* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:06] MORNING, EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO SPECIAL MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH, 2024. WE'RE GONNA CALL A MEETING TO ORDER. DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? WE HAVE A QUORUM. WE'RE GONNA START WITH INTRODUCTIONS OR REPORT FROM [1. 24-01715 A report from the Office of Community Service on the submission of project funding of $4.9 million for the Resilient Communities Infrastructure Program (RCIP). RCIP aims to reduce the overall risk to populations and structures from future hazard events and restore jobs and revitalize commercial activities in the most vulnerable communities. By Councilwoman Chauna Banks. Introduce for public hearing/meeting on January 8, 2025] THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE ON THE SUBMISSION OF PROJECT FUNDING OF 4.9 MILLION FOR THE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM. RCIP AIMS TO REDUCE OVERALL RISK TO POPULATIONS AND STRUCTURE STRUCTURES FROM FUTURE HAZARD EVENTS AND RESTORE JOBS AND REVITALIZE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES IN THE MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES BY COUNCILWOMAN SHAWNA BANKS. MOTION TO INTRODUCE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON JANUARY 8TH, 2025. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DUN JR. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HUDSON. ANY OPPOSED ITEMS BEEN INTRODUCED? ITEM TWO, AMENDING THE 2025 [2. 24-01711 Amending the 2025 Current Expense Budget so as to increase estimated revenues in the amount of $3,210,000 for Gross Receipts Business Tax to restore and provide additional funding for various departments and agencies funded by the General Fund. Contingent upon the passage of legislative items 24-01607 & 24-01608. (Budget Supplement 9088). By Mayor-President, Councilman Dunn, Councilwoman Racca.] CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET SO AS TO INCREASE ESTIMATED REVENUES IN THE AMOUNT OF 3,210,000 FOR GROSS RECEIPTS BUSINESS TAX TO RESTORE, PROVIDE TO RESTORE, AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND CONTINGENT UPON PASSES. PASSAGE OF LEGISLATIVE ITEMS 2 4 0 1, 6 0 7, AND 2 4 0 1 6 0 8 BY THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT COUNCILMAN DUNN JR. COUNCILWOMAN ROCCA. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE WILL GO TO COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBERS. YOU SHOULD RECEIVE TWO EMAIL COMMENTS IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM TWO. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DUN JR. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN ROCK. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM THREE, [3. 24-01712 Authorizing the Mayor-President to appropriate state funds from Act 4 of 2024 Regular Legislative Session in the amount of $850,000.00 for targeted services and interventions designed to address youth incarceration, community violence, public health, and neighborhood development. (Budget Supplement 9087). By Mayor's Office.] AUTHORIZING MAYOR, PRESIDENT TO APPROPRIATE STATE FUND FROM ACT 4 20 24, REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THE AMOUNT OF $850,000 FOR TARGETED SERVICES AND INTERVENTIONS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS YOUTH INCARCERATION, COMMUNITY VIOLENCE, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YES MA'AM. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. GOOD MORNING. JENNIFER CARIL, UH, 1855 OLD CARRIAGE LANE. AND I JUST WANNA SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, SAFE, HOPEFUL, HEALTHY FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT THE MAYOR HAS STARTED TRYING TO INTERVENE WITH YOUTH. AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THESE THINGS GOING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? GOOD MORNING. I'M LUCY PEREIRA. I AM, UM, WITH LINE FOR LINE AND WE HAVE BEEN, UM, FUNDED THROUGH SAFE, HOPEFUL, HEALTHY TO DO SOME WORK WITH, UM, CVI WORK AND WE ARE SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT 'CAUSE THIS IS OUR, UM, PASSION AND, UM, OUR FOCUS. THANK YOU. JENNIFER, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, IS IT JENNIFER? LUCY? LUCY. LUCY. CAN YOU JUST GIVE THEM THE ACRONYM? EVERYBODY DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT THAT MEANS. EXCUSE ME. CVI LET 'EM KNOW WHAT IT MEANS. OH, CVI. COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION INTERVENTION. THANK YOU, O'NEILL. GOOD MORNING. I'M O'NEILL CURTIS. I'M THE OWNER OF O'NEILL'S BARBERSHOP. BEEN RUNNING IT FOR 22 YEARS AND I'M THE OWNER OF LINE FOR NINE. ALSO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. JUST WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR THE SUPPORT. THANK Y'ALL FOR EVERYTHING Y'ALL DO FOR THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. UM, GOOD, GOOD MORNING ALL. THANK THE COUNSELOR FOR THE ALLOWING TIME TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. UH, MY NAME IS DR. BROWN. I'VE BEEN WITH THE PROGRAM FROM THE BEGINNING, ALMOST FIVE YEARS AGO. UH, WE STARTED OFF WAS IN CAPITAL HIGH SCHOOL FOR A COUPLE YEARS AND THEN WE MIGRATED, UH, TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY. I ALSO SAW A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAPPEN THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, NOT JUST WITH THE PROGRAM, THE KIDS, BUT WITH THE FAMILIES THAT WE CONNECT, UH, WHETHER THEY MAY 1ST OR, UH, BIRTH THIS PROGRAM. WE, THE IDEA WAS TO, UH, MAKE SURE WE HEAL FAMILIES. UH, WE CAN, UH, GIVE THE KIDS ALL TYPE OF TOOLS TO PUT IN THE TOOLBOX AT SCHOOL. WHETHER WE DON'T WORK WITH THE PARENTS AND INSPECT WHAT THE EXPECTATION ARE, WE STILL FAILING THE KIDS. UH, UH, WE