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THREE

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TWO, ONE YEAR OLD

[Call to Order]

COME TO THE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2020 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING CALLING ME IN ORDER.

I ACTUALLY HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

HOW'S FARMERS.

I'M GOING TO CALL IT.

COUNCILMAN WELCH WHAT'S BEEN LOST IS ABSENT WOMAN BANKS.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS IS PRESENT.

COUNCILMAN LOOP, ULTIMATELY AT THIS PRESENT.

WHAT ELSE? WILSON.

SINCE PRESENT COUNCILMAN GREEN PRESENT.

THAT'S MY GREATEST PRESENT.

COUNCILMAN POEMS LEWIS HERE COMES FROM COLLINS.

LEWIS IS PRESIDENT COUNCILMAN COLE COUNSELING CALLS HERE.

COUNCILMAN AMRO, SIR.

I'M HERE.

I'M AN MRO SERVICE HERE.

COUNCILMAN HUDSON.

HUDSON IS PRESENT.

COMES ONE QUICKER.

I'M HERE.

NUMBER TWO ON WICKER PRESENT.

COUNCILMAN WATSON HERE COMES FROM WHAT TO THIS PRESENT.

COUNCILMAN ROCCA.

COUNCILWOMAN ROCK IS PRESENT.

YOU HAVE A CLUE.

WELL, THE INVOCATION BY KILLS EVERYONE.

PLEASE BIND YOUR HEADS.

HEAVENLY FATHER.

WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND TO SERVE AS YOUR COMMUNITY.

WE PRAY THAT WE, WE WANT A CARD AND THAT THE CITY IS HEALED FROM ALL DISEASE AND THE CONFUSION AND CRIME IN JESUS NAME.

WE PRAY.

AMEN.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM

[Adoption and Approval of Minutes]

I NEED ADOPTION APPROVAL OF A MINUTES.

MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND, SECOND MILE HUDSON.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? HEARING MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

[Introductions]

ASHLEY, YOU PLEASE READ THEM.

SECTION 1.2 AND PRODUCTIONS NUMBER TWO.

I'M IN THE 2020 ALLOTMENT OF POSITIONS FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PIER SHOULD BE SPAT, NOURISH ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE ONE SEVEN TWO ONE ONE.

SO AS TO CHANGE THE ALLOTMENT OF DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS EFFECTIVE AUGUST 27TH, 2020 DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT DELETE ONE ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST TO JOB CODE 2020 AND ADD ONE CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND HUMAN RESOURCES, DIRECTOR CONDEMNATION INTRODUCTIONS.

NUMBER THREE, DAVID TWO ONE THREE SIX SHERWOOD MEADOW DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT MRI.

SO NUMBER FOUR, THE ESTATE OF FRED AND TWO FIVE ZERO WEST WASHINGTON STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WORKER NUMBER FIVE, JOHN D ALBUS AND BRITA ADAMS ALBUS THREE SIX 71 NORTH FOSTER DRIVE, COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE, NUMBER SIX, MONA LISA WARREN, ONE SIX FOUR ONE THREE ELLIS AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT NON HUDSON, NUMBER SEVEN, PAMELA D DENISE RIDLEY, KENNETH HARDEN, RIDLEY, RONALD PATRICK RIDLEY, AND THE ESTATE OF KIMBERLY MARIA RIDLEY SIX ZERO SEVEN TWO SUMMERALL DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE, GRAIN NUMBER EIGHT, BRO.

DENISE HAMMOND, FOUR NINE ZERO SIX JEFFERSON AVENUE, HOUSE AND OUTDOOR KITCHEN COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER NINE, JESSE C. POWELL AND DOROTHY NORMAN POWELL, NINE SIX TWO NORTH 47TH STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 10, NEW FOUNDATION, LLC STREET AND UNTOLD DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 11, THE ESTATE OF JAMES E. COX AND THE ESTATE OF SHEILA MARIE CRACKS.

EIGHT FIVE ZERO PROGRESS STREET, HOUSE AND ANIMAL CAGE COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER WELL IF BELL ACOSTA MCKINLEY ONE SEVEN FIVE THREE THREE WOOD WICK AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT.

MRRS ON NUMBER 13, JARVIS N ANTWAN EIGHT ONE THREE SOUTH 17TH STREET, CAPITOL DISTRICT 10 WRECKER NUMBER 14, WILLIE FRANCIS PIERSON AND BRIAN REACH JACKSON, ONE SEVEN THREE ZERO CONVENTION STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WORKER NUMBER 15, LINDA SIMMONS, ONE THREE FIVE NORTH BAXTER STREET COUNCIL TO TIN WICKER NUMBER 16, JAMES E YHONNIE A THIRD, TWO ONE FOUR NINE NORTH FOSTER DRIVE, COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 17, PEGGY HARRISON, ROBINSON AND LEONARD, A ROBINSON TWO EIGHT FIVE ZERO 77TH STREET COUNSELORS DISTRICT TWO, MAX NUMBER 18, THE ESTATE OF SIT DONIA CARTER MCKEE FIVE ZERO SEVEN SEVEN CADILLAC STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, GREEN NUMBER 19, ELVIN STERLING THREE FIVE ONE THREE MARIBEL DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE GREEN NUMBER 20 MARTIN E COTTON THREE SEVEN ONE FIVE MARIBEL DRIVE, CAPITAL DISTRICT FIVE GREEN NUMBER 21 DEVONTAE D LANDRY THREE SEVEN TWO FIVE MARIBEL DRIVE, HOUSE CHICKEN CAGE, UTILITY TRAILER, CAMPER, REAR SHED COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE, GRAIN NUMBER 22, NORMA LYDIA W THREE I'M SORRY.

SEVEN THREE ZERO FIVE PRESCOTT ROAD, COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE GREEN NUMBER 23, DON TAYLOR, VITO TAYLOR JARA, LONDON, DANIEL TAYLOR, TAMIKA, JAMES SERRANO, TAYLOR TO LEAD THE TAYLOR AND ORTEGA TAYLOR FIVE THREE, ONE AMBERVILLE STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WEBER NUMBER 24, GEORGE MORGAN JR.

ONE, TWO, THREE ZERO LOUISIANA AVENUE, HOUSE AND REAR SHED COUNCIL, DISTRICT 10 WICKER, ALL ITEMS THAT ARE READING, BEEN READ AND MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS AS WELL.

OKAY.

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IS ON YOUR MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS, MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND, SECOND BY COLLINS LEWIS, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING? NONE, ALL ITEMS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED.

COUNSELOR IS GOING TO GO TO A PUBLIC HEARING.

NO

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GOOD ITEM.

52 IN CONSIDERATION OF INDUSTRIAL TAX IS INTERNET APPLICATION FOR AN INTERNATIONAL MEZZO TECHNOLOGY IS LOCATED AT 10, TWO 46 MAMMOTH AVENUE OR A PROJECT LOCATED EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH BY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURER.

ASHLEY, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 52 THAT'S MEMBERS? I HAVE ONE COMMENT ON ITEM 52.

THIS IS FROM DONNIE MILLER AT RACK.

UM, UM, MR. MILLER SENDS, UH, THE FOLLOWING REPORT SAYS THIS PROJECT MEETS ALL STATE GUIDELINES.

IT WAS PASSED BY THE PORTAL BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, THE EAST BATON ROUGE BUREAU SCHOOL BOARD AND APPROVED BY THE SHERIFF.

THE ADVANCED NOTIFICATION WAS FILED ON FEBRUARY 1ST, 2019.

THE PROJECT START DATE IS FEBRUARY 1ST, 2019, THE ESTIMATED INVESTMENT COST MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT TWO $70,392.

UM, AND THAT IS THE TOTAL INVESTMENT AT THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF JOBS IS TO THE ESTIMATED PAYROLL NEWS, 120,000, UM, WITH THE EXISTING PAYROLL, 2,800,000, THE 10 YEAR LOCAL TAX REVENUE IS $63,060.

AND THE TOTAL ABATEMENT OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME IS $28,685.

UM, BATON ROUGE NEEDS MORE PROJECTS LIKE THIS DURING OUR CURRENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE THAT, UH, CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE ITEM.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT, UH, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING OR ANY COMMENTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS, MOTION TO APPROVE, MOTION TO APPROVE MOST PROVED BY WATSON SECOND BY THE CHAIR.

I'M SORRY.

CARLA, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK? NO, I WAS JUST MOTIONING THE SECOND.

OKAY.

SECOND BY WICKER.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM 52? IT'S BEEN APPROVED.

WE GO TO ITEM FIVE.

I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

COUNSELORS.

WE'RE AT A POINT OF PERSONAL PRAYERS BY COUNCILWOMAN BANKS THAT ASHLEY'S GOING TO READ IT A LOT OF FEEDBACK AS LIKE SOMEBODY NEEDS TO MUTE A LOT OF FEEDBACK.

IS THAT ANY BETTER? OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, I'M READING THIS ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL AND BANKS.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE AMENDMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR THOUGHTS, PRAYERS AND CONDOLENCES.

MY SIBLINGS AND FAMILY HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY THE MESSAGES WE HAVE RECEIVED SINCE THE PASSING OF OUR MOTHER.

THANK YOU FOR THE CALLS OF CONDOLENCES FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, WATSON WELSH AND WICKER.

THANK YOU TO MAYOR BROWN FOR THE ESTEEMED WORDS OF COMFORT.

SHE SPOKE ALONG WITH THE ATTENDANCE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS, COLE COLLINS, LEWIS, AND GREENE.

THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN WILSON AND HIS WIFE FOR THE BEAUTIFUL FLORAL DELIVERED TO MY HOME.

GOD BLESS EACH OF YOU.

UM, ONE.

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YEAH.

OKAY, COUNSELOR, I'M GOING TO GO TO ITEM 53.

IT'S A SUPPLEMENTED BOND RESOLUTION AMENDING THE SUPPLEMENTING AND AMENDED AND RESTATED GENERAL BOND RESOLUTION NUMBER FOUR, FOUR EIGHT NINE, THREE, PROVIDING FOR THE SALE OF ONE, THE REVENUE REFUNDING BOND SERIES 2028 TAX EXEMPT OF EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH SEWAGE COMMISSION INTO THE REVENUE REFUNDING BOND SERIES 2020 BE TAXABLE THE EAST BATON REPAIRED EAST BATTERY SEWAGE COMMISSION, PURSUANT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED GENERAL BOND RESOLUTION FOUR, FOUR EIGHT, NINE, THREE, PRESCRIBING THE FORM AND FIXING THE DETAILS AND PROVIDING THE PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON SUCH SERIES 2028, REFUNDING BONDS AND SERIES 2020 BE REFUNDING BOND AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS CONNECTION THERE WITH, BY THE BOND COUNCIL, ASHER, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 53, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS CUSTOMERS CALL IT COMMENTS OR CLOSE.

ANY EMOTIONS, ANY COMMENTS, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 53 BY WATSON SECOND BY ROCCA AND ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM 53 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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GO TO ITEM 54 SUPPLEMENTAL RESOLUTION AMENDING THE SUPPLEMENTING AMENDED AND RESTATED GENERAL BOND RESOLUTION FOUR, FOUR EIGHT, NINE, THREE, PROVIDING FOR THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THE CERTAIN LOAN AGREEMENT DATED AS OF AUGUST ONE 2020 BY IN BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE, SEWAGE COMMISSION AND LOUISIANA LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

YOU CONNECTION WITH THE SUBORDINATE LIEN REVENUE REFUNDING BOND SERIES 2028, PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS THAT EAST BATON ROUGE SEWAGE COMMISSION UNDER SAID LOAN AGREEMENT AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH, BY THE BOND COUNCIL.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 54, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 54 COUNCIL MEMBERS ENTER THEIR EMOTIONAL AND ITEM 54 PYLONS LEWIS SECOND BY ROCK OR ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM 54 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

I'M 55,

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A SUPPLEMENTAL RESOLUTION AMENDING THE SUPPLEMENTING AMENDED AND RESTATED GENERAL BOND RESOLUTION NUMBER FOUR, FOUR EIGHT, NINE, THREE, PROVIDING FOR EXECUTION DELIVERY OF CERTAIN LOAN AGREEMENT DATED AUGUST ONE 2020 BY IN BETWEEN EAST BATON ROUGE, SEWERS COMMISSION AND LOUISIANA LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE SUBORDINATE LIEN REVENUE REFUNDING BOND SERIES 2020, BE PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS FOR EAST MOUNTAIN REASSURANCE COMMISSION UNDER SAID LOAN AGREEMENT AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MAYORS CONNECT CONNECTION THERE WITH, BY THE BOND COUNCIL,

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ASHER, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 55, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS OR MOTION MOTION BY WATSON PROVE ITEM 55 SECOND BY ROCCA OR ANY OBJECTIONS AIRING ON ITEM 55 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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ITEM 56 AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF NOT EXCEED $830 MILLION OF SEWER REVENUE REFUNDING BOND SERIES 2028 IN SERIES 2020 BAY FOR EAST BATON ROUGE, SEWAGE COMMISSION, PLUS ANY BOND PREMIUM GENERATED BY THE TRANSACTIONS OTHER THAN FINANCING RESOURCES OF $35,420,000.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS TRANSACTION TO REFUND THE SENIOR LIEN OF 2014, A 2014 B AND SUBLEAN 2013, A 2013, B 2014, A SEWER REVENUE BONDS PAY THE COST OF ISSUANCE FOR THE TRANSACTION BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE DIRECTOR AND FINANCE DIRECTOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 56 COUNCIL MEMBERS, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 56? OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, I NEED A MOTION APPROVED CONTINGENT ON THE MAYOR SIGNED THE BUDGET SUPPLEMENT FOR ITEM 56 MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY GREEN.

ARE THEY ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING? NONE ITEM 56 HAS BEEN APPROVED

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ITEM 57 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT TO WAIVE THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 13.6 STREET OR DRESSING OR THE UNITED UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.

SO AS TO ALLOW UNIQUE STREET ADDRESSES FOR THE LOTS OF THAT SUBDIVISION OF THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, I AT HIGHLAND BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 57, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 57 COUNCILORS.

ANY COMMENTS I HAVE? I MEAN, JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS TO MAKE.

IS IT GETS CARRIED ON THE LINE OR CARRIE YOU'RE ON THE LINE.

YES, I'M HERE.

OKAY.

UH, CAN YOU GIVE ME A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS? I MEAN, I'VE GOT SOME CONCERNS, I GUESS, ON THIS WHEN WE'RE KIND OF STARTING TO READ, I GUESS, STRAIGHT ADDRESSES AND CHANGING NUMBERS AND SEQUENCES AND I MEAN, CAN YOU GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND? SURE.

THIS IS A REQUEST TO WAIVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH, UH, WAS SPECIFY WHICH SPECIFIES A GRID SYSTEM FOR THE CITY AND THE PARIS.

THAT'S HOW WE ADDRESS IS BASED ON A GRID SYSTEM.

UH, AND DEPENDING ON WHETHER IT'S, UH, OUR SOUTHEAST OR WEST OTTER, EVEN SIDE OF THE STREET, ALL THAT IS SPELLED OUT IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.

SO, UM, SPECIFICALLY THIS IS A REQUEST TO DEVIATE FROM THAT GRID SYSTEM.

OKAY.

SO AS FAR AS THE, THE NUMBERS, I MEAN, IF, WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING, THEY'RE WANTING TO GO, I GUESS, WITH ONE SMART WAY.

I MEAN, DIGITS, OR I GUESS ARE IN THAT STREET ADDRESS THAT THEY'RE DEVIATING FROM, THAT LOCATION IS IN A FIVE DIGIT GRID.

UH, SO IT WOULD, UH, AS IT'S DEFINED, IT'S A FIVE DIGIT ADDRESS NUMBER AND HOW MANY TIMES WE'VE WAIVED THE UDC AS FAR AS WAIVING FOR ADDRESSES IN THIS SITUATION.

YEAH.

AND THE REASON I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, I JUST DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE ADDRESS BUSINESS.

I DON'T WANT TO SIT THERE AND, AND WE, WE APPROVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THEN WE'RE HERE COMES THE NEXT ONE AND HERE COMES THE NEXT ONE.

AND I JUST I'VE GOT AN ISSUE WITH IT.

I MEAN, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY NOT, BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S KIND OF MY COMMENTS, BUT I HAVE A COMMENT.

I DO SCOTT, THIS IS TARA.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

YEAH.

I JUST, I HAD A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO, UM, I KNOW THAT OUR GRID SYSTEM IS ALSO INCORPORATED OR INTEGRATED INTO OUR, UM, EMERGENCY SYSTEM IN TERMS OF FIRE EMS AND ALL THAT.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MENTIONED THAT, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE POSSIBILITY OF WHAT IMPACT THAT WOULD HAVE WITH, UH, EMS AND FIRE BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, KIND OF WHAT YOU MENTIONED, SETTING THE PRECEDENT FOR PEOPLE IDEA OF JUST WANTING TO CREATE THEIR OWN ADDRESSES.

I'M JUST NOT, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE, THE SAFETY AND THE HEALTH OF, UH, OR TAKING CARE OF AND ARE INTEGRATED INTO THAT EXISTING SYSTEM.

SO I WOULD LIKE SOME CONVERSATION OR TO FIND OUT.

AND IN GENERAL, I THINK THIS MAY BE IN YOUR DISTRICT AND I APOLOGIZE

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FOR NOT GETTING A CHANCE TO CALL YOU AHEAD OF TIME WHEN I SAW IT.

BUT I DO WANT TO KIND OF HAVE SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT, UM, EMS FIRE AND THEIR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO GET TO INDIVIDUALS WHEN THEIR ADDRESSES ARE NOT WITHIN THAT EXISTING GRID SYSTEM.

AND IF WE'RE CREATING THIS, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE STOP PEOPLE, ANYBODY FROM WANTING TO DO THIS? OKAY.

COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN ROCCO WAS UP NEXT.

IF YOU'RE FINISHED WITH YOUR COMMENTS OR THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU.

THAT WAS ONE MOROCCO.

THANK YOU ALL.

UM, I APPRECIATE, UH, CALIFORNIA WICKERS COMMENTARY.

SO THIS HAS BEEN APPROVED BY NINE 11 SYSTEM.

UM, THE OWNER OF THE AREA OFFERED A WEBEX FOR US TO JOIN.

AND I COUNSEL MADONNA CALLED IS LEWIS WAS ALSO ON THE WEBEX WITH ME.

SO WE COULD BE EDUCATED ON THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY.

WHAT WE HAVE ON THIS CORNER OF HIGHLAND AND BLUE BONNET IS A TECHNOLOGY FIRM THAT OVER $19 MILLION HAS BEEN INVESTED IN THIS PARTICULAR FIRM.

WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT APPLE HAS SOMETHING A LITTLE PROGRESSIVE.

UM, SO THEY WANT TO NAME THEIR STREETS SMART WAY, ONE SMART WAY TOO SMART, WAY THREE.

UM, THEY HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED THIS WAY SINCE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN SET UP, THEY'RE JUST HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS SO THEY CAN HAVE IT LEGAL THROUGH, UM, CITY PARISH.

UM, WE HAVE THE DEVELOPER, THE PERSON ON THE PHONE THAT OWNS THIS PARTICULAR COMPANY THAT HE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU MORE QUESTIONS, HE CAN BE AVAILABLE.

UM, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE DO HAVE THIS WAR THING AT BATON ROUGE.

LUBBERS WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF ONE.

UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST, WE'RE TRACKING.

WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS MODERNIZE, HAVE THEIR OWN LITTLE FACILITY THAT IS A TECHNOLOGY FACILITY OF THE SOUTH, AND BE RECOGNIZED AS SOMEPLACE SOME DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CENTER.

LIKE WE SEE WITH APPLE, LIKE WE SEE WITH THESE LARGE COMPANIES.

SO, UM, HE INVESTED THEIR MONEY IN EASTBOUND REPAIRS WHEN HE COULD HAVE MOVED AWAY.

SO I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO GIVE HIM THIS CONSIDERATION INTO, PLEASE PASS THIS.

OKAY.

COUNSEL.

YEAH.

SO WE'RE NOT TALKING RESIDENTIAL STREET, IS THAT RIGHT? WE'RE JUST, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A, UH, A COMPLEX OF OFFICES AND THAT KIND OF THING, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.

IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT ANY DO BURDEN ON RESIDENTS IN AN AREA HAVING TO CHANGE ADDRESSES AND ALL THAT OTHER KIND OF THING.

IT'S, IT'S A, ALMOST A SELF CONTAINED KIND OF SITUATION.

THIS IS NOT A RENAMING.

THIS IS SIMPLY A NAMING AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY GOING BY THESE NAMES, BUT THEY NEED US TO RECOGNIZE THIS SO THEY CAN BE OFFICIAL IN WHATEVER CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE THEM OFFICIAL.

SO GOOD DEAL.

YOU'RE VERY GENEROUS.

I JUST HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION SO MUCH FOR YOU.

I APOLOGIZE IF I'M STEPPING OUT OF TURN.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO, TO FIND THAT, SO THERE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESSES ON THAT, ON THIS PATH, OR IT'S NOT, I DON'T REMEMBER THE DETAILS OF THAT.

ANY OTHER BUSINESSES WORKING WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY FIRM OR BEING DEVELOPED IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA? YEAH.

ANY OTHER INSTANCES THAT HAVE ADDRESSES THAT WILL BE ON THE STREET? I GUESS THERE WILL BE.

THERE WILL BE OTHER COMMERCIAL BUSINESS OWNERS ON SMART WAY TOO SMART WAY, THREE SMART WAY FIVE, SO THEY CAN DEVELOP THEIR COMPLEX.

AND IT'S MUCH LIKE YOU WOULD SEE APPLE, YOU HAVE M D ROAD'S NAMED VERY SIMILARLY AND IT'S A TECHNOLOGY COMPLEX.

SO THEY'LL HAVE VERY SIMILAR BUSINESSES IN THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT AREA.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S TO TALK, BUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SECOND YOU'RE ON MUTE, SCOTT.

I'M SORRY.

I APOLOGIZE.

I'VE GOT A MOTION BY ROCCO.

SECOND BY LUPE.

VANESSA WANTS TO SPEAK WITH BEAR'S OFFICE BENEATH.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? NO, I THINK COUNCILMAN ROCCA, UH, I THINK SHE MUST HAVE HAD BURNING YEARS BECAUSE SHE'S EXCITED CORRECTLY.

WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.

SO, UH, WE ARE OKAY.

MY ONLY ADDITIONAL COMMENT IS THAT I THINK LABARGE EXAMPLE IS, IS THAT THEY STAYED IN THE DIGIT SEQUENCE.

I THINK THEY WENT WITH WHETHER IT WAS A FOUR DIGIT SEQUENCE OR FIVE DIFFERENT STATE PRINTS, THE SEVEN 77, WHICH IS REALLY OFF.

BUT ANYWAY, WE GOT A MOTION BY ROCCA A SECOND BY LUKE,

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ANY OBJECTIONS YOU CAN SHOW ME PLEASE, ITEM 57 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

COUNCIL MEMBERS GO TO ITEM

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58 AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR.

PRESENT, DELETE HIS AUTHORITY TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE, RECREATION AND TOURISM OFFICE OF CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, DESIGNATE CHOCTAW DRIVE, LOBDELL BOULEVARD, FLORIDA BOULEVARD, AND ARDEN WOOD AND FOSTER DRIVE FOR THE CREATION OF A STATE CERTIFIED CULTURAL DISTRICT DELEGATION OF ITS AUTHORITY TO SUBMIT SET APPLICATION AND ALL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS, REPORTS, AND OTHER FORMS OF PRIOR FOR THE CREATION ADMINISTRATION REPORTING TO THE EAST BATON ROUGE, REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, DBA BILL BATON ROUGE BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 58? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 58 COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY PUBLIC MOTION APPROVED 58 BY COLLINS LEWIS.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY GREEN? ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING? NONE.

