May 27, 2020 Metropolitan Council

UH, I'LL LET ASHLEY GO AHEAD AND ANSWER.

MOTION BY COUNTY.

IS THERE ANY, ANYBODY, THERE'S MOTION BY CARLOS TO DELETE.

IS THAT A SECOND SHORTER? YES SIR.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO, WELL, THIS IS NOT AN OBJECTION, BUT I, SO AM I SUPPOSED TO, I DON'T HAVE A THING THAT SHOWS THAT I'M RAISING MY HAND OR ANYTHING, SO I'M JUST JUMPING IN.

I DO.

UM, YEAH, SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.

I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY IN WHICH WE CAN JUST MAKE, YOU KNOW WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US TONIGHT.

AMEND IT TO SAY 10 YEARS AS OPPOSED TO IN PERPETUITY.

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UH, TROY, UH, COUNCILMAN WELCH.

UM, THIS ITEM HAS BEEN ADVERTISED, UM, AS A, UH, TAX IN PERPETUITY AND SO WE CANNOT CHANGE IT AT THIS POINT.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE BOND COUNSEL ON THE LINE IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK PARTICULAR QUESTIONS.

UM, UH, MR LEIBOVITZ OR, UM, MR HESBURGH.

NO, I'M FINE WITH THAT.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WASN'T A WAY TO GO AHEAD AND JUST MOVE IT FORWARD TONIGHT SINCE IT WAS ATTACHED.

BUT, SO THE ADVERTISEMENT, WHAT IS ADVERTISED HAS TO BE EXACTLY WHAT WE APPROVE OR DON'T APPROVE.

THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

YES SIR.

UM, IT, UH, WHEN WE ASKED THEM ABOUT AMENDING THE ITEM, THEY SAID THAT THAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE AND WE'D NEED TO REINTRODUCE AN ITEM FOR A 10 YEAR TAX.

THANK YOU FOR DONNA AND SHAUNA GETTING AND MAKING THE EMOTION, UH, COUNCIL ON BANKS.

DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK? I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

I CAN HEAR YOU NOW.

IS MR LIEBOWITZ AVAILABLE THAT WHO HOLD THE BOND COUNSEL? YES.

IS HE AVAILABLE? CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY? WHOA.

ONE SECOND COUNTS.

ONE OH ONE SECOND.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DINA, I'M TELLING YOU.

COUNCILWOMAN, HE'S NOT ON THE LINE.

HOW ABOUT PARISH ATTORNEY? UH, ANDY.

ANDY, YOU CAN GO AHEAD.

MR. BUSH.

SO, UM, AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER, BUT I GUESS MY CONCERN IS THIS IS SUCH A, UM, AN ITEM THAT IS GOING TO BE COMMITTING RESIDENTS FOR, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S IN PERPETUITY OR 10 YEARS AND FOR THOSE PERSON NOT TO BE ABLE TO ACTIVELY FACE TO FACE, BE INVOLVED IN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I WAS JUST WONDERING, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DONE NOW OR CAN WE PUT THIS OFF? YOU KNOW, I KNOW ANOTHER ITEM IS COMING UP AND THIS WAS REALLY THE QUESTION I HAD TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN, UM, THE BOND COUNCIL WASN'T AVAILABLE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE KINDS OF ITEMS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, AGREE TO GO FORWARD WITH, BUT THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO BE COMMITTING CITIZENS TO ANYTHING THAT, UM, MAYBE ALMA BIRD DOESN'T AND THEY NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY ENGAGE IN A PUBLIC HEARING.

I WOULD JUST WANT, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IS URGENT? IS THERE A TIMELINE OR JUST WHAT, YES MA'AM.

I APOLOGIZE.

THAT'S NOT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MR LIEBOWITZ OR MR HESBURGH WE NEED TO ANSWER IN TERMS OF THE TIMEFRAME.

UM, I WILL SAY THAT, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT WHAT YOU MEAN, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT YOU KNOW, ANYONE WHO HAS A WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE OR BE ABLE TO GIVE A COMMENT, DOES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE IT.

I KNOW IT'S NOT THE SAME AS BEING IN PERSON AT THE COUNCIL MEETING AND I KNOW THAT'S WHAT YOU MEAN, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT THE OPPORTUNITY WAS GIVEN FOR ANYBODY TO PROVIDE ANY COMMENTS.

WHAT I CAN DO IS TRY AND CALL MR. LEE WITH SOME MR HESBURGH AND SEE IF I CAN GET THAT ANSWER FOR YOU DURING THE COURSE OF THIS MEETING.

AND, AND YOU KNOW, YES WE DO KNOW THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, I MEAN NO MATTER WHAT, NOTHING, NONE OF THESE THINGS ARE SUBSTITUTE FROM, FROM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN THE CHAMBER.

SO I DON'T WANT US TO MINIMIZE THAT ASPECT.

OTHERWISE WE, WE DON'T EVER NEED TO GO BACK TO THE CHAMBER.

SO BEING ABLE TO SAY THAT YES, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY IN NO WAY EQUATES TO THE POSSIBILITY OF PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO COME OUT IN A TIME.

AND REALLY NOT ONLY THAT, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE GONE ON THAT ARE A DISTRACTION.

SO WHEREAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DAY TO DAY THINGS ARE GOING ON WITH PEOPLE.

SO THEY MAY NOT, THIS IS NOT A FOCUS AND WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AS LEADERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS, UM, NOT TO PUT ITEMS THAT WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE, UM, SOMETHING THAT WOULD GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT WE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION.

NOT THAT THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT I WANTED TO BRING OUT.

AND IF YOU COULD GET IN TOUCH WITH ME, I JUST GOT SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

I'M SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF COUNSEL.

THANKS.

IT NEEDS TO BE INTRODUCED TONIGHT AND IT NEEDS TO BE VOTED ON ON THE NICK IN THE NEXT MEETING TO MAKE THAT TIMELINE FOR THE DECEMBER ELECTION.

I JUST GOT SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR BOB ABBOTT IN OFFICE WHO TALKS IN CONTACT WITH MR LEIBOWITZ.

HE SAYS IT NEEDS TO FOLLOW THIS PROCESS RIGHT NOW TO BE ON THE BALLOT FOR DECEMBER.

IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE DECEMBER,

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SO WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT THE VERY LAST DAY OR TO BE ON THE DECEMBER, UM, BALLOT.

I DON'T HAVE THAT MA'AM.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNEW THAT'S KIND OF THE REASON WHY THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WENT THROUGH THE NIGHT.

I CAN TRY TO FIND OUT.

CAUSE YEAH.

ONE THAT ONE ISN'T THE SAME EITHER.

YOU KNOW, THAT THEY ARE, IS NOT A REASON TO GO ON AND I, BUT WITHOUT YOU KNOWING THAT EXACT DAY, THEN IT'S NOT EXACTLY A FACT THAT IT HAS TO BE APPROVED TONIGHT.

OH, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATE.

COUNSEL WITH ME.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

BUT I THINK THAT IT HAD TO FOLLOW THAT TRAJECTORY, BUT I'LL TRY TO FIND A DATE FOR YOU.

SO, UH, WHAT ARE WE DOING? I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE NOW WITH THIS.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO DELETE BY COLLINS LEWIS SECOND BY SECOND TRAY.

YOU GOT YOUR SECOND ROUND, YOU WANT TO SPEAK RIGHT? SORRY, ARE YOU THERE? SORRY, CAN YOU HEAR ME? I HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET BACK ONTO THE THING.

SO, SO I, I JUST WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW THAT THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN, YOU KNOW, IT WAS IN PERPETUITY.

WE'RE DELETING THAT, UH, OUR STYLE, UH, SHAWNA, TO YOUR POINT, YOU VOTED FOR ALISON TO HAVE THE TAX LAST WEEK.

UH, THE LAST HEARING, YOU DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

THIS IS EXACTLY THE SAME THING.

THIS IS FOR FIRE SERVICE.

SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS A PROBLEM AND THAT ONE WASN'T.

NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE, UM, IT BEING LIKE THE ONES WITH ALLISON, I THINK THIS ONE STUCK OUT BECAUSE HE HAS A FLOOR RIGHT NOW AND IF YOU WANT TO, OKAY.

AND THAT, THE PERPETUITY IS IT, THE MOTION IS BEING MADE AND SECONDED AND SO DID DONNA AND I AGREE WITH WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING BECAUSE I'M WITH Y'ALL.

IS IT AS FAR AS THE PERPETUITY? SO THAT'S, WE'RE DELETING THAT UP.

I'M GOING TO GO TO THE 10 BUT THIS WHOLE THING ABOUT NOT HAVING ANY SAY SO AND ALL THAT OTHER KIND OF STUFF, I JUST TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH ALL OF THAT.

UM, I MEAN THIS IS, THIS IS FIRE SERVICES AS A RENEWAL, UH, FOR THE SAME THING THAT WENT THROUGH WITH ALL THE OTHER FIRE DISTRICTS LAST WEEK.

THEY ASKED FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS IN PERPETUITY AND I AGREE THAT THAT SHOULDN'T BE DONE IN PERPETUITY.

THEREFORE, THAT'S WHAT THIS ITEM'S FOR.

SO I JUST DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THIS WHOLE BIG THING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING UP IN A FIRE DISTRICT IN MY AREA ALL OF A SUDDEN GETTING SCRUTINY FOR SOMETHING THAT NO ONE HAD A PROBLEM WITH LAST TIME EXCEPT FOR THE PERPETUITY AND NOW THAT'S BEEN CHANGED.

THESE JUST PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO FIRE SERVICE JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE DOES.

COUNSEL WOMAN, YOU CAN, YEAH, I AGREE THAT WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.

WHEN MY COMMENTS WERE NOT ABOUT US AND NOT PUTTING THINGS THAT OVERBURDEN HADN'T, WASN'T NOT PARTICULARLY THIS ONE OTHER THAN WHEN IT WAS IN PERPETUITY.

I'M OKAY WITH WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

AND CERTAINLY, I MEAN ALL MY RELATIVES ARE FROM CHAIN TO BE OF DEERFOOT SO I DO WANT THEM TO HAVE FIVE STORE, FIVE SERVICE, ALL OF A RELATED TO ME.

SO THAT WASN'T THE CASE AT ALL.

IT WAS JUST, I WAS SAYING WE JUST NEED IT.

IT WAS JUST AN EXTRA CAUTIONARY ON STATEMENT THAT WE NOT PUT THINGS ON THAT ARE LIKE OVERBURDENSOME FROM PEOPLE LIKE THE PERPETUITY.

BUT I AM ABSOLUTELY OKAY.

WOULD YOU BRING IN THE ITEM BACK AND IT MATCHING WHAT WE DID IN ALISON AND WHATEVER AND I'M SORRY I MADE THAT UP THAT I WASN'T CLEAR IN THAT.

ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, SUBORDINATE LIEN REVENUE, REFINED REFUNDING BONDS, PAIRS OF EAST BATON ROUGE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS PLUS ANY BOND PREMIUM GENERATED BY THE TRANSACTION.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAD A MOTION TO DELETE.

I'M GONNA MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.

I THINK TODAY THE INTRODUCTION AND APPROVING ON THE JUNE 24TH IS THE LAST DAY FOR THE DECEMBER ELECTION.

AND SO WHEN WE APPROVE IT ON THE, IF APPROVED ON THE JUNE 24TH THAT WILL BE THE LAST POSSIBLE DATE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND TO MAKE IT ON THE DECEMBER BALLOT, CAUSE IT'S DONE THIS, THAT THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.

BUT WE WANT THESE PEOPLE TO HAVE FIRE SERVICE.

I AGREE.

LET'S BE CONSISTENT.

WE'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR ONE VOTE FOR THEM ALL, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN THIS GOVERNMENT THAT NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.

THERE'S SOME THINGS, SO I AGREE WITH TROY.

NEED TO BE CONSISTENT.

WE'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR ONE.

WE VOTE FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, PUT THEM ON THE BALLOT FOR ALL WHERE THEY HAVE FIRE DISTRICT PROTECTION.

SO I HAD A MOTION BY COLLINS LEWIS TO DELETE AND SECOND BY BANKS OR ANY OBJECTIONS, HEARING NONE.

I'M 41

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HAS BEEN DELETED.

COUNSELOR'S GOING TO GO TO ITEM 42 WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A MOTION.

DELETE THIS BY FINANCE DUE TO THE MARKET CONDITIONS.

ITEM 42 IS AMENDING THE 2020 CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET AND CAPITAL BUDGET.

SO IT'S THE APPROPRIATE NOT TO EXCEED 118,500,000 RODEN STREET REFUNDING SERIES, 2020 AND 2020 LOUISIANA LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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FOR THE PURPOSE OF CURRENT REFUNDING FOR 2008 EIGHT AND 2009 A ROAD IN STREETS SALES TAX BONDS, A TERMINATION PAYMENT WITH TERMINATION OF THE SWAP TRANSACTION BETWEEN THE PAYERS AND CITIBANK AND A AND THE B AND D BETWEEN THE PARISH AND MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL SERVICES INC TO ADVANCE REFUND PORTIONS OF OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT FOR THE PAIR OF SERIES 2012 REVENUE BONDS, PAIRS OF EAST BATON ROUGE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT AND PAYING THE COST OF ISSUANCE AND RELATED DEBT SERVICE BY THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.

ACTUALLY, WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 42 NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, COUNSELORS, ANY COMMENTS? NOW YOU HAVE TO MAKE A COMMENT OR MOTION.

NOW I'M WONDERING AGAIN, CAN YOU TELL ME AGAIN WHY ARE WE DELETED? THIS IS JUST DUE TO MARKET CONDITIONS FROM FINANCE.

IF YOU WANT TO ASK LINDA, LINDA, I'D BE HAPPY TO INTERVIEW ON THE PHONE.

LINDA, LINDA.

DON HAD A QUESTION.

I'M JUST WONDERING WHY ARE WE CANCELING IT? SHE SAID SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE MARKET RATES OR SOMETHING.

IS THAT A PART OF IT? YES MA'AM.

WHEN WE, WHEN WE STARTED WITH THE REFUNDING, WE WERE GOING TO REFUND THE BONDS AND WE WERE GOING TO GENERATE SAVINGS THAT WOULD BE UTILIZED TO PAY OFF OR THERE WE LEARNED THAT SOMEBODY NEEDS SOME NUCLEAR MIKE.