DO A LOT OF THINGS WITH THE KIDS, WITH THE, WITH THE COURT, THE KIDS, UH, UH, SPEND A LOT OF TIME, UH, WITH THE FAMILIES. UH, HOW CAN WE HELP THEM DURING MENTEE PACKAGE WITH A PERSON ON PROBATION OR IN, IN THE SYSTEM. AND, UH, AND, UH, I'VE BEEN IN JUDGE NEY COURT ABOUT 12 TIMES IN THE LAST, UH, PART OF FOUR MONTHS. AND, UH, AND THEY RESPECT THE PROGRAM THAT WHAT WE DO FOR OUR YOUTH, UH, AND OUR KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND JUST BEING A PART OF THE MAORI PROGRAM, GETTING THE YOUNG MENS OFF THE STREET IN THE SUMMERTIME AND JUST GETTING THEM SKILLS AND TRAYS AND WORKING, UH, THE, UH, THE PROGRAM, UH, THEIR YOUTH, UH, PROGRAM. AGAIN, THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM. I HOPE WE CONTINUE TO FUND THIS RIGHT HERE. UH, 'CAUSE THE KIDS AND THE COMMUNITY, UH, VERY MUCH NEED, UH, THIS GUIDANCE AND THAT WE ARE GIVING THEM THROUGH SAFE, HOPEFULLY HEALTHY VR. THANK Y'ALL FOR Y'ALL TIME. THANK YOU, SIR. YES, MA'AM. MORNING, JA MATTHEWS, DIRECTOR OF SAFE HOPEFUL HEALTHY. I JUST WANNA BRING SOME CLARITY TO THIS ITEM A [00:05:01] LITTLE BIT. UM, WHILE IT IS FUNDING MANY PARTS OF THE CONTINUATION OF SAFE, HOPEFUL HEALTHY, IT'S ALSO FUNDING MULTIPLE COMMUNITY AGENCIES IN THE CITY WHO DO OTHER WORK IN THE SPACE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT WORK AND HEALTH DISPARITIES. SO THE FOLKS WHO JUST SPOKE ARE SPEAKING ON THOSE FUNDS THAT ARE GOING TOWARDS SAFE, HOPEFUL HEALTHIES WORK, BUT THERE'S MULTIPLE OTHER AGENCIES, WHICH A LOT OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH WHO ARE RECEIVING FUNDS FROM, UM, SENATOR BARROW'S DOLLARS. SO IT'S NOT JUST THE SAFE, HOPEFUL HEALTHY GRANT, IT'S THE COMMUNITY GRANT. SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING A LITTLE CLARITY TO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? WE CAN SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. GOOD MORNING. NAME IS CEDRIC HARGRAVE. WELL, BASICALLY, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS WORK FOR THE PAST YEAR AND ON IT'S VERY VITAL TO THE COMMUNITY. ME, MYSELF, I WAS ONCE A HIGH RISK INDIVIDUAL, SO I WAS ABLE TO COME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. AND THE KIDS THAT I WORK WITH, THEY REALLY DEPEND ON ME. THEY'RE MOTHERS AND FATHERS. LIKE SEVERAL TIMES I DONE MET INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE 14 AND 15-YEAR-OLD KIDS THAT'S LIVING IN A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT AND DON'T WANT TO ATTEND SCHOOL. I HELP 'EM, I GO BY SCHOOL CLOTHES FOR 'EM. I INTERIM IN SCHOOL, I TAKE 'EM TO WHERE WE HAVE CALLED THE BROTHERHOOD CIRCLE WHERE WE MEET EVERY OTHER MONDAY AND COUNSEL AND MENTOR AND EVERYTHING. BUT THE WORK IS DEFINITELY NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY. AND IF NO ONE ELSE CARE, WE GENUINELY CARE ABOUT THIS WORK. YOU HAVE TO REALLY JUST BE THERE IN ORDER TO SEE WHAT GOES ON IN THIS COMMUNITY. IF YOU HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED THIS, IT'LL BE HARD FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND. BUT THIS IS A EVERYDAY PROCESS AND THE FUNDING IS DEFINITELY NEEDED BECAUSE SEVERAL TIMES I COME OUTTA MY OWN POCKET TO PAY FOR MEALS, PAY FOR SCHOOL CLOTHES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO I WILL APPRECIATE IT IF WE CAN CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM AND CONTINUE DOING THE WORK FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEE, NONE WILL GO TO COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN BANKS. GOOD MORNING. SO I, UM, DEFINITELY MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. ONE OF THE THINGS AS, UM, A, A SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL WORKING IN ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION. UM, JUST SPEAKING WITH, WHEN JESSICA, I HAD SPOKEN WITH, UM, MS. GURLEY, EMPLOYEE B AND ONE OF THE THING, ONE OF THE NEW ASSIGNMENTS I HAVE AS A SCHOOL COUNSELOR IS DURING THE MONTH, MAKING SURE THAT ALL OUR KIDS HAVE, UM, JOBS CERTIFICATIONS DURING THE SUMMER. BUT ONE OF THE, UM, AVENUES THAT I HAVE, UM, INTRODUCED TO THE SCHOOL IS THAT WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED, UH, LIKE FAMILY TEAM CONFERENCES. SIMILAR TO WHAT DR. BROWN SAID. SO OFTEN KIDS SHOW UP AND THERE'S NO INTERACTION WITH PARENTS UNLESS THEY'RE CALLED TO THE SCHOOL FOR A DISCIPLINE MATTER. AND I BELIEVE THAT FROM THE BEGINNING, IF WE ENGAGE PARENTS, UM, THROUGH A FAMILY TEAM COME WHERE WE BRING ALL THE AGENCIES ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, SAFE HOPE AND HEALTHY TO THE TABLE, THAT WILL GIVE, UH, PARENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT SERVICES ARE THERE, HOW TO REACT AND PUT AN ACCOUNTABILITY, UH, WITH THEIR, WITH STUDENTS' ACADEMIC SUCCESS. ALSO, UH, DURING THE SUMMER, UH, WHERE THEY WOULD SPEND ALL THEIR TIME AT SCHOOL, UM, DURING THE FIRST THREE TO AND A HALF, FOUR HOURS, WE'D LIKE OUR STUDENTS TO BE, UM, TO DO ACADEMICS FOR OLD AND NEW CREDITS IN THE AFTERNOON. BE ENGAGED, UH, AT SOME POINT WITH ONE OF THE SAFE HOPE AND HEALTHY PROGRAMS. SO THIS FUNDING, UM, IS VERY IMPORTANT. UH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, HOPEFULLY MY COLLEAGUES APPRO IT BECAUSE I'VE BUILT A WHOLE MODEL AROUND THIS PROGRAM FOR ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BANKS, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DON, JR. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN, I APOLOGIZE. I TOLD YOU I WOULD TAKE NUMBER FIVE FIRST AND I FORGOT. WE'LL GO TO ITEM FIVE. AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT, MAYOR, IF YOU DON'T, PLEASE AND EXECUTE IF YOU DON'T MIND. I, I HAVE NUMBER FOUR. WELL, I, WE'RE GONNA GO TO IT RIGHT AFTER FIVE. WHY? WHY? BECAUSE I SAID I WOULD DO FIVE FIRST. I'M, I AUTHORIZE [5. 