THE ITEM 58 HAS BEEN ACCRUED ITEM 59 AUTHORIZED

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THE MAYOR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE BATTERY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT INTO A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH CLAY, YOUNG ENTERPRISES, LLC, AND A MALE NOT TO EXCEED $200,000 AND THE AWARD AT GRANT FYI 2019 STRATEGIES FOR POLICE INNOVATION.

THIS CRANE IS 100% FUNDED WITH NO MATCH.

THIS CONTRACT WILL END SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020 BY THE POLICE CHIEF OR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 59, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 59 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM 59? I HAVE A QUESTION.

UH, COUNCILMAN WATSON.

MY QUESTION IS I REALIZED THAT THAT GRANT IS COMPLETELY FUNDED.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY LOCAL MATCH.

MY QUESTION IS THAT PUTS EACH ONE OF THESE TWO SOCIAL MEDIA FOLKS AT $3,921 AND CHANGE A MONTH WITH IT ENDING ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2022.

UH, IS THAT WHAT WE INTENDED ON? IF THE POLICE CHIEF IS AVAILABLE SINCE THIS IS HIS ITEM, IS THAT THE INTENT IS TO PAY, UH, TWO PEOPLE TO WORK ON FACEBOOK AND PAY THEM ALMOST $4,000 A MONTH.

CHIEF YOU ON THE LINE.

YES, I AM.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW, SIR? I GUESS.

OKAY.

YEAH.

SO, SO AGAIN, 10 IS A THREE YEAR GRANT.

THE FIRST YEAR IS $40,000 OR 20,000 PER ANALYST.

UM, YEAR TWO, IT'S A 40,000 PER ANALYST AND YOU HAVE THREE IS $40,000 PER ANALYST.

THAT'S HOW, UH, THE GRANT WAS BROKEN DOWN.

INITIALLY WHEN THE GRANT WAS WRITTEN, WE, UM, WE'RE GOING TO HIRE AN ANALYST FOR THE POSITION, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE A FULL TIME.

IT WOULD BE FULL TIME POSITION, BUT ONLY FOR THAT TIME PERIOD.

SO WHEN WE WROTE THE GRANT, WE DID NOT HAVE A CLEAR YOUNG ENTERPRISE, HIS MIND WHEN HE INITIALLY WROTE THE GRANT, BUT SINCE HE HAD CAME ON BOARD AND HIS COMPANY WAS DOING WORK, SOME ANALYSTS WORK FOR US, WE INCORPORATED INTO THE GRANT, PRESENTED IT TO THE BODY TODAY.

OKAY.

ONE OTHER QUESTION, GIVEN THAT IT'S A GRANT, IS THERE ANY STIPULATIONS IN THE GRANT WHERE YOU HAD TO DO AN RFP OR AN RFQ OR ANY BID PROCESS? SO WE DID ANNOUNCE IT.

UH, WE WILL NOT INSTEAD ON, UM, I BELIEVE, UH, ON, ON THE ADVOCATE OF APRIL 29TH, 2020, WE ADVERTISE THE POSITION THROUGH THE ADVOCATE FROM MAY 29TH TO MAY 12TH, 2020.

I HAVE A COPY OF THAT, UH, ADVERTISEMENT RIGHT HERE AND PLAY YOUNG ENTERPRISE WAS THE ONLY RESPONDENT TO THE GRANT, UH, TO THE RE UH, THE ADVERTISEMENT.

AND, UH, THAT'S WHEN WE BROUGHT THEM ON BOARD.

OKAY.

SO ONE, ONE ADVERTISEMENT IN THE ADVOCATE THAT, THAT IS CORRECT.

THAT IS STATUS.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

I'M DONE.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYONE YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH.

I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE A BRIEF COMMENT.

I'M GOING TO MAKE, MAKE A MOTION TO BE APPROVED.

UH, BUT YOU KNOW, CHIEF REED, YOU AND I SPOKE ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER TODAY.

MY ONLY FEEDBACK ON IT, AND THIS IS A FEEDBACK I HAVE WITH VIRTUALLY EVERY DEPARTMENT HEAD.

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS CONTRACT IS SORT OF, THE WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN STARTED.

UM, UH, I JUST DON'T LIKE SEEING THESE CONTRACTS COME TO US WHEN THE WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN STARTED.

SO, UH, IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, UM, GIVING TO US AS EARLY AS YOU CAN AND LET US LOOK AT THEM AND THAT KIND OF THING BEFORE WE START LETTING PEOPLE DO WORK AND, AND APPROVE THEM, BUT I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

OKAY.

WE GOT EMOTIONALLY PROVED BY HUDSON SECOND BY ROCKET

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CAR WHERE YOU WANT TO SPEAK.

I DID.

I JUST HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION FOR CHIEF CHIEF.

I KNOW THAT WE HAD CONVERSATIONS IN PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS REGARDING THE, UM, THE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE COMMUNITY CONNECTION CENTER.

AND JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND IS THIS CONNECTED TO THAT? I KNOW WE WERE LOOKING AT ANTICIPATING TO GET THOSE CONNECTIONS CENTERS UP AND RUNNING AND HAVING THAT TECHNOLOGY PLACED THERE AND OPEN AND USABLE FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, TO BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

BUT I DON'T REMEMBER IF THIS IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT.

IS THAT SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT? NO, MA'AM, THIS IS SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

THE COMMUNITY CONNECTION TIES TO THE TELEPHONE REPORTING UNIT.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A, SO WHAT THEY DO, THEY HELP US BUILD THE BEST IMAGING.

UH, THEY DO VIDEOS FOR OFF A LOT OF VIDEOS YOU SEE ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM.

AND THERE'S ALSO A, UH, AN ANALYST THERE THAT REVIEWS SOCIAL MEDIA, LOOK AT THE BLOG, TAKING COMPLAINTS.

UH, THEY'VE ACTUALLY INFORMATION TO US.

WE DO A WEEKLY REPORT.

I CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU, WHAT WE MONITOR ACTIVITY, UM, BY USERS, BY, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, WHAT'S TRENDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO HELP GET THE MESSAGING OUT.

SO, UH, THEY'VE BEEN VERY, UH, HELPFUL IN US TRYING TO, UH, DO A BETTER JOB AT MESSAGING, UH, SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE COUNTRY.

RIGHT.

I JUST, I REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ANALYST AND ALL OF THAT AT THE ADVISORY MEETING.

AND ALSO IT WAS MENTIONED AT ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY POLICE AMBASSADOR MEETINGS.

AND I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF POCKETS OF MONEY THAT'S OUT THERE.

AND I WAS JUST TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHICH ONE WAS GOING TO BE FOR, UH, BRINGING THAT, THAT KIOSK UP FOR THE COMMUNITY.

YOU DID THAT ONE, UM, UM, OUR WOMAN AND I BELIEVE I WAS BRIEFED ON WHEN WE GOT TO PUT IT OUT IN THE BIDS THAT CAME A LOT HIGHER THAN WE THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO BE.

SO WE WOULD TRY TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION ON IT WHERE WE CAN STILL PUT THE, UH, UH, WHAT IS IT, THE, UM, THE QR CODES AT THE COMMUNITY CENTERS WHERE YOU CAN STILL GET THE SAME THING.

YOU WOULD JUST NEED A PHONE TO ACCESS IT, AS OPPOSED TO THE KIOSKS, THE KIOSKS THAT THEY SHOWED US.

UM, IT CAME IN AT A LOT HIGHER AND I CAN SIDEBOARD WITH YOU ON THAT AND THEN SEND THAT TO YOU AT LEAST.

I'M SORRY, UH, TO, TO, TO GET AN UPDATE ON THAT.

I WAS BRIEFED ON THAT ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.

OKAY.

OKAY.

I'LL GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.

YES, MA'AM THANK YOU.

OKAY.

WE HAD A MOTION CHIEF, JUST ONE QUESTION.

WHEN DID, WHEN DID THE CONTRACT START? WHICH, WHICH CONTRACT, I MEAN, THIS ONE HERE, THERE'S $200,000.

WELL, IT'S BASICALLY WHAT STARTED SIR, UNTIL YOU GUYS GIVE US THE GOLDEN RULE.

I MEAN, I GUESS THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

WHAT WOULD THE WHITE WAS WHAT HE WOULD TALK TO HIM ABOUT? YEAH.

AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S SO, SO WHEN WE, WHEN WE WROTE THIS GRANT, AS I SAID EARLIER, PLAY YOUNG ENTERPRISES.

IT'S NOT WHAT WE HAD IN MIND.

WE WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO HIRE ANALYSTS.

OBVIOUSLY THAT'S TAKEN A DIFFERENT ROUTE.

WE NEEDED AN IMMEDIATE NEED.

WE WERE BRINGING HIM ON BOARD ON A DIFFERENT CAPACITY.

AND WHEN WE LEARNED THAT THEY ALREADY HAD THE EXPERTISE TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED IT IS THEN THAT WE WANTED TO BRING THEM AND INCLUDE THEM IN THE GROUND.

YEAH.

CAUSE I KNEW THIS WAS REALLY COMING UP BACK IN MAY AND I KNOW WE PUT IT OFF AND THAT'S WHY I KNOW BECAUSE WITH THE COVID AND EVERYTHING, AND WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE BACK IN BY JUNE.

AND SO I KNOW THIS WAS KIND OF CAME UP BACK IN THE NIGHT.

AND SO I KNOW THIS, THIS, THIS ITEM AND, YOU KNOW, HAD, HAD COME UP.

SO I GOT A MOTION BY HUDSON SECOND BY ROCKER, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ITEM 59 HAS BEEN APPROVED

[60. 20-00646]

ITEM 60 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ENTER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES WITH COMMUNITY NETWORK ALLIANCE, LLC, AS A PROJECT GRANT MANAGER FOR THE COMMUNITY BASED CRIME REDUCTION GRANT, NOT TO EXCEED $80,000 BY A POLICE CHIEF, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 60, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON 60 COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS ON ITEMS, 60 COUNCIL MEMBERS? I LIKE KEITH.

I GOT ONE QUESTION FOR YOU.

IF CHIEF IS STILL IN ATLANTA, I'M STILL HERE, SIR.

I MEAN, IT HAS THE, HAS THE ETHICS LOOKED AT THIS AS FAR AS THIS ITEM, AS FAR AS THE CONTRACT FOR COMMUNITY NETWORK ALLIANCE, LLC, WHICH THIS IS, UH, THIS IS THE 80,000 PAULA APOLOGIZE.

I'M TRYING TO PULL IT UP RIGHT NOW.

I APOLOGIZE, SIR.

AND THE REASON I'M ASKING IF AN ETHICS IS APPROVED, THIS, THIS IS A $80,000 CONTRACT GRANT IS COMMUNITY NETWORK ALLIANCE, COMMUNITY NETWORK ALLIANCE IS THE OFFICER AND THE REGISTER IS KEVIN NEWMAN, KEVIN KIM,

[00:30:01]

AND JUST RETIRED FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IF I'M STRAIGHT I'M FROM CORRECT.

THAT IS CORRECT WITHIN THE LAST SIX MONTHS.

THAT IS CORRECT.

AND HE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT'S ON.

AND SO I'M JUST ASKING TO HAVE THE ETHICS APPROVED THIS BECAUSE IF YOU WORKED AND YOU WERE DRIVING FROM THE CITY PARISH, I MEAN, THERE'S A TWO YEARS AS FAR AS DOING BUSINESS BACK WITH THE SAME DEPARTMENT.

AND SO I HAVE SOME CONCERN ABOUT THIS GRANT, THIS CONTRACT TO COMMUNITY NETWORK RELIANCE, BECAUSE THIS WAS JUST REGISTERED BACK IN JULY 16TH OF 2023, THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE.

SO I JUST I'VE GOT SOME CONCERNS.

SO BEFORE WE EVEN DID THAT, I ASKED MY LEGAL DEPARTMENT, UH, DEALY, UH, MORRISON TO LOOK AT IT AND MAKE SURE.

AND, UH, I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS OKAY BECAUSE HE WOULD BE WORKING IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT CAPACITY, UH, IN THIS POSITION AND WILL NOT BE IN ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT CAPACITY.

BUT I DID, BEFORE WE DO THAT, I DID ASK LEGAL TO VETTED HIM OR ME AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS OKAY.

OKAY.

I JUST, I MEAN, IT'S JUST A PERCEPTION AND I JUST, I DON'T KNOW, I HAVE A, I CAN EVER CALL IN AND, UH, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO CALL IN, I JUST, YEAH, BUT THAT'S JUST, I JUST GOT SOME, I'VE GOT SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.

UH, IS ANYBODY ELSE HERE? I DO, UH, COUNCILWOMAN LEWIS, UM, UM, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH SCOTT.

I JUST DID MY ETHICS TRAINING TODAY.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I READ.

AND UNLESS YOU'RE TARGETING, UH, FOR TWO YEARS, IF HE'S WORKING BACK FROM THE SAME DEPARTMENT OR HAS A CONTRACT WITHIN THE SAME DEPARTMENT, DOESN'T SAY HE HAS TO BE DOING THE SAME WORK, BUT THAT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S A VIOLATION OF ETHICS LAWS.

IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT LEGAL GAVE AN OPINION ON, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER THIS UNTIL WE GOT AN ETHICS RULING ON IT.

OKAY.

DONNA, YOU MADE THE MOTION TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING UNTIL WE CAN GET AN ETHICS OPINION ON IT.

I'M A SECOND, BUT I HAD SOME OTHER PEOPLE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ULTIMATELY WASN'T WELL, I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR THE SAME DEFERRAL AND I WAS GOING TO ASK ANDY DOTSON IF HE WAS THERE TO GIVE US HIS OFFHAND OPINION.

UH, I AGREE WITH, WITH BOTH YOUR CONCERN AND WITH COUNCILMAN COLLINS, LEWIS IS CONCERNED AND I THINK A DEFERRAL TO GET THOSE ANSWERS, UH, FROM AN OBJECTIVE VIEWPOINT IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

SO I'LL SUPPORT THE DEFERRAL IS, IS THE, IS THE PARISH ATTORNEY, SOME OF HIS OWN IT ON HERE RIGHT NOW TO SPEAK ON IT.

CAUSE I CAN ASSURE YOU.

I DID ASK THAT BEFORE.

YES, SIR.

I'M NOT DENYING THE FACT THAT THE PAIR OF FRATERNITY HAS GIVEN THEM LISTEN TO ANDY, BUT ETHICS IS, SEEMS TO ME TO BE A VIOLATION, BUT I'M NOT THEIR ETHICS EXPERT.

I THINK, I THINK THEY, I DON'T KNOW IF WAS NEXT AFTER MATT WAS WITH THE WHITE, UH, WHY DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK OR I WANT TO FIRST GIVE ANDY A CHANCE TO TALK.

SO WHAT WERE YOU GONNA SAY? GO AHEAD, ANDY.

OKAY.

UH, DEALING MORE.

I, MS. MORRIS IS NOT ON THE LINE AND I HAVEN'T TALKED TO HER SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS, BUT IN TALKING TO MY STAFF, THAT'S HERE IN THE, UH, IN THE MAIN OFFICE HERE, UH, DOGGIE.

I IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT DELI'S ASSESSMENT IS CORRECT.

THAT AS LONG AS HE'S NOT DOING THE SAME OR SIMILAR DUTIES AS HE DID IN HIS PREVIOUS POSITION, THEN HE CAN STILL CONTRACT SHORT OF THE TWO YEAR REQUIREMENT.

I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK INTO IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, UH, TO BE SURE, BUT THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

I DID WANT TO LET Y'ALL KNOW AND DAWN, UH, WANT TO MAKE SURE I LET Y'ALL KNOW.

CAUSE SHE DOES A LOT OF WORK WITH THE ETHICS BOY.

IT MAY TAKE A MONTH TO GET SOMETHING BACK FROM THE ETHICS BOARD.

IF WE WAIT TO HEAR BACK FROM THE ETHICS BOARD.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL KNEW THAT SHE SAID IT PROBABLY BE ABOUT A MONTH.

YEAH.

IF, IF IT, IF IT'S A FRIENDLY MOTION THAT I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DEFER FOR ONE MONTH, AS OPPOSED TO THE TWO WEEKS, NOT A, YOU WANT TO WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION FOR TWO WEEKS AND I CAN WITHDRAW IT.

OUR AMENDATORY TO 30 DAY.

I JUST DID TWO WEEKS TO GET AN OPINION FABRIC.

I'M OKAY.

WITH 30 DAYS.

OKAY.

I'M GONNA WITHDRAW MY SECOND.

I'M GOING TO LET THE WIFE GET THE MOTION TO DIVERT FOR 30 DAYS.

AND SECOND BY LOOK, IS THERE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH QUESTIONS? SO WE'RE WAITING ON THE OPINION FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OR I THINK THE BOARD OF ETHICS, COUNCILMAN, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THEY OPINIONS.

I THOUGHT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DOES THAT.

AND I DON'T THINK THE TURNAROUND IS 30 DAYS.

I JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MATTERS, BUT ANDY, DO YOU KNOW THAT THE OPINION IS BEING SALTED? THE ATTORNEY GENERAL? NO.

SO IT'D BE THROUGH THE ETHICS BOARD.

THE ETHICS BOARD

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DOESN'T DO CALL IN OPINION.

SO YOU CAN'T CALL IN AND GET THE ETHICS BOARD TO GIVE AN OPINION OR HAVE THEM GIVE YOU SOMETHING THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL ROUND, BUT WE'LL LOOK INTO IT, BUT IT WOULD BE THE ETHICS BOARD OPINION, UH, THAT WE'D BE SEEKING.

I DON'T THINK THEY DO ADVISORY OPINIONS.

SHERIFF'S NOT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

PRETTY SURE SIR.

BUT AGAIN, WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT IN THE, IN THE INTERIM.

IT SOUNDS ME.

WE GOT A MOTION TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS BY HUDSON AND SECOND, UH, LOUIS.

I DIDN'T KNOW COUNCILMAN YOU'RE FINISHED.

I'M DONE.

THANK YOU.

I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO DEFER, UH, KICKING DOWN THE ROAD, SIR.

KICK IT DOWN THE ROAD.

I CAN'T IT DOWN THE ROAD.

WE'RE ON THE BOAT TODAY.

I'M NOT KICKING ANYTHING DOWN THE ROAD.

WE GOT A VOTE TODAY.

LET'S VOTE, VOTE.

I VOTE.

NO I GOTTA VOTE.

HUDSON.

YOU GOT A SECOND BY LOSE TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS.

ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM 60 HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR 30 DAYS.

[61. 20-00649]

ITEM 61 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT THEY ALL OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAM GRANT AWARD FYI 2020 CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS AND THE AMOUNT OF $250,000.

THIS GRANT IS 100% FUNDED WITH NO MATCH, NOR DOES IT REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL.

A LOT OF PERSONNEL.

THIS PROGRAM IS SET TO BEGIN SEPTEMBER ONE, 2020 THROUGH SEPTEMBER ONE, 2022 BY THE POLICE CHIEF.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

POLICE CHIEF YOU'RE POPULAR TODAY.

YOU GOT A LOT OF ITEMS. COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS, MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION PRETTY BY CAUSE LEWIS SECOND BY THE CHAIR.

ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NINE ITEM 61.

IT'S BEEN APPROVED.

[62. 20-00650]

ITEM 62.

WE'RE SEEING THE CLERK OF COURT, THE CHANCELLOR'S DECISION ORDER RECORD ON DECEMBER 3RD, 2014.

THE MATTER OF CITY BATON ROUGE VERSUS ROBERT HENRY RAY VS.

FRANCIS, YVONNE RAY ONE, TWO, ONE, THREE, FOUR LITTLE WOODS DRIVE BY COUNCILWOMAN, SHAUNA BANKS.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 62, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, ITEM 62 AND THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 62 SHAWNA SAYS YESTERDAY.

SO I MAKE THE MOTION, THE MOTION BY BANKS.

SECOND BY LEWIS.

YES.

ON ANY OBJECTIONS, THERE ARE NON ITEM.

62 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM

[63. 20-00651]

63, A MINI TITLED TINCH CHAPTER EIGHT.

SO AS TO ABOLISH REQUIREMENTS, THE RESTAURANTS, THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK OPERATOR REQUIRED FEE FROM TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES FOR A MINUTE Y'ALL FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR EACH RIDE, A BOSS REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK APPLICATION COMPANIES AND TRANSPORTATION NETWORK OPERATORS AND REQUIRE A PICKUP FEE TO USE AIRPORT FACILITIES BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY TAXI CAB CONTROL BOARD.

AND HE PULLED BACK ON ITEM 63, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 63, UH, COURTNEY ON THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT WHEN ITEM 63 COURTNEY? YES.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES MA'AM.

OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIRMAN.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A, A, AN AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR.

WE DID, UM, DO A LAST MINUTE REVISION LAST WEEK.

UM, SMALL REVISION UNDER SECTION 10, SIX OH ONE FOR LOCAL FEES.

WE JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT LANGUAGE, UM, STATING THAT, UH, TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES SHOW ADMIT A FEE REPRESENTING 1% OF THE GROSS TRIP FARE FOR EACH INTERESTING INTRASTATE PREARRANGE RIDE ORIGINATING WITHIN.

AND HERE'S THE CHANGE INSTEAD OF BOTH, IT'S GOING TO SAY EITHER THE INCORPORATED, UM, IN I'M SORRY, THE INCORPORATED, INSTEAD OF LIMITS OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND IT'S GOING TO, THAT'S GOING TO BE STRICKEN OUT AND IT WILL STAY OR, AND THEN CONTINUE READING ON EVERYTHING ELSE IN THAT, UH, SECTION A IS GOING TO CHANGE THE, UH, GOING TO STAY THE SAME.

AND SO, UH, JUST REQUESTING THAT THERE'LL BE, UM, AN AMENDMENT TO THAT EFFECT.

AND I THINK THAT CIRCULATED THIS PART OF THE DIVISION TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR REVIEW.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS? COUNCILWOMAN MRIS.

SO YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON ITEM 63, SORRY, COUNCILMAN HUDSON.

ANY COMMENT ON 63, NOT YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT HOLDS 63 SECOND NEPAL I'LL MAKE A NOTE ON THE

[00:40:01]

HANDS WERE UP AND THAT WAS MY I'M MAKING SHOT.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH AMENDMENTS THAT WERE READ BY THE PARIS ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS AMENDED BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BY COLLINS LEWIS.

SECOND BY WATSON.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING? NONE ITEM 63 HAS BEEN APPROVED COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I HAVE A, UH, I HAVE A REQUEST TO RECONSIDER ITEM 60 BANKS.

IS THERE A SECOND MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEMS 60 BY BANKS? IS THERE A SECOND? IS THAT THE ONE THAT WE JUST DEFERRED FOR 30 DAYS? YES.

MA'AM MAKE A COMMENT ON A COUNCIL WOMAN.

THAT WAS A SECOND.

SECOND BY COLE.

ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE.

WE'LL GO BACK TO ITEM SIX.

COUNCIL, WOMAN BANKS ON ITEM 60.

ALRIGHT.

UH, EXPANDING.

HEY ANDY, ARE YOU THERE? YES.

YES MA'AM.

OKAY.

SO, AND I GUESS IT KINDA GOES BACK TO WHAT SOUNDS A NEW LOOP.

