ALL ITEMS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED.
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NOW TO YOUR SEPARATE SHEET FOR CONDEMNATIONS.MOVE NOW TO YOUR SEPARATE SHEET.
I'M GONNA READ YOUR D P W RECOMMENDATIONS AS THEY ARE WRITTEN.
THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38, 39, AND 40.
THEY ARE TO DEFER FOR 90 DAYS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A CONDEMNATION? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A CONDEMNATION WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS? COUNCIL MEMBERS? I HAVE YOU.
ANYONE ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON ITEMS 29 AND 36.
COUNCIL MEMBER, DUN, DELETE ITEM 26 AND 30 DAYS ON 27.
THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 37, 38, AND 39.
THEY ARE TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS.
THEY ARE TO DEFER FOR 90 DAYS.
AND THEY ARE TO DELETE ITEMS. 2026.
THAT THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONDEMNATIONS? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DON.
SECOND IT BY COUNCIL MEMBER AMAROSA.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU WILL GO
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TO PAGE SIX, WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM 41.I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO DELETE THIS ITEM.
I DON'T THINK THE PEOPLE WE NEED TO GIVE THIS REPORT ARE HERE.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA DELETE THIS ITEM AND GET SOME INFORMATION AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK.
BUT THE ITEM READS, RECEIVING A REPORT.
RECEIVING A REPORT FROM TURNKEY HEALTH CLINICS L L C REGARDING THE OPERATIONS OF PRISON MEDICAL SERVICES AT THE EAST BARREN PARISH PRISON.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM? AS I STATED, TURNKEY IS NOT HERE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA DELETE THE ITEM AND BRING IT BACK WHEN WE GET NOTIFICATION FROM THEM THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO BE HERE TO GIVE US THAT REPORT.
SO, UH, REVEREND ANDERSON, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SPEAK ON IT.
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GOOD AFTERNOON.I REALLY JUST WANTED A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
WERE WE UNAWARE THAT THEY WERE NOT GONNA BE HERE? YES.
THE THE COUNCIL KNEW THEY WERE NOT GONNA APPEAR? NO, WE WERE UNAWARE THEY WERE NOT GONNA BE.
SO IT'S POSSIBLE THEY'RE STILL POSSIBLY EN ROUTE, IS THAT NO, THEY'RE NOT COMING.
THEY, THEY INFORMED THEY NOT COMING.
WHEN DID THAT OCCUR? NO, I'M ASKING WHEN, WHEN DID THAT NOTIFICATION? I FOUND OUT ABOUT 3 45 IS WHEN I FOUND OUT.
OKAY, BECAUSE MY QUESTION IS IN THE FEBRUARY 22ND MEETING, THEY IN FACT HAD A POWERPOINT THAT THEY WERE PREPARED TO PRESENT.
DID THE COUNCIL NOT GET A COPY OF THAT? WE DID NOT.
AND SO THE, THE SOLUTION IS SIMPLY TO DEFER, NO DELETE.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM THEM WHEN THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO COME IN TOWN AND PRESENT THAT REPORT AND PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA.
SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT'S PROBLEMATIC, BUT, OKAY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 41? IS THERE, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO DELETE IT.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER.
ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE MO? OH, COME ON DOWN.
COUNCIL MEMBERS REGARDING TURNKEY? YES, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE DEFERRING IT, BUT I'D LIKE TO GO ON RECORD WITH THIS.
UM, PRIVATE HEALTHCARE FIRMS LIKE TURNKEY HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION WITH MASS INCARCERATION, ESPECIALLY IN THE E B R PARISH.
AND, UM, I WILL BE REMISSIVE, I DIDN'T COME UP HERE AND SPEAK REGARDING ONE PARTICULAR INCIDENT WHEN A MOTHER RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT, FROM ANOTHER DETAINEE INFORMING HER THAT HER CHILD RECEIVED THE WRONG MEDICATION AND THIS MEDICATION WAS POPPED OUT OF THE PILL CORD OF ANOTHER DETAINEE, WHICH IS AN ABSOLUTE CONTRAINDICATED THING WHEN IT COMES TO NURSING, CUZ SHE HAD THE FIVE RS, THE, UM, RIGHT PATIENT, THE RIGHT DOSAGE, THE RIGHT TIME, THE RIGHT ROUTE.
BUT NEVERTHELESS, UM, TURNKEY HAS FAILED NUMEROUS TIMES TO UPHOLD THEIR CONTRACT INSIDE OF EAST BE ROUGE PARISH PRISON.
AND AS A RESULT, THERE HAVE BEEN 14 KNOWN DEBTS WHILE THEY WERE, UM, PROVIDING HEALTHCARE.
AND THIS YOUNG MAN WAS GIVEN THE WRONG MEDICATION, WHICH IN TURN HAD HIM THREE DAYS IN ICU AT OUR LADY OF THE LAKE.
SO BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATION, THEY GAVE ANOTHER PERSON'S MEDICATION TO THIS YOUNG MAN.
HE WENT INTO A HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS.
HE FELL UNCONSCIOUS WHEN THE MOTHER CALLED THE PARISH, THE TURNKEY NURSES TOLD HER, WE CAN'T HELP YOU.
THAT'S A HIPAA VIOLATION, CALL THE WARDEN IN THE MORNING.
SO SHE WENT SEVERAL HOURS NOT KNOWING IF HER CHILD WAS DEAD OR ALIVE.
SO I DID SOME READING ON THEIR WEBSITE, AND I, I'M ENDING WITH THIS.
TURNKEY SAYS THAT THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF HEALTHCARE IS WHAT THEY PRACTICE, BUT THEY ALSO SAY THAT THEY'RE COST EFFECTIVE FOR THE INSTITUTION.
SO WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW, BUT THEY'RE NOT HERE, IS AT WHAT COSTS? IS IT BY CUTTING CORNERS, NOT TAKING BLOOD PRESSURES, NOT MONITORING BLOOD SUGARS BY SUBSTITUTING MEDICATION WHEN IT'S ABSOLUTELY CONTRAINDICATED, CAUSING INJURY, HARM AND NEAR DEATH? IS THAT WHAT IT IS? THAT AN OBJECTIVE OF THEIRS TO CUT CO COST BY, BY CAUSING INJURY? BECAUSE TO ME, THAT IS VIOLATING THE, UM, NURSING FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE OATH.
AND I'VE BEEN PRACTICING NURSING FOR 27 YEARS.
FURTHERMORE, THE HIP OF THE HIPAA STATES THAT CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE 10 CERTAINLY DEFINES CONFIDENTIALITY AND JUSTIFIABLY OVERRIDDEN IN COMPELLING SITUATION.
SO WHEN THAT MOTHER CALLED AND SAID, IS MY CHILD DEAD? I THINK THAT'S PRETTY COMPELLING.
I APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 41? ANYONE ELSE HERE? WISHING THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO LEAD BY THE CHAIR, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER.
ANY OBJECT OBJECTIONS? ITEM 41 HAS BEEN DELETED.
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GO TO ITEM 42, RECEIVING A REPORT FROM THESE BARREN ALCOHOL[00:50:01]
BEVERAGE CONTROL REGARDING EFFORTS AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TO PREVENT UNDERAGE DRINKING IN EAST BARREN PARISH BY COUNCILWOMAN LORI ADAMS. THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE REPORT FIRST AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING.I'M GLAD I BROUGHT A COPY CUZ I CAN'T SEE THAT FAR.
UM, COUNCILMAN ADAMS CONTACTED ME ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND ASKED US TO DO A REPORT.
SO WE PUT TOGETHER A BRIEF PRESENTATION.
I THINK IT'S ABOUT 11 SLIDES OF WHAT WE DO.
UM, I WON'T GET INTO ALL THE SPECIFICS, BUT I'LL KIND OF GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW AND AT THE END, THERE'LL BE A, UH, A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS OR TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT MAYBE WE'RE GOING TO LOOKING AT DOING GOING FORWARD.
YEAH, AND I'M SORRY, I'M, I MUST REMIND YOU, MY NAME IS CHRIS CRAMFORD.
I AM THE B C DIRECTOR AND GAVE ME ENFORCEMENT, UH, DIRECTOR.
AND I HAVE A WITH ME SENIOR, UH, AGENT, UH, BARRY DURBIN.
AND BY THE WAY, I HAVE TO SAY THE CHOIR WAS GREAT AND BARRY GOT UP AND WAS GONNA TIP 'EM, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS APPROPRIATE, SO I THOUGHT WE BETTER, BETTER WAIT ON THAT.
ALRIGHT, SO LET ME GET INTO IT.
THAT'S JUST A, UH, ABC OFFICE WHERE ALCOHOL AND BEVERAGE CONTROL.
WE REGULATE ALL OF THE LICENSES IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
AND WE HAVE ABOUT, UH, DATE, I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 1,030 OR 40 DEPENDING ON WHO RENEWS THIS YEAR.
PARTNERSHIP TO COMBAT UNDERAGE DRINKING INTO PARISH.
WE DO THAT WITH, UH, A COUPLE OF PARTNERS, PROBABLY THE TWO BIGGEST OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN THE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE.
UH, WE'RE ONLY ONE PIECE OF WHAT WE DO.
AND ALL THESE AGENCIES WORKING TOGETHER WILL, UH, AS YOU'LL SEE THE NUMBERS, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THEY, IT, IT ALL COMES FROM THE WORK THAT WE ALL PUT TOGETHER.
MY GOAL IS TO DETER UNDERAGE DRINKING.
UM, AS I WAS REMINDED TODAY, WE'RE NOT GONNA ENFORCE OUR WAY INTO CONTROLLING THAT.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF PIECES THAT HAVE TO BE INVOLVED.
UH, FIVE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT ARE EDUCATION, TRAINING, OUR JUDE PROGRAM, WHICH I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COMPLIANCE CHECKS AND THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND THINGS THAT WE DO, UH, OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, EVERY, EVERY PERSON IN THE PARISH THAT OBTAINS A LIQUOR LICENSE FIRST HAS TO TAKE A ONLINE RESPONSIBLE VENDOR CLASS.
WE LICENSE ABOUT 9,000 PEOPLE THAT, THAT GO THROUGH THAT CLASS.
UM, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE CLASSES FOCUS ON THE PROPER WAYS TO CHECK IDS, THE EFFECTS OF DRINKING ALCOHOL AND UNDERAGE DRINKING.
IT TALKS ABOUT, EXCUSE ME, SOME OBVIOUS THINGS THAT YOU LOOK FOR IN ID CHECKING, LIKE HEIGHT AND WEIGHT, UM, ADDRESSES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, THEY TALK ABOUT, UM, WAYS TO, UH, STOP OVERSERVING, UM, THE UNDERAGE DRINKING PROBLEM.
WHAT, WHAT IS THE LEGAL LIMIT FOR UNDERAGE KIDS? WHAT IS THE LEGAL LIMIT FOR ADULTS? UM, AND IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE CHARTS, I DIDN'T BRING THOSE WITH ME, BUT, UH, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, A A 200 POUND ADULT, UM, CAN HAVE TWO DRINKS OR LESS.
AND HE WOULD BE AT THAT 0.02 LEVEL LEGALLY.
UM, FOR, FOR AN ADULT, LOOKING AT THE, THE, THE 21 AND UNDERAGE FOR ADULT 21 AND OLDER, IT WOULD BE 0.08.
IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE ONE OF WHAT IT TAKES FOR YOU TO GET TO THAT LIMIT.
BUSINESSES, WE GO OUT AND EDUCATE THOSE.
WE TALK TO BARS, RESTAURANTS, CONVENIENCE STORES.
THE BIGGEST THING WITH OUR CONVENIENCE STORES, OBVIOUSLY, IS CHECKING FOR IDS BECAUSE THERE'S NO DRINKING ON THE PREMISES FOR BARS.
IT'S CHECKING IDS AND THEN ALSO WALKING THE FLOORS, CHECKING IDS AND MAKING SURE THAT UNDERAGE PERSONS AREN'T OBTAINING ALCOHOL, UM, THROUGH OTHER MEANS.
RESTAURANTS WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY, UH, ISSUES WITH, BUT WE DO CHECK THOSE.
AND I'LL TALK ABOUT COMPLIANCE CHECKS IN JUST A SECOND.
HIGH SCHOOLS, WE GO AROUND TO THOSE.
UM, AGAIN, IT'S TALKING ABOUT UNDERAGE DRINKING WITH THE LAWS IS WHAT THE LAWS ARE.
UH, AT WHAT AGE CAN THEY DRINK LEGALLY? CAN THEY DRINK WITH THEIR PARENTS? AND THERE'S, THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME, UH, THINGS THERE THAT THEY CAN DO.
UH, OR SOME, I GUESS SOME, UH, LAWS OR THINGS THAT ARE IN PLACE THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO DRINK AT THEY'RE 18 AND OLDER.
AND IF THEY'RE AT HOME, AND WE CAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THOSE IF YOU'D LIKE TRAINING.
WE GO TO THE, THE POLICE ACADEMIES.
WE TALK ABOUT THE ABC ORDINANCE.
MOST, UH, POLICE OFFICERS AREN'T AWARE OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
WE GO THROUGH THE ORDINANCE WITH THEM.
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THAT AT THE BATON ROUGE POLICE ACADEMY, UH, THE CARTA ACADEMY.AND WE'VE ALSO GONE TO OTHER AGENCIES.
I THINK THE LAST ONE WENT TO WAS IN HAMMOND.
AND WE TALK ABOUT, UH, THE PROGRAM AND THE THINGS THAT WE DO HERE TO COMBAT UNDERAGE DRINKING, FAKE IDS.
UH, WE PROBABLY, WE HAVE A BOX.
WE STARTED TO BRINGING IT, BOXING OUR OFFICE.
WE PROBABLY HAVE 10,000 OF THOSE.
IT'S A BIG PROBLEM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT IS WAYS TO COMBAT THAT, WAYS TO STOP IT.
UH, DIFFERENT WAYS OF CHECKING IDS, UM, AND MAYBE EVEN THE AGE THAT TO ALLOW PERSONS INTO A BAR.
BUT THAT'S ONE OF MY LAST SLIDES.
AND WE CAN, WE CAN DIG INTO IT.
EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION AT BARS BEFORE EVERY, UH, FOOTBALL SEASON, WE GO AROUND TO THE BARS, ESPECIALLY IN THE PILAND AREA, AND WE TALK TO THEM ABOUT IDS, TALK TO 'EM ABOUT EXPECTATIONS.
TALK TO THEM ABOUT, UH, MY FULL WALKING MONITORING, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE BUSINESS AS THEY'RE WORKING.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT OF THEIR, THAT THAT'S, THAT GOES ON.
OUR JUDE PROGRAM, JUVENILE UNDERAGES DRINKING ENFORCEMENT.
THIS WAS STARTED PROBABLY IN 1993 OR 20, 29 YEARS AGO.
UH, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, IT WAS FUNDED BY THE PENNINGTON FOUNDATION.
AND EVENTUALLY WE STARTED GETTING GRANTS FROM, UH, HIGHWAY SAFETY.
AND THIS YEAR, I THINK THE GRANT WE GOT WAS AROUND AROUND 88 TO $89,000.
UM, WE USED THAT GRANT IN HIGH PRIORITY AREAS.
UH, SPORTING EVENTS, CONCERTS, PARADES.
UH, YOU'LL HAVE A PARADE COMING UP, I THINK THIS WEEKEND.
PATRICK'S DAY WILL BE OUT THERE.
AND WE WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, GENERALLY CONCENTRATIONS OF UNDERAGE PEOPLE.
UH, WE HAVE SOME THINGS THAT WE GO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND DO OUR SPECIAL OPERATIONS.
UH, I'M SURE A LOT OF YOU HAVE SEEN OR HEARD THAT WE DO RAIDS AT CERTAIN ESTABLISHMENTS.
A LOT OF THOSE ARE BASED ON COMPLAINTS.
WE'LL GO IN AND, UH, BASICALLY SHUT THE BUSINESS DOWN, TURN THE LIGHTS ON, START CHECKING IDS WITH PEOPLE COMING OUT.
WE DO AUDITS ON THOSE BUSINESSES TO SEE WHERE THEIR SALES ARE, WHAT AGE GROUPS THEY'RE THEY'RE SELLING TO, AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE WORK, UH, GENERALLY EVERY WEEKEND.
AND WE'LL HAVE SEVERAL GUYS OUT AT NIGHT GOING AROUND TO ALL THE ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE PARISH TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE, UH, THE ORDINANCE.
UH, SINCE 1993, THE JEW PROGRAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER 16,000 ARRESTS OF UNDERAGE PERSONS FOR AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 572 A YEAR.
UH, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE AGES, EXCUSE ME, THE, THE, THE YOUNGEST WAS 12 YEARS OLD.
UH, THANKFULLY THERE'S ONLY ONE OF THOSE.
AND WE'VE HAD 1,348 OF THOSE THAT WERE ISSUED CITATIONS.
AND THOSE ARE PURCHASED ON BEHALF.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE INTERESTING PART IS THE AGE OF 17, 18, AND 19.
THOSE ARE THE BIGGEST, UH, NUMBERS OF VIOLATORS.
AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE OF THE AGES THAT WE'RE SEEING IN, IN BARS NOW THAT AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE DRINKING.
NOW, KEEP IN MIND, THESE DON'T ALL COME FROM BARS.
A LOT OF 'EM ARE, THEY MAY BE STOPS IN PARKING LOTS AT CONVENIENCE STORES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT, UH, THOSE NUMBERS THROUGH US ARE, ARE THE MOST ALARMING.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, YOU HAVE SOME COMPANION STATUTES.
YOU HAVE TITLE 14, WHICH IS A, UH, WHICH IF YOU'RE CITED WITHOUT, YOU WOULD GO TO DISTRICT COURT.
AND THEN YOU HAVE TITLE 13, WHICH IS CITY STATUTES.
AND THOSE ALL DEAL WITH EITHER SELLING OR SERVING ALCOHOL, THE UNDERAGE PERSONS.
AND THEN THE BOTTOM ONE THERE IS, UH, A MISREPRESENTATION CHARGE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD USE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S TRYING TO GET INTO A BAR WITH A, WITH A, UH, FAKE ID OR OBTAINING, UH, ALCOHOL COMPLIANCE CHECK PROGRAM.
WE HAVE ABOUT, UH, OVER 5,000 BUSINESSES THAT WE'VE CHECKED 1500, UH, I'M SORRY, 515 OF THOSE BUSINESSES.
IN THAT TIME, SOLD FOR ABOUT, UH, A NINE, A NON-COMPLIANCE FOR EIGHT OF ABOUT NINE AND A HALF PERCENT.
THAT NUMBER TYPICALLY, I GUESS PRIOR TO COVID WAS AROUND THE THREE TO 5% RANGE.
I THINK AFTER THAT, THAT NUMBER WENT UP.
AND PART OF THAT WAS BECAUSE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GO OUT AND CHECK.
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A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WORKING IN BUSINESS AT THAT TIME WERE NOT ABLE TO COME IN AND GET LICENSED AND GO THROUGH OUR VENDOR SERVER CLASS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.UH, WE DO THAT IF, IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED, WE'LL GENERALLY GET A UNDERAGE PERSON.
WE'LL SEND THEM ANY OF THOSE STORES TO SEE IF, UH, STORAGE RESTAURANT BARS TO SEE IF, UH, THEY'LL BE SOLD TO.
TYPICALLY THEY DO NOT HAVE AN ID.
UH, IT'S AS SIMPLE AS A CLERK BARTENDER ASKING FOR AN ID, UH, AND THEY JUST FAILED TO DO SO.
LICENSED BUSINESSES IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
WE HAVE AROUND, I THINK I DO THE MATH.
THAT'S AROUND 970 ON THIS LIST.
LIKE I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, IT'S A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND NOW.
AND HUNDRED 97 OF THOSE ARE, ARE BALLROOMS. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
UH, WE DO COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY EVENTS, CHURCHES, UM, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION SCHOOLS, BUSINESS ASSOCIATING MEETINGS, UH, COMMUNITY PROJECTS.
WE JUST GOT THROUGH DOING THE, THE PROJECT STICKER SHOCK, UM, CAMPAIGN A FEW WEEKS AGO WHERE WE GO OUT AND ACT.
AND THE KIDS WILL ACTUALLY COME FROM SCHOOLS AND LABEL, UM, ALCOHOL TO REMIND ADULTS NOT TO PURCHASE IT FOR UNDERAGE KIDS, WHICH IS, IS PRETTY COOL.
NATIONAL LIGHT OUT AGAINST CRIME.
WE DO THAT RIGHT THERE AT THE OFFICE, UH, A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR.
WELL, A COMMUNITY WILL COME THROUGH AND WE'LL SET UP A BOOTH AND TALK TO 'EM ABOUT UNDERAGE DRINKING AND WHAT OUR JOB AS A ABC OFFICE IS.
THIS IS SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE CONSIDERED.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS, I GUESS BASED ON WHAT WE SEE.
UM, THE FIRST THING THAT WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IS RAGING, RAISING THE AGE TO ENTER BARS TO 21.
UM, OUR THOUGHTS ARE THAT IF YOU ASK MOST BAR OWNERS, STORE OWNERS, THEY'RE GONNA TELL YOU THAT THEY DON'T WANNA SELL TO ANYBODY THAT'S UNDERAGE.
SO IF THAT'S THE CASE AND IF, UH, 18, 19 AND 20 YEAR OLDS CAN'T DRINK AND THAT'S THE LAW AND THEY DON'T RELY ON THAT INCOME, THEN WHY NOT CHANGE THE LAW? I DON'T, I DON'T SEE ANY NEGATIVE SIDE TO IT.
IF BORROW OWNERS, THEY'RE GONNA TELL YOU THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA SELL TO 'EM.
WE DON'T BENEFIT FROM IT, THEN WHY NOT CHANGE IT? BUT THAT, AGAIN, THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.
AND, AND IT'S BASED ON SOME OF THE STATUTE THAT WE HAVE IMPROVING ID CHECKING REQUIREMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY.
UH, SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE SEE OUT THERE NOW IS OUTDATED.
UM, AS SOON AS WE GET TECHNOLOGY THAT WORKS, THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GET IN BARS ILLEGALLY FIND TECHNOLOGY THAT'S BETTER THAN OURS AND THEY GET IN, UH, ARE BETTER THAN WHAT THE BAR OWNERS HAVE IN PLACE AT THIS TIME.
UH, WE SUGGESTED MAYBE DOING SOME THINGS WITH, UH, THAT I, I CAN'T GET IN A LOT OF DETAILS WITH, BUT MAYBE FINGERPRINTING AND DOING SOMETHING WITH SOME OF THE, THE STATE IDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING USED.
UH, SOME CHANGES WITH THAT, THAT WOULD PROBABLY PREVENT, UH, A LOT OF KIDS FROM BEING ABLE TO USE A FAKE ID MAKE BUSINESS OWNERS AND IT SHOULD SAY, UM, KIDS MORE ACCOUNTABLE.
UM, THE GOAL OF, OF JUDE AND THE GOAL OF ABC IS NOT TO PUNISH PEOPLE.
AND IF, IF WE CITE SOMEBODY AND IT GOES TO COURT OR IT GOES TO PRETRIAL OR WHEREVER IT GOES, IF, IF THEY'RE NOT HELD ACCOUNTABLE DOWN THE ROAD, THEN WE'RE KIND OF SPINNING OUR WHEELS.
SO WE'VE, ALL OF US TOGETHER HAVE TO HOLD THOSE KIDS, THOSE BUSINESSES MORE ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT THEY DO.
UH, THE LAST THIS DISCONTINUED BANDING AND STAMPING, UH, IDEAS AT THE POINT OF SALE.
WHAT WE'VE LEARNED, UH, OVER THE YEARS IN KI REALLY HERE RECENTLY IS THAT THE BANDING AND STAMPING OF PEOPLE THAT, THAT CAN GET INTO A BAR AT AGE 18, BUT THEY CAN'T DRINK TILL THEY'RE 21, THEY'LL STAMP 'EM OR BAND.
AND WE'RE FINDING OUT THAT THAT JUST DOESN'T WORK.
UH, THEY GET STAMPS FROM FRIENDS, THEY GET BANDS FROM FRIENDS.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE CHANGING THAT BY ORDINANCE AND ALSO HAVING, UH, THE ID CHECKED AGAIN AT THE PONYTAIL, EXCUSE ME, AT POOF SALE AT THE BAR AS THEY SELL THAT, UH, THAT DRINK.
CHRIS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
BEFORE WE TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, SO IS THERE, ARE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM? WE DO HAVE BRANDY MELISSA, WHO IS HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK.
AND CHECK ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
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EXCUSE ME.FINALLY, UM, FOR Y'ALL THAT DON'T KNOW ME, I'M GONNA READ THIS BECAUSE, UH, IT'S KIND OF EMOTIONAL, PERSONAL HEATING FOR ME BECAUSE OF EXPERIENCE.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ME YET, I WAS CONCEIVED IN SEXUAL VIOLENCE.
I ALSO LIVE WITH THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL WEAPONIZED BY SOMEONE WHOSE PRIORITY WASN'T THE SAFETY OF VULNERABLE HUMAN BEINGS.
MY MOM, BEFORE SHE PASSED FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, TRAUMA, MADE SURE THAT I KNEW THAT MY BIOLOGICAL DAD WAS STONED OUT OF EARTH DRUNK BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER HER PREGNANCY WITH ME THE NIGHT BEFORE, HE FORCED HER TO KEEP A PREGNANCY TERMINATION APPOINTMENT.
HE SERVED THEIR DINING ROOM TABLE AGAINST HER STOMACH.
AND THAT IS WHEN SHE THINKS THE ABSOLUTE WORST DAMAGE WAS DONE TO MY BRAIN AND SKULL.
THAT LOOKS NO DIFFERENT TWO WEEKS AGO ON MY LAST MRI THAT IT DID IN 2020, OR HAS SINCE I DEFIED THE ODDS OF 1983.
I THINK Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THAT PICTURE.
UM, WHEN YOU'VE TIGHTENED RESTRICTIONS ON BARS, PLEASE DON'T IGNORE THE EFFECTS.
THE WEAPON AT ALL CAN BE USED TO INFLICT ON VICTIMS THAT ARE LEFT UNABLE TO FIGHT BACK.
MY MOM NEVER REGRETTED ME NOT COMPLAIN WITH THE ACTS SHE WAS FORCED TO DO TO ERASE EVIDENCE OF THE CRIMES AGAINST HER DURING HER PREGNANCY.
HER DETERMINATION FOR ME TO BE INDEPENDENT IS WHY I AM TODAY.
WHEN MEDICAL SCIENCE WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT, I DO NOT TAKE FOR GRANTED BEING ABLE TO FUNCTION WITH A SMASH BRAIN AND CRUSHED GIRL.
LIKE NOTHING IS WRONG WITH ME.
THAT'S ALSO BECAUSE OF MY MOM.
PLEASE HAVE THE SAME PASSION FOR FUNDING PREVENTION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND RAPE IN EAST BATON ROUGE AS YOU HAVE SINCE PATTY'S DEATH FOR CURVING DRINKING IN THE EBR R I LIVED LESS THAN A MILE FROM REGGIE'S BAR FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS.
MADDIE ISN'T THE FIRST UNDERAGE TO BE SERVED ALCOHOL THERE.
SHE'S JUST THE LATEST THAT MADE HEADLINES.
AND THAT'S LIKELY ONLY BECAUSE SHE'S NO LONGER WITH US.
REGGIE'S LICENSE SHOULD BE REVOKED INDEFINITELY WITHOUT QUESTION.
AND JUST SO Y'ALL KNOW, THE COUNCILPERSON WHO ASKED FOR THIS A B ABC REPORT WAS NOT ON MY BALLOT.
AND WHILE MINE IS VERY RESPONSIVE, I'M SORRY MS. LORI, BUT, UH, I HAVE NEVER GOTTEN A RESPONSE FROM YOU ABOUT ANYTHING.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM? REVEREND HENSON, COME ON DOWN AGAIN.
I ACTUALLY JUST HAD SOME QUESTIONS, UH, AND POINTS OF CLARIFICATION ON THE REPORTING.
UM, I UNDERSTAND FROM THE REPORT THAT ABC HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND I WAS JUST INTERESTED IN WHETHER THERE'S DATA, STATISTICS, FACTS ON WHERE SPECIFICALLY THEY HAVE WORKED WITH THE SCHOOLS, THE UNIVERSITIES, THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS, THE ASSORTED, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICTS WE HAVE HERE, AND WHAT PROGRAMS, IF ANY, THAT THEY ARE USING.
UH, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS IN REGARDS TO, UH, ONCE AGAIN, SORT OF THE ISSUE OF, OF ENFORCEMENT ITEMS THAT IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY REPORTING ON, FOR INSTANCE, WHICH, UH, BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN CITED AND REPEATEDLY AND WHAT HAS BEEN, UH, THE PRACTICE WITH THOSE BUSINESSES.
BECAUSE IT IS ONE THING TO DISCUSS UNDERAGE DRINKING IN A COLLEGE ENVIRONMENT.
AND THAT IS NOT JUST PRIVATIZED BUSINESSES, THAT IS ALSO LOCALIZED.
BUT QUITE FRANKLY, AS A PARENT, I KNOW A LOT OF CHILDREN STARTED THEIR DRINKING, NOT NOT IN A LIQUOR STORE, NOT IN A CLUB, BUT IN THE LIQUOR CABINET.
AND SO I WOULD BE VERY CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT EFFORTS WE ARE USING TO ACTUALLY DO EDUCATION ON THE CHILDREN AND THE PARENTS.
NOT, NOT CRIMINALIZATION EDUCATION, BUT I'D ALSO BE EQUALLY, UH, INTERESTED IN KNOWING HOW MANY BUSINESSES ARE WE EITHER GIVING TAX INCENTIVES TO THAT HAVE REPEATEDLY SHOWN UP ON SOME OF THESE
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LISTS, OR WE HAVE NOT IN FACT USED THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS IN OUR, OUR, OUR TOOLBOX.IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 42? ASHLEY? COUNCIL MEMBERS? YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL COMMENT ON ITEM 42.
CHRIS, IF YOU COME BACK TO THE MIC, PLEASE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER ROSA.
THANK YOU CHRIS FOR COMING IN.
UM, I, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU, BEFORE I ASK MY QUESTION, IF YOU COULD ANSWER REVEREND ANDERSON'S QUESTION ABOUT ENFORCEMENT, UM, UH, FOR THE BUSINESSES, THE CONSEQUENCES.
UH, I TRIED TO JOT DOWN A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
I TRIED TO JOT SOME OF 'EM DOWN.
UH, AS FAR AS THE SCHOOLS GO, MOST OF THAT IS BY INVITE ONLY IF THEY CALL US AND ASK US TO COME, I DON'T WANT TO NAME SPECIFIC SCHOOLS, BUT IF THE PRINCIPAL OR A SOCIAL WORKER WILL CALL US AND ASK US TO COME TALK TO THE STUDENTS, WE DO THAT.
SO YOU'VE BEEN TO THE SCHOOLS? WE HAVE BEEN TWO SCHOOLS.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU EXACTLY THE SCHOOLS THAT WE WENT TO SPECIFICALLY CUZ I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN DO THAT.
BUT IF WE'RE ASKED, WE CERTAINLY GO.
UM, AS FAR AS STATISTICS, WE HAVE STATISTICS ON ALL THE, THE BUSINESSES THAT WE'VE CITED.
WE HAVE FILES ON ALL THAT, HOW MANY TIMES THEY'VE BEEN CITED, WHAT THE, WHAT THE VIOLATIONS WERE, WHAT THE FINES WERE, UH, WHAT THE BOARD'S DECISIONS WERE BASED ON THOSE FINES.
UM, THEY'RE THERE IF THEY WOULD LIKE, ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT.
THEY CAN, UH, I THINK SHE MENTIONED TAXES.
I DON'T KNOW OF ANY TAX BREAKS THEY GET.
UH, BUT BEFORE ANY BUSINESS CAN OPERATE, THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE A TAX CLEARANCE LETTER LETTING US KNOW THAT THEIR TAXES ARE CLEARED BEFORE THEY CAN GET A LICENSE AND BEFORE THEY CAN KEEP THAT LICENSE.
WHAT ARE THE FINES, CHRIS? UH, JUST, JUST ANYWHERE FROM $250 UP TO A THOUSAND.
UM, IF A BI, JUST TO GIVE YOU EXAMPLE, IF A BUSINESS SELLS TO A, AN UNDERAGE PERSON, THAT FINE IS SEVEN 50 FOR THE BUSINESS AND TWO 50 FOR THE CLERK THAT, OR THE EMPLOYEE THAT SOLD THE ALCOHOL.
