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ALRIGHT, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING LIVE COUNCIL, YOU'RE LIVE IN FIVE, NOW YOU'RE DOWN TO 3, 2, 1, AND TWO.
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GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.WELCOME TO THE PRESENTATION PORTION OF OUR REGULAR METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2023 AT 3:30 PM FIRST UP, WE'RE GONNA HAVE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEMBER ROWDY GODDE TO RECOGNIZE THE KIDS ORCHESTRA DRUM CIRCLE, MR. GODDE.
AND IF YOU JUST GETTING HERE, YOU MISSED OUT ON SOME GOOD FUNDS, SOME GOOD COMMUNITY BUILDING.
WE HAD SOME DRUMS SET UP IN A HALF CIRCLE, AND BECAUSE WE COUNCIL MEMBERS LACK RHYTHM ENTIRELY, WE HAD A NUMBER OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE GET UP AND PLAY THE DRUMS AND IT, IT PRODUCED A GOOD SOUND.
WHEREAS MY COLLEAGUES, RAA AND MO AND COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN WERE A LITTLE BIT LACK LACKING IN THAT SIDE.
THEIR MISSION IS TO BUILD A COMMUNITY OF CREATIVE, CONFIDENT, AND SOCIALLY ENGAGED STUDENTS THROUGH MUSIC EDUCATION.
ELLA AGAI, AM I SAYING I'M PUTTING THE EMPHASIS ON THE RIGHT ONE IS THEIR DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.
I HAD THE GREAT PLEASURE OF SITTING WITH THIS ORGANIZATION JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, LEARNING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THEIR M IMPACT, UH, AND WAS SO IMPRESSED, UH, IN OUR MEETING REQUESTED THAT THEY COME AND MAKE A PRESENTATION AND THEN GIVE US A LITTLE JOY IN OUR LIVES.
UH, THEY AGREED TO BRING SOME OF THEIR INSTRUMENTS.
AGAI TO COME UP AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WALK US THROUGH A BRIEF PRESENTATION ABOUT THE KIDS' ORCHESTRA.
SIN ELLA AGASSI, DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AT KIDS ORCHESTRA.
UH, ON BEHALF OF KIDS, ORCHESTRA STAFF AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, I'D LIKE TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO ALL OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY.
AND ESPECIALLY MR. ROWDY GUDE TIRELESSLY WORKED WITH US TO MAKE THIS SESSION HAPPEN.
UM, AS YOU HEARD, OUR, UH, AT KIDS ORCHESTRA, OUR MISSION IS TO BUILD A COMMUNITY OF CREATIVE CONFIDENCE AND SOCIALLY ENGAGED STUDENTS THROUGH MUSIC EDUCATION.
UH, OUR PHILOSOPHY IS BASED ON EL STEMA PROGRAMS, WHICH, IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THEM, THEY ARE A VERY NATIONALLY, UH, RECOGNIZED, UH, ORGANIZATION AND PHILOSOPHY THAT USE MUSIC, UH, AS A TOOL TO CREATE SOCIAL CHANGE.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DO.
WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING TO CREATE BETTER SIT, UH, BETTER MUSICIANS OR BETTER PERFORMERS, BUT WE ARE USING MUSIC AS A TOOL, AS A VEHICLE TO, UH, CREATE SOCIAL CHANGE, TO TEACH STUDENTS SOME IMPORTANT SKILLS THAT WE AS PROFESSIONALS USE IT IN EVERYDAY LIFE.
UH, LIKE HOW TO, UH, BE A GOOD TEAM MEMBER, HOW TO BE A GOOD LISTENER, AND HOW TO DO PEER, PEER TO PEER TEACHING.
UH, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IN TOWN THAT IS, UH, WORKING TO TACKLE A SPECIFIC ISSUES FOR THE BETTERMENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY IN BATON ROUGE, TWO AREAS THAT WE IDENTIFIED, UH, BEING OUR MAIN CALLS.
ONE IS THE LACK OF QUALITY AFTERSCHOOL EDUCATION IN LOUISIANA.
ACCORDING TO ONE OF THE MOST RECENT STUDIES DONE BY LOUISIANA AFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE, IT SHOWS THAT FOR EVERY ONE STUDENT WHO IS ENROLLED IN AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM, FOUR IS WAIT FOR OUR WAITING ON A WAITING LIST.
WE ARE MAINLY WORKING WITH LOW-INCOME FAMILIES WITH ALICE POPULATION WHO CANNOT AFFORD SUCH PROGRAMS IF IT'S NOT PROVIDED TO THEM FREE OF CHARGE AT A LOCATION THAT DOES NOT ADD TO THEIR TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS, SUCH AS A COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS.
UH, THE SECOND ISSUE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING IS LACK OF CREATIVE OUTLETS, LACK OF MUSIC, EDUCATION, ARTS EDUCATION IN GENERAL TO ADDRESS BOTH OF THESE ISSUES TOGETHER.
IT'S WHERE KIDS ORCHESTRA, UH, COMES TO LIFE.
THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL YEAR FOR US.
WE ARE PLANNING TO SERVE OVER 600 STUDENTS.
WE WILL, UH, WE ALWAYS OFFER 10 DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS.
AND WE IDENTIFIED THAT ONE OF THE BARRIERS FOR MANY OF OUR FAMILIES IS TO AFFORD THOSE INSTRUMENTS, WHETHER IT'S PURCHASING OR RENTING.
SO TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, WE PROVIDE INSTRUMENTS FREE OF CHARGE FOR EVERY STUDENT WHO IS ENROLLED.
UH, WE EMPLOY OVER 40 TEACHING ARTISTS, AND THESE ARE TYPICALLY MASTERS AND DOCTORAL STUDENTS AT SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND L SS U.
AND NOT ONLY WE ARE PROVIDING THEM THOSE FREELANCERS WITH PART-TIME STEADY INCOME, BUT WE ARE, UH, USING SOME OF THE BEST TALENT AND PROVIDING THAT TO OUR STUDENTS.
UH, WE HAD 57 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS ACROSS, UH, BATON ROUGE LAST YEAR.
AND NUMBER TWO, CELEBRATE BECAUSE WE WERE OUT THERE MAKING MUSIC AND PROVIDING MUSIC, UH, TO OUR SKILL, TO OUR CHILDREN AND TO ADULTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, THIS YEAR, MORE THAN EVER, WE HAVE CLO
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WE HAVE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM AND IDENTIFYING EIGHT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS TO BE AT AS YOU ARE GATHERING.HOWEVER, OUR, UH, RESOURCES ARE LIMITED.
SO ALTHOUGH WE CANNOT SAY THAT WE HAVE SERVED ALL THE STUDENTS, BUT WE HAVE BEEN VERY STRATEGIC IN IDENTIFYING SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WILL BE, UM, SPREAD AROUND ACROSS THE PARISH AND EVERY STUDENT, EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT, UH, ENROLLED IN A SCHOOL THAT KIDS ORCHESTRA SERVES AT, THEY WILL HAVE A SCHOOL THAT IT'S CLOSE AND IN A CLOSE PROXIMITY THAT THEY COULD, UH, EASILY ATTEND.
OUR, UM, OUR, UM, POPULATION IS QUITE, UH, DIVERSE AND WE ARE VERY INTENTIONAL WITH ADDRESSING, UH, A LOT OF THE BARRIERS THAT ARE SYSTEMATICALLY PLACED FOR OUR MINORITY STUDENTS.
SO THAT'S ALWAYS IN THE FOREFRONT WHETHER WE ARE DOING CURRICULUM, DESIGNING CURRICULUM, OR WE ARE PRIORITIZING SCHOOLS THAT NEED THE SERVICES THE MOST.
WE OPERATE ON A SLIDING SCALE TUITION.
EVEN THOUGH FOR EVERY STUDENT THAT IS ENROLLED, IT COSTS US ABOUT $1,500.