SO IN THE 30 DAYS, ARE WE TRYING TO GET AN OPINION FROM FX OR ATTORNEY GENERAL? I NEVER GOT, I NEVER HEARD HIS WORD.

THE ANSWER TO THAT.

I TOLD COUNSELOR AND LOOP THAT TO MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S THE ETHICS BOARD, BUT THAT WE WOULD DETERMINE WHICH ONE IT IS.

BUT I, IN MY, IN MY UNDERSTANDING WE WOULD BE GOING TO THE ETHICS BOARD BECAUSE I RECALL, AND IF I AM MISTAKEN, LET ME KNOW THAT IF YOU WANT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BOTH ETHICS ALL THE AGE OR JUST THE AGE, BUT THE ONLY WAY THE PARISH ATTORNEY CAN MAKE A REQUEST FOR AN OPINION TO THE AG IS THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO PUT AN ITEM.

I WOULD HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT.

SO THAT REALLY PUTS US IN TO AN ISSUE THAT IF WE DEFERRED IT FOR 30 DAYS, AND THEN WE FIND THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE AGE, THEN WE'VE GOT TO DO AN INTRODUCTORY ITEM.

WE GOT TO VOTE ON IT, THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER, SO WE INTO 60 DAYS.

SO I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS AND, UM, I'VE HAD THIS ISSUE AND I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT, UM, THROUGH SOMETHING WITH MY COMMUNITY CENTER THAT DID NOTHING, THAT THIS IS NOT OUT OF ORDER, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I'M COOL WITH WAITING, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE WAITING ON.

CAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO BE 60 DAYS AND THAT, AND THAT CAUSE YOU AM I CORRECT? THE COUNCIL, THE AG DOES NOT ACCEPT OUR REQUEST FROM OPINION.

I MESSAGE FOR THEM AT THE ENTIRE GOVERNMENT BOARD, GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY OR YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT BODY, UM, THAT, UH, UM, AND ISN'T THAT CORRECT? WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU COUNCILWOMAN, IS THAT YOU ARE CORRECT IN ORDER TO GET AN AGS OPINION.

THERE IS SOME, UH, A PREDATOR, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME STEPS THAT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH, WHICH INCLUDES THE SCENT OF THE COUNCIL TO OBTAIN IT.

BUT WE ARE NOT GETTING AN A, WE'RE NOT GETTING AN ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION IN THIS CASE, WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE ETHICS BOARD.

THERE'S NO.

SO I WAS TOLD THE CLARIFICATION, IS THAT NOT THAT YOU'RE GONNA GET BACK WITH US AND LET US KNOW WHICH ONE YOU ARE SEEKING IT.

THE RECORD SHOULD SHOW THAT YOU ARE SPECIFICALLY SEEKING AN OPINION FROM THE ETHICS BOARD.

AM I CORRECT? WHAT I SAID, COUNCIL WOMAN BEFORE, UH, THIS, BEFORE IT WAS BROUGHT BACK UP WAS I TOLD COUNSELOR LOOP THAT WE WOULD FIGURE IT OUT IN THAT 30 DAY TIME PERIOD.

AFTER WE GOT OFF THAT CALL, I CALLED MY ETHICS PERSON IN MY OFFICE TO SEE WHETHER I WAS CORRECT OR NOT.

AND FROM EVERYTHING THAT SHE HAS TOLD ME, AND I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THAT STATEMENT, WE WILL BE GOING TO THE ETHICS BOARD.

OKAY.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT I, WELL, I NEVER GOT THAT CLARIFICATION.

SO I UNDERSTAND NOW WE'RE GOING TO THE ETHICS BOARD BECAUSE I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO BELABOR THIS IF, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE GOING TO DO 30 DAYS AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT IT SHOULD HAVE GONE TO AGE AND THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER 30 DAYS.

OKAY.

WELL, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR GOING BACK.

[64. 20-00665]

YOU DON'T GET ITEM 64 AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR PRESENT, SET THE GRANT ON BEHALF OF LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD 21 FROM LOUISIANA WORKFORCE COMMISSION OFF OF THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO ADMINISTER THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT IN THE AMOUNT OF 4 MILLION, $383,812.

EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THERE WORTH FOR THE GRANT PERIOD, APRIL ONE 2020 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2022 BY WORKFORCE INVESTMENT DIRECTOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 64, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON I AM 64 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY COMMENTS, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE

[00:45:01]

MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 64 MOTION BY HUDSON SECOND BY ROCKER, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM 64 HAS

[65. 20-00675]

BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM 65 AT RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ORDER AND CALL BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT.

NUMBER ONE OF EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH, LOUISIANA.

I'M AN ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE PARISH FROM BATON ROUGE, STAY AT LOUISIANA, OR THESE BATTERIES STAY IN LOUISIANA ON DECEMBER 5TH, 2020 FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZED 11 COLLECTION OF A 20 MILS AVALON TAX ON THE DOLLAR ASSESSED VALUATION ON ALL PROPERTY, SUBJECT TO TAXATION FROM THE BOUNDARIES OF THE HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT.

NUMBER ONE OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA, AN ESTIMATED 5,400,000 IS REASONABLY EXPECTED TO BE COLLECTED FROM THE LEVY FOR THE TAX FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR AND MIXING IN THE YEAR 2021 TO AND INCLUDING THE YEAR 2030 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS TO BE USED ENTIRELY EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF COVID-19 RELATED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AT THE ONGOING OPERATIONS OF LANG REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER BY COUNCILMAN TREY WELCH AND HOSPITAL SERVICE AND DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.

ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM 65, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 65 COUNCIL MARINE COMMENTS ON 65, OR IS THERE A MOTION COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION ITEMS SAY MOTION BY ROCCA SECOND BY THE CHAIR.

ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM 65 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM

[66. 20-00688]

66 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CALLING THE ELECTION BY THE ST.

GEORGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.

NUMBER TWO PAIRS FOR BASEMENT STAY LOUISIANA ON DECEMBER 5TH, 2020 FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZED AND RENEWAL OF THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF 1.25 MILLS AVENUE TAX FOR SALARIES, BENEFITS AND RELATED EXPENSES.

AT 1.50 MEALS, AVALON TAX FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND DEBT SERVICE AND A $32 PER ANNUM SERVICE CHARGE ON ALL PROPERTY, SUBJECT TO THE TAXATION WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF ST.

GEORGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.

NUMBER TWO FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE FACILITIES OF THE DISTRICT AND PAINT COSTS OF OBTAINING WATER, INCLUDING POWER, HYDRANT, RENTALS AND FEES FOR ALL, A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS COMMENCING THE YEAR 2022 AND TWO, AND INCLUDING THE YEAR 2031 BY THE ST.

GEORGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 66, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 66 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS.

IS THERE A MOTION APPROVED BY HUDSON? I'LL SECOND THAT SECOND BY WATSON, ARE THEY ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING? NONE ITEM 66 HAS BEEN APPROVED

[67. 20-00686]

ITEM 67, AUTHORIZE AND SELMA IN THE MATTER ENTITLED FRANCIS SAMSON AT DUCKS VERSUS CITY OF BATON ROUGE AT ALL.

AND THE AMOUNT OF 51,000 PLUS COURT COSTS AND AMOUNT OF 888, I'M SORRY, $888 AND 26 CENTS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $51,888 AND 26 CENTS, WHICH AMOUNT SHOULD BE PAID FROM THE COUNT DUCKS.

THEY INSURANCE GENERAL LIABILITY BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 67, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 67 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY COMMENTS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 67 MOTION BY WATSON SECOND BY AMAROSA OR ANY OBJECTIONS ITEM 67 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

[68. 20-00689]

ITEM 68, AUTHORIZE A SETTLEMENT.

THE MATTER ENTITLED ROBELLA JOHNSON VS LARRY DOS AT ALL IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $515 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $20,515, WHICH AMOUNTS SHALL BE PAID FROM THE COUNTY DESIGNATED INSURANCE AUTO LIABILITY ATTORNEY REGULARS, TODD W HERNANDEZ OF GORDON RECURRENT INJURY ATTORNEYS BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 68, NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

I HAVE 68.

ARE THEY ANY COMMENTS? THEY'RE NOT NEEDING A MOTION APPROVE ITEM 68 MOTION.

SECOND VILE ROCK.

DO WE NEED TO SHOW THE LOOP AS RECUSED HIMSELF FROM ITEM 68? ANY OBJECTIONS IN AN ITEM 68 HAS

[69. 20-00693]

BEEN APPROVED ITEM 69, AUTHORIZED A SETTLEMENT THE MATTER ENTITLED LISA WIX AT ALL VERSUS EBR METRO COUNCIL AT ALL IN THE AMOUNT OF 60,000 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $319 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $60,319, WHICH AMOUNT SHALL BE PAID FROM THE ACCOUNT.

DOESN'T THEY INSURANCE AUTO LIABILITY BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 69, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 69 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 69, ANY COMMENTS AND EMOTION TO ITEM 69 MOTION BY ROCCA SECOND BY THE CHAIRS, ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE ITEM 69 HAS BEEN APPROVED

[70. 20-00726]

ITEM 70 AUTHORIZED TO SELL IN THE MATTER IN TITLE AND ADRIAN LEWIS, BUY IT ON BEHALF OF THE MINOR CHILD.

WHY LEXA JOHNSON VS EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH AT ALL, AND AMOUNT OF $135,000 AND APPROPRIATELY $135,000 FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 70, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 70 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY COMMENTS? IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM 70 MOTION BY WICKER SECOND BY WATSON, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM 70 HAS

[71. 20-00753]

BEEN APPROVED ITEM 71 AUTHORIZED TO SETTLE THE MATTER ENTITLED MICHELLE DAGGER, POMP VS DONALD P. YOUNG AND THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AT ALL IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,000 PLUS COURT COSTS

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THE AMOUNT OF $247 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $20,247 BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY AND HE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 71, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 71 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY COMMENTS, MOTION TO VOLUME 71 MOTION BY WATSON SECOND BY WICKER OR ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM 71

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HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM 72 AMENDING THE 2020 CAPITAL EXPENSE BUDGET.

SO IT'S APPROPRIATE $179,858 RECEIVED FROM THE EAST BATON ROUGE COUNCIL ON AGING FOR THE PURPOSE OF INSTALLING A SECURITY FENCE AND GATES AROUND THE BUILDING LOCATED AT 17 OR ONE MAIN STREET, INCREASING THE PARKING LANG FOR THE SHUTTLE BUS, INSTALLING CEDAR SIDING ON EXTERIOR AND INSTALLING ADDITIONAL WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR AND BUILDING AND GROUNDS DIRECTOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 72, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 72 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM 72, COUNCILMAN HUDSON? UH, WELL, WHAT'S THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CHANGE ORDERS AND AMOUNTS FOR CHANGE ORDERS ON THIS BUILDING SO FAR, IF BOB WAS ON THE LINE I ABOVE YOU THERE.

YEAH.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? WE GOT YOU.

OKAY.

UM, CHANGE ORDER.

NUMBER ONE WAS $119,000, 238 CHANGE ORDER NUMBER WAS $55,734 AND CHANGE OUR NUMBER TWO WAS USER AGENCY REQUESTED AND, AND WHAT THIS IS FOR IT'S THE SAME.

ALL THESE ITEMS ARE USER AGENCY REQUESTED ITEMS. SO WHAT'S THE TOTAL VALUE OF ALL THE CHANGE ORDERS ON THE PROJECT SO FAR.

WHAT DO WE LIKE? I'LL HAVE TO ADD IT UP.

WE'RE LOOKING PROBABLY AROUND ABOUT TWO, PROBABLY CLOSE TO $300,000 MIDDLE OVER.

OKAY.

WALK ME THROUGH THE PROCESS.

I MEAN, WERE THESE JUST ITEMS THAT WERE LEFT OFF THE DESIGN OR HOW DID WE COME ABOUT THESE, THAT THESE WERE REQUIRED? UM, I CAN ANSWER THEM.

I DON'T KNOW IF TASHA IS ON THE PHONE, BUT I LANDED ON FOR THEY, THEY WANTED A FENCING AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE BUILDING WITH AUTOMATIC GATES BECAUSE OF THE AREA THEY'RE IN AND THE ADDITIONAL PARKING LOT AS WELL.

I THINK THE LAST CHANGE ORDER WE ADDED SOME AWNING COVERING, AND THIS IS ADD ADDITIONAL PARKING AROUND THE AREA.

THIS IS FOR ADDITIONAL WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.

AND WITH THE ADDITIONAL FENCING, WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME TREES REMOVED THAT ARE FURTHER DOWN.

THAT'S PART OF THIS AND THE CEDAR SIDING ON THIS IS AESTHETICS.

OKAY.

I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

I'LL JUST TELL YOU.

I'VE GOTTEN SO FRUSTRATED WITH HOW WE HANDLE AND I'M NOT PICKING ON THE COUNCIL ON AGING.

I KNOW EVERYBODY THINKS I DO.

UH, IT'S ALL OF THESE DEDICATED TAXING AGENCIES, UM, WHERE WE GET THESE REQUESTS FOR THE BUILDINGS THAT THEY BUILD.

AND, AND WE SAY, LOOK, THE MONEY CAN'T BE USED FOR ANYTHING ELSE.

THAT'S A DEDICATED TAX.

I JUST THINK THAT'S THE WRONG WAY FOR US TO BE GOING ABOUT IT.

I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE SO FLIPPANT ABOUT HOW WE APPROVE THESE.

AND SO, UM, I'M NOT GONNA MAKE ANY MOTIONS, BUT IF THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE YOU GET, YOU CAN SHOW ME AS OPPOSED.

LIKE I HAVE A COMMENT, COUNCILMAN LEWIS, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M GONNA BE INCLINED TO AGREE WITH A COUPLE OF HOUSES IN A SIM IN A WAY, BUT NOT COMPLETELY BECAUSE I THINK HE DOES PICK ALL THE COUNCIL OF AGING, BUT I, I GET TIRED OF SEEING THAT THE BUCKET SUPPLEMENTS TO AN INCREASE ON ALL OF CITY PAIRS PROJECTS WHEN THEY START OUT IN ONE ESTIMATED AMOUNT AND WE ENDED UP SPENDING TWO, $3 MILLION MORE THAN WHAT THE ITEM WAS ESTIMATED TO COST US.

SO, YOU KNOW, CHANGE ORDERS HAVE BEEN MY PET PEEVE FOR THE LAST 11 YEARS.

AND HOW MANY MONTHS GOT EIGHT MONTHS, THREE WEEKS, TWO HOURS, ALL THAT.

SO I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CHANGE ORDER IS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M DOING THIS, THIS IS A BUILDING WITH THE COUNCIL MAJOR.

IT'S THE OLD BUILDING.

THEY'RE FINDING ALL KINDS OF STUFF WITH IT, BUT I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A CHANGE ORDERS OR JUST SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW.

I'VE NEVER LIKED, BUT I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS AND MOTION APPROVED BY COLLINS LEWIS.

IS THERE A SECOND THERE? SECOND, SECOND, I HAD MY HAMBURGER READY TO USE THE THING TO RAISE MY HAND.

OKAY.

HUDSON OBJECTING.

DO I SHOW YOU OBJECTING? SO WHY THE WHITE OBJECTING COUNCIL MEMBERS ITEM 72.

I'M SORRY.

MATT.

YOU WANT TO SPEAK? YEAH, I DID.

I NEEDED TO GET BUBBA BACK ON THE LINE.

I'M SORRY.

I'M HERE.

GO AHEAD, MATT.

HEY, BUBBA.

UH, THE ITEM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT SHOULD BE ALSO REFLECTED.

THIS IS THE SAME OVERALL PROJECT THAT'S REFLECTED IN

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AGENDA.

ITEM ONE 10.

IS THAT CORRECT? UM, LET ME LOOK HERE.

YES, YES IT IS.

OKAY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE ORDER TOTAL AMOUNT OF 354,830.

YES.

THAT'S IN THE BACK THERE.

RIGHT.

BUT, UH, I'M, I'M GOING TO SIDE WITH, WITH DWIGHT IS OBJECTING AS WELL, BECAUSE I MEAN, WE'VE GOT AESTHETICS AND ALL THIS OTHER KIND OF NOT TO SAY THAT THEY DON'T NEED IT, BUT WHO'S MAKING THE DETERMINATION WHEN THE PROJECT STARTS AS TO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY ON AND WHAT THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT IS.

THIS ISN'T UNFORESEEN SITE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT A ROAD PROJECT MIGHT HAVE.

THIS IS JUST, JUST CHANGING.

IT SEEMS TO ME STRIKING, JUST CHANGING ONE'S MIND ABOUT WHAT THE AESTHETICS OF THE BUILDING ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

THAT THAT IS CORRECT.

THIS IS USER AGENCY REQUESTED.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, BUBBA.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.

THE CORE QUESTION.

OKAY.

DONALD, I THINK TOM WAS THERE FIRST.

YEAH.

WANT IT TO, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE, I MEAN, IF I, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

I JUST THOUGHT THAT AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS ACTUALLY LOCATED IN MY DISTRICT, BUT I DID SEE IN THE CONVERSATION WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT, I HEARD THE COMMENT ABOUT IT JUST BEING AN AESTHETICS, BUT AS I APPRECIATED WHEN TASHA CAME AND WE HAD THE CONVERSATION PREVIOUSLY, IT WAS SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE SECURITY FENCING AND THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT BEEN SEEN AND THINGS WERE THERE TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE THEY HAD EXPERIENCED IN THERE.

THEY'RE RIGHT.

WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH THE DOWNTOWN NEEDS ASSOCIATION.

UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN THAT AREA OR INCLINED TO REMAIN IN THAT AREA.

SO WHERE WE'VE BEEN MEETING AND TALKING AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND ENCOURAGING REVITALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA, AS AN, AS A WAY OF BEING ABLE TO BREATHE LIFE BACK INTO THAT AREA AND SECURE, THERE WERE SOME SHOOTINGS AND SOME MURDERS THAT HAPPENED IN THAT AREA.

AND IF I, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY AND AGAIN, SOMEBODY TELL ME IF I'M OFF ON THIS, BUT I THOUGHT THAT THE SECURITY FENCE AND ENGAGED AROUND THE BUILDING WAS MORE FOR THAT PURPOSE, AS OPPOSED TO JUST AS STEPS THAT IS CLEAR.

AND THE 135,000, THIS CHANGE ORDER IS FOR SECURITY, FENCING, AND ELECTRIC GATES TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME IN AND OUT AND CLOSE AND KEEP PEOPLE OUT.

THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS CLARIFIED.

CAUSE WE ARE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AGAIN WITH BUSINESSES IN THE AREA AND TRYING TO ENCOURAGE REVITALIZATION IN THAT, IN THAT PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU.

I'M SORRY.

LET ME GO AHEAD.

YEAH, THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION, BUT I THINK TIME HAS KIND OF GOT CLARIFIED FOR ME 130 OF THEM.

ONE 79 IS FOR THE OTHER WORK.

CAUSE I KNOW MATT MENTIONED, UH, THE, THE CEDAR CEDAR SIDING AS BEING SOMETHING THAT'S AESTHETICALLY, WHATEVER THEY WANT TO CHANGE IT TO, BUT THAT'S NOT EVEN THE BIGGER PORTION OF THE MONEY.

SO YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T COME IN TO PLAY FOR MEDIA, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SECURITY PERSON AND THE REST OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING ADDED.

SO I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT OUT.

SO YOU HAVE THE MONEY, THE SIDING IS $39,000.

YEAH.

CHANGES, BUT I'M GOOD.

I'M GOOD.

IF I COULD MAKE USE MONITOR FIVE MINUTES, I'M NOT GOING TO USE IT ALL SCOTT, PLEASE.

DON'T I WON'T, UH, MY, I UNDERSTAND THE NECESSITY OF THE FENCING AND THE GATES, BUT I DON'T THINK AS A COUNCIL, WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE COULD AWARD EXPENDITURE FOR THE SECURITY PURPOSES AND LINE ITEM OUT THE CEDAR SIDING.

SO IN, IN A SENSE, I'M JUST SAYING, I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE SHOULDN'T DO IT.

I'M SAYING I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE CHANGES IN WHAT THE REQUEST IS FROM AN AGENCY THAT'S ASKING FOR AN EXPENDITURE.

SO WHEN I MENTIONED THE CEDAR SIDING, YOU KNOW, I KNEW IT WAS A PORTION OF IT, BUT HOWEVER, IT, WE CAN'T LINE OUT OF ONE THING OUT AND APPROVE SOMETHING ELSE.

IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

IT'S ALL A ONE CHANGE ORDER THOSE.

CORRECT.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ON ITEM ROLL CALL VOTE.

GOT SOME PEOPLE WITH SOME GUY.

I'M SORRY.

I WAS, I HAD A, I HAD MY HAND UP JUST WHERE YEAH, THERE YOU GO.

YEAH, I'M HERE.

I FINALLY MADE, SO I HAD SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY GETTING, GETTING, UH, CONNECTED.

SO CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME ALRIGHT.

UM, SO THIS ITEM WITH THE, UM, WITH THE CHANGE ORDER AND THE AMOUNT OF IT, BUBBA, I MEAN, I LIKE AS FAR AS FENCING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, GO ELECTRIC GAUGE ALL OF THAT.

WHAT I MEAN,

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I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, IS THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WAS THIS BID OR WAS THIS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST GO IN WITH, WITH THE, I MEAN, IT'S A CHANGE ORDER, SO OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT BEING BID AGAIN, BUT IS THERE SOMETHING THEY COULD BE BIDDING IN? UM, SO ANOTHER, UH, CONTRACTOR MAY BE ABLE TO PUT THIS, THIS IS GOING THROUGH THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND HE ACTUALLY GOT TO BE AT PRICES AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH HANDLING ON THIS.

SO WE'RE NOT.

YEAH, YEAH.

I GET, I GET YOU.

I GET THAT.

BUT I MEAN, IS IT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE PARSED OUT AND HAVE A FENCE PUT UP BY A CONTRACTOR? IT POSSIBLY COULD HAVE BEEN.

YES, BUT THIS IS A FENCE CONTRACTOR PUTTING IT UP.

IT'S NOT THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR.

IT IS.

I GET THAT.

I MEAN, YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING THOUGH? I MEAN, IT'S THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR WHO GOT THE BIDS, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD, I MEAN, IT'S STILL PUBLIC MONEY IT'S IS IT SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO GET, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BREAK THESE THINGS UP INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, DO, DO WHAT HAPPENED IN HERE.

WE JUST KEEP ADDING TO THE SCOPE OF THE ORIGINAL WAS IT WAS A FENCE IN IT TO BEGIN WITH OR WAS A SPENCE NODDING.

NO, IT WAS NOT A FENCE IN IT.

SO THERE WAS NO FENCE ORIGINALLY BUILD BID.

SO IT'S IN THIS BUILDING.

SO WE'RE ADDING THE ABILITY FOR, FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO BID SOMETHING AND PUT A FENCE UP.

WE OWN THE BUILDING, WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE GENERAL CONTRACT, SO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH HIM ON THIS PROJECT, BUT YOU COULD DO, I MEAN, YOU COULD PUT ANOTHER FENCE, YOU COULD HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO A FENCE, RIGHT.

OR NOT AFTER THE PROJECT'S COMPLETED.

YES WE COULD HAVE, BUT THEY HAVE THE USE OF THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW.

SO WE ARE HAPPY TO GO.

HOW MUCH LONGER THEY HAVE USED THE PROPERTY IT'S SCHEDULED TILL OCTOBER IS COMPLETION DATE, EARLY OCTOBER.

