Aug 26, 2026 Metropolitan Council

WHY? SO WHAT YOU SUBMITTED TO US FOR APPROVAL AT THE 75,000 WAS JUST THE MAINTENANCE.

JUST THE. JUST THAT.

HOW DID IT GET SEPARATED OUT WHEN YOU HAD ONE PROPOSAL? BECAUSE WE MADE A MISTAKE.

BECAUSE THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED, THERE'S UNIT PRICES FOR ALL THE OTHER THINGS. AND WE JUST, IN THAT ORIGINAL RESOLUTION, PULLED OUT THE MONTHLY MAINTENANCE BECAUSE IT'S A NICE FAT NUMBER, WHEREAS THE OTHER STUFF COMES AND GOES.

DID MULTIPLE. DID MULTIPLE COMPANIES WIN DIFFERENT SECTIONS? NO.

SO ONE COMPANY. SO YOU SHOULD HAVE GOT ONE BID BACK AT 170,000 SOMETHING. 75,000 SOMETHING DOLLARS OR LESS. I MEAN, OR MORE. SO IF YOU SEND OUT ONE PROPOSAL, SHOULDN'T YOU HAVE GOTTEN ONE FULL PRICE PACKAGE BACK? WELL, WHAT THEY. THAT'S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE BID REPORT, WHICH IS IN THAT BID PACKAGE ONLINE. IT DOES CALL OUT THE 75 AS THE LOW BID FOR THE MONTHLY MAINTENANCE.

AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS ARE JUST IN RANDOM LINES IN THIS WHOLE PACKAGE BECAUSE WE MAY OR MAY NOT USE THEM.

HOW MANY TOTAL BIDS DID YOU GET BACK? I BELIEVE.

LET'S SEE. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, AND GIVE ME. GIVE ME THE FOUR.

OKAY, GIVE ME. GIVE ME THE FOUR TOTAL PACKAGE.

SURE, SURE.

I DON'T NEED A NAME OF THE COMPANY. I JUST NEED A PRICE.

OKAY? SO SADLY, THE WAY THE BID PACKAGE LOOKS, I ONLY HAVE THAT TOTAL WHERE

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THEY ADDED UP ALL THE UNIT.

THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.

I ONLY HAVE THAT FOR CORPORATE GREEN, WHICH IS THE 75. BUT THAT'S JUST THE MONTHLY MAINTENANCE.

WE WOULD HAVE TO ADD IN THE OTHER HUNDRED LINES FOR ALL THE OTHER MISCELLANEOUS THINGS. AND IT'S REALLY BECAUSE WE MAY OR MAY NOT USE THOSE OTHER THINGS. WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO USE THE MONTHLY MAINTENANCE, BUT WE MAY NOT EVER NEED PEA GRAVEL. WE MAY NOT REPAIR IRRIGATION AT CENTRAL. WE MAY NOT DO BEDS AT SCOTLANDVILLE.

OKAY, LOOK, I APPRECIATE YOU OWNING UP TO YOUR MISTAKE AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND I RECOGNIZE THAT THINGS HAPPEN OR WHATEVER ELSE, BUT I'M UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT SOMEWHERE IN THAT BID PACKAGE PROPOSAL YOU SHOULD HAVE HAD FOUR BIDS FROM FOUR DIFFERENT COMPANIES AT $175,659.56 OR HIGHER.

YEAH, WELL, RIGHT, YOU GOT ONE BID PROPOSAL THAT YOU SENT OUT.

OH, YOU KNOW WHAT, I SEE IT IN MY TINY EYES. I SEE, I SEE TOTAL AMOUNT HERE.

OKAY, FOR THE FIRST ONE, 219, 482.

THEN THE 75, THEN 98, 280 AND THEN 111, 811. AND THEN 108, 731. AND THEN WE HAD A NON RESPONSIVE.

SO I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE FLEW UP A RED FLAG WHEN YOU HAD SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE OVER. THEN YOU GOT ONE THAT CAME IN AT 75,000. JUST. I'M JUST SAYING.

LOOK, I APPRECIATE YOU OWNING UP TO YOUR MISTAKE, BUT I THINK THAT WAS A MISTAKE THAT MIGHT COULD HAVE SENT US BACK INTO THE WHOLE REBID PACKAGE.

RIGHT, WELL, I'LL HAVE. I'M HAPPY TO TELL YOU WE'VE JUST STARTED WORKING WITH PURCHASING ON AN RFP, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN AN ITB, BUT RFP TO DO THIS DIFFERENTLY NEXT YEAR. AND THAT'LL ALL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.

THANK YOU. I'M LOOKING AT THIS AND WE'RE THROWING WORDS AROUND LIKE MISTAKE, ERROR, BID PACKAGE. I'M READING THIS RIGHT HERE. FOR THE ITEMS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY BID ON, AND THOSE WERE THE ITEMS THAT PERFORM PERFORMANCE WAS RENDERED ON THAT PARTICULAR BID. THIS CORPORATE GREEN COMPANY CAME IN AT THE LOW BID OF APPROXIMATELY 75,000.

YES, CORRECT.

THE HIGH BID FOR THAT.

THOSE SAME EXACT SERVICES, NOT THE NEW SERVICES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW, BUT THE SAME EXACT SERVICES THAT WE HAVE ALREADY RENDERED THAT WERE ALREADY. THE HIGH BID CAME AT 219,000.

YES, MA'.

AM.

CORRECT. THOSE SERVICES, WHETHER IT HAD BEEN BY THE LOW OR THE HIGH, ALL OF THOSE SERVICES THAT THESE PARTICULAR PEOPLE BID ON ARE CONTAINED IN THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT.

AND THOSE SERVICES WOULD HAVE EITHER COST US 75,000 OR 219,000. YES, CORRECT. SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE NOW BEFORE THIS COUNCIL ARE ADDITIONAL SERVICES, IS THAT CORRECT THAT WE'RE STILL PART OF THE ORIGINAL BIDDING OF APPLES TO APPLES. IF YOU GIVE ME PEA GRAVEL, WHAT'S IT GOING TO COST PER SQUARE FOOT, CUBIC FOOT? AND IF YOU GIVE ME PEA GRAVEL, WHAT'S THAT GOING TO COST? SO WE HAVE ALL THAT COMPARED AT THE SAME TIME.

SO YOU STILL HAVE THE MATRIX FROM THE ORIGINAL BIDS CONTAINED IN THE 150 PAGES. SO IF WE WERE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE $219,000 BID, WE WOULD BE PAYING IN EXCESS OF $100,000? YES.

FOR THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TODAY.

THAT'S RIGHT. ACCURATE.

THIS IS STILL THE LOWEST.

ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. SO I THINK THAT THAT IS THE POINT OF CLARITY THAT WE ALL NEEDED IS THAT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE LOW BIDDER WAS 75 AND THE HIGH BIDDER WAS 219, WE'D ALL BE SITTING HERE TODAY SAYING WE NEED ADDITIONAL SERVICES. AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS X OR Z, RIGHT? NO, Y.

YEAH, THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE.

OKAY. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. THANK YOU FOR THAT POINT OF CLARITY. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. WE GOT A LITTLE CONFUSED THERE. I HOPE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WHAT HAPPENED, AND I HOPE. I HOPE THAT'S.

THAT CLEARS EVERYTHING UP.

COUNCILMAN DUNN, JR.

THANK YOU. ANOTHER POINT OF CLARITY, MARY. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE BID THAT YOU PRESENTED PREVIOUSLY OF $75,000 WAS JUST FOR THE MONTHLY MAINTENANCE.

THAT IS CORRECT.

HOWEVER, THE OTHER LINE ITEMS WAS IN THE BID PROPOSAL, BUT YOU GUYS DID NOT SUBMIT THOSE AMOUNTS BECAUSE IT WASN'T A TOTAL NUMBER. IT WAS A TWO DOLLAR, SIX DOLLAR, EIGHT DOLLAR.

RIGHT.

THAT WASN'T TOTAL UNIT PRICES.

SO IT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU, BUT WHEN YOU SUBMIT IT TO US,

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YOU ONLY SUBMIT IT THE MONTHLY MAINTENANCE.

RIGHT. WE ADMINISTRATIVELY OMITTED THAT FROM OUR REQUEST FOR YOUR APPROVAL. AND OF COURSE IT'S FUNDED. IT'S ALL FUNDED OUT OF THE LIBRARY'S OPERATING FUNDS.

RIGHT. AND THE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, ARE YOU ADDING UP ALL OF THOSE UNIT PRICES BECAUSE YOU NEGLECTED TO DO IT BEFORE AND NOW YOU'RE SUBMITTING IT TO US IN TOTALITY? IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

THE 75 PLUS THE TOTAL OF THE UNIT PRICES? YES.

AND THAT'S WHAT YOU PRESENT BEFORE US TODAY? YEAH. JUST SO THAT WE CAN AUTHORIZE THE SERVICE AND EXECUTE THE. THE THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE DUE TO WINTERIZE.

GOT IT. UNDERSTOOD. YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

MOTION TO APPROVAL.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DUNN JR. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN. ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES. I'M SORRY. PUBLIC HEARING WAS OVER.

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ITEM 93, AUTHORIZATION BY THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND OR CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH INMAN ENTERPRISES LLC, DOING BUSINESS AS JANNEY KING OF BATON ROUGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $134,498.34 FOR FOUR FLOOR CARE SERVICES AT THE BATON ROUGE METROPOLITAN AIRPORT. AND THE AMOUNT I TO EXCEED $134,498.34 PER YEAR. ONE WITH TWO ADDITIONAL TWO OPTIONAL ONE YEAR RENEWALS BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, SEEING THEM GO TO COUNCIL? WE HAVE A MOTION. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DUNN JR. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN ANY

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OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES 94 AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND OR CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH MARRERO CUBION ASSOCIATES LLC IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $59,700 TO PROVIDE THE BATON ROUGE METROPOLITAN AIRPORT WITH DESIGN DOCUMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE TSA BAGGAGE AREA H. VAC UPGRADE PROJECT BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. SEEING NONE. GO TO COUNCIL HAVE A MOTION. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN KENNEY. SECOND BY

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COUNCILMAN HURS. ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES.95 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS BUILDING MAINTENANCE TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH AMERICAN FACILITY SERVICES INC. FOR JANITORIAL SERVICES AT THE JUVENILE COMPLEX FACILITIES IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $140,488.14 PER YEAR WITH FOUR OPTIONAL ONE YEAR RENEWALS BY THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS DIRECTOR. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM GO TO COUNCIL HAVE A MOTION.

MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HURST.

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ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES.96 AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS BUILDING MAINTENANCE DIVISION TO AMEND CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND CORPORATE MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS TO INCREASE THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $375,000 AND EXTEND THE CONTRACT TERM FOR ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR BY THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS DIRECTOR. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SEE NO GO TO COUNCIL MOVE A MOTION.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HURST

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SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GAUDET ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES 97 AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO AWARD A MULTI YEAR CONTRACT FOR RFP FOR JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX LOCATED AT 9000 AIRLINE HIGHWAY BATON ROUGE TO ELITE PROFESSIONAL COMMERCIAL CLEANING SERVICES LLC, FRONT OF THE MOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $305,311.26 OVER A THREE YEAR TERM BY THE POLICE CHIEF. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SEEING NOW WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MOTION. MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN AMOROSO SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GAUDET. ANY

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OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES THERE'S BEEN A RECOMMENDATION TO DELETE ITEM 98 AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FOR MOWING AND LITTER PICKUP ALONG CERTAIN STATE ROUTES WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT FOR A PERIOD OF JULY 1, 2026 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2027 BY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

IF THE ITEM IS BEING DELETED FOR MOWING AND LITTER PICKUP? I'M JUST WONDERING. I KNOW WE'RE CITIZENS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ASK QUESTIONS. WILL THE TAXPAYERS NOW BE PAYING FOR MOWING AND LITTER PICKUP.