BUT, UH, WE OPERATE ON A SLIDING SCALE TUITION.
AND 82% OF OUR POPULATION, THEY RECEIVE UP TO FULL SCHOLARSHIPS.
I SAID A LOT ABOUT MUSIC, BUT I ALSO WANNA STATE THAT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICES HAS BECOME A VERY BIG PILLAR OF KIDS ORCHESTRA.
WE ALSO PROVIDE, UM, HEALTHY SNACKS AND HOMEWORK HELP AT A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS, UH, THAT WE SERVE AS, UH, DEPENDING ON THE NEEDS OF THE PROGRAM.
AND, UH, THESE ARE THE, SOME OF OUR PARTNERING SCHOOLS.
AND I WANNA SAY THAT WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL TO AND HUMBLE TO GET TO DO THE WORK THAT WE DO.
AND WE DO IT ONLY BY THE SUPPORTERS OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, OUR FOUNDATIONS, AND INDIVIDUAL DONORS WHO BELIEVE IN OUR MISSION AND ENABLE US TO GET TO DO THE WORK WE DO.
HOWEVER, WE ARE UNFORTUNATELY A STATE THAT ALWAYS COMPETES WITH MISSISSIPPI FOR THE 50TH PLACE AND THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION.
SO, UM, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE A LOT OF BARRIERS FOR EDUCATION WHEN IT COMES TO ARTS EDUCATION, THOSE CHALLENGES ARE MULTIPLIED.
WE ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE, UH, WE NEED YOUR HELP IN TERMS OF ADVOCACY, IN TERMS OF, UM, PRIORITIZING THIS WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING POLICY.
UH, TYPICALLY A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS EL STEM OR PROGRAMS AROUND THE UNITED STATES ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE, UM, EAST THROUGH THE, UH, SCHOOL SYSTEM OR THROUGH THE CITY AND, UH, CITY GOVERNMENT.
SO, UH, WE CANNOT STATE THAT HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE TO HAVE THIS, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE WORK WITH YOU AND ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS WE LOOK AHEAD FOR THE COMING YEARS FOR KIDS ORCHESTRA.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TODAY.
NEXT WE'LL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER DENISE AMAROSA TO RECOGNIZE BLUE STAR MOMS INTRODUCTION OF THE SECOND YEAR BLUE STAR BANNER PROGRAM.
I, UM, I FIRST OF ALL WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW BLUE STAR MOTHER PRESIDENT, UH, DENISE SINGLETON.
THE BLUE STAR MOTHERS OF LOUISIANA CHAPTER ONE AND THE MAYOR'S ADVISORY COUNCIL ON VETERANS AFFAIRS PRESENTS THE BATON ROUGE HOME TOWN HERO BANNER PROGRAM.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO RECOGNIZE OUR LOCAL SERVICE MEMBERS, ACTIVE MILITARY AND VETERANS BY DISPLAYING THEIR BANNERS IN PROMINENT AREAS OF DOWNTOWN BATON ROUGE FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
THE BANNERS ARE EYE-CATCHING AND FURTHER SHOWCASE AND CELEBRATE OUR MILITARY MEMBERS AND OUR COMMUNITY.
THE BANNERS MEASURE APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET BY NINE FEET AND ARE AVAILABLE AS SINGLE SIDE, WHICH IS $85 OR DOUBLE SIDE, WHICH IS $150.
IT'LL DISPLAY THE NAME, THE RANK, THE BRANCH OF SERVICE, AND A PHOTO.
THE BANNERS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE THROUGH THE BLUE STAR MOTHERS CHAPTER ONE WEBSITE.
IF YOU WANNA REUSE A HOMETOWN HERO BANNER FROM 2022, PLEASE VISIT THE LINK FOR INSTRUCTIONS AND PRICING FOR RESUBMITTING.
YOUR DEADLINE FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS AND PURCHASES IS OCTOBER 8TH AT 11:59 PM SO AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR BANNERS ARE JUST ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW 'EM WHEN THEY WERE DISPLAYED DOWNTOWN LAST YEAR, VERY EYE CATCHING.
UM, BUT IT DOES BRING ATTENTION TO OUR MILITARY THAT A LOT OF TIMES THEY DON'T GET THE ATTENTION THAT THEY WELL DESERVE.
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PURCHASE A BANNER TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT THAT YOU'RE IN.
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MISS OUT ON ANYONE.DENISE, DO YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? SURE.
FIRST, WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE COUNCIL FOR PARTNERING WITH BLUE STAR MOMS. UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, WE'RE MOTHERS OF ACTIVE MILITARY.
UM, OUR CHILDREN ARE SERVING EITHER STATESIDE OR ABROAD.
UM, THIS PROGRAM IS NOT JUST FOR ACTIVE DUTY.
HOWEVER, PLEASE DON'T FORGET YOUR VETERANS OF TIME'S GONE PAST, UH, THROUGH SURROUNDING CITY PROGRAMS. IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE SOME OF THE OLD PHOTOGRAPHS OF WORLD WAR II VETERANS AND THOSE THAT ARE OFTEN, UM, PASSED ON AT THIS TIME.
SO, UM, I WANNA JUST LET YOU KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS THAT BLUE STAR MOTHERS OF LOUISIANA CHAPTER ONE DOES HERE IN YOUR CITY.
UH, WE HAVE A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM WHERE WE OFFER FIVE $1,000 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ANYONE WHO IS ACTIVELY SERVED OR IS CURRENTLY SERVING IN THE MILITARY.
WE HOST OUR COMMUNITY SALUTES.
HISTORICALLY, IT'S BEEN AT THE OLD STATE CAPITOL, AND THAT IS FOR OUR SENIORS THAT ARE GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL.
WE RECOGNIZE THEM SO THAT THEY CAN, UM, WE CAN CONNECT WITH THEIR MOMS. THAT'S, THAT'S ONE GOOD THING THAT WE DO, UH, OUT OF THAT PROGRAM.
AND WE SUPPORT OUR WAR VETERANS HOMES, UH, WITH OUR SOCKS OF LOVE.
AND WE ALSO, IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDAR PLANT 11,000 FLAGS IN THE GARDENS OF THE STATE CAPITOL EVERY MEMORIAL DAY.
SO, UM, IF YOU'VE NOT HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY, PLEASE, PLEASE VISIT.
SO OUR PROJECTS ARE, ARE NUMEROUS.
WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS STARTED WITH IS, UH, A CHAPTER THAT IS, UH, EMBRACING MOMS WHEN THEIR CHILDREN HAVE LEFT HOME.
WE DON'T, UM, WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW HOW TO MANAGE THAT, THOSE EMOTIONS.
AND BATON ROUGE IS NOT A MILITARY CITY.
SO IF WE'RE, WE'RE NOT SITTING ON A BASE WHERE WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT THOSE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO US.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE IT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING BATON ROUGE JUST PLASTERED WITH VETERANS, UH, HOMETOWN HEROES.
UM, I DO WANNA BRING UP ONE MORE POINT THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS TOLD TO ME JUST NOW.
WE ARE GOING TO, IN OUR, ON OUR BANNERS, THEY WILL ALSO, UH, RECOGNIZE SINCE WE ARE NOW A PURPLE HEART CITY AND A PURPLE HEART PARISH, THOSE PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS WILL ALSO BE ACKNOWLEDGED ON OUR BANNERS.
UM, AND YOU KNOW ME, I NEVER GET UP HERE, DON'T CRY.
BUT I DO WANNA BRING ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT, UM, IN SEPTEMBER WE RECOGNIZE, AND YOU'RE PROBABLY BETTER TO DO THIS THAN ME, OUR GOLD STAR FAMILIES.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT A GOLD STAR FAMILY IS, IT'S A GOLD, A GOLD STAR FAMILY AS A FAMILY WHO HAS LOST A LOVED ONE WHILE IN ACTIVE DUTY.