SO, UM, WE, WE HAVE A WHOLE LIST OF FINES, SO I'D HAVE TO PULL THOSE UP.
SO YOUR PROGRAM, YOUR PROGRAM THAT YOU SEND, UM, UNDERAGE INTO A BUSINESS, IS THAT, WHAT AGE IS THAT? THAT'S THE ONE IS IT, WHAT IS IT CALLED? THE UNDER HCI, JUST COMPLIANCE CHECKS.
IT'S WHEN WE GO IN AND CHECK, SEND AN UNDERAGE PERSON INTO BUSINESSES TO CHECK.
HOW OLD IS THAT PERSON? THAT USUALLY GOES IN GENERALLY BETWEEN 18 AND 20.
MOST OF THE TIME, I WOULD SAY 18 AND 19.
CAN Y'ALL STILL DO THAT? ARE Y'ALL STILL ALLOWED TO BE ABLE TO SEND THOSE FOLKS IN? YES.
BECAUSE I WAS TOLD DIFFERENT YES, WE DO.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO GO TO AN ABC BOARD MEETING, SOMETIMES
UM, THOSE THINGS THAT REVEREND ANDERSON WAS DISCUSSING ABOUT FINES AND ALL THOSE OTHER KINDS OF THINGS COME, DO, COME FOR THE BOARD.
COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. UM, THANK YOU CHRIS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, YOU PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND COMING TODAY.
SO YOU, YOU SAY YOU'VE GOT A 88 80 $9,000 GRANT FOR, UM, UNDER UNDERAGE, JUVENILE UNDERAGE, I'M SURE I'M NOT THE JUDE PROGRAM.
HOW, HOW FAR DOES THAT GO? SO WE'RE, UM, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOUR OFFICE IS ENGAGED IN WEEKLY, MONTHLY? YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THIS, IS IT SEASON? IS IT SEASONAL? LIKE FOOTBALL SEASON? UH, NO, WE APPLY FOR THE GRANT EVERY OCTOBER.
I THINK IT GOES OCTOBER TO OCTOBER IS THE WAY THE STATE'S YEAR GOES.
UH, WE WORK IT EVERY WEEK THAT WE HAVE INVESTIGATORS AVAILABLE.
SOMETIMES THEY CAN'T WORK OR DON'T WANNA WORK IT FOR WHATEVER REASON.
SO WE, WE CAN'T DO IT EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND OR, OR WEEK.
UM, SO, SO ONE OF THE, THE ISSUES THAT I THINK IS, IS OUT THERE, AND I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW WE DEAL WITH, IS, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO ARE UNDERAGE, BUT THEY'RE ABLE TO BE IN THE BAR OR ALLOWED IN THE BAR AND THEY'RE NOT BEING SERVED, BUT THEY'RE DRINKING OUT OF OTHER PEOPLE'S CUPS.
WHAT, WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT, WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE THAT'S, I KNOW, I WE SUGGEST IT'S A TOUGH ONE, HUH? WELL KEEP 'EM OUT OF THERE FOR ONE THING.
I MEAN THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING I I THINK THAT, THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT.
IF YOU'RE GONNA ALLOW AN 18 YEAR OLD IN A BAR, UNFORTUNATELY MOST OF 'EM ARE GONNA TRY TO DRINK 18, 19, AND 20.
SO I DON'T SEE THE, I DON'T SEE THE POSITIVE SIDE OF HAVING THEM IN THERE, BUT IF THEY ARE GONNA BE IN THERE AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND WANNA ALLOW
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THEM TO BE IN THERE AT 18, 19, AND 20, THEN THE BARS ARE GONNA HAVE TO BE MORE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE, FOR THAT AGE GROUP.THEY MAY NEED TO HIRE MORE FLOOR WALKERS, THEY NEED TO HIRE MORE EMPLOYEES, WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MONITOR ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE.
AND THEN IF YOU START BANDING, YOU SAY, WELL, WE'LL BAND THOSE KIDS AND WE'LL STAMP THEIR HANDS SO WE CAN IDENTIFY 'EM.
WELL, THEY'LL TAKE THE STAMP FROM ONE HAND AND PUT IT ON THE OTHER HAND, THEY'LL SWAP BANDS.
ALL THAT SORTS OF STUFF HAPPEN.
AND IT'S, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO GO SIT IN THERE AND WATCH THAT, OR THE POLICE OR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE BUSINESS IS GONNA HAVE TO PUT MORE EFFORT TOWARD DOING AND MONITORING THOSE, THOSE PEOPLE IF WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO ALLOW 'EM IN THERE.
NOW, I, I'M OUT THERE EVERY WEEK AND I'M ACTUALLY ON THE FRONT LINES AND WE GO TO THE BARS ALL THE TIME.
UH, WHEN WE TALK TO THE BAR OWNERS, WE TALK TO THE FOLKS, THEY SAY THEY HAVE LIMITS.
SO EACH, THEY SET UP TWO DRINKS AT A TIME.
UH, THAT'S ALL THEY CAN HAVE TO TRY TO ELIMINATE PASSING BACK.
BUT THEY DO THAT, UH, THEY GOT APPS, ABCS IN, IN THE AREA, AND THEN THEY STRAIGHTEN UP.
YOU WALK IN, THEY SCREAM AT ABCS HERE, EVERYBODY STRAIGHTENS UP AND THERE'S NO PASSING.
BANDS ARE GOING ON THE FLOOR, DRINKS ARE GOING IN THE GARBAGE.
SO TO REALLY, TO FIGHT IT IS EDUCATION.
AS FAR AS WHAT WE DO RIGHT NOW UNTIL THINGS CHANGE, WHAT DO WE DO AS FAR AS, UM, EDUCATION FOR, UM, I GUESS BOUNCERS? UM, SO THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE, I MEAN, ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY INEBRIATED OR ARE THEY ALLOWED TO, TO WALK INTO A BAR? OR ARE THEY, IS THERE'S AN EDUCATION THAT TAKES PLACE? YOU KNOW, THERE IS, UM, THE RESPONSIBLE VENDOR CLASS THAT I MENTIONED RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING MM-HMM.
ALCOHOL IS REQUIRED TO GO TO TAKE THAT CLASS ONLINE.
UH, WE USED TO TEACH THE CLASS IN THE OFFICE, BUT WHEN COVID STARTED, WE HAD TO STOP DOING THAT.
SO, BUT THEY STILL TAKE THE CLASS ONLINE AND THE CLASS GOES THROUGH ALL THOSE THINGS SELLING, YOU KNOW, WHAT AGE DO YOU SELL TO SELLING TO, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE INTOXICATED? HOW DO YOU KNOW IF SOMEBODY'S INTOXICATED? UM, AND I'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S BEING ABLE TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF DRINKS, HAVING AN IDEA OF WHAT THE PERSON WEIGHS, HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN IN THERE, AND YOU CAN KIND OF GET A ROUGH IDEAS IF WHETHER OR NOT YOU'VE OVER YOU'RE OVERSERVING OR YOU WOULD OVERSERVE.
UM, PART OF THE CLASS ALSO HAS A SECURITY PIECE IN IT WHERE BOUNCERS HAVE TO BE, UH, SECURITY CERTIFIED.
THEY, THAT'S ALSO INCLUDED IN THE CLASSES THEY TAKE, BUT THEY GET EDUCATION PIECE AND THEY GET THE SECURITY PIECE.
AND ONCE THEY PASS THAT CLASS, THEY BRING US A CERTIFICATE SHOWING THAT THEY'VE TAKEN IT AND THEN WE'LL ISSUE A LICENSE.
WOULD YOU, UM, ARE YOU, ARE YOU ABLE TO COMPARE US TO OTHER CITIES OF A SIMILAR SIDE, OTHER COLLEGE TOWNS? DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF WHETHER WE ARE ON PAR? WE HAVE MORE PROBLEMS, LESS PROBLEMS, ANY, I WANT YOU CHECK YOUR TIME.
WE HAVE NOT, I KNOW THAT I TALKED TO THE STATE, UH, A FEW WEEKS AGO.
THEY ARE LOOKING IN INTO SOME THINGS LIKE THAT AND OTHER OPTIONS, SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING AND OTHER STATES ARE DOING.
SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT.
BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD WHAT THE, THEIR FINDINGS WERE YET.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
UM, IF IT'S OKAY, I'D LIKE TO JUST ADDRESS MS. MELISSA.
UM, BRANDY, I DID, I DID RECEIVE A GENERAL EMAIL THAT YOU SENT, UM, TO THE ENTIRE COUNSEL.
I TOOK IT AS A, AN EMAIL TO THE, TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.
UM, YOU'RE, UM, AN INCREDIBLE YOUNG WOMAN.
UM, YOU ARE, ARE, ARE, CLEARLY WE NEED MORE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE THE RESILIENCE AND THE COURAGE THAT YOU HAVE AND, UM, TO COME HERE TONIGHT AND, AND STAND IN FRONT OF US AND, AND TELL YOUR STORY, UM, AND, AND ADVOCATE FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, OTHERS TO, TO NOT HAVE, UM, THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO THEM FOR, FOR, UM, CHILDREN THAT AREN'T EVEN DREAMED OF YET YOU'RE ADVOCATING FOR TO THIS AFTERNOON.
SO, UM, YOU HAVE MY ADMIRATION AND I DO APPRECIATE YOU, UM, COMING TONIGHT.
SO I'D LIKE TO TALK ON THE TECHNOLOGY SIDE.
I ACTUALLY HAVE SEVERAL OF THESE LOCATIONS THAT I DO IT WORK IN FOR A LOT OF THESE PLACES.
AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I GET ASKED A LOT IS THE ACTUAL VERIFICATION AND THINGS.
UH, TWO OF THE PLACES THAT I, UH, HANDLE IT WORK FOR, UM, THEY SWIPE, THEY HAVE ACTUAL SWIPES AND IT SHOWS A PICTURE OF THE ID, UH, ONE DAY
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SWIPE IT AND THEN OF COURSE THEY HAVE TO COMPARE THE PERSON AND SO ON.UM, THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE THINGS.
UH, THEN THEY, OF COURSE THEY DO THE BAND THING AND SO ON.
AND I, AND I TOTALLY GET, UH, WHERE YOU, THAT YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH THAT.
BUT ON THE TECHNOLOGY SIDE, UM, WHERE WOULD YOU SEE, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE IN, IN PREPARATION, I'VE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE FACIAL RECOGNITION.
UM, YOU KNOW, DO YOU DO THAT FOR, YOU KNOW, DO YOU GET INTO A PRIVACY ISSUE THERE OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE SEEING USED OUT THERE, UM, IN MAYBE SOME OTHER PLACES IF Y'ALL RESEARCHED INTO THAT? BECAUSE YOU HAD MENTIONED A WHILE AGO ABOUT DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES AND KEEPING UP WITH THE TIMES AS FAR AS RECOGNITION TO TRY AND KEEP SOME OF THIS OUT.
SO WHAT WOULD YOU SEE AS SOME OF THE THINGS TO LOOK INTO AS FAR AS THAT BARS CAN IMPLEMENT NOW? I'LL GO AND I'LL REFERENCE THAT WITH THE 21 AND UP BECAUSE I, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THE PLACES THAT HAVE DONE, THEY, THEY'VE TRIED TO GO TO THE 21 ONLY AND THEN THAT CANCELS OUT, YOU KNOW, THEM GOING WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND SO ON.
CAUSE THEY HAVE A RANGE OF GROUPS AND SO ON AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEN THEY'VE GONE BACK DOWN TO THE 18 CUZ IT, IT WASN'T WORKING OUT FOR 'EM.
I TOTALLY AGREE THAT WE'VE GOT TO STOP THE UNDERAGE SERVING, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT'S GONNA BE MORE OF A RESPONSIBILITY ON THE BARS AND WHAT COULD WE ASSIST WITH AND WHAT COULD WE HELP WITH AND THE ORDINANCES AND EVERYTHING TO REQUIRE THESE CERTAIN TECHNOLOGIES TO KEEP UP WITH THIS.
SO I, I THINK IF, IF ULTIMATELY THE COUNCIL, UH, FOR WHATEVER REASON DOES NOT WANT TO GO THE 21 YEAR OLD ROUTE, I THINK THEN YOU CHANGE, UH, MAYBE MAKE A CHANGE TO THE ORDINANCE WHERE THE ID HAS TO BE CHECKED.
EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY'S SUPPOSED TO CHECK THE ID AT THE DOOR, BAN THEM, WHATEVER VALIDATES HOW OLD THEY ARE.
THEY GO TO THE BAR AGAIN TO BUY A DRINK.
THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOME KIND OF ORDINANCE WHERE AT THAT POINT OF SALE, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE CARTED AGAIN, EVERYTHING.
AND THEN TO MAKE IT WORK, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ID THAT THEY'RE CHECKING IS ACTUALLY AVAILABLE.
UH, WE FIND KIDS OUT THERE NOW WITH 3, 4, 5 FAKE IDS.
IF YOU GO THROUGH ONE, IT DON'T WORK.
WE'VE SEEN IT WE'VE SEEN IT IN VIDEO, WE'VE SEEN IT ACTUALLY HAPPENING.
THEY ALL HAVE 'EM, UNFORTUNATELY.
UM, THE TECHNOLOGY THAT, THAT'S OUT THERE, THAT BARS ARE BUYING, UH, SOME OF 'EM THEY SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON.
UM, BUT THAT JUST DOESN'T WORK.
I MEAN, I CAN, I CAN GET AN ID, I CAN GET AN ENCODER, I CAN GET A PRINTER, I CAN GET A SCANNER, I CAN, AND I CAN COME UP WITH AN ID THAT CAN BE SCANNED, THAT I CAN GET IN JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE THAT I WANT TO GO.
THEY, THEY'RE GETTING, THEY'RE MAKING 'EM HERE.
THEY'RE GETTING THEM FROM CHINA, THEY'RE GETTING 'EM FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.
UM, THEY PAY 50 TO $300 A POP FARM.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S OUR PROBLEM.
UH, LANCE, NOW, NOW LET ME SAY THAT WITH SAYING THAT THERE ARE SOME THAT WORK, A LOT OF THEM, A LOT OF THE, UH, AND BARRY CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY THAT INTELLICHECK IT, THAT A LOT OF THEM USE.
BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THERE ARE IDS THAT'LL COME TO THOSE SYSTEMS AND THEY'LL SCAN 'EM AND THEY'LL LET 'EM IN.
WE'VE PROVED THAT IN, IN DIFFERENT CASES.
THEY'LL LOSE, THAT'S BAR OWNER MAKING THAT DECISION.
THEY SCAN THAT ID, IT TELLS 'EM IT'S EITHER EXPIRED OR RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT BECOMES A BAR OWNER THING.
UM, EVEN IF YOU RAISE THE AGE TO 21 AND SOMEBODY COMES THROUGH WITH ONE OF THOSE AND THEY'RE LIKE, OKAY, GO ON IN.
AND, AND, AND AGREE THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BAR OWNER HAS TO BE HEIGHTENED, I THINK IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS, IF, IF WE'RE GOING TO REALLY START CRACKING DOWN, AND I WOULD SAY ALSO WITH Y'ALL'S DEPARTMENT IN MORE RANDOM CHECKS, AND I KNOW THAT WOULD TAKE US FUNDING MORE AS FAR AS Y'ALL'S DEPARTMENT GO, DON'T GET ME WRONG.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST THINK THIS IS GONNA HAVE TO BE A BALANCING ACT CUZ RIGHT.
I KNOW ONE OF THE PLACES I WORK FOR THEIR CROWD IS USUALLY UNDER 21, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT STRICTLY A BAR.
AND THEY, PEOPLE GO THERE ALL THE TIME AND SOME OF 'EM JUST DON'T EVEN DRINK PERIOD.
THEY'RE JUST THERE FOR THE ATMOSPHERE AND SO ON.
SO I, I, I THINK THERE DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE A BALANCING THERE.
AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THESE BARS ARE REALLY INVESTING IN THE TECHNOLOGY SO THAT THEY DON'T GET HIT OR THEY DON'T GET THAT REPUTATION, UM, THAT SOME BARS HAVE RIGHT NOW.
THAT, THAT'S JUST DETRIMENTAL TO THEM.
SO, AND, AND YOU KNOW, AND, AND THERE ARE SOME GREAT BAR OWNERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, THEY DO A GREAT JOB AND DO THE BEST THEY CAN, BUT WE'VE ALSO SEEN THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM WHERE THEY USE THAT TECHNOLOGY AS AN EXCUSE, WELL, I GOT THE BEST EQUIPMENT OUT THERE, WE STAND
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IT INSTEAD THEY'RE 21, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? AND THEY USE THAT AS A MEANS TO LET UNDERAGE PEOPLE IN.THERE HAS TO BE A BALANCE AND WE'VE GOTTA FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, TO MAKE IT WORK FOR THE MOST PEOPLE.
UM, LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS, I REMEMBER JUST A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL GOING INTO THE, THE BARS AT 18, AND IT WAS LEGAL
UH, IT WAS LEGAL TO DRINK AT 18 MM-HMM.
BEING THAT THAT WAS JUST A COUPLE YEARS AGO, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY STILL LEFT AROUND WHEN THAT ORDINANCE WAS PASSED OR ADJUSTED OR ANYTHING, OR IF, IF, UM, ATTORNEY'S OFFICE COULD SAY, WAS THERE ANY REASON OR SPECIFIC TO GIVEN ON WHY THEY DID THAT? I MEAN, ORDINANCES ARE PASSED FOR A REASON.
THEY HAVE DISCUSSION OR ANYTHING.
AND I'M JUST, LIKE I SAID, I KNOW IT WAS A, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, BUT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY GUIDANCE ON THAT ABOUT WHAT SPECIFICALLY? MAYBE THEY VOTED ON THAT OR MAYBE IT WAS JUST THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE HERE AT THAT TIME JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, LET'S DO THIS.
SO IF ANYBODY COULD ANSWER THAT, AND I'M OKAY IF NOBODY HAS THAT INFORMATION.
I DON'T HAVE, I DON'T HAVE THAT.
YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN AROUND A COUPLE YEARS AGO EITHER, YOU KNOW,
UM, AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU AS TO WHY THAT'S FINE.
THE COUNCIL, WHY THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO LET THOSE UNDER 21 INTO THE BARS.
UH, THAT WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, OBVIOUSLY.
A LITTLE BIT MORE BEFORE MY TIME.
BUT, UM, WHATEVER THE COUNCIL, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYBODY MIGHT REMEMBER ANY SPECIFICS AS TO THE DISCUSSION OR WHAT THEY ACT WERE GOING THROUGH.
SO NOT TO TAKE ANY OF THIS LIGHTLY, BUT IN THE EARLY NINETIES, IF I WANTED TO CHANGE MY ID ALLALL I HAD TO DO IS RUN OVER IT WITH A HOT IRON.
IT WOULD OPEN UP, I'D CHANGED THE DATE ON THE INSIDE AND PUT THE IRON BACK ON IT, AND AUTOMATICALLY I WAS 21 YEARS OLD.
THEN IN, IN THE TWO THOUSANDS, UM, WE HAD PEOPLE THAT WOULD WALK AROUND SELLING US THE SLIPS WITH THE NEW HOLOGRAM ON IT.
UM, AND THEN LATER, UH, THE INTERNET CAME IN FULL FORCE AND WE HAVE TEENAGERS HAVE ACCESS TO, UH, SITES WHERE THEY CAN ORDER WHATEVER FAKE ID FROM WHATEVER STATE THAT THEY WANT.
AND THOSE THINGS LOOK LEGITIMATE AND ARE REAL.
UM, NOW, CURRENTLY AS WE STAND HERE WITH NEW, NEW TECHNOLOGY WITH THE SCANNERS ON THE BACK, WE ALSO HAVE LOUISIANA WALLET.
IT, IT BASICALLY ACTS JUST LIKE THE DRIVER'S LICENSE.
IT'S ONLY AS GOOD AS THE PERSON THAT CHECKS IT AND THE PERSON THAT'S GIVING IT TO YOU.
UM, WE'VE SEEN PROBLEMS WITH THEM LOOKING AT THE PHONE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE EVEN SUPPOSED TO TAKE SOMEBODY'S PHONE, BUT YOU SHOWED 'EM THE PICTURE.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S PROBLEMS THERE.
UH, AND I'M NOT SO SURE THAT THERE'S, THERE'S, MAYBE NOT NOW, BUT THERE WON'T BE, IT WON'T BE LONG.
THERE WON'T BE A WAY TO CHANGE THE PICTURE ON THAT.
THIS WEEK WE HAD, UH, SEVERAL, THAT TWO FEMALES WITH LOOKING THE SAME PARTICULAR, YOU CAN TAP INTO THEIR LOGIN AND I CAN PUT YOUR LA WALLET ON MY PHONE.
THEY'RE TAKING SOMEBODY OF LEGAL AGE PUTTING THEIR LOGIN SO THEY CAN HAVE IT FLIPPED AND, AND THEY CAN DO THAT.
SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF WE WERE EXPLORING OPTIONS WITH REGARD TO CHANGING SOME OF THE STANDARDS OF GETTING INTO BARS, WOULD, WOULD IT BE IN YOUR EXPERT OPINIONS? UM, SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT THE HARD COPY OF THE LICENSE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCURATE WITH REGARD TO GETTING INTO OR, OR MAYBE NOT BEING DUPLICATED.
UM, AS FAR AS BARS ARE CONCERNED IN UNDERAGE FOLKS, LIKE SHOULD WE BE REQUIRING THAT IT BE A HARD COPY OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE RATHER THAN LA WALLET? I'M NOT SURE.
THIS WAS FROM THIS WEEKEND, ALL FAKE IDS FROM THIS WEEKEND.
AND I THINK THAT GOES SO, SO IT'S EASY TO DO.
THE, THE, THE ISSUE IS THEY CAN TAKE A, A LICENSE AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE LIKE, IT HAS TO BE, THEY PRINT BOOKS OUT, THERE'S BOOKS OUT NOW TO HOW TO CHECK AN ID AND ALL THE LITTLE THINGS THAT WE LOOK FOR THAT MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY DON'T KNOW ABOUT, BUT IT'S OUT THERE IF YOU
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WANNA LOOK HARD ENOUGH.SO THE IDS ARE GONNA LOOK LEGIT.
WELL, THEY CAN GET AN ENCODER AND TAKE THAT ED STRIP AND PUT ALL THE INFORMATION IN THERE ON COMPUTER.
SO WHEN YOU SCAN THAT CARD, IT'S GONNA SHOW YOU EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO SEE.
IT'S GONNA SHOW YOU THE CORRECT PICTURE OF THE, NO, NOT EVERY KID'S DOING THAT, BUT THAT'S, WE'VE SEEN IT AND THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING.
EXCEPT FOR THE DRIVER'S LICENSE.
EXCEPT FOR A DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER THAT CAN'T BE DUPLICATED.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING INTO, BUT I CAN'T DISCUSS THAT YET BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST GONNA BE US.
IT WILL TAKE OTHER AGENCIES AND MAYBE THE STATE OR WHATEVER TO LOOK AT SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT TRYING TO, TRYING TO DO.
SO OUR YOUTH IS EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT AND THEY FIND WAYS TO GET AROUND RULES TO FIND LOOPHOLES.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I GUESS ANOTHER CONSIDERATION THAT I THINK THAT WE ALL NEED TO THINK ABOUT IS UNIN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
SO, UM, YOU'LL SEE THIS OFTEN IN SMALL TOWNS WHEN YOUTH DO NOT HAVE A PLACE TO GO AND DRINK.
THEN YOU SEE AN INFLUX OF HOUSE PARTIES, OUR FIELD PARTIES, OUR PARKING LOT PARTIES WHERE DRINKING STILL OCCURS.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE DEVIL, YOU KNOW, DO YOU THINK IN YOUR EXPERT OPINION, BASED UPON YOUR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, UM, IS IT BETTER TO HAVE THEM HOUSED IN A LOCATION WHERE YOU'RE HAVING PEOPLE REGULATE THEM LIKE A BAR? OR IS IT BETTER TO HAVE THEM OUT ON THEIR OWN AND GOD KNOWS WHERE DRINKING AND FIELDS ARE IN PARKING LOTS OR IN HOUSES WHERE THEY'RE TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY UNSUPERVISED AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC EYE.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT.
I'M JUST PUTTING THAT QUESTION OUT THERE AS SOMETHING WE POSSIBLY NEED TO EXPLORE AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
Y'ALL'S PRESENTATION, UM, UH, COUNCILMAN MOG.
I, I WANTED TO ADDRESS, I THINK, UH, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN THE LAW CHANGED, AND, AND I COULD BE COMPLETELY WRONG ON THIS, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT WAS SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THE DRIVING AGE WHERE IT WAS STATE LAW THAT CHANGED.
UM, AND IT HAD TO DO WITH FEDERAL FUNDING, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED WITH DRIVING AGE, BUT I MAY BE MISTAKEN THERE, BUT I FEEL LIKE I HAD HEARD THAT ONCE UPON A TIME, IT WASN'T EBI THAT DID IT.
UM, AND, UH, SO I, I'VE HEARD ARGUMENTS IN THE PAST AND, AND I DON'T NECESSARILY DISAGREE ON IN SOME INSTANCES, AND I'M SURE WE'VE ALL HEARD IT, THAT IF SOMEBODY CAN GO FIGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DRINK AT 18.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL SUBSCRIBE TO THAT.
I THINK, UM, WHEN, WHEN, UH, AND I THINK THERE'S PROS AND CONS WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOMETHING IN THAT MANNER, UM, IT TAKES AWAY THE NOVELTY IF, IF YOU'VE BEEN INTRODUCED TO IT EARLIER ON, UM, POTENTIALLY.
UM, AND, AND I THINK WE'VE ALL HEARD THE ANECDOTAL, UH, EVIDENCE OF THAT HERE AND THERE.
UM, I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UM, THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S AN ARGUMENT THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT AN 18 OR 19 OR 20 YEAR OLD, THAT COULD BE THE DESIGNATED DRIVER IN THE GROUP.
Y'ALL WOULD'VE MORE EXPERIENCE ON IF YOU SEE THAT OR IF THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE SAY BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO STAY.
UH, WHAT I WOULD ASK Y'ALL IS, UM, DO YOU TYPICALLY SEE, OR, OR WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS OR OPINIONS ON, DO YOU FEEL THAT THE BAR OWNERS, I MEAN IT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES WE LOOK AT IT AS IT'S, IT'S A MONETARY THING.
SO ARE THEY JUST TRYING TO SHOW THAT THEY ARE DOING THE BARE MINIMUM SO THAT THEY CAN SAY, HEY, WE'RE TRYING, UM, BUT THEY WANT 'EM TO STAY AND THEY WANT 'EM TO DRINK BECAUSE OF JUST BECAUSE OF MONEY.
YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING ALWAYS POINTS BACK TO MONEY.
UH, DO YOU SEE, UH, IS THAT TYPICALLY THE, ARE THE BAR OWNERS TRYING TO CURB IT OR ARE THEY TRYING TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO CURB IT IN YOUR OPINION? I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, THEY ARE, THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THE BEST THEY CAN.
UM, BUT AS ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS SAID ONE TIME, WE DO HAVE BAD ACTORS AND WE DO, I GUESS THAT'S JUST LIKE IN ANYTHING MM-HMM.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, YEAH, I THINK, I THINK THEY DO A GOOD JOB OF REGULATING WHAT WE DO.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, I CAN TELL YOU WE KNEW WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE, THE, THE BARS THAT WERE LENIENT AND THOSE THAT WERE NOT, AND I CAN TELL YOU OF THE ONES THAT WERE NOT, WHEN PEOPLE FELT LIKE THEY WERE THREATENED THAT, UM, THE, THE, UH, THE BOUNCER WALKING AROUND WAS GONNA COME AND TAKE THEIR DRINK MM-HMM.
AND SO THE BINGE ELEMENT COMES INTO PLAY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS EVERY TIME, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PROS AND CONS TO EVERY SCENARIO.
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SO, UH, IT'S A CHALLENGE.I MEAN, EVERYTHING YOU'RE SAYING HERE, I THINK EVERYBODY CAN HEAR THERE'S, IT'S A CHALLENGE TRYING TO COMBAT IT.
UM, I TEND TO AGREE SOME OF WITH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ROCKA SAID AT THE END THERE, UM, GROWING UP IN A SMALL TOWN, IT WAS, UH, IT WASN'T, I MEAN, YES, THERE WERE HOUSE PARTIES.
THERE WERE FIELD PARTIES, UM, AND THEN IT WAS JUST DRIVING AROUND, YOU KNOW? AND SO, UM, THAT IS A CONSIDERATION IF YOU MAKE IT TOO DIFFICULT.
UM, I, I'D MUCH RATHER HAVE IT IN A CONTROLLED SITUATION PERSONALLY, WHERE SOMEBODY, HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT BAD ACTORS AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING OUT FOR THE YOUTH MM-HMM.
UM, AND SO THE RESILIENCY AT WHICH THEY WILL, THE LENGTHS THAT THEY WILL GO TO TRY TO, UH, TO DRINK, I THINK WE'RE NOT STOPPING THAT FROM HAPPENING.
SO I'D RATHER HAVE IT IN A CONTROLLED SITUATION THAN A NON-CONTROLLED SITUATION.
UM, AND THEN AS, AS FAR AS GOING BACK TO DRINKING AGE, WHETHER YOU SUBSCRIBE TO THE IDEA OF 18 SHOULD BE ALLOWED, UM, OR, OR STOPPING 18 YEAR 19 TO 20 YEAR OLDS FROM GOING TO BAR, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THIS BODY CAN DECIDE AS FAR AS THE DRINKING AGE ANYWAY.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, THAT'S MY THOUGHTS ON IT, BUT, UH, I APPRECIATE WHAT WHAT Y'ALL DO, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR, UH, YOUR PRESENTATION AND PLEASE, YEAH.
WHEN YOU MENTION ABOUT BAR OWNERS, ABOUT 95% OF THE TIME THEY'RE NOT THERE.
COLLEGE KIDS ARE REGULATING COLLEGE KIDS.
AND THAT'S THE BIG, THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY, IF THEY'RE NOT THERE MM-HMM.
THEY JUST SEE QUICKBOOKS THE NEXT DAY.
AND MAYBE, SO I AGREE WITH PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, THE ACCOUNTABILITY NEEDS TO BE THERE.
UM, THAT LICENSE IS, THAT IS THAT PINCH POINT, YOU KNOW, AND SO MAYBE THAT'S THE WAY, UH, TO ADDRESS IT.
IF WE FEEL LIKE MONEY'S DRIVING THE PROBLEM, THEN YOU, YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN, WHEN MONEY GETS SQUEEZED, MAYBE THE PROBLEM GETS CORRECTED.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST PLACE.
I THINK THAT, IN MY OPINION, THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO ATTACK IT.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR COMING AND GIVING AN OUTSTANDING REPORT.
WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU, SIR.
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MEMBERS, WE'RE NOT GONNA GO TO ITEM 43 RECEIVING A REPORT FROM THESE PARISH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE ON TRAFFIC MITIGATION MEASURES AND KEY ALTERNATIVE CORRIDOR ROUTES DURING INTERSTATE 10, WIDENING CONSTRUCTION, AND ALSO ON MOVE PROJECT PLAN AND TIMELINES FOR 2023 BY COUNCILMAN GODA.THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR ALLOWING ME TO, UH, PROVIDE THIS PRESENTATION TO YOU.
UM, CERTAINLY I WANT TO BE SURE FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES THAT, UH, WHEN WE DO START THIS I 10, UH, PROJECT WITH THE STATE'S, WHAT'S PROPOSED TO DO, UH, AND I'M JOKING AND WHEN I SAY THIS, DRIVERS ARE PROBABLY GONNA WANNA START DRINKING WHEN YOU START DRIVING ON THAT INTERSTATE.
SO, UH, AND I SAY THAT JOKINGLY, TELL ME, UH, THIS IS OUR PROPOSED PLAN FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND WILDER, THE, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
YOU KNOW, FIRST OFF, THIS IS OUR CITY, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT OUR PROJECT.
AND I SAY THAT NOT BEING DISRESPECTFUL TO ANYBODY, BUT YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA STAND UP FOR THE THINGS THAT, THAT GO POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AND, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE ISSUES ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT.
AND, BUT I WANTED TO BE SURE THAT OUR COUNSEL AND THE PUBLIC, EVERY MEETING THAT I GO TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS NOT OUR, BUT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PARTICIPATE IN TRYING TO MINIMIZE THAT INCONVENIENCE TO THE MOTOR IN PUBLIC.
SO I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT TOO.
WE HAVE BEEN, UH, CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH D O T D.