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN AGREEMENT WITH LOUISIANA DOTD.

JUST WONDERING, NOT REALLY ASKING THE QUESTION.

AND IN THE FUTURE, IF THIS ITEM GETS BACK ON THE AGENDA, IT WOULD BE NICE IF THE CITIZENS COULD KNOW WHAT STREETS, WHAT AREAS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY VAGUE AGENDA ITEM. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME STATE OWNED ROADS HERE AND I DO KNOW THAT THE TAXPAYERS PAY A LOT OF MONEY FOR CLEAN STREETS WHICH WE'RE NOT GETTING. SO IN THE FUTURE, A LITTLE MORE

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DETAIL IF WE DO AGREEMENTS WITH THE STATE WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, SEE NOW WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL.

COUNCILMAN MOAK, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

OKAY, SO WE HAD THIS ITEM AS AN EMERGENCY ITEM ON LAST, THE LAST AGENDA AS AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.

WE INTRODUCED IT AS A REGULAR ITEM AS WELL IN CASE THAT THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. NOW, ALL THE STREETS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS CONTRACT ARE ATTACHED IN THE ATTACHMENT TO THE AGENDA ITEM. SO YOU CAN GO FIND EXACTLY EVERY STREET AND WHICH SECTION OF EACH STREET THAT THIS CONTRACT INCLUDES.

GOOD.

NO, COUNCILWOMAN RACCA.

SO ON YOUR AGENDA ON NUMBER 98 YOU CAN CLICK ON THE HIGHLIGHTED BLUE WORDS THAT SAY MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT. AND ON PAGE 11 IT BEGINS A LISTING OF EACH AND EVERY ROAD THAT'S PART OF THIS MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE PUBLIC AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT CARES TO READ AND DO THEIR HOMEWORK ABOUT THESE ITEMS AHEAD OF TIME. THEY BEGIN AND END WITH EAST END OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE BEGINNING OF EXIT 163. WE GO ALL THE WAY TO PAGE 14 AND IT ENDS WITH 427 PERKINS ROAD TO LA 42 BURBANK. AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STREETS IN BETWEEN.

IN FACT WE HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4 PAGES OF STREET NAMES TO TOTAL 87.83.71 MILES. SO YEAH, IT'S ALL THERE FOR THE PUBLIC VIEWING PLEASURE. I'D ADVISE YOU ALL TO CHECK IT OUT AGAIN. COUNCILMAN DUNN JR.

UNLESS YOU WAS GONNA SAY WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY, THE MORE YOU KNOW.

ADDITIONALLY, THIS IS, AS WAS MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN APPROVED ALREADY. IT WAS STATED ON THE MIC THAT SINCE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THESE SERVICES, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NOW THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THESE SERVICES? WHEN WE APPROVED THIS ITEM AT THE LAST MEETING, WE DIDN'T RESTRICT US FROM HAVING THE SERVICES.

THOSE SERVICES WILL MOVE FORWARD. THE SERVICES JUST WON'T MOVE FORWARD UNTIL THAT AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY PARIS AND THE STATE IS IN PLACE. SO WE WILL STILL HAVE THE SERVICES. IT'S JUST CONTINGENT ON THE AGREEMENT BEING PUT IN PLACE.

WE HAVE A MOTION MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN AMOROSO TO DELETE THE ITEM. ANY

[Items 99 - 101]

OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE 99 THROUGH 101 TOGETHER.

AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH SPURLOCK CO. INC. FOR DEMOLITION AND ABATEMENT SERVICES PACKAGE A21 ON THE MODEL NOT TO EXCEED $74,750.

BY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.

AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH LUSTER GROUP LLC FOR DEMOLITION ABATEMENT SERVICES PACKAGE A22 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $76,117.35. BY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.

AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT.

EXCUSE ME, THE TIGER DEMOLITION, INC. FOR DEMOLITION AND ABATEMENT SERVICES PACKAGE 823 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $77,500. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS? SEE NO ONE. GO TO COUNCIL, HAVE A MOTION.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HURST.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN KENNEY.

ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARES.

ITEM 102, AUTHORIZING FINANCE

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DIRECTOR TO REBATE $2,290,573.11 AND 2% SALES TAX PAID ON MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CORTANA PROJECT TO THE CORTANA CORRIDOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS FOR THIS PURPOSE BY THE FINANCE DIRECTOR. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ANGIE? HEY. I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR. THE RESOLUTION NUMBER HAS A TYPO IN IT. IT SHOULD BE 55878.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? PENNY LANDRY. I ATTENDED THE CORTANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT MEETING LAST WEEK, AND IN CASE Y' ALL DON'T KNOW,

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CHRISTELLE SLAUGHTER WAS MADE THE CO CHAIR OF THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

CONGRATS, CHRISTEL. IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE I ASKED THE QUESTION, HOW MANY NEW BUSINESSES HAD STARTED IN THAT DISTRICT SINCE ITS INCEPTION? AND THE CHAIR TOLD ME THAT THE. WELL, THE CO CHAIR AT THE TIME, DEIDRE RESIGNED, THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE CORTANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WAS NOT TO CREATE NEW BUSINESSES, IT WAS TO BUILD A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER, AND THAT THAT WAS THEIR PURPOSE. ALL RIGHT. AND WHEN I ASKED ABOUT COMMUNITY CENTERS BEING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS THE.

AARON, I TELL YOU, I WAS GOING TO CRY IF YOU STARTED TALKING WHILE I WAS. YOU WERE LAUGHING.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAD AN AGREEMENT ANYWAY. SO MY CONCERN ABOUT THESE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS IS NOW WE'RE GOING TO GIVE $2.2 MILLION IN CITY SALES TAX USED ON CONSTRUCTION IN THE CORE TOWN OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AS IT WAS IN THE CEA. SO THE CITIZENS THAT 2% CITY SALES TAX COULD HAVE BEEN USED ON MAKING OUR ROADS BETTER. I JUST HAD TO HAVE A TIRE REPLACED BECAUSE IT HAD FOUR NAILS IN IT. COULDN'T BE REPAIRED. YOU KNOW, ON CRIME, THE CEAS DO NOT APPEAR TO BE WORKING TO HELP US. THEY APPEAR TO BE WORKING FOR THE AGENDAS OF THE PEOPLE WHO PUT THEM TOGETHER. WE HAVE BRECK PARKS. WE HAVE COMMUNITY CENTERS. WE DON'T HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER IN DISTRICT 11. I WAS TOLD THAT THE CORTANA DISTRICT WAS THE ONLY ONE WITHOUT A COMMUNITY CENTER BY THE CHAIR OF THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. DO THEY EVEN UNDERSTAND? DO THE PEOPLE ON THESE BOARDS HAVE THEIR OWN AGENDA, OR IS IT AN AGENDA FOR ALL OF THE TAXPAYERS? I KNOW MY TIME IS UP. PLEASE, Y' ALL LOOK AT THIS STUFF A LITTLE CLOSER AND GO TO THE MEETINGS. IF THERE'S AN EDD IN YOUR TIME, YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT AT THOSE MEETINGS. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL COMMENT IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 102.

COUNCILMAN DUNN JR.

THANK YOU, MS. LANDRY. WE ADDRESSED THIS TWO WEEKS AGO AT THE MEETING WHEN THIS ITEM OR SIMILAR COMPANION ITEM WAS INTRODUCED.

BUT I'M GONNA ADDRESS THIS AGAIN FOR YOU. THE CORTANA CORRIDOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WAS CREATED TO DO THREE THINGS.

INFRASTRUCTURE ON FLORIDA BOULEVARD, WHICH INCLUDES ROADS AND BRIDGES, WHICH YOU MENTIONED. FACADE AND. YES, A COMMUNITY CENTER.

THAT WAS THE THREE PURPOSES THAT THE CARTANA CORRIDOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WAS CREATED. WE CAN GET YOU THE EXACT NUMBER OF BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY THAT HAVE BEEN.

I DIDN'T. IT'S NOT A. I'M.

IT'S NOT RESPONSE TIME. I'M JUST GIVING YOU SOME INFORMATION. I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT WAS SHARED WITH YOU AT THE MEETING. I'M TRYING TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS BECAUSE YOU HAD OUR MEETING ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS. SO THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED. THE ALDI'S GROCERY STORE, THE ROUSEY'S GROCERY STORE, THE TROPICAL CAFE, THE STARBUCKS.

YOU KNOW, NUMEROUS BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN CREATED IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, AND I'LL GET YOU A LIST OF THEM. AGAIN, I WASN'T AT THE MEETING, BUT WHAT I THINK THEY TOLD YOU THAT DISTRICT 6 WAS THE ONLY RURAL AND OR URBAN DISTRICT THAT DOES NOT HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER.

THERE ARE MANY OTHER DISTRICTS THAT DON'T HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER, BUT NOT RURAL, URBAN DESIGNATIONS. THAT'S WHAT I THINK THEY WERE SHARING WITH YOU. BUT AGAIN, THE CORTANA CORRIDOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WAS CREATED TO IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG FLORIDA BOULEVARD. I THINK YOU SEE SOME OF THAT GOING ON RIGHT NOW AS WELL. AS FACADE AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER. THE OTHER QUESTION YOU ASKED TWO WEEKS AGO WAS HOW MUCH MONEY

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HAS BEEN COLLECTED? THIS ITEM SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO THAT ISSUE THAT YOU RAISED.

WE'RE APPROPRIATING $2.2 MILLION TO THE DISTRICT.

THAT'S NOT EVERYTHING. AGAIN, AS I EXPLAINED TO YOU BEFORE IT, IT'S ABOUT USAGE AND THEY COLLECTED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. SO WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A TOTAL NUMBER RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THOSE COLLECTIONS ARE STILL ONGOING. AND MARLEY, YOU CAN COME GIVE ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT I LEFT OUT. COME ON UP.

AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF BILL BATON ROUGE, THE CORTANA CORRIDOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. DID I LEAVE SOMETHING OUT, MARTY? NO, NO, I. VERY GREAT SUMMARY.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WE DO HAVE THE DATA ON HOW MUCH IT HAS COLLECTED FOR YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, IF THAT'S OF INTEREST.

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

SINCE ITS FOUNDING, OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS, IT'S COLLECTED $2,310,670.45.

THAT. THAT'S ROUGHLY 385,000 A YEAR. OF THAT, ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS WAS SPENT, OF COURSE, ON THE PLAN THAT MANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE PARTICIPATED IN. SOME OF THAT'S BEEN SPENT WITH THE CONSULTANT CITY PARIS SELECTED TO OVERSEE ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS. AND I WILL NOTE THAT THEY DID FIND SOME PAYMENTS THAT WERE OWED TO THE CITY PARISH THAT HAD NOT BEEN PAID. SO YOU SHOULD BE HOPEFULLY GETTING SOME MORE MONEY BECAUSE OF THAT, AS WELL AS TO CONFIRM THAT WE DIDN'T COLLECT FOR THE CCEDD, DID NOT COLLECT ANYTHING MORE THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY AGREED UPON IN THE CEA ANNUAL AUDITS, THOSE TYPES OF EXPENSES.

AND JUST BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I WANT TO ADD THAT WHEN I SAY THIS WAS CREATED TO ENHANCE.

IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE FLORIDA CORRIDOR IS NOT JUST DISTRICT 6, THAT'S DISTRICT 10, THAT'S DISTRICT 7, THAT'S DISTRICT 4 IS FROM THE RIVER TO THE PARISH LINE. SO IT NOT.