UM, WHAT IS IT? THE LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH IS GOLD STAR MOTHER, SEPTEMBER 24.
SO WE, WE ARE ALSO PARTNERING THIS YEAR WITH LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND THERE IS A, UH, CEREMONY HELD EVERY GOLD STAR MOTHER WEEKEND, WHICH IS GONNA BE FALL ON SEPTEMBER 24TH THIS YEAR.
UM, AND THERE'S A CEREMONY HELD AT THE GOLD STAR MONUMENT IN THE GARDENS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE STATE CAPITOL.
THERE ARE THREE, UH, BLUE STAR MOTHER CHAPTERS IN LOUISIANA.
WE'VE UNITED TOGETHER AND PARTNERED WITH LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND WE'RE GONNA HOST A PICNIC IN THE PARK AFTERWARDS SO THAT WE CAN SOCIALIZE WITH ONE ANOTHER, GET TO KNOW THESE GOLD STAR FAMILIES AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROMISE, A SOLEMN PROMISE THAT WE MADE TO EACH ONE OF THEM, THAT THEIR CHILDREN WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.
SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU ATTEND AND, UM, MR. LARRY WILLIAMS WITH THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS IS THE KEY PERSON CONTACT FOR THAT EVENT.
CONGRATULATIONS LADIES, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
NEXT WE'LL HAVE THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEMBER CA CAROLYN COLEMAN TO RECOGNIZE THE SOUTH BATON ROUGE RAMS 12 AND UNDER BASEBALL TEAM WINNING THE LOUISIANA YOUTH SPORTS NETWORK, 12 AND UNDER YOUTH BA BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
I SAY GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE THAT'S HERE.
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AND SO I AM GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT'S DOING THE RIGHT THING.AND SO, WHICH IS AN EXCELLENT SOMETHING HERE.
AND SO THIS IS, AS MAYOR PRO TEM SAID, THE SOUTH BATON ROUGE RAMS, THAT'S IN DISTRICT 10, YOU KNOW, SOUTH BATON ROUGE.
AND SO I HAVE, AND ALSO JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT NO COACHES, NO PLAYERS, NO COACHES, NO PLAYERS.
SO I'M GONNA ASK THE COACHES, JABBAR.
AND IF I MESS YOUR NAME UP, CORRECT ME A LOT OF TIME.
GREGORY MARSHALL, PRESTON ALEXANDER JANELLE WALLACE.
AND THEN WE HAVE A TEAM MOM THAT BROUGHT THIS GROUP TO MY ATTENTION.
AND SO NOW THE MOMENT THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR OUR FIRST SOUTH BATON ROUGE RAM IS DANIEL WATSON.
AND DANIEL IS 13 YEARS OLD TODAY.
ISN'T THAT SOMETHING? AND SO DANIEL, AND I'M GOING TO READ THE CERTIFICATE.
AND THIS IS WHAT'S ON EVERYBODY'S CERTIFICATE.
AND THAT IS CERTIFICATE OF CONGRATULATIONS IS HEREBY AWARDED TO DANIEL WATSON, SOUTH BATON ROUGE RAMS 12 YOUTH BASEBALL TEAM FOR WINNING THE 2023 LOUISIANA YOUTH SPORTS NETWORK.
12 U YOUTH BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP DATED THIS 13TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2023.
AND YOU STAY UP HERE BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA TAKE A PICTURE.
THEY JUST STAND RIGHT OVER THERE.
AND THEN COACHES, YOU ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO FALL IN.
AND Y'ALL CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.
IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT YEAH.
JORDAN MCCOY, CARLOS BROOKS JR.
YOU CAN PUT A WHOLE FIVE FINGERS ON THAT.
ALRIGHT, COURT, ARIA BANKS, NAIM SMITH, ERIC HILS, MAY RAY MARION.
PEYTON REAMS. ALRIGHT, COACH ANTOINE, I GUESS YOU ALL THOUGHT I FORGOT YOUR, BUT SOME OF 'EM ARE ALL RAM FOOTBALL PRACTICE, RAM FOOTBALL PRACTICE.
YOU GOTTA PRACTICE IN ORDER TO BE, YOU KNOW, THE WINNING TEAM.
AND ALSO COACH GREGORY MARSHALL.
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COACH DARNELL WALLACE.AND WE THANK YOU FOR COACHING OUR CHILDREN AND COACH JABBAR TRIPLET.
JAMON, COME ON, GET IN HERE AND WE'RE GONNA GET A PICTURE.
ANYBODY FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IN HERE? UH, I'M HERE.
HERE, RIGHT? I'M STAND RIGHT HERE.
EVERYBODY ALL HOLD THAT FOR GOOD.
CONGRATULATIONS DANIEL WASHINGTON.
RIGHT THERE, UP THERE AT THE PODIUM.
WHAT, WHAT SCHOOL DO YOU ATTEND? SHAW MIDDLE SCHOOL.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR PRINCIPAL? DANIEL WASHINGTON.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.
ALRIGHT, METRO NEXT, UH, METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEMBER DARRYL HURST, UH, TO RECOGNIZE THE KNOWLEDGE ON PIERRE COACH AMOS HARRISON AND COACH WILLIE WILLIAMS OF THE KY TRACK CLUB.
I'M GONNA SAY, UH, SPECIAL HONOR BECAUSE WHEN I WAS ABOUT 10 YEARS OLD, I HAD THE FORTUNE TO BE WITH BOTH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS WITH A GUY NAMED, UH, COACH CHUCHO.
SO I PLAYED WITH THE RAMS AND THE PEEWEE, AND I DID BANNON BOYS WITH KY.
AND AFTER THAT, UM, TOOK OVER.
BUT IT'S A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO SEE Y'ALL HERE 40 YEARS LATER, UH, 30 YEARS LATER, DOING THE SAME THING, MAN.
THANK YOU FOR THAT INVESTMENT.
AND SO, TO, UH, HONOR KY TRACK TRACK CLUB, UH, A FEW PEOPLE TODAY, THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE JUNIOR OLYMPICS IN DES MOINES, IOWA, UM, SOME COACHES AND SOME KIDS, AND DO SOME AMAZING THINGS TO REPRESENT BATON ROUGE AND TO TAKE OUR BEST AND BRIGHTEST.
AND, AND THOSE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THOSE KIDS WON'T FORGET.
UM, AND WE DON'T TAKE FOR GRANTED THE, THE SEEDS THAT THE COACHES, THE PARENTS, THE SACRIFICE THAT THEY MAKE, BUT HOW THAT IMPACTS THE KIDS IN THE FUTURE OF BATON ROUGE.
SO CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO KNOWLEDGE ON PIERRE K Y TRACK CLUB FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE 2023 JUNIOR OLYMPICS IN DES MOINES, IOWA.
PLACING THIRD IN THE NATION FOR THE 800 METER DASH AND BECOMING AN ALL AMERICAN.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RECENT ACHIEVEMENT AND GIVING THE STATE'S SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2023 WITH SINCERE GRATITUDE, COUNCILMAN DARRELL HURST.
NOW THIS, THIS, UH, RESEMBLES WHAT I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT BEFORE, CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO, UH, COACH WILLIE WILLIAMS FOR 40 YEARS OF DEDICATION AND EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AS HEAD COACH OF KY TRACK CLUB AND YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE 2023 JUNIOR OLYMPICS IN DES MOINES, IOWA.
LET'S GIVE 'EM A, A HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
AND WE HAVE ONE MORE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO COACH AMOS HARRISON FOR 40 YEARS OF DEDICATION AND EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AS THE OTHER HEAD COACH OF THE KY TRACK CLUB AND YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE 2023 JUNIOR OLYMPICS IN DES MOINES, IOWA.
CAN Y'ALL IMAGINE HOW MANY LIVES THEY'VE AFFECTED? I'LL GIVE ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
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ALL RIGHT HERE QUOTING THE MANE.ALRIGHT, LET'S GET A BIG SMILE FROM YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, GENTLEMEN.
CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR SERVICE COACHES.
NEXT WE'LL HAVE BATON ROUGE, CHIEF OF POLICE MURPHY PAUL TO RECOGNIZE WILLIE MAE JONES, E B R CITY PARISH IS WEBMASTER ASSISTING IN THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT WEBPAGE.
CHIEF PAUL, YOU GOT A MAKEOVER, HUH?
THANK YOU COUNSEL FOR ALLOWING US THIS, UH, MINUTE AND I'M, I'M JOINED WITH, UH, MR. ERIC ROMERO AND, UH, MS. WILLIE MAY JONES.
YEAH, WILLIE MA JONES, THE CHIEF IS PROBABLY STUCK IN TRAFFIC RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT I, I'LL, I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE JUST TO RECOGNIZE, UH, MS. WILLIE MA JONES.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S A DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT AGGRAVATES OR BOTHERS YOU MORE ABOUT A WEBSITE,
UM, WE, WE, WE WORK WITH MS. WILLIE MAY AND, AND ERIC'S TEAM, RIGHT, UH, DAILY, I WOULD SAY, IF NOT HOURLY, RIGHT? UH, ON, ON THE WEBPAGE AND, AND DIFFERENT, UH, CONTENT THAT, THAT WE PUT ON.
SO IN, IN MUCH APPRECIATION OF A DEDICATION AND TIRELESS EFFORT IN ASSISTING THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH OUR WEBPAGE CONTENT, WE RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND QUALITY OF WORK.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US.
AND THIS IS JUST A, ANOTHER CERTIFICATE APPRECIATION FOR YOUR EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE AND DEDICATION, UH, TO YOUR PROFESSION.
SO WE THANK YOU AND, UH, PLEASE, PLEASE CONTINUE TO HELP US.
I'LL
ARE WE GOING? COUNCIL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING, I'D ASK THAT TO TAKE SEATS.
THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT HERE FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING, I'D ASK THAT YOUR EXIT STAYS LEFT OR RIGHT.
WELCOME TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF EAST BAT RIDGE PARISH.
GOOD TO HAVE ALL OF YOU TUNED IN.
OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ALWAYS ARE EXCITED TO, TO LOOK BACK AND SEE YOU WATCHING THEM AND SEE IT, UH, ON OUR FACEBOOK AND ON YOUTUBE AND ALSO, UH, ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE BRING IT TO YOU ON.
WE WANT TO THANK TODAY OUR INTERPRETERS, ANNETTE AND VALERIE, WHO ARE DURING OUR SIGN LANGUAGE.
UH, WE WERE THE FIRST GOVERNMENT IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA TO FEATURE SIGN LANGUAGE, AND WE'RE PROUD OF THAT AND I HOPE TO HAVE IT FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS.
BUT IN ADDITION, WE ALSO HAVE CLOSED CAPTIONING THAT IS ROLLING ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN.
WELCOME, EVERYBODY HERE IS THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT PROTE OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
TO MY RIGHT IS COUNCILMAN LAMONT KOCH.
COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, DENNIS.
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UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON TO INTRODUCE OUR GUESTS WHO LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.THANK YOU, MAYOR PROAM, UH, MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LIKE TO DO AT OUR FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, I IS ALWAYS RECOGNIZE THE EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 11TH, UH, IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP THAT ON OUR MINDS AND KEEP IT AS AS A DAY THAT WE, YOU KNOW, TAKE AS A SOLEMN DAY.
GEORGE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, COLOR GUARD TO COME OUT AND POST COLORS FOR US.
GEORGE FIRE CAPTAIN SCOTT DUPREE TODAY, UH, HANDLING OUR INVOCATION.
PLEASE STAND SEVEN 2005 7 7 5 EPTEMBER 11 ON THAT DAY.
TODAY WE WERE ALSO
WE REMEMBER HONOR THOSE
FATHER, WE PRAY YOUR MERCY, LOVE
YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS PEACE,
HONOR GOD TO THE FLAG OF 96 OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IS ONE NATION,
THREE, LEFT FAITH FOR THANK YOU.
I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING ORDER.
DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? WE HAVE A QUORUM.
[ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
ONE, APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEMBER OF AUGUST 23RD, 2023 BY COUNCIL, ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURER.IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE? COUNCIL MEMBER? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE? SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER AMAROSA, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GODDE.
ITEM ONE HAS BEEN APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTIONS.
[INTRODUCTIONS]
WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE INTRODUCTIONS? SECTION 2.12 INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER TWO, CONSIDERING THE INDUSTRIAL TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM APPLICATION FROM EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION BY THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR TREASURER.NUMBER THREE, AUTHORIZING THE IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF AN ANNUAL FEE WITHIN THE MELROSE EAST CRIME PREVENTION DISTRICT AND THE AMOUNT OF $200 ON EACH IMPROVED RESIDENTIAL PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE DISTRICT.
AND AN INITIAL PARCEL FEE OF $200 ON EACH IMPROVED COMMERCIAL PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE DISTRICT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS, BEGINNING 2023 AND ENDING IN 2032 BY THE MELROSE EAST CRIME PREVENTION DISTRICT.
NUMBER FOUR, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA ON BEHALF OF THE BROWNSFIELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR THE STATE TO PROVIDE FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $350,000 FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND STATION REHABILITATION BY THE BROWNSFIELD FIRE CHIEF.
NUMBER FIVE, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA ON BEHALF OF THE LEO S BUTLER COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE STATE TO PROVIDE FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN.
NUMBER SIX, AUTHORIZED AND SETTLEMENT OF THE MATTER ENTITLED CHANDLE AND HICKS VERSUS THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $125,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $264 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $125,264 AND APPROPRIATING THAT SUM FOR SUCH
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PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.NUMBER SEVEN, ESTABLISHING HEALTH INSURANCE RATES AND PLAN DESIGN FOR EMPLOYEES AND RETIREES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2024 BY THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR.
NUMBER EIGHT, AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE MATTER ENTITLED BEVERLY HEEL RAFFERTY VERSUS BRADLEY BENNETT IN THE AMOUNT OF $45,515 AND 20 CENTS AND APPROPRIATING $45,515 AND 20 CENTS FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY CONDEMNATION
[CONDEMNATION INTRODUCTIONS]
INTRODUCTIONS NUMBER NINE, FAY BUSTLEY.8 0 4 5 DYER ROAD COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE KNOLL NUMBER 10, THE UNOPENED SUCCESSION OF JOSEPHINE HARRISON.
7 1 8 MU STREET COUNCIL, DISTRICT TWO BANKS, NUMBER 11, MARGARET C. WHITE.
5 2 0 5 CADILLAC STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE HEARST NUMBER 12, THE ESTATE OF CURRY RISING 5 1 2 0 BUILDING 15 NORTH SHERWOOD FOREST DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX DUNN JR.
NUMBER 13, CONNECTICUT ESTATES.
L L C 1 7 1 6 NORTH HAR HARKER DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX DUN JUNIOR.
NUMBER 14, NERI LEMONS, ROJAS 1 1 3 8 NORTH 49TH STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 15 DONG LAMB TRAM 1 5 2 1 5 2 3 6.
TIGER BEND ROAD COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE HUDSON NUMBER 16 DELLA STERLING.
5 3 9 CAR ALLEY COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 17, CARL E. LEE AND ELOISE LEE.
3 2 2 6 EVANGELINE STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN NUMBER 18, CORETTA DAVENPORT 2 5 7 3 YAZOO STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 12 ROCK.
ALL ITEMS REQUIRE READING HAVE BEEN READ.
AND A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS AS AN ORDER.
I HAVE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM THREE.
IS THERE A SECOND? MEROSE CEASED.
ANY OBJECTIONS? I I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS. THERE'S A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO CAN WE GET A SECOND? YEAH, WE GOT A SECOND.
SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM THREE I.
Y'ALL READY? WHAT ARE WE DOING? YOU READY TO VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION OR I'LL WITHDRAW MY MOTION.
THERE'S A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM THREE.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? ALL ITEMS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM THREE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS NOW GO TO YOUR SEPARATE SHEET FOR CONDEMNATION.
I'LL READ THE RECOMMENDATION AS THEY CAME TO US.
THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 58 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 60, 60, 67, 68, 69 AND 71.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A CONDEMNATION? YEAH.
TELL US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND WHICH ITEM YOU'RE HERE FOR.
WHAT NUMBER IS IT? LON WATER SPOON.
WELL MY MAIN THING IS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW DID I GET TO THIS POINT.
UM, WHAT I WAS ASKED TO DO ONCE, LET SEE WHEN I GOT THE HOUSE FROM MY DAD, ONCE HE PASSED, WENT THROUGH SOME THINGS.
SOMEONE WAS STAYING IN THE HOUSE.
IT TOOK ME ALMOST THREE YEARS TO GET 'EM OUT.
UM, WHEN I DID GET 'EM OUT, THEY TURNED AROUND AND SHE HAD HER SON TO COME BACK AND SET MY HOUSE ON FIRE.
SO THAT'S WHY I BOARDED WHEN I WAS REQUEST FROM YOU ALL TO BOARD IT UP.
ONCE THAT FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO DO THEY THING TO FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS, UM, ARSON OR EITHER AND WHAT THEY DOGS COMING IN TO FIND WHAT A SETTLEMENT THEY USE, I BOARD THE HOUSE UP.
THEY GOT THIS LETTER TALKING ABOUT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'LL GET IN THERE TO DO THAT UNLESS THEY CLIMB THE ROOF AND JUMP IN THE HOLE THAT'S IN THE ROOF AND WHERE IT CAUGHT A FIRE.
UM, AND AT THE SAME TIME, DEALING WITH OTHER THINGS TO REIN, REDO MY HOUSE, YOU KNOW,
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I'M GOTTA DO IT OUTTA MY POCKET NOW BECAUSE HOW IT WENT DOWN THIS, IT WOULDN'T INSURANCE ON IT WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T PAY IT.SO NOW I GOTTA COME OUTTA MY POCKET AND THAT'S NOT NO $2 JOB OR $2 WORTH OF WORK THERE.
I GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO THERE.
I PUT UP, I'M GOING TO, I GO DOWN MONDAY TO GET A TEMPORARY POLE SET AT THE HOUSE TO START THAT, TO DEMO AND THEN WORK ON GETTING THE ROOF REDONE.
AND I'M SPEAKING TO MY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 12, MS. RAKER, I'M SPEAKING TO YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE MY, I'M SITTING HERE.
SO, UM, I DON'T WANT TO LOSE MY HOUSE.
NOT, NOT TO NO BEING CONDEMNED 'CAUSE IT IS NOT.
IF YOU GO IN THERE, IT'S NOT CONDEMNED.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S THERE THAT'S BAD IS THE ROOF WHERE THE FIRE WENT IN AND THAT'S IT.
THE SMOKE YOU SEE OUTSIDE JUST WAS, WAS SMOKED.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO LOSE MY HOUSE.
THAT WAS LEFT TO ME BY, BY MY DAD, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF SOMEONE ELSE'S EVIDENCE THAT DIDN'T WANT TO GET OUT.
NOW THEY SET MY HOUSE FOR FIRE AND, AND MOVED TO A HOUSE IN CENTERVILLE, MISSISSIPPI.
TWO STORIES SITTING ON 30 ACRES AND THEY'RE TAKING YOU AND THEY PUT ME THROUGH HELL FOR THREE YEARS AND THEN I'M LOSE MY HOUSE BEHIND THAT.
I'M, IF IT'S ANY TIME THAT I CAN GET, I NEED TO GET IT SO I CAN ORDER TO
DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE AS TO WHEN YOU CAN GET IT TOGETHER? WHEN YOU CAN GET IT BOARDED UP AND MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE CAN GET IN THAT HOUSE? BEEN BOARDED FOR ALMOST A YEAR.
SO DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE TO WHEN AS TO WHEN YOU CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS? WELL, I MEAN, I CAN START ON IT THIS, THIS WEEK BY, WELL, BY MONDAY OR TUESDAY BY GETTING THE TEMPORARY POSTS OUT THERE AND GET IN INSPECTOR, I'M AN ELECTRICIAN.
I WORK FOR MYSELF SO I DON'T GO THROUGH A EIGHT TO FIVE.
I GOTTA, AS THE JOBS COME, I GO TO WORK.
SO ONCE THAT'S HAPPENING, I'M GOOD.
IF YOU TELLING ME THAT TELL YOU THAT I CAN HAVE IT DONE IN THREE MONTHS, THAT AIN'T, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
SO TYPICALLY WE GIVE 90 DAYS AND IN DISTRICT 12 WE FIGHT BLIGHT EVERY CHANCE WE CAN BECAUSE WE TRY TO FIGHT CRIME.
UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL GIVE YOU 30 DAYS, BUT IF YOU DON'T MIND SITTING, I'LL HAVE MY AIDE COME AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IMMEDIATELY.
AND I'LL HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE PERMITS DEPARTMENT TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT PERMITS NEED TO BE PULLED.
OH, I KNOW WHAT PERMITS NEED TO BE PULLED.
I'M, I'M A LICENSED ELECTRICIAN MYSELF.
SO THE REST OF IT IS THE PERMITS AND INSPECTION IS NOT A PROBLEM FOR ME.
IT'S MORE ABOUT THE MONEY I UNDERSTAND AND MAKING SURE I GET THE, HAVE THE MONEY TO MOVE ON AND AS, AS YOU KNOW, AS NEED TO BE DONE.
SO IT'S NOT ABOUT, ABOUT PERMITS.
I DON'T WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IF YOU DON'T MIND HAVING A SEAT, I'LL COME AND TALK TO YOU 'CAUSE I HAVE A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS ON, ON THIS PARTICULAR CONDEMNATION LIST.
ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A CONDEMNATION? COME ON DOWN.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING MS. BONNIE OGLETREE.
SHE LIVES AT 95 42 WEST JAMAICA STREET.
WHAT ITEM IS IT? WHAT'S THAT? WHAT, WHAT ITEM IS IT? YEAH, SORRY.
UM, MS. OGLETREE IS, UH, AN ELDERLY CITIZEN.
SHE IS AN INTER INTERDICTED, BUT HER DAUGHTER IS RECENTLY ACTING, UH, UNDER HER POWER OF ATTORNEY AS HER AGENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS JUST IN, IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, THINGS HAVE KIND OF GONE DOWNHILL AND IT'S BEEN RECENTLY, UH, NOTICED THAT, UH, THAT THIS HAS, HAS SLIPPED AND FALLEN BEHIND.
BUT HER DAUGHTER LAURA, IS COMMITTED TO TAKING CARE OF THIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME ROOF LEAKS, UH, AND HOLES IN THE ROOF THAT THERE'S SOME, SOME SOFFIT THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, STARTING TO, TO SAG DOWN IN THE BACK.
UH, THERE'S A BROKEN WINDOW AND THE HOUSE IS UNSECURED.
IT KIND OF LOOKED LIKE IT MIGHT'VE BEEN BROKEN INTO IN THE BACK.
THE, THE DOOR WAS OPEN, IN THE WINDOW WAS BROKEN.
MY CLIENT, UM, WENT YESTERDAY AND SECURED THE, THE HOUSE.
SHE PUT PLYWOOD BEHIND THE DOOR.
THE LOCKS ARE, UM, OR ARE LOCKED UP.
NOBODY CAN ENTER THE HOUSE NOW.
UM, AND SHE'S GOT A ROOFING, UH, INSPECTION OR A ROOFER COMING FOR AN INSPECTION ON FRIDAY.