UH, WE WERE GOING TO GENERATE SAVINGS FROM THE REFUNDING IN ORDER TO PAY OFF OUR VARIABLE RATE DEBT, WHICH WOULD DE-RISK OUR PORTFOLIO BECAUSE OF THE MARKET CONDITIONS CHANGED.

IF WE DO THE DEAL RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GENERATE THAT SAVINGS THAT ARE NEEDED IN ORDER TO PAY, PAY OFF THE SWAPS, THE VARIABLE RATE DEBT, SO WE'RE NOT ABANDONING IT.

WE'RE STILL GOING TO GO FORWARD WHEN THE MARKET CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE.

IT'S JUST WE JUST CAN'T DO IT AT THIS TIME.

WE HAD A MOTION DELETE FROM CARS LEWIS SECOND BY HUDSON.

ARE THEY ANY OBJECTIONS? HEARING NONE.

ITEM 42 HAS BEEN DELETED.

COUNSELORS

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GO TO ISLAND 43 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESENT, AMEND THE CONTRACT OR EMD FOR THE TELEMEDICINE TELEHEALTH SERVICES WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $200,000 THROUGH DECEMBER 31 2020 BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE DIRECTOR.

I ASKED HER IF WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 43 NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS ON 43 ANY COMMENTS ON ALL THAT IN 43? MATT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION APPROVED BY WATSON.

SECOND BY ROCCA.

DENISE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? UM, I WOULD, IS CHAD ON THE LINE? YES MA'AM.

I'M HERE.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

HEY CHAD.

UM, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.

I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GREAT IDEA.

I KNOW THAT A LOT OF UNNECESSARY TRANSPORTING TO EMERGENCY ROOMS WHEN IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE.

IS THERE ANY, WHAT'S THE ABILITY, IS THERE ANY LIABILITY FOR EMS? THE DOCTOR, I'M NOT TRANSPORTING A PATIENT OR DID I JUST SIGN OFF AND TRANSPORTED? YES MA'AM.

IT'S THE SAME LIABILITY AS ANY OTHER NINE ONE ONE CALL.

UH, IF WE, RIGHT NOW, IF WE GO OUT TO SOMEONE'S, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THEY CALL NINE 11, WE GO OUT AND THEY DO REFUSE.

WE DO GET A MEDICAL REFUSAL THAT'S SIGNED BY THE PATIENT.

UM, THAT BASICALLY JUST STATES THAT THEY DO NOT WISH TO GO TO THE, TO THE HOSPITAL.

SO IT WOULD BE THE SAME CASE HERE THAT WE WOULD, UH, GET A SIGNATURE BASE THAT THEY RECEIVE TREATMENT THROUGH THE TELEMEDICINE SERVICE SO THAT THEY ACTUALLY GOT WHAT THEY WERE ASKING FOR.

UH, AGAIN, IT'S THE PATIENT CHOICE ALL A HUNDRED PERCENT IF THEY WANT TO DO THIS OR NOT.

SO COMPLETELY UP TO THE PATIENT WHETHER THEY WOULD BE TRANSPORTED, USE THIS SERVICE OR NOT GO TO THE HOSPITAL.

SAME LIABILITY WE'VE HAD SINCE, YOU KNOW, SINCE DAY ONE.

SO IF THE DOCTOR RECOMMENDS THAT THE PATIENT JUST STAY AT HOME, THE PATIENT AGREES TO IT, THE HEART TO BE SO REPETITIVE.

JUST MAKING SURE THAT IF THE PATIENT DECIDES TO STAY HOME, DOCTOR OR EMS WILL NOT BE HELD.

LIVE, LIVE.

IT'S THE SAME.

IT'S THE SAME LIABILITY OF THEM SEEING A DOCTOR IN PERSON, YOU KNOW, AND THEY, IF THEY, UH, FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS OF THE DOCTOR AND YOU KNOW, DON'T LIKE THE CARE THEY RECEIVED AFTERWARDS.

I MEAN, UH, THERE'S SOME ATTORNEYS ON THE LINE, THEY CAN SAY ANYBODY CAN SUE ANYBODY FOR ANYTHING, BUT THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL LIABILITY, UH, BY DOING IT THIS WAY, THEN IF WE JUST GOT A REFUSAL ON THE SCENE OR IF WE WENT AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND THEY DIDN'T AGREE WITH THE CARE THEY GOT AT THE HOSPITAL.

SO, UM, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL BUILT IN COMMANDS.

I'LL TAKE THAT AS A NOTE.

WHY WERE YOU WILLING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?

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I HAD A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN BANKS.

YOU WANT TO SPEAK? OKAY.

CHAD, YOU KNOW, I NEVER GOT THE ANSWER FOR TWO WEEKS.

I KNOW.

UM, MY OBJECTIONS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH TELEHEALTH.

I KNOW THAT'S THE WAY, BUT I NEVER GOT AN UNDERSTANDING AND I DON'T BELIEVE I'M GOING TO GET IT TONIGHT REGARDING BILLING AND UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN WITH THE COVERT TEST SCENARIOS, A LOT OF A PROBLEM AS TO WHAT KIND OF BILLS PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING FROM, UM, JUST THE TESTING.

UM, SO I NEVER REALLY GOT THE INFORMATION ON HOW THAT WOULD BE HOUNDED AND IT'S PROBABLY TOO MUCH TO GIVE TODAY, BUT I JUST, UM, PROBABLY THAT WE URGE PEOPLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US IF THEY GET AN EXORBITANT DEAL OR BILL FOR SERVICES THEY DON'T THINK, UM, WERE RENDERED AT THEIR HOMES.

UM, OTHER THAN, YEAH.

UM, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL AT THE END OF LAST WEEK.

I'LL SEND IT TO YOU AGAIN.

I'LL RE FORWARD IT TO YOU, BUT IT TALKS ABOUT WHAT WE'VE SPENT SO FAR.

THE COSTS, AGAIN, TO REITERATE THE, THE COMPANY DOES NOT CHARGE THE PATIENT DIRECTLY.

THEY WILL RECEIVE NO BILL FROM THIS.

UH, THEY DO CHARGE THE INSURANCE COMPANIES DIRECTLY, BUT IT DOESN'T GO TO THE PATIENT AT ALL.

AND THAT I REVERIFY THAT WITH THE COMPANY.

AND I HAVE, UH, UH, MY FOLKS HERE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON CONTRACTS AND WE'VE, WE'VE VERIFIED ALL THIS THAT WE SENT OUT IS ACCURATE.

SO, UH, I'LL SEND YOU ANOTHER COPY OF IT HERE MOMENTARILY AND YOU CAN, UH, YOU CAN REVIEW IT, PLEASE LOOK YOUR OFFICE EARLIER.

SO IF YOU NEED TO CALL ME.

YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY HOW IT IS WITH THE COLBERT TESTING.

YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T BUILD A PERSON, THEY BUILD THE INSURANCE AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS, ONCE YOU KNOW YOUR, YOUR INSURANCE SCALE SEND YOU A BILLING OF UM, EXPENDITURES.

AND WHEN PEOPLE GO THROUGH THE SUMMARY, IT'S, UH, IT'S BEEN EXAGGERATED AND UM, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT CONCERNS ME.

THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT BEING, IT HAS GONE DIRECTLY TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY.

SO THERE'S A NOT A LOT OF UM, UH, WHERE IT'S NOT GONE THROUGH THE PATIENT WHO REVIEWS IT FIRST.

SO YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT MY ONLY CONCERN.

I WILL MAKE SURE WE MONITOR THIS CAUSE IT'S OUR CONTRACT AND WE WILL MONITOR IT AND MAKE SURE IT'S, IT'S UPHOLDING AND NOW I'LL SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH Y'ALL AS WE GO ALONG WITH THE CONTRACT.

IF Y'ALL APPROVE IT.

AND WE'LL TAKE ITEMS 44 AND 45 TOGETHER.

ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK AND A MOTION BY WATSON? SECOND BY ROCCA ARE THEY ANY OBJECTIONS? HEARING NONE.

ITEM 43 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM 44

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BOND COUNSEL, I HAVE TO RE QUEST TO DEFER THESE TWO BOTH UH, TO THE JUNE 10TH.

SO, UH, ITEM 44, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PARIS OF EAST BATON ROUGE STATE, LOUISIANA TO PROCEED WITH NOT TO EXCEED 23,500,000 FINANCING THROUGH THE LOCAL LOUISIANA LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

AUTHORIZED AND RATIFYING THE REQUEST OF THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO ISSUE THE SUBORDINATE LIEN REVENUE REFUNDING BOND SERIES 2020 AUTHORIZING THE BORROWING BY THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE OR THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE THEREOF OF WANTING TO ADVANCE THE REFUND.

ALL OF THE PORTIONS OF OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE SERIES 2012 SUBORDINATE LIEN BONDS MATURING AUGUST ONE 2023 TO AND INCLUDING AUGUST ONE 2030 AND TO PAY THE COST OF THE ISSUANCE OF THE BUTTS SAID BONDS APPROVING AND RATIFYING WITHIN CERTAIN PARAMETERS.

THE TERMS OF THE SALE OF THE BONDS AUTHORIZING THE FORM AND EXECUTION OF THE LOAN AGREEMENT AUTHORIZED THE FORM OF EXECUTION, ANCILLARY FINANCING DOCUMENTS AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERE TO BUY THE BOND COUNCIL ITEM 45 IF SUPPLEMENTAL SALES TAX BOND RESOLUTION MEANING AND SUPPLEMENTING GENERAL SALES TAX BOND RESOLUTION NUMBER FOUR FOUR SIX ZERO NINE AND AUTHORIZING PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SELL OF ROADS AND STREET IMPROVEMENT SALES TAX REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2020 FOR THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE STATE, LOUISIANA PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE GENERAL SALES TAX BOND RESOLUTIONS PAYABLE FROM 70% OF THEM OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE ONE HALF CENT SALES TAX LEVY BY THE PARISH AND AUTHORIZED BY AN ELECTION HELD ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2005 PRESCRIBING THE FORM, FIXING THE DETAILS AND FRYING THE PAYMENT AND PRINCIPAL AND THE INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS.

FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE REGISTERED OWNERS THEREOF AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERE TO BY THE BUYING COUNCIL, ASHLAND.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, ITEMS 44 AND 45 NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS OR NOT.

THERE'S A MOTION TO DEFER ITEMS 44 AND 45 TO THE JUNE 10TH COUNCIL MEETING, MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND WICKER IN ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEMS 44 AND 45 HAD BEEN DEFERRED TO THE JUNE 10TH COUNCIL MEETING.

ITEM 46

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WE'RE SENDING AND DIRECTING THE PERFECT COURT TO CANCEL DECISION ORDER RECORD ON FEBRUARY, 1420 20 THE MATTER OF CITY BATON ROUGE VERSUS DAYSTAR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC 1217 NORTH 36TH STREET.

REASON FOR RESCISSION, THIS PROBABLY

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SHOULD BE, I'VE BEEN DEFERRED, NOT CONDEMNED BY COUNCILMAN LAMONT COLD.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 46 NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

COUNSELOR COUNCILMAN COLE.

MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 46 THERE ARE SECOND.

SO SECOND BY WICKER AND ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM 46 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

I'M

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47 RESENDING AND DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO CANCEL DECISION ORDER RECORD WHEN JANUARY 24 2020 IN A MATTER OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS BRIAN SMITH.

75 EIGHT POINT CITY A DRIVE REASON FOR RESCISSION.

THE PROPERTY OWNERS MAY REPAIR TO THE HOME BY COUNCILMAN ERICA GREEN.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 47 NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCILWOMAN GREEN.

MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 47 SECOND BY WATSON OR ANY OBJECTIONS? HEARING NONE.

I'M 47 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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I'M 48 APPOINTING A VICE PRESIDENT FOR EAST BATON ROUGE SEWAGE COMMISSION DUE TO THE ELICITATION OF BARBARA FRYEBURG, LOUISIANA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

THE TERM OF THIS OFFICE IS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UNTIL DECEMBER 31 2020 MY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR TREASURE IN THE PUBLIC.

COMMENTS ON ITEM 48 NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCILMAN WATSON YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK.

I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE COUNCILMAN ROCCA FOR THIS POSITION.

WE GOT A MOTION TO NOMINATE COUNCILWOMAN ROCCA SECOND BY THE CHAIR.

ANY OBJECTIONS? NO OBJECTIONS.

COUNSEL WANT TO ROCK THAT YOU'VE BEEN APPOINTED.

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ITEM 49 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE VISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH HEAD START EARLY HEAD START PROGRAM TO APPLY FOR THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.

INCREASE THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

ALSO HAVE HEADSTART AND AMOUNT OF $210,705 AND $21,294 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.

ASHLEY, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? I AM 49.

DARRYL, UH, VERDINE DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I DON'T KNOW.

DARRYL, YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? YEAH, UH, NO WE ARE, THESE ARE JUST UH, GETTING EXTRA FUNDS FOR THE PROGRAM.

THEY'RE ALL IN BERNADINE IS THIS NOT THE ITEM THAT Y'ALL WANTED TO COMBINE WITH? UH, ITEM 51.

IS THIS THE, DIDN'T Y'ALL WANT TO COMBINE THIS ITEM WITH ITEM 51? IT SHOULD BE NO, THIS ITEM STAYS.

ASHLEY JUST WENT SEPARATE? YES.

SO 51 IS THE ONLY ONE WITH FOREVER THE, YEAH, THAT'S FINE.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T WANT TO PASS IT BY THIS ONE.

NEED TO DO THAT AS WELL.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? ITEM 49 COLLINS LEWIS SECOND BY WICKER.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE.

ITEM 50 AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH HEAD START PROGRAM TO APPLY FOR THE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT GRANT THAT ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

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ALSO THE HEADSTART AND AMOUNT OF $399,532 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.

ASHLEY.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 50 NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

ITEM 50 ANY COMMENTS? MOTION APPROVED BY ROCCO SECOND BY WICKER OR ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE.