IT DON'T NOT JUST IMPACTS DISTRICT SIX, IT IMPACTS THE ENTIRE FLORIDA CORRIDOR. AND THE MAN SITTING TO YOUR RIGHT, MS. LANDRY, REPRESENTS THAT AREA AS WELL ON THE STATE LEVEL. SO I'M SURE HE'S HAPPY THOSE INVESTMENTS ARE BEING MADE. YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? ALL RIGHT.

THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS, IS NOW THAT YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WITH YOUR APPROVAL, THE CORTANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WILL RECEIVE THESE FUNDS AND CAN WORK AS A BOARD TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO OPEN UP AN APPLICATION TO PUT THESE FUNDS INTO PROJECTS. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT NEXT STEP.

THANK YOU, MARTY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND I KNOW WE GOT OTHER SPEAKERS, BUT I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, AS AMENDED.

MOTION BY COUNCIL COUNCILMAN DUNN JR. SECOND, BY COUNCILMAN MOAK, TO APPROVE AS AMENDED, COUNCILWOMAN RACCA, MS. DELAPOS, MS. ANGIE, CAN Y' ALL PLEASE COME UP FOR A MINUTE? I HAVE A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS FOR YOU GUYS. WHILE WHEN WE EXAMINE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS, KNOWING THE LAW AND THE PURPOSE BEHIND THEM HELPS ILLUMINATE THE REASON WHY THEY'RE BORN, BIRTHED, AND PROMOTED THROUGHOUT CITY PARISH TO FORM A PROPER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, ONE PIECE OF THAT MIGHTY RECIPE IS HAVING AN ECONOMIC DRIVER. WE FOUND THIS ECONOMIC DRIVER, AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY CONTAINED IN THE CORTANA CORRIDOR. THE OTHER THING THAT YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE IS A PUBLIC PURPOSE. SO YOU WANT TO SEE THAT THE PUBLIC HAS A BENEFIT. THE AREA GROWS AND HAS A BENEFIT OF THAT PARTICULAR. EDDIE.

WOULD YOU LADIES SAY IN YOUR EXPERT OPINIONS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU OVERSEE A LOT OF THE EDDS, THE FINANCIALS THAT COME IN THE MONEY. IS THIS EDD DOING WHAT IT WAS INTENDED TO DO? ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THAT IT HAS ACTUALLY SURPASSED SOME OF THE EXPECTATIONS WITH THE ANCHOR STORES THAT HAVE BEEN DRAWN BECAUSE OF THE AMAZON DISTRIBUTION CENTER COMING WITHIN THAT AREA. LIKE COUNCIL COUNCILMAN DUNN SAID, WE NOW HAVE OTHER ANCHOR STORES THAT WERE NOT IN THE AREA. WE ACTUALLY HAVE GROCERY ON THE FLORIDA CORRIDOR BECAUSE THE WHOLE CORRIDOR IS RECOGNIZING THE VALUE OF THE IMPROVEMENT AND THE ECONOMIC DRIVER WITHIN THIS AREA. AND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR ECONOMIC STABILITY AS A TOTAL, LIKE A TOTALITY OF OUR ECONOMIC STABILITY, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE NEW STOREFRONTS COMING IN, WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE AND HONESTLY SAY THAT WE BRING IN NEW SALES TAX REVENUE, WE BRING IN NEW PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, WE BRING IN NEW PAYROLL TAX REVENUE, WE HAVE NEW JOBS, WE HAVE NEW STOREFRONTS FOR PEOPLE TO GO AND BE PATRONS OF THAT WERE NOT THERE BEFORE, CORRECT? YES. THERE IS A HOLISTIC ECONOMIC BENEFIT FOR THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR THAT EVERYONE IS RECOGNIZING FROM.

AND I THINK IT WOULD BE SAFE TO SAY, BUT FOR AMAZON INVESTMENT AND THE FORESIGHT OF DEVELOPING THIS EDD, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THIS GROWTH AT THIS RAPID RATE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY MOVING AT. AND I LET PEOPLE COME TO THEIR OWN CONCLUSION WHEN THEY DRIVE DOWN AND THEY SEE THE THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED ALSO TO THAT UNDERSTANDING HOW SALES TAX

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REVENUE IS COLLECTED, HOW IT'S GENERATED, AND HOW IT'S CALCULATED, WHENEVER WE'RE LOOKING AT AN AREA TO DEVELOP, TO FIND THOSE NUMBERS AND DEVELOP WHAT WILL BE COLLECTED. YOU GUYS LOOK AT A BASE NUMBER, IS THAT CORRECT? WE DO. AND SO WHEN YOU ESTABLISH THAT BASE, THAT NUMBER IS THE AMOUNT OF TAXES THAT ARE COLLECTED OVER A YEAR PERIOD OF TIME, AND BASICALLY ESTABLISH A NORM FOR PARTICULAR TAXES IN THAT AREA.

AND WHENEVER WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT BASE NUMBER, EVERYTHING ABOVE THE BASE IS WHAT IS UTILIZED TO REBATE THAT 2%. CORRECT.

THAT IS THE INCREMENTAL FINANCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M TRYING TO KEEP IT SIMPLE. I LIKE YOUR WORDS, THOUGH. SO WHENEVER WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT 2% AMOUNT THAT IS ABOVE THE BASE. SO WE'RE NOT TAKING ANYTHING FROM THE CITY PARISH AT THAT.

THAT WASN'T. WE'RE NOT TAKING ANYTHING ADDITIONAL THAT WASN'T EARNED AT THAT TIME, CORRECT? YES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST THINK EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDING HOW AN EDD WORKS AND HOW, YOU KNOW, HALF OF. OF NOTHING IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. A PERCENTAGE OF NOTHING IS STILL ZERO. I KNOW MATH IS HARD, BUT I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF AMAZON AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU LADIES HAVE DONE, ALL THE WORK THAT THE BOARD HAS DONE, ALL THE WORK THAT VISIT BATON ROUGE HAS DONE THIS COUNCIL. COUNCILMAN DUNN, THANK YOU FOR THE GROWTH IN OUR AREA. I HOPE WE CONTINUE TO SEE THESE MAJOR PROJECTS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY THAT HELP US GROW AND HELP US BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO STAY.

ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DUNN JR. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MOAK. IS THERE

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ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES 103. AUTHORIZING FINANCE DIRECTOR TO REBATE $285,115.24 AND 2% PARISH SALES TAX ON EXXON MOBILE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOR A PERIOD OF APRIL 01, 2024, THROUGH JUNE 30, 2025, TO THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY DOING BUSINESSES BUILT BATON ROUGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT AND APPROPRIATING NECESSARY FUNDS FOR THIS PURPOSE BY THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ANGIE? I HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGENDA ITEM. THE PERIOD IS THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2025.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEE NOW WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HURST, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN KENNEY TO APPROVE, AS AMENDED, ANY.

ANY OPPOSITION. MOTION CARRIES

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104. AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN VISIT BATON ROUGE AND CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE TO ESTABLISH FRAMEWORK AND PROCESS BY WHICH CITY PARISH SHALL ENGAGE VBR TO PROVIDE INTERIM MANAGEMENT OF THE RIVER CENTER FACILITIES BY COUNCILWOMAN CAROLYN COLEMAN AND COUNCILMAN DWIGHT HUDSON. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? MY NAME IS DARRELL GLASS, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK A GUY THAT I SEE IN THE BACK. BACK THERE. YOU ALL PROBABLY WON'T KNOW IT.

HIS NAME IS WILFORD. BILL PLAYED BASKETBALL AT SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, DUNKED ON ME MORE THAN YOU EVER SEEN.

AND HE'S ONLY 5 FOOT 11. HE AND WILLIE JAMES. I WANT TO SAY EVERY TIME I SEE THESE GUYS, I WANT TO TELL THEM THANK THEM FOR TEACHING ME HOW TO BE A MAN ON THE COLLEGE CAMPUS. JUST ONLY 18 YEARS OLD. SO I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

INITIALLY I DISAGREED WHEN I WAS HERE THE LAST TIME ON THIS RIVER CENTER BECAUSE THIS IS THE STUDY THAT I HAD. I WENT THROUGH THE COMPLETE STUDY.

THE STUDY WAS IN 2020, 23. AND YOU ALL SPEND A MILLION DOLLARS ON ADDITIONAL TRYING TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE RIVER CENTER. I ALWAYS SAID THAT SUPPLY AND DEMAND. IF IT WAS A DEMAND FOR IT, THEN THE MONEY WOULD BE PUT BY PRIVATE EQUITY.

BUT YOU ARE GOING TO TRY TO DO IT ANOTHER WAY. I WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE A STAND ON IT. LET ME TELL YOU WHY I TRULY BELIEVE IN THE MAYOR OF EAST BATON RIDGE PARISH. I SAW HIS NEWS CONFERENCE. I STILL HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THIS GUY THAT BUSTED HIS BUTT EVERY DAY TO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE. MANY YEARS AGO IN THE FERRY CHAMBERS, I WAS AGAINST GAMBLING AND I HAD WRITTEN A LETTER. I NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO READ IT. SO I'M GOING TO READ THIS LETTER AND I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT WITH YOU. ALL DEMOCRACY RARELY FAILS FROM A SUDDEN BLOW AT THE FRONT GATE FOR MORE OFTEN THE LOCK IS TURNED FROM THE INSIDE. WHEN THOSE WHO HOLD THE PUBLIC TRUST DECIDE THAT THEIR PRIORITY IS TO KEEP POWER RATHER THAN SERVING THE PEOPLE, THEY LOOK FOR ALLIES.

AND TOO OFTEN THEY FIND THEM

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OUTSIDE THE SYSTEM IN CORRUPT FINANCIAL INTERESTS, FOREIGN POWERS, UNELECTED OLIGARCHS, A SHADOW NETWORK THAT CARES NOTHING ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION OR THE LAW. THIS IS NOT GOVERNANCE. IT'S A TRANSACTION. A POLITICAL INSIDER TRADES AWAY THE SOVEREIGN OF THE STATE IN EXCHANGE FOR PROTECTION, WEALTH AND A PARTICULAR SET OF IDEAS, BELIEFS AND PRINCIPLES.

IN RETURN, THE OUTSIDER GAIN A BACKDOOR INTO GOVERNMENT TO SHAPE POLICY, MANIPULATE ELECTIONS AND TURN POLITICAL AUTHORITY TO PERSONAL GAIN.

THE GREATEST DANGER OF THIS COLLUSION IS THAT IS NOT IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS. IT DOESN'T ALWAYS LOOK LIKE A COUP WITH TANKS IN THE STREET. IT LOOKS LIKE BACKDOOR AGREEMENTS, DISTORTED LEGISLATION, WEAPONIZED INSTITUTIONS AND DELIBERATE POLARIZATION DESIGNED TO KEEP CITIZENS DISTRACTED WHILE THEIR RIGHTS ARE ERODED. IT CREATES A GOVERNMENT THAT WEARS THE HOLLOW SHELL OF DEMOCRACY WHILE OPERATING AS A CARTEL FOR THE FEW. WHEN LEADERS INVITE OUTSIDE INTERESTS TO HELP THEM SEIZE OR CONSOLIDATE OR CONTROL, THEY PORTRAY THE FUNDAMENTAL PROMISE OF SELF GOVERNANCE.

CLASS BUT YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS.

THE POWER BELONGS TO PEOPLE.

AND LET ME TELL YOU WHY I SAY THAT. GIVE ME 10 SECONDS. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT OUTSIDERS SHOULD EVER RUN GOVERNMENT.

YOU SHOULD NEVER DISMANTLE GOVERNMENT.