UH, GARCIA ROOFING AND SHE'S GOT LAWN CARE AND LANDSCAPING SCHEDULED AS WELL MOVING FORWARD.
UM, ALSO KIND OF JUST AS AN ASIDE, THE CO-OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IS, UH, HER HUSBAND'S ESTATE.
UM, AND HER HUSBAND, HER OTHER DAUGHTER WAS ACTING AS THE EXECUTOR OF THE HU OF, OF HER HUSBAND'S ESTATE.
AND WE'VE ASKED HER DAUGHTER, I CAN'T PROMISE YOU THAT THIS IS THE, THE GOD'S TRUTH, BUT SHE HAS NOT RECEIVED SERVICE OF THIS.
AND, UM, SHE IS A CO-OWNER AS, AS THE EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE.
SO THAT MIGHT ALSO JUST BE SOMETHING TO THINK OF.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD GET A 90 DAY EXTENSION, I COULD PROMISE YOU THAT THIS IS TAKEN CARE
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OF.THEY HAD ALSO MENTIONED A, A CONTRACTOR WHO'S APPROACHED THEM TO BUY THE HOUSE AND FLIP THE HOUSE.
UM, UH, AGAIN, I THINK THIS WAS, THIS WAS JUST A, A DELAY THAT, THAT FELL BEHIND AND IT BEING TAKEN CARE OF.
COUNCIL MEMBER? YEAH, HE, HE ASKED, THAT'S IT.
ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ANY CONDEMNATIONS? NOW WE GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCK, I HAVE YOURS.
IS ANYONE ELSE WITH AN ADJUSTMENT TO CONDEMNATIONS? I'M GONNA READ THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS THE STATED CHANGES.
THEY ARE TO PROCEED WITH ITEMS 60, 61, 63, 66, 67, 68, AND 69.
THEY ARE TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS.
ITEM 64, 65, 58, AND 71 DEFER FOR 90 DAYS.
ITEM 59 AND 64 AND DELETE ITEM 57 AND 70.
COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN, DID HE LEAVE? COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN? WE HAVE DEFER FOR 90 DAYS FOR 64 AND DEFER FOR 60 DAYS ON 64, WE'RE GONNA DEFER FOR 60 DAYS.
ITEM 64 AND DEFER FOR 90 DAYS.
ITEM 59 AND DELETE 57 AND SEVEN AND DELETE 57 AND 70.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONDEMNATIONS? MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER AMAROSA.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ALL CONDEMNATIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED WITH NO OBJECTIONS.
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NOW GO TO ITEM COUNCIL.COUNCIL MEMBER HURST, WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO ON ITEM 72? IS COUNCIL JUDGE IS HERE.
JUDGE IS HERE RECEIVING A REPORT FROM JUDGE GAIL GROVE ON THE CURRENT STATE OF JUVENILE JUSTICE FACILITIES COUNCIL MEMBER GROVE.
I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, JUDGE GROVE.
I'M, I'M DOING WHAT I'M DOING.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING, HAVING JUVENILE JUSTICE JUVENILE COURT ON YOUR DOCKET.
HOW DOING, DOING THIS EVENING? AND, UM, I I WANT TO EXTEND THE THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR PRO TIM AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND IN PARTICULAR COUNCIL, UM, MEMBER HEARST FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
AND I ALSO WANT TO MAKE MENTION THAT JUDGE HANEY IS NOT HERE.
THIS EVEN BECAUSE OF A FULL DOCKET.
HE AND I BOTH STAYED UNTIL ALMOST 8:00 PM ON AUGUST 23RD IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION.
AND SO WE ARE UNIFIED IN OUR CONCERNS.
WE ARE UNIFIED IN OUR EFFORTS TO ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS.
AND SO HIS ABSENCE HERE SHOULD NOT BE MISTAKEN THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.
AND SO BEFORE I START MOVING FORWARD WITH THE POWERPOINT, I DO WANNA GIVE A LITTLE CONTEXT.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HURST AND I WERE AT A COMMUNITY EVENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND WE HAPPENED TO STRIKE UP A CONVERSATION AND THAT CONVERSATION LED TO JUVENILE JUSTICE AND THE JUVENILE COURT, WHICH I WELCOME ANY CONVERSATION INSIDE OF THIS CHAMBER OR OUTSIDE ABOUT JUVENILE JUSTICE AND ABOUT THE JUVENILE COURT.
THAT CONVERSATION LED TO AN OFFER TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION TO YOU SO THAT YOU TOO WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND ABOUT OUR JUVENILE COURT IN PARTICULAR.
SO THIS POWERPOINT IS GIVEN IN THAT VEIN.
AND SO IF YOU COULD START THE POWERPOINT OR LET ME KNOW WHERE THE BUTTON IS TO FAST FORWARD.
AND BEFORE I GET INTO, AND I'M GONNA GO PRETTY FAST, I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE A FULL, UM, AGENDA, BUT ON THIS, THIS FIRST POWERPOINT, THERE'S FIVE PICTURES AND, UM, I WAS CURIOUS AS IF YOU WOULD KNOW WHICH ONE OF THESE PICTURES, UM, REPRESENTS EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
AND I HAVE THE INTERPRETER, THAT'S THAT TRANSLATOR IN FRONT OF JUAN.
AND SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT CAN BE, BE MOVED OVER
SHE IS, SHE IS OVER THE PICTURE THAT REPRESENTS OUR EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, UM, JUVENILE COURT, JUVENILE COMPLEX, IF YOU WILL.
AND IF YOU COULD SEE THAT PICTURE, WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IS THAT OUR SALLY PORT IS ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
IT IS WHAT OUR P OUR UM, PUBLIC SEES WHEN THEY COME INTO JUVENILE COURT.
IF THERE ARE ARRESTS, IF THERE ARE EMERGENCIES, WHATEVER'S GOING ON.
AND IF YOU NOTICE IN THE OTHER, UM, PICTURES, WHICH IS ALSO REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OTHER FOUR JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE SO JURISDICTION FOR JUVENILE MATTERS AND HAVE AN INDEPENDENT JUVENILE COURT THAT'S ORLEANS
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CHU, JEFFERSON AND CATO.AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN OUR JUVENILE COURT WHEN YOU COME IN, YOU'RE LIKE WALKING THROUGH A TUNNEL OF DARKNESS IF YOU COULD SEE THAT PICTURE.
AND SO THIS, THIS IS MY INTRODUCTION TODAY, BUT THIS IS THE INTRODUCTION, INTRODUCTION OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT VISITS OUR, OUR BUILDING THAT TAKE CARE OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND OUR FAMILY.
AND WHAT I HAVE HERE IS THAT BEFORE JUVENILE COURT BECAME AN INDIVIDUAL JURISDICTION, JUVENILE MATTERS WAS ACTUALLY HANDLED BY THE FAMILY, UM, COURT AND THE JUDGES WOULD ROTATE OUT AND HANDLE JUVENILE MATTERS.
BUT SINCE THAT TIME, UM, AND THAT'S IN 1990, WE'VE HAD A, A STANDALONE JUVENILE COURT.
AND THIS PICTURE HERE CAN BETTER INDICATE WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
THIS IS OUR FRONT DOOR, THE SALLY PORT.
RIGHT NEXT TO IT IS WHERE YOU ENTER OUR BUILDING IN ORDER TO RECEIVE SERVICES.
I DON'T KNOW ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE STATE.
AND I VISIT A LOT OF PE PLACES, UH, AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT HAS THIS AS AN INTRODUCTION INTO YOUR JUVENILE WORK.
JUST SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT GOES ON IN THAT BUILDING AND WHAT WE ARE DESIGNED TO DO.
IT IS ABOUT DUE PROCESS, FAIR TREATMENT AND JUSTICE FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL AS VICTIMS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT MUST DO BUSINESS WITH US.