MY WIFE'S TOLD ME THE OTHER NIGHT THAT I PROBABLY OUGHT TO JUST MOVE, UH, MY LIVING ROOM FURNITURE OVER THERE, CUZ THAT'S JUST ABOUT WHERE I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH D O T D.
CUZ THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT TO US CUZ I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE IMPACT AND IT IS NOT ALL GONNA BE GOOD.
AND WE GOTTA FIND WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MINIMIZE THE INCONVENIENCE, NUMBER ONE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF OUR PARISH, AND THEN THE ADJOINING PARISHES BECAUSE THEY DO COME AND COME BACK AND FORTH TO, TO GO TO WORK IN OUR PARISH.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE ISSUE WE WOULD BE DEALING WITH.
WHAT WE DO KNOW TODAY, AS CONSTRUCTION SPOKE AS STARTED IN 2023, YOU CAN SEE THE BARRIERS OUT THERE.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING MORE, UH, UTILITY RELOCATIONS AT THIS POINT.
UH, AND THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE.
UH, THE ACTUAL CLOSURES, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED FOR 24, HAS BEEN PUSHED TO 25 ON LANE CLOSURES WHERE PEOPLE WILL REALLY BE, UH, CHALLENGED AT THAT POINT.
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DECISION THE D O T D MADE BECAUSE OF SOME OTHER CHANGES THEY WANT TO MAKE ON THE, UH, I 10 WEST, UH, MOVEMENT TO THE BRIDGE, ADD AN ADDITIONAL LANE AT THAT POINT.UH, THE LANE CLOSURES, WHAT ARE PROJECTED AT THIS POINT ARE 14 MONTHS ACCORDING TO D O T D, WHEN, UH, ANY OF THESE LANE CLOSURES ARE GONNA TAKE PLACE IN THE PHASES THAT THEY HAVE.
WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO CONTROL THE ANTICIPATED DISRUPTION AND, UH, AND DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOW SLOTS.
WE'RE MOVING EVERY DAY, BUT I MEAN THAT CERTAINLY PEOPLE'S EXPECTATION OF WHAT IS CONVENIENT AND WHAT'S NOT OR IS SOMETIMES A CHALLENGE, BUT WE TRY TO ADDRESS THAT AS MUCH AS WE CAN UPGRADING THIS ENTIRE SIGNAL SYSTEM, UH, ON THE MOVE BR PROGRAM.
REGARDLESS, I CAN, THE VOTERS OF THIS PARISH PROVED THE, THE FUNDING TO DO A SYNCHRONIZATION OF OUR SIGNALS AND OUR PARISH.
AND I'M VERY, VERY THANKFUL AND APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
ALL WE'VE DONE IS TRIED TO MINIMIZE AND PUT SOME PRIORITIES ON SOME LOCATIONS THAT WE BELIEVE, UH, TRAFFIC'S GONNA MOVE TO, TO TRY TO HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THE INCONVENIENCES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
REAL TIME MONITORING OF ALL OUR SIGNAL PARISH ABLE TO RESPOND TO CONGESTION IN REAL TIME FROM A CENTRAL, I MEAN FROM THE CENTRAL VENT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER.
UH, AND IN PASS OVER THE YEARS WE HAD TO SEND PEOPLE OUT TO LOCATION TO MAKE THE CHANGES AND THEY ALL NORMALLY GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE SAME TRAFFIC THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, UH, TODAY.
BUT THIS WAY IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS AND TIMING CHANGES WE NEED AT REAL TIME AT OUR CENTER.
SHIFTING CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES TO ENSURE NO CRITICAL LANE CLOSURES DURING 2024.
UH, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN IN A SECOND ABOUT WHAT THE CITY'S DOING, PARTICULARLY WITH THE MOVE R PROGRAM.
THAT IS, THAT IS IMPORTANT TO US.
SO AS THE INTERSTATE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY IS THAT I ALSO HAVE, UH, BONDING, UH, REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE MET.
I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT I MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS, MEET THE PUBLIC'S EXPECTATION ON, UH, TRANSPORTATION AND ALSO TRY TO ADDRESS THE TRAFFIC ISSUES DEALING WITH THE INTERSTATE IMPROVEMENT.
UM, UPGRADING DETECTION ON CRITICAL ROUTES, UH, DETECTION.
I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
PRIORITIZING KEY ALTERNATIVES AND CORRIDORS OF FIBER AND SIGNAL UPGRADES YOU'LL SEE ON A MAP IN JUST A SECOND.
THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES WE'RE DEALING WITH.
COORDINATE WITH D O T D ON ADDITIONAL CORRIDOR TIMING AND DETECTION, UH, ITEMS. I WILL JUST SAY THIS, WE'RE WAITING ON D O T D TO HAVE A MODEL SET FOR US TO LOOK AT ALL THESE CORRIDORS.
A ESTO MODEL THAT WILL ESTIMATE WHAT WE BELIEVE PEOPLE WILL GET OFF THE INTERSTATE AND GO TO THESE LOCATIONS AND, AND WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE MODELS AND TIMING PLANS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT ON A TIMELY FASHION.
COORDINATING WITH D O T D AND CAPITAL REGION PLANNING COMMISSION AND DIVISION ADMINISTRATION ON COMMUTER CREW PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE RIDE SHARING FLEX HOURS POTENTIAL FOUR DAY WORKWEEK AND WORKING FROM HOME NEXT.
ALRIGHT, UM, THIS GIVES YOU THE GENERAL, UH, CONCEPT OF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.
THESE AREAS HERE IN, UH, IN GREEN OR THE CORRIDORS AND THERE 15 OF 'EM THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT TO TRY TO ADDRESS, UH, THE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS DEALING WITH THE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE INTERSTATE 10.
SOME OF 'EM ARE FLORIDA AIRLINE HIGHWAY.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE GOVERNMENT STREET, THE DOWN SOUTH.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PERKINS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, BURBANK, YOU ALSO HAVE NICHOLSON.
AND THERE ARE VARIOUS STREETS WITHIN THE ACTUAL DOWNTOWN AREA THAT WE ALSO WANT TO BE SURE OF FUNCTIONING AT THAT POINT.
UM, MODERNIZATION OF OUR ENTIRE SIGNAL SYSTEM.
IT'S, IT, REALISTICALLY, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR TOTAL SYSTEM CONNECTED.
SO WE'LL HAVE MOBILITY THROUGHOUT MO THROUGHOUT OUR PARIS, MOVING WITH VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS.
REAL TIME CONTROLLER SIGNALS TO BETTER MANAGE INCIDENTS.
AND WE HAVE WRECKS AND VERY VARIOUS TIMES OF THE DAY.
AND YOU KNOW HOW THAT IS WHEN WE HAVE, PARTICULARLY WITH A, IF THERE'S AN ACCIDENT ON THE INTERSTATE, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE THE WORLD'S COMING TO AN END.
UH, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO TRY TO FIND WAYS TO REDUCE THAT FRUSTRATION AND MITIGATE THE PROBLEMS THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH MOVING TO AND FROM WHERE THEY WANT SPECIAL EVENTS.
IT WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO HELP US WITH EVACUATIONS.
UH, CERTAINLY, UH, WE KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE WITH HURRICANES WHEN EVERYBODY HAS TO PASS THROUGH EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
I LAUGH AT THAT BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT OUR CONGESTION.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BEEN THERE.
UH, WE'RE TRYING TO ADD THE CAPACITY TO THE ELAINE'S IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE DO EVERY DAY.
AND, AND EVEN WHEN WE DO THAT, THERE'S STILL MORE CARS THAT ARE COMING EVERY DAY.
INTERSTATE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, I HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE THAT IS GONNA BE A CHALLENGE FOR US.
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BUT I BELIEVE WE'LL HAVE OUR SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING WHEN WE NEED TO.FASTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES.
UH, WITH THE, UH, PREEMPTION PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN IN ALREADY IMPROVED AND INCLUDE OUR FIRE AND OUR, UM, EMS PEOPLE HAVE HAD TREMENDOUS RESPONSE IN REGARDS TO MOVING, UH, TO AND FROM WITH THESE INCIDENTS, BUT ALSO TO AND FROM HOSPITALS WHEN CALLED UPON THE LAST ITEM I MENTIONED HERE, CUZ THIS IS TO ME IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ITEM, UH, THAT I SEE OUT OF THE OVERALL PROGRAM.
THE BIGGEST THING I HEAR, IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING DELAYED, IT'S THAT ONE DAY IT TAKES 20 MINUTES AND THE NEXT DAY IT'LL BE 40 MINUTES AND THEY USE THE SAME ROUTE EVERY TIME.
OUR GOAL AND OBJECTIVE, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY, IS BECAUSE OF THE, THE ACTUAL FIBER CABLE THAT WE'RE BEING INSTALLED, WE'RE ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO CONNECT TO ALL OUR INTERSECTIONS AND WE CAN CONTROL A CORRIDOR AREA MUCH EASIER THAN HAVING TO SEND PEOPLE IN OUT TO LOCATION, MAKE TIMING CHANGES, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
I MEAN, UH, CERTAINLY I THINK E B R NEEDS TO GET INTO THE NEW TECHNOLOGY AND THAT'S THE DIRECTION WHERE WE'LL BE HEADING.
BUT COMMUTE TIMES, IN MY OPINION IS WHAT I HEAR THE MOST FROM, FROM THE PEOPLE WHO DRIVE TO AND FROM.
THERE'S NO CONSISTENCY EVEN USED IN THE SAME ROAD.
AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO CERTAINLY ENHANCE NEXT SLIDE.
ALRIGHT, FIBER AS THE THINGS THAT ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE BEFORE 2024, I WILL TELL YOU THAT IS, THAT IS CRITICAL FOR US BECAUSE EVERYTHING WE ARE DOING UNDER THE SIGNALIZATION PROGRAM HAS TO BE TESTED, HAS TO BE MODELED OUT.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE SURE WE GET INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC AND WHEN WE TELL 'EM, HEY, THIS QUARTER IS OPERATING, YOU SHOULD BE TAKEN FROM HERE TO HOW MUCH TIME IT'S GONNA TAKE.
WE WANT FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY TO BE SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THE ISSUES AS BEST AS WE CAN.
I WILL TELL YOU EVEN ON SOME OF THESE, UH, SYNCHRONIZATION PROJECTS, CAPACITY WILL STILL BE AN ISSUE WHEN YOU START MOVING CARS, UH, 10,000, 20,000 CARS A DAY THAT'S GETTING SHIPPED FROM OFF THE INTERSTATE TO OUR LOCAL ROADWAYS.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE CAPACITY ISSUES THAT WE WILL BE DEALING WITH IN THE FUTURE.
BUT, UH, WE WILL LOOK AT THE FABRIC DETECTION AND DEVICES AND CAMERAS HAVE THE TRAFFIC MONITORING OF CAMERAS THAT, UH, WILL BE COMPLETED.
THE HARDWARE AND THE SOFTWARE AT OUR ATM CENTER.
UH, I WENT OVER THERE THE OTHER DAY TO JUST FINISHED UP THE, THE SOME OF THE MONITORING, UH, SCREENS.
I MEAN IT REALLY IS TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT ABOUT 400 LOCATIONS AT ONE TIME AND, AND KIND OF FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT IN THE SITUATION, DEALING WITH TRAFFIC, UH, SIGNAL UPGRADES.
UH, WE, WE HAD SOME OLD EQUIPMENT CERTAINLY NEEDED TO BE UPDATED AND, AND PUT INTO TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY SIGNAL, RETIRING ON NEWLY CONNECTED CORRIDORS.
THAT, UM, IS WHAT I SAID WITH THE MEO MODEL.
WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT THAT, PROVIDE THAT DATA TO US WHERE THEY PROJECT IT.
AND I SAY THAT PROJECTED BECAUSE THAT NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHERE THE PERSON'S GONNA DRIVE TO AND WHERE THEY, WHAT STREET THEY'RE GONNA TAKE.
BUT THEY HAVE BASIC TECHNOLOGY.
BETTER LOOK AT THAT AND GIVE YOU SOME KIND OF INDICATION OF HOW MANY CARS MAY GET OFF AND USE AIRLINE HIGHWAY, HOW MANY CARS MAY GET OFF OR USE FLORIDA, THINGS LIKE THAT TO BE ABLE TO HELP US MANAGE TRAFFIC BETTER.
ALRIGHT, NEXT, AS I SAID EARLIER, THE FIBER, UH, TO ME THAT IS THE KEY COMPONENT TO OUR TRAFFIC NEEDS.
EVERYBODY SAYS, WAIT, WE DID THIS 10 AND 15 YEARS AGO.
NO, WE ONLY DID A SMALL PORTION.
WE'RE DOING THE ENTIRE SYSTEM, UH, IN BATON ROUGE.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO HELP MANAGE TRAFFIC AT ANY INTERSECTION THAT'S LOCATED IN THIS PARISH.
IT'S ABOUT 440 LOCATIONS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
THAT, THAT TO ME, HAVING THE, THE CONNECTIVITY WITH THE FIBER WILL ALLOW US THAT OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY MANAGE TRAFFIC THE WAY IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
UM, YOU ALSO SEE THE IMPROVE THE CORRIDOR OPERATIONS WHEN YOU HAVE ALL YOUR CORRIDOR SET UP AND YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC'S GONNA BE.
YOU CAN SET TIMING PLANS FROM THE, FROM THE CENTER, WATCHING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES, TO HELP FACILITATE MOVE TRAFFIC THROUGH THESE AREAS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
UH, IT PROVIDES COMMUNICATIONS FOR ALL SIGNALS TO BE AT A CENTRAL LOCATION.
AND TO ME, OUR ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER TO UPGRADES THAT WE'RE MAKING, THERE ARE STAFFING THAT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE EQUIPMENT.
WE DO HAVE A FANTASTIC STAFF THERE.
UH, THEY'RE EAGER TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS.
I TOLD 'EM THEY NEED TO SIT IN MY JOB ONE TIME AND SEE HOW EAGER THAT WOULD BE.
BUT, UM, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I'M, I'M FORTUNATE THAT WE DO HAVE THE EQUIPMENT COMING IN, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE PEOPLE THERE TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THIS SYSTEM.
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KIND OF GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE, AS IN WE ARE, IT'S ABOUT 4,000, ABOUT 4,000, 400,000 LINEAR FEET OF ADDITIONAL FIBER THAT WE ARE PUTTING IN WITHIN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.THE SIGNAL WE'VE BEEN LAYING OVER A THOUSAND, UH, FEET PER DAY.
UH, BACKUP POWER FOR SIGNALS, UH, I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, BUT THAT'S ALL COMPLETE.
OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL COORDINATE, UH, CONTROLLERS, THEY'RE BEING ALL INSTALLED.
THE EMERGENCY PREEMPTION, THAT WAS WHAT I WAS MENTIONING ABOUT THE, UH, FIRE AND THE UH, EMS. UH, WE'VE HAD SOME REAL POSITIVE COMMENTS FROM THEM ON RESPONSE TIMES AND HOW WE'VE, THE NEW SYSTEM ALLOWS A MORE FLEXIBILITY, UH, SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS, WE ARE FINISHED WITH THAT.
UH, AND WE'RE NOT LOOKING, TRYING TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING IN THEIR COURSE.
WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AND SEE HOW THE CARS ARE OPERATING.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE PEOPLE WHO WOULD KNOW THAT COULD HAVE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT IN REFERENCE VEHICLE DETECTION.
UH, WE HAVE ALL THAT INSTALLED AND IN PLACED AT THIS POINT UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR THAT.
WE HAVE, UH, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS VERY IMPORTANT, A NEWS SCREW FLASHING SYSTEM.
MOST PEOPLE THAT SCREW FLASHERS WERE PROBABLY 25 YEARS OLD.
AND WHEN NOW WE HAVE IT WITH THE NEW TECHNOLOGY.
SOME WE HAVE WITH, UH, WITH SOLAR, SOME WILL BE WITH ELECTRIC.
BUT WE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THOSE ALL SET UP AND COMMUNITY AND, UH, HANDLED AND READY TO GO.
UH, REPLACING OUTDATED EQUIPMENT.
THERE'S NO QUESTION A LOT OF OUR, UH, CONTROLLERS AND A LOT OF THE, UH, COMPONENTS WITHIN OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOX, WE'RE 20 YEARS OLD, YOU KNOW, AND IT, WHILE WE REPLACE THINGS, SOME OF 'EM NOW, YOU CAN'T REPLACE.
YOU HAVE TO GO TO NEW TECHNOLOGY AND THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY HAVE BEEN DOING IN UNDER THE SYSTEM.
PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS WHERE NEEDED.
I WILL SAY IT'S BEEN A, A GOAL AND OBJECTIVE OF THIS ADMINISTRATION TO HAVE MECHANISMS FOR THE PEDESTRIANS THAT DO WALK ALONG OUR ROADWAYS TO BE ABLE TO GET TO ONE SIDE, TO THE OTHER SIDE.
THAT IS CRITICAL FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE.
UM, AND WE WE'RE PUTTING THOSE IN AT, AT MANY OF THE SIGNAL LOCATIONS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
I WAS ALSO ASKED, UM, THE, ABOUT THE, THE BLIND COMMUNITY.
I ASKED ABOUT AUDIBLE SI UH, SIGNALS.
THOSE ALSO WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE.
BACKUP POWER SUPPLIES FOR CRITICAL INTERSECTION.
UH, EVERY INTERSECTION IS CRITICAL IF YOU'RE IN IT.
UH, I WILL JUST SAY THAT THIS HERE IN OUR MIND WAS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, UH, U P S, UH, UNINTERRUPTED, UH, POWER SOURCE AT LOCATION NEAR HOSPITALS.
SO WHEN WE DO LOSE POWER, WE'RE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS, UH, PEOPLE MOVE, UH, CAR MOVEMENT THROUGH THOSE INTERSECTIONS AND PARTICULARLY AROUND HOSPITALS.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT THAT, UH, HAS BEEN A PLUS AT ALL OUR LOCATIONS.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE GENERAL, UM, UH, MEDICAL DISTRICT FOR SURE.
WE ALSO HAVE FLASHING YELLOW ERRORS, UH, WHERE THEY'RE APPROPRIATE.
UH, THEY'RE ALL OVER THE BATON ROUGE NOW.
UH, AND WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING IN SOME MORE AND IT MAKES SENSE TO INSTALL 'EM.
WE JUST GOTTA GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE 'EM APPROPRIATELY AND WE'LL HOPEFULLY TO PUTTING THEIR EDUCATION PROGRAM OUT RIGHT NOW TO BE ABLE TO SHOW, TELL PEOPLE WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO AND WHAT YOU SHOULDN'T DO IN REGARDS TO THAT.
NEXT, JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE SHOWING OF THIS DETECTED DEVICES AND CAMERAS.
UH, AND THEN WHAT IT DOES IS ENABLE SIGNALS TO DETECT VEHICLES AND ADJUST TO THE TIMING BASED ON ACTUAL TRAFFIC VOLUME.
WE'LL BE ABLE C WE'LL BE ABLE TO NOTICE COMING.
WE CAN MAKE THE CHANGES NOT ONLY IS THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION REAL TIME, BUT ALSO AT THE NEXT INTERSECTION SO HE WON'T HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND THE SAME ISSUE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH SOMETIMES TODAY.
AND IT DOES ALLOW US TO COLLECT A LOT OF TRAFFIC DATA THAT IN SOME CASES WE'LL KNOW WHETHER IT'S CONSISTENT DATA OR SOMETHING'S CHANGING, WHY ARE WE GETTING MORE CARS TO THIS LOCATION OR LESS CARS.
THAT'S ALL IMPORTANT INFORMATION WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MANAGE TRAFFIC.
TRAFFIC MONITORING FROM THE ADVANCED TRAFFIC CENTER, AS I MENTIONED, THAT IS THE UPGRADES ARE BEING DONE.
IT'S CRITICAL FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HELP FACILITATE MOVING, NOT JUST TRAFFIC, BUT PEOPLE ALSO IN REGARDS TO THE OVERALL INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN.
STRATEGIC PLACING OF CAMERAS AND MONITORING TRAFFIC AND INCIDENTS WHERE NOT EVERY LOCATION WILL HAVE A CAMERA, BUT MOST OF 'EM WILL.
UH, CUZ WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT ENOUGH FOR WHAT WE NEED TO DO PRETENDING ON THE, THE PROXIMITY OF THESE, UH, INTERSECTIONS AND WHERE THEY ARE.
BUT TO ME IT'S, IT'LL HELP US, UH, MANAGE TRAFFIC EVEN MUCH BETTER.
REAL TIME RESPONSE THAT'S CRITICAL.
NEXT, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT
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THIS IS THE ADVANCED TRAFFIC CENTER THAT WE HAVE AT, UH, UH, UP UPDATE GO MOOSE.AND, UM, IF YOU SEE IT AND IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A TOUR, WE CERTAINLY HAVE NO PROBLEM BRINGING THAT UP TO YOU AND LET YOU SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW IT FUNCTIONS.
BUT WHAT IT DOES, I MEAN, IT ALLOWS ACCESS TO DATA IN, IN A USABLE FORMAT.
THEY CAN MAKE THE CHANGES IN TIME AND PLANS THAT NEED TO BE DONE AT THE CENTER.
UH, AS MENTIONED TO YOU EARLIER WITH THE, UH, UPS WE'VE HAD STALLED AT 117 LOCATIONS, IT DOES MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE DO LOSE POWER AND SOMETIMES, UH, WE, WE, WE HAVE THOSE SITUATIONS AND AROUND HOSPITAL AREAS AND THIS IS CERTAINLY GO HELP TO MANAGE IT.
AND THAT POWER, UH, GIVES YOU ABOUT FOUR HOURS, UH, OF EXTENDED TIME FOR, FOR THAT BATTERY BACKUP.
WHAT THAT THE CITY IS BEING INVOLVED WITH, UH, AND TO TRY TO HELP REDUCE THE FRUSTRATION AND THE INCONVENIENCE TO OUR, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA BE DRIVING IN EAST BAT ROUGE PARISH.
THESE ARE THOSE CORRIDORS THAT ALL WILL BE SET UP TO HAVE COMPLETE SYNCHRONIZATION, CAMERAS, DETECTORS, UH, ALL THE ITEMS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE ABLE TO FURTHER MANAGE THE SYSTEM.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UH, THE FIBER, OR IF YOU CAN SEE ON HERE ON SEVEN OF 'EM ARE COMPLETE TIME WHERE THE FIBER'S ALREADY BEEN CONNECTED, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, LAID AND THEY ARE BEING CONNECTED.
UH, WE HAVE THE OTHER CORRIDORS THAT WILL BE PROBABLY BE FINISHED IN THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR MONTHS.
AND THE REMAINING MONTHS THAT WE HAVE LEFT WILL BE TO ACTUALLY TEST OUR SYSTEM, UH, AND TRY TO SEE WHAT CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE.
AND THAT WILL BE ON OUR EXISTING TRAFFIC RIGHT NOW.
BUT WE ALSO WILL HAVE THE DATA COMING FROM D O T D ON WHERE THEY BELIEVE THE TRAFFIC WILL MOVE TO IN INSTRUCT MA MODELING THAT AND SEEING WHAT THAT IMPACT WILL BE, UH, FROM A TRAFFIC STANDPOINT.
THESE ARE, UM, THE CRITICAL LOCATIONS.
AND I SAY THIS, THIS IS TO HELP NOT ONLY OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE IN REALITY THAT'S WHAT OUR JOB IS.
WE ARE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, BUT I ALSO KNOW, I'VE HEARD PEOPLE FROM LIVINGSTON, I'VE HEARD PEOPLE FROM ASCENSION WHO COME THROUGH THIS AREA.
VILLE PARISH, UH, HAS SAID, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? I SAID, WELL, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO AT LEAST ADDRESS SOME OF THE CORRIDORS.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO USE THE INTERSTATE, THEN WE'LL PROVIDE YOU SOME OTHER WAYS OR OTHER LOCATIONS TO DO SO.
AND WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS TO BETTER MANAGE THAT.
AND I THINK WE'LL HAVE OUR SYSTEM IN PLACE.
AND WHAT I WILL DO IS ASK, ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS LATER ABOUT HOW IS THAT GOING TO IMPACT CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES FOR US ON MOVIE YARD.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING, BUT WHAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO IS, UH, REALLY HAVE PARTICIPATION FROM A LOT OF GROUPS THAT WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN TRYING TO HELP EASE SOME OF THOSE FRUSTRATION, UH, AND AGGRAVATION, UH, OF DRIVERS THAT WE'LL BE DEALING WITH.
UH, RIDE SHARING IS ONE THAT THE CITY PARISH IS GONNA BE LOOKING AT.
THE MAYORS, UH, HAS BEEN ASKING THAT THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENTS AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO LOOK AT DOING THAT.
WHEN THIS, THIS CONSTRUCTION GET STARTS TO TAKE PLACE, THAT'S LESS CARS ON THE ROADWAY.
THAT MEANS LESS ISSUES TO DEAL WITH.
UH, COMMUTER CREW APP HELPS TO FIND RIDE SHARING MATCHES.
UH, COMMUTER CREW DOES A VERY GOOD JOB.
UH, THEY HELP OUT A LOT WHEN THESE TYPE OF EVENTS TAKE PLACE.
UH, AND YOU, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S UH, 400, I MEAN FOUR, EXCUSE ME, 4,000 COMMUTERS HAVE SIGNED UP TO DATE.
UH, IT'S FREE EMERGENCY RIDE HOME PROVIDED, YOU KNOW, YOU GET THERE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, OH, I GOTTA GO HOME CUZ THERE'S A PROBLEM.
THEY DON'T, THERE'S, THERE'S NO CHARGE IN IN RELATIONSHIP TO THAT TELEWORKING, FLEX TIME CONSULTANT SERVICES AVAILABLE AT NO COST.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS LOOKING AT.
MAYOR HAS ASKED US TO PUT TOGETHER A PLAN ON THAT.
WE ARE WORKING WITH A PARISH ATTORNEY TO BE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS ALL THOSE ISSUES TO FIND WAYS IF CAN WE USE THAT PERIODICALLY TO HELP MINIMIZE, PARTICULARLY DURING THE MAJOR CONSTRUCTION TIMES, UH, OF THE TRAFFIC ON OUR STREETS AND AS WHETHER IT'S ON THE INTERSTATE OR OUR LOCAL STREETS.
THEN NEXT SLIDE AND AT THE MAYOR'S REQUEST, YOU KNOW, THERE'S COMMUNICATION IS KEY TO EVERYTHING WE DO AND UH, I THINK WE'VE GOT ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED, UH, FROM D O T D, UH, ACTUAL WIDENING CONTRACTOR AND HIS PUBLIC RELATIONS ON PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER KATZ AND CAPITAL REGION PLANNING COMMISSION AND I, WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED WITH D O T D ABOUT THEY'LL HAVE A SERVICE FOR A FIVE, WELL
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ON FIVE 11 THAT WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE UPDATES THAT ARE NECESSARY ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS OR AN HOUR OR HOUR BASIS DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS.UH, THEY HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY.
I HAVE TALKED TO, UH, UH, ERIC AND WHAT OUR, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT AND HE IS, KNOWS THAT WE, UH, DO HAVE THE, UH, CAPABILITY OF LOOKING AT GOOGLE MAPS, BUT, AND, AND OTHER FACILITIES THAT WE CAN HELP DISPERSE OUT THE INFORMATION THAT'S TAKING PLACE ON A DAY-TO-DAY, UH, OPERATIONS.
THE ONE THING IN, IN CLOSING FROM MY STANDPOINT, I'LL ANSWER QUESTIONS.
I KNOW THERE WAS A MEETING LAST NIGHT AT, UH, WITH D O T D ON THIS PROJECT I ATTENDED FOR A FEW MINUTES TO, TO LOOK AT AND ASK SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I NEED.
I DID NOT WANT TO COME HERE TODAY AND TALK ABOUT D OT D'S ISSUE BECAUSE I HAVE NO AUTHORITY OR NO CONTROL OVER THAT.
THAT'S REALLY THROUGH D O T D.
UM, THAT'S NOT KNOCKING THEM AND THAT'S FINE.
BUT WE HAVE, WE HAVE GREAT COMMUNICATION AND OUR ISSUES ARE TRIED TO COME IN, CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU FROM THE MOTORING PUBLIC STANDPOINT AND YOU KNOW, THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME TRYING TIMES FOR OUR PARISH AND PEOPLE NEED TO, TO, TO REALIZE THAT.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, I THINK THE PEOPLE ARE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES IN THEIR LIFE TO THE FACT THAT WHILE THIS CONSTRUCTION IS TAKING PLACE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BETTER GET FROM A TO B IN THE NORMAL TIMEFRAME THAT YOU NORMALLY WOULD EXPECT.
EVEN WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING, CAPACITY IN NUMBER OF VEHICLES ON SOME OF OUR LOCAL ROADWAYS WILL BE, WILL BE TAXED.
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
PEOPLE ARE GONNA HAVE TO LEARN HOW, MAYBE HAVE TO LEAVE A LITTLE EARLIER IN THE MORNING TO GO GET WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.
YOU KNOW, CUZ WE, WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE DRIVING RECKLESSLY OR THROUGH AREAS THEY DON'T NEED TO BE.
BUT AGAIN, THERE'RE GONNA BE SOME CHANGES THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL WAS GONNA HAVE TO MAKE TO BE ABLE TO, TO LOOK AT WHERE WE NEED TO BE AT LEAST TO FOR THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR YEARS FOR SURE.
I, UM, I KNOW THAT'S A CHALLENGE FOR MOST PEOPLE, BUT, UH, LOOKING AT WHERE WE GOING TO BE IN THE, IN THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC THAT RUNS THROUGH THAT INTERSTATE WHEN YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING 150 TO 160,000 CARS A DAY, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME ARE GONNA GO PASS THROUGH, BUT MOST OF THAT, AND OUR STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT MOST PEOPLE WHO USE THAT INTERSTATE ARE LOCAL PEOPLE.
SO IF THEY'RE NOT USING THAT LOCAL INTERSTATE, THAT MEANS THEY'RE GONNA BE LOSING OUR LOCAL ROADWAY.
AND SO THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME ISSUES WE'LL DEAL WITH.
BUT, UH, THE ONE THING I WILL TELL YOU AS I TOLD THE MAYOR SAID, UH, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN FROM THE CITY'S ASPECT TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THE, THE INCONVENIENCE FOR THE MOTOR AND PUBLIC.
BUT, UH, AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, EVERYBODY'S EXPECTATIONS DRIVERS WISE HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.
WHAT'S AN INCONVENIENCE? AND I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN REACH EVERY ONE OF THEM, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT OUR GOAL IS TO TRY TO FIND THAT BALANCE AND TRY TO HELP ADJUST AND MAKE THE CONDITIONS LIVABLE AND TOLERABLE, PARTICULARLY TO WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION STARTED PLACED.
NOW I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING PRAYER.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 43? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 43? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL.
I HAVE AN EMAIL COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL COMMENT ON ITEM 43.
COUNCIL MEMBER MO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, FRED, I I DO WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON, UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH YOU QUITE A BIT FOR A WHILE ON THIS AND I, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT IS DOING EVERYTHING YOU CAN, UM, TO MITIGATE AND, AND MAKE EAST PAT ROUGE PARISH A LOT EASIER TO TRAVEL AND ALL BECAUSE JUST FOR THE STANDPOINT THAT WHEN THIS DOES HAPPEN, I'M SURE YOU DON'T WANT 9,000 PHONE CALLS A DAY.
SO I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING EVERYTHING YOU CAN.
UM, A QUICK A COUP, FEW QUICK QUESTIONS HERE.
UM, WE TALK ABOUT THE CORRIDORS THAT ARE GONNA BE AVAILABLE, UH, OR THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE MORE PASSABLE AND ACCESSIBLE RIGHT NOW.
WE, WE ALWAYS KNOW THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENED, NO MATTER HOW, HOW WELL EVERYTHING'S FLOWING, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING HAPPENS ON THE ROAD.
A GARBAGE CAN FALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD OR GOD FORBID AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST HAMPERS I'VE SEEN AND THIS IS OUTSIDE OF, OF EVEN PLANNING FOR THIS.
YOU'VE CHOSEN DOWN FLORIDA BOULEVARD, THERE'S AN ACCIDENT, IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THREE LANES AND OF COURSE EVERYONE GETS OUT AND YOU HAVE A SCRATCH ON THE BUMPER, BUT EVERYBODY SWEARS I CAN'T MOVE THIS VEHICLE UNTIL AN OFFICER GETS HERE.