BUT I'M GOING TO TAKE MY WAIT AND SEE, BECAUSE THE MAYOR OF EAST BATON ROUGE, PARIS, I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN HIM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? LANDRY. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN VISIT BATON ROUGE AND EAST BATON ROUGE TO ESTABLISH THE FRAMEWORK AND PROCESS BY WHICH THE CITY, PARISH SHALL ENGAGE. VISIT BATON ROUGE. IS THERE GOING TO BE A COMMITTEE TO ESTABLISH THE PROCESS? A BOARD? HOW WILL THE PEOPLE BE CHOSEN TO SIT ON THIS BOARD? WILL THEY BE CONNECTED LIKE TO BRAF AND BRAC, OR WILL THEY JUST BE CITIZENS WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN THIS MOU PROCESS? AND THE PROCESS IS ALREADY STATED, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WITHIN OUR PLAN OF GOVERNMENT. SO AWARDING INTERIM MANAGEMENT SHOULD ALREADY BE DECIDED WITHOUT HAVING TO DO A VISIT BATON ROUGE, CITY OF BATON ROUGE, WHATEVER YOU CALL IT.

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

THE OTHER THING IS, IF THIS GROUP IS MEETING TO ESTABLISH THE FRAMEWORK AND THE PROCESS, THEY NEED TO MEET HERE IN THIS ROOM. AND THE MEETINGS NEED TO BE RECORDED AND THE TRANSCRIPTS NEED TO BE AVAILABLE. VISIT BATON ROUGE MEETING THAT I WENT TO, AND CORTANA MEETING THAT I WENT TO, THEY DON'T HAVE TRANSCRIPTS, SO YOU GET ONLY A PIECE OF WHAT WAS SAID. SO IT PROBABLY WON'T SHOW UP IN THE MINUTES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO CLEVE THAT. THE CHAIRMAN, THE VICE CHAIR, SAID THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS NOT TO BRING IN BUSINESS. IT'S TO BUILD A COMMUNITY CENTER.

WE NEED TRANSCRIPTS FOR EVERY EDD MEETING, EVERY BOARD, EVERY MOU, EVERY GROUP OF CONNECTED CITIZENS WHO ARE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT OUR TAX DOLLARS. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. LET'S HAVE THE MEETINGS HERE. LET'S HAVE THEM RECORDED. LET'S HAVE THE TRANSCRIPTS AVAILABLE. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING THEM, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL.

COUNCIL MEMBERS. YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL COMMENT IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 104.

MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN. I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN DUNN JR.

THANK YOU, JILL. OR SOMEBODY.

JUST A. JUST A POINT OF CLARITY ON PROCESS.

JILL KIDDER.

VISIT BATON ROUGE.

AND YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION, BUT I. I PULL WAYNE ASIDE TO JUST KIND OF ASK, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THE TRANSITION PROCESS LOOK LIKE? HE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR ME.

DO YOU HAVE YOU GUYS TALK THROUGH THAT, OR WILL YOU DECIDE THAT IN THIS PROCESS? CAN YOU JUST WALK ME THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT? YEAH, IT'S STILL IN PROCESS OF THE CONVERSATION. I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THE MAYORS

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ASKED US TO DO A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AT FIRST, AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING CERTAINLY THERE WILL BE A TRANSITION PROCESS, BUT THERE'S ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CURRENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY TO BID ON THE. THE CONTINUATION OF THIS MANAGEMENT. THERE WILL BE AN INTERIM CONTRACTUAL MANAGEMENT GROUP THAT WE WILL GO OUT FOR AN RFP FOR WHICH HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND OF COURSE, HOPEFULLY APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. AND THEN ANYONE CAN CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, APPLY FOR IT.

WHAT KIND OF TIMELINE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? IT LOOKS LIKE THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR, BECAUSE THE CONTRACT IS UP DECEMBER 31ST.

NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE RFP.

THE RFP. WE'RE GOING TO GO QUICKLY WITH THE RFP. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING, YOU KNOW, DILIGENTLY ON OUR OWN DIME TO DO SOMETHING SO THAT WE COULD GET IT OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

BECAUSE THE TIME IS OF ESSENCE, YOU THINK IN TWO WEEKS, 30 DAYS, 60 DAYS, PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK, IF WE CAN.

ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD? NO, THAT THIS IS A MARATHON.

THIS IS, THIS IS NOT A SPRINT. AND THIS IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME. SO WE, WE APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT. POINT OF CLARITY.

WE HAVE A.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN COLEMAN, SECOND BY

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COUNCILMAN MOAK. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES 105 AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE TOTAL BS LLC FOR PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RIVER CENTER PROJECT FOR A TERM OF AUGUST 26TH THROUGH JULY 31ST. AUGUST 2026 THROUGH JULY 31ST, 2027.

FOR AN AMOUNT. POINT OF CLARITY.

MAN.

CAN YOU SAY THE BUSINESS NAME ONE MORE TIME FOR ME? NO.

250,000 FOR THE FIRST YEAR AND275,000 FOR THE SECOND YEAR OF FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE RIVER CENTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT BY COUNCILWOMAN CAROLYN COLEMAN AND COUNCILMAN DWIGHT HUDSON.

THERE'S A. AN EXPECTATION OF AN AMENDMENT. THE FUNDING IS ACTUALLY PROVIDED BY RIVER CENTER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND. SO ANY MOTION NEEDS TO INCLUDE THAT AMENDMENT OR SHOULD INCLUDE THAT AMENDMENT.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? PENNY MAE LANDRY. I AM IN OPPOSITION TO US GIVING ANY MONEY TO A CONSULTING COMPANY CALLED TOTAL BS. YEAH, YOU CAN LAUGH.

YOU CAN LAUGH. ALL RIGHT, AARON. YOU KNOW, THIS WHOLE RIVER CENTER THING, I WAS APPALLED THAT YOU GUYS VOTED FOR THE NON COMPETE WITH THE NEW LSU ARENA. YOU KNOW, AND NOW WE WANT TO SPEND ALL THIS MONEY WHEN WE HAVE A NON COMPETE WHICH LIMITS WHAT WE CAN DO. SO I'M UNSURE HOW THE THINKING IS GOING HERE ABOUT THIS RIVER CENTER AND SPENDING ALL OF THIS ADDITIONAL MONEY. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BIG PROBLEM DOWNTOWN WITH STREET FIGHTING AND WHATEVER. WE ALSO HAVE A TRAFFIC PROBLEM. WE HAVE POTHOLE PROBLEMS. WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS DOWNTOWN THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. AND I'M THINKING THAT INSTEAD OF HIRING ALL, USING TAXPAYER MONEY TO HIRE ALL THESE CONSULTANTS, MAYBE WE GO TO THE LSU AND THE SOUTHERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND GIVE US, YOU KNOW, SOME STUDENTS TO WORK WITH THAT DON'T COST US ANYTHING. THAT THEY CAN USE THIS WORK AS PART OF THEIR, YOU KNOW, GETTING THEIR DEGREES AND THAT WE USE, YOU KNOW, CITIZENS WHO CAN GET TOGETHER IN MEETINGS AND TALK THIS OUT AND, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH IDEAS. WE KEEP HIRING CONSULTANTS FOR A LOT OF MONEY AND WE GET MINIMAL RETURN, IN MY OPINION. SO LET'S RETHINK THIS, SEE IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN GET SOME INPUT PUT.

BECAUSE AS THIS READS, IT'S FOR A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR A TERM OF ONE, THE FIRST YEAR OF 250, THEN THEY GET A RAISE TO 275.

WELL, A TWO YEAR CONTRACT IS TOO LONG. IT'S ONE YEAR TOO LONG. OKAY. THERE'S NO NEED TO MAKE THIS TWO YEARS. THAT IF IT'S GOING TO TAKE TWO YEARS FOR, FOR US TO FIGURE OUT HOW, WHAT TO DO WITH THE RIVER CENTER, WE NEED A NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEE NONE GO

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TO COUNCIL. JUST POINT OF CLARITY, NON COMPETE DOES NOT GO INTO EFFECT UNLESS ARENA IS BUILT AND OPEN SO THAT THERE IS NO NON COMPETE. THAT'S IN EFFECT RIGHT NOW.

COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN.

OKAY. YES. I'M GOING TO ASK LISA TO COME UP BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER AMENDMENT ON THERE AND.

YEAH.

YES MA', AM. IT APPEARS THAT THERE'S A TYPO. IT SHOULD SAY AUGUST 2026 TO JULY 31, 2028.

THE NEXT SENTENCE INDICATES THAT IT'S TWO YEAR.

BUT THAT THAT'S JUST A.

OKAY. AND SO WITH THAT, WITH THOSE TWO AMENDMENTS THEN I SO MOVE ON THIS. I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT EARLIER TONIGHT WE HAD CERTIFICATES GIVEN TO US AND ACCLIMATES AND ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF. YOU KNOW ABOUT THE GOOD. SO THIS WILL BE SOME MORE GOOD. AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THIS BE APPLIED.

THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN.

MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MOAK TO APPROVE WITH THE TWO

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AMENDMENTS ANY OPPOSITION.

MOTION CARRIES 106 AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA TO APPROPRIATE FUNDING THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 FOR FIRST RESPONDER ACTIVITIES FROM FUNDING PROVIDED IN ACT 3 OF THE 2026 REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION BY CONGRESS.

CONSTABLE JERICHO WILLIAMS. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? CONSTABLE, GOOD EVENING.

FIRST I JUST WANT TO SPEAK ON? I HAVE TWO ITEMS. CAN I DO BOTH OF THEM NOW OR LET ME DO ONE AT A TIME? WE'LL DO ONE AT A TIME.

WELL, THE FIRST ITEM IS FUNDING THAT IS BEING ALLOCATED AND APPROVED TO THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE FROM THE STATE, WHICH WILL HELP US TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT, LAPTOPS, COMPUTERS, ETC, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND OF COURSE, COURSE, SINCE I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE, MY GOAL HAS BEEN TO UPDATE AND GET THE EQUIPMENT THAT THESE GUYS NEED TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM THE DUTIES THAT THEY PERFORM. SO I'M JUST ASKING AND MAKING SURE Y' ALL UNDERSTAND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED. AND I APPRECIATE Y'.

ALL.

WE CAN GET THIS APPROVED TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SEE NO GO TO COUNCIL. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN KENNEY. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DUNN JR. THERE'S BEEN A RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO APPROVE CONTINGENT UPON BUDGET SUPPLEMENT BEING SIGNED. IS THAT HOW YOUR MOTIONS ARE TO BE CONSIDERED? SUBJECT TO THE.

WHO MADE THAT RECOMMENDATION? FINANCE DEPARTMENT, YES.

ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES.

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ITEM 107.

RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS ONE IS THE SAME AMENDMENT APPROVED CONTINGENT. NOT AN AMENDMENT, BUT TO APPROVE CONTINGENT ON BUDGET SUPPLEMENT BEING SIGNED.

AUTHORIZATION AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $80,000 FOR FIRST RESPONDER ACTIVITIES FROM THE FUNDING PROVIDED IN ACT 3 OF THE 2026 REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION BY CONSTABLE TERRICA WILLIAMS. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OF COURSE I HAVE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM BECAUSE THIS ONE IS DEAR TO ME. THE $80,000 THAT'S BEEN ALLOCATED IS SOMETHING THAT SENATOR LARRY SELDOS HAD IN PLACE. AND I RECEIVED A TEXT FROM HIM THE WEEK THAT WE PASSED SAYING THAT HE WASN'T GOING TO LET ME DOWN. HE WAS GOING TO MAKE SURE WE RECEIVED A TRANSPORT VAN. AND HE DID.

HE STUCK TO HIS WORD, EVEN ON THE FINAL DAYS. SO I APPRECIATE Y' ALL AND I KNOW Y' ALL GONNA APPROVE THIS ONE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT ON RECORD TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SENATOR LARRY SANDERS DID RIGHT BEFORE HE LEFT US. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM GO TO COUNCIL.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN KENNEY.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GAUDET.

ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES.

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ITEM 108, AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO AMEND THE CONTRACT WITH HUNT GUYOT AND ASSOCIATES TO EXTEND CONTRACT TERM FROM DECEMBER 31, 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2026 BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GAUDET, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN

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DUNN JR. ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES 109. AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO AND EXECUTE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. THE AGREEMENT WILL ALLOCATE $250,000 IN HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS FUNDS TO AUTHORIZE AND AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF ALL RELATED DOCUMENTS BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM NOW WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL. NEED A MOTION

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CONTINGENT ON GRANTS REVIEW APPROVING IT.

SO MOVED BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN. WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN AMOROSO. ANY OPPOSITION MOTION

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CARRIES 110 AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITH ARCADIS US INC. FOR THE BAYOU MAN TRACK RESTORATION AND WATER CREEK REALIGNMENT GRANT PROJECT AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,749,968.28 BY THE TRANSPORTATION DRAINAGE DIRECTOR. RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THIS CONTINGENT UPON GRANTS REVIEW APPROVING.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YES. THANK YOU. MS. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, I JUST WANTED TO RELAY THE INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO HOW HOW GREAT THIS PROJECT WAS GOING TO BE FOR US FOR THE PARISH. NUMBER ONE, IT IS A MAJOR PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SECURE FEDERAL DOLLARS FROM 100% FEDERAL DOLLARS, $29.8 MILLION TO LOOK AT DOING SOME DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WARD'S CREEK AND THE MANCHAK AREA. WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH DAMON RIVER BASIN COMMISSION AND ALSO AS A MEMBER OF THAT BOARD, WE WERE ABLE TO GET TOTAL SUPPORT FROM ALSO ASCENSION PARISH, EVERVILLE PARISH AND LIVINGSTON PARISH, WHICH IS VERY CRITICAL WHEN YOU HAVE THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THIS IS THE FIRST STEPS THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA. THANK YOU ALL FOR APPROVING THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR. BUT I WILL JUST SAY THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT FOR THIS REGION AND THE SOONER WE CAN GET BUSY WITH WORKING WITH THE DESIGN AND FINISH AND GET CONSTRUCTION, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL SEE A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT FROM FLOOD REDUCTION IN REGARDS TO THIS PROJECT.

MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ALSO. I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE WHO ALSO PUSHED IN THIS ST. GEORGE ALSO TO BE OF A PART PARTICIPANT OF THIS PROJECT. AND THEY CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN MORE THAN WILLING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE ASKED THEM TO DO TO ADDRESS THAT. SO FROM NOW I JUST WANT TO HOPE THE COUNCIL APPROVED THIS, BUT I WANT TO BE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT. YOU KNOW, NORMALLY I GET HERE AND EVERYBODY'S HOLLERING ABOUT, WHY THIS? WHY NOT? I WANT TO AT LEAST KNOW THAT FROM A STORMWATER STANDPOINT, THIS PROJECT IS A MAJOR CAPACITY IMPROVEMENT FOR OUR PARISH. NO QUESTION.

THAT'S JUST A START. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, FRED.

REPRESENTATIVE PAUL SAWYER IS HERE WITH US. THANK YOU FOR COMING, SIR.

THANK YOU, MR. PRO TEM, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, PAUL SAWYER WITH THE AMY RIVER BASIN COMMISSION AND PROUD STAFFER TO MY COMMISSIONER, FRED RAYFORD. I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT HE SAID AND WHAT I THINK YOU ALREADY KNOW. I THINK YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS, NOT JUST TO THE PARISH, BUT TO THE CAPITAL REGION.

THIS IS A PIVOTAL PROJECT.

DECADES AGO, THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, AFTER THE GREAT FLOOD OF 1983.

FORGET ABOUT 2016 FOR A MOMENT. THE GREAT FLOOD OF 1983, CORPS OF ENGINEERS CAME UP WITH FIVE PROJECTS TO DEVELOP SYSTEMIC FLOOD REDUCTION IN THE ENTIRE CAPITAL REGION.

MOST OF THOSE PROJECTS HAVE FALLEN BY THE WAYSIDE. THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS HAS ABANDONED MOST OF THOSE PROJECTS, EXCEPT FOR THE COMUTE RIVER DIVERSION CANAL, WHICH IS IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

IN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE FIVE BAYOUS PROJECT, WHICH IS IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

THE OTHER PROJECTS WERE ABANDONED. ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS WAS THIS PROJECT, BAYOU MANCHAK. LOOK, MOST OF THE PARISH, MORE THAN 75% OF THIS PARISH DRAINS INTO BAYOU MANCHAK. BAYOU MANCHAK.

MY APOLOGIES IF YOU LOVE IT.

BAYOU MANCHAK IS A DITCH. IT DOES NOT FLOW. IT NEEDS HELP.

THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO HELP DRAIN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH. AND WHEN WE COMBINE IT WITH ALL OF THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT THE AMUT RIVER BASIN COMMISSION IS PUTTING TOGETHER WITH ITS PARTNER PARISHES, THE OTHER SEVEN PARISHES, WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC FLOOD RISK REDUCTION IN THE REGION, AND IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, AND IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT THE REGION. AND IT'S STARTING IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH. SO, AGAIN, I BELIEVE YOU UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT. I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THE STEP THAT YOU'RE TAKING ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS.

THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

THANK YOU, SIR. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, SEE NO. GO TO COUNCIL. COUNCILMAN DUNN JR.

THANK YOU. PAUL, IF YOU COULD COME BACK UP, PLEASE.

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COUPLE OF THINGS.

IN THE MEMO, IT TALKS ABOUT THIS PROJECT BEING FUNDED BY THE LOUISIANA WATERSHED INITIATIVE. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW THOSE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED? WHAT CONTRIBUTES TO IT? HOW DO THESE FUNDS COME ABOUT.

SURE.

SO AS A RESULT OF THE 2016 FLOOD, CONGRESS APPROPRIATED $1.2 BILLION TO THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, MOST OF WHICH IS CONCENTRATED IN THE CAPITAL REGION. THESE FUNDS ARE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, STATE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. AND PROJECTS ACTUALLY HAVE TO COMPETE FOR THESE GRANT FUNDS. EXCEPT $100 MILLION WENT TO THIS REGION. WHY THIS REGION? BECAUSE THE 2016 FLOOD HAPPENED HERE. THIS REGION IS THE REASON WHY THE STATE OF LOUISIANA GETS $1.2 BILLION.

AND SO A PROJECT LIKE THIS WAS RECOGNIZED AS A PRIORITY. AND SO IT IS THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT ARE ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH FOR THIS PROJECT. ONE OTHER THING, NOT PART OF YOUR QUESTION, BUT I'M JUST REMINDED OF WHAT SAID, AND THIS IS.

MAYBE THIS IS NOT IMPORTANT OUTSIDE OF THIS ROOM, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IN THIS ROOM.

ANOTHER HISTORIC FEATURE OF THIS PROJECT IS THAT EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IS THE LEAD WITH ASCENSION PARISH, IBERVILLE PARISH, LIVINGSTON PARISH IN THE CITY OF ST.

GEORGE. I MEAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO FAR BACK IN TIME TO REMEMBER WHEN THE RAINDROPS COME, THE WEAPONS COME OUT, AND THE LAWYERS COME OUT, AND THESE PARISHES GO TO BATTLE. THE FACT THAT THEY ARE COOPERATING ON THIS PROJECT, IN MY VIEW, IS ABSOLUTELY HISTORIC, AND I'M PROUD THAT EBR IS TAKING THE LEAD.

YOU ACTUALLY GOING RIGHT WHERE I WAS GOING.

BUT TALK ABOUT, YOU SAID PARTICIPATING IN PARTNERING. TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

SO THE FUNDS, FIRST OF ALL, THE FUNDS WERE ALLOCATED TO AMUT RIVER BASIN COMMISSION.

AND WE DETERMINED THE FASTEST, MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO GET PROJECTS DEVELOPED WOULD BE TO LET THE PARISHES TAKE THE LEAD.

AND IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IS THE LEAD OF A COOPERATIVE EFFORT OF OTHER PARISHES. THAT'S UNIQUE. I DON'T THINK YOU SEE THAT IN OTHER PROJECTS AROUND THE STATE, ESPECIALLY IN LOUISIANA WATERSHED INITIATIVE FUNDS. AND SO THE FACT THAT EBR IS TAKING THE LEAD AND THE OTHER PARISHES ARE SUPPORTING THAT EFFORT, AND THEN ALSO YOU HAVE, AS COMMISSIONER OR DIRECTOR, WHATEVER RAYFORD MENTIONED, THE CITY OF ST. GEORGE IS ALSO PARTICIPATING IN THIS, AND THOSE STAKEHOLDERS ARE IN SUPPORTING ROLES, BUT EBR IS TAKING THE LEADERSHIP ROLE.

SO, PAUL, WHEN YOU SAY ST.

GEORGE IS PARTICIPATING, THEY GOT SOME FEDERAL DOLLARS OR SOME STATE DOLLARS AND HOW THEY PARTICIPATE, ALL THE FUNDS ARE BEING ADMINISTERED THROUGH EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

SO HIGH ST. GEORGE PARTICIPATE, THEY HELPED OUT ON SOME ENGINEERING AND MODELING.

OKAY, SO, SO. SO EBR IS A QUARTERBACK. AND IF WE NEED ANY OF THE SKILLED PLAYERS TO RUN A ROUTE, WE GIVE THEM THE BALL.

BUT EBR IS THE QUARTERBACK.

GOOD DEAL. NOW, TALK ABOUT THE TOURS THAT YOU'VE DONE.

I'VE BEEN ON AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN ON.

STAKEHOLDERS FROM ALL SEVEN PARISHES TALK ABOUT WHAT TAKES PLACE THERE.

AND I'M SURE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO. WANT TO TAKE THE NEXT TOUR AND TALK ABOUT WHEN THE NEXT ONE IS.

OH, ABSOLUTELY. SO I MENTIONED THAT WE'RE TAKING A SYSTEMIC APPROACH. ONE PROJECT ALONE WILL NOT WORK. SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE COMUTE RIVER DIVERSION CANAL AND HOW ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE THAT PROJECT COMPLETED.

THAT'S ONE PROJECT IN THE FARTHEST WEST PART OF THIS CAPITAL REGION. SO WE HAVE TO DO OTHER PROJECTS, AND WE ARE DEVELOPING OTHER PROJECTS IN LIVINGSTON PARISH, ASCENSION PARISH, AND THEN ONE OTHER PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IN EAST FELICIA AND ST HELENA. WE CALL IT THE UPPER AMITE RESTORATION PROJECT. AND SO THE AMEIT RIVER BASIN COMMISSION, WE HAVE ACQUIRED OUR FIRST OF WHAT WE EXPECT TO BE MANY ABANDONED SAND AND GRAVEL MINES, WHICH, WHEN LEFT ALONE, THEY AGGRAVATE FLOOD CONDITIONS. AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS ACQUIRE THOSE MINES AND RESTORE THEM, RESTORE THEIR NATURAL FEATURES SO THAT THE RIVER SLOWS DOWN. YOU KNOW, IF THE RIVER IS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN, THAT WILL ALLOW BAYOU MANCHAC TO DRAIN. AND IF BAYOU MANCHAK CAN DRAIN, THAT MEANS JONES CREEK AND WARD CREEK AND BAYOU FOUNTAIN, DAWSON CREEK. ALL OF THESE MAJOR WATERSHEDS IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH ARE ALLOWED TO DRAIN MORE EFFICIENTLY.

EFFICIENTLY, BECAUSE THEY CAN GET OUT OF BAYOU MANCHECK.