WE WANNA ADDRESS THE BEST NEEDS OF CHILDREN, UM, AS WELL AS THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE WANT EFFICIENCY, EFFECTIVE, AND TIMELY WORK TO BE DONE TO ACHIEVE THAT JUSTICE AND THAT FAIR, UM, DUE PROCESS.
AND LASTLY, IT'S ABOUT COORDINATING SERVICES.
ALL OF THIS IS TO TAKE PLACE IN THIS BUILDING AND I'M LAYING A FOUNDATION SO THAT WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING.
ON THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDE SLIDES, YOU WILL SEE THE NEXT SLIDE.
NOW I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO READ THROUGH THIS ENUMERATED LIST, BUT MOST PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH JUVENILE COURT HANDLING, DELINQUENCIES, CHILD NEGLECT, AND CHILD, UM, ABANDONMENT AND ABUSE CASES.
BUT THERE IS A LONG LIST OF THINGS THAT TAKE PLACE IN THIS BUILDING TO INCLUDE ADOPTION, MENTAL HEALTH PROCEEDINGS, VOLUNTARY TRANSFER OF CUSTODY, TRAFFIC MATTERS, AS WELL AS THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE LISTED.
SO IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT DELINQUENCY OUR COMMUNITY, VISIT OUR BUILDINGS FOR A MULTITUDE OF REASONS.
ALSO LOCATED AT THIS, UM, COMPLEX, AND I USE THAT TERM LIGHTLY, IS OUR JUVENILE, OUR DEPARTMENT OF UM, JUVENILE SERVICES AS WELL AS AN ANNEX FOR OUR DISTRICT RETURNING THE JUVENILE SECTION SECTION.
THIS PART IS LOCATED IN TRAILERS THAT ARE LOCATED BEHIND THE BUILDING.
I REMEMBER JOINING THAT AREA IN 1999 AND AT THAT TIME IT WAS A PARTIAL TRAILER AND WE'VE BEEN ASKING AND SAYING TO THE PUBLIC THAT THIS IS WHAT WE, WE NEED TO DO IN THIS BUILDING.
SO WE ADDED AN EXTENSION TO THE TRAILER AND THEN WE ADDED AN ANNEX TRAILER.
AND I BELIEVE THERE'S ANOTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT PUTTING ANOTHER TRAILER ON THIS SITE.
THE PURPOSE OF JUVENILE SERVICES AND JUVENILE DETENTION IS OUTLINED HERE.
IT IS TO SECURE THE APPEARANCE OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO PROTECT THE SAFETY OF COMMUNITIES.
AND SO IT IS A NEED THAT WE HAVE OUR JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY AND THAT WE HAVE JUVENILE SERVICES TO HELP COORDINATE SERVICES.
BUT WE AGAIN, NEED TO DO THAT IN A WAY THAT IS EFFECTIVE, A WAY THAT IS TIMELY AND THAT, UM, ACTUALLY ACHIEVES RESULTS.
AND IN CASE THERE'S SOMEONE WHO'S THINKING, WELL, MAYBE WE NEED TO DO A STUDY TO SEE HOW TO MAKE THIS BETTER.
WE'VE HAD SEVEN BEGINNING IN 1990.
I HAVE A BOOK, A MATTER OF FACT, I HAVE THREE BOOKS ON STUDIES ON WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE.
SO I JUST WANNA ALLAY THAT THOUGHT.
IF YOU HAVE A THOUGHT THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD DO A STUDY, I CAN, I CAN SEND IT TO YOU, SEND THEM TO YOU.
AND SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE STUDIES, WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE IS LOCATED IN THAT BOX.
IN 2010, WE GOT THE JUVENILE JUSTICE COMPLEX MODIFIED TO ADD A TRAILER.
AND THAT IS FOR OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE JUVENILE PROSECUTORS.
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UNDER ANY GIVEN DAY THAT WE HAVE A HEAVY RAIN.UM, THE YOUNG WOMAN THAT'S WALKING IN THE SECOND FRAME IS OUR PROSECUTOR WALKING FROM THE COURT TO HER OFFICE IN THE TRAILER ON A HEAVY RAIN DAY.
SHE TOOK OFF HER SHOES AND SHE WALKED IN BAREFOOT TO GET TO HER OFFICE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY TO DO THAT.
UM, I ALSO DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS NOT ABOUT POINTING FINGERS AND THAT NOTHING HAS EVER BEEN DONE IN JUVENILE SERVICES OR THE JUVENILE COURT, BUT I DO WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THIS NEXT FRAME.
THIS IS THE RESULT OF OUR HEAVY STORMS, THE POTHOLES AND THE, UM, THE EXISTENCE OF WHERE OUR COMMUNITY PARK WHEN THEY COME TO DO BUSINESS HERE AT, UM, JUVENILE COURT.
THERE HAVE BEEN EFFORTS AND I THANK OUR MAYOR FOR, UM, SENDING THE DEPARTMENT OUT TO LAY SOME NEW, UM, PARKING LOT.
WE'VE HAD HOLES FILLED BEFORE, BUT AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WHEN IT RAINS, THE ASPHALT WILL RISE TO THE SURFACE AND WE JUST HAVE BIGGER HOLES.
THIS EFFORT HAS ACTUALLY REPLACED SLABS AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THEY WILL BE SUSTAINABLE, UM, IN IN OUR NEXT HEAVY RAIN CONDITION.
THIS IS FURTHER THE EXTERIOR WHERE WE CAN SEE DECAY AND DETERIORATION THAT IT'S GOING ON, UM, AS FAR AS OUR DRAINAGE, OUR ACCESS TO THE BUILDING AND OUR, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT NEEDS TO HAVE DISABILITY ACCESS TO OUR, TO OUR BILLING.
THE AGENCIES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH JUVENILE JUSTICE THAT ALSO DO BUSINESS ARE LISTED HERE.
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE SERVICES DETENTION, THE CLERK'S OFFICE, THE SHERIFF'S AND THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC DEFENDER ARE ALL LOCATED INSIDE OF THIS BUILDING OR WORK INSIDE OF THIS BUILDING AND NEED TO HAVE ACCESS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE JUSTICE AND DUE PROCESS.
NOW LET'S WALK INSIDE REAL QUICKLY.
SO THIS IS OUR FRONT DOOR ACCESS.
THIS IS OUR SOLE POINT OF REAL SECURITY.
AND IN THIS DOOR IS ALL THE DEFENDANTS, ALL THE VICTIMS THAT COME THROUGH THIS ENCLOSED AREA.
AND SOMETIMES, UM, THEY ARE NOT ALL IN DISAGREE IN AGREEMENT WITH EACH OTHER.
AND SO THIS IS THE DEPICT, UM, FIGHTS AT THE, AT THE FRONT DOOR.
AND IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, THERE'S A CHILD THAT IS RIGHT BEHIND THIS DISTURBANCE.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE DO ADOPTIONS IN THIS BUILDING.
WE DO CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT IN THIS BUILDING.
AND SO THERE ARE CHILDREN OF ALL AGES WHO COME TO JUVENILE COURT WHO DESERVE TO BE SAFE AND HAVE A PLACE IN ORDER TO HAVE THEIR BUSINESS HANDLED.
ALSO, YOU SEE IN ONE OF THOSE FRAMES HOW THE PUBLIC, UM, IS WAITING FOR THEIR CASES.
UM, IN THIS, ON THIS SAME DAY, THERE WERE OTHER PICTURES TAKEN AND WE HAD SOME OF THE FAMILIES AND PROFESSIONALS SITTING ON THE FLOOR, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH SPACE TO DO THAT LONG ENUMERATED LIST OF THINGS THAT WE DO, UM, IN THIS BUILDING.
UM, AND SO, UM, ONE OF THOSE THINGS WITH JUDGE HANEY WAS HANDLING TODAY THE CHILD, UM, NEGLECT AND ABUSE CASES.