NOW WE ALL KNOW THE LAW THAT IF YOU CAN MOVE YOUR VEHICLE, MOVE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
BUT WE KNOW A LOT OF THE TIMES PEOPLE JUST SIT THERE
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AND THEY'RE LIKE, I'M NOT MOVING UNTIL AN OFFICER GETS HERE CAUSE I'M NOT GETTING BLAMED FOR THIS.ONE OF THE THINGS I GUESS I'M ASKING IS IF, AND I DIDN'T REALLY SEE ANY PRESENTATION, SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IS POSSIBLY, AND THIS MAY BE SOMETHING TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS, IS I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF FUNDING WE'RE GETTING OR WHAT WE'RE PUTTING AHEAD FOR IT, BUT OFF-DUTY OFFICERS ON THESE DEDICATED ROUTES THAT WE'RE OFF OFFERING TO, TO BE AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY JUST TO CLEAR THE ROAD.
THEY MAY NOT HANDLE THE ACCIDENT OR WHATEVER, BUT AT LEAST THEY COULD GO TO IT AND SAY, OKAY, YOU CAN CLEAR THIS VEHICLE NOW.
UM, IS, IS THAT SOMETHING BEING CONSIDERED AS FAR AS THE OFFICERS BEING USED? USED? AND I DO KNOW THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP AT ONE OF OUR MEETINGS WITH, UM, OUR SAFETY PEOPLE DEALING WITH POLICE AND FIRE.
YOU KNOW, THEY ARE MORE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT TRYING TO HAVE THE CAPABILITY IF WE HAVE AN ACCIDENT UP THERE ON INTERSTATE.
AND I, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE, I KNOW THE FUNDS ARE GONNA COME FROM, FROM THE FEDS TO DO THAT.
I, I, IT'S SOMETHING I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT TO DO, UH, FUNDING WISE.
IN FACT, WE'VE ALREADY CHATTED ABOUT THAT IN GENERAL BECAUSE THERE'RE GONNA BE ACCIDENTS ON OUR ROADWAYS AND IF WE HAVE MORE CARS ON THAT, THEN IT'S GONNA BE MORE BACKUPS AND MORE EXACTLY.
ISSUES TO DEAL WITH AND, AND CERTAINLY, UH, THE SOONER THAT WE CAN GET SOMEBODY THERE TO TELL 'EM TO MOVE THE VEHICLES AND GET THEIR ANSWERS, THEN THAT WOULD BE BETTER BECAUSE THEN TRAFFIC MOVES BACK LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO.
AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S JUST I'LL PASS OUT ON.
ARE WE GETTING, I GUESS SPEAKING OF THAT, ARE WE GETTING THROUGH EAST, AND AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND INTERSTATE WORKS DONE ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND ALL OVER LOUISIANA, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE SPECIFICALLY LITERALLY TEARING DOWN OUR INTERSTATE SYSTEM, ARE WE GETTING ANY FEDERAL OR UH, STATE ASSISTANCE FOR DIRECTLY FOR THE MITIGATION OF THIS STUFF DURING THIS TIME? WE ARE GETTING SOME FUNDING TO BUY SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR.
THAT'S PART OF THE CORRIDOR INSULATION.
UH, WE WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THAT HOPEFULLY TO GET IT IN THE NEXT MONTH.
UH, SOME OF THE DATA MONEY-WISE, I WOULDN'T TELL YOU, I COULDN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY, BUT THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ASKED FOR D O T D HAS UH, BEEN UH, VERY RECEPTIVE TO THAT.
BECAUSE AGAIN, ANOTHER ONE WOULD BE THE, YOU KNOW, A FUNDING MECHANISM TO, TO DO THESE EXTRA THINGS TO KEEP OUR TRAFFIC MOVING.
AND, AND WE'VE HAD DISCUSSION NOT, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT LEVEL ABOUT ASKING OKAY, WHO, WHO AND HOW WE WOULD WANT TO PAY FOR THAT.
THAT THERE ARE FUNDS AVAILABLE THROUGH D O T T D THAT PROBABLY COULD ALLOW THAT BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING THE TRAFFIC FROM OFF THE INTERSTATE TO OUR LOCAL ROADWAY AND WE WOULD WANT TO LOOK AT, SEE IF THERE'S A WAY TO SECURE SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, FUNDING.
I WILL TELL YOU THEY'RE ALSO DOING SOME UH, TURNING, TURNING LANE IMPROVEMENTS AT SOME OF OUR INTERSECTIONS THAT, THAT THEY'RE PAYING FOR TO HELP FACILITATE MOVING TRAFFIC.
UM, I'M GONNA JUMP OVER TO CATS AND I ONLY SAW IT MENTIONED ONE TIME AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION AND I'M GONNA PROBABLY GO INTO MY OTHER FIVE MINUTES.
UM, ARE WE WORKING WITH CATS SPECIFIC FOR EVERYONE IN THE PARISH? AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, I TOTALLY GET IT.
THE UNINCORPORATED WE, WE GOT THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND THE CITY OF BAKER, BUT I THINK FOR THIS CERTAIN INSTANCE, AND AGAIN THIS GOES TO FUNDING, RIGHT? THAT, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE END OF THESE ROUTES THAT WE'RE DESIGNATED FLORIDA BOULEVARD SCENIC, WHATEVER THESE DESIGNATED ROUTES THAT WE'RE GONNA USE FOR OFF INTERSTATE TRAVEL, UM, ARE WE POSSIBLY THINKING OF A, A CAT'S COMMUTE PARKING CENTER AND FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A BIG OPEN LOT AT O'NEILL AND FLORIDA.
AND IF THEY SO CHOOSE, YOU KNOW, CUZ THE CATS ARE GONNA GET SOME DESIGNATED ROUTES AND THINGS LIKE THAT IF THEY SO CHOOSE CUZ THEY PARK AND RIDE, AND I KNOW WE DID THAT A LONG TIME AGO, BUT IT, IT WASN'T AN INTERSTATE SHUTDOWN SYSTEM.
THIS MIGHT BE MORE APPEALING KEEPING SOME CARS OFF THE ROAD.
I THINK THE QUESTION IS THAT HAVE WE HAD COMMUNICATION? WE HAVE TALKED TO CATS, NO COMMITMENT HAS BEEN MADE AT THIS POINT AND WE REALLY HAVEN'T ASKED, HEY, CAN YOU DO THIS? AND THE REASON WHY IS I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME EXPECTATION ON HOW MANY VEHICLES, I MEAN HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU THINK WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH.
SOME POINT WHEN YOU, YOU GET OFF THE INTERSTATE AND YOU'RE STILL HAVING TRAFFIC PROBLEMS, PEOPLE ARE GONNA AT SOME POINT SAY I WANT A, A PARK AND RIDE TYPE SITUATION, WHICH WE DO HAVE THAT CAPABILITY OF DOING.
I JUST HAVEN'T CHATTED WITH CATS TO SEE IF THEY'RE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT AT THIS POINT.
AND, AND I WOULD GO SO FAR AS IT, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVEN'T A CHANCE COUNCILMAN NOLE ABOUT THIS, BUT AGAIN, I KNOW THEY'RE NOT PAYING THE TAXES PART OF IT AND IT WOULD BE A FEE TYPE THING OR ASSISTANCE THROUGH FEDERAL FUNDING OR WHATEVER ELSE.
BUT EVEN A TEMPORARY RIDE IN TO SOME OF THOSE AREAS IF THEY SO CHOOSE TO USE IT.
SEE WHAT WOULD AVAILABILITY WOULD BE.
THE PARKING RIDE HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
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THE COMPONENT TO, TO DO TO, TO PROVIDING THE THE SERVICES.NOW CERTAINLY THE COMMUTER CREW CAN DO THAT CUZ THEY HAVE BUSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT TOO, BUT WE HAVEN'T GOT INTO THAT CUZ I ONLY WANT TO KNOW SOME NUMBERS BEFORE I START, UH, TALKING ABOUT WHAT, WHAT WE ARE GONNA PAY OR NOT PAY.
UM, OFF INTERSTATE CORRIDOR UPGRADES, THE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS I SEE, AND IN FACT YOU COULD PROBABLY SEE IT ABOUT NOW EVEN LEAVING EASTBOUND, UM, FROM DENIM SPRINGS ALL THE WAY BACK TO ALMOST A 10 12 SPLIT AND THAT'S LEAVING BATON ROUGE, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY STEADY STAGNANT DRIVE ALL THE WAY DOWN.
UM, ARE WE LOOKING AT, EVEN WITH THE INTERSTATE CONSTRUCTION FINISHED OR DURING OR WHATEVER, ARE WE DOING ANY OFF INTERSTATE EXIT RAMPS? AND I DON'T MEAN JUST THE STOPLIGHT, RIGHT? WHERE YOU EXIT THE INTERSTATE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT LIKE YOU GET OFF AN AIRLINE, YOU GET PAST COSTCO AND THERE'S COURSEY THERE, YOU KNOW, MOVING TRAFFIC OUT OF THAT.
SO IT CONSTANTLY FLOWS OFF THE INTERSTATE EXIT, BUT THE TRAFFIC MODEL THAT WE'RE WAITING ON DOESN'T JUST LOOK AT OUR CORRIDORS.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THEY ARE, THEY'RE LOOKING AT OUR ENTIRE PARISH OF WHAT THOSE PROBLEMS ARE GONNA BE AND WHAT THEY MAY BE ABLE TO DO TO HELP R UH, REDUCE THAT.
I, I, I LIVE OUT IN THAT AREA AND I PROMISE YOU BY THREE 30 OR FOUR O'CLOCK YOU'RE GONNA BE STACKED UP TO, TO 12, I MEAN WHERE 10, 12 IS AND THEN IT PURGES ON AND WHEN YOU GET PAST AIRLINE NORMALLY IT GOES PRETTY GOOD.
BUT THOSE ARE ARE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT FROM DOT D'S, UH, UH, ASPECT AND THEY ARE WAITING ON THE MODEL, SAME MODEL THAT I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR, UH, FOR THREE MONTHS AND TO GET AND THEY'RE WORKING ON IT, BUT I, WHEN I GET IT, WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE INFORMATION BILL TO RELAY OUT TO WHAT WE CAN DO AND CAN'T DO.
ANY, ANY CONSIDERATION ON 18 WHEELER TRAFFIC OR, UH, COMMERCIAL 18 WHEELER TRAFFIC AND, AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO EITHER LIMIT OR COMPLETELY TAKE OFF THE INTERSTATE, UH, HAVE A CONSTITUENT ASKED AS FAR AS THAT GOES.
UM, ANY PLANS OR IDEAS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING OUT THERE FOR 18 WHEELER AND COMMERCIAL TYPE TRAFFIC? MOST OF YOUR TRUCKING TRAFFIC, UH, THERE HAVE ADVANCED WARNING SIGNS LIKE WAY, I MEAN LIKE YOU MAY BE HERE AND IT'LL BE DOWN THERE BY UH, WELL LAKE CHARLES, I MEAN I THAT THEY HAVE, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW THAT WHEN YOU GET TO THIS AREA YOU BETTER BE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER ROUTE OR, OR YOU OR BECAUSE YOU MAY GET CAUGHT IN SOME CONGESTION.
THAT BEING SAID, AND THERE'LL BE VARIOUS LOCATIONS THAT TIE INTO THAT.
OUR INTERSTATE MORE IMPORTANTLY IS, AND I DON'T THINK ANY DECISION HAS BEEN MADE YET ABOUT PUTTING TRUCK 18 WHEELERS IN A PARTICULAR LENGTH BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE SECOND BIGGEST COMPLAINT THAT WE GOT THAT I'VE SAT IN ON MEETINGS WITH, THAT THEY, WHEREAS THAT 18 WHEELER GONNA BE CAUSE IT WHEN HE STOPS, IT TAKES FOREVER TO GET STARTED AGAIN AND THAT'S CREATES SOME OF THAT CONGESTION AND FRUSTRATION THAT YOU DEAL WITH.
I I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT YET, BUT I KNOW THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED AND SOMEBODY'S GOING TO, WILL HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON THAT.
LAST THING AGAIN, I TALKED TO YOU THE OTHER DAY, UM, THE, THE TRAFFIC SIGNALIZATION AND EVERYTHING AND IF PEOPLE WONDER IF IT'S WORKING OR NOT, NOT, I GOT OUT AT EIGHT 40 IN THE MORNING AT O'NEILL IN FLORIDA AND I LITERALLY MADE IT FROM O'NEILL IN FLORIDA RIGHT OUT BY FLORIDA DENIM BRIDGE ALL THE WAY.
TWO LIGHTS PAST BATON ROUGE GENERAL.
UM, I GOT CAUGHT A LITTLE SIDE STREET LIGHT WITHOUT EVEN STOPPING.
SO IF YOU THINK THE SIGNALIZATION IS NOT WORKING IT, IT IS.
AND I SAW ON YOUR LIST YOU HAD FLORIDA BOULEVARD COMPLETED.
SO I WANT TO COMMEND YOUR OFFICE ON WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING THERE.
COUNCILMAN AMAROSA, FRED? YES MA'AM.
SORRY IF YOU ALREADY ANSWERED THIS QUESTION.
SO FIRST OF ALL, HOW MANY LANES ARE GOING TO BE CLOSED? WELL, AT SOME POINT YOU'RE GONNA READ DOWN TO TWO LANES.
BUT THERE ARE VARIOUS STAGES WHERE YOU'RE GONNA BE, BUT WHEN SOME STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION, THEY'LL BE OPENED BACK AND THERE'S STILL CONSTRUCTION TAKING PLACE, BUT YOU'LL BE BACK ON THE THREE LANES.
THAT'S GONNA BE MY NEXT QUESTION.
AND YOU MAY HAVE ANSWERED THIS AND PARDON MY IGNORANCE EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT AREA IS THIS CONSTRUCTION GONNA BE? WHERE IS IT GONNA BE FROM AND OKAY, FIRST PHASE IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS FROM ARCADIAN TO, TO WESTBOUND UP HERE, TWO TO ONE 10 WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
UH, THAT WILL BE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE THERE CUZ AS I SAID, SOME CONSTRUCTION IS GONNA BE TAKING PLACE WITH SOME LANE, UH, WIDENING ALREADY ON CERTAIN LOCATIONS OF THE INTERSTATE.
UH, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS CUZ I SIT IN CUZ THAT'S, AND AS I SAID, THAT'S THEIR PROBLEM.
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GOTTA DEAL WITH THAT.BUT I WANT AT LEAST UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LOGISTICS ARE AND WHICH IS WHAT WE TRY TO TALK ABOUT IT DAILY.
UM, YOU'LL, AND THAT WILL GO WESTBOUND.
IT'S THE FIRST PHASE THEY WANT TO DO.
THEN THEY'LL SEE THE NEXT PHASE, WHICH IS TO DO THE WIDENING OF, OF THE RAMP THAT GOES TO THE BRIDGE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO MOVE TRAFFIC OVER IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS TO PROVIDE THE THREE LANE THAT STILL EXISTS.
AND, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE THAT, THAT CLOSURE TIME.
AND ALSO WHEN WE DO CLOSE, IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE TO, BECAUSE YOU MAY BE DEALING WITH THE SECTION THAT YOU NORMALLY WOULD BE DRIVING ON.
SO IT'S JUST BASICALLY ACADIAN TO, WELL THAT'S THE FIRST PHASE, BUT THEN YOU GOTTA GO FROM THERE AND THERE'S PARTS OF COLLEGE.
AND THEN THE PHASE TWO IS FROM REALLY COLLEGE DRIVE TO THE I 10, UH, 10 12 SPLIT.
SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S THE NEXT PHASE THAT THEY'LL BE DOING IN REGARDS TO THE, UH, PROJECT.
THERE'S, IT'S NOT TALKED ABOUT A LOT, BUT THERE, THERE ARE GOING TO BE IMPROVEMENTS MADE TODAY.
I BELIEVE THAT WILL CERTAINLY ENHANCE SOME OF THE ISSUES DEALING WITH COLLEGE DRIVE.
FRED, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS INFORMATION.
UH, I'M, I'M GONNA CHALLENGE YOU A LITTLE BIT ON THIS AND SO I WANT YOU TO HEAR IT IN THE CONSTRUCTIVE MANNER THAT IT'S, IT'S CERTAINLY INTENDED.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK, UH, AS YOU INDICATED, COMMUNICATION WITH OUR RESIDENTS IS, IS THE MOST CRITICAL RIGHT, UH, ASPECT OF THIS.
AND I THINK TO DATE WE'RE NOT DOING AS GOOD A JOB AS WE CAN BE DOING.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU A VERY SPECIFIC EXAMPLE.
UH, D O T D HOSTED A MEETING YESTERDAY AS YOU AS YOU MENTIONED.
CALTA WHO WAS JUST APPOINTED TO TAKE OVER D O T D WAS, UH, WAS ON THE NEWS SAYING RESIDENTS SHOULD START PLANNING OUT THEIR ALTERNATIVES.
I HAD TWO CONVERSATIONS TODAY WITH PEOPLE WHO SAID, WHAT ARE THOSE ALTERNATIVE CORRIDORS? WE DON'T KNOW? AND WE HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT YOU'VE JUST GIVEN THAT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ATTACHED TO OUR AGENDA.
AND SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE STARTING OFF ON THE BAD FOOT OF WE'RE NOT PUTTING THE POWER IN OUR RESIDENT'S HANDS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING.
THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDED ABOUT THE, THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND THE UPGRADES IS TREMENDOUS.
BUT IF RESIDENTS DON'T KNOW IT, AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO USE THAT INFORMATION FOR THEIR ADVANTAGE, THEN THIS IS GONNA BE BUNDLED AND, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE, THE FINGER'S GOING TO BE POINTED AT US FOR THAT.
A COUPLE OF THINGS BEFORE YOU RESPOND TO THAT, AND AGAIN, I'M, I'M, I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS, BUT I KNOW HOW HARD YOU WORK AND I KNOW HOW DEDICATED YOU ARE AND YOUR TEAM.
UH, I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE COMMUNICATING WHAT WE CAN TO THE RESIDENTS.
WHAT I WANT TO HEAR, UH, WHAT I WAS HOPEFUL TO HEAR TONIGHT WAS HOW WE'RE PARTNERED WITH WAYS THE APP AND RESIDENTS CAN START USING THAT.
NOW, I, I'LL, I'LL LET YOU RESPOND.
WHAT I WANT TO HEAR IS THAT WE'VE GOT THESE ALTERNATIVE CORRIDORS ON OUR THREE 11 APP, AND PEOPLE CAN GO START LOOKING AT THEM AND EVALUATING THEM AND PLANNING IF THEY'RE GONNA NEED 20 MORE MINUTES OF THEIR DRIVE.
WHAT I WANT TO HEAR IS THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH LAMAR AND WE'VE GOT BILLBOARDS ON I 10 RIGHT NOW WITH SOME OF THIS INFORMATION.
I WANT RESIDENTS TO BE ARMED WITH INFORMATION OVERLOAD.
'EM, I HEAR YOU SAY, UH, THIS IS OUR CITY, BUT IT'S NOT OUR PROJECT.
I WANT YOU TO SAY, THIS IS NOT OUR PROJECT, BUT DAMMIT, THIS IS OUR CITY BECAUSE I'LL STAND BY YOU AND I WILL SAY VERY PASSIONATELY, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THESE, THESE CONES ARE NECESSARY.
WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS COUPLE OF YEARS OF PAIN FOR THE BENEFIT IT'S GONNA PROVIDE, BUT NOT WHEN PEOPLE ARE GONNA LOOK AT ME AND SAY, YOU'RE NOT TELLING ME THE INFORMATION I NEED.
AND SO THAT'S THE CHALLENGE I WANNA LAY OUT TO YOU.
I DO HAVE ONE MORE ASPECT OF THIS, IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION RELATED TO THAT.
WELL, FIRST OFF, I, I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS AND UH, CERTAINLY, UH, I MAY NOT ADDRESS EVERY ISSUE.
UH, WE GO TO A LOT OF MEETINGS AND I KNOW THAT IN, IN GENERAL, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT IS OFTEN ASKED ABOUT, AND WHILE WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL INFORMATION, WE JUST TOLD 'EM OR GAVE THEM THE MAP ORIGINALLY THAT SHOWS HERE'S THE CORRIDORS, BUT NOW I HAVE INFORMATION TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE IN RELATIONSHIP, THAT WHICH IS ONLY THE LAST SHEET THAT, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB OF, UH, PUTTING THAT OUT MORE TO THE PUBLIC.
AND CERTAINLY, UH, WE, THERE'S A LONG WAYS BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH THIS PROJECT, BUT WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS TO MAKE SURE I HAD ACCURATE INFORMATION.
CUZ IF YOU PUT OUT SOMETHING THAT SAYS THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN AND IT CHANGES, I ASSURE YOU YOU'RE GONNA BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT.
AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE REGARDLESS.
I MEAN, I, I KNOW THAT THAT'S WHY WE TOOK THE STEPS TO ADDRESS WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW.
NOBODY FROM D O T D ASKED US TO DO THAT.
WHO ASKED THAT WAS ME BECAUSE I KNOW WHERE IT'S GONNA GET BLAMED AT.
AND I THOUGHT LIKE, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES FOR OUR MOTORING PUBLIC WHO USE THAT INTERSTATE.
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WHEN A STUDY SHOWS THAT PROBABLY 70% OF OUR TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSTATE IT'S LOCAL, THAT THAT WAS MIND BOGGLING TO ME.SO I KNOW WHAT THE, WHAT THE ISSUES ARE GONNA BE AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, BUT I NEVER WANT TO PROVIDE ANYTHING TO THE PUBLIC THAT I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH, THAT I CAN STAND HERE IN A MEETING AND SAY, I CAN SUPPORT THAT.
AND AT THIS POINT I DON'T HAVE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION THAT WOULD TELL ME TO, LET'S PUT THIS OUT AND HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM A DELAY.
HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FOR, FOR THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC.
CUZ I'M WAITING ON THIS MODEL TO BE ABLE TO HELP FACILITATE THIS INFORMATION I NEED SO I CAN PUT THAT INFORMATION OUT.
OUR OFFICE AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS ALWAYS BEEN TRIED TO BE VERY RESPONSIVE TO THE PUBLIC AND, AND, AND MARK, I I GIVE HIM LOTS OF THAT INFORMATION.
BUT QUITE HONESTLY, COUNCILMAN, I, I JUST DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TO ME THAT, THAT I FELT COMFORTABLE PUTTING IT OUT.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PASSION ON, ON YOUR REMARKS.
I, I WOULD SUGGEST WE PUT SOME, SOME OF THIS COMMUNICATIONS RELATED TO I 10 WITHIN THE MOVIE VR UH, BUDGET.
I THINK WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF PROJECTS AND THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO GO NEXT.
NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA TOUCH I 10.
SO COLLEGE DRIVE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE.
UH, WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T WANNA BE TEARING UP COLLEGE DRIVE WHEN I 10 ABOVE COLLEGE DRIVE IS BEING TORN UP.
SO, UH, I KNOW WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT TIMING, BUT NOT A NUMBER OF THESE CORRIDORS LIKE NICHOLSON DRIVE AND, AND, UH, SEGAN LANE THAT ARE ALTERNATIVE CORRIDORS ARE ON THE MOVE EBR R PROGRAM, RIGHT? SO ARE WE FAST TRACKING THOSE MOVE EBR R PROJECTS? ARE WE DOING THINGS TO ANTICIPATE SINCE NOW WE HAVE UNTIL 2025 OKAY.
TO UPGRADE OUR LOCAL ROADS? AND ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, I HAVE MADE IT VERY CLEAR TO ALL MY ENGINEERS WHO ARE WORKING ON THE MOVIE R PROGRAM THAT I DON'T REALLY CARE WHETHER THE INTERSTATE'S BEING DONE OR NOT.
I WANT MY PLANS FINISHED AND READY TO GO AT THAT POINT.
DEPENDING ON WHAT WE WANT TO DO, THERE WILL BE SOME DECISIONS THAT WILL BE MADE BY THE ADMINISTRATION.
DO WE WANT TO HAVE A ROAD PROJECT UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WHEN WORK IS TAKING PLACE ON THE INTERSTATE? AND I SAID THAT, I SAY THAT BECAUSE I HAVE BONDING REQUIREMENTS AND FUNDING THAT I'M DEALING WITH THAT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO GO ON THE HOLE WITH.
AND SOMEBODY SAYS, WELL, YOU DIDN'T GET YOUR JOB DONE LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
NO, I I'M, I'M GONNA, WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS WHEN THEY MAKE, BUT REALISTICALLY, UH, THE ONLY ONES I WOULD SEE THAT WOULD BE ONE WOULD BE THE LEAD DRIVE AND THE COLLEGE DRIVE WORK BECAUSE COLLEGE DRIVE IT HAS A CAPACITY PROBLEM RIGHT NOW.
AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN PUT ANYTHING ELSE OUT THERE.
AND THE WORK THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO DO WOULD BE, IT WOULDN'T BE ACTUALLY ON COLLEGE.
IT WOULD BE IN WITHIN SOME OTHER LOCATIONS.
AND WE ARE PRESENTING THAT PLAN TOGETHER NOW, TRYING TO GET WITH SOME OF THE BUSINESSES ALONG COLLEGE DRIVE TO SEE IF, GET SOME INPUT FROM THEM BEFORE WE START TOUTING WHAT OUR PLAN WOULD BE AND WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO LOOK AT.
AND THE GOAL ON COLLEGE IS TO, YOU KNOW, LET'S FACE IT, IT'S BUSINESSES.
WHAT ARE DRIVING THAT TRAFFIC THERE IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER LOCATION FOR THEM TO DRIVE TO AND GET TO AND NOT BE TYING UP YOUR MAJOR ARTERY, THAT'S A BENEFIT FROM MY STANDPOINT AND ALSO FROM THE BUSINESS STANDPOINT.
SO IN REALITY, UH, I, AGAIN, I'M GONNA SAY CUZ CHIMES CHANGED.
ORIGINALLY THEY SAID IT WAS GONNA BE 24, NOW NOW'S 25.
SO I, I CAN HAVE MY STUFF READY.
AND THAT'S WHY I MADE IT VERY CLEAR TO ALL MY CONSULTANTS DO NOT TALK ABOUT, WELL, WE GOTTA DO THIS.
AND THEN WE WILL DECIDE ONCE IT'S DONE, HOW WE GOING TO MAKE THAT FIT WITHIN THE PLAN THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
AND THERE, THERE ARE SOME NICHOLSON DRIVE.
I'M WELL AWARE THAT THAT AFFECTS EVERY BILL PARISH AND I, I CHATTED WITH, UH, PARISH PRESIDENT MITCH OSO THE OTHER DAY ABOUT IT.
HE SAID, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? I SAID, WELL, I SAID, I, I WANT TO SEE HOW WE WANT TO HANDLE THAT.
I GOT FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT ARE PART OF THIS PROJECT, AND IF I DON'T EXPEND IT AND BUT BEFORE A TIMEFRAME, UH, I LOSE THOSE DOLLARS, THEN I GOTTA GO EXPLAIN THAT TO THIS COUNCIL, WHY I DIDN'T DO THAT.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE SOME PROJECTS WE ARE GONNA DO THAT ARE GOING TO BE MAYBE, COULD, POTENTIALLY, POTENTIALLY COULD BE IN CONFLICT, BUT IF IT IS, IT'S ONLY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO IT AND WHY.
AND THAT CERTAINLY I WILL STAND TOLD TO TOE WITH ANYBODY TO SAY, I NEED TO DO THIS, AND THIS IS THE REASON AND THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THAT.
IT CERTAINLY WOULD NOT BE TO INCONVENIENCE ANY OF THE PEOPLE IN, IN THE AREA FOR SURE.
I, UH, THIS, THIS TO ME IS ONE OF THE TOP THREE PRIORITIES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, AND SO I I THINK I'LL, I'LL REVISIT THIS ON AN AGENDA IN THE FUTURE.
AND, AND, AND AGAIN, UH, UH, UM, I, I WOULD HOPE WE, WE START TO FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THE POWER IN RESIDENT'S HANDS AND HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT COMMUNICATION STRONG.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU, EVERYTHING YOU PRESENTED TONIGHT.
IT WAS A LOT OF GOOD AND HELPFUL INFORMATION.
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FOR COMING UP AND BEING A WEALTH OF INFORMATION.UM, LAST NIGHT I SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS ALONG LAURIE ADAMS, AARON MO AND CAROLYN COLEMAN AT THE I 10 WHINY MEETING AT THE MARRIOTT.
AND I WAS THERE WITH TON OF CONSTITUENTS, SOME THAT ARE SITTING HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY.
UM, THE SOUTH SIDE CIVIC ASSOCIATION WAS REPRESENTED VERY, VERY WELL.
UM, WE HAD BUSINESS OWNERS ALL ALONG THE PERKINS ROAD CORRIDOR AND COLLEGE DRIVE, WHICH JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE IN MY DISTRICT.
UM, THEY WERE THERE AND REPRESENTED AND HAD QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND, UM, SAW DIAGRAMS, LOOKED AT MAPS, HAD FEEDBACK, UM, PLACED FEEDBACK INTO A BOX OR VIA, UM, A LITTLE QR CODE TO MAKE SUGGESTIONS AS TO HOW TO MAKE THEIR DISTRICT AND THIS PROJECT BETTER.
AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MY PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND SPEAK AND SEE HOW THEY PERSONALLY WILL BE IMPACTED SINCE MY DISTRICT, DISTRICT 12 WILL BE IMPACTED THE MOST BY THIS I 10 WIDENING PROJECT.
THEY ALSO, WE ALSO SPOKE, AND I SPENT MY LUNCH TODAY SPEAKING TO PEOPLE, UM, WITH REGARD TO THE MOVE EBR PROJECT FOR LEE DRIVE, WHICH AGAIN IS IN MY DISTRICT.
I HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS FROM SOUTHSIDE CIVIC ASSOCIATION BECAUSE THEY WILL BE THE ONES MOST IMPACTED.
BUT WHAT I THINK PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHENEVER YOU, YOU HAVE THESE PROJECTS, THESE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS THAT COME IN, THERE ARE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, UM, TO PROMOTE CHANGE.
AND SO I, I WANT TO TELL YOU AND COMMEND YOU AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR TALKING TO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL NO LONGER LIVE ON THAT ROUTE BECAUSE THEIR HOUSES WILL BE TAKEN AND TALKING TO THOSE FOLKS, TALKING ABOUT HOW THEIR PROPERTY WILL BE ACQUIRED AND WORKING FAIRLY WITH THEM.
UM, ALSO, I I JUST, THE OTHER PIECE THAT I THOUGHT WAS VERY, VERY INTERESTING WAS, UM, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REROUTING, WE CAN, WE CAN BE UP IN FLAMES, WE CAN BE UP IN ARMS. THIS PROJECT HAS TO HAPPEN.
THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE CAN STOP IT.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE SHORTENED TIMEFRAME IN ORDER TO GET IT DONE.
AND WE HAD GREAT DISCUSSIONS LAST NIGHT ABOUT, HEY, WHERE ARE, UM, REPUBLIC TRUCKS GONNA GO? WILL THEY BE REROUTED? ARE CATS BUSES GONNA BE REROUTED? WILL THERE BE DIFFERENT TIME SCHEDULES? UM, WHENEVER WORK IS TAKING PLACE IN THIS AREA? AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M HYPER FOCUSED ON, SO NOW I'M GONNA GO IN A ROWDY'S DISTRICT OR SOMEONE ELSE'S DISTRICT, BURBANK MM-HMM.
WE ALREADY HAVE ISSUES WITH LIGHTING AND INFRASTRUCTURE ON BURBANK.
AND IF WE COULD FIND FUNDING POTENTIALLY TO GET SOME LIGHTING ON KELSON, ON BURBANK, UM, WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THESE BIG PROJECTS TO START TO HELP WITH SOME OF THOSE COLLEGE KIDS THAT TEND TO WALK ACROSS, WALK PAST, WALK ALONG, THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT CAME UP LAST NIGHT.
BUT THE MEETING OF MINDS THAT WE HAD LAST NIGHT AND THE COLLABORATION THAT WE HAD TOGETHER AT THIS, AT THIS, UM, HOSTED BY THESE FOLKS, UM, ALLOWED US TO COME TOGETHER AND THINK ABOUT SOLUTIONS TO MAKE THIS PROCESS BETTER.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU MORE ABOUT THAT AND TO MEETING WITH SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES AND SHARE SOME OF THOSE IDEAS THAT WE CAME UP WITH.
AND I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SAY ONE THING.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MET, UH, BACK AGAIN WITH THE LEAD DRIVE GROUP OF SOUTH DOWN ASSOCIATION, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THE LEAD DRIVE.
AND I THINK WHEN WE HAVE A REASONABLE, UH, COMPROMISE, WHICH I THINK EVERYBODY HAS RELAYED TO ME IS, IS WORKABLE.