ITEM 50 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM 51

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AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH HEAD START PROGRAM TO APPLY FOR THE SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

OFFICER HEADSTART AND AMOUNT $1,800,000 FOR 10 WEEKS SUMMER PROGRAM BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.

ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 51 ? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS BUT ACTUALLY LIKE TO READ SOME COMMENTS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, THIS IS FROM MS MABRY AND MR GESELL.

UM, THERE'S A REQUEST TO AMEND THIS ITEM AS FOLLOWS, AUTHORIZING THE MIRROR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH HEAD START PROGRAM TO ACCEPT

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FROM THE ADMINISTRATION, FROM CHILDREN AND FAMILIES CARES ACT SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF, UH, $2,020,100 AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH, AND I'LL ASK MS MABRY OR MR GESELL TO CHIME IN.

UM, ASHLEY, THIS IS TERRIBLE.

THE, UM, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY AWARDED TO THE CARES ACT $2 MILLION FOR THE PROGRAM SO WE NO LONGER HAVE TO APPLY FOR THE SUNDAE.

SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR COMBINED IS 51 AND 64 WHICH YOU'LL SEE LATER ON THE AGENDA.

COUNCILORS, ANY COMMENTS IF NOT MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED MOTION IMPROVED BY THE WAY YOU WANT TO SPEAK OR MOTION APPROVED? I DID HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

UM, THEY'RE ALL, OR, UM, THE DEPARTMENT HEAD COULD JUST LET US KNOW HOW IS, HOW IS THIS PROGRAM GONNA RUN? I'M ASSUMING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE HAVING THE KIDS MEETING IN PERSON AND SO HOW IS THIS PROGRAM GOING TO BE ADMINISTERED? I'M JUST CURIOUS.

YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN THERE AND HEAR ME.

YES, YES MA'AM.

INITIALLY IT WAS A SEPARATE APPLICATION TO DO A SUMMER PROGRAM, BUT BECAUSE OF THE SOCIAL DISTANCES AND A CHILD TEACHER RATIO, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO A TRADITIONAL HEADSTART PROGRAM WITH KIDS COME TO THE CENTERS.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING VIRTUAL AND SO WE'VE GOT HAD TO MODIFY.

OUR ORIGINAL PLAN IS, THIS JUST CAME OUT AFTER WE SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION, SO WE'RE BASICALLY JUST THE DOLLARS TO DO IT NOW AND WE'RE WORKING OUT THE DETAILS AS WE GO.

WELL, WE HAVE A PLAN FOR THE SUMMER PROGRAM NOW THAT THEY'VE MODIFIED THE FUNDING INITIALLY, BUT THE STUFF THAT GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE SUMMER PROGRAM AND A SEPARATE APPLICATION FOR KOBE FUNDING, THEY HAVE NONE BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTIES AND THE CHALLENGES BURKEY'S PERHAPS TRYING TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER ON SUCH NOTICE THAT THEY GIVING US MORE FLEXIBILITY SO THAT WE CAN TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CREATIVE ON HOW WE PROVIDE SERVICES.

KEEP IN MIND, THE SERVICES WERE ONLY INTENDED FOR THOSE FOUR YEAR OLD KIDS THAT WERE GOING TO THE FIFTH GRADE FOR OUR PROGRAM.

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN 530 KIDS WHO HIT SOURCES WERE INTERRUPTED BECAUSE OF COBIT.

AND THAT SORT OF SOME PROGRAM WAS THEN TAILORED TOWARD, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

I, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WITH THE DISRUPTION THAT HAPPENED TO THESE KIDS EDUCATION, THIS PROGRAM WAS GOING TO BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER.

SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

WE GOT A MOTION APPROVED BY HUDSON SECOND BY WATSON.

DONNA, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK OR WERE YOU A SECOND? YES I DO.

SO MS MAYBERRY, IS IT, IT'S $2 MILLION NOW? YEAH, THEY HAVE NOW.

UM, UM, CAN I HEAR YOU? HEAR ME NOW I CAN HEAR YOU.

SO INITIALLY IT WAS TWO SEPARATE GRANT PROCESS THAT WE HAD TO APPLY FOR, BUT OFF THE HEADSTART CHANGED THE FUNDING.

SO RATHER THAN AS A PLATFORM, THEY CAME UP WITH A FORMULA BASED ON YOUR ENROLLMENT AND THAT'S WHY THE 2 MILLION.

SO WHILE WE WERE ASKING FOR ONE EIGHT THEY CHANGED THAT THE FUNDING APPROACH AND THAT IS BASED ON YOUR FUNDING ENROLLMENT.

SO FOR US, I WILL FIND IT A PROBLEM FOR THE SUMMER PROGRAM AND OUR CARES ACT ALLOCATION COMBINED, IT'S THE 2 MILLION ACTIVE ON NUMBERS ITEM NUMBER 64 ON THE AGENDA.

SO ITEM 51 AND 64 ARE COMBINED AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS $2 MILLION.

I'M JUST GETTING READY TO ASK YOU NEXT ON THOSE ITEMS. SO COULD WE NOT HAVE TAKEN THOSE ITEMS TOGETHER OR DO WE STILL NEED TO TAKE THEM SEPARATE? WELL, HE GETS COMBINED.

YOU JUST NEED TO DO ONE ITEM.

THERE'S NO SEPARATE FUNDING JUST FOR SOME OF THE PROGRAMS. SO IT'S JUST ONE ITEM.

OKAY, I UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS ASKING ASHLEY, DO WE NEED TO CHECK THIS, THOSE ITEMS, DON? I THINK WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE ITEM 51 AND WE GET TO 64 WE'RE GOING TO DELETE 64 OH, OKAY.

WELL YOU WON'T ACTUALLY, YOU WANT ACTUALLY TO ANSWER IT.

YOU DON'T TRUST ME.

I DON'T TELL TELEVISION.

NO, I'M GOOD.

ITEM 52 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT EXCEPT AND EXECUTE THEIR GRANT AWARD FOR THE 2017 BURN JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF 23,000 ON BEHALF OF THE CITY CONSTABLE'S OFFICE FROM THE LOUISIANA CONDITIONER LAW ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE FOR THE INOPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM, PURCHASE GPS AND BLUETOOTH ENABLED PORTABLE RADIOS

MS MEG? I HAD A MOTION, UH, WATSON, I'M SORRY, HUDSON SECOND BY WATSON OR ANY OBJECTIONS TO ITEM 51 HEARING NONE.

ITEM 51 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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BY THE CONSTABLE OR TO ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 52 NO COMMENTS ON ITEM 52 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY COMMENTS? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? ITEM 52 MOTION BY ROCCA THEIR SECOND SECOND BY WATSON HEARING NONE.

ITEM 52 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

53 AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE BATTERY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ENTER A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH JAZZY SOLUTIONS LLC WITH JAZZ, JESSICA MATTHEWS AS A PROGRAM GRANT MANAGER FOR THE COLLECTIVE HEALING INITIATIVE NOT TO EXCEED $80,665 BY THE POLICE CHIEF.

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ACTUALLY ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 53 NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 53 COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION BY COLLINS LEWIS.

IS THERE A SECOND? THEY'RE SECOND.

SECOND.

BOB WATSON OR ANY OBJECTIONS TO ITEM 53 HEARING NONE.

ITEM 53 HAS BEEN

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APPROVED.

ITEM 54 PRE-DINNER THE ANNUAL CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY THE PARIS TRANSPORTATION FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT FOR EXAMPLE, SO YOU SIGN AND SUCH CERTIFICATION BY THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.

ACTUALLY.

ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM 54 NO COMMENTS ON ITEM 50 MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MOTION APPROVAL.

ITEM 54 MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY WATSON ON ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM 54 HAS BEEN APPROVED ON 55

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AUTHORIZATION FROM THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT OR CHAIRMAN OF AIRPORT COMMISSION TO EXECUTE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED THE DIRECTOR OF AVIATION TO TAKE SUCH IMMEDIATE AND SHORT TERM ACTIONS AS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT AIRPORT RELIEF MEASURES IN RESPONSE TO COBIT 19 PANDEMIC BY AVIATION DIRECTOR ASHLEY.

ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM 55 NO COMMENTS ON ITEM 55 COUNCIL MEMBERS? ANY QUESTIONS? ANY EMOTIONS? DONALD'S GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE.

ITEM 55 MOTION.

TREY, YOU GOTTA WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT? YEAH, NO, I WAS JUST WANTING TO SAY, UH, MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT AND ALSO KIND OF GIVE AN UPDATE REGARDING, UM, YOU KNOW, THE OBVIOUSLY THE EFFECT THAT THIS HAS HAD ON AVIATION AND THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY FOR RENTS AND UM, THINGS TO BE PAID.

UH, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR A GOOD LONG TIME.

SO, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, OVERALL AVIATION, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THE COMMERCIAL AVIATION WILL COME BACK IN A, IN A QUICK TURNAROUND, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF BUSINESS AVIATION THAT'S GOING ON.

UM, AND WE NEED TO DO OUR BEST TO BE ABLE TO HOLD ON TO WHAT WE HAVE OUT THERE.

AND I KNOW Y'ALL ALREADY ALL KNOW THAT, BUT THIS IS A GOOD STEP TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AT THIS TIME.

SO ASK THAT.

I MEAN, I KNOW DON HAS ALREADY MADE THE MOTION, BUT, UH, I'D SECOND IT.

ITEM 56 AUTHORIZATION, THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND OR TAMRA, THE AIRPORT COMMISSION EXECUTE SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT NUMBER TWO WITH MICHAEL BAKER FOR THE SOUTH GENERAL AVIATION APRON REHABILITATION PROJECT TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES RENDERED AS A RESULT OF DIFFERING SITE CONDITIONS AND ADDITIONAL CONTRACT TIME DUE TO CONSTRUCTION DELAYS AND WEATHER IN THE MOUNTAIN NOT TO EXCEED $70,708 OR IN ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 56 NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON 56 COUNSELORS.

COUNSELORS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE'VE GOT MOST OF MY CALLS, LEWIS SECOND BY WELSH.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? HEARING NONE.

ITEM 55 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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ANY COMMENTS, COUNSELING WELCH MOTION TO APPROVE NOTICE IMPROVED BY WELSH SECOND BY ROCCA OR ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE.

ITEM 56 HAD BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM 57

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AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT OR CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION TO EXECUTE WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON THE BATHROOM ON BEHALF OF THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION FOR AN 8,749 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING LOCATED AT 91 91 PLANK ROAD AT A RUN RATE TO $170,128 AND 65 CENTS PER YEAR FOR EIGHT YEARS WITH A TWO YEAR OPTION.

FULL SERVICE RATE IS $170,128 AND 65 CENTS YEARLY $14,177 AND 38 CENTS MONTHLY, $19 AND 45 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR.

ASHLEY, ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM 57 NO COMMENTS ON 57 TREY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 57 YES SIR.

MOTION IMPROVED BY WELSH SECOND BY HUDSON OR ANY OBJECTIONS? HEARING NONE.

ITEM 57 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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I'M 58 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR.

PRESIDENT ARTHUR AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO AUTHORIZE AND APPROVE A WAIVER FOR THE CLOUD LLC FOR THE ENCROACHMENT OF THE RIGHT OF WAY ON CLOUD DRIVE FOR THE INSTALLED DUMPSTER STRUCTURE AND UNDERGROUND TRAP.

THE PROPERTY OWNER WILL ASSUME THE MAINTENANCE AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY SETTING THE WHOLE HARMLESS AGREEMENT BY DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT.

ASHLEY, ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM 58 NO COMMENTS ON ITEM 58 COUNCIL MEMBERS OR MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 58 MOTION BY WATSON.

SECOND BY ROCCA ON ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE.

ITEM 58 IT'S BEEN APPROVED.

I'M 59

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AUTHORIZED THE BRAS GO TO INTO A CORPORATE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH PICU PROPERTIES LLC TO ACCEPT A DONATION OF PROPERTY ENGINEERING

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SERVICES AND ELECTRICAL SERVICE AND PERFORM ALL OTHER ACTS NECESSARY FOR ROSCOE TO CONSTRUCT A REGIONAL PUMP STATION IN THE PICU LANE INTERCHANGE AREA BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.

ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM 59 NO COMMENTS ON ITEM 59 COUNCIL MEMBER ANY COMMENTS? MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 59 BY HUDSON SECOND BY WATSON.

TARA, DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT? NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO SECOND IT BUT THAT'S FINE.

EMOTION ABOUT HUDSON SECOND BY WATSON.

ANY OBJECTIONS THERE? NON ITEM 59 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM CITY AUTHORIZED

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MAYOR PRESIDENT AND OR A ROSCOE TO EXECUTE SOMETHING IN AGREEMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE CONTRACT WITH DOMAIN DESIGN ARCHITECT ARCHITECTURE FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOUTH WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT ADMINISTRATION BUILDING RENOVATION AND AMOUNT OF $7,795 BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.

DIRECTOR COMMENTS ON ITEM 60 NO COMMENTS ON ITEM 16 COUNCIL A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 60 MOTION APPROVED BY ROCCA SECOND BY THE CHAIR ON ANY OBJECTIONS? HMM.

HEARING NONE.

ITEM 60 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

61 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT AND OR TO EXECUTE SUPPLY AN AGREEMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE CONTRACT WITH DOMAIN DESIGN ARCHITECTURE FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH A NORTH WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT ADMINISTRATION, BUILDING, RENOVATION AND AMOUNT OF $8,565 BY BELMONT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR ASHLEY.

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ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 61 NO PUBLIC COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER MOTION.

ANY COMMENTS? MOTION TO APPROVE.

ITEM 61 MOTION BY ROCCO SECOND BY WICKER ON ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE.

ITEM 61 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

62 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT NRA ROSCOE TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH ARCHITECTS SERVICES WITH REMSEN HAILEY HAIRPIN ARCHITECTS APA.

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SEE IN CONNECTION WITH THE RENOVATIONS TO THE FORMER ALL-STAR NISSAN FOR THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FACILITY FOR A MOUNTAIN NOT EXCEED $550,000 BY THE BOTTOM OF THE SERVICES DIRECTOR.