BUILDINGS ARE FULL AND UM, IN ORDER TO HANDLE THE CASES, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT AN INCREASE IN CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT OR INCREASE IN DELINQUENCY, NO MATTER HOW MANY NUMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY GOES UP, IT'S GONNA FUNNEL DOWN TO TWO JUDGES.
LITTLE DELINQUENCY, LOT OF DELINQUENCY, TWO JUDGES, LITTLE CHILD OF ABUSE CASES, A LOT OF CHILD ABUSE CASES, TWO JUDGES.
AND SO WE NEED A PLACE IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE.
ALSO IN THIS BUILDING SHOWN HERE IS OUR CLERK OF COURT, OUR RECORDS ROOM.
I DON'T REALLY KNOW ANOTHER PLACE THAT STILL MAINTAIN RECORDS LIKE THIS.
UM, THEY USUALLY HAVE THE ROLL CART WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY EASILY ASSESS RECORDS AND PULL THEM DOWN OFF SHELVES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, THIS IS THE HALLWAY IN THE BACK AREA OF OUR COURT.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THIS PICTURE AND YOU LOOK ALL THE WAY DOWN THE HALL, THAT'S OUR WHOLESALE
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FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO COMING FROM PARISH PRISON WHO ARE, WHO ARE IN STATE CUSTODY AND BEING BROUGHT TO COURT TO HANDLE THEIR MATTERS.SO THEY'RE HELD IN THIS PLACE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE FURTHER THE, THE FRONT MOST SPACE IN THAT HALL, THAT'S MY OFFICE.
SO I LISTEN FOR THE CLINK CLINK ON THE FLOOR AS THEY'RE BRINGING OUR INMATES.
AND I CALL, AND THEY'RE NOT INMATES, OUR IMPRISONED PEOPLE OR INDIVIDUAL WHO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INCARCERATED.
'CAUSE SOME HAVE NOT BEEN PROVEN GUILTY.
AND WHEN I HEAR THE CHAIN ON THE FLOOR, I KNOW TO STAND THERE TO LET THEM GO BY.
I SPEAK TO THEM AND THEY SPEAK TO ME.
BUT THERE'S NO SEPARATION OF SECURITY AT ALL.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE KITCHEN AREA, YOU TURN THE CORNER, THAT'S OUR KITCHEN.
THAT'S WHERE ALL OF OUR KNIVES AND FORKS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE WOULD NEED AT ANY WORKPLACE FOR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THEIR WORK ENVIRONMENT.
THE STAFF IS WELL INFORMED ON HOW TO NAVIGATE THE HALLWAYS AND HOW TO LISTEN.
BUT, BUT SHOULD WE HAVE TO DO THAT IS THE QUESTION.
THIS ALSO IS OUR SECURITY CHECKPOINT AND THIS IS OUR CLERK OF COURT OFFICE WHERE PEOPLE FILE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU SEE ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES WHO IS, UM, USING, UM, THEIR WHEELCHAIR AND CANNOT NAVIGATE AS THE FURTHEST HE CAN REALLY COME INTO THAT OFFICE WITHOUT A PROBLEM.
THIS IS THE INSIDE OF THE COURTROOM AND THE AREAS IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE OF OUR COURTROOM, DIVISION A IS ON TOP AND DIVISION B WHERE, UM, I RESIDE, UM, IS LOCATED IN THAT CENTER PICTURE.
YOU WILL SEE A DOOR AND THAT DOOR ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, RATHER, YOU'LL SEE SOME CHILDREN THAT ARE SITTING, ONE OF THE TWO OF THE KIDS HAVE THEIR HEAD AND THEIR HANDS AND THEIR KNEES UP TO THEIR CHEST.
THAT DOOR RIGHT NEXT TO IT IS THE DETENTION.
THAT'S WHERE OUR DETAINED KIDS COME OUT CUFFED IN ORANGE AND IN BLUE AND WALK RIGHT INTO WHERE OUR CHILDREN ARE SITTING BECAUSE WE JUST CAN'T DO MUCH BETTER IN MANAGING THAT INTERACTION.
ON A POSITIVE NOTE, WE WERE ABLE TO BEGIN A CALMING ROOM THAT CAN BE A, A SANCTUARY, IF YOU WILL, FOR OUR CHILD AND ABUSE AND NEGLECT KIDS.
SO AS THEY'RE WAITING FOR THEIR CASE AND HOPE THAT THEY ARE NOT RE-TRAUMATIZED AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO ME WHEN I GET INTO THE COURTROOM TO HAVE A SAFE SPACE AWAY FROM THE DETENTION DOOR WHERE THEY CAN SIT.
AND I WANNA THANK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AGAIN FOR ASSISTING US IN BRINGING THIS TO FRUITION.
IT'S NOT DONE YET, BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IT WILL BRING TO THE AREA.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS ASPIRATIONAL IN THE CENTER IS WHAT IS AND AROUND IT IS THE ASPIRATION OF WHAT WE CAN DO.
WE HAVE A PATHWAY IN NEW ORLEANS AND KAHU AND CATO.
UM, THEY'RE WILLING TO SHARE, BUT THIS IS ASPIRATIONAL WHEN THE TIME WHEN, WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT.
AND IT'S ALWAYS RIGHT FOR US TO TURN OUR ATTENTION TO JUVENILE JUSTICE IN A WAY THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN HOW WE DELIVER SERVICES THAN THEIR THEIR BLUEPRINTS.
THIS IS THE FRONT NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THIS IS THE FRONT OF, YOU'RE IN A GOOD PLACE OF THEIR GO BACK.
THIS IS THE FRONT OF THEIR SALLY PORT.
YOU SEE OUR SALLY PORT ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING WHERE THERE'S SEPARATE OR IT'S IN A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY NAVIGATE BRINGING IN INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND NEED TO GET INTO THE DETAINED FACILITY.
IT IS NOT SITUATED ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, UM, AS AS WE JUST HAVE HAD SINCE THE BUILDINGS HAS BEEN UP SINCE 1954, I BELIEVE.
AND I PROMISE THERE'S JUST TWO MORE.
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YOU GO.THIS IS THE INSIDE OF SOME OF THE COURTROOM SPACE.
UM, AGAIN FOR UM, CAL KASU AND CADO.
ONE MORE SLIDE IN THIS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MEASURING APPLES WITH APPLES ON THIS.
YOU'LL SEE THE POPULATION IN EACH OF THE REGION.
EAST BATON ROUGE HAS THE HIGHEST POPULATION.
YOU'LL SEE THE NUMBER OF JUDGES.
WE HAVE TWO, THE LOWEST AMOUNT OF THE LEAST AMOUNT OF JUDGES.
YOU SEE THE SERVICES THAT ARE OFFERED CURRENTLY.
AND I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR JUVENILE DETENTION.
SO IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE LEFT OFF, UM, WE CAN DEFINITELY TALK TO THE, UM, DETENTION MANAGER.
BUT BEING FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA SINCE 1999, I'M KIND OF IN THE NOTE.
BUT THIS IS WHAT WE, WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING AND THIS IS WHAT OTHER REGIONS ARE DOING BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT ALL WITHIN THEIR BUILDING.
AND THEN YOU SEE THE NUMBERS OF OUR CASES, OUR FILINGS FROM 2018, 1,817 IN 2020 2, 23 13.
SO WE ARE INCREASING AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CHARGES THREE OVER 3000.
SO IT IS NOT THAT WE DON'T NEED THE SPACE.
I I ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT JUVENILE COURT AND JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM, JUDGE HANEY AND I WOULD ENJOY A CONVERSATION, UM, THAT COULD LAST LONGER THAN WHAT I'M PRESENTING HERE TODAY.
BUT AGAIN, I REITERATE, I AM SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN OUR PARISH AS IT RELATES TO JUVENILE COURT.
BEFORE WE TAKE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM? IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.