AND WE HAVE NO, I MEAN, IF THE FENCE AND GUY DOESN'T, I MEAN, HOW LONG IS IT GONNA TAKE TO PUT THIS FENCE UP? NOT LONG DRY WITH ELECTRIC SWEETS GO AFTER GATES.

IT'S ALUMINUM POWDER COATED FENCE.

OKAY.

WELL WHERE'S THE WOOD COME IN.

WHAT IS JUST FOR THE FIGHTING OF THE BUILDING? THAT'S SOMETHING TOTALLY SEPARATE FINDING ON THE BUILDING WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

I HAVE YOU PUTTING UP A WOODEN FENCE AROUND.

NO, NO, NO, NO.

THIS IS AN ALUMINUM POWDER-COATED FENCING WITH ELECTRONIC GATES WITH ACCESS, TO GET HIM TO BURKE TECH, THE PEOPLE GOING IN THE BUILDING IN THE WHOLE FACILITY.

HOW MANY DAYS IS IT GOING TO ADD TO THE CONTRACT? LET ME QUICK WITH EVERYTHING ON IT.

UM, 30 DAYS, IS THAT A LITTLE BIT THAT, YEAH, BUT THAT'S ALREADY INCLUDED IN WHAT I TOLD YOU THE COMPLETION DATE ABOUT TWO, RIGHT? SO WE BACKED THAT OUT.

IT'S SEPTEMBER.

HE'S NOT GOING TO START.

I MEAN, I MEAN, WHEN'S HIS CONTRACT GOING TO BE UP? I MEAN, I DON'T THINK I COME THE DUDE, JESUS COUNCILMEN, COME ON NOW.

HE'S GOT THE FLOOR, FORTUNATELY.

YEAH.

WELL, YEAH.

SO ANYWAY, UH, SO YEAH, SO I WOULD DEFER, I CAN'T, I GOTTA BE A TRY.

THEY WERE GIVEN A CONSTRUCTION CHANGE DIRECTIVE BASED ON THE COUNCIL ON AGING REQUESTING US TO START THIS WORK.

WHAT CHANNEL ARE YOU? GO AHEAD AND YOU'D HAVE THE FORM DEGREE.

I THOUGHT YOU MAY, YOU NEED TO MAKE A COMMENT.

GOOD.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, COUNCILMAN HUDSON.

I HOPE THAT MAYBE ASHLEY OR, UH, ANDY CAN REFRESH MY MEMORY ON THIS.

W WE RAN INTO A SIMILAR ISSUE WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE FENCE FOR THE MOSQUITO ABATEMENT ROAD CONTROL BUILDING.

IT WAS A CHANGE ORDER THAT ORIGINALLY CAME TO US.

I BELIEVE THAT WHAT WE DETERMINED ON THAT ONE WAS THAT IT WAS NOT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF WORK.

UH, AND SO WE FORCED THEM TO GO BACK AND REVISIT IT.

I DON'T SEE HOW THIS IS DIFFERENT.

I COULD BE MY RECOLLECTION OF THAT IS WRONG, BUT MAYBE ONE OF THEM COULD DO CORRECT ME IF, TO SAY IT'S VERY VALID.

YOU WANT ASHLEY TO GET TO YOUR QUESTIONS IF YOU RECALL.

OH, THAT WAS HANDLED.

YEAH.

COUNCILMAN HUDSON.

UM, SO UNDER THE PUBLIC BID LAW AND PUBLIC CONTRACTING, THE ENGINEER IS ON THE PROJECT.

JUST THE PERSON WHO OR ARCHITECT IS THE PERSON WHO DETERMINES WHETHER SOMETHING IS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT.

AND, UM, SO WE RELY ON THAT REPRESENTATION,

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BUT A DESIGN PROFESSIONAL ON THE PROJECT, UM, ON THE MARC BUILDING, THAT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ADDING OFFENSE WAS NOT A PART OF THE SCOPE OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT.

SO TO CLARIFY THEN BABA, YOU'RE THE DESIGN PROFESSIONAL FOR THIS ONE.

UM, DO YOU BELIEVE IT'S WITHIN THE SCOPE OF WORK AND IF SO, WHY IS YOUR OPINION DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS DETERMINED FOR THE MARK BUILDING? I'M NOT THE DESIGN PROFESSIONAL, WE'VE HIRED AN ARCHITECT WHO DOES THIS AS COLEMAN PARTNERS IS ACTUALLY ON THIS.

AND HE, AS HE CERTIFIED THAT IT'S WITHIN THE SCOPE OF WORK.

HE CERTIFIED THIS THROUGH THE CHANGE DIRECTIVE.

YES.

YEP.

THANK YOU.

COUNCILWOMAN GREEN.

I THINK YOU'RE UP NEXT.

SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY IT.

IT WAS ALREADY APPROVED OR CERTIFIED BY THE, UM, THE CONTRACTOR.

I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME COLEMAN.

THAT WOULD JUST SAY THE CORRECT.

BOB, THE ARCHITECT, THE ARCHITECT ARCHITECT.

AND ALSO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FENCE IS ALREADY UP AT THIS TIME.

RIGHT.

UM, IT'S BEEN STARTED WORKING ON IT, CORRECT.

OKAY.

THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED TO VERIFY.

THANK YOU.

YES.

MA'AM COUNCILWOMAN WICKER.

I THINK I'M GOOD.

I JUST, I DID, WELL, LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION, BUT DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE FOR THIS PROJECT RIGHT NOW? IT'S OCTOBER 7TH IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

YES.

OKAY.

SO, SO MY POINT IS, IS THAT, UM, I, YOU KNOW, AND I, AND I, I GET THE, THE IDEA ABOUT THE MARC BUILDING AND I WANT TO JUST, AGAIN, EXPRESS TO THE COUNCIL THAT, UM, THE MARC BUILDING SITUATION, I THINK THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT ON ITS FACE BECAUSE OF THE, THE ISSUES REGARDING, UM, SAFETY CONCERNS IN THAT AREA.

UM, AGAIN, I LIVED THERE, THIS IS PART OF MY DISTRICT.

THOSE ISSUES ARE REAL.

WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING.

I HAVE A MEETING COMING UP VERY SOON WITH SOME OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS IN THAT AREA.

UH, WHO'S REALLY CONSIDERING MOVING OUT OF THE AREA BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN CRIME AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.

AND SO ANY PREVENTATIVE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN HAVE TO MAKE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY FEEL LIKE, UM, IT IS BEING REVITALIZED IN A WAY THAT PEOPLE CAN BE SAFE TO INVEST IN THE AREA.

UM, I AM GOING TO ASK THAT Y'ALL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION BECAUSE THOSE TWO DIFF THOSE TWO THINGS OR DIFFERENT, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY HAVE NOT BEEN PART OF THE ORIGINAL SCOPE OF SERVICE, UH, OF THE CONTRACT, UH, BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THOSE MURDERS THAT HAPPENED IN THE SHOOTINGS THAT WERE INCREASED OVER THIS, OVER THIS LAST TIME PERIOD, UH, SORT OF ELEVATED THAT ISSUE WITH THE FENCING AND ALL OF THAT TO THE TOP.

AND WE'VE BEEN IN NEGOTIATIONS, UM, COUNSEL AND AGENTS BEEN AT THE, AT THE TABLE, DOWNTOWN EAST HAS BEEN AT THE TABLE.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN AT THE TABLE AND ALL OF US HAVE BEEN COMING TOGETHER, HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THESE BUSINESS OWNERS TO SAY, HEY, A NEW DAY IS COMING.

THERE IS HOPE COME INTO THIS AREA.

UM, THE COUNCIL ON ASIAN WITH ALL OF THOSE UNITS THAT THEY PUTTING IN THAT AREA IS A MAJOR PART OF THE REVITALIZATION, THIS AREA, AS WELL AS IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH THERE, YOU SEE SOME MAJOR REVITALIZATION EFFORTS THAT ARE HAPPENING.

WE JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE THE OTHER DAY ABOUT A MOTOR CITY DEVELOPMENT THAT'S UP AND COMING IN ONE OF THE OLD HISTORICAL LOCATIONS OVER THERE, THAT'S VERY IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY.

SO THIS IS ALL KIND OF PART OF THE BLUEPRINT WHERE WE'RE REVITALIZING THIS ENTIRE AREA.

AND SO, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT AT THE POINT WHERE WE WERE AT THAT TIPPING POINT YET, WHERE WE CAN SAY IS VERY, VERY SAFE AND PEOPLE ARE CHAFING AT THE BIT, LIKE IN SOME AREAS TO COME MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, WE'RE ALLOWING PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS OF THIS IS AN UP AND COMING AREA THAT WE'RE BELIEVING IN.

AND THAT MISSISSIPPI IS COMING BACK FROM THE BRINK AND WE DO NEED THAT HELP AND THAT SUPPORT.

SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LOOK AT IT IN ONE LITTLE BOX AND SAY, OH, THIS IS THAT WE DO HAVE SOME EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES THAT I DO BELIEVE ARE VERY DIFFERENT THAN THOSE, THOSE OTHER ISSUES.

AND I WOULD NOT WANT THE SECURITY AND THE SAFETY STRETCHED OUT BECAUSE IT WASN'T PART OF THE ORIGINAL SCOPE AND SERVICE.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

CALIFORNIAN.

SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROJECT, THERE WAS A SHOOTING RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER OF THIS PROPERTY.

AND THIS WAS ALL DESIGNED TO MAKE THE SENIORS FEEL SAFER WHEN THEY, AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET MORE SENIORS COMING AND USING THIS FACILITY.

IF THEY KNOW IT GIVES THEM A SENSE OF SECURITY AND SAFETY ENTERING THIS BUILDING.

THAT'S THE WHOLE OBJECTIVE WITH THE CROWNS.

ONE LAST THING, BABA.

SO YES, THE SENIORS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE BEHIND THIS FENCE OR IS THIS GOING TO BE FOR JUST THE WORKERS? NOT JUST TAKING IN THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S TAKE IT IN THE WHOLE PROPERTY.

YES.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAD A MOTION APPROVED BY COUNCILMAN LEWIS AND SECOND BY WICKER.

BUT WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'RE GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE, AND I'LL GO

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AHEAD AND LET ASHLEY FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

PLEASE VOTE.

YES OR NO.

WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM ANNOUNCEMENT WELCH.

YES.

YES.

COUNCILMAN BANKS VOTE.

YES.

IN COUNCILMAN LOOP.

YES.

YES.

COUNCILMAN WILSON.

NO, NO COUNCIL GREEN.

YES.

YES.

COUNCIL AND COLLINS LEWIS.

YES.

YES.

COUNCILMAN COLE.

YES.

YES.

COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN MRIS SAYS NO, NO COUNCILMAN HUDSON.

NO COUNCILWOMAN WICKER.

YES.

YES.

COUNCILMAN WATSON.

NO COUNCILMAN ROCCA.

OKAY.

YES.

YES.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, ITEM 72,

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ITEM 73 AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR PRESENT AND OUR CHAIRMAN AIRPORT COMMISSION FOR EXECUTED.

NUMBER ONE TO THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH BATON ROUGE CHECK, WE'LL SEE IT.

AT LEAST TWO ACRES OF LAND ON BLOCKS NOTES ROAD AT A RENTAL RATE OF $20,908 AND 80 CENTS A YEAR, OR IT'S $1,742 AND 40 CENTS PER MONTH BY THE AVIATION.

CORRECT? ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 73, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 73 COUNCILORS.

ANY COMMENTS AND MOTION TO APPROVE A MOTION MOTION APPROVED BY WELCH.

IS THERE A SECOND BY HUDSON? ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING? NONE ITEM 73 HAS BEEN

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APPROVED.

I AM 74 AMENDING THE 2020 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET.

SO IT'S APPROPRIATE $300,000 FOR THE EASTBOUND REPAIRS EAST BATON ROUGE, REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, BILL BATON ROUGE FROM GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE UNDER SIGNED AND AUTHORIZED BY THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT OF MEN, 22 COOPERATIVE DEBORAH AGREEMENT TO REFLECT THE INCREASE IN FUNDING BY THE MAYOR PRESENT ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 74 ANNOUNCEMENTS.

WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, JUST PUBLIC COMMENT, OR IS FROM CHRIS TYSON.

BUILD BATON ROUGE IS APPRECIATIVE OF THE SUPPORT OF MAYOR BROOME AND THE METRO COUNCIL AND ADDRESSING OUR 2020 BUDGET SHORTFALL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, MY BURKE TO SECURE A $30 MILLION IN HUD CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS IMPLEMENTATION GRANT RAISE OVER $250,000 FOR PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IMAGINED PLANK ROAD PLAN FOR EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSIST THE CITY PARISH WITH IMPROVING COMPLIANCE AND EXPANDING THE IMPACT OF FEDERAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.

WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO ADVANCE EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT ALL OF THAT.

THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEM 74.

THANK COUNCILORS THAT FINISHES PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? ANY COMMENTS? I'VE GOT A QUESTION.

COUNCILMAN WELCH, RIGHT? SO IS THIS GENERAL FUND DOLLARS? YUP.

WHO'S ON WHO CAN TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS? ALL RIGHT, LINDA.

YES.

HI COUNCILMAN THEN.

YES, SIR.

THESE ARE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.

WE'RE USING FUND BALANCE ON A SIDE.

THAT'S THE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR THIS APPROPRIATION MAINE Y'ALL COULDN'T FIND, I MEAN, I, I GO BACK.

BRIDGES IS GREAT.

THE ONLY PROBLEM IS WE GOT SO MUCH STUFF AROUND THE PEARS, THAT NATURE.

I MEAN, WE GOT HOW MANY BRIDGES THAT WE DO.

WE HAVE OUT FOR GENERAL FUDGE STONE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY GOT THE I'D LIKE CHRIS TO EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THEY NEED, WHERE, WHERE THEY GOT IT, THAT THEY DIDN'T MAKE THEIR BUDGET.

SCOTT IS JUST ON TOPIC ABOUT THE BRIDGES.

THE BRIDGES ARE NOT ON TOPIC, BUT HE'S ASKING ABOUT GENERAL FUND DOLLARS OR $300,000.

HE'S GOING TO ASK CHRIS, WHERE'S IT GOING? THIS IS NOT ON THE LINE.

TRY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE $300,000 THAT I GUESS PLUGGING THE HOLE.

ALRIGHT, WELL THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION.

THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? YEAH.

UH, IF I, TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS YET ANOTHER MEETING WHERE WE'RE SIGNING OVER LARGE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS TO THE BUILD BATON ROUGE, THAT CHRIS TYSON IS NOT AVAILABLE TO SPEAK ON THE TOPIC.

CHRIS IS NOT ON THE LINE.

HE'S NOT ABLE TO BELIEVE HE IS COUNCILMAN AND I CAN'T ANSWER FOR HIM.

THERE WAS ON THE LINE.

YOU WANT TO TALK TO DARRELL DARRELL.

CHRIS CONSTANTLY WANTS TO, CHRIS IS HERE AND HE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS.

LET ME TO GET IN HERE.

HELLO.

UH,

[01:15:01]

HELLO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPRESS YOU.

I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN SEE ME, BUT CHRIS, CHRIS, IT'S MY TIME.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A DIRECT QUESTION SO WE CAN GET THE RECORD FIVE MINUTES.

MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE WOULD GIVE YOU THAT TIME.

UH, YOU'RE YOU'RE SHORT $300,000.

HOW DID YOU GET IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE SHORT 300,000 COUNCILMAN FOR LAST YEAR'S BUDGET? BILL BATON ROUGE REQUESTED ABOUT EIGHT 88 FUNDING.

UH, THE CITY PARIS WAS ONLY ABLE TO SEND BY 25 LAST YEAR, AS YOU MAY RECALL, OUR BOARD PASSED A BUDGET THAT WAS UNDERFUNDED, UH, WITH THE ASSURANCE OF A MAYOR, UH, THAT WE WOULD REVISIT THIS LATER ON IN THE YEAR.

SO THIS IS THAT REVISITING, UH, WE ASKED FOR SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING TO PLUG THE WHOLE BUDGET THAT WAS ANTICIPATED WHEN WE PASS THE BUDGET LAST YEAR, UH, WITH THE, UH, PARTNERSHIP AND, AND INSURANCES OF THE MAYOR THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS DURING THE YEAR, I WILL KIND OF HOPEFULLY PLUG THE BUDGET.

SO THAT'S WHAT, THIS IS.

WHAT RATES YOU GOT AN ASSURANCE FROM THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH THAT THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU A $300,000.

NO, WE DIDN'T.

SO WE GOT AN ASSURANCE THAT WE COULD WORK TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY THOSE SOURCES OF FUNDING.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THE SOURCES OF FUNDING WE'VE IDENTIFIED, PLUG THE BUDGET.

GOTCHA.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO USE? THE $300,000 FOR SPECIFICALLY, THESE ARE GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS TO MAINTAIN OUR OPERATIONS WITH OUR REDEVELOPMENT FUNDS.

THEY ALSO HELP SUPPORT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF THAT ADMINISTER PARISHES, HUD FEDERAL GRANTS OBLIGATIONS, WHICH WE DO ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS OUT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COLLOCATION OF THE HUD DOLLARS.

SO THIS HELPS SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS AS WELL.

GOTCHA.

AND THIS IS GOING TO GET YOU THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR WITHOUT YOU NEEDING TO GET ANY MORE, UH, MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU, MAN.

THANK YOU.

THANKS CHRIS.

COUNCILMAN HUDSON, WHERE YOU IN? YEAH, WE'VE GOT, I'LL JUST ECHO TREY'S COMMENTS.

UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF NEED, UH, GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.

WE'VE GOT TO MAKE A BETTER EFFORT TO ATTACK THOSE.

UM, I UNDERSTAND THE NEED WOULD GO BATON ROUGE, BUT, UM, I'VE GOT DITCHES THAT I HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET CUT FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS ON HAND, UH, YOU KNOW, CANALS THAT CAN'T BE CLEANED.

UH, WE GOT A NEW BATTER, SO, UM, PRETTY MUCH RIGHT COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK? I JUST WANT TO AGREE WITH DWIGHT FOR AGREEING WITH TREY.

THAT WAS MY WICKER.

YES.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS AND I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

LET ME, LET ME US OFF THE BAT SAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, COMING FROM A, AN A REVITALIZATION BACKGROUND, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE DYNAMICS OF HOW REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES OPERATE AND FUNCTION ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN, IN CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY, THEY'VE BEEN A VIABLE TOOL IF USED PROPERLY AND ASSISTED PROPERLY AND FUNDED PROPERLY CAN BE A VALUABLE TOOL, UM, IN THE HANDS OF ANY CITY PARENTS, GOVERNMENT TO, TO STRATEGICALLY AND METHODICALLY REVITALIZE URBAN COMMUNITIES AND HELP BRING THEM BACK FROM THE BREAK.

UM, I DO JUST HAVE A QUESTION I KNOW THAT YEARS AGO, AND DONNA CAN ALLUDE TO THIS AND REMEMBER THIS, WE WERE HAVING MAJOR CONVERSATIONS IN REGARDS TO, UM, DOLLARS THAT WERE NOT BEING PUT OUT ON THE STREET IN TERMS OF PROJECTS.

AND LET ME JUST SAY I SUPPORT THE EFFORTS BECAUSE I, I DO SEE THE VALUE AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SUPPORTED PROPERLY, BUT THAT IT ALSO IS ACCOUNTABLE AND GETTING, GETTING THOSE, THOSE PROJECTS DONE.

AND I'M SEEING SOME STUFF IN THE HOPPER, BUT I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH DOLLARS GETTING OUT ON THE STREET PREVIOUSLY.

AND I DO HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO, UM, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO PUT OUT.

CAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT'S ONE THING AND, AND DONNA AND, AND THE REST OF US HAVE TAKEN IN VARIOUS VARIATIONS OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IN OUR SUPPORT, SOME HEAT ON A FEW THINGS IN REGARDS TO THE ACTUAL MONEY THAT IS BEING PUT OUT ON THE STREET VERSUS THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, TRYING TO GIVE DOLLARS, UH, EVEN SOME DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME AND APPLYING FOR DOLLARS AND BEING DENIED.

I, AND ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO COMBAT WHEN WE'RE OUT THERE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE VALUE OF A, OF BILL BATON ROUGE NOW, UM, FORMERLY REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, BUT IN TERMS OF THE MONEY THAT'S BEEN PUT OUT NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A CHRIS OR DARYL CONVERSATION.

UM, THE Y'ALL HAVE AN AMOUNT OF THE ACTUAL DOLLARS THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY PUT OUT ON THE STREET FOR THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS THAT WE, UM, TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS.

YES, COUNCIL WOMAN.

UH, AND I BELIEVE YOU'RE REFERRING TO OUR HUD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DOLLARS THAT WE RECEIVE THROUGH CDBG HOME ESG AND HOPWOOD, AS YOU KNOW, IN 2017,

[01:20:01]

THIS COUNCIL APPROVED BUILD BATON ROUGE TO BE THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE CDBG AND HOME PROGRAMS, TWO LARGEST POTS OF FUNDING.

THOSE WERE PROGRAMS THAT HAD, UH, PREVIOUS, UH, IN PREVIOUS YEARS HAD COMPLIANCE ISSUES.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO BRING THE CITY BACK INTO COMPLIANCE.

UH, JUST AS A SNAPSHOT OF THE SPEND DOWN OVER THE LAST YEAR, LAST YEAR, WE HAD APPROXIMATELY ALMOST $18 MILLION IN FUNDS THAT WERE AT RISK OF RECAPTURE UNDER HUD'S FORMULA GUIDELINES FOR A SPIN DOWN EXPECTATIONS FOR ENTITLEMENT JURISDICTIONS.

UH, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CUT THAT 54% JUST IN THE LAST YEAR AT NUMBER IS NOW DOWN.

SO JUST OVER $9 MILLION, UH, WE CONTINUE TO TAKE AGGRESSIVE ACTION TO SPEND DOWN THOSE DOLLARS.

YOU'VE HEARD OF PROGRAMS LIKE ROOF RESET OUR HOME REHAB PROGRAM, OBVIOUSLY THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

AND I WOULD JUST NOTE FOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WERE TALKING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND BRIDGES AND ROADS THAT IS USUALLY HANDLED THROUGH THE HUD DOLLARS THAT WE ADMINISTER.

UH, SO THE ABILITY TO SPEND DOWN THOSE DOLLARS EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY IS PART OF THE SERVICES THAT BUILD BATON ROUGE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DELIVER TO THE CITY PARISH.

SO COUNCIL, WOMAN, WE'VE, UH, WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT WE SPENT DOWN 54% OF THE OUTSTANDING FUNDS THAT HAD IDENTIFIED FOR US TO SPEND DOWN.

WE CONTINUE TO TAKE AGGRESSIVE ACTION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND OFFICE DEVELOPMENT, UH, TO INCREASE THE SPENDING.

THANKS, CHRIS, DO YOU HAVE A BALANCE ON THOSE DOLLARS WITH THAT, WITH THE BALANCE OF THOSE DOLLARS OFF COUNCILWOMAN? THE, THE METRIC THAT I'M USING IS WHAT HUD CALLS A TIMELINESS REQUIREMENT, AND THAT'S AN ANNUAL MEASUREMENT, UH, BASED ON A HUT FORMULA OF WHAT A ENTITLEMENT JURISDICTION SHOULD HAVE SPENT DOWN BASED ON WHAT HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND OUTSTANDING OVER HOWEVER MANY YEARS.