24-01714 Authorizing the Mayor-President to amend the award and execute a subrecipient agreement between the City of Baton Rouge, Parish of East Baton Rouge, and the Louisiana Housing Corporation to support the State National Life Workforce Housing Development in Downtown Baton Rouge by $2M in ERAP Housing and CDBG DR Funds, and authorizes the execution of all related documents. The total award under the agreement would now be up to $6,360,000 in ERAP Housing, CDBG DR, and HOME funds. By Councilwoman Carolyn R. Coleman.] MAYOR, PRESIDENT TO AMEND AN AWARD AND EXECUTE A SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND LOUISIANA HOUSING CORPORATION TO SUPPORT THE STATE NATIONAL LIFE WORKFORCE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND DOWNTOWN BATON ROUGE BY $2 MILLION AND ERA A HOUSING AND CDBG, UH, DR. FUNDS BY COUNCILWOMAN, CAROLYN COLEMAN. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YES, MA'AM. JENNIFER. PARDON ME. JENNIFER CARLISLE. UM, I ALSO HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE HOMELESS PROVIDERS IN BATON ROUGE TO WORK ON, UH, DEALING WITH OUR, OUR HOMELESS ISSUE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS COME UP IS WE ARE VERY DEFICIENT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING WOULD BE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON, UM, DISABILITY [00:10:01] CHECKS OR WHATEVER THAT GET $900 A MONTH, CAN LIVE IN AN APARTMENT, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT BEING HOUSING COST BURDEN FOR 300 OR $350 A MONTH. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT. SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO, UM, TO DEVELOP MORE DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, I HOPE THAT WE WILL WORK ON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEE? NONE WILL GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION. MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MOOCH. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM FOUR, AMENDING [4. 24-01713 Amending the 2024 Annual Operating Budget for the Building and Grounds so as to appropriate $150,000 from the Fund Balance-Assigned to Jewel J Newman Community Center, generated through prior-year rental revenues at the community center, for building repairs and improvements in District 2. By Councilwoman Banks.] 2024 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET FOR BUILDING AND GROUND. SO AS TO APPROPRIATE $150,000 FROM FUND BALANCE ASSIGNED TO JEWEL J NEWMAN COMMUNITY CENTER. GENERATED THROUGH PRIOR YEAR RENTAL REVENUES AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR BUILDING REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT TWO BY COUNCILMAN BANKS. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEE, I ONE GO TO COUNCIL COUNCILMAN BANKS. OKAY. SO, UM, THIS FUND BALANCE, UM, SOMETHING THAT, UM, I WAS INTENTIONAL IN RAISING THE SEAN MIKE, OH, COME AT THE GEORGIA NEWMAN COMMUNITY CENTER. UM, I'VE MADE ANYONE THAT GOES TO THE CENTER WILL SEE, UH, IT'S A 50-YEAR-OLD BUILDING. UM, AND THERE HAD BEEN NO IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT TIMELINE. UH, ANYONE WOULD COME TO A NOW WILL SEE THAT IT HAS BEEN TOTALLY REFURBISHED, UM, THROUGH EXPENSES THAT, UH, ARE NORMALLY, UH, TAKEN ON BY THE CITY PARISH, BUT THEY SIMPLY TAKE TOO LONG. AND SO, UM, THROUGH MY DISTRICT TWO, UH, INCOME WHERE MOST PEOPLE MAY DONATE IT TO A NONPROFIT, I'VE EXPENSED ALL OF MY DISTRICT TWO INCOME, UH, IN MY GENERAL FUND AS WELL AS MY GEORGIA NEWMAN TO THE UPGRADES OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS. SO I HAVE A FUND BALANCE OF ONE 50 THAT, UM, UH, WOULD EXPEDIATE BEING ABLE TO DO THE ROOF. IT'S A DI THROUGH BUILDING AND GROUNDS, WHICH, UM, IS VERY MUCH RESPONSIBLE FOR TURNING OVER ANY BUILDING SUCH AS THE OLD FIRE STATION. THEY HAVE TO ABSORB THOSE EXPENSES. BUT JUST TO EXPEDIATE THAT EFFORT, UM, I CAME TO THE TABLE IN OUR NEGOTIATIONS TO DENO TO DONATE MY ONE, THE ONE 50, UM, TO BEGIN ROOF REPAIRS, UM, DOORS, AIR CONDITION, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, AND WINDOWS TO THE OLD FIRE STATION AT 1150 ROSENWALD SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN YOUTH PROGRAMMING IN OUR COMMUNITY. AS EARLY AS, UM, THIS SUMMER, MANY OF, UH, THE PROGRAMS, UH, THROUGH BRICK HAVE NOW BEEN CUT AND THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO OFFER FREE OUR, OUR YEAR ROUND PROGRAMS. SO OUR GOAL IS TO SUBSIDIZE THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE IT'S LOCATED IN ONE OF THE HIGHEST CRIME AREAS, UM, IN THE SCOTLANDVILLE COMMUNITY. UH, JUST OUR YOUTH CRIME IN SCOTLANDVILLE, UM, AS EVIDENT OF NOT ONLY THE SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED ON SWAN, UM, BUT ALSO THERE WAS A SHOOTING ON GANZA. AND, UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, JUST YESTERDAY, THREE YOUTH UNDER 12 STOLE OUR, THE CAR KEYS OF MY CENTER MANAGER. AND THEY'VE BROKEN IN. THEY'VE STOLE OUR C ON AGING, UM, TELEVISION AND, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE FOCUS A LOT ON THE YOUTH AND SEE THAT THEY'RE BAD. I THINK THEY HAVE TOO MUCH TIME OF THAT. UH, AND I THINK THEY HAVE A LACK OF EXPOSURE AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF REMEDIATING THAT. SO I ASK, UM, THAT MY COLLEAGUES APPROVE THIS MATTER E UH, AND, UM, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE COUNCILMAN HURST. HEY. SO, UM, WHEN THIS CAME UP THE OTHER DAY, I, IT KIND OF TOOK ME BY STORM BECAUSE I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE CHARLES R. KELLY COMMUNITY CENTER IS TO DISTRICT FIVE. I ALSO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE OVERALL BUDGET IS FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE IMPACT THAT I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS CALLED ME TO DO IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I SERVE. AND SO, UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR COUNCILWOMAN BANKS. HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD BE LEFT OVER AFTER THE ONE 50? NO, NO AMOUNT OF THE FULL BALANCE, UH, WILL BE. AND, BUT IT WILL BE THE ENTIRE AMOUNT IS SCHEDULED FOR THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT AND BE THE REASON, UM, AND WHAT THE AGENCY WAS ASKED TO DO, WHAT THE PARISH ATTORNEY ASKED, THAT IT STAYS OPEN TO THE DISCRETION OF DISTRICT TWO PROJECTS, WHICH, UH, IF NECESSARY WOULD INCLUDE THE GEORGIA NEWMAN. JUST THAT I'VE TAKEN CARE OF THOSE THINGS. UM, ALSO, AS YOU KNOW, AN ENTIRE [00:15:01] BALANCE BEGINS AGAIN WITH THE NEW ADMINISTRATION FOR BOTH THE DISTRICT TWO AS WELL AS THE GEORGIA NEWMAN. BUT, UH, LUCKILY, UM, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INCOMING COUNCIL MEMBER HAD, DID NOT HAD THE, DID NOT THAT THEY HAD AN ADVANTAGE I DIDN'T HAVE AS IT RELATES TO REVENUES. SO, UH, FOR ME, I PUT HAVE AT AT LEAST 5 MILLION, $5,000 A MONTH IN LEASES THAT I DID NOT THAT INCURRED AS A RESULT OF ME. AS WELL AS, UM, THE FACT AGAIN THAT, UM, THERE ARE WILL BE NO, AND THIS AMOUNT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR BUILDING OR INTENTIONS LIKE THAT. BUT AGAIN, I HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THAT AND I HAVE ALSO, UM, THEY WILL START OVER. BUT, UH, LUCKILY, UH, COUNCIL ELECT, UH, KENNY WILL NOT HAVE TO USE THOSE EXPENSES FOR THE BUILDING. BUT WHAT THEY WOULD, HE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THE DISCRETION TO USE TOWARDS MORE COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING. OKAY. SO IS THE, SO CARRY FORWARD FUNDS OR CAPITAL EXPENSES THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY SPECIFICALLY USED TOWARDS A BUILDING? YOU, YOU, I'M GONNA TELL YOU 'CAUSE THAT'S HOW I, SO THESE ARE NOT CARRIED FORWARD FUNDS. I'VE EXHAUSTED ALL THE CARRY FORWARD FUNDS ON, BUT YOU SAID THIS IS RENTAL REVENUE COLLECTED. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THESE ARE SELF GENERATED. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE. I GOT YOU. SO, BUT, BUT, BUT HERE'S THE DEAL. THE WAY THAT I MAKE THE MONEY OKAY. TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IS BUY RENTALS AND LEASES. WE DO THIS IN EVERY COMMUNITY CENTER. SURE. IN THE, IN THE MLK AND THE LEO BUTLER. BRANDON HAS A WHOLE MEDICAL CLINIC UP THERE. AND, UH, AND ZACHARY THAT DOES THIS, THAT WAY WE DON'T BECOME A BURDEN TO THE GENERAL FUND EXACTLY. TO BE ABLE TO, SO IF YOU TAKE THE MONEY AWAY FROM ANTHONY KENNY, AND HE'S COME IN WITH A PLAN BASED ON PREVIOUS YEAR'S RENTAL REVENUES, WHICH WAS, WHICH IS WHAT ANGIE AND THOSE FOLKS USED TO BUDGET AND MAKE PROJECTIONS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT, IN MY OPINION, AND, AND THE ONLY RESPONSIVE TO THIS IS EXTREMELY HANDICAPPED WHEN HE COMES IN THE OFFICE. SO I'LL TELL YOU, IF ERICA GREEN HAD DONE THAT TO ME, UM, I WOULD'VE, UH, JUDGE GREEN SAID CORRECTLY, I WOULD, I WOULD'VE BEEN AT A LOSS. SO, AND EVEN IF THOSE FUNDS ARE NOT USED, THEY GO INTO CARRY FORWARD FUNDS, WHICH GIVES HIM THE, THEY DO, WHICH GIVES HIM THE ABILITY TO, TO PROVIDE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES FOR, FOR, FOR THE BUILDING, WHETHER IT BE BUYING NEW LAPTOPS OR PROGRAMMING, WHETHER IT BE, UM, I HAVE A TRAILER NOW 'CAUSE I WAS SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY ON DPW FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS AND NOW I HAVE A TRAILER WHERE ALL THE, THE, THE STUFF THAT WE HAVE SITS IN THE TRAILER. SO IT'S THE LEAST AMOUNT OF EXPENSES TO DPW, UM, IN TERMS OF OVERTIME. BUT, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS I HAD TO GET CREATIVE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, POSITIVELY SERVE MY COMMUNITY AS A PARTNERSHIP THROUGH THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE DISTRICT. AND IF YOU TAKE THE FUNDS AWAY FROM HIM, THEN HE HAS NOTHING LEFT. AND THE FINAL THING WAS, IF THIS WAS AN OPTION, WHY DIDN'T WE GIVE IT TO SCOTLANDVILLE TO FIX THE BUILDING WHEN THEY HAD THE ISSUE? BECAUSE THE MONEY WAS THERE. YOU WAIT, ARE YOU ASKING THE QUESTION? BECAUSE I CAN ANSWER THAT. I'M GONNA SAY FIRST. OH, OKAY. I'M MAKING A STATEMENT. BUT MY, MY QUESTION WOULD BE IF WE KNEW THAT THIS WAS THERE THE WHOLE TIME, AND WE COULD HAVE DONE THIS OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT, THAT'S NOT TRUE THAT YOU HAD WITH THE SCHOLAR OF ALUMNI. WHY DIDN'T WE COME IN AND BE A BEACON OF HOPE AND LIGHT AND TAKE SOME OF THESE RENTAL REVENUES AND IF NOT, APPLY ALL OF THEM AT LEAST 10,000 OR 20,000 A YEAR? BECAUSE IF THIS, THAT THE INTENT OF THIS CENTER WAS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, THAT HE ALREADY HAS A COMMUNITY CENTER THAT'S DOING IT AND YOU'RE TAKING THE MONEY AWAY FROM HIM TO BE ABLE TO BE CREATIVE TO DO WHAT HE WAS ELECTED TO DO. SO NOW HE HAS NO PROGRAMMING MONEY, NO MONEY TO BUY PHYSICAL ASSETS AND OTHER THINGS THAT IF IT TURNS IN THE RENTAL REVENUES TURNED INTO, UM, CARING FOR FUNDS, WHICH ARE STILL A MAJOR COMPONENT OF RENOVATING THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND ALLOWING YOUR VISION TO MOVE FORWARD. NOW I'M SPEAKING ON HIS BEHALF 'CAUSE I KNOW HOW I'VE BEEN ABLE TO PARTNER THROUGH THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN ADDITION TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. BUT I'M GONNA GIVE HIM MY NEXT FIVE MINUTES. UM, AND I WANT HIM YOU GOTTA COME TO THE MIC THOUGH. I'M GONNA GIVE HIM MY NEXT FIVE MINUTES. YOU ASK HIM A QUESTION YEAH. TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK. AND I'M JUST GONNA SAY, HEY ANTHONY, WHAT IS YOUR VISION FOR YOUR DISTRICT AND WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH $150,000 IF IT WAS LEFT THERE FOR YOU TO EITHER DO CAPITAL EXPENDITURES OR TO BE ABLE TO HAVE OPERATING EXPENSES? YOU CAN USE IT FOR OPERATING, BUT I'M TALKING TO HIM. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, COUNSEL. UM, SO, UM, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN HURST KIND OF FOR THAT SEGUE. SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS, UM, ESPECIALLY A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS REACHED OUT TO ME ABOUT THIS ITEM. UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT REVENUE THAT IS RAISED IN THE NUMAN COMMUNITY CENTER, WE'RE ABLE TO DO PROJECTS WITHIN THE NUMAN COMMUNITY CENTER. UM, ME AND COUNCILMAN BANKS, UM, ARE BEGINNING TO HAVE OUR TRANSITION TALKS. AND SO OF COURSE WHEN THIS ITEM CAME UP, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ASKING, IT LOOKED VERY VAGUE IN, IN THE WAYS IT COULD BE USED FOR US. SO, UM, HOPEFULLY COUNCILWOMAN BANKS AND, AND OUR TALKS AND TRANSITION, UH, WE CAN TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW THIS $150,000 COULD BE FURTHER, UM, MAPPED OUT TO YOUR POINT. BUT, UM, DEFINITELY FROM MY VISION, I JUST WANNA ENSURE THE JEWEL NORMAN COMMUNITY CENTER HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES. [00:20:01] UM, SO WHEN I START IN JANUARY, UM, I'M NOT ALREADY TO THE POINT, ALMOST 150,000 BEHIND IN SOME CASES. RIGHT? BUT OVERALL, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, WE NOT SENT SETTING A DANGEROUS PRECEDENCE. I KNOW, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN HURST TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHY THE SCHOLAR, THE ALUMNI DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS OPTION. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THEY DID, UM, OTHER ORGANIZATION DON'T FEEL AS IF IT'S A BIAS PROCESS AND WE HAVE A CLEAN AND, AND SMOOTH TRANSITIONAL. THESE TYPE OF ALLOCATED FUNDS ARE BEING MOVED AROUND. SO I'M, I'M GONNA TAKE MY MY YOU STATE IF YOU WANT TO, YOU WANNA TALK SOME MORE? MM-HMM . I WOULD SAY THIS, I THINK THE INCOMING, UH, PERSON AT THE END OF THE YEAR SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME THERE WITH THE SAME LANDSCAPE THAT WE ALL HAD. AND IF HE CHOOSES TO ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS TO WHEREVER, WHEREVER THEY WANT TO GO, THEN THEY SHOULD BE AT HIS DISCRETION. SO MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, IS DO YOU WANT THE MONEY OR DO YOU NOT WANT THE MONEY? UM, I NEED AS MUCH RESOURCES AS POSSIBLE. THAT'S A YES OR NO. YES, YES. YES. UH, SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO DENY. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCILMAN MO. OKAY, SO THESE ARE EX YOU RENT OUT FACING YOUR COMMUNITY CENTERS AND THIS IS EVERYONE YOU RENT OUT FACING YOUR COMMUNITY CENTERS. YOU MAKE A PROFIT OFF OF THOSE RENTALS, CORRECT? YES OR NO? WE DON'T MAKE A PROFIT. YOU, YOU WHAT'S $150,000? SO THAT, OKAY. I THINK MAKE A, YOU NEED TO ASK MAKE, LET ME, LET ME, LET ME DO THIS. YOU DON'T MIND ASKING FINANCE TO EXPLAIN. YOU MAKE YOU MAKE A SURPLUS. YOU HAVE $150,000 ARE OKAY, WHY DON'T YOU HAVE FINANCE? COME EXPLAIN. WELL, HOW THIS CAME ABOUT, IT'S A MONEY, THIS FUND. I'M JUST SAYING. SO WE COULD ALL BE EDUCATED. YOU HAVE, OKAY, YOU GOT $150,000 LEFT, LEFT OVER EXTRA. YOU'VE MADE THAT, YOU'VE STATED YOU MADE IT OFF OF RENTING OUT THE FACILITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU TOOK CARE OF FIXING THINGS THROUGH THE REGULAR BUDGET. YOU HAD THIS $150,000 EXTRA. WHAT'S TO SAY THAT SOMETHING ELSE MIGHT NOT HAPPEN TO THE PLACE THAT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEMBER MAY NEED IT FOR? SOMETHING IE THEY, THEY, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO COUNCILMAN HURST, THEY NEED A STOVE OR SOMETHING. YOU WANT, YOU'RE ASKING. I DO. YOU'RE ASKING. I MEAN, NO, WHAT, WHAT I'M SAYING IS, WHAT I'M SAYING IS HE USED, WE HAD TO EXTRA ALLOCATE BUDGET MONEY TO REPAIR ITEMS IN HIS FACILITY. WHY WOULD WE NOT LEAVE THAT $150,000? ARE YOU ASKING TO ANSWER THOUGH INTO THIS PART HERE? THAT'S JUST THE WAY I FEEL IT NEEDS TO BE. IT'S IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER. IT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR ITEMS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. WHO IS THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE DID THE CEA WITH? WHAT, WHAT'S THE CORRECT TERM? WHAT, WHAT'S THE ORGANIZATION NAME? I DON'T REMEMBER OFFHAND. THE LAST MEETING. FOUNDATION. YEAH. YEAH. WE FORMED A CEA WITH THEM. THAT CEA IS IN EFFECT. CORRECT. WE APPROVED IT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEEN SIGNED OFF AND ON. EVERYTHING. THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR BUILDING NOW THEY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE. THAT WAS PART OF THE AGREEMENT. THEY WERE GONNA DO THIS, THIS, AND THIS WITHIN X AMOUNT OF TIME AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. THEY WERE GONNA DO FUNDRAISING. THEY WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO IT AND GET IT TAKEN CARE OF. SO THEREFORE, WHY ARE WE TAKING FROM ONE FACILITY TO THE OTHER AND TRYING TO REPAIR ANOTHER FACILITY? OBVIOUSLY THIS $150,000 IS GONNA BE TARGETED AT THAT FIRE STATION ACCORDING TO WHAT YOU STATED EARLIER. WHY JUST THAT FIRE STATION WHEN WE DID, ARE YOU GONNA THE ANSWER? YES I AM, BUT I'M GONNA BE SPECIFIC IN YOUR ANSWER AND WE'RE NOT GONNA DRAG IT OUT FOR THE WHOLE REST OF THE TIME. I'M JUST GONNA ANSWER YOUR THREE QUESTIONS. WHY ARE WE TARGETING THAT FACILITY TO TAKE $150,000 FROM THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH I FEEL SHOULD BE SPENT THERE TO FIX THIS FACILITY THAT WE FORMED A CEA WITH SOMEONE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF THIS. OKAY, SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS ABOUT THE FRI I MEAN