BAYOU MANCHECK CAN GET INTO THE AMITE RIVER AND DOWN TO LAKE MAUREPAW. IT'S A SYSTEM. AND WE ARE DOING VISITS TO THAT UPPER AMY PROJECT. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO WAIT

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TILL IT COOLS DOWN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT'S HOT. IT'S HOT UP THERE.

AND TO HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT IT IS ONE THING, BUT TALK ABOUT ACTUALLY SEEING IT.

PAUL, WHAT DO YOU SHOW? WHAT DO YOU LET STAKEHOLDERS SEE? BECAUSE IT'S MUCH MORE IMPACTFUL WHEN YOU. WHEN YOU SEE THE FLOW, THE BACKUPS, THE ISSUES.

ABSOLUTELY. SO JUST REAL QUICK, WE REFER TO THE AMUT RIVER BASIN AS UPPER AND LOWER. AND THE UNOFFICIAL DIVIDING LINE OF UPPER AND LOWER IS I12.

THAT'S NOT A GEOGRAPHICAL FACT.

THAT'S JUST GENERAL REFERENCE POINT.

ABOVE I12, YOU HAVE ELEVATION, YOU HAVE SLOPE. BELOW I12, IT'S FLAT AS A PANCAKE. SO IMAGINE A WATER SLIDE. WATER COMES RUSHING DOWN, HITS THE POOL, SPREADS OUT. IT HAS NOWHERE TO GO. AND YOU CAN VISUALIZE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN THE 2016 FLOOD.

THAT WATER RUSHED FROM THE NORTH, HAD NOWHERE TO GO. IT JUST SPREAD OUT AND BACKED UP.

SO BY COMBINING ALL OF THESE PROJECTS, WE ARE MANAGING THE WAY THAT THE RIVER FLOWS. AND SO WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE LOWER PART OF THE BASIN. AND YOU REMIND ME THAT WE'LL BE CONDUCTING THOSE VISITS PROBABLY IN NOVEMBER.

WE WILL GO TO THE LOWER PART OF THE AMUT RIVER SYSTEM WHERE THE WATER DEPOSITS. AND THEN WE WILL ALSO BE VISITING THE NORTHERN PART. THE NORTHERN PART, THE UPPER A MEET FOREIGN. IT APPEARS FOREIGN TO FOLKS IN THE LOWER PART. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S PART OF LOUISIANA. IT IS THE. THE RIVER IS WIDE, IT'S SHALLOW. IT LOOKS MORE LIKE IT'S GOT WHITE SANDY BEACHES. IT LOOKS LIKE IT SHOULD BE IN MONTANA, NOT IN LOUISIANA. IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. BUT WE CALL THOSE FLASHY RIVERS. AND SO WHEN THE RIVERS HIT THE ELEVATION, THEY GO RAPIDLY INTO THE RIVER AND THE RIVER COMES RAPIDLY DOWN HERE. AND THEN WE KNOW THE REST. WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE? I JUST APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ONE LITTLE PROJECT IN THE SCOPE OF THE LARGER PROBLEM. AND THIS IS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM, AND EBR IS TAKING THE LEAD.

THANK YOU, PAUL. I'M SURE SOME OTHER COMMENTS ARE COMING.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DUNN JR. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN.

COUNCILMAN MOAK.

YEAH, I KNOW THIS ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY STATES WITH THESE. THE PART OF THE BAYOUS AND YOU MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE.

IN THE FIVE TRIBUTARIES PROJECT FOR EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

AND WE'VE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT SNAGGING AND CLEARING THE A MEAT AND THE COMIT RIVER, WHICH WE. WE DID THAT ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.

APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP AND WORK WITH THAT. WE GOT THAT TARP DONE. WE KNOW THE DIVERSION CANAL IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS THIS, OF COURSE, RIGHT HERE WITH THE FIVE TRIBUTARIES PROJECT AND THIS. CORRECT ME IF I'M RIGHT.

WE HAVE THE WARD'S CREEK AND THE BAYOU MAN SHACK, WARD CREEK, BAYOU FOUNTAIN, JONES CREEK. THOSE ARE PART OF THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, CORRECT? YES, SIR. THE MAJOR THREE CHANNELS ARE ACTUALLY BAYOU FOUNTAIN, WATERS CREEK AND GOD, YEAH. AND PART OF JONES CREEK.

YES, MANCHECK. OKAY. AND.

AND WE'VE DONE SUBSTANTIAL GREAT WORK THROUGH EAST BAT ROUGE PARISH, YOUR OFFICE, THE AMUT RIVER BASIN AND EVERYTHING. BUT WE'VE BROUGHT THIS UP SEVERAL TIMES. WE TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S BELOW, I GUESS THE BELOW I12, THE FLAT PART OR WHATEVER.

WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THE REST OF THE PROJECT AS FAR AS BEAVER BAYOU AND BLACKWATER BAYOU? WELL, WE ARE MEETING AND WE HAVE MET WITH THE CORPS, AND THOSE ARE SOME ISSUES WE'RE DEALING WITH. THEM CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, THERE WERE SOME UTILITY ISSUES THAT WE WERE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH. ALSO, THERE'S A LOT OF RIGHT AWAY THAT ARE. SERVER 10 ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE ACQUIRED BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE ACTUAL EXCAVATION THAT WAS GOING TO TAKE PLACE. AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CORPS IN RELATIONSHIP TO THAT AT THIS POINT. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW MUCH THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, WHERE WE NEED TO DO THE WORKOUT, AND WHEN CAN WE ACTUALLY START.

WE HAVE SECURED SOME OF THE SERVITUDES ALREADY. AND ALSO WE'RE HAVING TO LOOK AT WHAT THE COST IS GOING TO BE TO MAYBE RELOCATE SOME OF THE UTILITIES THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN THOSE PROPOSED SERVITUDES THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE RELOCATED AND MOVED BECAUSE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE.

OKAY. AND I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME TALKS AND BACK AND FORTH AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND HAVING TO DO SERVITUDES AND ALL THAT,

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BUT THE FULL FUNDING, WHICH THE BEAVER BAYOU AND THE BLACKWATER BAYOU, ALONG WITH THIS RIGHT HERE, THE FULL FUNDING IS THERE, CORRECT? THE FUNDING THAT WE NEED. I MEAN, LET'S REPHRASE THAT. THE COST IS GOING UP, BUT YES, THE MONEY'S STILL THERE.

AT THIS POINT. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CORPS ON WHAT WE CAN LOOK AT TRYING TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS OR TO. TO READDRESS SOME OF THE STATUS OF THAT. THOSE PROJECTS. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'LL FIND OUT. ONE, FROM AN OVERALL COST STANDPOINT.

OKAY. THIS 1.74. IS THAT PART OF THE FUNDS? ARE THOSE FUNDS COMING FROM ANY OF THE FIVE TRIBUTARIES PROJECTS THAT'S BEEN ALLOWED? IT'S ALL PART OF THE 100 MILLION. IT'S JUST THIS IS.

IT'S ALL PART OF THE HUNDRED MILLION. AND THAT. THAT 1.7 IS TO DO THE ENGINEERING WORK NECESSARY TO MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD.

BUT IT'S COMING OUT OF THE SAME POOL OF MONEY THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR ALL THE OTHER TRIBUTARIES FOR THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND THE FUTURE WORK TO BE DONE.

IT'S UNDER THE WATERSHED INITIATIVE PROGRAM. WE HAVE HAZARD MITIGATION FUNDS ALSO THAT WE BEEN ABLE TO USE TO DO, BUT.

OKAY, GREAT.

I MEAN, FROM THIS STANDPOINT, THERE'S NO FUNDS HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED AT ALL OUT OF THE OUT OF THE FIVE TRIBUTARIES PROJECT.

THESE FUNDS ARE SEPARATE.

THOSE ARE FUNDS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE THROUGH THE AMEN RIVER BASIN. AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT WITH THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE BEING THE LEAD.

OKAY. OTHER THAN PURCHASING RIGHT AWAY AND EVERYTHING WITH THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE ON JONES CREEK, WARD, CREEK, BAYOU, FOUNTAIN, THESE THREE TRIBUTARIES AND ALL. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS PROJECT. AND LOOK, YALLS OFFICE, PAUL'S OFFICE, EVERYONE HAS BEEN AMAZING WITH MOVING THIS FORWARD. AND I KNOW IT TAKES TIME. ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS ADVISED THAT HELD UP WAS SOME OF THE WORK HAD TO BE DONE LOWER BEFORE WE COULD START ON THESE THINGS. ARE WE TO THE POINT THAT ONCE WE GET THIS RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION FINISHED UP THAT THE THREE BAYOUS ARE FAR ENOUGH ALONG THAT WE CAN MOVE INTO THESE OTHERS ALSO TO COMPLETE THE FULL FIVE TRIBUTARIES PROJECT? THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CORPS ON AND TO HAVE WHAT PROJECTS WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HOW WE CAN. MAY THAT EXPEDITE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ASKING THESE QUESTIONS. I UNDERSTAND, COUNCILMAN, BUT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE TRYING TO. YOU ALWAYS WANT US TO DO DOWNSTREAM FIRST.

CORRECT? BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT ANYTHING BEING PUSHED FROM UP THERE, PUSHED DOWN IN THERE BECAUSE THAT ENDS UP BEING A PROBLEM.

IN FACT, BASED ON FEDERAL LAW, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. YOU KNOW, I MEAN YOU COULD BE SUED IN REFERENCE TO THIS.

AND THIS WAS. I'M GLAD TO GET OUT THERE PUBLICLY.

PLEASE CONTINUE.

YEAH, AND FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE WANTED TO DO THE DOWNSTREAM. WE HAVE DONE THAT. WE'VE BEEN MOVING FORWARD WITH THE OTHER TUBE THAT'S SITTING UP THERE ALSO.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PARTIALS COMPARED TO WHAT WE WERE DEALING WITH ON SOME OF THE OTHER TRACKS WHICH WE NEED TO GET. AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BREAKING IT IN PHASES TO TRY TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS.

YEAH, AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE CONNECTION I WANTED TO MAKE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE MESSAGE ME WHEN THEY SEE THIS ITEM ON HERE AND THEY GO ON ANOTHER PROJECT FOR BAYOU MAN SHACK, ANOTHER PROJECT FOR WARD'S CREEK OR THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER, AND THEY SEE SOME STANDSTILL, YOU KNOW, UP NORTH. AND THAT'S NOT YALLS FAULT. AND I TRY TO EXPLAIN TO THEM, JUST LIKE YOU SAID, YOU GOT TO FINISH UP OR AT LEAST GET TO A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE POINT WITH THE LOWER BASINS BEFORE YOU CAN START CLEANING OUT THE UPPER BASINS AND FORCE ALL THAT WATER DOWN THERE. SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP TO THE PUBLIC AND I JUST WANT TO. WHETHER WE GET WITH YOUR OFFICE OR PAUL'S OFFICE OR MAYBE WE CAN ALL HAVE A SIT DOWN, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHERE WE ARE AT PERCENTAGE WISE AND WHAT WE CAN START TELLING PEOPLE UP NORTH IN BAKER CENTRAL AND ZACHARY ABOUT WHERE THESE WATERSHEDS CAN GET STARTED.