ASHLEY.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 62 NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM 62 YOU KNOW, MOTION MOTION APPROVED BY WICKER SECOND BY HUDSON OR LANEY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM 62 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

63 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESENT, EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT ARE GEC INC WITH SUB-CONSULTANTS BIOTECH EIGHT STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES INC AND SOUTHERN EARTH SCIENCES INC FOR THE ENGINEERING SERVICES AND THE CONNECTION WITH THE SIRI PARISH SALES TAX, STRAIGHT ROAD REHABILITATION PROGRAM, CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION, INSPECTION, AND A MOUNTAIN NOT EXCEED $2,257,240 BY TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR.

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ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 63 ACTUALLY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THERE'S A COMMENT FROM BOULEVARD ON ITEM 63 GENERALLY SPEAKING, I HAVE TO ASK, SHOULD STANTEC BE A COMPANY THAT OVERSEES PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICE PROJECTS LIKE MOVIE BR AND EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH WHILE ALSO PERFORMING ENGINEERING OR OTHER SERVICES FOR PROJECTS THEY MIGHT OVERSEE OR MANAGE? IT SEEMS THAT JUST A FEW ENGINEERING COMPANIES ARE CONTINUOUSLY GETTING A LOT OF THE WORK AND HE'S BATON ROUGE PARISH AND IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS.

CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON LINE 63 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY COMMENTS ON ITEMS 63 MATT, YOU GOT A COMMENT? FRED'S ON THE LINE.

WE'VE GOT FRED RAYFORD AVAILABLE.

FRED, YOU'RE THERE? YEAH, I'M HERE.

NO HANSEN.

FRED ON ITEM 63, UH, THE PUBLIC COMMENT ASKED TO GO TO THE QUICK, IS STANTEC EVER GOING TO BE BUILDING A PROJECT AND INSPECTING THEIR OWN? NO SIR.

AND THAT'S WHY THEY ARE SABA, THE PRO OF THE PARTICULAR PROJECT AND HAVE BEEN FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS.

WE GOT A MOTION APPROVAL.

I WATSON THEY'RE SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY WELCH.

DONALD, DO YOU WANT TO TALK? I'M SORRY.

YEAH, I GOT A QUESTION.

SO WE ARE AMENDING THIS BY $2 MILLION.

ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE AMENDING THAT CONTRACT.

THEY'VE BEEN THE CONTRACTOR FOR SOME TIME AND ALL AND LAST YEAR WAS AROUND THE SAME DOLLAR AMOUNT.

UH, COUNCILWOMAN COLLINS LEWIS AND UH, SO WHEN WE, WE ARE AMENDING IT BECAUSE THE WAY OUR AMENDING THE CONTRACT FOR THIS PHASE AND UH, FOR THIS YEAR AND THAT'S WHY WE STAYED AT LA.

OH, OKAY.

SO I DON'T WANT TO SAY MAYBE THIS IS JUST ME, BUT WE ARE AMENDING A CONTRACT SO OF GOING, THIS IS ANOTHER PHASE OF THE WORK, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH.

BECAUSE IT'S A BRAND NEW YEAR AND THERE ARE SEVEN PHASES OF YEAR SEVEN OF PROGRAM 17 THIS BY EIGHT DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PART OF FOR THIS YEAR'S PROGRAM.

INSTEAD OF PUTTING THESE THINGS BACK OUT TO BE IT? WELL, YEAH, IT, THE PROBLEM WITH THAT, UH, MS. LEWIS SAYS THAT IS GOING THROUGH THE SELECTION BOARD.

SO WHY, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS WHY, WHY DON'T WE DON'T PUT THESE THINGS BACK OUT TO BE IT? IF IT'S ANOTHER PHASE, ANOTHER PROJECT, ADDITIONAL WORK, WHY, WHY DO WE AMEND THE CONTRACTS

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CERTAINLY IF WE WANT TO GO BACK THROUGH TO THEM, UH, THE SELECTION BOARD, THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT, CONSIDER DOING.

BUT THIS FARM HAS BEEN DOING A VERY GOOD JOB DOING WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE DONE TO MANAGE OUR PROGRAM, KEEP US IN LINE WITH THE DOLLARS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

THEY ALSO LOOK, HELP US EVALUATE SOME OF THE STREETS THAT NEED TO BE DONE OVER, UH, NOT ONLY FROM A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE BUT ALSO FROM OUR CONSTRUCTION ASPECTS.

SO YES, COULD IT BE DONE? YOU WOULDN'T BID IT WHERE WE'D GO BACK TO AN ENGINEERING CONSULTANT TO HELP US MANAGE THE PROGRAM.

I'M JUST THAT PART OF IT.

I UNDERSTAND.

SO THIS IS PHASE, WHAT PHASE IS THIS? WELL, IT'S A, IT'S CALL PHASE 17 WHAT THEY HAVE IN THE PROGRAM, BUT THEY'RE BROKE THE PHASE 17 WHICH LAST YEAR WAS PHASE 16 THIS IS PHASE 17 SO I GUESS THE FIRST ONE IS, SO PHASE 18 WE'LL STILL, WE'LL JUST KEEP DOING THIS OVER AND OVER.

UH, WE, WE, WE HAVE THAT MANY STREETS OUT THERE THAT NEED TO BE REHABBED AND DONE.

WE WOULD GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM.

NOW IT'S NOT, SO THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION.

THE QUESTION IS, DO WE, DO WE AMEND THE CONTRACT OVER AND OVER OR DOES THIS, DO THESE ALL THESE PROJECTS GO OUT AGAIN, RIGHT.

WE WOULD HAVE, I WILL BE BACK TO YOU AGAIN NEXT YEAR IF WE WANT TO KEEP THIS SAME FARM TO HELP US DO THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.

WE WOULD BE AMENDING THE EGGS, THAT CONTRACT BECAUSE IT'S FOUR DIFFERENT PHASE AND IT WILL BE FOR DIFFERENT MILES OF RAILWAY THAT THAT WOULD BE MANAGED.

I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS, SO HOW LONG HAS, THIS IS PHASE 16 SO HAS THIS BEEN ONTO THE SAME HOSPITAL, THE SAME AGENCY OR CONSULT SUBCONTRACTORS AND SUB CONSULTANTS FOR EVERY PHASE, THIS SAME FARM OR THE SAME GROUP THAT YOU SEE ON THE CONTRACT? MS MS IS THE STAY DOWN.

NO, THAT'S OKAY.

WELL NO, I MISS DONNA.

I'M GOING TO DO MISS DOC.

THE PROBLEM AND THE ISSUE HERE IS THEY'VE BEEN OWNED, THEY WERE SELECTED IN 2015 OR 16 AND THEY'RE STILL THE CONSULTANT DOING THE WORK BASED ON THAT, ON ON THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN PLACE AND WE HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO THE FACT THAT THEY'VE DOING A GOOD JOB.

PLUS IF THEY WEREN'T, THEN WE WOULD LOOK AT GOING THROUGH THE SELECTION BOARD AGAIN.

WE WOULD HAVE TO NEGOTIATE A FEE ON IT REGARDLESS OF MISS DONNA.

SO, OKAY.

MY ISSUE IS THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE, I'M NOT SURE WHO THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, BUT I DON'T SEE HOW WE KEEP GOING TO THE SAME.

IT'S NOT GO CHECK.

I KNOW THEY DO GREAT WORK.

I KNOW THAT THESE, THESE STANTEC, I KNOW ALL OF THAT, BUT IT'S ALMOST LIKE FILLED WITH THE SAME PEOPLE GET THE SAME WORK OVER AND OVER BECAUSE WE ARE GOING, WE'RE NOT GOING BACK TO THE ANGELA ENGINEER'S SELECTION COMMITTEE TO RE RE REVISIT THIS.

WE JUST COME BACK WITH AN AMENDMENT YEAR AFTER YEAR FOR THE SAME PEOPLE.

THAT JUST SEEMS TO ME LIKE AN UNFAIR PROCESS.

NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WORK, NOTHING WITH THE AGENCY.

IT JUST SEEMS LIKE AN UNFAIR PROCESS.

I UNDERSTAND.

MS DONNA.

SO I'M, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA ABSTAIN FROM THIS, BUT I JUST, I JUST, I DON'T, I JUST HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.

I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT.

WHITE ONES LIKE TARA, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YEAH, NO, I'M GOOD FOR RIGHT NOW.

I'M THINKING SO I'LL ASK IT IN A MOMENT.

THAT'S A LOADED THERE.

COUNCILWOMAN BIKES.

FRED.

SO YOU UNDERSTAND, WHAT DO YOU, DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CONCERNS THAT UM, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, COLLINS IS BRINGING FORWARD? I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT HIM? I UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME WORK AND I GET THAT MS. BANKS, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FARM DOES, HAS GOT THIS SELECTION ORIGINALLY HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB FOR US AND HAD, HAS KEPT IT WELL WITHIN THE RANGE OF DOLLARS THAT WE'VE EXPECTED TO BE FROM A NEGOTIATION STANDPOINT.

COULD WE GO OUT AND DO A SELECTION AGAIN? YES MA'AM.

WE PROBABLY COULD.

I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND IT DOING IT RIGHT NOW, BUT IF JUST COUNCIL SAYS, HEY, I WANT TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT CONSIDERING ANOTHER GROUP TO DO THE OVERALL CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT.

AND I MEAN CERTAINLY THAT WOULD BE, UH, AN ISSUE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT, BUT WE'VE GOTTEN SO FAR ALONG AT THIS POINT AND I GOT PEOPLE AND I GOT STREETS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.

I DON'T WANT TO START ALL OVER GOING THROUGH THE SELECTION PROCESS, WHICH WILL TAKE ME AT LEAST SIX MONTHS.

LET ME ASK YOU THIS AND THAT.

I DO UNDERSTAND THAT AND THAT MAKES

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SENSE.

UM, AND, AND IT'S NOT TO, BECAUSE I DO KNOW ALL OF THESE ARE GOOD COMPANIES AND EVERYTHING, BUT HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT OTHER COMPANIES, AS OTHER PROJECTS COME ALONG THAT THEY BECOME MORE INTEGRATED IN THIS PROCESS? UM, SO YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT SADIE'S COMPANIES, WE, WE, WE TRY NOT TO, UM, CONTINUE TO RENEW CONTRACTS WITH THEM SINCE IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO BE GUARANTEED WHAT THAT OTHER COMPANIES ARE BROUGHT INTO THE MAINSTREAM AND THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BID, EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE AND YOU COULD, YOU WORK WELL WITH THEM.

THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB.

I GET THAT.

BUT UNTIL WE DIVERSIFY AND BRING IN OTHER COMPANIES, WE'LL NEVER KNOW WHAT, WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE AND WHO CAN ALSO DO AN A JOB THAT IS JUST AS GOOD.

SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND HOW DO WE KEEP NOT LET THIS CONTINUE WITH ANOTHER PROJECT? LET ME JUST SAY THIS.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT, THAT THERE'S A SELECTION BOARD THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO GO TO AND AND ANYBODY WHO WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT FOR THIS, FOR THIS PROPOSAL OR FOR THIS OF WORK, THIS ONE WILL BE PROPOSED.

THEN THEY WOULD HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AS A TEAM TO SUBMIT.

THEY CAN DO SO IF THEY WANT IT TO, IF THAT'S, WE WANT TO LOOK AT, LOOK AT USING SOMEBODY ELSE.

OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

THE ONLY REASON WE'RE BEING CONSISTENT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS THAT IF THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB AND THEY HAVE, AND IF MET WITHIN THE BOUNDS AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE ASKED FOR AND WHEN WE DO NEGOTIATE TO KNOCK THE NUMBERS AND THE MILES HAVE INCREASED, WE'VE DOUBLED OUR MILES, BUT OUR COST HAS STAYED ABOUT THE SAME.

SO THAT TO ME, ME AS GOOD DOLLARS WITH GOOD SENSE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.

WELL, WHAT I'M ASKING YOU IS HOW DO YOU BECOME INTENTIONAL TO WIDEN THE OPPORTUNITY.

THAT'S SOMETHING YOU DO INTENTIONALLY AND NOT TO DISMISS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT THOSE ARE THINGS YOU DO INTENTIONAL FROM THE SELECTION PROCESS ONWARD.

AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT A THOUGHT THAT YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU'VE CONSIDERED, I THOUGHT THAT WAS SOMETHING, AN INITIATIVE THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION WAS MAKING SURE THAT THE DEPARTMENT AIDS LOOK TOWARDS.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING ON OR NOT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING YOU DO INTENTIONAL WHERE YOU, YOU ON THE BACKDROP AND YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, WE WERE DOING GC, THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO DIVERSIFY.

WE ALSO NEED TO BE A NEW COMPANY.

AND EVEN IF THEY WORK WITH GEC OR GO TECH OR STANTEC OR NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOTHING ABOUT THEM.

BUT HOW DO YOU BRING OTHERS IN AND, AND I'M ASKING IT JUST AS A THOUGHT QUESTION.

WHAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN GO BACK AND FORTH.

SO MY LEG IN CLOSING, I JUST SAY IF YOU CHECK YOUR EMAIL, I SENT YOU AN EMAIL THIS WEEK.

YES I DID.

AND YOU'LL GET A RESPONSE BACK ON IT.

ONLY PRETTY SURE THAT YOU FOR IT.

AT THIS POINT IT CERTAINLY WOULD BECAUSE WE ALREADY TO THE POINT WHERE THERE'S PLENTY ROADS, I THINK WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET DONE ON THE LIST.

COUNCILWOMAN ROCCO, DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A COMMENT? BUT I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

I'M COMING FROM A PRIVATE COMPANY THAT HAS PUT BIDS IN.

I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND WHY, UM, DIVERSITY IS IMPORTANT AND THE SAME COMPANY NOT GETTING THE SAME CONTRACT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

BUT MY QUESTION IS, YOU MENTIONED IT AND I THINK YOU MAY HAVE ANSWERED THIS QUESTION ALREADY, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR A COMPANY TO GO THROUGH THE SELECTION BOARD? WELL, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE BASIC SCOPE RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE AN IDEAL OF WHAT WE WANT.

YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT FROM A SERVICE STANDPOINT, BUT REALISTICALLY WE WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT, PUT AN RFQ OUT, WHICH IS NORMALLY 30 TO 45 DAYS TO GET IT OUT.