UH, WE HAD, UM, UH, WE STILL HAVE FUNDS GOING BACK TO 2012 AND 13 THAT HAVEN'T BEEN SPENT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO SPEND DOWN.

UH, SO RIGHT NOW, UH, COUNCIL WOMAN, THAT NUMBER THAT I HAVE, UH, FOR OUR CURRENT SPEND-DOWN DOWN REQUIRED TO MEET, UH, TIMELINESS THIS YEAR WAS $9.6 MILLION.

UM, THE NUMBER FOR AUGUST OF 2017 WAS $17.8 MILLION, 17 POINT.

AND THE REASON WHY, AND AGAIN, IN SUPPORT, THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING CHRIS AS, YOU KNOW, AS WELL AS I DO, CAUSE WE'VE LOOKED AT THESE THINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT THE MORE SUSTAINABLE REDEVELOPMENT THOUGHT, CAUSE I DON'T WANT, Y'ALL ALWAYS IN A POSITION WHERE, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA BEG, BORROW AND STEAL TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SURVIVE.

I THINK THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW WITHIN THE CONTEXT AND AS I APPRECIATE IT, MAYBE SOME OF THAT WAS OVER TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, THAT THE MORE YOU PUT THOSE DOLLARS OUT ON THE STREETS, THAT WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THOSE DOLLARS AND IN THAT BUDGET, YOU HAVE SOME ADMINISTRATIVE, UM, DOWELS THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO, TO CAPTURE, TO BE ABLE TO PUT, DO YOU WANT ADDITIONAL TIME? YEAH, I WON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS AFTER THIS.

THANKS.

YES, MA'AM.

AM I ARE LOTS OF RESPONSE, SORRY.

YEAH.

YES.

MA'AM UM, THANK YOU.

SO, SO TWO POINTS OF, OF, OF JUST A CLARIFICATION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER COUNSEL LEMON YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

UH, IS IMPORTANT TO GET THOSE FUNDS OUT ON THE STREET, UH, OF THE NUMBERS THAT I JUST PRESENTED TO YOU, THE $9.6 MILLION THAT WE HAVE, UH, AS THE 2020 TIME MINUTES TARGET FOR HUD, UH, 6 MILLION OF THAT, THOSE DOLLARS ARE CONTROLLED BY THE STATE.

AND WE'RE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU MORE DETAIL, UH, MAYBE AT ANOTHER TIME ABOUT, UH, THE STRUCTURE OF THOSE FUNDS, BUT IT'S JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT SOME OF THOSE FUNDS ARE NOT SURELY WITHIN THE CONTROL OF THE CITY PARISH TO ADMINISTER, BUT THEY ARE LUMPED INTO THE FUNDS THAT BATON ROUGE IS ON THE HOOK FOR, UH, SPENDING DOWN.

I SHOULD ALSO, UH, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE DOLLARS THAT, UH, THE ADMINISTRATIVE DOLLARS THAT, UH, ARE, UH, REIMBURSED TO US FOR, UH, THE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES OF ADMINISTERING THESE DOLLARS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE TO BE USED FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF RESPONSIBILITY.

SO, SO THE WORK THAT WE DO AT ART AND DALE OR ELECTRIC DEPOT OR PLANK ROAD IS NOT COVERED BY THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE DOLLARS.

THAT'S WHY THE, UH, GENERAL FUND DOLLARS ARE SO IMPORTANT FOR, UH, REDEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, ADVANCE OVER THE LAST MANY YEARS.

UH, AND WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US LIKE MANY OTHER BEST PRACTICES AROUND THE COUNTRY TO ALIGN OUR DEPLOYMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DOLLARS, ET CETERA.

WE'LL HAUTE DOLLARS WITH OUR REDEVELOPMENT PLANNING AS WAS THE INTENTION WHEN YOU APPROVE THIS IN 2017.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I LOVE YOU, CHRIS.

I CAN'T SEE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME I HAVE.

I HAVE ONE QUICK LAST QUESTION.

HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD TO SEND BACK TO? AND OVER THIS TIME, PERIOD, I DO NOT HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER OF RECAPTURE, UH, UH, FUNDS WE CAPTURED, UH, FOR THIS YEAR.

UM, I COULD CERTAINLY GET THAT FOR YOU,

[01:25:01]

UH, COUNSEL ON THAT.

I APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANYONE? YEAH.

UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I AGREE WITH HUDSON BLUE WATSON.

WELL, UH, WE'RE GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? THERE ARE ANY MOTIONS, MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION APPROVED BY KOHL'S THEIR SECOND, MY GREEN AND ANY OBJECTIONS YOU ACTION.

WE'RE ALL GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL.

ASHLEY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE'RE GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL, VOTE ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 74, PLEASE SAY YES OR NO.

COUNCILMAN WELCH.

NO, NO COUNCILMAN BANKS.

YES.

COUNCILMAN LOOP.

YES.

YES.

COUNCILMAN WILSON.

YES.

YES.

A COUNCILMAN WASN'T VOTE.

YES.

THE WOMAN.

YES.

COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN.

COLLINS LEWIS.

YES.

YES.

COUNCILMAN COLE.

YES.

COUNCIL.

YES.

COUNCIL, WOMAN AMARIS.

NO, NO COUNCILMAN HUDSON.

NOPE.

NO COUNCILMAN WORKER.

YES.

YES.

COUNCILMAN WATSON.

NO, NO COUNCILMAN ROCCA.

YES.

AND I THINK COUNCIL, WOMAN GREEN WAS LEAVING.

I KNEW ASHLAND APOLOGIES.

COUNCILMAN GREEN.

I'M SORRY.

I WAS, I JUST WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING AT THE END OF THE BOOK THOUGH.

OKAY.

COUNCIL AND ROCCO VOTED.

YES.

THE MOTION CARRIES THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ITEMS SEPARATELY IN GREEN FOR PERSONAL APPROVALS.

IT JUST, I WANTED TO JUST ADD THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE THE ABILITY.

I THINK MR. TYSON HAS HAVE BEEN VERY VOCAL ON US BEING ABLE TO MEET WITH US.

HE HAS MET WITH US, UM, OR HAVE MEETINGS SCHEDULED ONCE A MONTH.

I THINK KOBE KIND OF SLOWED IT DOWN ALMOST TO THE EXTENT THAT I TRIED.

I TRIED TO GET OUT OF HIM CAUSE HE HAD SO MANY MEETINGS TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, ESPECIALLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AND I JUST HOPE THAT MY, MY COLLEAGUES ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE HE ONE AGENCY THAT RECEIVED MONEY FROM THE CITY THAT HAS CONSISTENTLY KEPT THE DATE TO MEET WITH US.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT LIKE IN MY COUNCIL MEMBERS, WON'T GO AND TAKE ALL OF THEM.

75 THROUGH 83 TOGETHER.

I ACTUALLY NEED TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THESE ITEMS. HOW'S THE NUMBERS ON A 75 THROUGH 83, WE HAVE A REQUEST FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT ON EACH OF THEM TO DELETE THE LANGUAGE AFTER THE, UH, AFTERWARD HER ON EACH EVENT, IT SAYS FEBRUARY 28TH, UH, 2021, THIS IS THE LANGUAGE TO BE DELETED AND TO AMEND THE SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT, SHOULD ADDITIONAL FUNDING BECOME AVAILABLE AND AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF DHBS TO ADJUST THE SUBRECIPIENT CONTRACT BUDGET AND REALLOCATE FUNDING BETWEEN SERVICE PROVIDERS DURING THE COURSE OF THE PROGRAM YEAR TO ADVANCE THE SERVICES OF THE RYAN WHITE PROGRAM THAT, UM, FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS REQUESTED ON EACH OF THESE ITEMS THAT THAT LANGUAGE BE DELETED WHEN YOU APPROVE YET.

CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? THEY'RE ASKING, I DIDN'T BOTHER YOU.

YOU WERE BREAKING UP.

I'M SORRY.

UH, COUNCILMAN COLLINS, LEWIS.

THEY HAVE REQUESTED TO DELETE THE LANGUAGE AND ITEM 75 OR 83 THAT STARTS AND TO THE SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT.

SHOULD ADDITIONAL FUNDING BECOME AVAILABLE ALL THE WAY THROUGH WHERE IT SAYS, UH, TO ADVANCE THE SERVICES OF THE RYAN WHITE PROGRAM.

CAN I ASK WHY THEY'RE DOING THIS? WHAT IS THE REASON FOR AFTER COUNCILMAN, UH, WILSON? UM, READS THE ITEMS. WE CAN FIND IT DEPARTMENT ON THE LINE.

OKAY.

THANKS.

OKAY.

[Items 75 - 83]

ITEM 75 AUTHORIZED MIRROR PRESENT TO AMEND SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH CAPITAL CITY FAMILY HEALTH CLINIC OR INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF $577,894 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $719,868 AWARDED UNDER THE RYAN WHITE HIV AIDS PROGRAM BY THE HUMAN SERVICE DIRECTOR, ITEM 76, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT A MINI SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH CAPITOL CITY FAMILY HEALTH CLINIC FOR AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF $81,928 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 100, $2,410 AWARDED UNDER THE RYAN WHITE HIV AIDS MINORITY AIDS INITIATIVE PROGRAM ON THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR, ITEM

[01:30:01]

77, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT TO ME IN A SUB RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER BATON ROUGE FOR AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF $673,180 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 833, (300) 830-3000 $350 PER GRANT PAIR OF MARCH ONE 2023, FEBRUARY 21, FEBRUARY 28, 2021.

AND THE RYAN WHITE HIV AIDS PROGRAM ITEM 78 AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESIDENT MAN SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH HIV AIDS ALLIANCE OR REGION TWO IN THE AMOUNT OF 900, $3,118, RIGHT? TOTAL AMOUNT OF $1,148,318 ON THE RYAN WHITE HIV AIDS PROGRAM FOR THE GRANT PERIOD, MARCH ONE 2023, FEBRUARY 28, 2021 ITEM 79 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT THE MEN SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH HIV AIDS ALLIANCE FOR REGION TWO, AND THE AMOUNT OF $175,912 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $214,392 UNDER THE RYAN WHITE HIV AIDS MINORITY AIDS INITIATIVE PROGRAM BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR ITEM 80 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT OF MEN'S SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH NO AIDS TASK FORCE AND INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF $150,000 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $186,400 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR ITEM 81 IS AUTHORIZED AND MAYOR PRESIDENT TO MEAN SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH OUR LADY LAKE EAT WITH INCREASE AND INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF $387,701 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $481,311 WARRANT ON THE RYAN WHITE HIV AIDS PROGRAM BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR ITEM 82 AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESENT I'M IN SUBRECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH OUR LADY LAKE INC, AND INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF 55,900, NOT $55,959 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $72,115.

WATERED ON THE RYAN WHITE HIV AIDS PROGRAM, MINORITY AIDS INITIATIVE BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR AND ITEM 83 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT TO ME AND THE SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA.

GREATER BATON ROUGE INC INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 60,000 AT WARRIOR ON THE RYAN WHITE HIV AIDS PROGRAM BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR, ASHER, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 75 THROUGH 83, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 75 THROUGH 83 DONALD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO YEAH.

YOUR QUESTION, THE LANGUAGE STARTING FROM TO A MAN.

LINDA, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? YES.

UH IT'S BECAUSE COUNCIL WOMAN, UM, THIS IS ANGIE AND FINANCE THAT LANGUAGE WOULD CIRCUMVENT ANY FUTURE AMENDMENTS AS GOING BEFORE THE COUNCIL OR APPROVAL, YOU WOULD AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO ANY SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENTS ABOVE THIS AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE AUTHORIZING TODAY.

SO FOR FUTURE AMENDMENTS, YOU WOULD GIVE THE DIRECTOR THE AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS, AND THAT WOULD CIRCUMVENT OUR, OUR LEGAL PROCESS TO BRING IT BEFORE YOU FOR APPROVAL.

SO WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.

HOW DID THAT END UP? AT LEAST THOSE TIMES, I THINK IT WAS DONE FOR AN OCD PROJECT THAT WAS NEEDED TO BE EXPEDITED, UM, DUE TO, YOU KNOW, LOSING THE GRANT FUNDING.

IF WE DID NOT PUSH THE FUNDING OUT AND THIS, I THINK ERRONEOUSLY LANGUAGE GOT INCORPORATED INTO THESE ITEMS. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEMS. OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, I'M GONNA MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 75 THROUGH 83 WITH THE DELETION OF THE NOTED PHRASE BY COUNCILWOMAN COLLINS LEWIS.

IS THERE A SECOND? ALRIGHT.

BY WATSON, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTS ITEM 75 THROUGH 83, HAVEN'T BEEN APPROVED

[84. 20-00713]

ITEM 84 AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR PRESENCE SUBMIT THE FIVE-YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN FOR 2023, 2024.

TO INCLUDE THE ACTION PLAN 2020 TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING, URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF 3 MILLION, $284,286 HOME INVESTMENTS AND PARTNERSHIP HOME IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,446,021 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE WITH AIDS HOPPER AND THE AMOUNT OF $2,542,851 IN EMERGENCY SOLUTION GRANTS, ESG AND AMOUNT OF $277,199 PROGRAMS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY $7,555,357 PLUS $870,000 ESTIMATED PROGRAM INCOME BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 84, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS AND EMOTIONS.

I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE CONTINGENT ON I'M SORRY.

SOMEBODY WANTED TO SPEAK NO OUT OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

NO, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK.

OKAY.

COUNCIL ON SOME MOTION TO APPROVE

[01:35:01]

CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF GRANT REVIEW BY COLLINS LEWIS, THEIR SECOND, SECOND BY WATSON OR ANY OBJECTIONS ARIE NON ITEM 84 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

[85. 20-00714]

ITEM 85 IS AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE LIBRARY BOARD OF CONTROL TO EXECUTE A GRANT WITH THE STATE LIBRARY OF LOUISIANA TO RECEIVE A PORTION OF THE 2020 CARES ACT INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,775 AND 13 CENTS BY THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR.

ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 85? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON LAW ON ITEM 85 COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE IN COMMUNISTS, A MOTION MOTION, 85 TO APPROVE MOTION BY ROCCA SECOND BY THE CHAIR.

ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM 85 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

[86. 20-00739]

ITEM 86 AUTHORIZED MAYOR, PRESIDENT SQ, SUB AGREEMENT.

NUMBER ONE WITH S AND M E TO DEVELOP IMPAIR.

I MEAN MINOR MODIFICATION APPLICATION FOR THE NORTH LANDFILLS PERMIT IN SUPPORTING ENGINEERING DOCUMENTS FOR A FEE NOT TO EXCEED $47,500.

MY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 86, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 86 COUNCIL MEMBERS OR ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM 86 OR IS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 86 MOTION BY WICKER SECOND BY ROCCO'S ANY OBJECTION HEARING NONE.

ITEM 86

[87. 20-00741]

HAS BEEN APPROVED ITEM 87 AUTHORIZED MAYOR, PRESIDENT NRA, ROSCOE TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH SUSTAINABLE DESIGN SOLUTIONS, LLC, IN CONNECTION WITH THE GREENVILLE SPRANG SEPTIC COLLECTOR LINE PROJECT FOR A FEE NOT TO EXCEED $70,375.

MY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 87, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 87 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 87 MOTION BY GREEN SECOND BY HUDSON.

ANY OBJECTIONS ARIE, NONE ITEM 87

[88. 20-00742]

HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM 88 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT NRA, ROSCOE TO EXECUTE SOME SUPPLEMENT.

NUMBER THREE WITH TRADE TRADE B ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, LLC, FORMERLY RED HAWK ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, LLC, TO MODIFY THE CONTRACT FROM A FIXED PRICE TO AN ADJUSTABLE PRICE PER WET TONGUE BASED ON THE QUANTITY OF SLUDGE HAUL AROUND RENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 88, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 88 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE ANY COMMENTS OR A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 88? UM, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY THAT I GOT, UH, OUTREACH FROM CONSTITUENTS SAYING THAT SOMETHING IS, NEEDS TO BE DEFERRED BECAUSE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS OR SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS IS ADDRESS RODERICK SPEAR, RICK OR DON.

I THINK RICK IS ON THE LINE.

I'M HERE.

OKAY.

IS THERE SOMEBODY TO DEFER THIS ITEM? THE GOES PATIENTS? UH, I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY WE NEED TO DEFER, UH, WE'RE IN FINAL PHASE OF THAT NEGOTIATION AND SHOULD BE FINALIZED, UH, VERY SHORTLY.

OKAY.

SO WHAT IF THE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN FIRING WELL? IT'S, IT'S JUST A, WE'RE ESTABLISHING RATES, A VARIABLE RATE, AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO COME TO A FINAL AGREEMENT.

WE DON'T HAVE A, A DOLLAR AMOUNT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AMENDMENT BECAUSE THERE WILL BE A UNIT RATE BASIS, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RATE IS.

WE'RE WITHIN A COUPLE OF DOLLARS PER TON APPROVING THIS TIME TONIGHT.

IS IT TO APPROVE THE RATE OR WHAT IS YOUR APPROVAL TO MODIFY THE CONTRACT? IT'S JUST TO PROVE THE, THE ABILITY FOR US TO HAVE AN ADJUSTABLE RATE INSTEAD OF A FIXED RATE, WHICH IS IN THE CONTRACT.

OKAY.

SO WE'RE JUST DOING THAT AND NOT NECESSARILY, UM, DECIDED ON OR AGREEING ON IT.

IT'S PRICE.

THAT, THAT, THAT IS CORRECT.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THAT'S ALL I HAD.

YOU MUTED IT.

THE COUNCIL WOMAN APOLOGIZE.

HE WENT BACK ON MUTE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY.

I JUST HAVE A QUESTION REGARDS TO, WHEN YOU SAY WE'RE IN THE FINAL PHASES OF NEGOTIATION, I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

WHAT EXACTLY.

SO INITIALLY WHEN WE SET UP THIS CONTRACT, WE BASE IT UPON A CERTAIN TONNAGE OF SLUDGE THAT WOULD BE HAULED FROM THE TWO WASTEWATER TREATMENT

[01:40:01]

PLANTS.

WE OVERESTIMATED THAT, THAT AMOUNT.

AND SO THE, THE HAULER WAS NOT ABLE TO RETRIEVE THIS COST AS QUICKLY AND WHICH WE RECOGNIZE ANYWAY.

AND WE WOULD HAVE HAD A, AN ADJUSTMENT IN THEIR PRESENT CONTRACT, BUT IT STILL WOULDN'T ALLOW THEM TO RECOUP THE COSTS OF THEIR INVESTMENT AND TO MAKE SOME PROFIT.

SO WE BEGAN NEGOTIATIONS TO HAVE A LOWER RATE FOR LESS OR FOR MORE SLUDGE AND A HIGHER RATE FOR LESS SLUDGE.

AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHICH DOLLAR WE'RE GOING TO, UH, ASSIGN TO THAT POINT.

AND, UH, WE'RE, WE BELIEVE WE'LL HAVE A NEGOTIATED RATE, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.

OKAY.

SO YOU ARE NEGOTIATING AND ONLY ALLOWS THE US TO CHANGE THE CONTRACT TO HAVE AN ADJUSTABLE RATE.

RIGHT.

BUT YOU ARE, YOU'RE IN NEGOTIATIONS ABOUT THE RIGHT? YES MA'AM.

OKAY.

I, I JUST, I, I THINK THAT IF IT'S NOT GOING TO PUT ANY UNDUE PRESSURE ON YOU GUYS MOVING FORWARD, I, I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I LOVE TO SEE A CLEAN, YOU KNOW, AND KIND OF DONE AND COMPLETE AND NOT IN THE MIDDLE.

CAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF NEGOTIATIONS, THINGS CAN GO ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

SO I WOULD, I WOULD ASK THAT IF THERE'S WOW, WHICH WOULD BE ANY UNDUE STRESS THAT WE GO AHEAD, THE BURN REALLY COMES BACK TO US EXPLAINED, AND EVERYTHING'S WELL CAUSING A PROBLEM.

IT'S AWKWARD TO FIND IT THAT JUST MADE DELAY A PAYMENT TO THE CONTRACTOR FOR A LITTLE BIT.

COUNSEL, IF YOU WANT TO DEFER, I DON'T HAVE AN OBJECTION IF YOU WANT TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS.

I THINK THAT'D BE GOOD JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME OPPORTUNITY TO WORK THROUGH THOSE DETAILS OF THE WEEK.

WE COULD DO THAT.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

THANK YOU, RICK MOTION TO DEFER ITEM ADA FOR TWO WEEKS ABOUT WICKERS PER SECOND, SECOND BY COLLINS LEWIS.

OKAY.

HANG ON.

I'LL SECOND ONE SECOND.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THE DEFERRAL OUT BACK END? OKAY, GO AHEAD, DON.

IF THIS IS GOING TO DELAY PAYMENT TO THE CONTRACTOR, I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.

IF THIS DOES NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER IN THE NEGOTIATION, BECAUSE IF WE'RE NOT GONNA NEGOTIATE ONE WAY, THE BACKGROUND IS OKAY, BUT WE'RE ONLY APPROVING TONIGHT TO ALLOW HIM ALLOW THIS TO BE NEGOTIATED, NOT ON THE NEGOTIATED PRICE.

AND AGAIN, I WANT TO SEE THE CONTRACTOR BEING DELAYED PAYMENT BECAUSE WE DEFER THIS FOR TWO WEEKS.

SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE IT.

OKAY.

WE GOT A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO APPROVE BY COLLINS LEWIS.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THE SUBJECT YET? SECOND BY LUKE? I JUST, JUST WANT A CLARIFICATION.

I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS DONNA.

I THINK THAT, UM, THAT RICK DID SAY THAT THEY WERE NEGOTIATING THE RIGHT.

AND SO I GET THAT.

WE DON'T WANT TO CAUSE THE CONTRACTOR TO HAVE ANY DELAYS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING, WHAT THAT RATE IS, THE CONTRACTOR MAY BE CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO GET THE RATE THAT IS NECESSARY.

SO THAT WAS MY ONLY POINT OF, CAUSE HE DID MENTION THAT THEY WERE NEGOTIATING ON THE RIGHT, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT THE NEGOTIATION OF VOTING WOULD IMPACT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

THAT'S WHY I WAS LOOKING, LEAVING THE MOTION TO APPROVE IT.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

OKAY.

YEAH.

BUT AGAIN, YOU WON'T SEE ANYBODY DELAYED PAYMENT ON THE PAYMENT I'VE BEEN YELLED AT BECAUSE WE DEFERRED IT.

GOOD PAY WAS OUT IN TWO WEEKS.

OKAY.

COUNSELOR, IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, IF NOT, WE'RE GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL, VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO APPROVE BY COLLINS LEWIS.

SECOND BY LOOP.

I ACTUALLY WANT TO GO AHEAD AND READ COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M GONNA DO A ROLL CALL TO APPROVE ITEM 88.

PLEASE VOTE.

YES OR NO.

COUNCILMAN WELCH.

COUNCILMAN WELCH.

OKAY.

HEY, ARE YOU STILL DOING YOUR ME? WELL, UH, DID NOT RESPOND, UH, COUNCILMAN BANKS.

COUNCILMAN BANKS OR TS COUNCILMAN LIB.

YES.

COUNCILMAN WILSON.

NO, NO COUNCILMAN GREEN.

YES.

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COUNCILMAN GREEN VOTE.

YES.

COUNCILMAN COLLINS.

LEWIS.

ARE WE VOTING? NO SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO APPROVE.

OKAY.

YES.

COUNCILMAN COLE.

YES.

YES.

YES.

COUNCILMAN AMAROSA.

SPINNER MARISSA VETS.