YES, THAT'S FINE.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DUNN JR. SECOND BY

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COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 111 AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENT SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER TWO TO THE ENTITY STATE AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT IN CONNECTION WITH STATE PROJECT I10LA 415 TO ETHAN LANE ON INTERSTATE 10 AND INTERSTATE 12 BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA BY TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? I WILL GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN RACCA SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN

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COLEMAN. ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES 112AMENDING CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE TITLE 1 MUNICIPAL AND PARISH ORGANIZATION CHAPTER 3 PERSONNEL PART 4 EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM SUBPART 2 PENSION PLAN SECTION 1.251 DEFINITIONS SO AS TO ADD DEFINITIONS OF EMPLOYEE GROUPS NON PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEE PUBLIC SAFETY FIRE EMPLOYEE AND PUBLIC SAFETY OTHER EMPLOYEE AND AMEND SECTION 1253

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IN ADMINISTRATION SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES TO BE SEPARATELY CALCULATED FOR NON PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES AND PUBLIC SAFETY FIRE EMPLOYEES AND PUBLIC SAFETY OTHER EMPLOYEES. BAISHA MISRA INTERIM DIRECTOR RETIREMENT ADMINISTRATOR ANYONE HERE PERMISSION TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SCENE NOW WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN RACCA SECOND BY COUNCILMAN KENNEY. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.

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THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

ITEM 113 AUTHORIZING DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE AND QUALITY ENGINEERING SERVICING LLC FOR PROPOSED LIGHTING ON CENTRAL THROUGHWAY BETWEEN FLORIDA BOULEVARD AND GREENWELL SPRINGS ROAD AND CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND CITY OF CENTRAL BY TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SEE NOW WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

MOTION BY COUNCIL COUNCILMAN GAUDET SECOND BY COUNCILMAN

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HURST. ANYONE ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES ITEM 114 AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE BUILDING THE GROUNDS BUILDING MAINTENANCE TO EXECUTE CONTRACT WITH A 1 PINNACLE ELEVATOR FOR CITY OF BATON ROUGE ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE CONTRACT SCHEDULED TO START OCTOBER 1, 2026 WITH INITIAL TERM OF ONE YEAR AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED257.840 FOR VARIOUS CITY PARISH DEPARTMENTS WITH FOUR OPTIONAL ONE YEAR RENEWALS WITH 5% INCREASE EACH YEAR BY THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS DIRECTOR. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NOW WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GAUDET 2ND BY

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COUNCILWOMAN RACCA ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES 115 AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND LOUISIANA OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE MONESANTO BAYOU DRAINAGE PROJECT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,380,868.52. OUR TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SAME NOW WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL.

COUNCILMAN KENNEY.

HEY, FRED, IF YOU WANT TO COME ON UP JUST FOR THE VIEWING AUDIENCE AT HOME. I KNOW IT'S A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT THAT HAVE LED TO A LOT OF FLOODING IN MY AREA. I KNOW A LOT OF GROUNDWORK WAS DONE, SO I'M GLAD WE FINALLY GETTING TO THE FINISH LINE. SO JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN TO THE VIEWING AUDIENCE THE PROJECT AND THE TIMELINE OF IT.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU. NUMBER ONE, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OCD. IT IS ONE THAT WE LOOKED AT ORIGINALLY SOME TIME BACK, AND IT IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT PART OF THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN THAT'S GOING TO ALSO. YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE OF THAT MORE AND MORE OFTEN BECAUSE THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT, TRYING TO FIND WAYS AND FUNDING WE CAN DO TO GET THESE PROJECTS UNDERWAY.

THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS ONE THAT'S IN THE SCOTLANDVILLE AREA. IT'S JUST SOUTH OF BLOUNT, OFF OF ELM GROVE.

GARDEN IS ON THE EAST SIDE.

AND THEN YOU GOT HIGHWAY 19.

THERE'S A RETENTION POND THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING.

THE AREA IS VACANT. WE'RE GOING TO BE SECURING THE PROPERTY.

THERE'S AN ACTUAL OUTFALL DITCH THAT RUNS FROM THERE TO HIGHWAY 19. WE WILL BE CLEARING IN THAT PARTICULAR CHANNEL. WE WILL ALSO BE WIDENING PARTS OF THAT CHANNEL. WE WILL BE PUTTING NEW PIPE UNDERNEATH HIGHWAY 19 THAT GOES TO THE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROADWAY THAT GOES TO THE OUTFALL. THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS WILL BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL. WE WERE TOLD LOOKING AT THE MODELING, IT'D PROBABLY BE AS MANY AS 50 TO 100 HOMES. THAT WILL BE A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT FROM THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD, WORKING WITH OCD AND THAT STATE.

BUT I WANT TO THANK OUR PARTNERS ALSO WITH THE LOCAL OCD, BECAUSE THEY HELP PUT THE STUFF TOGETHER FOR US IN REGARDS TO GETTING THIS PROJECT MOVING FROM A TIME FRAME STANDPOINT.

WE GET THE CONTRACT UNDERWAY, GO THROUGH ALL THE PAPERWORK THAT'S NECESSARY, WOULD STATE OCD AND GET THE PERMIT ISSUED.

THEN WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS.

I MAY HAVE MISSED IT. THEY HAD A PARTY GOING ON IN THE CHAMBER, SO IT WAS A LITTLE DISTRACTING, BUT GOOD QUESTION. SO I KNOW WE THIS STARTS AT THOMAS ROAD IN HIS DISTRICT AND IT FLOWS THROUGH MINE, THROUGH EXXON TO THE RIVER, RIGHT? YES, SIR. AND YOU HAVE YOUR PROJECT ALSO THE AMOUNT OF SENTIMENT BY YOU THE EMBANKMENT AREA THAT IS GOING TO BE COMING UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS TO TO GET SELECTED AND THEN BE IT APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL.

YEAH, I REMEMBER WE INITIALLY TALKED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO REDIRECT SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS, WHICH I'M GLAD THEY DIDN'T. BUT

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JUST TELL ME HOW THAT CONNECTIVITY WORKS. AND ALSO ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES WITH MONTE SAN O BAYOU IN MY DISTRICT IS A DUMPING ZONE.

AND SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PLANS FOR THAT? BECAUSE YOU CAN DO ALL THE WORK YOU WANT ON IT.

YES, SIR.

BUT IF THE DUMPING CREATES A DAM AND IT STOPS THE FLOW OF WATER. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.

WE HAVE MET WITH SOME OF THE OWNERS OUT IN THE AREA ON THE MONTECINO, PARTICULARLY CLOSER TO HARDING WHERE LOTS OF THE DUMPING IS TAKING PLACE, BUT ALSO ALSO BY ON HOLLYWOOD STREET WHICH IS. AND EXCUSE ME, NOT HOLLYWOOD GREENWELL STREET WHERE A LOT OF DUMPING IS TAKING PLACE. I KNOW MR. BROMFIELD AND I HAVE MET WITH SOME OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THAT.

IN ALL HONESTY, COUNCILMAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE. WHEN THEY DUMP TIRES, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PUT CAMERAS, YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING YOU WANT, BUT AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO BETTER CATCH PEOPLE. AND I ALWAYS LIKE THE WAY COACH ALWAYS SAYS, I SAID PEOPLE WE NEED TO CATCH THEM AND MAKE THEM PAY THE PRICE. AND TO ME I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT.

BUT I THINK NUMBER ONE, THERE ARE TWO PROJECTS THAT WE DO HAVE IN YOUR DISTRICT THAT NUMBER ONE IS A HAZARD MITIGATION PROJECT THAT I'M STILL WAITING ON FEMA TO GIVE ME THE FINAL APPROVAL TO FIX THE LYON CANAL SECTION RIGHT THERE BY PLANK ROAD. AND THE OTHER SECTION IS UNDER OUR THE WATERSHED INITIATIVE PROJECT WHICH IS THE THE ACTUAL EMBANKMENT AREA THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT DOING FOR TO HELP BACK AND BACK IN WATER COMING UP FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DURING THE FLOOD EVENTS.

WE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN

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KENNEY, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS.

116 AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A ENTITY STATE AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA VIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT AND CONNECTION WITH STATE PROJECT TRAFFIC SIGNAL COORDINATION AND SINKING EAST BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 3164 U.S. 61 U.S. 61 LA 37 LA 408 PROJECT AND PARISH VISTA BATON ROUGE BY TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR. ANYONE HERE WISH ME TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM NOW GO TO COUNCIL. HAVE A MOTION.

[Items 117 - 121]

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HURST SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MOAK. ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES, WE'LL TAKE 117 THROUGH 121 TOGETHER. AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER ONE, A CONTRACT FOR ROBINSON AVENUE SIDEWALKS HOLLYWOOD STREET TO DENHAM STREET DESIGN SERVICES WITH ALL SOUTH CONSULTING ENGINEERS LLC FOR ADDITIONAL DESIGN SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVE BR ADA TRANSITION ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $23,529.44 BRINGING TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $203,409.33 BY TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR. AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER FIVE TO A CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH STANTECH CONSULTING SERVICES INC.

FOR ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MUBR CONSTANTINE DIJON AVENUE PHASE 02, MIDWAY TO BLUE BONDED AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000.

BRINGING TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $866,386 BY TRANSPORTATION DRAINAGE DIRECTOR. AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER TWO TO A CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH SJB GROUP LLC FOR ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOVE BR CAPACITY PROJECT HIGHLAND ROAD AND SEAGAN LANE AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $21,661.74 BRINGING TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $569,361.70 BY TRANSPORTATION DRAINAGE DIRECTOR. AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER ONE, A CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH BOUCHARD HORN INC. FOR ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MUBR CAPACITY PROJECTS AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $156,297.26 BRINGING THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $635,712.03 BY TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR.

AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH SUSTAINABLE DESIGN SOLUTIONS LLC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOVE BR PROJECTS 35TH SIDEWALKS, ZION STREET NORTH NORTH STREET AND HEARTHSTONE DRIVE DRIVE SIDEWALKS CLEACUT TO KLEINHARDT STREET IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $132,188.47 BY TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 117 THROUGH 121, ITEMS 118, 119 AND 120? AARON AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK YESTERDAY AND HE SAID HE SOMEWHAT AGREED.

AGREED WITH ME THAT THESE SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRACTS, HUH? RIGHT, AARON.

WE HAD A TALK ABOUT SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRACTS ANYWAY.

DON'T YOU REMEMBER IF IT'S AT THE MAYOR OF CENTRAL THING.

OKAY, 18, 19 AND 20 COMES TO ALMOST $2 MILLION

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IN SUPPLEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES. THAT'S NOT ONE PERSON DOING ANYTHING EXCEPT SITTING AT A COMPUTER.

ALL RIGHT. ALMOST AN ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION FOR SOME ENGINEERS ASKING FOR MORE MONEY. NOW, I UNDERSTAND, AS FRED HAS SAID BEFORE, THAT SOMETIMES HIS STAFF MAKES MISTAKES, AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THEY. IF THEY'RE BUILDING A SIDEWALK, THEY, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS A DRAINAGE THING OR A UTILITY LINE OR WHATEVER. IT SEEMS LIKE WE COULD REUSE SOME OF THESE ENGINEERING STUDIES ON PROJECTS THAT WERE SIMILAR OR EXACTLY THE SAME, LIKE A SECTION OF A SIDEWALK OR WHATEVER.

THIS SUPPLEMENTAL ENGINEERING SIT BEHIND A COMPUTER AND CHARGE US 2 MILLION MORE DOLLARS IS GETTING OUT OF HAND. SO WE NEED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THESE PEOPLE BEFORE WE JUST CARTE BLANCHE, SAY, OH, YOU GOT A SUPPLEMENT? WE'LL PASS IT. ALL RIGHT, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. PEOPLE ARE HURTING HERE. THEY'RE STRUGGLING TO BUY GROCERIES AND GAS, AND WE NEED TO HAVE SOME MONEY IN CASE THERE'S A DISASTER AND QUIT SPENDING ALL OF THIS. OUR MOVE. EBR TAXES. YEAH. A LOT OF PEOPLE VOTED FOR THAT TAX YEARS AGO. AND I BET IF IT WERE ON, WHEN DOES IT EXPIRE? LIKE 2047. I MEAN, JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE COLLECTING IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO SPEND IT.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEE, NOW WE GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED EMAIL COMMENTS IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 117 AND 121.