THE STOVE, I HAVE REPLACED IT. FIRST OF ALL, I BUILT, NO, I DON'T WANNA KNOW. SO WHY ARE TARGETING, WHY ARE WE TARGETING THIS BUILDING? THIS IS WHY WE ARE TARGETING, WHY? BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, THE CITY PARISH HAS A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO TURN THE BUILDING OVER WITH IN AN AN OPERABLE POSITION. SO WHETHER THIS IS APPROVED OR NOT, OKAY? PAUL'S RIGHT THERE. PAUL, PAUL PAUL'S RIGHT THERE. IF WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TURN IT OVER IN AN OPERABLE CONDITION, FIXED ROOF CEILINGS, WINDOWS, NON BOARDED UP AND EVERYTHING. WHY DO WE HAVE A CEA IN PLACE? WHY DON'T WE TAKE CARE OF THE FACILITY FIRST? ARE YOU GONNA ANSWER AND IF I HAVE TO TALK TO BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS CAN COME UP HERE. ARE YOU ANSWER AND EXPLAIN THAT TO ME. DO YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER WHY DO WE HAVE A CEA IN PLACE? I ASKED DO WHY HE ASKING AND THEN HE WON'T LET ME ANSWER. WHERE DO WE HAVE BUILDING AND GROUNDS OR ATTORNEY OR SOMEBODY CAN TALK ABOUT THE CEA [00:25:01] HUH? JULIE'S GONNA GET, OKAY, SO IT, WHILE SHE WAIT, DO YOU MIND ME ANSWERING PLEASE RECESS, BECAUSE I KNOW, DO YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW? I CAN DO THAT. I'M GONNA RECESS MY TIME. THAT'S DO DO YOU REALLY WANNA KNOW THE ANSWER OR NO? ARE YOU JUST TALKING? I GUESS NOT. WE GOT ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES. YEAH, WELL, I MAY NOT HAVE. YEAH, I MAY NEED THAT LATER. YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T RECESS THE TIME. OKAY, FINE. THEN WHILE WE'RE WAITING ON THEM, SHAUNA, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SAY WHAT YOU GOTTA SAY, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO, WHEN THEY COME UP, THEY'RE GO TALK. SURE. OKAY. SO FIRST OF ALL, IF THE AFRICAN, THE, UM, CAPITAL AREA, UNITED WAY BUILDING, UM, ALL OF IT SAYS THAT THE CITY THAT THE CAL FAIR UNITED WAY FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FULL, UM, RENOVATION OF THE BUILDING. HOWEVER, THIS JUST IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS, WE HAVE, WE HAVE PAID GIVEN $1.5 MILLION TO RENOVATE THE BUILDING IN THE LAST 30 YEARS. YOU CAN ASK JOE, THEY HAVE DONE NO REPAIRS, BUT YET WE GAVE ONE 50. THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM ALSO A CITY OWNED BUILDING. WE JUST RENOVATE. WE HAVE JUST GIVEN THEM MILLION. COUNCILMAN YOU WANT JUDGE TOWN RIGHT NOW, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE, YOU WANT TIME RIGHT NOW? OKAY. EVEN THOUGH THEY CA SAYS THAT, THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. OKAY, YOUR HONOR, THAT'S THE END OF HIS TIME. COUNCILMAN DUN, JR I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO RECESS THE MEETING BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ANYBODY COUNCILWOMAN BANKS COUNCILMAN, UH, MOOCH OR ANYBODY SHOULD BE JEOPARDIZED AND NOT UTILIZE THEIR TIME BECAUSE A DEPARTMENT HEAD OR SOMEBODY FROM THE ADMINISTRATION IS NOT HERE TO ADDRESS THESE ITEMS. I THINK WHEN WE HAVE THESE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, SOMEBODY SHOULD BE HERE TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. I DID ASK AND WE SHOULD NOT LOSE OUR TIME TO SPEAK BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT HERE. SO IF WE ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW MEMBERS TO RECESS THEIR TIME TO SPEAK, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO RECESS THE MEETING UNTIL SOMEBODY'S HERE TO SPEAK TO THESE ITEMS. WE DON'T HAVE TO RECESS THE MEETING. WE CAN JUST WAIT ON I THAT'S FINE TOO. IN IN THE MEANTIME, CAN WE HAVE FINANCE SINCE THEY ARE HERE? UM, I MEAN, UM, BRANDON. BRANDON, BRANDON CAN, OKAY. I MEAN, COUNCILMAN NOLL. ANGIE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, KENNY. WHY ANGIE, I'M CURIOUS, SHOULD, UM, SO, SO I'D LOVE YOUR THOUGHTS ON, ON WHAT'S BEING TALKED ABOUT HERE, BUT MY QUESTION, UM, AFTER YOUR THOUGHTS ON, ON ON THE STRUCTURE ON THIS, IF EVERYBODY'S GOT IT RIGHT AND UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S GOING ON, THAT WE'RE MOVING FUNDS FROM THE COMMUNITY CENTER TO, UH, BUILDING THE GROUNDS FOR PROJECTS IN DISTRICT TWO, UM, THAT COULD BE I GUESS THE COMMUNITY CENTER OR THE FIRE STATION OR ANY, ANYTHING ELSE. UM, WOULD THERE BE A PROHIBITION TO, UH, COUNCILMAN ELECT KENNY FROM DOING THIS VERY SAME THING. UM, ONCE HE TAKES OFFICE, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, IT'S UP TO THE GOVERNING BODY DECIDES HOW THE MONEY IS SPENT. I MEAN, THAT'S WHY IT'S COMING BEFORE YOU, BECAUSE EVEN IF IT WAS TO BE SPENT IN JOEL J NEWMAN COMMUNITY CENTER, IT STILL WOULD NEED TO COME BEFORE YOU BECAUSE IT'S ASSIGNED IN A FUND BALANCE ACCOUNT. IT'S NOT ASSIGNED IN AN APPROPRIATION, UH, LIKE WHAT THE BUDGET ITEMS HAVE THAT Y'ALL APPROVE. SO ANYTHING IN A FUND BALANCE ACCOUNT HAS TO COME BEFORE THE METRO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. UM, THIS HAS BEEN A LONGSTANDING POLICY THAT ANY REVENUES COLLECTED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY CENTERS OVER COLLECTED OF WHAT'S BEEN BUDGETED IS ASSIGNED WITHIN A FUND BALANCE SO THAT THEY CAN USE IT TO EXPAND, UH, FOR BUILDING REPAIRS FOR EXPANSION OF LIKE A SUMMER PROGRAM. UM, IT CANNOT BE USED FOR OPERATIONAL COST, BUT IT CAN BE USED FOR A ONE-TIME EXPANSION COST, LIKE A, A SENIOR EVENT, UM, A COMMUNITY FAIR, SOMETHING THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, AT THE CENTER THAT WOULD BE A ONE-TIME USE, UH, CAPITAL EQUIPMENT. IT CAN BE USED FOR THAT. IT CAN BE USED FOR, UH, REPAIRS OF THE, OF THE BUILDING REPAIRS. UM, ANY ONE TIME COST IT CAN BE UTILIZED FOR. SO TYPICALLY THAT IS WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IS THAT IT GOES BACK INTO THE CENTER SINCE THE CENTER GENERATED THE REVENUES. BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO UTILIZE IT FOR A DIFFERENT PURPOSE, THEN THAT IS ALLOWABLE. OKAY. AND SO, AND THAT'S KIND OF TO MY, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. SO THERE'S NO, UM, EMERGENCY SCENARIO WHERE WE NEED TO DO THIS NOW TO WHERE IT WOULDN'T BE AVAILABLE FOR [00:30:01] COUNCILMAN ELECT KENNY TO DO. SHOULD HE GET IN AND SAY, OKAY, NO, I AGREE. MAYBE THAT SHOULD GO OVER HERE TO DO X, Y, Z. HE WOULD HAVE THE SAME ABILITY, UM, IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH OF NEXT YEAR TO BRING OF THIS EXACT SAME ITEM IF THAT'S THE COUNCIL'S WISHES. IF IT, AND I UNDERSTAND THE COUNCIL VOTES ON IT, BUT, BUT THERE WOULD BE NO PROHIBITION TO THAT? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. OKAY. OKAY. UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HUDSON. AN ANGIE, IF YOU WOULD COME BACK. SORRY, . SO MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE ITEM SPECIFICALLY. SO THE ITEM SPECIFICALLY SAYS, UH, FOR BUILDING REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT TWO, IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY STATE THE FIRE STATION. EXACTLY. AND THEN WHEN I LOOK AT THE BACKUP DOCUMENTATION, NONE OF THAT SPECIFICALLY SAYS HOW THE MONEY WILL BE SPENT. SO TO ACTUALLY SPEND THE MONEY AT THE FIRE STATION, WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN? YOU WOULD HAVE TO ASK JOE. I I I WASN'T IN THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE ACTUAL BUILDING REQUEST THAT WAS MADE. I THINK JOE WAS LOOKING INTO THAT. SO AT THAT POINT IT WOULD, IT WOULD, DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE THE DISCRETION OF BUILDING THE GROUNDS DEPARTMENT HEAD? YES, SIR. OKAY. ALRIGHT. BUT IT WOULD STILL HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL OF OUR CITY PARISH, YOU KNOW, RULES. IF IT'S A PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE BID, COME TO COUNCIL, ALL THAT WOULD STILL HAVE TO FOLLOW. I SEE. UM, IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FROM THE SCOTLANDVILLE AREA FOUNDATION THAT CAN THAT'S IT, THAT'S ALL I HAD. ANGIE, IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FROM THE SCOTT LOUISVILLE AREA FOUNDATION THAT CAN SPEAK TO US? OH, OKAY. DONNA. SO MY, MY, YOU GONNA GO TO THE FRONT? ? ALRIGHT, THAT'S GREAT. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. SHA BANKS 1341 BALSAM AVENUE, UM, BOARD MEMBER FOR THE SKYVILLE AREA FOUNDATION. UM, SO THESE, ONE OF THE THINGS, HEAR MY QUESTION THAT YOU QUESTION SHAUNA, MS. MS. BANKS, YOU DIDN'T HEAR MY QUESTION? OH, I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD, . SO MY, MY ONLY QUESTION IS, UM, WHEN FOLKS CAME UP FROM SCOTLANDVILLE AREA FOUNDATION, UH, QUESTIONS WERE ASKED ABOUT FUNDRAISING AND WHAT THEY PLANNED TO DO. AND, AND AT THAT TIME THEY INDICATED THAT THEY WERE PLANNING TO RAISE THE MONEY. RIGHT. UM, SO MY QUESTION IS WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT? OKAY, SO THAT PLAN IS STILL IN EFFECT, UM, IN OUR NEGOTIATIONS. FIRST OF ALL, WE DID NOT KNOW, UH, THAT THESE, THAT THESE FUNDS WERE AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, UM, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE PREVIOUS CAS, UM, WHERE LOUISIANA, I MEAN, UH, LASM, UM, WHICH HAS A NON, IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IN THE CITY PARISH, AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM, WHICH IS A CITY BUILDING WITH A NONPROFIT AND ALSO CAPITOL AREA, UNITED WAY. WE DISCOVERED THAT ALL OF THOSE CAS MADE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DOING THE BUILDING WITH THOSE AGENCIES. HOWEVER, THE CITY PARISH HAS APPROPRIATED MONEY TO ALL OF THOSE EXPENSES ABSENT OF THEIR, UH, CONTRIBUTIONS. WE HAVE $150,000, UM, THAT WE HAVE RAISED TO THE SCALAM BAY AREA FOUNDATION. AND IN SPEAKING IN, NOR WE ASKED FOR, WE TOLD THEM WE WOULD MATCH THAT IF THEY WOULD DO THE EXTERIOR, WHICH IS THE, UM, JUST THE, YOU KNOW, THE ROOF, THE, THE WINDOWS, ALL THOSE THINGS. THOSE ARE CITY PARISH EXPENSES. ANYWAY, UM, MUCH OF THE MONEY THAT I HAVE RAISED, THEY THAT THE RENTAL FOR THE GEORGE A. NEWMAN COMMUNITY CENTER WAS $250 WHEN I GOT THERE. OKAY. IT'S ON, IT'S A MIL, IT'S A A THOUSAND DOLLARS. SO, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS, SO THIS IS ONLY TO EXPEDITE THE, UM, PUTTING IT IN COMMERCE FROM WHICH ALL OF YOU SAID YOU WANTED IT TO HAPPEN FAST. SO THIS ITEM IS TO SUPPORT IT TO HAPPEN FAST. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 300,000. YOU ANSWER MY QUESTION. SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE, WHO TOOK PART IN THE NEGOTIATIONS? IN THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH OUR, UM, ASSIST, WHAT IS IT? UM, BUILD, UH, ASSISTANT, I MEAN OUR, UH, VICE BOARD MEMBER, ERIC PORTER, WHO HAS A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY CALLED COMMENT 'CAUSE THEY KNEW, HE KNEW HOW TO RUN THE NUMBERS. UHHUH , UM, ON WHAT WAS NEEDED FOR THE BUILDING AND MYSELF, UH, THE PARISH ATTORNEY, FINANCE BUILDING AND GROUNDS, DANTE AND THE CHIEF OF STAFF, ALL OF THOSE SORT. SO IN THE NEGOTIATIONS. AND LISA, LISA SMITH WITH THE PARISH ATTORNEY IS THE [00:35:01] ONE BRANDON, THAT, UM, DRAFTED THE CA BASED ON WHAT THEY DID, WHAT THE CITY HAS APPROVED WITH THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM, WHICH IS DOWNTOWN LASM, WHICH IS DOWNTOWN, AS WELL AS CAPER UNITED, UM, WAY, WHICH IS DOWNTOWN. OKAY. SO MY, MY QUESTION IS IN THE, IN THE NEGOTIATIONS, WERE YOU REPRESENTING SCOTLANDVILLE AREA FOUNDATION OR YOU, ARE YOU REPRESENTING THE CITY PARISH OR, I REPRESENTED JU NEWMAN. I REPRESENTED THE COUNCIL. I REPRESENTED THE COUNCIL, UM, AS I DO IN ELDER DISTRICT TWO MATTERS WHETHER I'M INVOLVED OR NOT. I'M ALSO, UH, IN MY TENURE HERE, I HAVE SERVED NOT ONLY WITH THE