WE ALSO LOOKING AT TRYING TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHTING ON BY JENNIFER JEAN ON NICHOLSON BECAUSE OF THE, THE INCIDENTS, UH, THAT ARE TAKING PLACE AT, AT THAT LOCATION.
UH, IT'S, IT'S CERTAINLY UNSAFE.
UH, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE STILL HAVE TO GET CERTAIN PERMITS FROM D O T D AND QUITE FRANKLY, SOMETIMES I WONDER WHY WE ALWAYS THE PERSON THAT HAS TO DO IT AND NOT THE, OUR STATE GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE IN REALITY IT'S STILL THEIR RAILWAY.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT I, BUT IT DIDN'T MATTER CUZ OUR, OUR ADMINISTRATION HAS SAID, IF THERE'S A PROBLEM, FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
SO YOU WHOOP, EXCUSE ME, YOU'RE GONNA SEE SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHTING DOWN THERE, IT IN THAT AREA, AROUND THAT CORRIDOR.
I, I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THAT AND I COMMEND YOU ON BEING ABLE TO TAKE THAT, THAT PRIORITY AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S THE STATE'S JOB, BUT LET US GET IN THERE AND DO IT.
UM, I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES THAT MAY BE MOVING FORWARD TO A DIFFERENT OFFICE IN THE FUTURE CAN DO ONCE THEY'RE THERE FOR US.
COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FRED, FOR PREPARING THE REPORT.
ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO, UH, YOURSELF, YOUR STAFF, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, UH, IN TRANSPORTATION, DRAINAGE, TRAFFIC CONTROL AND ALL OF THAT STUFF.
I WANT TO FIRST KIND OF JUST LEVEL SET ON THIS PROJECT, UH, THE IT 10 WIDENING PROJECT AS A POSITIVE PROJECT
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FOR THIS PARISH.I'VE HEARD A LOT OF CONVERSATION AND A LOT OF DIALOGUE.
THAT SEEMS TO ME THAT FOLKS WANT TO CREATE A NEGATIVE NARRATIVE AROUND IT.
IT'S GONNA EXPAND THE INTERSTATE AND HELP TRAFFIC FLOW THROUGHOUT PARISH MUCH, MUCH BETTER.
BUT GUESS WHAT? THERE'S GONNA BE SOME SACRIFICE, THERE GONNA BE SOME UNINTENDED CON CONSEQUENCES, THERE'RE GONNA BE SOME DELAYS.
AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE DEALING WITH INFRASTRUCTURE, A LOT OF THINGS THAT I SEE THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS IN THIS PARISH, EVERYBODY IDENTIFIES THE PROBLEM AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN IDENTIFY SOME SOLUTIONS, BUT HAVE ISSUES WITH THE SOLUTIONS MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE OF THE RESULT OF THE SOLUTION.
SO IF WE GOING IMPROVE, IF WE GONNA EVOLVE AND WE GOING TO IMPROVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, THERE GONNA BE SOME DELAYS.
THERE'RE GONNA BE SOME, UH, SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
SO WE NEED TO GET OUR HEADS WRAPPED AROUND THAT.
OR WE NEED TO STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT AFFECT US.
AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS MANY OF THESE THINGS.
OUR OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN ARE NOT FACED WITH MANY OF THIS STUFF AS IT RELATES TO TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE, FOR THE STATE PROJECT.
ALL OF US HAVE DIFFERENT APPROACH AND DIFFERENT ATTITUDE TOWARDS THINGS FREE.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT.
IT'S D O T D AND THE STATE PROJECT.
WHAT I DO WANT YOU TO DO TO INTERFACE WITH THE STATE AND D O T D AND I, I HAVE AN EXPECTATION OF THEM OF INTERFACING WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
AND, AND, AND WORKING CONSULATE AND PARTNERSHIP.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF YOU GOT ENOUGH ON YOUR PLATE.
SO THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR, UH, FROM YOU.
AND WE HAVE LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL PROJECTS IN OUR PARISH ALL THE TIME.
YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR, OUR NEIGHBORS NEIGHBORING PARISHES, OUR STATE, OTHER, OTHER LOCAL, UH, MUNICIPALITIES THAT AFFECT US AND YOU WORK IN CONCERT.
BUT TO SAY YOU NEED TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF SOMEBODY'S PROJECT, I STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH THAT.
AND WE CAN WORK WITH OUR STATE PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION IS THERE.
I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF IT.
AND FINALLY, JUST WANT GET A POINT OF CLARITY FROM COUNCIL MAGORE.
YOUR EXPECTATION IN YOUR LINE OF QUESTIONING IS YOU WANT CLEAR COMMUNICATION TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT ALTERNATIVE ROUTES.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, FRED, YOU AND YOUR TEAM CAN POST SOME PUBLIC MEETINGS IN, IN SOME OF THESE AFFECTED AREAS THAT WE PRIORITIZE AS A COUNSELOR, AS YOU, YOU PRIORITIZE AS A ADMINISTRATION.
UM, AND I THINK YOU, YOU'VE DISPLAYED, YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT HAVE DISPLAYED, UM, AN EXCELLENT JOB OF DOING THAT WITH OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
SO I I REALLY DON'T EVEN GET THE, THE FRUSTRATION AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS YOU.
UH, AGAIN, I WANNA APPRECIATE RECOGNIZING, APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND LET YOU KNOW IT'S A TEAM EFFORT WITH MY GROUP IN YOUR ENDEAVORS.
COUNCIL MEMBER HEARST, HEY, I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY BE REALLY SHORT TODAY.
WHAT, WHAT? BUT, UH, THIS REMINDS ME OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE ORDINANCE, THE SLUM LORD ORDINANCE, WE WORKED ON THIS.
PEOPLE WERE SO WORRIED ABOUT THE UNATTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
THEY'D RATHER PEOPLE LIVE IN SLUM THAN TO FIX THE HOUSES UP.
WELL, WHAT IF THE LANDLORD KICKS 'EM OUT? WELL, THE HOUSE WAS A $500 HOUSE, NOW IT'S A $800 HOUSE CAUSE THEY FIXED IT UP.
WE EXPECT $800, RIGHT? BUT, UM, DO WE NOT FIX THE HOUSE UP BECAUSE WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT THEM GETTING POTENTIALLY MOVED OUT WHEN THE LEASE IS UP? NO, WE FIXED THE HOUSE UP.
CAUSE WE WANT BATON ROUGE TO BE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY.
WE WANT THESE PEOPLE TO LIVE IN, UH, HABITABLE CONDITIONS.
AND, UH, WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WHAT THE STATE IS DOING IS GREAT.
MY ONLY COMMENT TO YOU IS TWO QUICK ONES BEYOND THAT IS NUMBER ONE, UH, YOU ARE OUR VOICE AT THAT TABLE.
AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T HAVE, AND SO WE, WE, WE SHOULD HAVE LEARNED FROM A STORMWATER DEBACLE THAT PUBLIC COMMUNICATION IS KEY GUARD.
AND I AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT WRONG INFORMATION TURNING INTO, UM, A PUBLIC OUTCRY IN, IN A NEGATIVE WAY, RIGHT? SO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT INFORMATION, MAKE SURE WE HAVE PROPER REPRESENTATION.
NUMBER TWO, JUST UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION DOESN'T HAVE MUCH LONGER LEFT.
SO, UM, SO I'M TALKING ON A, ON A STATE LEVEL, ON A STATE LEVEL.
SO AS THIS PROJECT TRANSITIONS THROUGH MULTIPLE ADMINISTRATION, Y'ALL TAKING IT THE WRONG WAY.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE GUBERNATORIAL, UM, ADMINISTRATION.
SEAN WILSON IS, UM, HAS MADE HIS HIS VIBE FOR GOVERNOR, RIGHT? POTENTIALLY.
SO IF THAT PROJECT STARTS, WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A SMOOTH TRANSITION AND THAT BATON ROUGE IS REPRESENTED FROM THE CURRENT GUBERNATORIAL ADMINISTRATION TO THE NEXT ONE AS WELL, AND THERE'S NO GAPS, IS
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THIS GOING DIRECTLY AFFECT US? WELL, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH COUNCILMAN IS, IS THE, THE LOCAL DOERS AND DON'T DOERS AND, AND ADMINISTRATION OVER THERE.AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB AND WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY.
IN FACT, AS I SAID, WE, WE ALMOST LIVE THERE BECAUSE I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE JOB IS GOING TO BE.
I KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE GONNA BE.
AND I, I FEEL LIKE THAT WE NEED, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ESTABLISH THAT RAPPORT AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER.
NOW, I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY WE CAN'T DO THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, JUST A SECOND HERE.
AND FRED WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE.
WE KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN QUITE A BIT FOR YOU WITH ALL THE OTHER STUFF YOU HAD TO DO, BUT THIS IN ITSELF, AND THEN I KNOW I WAS TOLD THAT THIS PROJECT WAS GOING TO BE ONE WAY AND NOW YOU GOT SOME FLUIDITY THERE WHERE SOME CHANGES, UH, CAN BE THAT'S WHAT WAS SAID.
BUT I WANT TO END BY SAYING SOME ACCOLADES WEREN'T GIVEN TO YOU ON LAST NIGHT, SO YOU MUST HAVE BEEN THE SHARPEST KNIFE IN THE DRAWER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REPORT.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE END RESULT, BUT ALONG THE WAY, JUST KEEP US INFORMED SO WE CAN KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED.
I GOT THAT DRIFT AND I GOT IT.
AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOME SPECIAL PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE WITH US.
UH, JUDGE GAL RAY HORN, JUDGE TRUDY WHITE JUDGE WILL JORDAN AND OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER ERICA GREEN.
NOW JUDGE ERICA GREEN AND THE AUDIENCE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE WHO JUDGE FRED KASA.
WHERE ARE Y'ALL? DON'T SEE YOU.
WHERE ARE YOU? I OKAY, I SEE YOU RIGHT THERE.
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WE GONNA TAKE THAT ITEM THAT I KNOW YOU ALL ARE HERE FOR NOW.IT'S ITEM 50 AND I APOLOGIZE YOU AT THE WAIT.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO FUSS AT ME LIKE THE OTHER GENTLEMAN.
THEN AT THE LAST MEETING, I WANT TO THANK ALL OUR CITY PARISH EMPLOYEES FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING AS WELL.
ITEM 50 COUNCIL MEMBERS AMEND OF 2023 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE 19TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, FAMILY COURT, AND JUVENILE COURT.
SO AS TO APPROPRIATE $560,000 TO PROVIDE FUNDING NEEDED FOR COURT REPORTING AND OTHER PERSONNEL NEEDS.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 50? WILL NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS'.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MOROCCO.
IS ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? ITEM 50 KE JELLY? JUDGE KELLY BELFORD IS HERE WHERE HE JUDGE HE WAS HERE.
UH, THAT ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.
ANY OPPOSITION? SORRY, Y'ALL HAD TO WAIT SO LONG FOR IT TO GO SO FAST.
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GO TO ITEM 44.THERE'S A MOTION TO DELETE THIS ITEM.
AMEND THE 2023 ALLOTMENT OF POSITION FOR THE CITY PARISH OF EAST SPARTON ROUGE.
SO AS TO CHANGE ALLOTMENT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE PRAYER PRESIDENT TO ADD ONE ASSISTANT CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER AND APPROPRIATE $178,320 BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON TONIGHT? DID I MISS ANY OF THE JUDGES WHO WERE HERE THIS EVENING? I I SAID JUDGE TRUDY.
UH, ANYBODY ELSE? DID I MISS ANY? THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
IS, UH, AGAIN, IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM FOUR THERE? 44.
THERE IS A REQUEST TO DELETE THIS ITEM.
COUNCIL, UM, ASHLEY, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED TWO EMAIL COMMENTS AND OPPOSITION TO ITEM 44.
THERE IS A MOTION TO DELETE THIS ITEM BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOK.
THERE'S A SECOND BY THE CHAIR.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM COUNCIL MEMBERS? ITEM 44 HAS
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BEEN DELETED.WE NOW GO TO ITEM 45, AMENDING TITLE ONE, CHAPTER FOUR, SECTION ONE CODE 7 0 3, SUCH AS TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF LIABLE FOR INFORMAL QUOTES ON MATERIALS IN PARAGRAPH D TO $60,000 BY THE PURCHASING DIRECTOR.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 45? WHEN NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 45? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ITEM 45 HAS BEEN APPROVED BY OBJECTION.
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46.ITEM AMENDING TITLE ONE, CHAPTER FOUR, SECTION 1 0 7 0 1, SUCH AS TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT ALLOWABLE FOR PERSON MATERIALS OF PARAGRAPH D BY 60,000.
IS THAT THE SAME AS THE, THE ONE PREVIOUS? NO.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 46 WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER'S? MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER COVIN.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNNA.
IS THERE ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? ITEM 46 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
UH, ASHLEY, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL, COMMENT AND OPPOSITION TO ITEM 46.
[Items 47-49 & 51]
MEMBERS, WE'RE GONNA TAKE ITEMS 47, 48, 49 AND 51 TOGETHER, BUT WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THEM SEPARATELY.SO AGAIN, ITEMS 47, 48, 49, AND 51, WE'RE GONNA TAKE TOGETHER, BUT VOTE ON SEPARATELY.
A MILLION CODE ORDINANCE IN THE CITY OF PATTON ROUGE AND, AND PARISH OF EACH EAST BATON ROUGE.
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CODE CHAPTER 28, PARKING CITY AS ASSAULT AS SECTION 11, CODE 4 29 1 DESIGNATED PARKING SPACE FOR VETERANS AND ARMED FORCES BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEARST, MOK AND AMAROSA AND ROCKER.ITEM 48 A AMEND ORDINANCE 180 7 33 TO ADD DEFINITIONS AND PROVISIONS FOR VETERAN-OWNED BUSINESSES, SPECIFICALLY TO PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION OR REDUCED TAX BY COUNCIL MEMBER HERRS MO AND AMAR ROCKA.
ITEM 49, A AMEND OF 2023 CURRENT EXPENSE WATCHES.
SO AS TO APPROPRIATE $17,500 FOR A VETERAN'S BUS RIDERSHIP PASS PROGRAM FROM GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE UNASSIGNED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEARST AND COUNT AND MAYOR PRESIDENT IN ITEM 51, AMENDING ORDINANCE 9 4 90, PARTICULARLY THE LIST OF EXCEPTIONS TO REQUIRED PARKING FEATURE AT DISCOUNTED RATE FOR VETERANS OF THE ARMED FORCES COUNCIL MEMBER HEARST, MOK, AMAROSA AND ROCKER.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 47, 48, 49 AND 51? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL.
WE HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THEIR PRESIDENT IN SUPPORT OF THESE ITEMS. WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL.
IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO MAKE MOTION? I'D LIKE TO ASK SOMETHING AT THIS POINT.
THE, UH, DESIGNATION AND LOCATIONS OF THESE PARKING SPACES BY THE, UH, DIRECTOR OF DRAINAGE AND, UH, DRAINAGE AND TRANSPORTATION ARE, ARE WE AWARE THAT THE DIRECTOR OF DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SHOULD BE, MUST BE A PART OF THIS? YES, MA'AM.
I AM AWARE OF THAT AND WE'VE HAD COMMUNICATION ON THAT AND WE WILL WORK THROUGH THE DETAILS ON THAT.
OKAY, SO WE GOOD THAT? YES, MA'AM.
COUNCIL MEMBER MO, SPEAKING OF THAT, UH, I'VE GOT AN AMENDMENT I'D LIKE TO MAKE TO, UH, WHICH, WHICH NUMBER IS 47 47? UH, LINE C OR THE, UM, SECTION C, THE DESIGNATION AND LOCATION OF PARKING SPACES BY THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE SHALL RIGHT NOW IT SAYS, SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IN DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
I'D LIKE TO AMEND THAT TO SAY THE DESIGNATION AND LOCATION OF PARKING SPACES BY THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE SHALL BE DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND THE E B R METRO COUNCIL.
YOU GOT THAT, ASHLEY? THAT'S OUTSIDE MY SCOPE.
WE'LL BE DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH DIRECTOR OF DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND METRO COUNCIL.
I'D LIKE TO ASK AT THIS TIME IF, UH, WHITNEY CAN COME UP AND KIND OF ADDRESS SOME OF THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS YEAH, THIS IS 10.
AND SO WHITNEY, COME AND, AND WHAT THUS SAYS WHAT SUPPOSED TO BE YEAH, SURE.
SO, UM, OF COURSE WE ARE ALL VERY SUPPORTIVE DOWNTOWN OF OUR VETERANS.
UM, IT IS OUR ROLE OF OUR OFFICE TO BE THE LIAISON BETWEEN THE BUSINESSES AND THE DOWNTOWN STAKEHOLDERS, UM, TO THE CITY PARISH.
AND SO IN THAT ROLE, WE, WE HAVE A UNIQUE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE BUSINESSES OPERATE, HOW THE FLOW WORKS, HOW THE PARKING WORKS, UM, AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCES PART OF THAT APPROVAL PROCESS.
UM, OF COURSE, I MEAN, FRED'S GREAT.
WE ALL KNOW HE'S GREAT AND, UH, HE WILL WORK WITH US REGARDLESS, BUT IN THE EVENT, ANY OF THESE LOCATIONS NEED TO BE CHANGED IN THE FUTURE, FRED AND I ARE NOT HERE.
IT WOULD JUST BE GOOD TO HAVE THAT SORT OF STATED.
SO THAT'S SORT OF IN WITH THE ORDINANCE WHEN PEOPLE MIGHT LOOK AT HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS.
I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE THAT SECTION WAS REMOVED, UH, IN THE FINAL ORDINANCE, BUT, UM, ACTUALLY I, I'M LOOKING AT THE, UH, AT ONE OF THE ORIGINALS AND IT SAID THE ORIGINAL, THE DESIGNATED LOCATION PARKING SPACE IS DIRECT BY THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
AND IT, IT STOPPED RIGHT THERE.
UM, I BELIEVE WE CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH, WITH THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE AND THE METRO COUNCIL AS FAR AS FINDING THESE PARKING SPOTS AND DESIGNATING THEM AND SO ON.
I THINK EVERYBODY JUST NEED, I'M JUST OPENING THE DOOR FOR MORE INVOLVEMENT BETWEEN ALL OF US.
YES, I, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO WITH THE AMENDMENTS.
I THINK THAT INEVITABLY WE WOULD, ANYWAY, UM, IT'S UNDERSTOOD JUST THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD THAT THAT IS CLARIFIED IN THE ORDINANCE.
THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING THERE WITH THE AMENDMENT COUNCIL.
GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT.
I'M GONNA MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT THE AMENDMENT THAT WE APPROVE, UH, HE DIDN'T MAKE A MOTION.
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TALKING A SECOND AGO, I THINK AS YOU RETURNED IT, I SAID I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH AMENDMENT.APPROVE THAT ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM 40 47 7, SECONDED BY, UH, ROCKER.
SO SUBSTITUTE, SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENT.
UH, ON SECTION A SHALL READ THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE AND THE D D D DIRECTOR.
UM, I, I ONLY NOTE THAT THE ITEM BEFORE US SECTION C READS THE TERM VETERAN MEANS A PERSON WHO HAS SERVED IN THE ACTIVE MILITARY NAVAL OR, OR AIR SERVICE.
SO I, I, I THINK, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE CITING THE CORRECT PART OF THE ORDINANCE THAT'S ENTERED INTO OUR AGENDA.
I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT COPY.
UM, SO I'M NOT SURE THAT THE, I'M NOT SURE THAT YOUR AMENDMENT DOES WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO, BUT, UM, THAT'S MY MOTION.
SUBSTITUTE MOTION CLEARED UP FOR US.
SO WHERE THE DEFINITION IS CONCERNED, COUNCILMAN, YOU'RE CORRECT.
THE DEFINITION IS GOING TO, UH, BE CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT, UM, ARE BEING INTRODUCED.
I'M SORRY, THAT ARE UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, THEY'RE ALL GOING TO REFLECT THE DEFINITION THAT IS IN ITEM 48.
SO WHEN YOU ALL GET TO THOSE ITEMS, AND I'M SORRY BECAUSE I'M HAVING A DISCUSSION ON THE SIDE, UM, WHICH ITEM ARE YOU ALL ADDRESSING NOW? 47.
OKAY, SO ITEM 40, ITEM 47, UH, THE DEFINITION IN, UH, C AS WELL AS D SUBSECTIONS ARE GOING TO, UH, CHANGE IF SOMEBODY CAN MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND SO THAT IT COULD REFLECT THE DEFINITION THAT THAT'S AN ITEM 48.
AND I'LL MAKE THAT THAT CHANGE.
UM, YOU HAVE SUCCESSFUL LOST OF WHICH ONE? THIS IS EVERYONE UP HERE.
WHAT I'LL, WHAT I CAN DO IS I CAN, I CAN ALSO WAIT, BUT ITEM 47, THE DEFINITION THAT'S CURRENTLY EXISTING IN SUBSECTION C, HANG ON.
I, I THINK THE ISSUE IS WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO CHANGE THE DEFINITION.
UM, WE'RE SIMPLY TRYING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF WHO APPROVES THE PARKING SPOTS.
WHICH CLARIFICATION? MY MOTION SAYS, OKAY.
THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE D D D.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO CHANGE.
YEAH, IT, IT DOES, BUT LET'S WHAT'S GOING ON? MOTION YOUR TIME.
AND WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT IN THE CORRECT SECTION, WHICH IS, UH, SECTION A.
IS THAT YOU? GOOD COUNCIL MEMBER.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.
SO I MAKE, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW I DO THIS, BUT ALL TWO MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR IS ON 47, SO CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE ON 47.
SO AARON, CAN YOU, UH, PULL YOUR MOTION BACK AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU, I'M GONNA ADD YOUR STUFF IN THERE, DWIGHT, ONE OF Y'ALL.
SO I I DIDN'T KNOW MY TIME WAS UP.
WELL, AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN MOVING ON BECAUSE WE'VE ALL BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT THE, THE IT, THE THING THAT I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT HERE, SO LET'S BE CLEAR.
YOU'RE ON COUNCIL MEMBER HERZ TIME NOW.
HOLD WELL WE, WE CAN ALL, OKAY, SO LET YOU MY ITEM C, MY ITEM A SAYS THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION DRAINAGE IS AUTHORIZED TO DIRECT ASSAILANT AND ALLOT UP TO FIVE PARKING SPACES IN THE DESIGN AREA DOWNTOWN TO DEVELOP A DISTRICT BY THE VETERANS AND ARMED FORCES WITH EACH, THAT'S WHAT MY A SAYS, MY SECTION C.
NOW, IF I'M ON THE WRONG COPY, I APOLOGIZE, SAYS THE DESIGNATION AND LOCATION OF PARKING SPACES BY THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
THAT'S WHAT MY C SAYS IF I'M ON THE WRONG ONE.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS WHICHEVER SECTION THAT IT NEEDS TO BE IN, I AM TRYING TO INCLUDE THAT WE WORK TOGETHER IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND THE EAST BATON ROUGE METRO COUNCIL IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO AMEND AND ADD IN BY MINE.
IF I AMENDED THE WRONG ONE, LET'S TELL ME WHICH ONE I NEED TO GO ON.
YOU DIDN'T AMEND THE WRONG, I NEED TO ADD SOMETHING TO IT.
JUST THE DEFINITION OF WHAT A VETERAN IS, I NEED THAT TO BE CONSISTENT AMONGST ALL THE ORDINANCES, BUT I CAN'T DO IT CAUSE THERE'S TWO MOTIONS ALREADY ON THE FLOOR, SO I NEED ONE OF Y'ALL TO DELETE IT.
NO, 48 HAS THE CORRECT DEFINITION.
TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO.
MINE, MINE DOES NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT DEFINITION.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT A DEFINITION.
I'M NOT EVEN, I'M NOT DISCUSSION A DEFINITION OF A VETERAN OR ANYTHING.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COLLABORATING AND WORKING TOGETHER TO PICK WHERE THESE PARKING SPOTS ARE GOING TO BE DOWNTOWN.
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YOU MADE A MOTION FOR PLEASE.IF I NEED TO WITHDRAW THAT MOTION AND DO IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO.
MR. ME, CAN YOU PULL UP THE ORDINANCE FROM THE AGENDA? BECAUSE THE ONE I'M LOOKING AT THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA, NOT THE C THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING SIMPLY DEFINES VETERAN.
YEAH, I THINK YOU HAD THE WRONG ONE UP IN HERE.
I LOOK, LOOK, IF I'VE GOT THE WRONG ONE, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.
AND SINCE I'M STILL ON MY TIME YEP.
UM, YOU GOING, YOU GOING? I, I I WOULD, YEAH, JUST LET ME KNOW HOW YOU'D LIKE TO DEFINE CHARTER.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S, IT SAYS VETERANS FOR THE PURPOSES.
ORDINANCE MEANS A PERSON WHO IS CURRENTLY SERVING FULL-TIME DUTY IN THE US ARMED FORCES, ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, MARINE CORPS, COAST GUARD, SPACE FORCE, OR NATIONAL GUARD, INCLUDING THE RESERVE COMPONENTS THEREOF OTHER THAN ACTIVE DUTY FOR TRAINING OR IS SERVED IN THE US ARMED FORCES AND WHO IS DISCHARGED OR RELEASED THERE, THERE FROM UNDER CONDITIONS OTHER THAN DISHONORABLE.
I NEED TO MAKE THAT ON 47, 48, 49 AND 50 TO MAKE SURE IT'S CONSISTENT FOR THE DEFINITION OF WHAT A VETERAN IS.
I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT BEING A PART OF THE MOTION, THE MOTION THAT I MADE.
BUT I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER MOK NEEDS TO BE CLEAR ON HIS MOTION ON THE ATTACHED AGENDA ITEM.
MAY, MAY ASK YOU, YOU AMENDED A TO SAY WHAT? CAN I GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON WHAT YOU AMENDED IT TO SAY? CORRECT.
SO WE AMENDED A AND C, UH, JUST NOW.
AND WHAT'S A, HOWEVER, BUT A IS, UH, TO READ THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
UH, I HAVE LEFT OFF, I'M SORRY, I HAVE LEFT OFF THE COUNCIL.
IT'S MY OPINION THAT, UH, THIS COUNCIL DOES NOT NEED TO MICROMANAGE THE, THE PLACE OF FIVE PARKING SPOTS IN DOWNTOWN.
THAT'S, THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT.
HEY WHITNEY, DO YOU MIND COMING TO THE MIC REAL QUICK? WAIT A MINUTE.
THAT'S WHY I NEED MY MINUTE BACK.
SO LET, LET, LET ME BE CLEAR PUBLICLY, IT TOOK FOUR AND A HALF WEEKS FOR ME TO GET AN ANSWER ON PARKING METERS, WHICH IS WHY I REMOVED THE D D D FROM THE DEAL BECAUSE, AND I KNOW IT WASN'T SPECIFICALLY HER, IT WAS, UM, THAT D D WORKING WITH UM, D P W TO GET THAT ANSWER.
SO THAT'S WHY I SPECIFICALLY REMOVED IT FROM THE ORDINANCE CUZ ADDING AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF APPROVAL SLOWED DOWN THE PROJECT FOUR AND A HALF WEEKS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN IN, IN, IN 24 TO 48 HOURS FROM A PARKING VENDOR THAT'S WORKING IN CONJUNCTION BETWEEN D P W AND, AND AND, UH, DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT.
SO I JUST DON'T WANT THEIR BOARD TO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON FIVE PARKING SPOTS, WHICH HOLDS IT UP.
SO IF SHE'S GOING TO GO ON RECORD AND SAY HER BOARD DOES NOT HAVE TO, UM, HAVE ANY INFLUENCE ON THESE FIVE PARKING SPOTS TO GIVE VETERANS, UH, BETTER ACCESS TO DOWNTOWN RESOURCES, THEN I'M OKAY WITH DOING IT.
I DON'T WANT TO ANSWER 23 PEOPLE ABOUT FIVE PARKING SPOTS, SO I'LL RESPOND TO THAT IN THAT, UM, OUR OFFICE HAS NOT HAD NO, UM, DIRECT AUTHORITY WITH THE VENDOR.
SO ANYTHING THAT WAS QUESTIONED FROM THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO QUESTION THE VENDOR AND PROVIDE, UM, WHATEVER THE FOUR WEEKS WAS.
BUT, UM, YES, OUR, OUR COMMISSION, WE DO NOT NEED COMMISSION APPROVAL TO WORK WITH, UM, TRANSPORTATION DRAINAGE TO SELECT THE SPOTS.
I WITHDRAW MY MOTION SUBSTITUTE.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
MS. ROCK, YOU WITHDRAW YOUR SECOND.
COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON'S MOTION.
WHAT IS YOUR ITEM? YOU WANT SECOND IT? NO.
COUNCIL MEMBER, HER SECONDED ITEM THERE.
ANY OBJECTION OR ITEM 47? OBJECTION.
I'D LIKE TO SPEAK WHEN I YEAH, I'M GONNA LET YOU SPEAK.
BUT IS ANY OBJECTION, I WON'T BE CLEAR.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
COUNCIL HEARST, COUNCILMAN MO, COUNCILWOMAN AMAR COUNCILWOMAN ROCKER.
YOU ALL HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4 ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM OR FASHION? WE'RE ON THE FIRST ITEM AND IT'S A LOT OF CONFUSION.
I THINK A LOT OF THIS IS NOT FLUSHED OUT YET, AND IT WOULD'VE BEEN BETTER SERVED NOT IN THE COUNCIL MEETING.
I I THINK THIS COULD HAVE TOOK PLACE IN DELIBERATION.
UM, DO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, BUT WE ARE HOLDING UP A WHOLE LOT OF TIME AND I THINK THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DONE AWAY FROM THE COUNCIL MEETING AND
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WE ARE NOT MOVING, MOVING THE AGENDA FORWARD.THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I WANNA OFFER UP.
OKAY, I JUST WANTED SOME CLARITY.
UH, COURTNEY, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WHAT YOU WERE STATING WAS THAT THE DEFINITIONS IN SECTION THREE, GENERAL DEFINITIONS, D N E ON 48 WERE CORRECT.
AND YOU WANTED, YOU THOUGHT THAT 47, AND I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT 49 AND 50, BUT YOU, YOU THOUGHT 47 SHOULD REFLECT THOSE DEFINITIONS IN THE SAME WAY? MM-HMM.
SO MY NEXT QUESTION IS, DID WE ADDRESS THAT IN THE AMENDMENT APPROPRIATELY? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING? WE'RE TAKING THOSE SAME EXACT DEFINITIONS.
THAT'S WHAT COUNCILMAN HUDSON'S MOTION INCLUDED.
OKAY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR OF IMPROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION ON ITEM 47? ITEM 47 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOK, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.
AND THE OBJECTION ITEM 48 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
ITEM 49, IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOK.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOK.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOK.
HEAR ANY OBJECTIONS? I GO TO ITEM 51.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE OR ITEM 51? MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOK SECONDED BY COUNCIL.
COUNCILMAN, HEAR ANY OBJECTION? ITEM 51 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
WE GO TO ITEM 52, AMENDING RESOLUTION 55,282.
SO AS TO CHANGE THE REQUIRED MATCHING COUNCIL MEMBER HEAR.
HEY, I, I DO WANT TO, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE ROOM TODAY.
I'M GONNA TAKE A PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE.
UM, I SEE A COUPLE OF FOLKS HERE FROM THE, UH, THE, UH, VETERANS AFFAIRS, UH, GROUP.
WE HAVE RETIRED SERGEANT FIRST CLASS UNITED STATES ARMY.
UH, MR. LARRY WILLIAMS, DO YOU MIND STANDING? UH, I DO HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR YOU IF YOU DON'T MIND STEPPING UP.
UM, SO I CAN'T DO THAT, BUT, UH, I DO HAVE MR. TROY ADDISON WITH VET VETERANS AFFAIRS.
UH, WOULD YOU MIND STANDING UP, MR. TROY? THANK.
AND LOOK, WE DO HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR YOU AS WELL AS ACTUALLY IN OUR DISTRICT OFFICE.
AND IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HERE BESIDES ELENA, WHO IS THE MOST AMAZING PERSON THAT SUPPORTS VETERANS? UM, ELENA, PLEASE STAND, MAN.
WE, Y'ALL DON'T GET RECOGNIZED ENOUGH.
YEAH, AND, UH, WE WANNA THANK THE CATS TEAM.
KATZ GETS A LOT OF BAD PRESS, BUT I'M GONNA GIVE 'EM SOME GOOD PRESS TODAY.