COUNCILMAN DUNN JR.

THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR QUESTION OR ARTHUR QUESTION.

17, 18 AND 19, AS WELL AS 21 HAVE THE LOCATION. 20 DOES NOT HAVE IT IN THE ITEM. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS INTENTIONAL OVERSIGHT, AND IF IT WAS, CAN WE JUST READ IT INTO THE RECORD? BECAUSE I SEE THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS SAY JEFFERSON AT JEFFERSON AND CORPORATE AT CORPORATE. WAS THAT JUST OVERSIGHT FOR IT? YES, SIR.

OKAY. JUST WANT TO READ IT INTO THE RECORD BECAUSE THE OTHER ONES HAVE THE LOCATION THAT ONE DIDN'T HAVE.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DUNN JR.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

MOTION.

YES. MOTION APPROVED.

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SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MOAK. ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES 122.

RESCINDING AND DIRECTING CLERK, COURT CANCEL NOTICE TO ATTEND. RECORDED ON MARCH 04, 2026. AND DECISION AND ORDER RECORDED ON JUNE 17, 2026.

MATTER OF CITY OF BATON ROUGE VS HOME FIRST LLC, 5573 DOUGLAS AVENUE, LOT 15153.

REASON FOR DECISION. THE OWNER WANTS TO RENOVATE THE PROPERTY, BUT NEEDS THIS ORDER ASCENDED SO HE CAN OBTAIN PERMITS. BY COUNCILMAN HURST. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SEEING NO. GO TO COUNCIL. MOTION BY

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COUNCILMAN HURST. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GAUDET. ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES 123, AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE AND FILE AN APPLICATION WITH LOUISIANA HIGHWAY SAFETY COMMISSION FOR A GRANT, AN AMOUNT OF $95,275 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL JUVENILE UNDERAGE DRINKING ENFORCEMENT TASK FORCE AND APPROVING THE LINE ITEM BUDGET FOR THE JUDE TASK FORCE AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS REQUIRED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, SEE NOW WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL. HAVE A MOTION MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN AMOROSO. WE HAVE A SECOND.

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SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GAUDET.

ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES 124. SUSPENDING REQUIREMENT OF THE FOOD SALES THRESHOLD UNDER SECTION 91003G DURING THE DURATION OF THE MOVE BR CONSTRUCTION OF INTERSTATE 10 PERKINS ROAD OVERPASS BY COUNCILWOMAN RACCA. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, SEE.

NOW WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL.

I'M ASKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE.

BUT I DO THINK WE NEED A POINT OF CLARITY HERE. FOR THE BUSINESSES THAT THIS DOES IMPACT, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO STATE REPRESENTATIVE DIXON MCMAKEN.

THIS ONLY SUSPENDS THE CITY'S REQUIREMENTS, SO THE STATE REQUIREMENTS ARE STILL IN PLACE. HOWEVER, I'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH STATE REP. DIXON MCMAKEN AND HE IS CONTACTING BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE AREA THAT THEY THINK MAY STRUGGLE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION THAT IS ONGOING

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CURRENTLY. AND HE WILL WRITE A LETTER AND HAVE IT PLACED IN YOUR BUSINESS FILE FOR THE STATE TO SEE SHOULD THERE BECOME A QUESTION ABOUT THIS FOOD AND ALCOHOL THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING. SO IF THERE ARE BUSINESS OWNERS OUT THERE LISTENING THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THE MOVE BR PROJECT NEAR THE PERKINS ROAD AREA, PLEASE REACH OUT TO EITHER ME OR HER. STATE REP. DIXON MCMAKIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. WE

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HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN RACCA. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MOAK. ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE 125 THROUGH 129 TOGETHER. LOT A, SQUARE 26 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE. COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN. LOT 7, SQUARE 28 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN.

LOT 5, SQUARE 34 SUBDIVISION SCOTLAND ADDITION. COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, KENNEY. LOT 15, SQUARE 5, SUBDIVISION VALLEY PARK COUNCIL DISTRICT 7, HARRIS. LOT 13 AND 14, SQUARE 4 SUBDIVISION VALLEY PARK COUNCIL DISTRICT 7, HARRIS.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 125 THROUGH 129, SEEING THEM GO TO COUNCIL? WE

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HAVE A MOTION. MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HURST. ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES CHANGE ORDERS 130 THROUGH 135.

EBRP EMERGENCY GENERATORS CONTRACTOR BUFFALO ELECTRIC INC. CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT ZERO DOLLARS. THEY'RE JUST ADDING SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY DAYS CALENDAR DAYS TO RECONCILE FINISHING THE WORK FOR FINAL ACCEPTANCE NWW TP FINAL AFFLUENT PUMP ELECTRICAL UPGRADES CONTRACTOR ERNEST PBRO ELECTRICAL, LLC CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT $129,996.40 SALES TAX STREET AND ROAD REHABILITATION PROGRAM PROJECT 196 STREETS AND 72ND AREA CONTRACTOR BARBARA BROTHERS CONTRACTING CO. LLC THE CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT CREDIT OF $606,246.65 LA HIGHWAY 30 REGIONAL FORCE MAIN CONTRACTOR NCMC LLC CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT $1,171,375.63 I 12 AT SHERWOOD FOREST PEDESTRIAN BIKE SAFETY CONTRACTOR LA CONTRACTING ENTERPRISE, LLC A CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT CREDIT OF $2,443.32 SOUTH HAROLD'S FERRY BIKE LANES PROJECT O' NEAL LANE SHERWOOD FOREST CONTRACTOR TRIUMPH CONSTRUCTION, LLC CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT 62738 5. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS? COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL COMMENT IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 133 SAY NO GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION. MOTION BY

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COUNCILWOMAN RACCA. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN AMOROSO. ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES.

FINAL ACCEPTANCE IS 136 THROUGH 139. WILL TAKE TOGETHER EBRP EMERGENCY GENERATORS CONTRACTOR BUFFALO ELECTRIC.

FINAL COST 2,415,000 SALES TAX STREET AND ROAD REHABILITATION PROGRAM PROJECT 196 STREETS AND 70 SECOND AREA CONTRACTOR BARBER BROTHERS CONTRACTING, LLC FINAL COST $2,260,778.35. NWW TP FINAL AFFLUENT PUMP ELECTRICAL UPGRADES CONTRACTOR ERNEST P. ROW ELECTRICAL, LLC FINAL COST $2,603,975.62 I12 ASSUREWOOD FOREST PEDESTRIAN BIKE SAFETY CONTRACTOR LA CONTRACTING ENTERPRISE LLC FINAL COST $2,716,358 ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS SEEING THEM GO TO COUNCIL HAVE A MOTION.

MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN

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AMOROSO. SECOND BY COUNCIL MCKINNEY. ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES. ACCEPTANCE OF LOW BIDS 140 ACCEPTING A LOW BID FOR BATON ROUGE METROPOLITAN AIRPORT MOWING OF LOTS AND FIELDS. WP ENTERPRISE LLC IS LOW BID $119,094. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, YOU KNOW GO TO COUNCIL. A MOTION MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DUNN JR. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN. ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. EMERGENCY ITEMS 141 AND 142. IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE 16442, THESE ITEMS MUST BE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY BY TWO THIRDS. VOTED IN THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL. NEED A MOTION TO DECLARE THESE ITEMS IN EMERGENCY. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HURST. WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN. ANY

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OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES.

ITEMS ARE IN EMERGENCY 141 AUTHORIZED THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TO DECLARE LOT 18, SQUARE 29, EAST FAIRFIELD SUBDIVISION 5474 JEFFERSON AVENUE PREVIOUSLY ADJUDICATED TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA SURPLUS PROPERTY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF SAID LOT TO PHARAOH JOHNSON III. HIS OR HER AGENT ARE ASSIGNED FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF 700 CASH OR TO THE HIGHEST OFFER WHO SUBMITS HIS OR HER OFFER ALONG WITH CERTIFIED CHECK OR MONEY ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $500 BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY. REASON FOR THE EMERGENCY IS THE ITEM WAS DELETED IN ERROR AND THIS IS TO HEAR

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THE ADJUDICATED PARCEL SOLD AT JULY AUCTION PREVIOUSLY ITEM 26 00651. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SEE NOW WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION

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MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MOAK, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN AMOROSO. ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 142 AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND CITY OF BATON ROUGE ON BEHALF OF THE JEWEL J. NEWMAN CENTER COMMUNITY CENTER AND BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER FOR THE OPERATION OF MEDICAL, WELLNESS, PREVENTATIVE CARE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES TO PROVIDE DESIGNATED SPACE WITHIN THE CENTER. SPACE SHALL BE LOCATED WITHIN A MUTUALLY AGREED UPON AREA OF COMMUNITY CENTER AND PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OUTLINED IN THE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT AT A RENTAL RATE OF $5,000 PER MONTH. COUNCIL DISTRICT BY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 ANTHONY KENNEY JR. REASON FOR THE EMERGENCY IS FOR THE LEASE AGREEMENT TO BEGIN ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2026.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL COMMENT IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 142.

SEE NOW WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL.

COUNCILMAN KENNEY ALL RIGHT COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS ITEM IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT ONE TO MYSELF AND MY DISTRICT.

SCOTLANDVILLE HAS A LOT OF HEALTHCARE BARRIERS AND SO OUR GOOD FRIENDS AT BATON ROUGE GENERAL STEPPED UP. WE HAVE AN UNDERUTILIZED AND UNDERDEVELOPED MEDICAL CLINIC WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY CENTER AND SO THEY WANT TO COME IN AND BUILD A BATON ROUGE GENERAL AT SCOTLANDVILLE. SO MY GOOD FRIEND ERIC FROM BATON ROUGE GENERAL JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY SPEAK ON BEHALF OF BATON ROUGE GENERAL AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU COUNCILMAN.

WE'RE EXCITED FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

WE ARE CURRENTLY AT JEWELL NEWMAN WITH OUR MOBILE HEALTH UNIT AND SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.

PRIMARY CARE.

WE'LL HAVE NURSE PRACTITIONER MENTAL HEALTH ON SITE LABS TEST FOR COVID FLU STREP WILL BE OPEN MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 8 TO AND THEN ON FRIDAYS FROM 8 TO TO NOON.

SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, ERIC. MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN KENNEY.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MOAK.

COUNCILMAN GAUDET.

MR. SHOWALTER, CAN YOU COME UP, PLEASE? WHICH ORGANIZATION ARE YOU WITH? I'M SO SORRY, COUNCILMAN.

WITH THE BATON ROUGE GENERAL HOSPITAL.

YOU'RE WITH THE HOSPITAL OR WITH THE FOUNDATION? SO I SERVE AS PRESIDENT.

FOUNDATION.

I'M ALSO ADMINISTRATOR WITH THE HOSPITAL, SERVING ON GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS.

WILL THIS PROJECT BE THROUGH THE HOSPITAL OR THE FOUNDATION? HOSPITAL.

WHAT SORT OF WORK DOES THE FOUNDATION DO? SO THE BATNER'S GENERAL FOUNDATION RAISES FUNDS FOR PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT THE GENERAL HEALTH SYSTEM IN BATON ROUGE GENERAL HOSPITAL.

LIKE PURCHASING THE BUS FOR THE MOBILE HEALTH SERVICE? CORRECT.

WE FULLY FUNDED THE MOBILE HEALTH UNIT FOR BATNER'S GENERAL.

IT'S A NON PROFIT.

THE BATON GENERAL FOUNDATION IS A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION? YES, SIR.

DO Y' ALL ACCEPT DONATIONS? WE SURE DO.