SO WE TEND TO WANT TO LOOK AT SUBMITTING FOR THIS OVERALL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND, AND DOING SOME OF THE ENGINEERING WORK FOR US.

BUT I WOULD SUBMIT THAT IF I'M A PROPOSAL, WE GO TO THE SELECTION BOARD, WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE OKAY.

I MEAN I WOULD SAY WITHIN 30 DAYS TO 40 DAYS ISN'T REALISTIC.

COUNCILWOMAN, I WILL TELL YOU, YOU'RE LOOKING AT FIVE TO SIX MONTHS BEFORE I WOULD BE BRINGING IT TO THE COUNCIL FOR Y'ALL TO EAT TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO NEGOTIATE TO SEE ONCE THE FARM IS SELECTED OR WATCH THE FARM, UH, THE ACTUAL FARM HAS BEEN SELECTED BY THE BOARD AND WE HAVE TO NEGOTIATE IT.

THEN WE HAVE TO BRING IT UP TO THE COUNCIL.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A MINIMUM OF SIX MONTHS MINIMUM.

SO IF WE DID THIS PHASE BY PHASE WITH A NEW COMPANY EACH EACH DAY, WOULD THAT COST PAUL'S CONSIDERABLE DELAY OR IT WOULD THAT DELIGHT THE CONSTRUCTION FURTHER? WELL

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AND I'D LIKE TO GET THOSE GUNS IF THE COUNCIL WANTS US TO CONSIDER GOING OUT AND HIRE ANOTHER APARTMENT.

LET ME SAY THIS.

SO I'LL BE CLEAR ON THE RECORD.

ADMINISTRATION HAS BARELY BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN TRYING TO SPREAD THE WORK OUT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK UNDER THE MOVIE OR PROGRAM YOU'LL CERTAINLY WILL SEE THAT.

AND, AND BASED ON THE REPRESENTATION AND THE GROUPS, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING TEAMED UP WITH, I KNOW I'M A MEMBER OF THAT BOARD SELECTION BOARD AND I'M VERY CONDUCT.

SO WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT GROUPS ARE OUT THERE AND TRY TO GET EVERYBODY THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET A JOB WITH THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, PARTICULARLY WITH THIS PARISH.

BUT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I WOULD ASK THIS COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, AT LEAST AT THIS POINT.

AND IF WE WANT TO LOOK AT TO LOOK AT MAYBE DOING A NEW SELECTION, UM, I'M FINE WITH THAT AND YOU KNOW, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

BUT AT THIS POINT THAT'S WHY AS BEING, THAT'S HOW IT HAS, IT'S BEEN CONSISTENT.

IT HAS BEEN VERY FAR AND I THINK IT'S SAVING TAXPAYERS MONEY.

I RESPECT THAT.

UM, COULD YOU TELL ME ONE MORE THING? COULD WORK AND THE SELECTION COMMITTEE PROCESS HAPPENED CONCURRENTLY MOVING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE? I'M SORRY, I MISUNDERSTOOD.

I MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU SAID.

WORK CONTINUE AND THE SELECTION COMMITTEE PROCESS HAPPENED CONCURRENTLY.

YOU COULD FOR NEXT YEAR'S PROGRAM.

NOT THAT SHE HAS PROGRAM.

I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTARY.

COUNCILMAN HUDSON, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? THE FIRST DISTRICT, A GREAT QUESTION TO ASHLEY MIGHT DEVICE THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF DONNA'S COMMENTS ABOUT, I'M JUST CHECKING.

ARE THERE ANY MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR ON THIS? NO.

WHERE THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE BY WATSON SECOND ON THE FLOOR.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, NO, I APPRECIATED THE COMMENTS THAT DONNA MADE.

UH, LOOK, I'M ALL FOR COMPETITION.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING.

UH, I'M A LITTLE WORRIED ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

FRED IS IF WE PUT WHO SHOULD DO OFF SIX MORE MONTHS, THE ROAD JUST MAY ALL THE WAY APART.

SO, UH, I'M ALSO APPROVING THIS AND THEN LOOK INTO THE FUTURE ABOUT WHERE WE COULD INCREASE COMPETITION AND, AND WHERE WE POSSIBLY CAN SAVE SOME MONEY.

I UNDERSTAND THAT COUNSEL AND I HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO DOING THAT.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO DELAY THIS PHASE OF THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF ROADS AND A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

GREAT.

THANK YOU FOR IT.

NANA, YOU WANT TO SPEAK? I DO.

I WOULD ASK, I CONCUR WITH YOU, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM DOING IT.

SO THIS GOES BACK AND KARA WILL UNDERSTAND THIS, THE ENGINEERING SELECTION COMMUNITY WHO DOES THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND SO IT LOOKS TO SAME PEOPLE.

CAUSE I REMEMBER SITTING IN IN THE FIRST YEAR MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL AND THEY WOULD BE THE SAME COMPANY OVER AND OVER CONTRACTS OF YOUR FIRE STATIONS.

AND SO I ASKED THEM THE QUESTION, WHY DIDN'T YOU GIVE THIS TO THE SAME COMPANY? THEIR ANSWER WAS BECAUSE THEY BUILD FIRE STATIONS.

SO THEY DIDN'T, THEY WEREN'T BORN BUILDING FIRE STATIONS.

THEY HAD TO GET SOME EXPERIENCE TO BUILD A FIRE STATION.

WHAT THEY USE THE SAME PROCESS FOR IT.

I LOVE YOU TO PIECES BUT YOU GUYS KNEW THAT THIS WAS COMING UP LAST YEAR WHEN THAT PHASE WAS FINISHED, YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN TYING TO PUT IT OUT FOR, WE DO THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND WE SAY THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER.

AND I KNOW I WILL BE THERE NEXT YEAR THAT YOU'VE BEEN TO SAY THIS AGAIN.

SO I'M SAY SAD NOW, BUT THIS HAS TO CHANGE WITH THE ENGINEERING SELECTION COMMITTEE BECAUSE THEY BECOME COMFORTABLE WITH THE SAME COMPANY.

AND THAT'S GOOD, BUT THIS IS NOT OUR MONEY.

WE DON'T GET TO SAY I CAN GO OUT AND GET THE SAME PERSON TO BUILD MY HOUSE BECAUSE I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY BUILD HOUSES FOR ME ALL THE TIME.

THAT'S FINE, DANDY AND GREAT, BUT THIS IS A CITY PAIRS, TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND IT NEEDS TO BE PUT OUT THERE FOR TO ME, YEAR AFTER YEAR.

SO PEOPLE, IF IT GOES TO GOLD TECH STAMP GC OVER AGAIN, THEN THAT'S FINE.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.

WHAT YOU GOT TO OPEN THIS UP.

YOU CAN'T GO FROM YEAR 15 A YEAR, 2020 AND HAVE THE SAME PEOPLE AND AMEND THE CONTRACT EVERY YEAR.

YOU HAVE TIME EVERY YEAR FOR IT.

YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR, LIKE I TELL MY HUSBAND, CHRISTMAS COMES DECEMBER 21ST DECEMBER 24TH TO GO FIND ME A GIFT.

CAUSE YOU KNEW CHRISTMAS WAS COMING.

THAT MAY SOUND CRAZY, BUT I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS TOWER KNOWS I WANT TO SEE THIS GO BACK OUT.

THIS IS UNFAIR.

WE HAVE TOO MUCH WORK IN THE CITY.

THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE CLAMORING FOR WORK.

AND ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW WITH EVERYBODY HAVING LOST JOBS, THE ECONOMY BAD SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF COLVIN, SO THIS SHOULD GO OUT.

IT SHOULD NOT GO KEEP GOING THE SAME WAY OVER AND OVER.

I GET FRUSTRATED WITH IT WHEN I SEE IT AND WE SAY THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER.

WE DON'T HAVE TIME.

I'M NOT TRYING TO STOP THE WORK ON THIS ONE FOR YOU, BUT YOU KNEW A YEAR AGO WHOEVER WAS IN CHARGE OF THIS NEW YEAR AGO, IT WAS COMING UP FOR THE NEXT PHASE.

IT SHOULD WENT OUT FOR SELECTION AGAIN BEFORE IN TIME ENOUGH FOR IT TO BE PUT IN.

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THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD RESPECT REALLY ASK FOR IS THAT YES, YOU'RE RIGHT, TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING FOR THIS, BUT TO GET WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO AND DELAY THIS PROGRAM WITH A MILE TALL, I KNOW.

WELL THAT WOULD BE UNFAIR TO THE TAXPAYERS.

THAT PERSPECTIVE, IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO DO IT.

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT DELAYING THIS FOR FREE, BUT I, I'VE HEARD THAT OVER AND OVER TOO.

SO I'M NOT TRYING TO, BECAUSE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT YOU GUYS DO, AND THIS HAPPENS WITH THE PROBLEM THAT I'M JUST, THIS ONE WAS BRINGING AN ITEM AND THEN WE SAY, WE GOT TO DO IT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO DELAY THIS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.

THAT'S JUST NOT RIGHT.

IT'S NOT FAIR.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S MY COMMENTS.

I GUESS MOST THAT I HAVE THIS, THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN NEXT YEAR AND I KNOW I WON'T BE ON THE COUNCIL, BUT I'LL BE WATCHING.

EVERYBODY'S BEEN WAITING.

SORRY.

JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT DONNA POINTED OUT.

UM, SHE'S, SHE'S CORRECT IN THE FACT THAT WE SPEND AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TIME WITH REVIEWING AND LOOKING AT THE PROCESS IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROCESS WAS AT LEAST FAIR ENOUGH TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD BUYABLE COMPANIES BROADLY BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS.

AND SO THERE WERE, THERE WERE SOME, SOME ISSUES THAT WE SAW AT THAT TIME AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES.

AND ALL OF THAT AND WORK WITH SOME OF THE ENGINEERING COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, TO TRY TO PUT SOME CHANGES IN PLACE.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS REALLY CRITICAL THAT WE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WAS THE PROTEGE PROGRAM AND THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WERE OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT COMPANIES ARE ABLE TO HAVE ADEQUATE ACCESS TO DOING BUSINESS, REAL BUSINESS WITH THE CITY.

AND NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CRUMBS THAT FALL OFF THE TABLE, BUT IN AN, IN AN ATTEMPT TO BE ABLE TO AT SOME POINT EVEN COMPETE AS PRIMES.

AND SO I THINK IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GROWING OUR ECONOMY AND PEOPLE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY, UH, WORK AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES LIKE EVERYONE DOES, WE DO NEED TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE, UM, ADJUST SOME THINGS TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY.

I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, FRED, AT THE BEGINNING, WAS THERE AN ASSUMPTION THAT WHEN THE BIDS WENT OUT AND RFPS AND ALL THAT, WAS THERE AN ASSUMPTION THAT THESE COMPANIES WERE GOING TO MANAGE AND DO THE PROJECT IN ITS ENTIRETY THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE ENTIRE PROGRAM? WAS THAT THE ORIGINAL THOUGHT AND, AND, AND I WAS NOT HERE WHEN THAT TOOK PLACE.

UH, COUNSEL ON WECKER AND I DON'T KNOW THAT ANSWER.

I WOULD ASSUME THAT THAT WAS PART OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS, BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT PROHIBITS US FROM TAKING IT AND DOING AND LOOKING AT GETTING A NEW PROGRAM MANAGER FOR, UH, THE NEXT TIME.

I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM.

ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT, AND I WOULD MAKE THAT COMMITMENT.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM DOING THAT.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO START ALL OVER AND PAYING UP THESE PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE DONE ANOTHER SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS TO GET DONE THROUGH THE PROCESS.

RIGHT.

AND I, AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT IN HEAR ME ON THIS, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT FOR IT.

I DON'T, I, I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO, THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY PARISH HAS WAITED LONG ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THESE PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD.

SO I DON'T THINK IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO TRY TO SLOW THE DOWN AT ALL.

I THINK THERE'S JUST A CONSIDERATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT WE SAID THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO FROM THE BEGINNING.

AND THAT'S TO BE INCLUSIVE WITH THIS PROCESS AND HAVE AS MANY COMPANIES AS POSSIBLE TO BE ABLE TO VIBE, VIABLY COMPETE AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM OVERALL SO THAT THE BOAT, THE IT RISES, ALL THE TIDE RISES ALL BOATS IS THE POINT.

SO THANK YOU.

MY POINT, I GET THAT AND I KNOW, I KNOW YOU'VE, YOU'VE BEEN ANSWERING THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YEAH, I HAD MY HAND UP.

UM, UH, I'M SORRY COUNSELOR.

IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SAY IT AND THAT'S NOT AWARE.

UM, FRED, COUPLE OF A COUPLE OF THREE QUESTIONS.

ONE, THE ROAD REHABILITATION, IT SAYS PHASE 15.

SHE SAID THIS WAS DONE IN, IN UH, 2015.

SO WE'VE GOT THE 17 PHASES.

IN FIVE YEARS.

THERE'S BEEN, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PHASES IN THIS IN SIX MONTHS IMPLEMENTS, BUT THEY HAVE PAID FOR THE WHOLE YEAR TO DO WHAT NEED TO DO.

WE JUST RATIFY THE ROAD PROGRAMS OF THE ROAD PROJECT ITSELF.

COUNCILMAN.

BUT I KNOW THAT THEY WENT TO THE SELECTION BOARD AND AND 2015 I DO KNOW THAT IN FACT THE, THEY ADD THEM ON A METRIC COLUMN, COUNTY COUNCIL OF STATES.

THAT'S WHEN, WHEN IT ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH THE SELECTION BILL AND THEY HAVE AMENDED THEIR CONTRACT.

AND SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I HAVE CHECKED WITH THEM TO BE SURE WHAT TYPE OF WORK THEY'RE DOING AND THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB.

BUT I GET WHERE THE COUNCIL IS COMING FROM AND I HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO LOOKING AT THAT AND, AND YOU KNOW FOR NEXT YEAR, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

AND SO MY,

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MY QUESTION IS, IS THIS, IS THIS IS THE ROAD REHABILITATE? THIS IS AN OWN.

THIS ISN'T LIKE WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE MOVE BEYOND.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE GREENLIGHT PROGRAM.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT COMES UP EVERY SINGLE DAY.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE GET TO SPEND AND THAT PROJECT WE PUT OUT A NUMBER OF PROJECTS OR THAT PARTICULAR YEAR.