NO COUNCILMAN HUDSON.

YES.

YES.

COUNCILMAN WATSON.

COUNCILMAN WATSON VOTES.

NO COUNCILMAN ROCCO.

YES.

CAN SOMEONE ROCKET THE VET? YES.

THIS UPSTATE MISSION.

YOU FORGOT ABOUT ME.

DID I MISS YOU? COUNCILMAN WICKER? I APOLOGIZE.

I'M SORRY.

COUNCILMAN WORKER.

YES.

YES.

HI.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET ON AND SAY YEAH, YOU READ IT.

YES.

ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 88.

OKAY.

I APOLOGIZE.

COUNSEL VENDORS I HAVE PAID, PAID HAS

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BEEN APPROVED.

COUNSELOR CAN GO TO ITEM 89 AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT.

I ALREADY BRAS CODED INTO AN EXPRESS RESEARCH AGREEMENT WITH LSU, FOR SAMPLING AND TESTING OR THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM FOR COVID-19 FOR A FEE NOT TO EXCEED $150,000.

MY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 89, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 89 COUNCIL MEMBERS OR ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM 89.

SO WE'RE TESTING THE WATER.

OKAY.

WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR FIVE MINUTES ON THAT COUNCIL? ONE? NO, I DON'T WANT TO BE FIVE MINUTES TO FIND OUT WE'RE ENTERING INTO IT.

EXPRESS RESEARCH AGREEMENT FOR SOME TESTING OF THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM FOR CALVIN.

THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S WHAT I JUST READ THE COUNCIL.

YES.

SO, UH, WHAT'S BEEN SHOWN IN MULTIPLE STUDIES ACROSS THE WORLD AND THROUGH MULTIPLE MUNICIPALITIES THAT YOU CAN DETECT THE COVEN VIRUS WITHIN THE WASTEWATER AND CAN BE DETECTED AND THE INCREASE OF THE VIRUS IN THE WASTEWATER.

AND IT PREDICTS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SPIKES IN HOURS.

LIKE WE'RE SEEING NOW WE ACTUALLY SAW THE INCREASE.

UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING OUR PRELIMINARY TESTING BACK IN JUNE AND WE STARTED SEEING AN INCREASE IN THE VIRUS AT THAT TIME IN WHICH YOU STARTED HEARING ABOUT IT AROUND THE 1ST OF JULY, THAT IN THE JUNE THAT, UH, WE HAD A SEEING A SPIKE.

AND SO THAT'S ALL WE'RE DOING IS TRYING TO GET A PREDICTOR, UH, THAT WE CAN USE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, INSTALLING SAMPLERS AT, UH, LSU AND IT'S SOUTHERN IN OTHER PUMP STATIONS.

SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT SPECIFIC AREAS, SEE IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES AND KIND OF PREDICT IF THEY'RE HAVING SPIKES IN THE VIRUS AND, AND GIVE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE HOSPITALS KIND OF A HEADS UP THAT IT'S COMING.

SO THAT'S ALL WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE PROVIDING DALLAS.

WHAT ABOUT OUR DRINKING WATER? WHY WASTEWATER FOR COVID? BECAUSE, BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE ARE SICK AND THEY'RE GOING TO THE BATHROOM, THEY SHED THE VIRUS AND IT'S SO IT'S, IT'S IN THE WASTEWATER.

IT'S NOT IN YOUR DRINKING WATER.

HELLO.

I STILL DON'T GET THAT ANYWHERE.

IF I COULD TELL SOMEONE WHEN YOU'RE DONE, I CAN HEAR YOU DON.

I'M SORRY.

SO HOW WE COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE WASTEWATER? I'M SORRY.

HOW ARE WE CREATING WATER AS IT RELATES TO LV? NO, IT'S JUST THAT JUST SHOWING YOU KNOW, THAT THE VIRUS IS IN THE WASTEWATER AND WE CAN MEASURE HOW MUCH ARE THE VIRUSES IN THE WASTEWATER IN ANY CASE, OR JUST A PREDICTOR, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GETTING IT'S BEEN PROVEN THAT YOU START SHEDDING THE VIRUS ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE YOU START GETTING TELL ABOUT, OKAY, YOU'RE TESTING WATER, NOT PUMPED, BUT THE TESTING, WAIT, WAIT.

I MEAN TESTING.

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WELL, WE'RE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE COLLECT, WE COLLECT SAMPLES AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS RIGHT NOW IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.

BREAKWATER WATER IS COMING FROM THOUGH.

I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WELL, WE, WE KNOW HOW MANY CUSTOMERS WE HAVE AND WE KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE CONNECTED TO THE SYSTEM AND WHERE THEY'RE CONNECTED AT.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT IT'S COMING FROM A SPECIFIC HOUSE RIGHT NOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SAY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN NORTH BATON ROUGE IN BAKER AND ZACHARY AND IN CENTRAL BATON ROUGE IN SOUTH BATON ROUGE AND IN CENTRAL.

SO, UH, THE NEXT PHASE IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET UP AND SAY, WE HAVE A PUMP STATION WHERE WE KNOW EVERYTHING FROM ZACHARY GOES THROUGH.

WE'LL SAMPLE THAT.

AND IF THAT VIRUS STARTS INCREASING, WE CAN NOTIFY THE, THE LVA PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO HAVE A SPIKE IN THE ZACHARY AREA.

AND THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE.

THAT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO ON OUR NEXT SPACE.

I DON'T, WE'RE PARTNERED WITH LSU TO DO THIS.

THIS IS NOT THE S DOING THIS WE'RE PARTNER WITH LSU AND THEY'RE DOING NO, YOU GOT 15 SECONDS.

OKAY.

WE'RE PAYING 150,000 FOR THIS DONE.

YES.

THAT'S JUST FOR THE FIRST PAGE.

YOU WANT YOUR ADDITIONAL TIME? YOU'RE DONE.

HEY, DON.

IT'S ACTUALLY, SO I'M SORRY, SCOTT.

I JUST CHANNEL YOUR NEXT.

GO AHEAD.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN DONE IN A BUNCH OF OTHER CITIES.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I ACTUALLY READ UP ON IT, BUT I DID.

UM, IT'S JUST A WAY OF LIKE, WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING? GOD IS TRUE.

I THINK SEATTLE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST COUNTRIES TO DO IS YOU CAN ACTUALLY PREDICT A SPIKE LOOK, WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY MIKE IS, HAS TERRIBLE FEEDBACK, BUT IT IS, IT IS A VALID, SCIENTIFIC TOOL.

UM, WE'RE GETTING GRANT MONEY FOR IT, RIGHT, BUBBA.

YEAH.

THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE SUBMITTING THIS BACK TO FEMA PART OF THE CARES ACT AND SENDING IT THROUGH THE CARES.

I THINK IT'S A VALID, A VALID THING.

I HAPPENED TO READ ABOUT IT.

I KNOW IT SOUNDS KIND OF FETCHED A LOT DRAMATIC.

REMEMBER, SO BIKING, WATER, YOU CAN PREDICT ANOTHER SPIKE.

IT'S GOING TO CALM BEFORE WE'RE LEARNING AS WE GO.

SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT RICK EXPLAINED IT IN THAT PASSION, BUT, UH, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

CAUSE I DO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.

NOT WASTEWATER, BUT COVID COULD LAUGH AND DWIGHT ANYBODY ELSE? I MEAN, THE WORD SHARED KIND OF GOT ME THROUGH IT.

I GOT CHANDLER.

UH, NO.

HOW MUCH MORE TIME DO I HAVE? 30 SECONDS.

30 SECONDS.

UH, I MISS ALL Y'ALL UM, Y'ALL OFF TOPIC LATE, MAN.

THAT WASN'T OFF TOPIC.

WHO'S NEXT? ANYBODY ELSE MATCH? I LIKE TO, YEAH.

RICK, TELL ME ABOUT WHERE THIS FUNDING IS COMING FROM SPECIFICALLY.

YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO FUND IT THROUGH THE CARE FACTOR YOU'VE GOT THE MONEY ALREADY.

NO, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PART OF THE, WHERE, WHERE ARE YOU USING SHORE FUNDS AT THIS POINT, BUT WE'RE SUBMITTING IT, UH, AS PART OF THE PACKAGE FOR A REFUND FROM THE FEMA THROUGH THE CARES AT, AND THAT'S GOD DON'T GET ON ME ABOUT BEING OFF TOPIC, BUT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A MYRIAD OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO USE MONEY FOR WHEN YOU GOT SOMEBODY YOU'RE CHECKING, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I HEAR WHAT CAM WAS SAYING THAT, BUT WHERE ARE YOU PREPARED? UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING EVERYBODY IN THE HOSPITALS ARE SAYING THAT WE'VE GOT, WERE OVERFLOWED IN THE HOSPITALS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, WHAT RICK, AS THE HEAD OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, YOU'RE JUST GOING TO GIVE PEOPLE AN IDEA WATER, AND THEN WHAT'S GOING TO BE DONE WITH THAT INFORMATION.

SO NOW WE'RE, WE'RE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STUDY

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PHASE AND MY, MY INTENTION IS TO HAVE ENOUGH INFO.

WE MAY NOT HAVE EVERYTHING.

WE NEED THIS PARTICULAR VIRUS, BUT WE WILL FOR THE NEXT SPIRAL.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE WILL, WELL, THIS IS NOT THE, THIS IS COVID-19 2019.

SO THERE'S BEEN A BUNCH OF OTHERS PRIOR TO THIS.

AND THERE ARE SOME IN THE SHIRT.

SO RICK, LET ME ASK YOU THIS.

YOU'RE ASKING FOR $150,000.

NOW, HOW MUCH MORE ARE YOU GOING TO ASK FOR? AND SINCE YOU'RE GOING TO BE TALKING FUTURE VIRUSES, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT AS AN ONGOING SPEND AT CHURCH THAT YOU'RE GOING TO ASK FOR ON TOP OF THE 150 YOU'RE ASKING FOR TODAY.

SO AT THIS TIME, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING FOR FATE FOR THE FEASIBILITY.

LSU IS GOING TO SUBMIT FOR GRANT THEMSELVES TO FUND THE ENTIRE STUDY.

THIS IS, THIS IS THE ONLY AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT I AM ASKING FOR.

AND I'M NOT PLANNING ON ASKING FOR ANY FUTURE MONEY.

WELL, PEOPLE USUALLY DON'T PLAN ON IT, BUT THEY DO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

I CAN'T GET BEHIND THIS ONE.

I'M DONE.

RICK, HOW LONG DOES $150,000 LAST, THIS IS GOING TO LAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR.

SO THEY ARE APPLYING FOR OTHER GRANTS FOR CONTINUATION.

SO IT GETS TO JANUARY 1ST, 20, 21.

THAT'S YES.

AND WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE CENTRAL BANKS? AND WE ALREADY HAVE TESTS THAT TELL US WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE HAVING A SPIKE.

WHAT DOES THIS INFORMATION DO FOR US THAT DIFFER FROM THE TEST THAT WE RECEIVED AS NEWARK? SO RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE HAVE IS A VERY BROAD BASE TESTS THAT ARE BEING DONE AT THE TREATMENT PLANTS.

WHAT WE'RE DOING IS MOVING INTO THE COLLECTION SYSTEM UPSTREAM SO WE CAN ISOLATE SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS WITHIN THE PARISH.

SO WE'RE DOING CONTACT TRACING WITH POO NOW.

NO, IT'S NICE.

NOT THAT EVERYBODY ELSE WANTED TO ASK IT.

I JUST PUT IT OUT THERE.

SORRY.

I AGREE.

OKAY.

IT IS, YES.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A, YOU KNOW, THEY STARTED THIS STUDY IN THE NETHERLANDS AND THEN, UH, THE FIRST PLACE IN UNITED STATES WAS, UH, BY MIT UP IN BOSTON.

AND SO NOW THERE'S 75, UH, MUNICIPALITIES DOING THIS SIMILAR TESTING.

AND HOW WILL THE DATA BE PROVIDED TO THE CITIZENS? HOW, HOW WILL THEY ACCESS THAT DATA TO BE REPORTED REGULARLY? OR IS THIS AN END OF THE PROJECT SORT OF DEAL? NO, WE HAVE NOW DR.

LSU HAS MADE CONTACT WITH ELK.

HE'S GOING TO BE PROVIDING HIM WITH THE DATA ON A, NOT A REAL TIME BASIS, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S A TWO WEEK PROJECTION.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

AND AGAIN, CAN YOU JUST, YOU CUT OUT AND I HAVE REALLY BAD INTERNET SERVICE.

UM, WHERE'S THE FUNDING COMING FROM AND HOW DOES THAT WORK EXACTLY RIGHT NOW, IT'S COMING FROM THE SEWER PHONES.

UH, YOU KNOW, AND, BUT WE ARE SUBMITTING IT WITH, UH, REFUNDING THROUGH FEMA FOR THE CARE'S APP.

SO HOW BASED UPON ALL OF THE CITIES THAT ARE OCCURRING CURRENTLY DOING IT AND ON YOUR RESEARCH AND WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, HOW IS THAT AFFECTING THE FIVE COVID? HOW HAS IT POSITIVELY AFFECTED AND IMPACTED CITIES THAT ARE DOING THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS? SO, UH, IN OTHER, IN HOUSTON, THEY THEY'VE GOTTEN IT DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE THEY ARE ABLE TO GO INTO SPECIFIC AREAS OF THEIR CITY AND IN BRINGING THE HEALTH OFFICIALS INTO THOSE HOTSPOTS WHERE WE'RE NOT THAT FAR ADVANCED ON, ON OUR STUDY BECAUSE WE HAVE LIMITED FUNDING THAT WE'RE WANTING TO PROVIDE.

SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD

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BE ABLE TO DO ALSO IS TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO GO UPSTREAM BECAUSE WE HAVE 512 PUMP STATIONS AND WE COULD THEORETICALLY TEST AT EACH ONE.

AND THAT WOULD GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE A HOTSPOT WHERE THE HEALTH OFFICIALS WOULD BE ABLE TO GO IN AND START TESTING PEOPLE AND HELPING THEM.

SO IF WE VOTE TO PASS THIS, DOES THIS TAKE MONEY FROM ANY OF MY OTHER SEWAGE AND JUDE GRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING CURRENTLY? NO, BUT WE DON'T FUND DRAINAGE JUST TO, OKAY.

DOES IT TAKE ANY MONEY FROM ANY OF MY STEWARDS PROJECTS CURRENTLY ONGOING AND FUTURE SEWAGE PROJECTS? DOES IT TAKE MONEY THAT MONEY COME FROM THERE? NO.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

WHAT ELSE CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OKAY, RICK, I'M GETTING INFORMATION THAT THE CARER ZACK WILL APPROVE WELL TEMPERS 75 TO 90% OF THIS HUNDRED AND $50,000.

SO IT'S, IT'S A MUCH SMALLER AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE LONG RUN.

UH, WHAT CAN YOU GIVE ME AS FAR AS YOUR FEELING OF HOW THIS IS GOING TO GET WORSE? THIS IS GOING TO GET APPROVED OR NOT GOING TO PROVE IS THIS SOMETHING THAT GETS APPROVED AROUND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY? ABSOLUTELY.

TYPE OF TESTING AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.

SO WE'RE USING THAT AS A BENCHMARK THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET THE S THIS APPROVED FOR REIMBURSAL HERE.

SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, COUNCILMAN, THE REASON THAT PURPOSES BUDGET AT THIS TIME, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.

I AM GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT I CAN TO APPLY FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH THE CARES ACT OR THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO GET REIMBURSED FOR IT.

AND UNFORTUNATELY AT THIS TIME, I DON'T KNOW.

SO WHEN I TALKED TO RICK, THE PROJECT NEEDS TO SUSTAIN ON ITS OWN MERIT, AND IF IT HAS MERIT, WE NEED TO BE PREPARED TO FUND IT OUT OF THE SEWER FUND.

AND I WILL DO EVERYTHING THAT I CAN IN MY POWER TO GET IT REIMBURSED.

I SHOULDN'T, I'M ASKING LINDA AND I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE YOUR EXPERTISE HERE.

THAT'S THE QUESTION I'M ASKING IS I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM BOTH AND FROM RICK, THAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE USING THIS TYPE OF TESTING TO FORECAST, WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO GET A SPOT, HE IS THERE ANY OTHER MINUTES OF PALLIATIVE AND THE COUNTRY THAT'S USING THIS METHODOLOGY AND THEY RECEIVE WRITTEN BURSA FROM THE CARES ACT TO FUND IT? YES, SIR.

AND I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.

DO WE NEED TO DEFER THIS FOR YOU TO GET THE ANSWER? YEAH.

I MEAN, CAN YOU, IT'S JUST SOMETHING YOU CAN LOOK UP WHILE WE'RE IN THE MEETING.

OKAY.

YEP.

I WISH THAT I HAD SOMEONE THAT I COULD CALL AND ASK IT AND GET A SIMPLE ANSWER ON IT.

UM, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS MY CONCERN ON THE, ON THE CARES ACT THAT IS FLOWING THROUGH THE STATE IS, IS WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE THE FUNDS EXPENDED BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, BEFORE WE CAN, WE CAN APPLY FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH THE CARES ACT, THAT'S FLOWING THROUGH THE SKY.

OKAY.

AND SO THAT, THAT'S ONE OF MY CONCERNS ON THAT OR THE FAME OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

I'M TELLING YOU THAT I AM STILL WORKING THE 2016 FLOOD ON THE FAME OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ON ELIGIBILITY ITEMS. BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO, I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'VE ASKED AND GET YOU AN ANSWER, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I CAN LOOK UP.

AND IT SAYS, THIS IS ELIGIBLE.

I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND.

LET ME ASK ASHLEY, BECCA QUESTION.

ASHLEY, ARE YOU THERE? ASHLEY, CAN WE PASS THIS? CAN, UH, CONTINGENT UPON THE STATE FEELING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET REIMBURSED FROM FEMA? CAN WE PUT THAT KIND OF LANGUAGE IN THIS? NO, YOU SEEM PRETTY CONFIDENT WITHOUT LOOKING AT IT.

I DON'T THINK THAT, UH, I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE ANY SAFEGUARDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT TAKES PLACE.

I WOULD NOT THINK THAT WOULD BE A LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE CONTINGENCY TO PUT IN HERE.

WELL, YOU GOT A MINUTE LEFT, BUT THAT'S ALRIGHT.

THANK

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YOU.

ACTUALLY, I'M DONE.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M GOING TO, THIS IS MY, THIS IS MY MIKE.

I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, BUT THERE'S TOO MUCH TESTING TESTS AVAILABLE AT THIS POINT IN TIME TO DETERMINE WHERE THERE ARE HOTSPOTS WITHOUT HAVING TO GO OVER.

I'M NOT TRYING TO BE FUNNY.

I JUST TESTING THAT ALL THESE DIFFERENT SITES AND WE CAN DETERMINE WHERE PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIVE AND DETERMINED HOTSPOTS BY TESTING.

I CAN'T SEE US HAVING TO GO DIG INTO POT TO FIND THAT OUT, BUT I CAN'T SEE HOW YOU DIRECT IT ANY WAY.

CAUSE IT'S TOO MUCH COMING INTO ONE PLACE TO SAY WHERE IT CAME FROM.

SORRY.

MY DNA IS NOT GOING TO BE IN IT WHEN IT'S ALL MIXED UP WITH EVERYBODY.

ELSE'S SENSORS SAY FLUSH OR DELETE THIS ITEM, PLUS IT.

DELETE IT.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.

ANY OBJECTIONS? YEAH, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK.

YOU WANT TO SPEAK OR YOU WANT TO OBJECT BOTH.

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

SPEAK.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THIS.

YOU USE AN EXISTING BUDGET DOLLARS.

THIS IS NOT GOING TO COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

YOU'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY EXTRA ALLOTMENT, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.

YEAH.

SO I THINK I'VE READ SOME OF THE SAME ARTICLES THAT COUNCILMAN LEWIS HAS READ.

I'M NO EXPERT ON THIS, OF COURSE, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE SCIENCE OF IT.

I THINK THE PROJECT DOES STAND ON ITS OWN MERITS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE GET A REIMBURSEMENT OR NOT.

SO I'LL MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT WE APPROVED.

UM, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE OUGHT TO BE USING ALL THE DATA THAT WE CAN.

THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE.

IT'S A PANDEMIC AND THIS IS ANOTHER TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX TO TRY AND SAVE SOME LIVES.

SO I'M ALL FOR A SECOND THAT WE GOT A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO APPROVE BY HUDSON SECOND BY LOOP COUNCILWOMAN, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK SO AS CRAZY AS THEY FOUND, I JUST DID A GOOGLE SEARCH REAL QUICK.

AND UM, IF IT'S SAYING THAT THIS METHOD IS BEING USED, UM, AND IF EVERYBODY'S ALREADY SAID IT, BUT IT'S BEING USED TO TRACK LARGE AREAS OF ENTIRE COMMUNITIES SPECIFICALLY, THEY USE IT IN NURSING HOMES, PRISONS DOWN WITH TORIES, UM, AS AN EARLY SIGNAL THAT ONE OR MORE RESIDENTS ARE INFECTED AND THEN ADDITIONAL TESTING.

SO, I MEAN, I, I'M JUST, I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE THAT.

I THINK IT'S, IT IS A FUNNY CONVERSATION.

I MEAN, IT IS, I THINK IT IS, UM, VERY, AN INTERESTING WAY OF, OF, UM, TESTING COVID, BUT APPARENTLY IT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY DOING AND IT HAS, IT'S AN ADDITION TO REGULAR TESTING.

UM, AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES THAT HAVE LOST LOVED ONES WOULD BE CONCERNED, WOULD BE OPEN TO ANY WAY THAT THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS COULD HAVE BEEN.

UM, THAT AREA, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ABOUT CONTACT TRACING PER SE, BUT IT IS AN ADDITIONAL METHOD.

SO I'M JUST SHARING THAT OR FOR CONVERSATION.

THANKS HERE.

THIS GUY'S A CHANDLER.

I DIDN'T DO A GOOD JOB OF FLUSHING OUT THE ISSUES, BUT, UM, I'LL GIVE IT ANOTHER SHOT.

SO IT'S NOT IT'S THAT IT'S FROM WHAT I'VE READ AND I'M NO EXPERT EITHER LIKE DWIGHT, BUT IT'S A WAY TO PREDICT A COMING SURGE IN THE BUYER IS, UM, IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T PREDICT ANYBODY'S GOING TO GET IT OR HAS IT LIKE A INDIVIDUAL TESTING.

SO I, I JUST THINK IT'S ANOTHER TOOL.

WE OBVIOUSLY STILL WILL KNOW HOW TO GET RID OF THIS VIRUS OR FIGHT IT EFFECTIVELY.

OTHERWISE WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING A THOUSAND DEATHS A DAY.

SO I WOULD JUST URGE Y'ALL.

I KNOW IT'S ELECTION TIME AND WE'RE ALL ARE A LOT MORE FISCAL THAN, THAN, THAN MAYBE, UM, SIX MONTHS AGO, WHICH, AND THAT'S NOT A BAD THING.

I GET IT.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT I'VE CERTAINLY BEEN IN YELLS POSITION A LONG TIME TOO.

I GET IT.

BUT YOU KNOW, I'VE KINDA MADE FUN OF IT TOO, BUT IT REALLY IS, IS A LEGITIMATE THING THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO WORK.

I DON'T KNOW THERE'S GOING TO PREVENT, UH, ANOTHER OUTBREAK, PUT A PIT, SAVES ONE LIFE AND I HAD THE CHANCE TO VOTE ON IT AND THEN I'M GOING TO DO IT.