CAPITAL AREA FOUNDATION COUNCIL ME TIME, WHICH I WILL BE A WESTMINSTER, THE AIRPORT CAPITAL AREA, UNITED WAY, AND PLANNING AND ZONING. AND SO WHAT, YOU KNOW, AS, UH, YOU KNOW, AND YOU, YOU ARE TELLING ME YOU DONATED YOU, UM, FUNDING TO A NONPROFIT. UM, I HONESTLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT I COULD JUST DONATE ALL MY MONEY TO A NONPROFIT. SO I PUT ALL THE FUNDS TO THE GEORGIA NEWMAN COMMUNITY CENTER AND, UM, FOR, UH, FULL RENOVATIONS OF THE ENTIRE BUILDING. WE HAVE A NEW KIT, ALL NEW APPLIANCES IN BOTH THE, UH, GEM SIDE, WHICH I NAMED BUILDING BI FULLY FURNISHED AND MADE A NEW KITCHEN IN BUILDING A, UM, EACH ONE OF THOSE HAVE WARRANTIES ON ALL THEIR APPLIANCES. I GOT YOU. THANK YOU. AND IF THERE'S A NEED FOR THOSE THINGS WILL BE TAKING PLACE. I APPRECIATE IT. THAT, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? COUNCIL COUNCILMAN MOAT? YEAH, CAN I HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE COME UP PLEASE? MORNING, COUNCILMAN. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. SO WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE RIGHT NOW IS $150,000. THAT IS, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER'S FUND BALANCE. AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO IS TAKE THIS $150,000, GIVE IT TO BUILDING THE GROUND, BAILING THE GROUNDS, WHAT DIDN'T BE INSTRUCTED TO FIX THE FIRE STATION THAT WE SIGNED A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH FOR AN ORGANIZATION THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF THE FIRE STATION IN THE CEA. ONCE WE'VE SIGNED THAT, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT BUILDING ACCORDING TO THE CEA AND THE STEPS AND THE, THE THINGS THAT THEY MUST DO. SO, UM, I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS ITEM. UH, ITEM FOUR, I'M ONLY FAMILIAR WITH COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT. OKAY. IN THE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT. YES, SIR. I'M GONNA ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, IN MY OPINION, THIS ITEM IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM THE CEA BECAUSE THIS ITEM DOES NOT INDICATE THAT THE $150,000 WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. WELL, OKAY. TO, TO MAKE THAT GERMANE TO THE TOPIC, THE COUNCILWOMAN FOR THE DISTRICT, THAT IS STILL THE COUNCILWOMAN STATED FOR THE RECORD THAT THESE FUNDS WOULD BE USED FOR THIS FIRE STATION. YES, SIR. AND I PROMISE I'M GONNA ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. I JUST, I'M TRYING TO GIVE SOME CAVEATS. YES MA'AM. THANK SO THAT I DON'T REPRESENT MISREPRESENT. UM, SO, UH, AS FAR AS THE CEA GOES, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN BANKS AND HER BOARD WERE REPRESENTING THE COLVILLE AREA FOUNDATION AND, UH, THAT, UH, THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, UH, WAS REPRESENTING, UH, THE, UM, CITY PARISH AND THOSE NEGOTIATIONS, UH, IN THE, UH, CEA THERE IT'S JOINT, UH, THE CITY HAS AGREED THROUGH BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS TO DO SOME, UM, REPAIRS TO THE BUILDING. AND THE, AS WE DISCUSSED, OR I BELIEVE THAT YOU GUYS DISCUSSED WHEN WE DISCUSSED IN PAST THE CEA AT THE LAST MEETING, UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL, I GUESS, BENCHMARKS THAT THE SCOTLANDVILLE AREA FOUNDATION HAS TO MAKE IN CERTAIN PERIODS OF TIME. UM, SO I MEAN, IN MY OPINION, LOOKING AT THE AGREEMENT, BOTH THE CITY AND THE SCOTLANDVILLE AREA FOUNDATION ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME OF THE REPAIRS OF THAT FIRE STATION. AND AGAIN, I WOULD POINT OUT THAT MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS NOT THAT, THAT $150,000 WILL GO TO THAT SCOTLANDVILLE AREA FOUNDATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. JUST IN CLOSING THE, AGAIN, I'VE BROUGHT THIS UP SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE. WHAT WE'RE, WHAT I FEEL WE'RE LOOKING TO DO WITH THIS HERE IS TAKE $150,000 THAT DISTRICT TWO HAS AMASSED, OR, OR WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT IN THE FUND BALANCE. IT'S $150,000. [00:40:02] I FEEL THAT IF THE, IF Y'ALL'S COMMUNITY CENTER GENERATES THAT REVENUE AND INCOME, IT'S FOR PROGRAMS IN THAT COMMUNITY CENTER FOR YOUR DISTRICT, IT'S STILL FOR YOUR DISTRICT AND EVERYTHING, AND, AND OR TO FIX THOSE FACILITIES. SO, SO Y'ALL DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO THIS COUNCIL AND ASK FOR EXTRA MONEY AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND I GET IT. THERE'S TIMES WHERE THAT IS NEEDED. AND COUNCILMAN HERST, I KNOW WE JOKE WITH YOU ABOUT THE THING AND WE ALL PASSED IT AND SO ON, BUT HERE WE ARE. THIS, THIS ISN'T 30 SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS. THIS IS $150,000 TO BE CLEARED OUT OF THE NEXT COUNCILMAN'S BUDGET TO BE USED. WHAT I THINK IS A SPECIFIC PROJECT, YES, IT'S IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S NOT A SPECIFIC THING TO THAT PROJECT. I, I WOULD LOVE 150. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO GENERATE $150,000 IN MY DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO DO GENERAL PROJECTS ALSO. THEREFORE, I WILL SECOND THE MOTION. COUNCILMAN HURST IF NOBODY ELSE HAS YET TO DENY. AYE. OKAY. SO THAT WOULD BE A MOTION TO DELETE ONLY APPROPRIATE IF WE HAVE A SECOND TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILWOMAN BANKS. DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON A MOTION TO APPROVE? SAY NONE. MOTION FAILS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER MOTIONS? WE HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER TO JANUARY 8TH BY COUNCILWOMAN BANKS. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? MOTION FAILS. ANY OTHER MOTIONS? SO ADJOURN. MERRY S, MERRY CHRISTMAS. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.