YEAH, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YES SIR.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MOVE BR.

THE MOVIE ALL PROGRAM HAS SET UP SEPARATELY.

IT'S BASICALLY UNDER THE HALF CENT SALES TAX THAT WE HAVE.

SO, SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS SOMETHING THAT COULD EASILY GO BACK FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL PHASE.

I KNOW YOU'RE DOING THEM FOR SIX MONTHS, BUT EVEN IF YOU DID IT FOR EACH YEAR, IF YOU KNOW AHEAD OF TIME, INSTEAD OF JUST PUTTING THESE THINGS OUT LIKE WE'RE DOING NOW WHERE IT'S RIGHT, WELL WE'LL JUST AMEND THE CONTRACT, WE'LL MEND THE CONTRACT, WE'LL AMEND THE CONTRACT BECAUSE IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OR NOT DOING GOOD JOB.

YOU KNOW WE BROKE UP THE, THE MOVE BATON ROUGE BECAUSE WE SAID IT WAS TOO LARGE TO BE ABLE TO, FOR ONE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.

WHY CAN'T WE HAVE MULTIPLE IF WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO ALL THESE STREETS WITHIN THAT SIX MONTH PERIOD.

SO WHY AREN'T WE DOING THAT? WHY AREN'T WE DO IN TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT CONTRACT MANAGEMENT COUNTRY? CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

THEY'RE MANAGING THE CONTRACTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MULTIPLE GO ON AT ONE TIME.

WELL YOU COULD HAVE, WE HAVE MULTIPLE PROJECTS GOING ON ALL THE TIME.

COULD YOU HAVE MULTIPLE UH, PROGRAM MANAGERS OR ENGINEERS OVERSEEING THE PROJECT? YES SIR.

YOU COULD.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE SOME OF THE SUBS THAT ARE WITH THIS FARM AT THIS POINT WITH GEC.

THEY ALSO DO SOME OF THE MANAGING OF THE PROGRAM TO HELP FACILITATE MOVING THE DIFFERENT PHASES THROUGH THE PROCESS.

BUT GC COULD, COULD BE THE PROGRAM MANAGERS, THEY'VE GOT THE SUBS THAT ARE DOING IT, BUT WE MAY END UP GOING DIRECTLY TO, YOU KNOW, STANTEC OR GO TECH OR TO ANY OF THE OTHER ENGINEERING FIRMS THAT IF WE BREAK IT UP, YOU KNOW, IF WE BREAK THE PROJECTS UP SMALL ENOUGH, WE MAY GET INTO A SITUATION TO WHERE YOU CAN FIND SOME OF THESE, THESE SMALLER FIRMS THAT AREN'T READY NECESSARILY FOR THESE LARGE PROJECTS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO DO IT.

BUT WE CAN DO IT TO WHERE YOU HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT, SO YOU CAN GET THAT EXPERIENCE AND INSTEAD OF THEM BEING ALWAYS THE SUB AND NEVER THE GENERAL THEY CAN GET THERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, I, I, I THINK THAT THERE'S NO REASON OTHER THAN, I MEAN TELL ME IF I'M WRONG, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK W YOU KNOW, THIS IS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS TONIGHT, BUT QUITE HONESTLY I THINK WE OUGHT TO PUT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT SAID FOR YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PHASES ARE WE GONNA HAVE YOU GOT PHASE 17 SO IS IT PHASE 17 ONE TWO.

I MEAN THIS IS SPACE 17 ONE BUT ARE WE GONNA HAVE PHASE 17 TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE ARE OURS.

IS IT GOING TO BE PLACE 18 NEXT AND FOR 18 WE FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, YOU GO AHEAD AND GET READY TO BREAK THIS UP AND SEND IT TO THE SELECTION BOARD.

COUNCILMAN? I, I, YOU KNOW AGAIN, UH, YOU LOOK AT THIS, THERE'S A VARIOUS PHASES AND THEY GO ALL THE WAY TO 17 NINE AND IT'S CONCRETE WORK TO BE DONE.

YOU GOT SOME UH, PREVENTATIVE.

LET ME STOP YOU.

SO WE GOT, WE'RE ALL FACED 17 ONE BUT YOU'VE GOT TO PHASE NINE.

WE'VE GOT NINE PHASES.

OKAY, ON THE LIST AND MAYBE Y'ALL, I THOUGHT MAYBE THAT WAS SENT TO Y'ALL, BUT IF NOT I CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU BUT YOU'LL LOOK ON IT AND IT'S GOT 17 ONE AS PAD FIVE, UH, RESURFACING, UH, 17 TWO IS TEXTURE SEAL AND THAT HAS A VARIETY OF WORK HAS TAKEN PLACE AND THE LIST OF THE PROJECTS THAT IS GOING TO BE CONSIDERED ON THAT.

LET ME JUST, I JUST NEED TO GET SOME UNDERSTANDING.

SO WE'VE GOT NINE PHASES THAT ARE, THAT ARE HAPPENING ARE NINE SUB PHASES THAT ARE HAPPENING THIS YEAR.

YEAH, THEY'LL BE, THEY'LL PAUSE.

YES SIR.

THAT IS CORRECT.

THAT'S PART OF THE 17 THERE'S CONCRETE WORK THAT'S PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE WORK HAS MAJOR REHAB WORK.

WE HAVE CEILING THAT SOUND AND THEN WE HAVE SOME CRACKS CEILING THAT WE'RE DOING.

AND THIS IS ONLY DEALING WITH PHASE 17 ONE YOU'RE GOING TO COME TO US AND ASK FOR US.

17 TWO AND SO NO SIR.

THAT'S WHEN YOU, THE PACKET IS INCLUDED.

ALL OF 17 TO JUST BROKEN DOWN INTO NINE LITTLE AREA COULD HAVE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PARISH THAT THAT WORK WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT.

THEY STILL HAVE TO PROVIDE THE MANAGEMENT AND ALSO THE ENGINEERING BACKUP TO BRAILLE SUPPORT THE WORK THAT'S TAKING PLACE.

SO IT'S BROKEN IN PHASES BUT IT'S ONE PROJECT FOR THIS YEAR.

ALL RIGHT.

CAUSE WHAT I'M SEEING ON OUR AGENDA ON 63 IT JUST SAYS PHASE 17 ONE RIGHT? NOT PHASE 17 ONE THROUGH NINE.

WELL

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I SEE.

I'M LOOKING AT THE, I'M LOOKING AT THE, THIS IS AMENDMENT FOUR, THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS, ARTICLE SEVEN, SCOPE OF PHASE, PHASE ONE OF THIS CONTRACT COVERS PROJECTS IN WHICH BIDS ARE SCHEDULED TO BE RECEIVED BETWEEN JULY 1ST AND JUNE 31ST, 2021 PROJECTS ON THIS BED ARE SCHEDULED TO BE RECEIVED AND THIS PERIOD, UH, OR PHASE 17 ONE RIGHT.

SO THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A PAY 17 TO 17 ONE IS PART OF THE WORK.

I MEAN IT'S SAYING I HAVE 17 MORE BUT IT'S BROKEN DOWN TO VARIOUS PHASES OF WORK THAT WILL TAKE PLACE FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR THAT THEY WILL BE.

ALSO, MAN, IT'S 17 JUST LIKE LAST YEAR WAS 16 ONE BUT THERE WERE EIGHT PHASES, EIGHT STEPS OR EIGHT PROGRAMS IN THERE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE MANAGING FOR THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT.

I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE THING THAT WE GOT, WHEREAS THE MAN HOUR ESTIMATE AND THEN IT BREAKS IT DOWN.

KEEP CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL ENGINEER, A SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS ENGINEER, PROJECT ENGINEERS, UH, EIT, INSPECTOR A DESIGN DAY, ALL OF THAT.

SO THIS IS WHAT YOU ADD ALL THAT UP AND THIS IS WHAT COMES OUT TO TWO POINT $2 MILLION.

UM, AND BUT IT'S ONLY TALKING ABOUT FAITH.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GET ANOTHER ASK.

BUT FOR PHASE 17 TOO.

NO SIR.

I MEAN 17 ONE HAS JUST AS A PROJECT NUMBER OUR PROJECT.

SO LET ME, SO LET ME UNDERSTAND IT.

PHASE 17 ONE IS THE CON IS THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PORTION OF PHASE 17 TWO THROUGH NINE ARE THEY GOING TO BE THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES SIR.

OKAY, SO, SO AS FAR AS THIS IS GOING TO COVER ONE YEAR? YES SIR.

AND HERE'S WHAT I SAID.

RIGHT? AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE HOW MANY PROJECTS TOTALLY IN IT.

IT WILL BE TOTAL OF FROM 17 ONE TO 17 NINE AND THAT'S WHAT THE PHASES ARE APART FOR THIS YEAR OF 2020 HOW MANY ROADS ARE Y'ALL GOING TO GET TO? I GUESS THAT'S A BETTER QUESTION.

WELL, ALL IN THE LIST NOW, IT SHOWS TO BE ABOUT 145 MILES OF HIGHWAY.

94 MILES OF THE HIGHWAY ARE GOING TO BE A, WHAT WE CALL PREVENTIVE, UH, PRESERVATION, WHICH WE FEEL LIKE NEEDS TO BE DONE.

SOME NEED TO BE DONE NOW SO WE CAN EXTEND THE LIFE UNTIL WE CAN GET TO THE WORK AND ABOUT 50, 55 MILES.

SO GOING TO BE DONE FOR TOTAL MAJOR REHAB.

30 SECONDS.

I'M GOING TO PUT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TO DISCUSS NEXT TIME.

SO DARRYL, THE M SAID HE HAD A CONSULTANT COME IN TO DISCUSS WAYS THAT WE CAN UM, AND BETTER FACILITATE, UH, CONTRACTS.

WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS THAT CONTRACT? YOU REMEMBER THAT? AND WE HAD A MANAGEMENT PARTNERS.

TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THEY, THAT THEY FOLLOWED THOSE GUIDELINES.

MANAGEMENT PART.

SO ARE YOU ALL UTILIZING THE, THE INFORMATION GAINED FROM MANAGEMENT PARTNERS FOR MOVIE R? THEY, THEY, THEY HAVE NOT ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THAT CONTRACT.

DID NOT LOOK CONSTABLE IN BANKS AT THE CONTRACT PORTION PER SE.

I THINK IT WAS THE, UM, DISPARITY STUDY THAT HELPED US LOOK AT HOW TO EXPAND THE CONTRACTS.

RIGHT.

BUT IF THE INFORMATION DIDN'T KNOW MOVIE R MAY NOT, I DON'T THINK IT HAD EVEN BEGUN, BUT THERE WERE, THERE WERE THAT GAVE YOU ALL METHODOLOGY THAT'S GOING TO BE APPLIED TO ALL CONTRACTS AND ALL TO BETTER FACILITATE.

AND I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THAT INFORMATION WOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO THE SELECTION PROCESS SELECTION GROUP WITH A CHECKOFF

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HAS THAT NOT HAPPENED? I KNOW THAT THE PART OF THE DISPARITY STUDY IS STILL IN FINALIZED, BUT I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PORTIONS OF THAT WERE USED WITHIN THE MOVIE OUR PROGRAM, CERTAIN PARTS THEY COULD USE.

SO, UH, WHAT FRED HAS GIVEN US IS THAT FOR EACH PHASE THERE ARE NINE STEPS.

IT'S, DID I GET THAT RIGHT, FRED? YEAH.

NINE PHASES.

THE END PHASE 17 YES MA'AM.

SO, AND FOR EACH PHASE THAT YOU SAY THEY'RE EIGHT OR NINE, 17 ONE HAS NINE STEPS, WHICH GOES TO 17, NINE ON THE PHASES FOR 17 AND THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PROJECT AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF WORK THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE.

SO WHAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE THAT'S CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT COULD YOU, SINCE YOU'VE BEEN ON THIS, YOU LISTED ALL THE DIFFERENT STEPS.

WHAT IS STEP NINE? STEP NINE IS ALSO, UH, LOOKING AT UH, UH, FUTURE PARISH WIDE ROAD PRESERVATION.

THAT'S STILL IN PHASE 17.

SO IT'S NOT JUST, OKAY.

SO I GUESS KIND OF LIKE WHAT I'M COUNSELOR WELD.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW THEY'RE THE MANAGEMENT PARTNER INFORMATION METHODOLOGY IDEAS ARE BEING TRANSFERRED AND UTILIZED IN THE MOVE BR PROJECTS.

BECAUSE TO ME, IF YOU KNOW THAT BASICALLY YOU HAVE IN ALL THESE PHASES AND STEPS, THAT IS AN EASY WAY TO, TO BREAK UP CONTRACTS.

AND EVEN IF YOU WOULD AT THE END OF FIRE A COMPANY OR EACH PHASE, NO MATTER WHICH FOR EACH STEP, NO MATTER WHAT PHASE YOU ARE IN TO JUST TO BREAK IT UP AND, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR US TO EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GONE ON.

BUT THE GOAL SHOULD ALWAYS BE NOT ONLY TO DO A GOOD JOB, NOT ONLY TO STAY ON, ON TASK AND DO IT EFFICIENTLY AND, AND YOU KNOW, NOT HOLD UP PROJECTS, BUT ALL OF THAT COULD BE ELIMINATED WITH PLANNING, NOT WITH KEEP GETTING THE SAME PEOPLE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE IDEA TO MOVE, THINK AHEAD, WORK AHEAD AND HAVE PEOPLE WAITING IN THE WINGS.

AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.

SO TO ME, IT'S NOT CALLING YOU LAZY BECAUSE THAT'S NOT TRUE, BUT IT'S A LAZY OR LACK OF DAISY A WAY THAT WE'RE DOING THESE CONTRACTS BY JUST SAYING, OKAY.

AGAIN, AGAIN, AGAIN, NO ONE SHOULD BE THAT ASSURED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET A CONTRACT.

THEY SHOULD ALWAYS BE ON IT WHERE THEY KNOW WHERE, IF THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE AND WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE BEING TAKEN FOR GRANTED BECAUSE WE ARE NOT PLANNING EFFECTIVE PARTNER.