AND THAT'S ALL I WOULD ADD, BUT I RESPECT ALL YELLS OPINION.

UM, AND THANKS FOR THE TIME SCOTT.

ALL RIGHT, SIR, IT KEEPS, IT KEEPS OUT AN ACT WITH NEW TO ME.

AND I FORGET THAT I'M MUTED.

SORRY ABOUT THAT GUYS.

HOW DO WE SET THAT UP?

[02:10:01]

YOU WOULD TELL HIM, BUT I DO WANT TO JUST THINK ERICA, BECAUSE SHE BROUGHT UP A REALLY, A REALLY GREAT POINT BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE, ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF OUR YOUNGER PEOPLE, WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE WALKING AROUND THAT ACTUALLY HAVE KOBE, BUT MAY NOT BE HAVING SYMPTOMS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO WALK AROUND AND NOBODY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS AND YOU CAN HIDE IT THAT WAY.

AND I'M NOT SAYING WELL, HIDING, I'M JUST SAYING IT COULD BE HIDDEN.

BUT ONE THING THAT YOU CAN HIDE IS THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU'RE FLUSHING IN THE TOILET.

AND SO I THINK THAT THAT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALISTICALLY LOOK HOLISTICALLY.

IF THERE ARE AREAS THAT MAY BE MADE, UH, THE, UH, UH, SURGENCE OF, OF THE, THE VIRUS.

AND YOU'RE ABLE TO TRACK THAT SORT OF AHEAD OF TIME WHEN PEOPLE ARE WALKING AROUND, MAYBE NOT HAVING SYMPTOMS AND NOT EVEN KNOW THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY HAVE IT.

I THINK THAT THAT AGAIN IS ANOTHER, SOMEBODY MENTIONED IT EARLIER.

ANOTHER TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX IS NOT GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.

AND I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SORT OF ATTACK THIS ISSUE FROM ALL ANGLES.

SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA AS WELL FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH.

THANK YOU.

IF WE DON'T GET EMBARRASSED BECAUSE THE GENERAL FUND VALVES THAT'S SUPER FUN MONEY.

WE WANT TO SCALE OUR MONEY.

YES, IT IS.

HERE'S ALL OUR MONEY.

YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THAT.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAD A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO APPROVE BY HUDSON.

SECOND BY LOOP.

WE'RE GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL ON THE MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE MOTION, TO APPROVE ASHLEY COUNCIL MEMBERS, A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO APPROVE ON ITEM MATING.

NOW I'M GOING TO CALL YOUR NAME.

PLEASE VOTE.

YES OR NO.

COUNCILMAN WELSH.

COUNCILWOMAN BANKS VOTES.

NO COUNCILMAN LOOP.

YAY.

YES.

COUNCILMAN WILSON.

YES.

COUNCILWOMAN GREEN.

YES.

YES.

COUNCILMAN COLLINS.

LEWIS.

NOPE.

NO COUNCILMAN COLE.

YES.

YES.

COUNCILMAN OMAROSA.

NO, NO COUNCILMAN HUDSON.

YES.

YES.

COUNCILMAN WICKER.

YES.

YES.

COUNCILMAN WATSON.

NO, NO.

COUNCILMAN ROCCA.

YES.

MOTION CARRIES.

89 IS APPROVED COUNSEL.

[90. 20-00736]

THERE'S NO GO TO ITEM.

ORGANIZING.

MAYOR PRESENTS YOU THE UTILITY ROOM RELOCATION AGREEMENT WITH AT AND T FOR A RELOCATION OF UTILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVE BR MOVE CAPACITY PROJECT MCU ROAD, GREEN ROAD TO LOWER ZACHARY ROAD IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $48,463, WHICH THE PAYER SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR $15,128 AND 82 CENTS OF SET AMOUNT BY THE TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 90, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON I OWN ITEM 90.

ANY COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER MOTION TO APPROVE.

I GOT A MOTION APPROVED BY THE CHAIR.

ITEM 19.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY ROCCA OR ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM 90 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

[91. 20-00738]

ITEM 91 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR.

PRESIDENT ASKS YOU TO CONTRACT PROFESSIONALS ENGINEERING SERVICES AT GWS ENGINEERING OR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVIE BR ENHANCEMENT PROJECT, SOUTH SHERWOOD, FOREST BOULEVARD, SIDEWALKS, COURSING BOULEVARD TO I 12 AND A MOUNTAIN, NOT TO EXCEED $95,373 AND 73 CENTS BY THE TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON 91, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 91 CAPSULE RIMINI COMMENTS, MOTION.

PROVOCATE 91 MOTION APPROVED BY WATSON.

SECOND BY EMMA ROSA OR IN ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM 91 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM

[92. 20-00740]

92 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT EXECUTED CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH BONTON ASSAULTED, LLC FOR SERVICE ASSOCIATE ASSOCIATED WITH MOVIE BR CAPACITY, PROJECT ARDEN WOOD, LOBDELL CONNECTOR, AND AMOUNT KNOCKING SEATS.

$73,694 AND 6 CENTS BY TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 92, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE 92 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY COMMENTS? MOTION, PROVE ITEM 92.

MOTION APPROVE MOTION BY WICKER.

SECOND BY HUDSON ON ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM 92 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM 93

[93. 20-00744]

AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESENT EXECUTED CONTRACT OR LIGHTING DESIGN SERVICES WITH REGIS INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP, LLC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH NEWBIE BARK CAPACITY PROJECT, SOUTH CHOCTAW DRIVE FLANNERY CENTRAL THREE-WAY AND AMOUNT 19 SEATS, $79,765 BY TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 93, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 93, EMOTION APPROVED BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY GREEN.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE ITEM 93 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

[94. 20-00745]

ITEM 94 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT EXECUTE A CONTRACT PROFESSIONALS ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS CORPORATION FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH NEW YORK ENHANCEMENT PROJECT GREEN ROAD LA 19 TO PLANK ROAD AND MOUNTAIN LOCKTON SEE $735,255 AND 19 CENTS BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE

[02:15:01]

DIRECTOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 94, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 94 AND MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 94, MOTION APPROVED BY WICKER.

SECOND BY COLLINS LOUIS, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NON ITEM 94 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM

[95. 20-00746]

95 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR.

PRESIDENT EXECUTE SUPPLEMENT OR AGREEMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY SERVERS ARE SHRED CROCODILE AND ASSOCIATES.

EAT FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED MOVIE BR PASTY PROJECT NICHOLSON DRIVE BRIGHTSIDE LANE TO COURIER AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $22,066 AND 18 CENTS BY TRAIN STATION DRAWINGS, DIRECTOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 95, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 95.

COUNSELOR MOTION APPROVE ITEM 95 MOTION BY ROCCA.

SECOND BY COLLINS LOUIS, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM 95 HAS BEEN

[96. 20-00747]

APPROVED.

ITEM 96 AUTHORIZED MAYOR.

PRESIDENT EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR LIGHTING DESIGN STARS WITH EDS INC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVING TO NEW YORK CAPACITY PROJECT NICHOLSON DRIVER, RIGHT SIDE TO GARY OR IN A MOUNTAIN NOT TO EXCEED $50,181 BY TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 96 WILL PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 96, COUNCIL MEMBERS A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 96 MERCHANT BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY ROCKER.

ANY OBJECTIONS ERIN, NONE ITEM 96 IS APPROVE.

ITEM 97

[97. 20-00757]

AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR.

PRESIDENT EXECUTE A CONTRACT PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES DESIGN STUDY WITH GO TECH OR SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH MOVIE BR MANY PROJECT SCENIC HIGHWAY HARDING BOULEVARD TO SWAN AVENUE AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $631,928 AND 80 CENTS BY THE TRANSPORTATION DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 97, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 97.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY COMMENTS? MOTION APPROVE ITEM 97.

MOTION BY WICKER.

SECOND BY HUDSON.

ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE ON THE MONEY.

SEVEN HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM 98

[98. 20-00764]

REQUEST THE PLANE COMMISSIONED TO INITIATE A STUDY, PUT UP AN OVERLAY DISTRICT FOR THE PIKE ROAD CORRIDOR OR COUNCILMAN LEMONT COLE.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 98, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 98 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY COMMENTS, MOTION APPROVE ITEM 98, MOTION BY COLE.

SECOND BY AMA ROSSA.

ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM 98.

IS IT

[99. 20-00765]

APPROVED? ITEM 99 AUTHORIZED AUTHORIZING THEIR PRESENT EXCEPT THE GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF 7,000,830, $2,983 AND 86 CENTS ON A FLOOD MITIGATION GRANT MITIGATION ASSISTANCE.

2018 GRANT.

THIS PROJECT WILL REQUIRE A DEMOLITION OF 20 AND ELEVATE 17 RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH BY HOMELAND SECURITY, EMERGENCY PROPRIETORS DIRECTOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON I AM 99, NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 99.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS, MOTION IMPROVE ITEM 99.

MATT COMMENT BROKE MOTION APPROVED BY WATSON.

SECOND BY WICKER.

ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM 99 HAS BEEN APPROVED ITEM

[100. 20-00766]

100 AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESENT EXCEPT THEY GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $220,000 ON THEIR HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM.

42 77 DASH 55 HARRELSON LATERAL BOX CULVERT UPGRADE PHASE ONE BY HOMELAND SECURITY EMERGENCY PROPRIETOR'S DIRECTOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 100, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 100 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY COMMENTS, EMOTIONS I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 100 CONTINGENT ON APPROVAL OF THE GRANTS REVIEW BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY ROCCA, ANY OBJECTIONS ARIE, NONE ITEM 100 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

[Administrative Matters]

COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GOING TO GO TO ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.

WE'LL GO TO ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.

INTRODUCTION ITEM A IS AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESENT TO MEN.

THE CURRENT RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH OUR WAY TO LAKE EGAN, THE AMOUNT OF $70,000 OF WATER UNDER THE RYAN WHITE HIV AIDS PROGRAM PART A COVID-19 RESPONSE OR THE PERIOD, JANUARY 20TH, REMORSE 31 2021, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS CONNECTION THERE WITH ABOUT A HUMAN SERVICE DIRECTOR INTRODUCED A PUBLIC HEARING MAY ON AUGUST 26, 2020.

THE REASON FOR THE IRON BEING REQUESTED AS ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER.

SO I'M IN THE SUMMARY, SIMPLY A CONTRACT AMOUNT ITEM, BE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT TO ME IN THE CURRENT RECIPROCATED CONTRACT FOR FAMILY SERVICES, THE GREATER BATON ROUGE WITH THE AMOUNT OF $15,500 POURED ON THE RYAN WHITE'S HIV AIDS PROGRAM ACT A COVID-19 RESPONSE FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY, 2020 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2021 AUTHORIZED EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS, THAT CONNECTION THERE WITH ABOUT A HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.

AND IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING MEETING ON AUGUST 26, 2020.

AND THE REASON FOR DESIGN BEING REQUESTED ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER, IT'S IN THE SUBURBS, SOMETHING CONTRACT AMOUNT COUNCIL AND LENDS YOU THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY COLLINS, A LITTLE LESS.

ANY OBJECTIONS HERE, NON COUNCIL MEMBERS, I NEED A MOTION AND A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES.

NO COMMENTS CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON AN EMOTIONAL WAY.

THE RULES AND COUNSELORS AREN'T ANY OBJECTIONS OR NOT.

I NEED A MOTION OF YOUR DRINKS.

I'D ADMINISTRATIVE MINORS, ITEM A AND B MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY COLLINS LEWIS, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON THE ITEMS, INDUCTIONS ADMINISTRATION, A AND B HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED.

NOW SOME ARROWS GO DOC SAY MATTERS.

ITEM C

[02:20:01]

AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO APPLY FOR ACCEPT AND EXECUTE APPROPRIATE APPROPRIATE GRANT AGREEMENT AWARDED UNDER THE LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION GRANT PROGRAM, ACCEPTANCE OF THESE AWARDS OR CONTINGENT UPON APPROVAL OF THE GRANTS REVIEW COMMITTEE AND THE ADOPTION OF THE LINE ITEM BUDGET ITEM BY THE MAYOR.

PRESENT MAYOR PRESIDENT'S OFFICE.

THE REASON THIS ITEM BEING REQUESTED AS ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER IS PRESERVE THE EXISTING HOUSING STOCK AS WELL AS CREATING SEX AND HABITABLE ENVIRONMENTS ARE THE UTMOST IMPORTANT TO THE CITY PARISH ADMINISTRATION, THE LEAD BASE PAINT HAZARD REDUCTION GRANT PROGRAMS THAT MAXIMIZE THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF SIX PROTECTED FROM THE LEAD POISONING OR LEAD POISONING OF ASSISTING UNITS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT LIKE THE CITY PARIS AND UNDERTAKING COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS, IDENTIFY CONTROL LEAD BASED PAINT HAZARDS.

THE CITY PARIS WAS RECENTLY A PROMISE, A MUCH NEEDED GRANT OPPORTUNITY, A SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR THE GRANT APPLICATIONS, AUGUST 24, 2020, THERE IS ONLY ONE METRO COUNCIL MEETING PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION SURVEY'S CONSIDERATION OF THIS REQUEST AS EMERGENCY ITEM IS MADE FOR THESE REASONS.

NOT SOMETIMES I NEED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES.

IT'S MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY COLLINS LEWIS.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTION, MOTION AWAITING THE RULES HEARING NONE.

I GOT A PUBLIC HEARING ON A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES, PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSE ON THE MOTION RATING RULES.

THERE WAS NO OBJECTIONS, OBJECTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC HEARING ON ADMINISTRATIVE MIND, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENT ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER, EMERGENCY ITEM C MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY WICKER.

ANY OBJECTIONS, IS THERE AN AMOUNT, THE AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE APPLYING FOR OR NOVEMBER SEE I'M OUT, BUT I GUESS WE COULD ASK FINANCE.

THAT'S FINE.

MA'AM HOW WAS IT? THE WANDERING, IF NOT IT'S OKAY.

MOTION TO APPROVE ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER ITEMS. SEE BY THE CHAIR SECOND THERE.

SECOND, SECOND MILE HUDSON.

ANY OBJECTIONS? ANY YOUNG EMERGING MATTER ITEMS C HAS BEEN APPROVED.

[101. 20-00826]

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE'RE GOING TO GO TO APPOINTMENTS.

ASHLEY.

YOU WANT TO ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, THE, UM, UH, APPOINTMENTS FOR ITEM ONE OH ONE, THE CHAPELS PATRICK'S COMMISSION, MICHAEL PROCTOR, UM, ASKED TO WITHDRAW HIS NAME.

SO YOU STILL HAVE TO, UM, APPLICANTS FOR CONSIDERATION.

UM, UH, THIS ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING REPLACING MICHAEL PROCTOR.

THIS IS A THREE YEAR TERM.

IT HAS TO BE AN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH NOMINEE.

THE CURRENT BALLOT IS CHRISTINE DEMEYERS AND AMANDA TAX.

UM, ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR? UH, SEEING NON NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT CAN EITHER ENTER, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPOINT ONE OF THESE PEOPLE, OR IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO RUN THE BALLOT COUNCIL BECAUSE THEY DON'T MENTION THE POINT SOMEONE, OR WE DO AN OPEN BOWL CALL.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

WE DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS.

I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO CHECK EITHER ONE OF THESE OUTS.

OKAY.

CAN I GET THE MOTION THE FAR RIGHT.

AND ONE ON ONE FOR TWO WEEKS BY HUDSON.

IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND? I AM ROSA.

ANY OBJECTIONS ONE-ON-ONE HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS.

[102. 20-00827]

WE GO TO ITEM ONE OF TWO HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION CAUSE THEY'RE TO REAPPOINTING AND REPLACING AMY FRANSON WHOSE TERM EXPIRES 12 POINT DETECTIVE AUGUST 13, 2020 THERE'S A FOUR YEAR TERM MUST BE FINISHED TOWN, LOCAL PRESIDENT HISTORIC DISTRICT RESIDENT, RECURRENT, AMY FRANCIS COMPRESSOR AND PAY APPOINTMENT.

I NEED A MOTION TO APPOINT ANY COLUMN CALLED A SECOND BOX ITEM ONE OR TWO.

AMY FRANCE HAS BEEN APPROVED APPOINTED ITEM ONE

[103. 20-00835]

OH THREE IS FOR PRESIDENT'S PERMISSION IS THE RIGHT FOR REPLACING YOUR TERM.

IT'S FOR ART ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2023, MARKING A MOTION APPROVED BY EMMA ROSA.

SECOND BY WATSON, ANY OBJECTIONS, THERE ARE NONE.

MARTINA HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION.

ACTUALLY GO AHEAD AND DO ITEM AN

[104. 20-00828]

APP, REPLACING LAMESA BALTIMORE WHO HAS RESIGNED HIS TERM EXPIRES MARCH 27TH, 2021.

THE CURRENT BALLOT IS ADRIAN CONRAD.

JOLINDA LYNN FERRIS, APRIL HAWTHORNE, AND EMMETT ROBBINS.

UM, AS MEMBERS, I'M GOING TO START THE BALLOT, UH, WITH ADRIAN CONRAD AND I AM GOING TO, UH, RUN THE BALLOT UNLESS SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE EMOTION,

[02:25:01]

RECURS EMIT ROBBINS.

OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY WORKER TO APPOINT EMMETT ROBINS.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

THE SECOND OBJECTIONS.

OBJECTION.

ANY OTHER OBJECTIONS SHAWNA IS I KNOW SHE'S MAKING A MOTION TO BEARS.

OKAY.

LET'S JUST ROCK.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

I'M GOING TO START AT THE BALLOT FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY APPOINTMENT WITH ADRIAN CONRAD.

UH, COUNCILMAN.

WELL, I'M SORRY.

COUNCILMAN WILL JUST LEFT THE MEETING.

UH, COUNCILMAN BANKS HAVE, UH, NO, NO MS. CONRAD.

UH, MR. LOOP.

YES OR NO FOR ADRIAN CONRAD.

MS. CHANDLER KNOW, UH, MR. WILSON.

YES OR NO.

OR YOU DRINK CONRAD? UM, MS. GREEN? YES OR NO.

ADRIAN.

CONRAD.

I'M SORRY.

I COULDN'T HEAR YOU.

NOPE.

NOPE.

UM, MS. COLLINS.

LEWIS.

YES OR NO.

ADRIAN CONRAD.

NO.

NO.

MR. COLE.

YES OR NO.

ADRIAN.

CONRAD.

I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN FROM NOW.

MS. SAN MARISSA.

YES OR NO FOR ADRIAN CONTRACT OR ABSTAIN.

MS. SAN MARESA.

I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

I'M SORRY.

NO, MR. HODSON YES OR NO FOR ADRIAN CONRAD MISSING BOOKS.

THOMAS.

SAM ROSA.

MR. HUDSON.

YES OR NO.

ADRIAN CONRAD.

NO.

MS. WICKER.

I'M SORRY.

NO, NO.

MR. WATSON.

NO, NO, NO.

ZERO VOTES NEXT, UH, ON THE BALLOT IS LYNN FERRIS.

UM, THANKS FOR MUCH.

YES.

FOR MS. FERRIS, DID WE LOSE MR. WILSON? YES.

YES.

YES.

MS. GREEN.

YES.

YES.

MS. COLLINS LEWIS.

YES.

YES.

LYNN FERRIS.

YES.

UM, MR. COLE? YES.

YES.

MS. SAN MOROSA LOOKS LIKE THE FOSTER MR. HUDSON.

YES.

YES.

MS. WICKER.

YEAH.

YES.

MR. WATSON.

YES.

YES.

MS. ROCCA.

THANK YOU, MR. RODRIGUEZ.

YES.

IT'S.

FERRIS HAS BEEN APPOINTED.

[105. 20-00829]

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS GO TO ITEM ONE OH FIVE HOUSING AUTHORITY.

THESE BATTERIES FAIRS, CONSIDERATION REAPPOINTING, OR REPLACING CHRIS BROWN, A TENANT REPRESENTATIVE.

HIS TERM EXPIRES ON AUGUST NINE, 20 POINT BACK TO AUGUST 10TH, 25 YEAR TERM FOR GROUND.

YOUR AND REAPPOINTMENT NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE POINT.

CHRIS BOUND, CHRIS BROWN, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, THESE BOUNDARIES PRAYER MOTION BY WATSON.

SECOND BY GREEN, THE OBJECTIONS MR. BROWN HAS BEEN APPOINTED.

ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE ONE?

[106. 20-00830]

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS ITEM.

WHEN I WAS SIX, UM, HOUSING AUTHORITY APPOINTMENT CONSIDERATION, EVERY APPOINTING OR PLACING PHILLIPS SMITH.

HIS TERM EXPIRES AUGUST 9TH, 2020 EFFECTIVE AUGUST 10TH, 2024 OR FIVE YEAR TERM.

UM, IF THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT A MEMBER ON THE BALLOT PROMOTIONS, JOE SMITH EMOTION DRIVE.

MS. COLLINS LEWIS TO APPOINT PHILLIP SMITH.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, MR. WATSON, IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE MOTION TO APPOINT MR. SMITH OBJECTIONS, MR. SMITH'S BETTER 0.107

[107. 20-00831]

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD CONSIDERATION OF REPLACING KYLE'S RANG.

THIS IS A SIX YEAR TERM JERRY CHAMBER

[02:30:01]

NOMINEE.

CURRENT BOUNDED IS DON ALISON NOMINEE AND THE MOTION TO APPROVE DON ALISON INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY ROCKER.

ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NUNS HOUSE HAS BEEN APPOINTED INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

[108. 20-00832]

I DON'T WANT TO WAIT.

THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.

ALISON ST.

ARMA LEE CONSIDERATION, REAPPOINTING REPLACING CLAUDE DOUGLAS AS A TWO YEAR TERM, A CURVE BALL AND HIS CLAW.

DOUGLAS DOUGLAS.

I NEED A MOTION TO APPOINT CLAUDE DOUGLAS TO THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.

ALISON ST.

ARMOR LEE MOTION FOR THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY BANKS.

ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE.

MR. DOUGLAS HAS BEEN APPOINTED COUNSELORS.

DON'T GO TO ITEMS AND DON'T GO TO CHANGE ORDERS.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IRON ONE OH NINE THROUGH ONE 13 TOGETHER.

[Items 109 - 112]

I HAD ONE OH NINE IS RIVER CENTER THEATER, PERFORMING ART.

PRETTY MUCH RESTART CONTRACTOR BECAME A POINT.

CORPORATE CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT IS $70,264.

ITEM ONE 10.

THESE BATTERIES COUNCIL ON AGING CONTRACT OR BLUNT GENERAL CONTRACTORS, LLC CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT IS 179,008 $58 ITEM ONE 11.

THIS IS TAX STREET, RAILROAD REHABILITATION PROGRAM, PROJECT STREETS AND SETTLEMENT AND WILLOW GROVE MAYFAIR, NORTH JEFFERSON TERRACE AND PROVIDENCE IN ROUND HILL.

DRIVE CONTRACTORS, RJ DAIGLE AND SONS CONTRACTORS INC.

CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT IS $174,125 AND 16 CENTS.

ITEM ONE 12, A SALES TAX STREET AND ROAD REHABILITATION PROGRAM PROJECT 16 DAYS ZERO NINE.

LIVE WITH BOULEVARD, AIRLINE STOCKTON, AND SHARE WITH FOREST BOULEVARD, OLD HAM AND THE FLORIDA CONTRACTORS NATIONWIDE INSURANCE COMPANY CHANGE ORDER AMOUNTS OF CREDIT.