THEY WERE DILIGENT, UH, AND WHAT THEY DID, SO VETERANS AFFAIRS, THE MAYOR'S ADVISORY COUNCIL ON VETERANS AFFAIRS, PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT, THAT WERE ABLE TO JOIN CALLS AND, AND, UH, SPECIAL, UH, THANK YOU TO MAYOR B BROOME FOR GIVING US THE FUNDING AND, AND BEING A, A GREAT SUPPORT ON THIS ISSUE.
AND OUR GOAL IN DOING THIS WAS THE PURPLE HEART CEREMONY.
UH, WE ALMOST GOT RIPPED A NEW ONE BY SOME PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE ROOM SAYING THAT AT BATON ROUGE WAS NOT VETERAN FRIENDLY, WAS NOT A GREAT PLACE FOR US FOR THEM TO RETIRE OR EVEN VISIT.
UM, AND WE MODELED SOME RESOURCES AROUND THE COUNTRY.
WE LOOKED AT WHAT WAS AVAILABLE.
WE CREATED OUR OWN AND HOW BELIEVE WE WERE COLLECTIVE BODY OF WORK.
AARON, JEN, DENISE, UM, ELENA, UH, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND EVERYBODY ELSE IS HERE.
I BELIEVE WE CAME UP WITH SOME GREAT THINGS THAT SHOW WAS BATON ROUGE'S DEDICATION TO PAYING HOMAGE TO THE PEOPLE WHO PUT THEIR LIFE ON THE LINE FOR US.
SO JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU.
AND UH, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UH, DON'T FORGET GENERAL CURTIS.
OH, GENERAL CLEAR CURTIS, ABSOLUTELY.
UH, HE WAS IN SUPPORT EVERY MINUTE OF THE WAY.
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AMENDING THE RESOLUTION 5 5 2 82.SO AS A CHAIN REQUIRED MATCHING FUNDS FOR THE THREE YEAR GRANT PERIOD TO $454,258, WHICH WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH THE ANNUAL APPROVED POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET DURING THE GRANT PERIOD BY POLICE CHIEF.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 52? WE NOW GO TO COUNSEL.
A MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE CHAIR.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
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ITEM 53, WE'RE SENDING IN DIRECTING THE CLERK COURT TO COUNSEL DECISION ORDER FROM DECEMBER 14TH, 2022.[03:00:01]
METRO COL METRO COUNCIL MEETING IN THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS RONALD DWAYNE STEVENSON, 70 88 NORTH DOMO AVENUE.REASON FOR RESCISSION THE OWNER IS BEGINNING THE PROCESS TO RENT OR SELL THE PROPERTY BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN JR.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNTON JR.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCC COLEMAN.
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ITEM 54 RESIN AND DIRECTION TO CLERK COURT.TO COUNCIL DECISION ORDER OF THE JUNE 8TH, 2022 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING IN THE MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS RUBY LEE RUFFIN 5,917 ROBERTSON AVENUE.
THE REASONING FOR RESCISSION OWNER IS RENOVATING THE PROPERTY BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 54? MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURST.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 54 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[55. 23-00299 ]
WE GO TO ITEM 55 AUTHORIZING AND SETTLEMENT IN THE MATTER ENTITLED SHERMAN REED VERSUS TROY LAWRENCE, JR.IN THE AMOUNT OF $55,000 IN APPROPRIATING 55,000 FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 55 WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 55.
IS THERE A SECOND ON ITEM 55? SO MOVE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER OBJECT SHOW.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER OBJECTING TO THE ITEM.
ANY OTHER OBJECTIONS? WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE MACHINES.
WOULD WOULD ANYBODY WANNA DISCUSS FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO GO ON EXECUTIVE SESSION? YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION IF YOU, YOU CAN, BUT IF ONE OBJECTION WE WON'T GO IN.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
ANY OBJECTIONS? WE ARE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 55.
UH, WE ARE GONNA VOTE ON THE MACHINES.
GO AHEAD TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS.
THERE'S A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS.
THERE THERE'S A SECOND TO THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS.
MOTION TO DEFER ITEM 55 FOR TWO WEEKS.
THE MACHINES ARE OPEN ON THE MOTION TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS.
NOW I'M ABOUT TO OPEN THE MACHINES ON THE MOTION TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS.
SHE ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS.
ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS.
[56. 23-00234]
MOVED TO ITEM 56, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT, CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION EXECUTE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH MAX TECH NETWORK SOLUTIONS LLC TO LEASE A TWO ACRE ATTRACTIVE LAND LOCATED ON HARLEM BOULEVARD AT A RUNNER RATE OF $2,468 AND 40 CENTS.LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FOR A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR, IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 56? WILL NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
ANY OBJECTION HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[57. 23-00260]
AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR PRESENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION TO EXECUTE A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE GREATER BATON ROUGE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP TO PROVIDE $200,000 OF LOCAL MATCH FOR THE AIRPORT.SMALL COMMUNITY AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT RAN BY AVIATION DIRECTOR.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 57? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBERS YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL, COMMENT AND OPPOSITION TO ITEM 57.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUN SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ITEM 57 HAS BEEN
[Items 58 - 61]
APPROVED.WE'RE GONNA TAKE ITEMS 58 AND 61 TOGETHER.
ITEM 58 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT TO ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT, UTILITY RELOCATION AGREEMENT AND THE BINGO PIPELINE COMPANY LLC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOVE BUREAU CAPACITY PROJECT MICH ROAD ROOM.
THE LOWER ZACHARY IN THE MOUNTAIN TIC EXCEED 281016 CENT BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.
ITEM 59 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE.
AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT UTILITY RELOCATION IN THE BATON ROUGE WATER COMPANY FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOBILE CAPACITY PROJECT PERKINS ROAD TO SI LANE AND PEAK LANE THE MOUNT TIC EXCEED $229,307 AND 93 CENTS.
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THE MAYOR PRESENT TO EXECUTE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICE AND STANEC CONSULTANT SERVICE INCORPORATED WITH SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOBILE CAPACITY PROJECT CONSTANTINE DEJON AVENUE PHASE TWO MIDWAY TO BLUE BOND AND THE MOUNTAIN NOT TO EXCEED $18,000 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR ITEM 61.AUTHORIZED AM MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT WITH THE CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SERVICES ON E ECM CONSULTANTS FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVE BR CAPACITY PROJECT CONSTANTINE MIDWAY BLUE BONNET AND MOUNT NA TO EXCEED $343,000.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 15 EIGHT THROUGH 61? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL.
SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN MADAM SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOK ITEMS 58 THROUGH 61 ANY OBJECTIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED? ITEM
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62 AUTHORIZED MAYOR P EXCUSE SETTLEMENT ONE ON I COOPERATION FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICE IN CONNECTION WITH THE UPDATING THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AS ACQUIRED BY THE EPA AND THE L D E Q FOR MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM MS FOUR A PERMIT RESULTING IN AN INCREASE OF THE CONTRACT OF MY EXCEED $200,000 BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 62? ASHLEY COUNCIL MEMBERS YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL COMMENT IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 62.
MAY NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 62? SO MOVE BY THE CHAIR.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MAGDA.
ANY OBJECTIONS ITEM 62 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[Items 63 - 69]
TAKE 63 AND 69 TOGETHER.63 AUTHORIZED AM MAYOR PRESENT TO AMENDS SUB RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA IN THE AMOUNT OF 88,000 FOR THE TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT OF 220,007 $7 AND 20 SENT BY THE RYAN WHITE ENDING HIV EPIDEMIC PROGRAM FOR THE 2223 GRANT PERIOD AND AUTHORIZED AND EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS AND CONNECTION THAT WE BY HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR ITEM 64 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT TO TO AMEND A SUBRECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH THE CAPITAL CITY FAMILY HEALTH CLINIC FOR INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF $27,509 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $1,581,540 AWARDED TO THE RYAN WHITE HIV AND AIDS PROGRAM FOR THE 2223 GRANT AND AUTHORIZED EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH 65 AUTHORIZED AM MAYOR PRESENT TO AMEND A SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH THE CAPITAL CITY FAMILY HEALTH CLINIC FOR AN INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF $33,000 FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $208,000 AWARDED UNDER THE RYAN WHITE IN AN HIV EPIDEMIC PROGRAM FOR THE 2223 GRANT AND AUTHORIZING AN EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS AND CONNECTION THERE WITH BY HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.
ITEM 66 AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESIDENT TO AMEND THE SUB RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH THE CAPITAL CITY FAMILY HEALTH CLINIC FOR AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF $17,497 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $217,475 92 CENTS WATER UNDER THE RYAN Y HIV AND AIDS MINORITY AIDS INITIATIVE PROGRAM FOR THE 2223 GRANT PERIOD AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS AND CONNECTION THERE WITH BY HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.
ITEM 67 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO AMEND THE SUB RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH A FAMILY SERVICES A GREATER BATON ROUGE FOR AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF 46,200 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT FOR 1,837,008, EXCUSE ME, $1,837,880 AWARDED UNDER RYAN Y H I V PROGRAM, HIV AND AIDS PROGRAM FOR THE 2223 GRANT PERIOD AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS AND CONNECTION THERE WITH BY HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.
ITEM 68 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO AMEND THE SUB RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH NO AIDS TAX FRAUD FOR AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF $33,240 19 CENTS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $136,055 AND 69 CENTS FOR THE 2223 GRANT PERIOD FOR THE RYAN WHITE ENDING HIV EPIDEMIC PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS AND CONNECTION.
THEY'RE WITH ITEM 69 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT TO, TO AMEND THE SUBRECIPIENT CONTRACT OF HIV AND A'S ALLIANCE FOR REGION TWO AND AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF $16,500 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $202,917 22 CENTS FOR THE RYAN WHITE INDIAN HIV EPIDEMIC PROGRAM FOR THE 2223 GRANT PERIOD AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS AND CONNECTION THEIR WAY.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 63 THROUGH 69? ASHLEY COUNCIL MEMBERS YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL, COMMENT AND OPPOSITION TO ITEMS 63 THROUGH 69 COUNCIL MEMBER'S MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOVE COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN, SHOW ME ABSTAINING ON 69 PLEASE SIR.
SHOW COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN ABSTAINING ON ITEM 69.
SECONDED AND PROPERLY, UH, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED BY WHO SECONDED THAT ITEM.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOK SHOW DUN ABSTAINING ON 69.
ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 63 69 HAVE BEEN
[70. 23-00289]
APPROVED.WE GO TO 70 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EXECUTE THE HOUSING GROUND REC SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH URBAN RESTORATION ENHANCEMENT CORPORATION FOR THE USE OF THE US HUD HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE FOSTER OAKS TWO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT ENTAILS SIX WEEKLY CONSTRUCTED THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THE AMOUNT OF $900,000 FOR THE PERIOD COMMENCING APRIL 1ST, 2023 AND EXPIRING NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 31ST, 2023 AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS AND CONNECTION THEY'RE WITH BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE? WE DO HAVE SOMEONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK.
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HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 70? ASHLEY COUNCIL MEMBERS? YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL, COMMENT AND OPPOSITION TO ITEM 70 IS COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM SECONDED BY THE CHAIR.ANY OBJECTIONS TO ITEM 70? ITEM 70 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[71. 23-00217 (Part 1 of 2)]
WE NOW GO TO APPOINTMENTS.EAST BARONS PARISH MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT RE RECOMMENDING THE REPLACEMENT OF RODRICK ARTHUR WELLS TERM LIMITED AND NOT ELIGIBLE TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM.
THE APPOINTMENT IS A THREE YEAR TERM.
WE HAVE TO DEFER THIS ITEM AGAIN UNLESS YOU ALL WANT NOMINATE SOMEONE FROM THE FLOOR.
COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO? OKAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE THEM ALL.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER THIS ITEM AGAIN? 30 DAYS.
YOU WANT A NOMINATION WARRANT? NO.
UM, I MAY HAVE ASKED THIS BEFORE.
UM, ARE THERE QUALIFICATIONS ON THIS? NOT FOR THIS SEAT.
THE PERSON JUST NEEDS TO BE A RESIDENT AND REGISTERED VOTER IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS? CAN I NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER? ROCKA? YOU WANNA COUNCIL? YEAH.
OH, UH, YOU WANNA NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKA? OKAY.
I'LL ENTERTAINED THAT MOTION NOW.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER NO SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MA.
ANY OBJECTION? ITEM 71 HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR 30 DAYS.
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BATON ROUGE, CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTED OR REPLACING JEN ROCKER WHOSE TERM EXPIRES ON MARCH 14TH, 2023.THIS IS A ONE YEAR TERM APPOINTMENT.
ON THE CURRENT BALLOT IS JEN ROCKER.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOK, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKA
[ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS]
TO ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER.ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER, A 23 DASH 3 55 AUTHORIZED AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION.
EXECUTE THE SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE STEVEN BALDWIN ASSOCIATES TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF THE COMPENSATION REVIEW AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $15,693.
THE REASON THIS ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED, ADMINISTRATIVE MAN DEADLINE HAS PASSED FOR INTRUCTION.
THE MOTION WA THE RULES IN THE MOTION WA THE RULES.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKA.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION AWAY THE RULES? IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION AWAY THE RULES.
IS THERE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MC DUNN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN ROCKA.
THE ADMINISTRATOR MATTER A HAS BEEN INTRODUCED.
[73. 23-00321]
ORDERS.73 FUQUA GRACIE STREET, AREA 88.
TRANSITION PROJECT CONTRACTOR, TRIUMPH CONSTRUCTION LLC.
CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT, $31,883 AND 66 CENTS, WHICH IS A CREDIT.
IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 73? THERE IS THERE MOTION TO APPROVE? ITEM 73.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARI, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOROCCO.
73 HAS BEEN APPROVED FINAL ACCEPTANCES.
[74. 23-00322]
74, FUQUA GRACIOUS STREET, AREA 88, TRANSITION PRIOR CONTRACTOR, TRIUMPH CONSTRUCTION, LLC.FINAL COST $306,839 AND 24 CENTS.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 74? WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKA, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM.
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GONNA TAKE ITEMS 75.THERE'S A MOTION TO DELETE ITEM 75.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK, BUT THERE IS A MOTION TO DELETE.
SALES TAX ENROLL REHABILITATION PROGRAM PROJECT 18 DASH TWO.
PLACE AND PARK AND HIGHLAND SHADOW SUBDIVISION.
THERE IS A REQUEST TO, TO LEAVE THIS ITEM, BUT WE DO HAVE SOMEONE WISHING TO SPEAK.
UH, ASHLEY
IT SHOULD BE A GR AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THAT MIC.
SORRY, I CAN'T GET AS CLOSE TO THE MIC.
HEY, HEY, I UNDERSTAND
HUH? DO YOU REALLY HAVE, UH, I CAN'T TALK ABOUT HOW I UNDERSTAND.
UM, RJ D WAS THE SECOND LOWEST APPARENT BIDDER ON, UM, THIS PROJECT.
THE SECOND TIME THAT IT WAS REBID.
UM, AND BIDS WERE OPENED IN OCTOBER.
ON OCTOBER 25TH, 2022, THERE WERE THREE BIDDERS, MTRA, RJ DAIGLE AND BARRY EIGHT CONSTRUCTION.
RJ DL SUBMITTED A PROTEST TO THE BID SUBMITTED BY MTRA, WHICH WAS THE APPARENT LOWEST BIDDER, UM, FOR FAILURE TO INCLUDE A NON COLLUSION AND NON-SOLICITATION AFFIDAVIT WITHIN 10 DAYS OF, UM, THE BIDS BEING OPENED.
IN RESPONSE TO THE PROTEST, A COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED AND THE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY AND THE COMMITTEE MET ON NOVEMBER 29TH.
THE RULING OF THE COMMITTEE WAS TO REJECT ALL BIDS FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH LOUISIANA REVISED STATUTE 38 22 12
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AND NON-SOLICITATION AFFIDAVIT TO BE SUBMITTED.PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF BIDS, SINCE NONE OF THE BIDS SUBMITTED THEIR, UM, AFFIDAVIT PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF BIDS, ALL BIDS WERE REJECTED.
AND, UM, THE PROJECT WAS RE-BID.
BIDS WERE SENT IN A SECOND TIME.
THOSE BIDS WERE OPEN JANUARY 17TH, 2023.
AT 2:00 PM THERE WERE FIVE BIDDERS.
THIS TIME, MTRA STILL BEING THE APPARENT LOADED LOWEST, UM, WITH RJ DAYLE BEING SECOND.
UM, MTRA AGAIN FAILED TO SUBMIT ITS NON-INCLUSION AND NON-SOLICITATION AFFIDAVIT.
PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF BIDS, RJ DAIGLE DID SUBMIT THAT AFFIDAVIT, UM, AND MET ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BIDS.
UM, SO RJ DA SUBMITTED ANOTHER BID PROTEST ON FEBRUARY 6TH.
ANOTHER COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED.
THEY MET ON FEBRUARY 23RD, AND AGAIN, THEY DECIDED TO REJECT ALL BILLS, EVEN THOUGH THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MTRA DID NOT TIMELY SUBMIT THE AFFIDAVIT.
THIS TIME THAT THE, UM, THE APPOINTED COMMITTEE DECIDED TO REJECT THE BIDS BECAUSE THEY CLAIM THERE WAS AN ALLEGED ERROR IN THE SOLICITATION AND BID DOCUMENTS.
UM, THEY CITE TWO PART A ONE, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC WORKS AFFIDAVIT.
UM, INSTRUCTIONS AND STATEMENTS.
THEY CLAIM THAT THERE WAS A STATEMENT THAT SAID, FOR THE CONVENIENCE, ALL LEGALLY MANDATED AFFIDAVITS HAVE BEEN COMBINED INTO ONE FORM ENTITLED PUBLIC WORKS BID AFFIDAVIT.
HOWEVER, THE NON COLLUSION AND NON-SOLICITATION AFFIDAVIT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT.
SO THE MI UH, THE COMMITTEE ACCLAIMED, UM, THAT THE STATEMENT THAT ALL LEGALLY MANDATED AFFIDAVITS HAVE BEEN COMBINED WAS AN INCORRECT STATEMENT, WARRANT, UM, CANCELLATION OF THE SOLICITATION AND REJECTION OF ALL BIDS.
HOWEVER, RJ DA'S POSITION IS THAT THE COMMITTEE WAS INCORRECT.
THE SAME EXACT DOCUMENT THAT THEY RELY ON PART A ONE BID WORKS AFFIDAVIT SPECIFICALLY STATES LIKE TWO PARAGRAPHS DOWN.
IT SAYS THAT THE AFFIDAVIT IS SUPPLIED AS A COURTESY.
SO CAN YOU, I'LL GIVE YOU A FEW SECONDS TO FINISH YOUR COMMENT.
IT SAYS THAT THE AFFIDAVIT IS SUPPLIED AS A COURTESY TO THE IANS.
UM, BUT IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE AIAN TO ENSURE THAT THE AFFIDAVIT THEY SUBMIT TO EBR R PARISH COMPLIES IN BOTH FORM AND CONTENT.
BUT STATE AND FEDERAL PARISH LAWS, AS I STATED EARLIER, THE STATE LAWS REQUIRE THAT A NON COLLUSION, NON-SOLICITATION AFFIDAVIT BE SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE BID.
RJ DL DID THAT THERE'S NO JUST CAUSE TO REJECT ALL BIDS IN THIS SITUATION WHEN THERE'S A COMPLIANT SECOND LEWIS BIDDER, UM, AND RJ DL, UM, RESPECTS RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS THAT IT BE AWARDED THE PROJECT.
NOW, THERE'D BE NO FURTHER DELAY IN THIS, UM, CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? YES.
I AM ALSO HERE WITH A EGGLAND SONS.
UH, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO APPRECIATE OUR ATTORNEY FOR, FOR BEING HERE,
UH, HER ABILITY TO BE HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE IS PHENOMENAL.
UH, WHATEVER WE'RE PAYING HER IS CLEARLY NOT ENOUGH.
UH, I HEAR MORE
IN MY OPINION, THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CAN EVEN POINT TO IN OUR BID THAT IS, UH, INCORRECT.
AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO BUILD THESE JOBS.
UH, FOR US THAT'S 177 EMPLOYEES.
AND IT'S NOT JUST OUR ARMY OF SKILLED PEOPLE.
IT'S PEOPLE LIKE FRED AND EVERYBODY THAT WORKS WITH MO PR.
AND I SAT BACK THERE AND I LISTENED TO CONCERNS OVER THE, UH, THE INTERSTATE PROJECT AND ALLEVIATING CONGESTION.
HOW WE NEED TO GET THINGS MOVING QUICKLY.
AND HERE WE ARE, ARE POTENTIALLY DELAYING THIS PROJECT AGAIN, WHEN WE HAVE A BID THAT DID EVERYTHING PERFECT.
AND IF WE DELAY IT, I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO BACK TO MY EMPLOYEES AND BASICALLY SAY, LOOK, I KNOW YOU DID EVERYTHING CORRECT, BUT THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT TO WORK WITH YOU.
AND I, I DON'T, I I WISH SOMEONE COULD GIVE ME AN ACTUAL REASON, LIKE, POINT TO SOMETHING IN MY BID THAT IS INCORRECT.
BECAUSE THEN I COULD BE LIKE, HEY GUYS, WE CAN FIX THIS FOR NEXT TIME.
AND FROM THAT POINT, WE CAN IMPROVE AS A COMPANY AND WE CAN BID BETTER.
WE CAN BUILD BETTER ROADS, WE CAN DO EVERYTHING BETTER.
BUT WITHOUT SOMETHING THAT IS IDENTIFIABLY INCORRECT, IT'S, IT'S REALLY, IT'S A DIFFICULT PILL TO SWALLOW.
SO IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 75? COUNCIL MEMBER NOEL, UH, MR. DIEGO OR MS. TODD? I, I WOULD, I WOULD JUST ASK.
UM, AND, AND I DID GET THE LETTER, I READ THROUGH IT, BUT SO THIS HAS OCCURRED TWICE.
AND SO, OH, SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF.
WHAT? I JUST WANTED TO BE, SO IF IT HAPPENED THE, THE FIRST
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TIME, DID Y'ALL HAVE EVERYTHING CORRECT THE FIRST TIME? NO, WE DID NOT THE FIRST TIME.NONE OF THE BIDDERS SUBMITTED THE AFFIDAVIT, UM, TIMELY.
HOWEVER, AFTER THAT INSTRUCTION, WHEN THEY WERE ALL REJECTED, RJ DLE BEING THE SECOND LOWEST BIDDER DID SUBMIT THEIR NON OCCLUSION AFFIDAVIT.
YOU SAID IT WAS JUST THREE THE FIRST TIME, AND THEN IT WAS FIVE THE SECOND TIME.
WHO WERE THE THREE, THE FIRST TIME RJ, DAIGLE, MTRA AND BARRY A CONSTRUCTION.
AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT.
SO MTRA RECEIVED THE SAME INSTRUCTION, RIGHT? M AND THEY DID IT WRONG A SECOND TIME, MTRA GOT NOTICE IN WRITING IN THE PANEL DECISION THAT SAID A NON COLLUSION AFFIDAVIT WAS REQUIRED.
DID, HOW ABOUT THE, THE, DID THE OTHER FOUR GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME? DO Y'ALL KNOW, UH, I, THAT IT'S REALLY IRRELEVANT BECAUSE RJ DAY WILL BE IN THE SECOND LOWEST BIDDER DID GET IT CORRECT, THOUGH.
IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER MATTER WHAT THOSE HIGHER BIDDERS DID.
YOU WANT UP PLEASE? SO, SO, UM, BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED IS, UM, SOME OF WHAT THEY SAY IS CORRECT.
THERE WERE, THERE WAS A PROTEST.
THAT INITIAL PROTEST, NO ONE DID IT.
SO, UH, WE SAID THAT WE COMBINED ALL OF THE AFFIDAVITS THAT WERE REQUIRED, IT SAYS ALL LEGALLY REQUIRED AFFIDAVITS ARE INCLUDED HERE.
THEY WEREN'T, THIS NON COLLUSION AFFIDAVIT WAS NOT INCLUDED.
SO THERE WAS AN, UM, YOU KNOW, A COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO HEAR RJ DA'S PROTEST.
AND IN THE INTEREST OF MAKING SURE THAT WE AS THE CITY PARISH AT LEAST HAVE THE INSTRUCTIONS, RIGHT, WE DIDN'T GIVE EVERYBODY THE INS THE CORRECT INSTRUCTIONS.
AND SO, UM, WE DECIDED TO CANCEL THAT BID SINCE OUR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE, THE BIDDERS WAS WRONG.
SO OUR INSTRUCTIONS WERE, WERE WRONG.
THE FIRST TIME OUR INSTRUCTIONS WERE CORRECT, THE SECOND TIME OUR INSTRUCTIONS WERE WRONG.
BUT WAS, WAS THERE AN INSTRUCTION IN BETWEEN THOSE THAT SAID AFTER THE FIRST ONE TO SAY, HERE'S WHY, BECAUSE NOBODY DID THIS, RIGHT? IS THAT ACCURATE? THE FIR YES.
THE FIRST PROTEST, EVERYONE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE PROTEST GOT, UH, A LETTER THAT SAID EVERYTHING IS BEING CANCELED BECAUSE NO ONE PROVIDED THE NON COLLUSION AFFIDAVIT AS REQUIRED BY THE STATUTE.
SO IS MTRA STATING THAT THEY DIDN'T DO THAT ONE ITEM CORRECTLY BECAUSE OF OUR INSTRUCTIONS, EVEN THOUGH THEY HEARD THAT? SO THERE WAS A SET INSTRUCTIONS THERE INCLUDED THERE, THERE WAS A SET OF INSTRUCTIONS.
UH, NO ONE FOLLOWED THE STATUTE THE FIRST TIME AROUND THAT GOT, EVERYONE GOT NOTICE THAT THEY DIDN'T AND THEY WERE THROWN OUT.
THERE WAS A SECOND SET OF INSTRUCTIONS WHEN IT WAS REBID THAT WERE INCORRECT.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THE COMMITTEE CAME TO THE DECISION THAT IN ORDER TO, UM, GIVE EVERYONE, UH, THE CORRECT INSTRUCTIONS THAT WE SHOULD CANCEL THE BID AND PROVIDE IT TO EVERY BIDDER CORRECTLY.
BUT MY QUESTION IS, MTRA, AFTER THE FIRST GO ROUND, WERE THEY INFORMED OF THE REASON WHY? YES.
THEY GOT THE DECISION OF THAT COMMITTEE BECAUSE THAT WAS A ANOTHER WHEN RJ NAEL AND PRESUMABLY SOME OTHERS CORRECTED THAT ACTION FROM THE FIRST ONE.
MTRA JUST DIDN'T YOU THINK IT, WAS IT CAUSE OF OUR INSTRUCTIONS OR JUST THEY JUST SAID, NO, WE DON'T WANNA DO IT? I THINK I CAN'T SAY THAT
I THINK THAT THE COMMITTEE, WHEN THEY CAME TOGETHER, PHELP, THAT IF THE CITY PERISH, BECAUSE WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING THESE OUT AND MAKING SURE THAT THINGS ARE CORRECT, DID IT INCORRECTLY THAT WE SHOULD IN GOOD CONSCIENCE IN FOLLOWING THE BID LAW, UH, CANCEL ALL BIDS SO THAT WE COULD CORRECT THOSE INSTRUCTIONS.
SO WAS THIS ITEM THAT WAS MISSING THE FIRST TIME AND MISSING THE SECOND TIME FOR MTRA AS WELL, WAS THAT THE PROBLEM WITH OUR INSTRUCTIONS SPECIFICALLY? YES.
IT WAS SPECIFICALLY, SO THERE ARE FOUR AFFIDAVITS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE STATUTE FOR THESE BIDS.
UM, THIS, UM, PARTICULAR SET OF, UH, INSTRUCTIONS SAID WE HAVE COMBINED ALL OF THESE FOUR LEGALLY REQUIRED AFFIDAVITS HERE.
ALL THE LEGALLY REQUIRED AFFIDAVITS ARE COMBINED AND THEY WERE NOT, AND THE AFFIDAVIT THAT WAS IN QUESTION WAS NOT INCLUDED.
SO THEY WOULD NEED TO GO OUT AND GET THAT AFFIDAVIT AND HAVE INCLUDED IT AS OPPOSED TO PREVIOUSLY WHEN THEY WERE PROVIDED THE AFFIDAVIT.
YEAH, I, I, I JUST, I I'M HAVING TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING THAT PORTION RIGHT THERE.
LET ME ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS IF I CAN COUNCILMAN, UH, TO THAT.
AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE YOUR TIME, SO LET ME KNOW IF YOU, YOU WON'T ALLOW ME TO.
FIRST, UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE PROCESS.
WHEN, WHEN A, WHEN A PROTEST COMES IN, UH, WE EMPANEL A GROUP THAT TAKES A LOOK AT THE PROTEST AND MAKES A DECISION.
AND WE DID THAT IN BOTH OF THESE CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND LISA HEADED BOTH OF THOSE COMMITTEES AND, UH,
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GOT THE INDIVIDUALS REPORT WHO WERE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PART OF THE CITY PARISHS, UH, DEPARTMENTS, AND THEY SIT ON A PANEL, IT'S A THREE PERSON PANEL, AND THEY COME TO A DECISION.AND THAT'S HOW THE DECISION WAS REACHED IN EACH ONE OF THESE CIRCUMSTANCES.
UH, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR AS TO THE PROCESS AS TO WHERE LISA AND HER, UH, PANEL GOT TO IN BOTH CIRCUMSTANCES.
SO YOU'RE SAYING WE SENT THEM THE AFFIDAVITS AS A PACKAGE AND IT DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT ONE.
AND THE, THE STATEMENT ON THERE SAYS, FOR CONVENIENCE, ALL LEGALLY MANDATED AFFIDAVITS HAVE BEEN COMBINED INTO ONE FORM ENTITLED PUBLIC WORK BID AFFIDAVIT.
AND IN FACT, THAT IS INCORRECT.
AND NOBODY QUESTIONED, HEY, YOU FORGOT THE ONE THAT WAS THE BIG PROBLEM LAST TIME.
I, I DON'T KNOW THAT I, I KNOW THAT ONCE THE, ONCE THE PROTEST WAS LODGED BY RJ DELE, WE GATHERED ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS AND BEGAN LOOKING AT IT, WHICH IS WHEN WE DISCOVERED THAT THAT WAS INCORRECT.
WHEN, WHEN, SO WHEN YOU SAW THIS, DID YOU SAY, OH, WELL WE KNOW IT'S NEEDED BECAUSE LAST TIME THAT WAS THE PROBLEM.
AND THE SAME INSTRUCTIONS THAT THE, THEY'RE REFERRING TO SAYS IN THE THIRD PARAGRAPH THAT THE AFFIDAVIT SUPPLIED IS JUST A COURTESY AND IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BIDDER, THE AIAN, TO ENSURE THAT THE AFFIDAVIT THEY SUBMIT COMPLIES IN BOTH FORM AND CONTENT WITH ALL FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.
WELL, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN MADE AWARE THAT THE STATE LAW REQUIRES THIS NON-INCLUSION, NON-SOLICITATION AFFIDAVIT.
IT WAS THE, IT WAS THE BURDEN AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BIDDER TO BE SURE THAT WHAT THEY SUBMITTED WAS COMPLIANT WITH STATE LAW.
THAT IS WHAT THE, THE CITY PARISH HAS DECIDED TO INCLUDE IN ITS BID PACK.
WHERE, WHERE IS THAT? TO ENSURE PORTION THAT UNFORTUNATELY I'M TALKING ABOUT.
SO THIS IS SAYING WE'RE, WE'RE PROVIDING THIS AS A COURTESY, BUT ESSENTIALLY SAYING DOUBLE CHECK IT BECAUSE IT, WE CORRECT.
AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES ON, ON TOP OF THAT, WE KNOW THAT AT LEAST MTRA AND OBVIOUSLY RJ DAY, BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE HERE SAYING YOU DID IT AND HEARD IT, THEY WERE INFORMED SPECIFICALLY THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE, UH, THAT THEY NEEDED TO CORRECT THIS BECAUSE THAT'S THE REASON IT WAS THROWN OUT THE LAST TIME.
SO ALL THREE FROM THE FIRST TIME RIGHT.
IS THERE, THERE'S NO DISPUTE THERE.
THOSE, THEY WERE INFORMED, AND HONESTLY, EVERY BIDDER WAS INFORMED BECAUSE IT'S IN THE STATE LAW.
BUT EVEN BEYOND THAT, THEY WERE EXPLICITLY INFORMED AFTER THE FIRST GO ROUND.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE AWARD TO RJ DAY'S SONS.
AND LET ME, IF I CAN, LET ME, LET ME SPEAK TO THIS.
UH, I DON'T MAKE SURE Y'ALL UNDERSTAND THIS.