I'M, I'M CALLING UP AND, UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, DARRYL GEESE.

SO HOW WE ARE UTILIZING THOSE TENETS AND MOVE BR.

SO I'LL BE PUTTING SOMETHING ON IN THE FUTURE REGARDING, THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

COUNCILWOMAN WICKER.

DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK AGAIN? I CAN'T TELL YOU TO CANCEL ONE.

THAT INFORMATION IN THAT WE DIDN'T FORECAST OUT THE ASSUMPTION OF WHO WAS GOING TO HANDLE AND MANAGE THIS LONGTERM.

I WAS MUTED.

SORRY.

I JUST WANT TO GO BACK REAL QUICK TO THE QUESTION THAT WE ASKED FOR FRED EARLIER.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE DEVIL'S ALWAYS IN THE DETAILS.

SO YOU KNOW, AND I, AND I THINK THAT WE'RE NOT WANTING TO GET THE DETAILS OF EVERYTHING, BUT I KNOW THAT FOR THIS PROCESS TO BE SMOOTH, THIS IS KIND OF THE SECOND SORT OF, YOU KNOW, HICCUP THAT I THINK WE'VE HAD IT AND, AND THE, THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS PROJECT NECESSITATES THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE DETAILED INFORMATION IN TERMS OF HOW THIS IS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.

UH, DON'T NEED TO KNOW EVERY STEP OF THE PROCESS, BUT AT LEAST BE ABLE TO, UM, INTELLIGENTLY CON, UH, TAKE, GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE IN THE TAXPAYERS WHEN THEY'RE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THIS IS GOING TO PLAY OUT.

NOW I JUST DON'T LIKE NOT HAVING THOSE ANSWERS.

SO WE MAY NEED TO CONSIDER FOR YOU GUYS, AND I KNOW FOR OUR, THIS IS MUCH LARGER THAN YOU.

YOU'RE ONE PART OF A LOT OF PEOPLE.

SO THIS IS NOT JUMPING ON FOR A DAY AT ALL THIS I THINK THAT YOU'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN WITHIN YOUR POWER TO MAKE THIS WORK AND MOVE IT.

I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THAT IN THE BEGINNING, AND I KNOW YOU SAY YOU WEREN'T THERE SO THIS IS NOT YOU, THAT WE DIDN'T SOMEHOW FORECAST OUT WHEN WE HAVE THE COMPANIES THAT WE WERE SENDING THE RFPS OUT AND HAVE

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I JUST FIND THAT WITH THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS PROJECT, I FIND THAT JUST NOT REAL.

IT'S JUST KIND OF UNBELIEVABLE AND I HOPE THAT THAT IS NOT THE CASE, THAT SOMEBODY CAN GIVE US AN ANSWER IN TERMS OF WHAT THE ANTICIPATION WAS.

THAT IN ITSELF TO ME IS GOING TO ANSWER A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS.

IF THERE WAS AN ASSUMPTION THAT THIS, THESE COMPANIES WERE GOING TO BE THE ONES BECAUSE THEY HAD GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS, EVERYBODY APPROVED AND WE ALL AGREE THAT THEY WERE GOOD AND THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE THE ONES BEING USED ALL THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

THAT'S THE GIVEN, BUT FOR US NOT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT ANSWER I THINK IS WHY YOU SEE ALL OF THESE, THESE QUESTIONS SORT OF COMING UP SO IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY, EVEN WHEN WE DO GET BACK TO WHATEVER THE NEW NORMAL IS AND WE'RE ABLE TO DO SOME SORT OF A JUST OVERVIEW AND WORKSHOP OR THIS WHOLE PROJECT AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO MOVE THESE THINGS FORWARD SO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THESE DIFFERENT PHASES FOR IT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO GIVE OUT TO PEOPLE THAT ARE ASKING US.

THEY ARE ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS AND WE JUST NEED TO BE READY AND PREPARED TO ANSWER THAT.

JUST ONE MORE COMMENT TOO ON THAT POWER, JUST SO YOU KNOW YOU HAVE PHASES BUT THE ROAD THAT PROJECTS PROJECTS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT EACH PART OF THE PARISH WE WERE GOING TO LOOK AT DOING BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE WRITING NEEDED TO BE DONE TO GET THE WORK DONE.

IT'S NOT LIKE ONE FARM CAN GET ONE PROJECT AND THEN ANOTHER FARM COULD GET THIS PROJECT THEY THAT.

THAT REALLY DOESN'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE.

WHAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

BUT AGAIN, I GET WHAT Y'ALL COMING FROM.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM GETTING YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION AND RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, IN RELATIONSHIP TO THIS, I'M JUST, I'M JUST KNOW THIS MY ROAD, THE ROADS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AND I'M COMMITTED TO SIT WITH YOU AND EVERYBODY ELSE ON THAT COUNCIL AND IF WE GOT TO GO BACK AND REDO SOMETHING BUT FOR NEXT YEAR, NO, NO, NO, NO.

LOOK FOR IT.

I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING AT ALL.

I'M JUST, MY ONLY POINT IN THAT IS THAT IF THERE WAS AN ASSUMPTION THAT WE WERE GOING TO UTILIZE THESE COMPANIES ALL THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT AND THAT'S FINE.

I THINK THAT ANSWERS A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS, BUT WE NEED TO AT LEAST KNOW THAT THAT WAS THE ANSWER AND THAT WAS THE ASSUMPTION SO THAT WE WON'T HAVE THESE, YOU KNOW, THESE KINDS OF HICCUPS ALL ALONG HAVING TO GO BACK AND RE REHASH THESE CONVERSATIONS.

THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.

IT'S ANOTHER IMPERPETUITY THING.

YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN.

HAVE YOU ALREADY SPOKEN PLACE? I THINK YOU HAVE.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY? THAT HORSE THING MAKES IT A FINISH LINE WHERE THE WHIPPED OUTSIDE ON THE GATE.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE HERE WHEN PHASE 18 COMES UP.

DONNA.

WE'RE GONNA DELETE THIS ITEM.

COUNCILMAN HAD A MOTION TO APPROVE BY WATSON SECOND BY WELL-CHILD.

ANY OBJECTIONS? I'M GOING TO KEEP SAYING SHOW DON ABSTAINING AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM.

ITEM 64

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COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS ONE, DONNA, WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH HEAD START PROGRAM TO APPLY FOR SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING GRANT IN RESPONSE TO THE COVERT 19TH OR ADMINISTRATION OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, OFFICE OF HEADSTART IN THE AMOUNT OF $457,460 AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS AND CONNECTION THERE WITH BY HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.

ASHLEY.

ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM 64 NO COMMENTS ON ITEM 64 COUNCIL MEMBERS MONDAY.

MOTION TO DELETE ITEM 64 MOTION BY HUDSON SECOND BY ROCK OR IN ANY OBJECTIONS, HEARING NONE.

ITEM 64 HAS BEEN DELETED.

ITEM 65

[Item 65]

AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT, EXECUTE A, OUR ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT AND AMONG THE SEA OF BATON ROUGE AND THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA PICU PROPERTIES LLC PROVIDED THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ACCESS ROAD ON PROPERTY OF THE CITY, PARIS REQUIRED PER SET PURPOSE BY TRANSPORTATION, TRAINERS, DIRECTOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 65? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS? MOTION TO APPROVE.

ITEM 65 WATSON SECOND.

BOB HUDSON.

I DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT REAL QUICK.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK FRED PARTICULARLY ON THIS ITEM, FRED DEVELOPER, THE FOLKS AT WOODBRIDGE.

NOW THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS ITEM AND MAKING THE ROAD, UH, IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT COULD WORK FOR EVERYONE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL EVER ACCOMPLISH A PERFECT, UH, SCENARIO THERE, BUT, UM, WHAT WE HAVE IS IT'S PRETTY GOOD AND I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD WAY TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO, UH, JUST THANK EVERYBODY FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.

HEY COUNSELORS, NO OTHER COMMENT AT EMOTION BY WATSON.

SECOND BILE HUDSON.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? HEARING NONE.

ITEM 65 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

GO TO ITEM

[Item 66]

66.

AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT XQ SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT NUMBER ONE.

SO AN ENTITY STATE AGREEMENT WITH LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT AND CONNECTION WITH OIL DRIVE TURN LANE AT PERKINS BY TRANSPORTATION DRAINAGE DIRECTOR ASHLEY.

ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM 66 NO COMMENTS ON ITEM 66 COUNCIL MEMBERS OR ANY MOTIONS ON ITEM 66 MOTION BY HUDSON

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SECOND BY ANY OBJECTIONS, HEARING NONE.

ITEM 66 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

67 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT, EXECUTE THE CERTAIN CONTINGENCY CONTRACT OR PROFESSIONAL LEGAL SERVICES WITH DREW AND TALBOT, ALONDRA OR PERKINS WITH REGARD TO THE CITY'S ELIGIBILITY TO COLLECT HOTEL OCRACY TAX AGAINST ONLINE TRAVEL COMPANIES AND TO COLLECT SUCH TAXES DUE BY FINANCE AND PARISH ATTORNEY AFTER THE ONLY ELEMENTS ON ITEM 67 WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ON ITEM 67 FROM PAUL A WEEK AGO.

[Item 67]

MR RICO SAYS THIS ITEM LEVELS THE PLAYING FIELD AND HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.

COMMENTS FOR ITEM 67 HEY, COUNSELORS KNOW MORE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ONTO A WOMAN WORKER.

DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THE LINE? JUST MOVED TO APPROVE.

I'VE GOT A QUESTION.

IF WE GET ANDY DOTSON ON THE LINE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ITEM 67, THE CONTINGENCY CONTRACT WITH TALBOT AND PERKINS ON THE COLLECTED OCCUPANCY TAX.

COULD YOU TELL ME HOW IS THIS, THIS, THIS LAW FIRM IS LOOKING INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING THESE TAXES OR THEY ARE GOING TO GO OUT AND GET THESE TAXES ON OUR BEHALF? IT EXPLAINED THE MECHANISM.

UH, THE SUIT WAS ALREADY FILED.

IT WAS INITIATED BY MY OFFICE.

SO WE, WE FILED WHAT'S CALLED A PETITION OF INTERVENTION INTO THE MATTER BY THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA SEEKING THE SAME REMEDY.

I AM.

I ALONG WITH MY OFFICE STAFF MEMBERS PROSECUTED THIS CASE UP UNTIL A POINT TO WHERE WE FELT LIKE WE NEEDED SPECIALIZED OUTSIDE COUNSEL, WHICH IS MR TALBOT AND MR. PERKINS AND THEN NOW BEING BROUGHT IN TO TAKE OVER THE LITIGATION.

SO THE CASE HAS ALREADY BEEN, IT'S ALREADY STARTED AND IT'S PROGRESSING.

MATT, MATT, UH, MR PARKINS AND MR TOWER IN LINE.

YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS? WELL I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM PER SE.

I JUST WANTED TO HAVE, HAVE ANDY EXPLAINED THE MECHANISM CAUSE I GOT SOME EMAILS ASKING ABOUT THIS.

SO I APPRECIATE IT.

AMENDING RESIDENCE RESOLUTION NUMBER FIVE FOUR EIGHT EIGHT FIVE ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF EAST BATON ROUGE SEWERS COMMISSION ON APRIL, 2220 20 IN CONNECTION WITH NOT TO EXCEED 200 MILLION IN SUBORDINATE LIEN REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2020 B OF EASTBOUND REPAIR AS SOON AS COMMISSION.

I HAD A MOTION BY COUNCIL ON THE RECORD, SECOND BY COLLINS LEWIS.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIVES? ANY OBJECTION TO ITEM 67 HEARING NONE.

ITEM 67 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM 68 A RESOLUTION

[Item 68]

THE PURPOSE OF ONE AUTHORIZING THE IN INCREASE NOT TO EXCEED THE FIXED RATE OF INTEREST AND TO AUTHORIZING SUCH BONDS MAY BEAR INTEREST VARIABLE THEIR OWN AT A VARIABLE RATE OF INTEREST AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS RELATED THEY ARE TO BUY THE BOND COUNCIL.

ASHLEY, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM 68 80 PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 68 OR ANYTHING.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? ITEM 68 MOTION PROVIDED 68 MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY HUDSON.

ARE THEY ANY OBJECTIONS? ERIN ON ITEM 68 IT'S BEEN APPROVED.

COUNCILMEN, THERE'S NO ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES, SO WE DO HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE

[Administrative Matter Introductions]

MATTERS.

WE HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER INTRODUCTIONS.

THEY'RE ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES.

ITEM A IS LOT FOR SQUARE 11 SUBDIVISION, UNIVERSITY PLACE SUBDIVISION TAXES DO A $4,955 AND 44 CENTS JUDICATED FOR 1984 TAXES ITEM B LOT 88 SUBDIVISION COLLEGE PARK TAXES DUE AT $6,258 AND 26 CENTS ADJUDICATED FOR 2015 TAXES.

ITEM C BLOT FIVE FIVE SIX SUBDIVISION MILLER'S EAST TAXES DUE OR $8,918 AND 78 CENTS ADJUDICATED FOR 2015 TAXES.

ITEM D IS LOCKED.

10 SQUARE 11 SUBDIVISION HICKEY DUNCAN AND MATHER TOWN TAXES DUE $2,750 AND 21 CENTS ADJUDICATED FOR THE 2015 TAXES.

ITEM E LOT SEVEN SQUARE TWO 19 SUBDIVISION ISTROUMA TAXES DO $4,702 AND 9 CENTS ADJUDICATED FOR 2013 TAXES.

ITEM F 55 PLUS SQUARE TO PROGRESS PROGRESS PARK TAXES DO $3,690 AND 98 CENTS ADJUDICATED FOR 2015 TAXES AND ITEM G LOT ONE 63 BAKERSFIELD, I'M SORRY.

BAKERFIELD TAXES DO $4,373 AND 26 CENTS ADJUDICATED FOR THE 25TH 2015 TAXES.

MEMBERS, I NEED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES ON INTRODUCTION ITEMS ADJUDICATED

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A THROUGH G MOTION BY WATSON.

SECOND BY THE CHAIR.

I NEED A MOTION TO A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES.

NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ALL THE COMMENTS ARE CLOSED COUNSELORS OR ANY OBJECTIONS ON ITEMS A THROUGH G ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER ITEMS OR ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES.

NO OBJECTIONS.

PUBLIC AND THEN A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ITEMS A THROUGH G ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES.

MOTION BY COLLINS LEWIS, SECOND BY HUDSON COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER.

EMERGENCY

[Item H]

ITEM ITEM H AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT OR HER DESIGNATE TO ACT AS THE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION AND REQUEST DIRECT PAYMENTS FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT AND VEGETABLE EXPENSES FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA FROM THE ALLOCATION OF THE CORONA VIRUS RELIEF FUND CREATED BY THE CARES ACT BY THE MAYOR.

PRESIDENT REGIONAL DESIGN WAS BEING REQUESTED ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER AND THE ADMINISTRATION RECEIVED THE PAPERWORK.

INSTRUCTION FOR THE APPLICATION AFTER THE AGENDA OR DEADLINE.

THE DEADLINE FOR THE APPLICATION OF THESE FUNDS IS JUNE 15TH, 2020 WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THEIR APPROVAL AT THE MAY 27 2020 MEETING OR TO BEGIN THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

SECURITIES FUNDS COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I NEED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES AND DECLARE ITEM H ADMINISTRATIVE MY ITEM AND EMERGENCY ITEM MOTION BY THE CHAIR SECOND BY HUDSON COUNCIL.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES.

NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

COUNSELORS, I NEED A MOTION OF ANY INJECTIONS TO UH, DO THE I AM THE WAY THE RULES AND DECLARED THIS.

I AM AN EMERGENCY HEARING ON THERE.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? ITEM H COUNCIL MEMBER YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM H I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM H ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS AND MOTION BY CALLS.

LEWIS SECOND BY HUDSON.

ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE.

ITEM MAJOR ADMINISTRATOR ITEMS HAS BEEN APPROVED.

COUNCIL MEMBER GOING TO GO DO ITEMS.

[Item 69]

WE HAVE NO APPOINTMENTS.

GO TO ITEMS GO TO CHANGE.

ORDER ITEM 69 THE NORTH WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT MASTER PLAN PUMP REPLACEMENT CONTRACTOR WHARTON SMITH INC CHANGE OUR AMOUNT $131,700 AND 66 CENTS ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 1669 NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS ANY COMMENTS ON I'M 69 MOTION TO APPROVE.

ITEM 69 MOTION IMPROVED BY WICKER SECOND BY ROCCA OR ANY OBJECTIONS? HEARING NONE.

ITEM 69 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

COUNSEL

[Item 70]

ARE EVER GOING TO GO TO FINAL ACCEPTANCES.

THERE ARE NONE.

GO TO ACCEPTANCE OF LOW BIDS.

ITEM 70 JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX.

THOMAS GRANT TLG JANITORIAL SERVICES.

$62,287 AND 68 CENTS OR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 70? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 17 COUNCIL MEMBERS? ANY COMMENTS? OKAY, I HAVE A QUESTION.

COUNCILMAN COLLINS.

LEWIS.

OKAY, SO THIS IS THE LOW BIDDER IS 62,000.

IS THERE A COST ESTIMATE FOR THIS WORK YOU'RE ASKING FROM THE DATE THIS WAS PUT OUT LAST YEAR? LAST YEAR WAS AWARE OF $1,000 I'M SORRY I CAN'T HEAR IT.

IF YOU COULD SPEAK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.

CAN YOU HEAR ME MAN? YES.

UM, COST ESTIMATE LIKES IT.

THIS IS WHAT TO BE ABLE TO JUST FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX AND THE S THREE BUILDING, THAT'S WHY THERE'S TWO ACCOUNT NUMBERS ON THAT LAST SHOT LEAD THE PRICE WERE MOST AROUND 70 TO $75,000 IS WHAT WAS LEFT.

WELL THE ESTIMATE FOR BOTH FOR THE CLAIM FOR BOTH.

THAT'S CORRECT.

WELL THEY BUILD A MODEL OUT AND THESE WOULD JUST PULL IT OUT OF THEM.

CAUSE SOMETIMES I LOOK AT THIS AND I, I JUST HAVE A CONCERN THAT WE, SOME COMPANIES DID THESE THINGS WHERE THIS DISCUSSION WITH ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES AND THEN THEY CAN'T DO THE WORK.

SO IF THERE'S AN ESTIMATE OF 80,000 TO ME, I JUST DON'T THINK WE SHOULD HAVE EXCEPT B'S.

I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THEM FOR WHAT THEY BID THEM FOR, BUT I JUST HATE SEEING COMPANIES AND TO BE AT WORK AND ESPECIALLY YOU'RE SAYING 80,000, THIS IS 62,000, YOU KNOW THAT, THAT'S A, TO ME A BIG DIFFERENCE.

AND SO I KNOW WE HAVE TO ACCEPT A LITTLE VIET, BUT, UH, I HAVE SOME CONCERN ABOUT THAT AND I'LL PROBABLY FOLLOW UP WITH A LIGHTER.

THANKS.

A WOMAN BANKS WHEN THE UM, BHR OFFER, I'LL DO WE TELL THEM WHAT THE LAST BED WAS, THE BED, THE LIGHTS.

UM, YOU KNOW, WAS ACCEPTED.

NO WE DON'T, BUT IT'S PUBLIC RECORD.

THEY CAN LOOK IT UP AND SEE.

SO WHEN HE DID SIX TO EIGHT, HE TO WHOEVER THEY KNEW THAT THE LAST PERSON WAS PAID 75, I WOULD THINK THEY WOULD LOOK

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IT UP.

I MEAN, IF I WAS GETTING IT, I WOULD QUESTION PURCHASING QUESTION.

WELL THAT, THAT, THAT OF CLOSES MY, MY MOUTH BECAUSE THAT'S COOL.

THEN YOU ELIMINATE THIS HUSH BACK.

I JUST WANT TO, CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? WHAT'D YOU JUST SAY? I JUST SAID THAT THAT IS MY MOUTH.

THAT IF YOU WOULD BE IT FOR 62,000 WHEN YOU KNEW THE LAST PERSON GOT PAID 75 AND I JUST SAID, LET ME JUST STOP TALKING.

I CALL IT THE BAR.

DID YOU WANT SPEAK COUNCILMAN? DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? YEAH, YEAH, I DO.

UM, SO WHAT, WHY CAN'T WE TREAT THESE MORE LIKE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS? I MEAN, IS THERE A PROHIBITION FOR THAT? HUH? LYNN OR MOM? ABBOTT? IF I WANT TO JUMP.

ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD.

THIS IS A LABOR CONTRACT.

IT'S NOT A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE.

SO IT'S REQUIRED TO BE BID.

NO, BUT I, I, I, I GET IT.

SO IT'S A LABOR CONTRACT.

THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT IS GIVEN WHAT YOU KNOW, THE HEIGHTENED AMOUNT OF, UM, CLEANING THAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED, DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT THIS HAS TO COME BACK? ARE WE GOING TO GET A DIFFERENT COMPANY COME IN AND, AND ENSURE THAT YOU KNOW, THAT THESE THINGS ARE BEING NOT JUST CLEAN BUT SANITIZED AS WELL.

I DON'T BELIEVE THE SANITATION WAS PART OF THE SCOPE, BUT UH, THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

WHEN CAN PROBABLY ADDRESS THAT.

THAT'S PROBABLY A BUBBA QUESTION.

YEAH, UNMUTE MUTINY.

YEAH SIR.

NO, WHEN THIS WAS PUT OUT, SANITATION WAS NOT WHAT WE'VE DONE ON THE FEW, NONE OF OUR JANITORIAL CONTRACTS BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST ONE THAT'S COME UP.

THAT'S THE BUSINESS TAKING PLACE AND THIS IS ALREADY IN THE PROCESS WHAT WE'VE DONE ON THE OTHERS.

WE'RE GETTING PRICES FROM THE JANITORIAL CONTRACTOR THAT HAS EACH FACILITY AND IF ADDITIONAL WORK REQUIRED, WE'RE JUST DOING A QUICK CONTRACT WITH THEM, EXTENSION ON THIS TO DO THE SANITIZING THAT IS ME, THE PART THAT WE CAN'T TAKE CARE OF AND HELP.

THAT'S MY QUESTION THOUGH.

THE SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT OBVIOUSLY IS GOING TO CHANGE.

I MEAN, SHOULD WE REJECT THESE BIDS AND GO BACK OUT AND PUT THAT AS PART OF THE CONTRACT? UM, WE CAN DO THAT.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO SEE IF THE, IF THERE'S FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THIS AND WE HAVE LIMITED FUNDING IN THE FREE STACK WHERE WE'RE GOING TO DO, THEY WOULD GO BACK TO A BUDGET DESIGNS.

ALRIGHT, SO BUT SO WHAT HAVE YOU DONE IN THE ONE OF THE OTHER ONES DONE IN THE PAST? I MEAN IS IT A TAKER TO LEAVE IT OR Y'ALL ENDED UP HAVING TO NEGOTIATE, WHICH I MEAN OBVIOUSLY YOU'D HAVE TO NEGOTIATE, NEGOTIATE.

WELL I MEAN WE'VE ONLY HAD A COUPLE, THIS HAS ONLY COME UP WITH THAT A MONTH OR SO THAT WE'VE HAD TO DO TO SANTA FE AND ALL.

I KNOW THAT, I'M NOT SAYING THAT Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE ANTICIPATED IT, MAN.

I GET THAT.

I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT IT.

THERE'S A, THERE'S A NEW REALITY AND THIS IS THE FIRST ONE THAT'S COME UP AND THAT'S WHY I'M WANTING TO TALK ABOUT IT NOW IN THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT IT IN THE CONTRACT.

WHEN DOES, WHEN WOULD THIS CONTRACT TAKE PLACE? WHEN WOULD, WHEN WOULD THIS GO INTO EFFECT? UM, SIR, IF WE GET IT PROCESSED THROUGH EVERYTHING LATE TO START DATE, JUST SO CURRENT.

SO LET ME UNDERSTAND SOMETHING IN ITS NATURE, THIS CONTRACT, Y'ALL GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK IN FRONT OF US TO ASK US TO CHANGE IT IF THEY'RE NOT DOING THE WORK.

AND IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL WORK REQUIRED BY THE USER AGENCY.

YES, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

BUT IT IS OBVIOUSLY ADDITIONAL.

IF THEY DO IT, THERE'S ADDITIONAL WORK THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN, RIGHT? THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO CERTAIN THINGS.

BUT AS FAR AS SANITATION, THE DAILY PART AND NONE OF THAT IS NOT REQUIRED BY ANY OF OURS AT THIS POINT.

BUT WE HAVE GIVEN THEM ALL THE CDC GUIDELINES.

THEY KNOW WHAT'S EXPECTED.

BUT AS FAR AS SANITIZING AND OTHER STUFF LIKE THIS, NO, IT'S NOT WIPE DOWN A THING.

AND ALL NORMAL CLEANING IS INCLUDED IN IT.

I HAVE.

WE ARE.

DO YOU ANTICIPATE ASKING FOR A SEPARATE CONTRACT FOR EMPLOYMENT? FOR OUR BUILDINGS TO, FOR THE SANITATION OF THEM.

BUT THIS ONE, NO, I'M NOT.

AT THIS POINT.

I'M REALLY NOT BECAUSE LIKE, SO THIS IS MY PART OF, THIS IS THE ESPRIT BUILDING.

THE OTHER PART IS THE HEADQUARTERS, WHICH IS FUNDED FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

MY PART OF THE ESPRIT BUILDING I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT'S

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GOING ON THERE.

I JUST PUT IT ON THERE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ANSWER THE QUESTION.

THAT'S FINE.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MATT? YEAH.

BOB, ARE YOU STILL THERE? YEAH, BUBBA, YOU, UH, YOU DIDN'T HAVE SANITATION, THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT FREQUENT DISCUSSION WITH WITH TRAY.

SO THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL PIECE OF WORK THAT GOING BACK A COUPLE AGENDA ITEMS WHERE WE WANTED TO HAVE MORE COMPANIES GET INVOLVED WITH WORK WITH THE CITY.

COULD THAT NOT BE AN ADDITIONAL PIECE OF WORK THAT COULD BE POSSIBLY HANDED OUT TO ANOTHER COMPANY LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD IF INDEED IT'S NECESSARY? YES IT WAS.

THERE'S ACTUALLY SOME COMPANIES WILL STAY CONTRACTOR.

WE'VE BEEN USING THAT.

WELL IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'VE GOT GREAT COMPETITION.

WE'VE GOT A GREAT PRICE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE SOMEBODY ELSE SOME WORK DOWN THE ROAD.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

WE GOT A MOTION BY WATSON, WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND BY ROCCA COUNCILWOMAN BANKS, YOU WANT TO SPEAK.

SO, UM, AT THE OPENING OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WE DID ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION WITH, UM, BUBBA, UM, REGARDING, UM, THE SANITATION AND CDC RULES.

AND WHAT WE WERE TOLD IS THAT OUR VENDOR HAD GONE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE AWARE OF ALL THE CDC, BUT YOU KNOW, JUST IN COMPARISON WHAT I SEE WITH EBR SCHOOL, THEY CAN HAVE CLEAN BAMA CHECKLIST THAT'S ON EACH DOOR.

AND, UM, ACCORDING TO ACCORDING TO THE CDC, BUT I DON'T KNOW OTHER STATE BUILDINGS.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT FOR SURE I'LL BUILD IT HAS GONE THROUGH THAT KIND OF VIGOROUS CLEANING AND I DON'T EXPECT IT TO BE FOR FREE.

SO CON I'M IN LINE TO AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN WELCH THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO KIND OF NEED TO LOOK AT, UM, THIS FROM THE LENS OF, OF, OF, OF A PANDEMIC, EVEN IF IT MEANS US GOING BACK AND, YOU KNOW, DOING, UH, GIVING SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO SOMEBODY'S VENDOR BECAUSE, UM, THE LIST THAT IS, I WAS MET ON MY DOOR AND HE BR THAT EACH ARAMARK EMPLOYEE HAS TO DO IS NOTHING LIKE WHAT I KNOW HAS GONE ON IN MY BUILDING.

THAT'S ALL.