$271,155 AND 39 CENTS.

ANY PUBLIC COMMON ITEMS? ONE OH NINE THROUGH ONE 12, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS? ONE OH NINE THREE ONE 12.

MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND, THE MOTION.

I WANT TO SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COURSE OF INTERVIEWS SHARING YOURS COUNSELING, OR YOU WANT US TO ITEM A ONE 10? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO TELL US? CHAPTER ONE ON NINE ONE 10, ONE 11, ONE 12.

OKAY, I'M DONE.

THERE'S A MOTION TO ENTER TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE OH NINE THROUGH ONE 12.

WE DON'T BEAT THAT HORSE.

SO, AND YOU CAN SHOW ME AS OBJECTING TO, I DON'T WANT HIM HE'S DEAD.

THE HORSE IS DEAD.

MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS. ONE OH NINE THROUGH ONE 12 MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY COLLINS LEWIS SHOW COUNCILMAN HUDSON OBJECTING ON ITEM ONE, 10.

ANY OBJECTIONS ON THE OBJECTS OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THEY'RE NOT ITEMS ONE OH NINE THROUGH ONE 12 AND APPROVED.

WE'RE GONNA GO TO FINAL ACCEPTANCES.

[113. 20-00817]

TAKE ITEMS, TAKE ONE 13 SALES TAX STRAIGHT ROAD REHABILITATION PROGRAM PROJECT 16 DASH ZERO NINE, GOODWIN BOULEVARD, AIRLINES, STOCKTON, AND SHARE WITH FOREST BOULEVARD.

OH, HAM, THE FLORIDA CONTRACTOR NATIONWIDE INSURANCE COMPANY CONTRACT AMOUNT IS 2 MILLION, $369,069 AND 90 CENTS.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 13, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS, MOTION APPROVED BY THE CHAIR.

ITEM ONE 13.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND AT CREDIT BY COLLINS AND LEWIS.

ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE ITEM ONE 13 HAS BEEN APPROVED BIDS.

COUNCIL MEMBERS ITEM

[114. 20-00795]

WHAT? 14 THEY'RE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE LIBRARY.

BOARD OF CONTROL.

EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH THOMAS L. GRANT FOR JANITORIAL SERVICES AT THE RIVER CENTER BRANCH LIBRARY FOR THE PERIOD OF AUGUST ONE 2023, JULY 31ST, 2021.

THOMAS L. GRANT $47,808.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 14, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, COUNSELOR.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 14.

MOTION BY WICKER.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY THE CHAIR? ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE ITEM ONE 14 HAS BEEN

[115. 20-00796]

APPROVED.

ITEM ONE 15 AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE LIBRARY BOARD OF CONTROL TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT IN CASE SOLUTIONS, INC.

FOR EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES, MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, LIBRARY SYSTEMS, RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM RFID MK SOLUTIONS, INC $544,032.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM ONE 15, NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

ITEM ONE 15 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY COMMENTS AND EMOTIONS ON ITEM ONE 15.

EVERYBODY DON'T SPEAK AT ONCE.

ANY MOTIONS, MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION APPROVED BY COVE SECOND BY HUDSON OR ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING THAT ITEM ONE 15 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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ITEM ONE 16 SOUTH WASTE WATER TREATMENT, PLANT LANDSCAPING, CORPORATE GREEN LLC, $81,972 AND 37 CENTS.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 16, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ITEM ONE 16 HAS MOTION TO APPROVE AND HE COMMENTS ON ONE 16 MOTION BY COLLINS LEWIS.

SECOND, THEIR SECOND, SECOND BY WICKER.

ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM ONE 16 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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ITEM ONE 17 NORTH WASTE WATER TREATMENT, PLANT LANDSCAPING, CURB APPEAL, LAWN AND LANDSCAPE LLC.

$35,646 AND 75 CENTS.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON

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ITEM ONE 17, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

I WANT 17 COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EMOTION ON ITEM ONE 17.

SCOTT, SCOTT.

I HAVE A QUESTION JUST REAL QUICK.

SO THESE ARE, UM, ALL JUST, UM, AND, AND WE, WE REALLY WHAT'D YOU DO, IS IT, IS IT, UM, THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN DPW THAT'S ACTUALLY HANDLING THESE BEDS? IS IT KYLE? IT COULD BE KYLE THE BEST, WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING.

KYLE, ARE YOU ON? YES, I'M HERE.

IS THAT YOU KYLE, THAT D THAT HANDLES THESE BEDS.

I MEAN, WE DO HAVE SOME CONTRACTS WITH THOSE TWO VENDORS.

THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY.

AND SO THIS, FOR THE LANDSCAPING PIECE THAT JUST WENT OUT TO, YOU KNOW, AN ARRAY OF, OF POTENTIAL VENDORS AND THESE ARE THE ONES THAT BASICALLY RESPONDED.

THOSE WERE THE LOW BEDS, CORRECT? THAT RESPONDED.

OKAY.

BUT THAT THOSE ARE MONITORED BY YOUR DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU.

GOT A MOTION TO ANYBODY ELSE.

MOTION APPROVE ITEM ONE 17.

THERE.

MOTION, MOTION BY HUDSON.

SECOND BY ROC.

ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM ONE 17 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM

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ONE 18 SOUTH WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT VACUUM PRIME SYSTEM INSTALLATION IN CMC, LLC, $57,000.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 18, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE, 18 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY COMMENTS AND MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 18 MOTION BY WATSON.

SECOND BY MR. ROSA, ANY OBJECTIONS ITEM ONE 18 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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ITEM ONE, 19 SPANISH TOWN, GRAVITY, SEWER RELOCATION BOONE SERVICES, LLC.

$389,435.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 19, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE, 19 COUNSELORS OR EMOTIONAL PROVE ITEM ONE 19.

IT WAS MOTION BY WICKER.

SECOND BY WATSON.

WHEN HE SHOWED THE CHAIR OBJECTING TO ITEM ONE 19 COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAVE THE OTHER LINE ONE 20.

LOOK, WE'RE GOING TO JUMP REAL QUICK TO THE OTHER ITEMS TO BE ADOPTED EMERGENCY ITEMS. ONE 21 THROUGH ONE 22 REAL QUICK.

AND WE'LL COME BACK TO ONE 20, SORRY, SORRY, LINDA.

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OTHER TO BE ADOPTED EMERGENCIES ITEM ONE 21.

THESE NEED TO BE DONE, UH, SUPPORTING THE APPLICATION AND AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION AND APPLICATION TO THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE, RECREATION AND TOURISM OFFICE OF CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT DOES LIKE HARDING BOULEVARD, PLANK ROAD, ABANDONMENT, STRAIGHT AND SCENIC HIGHWAY FOR THE CREATION OF A NORTHTOWN BATON ROUGE, CULTURAL DISTRICT DELEGATION OF ITS AUTHORITY TO SMITH SAID APPLICATION AND ALL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS, REPORTS, AND OTHER FORMS REQUIRED FOR THE CREATION OF ADMINISTRATION AND REPORTING ON NBR NOW, INC COUNCILWOMAN CHARTER BANKS AND REASONS FOR EMERGENCIES, ALL DOCUMENTATION OR DESIGNATION OF CULTURAL DISTRICT IS DUE AS STATE ON AUGUST 6TH, AUGUST 5TH, BY THE, TO THE STATE, AUGUST 15TH COUNCIL MEMBER WITH ARTIST 16, FOUR 42, WE MUST DECLARE ITEM ONE 21 IN EMERGENCY WITH TWO THIRD VOTES OF THE COUNCIL AND MOTION.

DECLARE ITEM ONE 21 IN EMERGENCY MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

IS THERE A SECOND BY GREEN? ANY OBJECTIONS? THREE NONE ITEM ONE 21 IS DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.

IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 21, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

ANY COMMENTS? MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 21 MOTION BY GRACE.

SECOND BY WATSON.

ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM ONE 21 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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ITEM ONE 22 EMERGENCY ITEMS SUPPORTING APPLICATION THE AUTHORIZATION SUBMISSION OF THE APPLICATION TO LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE, RECREATION, TOURISM, OFFICER CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS, NATE BLUNT ROAD, BLANK ROAD, HARLEM BOULEVARD, AND MISSISSIPPI RIVER FOR THE CREATION OF SCOTLAND, BUILD CULTURAL DISTRICT DELEGATIONS OF ITS AUTHORITY TO SUBMIT SET APPLICATION AND ALL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS, REPORTS, AND OTHER FORMS REQUIRED FOR THE CREATION ADMINISTRATION REPORTING TO SCOTLAND.

BILL SATURDAYS BY THE COUNCILWOMAN CHINA BANKS RING FOR EMERGENCIES, ALL DOCUMENTATION.

IT DOESN'T PATIENT OF THE CULTURAL DISTRICT IS DUE TO THE STATE BY AUGUST 15TH.

COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD NOT ORDERS 16 FOUR 42 MUST DECLARE ITEM ONE 22 AND EMERGENCY WITH TWO 30 VOTES IN THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.

THE, THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 22 DECLARES, AN EMERGENCY ITEM BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY POPPINS LEWIS.

ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE ITEM ONE 22 HAS BEEN DECLARED EMERGENCY ITEM.

ANY POET, ANY ONE 22, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 22.

AND HE COMMENTS.

MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 22.

I AM A ROSA.

SECOND BY COUNCIL LEWIS.

ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NON ITEM ONE 22.

IT'S BEEN APPROVED.

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COUNCIL MEMBERS GO TO OTHER ITEMS, SEND THEM ONE 20 PROCEEDINGS REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE ON THE INSURANCE RESERVE FUND BY COUNCILMAN DWIGHT.

YOU WANT ANY COMMENTS RIGHT NOW? OR THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WHERE DID EVERYBODY GO? YOU DIDN'T KNOW THEN THAT YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND DO YOUR REPORT.

LINDA, ARE YOU THERE? LINDA, CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN HEAR YOU NOW.

RIGHT.

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ALL RIGHT.

UM, AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCILMAN HUDSON, WE'VE PREPARED A REPORT FOR YOU ALL, UM, ON THE INSURANCE RESERVE BOND AND IT'S, IT'S IT'S COMPLEX ISSUE, BUT WE TRIED OUR BEST TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS COOK WHILE TO UNDER.

SO THE FIRST SLIDE.

YEAH.

OKAY.

SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE CITY PARISH IS SELF INSURED.

OKAY.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS SELF-INSURANCE IS A RISK MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE WHERE A POOL OF FUNDS IS SET ASIDE TO PAY LIABILITIES, AS OPPOSED TO PAYING PREMIUMS TO INSURANCE COMPANIES FOR COVERAGE.

WE ARE EMPLOYED FOR OUR EMPLOYEE AND RETIREE GROUP HEALTH PLANS, AS WELL AS BEING SELF-INSURED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION, WORKER'S COMP GENERAL LIABILITY AUTO LIABILITY AND POLICE LIABILITY.

SO WHEN YOU HAVE A SELF INSURED, A RETIREE AND EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN, YOU MUST HAVE SUFFICIENT REVENUES GENERATED THROUGH YOUR PREMIUMS, AND THEY HAVE TO BE MAINTAINED TO ACTUALLY PAY THE CLAIMS IN THAT, IN THAT CALENDAR YEAR AND THE COST TO ADMINISTER THE HEALTH CARE PROGRAM AND PREMIUMS ARE PAID BOTH BY THE CITY PARISH AND THE EMPLOYEES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO FUND ESTIMATED ANNUAL CLIENTS.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAVE IS WE HAVE AN INSURANCE POLICY FOR FIRE EXTENDED COVERAGE, BUT THAT DOESN'T KICK IN UNTIL OUR LOSSES, UH, OUR LOSSES EXCEED $1 MILLION.

NEXT SLIDE.

HI.

SO WHEN I LOOK, WHEN I LOOK AT THE INSURANCE RESERVE FUNDS, I'VE KIND OF LOOK AT THEM, LOOK AT THEM IN TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

I LOOK AT THEM AS WE HAVE INSURANCE RESERVES FOR OUR HEALTH AND OUR OPEB AND DENTAL AND LIFE.

AND THEN WE HAVE INSURANCE RESERVES FOR ALL OTHER TYPES OF CLAIMS. SO THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE RIGHT HERE ADDRESSES WHAT WE HAVE FOR RESERVES AND LIABILITIES FOR OUR HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM.

AND OPEC OPEC IS STANDS FOR OTHER POST EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, AND THAT COULD BE HEALTH INSURANCE, DENTAL INSURANCE, AND LIFE INSURANCE THAT WE OFFER TO OUR, UM, OUR RETIREES AFTER THEY HAVE HAD A SERVICE RETIREMENT WITH US.

SO ONE, UM, UH, RESERVE BALANCES FOR HEALTH INSURANCE.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY $14.8 MILLION AND OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT THIS BENEFITS.

WE HAVE $13.7 BILLION.

SO THAT HEALTH INSURANCE, UM, BALANCED THE 14.8 MILLION, UM, THAT IS MADE UP OF EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE MONEY HAS GONE IN THERE.

AND WE'VE HAD SURPLUSES IN PRIOR YEARS THAT HAVE GONE TO CREATE THIS RESERVE.

OKAY.

SO WE HAVE TO KEEP AT LEAST, UM, ENOUGH MONEY IN THAT RESERVE TO PAY FOR ONE MONTH OF, UH, RUN OUT CLIENTS.

AND SO IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL REPORT AT YEAR END, THAT ESTIMATE FOR THE RUNOUT CLAIMS WAS 5 MILLION, $173 AND ONE NET 5 MILLION, $173,160.

AND SO WHAT WE, WE KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE RESERVES IN EXCESS OF THAT, BUT WHAT WE DO WITH THOSE RESERVES IS WE WILL KEEP THEM IN CASE WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT COMES UP IN EXCESS OF THE ONE OUT CLAIMS. AND WE ALSO USE THOSE RESERVES IN, IN CERTAIN YEARS TO BALANCE IT OUT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE INCREASES IN PREMIUMS. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD USE THOSE SPONSORABLE AND KEEP IN MIND THAT'S EMPLOYEE AND EMPLOYER MINE.

WE USED APPROXIMATELY ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN THE 2020 BUDGET TO BALANCE THE, UM, THE INSURANCE PROGRAM, THE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM, SO THAT A PREMIUM INCREASE FOR THE EMPLOYER OR THE EMPLOYEES WOULD NOT BE NEEDED.

THE OTHER LIABILITY THAT WE HAVE THAT WE HAVE TO REPORT IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL REPORT IS THE LIABILITY FOR THE OTHER POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.

AND SO THESE ARE WHAT WE WERE TALKING TO THE HEALTH, THE RETIREMENT, THE DENTAL FOR OUR RETIREES.

SO WHAT, WHAT WE USUALLY, WHAT WE DO IS WE FUND THESE ON A PAY AS YOU GO BASIS.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS, IS THAT WE, INSTEAD OF, UM, OF HAVING ALL OF THE MONEY SET ASIDE AT ONE TIME TO PAY CLAIMS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN OUT DECADES IN THE FUTURE, WE FUND THOSE IN THE YEAR THAT THEY ARE INCURRED.

SO IN THE 2020 BUDGET, WE HAVE $27 MILLION BUDGETED FOR THIS PURPOSE TO PAY THESE LIABILITIES, THE OPEC OPEC NUMBER THAT YOU SEE THAT $980 MILLION ABOVE,

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UM, THAT WAS, UM, WE HAVE AN ACTUARY THAT DOES THAT CALCULATION EACH YEAR.

AND WHAT THAT INCLUDES IS THAT INCLUDES THE LIABILITY THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS OUR RETIREES OVER THEIR LIFETIME.

SO THESE THINGS WILL BE PAID OUT OVER MANY DECADES.

UM, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH OUR HEALTHCARE CONSULTANT TO REDUCE THOSE LIABILITIES.

SO THE NEXT LINE, SO THE SECOND, THE SECOND GROUP THAT I LOOK AT IN THE INSURANCE RESERVE IS THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE RESERVED FOR CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS EACH YEAR IN THE BUDGET.

WE DO HAVE AN ANNUAL APPROPRIATION FOR CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS.

THE $4.6 MILLION THAT YOU SEE SHOWN HERE IS WHAT WE HAVE IN THE 2020 BUDGET FOR CLIENTS AND JUDGMENTS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE DO IS, IS WE'LL PAY CERTAIN, CERTAIN LEVELS OF CLIENTS AND JUDGMENTS OUT OF THOSE FUNDS.

AND WHEN YOU EXCEED A CERTAIN AMOUNT, THEN WE DO A BUDGET SUPPLEMENT FROM THE RESERVE IN ORDER TO PLAY THOSE CLIENTS.

SO FOR SEVERAL MONTHS IN JUDGMENTS FOR GENERAL AND AUTO LIABILITIES THAT ARE BELOW 60,000, WE TAKE THEM FROM THIS CURRENT YEAR APPROPRIATION BUDGET.

IF THERE IS A SUFFICIENT BALANCE FOR POLICE LIABILITY CLIENTS, IF THEY'RE BELOW 10,000, THEY'RE TAKEN FROM HERE.

IF THEY'RE ABOVE $10,000, THEN WE REQUIRE A BUDGET SUPPLEMENT AND WE FUND THOSE OUT OF THE RESERVES.

AND IF WE HAVE, UM, ANY SETTLEMENTS IN JUG, WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'VE TAUGHT SAYING TO ANY SETTLEMENTS AND JUDGMENTS THAT EXCEED THOSE AMOUNTS OF ABOVE.

WE DO A BUDGET SUPPLEMENT, WHICH IS SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION USING THE INSURANCE RESERVE, BUT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, IF WE HAVE ANY MONEY LEFT OVER IN THIS INSURANCE RESERVE HOME, UM, ANY BALANCE AND WE DIDN'T PAY PAY THE CLAIMS, WHAT WE DO IS, IS WE CLOSE THOSE BALANCE, THAT BALANCE INTO THE INSURANCE RESERVE.

AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT CREATES THAT'S WHAT HAS CREATED THE RESERVE OVER THESE YEARS.

NEXT SLIDE.

THE OTHER THING THAT IS INCLUDED IN THAT $4.6 MILLION BUDGET IS WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLAR APPROPRIATION FOR WHAT WE CALL COMPROMISE JUDGMENTS IN 2003, THAT, THAT METROPOLITAN COUNCIL SITTING AT THAT TIME ADOPTED A PROCEDURE FOR PAYING FOR COMPROMISING AND PAYING OUT JUDGMENTS.

SO THESE APPLIED TO ALL FINAL TORT JUDGMENTS, THAT WHICH MEANS ALL APPEALS HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED.

A PLAINTIFF WHO DECLINED TO ACCEPT THE COMPROMISE RECEIVED NO PAYMENTS, PLIGHT PLAINTIFFS MUST SIGN AND AGREEMENT, WAIVING INTEREST, ACCEPTING QUARTERLY PAYMENTS AND SIGN A RELUCTANT WRITTEN RELEASE.

ONCE THE JUDGMENT IS PAID IN FULL TOTAL PAYMENTS ARE LIMITED TO $250,000 A QUARTER PLUS ANY BALANCES FROM THE PREVIOUS CORE PART.

AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THE BALANCE LAPS, ALL OF THE COMPROMISE JUDGMENTS ARE PAID ON A PRO RATA SHARE OF WHAT IS AVAILABLE IN THAT ACCOUNT.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO THESE ARE THE RESERVE, THE RESERVE BALANCE THAT WE HAVE AS APPROXIMATELY 19 MEETING.

AND THEN THAT INCLUDES THE RESERVES THAT WE HAVE NOW FOR GENERAL LIABILITY AUTO POLICE LIABILITY, FIRE, EXTENDED COVERAGE, WORKMAN'S COMP AND UNEMPLOYMENT, AND THE CONGENITAL LIABILITY ESTIMATE EACH YEAR, WHEN THE AUDITOR DOES OUR COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT, WE ARE REQUIRED.

THE PARISH ATTORNEY IS REQUIRED TO DETERMINE THE CONTINGENT LIABILITY AS MEN.

AND WHAT THAT IS IS ITS CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS THAT THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DETERMINES THAT IT'S REASONABLY POSSIBLE, THAT WE MAY HAVE TO PAY.

AND WE RECORD THOSE ON OUR BOOKS AS A LONGTERM OBLIGATION ON OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, SO THAT ANY READER OF OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WILL RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT WE MAY HAVE TO PAY THOSE CLIENTS OUT SAID, AND I BELIEVE THAT IS THE LAST SLIDE.

SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER AND YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL ME AND I'LL BE GLAD TO GO OVER THERE.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCILMAN HUDSON.

DID YOU WANT TO START THE QUESTIONS? I JUST WANTED TO THANK LINDA FOR THE REPORT.

UM, AS I WAS DOING SOME PREPARATION FOR, UH, THE NEXT MEETING, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT FINANCIALS, JUDGMENTS ARE PAID.

I KNOW EVERY MEETING WHERE IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE PASSING JUDGMENTS AND THAT SORT OF THING.

AND IT KIND OF OPENED MY EYES ABOUT THE PROCESS.

UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALMOST 40 YEARS AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT PROCESS.

UH, AND I DIDN'T REALIZE ALSO, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE GENERAL LIABILITY, SO YEAH.

I JUST THINK IT WAS GOOD INFORMATION FOR US TO HAVE, I WANTED TO PUT IT UP ON EVERYBODY'S RADAR.

SO THANK YOU, LINDA, FOR ENTERTAINING THAT AND DOING SUCH A GREAT REPORT.

YOU'RE

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WELCOME.

ERICA BEACHY, EMAIL THAT TO US, PLEASE.

LINDA.

YES.

MA'AM COUNCILWOMAN COLLINS.

LEWIS.

I'M GOOD.

YOU GOOD? OKAY.

ANYBODY ELSE? YOU WANT TO SPEAK? UH, CALIFORNIA ROCKER AND YOU MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVER REPORT.

HI, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS GENERAL FUND MONEY.

WHERE DOES THAT MONEY COME FROM? I KNOW THAT IT OCCURS AND IT ROLLS OVER YEAR, OVER YEAR, BUT WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? IT COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND TAX BASE.

SO THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE GENERAL FUND TAX BASE IS THE, UM, SALES TAXES MAKE UP ABOUT A LOT.

THE LARGEST PORTION OF THE TAX BASIS TAXES MAKE UP THE LARGEST PORTION IN TOW.

SO YOU HAVE ALL OF THE GENERAL FUND TAXES, WHICH ARE THE TAXES THAT AREN'T DEDICATED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES.

AND SO THE BUDGET IS AROUND 317 MILLION.

SO YOU HAVE 317 MILLION OF ESTIMATED, UM, OF ESTIMATED TAXES COMING IN AND YOU SUPPORT ALL THE GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES THAT ARE FUNDED FROM GENERAL OPERATIONS.

THAT AREN'T, THAT DON'T HAVE A DEDICATED REVENUE SOURCE ARE FUNDED FROM THAT.

AND ONE OF THOSE APPROPRIATIONS THAT IS SUPPORTED HERE IS THE ANNUAL RISK MANAGEMENT BUDGET.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, JOHNSON, MAN, WATSON, WERE YOU ON THE SPEAK RECEIVED THE MOTION TO RECEIVE REPORT BY COUNSELING WATSON SECOND BY AMA ROSA COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN BY THE CHAIR.

I'M SORRY.

ANY OBJECTIONS? ANY OBJECTIONS? I'M SORRY.

THE OBJECTIONS, NO OBJECTIONS.

MOTION TO ADJOURN BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND MIAMI ROSA, AND EVERYBODY CAN HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

DON'T DRIVE TOO MUCH.