I AND BRANDON, I KNOW YOU AND COUNCILMAN NOEL, I KNOW YOU'RE COMING FROM, YOU'RE A BUSINESSMAN.
AND I, AND I GET YOUR PERSPECTIVE WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM IN TERMS OF HOW THINGS SHOULD BE CLEAR AND PLAIN TO PEOPLE.
BUT WHAT WE ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT OUR INSTRUCTIONS WEREN'T PROPER.
AND, YOU KNOW, EQUITABLE ARGUMENTS ARE GREAT, BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE LEGAL ASPECT OF IT, OUR DOCUMENTS THAT WERE PROVIDED AND PUT OUT D BID NEED TO MEET CERTAIN SPECIFICATIONS THAT NEED TO BE ACCURATE.
AND IF OUR, AND IF OUR DOCUMENTS ARE NOT ACCURATE, AND YOU MAKE THIS AWARD, THEN YOU PUT NTRA IN A POSITION WHERE THEY CAN COME IN AND THEN WE GET SUED BY MTRA POTENTIALLY FOR OUR FIGURE TO COMPLY WITH AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR DOCUMENTS ARE CORRECT.
SO I, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE PANEL.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT DECISION THE PANEL CAME TO, BUT I'M SUPPOSING BY THE DECISION THAT THEY CAME TO AND WHAT AT LEAST INFORM ME ABOUT IS THEY CAME TO THAT CONCLUSION THAT THE, THE BEST WAY TO DO IT IS TO THROW IT OUT AGAIN.
GIVE RJ DAYL AND MTRA THE OPPORTUNITY TO REBID.
NOBODY'S LOSING THE RIGHT, THEY HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY IF THEY THINK THEY'RE THE BEST ONES, AND THEY CAN PROVIDE THE BEST BID TO REBID AGAIN AND PROVIDE A BID.
OKAY? BUT, BUT COUNTER TO THAT, THAT THAT PORTION THAT SAYS IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE AIAN TO ENSURE THE AFFIDAVIT THEY SUBMIT TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH COMPLIES IN BOTH FORM AND CONTENT WITH FEDERAL, STATE AND PARISH LAWS.
MY, MY LOVELY ATTORNEY FRIENDS THAT I HAVE SO MANY OF ALWAYS SAY ALL WORDS HAVE MEANING.
SO IF, IF, IF THAT'S PART OF THIS, EVEN IF IT WAS LEFT OFF AND IT SAYS IT'S A COURTESY, BUT YOU NEED TO ENSURE, THEN I WOULD, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IF ALL WORDS HAVE MEANING, THEN THAT PORT PART HAS MEANING AS WELL, AND IT SHOULD BE TAKEN JUST AS, JUST AS THE REST ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND YOU.
I THINK THE COMMITTEE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WE WERE WRONG AND THAT THE CITY PARISH SHOULD BE RIGHT IN PUTTING OUT THEIR BIDS AND THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE SHOULDN'T BE PENALIZED BECAUSE WE WERE WRONG IN PUTTING OUT OUR INSTRUCTIONS, BUT YOU WERE CORRECT.
AND ADDING THAT PORTION THAT GIVES YOU THE HEAD IF ALL DOUBLE CHECK US.
BUT IF ALL WORDS HAVE MEANING, THEN BOTH SECTIONS, THE INCORRECT ONE AND THE DOUBLE CHECK YOURSELF HAVE MEANING EQUAL MEANING.
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THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO AWARD TO RJ DEGO BY COUNCIL MEMBER NOEL SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HER, WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER MOK.THE LINE THAT YOU LEFT OMITTED WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE BID PACKAGE.
YOU BASICALLY SAYING THAT Y'ALL LEFT OUT LANGUAGE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THERE.
SO THE CITY PARISH, WHEN THEY PUT TOGETHER THE BID, THEY COMBINED THE FOUR REQUIRED AFFIDAVITS.
TYPICALLY THEY ARE FOUR SEPARATE SHEETS OF PAPER.
THAT THERE'S ONLY FOUR THAT'S NEEDED BY STATE LAW.
SO WHAT THEY DID WAS THE, UM, DEPARTMENT COMBINED THEM, BUT THEY ONLY COMBINED THREE OF THEM.
THEY DID NOT INCLUDE THE NON COLLUSION AFFIDAVIT.
AND YET THE VERBIAGE ABOVE IT INDICATES THAT ALL LEGALLY REQUIRED AFFIDAVITS ARE INCLUDED HERE.
SO YOU HAVE A LINE THAT SAYS ALL LEGALLY INCLUDED AFFIDAVITS ARE HERE BY WHAT YOU DID, OR WHAT HAPPENED IS WHAT YOU LEFT OFF REQUIRED TO BE IN THE BID.
IS THE VERBIAGE, IS THAT LANGUAGE THAT YOU HAVE OR SAYING IS THAT REQUIRED TO BE IN THAT BID? OR IS IT TECHNICALLY COVERED BY THE OTHER LANGUAGE? ARE YOU ASKING ME WHETHER OR NOT STATE LAW, THE LINE THAT YOU LEFT OFF THE LINE THAT YOU LEFT OUTTA THE BID? YOU'RE SAYING IF YOU LEFT, YOU LEFT THE LINE OUTTA THE BID.
THE CITY PARISH LEFT A LINE OUT OF THE BID.
IS IT REQUIRED TO BE IN THE BID BY LAW? NO.
IS IS WHAT YOU LEFT OFF REQUIRED TO BE IN THE BID BY LAW? NO.
SO HOWEVER THEY INTERPRETED IT, IF THEY THOUGHT TO INTERPRET IT BY THE OTHER LANGUAGE IN THERE TO SUBMIT WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS NEEDED, SHOULD THE OTHERS CAN'T SAY SHOULD, I DON'T WANNA SAY THAT PART.
THE OTHERS SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT SAME THING AND INTERPRETED IT AND SENT THAT INFORMATION IN ALSO.
NOW, IF THE LINE THAT WAS OMITTED IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO BE IN THE BID PROCESS AND WE LEFT IT OFF, I CAN SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING, WHERE THEY HAVE RIGHT.
TO SUE US OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT IF IT'S NOT REQUIRED TO BE IN THERE, THEN THEY SHOULD HAVE INTERPRETED IT LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
THE IS REQUIRED, THE AFFIDAVIT'S REQUIRED, BUT THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU LEFT OUT OF THE BID IS NOT REQUIRED.
THAT LINE SAYING YOU MUST TURN IN THIS AFFIDAVIT FOR X, Y, Z.
THAT'S NOT REQUIRED TO BE IN THERE.
YOU GROUPED EVERYTHING IN TOGETHER.
THE STATUTE IS NOT GOING TO TELL US WHAT MUST BE IN OUR BID BEYOND A A, A VERY SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING OUR QUALIFICATIONS AND SUCH AS THAT.
AND I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
I'M REPRESENTING THE COMMITTEE, UNDERSTOOD THAT CAME TOGETHER, LOOKED AT THE INFORMATION AND FELT THAT IF WE AS THE CITY PARISH WERE NOT THE SMARTEST PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND PREPARED THE BEST BID, THAT WE SHOULD NOT PENALIZE BECAUSE WE MADE THAT MISTAKE.
WE TALK ABOUT GIVING REPUBLIC THE CONTRACT, NOT PICKING ON 'EM, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE HUMANS AND BUSINESS AND THEY'RE GONNA MISSION TRASH EVERY NOW AND THEN, RIGHT? SO, AND WITH GIVING GRACE, AND WE'RE GONNA GIVE THE PERSON, THE DEPARTMENT, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, EVERYBODY ELSE, GRACE TODAY TOO.
BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT AS A BUSINESS PERSON, THEY'VE SHOWN THEIR FINANCIAL HAND IN THIS MATTER, NUMBER ONE.
SO THEY GOTTA COME BACK AND BID IT AGAIN.
IF I'M RJ D**O, THE NEXT TIME I'M BIDDING LOWER THAN 2,879,000 AND I'M EVERYBODY ELSE, I'M BEING BELOW THAT AS WELL.
UM, AND SO I THINK AT THIS POINT, IT, IT IS A LAWSUIT EITHER WAY.
IT'S A LAWSUIT IF YOU VOTE FORWARD TO THE LAWSUIT, IF YOU VOTE AGAINST IT.
AND SO, CUZ THEY COMPLIED, UH, WE PUT THEM IN A BAD SITUATION.
THEY CLEARLY BROUGHT A LAWYER, SO THEY LET ME KNOW THE NEXT STEPS.
UM, SO MY, MY MOTION IS JUST TO SUPPORT IT BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY DID COMPLY, THE RULES WERE THERE.
UM, I THINK THE ONE MISTAKE WE MADE ON THIS ONE IS WHY WE PUT OUT A DIFFERENT BID THE SECOND TIME INSTEAD OF THE SAME EXACT BID IF IT WAS CORRECT THE FIRST TIME.
SO WHY DON'T WE AMEND IT? SO, UH, CHALKED IT UP AS A CITY AIR VAN.
SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING TODAY.
AND AGAIN, UH, I SECONDED SOMEBODY ELSE THIRD AND FOURTH.
COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON, MR. GORANSON HERE.
IS HIS SOMEBODY FROM IN THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT HERE? THEY WERE, THEY WERE HERE.
MY MY ISSUE IS THAT I SENT AN EMAIL ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY AND, AND DIDN'T GET A RESPONSE BACK.
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I EVALUATE IT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PROPER CHECKS AND BALANCES IN PLACE, UH, TO ENSURE THAT BID INSTRUCTIONS ARE GOING OUT CORRECTLY.RIGHT, BECAUSE I I SEE THAT THAT IS WHAT IS IN QUESTION HERE.
SO, UM, IS THERE ANYBODY AT CITY PARISH OR IN THE ADMINISTRATION RIGHT NOW THAT CAN TALK TO US ABOUT, UM, THE CHECKS AND BALANCES THAT ARE IN PLACE FOR PURCHASING QUESTION? COME TO THE MIC, DANTE.
YEAH, NO, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, OUR DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING IS NOT HERE TO SPEAK TO THAT.
SO IT REALLY MAY DEPEND ON THE QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE THE COMPLETE CAPACITY.
SO THE QUESTION IS JUST TO EXPLAIN THE, THE CHECKS AND BALANCES THAT ARE IN PLACE FOR PURCHASING, RIGHT? SO CHECKS AND BALANCES HERE.
WE SCREWED UP WHO PREPARES THE BID DOCUMENTS.
UM, IS THERE SOMEONE IN PURCHASING THAT IS VERIFYING THE BID DOCUMENTS? ARE THERE, HOW, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE GO FORWARD AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN? TO ME? IT'S A, IT IS A, A REAL ANOMALY WHERE WE HAVE TWO RIGHT IN A ROW THAT END UP GETTING KICKED BACK.
I MEAN, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG RED FLAG FOR ME THAT MAYBE OUR CHECKS AND BALANCES AREN'T IN PLACE AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT.
YEAH, NO, THAT'S, UH, ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTOOD.
AND, AND TO COUNCILMAN HIRST'S QUESTION, I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME AND THEN SEND IT OUT WRONG THE SECOND TIME.
SO I REALLY DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT.
BUT, UH, WHAT I CAN SAY IN FRONT OF THIS COMMITTEE IS THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY FIND OUT HOW THAT TOOK PLACE.
UM, AND ALSO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WHEN THEY DO THESE BIDS, THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A COMMITTEE REVIEWING THESE THINGS, RIGHT? SO PURCHASING IS THE PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT THAT IS PUTTING THESE RFPS TOGETHER AND PUTTING THEM OUT.
HOWEVER, WHEN THEY GO TO BE EVALUATED, THERE IS A COMMITTEE THAT IS DOING A REVIEW OF THESE, AND THE COMMITTEE INVOLVES NOT JUST PURCHASING, BUT ALSO PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, ALSO THE RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS THAT, UM, EITHER ARE PROCURING THE WORK OR THAT WILL BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED.
SO DO YOU KNOW, DOES PURCHASING VERIFY THAT ALL THE PROPER BID DOCUMENTS ARE IN PLACE WHEN THE RFP GOES OUT? THEY SHOULD.
UM, SO THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL A QUESTION I HAVE.
I, I'LL JUST TELL YOU MY, MY FEEDBACK ON THE CURRENT MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
ONE, I SYMPATHIZE WITH RJ D RJ DAYLE, THANK YOU FOR SUBMITTING A BID ON, ON AN VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT.
UM, I, I KNOW I'VE GOT NEIGHBORS IN SOME OF THESE OTHER DIVISIONS THAT ARE WAITING ON THE STREET REHAB PROGRAM, UH, AND THEY'VE BEEN WAITING A WHILE AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR BIDDING ON IT AND, AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY PARISH, I AM SORRY FOR THE EXPERIENCE THAT YOU'RE HAVING.
UM, IT, IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN THIS WAY.
IT CAN'T HAPPEN THIS WAY IN THE FUTURE.
MY CONCERN, THOUGH, MOVING FORWARD WITH THE MOTION AS IT'S BEEN ON THE FLOOR, IS THAT WE OPEN OURSELVES, IT'S A LIABILITY FROM OTHERS.
UH, BECAUSE THERE'S CERTAINLY A COUNTER-ARGUMENT TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO I, I'M AT A LOSS FOR WHAT TO DO.
UM, I, I HESITATE TO SUPPORT THE MOTION FOR THAT, FOR THAT REASON.
AND, UM, THAT'S THE FEEDBACK I'VE GOT.
SO, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER, DON.
ANDY, LET ME FIRST, UH, START BY SAYING I, I SUPPORT THE MOTION, BUT I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS, JUST A POINT OF CLARITY.
DO YOU FORESEE ANY LEGAL ISSUES WITH US SELECTING, UH, A VENDOR THAT APPEARS IN THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW THAT'S NOT TECHNICALLY THE LOW BID AND BASED ON STATE LAW? UH, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WE'RE REQUIRED TO TAKE THE LOW BIDDER.
DO, DO, IS THERE, WITH EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED HERE, IS THERE SOME WIGGLE ROOM TO NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES THERE? I MEAN, I THINK THAT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT AND THIS SITUATION IS VERY DIFFICULT AS, UH, COUNCILMAN HU HUDSON, UH, SUGGESTED.
AND, UM, I'M NOT SURE THAT, THAT I CAN TELL YOU WHAT WILL HAPPEN EITHER WAY THAT YOU GO FORWARD.
UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMITTEE WENT FORWARD IN THE WAY THAT THEY THOUGHT WAS, UM, APPROPRIATE FOR THE CITY PARISH BECAUSE IT WAS OUR ERROR.
CAN, CAN THEY TAKE THE, CAN R CAN THEY VOTE FOR RJ DA EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT LOWS BETTER AND STILL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC GOOD LUCK? CORRECT.
THAT'S THE QUESTION POINT OF CLARITY.
RJ DINGLE IS THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.
UM, BECAUSE, UH, THE COMMITTEE WENT FORWARD AND DID WHAT IT DID, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, UH, WE NEED TO GO BACK AND DO, UH, IF THAT'S THE, THE CASE.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT, UM, RJ DAALS, I KNOW THAT THERE BID HAS BEEN CHECKED AND, UH, THAT THERE WERE NO ISSUES WITH IT.
I KNOW THAT THE OTHER BIDS, UH, THE ISSUES DIDN'T COME ABOUT UNTIL RJ DL PROTESTED THAT.
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ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, HER COMMENTS ACTUALLY TRANSITION INTO MY NEXT POINT BECAUSE TYPICALLY WHEN SOMETHING IS NOT SUBMITTED, A, UH, BIDDER IS DEEMED UNRESPONSIVE.AND I I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WAS DEEMED UNRESPONSIVE IN THIS.
BUT THEIR, THEIR POINT IS THEY FEEL THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
SO I, I THINK I MIGHT HAVE AN ANSWERED MY OWN QUESTION.
SO I THINK THAT'S THE LEGS THAT WE STAND ON, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP.
COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, UM, LISA, PLEASE, IN SITUATIONS LIKE THE, IT, HAS THERE BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MTRA AND RJ DAYLE TO MEET WITH YOU ALL OR INDIVIDUALLY TO TALK THIS OUT BEFORE TODAY? SO THE PROCESS THAT WE, UH, PUT INTO PLACE WAS PUTTING TOGETHER A COMMITTEE, AND THEN WE ASKED EACH OF THE, UH, PARTICIPANTS, SO RJ, DAIGLE AND MTRA TO PROVIDE WRITTEN RESPONSES AND THE COMMITTEE JUDGED ON THOSE WRITTEN RESPONSES.
THERE WAS NOT A MEETING OR A CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE TWO COMPETING BIDDERS.
SO ANY REASON, BECAUSE I MEAN, YOU KNOW, USUALLY WRITING, A LOT OF THINGS GET MISINTERPRETED.
AND IS THERE A REASON WHY YOU ALL COULDN'T HAVE A FACE-TO-FACE? AND ALSO DID EITHER OF THE, UM, THE VENDORS REQUEST AN IN-PERSON MEETING? NEITHER OF THE VENDORS REQUESTED OF ME AN IN-PERSON MEETING.
UM, I THINK THAT THE DECISION TO COME TO IS ONE OR THE OTHER.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE ARE GETTING ALL THESE EMAILS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE AT THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE ANSWERS.
AND I THINK, UM, SOMETHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN, UM, WHERE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO TALK THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO WE WON'T END UP NOT ONLY IN COUNCIL AT 7 26, BUT ALSO IN COURT.
SO WHAT, WHAT ABOUT THE PROCESS, UH, OVERALL, NOT JUST IN THIS SITUATION, CAN, CAN LEAD US WHERE THERE IS THE CONVERSATION, FOR INSTANCE.
UM, BECAUSE WHEN YOU ALL WERE JUST LIKE, UM, THE YOUNG LADY, THE YOUNG WOMAN JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, POINT OF CLARITY IN A MEETING WITH JUST YOU ALL, YOU MAY LET THAT GO.
BUT IF SHE'S THERE TO GET, OR THE, THE, THE VENDOR IS THERE TO SEND REPRESENTATION, TO GIVE CLARITY, THAT PUTS ANOTHER TWIST ON IT.
SO WHAT IS FOR WHAT IS, OR IS THERE ANYTHING PREVENTING, PREVENTING THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT FROM GOING OVER THE DISCREPANCIES WHEN THEY COME UP WITH THE VENDORS? CUZ THAT SEEMS LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENS.
AND COUNCILWOMAN, I WISH THAT I COULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT BECAUSE I, I AM NOT PART OF THAT PROCESS MM-HMM.
UM, IF, UM, YOU KNOW, PAUL OR CHRIS WERE HERE, I'M SURE THAT, THAT THEY COULD, WELL CHRISY IS HERE NOW.
IS THERE A REASON WHY YOU ALL DO NOT AS A PRACTICE MEET WITH VENDORS ONE-ON-ONE TO EXPLAIN TO THEM AFTER THE FACT WHEN THEY FEEL THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN, UM, AWARD, THAT THE AWARD IS NOT E EQUITABLE AFTER THE FACT, WE SHOULD ALWAYS MEET WITH THEM.
THERE'S ONE EXAMPLE WHERE WE HAD, UH, GOING THROUGH AN RFP, WE WERE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF SCORING.
OBVIOUSLY WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO AWARD, BUT UNTIL THE METRO COUNCIL FORMALIZES THAT AWARD, WE'RE REALLY STILL IN A QUIET PERIOD.
BUT OTHERWISE, I'M AWARE, NEVER, I'M UNAWARE OF ANY OTHER TIME THAT THERE HAS BEEN A CONCERN OF US NOT BEING RESPONSIVE TO A QUESTION THAT CAME IN AFTER A BID HAD BEEN OPEN.
MIKE, WE HEAR IT ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S, UM, PARISH TURN, I MEAN, WITH THE PRISON, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO VISIT PARISH PRISON BEFORE WARD, IT'S ALL, IT'S, OR
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SOMEONE SAYING THEY DID NOT GET SOME FAIR TREATMENT.I MEAN, IT, IT'S ONGOING, BUT AS I INDICATED, I THINK WE WOULD HAVE LESS, UM, EMAILS IF THERE, THERE'S A PERSONAL RESPONSE WHERE YOU ARE TRYING TO, TO DO YOUR BEST TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL THAT.
AND SHE'LL GIVE EVERY EVIDENCE AS TO WHY THINGS ARE, OR, I DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT IN THIS CASE THAT WAS AN ADMITTANCE OF ERROR.
BUT IS THERE ANYTHING, AGAIN, THIS IS MY QUESTION.
WHERE YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO MEET WITH THE VENDORS BEFORE, AFTER DOING, AND GO THROUGH WITH THEM WHAT THEY'RE INTERESTED, WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW.
SO IF WE BREAK THAT UP, AND I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT WAY OF ASKING THE QUESTION BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER MM-HMM.
SO BEFORE, I CANNOT ENDURING, I CANNOT MEET WITH ANYBODY INDIVIDUALLY ONE-ON-ONE BECAUSE IT MAY GIVE SOMEBODY A COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE.
SO WHAT I SHARE WITH YOU, I MAY NOT SHARE WITH MR. HUDSON OR COUNCILMAN COLE.
AND SO INSTANTLY ONE PARTY HAS MORE INFORMATION THAN THE OTHER.
SO WE KIND OF HAVE A QUIET PERIOD AS WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO TO MARKET AND THEN ULTIMATELY GOING TO MARKET.
NOW, I AM ALLOWED TO NOT UNDERSTAND CONSTRUCTION, BUT ON MATERIALS OR A, I THINK WE HAVE A, A DRONE PROJECT, WE'RE ALLOWED TO SOLICIT OR, OR SEEK INFORMATION MM-HMM.
BUT SPECIFIC TO CONSTRUCTION, I, I'M NOT GONNA GO TO MARKET.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE AN ENGINEERING TEAM.
AFTER THE FACT, AFTER WE'VE OPENED IT, WE ABSOLUTELY, UH, HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO SIT AND DISCUSS WITH THEM.
THERE IS CERTAIN TIME PERIODS WHERE WE WILL DO THAT.
SO IF THERE'S STILL A BID EVALUATION MM-HMM.
BUT, UH, OUR PROTEST LANGUAGE SHOULD ALWAYS BE IN THE DOCUMENTS.
AND THEN IN ADDITION, UH, OUR PROTEST LANGUAGE FOLLOWS THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL GUIDANCE AND HOW AND WHEN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE, IS THERE A WAY TO PREVENT THE, GOING THROUGH THE PROTEST PART BETWEEN AWARDING AND ACTUAL HAVING TO PUT IN AN OFFICIAL PROTEST? IF SOMEBODY REACHED OUT TO ME TO ASK QUESTIONS AND I HAD ALREADY OPENED IT AND I WAS ALLOWED TO SPEAK WITH SPECIFICITY IN REGARDS TO THAT MM-HMM.
SO DID THAT HAPPEN? NO, MA'AM.
BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THE FORMAL PROTEST WAS MADE SPEAKING TO THE POSITION.
SO WE JUST FOLLOWED THE STEPS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND STATE LAW.
I WOULD, I WOULD ALSO JUST ADD TO THAT, UM, WHEN WE HAVE ATTORNEYS INVOLVED, I DEFER TO OUR ATTORNEYS TO KIND OF REPRESENT ON US.
SO TYPICALLY, AND SHE'S CORRECT, RIGHT? SHE FOLLOWED THE APPROPRIATE STATE PROCESS, SHE FOLLOWED A PROTEST, AND, UH, THEY, THEY'VE HANDLED THEMSELVES APPROPRIATELY.
THAT'S WHEN THE PARISH ATTORNEY SETS UP THE REVIEW COMMITTEE.
AND AT THAT MOMENT, WE TYPICALLY ALLOW ATTORNEY TO TALK TO ATTORNEY.
AND IF I MAY, UH, TO FOLLOW ON WHAT COUNCILMAN DUNN SUGGESTED, JUST TO CLARIFY, I MEAN, THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS A PROCESS THAT WE HA THAT IS PUT IN PLACE BY PURCHASING, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STATE RULES.
SO AT THIS POINT, NONE OF THESE BIDDERS HAVE BEEN DEEMED NON-RESPONSIVE.
UH, GO AHEAD, FINISH YOUR COMMENT.
SO, UH, NONE OF THE BIDDERS HAVE BEEN DEEMED NON-RESPONSIVE.
SO AT THIS POINT,
THE LOWEST BIDDER IS COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
IS THAT ALL YOU NEEDED? ALL RIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBER, HER SECOND TIME ON THIS ITEM.
YEAH, I, I, I INITIALLY HIT THE BUTTON TO GIVE, UH, CHRIS WHEN I SAW HIM WALK IN THE ROOM TO SEE IF HE NEEDED TIME ON IT.
BUT AGAIN, LOOK, I I, I'VE SEEN SEVERAL CITY PROCESSES DO WELL FAIL.
I'VE, I'VE WATCHED CHRIS AND A NUMBER OF, UH, PERSONAL, UH, ACTIONS WITH HIM THROUGH BILLS THAT HE'S HELPED ME PUT TOGETHER FOR THE COMMUNITY AND OTHER PLACES.
AND, UM, AND THE BO THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT, MAN, LOOK, THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A MISTAKE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THE BID WAS PUT OUT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, WHICH SHOWS THAT YOU DID YOUR DUE DILIGENCE THERE.
THE SECOND TIME SOME SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS.
THIS IS ONE I'M GOING TO ASK TO AWARD, BUT, UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S A A IN SOME CASES IT LOOKS LIKE A BAD SHOT ON YOUR DEPARTMENT.
I DON'T THINK THIS ONE DOES, BECAUSE IT WAS INITIALLY PUT OUT THE RIGHT WAY.
SO SECOND TIME AROUND IT DIDN'T GO RIGHT.
UM, THEY'VE, UM, COMPLIED WITH ALL THE RULES FOR THE CITY.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE REST OF MY TIME AND SAY WHAT YOU HAVE TO, WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO SAY, BUT I DON'T THINK THIS IS A CAST IN A BAD SHADOW ON YOUR DEPARTMENT KNOWING THAT IT WAS INITIALLY PUT OUT THE RIGHT WAY.
SO WE'RE HERE AND, AND I HAVE, UH, VENDORS THAT HAVE PUT TIME IN TO PROVIDE A BID DUST.
THEY'VE PUT THEIR DUE DILIGENCES IN, AND WE SIT HERE WITHOUT A CLEAR DECISION, RIGHT? SO THERE WAS CONFLICT IN THE DIRECTIONS, AND WITHOUT, THERE, THERE IS NO OTHER EXCUSE, BUT TO SAY
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IT'S CASTING A BAD SHADOW ON MY DEPARTMENT.SO FOR THAT, I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.
I DO KNOW THERE WAS OTHER QUESTIONS, AND I APOLOGIZE.
I WAS TRYING TO LISTEN AND RIDE DOWN THE ELEVATOR, BUT ALSO ADDRESSING COUNSEL MEN, UH, DWIGHT HUDSON'S QUESTION HAS A PROCESS AND A PROCESS IMPROVEMENT, NOT JUST RELATED TO THIS.
YOU WILL NOW NOTICE THAT ALL OF OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS ARE PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS, AND OUR GOODS AND MATERIALS WILL ALL HAVE A DATE.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY A DOCUMENT CONTROL PROCESS THAT WE TOOK FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR SO THAT WE CAN TRACK ANY CHANGES.
SO TO ELIMINATE THIS GOING FORWARD, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ALL FOUR TOGETHER, YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE ON THE BID DOCUMENT A DATE AT THE VERY BOTTOM, WHICH IS REALLY, SO WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE LATEST ITERATION.
SO TRYING TO CONTINUE TO TAKE OUT THAT HUMAN MISS, UM, IT'S NOT A GOOD EXCUSE.
I, I THINK I'VE PROBABLY PROCESSING A THOUSAND PLUS OF THESE 1200, 1400 BETWEEN QUOTES.
I, I DO APOLOGIZE THAT MY ORGANIZATION'S NOT PERFECT.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRY TO IDENTIFY HOW WE CAN IMPROVE TO TAKE THE HUMAN ERROR OUT.
AND, AND THAT WORD HUMAN ERROR.
UH, CHRIS, I NEED YOU TO TELL ME, MAYBE I'M MISSING IT AND MAYBE EVERYONE ELSE HAS IT, BUT I NEED TO GET IT, YOU KNOW, AND WE TALKED ABOUT GOING FORWARD AND HUMAN ERROR.
IF WE WERE IN ERA, WE'VE GOT TO TAKE OUR LICK.
RJ D**O, DID THEY DO WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO? WE'VE GONE ALL THE WAY AROUND THE WORLD TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE AS OPPOSED TO WHERE WE ARE HERE TONIGHT WITH WHAT WE OUGHT TO BE ADDRESSING.
AND I WANT TO KNOW FROM CHRIS, BECAUSE YEAH, YOU SAID THAT CHRIS WAS THE ONE, HIS OFFICE WAS THE ONE THAT PUT THE BID AND DID THE DO I WANT TO HEAR FROM CHRIS? I WANT NOBODY TRYING TO TAKE UP FROM NOBODY AND NONE OF THAT.
AND GOING FORWARD IS GOOD, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
CHRIS, DID WE DROP THE BALL WITH THIS BID? YES, MA'AM.
THE DIRECTIONS WERE IN CONFLICT.
AND THAT BECOMES OUR PROBLEM STATEMENT.
WHETHER IT WAS OKAY, AS A CONVENIENCE OR NOT, THEY WERE STILL INSTRUCTIONS THAT THE ATTACHED DOCUMENTS ARE HERE.
SEE, THIS AIN'T $2 AND THIS AIN'T $3, Y'ALL THIS 2 MILLION AND $3 MILLION.
AND SO IF WE DROPPED THE BALL, AND IF RJ DACO DID WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO, AN MTRA DID NOT DO WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO.
AND SO WE TALK ABOUT FILING SUIT.
ANYBODY CAN FILE A SUIT AND IT'S ABOUT WHO WHEN.
SO, SO, AND I DO APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU, I THINK THEY BOTH DID MY, MY DIRECTIONS WERE IN CONFLICT.
ALL DOCUMENTS ARE ATTACHED AS A CONVENIENCE.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE ALL DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS BID PROCESS.
SO I I, THERE'S THE ASPECT OF, I SAID, HERE'S THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FOURTH ONE, THE AFFIDAVIT.
SO I, I STRUGGLE TO SAY THAT EITHER MTRA OR RJ FOLLOW, THEY, RJ HAD OTHER DOCUMENTS.
AMTRAK, I PROVIDED THE WRONG, I PROVIDED CONTRADICTING DIRECTIONS.
I, THE PERSON THAT'S WRONG IS MY DEPARTMENT.
MY ORGANIZATION DROPPED THE BALL.
WE SHOULD HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT WE WERE MISSING A FOURTH ONE.
SO WHY WAS THE DECISION IF YOU DROPPED THE BALL, WHY WAS THE DECISION MADE TO GIVE IT TO MTRA? IF, IF I, WELL, SO WE'RE NOT GIVING IT TO ANYBODY AT THIS TIME.
AND SO THE, THAT'S WHY WE WOULD LIKE TO REBID IT.
THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS THAT IF I HAD HAD A SIX VENDOR THAT WAS NOT ON THE FIRST BID, THOSE FOLKS WOULD'VE ALL HAD MORE INFORMATION.
BECAUSE IN THAT LETTER, I SAID IN THE FIRST ONE WE WERE WRONG.
SO BACK TO THE DISCUSSION WE HAD ABOUT WHY I CAN'T HAVE A MEETING WITH BENDER A BEFORE THE BID, THEN BENDER B DURING THE BID, AND THEN BENDER C AFTER THE FACT DURING, AND, AND AS WE DEVELOP IT, I'M IN ESSENCE GIVING SOMEBODY A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM.
MY CONCERN IS WE DIDN'T GIVE 'EM WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE.
MA I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT CONVERSATION.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
AND YOU SAID THAT WE DROPPED THE BALL WITH NOT GIVING THEM WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
ABSOLUTELY AGREE THAT, AND WE'VE GOT TO DO BETTER WITH THAT.
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ABOUT COMMITTEES, YOU KNOW, COMMITTEES, COMMITTEES.BUT WE'VE GOT TO DO BETTER AND NOT JUST IN YOUR DEPARTMENT THAT WE'VE GOT TO DO BETTER WITH DOING, DOING THIS.
AND, AND, AND IF THEY DID WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO, LET THE RECORD REFLECT.
THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER NOEL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURT TO AWARD, UH, THE CONTRACTOR RJ DEGO.
UH, IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO THAT MOTION TO AWARD? WE DO HAVE SOME OPPOSITION.
WE GONNA VOTE ON THE MACHINES.
LADIES AND GENERAL, IF I CAN, CAN I JUST, I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON SOMETHING.
I WANNA MAKE SURE Y'ALL UNDERSTAND THIS.
THE WAY THE PROCESS WORKS IS, AND RJ D**O MAY BE THE BEST RESPONSIBILITY, BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO DETERMINATION OF THAT.
WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT IS THAT THE MATTER WAS ON OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO BE DELETED TO ALLOW THE MATTER TO BE REPUBLISHED AGAIN AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN.
BY GOING THAT ROUTE, THERE WAS NEVER THE DETERMINATION BY PURCHASING THAT MTRA WAS AN UNRESPONSIVE BIDDER.
IF THERE'S BEEN NO DETERMINATION, THERE'S BEEN AN UNRESPONSIVE BIDDER THAT WOULD THEN BRING RJ DELE UP, THEN IT'S OUR OPINION, AND IT'S OUR BELIEVE AT THIS TIME THAT VOTING FOR RJ DA WILL NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC BID LAW.
BUT IF Y'ALL CHOOSE TO GO FORWARD, IT'S UP TO Y'ALL.
BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE Y'ALL UNDERSTAND ME.
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
BRANDON, COUNCIL MEMBER KNOW IS ON AS THE FLOOR.
AND I THINK WE UNDERSTAND WHY WE, WE'VE GONE THROUGH IT, UM, AT LENGTH.
SO IF I CAN ASSIST, YOU CAN DEFER, I WOULD AMEND MY MOTION TO AWARD TO RJ DLAN SONS BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED MTRA WAS AN UNRESPONSIVE, NON-RESPONSIBLE BIDDER.
AGAIN, COUNCILMAN, Y'ALL COULD PROCEED AS YOU SEE FIT IN THAT MANNER.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S UP TO Y'ALL.
I STILL DON'T THINK THAT MEETS THE SPIRIT OF WAY, THE WAY THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
I WOULD RECOMMEND TO YOU THAT YOU COULD DEFER TO THE NEXT MEETING, ALLOW HIS DEPARTMENT TIME TO MAKE THE OWN RESPONSIBILITY.
IF THAT'S WHAT HE DECIDES TO DO, IT WOULD MOVE RJ DEO AND YOU COULD VOTE FOR IT AT THE NEXT MEETING TO AWARD TO RJ DA.
THAT'S A SOLUTION, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
IF NOT, THEN PROCEED AS YOU WANT TO PROCEED TONIGHT.
IT'S MY JOB TO GIVE YOU CAUTION THOUGH.
OUR COUNCIL, YOU MAKE THE DECISION COUNCIL MEMBER NOS STILL ON YOUR TIME.
Y'ALL WANNA DEFER THIS ITEM TO, UH, LATER ON IN THE MEETING CAN YEAH, I I'D LIKE Y'ALL'S RESPONSE ON THAT.
SO THE CITY PARISH DIDN'T MESS UP AT ALL.
THEY PUT THAT FAILSAFE LANGUAGE, PUTTING THE RESPONSIBILITY ON THE BIDDER TO PROVIDE THEIR REQUIRED AFFIDAVITS.
THE AFFIDAVIT WAS REQUIRED BY STATUTE, IT DOESN'T MATTER THE CITY PARISH COVERED ITSELF.
I, I I DON'T WHAT THAT LANGUAGE, I DON'T THINK WE'RE DISPUTING THAT.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW IS OUR INTERNAL PROCEDURE.
WOULD BE OUT OF ORDER BECAUSE PURCHASING HAS NOT YET DEEMED MTRA AS A NON-RESPONSIBLE.
IS THAT, IS THAT ACCURATE, ANDY? IS THAT, THAT, THAT OKAY.
SO SO BASED OFF OF THE FIRST COMMITTEE RESULT MM-HMM.
THEY HAVEN'T PROVIDED THEIR AFFIDAVIT.
YET AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S BLATANTLY OBVIOUS.
I I, I, AND I DON'T, I DON'T DISPUTE THAT.
IS THAT ACCURATE? RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO CHRIS, CAN YOU GIVE US AN INDICATION OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE DEFER IT? UM, HOW WOULD THIS BE HANDLED BY YOUR OFFICE AT THIS POINT? I, I WOULD AGREE THAT THE STATE LAW IS EXPLICIT ABOUT THE FOUR DOCUMENTS.
I WOULD SEEK COUNSEL IN DIRECTION TO UNDERSTAND IF MY DIRECTIONS IN CONFLICT.
AND IF I HAVE, BASED ON STATE STATUTE, AND I CAN GO BACK AND FIND IT, AND I WOULD QUOTE IT FOR YOU NEXT TIME THAT I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO WITHDRAW THE BID EVEN IF IT HAD BEEN OPENED.
AND, AND I, I, YOU ALL KNOW I CAME OUTTA THE PRACTICE AND I THINK WE, SO WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF THAT PART, AND, AND, AND I KNOW IT WAS BEFORE YOU WERE BACK IN HERE.
SO I THINK WE ALL, OR MANY OF US HAVE A COMFORT LEVEL WITH THE LANGUAGE MM-HMM.
SO WE'VE GOT A COMFORT LEVEL WITH THAT.
SO MY QUESTION IS, IF WE DEFER THIS,
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DO YOU FORESEE YOUR DEPARTMENT COMING BACK TO US STATING THAT MTRA WAS A NON-RESPONSIVE BIDDER, OR WE'RE GONNA BE BACK IN THIS SAME SPOT AT THIS TIME? I WOULD USE THE TIME TO SPECIFICALLY GO GET PAST CASE HISTORY THAT'S BEEN PUBLISHED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.AND THAT IS ACTUALLY WHERE ALL OF MY RESEARCH WOULD COME FROM, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE IN ESSENCE MADE DECISIONS, EITHER THROUGH COURT CASES OR TAKING A STATE POSITION.
SO BASED ON THAT, THAT IS MY BELIEF.
THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS IN ESSENCE SAID, BASED ON THE APPOINTED COMMITTEE, WHICH DOESN'T INCLUDE ME BECAUSE I RIGHT.
POTENTIALLY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN THAT THEY'RE THERE TO REFLECT AND GRADE ON MY WORK.
SO THEY DID THAT, THEY CAME UP WITH A SIMILAR CONCLUSION.
I CERTAINLY WOULD TAKE THAT TO THE, OKAY.
ATTORNEY GENERAL, NOT TO CUT YOU OFF.
SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU ALL UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
ARE YOU COMFORTABLE IF WE MOVE FORWARD? BECAUSE I, WHAT I THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF WE DEFER IS WE'RE BACK IN THIS SAME SITUATION.
THEY ARE NOT GONNA BE IDENTIFIED TO US AS A NON-RESPONSIVE BID MTRA.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'D BE STUCK IN THIS SAME STATE.
SO ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THE LEGAL FOOTING THAT WE WOULD BE ON IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH Y'ALL TONIGHT? YEAH.
UH, HEARING EVERYTHING YOU'VE HEARD.
SO THE ONLY REASON WE'RE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH DEFERRING IS BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE GONNA REJECT ALL BIDS, UH, ANYWAY, AND THEY CAN'T REJECT ALL BIDS BECAUSE THERE'S NO, JUST CAUSE BECAUSE OF THAT FAILSAFE LANGUAGE.
IF, IF THEY WILL AGREE TO DEFER AND NOT REJECT ALL BIDS AND JUST DETERMINE IF NTRA NTRA IS RESPONSIVE, THAT'S FINE.
BUT IF THEY'RE GONNA REJECT ALL BIDS AND MAKE US START THIS PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN, YOUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE TO WAIT ALL OVER AGAIN FOR THIS WORD WORK TO BE DONE.
AND IT, IT'S, IT DOESN'T FOLLOW THE BID LAW.
AND IF I MAY, THE STATUTE IN QUESTION, IT'S LOUISIANA REVIS STATUTE 38 2 2 24.
I HAVE IT HERE IF ANY OF Y'ALL WANT IT, OR I CAN GIVE IT TO MR. CHRIS.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT REQUIRES THE NON OCCLUSION AFFIDAVIT, THE THING THAT MTRA DID NOT SUBMIT, AND THAT IS STATE LAW, Y'ALL ARE STATUTORILY PROHIBITED FROM AWARDING THE CONTRACT CONTRACT TO MTRA.
COUNCIL, MAY, COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER DON COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WOULD ARGUE THROUGH DELIBERATION AND DIGGING INTO THIS ISSUE THAT WE HAVE ALREADY DEEMED MTRA AS UNRESPONSIVE.
MY QUESTION PROBABLY WOULD BE TO THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, DOES IT REQUIRE PURCHASING OR DEEMED THEM UNRESPONSIVE OR CAN WE DO THAT AS TO ULTIMATE DECISION MAKER ON AWARDING THE CONTRACT? I BELIEVE THAT OUR PROCESS, UH, REQUIRES THAT PURCHASING REVIEW, THE INFORMATION REVIEW, UH, WHAT CHRIS IS TALKING ABOUT FROM A PROCESS STANDPOINT, FROM FROM THE LAW.
DOES THE LAW PROHIBIT THE COUNCIL FROM DEMONN A VENDOR UNRESPONSIVE? WHAT ARE YOU BASING THAT ON? WHAT ARE YOU BASING BASED ON NOT SUBMITTING RESPONSIVENESS? HAVE YOU REVIEWED ALL THEIR BIDS? I HAVE NOT.
I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE DELIBERATION.
I WOULD THINK THAT YOU WOULD BE CHALLENGED LEGALLY IF YOU HAD NOT REVIEWED ALL OF OF THOSE BIDS.
SO TELL WHAT YOU NOTE, NOT WHAT YOU THINK.
DO YOU, ARE WE PROHIBITED FROM DEMONN? I CAN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
I WOULD IF I, I COULD THANK YOU.
THANK, I THINK WHAT LISA'S TRYING TO TELL YOU, COUNCILMAN, IF YOU ALLOWED ME TO ADD ON, IS THAT IN ORDER TO DETERMINE SOMEBODY'S NONRESPONSIVE, YOU CAN'T JUST LISTEN TO THEM SAYING, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WENT WRONG.
WE'RE LISTENING TO WHAT THE PERSON DIRECTOR SAID.
I UNDERSTAND IN HIS OWN STATEMENTS HERE.
BUT HE, HE HAS NOT TOLD YOU OR GIVEN YOU PROOF THAT HE'S REVIEWED THEIRS.
HE'S REVIEWED, UH, UH, MTRA TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS CORRECT.
HE'S REVIEWED BARBARA BROTHERS DENGO, BARRER CONSTRUCTION TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S COMPLIANT AND DETERMINE WHO'S RESPONSIVE AND WHO'S NON-RESPONSIVE.
AND, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF MAKING THE LIST ABOUT WHO IS CONSIDERED TO BE VOTED UPON.
AND LET ME BEFORE WE MOVE ON, UH, BASED ON THAT INFORMATION, UH, BRANDON, I WILL AGAIN SUPPORT YOUR MOTION, EVEN IF YOU ADD THE CAVEAT OF WHY YOU MADE THE MOTION, AND I, I WOULD URGE US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AWARDING IT TO RJ COUNCIL MEMBER MO.
SO THE, UH, BRANDON, GIMME YOUR MOTION AGAIN.
I MEAN, I, I WANNA KNOW, YOU, YOU BASICALLY MADE THE MOTION TO APPROVE RJ DAYLE MM-HMM.
HE JUST MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE RJ DAYLE.
NO, HE MADE IT, HE MADE, HE AMENDED IT.
WELL, I WAS, I WAS ASKING THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IF IT WOULD BE MORE PALATABLE TO STATE IT AS APPROVAL WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE DOING IT AS AN ASSUMPTION THAT MTRA IS A NON-RESPONSIVE
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BIDDER BASED ON EVERYTHING WE'VE HEARD THAT DICTATES THEY ARE IN FACT, A NON-RESPONSIVE BIDDER.I, I THOUGHT THE MOTION WAS MAKING, BASICALLY STATING THAT, UM, I GUESS FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, I THOUGHT YOU WAS ASKED IN YOUR MOTION, YOU WAS BASICALLY STATING THAT WE GO BASED OUR APPROVAL OF RJ DAYL BASED ON THE, THE TIME OF THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, DEEMING THEM, UN THEM UNRESPONSIVE BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT THEY'RE SAYING CAN DEEM UNRESPONSIVE NOTHING, NOTHING.
BUT WHAT, WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU TO DO WITH YOUR TIME IS MAYBE ASK MR. GORANSON, UH, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT DID MTRA SUBMIT THE AFFIDAVIT THAT'S REQUIRED BY LAW? BECAUSE THEN THAT WOULD DETERMINE YES OR NO, WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE.
WAIT, LET'S LET, LET US CALL YOU.
CHRIS, I JUST WANNA CLEAR THE RECORD.
MTRA DID SUBMIT AN AFFIDAVIT JUST NOT TIMELY.
AND I HAVE THEIR AFFIDAVIT HERE.
SO HERE, HERE'S WHAT WE ARE DOING.
SO THE AFFIDAVIT THAT YOU'RE, THAT YOU'RE TURNING IN RIGHT THERE, THAT'S FROM THE FIRST BID OR SECOND BID? SECOND.
SO THEY WERE RESPONS, SO THEY WERE RESPONSIVE? NO.
SO YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT BEFORE THE OPENING OF THE BID.
AND THEY SUBMITTED THEIRS AFTER ALL.
COUNCILMAN CHRIS, WE'RE STILL ON YOUR TIME.
CHRIS, THE, THE DEEMING UNRESPONSIVE.
I, IF WE, WE PASS THIS, OR IF IT'S AMENDED, HOW, HOW DOES THE, DO YOU DO WE JUST PASS THIS AND IT GOES TO RJ DAYL AND IT'S NEVER DEEMED UNRESPONSIVE.
OR DO YOUR OFFICE CLOSE THIS OUT CANDIDLY, EITHER PARTY IS ELIGIBLE TO SUE ME AND EITHER PARTY SUBMITS A LAWSUIT, WE'RE GONNA STOP MOVING FORWARD ANYWAYS.
AS WE SIT HERE AND WE KIND OF GET, CANDIDLY, A JURY, MY PEERS, I HAVE 12 FOLKS WITH KIND OF 12 PERSPECTIVES OF WHAT WAS RIGHT AND WHAT WAS WRONG.
BUT IF EITHER ONE STARTS THE LAWSUIT CORRECT, REMEMBER WRONG WRONGLY.
SO WE CANNOT MOVE FORWARD WITH EXECUTING THE CONTRACT IF THEY DO, I IF THEY FILE FOR AN INJUNCTION.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE OF THE PROCESSES AND THE STATE LAW ASSUMPTIONS CANNOT BE MADE AND A DECISION CANNOT BE MADE BASED ON THE ASSUMPTIONS WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE STATE LAW.
AND THE WAY WE, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT IS FOLLOWING OUR INTERNAL PROCEDURE.
CHRIS? YES? CAN YOU, WHAT IF WE PASS THIS TONIGHT, WE PASS THIS MOTION.
CAN ARE, ARE WE DEFER IT? CAN YOU DEEM, UM, MTRA UNRESPONSIVE? I WOULD REVIEW ALL THE DOCUMENTS.
AGAIN, I WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE WHEN THE DOCUMENTS CAME IN AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY A POTENTIAL THAT MTRA COULD BE DEEMED NON-RESPONSIVE.
I CAN'T SAY THAT THEY, I'VE DEEMED THAT THAT FINAL, I'M GETTING MY LAST PART.
WOULD THEY, WOULD THEY BE DEEMED UNRESPONSIVE UP TO THIS POINT RIGHT NOW TONIGHT OF THE VOTE THAT WOULD BE STOP THE PART, STOP THE RESPOND.
OR LET'S SAY THEY CALL TOMORROW.
WOULD THAT BECOME RESPONSIVE? SO CONFUSED MINUTE, WE DEF WE DEFER THIS.
DOES THAT GIVE ME MORE TIME TO RESPOND? NO, THEY CAN'T SUBMIT ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS, SIR.
SO, SO, SO WHAT I HAVE IS WHAT I HAVE, I STILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND, AND EVALUATE WHAT MY INSTRUCTIONS WERE.
AND, AND ENSURE THAT, THAT ALL FOLKS ON THAT LIST HAVE FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS AND THE STATE LAW.
AND, AND AS I MENTIONED TO THEM BACK THERE, I, WE'VE DONE MANY TRANSACTIONS.
I'M, I'M, I'M IMPERFECT AND I'M GONNA TAKE MY LUMPS ON THIS ONE.
OKAY? BUT I, I DID MTRA VIOLATE STATE LAW BY NOT SUBMITTED IN THE AFFIDAVIT IN A TIMELY MANNER.
IN BY STATE LAW THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO REQUIRE, BUT BASED ON, BASED ON THE LOUISIANA UNIFORM PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION, SPECIFICALLY, 38,000 2,212 THROUGH PLUS, UM, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FOUR AFFIDAVITS, AND I RECEIVED THREE.
AND THEY WERE REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO SUBMIT IT THEN.
I THINK WE SHOULD DEFER TO SALE, BUT SON, YOU COUNCIL MEMBER.
I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES, AGAIN, THIS HAS BEEN A, AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION.
UH, BUT ULTIMATELY I, I WOULD CAUTION US, WE'RE NOT PURCHASING PROFESSIONALS AND I, AND I, I KNOW WE SAY THAT KIND OF THING A LOT, UM, BUT I, I, I JUST REALLY THINK WE'RE, WE'RE TREADING INTO SOME VERY TROUBLED WATERS WITH, UH, MAKING ARBITRARY PURCHASING DECISIONS FROM THE FLOOR.
UM, I, I DON'T THINK ANYONE OF US HAS EVEN ASKED THE DEPARTMENT HEAD WHETHER OR NOT SELECTING THIS BID WOULD CAUSE ISSUES FOR HIS BUDGET.
IT'S A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS OVER WHAT THE PROJECTION WAS, THOUGH.
IT'S WORTH S WORTH ASKING THE QUESTION.
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I JUST THINK WE'RE REALLY, REALLY TREADING INTO SOME VERY TROUBLED WATERS.UH, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DELETE THE ITEM.
IS THERE A SECOND ON A MOTION TO DELETE? MOTION FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND.
WE NOW GO BACK TO MOTION TO APPROVE.
YOU WANNA MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS OR CHANGES OR LEAVE AS IS? THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL BILL? NO.
I SPOKE WITH YOU SPOKE TWICE, BUT GO AHEAD.
UH, AS IT RELATES TO COUNCILMAN HUDSON'S CONCERNS ABOUT BUDGET, THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE, WHICH IS LISTED ON THE AGENDA, WAS AT, UH, 2.8 UH, MILLION DOLLARS.
AND THAT'S TYPICALLY, UM, A GIVE OR TAKE PERCENTAGE THERE.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S OUT OF THAT GIVE OR TAKE PERCENTAGE WHERE RJ CAME INTO, AM I CORRECT? ANNETTE? THAT'S ULTIMATELY UP TO THE DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET ANALYST, SO I CAN'T MAKE THAT DECISION.
WE VALIDATE THAT THE DOCUMENTS RECEIVED WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS, SO I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER THAT TO THE BUDGET, THE DEPARTMENT HEAD, AND ULTIMATELY INTO OUR FINANCE FOLKS.
ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER, GO THERE.
I'LL MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO DEFER THIS ITEM TWO WEEKS.
SECOND, THERE'S A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS.
SECOND HERE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS IS ANY OPPOSITION TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS? THERE IS, WE'RE A VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
MOTION TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS.
MACHINES ARE OPEN ON THE SUBSTITUTE.
MOTION TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS.
ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS.
[Items 76 & 77]
GO TO ITEM 76 AND 77 UNNAMED AIRCRAFT TO CHECK AND TRACKING AND IDENTIFICATION.MULTILAYERED SYSTEM DE DE DEONE HOLDINGS IN INCORPORATED $214,375.
ITEM 77, PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGE REPLACEMENT IN BAT ROUGE METROPOLITAN AIRPORT, J B T JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, $6,032,555.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 76 AND 77? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 76 AND 77? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.
ANY, ANY OBJECTIONS? ITEM 76 AND 77 HAVE BEEN
[Addtional Item]
APPROVED COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE TIME NOW IS 7 55.OUR MEETING IS SCHEDULED TO END AT 8 0 8, UNLESS THERE IS A MOTION TO EXTEND FOR 30 MINUTES.
IF THERE IS A MOTION TO EXTEND FOR 30 MINUTES AND THERE'S ONE PERSON WHO OBJECTS, UH, THE, THE MEETING WILL END AT 8 0 8.
IS THERE A MOTION TO EXTEND YOU GOING WITH THAT, NATE? HOW MANY MORE WE GOT LEFT? WE GOT ONE ITEM LEFT.
I THINK WE CAN GET THIS REPORT DONE.
[78. 22-01758]
RIGHT.WE GO TO ITEM SEVEN EIGHT, RECEIVING QUARTER REPORT FROM EAST BARRONS PARISH COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROWDY GOK.
MY NAME'S, UH, DIRECTOR JIM VERLANDER WITH THE EAST BEND ROUGE PARISH COMMUNICATION DISTRICT.
I'VE COME AND SPOKE TO Y'ALL BEFORE IN REFERENCE TO THE COMMUNICATIONS, UH, DISTRICT, THE 9 1 1 SYSTEM FOR THE PARISH.
UH, THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, RILEY GK FOR INVITING ME.
JUST REAL QUICK, SO WE, UH, HAVE A COUPLE OF BIG PROJECTS.
EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE MOVING GREAT.
THE NGA 9 1 1, WHICH IS THE NEW NINE ONE ONE PHONE SYSTEM.
WE'VE START, UH, GETTING EQUIPMENT IN.
UH, SO THAT IS MOVING RIGHT ON ALONG.
I SPOKE TO Y'ALL LAST TIME ABOUT THE, UH, THE BOOK CENTER, THE BACKUP UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
WE'RE IN LEASE NEGOTIATIONS CURRENTLY ON THE SITE FOR THAT.
SO THAT'S, UH, MOVING ALONG REALLY NICELY.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE'RE ALSO, UM, HAVE IDENTIFIED THE NEED FOR A NEW DISPATCH TOWER, UH, IN THE NORTH END OF THE PARISH, UH, NEAR ZACHARY.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OTHER, UH, PARISH ENTITIES IN REFERENCE TO, UH, HELPING, UH, FUND THAT PROJECT ON PUTTING UP A NEW TOWER FOR DISPATCH IN THAT AREA.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GOK, DIRECTOR OF ARLAND.
JUST TOUCH ON THE 9 1 1 ISSUES, PLEASE.
THE LAST REPORT YOU GAVE, THERE WERE SOME ISSUES.
THERE WERE SOME, SOME, UH, 9 1 1 WENT DOWN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND Y'ALL ARE WORKING TO ADDRESS IT.
EXPAND ON WHAT YOU TOUCHED ON, PLEASE, CORRECT.
UH, IT HAS TO DO WITH AT AND T AND IT'S NOT INTERNAL INTO OUR EQUIPMENT.
IT'S ACTUALLY EXTERNAL FROM, UH, OUR FACILITIES.
IT'S, UH, IN THE LOCAL AREA, BUT IT'S AT AND T EQUIPMENT, WHICH I'VE SPOKE TO Y'ALL BEFORE
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IN REFERENCE TO, DOESN'T MATTER WHICH CARRIER YOU HAVE, UH, VERIZON, T-MOBILE, UH, COX HOME TELEPHONE, ANY NINE ONE ONE CALL GETS ROUTED THROUGH AT AND T THROUGH THEIR LOCAL TANDEM, AND THEN THE CALLS COME INTO THE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.AT AND T IS HAVING, UH, LOTS OF ISSUES WITH THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY MOVING AWAY FROM AT AND T TO NGA 9 1 1, WHICH IS A STATE OF ART, NEW CLOUD-BASED SOLUTION THAT GETS AWAY FROM THESE VERY STATIC LOCATIONS, UH, SUCH AS THE TANDEM THAT WE'RE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH, WITH N G A, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SWAP TO DIFFERENT TANDEMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, UH, VERSUS BEING STUCK WITH THIS LOCAL TANDEM WITH AGING EQUIPMENT.
HEY, I WANT TO, UM, JUST BE SHOWN, WELL, IT'S NOT NOTHING WE'RE VOTING ON, BUT UM, I DO HAVE A CONFLICT WITH, UH, UM, THE REPORT.
OKAY, SO I CAN ASK QUESTIONS I WANT.
SO FROM A, UH, SO YOU GUYS ARE A SEPARATE ENTITY, UM, CAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE CREATED YOUR OWN BOARD AND KIND OF SOMEWHAT PULLED AWAY FROM CITY PARISH A LITTLE BIT.
WE'RE A SUBSIDIARY OF THE STATE.
SO UNDER STATE LAW, THE, UH, GOVERNING AUTHORITY FOR THE PARISH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING THE BOARD.
THE BOARD WAS CREATED BACK IN 1986.
UH, AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE, THE BOARD COMES FROM, WHICH HAS, UH, LISTED IN PARISH ORDINANCES ON EXACTLY WHO SITS ON THE BOARD.
UH, AS FAR AS PULLING AWAY, ONE OF THE, THE THINGS THAT WE HAD BEING PROVIDED TO US AS A SERVICE WAS THE FINANCIAL SERVICES THAT WAS BEING DONE THROUGH CITY PARISH, UH, THROUGH CITY PARISH PURCHASING.
WE'VE, SINCE STARTING JANUARY 1ST, 2022, WE HAD MOVED TO DOING ALL OF OUR OWN FINANCIAL SERVICES.
SO IT'S, WE'RE JUST MANAGING OUR OWN FUNDS NOW.
AND Y'ALL COME FROM EBR R TEXTILE, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, WE COME NOT TAX DOLLARS.
WE'RE, UH, THE FEES ARE ON YOUR, IT'S ACTUALLY A FEE BASE.
FEES, YES, THAT'S ON YOUR CELL PHONE BILL.
ANY, ANY PHONE BILL THAT YOU HAVE, THERE'S FEES THERE ASSOCIATED THAT GO TO, UM, TO FUND 9 1 1, UH, SERVICES FOR THE BANK.
DOES IT FILTER THROUGH EBR R OR DOES IT FILTER THROUGH THE STATE AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU GUYS? THE PRIMARY AMOUNT IS THROUGH THE, UH, PARISH.
THERE IS FUNDS THAT ARE COLLECTED FROM THE STATE FOR PREPAID CELL PHONES.
SO IF YOU PURCHASE A PREPAID CELL PHONE, A FEE IS COLLECTED AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE, IT GOES TO THE STATE, THEN THE STATE COLLECTS ALL THOSE FEES AND DIVS IT OUT PER, UH, POPULATION OF THE PARISH.
SO I JUST HAVE ONE REQUEST FROM YOU.
I MEAN, I'VE, I'VE BEEN HAD A CON UH, CALL A DAY WITH BRIAN BERNARD, SOME OTHER FOLKS JUST TRYING TO CUT THE, THE, THE FAT FROM AROUND THE, UH, THE MEAT AND GET TO THE, GET TO THE GOOD PART.
UM, BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE A SEPARATE ENTITY TO A DEGREE, AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE VISIBILITY IN WHAT YOU DO, IS THERE WAY THAT YOU COULD PROVIDE, UM, JUST A, UM, A DOCUMENT THAT KIND OF BREAKS DOWN A FINANCIAL STATEMENT OR REPORT JUST TO ACCOUNT? YOU CAN EMAIL IT TO US.
I DON'T REALLY, UH, IT, IT'S, IT'S NO PROBLEM.
UH, DOT ORG IS OUR WEBSITE AND IT HAS OUR BUDGET, BUDGET STATEMENT, UH, COMPLETE BREAKDOWN OF OUR, OF OUR BUDGET.
WHICH, WHICH HAS ALL THAT LISTED IN IT.
YOU CAN EMAIL IT TO METRO COUNCIL AND EVERYBODY WILL GET IT.
[71. 23-00217 (Part 2 of 2)]
TWO MINUTES LEFT.THERE'S A MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEM 71 BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON, SECONDED BY THE CHAIR IS IN OPPOSITION TO RECONSIDERING COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
UH, MOTION TO APPOINT MR. KENNETH PERRET.
MOTION TO APPOINT KENNETH PERT.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER AMAROSA.
ANY OBJECTIONS? KENNETH PERRET HAS BEEN APPOINTED ON ITEM 71.
TO THE MOSQUITO AND ABATEMENT BOARD
[Items 79 - 82]
COUNCIL MEMBERS, THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST TO DEFER ITEM 79 80, 81 AND 82.COUNCIL MEMBER DUN FOR HOW LONG BEGIN FOR TWO WEEKS, THERE'S A REQUEST TO DEFER ITEM 79 80, 81 AND 82 ARE READ THEM.
THEY SAY THEY ALL SAY THE SAME THING, RECEIVING A REPORT FROM THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DIVISION OF RISK MANAGEMENT ON THE NUMBER OF INCIDENT BYSTANDERS AND PASSENGERS THAT HAVE BEEN KILLED AND INJURED BY B R P D POLICE PURSUITS AND
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THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN KILLED OR INJURED BY THE TOTAL B R P D CALLS FOR SERVICE OR THE B R P D POLICE PURSUITS IN THE PAST 10 YEARS.THE REPORT IS ALSO INCLUDE THE FINANCIAL LIABILITY OF THE CITY PARISH AND THE RESULT CLAIMS MADE BY THE THOSE IMPACTED BY POLICE PURSUITS FOR THE YEAR BY YEAR FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN ITEM 80, RECEIVING A REPORT FROM THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THE CURRENT B R P D POLICY ON THE EXECUTION OF ARREST WARRANT.
THE REPORT SHOULD INCLUDE THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY CLAIMS AND DAMAGE BY THE OWNERS OF THOSE PROPERTIES AS A RESULT OF THE EXECUTION UNDER THE ARREST WARRANT, AS WELL AS THE FINANCIAL LIABILITY OF THE CITY PARISH CLAIM MADE BY PROPERTY DAMAGE DURING THE EXECUTION OF A WARRANT FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS.
ADDITIONALLY, REPORTS SHOULD GO OUTLINE THE PROCESS OF A PROPERTY OWNER MUST FOLLOW AND MAKING A CLAIM FOR DAMAGE RESULTING IN THE EXECUTION OF SUCH WARRANT BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN 81 RECEIVING A REPORT FROM THESE PARENTS PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON A NUMBER OF INNOCENT BYSTANDERS AND PARENTS THAT HAVE BEEN KILLED AND INJURED BY EAST BAR, WHICH PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE PRESENTS AND A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN KILLED AND INJURED.
TOTAL EAST BARRON PARISH SERVICE OFFICE CALLS FOR SERVICE OR BY THE EASTBOUND PARISH SERVICE OFFICE PURSUING THE PAST 10 YEARS.
THE REPORTS ALSO INCLUDE FINANCIAL LIABILITY OF TAXPAYER FUNDS, EAST PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND THE EAST PARENTS PARISH SHERIFF MAY RESULT IN THE CLAIM MADE BY THOSE IMPACTED IN PURSUITS BY YEAR FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.
ITEM 82, RECEIVING A REPORT FROM THE EAST BARR PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON THE CURRENT EASTBOUND PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE POLICY ON THE EXECUTION OF AN ARREST WARRANT.
THE REPORT SHOULD INCLUDE THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY CLAIMS FOR DAMAGED BY OWNERS OF THOSE PROPERTY AS A RESULT OF EXECUTING OF AN ARREST WARRANT, AS WELL AS THE FINANCIAL LIABILITY OF TAXPAYER, WHICH FUNDS OF EASTBOUND PARISH SERVICE OFFICE, AND OR EASTBOUND PARISH SERVICE OFFICER, ANY FOR CLAIMS MADE BY PROPERTY DAMAGES DURING THE EXECUTION OF AN ARREST WARRANT FOR THE PAST 10 YEAR.
ADDITIONALLY, THE REPORT SHOULD OUTLINE THE PROCESS AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS MUST FOLLOW WHEN MAKING SUCH A CLAIM FOR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM THE EXECUTION OF SUCH SEARCH WARRANT BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 79 80, 81 AND 82? THERE'S A MOTION TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GODDE.
ITEM 79 80, 81 AND 82 HAVE BEEN DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? OBJECTION TO ADJOURN.
MOTION TO ADJOURN BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALMAR.
AS ALWAYS, REACH TO PROTECT YOUR MENTAL HEALTH AND READ TO YOUR CHILDREN AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE READING TO THEM, HAVE THEM READ BACK TO YOU.
LORD, THANK ALL OUR CITY PARISH EMPLOYEES AND STAY WITH US FOR THIS FOUR HOUR MEETING.
CONTINUE TO EXCELLENT WORK, MEETING, ADJOURN.